TEST

LINEAR QUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES

Q. 1. Find the values of p and q for which the following system of linear equations have infinite number of solutions.
2x+3y=7
2px + (p + q) y = 28
Q. 2 Simplify :
Q. 3 If twice the area of a smaller square is subtracted from the area of a larger square, the result is 14 cm However,
if twice the area of the larger square is added to three times the area of the smaller square, the result is 203 cm 2
Determine the sides of the two squares.
Q. 4 A two digit number is four times the sum of its digits and twice the product of the digits. Find the number.
Q. 5 Determine the value of a for which the following system of linear equations has infinitely many solutions.

Q. 6 A man starts his job with a certain monthly salary and earns a fixed increment every year. If his salary after 4
years of service was Rs 1900 and after 8 years of service ,it was Rs 2300.find his starting salary and the annual
increment .
Q. 7 Out of a number of Saras birds, one fourth the number are moving about in lotus plants; one ninth coupled
(along) with one fourth as well as 7 times the square root of the number move on a hill ; 56 birds remain in vakula
trees. What is the total number of birds?
Q. 8 Points A& B are 90 km apart from each other on a highway. A car starts from A & other
starts from B at the same time. If they go in same direction they meet in 9 hr and if they go in
opposite direction they meet in 9/7 hr.Find their speeds.
Q. 9 A fast train takes 3 hr less than a slow train for a journey of 600 km. If the speed of slow train is 10km less than
that of fast train, Find the speed of two trains.
Q. 10 A boat takes 10 hours to travel 30 kms upstream and 44 kms downstream, but takes 13 hours to travel 40
kms upstream and 55 kms downstream. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the stream
Q. 11 A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train would have 6 km/hr. aster it would have taken
8 hrs. less than the scheduled time. And if the train were slower by 6 km/hr. it would have taken 12 hours more than
the scheduled time. Find the length of the journey.
Q. 12 A fraction becomes 9/11, if 2 are added to both the numerator and the denominator. If, 3 is added to both the
numerator and the denominator it becomes 5/6. Find the fraction.


Q. 13 The admission fee at a small fair is$1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain
day, 2200 people enter the fair and $5050 is collected. How many children and how many adults
attended?
Q. 14 The sum of three numbers is 14. The largest is 4 times the smallest, while the sum of the
smallest and twice the largest is 18. Find the numbers.