Quadratic Equation & Expression

Section – I:(Single Option Correct Type)

If ,  are roots of the equation x + px + q = 0 then the equation whose roots are    p  are    p 
2 2 2
1. is
(A) q x  (p  2q)x  1  0
2 2 2
(B) x  (p  2q)x  q  0
2 2 2

(C) q x  (p  2q)x  1  0
2 2 2
(D) None of these

2. If one root of equation x2  Ax  12  0 is 4 and the root of equation x2  2Ax  B  0 are equal then value of B is
4 49
(A) 49 (B) 4 (C) (D)
29 4

3. If roots of the equation px 2  2qx  r  0 and qx 2  2 pr x  q  0 are simultaneously real, then

p q
(A) p  q, r  0 (B) 2q   pr (C)  (D) q  r  0
q r

4. If both roots of quadratic equation 2x 2  x  (  1)  0 are greater then 1, then  lies completely in interval
(A)  , 10  (B)  4,   (C) (–6, –1) (D)  ,0 

5. If equation (p2  p  1)x 2  (2p2  4)x  (3p2  9p  3)  0 is an identity in p, then find the value of x
(A) 3 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) – 3

6. If equation (r 2  2r  1)x 2  (r 2  3r  2)x  (r 2  4r  3)  0 is an identity in x, then find value of r

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) – 1 (D) not possible

 
7. If ,  are roots of quadratic equation 2x 2  5x  7  0 , then equation whose roots are and is
 
(A) x2  53x  14  0 (B) 14x2  53x  14  0 (C) 14x2  25x  14  0 (D) none of these

8. If ℓ ,m, n are real and positive and ℓ  m , then roots of (ℓ  m) x 2  5 (ℓ  m) x  2 (ℓ  m)  0 are

(A) real and equal (B) imaginary (C) real and unequal (D) none of these

9. If roots of the equation ax2  bx  c  0 are imaginary then roots of the equation (4c  2b  a)x 2  2(a  b)x  a  0
are
(A) real and equal (B) imaginary (C) real and unequal (D) none of these

10. If a is purely imaginary constant then roots of the equation x2  2ax  2a2  0 are
(A) real and rational (B) imaginary irrational (C) imaginary (D) none of these
2 2
11. If one root ofequation x + 3x + 4 = 0 and 2x + ax + 8 = 0 is common, then value of a is
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 2
2
12. Graph of quadratic expression y = ax + bx + c is given, then

2 2
(A) a + b + c < 0 (B) (4a + c) – (2b) < 0
2 2
(C) (4a + c) – (2b) > 0 (D) 9a – 3b + c > 0

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13. Find interval of x which satisfying x 2  2  x 2  x  3  (x  2)2  6

(A) ( 5,  ) (B) (–5, –1) (C)  , 1 (D) None of these

14. Value of  so that rots of quadratic equation 4x 2  (  2)x  ( 2  5  6)  0 are of opposites sign
(A) (–2, 2) (B) (–2, 3) (C) (2, 3) (D) None of these

15. Value of  so that quadratic equation x 2  (  1)x  ( 2  3  6)  0 has one root lies between 1 and 2 and
another root lies between 2 and 3 is
(A) (0, 1) (B) 1  5, 1  5  (C) 1, 1  5  
(D)  
16. If 2x 2  y 2  2xy  4y  8  0 then pair (x, y) is
(A) (2, 4) (B) (8, 4) (C) (4, 2) (D) none of these

17. If x + y and 2x – y are factors of x3  x 2 y  xy 2  y3 ,x, y  0 , then pair ( ,  ) is

(A) (–2, 2) (B) (2, 2) (C) (2, –2) (D) none of these

18. Value of x satisfying x  2  3  4 are

(A) (1, 3) (B) (–2, 1) (C) (3, 6) (D) (–2, 6)

19. Value of k so that equation (x 2  2x)2  3(x 2  2x)  (k  2)  0 has two real solution
 1  1
(A)  , 6  (B)   (C) ( ,  6)    (D) none of these
4 4
2 2
20. If ,  are roots of x + px + 7 = 0 and ,  are roots of x + px – 4 = 0 then value of (    )(   ) is
(A) 3 (B) 11 (C) – 11 (D) – 3

,  are roots of x – 6x + 4 = 0 then value of (  6)2  (  6)2 is

2
21.
7 7
(A) (B) 2 (C) 4 (D)
4 2
2 2
22. If a  0 and one root of the equation 2x + 3x + a = 0 is double of one root of equation 2x + 9x + 4a = 0, then a is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) – 1
2
23. Range of quadratic expression y = x + 6x – 4, x  (–4, 3) is
(A) (–12, 23) (B) (–13, 23) (C) [–13, 23] (D) [–13, 23)

