TAGORE PUBLIC SCHOOL

NEHRU NAGAR, JAIPUR

Grade –X L-1, Real Numbers Mathematics

1. The exponent of 2 in the prime factorization of 144, is
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 3
2. The LCM of two numbers is 1200. Which of the following cannot be their HCF?
(a) 600 (b) 500 (c) 400 (d) 200
3. If n = 23  34  54  7, then the number of consecutive zeros in n, where n is natural number, is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 7
4. The sum of the exponents of the prime factors in the prime factorization of 196, is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
5. If two positive ingeters a and b are expressible in the form a = pq2 and b = p3q; p, q being prime
numbers, then LCM (a, b) is
(a) pq (b) p3q3 (c) p3q2 (d) p2q2
6. In Q. No. 5, HCF (a, b) is
(a) pq (b) p3q3 (c) p3q2 (d) p2q2
7. If two positive integers m and n are expressible in the form m = pq3 and n = p3q2, where p, q are
prime numbers, then HCF (m, n) =
(a) pq (b) pq2 (c) p3q3 (d) p2q3
8. The HCF of 95 and 152, is
(a) 57 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) 38
9. If HCF (26, 169) = 13, then LCM (26, 169) =
(a) 26 (b) 52 (c) 338 (d) 13
10. The LCM of 23  32 and 22  33 is
(a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 23  33 (d) 22  32
11. The HCF of two numbers is 18 and their product is 12960. Their LCM will be
(a) 420 (b) 600 (c) 720 (d) 800
12. The total number of factors of a prime number is
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3
13. The HCF and the LCM of 12, 21, 15 respectively are
(a) 3, 140 (b) 12, 420 (c) 3, 420 (d) 420, 3
14. If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3y2 and b = xy3 ; x, y are prime numbers, then
HCF (a, b) is
(a) xy (b) xy2 (c) x3y3 (d) x2y2
15. The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10 (both inclusive) is
(a) 10 (b) 100 (c) 504 (d) 2520
16. The largest number which divides 70 and 125, leaving remainders 5 and 8, respectively, is
(a) 13 (b) 65 (c) 875 (d) 1750
17. If a = 23  3, b = 2  3  5, c = 3n  5 and LCM (a, b, c) = 23  32  5, then n =
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
18. The LCM and HCF of two rational numbers are equal, then the numbers must be
(a) prime (b) co-prime (c) composite (d) equal
19. If the sum of LCM and HCF of two numbers is 1260 and their LCM is 900 more than their HCF,
then the product of two numbers is
(a) 203400 (b) 194400 (c) 198400 (d) 205400
20. The ratio of LCM and HCF of the least composite number and the least prime number is
(a) 1:2 (b) 2:1 (c) 1:1 (d) 1:3
23
21. If a2 = , then a is
25
(a) rational (b) irrational (c) whole number (d) integer
22. If LCM (x, 18) = 36 and HCF (x, 18) = 2, then x is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
23. If the sum of two numbers is 1215 and their HCF is 81, then the possible number of pairs of such
number is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
24. If the LCM of two prime number p and q (p > q) is 221 then the value of 3p – q is
(a) 4 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) 48
25. If the LCM of a and 18 is 36 and the HCF of a and 18 is 2, then a =
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
26. If p and q are co-prime numbers, then p2 and q2 are
(a) coprime (b) not coprime (c) even (d) odd
27. If 3 is the least prime factor of number a and 7 is the least prime factor of number b, then the least
prime factor of a + b, is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 10
28. The remainder when the square of any prime number greater than 3 is divided by 6, is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
29. The product of a non-zero rational number and an irrational number is
(a) always irrational (b) always rational (c) rational or irrational (d) one
30. HCF of two positive integers is always
(a) a multiple of their LCM (b) a factor of their LCM
(c) divisible by their LCM (d) none of these
31. If (a  5)n ends with the digit zero for every natural number n, then a is
(a) any natural number (b) an ever number
(c) an odd number (d) none of these
32. All decimal numbers are
(a) rational numbers (b) irrational numbers (c) real numbers (d) integers
33. Three bells ring at intervals of 4, 7 and 14 minutes. All the three rang at 6 AM. When will they ring
together again?
(a) 6:07 AM (b) 6:14 AM (c) 6:28 AM (d) 6:25 AM
34. 1192 – 112 is a
(a) prime number (b) composite number
(c) an odd prime number (d) an odd composite number
35.  is
(a) a rational number (b) an irrational number (c) a prime number (d) an odd number
36. 5  3  2 is
(a) a natural number (b) an integer (c) a rational number (d) an irrational number
37. The decimal expansion of  is
(a) terminating (b) non-terminating non-repeating
(c) non-terminating (d) does not exist
38. Ajay wants to host a party on his 50th birthday in a large banquet hall having a certain number of
chairs. He wants that guests should sit in different groups like in pairs, triplets, quadruplets, fives and
sixes etc. When the banquet hall manager arranges chairs in such pattern like in 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s and
6’s then 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 chairs are left respectively. But, when he arranges in groups of 11’s no chair
is left.
(i) How many chairs are in the banquet hall?
(a) 407 (b) 209 (c) 539 (d) 149
(ii) If three chairs are removed, then the remaining chairs can be arranged in groups of
(a) 2’s (b) 3’s (c) 4’s (d) 5’s
(iii) If one chair is added, then the total number of chairs can be arranged in groups of
(a) 2’s (b) 3’s (c) 4’s (d) 11’s
(iv) If one chair is added to the total number of chairs, how many chairs will be left when arranged
in groups of 11’s
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
(v) How many chairs will be left in original arrangement if some number of chairs is arranged in
groups of 9’s
(a) 8 (b) 1 (c) 6 (d) 3
39. Mira is very health conscious and avoids fast food, cakes, ice creams etc. On her birthday she
decided to serve fruits to her friend guests. She had 60 bananas and 36 apples which are to be
distributed equally among all.
(i) How many maximum guests Mira can invite?
(a) 6 (b) 96 (c) 12 (d) 180
(ii) How many apples will each guests get?
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 5
(iii) How many bananas will each guest get?
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 5
 (iv) If Mira also decides to distribute 42 mangoes, how many maximum guests she can invite?
(a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 180
(v) How many total fruits will each guest get?
(a) 23 (b) 25 (c) 17 (d) 18
40. Jai, Jameel and Jony decided to play a game of climbing 100 stairs. Jai climbs 5 stairs and gets down
2 stairs in one turn, Jameel goes up by 7 stairs and comes down by 2 stairs in a turn, Jony goes 10
stairs up and 3 stairs down each time. Each one of them stops when less number of stairs are left than
the number of stairs for his forward movement.
(i) Who climbs the maximum number of stairs?
(a) Jai (b) Jameel (c) Jony (d) Jai and Jameel
(ii) How many times can they meet in between on the same stair?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) Never
(iii) Who takes the least number of attempts to reach near the 100th stair?
(a) Jai (b) Jameel
(c) Jony (d) All take equal number of steps
(iv) Who meets for the first time on a stair?
(a) Jai and Jameel after 15 turns (b) Jamel and Jony after 35 turns
(c) Jai and Jony after 21 turns (d) Jai and Jameel after 21 turns
(v) Who meet for the second time on a stair?
(a) Jai and Jameel after 21 turns (b) Jameel and Jony after 35 turns
(c) Jai and Jony after 21 turns (d) Jai and Jony after 35 turns
41. Observe the factor tree below and answer the questions:

