10th ICSE Mathematics 2023 Board Exam

(All Types Covered)

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Ch. 1 GST
1. M/s Ram Traders, Delhi, provided the following services to M/s Geeta
Trading Company in Agra (UP). Find the amount of bill:
Number of 8 12 10 16
services
Cost of each 680 320 260 420
service (in Rs.)
GST% 5 12 18 12
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2. A is a manufacturer of T.V. sets in Delhi. He manufactures a particular

brand of T.V. set and marks it at Rs.75,000. He then sells this T.V. set to
a wholesaler B in Punjab at a discount of 30%. The wholesaler B raises
the marked price of the T.V. set bought by 30% and then sells it to dealer
C in Delhi. If the rate of GST = 5%, find tax (under GST) paid by
wholesaler B to the government. (P.O.C.I.B - 70%)

3. Kritika, a manufacturer, sells binoculars for Rs. 3,750 to Aarushi, a

wholesaler, who sells it to Vashu, a retailer, at a profit of 12%. Vashu,
The retailer, sells it to a customer, Dhir, at a profit of Rs. 600. The GST
charged is 18%, and all the sales are intra-state, find:
(i) The GST paid by the wholesaler, Aarushi, to the Central Government.
(ii) The price paid by the retailer, Vashu, inclusive of tax.
(iii) The total GST received by State Government.
(iv) The price paid by the customer, Dhir. (P.O.C.I.B - 70%)

4. A shopkeeper buys an article whose list price is Rs. 450 at some rate of
discount from a wholesaler. He sells the article to a consumer at the list
price and charges GST at the rate of 6%. If the shopkeeper has to pay GST
of Rs. 2.70, find the rate of discount at which he bought the article from
the wholesaler. (P.O.C.I.B - 1 %)
Ch. 2 Banking
1. Vedik deposited Rs. 350 per month in a bank for 1 year and 3 months
under the Recurring Deposit Scheme. If the maturity value of his deposits
is Rs. 5,565; find the rate of interest per annum. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

2. Rishabh has a Recurring Deposit Account in a post office for 3 years at

8% p.a. simple interest. If he gets Rs. 9,990 as interest at the time of
maturity, find :
(i) the monthly instalment
(ii) the amount of maturity. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

3. Sonia had a recurring deposit account in a bank and deposited Rs. 600
per month for 2½ years. If the rate of interest was 10% p.a., find the
maturity value of this account. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

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4. Mr. Britto deposits a certain sum of money each month in a Recurring
Deposit Account of a bank. If the rate of interest is of 8% per annum and
Mr. Britto gets Rs. 8088 from the bank after 3 years, find the value of his
monthly instalment. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

5. The maturity value of a R.D. Account is Rs. 16,176. If the monthly

installment is Rs. 400 and the rate of interest is 8%; find the time (period)
of this R.D. Account. (P.O.C.I.B - 10%)

Ch. 4 Linear Inequations

1. Solve the following inequation and graph the solution set on the number
line
2x – 3 < x + 2  3x + 5, x  Z. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

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5. P is the solution set of 7x – 2 > 4x + 1 and Q is the solution set of

9x – 45 ≥ 5(x – 5); where x ∈ R. Represent:
(i) P ∩ Q
(ii) P – Q
(iii) P ∩ Q
on different number lines. (P.O.C.I.B - 1 %)

Ch. 5 Quadratic Equations

1. Solve the following question and give your answer correct to 2 decimal
2
places: 5x – 3x – 4 = 0 (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

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3. Solve for x using the quadratic formula. Write your answer correct to two
significant figures: (x – 1)2 – 3x + 4 = 0. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

4. Find the value of ‘k’ for which x = 3 is a solution of the quadratic equation,
(k + 2)x2 – kx + 6 = 0. Thus find the other root of the equation. (20%)

5. Find the value of k for which the following equation has equal roots.
x2 + 4kx + (k2 – k + 2) = 0 (P.O.C.I.B - 80%)

6. Find the value of ‘m’ for which the given equation has real and equal roots.
x2 + 2 (m – 1)x + (m + 5) = 0. (P.O.C.I.B - 80%)

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 Ch. 6 Word Problems
1. Rs. 480 is divided equally among ‘x’ children. If the number of children
were 20 more then each would have got Rs. 12 less. Find ‘x’.(P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

2. A car covers a distance of 400 km at a certain speed. Had the speed been
12 km/h more, the time taken for the journey would have been
1 hour 40 minutes less. Find the original speed of the car. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

3. A two digit positive number is such that the product of its digits is 6.
If 9 is added to the number, the digits interchange their places.
Find the number. (P.O.C.I.B - 40%)

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6. Five years ago, a woman’s age was the square of her son’s age. Ten years
later her age will be twice that of her son’s age. Find:
(i) The age of the son five years ago.
(ii) The present age of the woman. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

7. Two pipes flowing together can fill a cistern in 6 minutes. If one pipe takes
5 minutes more than the other to fill the cistern, find the time in which
each pipe would fill the cistern. (P.O.C.I.B - 50%)

8. The area of a big rectangular room is 300 m2. If the length were
decreased by 5m and the breadth increased by 5 m; the area would be
unaltered. Find the length of the room. (P.O.C.I.B - 1 %)

