TAMRALIPTA PUBLIC SCHOOL

PRE-BOARD– I Examination
Session:2025-26
Subject – Mathematics
Class - X
Time – 3 Hours Full Marks – 80
Answers of this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
You will not be allowed to write during first 10 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper. The time given at the head of this
paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
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Attempt all questions from Section A and any four questions from Section B.
All working, including rough work, must be shown, and must be done on the sheet
as the rest of the answer. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in [ ].
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Section-A (Attempt all the questions)
Question 1[Choose the correct option(s) only] (15×1=15)
i) In an A.P if a18-a14=32,then the common difference is
a) 8 b) -8 c) -4 d) 4
ii) In a recurring deposit account for 3 years, the total amount deposited by a person is
15,[Link] the interest earned by him is one-third of his total deposit, then the interest
he earned is
a) Rs 156 b) Rs 520 c ) Rs 1560 d) Rs 5200
iii) Statement I: A cylinder has the largest surface area for the given volume.
Statement II: A sphere has the largest surface area for the given volume.
Which of the following is valid?
a) Both the statements are true
b) Both the statements are false
c) Statement I is true and statement II is false
d) Statement I is false and statement 2 is true
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iv) Given‫ ݔ‬+ 2 ≤ + 3; is a prime number. The solution set for x is
ଷ
a) ∅ b) {0} c) {1} d) {0,1}

v) Mode and mean of a data are 12k and 15k, then the median of the data is
a) 12k b) 14k c) 15k d) 16k

vi) The point which lies on the perpendicular bisector of the line joining the points
A (-2,-5) and B (2,5) is
a) (0,0) b) (0,2) c) (2,0) d) (-2,0)
 vii) In the given diagram ΔABC ~Δ PQR and
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= Then the value of AB: PQ is
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a) 8:3 b) 3:5 c) 3:8 d) 5:8

viii) If the point P (a, b) is reflected in the Y-axis to P'(-3, - 9) then the value of (a + b) is
a) -6 b) 6 c) -15 d) -12

ix) A cone, a hemisphere and a cylinder stand on equal bases and have the same height.
The ratio of their volumes is
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x) If the length of the shadow of a tower is √3 times that of its height, then the angle of
elevation of the sun is
a) 15 ° b) 30 ° c) 45 ° d) 60°

xi) If : ‫ ݔ‬ହ଴ + 2‫ ݔ‬ସଽ + ݇ is divisible by (x + 1) then the value of k is

a) 0 b) – 1 c) 1 d) –2

xii) If A is a matrix of order m×n such that AB and BA are both defined, then order of the
matrix B is
a) m×nmatrix b) n×mmatrix c)m×mmatrix d)n×nmatrix

xiii) If 5th 8th and 11 thterms of a G.P. are x, y and z respectively, then which of the
following is correct?
a) y2= x2z2 b) y2= x2+z2 c) y2= xz d) xyz =1

xiv) In this given figure,given that E

EK=9 cm, then the perimeter of ΔEDF is

D F
K M
a) 18cm b) 13.5 cm c) 12 cm d) 9 cm

xv) The mean proportional between ½ and 128 is

a) 64 b) 32 c) 16 d) 8

Question 2. (4+4+4)
a) A person required 2500 after 12 weeks to send her daughter to school. She saved Rs 100
in the first week and increased her weekly savings by Rs 20 every week. Find whether
she will be able to send herdaughter to school after 12 weeks.
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b) If ‫= ݔ‬ , using properties of proportion show that ; x2 - 2ax + 1=0
√௔ାଵି√௔ିଵ
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c) Solve the equation by using formula: 2‫ ݔ‬− = 7
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Question 3. (4+4+5)
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a) ABC is a right angled triangle with ∠ ABC=90 . D is a point on AB and DE
perpendicular to AC. Prove that-
i) Δ ADE ~ΔACB
ii) If AC =13 cm, BC =5 cm and AE =4 cm, find DE and AD.
iii) Find, area of ΔADE: area of quad BCED.

b) Find the image of the point (1,2) in the line x-2y – 7=0 (without using graph paper)

c) Marks obtained by 200 students in an examination are given below:

Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100
No. of 5 40
11 10 20 28 37 29 14 6
students
Using graph paper draw an ogive curve and estimate-
i) The median marks.
ii) The number of students who failed, if minimum marks required to pass40.
iii) If scoring 85 and more marks is considered as grade one, find the number
of students who secured grade one in the examination.

