Class 9th Mastery Assessment Questions: 20

Mathematics Coordinate Geometry +

Learning Linear Equations in Two variable + Probability
Grading: Sections:
Q1-7: Coordinate Geometry
> 14: Mastery
< 14: Not close to Mastery Q8-14: Linear Equation in two variable
= 14: Close to Mastery Q15-20: Probability

1 Two friends start running on 𝑥 −axis from the same point but ran in the opposite direction. If final
coordinates of one of the friend is (2, 0) and final distance between both of them is 10 km, then
which of the following can be coordinates of another friend?

I. (12, 0)
II. (−12, 0)
III. (−8, 0)

(A) Only I (B) Only I and II

(C) Only I and III (D) Only II and III

2 Which of the following is/are correct about point A (9,10) shown

on the coordinate plane?

I. Point A is 9 units far from 𝑥 – axis.

II. 𝑥 − coordinate of point A is 9.

(A) Only I is correct (B) Only II is correct

(C) Both are correct (D) Both are incorrect

3 A point lies in the 4th quadrant on coordinates plane. Which of the following can be its coordinates?

(A) (−2, −2) (B) (2, −2) (C) (−2,2) (D) (2,2)

4 A square ABCD of side length 3 units is drawn on the coordinate plane as shown. Coordinates of
point B are (2, 1). What is the coordinates of point D?

(A) (−2, −1)

(B) (−1, −3)
(C) (−1, −2)
(D) (1, 2)
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5 A boy starts running from origin and runs along

OABCD. What are the coordinates of D?

(A) Can’t say without the length of AB

(B) (4, −5)
(C) (5, −4)
(D) (2, −4)

6 Every small square of the chessboard shown in the figure has been assigned coordinates. Based on
the given figure, what are the coordinates of P (𝑥, 𝑦)?

(A) (−1, 0)
(B) (0, −1)
(C) (9, 10)
(D) (0, 1)
(E) None of the above

7 Suppose centre of the Earth is origin, then choose the correct statement(s).
(Note: radius of Earth = 6400 km)

I. Point (−6890, 0) lies outside of the Earth spherical region.

II. (0, −3200) is closer to centre of Earth than (2400,0).

(A) Only I is correct (B) Only II is correct

(C) Both are correct (D) Both are incorrect

8 We know that a line is made of infinite points and different points have different (𝑥, 𝑦). So, can we
say that there are infinite solutions for a linear equation in two variables?

(A) Yes, there will be infinite solutions

(B) No, there will be only one solution
(C) No, there will be only two solutions

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9 An equation 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 4 = 0 is represented on the coordinate plane. Find the value of 𝑎 and 𝑏.

(A) 𝑎 = −1, 𝑏 = 2
(B) 𝑎 = 1, 𝑏 = 2
(C) 𝑎 = 2, 𝑏 = 4
(D) Insufficient information

10 In an exam of 50 questions, +2 points are given for each correct answer and −1 mark for each
incorrect answer. A student attempted all the questions, out of which 𝑥 questions are correct. He got a
total of 𝒚 marks in the exam. Which of the following equation will help in finding his total marks?

(A) 𝑦 = 3𝑥 − 50 (B) 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 50
(C) 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 1 (D) 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 50

11 Two graphs are drawn between cost price of books and number of books. Which graph can be correct?

(A) Only graph I

(B) Only graph II

12 Observe the graph and guess that which among the following equation may represent the line AB shown.

(A) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = −1
(B) 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 8
(C) 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 6

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13 We have the following information about a linear equation in two variables.

Information A: The line passes through 1st, 3rd and 4th quadrant of the coordinate plane.
Information B: The equation is 𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 − 1 = 0

Which of the following values of 𝑘 is possible?

I. −2 II. 3 III. 8

(A) Only I (B) Only II and III

(C) All I, II and III (D) Insufficient information

14 The 𝑥-axis and 𝑦-axis passes through the centre of square as

shown in the figure. If 8 units is the side length of square,
then which of the following equation represents the line AB?

(A) 𝑦 − 4𝑥 = 0
(B) 𝑦 + 𝑥 = 8
(C) 𝑦 − 𝑥 = 0
(D) 𝑦 + 𝑥 = 16

15 The Santa shown in the figure has a bag full of chocolates of same size.
There are 23 Dairy Milk, 40 KitKat and 27 Snickers in the bag. If the
Santa picked a chocolate randomly form the bag, what is the probability
of being this chocolate a Dairy Milk?

23 23
(A) 67 (B) 90
67 90
(C) 90 (D) 23

16 A dart board is shown in the figure. When you throw a dart on it, you can earn any point from 1 to
16. What is the probability of getting 12 in first trial?

12 12
(A) 136 (B) 16
1 1
(C) 16 (D) 136

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17 A survey has been taken to find no. of Asian passengers out of total passengers who land in a USA
airport. The data is shown in the table. If you chose a person randomly at an airport, then what is the
probability of being him/her an Asian?
Cumulative no. of Asian Cumulative total no. of passengers
1 1 3 10
(A) 4 (B) 3 120 500
490 2000
1 1 1245 5000
(C) (D) 5
10 2488 10000

18 Out of 6 faces of a cubical dice, only one face represents 1, three faces represent 2 and two faces
represent 3 as shown in the figure.

You throw 1200 such dice on a surface and ask your friend to pick only those dice on which 2
turned up. If average time of picking one such dice is 5 seconds, then what is the approximate time
that he will take to pick all the dice on which 2 turned up?

(A) 1000 sec

(B) 2000 sec
(C) 3000 sec
(D) 1500 sec

19 The pencil case shown in the figure contains 3 black pens, 5 blue pens and some pencils. If you
pick a pen or a pencil randomly from the pencil case, then choose the correct statement(s).

I. Probability of picking a blue pen cannot be calculated.

II. Probability of picking a blue pen is definitely greater than black pen.

(A) Only I is correct (B) Only II is correct

(C) Both are correct (D) Both are incorrect

20 There are some green, red, blue and yellow balls in the bag shown. We have following information given:

Information I: There are 30 yellow balls.

Information II: If you pick a ball randomly by closing your eye, then probability of being it yellow is 0.4

What is the total number of balls in the bag?

(A) We can’t calculate

(B) 60
(C) 75
(D) 120

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