ODM PUBLIC SCHOOL, BHUBANESWAR

COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS

MATHEMATICS
GRADE IX | CHAPTER WISE |2024
CHAPTER – 1 (NUMBER SYSTEM)
MCQs [1 x 20 = 20]
For the following given questions choose the correct option.
1. Every rational number is
(a) a natural number (b) an integer (c) a real number (d) a whole number
2. The decimal representation of a rational number cannot be
(a) terminating (b) non-terminating
(c) non-terminating repeating (d) non-terminating non-repeating
3. The product of any two irrational numbers is
(a) always an irrational number (b) always a rational number
(c) always an integer (d) sometimes rational, sometimes irrational
4. Which of the following rational numbers is equivalent to a decimal that terminates?
1 2 3 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 8 6
p
5. When 0.001 is expressed in the form , where p and q are integers not having any common factor
q
except 1 then q is equal
(a) 9 (b) 99 (c) 999 (d) 1000
6. The value of 0.9999.. when expressed as a fraction in the simplest form is
1 8 10
(a) (b) (c) 1 (d)
9 9 9

7. The value of 2.45  0.36 in the simple form is

67 24 31 167
(a) (b) (c) (d)
33 11 11 110
p
8. If the number x  1.242424... is expressed in the simplest form , the p + q equals
q

(a) 41 (b) 53 (c) 72 (d) 74

9. A rational number between 2 and 3 is

2  3 2  3
(a) (b) (c) 1.5 (d) 1.8
2 2
1 2
10. An irrational number between and is
7 7

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 11 2 1 2 1 2
(a)    (b) x (c) x (d) None of these
22 7 7 7 7 7

1 2
11. An irrational number between and is
7 7

11 2 1 2 1 2
(a)    (b)  (c)  (d) None of these
27 7 7 7 7 7

12. An irrational number between 2 and 3 is

(a) 2 3 (b) 2  3 (c) 23 (d) 2 3

13. Which of the following is an irrational number?

12 18 42 45
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 2 7 5
14. Which of the following statements is true?
2
(a) is a rational number
3
(b) There are infinitely many integers between any two integers
(c) Number of rational numbers between 15 and 18 is finite.
p
(d) There are numbers which cannot be written in the form , q  0,p,q both are integers
q

m
15. If the some of the rational numbers between 7 and 11 are written in the form , then integer values of
6
m lie between.
(a) 42 and 60 (b) 42 and 66 (c) 42 and 77 (d) 48 and 60
16. Which of the following statement is/are correct ?
(i) Every integer is a rational number
(ii) Every rational number is an integer
(iii) A real number is either rational or irrational number
(iv) Every whole number is a natural number.
(a) (ii) (b) (iii) (c) (i) and (iii) (d) all of these
17. A number is an irrational if and only if its decimal representation is
(a) non-terminating (b) non-terminating and repeating
(c) non-terminating and non-repeating (d) terminating
18. Which of the following is an irrational number?
(a) 0.13 (b) 0.1315 (c) 0.1315 (d) 0.30132310052
17
19. How many digits are there in the repeating block of digits in the decimal expansion of ?
7
(a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 26 (d) 7
20. Which of the following statements is true?
22 22
(a)  and are both rationals (b)  and are both irrationals
7 7

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(c)  is rational and is irrational (d)  is irrational and is rational
7 7

