VISHWA BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL, NOIDA

PRE-BOARD-EXAMINATION, 2024- 25
SUBJECT- MATHEMATICS (STANDARD)
SUBJECT CODE (041)
(SET-|)
CLASS -X
ROLL NO
TIME 3hrs. I40
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-| (SA-I)type questions
each.
carrying 2 marks
4. Section C has 6 short Answer-ll (SA-I) type questions
each.
carrying 3 marks
5. Section D has 4 Long Answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 Case Based integrated units of assessment (4 marks
each) with sub-parts of the values 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7. AllQuestions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs
of 2
marks, 2 Qs of 3 marks and 2 Qs of 5 marks has been provided.
8. Drawneat figures wherever required. Take Pi =22/7 wherever required if
not stated.

Section A
Section Aconsists of 20 questions of 1 mark each.
1. If Sin A+Sin 2A= 1,then Cos A+CostA
a) 0 b)1 c) 4 d) 2
2. If x =1 is acommon root of ax' + ax +2 = 0 and x2 + x + b=0then a: b is
equal to

a) (a)2
3. The 7th termn from the end of an A.P-8,-5,-2........., 49 is
a) 67 b) 13 c) 31 d)10
4. The point P on x- axis equidistant from the points A(5, -3)and B(4,2 ) is
a) (4.5, 0) b)(0.5, 0) c) (7, 0) d) (-7,0)

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5. The value of Sin0 + is
1+ Tan 20
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) -1
6. The distance between the points (acose +bsin0, 0)and(0, asint-bcoS6)IS
a) a2+b2 b) a? -b? c) va' + b2 d) va?- b2
7. Ifn is a natural number then 6 -5n always ends with
a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7
Þ. IT the mean of frequency distribution is7.5 and Sf, x =120+3k, t; = 30;
then k isequal to
a) 40 b)35 c) 50 d) 45
9. A quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are -3 and 4 are
a) x²-x+12 b) x²+x +12
2 2 d) 2x²+2x -24
10. Ifthe angles of elevation of atower from
two points distant a and b (a>b)
from its foot and in the same straight line
from it are 30° and 60°, then
height of tower are

a) Va + b b)vab C)Va -b
11. Ifa and Bare the zeroes of the polynomial f(x)
(a+1)(B+1) is equal to
=x-p(x+1)-c, then
a)c-1 b) 1-c c)c d) 1+c
12. The pair of equations x=2a andy=3b (a,b+ 0) graphically
represents
straight lines which are:
a) Coincident b) Parallel c) intersecting at (2a, 3b)
d) intersecting at (3b, 2a)
13. let a and b be two positive integers such that a =X'yz° andb=x'y',where
X, y and zare prime numbers.If HCF(a,b) =x"y"zP, then value of mis
a) 0 b) 2 c) 1 d) 3
14. Using the empirical relationship, the mode ofa distribution whose mean
is 7,2 and mediant7.1 is
a) 6.2 b) 6.3 c) 6.5 d)6.9

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 15. Agirl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize money in
a lottery is 0.08. If 6000 tickets are sold, how many tickets has she bought?
a) 40 b) 240 c) 480 d) 750
16. In AABC. ZC = 900, then Tan A+ Tan B=

a) b) c) a + b d) ab
17. Anumber is chosen from the numbers 1;2,3 and denoted as x.
and a
number ischosen from the numbers 1,4,and 9 and denoted as y.
P(xy<9) is Then

a); b) 5
c); d) ;
18. In the given figure, what value of x will
make PO ||AB?

3z+1 344

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
Questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion and Reason based questions.
Two statements are given, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is
labelled as ReasortSelect the correct answer to these questions
from the
options as given below.
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
c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
explanation of (A).
d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

19. Assertion (A):3x-4y = 7and 6x-8y = k have infinite number of solution if

k= 14
Reason (R): a,X+ biv+c,=0and ax+ bay+C2 =0 have a unique solution if

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20. Assertion (A): TA external point Tto
and TBare two tangents drawn from an 250
circle with centre at 0.If2TBA= 750,then ZABO =

Reason( R): Ine tangent drawn at any point of a circle is perpendicular

to the radius through the point of contact.

SECTION B(5x 2=10m)

This section comprises very short answer-type questions of 2 markS eacn.
21.If A(-2,-1), B(a,0),C (4,b), and D(1,2) are the vertices of a
ABCD, find the values of a and b parallelogram
OR
The three vertices of aparallelogram ABCD,taken in order,
B (3,1) and C(2,2). Find the coordinates of the
are A(-1,0),
fourth vertex D
22. Solve -
99x +101 y = 499
101x + 99y = 501

A0 OB
23. In the given figure, 1
and AB=5 cm. Find the length of the
OD 2
DC.

5&mB

24. If Cos(A+B) =12 and Tan (A- B) =where

1
0 s A+ Bs 90°, then find the
value of sec(2A-3B)
OR

Find the value of x such that,

3
3 tan² 60-x sin? 45°+ 4 sec'30° = 2 cosec?300

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25. Prove 3/7 -8 is an irrational number, given that v7 is an irrational
of their f number.

