BVM GLOBAL BOLLINENI HILLSIDE SR. SEC.

SCHOOL
CLASS 10- MCQ QUESTION BANK 2022-23
INTRO. TO TRIGONOMETRY, CIRCLES AND AREA RELATED TO CIRCLES
1. In ∆ ABC, right-angled at B, AB = 24 cm, BC = 7 cm. The value of tan C is:
(a) 12/7
(b) 24/7
(c) 20/7
(d) 7/24
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8. If sinθ + cosθ = √2, then tanθ + cot θ =

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
9. The value of cos1°. cos2°. cos3°. cos4°. . . . . . . . . . . .. cos90° is
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) 2
10.

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(d) 14.62 m

12. In the given figure, PA is a tangent from an external point P to a circle with centre O.
Angle APO is

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13. In the adjoining figure, PT is a tangent at point C of the circle. O is the circumcentre of ΔABC.
If ∠ACP=1180, then the measure of ∠x. is

14.

(a) 30cm` (b)20cm (c)10cm (d) None of these

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 15. A children’s park is in the triangular shape as shown in figure 4 below. In the middle of
the park, there is a circular region for younger children to play. It is fenced with three
layers of wire. The radius of the circular region is 3 m.

(i) The perimeter (or circumference) of the circular region is –

(a) 3π m (b) 18π m (c) 6π m (d) 9π m

(ii) The total length of wire used is –

(a) 9π m (b) 18π m (c) 54π m (d) 27π m

(iii) The area of the circular region is –

(a) 54π m² (b) 3π m² (c) 18π m² (d) 9π m²

(iv) If BD = 6 m, DC = 9 m and ar (△ABC) = 54 m², then the length of sides AB and AC,
respectively, are
(a) 9m, 12m (b) 12m, 9m (c) 10m, 12m (d) 12m, 10m

(v) The perimeter of ABC is –

(a) 28 m (b) 37 m (c) 36 m (d) 38 m
16. From an external point P, tangents PA and PB are drawn to a circle with centre O. If CD
is the tangent to the circle at a point E and PA = 14 cm, the perimeter of the triangle PCD
is:

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18.

19.

20.

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21. In the given figure, AB is the diameter where AP = 12 cm and PB = 16 cm. If the value
of pi is taken 3, what is the area of the shaded region?

(a) 300 sq.cm (b)96 sq.cm (c)204 sq.cm (d)1204 sq.cm

22. Japanese fans are made of paper on a bamboo frame, usually with a design painted on
them. A Japanese Fan symbolises friendship, respect and good wishes and are given on
special occasions, as well as to help cool you down in hot weather. The fan is an
immediately recognizable icon of Japanese culture. Today they remain an important
artistic medium and stylish fashion accessory. Lavanya hold a Japanease folding fan in
her hand as shown in figure. It is shapded like a sector of a circle. The inner and outer
raddi are 14 cm and 21 cm. The fan has three colour material.

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 What is the area of the region having radius 14 cm?
(a) 324.6 cm2 (b) 292.6 cm2 (c) 262.2 cm2 (d) 310.4 cm2

23.

24. The minute hand of a clock is 10cm long. The area of the face of the clock described by
the minute hand between 9 A.M. and 9.35A.M is
(a) 152.7 cm2 (b)157 cm2 (c)180 cm2 (d)183.3 cm2

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Statistics
1. .For the following distribution
C.I. 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
Frequency 20 30 24 40 18
The sum of lower limits of the modal class and the median class is
(a) 20. (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 50

