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:.J-[aff Year{y Txaminatum: 2024-25

Suhject: :Matliematics :Maximum :Maris: Bo

Cfass: X 'lime: 2 hr. 30 mins.

Answer to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.

You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 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.

Attempt all the questions from Section A and any four questi~ns from
Section B. All working including the rough work must be shown and must
be done on the same sheet as the rest of the answers. Omission of essential
work will be result in the loss of marks.
The intended marks for questions or part of questions are given in brackets
[ ]. .

SECTION A (40 Marks]

(Attempt all questions from this Section)

Question: 1. (lx 15 = 15]

Choose the correct option to the questions from the given options:

(i) A shopkeeper buys an article from a wholesaler for~ 2000 and sells it to'a
consumer at 10% profit. If the sales are intra-state and the rate of GST is
12%, then the tax liability of the shopkeeper is:

(a) ~ 240 (b) ~ 264 (c) ~ 24 (d) ~ 504

(ii) A letter is chosen at random from the letters of English alphabet, then
the probability that it is a letter of the word 'DELHI' is:
1 s (d)
(a) - (b) 2. (c) -26 21
s 26 26

(iii) The centroid of the triangle with vertices (3, -7), (-8, 6) and (5, 10) is:

(a) (0, 9) (b) (0, 3) (c) (1, 3) - (d) (-1, 3)

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(1v) Am l dep osit ed ~ 800 per mo nth m ·
a rec urn ng d e pos it acc oun t for l -2
yea rs.
The qua lify ing sum of mo ney for the
calc ula tion of inte res t is:
(a) ~14 400 (b) ~ 136 800 (c) ~ 114 00 (d) , 368 00

(v) If A = [3 -6] and 8 = [! -}]

Ass ert ion (A): Pro duc t AB of two mat
rice s A and B is pos sibl e.
Rea son (R): The num ber of col um ns
of mat rix A is equ al to the num ber
row s in mat rix B. of

(a) A is true , R is fals e.

(b) A is fals e, R is true .

(c) Bot h A and Rar e true , and R is the

cor rect rea son for A.
(d) Bot h A and Rar e true , and R is the
inco rrec t rea son for A.
(vi) The slop e of the line per pen dicu
lar to the line 3x = 4y + 11 is:
3 3
(a) -
4 (b) - -
4 (c) -43 4
(d) - -
3
(vii) If x E W, the n the solu tion set
of the ineq uati on 3x + 11 ~ x + 8 is:
(a) {-2, -1, 0, 1, 2 ...} (b) {-1, 0, 1, 2, ... }
(c) {0, 1, 2, 3, ...} (d) non e of thes e.
... ) tan 2 A .
(Vlll
1+ta n 2 A
lS equ al t o:

(a) 2sin 2 A (b) sin 2 A (c) 2cos 2 A (d) cos 2 A

(ix) If the equ atio n 2x 2 - Sx + (k + 3) = 0 has equ al roo ts, the n the valu e of k
is:
9 9
(a) - 1 1
8 (b) (c) - (d) --
8 8 o
(x) Wh ich of the foll owi ng poi nts is inv
aria nt wit h resp ect to the line Y = -2?
(a) (3, 2) (b) (3, -2) (c) (2, 3) (d) (-2, 3)
(xi) If the are as of two sim ilar tria ngl
es are in the rati o 4 : 9, the n thei r
cor resp ond ing side s are in the rati o

(a) 9 : 4 (b) 3 : 2 (c) 16 : 81 (d) 2 : 3

(xii) In the adjoining figure, ABCD is cyclic quadrilateral. A

If LBAD = (2x + 5) 0
and LBCD = (x + 10) 0 , then x is equal to
D
(a) 65 (b) 45 B

(c) 55 (d) 50 C

(xiii) When x 3 + 3x 2 - kx + 4 is divided by (x - 2), the remainder is k. Then

the value of k is:

(a) -1 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 10

(xiv) The mean proportional between 8 .1 and 2. 5 is

(a) 5.3 (b) 4.5 (c) 3 .5 (d) 20.25

(xv) For the given 32 variables: x1, x2 , x3 , x4 , ............ , X32

Assertion (A): To find the median of the given variables, the variants need to
be arranged in ascending or descending order.

Reason (R): The median is the middle most observation of the arranged
data.

(a) A is true, R is false. (b) A is false, R is true.

(c) Both A and R true. (d) Both A and R false.

Question: 2. [4+4+4]

(a) Mr. Chawla has a recurring deposit account in a bank for 3 years at the
rate of 7.5% per annum. If he gets~ 8325 as interest at the time of maturity,
find:

(i) the monthly instalment (ii) the amount of maturity.

(b) If A = [!4 5
-; ], find A2 - SA - 14/, where I is unit matrix of order 2x2. _

(c) Find:

(i) (sin0 + cosec0) 2 (ii) (cos0 + sec0) 2

Using the above results prove the following trigonometric identity.

(sin8 + cosec8) 2 + (cos8 + sec8) 2 = s + sec 2 8 + cosec 2 8.

 [4+4+5]
Question: 3.
. • der and factor .
(a) While factorizin g a given polynom ial, usmg retnatn Sx 2 - llx _ 14.
theorem, a student finds that (2x - 7) is a factor of 2x 3 +
· a factor of the
(i) Is the student's solution correct stating that (2x - 7) is
given polynom ial?•Give a valid reason for your answer.

(ii) Also, factorize the given polynom ial completely.

