JEE-– Math

Polynomials

Review Exercise Questions

Level-1
Single Choice Correct Only

Q1. How many terms does the following polynomial have?

p  x   1  x2  x 4  x6  ...  x100
(A) 99

(B) 100

(C) 101

(D) 102

(E) None of these

Q2. The value of the expression E  x  : x2  6 x  19 at x   2 is

(A) 5 (B) 7

(C) 9 (D) 11

Q3. Consider the polynomial

p x 
1
12
12 x 2  7 x   2 

The value of p   is

(A) 0

2
(B)
4

2
(C)
2

(D) 
2

(E) None of these

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Q4. Consider the following two polynomials:

p x 
5 3 2 1 4
 x  x
6 4 2
q  x   5  3x  7 x 6
3

In the product of these polynomials, the sum of the coefficients of x , x , x and x lies
7 6 5 4

between

(A) 9 and 10

(B) 10 and 11

(C) 11 and 12

(D) 12 and 13

(E) None of these

Q5. Consider the following three monomials:

12x3 y4 z2 , 18x4 y3z3, 30x7 y2 z5

The HCF of these monomials is

(A) 6x y z
3 4 3

(B) 6x y z
3 2 2

(C) 6x yz
2

(D) 6x y z
7 4 5

(E) None of these

Q6. The zero of the linear polynomial

p  x  :  5x  3
Is

5 5
(A) (B) 
3 3

3 3
(C) (D) 
5 5

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Q7. Suppose that 0  c  d . The zero of the polynomial p  x   cx  d

(A) lies between 1 and 0

(B) lies between 0 and 1

(C) is greater than 1

(D) is less than 1

Q8. Suppose that

p  x  x  2
q  x  2x  7
The sum of the zeroes of the polynomial p  x q  x  lies between
(A) 2 and 3

(B) 3 and 4

(C) 4 and 5

(D) 5 and 6

(E) None of these

Q9. Consider the following polynomials:

f  x   3x  1, g  x   2  8x, h  x     x

The sum of the zeroes of the polynomial

p  x  f  x  g  x h  x 
lies between

(A) –4 and –3

(B) –3 and –2

(C) –2 and –1

(D) –1 and 0

(E) None of these

Q10. Consider the following quadratic polynomial:

p  x  :  x2  7 x  6
Which of the following are zeroes of this polynomial?

(A) x  1 (B) x  4

(C) x  6 (D) x  9

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Q11. The zeroes of p  x : x  3x 1 are

2

3  8 3  5
(A) (B)
2 2
1  10 1  5
(C) (D)
2 2
(E) None of these

Q12. The zeroes of p  x  : x  4x  3 are

2

(A) 1  5
(B) 2 5
(C) 1  7
(D) 2  7
(E) None of these

Q13. The zeroes of p  x : 2x  5x 1 are

2

5  17
(A)
2

5  13
(B)
2

5  17
(C)
4
5  13
(D)
4

(E) None of these

Q14. The factors of

x5  a2 x3  x2 y3  a2 y3
are:

(A)  x  y  x  a  x  a   x 2  y 2  xy 

(B)  x  y  x  a  x  a   x 2  y 2  xy 

(C)  x  a  x  y  x  a   x 2  y 2  xy 

(D)  x  a  x  y  x  a   x 2  y 2  xy 

(E) None of these

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Q15. The polynomial 32 x 10  33 x 5  1 is divisible by

(A) 2x 1

(B) x 1

(C) x  2

(D) x 1

(E) None of these

Q16. The value of p for which x  p is a factor of x  px  2x  p  4 is

3 2

(A) 2

4
(B) 
3

(C) 5

6
(D)
7

(E) None of these

Q17. Consider the following:

(i)  p  x  1  x
2 2

(ii)  q  x    1  x
3 3

(iii)  r  x    1  4 x  6 x  4 x3  x 4
4 2

Which of these are polynomials?

