Quadratic Equations and Inequations 187

x
16. If be real, then the maximum value of
25. Let α ,β be the roots of x 2 +(3−λ ) x−λ=0 . The
2
5+ 4 x−4 x will be equal to 2 2
[MNR 1979] value of λ for which α + β is minimum, is [AMU
2002]
(a) 5 (b) 6
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 1 (d) 2
(c) 2 (d) 3
( x−a )( x−b )
( x−c ) 26. Let f ( x )=x 2 + 4 x +1 . Then
17. If x is real, the function will assume
all real values, provided [IIT 1984; (a) f ( x )>0 for all x
Karnataka CET 2002]

(a) a> b>c (b) a< b<c (b) f ( x )>1 when x≥0

(c) a> c< b (d) a< c< b (c) f ( x )≥1 when x≤−4
18. If x is real, then the maximum and minimum (d) f ( x)=f (−x) for all x
2
x −3 x +4 27. The adjoining figure shows the graph of
2 2
values of the expression x +3 x+ 4 will be y=ax +bx +c
Y . Then
[IIT 1984]
1
5,
(a) 2, 1 (b) 5
1
7,
(c) 7 (d) None of these X
O
(x1,0 (x2,0
x2 +34 x−71 ) )
2
(a) a< 0 (b) b <4 ac
2
19. If x is real, then the value of x +2 x−7 does
not lie between [Roorkee 1983] (c) c >0 (d) a and b are of opposite
(a) –9 and –5 (b) –5 and 9 signs
(c) 0 and 9 (d) 5 and 9 28. If a,b,c are real numbers such that a+ b+c=0 ,
2
then the quadratic equation 3 ax +2 bx +c=0 has
2
20. If x is real, then the value of x −6 x+13 will not
be less than [MNR 1992; DCE
1999]
[RPET 1986]
(a) At least one root in [0, 1]
(a) 4 (b) 6 (b) At least one root in [1, 2]
(c) 7 (d) 8
2 (c) At least one root in [−1, 0]
21. The smallest value of x −3 x +3 in the interval (d) None of these
(−3, 3/2) is
29. If ,  be the roots of the quadratic equation
[EAMCET 1991; 93] ax 2 + bx+ c=0 and k be a real number, then the
(a) 3/4 (b) 5 condition so that α <k < β is given by
(c) –15 (d) –20 2
(a) ac >0 (b) ak +bk +c=0
2
If the roots of x + x +a=0 exceed a, then [EAMCET
2 2
22. (c) ac <0 (d) a k + abk +ac <0
1994] 30. The value of p for which both the roots of the
(a) 2<a <3 (b) a> 3
2
equation 4 x −20 px+(25 p2 +15 p−66)=0 are less
(c) −3< a<3 (d) a<−2 than 2, lies in
2 2 (a) (4 /5 , 2) (b) (2, ∞)
23. If the roots of the equation x −2 ax+ a + a−3=0
are real and less than 3, then (c) (−1, −4/5) (d) (−∞, −1)
[IIT 1999; MP PET 2000] 31. If  and  ( < ) are the roots of the equation
(a) a< 2 (b) 2≤a≤3 x 2 +bx +c =0 , where c <0< b , then
[IIT Screening 2000; Pb. CET 2000]
(c) 3< a≤4 (d) a> 4
2 (a) 0< α < β α <0< β < |α|
(b)
24. If x be real, the least value of x −6 x+10 is
[Kurukshetra CEE 1998] (c) α < β <0 (d) α <0<|α|< β
(a) 1 (b) 2 32. If b> a , then the equation ( x−a) ( x−b)=1 has
(c) 3 (d) 10 [IIT Screening 2000]
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(a) Both roots in [ a, b] (a) x <−2 (b) x >0

