RABINDRA VIDYANIKETAN, KEONJHAR

(MATHS HOLIDAYS ASSIGNMENT)

Class-X C

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Direction: In the following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R).
Mark the correct choice as:
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of
Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

1) Assertion: The H.C.F. of two numbers is 16 and their product is 3072. Then their L.C.M. =
162.
Reason: If a and b are two positive integers, then H.C.F. × L.C.M. = a × b.
2) Assertion: the addition of rational number and irrational number is equal to irrational number
Reason: the sum of irrational number and rational number is always rational number

3) Assertion: x2+7x+12 has no real zeroes.

Reason: A quadratic polynomial can have at the most two zeroes.

4) Assertion: x3+x has only one real zero.

Reason: A polynomial of nth degree must have n real zeroes.

5) Assertion: Degree of a zero polynomial is not defined.

Reason: Degree of a non-zero constant polynomial is 0.
6) Assertion: The graph y=f(x) is shown in figure, for the polynomial f(x). The number of zeroes
of f(x) is 3.
Reason: The number of zero of the polynomial f(x) is the number of point of which f(x) cuts
or touches the axes

7) Assertion: 3-2√5 is one zero of the quadratic polynomial then other zero will be 3+2√5.
Reason: Irrational zeros (roots) always occurs in pairs.

8) Assertion : If α,β and γ are zeros of the polynomial 6x3+3x2−5x+1, then the value of α−1+β−1+γ−1 =
5
Reason: If α,β and γ are zeros of the polynomial ax3+bx2+cx+d, then α+β +γ = -b/a

9) Assertion: If one root of the quadratic equation 6x2 – x – k = 0 is 2/3, then the value of k is 2.
Reason: The quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, a ≠ 0 has atmost two roots.
10) Assertion: 3x2 – 6x + 3 = 0 has repeated roots.
Reason: The quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 have repeated roots if discriminant D > 0.
11) The decimal expansion of 22/7 is

(a) Terminating

(b) Non-terminating and repeating

(c) Non-terminating and Non-repeating

(d) None of the above

12) For some integer n, the odd integer is represented in the form of:

(a) n

(b) n + 1

(c) 2n + 1

(d) 2n

13) The largest number that divides 70 and 125, which leaves the remainders 5 and 8, is:

(a) 65

(b) 15

(c) 13

(d) 25

14) The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 5 is:

(a) 70

(b) 60

(c) 80

(d) 90

15) Euclid’s division lemma states that for two positive integers a and b, there exist unique integers q
and r such that a = bq + r, where r must satisfy

(a) 1 < r < b

(b) 0 < r ≤ b

(c) 0 ≤ r < b

(d) 0 < r < b

16) n² – 1 is divisible by 8, if n is

(a) an integer

(b) a natural number

(c) an odd integer

(d) an even integer

17) The values of the remainder r, when a positive integer ‘a’ is divided by 3 are

(a) 0, 1, 2

(b) Only 1

(c) Only 0 or 1

(d) 1, 2

18) The sum of exponents of the prime factors in the prime factorization of 196, is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
19) There are 312, 260 and 156 students in class X, XI and XII respectively. Buses are to be hired to take these
students to a picnic. Find the maximum number of students who can sit in a bus if each bus takes equal
number of students
(a) 52
(b) 56
(c) 48
(d) 63
20) The decimal expansion of the rational number 14587/250 will terminate after:
(a) one decimal place
(b) two decimal places
(c) three decimal places
(d) four decimal places

21) 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

22) If one of the zeroes of the cubic polynomial x3 + ax² + bx + c is -1, then the product of the
other two zeroes is
(a) b – a + 1
(b) b – a – 1
(c) a – b + 1
(d) a – b – 1

23) The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 99x + 127 are

 (a) both positive
(b) both negative
(c) one positive and one negative
(d) both equal
24) Which of the following is not the graph of quadratic polynomial?

25) If on division of a polynomial p(x) by a polynomial g(x), the quotient is zero, then the relation
between the degrees of p(x) and g(x) is
(a) degree of p(x) < degree of g(x)
(b) degree of p(x) = degree of g(x)
(c) degree of p(x) > degree of g(x)
(d) nothing can be said about degrees of p(x) and g(x)

26) If the graph of a polynomial intersects the x-axis at three points, then it contains ____ zeroes.
(a) Three
(b) Two
(c) Four
(d) More than three
27) What should be subtracted to the polynomial x2-16x+30, so that 15 is the zero of the resulting polynomial?
(a) 30 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d) 16

28) The number of polynomials having zeroes -2 and 5 is

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

29) The roots of the quadratic equation 6x² – x – 2 = 0 are

30) The quadratic equation whose one rational root is 3 + √2 is
(a) x² – 7x + 5 = 0
(b) x² + 7x + 6 = 0
(c) x² – 7x + 6 = 0
(d) x² – 6x + 7 = 0
31) The equation 2x² + kx + 3 = 0 has two equal roots, then the value of k is
(a) ±√6
(b) ± 4
(c) ±3√2
(d) ±2√6
32) The roots of the equation 7x² + x – 1 = 0 are
(a) real and distinct
(b) real and equal
(c) not real
(d) none of these

