Practice Paper 3

Session- 2024-25
Class- X Subject- Maths

Time- 3 hrs. M.M.- 80

General Instructions:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A, B, C, D, and E.
2. Section A has 20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 Short Answer-I (SA-I) type questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section Chas 6 Short Answer-II (SA-II) type questions carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 sourced based/Case Based/passage based/integrated units of assessment 4 marks each
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, internal choice has been provided in some questions.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take n =22/7 wherever required if not stated.
SECTION- A
1. If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3y2 and b = xy3; x, y are prime numbers, then HCF (a,b)
is:
a) xy b) xy2 c) x3y3 d) x2y2
2. The LCM of smallest two-digit composite number and smallest composite number is:
a) 12 b) 4 c) 20 d) 44
3. If x = 3 is one of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 2kx – 6 = 0, then the value of k is
a) b) c) 3 d) 2
4. The pair of equations y = 0 and y = -7 has:
a) One solution b) Two solutions c) Infinitely many solutions d) No solution
5. Value(s) of k for which the quadratic equation 2x2 – kx + k = 0 has equal roots is :
a) 0 only b) 4 c) 8 only d) 0,8
6. The distance of the point(3,5) from x-axis(in units) is:
a) 3 b) - 3 c) 5 d) -5

7. If in ∆ ABC and ∆ PQR, we have = = then:

a) ∆PQR ~∆CAB b) ∆PQR ~∆ABC c) ∆CBA ~∆PQR d) ∆BCA ~∆PQR

8. Which of the following is NOT a similarity criterion?
a) AA b) SAS c) AAA d) RHS

∠POQ = 110°, then ∠PTQ is equal to

9. In figure, if TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with centre O so that

(a) 60° (b) 70° (c) 80° (d) 90°

10. If cos A = then the value of tan A is:

a) b) c) d)
11. If the height of the tower is equal to the length of its shadow, then the angle of elevation of the sun is
a) 30° b) 45° c) 60° d) 90°
12. 1 – cos2 A is equal to
a) sin2 A b) tan2A c) 1 – sin2A d) sec2A
13. The radius of a circle is same as the side of a square. Their perimeters are in the ratio
a) 1:1 b) 2:π c) π: 2 d) :2
2
14. The area of the circle is 154cm . The radius of the circle is
a) 7cm b) 14cm c) 3.5cm d) 17.5cm
15. When a die is thrown, the probability of getting an even number less than 4 is
a) b) 0 c) d)

16. For the following distribution:

Class 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25
Frequency 10 15 12 20 9
The lower limit of modal class is:
a) 15 b) 25 c) 30 d) 35
17. A rectangular sheet of paper 40cm x 22cm, is rolled to form a hollow cylinder of height 40cm. The radius
of the cylinder (in cm) is :
a) 3.5 b) 7 c) 807 d) 5
18. Consider the following frequency distribution:
Class 0-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30
Frequency 12 10 15 8 11
The median class is:
a) 6-12 b) 12-18 c) 18-24 d) 24-30
19. Assertion (A): The point (0, 4) lies on y-axis.
Reason(R): The x coordinate of the point on y-axis is zero
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A)
(c) Assertions (A) is true but reason (R) is false. (d) Assertions (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
20. Assertion (A): The HCF of two numbers is 5 and their product is 150. Then their LCM is 40.
Reason(R): For any two positive integers a and b, HCF(a, b) x LCM(a, b) = a x b.
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A)
(c) Assertions (A) is true but reason (R) is false. (d) Assertions (A) is false but reason (R) is true.
SECTION- B
21. Find whether the following pair of linear equations is consistent or inconsistent:
3x + 2y = 8
6x – 4y = 9
22. In the given figure, if ABCD is a trapezium in which AB║CD ║ EF,

then prove that =

OR

In figure, if AD = 6cm, DB = 9cm, AE = 8cm and EC = 12cm and ∠ADE

= 48˚. Find ∠ABC.