(b) Both roots in (−∞, a) (c) −3< x <0 (d) −3< x < 4
3. The complete solution of the inequation
(c) Both roots in (b, +∞)
x 2 −4 x<12 is
(d) One root in (−∞, a) and the other in (b, +∞)
[AMU 1999]
33. The maximum possible number of real roots of
5 2 x <− 2 or x >6 − 6 <x<2
equation x −6 x −4 x+ 5=0 is (a) (b)
[EAMCET 2002]
(c) 2< x <6 (d) − 2<x <6
(a) 0 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 5 4. The number of roots of the equation log (−2 x)
34. If 2 a+3 b+ 6 c=0 then at least one root of the =2 log(x +1 ) are [AMU 2001]
2
equation ax + bx+ c=0 lies in the interval (a) 3 (b) 2
[Kurukshetra CEE 2002; AIEEE 2002, 04] (c) 1 (d) None of these
(a) (0, 1) (b) (1, 2)
5. The set of all real numbers x for which
(c) (2, 3) (d) (3, 4) 2
a n x n +a n−1 x n−1 +.. . .+a1 x=0 , a 1≠0 , x −|x+2|+x >0 , is
35. If the equation
[IIT Screening 2002]
n≥2 , has a positive root x=α , then the equation
n−1 n−2 (a) (−∞, −2) ∪(2, ∞) (b)
(−∞, −√ 2) ∪( √ 2, ∞)
na n x +(n−1 )an−1 x +. .. .+a1 =0 has a positive
root, which is [AIEEE 2005]
(c) (−∞, −1) ∪(1, ∞) (d)
( √ 2, ∞)
(a) Greater than or equal to  (b) Equal to α 2
6. If x +2 ax +10−3 a>0 for all x ∈ R , then
(c) Greater than α (d) Smaller than α
[IIT Screening 2004]
36. If S is a set of P( x) is polynomial of degree ¿ 2 (a) −5< a<2 (b) a<−5
such that P(0 )=0 , P(1)=1 , P '( x)>0 ∀ x∈(0, 1) , then (c) a> 5 (d) 2<a <5
[IIT Screening 2005] 4 3 2
7. The roots of the equation x −4 x +6 x −4 x +1=0
(a) S=0 are
(b) S=ax+(1−a) x 2 ∀ a ∈(0 , ∞) [MP PET 1986]

2
(a) 1, 1, 1, 1
(c) S=ax+(1−a) x ∀ a ∈ R (b) 2, 2, 2, 2
2 (c) 3, 1, 3, 1
(d) S=ax+(1−a) x ∀ a ∈(0 , 2)
(d) 1, 2, 1, 2
37. If α and β, α and γ , α and δ are the roots of 3
2 2 8. If the roots of the equation 8 x −14 x 2 +7 x−1=0
the equations ax +2 bx +c=0 , 2 bx +cx +a=0 and are in G.P., then the roots are
cx 2 + ax+ 2b=0 respectively, where a , b and c are [MP PET 1986]

α +α 2 = 1 1
positive real numbers, then 1, ,
[Kerala (Engg.) 2005] (a) 2 4 (b) 2, 4, 8
(a) – 1 (b) 0 (c) 3, 6, 12 (d) None of these
(c) abc (d) a+ 2b +c 9. If the sum of the two roots of the equation
(e) abc 4 x 3 +16 x 2−9 x −36=0 is zero, then the roots are
[MP PET 1986]
Solution of quadratic inequations and 2 2
−2 , ,−
Miscellaneous equations (a) 1, 2 –2 (b) 3 3
1. The number of real values of x for which the 3 3 3 3
−3 , ,− −4 , ,−
2 2 2 2 2
equality
|3 x +12 x+6|=5 x+16 holds good is
(c) (d)
10. One root of the following given equation
[AMU 1999]
2 x5 −14 x 4 +31 x 3 −64 x 2 +19 x+ 130=0 is
(a) 4 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 1 [MP PET 1985]
(a) 1 (b) 3
2. If x is real and satisfies x +2> √ x+4 , then [AMU (c) 5 (d) 7
1999]
 Quadratic Equations and Inequations 189

11.
3
If two roots of the equation x −3 x +2=0 are
15 15
same, then the roots will be (a) – 4 (b) 4
[MP PET 1985]
(a) 2, 2, 3 (b) 1, 1, –2 9
(c) – 2, 3, 3 (d) –2, –2, 1 (c) 4 (d) 4

12. If a,b,c 3
are real and x −3 b x +2 c
2 3
is divisible by 20. The solution set of the equation
x−a and x−b , then pqx 2 −( p+q )2 x+( p +q )2 =0 is [Kerala (Engg.)
(a) a=−b=−c (b) a=2 b=2c
2005]

13.
(c) a=b=c ,a=−2 b=−2 c (d) None of these
3
If ,  and  are the roots of x +8=0 , then the (a)
{ qp , qp } (b)
{pq , qp }
{ qp , pq } { p+p q , p+qq }
2 2 2
equation whose roots are α ,β and γ is
3 3
(a) x −8=0 (b) x −16=0 (c) (d)

{ p−qp , p−qq }
3 3
(c) x +64=0 (d) x −64=0 .

