BRIJ-TECH ACADEMY
Kailashpuri CC Road Deoria
HALF-YEARLY Examination Session (2024-25)
Class IX MATHEMATICS
Time Allowed: 3 HOURS. Maximum Marks: 80
General Instructions:
•This question paper contains 36 questions. All questions are compulsory.
•The question paper is divided into Five sections – Sections A, B, C, D, and E.
•In section A, questions number 1 to 18 are multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and questions
number 19 and 20 are Assertion – Reason-based questions of 1 mark each.
•In section B, questions number 21 to 25 are very short answer (VSA) type questions of 2 marks
each.
•In section C, questions number 26 to 31 are short answer (SA) type questions carrying 4 marks
each.
•In section D, questions number 32 to 35 are long answer (LA) type questions carrying 5 marks
each.
•In section E, question number 36 is very long answer (VLA) type question carrying 6 marks
Section-A (Consists of Multiple Choice Type questions of 1 mark each.)
Question 1. Which of the following statements is true?
(A) Every irrational number can be represented as a fraction.
(B) Every irrational number can be represented with the help of decimals.
(C) Every rational number can be represented as a terminating decimal.
(D) Every rational number can be represented as an integer.
Question 2- √2 is a polynomial of degree
(A) 2. (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) Not a polynomial
Question 3. If (2, 0) is a solution of the linear equation 2x + 3y = k, then the value of k is
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 2
Question 4. Abscissa of a point is positive in
(A) I and II quadrants (B) I and IV quadrants
(C) I quadrant only (D) II quadrant only
Question 5. In the given figure, POQ is a line. The value of x is
(A) 20° (B) 25° (C) 30° (D) 35°
Question 6. Which of the following is not a criterion for congruence of triangles?
(A) SAS (B) ASA (C) SSA (D) SSS
Question 7. Which of the following is irrational?
(A) √4/√9 (B) √12/√3 (C) √7 (D) √81
Question 8. The number of dimensions, a point has
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Question 9. Factorize 12a2b – 6ab2
(A) 6ab(2a – b). (B) 2ab(6a – 3b) (C) 3ab(4a – 2b) (D) 6a(2ab – b)
Question 10. The linear equation 2x – 5y = 7 has
(A) a unique solution (B) two solutions (C) infinitely many solutions (D) no solution
Question 11. In RHS rule ‘H’ stands for
(A) Height (B) Hypotenuse (C) Heron’s Formula (D) Highest
Question [Link] or more lines intersecting at the same point are said to be
(A) Parallel lines (B) Intersecting lines (C) Concurrent lines (D) Straight line
Question 13. Two angles measure (55° + 3a) and (115° – 2a). If each is a supplement of the other,
then the value of a is
(A) 20° (B) 30° (C) 10° (D) 40°
Question [Link] AB = QR, BC = PR and CA = PQ, then
(A) ΔABC ≅ ΔPQR (B) ΔCBA ≅ ΔPRQ (C) ΔBAC ≅ ΔRPQ (D) ΔPQR ≅ ΔBCA
Question 15. The point at which two coordinate axes meet is called the _______
(A) abscissa (B) ordinate (C) origin (D) quadrant
Question 16. The factorisation of 4x2 + 8x + 3 is
(A) (x + 1) (x + 3) (B) (2x + 1) (2x + 3) (C) (2x + 2) (2x + 5) (D) (2x – 1) (2x – 3)
Question 17. Which of the following is irrational?
(A) 0.14 (B) 0.1416¯¯¯¯¯ (C) 0.1416¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ (D) 0.4014001400014…
Question 18. Between two rational numbers
(A) there is no rational number
(B) there is exactly one rational number
(C) there are infinitely many rational numbers
(D) there are only rational numbers and no irrational numbers
Directions: 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.
Question 19. Assertion (A): According to Euclid’s 1st Axiom – “Things which are equal to the same
thing are also equal.”
Reason (R): If AB = PQ and PQ = XT, then AB = XY.
Question 20. Assertion (A): If angles ‘a’ and ‘b’ form a linear pair of angles and a = 40° then b = 150°.
Reason (R): The sum of a linear pair of angles is always 180°.
Section-B (Consists of 5 questions of 2 marks each)
Question 21. If y = 2 and y = 0 are the zeroes of the polynomial f(y) = 2y3 – 5y2 + ay + b, find the
value of a and b.
Question [Link] the value of the polynomial p(x) = x3 – 3x2 – 2x + 6 at x = √2
Question [Link] (3x – 15°) and (x + 5°) are complementary angles, find the angles.
Question 24. In the given figure, find the angles a and b and then show that LM || XY.
Question 25. PS is the altitude of an isosceles triangle PQR in which PQ = PR. Show that PS bisects
∠P.
Section-C (Consists of 6 questions of 4 marks each.)
Question 26. If f(x) = 5x2 – 4x + 5, find f(1) + f(-1) + f(0).
Question 27. In the given figure, AB = AC, and BE and CF are bisectors of ∠B and ∠C respectively.
Prove that ∆EBC ≅ ∆FCB.
Question 28. Write the equation 4x = 6(1 – y) + 3x in the form ax + by = c and also find the
coordinates of the points where its graph cuts the two axes.
Question [Link] is a rectangle. Write the equation of its sides. Also, find its area.
Question 30. If x = 1/3−2√2 and y = 1/3+2√2, then find the value of x + y + xy.
Question 31. If x = 2 + √3, then find the value of x2+1/x2.
Section-D (Consists of 4 questions of 5 marks each.)
Question 32. The auto-rickshaw fare in a city is charged ₹ 10 for the first kilometer and ₹ 4 per
kilometer for subsequent distances covered. Write the linear equation to express the above
statement and find 3 solutions to the equation.
Question 33. Find the equations of any two lines passing through the point (-1, 2). How many such
lines can be here?
Question 34. In the given figure, we have ∠ABC = ∠ACB, ∠3 = ∠4. Show that ∠1 = ∠2.
Question 35. Express 0.6+0.7¯¯¯+0.47¯¯¯ in the form p/q, where p and q are integers and q ≠ 0.
Section E- ( 1 question of 6 marks)
Question 36. A farmer has a field ABCD formed by two pairs of parallel roads as shown below in
which l || m and p || q. His four cows suffering from BSE. Thus, he tied them at four corners of
the field ABCD.
(i) If ∠BAC = 30°, find ∠CAD.
(ii) If we join BD such that BD meets AC at O and ∠BOC = 30°, then what is the measure of ∠AOD?
(iii) If ∠B = 45°, then ∠D will be?
