ZION AND ALWIN GROUP OF SCHOOLS (CBSE) (SELAIYUR, PADAPPAI,

MAPPEDU) REVISION EXAMINATION III

STD: X MAX.MARKS: 80

SUB: MATHEMATICS TIME: 3 Hours

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

This Question paper has 5 sections A to E

1. Section A consists of 20 questions carring1 mark each 2.

Section B consists of 5 Questions carrying 2 marks each.

3. Section C consists of 6 Questions carrying 3marks each.

4. Section D consists of 4 Questions carrying 5 marks each

5. Section E has case based integrated units of assessment (4marks of each)

with subparts of the values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
Section A

Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each (20x1=20)

1. Which of these can be expressed as a product of two or more prime numbers?
i) 15 ii) 34568 iii) (15 x 13)
a) only (ii) b) only (iii) c) only (i) and (ii) d) all the above
2. If are zeroes of the polynomial , then what is the value of

a) b) c) d)
3. If and represents coincident lines,
then satisfy the equation
a) b)
4. The father’s age is 6 times his son’s age. Four years hence, the age of the father will
four times his son. The present ages (in years) of the son and the father are
a) 4 and 24 b) 5 and 30 c) 6 and 36 d) 3 and 24
5. Consider the equation . Which conditions are sufficient to conclude
that the equation has real roots?
a) b) c) d)
6. The product of three consecutive integers is equal to 6 times the sum of three
integers. If the smallest integer is 𝑥, which of the following equation represents the
above situation?
a) 2𝑥2 + 𝑥 − 9 = 0 c) 2𝑥2 − 𝑥 + 9 = 0
b) 𝑥2 + 2𝑥 + 18 = 0 d) 𝑥2 + 2𝑥 − 18 = 0
7. If the sum of 𝑝 terms of an A.P is 𝑞 and the sum of 𝑞 terms is 𝑝, then the sum of
 𝑝 + 𝑞 terms will be
a) 0 b) 𝑝 − 𝑞 c) 𝑝 + 𝑞 d) −(𝑝 + 𝑞)
8. It is being given that the points A (1,2), B (0,0) and C (a, b) are collinear. Which of
the following relations between 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 is true?
a) 𝑎 = 2𝑏 b) 2𝑎 = 𝑏 c) 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 0 d) 𝑎 − 𝑏 = 0
9. A line intersects the 𝑦 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 at the points P and Q respectively. If (2, −5)
is the midpoint of PQ, then the coordinates of P and Q are
a) (0, −5) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (2,0) c) (0, 10) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (−4,0)
b) (0, 4) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (−10,0) d) (0, −10) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (4,0)
10. Rohit is 6 feet tall. At an instant, his shadow is 5 feet long. At the same instant, the
shadow of a pole is 30 feet long. What is the height of the pole?
a) 36 feet b) 24 feet c) 30 feet d) 12 feet

11. For what value of 𝑘, the value of is 3.5?

a) 30° b) 45° c) 60° d) 90°
12. A 1.6m tall girl stands at a distance of 3.2m from a lamp post and casts shadow of
4.8m on the ground, then the height of the lamp post is
a) 8m b) c) 6m d) m
13. The radius of the sphere whose volume is 12 𝜋 𝑐𝑚3 is

a) 3 cm b) 3√3 𝑐𝑚 c) 32/3 𝑐𝑚 d) 31/3𝑐𝑚

14. If the mean of the data is 27 and the mode is 45 then median is
a) 30 b) 27 c) 32 d) 33
15. A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 white balls and 7 black balls. What is the probability that
a ball drawn from the bag at random will be neither red nor black?

a) b) c) d)
16. If a number 𝑥 is chosen from the numbers 1,2,3 and a number 𝑦 is selected from the
numbers 1,4,9. Then 𝑃(𝑥𝑦 < 9) is

a) b) c) d)
17. What is the area of the segment PQR, if the radius of the circle is 7cm?

a) 14 𝑐𝑚2 b) 17.3 𝑐𝑚2 c) 28 𝑐𝑚2 d) 91 𝑐𝑚2

18. In the given figure, PQ is a chord of a circle and PT is the tangent at P such that
∠𝑄𝑃𝑇 = 60°. Then ∠𝑃𝑅𝑄 is equal to
 a) 135° b) 150° c) 120° d) 110°

Assertion – Reason based questions

In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of

Reason (R). Choose the correct answer out of the following choices.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
19. Assertion (A): If one zero of the polynomials 𝑝(𝑥) = (𝑘2 + 4)𝑥2 + 13𝑥 + 4𝑘 is the
reciprocal of the other, then 𝑘 = 4.