14. If α , β, γ are the roots of the equation (e)

3 −1 −1 −1
x +4 x +1=0 , then (α+ β ) +( β+γ ) +(γ+α ) =
[EAMCET 2003]
C Critical Thinking
(a) 2 (b) 3 T
(c) 4 (d) 5
Objective Questions
15. If the sum of two of the roots of x 3 + px 2 +qx +r =0
is zero, then pq = [EAMCET 2003]
(a) – r
(c) 2 r
(b) r
(d) – 2 r 1. If
x=√ 1+√ 1+ √1+.......to infinity, then x =
16. If α , β , γ are the roots of the equation x 3 + x +1=0 , 1+ √5 1−√ 5
3 3 3
then the value of α β γ [MP PET 2004] (a) 2 (b) 2
(a) 0 (b) – 3
1±√ 5
(c) 3 (d) – 1
4 3 (c) 2 (d) None of these
17. The roots of the equation x −2 x + x=380 are
[UPSEAT 2004] 2. For the equation
|x 2|+|x|−6=0 , the roots are
1±5 √−3 1±5 √−3 [EAMCET 1988, 93]
5 ,−4 , −5,4 ,−
(a) 2 (b) 2 (a) One and only one real number
(b) Real with sum one
−1±5 √− 3 1±5 √−3
5 ,4 , −5,−4, (c) Real with sum zero
(c) 2 (d) 2
(d) Real with product zero
18. If ,  and  are the roots of equation 2
Ifax + bx+ c=0 , then x =
x −3 x + x+5=0 then y=∑ α +αβγ satisfies the
3 2 2 3.
[MP PET 1995]
equation [J & K 2005]
b± √b 2 −4 ac −b±√ b2 −ac
3 3 2
(a) y + y+ 2=0 (b) y − y − y−2=0 2a 2a
(a) (b)

(c) y 3 +3 y 2− y −3=0 (d) y 3 +4 y 2 +5 y+20=0 2c

(c)
−b±√ b2 −4 ac (d) None of these
19. If , ,  are the roots of the equation
2 2 2
2 x −3 x +6 x +1=0 , then α + β + γ is equal to
3 2
4. If the equations 2 x 2 +3 x+5 λ=0 and
[Karnataka CET 2005] x 2 +2 x+ 3 λ=0 have a common root, then λ=
[RPET 1989]
(a) 0 (b) –1
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(c)
0,−1 (d) 2,–1 12.
2
If one root of the equation ax + bx+ c=0 be n
times the other root, then
5. If the equation x 2 + λx + μ=0 has equal roots and
2 (a)
na 2 =bc (n+1 )2 (b)
nb 2 =ac (n+1 )2
one root of the equation x + λx−12=0 is 2, then
( λ , μ) = (c)
nc 2=ab(n+1 )2 (d) None of these
2
(a) (4, 4) (b) (–4,4) 13. If one root of the quadratic equation ax + bx+ c=0
(c)
(4 ,−4) (d)
(−4 ,−4) is equal to the nth power of the other root, then the
1 1
2
x −x +1 value of
(ac n ) n+1 +(an c ) n+1 =
k= ,
6. If x is real and x2 + x+ 1 then [IIT 1983]

