Quadratic Equations (Theory of Equations) DPP-1

1. The roots of the equation x 2 / 3 + x1/ 3 − 2 = 0 are

(A) 1, 4 (B) 1−
, 4 (C) 1−
, 8 (D) 1, 8

2. If x = 2 + 22 / 3 + 21/ 3 , then x 3 − 6 x 2 + 6 x =
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) None of these

3. The number of roots of the quadratic equation 8 sec 2  − 6 sec  + 1 = 0 is

(A) Infinite (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 0

4. The roots of the equation 3 x + 1 + 1 = x are

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 0, 1 (D) None

5. The roots of the equation 32 x − 10.3 x + 9 =0 are

(A) 1, 2 (B) 0, 2 (C) 0, 1 (D) 1, 3

6. If x 2 / 3 − 7 x1/ 3 + 10 = 0, then x =
(A) {125} (B) {8} (C)  (D) {125, 8}

7. Let one root of ax 2 + bx + c = 0 where a, b, c are integers be 3 + 5 , then the other root is

(A) 3− 5 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) None of these

8. The number of real solutions of the equation | x |2 – 3 | x | +2 = 0 are

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

9. The number of real roots of the equation esin x − e − sin x − 4 = 0 are

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) Infinite (D) None

10. The roots of the given equation (p − q)x 2 + (q − r )x + (r − p) = 0 are

p−q q−r r −p q−r

(A) ,1 (B) ,1 (C) ,1 (D) 1,
r −p p−q p−q p−q

11. If a root of the equation x 2 + px + 12 = 0 is 4, while the roots of the equation x 2 + px + q = 0 are same, then

the value of q will be

(A) 4 (B) 4/49 (C) 49/4 (D) None of these

2 2
12. How many roots the equation x − = 1− have
x −1 x −1
(A) One (B) Two (C) Infinite (D) None

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13. The solution of the equation x + = 2 will be
x
1 1
(A) 2, –1 (B) 0, –1, − (C) − 1−
, (D) None of these
5 5

14. If the product of the roots of the equation 2x 2 + 6 x +  2 + 1 = 0 is − , then the value of  will be
(A) –1 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) –2

15. If 3 x 2 − 7 x − 30 + 2x 2 − 7 x − 5 = x + 5 ,then x is equal to

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 5

1
16. The value of 2 + is
1
2+
2 + ...........

(A) 1− 2 (B) 1+ 2 (C) 1 2 (D) None of these

17. The roots of the equation 2 x + 227 x /( x −1) = 9 are given by

2 log 3
(A) 1 − log2 3, 2 (B) log2   , 1 (C) 2,−2 (D) − 2, 1 −
3 log 2

18. Let  and  be the roots of the equation x 2 + x + 1 = 0 The equation whose roots are 19 , 7 is

(A) x2 − x − 1 = 0 (B) x2 − x + 1 = 0 (C) x2 + x − 1 = 0 (D) x2 + x + 1 = 0

19. If x1, x 2, x 3 are distinct roots of the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 then

(A) a = b = 0, c  R (B) a = c = 0, b  R

(C) b2 − 4ac  0 (D) a=b=c =0

20. The value of x in the given equation

1 1
x − x+
4 −3x 2 = 3 2 − 22x −1 is

4 3 2 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 2 1 3

21. If x = 6 + 6 + 6 + ....to  , then

(A) x is an irrational number (B) 2x3

(C) x=3 (D) None of these

22. A real root of the equation log4 {log2 ( x + 8 − x )} = 0 is

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23. If the roots of the given equation (m2 + 1)x 2 + 2amx + a2 − b2 = 0 be equal, then

(A) a2 + b2 (m2 + 1) = 0 (B) b2 + a2 (m2 + 1) = 0

(C) a2 − b2 (m2 + 1) = 0 (D) b2 − a2 (m2 + 1) = 0

If P( x ) = ax 2 + bx + c and Q ( x) = − ax + bx + c where ac  0 , then P( x ).Q( x ) = 0 has at least

2
24.

(A) Four real roots (B) Two real roots (C) Four imaginary roots (D) None of these

25. Both the roots of the given equation ( x − a)( x − b) + ( x − b)( x − c ) + ( x − c )( x − a) = 0 are always

(A) Positive (B) Negative (C) Real (D) Imaginary

26. If the roots of the given equation 2x 2 + 3( − 2)x +  + 4 = 0 be equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, then 

=
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 2/3

27. If the roots of the equation (p2 + q2 )x 2 −2q(p + r )x + (q2 + r 2 ) = 0 be real and equal, then p, q, r will be in

(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) None of these

28. If a + b + c = 0 , then the roots of the equation 4ax 2 + 3bx + 2c = 0 are

(A) Equal (B) Imaginary (C) Real (D) None of these

29. The roots of the given equation 2(a2 + b2 )x 2 + 2(a + b)x + 1 = 0 are

(A) Rational (B) Irrational (C) Real (D) Imaginary

30. If the roots of the equations px 2 + 2qx + r = 0 and qx 2 − 2 pr x + q = 0 be real, then

(A) p=q (B) q2 = pr (C) p2 = qr (D) r 2 = pq

31. If the roots of the equation ax 2 + x + b = 0 be real, then the roots of the equation x 2 − 4 ab x + 1 = 0 will be
(A) Rational (B) Irrational (C) Real (D) Imaginary

