Quadratic Equations

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OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Section (A) : Equation vs Identities and Roots of the quadratic equation

A-1. Number of values of ' p ' for which the equation (p2  3p + 2) x2  (p2  5p + 4) x + p  p2 = 0 possess more
than two roots, is:
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 4

A-2. The roots of the equation (x + 2)2 = 4 (x + 1) – 1 are -

(1) ± 1 (2) ± i (3) 1, 2 (4) –1, –2

A-3. If ,  are roots of equation x2 + 6x +  = 0 and 3 + 2 = – 20, then  is equal to

(1) 16 (2) –8 (3) – 16 (4) 8

A-4. Roots of equation x = x – 2 are

(1) 4 (2) 1,4 (3) 1 (4) –1,4

A-5. If ,  are the roots of quadratic equation x2 + p x + q = 0 and ,  are the roots of x2 + p x – r = 0,
then () . () is equal to :
(1) q + r (2) q – r (3) – (q + r) (4) – (p + q + r)

 
A-6. If ,  are roots of the equation px2 + qx – r = 0, then the value of  2 is equal to-
 2

p q q q
(1) – (3pr + q2) (2) – (3pr + q2) (3) – (3pr – q2) (4) (3pr + q)
qr 2 pr 2 pr 2 pr 2

A-7. If ,  are roots of the equation 2x2 – 35 x + 2 = 0, then the value of (2 – 35)3 . (2 – 35)3 is equal to-
(1) 1 (2) 8 (3) 64 (4) – 64

A-8. If difference of roots of the equation x2 – px + q = 0 is 1, then p2 + 4q2 equals –

(1) 2q + 3 (2) (1 – 2q)2 (3) (1 + 2q)2 (4) 2q – 3

 1 1 
A-9. If  and  are the root of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then the value of    is :
 a  b a  b 
a b c b
(1) (2) (3) (4) –
bc ca ab ac

A-10. If  and  are roots of 2x2 – 3x – 6 = 0, then the equation whose roots are 2 + 2 and 2 + 2 will be
(1) 4x2 + 49 x – 118 = 0 (2) 4x2 – 49x – 118 = 0
(3) 4x – 49x + 118 = 0
2
(4) 4x2 + 49 x + 118 = 0

 –1  –1
A-11. If  and  are roots of x2 – 2x +3 = 0, then the equation whose roots are and will be
 1  1
(1) 3x2 – 2x + 1 = 0 (2) 3x2 + 2x + 1 = 0 (3) 3x2 – 2x – 1 = 0 (4) x2 – 3x + 1 = 0

A-12. The roots of the equation (b – c) x2 + (c – a) x + (a – b) = 0 are

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c a ab bc c a
(1) ,1 (2) ,1 (3) ,1 (4) ,1
bc bc ab ab

2 2
A-13. The equation x – =1– has
x –1 x –1
(1) No root (2) One root (3) Two equal root (4) Infinitely many roots

A-14. If roots of the equation x2 – bx + c = 0 are two successive integers, then b2 – 4c equals
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

1 1
A-15. If and  are roots of equation x2 + 2x + 4 = 0, then  3=
 3

1 1 1
(1) 0 (2) (3) (4)
2 3 4

A-16. Two real numbers  &  are such that  +  = 3 and difference of  and is 4, then  &  are the roots
of the quadratic equation:
(1) 4x2  12x  7 = 0 (2) 4x2  12x + 7 = 0
(3) 4x2  12x + 25 = 0 (4) 4x2  12x + 7 = 0

Section (B) : Theory of Equation

B-1 If roots of equation x3 – 5x2 + 2x + 7 = 0 are ,  and  then value of 2+ 2+ 2 is
(1) 29 (2) 21 (3) – 21 (4) – 29

 1
B-2. If roots of equation 2x4 – 3x3 + 2x2 – 7x – 1 = 0 are , ,  and  then value of  
is equal to

11
(1) –3 (2) 3 (3) (4) –11
2

B-3 Number of real roots of equation x4 + x2 – 12 = 0 is

(1) 4 (2) 2 (3) 0 (4) 3

B-4. If two roots of the equation x3  px2 + qx  r = 0 are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, then:
(1) pr = q (2) qr = p (3) pq = r (4) p2q2 = r

B-5. If , ,  are the roots of the equation x3 + px2 + qx + r = 0, then the value of
 1 1  1 
          is
        

