20.

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 (C) 6 (D) none
30. If ,  be the roots of 4x 2 – 16x +  = 0, where   R, such that 1 <  < 2 and 2 <  < 3, then the
number of integral solutions of  is
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 2 (D*) 3

31. If two roots of the equation x3  px2 + qx  r = 0 are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign,
then:
(A) pr = q (B) qr = p (C*) pq = r (D) none
33. Let , , be the roots of (x – a) (x – b) (x – c) = d, d  0 then the roots of the equation (x – )
(x – )
(x – ) + d = 0 are :
(A) a + 1, b + 1, c + 1 (B*) a, b, c
a b c
(C) a – 1, b – 1, c – 1 (D) , ,
b c a
2. If both roots of the quadratic equation (2  x) (x + 1) = p are distinct & positive, then p must lie in
the interval:
(A) (2, ) (B*) (2, 9/4) (C) (– , – 2) (D) (– , )

3. The equation, x =  2x 2 + 6x  9 has:

(A*) no solution (B) one solution (C) two solutions (D) infinite solutions
9. The least value of expression x 2 + 2 xy + 2 y2 + 4 y + 7 is:
(A)  1 (B) 1 (C*) 3 (D) 7

10. The values of k, for which the equation x 2 + 2 (k  1) x + k + 5 = 0 possess atleast one positive
root, are:
(A) [4, ) (B) ( ,  1]  [4, ) (C) [ 1, 4] (D*) ( ,  1]
13. If , , ,  are the roots of the equation x  Kx + Kx + Lx + M = 0, where K, L & M are real
4 3 2

numbers, then the minimum value of 2 +  2 + 2 + 2 is:

(A) 0 (B*)  1 (C) 1 (D) 2

one or more type questions

36. 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 x2 – (2b – a2) x + a2 = 0
1 1
(B*) , are the roots of bx2 + ax + 1 = 0
 

 
(C*) , are the roots of bx2 + (2b – a2) x + b = 0
 
(D*) ( – 1), ( – 1) are the roots of the equation x 2 + x (a + 2) + 1 + a + b = 0
38. For which of the following graphs of the quadratic expression y = a x 2 + b x + c, the product a b
c is negative.

(A*) (B*) (C*) (D*)

24. If the quadratic equations ax2 + bx + c = 0 (a, b, c  R, a  0) and x2 + 4x + 5 = 0 have a common root,
then a, b, c must satisfy the relations:
(A) a > b > c (B) a < b < c
(C*) a = k; b = 4k; c = 5k (k  R, k  0)(D*) b  4ac is negative.
2
25. If ,  are the real and distinct roots of x 2 + px + q = 0 and 4,  4 are the roots of x 2 – rx + s = 0,
then the equation x2 – 4qx + 2q2 – r = 0 has always
(A*) two real roots (B) two negative roots
(C) two positive roots (D*) one positive root and one negative root
column matching
2. Column –  Column – 

(A) If  + 4 are two roots of x2 – 8 x + k = 0, (p) 2

then possible value of k is

(B) Number of real roots of equation x2 – 5|x| + 6 = 0 (q) 3

n
are 'n', then value of is
2

(C) If 3 – i is a root of x2 + ax + b = 0 (a, b R), (r) 12

then b is

(D) If both roots of x2 – 2 kx + k2 + k – 5 = 0 (s) 10

are less than 5, then 'k' may be equal to
Ans. (A)  (r), (B)  (p), (C)  (s), (D)  (p, q)

Comprehension (Q.No. 6 to 8)
Y
In the given figure OBC is an isosceles right triangle
y = x2 + bx + c
C
in which AC is a median, then answer the following

questions :
O A B X

6. Roots of y = 0 are
(A*) {2, 1} (B) {4, 2} (C) {1, 1/2} (D) {8, 4}

7. The equation whose roots are ( + ) & ( – ), where , ( > ) are roots obtained in previous
question, is
(A*) x2 – 4x + 3 = 0 (B) x2 – 8x + 12 = 0 (C) 4x2 – 8x + 3 = 0 (D) x2 – 16x + 48 = 0

8. Minimum value of the quadratic expression correspoinding to the quadratic equation obtained in Q.
No. 7 occurs at x =
(A) 8 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D*) 2
Comprehension (Q.No. 9 to 11)

Consider the equation x 4 – x 2 + 9 = 0.

9. If the equation has four real and distinct solutions, then  lies in the interval
(A) (–, –6)  (6, ) (B) (0, ) (C*) (6, ) (D) (–, –6)

10. If the equation has no real solution, then  lies in the interval
(A) (–, 0) (B*) (–, 6) (C) (6, ) (D) (0, )

11. If the equation has two real solutions, then set of values of  is
(A) (–, –6) (B) (–6, 6) (C*) {6} (D) none of these
single integer
17. The value of the biquadratic expression x 4  8 x 3 + 18 x 2  8 x + 2, when x = 2 + 3 , is ...........
Ans. 1
3
 1  1
20. The number of real roots of  x   +  x   = 0 is ............
 x  x
Ans. 0
4. If roots of the equation x2 – 10ax – 11b = 0 are c and d and those of x2 – 10cx – 11d = 0 are a and b,
then find sum of the digits of a + b + c + d. (where a, b, c, d are all distinct numbers)

Ans. 4