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SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE
Quadratic Equations

Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONLY ONE Choice is Correct.

1. If x 2  xy  12 and 2 xy  3 y 2  5  0 then x  4 y is equal to :

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
2. 3
If ‘a’ and ‘b’ are distinct zeroes of the polynomial x  2 x  c and a 2
 2a 2

 4ab  3b2  3 then

 
b 2 3a 2  4ab  2b2 is equal to :
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
3.  
Let  and  be the real roots of the equation x2  x  k  2   k 2  3k  5  0. The maximum value of  2   2 is :

(A) 18 (B) 19 (C) 50/9 (D) 50/19

4. For x  R, the maximum value of x4  3x2  6 x  13  x4  x2  1 is :

(A) 3 (B) 10 (C) 13  3 (D) 2 3

5. Suppose A   x ; 5x  a  0 , B   x ; 6 x  b  0 , a, b  N and A  B  N  2, 3, 4 . The number of such pairs

(a, b) is:
(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 30 (D) 35
6. The number of real solutions to the equation 3x2  18 x  52  2 x2  12 x  162 =  x2  6 x  280 is(are) :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

7. a, b, c, d are distinct integers such that  x  a  x  b  x  c  x  d   4 has an integral root r. Then a  b  c  d is

equal to : I
(A) r (B) 2r (C) 3r (D) 4r
8. Let the n real roots of the equation x  2nx n n 1
 2 n  n  1 x n2
 ax n3
 bx n4
 .........  c  0 be 1 ,  2 ,  3 ...... n
n
then   1k 1  k is :
k 1
(A) Zero (B) One (C) Two (D) Three
2
9. The number of monic quadratic polynomials of the form x  ax  b with integer roots, where 1, a, b are in AP is(are)
:
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

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10.  
Let A   2, 4  , B  x ; x 2  ax  4  0 . If B  A, then the range of real a is :

(A)  1, 2  (B)  1, 2 (C) [0, 3] (D) [0, 3)

4 x 2  15 x  17 5 x 2  16 x  18
11. The sum of all real x such that,  is :
x 2  4 x  12 2 x 2  5 x  13
11 20 23
(A) 0 (B) (C)  (D)
3 3 3

12. The number of solutions to the equation 2 1  x 1   x  1 1   x  2  1   x  3 x  5   x is :

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 16

PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTIONS 13 - 15

Given that a  0 , ax 2  bx  c  1 , if 1  x  1, a, b,c  R and ax  b has its maximum value 2, when 1  x  1 .

Then :
13. a=
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

14. b=
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

15. c=
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTIONS 16 - 18

Consider the equation x 4   k  1 x 2   2  k   0 . The complete set of possible values of real k for which the equation
has:

16. Four distinct real roots is :

(A)   , 2  (B) 2 2 ,  1, 2 
(C)  2  1, 2 2  1  (D)  2,  
17. 3 distinct real roots is :
(A) {2} (B)  2  1, 2  (C)  5 1 (D) 2 2, 3  2 
18. 2 distinct real roots is :
(A) (0, 2) (B)   , 2 2 1  (C)  2,   (D) 2 
2  1   2,  

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MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWERS TYPE

Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONE or MORE Choices may be Correct:
19. The function f  x   ax 2  c satisfies 4  f 1  1 and 1  f  2   5 . Which of the following statements is true?
1
(A) 1  f  3  20 (B) 2  f  3  18 (C)   f  3  20 (D) 0  f  3  20
2
20. Let a  0, b, c be integers and sin , cos  be the rational roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 . Then:
(A) a is a perfect square (B) a + 2c is a perfect square
(C) a – 2c is a perfect square (D) b is a perfect square

21. If all roots of the polynomials 6 x 2  24 x  4a and x3  ax 2  bx  8 are non-negative real numbers, then:
(A) a  6 (B) a2 (C) b  10 (D) b  12
22. Let P  x   x 4  ax3  bx 2  cx  1 and Q  x   x 4  cx 3  bx 2  ax  1 with a, b, c  R and a  c. If P  x   0 and
Q  x   0 have two common roots then :
(A) b  2 (B) b2 (C) ac0 (D) a  2c  0

23. All the roots of x3  ax 2  bx  c are positive integers greater than 2 and the coefficient satisfy a  b  c  46 :
(A) a  14 (B) a  14
(C) Number of distinct roots of the equation=3 (D) Number of distinct roots of the equation=2

