16 Quadratic Equations and Inequations

16. If x be real, then the maximum value of

2
4 4 5 x x +
will be equal to
[MNR 1979]
(a) 5 (b) 6
(c) 1 (d) 2
17. If x is real, the function
) (
) )( (
c x
b x a x

will
assume all real values, provided [IIT
1984; Karnataka CET 2002]
(a)
c b a > >
(b)
c b a < <
(c)
b c a < >
(d)
b c a < <
18. If x is real, then the maximum and minimum
values of the expression
4 3
4 3
2
2
+ +
+
x x
x x
will be
[IIT 1984]
(a) 2, 1 (b)
5
1
, 5
(c)
7
1
, 7 (d) None of these
19. If x is real, then the value of
7 2
71 34
2
2
+
+
x x
x x

does not lie between [Roorkee 1983]
(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
13 6
2
+ x x
will
not be less than
[RPET 1986]
(a) 4 (b) 6
(c) 7 (d) 8
21. The smallest value of
3 3
2
+ x x
in the interval
) 2 / 3 , 3 (
is
[EAMCET 1991; 93]
(a) 3/4 (b) 5
(c) 15 (d) 20
22. If the roots of
0
2
+ + a x x
exceed a, then
[EAMCET 1994]
(a)
3 2 < < a
(b)
3 > a
(c)
3 3 < < a
(d)
2 < a
23. If the roots of the equation
0 3 2
2 2
+ + a a ax x
are real and less than 3,
then [IIT 1999; MP PET
2000]
(a)
2 < a
(b)
3 2 a
(c)
4 3 < a
(d)
4 > a
24. If x be real, the least value of
10 6
2
+ x x
is
[Kurukshetra CEE 1998]
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 10
25. Let , be the roots of . 0 ) 3 (
2
+ x x
The value of for which
2 2
+ is minimum, is
[AMU 2002]
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3
26. Let 1 4 ) (
2
+ + x x x f . Then
(a) 0 ) ( > x f for all x
(b) 1 ) ( > x f when
0 x
(c) 1 ) ( x f when
4 x
(d) ) ( ) ( x f x f for all x
27. The adjoining figure shows the graph of
c bx ax y + +
2
. Then
(a)
0 < a
(b)
ac b 4
2
<
(c)
0 > c
(d) a and b are of opposite
signs
28. If c b a , , are real numbers such that
, 0 + + c b a then the quadratic equation
0 2 3
2
+ + c bx ax
has
[MNR 1992; DCE
1999]
(a) At least one root in [0, 1]
(b) At least one root in [1, 2]
(c) At least one root in
] 0 , 1 [
(d) None of these
29. If , be the roots of the quadratic equation
0
2
+ + c bx ax
and
k
be a real number, then
the condition so that < < k is given by
(a)
0 > ac
(b)
0
2
+ + c bk ak
(c)
0 < ac
(d)
0
2 2
< + + ac abk k a
30. The value of p for which both the roots of the
equation 0 ) 66 15 25 ( 20 4
2 2
+ + p p px x are
less than 2, lies in
(a)
) 2 , 5 / 4 (
(b)
) , 2 (
(c)
) 5 / 4 , 1 (
(d)
) 1 , (
31. If and ( < ) are the roots of the equation
, 0
2
+ + c bx x where , 0 b c < < then
[IIT Screening 2000; Pb. CET 2000]
(a) < < 0 (b)
| | 0 < < <
(c) 0 < < (d)
< < < | | 0
32. If
a b>
, then the equation
1 ) ( ) ( b x a x

has
[IIT Screening 2000]
(a) Both roots in
] , [ b a

(x
2
,0
)
X
(x
1
,0
)
O
Y
17 Quadratic Equations and Inequations
(b) Both roots in
) , ( a
(c) Both roots in
) , ( + b
(d) One root in
) , ( a
and the other in
) , ( + b
33. The maximum possible number of real roots of
equation
0 5 4 6
2 5
+ x x x
is
[EAMCET 2002]
(a) 0 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 5
34. If
0 6 3 2 + + c b a
then at least one root of the
equation
0
2
+ + c bx ax
lies in the interval
[Kurukshetra CEE 2002; AIEEE 2002, 04]
(a) (0, 1) (b) (1, 2)
(c) (2, 3) (d) (3, 4)
35. If the equation 0 ....
1
1
1
+ + +

