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QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS
MATHEMATICS F F QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS

SYNOPSIS
1. An equation of the form ax2+bx+c=0 where a  0, b, c C is called a quadratic equation in x and a, b, c
are called coefficients.
b  
2. The roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are given by x  where  = b2–4ac is the
2a
discriminant of the Q.E
3. The quadratic equation whose roots are ,  is x 2  (  ) x    0
4. a) If ,  are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then
b c b 2  2 ac b 2  4 ac
1)      ,   2)     (  )  2 
2 2 2
3)    
a a a2 a
2
5. In the quadratic equation ax + bx + c = 0
c
i) If a and c have the same sign, then the product of the roots is positive.
a c
ii) If a and c are of opposite signs, then the product of the roots is negative.
a
c c
iii) If a + b + c = 0, then the roots are 1 and . iv) If a – b + c = 0, then the roots are –1 and  .
a a
v) If the roots are negative, then a, b, c will have the same sign
vi) If the roots are positive, then a, c will have the same sign different from the sign of b.
6. If ,  are the roots of ax2 + bx + a = 0, then the roots are reciprocals to each other..
7. Nature of roots of ax 2+bx+c=0
a,b,c are rational
  0 and is a perfect square Rational and unequal

  0 and not a perfect square Irrational and unequal

0 Rational and equal

0 Imaginary

a, b, c are real

0 Real and unequal

0 Real and equal

0 Imaginary
8. If f(x) = 0 is a quadratic equation, then the equation whose roots are
 1
i) the reciprocals of the roots of f(x)=0 is f    0 ii) increased by K than that of f(x)=0 is f(x–k)=0
x
iii) decreased by K than that of f(x) = 0 is f(x+k)=0 iv) Negatives of the roots of f(x) = 0 is f(–x) = 0
 x
v) K times the roots of f(x) = 0 is f    0 .
k  
vi) Squares of the roots of f(x) = 0 is f x  0 .

vii) Cubes of the roots of f(x) = 0 is f  x  0 .

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9. If ,  are the roots of the quadratic equation f(x)=0, then the equation whose roots are a  b, a  b is
 x  b
f 0.
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10. Condition for the roots of ax2+ bx + c = 0 to be in the ratio m : n is (m + n)2 ac = mnb2.
11. Conditions for one root of ax2 + bx + c = 0 may be the square of the other is b3 + a2c + ac2 = 3abc.
12. If one root of the quadratic equation ax 2 +bx+c=0 is equal to the nth power of the other,
1 1

 
then ac
n n 1
 n
 a c n 1
 b0 .

13. If the difference of the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 is same as the difference of the roots of px2+qx+r=0 then
1 a 2
 (where  1 ,  2 are the discriminants).
 2 p2
14. In a Q.E with rational coefficients irrational roots occur as conjugate pairs
15. In a Q.E with real coefficients imaginary roots occur as conjugate pairs
16. a) The equations a 1 x 2 +b 1 x+c 1 =0, a 2 x 2 +b 2 x+c 2 =0 where a 1 b 2 – a 2 b 1  0 have a common root if
c1 a2  c2 a1 b1c2  b2 c1
(c 1 a 2 – c 2 a 1 ) 2 = (a1b2–a2b1) (b1c2–b2c1). And the common root is a b  a b or c a  c a
1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1

b) If a Quadratic equation in x has more than two roots then it is an identity in x i.e., a = b = c = 0.
17. If a1x2 + b1x + c1 = 0 and a2x2 + b2x + c2 = 0 have the same roots then a1 : a2 = b1 : b2= c1 : c2.
18. An expression of the form ax2 + bx + c where a  0, b, c C is called a quadratic expression in x and a,
b, c are called coefficients.
19. If the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has complex roots, then x  R, ax2 + bx + c and a will have the same sign.
 b 
20. If the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has equal roots, then x  R    , ax2 + bx + c and a will have the
 2a 
same sign.
21. a) If the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 has real roots  and (  ) then
i)   x    ax 2  bx  c and a will have opposite signs.
ii) x   or x    ax 2  bx  c and a will have the same sign.
 b 4 ac  b 2 
b) The expression y=ax2+bx+c always represents a parabola whose vertex is at   ,
 2 a 1 4 a 
. It is
also called the turning point of the graph. Length of the latusrectum of the parabola is a .
b 4 ac  b 2
22. a) If a>0, then the minimum value of ax2+bx+c occurs at x  and it is , x  R .
2a 4a
b 4 ac  b 2
b) If a<0, then the maximum value of ax2 + bx + c occurs at x  and it is , x  R .
2a 4a
ax  bx  c
2
ax  bx  c
2

23. a) If f  x   2 or , (b2–4ac<0), then the minimum and maximum values of f(x) are
ax  bx  c ax 2  bx  c
 c ( x  a ) ( x  b)
given by f   a  b) The minimum and maximum values of f ( x )  are respectively
  ( x  c)

   
2 2
a  c  b  c and a  c  b  c and they are obtained at x   c  ( a  c )(b  c) ( a  c, b  c )
24. An expression of the form ax2 + 2hxy + by2 where a,h,b  C is called homogeneous expression of second
degree in x and y.
25. An expression of the form ax2 + 2hxy + by2 + 2gx + 2fy + c where a, h, g, b, f, c  C and at least one of
a, h, b is not equal to zero is called a general expression of second degree in x and y.
26. The necessary and sufficient condition for the second degree expression ax2+2hxy+by2+2gx +2fy+c to
be expressed as a product of two linear factors is abc + 2fgh – af 2 – bg 2 – ch 2 = 0 or
a h g
h b f  0, h 2  ab, g 2  ac, f 2  bc.
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LEVEL-1
EXERCISE – I
Based on roots :
1 1 1
1. The roots of the equation   are
x1 x 2 x3
1) 3  2 2) 2  3 3) 6  8 4) 8  6
1
2. If x > 0 and x   1 , then the value of x is
x
5 1 5 1 5 1 5 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 4 4
n
3. If m, n, k are rational and m=k+ , then the roots of x2 + mx + n = 0 are
k
n n n n
1) k , 2) k , 3)  k , 4)  k ,
k k k k
4. If 3 is a root of x2 + kx – 24 = 0 it is also a root of (EAMCET-2002)
1) x2 + 5x + k = 0 2) x2 + kx + 24 = 0 3) x2 – kx + 6 = 0 4) x2 – 5x + k = 0
5. The roots of the equation a(b–c) x2 + b(c–a)x + c(a –b) = 0 are
c ( a  b ) b(c  a ) b( c  a ) c( a  b ) c  a  b
1) , 2) ,1 3) 1, 4) b c  a ,1
a(b  c ) c ( a  b ) c( a  b ) a (b  c )  
30
6. A root of the equation (x–1) (x–2) = is
49
17 15 13 11
1) 2) 3) 4)
7 7 7 7
155  78
7. A root of the equation (x–2)(x–3) = is
(77)2
309 155 78 81
1) 2) 3) 4)
77 77 77 77
a  c b  c 2( a  b  c)
8. A root of the equation   is
x a x b x a b
1) a 2) b 3) c 4) a + b + c
9. If (x–a + 2b)2 + (x–2a + b)2 = (a + b)2, then one value of x is
1) a–b 2) 2a–b 3) a + b 4) a + 3b
10. If  ,  are real and  2 ,  2 are the roots of the equation a2x2+x+(1–a2)=0, a>1, then  2 
1) a2 2) 1 3)1 – a2 4)1 + a2
Relation between roots & coefficients :
 