(A) p  x  , q  x  and r  x 

(B) Only p  x  and r  x 

(C) Only q  x  and r  x 

(D) Only p  x  and q  x 

(E) Only r  x 

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Q18. The simplified form of

 3 a  4b     3a  2 b  
3 3

3  3 a  4b    3a  2 b  
2

3  3a  4b   3a  2b 
2

Is

(A) 8 a 3

(B) 8 b 3

(C) 8 a 3  8b 3

(D) 8 a 3  8b 3  16 ab

(E) None of these

Q19. If x  1  a , then the value of x 3  13 is

x x

(A) a 3  3 a  3 a 2

(B) a 3  3

(C) a 3  3 a

(D) a 3  3 a

(E) None of these

Q20. The value of

 a  b  c   a  b  c
2 2

2  c2  a2  b2  2ab 
is

(A) 2a
(B) 2b
(C) 2c
(D) 0
(E) None of these

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Q21. The square root of x 2   2 is (assuming x is positive):
x2
(A) x  1
x

(B) x  1
x

(C) x 2  12
x

(D) x 2  12
x

(E) None of these

Q22. Suppose that a and b are both positive reals. The value of a  b  2 ab can be

(A) a  b  ab

(B) a b

(C) ab

(D) b a
(E) None of these

1 1
Q23. If x  y  a and x y  b , then the value of  is
x3 y 3
a3  3ab
(A)
b3

a3 3a
(B)
b3

a3 3
(C)
b

a3 3
(D)
b2
(E) None of these

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Q24. If
1 1
x  a  b, x   a  b ,
x x
then which one of the following is correct?

(A) ab  1

(B) a  b

(C) ab  2

(D) a  b  0

(E) None of these

Q25. If y  3 and x and y are both integers, then which of the following is equivalent to the
4x

expression 38 x  3 4 x  3 ?

(A)  y  1  y  2
2

(B)  y  1  y  2
2

(C)  y  1  y  2
2

(D)  y  2   y  2
2

(E) None of these

One or More than Once Choices Correct

Q26. Which of the following are not expressions?

(A) 2x  3  0
(B) 3x2  5x  4
(C) x 2  2 x  3
(D)  x  1 x  1 x  3
Q27. Which of the following expressions are polynomials (or can be expressed as polynomials)?
(A)  x 7/ 2  1 x 7/ 2  1
(B) x  6  x 6  2
x3  y3
(C)
x y
(D) x  y  z  xyz
2 2 2

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Q28. Which of the following expressions are valid polynomials?

(A) x  12
x

(B) y  2z

(C) x  y  z
2 2 2

(D)  x 3  3 x 2  8 x  2

(E)
3
3 3 4

Q29. Which of the following expressions are binomials?

(A) x 10  

(B) x
100
 2 3

(C) y  y  2 y
2

(D) z  1
4

(E) 1  x  x  1

Q30. Which of the following expressions are linear polynomials?

(A) 1 x
(B)   2 x
2

(C) 2  a x
2

(D)  3 x
2

(E) 
x  1  x 2
2

Q31. Which of the following expressions are quadratic polynomials?

(A) 1  x  2 x
2

(B)  4 x 2

(C) x 1
4

(D)  x 2   x  1
3

(E)  x     x 3
3

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Q32. Two polynomials of degrees m and n are added. The resulting

polynomial has a degree

(A) which could be greater than both m and n

(B) which must be equal to either m or n

(C) which could or could not be equal to either m or n

(D) which could be less than both m and n

Q33. Which of the following expressions are polynomials?

(A) x  2 x  3
2 1/ 4

(B) x   y2
3 1/2

(C) x 9 / 2  x 6  1

(D) y   y 2
7
18

Q34. Which of the following are binomials (with respect to the powers of the variable)?
(A) x  2
3

(B) x 2  2 1

(C)  x 1 x  2
(D)  x 3  1 x 3  1

Q35. Which of the following are trinomials (with respect to the powers of the variable)?

(A) y  y  2  3
3

(B) z 2
 z  1  z  1
(C)  x  1  x 3
3

(D)  x  y  z 
2

Integer Answers

Q36. The degree of the polynomial 1  x 2  x 4  x 8 is ______.

