QUADRATIC EQUATION & EXPRESSION

Exercise A

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

(a) rational (b) irrational (c) imaginary (d) equal

Q 2. Let x2  2ax + b2 = 0 and x2  2bx + a2 = 0 be two equations. Then the AM of the roots of the first
equation is
(a) AM of the roots of second (b) GM of the roots of second
(c) square root of the GM of the roots of second (d) none of these

Q 3. If ,  are roots of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 then the equation whose roots are q/, q/ will be
(a) x2  qx + p = 0 (b) x2 + px + q = 0 (c) x2  px  q = 0 (d) qx2 + px + q = 0

Q 4. If a, b, c are positive and are in H.P., then toots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are
(a) imaginary (b) real (c) rational (d) equal

Q 5. The equation whose roots are the squares of the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is
(a) a2x2 + b2x + c2 = 0 (b) a2x2  (b2  4ac)x + c2 = 0
(c) a2x2  (b2  2ac)x + c2 = 0 (d) a2x2 + (b2  ac)x + c2 = 0

Q 6. The roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 will be imaginary if

(a) a > 0, b = 0, c < 0 (b) a > 0, b = 0, c > 0
(c) a = 0, b > 0, c > 0 (d) a > 0, b > 0, c = 0

Q 7. If x + k is a common factor of the expression x2 + px + q and x2 + lx + m, then k is equal to

pq p l qm qm
(a) (b) (c) (d)
lm qm pl p l

Q 8. If equations ax2 + 2cx + b = 0 and ax2 + 2bx+ c = 0(b  c) have one root common, then a + 4b + 4c is
equal to
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 0

Q 9. The, equation whose each root is less by 2 from the roots of the equation x2  16x + 63 = 0 will be
(a) x2  12x + 59 = 0 (b) x2 + 12x + 35 = 0 (c) x2  12x + 35 = 0 (d) x2 + 12x  35 = 0

Q 10. If x  R, then will take all real values if

(a) a  (0, 2) (b) a  [–1, 1] (c) a  [0, 1] (d) none of these

Q 11. If ,  are the roots of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 then the equation whose roots are / and /
will be
(a) px2+ (q2  2p)x  p = 0 (b) px2 (q2  2p)x + p = 0
(c) qx2 + (p2  2q)x  q = 0 (d) qx2  (p2  2q)x + q = 0

Q 12. If ,  are roots of the equation x2 – 2x – 3 = 0, then the equation whose roots are  +  and   
will be
(a) x2  6x  8 = 0 (b) x2  6x + 8 = 0 (d) x2 + 6x + 8 = 0 (d) x2 + 6x  8 = 0

Q 13. The roots of the equation x2  px + q = 0 are in the ratio 2 : 3, if

(a) 6p2 = 5q (b) p2 = 25q (c) 6p2 = 25q (d) p2 = 6q

Q 14. If sum of the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to the sum of their squares, then
(a) 2ac = ab + c (b) 2ac = b(a + b) (c) a2 + b2 = c2 (d) a2 + b2 = a + b
Q 15. If x be real, then 3x2 + 14x + 11 > 0 when
(a) x < 3/2 (b) x > 3/4 (c) x >  2 (d) never
x
Q 16. For all real values of x, the maximum value of the expression 2 is
x  5x  9
(a) 1 (b) 45 (c) 90 (d) none of these

Q 17. If equation x2 + ax + bc = 0 and x2 + bx + ca = 0 have one root common then their remaining roots
are
(a) a, b (b) b, a (c) b, c (d) c, a

Q 18. If y = mx + c and x2 + y2 = a2, then two values of x will be equal if c is equal to

(a) a/m (b) a 1  m 2 (c) am (d) a 1  m2

Q 19. If ax2 + bx + c and bx2 + cx + a have a common factor, then

(a) a3 + b3 + c3 = 3abc (b) a = 0
3 3 3
(c) a = 0 or a + b + c = 3abc (d) none of these

x2  2x  1
Q 20. If x be real then the value of will not lie between
x 1
(a) 0 and 8 (b)  8 and 8 (c)  8 and 0 (d) none of these

Q 21. If the ratio of the roots of equations x2 + x + 1 = 0 and x2 + x +  = 0 is same, then , ,  are in
(a) GP (b) AP (c) HP (d) none of these

 1  1
Q 22. If ,  are roots of the equation x2  2x + 3 = 0 then the equation with roots and will be
 1 2
(a) 3x2  2x + 1 = 0 (b) 3x2 + 2x  1 = 0 (c) 3x 2  2x  1 = 0 (d) none of these

Q 23. If ,  are roots of the equation x2 + px  q = 0 and ,  are roots of the equation x2 + px + r = 0, then
(  )(  ) is equal to
(a) q + r (b) p + r (c) q  r (d) p  r

Q 24. If the roots of the equation x2  2cx + ab = 0 are real and unequal then the roots of the equation
x2  2(a + b)x + (a2 + b2 + 2c2) = 0
will be
(a) real (b) imaginary (c) rational (d) irrational

( x  m) 2  4mn
Q 25. If x be real then the value of the expression will not
2( x  m)
(a) lie between m and m + n (b) lie between 2m and 2n
(c) greater than m + 2n (d) greater than m + n

