NTSE _ Stage-II Date: 29-04-2020

NTSE _ STAGE-II

DAY 15 ASSIGNMENT SUB MATHS

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

I. Answer the following questions:

1. If the roots of the equations ax 2  bx  c  0 are  &  , then the equations

whose roots are  2 &  2 is

1) a 2 x 2   b 2  2ac  x  c 2  0 2) a 2 x 2  b 2 x  c 2  0

3) a 2 x 2   b 2  2ac  x  c 2  0 4) a 2 x 2   b 2  2ac  x  c 2  0

2. If 3.2 x 1  5.2 x  2  16  0 and x is an integer, then the value of ‘x’ is

1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
3. If the roots of the equation 3ax 2  2bx  c  0 are in the ratio of 2 : 3, then
1) 8ac  25b 2) 8ac  9b 2 3) 8b 2  9ac 4) 8b 2  25ac

4. The roots of equation l 2  m2  n 2  x 2  m2  n 2  l 2  x  n 2  l 2  m 2   0 are

n2  l 2  m2   m2  l 2  n 2 
1) 1, 2) 1,
l 2  m2  n 2  l 2  m2  n2 

n 2  l 2  m2   m2  l 2  n 2 
3) 1, 4) 1,
l 2  m2  n2  l 2  m2  n2 

5. If a  b, b  c are the roots of ax 2  bx  c  0 , then the value of

 a  b  b  c  is
c  a 
b c ab bc
1) 2) 3) 4)
c b c a

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6. For what value of x : 3 x 2  5 x  12 has maximum value?

5 5 5 5
1) 2) 3)  4) 
3 6 6 3

 x
x2     1
7. For all real values of x,  2   5 is
x2  1 4

1) Equal to 1 2) Non-negative

1
3) Greater than 4) Non-positive
4

8. If the roots of the equation 2 x 2  7 x  4  0 are in the ratio p : q, then the

p q
value of 
q p

7 7 2 7 2
1)  2) 7 2 3)  4) 
2 16 4

9. If the roots of quadratic equation x 2  2kx  2k 2  4  0 are real, then the

range of the values of k is

1)  2, 2 2)  , 2   2,  

3)  0, 2 4) None of the above

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10. Product of roots of equations 8  x  3 8  x  1 is

1) –21 2) –189 3) 9 4) –5

11. If  x  2  x  4  x  6  x  8   945 and ‘x’ is an integer then value of x is

1) –1 or –11 2) 1 or –11

3) –1 or 11 4) –1 or –11

12. If p 2
 q 2  x 2   q 2  r 2  x  r 2  p 2  0 and p 2
 q 2  y 2   r 2  p 2  y  q 2  r 2  0 have a
common root for all real values of p, q and r , then the common root is

1) –1 2) 1 3) 2 4) –2

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13. The value of 30  30  30  ... is

1) 6 2) –5

3) Either (1) or (2) 4) None of the above

14. If y 2  6 y  3m  0 and y 2  3 y  m  0 have a common root, then the possible

values of m is

27 81 81 27
1) 0, 2) 0, 3) 0, 4) 0,
16 16 16 16

15. The graph of y  2 x 2 and y  ax  b intersect at two points  2,8 and  6, 72  ,

b
the quadratic equation in x, whose roots are a  2 and  1 is
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1) x 2  11x  126  0 2) x 2  11x  126  0

3) x 2  11x  126  0 4) x 2  11x  126  0

16. The roots of the equation x 2  px  q  0 are consecutive integers, then the
discriminant of the equation is

1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4

x 2  bx m  1
17. If  , has roots which are numerically equal but of opposite
ax  c m  1
signs, then the value of ‘m’ must be

a b ab
1) 2)
ab a b

1
3) c 4)
c

18. If one of the roots of quadratic equation ax 2  bx  c  0 is the reciprocal of

other, then

1) b  c 2) a  b 3) ac  1 4) a  c

1
19. If x 2  5 x  1  0 , then the value of x 2  is
x2

1) 20 2) 27 3) 25 4) –25

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20. If  &  are the roots of the equation 4 x 2  20 x  p 2 , then the difference
between  &  is

1) 25  p 2 2) 25  p 2

3) 5  p 4) 5  p

21. If the equation 1  m 2  x 2   2mc  x   c2  a 2   0 has equal roots then

1) c 2  a 2  1  m 2 2) c 2  a 2 1  m 2 

3) c 2 a 2  1  m 2  4) c 2  a 2  1  m 2

22. If the roots of the equation px 2  qx  r  0 are in the ratio of l : m then

2 2
1)  l  m  pq  lmr 2 2)  l  m  pr  lmq

2
3)  l  m  pr  lmq 2 4) None of these

b xa
24. If  , then the values of x in terms of a & b is
xa b

1)  a 2  b 2 2)  a 2  b 2

3)  a 2  b2 4) None of these

2 2 2 2
23. If  x  1   y  3   z  5    t  7   0 then xyzt  16 is equal to

1) 52 2) 92 3) 112 4) 122

1 1 1 1
25. The solutions of    are
 x  1 x  2   x  2  x  3  x  3 x  4 6

1) –2, 7 2) 3, –4 3) 5, 2 4) 8, 2

26. The solution of the equation 3  52 x 1  2  5 x 1  0.2 is

1) x  5 2) x  1 3) x  1 4) x  0

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27. If  &  are the roots of equation x2  px  r  0 and , 2  be the roots of
2
equation x 2  qx  r  0 , then the value of r is

2 2
1)  p  q  2 q  p  2)  q  2 p  2 p  q 
9 9

2 2
3)  q  2 p  2q  p  4)  2 p  q  2q  p 
9 9

28. If ,  are the roots of x2  a  x  1  b  0 , then the value of

1 1 2
2
 2  is
  a   a  a  b

1) 1 2) 0 3) 2 4) 3

x10  1
29. If x 2  5 x  1  0 , then has the value
x5

1) 2524 2) 2525 3) 2424 4) 2010

30. If  ,  ,  are the roots of the equation  x  2  x 2

 6 x  11  0 , then the value
of       is

23
1) –4 2) 3) 13 4) –8
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