MATHS Quiz

Class 10
1. If cot A=12/5, then the value of
(sin A + cos A) X cosec A is:
(a) 13/5
(b)17/5
(c)14/5
(d)1
2. cos 1 X cos 2 X cos 3 X.....X cos
180 is equal to:
(a)1
(b)0
(c)1/2
(d)-1
3. If sin = cos, then value of is:
(a)0
(b)45
(c)30
(d)90
4. which of the following is correct
some such that 0 90 :
(a) 1/sec > 1
(b) 1/sec < 1
(c) sec = 0
(d) 1/cos < 01
5. The pair of equations x = a and y = b
graphically represents lines which are
(A) parallel
(B) intersecting at (b, a)
(C) coincident
(D) intersecting at (a, b)
6. For what value of k, do the quations
3x y + 8 = 0 and 6x ky = 16
represent coincident lines?
(A) 1/2
(B)- 1/2
(C) 2
(D) 2
7. If the lines given by 3x + 2ky = 2 and
2x + 5y + 1 = 0 are parallel, then the
value of k is
(A)5/4
(B)2/5
(C)15/4
(D)3/2
8. 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
9. 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
10. One equation of a pair of
dependent linear equations is
5x + 7y = 2. The second equation can
be
(A) 10x + 14y + 4 = 0
(B) 10x 14y + 4 = 0
(C) 10x + 14y + 4 = 0
(D) 10x 14y = 4
11. A pair of linear equations which has
a unique solution x = 2, y = 3 is
(A) x + y = 1 (B) 2x + 5y = 11
2x 3y = 5 4x + 10y = 22
(C) 2x y = 1 (D) x 4y 14 = 0
3x + 2y = 0 5x y 13 = 0
12. If x = a, y = b is the solution of the
equations x y = 2 and x + y = 4, then
the values of a and b are, respectively
(A) 3 and 5
(B) 5 and 3
(C) 3 and 1
(D) 1 and 3
13. How many terms are there in 20,
25, 30......... 140
A. 22
B. 25
C. 23
D. 24
B. 25
14. Find the first term of an AP whose
8th and 12th terms are respectively 39
and 59.
A. 5
B. 6
C. 4
D. 3
C. 4
15. Find the 15th term of the sequence
20, 15, 10....
A. -45
B. -55
C. -50
D. 0
C. -50
16. The sum of the first 16 terms of an
AP whose first term and third term are
5 and 15 respectively is
A. 600
B. 765
C. 640
D. 680
D. 680
17. How many terms are there in the
GP 5, 20, 80, 320........... 20480?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
C. 7
18. A boy agrees to work at the rate of one
rupee on the first day, two rupees on the
second day, and four rupees on third day
and so on. How much will the boy get if he
started working on the 1st of February and
finishes on the 20th of February?
A. 220
B. 220-1
C. 219-1
D. 219
B. 220-1
19. If the fifth term of a GP is 81 and
first term is 16, what will be the 4th
term of the GP?
A. 36
B. 18
C. 54
D. 24
C. 54
20. The 7th and 21st terms of an AP are
6 and -22 respectively. Find the 26th
term.
A. -34
B. -32
C. -12
D. -10
B. -32
21. After striking the floor, a rubber ball
rebounds to 4/5th of the height from which
it has fallen. Find the total distance that it
travels before coming to rest if it has been
gently dropped from a height of 120
metres.
A. 540 m
B. 960 m
C. 1080 m
D. 1020 m
C. 1080 m
22. A bacteria gives birth to two new
bacteria in each second and the life span of
each bacteria is 5 seconds. The process of
the reproduction is continuous until the
death of the bacteria. initially there is one
newly born bacteria at time t = 0, the find
the total number of live bacteria just after
10 seconds : A. 310 /2
B. 310 - 210
C. 243 *(35 -1)
D. 310 -25
C. 243 *(35 -1)
23. Find thenth term of the following
sequence : 5 + 55 +555 + . . . . Tn
A. 5(10n - 1)
B. 5n(10n - 1)
C. (5/9)*(10n - 1)
n n
D. (5/9) *10 - 1)
C. (5/9)*(10n - 1)
24. The first term of an Arithmetic
Progression is 22 and the last term is -
11. If the sum is 66, the number of
terms in the sequence are:
A. 10
B. 12
C. 9
D. 8
B 12
25. Find the quotient and
remainder, when the polynomial
x4- 5x + 6 is divided by 2 x2
(a) x2+ 2, 5x - 10
2
(b) x - 2, - 5x + 10
(c) x2+ 2, 5x - 10
(d) x2-2, - 5x + 10
(b) x2- 2, - 5x + 10
26. If p and q are the zeroes of
x2- 5x + 4 = 0, find the value of
p2q + q2p
(a) 19
(b) 16
(c) 17
(d) 20
(d) 20
27. Find the quotient and remainder
4
when t + 1 is divided by t - 1
(a) t3- t2 - t - 1, 3
(b) t3- t2 + t - 1, 4
(c) t3+ t2 + t + 1, 2
3 2
(d) t - t - t + 1, 2
(c) t3+ t2 + t + 1, 2
28. Find the quotient and remainder
when y4+ y2+1 is t3divided by
y2 + y + 1
(a) y2- y + 1, 0
2
(b) y + y + 1, 1
(c) y2- y - 1, 0
(d) y2+ y -1, 2
(a) y2- y + 1, 0
29. A farmer wishes to grow a 100 m2
rectangular corn field. Since he has with
him only 30 meter wire, he fences three
sides of the rectangular garden letting
compound wall of the house act as
fourth side fence. Find the dimension of
the garden.
