Concept Review Questions

Directions for questions 1 to 30: For the Multiple Choice Questions, select the correct alternative from the given
choices. For the Non-Multiple Choice Questions, write your answer in the box provided.

1. (a) The set of all real numbers lying between 3 and 12. If 8 − 12x ≥ −16 then the maximum value of x is
4 is represented as
(A) [3, 4) (B) (3, 4] (C) (3, 4) (D) [3, 4]
(b) The set of all real numbers lying between 5 and
13. Solve: −7x + 5 ≥ 5x − 19.
6 including 5 is represented as
(A) x ≥ 2 (B) x ≥ −2
(A) (5, 6) (B) [5, 6) (C) [5, 6] (D) (5, 6]
(C) x ≤ 2 (D) x ≤ −2
(c) The set of all real numbers from 4 to 6 is
represented as 14. The solution set of the inequality −9x − 5 < 7x + 27 is
(A) [4, 6] (B) (4, 6) (C) [4, 6) (D) (4, 6] (A) (2, ∞ ) (B) (− ∞ , −2)
(C) (−2, ∞ ) (D) (− ∞ , 2)
2. When x < 0, then |x| =
(A) 0 (B) x (C) ±x (D) −x 15. If –2x ≥ 8 then
(A) x ≥ 8 (B) x ≥ 4
3. If a > b and c > 0, then which of the following
(C) x ≤ 8 (D) x ≤ –4
statements is / are true?
(A) a + c > b + c (B) a − c > b − c
16. (a) If 2x + 7 ≤ 9x then
(C) ac > bc (D) All the above
(A) x ≤ 1 (B) x < 1 (C) x ≥ 1 (D) x > 1
4. If a < b and c < 0 then which of the following is true?
a b (b) If 4x + 34 > 7x + 31, then
(A) ac < bc (B) < (A) x > 1 (B) x < 1
c c
(C) ac > bc (D) None of these (C) x > – 1 (D) x < – 1

1 (c) If 5x – 17 ≥ 2x – 15, then

5. When x > 0, the minimum value of x + is
x −2 −2
(A) x ≥ (B) x ≤
3 3
2 2
(C) x ≥ (D) x ≤
6. Which of the following intervals is such that, any 3 3
number in that interval can be expressed as
x 17. (a) If 5x + 3 > 7x – 9, then
 1
1 +  , for some positive real number x? (A) x < –6 (B) x > 6
 x (C) x < 6 (D) x > –6
(A) [1.5, 3.5] (B) [2, 3)
(C) (1, 2) (D) [1, 3) (b) If 4x + 3 ≥ 3x – 12, then
(A) x ≤ 5 (B) x ≤ –15
7. If p and q are two real numbers, then which of the (C) x ≥ 5 (D) x ≥ –15
following statements is always true?
p 18. If 5x – 8 < 2x + 9 and 4x + 7 > 7x – 8, then the range
(A) <1⇒p<q of x is
q
(A) (5, ∞) (B) (–∞, 5)
(B) p > 0, q > 0 and
p
q
>1⇒p>q (
(C) 5, 17
3
) (
(D) − ∞, 17
3
)
p
(C) >1⇒p>q 1 1
q 19. If ≥ and x > 0, then which of the following
3x + 1 3
(D) All the above holds?
8. All real numbers less than or equal to 5 are included in (A) 3x + 1 ≥ 3
(A) (−∞, 5] (B) (−∞, 5) (B) 1 < 3x + 1 ≤ 3
(C) (−∞, −3) ∪ (5, ∞) (D) (5, ∞) (C) –(3x + 1) ≥ 3
(D) 3x + 1 ≤ 1/3
9. If − 3 ≤ x ≤ 8, then x belongs to
(A) (−3, 8) (B) [−3, 8) 20. Solve : 2x − 3 ≥ 7 and 5x − 7 < 3.
(C) [−3, 8] (D) (−3, 8) (A) φ (B) [5, ∞ )
(C) (−∞, 2) (D) [2, 5]
10. If 3x − 7 ≤ 5, then the maximum of x is
21. Which of the following is always true?
(A) x > y ⇒ x2 > y2.
11. If 7x − 4 ≥ 31, then the minimum value of x is (B) x > y ⇒ x2 < y2.
(C) If x > 0, y > 0 and x > y, then x2 > y2.
(D) None of the above
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22. (a) The solution set of the inequality |2x + 1| < 0 is 26. The solution set of the inequality x − 5 < 9 is
 1 1 
(A)  − ∞, −  (B)  , ∞  (A) (0, 14) (B) (– 4, 14)
 2 2  (C) (– 4, 0) (D) (9, 14)
 1 
(C)  − , ∞  (D) φ 27. If 5 x − 7 = 12, then the positive value of x is
 2 

