DPP Quadratic Equation

Questions BITSAT Crash Course

Solution and nature of roots

1. The number of integral values of a for which the quadratic equation (x + a) (x + 1991)+1 = 0 has integral roots are
(1) 3 (2) 0

(3) 1 (4) 2

2*. The set of values of k, for which the equation kx 2

+ 1 = kx + 3x − 11x
2
has real and equal roots, is equal to
(1) {- 11, - 3} (2) {5, 7}
(3) {5, - 7} (4) {11, 3}
3*. Consider the equation x 2
+ 2x − n = 0, where n ∈ N and n ∈[5, 100] . The total number of different values of n so that the given equation has integral roots is
(1) 8 (2) 3

(3) 6 (4) 4

4. If 1

4−3i
is a root of ax 2
+ bx + 1 = 0, where a and b are real, then
(1) a = 25, b = −8 (2) a = 5, b = 4

(3) a = 4, b = 5 (4) None of these

5*. The equation (a + 2)x 2
+(a − 3)x = 2a − 1, a ≠ −2 has roots rational for
(1) all rational values of a except a = −2 (2) rational values of a > 1

(3) irrational values (4) none of the above

6. The sum of the roots of the equation,x 2
+ ∣
∣2x − 3∣
∣ − 4 = 0 , is
(1) 2 (2) −√2

(3) √2 (4) -2
7*. For a quadratic (a 2
− 3a + 2)x
2
+(a
2
− 5a + 6)x + a
2
− 4 = 0 , the number of values of a for which the given quadratic equation is an identity in x, is equal
to
(1) 0 (2) 1

(3) 2 (4) 3

8. The value of √6 + √6 + √6 + … ∞ is
(1) 3 (2) −2

(3) −4 (4) 1

Relation b/w roots and coeff

9*. If α≠ β, α 2
= 5α − 3 and β
2
= 5β − 3 then the equation whose roots are α/β, β/α is
(1) 3x
2
− 25x + 3 = 0 (2) x
2
+ 5x − 3 = 0

(3) x
2
− 5x + 3 = 0 (4) 3x
2
− 19x + 3 = 0

10. Difference between the corresponding roots of x 2

+ ax + b = 0 an d x
2
+ bx + a = 0 is same and a ≠ b ,⁡then
(1) a + b - 4 =0 (2) a - b - 4 = 0
(3) a - b + 4 = 0 (4) a + b + 4 = 0
11*. If the roots of the quadratic equation ax
2
2
+ bx + c = 0 are k+1
and k+2

k+1
, then the value of (a + b + c) is equal to
k

(1) 2b
2
− ac (2) Σa
2

(3) b
2
− 4ac (4) b
2
− 2ac

1 1

12*. If one root of the quadratic equation ax​2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to nth power of the other root, then the value of n n
(ac ) n+1 + (a c) n+1 is equal to
(1) b (2) -b
(3) 1

n +1
(4) 1

n +1
b −b

13. If the roots of the equation x 2

− bx + c = 0 be two consecutive integers, then b 2
− 4c equals
(1) 1 (2) 2

(3) 3 (4) −2

14. The coefficient of x in the equation x 2

+ px + q = 0 was taken as 17 in place of 13, its roots were found to be −2 and −15, The roots of the original equation
are -
(1) 3, 10 (2) −3, −10

(3) − 5, −18 (4) None of these

15*. If one root of equation x 2
+ ax + 12 = 0 is 4 while the equation x 2
+ ax + b = 0 has equal roots, then the value of b is
(1) 49
4
(2) 49

(3) 7

4
(4) 4

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16. If α, β are the roots of the equation (x − a)(x − b)+c = 0 then roots of the equation (x − α)(x − β)−c = 0 are
(1) a + b, b + c (2) a, b

(3) a, b + c (4) None of these

17*. If α and β are the roots of the equation 375 x 2
− 25x − 2 = 0, then lim ∑
n

r=1
α
r
+ lim ∑
n

r=1
β
r
is equal to:
n→∞ n→∞

(1) 1

12
(2) 346
21

(3) 7

116
(4) 358
29

18*. If a > 2, then the roots of the equation (2 − a)x 2

+ 3ax − 1 = 0 are
(1) one positive and one negative (2) both negative
(3) both positive (4) both imaginary

Higher power of roots

19*. If α, β are the roots of x 2

− x + 1 = 0 then the quadratic equation whose roots are α 2015
, β
2015
is
(1) x
2
− x + 1 = 0 (2) x
2
+ x + 1 = 0

(3) x
2
+ x − 1 = 0 (4) x
2
− x − 1 = 0

20*. Let α & β be the roots of , x 2

− 6x − 2 = 0 with α > β. If a n =α
n
− β
n
for n ≥1, then the value of
a10 −2a8
is
2a9