11. If  ,  are the roots of x2+x+1=0, then  is
 
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12. If  ,  are the roots of x2–x+3=0, then  4   4


1) 10 2) 7 3) –10 4) 8

13. If    and  ,  are the roots of x2–3x–1=0 then  2   2 

1) 13 2) 3 13 3) 3 5 4) 5
14. The values of P for which the difference between the roots of the equation x2 + Px + 8 = 0 is 2 are
1)  2 2)  4 3)  6 4)  8
15. If the roots of the equation x2–px + q = 0 differ by unity, then p2=
1) 4 + q 2) 4q + 1 3) 4q – 1 4) 4 – q
16. If  ,   4 are the roots of x2–8x+K=0, then K =
1) 9 2) 10 3) 11 4) 12

17. If  ,  are the roots of x 2+bx+c=0 and,   h,   h are the roots of x2+qx+r=0 then h=
1
1) b + q 2) b–q 3) 2(b + q) 4) (b–q)(EAMCET-2001)
2
18. If  ,  are the roots of x2 + ax – b = 0 and  ,  are the roots of x2 + ax + b = 0 then
                  
1) 4b2 2) b2 3) 2b2 4) 3b2
19. If the roots of x2–bx+c=0 are two consecutive integers, then b2 – 4c = (AIEEE-2005)
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
20. The non trivial values of (a, b) such that the roots of the equation x2 + ax + b = 0 are a and b are
1) 2, –1 2) 1, -2 3) 3, 2 4) 12, 1
21. If the sum of the squares of the roots of x2+px–3=0 is 10, then p = (EAMCET-1998)
1)  2 2)  3 3) 5 4) –5
22. If the sum of the roots of x2 + bx + 1 = 0, is equal to the sum of their squares, then b =
1) 1, 2 2) 1, –2 3) –1, 2 4) –1, –2
23. If 8 and 2 are the roots of x2+ax+  =0 and 3, 3 are the roots of x2+  x + b = 0, then the roots of the
equation x2 + ax + b = 0 are
1) 1, –1 2) –9, 2 3) –8, –2 4) 9, 1

24. If k > 0 and the product of roots of the equation x2–3kx+2elogk–1 = 0 is 7, then sum of the roots =
1) 12 2) 4 3) 3 4) –12

25. If the roots of the quadratic equation x2+px+q=0 are tan300 and tan150 respectively then the value
of 2+q–p is (AIEEE-2006)
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 0
26. If (l–p) is a root of quadratic equation x 2  px  (1  p)  0 , then its roots are (AIEEE-2004)
1) 0,1 2) –1,2 3) 0, –1 4) –1,1
27. If  ,  are the roots of x2 + 7x + 3 = 0 then (  1)2  (  1)2 
1) 59 2) 69 3) 39 4) 49
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1 1
28. If  ,  are the roots of 2x2 + x + 3 = 0 then  is
1  1 
1 1 3 3
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 2 2
29. If  ,  are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 then  1     2  1     2  
1 2 1 2
1) 2
( a  b2  c 2  ab  bc  ca) 2) 2
(a  b 2  c 2  ab  bc  ca)
a a

1 1
3) (a  b  c) 4) ( a  b  c )2
a2 a2
30. If  ,  are the roots of x2+x+3=0 then 5   4   3  3 2  5  3 
1) 0 2) –1 3) –2 4) –3
1 1
  3   3
31. If  ,  arethe roots of the equation 8x2–3x+27=0, then the value of  2    2  is
   
1 3 1
1) 2) 3) 4) None
6 2 4
32. If n is a multiple of 6 and  ,  are the roots of x2 + x + 1 = 0 then  1     1  
n n

1) 2 2) –2 3) 0 4) –1
1 1
33. If  ,  are the roots of 3x2 + 5x– 7 = 0 then 3  5 2  3  5 2 
   
17 67 67 76
1) 2) 3) 4)
21 21 441 441
3 3
     
34. If  ,  are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then   

 a  b   a  b 
1) 0 2) ab 3) b–c 4) c–a
35. If w, w 2 are the roots of x 2 + x + 1 = 0 and  ,  are the roots of x 2 + px + q = 0 then
(w  +w 2  ) (w 2  +w  ) =
1) p2 –3q 2) p2–2q 3) p–q 4) q2–3p

36. If  ,  are the roots of x2 + px + 1 = 0 and  ,  are two roots of x2 + qx + 1 = 0 then

                
1) q2– p2 2) p2– q2 3) p2 + q2 4) p2q2

37. If the difference between the roots of x2+ax+1=0 is less than 5 then the set of possible values of a
is (AIEEE-2007)
1) (3,  ) 2) (–  , –3) 3) (–3, –2)  (2, 3) 4) (–3,  )

2 2 7
38. The value of c for which    where  and  are the roots of 2x2+7x+c = 0 is
4
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39. If the sum of the roots of the equation x2+px+q=0 is 3 times their difference, then
1) p2 = 6q 2) 2p2 = 9q 3) 4p2 = 14q 4) p2 + q2 = 4
40. If the difference between the roots of x2+ax+b=0 is equal to the difference between the roots of
x2 + px + q = 0 then a2 – p2 =
1) b–q 2) 2(p–q) 3) 4(b–q) 4) 8(b+q)
3
41. If the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 are 2, then (a + b + c)2 =
2
a2 a2 a2 a2
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 4 8 16
  P  Q
42. In a triangle PQR, R  . If tan   and tan   are the roots of ax 2  bx  c  0, a  0 then
2  2  2
(AIEEE - 2005)
1) a = b + c 2) c = a + b 3) b = c 4) b = a + c
43. If sin  , cos  are the roots of the equation x2 + px + q = 0, then p2=
1) 2q 2) 2q + 1 3) 2q – 1 4) 4q+ 1

44. If tan 2  , sin 2  are the roots of ax 2  bx  c  0 then b2  c 2 

1) 4ac 2) a2 3) 4bc 4) 4ab
45. If x2–3x+2 is a factor of f(x) = x4–px2+ q, then (p, q) =
1) (–4, –5) 2) (4, 5) 3) (–5, –4) 4) (5, 4)
Formation of quadratic equations & transformed equations :

46. If  ,  are the roots of x2 + bx–c = 0, then the equation whose roots are b and c is
1) x 2   x -   0 2) x2 - x (      )-  (   )  0

3) x2 +         x          0 4) x2 + x                  0

8
47. If the arithmetic mean of the roots of quadratic equation is and the arithmetic mean of their
5
8
reciprocals is , then the equation is
7
1) 5x2 + 16x + 7 = 0 2) 5x2–16x + 7 = 0 3) x2–6x + 7 = 0 4) 5x2 + 7x–16 = 0
48. The equation whose roots are the A.M and twice the H.M.between the roots of the equation
x 2 + ax –b = 0 is
1) x2 – bx + a = 0 2) 2ax2– a2x + 4b = 0
2 2
3) 2ax + (a –8b)x – 4ab = 0 4) 2ax2 – 8bx – 4ab = 0

49. If     3 and  3   3  7 , then  and  are the roots of the equation

1) 9 x 2  27 x  20  0 2) 9 x 2  27 x  20  0 3) 9 x 2  27 x  20  0 4) 9 x 2  27 x  20  0