24. If the equations ax 3    a  b  x 2   b  c  x  c  0 and 2 x3  x 2  2 x  5  0 have a common root

 a  0, a, b, c  R  then a  b  c is equal to :
(A) 0 (B) 5a (C) 3b (D) 2c

25. Let f  x   ax 2  bx  c, a, b, c  R. Suppose f  x   1,  x   0,1 then :

(A) a 8 (B) a  2b  4c  4 (C) a  b  c  17 (D) 3a  2b  8

26. Consider the equation x  2 x  1  x  2 x  1  A

1   1
(A) For A = 2 , x   , 1 (B) For A = 2 , x  0 , 
2   2
3
(C) For A = 1, x   (D) For A = 2, x 
2
27. Suppose f  x    x 2  bx  1 and g  x   x 2  2 x  c, b, c  R, are such that maximum f  x   minimum g  x  as x
varies over R. Then possible values that c can take is(are) :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 5
1
28. The greatest value of the function f  x   on the interval  2, 1 depending on the parameter b
2bx  x 4  3b 2
2

is(are) :
1 1
(A)  if b   0, 2 (B) if b   0, 4
3b 2 4b  4  3b 2
1 1
(C) if b  2 (D)  2 if b  2
8b  16  3b2 3b

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29. Given that a, b, c are positive distinct real numbers such that quadratic expressions ax 2  bx  c, bx 2  cx  a and

a2  b2  c2 I in :
2
cx  ax  b are always non-negative. Then the expression
ab  bc  ca
can never lie K
(A)   , 2 (B)   , 1 (C) (2, 4) (D)  4,  
30. The equation 8 x 4  16 x3  16 x 2  8 x  a  0 , a  R has :
(A) Atleast two real roots  a  R
(B) Atleast two imaginary roots  a  R
3
(C) The sum of all non-real roots equal to 2, if a 
2
3
(D) The sum of all non-real roots equal to 1, if a 
2

MATRIX MATCH TYPE

Each of the following question contains statements given in two columns, which have to be matched.
Statements in Column I are labelled as (A), (B), (C) & (D) whereas statements in Column 2 are labeled as p, q, r,
s & t. More than one choice from Column 2 can be matched with Column 1.
31. MATCH THE COLUMN :
Column 1 Column 2
(A) If a, b, c are length of sides of a triangle, then the roots of the (p) of opposite signs

 
equation a 2 x 2  b 2  a 2  c 2 x  b 2  0 are

(B) If a, b, c are unequal positive numbers and b is A.M. of a and c, (q) both positive
then the roots of the equation ax 2  2bx  c  0 are
(C) If a  R , then roots of the equation x 2   a  1 x  a 2  4  0 are (r) both negative

(D) If a, b, c are unequal positive numbers and b is H.M. of a and c, (s) real and distinct
2
then the roots of the equation ax  2bx  c  0 are
(t) imaginary

32. Let , ,  be three numbers such that       2,  2   2   2  6 and 3  3  3  11 , then :

Column 1 Column 2
(A)  4  4   4 is equal to (p) 13

(B) 5  5   5 is equal to (q) 26

(C)
 2
  
 4 2  4  2  4 is equal to (r) 57

(D)  6  6   6 is equal to (s) 119

(t) 129

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NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE

This section has Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL/INTEGER VALUE.
For each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer. If the answer is a decimal numerical value, then
round-off the value to TWO decimal places.

8 9 10 k 1
33. The solution of the equation   is of the form , k  N then k = ___________1. ([x] denotes largest
x x  x k
integer less than or equal to x, and {x} denotes fractional part of x)

34. The value of ‘a’ so that the equation x3  6 x 2  11x  a  6  0 has exactly three integer solutions is _______.

35.  
Remainder when P x5 is divided by P  x   x 4  x 3  x 2  x  1 is ________.

36. If a, b, c  I , a  10 and  x  a  x  12   2   x  b  x  c  for all x  R then b  c  _________.

37. For real a, b, c, a  b  c  2, a 2  b 2  c 2  6 and a3  b3  c3  8 then 1  a 1  b 1  c   _______.

38. Let f  x   x 2  bx  c, b, c  R. If f  x  is a factor of both x 4  6 x 2  25 and 3x 4  4 x 2  28x  5, then the

minimum value of f  x  is ________.

39. Given that m is a real number not less than –1, such that equation x 2  2  m  2  x  m 2  3m  3  0 has two distinct

1  mx12 mx22 
real roots x1 and x2 . Find the maximum value of   .
2  1  x1 1  x2 


40. Let p be an integer such that both roots of the equation 5 x 2  5 px   66 p  1  0 are positive integers. Then the
 p
value of   is equal to ([.] denotes greatest integer function)
10 

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