2. For the following distribution

C.I. 0-5 6-11 12-17 18-23 24-29
Frequency 26 20 30 16 22
The upper limit of the median class is
(a) 18.5. (b) 18. ( C ) 17.5. (d) 17
3.For the following distribution
Monthly Expenditure in Rs No. of families
Expenditure less than 10,000. 15
Expenditure less than 13,000 31
Expenditure less than 16,000 50
Expenditure less than 19,000 67
Expenditure less than 22,000. 85
Expenditure less than 25,000 100
The number of families having expenditure range (in Rs) 16,000 – 19,000 is
(a) 15. (b) 16 (c) 17 (d) 19
4. For the following distribution
Marks 0-10 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50
No: of 3 9 13 10 5
students
The number of students who got marks less than 30 is
(a) 13 (b) 25 (c) 10 (d) 12
5. Find the value of ‘x’, if the mode of the following data is 25.
15, 20, 25, 18, 14, 15, 25, 15, 18, 16, 20. 25, 20, x, 18
6. If Σfi = 11, Σfixi = 2p + 52 and the mean of any distribution is 6, find the value of p.
a) 14 (b) 7 (c)10. (d) 12

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 7. For the following distribution

Marks obtained No. of students

More than or equal to 0 63
More than or equal to 10 58
More than or equal to 20 55
More than or equal to 30 51
More than or equal to 40 48
More than or equal to 50 42
The frequency of the class 20-30 is
(a) 35 (b) 4 (c) 48 (d) 51

8.The median of set of 9 distinct observations is 20.5. If each of the largest 4 observations of the
set is increased by 2, then the median of the new set
(a) is increased by 2 (b) is decreased by 2
(c) is two times of the original number d) Remains the same as that of the original set.

APPLICATION OF TRIGONOMETRY
1.
If at some time, the length of the shadow of a tower is √3 times its height, then the angle
of elevation of the sun, at that time is:
(a) 15° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 60°

2. The upper part of a tree is broken by the wind and makes an angle of 30° with the
ground. The distance from the foot of the tree to the point where the top touches the
ground is 5 m. The height of the tree is
(a) 10√3/3 m (b) 5√3 m (c) √3 m (d) √3/5 m

3. A ladder 15 m long just reaches the top of a vertical wall. If the ladder makes an angle of
60° with the wall, then the height of the wall is:
15√3 15
(a) 15√3 m (b) m (c) m (d) 15 m
2 2
4. A man at the top of a 100 m high tower sees a car moving towards the tower at an angle
of depression of 30°. After some time, the angle of depression becomes 60°. The distance
travelled by the car during this time interval is:
100√3 200√3
(a) 10√3 m (b) m (c) m (d) 200√3 m
3 3

5. A man standing at a height 6 m observes the top of a tower and the foot of tower at angles
of 45° and 30° of elevation and depression respectively. The height of tower is:
(a) 6√3 m (b) 12 m ( c ) 6(√3 – 1)m (d) 6(√3 + 1) m

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6. If the height and length of a shadow of a man are the same, then the angle of elevation of
sun is:
(a) 30° (b) 60° (c) 45° (d) 15°
7. In given figure, AD = 4 cm, BD = 3 cm and CB = 12 cm. The value of tan θ is

CASE STUDY QUESTIONS

There are two temples on each bank of a river. One temple is 50 m high. A man, who is
standing on the top of 50 m high temple, observed from the top that angle of depression
of the top and foot of other temple are 30° and 60° respectively. (Take 3√ = 1.73)

Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(i) Measure of ∠ADF is equal to
(a) 45° (b) 60° (c) 30° (d) 90°

(ii) Measure of ∠ACB is equal to

(a) 45° (b) 60° (c) 30° (d) 90°

(iii) Width of the river is

(a) 28.90 m (b) 26.75 m (c) 25 m (d) 27 m

(iv) Height of the other temple is

(a) 32.5 m (b) 35 m (c) 33.33 m (d) 40 m

(v) Angle of depression is always

(a) reflex angle (b) straight angle
(c) an obtuse angle (d) an acute angle

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 PROBABILITY
(1) The probability of a leap year selected at random contain 53 Sunday is:
(a) 53/ 366 (b) 1/7 (c) 2/7 (d) 53/365
(2) A bag contains 3 red and 2 blue marbles. A marble is drawn at random. The
probability of drawing a black ball is :
(a) 3/5 (b) 2/5 (c) 0/5 (d) 1/5
(3) The probability that it will rain tomorrow is 0.85. What is the probability that it will
not rain tomorrow
(a) 0.25 (b) 0.145 (c) 3/20 (d) none of these
(4) What is the probability that a number selected from the numbers (1, 2, 3,……….,15)
is a multiple of 4?
(a) 1/5 (b) 4/5 (c) 2/15 (d) 1/3

(5) What are the total outcomes when we throw three coins?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 7

(6) The probability that a prime number selected at random from the
numbers (0,1,2,3, ……….34) is :
(a) 12/35 (b) 11/35 (c) 13/35 (d) none of these

(7) The sum of the probability of an event and non event is :

(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these.