(b) The solution set of the inequality |2x − 3| ≥ 0 is

3 
(A) φ (B)  , ∝  28. If (x + 5) (x + 9) (x + 3)2 < 0, then the solution set for
2  the inequality is
(C) R (D) None of these (A) (–9, – 3)
(B) (–9, –5)
23. If x2 – 9 x – 36 is negative, then find the range of x. (C) (– 3, ∞)
(A) (−3, 12) (B) [−3, 12] (D) (–9, ∞)
(C) (−12, 3) (D) [−12, 3]
29. Which of the following is true?
24. Solve x 2 − 16 = 0. (A) x + y ≤ x + y
(A) {0, 4} (B) [–4, 4] x x
(C) (–4, 4) (D) {–4, 4} (B) = ,y≠0
y y
25. (a) Solve for x: 5x2 – 3x – 2 ≥ 0. (C) x−y ≥ x − y
 −2   −2  (D) All the above
(A)  , 1 (B) R –  , 1
5   5 
(C) [1, ∞) (D) R – (0, 1) 30. If 6x + 8 > 7x – 9 and 4x – 7 < 6x – 3, then the range
of the values of x is
(b) The number of integral values of x, that do not (A) (– 17, 2) (B) (2, 17)
x+5 (C) (– 2, 17) (D) (– ∞, 17)
satisfy the inequation ≥ 0 is
x−2

(c) Solve for x: 4x2 – 7x – 30 < 0

 15   15 
(A)  − 2,  (B) − 2, 
 4   4
 15 
(C) (–∞, –2) (D) − 2, 
 4 

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 Exercise − 3(a)
Directions for questions 1 to 30: For the Multiple Choice Questions, select the correct alternative from the given
choices. For the Non-Multiple Choice Questions, write your answer in the box provided.