(b) In the given figure, 0 is the centre of

the circle. If LDAE = 70°, find (by giving

suitable reasons) the measure s of the ~ -.. . o

following angles:

(i) LBCD (ii) LBOD iii) LOBD (iv) LBAD

(c) Use graph paper for this question . Take 2 cm = 1 unit on both
the axes.
(i) Plot the points A (0, 4), B (3, 2), C (2, 0) and D (3, -2) on the graph
paper.

(ii) Reflect B to B', C to C' and D to D' with respect to the Y-axis.
(iii) Write the co-ordin ates of B', C' and D'.
(iv) Name a point which is invariant under reflection in x-axis.
(v) Write the geometr ical name of the closed figure ABCDD' C'B'.

SECTION B (40 MARKS)

,.. Attempt any four question s from this section

~oli4. [3+3+4)
- X
(a) If -
m
= -ny -= -p' prove that: -+-+
Z x3
m2
y3
n2
z3 (x+y+z)3
p2-=-- -
(m+n+p)2

(b) Determine the ratio in which the line 2x + y - 4 = 0 divides the line
segment joining the points A (2, -2) and B (3, 7).
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(c) In the given figure , AA.BC and AA.MP
C
are two right triang les, righta ngled

at B and M respec tively .

M
Given , AC= 10 cm, AP= 15 cm and
PM= 12 cm.

(i) Prove that MBC~ MMP.

(ii) Find AB and BC. A B p

(iii) Find the ratio- ar(MB C): ar(MM P.

l Give suitab le reason s in suppo rt of your answe r].

$tion 5. -:'., [3+3+4]

(a) Solve the following inequa tion, write the solutio n set and repres ent
it on
the numb er line:

(b) P (-1, 3), Q (4, 2) and R (3, -2) are the vertice s of a triangl e.

(i) Find the coordi nates of the centro id G of the triangl e.

(ii) Find the equati on of the line throug h G and paralle l to PR.

(c) Find the mean for the following freque ncy distrib ution by step-d eviati
on
metho d:

Class- interva ls 84-90 90-96 96-102 102-10 8 108-11 4

Freque ncy 8 12 15 10 5

[3+3+4 ]
(a) Solve the following quadra tic equati on by using quadra tic formu la and
give your answe r correc t to two signifi cant figures: 4x 2 - Sx - 3 = 0.

(b) In a single throw of a die, find the probab ility of getting:

(i) A prime numbe r

(ii) A numbe r betwee n 3 and 6

(iii) A numbe r divisible by 2 or 3.

 (c) A model of ship is made to a scale of 1 : 200.
4

(i) The length of~ model is 4 m. Calcul ate the length of the ship.

(ii) The area of th~ deck of the ship is 16000 0 m2. Find the area of the
deck
of the model .

(iii) The volum e of the model is 200 litres. Calcul ate the volum e of the
ship
in m 3 •

,r tion: 7. (3+3+4]

(a) The points A (3, S), 8 (7, 8)and C (1, -10) are the vertice s of the !>.ABC.
Find
the equati on of the mewa n throug h A.

(b) If A= g- 3
1
] and C = [i _; 1
] find matr~ B such that BA= C.

(c) In the adjoin ing figure , diame ter

AB and chord CD of a circle meet at

P. PT is a tangen t to the circle at T.

If CD= 7 .8 cm, PD= 5 cm , PB = 4 cm .

I
IB
Find:

(i) AB
C
(ii) The length of tange nt PT.

(Give suitab le reason s in s upport of your nnswerj .

.Quest ion: 8. (3+3+4 ]

(a) A retaile r buys a TV set from a manuf acture r for t 25000. He marks
the
price of the TV set 20% above his cost price and sells it to a custom er
at
10% discou nt on the marke d price. If the sales are intra-s tate and the
rate
of OST is 12%, find:

(i) The marke d price of the TV set.

(ii) The amoun t (includ ing OST) paid by the custom er for the TV set.

(iii) The amoun t of OST receive d by the Centra l Gover nment .

(b) Prove the c 11 · "d • l+tan9
-
l+cot9
. - +-- = 2(sec0 + cosec0) •
10 owmg 1 entity: cos9
smfJ

(c) If (x - 2) is a factor of the expressi on 2x + ax + bx - 14 and when the

3 2

expressi on is divided by (x - 3), it leaves the remaind er 52. Find the values
of a and b.

Question : 9. [3+3+4]

(a) Solve the following inequatio n, write the solution set and represen t it on
the number line:
Bx 14
-3 + x ~ 3 + 2 ~ 3 + 2x, where x E Z.

fi x+3a x+3b . . f rti

(b) If x = a+b
6ab
, md the value of Na + x- 3b by usmg propertie s o propo on.

(c) Draw a histogra m on a graph paper and fmd the mode from the graph.

Class 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50

5 12 20 9 4

[4+6]
Questio n: 10.
(a) The total cost price of a certain number of articles is t 4800. By selling the
articles at t 100 each, a profit equal to the cost price of 15 articles is made.
Find the number of articles· bought.

(b) Draw an ogive for ti}~ following frequenc y distribut ion: [use graph paper
for this question ].

Hei ht in cm 150-160 160-170 170-180 180-190 190-200

No. of students 8 3 4 10 2

Use your ogive, to estimate :

(i) The median height.

(ii) The number of students whose height is above 175 cm.

(iii) The upper quartile.

(iv) Inter quartile range.