10 Icse - MCQ (Assertion & Reasoning) (23-24) - 1

MATHEMATICS
ICSE BOARD CLASS X
In questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement

of Reason (R). Direction for all questions:
Choose the correct option from the options given below :
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and r eason (R) is the
correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not
the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason ( R) is true.
1. Assertion (A): A dealer in Gujarat supplies goods and service worth ₹ 5000 to
another dealer in Mumbai. If the rate of GST is 28% then the tax levied under
CGST and IGST are 0 and ₹ 1400.
Reason (R): For interstate transaction, CGST = 0.
2. Assertion (A): The tax invoice of a telecom service in Meerut shows cost of
services provided by it as ₹ 750. If the GST is 18% then the amount of the bill
is ₹ 885.
𝟏
Reason (R): CGST = SGST = × GST
𝟐
3. Assertion (A): Agam deposited ₹ 60 per month in a recurrin g deposit account

for five years. If the bank pays interest at the rate of 6% per annum then the
amount he gets at the time of maturity is ₹ 4,149.
Reason (R): Maturity value = Money deposited + Inte rest.
4. Assertion (A): Prerna opened a cumulative deposit account for 1 year. If she
deposits ₹ 100 every month and receives ₹ 2400 at the time of maturity then
the Interest she earned in 1 year is ₹ 1200.
Reason (R): Maturity value = Money deposited + Interest
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5. Assertion (A): If a share of ₹ 25 of a company is sold at ₹ 29.50, then the cost
of 50 such shares is ₹ 1475.
Reason (R): The cost of five hundred ₹ 10 shares at ₹ 38.75 per share is ₹
19045.
6. 𝟏
Assertion (A): The annual income of thirty -five, ₹ 100 shares paying 4 % is
𝟐
₹ 157.50.
Reason (R): Total annual income = Annual income per share x Number of
shares.
7. Assertion (A): The nominal value of 550 shares of ₹ 10 quoted at ₹ 25 is
₹ 5000.
Reason (R): ₹ 8443.75 is required to purchase one hundred seventy five,
₹ 50 shares at ₹ 1.75 discount.
8. Assertion (A): If the solution set of 5x + 4 ≤ 24 is [1, 2, 3, 4], then the
replacement set of x is N.
Reason (R): In number system, the symbol N denotes the set of natural
numbers i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,...
9. Assertion (A): The solution set of 4x − 2 ≤ 2x + 10, x ∈ W is {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}.
Reason (R): In number system, the symbol W denotes the set of whole numbers
i.e., 0, 1, 2, 3, 4,....
10. Assertion (A): The common solution set of 3x + 6 ≥ 9 and −5x > −15, x ∈ R on
the number line is:
Reason (R): On the number line, the hollow circle marks the end of a range
involving an equality as well i.e., ≤ or ≥ and the darkened circle marks the end
of a range with a strict inequality i.e., < or >
11. Assertion (A): The solution set of −1 < 3 + 4x ≤ 23, x ∈ R on the number line
is:
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Reason (R): In the solution set, the number −1 is not included and the number
5 is included.
12. Assertion (A): The roots of the quadratic equation x² + 2x + 2 = 0 are
imaginary
Reason (R): If discriminant D = b² − 4ac < 0, then the roots of quadratic
equation ax² + bx + c = 0 are imaginary.
13. Assertion (A): If one root of equation 4x² − 2x + k − 4 = 0 is reciprocal of the
other. Then the value of k is 4.
Reason (R): The quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0, a ≠ 0 has atmost two
roots.
14. Assertion (A): The third proportional to 9 to 15 is 25.
Reason (R): If a, b and c are in continued proportion then c is called the third
proportional.
15. Assertion (A): If x, 3, 12, y are in continued proportion, then values of x and y
𝟑
are 𝟓
and 48.
𝐚 𝐛 𝐜
Reason (R): If a, b, c and d are in continued proportion, then 𝐛
=𝐜=𝐝
16. Assertion (A): The mean proportion of 36.3 and 2.7 is 9.9.
(𝐱 + 𝐳)
Reason (R): If y is the mean proportion between x and z, then y = 𝟐
17. Assertion (A): The factors of the polynomial x² − 3x − m (m + 3) are (x + m)