21. Which of the following numbers is irrational?

4 1250 24
(a) (b) (c) 8 (d)
9 5 6

22. The sum of 0.2 and 0.5 is

7 7 7 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 9 99 10
23. The value of 0.2  0.5 is
10 10 10
(a) 1 (b) (c) (d)
9 81 99
24. There is a number x such that x2 is irrational but x4 is irrational but x4 is rational. Then x can be
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
2 (d) 4 5
25. Which one of the following is a correct statement?
(a) Decimal expansion of a rational number is terminating
(b) Decimal expansion of a rational number is non-terminating
(c) Decimal expansion of an irrational number is terminating
(d) Decimal expansion of an irrational number is non-terminating and non-repeating
26. Which one of the following statements is true?
(a) The sum of two irrational numbers is always an irrational number
(b) The sum of two irrational numbers is always a rational number
(c) The sum of two irrational numbers may be a rational number or an irrational number
(d) The sum of two irrational numbers is always an integer
27. Which of the following is a correct statement?
(a) Sum of two irrational numbers is always irrational
(b) Sum of a rational and irrational number is always an irrational number
(c) Square of an irrational number is always a rational number
(d) Sum of two rational numbers can never be an integer
28. Which of the following statements is true?
(a) Product of two irrational numbers is always irrational
(b) Product of a non-zero rational and an irrational number is always irrational
(c) Sum of two irrational numbers can never be irrational
(d) Sum of an integer and a rational number can never be an integer
29. Every point on a number line represents
(a) a unique real number (b) a natural number
(c) a rational number (d) an irrational number
p
30. 23.43 when expressed in the form (p, q are integers q  0 ), is
q
2320 2343 2343 2320
(a) (b) (c) (d)
99 100 999 199
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31. The number of consecutive zeros in 2 3  34  54  7 , is
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
1
32. The smallest rational number by which should be multiplied so that its decimal expansion terminates
3
after one place of decimal is
1 3
(a) (b) (c) 3 (d) 30
10 10

33. The value of  612  112 

3/2
is

(a) 60 (b) 3600 (c) 21600 (d) 50 3

a b
34. If a b  64, b  1 , then the sum of the greatest possible values of and is
b a
13
(a) (b) 7 (c) 67 (d) 4
4

35.  65.61 
1/8
is equal to

3 3
(a) 4
(b) 0.3 (c) 0.03 (d)
10 10

36. If 7 5x  8  5x  2  30625 , then x =

(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
37. If P  a1 b 2 c 3 ...y 25 z 26 and Q  z 1 y 2 x 3 ....b 25 a 26 , where abcd… xyz  54 64 , then PQ =
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 64
38. Which is the greatest among 81 , 243 , 27 and 9 ?18 15 11 35

(a) 24315 (b) 27 21 (c) 938 (d) 8118

39. Which of the following is the ascending order of 2 1465 , 31172 and 5879 ?

(a) 5879 , 2 1465 , 31172 (b) 51465 , 31172 , 5879 (c) 31172 , 2 1465 , 5879 (d) 31172 , 5879 , 2 1465
3 2
40. If a x  b y  cz and a 3  b2 c, then  
x y

x y 1
(a) (b) (c) xyz (d)
y x z

1 1 1
41. If 11x  3y  99z  k , then   
x y z

2 1 2 1 1
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 0
z y z y y

42. If a  2 2  2 3 , b  2 3  2 4 and c  2 4   2 2 , then a3  b3  c3 

9 9
(a)  (b)  (c) 0 (d) 1
1024 2048

43. If  1331    225  , where x, y are integers, then the value of 3xy is
x y

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) -3

4 3
44. 2 2 equals

(a) 2 1/6 (b) 2 6 (c) 2 1/6 (d) 2 6

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45. Value of 4  81
2
is

1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 9 (d)
9 3 81
46. Which of the following is equal to x?

 
12 5 2/3 12 7

x 

4 1/3
(a) x 7  x 7
(b) 12 (c) x3 (d) x 7  x 12

91/3  27 1/2
47. is equal to
31/6  32/3

(a) 31/3 (b) 31/3 (c) 3 (d) 32/3

2 x 1  4 2x  1
48. If  64 , then x is equal to
8x 1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) -2 (d) 3
49. Which of the following is the greatest?
1/3
1 
(b)  49  (c)  (d)  2401 
3/2 1/4
(a) 7 2 
 343 

