CBSE Section

Subject Topic Test – KA Date

CBSE – 10 – M
Mathematics Model Paper – 2 16th Feb 2016
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Max. Marks: 90 Duration: 3 Hours

General Instructions

This paper is formatted as follows:

1. The question paper contains 4 sections A, B, C and D

2. All the questions are compulsory & descriptive type of questions

3. Section A: Questions 1 to 4 carries 1 mark per question.

4. Section B: Questions 5 to 10 carries 2 marks per question.

5. Section C: Questions 11 to 20 carries 3 marks per question.

6. Section D: Questions 21 to 31 carries 4 marks per question.

7. Answers without relevant diagram / figure / circuit wherever necessary will not carry any
marks.

8. Numerical problems solved without writing the relevant formulae carry no marks.

9. Use of calculators is prohibited

10. There is no overall choice.

11. No clarification will be entertained during the examination. Doubts in the paper can be
reported to the coordinator after the exam

All the best!!

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Subject Topic Test – KA Date

CBSE – 10 – M
Mathematics Model Paper – 2 16th Feb 2016
CBSE1020170216

Section – A
Answer all the questions. Each correct answer carries 1 mark. 4x1=4
1. A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random. Determine the probability that the chosen letter is a
consonant.

2. The length of the shadow of a tower on the plane ground is 3 times the height of the tower. Find
the angle of elevation of the sun at that time.

3. Find the perimeter of the triangle formed by points  0,0  , 1,0  and  0,1 .

4. The king, queen and jack of clubs are removed from a pack of 52 playing cards. From the remaining
one card is selected at random. Find the probability of getting a king.

Section – B
Answer all the questions. Each correct answer carries 2 marks. 6 x 2 = 12
5. A two digit number is four times the sum of the digits. It is also equal to 3 times the product of digits.
Find the number.

3 5  1 3
6. Find the ratio in which the point P  ,  divides the line segment joining the points A  ,  and
 4 12  2 2

B  2,  5

7. Prove that the points  3, 0  ,  6, 4  and  1,3 are the vertices of a right angled isosceles triangle.

8. Divide a line segment of length 7 cm in the ratio 5 : 3

9. Find the surface are of the cone whose radius and height are 2cm and 4cm respectively.

10. In an AP, if S5  S7  167 and S10  235 , then find the AP, where S n denotes the sum of its first n

terms.

Section – C
Answer all the questions. Each correct answer carries 3 marks. 10 x 3 = 30
11. Divide 56 in four parts in AP such that the ratio of the product of their extremes (1 st and 4th ) to the
product of means (2nd and 3rd ) is 5 : 6
12. Two years ago a man’s age was three times the square of his son’s age. Three years hence his age will
be four times his son’s age. Find their present ages.
13. In figure, O is the centre of a circle such that diameter AB  13 cm and
AC  12 cm. BC is joined. Find the area of the shaded region. (Take
  3.14 )

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14. A sphere of diameter 12 cm, is dropped in a right circular cylindrical vessel, partly filled with water.
If the sphere is completely submerged in water, the water level in the cylindrical vessel rises by 359
cm. Find the diameter of the cylindrical vessel.
a b 2c
15. Find x in terms of a, b and c :   , x  a, b, c
x a x b x c

16. One root of the equation ax2  bx  c  0 is three times the other, show that 3b2  16ac
17. A box consists of 100 shirts of which 88 are good, 8 have minor defects and 4 have major defects.
Ramesh, a shopkeeper will buy only those shirts which are good but 'Kewal' another shopkeeper will
not buy shirts with major defects. A shirt is taken out of the box at random. What is the probability
that
(i) Ramesh will buy the selected shirt?
(ii) 'Kewal' will buy the selected shirt?

18. If S n , denotes the sum of first n terms of an A.P., prove that S12  3  S8  S4 

19. Due to sudden floods, some welfare associations jointly requested the government to get 100 tents
fixed immediately and offered to contribute 50% of the cost. If the lower part of each tent is of the
form of a cylinder of diameter 4.2 m and height 4 m with the conical upper part of same diameter but
of height 2.8 m, and the canvas to be used costs ₹ 100 per Sq. m, find the amount, the associations will

 22 
have to pay. What values are shown by these associations?  Use   
 7
20. A solid wooden toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a cone of same radius. The radius
5
of hemisphere is 3.5 cm and the total wood used in the making of toy is 166 cm2 . Find the height of
6
the toy. Also, find the cost of painting the hemispherical part of the toy at the rate of ₹ 10 per

 22 
cm2  Use   
 7

Section – D
Answer all the questions. Each correct answer carries 4 marks. 11 x 4 = 44
21. Prove that the lengths of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are equal.
22. Water is flowing at the rate of 2.52 km/h through a cylindrical pipe into a cylindrical tank, the radius
of whose base is 40 cm, If the increase in the level of water in the tank, in half an hour is 3.15 m, find
the internal diameter of the pipe.
23. A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Another number y is selected at

random from the numbers 1, 4, 9 and 16. Find the probability that product of x and y is less than 16.

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Mathematics Model Paper – 2 16th Feb 2016
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24. A bird is sitting on the top of a 80 m high tree. From a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of
the bird is 45 . The bird flies away horizontally in such a way that is remained at a constant height
from the ground. After 2 seconds, the angle of elevation of the bird from the same point is 30 . Find

the speed of flying of the bird. (Take 3  1.732 )

25. Find the distance between the points which divide internally and externally the line segment from

8, 5 to  3,5  in the ratio 3 : 2 .

26. Draw a circle of radius 3.5cm . Construct two tangents without using the centre on any point on the

circle.
27. A bird is sitting on the top of a 80 m high tree. From a point on the ground, the angle of elevation of
the bird is 45 . The bird flies away horizontally in such a way that it remained at a constant height
from the ground. After 2 seconds, the angle of elevation of the bird from the same point is 30 . Find

the speed of flying of the bird. (Take 3  1.732 ).

28. In figure, find the area of the shaded region [Use   3.14]

29. A farmer connects a pipe of internal diameter 20 cm from a canal into a cylindrical tank in his field,
which is 10 m in diameter and 2 m deep. If water flows through the pipe at the rate of 3 km/h, in
how much time will the tank be filled?

30. In figure, PQRS is a square lawn with side PQ  42 metres. Two circular

flower beds are there on the sides PS and QR with centre at O, the

intersection of its diagonals. Find the total area of the two flower beds
(shaded parts).

31. If A  4, 8 , B  3,  4  , C  0,  5 and D  5, 6  are the vertices of a quadrilateral ABCD , find its area.