(8) The following probabilities are given; choose the answer for which is not possible.
(a) 0.15 (b) 2/7 (c) 7/5 (d) none of these.

(9) If three coins are tossed simultaneously, than the probability of getting at least two
heads, is
(a) ¼(b) 3/8(c) ½(d) 1/8

(10) A letter is chosen at random from the letters of the word ASSASSINATION. The
probability that the letter chosen has: (a) 6/13(b) 7/13(c) 1(d) none of these

Surface area and Volume

Case Study Question
1.One day Rinku was going home from school, saw a carpenter working on wood. He found that
he is carving out a cone of same height and same diameter from a cylinder. The height of the
cylinder is 24 ern and base radius is 7 cm. While watching this, some questions came into Rinkus
mind. Help Rinku to find the answer of the following questions.

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(i) After carving out cone from the cylinder,
(a) Volume of the cylindrical wood will decrease.
(b) Height of the cylindrical wood will increase.
(c) Volume of cylindrical wood will increase.
(d) Radius of the cylindrical wood will decrease
(ii) Find the slant height of the conical cavity so formed.
(a) 28 cm (b) 38 cm (c) 35 cm (d) 25 cm
(iii) The curved surface area of the conical cavity so formed is
(a) 250 cm2 (b) 550 cm2 (c) 350 cm2 (d) 450 cm2
(iv) External curved surface area of the cylinder is
(a) 876 cm2 (b) 1250 cm2 (c) 1056 cm2 (d) 1025 cm2
(v) Volume of conical cavity is
(a) 1232 cm3 (b) 1248 cm3 (c) 1380 cm3 (d) 999 cm3
2. Meera and Dhara have 12 and 8 coins respectively each of radius 3.5 cm and thickness 0.5 cm.
They place their coins one above the other to form solid cylinders .
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.

(i) Curved surface area of the cylinder made by Meera is

(a) 144 cm2 (b) 132 cm2 (c) 154 cm2 (d) 142 cm2
ii) The ratio of curved surface area of the cylinders made by Meera and Dhara is
(a) 2: 5 (b) 3: 2 (c) 1: 2 (d) 2: 7

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(iii) The volume of the cylinder made by Dhara is
(a) 154 cm3 (b) 144 cm3 (c) 132 cm3 (d) 142 cm3
(iv) The ratio of the volume of the cylinders made by Meera and Dhara is
(a) 1:2 (b) 2: 5 (c) 3: 2 (d) 4: 3
(v) When two coins are shifted from Meera’s cylinder to Dhara’s cylinder, then
(a) Volume of two cylinder become equal
(b) Volume of Meera’s cylinder> Volume of Dhara’s cylinder
(c) Volume of Dhara’s cylinder> Volume of Meera’s cylinder
(d) None of these
3. A cylinder, a cone and a hemisphere are of equal base and have the same height. What is the
ratio of their volumes?
(a) 3 : 1 : 2 (b) 3 : 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 : 3 (d) 1 : 3 : 2
4.If the area of three adjacent faces of cuboid are X, Y and Z respectively, then the volume of
cuboid is:
(a) XYZ (b) 3XYZ (c) √xyz (d) √3xyz