50. If a  3 and b  2 , then  3a  4b    4a  3b 

b a 2 ba
is equal to

(a) 1 (b) 6 (c) 1/6 (d) 2/3

 
2
2m  n 3p a 2m  n p
51. If n  m  16, n  81 and a  2 1/10 , then 
 
1
2 3 a m  2 n  2p

(a) 2 (b) 1/4 (c) 9 (d) 1/8

52. The value of 32 9 2 812 1616 is equal to

(a) 6  2 4 (b) 33  2 (c) 63  2 3 (d) 63  2

x x2 3 x3 6 x4 10
53. The value of 2x 3x 6x 9x is

(a) 18 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 54

3
54. The value of  2  3  2  3   , is
3

(a) 5 (b) 125 (c) 1/5 (d) -125

55. The value of x  y x  y when x  2 and y  2 , is
(a) 18 (b) -18 (c) 14 (d) -14
56. The square root of 64 divided by the cube root of 64, is
1
(a) 64 (b) 2 (c) (d) 64 2/3
2

57. When simplified  x 1  y 1  is equal to

1

xy xy
(a) xy (b) x + y (c) (d)
xy xy

58. If a, b, c are positive real numbers, then a1 b  b1 c  c1 a is equal to

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 1
(a) 1 (b) abc (c) abc (d)
abc

59. If a, b, c are positive real numbers, then 5 3125a10 b5 c10 is equal to

(a) 5a 2 bc2 (b) 25ab2 c (c) 5a3 bc3 (d) 125 a 2 bc 2

 
mn
60. If a, m, n are positive integers, then m n
a is equal to

(a) amn (b) a (c) am/n (d) 1

xy y x
x y
61. If x  2 and y  4 , then     
y x

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 2

62. The value of  0.00243    0.0256 
3/5 3/4
is

(a) 0.083 (b) 0.73 (c) 0.081 (d) 0.091

63. If 9x  2  240  9x , then x =
(a) 0.5 (b) 0.2 (c) 0.4 (d) 0.1
x
64. If  8x 1 and x > 0, then x =
x1.5

2
(a) (b) 2 2 (c) 4 (d) 64
4
32 x  8 53
65. If  , then x =
225 5x
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
c
66. If a, b, c are positive integers such that a b  6561 , then the least possible value of abc is
(a) 24 (b) 36 (c) 162 (d) none of these
1 1 1
67. If 2 x  3y  6z , then   
x y z

2 2 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
x y z

68. If 6 x  y  36 and 3x  y  729 , then x 2  y 2 

(a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) 8
69. 14  21 is equal to

(a) 7 6 (b) 6 7 (c) 5 7 (d) 147

70. Which of the following is the value of  11  7  11  7 ?
(a) 4 (b) -4 (c) 7 (d) 11
32  48
71. The value of is
8  12

(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8

1
72. The number obtained by rationalizing the denominator of is
5 2

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 52 52 52
(a) 5  2 (b) (c) (d)
3 3 21
1
73. If 2  1.414 , then the value of is
1 2
(a) 1/2 (b) 2.414 (c) -0.414 (d) 0.414
3
3
74. 2 3
when written with a rational denominator is
25
3
15 23
(a) (b) 15 (c) 2 3 15 (d) None of these
5 5

75. The simplest rationalizing factor of 3 500 is

(a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 3 5 (d) 3
2

76. If 2  1.414 and 3 = 1.732, then the value of 5  2 6 is

(a) 0.318 (b) 0.316 (c) 0.381 (d) 0.312

1
77. If x  7  4 3 , then x  
x

(a) 8 3 (b) 49 (c) 48 (d) 14

2 2
, then  x  y  
2
78. If x  and y 
10  8 10  2 2

(a) 4 2 (b) 32 (c) 8 2 (d) 64

79. The value of 5  2 6 is

(a) 3 2 (b) 2 3 (c) 5  6 (d) 5 6

80. 5
6  5 6 is equal to

(a) 5 36 (b) 5 6  0 (c) 5 6 (d) 5 12

3 1
81. If  a  b 3 , then
3 1
(a) a  2, b  1 (b) a  2, b  1 (c) a  2, b  1 (d) a  b  1
82. The simplest rationalizing factor of 2 5  3 , is
(a) 2 5  3 (b) 2 5  3 (c) 5  3 (d) 5 3
2
, then  x  3  
2
83. If x 
3 7
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 7
1 1
84. If x  7  4 3 and xy  1, then  
x2 y2

