INDEX

SR. NO. CHAPTER NAME PAGE NUMBER

1 REAL NUMBERS 2 -- 5

2 POLYNIMIALS 6 -- 9

3 PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES 10 -- 13

4 QUADRATIC EQUATIONS 14 -- 17

5 ARITHMETIC PROGRESSIONS 18 -- 21

6 CO-ORDINATE GEOMETRY 22 -- 25

7 TRIANGLE 26 -- 29

8 CIRCLES 30 -- 35

9 TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS 36 -- 39

10 TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES 40 -- 43

11 HEIGHTS, AND DISTANCES 44 -- 47

12 AREAS RELATED TO CIRCLES 48 -- 52

13 SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES 53 -- 57

14 STATISTICS 58 -- 61

15 PROBABILITY 62 -- 65

16 EXPONENTS OF REAL NUMBERS 66 -- 69

17 RATIONALISATION 70 -- 72

18 ALGEBRAIC IDENTITIES 73 -- 76

19 FACTORIZATION OF ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS 77 -- 78

20 FACTORIZATION OF POLYNOMIALS 79 -- 82

21 TABULAR REPRESENTATION OF STATISTICAL 83 -- 84

DATA
22 MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY 85 -- 88
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1. The exponent of 2 in the prime factorisation of 8. The HCF of 95 and 152, is

144, is a) 57 b) 1
a) 4 b) 5 c) 19 d) 38
c) 6 d) 3 9. If HCF (26, 169) = 13, then LCM (26, 169) =
2. The LCM of two numbers is 1200. Which of the a) 26 b) 52
following cannot be their HCF?
c) 338 d) 13
a) 600 b) 500
10. Which of the following rational numbers have
c) 400 d) 200 terminating decimal?
3. If 𝑛 = 23 × 34 × 54 × 7, then the number of 16 5 2 7
i) 25 ii) 18 iii) 21 iv) 250
consecutive zeros in 𝑛, where 𝑛 is a natural
number, is a) (i) and (ii) b) (ii) and (iii)
a) 2 b) 3 c) (i) and (iii) d) (i) and (iv)
c) 4 d) 7 11. The decimal expansion of the rational number
14587
4. The sum of the exponents of the prime factors will terminate after
21 ×55
in the prime factorisation of 196, is
a) one decimal place
a) 1 b) 2
b) five decimal places
c) 4 d) 6
c) three decimal places
5. The number of decimal places after which the
d) two decimal places
decimal expansion of the rational number will
31
terminate, is 12. The decimal expansion of 23 ×52 will be
a) 1 b) 2 a) terminating
c) 3 d) 4 b) non-terminating
6. If two positive integers a and b are expressible c) non-terminating and repeating
in the form 𝑎 = 𝑝𝑞 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 = 𝑝3 𝑞 ∶ 𝑝, 𝑞 being
d) non-terminating and non-repeating
prime numbers, then LCM (a, b) is
13. The LCM of 23 × 32 and 22 × 33 is
a) 𝑝𝑞 b) 𝑝3 𝑞 3
a) 23 b) 33
c) 𝑝3 𝑞 2 d) 𝑝2 𝑞 2
c) 23 × 33 d) 22 × 32
7. If two positive integers 𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 are
expressible in the form 𝑚 = 𝑝𝑞 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 = 14. The HCF of two numbers is 18 and their
𝑝3 𝑞 2 , when 𝑝, 𝑞 are prime numbers, then product is 12960. Their LCM will be
HCF (𝑚, 𝑛) = a) 420 b) 600
2
a) 𝑝𝑞 b) 𝑝𝑞 c) 720 d) 800
3 3 2 3
c)) 𝑝 𝑞 d) 𝑝 𝑞

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15. The decimal expansion of 120 will terminate 22. IF 𝑎 = 23 × 3, 𝑏 = 2 × 3 × 5, 𝑐 = 3𝑛 × 5 and
after how many places? LCM (𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐) = 23 × 32 × 5, then 𝑛 =

a) 1 b) 2 a) 1 b) 2

c) 3 d) 4 c) 3 d) 4

16. The total number of factors of a prime 23. The decimal expansion of the rational number
14587
numbers is will terminate after
1250

a) 1 b) 0 a) one decimal place

c) 2 d) 3 b) two decimal place
17. The HCF and the LCM of 12, 21, 15 respectively c) three decimal place
are
d) four decimal place
a) 3, 140 b) 12, 420 ̅̅̅̅ is
24. 3. 27
c) 3, 420 d) 420, 3
a) an integer b) a rational number
18. The product of a non-zero rational number
c) a natural number d) an irrational number
and an irrational number is
25. The LCM an HCF of two rational numbers are
a) always rational
equal, then the numbers must be
b) always irrational
a) prime b) co-prime
c) rational or irrational
c) composite d) equal
d) none of these
26. If the sum of LCM and HCF of two numbers is
19. If two positive integers 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 are written as 1260 and their LCM is 900 more than their
𝑎 = 𝑥 3 𝑦 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 = 𝑥𝑦 3 ; 𝑥, 𝑦 are prime HCF, then the product of two numbers is
numbers, then HCF (a, b) is
a) 203400 b) 194400
a) 𝑥𝑦 b) 𝑥𝑦 2
c) 198400 d) 205400
3 3 2 2
c) 𝑥 𝑦 d) 𝑥 𝑦
27. The ratio of LCM and HCF of the least
20. The least number that is divisible by all the composite number and the least prime
numbers from 1 to 10 (both inclusive) is number is
a) 10 b) 100 a) 1 : 2 b) 2 : 1
c) 504 d) 2520 c) 1 : 1 d) 1 : 3
21. The largest number which divides 70 and 125, 28. Prime factors of the denominator of a rational
leaving remainders 5 and 8, respectively, is number with decimal expansion 44.123 are
a) 13 b) 65 a) 2, 3 b) 2, 3, 5
c) 875 d) 1750 c) 2, 5 d) 3, 5

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29. If 𝑎2 = 25, then 𝑎 is a) coprime b) not coprime

a) rational b) irrational c) even d) odd

c) whole number d) integer 37. If 3 is the least prime factor of number a and 7
is the least prime factor of number b, then the
30. If LCM(𝑥, 18) = 36 and HCF(𝑥, 18) = least prime factor of 𝑎 + 𝑏, is
2, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 is
a) 2 b) 3
a) 2 b) 3
c) 5 d) 10
c) 4 d) 5
38. The smallest number by which √27 should be
31. If the sum of two numbers is 1215 and their multiplied so as to get a rational number is
HCF is 81, then the possible number of pairs of
such number is a) √27 b) 3√3

a) 2 b) 3 c) √3 d) 3
1
c) 4 d) 5 39. The smallest rational number by which 3
32. If the LCM of two prime number 𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞 (𝑝 > should be multiplied so that its decimal
𝑞) is 221 then the value of 3𝑝 − 𝑞 is expansion terminates after one place of
decimal, is
a) 4 b) 28
3 1
c) 38 d) 48 a) 10 b) 10
1 3
33. The smallest number by which 13 should be c) 3 d) 100

multiplied so that its decimal expansion 40. If 𝑛 is a natural number, then 92𝑛 − 42𝑛 is
terminates after two decimal places always divisible by
13 13 a) 5 b) 13
a) 100 b) 10
10 100 c) both 5 and 13 d) none of these
c) 13 d) 13
[Hint: 92𝑛 − 42𝑛 is of the form 𝑎2𝑛 − 𝑏 2𝑛
34. Any one of the numbers 𝑎, 𝑎 + 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 + 4 is which is divisible by both 𝑎 − 𝑏 and 𝑎 + 𝑏. So,
a multiple of 92𝑛 − 42𝑛 is divisible by both 9 − 4 =
a) 2 b) 3 5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 9 + 4 = 13. ]

c) 5 d) 7 41. If 𝑛 is any natural number, then 6𝑛 − 5𝑛

always ends with
35. If the LCM of a and 18 is 36 and the HCF of a
and 18 is 2, then 𝑎 = a) 1 b) 3

a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7

c) 4 d) 1 [Hint: For any 𝑛𝜖𝑁, 6𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 5𝑛 end with 6 and 5

respectively. Therefore, 6𝑛 − 5𝑛 always ends
36. If 𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞 are co-prime numbers, then
with 6 − 5 = 1. ]
𝑝2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞 2 are

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42. The remainder when the square of any prime 48. For any natural numbers, 252𝑛 − 92𝑛 is always
number greater than 3 is divided by 6, is divisible by
a) 1 b) 3 a) 16 b) 34
c) 2 d) 4 c) both 16 and 34 d) none of these
[Hint: Any prime number greater than 3 is of [Hint: 𝑎2𝑛 − 𝑏 2𝑛 is divisible by both (𝑎 +
the form 6𝑘 ± 1, where 𝑘 is a natural number 𝑏) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (𝑎 − 𝑏)]
and (6𝑘 ± 1)2 = 36𝑘 2 ± 12𝑘 + 1 = 6𝑘(6𝑘 ±
49. HCF of two positive integers is always
2) + 1]
a) a multiple of their LCM
43. For some integer 𝑚, every even integer is of
the form b) a factor of their LCM

a) 𝑚 b) 𝑚 + 1 c) divisible by their LCM

c) 2𝑚 d)) 2𝑚 + 1 d) none of these

44. For some integer 𝑞, every even integer is of 50. If the decimal expansion of the rational
327
the form number 23 ×5 terminates after 𝑘 decimal
a) 𝑞 b) 𝑞 + 1 places, then

c) 2q d) 2𝑞 + 1 a) 𝑘 = 1 b) 𝑘 = 2

45. For any positive integer a and 3, there exist c) 𝑘 = 3 d) 𝑘 > 3

unique integers 𝑞 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟 such that 𝑎 = 3𝑞 + 𝑟,
where 𝑟 must satisfy
a) 0 ≤ 𝑟 < 3 b) 1 < 𝑟 < 3
c) 0 < 𝑟 < 3 d)) 0 < 𝑟 ≤ 3
46. Euclid’s division lemma states that for two
positive integers 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏, there exist unique
integers 𝑞 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟 such that 𝑎 = 𝑏𝑞 + 𝑟, where
𝑟 must satisfy
a) 1 < 𝑟 < 𝑏 b) 0 < 𝑟 ≤ 𝑏
c) 0 ≤ 𝑟 < 𝑏 d) 0 < 𝑟 < 𝑏
47. The product of a non-zero rational number
and an irrational number is
a) always irrational
b) always rational
c) rational or irrational
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1. Which of the following is a polynomial? a) 1 b) 0

3
a) 2𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 5 c) −1 d) 2
8. If 𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾 are the zeros of the polynomial
b) −3𝑥 2 + √2𝑥 + 4
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 3 − 5𝑥 + 9 such that
c) √2𝑥 3 + √3𝑥 2 + √5𝑥 − 3 𝛼 3 + 𝛽 3 + 𝛾 3 = 27, then the value of 𝑎 is
5 1
a) −3 b) 3
d) 𝑥 3 + 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 7
c) 1 d) −1
2. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial
9. The zeros of the quadratic Polynomial
𝑘𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 𝑘 is 2, then the value of 𝑘 is
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 99𝑥 + 127 are
5 5
a) b) − 6
6 a) both positive
6 6
c) d) − 5 b) both negative
5

3. If the product of the zeroes of the quadratic c) one positive and one negative
2
polynomial 3𝑥 2 + 5𝑘 + 𝑘 is − , then the d) both equal
3
value of 𝑘 is
1
a) −3 b) −2 10. If 𝛼 and 𝛼 are zeroes of the quadratic
polynomial 2𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 8𝑘, then the value
c) 2 d) 3
of 𝑘 is
1
4. If 𝛼 and 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial a) 4 b) 4
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑝𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 3𝑝 and 𝛼 + 𝛽 = 𝛼𝛽,
then the value of 𝑝 is 1
c) − 4 d) 2
2 2
a) − 3 b) 3
11. If one of the zeros of a quadratic
1 1
c) d) − 3 polynomial of the form 𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 is the
3
negative of the other, then it
5. Given that one of the zeroes of the cubic a) has no linear term and constant term is
polynomial 𝑎𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 + 𝑐𝑥 + 𝑑 is zero, negative.
the product of other two zeroes is b) has no linear term and the constant term
𝑐 𝑐
a) − 𝑎 b) 𝑎 is positive.
c) can have a linear term but the constant
𝑏
c) 0 d) − 𝑎 term is negative.
d) can have a linear term but the constant
6. If the polynomial 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 − 𝑐 is term is positive.
divisible by the polynomial 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 +
12. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial
𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 and 𝑐 ≠ 0 then 𝑎𝑏 =
𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 𝑘 is 2, then the value of 𝑘 is
1 a) 10 b) −10
a) 1 b) 𝑐
1 c) 5 d) −5
c) −1 d) − 𝑐
13. A quadratic polynomial, the sum of whose
7. If 𝛼, 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial zeroes is 0 and one zero is 3, is
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 𝑝(𝑥 + 1) − 𝑐 such a) 𝑥 2 − 9 b) 𝑥 2 + 9
that (𝛼 + 1)(𝛽 + 1) = 0, then 𝑐 =
c) 𝑥 2 + 3 d) 𝑥 2 − 3

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14. A quadratic polynomial, the sum of whose and −√5, then its third zero is
zeros is −5 and their product is 6, is
a) 𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 6 b) 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 6 a) 1 b) −1

c) 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 6 d) −𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 6 c) 2 d) −2

15. The product of the zeros of the polynomial 22. The product of the zeros of
𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 6 is 𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 6 is
a) −4 b) 4
a) −4 b) 4
c) 6 d) −6
c) 6 d) −6
16. If one zero of the polynomial
𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑘 2 + 4)𝑥 2 + 13𝑥 + 4𝑘 is 23. If two zeroes of the polynomial
reciprocal of the other, then 𝑘 = 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 − 9𝑥 − 9 are 3 and −3, then its
a) 2 b) −2
third zero is
c) 1 d) −1
a) −1 b) 1
17. If 𝛼, 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial
1 1 c) −9 d) 9
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1, then 𝛼 + 𝛽 =
a) 1 b) −1 24. If √5 and −√5, are two zeroes of the

c) 0 d) none of these polynomial 𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 15, then its

18. If 𝛼, 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial third zero is

1 1
𝑝(𝑥) = 4𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 7, then 𝛼 + 𝛽 is equal a) 3 b) −3
c) 5 d) −5
to
7 7
25. If the sum of the zeros of the polynomial
a) b) − 3 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 − 3𝑘𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 5 is 6, then
3
3 3
the value of 𝑘 is
b) d) − 7
7
a) 2 b) 4
19. If the product of two zeros of the
c) −2 d) −4
polynomial 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 + 6𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 9
is 3, then its third zero is 26. If the product of zeros of the polynomial
3 3
a) b) − 2 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 3 − 6𝑥 2 + 11𝑥 − 6 is 4, then
2
𝑎=
9 9
c) d) − 2 3 3
2
a) b) − 2
2
20. If one root of the polynomial
2 2
2
c) d) − 3
𝑓(𝑥) = 5𝑥 + 13𝑥 + 𝑘 is reciprocal of 3

27. The number of polynomials having zeros

the other, then the value of 𝑘 is
−2 and 5 is
a) 0 b) 5
a) 1 b) 2
1
c) d) 6 c) 3 d) more than 3
6

21. If two ceros of 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 5 are √5

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28. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic 34. What should be added to the polynomial
polynomial (𝑘 − 1)𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 1 is −3, 𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 4, so that 3 is the zero of the
then the value of 𝑘 is resulting polynomial?
4 4 a) 1 b) 2
a) b) − 3
3
2 2 c) 4 d) 5
c) d) − 3
3
35. What should be subtracted to the
29. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial polynomial 𝑥 2 − 16𝑥 + 30, so that 15 is
𝑥 2 + 99𝑥 + 127 are the zero of the resulting polynomial?
a) both positive a) 30 b) 14
b) both negative c) 15 d) 16
c) both equal 36. If 𝑥 + 2 is a factor of 𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 2𝑏 and
d) one positive and one negative 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 4, then
30. If 𝛼, 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial a) 𝑎 = 1, 𝑏 = 3 b) 𝑎 = 3, 𝑏 = 1
1 1
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐, then 𝛼2 + 𝛽2 = c) 𝑎 = −1, 𝑏 = 5 d) 𝑎 = 5, 𝑏 = −1

𝑏2 −2𝑎𝑐 𝑏2 −2𝑎𝑐 37. The polynomial which when divided by

a) b)
𝑎2 𝑐2
−𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 1 gives a quotient 𝑥 − 2 and
𝑏2 +2𝑎𝑐 𝑏2 +2𝑎𝑐
c) d) remainder 3, is
𝑎2 𝑐2

31. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial a) 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 5

𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑝𝑥 + 𝑞 , then a polynomial b) −𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 5

1 1
having 𝛼 and 𝛽 is its zeros is c) −𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 5

a) 𝑥 2 + 𝑞𝑥 + 𝑝 b) 𝑥 2 − 𝑝𝑥 + 𝑞 d) 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 5

c) 𝑞𝑥 2 + 𝑝𝑥 + 1 d) 𝑝𝑥 2 + 𝑞𝑥 + 1 38. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial

32. If 𝛼, 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial 𝑥 2 + (𝑎 + 1) 𝑥 + 𝑏 are 2 and −3, then

𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 𝑝(𝑥 + 1) − 𝑐, then a) 𝑎 = −7, 𝑏 = −1 b) 𝑎 = 5, 𝑏 = −1

(𝛼 + 1)(𝛽 + 1) = c) 𝑎 = 2, 𝑏 = −6 d) 𝑎 = 0, 𝑏 = −6

a) 𝑐 − 1 b) 1 − 𝑐 39. If two of the zeros of the cubic polynomial

c) c d) 1 + 𝑐 𝑎𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 + 𝑐𝑥 + 𝑑 are each equal to

zero, then the third zero is
33. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial
−𝑑 𝑐
2 a) b)
𝑥 − 6𝑥 + 𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝛼 + 2𝛽 = 20, then the 𝑎 𝑎
−𝑏 𝑏
value of 𝑘 is c) d)
𝑎 𝑎
a) −8 b) 16
c) −16 d) 8
40. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial

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1 1 1
𝑎𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛼 + 𝛽 = 𝛼𝛽 = 10, then +𝛽+𝛾 =
𝛼
then
𝑏 𝑐
1 5 a) − 𝑑 b) 𝑑
a) 𝑎 = 5, 𝑐 = 2 b) 𝑎 = 1, 𝑐 = 2
𝑐 𝑐
5 1 c) − 𝑑 d) − 𝑎
c) 𝑎 = 2 , 𝑐 = 1 d) 𝑎 = 2 , 𝑐 = 5
47. If the sum of two zeroes of the polynomial
41. If 𝛼, 𝛽 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛾 are the zeros of the
𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 + 𝑞𝑥 − 𝑟 is zero, then
polynomial 𝑥 3 − 𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 − 8, then
a) 𝑞 = 2𝑟 b) 𝑟 = 2𝑞
𝛼𝛽 + 𝛽𝛾 + 𝛾𝛼 + 𝛼𝛽𝛾 is equal to
c) 𝑞 = 𝑟 d) 𝑟 = 4𝑞
a) −2 b) 2
48. If the polynomial
c) 18 d) −18
𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 3 − 𝑘𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 9 is exactly
42. If two zeroes of the polynomial
divisible by 𝑥 + 2, then 𝑘 =
𝑥 3 + 7𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 14 are √2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 17 17
a) b) −
4 4
−√2 , then the third zero is 15 15
c) − d)
4 4
a) 7 b) −7
49. If 𝑎 − 𝑏, a and 𝑎 + 𝑏 are zeroes of the
c) −14 d) 14
polynomial 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1, then the
43. If zeros of the polynomial value of 𝑎 + 𝑏 is
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 3𝑝𝑥 2 + 𝑞𝑥 − 𝑟 are in A.P., a) √2 − 1 b) √2
then
c) −√2 − 1 d) 1 ± √2
a) 2𝑝3 = 𝑝𝑞 − 𝑟 b) 2𝑝3 = 𝑝𝑞 + 𝑟
1
3
50. If 2 and 2 are zeroes of 𝑝𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 𝑟, then
c) 𝑝 = 𝑝𝑞 − 𝑟 d) none of these
a) 𝑝 = 𝑞 = 2 b) 𝑝 = 𝑟 = −2
44. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are the zeros of the polynomial
c) 𝑝 = 2, 𝑟 = −2 d) 𝑝 = −2, 𝑟 = 2
𝑥 2 − (𝑘 + 6)𝑥 + 2(2𝑘 − 1) such that
𝛼𝛽
𝛼+𝛽 = , then the value of 𝑘 is
2

a) 6 b) 2
c) 14 d) 7
45. If the zeroes of the polynomial
𝑥 3 − 12𝑥 2 + 44𝑥 + 𝑐 are in A.P., then the
value of c is
a) 44 b) 48
c) −44 d) −48
46. If 𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾 are the zeros of the polynomial
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 2 + 𝑐𝑥 + 𝑑

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1. The value of 𝑘 for which the system of d) intersecting or coincident

equations 𝑘𝑥 − 𝑦 = 2 and 6𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 3
7. If the system of equations
has a unique solution, is
2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 5, 4𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 = 10 has
a) = 3 b) ≠ 3 infinitely many solutions, then 𝑘 =
1
c) ≠ 0 d) = 0 a) 1 b)
2

2. The value of 𝑘 for which the system of c) 3 d) 6

equations 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 5 and 4𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 = 10 8. If the system of equations 𝑘𝑥 − 5𝑦 = 2,
has infinite number of solutions, is 6𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 7 has no solution, then 𝑘 =
a) 1 b) 3 a) −10 b) −5
c) 6 d) 0 c) −6 d) −15
3. The value of 𝑘 for which the system of 9. If 𝑥 = 𝑎, 𝑦 = 𝑏 is the solution of the
equations 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 3 = 0 and systems of equations 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 2 and
5𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 + 7 = 0 has no solution, is 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 4, then the values of 𝑎 and 𝑏 are,
a) 10 b) 6 respectively
a) 3 and 1 b) 3 and 5
c) 3 d) 1
4. The value of 𝑘 for which the system of c) 5 and 3 d) −1 and −3
equations 3𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 0 and 10. For what value 𝑘, do the equations
𝑘𝑥 + 10𝑦 = 0 has a non-zero solution, is 3𝑥 − 𝑦 + 8 = 0 and 6𝑥 − 𝑘𝑦 + 16 = 0
a) 0 b) 2 represent coincident lines?
1 1
c) 6 d) 8 a) b) −
2 2

5. The value of 𝑘 for which the system of c) 2 d) −2

𝑥+2𝑦=5
equations has no solution is
3𝑥+𝑘𝑦+15=0 11. The pair of linear equations 𝑦 = 0 and
a) 6 b) −6 𝑦 = −5 has

c) 3/2 d) none of these a) one solution

6. If a pair of linear equations in two b) two solutions

variables is consistent, then the lines c) infinitely many solutions
represented by two equations are
d) no solution
a) intersecting
12. 8 chairs and 5 tables cost ₹ 10,500, while
b) parallel 5 chairs and 3 tables cost ₹ 6,450. The cost
c) always coincident of each chair will be

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a) ₹ 750 b) ₹ 600 18. If the system of equations

2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 7
c) ₹ 850 d) ₹ 900
2𝑎𝑥 + (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑦 = 28
13. The pair of linear equations has infinitely many solutions, then
3𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 3 and 6𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 = 8 do not a) 𝑎 = 2𝑏 b) 𝑏 = 2𝑎
have a solution, if 𝑘
c) 𝑎 + 2𝑏 = 0 d) 2𝑎 + 𝑏 = 0
a) = 5 b) =10
19. If 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 7 and (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑥 −
c) ≠ 10 d) ≠ 5
(𝑎 + 𝑏 − 3)𝑦 = 4𝑎 + 𝑏 represent
14. If the sum of the ages of a father and his
coincident lines, then 𝑎 and b satisfy the
san in years is 65 and twice the difference
equation
of their ages in years is 50, then the age of
father is a) 𝑎 + 5𝑏 = 0 b) 5𝑎 + 𝑏 = 0

a) 40 years b) 45 years c) 𝑎 − 5𝑏 = 0 d) 5𝑎 − 𝑏 = 0

c) 55 years d) 65 years 20. The area of the triangle formed by the

𝑥 𝑦
line + = 1 with the coordinate axes is
15. If the system of equations 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 7 𝑎 𝑏

and, (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑥 + (2𝑎 − 𝑏)𝑦 = 21 has a) 𝑎𝑏 b) 2𝑎𝑏

infinitely many solutions, then 1
c) 𝑎𝑏
1
d) 𝑎𝑏
2 4
a) 𝑎 = 1, 𝑏 = 5 b) 𝑎 = 5, 𝑏 = 1
21. The area of the triangle formed by the
c) 𝑎 = −1, 𝑏 = 5 d) 𝑎 = 5, 𝑏 = −1 lines 𝑦 = 𝑥, 𝑥 = 6 and 𝑦 = 0 is
a) 36 sq. units b) 18 sq. units
16. If the system of equations 3𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1
and, (2𝑘 − 1)𝑥 + (𝑘 − 1)𝑦 = 2𝑘 + 1 is c) 9 sq. units d) 72 sq. units
inconsistent, then 𝑘 = 22. The area of the triangle formed by the
a) 1 b) 0 lines 𝑥 = 3, 𝑦 = 4 and 𝑥 = 𝑦 is
a) ½ sq. unit b) 1 sq. unit
c) −1 d) 2
c) 2 sq. unit d) None of these
17. If am ≠ 𝑏𝑙, then the system of equations
23. The sum of the digits of a two digit
𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 = 𝑐 and 𝑙𝑥 + 𝑚𝑦 = 𝑛
number is 9. If 27 is added to it, the digits
a) has a unique solution of the number get reversed. The number
b) has no solution is
a) 25 b) 72
c) has infinitely many solutions
c) 63 d) 36
d) may or may not have a solution

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24. Aruna has only ₹ 1 and ₹ 2 coins with her. c) 2 d) infinite