x a x a x a
n
n
n
n
,
0
1
a ,
2 n
, has a positive root x , then
the equation
0 .... ) 1 (
1
2
1
1
+ + +

a x a n x na
n
n
n
n
has a
positive root, which is [AIEEE 2005]
(a) Greater than or equal to (b) Equal to
(c) Greater than (d) Smaller than
36. If S is a set of ) (x P is polynomial of degree
2

such that , 0 ) 0 ( P 1 ) 1 ( P ,
) 1 , 0 ( 0 ) ( ' > x x P
, then
[IIT Screening 2005]
(a)
0 S
(b) ) , 0 ( ) 1 (
2
+ a x a ax S
(c) R a x a ax S + ) 1 (
2
(d) ) 2 , 0 ( ) 1 (
2
+ a x a ax S
37. If and , and

, and are the

roots of the equations
0 2
2
+ + c bx ax
,
0 2
2
+ + a cx bx
and
0 2
2
+ + b ax cx

respectively, where b a, and c are positive real
numbers, then
2
+
=
[Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) abc (d)
c b a + + 2

(e) abc
Solution of quadratic inequations and
Miscellaneous equations
1. The number of real values of x for which the
equality
16 5 6 12 3
2
+ + + x x x
holds good is
[AMU 1999]
(a) 4 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 1
2. If x is real and satisfies , 4 2 + > + x x then [AMU
1999]
(a)
2 < x
(b)
0 > x
(c)
0 3 < < x
(d)
4 3 < < x
3. The complete solution of the inequation
is 12 4
2
< x x
[AMU 1999]
(a)
2 < x
or
6 > x
(b)
2 6 < < x
(c)
6 2 < < x
(d)
6 2 < < x
4. The number of roots of the equation ) 2 log( x
) 1 log( 2 + x are [AMU 2001]
(a) 3 (b) 2
(c) 1 (d) None of these
5. The set of all real numbers x for which
, 0 | 2 |
2
> + + x x x is
[IIT Screening 2002]
(a)
) , 2 ( ) 2 , (
(b)
) , 2 ( ) 2 , (
(c)
) , 1 ( ) 1 , (
(d) ) , 2 (
6. If
0 3 10 2
2
> + + a ax x
for all
R x
, then
[IIT Screening 2004]
(a)
2 5 < < a
(b)
5 < a
(c)
5 > a
(d)
5 2 < < a
7. The roots of the equation
0 1 4 6 4
2 3 4
+ + x x x x
are
[MP PET 1986]
(a) 1, 1, 1, 1
(b) 2, 2, 2, 2
(c) 3, 1, 3, 1
(d) 1, 2, 1, 2
8. If the roots of the equation
0 1 7 14 8
2 3
+ x x x
are in G.P., then the roots
are [MP PET 1986]
(a)
4
1
,
2
1
, 1 (b) 2, 4, 8
(c) 3, 6, 12 (d) None of these
9. If the sum of the two roots of the equation
0 36 9 16 4
2 3
+ x x x
is zero, then the roots
are
[MP PET 1986]
(a) 1, 2 2 (b)
3
2
,
3
2
, 2
(c)
2
3
,
2
3
, 3 (d)
2
3
,
2
3
, 4
10. One root of the following given equation
0 130 19 64 31 14 2
2 3 4 5
+ + + x x x x x
is
[MP PET 1985]
(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 5 (d) 7
11. If two roots of the equation
0 2 3
3
+ x x
are
same, then the roots will be
[MP PET 1985]
Quadratic Equations and Inequations 18
(a) 2, 2, 3 (b) 1, 1, 2
(c) 2, 3, 3 (d) 2, 2, 1
12. If c b a , , are real and
3 2 3
2 3 c x b x +
is
divisible by a x and
b x
, then
(a)
c b a
(b)
c b a 2 2
(c)
c b a
,
c b a 2 2
(d)
None of these
13. If , and are the roots of
0 8
3
+ x
, then the
equation whose roots are
2 2
, and
2
is
(a)
0 8
3
x
(b)
0 16
3
x
(c)
0 64
3
+ x
(d)
0 64
3
x
.
14. If
, ,
are the roots of the equation
, 0 1 4
3
+ + x x then
+ + + + +
1 1 1
) ( ) ( ) (
[EAMCET 2003]
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 5
15. If the sum of two of the roots of
0
2 3
+ + + r qx px x is zero, then pq =
[EAMCET 2003]
(a) r (b) r
(c) 2 r (d) 2 r
16. If , , are the roots of the equation
0 1
3
+ + x x
, then the value of
3 3 3

