EXERCISE – 01

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. F(x) is a polynomial in x. When F(x) is divided by (x – 2), the remainder obtained is 3, when the same
polynomial is divided by (x – 3), the remainder obtained is 2. What is the remainder when F(x) is divided
by (x – 3) (x – 2)
5
(A) – x + 5 (B) – x + 7 (C) 0 (D) 5
3
2. Determine the value of a for which the polynomial 2x4 – ax3 + 4x2 + 2x + 1 is divisible by 1 – 2x.
(A) 25 (B) 26 (C) 28 (D) 30

3. If , are zeros of quadratic polynomial kx2 + 4x + 4, find the value of k such that (+ )2 – 2= 24.
2
(A) – 1 (B) (C) both (A) and (B) (D) None of these
3
4. The equation x2 + Bx + C = 0 has 5 as the sum of its roots, and 15 as the sum of the square of its roots.
The value of ‘C’ is :
(A) 5 (B) 7.5 (C) 10 (D) 12.5
5. If the sum of the zeros of the quadratic polynomial f(t) = kt2 + 2t + 3k is equal to their product, then the
value of k is :
3 3 2
(A) – (B) (C) – (D) none of these
2 2 3

6. If , are the zeroes of x2 – 6x + k = 0. What is the value of k if 3 + 2= 20.

(A) –16 (B) 8 (C) – 2 (D) – 8

7. Minimum value for the polynomial 4x2 – 6x + 1 is :

3 5 5
(A) – (B) – (C) – (D) – 
4 4 16
8. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 3x + k is 2, then the value of k is
(A) 10 (B) – 10 (C) 5 (D) – 5

9. If 1 is a zero of the polynomial p(x) = ax2 – 3 (a – 1) x – 1, then the value of a is

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

10. Find the other zero of the polynomial x3 + 3x2 – 2x – 6, if two of its zeroes are – 2 and 2 .
(A) – 3 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) None of these

11. On dividing x3 – 3x2 +x + 2 by a polynomial g(x), the quotient and remainder were x – 2 and –2x + 4,
respectively. Find g(x).
(A) g (x) = x2 + x + 1 (B) g (x) = – x2 – x + 1 (C) g (x) = x2 – x + 1 (D) g (x) = x2 – x – 1

12. If , are the zeroes of the polynomial 2y2 + 7y + 5, write the value of + + .
(A) – 1 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) None of these

13. If the zeros of the polynomial x3 – 3x2 + x + 1 are (a – b), a, (a + b), find the sum of all values of b
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) None of these

14. If , , are the zeroes of the polynomial 6x3 + 3x2 – 5x + 1, then find the value of –1 + –1 + –1.
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 5 (D) – 5

15. If (x + 1) is a factor of x2 – 3ax + 3a – 7, then the value of a is :

(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) 0 (D) – 2

16. If ,,are the zeros of x3 – 5x2 + 6x – 1 then value of 3 + 3 + 3

(A) 38 (B) –38 (C) 19 (D) –19
17. If one of the zeros of the cubic polynomial x3 + ax2 +bx + c is –1, then the product of the other two zeros is
(A) a – b – 1 (B) b – a – 1 (C) 1 – a + b (D) 1 + a – b

1 1
18. If x + = 5, then the value of x3 + 3 is
x x
(A) 110 (B) 90 (C)80 (D) 50

19. If x3 – (x + 1)2 = 2001 then the value of x is

(A) 14 (B) 13 (C) 10 (D) None of these

x2 y2 x y 3
20. The square root of     is
y 2 4x 2 y 2x 4
x 1 y x 1 y x 1 y x 1 y
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
y 2 2x y 2 2x y 2 2x y 4 2x

21. If the zeros of the polynomial ax2 + bx + c be in the ratio m : n, then

(A) b2 mn = (m2 + n2) ac (B) (m + n)2 ac = b2 mn
2 2 2
(C) b (m + n ) = mnac (D) None of these

22. If    and the difference between the roots of the polynomials x2 + ax + b and x2 + bx + a is the same,
then
(A) a + b + 4 = 0 (B) a + b – 4 = 0 (C) a – b + 4 = 0 (D) a – b – 4 = 0

23. The factors of a2(b3 – c3) + b2(c3 – a3) + c2(a3 – b3) are
(A) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (ab + bc + ca) (B) (a + b) (b + c) (c + a) (ab + bc + ca)
(C) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (ab – bc – ca) (D) None of these