and [x − (m + 3)]
Reason (R): The factors of a polynomial x² − (a + b) x + ab are (x − a) and
(x − b)
18. Assertion (A): 2x³ + 3x² − 4x + 2 is a polynomial of degree 2.
Reason (R): The highest power of the variable x in a given polynomial is the
degree of the polynomial.
19. Assertion (A): The number of factors of the polynomial 3x³ − 5x² + 1 is 3.
Reason (R): The number of factors of a polynomial is equal to the number of
terms in the polynomial.
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20. 𝟏
Assertion (A): Matrix [𝟓] is a column matrix.
𝟐
Reason (R): A matrix of order m × 1 is called a column matrix.
21. 𝟐 𝟒 −𝟐 𝟓 𝟖 𝟕
Assertion (A): If A = [ ] and C = [ ] , then 3A – C = [ ],
𝟑 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟔 𝟐
Reason (R): If the matrices A and B are of same order, say m × n, satisfy the
commutative law, then A + B = A − B.
22. Assertion (A): A 2 × 2 matrix A = [a i j ], whose elements are given by
𝟏 𝟐
a i j = i × j, is [ ]
𝟐 𝟒
Reason (R): If A is a 4 × 2 matrix, then the elements in A is 5.
23. 𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
Assertion (A): If [ ] X =[ ], then the order of matrix X is 1 × 2.
𝟑 𝟒 𝟏
Reason (R): The product AB of two matrices A and B is possible if number of
columns in A is equal to the number of rows in B. Also, the order of the
product matrix AB is number of rows in AX number of columns in B.
24. Assertion (A): The sum of 2 n d and 7 t h terms of an AP is 30. If its 15 t h term is 1
less than twice its 8 t h term, then the AP is 1, 5, 9, 13, 17....
Reason (R): The n t h term of an AP is given by a + (n − 1)d, where a and d are
the first term and the common difference respectively.
25. Assertion (A): The number of terms to be taken in the AP 9, 17, 25... so as to
make a sum of 636 is 13.
𝐧
Reason (R): The sum of first n terms of an AP is given by 𝟐[2a + (n − 1) d]
26. Assertion (A): If fourth term of an AP is zero, then its 25 t h term is three times
its 11 t h term.
𝐧
Reason (R): The sum of first n terms of an AP is given by 𝟐
(a + l) where l is
the last term.

