PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (CBSE)

Class test – 1
Std: X Chapters: Real Numbers, Pair of Linear Equations
in Two Variables, Polynomials and Triangles

Subject: Mathematics Marks: 20 Duration: 30 minutes

Answer the following questions:

Q1. Choose the correct option
(i) The largest number which divides 70 and 125, leaving remainders 5 and 8, [1]
respectively, is
(a) 13 (b) 65
(c) 875 (d) 1750

(ii) Given that two of the zeroes of the cubic polynomial ax3  bx2  cx  d are 0, the [1]
third zero is
c b
(a) (b)
a a
b d
(c) (d)
a a

(iii) For what value of k does the following pair of linear equations in two variables have [1]
no solution?
3x  y  5  0; 6 x  2 y  k  0
(a) k  10 (b) k  10
(c) k  1 (d) k  1

(iv) In a square of side 10 cm, its diagonal = : [1]

(a) 15 cm (b) 20cm
(c) 12 cm (d) 10√2 cm
Q2. Case study question: [4]
Case-study based questions are compulsory. Attempt any four subparts of each
question. Each subpart carries 1 mark.
 To enhance the reading skills of grade X students, the school nominates you and two
of your friends to set up a class library. There are two sections- section A and section
B of grade X. There are 32 students in section A and 36 students in section B.

(i) What is the minimum number of books you will acquire for the class library, so that
they can be distributed equally among students of Section A or Section B?
a. 144
b. 128
c. 288
d. 272
(ii) If the product of two positive integers is equal to the product of their HCF and LCM
is true then, the HCF (32 , 36) is
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
(iii) 36 can be expressed as a product of its primes as

a. 22  32

b. 21  33
c. 23  31
d. 20  30
 (iv) 7×11×13 ×15+ 11 is a
a. Prime number
b. Composite number
c. Neither prime nor composite
d. None of the above
(v) If p and q are positive integers such that p  ab2 and q  a 2b , where a , b are prime
numbers, then the LCM (p, q) is
a. ab
b. a 2b2
c. a3b2
d. a3b3
Q3.
(i) In the given figure, if AB || DC, find the [2]
value of x.

(ii) Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 1 and –3. [2]

Q4. If the polynomial is exactly divisible by the polynomial [3]

, find the values of a and b.

Q5. A motorboat covers a distance of 16 km upstream and 24 km downstream in 6 hours.

In the same time it covers a distance of 12 km upstream and 36 km downstream. Find
the speed of the boat in still water and that of the stream.
[5]

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