(a) 64 (b) 134 (c) 194 (d) 1/49

1
85. If x  15  4 , then x  
x
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 1

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 CHAPTER – 2 (POLYNOMIAL)
MCQs [1 x 20 = 20]
For the following given questions choose the correct option.
1
1. The square root of a   2 is
a

1 1  1  1
(a) a  (b) a  (c)   a   (d) a 
a a  a a

a  b b  c c  a
2 2 2

2. The value of   is
 b  c  c  a   a  b  c  a   a  b  b  c 
(a) -1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
1  1 1 1
3. The square root of the expression
abc
 a 2  b 2  c2   2     is
a b c

abc bc ca ab a b c
(a) (b) a  b  c (c)   (d)  
abc a b c bc ca ab

4. The square root of the expression  xy  xz  yz 2  4xyz  x  y  is

(a) xy  yz  2xyz (b) x  y  2xyz (c) xy  z  y (d) xy  yz  zx
5. The expression  4a  5b  5c 2   5a  4b  4c 2  9a 2 is a perfect square of the expression
(a) 3  b  c  (b) 3  b  c  a  (c) 3  b  c  (d) 3  b  c  a 
10 10
a b a b
6. If   2 , then      is equal to
b a b a
2 10  1 2 20  1
(a) (b) 2 (c) 0 (d)
2 10 2 10
1 1 1
7. If abc  6 and a  b  c  6 , then   
ac ab bc
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
a b
8. If   1 , then a 3  b3 
b a
1
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) (d) 0
2
9. If a  b  8 and ab  12 , then a3  b3 
(a) 244 (b) 224 (c) 144 (d) 284
1 1
10. If x   7, then x 3  
x x3
(a) 9 5 (b) 144 5 (c) 135 5 (d) 5
a  b   a  b
3 3

11.  a  a 2  3b 2  
2
(a) a3  b3 (b)  a  b 3 (c) a3  b3 (d)  a  b 3
1 1
12. If x   4 , then x 4  
x x4

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 (a) 196 (b) 194 (c) 192 (d) 190
1 1
13. If x   3, then x 6  
x x6

(a) 927 (b) 414 (c) 364 (d) 322

1 1
14. If x 3  3
 14 , then x  
x x

(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2

15. If a  b  c  9 and ab  bc  ca  23, then a2  b2  c2 
(a) 35 (b) 58 (c) 127 (d) None of these
16. If a  b  8 and ab  12 , then a3  b3 
(a) -244 (b) -240 (c) -224 (d) -260
17.  x  y  x  y   x 2  y 2  x 4  y 4  is equal to

(a) x 16  y 16 (b) x 8  y 8 (c) x 8  y 8 (d) x16  y 16

1 1
18. If x 4   623 , then x  
x4 x

(a) 27 (b) 25 (c) 3 3 (d) 3 3

1 1
19. If x 4   194 , then x 3  3 
x4 x

(a) 76 (b) 52 (c) 64 (d) none of these

4
20. If 3x   7 , then  9x 2  2  
2
x  x 

(a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 49 (d) 30

21. If a2  b2  c2  ab  bc  ca  0 , then
(a) a  b  c (b) b  c  a (c) c  a  b (d) a  b  c
a 2 b 2 c2
22. If a  b  c  0 , then   
bc ca ab

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) 3

23. If a1/3  b1/3  c1/3  0 , then
(a) a  b  c  0 (b)  a  b  c 3  27 abc (c) a  b  c  3abc (d) a3  b3  c3  0
24. If a  b  c  9 and ab  bc  ca  23 , then a3  b3  c3  3abc 
(a) 108 (b) 207 (c) 669 (d) 729
25. The product  a  b  a  b   a 2  ab  b 2  a 2  ab  b 2  is equal to

