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ONE-MARKS QUESTIONS (MCQs)

Mark the correct alternative in each of the following :
Q 1. Two candidates attempt to solve a quadratic equation of the form x2 + px + q = 0. One starts with a
wrong value of p and finds the roots to be 2 and 6. The other starts with a wrong value of q and finds
the roots to be 2 and – 9. Find the correct roots of the equation :
(A) 3, 4 (B) – 3, – 4 (C) 3, – 4 (D) – 3, 4
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Q 2. Determine k such that the quadratic equation x + 7 (3 + 2k) – 2x (1 + 3k) = 0 has equal roots :
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(A) 2, 7 (B) 7, 5 (C) 2, (D) None of these
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Q 3. The nature of the roots of the equation x2 – 5x + 7 = 0 is
(A) No real roots (B) 1 real root (C) Can’t be determined (D) None of these
Q 4. Find the value of k such that the sum of the square of the roots of the quadratic equation
x2 – 8x + k = 0 is 40 :
(A) 12 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 8
Q 5. The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle exceeds the length of its base by 2 cm and exceeds
twice the length of the altitude by 1 cm. Find the length of each side of the triangle (in cm) :
(A) 6, 8 10 (B) 7, 24, 25 (C) 8, 15, 17 (D) 7, 40, 41
Q 6. A two digit number is such that the product of it’s digits is 12. When 9 is added to the number, the
digits interchange their places, find the number :
(A) 62 (B) 34 (C) 26 (D) 43
Q 7. Two squares have sides x cm and (x + 4) cm. The sum of their areas is 656 cm2. find the sides of the
square.
(A) 8 cm, 12 cm (B) 12 cm, 15 cm (C) 6 cm, 10 cm (D) 16 cm, 20 cm
Q 8. A shopkeeper buys a number of books for Rs. 80. If he had bought 4 more for the same amount, each
book would have cost Re. 1 less. How many books did he buy?
(A) 8 (B) 36 (C) 24 (D) 28
Q 9. A plane left 40 minutes late due to bad weather and in order to reach it’s destination, 1600 km away
in time, it had to increase it’s speed by 400 km/h from it’s usual speed. Find the usual speed of the
plane :
(A) 600 km/h (B) 750 km/h (C) 800 km/h (D) None of these
Q 10. Find the value of p for which the quadratic equation x2 + p (4x + p – 1)+ 2 = 0 has equal roots :
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(A)  1, (B) 3, 5 (C) 1, (D) ,2
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Q 11. The roots of a2x2 + abx = b2, a  0 are :
(A) Equal (B) Non-real (C) Unequal (D) None of these
Answers
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (A) 11. (C)

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TWO-MARKS QUESTIONS
Q 1. If – 2 is a root of the quadratic equation x2 + px + 2 = 0 and the quation 2x2 + px + q = 0 has equal
roots, find the value of p and q.
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Q 2. Divide 27 into two parts such that the sum of their reciprocals is .
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Q 3. Find two consecutive natural numbers, the sum of whose squares is 145.
Q 4. Find two consecutive positive even integers, whose product is 224.
Q 5. Find two consecutive multiples of 3 whose product is 270.
Q 6. The hypotenuse of right triangle is 20 m. If the difference between the lengths of other sides be 4 m. find the
other sides.
Q 7. Solve the following equations for x (i) 4x2 – 2(a2 + b2) x + a2b2 = 0 (ii) 4x2 – 4a2x + (a4 – b4) = 0
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Q 8. Find the roots of the following equation :   ; x  – 4, 7
x  4 x  7 30
Q 9. The sum of the square of three consecutive positive integers is 50. Find the integers.
Q 10. A girl is twice as old as her sister. Four years hence. The product of their ages (in yeras) will be 160.
Find their present ages.
Answers
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1. p = 3, q  2. 15, 12 3. 8, 9 4. 14, 16 5. 15, 18 6. 16 m, 12 m
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a 2 b2 (a 2  b 2 ) (a 2  b 2 )
7. (i) x  , (ii) x  . 8. 2, 1 9. 3, 4, 5 10. 6 years and 12 years
2 2 2 2
THREE-MARKS QUESTIONS
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Q 1. If the equation (a2 + b2)x2 – 2(ac + bd)x + (c2 + d2) = 0 are equal, prove that  or ad = ac.
b d
 4x  3   2x  3  1 3
Q 2. Solve for x : 2   9   3 ; given that x  ; x 
 2x 1   x  2  2 4
Q 3. 300 apples are distributed equally among a certain number of students. Had there been 10 more
students, each would have received one apple less. Find the number of students.
Q 4. Seven years ago Varun’s age was five times the square of Swati’s age. Three years hence Swati’s age
will be two-fifth of Varun’s age. Find their present ages.
Q 5. By increasing the list price of a book by Rs. 10 a person can buy 10 less books for Rs. 1200. Find the
original list price of the book.
Q 6. The numerator of a fraction is one less than its denominator. If three is added to each of the numerator and
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denominator, the fraction is increased by . Find the fraction.
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Q 7. The sum of the areas of two squares is 640 m2. If the difference in their perimeters be 64 m, find the
sides of the two squares.
Q 8. A motor boat whose speed is 18 km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 24 km upstream than to return
downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.

