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EXERCISE 01
SECTION -A (FIXED RESPONSE TYPE)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which one is perfect square :
(A) 356 (B) 225 (C) 146 (D) 1064

2. The square of 64 is :
(A) 4026 (B) 4096 (C) 4076 (D) 4086

3. The value of (501)2 – (500)2 is :

(A) 1 (B) 101 (C) 1001 (D) None of these

4. The value of 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + .............+ 25 is :

(A) 196 (B) 625 (C) 225 (D) 169

5. If a square number ends in 6, the preceding number is :

(A) An even number (B) An odd number (C) A prime number (D) A composite number

6. The least number which must be subtracted from 2509 to make it a perfect square is :
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 14

7. The least perfect square which is divisible by 2, 4, and 6 is :

(A) 36 (B) 64 (C) 16 (D) 144

8. The value of 0.25 is :

(A) 0.5 (B) 0.6 (C) 0.9 (D) 0.4

9. Evaluate : 41  21  19  9 .
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 6.4

16 n
10. If = , then n =
49 49
(A) 4 (B) 7 (C) 16 (D) 28

27 x
11. If 1 =1+ , then x =
169 13
(A) 1 (B) 14
(C) Cannot be determined (D) None

12. A four digit square number whose first two digits and last two digits taken respectively are
also perfect square numbers is :
(A) 1681 (B) 1636 (C) 3664 (D) 6481

 225 25  16
13. Simplify :    .
 729 144  81
1 5 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
48 48 16
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14. If m is a perfect square number, then the next immediate square number is :
(A) m + 5 (B) m + 2 m + 1 (C) m2 + 2m (D) None of these
15. There are 540 students in a school. For a P.T drill, they have to stand in such a manner
that the number of rows is equal to number of Columns. How many minimum number of
students would be left out in this arrangements.
(A) 22 Students (B) 11 Students (C) 40 Students (D) 29 Students
16. The suare root of a perfect square containing n digits has ............ digits.
n 1
(A) (B) n/2 (C) A or B (D) None
2
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1. _____ is the least number which should be subtracted from 1029 to make it a perfect
square.

2. 6, 8 and ______ are pythagorean triplet.

3. ______ is the least perfect square number.

4. ______is the sum of first 10 perfect squares.

5. The number of zeroes at end of a perfect square is always __________.

6. Square root of 14641 is ______.

7. Squar root of 390625 is ______.

25 x
8. If is , then x is ______.
81 10

9. The square root of an even number is _______ and square root of an odd number is _____

TRUE / FALSE
1. 3, 4, 5 are pythagorean triplet

2. 9 is a perfect square.

3. 80 is a perfect square.

4. A perfect square is always a even number.

5. Square root of 21 is 4.5825.

6. A perfect square number can also be a prime number.

7. ab = a × b

8. Square root of 1.5625 is 1.25.

9. Square root of negative number is real number.

10. Square root of any positive number is always integer.

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MATCH THE COLUMN

1. Match the squares in column –I with their square roots in column–II.
Column – I Column – II
(A) 841 (p) 19
(B) 361 (q) 17
(C) 64 (r) 18
(D) 289 (s) 29
(E) 324 (t) 8

2. Match the least value, that should be subtracted from the values of column–I, to make
them a perfect square, with the values in column–II.
Column – I Column – II
(A) 229 (p) 5
(B) 103 (q) 6
(C) 448 (r) 4
(D) 329 (s) 3
(E) 87 (t) 7
(F) 129 (u) 8

3. Column – I Column – II

(A) Units digit of 362 (p) 1

(B) Number of first consecutive (q) 3

odd natural numbers whose
sum is 64

(C) Unit digit of the square 89 (r) 6

(D) Non-perfect square

numbers between 52 and 62 (s) 8

(E) Number of digits in the square (t) 10

root of a 5-digit square number

SECTION -B (FREE RESPONSE TYPE)

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE
1. Is 53361 a perfect square ?

