NOVEMBER TRIALS MOCK 1
80 Marks
2 Hours
Question 1: [1x10]
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(i) If x 0 then the value of is:
x
(a) a rational number
(b) not a rational number
(c) not equal to zero
(d) none of these
(ii) If 34 93 = 9n , then the value of n is :
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 10
(d) none of the above
(iii) If 5 = 2.24 ; the value of 20 is:
(a) 1.12
(b) 4.48
(c) 2.24 4
(d) none of the above
(iv) 242 has n at its unit place, the value of n is:
(a) 4
(b) 16
(c) 576
(d) 6
(v)
Set x : x = n2 − 1, x Z (integers) an 2 n 5} is equal to :
(a) 8,15, 24
(b) 3,8,15
(c) 3,8,15, 24
(d) none of these
(vi) After paying 20% of the income, a man is left with ₹ 160 ; then the income of the man is:
(a) ₹ 128
(b) ₹ 192
(c) ₹ 200
(d) none of these
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(vii) A sum of money becomes of itself in 5 years. The rate of interest is :
4
(a) 10%
(b) 5%
(c) 8%
(d) 15%
(viii) If a varies inversely to b and b = 12 when a is 8 ; the value of b when a = 6 is :
(a) 72
(b) 32
(c) 12
(d) 16
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(ix) If a is positive and a 2 + 2
= 18 ; then the value of a − is
a a
(a) 4
(b) 16
(c) 20
(d) 2 5
(x) The interior angle of a regular polygon is four times its exterior angle. The number of
sides in the polygon is:
(a) 12
(b) 10
(c) 15
(d) 18
Question 2: [1x10]
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(i) Insert two rational numbers between: and
7 8
(ii) Find the value of n , when: 12−5 122 n+1 = 1213 127
(iii) The value of 3
27 + 3 0.008 + 3 0.064 is:
(iv) If = x : x N , x 10 , A = x : x 5 and B = {x : 3 x 6} , then find:
a. ( A B) '
b. A B
(v) Geeta saves 20% of her monthly salary and saves ₹ 43,500 per month. Find her
monthly expenditure.
(vi) A man sold his bicycle for ₹ 405 losing one-tenth of its cost price. Find cost price.
(vii) A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B in 15 days. How long will they take to finish
it working together?
(viii) Divide: 9a5 − 6a 2 by 3a 2
(ix) The sides of a triangle are x 2 − 3xy + 8 , 4 x 2 + 5xy − 3 and 6 − 3x 2 + 4 xy .
Find its perimeter.
(x) Factorize: a 2 − ab (1 − b ) − b3
Question 3: [3x10]
8 5
1. The product of two rational numbers is . If one of them is − , find the other.
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a 2 n +1 a ( 2 n +1)( 2 n −1)
2. Evaluate:
( )
2 n+3
a n( 4 n −1) a 2
3. For each of the following, find the least number that must be added so that the resulting
number is a perfect square.
(i) 511
(ii) 7172
(iii) 55078
4. The difference of two perfect cubes is 387 . If the cube root of the greater of the two numbers
is 8, find the cube root of the smaller number.
5. If 31y5 is divisible by 3, find the value(s) of digit y .
6. Write the following sets in set-builder (Rule Method) form:
(i) B1 = {6,9,12,15, . .
(ii) B2 = 11,13,17,19
1 3 5 7 9
(iii) B3 = , , , , , ..
3 5 7 9 11
7. In an election between two candidates, one candidate secured 58% of the votes polled and
won the election by 18,336 votes. Find the total number of votes polled and the votes secured
by each candidate.
8. A shopkeeper marks his goods at 30 percent above the cost price and then gives a discount of
10 percent. Find his gain percent.
9. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B in 15 days. They worked together on it for 6 days
and then A left. How long will B take to finish the remaining work?
10. Factorize completely (v) 15(2 x − y )2 − 16 ( 2 x − y ) − 15
Question 4: [4x5]
1. Renu sold an article at a loss of 8 percent. Had she bought it at 10% less and sold for ₹ 36
more, she would have gained 20% . Find the cost price of the article.
2. 3x 4 + 6 x3 − 6 x 2 + 2 x − 7 is divided by x − 3 .
3. 16, 000 invested at 10% p.a. compounded semi-annually amounts to ₹ 18,522 . Find the time
period of investment.
4. Factorize :
(i) a 2 − 23a + 42 .
(iii) 1 − 18 x − 63x 2
5. The ratio of the number of sides of two regular polygons is 1: 2 , and the ratio of the sum of
their interior angles is 3 : 8 . Find the number of sides in each polygon.
Question 5: [5x2]
1. If Universal set = {x : x Z , −2 x 4}, A = {x : −1 x 3}, B = {x : 0 x 4} and
C = x : −2 x 0 ; show that: A − ( B C ) = ( A − B ) ( A − C )
2. The difference between two numbers is 5 and their product is 14 . Find the difference between
their cubes.
