VENKATESHWAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

SECTOR 10 DWARKA

Worksheet Name: Quadratic Equations Standard: 10th Subject: Mathematics

Revision Worksheet

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Q1. If the equation 9x2 + 6kx + 4 = 0, has equal roots, then the roots are both equal to.
1. ± 2

2. ± 3

3. 0
4. ±3

Q2. The roots of the equation x2 - 3x - m(m + 3) = 0, where m is a constant, are:

1. m, m + 3
2. -m, m + 3
3. m, -(m + 3)
4. -m, -(m: 3)

Q3. For what values of k, the equation kx2 - 6x - 2 = 0 has real roots?
1. k ≤
−9

2. k ≥
−9

3. k ≤ −2
4. None of these.

Q4. If the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are equal, then then c = ?
1.
−b

2a

2. b

2a
2
−b
3. 4a
2

4.
b

4a

Q5. The roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 0.04 = 0 are:

1. ±0.2
2. ±00.2
3. 0.4
4. 2

Q6. Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R) have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully
and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion: 9x2 - 3x - 20 = 0 = ⇒ (3x - 5) (3x + 4) = 0 If the roots are calculated by splitting the middle term.
Reason: To factorise ax2 + bx + c = 0, we write it in the form ax2 + b1x + b2x + c = 0 such that b1 + b2 - b and b1b2 = ae.
1. Assertion and Reason both are correct statements and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
2. Assertion and Reason both are correct statements but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
3. Assertion is correct statement but Reason is wrong statement.
4. Assertion is wrong statement but Reason is correct statement.

Q7. Directions: In the following questions, the Assertions (A) and Reason(s) (R) have been put forward. Read both the statements carefully
and choose the correct alternative from the following:
Assertion : The equation 8x2 + 3kx + 2 = 0 has equal roots then the value of k is ± 8

Reason : The equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has equal roots if D = b2 - 4ac = 0

1. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
2. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
3. If assertion is true but reason is false.
4. If both assertion and reason are false.
VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q8. Solve for s :√6x + 7 − (2x − 7) = 0

Q9. Find the value of p, for which one root of the quadratic equation px2 - 14x + 8 = 0 is 6 times the other.

Q10. Determine the nature of the root of the following quadratic equation:
 3 2 2
x − x + 1 = 0
5 3

Q11. Solve for x : 1

x−3
−
x+5
1
=
1

6
, x ≠ 3, −5

Q12. x2 - 4ax + 4a2 - b2 = 0

Q13. Which of the following are quadratic equations?

2
1 1
(x + ) = 3(x + ) + 4
x x

Q14. If x =
2

3
and x = -3 are roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + 7x + b = 0. find the values of a and b.

Q15. Solve the following quadratic equation for x:

2 2 2
4x + 4bx − (a − b ) = 0

Q16. Find the value of k for which the equation x 2

+ k(2x + k − 1) + 2 = 0 has real and equal roots.

Q17. Find the value of p so that the quadratic equation px(x - 3) + 9 = 0 has two equal roots.
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q18. Determine the nature of the root of following quadratic equation:

2(a2 + b2)x2 + 2(a + b)x + 1 = 0

Q19. In a flight of 600km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. The average speed of the trip was reduced by 200km/ hr and the
time of flight increased by 30 minutes. Find the duration of flight.

Q20. If the equation (1 + m 2

)x
2
+ 2mcx + c
2
− a
2
= 0 has equal roots then show that c 2 2 2
= a (1 + m ).

Q21. Solve the following quadratic equation for x:

2 a a + b
x + ( + )x + 1 = 0
a + b a

Q22. Solve forx :

2x 1 3x+9
+ + = 0, x ≠ 3, −3/2
x−3 2x+3 (x−3)(2x+3)

Q23. Solve for x:

16

x
− 1 =
15

x+1
; x ≠ 0, −1.

Q24. A car moves a distance of 2592km with uniform speed. The number of hours taken for the journey is one-half the number representing the
speed, in km/hour. Find the time taken to cover the distance.

Q25. Determine. if 3 is a root of the equation given below:

2 2 2
√x − 4x + 3 + √x − 9 = √4x − 14x + 16

Q26. Two numbers are in the ratio 5 : 6. If 7 is subtracted from each of the numbers, the ratio becomes 4 : 5. Find the numbers?

Q27. Ashu is x years old while his mother Mrs. Veena is x2 years old. Five years hence Mrs. Veena will be three times old as Ashu. Find their
present ages.
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
2

Q28. At t minutes past 2 pm the time needed by the minutes hand and a clock to show 3 pm was found to be 3 minutes less than t
minutes.
4

Find t.

Q29. A motor boat whose speed is 24km/h in still water takes 1 hour more to go 32km upstream than to return downstream to the same spot.
Find the speed of the stream.

Q30. The houses in a row are numbered consecutively from I to 49. Show that there exists a value of X such that sum of numbers of houses
proceeding the house numbered X is equal to sum of the numbers of houses following X.
Q31. Solve the following quadratic equations by factorization:
m 2 n
x + = 1 − 2x
n m

Q32. Two water taps together can fill a tank in 9 3

8
hours. The of larger diameter takes 10 hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank
separately. Find the time in which each tap can separately fill the tank.

Q33. Some students planned a picnic. The budget for food was Rs. 480. But eight of these failed to go and thus the cost of food for each
member increased by Rs. 10. How many students attended the picnic?

Q34. Out of a group of swans, 7

2
times the square root of the total number are playing on the share of a pond. The two remaining ones are
swinging in water. Find the total number of swans.