50. If  ,  are the roots of the equation x2+7x+12=0, then the equation whose roots are      and
2

  
2
is
1) x2 + 50x + 49 = 0 2) x2–50x + 49 = 0 3) x2–50x–49 = 0 4) x2 + 12x + 7 = 0

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 
51. If    and  2  5  3,  2  5  3, then the equation whose roots are and is (AIEEE-2002)
 
1) x2–5x–3 = 0 2) 3x2 +19x + 3 = 0
2
3) 3x –19x + 3 = 0 4) x2 + 5x–3 = 0
52. If a(5+q2)+2bq+c=0 and a(5+r2)+2br+c=0 where a  0 then q + r =
2b 2b a a
1) 2) 3) 4)
a a 2b 2b

53. If  ,  are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then the equation whose roots are    , is
1) a2x2 + a(b – c)x + bc = 0 2) a2x2 + a(b – c)x – bc = 0 (EAMCET-1997)
3) a2x2 + (b + c)x + bc = 0 4) a2x2 – (b + c)x + bc = 0

54. Let  ,  be the roots of equation x2+ x+1=0, then the equation whose roots are  19 ,  7 is
1) x2 – x – 1 = 0 2) x2 – x + 1 = 0 3) x2 + x – 1 = 0 4) x2 + x + 1 = 0
55. If  ,  are the roots of x2–px+q = 0 then the equation whose roots are      ,      is
1) x2 + 2qx + p2q2 = 0 2) x2–2qx + p2 + q2 = 0 3) x2–2qx + q2–p2 = 0 4) x2 + 2qx + q2 –p2 = 0

56. The equation whose roots are smaller by 1 than those of 2 x 2  5 x  6  0 is

1) 2 x 2  9 x  13  0 2) 2 x 2  x  3  0 3) 2 x 2  9 x  13  0 4) 2 x 2  x  3  0
57. If  ,  are the roots of x2+3x+1=0, then the equation whose roots 2   , 2   is
1) x2 + 7x +10 = 0 2) x2–7x + 11= 0 3) x2 + 4x +11 = 0 4) x2 + 4x + 10 = 0
58. If  ,  are the roots of ax2+bx+c=0, then the equation whose roots are 2   , 2   is
1) ax2 + (4a–b)x + 4a – 2b + c = 0 2) ax2 + (4a–b)x + 4a + 2b + c = 0
3) ax2 + (b–4a)x + 4a + 2b + c = 0 4) ax2 + (b–4a)x + 4a – 2b + c = 0

59. The equation formed by decreasing each root of ax2 + bx + c = 0 by 1 is 2x2 + 13x + 2 = 0 then
(EAMCET-2000)
1) a = –b 2) b = –c 3) c = –a 4) b = a + c
60. The equation formed by decreasing each root of ax2 + bx + c = 0 by 2 is x2 + 4x +3= 0 then
1) b = 1, a + c = 0 2) b = 2, a + c = 0 3) b = 0, a + c = 0 4) b = 0, a – c = 0

61. If x2 + px + q = 0 is the quadratic equation whose roots are a–2 and b–2 where a and b are the roots
of x2–3x + 1 = 0 then
1) p = 1, q = 5 2) p = 1, q = –5 3) p = 1, q = 1 4) p = 1, q = –1
62. If  ,  are the roots of x2+2x–1=0, then the equation whose roots are  2 ,  2 is
1) x2–6x + 1 = 0 2) x2 + 6x–1 = 0 3) x2 + 6x + 1 = 0 4) x2 + 6x–2 = 0

1 1
63. If  ,  are the roots of x2 + 6x + 9 = 0, then the equation whose roots are , is
 
1) 2 x 2  3 x  18  0 2) x 2  6 x  9  0 3) 9 x 2  6 x  1  0 4) 9 x 2  6 x  1  0
64. The equation whose roots are the reciprocals of the roots of 3x2 + 5x – 2 = 0 is
1) 2 – 5x – 3x2 = 0 2) 2x2 – 5x – 3 = 0 3) 2x2 + 3x – 2 = 0 4) 2x2 + 5x + 3 = 0

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65. If  ,  are the roots of x2+x+1=0, then the equation whose roots are 3 , 3 is
 
1) 2x2 + x + 1 = 0 2) 2x2–x + 1 = 0 3) x2 – x + 1 = 0 4) x2– 2x + 1 = 0
66. If  is an imaginary cube root of unity then the equation whose roots are 2   3 2 and 2 2  3 is
1) x  5 x  7  0
2
2) x 2  5 x  7  0 3) x 2  5 x  7  0 4) x 2  5 x  7  0
67. The equation whose roots are ‘K’ times the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is
1) ax2 + Kbx + Kc = 0 2) ax2+K2by+K2c=0 3) ax2 + Kbx + K2c = 0 4) ax2+K2bx+Kc=0
68. The equation whose roots are half of roots of the equation 2x2 + 5x + 4 = 0 is
1) 8x2 + 10x + 1 = 0 2) 4x2 + 5x + 2 = 0 3) 8x2 + 5x + 1 = 0 4) 16x2 + 5x + 1= 0
69. The equation whose roots are double the roots of the equation x2 + 6x + 3 = 0 is
1) 2x2 + 12x + 6 = 0 2) 4x2+12x + 3 = 0 3) x2 + 12x + 12 = 0 4) 2x2+12x+12 = 0
70. If  ,  be the roots of the equation ax2+bx+c=0, then the roots of the equation ax2+b  x+c  2=0,
  0, are
 
1) ,  2) , 3) ,  4) None
 
1 1
71. If  ,  are the roots of x2 + 2x + 5 = 0, then the equation whose roots are , is
 
1) 5x2 – 9x + 4 = 0 2) 5x2 – 8x + 4 = 0 3) 5x2 – 10x + 4 = 0 4) 5x2 + 9x + 4 = 0
 1 1
72. If  ,  are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 then the equation whose roots are , is
 
1) c(1–x)2 + b(1–x) + a = 0 2) c(x–1)2 + b(x–1) + a = 0
3) a(x–1)2 + b(1–x) + c = 0 4) a(x–1)2 + b(x –1) + c = 0

1 1
73. If  ,  are the roots of the equation ax2+bx+c=0 and px2+qx+r=0 has roots and then r =
 
(EAMCET-2007)
1) a+2b 2) a+b+c 3) ab+bc+ca 4) abc
1 1
74. If  ,  are the roots of ax2+bx+c=0 then the equation with roots , is
a  b a  b
1) acx2 + bx + 1 =0 2) acx2 + bx–1 =0 3) acx2–bx–1 =0 4) acx2– bx + 1 =0
75. Number of quadratic equations which are unchanged by squaring their roots is
1) 1 2) 4 3) 3 4) 2
Ratio of the roots:
76. The value of a for which one root of by equation (a2–5a+3) x2 + (3a –1) x + 2 = 0 is twice as large as
the other is (AIEEE-2003)
2 1 1 2
1)  2) 3)  4)
3 3 3 3
77. If one root of x2 + kx + 12 = 0 may be triple the other, then k =
1) 8 2) 3 3) 5 10 4) 2 5

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78. If the roots of px2–14x+ 8 = 0 is 6 times the other, then p =
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4

( r  1)2
79. If r is the ratio of the roots of ax2 + bx+c=0, then 
r
b 2b b2 2b
1) 2) 3) 4)
ac a ac c

