9 SIMPLIFICATION

PRACTICE SHEET 1
1. The value of (c) 3 (d) 2
(0.03)  (0.21)   0.065
2 2 2

11. Which smallest number must be added to

(0.003)2  (0.021)2   0.0065
2
2203 so that we get a perfect square?
(1) 0.1 (2) 10 (a) 1 (b) 3
(3) 102 (4) 103 (c) 6 (d) 8

2. The sum of 12. The number of perfect square numbers

0.01  0.81  1.21  0.0009 is between 50 and 1000 is
(1) 2.1 (2) 2.13 (a) 21 (b) 22
(3) 2.03 (4) 2.11 (c) 23 (d) 24

(6.1)2  (61.1)2   611.1

2 13. The smallest number which should be added
3. The value of
to the number 8958 so that the result is a
(0.61)  (6.11)   61.11
2 2 2

perfect square is
(1) 0.1 (2) 1.1 (a) 69 (b) 67
(3) 10 (4) 100 (c) 77 (d) 79

4. The value of 5  11  19  29  49 is 14. The largest number of five digits, which is a

(1) 3 (2) 9 perfect square is
(a) 99999 (b) 99976
(3) 7 (4) 5
(c) 99856 (d) 99764

5. 0.081 0.484 is equal to

15. How many perfect squares lie between 120
0.0064  6.25 and 300 ?
(1) 9 (2) 0.9 (a) 5 (b) 6
(3) 99 (4) 0.99 (c) 7 (d) 8

6. The simplified value of 900  0.09  0.000009 16. The smallest number that must be
is subtracted from 1000 to make the resulting
(1) 30.27 (2) 30.297 number a perfect square is
(3) 30.097 (4) 30.197 (a) 37 (b) 38
(c) 39 (d) 40
7. Which of the following is not a perfect
square
17. 42  42  42  .......... =
(1) 678976 (2) 157609
(3) 536582 (4) 419904 (a) 7 (b) 6
(c) 8 (d) 9
8. The smallest 4-digit number, which is a
perfect square, is 18. 56  56  56  .......... =
(1) 1009 (2) 1016 (a) 7 (b) 6
(3) 1024 (4) 1025 (c) 8 (d) 9
9. The smallest number added to 680621 to
make the sum a perfect square is : 19. 9 9 9 9........ =
(1) 4 (2) 5 (a) 7 (b) 6
(3) 6 (4) 8 (c) 8 (d) 9

10. The smallest positive integer, when

multiplied by 392, the product is a perfect 20. 2  2  2  2  ........ =
square, is (a) 0 (b) 1
(a) 6 (b) 5

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 (c) 2 (d) 3 (3) 7 (4) 5

21. What number must be added to the 26. Which of the following is true?
expression 16a2 –12a to make it a perfect (1) √5 + √3 >√ 6 + √2
square? (2) √5 + √3 <√ 6 + √2
(1) 9/4 (2) 11/2 (3) √5 + √3 = √6 + √2
(3) 13/2 (4) 16 (4) (√5 + √3 ) (√ 6 + √2 ) = 1
22. What value should come in place of x in
9 1 27. If 5416 * 6 is a perfect square, then the digit
x4 x4 at * is :
 (1) 9 (2) 4
324 9 (3) 6 (4) 5
(a) 27 (b) 362
(c) 6 (d) 36
28. 4(10 + 15 ÷ 5 × 4 − 2 × 2 ) =
(a) 56 (b) 24
23. One-third of the square root of which
(c) 48 (d) 72
number is 0.001?
(1) 0.0009 (2) 0.000001
29. The sum of squares of three positive integers
(3) 0.00009 (4) None of the
is 323. If the sum of squares of two numbers
above
is twice the third, their product is
(1) 255 (2) 260
24. 7  48 = (3) 265 (4) 270
(a) 4 + √2 (b) 2 + √3
(c) 3 − √2 (d) 4 − √2 30. The difference between two numbers is 9
and the difference between their squares is
25. If the sum of the squares of three consecutive 207. The numbers are:
natural numbers is 110, then the smallest of (1) 17 and 8 (2) 16 and 7
these natural numbers is: (3) 15 and 6 (4) 23 and 14
(1) 8 (2) 6

ANSWER KEY
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (d)
11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (c) 15. (c) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (c)
21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (d) 29. (a) 30. (b)