If the total number of coins that she has is
30. If a pair of equations is consistent, then
50 and the amount of money with her is ₹
the lines representing them are
75, then the number of ₹ 1 and ₹ 2 coins
a) parallel
are, respectively
b) always coincident
a) 35 and 15 b) 35 and 20 c) intersecting or coincident
c) 15 and 35 d) 25 and 25 d) always intersecting
31. The value of 𝑘 for which the system of
25. If 𝑥 = 𝑎, 𝑦 = 𝑏 is the solution of the linear equations 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 3,
pair of linear equations 5𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 + 7 = 0 is inconsistent is
37𝑥 + 43𝑦 = 123, 43𝑥 + 37𝑦 = 117, 14 2
a) − b)
then 𝑎3 + 𝑏3 is equal to 3 5

a) −7 b) 7 c) 5 d) 10
32. The system of equations 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 3 has
c) 9 d) −9 a) a unique solution
26. The value of 𝑘 for which the lines b) no solution
5𝑥 + 7𝑦 = 3 and 15𝑥 + 21𝑦 = 𝑘 c) two solution
coincide is d) infinitely many solutions
a) 9 b) 5 33. If the system of equations 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 7
and 2𝑎𝑥 + (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑦 = 8 has infinitely
c) 7 d) 18 many solutions, then
27. One equation of a pair of dependent a) a = 2b b) a + 2b = 0
linear equations is −5𝑥 + 7𝑦 = 2. The c) b = 2a d) 2a + b = 0
second equation is 34. The pair of equations 𝑥 = 4 and 𝑦 = −3
a) 10𝑥 + 14𝑦 + 4 = 0 graphically represent lines which are
b) −10𝑥 − 14𝑦 + 4 = 0 a) coincident
c) −10𝑥 + 14𝑦 + 4 = 0𝑑 b) parallel
d) 10𝑥 − 14𝑦 = −4 c) intersecting at (4, −3)
d) intersecting at (−3, 4)
28. If 217𝑥 + 131𝑦 = 913 and
35. One equation of a pair of dependent
131𝑥 + 227𝑦 = 827, then 𝑥 + 𝑦 is
linear equations is −5𝑥 + 7𝑦 − 2 = 0,
equal to
the second equation can be
a) 5 b) 6
a) 10𝑥 + 14𝑦 + 4 = 0
c) 7 d) 8 b) −10𝑥 − 14𝑦 + 4 = 0
c) −10𝑥 + 14𝑦 + 4 = 0
29. The number of solutions of 3𝑥+𝑦 = 243
d) 10𝑥 − 14𝑦 = −4
and 243𝑥−𝑦 = 3 is
36. If the pair of linear equations
a) 0 b) 1
(3𝑘 + 1)𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 5 = 0 and
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2𝑥 − 3𝑦 + 5 = 0 have infinite number of

solutions, then the value of 𝑘 is
a) 1 b) 0
c) 2 d) −1
2 3 5 4
37. If + = 13 and − = −2, then 𝑥 + 𝑦
𝑥 𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
equals
1 1
a) b) −
6 6
5 5
c) d) −
6 6
38. The value of 𝑘 for which the system of
equations 𝑘𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑘 2 and 𝑥 + 𝑘𝑦 = 1
has infinitely many solutions, is
a) 1 b) 2
c) 3 d) 4
39. If the pair of linear equations
2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 0 and 𝑘𝑥 + 6𝑦 = 0 has non-
zero solutions, then the value of 𝑘 is
a) −12 b) 4
c) −4 d) 12

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1. Which of the following is a quadratic 9

a) 2𝑥 2 − 3√2𝑥 + = 0
4
equation?
a) 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 1 = (4 − 𝑥)2 + 3 b) 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 5 = 0

b) −2𝑥 2 = (5 − 𝑥) + (2𝑥 − 5)
2 c) 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 2√2 = 0

2 3 d) 5𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 1 = 0
c) (𝑘 + 1)𝑥 + 2 𝑥 = 7, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑘 = −1
7. Which of the following equations has no real
d) 𝑥 3 − 𝑥 2 = (𝑥 − 1)3
roots?
2. Which of the following is not a quadratic
equation? a) 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 3√2 = 0
a) 2(𝑥 − 1)2 = 4𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 1
b) 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 3√2 = 0
b) 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 = 𝑥 2 + 5
c) 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 − 3√2 = 0
c) (√2𝑥 + √3)2 + 𝑥 2 = 3𝑥 2 − 5𝑥
d) 3𝑥 2 + 4√3𝑥 + 4 = 0
d) (𝑥 2 + 2𝑥)2 = 𝑥 4 + 3 + 4𝑥 3
8. The equation (𝑥 2 + 1)2 − 𝑥 2 = 0 has
3. Which of the following equations has 2 as a
a) four real roots b) two real roots
root?
a) 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 5 = 0 b) 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 12 = 0 c) no real roots d) one real root
c) 2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 6 = 0 d) 3𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 − 2 = 0 9. If 𝑥 = 0.2 is a root of the equation

4. Which of the following equations has the sum 𝑥 2 − 0.4𝑘 = 0, then 𝑘

of its roots as 3?
a) 1 b) 10
2
a) 2𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 6 = 0
c) 0.1 d) 100
2
b) −𝑥 + 3𝑥 − 3 = 0 1
10. If − 2 is a root of the equation
3
c) √2𝑥 2 − 𝑥+1=0
√2 5
𝑥 2 − 𝑘𝑥 − 4 = 0, then the value of 𝑘 is
d) 3𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 3 = 0
a) −2 b) 2
5. The quadratic equation 2𝑥 2 − √5𝑥 + 1 = 0
1 1
c) 4
d) 2
has
11. Which of the following is not a quadratic
a) two distinct real roots
equation?
b) two equal real roots
a) 3(𝑥 + 1)2 = 2𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 4
c) no real roots
b) 5𝑥 + 2𝑥 2 = 𝑥 2 + 9
d) more than 2 real roots
c) (𝑥 2 − 2𝑥)2 = 𝑥 4 + 3 + 4𝑥 2
6. Which of the following equations has two
d) (√2𝑥 + √3)2 = 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥
distinct roots?
12. Which of the following equations has 3 as a
root?

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a) 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 3 = 0 b) 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 3 = 0 20. If the sum and product of the roots of the

c) 𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 6 = 0 d) 𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 + 12 = 0 equation 𝑘𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 4𝑘 = 0 are equal, then

𝑘=
13. A quadratic equations can have
3 3
a) at least two roots b) at most two roots a) − 2 b) 2
2 2
c) exactly two roots d) any number of roots c) d) − 3
3

14. The discriminant of the quadratic equation 21. If the sum of the roots of the equation
(𝑥 + 2)2 = 0 is 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 = 𝜆(2𝑥 − 1) is zero, then 𝜆 =
a) −2 b) 2
a) −2 b) 2 1 1
c) − 2 d) 2
c) 4 d) 0
22. If 𝑥 = 1 is a common root of the equations
15. The values of 𝑘 for which the quadratic
𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 3 = 0 and 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 𝑏 = 0, then
equation 16𝑥 2 + 4𝑘𝑥 + 9 = 0 has real and
𝑎𝑏 =
equal roots are
a) 3 b) 3.5
1
a) 6, − 6 b) 36, −36 c) 6 d) −3
3 3
c) 6, −6 d) 4 , − 4 23. If the equation 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 𝑘 = 0 has real and
distinct roots, then
16. If 𝑦 = 1 is a common root of the equation
a) 𝑘 < 4 b) 𝑘 > 4
𝑎𝑦 2 + 𝑎𝑦 + 3 = 0 and 𝑦 2 + 𝑦 + 𝑏 = 0, then
𝑎𝑏 equals c) 𝑘 ≥ 4 d) 𝑘 ≤ 4

a) 3 b) −7/2 24. If 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 has equal roots, then 𝑐 =

−𝑏 𝑏
c) 6 d) −3 a) 2𝑎 b) 2𝑎

17. If one root of the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 3 = 0 is −𝑏 2 𝑏2

c) d) 4𝑎
1, then its other root is 4𝑎

a) 3 b) −3 25. The value of √6 + √6 + √6 + . . .. is

c) 2 d) −2
a) 4 b) 3
18. If one root of the equation 2𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 4 = 0
c) −2 d) 3.5
is 2, then the other root is
a) 6 b) −6
26. If 2 is a root of the equation
c) −1 d) 1
𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 12 = 0 and the equation
19. A quadratic equation whose one root is 2 and
the sum of whose roots is zero, is 𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑞 = 0 has equal roots then 𝑞 =
a) 𝑥 2 + 4 = 0 b) 𝑥 2 − 4 = 0 a) 8 b) −8
c) 4𝑥 2 − 1 = 0 d) 𝑥 2 − 2 = 0 c) 16 d) −16

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2 3
27. If 𝑝 and 𝑞 are the roots of the equation a) ± b) ±
3 2
2
𝑥 − 𝑝𝑥 + 𝑞 = 0, then c) 0 d) ±3
a) 𝑝 = 1, 𝑞 = −2 b) 𝑏 = 0, 𝑞 = 1 35. If the equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 𝑎 = 0 has two
c) 𝑝 = −2, 𝑞 = 0 d) 𝑝 = −2, 𝑞 = 1 distinct roots, if
a) 𝑎 = ±1 b) 𝑎 = 0
28. The value of c for which the equation
c) 𝑎 = 0, 1 d) 𝑎 = −1, 0
𝑎𝑥 2 + 2𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 has equal roots is
36. The positive value of 𝑘 for which the equation
𝑏2 𝑏2
a) 𝑎
b) 4𝑎 𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 64 = 0 and 𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 𝑘 = 0 will
both have real roots, is
𝑎2 𝑎2
c) d) 4𝑏 a) 4 b) 8
𝑏

29. If 𝑥 2 + 𝑘(4𝑥 + 𝑘 − 1) + 2 = 0 has equal c) 12 d) 16

roots, then 𝑘 = 37. If the equation
a) − 3 , 1
2 2
b) 3 , − 1 (𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 )𝑥 2 − 2(𝑎𝑐 + 𝑏𝑑)𝑥 + 𝑐 2 + 𝑑 2 = 0
has equal roots, then
3 1 3 1 a) 𝑎𝑏 = 𝑐𝑑 b) 𝑎𝑑 = 𝑏𝑐
c) 2 , 3 d) − 2 , − 3

30. If one root of the equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 c) 𝑎𝑑 = √𝑏𝑐 d) 𝑎𝑏 = √𝑐𝑑

is three times the other, then 𝑏 2 : 𝑎𝑐 = 38. If the roots of the equation
a) 3 : 1 b) 3 : 16 (𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 )𝑥 2 − 2𝑏(𝑎 + 𝑐)𝑥 + (𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 ) = 0
are equal, then
c) 16 : 3 d) 16 : 1 a) 2𝑏 = 𝑎 + 𝑐 b) 𝑏 2 = 𝑎𝑐
31. If the sum of the roots of the equation c) 𝑏 = 𝑎+𝑐
2𝑎𝑐
d) 𝑏 = 𝑎𝑐
𝑥 2 − (𝑘 + 6)𝑥 + 2(2𝑘 − 1) = 0 is equal to
half of their product, then 𝑘 = 39. If the equation 𝑥 2 − 𝑏𝑥 + 1 = 0 does not
a) 6 b) 7 possess real roots, then
a) −3 < 𝑏 < 3 b) −2 < 𝑏 < 2
c) 1 d) 5
c) 𝑏 > 2 d) 𝑏 < −2
32. If one-root of the equation
4𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + (𝜆 − 4) = 0 be the reciprocal of 40. If 𝑎 and 𝑏 can take values 1, 2, 3, 4. Then the
the other, then 𝜆 = number of the equations of the form
a) 8 b) −8 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 1 = 0 having real roots is
a) 10 b) 7
c) 4 d) −4
c) 6 d) 12
33. If the equation 𝑥 2 − 𝑎𝑥 + 1 = 0 has two
distinct roots, then 41. The number of quadratic equations having real
roots and which do not change by squaring
a) |𝑎| = 2 b) |𝑎| < 2
their roots is
c) |𝑎| > 2 d) None of these
a) 4 b) 3
2
34. If the equation 9𝑥 + 6𝑘𝑥 + 4 = 0 has equal
c) 2 d) 1
roots, then the roots are both equal to

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a) 4 b) 3

42. If (𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 )𝑥 2 + 2(𝑎𝑐 + 𝑏𝑑)𝑥 + 𝑐 2 + 𝑑 2 = 0 c) 2 d) 1

has no real roots, then
50. If 𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑 are roots of the equation
a) 𝑎𝑑 = 𝑏𝑐 b) 𝑎𝑏 = 𝑐𝑑
(𝑥 − 𝑎)(𝑥 − 𝑏) − 𝑘 = 0, then 𝑎, 𝑏 are roots
c) 𝑎𝑐 = 𝑏𝑑 d) 𝑎𝑑 ≠ 𝑏𝑐 of the equation
43. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝛼 are the roots of the a) (𝑥 − 𝑐)(𝑥 − 𝑑) − 𝑘 = 0
equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0, then 𝑏 2 =
b) (𝑥 − 𝑐)(𝑥 − 𝑑) + 𝑘 = 0
2 2
a) 𝑎 − 2𝑎𝑐 b) 𝑎 + 2𝑎𝑐
c) (𝑥 − 𝑎)(𝑥 − 𝑐) + 𝑘 = 0
2 2
c) 𝑎 − 𝑎𝑐 d) 𝑎 + 𝑎𝑐
d) (𝑥 − 𝑏)(𝑥 − 𝑑) + 𝑘 = 0
44. If 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 are roots of the equation

𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 = 0, then 𝑎 + 𝑏 =
a) 1 b) 2
c) −2 d) −1

45. The equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐 = 0 is a quadratic

equation for
a) all values of a
b) all non-zero values of a
c) all non-zero values of b
d) all non-zero values of c
46. A quadratic equation has
a) at most two roots b) at least two roots
c) exactly two roots d) at least one root
47. If 𝛼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛽 are two roots of the quadratic
equation 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0, then 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 +
𝑐=
a) 𝑎(𝑥 + 𝛼)(𝑥 + 𝛽) b) 𝑎(𝑥 − 𝛼)(𝑥 − 𝛽)
c) 𝑏(𝑥 − 𝛼)(𝑥 − 𝛽) d) 𝑐(𝑥 − 𝛼)(𝑥 − 𝛽)
48. The number of real roots of the equation
𝑥 2 + 3 |𝑥| + 2 = 0, is
a) 2 b) 3
c) 0 d) 4
49. The number of real roots of the equation
𝑥 2 − 3 |𝑥| + 2 = 0, is

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1. The common difference of the A.P. is 𝑛 terms is 𝑆𝑛 , is

1 1−2𝑞 1−4𝑞
, , , . . .. is a) 𝑆𝑛 + 𝑆𝑛−1 b) 𝑆𝑛 − 𝑆𝑛−1
2𝑞 2𝑞 2𝑞

a) −1 b) 1 c) 𝑆𝑛 + 𝑆𝑛+1 d) 𝑆𝑛 − 𝑆𝑛+1
c) 𝑞 d) 2 𝑞 9. The common difference of an A.P., the sum
of whose 𝑛 terms is 𝑆𝑛 , is
2. The common difference of the A.P.
1 1−3𝑏 1−6𝑏 a) 𝑆𝑛 − 2𝑆𝑛−1 + 𝑆𝑛−2
, , , . . .. is
3 3 3
b) 𝑆𝑛 − 2𝑆𝑛−1 − 𝑆𝑛−2
1 1
a) b) − 3
3 c) 𝑆𝑛 − 𝑆𝑛−2
c) −𝑏 d) b d) 𝑆𝑛 − 𝑆𝑛−1
3. The common difference of the A.P. 10. The sum of first 20 odd natural numbers is
1 1−6𝑏 1−12𝑏
, , , . . .. is a) 100 b) 210
2𝑏 2𝑏 2𝑏

a) 2𝑏 b) −2𝑏 c) 400 d) 420

c) 3 d) −3 11. If 18, a, b, −3 are in A.P., the 𝑎 + 𝑏 =

4. If 𝑘, 2𝑘 − 1 and 2𝑘 + 1 are three a) 19 b) 7

consecutive terms of an AP, the value of 𝑘
c) 11 d) 15
is
12. The first term of an A.P. is 𝑝 and the
a) −2 b) 3
common difference is 𝑞 , then its 10th term
c) −3 d) 6 is

5. The next term of the A.P.√7, √28, √63,… a) 𝑞 + 9𝑝 b) 𝑝 − 9𝑞

a) √70 b) √84 c) 𝑝 + 9𝑞 d) 2𝑝 + 9𝑞
13. The value of 𝑥 for which 2𝑥, 𝑥 + 10
c) √97 d) √112
𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑥 + 2 are the three consecutive
6. The first three terms of an A.P. respectively terms of an A.P. is
are 3𝑦 − 1,3𝑦 + 5 and 5𝑦 + 1. Then, 𝑦 a) −6 b) 18
equals
c) 6 d) −18
a) −3 b) 4
14. If the sum of three consecutive terms of an
c) 5 d) 2 increasing A.P. is 51 and the product of the
1 1 1 first and third of these terms is 273, then
7. If 𝑥+2 , 𝑥+3 , 𝑥+5 are in A.P. Then, 𝑥 = the third term is
a) 5 b) 3 a) 13 b) 9
c) 1 d) 2 c) 21 d) 17
8. The 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of an A.P., the sum of whose

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1 2 3 22. If four numbers in A.P. are such that their

15. (3 − ) + (3 − ) + (3 − ) +. . .. upto 𝑛
𝑛 𝑛 𝑛
sum is 50 and the greatest number is 4
terms is
times the least, then the numbers are
1 1
a) 2 (3𝑛 − 1) b) 2 (3𝑛 + 1)
a) 5, 10, 15, 20 b) 4, 10, 16, 22
1 1
c) 2 (5𝑛 − 1) d) 2 (5𝑛 + 1) c) 3, 7, 11, 15 d) none of these

16. The sum of first 16 terms of the A.P.: 10, 6, 23. If the first term of an A.P. is 2 and common
2, ……., is difference is 4, then the sum of its 40 terms
is
a) −320 b) 320
a) 3200 b) 1600
c) −352 d) −400
c) 200 d) 2800
17. If the first term of an A.P. is −5 and the
common difference is 2, then the sum of 24. The number of terms of the A.P. 3,7,
first 6 terms is 11,15,….to be taken so that the sum is 406
is
a) 0 b) 5
a) 5 b) 10
c) 6 d) 15
c) 12 d) 14
18. The 4th term from the end of the AP:
−11, −8, −5, . . . . . .49 is 25. Sum of 𝑛 terms of the series √2 + √8 +
√18 + √32+. .. is
a) 37 b) 40
𝑛(𝑛+1)
c) 43 d) 58 a) b) 2𝑛(𝑛 + 1)
2

19. Which term of the A.P. 21, 42, 63, 84,….is 𝑛(𝑛+1)
c) d) 1
√2
210?
26. The 9th term of an A.P. is 449 and 449th
a) 9th b) 10th
term is 9. The term which is equal to zero
c) 11th d) 12th is

20. If the 2nd term of an A.P. is 13 and 5th term a) 501th b) 502th
is 25, what is its 7th term?
c) 458th d) none of these
a) 30 b) 33
27. If the first term of an A.P. is 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑡ℎ term
c) 37 d) 38 is 𝑏, then its common difference is
𝑏−𝑎 𝑏−𝑎
21. The first and last terms of an A.P. are 1 and a) 𝑛+1 b) 𝑛−1
11. If the sum of its terms is 36, then the
𝑏−𝑎 𝑏+𝑎
number of terms will be c) d) 𝑛−1
𝑛

a) 5 b) 6 28.
5+9+13+.....𝑡𝑜 𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 17
If 7+9+11+......𝑡𝑜 (𝑛+1) 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠 = 16, then 𝑛 =
c) 7 d) 8
a) 8 b) 7
c) 10 d) 11

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29. The sum of 𝑛 terms of an A.P. is 3𝑛2 + 5𝑛, 36. Let 𝑆𝑛 denote the sum of 𝑛 terms of an A.P.
then 164 is its whose first term is 𝑎. If the common
difference 𝑑 is given by 𝑑 = 𝑆𝑛 − 𝑘𝑆𝑛−1 +
a) 24th term b) 27th term
𝑆𝑛−2 , then 𝑘 =
c) 26th term d) 25th term
a) 1 b) 2
𝑡ℎ
30. If the 𝑛 term of an A.P. is 2𝑛 + 1, then
c) 3 d) none of these
the sum of first 𝑛 terms of the A.P. is
37. The first and last term of an A.P. are 𝑎 and
a) 𝑛(𝑛 − 2) b) 𝑛(𝑛 + 2)
𝑙 respectively. If 𝑆 is the sum of all the
c) 𝑛(𝑛 + 1) d) 𝑛(𝑛 − 1) terms of the A.P. and the common
𝑙2 −𝑎2
31. The sum of first 24 terms of the sequence difference is given by 𝑘−(𝑙+𝑎) , then 𝑘 =
2
whose 𝑛𝑡ℎ terms is given by 𝑎𝑛 = 3 + 𝑛 a) 𝑆 b) 2𝑆
3

a) 270 b) 272 c) 3𝑆 d) none of these

c) 382 d) 384 38. If the sum of first 𝑛 even natural numbers
32. The sum of first five multiples of 3 is is equal to 𝑘 times the sum of first 𝑛 odd
natural numbers, then 𝑘 =
a) 45 b) 55
1 𝑛−1
a) 𝑛 b) 𝑛
c) 65 d) 75
𝑛+1 𝑛+1
33. If the sum of 𝑃 terms of an A.P. is 𝑞 and the c) d)
2𝑛 𝑛
sum of 𝑞 terms is 𝑝, then the sum of 𝑝 + 𝑞 39. If the first, second and last term of an A.P.
terms will be are a, b and 2a respectively, its sum is
a) 0 b) 𝑝 − 𝑞 𝑎𝑏 𝑎𝑏
a) 2(𝑏−𝑎) b) 𝑏−𝑎
c) 𝑝 + 𝑞 d) −(𝑝 + 𝑞)
3𝑎𝑏
c) 2(𝑏−𝑎) d) none of these
34. If the sum of 𝑛 terms of an A.P. be
3𝑛2 + 𝑛 and its common difference is 6, 40. If 𝑆1 is the sum of an arithmetic
then its first term is progression of ‘n’ odd number of terms
a) 2 b) 3 and 𝑆2 the sum of the terms of the series
𝑆
c) 1 d) 4 in odd places, then 𝑆1 =
2

35. Two A.P.’s have the same common 2𝑛 𝑛

a) 𝑛+1 b) 𝑛+1
difference. The first term of one of these is
8 and that of the other is 3. The difference c)
𝑛+1
d)
𝑛+1
2𝑛 𝑛
between their 30th terms is
41. If in an A.P. 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑛2 𝑝 and 𝑆𝑚 = 𝑚2 𝑝,
a) 11 b) 3
where 𝑆𝑟 denotes the sum of r terms of the
c) 8 d) 5 A.P., then 𝑆𝑝 is equal to
1
a) 2 𝑝3 b) 𝑚𝑛 𝑝

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c) 𝑝3 d) (𝑚 + 𝑛) 𝑝2 48. The next term of the A.P. √18, √50, √98, ..

is
42. If 𝑆𝑛 denote the sum of the first 𝑛 terms of
an A.P. If 𝑆2𝑛 = 3𝑆𝑛 , then 𝑆3𝑛 : 𝑆𝑛 is equal a) √146 b) √128
to
c) √162 d) √200
a) 4 b) 6
49. The 12th term of an AP whose first two
c) 8 d) 10 terms are −3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4 is
43. In an AP, 𝑆𝑝 = 𝑞, 𝑆𝑞 = 𝑝 and 𝑆𝑟 denotes a) 67 b) 74
the sum of first 𝑟 terms. Then 𝑆𝑝+𝑞 is equal c) 60 d) 81
to
50. The 7th term from the end of the A.P. 7, 11,
a) 0 b) −(𝑝 + 𝑞) 15, ……,107, is
c) 𝑝 + 𝑞 d) 𝑝𝑞 a) 79 b) 83
44. If 𝑆𝑟 denotes the sum of the first 𝑟 terms of c) 81 d) 87
an A.P. Then, 𝑆3𝑛 : (𝑆2𝑛 − 𝑆𝑛 ) is
a) 𝑛 b) 3𝑛
c) 3 d) none of these
45. If the sums of 𝑛 terms of two arithmetic
3𝑛+5
progressions are in the ratio then
5𝑛+7
𝑡ℎ
their 𝑛 terms are in the ratio
3𝑛−1 3𝑛+1
a) b) 5𝑛+1
5𝑛−1
5𝑛+1 5𝑛−1
c) 3𝑛+1 d) 3𝑛−1

46. If 𝑆𝑛 denote the sum of 𝑛 terms of an A.P.

with first term a and common difference d
𝑆
such that 𝑆 𝑥 is independent of 𝑥, then
𝑘𝑥

a) 𝑑 = 𝑎 b) 𝑑 = 2𝑎
c) 𝑎 = 2𝑑 d) 𝑑 = −𝑎
47. The sum of 𝑛 terms of two A.P.’ s are in the
ratio 5𝑛 + 9 ∶ 9𝑛 + 6. Then, the ratio of
their 18th term is
184 178
a) 321 b) 321
175 176
c) 321 d) 321

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1. The distance of the point P (2, 3) from the x- 7. A circle drawn with origin as the centre
axis is passes through (13/2, 0). The point which
does not lie in the interior of the circle is
a) 2 b) 3
a) (−3/4, 1) b) (2, 7/3)
c) 1 d) 5
c) (5, −1/2) d) (−6, 5/2)
2. AOBC is a rectangle whose three vertices are
A (0, 3), O (0, 0) and B (5, 0). The length of its 8. If the distance between the points (4, 𝑝) and
diagonals is (1, 0) is 5, then the value of 𝑝 is

a) 5 b) 3 a) 4 only b) ±4

c) √34 d) 4 c) −4, 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 d) 0

3. The points −4, 0), (4, 0) and (0, 3) are the 9. The points 𝐴 (9, 0), 𝐵(9, 6), 𝐶( −9, 6), 𝑎𝑛𝑑
vertices of a 𝐷(−9, 0) are the vertices of a

a) right triangle a) square b) rectangle

b) isosceles triangle c) rhombus d) trapezium

c) equilateral triangle 10. If the distance between the points

(2, −2) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (−1, 𝑥) is 5, then the sum of the
d) scaline triangle
values of x is
4. The point which lies on the perpendicular
a) 4 b) −4
bisector of the line segment joining the
points 𝐴(−2, −5)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵(2, 5) is c) 8 d) −8

a) (0, 0) b) (0, 2) 11. The distance between the points

(𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃, 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃) and (sinθ −𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃)is
c) (2, 0) d) (−2, 0)
a) √3 b) √2
5. Two fourth vertex D of a parallelogram ABCD
whose three vertices are c) 2 d) 1
𝐴(−2, 3), 𝐵(6, 7) and 𝐶(8, 3) is
12. The distance between the
a) (0, 1) b) (0, −1) 0 0
points(𝑎 cos 25 , 0) and (0, a cos 65 ) is
c) (−1, 0) d) (1, 0)
a) 𝑎 b) 2𝑎
6. The coordinates of the point which is
c) 3𝑎 d) none of these
equidistant from the vertices are
𝑂 (0, 0), 𝐴(2𝑥, 0) and 𝐵(0, 2𝑦) of triangle 13. If 𝑥 is a positive integer such that the
𝑂𝐴𝐵 are distance between points 𝑃(𝑥, 2) and
𝑂(3, −6) is 10 units, then 𝑥 =
a) (𝑥, 𝑦) b) (𝑦, 𝑥)
a) 3 b) −3
c) (𝑥/2, 𝑦/2) d) (𝑦/2, 𝑥/2)

