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CLASS-X POLYNOMIALS

MCQ

1. The zeroes of the polynomial x 2  3x  m m  3  are

a) m, m  3 b) m , m  3 c) m,  m  3  d) m,  m  3 
2. In fig. 1, the graph of the polynomial p(x) is given. The number of zeroes
of the polynomial is

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 0

3. The number of zeroes for a polynomial p  x  where graph of y  p  x  is

given in Figure-1, is

a) 3 b) 4 c) 0 d) 5
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4. On dividing a polynomial p  x  by x 2  4 , quotient and remainder are

found to be x and 3 respectively. The polynomial p  x  is

a) 3x 2  x  12 b) x 3  4x  3 c) x 2  3x  4 d) x 3  4x  3
5. The degree of polynomial having zeroes 3 and 4 only is
a) 2 b) 1 c) more than 3 d) 3
6. The number of polynomials having zeroes 3 and 5 is:
a) only one b) infinite c) exactly two d) at most two
7. The number of polynomials having zeroes 1 and 2 is:
a) exactly 2 b) only 1 c) at most 2 d) infinite

8. The graph of y  p  x  is given, for a polynomial p  x  . The number of

zeroes of p  x  from the graph is

a) 3 b) 1 c) 2 d) 0

2
9. Which of the following is a quadratic polynomial having zeroes and
3
2
?
3

4 9
a) 4x 2  9 b)
9
 9x 2  4  2
c) x 
4
d) 5  9 x 2  4 

5
10. Which of the following is a quadratic polynomial with zeroes and 0?
3

2 5 5 2
a) 3x  3x  5  b) 3x  x  5  c) x  d) x
3 3
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11. If  ,  are the zeroes of a polynomial p  x   x 2  x  1 , then  equals
 
to

1
a) 1 b) 2 c) 1 d)
2

12. If  ,  are zeroes of a polynomial p  x   2x 2  x  1 then  2   2 is equal

to

3 5 1 3
a) b) c) d)
4 4 4 4

13. The graph of y  p  x  is given in the adjoining figure. Zeroes of the

polynomial p  x  are

5 7 5 7
a) 5, 7 b) , c) 5, 0,7 d) 5, , ,7
2 2 2 2

14. If one zero of the polynomial 6x 2  37x  k  2 is reciprocal of the other,

then what is the value of k?
a) 4 b) 6 c) 6 d) 4

15. If  and  are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial p  x   x 2  ax  b ,

then the value of  2   2 is:

a) a 2  2b b) a 2  2b c) b 2  2a d) b 2  2a

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16. If one of the polynomial x 2  3kx  4k be twice the other, then the value
of k is:
1 1
a) 2 b) 2 c) d) 
2 2
17. If ‘  ’ and ‘  ’are the zeroes of the polynomial ax 2  5x  c and
      10 , then :

1 5 5 1
a) a  5, c  b) a  1, c  c) a  , c 1 d) a  ,c 5
2 2 2 2

18. The zeroes of the polynomial p  x   x 2  4x  3 are given by:

a) 1, 3 b) -1, 3 c) 1, -3 d) -1, -3
19. The number of quadratic polynomials having zeroes 5 and 3 is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) more than 3
20. If  and  are the zeroes of the polynomial x 2  1 , then the value of
    is
a) 2 b) 1 c) -1 d) 0

21. If the zeroes of the quaadratic polynomial x 2  a  1 x  b are 2 and 3 ,

then
a) a  7, b  1 b) a  5, b  1 c) a  2, b  6 d) a  0, b  6
22. The graph of a polynomial P(x) cuts the x-axis at 3 points and touches it
at 2 other points. The number of zeroes of P(x) is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 5
23. In figure, the graph of a polynomial P(x) is shown. The number of zeroes
of P(x) is

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
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24. A quadratic polynomial, the product and sum of whose zeroes are 5 and
8 respectively is

a) k  x 2  8 x  5  b) k  x 2  8 x  5 

c) k  x 2  5 x  8  d) k  x 2  5 x  8 

25. If x  1 is a factor of the polynomial p  x  x 3  ax 2  2b and a  b  4 , then

a) a  5, b  1 b) a  9, b  5 c) a  7, b  3 d) a  3, b  1

26. If  ,  are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2  k  6  x  2  2k  1 ,

1
then the value of k, if      , is
2
a) 7 b) 7 c) 3 d) 3
ASSERTION & REASON (1M)

1. Assertion (A): The polynomial p  x   x 2  3x  3 has two real zeroes.

Reason (R): A quadratic polynomial can have at most two real zeroes.
2.
SHORT ANSWERS (SA-I-2M)
1. A teacher asked 10 of his students to write a polynomial in one variable
on a paper and then to handover the paper. The following were the an-
swers given by the students:

2x  3 , 3x 2  7x  2 , 4x 3  3x 2  2 , x 3  3x  7 , 7x  7 , 5x 3  7x  2 ,
5 1 1
2x 2  3  , 5x  , ax 3  bx 2  cx  d , x  .
x 2 x
Answer the following questions:
i) How many of the above ten, are not polynomials?
ii) How many of the above ten, are quadratic polynomials?
2. Form a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are
 3 and 2 respectively.

SHORT ANSWER (SA-II-3M)

1. Find the value of k such that the polynomial x 2  k  6  x  2  2k  1 has

sum of its zeros equal to half of their product.

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2. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 7y  y  and verify the
3 3
relationship between the zeroes and the coefficients.

2
3. If and  3 are the zeroes of the polynomial ax 2  7x  b , then find the
3
values of a and b.
4. Find the quadratic polynomial, sum and product of whose zeroes are
1 and  20 respectively. Also find the zeroes of the polynomial so ob-
tained.

5. On dividing x 3  3x 2  x  2 by a polynomial g  x  , the quotient and re-

mainder were x  2 and 2x  4 respectively. Find g  x  .

6. If the sum of the squares of zeroes of the quadratic polynomial

f  x   x 2  8x  k is 40, find the value of k.

LONG ANSWERS (LA-4 OR 5)

1. Without actually calculating the zeroes, form a quadratic polynomial
whose zeroes are reciprocals of the zeroes of the polynomial 5x 2  2x  3 .

CASE STUDY (4 M)
1. The figure given alongside shows the path of a diver, when she takes a
jump from the diving board. Clearly it is a parabola.
Annie was standing on a diving board, 48 feet above the water level. She
took a dive into the pool. Her height (in feet) above the water leverl at any
time ‘t’ seconds is given by the polynomial h(t) such that
h t   16t 2  8t  k .

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i) What is the value of k?

48
a) 0 b) 48 c) 48 d)
16
ii) At what time will she touch the water in the pool?
a) 30 seconds b) 2seconds c) 1.5 seconds d) 0.5 seconds
iii) Rita’s height (in feet) abvoe the water level is given by another polyno-
mial p(t) with zeroes -1 and 2. Then p(t) is given by
a) t 2  t  2 b) t 2  2t  1
c) 24t 2  24t  48 d) 24t 2  24t  48
iv) A polynomial q(t) with sum of zeroes as 1 and the product as -6 is model-
ling Anu’s height in feet above the water at any time t(in seconds). Then
q(t) is given by
a) t 2  t  6 b) t 2  t  6 c) 8t 2  8t  48 d) 8t 2  8t  48

v) The zeroes of the polynomial r  t   12t 2  k  3  t  48 are negative of

each other. Then k is
a) 3 b) 0 c) 1.5 d) 3

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