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Part – I

Section (A) : Equation Vs Identity

1. For what value of ‘a’, the equation a 2

    
 a  2 x 2  a2  4 x  a2  3a  2  0, will have
more than two solutions? Does there exist a real value of ‘x’ for which the above equation
will be an identity in ‘a’?

Section (B) : Relation between the roots and coefficients

1. If  and  are the roots of the equation 2x 2  3x  4  0 , then find the value of

 
(i) 2   2 (ii) 
 

2. If  and  are the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 , then find the equation whose roots
are given by

1 1
(i)  , (ii) 2  2, 2  2
 

3. The length of a rectangle is 2 metre more than its width. If the length of increased by 6 metre
and the width is decreased by 2 metre, the area becomes 119 square metre. Find the
dimensions of the original rectangle.

 
4. If    but 2  5  3, 2  5  3, then find the equation whose roots are and .
 

5. In copying a quadratic equation of the form x 2  px  q  0, the coefficient of x was wrongly

written as –10 in place of –11 and the roots were found to be 4 and 6. Find the roots of the
correct equation.

6. If 2  i 3 is a root of the equation x 2  px  q  0 , where p,q  R , then find the ordered pair
(p, q)

3  5 1
7. Find the value of the expression 2x 3  2x 2  7x  72 when x 
2

Section – (C) : Common Roots

1. Find the value of ‘a’ so that x 2  11x  a  0 and x 2  14x  2a  0 have a common root.

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2. If ax 2  bx  c  0 and bx 2  cx  a  0 have a common root and a, b, c are non zero real
a3  b3  c 3
numbers, then find the value of .
abc

3. If x 2  px  q  0 and x 2  qx  p  0 have a common root, show that 1  p  q  0; show that

their other roots are the roots of the equation x 2  x  pq  0 .

Section – (D) : Method of Intervals

1. Solve the following inequalities:

(i) x 2  7x  10  0

(ii) x 2  4x  3  0

2x 1
(iii) 2

2x  5x  2 x  1

x  2 2x  3
(iv) 
x  2 4x  1

2. Find all real value of x which satisfy x2  3x  2  0 and x2  3x  4  0

3. Solve the following inequalities:

2 3
(i)  x  1  x  1  x  4   0

2
x 4  x  1  x  2 
(ii) 2
0
 x  3  x  4 
 
(iii) x 2  x  1 x 2  x  7  5 
 x  2  x 2
 2x  1 0
(iv) 2
4  3x  x

4. Solve the following inequalities:

3
(i) 1   2
x

3x
(ii) 1
x2  4

x3 x
(iii) 1
x2

(iv) x 2  3x  x 2  2  0

5. Solve the following inequalities:

4x  6
(i) log1/5 0
x

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(ii) log2 4x  2.2x  17  5 

(iii) log2 x  log x  2

(iv) log1/2  x  1  log2  2  x 

6. Solve the following inequalities:

2 2
(i) log0.5  x  5   log1/2  3x  1

x 1
(ii) log1/2 log3 0
x 1

1
(iii) log 3 x2 1 2 
  2

(iv) logx 2  2  x   1

PART – II : OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Section (A) : Equation Vs identity

1.   
Number of values of ‘p’ for which the equation p2  3p  2 x 2  p2  5p  4 x  p  p2  0 
possess more than two roots, is:
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) none

Section (B) : Relation between the roots and coefficients

1. The roots of the equation  b  c  x 2   c  a  x   a  b   0 are

c a a b
(A) ,1 (B) ,1
bc bc
bc ca
(C) ,1 (D) ,1
a b a b

2. If ,  are the roots of quadratic equation x 2  px  q  0 and ,  are the roots of

x 2  px  r  0, then      .      is equal to:
(A) q  r (B) q  r
(C)   q  r  (D)   p  q  r 

3. Two real numbers  and  are such that     3 and     4, then  and  are the
roots of the quadratic equation:
(A) 4x 2  12x  7  0 (B) 4x 2  12x  7  0
(C) 4x 2  12x  25  0 (D) none of these
2
4. For the equation x  x  6  0, the correct statement (s) is (are):
(A) sum of roots is 0 (B) product of roots is –4
(C) there are 4 roots (D) there are only 2 roots

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5. If ,  are the roots of ax 2  bx  c  0, and   h,   h are the roots of px 2  qx  r  0,
(where h  0 ), then
a b c 1b q
(A)   (B) h    
p q r 2a p
1b q b2  4ac q2  4pr
(C) h     (D) 
2a p a2 p2

6. If a, b are non – zero real numbers and ,  the roots of x 2  ax  b  0, then


(A)  2 ,  2 are the roots of x 2  2b  a2 x  a2  0
1 1
(B) , are the roots of bx 2  ax  1  0
 