Q 26. If ,  are roots of (3x + 2)2 + m(3x + 2) + n = 0 then the roots of the equation x2 + mx + n = 0 will
be
1 1
(a) 3 + 2, 3 + 2 (b) ( 2), (  2) (c) ,  (d) none of these
3 3

Q 27. If ax2 + bx + c and bx2 + cx + a have one linear factor common, then a + b + c equals
(a) 1 (b)  1 (c) 0 (d) 2

Q 28. If f(x) – 4x2 + 3x  7 and  is a common root of the equation x2  3x + 2 = 0 an x2 + 2x  3 = 0 then

the value of f() is
 (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0

Q 29. If ,  are roots of ax2 + bx + c and pn = n + n, then apn+1 + bpn+ cpn-1 is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) a + b + c (d) none of these

Q 30. If a, b, c are positive numbers, then equation

ax2 + b | x | + c = 0 has
(a) 2 real roots (b) no real root (c) 4 real roots (d) one real root

Q 31. If roots of the equation (x  b) (x  c) + (x  c) (x  a) + (x  a)(x  b) = 0 are equal then

(a) a + b + c2 = 0 (b) a + b2 + c = 0 (c) (1) or (2) (d) a + b + c = 0

Q 32. If the ratio of the equation of the equation a1x2 + b1x + c = 0 is same as that of the equation a2x2 + b2x
a1 b1 c1
+ c2 = 0, then , , are in
a2 b2 c2
(a) AP (b) GP (c) HP (d) none of these

Q 33. (a2  a  2)x2 (a2  4)x + a2  3a + 2 = 0 will have more than two solution is a equals
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) not possible

Q 34. The value of a for which the sum of the square of the roots of the equation x2  (a  2)x  a  1 = 0
assume the least value is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

Q 35. The value of a for which the equation

3x2 + 2(a2 + 1)x + (a2  3a + 2) = 0 will have roots of opposite sign, lies in
(a) (, 1) (b) (, 0) (c) (1, 2) (d) (3/2, 2)

Q 36. The number of real solution of the equation

Sin (ex) = 5x + 5x is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) infinite

Q 37. If the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are real and distinct, then one of the roots exceeds
(a) b/2a (b) b/2a (c) b/a (d) b/a

Q 38. If ,  are roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 and  + h,  + h are roots of px2 + qx + r = 0, then

1b q  b 2  4ac q 2  4 pr
(a) h =    (b) 
2 a p a p
(c) a/p = b/p = c/r (d) none of these

Q 39. If the absolute difference between two roots of the equation x2 + px + 3 = 0 is p , then p equals
(a)  3, 4 (b) 4 (c)  3 (d) none of these

x2  x  1
Q 40. cannot take any value between
x 1
(a) 1 and 3 (b)  1 and 1 (c)  1 and 3 (d)  3 and 1

1 1 1
Q 41. If roots of the equation   are equal in magnitude and opposite in sign, then their
xa xb c
product is
(a) (a2 + b2)/2 (b) (a2 + b2)/2 (c) ab/2 (d) ab/2
Q 42. If ,  are roots of x2  2x + 4 = 0, then 5 + 5 is equal to
(a) 16 (b) 32 (c) 64 (d) none of these

Q 43. For the equation | x2 | + | x |  6 = 0, the roots are

(a) one and only one real number (b) real with sum one
(c) real with sum zero (d) real with product zero

Q 44. If ,  be the roots of the equation 2x2  35x + 2 = 0, then the value of (2  35)3, (2  35)3 is equal
to
(a) 1 (b) 8 (c) 64 (d) none of these

Q 45. If roots of the equation x2 + i(a  1)x + 5 = 0 are in the from of complex conjugate, then real value of
a
(a) satisfies a2  2a + 21 > 0 (b) is equal to 1
(c) takes all values (d) does not exist

Q 46. If f(x) is a continuous function which assumes only rational values and f(0) = 5, then roots of the
equation
f(1)x2 + f(5)x + f(7) = 0 are
(a) rational (b) irrational (c) real and equal (d) imaginary

Q 47. The set of values of p for which the roots of the equation 3x2 + 2x + p (p  1) = 0 are in opposite
sign, is
(a) (0, ) (b) (, 0) (c) (0, 1) (d) (, 0)  (1, )

Q 48. If a + b + c = 0 and a, b, c  Q, then roots of the equation (b + c  a)x2 (c + a  b)x + (a + b  c) = 0

are
(a) irrational (b) rational (c) imaginary (d) equal

Q 49. If , ,  are roots of the equation 2x3 + 3x2  12x + 3 = 0, then centroid of the triangle ABC where
A  (, , ); B  (, , ); C  (, , ) is
(a) (1, 1, 1) (b) (1, 1, 1) (c) (1/2, 1/2, 1/2) (d) (1/2, 1/2, 1/2)

Q 50. The number of real values of the parameter k for which (log16x)2  log16x + log16k = 0 has unique
solution, is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 0

Exercise 3B
x 2  2 x  11
Q 1. If x be real then the value of the expression will not lie between [IIT, 72]
x 3
(a) 4 and 12 (b) 4 and 4 (c)  4 and 12 (d) 0 and 12

