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201.

What is the equation of the line which intercepts x­axis and y­axis at 3/4 and ­2/3 respectively?

A. 8x + 9y = 6
B. 9x + 8y = 12
C. 8x ­- 9y = 6
D. 9x + 8y = ­-12
Answer» D. 9x + 8y = ­-12
Discussion
202.

What is the equation of the line which passes through the points (3,­2) and (5,3)?

A. 5x ­- 2y = ­-19
B. 5x ­- 2y = 19
C. 5x + 2y = ­31
D. 5x + 2y = -31
Answer» C. 5x + 2y = ­31
Discussion
203.

What is the equation of the line which has 3/2 and -­4/7 as x and y intercept respectively?

A. 8x ­- 21y = ­-12
B. 8x + 21y = 14
C. 8x -­ 21y = 12
D. 8x + 21y = ­-14
Answer» D. 8x + 21y = ­-14
Discussion
204.

What is the equation of the line perpendicular to the line 5x + 3y = 6 and having Y-intercept -3?

A. 3x - 5y = 15
B. 3x + 5y = 15
C. 3x - 5y = -15
D. 3x + 5y = -15
Answer» B. 3x + 5y = 15
Discussion
205.

What is the equation of the line passing through the point (0,­4) and making an angle of ­45° with the positive x­axis?

A. x + y = 4
B. x -­ y = - ­4
C. x + y = -­4
D. x ­- y = 4
Answer» D. x ­- y = 4
Discussion
206.

What is the equation of the line passing through the point (1,3) and making an angle of -45° with the positive x-axis?

A. x + y = 4
B. x + y = 2
C. x - y = 4
D. x - y = 2
Answer» B. x + y = 2
Discussion
207.

What is the equation of the line passing through the point (2,-3) and making an angle of -45°with the positive X-axis?

A. x - y = -5
B. x - y = -1
C. x + y = -5
D. x + y = -1
Answer» E.
Discussion
208.

What is the equation of the line passing through the point (-1,3) and having x-intercept of 4 units?

A. 3x - 5y = 12
B. 3x + 5y = 12
C. 3x + 5y = -12
D. 3x - 5y = -12
Answer» C. 3x + 5y = -12
Discussion
209.

What is the equation of the line if its slope is ­2/5 and y-­intercept is 6?

A. 2x + 5y = 6
B. 2x + 5y = 30
C. 2x - 5y = 6
D. 2x + 5y = ­-30
Answer» C. 2x - 5y = 6
Discussion
210.

What is the equation of line whose slope is -1/2 and passes through the intersection of the lines x - y = -1 and 3x - 2y = 0?

A. x + 2y = 8
B. 3x + y = 7
C. x + 2y = -8
D. 3x + y = -7
Answer» B. 3x + y = 7
Discussion
211.

What is the equation of a line which has 3 as x-intercept and -5 as y-intercept?

A. 3x - 5y = 15
B. 5x - 3y = 15
C. 5x + 3y = 15
D. 3x + 5y = 15
Answer» C. 5x + 3y = 15
Discussion
212.

What is the equation of the line if its slope is 4/3 and it passes through the point (-7 , 2)?

A. 4x - 3y = -22
B. 4x + 3y = -34
C. 4x + 3y = -22
D. 4x - 3y = -34
Answer» E.
Discussion
213.

What is the equation of the line if its slope is 1/4 and y-­intercept is ­-3?

A. x ­- 4y = 12
B. x + 4y = 12
C. x -­ 4y = ­-12
D. x + 4y = -­12
Answer» B. x + 4y = 12
Discussion
214.

What is the equation of a line of slope 1/3 and y-intercept 5?

A. x - 3y = -15
B. x - 3y = 15
C. x + 3y = -15
D. x + 3y = 15
Answer» B. x - 3y = 15
Discussion
215.

What is the distance between the points (4,­-8) and (­-2,0)?

A. 100 units
B. 5 units
C. 25 units
D. 10 units
Answer» E.
Discussion
216.

What is the difference between the total sale of English newspapers and the total sale of Hindi newspapers in all the localities together.

A. 7500
B. 5600
C. 6500
D. 5700
Answer» D. 5700
Discussion
217.

What is the equation of a line having a slope -1/3 and y-intercept equal to 6?

