PRE BOARD EXAMINATION - I (2024- 2025 )

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS STANDARD ( 041) MAX. MARKS : 80

CLASS : X DURATION : 3 HRS
General Instruction:
1. This Question Paper has 5 Sections A-E.
2. Section A has 20 MCQs carrying 1 mark each.
3. Section B has 5 questions carrying 02 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 03 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 05 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 case based integrated units of assessment (04 marks each) with sub-parts of the
values of 1, 1 and 2 marks each respectively.
7. All Questions are compulsory. However, an internal choice in 2 Qs of 5 marks, 2 Qs of 3 marks
and 2 Questions of 2 marks has been provided. An internal choice has been provided in the 2marks
questions of Section E
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π =22/7 wherever required if not stated.
SECTION – A ( 20 x 1= 20 Marks )
Questions 1 to 20 carry 1 mark each.
1. In the given figure, tangents PA and PB to the circle centred at O, from point P are perpendicular
to each other. If PA = 5 cm, then length of AB is equal to

(a) 5 cm (b) 5√2 cm (c) 2√5 cm (d) 10 cm

2. XOYZ is a rectangle with vertices X(–3, 0), O(0, 0), Y(0, 4) and Z(x, y). The length of its each
diagonal is
(a) 5 units (b) √5 units (c) x² + y² units (d) 4 units

3. Which term of the A.P. –29, –26, –23, ..., 61 is 16?

(a) 11th (b) 16th (c) 10th (d) 31st

4. If the length of an arc of a circle subtending an angle 60° at its centre is 22 cm, then the radius of
the circle is :
(a) √21 cm (b) 21 cm (c) √42 cm (d) 42 cm

5. If x = 5 is a solution of the quadratic equation 2x2 + (k – 1)x + 10 = 0, then the value of k is :

(a) 11 (b) – 11 (c) 13 (d) – 13

6. The pair of equations x = 2a and y = 3b (a, b ≠ 0) graphically represents straight lines which are :
(a) coincident (b) parallel (c) intersecting at (2a, 3b) (d) intersecting at (3b, 2a)

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

9. After an examination, a teacher wants to know the marks obtained by maximum number of the
students in her class. She requires to calculate ................. of marks.
(a) median (b) mode (c) mean (d) range

10. Two positive integers m and n are expressed as m = p5q2 and n = p3q4, where p and q are prime
numbers. The LCM of m and n is :
(a) p8q6 (b) p3q2 (c) p5q4 (d) p5q2 + p3q4

 1 
11. The value of  sin 2   2  is :
 1  tan  
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) – 1

12. All queens, jacks and aces are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. The remaining cards are
well-shuffled and one card is picked up at random from it. The probability of that card to be a
king is :
(a) 1/10 (b) 1/13 (c) 3/10 (d) 3/13

1 1
13. If α and β are zeroes of the polynomial 5x² + 3x – 7, the value of  is
 
(a) −3/7 (b) 3/5 (c) 3/7 (d) −5/7
14. The perimeters of two similar triangles ABC and PQR are 56 cm and 48 cm respectively. PQ/AB
is equal to
(a) 7/8 (b) 6/7 (c) 7/6 (d) 8/7
15. In the given figure, if M and N are points on the sides OP and OS respectively of ∆OPS, such that
MN || PS, then the length of OP is :
(a) 6.8 cm (b) 17 cm (c) 15.3 cm (d) 9.6 cm

16. In the given figure, PA and PB are two tangents drawn to the circle with centre O and radius 5
cm. If ∠APB = 60°, then the length of PA is :
(a) 5/√3 cm (b) 5√3 cm (c) 10/√3 cm (d) 10 cm

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17. If value of each observation in a data is increased by 2, then median of the new data
(a) increases by 2 (b) increases by 2n (c) remains same (d) decreases by 2

18. The probability of getting a chocolate flavoured ice cream at random, in a lot of 600 ice creams is
0.055. The number of chocolate flavoured ice creams in the lot is :
(a) 33 (b) 55 (c) 11 (d) 44

DIRECTION: In the question number 19 and 20, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a
statement of Reason (R).
Choose the correct option
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of
Assertion (A)
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
Assertion (A)
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason(R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason(R) is true.

19. Assertion (A): Two cubes each of edge length 10 cm are joined together. The total surface area
of newly formed cuboid is 1200 cm².
Reason (R): Area of each surface of a cube of side 10 cm is 100 cm².

1 2 2
20. Assertion (A): If sin A = (0° < A < 90°) , then the value of cos A is
3 3
Reason (R): For every angle θ, sin²θ + cos²θ = 1.
( 5 x 2 = 10 Marks )
SECTION – B
Questions 21 to 25 carry 2 marks each.
1 1
21. (a) If cos (A + B) = and tan (A – B) = , where 0 ≤ A + B ≤ 90°, then find the value of
2 3
sec (2A – 3B).
OR
3
(b) Find the value of x such that, 3tan²60° – xsin²45° + sec²30° = 2cosec²30°
4
22. In the given figure, PAQ and PBR are tangents to the circle with centre ‘O’ at the points A and B
respectively. If T is a point on the circle such that Ð QAT = 45° and ∠TBR = 65°, then find
∠ATB.