Q 2. The root of the equation x = 6  6  6  ... is [IIT, 73]

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 3, 2

Q 3. If x + 1 is a factor of
x4 + (p  3)x3  (3p  5)x2 + (2p  9)x + 6, then p is equal to
(a) 4 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 1

Q 4. If 1  x < 0, then solution of the equation

| x + 1 |  | x | + 3 | x  1 | | x  2 | = x + 2 is
(a) 1, 5/3 (b) 5/3 (c) 1/3 (d) none of these
Q 5. The solution of the equation x  1  x  1 = 0 is
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 5/4 (d) none of these

Q 6. The root of the equation 2 x  2  x  3 = 2 is

(a) 3 (b) 19 (c) 3, 19 (d) 3, 19

Q 7. If a, b, c be positive real numbers, then the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0

(a) are real negative (b) have real parts negative
(c) are real and positive (d) none of these

Q 8. If x2  11x + a and x2  14x + 2a have a common factor then a is equal to

(a) 24 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 12

Q 9. If for real values of x, x2  3x + 2 > 0 and x2  3x  4  0, then

(a) 1  x  4 (b) 2 < x  4 (c) 1  x < 1 (d) 1  x < 1 or 2 < x  4

Q 10. Values of x from the equation 2x2 + 3x + 2 = 0 are

(a) rational (b) irrational (c) imaginary (d) real

x 2  3x  4
Q 11. If x be real then the maximum and minimum value of the expression are
x 2  3x  4
(a) 2, 1 (b) 7, 1/7 (c) 5, 1/5 (d) none of these

Q 12. If the product of the roots of the equation x2  3kx + 2esin k  1, = 0 is 7 then its roots will be real if
(a) | k |  2 7 / 9 (b) | k |  2 7 / 9 (c) | k | > 2 7 / 9 (d) never

Q 13. The number of real roots of 5 x 2  6 x  8  5 x 2  6 x  7 = 1 is

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

Q 14. If ,  are roots of Ax2 + Bx + C = 0 and 2, 2 are roots of x2 + px + q = 0, then p is equal to
(a) (B2  2AC)/A2 (b) (2AC  B2)/A2 (c) (B2  4AC)/A2 (d) (4AC  B2)/A2

Q 15. If x be real then the value of x2  6x + 13 is not less than

(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8

Q 16. The roots of the equation x2 + 2 3 x + 3 = 0 are

(a) real and equal (b) rational and equal (c) irrational and equal (d) irrational unequal

Q 17. The imaginary roots of the equation

(x2 + 2)2 + 8x2 = 6x(x2 + 2) are
(a) 1  i (b) 2  i (c)  1  i (d) none of these

1
Q 18. The quadratic equation whose one root is will be
2 5
(a) x2 + 4x  1 = 0 (b) x2  4x  1 = 0 (c) x2 + 4x + 1 = 0 (d) none of these

Q 19. If 1, 2 and 1, 2 are respectively roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 and px2 + qx + r = 0, the
system of equations 1y + 2z = 0, 1y + 2z = 0 have non-zero solution, then
(a) p2br = a2qc (b) b2pr = q2ac (c) r2pb = c2ar (d) none of these

Q 20. If one root of the equation x2  x  k = 0 is square of the other, then k equals
(a) 2  3 (b) 3  2 (c) 2  5 (d) 5  2
Q 21. If roots of the equation x2 + ax +  = 0 are 8, 2 and roots of the equation x2 + x + b = 0 are 3, 3;
then roots of the equation x2 + ax + b = 0 are
(a) 8, 1 (b) 9, 2 (c) 8, 2 (d) 9, 1
2 2
Q 22. The equation x   1 has
x 1 x 1
(a) no root (b) one root (c) two equal roots (d) infinite roots

Q 23. The number of real roots of the equation

| x2 + 4x + 3 | + 2x + 5 = 0 is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1

Q 24. If equations x2 + 2x + 3 = 0 and 2x2 + 3x + 5 = 0 have one non-zero root common then  is equal
to
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 3

Q 25. The number of real solution of

(x  1)2 + (x  2)2 + (x  3)2 = 0 is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0

Q 26. If a, b, c,  Q, then roots of the equation

(b + c  2a) x2 + (c + a  2b)x + (a + b  2c) = 0 are
(a) rational (b) irrational (c) equal (d) non real

Q 27. If the difference between the roots of the equations x2  bx + c = 0 and x2  cx + b = 0 is equal, then
b + c is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 4 (d) 1

Q 28. If a, b, c,  R are such that 4a + 2b + c = 0 and ab > 0, then equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has
(a) only one root (b) purely imaginary roots
(c) real roots (d) complex roots

Q 29. If 3x2 + 2 (2 + 1)x + (2  3 + 2) = 0 has roots of opposite signs then  lies in the interval
(a) (, 0) (b) (, 1) (b) (1, 2) (d) (3/2, 2)

2 x  31 x 2  7 2 x  47
Q 30. The roots of the equation  2  are
9 x 7 9
(a) 3, 3 (b) 5, 5 (c) 3 ,  3 (d) 5 ,  5