9. The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/hr. It can go 30 km upstream

and return downstream to the original point in 4 hrs 30 mins . Find the
speed of the stream.
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Ch. 7 Proportion
1. Find the least number to be added to 5, 17, 35, 87 such that the resulting
numbers are in proportion. (P.O.C.I.B - 50%)

2. Find two numbers such that the mean proportional between them is 14 and third
proportional to them is 112. (P.O.C.I.B - 80%)

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Ch. 8 Remainder Factor Theorem

1. Find the value of a and b if x  1 and x  2 are factors of x3  ax + b.
Hence, factorise completely. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

2. Using the Remainder Theorem, factorise the following completely:

4x3 + 7x2 – 36x – 63. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

3. Find the values of constants a and b when (x2 + x – 6) is a factor of

expression x3 + ax2 + bx – 12. Hence factorise completely. (P.O.C.I.B - 10%)

4. The polynomials 2x3 – 7x2 + ax – 6 and x3 – 8x2 + (2a + 1) x – 16 leave the

same remainder when divided by x – 2. Find the value of ‘a’. (P.O.C.I.B - 70%)

Ch. 9 Matrices

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Ch. 10 A.P.
1. Which term of the arithmetic progression 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 + ……. is 52 ?
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2. Find the 31st term of an arithmetic progression whose 10th term is 38 and
16th term is 74. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

3. Find the sum of all natural numbers between 250 and 1000 which are
divisible by 9. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

4. The sum of the first three terms of an Arithmetic Progression is 42 and

the product of the first and third term is 52. Find the first term and the
common difference. (P.O.C.I.B - 30%)

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5. If (k – 3), (2k + 1) and (4k + 3) are three consecutive terms of an A. P., find
the value of k. (P.O.C.I.B - 30%)

6. How many terms of the A.P. 24, 21, 18, … must be taken so that their
sum is 78? (P.O.C.I.B - 80%)

Ch. 12 Reflection
1. Use a graph paper for this question. (Take 2 cm = 1 unit on both axes)
(i) Plot the following points: A (0, 4), B (2, 3), C (1, 1) and D (2, 0).
(ii) Reflect points B, C, D on the y-axis and write down their co-ordinates.
Name the images as B, C, D respectively.
(iii) Join the points A, B, C, D, D, C, B and A in order, so as to form a
closed figure. Find its area and perimeter.
(iv) Name two invariant points under reflection in y-axis. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

2. The points P (5, 1) and Q (2, 2) are reflected in line x = 2. Use graph
paper to find the images P and Q of points P and Q in line x = 2.
Take 2 cm = 2 units.
(i) Name the figure PPQQ.
(ii) Find the area of  PPQQ. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

Ch. 13 Section Midpoint Formula

1. In what ratio is the line joining (2, –3) and (5, 6) divided by the x-axis?
Also find the co-ordinates of the point. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

2. Calculate the ratio in which the line joining A(6, 5) and B(4, –3) is
divided by the line y = 2. (P.O.C.I.B - 80%)

3. The mid-point of the line segment joining (4a, 2b – 3) and (–4 , 3b) is
(2, –2a). Find the values of a and b. (P.O.C.I.B - 50%)

4. The co-ordinates of the centroid of a triangle PQR are (2, –5). (P.O.C.I.B - 10%)
If Q (–6, 5) and R (11, 8); calculate the co-ordinates of vertex P.

Ch. 14 Equation of Line

1. The line passing through (–4, –2) and (2, –3) is perpendicular to the line
passing through (a, 5) and (2, – 1) find a. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

2. ABCD is a parallelogram where A(x, y), B(5, 8), C(4, 7) and D(2, –4). Find:
(i) Co-ordinates of A.
(ii) the equation of a line, through the centroid and parallel to AB. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

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4. In ABC, A(3, 5), B(7, 8) and C( 1, – 10). Find the equation of the median
through A, altitude through B, perpendicular bisector of AB. (P.O.C.I.B - 80%)

Ch. 15 Similarity
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(ii) Find PT if PR is 13 cm

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Ch. 17, 18 Circles, Tangents & Intersecting Chords

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7. ABC is a triangle with AB = 10 cm, BC = 8 cm and

AC = 6 cm. Three circles are drawn touching each
Other with the vertices as their centres. Find the
radii of the three circles. (P.O.C.I.B - 10%)

Ch. 19 Constructions
1. Draw a circle of radius 4.5 cm. Draw two tangents to this circle so that
the angle between the tangents is 45º. (P.O.C.I.B - 30%)

2. Draw a circle of radius 3 cm. Mark a point P at a distance of 5 cm from

the centre of the circle drawn. Draw 2 tangents PA and PB to the given
circle and measure the length of each tangent. (P.O.C.I.B - 30%)

3. Construct a triangle ABC in which BC = 5.5 cm, AB = 6 cm and

ABC = 120º. Construct a circle circumscribing the  ABC. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

