Class 9 Mathematics · Chapter 7 · Test 1
Distance and Midpoint
40 MCQs
40 questions · 35 min · 40 marks
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Question 1
The Cartesian coordinate system was introduced by:
- AEuclid
- BPythagoras
- CRené Descartes
- DArchimedes
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Answer: C
The Cartesian system was invented by the French mathematician René Descartes.
Question 2
In the coordinate plane the horizontal number line is called the:
- Ay-axis
- Bx-axis
- Corigin
- Dquadrant
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Answer: B
The horizontal line is the x-axis.
Question 3
The first component of an ordered pair is called the:
- Aordinate
- Borigin
- Cslope
- Dabscissa
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Answer: D
The first component is the x-coordinate or abscissa.
Question 4
The second component of an ordered pair is called the:
- Aordinate
- Babscissa
- Cgradient
- Dintercept
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Answer: A
The second component is the y-coordinate or ordinate.
Question 5
Points on the x-axis are of the form:
- A(0, b)
- B(a, a)
- C(a, 0)
- D(0 0) only
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Answer: C
Every point on the x-axis has y-coordinate 0.
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