Practice Paper - MCQ

Subject: Mathematics Ch 4:Linear equations in two variables

Std:IX Max. Marks: 15

Answer Scheme
General Instructions:
1. The Practice Paper comprises MCQs.
2. Attempt all questions.

Q. No. Questions Marks

1. The linear equation 5x  y  2 x 1 has 1

a. Two solutions
b. A unique solution
c. No solution
d. Infinitely many solutions Ans
2. The value of k for which x = 1, y = –1 is a solution of kx  2 y  0 is 1

a. 2
b. –2 Ans
c. 5
d. –8
3. Which solution of the linear equation x  2 y  8 represents a point on the y- 1
axis?

a. (8, 0)
b. (2,3)
c. (4,2)
d. (0,4) Ans
4. If the point (3, 1) lies on the graph of 3 y  ax  7 then the value of a is 1

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. –4 Ans
5. The graph of the linear equation 2x +3y = 6 cuts the x-axis at the point : 1
a. (2, 0)
b. (0, 3)
c. (3, 0) Ans
d. (0, 2)
6. x = 9, y = 4 is a solution of the linear equation: 1
a. 2x + y = 17
b. x + y = 17
c. x + 2y = 17 Ans
d. 3x –2y = 17

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7. Any point on the x-axis is of the form: 1
a. (0, y)
b. (x, 0) Ans
c. (x, x)
d. (x, y)

8. The graph of the linear equation 5x + 3y = 10 is a line which meets the x-axis at 1
the point:
a. (0, 3)
b. (2, 0) Ans
c. (3, 0)
d. (0, 2)
9. The graph of x = 9 is a straight line: 1
a. Intersecting both the axes
b. parallel to y-axis Ans
c. parallel to x-axis
d. Passing through the origin
10. If (2, 0) is a solution of the linear equation 2 x  3 y  k then the value of k is 1

a. 4 Ans
b. 6
c. 5
d. 2
11. If the line represented by the equation 3x + ay = 8 passes through the points 1
(2,2), then the value of a is

a. 0
b. 4
c. 3
d. 1Ans
12. Any point on the line y = x is of the form 1
a. (a, a) Ans
b. (0, a)
c. (a, 0)
d. (a, –a)

13. The positive solutions of the equation ax + by + c = 0 always lie in the 1

a. 1st quadrant Ans
b. 2nd quadrant
c. 3rd quadrant
d. 4th quadrant

14. The graph of y = 6 is a line 1

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a. parallel to x-axis at a distance 6 units from the origin Ans
b. parallel to y-axis at a distance 6 units from the origin
c. making an intercept 6 on the x-axis.
d. making an intercept 6 on both the axes
15. The graph of line x – y = 0 passes through the point 1
 1 1 
a.  , 
 2 2
3 3
b.  , 
2 2
c. (0, –1)
d. (1, 1) Ans
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