(i) The value of x is

(a) 8325 (b) 3825 (c) 835 (d) 3325
(ii) The value of y is
(a) 5 (b) 25 (c) 17 (d) 3
(iii) The value of z is
(a) 3 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) 13
(iv) The value of x + y + z is
(a) 3842 (b) 3847 (c) 3825 (d) 3874
 ASSERTION-REASON
Each of the following questions contains STATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT-2 (Reason)
and has following four choices (a), (b), (c) and (d), only one of which is the correct answer. Mark the
correct choice.
(a) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(b) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(c) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
(d) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.
42. Statement-1 (Assertion): HCF and LCM of two natural numbers are 25 and 815 respectively.
Statement-2 (Reason): LCM of two natural numbers is always divisible by their HCF.
43. Statement-1 (Assertion): HCF (234, 47) = 1.
Statement-2 (Reason): HCF of two co-primes is always 1.

44. Statement-1 (Assertion): 11 is an irrational number.

Statement-2 (Reason): If p is a prime number, then p is an irrational number.

45. Statement-1 (Assertion): HCF of two consecutive natural numbers is 1.
Statement-2 (Reason): HCF of two co-primes is 1.
46. Statement-1 (Assertion): If HCF (a, b) = 4 and ab = 96  404, then LCM (a, b) = 9696.
Statement-2 (Reason): LCM of two numbers a and b = HCF (a, b)  ab.
47. Statement-1 (Assertion): 997 is the largest three digit prime number.
Statement-2 (Reason): A positive integer n is a prime number, if no positive integer less than or
equal to n divides n.

48. Statement-1 (Assertion): 2  3 is an irrational number.

Statement-2 (Reason): If p and q are prime positive integers, then p  q is an irrational number.
 ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
a b b c c a b c c c
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
c a c b d a b d b b
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
b c c c c a a a a b
31 32 33 34 35 36 37
b c c b b d b

38 (i) (c) (ii) (b) (iii) (a) (iv) (a) (v) (a)
39 (i) (c) (ii) (a) (iii) (d) (iv) (b) (v) (a)
40 (i) (b) (ii) (d) (iii) (c) (iv) (a) (v) (b)
41 (i) (b) (ii) (a) (iii) (b) (iv) (b)
42 43 44 45 46 47
d a a a c a
48
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 TAGORE PUBLIC SCHOOL
NEHRU NAGAR, JAIPUR
Grade –X L-2, Polynomials Mathematics
1. Which of the following is not the graph of a quadratic polynomial?

2. If one of the zeros of a quadratic polynomial of the form x 2 + ax + b is the negative of the other, then
it
(a) has no linear term and constant term is negative.
(b) has no linear term and the constant term is positive.
(c) can have a linear term but the constant term is negative.
(d) can have a linear term but the constant term is positive.
3. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x 2 + 3x + k is 2, then the value of k is
(a) 10 (b) -10 (c) 5 (d) -5
4. A quadratic polynomial, the sum of whose zeroes is 0 and one zero is 3, is
(a) x 2 – 9 (b) x 2 + 9 (c) x 2 + 3 (d) x 2 – 3
5. A quadratic polynomial, the sum of whose zeroes is – 5 and their product is 6, is
(a) x 2 + 5x + 6 (b) x 2 – 5x + 6 (c) x 2 – 5x – 6 (d) –x 2 + 5x + 6
6. If one zero of the polynomial f (x) = (k2 + 4) x 2 + 13x + 4k is reciprocal of the other, then k =
(a) 2 (b) -2 (c) 1 (d) -1
1 1
7. If  ,  are the zeros of the polynomial f(x) = x 2 + x + 1, then  =
 
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) none of these
1 1
8. If  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 4x 2 + 3x + 7, then  is equal to
 
7 7 3 3
(a) (b)  (c) (d) 
3 3 7 7
9. If one root of the polynomial f(x) = 5x 2 + 13x + k is reciprocal of the other, then the value of k is
1
(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) (d) 6
6
10. The number of polynomials having zeroes – 2 and 5 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) more than 3
11. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial (k – 1) x 2 + kx + 1 is – 3, then the value of k is
4 4 2 2
(a) (b)  (c) (d) 
3 3 3 3
12. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2 + 99x + 127 are
(a) both positive (b) both negative
(c) both equal (d) one positive and one negative
1 1
13. If  ,  are the zeros of the polynomial f(x) = ax 2 +bx + c, then  =
 2
2
b 2  2ac b 2  2ac b 2  2ac b 2  2ac
(a) (b) (c) (d)
a2 c2 a2 c2
1 1
14. If  and  are the zeroes of the polynomial f(x) = x 2 + px + q, then a polynomial having and
 
is its zeroes is
(a) x 2 + qx + p (b) x 2 – px + q (c) qx 2 + px + 1 (d) px 2 + qx + 1
15. If  ,  are the zeroes of polynomial f(x) = x 2 – p(x + 1) – c, then (  + 1) (  + 1) =
(a) c – 1 (b) 1 – c (c) c (d) 1 + c
16. If  and  are the zeros of the polynomial x 2 – 6x + k and 3  + 2  = 20, then the value of k is
(a) – 8 (b) 16 (c) – 16 (d) 8
17. What should be added to the polynomial x 2 – 5x + 4, so that 3 is the zero of the resulting polynomial?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
18. What should be subtracted from x 2 – 16x + 30, so that 15 is the zero of the resulting polynomial?
(a) 30 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d) 16
19. If x + 2 is a factor of x 2 + ax +2b and a + b = 4, then
(a) a = 1, b = 3 (b) a = 3, b = 1 (c) a = –1, b = 5 (d) a = 5, b = –1
20. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2 + (a + 1) x + b are 2 and – 3, then
(a) a = –7, b = –1 (b) a = 5, b = –1 (c) a = 2, b = – 6 (d) a = 0, b = –6
21. If  and  are the zeroes of the polynomial ax 2 – 5x + c and  +  =  = 10, then
1 5 5 1
(a) a = 5, c = (b) a = 1, c = (c) a = ,c=1 (d) a = ,c=5
2 2 2 2

