NIRMAN HIGH SCHOOL

(NON NIRMA INITIATIVE)

AHMEDABAD.

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION – March 2021

Std.: X Subject: Maths Marks: 80 Marks
Date:19/03/2021 Duration: 3 hour
Instructions:
1. There 04 questions & 04 pages in this question paper.
2. All the questions are compulsory.
3. Avoid overwriting and write in clean & legible hand writing.

Section – A
- Answer the following as per instructions given : (Each carries 1 mark) 24
- State whether the following statement are true or false.
1) 𝜋 is an irrational number.
2) If the graph of polynomial intersects X-axis at only one point then polynomial
can’t be quadratic polynomial.
3) For any arithmetic sequence first term cannot be zero.
4) If one corresponding between two triangles is similarity then all the remaining
corresponding are similarity.
- Fill in the blanks.
5) HCF of 330 and 65 is __________________ .
6) If one of the solution of 𝑥 + 2𝑦 – 4 = 0 is (2, k) then find the value of k = _________.
7) If the graph of the linear equations 3𝑥 + 2𝑘𝑦 = 2 and 2𝑥 + 5𝑦 + 1 = 0
represents parallel lines then k = __________________.
8) If the equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 has two real and equal roots then the sum of
the roots is _____________.
9) Two squares are _________________. (similar, congruent)
10) The foot of perpendicular drawn from P(–5, 2) X- axis is M. So the coordinates of
M = _________________.
- Answer the following in sentence, a word or a number.
𝑥 3 𝑦
11) = = then find the value of 2𝑥 + 3𝑦.
15 5 10
12) Who gave the formula to find the solution of quadratic equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 = 𝑐
13) For the following A. Ps, write the first term and the common difference :
72, 67, 62, 57, ...
14) A ladder is placed along the wall. The foot of the ladder is 1.5 m away from the
wall. If the length of the ladder is 3m, find the angle makes by the ladder with the
ground.
15) How many tangents can a circle have?
16) In figure, AB = 8 cm, PE = 3 cm, then find AE.

- Choose the correct option from those given below each question.
17) ___________________ is a quadratic equation.
1
(A) 𝑥 + = 𝑥 2 (B) 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 + 5 = 2
𝑥
1
(C) 2𝑥 + =5 (D) 4𝑥 4 + 4𝑥 + 1 = 0
𝑥2
18) Which of the following list of numbers does not form an A. P. ?
1 1 1 1 1
(A) 1,2,3,4, … (B) 2,5,8,11, … (C) 1, , , , … (D) 1, , 0, − , …
2 3 4 2 2
19) sin 2A = 2sin A then A = _________________ .
(A) 60° (B) 45° (C) 30° (D) 0°
20) Areas of two circle whose radius are 𝑅1 and 𝑅2 respectively are equal to the area
of circle whose radius is R then choose the correct option.
(A) 𝑅1 + 𝑅2 = 𝑅 (B) 𝑅1 + 𝑅2 < 𝑅
(C) 𝑅1 2 + 𝑅2 2 < 𝑅2 (D) 𝑅1 2 + 𝑅2 2 = 𝑅2
21) The curved surface area of the sphere is __________________ .
1
(A) 2𝜋𝑟ℎ (B) 2𝜋𝑟 2 (C) 4𝜋𝑟 2 (D) 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ
3
22) 𝑟 = 2.5, ℎ = 10 cm then the volume of the cylinder is ________________.
(A) 196.25 𝑐𝑚3 (B) 269.5 𝑐𝑚3 (C) 124 𝑐𝑚3 (D) 198 𝑐𝑚3
23) 6, 7, 𝑥 – 2, 𝑥, 17 and 20 are six observations in an increasing order with median
16 then 𝑥 = _______________.
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18
24) ___________________ is the probability that student gets 77 marks in question paper
of 100 marks.
1 77 1 100
(A) (B) (C) (D)
100 100 101 77

Section - B
- Answer any nine out of the following 12 questions with calculations. 18
(Each carries 2 mark)
25) Find HCF of 1891 and 1098 using Euclid’s division lemma.
26) Using HCF (𝑎, 𝑏) × 𝐿𝐶𝑀(𝑎, 𝑏) = 𝑎𝑏. Find LCM of 105 and 91.
27) Find the quadratic polynomial whose the sum of the zeroes is 7 and the product
of the zeroes is -12.
28) Which term of the AP : 3, 8, 13, 18, ...., is 78 ?
29) Find the sum of the first 22 terms of the AP : 8, 3, –2, . . .
 𝑠𝑖𝑛 30° + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 45° − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 60°
30) Find the value of .
𝑠𝑒𝑐 30° + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 60° − 𝑐𝑜𝑡 45°
31) In the given figure, if CP = 11 and BR = 4 then find BC.

