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1. The nature of the roots of the eqn 2x2 – 9x + 35 = 0 are
a) rational and unequal b) irrational and unequal c) real and equal d) imaginary and unequal
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2. If the equation x + (k + 2)x + 2k = 0 has equal roots then k =
a) 1 b) 0 c) 2 d) 3
3. The value of k so that the equation (3k + 1) x2 + 2(k + 1)x + k = 0 may have reciprocal roots is
1 1
a) –2 b) – c) –3 d) –
2 3
4. If 1 is a root of the equation (b – c) x2 + (c – a)x + (a – b) = 0 then the other root is
b–c b+c a–b a+b
a) b) c) d)
a–b a+b b–c b+c
5. If one root of the equation x2 – px + q = 0 be twice the other then
a) 9p2 = 2q b) 2p2 = 9q c) 3p2 = 4q d) 7p2 = 9q
m n
6. If the roots of the equation ax2 + cx + c = 0 are in the ratio m:n then + =
n m
a c a c
a) – b) – c) d)
c a c a
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7. The quadratic equation with real coefficients one of whose root is ; is
5 + 3i
a) x2 + 8x – 25 = 0 b) 34x2 – 10x + 1 = 0 c) x2 – 4x – 1 = 0 d) 10x2 – 34x + 5 = 0
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8. If the difference between the roots of quadratic equation 4x2 + kx + 5 = 0 is then k =
4
a) ±1 b) ±2 c) ±3 d) ±9
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9. If the roots of the equation x + ax + c = 0 differ by 1 then
a) a2 = 4c – 1 b) a2 = 4c + 1 c) a2 = 3c + 2 d) a2 = 2c + 1
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10. If the equations x – kx – 21 = 0 and x – 3kx + 35 = 0 have a common root then k =
a) ±1 b) ±2 c) ±3 d) ±4
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11. The equation x – =1– has
x–1 x–1
a) one root b) two roots c) infinitely many roots d) no root
2/3 1/3
12. The root of the equation x + x – 2 = 0 are
a) 2, 4 b) 1, –8 c) –1, 8 d) 0, 4
13. If both the roots of equations x2 + bx + c = 0 and x2 + dx + e = 0 are equal then
a) bc = de b) bd = ce c) be = cd d) b2d = c2e
14. The roots of equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 are in ratio 3:4 then
a) 7b2 = 144ac b) 12a2 = 49bc c) 12b2 = 49 ac d) 49b2 = 12ac
15. The equation whose roots are the squares of the root of equation x2 – 3x + 2 = 0 is
a) x2 – 5x + 4 = 0 b) 2x2 – 3x + 4 = 0 c) 2x2 – 3x + 1 = 0 d) x2 + 5x – 2 = 0
16. The number of roots of the equation |x| = cosx is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 4
17. In the polynomial (x – 1) (x – 2) …. (x – 100), the coefficient of x99is
a) 1225 b) –1275 c) –5050 d) 5050
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18. If the roots of the equation x + a = 8x + 6a are real then
a) a∈(2, 8) b) a∈[–2, 8] c) a∈[2, 8] d) a∈(–2, 8)
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19. The roots of the equation x77+ 77 = –1 are
x
a) ω, ω2 b) ω1/77, ω2/77 c) ω7, ω144 d) 0, 1
20. The number of real roots of the equation x2 + 5|x| + 4 = 0 is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 4
21. If α and β are the roots of the equation x2 – px + 36 = 0 and α2 + β2 = 9 then p =
a) ±3 b) ±6 c) ±8 d) ±9
22. If one root of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 is 2 + 3 then the values of p and q are
a) 4, –1 b) –4, 1 c) 2, 3 d) –2, – 3
23. If the roots of the equation x – px + q = 0 be two consecutive integers then p2 – 4q =
2
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
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24. If the sum of the roots of the eq (a + 1) x + (2a + 3)x + (3a + 4) = 0 is –3 then the product of roots is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
25. If f(x) = x2 + ax + b, f(–2) = 0 and f(3) = 0 then a + b =
a) 0 b) –3 c) –5 d) –7
26. The least integer k which makes the roots of the equation x2 + 5x + k = 0 imaginary is
a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7
