TOPIC: NUMBER SYSTEM

1. Additive identity of natural numbers in the set of natural numbers

(a) 0 (b) Is negative of the given natural number
(c) Is 1 (d) Does not exist
Ans (d)
Sol: Additive identity of natural numbers is 0 but it is not a natural number. So, additive identity does not
exist in the set of natural numbers.

2. Natural numbers, whole numbers and integers

(a) Are closed under addition (b) Show commutativity in addition
(c) Show associativity in addition (d) All of these
Ans (d)
Sol: Natural numbers, whole numbers and integers are closed, commutative and associative under
addition.
3. Statement: The sum of two rational numbers is always a rational number. Above statement tells
which of the following property of rational numbers?
(a) Associative property (b) Commutative property
(c) Existence of additive identity (d) Closure property
Ans (d)
Sol: The given property is known as closure property.
49
4. Additive inverse of is
14
−2 −7 −7 −1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 1 2 7
Ans (c)
49 7
Sol: =
14 2
7 −7
Additive inverse of a number is negative of the number. So, additive inverse of is .
2 2
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5. For any rational number ( q  0) , multiplicative identity is
q
q q p
(a) (b) − (c) − (d) 1
p p q
Ans (d)
Sol Multiplicative identity for any rational number is 1.
 7 3
6. The value of multiplicative inverse of    is
5 8
5 15 21 40
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 56 40 21
Ans (d)
7 3 21
Sol:  =
5 8 40
The multiplicative inverse will be its reciprocal.
1 1
7. Find a rational number between − and − .
11 13
1 1
Sol: The given numbers are − and −
11 13
1 1
Also, − −
13 11
−1  1 
+−  − 1 − 1
11  13 
So, the required rational number = = 11 13
2 2
−13 − 11 24 1
=− 
13 11 13 11 2
=
2
12
=−
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8. If p and q are two rational numbers, then the number of rational numbers between p and q is
p+q pq
(a) (b) (c) Infinitely many (d) Finite
2 2
Ans (c)
Sol: There are infinitely many rational numbers between p and q.
9. A rational number between 1/2 and –1/2
(a) 0 (b) 3/2 (c) 2 (d) –3/2
Ans (a)
Sol: 0 lies between 1/2 and – 1/2.
10. All of the following are rational numbers between 1 and 2, except
11 193 1714 903
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 100 1000 1000
Ans (d)
10 20
Sol: (a) 1 and 2 can be written as and
10 10
11
So, lies between 1 and 2.
10
100 200
(b) 1 and 2 can be written as and
100 100
193
So, lies in between 1 and 2.
100
1000 2000
(c) 1 and 2 can be written as and
1000 1000
1714
So lies in between 1 and 2.
1000
903
(d) Clearly, = 0.903
1000
This is less than 1 and hence does not lie between 1 and 2.