24. Value of x which satisfy log1/4 [log2 (x  2)]  0 and |x – 1| + |x – 2| < 2 is

1 5 1 5
(A) (–1, 0) (B) ( 1,0)   ,  (C)  ,  (D) 
2 2 2 2
3 2
25. Roots of the cubic equation x – 9x + px – 27 = 0 are positive & real then value of p is
(A) 27 (B) 9 (C) 18 (D) 36

3 2    2     2    2 
26. If , ,  are roots of x – 5x + x – 2 = 0, then value of     is
   2     2    2 
1 3 8
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D)
2 8 3
2 2 2
27. Value of k so that equation (x – 2x) – 3(x – 2x) + (k + 2) = 0 has four real solution
 1  1
(A)  2,  (B)  6, 4  (C) (–6, –2) (D) not possible
 4   
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28. If equation x + px + q = 0 and equation x – rx + s = 0 have a common root   1 then
(A) p + q + r = 2s (B) p + q + r = 3s (C) p + q + r + s = 0 (D) p + q + r = s

Section – II : (Assertion & Reasoning Type)

29. Statement-1 : Equation (x – p) (x – r) +  (x – q) (x – s) = 0, p < q < r < s has non zero real roots if   0
2 2
Statement-2 : Equation ax + bx + c = 0, a, b, c  R has non zero real roots if b – 4ac < 0
(A) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is a correct explanation for Statement – 1.
(B) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement – 1
(C) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is false
(D) Statement – 1 is false, Statement – 2 is true
2 2
30. Statement-1 :If roots of equation x – bx + c = 0 are two consecutive integers, then b – 4c = 1
2 2
Statement-2 : If a, b, c are odd integer then roots of the equation 4abc x + (b – 4ac)x – b = 0 are real and distinct.
(A) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is a correct explanation for Statement – 1.
(B) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement – 1
(C) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is false
(D) Statement – 1 is false, Statement – 2 is true
2 2 2 2
31. Statement-1: Number of values of ‘a’ for which (a – 3a + 2) x + (a – 5a +6) x + a – 4 = 0 is an identity in x, is 2.
2
Statement-2: If a = b = c = 0, then equation ax + bx + c = 0 is an identity in x.
(A) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is a correct explanation for Statement – 1.
(B) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement – 1
(C) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is false
(D) Statement – 1 is false, Statement – 2 is true
2 2
32. Statement-1: If b – 4ac < 0 then roots of equation ax + bx + c = 0 are non-real.
2 2 2
Statement-2: Equation ix – 3ix + 2 i = 0 has non-real as b – 4ac = 9i – 4i (2i) = - 1 is negative.
(A) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is a correct explanation for Statement – 1.
(B) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is true; Statement – 2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement – 1
(C) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is false
(D) Statement – 1 is false, Statement – 2 is true

Section – III: (INTEGER Type)

x 1
33. The number of integers satisfying the inequality  is
x6 x

34. The product of uncommon real roots of the two polynomials p  x   x 4  2 x 3  8 x 2  6 x  15 and
q  x   x 3  4 x 2  x  10 is

35. If 1 ,  2  1   2  are two values of  for which the expression f  x, y   x 2  xy  y 2  5 x  7 y  6 can be
resolved as a product of two linear factors, then the value of 31  22 is

36. If a, b  R distinct numbers satisfying | a  1|  | b  1|  | b |  | a  1|  | b  1| , then the minimum value of

| a  b | is

The smallest positive integer p for which expression x  2 px  3 p  4 is negative for at least one real x is
2
37.

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 3 x  m 
38. If 2 lies between the roots of the equation t  mt  2  0,  m  R  then the value of 
2
2 
 is
 9  x  
(where [.] denotes greatest integer function)

The number of integral roots of the equation x  24 x  18 x  39 x  1155  0 is

8 7 5 2
39.

1 1
If the value of m   119 , then the values of m3  3 
4
40. 4
m m

Section – IV: (NUMERICAL DECIMAL Type)

x2  x 1
41. Let f  x   , then the largest value of f  x   x  [1,3] is
x2  x  1

42. 
Let ,  be real roots of the quadratic equation x 2  kx  k 2  2k  4  0 , then the minimum value of    2 2

is equal to

If a and b are non-zero distinct roots of x  ax  b  0 , then the least value of x  ax  b is equal to
2 2
43.

Let a, b and c be three distinct real roots of the cubic x  2 x  4 x  4  0 . If the equation
3 2
44.
1 1 1
x3  qx2  rx  s  0 has roots , and , then the values of (q  r  s) is equal to
a b c

If 3x  17 x  10  0 and x  5 x  m  0 has a common root, then sum of all possible real values of ‘m’ is
2
45.

Answer Key

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

A A C D A D B C B C B B B C D A
17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32.
C D C C A C D D A D B D C B D D
33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48.
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7 6 15 2 5 0 0 36 1.67 0.89 0.25 3.22
2.25

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