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PQS-01
A Compilation By
O.P. GUPTA Math Mentor & Author, INDIRA Award Winner

SACHIN PANDEY HOD Maths, St Mary’s School, Rudrapur
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01. The decimal expansion of terminates after
1250
(a) 2 places (b) 3 places (c) 4 places (d) 5 places
02. The value of k for which the lines 3x  y  3 and 6x  ky  8 do not have solution, is
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
03. A tree of height 20 m breaks at a point 5m high from the foot of the tree touching the ground at
a point, then the distance between the foot of the tree and top of the tree is
(a) 2 10 m (b) 10 2 m (c) 200 m (d) 2 100 m
04. The lengths of the two diagonals of a rhombus are 16 cm and 14 cm, then the length of each side
of the rhombus is
(a) 15 cm (b) 28 cm (c) 113 cm (d) 115 cm
05. A die is drawn once. What is the probability of getting a prime number?
1 2 4 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 5 6
06. If ABC  PQR , BC  4cm and QR  7cm, then area of ABC : area of PQR 
(a) 4 : 7 (b) 16 : 49 (c) 44 : 77 (d) 8:14
07. If sec  sin   0, then the value of  is
(a) 30 (b) 45 (c) 90 (d) 0
08. The smallest natural number by which 300 should be multiplied so that the square root of the
product is rational number is
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 11
09. The lines represented by 4x  5y  3 and 16x + 20y  6 are
(a) intersecting (b) coincident (c) parallel (d) None of these
10. The coordinates of the point which divides the line segment joining the points
(3, 3) and (3,  3) in the ratio 2 : 1 is
(a) (3,  3) (b) (2,  2) (c) (1,  1) (d) (0, 1)
11. The LCM of the smallest composite number and smallest 2-digit number is
(a) 4 (b) 40 (c) 20 (d) 14
12. The LCM of two numbers p and q is 200 and their HCF is 5. Then Pq =
(a) 5 (b) 2000 (c) 1000 (d) 40
13. If 5cot A=8, then the value of sin A sec A is
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(a) (b) (c) (d)
64 25 8 8
14. If α  30°, then 3sinα  4sin 3α =
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
15. The circumference of a circle that can be inscribed in a square of side 14cm is
(a) 154cm (b) 77 cm (c) 80cm (d) 44cm
16. Which of the following represents area of a quadrant, with radius r?
 r2  r2  r2
(a) (b) (c) (d)  r 2
4 2 8
17. The altitude of an equilateral triangle when each of its side is ‘a’ cm, is
2 2 2 3 2 3
(a) a cm (b) a cm (c) a cm (d) a cm
3 3 4 2
1
18. The value of sin 2 60  is
cosec 2 30
3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d) 0
2 2
19. The pair of linear equations 22x  3y  9 and 4x  6y  18 is
(a) Consistent and dependent (b) Consistent but not dependent
(c) Inconsistent (d) Coincident on each other
20. All the kings are removed from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. A card is drawn from the
remaining cards. Then probability of getting a red card is
11 1 6 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
25 2 13 12
21. Mid-point of a line segment joining (0, 8) and (–6, 4), is
(a) (0, 0) (b) (–3, –6) (c) (–3, 6) (d) (6, –3)
22. Solve : x  y  2, 2x  y  8 .
(a) x  2, y  4 (b) x  2, y  4 (c) x  2, y  4 (d) x  2, y  4
23. sin 4 A  cos4 A =
(a) 2 sin 2 A  1 (b) 2 cos2 A  1 (c) 1  2 sin A (d) 1  2 cos A
24. For which value of k will the pair of linear equations 3x  y  1 and 3k x  5y  2 have no
solution?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
25. LCM of two prime numbers x and y is 187 (x  y). Find the value of 2(x  y).
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 11 (d) 13
26. A die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a number greater than or equal to 3?
2 1 4 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 2 5 6
27. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. Then the probability of getting both the heads or tails is
1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
4 2 4
28. The value of 5tan 2 x  5sec 2 x is
(a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 5 (d) 5
29. The distance of the point (4,  3) from the origin is
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30. Diagonals of a trapezium ABCD with AB  DC intersect each other at O. If AB  2CD, then
(area AOB) : (area COD) 
(a) 4:1 (b) 3:4 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 5:1
31. What is the solution of the pair of equations 2x  y  6 and x  y  9 ?
(a) x = 4, y = 5 (b) x = 5, y = 4 (c) x = 1, y = 2 (d) x = 2, y = 3
1  tan 2 45
32. The value of is
1  tan 2 45
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
33. Prime factorization of 11  13  13 is
(a) 22  3  13 (b) 2  32  13
(c) 2  3  13 (d) 2  3  132
34. A man goes 10 m due east and then 24 m due north. Find the distance from the starting point.
(a) 476 m (b) 576 m (c) 676 m (d) 26 m
35. The coordinates of a point A which divides the line segment joining the point P(4, –3) and Q(8,
5) are (7, 3). In what ratio the point A divides the line PQ internally?
(a) 1: 2 (b) 1: 3 (c) 3 : 1 (d) 2 : 1
36. The area of a quadrant of a circle with radius 7 cm is
77 2 74 2 22 2 35 2
(a) cm (b) cm (c) cm (d) cm
2 4 7 2
37. Which of the following will satisfy the pair of equations kx  y  2, x  y  4 with unique
solution?
(a) k  1 (b) k  1 (c) k  1 d) None of these
2
38. If 1 is a zero of the polynomial p(x) = x  7x  8 , then the other zero is
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 1 (d) 0
39. The perimeter and area of a circle are numerically equal. What is the radius of the circle?
(a) 1units (b) 2 units (c) 3units (d) 4 units
40. The number of solutions of the pair of linear equations 3x  5y = 1 and 6x  y = 7
(a) 0 (b) infinite (c) 1 (d) 2
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01. (c) 02. (d) 03. (b) 04. (c) 05. (a) 06. (b)
07. (d) 08. (a) 09. (c) 10. (c) 11. (c) 12. (c)
13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (d) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (b)
19. (b) 20. (b) 21. (c) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (c)
25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (d) 29. (c) 30. (a)
31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (a) 34. (d) 35. (c) 36. (a)
37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (b) 40. (c)

