CBSE – MATHS CLASS : X

SAMPLE PAPER - 4
Class : X Board: CBSE Max. Marks : 80
Subjects : Mathematics Time : 3 Hrs.
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 questions carrying 2 marks each.
4. Section C has 6 questions carrying 3 marks each.
5. Section D has 4 questions carrying 5 marks each.
6. Section E has 3 Case Based integrated units of assesment (4 marks each).
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 2
marks questions of Section E.
8. Draw neat figures wherever required. Take π = 22 / 7 wherever required if not stated.

SECTION - A
Section A consists of 20 questions of 1 mark each
1. Number of zeroes of the polynomial p(x) shown in the figure, are [ ]
a) 2
b) 0 p(x)
O
c) 1 x' x

d) 3
2. The HCF and the LCM of 12, 21, 15 respectively are [ ]
a) 3, 140 b) 12, 420 c) 420, 3 d) 3, 420
3. A system of linear equations is said to be consistent, if it has [ ]
a) two solutions b) no solution
c) one or many solutions d) exactly one solution
4. If x2 + 5kx + 16 = 0, has equal roots, then the value of k is [ ]
64 8 5 25
a) ± b) ± c) ± d) ±
25 5 8 64

5. The next term of the A.P. 18, 32, and 50 is [ ]

a) 72 b) 84 c) 64 d) 80

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6. The points P(0, 6), Q(–5, 3) and R (3, 1) are the vertices of a triangle, which is [ ]
a) Scalene b) Isosceles c) Equilateral d) right angled
7. The point which divides the line segment joining the points (7, –6) and (3, 4) in ratio 1 : 2 internally
lies in the [ ]
a) III quadrant b) II quadrant c) I quadrant d) IV quadrant
8. In the given figures the measures of ∠D and ∠F are respectively [ ]
D

A
7
45
30° 20° 130°
B 72 C E 5 F
a) 20°, 30° b) 50°, 40° c) 30°, 20° d) 40°, 50°

9. In figure , AB is a chord of a circle and AT is a tangent at A such that ∠BAT = 60°, measure of
∠ACB is [ ]
a) 120° b) 150° c) 90° d) 110°
10. In a right triangle ABC, right angled at B, BC = 12 cm and AB = 5 cm. The radius of the circle
inscribed in the triangle (in cm) is [ ]
a) 4 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
11. 9 sec 2 A − 9 tan 2 A = [ ]
a) 1 b) 9 c) 0 d) 8

12. The value of (1+tan 2θ ) (1 + sin θ ) (1 − sin θ ) is [ ]

a) 2 b) 1 b) 2 d) 0
13. The upper part of a tree broken by the wind falls to the ground without being detached. The top of the
broken part touches the ground at an angle of 30° at a point 8m from the foot of the tree. The original
height of the tree is [ ]
a) 8 3 m b) 24 3 m c) 8m d) 24 m
14. A chord of a circle if radius 10 cm subtends a right angle at the centre. The area of the minor segment
(given, π = 3.14) is [ ]
2 2 2 2
a) 32.5 cm b) 30.5 cm c) 34.5 cm d) 28.5 cm

15. If AB is a chord of a circle of length 5 3 cm with centre O and radius 5 cm, then area of sector OAB
is [ ]
25π 2 3π 2 8π 2
a) cm b) cm c) cm d) 25 π cm2
3 8 3

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16. Cards marked with numbers 1, 2, 3, ......., 25 are placed in a box and mixed thoroughly and one card
is drawn at random from the box. The probability that the number on the card is a multiple of 3 and 5
is [ ]
12 4 1 8
a) b) c) d)
25 25 25 25
17. Two dice are rolled together. The probability that the sum of the numbers that appeared is 9, is :
5 1 4 2
a) b) c) d) [ ]
9 9 9 9
18. The mean of the first 10 prime numbers is [ ]
a) 129 b) 1.29 c) 12.9 d) 11.9
19. Assertion (A) : If we join two hemispheres of same radius along their bases, then we get a sphere.
Reason (R) : A tank is made of the shape of a cylinder with a hemispherical depression at one
end. The height of the cylinder is 1.45m and radius is 30 cm. The total surface area
of the tank is 3.3m2. [ ]
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 explanation of (A).
c) (A) is true but (R) is false d) (A) is false but (R) is true
20. Assertion (A) : The sum of the first n terms of an AP is given by Sn = 3n2 – 4n. Then its nth term
an = 6n – 7. [ ]
Reason (R) : nth term of an AP, whose sum to n terms is Sn, is given by an = Sn– Sn–1
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 explanation of (A).
c) (A) is true but (R) is false d) (A) is false but (R) is true

SECTION - B
Section B consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each.