80. If the ratio of the roots of x2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to the ratio of the roots of x2 + px + q = 0, then
p2c–b2q =
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
Roots with powers :
81. If one root of x2 + px + q = 0 may be the square of the other, then p3 + q2 + q =
1) 4pq 2) 3pq 3) 2pq 4) pq
82. If one root of x2 – x – k = 0 may be the square of the other, then k =
1) 2  3 2) 3  2 3) 2  5 4) 5  2
83. If one root of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 is the square of the other, then p3 + q2 =
1) q  3 p  1 2)  q  3 p  1 3) q  3 p  1 4) q 1  3 p 
84. If  ,  are the roots of the equation x2+Px+P3=0, P  0 such that    2 then the roots of the given
equation are
1) 4, –2 2) 4, 2 3) 1, –1 4) 1, 1
85. If one root of x2 + px + 1 = 0 is the cube of the other root then p =
1) 0 2) 1 3) 1, 2 4) 0, 2
n 1
86. If one root is the nth power of the other root of the equation x2 –ax + b = 0 then b n 1  b n 1
1) ab 2) an 3) a 4) bn
Conjugate Roots :
87. If 3 + i is a root of x2 + ax + b = 0, then a = (EAMCET - 2000)
1) 3 2) –3 3) 6 4) –6
88. If 3+4i is a root of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 where a, b, c  R then 31a + b+ c =
1) 0 2) 2a 3) 2b 4) 2c
89. If one root of x2–(3 + 2i) x + (1 + 3i) = 0 is 2 + i then the other root is
1) 2–i 2) 1– i 3) 1 + i 4) 1 + 2i
90. If one root of the equation ix2–2(i+1)x+(2–i)=0 is 2–i then the other root is
1) 2 + i 2) 1–2i 3) 1 4) –i
91. If x=1+i is a root of the equation x2–ix–1–i=0 then the other real root is
1) 1 2) –1 3) 0 4) 2
92. If x2 + px + q = 0 has roots 2i + 3, 2i–3 then the discriminant of the equation is
1) 36 2) 32 3) –36 4) –16

93. The quadratic equation with rational coefficients whose one root is 3  2 is
1) x2 + 2x + 1 = 0 2) x2 – 6x – 7 = 0 3) x2 – 6x + 7 = 0 4) x2 + 6x – 7 = 0

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3 5
94. The quadratic equation whose one root is is
2 5
1) x2 + 22x + 4 = 0 2) x2 + 22x – 4 = 0 3) x2 + 11x + 8 = 0 4) x2 + 11x– 8 = 0

95. If  ,  are the roots of the equation x 2+2ax+b=0 then the equation, one of whose roots is

     2   2 is
1) x2–4ax + 2b = 0 2) x2 + 4ax–2b = 0 3) x2–4ax–2b = 0 4) x2 + 4ax +2b = 0
96. The quadratic equation whose one root is –3–2i is
1) x2 + 6x + 13 = 0 2) x2 – 6x + 13 = 0 3) x2 + 6x–13 = 0 4) x2 – 6x – 13 = 0
3  i 7
97. The quadratic equation whose one root is is
4
1) 2x2 – 3x + 2 = 0 2) 2x2 + 3x – 2 = 0 3) 2x2 – 3x – 2 = 0 4) 2x2 + 3x + 2 = 0
Equal Roots :
98. If the roots of 3x2+4x+a=0, are equal, then a =
4 3
1) 4 2) 3 3) 4)
3 4
99. If the roots of x2 – 2(7 + 3m) x+55 m+ 45=0, are equal, then m =
4 4 4 4
1) 1, 2) 1, 3) 1, 4) 1,
9 9 9 9
100. If kx2+1 = 3x + kx–6x2 has real and equal roots, then k =
1) –3, 5 2) 3, 5 3) 3, –5 4) –3, –5
2
101. If p(q–r) x2 + q(r–p) x+ r(p–q) = 0 has equal roots, then 
q
1 1 1 1 1
1)  2)  3)  4)
p r r p pr
102. If the roots of (a2+b2)x2–2b(a+c)x+(b2+c2)=0 are real and equal then a, b, c are in
1) A.P. 2) H.P. 3) G. P. 4) A.G.P.
103. If one root of the equation x 2  px  12  0 is 4, while the equation x 2  px  q  0 has equal roots,
then the value of ‘q’ is (AIEEE - 2004)
49
1) 3 2) 12 3) 4) 16
4
104. The roots of the equation(x–a)(x–b)+(x–b)(x–c) + (x–c)(x–a) = 0 are real and equal if
1) a > b > c 2) a = b = c 3) a < b < c 4) a + b + c = 0
 1
105. If the quadratic expression x2–(a–1)x+  a   were to be a perfect square then a =
4
1) 0, 6 2) 2, 4 3) 1, 8 4) 4, 8
Nature of the roots :
106. If a = 3, then the roots of the equation
x2 – 2ax + 8a – 15 = 0 are
1) rational and equal 2) rational and not equal
3) irrational 4) imaginary
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107. The roots of the equation x2–2 3 x + 3 = 0 are

1) rational and equal 2) rational and not equal
3) irrational 4) imaginary
108. The roots of x2 + a2 = 8x + 6a are real, then a 
1) [2, 9] 2) [–2, 8] 3) [0, 7] 4) [6, 8]
109. If the equation x2–x + m2 = 0 has no real roots then m can satisfy
1 1
1) m = 0 2) m  3) m  4) none
2 2
110. If 0<a<b<c and the roots  ,  are imaginary roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 then
1) |  ||  | 2) |  | 1 3) |  |  1 4) none
111. The roots of the equation 2(a2+b2)x2+2 (a+b)x+1=0 are  a  b
1) real and equal 2) real and unequal 3) imaginary 4) none
112. For a, b, c  Q and b + c  a, the roots ofax2–(a+b+c) x+(b+c) = 0 are
1) Rational and unequal 2) rational and equal 3) complex numbers 4) none
113. For a, b, c  R and a, b, c are different; then the roots of (x+a)(x+b)= c2 are
1) real and equal 2) real and unequal 3) complex number 4) none
114. If a, b, c are real then (b–x)2–4(a–x)(c–x)=0 will have always roots which are
1) real and equal 2) real and distinct 3) imaginary 4) both 1 and 2
115. If a, b, c are all positive and in H.P., then the roots of ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 are
1) real 2) imaginary 3) rational 4) equal
116. If the roots of a2x2 + 2bx + c2 = 0 are imaginary then the roots of b(x2+1)+2acx=0 are
1) complex numbers 2) real and unequal 3) real and equal 4) none
117. The roots of (x–a)(x–a–1)+(x–a–1)(x–a–2) +(x–a–2)(x–a) =0, a  R are always : ( EAMCET-2009)
1) equal 2) imaginary 3) real and equal 4) rational and equal
118. Let f(x)= x2+ax+b, where a,b  R. If f(x)=0 has all its roots imatginary, then the roots of
f(x)+ f'(x) + f''(x)= 0 are : (EAMCET-2009)
1) real and distinct 2) imaginary 3) equal 4) rational and equal
119. The roots of ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 and bx 2  2 acx  b  0 are simultaneously real, then
1) a = b, c = 0 2) ac = b2 3) 4b2 = ac 4) ab = c2
120. The equation (cos p–1) x2 +(cosp)x +sinp=0 has real roots, then ‘P’ can take any value in the
interval
  
