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1. If a (p+q)2 + 2bpq+c = 0 and a (p+r)2 + 2bpr + c = 0, then qr =

c a a b
(A) p2 + (B) p2 + (C) p2 + (D) p2 +
a c b a

2. The diagram shows the graph of y

y = ax2 + bx + c, then
(A) a > 0
(B) b < 0
(x2, 0)
(C) c > 0
(x1, 0) x
(D) b2 – 4ac = 0

3. Let r1,r2 ,r3 be the solutions of the equation x3 − 2x2 + 4x + 5074 = 0 then the value of
(r1 + 2)(r2 + 2)(r3 + 2) is
(A) 5050 (B) 5066 (C) -5050 (D) -5066

4. If ,  ,  are the roots of the equation x3 + qx + r = 0 then (1 +  )(1 + )(1 +  ) =

(a) qr (B) 1 + q – r (C) –q/r (D) 1 + qr

5. x, a, b, c are real and ( x-a +b)2 + (x- b+c)2 =0, then a,b, c, are in
(A) H.P. (B) G.P. (C) A.P. (D) none of these .

6. The values of ‘a’ for which the equation 2x2 –2(2a+1) x +a(a-1) =0 has roots  and  where
 < a<  are such that
(A) a> -3 (B) a < 0 (C) a> 0 or a< -3 (D) a> 3.

7. For all x  R, if mx2 –9mx + 5m + 1 > 0, then m lies in the interval

 4   4  4
(A)  − , 0 (B) 0, (C) 0,  (D) none of these
 61   61  61

8. The product of the solutions to the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is 6. The product of the
solutions to the quadratic equation bx2 + cx + a = 0 is 8. The product of the solutions of the
equation cx2 + ax + b = 0 is
(A) 1/42 (B) 48 (C) 4/3 (D) 1/48

9. If ax2 + bx + 1 = 0 does not have 2 distinct real roots then least value of 2a - b is
1
(A) –1 (B) 0 (D) 1(C) −
2
10. If tan  and tan are two solutions of x2 − px + q = 0,cot  and cot  are the roots of
x2 − rx + s = 0 then the value of rs is equal to
p q 1
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) (D) pq
q p pq

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11. ( )
If the equation a ( x − 1) + b x 2 − 3x + 2 + x − a2 = 0 is satisfied for all x  R then the number of
2

ordered pairs of (a,b) can be

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

x
12. The value of the expression y =  x  R can not lie between
x + 4x + 1
2

 1 1 1 2  1 1  1 1
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
 3 2 2 3 6 2 6 2
Comprehension
Let P(x) be quadratic polynomial with real coefficients such that for all real x the relation
2 (1 + P ( x ) ) = P ( x − 1) + P ( x + 1) holds. If P(0)= 8 and P(2) = 32 then
13. Sum of all the coefficient of P(x) is
(A) 20 (B) 19 (C) 17 (D) 15

14. If the range of P(x) is m, ) then the value of ‘m’ is

(A) -12 (B) -15 (C) -17 (D) -5

15. The value of P(40) is

(A) 2007 (B) 2008 (C) 2009 (D) 2010

Numerical Problems-
16. If a and b are positive numbers and each of the equations x2 + ax + 2b = 0 and x2 + 2bx + a = 0
has real roots, then the smallest possible of ( a + b ) is__________

1 1 1 10
17. a, b, c are reals such that a + b + c = 3 and + + = .
a+b b+c c +a 3
a b c
The value of + + is ______________
b+c c +a a+b

x −1 x − 2
18. Number of integral values of x satisfying the inequality  _________
x−3 x−4

19. The quadratic equation 2006x2 + 2007x + 1 = 0 and x2 + 2007x + 2006 = 0 have a root in
common. Then the product of the uncommon roots is _____________

20. If the difference between the roots of x2 + px + q = 0 is the same as the difference between the
roots of x2 + qx + p = 0 and p  q then the absolute value of (p+q) is_________

1 
21. If roots x1 and x 2 of the equation x2 − 4ax + 1 = 0 satisfy x1  a and x2  0 , then a   ,   ,k
k 
must be ___________

22. ( )
A solution for 10x + 10− x = 4 has the form x = log10 A + B . The value of ( A + B) is equal to

ANS 1.(A 2.(B 3.(C 4.(B 5.(C) 6.(C) 7.(C) 8.(D) 9.(C) 10.(A

12.D 13. B 14.C 15.B 16. 6 17. 7 18. 0 19. 1 20. 4 21. 2 22. 5

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CPP 2
1. If x, y, z are real such that x + y + z = 4 , x2 + y2 + z2 = 6 , then x 
2 
(A) ( −1,1) (B) 0,2 (C)  2,3 (D)  ,2
3 

2. Let ,  be the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 . A root of the equation a3 x2 + abcx + c3 = 0
is
(A)  +  (B) 2 +  (C) 2 −  (D) 2

3. Total number of integral values of ‘a’ such that x2 + ax + a + 1 = 0 has integral roots is equal to
(A) one (B) two
(C) three (D) four


