R.

Kedareshwar, Senior Faculty,

Narayana Educational Institutions, Hyderabad.

IIT-JEE MATHEMATICS

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

 1
1. If the expression  mx − 1 +  is non-negative for all positive real x, then the minimum
 x
value of m must be
1 1 1
1. − 2. 0 3. 4.
2 4 2

2. If x ∈ R, then the maximum value of y=2(a-x) (x + x 2 + b 2 ) is

1. a2 + b2 2. a2 – b2 3. a2 + 2b2 4. a2 + 3b2
3. If a,b,c are three distinct real numbers then the equation
(x − b)(x − c) 2 (x − c) (x − a) 2 (x − a)(x − b) 2 2
a + .b + c – x = 0 has
(a − b0(a − c) (b − c)(b − a) (c − a) (a − b)
1. exactly one root 2. exactly two roots 3. no root 4. none
2
4. The integral values of m for which the roots of the equation mx + (2m-1)x+(m-2)=0
are rational are given by the expression [Where n is integer]
1. n(n+2) 2. n(n=1) 3. n2 4. none of these
2 2
5 If both roots of the equation x – 2ax + a – 1 = 0 lie between -3 and 4, then [a] can not
be ([a] is the integral part of a)
1. 0 2. -1 3. 1 4. 4
1
6 If tn denotes the nth term of an A.P. and tp = , then which of the following is
p
necessarily a root of the equation (p + 2q – 3r)x2 + (q + 2r – 3p)x+(r+2p-3q) = 0
1. tp 2. tq 3. tpq 4. tp+q
7 Let α and β be the real and distinct roots of the equation ax2 + bx +c = |c|, (a > 0) p, q
be the real and distinct roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0. Then
1. p and q lie between α and β (b) 2. p and q not lie between α and β
3. Only p lies between α and β (d) 4. Only q lies between α and β
8 The roots of the equation ax2 + bx +c = 0, where a ∈ R+ are two consecutive odd
positive integers, then
1. |b| ≤ 4a 2. |b| ≥ 4a 3. |b| = 2a 4. none of these
9 Let f(x) = ax2 + bx + c and g(x) =af(x) + bf’(x) + cf’’(x). If f(x) > 0 ∀x ∈ R, then the
sufficient condition for g(x) > 0 ∀x ∈ R is
1. c > 0 2. b > - 3. b < 0 4. c < 0
10. t f(x) = ax +bx+c; a, b, c ∈ R. If f(x) takes real values for values of x and non-real
2

values for non-real values of x, then a satisfies 1

1. a > 0 2. a = 0 3. a < 0 4. a ∈ R

KEY
1. 3 2. 1 3. 4 4. 2 5. 4

6. 3 7. 1 8. 2 9. 4 10. 2
 THEORY OF EQUATIONS
x 2 + kx + 1
1. The values of the parameter k for which the inequatity < 3 is satisfied for
x2 + x +1
all real values of x is
1. -1 < k < 5 2. -11 < k < -1 3. 5 < k < 7 4. k ∈ R

2. Number of real roots of the equation x + x − 1 − x = 1 is

1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. 3
x +1 (x + 1) 2
3. The solution set of + | x + 1|= is
x |x|
1. {x |x ≥ 0} 2. {x | x > 0} ∪ {-1}
3. {-1, 1} 4. {x | x ≥ 1 or x ≤ -1}
4. The system of equation |x-1|+3y=4, x-|y-1|=2 has
1. No solution 2. A unique solution
3. Two solutions 4. More than two solution
x x+1
5. The solution set of the inequatity |9 – 3 – 15| < 2.9x – 3x is
1. (- (−∞, −1] (1, ∞ ) 3. (- ∞ , 1] 4. none of these
6. The values of x satisfying the inequatity |x3 – 1| ≥ 1-x belong to
1. (- ∞ , -1] 2. [0, 1] [1, ∞ ) 4. all of the above
x 2 − 8x + 12 x 2 − 8x + 12
7. The solution set that satisfy the equation = − is/are
x 2 − 10x + 21 x 2 − 10x + 21
1. (- ∞ , 2] 2. [2, 3) ∪ [6, 7) 3. [6, 7) 4. [3, 6] ∪ [7, ∞ )
8. The values of x satisfying the equation x 2 .2 x +1 + 2|x −3|+2 = x 2 .2|x −3|+4 + 2 x −1 belong to
 1 1  1
1. [3, ∞ ) 2. − ,  ∪ [3, ∞) 3.  −∞, −  4. none
 2 2  2
9. If (y2 – 5y + 3) (x2 + x + 1) < 2x for all x ∈ R, then y lies in the interval
 5− 5 5+ 5  5 + 5   2 2
1. (−∞, − 2) 2.  ,  3.  , ∞  4.  − , 
 2 2   2   3 3
10. The number of positive integers satisfying the equation x+log10(2x + 1)=xlog105+log106
is
1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. infinite
1 1
x− x+
11. The number of solution of the equation 4 x − 3 2
=3 2
− 22x −1 , x ∈ R is
1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. none of these
2
12. The values of a for which the equation 2(log3x) -|log3x|+a =0 possess four real solutions
 1
1. -2 < a < 0 2. 0 < a < 3. 0 < a < 5 4. none of these
8
13. The number of order pairs (x, y) satisfying the system of equations
y
2
6 x   − 3.2 x + y − 8.3x − y + 24 = 0; xy = 2 is
3
1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. 3
x y t x
14. The number of ordered pairs (x, y) satisfying 3 .5 = 75 and 3 .5 = 45 is
1. 0 2. 1 3. 3 4. none of these
15. The number of real values of parameter k for which (log16 x) 2 − log16 x + log16 k = 0 will
have exactly one solution is
1. 0 2. 2 3. 1 4. 4
16. If log 0.3 (x − 1) < log 0.09 (x − 1), then x lies in the interval
1. (2, ∞) 2. (1, 2) 3. (-2, -1) 4. none of these