[MNR 1992; RPET 1997] (a) b (b) – b

1 1 1
≤k ≤3 n+1 n+1
(a) 3 (b) k ≥5 (c) b (d) −b
sin α ,cosα
(c) k ≤0
14. If are the roots of the equation
(d) None of these
2
ax + bx+ c=0 , then
7. If a< b<c < d , then the roots of the equation [MP PET 1993]
( x−a )( x−c )+2 (x −b )(x −d )=0 are [IIT 1984] 2 2
(a) a −b +2 ac=0 (b) (a−c )2 =b 2 +c 2
(a) Real and distinct (b) Real and equal 2 2 2 2
(c) a +b −2 ac=0 (d) a +b +2 ac=0
(c) Imaginary (d) None of these
15. If both the roots of the quadratic equation
8. If the roots of the equation qx 2 + px +q=0 where x 2 −2 kx+ k 2 + k−5=0
p, q are real, be complex, then the roots of the
are less than 5, then k lies in the interval [AIEEE
equation x 2 −4 qx + p2 =0 are 2005]

(a) Real and unequal (b) Real and equal (a) (−∞, 4) (b) [4, 5]
(c) Imaginary (d) None of these (c) (5, 6] (d) (6, ∞ )
2
(a 2−1 )x 2 +2( a−1 )x +2 is 16. If the roots of the equations x −bx+ c=0 and
9. The values of ' a ' for which
x 2 −cx +b=0 differ by the same quantity, then
positive for any x are [UPSEAT 2001]
b+ c is equal to [BIT Ranchi 1969;
(a) a≥1 (b) a≤1 MP PET 1993]

(c) a>−3 (d) a<−3 or a> 1 (a) 4 (b) 1

(c) 0 (d) –4
x2 −bx m−1 17. If the product of roots of the equation
=
10. If the roots of equation ax−c m+1 are equal
x 2 −3 kx+ 2 e2 log k −1=0
but opposite in sign, then the value of m will be is 7, then its roots will real when
[RPET 1988, 2001; MP PET 1996, 2002; Pb. CET 2000] [IIT 1984]

a−b b−a (a) k =1 (b) k =2

(a) a+b (b) a+b (c) k =3 (d) None of these

a+b b+ a 18. If a root of the given equation
a−b b−a a (b−c )x 2 +b(c−a) x +c (a−b )=0
(c) (d)
is 1, then the other will be
11. The coefficient of x in the equation x 2 + px +q=0 [RPET 1986]
was taken as 17 in place of 13, its roots were a(b−c ) b(c−a)
(a) b(c−a) (b) a(b−c )
found to be –2 and –15, The roots of the original
equation are [IIT 1977, 79]
c (a−b)
(a) 3, 10 (b) – 3, – 10
(c) a(b−c ) (d) None of these
(c) – 5, – 18 (d) None of these
 Quadratic Equations and Inequations 191

19. In a triangle ABC the value of ∠ A is given by 26. The product of all real roots of the equation
5 cos A+3=0 , then the equation whose roots are x 2 −|x|− 6=0 is
sin A and tan A will be [Roorkee 1972] [Roorkee 2000]
2 2 (a) – 9 (b) 6
(a) 15 x −8 x +16=0 (b) 15 x +8 x−16=0
(c) 9 (d) 36
(c) 15 x 2−8 √2 x+16=0 2
(d) 15 x −8 x−16=0
2
For the equation 3 x + px+3=0 , p>0 if one of the
2
20. If one root of the equation ax + bx+ c=0 the 27.
3 root is square of the other, then p is equal to [IIT
square of the other, thena (c−b ) =cX , where X is Screening 2000]
3
(a) a +b
3 3
(b) (a−b ) 1
3 3 (a) 3 (b) 1
(c) a −b (d) None of these
2
21. If 8, 2 are the roots of x 2 + ax+ β=0 and 3, 3 are
(c) 3 (d) 3
the roots of x 2 +α x+b=0 , then the roots of
x 2 + ax+b=0 are 28. If ,  be the roots of x 2 + px +q=0 and
α +h , β+h
2
[EAMCET 1987] are the roots of x +rx + s=0 , then
(a) 8, −1 (b) – 9, 2
[AMU 2001]