Q 31. If ,  are roots of x2  3x + 1 = 0, then the value of 3 + 3 is

(a) 9 (b) 18 (c) 9 (d) 18

Q 32. The number of roots of the equation 8sec2  6 sec  + 1 = 0 is

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 0 (d) infinite

Q 33. The number of real roots of the equation

| x2 |  7 | x | + 12 = 0 is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1

Q 34. If x = 2 + 21/3 + 22/3, then x3  6x2 + 6x equals

(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 1

Q 35. If roots of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 differ from the roots of the equation x2 + qx + p = 0 by the
same quantity, then
 (a) p + q + 1 = 0 (b) p + q + 2 = 0 (c) p + q + 3 = 0 (d) p + q + 4 = 0

Q 36. If number 3 lies between the roots of the equation x2 + (1  2k) x + (k2  k  2) = 0, then
(a) k < 2 (b) k > 5 (c) 2 < k < 3 (d) 2 < k < 5

Q 37. If ,  are roots of the equation

1
x2  (1 + n2) x + (1 + n2 + n4) = 0, then 2 + 2 is equal to
2
(a) 2n (b) n2 (c) n3 (d) 2n2

Q 38. The roots of the equation

(a2 + b2)x2  2(bc + ad)x + (c2 + d2) = 0 are real and equal if
(a) a/b = c/d (b) a/b = d/c (c) a/c = b/d (d) none of these

Q 39. If ,  are roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, then 3 + 3 is equal to

3abc  b3 b3  3abc 3abc  b3
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
a3 a3 a3

Q 40. If 3 + 4i is a root of the equation x2 + px + q = 0, then (p, q) equals

(a) (6, 25) (b) (6, 1) (c) (6, 7) (d) (6, 25)

Q 41. If p, q are roots of the equation x2 + px + q = 0, then

(a) p = 1 (b) p = 2 (c) p = 1 or 0 (d) p = 2 or 0

Q 42. If sum of the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to the sum of the squares of their
b 2 bc
reciprocals, then  2 equals
ac a
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 1

Q 43. If ,  are roots of the equation lx2 + mx + n = 0, then the equation with roots 3 and 3 will be
(a) l4x2  nl(m2  2nl)x + n4 = 0 (b) l4x2 + nl(m2  2nl)x + n4 = 0
(c) l4x2 + nl(m2  2nl)x  n4 = 0 (d) l4x2  nl(m2 + 2nl)x + n4 = 0

Q 44. The number of solution of the equation sin (ex) = 5x + 5x is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) infinite

Q 45. If ,  are roots of the equation x2  2x cos 2 + 1 = 0, then the equation with roots n/2, n/2 will be
(a) x2  2nx cos  + 1 = 0 (b) x2 + 2nx cos n + 1 = 0
(c) x2 + 2x cos n + 1 = 0 (d) x2  2x cos n + 1 = 0

Q 46. If one roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is n power of the other, then (can)1/n+1 + (anc)1/n+1is equal
to
(a) b (b) b (c) b1/n+1 (d) (b)1/n+1

Q 47. If c, d are roots of the equation (x  a) (x  b)  k = 0 then the roots of the equation (x  c) (x  d) +
k = 0 will be
(a) a, b (b) a, b (c) 1/a, 1/b (d) none of these

1 1 1
Q 48. If the roots of the equation   are negatives of each other then r is equal to
x p xq r
1 1
(a) p + q (b) p  q (c) (p + q) (d) (p  q)
2 2
 1 1
Q 49. If ,  are roots of x2  5x  3 = 0, then the equation with roots and is
2  3 2  3
(a) 33x2 + 4x  1 = 0 (b) 33x2  4x + 1 = 0 (c) 33x2  4x  1 = 0 (d) 33x2 + 4x + 1 = 0

Q 50. If sin , cos  are roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, then

(a) a2 + b2 + 2ac = 0 (b) a2 + b2  2ac = 0 (c) a2  b2 + 2ac = 0 (d) a2  b2  2ac = 0

Q 51. If one root of the equation ax2  bx + c = 0 is square of the other, then
(a) a2c + ac2 + 3abc  b3 = 0 (b) a2c + ac2  3abc + b3 = 0
(c) a3 + b3 = 3abc (d) (a + b)3 = 3abc

Q 52. If equation x2 + 2(k + 1)x + 9k  5 = 0 has only negative roots, then

(a) k  6 (b) k  6 (c) k  0 (d) k  0

Q 53. If one root of the equation x2  30x + p = 0 is square of the other then p is equal to
(a) only 125 (b) 125, 216 (c) 125, 215 (d) only 216

Q 54. If roots of the equation 2x2  (a2 + 8a + 1)x + a2  4a = 0 are in opposite sign, then
(a) 0 < a < 4 (b) a > 0 (c) a < 8 (d) 4 < a < 0

Q 55. If roots of the equations ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 and bx2  2 acx + b = 0 are real, then
(a) ac = b2 (b) 4b2  ac = 0 (c) a = b, c = 0 (d) a = b = 0

Q 56. If a, b, are roots of the equation x2 + ax + b = 0, then their non-zero values are
(a) 1, 2 (b) 1, 2 (c) 3, 2 (d) 12, 1

