BHAVAN’S PUBLIC SCHOOL, DOHA QATAR

MATHEMATICS

1. The smallest prime number is:

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

2. The number 3 is a/an:

(a) integer (b) rational number (c) irrational number (d) None of these

3. The HCF and LCM of 6, 72 and 120 is, respectively:

(a) 8, 360 (b) 6, 340 (c) 6, 360 (d) None of these

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4. is a:
7

(a) prime number (b) an integer (c) a rational number (d) an irrational number

5. If HCF and LCM of two numbers are 4 and 9696, then the product of two numbers is:

(a) 9696 (b) 24242 (c) 38784 (d) 4848

6. 5 + √ 2 + √ 3 is:

(a) a natural number (b) an integer (c) a rational number (d) an irrational number

7. Given that LCM (91, 26) 182 then, HCF (91, 26) is:

(a) 13 (b) 26 (c) 7 (d) 9

8. If m n 32, where m and n are positive integers, then the value of n mn is:

(a) 32 (b) 25 (c) 10 5 (d) 2

9. If p is a prime number and p divides k2 , then p divides:

(a) 2k (b) k (c) 3k (d) None of these

10. HCF is always:

(a) multiple of LC (b) factor of LCM (c) divisible by LCM (d) Option a and c both

11.  √ 2 - √ 5 √ 5+√ 2  is:

12. 6 √ 5 x2 √ 5  is equal to:

(a) 70 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) 55

13. LCM of 25, 35 and 105 is:

(a) 555 (b) 565 (c) 575 (d) None of these

14. The quadratic polynomials with the sum and the products of its zeroes as ¼ and –1 respectively, is:

(a) 4x2 +x + 1 (b) 4x2 +x + 4 (c) 4x2 +x - 1 (d) 4x2 -x - 4

15. The quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are –3 and 2 respectively, is:

(a) x2 + 3x + 2 (b) x2 -3x + 2 (c) x2 + 3x - 2 (d) - x2 + 3x + 2

16. The zeroes of quadratic polynomial t2 – 15 are:

(a)  √ 15, √ 15 (b) √ 15, √ 12 (c) √ 15, - √ 12 (d) √ 15, 15

17. A quadratic polynomials, the sum and product of whose zeroes are – 1/4 and 1/ 4 respectively, is:

(a) 4x2 +x+1 (b) x2 -3x +2 (c) x2 + 3x -2 (d) None of these

18. If p(x) = 3x2 - 5x , then p(2)  _______:

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) None of these

19. If α and β are the zeroes of 2x2 + 5x -10 , then the value of  is:

(a) - 5/2 (b) 5 (c) –5 (d) 2/5

20. The zeroes of a polynomial f (x) are the coordinates of the points where the graph of y = f (x)

intersects: (a) X-axis (b) Y-axis (c) Origin (d) None

21. Polynomial f (x) = x2 + 1 has ___________________ zeroes.

(a) only one real (b) no real (c) only two real (d) one real and one non-real

22. If zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 2 ax bx c   are reciprocal of each other, then:

(a) a = c (b) a = b (c) b= c (d) a + c = 0

23. Out of the followings, the incorrect statement for a quadratic polynomial is:

(a) no real zeroes (b) two equal real zeroes (c) two distinct zeroes (d) three real zeroes
24. If the sum of the zeroes of quadratic polynomial 3x2 - kx +6 is 3, the value of k is:

(a) 3 (b) –3 (c) 6 (d) None of these

25. If –4 is a zero of the polynomial x2 – x - (2 + 2k) then, the value of k is:

(a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 6 (d) –9

26. If one zero of (k2 + 4) x2 +13x +4k is reciprocal of the other, then k is:

(a) 2 (b) –2 (c) 1 (d) –1

27. If one of the zero of p(x) = 5x2 + 13x – m is reciprocal of the other then, value of m is:

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) –2 (d) None of these

28. What is the difference between the values of the polynomial 7x - 3x 2 + 7 at x = 1 and x= 2 ?

(a) –2 (b) +2 (c) 3 (d) None of these

29. The solutions of the equation 2x - y – 5 0  are:

(a) x = 2, y= - 1 (b) x= 2, y= 1 (c) x =1, y = -1 (d) x = 2, y = 1

30. The sum of digits of a two digit number is 9. Also, 9 times this number is twice the number obtained

by reversing the order of the digits. The number is:

