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10TH CBSE - MATHS - BASIC - IMPORTANT QUESTIONS - CH - 4,5

Class 10 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 227

1. Find the value of k for which the roots are real and equal of equation: [2]

3x2 - 5x + 2k = 0

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2. Find the values of p for which the quadratic equation 2x2 + px + 8 = 0 has real roots. [2]

3. Find the value of k for which x = 2 is a root of equation 3x2 – 2kx + 5 = 0. [2]

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4. Solve the quadratic equation 2x2 - 5x - 1 = 0 for x. [2]

5. Is it possible to design a rectangular mango grove whose length is twice its breadth and the area is 800 m2? If so, [2]
find its length and breadth.

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6. Find the roots of the quadratic equation 100x2 - 20x + 1 = 0 by factorization. [2]

7. Solve the quadratic equation (x-1)2- 5 (x - 1) - 6 = 0. [2]

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8. Find the roots of the quadratic equation x2 - 3x - 10 = 0 by factorization. [2]

9. Find the non zero values of k for which the roots of the quadratic equation 9x2 - 3kx + k = 0 are real and equal. [2]
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10. Solve the quadratic equation by factorization: [2]

1 1
− = 3, x ≠ 0, 2
x x−2

11. State whether the quadratic equation has two distinct real roots. Justify your answer. [2]
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2x2 + x – 1 = 0.
12. The sum of two numbers is 15. If the sum of their reciprocals is 3

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, find the two numbers. [2]

13. Find the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation 2x2 - 3x + 5 = 0. If the real roots exist, find it. [2]
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14. If one root of the quadratic equation 2x2 + kx – 3 = 0 is 3, find the value of k. Also, find the other root. [2]
15. Find the roots of quadratic equation by the factorisation method: 2

5
x
2
− x−
3

5
= 0 [2]
16. Check whether (x - 3) (2x + 1) = x(x + 5) is a quadratic equation. [2]
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17. Solve: [3]

1 1 1 3
+ = 1 ,x ≠ ,5
2x−3 x−5 9 2

18. The sum of the squares of two consecutive odd positive integers is 394. Find them. [3]
19. The sum of two natural numbers is 8 and their product is 15. Find the numbers. [3]
20. A passenger train takes one hour less for a journey of 150 km if its speed is increased by 5 km/hr from its usual [3]
speed. Find the usual speed of the train.
21. A person on tour has ₹ 4200 for his expenses. If he extends his tour for 3 days, he has to cut down his daily [3]
expenses by ₹ 70. Find the original duration of the tour.
22. Solve the equation -3= ; x≠ 0, - , for x. [3]
4 5 3

x 2x+3 2

23. Solve the quadratic equation by factorization: [3]

25x (x + 1) = - 4
24. If x = 3 is one root of the quadratic equation 2x2 + px + 30 = 0, find the value of p and the other root of the [3]
quadratic equation.

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25. The perimeter of a right triangle is 60 cm. Its hypotenues is 25 cm. Find the area of the triangle. [3]
26. Two numbers differ by 3 and their product is 504. Find the numbers. [3]
27. The altitude of a right triangle is 7 cm less than its base. If the hypotenuse is 13 cm, find the other two sides. [3]

28. Is it possible to design a rectangular park of perimeter 80 m and area 400 m2? If so, find its length and breadth. [3]
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29. Find the roots of the quadratic equation 3x 2
− 2√6x + 2 = 0 . [3]
30. The diagonal of a rectangular field is 60 m more than the shorter side. If the longer side is 80 m more than the [5]
shorter side, find the length of the sides of the field.
31. John and Jivanti together have 45 marbles. Both of them lost 5 marbles each, and the product of the number of [5]
marbles they now have is 124. Form the quadratic equation to find how many marbles they had to start with, if
John had 'x' marbles.
32. Represent the situation in the form of the quadratic equation: [5]

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A train travels a distance of 480 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 8 km/hr less, then it would have
taken 3 hours more to cover the same distance. We need to find the speed of the train.

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33. The difference of two numbers is 5 and the difference of their reciprocals is 1

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. Find the numbers. [5]
34. The sum of ages of a father and his son is 45 years. Five years ago, the product of their ages (in years) was 124. [5]
Determine their present ages.