[MP PET 2004]
(a) 0 (b) 3
(c) 3 (d) 1
17. The roots of the equation
380 2
3 4
+ x x x
are
[UPSEAT 2004]
(a)
2
3 5 1
, 4 , 5
t

(b)
2
3 5 1
, 4 , 5
t

(c)
2
3 5 1
, 4 , 5
t
(d)
2
3 5 1
, 4 , 5
t

18. If , and are the roots of equation
0 5 3
2 3
+ + x x x
then +
2
y
satisfies the equation [J & K 2005]
(a) 0 2
3
+ + y y (b) 0 2
2 3
y y y
(c) 0 3 3
2 3
+ y y y (d)
0 20 5 4
2 3
+ + + y y y
19. If , , are the roots of the equation
0 1 6 3 2
2 3
+ + x x x
, then
2 2 2
+ + is equal
to
[Karnataka CET 2005]
(a)
4
15
(b)
4
15
(c)
4
9
(d) 4
20. The solution set of the equation
0 ) ( ) (
2 2 2
+ + + q p x q p pqx is [Kerala
(Engg.) 2005]
(a)

'

p
q
q
p
, (b)

'

q
p
pq,
(c)

'

pq
p
q
, (d)

'
+ +
q
q p
p
q p
,
(e)

'

q
q p
p
q p
,
1. If , infinity to ....... 1 1 1 + + + x then x =
(a)
2
5 1+
(b)
2
5 1
(c)
2
5 1t
(d) None of these
2. For the equation 0 6 | | | |
2
+ x x , the roots are
[EAMCET 1988, 93]
(a) One and only one real number
(b) Real with sum one
(c) Real with sum zero
(d) Real with product zero
3. If
0
2
+ + c bx ax
, then x =
[MP PET 1995]
(a)
a
ac b b
2
4
2
t
(b)
a
ac b b
2
2
t
(c)
ac b b
c
4
2
2
t
(d) None of these
4. If the equations
0 5 3 2
2
+ + x x
and
0 3 2
2
+ + x x
have a common root, then
[RPET 1989]
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 1 , 0 (d) 2,1
5. If the equation 0
2
+ + x x has equal roots
and one root of the equation
0 12
2
+ x x
is 2,
then ) , ( =
19 Quadratic Equations and Inequations
(a) (4, 4) (b) (4,4)
(c) ) 4 , 4 ( (d) ) 4 , 4 (
6. If xis real and
,
1
1
2
2
+ +
+

x x
x x
k
then
[MNR 1992; RPET 1997]
(a) 3
3
1
k (b)
5 k
(c)
0 k
(d) None of these
7. If
d c b a < < <
, then the roots of the equation
0 ) )( ( 2 ) )( ( + d x b x c x a x are [IIT
1984]
(a) Real and distinct (b) Real and equal
(c) Imaginary (d) None of these
8. If the roots of the equation 0
2
+ + q px qx where
p, q are real, be complex, then the roots of the
equation 0 4
2 2
+ p qx x are
(a) Real and unequal (b) Real and equal
(c) Imaginary (d) None of these
9. The values of
' 'a
for which
2 ) 1 ( 2 ) 1 (
2 2
+ + x a x a is positive for any x
are [UPSEAT 2001]
(a)
1 a
(b)
1 a
(c)
3 > a
(d)
3 < a
or
1 > a
10. If the roots of equation
1
1
2
+

m
m
c ax
bx x
are equal
but opposite in sign, then the value of m will be
[RPET 1988, 2001; MP PET 1996, 2002; Pb. CET 2000]
(a)
b a
b a
+

