CHAPTER # 3

EQUATIONS
TOPICS:
1) THE CUBE ROOTS OF UNITY
➢ Properties of cube roots of unity
2) SOLUTION OF QUADRATIC EQUATION
➢ By Factorization, Completing the square, Applying Quadratic formula
3) EQUATION REDUCIBLE TO THE QUADRATIC FORM
4) NATURE OF THE ROOTS OF A QUADRATIC EQUATION
5) SUM & PRODUCT OF ROOTS OF A QUADRATIC EQUATION
6) FORMATION OF A QUADRATIC EQUATION WHEN ITS ROOTS
ARE GIVEN
7) SYSTEM OF TWO EQUATIONS INVOLVING TWO VARIABLES

MCQs:
1) The roots of the equation x 2 + 16 = 0 are:
A)  4i B)  4
C)  8i D)  16i
2) If the roots of the equation px 2 + qx + r = 0 are imaginary the q 2 − 4 pr is;
A) Zero B) Less than zero
C) Greater than zero D) Perfect square
3) If 2 x+3 = 1 , then x is equal to
32
A) 2 B) -8
C) -2 D) 8
4) If  is a complex cube root of unity then  3 +  4 +  5 =
A) 1 B) 
C)  2 D) 0
5) The quadratic equation, whose roots are -2 and -3, is:
A) x 2 + 6 x − 5 = 0 B) x 2 + 5x + 6 = 0
C) x 2 − 5x + 6 = 0 D) x 2 − 6 x + 5 = 0
6) For the equation lx 2 + mx + n = 0, the sum of the roots =
m
A) l + m B)
l
n m
C) D) −
l l
7) The value of (1 +  ) is
2 3

A) 1 B) 
C) −1 D) − 
8) If  is a complex cube root of unity, then  256 =
A) 1 B) 
C)  2
D) − 
9) The product of the roots of the equation y + 1 = 7 y − 7 is
2

A) 4 B) 1
C) 7 D) 8
10) The sum of cube roots of unity is equal to
A) -1 B) 1
C) 0 D) None of these
11) 21− y + 21+ y = 19 is called
A) Linear equation B) Quadratic equation
C) Exponential equation D) None of these
12) When b2 − 4ac is a perfect square then the roots will be
A) Irrational B) Rational
C) Equal D) None of these
13) The nature of the roots of the equation 2 x2 − 7 x + 6 = 0 is
A) Real, rational, unequal B) Imaginary, unequal
C) Unequal, irrational, real D) Negative, unreal, equal
14) Highest power of a variable in a polynomial is called
A) Factor B) Root
C) Degree D) Group
15) If one root of 4 x2 − 7cx + 4 = −c is zero then c =
A) 7 B) -7
C) 4 D) -4
16) If D  0 , and not perfect square then roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 are
A) Equal B) Imaginary
C) Rational D) Irrational
17) If x −1 is a factor of x2 + ax − 4 = 0 , then a is equal to
A) 4 B) 3
C) 2 D) 11
18) (2 + )(2 +  2 ) =
A) -3 B) 2
C) 3 D) -2
19) Conjugate of 
A) − B) − 2
C)  2 D) 1
20) The polynomial 3x3 − x2 − 22 x + 24 has one factor equals to
A) x + 3 B) x + 1
C) x + 2 D) x −1
21) The sum of the two complex cube roots of unity is
A) Unity B) Zero
C) -1 D) None of these
22) The product of all cube roots of unity is
A) Unity B) Zero
C) -1 D) 
23) An equation in x is said to be a reciprocal equation, if it is remains unchanged when x is
replaced by
A) x B) − x
1 1
C) D)
x x
24) The equation x6 = 1 has
A) Only one root B) No roots
C) Two roots D) Six roots
25) If a + b = 2 and ab = 1 , then a 2 + b2 =
A) 5 B) 4
C) 3 D) 2
26) A Fourth-degree polynomial equation is called
A) Linear equation B) Quadratic equation
C) Cubic Equation D) Quartic equation
27) The roots of the equation 3x2 − 2 x − 3 = 0 is
A) Real and different B) Real and equal
C) Complex D) Cannot be determined
28) (1 +  −  2 ) =
8

A) 256 B) 256 2
C) −256 D) −256 2
1
29) The sum of a number and its reciprocal is 2 , then the number is
2
1 3
A) − B)
2 2
C) 2 D) −2
30) If y 4 + y3 − 2 y 2 − 8 y + 2 is divided by y + 1 then the remainder is
A) 8 B) 0
C) -1 D) -8

ANSWER KEY:

1 A 9 D 17 B 25 D
2 B 10 C 18 C 26 D
3 B 11 C 19 C 27 A
4 D 12 B 20 A 28 A
5 B 13 A 21 C 29 C
6 D 14 C 22 A 30 A
7 C 15 D 23 C
8 B 16 D 24 D