PQS-02
A Compilation By

01. If two positive integers a and b are written as a  x 3y 2 and b  xy 3 , where x , y are prime
numbers, then HCF (a , b) is
(a) xy (b) xy2 (c) x 3 y (d) x 2 y 2
02. One equation of a pair of dependent lines 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
2
03. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial ax  bx  c; c  0 are equal, then
(a) c and a have opposite signs (b) c and b have opposite signs
(c) c and a have the same sign (d) c and b have the same sign
04. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2  99x  127 are
(a) both positive (b) both negative
(c) one positive one negative (d) both equal
05. The number of polynomials having zeroes and 2 and 5 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) more than 3
06. The product of the HCF and LCM of the smallest prime number and smallest composite number
is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
07.  2  5  2  5  is
(a) a rational number (b) a whole number
(c) a positive integer (d) All of the above
2 
08. If x  3sec   1, y  tan   2 then x  3y is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 5
1
09. If cosec   cot   , the value of cosec   cot 
3
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
10. In PQR is right angled at R , then the value of cos(P  Q) is
1 3
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) (d)
2 2
11. The lengths of the diagonals of a rhombus are 24cm and 32 cm. The perimeter of the rhombus
is
(a) 9cm (b) 128cm (c) 80cm (d) 156cm
12. The areas of two similar triangles ABC & PQR are 25cm 2 , 49cm 2 . If QR  9.8cm , then BC
is
(a) 9.8cm (b) 7cm (c) 49cm (d) 25cm
13. If P(not E)  1 , then P(E) 
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) Can not be obtained
4
14. If sin A  , then tan A 
5
4 3 3 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 4 5 5
15. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two heads.
3 1 7
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
8 2 8
16. A bag contains card numbered from 1 to 25 . One card is drawn at random from the bag. What is
the probability of getting a card has a number which is divisible by both 2 & 3
3 6 4 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
25 25 25 5
17. If the point P(2, 1) lies on the line segment joining points A(4, 2) and B(8, 4) , then
1 1 1
(a) AP  AB (b) AP  PB (c) PB  AB (d) AP  AB
3 3 2
18. The perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points A(2, 5) and B(4,  5) meets
AB at P. Then coordinates of P is
(a) (0, 13) (b) (0 ,  13) (c) (0, 12) (d) (3, 0)
19. If the perimeter of a circle is equal to that of a square, then the ratio of their areas is
22 14 7 11
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 11 22 14
20. The radius of a circle whose circumference is equal to the sum of the circumference of the two
circles of diameter 36cm and 20cm
(a) 56cm (b) 42cm (c) 28cm (d) 16cm
21. Two dice are thrown at the same time. Determine the probability that the difference of the
numbers on the two dice is 2 .
1 2 1 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 9 3 5
22. A school has five houses A , B, C, D and E. A class has 23 students, 4 from house A, 8
from house B, 5 from house C, 2 from D and rest from E. A single student is selected at
random for head boy. The probability that the selected student is not from A, B, C is
4 6 8 17
(a) (b) (c) (d)
23 23 23 23
23. Area of a semi-circle (with radius of 1 unit) is

22 11
(a) sq.units (b) sq.units (c) 3.14 sq.units (d) 6.28 sq.units
7 7
24. A piece of wire 20 cm long is bent into the form an arc of a circle, subtending an angle of 60
at the centre. The radius of the circle is equal to
50 60
(a) cm (b) cm (c) 30cm (d)  cm
 