5.Two cubes each of volume 8 cm³ are joined end to end, then the surface area of the resulting
cuboid is
(a) 80 cm² (b) 64 cm² (c) 40 cm² (d) 8 cm²
6.The circumference of the edge of hemispherical bowl is 132 cm. When π is taken as 227, the
capacity of bowl in cm³ is:
(a) 2772 (b) 924 (c) 19404 (d) 9702
7. The volume (in cm³) of the largest right circular cone that can be cut off from a cube of edge
4.2 cm is: .
(a) 9.7 (b) 72.6 (c) 58.2 (d) 19.4
8. Volumes of two spheres are in the ratio 64:27. The ratio of their surface areas i
a) 3 : 4 b) 4 : 3 c) 9 : 16 d)16 : 9
9. The length of the longest pole that can be placed in a room of dimensions
(10 m × 10m × 5 m) is
(a) 15 m. (b)16 m (c)10 (d)12 m
10. The radii of the two cylinders are in a 2:3 ratio, and their heights are in a 5:3 ratio. Then, find
their ratio of the volume.

(a) 10: 17. (b) 20: 27 (c) 17: 27 (d) 20: 37

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ARITHMETIC PROGRESSION
1. The missing terms in AP: __, 13, __, 3 are:
(a) 11 and 9
(b) 17 and 9
(c) 18 and 8
(d) 18 and 9
2. Which term of the A.P. 3, 8, 13, 18, … is 78?
(a) 12th
(b) 13th
(c) 15th
(d) 16th
3. If 17th term of an A.P. exceeds its 10th term by 7. The common difference is:
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
4. 20th term from the last term of the A.P. 3, 8, 13, …, 253 is:
(a) 147
(b) 151
(c) 154
(d) 158
5. The sum of the first five multiples of 3 is:
(a) 45
(b) 55
(c) 65
(d) 75
6. What is the common difference of an AP in which a18 – a14 = 32?
(a) 8
(b) -8
(c) -4
(d) 4

7. The sum of first 16 terms of the AP: 10, 6, 2 , … is

(a) –320
(b) 320
(c) –352
(d) –400

8. Which term of the AP: 21, 42, 63, 84,… is 210?

(a) 9th
(b) 10th
(c) 11th
(d) 12th

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9. If p, q, r and s are in A.P. then r – q is
(a) s – p
(b) s – q
(c) s – r
(d) none of these
10. If the sum of three numbers in an A.P. is 9 and their product is 24, then numbers are
(a) 2, 4, 6
(b) 1, 5, 3
(c) 2, 8, 4
(d) 2, 3, 4
TRIANGLES
1. D and E are the midpoints of side AB and AC of a triangle ABC, respectively and BC = 6 cm.
If DE || BC, then the length (in cm) of DE is:
(a) 2.5
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 6
2. If ABC and DEF are two triangles and AB/DE=BC/FD, then the two triangles are similar if
(a) ∠A=∠F
(b) ∠B=∠D
(c) ∠A=∠D
(d) ∠B=∠E
3.In the given figure, value of x in cm is:

a)4
b)5
c)6
d)8

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4. O is the point of intersection of two equal chords AB and CD such that OB = OD, then
triangles OAC and ODB are:

(A) Equilateral but not similar

(B) Isosceles but not similar
(C) Equilateral and similar
(D) Isosceles and similar
5. In triangle PQR, if PQ = 6 cm, PR = 8 cm, QS = 3 cm, and PS is the bisector of angle QPR,
what is the length of SR?

A)2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

6. In ΔABC, AC = 15 cm and DE || BC. If AB/AD=3, Find EC.

(A) 5cm (B) 10 cm (C) 2.5cm (D) 9cm

7. △ ABC is such that AB = 3 cm, BC = 2 cm and CA = 2.5 cm.△ DEF is similar to △ABC. If
EF = 4 cm, then the perimeter of △DEF is :
(A) 7.5 cm (B) 15cm (C) 30cm (D) 22.5cm

COORDINATE GEOMETRY
1.If the distance between the points A (2, -2) and B (-1, x) is equal to 5, then the value of x is:
(a) 2
(b) -2
(c) 1
(d) -1
2. The midpoint of a line segment joining two points A (2, 4) and B (-2, -4) is
(a) (-2, 4) (b) (2, -4) (c) (0, 0) (d) (-2, -4)