PRACTICE SHEET 2
1 7 is (c) 5/12 (d) 3/5
1. If x = 1  then the value of 2 x 
1 4
1 3. If 2 = x + 1 , then the value of x is
1
1 1
1 1
1 3
1
2 4
(1) 3 (2) 4
(a) 18/17 (b) 21/17
(3) 5 (4) 6
(c) 13/17 (d) 12/17
2. The simplification of 5 gives
4. Simplify 4 1
3 1  (10  2)
3 2
3 2
2
1 1
3 5
2
(a) 5 (b) 5/3

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 (a) 1 (b) 0 (a) 5/11 (b) 10/11
(c) - 15/2 (d) - 1/2 (c) 6/11 (d) 3/11

5. The value of 1  a is 14. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =

1 15 35 63 99 143
1 (a) 6/39 (b) 10/39
a
1 (c) 5/39 (d) 4/39
1 a
(a) a (b) 1 - a 15. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =
(c) 1 (d) 0 6 12 20 30 42 56
(a) 3/8 (b) 5/8
6. Simplify: (c) 7/8 (d) 1/8
1  1  1 1  1 1 1  
8  3  1  1     16. (16)0.16 × (16)0.04 × (2)0.2 is equal to :
2  4  4 2  2 3 6  
(1) 1 (2) 2
(a) 4
1 (b) 4
1 (3) 4 (4) 16
2 6
1 2 17. The square root of 14 + 6√5 is
(c) 9 (d) (1) 2 + √5 (2) 3 + √5
2 9
(3) 5 + √3 (4) 3 + 2√5
7. The value of 0.008 × 0.01 × 0.072 ÷ (0.12 ×
0.0004) is:
(1) 1.2 (2) 0.12
18.
 2  7  2 10  is equal to
(3) 0.012 (4) 1.02 (a) √2 (b) √7
(c) √5 (d) 2√5
8. The value of 2 × 3 is
4
3 5 ÷ 2 of1 1 19. Which of the following is largest 3
4, 6,
6 3 4 6
15 , 12
245
(a) 2 (b) 1 4
(c) 1/2 (d) 2/3 (a) 43
(b) 6
(c) 15
6
(d) 12
245
9. 9  1 2 of 3 3  5 1 of 7 is equal to
9 11 7 9
20. The value of 1 1 1
(a) 8 (b) 9 + +
2 +1 3+ 2 4+ 3
3 1 1 1 1 1
(c) 7 (d) + + + +
4 5+ 4 6+ 5 7+ 6 8+ 7 9+ 8
(a) 0 (b) 1
10. The value of 1 ÷ [1 + 1 ÷ {1 + 1 ÷ (1 + 1 ÷ 2)}] (c) 2 (d) 3
is
(1) 1 (2) 5/8 21. What is the square root of 9  2 14 ?
(3) 2 (4) 1/2
(1) 1  2 2 (2) 3 6
11. 1  1  1  1  1  1 =
(3) 2 7 (4) 2 5
2 6 12 20 30 42
(a) 5/7 (b) 6/7 22. The sum of the square of a number and the
(c) 2/7 (d) 1 square of the reciprocal of the number is
thrice the difference of the square of the
1 1 1 1 1 1 = number and the square of the reciprocal of
12.      the number. What is the number?
12 20 30 42 56 72
(1) 1 (2) (2)1/4
(a) 2/9 (b) 4/9
(3) (3) 1/3 (4) (4)1/4
(c) 3/4 (d) 5/9
23. What is/are the real value(s) of
13. 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = (256)0.16 ×(16)0.18 ?
1.3 3.5 5.7 7.9 9.11

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 (1) Only – 4 (2) Only 4
(3) 4, – 4 (4) 2, – 2 27. What is the value of
√7.84 + √0.0784 + √0.000784 +
5041 is rational √0.00000784?
24. Assertion (A): (1) 3.08 (2) 3.108
6889
(3) 3.1008 (d) 3.1108
Reason (R): The square root of a rational
number is always rational. 28. What is the value of
(1) A and R are correct and R is correct 1 1 1
explanation of A  +........+
1+ 2 2+ 3 15 + 16
(2) A and R are correct but R is not correct
explanation of A (1) 0 (2) 1
(3) A is correct but R is wrong (3) 2 (4) 3
(4) A is wrong but R is correct
29. If 27×(81)2n+3 - 3m = 0 , then what is m equal
25. What is the square of (2 + √2) ? to?
(1) A rational number (1) 2n + 5 (2) 5n + 6
(2) An irrational number (3) 8n + 3 (4) 8n + 15
(3) A natural number
(4) A whole number 30. The number √0.0001 is
(a) a rational number less than 0.01
26. If (ab−1)2x−1 = (ba−1)x−2 then find the value of x (b) a rational number
(1) 1 (2) 2 (c) an irrational number
(3) 3 (4) 4 (d)neither a rational number nor an irrational
number

