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QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
ASSIGNMENT
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SINGLE CHOICE
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1. If the quadratic equation ax – bx + 12 = 0, where a and b are positive integers not exceeding 10, has roots both
greater than 2, then the number of possible ordered pair (a, b) is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8

2. Let P(x) = x3 – 3b2x + 16. If P (|x|) has exactly two real roots, then the area bounded by y = P (x) and x-axis is
(A) 81 sq. units (B) 108 sq. units (C) 168 sq. units (D) infinite

3. Set a values of ‘’ such that x2 + ( – 2)x – (sin-1(x2 –1) + cos-1 (x2 –1)) = 0 has no real solution is
(A) no value of ‘’ (B) 3    4  2 (C) 2  2    4  2 (D) None of these

2
 x2   x2 
4. The set of all possible values of parameter a such that the equation 1  a   2 
 3a    4a  0 has a real
 1 x   1  x2 
solution is
 1   1 1
(A)   , 0  (B) (–1, 1) (C)  ,  (D) None of these
 2   2 2

5 If a, b, c are non zero real numbers and the equation ax 2 + bx + c + i = 0 has purely imaginary roots then
(A) a = bc (B) a = b2c (C) a  bc if a  0 (D) None of these

6. If x  1  a  x2 has real solution for x then

1
(A) a  R (B) a  1 (C) a  (D) None of these
2

7. p(x) = anxn + an–1 xn–1 + ……+ a1x + a0 is a polynomial of degree n with integral co-efficients. If an, a0, p(1) are odd t
hen
(A) p(x) has at least one rational root (B) p(x) has even no of rational roots
(C) p(2) + p(3) is odd (D) p(x) has irrational roots only

8. Roots of x3 + ax2 + bx + c = 0 are cosines of angles of an acute triangle, then the value ofa2 – 2b – 2c is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) 3

9. Let a, b, c, d be four integers (not necessarily distinct) in set of {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. The number polynomials x4 + ax3 + bx2
+ cx + d which is divisible by x + 1 is
(A) between 55 and 65 (B) between 66 and 85 (C) between 85 and 105 (D) more than 105

10. Consider the equation x 4  ax 3  bx 2  c x  d  0, a, b, c, d,  I+, a  b  c  d then the number of integral solutions
can be
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) None of these

11. Consider the equation x5 + 5x4 – x3 + ( – 4)x2 – (8 + 3)x +  – 2 = 0 the value of  for which the equation has
two roots independent of  is
(A) –1 (B) –2 (C) –3 (D) none of these
3 3 2 3 2
12. If p(x), q(x), r(x), s(x) are polynomials such that p(x ) + xq(x )+ x r(x ) = (1 +x + x ) s(x) then, p(1) = k S(1) and r(1) =
k p(1) where k is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these

13. If, Tn    ln  2n  1  ln  2n  1  ln  2n  3  ln 2n  5 . Also, it is given that Un  eTn and

1
Sn  U1  U2  U3  ......  Un . If f(n) = , then number of roots of f(n) = 0 are
 6Sn  7U1 
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these

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4 3 2
14. If the equation x  4ax  x  4ax  1  0 (where a  R) has exactly two positive and two negative roots, then
exhaustive set of values of a is
(A) (–, –3/8) (B) (3/8, ) (C) (1, 2) (D) none of these

15. If x 4  2ax3  x2  2ax  1  0 (where a  R) has exactly two positive and two negative roots, then exhaustive set of
values of a is
 3 3
(A) (0, 1) (B)   ,  (C) 1,   (D) None of these
 4 4

16. let ‘d’ be defined as d = a2  5a  8  a2  3a  4 , aR. The number of integral values of d are
(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 13 (D) 15

4 3 2
17. Let f(x) = x + ax + bx + cx + d be a polynomial with real coefficients and real zeros. if | f  i  | 1, (where i = 1)
then a + b + c + d is equal to
(A) –1 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) can’t be determined

18. Consider P(x) = ax2 + bx + c, where a, b, c  R and P(2) = – 9. Let  and  be the roots of equation P(x) = 0. If  and
| P(x) |  3
 both tends to infinity then lim is equal to
x 3 sin(x  3)
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 9 (D) non-existent

