(PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES)

SECTION A
(CONCEPTUAL BASED MCQS)
1. If seven books and 5 pens cost Rs 410, whereas five books and seven pens cost Rs.334 then the cost ofthree
books and four pens would be
a) Rs.135 b) Rs.145 c) Rs.255 d) Rs.198

2. The pair of equations x = 2 and y = 3 graphically represents the lines which are
(a) Coincident (b) intersecting at (2, 3) (c) parallel (d) intersecting at (3, 2)

3. The pair of equations x+3y=12 and 2x +6y-24=0 represents:

a) Consistent system with unique solution b) Consistent system with infinite solution
c) Inconsistentsystem with unique solution d) Inconsistent system with no solution

4. The pair of linear equations which has unique solution as x=3 and y= -1 is
a) x – y=4 and 2x –y = 6 b) x+y= 2 and 2x +3y = 3
c) x-2y= 5 and 2x +3y= 9 d) x+2y = 1 and 2x +y =7

5. For what value of k, 2x+3y=4, (k+2) x+6y=3k+2 will have infinitely many solutions.
a) 1 b) 4 c) 5 d) 2

6. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:6. If 8 is subtracted from each of the numbers, the ratio becomes
4:5. Find the numbers
a) 45, 54 b) 40,48 c) 55,66 d) 50,60

7. Given the linear equation 4x +6y − 9 =0, another linear equation in two variables such that the
geometrical representation of the pair(s),so formed will be consistent is:
(i) 2x+3y – 9=0 (ii) 5x -6y – 9=0 (iii) 8x+12y -18=0 (iv) 12x+ 18y -18=0
a) Only (ii) and (iii) b) None of the above c) All the above d) Only (i) and (iv)

8. The graph of the pair of linear equation𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑎1 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑏𝑏1 𝑦𝑦 + 𝑐𝑐1 = 0, 𝑎𝑎2 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑏𝑏2 𝑦𝑦 + 𝑐𝑐2 = 0 will be
intersecting if
𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑐𝑐 𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑐𝑐
a) 1 = 1 b) 1 ≠ 1 c) 1 = 1 ≠ 1 d) 1 = 1 = 1
𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏2 𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏2 𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏2 𝑐𝑐2 𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏2 𝑐𝑐2

9. Solve 2𝑥𝑥 + 3𝑦𝑦 = 11and 2𝑥𝑥 − 4𝑦𝑦 = −24 and hence find the value of ‘m’ for such that 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 +
3.
a) -1 b) 1 c) 0 d) -2

10. The pair of equations 5𝑥𝑥 − 15𝑦𝑦 = 8 and 3𝑥𝑥 − 9𝑦𝑦 = 24 has
(a) One solution (b) two solutions (c) infinitely many solutions (d) no solution

11. If2x-3y=7 and (a +b)x - (a+b-3)y=4a+b have infinite solution, then value of(a, b) is
a) (-3,1) b) (-5,-1) c) (5,1) d) (3,-1)

12. The sides of a rectangle are 19 units,10 units, 2x - y and - x + 2y units as shown in the figure given below
then the values of x, y and x + y are:
 a) 16,13,29 b) 13,16,29 c) 10,19,29 d) 19,10,29

13. The cost of an article A is 10 % more than the cost of article B if their total cost is ₹441 then cost of
article A and B are
a) ₹210, ₹231 b) ₹231, ₹210 c) ₹ 221, ₹220 d) ₹220, ₹ 221

14. What type of straight lines will be represented by the system of equations 2x + 3y =5 and 4x + 6y =
7?
a) Always intersecting b) parallel c) coincident d) coincident or intersecting

15. Difference of the areas of two squares is 144 m2. If the difference of their perimeters is 32 m, then
the sides of the two squares is:
a) 12m and 13 m b) 13 m and 5 m c) 13m and 8 m d) 12 m and 8 m

16. If a pair of linear equations is consistent, then the graph of the lines will be
(a) Parallel (b) intersecting (c) intersecting or coincident d) always coincident

17. If the lines given by x + 2ky = 2 and 2x + 5y + 1 = 0 are parallel, then the value of k is:
−5 −2 5
a) b) c) d) 5
4 5 4

18. The solution for the given system 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑎𝑎 + 𝑏𝑏, 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 − 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 = 𝑎𝑎2 − 𝑏𝑏 2 is
1 1
a) 𝑥𝑥 = 2𝑎𝑎, 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑏𝑏 b) 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑎𝑎, 𝑦𝑦 = 2𝑏𝑏 c) 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑎𝑎, 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑏𝑏 d) 𝑥𝑥 = , 𝑦𝑦 =
𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏

𝑥𝑥 𝑦𝑦
19. The area of triangle formed by the line + = 1 with the coordinate axes is
𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏
1 1
a) 2ab b) ab c) ab d) ab
4 2