22. If  and  are the zeroes of the polynomial x 2 – (k + 6) x + 2 (2k - 1) such that  +  = , then
2
the value of k is
(a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) 7
23. The zeros of the quadratic polynomial x 2 + ax + a, a  0 ,
(a) cannot both be positive (b) cannot both be negative
(c) are always unequal (d) are always equal
24. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial ax 2 + bx + c, c  0 are equal, then
(a) c and a have opposite signs (b) c and b have opposite signs
(c) c and a have the same sign (d) c and b have the same sign
 1
25. If 2 and are zeros of px 2 + 5x + r, then
2
(a) p = r = 2 (b) p = r = –2 (c) p = 2, r = –2 (d) p = –2, r = 2
26. Due to heavy storm an electric wire got bent as shown in the following figure. It followed a
mathematical shape. Answer the following questions:

(i) Name the shape in which the wire is bent

(a) Spiral (b) Elliptical (c) Parabolic (d) Linear
(ii) How many zeros are there for the polynomial representing the shape of the wire?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
(iii)The zeros of the polynomial represented by the wire are
(a) -1, 5 (b) -1, 3 (c) 3, 5 (d) -4, 2
(iv) The expression of the polynomial representing the wire is
(a) x 2 + 2x – 3 (b) x 2 – 2x + 3 (c) x 2 – 2x – 3 (d) x 2 + 2x +3
(v) The value of the polynomial at x = -1 is
(a) 6 (b) -18 (c) 18 (d) 0
27. A highway underpass is parabolic in shape as shown in the following picture.

(i) If the highway overpass is represented by x 2 – 2x – 8. Then its zeros are

(a) 2, -4 (b) 4, -2 (c) -2, -2 (d) -4, -4
(ii) Number of zeros of the polynomial representing highway overpass is equal to number of points
where the graph of polynomial
(a) intersects x-axis (b) intersects y-axis
(c) intersects y-axis or x-axis (d) none of these
(iii)Graph of quadratic polynomial is a
(a) straight line (b) circle (c) parabola (d) ellipse
(iv) The representation of Highway Underpass whose one zero is 6 and sum of the zeros is 0, is
(a) x 2 – 6x + 2 (b) x 2 – 36 (c) x 2 – 6 (d) x 2 – 3
(v) The number of real zeros that polynomial f(x) = (x – 2)2 + 4 can have is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
28. A suspension bridge is a type of bridge in which the deck is hung below suspension cables on
vertical suspenders. The suspensions cables are in parabolic shape. The point on the suspension cable
just above the mid –point of the deck is the lowest point of the suspension cable and the suspension
cable is symmetric about a vertical line, parallel to the suspenders, through the lowest point.
A parabola is the curve representing p (x) = ax 2 + bx + c. Parabolas are symmetric about a vertical
line known as the axis which cuts the parabola at the lowest or highest point known as the vertex of
the parabola.

(i) If the suspension cable is represented by the polynomial x 2 -8x -20, then its zeros are
(a) -2, -10 (b) -2, 10 (c)2, -10 (d)2, 10
(ii) A quadratic polynomial the sum and product of whose zeroes are -4 and -12, is
(a) x 2 – 4x –12 (b) x 2 + 4x + 12 (c) x 2 + 4x – 12 (d) x 2 + 12x – 4
(iii)A quadratic polynomial whose one zero is –2 and product of whose zeros is 8, is
(a) x 2 + 6x + 8 (b) x 2 + 2x – 8 (c) x 2 – 6x + 8 (d) x 2 – 6x – 8
(iv) A quadratic polynomial whose zeros are reciprocal of the zeros of 6x 2 – 7x – 3, is
(a) 6x 2 + 7x + 3 (b) 3x 2 – 7x + 6 (c) 3x 2 + 7x + 6 (d) 3x 2 + 7x – 6
(v) If the parabola representing quadratic polynomial ax 2 + bx + c touches x-axis, then
(a) it has only one real root (b) its roots are real and equal
(c) it has no real root (d) its roots are of opposite signs
29. On May 20, 2020 super cyclonic storm Amphan hit West Bengal. It caused widespread damage in
West Bengal. Due to this thousand of trees were uprooted and electric poles were bent out. Some
electric poles bent into the shape of a parabola shown below. A parabola is represented by a
quadratic polynomial. Based on the above information answer the following questions.

(i) If the parabola shown in Fig. 2.19 represents the quadratic polynomial p(x) = ax2 + bx + c, then
(a) a > 0 (b) a < 0 (c) a = 0 (d) 2a + b = 0
(ii) Zeros of the quadratic polynomial represented by the parabola are
(a) 2 and 4 (b) -4 and 2 (c) 4 and -2 (d) -2 and 2
(iii)The quadratic polynomial p(x) representing the given parabola is
(a) x 2 + 4x – 8 (b) x 2 + 2x – 8 (c) –x 2 + 2x – 8 (d) – x 2 – 2x + 8
 (iv) The value of p(x) at x = 0 is
(a) –8 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) –4
(v) If the parabola shown in Fig.2.19 is moved rightward through one unit, then the quadratic
polynomial representing it is
(a) x 2 – 9 (b) – x 2 + 9 (c) – x 2 – 2x + 9 (d) –x 2 + 8
30. Observe the graph y = f(x) of a polynomial carefully and answer the following questions:

(i) The number of zeroes of the polynomial y = f(x) is

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
(ii) The curve y = f (x) shown in Fig.2.20, represents a polynomials, which is
(a) quadratic (b) linear (c) biquadratic (d) cubic
(iii)The coordinates where the curve intersects the x-axis are
(a) (2, 0), (-2, 0) (b) (2, 0), (-2, 0), (-1, 3)
(c) (2, 0), (-2, 0), (0, 0) (d) (2, 0) (-2, 0), (1, -3)
31. Observe the graphs y = f (x) and y = g(x) of a polynomial carefully and answer the following
questions:

(i) The number of zeroes shown in the polynomial in Figure 2.21 is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
(ii) The number of zeroes shown in the polynomial in Figure 2.22 is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
(iii)The curve in Figure 2.21 represents the polynomial
(a) y = x 2 + 2x + 3 (b) y = x 3 + 3x + 2 (c) y = x 3 (d) y = x 3 – x
(iv) The curve in Figure 2.22 represents the polynomial
(a) y = x 2 + 2x + 3 (b) y = x 3 + 3x + 2 (c) y = x 3 (d) y = x 3 – x 2
32. The figure shows the bridge with hanging wires showing a mathematical shape. Answer the
following questions:

(i) Name the shape of the hanging wires?