19. Let f(x) and g(x) be two polynomials of degree 2 defined as f(x) = ax 2+bx+c and g(x) = px2+qx + r. Given
a 2  b 2  c 2  2a  4b  2c  6  0 , a, b, c  R. Also g(0) = 2 g’(0) = – 3 and g”(0) = 2. The value of f(1) + g(1) is
equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

20. Consider the cubic equation x 3  x 2   x  x 2  sin  + (x – x2) cos  + (x –1) sin  cos  = 0 whose roots are , , .
2 2 2
    
The value of         is
 2   2  2
(A) 1 (B) 1/2 (C) 2 cos  (D) sin  (sin  + cos)

21. If the quadratic equation ax2 – bx + 12 = 0, where a and b are positive integers not exceeding 10, has roots both
greater than 2, then the number of possible ordered pair (a, b), is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8


22. Let , ,  are the roots of x 3 + px + r = 0 and , , 2 are the roots of equation x3 + qx + r = 0, then
2
3 2
 q r 2/3
(A)       0 (B) p = 2q (C) (pq) = 5r (D) None of these
7  6

23. If ( ,  ), (,  ) and ( ,  ) be the roots of a i x 2  b i x  c i  0 for i = 1, 2, 3 respectively and  +  +  +  +  +  +

1
 3 a  bi  c i m 2 2
 =   i   n where m and n be the integers than m + n + |m| + |n| is
 li a i 
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 12 (D) 6

ac
24. If x 4  3cos  ax 2  bx  c   2(x 2  2) has two solutions with a, b, c,  (2, 5) than the maximum value of is
b2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 16/3

25. The value of ‘a’ for which the quadratic expression ax 2 + |2a – 3| x – 6 is positive for exactly three integral values of x
is
 3 1  3 1  3 1
(A)   ,   (B)   ,   (C)   ,   (D) None of these
 5 2  5 2  5 6
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2 x
26. The set of values of x for which (x + x + 1) < 1 is
(A) ( ,  1) (B) ( , 1] (C) (–, 0) (D) none of these

27. If  and  are the roots of the equation x 2  a  x  1  b  0, where a, b  R – {0} and (a + b)  0, then the value of
1 1 2
2
 2  is equal to
  a   a a  b
4 2 1
(A) (B) (C) 0 (D)
ab ab ab

28. The equation x 2  bx  c  0 has distinct roots. If 2 is subtracted from each root the result are the reciprocal of the
original roots, then b 2  c 2 is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

2 k2
29. If k i 's, i  1, 2, 3, 4 are G.M.’s between a and b, then roots of the equation k1k4 x  x  k2 k3  0 are
k1  k3
(A) imaginary (B) both positive (C) one positive and one negative (D) both negative

30. If ‘a’ is least of two prime roots of equation x 2 – tx + n = 0; n  N and t is odd and a, b, c are 1st, rth and r2th term of
an A.P. with common difference 2, then roots of quadratic ax 2 + cx + b = 0 are always
(A) both negative (B) both imaginary (C) both positive (D) one positive and one negative

31. Let Pn (n) be a polynomial such that Pn(x) = Pn–1 (x –n), where P0(x) = x 3 + 45x2 – 77x – 8, then the coefficient of x in
P10 (x) is
(A) – 450 (B) 2190 (C) 1298 (D) 2981

32. All the real numbers ’a’ for which the equation x2 + (a – 2)x + 1 = 3|x| has exactly three distinct real solution in x are
(A) 1, 3 (B) –1, –3 (C) 3, 7 (D) 2, 7

33. The given equation is 3x4 – 2x3 + 4x2 – 4x + 12 = 0. Now, which of the following option is correct ?
(A) the given equation has all it’s roots real and distinct
(B) the given equation has 2 roots real and distinct and a pair of imaginary roots
(C) the given equation has no real roots
(D) none of these

34. Let f(x)  ax 2  bx  c, where a, b, c  R and a  0, is such that 2a + b + c = 0, then the quadratic equation f(x) = 0
has
(A) non-real roots (B) 0 and 2 as real roots (C) two equal roots (D) two distinct real roots