(b)
b a
a b
+

(c)
b a
b a

+
(d)
a b
a b

+
11. The coefficient of x in the equation
0
2
+ + q px x was taken as 17 in place of 13, its
roots were found to be 2 and 15, The roots of
the original equation are [IIT 1977, 79]
(a) 3, 10 (b) 3, 10
(c) 5, 18 (d) None of these
12. If one root of the equation
0
2
+ + c bx ax
be n
times the other root, then
(a)
2 2
) 1 ( + n bc na (b)
2 2
) 1 ( + n ac nb
(c)
2 2
) 1 ( + n ab nc (d) None of these
13. If one root of the quadratic equation
0
2
+ + c bx ax
is equal to the n
th
power of the
other root, then the value of
+
+ + 1
1
1
1
) ( ) (
n
n
n
n
c a ac
[IIT 1983]
(a)
b
(b) b
(c)
1
1
+ n
b
(d)
1
1
+

n
b
14. If cos , sin are the roots of the equation
0
2
+ + c bx ax
, then
[MP PET 1993]
(a)
0 2
2 2
+ ac b a
(b)
2 2 2
) ( c b c a +
(c)
0 2
2 2
+ ac b a
(d)
0 2
2 2
+ + ac b a
15. If both the roots of the quadratic equation

0 5 2
2 2
+ + k k kx x

are less than 5, then
k
lies in the interval [AIEEE
2005]
(a)
) 4 , (
(b) [4, 5]
(c) (5, 6] (d) (6, )
16. If the roots of the equations
0
2
+ c bx x
and
0
2
+ b cx x
differ by the same quantity, then
c b+
is equal to [BIT Ranchi
1969; MP PET 1993]
(a) 4 (b) 1
(c) 0 (d) 4
17. If the product of roots of the equation

0 1 2 3
log 2 2
+
k
e kx x
is 7, then its roots will real when
[IIT 1984]
(a)
1 k
(b)
2 k
(c)
3 k
(d) None of these
18. If a root of the given equation
0 ) ( ) ( ) (
2
+ + b a c x a c b x c b a
is 1, then the other will be
[RPET 1986]
(a)
) (
) (
a c b
c b a

(b)
) (
) (
c b a
a c b

(c)
) (
) (
c b a
b a c

(d) None of these

19. In a triangle
ABC
the value of
A
is given by
0 3 cos 5 + A
, then the equation whose roots
are
A sin
and
A tan
will be
[Roorkee 1972]
(a)
0 16 8 15
2
+ x x
(b)
0 16 8 15
2
+ x x
(c)
0 16 2 8 15
2
+ x x
(d)
0 16 8 15
2
x x
Quadratic Equations and Inequations 20
20. If one root of the equation
0
2
+ + c bx ax
the
square of the other, then cX b c a
3
) ( , where
X is
(a)
3 3
b a +
(b)
3
) ( b a
(c)
3 3
b a
(d) None of these
21. If 8, 2 are the roots of 0
2
+ + ax x and 3, 3 are
the roots of 0
2
+ + b x x , then the roots of
0
2
+ + b ax x
are
[EAMCET 1987]
(a)
1 , 8
(b) 9, 2
(c) 2 , 8 (d) 9, 1
22. The set of values of x which satisfy
8 3 2 5 + < + x x
and , 4
1
2
<

+
x
x
is
[EAMCET 1989]
(a)
) 3 , 2 (
(b)
) 3 , 2 ( ) 1 , (
(c)
) 1 , (
(d)
) 3 , 1 (
23. If , are the roots of
0
2
+ b ax x
and if
n
n n
V + , then [RPET 1995; Karnataka CET
2000; Pb. CET 2002]
(a)
1 1 +
+
n n n
bV aV V (b)
1 1 +
+
n n n
aV aV V
(c)
1 1 +

