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1 If the sum of zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3x2 – kx + 6 is 3, then find

the value of k. 1
A) 9 B) -9 C) 1/9 D) -1/9

2 Find the condition that zeroes of polynomial p(x) = ax2 + bx + c are

reciprocal of each other.
A) Coefficient of x2 = Constant term
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B) Coefficient of x = Constant term
C) Coefficient of x2 = 0
D) Coefficient of x2 = −(Constant term)

3 Form a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 3 + √2 and 3 – √2. 1

A)–x2 + 6x – 7 B) –x2– 6x + 7 C) x2– 6x – 7 D) x2– 6x + 7

4 If the zeroes of the polynomial x2 + px + q are double in value to the

zeroes of 2x2 – 5x – 3, find the value of p and q 1
A) p = -5, q = -6 B) p = -5, q = 6 C) p = 5, q = -6 D) p = 1/5, q = 6

5 A letter of English alphabet is chosen at random. Determine the

probability that the chosen letter is a consonant. 1
A) 23/26 B) 5/26 C) 21/26 D) 26/21

6 A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing

cards. Find the probability of getting neither a red card nor a queen
A)6/13 B) 7/13 C) 8/13 D)5/13 1

7 The probability of selecting a rotten apple ran domly from a heap of

900 apples is 0.18. What is the number of rotten apples in the heap?
A)172 B) 152 C) 252 D)162 1

8 Two dice are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting a

doublet. 1
A)66.67% B)33.33% C) 50% D)20.20%

9 Find the probability that a leap year selected at random, will contain
53 Mondays. 1
A)0.285 B)0.385 C)0.625 D)0.333
 10 A number x is selected at random from the numbers 1, 4, 9, 16 and
another number y is selected at random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4.
Find the probability that the value of xy is more than 16. 1
A)3/8 B) 2/8 C) 1/2 D)5/8
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11 A box contains cards numbered 3, 5, 7, 9, …, 35, 37. A card is drawn at

random from the box. Find the probability that the number on the
drawn card is a prime number. 1
A)11/18 B)12/18 C)13/28 D)14/28

12 Two dice are rolled once. Find the probability of getting such numbers
on the two dice, whose product is 12. 1
A)1/9 B)2/9 C) 3/9 D)4/9

13 How many solutions does the pair of equations y = 0 and y = -5 have?

A) 1 B) 0 C) Infinite Solutions D) None of the above 1

14 For what value of 2k, the pair of equations 4x – 3y = 9, 2x + ky = 11

has no solution? 1
A)2𝑘 =− 3 B)2𝑘 =3 C)2𝑘 =− 3/2 D)2𝑘 =− 3/4

15 Calculate the area bounded by the line x + y = 10 and both the

co-ordinate axes. 1
A)100/2 unit2 B)25 unit2 C)200 unit2 D)10 unit2

16 Solve the following pair of equations for x and y:

𝑎2/𝑥− 𝑏2/𝑦 = 0 ;
𝑎2𝑏/𝑥 + 𝑏2𝑎/𝑦 = a + b, 1
x ≠ 0; and ≠ 0
A) ( a2, b2 ) B) ( -a2, b2 ) C)( a2, -b2 ) D)( -a2, -b2 )

17 Solve the following pair of linear equations for x and y:

141x + 93y = 189; 1
93x + 141y = 45
A) x = 2 , y = −1 B) x = 2 , y = 0 C) x = −2 , y = 1 D) x = 0 , y = −1

18 Solve for x and y:

 𝑥/𝑎 = 𝑦/𝑏;
ax + by = a2+ b2 1

A) x = 1/a, y = b B) x = a, y = 1/b
C) x = 1/a, y = 1/b D) x = a, y = b

19 Find the value of a and p for which the following pair of linear
equations has infinite number of solutions:
2x + 3y = 7; 1
αx + (α + β)y = 28
A)α=8, β=4 B)α=8, β=−4 C)α=−8, β=−4 D)α=−8, β= 4