1) (0, 2  ) 2)  , 0  3)   ,  4)  0,  
2 2
121. If a  z and the equatin (x–a) (x–10) + 1 = 0 has integral roots, then the vaues of a are
1) 10, 8 2) 12, 10 3) 12, 8 4) 12, 6

x 2  bx K  1
122. If the roots of  are numerically equal but opposite in sign, then K =
ax  c K  1
1 ab ab
1) c 2) 3) 4)
c ab ab
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123. If    has roots equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, then
x xa m ma

1) a = 2m 2) a2 = 2m2 3) a2 = 4m 4) a2 = 4m2
1 2
124. If the roots   1 are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, then k =
x k1 x k 2
1) -1 2) 0 3) 1 4) 2
a b
125. If the roots of   1 are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign then K =
x a K x b K
1) –b 2) 0 3) b 4) 2b
1 1 1
126. If the roots of   are equal in magnitude and opposite in sign, then the product
x a x b c
of roots is
1 2 1 2
1) a2 + b2 2) –(a2+b2) 3) (a  b2 ) 4) ( a  b2 )
2 2
127. If the roots of ax2+ bx + c = 0 are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, then
1) a < 0, c < 0 2) a < 0, c > 0, b > 0 3) a > 0, b = 0, c < 0 4) a > 0, b = 0, c > 0
a b
128. If the roots of   k are equal in magnitude and opposite in sign, then
x a x b
1) k = 0 or a + b = 1 2) k = –1 or a + b = 0 3) k = 0 or a + b = 0 4) k = 1 or a + b = 1
1 1 1
129. If the roots of   are equal in magnitude and opposite in sign, then
x a x b c
1) c = a + b 2) c = 2(a + b) 3) 2c = a + b 4) 2c + a + b = 0
130. The least integral value of ‘a’ for which the equation x2 – 2(a – 1) x +(2a + 1) = 0 has both the roots
positive is
1) 3 2) 4 3) 1 4) 5
131. The value of ‘a’ for which the equation 3x2 + 2(a2+1) x + (a2 – 3a + 2) = 0 has roots of opposite sign,
lies in
1) (1, 2) 2) (,1) 3) (2, ) 4) (,  )
132. If the roots ax2 + bx + c = 0 are both negative and b < 0, then
1) a < 0, c < 0 2) a < 0, c > 0 3) a > 0, c < 0 4) a > 0, c > 0
133. If the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 are both positive and b < 0; then
1) a < 0; c < 0 2) a < 0; c > 0 3) a > 0; c < 0 4) a > 0; c > 0
134. The value of ‘a’ for which the quadratic equation 2x2–x(a2+8a –1) + a2–4a = 0 has roots opposite
signs, lie in the interval
1) 1< a < 5 2) 0 < a < 4 3) –1< a < 2 4) 2 < a < 6
Solving the equations (Mod,A.P,G.P,H.P) :
135. Two students while solving a quadratic equation in x one copied the constant term incorrectly and
got the roots 3 and 2. The other copied the constant term and coeffficient of x2 as –6 and 1 respectively.
The correct roots are
1) 3, –2 2) –3, 2 3) –6, –1 4) 6, –1

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136. In solving the equation x2 + ax + b = 0 wrong value of ‘a’ was taken and the roots were found to be 6
and 2. If Again a wrong value of b was taken and the roots were found to be –2 and 9 then the correct
roots of the original equation are
1) –3, 4 2) 3, 4 3) –7, –2 4) –3, –4

137. If A.M of the roots of x2 – 2ax + b2 = 0 is equal to the ..... of the roots of the equation x2–2bx+a2=0
1) A.M 2) G.M 3) H.M 4) None

138. The harmonic mean of the roots of the equation      

2  1 x 2  2  3 x  4  2 3  0 is
1) –2 2) –4 3) –6 4) –8

139. If (x + 2a)(x + 3b) = c has roots  ,  , then the roots of  x    x     c  0 are

1) a, b 2) –a, –b 3) –2a, –3b 4) 2a, 3b
140. The solution of 4 x  1  3.2 x  1  2  0 is
1) 1,2 2) 1, 1 3) 1,5 4) 4, 1

2 1
141. If m is a positive integer then the solutions of x m  5 x m  4  0 are
1) 1, 2m 2) 1, 3m 3) 1, 4m 4) 1, 5m

142. If 20   3 x  2  , then x =

 
2
3  2 x2
40 5 (EAMCET-2001)

13 12 4 5
1)  2)  3)  4) 
12 13 5 4

 2
143. x  R :| x  2 | x   (EAMCET-2000)
1) {-1, 2} 2) {1, 2} 3) {-1, -2} 4) {1, -2}
2
144. The equation 2 x  x  3  1 has
1) only real solution 2) no real solution
3) 4 real solutions 4) infinite number of real solutions
2
145. For the equation x  x  6  0 , the roots are
1) one and only one real number 2) real with sum one
3) real with sum zero 4) real with product zero
146. If |x2| + |x|+12 = 0, then x =
1) 3 or –4 2) –3 or -4 3)  3 or  4 4) No solution
147. The roots of the equation |x2–x–6| = x + 2 are
1) –2, 2, 4 2) –2, 3, –4 3) –2, 3, –4 4)  2,  4

148. Solutions of the equation x |x+1| + 1 = 0 are

1

1) 1  5
2
 2)
1
2
1  5   3)
1
2
1  5  4)
1
2

1  5 
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x x 3 5
149.   , x  0, x  3 then x =
x 3 x 2
1
1) –1 2) 4, 3) 4, – 1 4) 5, –1
4
3x x1
150.   2, x  0, x   1 then the solution set is
x1 3x
1  1 
1) {1} 2)   3) {2} 4)  
2 3
151. If x1, x3 are the roots of ax2 – 6x + 1 = 0 and x2, x4 are the roots of 21x2–bx+1 = 0 x1, x2, x3, x4 are
in H.P. then (a, b) =
1) (–5, 10) 2) (3, 8) 3) (5, 10) 4) (3, –10)
152. x1, x2 are the roots of the equation x2–3x+A
= 0, x3 and x4 are the roots of the equation
2
x –12x+ B = 0. If x1, x2, x3, x4 are in increasing G.P. then
1) A = 2, B = 30 2) A = 2, B = 32 2) A = 30, B = 2 4) A = 32, B = 2
153. If x1 + x2 = 3, x3 + x4 = 12 and x1, x2, x3, x4 are in increasing G.P., then the equation having x1, x2 as
roots is
1) x2–3x + 2 = 0 2) x2–6x + 8 = 0 3) x2–12x + 32 = 0 4) x2–9x + 8 = 0
154. If the sum of the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to the sum of the squares
a b c
of their reciprocals then , and are in (AIEEE - 2003)
c a b
1) A.P 2) G.P. 3) H.P. 4) A.G.P