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

Range of quadratic
2

21*. Find the maximum and minimum values of x −x+1

2
for real values of x.
x +x+1

(1) (
1
, 3) (2) [
1
, 1]
3 3

(3) (
1
, 1) (4) [
1
, 3]
3 3

22. If f (x)= x 2
+ 2bx + 2c
2
and g(x)= −x 2
− 2cx + b
2
are such that min f (x)> max g(x), then the relation between b and c, is

(1) no relation (2) 0 < c <

b

(3) c
2
< 2b (4) c
2
> 2b
2

23*. If the roots of the equation bx 2

+ cx + a = 0 are imaginary, then for all real values of x, the expression 3b 2
x
2
+ 6bcx + 2c
2
is
(1) less than 4ab. (2) greater than −4ab.
(3) less than −4ab. (4) equal to 4ab.
x
24. The number of real solutions of the equation ( 9
) = −3 + x − x
2
is
10

(1) 0 (2) 1

(3) 4 (4) None of these

Graph and location of roots

25*. If x 2
+ 2ax + 10 − 3a > 0 for all x ∈ R , then
(1) - 5 < a < 2 (2) a < - 5
(3) a > 5 (4) 2 < a < 5
26. The least integral value of k for which (k − 2)x 2
+ 8x + k + 4 > 0, ∀x ∈ R is
(1) 5 (2) 3

(3) 1 (4) None of these

27*. If the equation ax 2
+ 2bx − 3c = 0 has no real roots and 3c

4
< a + b, then
(1) c < 0 (2) c > 0

(3) c = 0 (4) a + 2b − 3c < 0

28. If the roots of x 2

+ x + a = 0 exceed a, then
(1) a > 3 (2) −3 < a < −3

(3) a < −2 (4) a < −4

29*. The range of a for which the equation x 2

+ ax − 4 = 0 has its smaller root in the interval (−1, 2) is
(1) (−∞, − 3) (2) (0, 3)

(3) (0, ∞) (4) (−∞, − 3)∪ (0, ∞)

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30. If roots of x 2
−(a − 3)x + a = 0 are such that at least one of them is greater than 2, then
(1) a ∈[7, 9] (2) a ∈ [7, ∞)

(3) a ∈ [9, ∞) (4) a ∈ [7, 9)

31*. If b > a , then the equation (x − a)(x − b)= 1 has -

(1) Both roots in [a, b] (2) Both roots in (−∞, a)

(3) Both roots in (b, +∞) (4) one root in (−∞, a) and the other in (b, +∞)

Common root

32. If a, b, c ∈ R and the equations ax 2

+ bx + c = 0 and ax 2
+ bx + c = 0 have two common roots, then
(1) a = b = −c (2) a = −b = c

(3) a = b = c (4) None of these

33. A value of b for which the equations x 2
+ bx − 1 = 0 and x 2
+ x + b = 0 have one root in common is?
(1) −√2 (2) −i√3

(3) −i√5 (4) √2

34*. The value of ' a for which the equations x

' 2
− 3x + a = 0 and x 2
+ ax − 3 = 0 have a common root is -
(1) 3 (2) 1
(3) −2 (4) 2
35. Let f (x)= x 2
+ bx + c, where b, c ∈ R , If f (x) is a factor of both x 4
+ 6x
2
+ 25 and 3x 4
+ 4x
2
+ 28x + 5 , then the least value of f (x) is
(1) 2 (2) 3

(3) 5

2
(4) 4

N degree equations
2 2

36*. x −3 x −3

The sum of values of x satisfying the equation (31 + 8√15) + 1 = (32 + 8√15) is
(1) 3 (2) 0

(3) 2 (4) none of these.

37*. If α, β, γ are the roots of the equation 2x 3
− 3x
2
+ 6x + 1 = 0 ,then α 2
+ β
2
+ γ
2
is equal to:
(1) −
15

4
(2) 15

(3) 9

4
(4) 4
38*. The equation e sin x
− e
− sin x
− 4 = 0 has ?
(1) infinite number of real roots (2) no real roots
(3) exactly one real root (4) exactly four real roots
39. In the given figure, the graph of y = p(x) = x 4
+ ax
3
+ bx
2
+ cx + d is given.

The product of all the imaginary roots of p(x) = 0 is

(1) 1 (2) 2

(3) 1

3
(4) 1

40*. The number of real roots of the equation, e 4x

+ e
3x
− 4e
2x
+ e
x
+ 1 = 0 is:
(1) 1 (2) 3

(3) 2 (4) 4

Note: Question with * denotes it is important.

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