Mathematics

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EXERCISE-1
Multiple choice questions

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1. A class has 36 boys. If of the boys sitting inside go outside, the number of boys sitting inside and outside
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will be the same. Find the initial number of students sitting inside.
(1) 20 (2) 30 (3) 24 (4) 50
2. A school party consisting of 2 teachers and 45 boys went on a tour. The total expenditure of the tour was
Rs 5050. Every teacher paid Rs 250, every senior boy paid Rs 110 and every junior boy paid Rs. 90. Find
the number of junior boys in the party.
(1) 20 (2) 30 (3) 40 (4) 50
3. A container full of corn weighs 12 kg. The corn weighs three times as much as the empty container. Find
the weight of the empty container.

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(1) 4 kg (2) 5 kg (3) 3 kg (4) 2 kg
4. Last year the prices of two houses were in the ratio 16 : 23. This year the price of the first house has risen

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by 25% and that of the second house by Rs 5200 and the ratio of their new prices is 9 : 11. Find their
prices in the last year.
(1) Rs. 56600, Rs. 83800 (2) Rs. 47600, Rs. 72800

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(3) Rs. 57000, Rs. 82000 (4) Rs. 57600, Rs. 82800
5. The sum of two numbers is 8 and one of them with 22 added to it is five times the other, then the numbers

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are
(1) 3,5 (2) 4,5 (3) 6,3 (4) 2,4

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6. The cost price of a desk and a chair is Rs. 371. If the desk costs 12% more than the chair, find the cost
price of each
(1) Rs. 175, Rs. 196 (2) Rs. 172, Rs. 195
(3) Rs. 172, Rs. 100 (4) Rs. 175, Rs. 192
7. In a regiment, the ratio of the number of officers to the number of soldiers was 3 : 31 before battle. In
the battle 6 officers and 22 soldiers were killed. The ratio between the number of officers and the number
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of soldiers now is 1 : 13. Find the number of officers and soldiers in the regiment, before the battle.
(1) 21, 117 (2) 21, 218 (3) 22, 217 (4) 21, 217
8. Find the number that gives you the same result whether you divide it by 5 or subtract 5 from it.
(1) 4.25 (2) 4.30 (3) 6.26 (4) 6.25
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9. In a certain examination, of the total number of candidates and 5 more secured a first division, and
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4 more secured a second division and the remaining 51 failed. How many candidates were there in all?
(1) 120 (2) 144 (3) 140 (4) 152
10. Find a number such that one-fifth of it is less than one-fourth of it by 3.
(1) 20 (2) 30 (3) 60 (4) 50
11. A person has a sum of Rs 30, which is made up of rupee coins, 10 paise coins and 5 paise coins. There
are dozen more 10 paise coins than rupee coins, and there are twice as many 5 paise coins. How many
coins does he have in all?
(1) 20 (2) 30 (3) 108 (4) 50

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12. Rahul is 6 times as old as his daughter Leena. If Leena's present age is x years. In 15 years time Rahul
will be 3 times as old as Leena. Find their present ages

(1) 23 years, 10 years (2) 23 years, 30 years

(3) 22 years, 15 years (4) 60 years, 10 years

13. The difference of the squares of two consecutive even natural numbers is 92. Then the numbers are
(1) 20,25 (2) 30,22 (3) 40,23 (4) 22,24
14. Six years hence a man's age will be three times his son's age, and three years ago he was nine times as
old as his son. Find their present ages.
(1) 30 years, 6 years (2) 24 years, 6 years

(3) 24 years, 12 years (4) None of these

15. I think of a number (say x), multiply it by 5 and 6, divide the result by 3, take away the number I first thought
of and get the answer as 36. Using this information, write down the equation in x and find the number I

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first thought of.
(1) 4 (2) 2 (3) 9 (4) 6

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16. Divide Rs. 380 between A, B and C so that B may have Rs. 30 more than A, and C may have Rs. 20
more than B.

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(1) A = Rs.100, B = Rs. 130, C = Rs.150

(2) A = Rs.120, B = Rs. 150, C = Rs.130

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(3) A = Rs.100, B = Rs. 150, C = Rs.130
(4) A = Rs.150, B = Rs. 100, C = Rs.120
17. The ages of A and B are in the ratio 9 : 4. Seven years hence the ratio of their ages will be 5 : 3, then

