CBSE 2025 Mathematics Basic Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the CBSE Class 10 Mathematics (Basic) board paper from 2025, Q.P. code 430/3/1 (Series EF3GH, Set 1). It carries 80 marks over three hours, plus 15 minutes to read, and has 38 compulsory questions in five sections. Section A is twenty one-mark items, eighteen multiple-choice and two assertion-reason. Sections B, C and D are very short, short and long answers of 2, 3 and 5 marks. Section E has three case studies of 4 marks each. There is no overall choice. Calculators are not allowed, and π is 22/7 where it is not given. This copy has questions only.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

Mathematics

Year

2025

Paper code

430/3/1

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

38

Pages

27

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  20 marks

  Questions 1–18 are multiple-choice and questions 19–20 are assertion-reason, 1 mark each

• Section B

  10 marks

  Questions 21–25, very short answers, 2 marks each; internal choice in two

• Section C

  18 marks

  Questions 26–31, short answers, 3 marks each; internal choice in two

• Section D

  20 marks

  Questions 32–35, long answers, 5 marks each; internal choice in two

• Section E

  12 marks

  Questions 36–38, case studies, 4 marks each, with an internal choice in the 2-mark part

Topics covered

• Real numbers
• Areas related to circles
• Surface areas and volumes
• Trigonometry

Questions from this paper

1. If p = 2³ × 3² × 5 and q = 2² × 3³, the LCM of p and q is 2³ × 3³, 2² × 3², 2² × 3² × 5 or 2³ × 3³ × 5.
2. 3ⁿ, where n is a natural number, cannot end with the digit 3, 5, 7 or 9.
3. The angle of the sector of a circle whose area is one-eighth of the area of the circle is 22½°, 60°, 45° or 90°.
4. The perimeter of a quadrant of a circle of circumference 22 cm is 29 cm, 22 cm, 12.5 cm or 5.5 cm.
5. A cone and a cylinder have the same height and the same radius. Their volumes are in the ratio 1:1, 1:3, 3:1 or 3:2.