Polynomials CBSE Class 10 PYQ Chapter Wise (2016–2026)

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Polynomials PYQs (previous year questions) for CBSE Class 10: Polynomials (Mathematics) had 17 questions across the 40 official CBSE Class 10 papers we tagged (2016–2026), and appeared in 7 of them. Asked in 7 of 10 years. The concepts asked in the most papers: Zeroes and Coefficients, Graph of Polynomial, Zeroes of Polynomial.

Year-wise question count

Asked in 7 of 10 years.

Most-asked concepts

Sorted by the number of papers a concept appeared in.

How to practise Polynomials PYQs

1. Start with the concepts at the top of the table. They have come back the most.
2. Solve one year’s Polynomials questions from the official PDF against the clock, then check the answer listed below.
3. Log every miss as a concept gap, a calculation slip or a misread. Each needs a different fix.
4. Once a concept is clean in two papers, move to the next. Then sit a full paper from the year pages.

Questions by year

Each line gives the question number and paper, type, concept, our one-line summary, with a link to the official PDF.

CBSE Class 102026

• Q.4 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · MCQ · Graph of Polynomial: Number of zeroes of f(x) from its graph PDF
• Q.20 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · Assertion-Reason · Zeroes of Polynomial: Assertion-reason on number of zeroes of a quadratic PDF
• Q.21 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · Very short answer · Zeroes and Coefficients: Sum of reciprocals of zeroes of a quadratic polynomial PDF

CBSE Class 102025

• Q.1 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · MCQ · Zeroes and Coefficients: Find k from a relation between zeroes of a quadratic polynomial PDF
• Q.10 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · MCQ · Graph of Polynomial: Count distinct zeroes of two polynomials from a graph PDF
• Q.22 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · Very short answer · Zeroes of Polynomial: Find zeroes of a quadratic polynomial with surd coefficients PDF

CBSE Class 102024

• Q.1 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · MCQ · Zeroes and Coefficients: Find k from sum of zeroes of a quadratic polynomial PDF
• Q.10 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · MCQ · Zeroes and Coefficients: Find p when zeroes are twice those of another polynomial PDF
• Q.20 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · Assertion-Reason · Graph of Polynomial: Assertion-reason on a graph touching the x-axis once PDF

CBSE Class 102023

• Q.1 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · MCQ · Graph of Polynomial: Number of zeroes of a polynomial from its graph PDF
• Q.7 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · MCQ · Zeroes and Coefficients: Sum of reciprocals of zeroes of a quadratic polynomial PDF
• Q.14 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · MCQ · Forming a Polynomial: Identify quadratic polynomial with given zeroes PDF

CBSE Class 102020

• Q.1 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · MCQ · Zeroes of Polynomial: Find k given one zero of a quadratic polynomial PDF
• Q.3 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · MCQ · Forming a Polynomial: Quadratic polynomial from sum and product of zeroes PDF
• Q.27 (Mathematics Standard (30/1/1)) · Short answer · Zeroes and Coefficients: Polynomial whose zeroes are reciprocals of another's PDF

CBSE Class 102019

• Q.14 (Mathematics (30/1/1)) · Short answer · Zeroes and Coefficients: Find k when sum of zeroes is half their product PDF

CBSE Class 102018

• Q.14 (Mathematics (30/1)) · Short answer · Zeroes of Polynomial: All zeroes of a quartic given two irrational zeroes PDF

Other Mathematics chapters

• Real Numbers PYQs
• Pair of Linear Equations in Two Variables PYQs
• Quadratic Equations PYQs
• Arithmetic Progressions PYQs
• Triangles PYQs
• Coordinate Geometry PYQs
• Introduction to Trigonometry PYQs
• Some Applications of Trigonometry PYQs
• Circles PYQs
• Constructions PYQs
• Areas Related to Circles PYQs
• Surface Areas and Volumes PYQs
• Statistics PYQs
• Probability PYQs

FAQ

How many Polynomials questions come in CBSE Class 10?

In the official papers we tagged: 3 in 2026, 3 in 2025, 3 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 3 in 2020, 1 in 2019 and 1 in 2018. Not asked in the other 3 years. That is 17 questions in all, about 5% of Mathematics.

Which Polynomials topics repeat in CBSE Class 10?

Asked in the most papers: Zeroes and Coefficients, Graph of Polynomial, Zeroes of Polynomial. The concept table lists every one with its count.

Are these official CBSE Class 10 questions?

Yes. Every question is from an official CBSE Class 10 paper hosted on our year pages. The one-line summaries are ours; open the PDF linked beside each question for the full text.