 
(C) ,
 

are the roots of bx 2  2b  a2 x  b  0 
(D)    1 ,    1 are the roots of the equation x 2  x  a  2   1  a  b  0

Section (C) : Common Roots

1.    
If the equation k 6x 2  3  rx  2x 2  1  0 and 6k 2x 2  1  px  4x 2  2  0 have both roots
common, then the value of  2r  p  is
(A) 0 (B) 1/ 2
(C) 1 (D) none of these

2. If a, b, p, q are non – zero real numbers, then two equations 2a2 x 2  2 abx  b2  0 and
p 2 x 2  2pqx  q2  0 have:
(A) no common root (B) one common root if 2a2  b2  b2  q2
(C) two common roots if 3pq  2ab (D) two common roots if 3 qb  2ap

Section (D) : Method of Intervals

1. The complete set of values of ‘x’ which satisfying inequations: 5x  2  3x  8 and

x2
 4 is
x 1
(A)  , 1 (B)  2, 3 
(C)  , 3  (D)  , 1   2, 3 

2
2. The number of the integral solutions of x 2  9   x  3   8x  25 is:
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) none

x 4  3x 3  2x 2
3. The complete solutions set of the inequality  0 is:
x 2  x  30
(A)  ,  5   1,2    6,    0 (B)  ,  5   1,2    6,    0
(C)  ,  5   1, 2   6,    0 (D) none of these

4. If the inequality  m  2  x 2  8x  m  4  0 is satisfied for all x  R, then the least integral ‘m’
is:
(A) 4 (B) 5

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5. The complete set of real ‘x’ satisfying x  1  1  1is:

(A) 0, 2 (B)  1, 3 
(C)  1, 1 (D) 1, 3 

3x  1
6. If log1/3 is less than unity, then ‘x’ must lie in the interval:
x2
5   5
(A)  ,  2    ,   (B)  2, 
8   8
1 5  1
(C)  ,  2   ,  (D)  2, 
3 8  3

7. 
Solution set of the inequality 2  log2 x 2  3x  0 is: 
(A)  4, 1 (B)  4,  3    0, 1
(C)  ,  3   1,   (D)  ,  4   1,  

8. The set of all the solutions of the inequality log1 x  x  2   1 is

(A)  , 0  (B)  2,  
(C)  2,   (D) 

9. If log0.3  x  1  log0.09  x  1 , then x lies in the interval


(A) 3,  5    5, 3  
(B) 3,  5    5,3 5 
(C)  5, 3 5 (D) 

10.  
If log0.5 log5 x 2  4  log0.5 1, then ‘x’ lies in the interval


(A) 3,  5    5,3  
(B) 3,  5    5, 3 5 
(C)  5, 3 5 (D) 

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 ANSWERS
Exercise – 1

Section (A) : Equation Vs Identity

1. a  2; No real value of x.

Section (B) : Relation between the roots and coefficients

7 7
1. (i)  (ii) 
4 8
2.

2
(i) ac x 2  b  a  c  x   a  c   0
2
(ii)  
ac 2 x 2  2ac  4a2  b2 x  2b2   c  2a   0

3. 11 m and 9 m 4. 3x2  19x  3  0

5. 8, 3 6. (–4, 7)

7. 4

Section – (C) : Common Roots

1. a  0, 24 2. 3

Section – (D) : Method of Intervals

1. (i) x   , 2    5,   (ii) x  1, 3 
 2 1  1 
(iii) x   2,  1   ,  (iv) x   ,  2   , 1   4,  
 3 2 4 
2. x   1, 1   2, 4 

3. (i) x   ,  1  1   4,   (ii) x   4,  1   1, 0    0,2    3,  

(iii) x   2,  1   2, 3  (iv) x   ,  2   1
4. (i) x   1, 0    0, 3  (ii) x   ,  4    1, 1   4,  
 2 1 
(iii) x   5,  2    1,   (iv) x   ,     ,  
 3  2 
 2 
Ans. (v) x    , 4 
 3 
 3
5. (i) x   2,   (ii)  log2 5,  
 2
1 5 1 5

(iii) 0, 101   102 ,   (iv) 1  x 
2
or
2
x2

6. (i)  ,  5    5,  1   3,   (ii) 2,  

(iii)  ,  1  1,   (iv) x   2,  1   1, 0    0, 1   2,  

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 PART – II : OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Section (A) : Equation Vs identity

1. B
Section (B) : Relation between the roots and coefficients
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. ABD
5. BD 6. BCD

Section (C) : Common Roots

1. A 2. A

Section (D) : Method of Intervals

1. D 2. D 3. B 4. B
5. B 6. A 7. B 8. D
9. A 10. A

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