(r  1)3 (r  1)2 (r  1)2 (r  1)3

(1) (2) – (3) – (4) –
r2 r2 r3 r2

B-6. If f(x) = 2x3 + mx2 – 13x + n and 2 and 3 are roots of the equations f(x) = 0, then values of m and n are-
(1) 5, 30 (2) –5, 30 (3) –5, –30 (4) 5, – 30

B-7. The imaginary roots of the equation (x2 + 2)2 + 8x2 = 6x (x2 + 2) are
(1) 1 ± i (2) 2 ± i (3) –1 ± i (4) – 2 ± i

Section (C) : Nature of roots

C-1. If the roots of x2 – 2x – 16a = 0 are real, then

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1 1 1 1
(1) a  (2) a  (3) a  – (4) a  –
4 8 16 16

C-2. If a, b, c are integers and b2 = 4(ac + 5d2), d  N, then roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are
(1) Irrational (2) Rational & different
(3) Complex conjugate (4) Rational & equal

C-3. If the roots of the equation ax2 + x + b = 0 be real and unequal where a, b  R, then the roots of the
equation x2 – 4 ab x + 1 = 0 will be
(1) Rational (2) Irrational (3) Real (4) Imaginary

3  5i
C-4. If one root of the equation 2x2 – 6x + c = 0 is , then the value of c will be –
2
(1) 7 (2) –7 (3) 17 (4) –17

1
C-5. The quadratic equation with rational coefficient whose one root is , is
2 5
(1) x2 – 4x –1 = 0 (2) 2 x2 – 4x +1 = 0
(3) x + 4x –1 = 0
2
(4) x + 4x +1 = 0
2

C-6. If roots of equation x2 + a2 = 8x + 6a are real then 'a' belongs to the interval
(1) [–8,2] (2) [2,8] (3) [–2,8] (4) [–8,–2]

C-7. If the product of the roots of the equation x2 – 3x + k + 5 = 0 is 7, then the roots are real for k =
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) – 2 (4) 

Section (D) : Graphs and range of quadratic expression

D-1. Which of the following graph represents the expression f(x) = a x2 + b x + c (a  0) when
a > 0, b < 0 & c < 0 ?

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

D-2. The expression y = ax2 + bx + c has always the same sign as of 'a' if :
(1) 4ac < b2 (2) 4ac > b2 (3) ac = b2 (4) ac < b2

D-3. If a, b  R, a  0 and the quadratic equation ax2  bx + 1 = 0 has imaginary roots then a + b + 1 is:
(1) positive (2) negative (3) zero (4) depends on the sign of b

D-4. 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
(1) (2) (3) – (4) 1
2 4 4

D-5. Let f(x) = x2 + 4x + 1, then

(1) f(x) > 0 for all x (2) f(x) > 1 when x  0
(3) f(x)  1 when x  – 4 (4) f(x) = f(– x) for all x

D-6. Range of quadratic expression f(x) = x2 – 2x + 3  x  [0, 2] is

(1) [0, 1] (2)[2, 3] (3) [1, 3] (4) [2, )

D-7. The equation, x =  2x2 + 6x  9 has:

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(1) no solution (2) one solution (3) two solutions (4) infinite solutions

D-8. If the inequality (m  2)x2 + 8x + m + 4 > 0 is satisfied for all x  R, then the least integral value of m is:
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 3

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

D-10. If c < 0 and ax2 + bx + c = 0 does not have any real roots, then
(1) a – b + c < 0 (2) 9a + 3b + c > 0 (3) a + b + c > 0 (4) All of these

D-11. The adjoining figure shows the graph of y = ax2 + bx + c, then

(1) a > 0 (2) b2 < 4ac

(3) c > 0 (4) a and b are of opposite signs

D-12. The graph of the quadratic polynomial y = ax2 + bx + c is as shown in the figure, then

(1) b2  4ac < 0 (2) b < 0 (3) a > 0 (4) c > 0

D-13. For which of the following graphs of the quadratic expression y = a x2 + b x + c, the product a b c is
negative

(1) (2) y (3) (4) All of these

D-14. a, b, c  R, a  0 and the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has no real roots, then -
(1) a + b + c > 0 (2) a (a + b + c) > 0 (3) b (a + b + c) > 0 (4) c(a + b + c) < 0
x
D-15. For all real value of x, the maximum value of the expression is
x – 5x  9
2