23. (a) In what ratio is the line segment joining the points (3, –5) and (–1, 6) divided by the line y =
x?
OR
(b) A(3, 0), B(6, 4) and C(–1, 3) are vertices of a triangle ABC. Find length of its median BE.

24. Can the number (15)n, n being a natural number, end with the digit 0? Give reasons.
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25. Find the type of triangle ABC formed whose vertices are A(1, 0), B(–5, 0) and C(–2, 5).

SECTION – C ( 6 x 3 = 18 Marks )
Questions 26 to 31 carry 3 marks each.
26. Prove that √5 is an irrational number.

27. (a) If a hexagon PQRSTU circumscribes a circle, prove that, PQ + RS + TU = QR + ST + UP

OR
(b) In the given figure, two concentric circles have radii 3 cm and 5 cm. Two tangents TR and TP
are drawn to the circles from an external point T such that TR touches the inner circle at R and TP
touches the outer circle at P. If TR = 4√10 cm, then find the length of TP.

 1  tan 2 A  (1  tan A)2

28. Prove that:  2  2
 1  cot A  (1  cot A)
29. The government rescued 100 people after a train accident. Their ages were recorded in the
following table. Find their mean age.
Age (in years) Number of people rescued
10 – 20 9
20 – 30 14
30 – 40 15
40 – 50 21
50 – 60 23
60 – 70 12
70 – 80 6

30. If Nidhi were 7 years younger than what she actually is, then the square of her age (in years)
would be 1 more than 5 times her actual age. What is her present age?

31. (a) If the sum of first m terms of an A.P. is same as sum of its first n terms (m ≠ n), then show that
the sum of its first (m + n) terms is zero.
OR
(b) In a A.P., the sum of the three consecutive terms is 24 and the sum of their squares is 194.
Find the numbers.

SECTION – D ( 4 x 5 = 10 Marks )
Questions 32 to 35 carry 5 marks each.

32. (a) If a line is drawn parallel to one side of a triangle to intersect the other two sides in distinct
points, then prove that the other two sides are divided in the same ratio.

OR
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 (b) In the given figure, MNOP is a parallelogram and AB || MP. Prove that QC || PO.

33. From the top of a 45 m high light house, the angles of depression of two ships, on the opposite
side of it, are observed to be 30° and 60°. If the line joining the ships passes through the foot of
the light house, find the distance between the ships. (Use √3 = 1.73)

34. The perimeter of a certain sector of a circle of radius 5.6 m is 20.0 m. Find the area of the sector.

35. (a) Using graphical method, solve the following system of equations:
3x + y + 4 = 0 and 3x – y + 2 = 0
OR
(b) Tara scored 40 marks in a test, getting 3 marks for each right answer and losing 1 mark for
each wrong answer. Had 4 marks been awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks been
deducted for each wrong answer, then Tara would have scored 50 marks. Assuming that Tara
attempted all question, find the total number of questions in the test.

SECTION – E(Case Study Based Questions)

Questions 36 to 38 carry 4 marks each. ( 3 x 4 = 12 Marks )

36. The word ‘circus’ has the same root as ‘circle’. In a closed circular area, various entertainment
acts including human skill and animal training are presented before the crowd.

A circus tent is cylindrical upto a height of 8 m and conical above it. The diameter of the base is
28 m and total height of tent is 18.5 m.
Based on the above, answer the following questions:
(i) Find slant height of the conical part.
(ii) Determine the floor area of the tent.
(iii) (a) Find area of the cloth used for making tent.
OR
(b) Find total volume of air inside an empty tent.

37. In a survey on holidays, 120 people were asked to state which type of transport they used on their
last holiday. The following pie chart shows the results of the survey.

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 Observe the pie chart and answer the following questions:
(i) If one person is selected at random, find the probability that he/she travelled by bus or ship.
(ii) Which is most favourite mode of transport and how many people used it?
(iii) (a) A person is selected at random. If the probability that he did not use train is 4/5, find the
number of people who used train.
OR
(b) The probability that randomly selected person used aeroplane is 7/60.
Find the revenue collected by air company at the rate of ₹ 5,000 per person.

38. A ball is thrown in the air so that t seconds after it is thrown, its height h metre above its starting
point is given by the polynomial h = 25t – 5t².

Observe the graph of the polynomial and answer the following questions:
(i) Write zeroes of the given polynomial.
(ii) Find the maximum height achieved by ball.
(iii) (a) After throwing upward, how much time did the ball take to reach to the height of 30 m?
OR
(b) Find the two different values of t when the height of the ball was 20 m.

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