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3. The distance between the points P (0, 2) and Q (6, 0) is
(a) 4√10
(b) 2√10
(c) √10
(d) 20
4. If O (p/3, 4) is the midpoint of the line segment joining the points P(-6, 5) and Q(-2, 3), the
the value of p is:
(a) 7/2
(b) -12
(c) 4
(d) -4
5. The ratio in which the line segment joining the points P(-3, 10) and Q(6, –8) is divided by O(-
1, 6) is:
(a) 1:3
(b) 3:4
(c) 2:7
(d) 2:5
6. The distance of the point P (–6, 8) from the origin is
(a) 8 units
(b) 2√7 units
(c) 10 units
(d) 6 units
7. The perimeter of a triangle with vertices (0, 4), (0, 0) and (3, 0) is
(a) 5
(b) 12
(c) 11
(d) 7 + √5
8. The point which lies on the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points A
(–2, –5) and B (2, 5) is
(a) (0, 0)
(b) (0, 2)
(c) (2, 0)
(d) (–2, 0)
9. The fourth vertex D of a parallelogram ABCD whose three vertices are A (–2, 3), B (6, 7) and
C (8, 3) is
(a) (0, 1)
(b) (0, –1)
(c) (–1, 0)
(d) (1, 0)

CASE STUDY:
The top of a table is shown in the figure given below:

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(i) The coordinates of the points H and G are respectively
(a) (1, 5), (5, 1)
(b) (0, 5), (5, 0)
(c) (1, 5), (5, 0)
(d) (5, 1), (1, 5)
(ii) The distance between the points A and B is
(a) 4 units
(b) 4 2 units
(c) 16 units
(d) 32 units
(iii) The coordinates of the mid point of line segment joining points M and Q are
(a) (9, 3)
(b) (5, 11)
(c) (14, 14)
(d) (7, 7)
(iv) Which among the following have same ordinate?
(a) H and A
(b) T and O
(c) R and M
(d) N and R
(v) If G is taken as the origin, and x, y axis put along GF and GB, then the point denoted by
coordinate (4, 2) is
(a) H
(b) F
(c) Q
(d) R

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REAL NUMBERS

1. The largest number which divides 70 and 125 leaving remainders 5 and 8
respectively is
a) 13 b) 65 c) 875 d) 1750
2. A class of 20 boys and 15 girls is divided into ‘n’ groups such that each
group has same number of boys (x) and same number of girls (y). Find x, y
and n
a. n= 7, x= 4, y=3
b. n= 6, x= 3, y=2
c. n= 5, x= 5, y=5
d. n=4, x= 2, y=7
3. If two positive integers a and b are expressible in the form of a = pq2 and b =
p3q, where p, q are prime numbers, then LCM (a, b) is
a. pq b) p3q3 c) p3q2 d) p2q2
4. If LCM of ‘a’ and 18 is 36 and HCF of ‘a’ and 18 is 2, then a = ___
a. 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 1
5. If a = 2 x 3, b = 2 x 3 x 5, c = 3 x 5 and LCM (a, b, c) = 23 x 32 x 5, then
3 n

find n.
a. 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
6. If 3 is the least prime factor of ‘a’ and 7 is the least prime factor of ‘b’, then
the least prime factor of ‘a + b’ is
a. 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 10
7. If the sum of LCM and HCF of two numbers is 1260 and their LCM is 900
more than their HCF, then the product of the two numbers is ___
a. 203400 b) 194400 c) 198400 d) 205400
8. What is the largest number that divides each one of 1152 and 1664 exactly?
a. 32 b) 64 c) 128 d) 256
POLYNOMIALS