4. Construct the incircle of an equilateral XYZ with side 6.3 cm. (100%)

5. Construct regular hexagon of side 4 cm. Draw its circumcircle. (100%)

6. Construct regular hexagon of side 5 cm. Draw its incircle. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

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 Ch. 20 Cylinder, Cone & Sphere
1. A solid cone of height 8 cm and base radius 6 cm is melted and recast
into identical cones, each of height 2 cm and diameter 1 cm. Find the
number of cones formed. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

2. Two solid cylinders, one with diameter 60 cm and height 30 cm and the
other with radius 30 cm and height 60 cm, are metled and recasted into a
third solid cylinder of height 10 cm. Find the diameter of the cylinder
formed. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

3. Eight metallic spheres each of radius 2mm, are melted and cast into a
single sphere. Calculate the radius of the new sphere. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

4. From a rectangular solid of metal 42 cm by 20 cm by 30 cm, a conical

cavity of diameter 14 cm and depth 24 cm is drilled out. (P.O.C.I.B - 70%)
Find:(i) the volume of remaining solid,
(ii) the surface area of remaining solid,
(iii) the weight of the material drilled out if it weighs 7 gm per cm 3.
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5. A wooden toy is in the shape of a cone mounted

on a cylinder as shown alongside. If the height
of the cone is 24 cm,
the total height of the toy is 60 cm and the
radius of the base of the cone is twice the
radius of the base of the cylinder is 10 cm;
find the total surface area of the toy. [Take  = 3.14] (P.O.C.I.B - 70%)

6. A vessel, in the form of an inverted cone, is filled with water to the brim.
Its height is 32 cm and diameter of the base is 25.2 cm. Six equal solid
cones are dropped in it, so that they are fully submerged. As a result,
one-fourth of water in the original cone overflows.
What is the volume of each of the solid cones submerged? (P.O.C.I.B - 1 %)

7. The internal and external diameters of a hollow hemispherical vessel are

21 cm and 28 cm respectively. Find its total surface area. (P.O.C.I.B - 50%)

8. A circular tank of diameter 2 m is dug and the earth removed is spread

uniformly all around the tank to form an embankment 2 m in width and
1.6 m in height. Find the depth of the circular tank. (P.O.C.I.B - 1 %)

9. A circus tent is cylindrical to a height of 8m surmounted by a conical part.

If total height of the tent is 13m and the diameter of its base is 24m;
calculate: (i) total surface area of the tent
(ii) Area of canvas, required to make this tent allowing 10% of the canvas
used for folds and stitching. (P.O.C.I.B - 1 %)

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 Ch. 21 
Prove the following identities:

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2. (1 + cot A – cosec A) (1 + tan A + sec A) = 2 (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

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4. (sin A + cosec A)2 + (cos A + sec A)2 = 7 + tan2A + cot2A (P.O.C.I.B - 70%)

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Ch. 22 Heights & Distances

1. Find the height of a tree when it is found that on walking away from it
20 m, in a horizontal line through its base, the elevation of its top
changes from 60 to 30. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

2. From the top of a cliff, 60 meters high, the angle of depression of the top
and bottom of tower is observed to be 30 and 60. Find the height of the
tower. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

3. From the top of a light house 100 m high, the angles of depression of two
ships are observed as 48 and 36 respectively. Find the distance
between the two ships (in the nearest metre) if the ships are on the
opposite side of the light house. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

4. The angle of elevation of the top of an unfinished tower at a point distance

80 m from its base is 30. How much higher must the tower be raised so
that its angle of elevation at the same point may be 60? (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

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5. An aeroplane flying horizontally 1 km above the ground and going away
from the observer is observed at an elevation of 60. After 10 seconds, its
elevation is observed to be 30; find the uniform speed of the aeroplane in
km per hour. (P.O.C.I.B - 1 %)

6. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point 60m above a lake is 30 and
the angle of depression of the reflection of cloud in the lake is 60. Find
the height of the cloud from lake surface. (P.O.C.I.B - 1 %)

Ch. 24 Measures of Central Tendency

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Ch. 25 Probability
1. Cards bearing numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20 are kept in a
bag. A card is drawn at random from the bag. Find the probability of
getting a card which is:
(i) A prime number
(ii) A number divisible by 4
(iii) A number that is multiple of 6
(iv) An odd number. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

2. Sixteen cards are labelled as a, b, c ......... m, n, o, p. They are put in a

box and shuffled. A boy is asked to draw a card from 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. (P.O.C.I.B - 100%)

3. From a pack of 52 playing cards all cards whose numbers are multiples of
3 are removed. A card is now drawn at random What is the probability
that the card drawn is:
(i) a face card (King, Jack or Queen)
(ii) an even numbered red card? (P.O.C.I.B - 20%)

4. Two coins are tossed once. Find the probability of getting:

(i) 2 heads
(ii) at least 1 tail (P.O.C.I.B - 20%)

5. When 3 coins are tossed simultaneously, what is the probability of finding:

(i) At most1 tail?
(ii) At least 2 tails?
(iii) Not less than 2 heads? (P.O.C.I.B - 20%)

6. A box contains some black balls and 30 white balls. If the probability of
drawing a black ball is two-fifth of a white ball, find the number of black
balls in the box. (P.O.C.I.B - 10%)

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