(a) Linear (b) Spiral (c) Parabola (d) Ellipse
(ii) What will be the expression of the polynomial shown in the figure?
(a) y = ax + b (b) y = ax 2 + bx + c
(c) y = ax 3 + bx 2 + cx + d (d) None of these
(iii)Zeroes of a polynomial can be expressed graphically. Number of zeroes of polynomial is equal to
number of points where the graph of polynomial is
(a) Intersects x-axis (b) Intersects y-axis
(c) Intersects x-axis or y-axis (d) None of these
(iv) The representation of hanging wires on the bridge whose sum of the zeroes is -3 and product of
the zeroes is 5 is
(a) x 2 – 3x – 5 (b) x 2 – 3x + 5 (c) x 2 + 3x – 5 (d) x 2 + 3x + 5
(v) Graph of a quadratic polynomial is
(a) straight line (b) circle (c) parabola (d) ellipse

Assertion - Reason

Each of the following questions contains STATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT-2 (Reason)
and has following four choices (a), (b), (c) and (d), only one of which is the correct answer. Mark the
correct choice.
(a) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(b) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(c) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
(d) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.
33. Statement-1 (Assertion): The polynomial f(x) = x 2 – 2x + 2 has two real zeros.
Statement-2 (Reason): A quadratic polynomial can have at most two real zeroes.
1 1
34. Statement-1 (Assertion): A quadratic polynomial having and as its zeroes is 6x 2 – 5x + 1.
2 3
Statement-2 (Reason): Quadratic polynomials having  and  as zeroes are given by f(x) = k
{x 2 – (    ) x +  }, where k is a non-zero constant.
35. Statement-1 (Assertion): If one root of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = (k – 1)x 2 – 10x + 3, k  1 is
reciprocal of the other, then k = 4.
a
Statement-2 (Reason): The product of roots of the quadratic polynomial ax 2 + bx + c, a  0 is
c
36. Statement-1 (Assertion): If  and  are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2 + 7x + 12, then

12 12
 – 24  = 395.
 
Statement-2 (Reason): If  and  are zeroes of the quadratic polynomials ax 2 + bx + c, then

   =  b and  = c .
a a

ANSWER KEY
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
d a b a a a b d B d
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
a b b c b c b c B d
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
d d a c b

26. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

c a b c d
27. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
b a c b c
28. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
b c a d b
29. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
a b d b b
30. (i) (ii) (iii)
b d c
31. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
c a c d
32. (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)
b a b d c
33. 34. 35. 36.
d a c d
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Grade –X L-3, Pair of Linear Equations in two Variables Mathematics

1. The value of k for which the system of equation kx – y = 2 and, 6x – 2y = 3 has a unique solution, is
(a) = 3 (b)  3 (c)  0 (d) = 0
2. The value of k for which the system of equations 2x + 3y = 5 and, 4x + ky = 10 has infinite number
of solutions, is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 0
3. The value of k for which the system of equations x + 2y – 3 = 0 and 5x + ky + 7 = 0 has no solutio n,
is
(a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 1
4. The value of k for which the system of equations 3x + 5y = 0 and kx + 10y = 0 has a non-zero solutio n,
is
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 8
x  2y  5
5. The value of k for which the system of equation has no solution is
3x  ky  15  0
3
(a) 6 (b) -6 (c) (d) none of these
2
6. If a pair of linear equations in two variables is consistent, then the lines represented by two equations
are
(a) intersecting (b) parallel
(c) always coincident (d) intersecting or coincident
7. If the system of equations 2x + 3y = 5, 4x + ky = 10 has infinitely many solutions, then k =
1
(a) 1 (b) (c) 3 (d) 6
2
8. If the system of equation kx – 5y = 2, 6x + 2y = 7 has no solution, then k =
(a) –10 (b) –5 (c) –6 (d) –15
9. If x = a, y = b is the solution of the systems of equations x – y = 2 and x + y = 4, then the values of a
and b are, respectively
(a) 3 and 1 (b) 3 and 5 (c) 5 and 3 (d) -1 and -3
10. For what value k, do the equations 3x – y + 8 = 0 and 6x – ky + 16 = 0 represent coincident lines?
1 1
(a) (b) – (c) 2 (d) –2
2 2
11. The pair of linear equation y = 0 and y = –5 has
(a) one solution (b) two solutions
(c) infinitely many solutions (d) no solution
12. 8 chairs and 5 tables cost Rs.10,500, while 5 chairs and 3 tables cost Rs.6,450. The cost of each chair
will be
(a) Rs.750 (b) Rs.600 (c) Rs.850 (d) Rs.900
13. If ABCD is a rectangle shown in Fig.3.4, then
(a) x = 10, y = 2 (b) x = 12, y = 8 (c) x = 2, y = 10 (d) x = 20, y = 0