21. Show that 5 + 2 7 is irrational

BE BC
22. In the adjoining figure, DE || AC and DC || AP. Prove that = .
EC CP

B E C P

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23. The length of the minute hand of a clock is 5 cm. Find the area swept by it when it moves from 8:05
p.m. to 8:40 pm.
24. What is the angle subtended at the centre of a circle of radius 6 cm by an arc of length 3 cm ?

Evaluate : 5cos 60° + 4 sec 30° − tan 45°

2 2 2
25.
sin 2 30° + cos2 30°

SECTION - C
Section C consists of 6 questions of 3 marks each.
26. Amita, Suneha and Raghav start preparing cards for greeting each person of an old age home on new
year. In order to complete one card, they take 10, 16 and 20 minutes respectively. If all of them started
together, after what time will they start preparing a new card together?
27. If one root of the quadratic polynomial 2x2 –3x + p is 3. Find the other root. Also, find the value of p.
28. Diagonals AC and BD of trapezium ABCD with AB || DC intersect each other at point O. Show that
OA OB
=
OC OD
29. Write the discriminant of the quadratic equation (x + 4)2 = 3 (7x – 4).

sin A − 2 sin 3 A
30. Prove that = tan A.
2 cos3 A − cos A
31. Find the median of the following frequency distribution:
Marks 0 -10 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50
Number of students 6 16 30 9 4

SECTION - D
Section s consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.
32. A cottage industry produces a certain number of pottery articles in a day. It was observed on a
particular day that cost of production of each article (in rupees) was 3 more than twice the number of
articles produced on that day. If, the total cost of production on that day was <90, find the number of
articles produced and the cost of each article.
33. A tent is of the shape of a right circular cylinder upto a height of 3 metres and then becomes a right
circular cone with a maximum height of 13.5 metres above the ground. Calculate the cost of painting
the inner side of the tent at the rate of Rs.2 per square metre, if the radius of the base is 14 metres.
34. Wooden article was made by scooping out a hemisphere from each end of solid cylinder. If the height
of the cylinder is 10 cm and its base is of radius 3. 5 cm, find the total surface area of the article.
35. Find the mean from the following frequency distibution.
Marks (x) : 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
No. of students (f) : 15 50 80 76 72 45 39 9 8 6
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SECTION - E
Case study based questions are compulsory.
36. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
Your elder brother wants to buy a car and plans to take loan from a bank for his car. He repays his
total loan of < 1,18,000 by paying every month starting with the first instalment of <1000. If he
increases the instalment by <100 every month, answer the following

I. Find the amount paid by him 30th installment.

II. Find the amount paid by him 30 installmets.
III. If total installments are 40 then find the amount paid in the last installment?
IV. Find the 10th installment, if the 1st installment is <2000.
37. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
The design of christmas tree is shown in the following graph:
I. What is the distance of point A from x-axis?
II. What is the Length of BC ?
III. What is the Length of FG ?
IV. What is the perimeter of its trunk LMPN ?

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38. Read the text carefully and answer the question:
A man is watching a boat speeding away from the top of a tower. The boat makes an angle of
depression of 60° with the man’s eye when at a distance of 200m from the tower. After 10 seconds,
the angle of depression becomes 45°.

I. What is the approximate speed of the boat (in km/hr) .

II. How far is the boat when the angle is 45° ?
III. As the boat moves away from the tower, angle of depression will decrease/ increase ?
IV. What is the height of tower ?

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KEY
SECTION - A
1) c 2) d 3) c 4) b 5) a 6) d 7) d 8) a

9) a 10) c 11) b 12) b 13) a 14) d 15) a 16) c

17) b 18) d 19) b 20) d

SECTION - B

275 2 67
23) cm 24) 60° 25)
6 12

SECTION - C

−3
26) 80 min 27) , p = −9 29) 57 31) 23.5
2

SECTION - D
32) Number of articles = 6, cost of each article = <15

33) Rs. 2068 34) 374 cm2 35) 22.2

SECTION - E
36) i) 23900 ii) <73500 iii) <4900 iv) <2900

37) i) 27 units ii) 100 units iii) 14 units iv) (10 + 2 10 ) units

38) i) 53 km/hr. (approx.) ii) 346.4m iii) increase iv) 346.4 m

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