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c) 9 d) −9 a) 1 : 3 b) 2 : 3
14. The distance between the points (𝑎 cos 𝜃 + c) 3 : 1 d) 2 : 3
𝑏 sin 𝜃 , 0) and (0, 𝑎 sin 𝜃 − 𝑏 cos 𝜃) is
21. If points (𝑡, 2𝑡), (−2, 6)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (3, 1) are
2 2
a) 𝑎 + 𝑏 b) 𝑎 + 𝑏 collinear, then 𝑡 =
3 4
c) 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 d) √𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 a) 4 b) 3
15. If the distance between the points (4, 𝑝) and 5 3
c) 3 d) 5
(1, 0) is 5, then 𝑝 =
22. If the points 𝐴(3, 1), 𝐵(5, 𝑝) and 𝐶(7, −5)
a) ±4 b) 4
are collinear, then
c) −4 d) 0
a) −2 b) 2
16. A line segement is of length 10 units. If the
c) −1 d) 1
coordinates of its one end are (2, −3) and
the abscissa of the other end is 10, then its 23. If (𝑥, 2), (−3, −4) and (7, −5) are collinear,
ordinate is then 𝑥 =
a) 9, 6 b) 3, −9 a) 60 b) 63
c) −3, 9 d) 9, −6 c) −63 d) −60
17. The perimeter of the triangle formed by the 24. The ratio in which (4, 5) divides the join of
points (0, 0), (1, 0), 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (0, 1) is (2, 3) and (7, 8) is

a) 1 ± √2 b) √2 + 1 a) −2 ∶ 3 b) −3 ∶ 2

c) 3 d) 2 + √2 c) 3 ∶ 2 d) 2 ∶ 3

18. If 𝐴(2, 2), 𝐵(−4, −4) and 𝐶(5, −8) are the 25. The ratio in which the 𝑥- axis divides the
vertices of a triangle, then the length of the segment joining (3, 6) and (12, −3) is
median through vertex C is
a) 2 : 1 b) 1 : 2
a) √65 b) √117 c) −2 ∶ 1 d) 1 ∶ −2
c) √85 d) √113 26. If points (1, 2), (−5, 6)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (𝑎, −2) are
19. If 𝐴(𝑥, 2), 𝐵(−3, −4) and 𝐶(7, −5) are collinear, then 𝑎 =
collinear, then the value of 𝑥 is a) −3 b) 7
a) −63 b) 63 c) 2 d) −2
c) 60 d) −60 27. The distance of the point (4, 7) from the x-
20. The line segment joining points (−3, −4), axis is
and (1, −2) is divided by 𝑦-axis in the ratio a) 4 b) 7

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c) 11 d) √65 a) −2, 4 b) −2, −4

28. The distance of the point (4, 7) from the y- c) 2, −4 d) 2, 4

axis is
35. The area of the triangle formed by (𝑎, 𝑏 +
a) 4 b) 7 𝑐), (𝑏, 𝑐 + 𝑎)𝑎𝑛𝑑(𝑐, 𝑎 + 𝑏)is

c) 11 d) √65 a) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 b) 𝑎𝑏𝑐

29. The coordinates of the point 𝑃 dividing the c) (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)2 d) 0

line segment joining the points 36. If the area of the triangle formed by the
𝐴(1, 3)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵(4, 6) in the ratio 2 : 1 are points (𝑥, 2𝑥), (−2, 6) and (3, 1) is 5 square
a) (2, 4) b) (3, 5) units, then 𝑥 =

c) (4, 2) d) (5, 3) a) 2/3 b) 3/5

30. The point on the x-axis which is equidistant c) 3 d) 5

from points(−1, 0)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (5, 0) is 37. If points (𝑎, 0), (0, 𝑏)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (1, 1) are collinear,
1 1
a) (0, 2) b) (2, 0) then 𝑎 + 𝑏 =

c) (3, 0) d) (0, 3) a) 1 b) 2
31. If three points (0, 0), (3, √3) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (3, 𝜆) from c) 0 d) −1
an equilateral triangle, then 𝜆 =
38. If the centroid of a triangle is (1, 4) and two
a) 2 b) −3 of its vertices are (4, −3)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (−9, 7), then
the area of the triangle is
c) −4 d) none of these
183
32. If the points (𝑘, 2𝑘), (3𝑘, 3𝑘)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (3, 1) are a) 183 sq. units b) sq. units
2
collinear, then 𝑘 183
c) 366 sq. units d) sq. units
4
a) 1/3 b) −1/3
39. If the centroid of the triangle formed by
c) 2/3 d)−2/3 (7, 𝑥), (𝑦, −6)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (9, 10) is at (6, 3), then
33. The coordinates of the point on x-axis which (𝑥, 𝑦) =
are equidistant from the points a) (4, 5) b) (5, 4)
(−3, 4)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (2, 5) are
c) (−5, −2) d) (5, 2)
a) (20, 0) b) (−23, 0)
40. If 𝑃 is a point on x-axis such that its distance
c) (4/5, 0) d) none of these from the origin is 3 units, then the
34. If 𝐴(5, 3), 𝐵(11, −5)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃(12, 𝑦) are the coordinates of a point 𝑄 on 𝑂𝑌such that
vertices of a right triangle right angled at 𝑃, 𝑂𝑃 = 𝑂𝑄, are
then 𝑦 = a) (0, 3) b) (3, 0)

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c) (0, 0) d) (0, −3) 47. If the coordinates of one end of a diameter of

a circle are (2, 3) and the coordinates of its
41. If the point 𝑃(𝑥, 𝑦) is equidistant from
centre are (−2, 5) then the coordinates of
𝐴(5, 1)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵(−1, 5), then
the other end of the diameter are
a) 5𝑥 = 𝑦 b) 𝑥 = 5𝑦
a) −6, 7) b) (6, −7)
c) 3𝑥 = 2𝑦 d) 2𝑥 = 3𝑦
c) (6, 7) d) (−6, −7)
42. If the centroid of the triangle formed by the
48. If 𝐴(4, 9), 𝐵(2, 3)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶(6, 5) are the
points (3, −5), (−7, 4), (10, −𝑘) is at the
vertices of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, then the length of median
point (𝑘, −1), then 𝑘
through C is
a) 3 b) 1
a) 5 units b) √10 units
c) 2 d) 4
c) 25 units d) 10 units
43. If (−2, 1) is the centroid of the triangle
49. If 𝑃(2, 4), 𝑄(0,3), 𝑅(3, 6) and 𝑆(5, 𝑦) are the
having its vertices at
(𝑥, 2), (10, −2), (−8, 𝑦), then 𝑥, 𝑦 satisfy the vertices of a parallelogram 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆, then the
value of 𝑦 is
relation
a) 7 b) 5
a) 3𝑥 + 8𝑦 = 0 b) 3𝑥 − 8𝑦 = 0
c) −7 d) −8
c) 8𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 0 d) 8𝑥 = 3𝑦
50. The perimeter of a triangle with vertices
44. The coordinates of the fourth vertex of the
(0, 4)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (0, 0)𝑎𝑛𝑑 (3,0) is
rectangle formed by the points
(0, 0), (2, 0), (0, 3)are a) 7 + √5 b) 5
a) (3, 0) b) (0, 2) c) 10 d) 12
c) (2, 3) d) (3, 2)
45. The ratio in which the line segment joining
𝑃(𝑥1 , 𝑦1 ) and 𝑃(𝑥2 , 𝑦2 ) is divided by x-axis is
a) 𝑦1 : 𝑦2 b) −𝑦1 : 𝑦2
c) 𝑥1 : 𝑥2 d) −𝑥1 : 𝑥2
46. The ratio in which the line segment joining
points 𝐴(𝑎1 : 𝑏1) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵(𝑎2 : 𝑏2 ) is

divided by y-axis is
a) −𝑎1 ∶ 𝑎2 b) 𝑎1 ∶ 𝑎2
c) 𝑏1 ∶ 𝑏2 d) −𝑏1 ∶ 𝑏2

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1. Sides of two similar triangles are in the a) 2 cm b) 4 cm

ratio 4 : 9. Areas of these triangles are in
c) 6 cm d) 8 cm
the ratio.
a) 2 : 3 b) 4 : 9 8. Two poles of height 6 m and 11 m stand
vertically upright on a plane ground. If the
c) 81 : 16 d) 16 : 81
distance between their foot is 12 m, the
2. The areas of two similar triangles are in distance between their tops is
respectively 9 cm2 and 16 cm2. The ratio of
a) 12 m b) 14 m
their corresponding sides is
c) 13 m d) 11 m
a) 3 : 4 b) 4 : 3
9. In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸 are points on side 𝐴𝐵
c) 2 : 3 d) 4 : 5
and 𝐴𝐶 respectively such that 𝐷𝐸 ∥ 𝐵𝐶
3. The areas of two similar triangles ∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 and 𝐴𝐷 ∶ 𝐷𝐵 = 3 ∶ 1. If 𝐸𝐴 =
and ∆ 𝐷𝐸𝐹 are 144 cm2 and 81 cm2 3.3 𝑐𝑚, then 𝐴𝐶 =
respectively. If the longest side of larger a) 1.1 cm b) 4 cm
∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 be 36 cm, then, the longest side of c) 4.4 cm d) 5.5 cm
the smaller triangle ∆ 𝐷𝐸𝐹 is
10. In triangles 𝐴𝐵𝐶 and 𝐷𝐸𝐹, ∠𝐴 = ∠𝐸 =
a) 20 cm b) 26 cm
400 , 𝐴𝐵 ∶ 𝐸𝐷 = 𝐴𝐶 ∶ 𝐸𝐹 and ∠𝐹 =
c) 27 cm d) 30 cm 650 , then ∠𝐵 =
a) 350 b) 650
4. ∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 and ∆ 𝐵𝐷𝐸 are two equilateral
triangles such that 𝐷 is the mid-point of c) 750 d) 850
BC. The ratio of the areas of triangles 𝐴𝐵𝐶
11. If 𝐴𝐵𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝐸𝐹 are similar triangles such
and 𝐵𝐷𝐸 is
that ∠𝐴 = 470 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐸 = 830 ,then ∠𝐶 =
a) 2 : 1 b) 1 : 2 a) 500 b) 600
c) 4 : 1 d) 1 : 4 c) 700 d) 800
5. If ∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 and ∆ 𝐷𝐸𝐹 are similar such that 12. If 𝐷, 𝐸, 𝐹 are the mid-points of sides
2𝐴𝐵 = 𝐷𝐸 and 𝐵𝐶 = 8 𝑐𝑚, then 𝐸𝐹 = 𝐵𝐶, 𝐶𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐵 respectively of ∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶,
then the ratio of the areas of triangles
a) 16 CM b) 12 CM
𝐷𝐸𝐹 and 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is
c) 8 cm d) 4 cm
a) 1 : 4 b) 1 : 2
6. If ∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 and ∆ 𝐷𝐸𝐹 are two triangles
𝐴𝐵 𝐵𝐶 𝐶𝐴 2 c) 2 : 3 d) 4 : 5
such that = 𝐸𝐹 = 𝐹𝐷 = 5, then Area
𝐷𝐸
(∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶) ∶ 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 (∆ 𝐷𝐸𝐹) = 13. In an equilateral triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, if 𝐴𝐷 ⊥ 𝐵𝐶,
a) 2 : 5 b) 4 : 25 then

c) 4 : 15 d) 8 : 125 a) 2𝐴𝐵 2 = 3𝐴𝐷2 b) 4𝐴𝐵 2 = 3𝐴𝐷2

7. 𝑋𝑌 is drawn parallel to the base 𝐵𝐶 of a c) 3𝐴𝐵 2 = 4𝐴𝐷2 d) 3𝐴𝐵 2 = 2𝐴𝐷2

∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 cutting 𝐴𝐵 t 𝑥 and 𝐴𝐶 at 𝑌. If 14. If ∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is an equilateral triangle such
𝐴𝐵 = 4 𝐵𝑋 and 𝑌𝐶 = 2 𝑐𝑚, then 𝐴𝑌 = that

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𝐴𝐷 ⊥ 𝐵𝐶, then 𝐴𝐷2 = c) ∆𝐶𝐵𝐴 ∽ ∆𝐹𝐷𝐸 d) ∆𝐵𝐶𝐴 ∽ ∆𝐹𝐷𝐸

3
a) 2 𝐷𝐶 2 b) 2𝐷𝐶 2 21. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ∽ ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹, 𝑎𝑟 (∆𝐴𝐵𝐶) = 9𝑐𝑚2 ,
c) 3 𝐶𝐷2 d) 4𝐷𝐶 2 𝑎𝑟(𝐷𝐸𝐹) = 16𝑐𝑚2 . If 𝐵𝐶 = 2.1 𝑐𝑚, then
the measure of 𝐸𝐹 is
15. In a ∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐷 is the bisector of ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶. If
𝐴𝐵 = 6 𝑐𝑚. 𝐴𝐶 = 5 𝑐𝑚 and 𝐵𝐷 = a) 2.8 cm b) 4.2 cm
3 𝑐𝑚, then 𝐷𝐶 = c) 2.5 cm d) 4.1 cm
a) 11.3 cm b) 2.5 cm 22. The length of the hypotenuse of an
c) 3 : 5 cm d) None of these isosceles right triangle whose one side is
4√2 𝑐𝑚 is
16. In a ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐷 is the bisector of ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶. If
𝐴𝐵 = 8 𝑐𝑚. 𝐵𝐷 = 6 𝑐𝑚 and 𝐷𝐶 = a) 12cm b) 8 cm
3 𝑐𝑚, Find 𝐴𝐶 c) 8√2 𝑐𝑚 d) 12√2 𝑐𝑚
a) 4 cm b) 6 cm 23. A man goes 24 m due west and then 7 m
c) 3 cm d) 8 cm due north. How far is he from the starting
point?
17. 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a trapezium such that 𝐵𝐶 ∥ 𝐴𝐷
and 𝐴𝐵 = 4 𝑐𝑚. If the diagonals a) 31 m b) 17 m
𝐴𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝐷 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑂 such that c) 25 m d) 26 m
𝐴𝑂 𝐷𝑂 1
= 𝑂𝐵 = 2, then 𝐵𝐶 =
𝑂𝐶
24. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ∽ ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹 . If 𝐵𝐶 = 3𝑐𝑚, 𝐸𝐹 =
a) 7 cm b) 8 cm 4 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑟 (∆𝐴𝐵𝐶) = 54𝑐𝑚2 , then
𝑎𝑟 (∆𝐷𝐸𝐹) =
c) 9 cm d) 6 cm
a) 108 𝑐𝑚2 b) 96 𝑐𝑚2
18. If 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is a right triangle right- angled at
c) 48 𝑐𝑚2 d) 100 𝑐𝑚2
𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀, 𝑁 are the mid-points of 𝐴𝐵 and
𝐵𝐶 25. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ∽ ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 such that 𝑎𝑟 (∆𝐴𝐵𝐶) = 4
respectively, then 4(𝐴𝑁 2 + 𝐶𝑀2 ) = 𝑎𝑟 (∆𝑃𝑄𝑅). If 𝐵𝐶 = 12𝑐𝑚, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑄𝑅 =
a) 4 𝐴𝐶 2 b) 5 𝐴𝐶 2 a) 9 cm b) 10 cm
5
c) 4 𝐴𝐶 2 d) 6 𝐴𝐶 2 c) 6 cm d) 8 cm

𝐴𝐵 𝐵𝐶 26. The areas of two similar triangles are

19. If in ∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹, 𝐷𝐸 = 𝐹𝐷 ,
121 𝑐𝑚2 and 64 𝑐𝑚2 respectively. If the
𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 ∽ ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹 when median of the first triangle is 12.1 cm, then
a) ∠𝐴 = ∠𝐹 b) ∠𝐴 = ∠𝐷 the corresponding median of the other
triangle is
c) ∠𝐵 = ∠𝐷 d) ∠𝐵 = ∠𝐸 a) 11 cm b) 8.8 cm
𝐴𝐵
20. If in two triangles 𝐴𝐵𝐶 and 𝐷𝐸𝐹, 𝐷𝐸 = c) 11.1 cm d) 8.1 cm
𝐵𝐶 𝐶𝐴
= 𝐹𝐷, then 27. The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle
𝐹𝐸
the length of whose hypotenuse is 10 cm,
a) ∆𝐹𝐷𝐸 ∽ ∆𝐶𝐴𝐵 b) ∆𝐹𝐷𝐸 ∽ ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶
is

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a) 20 cm b) 20√2cm a) 4 : 5 b) 5 : 4

c) 10(√2 + 1)𝑐𝑚 d) 10(√2 + 9)𝑐𝑚 c) 3 : 2 d) 5 : 7

28. In an equilateral triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 if 35. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is such that 𝐴𝐵 = 3 𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 =

𝐴𝐷 ⊥ 𝐵𝐶, then 2 𝑐𝑚 and 𝐶𝐴 = 2.5 𝑐𝑚. If ∆𝐷𝐸𝐹~∆𝐴𝐵𝐶
a) 5𝐴𝐵 2 = 4𝐴𝐷2 b) 3𝐴𝐵 2 = 4𝐴𝐷2 and 𝐸𝐹 = 4 𝑐𝑚 , then perimeter of
∆𝐷𝐸𝐹 is
c) 4𝐴𝐵 2 = 3𝐴𝐷2 d) 2𝐴𝐵 2 = 3𝐴𝐷2
a) 7.5 cm b) 15 cm
29. In an isosceles triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 if 𝐴𝐶 = 𝐵𝐶
and c) 22.5 cm d) 30 cm
𝐴𝐵 2 = 2𝐴𝐶 2 , then ∠𝐶 = 36. In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, a line 𝑋𝑌 parallel to 𝐵𝐶 cuts 𝐴𝐵
a) 300 b) 450 at 𝑋 and 𝐴𝐶 at 𝑌. If 𝐵𝑌 bisects ∠𝑋𝑌𝐶,
c) 900 d) 600 then

30. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is an isosceles triangle in which a) 𝐵𝐶 = 𝐶𝑌 b) 𝐵𝐶 = 𝐵𝑌

∠𝐶 = 900 . If 𝐴𝐶 = 6 𝑐𝑚, then 𝐴𝐵 = c) 𝐵𝐶 ≠ 𝐶𝑌 d) 𝐵𝐶 ≠ 𝐵𝑌
a) 6√2 𝑐𝑚 b) 6 cm
37. In a ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, ∠𝐴 = 900 , 𝐴𝐵 =
c) 2√6 𝑐𝑚 d) 4√2 𝑐𝑚 5 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐶 = 12 𝑐𝑚. If 𝐴𝐷 ⊥ 𝐵𝐶, then
𝐴𝐷 =
31. If in two triangles 𝐴𝐵𝐶 and 𝐷𝐸𝐹,
13 60
∠𝐴 = ∠𝐸, ∠𝐵 = ∠𝐹, then which of the a) cm b) 13 cm
2
following is not true?
𝐵𝐶 𝐴𝐶 𝐴𝐵 𝐵𝐶 13 2√15
a) 𝐷𝐹 = 𝐷𝐸 b) 𝐷𝐸 = 𝐷𝐹 c) 60 cm d) cm
13
𝐴𝐵 𝐴𝐶 𝐵𝐶 𝐴𝐵
c) 𝐸𝐹 = 𝐷𝐸 d) 𝐷𝐹 = 𝐸𝐹 38. In a ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, perpendicular 𝐴𝐷 from 𝐴 on
𝐵𝐶 meets 𝐵𝐶 at 𝐷. If 𝐵𝐷 = 8 𝑐𝑚, 𝐷𝐶 =
32. A chord of a circle of radius 10cm subtends 2 𝑐𝑚, and 𝐴𝐷 = 4 𝑐𝑚, then
a right angle at the centre. The length of
the chord (in cm) is a) a ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is isosceles
a) 5√2 b) 10√2 b) a ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is equilateral
5
c) d) 10√3 c) 𝐴𝐶 = 2 𝐴𝐵
√2

33. A vertical stick 20 m long casts a shadow d) a ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is right-angled at 𝐴.

10 m long on the ground. At the same 39. In a 𝐴𝐵𝐶, point 𝐷 is on side 𝐴𝐵 and point
time, a tower casts a shadow 50 m long on 𝐸 is on side 𝐴𝐶, such that 𝐵𝐶𝐸𝐷 is a
the ground. The height of the tower is trapezium. If 𝐷𝐸 ∶ 𝐵𝐶 = 3 ∶ 5, then Area
a) 100 m b) 120 m (∆𝐴𝐷𝐸): Area (□ 𝐵𝐶𝐸𝐷) =

c) 25 m d) 200 m a) 3 : 4 b) 9 : 16

34. Two isosceles triangles have equal angles c) 3 : 5 d) 9 : 25

and their areas are in the ratio 16 : 25. The
ratio of their corresponding heights is

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40. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is a right triangle and 46. In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, if 𝐴𝐵 = 4 𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 8 𝑐𝑚 and

𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐷 ⊥ 𝐵𝐶 . Then, 𝐴𝐶 = 4√3 𝑐𝑚, then the measure of ∠𝐴 is
𝐵𝐷
=
𝐷𝐶 a) 300 b) 600
𝐴𝐵 2 𝐴𝐵
a) (𝐴𝐶 ) b) 𝐴𝐶 c) 450 d) 900

𝐴𝐵 2 𝐴𝐵
47. If ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶~∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 such that 𝐴𝐵 = 1.2 𝑐𝑚,
c) (𝐴𝐷) d) 𝐴𝐷 𝑎𝑟(∆𝐴𝐵𝐶)
𝑃𝑄 = 1.4 𝑐𝑚, then 𝑎𝑟(∆𝑃𝑄𝑅) is
41. If 𝐸 is a point on side 𝐶𝐴 of an equilateral 9 3
a) 49 b) 7
triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 such that 𝐵𝐸 ⊥ 𝐶𝐴, then
36 6
𝐴𝐵 2 + 𝐵𝐶 2 + 𝐶𝐴2 = c) 49 d) 7
a) 2 𝐵𝐸 2 b) 3 𝐵𝐸 2 48. In ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅, ∠𝑄 = 900 , 𝑃𝑄 = 5 𝑐𝑚, 𝑄𝑅 =
c) 4 𝐵𝐸 2 d) 6 𝐵𝐸 2 12 𝑐𝑚. If 𝑄𝑆 ⊥ 𝑃𝑅, then 𝑄𝑆 is equal to
80 13
a) 13 𝑐𝑚 b) 𝑐𝑚
42. In a right triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 right-angled at 𝐵, if 5

𝑃 and 𝑄 are points on the sides 𝐴𝐵 and 60

c) 13 𝑐𝑚 d)
12
𝑐𝑚
5
𝐴𝐶 respectively, then
49. If 𝐷 is a point on side 𝐵𝐶 of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 such
a) 𝐴𝑄 2 + 𝐶𝑃2 = 2(𝐴𝐶 2 + 𝑃𝑄 2 )
that 𝐵𝐷 = 𝐶𝐷 = 𝐴𝐷, then
b) 2(𝐴𝑄 2 + 𝐶𝑃2 ) = 𝐴𝐶 2 + 𝑃𝑄 2
a) 𝐶𝐷2 + 𝐴𝐷2 = 𝐴𝐶 2
c) 𝐴𝑄 2 + 𝐶𝑃2 = 𝐴𝐶 2 + 𝑃𝑄 2
b) 𝐵𝐷2 + 𝐴𝐷2 = 𝐴𝐵 2
1
d) 𝐴𝑄 + 𝐶𝑃 = 2 (𝐴𝐶 + 𝑃𝑄) c) 𝐴𝐵 2 + 𝐴𝐶 2 = 𝐵𝐶 2
43. If ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶~∆𝐷𝐸𝐹 such that 𝐷𝐸 = 3 𝑐𝑚, d) 𝐴𝐵 . 𝐴𝐶 = 𝐴𝐷
𝐸𝐹 = 2 𝑐𝑚, 𝐷𝐹 = 2.5 𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 =
4 𝑐𝑚, then perimeter of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is 50. 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a trapezium in which 𝐴𝐵 ∥ 𝐷𝐶
a) 18 cm b) 20 cm and 𝐴𝐵 = 2 𝐷𝐶 . Diagonals AC and BD
intersect at O. If 𝑎𝑟 (∆ 𝐴𝑂𝐵) =
c) 12 cm d) 15 cm 24 𝑐𝑚 2 then 𝑎𝑟 (∆ 𝐶𝑂𝐷) is equal to
44. If ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶~∆𝐷𝐸𝐹 such that 𝐴𝐵 = 9.1 𝑐𝑚 a) 24 𝑐𝑚 2 b) 28 𝑐𝑚 2
and 𝐷𝐸 = 6.5 𝑐𝑚. If the perimeter of
∆𝐷𝐸𝐹 is 25 cm, then the perimeter of c) 42 𝑐𝑚 2 d) 21 𝑐𝑚 2
∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is
a) 36 cm b) 30 cm
c) 34 cm d) 35 cm
45. In an isosceles triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, if 𝐴𝐵 =
𝐴𝐶 = 25 𝑐𝑚 and 𝐵𝑐 = 14 𝑐𝑚, then the
measure of altitude from 𝐴 on 𝐵𝐶 is
a) 20 cm b) 22 cm
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1. A tangent 𝑃𝑄 at a point 𝑃 of a circle of c) 300 d) 900

radius 5cm meets a line through the centre
8. 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is a right angled triangle, right angled
O at a point Q such that OQ = 12 cm. Length
at 𝐵 such that 𝐵𝐶 = 6 𝑐𝑚 and 𝐴𝐵 = 8 𝑐𝑚.
PQ is
A circle with centre O is inscribed in ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶.
a) 12 cm b) 13 cm The radius of the circle is

c) 8.5 cm d) √119 𝑐𝑚 a) 1 cm b) 2 cm

2. From a point Q, the length of the tangent c) 3 cm d) 4 cm

to a circle is 24 cm and the distance of Q
9. 𝑃𝑄 is a tangent drawn from a point 𝑃 to a
from the centre is 25 cm. The radius of the
circle with centre 𝑂 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑄𝑂𝑅 is a diameter
circle is
of the circle such that ∠𝑃𝑂𝑅 = 1200 ,
a) 7 cm b) 12 cm 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 ∠𝑂𝑃𝑄 is

c) 15 cm d) 24.5 cm a) 600 b) 450

3. The length of the tangent from a point 𝐴 at c) 300 d) 900

a circle, of radius 3 cm, is 4 cm. The distance
10. If four sides of a quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 are
of 𝐴 from the centre of the circle is
tangential to a circle, then
a) √7 𝑐𝑚 b) 7 cm a) 𝐴𝐶 + 𝐴𝐷 = 𝐵𝐷 + 𝐶𝐷
c) 5 cm d) 25 cm b) 𝐴𝐵 + 𝐶𝐷 = 𝐵𝐶 + 𝐴𝐷
4. How many parallel tangents can a circle c) 𝐴𝐵 + 𝐶𝐷 = 𝐴𝐶 + 𝐵𝐶
have?
d) 𝐴𝐶 + 𝐴𝐷 = 𝐵𝐶 + 𝐷𝐵
a) 1 b) 2
11. The length of the tangent drawn from a
c) infinite d) none of these point 8 cm away from the centre of a circle
5. If the angle between the radii of a circle is of radius 6 cm is
1000 , then the angle between the tangents
a) √7 b) 2√7𝑐𝑚
at the end of these two radii is
c) 10 cm d) 5 cm
a) 500 b) 600
12. 𝐴𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝐷 are two common tangents to
c) 800 d) 900
circles which touch each other at C. If D lies
6. 𝑃𝑄 is a tangent to a circle with centre 𝑂 at on AB such that CD= 4 cm, then AB is equal
the point 𝑃. If ∆𝑂𝑃𝑄 is an isosceles triangle, to
then ∠𝑂𝑄𝑃 is equal to
a) 4 cm b) 6 cm
0 0
a) 30 b) 45
c) 8 cm d) 12 cm
0 0
c) 60 d) 90
13. If angle between two radii of a circle is
7. Two equal circles touch each other 1300 ,the angle between the tangents at
externally at 𝐶 and 𝐴𝐵 is a common the ends of radii is
tangent to the circles. Then, ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 =
a) 900 b) 500
a) 600 b) 450