Number of roots :
2 2
155. The equation x  1 has
x 1 x 1
1) no root 2) one roots 3) two roots 4) infinity
2x  3 6x2  x  6
156. The number of real roots of 1 is
x1 x1
1) 0 2) 1 3) 4 4) Infinite
x  a 1 1
157. If a = 0, then the equation  (a  1)  has
xa xa
1) one root 2) two roots 3) many roots 4) no root
2
158. The number of real solutions of the equation x –3|x| + 2 = 0 is (AIEEE-2003)
1) 2 2) 4 3) 1 4) 3
159. The number of solutions of the equation x2/3 + x1/3 –2 = 0 is
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
2
 7 x 7
160. The number of real roots of 3 2 x  9 is (AIEEE-2002)
1) 0 2) 2 3)1 4) 4
3
 1  1
161. The number of real roots of  x     x    0 is
x x
1) 0 2) 2 3) 4 4) 6
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162. The number of solutions of the system of Equations given below is x  y  1, x 2  y2  a2 ,
1
 a1 (EAMCET-1993)
2
1) 2) 2 3) 4 4) 8
x
 9
163. The number of real solutions of the equation     3  x  x is
2
 10 
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) none of these
164. If esinx – e–sinx – 4 = 0 then the equation has
1) one real solution 2) two real solution
3) no real solution 4) infinitely many real solutions
x 
165. The equation x2+x–2 = sin2x. cos2 , 0< x  has
2 2
1) no real solution 2) one real solution
3) two real solutions 4) four real solutions
166. The number of real solutions of the equation sin x = x2 + 3x + 4 is
1) 1 2) 0 3) 2 4) 4
167. The number of solutions of the equation |x| = cos x is
1) one 2) two 3) three 4) zero
Common roots :
168. If x2–5x+6 = 0 and x2–7x+K = 0 have a common root, then K =
1) 2 or 3 2) 5 or 6 3) 10 or 12 4) 14 or 20
169. If the two equations x2– Kx – 21 = 0 and x2–3Kx+35=0 have a common root, and K > 0 then the
value of K is
1) 3 2) 2 3) 4 4) –1
170. If (2k–5)x2–4x–15=0 and (3K–8) x2–5x–21 = 0 have a common root then K =
1) 1 2) 2 3) 4 4) 6
171. If the equations x2 + ax + b = 0 and x2+px+q=0 have a common root, then that root is
bq aq  bp bq ab bq ab  bp bq aq  bp
1) or 2) or 3) or 4) or
pa pa pq pq pa pq pa bq

172. If x2 + ax + b = 0, x2 + bx + a = 0 (a  0) have a common root, then a + b = (EAMCET-2002)

1) 3 2) 2 3) 1 4) –1
173. If the equations x2+ax+bc=0 and x2+bx+ca=0 have a common root, then a + b + c =
1) 0 2) 1 3) –1 4) 3abc

a3  b3  c3
174. If ax2 + bx + c = 0 and bx2 + cx + a = 0 have a common root and abc  0 then 
abc
1) 3 2) 2 3) 1 4) 4
175. If the quadratic equation ax2 + 2cx + b = 0 and ax2 + 2bx + c = 0  b  c  have a common root then
a + 4b + 4c is equal to
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176. If the equations x2 + ax+bc = 0 and x2+bx+ca=0 have a common root, then their other roots satisfy
the equation
1) x2 + (a+b+c)x + ab =0 2) x2 + cx + ab = 0
3) x2–cx + ab = 0 4) x2 + (a + b) x + ab = 0
177. If every pair from among the equations x2 + ax + bc = 0, x2 + bx +ca = 0, x2+cx+ ab=0 has a
common root, then the sum of the three common rootes is
1) abc 2) 2abc 3) 3(a+b+c) 4) (a+b+c)
178. If the equations x2–cx+d=0 and x2–ax+b=0 have one common root and the second equation has
equal roots then 2(b+d)=
a
1) a+c 2) a–c 3) ac 4)
c
179. If the equation ax2 + x + b = 0 and x2+ bx + a = 0 have a common root and the second equation has
equal roots, then 2a2 + b =
1) 0 2) –1 3) 1 4) 2
180. If a, b, c are in G.P, then the equations ax2+2bx+c=0 and dx2 + 2ex+f = 0 have common root if
d e f
, , are in
a b c
1) A.P. 2) G.P. 3) H.P. 4) A.G.P.
b d
181. If x–2 is a factor of x2+ax+b and x2+cx+d then 
c a
1) 1 2) 2 3) -1 4) -2

   
182. The number of values of a for which a  3 a  2 x  a  5 a  6 x  a  4  0 is an identity in x is
2 2 2 2

1) 0 2) 2 3) 1 4) 3
Expressions :
183. The maximum value of c + 2bx – x2 is (EAMCET-1999)
1) b2c 2) b2–c 3) c–b2 4) b2+c
184. If 2x –7 – 5x2 has maximum value at x=a, then a= (EAMCET-1999)
1 1 34 34
1)  2) 3) 4) 
5 5 5 5
2
185. The minimum value of 2x + x – 1 is (EAMCET-2003)
1 3 9 9
1) 2) 3)  4)
4 2 8 4
4
186. The greatest value of is
4x  4x  9
2

4 9 1
1) 2) 4 3) 4)
9 4 2
 3
187. The smallest value of x2–3x+3 in the interval  3,  is
 2
3
1) 2) 5 3) –15 4) –20
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188. If a and b are the non-zero roots of the equation x2 + ax + b = 0, then the least value of the expression
x2 + ax + b is
4 4 9 9
1) 2) 3) 4)
9 9 4 4
189. The value of ‘a’ for which the sum of the squares of the roots of the equation x2–x(a–2)–(a–1)=0
assumes the least value is (AIEEE-2005)
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
190. If each of the roots of x2+x+a=0 exceeds a then
1 1
1) a  2) a  2 3) a  4) a  2
2 2
191. Out of the two roots of x2 + (1 – 2  )x + (  2–  –2)=0 one root is greater than 3 and the other root
is less than 3, then the limits of  are
5
1)  < 2 2) 2<  <5 3)  >5 4)  
2
192. Out of the two roots of x2–2  x +  2–1 = 0, one is greater than 4 and the other root is less than 4,
then the limits of  are
1) 3<  < 5 2)  < 3 3)  < 5 4) 5<  < 6

193. If both roots of the quadratic equation x 2  2 kx  k 2  k  5  0 are less than 5, then k lies in the
interval (AIEEE-2005)
1)  5,6  2)  6,  3)  , 4 4) [4, 5]

194. The set of all values of ‘K’ for which both the roots of the equation 4x2 – 20kx + (25k2+15k–66) = 0
are less than ‘2’ is given by
4 
1)  2,  2)  , 2 3)  ,-1 4) (0, 1)
5
195. If the roots of x2 – 2kx + k2–1 = 0 lie between –2 and 4 then the interval in which k lies, is
1) (–3, 1) 2) (–3, 3) 3) (–1, 5) 4) (–1, 3) (AIEEE-2006)

196. If a, b, c are real if ax2 + bx + c = 0 has two real roots  ,  where    1;   1 then
c b c b c b
1) 1   0 2) 1   0 3) c = 0 4)  1  0
a a a a a a
x
197. For the real values of x, maximum value of 2 is
x  5x  9
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 0
x2  x  1
198. If x is real, then the range of 2 is
x  x1
 1 1 
1)  ,  2) (3,  ) 3)  , 3  4) [–1, 1]
3 3 
x2  2 x  9
199. If x is real then the range of is
x2  2 x  9
1   2
1) ( ,0]  1,   2)  ,2  3)  ,    (1, ) 4) ( , 6]  [ 2, )
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x 2  14 x  9
200. If x is real then the maximum value of is
x2  2 x  3
1) 2 2) 4 3) 6 4) 8
3 x 2  9 x  17
201. If x is real the maximum value of is (AIEEE-2006)
3 x2  9 x  7
17 1
1) 2) 3) 41 4) 1
7 4
Inequalities :
202. The least integral vaue of x for which 33 – x(2 + 3x) > 0 is
1) 1 2) 2 3) –4 4) –3