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their present ages are
(1) 18 years, 8 years (2) 8 years, 10 years
(3) 10 years, 18 years (4) None of these
18. A person has Rs 9 in his piggy bank. He has x number of 50 paise coins, 2x number of 25 paise coins,
4x number of 10 paise coins and 8x number of 5 paise coins. He has no other coins. Find the number of
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5 paise coins.
(1) 20 (2) 30 (3) 40 (4) 50
19. The graph of a linear equation in one or two variable is
(1) A parabola (2) A curve line (3) a straight line (4) A pair of parallel lines
20. If the graph intersect at one point, then number of solutions of two linear equations in two variables have :
(1) Infinitely many (2) Three solutions (3) Two solutions (4) One solution
21. If a pair of linear equations is consistent, then lines will be
(1) Parallel (2) Always coincident
(3) Intersecting or coincident (4) Always intersecting
22. How many solutions, a linear equation in two variables have?
(1) One solution (2) Two solution
(3) No solution (4) Infinite number of solutions

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23. How many solutions, two linear equations in two variable representing coincident lines, have?
(1) One solution (2) Two solution
(3) Three solution (4) Infinite solution

24. a1x + b1y + c1 = 0 and a2x + b2y + c2 = 0 are pair of linear equation in two variables they have no
solution, if

a1 b1 c1 a1 b1 a1 b1 c1 a1 b1
(1) = = (2) = (3) = ¹ (4) ¹
a 2 b2 c 2 a2 b2 a 2 b2 c 2 a 2 b2
25. If a1x+b1y+c1=0 and a2x+b2y+c2=0 are pair of linear equations in two variables and they have infinite
number of solution, then

a1 b1 c1 a1 b1 a1 b1 a1 b1 c1
(1) = ¹ (2) a ¹ b (3) a = b (4) a = b = c
a 2 b2 c 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

26. For which value of ‘a’, the system of equation 3x + 2y = 5 and (a+1)x + (a–1)y = 2a–1 represent parallel line

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(1) a ¹ 5 (2) a = 10 (3) a = –5 (4) a=5
27. The equation of a line coincident to the line –5x+7y=2 is

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(1) 10x+14y+4=0 (2) –10x–14y=–4 (3) –10x+14y+4=0 (4) 10x–14y=–4.

28. The value of k for which the system of equations x+3y–2=0 and kx+2y–5=0 has unique solution is

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3 2 2 3
(1) k ¹ (2) k = (3) k ¹ (4) k =
2 3 3 2

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29. If a pair of linear equations is inconsistent, then lines will be
(1) Parallel (2) Always coincident (3) Intersect at one point (4) Intersecting or coincident.

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30. The value of k for which the pair of linear equations 4x + 6y – 1 = 0 and 2x+ky–7=0 represents parallel
lines is

(1) k=3 (2) k=2 (3) k=4 (4) k=–2

31. The pair of linear equations kx+2y=5 and 3x+y=1 has unique solution if

(1) k=6 (2) k ¹ 6 (3) k=0 (4) k has any value

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32. If the sum of the ages of father and his son in years is 65 and twice the difference of their ages in years
is 50, then the age of the father is

(1) 45 (2) 40 (3) 50 (4) 55

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33. A fraction becomes when 1 is added to each numerator and denominator. However, if we subtract from
5
1
each, then it becomes . Then fraction is
2

5 5 7 13
(1) (2) (3) (4)
8 6 9 16

34. The father’s age is six times his son’s age. Four years hence, the age of the father will be four times his
son’s age. The present ages in years, the son and the father are respectively

(1) 4 and 24 (2) 5 and 30 (3) 6 and 36 (4) 3 and 24

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35. If am ¹ bl, then the system of equations : ax + by = c, lx + my = n
(1) Has a unique solution (2) Has no solution

(3) Has infinitely many solutions (4) May or may not have a solution

36. If 2x – 3y = 7 and (a + b)x – (a + b – 3)y = 4a + b represent coincident lines, then a and b satisfy the equation
(1) a + 5b = 0 (2) 5a + b = 0 (3) a – 5b = 0 (4) 5a – b = 0

x y
37. The area of the triangle formed by the lines + = 1 with the coordinate axes is
a b
1 1
(1) ab (2) 2ab (3) ab (4) ab
2 4
38. The area of the triangle formed by the lines y = x, x = 6 and y = 0 is

(1) 36 sq. unit (2) 18 sq. unit (3) 9 sq. unit (4) 72 sq. unit
39. The area of the triangle formed by the lines x = 3, y = 4 and x = y is

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(1) 1/2 sq. unit (2) 1 sq. unit (3) 2 sq. unit (4) None of these
40. The area of the triangle formed by the lines 2x + 3y = 12, x – y – 1 = 0 and x = 0 is

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(1) 7 sq. units (2) 7.5 sq. units (3) 6.5 sq. units (4) 6 sq. units

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ANSWER KEY
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. 3 1 3 4 1 1 4 4 1 3 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 4
Que. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 3 3 2 1 2

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