PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Subject: Mathematics Chapter 2: Polynomials

Std.: X Practice Sheet

Section A: Multiple Choice Questions (1 mark each)

Q1. Which of the following is NOT a graph of a quadratic polynomial?
(a) (b) (c) (d)

Q2. The graph of y = p(x) is shown below for a polynomial p(x). Write the number of
zeroes of p(x).

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1

Q3. The zeroes of a polynomial can be expressed graphically. The number of zeroes of a
polynomial is equal to number of points where the graph of the polynomial
(a) Intersects the (b) Intersects the (c) Intersects (d) None of these
x-axis y-axis x-axis and y-axis

Q4. The zeroes of a polynomial p( x)  x2  2 x  3 are

(a) 3 and 1 (b) 3 and −1 (c) −3 and −1 (d) 1 and −3

Q5. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial p( x)  x 2  3x  k is 2, then the value
of k is
(a) 10 (b) −10 (c) −7 (d) −2

Q6. If −1 is a zero of the polynomial p( x)  x2  7 x  8 , then the other zero is

(a) −8 (b) −7 (c) 1 (d) 8

Q7. A quadratic polynomial having sum and product of its zeroes as 5 and 0 respectively,
is
(a) x2  5x (b) 5x2 1 (c) 2x( x  5) (d) x2  5x  5

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Q8. A quadratic polynomial, whose zeroes are −3 and 4, is
x2 x
(a) x  x 12
2
(b) x  x 12
2
(c)  6 (d) 2x2  2x  24
2 2

Q9. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2  (a  1) x  b are 2 and −3, then
(a) a = −7, b = −1 (b) a = 5, b = −1 (c) a = 2, b = −6 (d) a = 0, b = −6

Q10. What are the sum and the product of the zeroes of the polynomial 6x² – 5 respectively?
6 6 5 5
(a) 0, (b) 0, (c) 0, (d) 0,
5 5 6 6

Q11. If one zero of the polynomial p( x)  (k  4) x  13x  4k is reciprocal of the other,

2 2

then the value of k is

(a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 1 (d) −1

Q12. The polynomial, whose zeroes are 2 + √3 and 2 − √3, is

(a) x2  4x 1 (b) x2  4x 1 (c) x2  4x 1 (d) x2  4x 1

Direction for questions 13 & 14: In question numbers 13 and 14, a statement of
Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). Choose the correct option.
Q13. Assertion (A): If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial (k  1) x  kx  1 is −3,
2

4
then the value of k is
3
Reason (R): A real number α is said to be a zero of a polynomial p( x)  ax2  bx  c if
p(α) = 0.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

Q14. Assertion (A): If the graph of a polynomial p(x) is a straight line parallel to x-axis
then the polynomial has no zeroes.
Reason (R): If a polynomial p(x) does not intersect the x-axis at any point, it does not
have any zero.
(a) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(b) Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true but Reason (R) is not the correct
explanation of Assertion (A).
(c) Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false.
(d) Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true.

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 Section B: Short Answer Questions [Type I] (2 marks each)
Q15. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 4x2−7.

Q16. Find a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are 6 and 9
respectively. Hence, find the zeroes.

Q17. Find the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are −2 and −5.

Q18. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 5t 2 12t 17 .

Q19. Find the value of k, if −1 is a zero of the polynomial p(x) = kx2−4x+k.

Q20. Find the values of a and b, if they are the zeroes of polynomial x2  ax  b .

Q21. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial f(x) = x2−6x+k, find the value of k, such
that α2 + β2 = 40.

Q22. If zeroes of the polynomial x2  px  q are double in value to the zeroes of

2x2  5x  3, then find the values of p and q.

Q23. Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are reciprocals of the zeroes of the
polynomial f(x) = ax2+bx+c, a ≠ 0, c ≠ 0.

Q24. If α and β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial,

αβ
p(x) = x2 − (k+6)x + 2(2k−1), then find the value of k, if α + β = .
2

Section C: Short Answer Questions [Type II] (3 marks each)

Q25. Find the zeroes of 4 5x  17 x  3 5 and verify the relation between the zeroes and
2

coefficients of the polynomials.

1 3
Q26. Show that and  are the zeroes of the polynomial 4x2  4x  3 and verify the
2 2
relationship between zeroes and coefficients of polynomial.

Q27. If the sum of the zeroes of the polynomial p( x)  (a  1) x2  (2a  3) x  (3a  4) is −1,
then find the product of its zeroes.

Q28. If α, β are zeros of the quadratic polynomial 4x2  4x 1 , then form a quadratic
polynomial whose zeroes are 2α and 2β.

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Q29. If one zero of the equation 3x2  8x  2k 1is seven times the other, find the solutions
and the value of k.

Q30. If α and β are the zeros of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = 2x² –5x + 7, find
a polynomial whose zeroes are 2α+ 3β and 3α+ 2β?

Q31. If α and β are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 5x2  5x 1 , then find the value
of (i) α2 + β2 and (ii) α−1 + β−1
(i)

Q32 Find the zeroes of the polynomial 4 3x2  5x  2 3 by factorisation method and
verify the relations between the zeroes and their coefficients.

Section D: Long Answer Questions (5 marks each)

Q33. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial p  x   2x2  5x  k satisfying the relation,
21
2 2    , then find the value of k.
4

Q34. If α, β are zeros of the quadratic polynomial f  x   2x2  11x  5 , find

a. 4  4

1 1
b.   2
 

Q35 If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial p  x   3x2  2x  1 , find the polynomial
1  1 
whose zeroes are and .
1  1 

Q36. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial f  x   4x2  8kx  8x  9 is negative of the
other, then find zeroes of kx2  3kx  2 .

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 Section E: Case Study Based Questions
(Each Case Study is for 4 marks: Q1. and Q2. for 1 mark each and Q3. for 2 marks)
Case Study I
A highway underpass is parabolic in shape.

Shape of cross slope:

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.

Q1. If the highway overpass is represented graphically by x2  2x  8 , then calculate its

zeroes.

Q2. For a polynomial p  x   ax2  bx  c , the graph of parabola opens upwards for what
range of values of a?

Q3. Represent a Highway Underpass whose one zero is 6 and sum of the zeroes is 0 using
a mathematical equation.

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 Case Study II
Rainbow is an arch of colours that is visible in the sky after the rain or when water
droplets are present in the atmosphere. The colours of the rainbow are generally red,
orange, yellow, green, blur, indigo and voilet. Each colour of the rainbow makes a
parabola. We know that any quadratic polynomial p  x   ax2  bx  c (a ≠ 0)
represents a parabola on the graph paper.
Y

y = f(x)

Based on the above information answer the following questions:

Q1. The graph of a rainbow y = f(x) is shown in the figure. Write the number of zeroes of
the curve.

Q2. If the graph of the rainbow does not intersect the X-axis but intersects Y-axis at one
point, then how many zeroes will it have?

Q3. (a) If the rainbow is represented by the quadratic polynomial p  x   x2  (a  1) x  b ,

whose zeroes are 2 and −3, find the values of a and b.
Or
(b)The polynomial x  2 x  (7 p  3) represents a rainbow. If −4 is a zero of it, find
2

the value of p.

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