CBSE Class 10th Mathematics Sample Paper


CBSE Class 10th Mathematics-Basic

The CBSE Class 10th Mathematics- The exam paper will be of three hours and a total of 80 marks. the paper will consist of 40 questions all divided into four sections. A, B, C, and D.

Section A: There will be a total of 20 questions in this section. each question will have one Mark.

Section B: This section comprises 6 questions of 2 marks each.

Section C: In this section, there will be a total of 8 questions of 5 marks each.

Section D: In this section, there will be a total of 6 questions of 4 marks each.

There is no overall choice. However internal choices have been provided in two questions of 1 mark each, two questions of 2 marks each, three questions of 3 marks each and three questions of 4 marks each. You have to attempt only one of the alternatives in all such questions.

The use of calculators is not permitted.



SECTION – A

Q 1- 10 are multiple-choice questions. Select the most appropriate answer from the given options.

        1. HCF of 168 and 126 is
                   (a)21 (b) 42 (c) 14 (d) 18

          2. The empirical relationship between the three measures of central tendency is
                       (a)2 Mean = 3 Median Mode
                       (b) 2 Mode = 3 Median Mean
                              (c) Mode = 2 Mean – 3 Median
                              (d) 3 Median = 2 Mode + Mean

        3. In the given figure, if TP and TQ are tangents to a circle with center O, so that POQ = 110°, then PTQ is.



 (a)110°        (b) 90°  (c) 80°    (d) 70°

       4. 325 can be expressed as a product of its primes as


             (a)52×7            (b) 52×13 
         (c) 5×132         (d) 2×32×52  
       
        5. One card is drawn from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. The probability that it is black queen is.
                  (a)____      (b) ______      (c) _______       (d) _______        

        6. The sum of the zeroes of the polynomial 2x2-8x +6 is
                   (a)- 3          (b) 3            (c) - 4          (d) 4

        7. Which of the following is the decimal expansion of an irrational number.
                  (a)4.561     (b) 0.12       (c) 5.010010001…          (d) 6.03

        8. The following figure shows the graph of y = p(x), where p(x) is a polynomial in variable x. The number of zeroes of the polynomial p(x) is
                  (a)1            (b) 2            (c)3              (d) 4






         9. The distance of the point P (3, - 4) from the origin is
                  (a)7 units   (b) 5 units  
                  (c) 4 units   (d) 3 units

        10. The midpoint of the line segment joining the points (- 5, 7) and (- 1, 3) is
                  (a)(-3, 7)     (b) (-3, 5)    
                  (c) (-1, 5)     (d) (5, -3)

(11 15) Fill in the blanks:
      
        11. The point which divides the line segment joining the points A (0, 5) and B (5, 0) internally in the ratio 2:3 is _____________.

        12. The pair of lines represented by the equations 2x+y+3 = 0 and 4x+ky+6 = 0 will be parallel if value of k is ______.


OR


If the quadratic equation x2  2x + k = 0 has equal roots, then value of k is ______.

        13. The value of sin60  cos 30  + sin30  cos 60  is______.

      14. Value of cos 0°. Cos 30° .cos 45° . cos 60° . cos 90° is ___________.

        15. The sides of two similar triangles are in the ratio 2:3, then the areas of these triangles are in the ratio ______________

 (16-20) Answer the following. 

        16. QPR is a right-angled isosceles triangle, right-angled at R. Find value of sin P.
OR

If 15 cot A = 8, then find the value of cosec A.

        17. If the area of a quadrant of a circle is 38.5 cm2 then find its diameter (use Ï€ =  )

        18. A dice is thrown once. Find the probability of getting a prime number.

        19. In the given fig. If DE BC Find EC.



       20. Find the common difference of the A.P whose first term is 12 and fifth term is 0.


SECTION – B

        21. If two coins are tossed simultaneously. Find the probability of getting 2 heads.


        22. A lot of 25 bulbs contain 5 defective ones. One bulb is drawn at random from the lot. What is the probability that the bulb is good.

OR
Two dice are thrown simultaneously at random. Find the probability of getting a sum of eight.

        23. Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a diameter of a circle are parallel.


        24. Show thattan48  tan23  tan42  tan67  = 1.

OR
             Evaluate cos 48  cos 42   sin48  sin42

        25. Find the area of a circle whose circumference is 22cm.

        26. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: A teacher told 10 students to write a polynomial on the blackboard. Students wrote.


         1. x2 + 2                                  6. x – 3
                  2. 2x + 3                                  7. x4 + x2 + 1
                  3. x3+ x2 + 1                             8. x2 + 2x + 1
                  4. x3+ 2x2 + 1                           9. 2x3  x2
              5. x2 2x + 1                         10. x4  1

       (i) How many students wrote cubic polynomial
  (ii) Divide the polynomial (x2 + 2x + 1) by ( x + 1).

SECTION C
                                            
   27. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x   3x 10 and verify the relationship between the zeroes and coefficient.

        28. Draw a circle of radius 4 cm. From point 7 cm away from its center, construct the pair of tangents to the circle.

  OR

Draw a line segment of length 8 cm and divide it in the ratio 2:3.

         29. The following figure depicts a park where two opposite sides are parallel and left and right ends are semi-circular in shape. It has a 7m wide track for walking.

        30. Prove that ­­­­________________ =_______________          


OR


           Prove that: ___________________ = _____________

        31. Prove that 5 - 3 is irrational, given that √3 is irrational.
OR
           An army contingent of 616 members is to march behind an army band of 32 members in a parade. The two groups are to march in the same number of columns. What is the maximum number of columns in which they can march?

        32. Prove that the lengths of tangents are drawn from an external point to a the circle is equal.

        33. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
In a classroom, four students Sita, Gita, Ritaand Anita are sitting at A(3,4), B(6,7), C(9,4), D(6,1) respectively. Then a new student Anjali joins the class.

         (i) The teacher tells Anjali to sit in the middle of the four students. Find the coordinates of the position where she can sit.
          (ii) Calculate the distance between Sita and Anita.
          (iii) Which two students are equidistant from Gita.

      34. Solve 2x + 3y = 11 and x − 2y = 12 algebraically and hence find the value of m for which y = mx + 3.

SECTION D
                                                               
        35. Find two consecutive positive integers sum of whose squares is 365.

        36. If the sum of first 14 terms of an A.P. is 1050 and its first term is 10, find the 20 th term.


OR

The first term of an A.P. is 5, the last term is 45 and sum is 400. Find the number of terms and the common difference.

        37. As observed from the top of a 75m high lighthouse above the sea level, the angles of depression of two ships are 30O and 45O respectively If one ship is exactly behind the other on the same side of the lighthouse and in the same straight line, find the distance between the two ships. (use √3 = 1.732)

      38. 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


State and prove the Pythagoras theorem.

      39. A copper rod of diameter 1 cm and length 8 cm is drawn into a wire of length 18 m of uniform thickness. Find the thickness of the wire.

OR

A metallic sphere of radius 4.2 cm is melted and recast into the shape of a cylinder of radius 6 cm. Find the height of the cylinder.

        40. The following distribution gives the daily income of 50 workers of a factory


Convert this distribution to less than the type of cumulative frequency distribution and draw its ogive.








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