32) P is an exterior point of the circle with centre O. The tangents from P touch the
circle at X and Y. If ∠𝑋𝑂𝑌 = 110° then find ∠𝑋𝑃𝑂.
33) A chord of length 𝑟 is in the circle with the radius 𝑟 what is its distance from the
centre of the circle.
34) How many small balls, each of radius 1 mm can be made from melting a solid
sphere of radius 1 cm?
35) The mean of following frequency distribution is 2.6 then find 𝑦.
𝑥 1 2 3 4 5
𝑓 4 5 𝑦 1 2
36) A lot of 20 bulbs contain 4 defective ones. One bulb is draw at random from the
lot. What is the probability that it is not defective.

Section - C
- Answer any six out of the following 9 questions with calculations. 18
(Each carries 3 mark)
37) Find the zeroes of the following quadratic polynomial and verify the
relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients : 6𝑥 2 – 3 – 7𝑥.
38) Find the zeroes of the following quadratic polynomial and verify the
relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients 𝑡 2 – 15
1 1
39) If 17𝑥 + 13𝑦 = 41𝑥𝑦 and 13𝑥 + 17𝑦 = 19𝑥𝑦 then find + . (𝑥 ≠ 0, 𝑦 ≠ 0).
𝑥 𝑦
5
40) The sum of a number and its reciprocal is Find the number.
2
41) Find the ratio in which the y-axis divides the line segment joining the points
(5, – 6) and (– 1, – 4). Also find the point of intersection.
42) Find the coordinates of the points which divides the line segment joining 𝐴(– 2, 2)
and 𝐵(2, 8) into four equal parts.
43) The wheels of the car are diameter 140 cm each. How many complete
revolution does each will make in 10 minute when the car is travelling at a
speed of 66 km/hr?
44) A chord of a circle of radius 10 cm makes a right angle at the centre. Find the
areas of the minor and major segments of the circle. (𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝜋 = 3.14)
45) Two dice are tossed together write all possible outcomes of this experiment.
Find the probability of getting
(i) 7 as the sum
(ii) a sum greater than 10.
(iii) a sum less than 13.
 Section - D
- Answer any five out of the following 8 questions with calculations. 20
(Each carries 4 mark)
46) Prove Basic proportionality theorem (Thales theorem) If a line is drawn parallel
to one side of a triangle intersecting the other two sides, then it divided the two
sides in the same ratio.
47) State & Prove Pythagoras theorem.
48) From the top of a 7 m high building the angle of elevation of the top of a cable
tower is 60° and the angle of depression of its foot is 45°. Determine the height
of the tower.
49) Draw a line segment of length 7.6 cm and divide it in the ratio 5:8. Measure the
two parts.
50) Construct a tangent to a circle of radius 4 cm from a point on the concentric
circle of radius 6 cm and measure its length. Also verify the measurement by
actual calculation.
51) A well of diameter 3 m is dug 14 m deep. The earth taken out of it has been
spread evenly all around it in the shape of a circular ring of width 4 m to form an
embankment. Find the height of the embankment.
52) The mean of the following data is 35.8. Find the values of x and y, if the total
frequency is 50.
Class
0–10 10–20 20–30 30–40 40–50 50–60 60–70
interval
Frequency 4 8 𝑥 20 3 𝑦 8

53) A life insurance agent found the following data for distribution of ages of 100
policy holders. Calculate the median age, if policies are given only to persons
having age 18 years onwards but less than 60 year.
Age (in years) Number of
policy holders
Below 20 2
Below 25 6
Below 30 24
Below 35 45
Below 40 78
Below 45 89
Below 50 92
Below 55 98
Below 60 100