1. Find the range of the values of x satisfying the 13. If x, y, z are positive numbers, then which of the
inequalities 3x + 4 ≥ − 5 and 8x − 13 ≤ 19. following holds?
(A) [−4, 3] (B) [−3, 4] (A) (x + y) (y + z) (z + x) ≥ 8xyz
(C) (− ∞, −3] ∪[4, ∞] (D) (–3, 4) (B) (xy + yz + zx)2 ≥ 3xyz(x + y + z)
1 1 1 1 1 1
2. Find the range of the values of x satisfying (C) 2 + 2 + 2 ≥ + +
x y z xy yz xz
8 − 3x ≤ 5 and 4x + 5 ≤ −7.
(A) [−3, 1] (B) (− ∞, −3] ∪ [1, ∞) (D) All the above
(C) (−3, 1) (D) φ
14. If ac = bd = 2, then the minimum value of
3. What are the values of x that satisfy the inequality a2 + b2 + c2 + d2 is
−x2 + x + 90 > 0?
(A) (− ∞, −9) ∪ (10, ∞) (B) (−10, 9) 15. If x, y > 0 and x + y = 3 then
(C) (−9, 10) (D) (− ∞, −10) ∪ (9, ∞) (A) xy ≤ 0.72 (B) xy ≤ 1.8
(C) xy ≤ 2.25 (D) xy ≤ 1.25
4. What are the values of x that satisfy the inequality
4x2 + x − 5 > 0? 16. The number of integral solutions of the inequality
(A) (–5/4, 1)
(B) (–1, 5/4) |x − 5| + |x −1| < 2 is
(C) (− ∞, −1) ∪ (5/4, ∞)
(D) (–∞, –5/4) ∪ (1, ∞) 17. Find the number of integers satisfying the inequality
(3x2 − 7x − 6) (x2 − 5x + 4) < 0.
5. What are the values of x that satisfy the inequality (A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) 3
2x − 3
< −3, (x ≠ −4)? 18. The difference between the largest and the smallest
x+4
integer that satisfies the inequality
(A) (− ∞, −4) ∪ (–9/5, ∞)
1 2 7
(B) (– ∞, –9/5) ∪ (4, ∞) > ; x ≠ is
(C) (–4, –9/5) 2x − 7 9 2
(D) (–9/5, 4)
19. Find the range of values of x that satisfies |x − 16| >
6. What are the values of x that satisfy the inequality x2 − 7x + 24.
3x 2 + 7x − 6 3 5
< 0, (x ∈ R x ≠ 1, 8)? (A) (0, 2) (B)  ,  (C) (1, 3) (D) (2, 4)
x 2 − 9x + 8 2 2
(A) (–3, 2/3) ∪ (1, 8)
(B) [− ∞, −3) ∪ (2/3, 1) ∪ (8, ∞) 20. For which of the following range of values of x is
(C) [1, 8] x2 + x less than x3 + 1?
(D) (–3, 2/3) ∪ (8, ∞) (A) (− ∞, −1) (B) (1, ∞)
(C) (–1, 1) ∪ (1, ∞) (D) [–1, 1]
7. Which of the following is/are true?
(A) 3031 < 3130 (B) 7169 > 7070 21. If a2 b3 = (540) (35)2, then the minimum value of
(C) (155)29 < (150)30 (D) Both (B) and (C) 5a + 7b is
(A) 200 (B) 70 (C) 175 (D) 105
8. The minimum value of 6 + |4 − 7x| is
22. If a + b + c = 24, then the maximum value
of a2 b3 c is
21
9. For what value of x is −|x − 3|+ maximum? (A) 23 310 (B) 63 210 (C) 63 28 (D) 214 33
2
23. The minimum value of
10. The maximum value of 3 − |2x − 1| is 1
(
 3
a +b
a3 b3 c 3 
3 2 3
) (
c + b3 + c 3 )2
(
a3 + a3 + c 3 )b
2 3



11. Find the range of all values of x if |2x + 3| ≥ 7. where a, b, c are positive numbers is ______.
(A) (−5, 2) (B) [−5, 2] (A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 18
(C) (–5, –2) (D) (− ∞, −5] ∪ [2, ∞)
24. The solution set of the inequality x2 – 14x + 56 < 0 is
12. Find the range of all values of x if |3x + 5| < 5x − 11. (A) R – (3, 7) (B) R – {3, 7}
(A) (8, ∞) (C) ∅ (D) R
(B) (– ∞, –5/3) ∪ (8, ∞)
(C) (–5/3, 8) 25. If 5 x + 3 > 14 and x > 0, then x >
(D) (–5/3, ∞)
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26. The number of distinct solutions of the equation 29. The range of a for which ax2 − 6x + 9 > 0 for all real
values of x is
x2 – 15 | x | + 56 = 0 is
(A) (−∞, 1) (B) (1, ∞)
27. The number of distinct solutions of the equation (C) (−1, 1) (D) (−∞ −1)

2x − 5 x − 3 = 18 is 30. The range of x for which 2x2 − 5x − 8 ≤ |2x2 + x| is

 4   4 
28. If x, y, z are positive, then the value of (A) − , ∞  (B)  − ,−1
 3   3 
( 4 x 2 + x + 4 ) (5 y 2 + y + 5 ) (7 z 2 + z + 7 )
can be (C) [−1, ∞) (D) [−1, 2]
xyz
(A) 400 (B) 500 (C) 1000 (D) 1500

