Mathematics

Class 10 Real Numbers Chapter 1

DPP 1
(Basic)
Mark the correct alternative in each of the following questions.
1. The exponent of 2 in the prime factorisation 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) 200
(b) 600
(c) 500
(d) 400
3. If n=23 × 34 ×5 4 × 7then the number of consecutive zeros in n, where n is a natural
number, is
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 7
4. The sum of the exponents of the prime factors in the prime factorisation of 196, is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 6

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5. The number of decimal places after which the decimal expansion of the rational number
23
2 will terminate, is
2 ×5
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
6. If p1 and p2 are two odd prime numbers such that p1 > p2 , then p12 – p22
(a) an even number
(b) an odd number
(c) an odd prime number
(d) a prime number
7. If two positive integers a and b are expressible in the form a = pq 2 and b = p3q ; p & q
being prime numbers, then LCM (a, b) is
(a) pq
(b) p3q3
(c) p3q2
(d) p2q2
8. In Q. No. 7, HCF (a, b) is
(a) pq
(b) p3q3
(c) p3q2
(d) p2q2
9. If two positive integers m and n are expressible in the form m = pq 3 and n = p3q2 where p
& q are prime numbers, then HCF (m, n) is
(a) pq
(b) pq2
(c) p3q3
(d) p2q3

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10. If the LCM of a and 18 is 36 and the HCF of a and 18 is 2, then a=
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 1
11. The HCF of 95 and 152, is
(a) 57
(b) 1
(c) 19
(d) 38
12. If HCF (26, 169) = 13, then LCM (26, 169) =
(a) 26
(b) 52
(c) 338
(d) 13
13. If a = 23× 3 , b = 2 ×3 ×5 , c = 3n ×5 and LCM (a,b,c) = 23 × 32 ×5 then n is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
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14. The decimal expansion of the rational number will terminate after
1250
(a) one decimal place
(b) three decimal place
(c) two decimal place
(d) four decimal place
15. If p and q are co-prime numbers, then p2 and q2 are
(a) coprime
(b) not coprime
(c) even

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(d) odd
16. Which of the following rational numbers have terminating decimal?
16 5 2 7
(i) 225 (ii) 18 (iii) 21 (iv) 250

(a) (i) & (ii)

(b) (ii) & (iii)
(c) (i) & (iii)
(d) (i) & (iv)
17. 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
18. 3.2727272727……….. is
(a) an integer
(c) a natural number
(c) a rational number
(d) an irrational number
19. The smallest number by which √ 27 should be multiplied so as to get a rational number is
(a) √ 27
(b) 3√ 3
(c) √ 3
(d) 3

1
20. The smallest rational number by which should be multiplied so that its decimal
3
expansion terminates after one place of decimal, is

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 3
(a)
10
1
(b)
10
(c) 3
3
(d)
10 0
21. If n is a natural number, then 92n – 42n is always divisible by
(a) 5
(b) 13
(c) both 5 and 13
(d) None of these
22. If n is any natural number, then 6n – 5n always ends with
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 7
23. The LCM and HCF of two rational numbers are equal, then the numbers must be
(a) prime
(b) co-prime
(c) composite
(d) equal
24. 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

25. The remainder when the square of any prime number greater than 3 is divided by 6, is

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(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 4
26. For some integer m, every even integer is of the form
(а) m
(b) m + 1
(c) 2m
(d) 2m + 1
27. For some integer q, every odd integer is of the form
(b) q+ 1
(a) q
(c) 24
(d) 2q+ 1
28. n2 - 1 is divisible by 8, if n is
(a) an integer
(c) an odd integer
(b) a natural number
(d) an even integer
33
29. The decimal expansion of the rational number 2 will terminate after
2 ×5
(a) one decimal place
(b) two decimal places
(c) three decimal places
(d) more than 3 decimal places

30. If two positive integers a and b are written as a = x3y2 , b = xy3 , x & y are prime numbers,
then HCF (a, b) is

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(a) xy
(b) xy2
(c) x3y2
(d) x2y2
31. The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10 (both inclusive) is
(а) 10
(b) 100
(c) 504
(d) 2520
32. The largest number which divides 70 and 125, leaving remainders 5 and 8, respectively,
is
(a) 13
(b) 65
(c) 875
(d) 1750
33. If the HCF of 65 and 117 is expressible in the form 65m-117, then the value of m is
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 3
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34. The decimal expansion of the rational number will terminate after:
1250
(a) one decimal place
(b) two decimal places
(c) three decimal places
(d) four decimal places

35. Euclid's division lemma states that for two positive integers a and b, there exist unique
integers q and r such that a = bq +r, where r must satisfy

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(a) 1< r < b
(b) 0 < r < b
(c) 0 < r < b
(d) 0 < r < b

Fill in the blank :

1. lf a and b are two positive co-prime integers such that a = 12b, then HCF (a, b) = ………….
2. If two positive integers m and n are expressible in the form m = a2b3 and n = a³ b2,
where a, b are prime numbers, then HCF (m, n) = ………… and LCM (a, b) ……………

x2 y 2
3. If the HCF and LCM of two positive integers a and b are x and y respectively, then
a2 b2
= ..
4. A positive integer m when divided by 11 gives remainder 6. If 4m + 5 is divided by
11, the remainder is ……………
5. If HCF (306, 657) = 9, then LCM (306, 657) = …………..
6. The LCM of the smallest prime number and the smallest odd composite number is ………
7. The sum of the exponents of prime factors in the prime factorisation of 250 is ……………
8. The LCM of the smallest prime number and the smallest composite number is ……………
9. 6n can not end with digit 0 for ………………… value of n .
10. The ratio between the HCF and LCM of 5, 15 and 20 is …………..
11. 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 ………….
12. If the prime factorisation of a natural number n is 24 × 34 × 53 × 7 then the number
of consecutive zeros in n is …….
13. If 2520 = 2a × 3b × 5c × 7d , then a +b – 2c – 3d = ……………..
14. If n is a natural number, then the number of consecutive zeros in 7n is ……….
15. Two numbers are in the ratio 21 : 17. If their HCF is 5, the numbers are ….. and …..
16. If the least prime factors of two positive integers a and b are 5 and 13 respectively,
then the least prime factor of a + b, is ……………
17. If 23 × 3a × b × 7 is the prime factorisation of 2520, then 5a + 2b = …………

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18. Given that LCM (91, 26) = 182, then HCF (91, 26) = ……………..
17
19. The decimal expansion of will terminate after ………….. places of decimal .
8
20. One of the three consecutive positive integers is always divisible by …………….
21. 6n can not end with digit 5 for …………… value of n .
22. The values of the remainder r, when a positive integer 'a' is divided by 3, are ……….
23. 12n cannot end with the digit 0 to 5 for ……………. value of n .
24. Two numbers are in the ratio 3: 4 and their LCM is 120. The sum of the numbers is ………
25. The LCM of 2x, 5x and 7x is ……………. where x is a positive integer.

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