Q 57. If the sum of the roots of a quadratic equation is 1 and the sum of their reciprocals is 1/6, then the
equation is
(a) x2  6x + 1 = 0 (b) x2  x + 6 = 0 (c) x2 + x  6 = 0 (d) x2 + x + 6 = 0

Q 58. If ,  are roots of ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 then  /    /  is equal to

2b 2b 2b b
(a) (b) (c)  (d) 
ac ac ac ac

Q 59. If one root of the equation px2  qx + r = 0 is double of the other, then
(a) 9q2 = 2pr (b) 2q2 = 9pr (c) 3q2 = 4pr (d) 4q2 = 3pr

Q 60. If the roots of the equation x2 + bx + c = 0 and x2 + qx + r = 0 are in the same ratio, then
(a) r2c = qb2 (b) r2b = qc2 (c) c2r = q2b (d) b2r = q2c

Q 61. If the roots of the equation lx2 + nx + n = 0 are in the ratio p : q then p / q  q / p is equal to
(a) n / l (b) l / n (c)  n / l (d)  l / n

x 2  34 x  71
Q 62. If x be real then the value of 2 will not lie between
x  2x  7
(a) 5 and 9 (b) 5 and 9 (c) 9 and 5 (d) 0 and 9

Q 63. If roots of equation a(b  c)x2 + b(c  a)x + c(a  b) = 0 are equal then a, b, c are in
(a) AP (b) GP (c) HP (d) none of these
 1 1
Q 64. If ,  are roots of the equation x2  3x + 1 = 0 then the equation with roots , will be
2 2
(a) x2  x  1 = 0 (b) x2 + x  1 = 0 (c) x2 + x + 1 = 0 (d) none of these
x  6x  5
2
Q 65. If x be real then the expression 2 will never be less then
x  2x  1
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/ 2 (c) 4 (d) ¼

Q 66. Ramesh and Mahesh solve a quadratic equation. Ramesh reads its constant term wrongly and finds
its roots as 8 and 2 where as Mahesh reads the coefficient of x wrongly and finds its roots as 11 and
1. The correct roots of the equation are
(a) 11, 1 (b) 11, 1 (c) 11, 1 (d) none of these

Q 67. If p, q are real and 2 + 3i is a root of the equation x2 + px + q = 0, then (p, q) is equal to
(a) (4, 13) (b) (4, 13) (c) (4, 13) (d) (4, 13)

Q 68. If x2  2x + sin2 = 0, then

(a) x  [1, 1] (b) x  [0, 2] (c) x  [2, 2] (d) x  [1, 2]

Q 69. In copying a quadratic equation of the from x2 + px + q = 0, a student wrote the coefficient of x
incorrectly and the roots were found to be 3 and 10. Another student wrote the same equation but he
wrote the constant term incorrectly and he found the roots to be 4 and 7. The roots of the correct
equation are
(a) 5, 6 (b) 4, 6 (c) 4, 5 (d) none of these

Q 70. If x be real positive then the value of x = 1/x is

(a) less than 2 (b) less than 1
(c) less than or equal to 2 (d) grater than or equal to 2

Q 71. If ,  are roots of the equation ax2  2bx + c = 0 and  + ,  +  are roots of the equation Ax2 
b 2  ac
2Bx + C = 0 then 2
B  AC
(a) a/A (b) A/a (c) (a/A)2 (d) (A/a)2

Q 72. If roots of the equation (b  c)x2 + (c  a)x + (a  b) = 0 are equal, then a, b, c are in
(a) AP (b) GP (c) HP (d) none of these

Q 73. The number of solution of the equation

3 sin2x  7 sin x + 2 = 0 in [0, 5] is
(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 10

Q 74. If ,  are roots of the equation x2 + x +  = 0, then (, ) is

(a) (1, 1) (b) (1, 0) (c) (0, 0) (d) (a, 0), a  R0

Q 75. If ,  are roots of the equation x2  p(x + 1)  c = 0, then ( + 1)( + 1) is equal to

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

Q 76. The product of the roots of the equation x2  | x |  6 = 0 is

(a) 9 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 36

Q 77. If ,  ( < ) are roots of the equation x2 + bx + c = 0 where c < 0 < b, then
(a) 0 <  <  (b)  < 0 <  < |  | (c)  <  < 0 (d)  < 0 < |  | < 

Q 78. If one root of the equation 3x2 + px + 3 = 0, p > 0 is square of the other then the value of p is
 (a) 1/3 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2/3

Q 79. If ,  are roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 and a  b  c, then (1 +  + 2) (1 +  + 2) is
(a) 0 (b) positive (c) negative (d) none of these

Q 80. If ,  are roots of the equation 8x2  3x + 27 = 0, then the value of (2/2)1/3 + (2/)1/3 is equal to
(a) 4 (b) 1/3 (c) ¼ (d) 7/2

Q 81. If difference of the roots of the equation x2  px + 8 = 0 is 2, then p equals

(a)  2 (b)  4 (c)  6 (d)  8

Q 82. The number of solution of the equation

log4(x  1) = log2(x  3) is
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0

