G D GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL | Sector 48, Gurugram

SESSION 2023-24
CLASS – X
SUBJECT – MATHEMATICS
Important Questions from PYQPs
Chapter 1 - Real Numbers

Q1. After how many places of decimal, the decimal expansion of 43/24×53 will terminate?
Q2. What is the H.C.F. of smallest prime number and the smallest composite number ?
Q3. If p,q are two prime numbers then what is the HCF and LCM of p and q?
Q4. Can two numbers have 24 as their HCF and 7290 as their LCM? Give reasons.
3 +√7
Q5. Show that 5 is irrational.
Q6. Explain why (17 × 11 × 2 + 17 × 11 × 5) is a composite number?
Q7. The LCM of two numbers is 14 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 600. If one number is
280, then find the other number.
Q8. Amita, Sneha, and Raghav start preparing cards for all persons of an old age home. In order to
complete one card, they take 10, 16 and 20 minutes respectively. If all of them started together,
after what time will they start preparing a new card together?
Q9. Find HCF and LCM of 404 and 96 and verify that HCF × LCM = Product of the two given numbers.
Q10. Let m be a prime number and k be a positive integer. If m divides k2, then m will divide k as well
prove with an example.
Q11. Find the LCM and HCF of 255 and 867 by prime factorisation and HCF by long division
methods well.
Q12. What is the highest number which exactly divides 1296 and 5040 ?
Q13. Find the highest number which exactly divides 134791, 6341 and 6339 by long division method
Q14. Check whether 14n can end with the digit zero for any natural number n ?
Q15. Prove that √2 is an irrational number.
Q16. What is the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic? Explain with the help of an example.
Q17. The HCF of 408 and 1032 is expressible in the form 1032 m – 2040. Find the value of m.
Also, find the LCM of 408 and 1032.
Q18. Obtain the HCF of420 and 272 by using the Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic.
Q19 Find the LCM of 24, 60, 150 by fundamental theorem of arithmetic.
Q20.The length, breadth, and height of a room are 8 m 50 cm, 6 m 25 cm and 4 m 75 cm
respectively. Find the length of the longest rod that can measure the dimensions of the
room exactly.
 Chapter 3 - Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables
1. Calculate the area bounded by the line x + y = 10 and both the coordinate axes.
2. Check graphically whether the pair of equations 3x – 2y + 2 = 0 and 32x – y + 3 = 0, is consistent.
Also find the coordinates of the points where the graphs of the equations meet the Y-axis.

3. Draw the graphs of the following equations:2x – y = 1; x + 2y = 13. Find the solution of the equations
from the graph and shade the triangular region formed by the lines and the y-axis.

4. Solve the following pair of linear equations for x and y:

141x + 93y = 189; 93x + 141y = 45
5. Find the value of a and p for which the following pair of linear equations has infinite number of
solutions: 2x + 3y = 7; αx + (α + β)y = 28
6.The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 8 and the difference between the number and that
formed by reversing the digits is 18. Find the number.

7. A and B each have a certain number of oranges. A says to B, “If you give me 10 of your oranges, I
will have twice the number of oranges left with you.” B replies,” if you give me 10 of your oranges,
I will have the same number of oranges as left with you. Find the number of oranges with A and B
separately.
Chapter 4 - Quadratic Equations
 Chapter 5 - Arithmetic Progressions

1) Find the nth term of the A.P. a, 3a, 5a, …….

2) Find the number of natural numbers between 102 and 998 which are divisible by 2 and 5 both.
3) In a certain A.P., 32nd term is twice the 12th term. Prove that the 70th term is twice the 31st term.
4) For what value of n, the nth terms of two A.P.s 63, 65, 67, ….. and 3, 10, 17, …. equal?
5) The sum of four consecutive numbers in A.P. is 32 and the ratio of the product of the first and
the last term to the product of two middle terms is 7:15. Find the numbers.
6) If m times the mth term of an A.P. is equal to n times its nth term and m is not equal to n, then
show that the (m + n)th term of the A.P. is zero.
7) The sum of the first 7 terms of an A.P. is 63 and that of its next 7 terms is 161. Find the A.P.
8) The sum of 2nd and 7th terms of an AP is 30. If its 15th term is 1 less than twice its 8th term, find
the A.P.
9) Show that the sum of all terms of an A.P. whose first term is ‘a’, the second term is ‘b’ and the
(𝑎 + 𝑐)(𝑏 + 𝑐 −2𝑎)
last term is ‘c’ is equal to
2(𝑏 − 𝑎)
.
10) If the sum of first m terms of an A.P. is the same as the sum of its first n terms, show that the
sum of its first (m + n) terms is zero.
11) The sum of first n terms of three arithmetic progressions are S1, S2 and S3 respectively. The
first term of each A.P. is 1 and common differences are 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Prove that
S1 + S3 = 2S2.
12) If Sn denotes, the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. prove that S12 = 3(S8 - S4).
13) If the ratio of the sum of the first n terms of two A.P.s is (7n + 1) : (4n + 27), then find the ratio
of their 9th terms.
14) If the ratio of the 11th term of an A.P. to its 18th term is 2 : 3, find the ratio of the sum of the first
five terms of the sum of its first 10 terms.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. If x + 1, 3x and 4x + 2 are in AP, find the value of x.

