CHAPTER 03

LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS MAX. MARKS : 40

CLASS : X DURATION : 1½ hrs
General Instructions:
(i). All questions are compulsory.
(ii). This question paper contains 20 questions divided into five Sections A, B, C, D and E.
(iii). Section A comprises of 10 MCQs of 1 mark each. Section B comprises of 4 questions of 2 marks
each. Section C comprises of 3 questions of 3 marks each. Section D comprises of 1 question of 5
marks each and Section E comprises of 2 Case Study Based Questions of 4 marks each.
(iv). There is no overall choice.
(v). Use of Calculators is not permitted

SECTION – A
Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each.

1. Two lines are given to be parallel. The equation of one of the lines is 3x – 2y = 5. The equation
of the second line can be
(a) 9x + 8y = 7 (b) –12x – 8y = 7 (c) –12x + 8y = 7 (d) 12x + 8y = 7

2. What is the value of k such that the following pair of equations have infinitely many solutions?
x – 2y = 3 and – 3x + ky = – 9.
(a) (–6) (b) –3 (c) 3 (d) 6

3. The pair of linear equations (3/2)x + (5/3)y = 7 and 9x + 10y = 14 is

(a) consistent (b) inconsistent
(c) consistent with one solution (d) consistent with many solutions

4. If the system of equations 3x + y = 1 and (2k – 1)x +(k – 1)y = 2k + 1 is inconsistent, then k =
(a) –1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2

5. The values of x and y satisfying the two equations 32x + 33y = 34, 33x + 32y = 31 respectively
are
(a) –1, 2 (b) –1, 4 (c) 1, –2 (d) –1, –4

6. What is the value of q if p/2 + 3q = 6 and 2p – 2q = 10?

(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 16

7. If the lines given by 3x + 2ky = 2 and 2x + 5y + 1 = 0 are parallel, then the value of k is
(a) −5/4 (b) 2/5 (c) 15/4 (d) 3/2

8. The pair of equations ax + 2y = 9 and 3x + by = 18 represent parallel lines, where a, b are

integers, if :
(a) a = b (b) 3a = 2b (c) 2a = 3b (d) ab = 6

In the following questions 9 and 10, a statement of assertion (A) is followed by a statement of reason
(R). Mark the correct choice as:
(a) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(b) Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true but reason (R) is not the correct explanation of assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but reason (R) is true.

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9. Assertion (A): If the pair of linear equations 3x + y = 3 and 6x + ky = 8 does not have a
solution, then the value of k = 2.
Reason (R): If the pair of linear equations x + y – 4 = 0 and 2x + ky = 3 does not have a
solution, then the value of k = 2.

10. Assertion (A): If the equation 3x – y + 8 = 0 and 6x – ky = –16 represent coincident lines, then
the value of k = 2.
Reason (R): If the lines given by 3x + 2ky = 2 and 2x + 5y + 1 = 0 are parallel, then the value of
k is 15.

SECTION – B
Questions 11 to 14 carry 2 marks each.
11. For what value of k, will the following pair of equations have infinitely many solutions:
2x + 3y = 7 and (k + 2)x – 3 (1 – k)y = 5k + 1

12. If 49x + 51y = 499, 51x + 49y = 501, then find the value of x and y.

13. If x = a and y = b is the solution of the pair of equations x – y= 2 and x + y = 4, find the values of
a and b.

14. The age of the father is twice the sum of the ages of his two children. After 20 years, his age will
be equal to the sum of the ages of the children. Find the age of the father.

SECTION – C
Questions 15 to 17 carry 3 marks each.
15. In the figure, ABCDE is a pentagon with BE||CD and BC||DE. BC is perpendicular to CD.
AE = AB = 5 cm, BE = 7 cm, BC = x – y and CD = x + y. If the perimeter of ABCDE is 27 cm.
find the value of x and y, given x, y ≠ 0.

16. A fraction becomes 1/3 when 2 is subtracted from the numerator and it becomes 1/2 when 1 is
subtracted from the denominator Find the fraction.

y 
17. If 2x + y = 23 and 4x – y = 19, find the value of (5y – 2x) and   2 
x 

SECTION – D
Questions 18 carry 5 marks.
18. Determine graphically the co-ordinates of the vertices of triangle, the equations of whose sides
are given by 2y – x = 8, 5y – x = 14 and y – 2x = 1.

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 SECTION – E (Case Study Based Questions)
Questions 19 to 20 carry 4 marks each.
19. A book store shopkeeper gives books on rent for reading. He has variety of books in his store
related to fiction, stories and quizzes etc. He takes a fixed charge for the first two days and an
additional charge for subsequent days. Amruta paid ` 22 for a book and kept for 6 days; while
Radhika paid `16 for keeping the book for 4 days.

Assume that the fixed charge be ` x and additional charge (per day) be ` y.
(a) Represent the situation of amount paid by Radhika and Amruta algebraically.
(b) What are the fixed charges for a book and the additional charges for each subsequent day for
a book?
(c) What is the total amount paid by both, if both of them have kept the book for 2 more days?

20. Two friends purchased the same company car and same green colour. They are travelling in
separate car which starts at place A and other car at place B. Place A and B are 100 km apart on
a highway. One car starts from A and another from B at the same time.
Situation 1: If the cars travel in the same direction at different speeds, they meet in 5 hours.
Situation 1: If they travel towards each other, they meet in 1 hour.

(a) Assuming that the speed of first car and second car be x km/h and y km/h respectively, find
the pair of linear equations representing the situations.
(b) What is the speed of car starts at A and speed of car starts at B?

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