14. The pair of linear equations 3x + 5y = 3 and 6x + ky = 8 do not have a solution, if k

(a) = 5 (b) = 10 (c)  10 (d)  5
15. If the sum of the ages of a father and his san in years is 65 and twice the difference of their ages in
years is 50, then the age of father is
(a) 40 years (b) 45 years (c) 55 years (d) 65 years
16. If the system of equations 2x + 3y = 7 and, (a + b)x + (2a – b) y = 21 has infinitely many solutio ns,
then
(a) a = 1, b = 5 (b) a = 5, b = 1 (c) a = –1, b = 5 (d) a = 5, b = –1
17. If the system of equations 3x + y = 1 and, (2k – 1) x + (k – 1) y = 2k + 1 is inconsistent, then k =
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) –1 (d) 2
18. If am  bl, then the system of equations ax + by = c and, lx + my = n
(a) has a unique solution (b) has no solution
(c) has infinitely many solutions (d) may or may not have a solution.
19. If the system of equations 2x + 3y = 7, 2ax + (a + b) y = 28 has infinitely many solutions, then
(a) a = 2b (b) b = 2a (c) a + 2b = 0 (d) 2a + b = 0
20. If 2x – 3y = 7 and (a + b) x – (a + b – 3) y = 4a + b represent coincident lines, then a and b satisfy the
equation
(a) a + 5b = 0 (b) 5a + b = 0 (c) a – 5b = 0 (d) 5a – b = 0
x y
21. The area of the triangle formed by the line  = 1 with the coordinate axes is
a b
1 1
(a) ab (b) 2ab (c) ab (d) ab
2 4
22. The area of the triangle formed by the lines y = x, x = 6 and y = 0 is
(a) 36 sq. units (b) 18 sq. units (c) 9 sq. units (d) 72 sq. units
23. The area of the triangle formed by the lines x = 3, y = 4 and x = y is
1
(a) sq. unit (b) 1 sq. unit (c) 2 sq. unit (d) None of these
2
24. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 9. If 27 is added to it, the digits of the number get
reversed. The number is
(a) 25 (b) 72 (c) 63 (d) 36
25. Aruna has only Rs.1 and Rs.2 coins with her. If the total number of coins that she has is 50 and the
amount of money with her is Rs.75, then the number of Rs.1 and Rs.2 coins are, respectively
(a) 35 and 15 (b) 35 and 20 (c) 15 and 35 (d) 25 and 25
26. If x = a, y = b is the solution of the pair of linear equations 37x + 43y = 123, 43x + 37y = 117, then
a3 + b3 is equal to
(a) –7 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) –9
27. The value of k for which the lines 5x + 7y = 3 and 15x + 21y = k coincide is
(a) 9 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 18
28. One equation of a pair of dependent linear equations is –5x + 7y = 2. The second equation is
(a) 10x + 14y + 4 = 0 (b) –10x – 14y + 4 = 0(c) –10x + 14y + 4 = 0(d) 10x – 14y = – 4
29. If 227x + 131y = 913 and 131x + 227y = 827, then x + y is equal to
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
30. The number of solutions of 3x+y = 243 and 243x – y = 3 is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) infinite
31. The area of the triangle formed by the lines 2x + 3y = 12, x – y – 1 = 0 and x = 0 (as shown in Fig.3.5),
is
(a) 7 sq. units (b) 7.5 sq. units (c) 6.5 sq. units (d) 6 sq. units

32. Figure 3.6, is the graph representing two linear equations by lines AB and CD respectively. The area
of the triangle formed by these two lines and the line x = 0 is
(a) 3 sq. units (b) 4 sq. units (c) 6 sq. units (d) 8 sq. units
33. Teachers and students of class X of a school had gone to Nandan Kannan for study tour. After visiting
different places of Nandan Kannan, lastly, they visited bird’s sanctuary and deer park. Rohan is a
clever boy and keen observer. He put the question to his friends “How many birds are there and how
many deer are there (at particular time) in Nandan Kannan?” Rahul’s friend, Nishith gave the correct
answer as follows:
‘Nishith answered that total animals have 1000 eyes and 1400 legs.’

(i) If x and y be the number of birds and deer respectively, what is the equation of total number of
eyes?
(a) x + y = 1000 (b) x + y = 500 (c) x – y = 1000 (d) x – y = 500
 (ii) What is the equation of total number of legs?
(a) 2x + y = 70 (b) x + 2y = 500 (c) x + 2y = 700 (d) 2x – y = 500
(iii)How many birds are there in the Zoo?
(a) 1000 (b) 5000 (c) 300 (d) 200
(iv) How many deer are there in the Zoo?
(a) 500 (b) 200 (c) 300 (d) 700
(v) Total number of animals (birds and deer) is
(a) 1000 (b) 700 (c) 500 (d) 300

ASSERTION - REASON

Each of the following questions contains STATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT-2 (Reason)
and has following four choices (a), (b), (c) and (d), only one of which is the correct answer. Mark the
correct choice.
(a) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(b) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Staatement1.
(c) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
(d) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.
34. Statement-1 (Assertion): The system of linear equations 3x + 5y – 4 = 0 and 15x + 25y – 25 = 0 is
inconsistent.
Statement-2 (Reason): The pair of linear equations a1 x + b1 y + c1 = 0 and a2 x + b2 y + c2 = 0 represents
a1 b1 c1
parallel lines, if   .
a2 b2 c2
35. Statement-1 (Assertion): The area of the rectangle formed by the lines representing x = 8, y = 6 with
the coordinate axes is 24 sq. units.
Statement-2 (Reason): The system of equations x = 8, y = 6 is consistent with a unique solution.
36. Statement-1 (Assertion): If a pair of linear equations represent coincident lines, then the equations are
consistent and have a unique solution.
Statement-2 (Reason): A pair of linear equations a1 x + b1 y + c1 = 0 and a2 x + b2 y + c2 = 0 represents
a1 b1 c1
coincident lines iff   .
a2 b2 c2
37. Statement-1 (Assertion): If the system of equations 3x + 6y = 10 and 2x – ky + 5 = 0 is inconsiste nt,
then k = – 4.
Statement-2 (Reason): The system of equations a1 x + b1 y + c1 = 0 and a2 x + b2 y + c2 = 0 is inconsiste nt
a1 b1 c1
iff   .
a2 b2 c2
 ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
b c a c a d d D a c
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
d a a b b b d a b c
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
c b a d d c a d a b
31 32 33 (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) 34 35
b c b c c b c a b
36 37
d c
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Grade –X L-4, Quadratic Equations Mathematics

1. Which of the following is a quadratic equation?

(b) – 2x 2 = (5 - x)  2 x  
2
(a) x 2 + 2x + 1 = (4 - x)2 + 3
 5
3
(c) (k + 1) x 2 + x = 7, where k = – 1 (d) x 3 – x 2 = (x - 1)3
2
2. Which of the following is not a quadratic equation?
(a) 2(x - 1)2 = 4x 2 – 2x + 1 (b) 2x – x 2 = x 2 + 5

 
2
(c) 2x  3 + x 2 = 3x 2 – 5x (d) (x 2 + 2x)2 = x 4 + 3 + 4x 3

3. Which of the following equations has 2 as a root?

(a) x 2 – 4x + 5 = 0 (b) x 2 + 3x – 12 = 0 (c) 2x 2 – 7x + 6 = 0 (d) 3x 2 – 6x – 2 = 0
4. Which of the following equations has the sum of its roots as 3?
(a) 2x 2 – 3x + 6 = 0 (b) –x 2 + 3x – 3 = 0
3
(c) 2 x2 - x+1=0 (d) 3x 2 – 3x + 3 = 0
2

5. The quadratic equation 2x 2 - 5x + 1 = 0 has

(a) two distinct real roots (b) two equal real roots
(c) no real roots (d) more than 2 real roots
6. Which of the following equations has two distinct roots?
9
(a) 2x 2 - 3 2x + =0 (b) x 2 + x – 5 = 0
4
(c) x 2 + 3x + 2 2 = 0 (d) 5x 2 – 3x + 1 = 0
7. Which of the following equations has no real roots?

