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Single Choice

1.   
Number of values of ‘p’ for which the equation p2  3p  2 x 2  p2  5p  4 x  p  p 2  0 
possess more than two roots, is
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) none

2. The roots of the equation  b  c  x 2   c  a  x   a  b   0 are

c a a b
(A) ,1 (B) ,1
bc bc
bc c 1
(C) ,1 (D) ,1
ab ab

3. If ,  are the roots of quadratic equation x 2  px  q  0 and ,  are the roots of

x 2  px  r  0, then      ,      is equal to:
(A) q + r (B) q – r
(C)   q  r  (D)   p  q  r 

4. Two real numbers  and  are such that     3 and     4, then  and  are the
roots of the quadratic equation:
(A) 4x 2  12x  7  0 (B) 4x 2  12x  7  0
(C) 4x 2  12x  25  0 (D) None of these

5.  
If a, b, c are integers and b2  4 ac  5d2 , d  N, then roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0
are
(A) Ir– rational (B) Rational and different
(C) Complex conjugate (D) Rational and equal

6. Let a, b and c be real numbers such that 4a  2b  c  0 and ab  0 . Then the equation
ax 2  bx  c  0 has
(A) real roots (B) imaginary roots
(C) exactly one root (D) none of these

7. Consider the equation x 2  2x  n  0, where n  N and n  5, 100  . Total number of

different values of ‘n’ so that the given equation has integral roots, is
(A) 4 (B) 6
(C) 8 (D) 3

8.    
If the equation k 6x 2  3  rx  2x 2  1  0 and 6k 2x 2  1  px  4x 2  2  0 have both roots
common, then the value of  2r  p  is
(A) 0 (B) 1/2
(C) 1 (D) none of these

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9. If a, b, p, q are non – zero real numbers, then two equations 2a2 x 2  2 ab x  b2  0 and
p2 x 2  2pq x  q2  0 have:
(A) no common root (B) one common root if 2a2  b2  p2  q2
(C) two common roots if 3pq  2 ab (D) two common roots if 3 qb  2 ap

10. Which of the following graph represents the expression f  x   ax 2  bx  c  a  0  when

a  0, b  0 and c  0 ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

11. The expression y  ax 2  bx  c has always the same sign as of ‘a’ if:
(A) 4ac  b2 (B) 4ac  b2
(C) ac  b2 (D) ac  b2

12. The entire graph of the expression y  x 2  kx  x  9 is strictly above the x – axis if and only
if
(A) k < 7 (B) –5 < k < 7
(C) k > – 5 (D) none

13. If a,b  R, a  0 and the quadratic equation ax 2  bx  1  0 has imaginary roots then
a  b  1 is:
(A) positive (B) negative
(C) zero (D) depends on the sign of b

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14. If a and b are the non – zero distinct roots of x 2  ax  b  0, then the least value of
x 2  ax  b is
3 9
(A) (B)
2 4
9
(C)  (D) 1
4

15. If y  2x 2  6x  9 , then

(A) maximum value of y is – 11 and it occurs at x = 2
(B) minimum value of y is –11 and it occurs at x = 2
(C) maximum value of y is 13.5 and it occurs at x = –1.5
(D) minimum value of y is 13.5 and it occurs at x = –1.5

16. Let f  x   x 2  4x  1. Then

(A) f  x   0 for all x (B) f  x   1 when x  0
(C) f  x   1 when x  4 (D) f  x   f   x  for all x

x2
17. The complete set of values of x which satisfy the inequations; 5x  2  3x  8 and 4
x 1
is
(A)  , 1 (B)  2, 3 
(C)  , 3  (D)  , 1   2, 3 

The number of the integer solutions of x 2  9   x  3   8x  25 is:

2
18.
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) none

x 4  3x 3  2x 2
19. The complete solution set of the inequality  0 is:
x 2  x  30
(A)  ,  5   1, 2    6,    0 (B)  ,  5   1, 2   6,    0
(C)  ,  5   1,2   6,    0 (D) none of these

20. If the inequality  m  2  x 2  m  4  0 is satisfied for all x  R, then the least integral m is:
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) none

21. If the inequality  m  2  x 2  8x  m  4  0 is satisfied for all x  R , then the least integral m
is:
1
(A)  k  3 (B) k  5
3
(C) k  0 (D) none