27. The quadratic equation 8 sec2x – 6secx + 1 = 0 has
a) one root b) two roots c) infinitely many roots d) no root
28. If α and β be the roots of the equation x2 – 2x + 4 = 0 then α6 + β6 =
a) 64 b) –64 c) 128 d) 256
29. The AM and GM of two roots of a quadratic equation are A and G respectively then the quadratic equation is
a) x2 – Ax + G = 0 b) x2 – 2Ax + G2 = 0 c) x2 – A2x + 2G = 0 d) x2 + 2Ax + G2 = 0
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30. If one root of the equation x + ax + 12 = 0 is 4, while the equation x + ax + b = 0 had equal roots then the value of b is
49 4
a) 3 b) 12 c) d)
4 9
31. If the product of the roots of the equation mx2 + 6x + (2m – 1) = 0 is –1 then m =
1 1 1 1
a) b) – c) d) –
2 2 3 3
32. If the roots of the equations x2 – bx + c = 0 and x2 – cx + b = 0 differ by the same quantity then b + c =
a) 0 b) 1 c) 4 d) –4
33. If the equation 2x2 + (4 – k)x – 17 = 0 has roots equal but opposite in sign the k =
a) –4 b) 4 c) 2 d) –17
34. If one root of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 be the square of the other then
a) b3 + a2c + ac3 = 3abc b) b3 + a2c + ac2 = 3abc
c) a3 + b3 + c3 – 3ab = 0 d) a3 + b2c + bc2 = 3abc
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35. The roots of the equation x + (2k – 1)x + k = 0 are real if
1 1 1 1
a) k ≤ b) k > c) k ≤ d) k >
2 2 4 4
36. If the roots of the equation 3x2 – 2kx + k = 0 are in the ratio of 3:1 then k =
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1
1 1 1
37. The sum of the roots of the equation + = is zero. The product of the roots is
x+a x+b c
1 1 1 1
a) – (a2 + b2) b) (a2 + b2) c) – (a2 + c2) d) – (b2 + c2)
2 2 2 2
38. The sum of the roots of a quadratic equation is 1 and the sum of their squares is 13. The quadratic equation is
a) x2 – x – 6 = 0 b) x2 + x – 6 = 0 c) x2 – x + 6 = 0 d) x2 + x + 6 = 0
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39. If the difference of the roots of x + 2px + q = 0 be equal to the difference of the roots of x + 2qx + p = 0 then p + q =
a) 0 b) –1 c) 1 d) 2
40. If the quadratic equations x2 + qx + pr = 0 and x2 + rx + pq = 0 have one root common then
a) p + q = r b) p + q = –r c) p – q = r d) p – q = –r
41. If α and β be the roots of the equation x2 – x – 6 = 0 then the quadratic equation having roots α2β–1 and β2α–1 is
a) 6x2 + 19x – 36 = 0 b) 6x2 – 5x – 25 = 0 c) 6x2 – 25x + 5 = 0 d) 6x2 – 19x + 36 = 0
42. The number of real solutions of the equation sin(ex) = 5x + 5–x is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) Infinitely many
43. If the roots of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 are tan22 and tan23 then
a) p + q = 1 b) p + q = –1 c) p – q = 1 d) p – q = –1
44. The value of p under the condition that when x2 – px + 3 is divided by (x – 2), the remainder is 5; is
a) –1 b) 1 c) 2 d) –2
45. The equation ex – x – 1 = 0 has
a) one root b) no root c) two roots d) infinitely many roots
46. If the roots of the equation a(b – c)x2 + b(c – a)x + c(a – b) = 0 are equal then a, b, c are in
a) AP b) GP c) HP d) None
47. If secθ and tanθ are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 (a, b ≠ 0) then the value of secθ – tanθ =
a b c c
a) – b) – c) – d) –
b a a b
48. If α + β = 4, α3 + β3 = 44 then α and β are the roots of the equation
a) 3x2 + 12x + 5 = 0 b) 3x2 – 12x + 5 = 0 c) 4x2 + 12x + 10 = 0 d) 2x2 – 7x + 6 = 0
49. The number of solutions of the equation log4(x – 1) = log2(x – 3) is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 4
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50. If sinθ and cosθ be the roots of the quadratic equation ax + bx + c = 0 then (a + c) =
a) b2 – c2 b) b2 + c2 c) a2 + b2 + c2 d) a2 + b2 – c2
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