(a) x 2 – 4x + 3 2 = 0 (b) x 2 + 4x - 3 2 = 0

(c) x 2 – 4x - 3 2 = 0 (d) 3x 2 + 4 3x + 4 = 0
8. The equation (x 2 + 1)2 – x 2 = 0 has
(a) four real roots (b) two real roots (c) no real roots (d) one real root
9. If x = 0.2 is a root of the equation x 2 – 0.4k = 0, then k =
(a) 1 (b) 10 (c) 0.1 (d) 100
1 5
10. If  is a root of the equation x 2 – kx - = 0, then the value of k is
2 4
1 1
(a) -2 (b) 2 (c) (d)
4 2
11. A quadratic equation can have
(a) at least two roots (b) at most two roots
(c) exactly two roots (d) any number of roots
12. The discriminant of the quadratic equation (x + 2)2 = 0 is
(a) -2 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 0
13. The values of k for which the quadratic equation 16x 2 + 4kx + 9 = 0 has real and equal roots are
1 3 3
(a) 6,  (b) 36, -36 (c) 6, -6 (d) ,
6 4 4
14. If y = 1 is a common root of the equation ay2 + ay + 3 = 0 and y2 + y + b = 0, then ab equals
7
(a) 3 (b)  (c) 6 (d) -3
2
15. If one root of the equation x 2 + ax + 3 = 0 is 1, then its other root is
(a) 3 (b) -3 (c) 2 (d) -2
16. If one root of the equation 2x 2 + kx + 4 = 0 is 2, then the other root is
(a) 6 (b) -6 (c) -1 (d) 1
17. A quadratic equation whose one root is 2 and the sum of whose roots is zero, is
(a) x 2 + 4 = 0 (b) x 2 – 4 = 0 (c) 4x 2 – 1 = 0 (d) x 2 – 2 = 0
18. If the sum and product of the roots of the equation kx 2 + 6x + 4k = 0 are equal, then k =
3 3 2 2
(a)  (b) (c) (d) 
2 2 3 3
19. If the sum of the roots of the equation x 2 – x =  (2x - 1) is zero, then  =
1 1
(a) -2 (b) 2 (c)  (d)
2 2
20. If x = 1 is a common root of the equation ax 2 + ax + 3 = 0 and x 2 + x + b = 0, then ab =
(a) 3 (b) 3.5 (c) 6 (d) -3
21. If the equation x 2 + 4x + k = 0 has real and distinct roots, then
(a) k < 4 (b) k > 4 (c) k  4 (d) k  4
22. If ax 2 + bx + c = 0 has equal roots, then c =
b b b 2 b2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2a 2a 4a 4a
23. The value of 6  6  6  … is
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) -2 (d) 3.5
24. If 2 is a root of the equation x 2 + bx + 12 = 0 and the equation x 2 + bx + q = 0 has equal roots, then
q=
(a) 8 (b) -8 (c) 16 (d) -16
25. If p and q are the roots of the equation x 2 – px + q = 0, then
(a) p = 1, q = –2 (b) p = 0, q = 1 (c) p = –2, q = 0 (d) p = –2, q = 1
26. The value of c for which the equation ax 2 + 2bx + c = 0 has equal roots is
b2 b2 a2 a2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
a 4a b 4b
27. If x 2 + k (4x + k – 1) + 2 = 0 has equal roots, then k =
2 2 3 1 3 1
(a)  ,1 (b) , -1 (c) , (d)  ,
3 3 2 3 2 3
28. If one root of the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 is three times the other, then b2 : ac =
(a) 3 : 1 (b) 3 : 16 (c) 16 : 3 (d) 16 : 1
29. If the sum of the roots of the equation x 2 – (k + 6) x + 2 (2k – 1) = 0 is equal to half of their product,
then k =
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) 5
30. If one root of the equation 4x 2 – 2x + (  – 4) = 0 be the reciprocal of the other, then  =
(a) 8 (b) –8 (c) 4 (d) –4
31. If the equation 9x 2 + 6kx + 4 = 0 has equal roots, then the roots are both equal to
2 3
(a)  (b)  (c) 0 (d)  3
3 2
32. If the equation ax 2 + 2x + a = 0 has two distinct roots, if
(a) a =  1 (b) a = 0 (c) a = 0, 1 (d) a = -1, 0
33. The positive value of k for which the equation x 2 + kx + 64 = 0 and x 2 – 8x + k = 0 will both have
real roots, is
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 16
34. If the equation (a2 + b2 ) x 2 – 2 (ac + bd) x + c2 + d2 = 0 has equal roots, then

(a) ab = cd (b) ad = bc (c) ad = bc (d) ab = cd

35. If the roots of the equation (a2 + b2 ) x 2 – 2b (a + c) x + (b2 + c2 ) = 0 are equal, then
2ac
(a) 2b = a + c (b) b2 = ac (c) b  (d) b = ac
ac
36. If (a2 + b2 ) x 2 + 2(ac + bd) x + c2 + d2 = 0 has no real roots, then
(a) ad = bc (b) ab = cd (c) ac = bd (d) ad  bc
37. If sin  and cos  are the roots of the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0, then b2 =
(a) a2 – 2ac (b) a2 + 2ac (c) a2 – ac (d) a2 + ac
38. If a and b are roots of the equation x 2 + ax + b = 0, then a + b =
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) –2 (d) –1

ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
d c c b c b a c c B
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
c d c a a d b a c a
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
a d b c a a b c b A
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
a a d d b d b d
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Grade –X L-5, Arithmetic Progressions Mathematics

1 1  2q 1  4q
1. The common difference of the A.P. is , , , … is
2q 2q 2q
(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) q (d) 2q
1 1  3b 1  6b
2. The common difference of the A.P. , , , … is
3 3 3
1 1
(a) (b)  (c) –b (d) b
3 3
1 1  6b 1  12b
3. The common difference of the A.P. , , , … is
2b 2b 2b
(a) 2b (b) -2b (c) 3 (d) -3
4. If k, 2k – 1 and 2k + 1 are three consecutive terms of an AP, the value of k is
(a) -2 (b) 3 (c) -3 (d) 6
5. The next term of the A.P. 7, 28, 63,...

