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10th maths
Total Time: 1 Hrs 00 Mins Max Marks: 25
General Instructions
This Question Paper is Divided into 3 Sections
Section A Consists of 8 Questions
Section B Consists of 4 Questions
Section C Consists of 3 Questions
Standard/Class: 10th Subject: MATHEMATICS
Section A
Objective(MCQ) - (1 Marks)
1. HCF of 8, 9, 25 is [1]
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 25 (d) 1
2. The product of a rational and irrational number is [1]
(a) rational (b) irrational
(c) both of above (d) none of above
3. There is a circular path around a sports field. Priya takes 18 minutes to drive one [1]
round of the field. Harish takes 12 minutes. Suppose they both start at the same
point and at the same time and go in the same direction. After how many minutes
will they meet ?
(a) 36 minutes (b) 18 minutes
(c) 6 minutes (d) They will not meet
4. Express 98 as a product of its primes [1]
(a) 2² × 7
(b) 2² × 7²
(c) 2 × 7²
(d) 23 × 7
5. According to the fundamental theorem of arith-metic, if P (a prime number) divides [1]
b², b > 0, then
(a) P divides b
(b) b divides P
(c) P² divides b²
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(d) b² divides P²
6. The number ‘π’ is [1]
(a) natural number (b) rational number
(c) irrational number (d) rational or irrational
7. If LCM (77, 99) = 693, then HCF (77, 99) is [1]
(a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 22
8. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event? [1]
(A) ⅔ (B) –1.5 (C) 15% (D) 0.7
Section B
Subjective - (2 Marks)
9. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Calculate the probability [2]
that the card will
(i) be an ace, (ii) not be an ace.
10. Which of the following experiments have equally likely outcomes? Explain. [2]
(i) A driver attempts to start a car. The car starts or does not start.
(ii) A player attempts to shoot a basketball. She/he shoots or misses the shot.
(iii) A trial is made to answer a true-false question. The answer is right or wrong.
(iv) A baby is born. It is a boy or a girl.
11. A box contains 5red marbles, 8white marbles and 4green marbles. One marble is [2]
taken out of the box at random. What is the probability that the marble taken out will
be
(i) red ? (ii) white ? (iii) not green?
12. Explain why 7 × 11 × 13 + 13 and [2]
7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 + 5 are composite numbers.
Section C
Subjective - (3 Marks)
13. Prove that √3 is irrational. [3]
14. Prove that 3 + 2√5 is irrational. [3]
15. A game of chance consists of spinning an arrow which comes to rest pointing at [3]
one of the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 (see Figure), and these are equally likely
outcomes. What is the probability that it will point at
(i) 8 ?
(ii) an odd number?
(iii) a number greater than 2?
(iv) a number less than 9?
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