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c) 700 d) 400 19. In the fig. 𝐴𝐵 is a diameter and AC is a

chord of a circle such that ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 = 300 . If
14. The maximum number of common 𝐷𝐶 is a tangent, then ∆𝐵𝐶𝐷 is
tangents that can be drawn to two circles
intersecting at two distinct points is
a) 1 b) 2
c) 3 d) 4
15. If two perpendicular tangents a) equilateral b) right angled
𝑃𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝐵 are drawn from an external
c) isosceles d) acute angled
point to a circle of radius 4 cm, then the
length of each tangent is 20. In the fig. if 𝐴𝐵 = 12 𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 8 𝑐𝑚 and
𝐴𝐶 = 10 𝑐𝑚, then AD =
a) 3 cm b) 4 cm
c) 5 cm d) 6 cm
16. In given fig., equal circles with centres O
and O' touch each other at P. OO' is
produced to meet circle C(O', r) at A. 𝐴𝑇 is
a tangent to the circle C(O, r). If O'Q is a) 5 cm b) 4 cm
𝐴𝑄
perpendicular to 𝐴𝑇, then 𝐴𝑇 = c) 6 cm d) 7 cm
21. In the fig. if 𝐴𝑃 = 10 𝑐𝑚, then 𝐵𝑃 =

2 1
a) 3 b) 2
a) √91 𝑐𝑚 b) √127 𝑐𝑚
1 1
c) 4 d) 3
c) √119 𝑐𝑚 d) √109 𝑐𝑚
17. If from a point 𝐴 which is at a distance of 13
22. In the fig. if 𝑃𝑅 is tangent to the circle at 𝑃
cm from the centre 𝑂 of a circle of radius 5
and 𝑄 is the centre of the circle, then
cm, the pair of tangent 𝐴𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐶 to the
∠𝑃𝑂𝑄 =
circle are drawn, then the area of
quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝑂𝐶 is
a) 60 𝑐𝑚2 b) 120 𝑐𝑚2
c) 50 𝑐𝑚2 d) 80 𝑐𝑚2
18. If 𝑃𝐴 and 𝑃𝐵 are tangents to the circle with
centre 𝑂 such that ∠𝐴𝑃𝐵 = 500 , then
∠𝑂𝐴𝐵 is equal to a) 1100 b) 1000

a) 250 b) 300 c) 1200 d) 900

c) 400 d) 500

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23. In the fig. two equal circles touch each 27. In the fig. 𝑃𝑄 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑅 are tangents drawn
other at T, if 𝑄𝑃 = 4.5 𝑐𝑚, then 𝑄𝑅 = from 𝑃 to a circle with centre 𝑂. If ∠𝑂𝑃𝑄 =
350 , then

a) 9 cm b) 18 cm
c) 15 cm d) 13.5 cm
24. In fig. two concentric circles of radii 3cm a) 𝑎 = 300 , 𝑏 = 600
and 5 cm are given. Then length of chord b) 𝑎 = 350 , 𝑏 = 550
𝐵𝐶 which touches the inner circle at 𝑃 is
equal to c) 𝑎 = 400 , 𝑏 = 500
d) 𝑎 = 450 , 𝑏 = 450
28. In the fig. if 𝑇𝑃 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝑄 are tangents drawn
from an external point 𝑇 to a circle with
centre 𝑂 such that ∠𝑇𝑄𝑃 = 600 , then
∠𝑂𝑃𝑄 =

a) 4 cm b) 6 cm
c) 8 cm d) 10 cm
25. In the fig. there are two concentric circles
with centre 𝑂. 𝑃𝑅 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑄𝑆 are tangents to
the inner circle from point lying on the
outer circle. If 𝑃𝑅 = 7.5 𝑐𝑚, then 𝑃𝑆 is a) 250 b) 300
equal to
c) 400 d) 600
29. In the fig. the sides 𝐴𝐵, 𝐵𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝐴 of
triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, touch a circle at 𝑃, 𝑄 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅
respectively. If 𝑃𝐴 = 4𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝑃 =
3 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐶 = 11 𝑐𝑚 then length of 𝐵𝐶
a) 10 cm b) 12 cm is

c) 15 cm d) 18 cm
26. In the fig. if 𝐴𝐵 = 8 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝐸 =
3 𝑐𝑚 , then 𝐴𝐸 =

a) 11 cm b) 10 cm
a) 11 cm b) 7 cm
c) 14 cm d) 15 cm
c) 5 cm d) 3 cm

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30. In the fig. a circle touches the side 𝐷𝐹 of 34. In the fig. 𝑃𝑄 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑅 are two tangents to
∆𝐸𝐷𝐹 at 𝐻 and touches 𝐸𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝐹 a circle with centre 𝑂. If ∠𝑄𝑃𝑅 = 460 , then
produced at 𝐾 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀 respectively. If 𝐸𝐾 = ∠𝑄𝑂𝑃 equals
9 𝑐𝑚, then the perimeter of ∆𝐸𝐷𝐹

a) 670 b) 1340
c) 440 d) 460
a) 18 cm b) 13.5 cm
35. In the fig. 𝑄𝑅 is a common tangent to the
c) 12 cm d) 9 cm
given circles touching externally at the
31. In the fig. a circle with centre 𝑂 is inscribed point 𝑇. The tangents at 𝑇 meets 𝑄𝑅 at 𝑃. If
in a quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 such that, it 𝑃𝑇 = 3.8𝑐𝑚, then the length of QR (in cm)
touches sides 𝐵𝐶, 𝐴𝐵, 𝐴𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝐷 at is
points 𝑃, 𝑄, 𝑅 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆 respectively. If 𝐴𝐵 =
29 𝑐𝑚, 𝐴𝐷 = 23 𝑐𝑚, ∠𝐵 = 900 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑆 =
5 𝑐𝑚, then the radius of the circle ( in cm)
is

a) 3.8 b) 7.6
c) 5.7 d) 1.9
36. In the fig a quadrilateral 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a drawn
a) 11 b) 18 to circumscribe a circle such that its sides.
c) 6 d) 15 𝐴𝐵, 𝐵𝐶, 𝐶𝐷 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐷 touch the circle at
𝑃, 𝑄, 𝑅 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆 respectively. If 𝐴𝐵 =
32. In a right triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, right angled 𝑥 𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 7 𝑐𝑚, 𝐶𝑅 = 3 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑆 =
at𝐵, 𝐵𝐶 = 12 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝐵 = 5 𝑐𝑚. The 5 𝑐𝑚, then 𝑥 =
radius of the circle inscribed in the triangle
(in cm) is
a) 4 b) 3
c) 2 d) 1
33. Two circles touch each other externally at
𝑃. 𝐴𝐵 is a common tangent to the circle a) 10 b) 9
touching them at 𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵. The value of c) 8 d) 7
∠𝐴𝑃𝐵 is
a) 300 b) 450
c) 600 d) 900

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37. In the fig. if 𝐴𝐷, 𝐴𝐸 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝐶 are tangents to 41. 𝐴𝑃 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑄 are tangents drawn from a
the circle at 𝐷, 𝐸 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹 respectively. Then, point 𝐴 to a circle with centre 𝑂 and radius
9 cm. If 𝑂𝐴 = 15 𝑐𝑚 , then
𝐴𝑃 + 𝐴𝑄 =

a) 𝐴𝐷 = 𝐴𝐵 + 𝐵𝐶 + 𝐶𝐴
a) 12cm b) 18 cm
b) 2𝐴𝐷 = 𝐴𝐵 + 𝐵𝐶 + 𝐶𝐴
c) 24 cm d) 36 cm
c) 3𝐴𝐷 = 𝐴𝐵 + 𝐵𝐶 + 𝐶𝐴
42. At one end of a diameter 𝑃𝑄 of a circle of
d) 4𝐴𝐷 = 𝐴𝐵 + 𝐵𝐶 + 𝐶𝐴 radius 5 cm, tangent 𝑋𝑃𝑌 is drawn to the
38. In the fig. 𝑅𝑄 is a tangent to the circle with circle. The length of chord 𝐴𝐵 parallel to
centre 𝑂. If 𝑆𝑄 = 6𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑄𝑅 = 𝑋𝑌 and at a distance of 8 cm from 𝑃 is
4𝑐𝑚, then 𝑂𝑅 = a) 5 cm b) 6 cm
c) 7 cm d) 8 cm
43. If 𝑃𝑇 is tangent drawn from a point 𝑃 to a
circle touching it at 𝑇 and O is the centre of
the circle, then ∠𝑂𝑃𝑇 + ∠𝑃𝑂𝑇 =
a) 300 b) 600
a) 8 cm b) 3 cm
c) 900 d) 1800
c) 2.5 cm d) 5 cm
44. Two circles touch each other externally at
39. In the fig the perimeter of ∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐶 is 𝑃. If 𝐴𝐵 is a common tangent to the circles
touching them at 𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵. Then, ∠𝐴𝑃𝐵 =
a) 300 b) 450
c) 600 d) 900
45. In the fig. if 𝑂𝐶 = 9 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝐵 =
15 𝑐𝑚, then 𝐵𝐶 + 𝐵𝐷 =
a) 30 cm b) 60 cm
c) 45 cm d) 15 cm
40. In the fig. 𝐴𝑃 is a tangent to the circle with
centre 𝑂 such that
𝑂𝑃 = 4 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝑂𝑃𝐴 = 300 then,𝐴𝑃 =

a) 2√2 𝑐𝑚 b) 2 cm
a) 18 cm b) 12 cm
c) 2√3 cm d) 3√2 cm
c) 24 cm d) 36 cm

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46. The length of the tangent 𝐴𝑃, from an

external point 𝐴 is 24 cm. If the distance of
the point 𝐴 from the centre 𝑂 of the circle
is 25 cm, then the diameter of the circle is
a) 15 cm b) 14 cm
c) 7 cm d) 12 cm
47. If 𝑃𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝐵 are two tangents to a circle
with centre 𝑂 such that ∠𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 1100 ,
then ∠𝐴𝑃𝐵 is equal to
a) 600 b) 700
c) 800 d) 900
48. If two tangents inclined at an angle of 600
are drawn to a circle of radius 3 cm, then
length of each tangent is equal to
3√3
a) 𝑐𝑚 b) 6 cm
2

c) 3 cm d) 3√3 cm
49. From a point 𝑃 which is at a distance 13 cm
from the centre 𝑂 of a circle of radius 5 cm,
the pair of tangents 𝑃𝑄 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑅 to the
circle are drawn. Then the area of the
quadrilateral 𝑃𝑄𝑂𝑅 is
a) 60 𝑐𝑚2 b) 65 𝑐𝑚2
c) 30 𝑐𝑚2 d) 32.5 𝑐𝑚2
50. The pair of tangents 𝐴𝑃 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑄 drawn
from an external point to a circle with
centre 𝑂 are perpendicular to each other
and length of each tangent is 5 cm. The
radius of the circle is
a) 10 cm b) 7.5 cm
c) 5 cm d) 2.5 cm

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1. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 = 𝑦, then 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 is 5 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃−4 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃

is
5 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃+4 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
equal to 5 5
a) 3 b) 6
a) 𝑥𝑦 b) 𝑥/𝑦
1
c) 0 d) 6
c) 𝑦/𝑥 d) 1/𝑥𝑦
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥−𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥
2.
𝑎
Given that 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 = 𝑏, then 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 is equal 9. If 16 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝑥 = 12, then 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 equals
to 1 3
𝑏 𝑏
a) 7 b) 7
a) √𝑎2 b) √𝑏2
+𝑏 2 −𝑎2 2
𝑎 𝑎
c) 7 d) 0
c) √𝑎2 d) √𝑏2
−𝑏2 −𝑎2
10. If 8 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑥 = 15, then 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 is
4𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽−3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽
3. If 4 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝛽 = 3, then 4𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽+3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽 = equal to
8 17
a) 0 b) 1/3 a) 17 b) 7

c) 2/3 d) 7/25 1 7
c) d)
17 17
4. If ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 right angled at 𝐵. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐴 = √3, 1 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃−𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃
11. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = , then 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2𝜃+𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 =
then 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐶 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐶 = 0 √7
a) −1 b) 0 5 3
a) 7 b) 7
c) 1 d) √3/2 1 3
c) 12 d) 4
5. If the angle of ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 are in the ratio
3
1 : 1 : 2 respectively ( the largest angle 12. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 = 4, then 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 =
𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐴
being angle C), then the value of − 7
𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐵
𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐴 a) 25 b) 1
is
𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝐵
−7 4
a) 0 b) 1/2 c) 25 d) 25
c) 1 d) √3/2 8
13. If 𝜃 is an acute angle such that 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃 = 7
3 (1+𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃)(1−𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃)
6. If 𝜃 is a acute angle such that 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = 5, then the value of is
(1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃)(1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃)
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃−1
then = 7 8
2𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝑥
a) 8 b) 7
16 1
a) 625 b) 36 7 64
c) 4 d) 49
3 160
c) 160 d) 3 14. If 3 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 = 5 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃, then the value of
𝑎 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃+ 𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 5 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃−2 𝑠𝑒𝑐 3 𝜃+2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃
7. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 = 𝑏, then 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃−𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 is equal to is
5 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃+2 𝑠𝑒𝑐 3 𝜃−2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃
𝑎2 +𝑏2 𝑎2 −𝑏 2 271 316
a) 𝑎2 −𝑏2 b) 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 a) 979 b) 2937
𝑎+𝑏 𝑎−𝑏 542
c) 𝑎 − 𝑏 d) 𝑎 + c) 2937 d) none of these
𝑏

8. If 5𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 − 4 = 0, then the value of 15. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 450 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 300 =

𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛450 𝑐𝑜𝑠 450 , then 𝑥 =

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a) 2 b) −2 23. If 𝜃 is an acute angle such that 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 = 3,

𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃
c) − 2
1
d) 2
1 then the value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2𝜃 is
4 3
16. The value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 170 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2 730 is a) 7 b) 7
1 2 1
a) 1 b) 3 c) 7 d) 7

c) 0 d) −1 24. The value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛10 𝑡𝑎𝑛20 𝑡𝑎𝑛30 ….𝑡𝑎𝑛890

𝑐𝑜𝑠3 200 −𝑐𝑜𝑠3 700
is
17. The value of is
𝑠𝑖𝑛3 700 −𝑠𝑖𝑛3 200
a) 1 b) −1
1 1
a) 2 b) c) 0 d) none of these
√2

c) 1 d) 2 25. The value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠10 𝑐𝑜𝑠20 𝑐𝑜𝑠30 …𝑐𝑜𝑠1800

𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 300 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 450 is
18. If = 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 600 −
8𝑐𝑜𝑠2 450 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 600
a) 1 b) 0
𝑡𝑎𝑛2 300 then 𝑥 =
c) −1 d) none of these
a) 1 b) −1
26. The value of
c) 2 d) 0 𝑡𝑎𝑛100 𝑡𝑎𝑛150 𝑡𝑎𝑛750 𝑡𝑎𝑛800 is
19. If 𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 are complementary angles, a) −1 b) 0
then
c) 1 d) none of these
a) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐵 b) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐵
27. The value of
c) 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐵 d) 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐵 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (900 −𝜃)𝑠𝑒𝑐 (900 −𝜃)𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
+
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 (900 −𝜃)𝑠𝑖𝑛 (900 −𝜃)𝑐𝑜𝑡(900 −𝜃)
20. If 𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛(900 − 𝜃)𝑐𝑜𝑡(900 − 𝜃) = 𝑡𝑎𝑛 (900 −𝜃)
𝑐𝑜𝑠 (900 − 𝜃), then 𝑥 = is
𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝜃

a) 0 b) 1 a) 1 b) −1

c) −1 d) 2 c) 2 d) −2

21. If 𝑥 𝑡𝑎𝑛 450 𝑐𝑜𝑠 600 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 600 𝑐𝑜𝑡 600 , 28. If 𝜃 and 2𝜃 − 450 are acute angles such
then 𝑥 is equal to that 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (2𝜃 − 450 ), then 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
Is equal to
a) 1 b) √3 a) 1 b) −1
1 1
c) 2 d) c) √3 d)
1
√2
√3
22. If angles 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 of a ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 form an 29. If 5𝜃 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4𝜃 are acute angles satisfying
increasing 𝐴𝑃, then 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐵 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 5𝜃 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 4𝜃, then 2𝑠𝑖𝑛3𝜃 −
1 √3 √3 𝑡𝑎𝑛 3𝜃 is equal to
a) 2 b) 2
1
a) 1 b) 0
c) 1 d)
√2
c) −1 d) 1 + √3

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30. If 𝐴 + 𝐵 = 900 , then 𝑡𝑎𝑛 550

+ 𝑐𝑜𝑡 10 𝑐𝑜𝑡 20 𝑐𝑜𝑡 30 𝑐𝑜𝑡 900 , is
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐵+𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝐵 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐵 𝑐𝑜𝑡 350
− 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝐴 is equal to
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐵
a) −2 b) 2
2 2
a) 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝐴 b) 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝐵
c) 1 d) 0
2 2
c) −𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐴 d) − 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝐴
39. In the fig. the value of cos𝜙 is
2 𝑡𝑎𝑛300
31. is equal to
1+𝑡𝑎𝑛2 300

a) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 600 b) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 600

c) 𝑡𝑎𝑛 600 d) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 300
1− 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 450 5 5
32. is equal to a) 4 b) 3
1+𝑡𝑎𝑛2 450

a) 𝑡𝑎𝑛 900 b) 1 c) 5
3 4
d) 5
c) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 450 d) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 00 40. In the fig. if 𝐴𝐷 = 4 𝑐𝑚 𝐵𝐷 =
33. 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2𝐴 = 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 is true when 𝐴 = 3𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝐵 = 12 𝑐𝑚, then 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝜃 =

a) 00 b) 300
c) 450 d) 600
2 𝑡𝑎𝑛 300
34. is equal to
1−𝑡𝑎𝑛2 300 12 5
a) b) 12
0 0 5
a) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 60 b) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 60
13 12
0 0 c) 12 d) 13
c) 𝑡𝑎𝑛 60 d) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 30
35. If 𝐴, 𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 are interior angles of a 41. In the fig. if D is the mid-point of BC, then
𝐵+𝐶 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝑦 0
triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, then 𝑠𝑖𝑛 ( )= the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝑥 0 is
2
𝐴 𝐴
a) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 b) 𝑐𝑜𝑠
2 2
𝐴 𝐴
c) −𝑠𝑖𝑛 d) −𝑐𝑜𝑠
2 2
2
36. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 = 3, then 2𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 + 2𝑡𝑎𝑛 2 𝜃 − 7
is equal to a) 2 b) 1/2

a) 1 b) 0 c) 1/3 d) 3/4

c) 3 d) 4 42. Which of the following is not defined?

37. 𝑡𝑎𝑛 50 × 𝑡𝑎𝑛 300 × 4 𝑡𝑎𝑛 850 is equal to a) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 00 b) 𝑡𝑎𝑛 450

a)
4
b) 4√3 c) 𝑠𝑒𝑐 900 d) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 900
√3
43. For 00 ≤ 𝜃 < 900 , the maximum value of
c) 1 d) 4 1
is
𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃
38. The value of

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a) 1 b) 0 49. In the fig. 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝐶 is equal to

√3
c) undefined d) 2
1
44. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 = 2 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 − 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 is equal
to
3 3
a) 2 b) − 2
5
a) 0 b) 12
√3 √3
c) d) − 7 7
2 2
c) 13 d) − 13
1
45. If 0 ≤ 𝐴, 𝐵 ≤ 900 such that 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴 = 2 2
1 50. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 = 3 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 2𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 + 2𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃 − 7
and 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐵 = 2, then 𝐴 + 𝐵 =
is equal to
0 0
a) 0 b) 60 a) 1 b) 0
0 0
c) 90 d) 30 c) 3 d) 4
46. In the fig. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is right-angled at
4
𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐴 = 3. If 𝐴𝐶 = 5 𝑐𝑚, then the
length of BC is

a) 4 cm b) 12 cm
c) 3 cm d) 9 cm
47. If A is an acute angle in a right triangle
𝐴𝐵𝐶, right angled at B, then the value of
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴 is
a) equal to 1 b) greater than B
c) less than 1 d) 2

48. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 = 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝜃 = √3𝑎 , then

the value of 𝑎 is
a) 1 b) 2

c) √3 d) 2/√3

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1. If 𝑥 = 2𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 2𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 + 1, then c) 𝑎4 𝑏 4 d) 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2

𝑥 + 𝑦 is equal to
9. If 𝑥 = 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 and 𝑦 = 𝑏 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃, then
a) 3 b) 2
𝑏 2 𝑥 2 − 𝑎2 𝑦 2 =
c) 1 d) 1/2
a) 𝑎𝑏 b) 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2
2. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝛼 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝛼 = 2, then
𝑡𝑎𝑛2020 𝛼 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2020 𝛼 = c) 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 d) 𝑎2 𝑏 2
a) 0 b) 2
10. The value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2 290 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2 610 is
c) 2020 d) 22020
a) 1 b) 0
1+𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃
3. √ is equal to c) 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2 290 d) 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 610
1−𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃

11. If 𝑥 = 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠 ϕ, y = b sec θ sin ϕ

a) 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 b) 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
𝑥2 𝑦2
c) 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃 d) 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃 and z = c tan θ, then 𝑎2
+ 𝑏2 =

1+𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 𝑧2 𝑧2
4. The value of √1−𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 is a) 𝑐 2 b) 1 − 𝑐 2

𝑧2 𝑧2
a) 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 c) 𝑐 2 − 1 d) 1 + 𝑐 2

b) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 12. 9𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝐴 − 9𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴 is equal to

c) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃 a) 1 b) 9
d)(𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃)2 c) 8 d) 0
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
5. is equal to 13. (𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐴 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐴)(1 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴) =
1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 a) 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝐴 b) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴
a) b)
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃
c) cosec A d) cos A
1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 1−𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃
c) d)
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 1+𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴
14. is equal to
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 1+𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝐴
6. + 1−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 is equal to
1−𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
a) 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝐴 b) −1
a) 0 b) 1
c) 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝐴 d) 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴
c) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 c) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃
15. The value of
𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃
7. + 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃+1 is equal to 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (450 + 𝜃) − 𝑐𝑜𝑠(450 − 𝜃) is equal to
𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃−1

a) 2 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 b) 2 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 a) 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 b) 0

c) 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 d) 2 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 c) 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 d) 1
8. If 𝑥 = 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 − 𝑏 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃, then 𝑏 2 𝑥 2 + 16. If ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 is right angled at 𝐶, then the value of
𝑎2 𝑦 2 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝐴 + 𝐵) is
a) 𝑎2 𝑏 2 b) 𝑎𝑏 a) 0 b) 1

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1 √3 1 1
c) 2 d) c) d)
2 2 4

17. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 = 𝑥, then 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 = 25. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠 8𝜃 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 𝑎𝑛𝑑 9𝜃 < 900 , then the
value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛 6𝜃 is
𝑥 2 +1 𝑥 2 +1
a) b)
𝑥 2𝑥 a) 1/√3 b) √3
𝑥 2 −1 𝑥 2 −1
c) d) c) 1 d) 0
2𝑥 𝑥

18. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 = 𝑥 then 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 = 26. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝛼 + 𝛽) = 0, then 𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝛼 − 𝛽) can be
𝑥 2 +1 𝑥 2 −1
reduced to
a) b)
𝑥 𝑥
a) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝛽 b) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝛽
𝑥 2 +1 𝑥 2 −1
c) d) c) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝛼 d) 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2 𝛼
2𝑥 2𝑥

19. 𝑠𝑒𝑐 4 𝐴 − 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝐴 is equal to 27. If 1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝛼 = 3𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝛼 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝛼, then the values
of 𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝛼 are
a) 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛4 𝐴 b) 𝑡𝑎𝑛4 𝐴 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴
a) −1, 1 b) 0, 1
c) 𝑡𝑎𝑛4 𝐴 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴 d) 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛4 𝐴
c) 1, 2 d) −1, −1
20. 𝑐𝑜𝑠 4 𝐴 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛4 𝐴 is equal to
𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝜃 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃
a) 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐴 + 1 b) 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐴 − 1 28. + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃−𝑡𝑎𝑛 3 𝜃 is equal to
𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑡 3𝜃

c) 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐴 − 1 d) 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐴 + 1 a) 0 b) 1

21. The value of (1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃)(1 + c) −1 d) 2

𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃) is
29. 2(𝑠𝑖𝑛6 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 6 𝜃) − 3(𝑠𝑖𝑛4 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 4 𝜃)is
a) 1 b) 2 equal to

c) 4 d) 0 a) 0 b) 1

22. (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃)(𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃)(𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + c) −1 d) none of these

𝑐𝑜𝑡 𝜃) 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙
30. If 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 + 𝑏 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 = 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 −
a) 0 b) 1 𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 = 3, then 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 =

c) −1 d) none of these a) 7 b) 12

23. If 𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 are acute angles such that c) 25 d) none of these

𝑠𝑖𝑛 (𝐴 − 𝐵) = 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝐴 + 𝐵) − 1 = 0,
31. If 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 + 𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 = 𝑝 and 𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 +
then 𝐴 =
𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 = 𝑞, then 𝑝2 − 𝑞 2 =
a) 600 b) 300
a) 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 b) 𝑏 2 − 𝑎2
c) 450 d) 150
c) 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 d) 𝑏 − 𝑎
24. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 = 0, then the value of
32. If 𝑥 = 𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜙, 𝑦 = 𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜙 and 𝑧 =
𝑠𝑖𝑛 4 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 4 𝜃 is
𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃, then
3
a) 1 b) 4 a) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 = 𝑟 2

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b) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 𝑧 2 = 𝑟 2 a) 1 b) −1

c) 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 = 𝑟 2 c) 0 d) −2

d) 𝑧 2 + 𝑦 2 − 𝑥 2 = 𝑟 2 40. (1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴 − 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴)(1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐴 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴) =

33. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 = 1, then a) 2 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴 b) 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴

𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 4 𝜃 = c) 2 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 d) 2 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝐴

a) −1 b) 1 3
41. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 = 5, then the value 9 + 9𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝐴 is
c) 0 d) none of these a) 9 b) 16
34. If 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + 𝑏 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 c) 25 d) 34
𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = 𝑛, then 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 = 42. 𝑡𝑎𝑛4 𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃 =
a) 𝑚2 − 𝑛2 b) 𝑚2 𝑛2 a) 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 − 2𝑠𝑒𝑐 4 𝜃
c) 𝑛2 − 𝑚2 d) 𝑚2 + 𝑛2 b) 2𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 − 2𝑠𝑒𝑐 4 𝜃
35. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝐴 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝐴 = 1, then c) 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 − 𝑠𝑒𝑐 4 𝜃
𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝐴 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛4 𝐴 = d) 𝑠𝑒𝑐 4 𝜃 − 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃
a) −1 b) 0 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃
43. + 1+𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃 =
1+𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃
c) 1 d) none of these
a) 1 b) 2 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃
36. If 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 − 𝑏 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 𝑐, then
c) 2 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃 d) 2 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃
𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 =
44. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = √2, then 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 =
a) ±√𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2
a) 1 b) 2
b) ±√𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 − 𝑐 2
c) 3 d) 4
c) ±√𝑐 2 − 𝑎2 − 𝑏2
45. The value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 (900 − 𝜃) is
d) none of these
a) 0
2 2
37. If 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝛽 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝛽 = 2, then 𝛽 is equal to
b) 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 (900 − 𝜃)
a) 00 b) 900
c) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 (900 − 𝜃)
c) 450 d) 300
d) 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 (900 − 𝜃)
1
38. The value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 + 1+𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃 is
46. If 15𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃 + 4𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃 = 23, then the
a) 0 b) 1 value of (𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃)2 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 is
c) 2 d) −1 15
a) 7 b) 2
39. The value of (1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃)(1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃) (1 −
9 11
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃)(1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃)(1 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃)(1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃) is c) 2 d) 2