24. If p, q are zeros of x2 + px + q, then

(A) p = 1 (B) p = 1 or 0 (C) p = – 2 (D) p = – 2 or 0

25. On simplifying (a + b)3 + (a – b)3 + 6a(a2 – b2) we get

(A) 8a2 (B) 8a2b (C) 8a3b (D) 8a3

26. Factors of (42 – x – x2) are

(A) (x – 7)(x – 6) (B) (x + 7)(x – 6) (C) (x + 7)(6 – x) (D) (x + 7)(x + 6)

 x 1
27. Factors of  x 2    are
 6 6
1 1 1 1
(A) (2x + 1)(3x + 1) (B) (2x + 1)(3x – 1) (C) (2x – 1)(3x – 1) (D) (2x – 1)(3x + 1)
6 6 6 6

a 3  b3  c3  3abc
28. Value of , when a = –5, b = –6, c = 10 is
ab  bc  ca  a 2  b 2  c2
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) –2

29. If (x + y + z) = 1, xy + yz + zx = –1, xyz = –1, then the value of x3 + y3 + z3 is

(A) –1 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) –2

30. Factors of (a + b)3 – (a – b)3 are

(A) 2ab(3a2 + b2) (B) ab(3a2 + b2) (C) 2b(3a2 + b2) (D) 3a2 + b2

31. The homogeneous function of the second degree in x and y having 2x – y as a factor, taking the value 2
when x = y = 1 and vanishing if x = –1, y = 1 is
(A) 2x2 + xy – y2 (B) 3x2 – 2xy + y2 (C) x2 + xy – 2y2 (D) None of these
32. If the polynomial 16x4 – 24x3 + 41x2– mx + 16 be a perfect square, then the value of 'm' is
(A) 12 (B) –12 (C) 24 (D) –24

32. If the polynomial f(x) = ax3 + bx – c is divisible by the polynomial g(x) = x2 + bx + c, then ab is
1 1
(A) 1 (B) (C) –1 (D) 
c c
4 4
34. If abx2 = (a – b)2(x + 1), then the value of 1   2 is
x x
2 2 2 2
ab ab  a   b 
(A)   (B)   (C)   (D)  
ab ab ab ab

35. Let ,  be the zeros of the polynomial (x – a) (x – b)– c with c  0. Then the zeros of the polynomial (x
– ) (x – ) + c are
(A) a, c (B) b, c (C) a, b (D) a + c, b + c

36. If the sum of the zeros of the polynomial x2 + px + q is equal to the sum of their squares, then
(A) p2 – q2 = 0 (B) p2 + q2 = 2q (C) p2 + p = 2q (D) None of these
37. The LCM of 22x(x + 1)2 and 36x2(2x2 + 3x + 1) is
(A) 2x(x + 1) (B) 396x2(x + 1)2(2x + 1)
3 2 2
(C) 792x (x + 1) (2x + 3x + 1) (D) None of these

38. The LCM of x3 – 8 and x2 – 5x + 6 is

(A) x – 2 (B) x2 + 2x + 4 (C) (x – 2)(x2 + 2x + 4) (D) (x – 2)(x – 3)(x2 + 2x + 4)

39. If the GCD of the polynomials x3 – 3x2 + px + 24 and x2 –7x + q is (x – 2), then the value of (p + q) is:
(A) 0 (B) 20 (C) –20 (D) 40

40. If the LCM of two polynomials p(x) and q(x) is (x + 3)(x – 2)2(x – 6) and their HCF is (x – 2). If p(x)
= (x + 3)(x – 2)2, then q(x) is
(A) (x + 3)((x – 2) (B) x2 – 3x – 18 (C) x2 – 8x + 12 (D) None of these

41. The GCD of two polynomials is (x– 1) and their LCM is x6 – 1. If one of the polynomials is x3 – 1, then
the other polynomial is
(A) x3 – 1 (B) x4 – x3 + x – 1 (C) x2– x + 1 (D) None of these

1 1
42. If x > 1, x2 + 2
 38 , then the value of x  is
x x
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 0 (D) None of these

43. The simplest form of (2x + 3)3 – (2x – 3)3 is

(A) 54+ 72x2 (B) 72 + 54x2 (C) 54+ 54x2 (D) None of these

44. The simplest form of (p – q)3 + (q – r)3 + (r – p)3 is

(A) 4(p – q)(q – r)(r – p) (B) 2(p – q)(q – r)(r – p)
(C) 3(p – q)(q – r)(r – p) (D) None of these

