ICSE 10th Mathematics Sample Paper 11 Page 1

Sample Paper 11
ICSE Class X 2024-25
MATHEMATICS
Time: 2 Hours Max. Marks: 80
General Instructions:
1. Answer to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
2. You will not be allowed to write during first 15 minutes.
3. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
4. The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers.
5. Attempt all questions from Section A and any four questions from Section B.
6. All working, including rough work, must be clearly shown, and must be done on the same sheet as the
rest of the answer.
7. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
8. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
9. Mathematical tables are provided.

SECTION-A
(Attempt all questions from this Section.)

QUESTION 1.
Choose the correct answers to the questions from the given options.
(Do not copy the questions, write the correct answer only.)

(i) Market value of 200, `25 shares at a discount of `6 :

(a) `3000 (b) `3800
(c) `5000 (d) `3400

(ii) SBI bank offered a scheme of investing ` x per month for 2 years. If the rate of interest offered by the bank
is 10% p.a. and the total interest received will be `1,900, then the value of x is:
(a) `700 (b) `750
(c) `760 (d) `800

(iii) If 3 (2 - x) $ 2 (1 - x) then

(a) x $ 4 (b) x < 4

(c) x > 4 (d) x # 4

(iv) The real roots of the equation x2/3 + x1/3 − 2 = 0 are

(a) 1, 8 (b) - 1, - 8
(c) - 1, 8 (d) 1, - 8


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(v) The fourth proportional to 0.4, 2 and 10 is:

(a) 50 (b) 12.5
(c) 2 (d) 15

(vi) If 8x 4 − 8x2 + 7 is divided by 2x + 1 , the remainder is

17 11
(a) 2 (b) 2

15 19
(c) 2 (d) 2

(vii) Statement 1 : If ; 3 4 E X = ; 1 E , then the order of matrix X is 1 × 2.

1 2 2

Statement 2 : The product AB of two matrices A and B is possible if number of columns in A is equal to
the number of rows in B. Also, the order of the product matrix AB is number of rows in AX number of
columns in B.
(a) Both the statement are true.
(b) Both the statement are false.
(c) Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
(d) Statement 1 is false and statement 2 is true.

(viii) If the common difference of an AP is 5, then what is a18 - a13 ?

(a) 5 (b) 20
(c) 25 (d) 30

(ix) If the point P (k, 0) divides the line segment joining the points A (2, - 2) and B (- 7, 4) in the ratio 1 : 2,
then the value of k is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) - 2 (d) - 1

(x) Which of the following is the equation of the line passing through the point (4, 5) and having the x -intercept
6 units.
(a) 6x + 5y − 20 = 0 (b) 5x + 6y − 20 = 0

(c) 3x + 2y − 20 = 0 (d) 3x − 2y + 20 = 0

(xi) The vertices’s of a TABC are A(3, 8), B(–1, 2) and C(6, –6). Which of the following is the slope of a line
perpendicular to BC.
(a) 7 (b) 5
8 3

(c) 7 (d) 3
8 2

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(xii) Assertion : ABC and DEF are two similar triangles such that BC = 4 cm , EF = 5 cm and area of
TABC = 64 cm2 , then area of TDEF = 100 cm2 .
Reason : The areas of two similar triangles are in the ratio of the squares of the corresponding altitudes.
(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 but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion
(A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.

(xiii) In the given figure PA and PB are tangents from point P to a circle with centre O. If the radius of the circle
is 5 cm and PA = PB , then the length OP is equal to
(a) 5 cm (b) 10 cm
(c) 7.5 cm (d) 5 2 cm

(xiv) A heap of rice is in the form of a cone of base diameter 24 m and height 3.5 m. Find the volume of the rice.
How much canvas cloth is required to just cover the heap?
(a) 424.4 m2 (b) 418.4 m2
(c) 671.4 m2 (d) 471.4 m2

(xv) 20 tickets, on which numbers 1 to 20 are written, are mixed thoroughly and then a ticket is drawn at random
out of them. What is the probability that the number on the drawn ticket is a multiple of 3 or 7 ?
1 1
(a) 5 (b) 4

3 2
(c) 4 (d) 5

QUESTION 2.

(i) The volume of a conical tent is 1232 m3 and the area of the base floor is 154 m2. Calculate the
(i) Radius of the floor.
(ii) Height of the tent.
(iii) Length of the canvas required area of cover this conical tent, if its width is 2 m.

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(ii) How much should Sunita deposit at the beginning of every month in recurring deposit account of a bank
paying interest at the rate of 10%, if she wants to receive ` 6740 after 8 years?

(iii) Prove that ^1 − sin θ + cos θh2 = 2 ^1 + cos θh^1 − sin θh .

QUESTION 3.

(i) A man invests `3960 in shares of a company which pays 15% dividend at a time when a `25 share costs
`33. Find :
(i) The number of shares he bought.
(ii) The annual income from his shares.
(iii) The rate of interest which he gets on his investment.

(ii) A circle with centre O , diameter AB and a chord AD si drawn. Another circle is drawn with AO as
diameter to cut AD at C . Prove that BD = 20C .

(iii) The table shows the distribution of the scores obtained by 160 shooters in a shooting competition. Use a
graph and draw an ogive for the distribution.
(Take 2 cm = 10 scores on the x-axis and 2 cm = 20 shooters on the y-axis).

