SUBJECT : IIT-MATH ELP No.

-01 TOPIC : QUADRATIC EQUATION

1. If f(x) = 2x3 + mx2 – 13 x + n and 2 and 3 are roots of the equations f(x) = 0, then values of m and
n are-
(A) 5, 30 (B) – 5, 30 (C) – 5, – 30 (D) 5, – 30
2. If ,  are roots of the equation 2x – 5x + 3 = 0, then   +   is equal to -
2 2 2

(A) 15/2 (B) –15/4 (C) 15/4 (D) – 15/2

3. If the difference of the roots is equal to the product of the roots of the equation
2x2 – (a + 1)x + (a – 1) = 0 then find the value of a-
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
4. If the sum of the roots of the equation ax2 + 4x + c = 0 is half of their difference, then the
absolute value of ac is-
5. If the sum of the roots of the equation (a+1) x2 + (2a + 3) x + (3a + 4) = 0 is –1, then the product of
the roots is-
1 1
6. If  and  are roots of x2 – 2x + 3 = 0, then the equation whose roots are and will be-
1 1
(A) 3x2 – 2x + 1 = 0 (B) 3x2 + 2x + 1 = 0
(C) 3x2 – 2x – 1 = 0 (D) x2 – 3x + 1 = 0
7. The sum of the roots of a equation is 2 and sum of their cubes is 98, then the equation is -
(A) x2 + 2x + 15 = 0 (B) x2 + 15 x + 2 = 0
(C) 2x2 – 2x + 15 = 0 (D) x2 – 2x – 15 = 0
8. The roots of the equation (p – 2) x + 2 (p – 2) x + 2 = 0 are not real when -
2

(A) p  [1, 2] (B) p  [2, 3] (C) p  (2, 4) (D) p  [3, 4]

9. The values of a for which 9x2 – 2x + a = 6 – ax posseses equal roots
1 1
(A) 20  6 5 (B) 9 (C) (D) 
9 9
10. The value of k for which the equation (k – 1)x + (k + 4) x + k + 7 = 0 has equal roots
2

(A) 2 (B) – 2 (C) 22/3 (D) None

11. Let a, b, c and d be non-zero numbers such that x = c and x = d are the roots of the equation
x2+ ax + b = 0 and x = a and x = b are the roots of the equation x2 + cx + d = 0 then (a + b + c + d)
is
(A) a perfect square (B) even integer
(C) prime number (D) divisible by 2
12. If f(x) = 4x2 + 3x – 7 and  is a common root of the equation x2 – 3x + 2 = 0 and x2 + 2x – 3 = 0
then the value of f() is-
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0
13. If one zero of the polynomial (a2 + 9)x2 + 13x + 6a is reciprocal of the other. Find the value of a.
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0
 1 1 
14. If  and  are the root of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then the value of    is -
 a  b a  b 
a b c
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
bc ca ab
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SUBJECT : IIT-MATH ELP No.-01 TOPIC : QUADRATIC EQUATION

ANSWER KEY

1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. 12 5. 2 6. (A) 7. (D)

8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (A) 11. (C),(D) 12. (D) 13. (A) 14. (B)

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SUBJECT : IIT-MATH ELP No.-02 TOPIC : QUADRATIC EQUATION

1. If  and  are roots of 2x2 – 3x – 6 = 0, then the equation whose roots are 2 + 2 and 2 + 2 will
be-
(A) 4x2 + 49 x – 118 = 0 (B) 4x2 – 49 x – 118 = 0
(C) 4x2 – 49 x + 118 = 0 (D) 4x2 + 49 x + 118 = 0

1 1
2. If  and  are roots of x2 – 2x + 3 = 0, then the equation whose roots are and will be-
1 1
(A) 3x2 – 2x + 1 = 0 (B) 3x2 + 2x + 1 = 0
(C) 3x2 – 2x – 1 = 0 (D) x2 – 3x + 1 = 0
3. The sum of the roots of a equation is 2 and sum of their cubes is 98, then the equation is -
(A) x2 + 2x + 15 = 0 (B) x2 + 15 x + 2 = 0
(C) 2x2 – 2x + 15 = 0 (D) x2 – 2x – 15 = 0
4. If a > 0, b > 0, c > 0, then both the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 -
(A) Are real and negative (B) Have negative real parts
(C) are rational numbers (D) None of these
5. The roots of the equation (p – 2) x + 2 (p – 2) x + 2 = 0 are not real when -
2

(A) p  [1,2] (B) p  [2, 3] (C) p  (2, 4) (D) p  [3, 4]

