QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

1.

2.

3.

The product of uncommon real roots of the two polynomials p( x) x 4 2 x 3 8 x 2 6 x 15

and q( x ) x3 4 x 2 x 10 is:
(a) 4
(b) 6

(c) 8

(d) 12

If 1 , 2 (1 2 ) are two values of for which the expression f ( x, y ) x 2 xy +

y 2 5 x 7 y 6 can be resolved as a product of two linear factors, then the value of

31 2 2 is:
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 15
(d) 20

The smallest positive integer p for which expression x 2 2 px 3 p 4 is negative for atleast
one real x is :
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

4.

If tan i ; i 1, 2, 3, 4 are the roots of equation x 4 x 3 sin 2 x 2 cos 2 x cos sin 0,

then tan(1 2 3 4 )
(a) sin
(b) cos
(c) tan
(d) cot

5.

Let a, b, c be the lengths of the sides of a triangle (no two of them are equal) and k R. If the
roots of the equation x 2 2(a b c) x 6k ( ab bc ca) 0 are real, then:
2
2
1
(a) k
(b) k
(c) k > 1
(d) k
3
3
4

6.

7.
8.

If cos 2 sin 2 are the roots of x 2 2bx c 0 and cos 4 , sin 4 are the

roots of x 2 2 Bx C 0, then:
(a) b B c C
(c) b2 B 2 4(c C )

(b) b 2 B 2 c C
(d) 4(b2 B 2 ) c C

The sum of the all integral values of for which ( 2 2) x 2 ( 2) x 1 xR, is:
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 0
(d) 2
For real numbers x and y, if x 2 xy y 2 2 x y 1 0, then:
8
8
8
(a) y can not be between 0 and
(b) y can not be between and
5
5
5
8
16
(c) y can not be between and 0
(d) y can not be between
and 0
5
5

9.

The complete set of values of a so that equation sin 4 x a sin 2 x 4 0 has at least one real
roots is:
(a) (, 5]
(b) (, 4] [4, )
(c) (, 4]
(d) [4, )

10.

The complete set of values of 'a' for which the inequality (a 1) x2 (a + 1) x + (a 1) 0 is

true for all x 2.
7
3

(a) , 1
(b) (, 1)
(c) ,
(d) ,
3
7

11.

1
1
1
Let a, b and c be the roots of x 3 x 1 0, then the value of

equals to:
a 1 b 1 c 1
(a) 1
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 2

12.

The

quadratic

polynomials

defined

on

real

coefficients P( x) a1 x 2 2b1 x c1 ,

Q( x) a2 x 2 2b2 x c2 . P( x) and Q( x) both take positive values x R.

If f ( x) a1a2 x 2 b1b2 x c1c2 , then:

(a) f ( x) 0x R
(b) f ( x) 0x R
(c) f ( x ) takes both positive and negative values
(d) Nothing can be said about f ( x)
13.

If cot equals the integral solution of inequality 4 x 2 16 x 15 0 and sin equals to the
slope of the bisector of the first quadrant, then sin ( ) sin( ) is equal to:
2
3
4
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d) 3
5
5
2

14.

Let f ( x ) x 2

15.

If roots of x3 2 x 2 1 0 are and , then the value of ()3 ( )3 ( )3 , is:

(a) 11
(b) 3
(c) 0
(d) 2

16.

The sum of all the real roots of equation x 4 3 x 3 2 x 2 3 x 1 0 is:

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

17.

(a) 2

(d) 12

If and are the roots of the quadratic equation 4 x 2 2 x 1 0 then the value of the

r 1

(a) 2

18.

1
6
6 x 2, then minimum value of f ( x) is:
2
x
x
(b) 8
(c) 9

r ) is:

(b) 3

(c) 6

(d) 0

If 2 x 2 5 x 7 0 and ax 2 bx c 0 have at least one root common such that a, b, c {1, 2,

....., 100}, then the difference between the maximum and minimum values of a + b + c is:
(a) 196
(b) 284
(c) 182
(d) 126

19.

If a 0 and the equation ax 2 bx c 0 has two roots and such that 3 and 2,
which of the following is always true ?
(a) a (a | b | c ) 0
(b) a (a | b | c ) 0
(c) 9a 3b c 0
(d) (9a 3b c) (4a 2b c ) 0

20.

If a + b + c = 1, a 2 b 2 c 2 9 and a 3 b3 c 3 1, then the value of

(a)

2
3

(b) 5

(c) 6

1 1 1
is:
a b c

(d) 1