Q37. The degree of 1  x 2 1  x 4  , when expressed as a polynomial, is _____.

Q38. The degree of the polynomial

x 5  x10   20  2 30
is _____.

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Q39. Consider the following two polynomials:

p  x  : 2 x3  3x4  x5  7 x6
q  x  : x2  x4  7 x5  18x6

The two polynomials are added to obtain a new polynomial:

r  x  p  x   q  x
The sum of the coefficients of x 4 and x 6 in this new polynomial is _____.

Q40. If the remainder obtained on dividing

x2  5x  k
by x  2 is 3, then the value of k is ______ .

Q41. Consider the following two polynomials:

p  x :1  x2  x4  x6  x8
q  x : 7  3x2  7x4  9x6
The two polynomials are subtracted to obtain a new polynomial:
r  x  p  x  q  x 
The sum of the coefficients of x 2 , x 6 and x 8 in this new polynomial is _____.

Q42. Consider the following polynomial:

p  x   x2 
1
2
x2
If q  x  is the square-root of p  x  such that the coefficient of x in q  x  is positive, then
the value of q  2  is __________

Q43. Consider the following cubic polynomial:

p  x  : x3  x
The sum of the squares of the zeroes of this polynomial is _____.

 a2  b2 
Q44. If a  b  8, ab  20, then the value of the expression 3   is __________.
 ab 

 4 1
x  
3 
x4 
Q45. If x  1  5 , then the value of is
x  2 1
x  
 x2 

 x 1  2 2
1
Q46. If x  2  53 , then the value of 51 2  is
 x 1 
2

Q47. Consider the following cubic polynomial:

p  x  :  x  5  x  7 
2

How many distinct zeroes does this polynomial have? ______

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Q48. Consider the following two polynomials:

p  x   x3  8x2  21x  8
q  x  x  2

When p  x  is divided by q  x  , the quotient will be a quadratic polynomial, which can

be written as z  x   ax  bx  c .The value of  a  b  c is __________
2

Q49. Consider the following two polynomials:

p  x   9  3x2  x4
q  x  2  x

When p  x  is divided by q  x  , the quotient will be a cubic polynomial, which can be

written as ax 3  bx 2  cx  d . The value of a  2b  3c  d is __________

Q50. Consider the term u  1  x 2 . Now, consider the following polynomials:

p  x  1 u  u2  ...  u99
q  x  1 u  u2  ...  u99
The sum of the degrees of p  x  and q  x 
is __________

Q51. Consider the following two polynomials:

p  x  x5  x4  x3  x2  x 1
q  x   x 1
In the product of these polynomials, the sum of the coefficients of x 5 , x 4 , x 3 and x 2
is __________

Q52. Consider the following three polynomials:

p  x   1 x
q  x   2  x2
r  x  1 2x  9x2  10x3
In the product of these three polynomials, the sum of the coefficients of x 4 , x 3 and x 2 is
__________

Q53. Consider the following cubic polynomial:

p  x  : x3  x
How many real zeroes does this polynomial have? _____

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Q54. For a polynomial f  x  , some specific values are given:

f 1  17 f 2  6
f  3   4 f  4   11
f 5  1
The minimum number of zeroes this polynomial must have is _____.

Q55. For a polynomial f  x  , some specific values are given:

f  2   7 f  1  2
f 0  3 f 1  4
f  2  5 f  3   1
The minimum number of zeroes this polynomial must have is _____.