4 If ,  and  are the roots of x3 + qx + r = 0 then +  is

(A) 3 (B) q + r (C) q/r (D) - 3

5. If (-2,7) is the highest point on the graph of y = −2x2 − 4ax + k , then k equals
(A) 31 (B) 11 (C) -1 (D) -1/3

6. If b > a, then the equation (x – a) (x – b) – 1 = 0 has

(A) both roots in [a, b] (B) both roots in (-, a)
(C) both roots in (b, ) (D) one root in (-, a) and other in (b, )

(2x − 5) 4 ( x − 6) 3
7. Solution set of  0 is
( x + 1)( 2x + 9) 6 ( x + 3)
 9
(A) (- , -3)  (-1, 6) (B) (- , -3)  (-1, 6] - − 
 2
 9  9   5  9  5 
(C)  − ,−    − ,−3    − 1,  (D)  − ,−3   (− 1, 6)   ,6 
 2  2   2  2  6 
x + 3x + 1
2
8. The extreme values of the rational expression x  R are
x2 + x + 1
5 5
(A) 1, − (B) -1, (C) 2 , 5 (D) 5 , 3
3 3

1+  1+  1+ 
9. If , ,  are the roots of x3 – x2 -1 = 0 then the value of + + is equal to
1−  1−  1− 
(A) -7 (B) -6 (C) -4 (D) -5

SECTION 2
1. The sum of coefficients of the polynomial f ( x ) = ( 3x − 2 )107 . ( x + 1)4 is
(A) 16 (B) 3107
(C) 3107. 24 (D) None of these

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2. If a, b, c are distinct and p(x) is a polynomial in x’ which leaves the remainders a, b, c on
division by (x - a), (x - b), (x – c) respectively. Then, the remainder on division of P(x) by
( x − a )( x − b )( x − c ) is
(A) x + a + b + c (B) a + b + c
(C) x (D) None of these

3. If ,  are roots of x2 + ax − b = 0 and ,  are roots of x2 + ax + b = 0 , then value of

(  −  )(  −  )(  −  )(  −  ) is
(A) 2b2 (B) 3b2 (C) 4b2 (D) 5b2

4. If the product of the roots of the equation x2 − 3kx + 2e2loge k − 1 = 0 is 7. Then, the value of k is
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4

5. If the roots of ( b − c ) x2 + ( c − a ) x + ( a − b ) = 0 are equal, than

2ac
(A) 2b = a + c (B) b2 = ac (C) b = (D) None of these
a+c

6. The number of solutions for, 3x + 4x = 5x is

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

7. If the equation ( a2 − 4a + 3 ) x 2 + ( a − 1) x + ( a2 − 1) = 0 has infinite roots, then the value of ‘a’ is

(A) 1 (B) 1,3 
(C)  1 (D)  −1,1,3 

8. If px2 + 2qx + r = 0 and qx2 − 2 prx + q = 0 have real roots, then

(A) 2q = p + r (B) q2 = pr
2pr
(C) q = (D) None of these
p+r
 2 + 2 + 1 2 + 2 + 1
9. If ,  are the roots of x2 − p ( x + 1) − c = 0, then the value of + is
 2 + 2 + c 2 + 2 + c
(A) 1 (B) -1
(C) 2 (D) -2

10. The value of x for which both the equations ( a − b ) x2 + ( b − c ) x + ( c − a ) = 0 and

( c − a ) x2 + ( b − c ) x + ( a − b ) = 0 has a common root is
(A) a + b + c (B) a − b + c
(C) 1 (D) 0

11. If x  R, then the solution set of the equation x +1+ x − 1 = 1 is

(A) 5
4
(B) 
1
4

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 (C)   (D)  
1 5
,
4 4
1 1 1
12. If a, b, c are positive real numbers, satisfy + + = 1, then least value of abc is
1+ a 1+ b 1− c
(A) 6 (B) 7
(C) 8 (D) 9

13. If a, b, c are not equal, a, b c  R+ and a + b + c  0. Then, a3 + b3 + c3 − 3abc is

(A) positive (B) negative
(C) non-negative (D) non-positive

14. The value of ‘k’ if the roots of 4x3 − 12x2 + 11x + k = 0 are a – d, a, a + d, is
(A) -2 (B) -3
(C) -4 (D) -5

15. If p ( x ) = x3 − 3x 2 + 2x + 5 and p ( a ) = p ( b ) = p ( c ) = 0, then the value of

( 2 − a )( 2 − b )( 2 − c ) is
(A) 3 (B) 5
(C) 7 (D) 9

16. If ( 3 + 2 ) is a root of x3 − 11x2 + 37x − 35 = 0 , then the rational root of equation is

(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 9

17. The value of x satisfying,

1 1 1
+ +
log3 1994 log6 1994 log9 1994
is
1 1
+ =
log12 1994 log3x 1994
(A) 648 (B) 644
(C) 846 (D) None of these

18. The minimum value of log10 x + logx 10 is

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

ANSWERS

1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B

5. A 6. B 7. A 8. B

9. A 10. C 11. C 12. C

13. A 14. B 15. B 16. B

17. A 18. B

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