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47. If √3𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃 − 4𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 + √3 = 0, then the value

of 3(𝑐𝑜𝑡 2 𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃) is
a) 15 b) 7
c) 10 d) 4

48. If 1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 = 3𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃, then 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝜃 can

take values
1
a) 1, 2 b) 1, 2
1
c) 2 , 2 d) none of these

49. 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃)(𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃)(𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃)

is equal to

a) 2√2 b) 0

c) 1 d) √2
50. If 𝑘 + 1 = 𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃(1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃)(1 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃), then
𝑘=
a) 1 b) 2
c) 0 d) −1

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1. The length of shadow of a tower on the plane foot of the tower is 450 . Then the height of
ground is √3 times the height of the tower. the tower (in metres) is
The angle of elevation of sun is
a) 50√3 b) 50
0 0
a) 45 b) 30 50 50
c) d)
√2 √3
c) 600 d) 900
7. A ladder makes an angle of 600 with the
2. The angle of depression of a car, standing on
ground when placed against a wall. If the foot
the ground, from the top of a 75 m tower, is
of the ladder is 2 m away from the wall, then
300 . The distance of the car from the base of
the length of the ladder (in metres) is
the tower (in metres) is
4
a) b) 4√3
a) 25√3 b) 50√3 √3

c) 75√3 d) 150 c) 2√2 d) 4

3. A ladder 15 m long just reaches the top of a 8. The ratio of the length of a rod and its shadow
vertical wall. If the ladder makes an angle of is 1 : √3. The angle of elevation of the sum is
600 with the wall, then the height of the wall a) 300 b) 450
is
c) 600 d) 900
15√3
a) 15√3m b) m
2 9. If the angle of elevation of a tower from a
c)
15
m d) 15 m distance of 100 metres from its foot is 600 ,
2 then the height of the tower is
4. The angle of depression of a car parked on the 100
road from the top of a 150 m high tower is a)100√3 m b) m
√3
300 .The distance of the car from the tower (in 200
c) 50√3 m d) m
metres) is √3

a) 50√3 b) 150√3 10. If the altitude of the sum is at 600 , then the
height of the vertical tower that will cast a
c) 150√2 d) 75 shadow of length 30 m is

5. In the height of a vertical pole is √3 a) 50√3 m b) 15 m

times the length of its shadow on the ground, 30
then the angle of elevation of the sun at that c) m d) 15√2
√3
time is
11. If the angles of elevation of a tower from two
0 0 points distant 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 (𝑎 > 𝑏) from its foot
a) 30 b) 60
and in the same straight line from it are 300
c) 450 d) 750
and 600 , then the height of the tower is
6. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at
a) √𝑎 + 𝑏 b) √𝑎𝑏
a point on the ground 50 m away from the

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𝑎 the angle of depression of the foot of the

c) √𝑎 − 𝑏 d) √𝑏
tower. The height of the tower is
12. If the angles of elevation of the top of a tower a) 25 m b) 50 m
from two points distant 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 from the
c) 75 m d) 100 m
base and in the same straight line with it are
complementary, then the height of the tower 17. The angles of depression of two ships from
is the top of a light house are 450 and
300 towards east. If the ships are 100 m
a) ab b) √𝑎𝑏
apart, the height of the light house is
𝑎 𝑎 50 50
c) 𝑏 d) √𝑏 a) m b) m
√3+1 √3−1

13. From a light house the angles of depression of c) 50 (√3 − 1) m d) 50 (√3 + 1)m
two ships on opposite sides of the light house
18. If the angle of elevation of a cloud from a
are observed to be 300 𝑎𝑛𝑑 450 . If the height
point 200 m above a lake is 300 and the angle
of the light house is h metres, the distance
of depression of its reflection in the lake is
between the ships is
600 , then the height of the cloud above the
a) (√3 + 1)h m b) (√3 − 1) h m lake, is
1 a) 200 m b) 500 m
c) √3 h m d) 1 + (1 + )h m
√3
c) 30 m d) 400 m
14. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower
standing on a horizontal plane from a point 𝐴 19. The height of a tower is 100 m. When the
is a. After walking a distance 𝑑 towards the angle of elevation of the sun changes from
foot of the tower the angle of elevation is 300 𝑡𝑜 450 , the shadow of the tower
found to be 𝛽.The height of the tower is becomes 𝑥 metres less. The value of 𝑥 is
𝑑 𝑑
a) cot 𝛼+cot 𝛽 b) cot 𝛼−cot 𝛽 a) 100 m b) 100√3m
100
𝑑
c) tan 𝛽−tan 𝛼
𝑑
d) tan 𝛽+tan 𝛼 c) 100 (√3 − 1)m d) m
√3

20. Two persons are a metres apart and the

15. The tops of two poles of height 20 m and 14
height of one is double that of the other. If
m are connected by a wire. If the wire makes
from the middle point of the line joining their
an angle of 300 with horizontal, then the
feet, an observer finds the angular elevation
length of the wire is
of their tops to be complementary, then the
a) 12 m b) 10 m height of the shorter post is
𝑎 𝑎
c) 8 m d) 6 m a) 4 b)
√2
16. From the top of a cliff 25 m high the angle of 𝑎
c) 𝑎√2 d) 2√2
elevation of a tower is found to be equal to

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𝑎
21. The angle of elevation of a cloud from a point a) √2 𝑎 metres b) 2√2 metres
ℎ metre above a lake is 𝜃. The angle of
𝑎
depression of its reflection in the lake is 450 . c)
√2
meters d) 2a metres
The height of the cloud is
a) ℎ tan(450 + 𝜃) b) ℎ cot(450 − 𝜃) 26. The tops of two poles of height 16 m and 10
m are connected by a wire of length 𝑙 metres.
c) ℎ tan(450 − 𝜃) d) ℎ cot(450 + 𝜃) If the wire makes an angle of 300 with the
22. A tower subtends an angle of 300 at a point horizontal, then 𝑙 =
on the same level as its foot. At a second a) 26 b) 16
point ℎ metres above the first, the depression
of the foot of the tower is 600 . The height of c) 12 d) 10
the tower is 27. If a 1.5 m tall girl stands at a distance of 3 m
ℎ from a lamp-post and casts a shadow of
a) 2 m b) √3ℎ 𝑚
length 4.5 m on the ground, then the height
ℎ ℎ of the lamp-post is
c) 3 m d) m
√3
a) 1.5 m b) 2 m
23. It is found that on walking 𝑥 meters towards
a chimney in a horizontal line through its c) 2.5 m d) 2.8 m
base, the elevation of its top changes from 28. In the fig. shows the observation of point 𝐶
300 𝑡𝑜 600 . The height of the chimney is from point 𝐴. The angle of depression from 𝐴
a) 3√2𝑥 b) 2√3𝑥 is

√3 2
c) 𝑥 d) 𝑥
2 √3

24. The length of the shadow of a tower standing

on level ground is found to be 2𝑥 metres
longer when the sun’s elevation is 300 than
when it was 450 . The height of the tower in
metres is a) 600 b) 300

a) (√3 + 1)𝑥 b) (√3 − 1)𝑥 c) 450 d) 750

29. The measure of the angle of elevation of the
c) 2√3𝑥 d) 3√2𝑥
top of the tower 75√3 𝑚 high from a point at
25. Two poles are ‘a’ metres a part and the height 𝑎 distance of 75 𝑚 from the foot of the
of one is double of the other. If from the tower in a horizontal plane is
middle point of the line joining their feet an
a) 300 b) 600
observer finds the angular elevations of their
tops to be complementary, then the height of c) 900 d) 450
the smaller is

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30. If the length of the shadow of a vertical pole of elevation of the top of the tower as seen
is equal to its height, the angle of elevation of from a point on the ground is 300 , then the
Sun’s altitude is angle of elevation of the top of the flag staff
as seen from the same point is
a) 450 b) 600
a) 450 b) 300
c) 300 d) 750
c) 600 d) 900
31. If the angle of elevation of the top of a tower
from a point on the ground, 100 m away from 36. Two friends Rohit and Mohit are standing on
the foot of the tower is 300 , then the height the opposite sides of a tower of height 60
of the tower is metres. If their angles of depression seen
from the top of the tower are
a) 100 m b) 100√3 m
300 𝑎𝑛𝑑 450 respectively, then the distance
100 between the two friends is
c) m d) 75√3 m
√3
a) 60(√3 − 1)𝑚 b) 60(√3 + 1)𝑚
32. When the Sun’s elevation is 300 , the shadow
of a tower is 30 m long, if the Sun’s elevation c) 30(√3 − 1)𝑚 d) 30(√3 + 1)𝑚
600 , then the length of the shadow is
37. A man is climbing a ladder which is inclined to
a) 35 m b) 20 m the wall at an angle of 300 . If he ascends at
c) 10 m d) 15 m the rate of 2 m/sec, then he approaches the
wall at the rate of
33. If the angles of elevation of the top of a tower
from two points at a distance of 4m and 16 m a) 2 m/sec b) 2.5 m/sec
from the base of a tower and in the same line c) 1 m/sec d) 1.5 m/sec
are complementary, then the height of the
tower is
a) 20 m b) 12 m
c) 8 m d) 16 m
34. A man on the top of a cliff ‘x’ metres high
observes that the angles of elevation of the
top of a tower is equal to the angle of
depression of the foot of the tower. The
height of the tower in metres is

a) 2√2 𝑥 b) 2𝑥
𝑥
c) √2𝑥 d) 2

35. If the height of a flagstaff is twice the height

of the tower on which it is fixed and the angle

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1. If the circumference and the area of a circle 7. The ratio of the outer and inner perimeters of
are numerically equal, then diameter of the a circular path is 23 : 22. If the path is 5 metres
circle is wide, the diameter of the inner circle is
𝜋
a) 2 b) 2𝜋 a) 55 m b) 110 m

c) 2 d) 4 c) 220 m d) 230 m

2. If the difference between the circumference 8. The circumference of a circle is 100 cm. The
and radius of a circle is 37 cm, then using 𝜋 = side of a square inscribed in the circle is
100
22
, the circumference (in cm) of the circle is a) 50√2 cm b) cm
𝜋
7
a) 154 b) 44 50√2 100√2
c) cm d) cm
𝜋 𝜋
c) 14 d) 7
9. The area of the incircle of an equilateral
3. A wire can be bent in the form of a circle of triangle of side 42 cm is
radius 56 cm. If it is bent in the form of a a) 22√3𝑐𝑚2 b) 231 𝑐𝑚2
square, then its area will be
a) 3520 𝑐𝑚2 b) 6400 𝑐𝑚2 c) 462𝑐𝑚2 d) 924 𝑐𝑚2

c) 7744 𝑐𝑚2 d) 8800 𝑐𝑚2 10. The area of incircle of an equilateral triangle is
154 𝑐𝑚2 . The perimeter of the triangle is
4. If a wire is bent into the shape of a square, a) 71.5 cm b) 71.7 cm
then the area of the square is 81 𝑐𝑚2 . When
wire is bent into a semi-circular shape, then c) 72.3 cm d) 72.7 cm
the area of the semi-circle will be 11. If an arc of a circle forms 900 at the centre of
a) 22𝑐𝑚2 b) 44 𝑐𝑚2 the circle, then the ratio of its length to the
c) 77 𝑐𝑚2 d) 154 𝑐𝑚2 circumference of the circle is
a) 1 : 4 b) 3 : 4
5. A circular park has a path of uniform width
around it. The difference between the outer c) 1 : 3 d) 2 : 3
and inner circumferences of the circular path 12. The perimeter of a triangle is 30𝜋 cm and the
is 132 m. Its width is circumference of its incircle is 88 cm. The area
a) 20 m b) 21 m of the triangle is
c) 22 m d) 24 m a) 70 𝑐𝑚2 b) 140 𝑐𝑚2

6. The radius of a wheel is 0.25 m. The number of c) 660 𝑐𝑚2 d) 420 𝑐𝑚2
revolutions it will make to travel a distance of 13. The area of a circle is 220 𝑐𝑚2. The area of a
11 km will be square inscribed in it is
a) 2800 b) 4000 a) 49 𝑐𝑚2 b) 70 𝑐𝑚2
c) 5500 d) 7000 c) 140 𝑐𝑚2 d) 150 𝑐𝑚2

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14. If the circumference of a circle increases from 21. The perimeter of the sector OAB shown in the
4𝜋 𝑡𝑜 8𝜋, then its area is fig., is
a) halved b) doubled
c) tripled d) quadrupled
15. If the radius of a circle is diminished by 10 %,
64
then its area is diminished by a) cm b) 26 cm
3
a) 10% b) 19% 64
c) cm d) 19 cm
5
c) 20% d) 36%
16. If the area of a square is same as the area of a
22. If the perimeter of a sector of a circle of radius
circle, then the ratio of their perimeters, in
6.5 cm is 29 cm, then its area is
terms of 𝜋, is
a) 58 𝑐𝑚2 b) 52 𝑐𝑚2
a) 𝜋 ∶ √3 b) 2 ∶ √𝜋
c) 25 𝑐𝑚2 d) 56 𝑐𝑚2
c) 3 ∶ 𝜋 d) 𝜋 ∶ √2
17. An arc of length 15.7 cm subtends a right angle
at the centre of the circle. The radius of the 23. If the area of a sector of a circle bounded by an
circle is (use 𝜋 = 22/7) arc of length 5𝜋 cm is equal to 20𝜋 𝑐𝑚2, then
a) 20 cm b) 10 cm its radius is
c) 15 cm d) 12 cm a) 12 cm b) 16 cm
c) 8 cm d) 10 cm
18. The ratio of the areas of a circle and an
equilateral triangle whose diameter and a side 24. The area of the circle that can be inscribed in a
are respectively equal, is square of side 10 cm is
a) 𝜋 ∶ √2 b) 𝜋 ∶ √3 a) 40𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 b) 30𝜋 𝑐𝑚2
c) √3 : 𝜋 d) √2 : 𝜋 c) 100𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 d) 25𝜋 𝑐𝑚2

19. If the sum of the areas of two circles with radii

25. If the difference between the circumference
𝑟1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟2 is equal to the area of a circle of
and radius of a circle is 37 cm, then its area is
radius 𝑟, then 𝑟12 + 𝑟22
a) 154 𝑐𝑚2 b) 160 𝑐𝑚2
a) > 𝑟 2 b) = 𝑟 2
c) < 𝑟 2 d) none of these c) 200 𝑐𝑚2 d) 150 𝑐𝑚2
20. If the perimeter of a semi-circular protractor is
36 cm, then its diameter is
a) 10 cm b) 12 cm 26. If the area of a circle is equal to the sum of the
c) 14 cm d) 16 cm areas of two circles of diameters 10 cm and 24
cm, then diameter of the lager circle (in cm) is
a) 34 b) 26

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c) 17 d) 14 𝜋
a) (3 −
√3
) 𝑟2
𝜋
b) ( 3 +
√3
) 𝑟2
2 2

27. The area of the circle that can be inscribed in a 𝜋 2

c) ( 3 − ) 𝑟2 d) none of these
√3
square of side 6 cm is
a) 36𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 b) 18𝜋 𝑐𝑚2
32. In the fig., the ratio of the areas of two sectors
2 2 𝑆1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑆2 is
c) 12𝜋 𝑐𝑚 d) 9𝜋 𝑐𝑚

28. It is proposed to build a single circular park

equal in area to the sum of areas of two
circular parks of diameters 16 m and 12 m in a
locality. The radius of the new park would be a) 5 : 2 b) 3 : 5
a) 10 m b) 15 m
c) 5 : 3 d) 4 : 5
c) 20 m d) 24 m
33. If the area of a sector of a circle bounded by an
29. If diameter of a circle is increased by 40%, then arc of length 5𝜋 cm is equal to 20𝜋 𝑐𝑚2, then
its area increases by the radius of the circle is
a) 96% b) 40% a) 12 cm b) 16 cm

c) 80% d) 48% c) 8 cm d) 10 cm
5
34. If the area of a sector of a circle is of the area
18
30. In the fig., the area of the segment PAQ is of the circle, then the sector angle is equal to
a) 600 b) 900
c) 1000 d) 1200

7
35. If the area of a sector of a circle is 20 of the area
𝑎2 𝑎2 of the circle, then the sector angle is equal to
a) (𝜋 + 2) b) (𝜋 − 2)
4 4 a) 1100 b) 1300
𝑎2 𝑎2
c) 4
(𝜋 − 1) d) 4
(𝜋 + 1) c) 1000 d) 1260

31. In the fig., the area of the segment ACB is

36. In the fig., the area of the shaded region is

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a) 3𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 b) 6𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 42. ABCD is a square of side 4 cm. If E is a point in

the interior of the square such that ∆𝐶𝐸𝐷 is
c) 9𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 d) 7𝜋 𝑐𝑚2
equilateral, then area of ∆𝐴𝐶𝐸 is
a) 2(√3 − 1) 𝑐𝑚2 b) 4(√3 − 1) 𝑐𝑚2
37. The radius of a circle is 20 cm. It is divided into
four parts of equal area by drawing three c) 6(√3 − 1) 𝑐𝑚2 d) 8(√3 − 1) 𝑐𝑚2
concentric circles inside it. Then, the radius of
the largest of three concentric circles drawn is 43. The area of a circular path of uniform width ℎ
a) 10√5 𝑐𝑚 b) 10√3 𝑐𝑚 surrounding a circular region of radius 𝑟 is
a) 𝜋(2𝑟 + ℎ)𝑟 b) 𝜋(2𝑟 + ℎ)ℎ
c) 10 cm d) 10√2 𝑐𝑚
c) 𝜋(ℎ + 𝑟)𝑟 d) 𝜋(ℎ + 𝑟)ℎ

38. The area of a sector whose perimeter is four

times its radius 𝑟 units, is 44. If AB is a chord of length 5√3 cm of a circle
𝑟2 with centre O and radius 5 cm, then area of
a) 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 b) 2𝑟 2 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
4
sector OAB is
𝑟2 3𝜋 8𝜋
c) 𝑟 2 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 d) 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 a) 𝑐𝑚2 b) 𝑐𝑚2
2 8 3
25𝜋
c) 25𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 d) 𝑐𝑚2
3
39. If a chord of a circle of radius 28 cm makes an
angle of 900 at the centre, then the area of the
major segment is 45. The area of a circle whose area and
a) 392 𝑐𝑚2 b) 1456 𝑐𝑚2 circumference are numerically equal, is
a) 2𝜋 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 b) 4𝜋 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
c) 1848 𝑐𝑚2 d) 2240 𝑐𝑚2
c) 6𝜋 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 d) 8𝜋 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠

40. If area of a circle inscribed in an equilateral

triangle is 48 𝜋 square units, then perimeter of 46. If an arc of a circle of radius 14cm subtends an
the triangle is angle of 450 at the centre of the circle, then it
a) 17√3 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 b) 36 units is
a) a minor arc of length 5.5 cm
c) 72 units d) 48√3 units
b) a major arc of length 77 cm
c) a major arc of length 38.5 cm
41. The hour hand of a clock is 6 cm long. The area
swept by it between 11.20 am and 11.55 am is d) a minor arc of length 11 cm
a) 2.75 𝑐𝑚2 b) 5.5 𝑐𝑚2
47. If the sum of the areas of two circles with radii
c) 11 𝑐𝑚2 d) 10 𝑐𝑚2
𝑟1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟2 is equal to the area of a circle of
radius 𝑟, then
a) 𝑟 = 𝑟1 + 𝑟2 b) 𝑟1 2 + 𝑟2 2 = 𝑟 2

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c) 𝑟1 + 𝑟2 < 𝑟 d) 𝑟1 2 + 𝑟2 2 < 𝑟 2

48. If the perimeter of a square is equal to the

perimeter of a circle, then the ratio of their
areas is
a) 11 : 14 b) 22 : 13
c) 14 : 11 d) 13 : 22

49. If the circumference of a circle and the

perimeter of a square are equal, then
a) Area of the circle = Area of the square
b) Area of the circle > Area of the square
c) Area of the circle < Area of the square
d) Nothing definite can be said about the
relation between the areas of the circle and
the square

50. If the sum of the circumference of two circles

with radii 𝑟1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟2 is equal to the
circumference of the circle of radius 𝑟, then

a) 𝑟1 + 𝑟2 = 𝑟 b) 𝑟1 + 𝑟2 > 𝑟
c) 𝑟1 + 𝑟2 < 𝑟 d) none of these

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1. The diameter of a sphere is 6 cm. It is 7. The number of solid spheres, each of

melted and drawn into a wire of diameter diameter 6 cm that can be made by melting
2 mm. The length of the wire is a solid metal cylinder of height 45 cm and
diameter 4 cm is
a) 12 m b) 18 m
a) 3 b) 5
c) 36 m d) 66 m
c) 4 d) 6
2. A metallic sphere of radius 10.5 cm is
melted and then recast into small cones, 8. Volumes of two spheres are in the ratio 64
each of radius 3.5 cm and height 3 cm. The : 27. The ratio of their surface areas is
number of such cones is
a) 3 : 4 b) 4 : 3
a) 63 b) 126
c) 9 : 16 d) 16 : 9
c) 21 d) 130
9. A right circular cylinder of radius 𝑟 and
3. A solid is hemispherical at the bottom and height ℎ(ℎ > 2𝑟) just encloses a sphere of
conical above. If the surface areas of the diameter
two parts are equal, then the ratio of its
a) 𝑟 b) 2𝑟
radius and the height of its conical part is
c) ℎ d) 2ℎ
a) 1 : 3 b) 1 : √3
10. In a right circular cone, the cross-section
c) 1 : 1 d) √3 : 1 made by a plane parallel to the base is a
4. A solid sphere of radius 𝑟 is melted and cast a) circle b) frustyum of a cone
into the shape of a solid cone of height
𝑟, the radius of the case of the cone is c) sphere d) hemisphere

a) 2𝑟 b) 3𝑟 11. If two solid-hemispheres of same base

radius 𝑟 are joined together along their
c) 𝑟 d) 4𝑟 bases, then curved surface area of this new
5. A metallic solid cone is melted to form a solid is
solid cylinder of equal radius. If the height a) 4𝜋 𝑟 2 b) 6𝜋 𝑟 2
of the cylinder is 6 cm, then the height of
the cone was c) 3𝜋 𝑟 2 d) 8𝜋 𝑟 2

a) 10 cm b) 12 cm 12. The diameters of two circular ends of the

bucket are 44 cm and 24 cm. The height of
c) 18 cm d) 24 cm the bucket is 35 cm. The capacity of the
6. A rectangular sheet of paper 40 𝑐𝑚 × bucket is
22 𝑐𝑚, is rolled to form a hollow cylinder of a) 32.7 litres b) 33.7 litres
height 40 cm.
c) 34.7 litres d) 31.7 litres
a) 3.5 b) 7
13. A spherical ball of radius 𝑟 is melted to
c) 80/7 d) 5 make 8 new identical balls each of radius
𝑟1. Then 𝑟 ∶ 𝑟1 =

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a) 2 : 1 b) 1 : 2 19. A cylinder with base radius of 8 cm and

height of 2 cm is melted to form a cone of
c) 4 : 1 d) 1 : 4
height 6 cm. The radius of the cone is
14. Water flows at the rate of 10 metre per
a) 4 cm b) 5 cm
minute from a cylindrical pipe 5 mm in
diameter. How long will it take to fill up a c) 6 cm d) 8 cm
conical vessel whose diameter at the base
20. The volumes of two sphere are in the ratio
is 40 cm and depth 24 cm?
64 : 27. The ratio of their surface areas is
a) 48 min 15 sec b) 51 min 12 sec
a) 1 : 2 b) 2 : 3
c) 52 min 1 sec d) 55 min
c) 9 : 16 d) 16 : 9
15. A cylindrical vessel 32 cm high and 18 cm as
21. If three metallic spheres of radii 6 cm, 8cm
the radius of the base, is filled with sand.
and 10 cm are melted to form a single
This bucket is emptied on the ground and a
sphere, the diameter of the sphere is
conical heap of sand is formed. If the height
of the conical heap is 24 cm, the radius of a) 12 cm b) 24 cm
its base is
c) 30 cm d) 36 cm
a) 12 cm b) 24 cm
22. The surface area of a sphere is same as the
c) 36 cm d) 48 cm curved surface area of a right circular
cylinder whose height and diameter are 12
16. The curved surface area of a right circular
cm each. The radius of the sphere is
cone of height 15 cm and base diameter 16
cm is a) 3 cm b) 4 cm
a) 60𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 b) 68𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 c) 6 cm d) 12 cm
c) 120𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 d) 136𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 23. The volume of the greatest sphere that can
be cut off from a cylindrical log of wood of
17. A right triangle with sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5
base radius 1 cm and height 5 cm is
cm is rotated about the side of 3 cm to form
4 10
a cone. The volume of the cone so formed a) 3 𝜋 b) 𝜋
3
is
20
c) 5𝜋 d) 𝜋
a) 12𝜋 𝑐𝑚3 b) 15𝜋 𝑐𝑚3 3

c) 16𝜋 𝑐𝑚3 d) 20𝜋 𝑐𝑚3 24. A cylindrical vessel of radius 4 cm contains

water. A solid sphere of radius 3 cm is
18. The curved surface area of a cylinder is lowered into the water until it is completely
264 𝑚2 and its volume is 924 𝑚3 . The ratio immersed. The water level in the vessel will
of its diameter to its height is rise by
a) 3 : 7 b) 7 : 3 a)
2
𝑐𝑚
4
b) 9 𝑐𝑚
9
c) 6 : 7 d) 7 : 6 9 9
c) 𝑐𝑚 d) 2 𝑐𝑚
4

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25. 12 spheres of the same size are made from 31. The maximum volume of a cone that can be
melting a solid cylinder of 16 cm diameter carved out of a solid hemisphere of radius
and 2 cm height. The diameter of each 𝑟 is
sphere is 𝜋𝑟 3
a) 3𝜋 𝑟 2 b) 3
a) √3𝑐𝑚 b) 2 cm
𝜋𝑟 2
c) 3 cm d) 4 cm c) d) 3𝜋 𝑟 3
3

