MATHEMATICS

NTSE
Class – X LINEAR EQUATIONS

1. ax + by + c = 0 , represents a linear equation in two variables if

(A) a + b ≠ 0 (B) a ≠ 0,b ≠ 0 a, b, c are reals
(C) a ≠ 0,b,c are reals (D) b 2 − 4ac = 0
2. If 19x − 17y = 55 and 17x − 19y = 53 then y = ________
(A) -2 (B) 2 (C) -1 (D) 1
7 + x 2x − y 5y − 7 4x − 3
3. If − = 3y − 5 and + = 18y − 5x then x=____
5 4 2 6
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) -2
2 2 1 3 2
4. If + = and + = 0 then x + y is
x 3y 6 x y
(A) 2 (B) -2 (C) -4 (D) 10
5. The value of k for which the system of equations kx – y = 2 and 6x – 2y = 3 do not have a
unique solution, is
A) 3 B) -3 C) -1 (D) 0
6. If 2x – 3y = 7 and (a + b)x – (a + b - 3) y = 4a +b represent coincident lines, then a and b
satisfy the equation
A) a + 5b = 0 B) 5a + b= 0 C) a – 5b = 0 D) 5a – b =0
7. If the system of equations 2x + 3y = 7 and 2ax + (a + b) y = 28 has infinitely many
solutions, then
A) a = 2b B) b = 2a C) a+ 2b =0 D) 2a + b =0
8. If 3x + 6y = 4xy, 9x + 8y = 7xy, then (x, y) =
(A) (2, 3) (B) (3, 2) (C) (–3, 2) (D) (3, –2)

3 4 5 6
9. If + = 18, + = 28 , then x + y =
x y x y
5 3 9 19
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 7 4 20
10. If 46x + 54y = 254, 54x + 46y = 246, then (x, y) =
(A) (3, -2) (B) (3, 2) (C) (2, 3) (D) ( –2, 3)
p
11. Given that 4 p + 9q = 5q and p and q are both positive.then = [ ]
p p−q q
1 2 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 2 5
x + y 13
12. If 2x + 3y = 34 and = , then 5y + 7x =
y 8
(A) 82 (B) 70 (C) 78 (D) 75
13. The value of k for which the equations 9x + 4y = 9 and 7x + ky = 5 have no solution is

5 10 28 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 7 9 28
p q q p
14. The solution of the equations + = m, + = n is
x y x y
q 2 − p2 p2 − q 2 p2 − q 2 q 2 − p2
(A) x = ,y= (B) x = ,y=
mp − nq np − mq mp − nq np − mq
p2 − q 2 p2 − q 2 q 2 − p2 q 2 − p2
(C) x = ,y= (C) x = ,y=
mp − nq np − mq mp − nq np − mq
15. If the equations 4x + 7y = 10 and 10x +ky = 25 represent coincident lines, then the value
of k is
19 39 35
(A) 6 (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2
16. The solution of 1.2x + 2.8y = 4 and 2.8x + 1.2y = 4 is
(A) (2, 2) (B) (3, 3) (C) (0, 5) (D) (1, 1)
17. Which of the following are consistent?
(A) x + y + 1 = 0, x + y + 2 = 0 (B) 2x + 3y + 6 = 0, 6x + 9y + 12 = 0
(C) 4x + y + 1 = 0, 4x − y + 2 = 0 (D) 4x + y + 3 = 0, 8x + 2y + 7 = 0
18. If 2x + 3y = 20 and kx − 6y = 15 are consistent then k ≠…………
(A) 4 (B) -4 (C) 1 (D) -1
19. The area of the triangle formed by x + 3y = 6, 2x – 3y = 12 and the y-axis is ____ Sq.Units
(A) 15 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 18
20. The lines represented by 3x + y – 12 = 0 and x – 3y + 6 = 0 intersects the y-axis at
(A) (0, -2) and (0, 12) (B) (0, -2) and (0, -12)
(C) (0, 2) and (0, -12) (D) (0, 12) and (0, 2)

KEY

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Key B C C A A C B A A C

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Key C D C C D D C B D D