33)
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 3.5
(d) -3
34) Which of the following equations has 2 as a root?
(a) x2 – 4x + 5 = 0
(b) x2 + 3x – 12 = 0
(c) 2x2 – 7x + 6 = 0
(d) 3x2 – 6x – 2 = 0
35) The number of quadratic equations having real roots and which do not change by squaring their roots is
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1

CASE BASED QUESTIONS

36) To enhance the reading skills of grade X students, the school nominates you and two of
your friends to set up a class library. There are two sections- section A and section B of
grade X. There are 32 students in section A and 36 students in section B.
 i. What is the minimum number of books you will acquire for the class library, so that
they can be distributed equally among students of Section A or Section B?
a) 144
b) 128
c) 288
d) 272
ii. If the product of two positive integers is equal to the product of their HCF and LCM
is true then, the HCF (32 , 36) is
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 8
iii. 36 can be expressed as a product of its primes as
a) 22 × 32
b) 21 × 33
c) 23 × 31
d) 20 × 30
iv. 7× 11 × 13 × 15 + 15 is a
a) Prime number
b) Composite number
c) Neither prime nor composite
d) None of the above
 v. If p and q are positive integers such that p = a𝑏2 and q= 𝑎2b, where a , b are prime
numbers, then the LCM (p, q) is
a) ab
b) 𝑎2𝑏2
c) 𝑎3𝑏2
d) 𝑎3𝑏3
37) A seminar is being conducted by an Educational Organisation, where the participants will
be educators of different subjects. The number of participants in Hindi, English and
Mathematics are 60, 84 and 108 respectively.
 i. In each room the same number of participants are to be seated and all
of them being in the same subject, hence maximum number
participants that can accommodated in each room are
a) 14
b) 12
c) 16
d) 18
ii. What is the minimum number of rooms required during the event?
a) 11
b) 31
c) 41
d) 21
iii. The LCM of 60, 84 and 108 is
a) 3780
b) 3680
c) 4780
d) 4680
iv. The product of HCF and LCM of 60,84 and 108 is
a) 55360
b) 35360
c) 45500
d) 45360
v. 108 can be expressed as a product of its primes as

38) Basketball and soccer are played with a spherical ball. Even though an
athlete dribbles the ball in both sports, a basketball player uses
his hands and a soccer player uses his feet. Usually, soccer is played
outdoors on a large field and basketball is played indoor on a court made
out of wood. The projectile (path traced) of soccer ball and basketball are
in the form of parabola representing quadratic polynomial.

i. The graph of parabola opens upwards, if

a) a = 0
b) a < 0
c) a > 0
d) a≥0
ii. Observe the following graph and answer

iii. In the above graph, how many zeroes are there for the polynomial?

a) 0
 b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
iv. The three zeroes in the above shown graph are
b) 2, 3,-1
c) -2, 3, 1
d) -3, -1, 2
e) -2, -3, -1
v. What will be the expression of the polynomial?
a) 𝑥3 + 2𝑥2 − 5𝑥 − 6
b) 𝑥3 + 2𝑥2 − 5𝑥 + 6
c) 𝑥3 + 2𝑥2 + 5𝑥 − 6
d) 𝑥3 + 2𝑥2 + 5𝑥 + 6
39) An asana is a body posture, originally and still a general term for a
sitting meditation pose, and later extended in hatha yoga and modern
yoga as exercise, to any type of pose or position, adding reclining,
standing, inverted, twisting, and balancing poses. In the figure, one can
observe that poses can be related to representation of quadratic polynomial.

i. The graph of parabola opens downwards, if

a) a ≥ 0
b) a = 0
 c) a < 0
d) a > 0
ii. In the graph, how many zeroes are there for the polynomial?

a) 0
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3
iii. The two zeroes in the above shown graph are
a) 2, 4
b) -2, 4
c) -8, 4
d) 2,-8
iv. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 4√3𝑥2 + 5𝑥 − 2√3 are

40) The speed of a motor boat is 20 km/hr. For covering the distance of 15 km
the boat took 1 hour more for upstream than downstream.
 i. Let speed of the stream be x km/hr. then speed of the motorboat in
upstream will be
a) 20 km/hr
b) (20 + x) km/hr
c) (20 - x) km/hr
d) 2 km/hr
ii. What is the relation between speed ,distance and time?
a) speed = (distance )/time
b) distance = (speed )/time
c) time = speed x distance
d) speed = distance x time
iii. Which is the correct quadratic equation for the speed of the current ?
a) x2+ 30x − 200 = 0
b) x2+ 20x − 400 = 0
c) x 2+ 30x − 400 = 0
d) x2− 20x − 400 = 0
iv. What is the speed of current ?
a) 20 km/hour
b) 10 km/hour
c) 15 km/hour
d) 25 km/hour
v. How much time boat took in downstream?
a) 90 minute
b) 15 minute
c) 30 minute
d) 45 minute