35. The number of real values of k for which (x 2 –(k –3)x + 3k – 14)(x2 + (k–7)x + k – 4) is a perfect square is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

36. The set of all values of real  so that the equation (x – a)(x – c) (x – e) +  (x – b) (x – d) = 0
(a > b> c > d > e) has distinct real roots are
(A) > 0 (B) < 0 (C)  R –{0}. (D)  R

2 2 a
37. STAEMENT 1 : If equations 3ax + 4bx + c = 0, (a , b, c  R) and 5x + 2x + 1 = 0 have common root, then is
b
10
equal to .
3
a1 b1 c1
STAEMENT 2 : If a1 x2 + b1x + c1 = 0 and a2 x2 + b2x + c2 = 0 have same roots then   .
a2 b2 c 2
(A) Both the statements are true and Statement 2 is correct explanation of Statement 1.
(B) Both the Statement are true and statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1.
(C) Statement – 1 True, Statement – 2 is False.
(D) Statement – 1 is False; Statement-2 is True.

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38. STATEMENT 1 : If f(x) = ax 2 – bx + 2; a + b + 4 < 0 then exactly one root lies between – 1 and 0
because
STATEMENT 2 : ab < 0
(A) Both the statements are true and Statement 2 is correct explanation of Statement 1.
(B) Both the Statement are true and statement 2 is not the correct explanation of statement 1.
(C) Statement – 1 True, Statement – 2 is False.
(D) Statement – 1 is False; Statement-2 is True.
2
39. If at least one root of quadratic equation with integral coefficients ax + bx + c = 0 (where a, b, and c are sides of a
2
triangle ABC) is same as one of the roots of the quadratic equation x + kx + 2 = 0
A C CA
(k > 12), then tan   cot   is equal to
 2   2 
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 3

40. If a, b, c are real and distinct numbers then the roots of the equation
(x – a)(x – b) + (x – b) (x – c) + (x – c) (x – a) = 0 are always
(A) real (B) imaginary (C) positive (D) can’t say

2   b
41. If ,  are the real roots of ax + bx + b = 0 then   is equal to ?
  a
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None of these

MORE THAN
1. Consider an equation 8x4 – 16x3 + 16x2 – 8x + a = 0 than the sum of all the real roots of the equation can be [a  R]
1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) (D) None of these
2

2. The equation (ay – bx)2 + 4xy = 0 has rational solutions x, y for

1 1 3
(A) a  , b  2 (B) a  4, b  (C) a  1, b  (D) a = 2, b = 1
2 8 4

ax 2  bx  c
3. If  0  a  0, A  0  for all real x except for two distinct finite values of x, then
Ax 2  Bx  C
a a c
(A) 0 (B) 0 (C) b 2  4ac  B2  4AC (D) 0
A A C

4. Let, p  x   x n  b n 1x n 1  b n  2 x n  2  ....  b1 x  b 0

q(x) = xm + am –1 xm–1 + am –2 xm-2 + ……a1x + a0 [n > m]
A  x   p  x   q  x  , B  x   p  x   x n  m q  x  then which of the following is incorrect
(A) roots of A(x) = 0 and solution set of intersection of y = p(x), y = q is same
(B) set of roots of B(x) = 0 and solution set of intersection of y = p(x) and y = q(x) is same
(C) {x : p(x) = 0 and q(x) = 0}  {x : B(x) = 0}
(D) {x : B(x) = 0}  {x : A(x) = 0}

5. Given ax2 + bx + c  0, bx2 + cx + a  0 and cx2 + ax + b  0, where a  b  c and a, b, c  R.

a2  b2  c 2
Now cannot take values
ab  bc  ca
2 1 3 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 2 2 2

6. If the equation x4 + ax3 + bx2 + cx + d = 0 has four real positive roots then.
2 2
(A) ac  16d (B) b  36d (C) ac  16b (D) b  36c

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7. If f(x) = a100x100,
100 99
g(x) = a100x + a99 x ,
49 48 47 2
h(x) = a49x + a48x + a47x + ……+a2x + a1 x + a0, then
(A) f(x) + h(x) = 0 has atleast 50 imaginary roots
(B) f(x) – h(x) = 0 has atleast 50 imaginary roots
(C) g(x) + h(x) = 0 has atleast 50 imaginary roots if a99. a49> 0
(D) g(x) + h(x) = 0 has atleast 50 imaginary roots if a99.a49 < 0