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35. Solve: 1

x−2
+
x−1
2
=
6

x
; x ≠ 0, 1, 2 [5]
36. The product of Tanay's age (in years) five years ago and his age ten years later is 16. Determine Tanay's present [5]
age.
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37. Solve the quadratic equation by factorization: [5]
3 1 2 1
− = , x ≠ −1,
x+1 2 3x−1 3
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38. Solve for y: [5]

y+3 1−y 17
− = ;y ≠ 0 ⋅ 2
y−2 y 4

39. Find the common difference and write the next four terms of the A.P. 0, -3, -6, -9,...... [2]
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40. If the nth term of a progression is (4n-10) show that it is an A.P. Find its first term. [2]
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41. What is the next term of an A.P. √18 , √50 , √98 ...? [2]
42. The fifth term of an A.P. is 20 and the sum of its seventh and eleventh terms is 64. Find the common difference. [2]
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43. The fifth term of an A.P is 26 and its 10th term is 51. Find the A.P. [2]
44. Find the sum of 34 + 32 + 30 + … + 10. [2]
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45. Is √3, √6, √9. . . . . form an AP? [2]
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46. Find the nth term of the AP: 5, 11, 17, 23, .... [2]

47. Find the 25th term of the A.P 5, 4 [2]

1 1
, 4, 3 , 3, …
2 2

48. Determine the 36th term of the A.P. whose first two terms are -3 and 4 respectively. [2]
49. Find the sum of; [2]
7 + 10 + 13 + ... + 46
50. Show that the sequence defined by an = 4n + 5 is an A.P. Also, find its common difference. [2]

51. Find the sum of first 8 multiples of 3. [2]

52. In an AP, the first term is -4, the last term is 29 and the sum of all its terms is 150. Find its common difference. [2]
53. Which term of the AP 3,8,13,18,... is 88? [2]
54. Find whether 0 (zero) is a term of the A.P. 40, 37, 34, 31,.... [2]
55. A contract on construction job specifies a penalty for delay of completion beyond a certain date as follows: [3]
₹ 200 for the first day, ₹ 250 for the second day, ₹ 300 for the third day, etc; the penalty for each succeeding day

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 being ₹50 more than for the preceding day. How much does a delay of 30 days cost the contractor?
56. In an AP, given a = 2, d = 8, Sn = 90. Find n and an. [3]
57. In an AP, given a12 = 37, d = 3. Find a and S12. [3]
58. Find the sum of all natural numbers less than 200 which are divisible by 5. [3]
59. How many three-digit number are divisible by 7? [3]
60. The 17th term of an AP exceeds its 10th term by 7. Find the common difference. [3]
61. In an A.P., if the 5th and 12th terms are 30 and 65 respectively, what is the sum of first 20 terms? [3]
62. In an AP, given a3 = 15, S10 = 125. Find d and a10. [3]
63. The first term of an AP is 5, the last term is 45 and the sum is 400. Find the number of terms and the common [3]
difference.

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64. Find the sum of the odd numbers between 0 and 50. [3]
65. Find the number of terms of the AP -12, -9, -6, ..., 21. If 1 is added to each term of this AP then find the sum of [3]
all terms of the AP thus obtained.

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66. For what value of n, are the nth terms of two APs: 63, 65, 67, …. and 3, 10, 17, …. equal? [3]
67. Sum of the first n terms of an AP is 5n 2
− 3n . Find the AP and also find its 16th term. [3]
68. How many multiples of 4 lie between 10 and 250? [5]

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69. 250 logs are stacked in the following manner: [5]
22 logs in the bottom row, 21 in the next row, 20 in the row next to it and so on (as shown by an example). In
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how many rows, are the 250 logs placed and how many logs are there in the top row?
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70. Find the sum of -5 + (-8) + (-11) + …. + (-230). [5]

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71. The sum of 5th and 9th terms of an AP is 72 and the sum of 7th and 12th terms is 97. Find the AP. [5]
72. The sum of the 4th and the 8th terms of an AP is 24 and the sum of its 6th and 10th terms is 44. Find the sum of [5]
its first 10 terms.
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73. Let there be an A.P. with first term 'a', common difference 'd'. If an denotes its nth term and Sn the sum of first n [5]

terms, find n and a, if an = 4, d = 2 and Sn = -14.

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74. Find the sum of all natural numbers between 1 and 100, which are divisible by 3. [5]
75. Prerna saves ₹ 32 during the first month, ₹ 36 in the second month and ₹ 40 in the third month. If she continues [5]
to save in this manner, in how many months will she save ₹ 2000?

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