203. The greatest positive integral value of x for which 200–x(10 + x) is positive is
1) 9 2) 10 3) 8 4) 11

204. The greatest negative integer satisfying x2–4x–77 < 0 and x2 > 4 is
1) –2 2) –3 3) –1 4) –7

205. The range of values of x which satisfy x2 – 2x + 3 > 0 and 2x2 + 4x + 3 > 0 is
1) (1, 2) 2) (2, 5) 3) (0, ) 4) (,  )

206. If x2 – 3x + 2 > 0, x2 – 3x – 4 < 0, then x lies in the interval

1) (1, 2) 2) (–1, 4) 3) (1, 1)  (2, 4) 4) 
207. The set of all solutions of the inequation x 2  2 x  5  0 in R is (EAMCET-2004)
1) R   , 5 2) R   5,   3)  4) R   , 4 

208. The set of values of x for which the inequalities x2–3x–10<0, 10x–x2–16>0 hold simultaneously is
(EAMCET-2007)
1) (–2, 5) 2) (2, 8) 3) (–2, 8) 4) (2, 5)
209. If the graph of y  ax  bx  c lies completely above the x–axis, then
2

1) b2  4ac  0, a  0 2) b2  4ac  0, a  0 3) b 2  4 ac  0, a  0 4) b 2  4 ac  0, a  0

 x  2  4
210. The set of values of x which satisfy 5x+2<3x+8 and is
x1
1) (2, 3) 2)  , 1   2, 3 3)  , 1 4) (1, 3)

x1 x 3
211. The values of x for which  holds, lie in
3x  4 3x  2
 5  4 2 3   5
1)  ,  2)   ,  3)  ,  4)  ,     3 / 4,  
4 3 3 4 4
212. The solution set contained in R of the inequation 3x+31–x –4 < 0 is (EAMCET-2003)
1) (1, 3) 2) (0, 1) 3) (1, 2) 4) (0, 2)

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213. The set of values of ‘x’ satisfying the equation 2 x  5  5 is

5   5
1)  2)  ,  3)  0,  4)   , 
2 2

214. If x  5  1  x, then
1) 5  x  1 2) 5  x  1 3) – 5  x  1 4)  , -1   4, 0 

215. If 2 x  4  2  x, then the range of x is

1)  , 2  2)  2,  3) (2, 4) 4) {2}

216. If 9 x 2  6 x  1 < (2–x) then x (EAMCET-2006)

1)  
3 1
2 4  
3 1
2)  , 
2 4
 3 1
3)  
 2 4  
4)  ,
1
4 
217. The set of values of x satisfying the in equation x 2  18 x  72  x  1 is
1)  2) [1, 2) 3) [12,  ) 4) (1, 2]
218. If 3x2 + 4kx + 1 > 0 for all real values of x, then k lies in the interval

 3 3  1 1   3 3   1 1 
1)  2 , 2  2)  ,  3)  2 , 2  4)  , 
  4 4   2 2

219. The integer k for which the inequality x2–2 (4k–1)x + 15k2–2k –7 > 0 is valid for any x, is
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 0
220. If ax2+bx+c=0 has no real roots and a+b+c<0 then
1) 4 a  2 b  c  0 2) a  b  c  0 3) c < 0 4) a + b + c = 0
221. The roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, where a  0 , b, c  R are non-real complex and a + c < b. Then
1) 4a + c > 2b 2) 4a + c < 2b 3) 4a + c = 2b 4) none of these
222. If the roots of the equation bx 2  cx  a  0 be imaginary, then for all real values of x, the expression
3 b2 x 2  6 bcx  2 c2 is (AIEEE-2009)
1) less than 4ab 2) greater than - 4ab 3) less than - 4ab 4) greater than 4ab

Resolving into factors :

223. If x2 + 4xy + 4y2 + 4x + cy + 3 can be written as the product of two linear factors then c =
1) –8 2) –2 3) 2 4) 8

224. If x 2  4 y2  8 x  12  0 is satisfied by real values of x and y then y must lie between

1) 2, 6 2) 2, 5 3) –1, 1 4) –2, –1
225. If x2+4y2–8x+12=0 is satisfied by real values of x and y then x must lie between
1) 2, 6 2) 2, 5 3) –1, 1 4) –2, –1

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EXCERCISE-II

1. If the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 are –1, –2 then a : b : c

1) 1 : 2 : 3 2) 2 : 3 : 1 3) 3 : 1 : 2 4) 1 : 3 : 2
2. Let  ,  be the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 and  ,  be the roots of px2 + qx + r = 0 and D1, D2 the
respective discriminants of these equations. If  ,  ,  and  are in A.P. then D1 : D2 =
a2 a2 b2 c2
1) 2 2) 2 3) 2 4)
p b q r2

 2  2  1  2  2  1
3. If  ,  are the roots of x2–p(x+1)–c = 0, then 2  =
  2  c  2  2  c
1) 3 2) 2 3) 1 4) 0

k1 k2
4. If the roots of ax2+bx+c = 0 are , , then (a+b+c)2 =
k k1
1) 0 2) 2 3) b2–4ac 4) 2abc

5. If  ,  are the values of t for which f(x)=x2+t2x2 +10tx+1 is divisible by x–2, then |    | equals to

1) 20 2) 0 3) 2 5 4) 6

3 1  S1 1  S2
6. If  ,  are the roots of x2 + x + 1 = 0, and Sn =  n   n then 1  S1 1  S2 1  S3 
1  S2 1  S3 1  S4
1) 27 2) –27 3) –3 4) 9

7. If  ,  are the roots of x2 + 2x + 5 = 0. The equation whose roots are  2    1,  2    1 is

1) x 2  2 x  7  0 3) x  6 x  13  0
2
2) x 2  7 x  2  0 4) x 2  6 x  13  0

1 1
8. If  ,  are the roots of ax2+bx+c = 0 then the equation whose roots   ,   is
 
1) cx2 + bx + a= 0 2) acx2 + b(a+c)x + (a+c)2 =0
3) cx2– bx + a = 0 4) acx2–b(a +c)x + (a+c)2 = 0

9. If tan A, tan B are the roots of x2–2x+ 2 = 0 then sin2 (A + B) =

4 1 3 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
5 2 5 4
10. If  is a root of the equation 4x2 + 2x –1 = 0, then 4 3  3 is .....
1) a root 2) not a root 3) may be a root 4) none

2 2
11. If a  cos  i sin ,  = a+a2+a4 and   a 3  a5  a6 then  ,  are the roots of the equation
7 7
3) x  2 x  2  0
2
1) x  x  1  0 4) x  2 x  3  0
2
2) x 2  x  2  0
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12. If  ,  be the roots of the equation ( x  a)( x  b)  c  0 ( c  0) , then the roots of the equation
( x  c   )( x  c   )  c are
1) a and b + c 2) a + c and b 3) a + c and b + c 4) a – c and b– c
13. If one root of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is reciprocal of the one of the roots of equation
a1 x2 + b1 x + c1 = 0 then

1) (aa1–cc1)2 = (bc1 – b1a) (b1c –a1b) 2) (ab1–a1b)2 = (bc1– b1c) (ca1– c1a)
3) (bc1–b1c)2 = (ca1 – a1c) (ab1–a1b) 4) (a1c–ac1)2 = (ba1– b1a) (c1b – b1c)