Scores Number of Shooters

0-10 9
10-20 13
20-30 20
30-40 26
40-50 30
50-60 22
60-70 15
70-80 10
80-90 8
90-100 7

Use your graph to estimate the following

(i) The median
(ii) The interquartile range
(iii) The number of shooters who obtained a score of more than 85 %.

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SECTION-B
(Attempt any four questions.)

QUESTION 4.

1 -1 3 3
(i) If A = = G and C = = G , find matrix B such that BA = C .
2 3 1 - 11

(ii) ABCD is a rectangle, AB = 12 and BC = 8 cm. E is a point on BC such that BE = 5 cm. AE produced
meets DC produced at F.
(i) Prove that DABE + DFCE
(ii) Find the lengths of EF and CF.
(iii) Find area of ∆FEC : area of ∆FAD .

(iii) Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. Draw the tangents to the circle so that the angle between them is 45°.

QUESTION 5.

(i) On annual day of a school, 400 students participated in the function. Frequency distribution showing their
ages is as shown in the following table :

Ages (in years) 05-07 07-09 09-11 11-13 13-15 15-17 17-19
Number of students 70 120 32 100 45 28 5

Find mean of the above data.

(ii) Rate of GST for different categories are given below :

Category Rate of GST

Cosmetics 18%
Fresh Vegetables Nil
Dry Fruits 5%
Edible Oils 5%
Processed food 12%
Spices 5%

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Sudha bought the following items from market :

S. No. Item Price Quantity

1. Curry `120 Per Pack 2 Pack
2. Potatoes `40 Per Kg. 10 Kg.
3. Soft Drink `100 Per Bottle 5 Bottles

Find the :
(a) Total GST paid.
(b) Total bill amount including GST.

(iii) In figure O is the centre of a circle of radius 5 cm. T is a point such that OT = 13 cm and OT intersects
circle at E . If AB is a tangent to the circle at E , find the length of AB , where TP and TQ are two tangents
to the circle.

QUESTION 6.

(i) If a, b, c, d are in GP, show that ^b − c h2 + ^c − a h2 + ^d − b h2 = ^a − d h2

(ii) Seating Capacity : The Fox Theater creates a “theater in the round” when it shows any of Shakespeare’s
plays. The first row has 80 seats, the second row has 88, the third row has 96, and so on.
(i) How many seats are in the 10th row?
(ii) How many seats are in the 25th row?
(ii) If there is room for 25 rows, how many chairs will be needed to set up the theatre?

(iii) The weekly observation on cost of living index in a certain city for a particular year are given below.

Cost of Living Index Number of Weeks

140-150 5
150-160 10
160-170 20
170-180 9
180-190 6
190-200 2

Draw a histogram for the above data using a graph paper and locate the mode.

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QUESTION 7.

(i) A line passes through the point P ^2, 3h and meets the coordinates axes at the points A and B (as shown
in the adjoining figure).

If 2PA = 3PB, find

(i) The coordinates of A and B.
(ii) The equation of the line AB.

(ii) From the top of a tower 100 m high a man observes the angles of depression of two ships A and B, on
opposite sides of the tower as 45cand 38c respectively. If the foot of the tower and the ships are in the same
horizontal line find the distance between the two ships A and B to the nearest meter.
(Use Mathematical Tables for this question.)

QUESTION 8.

(i) Find the set of values of x satisfying 5x − 3 # 9x + 5 and 5 - 34 x $ 12 x - 5

4 where x d N . Also the graph the
solution set on the number line.

(ii) Find the coordinates of the point which divide the line segment joining A ^2, - 3h and B ^- 4, - 6h into three
equal parts.

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(iii) In the given figure PQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral in the circle with centre O. +PQS = 48º, +SQR = 40º
and PS || QR .
(i) Find +QRS
(ii) Find +OSR .

QUESTION 9.

(i) What quantity must be added to each term of the ratio (a + 2b) : (a - 2b) to make it equal to the duplicate
ratio of (a + b) : (a - b)?

(ii) Two taps running together can fill a tank in 3 131 hours. If one tap takes 3 hours more than the other to fill
the tank, then how much time will each tap take to fill the tank?

(iii) Draw a ∆PQR such that QR = 7 cm, PQR = 45° and PQ − PR = 1.8 cm. Find a point O such that it is
equidistant from PQ, QR and PR.

QUESTION 10.

(i) Check whether ^p + 1h is a factor of ^p100 - 1h and ^p101 - 1h .

(ii) Sixteen cards are labelled as a , b , c , ..., m , n , o , p . They are put in a box and shuffled. A boy is assumed
to draw a card the box. What is the probability that the card drawn is
(i) a vowel?
(ii) a consonant?
(iii) none of the letters of the word median?

(iii) Use graph paper for this question. The point A (2, 3), B (4, 5) and C (7, 2) are the vertices’s of TABC .
(i) Write down the coordinates of Al, Bl, Cl, if AlBlC l are the images of TABC , when reflected in the
origin.
(ii) Write down the coordinates of Am, Bm, C m, if Am B m C m are the images of TABC , when reflected in the
X -axis.
(iii) Mention the special name of the quadrilateral BCC m B m and find its area.

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