Q 83. If ,  are roots of the equation x2  6x + 4 = 0, then (2  2)2 is equal to

(a) 720 (b) 1008 (c) 360 (d) 504

Q 84. If ,  are roots of the equation x2 + 8x + 9 = 0, then 3  3 is equal to

(a) 55 7 (b) 110 7 (c) 110 28 (d) none of these

1 2
Q 85. If roots of the equation x  (3m + 1)x + 7 (2m + 3) = 0 are equal, then m is equal to
4
(a) 2, 10/9 (b) 2, 10/9 (c) 2, 10/9 (d) 2, 10/9

Q 86. If one root of the equation ax2 + 4x + 1 = 0 is three times the other root, then a is equal to
(a) 0, 3 (b) 3 (c) 2, 3 (d) 1, 3
2
Q 87. Real roots of the equation 7 log7( x 4 x5) = x  1 are
(a) 1, 2 (b) 3, 4 (c) 2, 3 (d) 4, 5

Q 88. If ,  are roots of the equation x2 + x + 1 = then the equation whose roots are 2 + 2 and 2 + 2
will be
(a) x2  x + 1 = 0 (b) x2 x  1 = 0 (c) x2  2x + 1 = 0 (d) (x + 1)2 = 0

Q 89. If a, b, c are integers and b2 = 4(ac + 5d2), d  N, then roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are
(a) irrational (b) rational and different
(c) complex conjugate (d) none of these

Q 90. If ,  are roots of the equation x2 + 2x + 5 = 0, then the equation whose roots are 1/ + 1/ and  +
 will be
(a) 5x2 + 12x  4 = 0 (b) 5x2 + 12x + 4 = 0
(c) 5x2  12x + 4 = 0 (d) none of these

Q 91. If ,  are roots of the equation x2  5x + 16 = 0 and 2 + 2, /2 are roots of the equation x2 + px +
q = 0.
(a) p = 1, q = 56 (b) p = 1, q = 56 (c) p = 1, q = 56 (d) p = 1, q = 56

xm xn
Q 92. If one root of the equation  is reciprocal of the other root, then
mx  1 nx  1
(a) n = 0 (b) m = n (c) m + n = 1 (d) m2 + n2 = 1

Q 93. If 1/(2  3) is a root of the equation x2  bx + c = 0, then

 (a) b = 4, c = 1 (b) b = 4, c = 1 (c) b = 4, c = 1 (d) b = 4, c = 1

Q 94. The equation whose roots are 5 times those of the equation x2  x + 2 = 0 is
(a) x2  5x 10 = 0 (b) x2 + 5x + 50 = 0 (c) x2 + 25x + 50 = 0 (d) x2  25x  50 = 0

Q 95. If x = 2  2  2  .......... then

(a) x = 1 (b) 1 < x < 2 (c) x = 2 (d) x = 3

x 2  14 x  9
Q 96. If x be real then the maximum and minimum values of are
x2  2 x  3
(a) 4, 5 (b) 4, 5 (c) 5, 4 (d) 5, 4

Q 97. If the roots of the equation 5x2 + 13x + k = 0 be reciprocals of each other, then k is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 1/6 (d) 6

Q 98. If ,  are roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 then the equation with roots 1/, 1/ will be
(a) cx2  bx + a = 0 (b) cx2 + bx + a = 0 (c) x2 + bx + a = 0 (d) x2 + bx  a = 0

Q 99. If x = 3 + i, then value of x3  3x2  8x + 15 is

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 15

Q 100. The roots of the equation | x 2 |2 + | x  2 |  6 = 0 are

(a) 0, 4 (b) 2, 4 (c) 1, 3 (d) 0, 3

Q 101. The quadratic equation with one root 5 2 is

(a) x2  4x  1 = 0 (b) x2  4x + 1 = 0 (c) x2 + 4x  1 = 0 (d) x2 + 4x + 1 = 0

Q 102. If a, b, c are different positive numbers in A.P., then roots of the equation ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 are
(a) rational and equal (b) rational and different
(c) imaginary (d) irrational

Q 103. If  +  = 4 and 2 + 2 = 44, then equation with roots ,  is

(a) 3x2 + 9x + 11 = 0 (b) 3x2  12x + 5 = 0 (c) 2x2  8x + 5 = 0 (d) none of these

Q 104. If roots of the equation 4x2 + px + 9 = 0 are equal, then numerical value of p is
(a) 144 (b)  12 (c)  12 (d) 12

Q105. The number of real solution of the equation

| x |2  3 | x | + 2 = 0 is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1

Q 106. If ,  are roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 and  = 1/3, then (a3b)1/4 + (ac3)1/4 is equal to
(a) b (b) b (c) c (d) c

Q 107. The number of roots of the equation x2  5 | x | + 6 = 0 is

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

Q 108. In a quadratic equation with leading coefficient 1, sheela reads the coefficient 16 of x wrongly as 19
and obtains the roots as 15 and 4. which of the following are correct roots of the equation ?
(a) 8, 8 (b) 6, 10 (c) 6, 10 (d) 12, 5

Q 109. If both roots of x2  mx + 121 = 0 are greater than 10, then minimum value of m is
 (a) 22 (b) 23 (c) 21 (d) indeterminate

