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Vinoba Nagar Bilaspur

CLASS 10 - MATHEMATICS
Class 10th Real Number
Time Allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 100
General Instructions:

1. All questions are compulsory.

2. Do not use mobile phone during test.
3. Do not open other websites during test.

Section A
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1. The decimal expansion of the rational number 2
will terminate after [1]
2 ⋅5

a) more than 3 decimal places b) two decimal places

c) three decimal places d) one decimal place

2. The HCF of two consecutive numbers is [1]

a) 2 b) 0

c) 3 d) 1
3. Every point on the number line corresponds to a ________ number which may be either [1]
rational or irrational.

a) non-terminating b) decimal

c) real d) terminating
4. The largest number which divides 245 and 1029 leaving remainder 5 in each case is [1]

a) 8 b) 12

c) 4 d) 16
5. The sum of two irrational numbers is always [1]

a) a rational number b) an irrational number

c) None of these d) a rational number or an irrational

number
6. The product of three consecutive positive integers is divisible by [1]

a) 4 b) 6

c) 10 d) 5
7. What is a lemma? [1]

a) contradictory statement b) proven statement

c) no statement d) None ot these

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 8. The decimal expansion of the number 2
441
3 2
has [1]
2 ×5 ×7

a) None of these b) non-terminating and non-repeating

decimal

c) terminating decimal d) non-terminating repeating decimal

9. If a is a non-zero rational and √b is irrational, then a√b is: [1]

a) an integer b) a natural number

c) an irrational number d) a rational number

10. If two positive integers ‘a’ and ‘b’ are written as a = and b = , where ‘p’ and ‘q’ are [1]
2 3 2
pq p q

prime numbers, then LCM(a, b) =

a) pq b) 3
p q
2

c) p2q3 d) p2q2

11. A rational number can be expressed as a terminating decimal if the denominator has the [1]
factors

a) 2, 3 or 5 only b) 2 or 5 only

c) 2 or 3 only d) 2 only
12. The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 1 to 10 (both inclusive) is [1]

a) 100 b) 10

c) 504 d) 2520
p p
13. Let q
be a rational number. Then, the condition on q such that q
has a non-terminating but [1]
repeating decimal expansion is:

a) q = 2m × 5n; m, n are whole b) q ≠ 2m × 3n; m, n are whole

numbers numbers

c) q = 2m × 3n; m, n are whole d) q ≠ 2m × 5n; m, n are whole

numbers numbers
246
14. The decimal expansion of 7 −3
terminates after: [1]
2 ×5

a) 7 places of decimals b) 10 places of decimals

c) can’t be determined d) 6 places of decimals

15. HCF of 144 and 198 is: [1]

a) 18 b) 12

c) 9 d) 6
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16. (1 + √2 ) + (1 - √2 ) is [1]

a) a rational number b) a non-terminating decimal

c) None of these d) an irrational number

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17. If p is a prime number, then √–
p is [1]

a) Prime number b) Rational

c) Integer d) Irrational
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18. 2- √3 is [1]

a) an irrational number b) an integer

c) a rational number d) a whole number

19. Which of the following numbers has terminating decimal expansion? [1]
3 3
a) 11
b) 7

3 5
c) d)
5 3

20. Every prime number has exactly ________ factors. [1]

a) more than 4 b) 4

c) 3 d) 2

Section B
21. State True or False: [5]
a) Number of the form 2n + 1 where n is any positive integer are always odd number.
b) Any positive odd integer is of the form 6m+1 or 6m+3 or 6m +5 where m is some integer.
c) Two numbers have 12 as their HCF and 350 as their LCM. (True/False)
d) HCF of two numbers is always a factor of their LCM. (True/False)
e) The product of any three consecutive natural numbers is divisible by 6. (True/False)

Section C
22. Fill in the blanks: [5]
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a) The rational number 1250
will terminate after ________ decimal places.
b) If the HCF (a, b) = 2 and LCM (a, b) = 27, then the value of a × b is ________.
c) If a prime no. P divides a2, then P also divides ________ where a is +ve integer.
d) Euclid's division algorithm is the technique to compute the ________ of the given numbers.
e) ________ rational numbers lies between 2 and -3.

Section D
23. The real number 0.120120012000120000... has decimal expansion and decide whether it is [1]
p
rational or not. If it is rational, and of the form, q
what can you say about the prime factors of
q?
24. Express 7429 as a product of its prime factors. [1]
25. What is the total number of factors of a prime number? [1]
26. Find the HCF and LCM of 426 and 576 using fundamental theorem of arithmetic. [1]
27. If a and b are two positive integers such that a = bq + r. Where q and r are unique integers. a < [1]
b, then find the value of q.

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28. Write down the decimal expansion of the rational number 17

8
[1]
29. If 'a' and 'b' are relatively prime numbers, then what is their HCF? [1]
30. Express 140 as the product of its prime factors. [1]
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31. Prove that 3√5 is irrational. [1]
32. Without actually performing the long division, whether will have terminating decimal [1]
77

210

expansion or non-terminating repeating decimal expansion.

33. Without actual division, show that rational number 3
121
2 5
has a non terminating [2]
(2 × 3 × 7 )

repeating decimal expansion.

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34. Without actual division, show that rational number 625
is a terminating decimal. Express [2]
decimal form.
35. Complete the factor-tree and find the composite number M. [2]

36. An army contingent of 612 members is to march behind an army band of 48 members in a [2]
parade. The two groups are to march in the same number of columns. What is the maximum
number of columns in which they can march?
37. Examine whether has a non-terminating decimal. [2]
17

30

38. Use Euclid's algorithm to find the HCF of 272 and 1032. [2]
39. Use Euclid's Division Algorithm to find the HCF of 4052 and 12576. [2]
40. A sweet seller has 420 kaju burfis and 150 badam burfis. He wants to stack them in such a way [2]
that each stack has the same number, and they take up the least area of the tray. Find number
of kaju barfis and badam barfis that were placed in each stack and also find number of stacks
formed

41. Find the LCM and HCF of 120 and 144 by fundamental theorem of arithmetic (Prime [2]
Factorisation Method).

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42. Find the LCM and HCF of 510 and 92 and verify that LCM × HCF = product of the two numbers. [2]
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43. Prove that
2+ √3
is an irrational number, given that √3 is an irrational number. [3]
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44. Prove that √5 is an irrational number. [3]
45. Show that the square of an odd positive integer is of the form 8q + 1, for some integer q. [3]
46. Find the H.C.F. of 867 and 255 using Euclid's division algorithm. [3]
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47. Show that 3 + 5 √2 is an irrational number. [3]
48. Three sets of physics, chemistry and mathematics books have to be stacked in such a way that [5]
all the books are stored topic wise and the number of books in each stack is the same. The
number of physics books is 192, the number of chemistry books is 240 and the number of
mathematics books is 168. Determine the number of stacks of physics, chemistry and
mathematics books.
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49. Prove that √2 is an irrational number. [5]
50. Find the HCF of 592 and 252 and express it as a linear combination of them. [5]
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51. Prove that 7 - 2 √3 is an irrational number. [5]
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52. Without actually performing the long division, state whether 4900
will have a terminating [5]
decimal expansion or a non-terminating decimal expansion

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