1
(1) 1 (2) 45 (3) 90 (4)
11
x 2  34x – 71
D-16. If x is real, then the value of the expression does not exist between –
x 2  2x – 7
(1) – 5 and 9 (2) 5 and – 9 (3) –5 and –9 (4) 5 and 9
x 2 – 2x  1
D-17. If x is real then the value of will not lie between –
x 1
(1) 0 and 8 (2) –8 and 8 (3) –8 and 0 (4) – 8 and 6
Section (E) : Location of roots
E-1. If , are the roots of the quadratic equation x2  2p (x  4)  15 = 0, then the set of values of p for
which one root is less than 1 & the other root is greater than 2 is:

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7   7  11 
(1)  ,   (2)  – ,  (3) x  R (4)  – , 
3   3  4

E-2. If both roots of the equation x2 - (m +1) x + (m+4) = 0 are negative, then m equals –
(1) – 7 < m < – 5 (2) – 4 < m  –3 (3) 2 < m < 5 (4) 3  m < 4

E-3. If roots of x2 – (a–3)x + a = 0 are such that both of them are greater than 2, then
(1) a [7,9] (2) a [9,10) (3) a [9,7] (4) a [9,12]

E-4. The real values of 'a' for which the quadratic equation 2x2  (a3 + 8a  1) x + a2  4a = 0 possess roots
of opposite sign is given by:
(1) a > 5 (2) 0 < a < 4 (3) a > 0 (4) a > 7

E-5. If ,  be the roots of 4x2 – 16x +  = 0, where   R, such that 1 <  < 2 and 2 <  < 3, then the
number of integral values of  is
(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 2 (4) 3

E-6. If exactly one root of equation x2 – (p + 1)x – p2 = 0 lie between 1 and 4 then number of integral values
of p is -
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 7 (4) 9

E.7. If both roots of equation x2 + 2 (a –1)x + (a + 5) = 0 lie in the interval (1,3) then complete set of values of
'a' is
 8  48   8 
(1)  – , –  (2) (4,) (3)  – , –  (4)  – ,–1
 7  3   7 

Section (F) : Common roots

F-1. If one of the factors of ax2 + bx + c and bx2 + cx + a is common, then :

(1) a = 0 (2) a3 + b3 + c3 = 3abc
(3) a = 0 a + b + c = 3abc
3 3 3
(4) b = 0

F-2. The roots of a1x2 + b1x + c1 = 0 are reciprocal of the roots of the equation a2x2 + b2x + c2 = 0 if
a1 b c b1 c a a1 b c 1 1 1
(1) = 1 = 1 (2) = 1 = 1 (3) = 1 = 1 (4) a1 = , b1 = , c1 =
a2 b2 c2 b2 a2 c2 a2 c2 b2 a2 b2 c2

F-3. If x2 – 11x + a = 0 and x2 – 14 x + 2a = 0 have one common root then a is equal to –

(1) 0, – 24 (2) 0, 1 (3) 0, 24 (4) 1, 24

F-4. If both the roots of the equations k (6x2 + 3) + rx + 2x2 – 1 = 0 and 6k (2x2 + 1) + px + 4x2 – 2 = 0 are
common, then 2r – p is equal to –
(1) 1 (2) –1 (3) 2 (4) 0

F-5. If x2 + 3x + 5 = 0 and ax2 + bx + c = 0 have a common root and a, b, c  N, then the minimum value of
(a + b + c) is
(1) 8 (2) 9 (3) 10 (4) 7
F-6. The value of m for which one root of x – 3x + 2m = 0 is double of one of the roots of x2 – x + m = 0 is
2

(1) 0, – 2 (2) 0, 2 (3) 2, 4 (4) 2, –2

F-7. If the quadratic equations ax2 + bx + c = 0 (a, b, c  R, a  0) and x2 + 4x + 5 = 0 have a common root,
then a, b, c must satisfy the relations:

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(1) a > b > c (2) a < b < c

(3) a = k; b = 4k; c = 5k (k  R, k  0) (4) a = 5b = 6c

F-8. x2 + x + 1 is a factor of a x3 + b x2 + c x + d = 0, then the real root of above equation is