Reason (R): If (𝑥 − 𝑎) is a factor of 𝑝(𝑥), 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝(𝑎) = 0 , 𝑎 is a zero of 𝑝(𝑥).

20. Assertion (A): A bicycle wheel makes 5000 revolutions in covering 11km. Then the
diameter of the wheel is 35cm.

Reason (R): No of rotations in 1 minute =

Section B

Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each (5x2=10)

21. Find the value of 𝑘 such that the polynomial 𝑥2 − (𝑘 + 6)𝑥 + 2(2𝑘 − 1) has sum of
its zeroes equal to half of their product.

(or)

If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 𝑓(𝑥) = 4𝑥2 − 8𝑘𝑥 − 9 is equal in
magnitude but opposite in sign of the other, find the value of 𝑘.

22. Find the value of 𝑘 for which the quadratic equation

(𝑘 + 1)𝑥2 − 6(𝑘 + 1)𝑥 + 3(𝑘 + 9) = 0, 𝑘 ≠ −1 has equal roots.

23. In the given figure ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is a right-angled triangle with ∠𝐵 = 90°, 𝐵𝐶 =
48𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐵 = 14𝑐𝑚. A circle is inscribed in the triangle, find the radius of the
inscribed circle.
 24. From the top of a 25 m high cliff, the angle of elevation of a tower is found to be
equal to the angle of depression of the foot of the tower. Find height of the tower.
25. The sum of first 𝑛 terms of an AP are 4𝑛2 + 2𝑛. Find the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of this AP.

(or)

Find how many integers between 201 and 500 are divisible by 8.

Section C Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each (6x3 =18)

26. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower 30 m high from the foot of another tower
in the same plane is 60° and the angle of elevation of the top of the second tower
from the foot of the first tower is 30°. Find the distance the two towers and also the
height of the other tower.
27. Point A lies on the line segment XY joining X (6, −6) and Y (−4, −1) in such a way

that . If point A also lies on the line 3𝑥 + 𝑘(𝑦 + 1) = 0, find the value of 𝑘.
28. Solve the following system of linear equations graphically and shade the region
between the two lines and 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠.

2𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 10 = 0

3𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 11 = 0

29. Find the greatest number that will divide 445, 572 and 699 leaving remainders 4,5
and 6 respectively.

(or)

The length, breadth and height of a room are 8 m 50 cm, 6 m 25 cm and 4 m 75 cm

respectively. Find the length of the longest rod that can measure the dimensions of the room
exactly. 30. In the given figure, XY and X′Y′ are two parallel tangents to a circle with centre
O and another tangent AB with point of contact C intersecting XY at A and X′Y′ at B. Prove
that ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 90°.
 (or)

Prove that opposite sides of a quadrilateral circumscribing a circle subtend supplementary

angles at the centre of the circle.

31. In the given figure, two concentric circles with the centre O, have radii 21 cm and 42
cm. If ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 60°, find the area of the shaded region.

Section D Section D consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each (4x 5 =20)

32. Sides AB and AC and median AD of a triangle ABC are respectively proportional to
sides PQ and PR and median PM of another triangle PQR. Show that ΔABC ~
ΔPQR.
33. The mean of the following frequency table is 50. But the frequencies 𝑓1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓2 in
class 20 – 40 and 60 – 80 respectively are missing. Find the missing frequencies.
Class 0 – 20 20 – 40 40 – 60 60 – 80 80 – 100 Total

Frequency 17 𝑓1 32 𝑓2 19 120

(or)

If the median of the following frequency distribution is 32.5. Find the values of 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦.
Class 0 – 10 10 – 20 20 – 30 30 – 40 40 – 50 50 – 60 60 – 70 Total

Frequency 𝑥 5 9 12 𝑦 3 2 40

34. A toy is in the shape of a right circular cylinder with a hemisphere on one end and a
cone on the other end. The radius and height of the cylindrical part are 5 cm and 13
cm respectively. The radii of the hemispherical and conical parts are the same as that
of the cylindrical part. Find the total surface area of the toy, if the total height of the
toy is 30 cm.

