GENERAL

ASSINGEMENT # 2
21. Let  be the roots of x2 – 2x – a2 + 1 = 0 and  are the roots of x2 – 2(a + 1)x + a(a – 1) =
0 such that  (). Then the set of values of 'a' is a subset of

 3 3  1   1 1
(A)   4 , 4  (B) (–1,1) (C)   4 ,1  (D)   2 , 2 
     
22. If 1,1, are the roots of px3 + q(x2 + x) + r = 0, then
(A) pr < 0 (B) qr < 0 (C) pq < 0 (D)  < 0
2
23. If the roots of x + (a – b) x + 1 – a – b = 0,  b  R are real and unequal then the set of values of
'a' contains,
(A) (0,) – {1} (B) (1,) (C) [2,) (D) (–,1)
2 2 4
24. If x,m satisfy log1/2x > log1/2(x + 2) and 49x – 4m < 0, then the exhaustive set of values of x is given
by [a,b] – {0} and exhaustive set of values of m is given by R – (c,d), then
(A) ab + cd = 5 (B) a + b + c + d = 1 (C) ab + cd = –9 (D) 2ac – bd = 0
3
25. The number of solutions of the equation x – [x] = 3, ([.] denotes greatest integer function) is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) at least 2 (D) finite, but at least 3

(PARAGRAPH TYPE)
Paragraph For Questions :
Let , ; , ; ,  are the roots of ax2 + 2bx+c = 0, 2bx2 + cx + a = 0, cx2 + ax + 2b = 0 where
a, b, c  N
26. Least possible integer value of a + b + c is
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 7
99

27. 
r 0
r
 ________

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 100 (D) 51

Paragraph For Questions :
Consider the equation |x2 + bx + c| = k and b2 – 4c > 0.
28. The given equation has four real roots if

b 2  4c b 2  4c
(A) 0  k  (B) k 
4 4

4c  b 2 4c  b 2
(C) k  (D) k 
4 4
29. The given equation has exactly two real roots if

b 2  4c b 2  4c
(A) 0  k  (B) k 
4 4

4c  b 2 4c  b 2
(C) k  (D) k 
4 4

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ASSINGEMENT # 2
(SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
30. If a, b, c, d are four different real numbers and they are in A.P. If
2(a – b) + x(b – c)2 + (c – a)3 = 2(a – d) + (b – d)2 + (c – d)2 then all values of x satisfies
(A) x  16 or x  –8 (B) x  –8 or x  16 (C) x  –8 (D) x  16

31. If log14 5, log3 x

11
5, log 61 5 are in H.P. then x is
3x 
7

(A) 2 or 3 (B) 1 or 4 (C) 1 or 5 (D) 4 or 5

32. If a, b, c are in G.P. and the equations ax2 + 2bx + c = 0, dx2 + 2ex + f = 0 have a common root then
d e f
, , are in __________
a b c
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these
2
33. If x  {1, 2, 3, ..., 9} and Fn(x) = xxx ... x (n digits) then Fn (3) + Fn(2) = _________
1
(A) 2F2n(1) (B) F (1) (C) F2n(1) (D) 3F2n(1)
2 2n

1 1 1
34. The value of the sum   ... 
sin1 sin 2 sin 2 sin 3 sin 89 sin 90

2sin1 2cos1 2sin1 2cos1

(A) (B) (C) (D)
1  cos 2 1  cos 2 1  sin 2 1  sin 2

x 2  y2  z 2
35. If x, y, z are real, then xy  yz  zx can't lie between

(A) 3 and 10 (B) –2 and 1 (C) –10 and –3 (D) 27 and 36

x x 1
1 1
36. If the equation       b  0 has a positive solution, then the real number b lies in
4 2
(A) (–3, 0) (B) (–, –2) (C) (0, 3) (D) (2, )

x  x  x  31
37. If 0  x  1000 and          x where [.] denotes the greatest integer function then the number
 2   3   5  30
of values of x is
(A) 31 (B) 33 (C) 34 (D) 35
(MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE)
38. If p, q, r are positive and are in A.P, the roots of the quadratic equation px2 + qx + r = 0 are real if

r q
(A) p  7  4 3 (B) p  4  2 3

p p 3
(C) q  4  4 3 (D) q  1  2

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39. The sum of the numerical series    ... upto n terms, is
3 7 7  11 11  15

3  4n  3 4 3  4n  3
(A) (B) (C) less than 'n' (D)
4 3  4n  3 4

1 1 1  1 1 1
40. If a, b, c are in H.P., then the expression E         equals to
 b c a  c a b 

2 1 1 3 2 1  3 2 3 2
(A)  2 (B)     (C)  (D) 
bc b 4  c2 ca a 2  b 2
ab c2 ac

AN S W E R K E Y
Q. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
A. B,C B,C,D B,C B,C,D B B B A B A
Q. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A. A A C B,C,D B A,D C A,B,C,D A,B,C A,B,C

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