QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

1. If one root of 5x 2 + 13x + k = 0 is reciprocal of the other, then k = (A) 0 (B) 5

1 (C) 6

1 6. If the difference of the roots of the equation, x 2 - bx + c = 0 be 1, then (A) b2 - 4c - 1 = 0 (B) b2 - 4c = 0 (C) b2 - 4c + 1 = 0 (D) b2 + 4c - 1 = 0 Let y =

(D) 6

2.

If the roots of the equation, ax2 + bx + c = 0 be & , then the roots of the equation cx2 + bx + a = 0 are : (A) , (B) ,
1 (C) ,
1

7.

(x + 1) (x 3) , then all real (x 2)

values of x for which y takes real values are : (A) - 1 x < 2 or x 3 (B) - 1 x < 3 or x > 2 (C) 1 x < 2 or x 3 (D) None 8. If 2 + i 3 is a root of the equation, x2 + px + q = 0, where p & q are real, then (p, q) = (A) (- 4, 7) (B) (4, - 7) (C) (4, 7) (D) None of these If (x + 1) is a factor of x4 (p 3) x2 (3p 5) x2 + (2p 7) x + 6, then p = (A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) None of these

(D) None of these 3. If the roots of the given equation, (m2 + 1) x2 + 2 amx + a2 - b 2 = 0 be equal, then : (A) a2 + b 2 (m2 + 1) = 0 (B) b2 + a2 (m2 + 1) = 0 (C) a2 - b2 (m2 + 1) = 0 (D) b 2 - a2 (m2 + 1) = 0 If P(x) = ax2 + bx + c and Q(x) = - ax2 + dx + c where ac 0, then P(x) . Q(x) = 0, has atleast : (A) Four real roots (B) Two real roots (C) Four imaginary roots (D) None of these If a root of the equation, ax2+bx+c=0 be reciprocal of a root of the equation, ax2 + bx + c = 0 then : (A) (cc aa)2 = (ba cb) (ab bc) (B) (bb aa)2 = (ca bc) (ab bc) (C) (cc aa)2 = (ba + cb) (ab + bc) (D) None of these

9.

4.

10. If x = 2+22/3+2 1/3, then, x 3-6x 2+6x= (A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) None of these 11. The co-efficient of x in the equation x 2 + px + q = 0 was taken as 17 in place of 13, its roots were found to be - 2 and - 15 . The roots of the original equation are : (A) 3, 10 (B) - 3, - 10 (C) - 5, - 8 (D) None of these

5.

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2 12. Let a, b, c be real numbers a 0 . If is a root of a2 x2 + bx + c = 0, is a root of a2 x2 bx c = 0 & 0 < < then the equation, a2 x2 + 2bx + 2c = 0 has a root that always satisfies : (A) =
+ 2

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Atleast one root in [0, 1] Atleast one root in [1. 2] Atleast one root in [- 1, 0] None of these

(C) =

(B) = + 2 (D) < <

13. If x 2 - 3x + 2 be a factor of x4 - px 2 + q, then (p, q) = (A) (3, 4) (B) (4, 5) (C) (4, 3) (D) (5, 4) 14. If one root of the quadratic equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to the n th power of the other root, then the value
n of a c

18. If the roots of the equation, x2 - bx + c = 0 and x2 - cx + b = 0 differ by the same quantity, then b + c is equal to : (A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) - 4 19. If x2/3 - 7x1/3 + 10 = 0, then x = (A) {125} (B) {8} (C) (D) {125, 8} 20. Let one root of ax 2 + bx + c = 0, where a, b, c are integers be 3 + then the other root is : (A) 3 -

( )
1

1 n +1

n + a c

( )

1 n +1

=
1 bn + 1

5,

(A) b (C)
bn + 1

(B) - b (D) -

(B) 3 (D) None of these

(C) 21. The x2 + (A) (C)

15. If , are the roots of , (x - a) (x - b) = c, c 0, then the roots of (x ) (x)+c = 0 shall be : (A) a, c (B) b, c (C) a, b (D) a + c, b + c 16. The equation,
x( (A) (B) (C) (D)
3/ 4 ) ( log 2 x ) + ( log 2 x ) 5 / 4
2

real roots of the equation, 5 x + 4 = 0 are : { 1, 4} (B) {1, 4} {- 4, 4} (D) None of these
2x
1

= 2 has : Atleast one real solution Exactly three real solutions Exactly one irrational solution All the above .

22. If 2x2 +5x +2 > x+1 , then: (A) 2 > x > 1 (B) 2 x 1 (C) 2 < x < 1 (D) 2 < x 1 23. If the roots of the equation,
1 + 1 x + p x+q

= 1 are equal in magnitude r

17. If a, b, c are real numbers such that a + b + c = 0, then the quadratic equation, 3ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 has :

but opposite in sign, then the product of the roots will be :

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2 2 (A) p +q

(B) (D)

(p2 +q2 ) (p2 q2 )

2 2

2 2 (C) p q

24. If x is real, then the maximum and minimum values of expression,

x2 +14x + 9 x2 +2x + 9

will be : (B) 5, - 4 (D) - 4, - 5

(A) 4, - 5 (C) - 4, 5

29. The number of real roots of the equation, esin x - e - sin x - 4 = 0 are : (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) Infinite (D) None 30. If the product of roots of the equation x2 - 3kx + 2 e2 log k - 1 = 0 is 7, then its roots will be real when : (A) k = 1 (B) k = 2 (C) k = 3 (D) None of these 31. If the roots of the equation, Ax2 + Bx + C = 0 are , & the roots of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 are 2, 2, then value of p will be : (A)

