Topper’s Secret Questions

Real Number
1. If 𝒑 and 𝒒 are two distinct prime numbers, then their HCF is
(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 1 𝑜𝑟 2 (d) 1
2. If 𝒑 and 𝒒 are two distinct prime numbers, then LCM (𝒑, 𝒒) is
(a) 1 (b) 𝑝 (c) 𝑞 (d) 𝑝𝑞
3. Let 𝒑 be a prime number. The sum of its factors is
(a) 𝑝 (b) 1 (c) 𝑝 + 1 (d) 𝑝 − 1
4. Let 𝑝 be a prime number. The quadratic equation having its factors as zeros is
(a) 𝑥 2 − 𝑝𝑥 + 𝑝 = 0 (b) 𝑥 2 − (𝑝 + 1)𝑥 + 𝑝 = 0
(c) 𝑥 2 + (𝑝 + 1)𝑥 + 𝑝 = 0 (d) 𝑥 2 − 𝑝𝑥 + (𝑝 + 1) = 0
5. The LCM of the smallest two digit composite number and the smallest composite
number is
(a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) 44
6. The HCF of smallest prime number and the smallest composite number is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
7. If the HCF of 85 and 153 is expressible in the form 𝟖𝟓𝒏 − 𝟏𝟓𝟑, then the value of n
is
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
8. If two positive integers 𝑎 and 𝑏 are written as 𝒂 = 𝒑𝟑 𝒒𝟒 and 𝒃 = 𝒑𝟐 𝒒𝟑 , whares 𝑝
and 𝑞 are prime numbers, such that HCF (𝒂, 𝒃) = 𝒑𝒎 𝒒𝒏 and LCM (𝒂, 𝒃) ≠ 𝒑𝒓 𝒒𝒔
then (𝒎 + 𝒏)(𝒓 + 𝒔) equal to
(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 35 (d) 72
9. The smallest number which when divided by 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟑 and 29 leaves a remainder
11 in each
(a) 493 (b) 11350 (c) 11339 (d) 667
10. The largest number which divides 𝟕𝟎 and 𝟏𝟐𝟓, leaving remainders 𝟓 and 𝟖,
respectively, is
(a) 13 (b) 65 (c) 875 (d) 1750
11. The LCM of two numbers is 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝟎. Which of the following cannot be their HCF?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 3
12. The sum of the exponents of the prime factors in the prime factorisation of 𝟏𝟗𝟔,
is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
13. The HCF of two numbers is 𝟏𝟖 and their product is 𝟏𝟐𝟗𝟔𝟎. Their LCM will be
(a) 420 (b) 600 (c) 720 (d) 800
14. The HCF and the LCM of 𝟏𝟐, 𝟐𝟏, 𝟏𝟓 respectively are
(a) 3,140 (b) 12,420 (c) 3,420 (d) 420,3
15. The least number that is divisible by all the numbers from 𝟏 to 𝟏𝟎 (both
inclusive) is
(a) 10 (b) 100 (c) 504 (d) 2520
16. The ratio of LCM and HCF of the least composite number and the least prime
number is
(a) 1: 2 (b) 2: 1 (c) 1: 1 (d) 1: 3
17. Which of these numbers always end with the digits 𝟔.
(a) 4 𝑛 (b) 2𝑛 (c) 6𝑛 (d) 6𝑛
18. The numbers 𝟓𝟐𝟓 and 𝟑𝟎𝟎𝟎 are divisible by 𝟑, 𝟓, 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟓 and 𝟕𝟓. What is the
HCF of 𝟓𝟐𝟓 and 𝟑𝟎𝟎𝟎?
19. Write the prime factor of 𝟐 × 𝟕 × 𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟑 × 𝟏𝟕 + 𝟐𝟏
20. If 𝟕𝟓𝟔𝟎 = 𝟐𝟑 × 𝟑𝒑 × 𝒒 × 𝟕, find 𝒑 and 𝒒.
21. Explain why:
(i) 𝟏𝟏 × 𝟏𝟑 × 𝟏𝟕 + 𝟏𝟕 is a composite number.
(ii) 𝟏 × 𝟐 × 𝟑 × 𝟓 × 𝟕 + 𝟑 × 𝟕 is a composite number.
22. The LCM of two numbers is 14 times their HCF. The sum of LCM and HCF is 600. If
one of the number is 280. Find the other number.
23. If the sum of LCM and HCF of two numbers is 𝟏𝟐𝟔𝟎 and their LCM is 𝟗𝟎𝟎 more
than their HCF, then the product of two numbers is
(a) 203400 (b) 194400 (c) 198400 (d) 205400
24. Assertion: If 𝟏𝟏 divides 𝟔𝟐𝟕𝟐𝟔𝟒, then 𝟏𝟏 divides 𝟕𝟗𝟐.
Reason: Let 𝑝 be a prime number and a be a positive integer, if 𝑝 divides 𝒂², then 𝑝
divides
(a) Assertion and reason are correct and reason is correct explanation for assertion
(b) Assertion and reason are correct but reason is not correct explanation for
Assertion
(c) Assertion is correct but reason is false
(d) Both Assertion and reason are false.
25. On a morning walk, three person’s steps off together and their steps measure 40
cm, 42 cm, and 45 cm respectively. What is the minimum distance each should walk,
so that each can cover the same distance in complete steps?
26. During a sale, colour pencils were being sold in the pack of 24 each and crayons
in the pack of 32 each. If you want full packs of both and the same number of pencils
and crayons, how many packets of each would you need to buy?
27. A street shopkeeper prepares 396 Gulab jamuns and 342 ras-gullas. He packs
them, in combination. Each containter consists of either gulab jamuns or ras- gullab
but have equal number of pieces. Find the number of pieces he should put in each
box so that number of boxes are least. How many boxes will be packed in all?
28. In seminar, the no. of participants in Hindi, English and Mathematics are 60, 84
and 108 respectively. Find the minimum number of rooms required if in each room
the same number of participants are to be seated and all of them being of the same
subject.
29. Prove that √𝒑 + √𝒒 is irrational, where 𝒑, 𝒒 are primes.

30. Prove that √𝟑 + √𝟓 is irrational