6. If  and  are the roots of equation x2 – 4x + 13 = 0, then quadratic equation whose root are

3  42  13  1
4 – 43 + 132 + 2 and is
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(A) 4x2 – 9x + 2 = 0 (B) x2 – 2x + 1 = 0 (C) x2 – 3x + 2 = 0 (D) x2 – 77x + 1210 = 0

7. The number of integral values of ‘m’ less than 50, so that the roots of the quadratic equation
mx2 + (2m – 1) x + (m – 2) = 0 are rational, are
(A)  (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 5

8. If P(x) = ax2 + bx + c, Q(x) = – ax2 + dx + c where ac  0, then P(x).Q(x) = 0 has (where a,b,c,d  R)
(A) at least three real roots (B) no real root
(C) at least two real roots (D) two real and two imaginary roots

a7  a5
9. If  and  are the roots of equation x 2  3x  1  0 and a n   n   n , n N then value of =
a6

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

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SUBJECT : IIT-MATH ELP No.-02 TOPIC : QUADRATIC EQUATION

Answer Key
1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (A)
8. (C) 9. (C)

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SUBJECT: IIT-MATHS ELP NO.: 3 TOPIC: QUADRATIC EQUATION
ONLY ONE OPTION CORRECT:
1. Which of the following graph represents expression f(x) = ax2 + bx + c(a  0) when a > 0, b < 0 & c < 0?

(1) (2) (3) (4)

2. The entire graph of the expression y = x2 + kx – x + 9 is strictly above the x-axis if and only if
(1) k < 7 (2) –5 < k < 7 (3) k > –5 (4) None of these

3. If the quadratic equations 3x2 + ax + 1 = 0 and 2x2 + bx + 1 = 0 have a common root, then the value of the
expression 5ab – 2a2 – 3b2 is
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) –1 (4) None of these

4. The sum of the solution of the equation x 2  x  

x  4  2  0,  x  0  is equal to :

(1) 4 (2) 9 (3) 10 (4) 12

5. If the sum of the squares of the reciprocals of the roots  and  of the equation 3x2 + x – 1 = 0 is 15, then
6(3 + 3)2 is equal to:
(1) 18 (2) 24 (3) 36 (4) 96

ONE OR MORE THAN ONE OPTION CORRECT:

6. For which of the following graphs of the quadratic expression y = ax2 + bx + c, then product a b c is negative.

y y

x
x
(1) (2) (3) (4)

7. If the quadratic equations ax2 + bx + c = 0(a, b, c  R, a  0) and x2 + 4x + 5 = 0 have a common roots, then a,
b, c must satisfy the relations
(1) a > b > c (2) a < b < c

(3) a = k; b = 4k; c = 5k (k  R, k  0) (4) b2 – 4ac is negative.

8. If (x2 + x + 1) + (x2 + 2x + 3) + (x2 + 3x + 5) + ….. + (x2 + 20x + 39) = 4500, then x is equal to
(1) 10 (2)–10 (3) 20.5 (4) –20.5

9. If roots of equation, x3 + bx2 + cx –1 = 0 forms an increasing G.P., then

(1) b + c = 0 (2) b (– , – 3)
(3) one of the roots is equal to 1 (4) one root is smaller than 1 & other is greater than 1
10.  = sin 36° is a root of which of the following equation
(1) 10x4 – 10x2 – 5 = 0 (2) 16x4 + 20x2 – 5 = 0 (3) 16x4 – 20x2 + 5 = 0 (4) 16x4 – 10x2 + 5 = 0
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SUBJECT: IIT-MATHS ELP NO.: 3 TOPIC: QUADRATIC EQUATION

ANSWER KEY

1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (2) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (1, 2, 3, 4) 7. (3, 4) 8. (1, 4) 9. (1, 2, 3, 4)

10. (3)

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SUBJECT : IIT-MATH ELP No.-04 TOPIC : QUADRATIC EQUATION

1. If a root of the equation x 2  px  12  0 is 4, while the roots of the equation x2  px  q  0 are

same, then the value of q will be
(A) 4 (B) 4/49 (C) 49/4 (D) None of these
2. If P(x)  ax2  bx  c and Q(x)  ax2  dx  c
where ac  0 , then P(x).Q(x)  0 has at least
(A) Four real roots (B) Two real roots
(C) Four imaginary roots (D) None of these
a b
3. The value of m for which the equation  1
x a m x bm
has roots equal in magnitude but opposite in sign is
a b a b 2(a  b)
(A) (B) 0 (C) (D)
a b a b a b
4. If ,  be the roots of the equation x2  2x  3  0 , then the equation whose roots are