1. The number of polynomials having zeroes as – 2 and 5 is __

a. 2 b) 3 c) 1 d) more than 3
2. If the sum of roots of the polynomial 4x – 2x +(k – 4) is half of their
2

product, then the value of k is _____

a. 8 b) 6 c) – 8 d) 5

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 3. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 +(a + 1)x + b are 2 and – 3,
then find a and b
a) a = – 7, b = – 1 b) a = 2, b = – 6
c) a = 5, b = – 1 d) a = 0, b = – 6
4. Find the value of p so that the polynomial px (x – 3) +9 = 0 has two equal
roots.
a) 8 b) 6 c) 4 d) 5
5. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial f (y) = 2y2 + 7y +5, find the value
of α + β + α β
a) 1 b) 0 c) – 2 d) – 1
6. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 88x + 125 are
a) Both positive b) both negative
c) one positive and one negative d) both equal
7. If α and β are the zeroes of a polynomial such that α + β = 6 and α β = 4
then the polynomial is:
a) x2 + 6x + 4 b) x2 – 6x + 4
c) x2 + 2x + 4 d) 2x2 + 6x + 14
8. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial x2 – p(x+1) – c, find the value of
(α + 1) (β + 1)
a) 1– b b) c –1 c) 1– c d) c –2
LINEAR EQUATIONS
1. If one equation of a pair of dependent linear equations is
– 3x+5y – 2=0. The second equation will be:
(a) – 6x+10y – 4=0 (b) 6x – 10y – 4=0
(c) 6x+10y – 4=0 (d) – 6x+10y + 4=0
2. If the system of equations 2x + 3y = 7 and 2ax +(a+b)y = 28 has infinitely
many solutions then,

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 (a) a = 2b (b) a + 2b = 0
(c) b = 2a (d) 2a + b =0
3. The value of c for which the pair of equations cx – y = 2 and 6x – 2y = 3
will have infinitely many solutions is
a) 3 b) – 3 c) – 12 d) no value
4. In a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, ∠A = (x+y+10)°, ∠B = (y+20)°,
∠C = (x + y – 30)° and ∠D = (x + y)°, then. find ∠B
a) 70° b) 80° c) 100° d) 110°
5. Five years hence, the age of a man shall be 3 times the age of his son, while
5 years earlier the age of the man was 7 times the age of his son. The present
age of the man is
a) 45 years b) 50 years c) 40 years d) 48 years
6. If 29x +37y = 103 and 37x +29y = 95 then find x and y
a) x = 1, y = 2 b) x = –1, y = 2 c) x = –1, y = –2 d) x = 1, y = –2
7. If 2x – 3y = 7 and (a + b)x – ( a + b – 3)y = 4a +b represent coincident
lines, then a and b satisfy the equation
a) a + 5b = 0 b) 5a + b = 0 c) a – 5b = 0 d) 5 – b = 0

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
1. Two numbers are in the ratio 5 : 6. If 8 is subtracted from each of the
numbers, the ratio becomes 4 : 5. Then the numbers are:
a) 40, 42 (b) 42, 48 (c) 40, 48 (d) 44, 50
2. A natural number, when increased by 12, equals 160 times its reciprocal.
Find the number.
a) 3 b) 8 c) 4 d) 7
3. If the one root of the equation 4x2 – 2x + p – 4 = 0 be the reciprocal of other.
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 a) 8 b) – 8 c) – 4 d) 4
4. Which of the following is not a Quadratic Equation?
a) 3x – x2 = x2 +5 b) (x+2)2 = 2(x2 –
c) (√2 x + 3)2 = 2x2 + 6 d) (x – 1)2 = 3x2 +x – 2
5. The ratio of the sum and product of the roots of the equation
7x2 – 12x +18 = 0 is:
a) 7:12 b) 7:18 c) 3:2 d) 2:3
6. For what value of k does the quadratic equation 4x2 – 12x – k =0 have no
real roots?
a) k > – 9 b) k < – 8 c) k < – 9 d) k < – 4
7. If – 5 is a root of the quadratic equation 2x2 +px – 15 = 0 and the quadratic
equation p(x2 + x) +k =0 has equal roots, find k.
a) k = 4/7 b) k = 7/4 c) k = 9/7 d) k =8/7
8. The sum of squares of two consecutive odd numbers is 394. The numbers
are:
a) 14 and 16 b) 5 and 7 c) 17 and 19 d) 13 and 15

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