Q 110. If 0 < C < /2 and sin C, cos C are roots of the equation 2x2  px + 1 = 0, then possible values of p
are
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

Q111. If x2 + px + q = 0 and x2 + p’x + q’ = 0 have a common root then the common root is
pq ' p ' q qq' pq ' p ' q q q'
(a) (b) (c) or (d) none of these
q q' p ' p qq' p ' p

Q 112. Two candidates attempt to solve a quadratic equation of the from x2 + px + q = 0. One starts with a
wrong value of p and finds the roots to be 9 and 1. The other starts with a wrong value of q and
finds the roots to be 2, 8. The correct roots are
(a) 2, 1 (b)  9, 8 (c) 8, 2 (d) 9, 1

Q 113. If one root of the equation x2 + px + 12 = 0 is 4 and roots of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 are equal,
then q is equal to
(a) 49/4 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 3

Q 114. If one root of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 is square of the other root, then
(a) p3  q(3p + 1) + q2 = 0 (b) p3  q(3p  1) + q2 = 0
(c) p3 + q(3p + 1) + q2 = 0 (d) p3 + q(3p  1) + q2 = 0

Q 115. Real roots of x2 + 5 | x | + 4 = 0 are

(a) 1, 4 (b) 1, 4 (c) 4, 4 (d) none of these

Q 116. If x be real, then least value of x2 + 6x  3 is

(a) 12 (b) 12 (c) 9 (d) 9

Q117. If both roots of the quadratic equation x2  2kx + k2 + k  5 = 0 are less than 5, then k lies in the
interval
(a) [4, 5] (b) (, 4) (c) (6, ) (d) (5, 6)

Q 118. If roots of the equation x2  bx + c = 0 are two successive integers then b2  4c is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

Q 119. If the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + px + q = 0 are tan 30 and tan 15 respectively, then the
value of 2 + q  p is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

Q 120. The number of values of x in the interval [0, 3] satisfying the equation 2 sin2x + 5 sin x  3 = 0 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6

Q 121. If x is real, the maximum value of

3 x 2  9 x  17
is
3x 2  9 x  7
(a) 1 (b) 41 (c) ¼ (d) 17/7

Exercise 3C
Q 1. If ,  are roots of the equation x2 + x + 1 = 0, then the equation with roots 19, 7 is
(a) x2  x  1 = 0 (b) x2  x + 1 = 0 (c) x2 + x 1 = 0 (d) x2 + x + 1 = 0
Q 2. If p, q, r are positive and are in A.P. then roots of the equation px2 + qx + r = 0 will be real if
(a) | r/p  7 |  4 3 (b) | p/r  7 | < 4 3
(c) for all values of p, r (d) for no value of p, r

ax 2  3 x  4
Q 3. If x is real and assumes all real values, then
3x  4 x 2  a
(a) 1 < a < 7 (b) 1  a  7 (c) a < 1 (d) a > 7

Q 4. Both roots of the equation ax2  bx + c = 0 are real and different and lie in (0, 1). If a, b, c are natural
numbers, then the least possible value of a is
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3

1 1
Q 5. If ,  are roots of the equation 6x2  6x + 1 = 0, then (a + b + c2 + d3) + (a + b + c2 +
2 2
d3) equals
1 a b c d
(a) a + b + c + d (b) (a + b + c + d) (c)    (d) none of these
4 1 2 3 4

Q 6. If for every real value of b, the roots of

x2 + (a  b)x + (1  a  b) = 0 are real and unequal, then
(a) a < 1 (b) a > 1 (c) a > 0 (d) a < 0

 2  2  1 2  2  1
Q 7. If ,  are roots of the equation x  a(x + 1)  b = 0, then 2
2
 equals
  2  b 2  2  b
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) a + b (d) none of these

Q 8. If , are roots of the equation ax2 + 2bx + c = 0, ,  are roots of the equation px2 + 2qx + r = 0 and
, , ,  are in G.P., then
ac pr ac pr ab pq
(a) 2  2 (b)  (c) 2  2 (d) none of these
b q b q c r

Q 9. Roots of the equation

2
 2 x 1 2
 2 x 1 2
(2 + 3) x  (2  3) x  are
2 3
(a) 1, 0 (b) 1, 2 (c) 0, 1 (d) 0, 2

Q 10. If 0 < a < b < c and roots ,  of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are imaginary, then
(a) |  |  |  | (b) |  | > 1 (c) |  | < 1 (d) none of these

Q 11. If every pair of two equations in the system of equations x2 + px + qr = 0, x2 + qx + rp = 0, x2 + rx +

pq = 0 has a common root, then the sum of these three common roots is
(a) p + q + r (b) (p + q + r) (c) 2(p + q + r) (d) pqr

Q 12. The least value of a so that both roots of the equation x2  2(a  1)x + (2a + 1) = 0 are positive will
be
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

Q 13. If a, b, c  R and a + b + c = 0 then roots of the equation 4ax2 + 3bx + 2c = 0 are

