Quadratic Equations (Condition for common roots, Position of roots, Maximum and Minimum Value ) DPP-3

1. If both the roots of k(6 x 2 + 3) + rx + 2x 2 − 1 = 0 and 6k(2x 2 + 1) + px + 4 x 2 − 2 = 0 are common, then 2r − p is

equal to
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

2. If a root of the equations x 2 + px + q = 0 and x 2 + x +  = 0 is common, then its value will be (where p  

and q   )

q− p −  q q− p −  q
(A) (B) (C) or (D) None of these
−p q− −p q−

3. If the two equations x 2 − cx + d = 0 and x 2 − ax + b = 0 have one common root and the second has equal
roots, then 2(b + d) =

(A) 0 (B) a+c (C) ac (D) −ac

4. If x 2 − hx − 21 = 0, x 2 − 3hx + 35 = 0 (h  0) has a common root, then the value of h is equal to

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

5. If every pair of the equations x 2 + px + qr = 0 , x 2 + qx + rp = 0, x 2 + rx + pq = 0 have a common root, then the

sum of three common roots is

−(p + q + r ) −p + q + r
(A) (B) (C) −(p + q + r ) (D) −p + q + r
2 2

a3 + b3 + c 3
6. If ax 2 + bx + c = 0 and bx 2 + cx + a = 0 have a common root a  0 , then =
abc
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these

7. If the equation x 2 + px + q = 0 and x 2 + qx + p = 0 , have a common root, then p + q + 1 =

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) –1

8. If x 2 + ax + 10 = 0 and x 2 + bx − 10 = 0 have a common root, then a2 − b 2 is equal to

(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 40

9. x 2 − 11x + a and x 2 − 14 x + 2a will have a common factor, if a =

(A) 24 (B) 0, 24 (C) 3, 24 (D) 0, 3

10. If x 2 − 3 x + 2 be a factor of x 4 − px 2 + q, then (p, q) =

(A) (3, 4) (B) (4, 5) (C) (4, 3) (D) (5, 4)

11. If x be real, then the minimum value of x 2 − 8 x + 17 is

(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

x 2 + 14x + 9
12. If x is real, then the maximum and minimum values of expression will be
x 2 + 2x + 3
(A) 4, – 5 (B) 5, – 4 (C) – 4, 5 (D) – 4, – 5
x+2
13. If x is real, the expression takes all value in the interval
2
2x + 3 x + 6

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  1 1  1 1  1 1
(A)  ,  (B) − 13 , 3  (C) − ,  (D) None of these
 13 3     3 13 

14. If x 2 + px + 1 is a factor of the expression ax 3 + bx + c , then

(A) a2 + c 2 = −ab (B) a2 − c 2 = −ab

(C) a2 − c 2 = ab (D) None of these

15. If x, y, z are real and distinct, then u = x 2 + 4 y 2 + 9z2 − 6 yz − 3zx − zxy is always

(A) Non-negative (B) Non-positive

(C) Zero (D) None of these

16. If x be real, then the maximum value of 5 + 4 x − 4 x 2 will be equal to

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 1 (D) 2
( x − a)(x − b)
17. If x is real, the function will assume all real values, provided
(x − c)

(A) abc (B) abc (C) acb (D) acb

x 2 − 3x + 4
18. If x is real, then the maximum and minimum values of the expression will be
x 2 + 3x + 4
1 1
(A) 2, 1 (B) 5, (C) 7, (D) None of these
5 7

x 2 + 34 x − 71
19. If x is real, then the value of does not lie between
x 2 + 2x − 7
(A) –9 and –5 (B) –5 and 9 (C) 0 and 9 (D) 5 and 9

20. If x is real, then the value of x 2 − 6 x + 13 will not be less than

(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

21. The smallest value of x 2 − 3 x + 3 in the interval (−3, 3 / 2) is

(A) 3/4 (B) 5 (C) –15 (D) –20

22. If the roots of x 2 + x + a = 0 exceed a, then

(A) 2a3 (B) a3 (C) −3  a  3 (D) a  −2

23. If the roots of the equation x 2 − 2ax + a2 + a − 3 = 0 are real and less than 3, then
(A) a2 (B) 2a3 (C) 3a4 (D) a4

24. If x be real, the least value of x 2 − 6 x + 10 is

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 10

25. Let ,  be the roots of x 2 + (3 −  )x −  = 0. The value of  for which  2 + 2 is minimum, is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

26. Let f ( x ) = x 2 + 4 x + 1 . Then

(A) f ( x )  0 for all x (B) f ( x )  1 when x  0

(C) f ( x )  1 when x  −4 (D) f ( x ) = f ( − x ) for all x

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27. The adjoining figure shows the graph of y = ax 2 + bx + c . Then
Y

O X
(x1,0) (x2,0)

(A) a0 (B) b 2  4ac (C) c0 (D) a and b are of opposite signs

28. If a, b, c are real numbers such that a + b + c = 0, then the quadratic equation 3ax 2 + 2bx + c = 0 has
(A) At least one root in [0, 1] (B) At least one root in [1, 2]
(C) At least one root in [−1, 0] (D) None of these

29. If ,  be the roots of the quadratic equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 and k be a real number, then the condition so
that   k   is given by

(A) ac  0 (B) ak 2 + bk + c = 0

(C) ac  0 (D) a2k 2 + abk + ac  0

30. The value of p for which both the roots of the equation 4 x 2 − 20px + (25p2 + 15p − 66) = 0 are less than 2, lies

in
(A) ( 4 / 5, 2) (B) (2,  ) (C) ( −1, − 4 / 5 ) (D) ( −, − 1)

31. If  and  (<) are the roots of the equation x 2 + bx + c = 0, where c  0  b, then

(A) 0 (B)   0    |  | (C) 0 (D)   0 |  | 

32. If b  a , then the equation ( x − a) ( x − b) = 1 has

(A) Both roots in [a, b] (B) Both roots in (−, a )

(C) Both roots in (b, +  ) (D) One root in (−, a ) and the other in (b, +  )

33. If  and  ,  and  ,  and  are the roots of the equations ax 2 + 2bx + c = 0 , 2bx 2 + cx + a = 0 and

cx 2 + ax + 2b = 0 respectively, where a, b and c are positive real numbers, then  +  2 =

(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) abc (D) a + 2b + c

(E) abc

ANSWER KEY-DPP-3
Condition for common roots, Position of roots, Maximum and Minimum
Value
1 B 7 A 13 B 19 D 25 C 31 B

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2 C 8 D 14 C 20 A 26 C 32 D

3 C 9 B 15 A 21 A 27 A,D 33 B

4 D 10 D 16 B 22 D 28 A

5 A 11 C 17 D 23 A 29 D

6 C 12 A 18 C 24 A 30 D

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