(a, b, c, d  R)
(1) (a – b)/b (2) d/a (3) (b – a)/a (4) (a – b)/a

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PART - I : OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. If a,b are roots of the equation x2 + qx + 1 = 0 and c,d are roots of x2 + px + 1 = 0, then the value of (a –
c) (b–c)(a+d) (b+d) will be
(1) q2 – p2 (2) p2 – q2 (3) – p2 – q2 (4) p2 + q2

2. In copying a quadratic equation of the form x2 + px + q = 0, the coefficient of x was wrongly written
as – 10 in place of – 11 and the roots were found to be 4 and 6. The roots of the correct equation are
(1) 8, 3 (2) 4, 3 (3) 6, 3 (4) 5, 6

3. If are roots of the equation (3x + 2)2 + p (3x + 2) + q = 0, then roots of x2 + px + q = 0 are
1 1
(1)  (2) 3 + 2, 3 + 2 (3) (–2), (–2) (4)  – 2,  – 2
3 3

4. If ,  are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 and  + h, + h are the roots of px2 + qx + r = 0, then h =
b q 1 b q 1 a p 1 a p
(1)  –  (2)  –  (3) –  –  (4) –   
a p 2 a p 2 b q 2 b q

5. If ,  be the roots of the equation (x – a) (x – b) + c = 0 (c  0), then the roots of the equation
(x – c – ) (x – c –  ) = c are
(1) a and b + c (2) a + b and b (3) a + c and b + c (4) a – c and b – c

6. 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
(1) a + 1, b + 1, c + 1 (2) a, b, c (3) a – 1, b – 1, c – 1 (4) , ,
b c a

7. Let ,  be the roots of x2 + (3 – ) x –  = 0. The value of  for which 2 + 2 is minimum, is

(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3

8. If a, b are non-zero real numbers and ,  are the roots of x2 + ax + b = 0, then
(1) 2, 2 are the roots of x2 – (2b – a2) x + a2 = 0
1 1
(2) , are the roots of bx2 + ax – 1 = 0
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 
(3) , are the roots of bx2 + (2b + a2) x + b = 0
 
(4) ( – 1), ( – 1) are the roots of the equation x2 + x (a + 2) + 1 + a + b = 0

9. The values of k for which the expression kx2 + (k + 1)x + 2 will be a perfect square of linear factor are
(1) 3 ± 2 2 (2) 4 ± 2 2 (3) 6 (4) 5

10. If x2 + (a  b) x + (1  a  b) = 0, a, b  R then the value of ‘a’ for which both roots of the equation are
real and unequal  b  R is
(1) (2, ) (2) (3, ) (3) (1, ) (4) (– , 1)

11. If ,  are the real and distinct roots of x2 + px + q = 0 and 4, 4 are the roots of x2 – rx + s = 0, then the
equation x2 – 4qx + 2q2 – r = 0 has always
(1) imaginary roots (2) two negative roots
(3) two positive roots (4) one positive root and one negative root

12. If a < b < c < d, then the roots of the equation (x – a) (x – c) + 2 (x – b) (x – d) = 0 are
(1) real and distinct (2) imaginary (3) real and equal (4) can't say anything

13. The values of k, for which the equation x2 + 2 (k  1) x + k + 5 = 0 possess atleast one positive root, are:
(1) [4, ) (2) (,  1]  [4, ) (3) [ 1, 4] (4) (,  1]

14. The number of roots of the equation x 2 – 4 – (x – 2) = x 2 – 5x  6 is

(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3

15. If the two equations x2 – cx + d = 0 and x2 – ax + b = 0 have one common root and the second equation
has equal roots, then 2 (b + d) =
(1) 0 (2) a + c (3) ac (4) –ac

PART - II : MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS

Section (A) : ASSERTION/REASONING

DIRECTIONS :
Each question has 4 choices (1), (2), (3) and (4) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
(1) Both the statements are true.
(2) Statement- is true, but Statement- is false.
(3) Statement- is false, but Statement- is true.
(4) Both the statements are false.

A-1. STATEMENT - 1 : The nearest point from x - axis, on the curve f(x) = x2 – 6x + 11 is (3, 2)
STATEMENT - 2 : If a > 0 and D < 0, then ax2 + bx + c > 0  x  R.

A-2. Let ,  be the roots of f(x) = 3x2 – 4x + 5 = 0.