Q35. A girl is twice as old as her sister. Four years hence, the product of their ages (in years) will be 160. Find their present ages.
Q36. A farmer prepares a rectangular vegetable garden of area 180 sq metres. With 39 metres of barbed wire, he can fence the three sides of the
garden, leaving one of the longer sides unfenced. Find the dimensions of the garden.
Q37. A takes 10 days less than the time taken by B to finish a piece of work. If both A and B together can finish the work in 12 days, find the
time taken by B to finish the work.
CASE STUDY BASED QUESTIONS

Q38. A quadratic equation can be defined as an equation of degree 2. This means that the highest exponent of the polynomial in it is 2. The
standard form of a quadratic equation is ax2 + bx + c = 0 where a, b, and c are real numbers and a ≠ 0 Every quadratic equation has two
roots depending on the nature of its discriminant, D
= b2 - 4ac Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
1. Which of the following quadratic equation have no real roots?
1. -4x2 + 7x - 4 = 0
2. -4x2 + 7x - 2 = 0
3. -2x2 + 5x - 2 = 0
4. 3x2 + 6x + 2 = 0
2. Which of the following quadratic equation have rational roots?
1. x2 + x - 1 = 0
2. x2 - 5x + 6 = 0
3. 4x2 - 3x - 2 = 0
4. 6x2 - x + 11 = 0
3. Which of the following quadratic equation have irrational roots?
1. 3x2 + 2x + 2 = 0
2. 4x2 - 7x + 3 = 0
3. 6x2 - 3x - 5 = 0
4. 2x2 + 3x - 2 = 0
4. Which of the following quadratic equations have equal roots?
1. x2 - 3x + 4 = 0
2. 2x2 - 2x + 1 = 0
3. 5x2 - 10x + 1 = 0
4. 9x2 + 6x + 1 = 0
5. Which of the following quadratic equations has two distinct real roots?
1. x2 + 3x + 1 = 0
2. -x2 + 3x - 3 = 0
3. 4x2 + 8x + 4 = 0
4. 3x2 + 6x + 4 = 0

Q39. Applications of Parabolas-Highway Overpasses/ Underpasses A highway underpass is parabolic in shape.

Parabola: A parabola is the graph that results from p(x) = ax2 + bx + c Parabolas are symmetric about a vertical line known as the Axis of
Symmetry. The Axis of Symmetry runs through the maximum or minimum point of the parabola which is called the vertex.
 1. If the highway overpass is represented by x2 + 6x + 8. Then its zeroes are:
1. (-4, -2)
2. (3, 8)
3. (-2, 4)
4. (4, 2)
2. The highway overpass is represented graphically. Zeroes of a polynomial can be expressed graphically. Number of zeroes of
polynomial is equal to number of points where the graph of polynomial:
1. Intersects y-axis or x-axis.
2. Intersects y-axis.
3. Intersects x-axis.
4. None of the above.
3. Graph of a quadratic polynomial is a:
1. Ellipse.
2. Parabola.
3. Circle.
4. Straight line.
4. The representation of Highway Underpass whose one zero is 10 and sum of the zeroes is 16, is:
1. x2 - 100
2. x2 + 16x + 60
3. x2 - 256
4. x2 - 16x + 60
5. The number of zeroes that polynomial f(x) = (x - 3)2 + 1 can have is:
1. 2
2. 0
3. 3
4. 1
Q40. Application of Parabolas
Parabola Reflector: Parabolic reflectors have the property that the light rays or sound waves coming parallel to axis converage at the
focus and then it reflects them parallel to axis. Due to this property, parabolic reflectors are used in cars, automobiles, loudspeakers, solar
cookers, telescopes etc.
A parabola is the Focus of a point which moves in a plane such that its distance from a fixed point in the plane is always equal to its
distance from a fixed straight line in the same plane.

1. For the given quadractic polynomial p(x) = 3x 2

− 15x +
1

5
, find its sum and product of zeroes:
1. −5, 1

15

2. 5, 1

15

3. 5, − 1

15

4. −5, − 1

15

2. If the parabolic reflector is represented by x2 - 5x, then its zeroes are:

 1. 0, 5
2. -5, 0
3. -5, 1
4. 1, 5
3. The representation of parabolic reflector whose one zero is -1 and sum of the zeroes is 2 is:
1. x2 + 2x + 3
2. x2 + 2x -3
3. x2 - 2x -3
4. x2 - 2x - 3
4. Zeroes of a polynomial can be expressed graphically. Number of zeroes of polynomial is equal to number of points, where the graph
of polynomial:
1. Intersects y-axis.
2. Intersects x-axis or y-axis.
3. Intersects x-axis and y-axis.
4. Intersects x-axis.
5. The number of zeroes of that polynomial p(x) = (x - 2)2 + 7 can have is:
1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
Q41.

A swimming pool is to be Ylled with three pipes having a uniform Bow. The Yrst two pipes operating simultaneously Yll the pool in the
same time during which the third pipe can Yll the pool alone. The second pipe Ylls the pool Yve hours faster than the Yrst pipe and four
hours slower than the third pipe. :ased on this information, answer the following questions:
1. Find the time required by Yrst pipe alone?
1. 15 hours
2. 6 hours
3. 12 hours
4. 10 hours
2. Find the time required by second pipe alone?
1. 10 hours
2. 15 hours
3. 6 hours
4. 12 hours
3. Find the time required by third pipe alone?
1. 12 hours
2. 15 hours
3. 10 hours
4. 6 hours
4. If working alone, which tap is the fastest?
1. First tap
2. Second tap
3. Third tap
4. All are equally fast
5. If working alone, which tap is the slowest
1. First tap
2. Second tap
3. Third tap
4. All are equally slow