20. Sharat has ₹2 and ₹5 coins with him.If total number of coins are 16 and the amount of money
is ₹ 50, Then the number of ₹2 and ₹5 coins are
a) 8 and 8 b) 6 and 10 c) 10 and 6 d) 15 and 4

21. The pair of linear equations 𝑦𝑦 = 2 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝑦𝑦 = −3 has

a) Only one common solution b) no common solution
c) many common solutions d) none of the above

22. Which of the following pairs of linear equations are consistent?

a) x – y = 8, 3x – 3y = 16 b) x + y = 5, 2x + 2y = 15
c) 2x + y – 6 = 0, 4x – 2y – 4 = 0 d) 2x – 2y – 2 = 0, 4x – 4y – 5 = 0

23. The solution of the pair of linear equations x + 3y = 6 and 2x – 3y = 12

representedgraphically is
a) (6, 0) b) (0, 0) c) (0, 2) d) (0,-4)
Answers: -
1 (d) 2 (b) 3 (b) 4 (b) 5 (d) 6 (b) 7 (a)
8 (b) 9 (a) 10 (d) 11 (b) 12 (a) 13 (b) 14 (b)
15 (b) 16 (c) 17 (c) 18 (c) 19 (d) 20 (c) 21 (b)
22 (c) 23(a)

SECTION B
(CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS)

1. Arav planned a surprise for his grandparents, he and his family consisting of his father,
mother and his sister aged 10 years, planned to take his grandfather and grandmother who were
above 60 years to an amusement park. Arav who is 2 years older than his sister insisted on enjoying
family rides while his sister wanted to go for kids rides in the amusement park.The cost of ticket
and the cost of rides are given in table 1 and 2 respectively:

TABLE 1
Cost (onweek days) in₹ Cost (on weekends) in ₹
Adults 815 1025
Children 635 925
Seniorcitizen(above 60years) 500 600
TABLE 2
Cost of ride for each
Type of ride
member(in ₹)
Family rides z
Kids rides(only for children of age 13 years or less than 13) P

i. If x adults and y children went to park on Wednesday and they paid Rs 4985 for the tickets, the linear
equation would be:
a) 1025𝑥𝑥 + 925𝑦𝑦 = 4985 b) 500𝑥𝑥 + 600𝑦𝑦 = 4985
c) 815x + 635y = 4985 d) 635𝑥𝑥 + 925𝑦𝑦 = 4985

ii. Cost of kids ride is half the cost of family ride then the equation would be
a) z- 2p =0 b) p=2z c) z+2p=0 d) z=p

iii. If Arav and his sister took kids ride and remaining 4 members took family rides and they paid
₹500,the equation representing the situation is:
a) 4p+2z= 500 b) 2z = 4p+500 c) z-2p = 500 d) 4z+2p = 500
iv. If all 6 of them had taken up family rides then they would have paid ₹600 then what is the cost of a
family ride for each member
a) ₹200 b) ₹100 c) ₹50 d) cannot say

v. If the speed of family ride is 10 more than twice the speed of kids ride, the equation would be:
(taking speed of family ride as 𝑥𝑥 m/sec and kids ride as y m/sec)
a) 𝑥𝑥 = 10 + 2𝑦𝑦 b) 𝑦𝑦 = 10 + 2𝑥𝑥 c)𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 = 12 d) 4𝑦𝑦 − 4𝑥𝑥 = 12

2. Rahul is studying in X Standard. He is making a kite to fly it on a Sunday. Few questions came to
his mind while making the kite. Give answers to his questions by looking at the figure.

The length of the sides are AB = 20 cm, BC = X+Y,CD= 35 CM,AD = X+2Y

i. Based on the information given above which of the following pair of equations are correct:
a) 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 = 20 and 𝑥𝑥 + 2𝑦𝑦 = 35 b) 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 = 35 and 𝑥𝑥 + 2𝑦𝑦 = 20
c) 𝑥𝑥 = 𝑦𝑦 + 20 and 2𝑦𝑦 = 35 + 𝑥𝑥 d) 𝑥𝑥 = 35 + 𝑦𝑦 and 2𝑦𝑦 = 20 + 𝑥𝑥

ii. On solving the equations the value of y would be

a) 20 b) 15 c) 10 d) 5

iii. On drawing the graph of equation 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 = 20 which of the points given below will not lie on it
a) (-4,24) b) (0, -20) c) (20,0) d) (10,10)

iv. The graph of linear equation 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 = 20 will intercept y axis at

a) ( -4,24) b) (0, -20) c) (20,0) d) (0,20)

v. The area of triangle formed by the line 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 = 20 with x and y axis would be
a) Approximately 200 sq units b) Exactly 200 square units
c) Less than 200 square units d) More than 200 sq units