A. x + 3y = 18
B. x - 3y = 6
C. x + 3y = -18
D. x - 3y = -6
Answer» B. x - 3y = 6
Discussion
218.

What is the area (in square units) of the figure enclosed by the x-axis, the y-axis and the line x + 2y = 6 ?

A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. 12
Answer» D. 12
Discussion
219.

What is the area of the sector whose central angle is 90° and radius of the circle is 14 cm?

A. 308 sq cm
B. 77 sq cm
C. 154 sq cm
D. 231 sq cm
Answer» D. 231 sq cm
Discussion
220.

What is the area (in sq cm) of a regular hexagon of side 9 cm?

A. 50√3
B. 300√3
C. 243√3/2
D. 200√3
Answer» D. 200√3
Discussion
221.

What are the co­ordinates of the mid point of the segment joining points C(5,­-2) and D(­-1,8).

A. (­-2, ­3)
B. (2, 3)
C. (­2, -3)
D. (-2, -­3)
Answer» C. (­2, -3)
Discussion
222.

What are the co­ordinates of the centroid of a triangle, whose vertices are A(­2,­5), B(4,­4) and C(7,3)?

A. (4,­-3)
B. (-­1,0)
C. (-­3,­-3)
D. (3,­-2)
Answer» E.
Discussion
223.

What approximate value should come at the place of question mark (?) in the following questions (You are not expected to calculate the exact value)._x005F_x000D_ (111.93 × 5) ÷ 14.02 = 11.002 + ?

A. 11
B. 10
C. 29
D. 34
Answer» D. 34
Discussion
224.

What are the co-ordinates of the centroid of a triangle, whose vertices are A(1, -5), B(4, 0) and C(-2, 2)?

A. (1 , -1)
B. (-1 , 1)
C. (2 , -2)
D. (-2 , 2)
Answer» B. (-1 , 1)
Discussion
225.

What are the co-ordinates of the centroid of a triangle, whose vertices are A(1, -5), B(-4, 0) and C(3, -4)?

A. ( 0, 3)
B. ( 0, -3)
C. ( 0, -5)
D. ( 0, 5)
Answer» C. ( 0, -5)
Discussion
226.

What are the co­-ordinates of the mid point of the segment joining points C(0,­-3) and D(8,5)?

A. (4, 1)
B. (­-4, ­1)
C. (­4, -1)
D. (-4, ­-1)
Answer» B. (­-4, ­1)
Discussion
227.

What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following questions? (You are not expected to calculate the exact value.)_x005F_x000D_ 21.003 × 39.998 –209.91 = 126× ?

A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
Answer» B. 4
Discussion
228.

What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation (Note: You are not expected to calculate the exact value)?_x005F_x000D_ [(7.99)2–(13.001)2+(4.01)3]2=?

A. -1800
B. 1450
C. -1660
D. 1660
Answer» E.
Discussion
229.

What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation (Note: You are not expected to calculate the exact value)? 499.99 + 1999 ÷ 39.99 × 50.01=?

A. 3200
B. 2700
C. 3000
D. 2500
Answer» D. 2500
Discussion
230.

What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation (Note: You are not expected to calculate the exact value)?(55.01+16.0003)×22.01÷10.998 =?

A. 190
B. 130
C. 110
D. 142
Answer» E.
Discussion
231.

What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation (Note: You are not expected to calculate the exact value)? √580×∛510+ 49.999 x 3.999=?

A. 384
B. 392
C. 410
D. 372
Answer» C. 410
Discussion
232.

What is the value of (2 + tan600) ?_x005F_x000D_

A. 3_x005F_x000D_
B. 2/√3_x005F_x000D_
C. 4/√3_x005F_x000D_
D. 2+√3
Answer» E.
Discussion
233.

Water boils at 212°F or 100°C and melts at 32°F or 0°C .  If the temparature of the particular day  is 35°C , it is equal  to :

A. 85°F
B. 95°F
C. 96°F
D. 97°F
Answer» C. 96°F
Discussion
234.

Vishnu spends Rs. 5000 in buying 12 tables and some chairs. The cost of one table is Rs. 50 and that of one chair is Rs. 40. What is the ratio of the numbers of tables purchased?