45. The square root of x4 + 6x3 + 17x2 + 24x + 16 is

(A) x2 + 3x + 4 (C) 3x2 + 3x + 4 (B) 2x2 + 3x + 4 (D) None of these

46. The square root of x4 – 2x3 + 3x2 – 2x + 1 is

(A) x2 + x + 1 (B) x2 – x + 1 (C) x2 + x – 1 (D) x2 – x – 1

47. The value of  for which one zero of 3x2 – (1 + 4) x + 2 + 2 may be one-third of the other is
33 17 31
(A) 4 (B) (B) (D)
8 4 8
48. The factors of a3(b – c) + b3(c – a) + c3(a – b) are
(A) (a + b + c) (a – b) (b – c) (c– a) (B) – (a + b + c) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a)
(C) 2 (a + b + c) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (D) –2 (a + b + c)(a – b)(b – c)(c – a)
49. The value of 'a', for which one root of the quadratic polynomial (a2 – 5a + 3)x2 + (3a – 1) x + 2 is twice
as large as the other, is
1 2 2 1
(A)  (B) (C)  (D)
3 3 3 3
50. If the polynomial x19 + x17 + x13 + x11 + x7 + x5 + x3 is divided by (x2 + 1), then the remainder is
(A) 1 (B) x2 + 4 (C) – x (D) x

51. If (x – 2) is a common factor of x3 – 4x2 + ax + b and x3 – ax2 + bx + 8, then the values of a and b are
respectively
(A) 3 and 5 (B) 2 and –4 (C) 4 and 0 (D) 0 and 4

52. If the expressions ax3 + 3x2 – 3 and 2x3 – 5x + a on dividing by x – 4 leave the same remainder, then the
value of a is
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) –1

53. If the polynomial x6 + px5 + qx4 – x2 – x – 3 Is divisible by x4 – 1, then the value of p2 + q2 is

(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) 10 (D) 13

54. If 3x3 + 2x2 – 3x + 4 = (Ax + B)(x – 1)(x + 2) + C(x – 1) + D for all values of x, then A + B + C + D is
(A) 0 (B) 12 (C) 10 (D) All of these
55. The expression x3 + gx2 + hx + k is divisible by both x and x – 2 but leaves a remainder of 24 when
divided by x + 2 then the values of g, hand k are
(A) g = 10, h = – 3, k = 0 (B) g = 3, h = – 10, k = 0
(C) g = 10, h = – 2, k = 3 (D) None of these
56. The value of m, if 2xm + x3 – 3x2 – 26 leaves a remainder of 226 when it is divided by x– 2.
(A) 0 (B) 7 (C) 10 (D) All of these

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57. The expression Ax3 + x2 + Bx + C leaves remainder of when divided by 1 – 2x and 18 when divided
4
by x. Given also the expression has a factor of (x – 2), the values of A, B and C are
(A) A= 5, B =– 9, C = 3 (B) A = 27, B = – 18, C = 4
(C) A = 4, B = – 27, C = 18 (D) None of these
58. If h(x) = 2x3 + (6a2 – 10) x2 + (6a + 2) x – 14a – 2 is exactly divisible by x – 1 but not by x + 1, then the
value of a is
(A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 10 (D) 2
59. A polynomial is exactly divisible by x + 1, and when it is divided by 3x – 1, the remainder is 4. The
polynomial gives a remainder hx + k when divided by 3x2 + 2x – 1 then the values of h and k are
(A) h = 2, k = 3 (B) h = 3, k = 3 (C) h = 3, k = 2 (D) None of these

60. The remainder when f(x) = (x4 – x3 + 2x – 3) g(x) is divided by x – 3, given that x – 3 is a factor of g(x) + 3,
where g(x) is a polynomial is
(A) 0 (B) –171 (C) 10 (D) 2

61. If x3 – hx2 + kx – 9 has a factor of x2 + 3, then the values of h and k are

(A) h = 3, k = 3 (B) h = 2, k = 2 (C) h = 2, k = 1 (D) None of these

62. The polynomial f(x) has roots 3, –3 and –k. Given that the coefficient of x3 is 2, and f(x) has a remainder
8 when divided by x + 1, the value of k is
(A) 1/2 (B) 1/4 (C) l/5 (D) 2
63. One of the factors of x3 + 3x2 – x – 3 is
(A) x + 1 (B) x + 2 (C) x – 2 (D) x – 3