25. The difference of the areas of a sector of an angle 120 and its corresponding major sector of a
circle of radius 21cm is
(a) 382 cm 2 (b) (c) 462 cm 2 (d) 924 cm 2
26. From the figure, the value of sin A  cot A is
29 19 9 29
(a) (b) (c) (d)
15 15 15 51
2
27. If cos ec (1  cos )(1  cos )   , then the value of  is
(a) 0 (b) cos2 θ (c) 1 (d) 1
28. If 2 sin  60     1, then the value of  is
(a) 45 (b) 15 (c) 60 (d) 130
29. If n is any natural number, then which of the following expression ends with 0?
(a) (3  2) n (b) (4  3) n (c) (2  5) n (d) (6  2) n
30. n 2  1 is divisible by 8 if n is
(a) an integer (b) a natural number (c) an odd number (d) an even integer
31. The points (  4, 0), (4, 0) and (0, 3) are the vertices of a/an
(a) right triangle (b) isosceles triangle
(c) equilateral triangle (d) scalene triangle
32. 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)
33. The distance between the points P( 6, 8) from the origin is
(a) 8 (b) 2 7 (c) 10 (d) 6
34. A line intersects the y-axis and x-axis at the points P and Q, respectively. If (2,  5) is the mid-
point of PQ, then the coordinates of P and Q, are respectively
(a) (0 ,  5) and (2, 0) (b) (0 , 10) and (4, 0)
(c) (0 , 4) and (10, 0) (d) (0 ,  10) and (4, 0)
35. The point which divides the line segment joining the points (7 ,  6) and (3, 4) in the ratio 1: 2
internally lies in the
(a) I quadrant (b) II quadrant (c) III quadrant (d) IV quadrant
xy xy
36. The number of solutions of 3  243 and 243  3 is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) Infinite
37. If  is the angle (in degrees) of a sector of a circle of radius r , then area of sector is
r 2  r 2  2 r 2 2  r
(a) (b) (c) (d)
360 180 360 180
38. The ratio in which the line segment joining (3, 10) and (6 ,  8) is divided by (1, 6)
(a) 7 : 2 (b) 2 : 7 (c) 1: 1 (d) 3 : 7
39. If one root of the polynomial P(y)  5 y 2  13y  m is reciprocal of the other, then the value of m
is
(a) 6 (b) 0 (c) 5 (d) –5
2 2
tan 60  sin 30
40. The value of is
tan 2 45  cos2 30
7 11 13 11
(a) (b) (c) (d)
11 13 11 7
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01. (b) 02. (d) 03. (c) 04. (b) 05. (d) 06. (d)
07. (d) 08. (c) 09. (c) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (b)
13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (d)
19. (b) 20. (c) 21. (b) 22. (b) 23. (b) 24. (b)
25. (c) 26. (a) 27. (c) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (b) 32. (b) 33. (c) 34. (d) 35. (d) 36. (b)
37. (a) 38. (b) 39. (c) 40. (d)

PQS-03
A Compilation By

01. 5  3  2 is
(a) a rational number (b) a natural number
(c) equal to zero (d) an irrational number
02. A quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 3 and  4, is
(a) x 2  x  12 (b) x 2  x  12 (c) x 2  x  12 (d) x 2  7x  12
03. The pair of linear equations (3k  1) x  3y  5  0 and 2 x  3y  5  0 have infinite number of
solutions. Then the value of k is
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 1
04. The distance between the points A(0 , 7) and B(0,  3) is
(a) 4 units (b) 10 units (c) 7 units (d) 3units
05. A bag has 9 black balls and 3 white balls. A ball is drawn at random from the bag. What is the
probability of getting a white ball?
3 1 4 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 9 9
06. If ABC is right angled at B, then the value of cos(A  C) is
1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d) n.d.
2
07. It is proposed to build a single circular park equal in area to the sum of areas to two circular
parks of diameters 16 m and 12 m in a locality. The radius of the new park would be
(a) 10 m (b) 15m (c) 20 m (d) 24 m
08. The probability of getting a bad egg in a lot of 400 is 0.035. The number of bad eggs in the lot
is
(a) 7 (b) 14 (c) 21 (d) 28
7
09. Let x  be a rational number. Then x has decimal expansion, which terminates
20  25
(a) after four places of decimal (b) after three places of decimal
(c) after two places of decimal (d) after five places of decimal
2
10. If p is a prime number and p divides k , then p divides
(a) 2k 2 (b) k (c) 3k (d) None of these