n n n
bV aV V (d)
n n n
bV aV V
+ 1 1
24. The value of cfor which
4
7
| |
2 2
, where
and are the roots of
0 7 2
2
+ + c x x
, is
(a) 4 (b) 0
(c) 6 (d) 2
25. For what value of the sum of the squares of the
roots of 0 ) 1 (
2
1
) 2 (
2
+ + + x x is minimum
[AMU 1999]
(a) 3/2 (b) 1
(c) 1/2 (d) 11/4
26. The product of all real roots of the equation
0 6 | |
2
x x is
[Roorkee 2000]
(a) 9 (b) 6
(c) 9 (d) 36
27. For the equation 0 , 0 3 3
2
> + + p px x if one of
the root is square of the other, then p is equal to
[IIT Screening 2000]
(a)
3
1
(b) 1
(c) 3 (d)
3
2
28. If , be the roots of 0
2
+ + q px x and
h h + + ,
are the roots of
0
2
+ + s rx x
, then
[AMU 2001]
(a)
s
q
r
p
(b)
1
]
1

+
s
r
q
p
h 2
(c) s r q p 4 4
2 2
(d)
2 2
qs pr
29. If 0
2
+ + q px x is the quadratic equation whose
roots are a 2 and b 2 where a and b are the
roots of
0 1 3
2
+ x x
, then
[Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
(a)
5 , 1 q p

(b)
5 , 1 q p
(c)
1 , 1 q p
(d) None of these
30. The value of a for which one root of the quadratic
equation 0 2 ) 1 3 ( ) 3 5 (
2 2
+ + + x a x a a is
twice as large as the other, is
[AIEEE 2003]
(a)
3
2
(b)
3
2

(c)
3
1
(d)
3
1

31. If c b a , , are in G.P., then the equations

0 2
2
+ + c bx ax
and 0 2
2
+ + f ex dx have a
common root if
c
f
b
e
a
d
, , are in
[IIT 1985; Pb. CET 2000; DCE 2000]
(a) A.P. (b) G.P.
(c) H.P. (d) None of these
32. The value of a for which the equations
0 3
2
+ a x x
and
0 3
2
+ ax x
have a
common root is
[Pb. CET 1999]
(a) 3 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 2
33. If ) 1 ( + x is a factor of
21 Quadratic Equations and Inequations
2 3 4
) 5 3 ( ) 3 ( x p x p x 6 ) 7 2 ( + + x p ,
then
p
[IIT 1975]
(a) 4 (b) 2
(c) 1 (d) None of these
34. The roots of the equation
0 45 18 57 24 4
2 3 4
+ + x x x x
,
If one of them is
6 3 i +
, are
(a)
2
3
, 6 3 t i (b)
2
3
, 6 3 t i
(c)
2
3
, 6 3 t i
(d) None of these
35. The values of a for which
0 ) 1 ( ) 1 2 ( 2 2
2
+ + + a a x a x may have one
root less than a and other root greater than a are
given by [UPSEAT 2001]
(a)
0 1 > > a
(b)
0 1 < < a
(c)
0 a
(d)
1 or 0 < > a a
36. Let c b a , , be real numbers
0 a
. If is a root
0
2 2
+ + c bx x a
, is a root of
0
2 2
c bx x a
and < < 0 , then the
equation
0 2 2
2 2
+ + c bx x a
has a root

that
always satisfies [IIT 1989]
(a)
2

(b)
2

+
(c)

(d) < <
37. If , , are roots of equation
0
2 3
+ + + c bx ax x
, then + +
1 1 1

[EAMCET 2002]
(a) a/c (b) b/c
(c) b/a (d) c/a
38. If
2 5 2
2
2
+ + x x
x
>
1
1
+ x
, then
[IIT 1987]
(a)
1 2 > > x
(b)
1 2 x
(c)
1 2 < < x
(d)
1 2 < x
39. If
0 < a
then the inequality
0 4 2
2
> + x ax
has
the solution represented by
[AMU 2001]
(a)
a
a
x
a
a 4 1 1 4 1 1
> >
+
(b)
a
a
x
4 1 1
<
(c) x < 2
(d)
a
a
x
4 1 1
2
+
> >
40. The two roots of an equation
0 24 14 9
2 3
+ + x x x
are in the ratio 3 : 2. The
roots will be [UPSEAT 1999]
(a) 6, 4, 1 (b) 6, 4, 1
(c) 6, 4, 1 (d) 6, 4, 1