Q56. The sum of the remainders obtained when the polynomial x 3  x 2  9 x  9 is divided by
x , x  1 and x  2 is __________

Q57. Consider the following two polynomials:

p  x   4x3  5x 2  kx  11
q  x   3x  2
If q  x  is a factor of p  x  , then the value of 18k is __________

Q58. If x  2 is a factor of the expression

 x  1   2 x  k  ,
7 3

then k has the value equal to__________

Q59. If x  2 a is a factor of
x5  4a2 x3  2x  2a  3,
then the value of 2a is __________

Q60. Consider the following two polynomials:

p  x   x4  x3  2x2  kx  1
q  x   3x 1
If q  x  is a factor of p  x  , then the value of 27k is __________

Q61. If g  x   x  2 is a factor of
f  x   x3  ax2  bx  2
and f 1  4 , then the value of 3a 12b
is __________

Q62. If

f x  2x2  2 2  3 x   6

is divided by 2x  3 , then the remainder obtained is __________

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Q63. The value of

x3 9x2 y  27xy2  27y3,
when x is 9 and y is –3, is __________

Q64. The value of

p3  q3  27pq
when p  q  9 , is __________

Q65. The value of

 s  a    s  b   s  c 
3 3 3

3  s  a  s  b  s  c  ,
when 3s  a  b  c , is __________

Q66. If
a b
   1, a  0, b  0,

then the value of  a 3  b3  is __________

b a

Q67. If a  b  1 , then the value of a 3  b 3  3 ab is __________

Q68. If
a3  6ap  p3  8  0
then the value of a  p is __________

Q69. If x  1  7, the value of x 3  13 is __________

x x

Q70. Consider the following three polynomials:

p  x  : x3  x2  x  1
q  x  : 3x4  x2  7 x  6 A new polynomial is constructed as follows:
r  x  :  x5  2 x4  7 x3  1
t  x  p  x  q  x  r  x
The sum of all the coefficients in this new polynomial is _____.

Q71. Consider the polynomials

A  4 x3  5 x  7
B  2 x3  x 2  3
C  5x3  8x 2  10
The coefficient of x 2 in the polynomial A  2 B  C is __________

Q72. The coefficients of x 3 in the product of the polynomials

3x3  4x2  7 and x2 1
is __________
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Q73. Consider the following two polynomials:

p  x  :1 x  2x2
q  x :3x3  2x2  3
These two polynomials are multiplied:
r  x  p  x q  x
The sum of the coefficients of x 5 and x 2 in this new polynomial is _____.

Q74. Consider the following two polynomials:

p  x  : 7  2 x  3x 2  x3
q  x  : x4  x2  1
These two polynomials are multiplied:
r  x  p  x q  x

The sum of the coefficients of x 7 , x 5 , x 4 and x in this new polynomial is _____.

Q75. Consider the following three linear polynomials:

p  x  : 2 x  18
q  x : x  7
r  x  : 350 x  250
The product of their zeroes is _____.

Q76. When written as a polynomial in standard form, the coefficient of x in the expression
5x3  9x2  6x
3x
is __________.

Q77. When written as a polynomial in standard form, the coefficient of x 2 in the expression
2x4  x3  8x2  x  6
2x  3
is __________.

Q78. Consider the polynomial

f  x   4x3  3x2  7 x  C
If f  0   2 , then the value of f  1 is __________

Q79. Consider the polynomial

f  x  3x  ax  9
If f  1  10 , then the value of f 1
is __________
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Q80. For the polynomial

f  x   ax7  bx3  cx  5
where a, b and c are constants, if f  7   7 , then the value of f  7 is __________

Q81. The degree of a polynomial A is 7 and that of a polynomial AB is 56. Then, the degree of
the polynomial B is __________

Miscellaneous

Q82. For the polynomial

f  x   3x5  9x4  ax3  2x  9

show that the value of f  k   f  k  is independent of a.

Q83. Simplify the following expression:

2x4  6x3  3x2  3x  2

x2  3x  2

Q84. Simplify the following:

x3  13x2  32x  20
x2  12x  20

Q85. Simplify the following expression:

2 2 x2  5x  2
x 2

Q86. Factorize x 9  x .

Q87. Factorize x  y  x y
4 4 2 2

Q88. Factorize p  x   21x  11x  2

2

Q89. Factorize p  x   8x  58x  99

2

Q90. Factorize p  x   22x  123x 11

2

Q91. Evaluate the value of  25    16    9  .

3 3 3

Q92. The value of

a  b   a  b   6a  a 2  b 2 
3 3

where a  0  b  c is always negative. Is this true or false?

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