Class 10 Maths Board Questions
Chapter 1: Real Numbers
1. 1. Find the HCF and LCM of 13 and 17 using the prime factorization method.
2. 2. Determine the HCF of 865 and 255 using Euclid’s division lemma.
3. 3. Find the LCM of 96 and 360 using the fundamental theorem of arithmetic.
4. 4. Express 6.121212... in the form p/q.
5. 5. Find the prime factorization of the denominator of the rational number 6.121212... in
its simplest form.
6. 6. Find the largest number which divides 70 and 125 leaving remainders 5 and 8
respectively.
7. 7. Determine whether 0.142857 is a terminating or non-terminating repeating decimal.
8. 8. Prove that √2 is an irrational number.
9. 9. Show that the square of any positive odd integer is of the form 8m + 1, for some
integer m.
10. 10. Find the HCF and LCM of 105 and 120.
11. 11. Find the length of the longest rod that can measure exactly the lengths 8 m 50 cm, 6
m 25 cm, and 4 m 75 cm.
12. 12. Three alarm clocks ring at intervals of 4, 12, and 20 minutes respectively. If they
start ringing together, after how much time will they next ring together?
13. 13. Find the smallest number which when divided by 12, 15, and 20 leaves remainders
5, 4, and 3 respectively.
14. 14. Prove that 5 – 2√3 is an irrational number.
15. 15. Determine whether the rational number 0.101001000100001... has a terminating
decimal expansion or a non-terminating repeating decimal expansion.
Chapter 2: Polynomials
16. 1. Find the zeros of the polynomial p(x) = x² - 7x + 10, and verify the relationship
between the zeros and the coefficients.
17. 2. Find a quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of zeros are 5 and -2
respectively.
18. 3. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial p(x) = x² - 9x + 20 is 4, find the other zero.
19. 4. Divide the polynomial p(x) = 4x³ + 2x² - x - 3 by (x + 1) and find the quotient and
remainder.
20. 5. Using the Factor Theorem, check if x - 3 is a factor of p(x) = x³ - 6x² + 11x - 6.
21. 6. If α and β are the zeros of the polynomial 2x² + 5x - 3, find a quadratic polynomial
whose zeros are α² and β².
22. 7. Find the zeros of the polynomial p(x) = 6x² - 5x - 6 by factorizing it.
23. 8. For the polynomial 2x² - 3x + 1, verify the relationship between the zeros and the
coefficients.
24. 9. Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeros are -2 and -5. Verify the relationship
between zeros and coefficients.
25. 10. Find the zeros of the quadratic polynomial √3x² - 8x + 4√3.
26. 11. If the zeros of the polynomial x² + px + q are double in value to the zeros of 2x² - 5x -
3, find the values of p and q.
27. 12. What must be subtracted from the polynomial f(x) = x⁴ + 2x³ - 13x² - 12x + 21 so
that the resulting polynomial is exactly divisible by x² - 4x + 3?
28. 13. Given that x - √5 is a factor of the polynomial x³ - 3√5x² - 5x + 15√5, find all the
zeros of the polynomial.
29. 14. If a polynomial x⁴ + 5x³ + 4x² - 10x - 12 has two zeros as -2 and -3, then find the
other zeros.
30. 15. Find all the zeros of the polynomial 8x⁴ + 8x³ - 18x² - 20x - 5, if it is given that two of
its zeros are √(5/2) and -√(5/2).
31. 16. If p(x) = x³ - 2x² + kx + 5 is divided by (x - 2), the remainder is 11. Find k. Hence, find
all the zeros of x³ + kx² + 3x + 1.
32. 17. If α and β are zeros of p(x) = kx² + 4x + 4, such that α² + β² = 24, find k.
33. 18. If α and β are the zeros of the polynomial p(x) = 2x² + 5x + k, satisfying the relation
α² + β² + αβ = 21/4, then find the value of k.
34. 19. What must be subtracted from p(x) = 8x⁴ + 14x³ - 2x² + 8x - 12 so that 4x² + 3x - 2 is
a factor of p(x)?
35. 20. Find the values of a and b so that x⁴ + x³ + 8x² + ax - b is divisible by x² + 1.
Chapter 3: Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables
36. 1. Solve the following pair of equations by the substitution method: 7x - 15y = 2 and x +
2y = 3.
37. 2. Solve the following pair of equations by the elimination method: 8x + 5y = 9 and 3x +
2y = 4.
38. 3. Draw the graphs of the equations x - y + 1 = 0 and 3x + 2y - 12 = 0. Determine the
coordinates of the vertices of the triangle formed by these lines and the x-axis, and
shade the triangular region.
39. 4. Two lines are represented by the equations x + 2y - 4 = 0 and 2x + 4y - 12 = 0.
Represent this situation geometrically.
40. 5. Solve the following pair of equations by reducing them to a pair of linear equations:
6x + 3y = 6xy and 2x + 4y = 5xy.
41. 6. A motorboat whose speed is 18 km/hr in still water takes 1 hr more to go 24 km
upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.
42. 7. For which values of a and b do the following pair of linear equations have infinite
solutions? 2x + 3y = 7 and (a – b)x + (a + b)y = 3a + b – 2.
43. 8. Five years hence, the age of Jacob will be three times that of his son. Five years ago,
Jacob’s age was seven times that of his son. What are their present ages?
44. 9. The ratio of incomes of two persons is 9:7 and the ratio of their expenditures is 4:3. If
each of them manages to save Rs. 2000 per month, find their monthly incomes.
45. 10. The students of a class are made to stand in rows. If 3 students are extra in a row,
there would be 1 row less. If 3 students are less in a row, there would be 2 rows more.
Find the number of students in the class.
46. 11. Sita Devi wants to make a rectangular pond on the roadside for the purpose of
providing drinking water for street animals. The area of the pond will be decreased by 3
square feet if its length is decreased by 2 ft and breadth is increased by 1 ft. Its area will
be increased by 4 square feet if the length is increased by 1 ft and breadth remains the
same. Find the dimensions of the pond.
47. 12. On reversing the digits of a two-digit number, the number obtained is 9 less than
three times the original number. If the difference of these two numbers is 45, find the
original number.
48. 13. The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/h. It goes 30 km upstream and returns
back at the same point in 4 hours 30 minutes.