STATEMENT-1 : The equation whose roots are 2, 2 is given by 3x2 + 8x – 20 = 0.

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STATEMENT-2 : To obtain, from the equation f(x) = 0, having roots  and  , the equation having roots
x
2, 2 one needs to change x to in f(x) = 0.
2

A-3. STATEMENT - 1 : Maximum value of log1/3 (x2 – 4x + 5) is '0'.

STATEMENT - 2 : loga x  0 for x  1 and 0 < a < 1.

Section (B) : MATCH THE COLUMN

B-1. Column –  Column – 

(A) If  + 4 are two roots of x2 – 8 x + k = 0, (p) 4
then possible value of k is
1 1
(B) If ,  are roots of x2 + 2x – 4 = 0 and , are (q) 0
 
3
roots of x2 + qx + r = 0 then value of is
qr
(C) If ,  are roots of ax2 + c = 0, ac  0, then (r) 12
 3 + 3 is equal to
(D) If roots of x2 – kx + 36 = 0 (s) 10
are Integers then number of values of k =

B-2. Match the following

(A) If ,  are roots of equation x2 – 2x – 2 = 0 (p) [4,)
then interval of values of 2 + 2 is
(B) The values of x for which the equation x2 – x + sin2 = 0 (q) [1,)
have real solutions for all real values of 
(C) If –x2 + 2x –   0 for all real x then (r) (–,1)
 belongs to the interval
(D) If graph of y = kx2 – 2x + 1 cut the x axis (s) [0,1]
at two distinct points then k belongs to the interval

Section (C) : ONE OR MORE THAN ONE OPTIONS CORRECT

C-1 Let a < 0, c < 0 and b < a + c, then the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has
(1) both negative real roots (2) one root lies between – 1 and 0.
(3) roots are of opposite sign (4) both positive real roots

C-2. If f(x) = x2 + 2 (p – 3) x + 9 and 6 lies between roots of the equation f(x) = 0, then
 3
(1) p   – , –  (2) f(6) < 0
 4
(3) 6p – p2 > 0 (4) exactly one root lies in (0, 6)

C-3. The graph of a quadratic polynomial y = ax2 + bx + c is as shown in the figure

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(1) b is greater than a + c (2) b cannot take zero value

(3) a & c have the same sign (4) 4a + 2 |b| + c can be positive

C-4. Let S be the set of all non-zero real numbers  such that the quadratic equation x2 – x +  = 0 has two
distinct real roots x1 and x2 such that whose difference is less than 1. Which of the following intervals

is(are) a subset(s) of S ?

 1 1   1   1   1 1
(1)  – , –  (2)  – , 0 (3)  0,  (4)  , 
 2 5  5   5  5 2

C-5. If the quadratic equations x2 + abx + c = 0 and x2 + acx + b = 0 have a common root, then the equation
containing their other roots is/are:
(1) x2 + a (b + c) x  a2bc = 0 (2) x2  a (b + c) x + a2bc = 0
(3) a (b + c) x2 + (b + c) x  abc = 0 (4) a (b + c) x2 – (b + c) x + abc = 0

C-6 If ,  are roots of x2 + 3x + 1 = 0, then

(1) (7 – ) (7 – ) = 0 (2) (2 – ) (2 – ) = 11
2 2
2 2      
(3)  =–2 (4)     = 18
3  1 3  1  1       1

3 4 5
C-7. Let f(x) = + + , then f(x) = 0 has
x2 x3 x4
(1) exactly one real root in (2, 3) (2) exactly one real root in (3, 4)
(3) 3 different roots (4) at least one negative root

C-8. If the equations x2 + a x + 12 = 0, x2 + b x + 15 = 0 and x2 + (a + b) x + 36 = 0 have a common positive

root, then which of the following are true ?
(1) ab = 56 (2) common positive root is 3
(3) sum of uncommon roots is 21. (4) a + b = 15.