64. If ax2 + 2a2x + b3 is divisible by x + a, then is

(A) a = b (B) a + b = 0 (C) a2 – ab + b2 = 0 (D) a2 + 2ab + b2 = 0

65. If f(x) = ax2 + bx + c is divided by (bx + c), then the remainder is

c2 ac2  c ac2  2b 2 c
(A) 2 (B) 2  2c (C) f    (D)
b b  b b2

66. If ax4 + bx3 + cx2 + dx + e is exactly divisible by x2 – 1, then

(A) a + b + c + e = 0 (B) a + c + e = 0 (C) a + b = 0 (D) a + c + e = b + d = 1

67. The remainder of x4 + x3 – x2 + 2x + 3 when divided by x – 3 is

(A) 105 (B) 108 (C) 10 (D) None of these

68. If x – 3 is a factor of x3 + 3x2 + 3x + p, then the value of p is

(A) 0 (B) –63 (C) 10 (D) None of these

69. The value of ax2 + bx + c when x = 0 is 6. The remainder when dividing by x + 1 is 6. The remainder
when dividing by x + 2 is 8. Then the sum of a, b and c is
(A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 10 (D) None of these

70. xn – yn is divisible by x + y, when n is _________.

(A) An odd positive integer (B) An even positive integer
(C) An integer (D) None of these

71. If ,  are the zeros of the quadratic polynomial 4x2 – 4x + 1, then 3 + 3 is

1 1
(A) (B) (C) 16 (D) 32
4 8

72. The remainder when x1999 is divided by x2 – 1 is

(A) – x (B) 3x (C) x (D) None of these

73. For the expression f(x) = x3 + ax2 + bx + c, if f(1) = f(2) = 0 and f(4) = f(0). The values of a, b and c are
(A) a = –9, b = 20, c = –12 (B) a = 9, b = 20, c = 12
(C) a = –1, b = 2, c = –3 (D) None of these

74. If (x – 3) is the factor of 3x3 – x2 + px + q, then

(A) p + q = 72 (B) 3p + q = 72 (C) 3p + q = –72 (D) q – 3p = 72

75. For what values of n, (x + y) is a factor of (x– y)n?

(A) for all values of n (B) 1
(C) only for odd numbers (D) None of these

76. If f(x) = 3x5 + 11x4 + 90x2 – 19x + 53 is divided by x + 5, then the remainder is
(A) 100 (B) –100 (C) –102 (D) 102

77. If (x – 3), (x – 3) are factors of x3 – 4x2 – 3x + 18, then the other factor is
(A) x + 2 (B) x + 3 (C) x – 2 (D) x + 6

 3 
78. If f   = 0, then for f(x), which of the following is a factor?
 4 
(A) 3x – 4 (B) 4x + 3 (C) –3x + 4 (D) 4x – 3
79. If f(x) = 16x2 + 51x + 35, then one of the factors of f(x) is
(A) x – 1 (B) x + 3 (C) x – 3 (D) x + 1
80. If ax3 + 9x2 + 4x – 1 is divided by (x + 2), the remainder is –6; then the value of 'a' Is
33
(A) –3 (B) –2 (C) 0 (D)
8
3 2 2 3
81. If a – 3a b + 3ab – b is divided by (a – b), then the remainder is
(A) a2 – ab + b2 (B) a2 + ab + b2 (C) 1 (D) 0

82. If y = f(x) = mx + c, then f(y) in terms of x is

(A) mx + m + c (B) m + mc + c (C) m2x + mc + c (D) m2x + m2c

83. If 3x3 + 7x is divided by 7 + 3x, then the remainder is

490 490 470
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
9 9 9

x2 x 2 2
84. The remainder when f(x) = 3x4 + 2x3 –   is divided by g(x) = x + is
3 9 27 3
(A) –1 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) –2