26. A solid metallic spherical ball of diameter 6 32. The radii of two cylinders are in the ratio 3
cm is melted and recast into a cone with : 5. If their heights are in the ratio 2 : 3, then
diameter of the base as 12 cm. The height the ratio of their curved surface areas is
of the cone is a) 2 : 5 b) 5 : 2
a) 2 cm b) 3 cm c) 2 : 3 d) 3 : 5
c) 4 cm d) 6 cm 33. A right circular cylinder of radius 𝑟 and
27. A hollow sphere of internal and external height ℎ(ℎ = 2𝑟) just encloses a sphere of
diameters 4 cm and 8 cm respectively is diameter
melted into a cone of base diameter 8 cm. a) ℎ b) 𝑟
The height of the cone is
c) 2𝑟 d) 2ℎ
a) 12 cm b) 14 cm
34. The radii of the circular ends of a frustum
c) 15 cm d) 18 cm are 6 cm and 14 cm. If its slant height is 10
28. A solid piece of iron of dimensions cm, then its vertical height is
49 × 33 × 24 cm is moulded into a a) 6 cm b) 8 cm
sphere. The radius of the sphere is
a) 21 cm b) 28 cm c) 4 cm d) 7 cm

c) 35 cm d) None of these 35. The height and radius of the cone of which
the frustum is a part are
29. The ratio of lateral surface area to the total ℎ1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟1 respectively. If ℎ2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟2 are
surface area of a cylinder with base the heights and radius of the smaller base
diameter 1.6 m and height 20 cm is of the frustum respectively and
a) 1 : 7 b) 1 : 5 ℎ2 : ℎ1 = 1 ∶ 2, then 𝑟2 : 𝑟1 is equal to
c) 7 : 1 d) 5 : 1 a) 1 : 2 b) 1 : 2
30. A solid consists of a circular cylinder c) 2 : 1 d) 3 : 1
surmounted by a right circular cone. The
height of the cone is ℎ. If the total volume 36. The diameters of the ends of a frustum of a
of the solid is 3 times the volume of the cone are 32 cm and 20 cm. IF its slant height
cone, then the height of the cylinder is is 10 cm, then its lateral surface area is

a) 2 ℎ b)
3ℎ a) 321𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 b) 300𝜋 𝑐𝑚2
2
ℎ 2ℎ c) 260𝜋 𝑐𝑚2 d) 250𝜋 𝑐𝑚2
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37. A solid frustum is of height 8 cm. If the radii c) 18 cm d) 24 cm

of its lower and upper ends are 3 cm and 9
43. A circus tent is cylindrical to a height of 4 m
cm respectively, then its slant height is
and conical above it. If its diameter is 105
a) 15 cm b) 12 cm m and its slant height is 40 m, the total area
of the canvas required in 𝑚2 is
c) 10 cm d) 17 cm
a) 1760 b) 2640
38. The radii of the ends of a bucket 16 cm high
are 20 cm and 8 cm. The curved surface c) 3960 d) 7920
area of the bucket is
44. The number of solid spheres, each of
2 2
a) 1760 𝑐𝑚 b) 2240 𝑐𝑚 diameter 6 cm that could be moulded to
form a solid metal cylinder of height 45 cm
c) 880 𝑐𝑚2 d) 3120 𝑐𝑚2
and diameter 4 cm, is
39. The diameters of the top and the bottom
a) 3 b) 4
portions of a bucket are 42 cm and 28 cm
respectively. If the height of the bucket is c) 5 d) 6
24 cm, them the cost of painting its outer
45. A sphere of radius 6 cm is dropped into a
surface at the rate of 50 paise / 𝑐𝑚2 is
cylindrical vessel partly filled with water.
a) ₹ 1582.50 b) ₹ 1724.50 The radius of the vessel is 8 cm. If the
sphere is submerged completely, then the
c) ₹ 1683 d) ₹ 1642
surface of the water rises by
40. IF four times the sum of the areas of two
a) 4.5 cm b) 3 cm
circular faces of a cylinder of height 8 cm is
equal to twice the curve surface area, then c) 4 cm d) 2 cm
diameter of the cylinder is
46. If the radii of the circular ends of a bucket
a) 4 cm b) 8 cm of height 40 cm are of lengths 35 cm and 14
cm, then the volume of the bucket in cubic
c) 2 cm d) 6 cm
centimeters, is
41. If the radius of the base of a right circular
a) 60060 b) 80080
cylinder is halved, keeping the height the
same, then the ratio of the volume of the c) 70040 d) 80160
cylinder thus obtained to the volume of
47. If a cone is cut into two parts by a horizontal
original cylinder is
plane passing through the mid-point of its
a) 1 : 2 b) 2 : 1 axis, the ratio of the volumes of the upper
part and the cone is
c) 1 : 4 d) 4 : 1
a) 1 : 2 b) 1 : 4
42. The material of a cone is converted into the
shape of a cylinder of equal radius. If height c) 1 : 6 d) 1 : 8
of the cylinder is 5 cm, then height of the
48. The height of a cone is 30 cm. A small cone
cone is
is cut off at the top by a plane parallel to
1
a) 10 cm b) 15 cm the base. If its volume be 27 of the volume

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of the given cone, then the height above

the base at which the section has been
made, is
a) 10 cm b) 15 cm
c) 20 cm d) 25 cm
49. A solid consists of a circular cylinder with an
exact fitting right circular cone placed at
the top. The height of the cone is ℎ. If the
total volume of the solid is 3 times the
volume of the cone, then the height of the
circular cylinder is
2ℎ
a) 2ℎ b) 3
3ℎ
c) d) 4ℎ
2

50. A reservoir is in the shape of a frustum of a

right circular cone. It is 8 m across at the
top and 4 m across at the bottom. If it is 6
m deep, then its capacity is
a) 176 𝑚3 b) 196 𝑚3
c) 200 𝑚3 d) 110 𝑚3

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1. Which of the following is not a measure of central d) none of these

tendency?
9. The mean of 𝑛 observations is 𝑋̅. If the first item
a) Mean b) Median is increased by 1, second by 2 and so on, then the
new mean is
c) Mode d) Standard deviation
𝑛
a) 𝑋̅ + 𝑛 b) 𝑋̅ + 2
2. The algebraic sum of the deviations of a
frequency distribution from its mean is 𝑛+1
c) 𝑋̅ + 2 d) none of these
a) always positive b) always negative
10. One of the methods of determining mode is
c) 0 d) a non-zero number
a) Mode=2 Median – 3 Mean
3. The arithmetic mean of 1, 2, 3, …., n is
b) Mode=2 Median + 3 Mean
𝑛+1 𝑛−1
a) 2 b) 2 c) Mode=3 Median – 2 Mean
𝑛 𝑛
c) 2
d) + 1
2 d) Mode=3 Median + 2 Mean

4. For a frequency distribution, mean, median and 11. If the mean of the following distribution is 2.6,
mode are connected by the relation then the value of 𝑦 is

a) Mode = 3 Mean - 2 Median Variable (𝑥): 1 2 3 4 5

b) Mode = 2 Median - 3 Mean Frequency : 4 5 𝑦 1 2

c) Mode = 3 Median - 2 Mean a) 3 b) 8

d) Mode = 3 Median + 2 Mean c) 13 d) 24

5. Which of the following cannot be determined 12. The relationship between mean, median and
graphically? mode for a moderately skewed distribution is

a) Mean b) Median a) Mode = 2 Median – 3 Mean

c) Mode d) none of these b) Mode = Median – 2 Mean

6. The median of a given frequency distribution is c) Mode = 2 Median – Mean

found graphically with the help of
d) Mode = 3 Median – 2 Mean
a) Histogram b) Frequency curve
13. The mean of a discrete frequency distribution
𝑥𝑖
c) Frequency polygon d) Ogive ; 𝑖 = 1,2 … , 𝑛 is given by
𝑓𝑖
7. The mode of a frequency distribution can be ∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖 1
determined graphically from a) ∑ 𝑓𝑖
b) 𝑛 ∑𝑛𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖

a) Histogram b) Frequency polygon ∑𝑛

𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖 ∑𝑛
𝑖=1 𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖
c) ∑𝑛
d) ∑𝑛
𝑖=1 𝑥𝑖 𝑖=1 𝑖
c) Ogive d) Frequency curve
14. If the arithmetic mean of 𝑥, 𝑥 + 3, 𝑥 + 6, 𝑥 +
8. Mode is 9 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 + 12 is 10 the 𝑥 =
a) least frequent value a) 1 b) 2
b) middle most value c) 6 d) 4
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15. If the median of the data : 24, 25, 26, 𝑥 + 2, 𝑥 + 𝑛+1

a) 𝑥̅ + (2𝑛 + 1) b) 𝑥̅ +
2
3, 30, 31, 34 𝑖𝑠 27.5 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 =
𝑛+1
c) 𝑥̅ + (𝑛 + 1) d) 𝑥̅ −
a) 27 b) 25 2
5𝑛
c) 28 d) 30 24. If the mean of first 𝑛 natural numbers is 9
, then
𝑛=
16. If the median of the data 6, 7, 𝑥 −
2, , 𝑥, 17, 20, written in ascending order, is 16. a) 5 b) 4
Then 𝑥 =
C) 9 D) 10
a) 15 b) 16
25. The arithmetic mean and mode of a data are 24
c) 17 d) 18 and 12 respectively, then its median is
17. The median of first 10 prime numbers is a) 25 b) 18
a) 11 b) 12 c) 20 d) 22
c) 13 d) 14 26. The mean of first 𝑛 odd natural number is
18. If the mode of the data: 64, 60, 48, 𝑥, 43, 48, 43, 𝑛+1 𝑛
a) 2
b) 2
34 is 43, then 𝑥 + 3 =
c) 𝑛 d) 𝑛2
a) 44 b) 45
27. The mean of first 𝑛 odd natural numbers is
c) 46 d) 48
𝑛2
19. If the mode of the data 16, 15, 17, 16, 15, 81
, then 𝑛 =
𝑥, 19, 17, 14 is 15 then 𝑥 =
a) 9 b) 81
a) 15 b) 16
c) 27 d) 18
c) 17 d) 19
28. If the difference of mode and median of a data is
20. The mean of 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 4 is 𝑚. The numbers 3, 24, then the difference of median and mean is
2, 2, 4, 3, 3, 𝑝 have mean 𝑚 − 1 and median
a) 12 b) 24
𝑞. Then, 𝑝 + 𝑞 =
c) 8 d) 36
a) 4 b) 5
29. If the arithmetic mean of 7, 8, 𝑥, 11, 14 𝑖𝑠 𝑥, then
c) 6 d) 7
𝑥=
21. If the mean of a frequency distribution is 8.1 and
a) 9 b) 9.5
∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑥𝑖 = 132 + 5𝑘, ∑ 𝑓𝑖 = 20, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑘 =
c) 10 d) 10.5
a) 3 b) 4
30. If mode of a series exceeds its mean by 12, then
c) 5 d) 6
mode exceeds the median by
22. If the mean of 6, 7, 𝑥, 8, 𝑦, 14 𝑖𝑠 9 then
a) 4 b) 8
a) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 21 b) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 19
c) 6 d) 10
c) 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 19 d) 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 21
31. If the mean of first 𝑛 natural number is 15, then
23. The mean of 𝑛 observations is 𝑥̅ . If the first 𝑛=
observation is increased by 1, the second by 2,
a) 15 b) 30
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c) 14 d) 29 39. The arithmetic mean of 𝑥, 𝑥 + 3, 𝑥 + 6, 𝑥 +

9 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 + 12 is
32. If the mean of observations 𝑥1 , 𝑥2 , … . . 𝑥𝑛 is 𝑥̅ ,
then the mean of 𝑥1 + 𝑎, 𝑥2 + 𝑎, … . , 𝑥𝑛 + 𝑎 is a) 𝑥 + 6 b) 𝑥 + 5

a) 𝑎𝑥̅ b) 𝑥̅ − 𝑎 c) 𝑥 + 7 d) 𝑥 + 8
𝑥̅ 40. If the arithmetic mean of first 𝑛 natural numbers
c) 𝑥̅ + 𝑎 d) 𝑎
is 15, then 𝑛 is equal to
33. Mean of a certain number of observations is 𝑥̅ . If
each observation is divided by 𝑚(𝑚 ≠ 0) and a) 14 b) 15
increased by 𝑛, then the mean of new c) 29 d) 30
observation is
41. If the arithmetic mean of 2, 4, 6, 8, 3 and 7
𝑥̅ 𝑥̅
a) 𝑚 +𝑛 b) + 𝑚 is 5, then the arithmetic mean of 1002, 1004,
𝑛
1006, 1008, 1003 and 1007 is
𝑛 𝑚
c) 𝑥̅ + 𝑚 d) 𝑥̅ + 𝑛 a) 1005 b) 1004
𝑥𝑖 −25 c) 1008 d) 1003
34. If 𝑢𝑖 = 10
, ∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑢𝑖 = 20, ∑ 𝑓𝑖 = 100, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥̅ =
42. The mean and median of the data a, b and c are
a) 23 b) 24
50 and 35 respectively, where a < b < c. If c - a =
c) 27 d) 25 55, then b - a =

35. If 35 is removed from the data: 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, a) 8 b) 7
38, 39, 40, then the median increases by
c) 3 d) 5
a) 2 b) 1.5
43. Which computing the mean of grouped data, it is
c) 1 d) 0.5 assumed that thee frequencies are

36. While computing mean of grouped data, we a) centred at the lower limits off the classes
assume that the frequencies are
b) centred at the upper limits of the classes
a) evenly distributed over all the classes.
c) centred at the class marks of the classes
b) centred at the class marks of the classes.
d) evenly distributed over all the classes
c) centered at the upper limit of the classes.
44. While finding the mean of the grouped data by
d) centred at the lower limit of the classes. 1
using the formula 𝑋̅ = 𝑎 + ∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑑𝑖 , 𝑑𝑖 ’s are the
𝑁
1 diviations from a of
37. In the formula 𝑋̅ = 𝑎 + ℎ (𝑁 ∑ 𝑓𝑖 𝑢𝑖 ), for finding
the mean of grouped frequency distribution 𝑢𝑖 a) the mid-values of the classes
𝑥𝑖 +𝑎 b) lower limits of the classes
a) ℎ
b) ℎ(𝑥𝑖 − 𝑎)
𝑥𝑖 −𝑎 𝑎−𝑥𝑖 c) upper limits of the classes
c) ℎ
d) ℎ
d) frequencies of the class marks
38. The abscissa of the point of intersection of less
than type and of the more than type cumulative 45. The mean of the data 𝑥 + 𝑎, 𝑥 + 2𝑎, (𝑥 +
frequency curves of a grouped data gives its 3𝑎), … , 𝑥 + (2𝑛 + 1)𝑎 is

a) mean b) median a) 𝑥 + (𝑛 + 1)𝑎 b) 𝑥 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑎

c) mode d) all the three above c) 𝑥 + (𝑛 + 2)𝑎 d) 𝑥 + 𝑛𝑎

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46. If a variable takes discrete values 𝑥 + 4, 𝑥 −

7 5 1 1
2
,𝑥 − 2 , 𝑥 − 3, 𝑥 − 2, 𝑥 + 2 , 𝑥 − 2 , 𝑥 + 5, 𝑥 > 0,
then the median of the data is
5 5
a) 𝑥 − 2 b) 𝑥 − 3
5 5
c) 𝑥 − 4 d) 𝑥 − 6

47. If for a data Mean : Median =9.8, then Median :

Mode =

a) 8 : 9 b) 4 : 3

c) 7 : 6 d) 5 : 4

48. If 𝑛 is an even positive integer and 𝑥 > 0, 𝑥 ≠ 1,

then the median of the data
𝑎, 𝑎𝑥, 𝑎𝑥 2 , 𝑎𝑥 3 , … . . , 𝑎𝑥 𝑛 is
𝑛
a) 𝑎𝑥 𝑛−1 b) 𝑎𝑥 2 −1
𝑛 𝑛
c) 𝑎𝑥 2 d) 𝑎𝑥 2 +1

49. If the difference of mode and median of a data is

24, then the difference of median and mean is

a) 12 b) 24

c) 8 d) 36

50. If the sum of 15 observations of a data is

(434 + 𝑥)and the mean of the observation is
𝑥 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 =
a) 25 b) 27

c) 31 d) 33

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1. If a digit is chosen at random from the digits is picked at random, then the probability that
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, then the probability that it is not an orange marble is
it is odd, is 1 1
a) 4 b) 3
4 5
a) 9 b) 9
4 7
c) 9 d) 9
1 2
c) 9 d) 3
8. A number is selected at random from the
2. In Q. No. 1, the probability that the digit is numbers 3, 5, 5, 7, 7, 7, 9, 9, 9, 9. The
even, is probability that the selected number is their
4 5 average is
a) 9 b) 9
1 3
a) 10 b) 10
1 2
c) 9 d) 3
7 9
c) 10 d) 10
3. In [Link].1, the probability that the digit is a
multiple of 3 is 9. The probability of throwing a number greater
1 2 than 2 with a fair dice is
a) 3 b) 3
3 2
a) 5 b) 5
1 2
c) 9 d) 9
2 1
c) 3 d) 3
4. If three coins are tossed simultaneously, then
the probability of getting at least two heads, 10. A card is accidently dropped from a pack of 52
is playing cards. The probability that it is an ace
1 3 is
a) 4 b) 8
1 1
a) 4 b) 13
1 1
c) 2 d) 4
1 12
c) 52 d) 13
5. In a single throw of a die, the probability of
getting a multiple of 3 is 11. A number is selected from numbers 1 to 25.
1 1 The probability that it is prime is
a) 2 b) 3
2 1
a) 3 b) 6
1 2
c) 6 d) 3
9 5
c) 25 d) 6
6. The probability of guessing the correct
𝑥
answer to a certain test questions is 12 . If the 12. Which of the following cannot be the
probability of not guessing the correct probability of an event?
2 2
answer to this question is , then 𝑥 = a) 3 b) −1.5
3

a) 2 b) 3 c) 15 % d) 0.7
c) 4 d) 6 13. If 𝑃(𝐸) = 0.05, the 𝑃(𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝐸) =
7. A bag contains three green marbles, four blue a) −0.05 b) 0.5
marbles, and two orange marbles. If a marble
c) 0.9 d) 0.95

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14. Which of the following cannot be the 21. A die is thrown once. The probability of
probability of occurrence of an event? getting a prime number is
2 1
a) 0.2 b) 0.4 a) 3 b) 3
c) 0.8 d) 1.6 1 1
c) 2 d) 6
15. The probability of a certain event is
22. The probability of getting an even number,
a) 0 b) 1 when a die is thrown once is
c) 1/2 d) no existent 1 1
a) 2 b) 3
16. The probability of an impossible event is 1 5
c) 6 d) 6
a) 0 b) 1
23. A box contains 90 discs, numbered from 1 to
c) 1/2 d) non-existent
90. If one disc is drawn at random from the
17. Aarushi sold 100 lottery tickets in which 5 box, the probability that it bears a prime
tickets carry prizes. If Priya purchased a number less than 23, is
ticket, what is the probability of Priya winning 7 10
a) 90 b) 90
a prize?
19 1 4 9
a) 20 b) 25 c) 45 d) 89

1 17 24. The probability that a number selected at

c) 20 d) 20
random from the numbers 1, 2, 3, ……., 15 is
18. A number is selected from first 50 natural a multiple of 4, is
numbers. What is the probability that it is a 4 2
a) 15 b) 15
multiple of 3 or 5?
13 21 1 1
a) 25 b) 50 c) 5 d) 3

12 23 25. Two different coins are tossed

c) 25 d) 50
simultaneously. The probability of getting at
19. A month is selected at random in a year. The least one head is
probability that it is March or October, is 1 1
a) 4 b) 8
1 1
a) 12 b) 6 3 7
c) 4 d) 8
3
c) 4 d) none of these
26. If two different dice are rolled together, the
20. From the letters of the word “MOBILE” a probability of getting an even number on
letter is selected. The probability that the both dice,is
letter is a vowel, is 1 1
a) 36 b) 2
1 3
a) 3 b) 7 1 1
c) 6 d) 4
1 1
c) 6 d) 2

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27. A number is selected at random from the 33. If a number 𝑥 is chosen from the numbers 1,
numbers 1 to 30. The probability that it is a 2, 3 and a number 𝑦 is selected from the
prime number is numbers 1, 4, 9. Then , 𝑃(𝑥𝑦 < 9)
2 1 7 5
a) 3 b) 6 a) 9 b) 9
1 11 2 1
c) 3 d) 30 c) 3 d) 9

28. A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 34. The probability that a non-leap year has 53
cards. The probability that the drawn card is Sundays, is
not an ace is 2 5
a) 7 b) 7
1 9
a) 13 b) 13
6 1
c) 7 d) 7
4 12
c) 13 d) 13
35. In a single throw of a pair of dice, the
29. Two dice are thrown together. The probability of getting the sum a perfect
probability of getting the same number on square is
both dice is 1 7
a) 18 b) 36
1 1
a) 2 b) 3
1 2
c) 6 d) 9
1 1
c) 6 d) 12
36. What is the probability that a non-leap year
30. In a family of 3 children, the probability of has 53 Sundays?
having at least one boy is 6 1
a) 7 b) 7
7 1
a) 8 b) 8
5
c) 7 d) None of these
5 3
c) 8 d) 4
37. Two numbers ‘a’ and ‘b’ are selected
31. A bag contains cards numbered from 1 to 25. successively without replacement in that
A card is drawn at random from the bag. The order from the integers 1 to 10. The
probability that the number on this card is probability that
𝑎
divisible by both 2 and 3 is is an integer, is
𝑏
1 3 17 1
a) 5 b) 25 a) 45 b) 5

4 2 17 8
c) 25 d) 25 c) 90 d) 45

32. A number 𝑥 is chosen at random from the 38. Two dice are rolled simultaneously. The
numbers −3, −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, 3 the probability probability that they show different faces is
that |𝑥| < 2 is 2 1
a) 3 b) 6
5 2
a) 7 b) 7 1 5
c) 3 d) 6
3 1
c) 7 d) 7
39. What is the probability that a leap year has 53
Mondays?

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2 4 a) 𝑏 = 4𝑎 b) 𝑏 = 3𝑎
a) b)
7 7
5 6 c) 𝑏 = 2𝑎 d) 𝑏 = 𝑎
c) 7 d) 7
46. a girl calculates that the probability of her
40. If a two digit number is chosen at random, winning the first prize in a lottery is 0.06. If
then the probability that the number chosen 8000 tickets are sold, then how many tickets
is a multiple of 3, is has she bought?
3 29
a) 10 b) 100 a) 420 b) 480
1 7 c) 840 d) 48
c) 3 d) 25
47. Two dice are thrown together. The
41. A number is chosen at random from the
probability of getting the difference of
numbers−5, −4, −3, −2, −1, 0 ,1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
numbers on their upper faces equal to 2, is
Then, the probability that square of this
number is less than or equal to 1, is 5 4
a) 9 b) 9
9 3
a) 11 b) 11 1 2
c) 3 d) 9
8 7
c) 11 d) 11 48. From the letters of the word “MOBILE”, if the
letter is selected, what is the probability that
42. In a single throw of two dice, the probability
it is a vowel?
of getting 6 as a product of two numbers
obtained is 1 4
a) 3 b) 7
4 2
a) 9 b)9 3 1
c) 7 d) 2
1 5
c) 9 d) 9 49. A number was chosen at random from first
300 three-digit natural numbers. The
43. A bag contains 5 red balls and 𝑛 green balls. If
probability that the selected number has zero
the probability of drawing a green ball is three
at units place is
times that of a red ball, then the value of 𝑛 is
1 1
a) 18 b) 15 a) 15 b) 25
1 1
c) 10 d) 20 c) 10 d) 20
44. The probability of getting a bad apple in a box 50. A three digit number is chosen at random, the
of 400 apples is 0.035. The total number of probability that it is divisible by both 2 and 3,
bad apples is is
a) 7 b) 14 1 1
a) 8 b) 9
c) 21 d) 28 1 1
c) 6 d) 12
45. The probability of guessing the correct
𝑎
answer to a certain question is 𝑏. If the
probability of not guessing the correct
answer to this question is 2/3, then

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1. The value of {2 − 3(2 − 3)3 }3 , is c) 9 d) 27

a) 5 b) 125 9. If (23 )2 = 4𝑥 , then 3𝑥 =
c) 1/ 5 d) −125 a) 3 b) 6
2. The value of 𝑥 − 𝑦 𝑥−𝑦 when 𝑥 = 2 and c) 9 d) 27
𝑦 = −2, is
10. If 𝑥 −2 = 64, then 𝑥 1/3 + 𝑥 0 =
a) 18 b) −18
a) 2 b) 3
c) 14 d)−14
c) 3/2 d) 2/3
3. The product of the square root of 𝑥 with
the cube root of 𝑥, is 1 −2/3
11. When simplified (− 27) , is
a) cube root of the square root of 𝑥
a) 9 b) −9
b) sixth root of the fifth power of 𝑥
1 1
c) 9 d) − 9
c) fifth root of the sixth power of 𝑥
12. Which one of the following is not equal to
d) sixth root of 𝑥 −1/2
3
( √8) ?
4. The seventh root of 𝑥 divided by the
−1/2
eighth root of 𝑥, is a) ( √2)
3
b) 8−1/6
a) 𝑥 b) √𝑥 1 1
c) 1/2 d)
3
( √2) √2
56 1
c) √𝑥 d) 56
√𝑥
13. Which one of the following is not equal to
5. The square root of 64 divided by the cube 100 −3/2
root of 64, is ( ) ?
9

3/2
a) 64 b) 2 a) (100)
9
b)
1
100 3/2
( )
1 9
c) 2 d) 642/3
3 3 3 100 100 100
6. The value of {(23 + 22 )2/3 + (140 − c) 10 × 10 × 10 d) √ × ×
9 9 9
1/2 2
29) } is 14. If a, b, c are positive real numbers, then
a) 400 b) 324
√𝑎−1 𝑏 × √𝑏 −1 𝑐 × √𝑐 −1 𝑎 is equal to
c) 289 d) 196 a) 1 b) abc
7. When simplified (𝑥 −1 + 𝑦 −1 )−1 is equal 1
c) √𝑎𝑏𝑐 d) 𝑎𝑏𝑐
to
2 𝑥 3 2𝑥 81
a) 𝑥𝑦 b) 𝑥 + 𝑦 15. If ( 3 ) ( 2 ) = 16 , then 𝑥 =
𝑥𝑦 𝑥+𝑦
c) 𝑥+𝑦 d) a) 2 b) 3
𝑥𝑦

8. If 8𝑥+1 = 64, what is the value of 32𝑥+1 ? c) 4 d) 1

a) 1 b) 3
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1/2 1 1
16. The value of {8−4/3 ÷ 2−2 } , is c)
625
d)
5
1
a) 2 b) 2 24. If 9𝑥+2 = 240 + 9𝑥 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 =

1 a) 0.5 b) 0.2
c) 4 d) 4
c) 0.4 d) 0.1
17. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are positive real numbers, then
5
√3125𝑎10 𝑏 5 𝑐10 is equal to 25. If 𝑥 is a positive real number and 𝑥 2 = 2,
then 𝑥 3 =
a) 5𝑎2 𝑏𝑐 2 b) 25 𝑎𝑏 2 𝑐
a) √2 b) 2√2
c) 5 𝑎3 𝑏𝑐 3 d) 125𝑎2 𝑏𝑐 2
c) 3√2 d) 4
18. If 𝑎, 𝑚, 𝑛 are positive integers, then
𝑚𝑛 𝑥
𝑛𝑚
{ √ √𝑎 } is equal to 26. If = 8𝑥 −1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 > 0, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 =
𝑥 1.5

√2
a) 𝑎𝑚𝑛 b) 𝑎 a) b) 2√2
4

c) 𝑎𝑚/𝑛 d) 1 c) 4 d) 64
𝑥 𝑥−𝑦
19. If 𝑥 = 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 4, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 ( 𝑦 ) + 27. If 𝑔 = 𝑡 2/3 + 4𝑡 −1/2, what is the value of
𝑦 𝑦−𝑥 𝑔 when 𝑡 = 64?
(𝑥) =
31 33
a) b)
2 2
a) 4 b) 8
257
c) 16 d)
c) 12 d) 2 16

20. The value of 𝑚 for which 28. If 4𝑥 − 4𝑥−1 = 24, then (2𝑥)𝑥 equals
−1/3 1/4
1 −2 a) 5√5 b) √5
[{(72 ) } ] = 7𝑚 , is
c) 25√5 d) 125
1 1
a) − 3 b) 4 −3/2 )
29. When simplified (256)−(4 , is
c) −3 d) 2 1
a) 8 b) 8
21. The value of (0.00243)3/5 + (0.0256)3/4
1
is c) 2 d) 2

a) 0.083 b) 0.073 32𝑥−8 53

30. If = 5𝑥 , then 𝑥 =
225
c) 0.081 d) 0.091
a) 2 b) 3
22. (256)0.16 × (256) 0.09
=
c) 5 d) 4
a) 4 b) 16
31. The value of 64−1/3 (641/3 − 642/3 ), is
c) 64 d) 256.25
1
2𝑦 −𝑦
a) 1 b) 3
23. If 10 = 25, then 10 equals
1 1 c) −3 d) −2
a) − 5 b) 50