(a)1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
2. Two people Shalini and Mira joined a Fintech company. Shalini and Mira started with an initial
salary of Rs.50000 and Rs.64000 respectively with annual increment of Rs.2500 and Rs.2000
each respectively. In which year will Shalini start earning more salary than Mira?
(a) 28th (b) 29th (c) 30th (d) 27th
3. If a clock strikes once at 1pm, twice at 2pm, thrice at 3pm and so on and again once at 1pm
and so on, then how many times will the bell be struck in the course of one and a half day?
(a) 156 (b) 312 (c) 288 (d) 234
4. Find the sum of first 30 terms of an A. P. whose nth term is 5 + (n/5)
(a)243.5 (b) 240.5 (c) 248 (d) 243
5. Find the sum of all natural number between 1 and 100 which are divisible by 7.
(a) 753 (b) 735 (c)14 (d)761
6. Find the sum of the following (1- 1/n) + (1- 2/n) + (1- 3/n) + (1- 4/n) + …. upto n terms.
(a) n(n+1)/2 (b) n/2 (c) n-1 (d) (n-1)/2
7. Assertion: The 10th term of the AP where Sn = 5n2 is 95
Reason: If Sn is the sum of the first n terms of an A.P., then its nth term is given
by an = Sn – Sn – 1 .

(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of
 Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.

8. Assertion: 21, 27, 33 are in A.P.

Reason: Three terms a, b, c taken in order are in A.P. if (a-c)/2 = b
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation
of Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.

CASE BASED/SOURCE BASED

9. Amitabh wants to buy a car and plans to take a loan from a bank. He repays his total
loan of Rs 1,18,000 through monthly installments with the first installment of Rs 1000. If he
increases the installment by Rs 100 every month.

Based on this answer the following questions:

(i) The amount paid by him in 30th installment is

(a) 3900 (b) 3500 (c) 3700 (d) 3600

(ii) The amount paid by him in the 30 installments is

(a) 37000 (b) 73500 (c) 75300 (d) 75000

(iii) In how many years will the loan be repaid?

(a) 63 years (b) 59 years (c) 51 years (d) 40 years

10. To reach the Handi during a Dahi-Handi competition in Mumbai, many groups formed a
pyramid with multiple rows having one person lesser in each succeeding row compared to
the previous row. Group A started with the base row containing 51 persons and the only
the person in the top row broke the Handi and won.

Based on this answer the following questions:

(i) To find the total number of persons in a pyramid, which mathematical concept can be used
in this situation.
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) Sequence and series (d) None of the above

(ii) How many rows were there in total?

(a) 50 (b)51 (c) 52 (d) 53
(iii) How many people were there in the middle row?
(a) 24 (b) 25 (c) 26 (d) 25.5

(iv) If group C had 70 persons in the base row, find the total number of persons in the pyramid.
a) 1275 (b) 2458 (c) 2485 (d) 4970

Chapter 6 - Triangles
 CHAPTER 12 - SURFACE AREAS AND VOLUMES

1. Find the number of solid spheres, each of diameter 6 cm that can be made by melting a solid metal
cylinder of height 45 cm and diameter 4 cm.

2. Two cubes, each of side 4 cm are joined end to end. Find the surface area of the resulting cuboid.

3. The sum of the radius of base and height of a solid right circular cylinder is 37 cm. If the total
surface area of the solid cylinder is 1628 sq. cm, find the volume of the cylinder. (Use π = 22/7) .

4. A vessel is in the form of a hemispherical bowl surmounted by a hollow cylinder of same diameter.
The diameter of the hemispherical bowl is 14cm and the total height of the vessel is 13 cm. Find the
total (inner) surface area of the vessel.
5. A solid wooden toy is in the form of a hemisphere surmounted by a cone of same radius. The
radius of hemisphere is 3.5 cm and the total wood used in the making of toy is 16656 cm3 . Find
the height of the toy. Also, find the cost of painting the hemispherical part of the toy at the rate of
₹10 per cm 2 . [Use π = 227] (2015D)

6. A cubical block of side 10 cm is surmounted by a hemisphere. What is the largest diameter that the
hemisphere can have? Find the cost of painting the total surface area of the solid so formed, at the
rate of ₹5 per 100 sq. cm. (Use π = 3.14)

7. In Figure, is a decorative block, made up of two solids-a cube and a hemisphere. The base of the
block is a cube of side 6 cm and the hemisphere fixed on the top has a diameter of 3.5 cm. Find
the total surface area of the block. (Use π = 22/7)

8. From a solid cylinder of height 7 cm and base diameter 12 cm, a conical cavity of same height and
same base diameter is hollowed out. Find the total surface area of the remaining solid.

9. The largest possible sphere is carved out of a wooden solid cube of side 7 cm. Find the volume of
the wood left. (Use π = 22/7)

10. A sphere of diameter 12 cm, is dropped in a right circular cylindrical vessel, partly filled with water.
If the sphere is completely submerged in water, the water level in the cylindrical vessel rises by 3
cm. Find the diameter of the cylindrical vessel.