(a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) None of these

31. The system of equations k x - y =2 and 6x -2y = 3 has a unique solution when:

(a) k = 0 (b) k 0 (c) k = 3 (d) k  3

32. Point (4, 3) lies on the line:

(a) 3x + 7y =27 (b) 7x + 2y = 47 (c) 3x + 4y = 24 (d) 5x - 4y =1

33. The graph of an equation y = - 3 is a line which will be:

(a) parallel to x-axis (b) parallel to y-axis (c) passing through origin (d) on x-axis

34. The value of k for which kx 2y 5 and 3x y 1     have unique solution, is:

(a) k = - 1 (b) k ≠ 6 (c) k = 6 (d) k = 2

35. The graph of the equation x - y = 0 is:

(a) parallel to x-axis (b) parallel to y-axis (c) passing through origin (d) None of these
36. Five years hence, father’s age will be three times the age of his daughter. Five years ago, father was
seven times as old as his daughter. Their present ages are:

(a) 20 years, 10 years (b) 40 years, 20 years (c) 40 years, 10 years (d) 30 years, 10 year

37. In a two digit number, the unit’s digit is twice the ten’s digit. If 27 is added to the number, the digits
interchange their places. The number is:

(a) 22 (b) 46 (c) 36 (d) 63

38. The pair of equations 3x + 2y = 5, 2x - 3y = 7 has:

(a) no solution (b) one solution (c) many solutions (d) two solutions

39. If the pair of equations 9 2x 3y 7, kx y 12 2     have no solution, then value of k is:

(a) 2 /3 (b) 3/ 2 (c) 3 (d) –3

40. If 31x+ 43y = 117 and 43x + 31y = 105 then, the value of x + y is:

(a) –3 (b) 1/ 3 (c) – 1 /3 (d) 3

41. If (6, k) is a solution of the equation 3x + y = 22 then, the value of k is:

(a) –4 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) –3

42. If the pair of equations 2x + 3y = 5 and 10x+ 15y =2k represent two coincident lines then, the
value of k is:

(a) – 25/ 2 (b) –5 (c) 25/ 2 (d) – 5/2

43. Every linear equation in two variables has ___________ solution(s).

(a) no (b) one (c) two (d) infinitely many

a1 b1 c1
44. = = is the condition for:
a2 b2 c2

(a) intersecting lines (b) parallel lines (c) coincident lines (d) none of these

45. For a pair of equation to be consistent and dependent, the pair must have:

(a) no solution (b) unique solution (a) infinitely many solutions (d) none of these

46. Graph of every linear equation in two variables represents a _________.

(a) point (b) straight line (c) curve (d) triangle

47. The pair of linear equations is said to be inconsistent if they have:

48. On representing x = a and y= b graphically, we get:

(a) parallel lines (b) coincident lines (c) intersecting lines at (a, b) (d) intersecting lines at (b, a)

49. If the lines represented by the pair of linear equations 2x+ 5y = 3, 2( k + 2)y + ( k+ 1) x= 2k are
coincident then, the value of k is:

(a) –3 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) –2

50. If 1 is added in numerator and denominator both, then a fraction changes to 4. If 1 is subtracted
from the numerator and denominator both, the fraction changes to 7. Numerator of the fraction is:

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 15

51. The value of k for which the system of equations 2x + 3y = 5 and 4x + k y = 10 has an infinite number
of solutions, is:

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 0

52. The sum of two digits of a two digits number is 12. If the digits are reversed, then the number so
formed exceeds the original number by 18. The original number is:

(a) 64 (b) 56 (c) 79 (d) 57

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