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𝑛
32. If √5𝑛 = 125, then 5 √64 = a) 12 b) 4
1 c) 24 d) 8
a) 25 b) 125
1 40. Which is the greatest among
c) 625 d) 5 3198 , 2764 , 9100 and 8149 ?
33. If (16)2𝑥+3 = (64)𝑥+3 , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 42𝑥−2 = a) 9100 b) 8149
a) 64 b) 256 c) 2764 d) 3198
c) 32 d) 512 41.
𝑥 𝑦
If √3 × √5 = 10125, then 12 𝑥𝑦 =
𝑛
34. If √5𝑛 = 125, then 5 √64 = a) 1 b) 1/3
1
a) 25 b) 125 c) 2 d) 1/2

c) 625 d) 5
1 42. The value of (612 − 112 )3/2is
a) 60 b) 3600
35. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are positive integers such that
𝑐
𝑎𝑏 = 256 then the maximum possible c) 216000 d) 503
value of 𝑎𝑏𝑐 𝑖𝑠
43. If 𝑎𝑏 = 64, 𝑏 ≠ 1, then the sum of the
𝑎 𝑏
a) 12 b) 16 greatest possible values of 𝑏 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 is
c) 32 d) 256 13
a) b) 7
4
36. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are positive integers such that
c) 67 d) 4
𝑏𝑐
𝑎 = 6561, then the least possible value
44. (65.61)1/8 is equal to
of 𝑎𝑏𝑐 is
3
a) 24 b) 36 a) 4 b) 0.3
√10

c) 162 d) none of these 3

c) 0.03 d)
√10
1 1 1
37. If 2𝑥 = 3𝑦 = 6𝑧 , then 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 45. If 75𝑥−8 × 5𝑥+2 = 30625, then 𝑥 =
2 2
a) 𝑥 b) 𝑦 a) 4 b) 3

2 c) 2 d) 1
c) 𝑧 d) 1
46. If 𝑃 = 𝑎1 𝑏 2 𝑐 3 . . . . . . 𝑦 25 𝑧 26 and
𝑦 𝑧 𝑥 2
38. If 𝑥 = 𝑦 = 𝑧 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥𝑧 = 𝑦 , then which 𝑄 = 𝑧1 𝑦 2 𝑥 3 . . . . . . 𝑏 25 𝑎26 , where
of the following is correct? 54
𝑎𝑏𝑐𝑑. . . . 𝑥𝑦𝑧 = √64, then 𝑃𝑄 =
a) 𝑧 = 𝑥+𝑦
2𝑥𝑦
b) 𝑦 = 𝑥+𝑧
𝑥−𝑧 a) 6 b) 8

𝑦−𝑧 𝑥−𝑧+𝑦
c) 9 d) 64
c) 𝑥 = d) 𝑥𝑦𝑧 = 𝑥+𝑧−𝑦
𝑦𝑧
47. Which is the greatest among
39. If 6 𝑥−𝑦
= 36 and 3 𝑥+𝑦
= 729, then 𝑥 −2 8118 , 24315 , 2721 and 938 ?
𝑦2 =
a) 24315 b) 2721

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c) 938 d) 8118
48. Which of the following is the ascending
order of (343)3 , (2401)2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (49)5 ?

a) 495 , 3433 , 24012

b) 24012 , 3433 , 495

c) 3433 , 495 , 24012

d) 495 , 24012 , 3433

49. If 𝑎 𝑥 = 𝑏 𝑦 = 𝑐 𝑧 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎3 = 𝑏 2 𝑐, then
3 2
− =
𝑥 𝑦
𝑥 𝑦
a) 𝑦 b) 𝑥
1
c) 𝑥𝑦𝑧 d) 2
4 3
50. √ √22 equals

a) 2−1/6 b) 2−6

c) 21/6 d) 26

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1. √10 × √15 is equal to a) 2√5 + 3 b) 2√5 + √3

a) 5√6 b) 6√5 c) √5 + √3 d) √5 − √3
2
c) √30 d) √25 9. If 𝑥 = 3+ , then (𝑥 − 3)2 =
√7
5 5
2. √6 × √6 is equal to a) 1 b) 3
5 5
a) √36 b) √6 × 0 c) 6 d) 7
5 5
c) √6 d) √12 10. If 𝑥 = 7 + 4√3 and 𝑥𝑦 = 1, then
1 1
3. The rationalisation factor of √3, is + 𝑦2 =
𝑥2
1
a) −√3 b) a) 64 b) 134
√3

c) 2√3 d) −2√3 c) 194 d) 1/49

1
4. The rationalisation factor of 2 + √3, is 11. If 𝑥 + √15 = 4, then 𝑥 + 𝑥 =

a) 2 − √3 b) √2 + 3 a) 2 b) 4

c) √2 − 3 d) √3 − 2 c) 8 d) 1
1 √5 +√3 √5 −√3
5. If 𝑥 = √5 + 2, then 𝑥 − 𝑥 equals 12. If 𝑥 = and 𝑦 = , then 𝑥 +
√5−√3 √5+√3
𝑦 + 𝑥𝑦 =
a) 2√5 b) 4
a) 9 b) 5
c) 2 d) √5
c) 17 d) 7
√3−1
6. If = 𝑎 − 𝑏√3, then
√3+1 √3 −√2 √3 +√2
13. If 𝑥 = and 𝑦 = , then 𝑥 2 +
√3+√2 √3−√2
a) 𝑎 = 2, 𝑏 = 1 2
𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 =
b) 𝑎 = 2, 𝑏 = −1 a) 101 b) 99
c) 𝑎 = −2, 𝑏 = 1 c) 98 d) 102
d) 𝑎 = 𝑏 = 1 1
14. is equal to
√9−√8
7. The simplest rationalising factor of
1
a) 3 + 2√2 b) 3+2
√2
√3 + √5 , is
3
c) 3 − 2√2 d) 2 − √2
a) √3 − 5 b) 3 − √5
5 − √3
c) √3 − √5 d) √3 + √5 15. If 2 + √3
= 𝑥 + 𝑦√3, then

8. The simplest rationalising factor of a) 𝑥 = 13, 𝑦 = −7

2√5 − √3, is b) 𝑥 = −13, 𝑦 = 7

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c) 𝑥 = −13, 𝑦 = −7 c) −4 d) −2

d) 𝑥 = 13, 𝑦 = 7 24. The value of √20 × √5 is

3 1
16. If 𝑥 = √2 + √3 , then 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 3 = a) 10 b) 2√5

a) 2 b) 4 c) 20√5 d) 4√5

c) 8 d) 9 25. √14 × √21 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜

17. The value of √3 − 2√2, is a) 7√6 b) 6√7

a) √2 − 1 b) √2 + 1 c) 5√7 d) √147
15√15
c) √3 − √2 d) √3 + √2 26. The value of is
3√3

18. The value of √5 + 2√6, is a) 3√5 b) 5√3

a) √3 − √2 b) √3 + √2 c) 5√5 d) 3√3

c) √5 + √6 d) none of these 27. Which of the following is the value of

(√11 + √7 )(√11 − √7 )?
√2−1
19. If √2 = 1.4142, then √ is equal to
√2+1 a) 4 b)−4
a) 0.1718 b) 5.8282 c) √7 d) √11
c) 0.4142 d) 2.4142 √32+√48
28. The value of is
√8+√12
20. If √2 = 1.414, then the value of √6 − √3
upto three places of decimal is a) √2 b) 2

a) 0.235 b) 0.717 c) 4 d) 8
1
c) 1.414 d) 0.471 29. A rationalising factor of is
√ √7
9−

21. The positive square root of 7 + √48, is a) √9 + 7 b) 9 + √7

a) 7 + 2√3 b) 7 + √3 c) 3 + √7 d) 3 − √7
c) 2 + √3 d) 3 + √2 30. The number obtained by rationalising the
1
1 denominator of is
22. If 𝑥 = √6 + √5, then 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 2 − 2 = √5−2

√5+2
a) 2√6 b) 2√5 a) √5 + 2 b) 3

c) 24 d) 20 √5−2 √5+2
c) 3
d) 21
23. If √13 − 𝑎√10 = √8 + √5, then 𝑎 = 1
31. If √2 = 1.414, then the value of 1+ is
√2
a) −5 b) −6
a) 1/2 b) 2.414

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c) −0.414 d) 0.414 39. if √2 = 1.414 and √3 = 1.732, then the

6
value of √5 − 2√6 is
32. If 𝑥 = 1 + √7, then − 𝑥 is equal to Type equation here.
a) 1 + √7 b) 1 − √7
a) 0.318 b) 0.316
6
c) √7 d) − c) 0.381 d) 0.312
√7

1
33. A rationalizing factor of 3√3 is 40. If 𝑥 = 2 + √3, then 𝑥 + 𝑥 is equals

a) √3 b) 32/3 a) 2 b) 4
1
c) 3 d) 31/3 c) −2√3 d) 4 − 2√3
3 1
34. 23
√3
when written with a rational 41. If 𝑥 = 7 − 4√3 , then 𝑥 + =
𝑥
√25
denominator is a) 8 √3 b) 49
3
√15 23
a) b) 5 √15 c) 48 d) 14
5
3 √2+1
c) 2√15 d) none of these 42. If √2 = 1.4142, then √ is equal to
√2−1
3
35. If √2 = 1.414, then is equal to a) 2.4142 b) 5.8282
√2

a) 2.221 b) 2.122 c) 0.4142 d) 0.1718

c) 2.121 d)) 2.112 2 2
43. If 𝑥 = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛
√10−√8 √10+2√2
36. If√3 = 1. .732 and √2 = 1. .414, then (𝑥 − 𝑦)2 =
1
the value of is
√3−√2
a) 4√2 b) 32
a) 3.416 b) 3.146
c) 8√2 d) 64
c) 3.641 d) 3.164
3
44. The value of √5 − 2√6 is
37. The simplest rationalising factor of √500
is a) √3 − √2 b) √2 − √3

a) √5 b) 3 c) √5 − √6 d) √5 + √6
3 3
c) √5 d) √2

38. If √2 = 1.414, then √3 + 2√2 is equal to

a) 2.441 b) 2.414

c) 2.144 d) 2.41

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1.
1
If 𝑥 + 𝑥 = 5, then 𝑥 2 +
1
= a) (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)(𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 − 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐𝑎)
𝑥2
b) (𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑏 − 𝑐)(𝑐 − 𝑎)
a) 25 b)10
c) 3(𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑏 − 𝑐)(𝑐 − 𝑎)
c) 23 d) 27
1 1
d) none of these
2. If 𝑥 + 𝑥 = 2, then 𝑥 3 + =
𝑥3
10. If 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑏 = 2, then 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 =
a) 64 b) 14
a) 6 b) 4
c) 8 d) 2 c) 9 d) 12
1 1
3. If 𝑥 + 𝑥 = 4, then 𝑥 4 + 𝑥 4 = 11. If 𝑎 − 𝑏 = −8 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑏 = −12, then

a) 196 b) 194 𝑎3 − 𝑏 3 =

c) 192 d) 190 a) −244 b) −240

1 1 c) −224 d) −260
4. If 𝑥 + 𝑥 = 3, then 𝑥 6 + 𝑥 6 =
12. If the volume of a cuboid is 3𝑥 2 − 27, then its
a) 927 b) 414 possible dimensions are
c) 364 d) 322 a) 3, 𝑥 2 , −27𝑥 b) 3, 𝑥 − 3, 𝑥 + 3
1
5. If 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 2 = 102, then 𝑥 − 𝑥 =
1 c) 3, 𝑥 2 , 27𝑥 d) 3, 3, 3

13. 75 × 75 + 2 × 75 × 25 + 25 × 25 is equal to
a) 8 b) 10
a) 10000 b) 6250
c) 12 d) 13
1 1 c) 7500 d) 3750
6. If 𝑥 3 + = 110, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 + 𝑥 =
𝑥3
14. (𝑥 − 𝑦((𝑥 + 𝑦)(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 )(𝑥 4 + 𝑦 4 ) is equal to
a) 5 b) 10
a) 𝑥 16 − 𝑦16 b) 𝑥 8 − 𝑦 8
c) 15 d) none of these
c) 𝑥 8 + 𝑦 8 d) 𝑥 16 + 𝑦16
1 1
7. If 𝑥 3 − = 14, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 − 𝑥 = 1 1
𝑥3 15. If 𝑥 4 + 𝑥 4 = 623, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 + 𝑥 =
a) 5 b) 4
a) 27 b) 25
c) 3 d) 2
c) 3√3 d) −3√3
8. If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 9 and 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎 =
1 1
16. If 𝑥 4 + = 194, then 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 3 =
𝑥4
23, then 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 =
a) 76 b) 52
a) 35 b) 58
c) 64 d) none of these
c) 127 d) none of these
1 15 1
9. (𝑎 − 𝑏)3 + (𝑏 − 𝑐)3 + (𝑐 − 𝑎)3 = 17. If 𝑥 − 𝑥 = 4
, then 𝑥 + 𝑥

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17
a) 4 b) a) 𝑎6 + 𝑏 6 b) 𝑎6 − 𝑏 6
4
13 1 c) 𝑎3 − 𝑏 3 d) 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3
c) d)
4 4
25. The product (𝑥 2 − 1)(𝑥 4 + 𝑥 2 + 1) is equal
2 2 4
18. If 3𝑥 + = 7, then (9𝑥 −
𝑥 𝑥2
) =
to
a) 25 b) 35
a) 𝑥 8 − 1 b) 𝑥 8 + 1
c) 49 d) 30
c) 𝑥 6 − 1 d) 𝑥 6 + 1
2 2 2
19. If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 − 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐𝑎 = 0, then 𝑎 𝑏
26. If 𝑏
+ 𝑎 = 1, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 =
a) 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 𝑐 b) 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 𝑎
a) 1 b) −1
c) 𝑐 + 𝑎 = 𝑏 d) 𝑎 = 𝑏 = 𝑐
c) 1/2 d) 0
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
20. If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 + + = 1 1
𝑏𝑐 𝑐𝑎 𝑎𝑏
27. If 49𝑎2 − 𝑏 = (7𝑎 + 2) (7𝑎 − 2), then the
a) 0 b) 1 value of 𝑏 is
c) −1 d) 3 1
a) 0 b)
4
21. If 𝑎1/3 + 𝑏1/3 + 𝑐1/3 = 0, then 1 1
c) d) 2
√2
a) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0
28. One of the factors of (25𝑥 2 − 1) + (1 + 5𝑥)2 is
b) (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)3 = 27𝑎𝑏𝑐
a) 5 + 𝑥 b) 5 − 𝑥
c) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 3 𝑎𝑏𝑐
c) 5𝑥 − 1 d) 10𝑥
d) 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 + 𝑐 3 = 0
1 1
22. If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 9 and 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎 = 29. If 9𝑥 2 − 𝑏 = (3𝑥 + ) (3𝑥 − ) , then the
2 2
value of 𝑏 is
23, then 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 + 𝑐 3 − 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 =
1
a) 0 b)
a) 108 b) 207 √2
1 1
c) 669 d) 729 c) 4 d) 2
3 3 3
(𝑎 2 −𝑏2 ) +(𝑏2 −𝑐 2 ) +(𝑐 2 −𝑎2 ) 30. The coefficient of 𝑥 in (𝑥 + 3)3 is
23. (𝑎−𝑏)3 +(𝑏−𝑐)3 +(𝑐−𝑎)3
=
a) 1 b) 9
a) 3(𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑏 + 𝑐)(𝑐 + 𝑎)
c) 18 d) 27
b) 3(𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑏 − 𝑐)(𝑐 − 𝑎)
31. The value of 2492 − 2482 is
c)) (𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑏 − 𝑐)(𝑐 − 𝑎)
a) 1 b) 477
d) (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑏 + 𝑐)(𝑐 + 𝑎)
c) 487 d) 497
24. The product (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑎2 − 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2 )
32. Which of the following is a factor of
(𝑎2 + 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2 ) is equal to

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(𝑥 + 𝑦)3 − (𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 ) ? a)
𝑎+𝑏+𝑐
𝑎𝑏𝑐
a) 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 b) 𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2
b) √𝑎 + √𝑏 + √𝑐
2
c) 𝑥𝑦 d) 3 𝑥𝑦
𝑏𝑐 𝑐𝑎 𝑎𝑏
𝑥 𝑦 c) √ 𝑎 + √ 𝑏 + √ 𝑐
33. If + = −1(𝑥, 𝑦 ≠ 0), the value of
𝑦 𝑥
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
𝑥 3 − 𝑦 3 is d) √𝑏𝑐 + √𝑐𝑎 + √𝑎𝑏

a) 1 b) −1 𝑥2 9 𝑥 3 5
40. The square root of 9
+ 4𝑥 2 − 3 − 2𝑥 + 4 is
1
c) 0 d) 2
2𝑥 3 1 𝑥 3
a) + − b) − +1
3 2𝑥 2 3 2𝑥
34. If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2 and 𝑥𝑦 = 1, then
3 2 1 𝑥 3 1
c) 𝑥 + 3𝑥 − 2 d) 3 + 2𝑥 − 2
𝑥4 + 𝑦4 =
a) 6 b) 4 41. The square root of the expression

c) 8 d) 2 (𝑥𝑦 + 𝑥𝑧 − 𝑦𝑧)2 − 4𝑥𝑦𝑧(𝑥 − 𝑦) is

35. If 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑥𝑦 = 1 and 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2, then 𝑥𝑦 = a) 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦𝑧 − 2𝑥𝑦𝑧 b) 𝑥 + 𝑦 − 2𝑥𝑦𝑧

a) −3 b) 3 c) 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑧 − 𝑦 d) 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦𝑧 − 𝑧𝑥
3 𝑎2 1 1 𝑎 3
c) − 2 d) 0 42. The square root of + − + − is
4 𝑎2 𝑎 2 4
𝑎 1 1 𝑎 2
36. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are natural numbers such that a) − + b) + − 1
2 𝑎 2 2 𝑎
𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 = 29 and 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎 = 26, 𝑎 1 1 𝑎 2 1
c) 2 + 𝑎 − 2 d) 2 − 𝑎 − 2
and 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 =

a) 9 b) 6 43. The expression

(4𝑎 + 5𝑏 + 5𝑐)2 − (5𝑎 + 4𝑏 + 4𝑐)2 + 9𝑎2
c) 7 d) 10 is a perfect square of the expression
𝑦 𝑦3 a) √3(𝑏 + 𝑐) b) 3(𝑏 + 𝑐 − 𝑎)
37. If 2𝑥 + = 12 and 𝑥𝑦 = 30, then 8𝑥 3 + =
3 27
c) 3(𝑏 + 𝑐) d) 3(−𝑏 + 𝑐 − 𝑎)
a)1008 b) 168
44. The expression
c) 106 d) none of these (3𝑎 + 2𝑏 + 3𝑐)2 − (2𝑎 + 3𝑏 + 2𝑐)2 + 5𝑏 2 is
1 a perfect square of the expression
38. The square root of 𝑎2 + + 2 is
𝑎2 a) √5(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐) b) √5(𝑎 + 𝑏)
1 1
a) 𝑎 + 𝑎 b) 𝑎 − 𝑎 c) √5(𝑎 + 𝑐) d) √5(𝑎 + 𝑐 − 𝑏)
1 1
c) 𝑎2 + d) 𝑎2 − 𝑎 𝑏 𝑎 10 𝑏 10
𝑎2 𝑎2 45. If 𝑏 + 𝑎 = 2, then (𝑏 ) − (𝑎) is equal to
39. The square root of the expression 210 −1
a) 210
b) 2
1 1 1 1
(𝑎2 +𝑏 +𝑐2 2)
+ 2 (𝑎 + + ) is
𝑎𝑏𝑐 𝑏 𝑐

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220 +1
c) 0 d) 210

46. If 𝑎𝑏𝑐 = 6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 6, then

1 1 1
𝑎𝑐
+ 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 =

a) 2 b) 1

c) 3 d) 0

47.

√(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)2 + (𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐)2 + 2(𝑐 2 − 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 − 2𝑎𝑏)

is equal to

a) 2𝑐 b) 2𝑎

c) 2𝑏 d) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐
𝑎 𝑏
48. If 𝑏 + 𝑎 = −1, then 𝑎3 − 𝑏 3 =

a) 1 b) −1
1
c) 2 d) 0

49. If 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 8 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑏 = 12, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 =

a) 244 b) 288

c) 144 d) 284
1 2 1
50. If (𝑎 + + 2) = 4, then 𝑎2 + =
𝑎 𝑎2

a) 12 b) 13

c) 14 d) −14

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1. The factors of 𝑥 3 − 𝑥 2 𝑦 − 𝑥𝑦 2 + 𝑦 3 , are a) 0.006 b) 0.02

a) (𝑥 + 𝑦)(𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 ) c) 0.0091 d) 0.00185

b) (𝑥 + 𝑦)(𝑥 2 + 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 ) 8. The factors of 𝑎2 − 1 − 2𝑥 − 𝑥 2 , are

c) (𝑥 + 𝑦)2 (𝑥 − 𝑦) a) (𝑎 − 𝑥 + 1)(𝑎 − 𝑥 − 1)

d) (𝑥 − 𝑦)2 (𝑥 + 𝑦) b) (𝑎 + 𝑥 − 1)(𝑎 − 𝑥 + 1)

2. The factors of 𝑥 3 − 1 + 𝑦 3 + 3𝑥𝑦, are c) (𝑎 + 𝑥 + 1)(𝑎 − 𝑥 − 1)

a) (𝑥 − 1 + 𝑦)(𝑥 2 + 1 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑥 + 𝑦 − 𝑥𝑦) d) none of these

b) (𝑥 + 𝑦 + 1)(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 1 − 𝑥𝑦 − 𝑥 − 𝑦) 9. The factors of 𝑥 4 + 𝑥 2 + 25, are

c) (𝑥 − 1 + 𝑦)(𝑥 2 − 1 − 𝑦 2 + 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑥𝑦) a) (𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 5)

d) 3(𝑥 + 𝑦 − 1)(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 1) b) (𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 5)

3. The factors of 8𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 + 6𝑎𝑏 + 1, are c) (𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 5)(𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 5)

a) (2𝑎 + 𝑏 − 1)(4𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 1 − 3𝑎𝑏 − 2𝑎) d) none of these

b) (2𝑎 − 𝑏 + 1)(4𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑏 + 1 − 2𝑎 + 𝑏) 10. The factors of 𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 + 4𝑦 − 4𝑥𝑦 − 2𝑥 − 8,

are
c) (2𝑎 + 𝑏 + 1)(4𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 1 − 2𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏 − 2𝑎)
a) (𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 4)(𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 2)
d) (2𝑎 − 1 + 𝑏)(4𝑎2 + 1 − 4𝑎 − 𝑏 − 2𝑎𝑏)
b) (𝑥 − 𝑦 + 2)(𝑥 − 4𝑦 − 4)
4. (𝑥 + 𝑦)3 − (𝑥 − 𝑦)3 can be factorized as
c) (𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 4)(𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 2)
a) 2𝑦(3𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ) b) 2𝑥(3𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 )
d) none of these
c) 2𝑦(3𝑦 2 + 𝑥 2 ) d) 2𝑥(𝑥 2 + 3𝑦 2 )
11. The factors of 𝑥 3 − 7𝑥 + 6, are
5. The expression (𝑎 − 𝑏)3 + (𝑏 − 𝑐)3 + (𝑐 − 𝑎)3
can be factorized as a) 𝑥(𝑥 − 6)(𝑥 − 1)

a) (𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑏 − 𝑐)(𝑐 − 𝑎) b) (𝑥 2 − 6)(𝑥 − 1)

b) 3(𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑏 − 𝑐)(𝑐 − 𝑎) c) (𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 − 3)

c) −3(𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑏 − 𝑐)(𝑐 − 𝑎) d) (𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 − 2)

d) (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)(𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 − 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐𝑎) 12. The expression 𝑥 4 + 4 can be factorized as

(2.3)3 −0.027 a) (𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 2)

6. The value of (2.3)2 +0.69+0.09 , is
b) (𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 − 2)
a) 2 b) 3
c) (𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 2)
c) 2.327 d) 2.273
d) (𝑥 2 + 2)(𝑥 2 − 2)
(0.013)3 +(0.007)3
7. The value of (0.013)2 −0.013×0.007+(0.007)2 , is

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13. If 3𝑥 = 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐, then the value of 20. If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = −4, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 − 12𝑥𝑦 + 64 =

(𝑥 − 𝑎)3 + (𝑥 − 𝑏)3 + (𝑥 − 𝑐)3 − 3(𝑥 − 𝑎)(𝑥 − a) −64 b) 128
𝑏)(𝑥 − 𝑐), is
c) 0 d) none of these
a) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 b) (𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑏 − 𝑐)(𝑐 − 𝑎)
21. If 𝑥 = 2𝑦 + 6, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 3 − 8𝑦 3 − 36𝑥𝑦 =
c) 0 d) none of these
a) 216 b) −216
14. If (𝑥 + 𝑦)3 − (𝑥 − 𝑦)3 − 6𝑦(𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 ) = 𝑘𝑦 3 ,
c) 36 d) −36
then 𝑘 =
22. (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐) {(𝑐 − 𝑏)2 + (𝑏 − 𝑐)2 + (𝑐 −
a) 1 b) 2
𝑎)2 )} =
c) 4 d) 8
a) 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 + 𝑐 3 − 3𝑎𝑏𝑐
15. If 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 7 = (𝑥 + 1)(𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐),
b) 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 + 𝑐 3
then 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 =
c) 2(𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 + 𝑐 3 − 3 𝑎𝑏𝑐)
a) 4 b) 12
d) 3 𝑎𝑏𝑐
c) −10 d) 3
𝑥 𝑦 23. If 𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 = 5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 1, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑏 =
16. If 𝑦 + 𝑥 = −1(𝑥, 𝑦 ≠ 0), then the value of
4 4
a) − 3 b) 3
𝑥 3 − 𝑦 3 is
−3 3
a) 1 b) −1 c) d)
4 4

c) 0 d)
1 24. If 𝑎3 +(𝑏 − 𝑎)3 − 𝑏 3 = 𝑘(𝑎 − 𝑏), 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑘 =
2
a) 𝑎𝑏 b) 3 ab
17. Which of the following is a factor of
c) −3𝑎𝑏 d) 3
(𝑥 + 𝑦)3 − (𝑥 3 + 𝑦 2 )?
𝑎2 𝑏2 𝑐2
a) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 b) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 𝑥𝑦 25. If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑐
+ 𝑐𝑎 + 𝑎𝑏 =

c) 𝑥𝑦 2 d) 3𝑥𝑦 a) 1 b) 0

18. (𝑎 − 𝑏)3 + (𝑏 − 𝑐)3 + (𝑐 − 𝑎)3 is equal to c) −1 d) 3

a) 2𝑎3 + 2𝑏 3 + 2𝑐 3

b) (𝑎 − 𝑏) (𝑏 − 𝑐) (𝑐 − 𝑎)

c) 0

d) 3(𝑎 − 𝑏) (𝑏 − 𝑐) (𝑐 − 𝑎)

