Holiday Homework

Mathematics
Class 10th
MCQ’S

1. If the square of difference of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + px+ 45 is

equal to 144then the value of p is
(a) ±9 (b) ±12 (c) ±15 (d) ±18
2
2. If α and β are the zeros of a polynomial f(x) = px – 2x + 3p and α + β = αβ, then p is

(a) -2/3 (b) 2/3 (c) 1/3 (d) None of these

3. If 3x + 4y : x + 2y = 9 : 4 , then 3x + 5y : 3x - y is equal to
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 1 : 7 (d) None of these
5. The 10th term of AP: √3, √12, √27…..
(a) √243 (b) √363 (c) √432 (d) None of these
6. The 15th term of the sequence x – 7, x – 2, x + 3, …… is
(a) x + 53 (b) x+ 63 (c) x + 73 (d) None of these
7. The nth term of an A.P. is given by an = 3 + 4n. The common difference is
(a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
8. In a number of two digits, unit’s digit is twice the tens digit. If 36 be added to the number,
the digitsare reversed. The number is
(a) 36 (b) 63 (c) 48 (d) 84
9. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x² + 3x + k is 2, then the value of k is
(a) 10 (b) -10 (c) 5 (d) -5
10. The polynomial equation x (x + 1) + 8 = (x + 2) {x – 2)
is
(a) Linear equation (b) Quadratic equation
(c) Cubic equation (d) bi-quadratic equation
2
11. Zeroes of f(x) = x – 2x are
(a) 2 and 4 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 0 and 2 (d) 0 and 4
12. The sum of exponents of prime factors in the prime factorization of 196 is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
13. The polynomial equation x (x2 + 1) + 8 = (x + 2)3 is
(a) Linear equation (b) Quadratic equation
(c) Cubic equation (d) bi-quadratic equation
14. The maximum number of zeroes a cubic polynomial can have, is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

15. If α and β are the zeros of a polynomial f(x) = px2 – 3x + 3p and α + β = αβ,

then p is (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) -1

16. The 5th term of AP: √3, √12, √27…..

(a) √108 (b) √110 (c) √202 (d) None of these
16. The 10th term of the sequence y – 7, y – 2, y + 3, …… is
(a) y + 93 (b) y+ 39 (c) y+ 38 (d) y + 83
4 3 3 5
17. Let a and b be two positive integers such that a = p q and b = p q , where p and q
areprime numbers.If HCF(a,b) = pmqn and LCM(a,b) = prqs, then (m+n)(r+s)=
(a) 15 (b) 54 (c) 35 (d) 72
th
18. The n term of an A.P. is given by an = 3 + 4n. The common difference is
(a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
19. In a number of two digits, unit’s digit is thrice the tens digit. If 18 be added to the
number, the digitsare reversed. The number is
(a) 31 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 41
20. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x² + 4x + k is 4, then the value of k is
(a) 32 (b) -32 (c) 16 (d) -16
21. Zeroes of f(x) = y2 – 9y are
(a) 0 and 9 (b) 1 and 9 (c) 0 and 3 (d) 0 and 4
22. If 3x + 4y : x + 2y = 9 : 4 , then x + 5y : 3x - y is equal
to (a) 9 : 1 (b) 1 : 9 (c) 1 : 7 (d)
7:1
23. The sum of exponents of prime factors in the prime factorization of 5005 is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
24. The greatest number which on dividing 1659 and 2036 leaves remainders 8 and 4 respectively
is
a) 124 b) 129 c) 127 d) 305
25. Out of following irrationals, which has sum and product both rational?
a) √3 + 5 and √3 – 5 b) √3 + √5 and √3 - √5 c) 5 + √3 and 5 - √3 d) All of these
26. The LCM and HCF of two rational numbers are equal, then the number must be
a) Prime b) co- prime c) composite d) equal
27. The sum of the exponents of the prime factors in the prime factorization 0f 196, is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6
2
28. The zeroes of the polynomial x – 3x – m(m + 3) are:
I. m, m + 3
II. – m, (m + 3)
III. m, - (m + 3)
IV. – m, - (m + 3)
29. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 3x + k is 2, then the value of k is:
I. 10
II. – 10
III. – 7
IV. –2
30. The quadratic polynomial, the sum of whose zeroes is -5 and their product is 6, is:
I. x2 + 5x +6
II. x2 - 5x +6
III. - x2 + 5x +6
 IV. x2 - 5x - 6
31. if the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + (a + 1)x + b are 2 and -3, then:
I. a = -7, b = -1
II. a = 5, b = -1
III. a = 2, b = -6
IV. a = 0, b = -6
32. if one of the zeroes of the cubic polynomial x3 + ax2 + bx + c is -1, then the product of the
other two zeros is:
I. b – a + 1
II. b – a – 1
III. a – b + 1
IV. a–b–1
33. If the graph of a polynomial intersect the x- axis at three points, then the number of zeroes ….
I. 0
II. At least three
III. At most three
IV. 3

CASE BASED QUESTIONS

1. RK Fabricators has got a order for making a frame for machine of their client. For which,
they are using a AutoCAD software to create a constructible model that includes the
relevant information suchas dimensions of the frame and materials needed.

