KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, HEDERABAD REGION

CLASS X MCQ QUESTION BANKMATHEMATICS

CHAPTER-1 (REAL NUMBERS)

SECTION A
(CONCEPTUAL BASED MCQS)
1. If m = pq3 and n = p3q,then HCF (m, n) =
a) pq b) pq3 c) p3q3 d) p2q3

2. HCF of co-primes a and b is

a) ab b) 1 c) a d) b

3. The LCM of smallest composite number and the smallest prime number is
a) 2 b) 1 c) 4 d) 3

4. Which of the following rational numbers have terminating decimal?

16 5 2 7
i) ii) iii) iv)
125 18 21 250
a) i and ii b) ii and iii c) i and iii d) i and iv
13
5. After how many places the decimal expansion of 3 2 terminates?
2 ×5
a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) 1

6. The LCM and HCF of two rational numbers are equal, then the numbers must be
a) prime b) co-prime c) composite d) equal

7. Two positive numbers have their HCF as 12 and their product as [Link] number of pairs possible
for the numbers, is….
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

8. If the LCM of a and 18 is 36 and the HCF of a and 18 is 2, then a = …

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 1

9. The least number that is divisible by all the numbers between 1 and 10 (both inclusive) is
a) 2520 b) 2450 c) 2420 d) 2250

10. The smallest number which gives remainders 8 and 12 when divided by 28 and 32 respectively is..
a) 180 b) 240 c) 204 d) 210

11. The smallest 4 digit number divisible by 24,15 and 36 is

a) 1000 b) 1208 c) 1800 d)1080

12. The largest number which exactly divides 280 and 1245 leaving remainders 4 and 3respectively
is…
a) 36 b) 54 c) 138 d) 72

13. The ratio of LCM and HCF of the least composite and the least prime numbers is
a) 1:2 b) 2:1 c) 1:1 d) 1:3

14. If sum of two numbers is 1215 and their HCF is 81, then the possible number of pairsof such
numbers are
 a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

15. The sum of the exponents of the prime factors in the prime factorisation of 196,is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6

16. The LCM of two numbers is 1200,Which of the following cannot be their HCF?
a) 600 b) 500 c) 400 d) 200

17. ���� is
3.27
a) an integer b) a rational number c) a natural number d) an irrational number

Answers: -
1 (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 (a) 6 (d) 7 (a)
8 (c) 9 (a) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12 (c) 13 (b) 14 (c)
15 (c) 16 (b) 17 (b)

SECTION B
(CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS)
1. Three sets of English, Hindi and Mathematics books have to be stacked in such a way that all the
books are stored topic-wise and the height of each stack is same. The number of English books is 96,the
number of Hindi books is 240 and the number of Mathematics books is 336. Assuming that the books are
of the same thickness. Using this data answer the following questions

i. The maximum number of books in each stack is

a) 12 b) 24 c) 48 d) 36

ii. Number of stacks of English books is

a) 2 b) 7 c) 5 d) 12

iii. Number of stacks of Mathematics books is

a) 2 b) 7 c) 5 d) 12

iv. Number of stacks of Hindi books is

a) 2 b) 7 c) 5 d) 12

v. Which Mathematical concept was used in finding the maximum number of books in each stack?
a) LCM b) HCF c) Neither HCF nor LCM d) Fundamental theorem of Arithmetic

2. 105 goats,140 donkeys and 175 cows have to be taken across a river. There is only one boat which
will have to make many trips in order to do so. The lazy boatman has his own conditions for transporting
them. He insists that he will take the same number of animals in every trip and they have to be of same
kind. He will naturally like to take the largest possible number each time.

i. How many animals have been taken in each trip?

a) 12 b) 35 c) 70 d) 24

ii. How many trips to be done so that all animals crossed the river?
a) 12 b) 35 c) 70 d) 24

iii. When the animals were doubled,how many animals could be taken in each trip?
a) 12 b) 35 c) 70 d) 24
 CHAPTER-2 (POLYNOMIALS)
SECTION A
(CONCEPTUAL BASED MCQS)
Choose the correct answer from the given four options in the following questions.
1. The number of zeroes of the given polynomial, (x+1)2(x+2)(x-3)is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 d) 1

2. The zeroes of the polynomial x2 -3x – m(m+3) are

(a) m, m +3 (b) -m, m+3 (c) m, -(m + 3)(d) -m, -(m + 3)

3. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial (k-1) x2+ k x + 1 is -3, then the Value of k is
4 −4 2 −2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 3

1 1
4. If α and β are zeroes of the polynomial f(x) = x2- x - 4, then the value of ( )+( )-αβ
α β
15 −15
(a) (b) (c) 4 (d) 15
4 4

5. The value of the polynomial x8– x5+ x2- x + 1is

(a) Positive for all the real numbers (b) Negative for all the real numbers.
(c) O (d) depends on value of x.

6. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2+ (a + 1) x + b are 2 and -3, then
(a) a= -7, b = -1 (b) a = 5, b = -1 (c) a = 2, b = -6 (d) a = 0, b = -6

7. Given that one of the zeroes of the cubic polynomial a x3 + b x2 + cx + d is zero, the product of
theother two zeroes is
−c c b
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d)
a a a

8. The graph of the polynomial ax2+ bx + c is an upward parabola if

(a) a>0 (b) a< 0 (c) a = 0 (d) none

9. If a-b, a and (a + b) are zeroes of the polynomial f(x) = 2x3 – 6x2+ 5x - 7, then the value of a is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) -5 (d) 7

10. If one of the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial of the form x2+ ax + b is the negative of the
other,then it
(a) has no linear term and the constant term is negative.
(b) has no linear term and the constant term is positive.
(c) can have a linear term but the constant term is negative.
(d) can have a linear term but the constant term is positive.

11. x2 – ax3+ bx2- cx + 8 = 0 divided by (x -1) leaves a remainder of 4, divided by (x + 1) leaves a

remainder 3, then b =
(a) 2.5 (b) -5.5 (c) 3.5 (d) 6.5

12. On dividing x3– 3x2+ x + 2 by a polynomial g(x), the quotient and remainder were(x - 2) and (-2x +
4) respectively, then g(x) is equal to
(a) x2+ x +1 (b) x2+ 1 (c) x2- x + 1 (d) x2– 1

13. A quadratic polynomial when divided by (x + 2),leaves a remainder of 1 andwhen divided by (x –

1), leaves a remainder of 4. What will be the remainder if it is divided by (x + 2)(x - 1)?
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) x +3 (d) x – 3
14. The polynomial f(x) = ax3+ bx - c is divisible by the polynomial g(x) = x2+ bx+c, c≠0 if
(a) ab = 2 (b) ab = 1 (c) ac = 2 (d) c = 2b

15. If a cubic polynomial with sum of its zeroes, sum of the product of its zeroes taken two at a time,
and product of its zeroes as 2, -5 and -11 respectively, then the cubic polynomial is
(a) x3-2x2 -5x -11 (b) x3+2x2 -5x -11 (c) x3+2x2 -5x +11 (d) x3-2x2 -5x +11

16. If α and β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = ax2+ bx + c, then the value ofα4+ β4is
(b2 −2ac)2 +a2 c2 (b2 +2ac)2 +a2 c2 (b2 −2ac)2 −2a2 c2 (b2 +2ac)2 +2a2 c2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
a4 a4 a4 a4

17. If the polynomial x4 – 6x3 + 16x2 – 25x +10 is divided by another polynomialx2 -2x +k,The
remainder comes out to be x +a, then k = _______ a=_______.
(a) 5,-5 (b) -5, 5 (c) 0, 5 (d) 5, 0

18. A quadratic of polynomial, whose zeroes are 5 and -8 is

(a) x2 +13x – 40 (b) x2 +4x – 3 (c) x2 -3x +40 (d) x2 +3x – 40

19. The number of polynomials having zeroes as -2 and 5 is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) more than 3

20. If 2 and α are zeroes of x2 - 3x +2, then the value of α is

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 5

21. If one of the zeroes of the cubic polynomial x3 + px² + qx + r is -1, then the product of the other two
zeroes is
(a) p + q + 1 (b) p-q- 1 (c) q – p + 1 (d) q – p – 1

22. Given that two of the zeroes of the cubic polynomial ax3 + bx2 + cx +d are 0,the value of c is
a) less than 0 b) greater than 0 c) equal to 0 d) can’t say.