3. Ramani and her friend Rita are doing their post-graduation and they have to stay in a hostel
away from their home. At the hostel , part of monthly hostel charges are fixed and the remaining
depends on the mess charge. When Ramani takes food for 22 days from mess, she has to pay ₹ 2000
as hostel charges whereas Rita, who takes food for 30 days, from mess pays ₹ 2400 as hostel
charges.

i. Taking fixed monthly hostel charges as x and mess charge to be y per day the
equationalgebraically representing the amount paid by Ramani would be
a) 𝑥𝑥 + 22𝑦𝑦 = 2000 b) 𝑥𝑥 + 22𝑦𝑦 = 2400 c) 𝑥𝑥 + 30𝑦𝑦 = 2000 d) 𝑥𝑥 + 30𝑦𝑦 = 2400

ii. Taking fixed monthly hostel charges as x and mess charge to be y per day the equation
algebraically representing the amount paid by Rita would be
a) 𝑥𝑥 + 22𝑦𝑦 = 2000 b)𝑥𝑥 + 22𝑦𝑦 = 2400 c) 𝑥𝑥 + 30𝑦𝑦 = 2000 d) 𝑥𝑥 + 30𝑦𝑦 = 2400

iii. The amount of fixed monthly hostel charge to be paid is:

 a) ₹800 b) ₹700 c) ₹900 d) ₹65

iv. The fees one has to pay towards mess charges , if they take food at the hostel for 12 days would
be
a) ₹600 b) ₹1200 c) ₹900 d) ₹1000

v. The equation 2𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 = 100 has:

a) infinite solutions b) only one solution
c) (5, 95) is a solution of the equation d) (100, 0) is a solution of the equation

4. Places A and B are 56km apart on a highway. One car starts from A and another from B at
the same time. If the cars travel in the same direction at different speeds, they meet in 4 hours. If
they travel towards each other, they meet in one hour.

i. Taking the speed of car at A is x km/hr and that of car at B is y km/h. The equation that would
represent the situation algebraically (assume y>x) when the cars are travelling in opposite
direction
a) 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 = 56 b) 𝑥𝑥 − 𝑦𝑦 = 56 c)𝑥𝑥𝑥𝑥 = 56 d) 𝑦𝑦 − 𝑥𝑥 = 56

ii. Taking the speed of car at A is x km/hr and that of car at B is y km/hr.The equation that would
represent the situation algebraically (assume y>x) when the cars are travelling in samedirection
a) 4𝑥𝑥 + 4𝑦𝑦 = 56 b) 4𝑥𝑥 − 4𝑦𝑦 = 56 c) 𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 = 56 d) 4𝑦𝑦 − 4𝑥𝑥 = 56

iii. The speed of car at A is:

a) 21 km/h b) 35 km/h c) 56 km/h d) 15 km/h

iv. The( speed of car A+ Speed of car B) is:

a) 21 km/h b) 35 km/h c) 56 km/h d) 25 km/h

v. The graph of the equations obtained in (i) and (ii) would intersect at
a) (21, 35) b) (35, 21) c) (55, 35) d) (35,55)

5. The members of housing colony of fortune avenue took up the task of planting saplings in the parks
located in their venture it was informed that there are two possibilities
Case 1: 4 men and 6 boys can finish a piece of work in 5 days
Case 2: 3 men and 4 boys can finish it in 7 days.

i. Assuming that a man can complete the work alone in x days, his work in four days would be:
1 4
a) b) x c) d) 4x
𝑥𝑥 𝑥𝑥

ii. If a man alone takes x days to complete the work while a boy takes y days to complete the work. The
equation representing case 1 is given by:
4 6 6 4 1 6 4 4 6 1
a) + = 5 b) + = c) + = 5 d) + =
𝑥𝑥 𝑦𝑦 𝑥𝑥 𝑦𝑦 5 𝑥𝑥 𝑦𝑦 𝑥𝑥 𝑦𝑦 5

iii. As per the case study, In how many days can a man alone complete the work.
a) 35 days b) 70 days c) 50 days d) 100 days
3 4 1 1 1
iv. For the equation + = if is taken as a and is taken as b the equation would reduce to
𝑥𝑥 𝑦𝑦 7 𝑥𝑥 𝑦𝑦
a) 4b +3a = 1 b) 3a + 4b = 1 c) 21a + 28 b =1 d) 21 b + 28 a = 7
3 4 1
v. Identify among the following which is a solution of the equation + =
𝑥𝑥 𝑦𝑦 7
a) (24,56) b) (42,24) c) (42,56) d) (24,24)
6. Two students were playing with number cards one of the student observed that the sum of the two-digit
number he picked up and the number obtained by reversing the digits is 66. The digits of the number were found
to differ by 2.He asked his friend to answer the questions given below based on the clues he had given about the
number. His friend took the digit in tens place as x and the digit in ones place to be y, also he was told that 𝑥𝑥 > 𝑦𝑦

i. The sum digits would be represented by the equation

a) x + y = 6 b) x+6=y c) y +6+ x = 0 d) xy =6

ii. If 10 x + y is the original number what would be the reversed number

𝑥𝑥 𝑦𝑦
a) + 𝑦𝑦 b) 1y + 10 x c) x+10y d) x+
10 10

iii. The difference between the digits of the two digit number is two , the student wrote the following
equations :
(I) x – y= 2 (II) y – x=2 (III) x=2+y (IV) y= 2+x
Which of the following are true?