20 A man earns ₹600 per month more than his wife. One-tenth of the
man’s salary and l/6th of the wife’s salary amount to ₹1,500, which is
saved every month. Find their incomes.
A)Wife’s income = ₹5,400 Man’s income = ₹6,000
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B)Wife’s income = ₹6,000 Man’s income = ₹6,000
C)Wife’s income = ₹4,400 Man’s income = ₹5,000
D)Wife’s income = ₹3,400 Man’s income = ₹5,000
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21 A two digit number is seven times the sum of its digits. The number
formed by reversing the digits is 18 less than the given number.
Unit’s place digit be ’x’ and ten’s place digit be ‘y’
i) Choose equation of original number
2
A)x + 10y B)10x + y C) 7(x + y) D)y – x = 2
ii)Find the given number.
A)42 B)36 C)78 D)18

22 Find the distance of the point (-3, 4) from the x-axis. 1

A) 4 B)16 C)32 D)64

23 For what value of k will k + 9, 2k – 1 and 2k + 7 are the consecutive

terms of an A.P.? 1
A)16 B)18 C)20 D)22

24 In which quadrant the point P that divides the line segment joining the
 points A(2, -5) and B(5,2) in the ratio 2 : 3 lies? 1
A) Ist Quadrant B) IInd Quadrant C) IIIrd Quadrant D) IVth Quadrant

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In the figure, calculate the area of triagle ABC (in sq. units).
A)25 sq.units B)7.5 sq.units C)750 sq.units D)5 sq.units

26 A test consists of ‘true’ or ‘false’ questions. One mark is awarded for

every correct answer while 1/4 mark is deducted for every wrong
answer. A student knew answers to some of the questions. rest of the
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questions we attempted by guessing. He answered 120 questions
and got 90 marks.
1.If answers to all the questions he attempted by gasing were wrong,
how many questions did he answer correctly?
2. How many questions did he guess?
3. if answer to all the questions we attempted by guessing were
wrong and answered 80 correctly, then how many marks did he get?
4. If the answers to all the questions he attempted by gasing were
wrong then how many questions answered correctly to score 95
marks?

A)24,96,70,100 B)96,24,70,100 C)96,24,70,100 D)96,24,100,70

27 Basketball and Soccer are played with a spherical ball. Even do an

athlete dribbles the ball in both sports, a basketball uses his hand and
a soccer player uses his feet. usually, soccer is played outdoors on a
large field and basketball is played indoor on a court made out of
wood. the projectile ( path traced) of a soccer ball and a basketball
are in the form of parabola representing quadratic polynomial.
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1. the shape of path traced shown is

A) spiral B) ellipse C) linear D) parabola
2. the graph of parabola opens upwards, if _______
A) a = 0 B) a less than 0 C) a greater than 0 D) a greater than or
equal to zero
3. observe the graph and answer

In the above graph, how many zeros are there for polynomial?
A)0 B)1 C)2 D)3
4.the 3 zeroes in the above graph are
A) 2,3, - 1 B)-2,3, 1 C) - 3, - 1, 2 D) -2, -3, -1
5. What will be the expression of the polynomial?
A) x3 + 2x2 - 5x - 6 B) x3 + 2x2 + 5x - 6
3 2
C) x + 2x - 5x + 6 D) x3 + 2x2 + 5x + 6

28 In order to conduct sports day activities in your school, lines have

been drawn with chalk powder at a distance of 1 m, in a rectangular
shaped to ground ABCD, 100 flower pots have been placed at a
distance of 1 m from each other along AD, as shown in the figure
given below. Niharika runs 1/4th the distance Area on the second line
and post of green flag. Preet runs 1/5th of the distance AD on the
outline and posts a Red flag.

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1. Find the position of the green flag
A)(2,25) B)(2,0.25) C)(25,2) D)(0, -25)
2. Find the position of the red flag
A)(8,0) B)(20,8) C)(8,20) D)(8,0.2)
3. What is the distance between both the flags?
A)√41 B)√11 C)√61 D)√51
4. If Rashmi has to post blue flag exactly e half way between the line
segment joining the two flags, where should see post her flag?
A)(5, 22.5 ) B)(10, 22) C)(2, 8.5) D)(2.5, 20)
5. If Joy has to post a flag at one-fourth distance from the green flag, in the
line segment joining the green and red flags then where should he post his
flag?
A)(3.5, 24 ) B)(0.5, 12.5) C)(2.25, 8.5) D)(25, 20)