JEE Mains Revision Course by

Manoj Chauhan Sir

(IIT DELHI)

Quadratic Equation
 Problem Solving Techniques - JEE MAINS - Quadratic Equation

1. Find the values of  & , 0 < ,  < /2, satisfying the following equation [JEE '99, 6]
cos  cos  cos( + ) = –1/8
  p Q
2. In a triangle PQR, R = . If tan   & tan   are the roots of the equation
2 2 2
ax2 + bx + c = 0 (a 0) then : [JEE '99]
3. If the roots of the equation x2 – 2ax + a2 + a – 3 = 0 are real & less than 3 then [JEE '99]
(A) a < 2 (B) 2  a  3 (C) 3 < a  4 (D) a > 4
4. For the equation, 3 x2 + px + 3 = 0 , p > 0 if one of the roots is square of the other, then p is equal
to:
(A) 1/3 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 2/3
[JEE 2000 Screening]
5. If  &  ( < ), are the roots of the equation, x2 + bx + c = 0, where c < 0 < b, then
(A) 0 <  <  (B)  < 0 < < 
(C) <  < 0 (D) < 0 <  < 
[JEE 2000 Screening]
6. If b > a , then the equation, (x  a) (x  b)  1 = 0, has :
(A) both roots in [a, b] (B) both roots in (a)
(C) both roots in [b) (D) one root in (a) & other in (b, +)
[JEE 2000 Screening]
7. The set of all real numbers x for which x2 – |x + 2| + x > 0, is
(A) (–, –2) U (2, ) (B) (–, – 2 ) U ( 2 , )
(C) (–, –1) U (1, ) (D) ( 2 , ) [JEE 2002 (screening), 3]
8. If x2 + (a – b)x + (1 – a – b) = 0 where a, b  R then find the values of ‘a’ for which equation has
unequal real roots for all values of ‘b’. [JEE 2003, Mains-4 out of 60]
9. If one root of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 is the square of the other, then
(A) p3 + q2 – q(3p + 1) = 0 (B) p3 + q2 + q(1 + 3p) = 0
(C) p3 + q2 + q(3p – 1) = 0 (D) p3 + q2 + q(1 – 3p) = 0
10. If x2 + 2ax + 10 – 3a > 0 for all x  R, then
(A) – 5 < a < 2 (B) a < – 5 (C) a > 5 (D) 2 < a < 5
[JEE 2004 (Screening)]
11. Let a, b, c be the sides of a triangle. No two of them are equal and   R. If the roots of the equation
x2 + 2(a + b + c)x + 3(ab + bc + ca) = 0 are real, then [JEE 2006, 3]

4 5 1 5  4 5
(A)   (B)   (C)    ,  (D)    , 
3 3 3 3  3 3
12. Let ,  be the roots of the equation x2 – px + r = 0 and  2 , 2 be the roots of the equation
x2 – qx + r = 0. Then the value of 'r' is
2 2 2 2
(A) (p–q)(2q – p) (B) (q – p)(2p – q) (C) (q – 2p)(2q – p) (D) (2p–q)(2q – p)
9 9 9 9
13. Let p and q be real numbers such that p  0, p3  q and p3 – q. If  and  are non zero complex
 
3 3
number satisfying  = – p and  + = q, then a quadratic equation having and as its
 
roots is [JEE 2010]
(A) (p3 + q)x2 – (p3 + 2q) x + (p3 + q) = 0 (B) (p3 + q)x2 – (p3 – 2q) x + (p3 + q) = 0
(C) (p3 – q)x2 – (5p3 – 2q) x + (p3 – q) = 0 (D) (p3 – q)x2 – (5p3 + 2q) x + (p3 – q) = 0
14. A value of b for which the equations [JEE 2011]
x2 + bx – 1 = 0
x2 + x + b = 0,
have one root in common is
(A)  2 (B) i 3 (C) i 5 (D) 2
15. Let  and  be the roots of x2 – 6x – 2 = 0, with  >. If an = n – n for n  1, then the value of
a10  2a 8
is : [JEE 2011]
2a 9
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
16. If the equations x2 + 2x + 3 = 0 and ax2 + bx + c = 0, a, b , c  R, have a common root, then a : b :
c is [IIT Main 2013]
(A) 3 : 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 2 : 3 (C) 3 : 2 : 1 (D) 1 : 3 : 2
17. The real number k for which the equation, 2x3 + 3x + k = 0 has two distinct real roots in [0, 1]
(A) does not exist (B) lies between 1 and 2 [IIT Main 2013]
(C) lies between 2 and 3 (D) lies between –1 and 0
18. The number of values of k, for which the system of equations : [IIT Mains 2013]
(k + 1) x + 8y = 4k
kx + (k + 3)y = 3k – 1 has no solution, is
(A) 3 (B) infinite (C) 1 (D) 2
 1 1
19. Let and  be the roots of equation px2 + qx + r = 0, p  0. If p, q, r are in A.P. and  = 4, then
 
the value of | – | is : [IIT Mains 2014]

2 13 61 2 17 34
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 9 9
20. Let  and  be the roots of equation x2 – 6x – 2 = 0. If an = n – n, for n  1, then the value of
a10  2a 8
is equal to : [IIT Mains 2015]
2a 9
(A) –3 (B) 6 (C) –6 (D) 3
21. If for a positive integer n, the quadratic equation, x(x + 1) + (x + 1)(x + 2)....+(x + n  1 )
(x + n) = 10n has two consecutive integral solutions, then n is equal to [JEE Mains 2017]
(A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11
22. The maximum vertical distance d between the parabola y = – 2x2 + 4x + 3 and the line y = x – 2
throughout the bounded region in the figure, is
47 49 50 48
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 8 8 8
 x 4  7x 2  9 a b
23. Given f(x) = x  (3 / x)  1
. Its zeroes are of the form , where a, b, and c are positive integers.
c
Then the value of (a + b + c), is
(A) 14 (B) 15 (C) 16 (D) 17
24. If x be the real number such that x3 + 4x = 8, then the value of the expression x7 + 64x2 is
(A) 124 (B) 125 (C) 128 (D) 132
25. Number of real values of x satisfying the equation x 2  6x  9  x 2  6x  6  1 is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) more than 2
26. Number of quadratic equations with real roots which remain unchanged even after squaring their
roots, is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
27. Consider the two functions f(x) = x2 + 2bx + 1 and g(x) = 2a(x + b), where the variable x and the
constants a and b are real numbers. Each such pair of the constants a and b may be considered as a
point (a, b) in an ab – plane. Let S be the set of such points (a, b) for which the graphs of y = f(x) and
y = g(x) do not intersect (in the xy – plane). The area of S is
(A) 1 (B)  (C) 4 (D) 4
28. If the equation 2x2 + 4xy + 7y2 – 12x – 2y + t = 0 where ‘t’ is a parameter has exactly one real
solution of the form (x, y). Then the sum of (x + y) is equal to
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) –5 (D) –3
29. The range of k for which the inequality k cos2x – k cos x + 1  0  x (– , ) is
1 1 1
(A) k > – (B) k > 4 (C) – k  4 (D)  k  5
2 2 2
30. If ,  are the roots of x2 – 3x +  = 0( R) and  < 1 < , then the true set of values of  equals
9 9
(A)   2,  (B)   ,  (C)  ( 2, ) (D)  (–, 2)
 4  4
 (1  x 2 )(1  x 6 )
31. Minimum value of is
x4
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 0
32. The number of non-negative integers ‘n’ satisfying n2 = p + q and n3 = p2 + q2 where p and q are
integers
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) Infinite