25. If both the roots of, k (6x 2 + 3) + rx + 2x 2 - 1 = 0 and 6k (2x 2 + 1) + px + 4x 2 - 2 = 0 are common, then 2r - p is equal to : (A) - 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2 26. If x 2 + px + 1 is a factor of the expression, ax3 + bx + c, then : (A) a2 + c 2 = - ab (B) a 2 - c 2 = - ab (C) a 2 - c2 = ab (D) None of these 27. If x, y, z are real and distinct, then u = x 2 + 4y 2 + 9z2 6yz 3zx 2xy is always : (A) Non-negative (B) Non-positive (C) Zero (D) None of these 28. If a < b < c < d, then the roots of the equation, (x a) (x c) + 2 (x b) (x d) = 0 are : (A) Real and distinct (B) Real and equal (C) Imaginary (D) None of these

B2 2 AC A2

(B)

2 AC B2 A2

B2 4 AC (D) None of these A2 32. If 1, 2 and 1, 2 are the roots of the equations, ax2 + bc + c = 0 and px2 + qx + r = 0 respectively and the system of equations, 1 y + 2z = 0 and 1 y + 2 z = 0 has a non-zero solution, then : (A) a2 qc = p2 br (B) b2 pr = q2 ac (C) c2 ar = r2 pb (D) None of these
(C) 33. If the roots of the equation,
x2 b x ax c
m1 are equal but m+1

opposite in sign, then the value of m will be : (A) (C)

ab a+b a+b ab

(B) (D)

ba a+b b+a ba

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4 34. The roots of the given equation, (q - r) x2 + (r - p) x + (p - q) = 0 are (A) pq , 1 (C)

p q qr

(B) 15 x2 + 8 x - 16 = 0 (C) 15 x2 - 8 2 x + 16 = 0 (D) 15 x2 - 8 x - 16 = 0 40. Let & be the roots of the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0 . The equations whose roots are 19, 7 is : (A) x2 - x - 1 = 0 (B) x2 - x + 1 = 0 (C) x2 + x - 1 = 0 (D) x2 + x + 1 = 0 41. Two students while solving a quadratic equation in x, one copied the constant term incorrectly and got the roots 3 and 2 . The other copied the constant term and coefficient of x2 correctly as - 6 and 1 respectively. The correct roots are : (A) 3, - 2 (B) - 3, 2 (C) - 6, - 1 (D) 6, - 1 42. The set of values of x which satisfy 5 x + 2 < 3 x + 8 and x1 < 4 is : (A) (2, 3) (B) ( , 1) (2, 3) (C) ( , 1) (D) (1, 3) 43. If , are the roots of x2 ax + b = 0 and n + n = Vn , then : (A) Vn + 1 = a Vn + b Vn - 1 (B) V n + 1 = a V n + a Vn - 1 (C) V n + 1 = a Vn - b V n - 1 (D) V n + 1 = a Vn - 1 - b Vn
x+2

r q

(B) pq , 1 (D)
r p q r

qr

,1

,1

35. How many roots the equation, x - x1 = 1 - x1 have ? (A) One (B) Two (C) Infinite (D) None 36. If the roots of the given equationn, (cos p - 1) x2 + (cos p) x + sin p = 0 are real, then :
2 2

, (A) p ( , 0) (B) p 2 2 (C) p (0, ) (D) p (0, 2)

37. If the roots of the equation, x2 + px + q = 0 are & and roots of the equation x2 xr + s = 0 are 4, 4, then the roots of the equation, x2 - 4 qx + 2 q2 - r = 0 will be : (A) Both negative (B) Both positive (C) Both real (D) One negative & one positive 38. If the roots of the equation, 8 x3 - 14 x2 + 7 x - 1 = 0 are in G.P., then the roots are :
1 (A) 1, 2 , 1 4 (C) 3, 6, 12

(B) 2, 4, 8 (D) None of these

39. In a triangle ABC, the value of A is given by, 5 cos A + 3 = 0, then the equation whose roots are sin A and tan A will be : (A) 15 x3 - 8 x + 16 = 0

44.

If the inequality (m 2)x2 + 8x + m + 4 > 0 is satisfied for all x R then the least integral m is : (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) none

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45.

The values of k, for which the equation, x2 + 2 (k 1) x + k + 5 = 0 possess atleast one positive root, are : (A) [4, ) (B) ( , 1] [4, ) (C) [ 1, 4} (D) ( , 1] The set of values of 'a' for which the inequality, (x 3a) (x a 3) < 0 is satisfied for all x [1, 3] is : (A) (1/3, 3) (B) (0, 1/3) (C) ( 2, 0) (D) ( 2, 3) The value of p for which both the roots of the quadratic equation, 4x2 20 px + (25p2 + 15p 66) are less than 2 lies in : (A) (4/5, 2) (B) (2, ) (C) ( 1, 4/5) (D) ( , 1) If the equation sin4 x (k + 2) sin2 x (k + 3) = 0 has a solution then k must lie in the interval : (A) ( 4, 2) (B) [ 3, 2) (C) ( 4, 3) (D) [ 3, 2] If both roots of the quadratic equation x2 + x + p = 0 exceed p where p R then p must lie in the interval : (A) ( , 1) (B) ( , 2) (C) ( , 2) (0, 1/4) (D) ( 2, 1) ANSWER SHEET

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13. D 19. D 25. B 31. B 37. C 43. C 49. B

14. B 20. A 26. C 32. B 38. A 44. B

15. C 21. D 27. A 33. A 39. B 45. D

16. D 22. C 28. A 34. C 40. D 46. B

17. A 23. B 29. D 35. D 41. D 47. D

18. D 24. A 30. B 36. C 42. B 48. D

47.

48.

49.

1. B 7. A

2. C 3. C 4. B 5.A 6. A 8. A 9. A 10. B 11. B 12. D

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