CBSE Class 10 Maths Standard 2023 Question Paper 30/5/3 with Solutions

The distance between the points $P\left(-\frac{11}{3},5\right)$ and $Q\left(-\frac{2}{3},5\right)$ is :

1. (A)6 units
2. (B)4 units
3. (C)2 units
4. (D)3 units

In the given figure, AB = BC = 10 cm. If AC = 7 cm, then the length of BP is :

1. (A)3.5 cm
2. (B)7 cm
3. (C)6.5 cm
4. (D)5 cm

Water in a river which is 3 m deep and 40 m wide is flowing at the rate of 2 km/h. How much water will fall into the sea in 2 minutes ?

1. (A)800 m${}^3$
2. (B)4000 m${}^3$
3. (C)8000 m${}^3$
4. (D)2000 m${}^3$

If the mean and the mode of a distribution are 15 and 18 respectively, then the median of the distribution is :

1. (A)17
2. (B)15
3. (C)16
4. (D)18

The $11^{th}$ term from the end of the A.P. : 10, 7, 4, ......., $-62$ is :

1. (A)25
2. (B)16
3. (C)$-32$
4. (D)0

One card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. The probability that the drawn card is a queen, is :

1. (A)$\frac{4}{13}$
2. (B)$\frac{4}{52}$
3. (C)$\frac{2}{13}$
4. (D)$\frac{1}{26}$

PQ is tangent to a circle centered at O. If the radius of the circle is 5 cm, then the length of the tangent PQ is :

1. (A)$5\sqrt{3}$ cm
2. (B)$\frac{10}{\sqrt{3}}$ cm
3. (C)10 cm
4. (D)$\frac{5}{\sqrt{3}}$ cm

Which of the following numbers cannot be the probability of happening of an event ?

1. (A)0
2. (B)$\frac{7}{0.01}$
3. (C)0.07
4. (D)$\frac{0.07}{3}$

If $\sec \theta -\tan \theta =\frac{1}{3}$, then the value of $(\sec \theta +\tan \theta )$ is :

1. (A)$\frac{4}{3}$
2. (B)$\frac{2}{3}$
3. (C)$\frac{1}{3}$
4. (D)3

A quadratic equation whose roots are $(3-\sqrt{2})$ and $(3+\sqrt{2})$ is :

1. (A)$x^2-6x+7=0$
2. (B)$x^2+6x+7=0$
3. (C)$9x^2-2=0$
4. (D)$x^2-7=0$

If every term of the statistical data consisting of n terms is decreased by 2, then the mean of the data :

1. (A)decreases by 2
2. (B)remains unchanged
3. (C)decreases by 2n
4. (D)decreases by 1

The number of polynomials having zeroes $-3$ and 5 is :

1. (A)only one
2. (B)infinite
3. (C)exactly two
4. (D)at most two

The solution of the pair of equations $x+y=a+b$ and $ax-by=a^2-b^2$ is :

1. (A)x = b, y = a
2. (B)x = $-a$, y = b
3. (C)x = a, y = b
4. (D)x = a, y = $-b$

The common difference of the A.P. whose $n^{th}$ term is given by $a_n=3n+7$, is :

1. (A)7
2. (B)3
3. (C)3n
4. (D)1

In the given figure, DE $\parallel$ BC. The value of x is :

1. (A)6
2. (B)12.5
3. (C)8
4. (D)10

In $△ABC$ and $△DEF$, $\frac{AB}{DE}=\frac{BC}{FD}$. Which of the following makes the two triangles similar ?

1. (A)$\angle A=\angle D$
2. (B)$\angle B=\angle D$
3. (C)$\angle B=\angle E$
4. (D)$\angle A=\angle F$

$\left(\frac{2\tan 30^{\circ }}{1+{\tan }^{2}30^{\circ }}\right)$ is equal to :

1. (A)$\sin 60^{\circ }$
2. (B)$\cos 60^{\circ }$
3. (C)$\tan 60^{\circ }$
4. (D)$\sin 30^{\circ }$

In the given figure, AB is a tangent to the circle centered at O. If OA = 6 cm and $\angle OAB=30^{\circ }$, then the radius of the circle is :

1. (A)3 cm
2. (B)$3\sqrt{3}$ cm
3. (C)2 cm
4. (D)$\sqrt{3}$ cm

Assertion (A) : The number $5^n$ cannot end with the digit 0, where n is a natural number.
Reason (R): Prime factorisation of 5 has only two factors, 1 and 5.

1. (A)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
2. (B)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
3. (C)Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
4. (D)Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

Assertion (A) : If the points A(4, 3) and B(x, 5) lie on a circle with centre O(2, 3), then the value of x is 2.
Reason (R) : Centre of a circle is the mid-point of each chord of the circle.

1. (A)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
2. (B)Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true, but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of the Assertion (A).
3. (C)Assertion (A) is true, but Reason (R) is false.
4. (D)Assertion (A) is false, but Reason (R) is true.

Find the greatest 3-digit number which is divisible by 18, 24 and 36.