11. 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
(a) 4 and 24 (b) 5 and 30 (c) 6 and 36 (d) 3 and 24
12. The points at which the graph lines of the equations ax  by  0 and ax  by  0 intersect is
(a) (a , 0) (b) (b, 0) (c) (0, 0) (d) (a , b)
13. The measure of angle included between the lines represented by x  0, y  0 and the
coordinates of the point of intersection of these lines are respectively
(a) 180 , (1, 1) (b) 90 , (0, 0)
(c) 120 , (0, 1) (d) 60 , (1, 0)
14. XY is drawn parallel to the base BC of a ABC cutting AB at X and AC at Y. If
AB  4BX and YC  2cm, then AY is
(a) 2cm (b) 6cm (c) 8cm (d) 4cm
15. (1  tan A  sec A)(1  cot A  cosec A) 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 1
a
16. If sin   , then cos  is equal to
b
b b b2  a 2 a
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2
b a 2 a b b  a2 2
17. The diameters of two circles are 38cm and 18cm. Then, the diameter of the circle having
circumference equal to the sum of circumference of the two circles is
(a) 56cm (b) 52cm (c) 48cm (d) 50cm
18. The probability that a non leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays is
1 2 3 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7
19. If the HCF of 408 and 1032 is expressible in the form 1032 m  408  5, then the value of m is
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
20. The points (5, 0) , (5, 0), (0, 4) are the vertices of
(a) an equilateral triangle (b) an isosceles triangle
(c) a right triangle (d) a scalene triangle
21. A number when divided by 61 gives 27 quotient and 32 as remainder is
(a) 1679 (b) 1664 (c) 1449 (d) None of these
22. HCF (2, 11) is
(a) 22 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
23. The largest number which divides 70 and 125, leaving remainders 5 and 8, respectively is
(a) 13 (b) 65 (c) 875 (d) 1750
2
24. If 2 and 3 are the zeroes of the polynomial 3x  2kx  2m , then the values of k and m are
7 15
(a) 9, (b) 7, 9 (c) 9, (d) None of these
2 2
25. The x coordinate of the point which lies on the line represented by 2x  y  7  0 and whose y
coordinate is 13 is
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 10

26. If bx  ay  a 2  b 2 and ax  by  0, then the value of x  y is

(a) a  b (b) b  a (c) a 2  b2 (d) b2  a 2
27. Point A is on the y-axis at a distance 4 units from the origin. If B(–3, 0), then the length AB is
(a) 7 units (b) 5units (c) 49 units (d) 25units
28. If the point (x , 4) lies on a circle whose centre is O(0, 0) and radius is 5, then x is equal to
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 4
29. If A(5, p) , B(1, 5), C(2, 1) and D(6, 2) are the vertices of a square then
(a) p  7 (b) p  3 (c) p  6 (d) p  8
30. A ball manufacturer notices that 40% of the produced balls are defective and are rejected, then
what is the probability of non-defective balls?
(a) 0.4 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.6 (d) 0.06
31. Consider the following diagram of a right triangle XYZ, where ZXY  90o .
Then, sin Y  tan Y equals

1 c a b
(a) (b  c) (b) (b  c) (c) (b  c) (d) (b  c)
abc bc bc ca
32. If D is a point on side BC of ABC such that BD  CD  AD, then
(a) CD2  AD2  AC2 (b) BD 2  AD2  AB2
(c) AB2  AC2  BC2 (d) AB.AC  AD2
1
33. If cosq  , then the value of (cos q  sec q) is
2
3 3 3  3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2
2
34. If cos q  , then 2 sec 2 q  2 tan 2 q  7 is equal to
3
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 4
35. The perimeter of a quadrant of a circle of radius 7.2 cm is
(a) 25.7 cm (b) 12.5cm (c) 7.5cm (d) 3.5cm
36. The perimeter of the given plot as shown in the figure is
(a) 260 units (b) 240 units (c) 130 units (d) 180 units

37. A pendulum swings through an angle of 36 and describes an arc 13.2 cm . Then, the length of
thread (to which it is tied) will be
(a) 21cm (b) 22cm (c) 25cm (d) 24cm
2  1 
38. If 2x  cosec A and  cot A, then the value of 4  x 2  2  is
x  x 
1
(a) 1 (b) (c) 1 (d) 2
2
39. If a die is thrown once, the probability of getting a perfect square is
1 1 2 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 4 3 4
40. If three unbiased coins are tossed, then the probability of getting either three heads or three tails
is
3 1 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 3 3
 ANSWER KEY
01. (d) 02. (d) 03. (d) 04. (b) 05. (a) 06. (a)
07. (a) 08. (b) 09. (b) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (c)
13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (a)
19. (d) 20. (b) 21. (a) 22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (c)
25. (d) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (c) 32. (d) 33. (b) 34. (b) 35. (a) 36. (c)
37. (a) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (b)

