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QUESTION PAPER DESIGN
Subject : Mathematics

Time: 2.30 Hrs

Max marks: 100

Class : X

Weightage of marks to Learning Objectives

Objectives

Percentage

Knowledge

19

Understanding

31

Application

23

Skill

27

Total

100

Weightage to the form of Questions

Form of
Questions

Section-A
Very Short
Answer
(Objective)

Section-B
Short
Answer

Section-C
Long
Answer

Section-D
Very Long
Answer

Total

Number of
Questions

15

10

36

Marks

15

20

45

20

100

Time
(in minutes)

20

35

65

30

2.30 Hrs

Difficulty Level
Level

Percentage of Marks

Difficult

12

Average

28

Easy

60
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Sections and Options
Question numbers
From
To

Sections
A

Number of
Questions

Questions to
be answered

15

15

15

16

30

31

45

16
30th Question is
compulsory and is
in either or type
16
45th Question is
compulsory and is
in either or type
2
This Question is in
either or type
2
This Question is in
either or type

46
D
47

10

Weightage to Content
Chapter
No.

Chapter

1 mark

Number of Questions
2 marks
5 marks 10 marks

Total
Marks

Sets and Functions

15

Sequences and series

of Real Numbers

14

Algebra

21

Matrices

10

Coordinate Geometry

16

Geometry

Trigonometry

11

Mensuration

15

Practical Geometry

20

10

Graphs

20

11

Statistics

12

Probability

15

16

16

Total

167

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Distribution of Marks and Questions towards Examples, Exercises and Framed questions
Sec A
(1 mark)

Sec B
(2 marks)

Sec C
(5 marks)

Sec D
(10 marks)

Total
Marks

Percentage

From the Examples given in

the Text Book

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6 (2)

6 (5)

1 (10)

52

31

From the Exercises given in

the Text Book

10 (1)

8 (2)

8 (5)

3 (10)

96

58

Framed questions from

specified chapters

5 (1)

2 (2)

2 (5)

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19

11

15 (1)

16 (2)

16 (5)

4 (10)

167

100

Total

Numbers in brackets indicate the marks for each question.

Section - A
1. All the 15 questions numbered 1 to 15 are multiple choice questions each with 4 distractors and all are
compulsory. Each question carries one mark.
2. Out of 15 questions, 10 questions are from the multiple choice questions given in the Text Book. The remaining
5 questions should be framed from the five different chapters 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 on the basis of the Text Book
theorems, results, examples and exercises.

Section - B
1. 10 questions are to be answered from the questions numbered 16 to 30. Each question carries two marks.
2. Answer any 9 questions from the first 14 questions. Question No. 30 is compulsory and is in either or type.
3. The order of the first 14 questions should be in the order of the chapters in the Text Book.
4. Out of first 14 questions, 6 questions are from the examples and 8 questions are from the exercises.
5. The two questions under question no. 30 should be framed based on the examples and problems given in the
exercises from any two different chapters of 2, 3, 5 and 8.

Section - C
1. 9 questions are to be answered from the questions numbered 31 to 45. Each question carries five marks.
2. Answer any 8 questions from the first 14 questions. Question no. 45 is compulsory and is in either or type.
3. The order of the first 14 questions should be in the order of the chapters in the Text Book.
4. Out of first 14 questions, 6 questions are from the examples and 8 questions are from the exercises.
5. The two questions under question no. 45 should be framed based on the examples and problems given in the
exercises from any two different chapters of 2, 3, 5 and 8.
6. Questions numbered 30(a), 30(b), 45(a) and 45(b) should be framed based on the examples and problems
given in the exercises from the chapters 2, 3, 5 and 8 subject to the condition that all of them should be from
different chapters.

Section - D
1. This section contains two questions numbered 46 and 47, one from the chapter 9 and the other from the
chapter 10, each with two alternatives (either or type ) from the same chapter. Each question carries ten
marks.
2. Answer both the questions.
3. One of the questions 46(a), 47(a), 46(b) and 47(b) should be from the examples given in the text book. The
remaining three questions should be from the exercises.

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1(1)

1(1)

1(1)

VSA

2(2)

10(5) 20(4)

5(5)

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of questions.

Other numbers indicate the marks.

Total

Probability

Statistics

16(8)

2(1)

30(6)

5(1)

1(1)

1(1)

1(1)

1(1)

1(1)

1(1)

1(1)

VSA

8(8)

1(1)
6(3)

2(1)

2(1)

2(1)

SA

25(5)

5(1)

5(1)

5(1)

5(1)

5(1)

LA

VLA

VSA

SA

5(1)

LA

Total

5(1) 40(4)

167

20

20

15

11

16

10

21

14

15

VLA marks

10(2)

VLA

Skill

Graphs

5(1)

5(1)

5(1)

5(1)

5(1)

LA

Application

10(2)

2(1)

2(1)

2(1)

2(1)

4(2)

2(1)

SA

Understanding

Practical Geometry

Mensuration

2(1)

VLA

1(1)

5(1)

5(1)

5(1)

5(1)

LA

Trigonometry

2(1)

2(1)

2(1)

2(1)

SA

1(1)

1(1)

1(1)

VSA

Knowledge

Geometry

Geometry

Coordinate

Matrices

Algebra

of Real Numbers

Sequences and Series

Sets and Functions

Objective

Chapter /

BLUE PRINT - X Std.

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