27. Assertion (A): If the terms k 2 + 4k + 8, 2k 2 + 3k + 6 and 3k 2 + 4k + 4 are in
AP, then the value of k is 0.
𝐧
Reason (R): The sum of n terms of an AP is: S n = 𝟐
[2a + (n − 1) d]
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28. −𝟐 −𝟕
Assertion (A): If the number G.P. then 𝟕
, k, 𝟐
is in G.P. then k = ±1.
𝐚𝟐 𝐚𝟑
Reason (R): If 𝐚𝟏 , 𝐚𝟐 , 𝐚𝟑 are in G.P. then 𝐚𝟏
= 𝐚𝟐
.
29. 𝟑 𝟒
Assertion (A): The sum of the series + + √𝟓 +....25 term is 75√𝟓.
√𝟓 √𝟓
Reason (R): If 27, n, 3 are in G.P. then n = ± 4.
30. Assertion (A): The reflection of the point P ( −2, 3) in the x-axis is (−2, −3).
Reason (R): When a point is reflected in x -axis, only the sign of y -coordinate
changes.
31. Assertion (A): If the image of the point P under reflection in the x -axis is
(−3, 2), then the coordinates of the point P are (3, −2).
Reason (R): The reflection of the point P (a, b) in the x -axis is the point
(a, − b).
32. Assertion (A): The reflection of the point (4, 5) in the line y = 2 is (4, −1)
Reason (R): The reflection of the point P(x, y) in the line y = a is the point
P'(x, − y + 2a)
33. Assertion (A): The reflection of point (2, 3) in the origin is (0, 0).
Reason (R): The reflection of the point P (a, b) in the origin is the point
(−a, −b).
34. Assertion (A): The co-ordinates of the point P which divides the line segment
joining A (1, 3) and B (5, 9) in the ratio 1 : 2 is (5, 2).
Reason (R): P (x, y) = ((𝐦𝟏𝐱𝟐 + 𝐦𝟐𝐱𝟏) / (𝐦𝟏 + 𝐦𝟐), (𝐦𝟏𝐲𝟐 + 𝐦𝟐𝐲𝟏) / (𝐦𝟏 +
𝐦𝟐))
35. Assertion (A): The ratio of the line joining (2, −4) and (−3, 6) divided by the
y-axis is 3 : 2.
Reason (R): If a point P divides a line segm ent joining two given points
𝐦𝐱𝟐 + 𝐧𝐱𝟏 𝐦𝐲𝟐 + 𝐧𝐲𝟏
A (x 1 , x 2 ) and B (x 2 , y 2 ) in the ratio m : n, then P = ( , )
𝐦+𝐧 𝐦+𝐧
36. Assertion (A): P is a point on the line joining A (4, 3) and B ( −2, 6) such that
𝟏𝟔 𝟐𝟕
5AP = 2BP. The co-ordinates of P are( 𝟕 , 𝟕
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Reason (R): If P is a mid -point of line joining A and B, then coordinates of P
𝐱𝟏 + 𝐱𝟐 𝐲𝟏 + 𝐲𝟐
are ( 𝟐
, 𝟐
)
37. Assertion (A): The ratio in which the line joining A (6, 5) and B (4, −3) is
divided by the line y = 2 is 3 : 5.
𝐦𝐱𝟐 + 𝐧𝐱𝟏 𝐦𝐲𝟐 + 𝐧𝐲𝟏
Reason (R): p (x, y) = ( , )
𝐦+𝐧 𝐦+𝐧
38. Assertion (A): If the line passing through (0, 2) and ( −3, −1) is parallel to the
line passing through (−1, 5) and (4, a). Then the value of a is 10.
Reason (R): If the lines are parallel, then their slopes must be equal.
39. Assertion (A): The equation of a line whose y -intercept = 2 and slope = 3 is
y = 3x − 2.
Reason (R): Equation of a line in slope - intercept form is y = mx + c.
40. 𝟒
Assertion (A): The equation of the line whose slope is − 𝟑 and which passes
through (−3, 4) is 4x + 3y = 0.
Reason (R): y + y 1 = m(x + x 1 )
41. Assertion (A): The equation of a line which passes through (5, 4) and makes an
angle of 60 with the positive direction of the x -axis, is y = √𝟑x + 4 − 5√𝟑
Reason (R): y = m(x – x 1 )
42. Assertion (A): If in two triangles ABC and PQR, ∆ABC ∼ ∆PQR with ∠A = 45°
and ∠B = 60°, then ∠R = 75°.
Reason (R): If two triangles are similar, then their corresponding angles are
equal.
43. Assertion (A): In the following figure s, the measure of ∠P is 60°.
Reason (R): Two triangles are said to be similar, if their corresponding sides
are proportional i.e., they are in the same ratio.
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44. Assertion (A): If in two triangles ABC and PQR, AB = 3 cm, BC = 4cm,
∠B = 60° and ∠P = 60°, PQ = 9 cm, PR = 12 cm, then ∆ABC ∼ ∆QPR.
Reason (R): If one angle of a triangle is equal to one angle of another triangle
and any two sides of these triangles are proportional, then by SAS axiom of
similarity, the two triangles are proportional.
45. Assertion (A): In a ∆ABC, D is a point on BC such that ∠ABC = ∠DAC.
If AB = 8 cm, AC = 5 cm and AD = 4 cm, then BC = 10 cm.
Reason (R): If two triangles are similar, then their corresponding angles are
equal.
46. Assertion (A): If the angle between two radii of a circle is 110°, then the angle
between the tangents at the ends of the radii is 50°.
Reason (R): A circle has infinitely many tangents.
47. Assertion (A): AB is a chord of the circle and AOC is
its diameter such that ∠ACB = 50°. If AT is the
tangent to the circle at the point A, then BAT is
equal to 50°.
Reason (R): In ∆ACB, ∠A + ∠B + ∠C = 180°.
48. Assertion (A): If TP and TQ are the two tangents to a circle with
centre O so that ∠POQ = 110°, then ∠PTQ is equal to 70°.
Reason (R): In the above figure, if OP is the radius of the circle
to the tangent PT and OQ is the radius to the tangents TQ. Then
∠OPT = ∠OQT = 60°.
49. Assertion (A): The length of a tangent from a point A
at a distance 5 cm from the centre of the circle is 4
cm. The radius of the circle is 3 cm.
Reason (R): In ∆ABO, OA² = AB² + BO²
50. Assertion (A): The number of solid spheres each of diameter 6 cm that can be
made by melting a solid metal cylinder of height 45 cm and diameter 4 cm is 5.
Reason (R): n × Volume of one sphere = Volume of cylinder
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51. Assertion (A): A 5 m wide cloth is used to make a conical ten t of base diameter
14 m and height 24 m. The cost of cloth used at the rate of ₹ 25 per metre is
2750.
Reason (R): Curved surface area of cylinder = 2 𝛑rh
52. Assertion (A): A sphere and a right circular cylinder of the same radius have
equal volumes. By 50% the diameter of the cylinder exceed its height.
Reason (R): If the radius of a sphere is 3r, then the volume is 30 𝛑r³ cu.units.
53. Assertion (A): The length of solid cylinder 2 cm in diameter must be taken to
recast into a hollow cylinder of external diameter 20 cm, 0.25 cm thick and 15
cm long, is 70.0625 cm.
Reason (R): The internal radius of given hollow cylinder is 9.75 cm.
54. 𝟒 𝟒
Assertion (A): If tan A = 𝟑
then the value of sin A is 𝟓
Reason (R): Pythagoras theorem, H² = P² + B²
55. Assertion (A): cosec⁴ A − cosec² A = cot⁴ A − cot² A