14. If the roots of the equation (x–b)(x–c)+(x–c)(x–a) + (x–a)(x–b)=0 are equal then
1) a + b + c = 0 2) a + bw + cw2 = 0 3) a–b + c = 0 4) a + b– c = 0
15. If pr = 2 (q + s) then among the equations x2+px+q = 0 and x2 + rx + s = 0
1) both have real roots 2) both have imaginary roots
3) at least one has real roots 4) at least one has imaginary roots
2
16. If P( x)  ax2  bx  c and Q( x )   ax  dx  c where ac  0 , then the equation P ( x ).Q( x)  0 has
atleast
1) two real roots 2) two negative roots
3) two positive roots 4) one positive root and one negative root
17. If the equation k(6 x 2  3)  rx  2 x2  1  0 and 6 k(2 x 2  1)  px  4 x 2  2  0 have both the roots
common then the value of 2r – p is
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
x2  2 x
18. If | x |  1, then the values of x are
1) 0,  1,2 2) 0,  1 3)  1, 2 4) 1, 2

19. The number of real roots of x 2  x  6  6 x 2  5 x  39  x 2  4 x  21 is

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

20. The equation (x–a)3 + (x–b)3 + (x–c)3 = 0 where a, b, c  R and a  b  c has

1) all the roots real 2) one real and two imaginary
3) three real roots namely x = a, x = b, x = c. 4) all the roots imaginary
21. The real roots of the equations | x 2  4 x  3 | + 2x + 5 = 0 are
1) 4, 1  3 2) 4, 1  3 3) 4, 1  3 4) 2, 4  3
22. If 6x + 6y = 42, x + y = 3 then
1) x = 1, y = 2 2) x = –1, y = 2 3) x = 1, y = 2 4) x=2, y=1 or x=1, y=2
23. The roots of the equation log2(x2–4x + 5)=x–2 are
1) 4, 5 2) 2, -3 3) 2, 3 4) 3, 5

2 2 a 2 b2
24. If the equations ax  by  1, cx  dy  1 have only one solution then  
c d
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25. The product of real roots of the equation | 2 x  3 |2  3 | 2 x  3 |  2  0 , is

5 5
1) 2) 3) 5 4) 2
4 2

(2  x )(3  x )
26. The minimum value of is obtained when x is
1 x
1) 2 1 2) 2 1 3) 2 4)  2
27. If a<b<c<d then ( x  a)( x  b)( x  c)( x  d )  0 for x 
1) (a, c) 2) (b, d) 3)  a, b    c, d  4)  b, c    d ,  
28. If a < b < c < d then the roots of (x–a) (x–c)+ 2(x– b) (x–d) = 0 are
1) real and equal 2) real and distinct 3) imaginary 4) real

29. If f(x) = x2+2bx+2c2 and g( x )   x 2  2 cx  b2 are such that min f ( x)  max g( x ) , then relation
between b and c, is
b
1) no relation 2) 0  c  3) c  2 b 4) c  2 b
2
 
30. If     2 x     2  x  1 for all x  R then  belongs to the interval
2 2

 2 2 
1)  2,1 2)  2,  3)  ,1 4) 
5 5

31. If  and       are the roots of the equation x 2  bx  c  0 , where c < 0 < b, then:
1) 0     2)   0     3)     0 4)   0    

x2  2 x  4 1
32. Given that for all real x, the expression 2 lies between and 3 the values
x  2x  4 3
9 tan 2 x  6 tan x  4
between which the expression lies are
9 tan 2 x  6 tan x  4
1
1) 0 and 2 2) -1 and 1 3) -2 and 0 4) and 3
3
 1 1 1
33. If a, b, c are positive, then the least value of ( a  b  c)     is
a b c
1) 4 2) 3 3) 7 4) 9

( x  y)( y  z )( z  x )
34. If x, y, z are positive then the least value of is
xyz
1) 3 2) 10 3) 8 4) 6
a2  b2  c2
35. If a, b, c are the sides of a triangle then the range of is
ab  bc  ca
1) [1, 2) 2) ( ,1]  [2,  ) 3) [2, 3] 4) (–1, 3)

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LEVEL - I / ANSWERS
EXERCISE - I
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 3 5) 3 6) 1 7) 1 8) 3 9) 2 10) 2
11) 1 12) 2 13) 2 14) 3 15) 2 16) 4 17) 4 18) 1 19) 2 20) 2
21) 1 22) 2 23) 4 24) 1 25) 3 26) 3 27) 1 28) 2 29) 2 30) 3
31) 1 32) 1 33) 3 34) 1 35) 1 36) 1 37) 3 38) 3 39) 2 40) 3
41) 2 42) 2 43) 2 44) 1 45) 4 46) 3 47) 2 48) 3 49) 2 50) 2
51) 3 52) 1 53) 2 54) 4 55) 3 56) 2 57) 2 58) 4 59) 2 60) 3
61) 4 62) 1 63) 3 64) 2 65) 4 66) 1 67) 3 68) 2 69) 3 70) 1
71) 2 72) 1 73) 2 74) 4 75) 2 76) 4 77) 1 78) 3 79) 3 80) 1
81) 2 82) 3 83) 3 84) 1 85) 4 86) 3 87) 4 88) 4 89) 3 90) 4
91) 2 92) 1 93) 3 94) 2 95) 4 96) 1 97) 4 98) 3 99) 1 100)3
101) 1 102) 3 103) 3 104) 2 105) 1 106) 1 107) 3 108) 2 109) 2 110) 1
111) 3 112) 1 113) 2 114) 4 115) 2 116) 2 117) 3 118) 2 119) 2 120) 4
121) 3 122) 4 123) 2 124) 2 125) 1 126) 4 127) 3 128) 2 129) 3 130) 2
131) 1 132) 1 133) 4 134) 2 135) 4 136) 2 137) 2 138) 2 139) 4 140) 1
141) 3 142) 2 143) 4 144) 2 145) 3 146) 4 147) 1 148) 4 149) 3 150) 2
151) 3 152) 2 153) 1 154) 3 155) 1 156) 2 157) 3 158) 2 159) 2 160) 2
161) 1 162) 4 163) 1 164) 3 165) 1 166) 2 167) 2 168) 3 169) 3 170) 3
171) 4 172) 4 173) 1 174) 1 175) 3 176) 2 177) 4 178) 3 179) 1 180) 1
181) 2 182) 3 183) 4 184) 2 185) 3 186) 4 187) 1 188) 4 189) 2 190) 2
191) 2 192) 1 193) 3 194) 3 195) 4 196) 1 197) 1 198) 3 199) 2 200) 2
201) 3 202) 4 203) 1 204) 2 205) 4 206) 3 207) 3 208) 4 209) 3 210) 2
211) 2 212) 2 213) 1 214) 3 215) 4 216) 1 217) 3 218) 1 219) 2 220) 3
221) 2 222) 2 223) 4 224) 3 225) 1

EXERCISE - II

1) 4 2) 1 3) 3 4) 3 5) 3 6) 2 7) 4 8) 2 9) 1 10) 1

11) 2 12) 3 13) 1 14) 2 15) 3 16) 1 17) 1 18) 3 19) 2 20) 2

21) 2 22) 4 23) 3 24) 1 25) 2 26) 1 27) 3 28) 2 29)4 30) 2

31) 2 32) 4 33) 4 34) 3 35) 1

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