Exercise − 3(b)
Directions for questions 1 to 40: For the Multiple Choice Questions, select the correct alternative from the given
choices. For the Non-Multiple Choice Questions, write your answer in the box provided.
1. The number of integral values of x, for which the 11. Let a1, a2¸- - - a3n be 3n positive numbers such that
x−5 their product is 1. The minimum value of a1 + a2 + a3
inequation > 4 is satisfied, is + - - - - + a3n is
x+7
(A) n (B) 31/n (C) 3n (D) 3n
2. If x, y, z are positive numbers and xyz = 216, which 12. If a, b, c, d are positive numbers, the minimum value of
of the following is not a possible value of  1 1 1 1
xy + yz + zx? the product (a + b + c + d)  + + +  is
(A) 326 (B) 433 (C) 291 (D) 96 a b c d

3. If 1 ≤ x ≤ 3 and 2 ≤ y ≤ 5, then the minimum value of 13. If a, b, c, d and e are positive numbers such that
abcde = 32, then the minimum value of
x+y
is
y (1 + a) (1 + b) (1 + c) (1 + d) (1 + e) is

4. The solution set for the inequation 14. If a, b, c are positive and if a + b + c = 12, then the
3x + 2 < |2x + 5| < 8x + 9 is maximum value of (b + c) (c + a) (a + b) is
(A) 676 (B) 408 (C) 256 (D) 512
 2  2 
(A)  − , 3  (B)  , 3 
 3  3  15. If x, y and z are positive numbers, then the minimum
 2   −2  x 2 y + y 2 z + z 2 x + xy 2 + yz 2 + zx 2
(C) − , 3 (D)  , 4  value of is
xyz
 3   3 

5. If 2x + 3y = 10, where x and y are positive numbers 16. If 2 ≤ x ≤ 5 and − 7 ≤ y ≤ − 3, then the minimum
value of which of the following is the least?
then the maximum value of x3 y2 is (A) x2 y (B) xy2
(C) 3xy (D) −2xy2
x 2 − 7x + 10
6. The solution set of the inequality < 1 is 17. The range of values of y that satisfy the inequation
x 2 + 6 x − 40 y2/3-3y1/3-10 ≤ 0 are
 70 50   50  (A) −2 ≤ y ≤ 5 (B) 8 ≤ y ≤125
(A)  ,  (B)  − 10,  ∪ (4, ∞) (C) −8 ≤ y ≤125 (D) −9 ≤ y ≤ 5
 13 3   13 
(C) (4, ∞) (D) R − (–4, 0) 18. The number of integral values of x that satisfy the

7. If b ≥ 5 and x = a b, which of the following is true? inequation x − 3 + x − 4 ≤ 7 is

(A) a − xb > 0 (B) a + xb < 0 19. The solution set of the system of inequations
(C) a + xb > 0 (D) a – xb ≤ 0 x2 − 5x + 6 > 0 and x2 − 3x + 2 > 0 is
(A) (− ∞, 2) (B) (− ∞, 1) ∪ (3, ∞)
8. The number of solutions of the equation x − x − 2 = 6 (C) (1, 3) (D) (1, ∞)
is 20. The number of integral values of x, for which
x−3
9. If a, b and c are positive numbers and < 0 is
a3 + b3 + c3 = 27, then the maximum value of abc is x+2