The frame will have a solid base and will be cut out of a piece of steel. The final area of
the frameshould be 54 sq m. The diagram of frame is shown below.
In order to input the right values in the AutoCAD software, the engineer needs to
calculate somebasic values.
1. What are the dimensions of the outer frame? (1)
2. What is the area of required final metal frame? (1)
3. If the area of the frame is 54 sq m, what is the value of x? (2)

OR
What is the perimeter of the frame?
 2. Due to heavy storm an electric wire got bent as shown in the figure. It follows a
mathematical shape. Answer the following questions below.

i) Name the shape in which the wire is bent.

a. Spiral
b. Ellipse
c. Linear
d. Parabola

ii) How many zeroes are there for the polynomial (shape of the wire)?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 1
d. 0

iii) The zeroes of the polynomial are

a. -1,5
b. -1,3
c. 3,5
d. -4,2

iv) What will be the expression of the polynomial

a. 𝑥2 +2x-3
b. 𝑥2 -2x+3
c. 𝑥2 -2x-3
d. 𝑥2 +2x+3

v) What is the value of the polynomial if x = -1?

a. 6
b. -18
c. 18
d. 0
 3. Shalvi is a tuition teacher and teaches mathematics to some kids at her home. She is very
innovative and always plan new games to make her students learn concepts.

Today, she has planned a prime number game. She announce the number 2 in her class and asked
the first student to multiply it by a prime number and then pass it to second student. Second
student also multiplied it by a prime number and passed it to third student. In this way by
multiplying to a prime number the last student got 173250. He told this number to Shalvi in
class. Now she asked some questions to the students as given below.