The equation | x + 1|log x+1 (3+ 2x − x ) = (x − 3) | x | has

2
17.
1. Unique solution 2. Two solutions 3. No solution 4. More than two
x x x
18. The number of real solutions of the eqution 1+|e -1|=e (e -2) is
1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. infinitely many
19. If x and y are integers and (x-8)(x-10)=2y, the number of solution of the pair (x, y) is
1. 1 2. 2 3. 0 4. 4
 x   x + 1
20. If x is positive real number, then   +  =
 2   2 
 1  1  1
1.  x +  2. [x] 3.  x +  4.  2x + 
 2  4  4

x 2 + 6x + 9
21. If log 1 < − log 2 (x + 1), then x lies in the interval
2 2(x + 1)

1. (-1, -1, + 2 2 ) 2. (1 − 2 2, 2) 3. (-1, ∞ ) 4. none of these

22. The least integer a, for which 1 + log 5 (x 2 + 1) ≤ log 5 (ax 2 + 4x + a) is true for all x ∈ R is
1. 6 2. 7 3. 10 4. 1
23. If 1 lies between the roots of equtio y – my + 1 = 0 and [x] denotes greatest integer ≤ x
2

 4[x] m 
then  2   is equal to
 | x | +16  
1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. none of these
2x − 1
24. If S is the set of all real x such that is positive, then S contains
2x + 3x 2 + x
3
  3 1  1 
1.  −∞, −  2.  , 0  3.  ,3  4. All of the above
 2 2  2 
25. If α be the number of solutions of the equation [sinx] = [x] and β be the greatest value
of cos(x2 – [x2]) in the interval [-1, 1] where [ ] denotes greatest integral function, then
1. α < β 2. α > β 3. α = β 4. none of these

KEY

1. 1 2. 2 3. 2 4. 2 5. 2

6. 4 7. 2 8. 2 9. 2 10. 2

11. 2 12. 2 13. 4 14. 2 15. 3

16. 1 17. 3 18. 2 19 2 20. 2

21. 1 22. 2 23. 1 24. 4 25. 3

 LOCUS AND STRAIGHT LINES

 a   a   a   a 
1.  am1 ,  ,  am 2 ,  ,  am3 ,  and  , am1m 2 m3  are four points such that
 m1   m2   m3   m1m 2 m3 
1. They are collinear 2. They are equidistant from a fixed point
3. They form a parallelogram 4. none of these
 1   1   1 
2. The vertices of a triangle are  ab,  ,  bc,  and  ca,  where a, b, c are the
 ab   bc   ca 
roots of the equation x3 – 3x2 + 6x + 1 = 0. The coordinates of its centroid are.
1. (1, 2) 2. (2, -1) 3. (1 -1) 4. (2, 3)
3. The vertices of a triangle are A(x1, x1 tan α ), B(x2, x2 tan β ) and C(x3, x3 tan γ ). If the
circumcentre of the triangle ABC coincides with the origin and H(a, b) be its
a
orthocenter then =
b
cos α + cos β + cos γ sin α + sin β + sin γ
1. 2.
cos α.cos β.cos γ sin α.sin β.sin γ
tan α + sin β + tan γ cos α + cos β + cos γ
3. 4.
tan α.tan β.tan γ sin α + sin β + sin γ
4. Consider the locus of a moving point P(x, y) in the plane which satisfies the condition
2x2 = r2 + r4, where r2 = x2 + y2. Then which one of the following statement is true?
1. For every 0 < r < 1, there are exactly four points on the curve
2. For every 0 < r ≤ 1, there are exactly four points on the curve
3. The locus is an ellipse 4. None of these
5. OX and OY are two coordinates axes. On OY is taken a fixed point P and on OX any
point Q. On PQ an equilateral triangle is described, its vertex R being on the side of PQ
away from O, the locus of R will be
1. Straight line 2. circle 3. ellipse 4. parabola
6. Consider the point A(0, 1) and B(2, 0) and P be a point on the line 4x+3y+9=0.
Coordinates of P such that |PA – PB| is maximum are
 12 17   84 13   6 17 
1.  − ,  2.  − ,  3.  − ,  4. (0, -3)
 5 5  5 5  5 5
7. Consider points A(3, 4) and B(7, 13). If P be a point on the line y = x such that PA + PB
is minimum, then coordinates of P are
 12 12   13 13   31 31 
1.  ,  2.  ,  3.  ,  4. (0, 0)
7 7 7 7 7 7
8. If (0, 1), (1, 1) and (1, 0) are the mid points of the sides of a triangle, the coordinates of
its incentre are
1. (2 + 2, 2 + 2) 2. ((2 + 2), − (2 + 2))