Reason (R): sec A (1 − sin A) (sec A + tan A) = 1
56. Assertion (A): (cosec A + sin A) (cosec A − sin A) = cot² A + cos² A

Reason (R): cosec² A = 1 + cot² A and sin² A = 1 − cos² A
57. Assertion (A): (sin A + cosec A)² + (cos A + sec A)² = 7 + tan² A + cot² A
Reason (R): tan² A + cot² A + 2 = sec² A − cosec² A
58. Assertion (A): An electric pole is 10 metres high. If its

shadow is 10√𝟑 metres in length, then the elevation of
the sun is 60°.
𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫
Reason (R): tan𝛉 = 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞
59. Assertion (A): From a point P on level grou nd, the angle of elevation of the top
of a tower is 30°. If the tower is 100 m high, then the distance of P from the
foot of the tower is 17.32 m.
𝐀𝐁
Reason (R): tan P = 𝐏𝐁
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60. Assertion (A): If a kite is flying at a height of 40 √𝟑 metres from the level -
ground, attached to a string inclined at 60° to the horizontal, th en the length
of the string is 80m.
Reason (R): tan𝛉 = 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐞
61. Assertion (A): If the angle of depression of an object from a 75 m high tower is
30°, then the distance of the object from the base of the tower is 75 √𝟑 m
Reason (R): tan 𝛉 = 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞
62. Assertion (A): If the mean of frequency distr ibution is 7.5 and 𝚺𝐟𝐢 𝐱𝐢 = 120 + 3k,
𝚺𝐟𝐢 = 30, then k is equal to 35.
𝚺𝐟𝐢 𝐱𝐢
Reason (R): X mean =
𝚺𝐟𝐢
63. Assertion (A): The mean of following distribution is 14.6.