A. 0.20972222222222
B. 2.2958333333333
C. 0.20902777777778
D. 2.2944444444444
Answer» C. 0.20902777777778
Discussion
235.

Value of (cos 53° - sin 37°) is

A. 2 sin 37 ÌŠ
B. 2 cos 53 ÌŠ
C. 0
D. 1
Answer» D. 1
Discussion
236.

Use continuity to evaluate the limit._x005F_x000D_ limx→128+x8+x_x005F_x000D_

A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 0
Answer» B. 2
Discussion
237.

Two points P and Q are at the distance of x and y (where y > x) respectively from the base of a building and on a straight line. If the angles of elevation of the top of the building from points P and Q are complementary, then what is the height of the building?

A. xy
B. √( y/ x)
C. √( x/ y)
D. √( xy)
Answer» E.
Discussion
238.

Ty the right triangle shown in the figure ,what is the value of cosecθ ?_x005F_x000D_  _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_

A. 41395
B. 44329
C. 44505
D. 41609
Answer» C. 44505
Discussion
239.

Two parallel chords on the same side of the centre of a circle are 5 cm apart. If the chords are 20 and 28 cm long, what is the radius of the circle?

A. 14.69 cm
B. 15.69 cm
C. 18.65 cm
D. 16.42 cm
Answer» C. 18.65 cm
Discussion
240.

Two fractions are such that their product is ­2/5 and sum is 1/15. What are the two fractions.

A. 4/3, ­-3/10
B. 2/7, -­7/5
C. 4/7, ­-7/10
D. 2/3, ­-3/5
Answer» E.
Discussion
241.

Two numbers are such that the sum of twice the first number and thrice the second number is 36 and the sum of thrice the first number and twice the second number is 39. Find the difference between the numbers?

A. 15
B. 3
C. 9
D. 6
Answer» B. 3
Discussion
242.

Two labourers A and B are paid a total of Rs. 1120 per day. If A is paid 180 percent of what is paid to B, how much (in Rs) is B paid?

A. 400
B. 720
C. 500
D. 620
Answer» B. 720
Discussion
243.

Two equal circles intersect such that each passes through the centre of the other. If the length of the common chord of the circles is 10√3 cm, then what is the diameter of the circle?

A. 10 cm
B. 15 cm
C. 20 cm
D. 30 cm
Answer» D. 30 cm
Discussion
244.

Two circles of equal radii intersect each other such that one circle will pass through the centre of the other circle. The distance between the centre of two circles is equal to 6 cm. Find the length (in cm) of common chord._x005F_x000D_

A. √3_x005F_x000D_
B. 2√3
C. 3√3
D. 6√3
Answer» E.
Discussion
245.

Twenty times a positive integer is less than its square by 96. What is the integer ?

A. 42
B. 36
C. 48
D. 24
Answer» E.
Discussion
246.

Triangle PDC is drawn in side the square ABCD of side 24 cm where P lies on AB. What is the area of the triangle?_x005F_x000D_

A. 280 sq.cm
B. 288 sq.cm
C. 200 sq.cm
D. 298 sq.cm
Answer» C. 200 sq.cm
Discussion
247.

Triangle PQR is inscribed in a circle such that P, Q and R lie on the circumference. If PQ is the diameter of the circle and ∠PQR = 40°, then what is the value (in degrees) of ∠QPR?

A. 40
B. 45
C. 50
D. 55
Answer» D. 55
Discussion
248.

Triangle DEF is right angled at E. If cot D = 5/12, then what is the value of sin F?

A. 44535
B. 44329
C. 41395
D. 44543
Answer» D. 44543
Discussion
249.

To fill a tank, 25 buckets of water is required.  How many buckets of water will be required to fill the same tank if the capacity of bucket is reduced to two-fifth of its present ?

A. 52.5
B. 62.5
C. 72.5
D. 82.5
Answer» C. 72.5
Discussion
250.

There are 10 dozen apples, 15 dozen mangoes and 20 dozen oranges for selling. If 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 of them are sold respectively. How many of the total fruits are remaining?

A. 420
B. 380
C. 180
D. 360
Answer» E.
Discussion