DALHOUSIE PUBLIC SCHOOL, DALHOUSIE

PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION 2025

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS [STANDARD-041]
CLASS: X
TIME: 3 Hours M.M.: 80
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SECTION – A [1 mark each]

1 If x = 5 is a solution of the quadratic equation 2x2 + (k – 1)x + 10 = 0, then the value of k is

(A) 11 (B) – 11 (C) 13 (D) – 13
2 Two positive integers m and n are expressed as m = p5q2 and n = p3q4, where p and q are
prime numbers. The LCM of m and n is
(A) p8q6 (B) p3q2 (C) p5q4 (D) p5q2 + p3q4
3 The pair of equations x = 2a and y = 3b (a, b ≠ 0) graphically represents straight lines
which are
(A) coincident (B) parallel (C) intersecting at (2a, 3b) (D) intersecting at (3b, 2a)
4 If k + 7, 2k – 2 and 2k + 6 are three consecutive terms of an A.P., then the value of k is:
(A) 15 (B) 17 (C) 5 (D) 1
5 In the given figure, PA and PB are two tangents drawn to the circle with
centre O and radius 5 cm. If ∠APB = 60°, then the length of PA is
5 10
(A) cm (B) 5√3 cm (C) cm (D) 10 cm
√3 √3

6 In the given figure, if M and N are points on the sides OP and

OS respectively of ∆OPS, such that MN ∥ PS, then the length of
OP is
(A) 6.8 cm (B) 17 cm (C) 15.3 cm (D) 9.6 cm
7 All queens, jacks and aces are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. The remaining
cards are well-shuffled and one card is picked up at random from it. The probability of
that card to be a king is
(A) 1/10 (B) 1/13 (C) 3/10 (D) 3/13
8 PQ is a diameter of a circle with centre O(2, – 4). If the coordinates of the point P are
(– 4, 5), then the coordinates of the point Q will be
(A) (– 3, 4.5) (B) (– 1, 0.5) (C) (4, – 5) (D) (8, – 13)
9

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) – 1

10 A cap is cylindrical in shape, surmounted by a conical top. If the volume of the cylindrical
part is equal to that of the conical part, then the ratio of the height of the cylindrical part
to the height of the conical part is
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 3 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 3 : 1
11 The 7th term from the end of the A.P. : – 8, – 5, – 2, ..., 49 is
(A) 67 (B) 13 (C) 31 (D) 10
12 The diagonals of a rhombus ABCD intersect at O. Taking ‘O’ as the centre, an arc of radius
6 cm is drawn intersecting OA and OD at E and F respectively. The area of the sector OEF is
(A) 9 𝜋 cm2 (B) 3 𝜋 cm2 (C) 12 𝜋 cm2 (D) 18 𝜋 cm2
13 The probability of getting a chocolate flavoured ice cream at random, in a lot of 600 ice
creams is 0.055. The number of chocolate flavoured ice creams in the lot is
(A) 33 (B) 55 (C) 11 (D) 44
14 If tan2𝜃 + cot2𝛼 = 2, where 𝜃 = 45° and 0° ≤ 𝛼 ≤ 90°, then the value of 𝛼 is
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90°
15 The point on X-axis which is equidistant from the points (5, – 3) and (4, 2) is
(A) (4.5, 0) (B) (7, 0) (C) (0.5, 0) (D) (– 7, 0)
16 If the length of an arc of a circle subtending an angle 60° at its centre is 22 cm, then the
radius of the circle is
(A) √21 cm (B) 21 cm (C) √42 cm (D) 42 cm
17 If the length of the shadow on the ground of a pole is √3 times the height of the pole, then
the angle of elevation of the Sun is
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90°
18 Two dice are thrown at the same time and the product of the numbers appearing on them
is noted. The probability that the product of the numbers lies between 8 and 13 is
(A) 7/36 (B) 5/36 (C) 2/9 (D) 1/4
Questions number 19 and 20 are Assertion and Reason based questions. Two statements are
given, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct
answer to these questions from the codes (A), (B), (C) and (D) as given below.
(A) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the
Assertion (A).
(B) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
the Assertion (A).
(C) Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
(D) Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.
19 Assertion (A): If the graph of a polynomial intersects the x-axis at exactly two points, then
the number of zeroes of that polynomial is 2.
Reason (R): The number of zeroes of a polynomial is equal to the number of points where
the graph of the polynomial intersects x-axis.
20 Assertion (A): TA and TB are two tangents drawn from an external point T to a circle with
centre ‘O’. If ∠TBA = 75° then ∠ABO = 25°.
Reason (R): The tangent drawn at any point of a circle is perpendicular to the radius
through the point of contact.

SECTION – B [2 marks each]

21 PQRS is a trapezium with PQ ∥ SR. If M and N are two points on the
non-parallel sides PS and QR respectively, such that MN is parallel
PM QN
to PQ, then show that = .
MS NR

22 Prove that 7 – 3√5 is an irrational number, given that √5 is an irrational number.

23 A chord is subtending an angle of 90° at the centre of a circle of radius

14 cm. Find the area of the corresponding minor segment of the circle.
OR
Find the area of the shaded region if length of radius of each circle is 7
cm. Each circle touches the other two externally. (figure →)
24 In the given figure, PQ and PR are tangents to the circle with
centre ‘O’ at the points A and B respectively. If T is a point on the
circle such that ∠QAT = 45° and ∠TBR = 65°, then find ∠ATB.