1 1
2
and is
 2

(A) x2  2x  1  0 (B) 9x2  2x  1  0 (C) 9x2  2x  1  0 (D) 9x2  2x  1  0

5. If 3p2  5p  2 and 3q2  5q  2 , where p  q , then pq is equal to

2 2 3 3
(A) (B)  (C) (D) 
3 3 2 2
6. If a(p  q)2  2bpq  c  0 and a(p  r)2  2bpr  c  0 , then qr =

c a a b
(A) p2  (B) p2  (C) p2  (D) p2 
a c b a
7. If x2  hx  21  0, x2  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
8. 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

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9. If x2  ax  10  0 and x2  bx  10  0 have a common root, then a 2  b2 is equal to
(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 40

10. If x  1  1  1  .......to infinity , then x =

1 5 1 5 1 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
2 2 2
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11. For what value of  the sum of the squares of the roots of x2  (2   ) x  (1   )  0 is
2
minimum
(A) 3/2 (B) 1 (C) 1/2 (D) 11/4
12. If x  px  q  0 is the quadratic equation whose roots are a – 2 and b – 2 where a and b are
2

the roots of x2  3x  1  0 , then

(A) p  1,q  5 (B) p  1,q  5 (C) p  1, q  1 (D) None of these

13. If , ,  are roots of equation x3  ax2  bx  c  0 , then  1   1   1 

(A) a/c (B) – b/c (C) b/a (D) c/a

2x 1
14. If > , then
2x  5x  2
2
x1
(A) 2  x  1 (B) 2  x  1 (C) 2  x  1 (D) 2  x  1
1 1
x  x
15. The value of x in the given equation 4x  3 2 3 2  22x1 is
4 3 2 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 2 1 3

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SUBJECT : IIT-MATH ELP No.-04 TOPIC : QUADRATIC EQUATION

Answer Key
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (D)
8. (A) 9. (D) 10. (A) 11. (C) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (C)
15. (B)

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SUBJECT : IIT-MATH ELP No.-05 TOPIC : QUADRATIC EQUATION

1. If one of the roots of x(x + 2) = 4 – (1– ax2) tends to infinity, then a will tend to -
(A) 0 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) 2

2. If the roots of the equation x2 – 2ax + a2 + a – 3 = 0 are less than 3 then

(A) a < 2 (B) 2  a  3 (C) 3 < a  4 (D) a > 4

3. For what value of a the curve y = x2 + ax + 25 touches the x - axis-

(A) 0 (B) ±5 (C) ±10 (D) None of these

4. If y = –2x2 – 6x + 9, then
(A) maximum value of y is – 11 and it occurs at x = 2
(B) minimum value of y is – 11 and it occurs at x = 2
(C) maximum value of y is 13.5 and it occurs at x = –1.5
(D) minimum value of y is 13.5 and it occurs at x = –1.5

5. If a and b are the non–zero distinct roots of x2 + ax + b = 0, then the least value of
x2 + ax + b is
3 9 9
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 1
2 4 4

6. If roots of x2 – (a – 3) x + a = 0 are such that both of them is greater than 2, then-

(A) a  [7, 9] (B) a  [9, 10) (C) a  [9,7] (D) a  [9, 12]

7. Let  be the roots of (x – a) (x – b) (x – c) = d, d  0 then the roots of the equation (x – )

(x – ) (x – ) + d = 0 are
a b c
(A) a + 1, b + 1, c + 1 (B) a, b, c (C) 1 – 1, b – 1, c – 1 (D) , ,
b c a

8. Given that ax2 + bx + c = 0 has no real roots and a + b + c < 0, then -

(A) c = 0 (B) c > 0 (C) c < 0 (D) None of these

 3c 
9. If the equation ax2 + 2bx – 3c = 0 has no real roots and    a  b , then-
 4 
(A) c < 0 (B) c > 0 (C) c  0 (D) c = 0

10. If the inequality (m – 2)x2 + 8x + m + 4 > 0 is satisfied for all x  R, then least integral m is
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) None of these

11. Number of values ‘p’ for which the equation (p2 – 3p + 2) x2 – (p2 – 5p + 4)x + p – p2 = 0
possess more than two roots, is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None of these

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12. If  are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 2p (x – 4) – 15 = 0, then the set of values of
p for which one roots is less than 1 & the other root is greater than 2 is
(A) (7/3, ) (B) (–, 7/3) (C) x R (D) None of these

13. If the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, (a > 0) has two roots  &  such that  < – 2 & > 2 then
(A) a + |b| + c < 0 (B) 4a + 2|b| + c < 0 (C) c < 0 (D) a + 2|b| + 4c < 0

14. Suppose that the three quadratic equations ax2 – 2bx + c = 0, bx2 – 2cx + a = 0 and
cx2 – 2ax + b = 0 all have only positive roots. Then
(A) b2 = ca (B) c2 = ab (C) a2 = bc (D) a = b = c