Section-B (Attempt any four question)

Question 4 (4+3+3)
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a) If the p , q and r terms of an A.P. be a, b, c respectively, then prove that
ܽ(‫ ݍ‬− ‫ )ݎ‬+ ܾ(‫ ݎ‬− ‫ )݌‬+ ܿ(‫ ݌‬− ‫ = )ݍ‬0
b) Three digit numbers are made using the digits 4, 5, 9 (without repetition).If a number
among them is selected at random, what is the probability that the number will i) be a
multiple of 5? ii) Be a multiple of 9? iii) end with 9?
c) If the abscissa of a point P is 2, find the ratio it divides the line joining the points (-4,
3) and (6, 3). Hence find the co-ordinates of P
Question 5 (4+3+3)
a) If x4+ 7x 3+ 7x2+ p x + q is exactly divisible by x2 +7x + 12 ,
then find the value of p and q
b) The total surface area of a circular cylinder is 462 cm2 . If its curved surface area is
one third of its total surface area, find the volume of the cylinder.

c) Using ruler and compass only, construct a ΔABC such that BC = 5 cm, AB = 6.5 cm
and∠ABC =1200 .Construct a circum-circle of ∆ABC.
Question 6 (4+3+3)
a) The histogram given alongside represents the scores obtained
by 25 students in a Mathematics class test. Use the data to
find :
i) frame a frequency distribution table
ii) Calculate the mean by step-deviation method.
iii) Determine the modal class.
b) Meena has a cumulative time deposit account of Rs 340 per
month at 6% per annum. If she gets Rs 7157 at the time of
maturity, find the total time for which the account was held?
c) A solid cone of radius 5 cm and height 8 cm is melted and made into small spheres, each
of radius 0.5 cm. Find the number of spheres formed.
Question 7 (4+3+3)
a) The point P (3,4) is reflected to P' in X-axis and O' is the image of O(origin)when
reflected in the line PP'. Using graph paper write:
i The co-ordinates of P' and O'.
ii The length of the segment PP' and OO'
iii. The geometric name of the figure POP'O'.
iv. The perimeter of the quadrilateral POP'O'
b) From the top of hill, the angles of depression of two consecutive kilometre stones,due
east are found to be 30° and 45° respectively. Find the distance of two stones from the
foot of the hill.
c) Calculate the length of a direct common tangent to two circles of radii 3 cm and 8 cm
with their centres 13 cm apart.
Question 8 (4+3+3)
a) If the equation (1 + ݉ଶ )‫ ݔ‬ଶ + 2݉ܿ‫ ݔ‬+ (ܿ ଶ − ܽଶ ) = 0 has equal roots,
prove that ܿ ଶ = ܽଶ (1 + ݉ଶ )

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b) If = ,then show that sinߠ − cosߠ =
௫ ௬ ඥ௫ మ ା௬ మ
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c) Solve the inequation and represent the solution set on the number line:−3 + ‫≤ ݔ‬ +
ଷ
ଵସ
2≤ , where x ߳ ‫ܫ‬
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Question 9 (4+3+3)
1 2
a) Show that ቂ ቃ is a solution of the matrix equation ‫ ݔ‬ଶ − 2‫ ݔ‬− 3‫ = ܫ‬૙
2 1
Where I is the unit matrix of order 2

b) A rectangular tank has length 4m, breadth 3m and capacity 30 m3. A model of the tank is
made with capacity 240 cm3. Find :
i) The dimension of the model.
ii) The ratio of total surface area of the tank to that of the model.

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c) If ‫= ݌‬ , find the value of +
௫ା௬ ௣ିଶ௫ ௣ିଶ௬
Question 10 (4+3+3)

a) Find the equation of the line that is perpendicular to 3x+2y-8=0 and passes through the
mid point of the line segment joining the points (5,-2) and (2, 2).

b) An aeroplane left 30 minutes later than its scheduled time, and in order to reach its
destination 1500 km away in time, it has to increase its speed by 250 km/h from its usual
speed. Determine its usual speed.

c) The height of a cone is 40 cm. A small cone is cut off at the top by a plane parallel to its
[Link] its volume be 1/64 of the volume of the given cone, at what height above the base
is the section cut?