22.
(c) −8,−2 (d) 9, 1

The set of values of x which satisfy 5 x+ 2< 3 x +8

p q
(a) r
=
s (b)
2 h=
[ ]
p r
+
q s

x+ 2
<4, (c) p2 −4 q=r 2 −4 s (d) pr 2 =qs 2
and x−1 is [EAMCET 1989] 2
29. If x + px +q=0 is the quadratic equation whose
(a)
(2, 3) (b)
(−∞, 1)∪(2, 3)
roots are a – 2 and b – 2 where a and b are the
2
(−∞, 1) (1, 3) roots of x −3 x +1=0 , then
(c) (d)
[Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
23. If
α , β are the roots of x 2 −ax +b=0 and if
(a)
p=1 , q=5
α n + β n =V n
, then [RPET 1995; Karnataka CET
2000; Pb. CET 2002] (b)
p=1, q=−5
V n+1 =aV n +bV n−1 V n+1 =aV n +aV n−1 p=−1, q=1
(a) (b) (c)
V n+1 =aV n −bV n−1 V n+1 =aV n−1 −bV n (d) None of these
(c) (d)
30. The value of ‘a’ for which one root of the quadratic
7 2 2
equation (a −5 a+3) x +(3 a−1) x +2=0 is twice as
2 2
|α −β |=
24. The value of ‘c ’for which 4 , where α
large as the other, is [AIEEE 2003]
2
and
β are the roots of 2 x +7 x+ c=0 , is 2 2
−
(a) 4 (b) 0 (a) 3 (b) 3
(c) 6 (d) 2 1 1
−
λ the sum of the squares of the (c) 3 (d) 3
25. For what value of
1 31. If a,b,c are in G.P., then the equations
x 2 +(2+ λ ) x− (1+ λ )=0 2
roots of 2 is minimum
2
ax +2 bx +c=0 and dx +2 ex+f =0 have a
[AMU 1999] d e f
, ,
(a) 3/2 (b) 1 common root if a b c are in
(c) 1/2 (d) 11/4 [IIT 1985; Pb. CET 2000; DCE 2000]
(a) A.P. (b) G.P.
(c) H.P. (d) None of these
 192 Quadratic Equations and Inequations
32. The value of ‘a’ for which the equations β
2 2 γ =α +
x −3 x +a=0 and x + ax−3=0 have a common (b) 2
root is
[Pb. CET 1999]
(c) γ =α
(a) 3 (b) 1 (d) α <γ < β
(c) – 2 (d) 2 3 2
37. If , ,  are roots of equation x + ax + bx+ c=0 ,
33. If ( x+1) is a factor of
then α −1 +β−1 +γ −1 =
x 4 −( p−3 )x 3 −(3 p−5 ) x2 +(2 p−7) x +6 , then p=
[EAMCET 2002]
[IIT 1975]
(a) a/c (b) – b/c
(a) 4 (b) 2
(c) 1 (d) None of these (c) b/a (d) c/a
34. The roots of the equation 2x 1
2
4 3
4 x −24 x +57 x +18 x−45=0 , 2
38. If 2 x +5 x +2 > x+1 , then
[IIT 1987]
If one of them is 3+i √6 , are
(a) −2> x >−1 (b) −2≥x ≥−1

(a)
3−i √ 6 ,±
3
2 √ (b)
3−i √ 6 ,±
3
√2 (c) −2< x <−1
2
(d) −2< x≤−1

If a< 0 then the inequality ax −2 x + 4>0 has the

3−i √ 6 ,± √
3 39.
solution represented by [AMU 2001]
(c) 2 (d) None of these
35. The values of a for which 1+ √1−4 a 1− √1−4 a
> x>
2
2 x −2 (2a+1) x+a(a+1)=0 (a) a a
may have one root less
than a and other root greater than a are given by 1−√ 1−4 a
[UPSEAT 2001] x<
(b) a
(a) 1>a> 0 (b) −1<a< 0
(c) x < 2
(c) a≥0 (d) a>0 or a<−1
1+ √1−4 a
2> x >
(d) a
40. The two roots of an equation
3 2
x −9 x +14 x +24=0 are in the ratio 3 : 2. The
roots will be [UPSEAT 1999]
(a) 6, 4, – 1 (b) 6, 4, 1
(c) – 6, 4, 1 (d) – 6, – 4, 1

36. Let a,b,c be real numbers a≠0 . If α is a root

a 2 x2 +bx +c=0 , β is a root of a 2 x2 −bx−c=0 and
0< α < β , then the equation a 2 x2 +2 bx+2 c=0 has
a root γ that always satisfies
[IIT 1989]

α +β
γ=
(a) 2