15. The value of k for which the equation (k  2)x2  8x  k  4  0 has both real, distinct and
negative is
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) – 4

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SUBJECT : IIT-MATH ELP No.-05 TOPIC : QUADRATIC EQUATION

Answer Key
1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (B)
8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (B) 11. (B) 12. (B) 13. (B), (C)
14. (A), (B), (C), (D) 15. (C)

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SUBJECT: IIT MATHS ELP NO.: 6 TOPIC: QUADRATIC EQUATION

1. The roots of the equation (b – c) x2 + (c – a) x + (a – b) = 0 are

ca a b bc ca

(a) ,1 (b) ,1 (c) ,1 (d) ,1
bc bc a b a b

2. Consider the equation x2 + 2x – n = 0, where n  N and n  [5, 100]. Total number of different values of ‘n’ so
that the given equation has integral roots, is

(a) 4 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 3

3. If ,  are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 2p (x – 4) – 15 = 0, then the set of values of p for which one
roots is less than 1 & the other root is greater than 2 is

(a) (7/3, ∞) (b) (–∞, 7/3) (c) x  R (d) None of these

4. If ,  are the roots of a quadratic equation x2 – 3x + 5 = 0, then the equation whose roots are   2  3  7 
and  2  3  7  is
(a) x2 + 4x + 1 = 0 (b) x2 – 4x + 4 = 0 (c) x2 – 4x – 1 = 0 (d) x2 – 2x + 3 = 0

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5. Let 1 and 2 be two values of  for which the expression x 2   2    x    becomes a perfect square. The
4
value of  12   22  equals

(a) 8 (b) 25 (c) 50 (d) 100

6. If ,  are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + 2(1 – cos 3) x – 2 sin23 = 0 (  R), then the maximum
value of 2+2 is equal to

(a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16

7. The number of quadratic equations which are unchanged by squaring their roots is

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) None of these

8. The values of x and y besides y can satisfy the equation (x, y ∈ real numbers)
x 2  xy  y 2  4x  4y  16  0

(a) 2, 2 (b) 4, 4 (c) 3, 3 (d) None of these

9. Let a, b, c be the sides of a triangle. No two of them are equal and   R. If the roots of the equation
x2 + 2(a + b + c)x + 3(ab + bc + ca) = 0 are real, then

4 5  1 5 4 5
(a)   (b)   (c)    ,  (d)    , 
3 3 3 3 3 3

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10. Let p and q are real numbers such that p ≠ q, p3 ≠ q and p3 ≠ –q. If  and  are two non-zero complex number
 
satisfies  +  = –p and 3 + 3 = q then quadratic equation whose roots are and , is
 

(a) (p3 + q)x2 – (p3 + 2q)x + (p3 + q) = 0 (b) (p3 + q)x2 – (p3 – 2q)x + (p3 + q) = 0

(c) (p3 – q)x2 – (5p3 – 2q)x + (p3 – q) = 0 (d) (p3 – q)x2 – (5p3 + 2q)x + (p3 – q) = 0

a10  2a 8
11. Let  and  be the roots of x2 – 6x – 2 = 0, with  > . If an = n – n for n > 1, then the value of is
2a 9

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

1/8 1/8
 3   3 
12. If  and  be two roots of the equation x – 64x + 256 = 0. Then the value of  5
2
  5  is:
 
   

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4

13. Suppose a, b denote the distinct real roots of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 20x – 2020 and suppose
c, d denote the distinct complex roots of the quadratic polynomial x2 – 20x + 2020. Then the value of
ac(a – c) + ad(a – d) + bc(b – c) + bd(b – d) is

(a) 0 (b) 8000 (c) 8080 (d) 16000

 
14. Let   . Suppose 1 and 1 are the roots of equation x2 – 2x sec + 1 = 0 and  2 and 2 are the
6 12
roots of the equation x2 + 2x tan – 1 = 0. If 1  1 and  2  2 , then 1  2 equals

(a) 2(sec – tan) (b) 2 sec (c) –2 tan (d) 0

1 1
15. If  and  are the roots of the equation x2 + px + 2 = 0 and and are the roots of the equation
 
 1  1  1 1
2x2 + 2qx + 1 = 0, then                is equal to :
        

9 9 9 9
(a)  9  p2  (b)  9  q2  (c)  9  p2  (d)  9  q2 
4 4 4 4

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SUBJECT: IIT MATHS ELP NO.: 6 TOPIC: QUADRATIC EQUATION

ANSWER KEY
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (b)
11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (c) 15. (c)