SECTIONC(6x3= 18)
This section comprises Short answer type questions of 3 marks each
26. If a and Bare the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 25x'+ 25x +5, then
1 1
find the value o f t
27. Three sets of Physics,Chemistry and Mathematics books have to be
stacked in such a way that all the books are stored topic wise and the
number of books in each stack is the same. The number of physics books is
192, the number of chemistry books is 240 and the number of Mathematics
books is 168. Determine the number of stacks each of Physics, Chemistry
and Mathematics books.

28. Solve the eguation :

-4 +(-1) + 2 +........* x = 437
OR

How many numbers lie between 10 and 300, which when divided by 4
leave remainder 3? Also find their sum.

29. If a hexagon PQRSTU circumscribes a circle, prove that

PQ+ RS+ TU= QR + ST + UP
OR

Inthe given figure, if PQR is tangent to the circle at Q. whose Centre is O

and AB is achord parallel to PR such that ZBQR=70°, then find ZAQB.

700

P R

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 30. If If acos0-bsin@=x and asin+bcos®=y prove that a?+b'=x²+y?,
Or
Prove the following identity -
tan -Cot9
sing Cos = Tan?0 -Cot0
Ol.A Dag contains cards numbered¡0 toA3. Acard is drawn fronm tne vas
Find the probability that
a) Card drawn is a
prime number
b)Card drawn is
numbered divisible by 7
c) Card drawn is
numbered between 33 and 40.
SECTION D(4 x5= 20)
This section comprises Long answer type questions of 5 marks
each
32. One-fourth of a group of people claim they are
creative, twice the
Square root of the group claim to be caring and the remaining 15 claim they
are optimistic.
a) Find the
totalnumber of people in the group.
b) How many persons in the group are
creative?
OR
Apiece of cloth costs 7200. If the piece were 5m longer and each
metre of
cloth cost F2 less, the cost of the piece would have
remained unchanged.
How long is the piece and what is its original rate per
metre?
33. Through the midpoint M ofthe side CD of a
parallelogram ABCD,the line
BM is drawn intersecting AC at Land AD produced at E.
Prove EL=2BL.
D

OR

Sides AB AC and median AD of AABCare

respectively
proportional to
sides PQandmedian PM of another APQR. Showthat ABC ~ APQR

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Supp
footy 34. PQ isachord of length8 cm or a clrcle of radius 5 cm. The
tangents Pand Qintersect at a point 1. Find the length TP.

5 cm
8 cm

35. An age-wise list of the number of literate

people in a block is prepared
in the following table. There are a total of 100
people and their median age
is 41.5 years. Information about tWO groups is
missing,which are denoted
by XandY .Find the value ofX and Y.
Age (in yrs) Number of Literate people
10-20 15
20-30 X
30-40 12
40-50 20
50-60 Y
60-70
70-80 10

SECTION E(3x4= 12)

This section comprises Case-based type questions of 4 marks each
36. Fi of planes arecontrolled by ATC and the directions are given
accordingly finds that the angle of elevation of an aero plane from Point on
the ground is 60°. After a flight of 50 seconds, the angle of
elevation
becomes 30°. The airplane is flying at aconstant height of 5000/3m.
Using the above information,answer the following quesUoi
i) Represent the above (1)
situation
I1) what is the distance traveled bydiagrammaticaly
the plane in 50 seConas (1)
OR
Itwas observed that after 30 eonnnds angle of elevation changed to 45.
How much distance was traveled during this duration ? (1)
) vvhat is the speedof the plane in km/hr when the angle of elevation
changes from 60° to 30. (2)
37.Sumiti, a software engineer, lives in Jerusalem for his work He lives in
the most convenient area of the city from where bank, hospital, post office
and supermarket can be easily accessed, In the graph, the bank is plotted
as A(9,5), the hospital as B(-3,-1) and the supermarket as C(5,-5) such that
A, B, Cform a triangle.

a
KOSPHTAL

Stand SupeMarKEt

Basedon the above given information , answer the followingquestions:

i) Find the distance between the bank and the hospital. (1)
ii) In between the bank and the supermarket, there is a post office
plotted at E which is their midpoint.Find the coordinates of E. (1)
i) P and Qare two different garment shops lying between the bank and
the hospital, such that BP= PQ=QA. If the coordinates of P and Q
are (1,a) and (b, 3) respectively, then find the values of a and b. (2)
OR
In between the hospital and the supermarket,there is a bus stop
plotted as D,which is their midpoint. If Sumiti wants to reach the bus
stand from the bank, then how much distance does he need to
cover? (2)

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38, A school has decided to plant Some endangered trees on 51st World
Environment Day in the nearest park. lney have decided to plant those trees
infew concentric circular rows SUcn tnat each succeeding row has 20 more
trees than the previous one. The TirSt Circular row has 50 trees.

Based on the above given information, answer the following

questions:
0) Howmany trees will be planted in the 10t row?
(1)
(i) How many more trees will be planted in the 8th row than in the 5th
row?
(iii) (a) If 3200 trees are to be planted in the park, (1)
then how, many rows are
required?
(2)
OR
(b) If 3200 trees are to be planted in the park,
then howmany trees are
: still left to be planted after the 11th row?
(2)

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