22. 
The real values of ‘a’ for which the quadratic equation 2x 2  a3  8a  1 x  a2  4a  0 
possesses roots of opposite sign is given by:
(A) a  5 (B) 0  a  4
(C) a  0 (D) a  7

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23. If ,  are the roots of the quadratic equation x 2  2p  x  4   15  0 , then the set of values
of p for which one root is less than 1 and the other root is greater than 2 is:
7   7
(A)  ,   (B)  , 
3   3
(C) x  R (D) none

24. If ,  be the roots of 4x 2  16x    0, where   R , such that 1    2 and 2    3, then

the number of integral solutions of  is
(A) 5 (B) 6
(C) 2 (D) 3

25. If two roots of the equation x 3  px 2  qx  r  0 are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign,
then:
(A) pr  q (B) qr  p
(C) pq  r (D) none

1  1  1 
26. If ,  and  are the roots of the equation x 3  x  1  0 then   has the
1  1  1 
value equal to:
(A) zero (B) –1
(C) –7 (D) 1

27. Let , ,  be the roots of  x  a  x  b  x  c   d, d  0 then the roots of the equation

 x    x    x     d  0 are:
(A) a  1, b  1, c  1 (B) a, b, c
a b c
(C) a  1, b  1, c  1 (D) , ,
b c a

28. If the quadratic equation 3x 2  ax  1  0 and 2x 2  bx  1  0 have a common root, then the
value of the expression 5ab  2a2  3b2 is:
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) –1 (D) none

29. If both roots of the quadratic equation  2  x  x  1  p are distinct and positive, then p must
lie in the interval:
 9
(A)  2,   (B)  2, 
 4
(C)  ,  2  (D)  ,  

30. The equation  x  2x 2  6x  9 has:

(A) no solution (B) one solution
(C) two solutions (D) infinite solutions

31. Let a  0, b  0 and c  0 . Then both the roots o the equation ax 2  bx  c  0

(A) are real and negative (B) have negative real parts
(C) are rational numbers (D) have positive real parts

x 2  2x
 1 1
32. The set of all solutions of the inequality    contains the set
2 4
(A)  , 0  (B)  , 1

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 (C) 1,   (D)  3,  

33. The value of ‘a’ for which the sum of the squares of the roots of the equation
x 2   a  2  x  a  1  0 assume the least value is:
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) 3

 x  8  2  x 
34. The set of values of x satisfying simultaneously the inequalities 0
 10 
log0.3  log2 5  1 
 7 
and 2x  3  31  0 is:
(A) a unit set (B) an empty set
(C) an infinite set (D) a set consisting of exactly two elements

2x
35. Consider y  , where x is real, then the range of expression y 2  y  2 is:
1  x2
(A)  1, 1 (B)  0, 1
 9   9 
(C)  , 0  (D)  , 1
4  4 

36. The least value of expression x 2  2xy  2y 2  4y  7 is:

(A) –1 (B) 1
(C) 3 (D) 7

37. The values of k, for which the equation x 2  2  k  1 x  k  5  0 possess at least one
positive root, are:
(A)  4,   (B)  ,  1   4,  
(C)  1, 4 (D)  ,  1

38. If b  a, then the equation  x  a  x  b   1  0, has:

(A) both roots in (a, b) (B) both roots in  , a 
(C) both roots in  b,   (D) one root in  ,a  and other in  b, 

6x 2  5x  3
39. If  4, then least and the highest values of 4x 2 are:
x 2  2x  6
(A) 0 and 81 (B) 9 and 81
(C) 36 and 81 (D) none of these

40. If , , ,  are the roots of the equation x 4  Kx 3  Kx 2  Lx  M  0, where K, L and M are

real numbers, then the minimum value of  2  2   2  2 is:
(A) 0 (B) –1
(C) 1 (D) 2

41. If the roots of the equation x 3  Px 2  Qx  19  0 are each one more than the roots of the
equation x 3  4x 2  Bx  C  0, where A, B, C, P & O are constants, then the value of
A  B  C is equal to:
(A) 18 (B) 19
(C) 20 (D) none

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42. The equation x 3  5x 2  px  q  0 and x 3  7x 2  px  r  0 have two roots in common. If the
third root of each equation is represented by x1 and x 2 respectively, then the ordered pair
 x1, x 2 
is:
(A) (–5, –7) (B) (1, –1)
(C) (–1, 1) (D) (5, 7)