3. (2 − 2), (2 − 2) 4. ((2 − 2), (2 − 2))

9. A system of lines is given as y = mix+ci, where mi can take any value out of 0, 1, -1 and
when mi is positive then ci can be 1 or 1 when mi equal 0, ci can be 0 or 1 and when mi
equal -1, ci can take 0 or 2. Then the area enclosed by all these straight lines is
3 3 3
1. ( 2 − 1) 2. 3. 4. none of these
2 2 2
10. ABCD is a rhombus. Its diagonals AC and BD intersect at the point M and satisfy
BD=2AC. If the coordinates of D and M are (1, 1) and (2, -1) respectively, the
coordinates of A are
 1  3 3  1 
1.  −3, −  2. 1, −  3.  , − 1 4.  , − 3 
 2  2 2  2 
11. The image of P(a, b) on y= -x is Q and the image of Q on the lines y=x is R. then the
mid-point of PR is
a+b b+a 
1. (a + b, b+a) 2.  ,  3. (a-b, b-a) 4. (0, 0)
 2 2 
12. A straight line L with negative slope passes through the points (8, 2) and cuts the
positive coordinate axes at points P and Q. As L varies the absolute minimum value of
OP+OQ is (O is origin).
1. 10 2. 18 3. 16 4. 12
x y
13. Through the point P(α, β), where α β > 0, the straight line + = 1 is drawn so as to
a b
form with coordinate axes a triangle of area S. If ab > 0, then least value of S is
1
1. 2αβ 2. αβ 3. αβ 4. None of these 3
2
 1  1  1
14. Orthocentre of the triangle formed by joining the points  2,  ;  3,  ; and  4,  is
 2  3  4
 1   1   1   1 
1.  , 24  2.  − , 24  3.  − , − 24  4.  24, 
 24   24   24   24 
15. If from point P(4, 4) perpendiculars to the straight lines 3x+4y+5 = 0 and y = mx + y
meet at Q and R and area of triangle PQR is maximum, then m is equal to
4 4
1. 2. − 3. -1 4. 1
3 3
x y
16. The + = 1 meets the axis of y and axis of x at A and B respectively. A square
3 4
ABCD is constructed on the line segment AB away from the origin, the coordinates of
the vertex of the square farthest from the origin are :
1. (7, 3) 2. (4, 7) 3. (6, 4) 4. (3, 8)
17. If a, b, c form a G.P, then the twice of the sum of the ordinates of the points of
intersection of the line ax+by+c=0 and the curve x+2y2 = 0 is
1. b/a 2. a/c 3. c/a 4. a/b
18. If the straight lines 2x+3y-1=0, x+2y-1=0 and ax+by-1=0 form a triangle with origin as
orthocenter, then (a, b) is given by
1. (6, 4) 2. (-3, 3) 3. (-8, 8) 4. (0, 7)
19. A right angle triangle ABC having right angle at C, CA = a, CB = b moves such that the
angular points A and B side along x-axis and y-axis respectively. Then the locus C is
1. ax + by + 1 = 0 2. ax ± by = 0 3. ax2 ± 2by + y2 =0 4. none of these
x y
20. The line + = 1 meets the axis of x and y at A and B respectively and the line y=x at
a b
C so that area of the triangle AOC is twice the area of the triangle BOC, O being the
origin, then one of the positions of C is
 2a 2a  b b  2b 2b 
1. (a, a) 2.  ,  3.  ,  4.  , 
 3 3  3 3  3 3 

KEY
1. 2 2. 2 3. 4 4. 1 5. 1

6. 2 7. 3 8. 3 9. 3 10. 2

11. 4 12.2 13. 1 14. 3 15.1

16. 2 17. 1 18. 3 19. 2 20. 4