(a) real (b) imaginary (c) of opposite sign (d) none of these

Q 14. If the equation ax2 + 2bx  3c = 0 has no real root and (3c/4) < a + b, then
(a) c = 0 (b) c  0 (c) c < 0 (d) c > 0
 ab bc
Q 15. If , b, are in AP and ,  are roots of the equation 2acx2 + 2abcx + (a + c) = 0, then
1  ab 1  bc
(1 + ) (1 + ) is equal to (a, b, c  0)
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) none of these

Q 16. Total number of solutions of the equation x2  4  [x] = 0 (where [x] denotes greatest integer
function) are
(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0

Q 17. If 3x 2  2(a  d)x + {a2 + 2(b2 + c2) + d2} =2(ab + be + cd), then a, b, c, d are in
(a) AP (b) GP (c) HP (d) none of these

Q 18. If p, q  {1, 2, 3, 4}, the number of equations of the form px2 + qx + 1 = 0 having real roots is
(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 10

Q 19. The least integral value of k such that (k  2) x2 + 8x + k + 4 is positive for all real values of x is
(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 6

Q 20. If roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, a  0 (a, b, c  R) are imaginary and a + c < b, then

(a) 4a + c = 2b (b) 4a + c < 2b (c) 4a + c > 2b (d) none of these

Q 21. If a and b are non-zero distinct roots of x2 + ax + b = 0 then the least value of x2 + ax + b is
(a) 9/4 (b) 9/4 (c) 9/2 (d) 1

 
Q 22. If ,  are roots of the equation (x2  x) + x + 5 = 0 and 1, 2 are two values of  such that + =
 

, then 1/2 + 2/1 is equal to

(a) 48 (b) 54 (c) 248 (d) 254

Q 23. If roots of the equation (p  3) x2  2px + 6p = 0 are real positive, then domain of p is
(a) [0, 18/5] (b) [3, 18/5] (c) [0, 18/5] (d) [3, 18/5]

Q 24. If (a2 + a  2) x2 + (a + 2) x < 1  x  R, then a lies in the interval

(a) (2, 1) (b) (2, 1) (c) (2, 2/5) (d) (2/5, 1)

Q 25. If a, b, c are positive then both the roots of the equation

2ax2 + 3bx + 5c = 0
(a) are real and negative (b) have positive real parts
(c) have negative real parts (d) are imaginary

Q 26. If a, b, c are in AP and if the equations (b  c)x2 + (c  a)x + (a  b) = 0 and 2(c + d)x2 + (b + c)x = 0
have a common root, then which of the following are in AP
(a) a2, b2, c2 (b) a2, c2, b2 (c) c2, a2, b2 (d) none of these

1 1 1
Q 27. If roots of the equation   are equal in magnitude and opposite in sign, then their
xa xb c
product is
1 1 1 2 1 2
(a) ab (b)  ab (c) (a + b2) (d)  (a + b2)
2 2 2 2

Q 28. If 0 < a < b < c < d, then equation

 ax2 + {1  a(b + c)} x + abc  d = 0 has
(a) real and different roots one lying between a and b
(b) real and different roots one lying between b and c
(c) real and different roots one lying between c and a
(d) imaginary roots

c
Q 29. If a, b, c  R and ax2 + bx + c = 0 has two real roots ,  such that  <  1 and  > 1, then 1 + +
a
b
is
a
(a) positive (b) negative (c) non-positive (d) non-negative

Answers A
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (d)
8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (c) 11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (b)
15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (c) 21. (a)
22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (c) 28. (d)
29. (b) 30. (b) 31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (b)
36. (c) 37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (b) 40. (c) 41. (b) 42. (b)
43. (c) 44. (c) 45. (b) 46. (d) 47. (c) 48. (b) 49. (d)
50. (a)

Answers B
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (d) 6. (a) 7. (b)
8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (b)
15. (a) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (c) 21. (d)
22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (c) 28. (c)
29. (c) 30. (b) 31. (b) 32. (c) 33. (b) 34. (a) 35. (d)
36. (d) 37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (d) 41. (c) 42. (a)
43. (a) 44. (a) 45. (d) 46. (b) 47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (a)
50. (c) 51. (a) 52. (a) 53. (b) 54. (a) 55. (a) 56. (a)
57. (c) 58. (c) 59. (b) 60. (d) 61. (c) 62. (b) 63. (c)
64. (a) 65. (a) 66. (c) 67. (b) 68. (b) 69. (a) 70. (a)
71. (c) 72. (a) 73. (c) 74. (c) 75. (a) 76. (a) 77. (b)
78. (c) 79. (b) 80. (c) 81. (c) 82. (b) 83. (a) 84. (b)
85. (c) 86. (b) 87. (c) 88. (d) 89. (a) 90. (b) 91. (b)
92. (a) 93. (a) 94. (b) 95. (a) 96. (d) 97. (b) 98. (b)
99. (d) 100 (a) 101. (c) 102. (b) 103. (b) 104. (d) 105. (c)
106. (b) 107. (b) 108. (d) 109. (a) 110. (a) 111. (c) 112. (d)
113. (a) 114. (b) 115. (d) 116. (b) 117. (b) 118. (a) 119. (d)
120. (c) 121. (b)

Answers C
1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (b)
8. (a) 9. (d) 10. (b) 11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (c)
15. (a) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (b)
22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (d) 28. (c)
29. (b)