ANSWER KEY
1. (3) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (4) 6. (2) 7. (2) 8. (1) 9. (1) 10. (2)
11. (2) 12. (1) 13. (1) 14. (3) 15. (1) 16. (2) 17. (2) 18. (3) 19. (1) 20. (3)
21. (3) 22. (2) 23. (2) 24. (3) 25. (2) 26. (1) 27. (4) 28. (4) 29. (4) 30. (2)

CDS PYQ
1. What is the value of 6  6  6  ..........
[CDS 2013(I)] 4. If x  6  6  6  6  .......... , then what is one
2

(a) 2 (b) 3 of the values of x equal to

(c) 3.5 (d) 4 [CDS 2013(II)]
(a) 6 (b) 5
2. If 16×8n+2 = 2m, then m is equal to (c) 4 (d) 3
[CDS 2013(I)]
(a) n + 8 (b) 2n + 10 5. Which is the smallest number among the
(c) 3n + 2 (d) 3n + 10 following?
[CDS 2013(II)]
2

    
2
(a)  5  (b)  5 
2 2
3. The expression     gives
2 2 2 2

 2  
2 2
[CDS 2013(I)]
(c)  2  

(d)  2  
5 2 5 2

(a) a natural number   

(b) an integer and not a natural number
(c) a rational number but not an integer 6. Consider the following in respect of the
(d) a real number but not a rational number numbers 2 , 3 3 , 6 6

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 1. 6 6 is the greatest number
2. 2 is the smallest number 13. What is
Which one of the above statements is/are 1 1 1 1 1 1
1  2  2  1  2  2  ....  ...... 1  
correct ? 1 2 2 3 2
2007 20082
[CDS 2014(I)] [CDS 2016(II)]
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 1 1
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (a) 2008  (b) 2007 
2008 2007
(c) 2007 
1 (d) 2008 
1
7. What is the value of
5  10
2008 2009
5 5  2 20  32  50
equal to 1
[CDS 2015(I)] 14. If x + 1
=2, then what is x equal to?
(a) 5 (b) 5√2 1
(c) 5√5 (d) √5 1
2
3
1 1 [CDS 2016 (II)]
8. If x = √3 + √2 , then the value of x 3  x   3 7 13
x x (a) (b)
is 10 10
[CDS 2015(II)] 11 17
(c) (d)
(a) 10√3 (b) 20√3 10 10
(c) 10√2 (d) 20√2

9. Which one of the following is correct? 15. What is 0.064  6.25 equal to?
[CDS 2015(II)] 0.081 4.84
[CDS 2017(I)]
(a) 2  4 6  3 4 (b) 2  4 6  3 4
(a) 10/99 (b) 100/99
(c) 4 6  2  3 4 (d) 4 6  2  3 4 (c) 9 (d) 99

10. The sum of first 47 terms of series 12 is?

16. What is the value of 3 4
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
        ....... is 125
4 5 6 4 5 6 4 5 6 [CDS 2017(II)]
[CDS 2015(II)] 3 2
(a) 1 (b) 1
(a) 0 (b) 
1 5 5
6 4 2
(c) 1 (d) 2
(c)
1 (b)
9 5 5
6 20
17. Consider the following numbers :
1 1 1 1 1. 2222 2. 11664
11. The value of    ....... :
1 4 4  7 7 10 16 19 3. 343343 4. 220347
[CDS 2015 (II)] Which of the above are not perfect squares?
5 6 [CDS 2017(II)]
(a) (b) (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4
19 19 (c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 3 and 4
8 9
(c) (d)
19 19 18. The smallest integer with 4 digits which is a
perfect square is
[CDS 2018(I)]
6  7  8  9  10 is equal to ?
2 2 2 2 2 (a) 1000
12. What is (b) 1024
74 3  42 3 (c) 1089
[CDS 2016(II)] (d) None of the above
(a) 330 (b) 340
(c) 355 (d) 366
19. What is the value of 5  3  5  3 ?
5 3 5 3