85. The remainder when 1 + x + x2 + x3 + .......... + x2006 is divided by x – 1 is

(A) 2005 (B) 2006 (C) 2007 (D) 2008
86. If (x – 1), (x + 1) and (x – 2) are factors of x4 + (p – 3)x3 – (3p – 5)x2 + (2p – 9) x + 6, then the value of p is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
87. If the remainder when the polynomial f(x) is divided by x – 1, x + 1 are 6, 8 respectively, then the
remainder when f(x) is divided by (x– 1) (x + 1) is
(A) 7 – x (B) 7 + x (C) 8 – x (D) 8 + x
88. Find the remainder obtained, when x2007 is divisible by x2 – 1.
(A) x2 (B) x (C) x + 1 (D) –x
89. If a polynomial 2x3– 9x2 + 15x + p, when divided by (x– 2), leaves – p as remainder, then p is equal to
(A) –16 (B) –5 (C) 20 (D) 10

90. If ,  and  are the zeros of the polynomial 2x3 – 6x2 – 4x + 30, then the value of ( +  + ) is
(A) –2 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) –30

1 1 1
91. If ,  and  are the zeros of the polynomial f(x) = ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, then   
  
b c c c
(A)  (B) (C)  (D) 
a d d a

92. If ,  and  are the zeros of the polynomial f(x) = ax3 – bx2 + cx – d, then 2 + 2 + 2 =
b 2  ac b 2  2ac b 2  2ac b 2  2ac
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a2 b2 a a2
93. The coefficient of x in x2 + px + q was taken as 17 in place of 13 and its zeros were found to be –2 and –
15. The zeros of the original polynomial are
(A) 3, 7 (B) –3, 7 (C) –3, –7 (D) –3, –10


94. Let ,  be the zeros of the polynomial x2 – px + r and , 2 be the zeros of x2 – qx + r. Then the value
2
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
95. When x200 + 1 is divided by x2 + 1, the remainder is equal to
(A) x + 2 (B) 2x – 1 (C) 2 (D) –1
96. If 2 and 3 are the zeros of f(x) = 2x3 + mx2 – 13x + n, then the values of m and n are respectively
(A) –5, – 30 (B) –5, 30 (C) 5, 30 (D) 5, –30
97. If the ratio of the roots of polynomial x2 + bx + c is same as that of the ratio of the roots of x2 + qx + r, then
(A) br2 = qc2 (B) cq2 = rb2 (C) q2c2 = b2r2 (D) bq = rc
98. The quadratic polynomial whose zeros are twice the zeros of 2x2 – 5x + 2 = 0 is
(A) 8x2 – l0x + 2 (B) x2 – 5x + 4 (C) 2x2 – 5x + 2 (D) x2 – l0x + 6

99. If ,  are the roots of ax2 + bx + c and  + k,  + k are the roots of px2 + qx + r, then k =
1a p a p 1a p
(A)     (B)    (C)    (D) (ab – pq)
2 b q  b q 2 b q

100. The condition that x3 – ax2 + bx – c = 0 may have two of the roots equal to each other but of opposite
sign is
2
(A) ab = c (B) a =bc (C) a2b = c (D) None of these
3
101. If one zero of the polynomial ax2 + bx + c (a, b, c  R, a  0) is positive and the other is negative then
(A) a and b are of opposite sign. (B) a and c are of opposite sign.
(C) b and c are of opposite sign. (D) a, b, c are all of the same sign.
102. It is given that the difference between the zeros of 4x2 – 8kx + 9 is 4 and k > 0. Then, k is
1 3 5 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

3
103. The cubic polynomials whose zeros are 4, and –2 is
2
(A) 2x3 + 7x2 + 10x – 24 (B) 2x3 + 7x2 – 10x – 24
(C) 2x3– 7x2 – 10x+ 24 (D) None of these
104. If the sum of zeros of the polynomial p(x) = kx3 – 5x2 – 11x – 3 is 2, then k is equal to
5 2 5
(A) k = – (B) k = (C) k = 10 (D) k =
2 5 2

105. If f(x) = 4x3– 6x2 + 5x – 1 and ,  and  are its zeros, then  =
3 5 3
(A) (B) (C)  (D) None of these
2 4 2

EXERCISE – 02

1. One of the factors of the expression x4 + 8x is:

(A) x2 + 2 (B) x2 + 8 (C) x + 2 (D) x – 2

2. If x + y + z = 1, x² + y² + z² = 2 and x³ + y³ + z³ = 3 then the value of xyz is __________.

(A) 1/5 (B) 1/6 (C) 1/7 (D) 1/8

3. If a + b = 6 and ab = 8, then a3 + b3 = .............

(A) 18 (B) 36 (C) 54 (D) 72

4. If polynomial P(x) = 3x3 – x2 – ax – 45 has one zero of 3, then a = ................

(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 12

5. If one factor of 27x3 + 64y3 is (3x + 4y) what is the second factor ?
(A) (3x2 – 4y) (B) (3x2 + 12xy + 4y2) (C) (9x2 +12xy –16y2) (D) (9x2 – 12xy + 16y2)