(a) a6  b6 (b) a6  b6 (c) a3  b3 (d) a3  b3

26. The product  x 2  1  x 4  x 2  1  is equal to

(a) x8  1 (b) x8  1 (c) x6  1 (d) x6  1

1 1
27. If 9x 2  b   3x    3x   , then the value of b is
 2  2

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(a) 0 (b) (c) (d)
2 4 2

28. The coefficient of x in  x  3 3 is

(a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 18 (d) 27
29. The value of 2492  2482 is
(a) 1 (b) 477 (c) 487 (d) 497
30. Which of the following is a factor of  x  y    x 3  y3  ?
3

(a) x 2  2xy  y 2 (b) x 2  2xy  y 2 (c) xy 2 (d) 3xy

y y3
31. If 2x   12 and xy  30 , then 8x 3   __________.
3 27
(a) 1008 (b) 168 (c) 106 (d) none of these
32. If x  y  12 and xy  27 , then x 3  y 3 
(a) 765 (b) 756 (c) 657 (d) 675
33. If x  y  4 , then x 3  y 3  12xy  64 
(a) -64 (b) 128 (c) 0 (d) None of these
34. If x  2y  6 , then x 3  8y 3  36 xy 
(a) 216 (b) -216 (c) 36 (d) -36

 a  b  c   c  b   c  a 
2 2
35.

(a) a3  b3  c3  3abc (b) a3  b3  c3 (c) 2  a 3  b 3  c 3  3abc  (d) 3abc

36. If a 3   b  a   b 3  k  a  b  , then k =
3

(a) ab (b) 3 ab (c) – 3 ab (d) 3

a 2 b 2 c2
37. If a  b  c  0 , then   
bc ca ab
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) 3
38. The factors of x  1  y  3xy, are
3 3

(a)  x  1  y   x 2  1  y 2  x  y  xy  (b)  x  y  1   x 2  y 2  1  xy  x  y 
(c)  x  1  y   x 2  1  y 2  x  y  xy  (d) 3  x  y  1   x 2  y 2  1 

39.  x  y    x  y  can be factorized as

3 3

(a) 2y  3x 2  y 2  (b) 2x  3x 2  y 2  (c) 2y  3y 2  x 2  (d) 2x  x 2  3y 2 

40. The expression  a  b    b  c    c  a  can be factorized as

3 3 3

(a)  a  b  b  c  c  a  (b) 3  a  b  b  c  c  a 
(c) 3  a  b  b  c  c  a  (d)  a  b  c   a 2  b 2  c 2  ab  bc  ca 

 0.013    0.007 
3 3

41. The value of is

 0.013   0.013  0.007   0.007 
2 2

(a) 0.006 (b) 0.02 (c) 0.0091 (d) 0.00185

42. The factors of x 3  7x  6 , are

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 (a) x  x  6  x  1  (b)  x 2  6   x  1  (c)  x  1  x  2  x  3  (d)  x  1 x  3  x  2 

43. If  x  y    x  y   6y  x 2  y 2   ky 3 , then k =
3 3

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8

44. If x 3  3x 2  3x  7   x  1   ax 2  bx  c  , then a  b  c 

(a) 4 (b) 12 (c) -10 (d) 3

x y
45. If   1  x, y  0  , then the value of x 3  y 3 is
y x

1
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d)
2
46. Which one of the following is a polynomial?
1  x  1 x  3 
(a) f  x   x  (b) g  x  
x x

x2 5x 3/2  4 x
(c) h  x   (d) p  x   2x 2 
x1 x

47. 3 is a polynomial of degree

(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) ½

48. If x101  101 . If f(x) is divided by x + 1, then the remainder is

(a) 0 (b) 100 (c) 101 (d) 1

49. If f  x   x100  2x99  k is divisible by  x  1 , then the value of k is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) -2 (d) -3