PQS-04
A Compilation By

01. The sum of exponents of prime factors in the prime factorisation of 196 is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
02. The pair of equations x  2y  5  0 and  3x  6y  1  0 have
(a) a unique solution (b) exactly two solutions
(c) infinitely many solutions (d) no solution
03. Sides of two similar triangles are in the ratio 4 : 9, Areas of these triangular are in the ratio
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 4 : 9 (c) 81 : 16 (d) 16 : 81
04. The altitude of an equilateral triangle having the length of its side as 12cm, is
(a) 6 2 cm (b) 6 cm (c) 8.5 cm (d) 6 3 cm
05. When a die is thrown, the probability of getting an even number less than 4 is
2 5 1
(a) (b) 1 (c) (d)
3 6 6
ar(  ABC) 4
06. If ABC  PQR ,  ; PQ  10cm. Then AB is equal to
ar(  PQR) 25
8
(a) 4cm (b) 2cm (c) 5cm (d) cm
5
07. Let sec   tan   x . The value of sec  is
1 1 x2  1 1 1
(a)  x   (b) 2 (c)  x+  (d) None of these
2 x x 1 2 x
15
08. The decimal representation of will
400
(a) terminate after 1 decimal place (b) terminate after 2 decimal place
(c) terminate after 3 decimal place (d) terminate after 4 decimal place
09. The value of K for which the system of equations x  2y  3 and 3x  Ky  1 has a unique
solution is
(a) K  6 (b) K  6 (c) K  0 (d) No value
10. The distance of the point P( 3,  4) from the x  axis (in units) is
(a) 3 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
11. 5 is the prime factor of

(a) 78 (b) 240 (c) 1001 (d) 1547

12. HCF  LCM for the numbers 150 and 10 is
(a) 1500 (b) 150 (c) 10 (d) None of these
13. The value of (sin 30  cos 30)  (sin 60  cos 60) is
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
2
2 tan x(sec x  1)
14. Which of these is equivalent to ?
cos3 x
(a) 2 tan 3 x cosecx (b) 2cot 3 x cos ec3x
(c) 2 tan 3 x sec3 x (d) 2cot 3 x sec3 x
15. The diameter of a wheel is 1 m. The number of revolutions it will make to travel a distance of 22
km will be
(a) 2800 (b) 4000 (c) 5500 (d) 7000
16. It is given that ABC  DEF, A  30 , C  50 , AB  5cm, AC  8cm and DF  7.5cm.
Then which of the following is true.
(a) DE  12cm, F  50 (b) DE  12cm, F  100
(c) EF  12 cm , D  100 (d) EF  12 cm , D  30
AD 3
17. In figure DE  BC. Also  and AE  2.7 cm.
DB 2
Then EC is equal to
(a) 2.0 cm (b) 1.8 cm (c) 4.0 cm (d) 2.7 cm
18. If     90 and   2 . Then cos2   sin 2  is equal to
1 3
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d) 2
2 4
x y
19. The area of the triangle formed by a line   1 with the coordinate axis is
a b
ab ab
(a) ab (b) 2ab (c) (d)
2 4
20. A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 white balls and 7 black balls. What is the probability that a ball
drawn from the bag at random will be neither red nor black?
1 1 7 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 3 15 15
21. Three bulbs red, green and yellow flash at intervals of 80 seconds, 90 seconds and 110
seconds. All three flash together at 8 : 00am. At what time will the three bulbs flash altogether
again?
(a) 8 : 12 am (b) 9 :12 am (c) 10 : 12 am (d) 11: 12 am
22. What will be the sum of the zeroes of polynomial of the shown graph?
(a) 2, –2 (b) –4 (c) 0 (d) 2

23. The two legs AB and BC of a right triangle ABC are in the ratio 1: 3.
What will be the value of sin C?
1 3 1
(a) 10 (b) (c) (d)
10 10 2
24. The sum of the numerator and denominator of a fraction is 12. If the denominator is increased
1
by 3. The fraction becomes , then the fraction is
2
4 5 6 8
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7
25. If the HCF of 65 and 117 can be expressed as 65m  117 , then the value of m is
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 11 (d) 3
26. When a die is thrown once, the probability of getting an odd number less than 3 is
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 0
6 3 2
27. If a number x is chosen from the numbers 1, 2, 3 and a number y is selected from the
numbers 1, 4, 9 then P(xy  9) is
3 4 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 9 9 9
2 2
28. If a cos   bsin   m and a sin   b cos   n , then a  b is equal to
(a) m 2 + n 2 (b) m 2n 2 (c) n 2 = m 2 (d) m 2 + n 2
29. Three points lie on a vertical line. Which of the following could be those points?
(a) (8, 3) (8, 8) (8, 7) (b) (8,  7) ( 8,  8) ( 8, 100)
(c) (4, 3) (5, 3) ( 12, 3) (d) (0, 4) (4, 0) (0 , 0)
3
30. If P(occurrence of event E)  , then P(non-occurrence of event E) 
4
1 1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 4 9 4
31. The equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining A(4, 5) and B( 2, 3) is
(a) 2x  y + 7=0 (b) 3x  2y  7=0

(c) 3x  y  7=0 (d) 3x + y  7=0

1
32. If sin θ = , the value of (2cot 2 θ  2) is
3
(a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) 18
 22 
33. The area of the shaded region (after rounding-off), in the figure is  use π  
 7 
(a) 72 cm 2 (b) 73cm 2 (c) 70cm 2 (d) None of these

34. The difference between the circumference and radius of a circle is 37 cm. The area of circle is
(a) 111cm 2 (b) 184cm 2 (c) 154cm 2 (d) 259 cm 2
35. If the point P(K , 0) divides the line segment joining the points A(2,  2) and B( 7, 4) in the
ratio 1: 2, then the value of K is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 1
36. Isha shaded a square card board (with side length of 23 cm), as shown below.
Which of the following is closest to the area of the shaded region?