6. If the zero of the polynomial f(x) = k2x2 – 17x + k + 2(k > 0) are reciprocal of each other, then the value
of k is :
(A) 2 (B) – 1 (C) – 2 (D) 1
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7. If x + = 3, then the value of x6 + 6 is :
x x
(A) 927 (B) 114 (C) 364 (D) 322

8. If x + 3, divides x3 + 5x2 + kx, then k is equal to :

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

9. Which one of the following is a factor of the expression (a + b)3 – (a – b)3 ?

(A) a (B) 3a2 – b (C) 2b (D) (a + b) (a – b)

10. If , are the zeros of polynomial f(x) = x2 – p(x + 1) – c, then (+ 1)(+ 1) =
(A) c – 1 (B) 1 – c (C) c (D) 1 + c

1 1 5 1
11. If x + = 5, then x3 – 5x2 + x + 3 – 2 + = .......... :
x x x x
(A) –5 (B) 0 (C) 5 (D) 10

12. If a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2 = k (a2 – bc) then k = ......... .

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

13. If (x – 2) is a factor of polynomial x3 + 2x2 – kx +10. Then the value of k will be :

(A) 10 (B) 13 (C) 16 (D) 9

xa xb xc

14. If   + 3 = 0, a > 0, b > 0, c > 0, then the value of x is :
bc ca a b
(A) – (a2 + b2 + c2) (B) (a + b + c) (C) – (a + b + c) (D) a b c

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15. If x = , then value of x2 + 2x + 3 is :
1 2
(A) 3 (B) 0 (C) 4 (D) 1

16. If x + y = 1 then x3 + y3 + 3xy = .....

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None of these

17. If and are the zeroes of the polynomial f(x) = x2 – 5x + k such that – = 1, the value of K is :
13
(A) 8 (B) 6 (C) (D) 4
2

18. If p–q = – 8 and p.q. = – 12 then the value of p3 – q3 is :

(A) 224 (B) – 224 (C) 242 (D) – 242

19. If 2  3 are zeros of x4 – 6x3 – 26x2 + 138x – 35 then the other zeros are
(A) – 5, –7 (B) 5, – 7 (C) – 5, 7 (D) 5, 7

20. (a + b + c) (ab + bc + ca) – abc is equal to the

(A) (a + b) (c + b) (c + a) (B) (a – b) (b + c) (c + a)
(C) (a + b) (b – c) (c + a) (D) (a + b) (b + c) (c – a)

1 1
21. If x + = 2 then x + will be –
x x
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 +1 (D) 1

22. If x + y = 8, xy = 15, then x2 + y2 will be

(A) 32 (B) 34 (C) 36 (D) 38
23. If x – y = 5, xy = 24 then the value of x2 + y2 will be
(A) 23 (B) 73 (C) 65 (D) 74

24. The graph of y = p(x) is given below. The number of zeroes of polynomial p(x), is

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

23 7
p q p q
25. If  = 2, what is the value of    
q p q p
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) –2 (D) None of these

26. If x47 + 1 is divided by x2 – 1, the remainder will be

(A) x – 1 (B) x +1 (C) x (D) –x

 1  1  1  
27. Value of x  1   1   1    1 is
 x  x  1  x  2  
(A) 3 (B) 2x (C) 5x (D) 1

3.75  3.75  1.25  1.25  2  3.75  1.25

28. Simplify the value of
3.75  3.75  1.25  1.25
(A) 5.0 (B) 0.5 (C) 2.5 (D) 1.5
29. If p(x)= 2x3 – 3x2 + 5x – 4 is divided by (x – 2), what is remainder?
(A) 12 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) –10
30. What is the coefficient of xy in the expansion of (x + y)2?
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 2
31. Zeroes of which quadratic polynomial are 4 and 3.
(A) x2 + 7x + 12 (B) x2 – 7x + 12 (C) x2 + 7x – 12 (D) x2 – 7x – 12

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32. If , be the zeros of the polynomial 2x2 + 5x + k such that 2 + 2 + = , than K = ?
4
(A) 3 (B) –3 (C) – 2 (D) 2

