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Mock Test Paper – I

Mathematics
Class X

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General Instructions

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1. All questions are compulsory.

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2. The question paper consists of 30 questions divided into 4 sections A, B, C and D. Section A
comprises of 10 questions of 1 mark, Section B is of 5 questions of 2 marks each. Section C is of
10 questions of 3 marks each and section D is of 5 question of 6 marks each.

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3. There is no overall choice. Internal choice has been provided with.

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Section A
1. Find without actual division whether the rational number is a terminating or non-terminating repeating

decimal :

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Find the number of zeroes of the polynomial as depicted in the figure below:

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3. State whether the pair of linear equation is consistent / inconsistent.
3x + y = 1

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Determine whether x  3 is a solution of the equation or not, x 2  3 3 x  6  0 .

In a right angled ABC, right angled at C, if tan  = 1, then verify that 2 sin  cos  = 1.
6. In a ABC, AD is the bisector of A meeting side BC at D, if AB = 5.6 cm, BC = 6 cm and
BD = 3.2 cm, find AC.

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7. If TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with centre O, so

that POQ = 110°,then PTQ is equal to x°. Find x°. T
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8. The difference between circumference and diameter of circle is 105 cm. Find the radius of the circle.
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9. If P(not E) = then P(E) is given by a, find a.
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The mean of five numbers is 10. If each number is decreased by 3, find the mean of new numbers.

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Section B

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11. Find the sum of the product of the zeroes of the following quadratic polynomial.
x2 – (c – ab)x – abc

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Find the quotient and the remainder, when 6x – 31x + 47 is divided by 2x – 5.
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If sin 5A = cos 4A, where 5A and 4A are acute angles, find the value of A.

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ABCD is a parllelogram and APQ is a straight line meeting BC at P and DC produced at Q. Prove that

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the rectangle contained by BP and DQ is equal to the rectangle contained by AB and BC.

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The circle is divided into three regions - I, II and III. A spinner is fixed at
the centre O of the circle of ROQ = 45°, find the probability that the
spinner will land in the region II.

15. If A(6, –1), B(1, 3) and C(K, 8) are three points such that AB = BC, find the value of K.

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Section C
16. The length of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle exceeds the length of the base by 2 cm and
exceeds twice the length of the altitude by 1cm. Find the length of each side of the triangle.

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17. Solve 4x2 + 4bx – (a2 – b2) = 0 by method of completing the squares.

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Find the sum of n terms of an A.P. whose nth term is given by tn = 5 – 6n.

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Prove that the square of any positive integer of the form 5q + 1 is of the same form.

Prove that

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3cos 55
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4 cos 70.cosec20 
7 sin 35 7 tan 5.tan 25. tan 45. tan 65.tan 85 

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Draw a circle of radius 6 cm. From a point 10 cm away from its centre, construct the pair of tangents to

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the circle and measure their lengths.

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Find the coordinates of the circumcentre of a  whose vertices are A (4, 6) , B(0, 4) and C (6, 2).

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23. Find the point on the y-axis which is equidistant from (–5, –2) and (3, 2).

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24. A circle touches the side BC of ABC, at P and touch AB and AC produced at a Q and R respectively.
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Prove that AQ  Perimeter of ABC.
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In a quad – ABCD , CA = CD, B = 90° and AD² = AB2 + BC² + CA². Prove that ACD = 90°.

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25. Find the area of the shaded region.

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A field is in the form of a circle. The cost of ploughing the field at Rs. 1.50 per m² is Rs. 5775. Find the

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cost of fencing the field at Rs. 8.50 per metre.

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State and prove Thales Theorem. In the figure
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BM = x – 2 and BC = 2x + 3, find the value of x.
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A shuttle cock used for playing badminton has the shape of a frustum of a cone mounted on a hemisphere.
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The external diameter of the frustum are 5 cm and 2 cm and the height of the entire shuttle cock is 8 cm.
Find its external surface area.

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A juice seller serves his customer using glasses (as shown in the

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figure). The inner diameter of these cylindrical glasses is 7 cm and
height is 12 cm. The bottom of the glass has a raised hemispherical
portion. Find the apparent and actual capacities of the glass.
12 cm

7 cm

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28. There are two class rooms A and B containing students. If 5 students are shifted from room A to room
B, the resulting number of students in the two rooms become equal. If 5 students are shifted from room
B to room A, the resulting number of students in room A becomes double the number of students left in

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room B. Represent this situation algebraically and solve graphically.
From a window, h metres high above the ground of a house in a street, the angles of elevation of the top

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and angle of depression of the foot of another house on the opposite side of the street are  and 
respectively. Show that the height of the opposite house is h (1 + tan  cot ) metres.
30. The mean of the following frequency table is 50, but the frequencies f1 and f2 in class 20-40 & 60-80 are

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missing. Find the missing frequencies if the total frequencies are 120.
Class 0-20 20-40 40-60 60-80 80-100
Frequency
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The following distribution shows the height of students of certain school.

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Find the modal height of students.

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