21. The solution set of the system of inequations

3x + 17 < 5x − 19 and 4x + 15 > 9x + 21.
10. If x ≤ 4, y ≥ − 2, which of the following is necessarily
(A) (18, ∞) (B) R
true?
(A) xy ≥ − 8  −6
(B) x + y > 2 (C) ∅ (D)  − ∞, 
(C) x − y ≤ 6 (D) (A) and (B)  5 
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22. For which of the following values of x does the 35. A = {x : x |x − 5| = 6, x ∈ N} A =
expression x + 3 + x − 5 + 7 have its least value? (A) {2, 3, 6} (B) {1, 2, 3}
(C) {1, 2, 3, 6} (D) {1, 3, 6}
(A) 4 (B) −6 (C) 7 (D) −5
36. If p, q, r are positive and
23. The maximum value of the expression 10 − 3x + 5 is (2p 2 + p + 2)(3q2 + q + 3)(r 2 + r + 1)
x = , then x
15pqr
cannot be
24. For how many integral values of x, is the expression
(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 7 (D) 6
9 − 4x − 5x2 non-negative?
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 3
37. The range of values of k for which −x2 + 3kx + 5k
25. If x, y are positive and xy = 27, then the minimum + 1 < 0 is
(A) (∞, –2) ∪ (–2/9, ∞)
value of 3x + 4y is  9 
(B) − ,−2
 2 
26. At what value of x is |2x − 7| − 8 minimum?
(C) (–2, –2/9)
7 7 (D) (−∞, ∞)
(A) −8 (B) (C) − (D) 15
2 2
38. The range of x for which |x2 + x − 2| ≤ x2 − x is
27. Which of the following is/are true? (A) [−1, 1]
(A) (15!)2 < 1515 (B) (12)12 < (12!)2 (B) (−∞, –1]
(C) (18!)2 <1818 (D) both (B) and (C) (C) [1, ∞)
(D) No such value of x exists
28. Find the range of values of x for which
|x + 4| < 3x − 7. 39. Given g(x) = |3–x|x. Which of the following is true
(A) (11/2, ∞) (B) (3/4, ∞) about g(x)?
(C) (–∞, −3/4) (D) (3/4, 11/2) (A) If a < b < 0, then g(a) > g(b)
(B) If 0 < a < b < 2, then g(a) < g(b)
29. If x, y and z are positive numbers and x + y + z
equals k, then xy + yz + zx will be _____. (C) If 2 < a < b< 4, then |g(a) – g(b)| < 1
(D) If 3 < a < b, then g(a) > g(b)
k2 k2
(A) at most (B) at least
40. Max [min(x + 6, x − 3), min (x + 5, x − 7)] =
3 3
k2 k2 (A) x + 6 (B) x + 5
(C) less than (D) more than
3 3 (C) x – 3 (D) x – 7

30. If 3x – 7 ≤ 6x + 8 and 2x – 5 ≥ 7x + 10, then the range Directions for questions 41 to 50: Each question is
of the values of x that satisfies the inequalities is followed by two statements, Ι and ΙΙ. Answer each
(A) [–5, – 3] (B) (–∞, – 3) question using the following instructions:
(C) (– ∞, –5] (D) [–5, ∞) Choose (A) if the question can be answered using one
of the statements alone, but cannot be
31. Given g(x) = |2–x|x. Which of the following is true answered using the other statement alone.
about g(x)? Choose (B) if the question can be answered using
(A) If 0< a < b < 1, then g(a) < g(b) either statement alone.
(B) If 1 < a < b< 2, then g(a) > g(b) Choose (C) if the question can be answered using Ι and
(C) If 2 < a < b < 3, then g(a) > g(b) ΙΙ together but not using Ι or ΙΙ alone
(D) If 1 < a < b < 3, then g(a) < g(b) Choose (D) if the question cannot be answered even
using Ι and ΙΙ together.
32. Which of the following is/are true? 41. Is x < y?
(Ι) If a < b ⇒ ac < bc Ι. x2 > y3
(ΙΙ) If a > b ⇒ a – c > b – c ΙΙ. y2 > x3
(A) Only Ι
(B) Only ΙΙ 42. Is x > 1?
(C) Both Ι and ΙΙ Ι. x2 > x3
(D) Neither Ι nor ΙΙ ΙΙ. x3> x

33. The number of distinct solutions of the equation 43. What is the maximum value of x + 6 z ?

|3x − |5x + 7|| = 10 is Ι. x − 2y ≤ 5.

ΙΙ. y + 3z ≤ 9.
34. If –3 < x < 5, –7 < y < 12 and z = 3x – 4y, then which
of the following is the range of z?
(A) –57 < z < 43 (B) 19 < z < –33 44. Is 3 x + 5 < 5x + 1?
(C) 19 < z < 43 (D) –57 < z < – 33 Ι. (x + 5) (x + 10) (x − 6) > 0.
ΙΙ. 8x2 − 10 x − 12 > 0.
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