(a) 364.52 cm 2 (b) 439.9 cm 2 (c) 492.4 cm 2 (d) 572.4 cm2
37. ABC is an equilateral triangle.
The area of the shaded region, if the radius of each of the circle is 1 cm, is

π π π
(a) 2  (b) 3  π (c) 3  (d) 3
3 2 4
2
38. If 2 and α are zeroes of 2x  6x  2 then the value of α is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 5
39. The area of the incircle of an equilateral triangle of side 42 cm is
(a) 22 3 cm2 (b) 231 cm 2 (c) 462 cm 2 (d) 924 cm 2
40. One of the solutions of 2x  y  4 is
(a) x  2, y  0 (b) x  1, y  1 (c) x  1, y  1 (d) x  4, y  2
 ANSWER KEY
01. (b) 02. (d) 03. (d) 04. (d) 05. (d) 06. (a)
07. (c) 08. (d) 09. (b) 10. (c) 11. (b) 12. (a)
13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (d) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (b)
19. (c) 20. (b) 21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (b)
25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (d) 28. (d) 29. (b) 30. (b)
31. (d) 32. (d) 33. (b) 34. (c) 35. (d) 36. (a)
37. (c) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (a)

PQS-05
A Compilation By

01. All non-terminating and non-recurring decimal numbers are

(a) rational numbers (b) irrational number
(c) integers (d) natural numbers
02.  is
(a) an irrational number (b) a natural number
(c) an integer (d) a rational number
03. The exponent of 3 in the prime factorization of 864 is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 8
04. A rational number can be expressed as a non-terminating repeating decimal if the denominator
has the factors
(a) 2 or 3 only (b) other than 2 or 5 only
(c) 2 or 5 only (d) None of these
05. The HCF of two numbers is 27 and their LCM is 162. If one of the numbers is 54, what is the
other number?
(a) 9 (b) 81 (c) 45 (d) 36
06. The decimal expansion of 
(a) is non-terminating and non-recurring (b) is terminating
(c) does not exist (d) is non-terminating and recurring
*07. If  ,  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial x 3  6x 2  x  30, then (    ) 
(a) 30 (b) 1 (c) 5 (d) 1
3 2
08. The degree of the polynomial 5x  3x  x  2 is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
2
09. The zeroes of the polynomial x  2x  3 are
(a) 3, 1 (b) 3,  1 (c) 3, 1 (d) 3,  1
 
10. If  and  are the zeroes of the polynomial ax 2  bx  c , then the value of  is
 
b2  2ac b2 a2 c2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
ac ac bc ab
3 2
*11. If two zeroes of the polynomial x  x  9x  9 are 3 and  3, then its third zero is

(a) 9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 1

12. The graph of a polynomial is shown in figure, then the number of its zeroes is
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2

13. 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.
(a) 35 and 15 (b) 35 and 20 (c) 15 and 35 (d) 25 and 25
14. The system of equations 6x  3y  6xy and 2x  4y  5xy has
(a) Two solutions (b) One unique solution
(c) Many solutions (d) No solutions
15. The pair of linear equations ax  by  c and px  qy  r has a unique solution then
(a) aq  bp (b) aq  bp (c) ap  bq (d) ap  bq
16. ABC  DEF such that ar(  ABC)  36cm2 and ar(  DEF)  49 cm 2 . Then, the ratio of
their corresponding sides is
(a) 7 : 6 (b) 6 : 7 (c) 36 : 49 (d) 6 : 7
17. In the given figure, if PQ  24 cm, QR  26 cm, PAR  90 , PA  6 cm and AR  8cm , then
QPR is
(a) 30 (b) 90 (c) 120 (d) 60

AB BC
18. If in ABC and DEF,  , then ABC  DEF when
DE FD
(a) B  E (b) B  D (c) A  F (d) A  D
19. Area of a circle whose diameter is r, is given by
 r2
(a)  r 2 (b)
2
 r2
(c) (d) 2  r 2
4
20. In the following figure AD : DB  1: 3, AE : EC  1: 3 and BF : FC  1: 4, then

