IMPORTANT AND MOST PROBABLE QUESTIONS IN BOARD EXAMS 2025

CLASS-X
REAL NUMBERS, POLYNOMIALS, PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES

Multiple choice questions

1. 4 Bells toll together at 9.00 am. They toll after 7, 8, 11 and 12 seconds respectively. How many times will they toll
together again in the next 3 hours?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
2. A forester wants to plant 66 apple trees, 88 banana trees and 110 mango trees in equal rows (in terms of number of
trees). Also he wants to make distinct rows of trees (i.e., only one type of trees in one row). The number of minimum
rows required are
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 10 (d) 12

3. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 33 and 264 respectively. When the first number is completely divided by 2 the
quotient is 33. The other number is:
(a) 66 (b) 130 (c) 132 (d) 196
4. If (x + 1) is a factor of 2x3 + ax2 + 2bx + 1, then find the values of a and b given that 2a – 3b = 4
(a) a = –1, b = –2 (b) a = 2, b = 5 (c) a = 5, b = 2 (d) a = 2, b = 0
5. The number of zeroes that polynomial f(x) = (x – 2)2 + 4 can have is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3
6. If p(x) = ax2 + bx + c and a + c = b, then one of the zeroes is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

7. A quadratic polynomial whose one zero is 6 and sum of the zeroes is 0, is
(a) x2 – 6x + 2 (b) x2 – 36 (c) x2 – 6 (d) x2 – 3
8. The pair of equations x = a and y = b graphically represents lines which are
(a) parallel (b) intersecting at (b, a) (c) coincident (d) intersecting at (a, b)
9. A fraction becomes 1/3 when 1 is subtracted from the numerator and it becomes 1/4 when 8 is added to its
denominator. The fraction obtained is:
(a) 3/12 (b) 4/12 (c) 5/12 (d) 7/12
10. The value of c for which the pair of equations cx – y = 2 and 6x – 2y = 3 will have infinitely many solutions is
(a) 3 (b) -3 (c) -12 (d) no value
2 marks

11. Can two numbers have 18 as their HCF and 380 as their LCM? Give reason.
12. Given √2 is irrational, prove that 5 + 3√2 is an irrational number. (CBSE 2018)
13. Two alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 50 sec and 48 sec. If they first beep together at 12 noon.at
what time will beep again for the first time?
14. LCM of two numbers is 2295 and HCF is 9. If one of the numbers is 153, find the other number.
15. Two tankers contain 850 litres and 680 litres of petrol respectively. Find the maximum capacity of tanker which can
measure the petrol of either tanker in exact number of times.
16. Find the least number that is divisible by all the numbers between 1 and 10 (both inclusive)
17. If one zero of the polynomial (a2 + 9) x2 + 13x + 6a is reciprocal of the other, find the value of ‘a’.
18. If the product of zeroes of the polynomial ax2 – 6x – 6 is 4, find the value of ‘a’.
19. For what value of k, (–4) is a zero of the polynomial x2– x – (2k + 2)?
20. For what value of p, (–4) is a zero of the polynomial x2 – 2x – (7p + 3)?

3 marks

21. Find the least positive integer which when diminished by 5 is exactly divisible by 36 and 54.
22. Find the largest positive integer that will divide 398, 436 and 542 leaving remainders 7, 11 and 15 respectively.
23. Find the greatest number of six digits exactly divisible by 24, 15 and 36.
24. Three sets of English, Hindi and Mathematics books have to be stacked in such a way that all the books are stored
topic wise and the height of each stack is the same. The number of English books is 96, the number of Hindi books is
240 and the number of Mathematics books is 336. Assuming that the books are of same thickness, determine the
number of stacks of English, Hindi and Mathematics books.
25. If α and β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 – 6x + a; find the value of ‘a’ if 3α + 2β = 20.
26. Places A and B are 80 km apart from each other on a highway. A car starts from A and another from B at the same
time. If they move in same direction they meet in 8 hrs and if they move in opposite directions they meet in 1 hr 20
minutes. Find speeds of the cars.
27. Solve: 99x + 101y = 499; 101x + 99y = 501
28. In a two digit number, the digit in the unit place is twice of the digit in the tens place. If the digits are reversed, the
new number is 27 more than the given number. Find the number.
29. A part of monthly Hostel charge is fixed and the remaining depends on the number of days one has taken food in the
mess. When Swati takes food for 20 days, she has to pay 13000 as hostel charges whereas, Mansi who takes food for
25 days pays ? 3500 as hostel charges. Find the fixed charges and the cost of food per day.

5 marks

30. The area of a rectangle reduces by 160 m if its length is increased by 5 m and breadth is reduced by 4 m. However, if
length is decreased by 10 m and breadth is increased by 2 m, then its area is decreased by 100 m2. Find the
dimensions of the rectangle.
31. At a certain time in a zoo, the number of heads and the number of legs of tiger and peacocks were counted and it was
found that there were 47 heads and 152 legs. Find the number of tigers and peacocks in the zoo:
Why it is necessary to conserve these animals?

CASE STUDY

32. Raj and Ajay are very close friends. Both the families decide to go to Ranikhet by their own cars. Raj’s car travels at a
speed of x km/hr while Ajay’s car travels 5 km/hr faster than Raj’s car. Raj took 4 hours more than Ajay to complete
the journey of 400 km.

i. What will be the distance covered by Ajay’s car in two hours?

ii. Frame the quadratic equations describing the speed of Raj’s car?
iii. What is the speed of Raj’s car?
OR
How much time did Ajay take to travel 400 km?

33. Amit is planning to buy a house and the layout is given below. The design and the measurement has been made such
that areas of two bedrooms and kitchen together is 95 sq.m.

Based on the above information, answer the following questions:

a) Frame the linear equations for the given condition.
b) Find the length of the outer boundary of the layout (in m):
c) Find the area of each bedroom and kitchen in the layout (in m2)