1. How many students are in the class?

(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9

2. What is the highest prime number used by student?

(a) 2 (b) 3(c) 5 (d) 11

3. What is the least prime number used by students ?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 11

4. Which prime number has been used maximum times ?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 11

5. Which prime number has been used minimum times?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 11
4.

QUESTIONS
1. If a and b are the zeroes of the polynomial x2 – 1, then find the value of a + b.
2. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 3x + k is 2, then find the value of k.
3. Find the value of k such that the polynomial x 2 – (k + 6)x + 2(2k - 1) has sum of its zeroes equal
to half of their product.
4. Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 3 and -4.
5. If the zeroes of the polynomial x 2 + px + q are double in the value to the zeroes of the
polynomial 2x2 – 5x – 3, then find the value of p and q.
6. If the sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3x 2 – kx + 6 is 3, then find the value of k.
7. Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are reciprocals of the zeroes of the polynomial ax 2
+ bx + c.
8. If α and β are zeroes of the polynomial x2 – p(x + 1) + c such that (α + 1)( β + 1) = 0,
then find the value of c.
9. If α and β are zeroes of the polynomial x2 – 2x + 3. Find the value of α3 + β3.
17 43 59 31
10. Arrange the following in ascending order , 45, and .
18 60 36
11. The LCM of two numbers is 45 times their HCF. If one of the numbers is 225 and sum of their
LCM and HCF is 1150, find the other number.
12. If the HCF of 408 and 1032 is expressible in the form 1032m – 408 × 5, find m.
13. Prove that √7 is irrational.
14. The HCF of two numbers is 16 and their product is 3072, Find their LCM.
15. The LCM of smallest two digit composite number and smallest composite number is?
16. The product of a non-zero rational and an irrational number is?
17. The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10 is?
18. Find a rational number between √2 and √7.
19. Write the number of zeroes in the end of a number whose prime factorization is 22 × 53× 32 ×
17.
20. Check whether 12n can end with digit zero for any natural number n.
21. On the morning walk, three people step off together and their steps measure 40 cm, 42cm,
and 45 cm respectively. What is the minimum distance each should walk, so that each can
covers the same distance in complete steps?
22. Show that 5 + 2√7 is an irrational number, where √7 is given to be an irrational number.
23. Aruna has only ₹1 and ₹2 coins with her. If the total number of coins that she has is 50 and
the amount of money with her is ₹75, then the number of ₹ 1 and ₹2 coins are, respectively.
24. The father’s age is six times his son’s age. Four years hence, the age of the father will be four
times his son’s age. The present ages, in years of the son and the father are, respectively
25. The age of the father is twice the sum of the ages of his two children. After 20 years, his age
will be equal to the sum of the ages of his children. Find the age of the father.
26. Two number are in the ratio 5 : 6, If 8 is subtracted from each of the numbers, the ratio
becomes 4 : 5. Find the numbers.
27. There are some students in the two examination halls A and B. To make the number of
students equal in each hall, 10 students are sent from A to B. But if 20 students are sent from
B to A, the number of students in A becomes double the number of students in B. Find the
number of students in the two halls.
28. In a competitive examination, one mark is awarded for each correct answer while 1/2 mark is
deducted for every wrong answer. Jayanti answered 120 questions and got 90 marks. How
many questions did she answer correctly?
29. The angles of a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD are ∠A = (6x + 10)°, ∠B = (5x)°, ∠C = (x + y)° and ∠D =
(3y – 10)°. Find x and y and hence the values of the four angles.
30. A person, rowing at the rate of 5 km/h in still water, takes thrice as much time in going 40 km
upstream as in going 40 km downstream. Find the speed of the stream.
31. A two-digit number is obtained by either multiplying the sum of the digits by 8 and then
subtracting 5 or by multiplying the difference of the digits by 16 and then adding 3. Find the
number.
32. A railway half ticket costs half the full fare, but the reservation charges are the same on a half
ticket as on a full ticket. One reserved first class ticket from the stations. A to B costs ₹2530.
Also, one reserved first class ticket and one reserved first class half ticket from A to B costs
₹3810. Find the full first class fare from station A to 8 and also the reservation charges for a
ticket.
33. A shopkeeper sells a saree at 8% profit and a sweater at 10% discount, thereby, getting a sum
₹1008. If she had sold the saree at 10% profit and the sweater at 8% discount, she would have
got ₹1028. Find the cost price of the saree and the list price (price before discount) of the
sweater.
34. Susan invested certain amount of money in two schemes A and B, which offer interest at the
rate of 8% per annum and 9% per annum, respectively. She received ₹1860 as annual interest.
However, had she interchanged the amount of investments in the two schemes, she would
have received ₹20 more as annual interest. How much money did she invest in each scheme?
35. Vijay had some bananas, and he divided them into two lots A and B. He sold the first lot at the
rate of ₹ 2 for 3 bananas and the second lot at the rate of ₹ 1 per banana, and got a total of ₹
400. If he had sold the first lot at the rate of ₹1 per banana and the second lot at the rate of ₹
 4 for 5 bananas, his total collection would have been ₹ 460. Find the total number of bananas
he had.
36. On selling a T.V. at 5% gain and a fridge at 10% gain, a shopkeeper gains ₹ 2000. But if he sells
the T.V. at 10% gain and the fridge at 5% loss. He gains ₹ 1500 on the transaction. Find the
actual prices of T.V. and fridge.
37. The numerator of a fraction is 4 less than the denominator. If the numerator is decreased by 2
and denominator is increased by 1, then the denominator is eight times the numerator. Find
the fraction.
38. If Sn = 5n2 + 3n, then nth term is…………..
39. If the mean of the first n natural number is 15, then find n.
40. How many two digit number are divisible by 3?
41. Find the 9th term from the end of the A.P. 5, 9, 13, …..185.
42. Show that (a – b)2, (a2 + b2) and (a + b)2 are in A.P.
43. If first three term of an A.P. are b, c, and 2b, then find the ratio of b and c.
44. If the 17th term of an A.P. exceeds its 10th term by 7, find the common difference.
45. Which term of the A.P.3, 15, 27, 39, ……. will be 120 more than its 21st term ?
46. If seven times the 7th term of an A.P. is equal to eleven times the 11th term, then what will be
its 18th term ?
47. Find how many integers between 200 and 500 are divisible by 8.
48. Find the sum of all 11 terms of an A.P, whose middle tem is 30.
49. In an AP, if S5 + S7 = 167 and S10 = 235, then find the AP, where S n denotes the sum of its first n
terms.
50. Find the sum of all 11 terms of an A.P., whose middle term is 30.
51. The sum of four consecutive number in A.P. is 32 and the ratio of the product of the first and
last terms to the product of two middle term is 7 : 15 . find the number.
52. Solve: 1 + 4 + 7 + 10 +……x = 287.
53. The sum of the first 5 terms of an AP and the sum of the first 7 terms of the same AP is 167. If
the sum of the first 10 terms of this AP is 235, find the sum of first 20 terms.
54. Find the sum of the following series :
5 + (- 41) + 9 + (- 39) + 13 + (- 37) + 17 + …..+ (- 5) + 81 + (- 3).
55. An AP consists of 37 terms. The sum of the 3 middle most terms is 225 and the sum of the last
3 terms is 429. Find the AP.
56. If the sum of the first ‘p’ terms of an AP is ‘q’ and sum of the first ‘q’ terms is ‘p’ ; then show
that the sum of the first (p + q) terms is - (p + q).
57. Which term of the AP -7. -12, - 17, - 22,…. Will be – 82? Is – 100 any term of the AP ? give
reason for your answer.
58. Find the greatest number of 6 digits exactly divisible by 24, 15 and 36.
59. Find the least number that is divisible by all the numbers between 1 and 10 (both inclusive).
60. A circular field has a circumference of 360 km. Three cyclists start together and can cycle 48,
60 and 72 km a day, round the field. When will they meet again?