23. The length of a tangent from a point A at distance 5cm from the centre of the circle is 4cm. Find the radius
of the circle.
24. Evaluate:

25. If 3 cot A = 4, check whether (1-tan2 A)/(1+tan2 A) = cos2 A – sin2 A or not.

OR
A chord of a circle of radius 10cm subtends a right angle at the centre. Find area of minor segment.
SECTION- C
26. Prove that √5 is an irrational number.
27. Given sec θ = 13/12 Calculate all other trigonometric ratios.
28. The coach of a cricket team buys 4 bats and 1 ball for Rs. 2050. Later, she buys 3 bats and 2 balls for Rs.
1600. Find the cost of each bat and each ball.
 OR
A lending library has a fixed charge for the first three days and an additional charge for each day thereafter.
Saritha paid Rs27 for a book kept for seven days, while Susy paid Rs21 for the book she kept for five days.
Find the fixed charge and the charge for each extra day.

29. A circle touches all the four sides of quadrilateral ABCD. Prove that AB + CD = AD + DA.

30. Prove that

OR
Prove that sec A (1 – sin A) (sec A + tan A) = 1.
31. A bag contains 6 red balls and 4 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. What is the
probability that the ball drawn is
(i) red ? (ii) not red ?
SECTION D
32. A train travels 360km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5km/h more, it would have taken 1 hour
less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.
OR
A tent is in the shape of a cylinder surmounted by a conical top. If the height and diameter of the cylindrical
part are 2.1 m and 4 m, respectively, and the slant height of the top is 2.8 m, find the area of the canvas used
for making the tent. Also, find the cost of the canvas of the tent at the rate of Rs 500 per m2. (Note that the
base of the tent will not be covered with canvas.)
33. Prove that If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in distinct
points, the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.
OR

In ΔPQR, S and T are points on PQ and PR respectively. = and PST =

PRQ. Prove that PQR is an isosceles triangle.

34. A solid iron pole consists of a cylinder of height 220 cm and base diameter 24
cm, which is surmounted by another cylinder of height 60 cm and radius 8 cm. Find
the mass of the pole, given that 1 cm3 of iron has approximately 8 g mass.

OR
A pen stand made of wood is in the shape of a cuboid with four conical depressions
to hold pens. The dimensions of the cuboid are 15 cm by 10 cm by 3.5 cm. The
radius of each of the depressions is 0.5 cm, and the depth is 1.4 cm. Find the volume
of wood in the entire stand .

35. The following data gives the distribution of total monthly household
expenditure of 200 families of a village. Find the modal monthly expenditure of the
families.
 SECTION- E
36. CASE STUDY 1
India is competitive manufacturing location due to the low cost of manpower and strong technical and
engineering capabilities contributing to higher quality production runs. The production of TV sets in a factory
increases uniformly by a fixed number every year. It produced 16000 sets in 6th year and 22600 in 9th year.
1) In which year, the production is Rs 29,200.
2) Find the production during 8th year. OR Find the production during first 3 years.
3) Find the difference of the production during 7th year and 4th year.

37. CASE STUDY 2

Alia and Shagun are friends living on the same street in Patel Nagar. Shagun’s house is at the intersection of
one street with another street on which there is a library. They both study in the same school and that is not far
from Shagun's house. Suppose the school is situated at the point 0, i.e., the origin, Alia's house is at A.
Shagun’s house is at B and library is at C. Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
(i) How far is Alia's house from Shagun’s house?
(ii) How far is the library from Shagun’s house?
(iii) Show that for Shagun, school is farther compared to Alia’s house and library.
OR
Show that Alia’s house, shagun’s house and library for an isosceles right triangle.

38. CASE STUDY 3

A boy is standing on the top of light house. He observed that boat P and boat Q are approaching the light
house from opposite directions. He finds that angle of depression of boat P is 45° and angle of depression of
boat Q is 30°. He also knows that height of the light house is 100 m.

(i) What is the measure of ∠ACD?

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(ii) If ∠YAB = 30°, then ∠ABD is also 30°, Why?

(iii) Find length of CD.

OR
Find length of BD.