43. If coefficients of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0, a  0 are real and roots of the equation are
non – real complex and a  c  b, then
(A) 4a  c  2b (B) 4a  c  2b
(C) 4a  c  2b (D) none of these

44.  
If  2    2 x 2     2  x  1 for all x  R, then  belongs to the interval
 2
(A) (–2, 1) (B)  2, 
 5 
2 
(C)  , 1 (D) none of these
5 

45.   
The set of possible values of  for which x 2   2  5  5 x  2 2  3  4  0 has roots, 
whose sum and product are both less than 1, is
 5
(A)  1,  (B) 1, 4 
 2
 5  5
(C) 1,  (D)  1, 
 2  2

46. Let conditions C1 and C2 be defined as follows : C1 : b2  4ac  0, C2 : a,  b, c are of same

sign. The roots of ax 2  bx  c  0 are real and positive, if
(A) both C1 and C2 are satisfies (B) only C2 is satisfied
(C) only C1 is satisfied (D) none of these

47. If the roots of the equation x 2  2ax  b  0 are real and distinct and they differ by at most
2m. then b lies in the interval

(A) a2  m2 ,a2  (B) a2  m2 , a2 
(C)  a , a
2 2
m 2
(D) none of these

More than one

2
1. For the equation x  x  6  0, the correct statement (s) is (are):
(A) sum of roots is 0 (B) product of roots is –4
(C) there are 4 roots (D) there are only 2 roots

2. If ,  are the roots of ax 2  bx  c  0, and   h,   h are the roots of px 2  qx  r  0, then

a b c 1b q
(A)   (B) h    
p q r 2a p
1b q b2  4ac q2  4pr
(C) h     (D) 
2a p a2 p2

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3. If a, b are non – zero real numbers and ,  the roots of x 2  ax  9  0, then

(A)  2 , 2 are the roots of x 2  2b  a2 x  a2  0
1 1
(B) , are the roots of bx 2  ax  1  0
 
 
(C) ,
 

are the roots of bx 2  2b  a2 x  b  0 
(D)    1 ,    1 are the roots of the equation x 2  x  a  2   1  a  b  0

4. The graph of the quadratic polynomial y  ax 2  bx  c is as shown in the figure. Then:

(A) b2  4ac  0 (B) b  0

(C) a  0 (D) c  0

5. For which of the following graphs of the quadratic expression y  ax 2  bx  c, the product
ab c is negative
y y

x x

(A) (B)

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 y y

x x
y

(C) (D)

6. The adjoining figure shows the graph of y  ax 2  bx  c . Then

y

x
O X2
x1
(A) a  0 (B) b2  4ac
(C) c  0 (D) a and b are of opposite sign

7. x 2  x  1 is a factor of ax 3  bx 2  cx  d  0, then the real root of above equation is

 a,b,c,d  R 
d d
(A) (B)
a a

(C)
b  a  (D)
a  b 
a a
1
8. If  log0.1 x  2, then
2
1 1 1
(A) maximum value of x is (B) x lies between and
10 100
10
1 1
(C) minimum value of x is (D) minimum value of x is
10 100

9. If

log2 4x 2  x  1   1, then x lies in the interval

log2 x  1 2

 2
(A)  ,   (B) 1,  
 3 
 2 
(C)   , 0  (D) none of these
 3 

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10. If the quadratic equations x 2  abx  c  0 and x 2  acx  b  0 have a common root, then
the equation containing their other roots is/are:
(A) x 2  a  b  c  x  a2bc  0 (B) x 2  a  b  c  x  a2bc  0
(C) a b  c  x 2   b  c  x  abc  0 (D) a b  c  x 2   b  c  x  abc  0

11. If the quadratic equation ax 2  bx  c  a,b,c  R,a  0  and x 2  4x  5  0 have a common

root, then a, b, c must satisfy the relations:
(A) a  b  c (B) a  b  c
(C) a  k; b  4k, c  5k  k  R, k  0  (D) b2  4ac is negative

12. If ,  are the real and distinct roots of x 2  px  q  0 and  4 , 4 are the roots of
x 2  rx  s  0 , then the equation x 2  4qx  2q2  r  0 has always
(A) two real roots (B) two negative roots
(C) two positive roots (D) one positive root and one negative root

ANSWERS

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

More than one

1. ABD 2. BD 3. BCD 4. ABD

5. ABCD 6. AD 7. AD 8. ABD
9. AB 10. BD 11. CD 12. AD

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