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EXERCISE # 1
Section (A)
A-1. (2) A-2. (2) A-3. (3) A-4. (1) A-5. (3) A-6. (2) A-7. (3)
A-8. (3) A-9. (2) A-10. (3) A-11. (1) A-12 (2) A-13. (1) A-14. (1)
A-15. (4) A-16. (1)
Section (B)
B-1 (2) B-2. (1) B-3 (2) B-4. (3) B-5. (4) B-6. (2) B-7. (1)
Section (C) :
C-1. (3) C-2. (1) C-3. (4) C-4. (3) C-5. (3) C-6. (3) C-7. (4)
Section (D) :
D-1. (2) D-2. (2) D-3. (1) D-4. (3) D-5. (3) D-6. (2) D-7. (1)
D-8. (2) D-9. (1) D-10. (1) D-11. (4) D-12. (2) D-13. (4) D-14. (2)
D-15. (1) D-16. (4) D-17. (3)
Section (E) :
E-1. (2) E-2. (2) E-3. (2) E-4. (2) E-5. (4) E-6. (2) E.7. (4)
Section (F) :
F-1. (3) F-2. (2) F-3. (3) F-4. (4) F-5. (2) F-6. (1) F-7. (3)
F-8. (4)

EXERCISE # 2
PART -I
1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (3) 6. (2) 7. (3)
8. (4) 9. (1) 10. (3) 11. (4) 12. (1) 13. (4) 14. (4)
15. (3)
PART -II
Section (A) :
A-1. (1) A-2. (3) A-3. (1)

Section (B) :
B-1. (A)  (r), (B)  (p), (C)  (q), (D)  (s) B-2. (A)  p, (B)  s (C)  q (D)  r
Section (C) :
C-1 (1,2) C-2. (1,2,4,) C-3. (1,2,3) C-4. (1,4) C-5. (2,3) C-6 (2,3,4) C-7. (1,2)
C-8. (1,2,3)

PART - I : PRACTICE TEST PAPER

This Section is not meant for classroom discussion. It is being given to promote self-study and self
testing amongst the Eureka students.

Max. Marks : 120 Max. Time : 1 Hr.

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Important Instructions :

1. The test is of 1 hour duration and max. marks 120.

2. The test consists 30 questions, 4 marks each.

3. Only one choice is correct 1 mark will be deducted for incorrect response. No deduction from the total
score will be made if no response is indicated for an item in the answer sheet.

4. There is only one correct response for each question. Filling up more than one response in any
question will be treated as wrong response and marks for wrong response will be deducted accordingly
as per instructions 3 above.

1. The number of values of ‘a’ for which a(a2 – 3a + 2)x2 + (a3 – 5a2 + 6a) x + a2 – 2a = 0 is an identity in x,
is
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3

2. The number of triplet (a,b,c) for which a(2cos2x – 1) + bsin2x + c = 0 is satisfied by all real (where a,b,
cN)
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) Infinite

3. If a and b are rational and b is not a perfect square, then the quadratic equation with rational coefficient
1
whose one root is is
a b
(1) x2 – 2ax + (a2 – b) = 0 (2) (a2 – b) x2 – 2ax + 1 = 0
(3) (a2 – b2) x2 – 2bx + 1 = 0 (4) x2 + (a2 – b2)x + (a2 + b2) = 0

4. If a, b R and a  b then the roots of the quadratic equation (a – b) x2 – 5 (a + b) x – 2 (a –b) = 0 are
(1) real and equal (2) real and unequal
(3) complex (4) rational and equal

1 1 1 1
5. The condition for which equation + = + has real roots with equal in magnitude but
x xb m mb
opposite in sign, is
(1) b2 = m2 (2) b2 = 2m2 (3) 2b2 = m2 (4) 4b2 = m2

6. If ratio of the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is p : q then

(1) c(p + q)2 = – pqb (2) ac (p + q)2 = b2pq
(3) ac (p + q)2 + b2 pq = 0 (4) a(p + q)2 + cpq = 0
7. If roots of a1 x2 + b1x + c1 = 0 are ,  and roots of a2x2 + b2x + c2 = 0 are 2, 2 such that 12 = 12 = 1
then
a1 b1 c1 a1 b1 c1 a1 b1 c1
(1)   (2)   (3) a1a2 = b1b2 = c1c2 (4)  
a2 b2 c 2 c 2 b2 a2 b2 c 2 a2

8. The number of real roots of the equation (x2 – 6x +1) (x2 + 3x + 6) = 0 is

(1) 0 (2) 2 (3) 4 (4) 1

9. (2x2 – 3x + 2) (2x2 – 3x + 6) = 12 then equation has

(1) four real roots (2) two real and two imaginary roots
(3) all imaginary roots (4) cannot say about roots