a) All the above equations are correct b) None of the equations above are correct
c) Only equations (I) and (III) are correct d) only equations (II) and (IV) are correct

iv. The original number on the number card picked by the student is
a) 24 b) 42 c) 44 d) 22

v. The sum of original and twice the reversed number is:

a) 66 b) 132 c) 90 d) 75

7. A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13 hours, it can go 40 km

upstream and 55 km down-stream. Determine the speed of the stream and that of the boat in still water.
Assuming the speed of boat to be x km/h and that of stream to be y km/h
Answer the questions below

i. The net speed of boat (in km/h) during upstream would be

𝑥𝑥
a) x – y b) x+y c) d) xy
𝑦𝑦

ii. The equation representing the first situation would be

30 44 44 30 30 44 40 55
a) + = 13 b) + = 10 c) + = 10 d) + = 10
𝑥𝑥−𝑦𝑦 𝑥𝑥+𝑦𝑦 𝑥𝑥−𝑦𝑦 𝑥𝑥+𝑦𝑦 𝑥𝑥−𝑦𝑦 𝑥𝑥+𝑦𝑦 𝑥𝑥−𝑦𝑦 𝑥𝑥+𝑦𝑦
iii. Which of the following statement is true?
a) Speed of boat is 3 km/h b) Speed of stream is 8 km/h
c) Speed of boat is 8 km/h d) Speed of boat + stream is 10km/h

iv. The graph of the equation 40u +55v =13 would be

a) Linear b) parabola c) line parallel to x axis d) line passing through origin

v. If the system of linear equations kx +2y =5 and 3x +y=1 has a unique solution then
3 2
a) 𝑘𝑘 ≠ b) 𝑘𝑘 = 6 c) 𝑘𝑘 ≠ 6 d) 𝑘𝑘 ≠
2 3

8. A student was observing Railway tracks at secunderabad railway station, these tracks represent a
pair of linear equations as shown below, based on the observation answer the questions given:

i. For the pair of linear equations shown in graph

𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑎𝑎 𝑏𝑏 𝑐𝑐 𝑎𝑎1 𝑏𝑏1 𝑐𝑐1
a) 1 = 1 b) 1 ≠ 1 c) 1 = 1 ≠ 1 d) = =
𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏2 𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏2 𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏2 𝑐𝑐2 𝑎𝑎2 𝑏𝑏2 𝑐𝑐2

ii. The equation 3x+ 2y = 6 intersects x axis at

a) (0,3) b) (3,0) c) (2,0) d) (0,2)

iii. If (-3,4) is a solution of the system of linear equations 8x+ ay=8

a) 10 b) 8 c) 2 d) 11

iv. The equation of first track is 3x +2y =12, if this is found to intersect another track at certain point
which of the following cannot be the equation of the other track
a) 4y +6x = 24 b) 2x+4y =24 c) 12x+8y=12 d) 9x + 8y = 48

v. The vertices of the triangle formed by the equation 3x+ 2y = 12 with the x and y axis:
a) (0,0) (0,4)(6,0) b) (0,0) (0,6) (4,0) (c) (0,0) (2,0)(0,3) (d) (0,0) (3,0)(0,2)

Answers: -
1 (i) (c) 1 (ii) (a) 1 (iii) (d) 1 (iv) (b) 1 (v) (a) 2 (i)(a) 2 (ii) (b)
2 (iii) (b) 2 (iv) (d) 2 (v) (b) 3 (i)(a) 3 (ii) (d) 3 (iii) (c) 3 (iv) (a)
3 (v) (a) 4 (i) (a) 4 (ii) (d) 4 (iii)(a) 4 (iv)(c) 4 (v) (b) 5 (i) (c)
5 (ii) (d) 5 (iii) (a) 5 (iv) (c) 5 (v) (c) 6 (i)(a) 6 (ii) (c) 6 (iii) (c)
6 (iv) (b) 6 (v) (c) 7 (i) (a) 7 (ii) (c) 7 (iii) (c) 7 (iv) (a) 7 (v) (c)
8 (i) (c) 8 (ii) (c) 8 (iii) (a) 8 (iv) (c) 8 (v) (b)