(a) AD  FC (b) AD  FE (c) DE  BC (d) AE  DF

21. In PQR , Q  90 , PQ  5cm, QR  12cm. If QS  PR , then QS is equal to _________
12 60 13 80
(a) cm (b) cm (c) cm (d) cm
5 13 5 13
22. The area (in sq. units) of a triangle with vertices (4, 0), (0, –8) and (0, 0), is
(a) 16 (b) 32 (c) 8 (d) 64
23. The coordinates of the mid-point of the line segment joining the points (2, 3) and (4,  5) are
(a) (0, 0) (b) (1, 1) (c) (1,  1) (d) ( 2, 4)
24. The distance of the point (4, 7) from the y-axis is
(a) 11 (b) 4 (c) 65 (d) 7
4 4
25. cos A  sin A is equal to
(a) 2sin 2 A  1 (b) 2sin 2 A  1 (c) 2 cos2 A  1 (d) 2 cos2 A  1
2 tan 30
26. 
1  tan 2 30
(a) cos 60 (b) sin 60 (c) tan 60 (d) None of these
2 2
27. (1  cos ) sec  
(a) tan  (b) cot θ (c) sin  (d) cos 
2
28. (cosec   cot )  ?
1  sin  1  cos  1  cos 
(a) (b) (c) None of these (d)
1  sin  1  cos  1  cos 
1  sin 
29. is equal to
1  sin 
(a) tan   sec  (b)  sec   tan  (c) sec   tan  (d) sec   tan 
2 2 2
30. Find the value of sin 30  4cot 45  sec 60 .
1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d) 4
4
31. The perimeter of a triangle is 30cm and the circumference of its in circle is 88cm. The area of
the triangle is
(a) 140 cm 2 (b) 420cm 2 (c) 70cm 2 (d) 210cm 2
32. The length of a triangular field is 12 m and the length of its diagonal is 15m. The area of the
field is
(a) 30 3 m 2 (b) 108m 2 (c) 12 15 m2 (d) 180 m 2
33. The area of an equilateral triangle is 4 3 cm 2 . Its perimeter is
(a) 6 3 cm (b) 9cm (c) 12cm (d) 12 3 cm
34. One side of a rhombus is 20cm long and one of its diagonals measures 24 cm. The area of the
rhombus is
(a) 240 cm 2 (b) 192cm 2 (c) 480cm 2 (d) 384cm2
35. The side of an equilateral is equal to the radius of a circle whose area is 154cm 2 . The area of
the triangle is
7 3 2 49 3 2
(a) 49 cm 2 (b) 77cm2 (c) cm (d) cm
4 4
36. The side of a square is equal to the side of an equilateral triangle. The ratio of their areas is
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 4 : 3 (d) None of these
37. A number x is chosen at random from the numbers 3,  2,  1, 0, 1, 2, 3 the probability that
x  2 is
1 2 3 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7
38. What is the probability that a leap year has 52 Mondays?
5 6 2 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
7 7 7 7
39. Cards, each marked with one of the number 6, 7, 8, ..., 15, are placed in a box and mixed
thoroughly. One card is drawn at random from the box, what is the probability of getting a card
with number less than 10
2 1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 2 3 5
40. A child’s game has 8 triangles of which 5 are blue and rest are red and 10 squares of which 6
are blue and the rest are red. One piece is lost at random. The probability that it is a square of
blue colour is
4 6 1 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
9 10 3 3
CASE STUDY I
A part of monthly hostel charges in a govt. college is fixed and the remaining depends on the number of days one
has taken food in the mess. When a student Shikha takes food for 25 days, she has to pay `4500 as hostel
charges, whereas another student Minali who takes food for 30 days, has to pay `5200 as hostel charges.
Considering the fixed charges per month by `x and the cost of food per day by `y, then answer the following
questions.
01. Represent algebraically the situation faced by both students.

(a) x  25y  4500, x  30y  5200 (b) 25x  y  4500, 30x  y  5200
(c) x  25y  4500, x  30y  5200 (d) 25x  y  4500, 30x  y  5200
02. The system of linear equations, represented by above situations has
(a) No solutions (b) Unique solution
(c) Infinitely many solutions (d) None of these
03. The cost of food per day is
(a) `120 (b) `130 (c) `140 (d) `1300
04. The fixed charges per month for the hostel is
(a) `1500 (b) `1200 (c) `1000 (d) `1300
05. If another student, Anshu takes food for 20 days, then what amount she has to pay?
(a) `4000 (b) `3500 (c) `3600 (d) `3800
Answers
01. (a) 02. (b) 03. (c) 04. (c) 05. (d)
CASE STUDY II
To raise social awareness about the hazards of smoking, a city school decided to start a ‘No Smoking’
campaign. Ten students were asked to prepare campaign banners in the shape of a triangle. The vertices
of one of the triangle are P( 3, 4) , Q(3, 4) and R( 2,  1).
Based on the given information, answer the following questions.

01. The coordinates of centroid of PQR are

2 7 1 1  2 7  7 2
(a)  ,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d)  , 
 3 3  3 3  3 3  3 3
02. If B be the mid-point of line joining P and Q, then coordinates of B are
(a) (4, 0) (b) (2, 0) (c) (0, 2) (d) (0, 4)
03. If C be the mid-point of line joining R and Q, then coordinates of C are
1 1 3 1 1 3
(a)  ,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d) None of the above
2 2 2 2 2 2
04. If A be the mid-point of line joining R and P , then coordinates of A are
 5 3 3 5 3 5 5 3
(a)   ,  (b)  ,   (c)  ,  (d)  , 
 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
05. The coordinates of centroid of ABC are
2 7 1 1  2 7 7 2
(a)  ,  (b)  ,  (c)   ,  (d)  , 
 3 3  3 3  3 3  3 3
Answers
01. (c) 02. (d) 03. (c) 04. (a) 05. (c)
CASE STUDY III

Mr Pankaj Chugh aged 50 years, is a senior Maths teacher and is living in New Delhi.
As per the government’s directive, he had taken his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in the month of
April 2021 in a city hospital.
Now he wants to take his second dose of the vaccine.
The following map is showing three vaccination centers around his home.
Let O represents his home. Vaccination centers are at A, B and C as shown in the figure below.
Observe this situation and answer the following questions.