2. Find the square of 121 by diagonal method.

3. Find the square of 37 using column method.

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4. Without actual adding find the sum of

(a) 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 (b) 15 + 17 + 19 + 21 + 23 + 25

5. Find the smallest number by which 252 must be multiplied to get a perfect square. Also find
the square root of the perfect square so obtained.

6. Find the smallest number by which 108 must be divided to get a perfect square. Also find
the square root of the perfect square so obtained.

SHORT ANSWER TYPE

7. Find Pythagorean triplet one of whose numbers is :

(a) 10 (b) 14

x
8. Find x. If = 2 1 .
5
1 1
9. If x + = 2, then find x2 + 2 .
x x

10. Find the square root of 0.00088804.

11. A general, wishing to arrange his 120419 men in the form of a square, found that he had
10 extra men, find the number of men in the front row.

12. The products of two numbers is 1296. If one number is 16 times the other, find the
numbers.

13. There are 1521 students in a school. P.T teacher wants them to stand in rows and columns
such that the number of rows is equal to the number of columns. Find the number of rows.

14. Find the least number that must be subtracted from 5607 so as to get a perfect square.
Also find the square root of the perfect square.

LONG ANSWER TYPE

15. Write each of the following as the difference of the squares of consecutive natural
numbers:
(a) 23 (b) 15

2
16. Find the square root of up to 3 decimal places.
3

a
17. If 0.04  0.4  a  0.004  4  b , then find the value of .
b
18. Find the least four digit number which is a perfect square.

19. The area of a square field is 60025 m2. A man cycles along its boundary at 18 km/h. In how
much time will he return to the starting point.

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EXERCISE 02
SECTION -A (COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION QUESTION)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Given 5 = 2.236 the value of 45 + 605 – 245 correct to 3 decimal places is :

(A) 15.652 (B) 11.180 (C) 18.652 (D) 16.652

2. If x  y = x 2  y 2 , the value of (1 2 2) (1 2 2) is :

(A) –7 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 9

3. If A and B are real numbers and A2 + B2 = 0, then :

(A) A > 0, B < 0 (B) A < 0, B > 0 (C) A = 0 = B (D) A = – B

1  2  3  .......  12  11  10  ....  2  1
4. .=
1  2  ....  6  5  ....  2  1
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6

5. The value of 214  130  88  44  25 :

(A) 14 (B) 15 (C) 16 (D) 17

1 1 1 1 1 1
6. The value of 1  [1  1  (1  1  1 )] is :
2 2 2 2 2 4
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
2 4 16 5

7. The sum of the squares of two number is 3341 and the difference of their squares is 891.
The two numbers are :
(A) 46, 35 (B) 45, 36 (C) 36, 15 (D) 46, 36

1
8. If (12 +22 +32 +42 +52)2 = , then P is :
P
1 1
(A) (B) 3125 (C) (D) 3025
3125 3025

9. Physical Instructor wants to arrange boys in rows to form a perfect square. He finds that in
doing so, 25 boys are left out. If the total number of boys is 1250 then find the number of
boys in each row is :
(A) 25 (B) 125 (C) 45 (D) 35

10. The number of value of n for which 10n +8 is a perfect square where n is any natural
number
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) infinite values

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SECTION -B (TECHIE STUFF)

11. The rationalising factor of 5  2 6 is

(A) 2 6  5 (B) 6  10 (C) 6  2 5 (D) 5  2 6

3 2
12. If 5 = 2.236 and 2 = 1.414, then find + =?
5 2 5 2
(A) 2.2653 (B) 2.2553 (C) 3.2653 (D) 3.2553

3 3
13. The number is
3 3
(A) rational (B) irrational (C) both (D) can’t say

EXERCISE 03
SECTION -A (PREVIOUS YEAR EXAMINATION QUESTIONS)

1 x
1. If x  = 3 then 2 is [Aryabhatta – 2002
x x 1
1 1
(A) 9 (B) (C) 13 (D)
3 13

2. 5  10  x = 3, then the value of x is [Aryabhatta - 2006]