Answers: -
1 (c) 2(b) 3 (a) 4 (a) 5 (a) 6 (d) 7 (b)
8 (a) 9 (a) 10 (a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13(c) 14 (b)
15 (d) 16 (c) 17 (a) 18(d) 19(d) 20(c) 21(c)
22(c)

SECTION B
(CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS)
1. A child was flying a kite, its string got struck into a tree and touched ground as shown in figure
 CHAPTER-3 (PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES)

SECTION A
(CONCEPTUAL BASED MCQS)
1. If seven books and 5 pens cost Rs 410, whereas five books and seven pens cost Rs.334 then the cost ofthree
books and four pens would be
a) Rs.135 b) Rs.145 c) Rs.255 d) Rs.198

2. The pair of equations x = 2 and y = 3 graphically represents the lines which are
(a) Coincident (b) intersecting at (2, 3) (c) parallel (d) intersecting at (3, 2)

3. The pair of equations x+3y=12 and 2x +6y-24=0 represents:

a) Consistent system with unique solution b) Consistent system with infinite solution
c) Inconsistentsystem with unique solution d) Inconsistent system with no solution

4. The pair of linear equations which has unique solution as x=3 and y= -1 is
a) x – y=4 and 2x –y = 6 b) x+y= 2 and 2x +3y = 3
c) x-2y= 5 and 2x +3y= 9 d) x+2y = 1 and 2x +y =7

5. For what value of k, 2x+3y=4, (k+2) x+6y=3k+2 will have infinitely many solutions.
a) 1 b) 4 c) 5 d) 2

6. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:6. If 8 is subtracted from each of the numbers, the ratio becomes
4:5. Find the numbers
a) 45, 54 b) 40,48 c) 55,66 d) 50,60

7. Given the linear equation 4x +6y − 9 =0, another linear equation in two variables such that the
geometrical representation of the pair(s),so formed will be consistent is:
(i) 2x+3y – 9=0 (ii) 5x -6y – 9=0 (iii) 8x+12y -18=0 (iv) 12x+ 18y -18=0
a) Only (ii) and (iii) b) None of the above c) All the above d) Only (i) and (iv)

8. The graph of the pair of linear equation𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑎1 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑏𝑏1 𝑦𝑦 + 𝑐𝑐1 = 0, 𝑎𝑎2 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑏𝑏2 𝑦𝑦 + 𝑐𝑐2 = 0 will be
intersecting if
𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑐𝑐 𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑐𝑐
a) 1 = 1 b) 1 ≠ 1 c) 1 = 1 ≠ 1 d) 1 = 1 = 1
𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏2 𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏2 𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏2 𝑐𝑐2 𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏2 𝑐𝑐2

9. Solve 2𝑥𝑥 + 3𝑦𝑦 = 11and 2𝑥𝑥 − 4𝑦𝑦 = −24 and hence find the value of ‘m’ for such that 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 +
3.
a) -1 b) 1 c) 0 d) -2

10. The pair of equations 5𝑥𝑥 − 15𝑦𝑦 = 8 and 3𝑥𝑥 − 9𝑦𝑦 = 24 has
(a) One solution (b) two solutions (c) infinitely many solutions (d) no solution

11. If2x-3y=7 and (a +b)x - (a+b-3)y=4a+b have infinite solution, then value of(a, b) is
a) (-3,1) b) (-5,-1) c) (5,1) d) (3,-1)

12. The sides of a rectangle are 19 units,10 units, 2x - y and - x + 2y units as shown in the figure given below
then the values of x, y and x + y are:
 a) 16,13,29 b) 13,16,29 c) 10,19,29 d) 19,10,29

13. The cost of an article A is 10 % more than the cost of article B if their total cost is ₹441 then cost of
article A and B are
a) ₹210, ₹231 b) ₹231, ₹210 c) ₹ 221, ₹220 d) ₹220, ₹ 221

14. What type of straight lines will be represented by the system of equations 2x + 3y =5 and 4x + 6y =
7?
a) Always intersecting b) parallel c) coincident d) coincident or intersecting

15. Difference of the areas of two squares is 144 m2. If the difference of their perimeters is 32 m, then
the sides of the two squares is:
a) 12m and 13 m b) 13 m and 5 m c) 13m and 8 m d) 12 m and 8 m

16. If a pair of linear equations is consistent, then the graph of the lines will be
(a) Parallel (b) intersecting (c) intersecting or coincident d) always coincident

17. If the lines given by x + 2ky = 2 and 2x + 5y + 1 = 0 are parallel, then the value of k is:
−5 −2 5
a) b) c) d) 5
4 5 4

18. The solution for the given system 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏, 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 − 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 𝑎𝑎2 − 𝑏𝑏 2 is
1 1
a) 𝑥𝑥 = 2𝑎𝑎, 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑏𝑏 b) 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑎𝑎, 𝑦𝑦 = 2𝑏𝑏 c) 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑎𝑎, 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑏𝑏 d) 𝑥𝑥 = , 𝑦𝑦 =
𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏

𝑥𝑥 𝑦𝑦
19. The area of triangle formed by the line + = 1 with the coordinate axes is
𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏
1 1
a) 2ab b) ab c) ab d) ab
4 2

20. Sharat has ₹2 and ₹5 coins with [Link] total number of coins are 16 and the amount of money
is ₹ 50, Then the number of ₹2 and ₹5 coins are
a) 8 and 8 b) 6 and 10 c) 10 and 6 d) 15 and 4

21. The pair of linear equations 𝑦𝑦 = 2 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑦𝑦 = −3 has

a) Only one common solution b) no common solution
c) many common solutions d) none of the above

22. Which of the following pairs of linear equations are consistent?

a) x – y = 8, 3x – 3y = 16 b) x + y = 5, 2x + 2y = 15
c) 2x + y – 6 = 0, 4x – 2y – 4 = 0 d) 2x – 2y – 2 = 0, 4x – 4y – 5 = 0

23. The solution of the pair of linear equations x + 3y = 6 and 2x – 3y = 12

representedgraphically is
a) (6, 0) b) (0, 0) c) (0, 2) d) (0,-4)
 CHAPTER-15 (PROBABILITY)

SECTION A
(CONCEPTUAL BASED MCQS)
DIRECTION: In the following questions, each question is followed by 4 options and one of the option is
correct solution of the question. So choose the correct option from the given 4 options.

1. A ticket is drawn at random from a bag containing tickets numbered from 1 to 40. The probability
that the selected ticket has a number which is a multiple of 5 is
3 1 1 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 3 5

2. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?

7
(a) 1.5 (b) (c) 125% (d) All the above.
5

3. An event is very unlikely to happen. Its probability is closest to

(a) 0.0001 (b) 0.001 (c) 0.01 (d) 0.1

4. 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.
3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
4 4 2

5. The probability of selecting a rotten apple randomly from a heap of 900 apples is 0.18. What is the
number of rotten apples in the heap?
(a) 18 (b) 81 (c) 738 (d) 162

6. The probability of getting exactly one head in tossing a pair of coins is

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

7. Cards bearing numbers 3 to 20 are placed in a bag and mixed thoroughly. A card is taken out from
the bag at random. What is the probability that the number on the card taken out is an even number?
3 20 1 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
20 3 2 5

8. The probability of a non-leap year having 53 Mondays is

1 1 7 6
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 53 53 7

9. An experiment whose outcomes has to be among a set of events that are completely known but
whose exact outcomes is unknown is a
(a) sample space (b) elementary event (c) random experiment (d) none of these

10. A fair dice is rolled. Probability of getting a number x such that 1 ≤ x ≤ 6, is

(a) 0 (b) > 1 (c) between 0 and 1 (d) 1

11. The probability of getting exactly one tail in tossing a pair of coins is
1 1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d)
3 2

12. A child has a die whose six faces show the letters as given below:

A B C D E F

The die is thrown once. The probability of getting a ‘E’ is

 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
2 3 4

13. A girl calculates that the probability of her winning the first prize in a lottery is 8%. If 6,000 tickets
are sold, how many tickets has she bought?
(a) 400 (b) 750 (c) 480 (d) 240

14. Two different dice are thrown together. What is the probability that the number obtained is a
doublet of odd numbers
13 1 4 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
18 12 9 4

15. A bag contains 25 cards numbered from 1 to 25. A card is drawn at random from the bag. What is
the probability that the number on the drawn card is a perfect square number?
2 12 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 25 5 5

16. A dice is rolled twice. What is the probability that 5 will not come up either time?
2 25 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 36 5 5

17. Two different dice are thrown together. What is the probability that the number obtained have a
sum less than 7?
13 5 4 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
18 18 9 12

18. A bag contains 15 white and some black balls. If the probability of drawing a black ball from the
bag is thrice that of drawing a white ball, what is the number of blackballs in the bag?
(a) 40 (b) 45 (c) 50 (d) 55

Answers: -
1 (b) 2 (d) 3 (a) 4 (b) 5 (d) 6 (d) 7 (c)
8 (a) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11 (d) 12 (d) 13 (c) 14 (b)
15 (d) 16 (b) 17 (d) 18 (b)

SECTION B
(CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS)
1. On a weekend Rani was playing cards with her [Link] deck has 52 [Link] her brother drew
one card.

i. Find the probability of getting a king of redcolour.

1 1 1 1
a) b) c) d)
26 13 52 4

ii. Find the probability of getting a face card.