8. If cos4 + m, sin4 + m are the roots of the equation

x2 + b(2x + 1) = 0 and cos2 + n, sin2 + n are the roots of the equation x 2 + 4x + 2 = 0, then b is equal to
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) – 2

x 3  6x 2  11x  6 a
9. The value(s) of a, for which   0 does not have real solution is/are
x 3  x 2  10x  8 30
(A) –10 (B) 12 (C) 5 (D) –30

10. Let x1, x2, x3 are the roots of x 3 – x2 + ax + b = 0 and x 2, x3, x4 are the roots of x3 –4x2 + px + q= 0.
If x1, x2, x3 and x4 are in A.P. with common difference of d, then
(A) a = p (B) q = b – (a + 2) (C) b = p + q – 3 (D) a = p – 5

11. If one root kx2 + x + 1 = 0 is real and other is imaginary (k  0) then k2 can not be equal to
(A) –4 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 4

12. If x 2  4 y 2  4  0 and minimum and maximum values of x2 + y2 – xy are a and b respectively, then
5  13 5  13 5  13 5 13
(A) a  (B) b  (C) a  (D) b 
2 2 2 2

13. If f(x) is a polynomial of degree 4 with rational coefficients and touches x-axis at (2, 0) then for f(x) = 0
(A) sum of roots is 0 (B) sum of roots is 4 2 (C) product of roots is 4 (D) product of roots is –4.

14. Let a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h be distinct elements in the set {–7, –5, -3 –2, 2, 4, 6, 13}, then the minimum value of (a + b+ c
+ d)2 + (e + f + g + h)2 is greater than
(A) 30 (B) 32 (C) 34 (D) 40

PARAGRAPH
PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTION NOS. 1 TO 3
Let solutions of the equation x3 = y3 + 2y2 + 1 are given by (x i, yi) , i = 1, 2, 3……..

1. Number of integral solutions (x, y) is/are

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

2. The value of ((x1 + x2 + ….xn)/n, (y1 + y2 + ……yn)/n) is

(A) (0, 0) (B) (0, –5/2) (B) (0, –5/3) (D) (1, –1)

3. The value of x1y1 + x2y2 +……+ xnyn is

(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) –2 (D) –4

PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTION NOS. 4AND5

Let f : R  R, f(x)  2x 3  3(k  2)x 2  12kx  7, – 4  k  6, k  I, then

4. The number of value of k for f(x) to be invertible, is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

5. The number of value of k for f(x) to have three real and distinct roots, is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

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PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTION NOS.6AND 7

If x1, x2, x3> 0 are such that x 1 + x2 + x3 = 3 and two positive numbers m, n  0, 1 are such that max
2
(x1m  x m2  x m3 )  3 & min (x 1n  x n2  x n3 )  3 . A function f(x) = x + ax + b is such that f(x) = 0 has m, n as its roots

6. Which is correct
(A) (a + b + 1) b<0 (B) (a + b + 1) b > 0 (C) (a + b + 1) b = 0 (D) data insufficient

7. If X1, X2, X3 not all equal &>0 Such that X1 + X2+ X3 = 3 and f’ () = 0 then
(A) n = 2 - m (B) n = 3 - m (C) n = 1 - m (D) none of these

PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTION NOS. 8 TO 10

Consider a quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 and quadratic equation does not have any integral roots.

8. Given that 5a + 2b + c = 0, then exactly one of the root of the above quadratic equation will lie in the interval
(A) (1, 3) (B) (4, 7) (C) (1, 2) (D) (1, 6)

9. Given that a+ b = 0 and 4a + 6b + 9c = 0 then both the roots would lie in the interval
(A) (0, 1) (B) (1, 2)
(C) (2, 3) (D) (3, 4)

10. Given that c(a + b + c) < 0 then exactly one of the roots is lying between
(A) (1, 2) (B) (0, 1)
(C) (2, 3) (D) (4, 5)