(1) 5, 20
(2) 6, 10
(3) 16, 9
(4) 21, 4
(1) 5, 20
30. The distance between Delhi and
Aligarh is 192 km. Travelling by Kalka
mail, it takes 48 minutes less than other
train. Calculate the speed of Kalka mail
if the speed of the two trains differ
by 20 km/hr
(1) 60 km/hr
(2) 80 km/hr
(3) 90 km/hr
(4) 100 km/hr
(2) 80 km/hr
31. A man on attempting to arrange the
boys in the form of a solid square found
that 24 boys were left. When he
increased the size of the square by one
boy, he found that he was short of 25
boys.
Find the number of boys.
(1) 580
(2) 590
(3) 600
(4) 610
(3) 600
32. 300 marbles are distributed equally
among a certain number of students.
Had there been 10 more students, each
would have received one marble less.
Find the number of students.
(1) 50
(2) 40
(3) 60
(4) 70
(1) 50
33. Determine the value of p such
that 9z2 - pz + 81 = 0 has equal
roots
(1) 51
(2) 52
(3) 53
(4) 54
(4) 54
34. Determine the value of such that the
quadratic equation
(-12) y2 + 2 ( -12) y + 2 = 0 has equal
roots
(1) 14
(2) 12
(3) 10
(4) 13
(1) 14
35. Determine a such that the
quadratic equation a (y - 2) y + 6 = 0
has equal roots
(1) 2
(2) 4
(3) 5
(4) 6
(4) 6
36. Determine the value of k for
which the quadratic equation
4z2- 2 (k + 1) z + (k + 4) = 0 has equal
roots
(1) -2 or 5
(2) -3 or 5
(3) -1 or 2
(4) 5 or -1
(2) -3 or 5
37. A card is drawn from a pack of
cards numbered 1 to 52. The
probability that the number on the
card is a perfect square is
(1)1/13
(2)3/13
(3)5/13
(4)7/52
(4)7/52
38.A man is known to speak truth 3 out
of 4 times. He throws a die and a
number other than six comes up. Find
the probability that he reports it is a six.
(1)3/4
(2)1/4
(3)1/2
(4)1
(2)1/4
39.The probability of getting a
number between 1 and 100 which is
divisible by 1 and itself only is
(1)29/98
(2)1/2
(3)25/98
(4)23/98
(3)25/98
40.Tickets are numbered from 1 to 100.
They are well shuffled and a ticket is
drawn at random. Probability that the
drawn ticket has a number 5 or multiple
of 5 is
(1)1/2
(2)1/5
(3)1/25
(4)3/25
(2)1/5
41. The equation of a line which is
parallel to 2x + 3y = 6 is
(1)4x + 3y = 6
(2)2x + 6y = 6
(3)x + 3y = 12
(4)2x + 3y =12
42. The equation of a line which is
intersecting to 2x + 3y = 6 is
(1)2x + 3y = 12
(2)4x + 3y = 6
(3)2x + 6y = 12
(4)x + (1/3)y = 12
43. The equation of a line which is
coincident to 2x + 3y = 6 is
(1)2x + 3y = 12
(2)4x + 3y = 6
(3)4x + 6y = 12
(4)x + (1/3)y = 12
44. The equation of a line which is
not coincident to 3x + 3y = 13 is
(1)12x + 13y = 12
(2)6x + 6y = 26
(3)9x + 9y = 39
(4)x + y = 13/3