50. The remainder when f  x   x3  ax2  6x  a is divided by  x  a  , is

(a) -5a (b) 5a (c) 10a (d) 0

51. If  x  a  is a factor of the polynomial p  x   x3  ax2  2x  a  6 , then the value of a is

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 2 (d) -2

 1 1
52. If f  x    x 2  2 , the remainder when f  x  is divided by x  3 is
 x  x

(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 5

53. If  x  3  is a factor of f  x   x2  a , then the remainder when f(x) is divided by  x  2  is

(a) 5 (b) -5 (c) 13 (d) -13

54. If  x  1 and  x  1 are factors of f  x   ax3  bx2  cx  d , then

(a) a  b  0 (b) b  c  0 (c) b  d  0 (d) a  d  0

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55. When the polynomial p  x   ax2  bx  c is divided by  x  1  and  x  1 , the remainders obtained are 6
and 10 respectively. If the value of p  x  at x  0 is 5, then 5a  2b  5c 

(a) 21 (b) 40 (c) 42 (d) 44

56. The ratio of the remainders when f  x   x2  ax  b is divided by  x  2  and  x  1 respectively is 4 : 3. If

 x  1 is a factor of f  x  , then

(a) a  9, b  10 (b) a  9, b  10 (c) a  9, b  10 (d) a  9, b  10

57. If a quadratic polynomial f(x) leaves remainders 4, 4 and 0 respectively when divided by
 x  1 ,  x  2  and  x  3  respectively, then f  x  

(a) 2x2  6x  3 (b) 2x 2  6x (c) 2x2  6x  5 (d) 2x2  6x  5

58. The remainder when f  x   x 5 is divided by g  x   x2  9 , is

(a) 81x (b) 81x  10 (c) 243x  81 (d) 0

59. Zero of the zero polynomial is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) any real number (d) not defined

60. If f  x   x  3 , then f  x   f  x  is equal to

(a) 3 (b) 2x (c) 0 (d) 6

61. x  1 is a factor of the polynomial

(a) x 3  x2  x  1 (b) x3  x2  x  1 (c) x 4  x 3  x 2  1 (d) x 4  3x 3  3x2  x  1

62. If x140  2x151  k is divisible by x  1 , then the value of k is

(a) 1 (b) -3 (c) 2 (d) -2

63. If x  a is a factor of x 4  a2 x2  3x  6a , then a 

(a) 0 (b) -1 (c) 1 (d) 2

64. If x  2 and x  1 are the factors of x 3  10x2  mx  n , then the values of m and n are respectively

(a) 5 and -3 (b) 17 and -8 (c) 7 and -18 (d) 23 and -19

65.  x  1 is a factor of xn  1 only if

(a) n is an odd integer (b) n is an even integer

(c) n is a negative integer (d) n is a positive integer

 1 1
66. If f  x    x2  2 , then the remainder when f(x) is divided by  x  3  , is
 x  x

82
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d)
9
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67. If  x  a  and  x  b  are factors of x 2  ax  b , then

1 2
(a) a  1, b  2 (b) a  2, b  1 (c) a  2, b  3 (d) a   , b  
3 3

68. The remainder when f  x   x 45  x14  x9  x is divided by g  x   x2  1 , is

(a) 4x  1 (b) 4x  2 (c) 4x  1 (d) 4x  2

69. If  x  a  and  x  b  are factors of x 2  ax  b , then

1 1
(a) a  1, b  2 (b) a  0, b  1 (c) a   , b  (d) a  1, b  2
2 2

70. The ratio of remainders when f  x   x2  ax  b is divided by  x  2  and  x  3  respectively is 5 : 4. If

 x  1 is a factor of f  x  , then
11 14 14 11 14 11 14 11
(a) a   ,b  (b) a   ,b  (c) a  ,b   (d) a   ,b  
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

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