1
33. If x2 – 3x + 1 = 0, then the value of x5 +
x5
(A) 87 (B) 123 (C) 135 (D) 201

xy xz yz
34. If = a, = b, and = c, where a, b, c are non–zero numbers, then the value of x ?
xy xz yz

2abc 2abc abc 2abc

(A) (B) (C) (D)
ab  ac  bc ac  bc  ab ab  bc  ac ab  bc  ac

35. (ab + bc + ca) can be expressed as ...............
1 1 1 1 1
(A) abc (a + b + c) (B) ab (a + c) (C) abc     (D) c   
a b c a b
  1 1 1 
36. If pqr = 1, then the value of  1
 1
 1 
1 p  q 1 q  r 1 r  p 
(A) 0 (B) pq (C) 1 (D) pq

37. If (x + 2), is a factor of 2x3 – 5x + K, then the value of k is

(A) 6 (B) – 6 (C) 26 (D) – 26

(a  b)2 (b  c)2 (c  a)2

38. If a + b + c = 0, then the value of   is
ab bc ca
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) –3

(0.03)2  (0.01) 2
39. The value of is
0.03  0.01
(A) 0.02 (B) 0.004 (C) 0.4 (D) 0.04

y 4  x 4 y3

x(x  y) x
40. The simplified form of the expression given below is 2
y  xy  x 2
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) –1 (D) 2

4xy a  2x a  2y
41. If a = , the value of  in most simplified form is
xy a  2x a  2y
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) 2

42. If x, y, z are real numbers such that x  1  y  2  z  3 = 0 then the values of x, y, z are respectively

(A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 0, 0, 0 (C) 2, 3, 1 (D) 2, 4, 1

43. If x – 2 is a factor of 3x4 – 2x3 + 7x2 – 21x + k then the value of K is

(A) 2 (B) 9 (C) 18 (D) –18

44. If 2x +3y + z = 0 then 8x3 + 27y3 + z3 – 18xyz is equal to

(A) 0 (B) 6 (C) 18 (D) 9

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45. If p = x  then the value of p – will be–
x p
3 x4  x2  1 x 4  3x 2  1
(A) 3x (B) (C) (D) 
x x3  x x3  x

1 2
46. Factors of c – 2c – 9 are–
3
1  1  1   1
(A)  c  3  (c + 3) (B)  c  3  (c – 3) (C)  c  3  (c + 3) (D)  c   (3c + 1)
 3   3   3   3

47. If the zeros of the polynomial x3 – 3x2 + x + 1 are (a – d), a and (a + d) then (a + d) is
(A) a rational number (B) an integer (C) a natural number (D) irrational number

48. If one factor of the polynomial x3 + 4x2 – 3x – 18 is x + 3, then the other factor is ______.
(A) x2 + x (B) x2 + x + 6 (C) x2 + x – 6 (D) x2 – x + 6

49. The sum of the zeros of 3x2 + 5x – 2 is _____

3 3 5 5
(A) (B) – (C) (D) –
5 5 3 3
50. If 3 and – 3 are the zeros of a polynomial p(x), then–is not the factor of the p(x).
(A) x + 3 (B) x – 3 (C) x2 – 3 (D) x2 + 3

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51. If x + = 3 , then the value of x3 + is –
x x3
(A) 2 3 (B) 3 ( 3 – 1) (C) 3 3 (D) 0

52. If a polynomial x4 – 4x2 + x3 + 2x + 1 is divided by x – 1, then remainder will be

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 9 (D) –1

53. If x2 + 4y2 + 9z2 – 4xy – 12yz + 6xz = 0, then

(A) x = 2y – 3z (B) x = y – 3z (C) 2x = y – 3z (D) x = 3y – 2z.

EXERCISE – 02

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. A A C A C A B B B A C A B C A A C A B A
Ques. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. B A A B D C B A B C A C A B C C B D A C
Ques. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Ans. B A A C A B D B B C C A C B B B C D B B
Ques. 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
Ans. A A A A C B B B D B A C A C D C A B D D
Ques. 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Ans. D C B C C D A B B A C D D D C B B B C A
Ques. 101 102 103 104 105
Ans. B C C D D

EXERCISE – 03

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. C B D C D A D C C B B C B C C B B B C A
Ques. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Ans. B B B A B B A B C D B D B B C C A C D C
Ques. 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53
Ans. D A D A C C D C D D D B A