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Each question carries 3 marks. 1 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. And each question has only one correct choice.

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1. A quadratic equation whose roots are sec  and cosec  can be;
2 2 2
(A) x –2x + 2 = 0 (B) x –3x + 3 = 0 (C) x –4x + 4 = 0 (D) none of these
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2. If x1, x2 are roots of x –3x + a = 0, a  R and x1 < 1 < x2 then;
 9  9
(A) a  (-, 2) (B)   , (C)  2, (D) none of these
 4   4 
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3. If the sum of the roots of the quadratic equation ax + bx + c = 0 is equal to sum of the squares of the
2
b bc
reciprocals then  2 is equal to
ac a
(A) 2 (B) –2 (C) 1 (D) –1
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4. If discriminant of a quadratic equation ax + bx + c = 0 is a perfect square then roots are always
(A) rational (B) integers (C) imaginary (D) none of these

5. The values of ‘a’ for which the quadratic expression x2  ax + 4 is nonnegative for all real values of x; is given
by
(A) ( 4, 4) (B) [ 4, 4] (C) ( ,  4)  (4, ) (D) none of these
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6. If a, b, c are odd integers, then roots of the quadratic equation ax + bx + c = 0
(A) are always rational (B) cannot be rational (C) are imaginary (D) none of these
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7. If x be real, then maximum value of the expression 7 + 10x  5x is given by
(A) 7 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) none of these

8. The number of solutions of

log 5  log x 2  1 
 2 is

logx  2 
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) none of these
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9. The roots of the equation (a + c − b)x − 2cx + (b + c − a) = 0 are
2c bc a bca ac b
(A) 1, (B) 1, (C) 1, (D) 1,
ac b ac b 2c bca
2 2logk
10. If the product of the roots of the equation x − 3kx + 2e − 1 = 0 is 7, then the roots are real for k equal to
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) −2 (D) none of these
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11. If sin and cos are the roots of the equation ax + bx + c = 0, then
(A) (a − c)2 = b2 − c2 (B) (a − c)2 = b2 + c2 (C) (a + c)2 = b2 − c2 (D) (a + c)2 = b2 + c2
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12. If the roots of x + ax + b = 0 are non−real, then the value of a − 4b − 1 is always
(A) negative (B) positive (C) zero (D) nothing can be said
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13. If ,  are the roots of the equation ax + bx + c = 0, then the roots of the equation cx + bx + a = 0, are
1 1 1
(A) −, − (B) , − (C) , (D) ,
  

14. A,B and C are points represented by complex numbers z1, z2 and z3. If the circumcentre of the triangle ABC is
at the origin and the altitude AD of the triangle meets the circumcircle again at P, then P represents the
complex number
z1z2 z 2 z3 z3 z1 z1z2
(A) – (B) – (C) – (D)
z3 z1 z2 z3

15. If |z1| = |z2| and arg(z1) +arg(z2) = /2 , then

(A) arg(z1-1) + arg(z2-1) = -/2 (B) z1z2 is purely imaginary
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(C) (z1+z2) is purely imaginary (D) All the above.

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z 1  iz 2 z1
16. If z1 and z2 are two complex numbers satisfying the equation  1, then is a
z 1  iz 2 z2
(A) purely real (B) of unit modulus (C) purely imaginary (D) none of these

17. If the equation |z – z1|2 + | z – z2|2 = k represents the equation of a circle, where z1  2+ 3i, z2  4 + 3i are the
extremities of a diameter, then the value of k is
1
(A) (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) None of these
4

18. If z be a complex number and ai , bi , ( i= 1,2,3) are real numbers, then the value of the determinant
a1z  b1z a2z  b2 z a3 z  b3 z
b1z  a1z b2 z  a2 z b3 z  a3 z is equal to
b1z  a1 b2 z  a2 b3 z  a 3
2 2
(A) (a1 a2 a3 + b1 b2 b3 ) |z| (B) |z|
(C) 0 (D) None of these

19. If z = x + iy satisfies the equation arg (z  2) = arg(2z + 3i), then 3x-4y is equal to
(A) 5 (B) -3 (C) 7 (D) 6

 | z |2 2 | z | 6 
20. If a complex number x satisfies log1 /   <0 , then locus / region of the point
2  2 | z |2 2 | z | 1 
 
represented by z is
(A) |z| = 5 (B) |z| < 5 (C) |z| > 1 (D) 2< |z| < 3

–1  z  2
21. If for a complex number z= x + iy, sec   is an acute angle, then
 i 
(A) x = 2, y = 1 (B) x< 2, y < –1 (C) xy <0 (D) x = 2, y > 1
2
22. Number of solutions of Re (z ) = 0 and |Z| = a2, where z is a complex number and a > 0, is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8

23. If the area of the triangle formed by the points represented by, Z, Z + iZ and iZ is 200, then |Z| is
____________

24. Let z is a variable complex number and a is a real constant. Then the solution set for z, satisfying the
equation, |z-a| + |z + a| = |a| is _____________

Z1  Z 2
25. If Z1, Z2 be two non zero complex numbers satisfying the equation 1
Z1  Z 2

Z1  Z1 
then    is _________.
Z 2  Z 2 

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