01. The coordinates of nearest vaccination center are
(a) (3, 1) (b) (0, 2) (c) (2, 4) (d) (6, 4)
02. According to the figure, vaccination center B is dividing the line joining vaccination center A to
C in the ratio of
(a) 2:3 (b) 3:4 (c) 3:2 (d) 1:1
03. Assuming that Mr Chugh went to center B and vaccine doses are finished. Then what is the
closest distance he has to cover to reach another vaccination center?
(a) 4 2 (b) 3 2 (c) 2 2 (d) 2
04. The distance between his home to the vaccination center C is
(a) 13 (b) 12 (c) 11 (d) 10
05. Distance between the vaccination centers A and C is
(a) 4 2 (b) 5 2 (c) 3 2 (d) 50
Answers
01. (a) 02. (c) 03. (c) 04. (d) 05. (b)
CASE STUDY IV
Just before the morning assembly Sachin Pandey, is a Math lecturer and the school-coordinator of a
convent school observes some clouds in the sky. So, he cancels the assembly. He also observes that the
clouds have a shape of the polynomial. The mathematical representation of a cloud is shown in the
figure. He decides to teach his students about this mathematical aspect in the nature.
Based on the above information of the above information, answer the following questions.
01. The zeroes of the polynomial represented by the graph are
1 7 1 7
(a)  , (b) , 
2 2 2 2
1 7 1 7
(c)  ,  (d) ,
2 2 2 2
02. What will be the expression for the polynomial represented by the graph?
(a) p(x)  12 x 2  4x  7 (b) p(x)   x 2  12x  3
(c) p(x)  4 x 2  12x  7 (d) p(x)  4 x 2  12x  7

03. What will be the value of polynomial represented by the graph, when x  3?
(a) 65 (b) 65
(c) 68 (d) 68
04. If  and  are the zeroes of the polynomial f (x)  x 2  2x  8, then  2  2 
(a) 26 (b) 80
(c) 16 (d) 20
05. A quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of the zeroes are 0, 36 respectively, are
(a) k(x 2  36) (b) k(x 2  36)
(c) k(x 2  6) (d) k(x 2  6)
Answers
01. (b) 02. (d) 03. (b) 04. (d) 05. (a)
CASE STUDY V
Mr O.P. GUPTA, a math lecturer went to city Q from city P, for a math workshop in a school. There
is a route via city R such that PR is perpendicular to RQ, PR  2 x km and RQ  2(x  7) km.
Mr GUPTA noticed a sign-board which mentions that there is a proposal to construct a 26 km highway
which directly connects the two cities P and Q.
Based on the given information, answer the following questions.
01. Which concept can be used to get the value of x ?
(a) Thales theorem (b) Pythagoras theorem
(c) Converse of thales theorem (d) Converse of pythagoras theorem
02. The value of x is
(a) 4 (b) 6
(c) 5 (d) 8
03. The value of PR is

(a) 10 km (b) 20 km
(c) 15 km (d) 25 km
04. The value of RQ is
(a) 12 km (b) 24 km
(c) 16 km (d) 20 km
05. How much distance will be saved in reaching city Q after the construction of highway?
(a) 10 km (b) 9 km
(c) 4 km (d) 8 km
Answers
01. (b) 02. (c) 03. (a) 04. (b) 05. (d)
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(a) 7 units (b) 7 units (c) 5 units (d) 6 units

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26. If bx  ay  a 2  b 2 and ax  by  0, then the value of x  y is

Then, sin Y  tan Y equals

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(a) 78 (b) 240 (c) 1001 (d) 1547

(a) 2, –2 (b) –4 (c) 0 (d) 2

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(c) 3x  y  7=0 (d) 3x + y  7=0

(a) 72 cm 2 (b) 73cm 2 (c) 70cm 2 (d) None of these

Which of the following is closest to the area of the shaded region?

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01. All non-terminating and non-recurring decimal numbers are

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(a) 9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 1

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

(a) 30 (b) 90 (c) 120 (d) 60

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(a) AD  FC (b) AD  FE (c) DE  BC (d) AE  DF

01. Represent algebraically the situation faced by both students.

Based on the given information, answer the following questions.

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01. The coordinates of centroid of PQR are

CASE STUDY III

Observe this situation and answer the following questions.

(c) p(x)  4 x 2  12x  7 (d) p(x)  4 x 2  12x  7

03. The value of PR is

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