If $a\cos \theta +b\sin \theta =m$ and $a\sin \theta -b\cos \theta =n$, then prove that $a^2+b^2=m^2+n^2$.

Prove that :
$\sqrt{\frac{\sec A-1}{\sec A+1}}+\sqrt{\frac{\sec A+1}{\sec A-1}}=2\mathrm{cosec}A$

Find the ratio in which y-axis divides the line segment joining the points $(5,-6)$ and $(-1,-4)$.

Prove that the tangents drawn at the ends of a diameter of a circle are parallel.

The line segment joining the points $A(4,-5)$ and $B(4,5)$ is divided by the point P such that AP : AB = 2 : 5. Find the coordinates of P.

Point P(x, y) is equidistant from points A(5, 1) and B(1, 5). Prove that x = y.

In the given figure, CD is the perpendicular bisector of AB. EF is perpendicular to CD. AE intersects CD at G. Prove that $\frac{CF}{CD}=\frac{FG}{DG}$.

In the given figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. BE bisects CD at M and intersects AC at L. Prove that EL = 2BL.

A fraction becomes $\frac{1}{3}$ when 1 is subtracted from the numerator. It becomes $\frac{1}{4}$ when 8 is added to the denominator. Find the fraction.

Prove that :
$\frac{\tan A}{1+\sec A}-\frac{\tan A}{1-\sec A}=2\mathrm{cosec}A$

Find the mean of the following frequency distribution :
Classes: 25–30, 30–35, 35–40, 40–45, 45–50, 50–55, 55–60
Frequency: 14, 22, 16, 6, 5, 3, 4

Prove that $\sqrt{3}$ is an irrational number.

The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 48 seconds, 72 seconds and 108 seconds respectively. If they change simultaneously at 7 a.m., at what time will they change together next ?

Find the common difference of an A.P. whose first term is 8, the last term is 65 and the sum of all its terms is 730.

A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 54 km and then travels a distance of 63 km at an average speed of 6 km/h more than the first speed. If it takes 3 hours to complete the journey, what was its first average speed ?

Two pipes together can fill a tank in $\frac{15}{8}$ hours. The pipe with larger diameter takes 2 hours less than the pipe with smaller diameter to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each pipe can fill the tank separately.

A horse is tied to a peg at one corner of a square shaped grass field of side 15 m by means of a 5 m long rope. Find the area of that part of the field in which the horse can graze. Also, find the increase in grazing area if length of rope is increased to 10 m. (Use $\pi =3.14$)

A triangle ABC is drawn to circumscribe a circle of radius 4 cm such that the segments BD and DC are of lengths 10 cm and 8 cm respectively. Find the lengths of the sides AB and AC, if it is given that area $△ABC=90$ cm${}^2$.

Two circles with centres O and O′ of radii 6 cm and 8 cm, respectively intersect at two points P and Q such that OP and O′P are tangents to the two circles. Find the length of the common chord PQ.

Two pillars are standing on either side of a 80 m wide road. Height of one pillar is 20 m more than the height of the other pillar. From a point on the road between the pillars, the angle of elevation of the higher pillar is $60^{\circ }$, whereas that of the other pillar is $30^{\circ }$. Find the position of the point between the pillars and the height of each pillar. (Use $\sqrt{3}=1.73$)

In a pool at an aquarium, a dolphin jumps out of the water travelling at 20 cm per second. Its height above water level after t seconds is given by $h=20t-16t^2$.
Based on the above, answer the following questions :
(i) Find zeroes of polynomial $p(t)=20t-16t^2$. (1)
(ii) Which of the following types of graph represents p(t) ? (1)
(iii) What would be the value of h at $t=\frac{3}{2}$ ? Interpret the result. (2)
OR (iii) How much distance has the dolphin covered before hitting the water level again ? (2)

A golf ball is spherical with about 300 – 500 dimples that help increase its velocity while in play. Golf balls are traditionally white but available in colours also. In the given figure, a golf ball has diameter 4.2 cm and the surface has 315 dimples (hemi-spherical) of radius 2 mm.
Based on the above, answer the following questions :
(i) Find the surface area of one such dimple. (1)
(ii) Find the volume of the material dug out to make one dimple. (1)
(iii) Find the total surface area exposed to the surroundings. (2)
OR (iii) Find the volume of the golf ball. (2)

A middle school decided to run the following spinner game as a fund-raiser on Christmas Carnival.
Making Purple : Spin each spinner once. Blue and red make purple. So, if one spinner shows Red (R) and another Blue (B), then you ‘win’. One such outcome is written as ‘RB’.
Based on the above, answer the following questions :
(i) List all possible outcomes of the game. (1)
(ii) Find the probability of ‘Making Purple’. (1)
(iii) For each win, a participant gets ₹ 10, but if he/she loses, he/she has to pay ₹ 5 to the school. If 99 participants played, calculate how much fund could the school have collected. (2)
OR (iii) If the same amount of ₹ 5 has been decided for winning or losing the game, then how much fund had been collected by school ? (Number of participants = 99) (2)