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 x?
(a) −2√15 (b) 2√15 6
7
(c) √15 (d) −√15 3
7
5 x
20. What is the value of 2+ 2  2  2  ..... [CDS 2021(I)]
(a) 4 (b) 3
[CDS 2019(I)]
(c) 2 (d) 1
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
29. What is the square root of 15−4√14 ?
[CDS 2021(I)]
21. What is the square root of 16 + 6√7 ?
(a) 2√2 −√7 (b) 3√2 −2√17
[CDS 2019(II)]
(c) √15 −√7 (d) √5 −√3
(a) 4 +√7 (b) 4−√7
(c) 3 + √7 (d) 3−√7
30. What is the square root of 23–4√15?
[CDS 2021(II)]
22. If a  7  4 3 , then what is the value of a  1 (a)√6 − 3√2 (b)7–3√5
a
[CDS 2019(II)] (c) √3 − 2√5 (d) √5 − 4√3
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 7 1 1 1
31. What is   + … +
1 2 2 3 3 4
23. What is 1

1 ? 1
a mn  1 a n m  1 equal to?
[CDS 2020(I)] 2020  2021
(a) 1 (b) −1 [CDS 2022(I)]
(c) 0 (d) 2am−n (a) 2020  1 (b) 2021  1
(c) 2020  2021  1 (d) 2021  1
24. If x = 2 , y = 3 3 and z = 6 6 then which one
the following is correct ? 32. What is the smallest natural number from
[CDS 2020(I)] the following which must be subtracted from
(a) y < x < z (b) z < x < y 9410 to make the remaining number a
(c) z < y < x (d) x < y < z perfect square?
25. What is the value of [CDS 2022(I)]
1 1 1 (a) 4 (b) 3
 +........+
1+ 2 2+ 3 99 + 100 (c) 2 (d) 1
[CDS 2020(II)]
(1) 1 (2) 5 33. What is the value of the following?
(3) 9 (4) 10 1 1 1 1 1
   
5 4  4 5 6 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 8 7 7 8 9 8 8 9
26. If x m = 14 x x x , then what is the value of
m? 1 1
[CDS 2020(II)] + 
(a) 1/8 (b) 1/4 8 7 7 8 9 8 8 9
(c) 3/4 (d) 7/4 [CDS 2022(I)]
1 1
(a) (b)
27. 1  1  1  .......... 1 
99 then 6 2
1 2 2  3 3  4 n(n  1) 100 1
(c) 1 (d)
what is the value of n ? 6
[CDS 2021(I)]
(a) 98 (b) 99
(c) 100 (d) 101 34. If x2 – 20 = 20  20  20  20  ....infinite terms,
then what is x equal to?
28. For what integral value of x is [CDS 2022 (II)]
(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) √5 (d) 2√5

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 then what is the value of a × b × c × d × e?
35. If x = 4 4 4 4..... , then what is the value of [CDS – 2024 (1)]
x? (a) 720 (b) 480
[CDS – 2023 (1)] (c) 360 (d) 60
(a) 2 (b) 4 39.
(c) 8 (d) 16 1
If x =
3
2
36. If the positive square root of (5 + 3 2) (5 – 3 5
4
2) is , then what is the positive square root 7
6
of 8 + 2? 9
[CDS – 2023 (1)] 8
10
(a) 2 + 3 (b) 3 – 2 then which one of the following is correct ?
(c) 7 – 1 (d) 7 + 1 [CDS – 2024 (1)]
(a) 0 < x < 0.5 (b) x = 0.5
37. What is 3
 2
5
 2
7
 ......... equal (c) 0.5 < x < 1.0 (d) x > 1.0
1 222
2 3 2
3  42
to? 40. What is
[CDS – 2024 (1)] 1 1 1 1
(a) 1 (b) 4    .......... ..
10  9 11  10 12  11 196  195
(c) 7 (d) 9 equal to
[CDS – 2024 (2)]
38. If (a) 17 (b)14
1 421
 (c) 11 (d) 10
2 972
a
1 41. What is the square root of 64%?
b
1 [CDS – 2024 (2)]
c
d
1 (a) 0.08% (b) 0.8%
e (c) 8% (d) 80%

ANSWER KEY
1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (b)
11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (b)
21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (a) 30. (c)
31. (d) 32. (d) 33. (d) 34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (d) 37. (a) 38. (a) 39. (a) 40. (c)
41. (d)
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CAPF PYQ
1. Which one of the following is the smallest 2. The least integer when multiplied by 2940
number by which 2880 must be divided in becomes a perfect square is:
order to make it a perfect square? [CAPF 2019]
[CAPF 2017] (a) 10 (b) 15
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) 35
(c) 5 (d) 6

ANSWER KEY
1. c 2. b

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