32. If one of the roots of the equation x 2 + ax + b = 0 and x 2 + bx + a = 0 is coincident, then the numerical value of
(a + b) is

(A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 5

2
33. The equation x(3 / 4)(log2 x ) +(log2 x )−5 / 4 = 2 has
(A) At least one real solution (B) Exactly three real solutions

(C) Exactly one irrational solution (D) All the above

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34. The value of k for which 2x 2 − kx + x + 8 = 0 has equal and real roots are
(A) –9 and –7 (B) 9 and 7 (C) –9 and 7 (D) 9 and –7

35. The roots of the quadratic equation 2x 2 + 3 x + 1 = 0 , are

(A) Irrational (B) Rational (C) Imaginary (D) None of these

36. If l, m, n are real and l  m , then the roots of the equation (l − m)x 2 − 5(l + m)x − 2(l − m) = 0 are

(A) Complex (B) Real and distinct

(C) Real and equal (D) None of these

37. If the roots of the equation x 2 − 8 x + (a2 − 6a) = 0 are real, then

(A) −2  a  8 (B) 2a8 (C) −2  a  8 (D) 2a8

38. The roots of the equation x 2 + 2 3 x + 3 = 0 are

(A) Real and unequal (B) Rational and equal

(C) Irrational and equal (D) Irrational and unequal

39. If x 2 + 2x + 2xy + my − 3 has two rational factors, then the value of m will be

(A) −6,−2 (B) −6,2 (C) 6,−2 (D) 6, 2

40. If a and b are the odd integers, then the roots of the equation 2ax 2 + (2a + b)x + b = 0, a  0, will be

(A) Rational (B) Irrational (C) Non-real (D) Equal

41. Roots of ax 2 + b = 0 are real and distinct if

(A) ab  0 (B) ab  0 (C) a, b  0 (D) a, b  0

42. Roots of the equations 2x 2 − 5 x + 1 = 0 , x 2 + 5 x + 2 = 0 are

(A) Reciprocal and of same sign (B) Reciprocal and of opposite sign

(C) Equal in product (D) None of these

43. If a + b + c = 0, a  0, a, b, c  Q , then both the roots of the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 are

(A) Rational (B) Non-real (C) Irrational (D) Zero

44. If a, b, c  Q , then roots of the equation (b + c − 2a)x 2 + (c + a − 2b)x + (a + b − 2c ) = 0 are

(A) Rational (B) Non-real (C) Irrational (D) Equal

45. The expression x 2 + 2bx + c has the positive value if

(A) b2 − 4c  0 (B) b2 − 4c  0 (C) c2  b (D) b2  c

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46. The condition for the roots of the equation, (c 2 − ab )x 2 − 2(a2 − bc )x + (b2 − ac ) = 0 to be equal is

(A) a=0 (B) b=0 (C) c=0 (D) None of these

47. If b1b 2 = 2 (c1 + c 2 ) , then at least one of the equations x 2 + b1x + c1 = 0 and x 2 + b2 x + c 2 = 0 has

(A) Real roots (B) Purely imaginary roots

(C) Imaginary roots (D) None of these

48. The value of k for which the quadratic equation,

kx 2 + 1 = kx + 3 x − 11x 2 has real and equal roots are

(A) −11−
, 3 (B) 5, 7 (C) 5,−7 (D) None of these

49. The expression y = ax 2 + bx + c has always the same sign as c if

(A) 4ac  b 2 (B) 4ac  b 2 (C) ac  b 2 (D) ac  b2

a b
50. The value of m for which the equation + = 1 has roots equal in magnitude but opposite in
x+a+m x+b+m
sign is
a+b a−b 2(a − b)
(A) (B) 0 (C) (D)
a−b a+b a+b

51. If the roots of equation x 2 + a = 8 x + 6a are real, then

(A) a  [2, 8] (B) a  [ −2, 8] (C) a  ( 2, 8 ) (D) a  ( −2, 8 )

52. Let p, q  {1, 2, 3, 4} . The number of equations of the form px 2 + qx + 1 = 0 having real roots is

(A) 15 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 8

53. The value of k for which the equation (k − 2)x 2 + 8 x + k + 4 = 0 has both roots real, distinct and negative is

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) –4

54. If k  ( −, − 2)  (2,  ), then the roots of the equation x 2 + 2kx + 4 = 0 are

(A) Complex (B) Real and unequal

(C) Real and equal (D) One real and one imaginary

55. The least integer k which makes the roots of the equation x 2 + 5 x + k = 0 imaginary is
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

56. x 2 + x + 1 + 2k ( x 2 − x − 1) = 0 is a perfect square for how many values of k

(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 3

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Quadratic Equations( Theory of Equations)

1 C 9 D 17 D 25 C 33 D 41 B 49 B

2 B 10 C 18 D 26 B 34 D 42 B 50 B

3 D 11 C 19 D 27 B 35 B 43 A 51 B

4 D 12 D 20 C 28 C 36 B 44 A 52 C

5 B 13 D 21 C 29 D 37 C 45 D 53 C

6 D 14 A 22 A 30 B 38 C 46 A 54 B

7 A 15 C 23 C 31 D 39 C 47 A 55 D

8 D 16 B 24 B 32 B 40 A 48 C 56 A

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