(A) 49 (B) 36 (C) 16 (D) 25

x2  1 1 4
3. If = , then 4x2 + 2 is [Aryabhatta - 2007]
x 2 x
(A) – 7 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) – 9

4. 7 7 7 7 7 7 is equal to [Aryabhatta - 2007]

(A) 0 (B) 7 (C) 7 63/64
(D) 731/32

5. Between which two consecutive whole number 1,000 lies? (IMO 2010)
(A) 29 and 30 (B) 30 and 31 (C) 31 and 32 (D) 32 and 33

6. The Wright brothers had their first successful flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Mr.
Satish finds it easy to remember the year in which the flight occurred because the number
3,621,502 , the square root of his telephone number is nearest to a whole number. In
which year did the flight occur? (IMO 2010)
(A) 1902 (B) 1903 (C) 1904 (D) 1905

7. Which of the following is a pythagorean triplet ? [NSTSE 2011]

(A) 16, 18, 20 (B) 1, 2, 3 (C) 30, 40, 50 (D) 50, 51, 52

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8. Mehul plants 15376 apple trees in his garden and arranges them so that there are as many
rows as there are apple trees in each row. The number of rows is. (IMO 2011)
(A) 124 (B) 126 (C) 134 (D) 144

9. The square of which number below will contain the first nine natural numbers
[NSTSE 2012]
(A) 1111111 (B) 11111111 (C) 111111111 (D) 1111111111

10. Which of the following describes a square root of 41? (IMO 2012)
(A) Between 5 and 6 (B) Between 6 and 7
(C) Between 20 and 21 (D) Between 40 and 42

11. Garima wants to plant 50625 roses and arranges them in such a way that there are as
many rows as there are roses in a row. The number of roses in a row are ________.
(IMO 2012)
(A) 365 (B) 165 (C) 625 (D) 225

    3  2 2 8  5 
12. Identify the value of the given expression         [NSTSE - 2013]
    4  5  9  16 

1 1
(A) (B) 10 (C) 4 (D)
2 2 5

13. If k = 49 – 12 5 , then find the value of k + 2. [IOM 2017]

(A) 2  3 3 (B) 3 5 (C) 5 2 (D) 2 7

14. Which one among the following is a perfect square ? [IOM 2017]
(A) 343396 (B) 300302 (C) 407043 (D) 427718

15. Find the square root of a five digit number 49abc where a, b and c are non-zero digits such
that b = a3 = 2c [IOM 2019]
(A) 202 (B) 122 (C) 222 (D) 242

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EXERCISE 01
SECTION -A (FIXED RESPONSE TYPE)
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Ans. B B C D B B A A B D A A C B B C

FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. 5 2. 10 3. 1 4. 385 5. Even
50
6. 121 7. 625 8. 9. Even, Odd
9
TRUE / FALSE
1. True 2. True 3. False 4. False 5. True
6. False 7. True 8. True 9. False 10. False

MATCH THE COLUMN

1. (A) – s, (B) – p, (C) – t, (D) – q, (E) – r
2. (A) – r, (B) – s, (C) – t, (D) – p, (E) – q, (F)–u
3. (A) – r, (B) – s, (C) – p, (D) – t, (E) – q

SECTION -B (FREE RESPONSE TYPE)

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE
1. Yes 2. 14641 3. 1369
4. (a) 49 (b) 120 5. 7, 42 6. 3,6
SHORT ANSWER TYPE
7. (a) (6, 8, 10) (10, 24, 26) (b) (14, 48, 50) 8. 15 + 10 3 9. 2

10. 0.0298 11. 347 12. 144, 9 13. 39

14. 131, 74

LONG ANSWER TYPE

15. (a) 122 – 112 (b) 82– 72 16. 0.816 17. 16  10–3

18. 1024 19. 3 min. 16 sec.

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EXERCISE 02
SECTION -A (COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION QUESTION)
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Ans. A D C C B A B C D A D D B

EXERCISE 03
SECTION -A (PREVIOUS YEAR EXAMINATION QUESTIONS)

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. B B C C C B C A C B D C B A C

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