MATRIX MATCH
1. Consider a quadratic equation (1 + m)x2 – 2(1 + 3m)x + (1 + 8m) = 0, m  R – { –1}, then match the following list – I
and list - II
List I List II
(P) Set of values of m for which both roots are real (1) 2
(Q) Set of values of m for which equation has exactly one root (2) 3
negative
(R) The number of integral values of m such that given (3) ( , 0]  [3,  )
quadratic equation has imaginary roots
(S) The number of real values of m such that roots are in the (4)  1
ratio 2 : 3 is k then k + 1 is  1,  
 8
Codes :

P Q R S
(A ) 4 3 2 1
(B) 3 4 2 1
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 1 2 3 4

INTEGER TYPE
1. Let polynomial nx2 + ax + b has integral co-efficient and two distinct roots in (0, 1). If n  N, then smallest value of n
is _______

If ax  bx  c  1  x 0, 1, then the maximum value of b is _______

2
2.

3. The number of ordered pair (s) (x, y) of real numbers satisfying equation 1 +x4 + 2x2 sin(cos-1y) = 0 is __________
3 2
4. The number of values of a which cubic equation x + 3x + 3 – a = 0 has all the roots as integers is ………………..

2 1 
5. If roots x1 and x2 of the equation x – 4ax + 1 = 0 satisfy x1 a and x2 0, then a   ,   , k must be _________
k 

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6. If the equations x2 – 3x – ai = 0 has integral roots  ai N and ai 300 then  ai  .............
800

7. If , 2N are the roots of the equation x 2 – 11x +  = 0, then the number of possible distinct value of  is/are ____
ax2  3x  4
8. The number of integral values of a for which takes all values for all real vales of x, is _____
a  3x  4x 2

 1 1
9. When    ,  , then the number of roots of equation 100x 3  99x    0 in the interval [–1, 1] is/are______
 2 2

10. Let (p) and (p) be the roots of the equation  6

1 p  1 x2   3 1 p  1 x   9 1 p  1  0 where p > – 1 then
lim   p     p   is equal to______
p  0

11. p(x) be a 5-degree polynomial with integer coefficients, p(x) = 0 has at least one integral root. If p(2) = 13 and p(10) =
5, let  is the integral root p(x) = 0 then find the sum of all the digits of  (or  itself if < 10) ________

12. The number of integers n such that the equation nx 2 + (n + 1) x + (n + 2) = 0 has rational roots only is _______

13. If the roots of x5 – 40x4 + px3 + qx2 + rx + S = 0 are in G.P. and sum of their reciprocals is 10, then the value of 2S
is _______

14. The number of roots of the equations x 2  2x  log 2 1  x  3 is _________

log3 7 log7 3
15. If 3 and 7 are the roots of the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 then the value of b2 – 4ac is _______

16. If the minimum value of (x –1) (x – 2) (x – 3)(x – 4) is M, then M + 4 is ______

2 2
17. The number of pairs (x, y) of real numbers such that 16 x y
 16 x  y  1.........

4 2 2
18. The least integral value of ‘a’ for which the equation x – 2ax + x + a – a = 0 has all its roots real is _____

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 QUADRATIC EQUATIONS_ 9

ANSWER KEY
SINGLE CHOICE
1. A 10. A 18. A 26. A 34. D
2. B 11. C 19. A 27. C 35. B
3. A 12. A 20. B 28. D 36. D
4. A 13. C 21. A 29. C 37. A
5. B 14. D 22. A 30. A 38. C
6. B 15. D 23. A 31. C 39. D
7. D 16. A 24. A 32. A 40. A
9. B 17. C 25. A 33. C 41. D

MORE THAN
1. A, B 4. A, B, C, D 7. A, B, C 10. B, C, D 13. A, C
2. A, C 5. A, B, D 8. B, C 11. A, B, C, D 14. A,B
3. A, C, D 6. A, B, D 9. B, C, D 12. A, B

PARAGRAPH
1. C 3. A 5. B 7. A 9. A
2. C 4. B 6. A 8. A 10. B

MATRIX MATCH
1. C

INTEGER TYPE
1. 5 5. 2 9. 1 13. 8 17. 1
2. 8 6. 2 10. 2 14. 4 18. 1
3. 0 7. 5 11. 6 15. 0
4. 2 8. 7 12. 3 16. 3

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