35. Prove that

 (or)

If √3 𝑐𝑜𝑡2𝜃 − 4 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 + √3 = 0, then find the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑡2𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2𝜃.

Section E Case study – based questions. (3x4=12)

36. Five friends and one of their mothers are having a picnic. The mother deicide to play
card game. 17 cards numbered 1, 2, 3 ... 17 are put in a box and mixed thoroughly.
The mother asks each boy to draw a card and after each draw she shows some magic
tricks based on card number.

On the basis of the above information, answer the following questions.

i) What is the probability of drawing an odd number card in the first draw by the
first boy? (1 mark)
ii) Now in second draw, card drawn in first draw is replaced. What is the probability
of drawing a prime number card by the second boy? (1 mark)
iii) If in second draw, boy got number 2 and the card is not replaced, what is the
probability of drawing a card bearing a multiple of 3 greater than 5 by the third
boy? (2 marks)
(or)
If the card is replaced after the third draw, what is the probability of drawing a
card bearing a multiple of 3 or 7 by the fourth boy?
37. Shalvi wants to organize her birthday party. She was happy on her birthday. She is
very health conscious; thus, she decided to serve fruits only.

She has 36 apples and 60 bananas at home and decided to serve them. She wants to distribute
fruits among guests. She does not want to discriminate among guests so she decided to
distribute equally among them.

i) How many maximum guests Shalvi can invite? (1 mark)

ii) How many apples and bananas will each guest get? (1 mark) iii) How
many guests Shalvi can invite, if she decides to add 42 mangoes also? (2 marks)

(or)

If Shalvi decides to add 45 mangoes instead of 6 apples, in this case how many maximum
guests Shalvi can invite?

38. A road roller (sometimes called a roller-compactor, or just roller) is a compactor-type

engineering vehicle used to compact soil, gravel, concrete, or asphalt in the
construction of roads and foundations. Similar rollers are used also at landfills or in
 agriculture. Road rollers are frequently referred to as steamrollers, regardless of their
method of propulsion. RCB Machine Pvt Ltd started making road roller 10 year ago.
Company increased its production uniformly by fixed number every year. The
company produces 800 rollers in the 6th year and 1130 roller in the 9th year.

On the basis of above information, answer the following questions.

i) What was the company’s production in first year? (1 mark)
ii) What was the increase in the company’s production every year? (1 mark)
iii) In which year the company’s production was 1350 rollers? (2 marks)
(or)

What was the company’s total production of the first 6 years?

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D.Malathy(AIPS)
 ZION AND ALWIN GROUP OF SCHOOLS (CBSE)

(SELAIYUR, PADAPPAI, MAPPEDU)

REVISION EXAMINATION 2024-2025 (ANSWER KEY)

STD: X MAX.MARKS: 80

SUB: MATHEMATICS TIME: 3 Hours

Section A (20 X 1 = 10)

1. d) all the above 2.

3.
4. c) 6 and 36
5. d) 𝑝 > 0, 𝑟 < 0
6. d) 𝑥2 + 2𝑥 − 18 = 0
7. d) −(𝑝 + 𝑞)
8. b) 2𝑎 = 𝑏
9. d) (0, −10) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (4,0)
10. a) 36 feet

14. d) 33

17. a) 14 𝑐𝑚2
18. c) 120°
19. d) A is false but R is true. 20. d) A is false but R is true.

Section B (5 X 2 = 10)
 SECTION – C

26.
28.
 SECTION – D

32.
 SECTION – E

36.

i) ii)

iii)
37.

i) HCF (36, 60) = 12 ii) 3

apples and 5 bananas
iii) HCF (36,60,42) = 6 (or) HCF (30,60,45) =15

38.

i) 𝑎 = 250 ii) 𝑑 =110

iii) 11th (or) 𝑆6 = 3150

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