19. If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 12 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥𝑦 = 27, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 =

a) 765 b) 756

c) 657 d) 675

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1. Which one of the following is a polynomial? 1

a) 2 b)
2
𝑥2 2
a) − b) √2𝑥 − 1 1
2 𝑥2 c) − 2 d) −2
3𝑥 3/2 𝑥−1
c) 𝑥 2 + d) 𝑥+1 9. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 2√2𝑥 + 1, then
√𝑥

2. Degree of the polynomial 𝑓(2√2) is equal to

𝑓(𝑥) = 4𝑥 4 + 0𝑥 3 + 0𝑥 5 + 5𝑥 + 7 is a) 0 b) 1
a) 4 b) 5 c) 4√2 d) 8√2 + 1
c) 3 d) 7 10. 𝑥 + 1 is a factor of the polynomial
3. Degree of the zero polynomial is a) 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 1
a) 0 b) 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1
b) 1 c) 𝑥 4 + 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 + 1
c) any natural number d) 𝑥 4 + 3𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1
d) not defined
11. If 𝑥 2 + 𝑘𝑥 + 6 = (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 + 3)
4. √2 is a polynomial of degree for all 𝑥, then the value of 𝑘 is
a) 2 b) 0
a) 1 b) −1
1
c) 1 d) 2 c) 5 d) 3
5. Zero of the zero polynomial is 12. If 𝑥 − 2 is a factor of 𝑥 2 + 3𝑎𝑥 − 2𝑎,
then 𝑎 =
a) 0
a) 2 b) −2
b) 1
c) 1 d) −1
c) any real number
13. If 𝑥 3 + 6𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 𝑘 is exactly
d) not defined
divisible by 𝑥 + 2, then 𝑘 =
6. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 + 3, then 𝑓(𝑥) + 𝑓(−𝑥) is
a) −6 b) −7
equal to
c) −8 d) −10
a) 3 b) 2𝑥
14. If 𝑥 − 𝑎 is a factor of 𝑥 3 − 3𝑥 2 𝑎 +
c) 0 d) 6
2𝑎2 𝑥 + 𝑏, then the value of 𝑏 is
7. Zero of the polynomial 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 + 7 is a) 0 b) 2
7 −3
a) b) c) 1 d) 3
3 7

c) − 3
7
d) −7 15. If 𝑥 140 + 2𝑥 151 + 𝑘 is divisible by

𝑥 + 1, then the value of 𝑘 is

8. One of the zeros of the polynomial
a) 1 b) −3
𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 4 is
c) 2 d) −2

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16. If 𝑥 + 2 is a factor of c) 𝑥 − 1 d) 𝑥 + 1

𝑥 2 + 𝑚𝑥 + 14, then 𝑚 = 24. When 𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 − 𝑏 is divided by

𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 3, the remainder is 𝑥 − 6. The
a) 7 b) 2
values of 𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏 are respectively
c) 9 d) 14 a) −2, −6 b) 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 6

17. If 𝑥 − 3 is a factor of c) −2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 6 d) 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 6

𝑥 2 − 𝑎𝑥 − 15, then 𝑎 = 25. One factor of 𝑥 4 + 𝑥 2 − 20 is 𝑥 2 + 5. The

other factor is
a) −2 b) 5
a) 𝑥 2 − 4 b) 𝑥 − 4
c) −5 d) 3
c) 𝑥 2 − 5 d) 𝑥 + 4
18. If 𝑥 51 + 51 is divided by 𝑥 + 1, the
remainder is 26. If (𝑥 − 1) is a factor of polynomial 𝑓(𝑥) but
not of 𝑔(𝑥), then it must be a factor of
a) 0 b) 1
a) 𝑓(𝑥)𝑔(𝑥)
c) 49 d) 50
b) −𝑓(𝑥) + 𝑔(𝑥)
19. If 𝑥 + 1 is a factor of the polynomial 2𝑥 2 +
𝑘𝑥, then 𝑘 = c) 𝑓(𝑥) − 𝑔(𝑥)

a) −2 b) −3 d) {𝑓(𝑥) + 𝑔(𝑥)}𝑔(𝑥)

c) 4 d) 2 27. (𝑥 + 1) is a factor of 𝑥 𝑛 + 1 only if

20. If 𝑥 + 𝑎 is a factor of a) 𝑛 is an odd integer

𝑥 4 − 𝑎2 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 6𝑎, then 𝑎 = b) 𝑛 is an even integer

a) 0 b) −1 c) 𝑛 is a negative integer

c) 1 d) 2 d) 𝑛 is a positive integer

21. The value of 𝑘 for which 𝑥 − 1 is a factor 28. If 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1 is a factor of the polynomial
3𝑥 3 + 8𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 + 3 + 5𝑘, then the value of
4𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 + 𝑘, is 𝑘 is
a) 3 b) 1 a) 0 b) 2/5
c) −2 d) −3 c) 5/2 d) −1
22. If 𝑥 + 2 and 𝑥 − 1 are the factors of 29. If (3𝑥 − 1)7 = 𝑎7 𝑥 7 + 𝑎6 𝑥 6 + 𝑎5 𝑥 5 + ⋯ +
𝑥 3 + 10𝑥 2 + 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑛, then the values of 𝑎1 𝑥 + 𝑎0 , then 𝑎7 + 𝑎6 + 𝑎5 + ⋯ + 𝑎1 +
𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 are respectively 𝑎0 =

a) 5 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 3 b) 17 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 8 a) 0 b) 1

c) 7 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 18 d) 23 𝑎𝑛𝑑 − 19 c) 128 d) 64

1
23. Let 𝑓(𝑥) be a polynomial such that 30. If both 𝑥 − 2 and 𝑥 − 2 are factors of 𝑝𝑥 2 +
1 5𝑥 + 𝑟, then
𝑓 (− 2) = 0, then a factor of 𝑓(𝑥) is
a) 𝑝 = 𝑟 b) 𝑝 + 𝑟 = 0
a) 2𝑥 − 1 b) 2𝑥 + 1

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c) 2𝑝 + 𝑟 = 0 d) 𝑝 + 2𝑟 = 0 a) 𝑎 = 1, 𝑏 = −2

31. If 𝑥 2 − 1 is a factor of 𝑎𝑥 4 + 𝑏𝑥 3 + 𝑐𝑥 2 + b) 𝑎 = −2, 𝑏 = 1

𝑑𝑥 + 𝑒, then
c) 𝑎 = 2, 𝑏 = −3
a) 𝑎 + 𝑐 + 𝑒 = 𝑏 + 𝑑 1 2
d) 𝑎 = − , 𝑏 = −
3 3
b) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑒 = 𝑐 + 𝑑
38. If (𝑥 − 𝑎) and (𝑥 − 𝑏) are factors of
c) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 𝑑 + 𝑒
𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 − 𝑏, then
d) 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑑 = 𝑎 + 𝑒
a) 𝑎 = −1, 𝑏 = −2
32. If 𝑓(𝑥 + 3) = 𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 2, then the
remainder when 𝑓(𝑥) is divided by (𝑥 + 1), b) 𝑎 = 0, 𝑏 = 1
is 1 1
c) 𝑎 = − 2 , 𝑏 = 2
a) 8 b) −4
d) 𝑎 = −1, 𝑏 = 2
c) 20 d) 46
39. The ratio of remainders when
1 2 1
33. If 𝑓 (𝑥 + ) =𝑥 + 𝑥2
, then the remainder
𝑥 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 is divided by
when 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 (2𝑥 + 1), is
7 9
(𝑥 − 2) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (𝑥 − 3) respectively is 5:4. If
a) − b) −
4 4
(𝑥 − 1) is a factor of 𝑓(𝑥), then
9 11
c) 4
d) 4 11 14
a) 𝑎 = − 3
,𝑏 = 3
1 1
34. If 𝑓 (𝑥 − ) = 𝑥 2 + , then the remainder 14 11
𝑥 𝑥2
when 𝑓 (𝑥) is divided by (𝑥 − 3), is 𝑏) 𝑎 = − ,𝑏 =
3 3
14 11
a) 10 b) 11 c) 𝑎 = ,𝑏 =−
3 3
82
c) 7 d) 14 11
9 d) 𝑎 = − 3
,𝑏 =− 3
35. If 𝑓 (𝑥 − 2) = 2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 4, then the 40. The remainder when
remainder when 𝑓 (𝑥) is divided by (𝑥 − 1),
is 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 45 + 𝑥 25 + 𝑥 14 + 𝑥 9 + 𝑥 is divided
by 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 1, is
a) 3 b) 9
a) 4𝑥 − 1 b) 4𝑥 + 2
c) 13 d) −13
c) 4𝑥 + 1 d) 4𝑥 − 2
36. When the polynomial 𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐
is divided by 𝑥, 𝑥 − 2 and 𝑥 + 3, the 41. Which one of the following is a polynomial?
remainders obtained are 7, 9 and 49 1
a) 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 + 𝑥
respectively. The value of 3𝑎 + 5𝑏 + 2𝑐 is
(𝑥−1)(𝑥−3)
a) −5 b) 5 b) 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥

c) 2 d) −2 c) ℎ(𝑥) = 𝑥+1
𝑥+2

37. If (𝑥 − 𝑎) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (𝑥 − 𝑏) are factors of

5𝑥 3/2 +4√𝑥
d) 𝑝(𝑥) = 2𝑥 2 +
2
𝑥 + 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏, then √𝑥

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42. √3 is a polynomial of degree 49. If (𝑥 − 2) is a factor of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 1,

then the remainder when 𝑥 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 1 is
a) 2 b) 0 divided by (2𝑥 + 3), is
c) 1 d) 1/2 a) 7 b) 8
43. Which of the following is a polynomial? c) 1 d) 0
−2 −1
a) 𝑥 + 2𝑥 +3
50. If 𝑓(𝑥 + 3) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 6, then one of the
b) 𝑥 + 𝑥 −1 + 5 factors of 𝑓 (𝑥) is

c) 2𝑥 −1 a) 𝑥 − 3 b) 𝑥 − 4

d) 0 c) 𝑥 − 5 d) 𝑥 − 6

44. The remainder when

𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 − 2 is divided by

(𝑥 − 2), is

a) 5 b) 8

c) −10 d) 10

45. The remainder when 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 + 𝑎𝑥 2 +

6𝑥 + 𝑎 is divided by (𝑥 + 𝑎), is

a) −5𝑎 b) 5𝑎

c) 10𝑎 d) 0

46. If (𝑥 − 𝑎) is a factor of the polynomial

𝑝(𝑥) = 𝑥 3 − 𝑎𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 𝑎 − 6, then the

value of 𝑎 is

a) 1 b) −1

c) 2 d) −2

47. If 𝑓(𝑥 + 3) = 𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 2, then the

remainder when 𝑓(𝑥) is divided by (𝑥 + 1) is

a) 8 b) −4

c) 20 d) 46
1 1
48. If 𝑓 (𝑥 + ) = 𝑥 2 + , the remainder when
𝑥 𝑥2
𝑓(𝑥) is divided by 𝑥 − 3 is

a) 10 b) 11

c) 7 d) 5

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1. The marks obtained by 17 students in c) both the intervals

Mathematics test (out of 100) are given below:
d) none of these intervals
91, 82, 100, 100, 96, 65, 82, 76, 79, 90, 46, 64,
72, 68, 66, 48, 49 7. The class marks of a frequency distribution are
The range of data is given as follows: 15, 25, 35, 45, ….
a) 46 b) 54 The class interval corresponding to the class
mark 35 is
c) 90 d) 100
a) 30-40 b) 20-40
2. The class mark of the class 90-120 is
c) 20-30 d) 31-39
a) 90 b) 105
8. Let 𝑚 be mid-point and 𝑙 be the upper class
c) 115 d) 120 limit of a class in a continuous frequency
distribution. The lowest class limit of the class
3. The range of the data:
is
25, 18, 20, 22, 16, 6, 17, 15, 12, 30, 32, 10, 19,
a) 2𝑚 + 𝑙 b) 2𝑚 − 𝑙
8, 11, 20 is
c) 𝑚 − 𝑙 d) 𝑚 − 2𝑙
a) 10 b) 15
9. The width of each of five continuous classes in
c) 18 d) 26
a frequency distribution is 5 and the lower
4. A grouped frequency table with class intervals class limit of the lowest class is 10. The upper
of equal sizes using 250-270 (270 not included class limit of the highest class is
in this interval) as one of the class interval is
a) 15 b) 25
constructed for the following data:
268, 220, 368, 258, 242, 310, 272, 342, 310, c) 35 d) 40
290, 300, 320, 319, 304, 402, 318, 406, 292,
10. In a frequency distribution, the mid-value of a
354, 278, 210, 240, 330, 316, 406, 215, 258,
class is 10 and the width of the class is 6. The
236
lower limit of the class is
The frequency of the class 310-330 is
a) 4 b) 5 a) 6 b) 7
c) 6 d) 7 c) 8 d) 12
5. A grouped frequency distribution table with 11. The class marks of a frequency distribution are
classes of equal size using 63-72(72 included) 20, 24, 28, 33, …. . The class corresponding to
as one of the class is constructed for the the class mark 28 is
following data:
30, 32, 45, 54, 74, 78, 108, 112, 66, 76, 88, 40, a) 28-30 b) 26-30
14, 20, 15, 35, 44, 66, 75, 84, 95, 96, 102, 110, c) 27-31 d) 28-32
88, 74, 112, 14, 34, 44
The number of classes in the distribution will 12. The range of the data: 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 25,
be: 30, 41, 26, 16, 13, 18, 20, 26 is
a) 9 b) 10 a) 27 b) 28
c) 11 d) 12 c) 26 d) 29
6. In class intervals 70-85, 85-100, the number 85 13. The range of 10 observations is 15 and its
is included in highest score is 28, then the least score of the
a) 70-85 b) 85-100 data is

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a) 3 b) 13 21. The mid-value of a class interval is 42. If the

class size is 10, then the upper and lower limits
c) 14 d) 5
of the class are:
14. The range of the data 15, 18, 17, 16, 14, 𝑥, 12,
a) 47 and 37 b) 37 and 47
10, 9, 15 is 9. Which of the following is true
about 𝑥? c) 37.5 and 47.5 d) 47.5 and 37.5

a) 𝑥 > 18 b) 𝑥 < 9 22. The number of times a particular item occurs

in a given data is called its
c) 9 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 18 d) 𝑥 = 9
a) variation b) frequency
15. If the range of 16, 15, 21, 28, 48 and 𝑎 is 34,
then 𝑎 = c) cumulative frequency d) class-size

a) 14 b) 49 23. The width of each of nine classes in a

frequency distribution is 2.5 and the lower
c) either (𝑎) 𝑜𝑟 (𝑏) d) neither (a) nor (b)
class boundary of the lowest class 10.6. Then
16. Tally marks are used to find the upper class boundary of the highest class is

a) class intervals b) range a) 35.6 b) 33.1

c) frequency d) upper limits c) 30.6 d) 28.1

17. The difference between the highest and lowest 24. The following marks were obtained by the
values of the observations is called students in a test:

a) frequency b) mean 81, 72, 90, 90, 86, 85, 92, 70, 71, 83, 89, 95,
85, 79, 62. The range of the marks is
c) range d) class-intervals
a) 9 b) 17
18. The difference between the upper and the
lower class limits is called c) 27 d) 33

a) mid-points b) class size 25. Tallys are usually marked in a bunch of

c) frequency d) mean a) 3 b) 4

19. In the class intervals 10-20, 20-30, 20 is taken c) 5 d) 6

in
26. Let 𝑙 be the lower class limit of a class-interval
a) the interval 10-20 in a frequency distribution and 𝑚 be the mid-
point of the class. Then, the upper class limit of
b) the interval 20-30 the class is
c) both intervals 10-20, 20-30 𝑙+𝑚 𝑚+𝑙
a) 𝑚 + 2
b) 𝑙 + 2
d) none of the intervals
c) 2𝑚 − 𝑙 d) 𝑚 − 2𝑙
20. In a frequency distribution, the mid- value of a
class is 15 and the class size is 4. The lower 27. If the range of 9, 13, 18, 21, 33, 46 and 𝑥 is 39,
limit of the class is then 𝑥 =

a) 10 b) 12 a) 47 b) 50

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1. Which one of the following is not a measure of c) 14 d) 16

central value?
8. Mode is
a) Mean b) Range
a) least frequent value
c) Median d) Mode
b) middle most value
2. The mean of 𝑛 observations is 𝑋̅. If 𝑘 is added to
c) most frequent value
each observation, then the new mean is
d) none of these
a) 𝑋̅ b) 𝑋̅ + 𝑘
9. The following is the data of wages per day : 5, 4,
c) 𝑋̅ − 𝑘 d) 𝑘𝑋̅
7, 5, 8, 8, 8, 5, 7, 9, 5, 7, 9, 10, 8. The mode of the
3. The mean of 𝑛 observations is 𝑋̅. If each data is
observation is multiplied by 𝑘, the mean of new
a) 7 b) 5
observations is
𝑋̅
c) 8 d) 10
a) 𝑘𝑋̅ b) 𝑘
10. The median of the following data: 0, 2, 2, 2, -3, 5,
c) 𝑋̅ + 𝑘 d) 𝑋̅ − 𝑘 -1, 5, 5, -3, 6, 6, 5, 6 is

4. The mean of a set of seven numbers is 81. If one a) 0 b) -1.5

of the numbers is discarded, the mean of the
c) 2 d) 3.5
remaining numbers is 78. The value of discarded
number is 11. 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 are three sets of values of 𝑥:
a) 98 b) 99 𝐴: 2, 3, 7, 1, 3, 2, 3;
c) 100 d) 101 𝐵: 7, 5, 9, 12, 5, 3, 8 ;
5. For which set of numbers do the mean, median 𝐶: 4, 4, 11, 7, 2, 3, 4
and mode all have the same value?
Which one of the following statements is correct?
a) 2, 2, 2, 2, 4 b) 1, 3, 3, 3, 5
a) Mean of A = Mode of C
c) 1, 1, 2, 5, 6 d) 1, 1, 1, 2, 5
b) Mean of C = Median of B
6. For the set of numbers 2, 2, 4, 5 and 12, which of
the following statements is true? c) Median of B = Mode of A

a) Mean = Median d) Mean, Median and Mode of A are equal.

b) Mean > Mode 12. The median of the data: 4, 4, 5, 7, 6, 7, 7, 12, 3 is

c) Mean < Mode a) 4 b) 5

d) Mode = Median c) 6 d) 7

7. If the arithmetic mean of 7, 5, 13, 𝑥 and 9 is 10, 13. The median of the data: 78, 56, 22, 34, 45, 54, 39,
then the value of 𝑥 is 68, 54, 84 is

a) 10 b) 12 a) 45 b) 49.5

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c) 54 d) 56 a) 50.5 b) 51

14. Mode of the data: 15, 14, 19, 20, 14, 15, 16, 14, c) 51.5 d) 52
15, 18, 14, 19, 15, 17, 15 is
21. If 𝑋̅ is the mean of 𝑥1 , 𝑥2,......, 𝑥𝑛 , then for 𝑎 ≠ 0,
𝑥 𝑥 𝑥
a) 14 b) 15 the mean of 𝑎𝑥1 , 𝑎𝑥2 , . . . . , 𝑎𝑥𝑛 , 𝑎1 , 𝑎2 , . . . , 𝑎𝑛 is
c) 16 d) 17 1 1 1
a) (𝑎 + 𝑎) 𝑋̅ b) 2 (𝑎 + 𝑎) 𝑋̅
15. If the mean of five observations 𝑥, 𝑥 + 2, 𝑥 +
1 𝑋̅ 1 𝑋̅
4, 𝑥 + 6, 𝑥 + 8, is 11, then the mean of first three c) (𝑎 + 𝑎) 𝑛 d) (𝑎 + 𝑎) 2𝑛
observations is
22. Let 𝑋̅ be the mean of 𝑥1 , 𝑥2,......, 𝑥𝑛 and 𝑌̅ the mean
a) 9 b) 11 of 𝑦1 , 𝑦2,......, 𝑦𝑛 . If 𝑍̅ is the mean of
c) 13 d) none of these 𝑥1 , 𝑥2,......, 𝑥𝑛 , 𝑦1 , 𝑦2,......, 𝑦𝑛 , then 𝑍̅ is equal to
𝑋̅+𝑌̅
16. The algebraic sum of the deviations of a set of 𝑛 a) 𝑋̅ + 𝑌̅ b)
2
values from their mean is
𝑋̅+𝑌̅ 𝑋̅+𝑌̅
c) d)
a) 0 b) 𝑛 − 1 𝑛 2𝑛

c) 𝑛 d) 𝑛 + 1 23. If 𝑋̅1 , 𝑋̅2 , . . . . . , 𝑋̅𝑘 are the means of 𝑛 groups with

𝑛1 , 𝑛2 , . . . , 𝑛𝑘 number of observations
17. The mean of five numbers is 30. If one number is respectively, then the mean 𝑋̅ of all the groups
excluded, their mean becomes 28. The excluded taken together is given by
number is
1
a) ∑𝑘𝑖=1 𝑛𝑖 𝑋̅𝑖 b) 𝑛2 ∑𝑘𝑖=1 𝑛𝑖 𝑋̅𝑖
a) 28 b) 30
∑𝑘 ̅
𝑖=1 𝑛𝑖 𝑋𝑖 ∑𝑘 ̅
𝑖=1 𝑛𝑖 𝑋𝑖
c) 35 d) 38 c) d)
∑𝑘
𝑖=1 𝑛𝑖 2𝑛

18. If the mean of the observations: 𝑥, 𝑥 + 3, 𝑥 + 24. The empirical relation between mean, mode and
5, 𝑥 + 7, 𝑥 + 10 is 9, the mean of last three median is
observation is
a) Mode = 3 Median - 2 Mean
31 32
a) 3
b) 3
b) Mode = 2 Median - 3 Mean
34 35
c) d) c) Median = 3 Mode - 2 Mean
3 3

19. There are 50 numbers. Each number is subtracted d) Mean = 3 Median - 2 Mode
from 53 and the mean of the numbers so
obtained is found to be −3.5. The mean of the 25. The mean of 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑 and 𝑒 is 28. If the mean of
given numbers is 𝑎, 𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒 is 24, what is the mean of b and d?

a) 46.5 b) 49.5 a) 31 b) 32

c) 53.5 d) 56.5 c) 33 d) 34

20. The mean of 100 observations is 50. If one of the 26. The mean of 25 observations is 36. Out of these
observations which was 50 is replaced by 150, the observations if the mean of first 13 observations
resulting mean will be is 32 and that the last 13 observations is 40, the
13th observation is
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a) 23 b) 36 c) 8 d) 12

c) 38 d) 40 33. The heights of 7 students are given below (in cm):

27. If the median of 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧, 𝑝, 𝑞 and 120, 126. 132.41, 121.52, 120.35, 132, 125
𝑟(𝑥 > 𝑦 > 𝑧 > 𝑝 > 𝑞 > 𝑟) is 𝑚, then the median
The median height is
of 2𝑞, 2𝑝, 2𝑧, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝑦 is
𝑚
a) 2 b) 𝑚 a) 125 b) 126

c) 2𝑚 d) cannot be determined c) 121.52 d) none of these

28. If mean of the following data is 6, then which of 34. If the mode of the data : 20, 23, 22, 23, 22, 20, 𝑥,
the following can be the value of a? 21, is 22, then the value of 𝑥 is

𝑥𝑖 : 2 4 6 8 10 a) 21 b) 20

𝑓𝑖 : 1 2 a 2 1 c) 23 d) 22

a) 4 b) 5 35. If mean of 10 observations is 45. If one of the

observations, 54, is deleted, then the mean of the
c) 8 d) all the above remaining observations is
29. If the mode of the following data is 8, then the a) 45 b) 43
median is
c) 44 d) 46
𝑥𝑖 : 2 4 6 p 10
36. The mean height of a group of 30 students is 150
𝑓𝑖 : 1 3 5 7 2 cm. If a 150 cm tall student is included in the
a) 4 b) 6 group, then the mean height of the new group is

c) 8 d) 10 a) 150 cm b) 149 cm

30. If the mean of the following data is 5, then a = c) 151 cm d) none of these

𝑥𝑖 : 1 3 5 7 a 37. If the mean of 𝑛 observations is 12 and the sum of

the observations is 132, then 𝑛 =
𝑓𝑖 : 4 2 6 4 4
a) 9 b) 10
a) 9 b) 8
c) 11 d) 12
c) 11 d) 12
38. There are 20 students in a class. Of them, the
31. If the mean of observations 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 14 and 𝑥 height of ten students is 150 cm each, the height
is, 𝑥 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 = of 6 students is 142 each and the height of 4
students is 132 cm each. The average height of all
a) 7.2 b) 6
the students is
c) 7 d) 8
a) 144 cm b) 140 cm
32. If the mean of 4, 𝑥, 𝑦 is 6, then the mean of
c) 138 cm d) 146 cm
𝑥, 𝑦, 10 is
39. The mean of 10, 15, 19, 30, 43, 69 and 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑥. The
a) 7 b) 6
median of the data is

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a) 19 b) 43 46. IF the mean of 𝑥, 𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧 is 𝑘, then the mean of

𝑥 𝑧
c) 30 d) 10 , 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 is
𝑦 𝑦
40. The mode of the data : 9, 𝑥, 6, 3, 4, 9, 8, 6, 4, 6 is
a) 𝑘 b) 𝑘/𝑦
6. Which of the following cannot be the value of
𝑥? c) 𝑘/𝑥 d) 𝑘/𝑧
1
a) 8 b) 7 47. The mean of 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 is 𝑘, then the mean of
𝑥
1
c) 6 d) 9 𝑥 2 and 𝑥2
is

41. The median, mode and mean of a data is 9 if a) 𝑘 2 − 1 b) 2𝑘 2 − 2

there are five integers in the data and the range
of the data is 4. If the least value of data is 7, then c) 𝑘 2 − 2 d) 2𝑘 2 − 1
the number of different observations in the data 48. The ratio of the mode and median of a set of
is values is 15:11. The ratio of mean and mode is
a) 3 b) 4 a) 4 : 5 b) 7 : 10
c) 2 d) none of these c) 9 : 10 d) 3 : 5
42. If the median of the data 10, 12, 𝑥, 6, 18 is 10, 𝑎 𝑎 𝑎 2𝑎 𝑎
49. If the median of 3 , 2 , 4 , , (𝑎
5 6
> 0) is 12, then
then which of the following is true about the
value of 𝑥 ? 𝑎=
a) 36 b) 48
a) 6 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 10 b) 𝑥 < 6
c) 30 d) 24
c) 𝑥 > 18 d) Either (a) or (b)
50. If the mode of the observations 4, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2,
43. The range of the data is 𝑥, the median and the
4, 2, 4, 𝑥, 3, 4, 4, 2, 3, 4 is 4, then 𝑥 cannot be
mode of the data is 7 each. If the number of
observations is odd and all observations are a) 2 b) 4
integers such that range ≠ 0, then the least value
of 𝑥 is c) 3 d) Both (a) and (c)

a) 1 b) 2

c) 3 d) 4

44. If mean = 24, median = 26, then mode =

a) 20 b) 24

c) 26 d) 30

45. If the mean of 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒 is 5, then the value

of (𝑎 − 5) + (𝑏 − 5) + (𝑐 − 5) + (𝑑 − 5) +
(𝑒 − 5) is
a) 5 b) 25

c) 10 d) 0

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