(a) 70 (b) 84 (c) 97 (d) 112

6. The first three terms of an A.P. respectively are 3y – 1, 3y + 5 and 5y + 1. Then, y equals
(a) -3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
1 1 1
7. If , , are in A.P. Then, x =
x2 x3 x5
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
8. The nth term of an A.P., the sum of whose n terms is Sn, is
(a) Sn + Sn-1 (b) Sn – Sn-1 (c) Sn + Sn+1 (d) Sn – Sn+1
9. The sum of first 20 odd natural number is
(a) 100 (b) 210 (c) 400 (d) 420
10. If 18, a, b, -3 are in A.P., the a + b =
(a) 19 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 15
11. The first term of an A.P. is p and the common difference is q, then its 10th term is
(a) q + 9p (b) p – 9q (c) p + 9q (d) 2p + 9q
12. The value of x for which 2x, x + 10 and 3x + 2 are the three consecutive terms of an A.P. is
(a) -6 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) -18
13. If the sum of three consecutive terms of an increasing A.P. is 51 and the product of the first and
third of these terms is 273, then the third term is
(a) 13 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) 17
 1  2  3
14.  3     3     3    ... up to n terms is
 n  n  n
1 1 1 1
(a) (3n – 1) (b) (3n + 1) (c) (5n - 1) (d) (5n + 1)
2 2 2 2
15. The sum of first 16 terms of the A.P.: 10, 6, 2, …, is
(a) -320 (b) 320 (c) -352 (d) -400
16. If the first term of an A.P. is -5 and the common difference is 2, then the sum of first 6 terms is
(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 15
17. The 4th term from the end of the AP: -11, -8, -5, …, 49 is
(a) 37 (b) 40 (c) 43 (d) 58
18. Which term of the A.P. 21, 42, 63, 63, 84, … is 210?
(a) 9th (b) 10th (c) 11th (d) 12th
19. If the 2nd term of an A.P. is 13 and 5th term is 25, what is its 7th term?
(a) 30 (b) 33 (c) 37 (d) 38
20. The first and last terms of an A.P. are 1 and 11. If the sum of its terms is 36, then the number of
terms will be
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
21. If four numbers in A.P. are such that their sum is 50 and the greatest number is 4 times the least,
then the numbers are
(a) 5, 10, 15, 20 (b) 4, 10, 16, 22 (c) 3, 7, 11, 15 (d) none of these
22. If the first term of an A.P. is 2 and common difference is 4, then the sum of its 40 terms is
(a) 3200 (b) 1600 (c) 200 (d) 2800
23. The number of terms of the A.P. 3, 7, 11, 15, … to be taken so that the sum is 406 is
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 14

24. Sum of n terms of the series 2 + 8 + 18 + 32 + … is

n( n  1) n(n  1)
(a) (b) 2n (n + 1) (c) (d) 1
2 2
25. The 9th term of an A.P. is 449 and 449th term is 9. The term which is equal to zero is
(a) 501th (b) 502th (c) 458th (d) none of these
26. If the first term of an A.P. is a and nth term is b, then its common difference is
ba ba ba ba
(a) (b) (c) (d)
n 1 n 1 n n 1
5  9  13  ...to n terms 17
27. If = , then n =
7  9  11  ...to(n  1)terms 16
(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 10 (d) 11
28. The sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3n2 + 5n, then 164 is its
(a) 24th term (b) 27th term (c) 26th term (d) 25th term
29. If the nth term of an A.P. is 2n + 1, then the sum of first n terms of the A.P. is
(a) n(n - 2) (b) n(n + 2) (c) n(n + 1) (d) n(n - 1)
2
30. The sum of first 24 terms of the sequence whose nth terms is given by an = 3 + n
3
(a) 270 (b) 272 (c) 382 (d) 384
31. If the sum of p terms of an A.P. is q and the sum if q terms is p, then the sum of p + q terms will
be
(a) 0 (b) p – q (c) p + q (d) – (p + q)
32. If the sum of n terms of an A.P. be 3n2 + n and its common difference is 6, then its first term is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
33. Two A.P.’s have the same common difference. The first term of one of these is 8 and that of the
other is 3. The difference between their 30th term is
(a) 11 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 5
34. If the first, second and last term of an A.P. are a, b and 2a respectively, its sum is
ab ab 3ab
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
2 b  a  ba 2(b  a )

35. If in an A.P., Sn = n2p and Sm = m2p, where Sr denotes the sum of r terms of the A.P., then Sp is
equal to
1 3
(a) p (b) mn p (c) p3 (d) (m + n) p2
2
36. In an AP, Sp = q, Sq = p and Sr denotes the sum of first r terms. Then, Sp+q is equal to
(a) 0 (b) –(p + q) (c) p + q (d) pq
3n  5
37. If the sums of n terms of two arithmetic progressions are in the ratio , then their nth terms
5n  7
are in the ratio
3n  1 3n  1 5n  1 5n  1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5n  1 5n  1 3n  1 3n  1
38. The sum of n terms of two A.P.’s are in the ratio 5n + 9 : 9n + 6. Then, the ratio of their 18 th term
is
184 178 175 176
(a) (b) (c) (d)
321 321 321 321
39. Lumber is a significant natural resource that contributes jobs to the US economy. Lumber
companies source their raw materials from privately-managed or government-leased forests. In
order to process tree wood into usable lumber, this raw material is transported to lumber mills,
where it is cut to different sizes. Lumber is primarily used by the construction industry, though it
can also be used to produce furniture, paper and pulp, and composite such as plywood. A lumber
company stacks 200 logs in the following manner:

20 logs in the bottom row, 19 in the next row, 18 in the row, 18 in the row next to it and so on as
shown in Fig.5.4. Based on the above information answer the following question:
 (i) Number of logs in first row, second row, third row, ……
(a) follow a pattern forming an A.P. with common difference 1.
(b) follow a pattern forming on A.P. with common difference -1.
(c) do not follow any specific pattern.
(d) follow a pattern forming an A.P. with common difference 2.
(ii) The number of rows in which 200 logs are stacked is
(a) 25 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 10
(iii)The number of logs in the top row is
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 10 (d) 2
(iv) The number of logs in the middle rows are:
(a) 11, 10 (b) 12, 11 (c) 14, 13 (d) 13, 12
(v) The number of logs in the top two rows is
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 12
40. A small terrace at a football ground comprises of 15 steps each of which is 50 m long and built of
1 1
solid concrete. Each step rises of m and a tread of m (see Fig. 5.5). Let V1, V2, V3, …, V15
4 2
denote respectively the volumes of concrete required to build the first, second, third, …, fifteenth
step. Based on the above information answer the following questions:

(i) Heights of first, second, third, …, 15th steps form

1
(a) an A.P. with common difference m
4
1
(b) an A.P. with common difference m
2
3
(c) an A.P. with common difference m
4
1
(d) an A.P. with common difference - m.
4
(ii) The value of V2 is
(a) 25 m3 (b) 50 m3 (c) 12.5 m3 (d) 6.25 m3
(iii)The value of concrete used in the middle step is
(a) 25 m3 (b) 50 m3 (c) 75 m3 (d) 6.25 m3
 (iv) The sum of the surface areas of 15 treads is
(a) 350 m3 (b) 400 m2 (c) 375 m2 (d) 475 m2
(v) The total volume of the concrete required to build the terrace is
(a) 800 m3 (b) 375 m3 (c) 650 m3 (d) 750 m3
41. A Carpenter wants to manufacture a 3 meter ladder having rungs 25 cm apart (see Fig. 5.6). The
rungs decrease uniformly in length from 45 cm at the bottom to 25 cm at the top and the top and
bottom rungs are 2.5 meter apart.
Based on the above information answer the following questions:
(i) Total number of rungs in the ladder is
(a) 10 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 12
(ii) The lengths of rungs from bottom to top from an A.P. with first and last terms as 45 cm and 25
cm respectively. The common difference of the A.P. formed is
(a) -2 cm (b) -2.5 cm (c) 4.5 cm (d) 2 cm
(iii)The length of the middle rung is
(a) 33 cm (b) 35 cm (c) 37 cm (d) 35.5 cm

(iv) Length of the wood used for rungs is

(a) 3.75 meters (b) 2.85 meters (c) 3.85 meters (d) 4 meters
(v) Length of the wood required for the ladder
(a) 68.5 meters (b) 9.85 meters (c) 5.85 meters (d) 8.85 meters
(vi) If the wood costs Rs.100 per meters, the cost of ladder is
(a) Rs.685 (b) Rs.585 (c) Rs.885 (d) Rs.985
42. In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is 5 m from the first potato, and the
other potatoes are placed 3 m apart in a straight line. There are n potatoes in the line (See Fig.5.7).
Each competitor starts from the bucket, picks up the nearest potato, runs back with it, drops it in
the bucket, runs back to pick up the next potato, runs to the bucket to drop it in the bucket, and she
continues in the same way until all the potatoes are in the bucket. Based on the above information
answer the following questions:
 (i) Distance run by the competitor to pick up and drop first potato in the bucket, is
(a) 5 cm (b) 8 m (c) 10 m (d) 7 m
(ii) Distance run by the competitor to pick up and drop nth potato in the bucket, is
(a) (3n + 2)m (b) 2(3n + 2)m (c) 2(3n - 1)m (d) 6(n - 1)m
(iii)Total distance run by the competitor to pick up and drop first four potatoes is
(a) 36 meters (b) 40 meters (c) 86 meters (d) 76 meters
(iv) Total distance run by the competitor to pick up and drop n potatoes in the basket is
(a) n (3n + 2) m (b) 2n (3n + 2) m (c) n (3n + 7) m (d) 3n2 + 7m
(v) If d1, d2, d3, …, dn denote distances run by the competitor to pick up first, second, third, …, nth
potato respectively, then d1, d2, d3, …, dn form an A.P. with common difference
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 5
43. In a lemon race, a bucket is placed at a starting point, which is 6 m away from the first lemon and
other lemons are placed 4 m apart from each other in a straight line. There are 10 lemons in a line.
Riya starts from the bucket, picks up the nearest lemon, runs back with it, drops it in the bucket,
runs back to pick up the next lemon, runs to the bucket to drop it in and continues unitl all the
lemons are in the bucket. Based on the above information answer the following questions:

(i) The lemons are placed in a straight line depicts which part of sequence?
(a) Geometric (b) Arithmetic (c) Linear (d) Harmonic
(ii) The total distance covered by Riya is
(a) 370 m (b) 480 m (c) 460 m (d) 400 m
(iii)The formula to find nth term of the Arithmetic sequence (progression) is
(a) an = a – (n - 1) d (b) an = a (n - 1) d
n
(c) an = a + (n - 1) d (d) sn = (2a + (n - 1) d)
2
(iv) The difference between the terms of arithmetic sequence is called as

(a) common ratio (b) common difference

(c) common term (d) none of these

44. Figure 5.9, shows playing cards are stacked together in a following manner:
56 cards are stacked in this manner. 14 cards are in the bottom row, 12 in the next row, 10 in the
row next to it and so on. Based on this information answer the following questions:
 (i) The total number of rows in which the cards are stacked is
(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 9
(ii) The number of cards in the top row is
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 1 (d) 2
(iii)The mathematical concept applied in solving the above problem is
(a) Linear equations (b) probability

(c) Arithmetic progression (d) Coordinate geometry

ASSERTION - REASON

Each of the following questions contains STATEMENT-1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT-2 (Reason)
and has following four choices (a), (b), (c) and (d), only one of which is the correct answer. Mark the
correct choice.

(a) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(b) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is true; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for Statement-1.
(c) Statement-1 is true, Statement-2 is false.
(d) Statement-1 is false, Statement-2 is true.

5
45. Statement-1 (Assertion): The sum of n terms of the series 5  20  45  80  ... is
2
(n + 1).
n( n  1)
Statement-2 (Reason): The sum of first n natural numbers is .
2
46. Statement-1 (Assertion): The sum of n terms of an AP with first and last terms as a1 and
n
respectively, is Sn = (a1 + an).
2
Statement-2 (Reason): The sum of the terms equidistant from the beginning and end in the A.P. a1,
a2, a3, …, an-2, an-1, an is equal to a1 + an.
47. Statement-1 (Assertion): The sum of first n even natural numbers is n (n + 1).
Statement-2 (Reason): The sum of first n odd natural numbers is n (n - 1).
48. Statement-1 (Assertion): If a1, a2, a3, …, an is an AP such that a1 + a4 + a7 + … + a16 = 147, then
a1 + a6 + a11 + a16 = 98.
Statement-2 (Reason): In an A.P., the sum of the terms equidistant from the beginning and th end
is always same and is equal to the sum of first and last term.
 ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
a c d b d c c b c d
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
c c c c a a b b b b
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
a a d c c b b b b b
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
d d d c c b b a

39 (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii)(a) (iv) (d) (iv) (b)

40 (i) (a) (ii) (c) (iii)(b) (iv) (c) (v) (d)
41 (i) (c) (ii) (a) (iii)(b) (iv) (c) (iv) (b) (v) (d)
42 (i) (c) (ii) (b) (iii)(d) (iv) (c) (iv) (b)
43 (i) (b) (ii) (b) (iii)(c) (iv) (b)
44 (i) (a) (ii) (d) (iii)(c)

45 46 47 48
a a c a