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10. Let a, b, c be three distinct positive real number then the number of positive roots of ax2 + 2b + c = 0 is
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 4
11. If a > 1, then roots of the equation (1 – a) x2 + 3ax – 1 = 0 are
(1) one positive and one negative (2) both positive
(3) both negative (4) both roots are non real

12. Subset of the values of a for which the quadratic equation 3x2 + 2(a2 + 1) x + a2 – 3a + 2 = 0 possess
roots of opposite sign is
3 
(1) (–,1) (2) (–,0) (3) (–1,3) (4)  .2 
2 
13. If x2 – 4x + log1/2a = 0 does not have two distinct real roots then maximum value of a is
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) – (4) –
4 16 4 16
14. If c > 0 and 4a + c < 2b then ax2 – bx + c = 0 has a roots in the interval
(1) (0,2) (2) (2,4) (3) (0,1) (4) (–2,0)

x 2 – 6x  5
15. If x is real, then the least value of the expression is
x 2  2x  1
1 1
(1) – 1 (2) – (3) – (4) 4
2 3
16. Condition on a and b for which x2 – ax – b2, (b0) is less than zero for at least one positive x are
(1) a – 3 > 0, b < 0 (2) a – 3 > 0, b > 0
(3) a  R,b  R – {0} (4) Cannot determine

17. If S be the set of real values of p for which the equation x2 = p(x + p) has its roots greater than p, then p
is equal to
 –1 1 
(1) (–2, –1/2) (2)  ,  (3)  (4) (–, 0)
 2 4
18. If ,  are roots of the equation ax2 + 2x + 5 = 0 then the value of ( –1) (–1 ) / [( +1) ( +1) + (4/a)] is
1
(1) (2) a + 2 (3) 1 (4) 2
a2
19. If ,  are roots of the equation 3x2 + 6x + c = 0 then equation having roots 2 + 2, 2 + 2is
(1) 3x2 + 6cx + c2 = 0 (2) 9x2 + 6cx + c2 = 0 (3) 3x2 – 6cx + c2 = 0 (4) 9x2 – 6cx + c2 = 0

20. If (2x2 + bx + c) (x2 + bx – c) = 0 , b, c  R then equation has

(1) four real roots (2) two real and two imaginary roots
(3) at least two real roots (4) four imaginary roots
x2 – 1
21. If f(x) =  x  R then the minimum value of f
x2  1
(1) does not exists because it is unbounded (2) is equal to 2
(3) is equal to 5 (4) is equal to –1

22. If (2 +  – 2) x2 + (+ 2) x < 1  x  R then

(1)   (–2,1) (2)   (–2, 2/5) (3)   (2/5,1) (4)   [–2,2/5)

23. If p, q  {1,2,3,4} then the number of quadratic equations of the form px2 + qx + 1 = 0 having real roots
is :
(1) 15 (2) 9 (3) 7 (4) 8

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24. If roots of the equation x2 – 2ax + a2 + a – 3 = 0 are real and less than 3, then
(1) a < 2 (2) 2  a  3 (3) 3 < a  4 (4) a > 4

25. The minimum value of the quadratic expression 4x2 – 7x + 4  x  [1,5] is

15
(1) 1 (2) – 1 (3) 6 (4)
16

26. If the roots of the equation x2 + ax + b = 0 are c and d then

(1) a + c + d = 0 (2) a – c – d = 0 (3) a + b + d = 0 (4) b – c – d = 0

27. If f(x) = px2 + qx + r, p,q, r  R such that f(a) < 0 and f(b) < 0 where p > 0 and a < b then
(1) Both roots lies in (–,a) (2) Both roots lies in (b,)
(3) Both roots lies in (a,b) (4) One root lies in (–,a) and other in (b,)

28. If 52 – 3 = –25 and 52 – 3 = –25 then the value of 2 + 2 is
(1) – 3 (2) 3 (3) 15 (4) – 15

1 1
29. If roots of the equation 5x2 – 6x + 4 = 0 are ,  then the equation having roots and is
 
(1) 4x2 – 6x + 5 = 0 (2) 4x2 – 6x – 5 = 0 (3) 5x2 + 4x – 6 = 0 (4) 5x2 + 6x – 4 = 0