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Q 9. Two difference of two numbers is 4. If the difference of their reciprocals is , find the two
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numbers.
Q 10. Two years ago a man’s age was three times the square of his son’s age. Three years hence his age
will be four times his son’s age. Find their present ages.
Answers
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1. 149688, 567 2. x   , 3. 50 4. 9 years, 27 years 5. Rs. 30 6. 3/4 7. 8 and 24
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8. 6 km/hr 9. 7 and 3 or –3 and –7 10. son’s age = 5 years and man’s age = 29 years.
FIVE-MARKS QUESTIONS
Q 1. An aeroplane traveled a distance of 400 km at an average speed of x km/hr. On the return journey,
the speed was increased by 40 km/hr. Write down an expression for the time taken for (i) the onward
journey, (ii) the return journey. If the return journey took 30 minutes less than the onward journey,
write an equation in x and find the value of x.
Q 2. In an auditorium, seats were arranged in rows and columns. The number of rows was equal to
number of seats in each row. When the number of rows was doubled and the number of seats in each
row was reduced by 10, the total number of seats increased by 300. Find (i) the number of rows in
the original arrangement, (ii) the number of seats in the auditorium after rearrangement.
Q 3. Some students planned a picnic. The budget for the food was Rs. 480. As eight of them failed to join the party,
the cost of the food for each member increased by Rs. 10. Find how many students went for the picnic.
Q 4. In a class test, the sum of the marks obtained by P in mathematics and science is 28. Had he got 3 more marks
in mathematics and 4 marks less in science, the product of marks obtained in the two subjects would have
been 180. Find the marks obtained in the two subjects separately.
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Q 5. Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9 hours. The tap of larger diameter takes 10 hours less
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than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which each tap can separately fill the
tank.
Q 6. A peacock is sitting on the top of a pillar, which is 9 m high. From a point 27 m away from the bottom of the
pillar, a snake is coming to it’s hole at the base of pillar. Seeing the snake the peacock pounces on it. If their
speeds are equal, at what distance from the hole is the snake caught?
Q 7. A trader bought a number of articles for Rs. 900. Five articles were found damaged. He sold each of the
remaining articles at Rs. 2 more than what he paid for it. He got a profit of Rs. 80 on the whole transaction.
Find the number of articles he bought.
Q 8. (i) Solve the following equation for x : 9x2 – 9(a + b)x + (2a2 + 5ab + 2b2) = 0.
(ii) If (– 5) is a root of the quadratic equation 2x2 + px – 15 = 0 and the quadratic equation p(x2 + x) + k = 0
has equal roots, then find the values of p and k.
Answers
 400   400 
1. (i)   hrs. (ii)   hrs; x = 160 km/hr 2. (i) 30 (ii) 1200 3. 16
 x   x  40 
2a  b a  2b 7
4.12 , 16 or 9 , 19 5. 25 hrs and 15 hrs 6. 12 m 7. 75 8. (i) , (ii) p = 7 and k 
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