𝐱𝐢 11 14 17 20
𝐟𝐢 3 6 8 7
Reason (R): Construction of a cumulative frequency table is useful in
determining the median.
64. 𝟑𝐧
Assertion (A): If the mean of first n natural numbers is , then the value of
𝟓
n is 5.
𝐧(𝐧−𝟏)
Reason (R): Sum of natural numbers = 𝟐
65. Assertion (A): If AM of a, a + 3, a + 6, a + 9 and a + 12 is 10, then a is

equal to 4.
(𝐔𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭 + 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭)
Reason (R): Class mark = 𝟐
66. Assertion (A): The below histo gram shows the weekly wages of workers at a
construction site:
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The number of workers who got ₹ 60 − 70 are 16.
Reason (R): The height of the bars represents the frequency of the data point.
67. Assertion (A): The following histo gram shows the height of students within a
class:
30 students have height less than 140 cm.

Reason (R): The height of the bars represents the frequency of the data point,
whereas the width represents the length of the class or interval.
68. Assertion (A): If the probability of happening an event A is 0.46. Then the
probability of not happening of the event A is 0.54.
Reason (R): P(A) + P(𝐀′) = 1
69. Assertion (A): Nine cards (identical in all resp ects) are numbered 2 to 10. A
card is selected from them at random. The probability that the card selected
𝟒
will be an even number is 𝟓
Reason (R): Nine cards (identical in all respects) are numbered 2 to 10. A card
is selected from them at random. Th e probability that the card selected will be
𝟏
a multiple of 3 is 𝟑
70. Assertion (A): A book contains 85 pages. A page is chosen at random. The
𝟗
probability that the sum of the digits on the page is 8 is 𝟖𝟓
Reason (R): Two complementary events, taken together, include all the
outcomes for an experiment and the sum of the probabilities of all outcomes is
1.
71. Assertion (A): If P(E) = 0.59 then P (not E) is 0.41.
Reason (R): The probability that two boys do not have the same birthday is
0.897. The probability that the two boys have the same birthday is 0.103.
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72. Assertion (A): cos 2 A – sin 2 A = 1 is a trigonometric identity.
Reason (R): An equation involving trigonometric ratio of an ang le is called
trigonometrical identity, if it is true for all values of the angles involved.
73. Assertion (A): For a solid cylinder whose height is 12 cm and diameter is 10
cm, a conical cavity of same height and same diameter is hollow ed out. Volume
𝟐𝟐𝟎𝟎
of the cone is 𝟕
𝐜𝐦𝟑
Reason (R): If a conical cavity of same height and same diameter is hollowed
out from a cylinder of height h and base radius r, then volume of the cone is
𝟏
equal to of the volume of the cylinder.
𝟑
74. Assertion (A): The first term of an AP is m and its common difference is p, then
the 13 t h term is a + 13p
Reason (R): In an AP S n – S n – 1 = a n .
75. Assertion (A): A number x is chosen at random from the numbers -3, -2, -1, 0,
𝟒
1, 2, 3, then the probability that |x| < 2 is .
𝟕
Reason (R): The probability that a number selected from the numbers 1, 2,
𝟑
3,....,20 is a multiple of 3 is 𝟏𝟎
.
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MATHEMATICS

ICSE BOARD CLASS X

In questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement

3. Assertion (A): Agam deposited ₹ 60 per month in a recurrin g deposit account

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17. Assertion (A): The factors of the polynomial x² − 3x − m (m + 3) are (x + m)

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the last term.

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Reason (R): If 27, n, 3 are in G.P. then n = ± 4.

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Reason (R): Pythagoras theorem, H² = P² + B²

55. Assertion (A): cosec⁴ A − cosec² A = cot⁴ A − cot² A

56. Assertion (A): (cosec A + sin A) (cosec A − sin A) = cot² A + cos² A

58. Assertion (A): An electric pole is 10 metres high. If its

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63. Assertion (A): The mean of following distribution is 14.6.

65. Assertion (A): If AM of a, a + 3, a + 6, a + 9 and a + 12 is 10, then a is

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30 students have height less than 140 cm.

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