30. If , ,  are roots of equation x3 – 3x + 1 = 0 , then 2 + 2 + 2 is

(1) 0 (2) – 3 (3) 6 (4) 9

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PART - II : PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1. If  +  = – 2 and 3 + 3 = – 56 , then the quadratic equation whose roots are  and  is
(1) x2 + 2x – 16 = 0 (2) x2 + 2x + 15 = 0
(3) x2 + 2x – 12 = 0 (4) x2 + 2x – 8 = 0

2. If x = 2 + 22/3 + 21/3, then value of x3 – 6x2 + 6x is

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

3. Which of the following is/are always false

(1) A quadratic equation with rational coefficients has zero or two irrational roots
(2) A quadratic equation with real coefficients has zero or two non-real roots
(3) A quadratic equation with irrational coefficients has zero or two rational roots
(4) A quadratic equation with integer coefficients has zero or two irrational roots

4. The number of values of k for which the equation x2 – 3x + k = 0 has two distinct roots lying in the
interval
(0, 1) are
(1) Three (2) Two
(3) Infinitely many (4) No values of k satisfies the requirement

5. If the equation x2 + y2 – 10x + 21 = 0 has real roots x =  and y = , then

(1) 3  x  7 (2) 3  y  7 (3) – 5  y  1 (4) – 2  x  2

6. If 2 + i and 5 – 2i are the roots of the equation (x2 + ax + b) (x2 + cx + d) = 0, where a, b, c, d are real
constants, then product of all roots of the equation is
(1) 40 (2) 9 5 (3) 45 (4) 35

7. If  and 2 are the roots of the equation x2 – 6x + c = 0, then the positive value of c is
(1) 2 (2) 8 (3) 4 (4) 9

8. If a (p+q)2 + 2apq + c = 0 and a(p+r)2 + 2apr + c = 0, then qr equals –

c a a b
(1) p2 + (2) p2 + (3) p2 + (4) p2 +
a c b a

9. Roots of the equation (a + b – c) x2 – 2ax + (a – b + c) = 0, (a,b,c Q) are-

(1) rational (2) irrational (3) complex (4) can't be determine

10. If a,b,c,d are real numbers, then the number of real roots of the equation
(x2 + ax – 3b) (x2 – cx + b) (x2 – dx + 2b) = 0 are
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 6 (4) At least 2

11. The number of real solutions of the equation 271/x + 121/x = 2(81/x) is
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) infinite (4) 2

12. If roots of the equation x2 – 10ax – 11b = 0 are c and d and those of x2 – 10cx – 11d = 0 are a and b
then the value of a + b + c + d is (where a, b, c, d are all distinct numbers)

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(1) 1210 (2) 110 (3) 1100 (4) 1200

x2  x  c
13. If 'x' is real, then can take all real values if :
x 2
 x  2 c

(1) c  [0, 6] (2) c  [ 6, 0]

(3) c  (  6)  (0, ) (4) c  ( 6, 0)

14. If p, q, r, s  R, then equaton (x2 + px + 3q) (–x2 + rx + q) (–x2 + sx – 2q) = 0 has

(1) 6 real roots (2) at least two real roots
(3) 2 real and 4 imaginary roots (4) 4 real and 2 imaginary roots

15. If two roots of the equation (a – 1) (x2 + x + 1)2 – (a + 1) (x4 + x2 + 1) = 0 are real and distinct, then 'a'
lies in the interval
(1) (–2, 2) (2) (– , –2)  (2, ) (3) (2, ) (4) (–3,3)

16. Number of solutions of equation (a+x)2/3 + (x –a)2/3 = 4 (a2 – x2)1/3 are :

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

17. The roots of the equation (3–x)4 + (2–x)4 = (5–2x)4 are

(1) Two real and two imaginary (2) All imaginary
(3) All real (4) One real and three imaginary 


PART - I
1. (3) 2. (1) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (2) 6. (2) 7. (2)
8. (2) 9. (2) 10. (1) 11. (2) 12. (4) 13. (2) 14. (1)
15. (3) 16. (3) 17. (3) 18. (3) 19. (2) 20. (3) 21. (4)
22. (4) 23. (3) 24. (1) 25. (1) 26. (1) 27. (4) 28. (2)
29. (1) 30. (3)
PART - II
1. (4) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (4) 5. (1) 6. (3) 7. (2)
8. (1) 9. (1) 10. (4) 11. (1) 12. (1) 13. (4) 14. (2)
15. (2) 16. (4) 17. (1)

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