25 If cos (A + B) = 1 and tan (A – B) = 1 , where 0 ≤ A + B ≤ 90°, then find the value of

2 √3
sec (2A – 3B).
OR
Find the value of x such that,
3
3 tan2 60° – x sin2 45° + sec2 30° = 2 cosec2 30°
4

SECTION – C [ 3 marks each]

26 The government rescued 100 people after a train accident. Their ages were recorded in the
following table. Find their mean age.
Age (years) 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
No. of people rescued 9 14 15 21 23 12 6
27 Prove that: 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉
+
𝟏+𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉
= 𝟐𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐜𝛉
𝟏 + 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝛉 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝛉

28 Find a quadratic polynomial whose sum of the zeroes is 8 and difference of the zeroes is 2.
29 Prove that a parallelogram that circumscribes a circle is a
rhombus.
OR
In the given figure, two concentric circles have radii 3 cm and 5
cm. Two tangents TR and TP are drawn to the circles from an
external point T such that TR touches the inner circle at R and TP touches the outer circle
at P. If TR = 4 √10 cm, then find the length of TP.
30 The traffic lights at three different road crossing change after every 48 seconds, 72 seconds
and 108 seconds respectively. If they change simultaneously at 7:00 a.m., at what time will
they change simultaneously again?
31 The sum of the digits of a 2-digit number is 12. Seven times the number is equal to four
times the number obtained by reversing the order of the digits. Find the number.
OR
Find the values of x and y from the following pair of linear equations:
62x + 43y = 167
43x + 62y = 148

SECTION – D [5 marks each]

32 In the given figure, MNOP is a parallelogram and AB ∥ MP.

Prove that QC ∥ PO.
33 An age-wise list of number of literate people in a block is prepared in the following table.
There are total 100 people and their median age is 41.5 years. Information about two
groups are missing, which are denoted by x and y. Find the value of x and y.
Age (years) 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
No. of literate people 15 x 12 20 y 8 10
34 If Nidhi were 7 years younger than what she actually is, then the square of her age (in
years) would be 1 more than 5 times her actual age. What is her present age?
OR
A shopkeeper buys a number of books for ₹ 1,800. If he had bought 15 more books for the
same amount, then each book would have cost him ₹ 20 less. Find how many books he
bought initially.
35 A toy is in the form of a cone mounted on a hemisphere of common base of radius 7 cm.
The total height of the toy is 31 cm. Find the total surface area of the toy. [take π = 22/7]
OR
The sum of the radius of base and height of a solid right circular cylinder is 37 cm. If the
total surface area of the solid cylinder is 1628 sq. cm, find the volume of the cylinder.
[Use π = 22/7]
SECTION – E [4 marks each]
36 Due to short circuit, a fire has broken out in New
Home Complex. Two buildings, namely X and Y
have mainly been affected. The fire engine has
arrived and it has been stationed at a point which
is in between the two buildings. A ladder at point O
is fixed in front of the fire engine. The ladder
inclined at an angle 60° to the horizontal is leaning
against the wall of the terrace (top) of the building
Y. The foot of the ladder is kept fixed and after some time it is made to lean against
the terrace (top) of the opposite building X at an angle of 45° with the ground. Both
the buildings along with the foot of the ladder, fixed at ‘O’ are in a straight line.
Based on the above given information, answer the following questions:
(i) Find the length of the ladder. 1
(ii) Find the distance of the building Y from point ‘O’, i.e. OA. 1
(iii) Find the horizontal distance between the two buildings. 2
OR
Find the height of the building X.
37 A school has decided to plant some endangered
trees on 51st World Environment Day in the
nearest park. They have decided to plant those
trees in few concentric circular rows such that
each succeeding row has 20 more trees than the
previous one. The first circular row has 50 trees.
Based on the above given information, answer the
following questions:
(i) How many trees will be planted in the 10th row?
(ii) How many more trees will be planted in the 8th row than in the 5th row? 1
(iii) If 3200 trees are to be planted in the park, then how many rows are required? 1
OR
If 3200 trees are to be planted in the park, then how many trees are still left to be 2
planted after the 11th row?
38 Partha, a software engineer, lives in Jerusalem for his work. He lives in the most
convenient area of the city from where bank, hospital, post office and supermarket
can be easily accessed. In the graph, the bank is plotted as A(9, 5), hospital as
B(– 3, – 1) and supermarket as C(5, – 5) such that A, B, C form a triangle.

Based on the above given information, answer the following questions :

(i) Find the distance between the bank and the hospital. 1
(ii) In between the bank and the supermarket, there is a post office plotted at E which
is their mid-point. Find the coordinates of E. 1
(iii) In between the hospital and the supermarket, there is a bus stop plotted as D,
which is their mid-point. If Partha wants to reach the bus stand from the bank, then
how much distance does he need to cover ? 2
OR
P and Q are two different garment shops lying between the bank and the hospital,
such that
BP = PQ = QA. If the coordinates of P and Q are (1, a) and (b, 3) respectively, then
find the values of ‘a’ and ‘b’.