Section 1: Squares
1. What is the square of 13?
a) 144 b) 169 c) 121 d) 196
2. Which of the following is a perfect square?
a) 75 b) 81 c) 92 d) 105
3. The square of an even number is always:
a) Odd b) Even c) Prime d) Composite
4. What is 172?
a) 256 b) 289 c) 324 d) 361
5. Which of the following numbers would end with digit 1 when squared? a) 9 b) 1 c) 3 d)
1 or 9
6. The square of a number ending in 5 will always end in:
a) 0 b) 5 c) 25 d) 0 or 5
7. How many non-perfect square numbers lie between 92 and 102?
a) 18 b) 19 c) 20 d) 21
8. What is the smallest number by which 72 must be multiplied to make it a perfect
square?
9. a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 6
10. What is the square of 0.5?
a) 0.025 b) 0.25 c) 2.5 d) 25
11. If x2=144, what is x?
a) 12 b) -12 c) ±12 d) 72
12. What is the sum of the first 5 odd numbers?
a) 16 b) 20 c) 25 d) 30
13. Which of the following is not a perfect square?
a) 400 b) 625 c) 900 d) 1250
14. The square of a proper fraction is:
a) Greater than the fraction b) Less than the fraction c) Equal to the fraction d) Cannot
be determined
15. What is the unit digit of 2422?
a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 2
16. How many zeroes will be there in the square of 300?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 6
Section 2: Square Roots
16. What is the square root of 64?
a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 16
17. Square root of 121 is equal to:
a) 9 b) 11 c) 13 d) 15
18. The square root of an even perfect square is always:
a) Odd b) Even c) Prime d) Composite
19. Which of the following is the square root of 225?
20. a) 5 b) 15 c) 25 d) 35
21. Square root of 0.09 is equal to:
a) 0.03 b) 0.3 c) 3 d) 0.003
22. Find the value of √ 49+√ 81.
a) 15 b) 16 c) 17 d) 18
23. By what smallest number should 128 be divided to get a perfect square?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) 16
24. The square root of a number ending in 6 will have a unit digit of:
a) 2 or 8 b) 4 or 6 c) 1 or 9 d) 3 or 7
25. What is the approximate value of √ 50?
a) 6.0 b) 7.0 c) 7.07 d) 8.0
26. The number of digits in the square root of 361 is:
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
27. If the area of a square field is 676 m2, what is the length of its side?
a) 24 m b) 26 m c) 28 m d) 30 m
28. Find √ 2.89
a) 0.17 b) 1.7 c) 17 d) 0.017
29. The square root of an odd perfect square is always
a) Odd b) Even c) Prime d) Composite
30. 16900 √ 16900 Is equal to:
a) 13 b) 130 c) 1300 d) 13000
31. Which of the following is a perfect square?
a) 196 b) 200 c) 210 d) 220
Section 3: Mixed Problems
31. If x2=625, then x can be:
a) 25 b) -25 c) Both a and b d) None of the above
32. The smallest number by which 98 must be multiplied to make it a perfect square is:
a) 2 b) 7 c) 14 d) 49
33. A square plot has an area of 1024 m2. What is its perimeter?
a) 32 m b) 64 m c) 96 m d) 128 m
34. The square of 1.1 is:
a) 1.21 b) 0.121 c) 12.1 d) 121
35. Find the smallest number that must be subtracted from 560 to make it a perfect square. a) 1
b) 16 c) 19 d) 20
36. What is the value of (√ 2)2?
a) 2 b) 4 c) √ 2 d) √ 22
37. The number of zeroes at the end of a perfect square is always:
a) Odd b) Even c) One d) Two
38. If N2=729, then N is:
a) 17 b) 23 c) 27 d) 33
39. Which of the following statements is true? a) The square of a prime number is always prime.
b) The square root of a negative number is always negative. c) Every natural number has a
perfect square. d) The sum of two perfect squares is always a perfect square.
40. What is the side of a square whose area is 169 cm2?
a) 12 cm b) 13 cm c) 14 cm d) 15 cm
41. How many numbers between 200 and 300 are perfect squares?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
42. The square of which number is 1024?
a) 22 b) 28 c) 32 d) 38
43. What is the smallest square number that is divisible by 6, 9 and 15? a) 90 b) 180 c) 900 d)
3600
44. If a number ends with digit 2, its square ends with:
a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) Cannot be determined
45. The square root of a number has 3 digits. How many digits can the number itself have?
a) 4 or 5 b) 5 or 6 c) 6 or 7 d) 3 or 4
