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POLYNOMIAL
Class 10 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 20

1. The number of quadratic polynomials having zeroes -5 and -3 is [1]

a) 2 b) more than 3

c) 3 d) 1

2. The sum of zeroes of the polynomial √2 x2 - 17 are given as:

–
[1]

a) 0 b) −
17√2

c) 17√2
d) 1
2

3. The sum and product of the zeroes of the polynomial x2 - 6x + 8 are respectively [1]

a) −3

2
and 1 b) −3

2
and – 1

c) 3

2
and 1 d) 6 and 8

4. The sum and the product of zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = x2 + 5x + 6 are respectively [1]

a) 5, -6 b) 2, 3

c) -5, 6 d) -2, -3

5. If α, β are the zeros of the polynomial x2 + 6x + 2 then ( 1

+
1
) =? [1]
α β

a) -3 b) -12

c) 3 d) 12

6. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 14x2 - 42k2x - 9 is negative of the other, then the value of k is [1]

a) 3 b) 0

c) 1 d) 2

7. If α, β are the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 4x2 - 3x - 7, then ( 1

+
1
) is equal to: [1]
α β

a) −7

3
b) 3

c) −3

7
d) 7

8. The zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = x2 + 4x + 3 are given by: [1]

a) -1, 3 b) 1, -3

c) 1, 3 d) -1, -3

9. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial (k – 1) x2 + kx + 1 is –3, then the value of k is [1]

a) b)
−2 −4

3 3

1/3
 c) 4

3
d) 2

10. If α, β are the zeros of the polynomial f(x) = x2 + x + 1, then 1

+
1
=
[1]
α β

a) −1 b) 1

c) None of these d) 0
11. The number polynomials having zeroes as – 2 and 5 is [1]

a) 1 b) 2

c) 3 d) more than 3

12. The zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 25x2 - 49 are: [1]

a) , b) ,
7 7 49 49

5 5 25 25

c) − ,+ d) ,−
49 49 7 7

25 25 5 5

13. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial 3x2 + 11x - 4, then the value of
1
+
1
is [1]
α β

a) 13

4
b) 12

c) 11

4
d) 15

14. If one zero of the polynomial p(x) = (a2 + 9)x2 + 45x + 6a is reciprocal of the other, then the value of a is [1]

a) 2 b) 3

c) 0 d) 1
–
15. The zeros of the polynomial x 2
− √2x − 12 are [1]
– –
a) 3, 1 b) √2, − √2

– –
c) 3√2, −2√2 d) 3, -1

16. The sum and product of the zeroes of the polynomial f(x) = 4x2 - 27x + 3k2 are equal, then the value of k is [1]

a) ±3 b) 0

c) ±1 d) ±2

17. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 16x2 - 9 are: [1]

a) 9

16
, 16
9
b) −
3

4
,− 3

c) 3

4
, 3

4
d) −
3

4
, 3

18. If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial ax2 + bx + c, then the value of α
+
β
is [1]
β α

2 2

a) b −2ac

ac
b) b

ac

2 2

c) a
d) c

bc ab

19. If α and β are the zeros of 2x2 + 5x - 9 then the value of αβ is [1]
−9
a) 2
b) 9

−5
c) d)
5

2 2

20. If α, β are zeroes of a polynomial p(x) = 2x2 - x - 1 then α 2

+ β
2
is equal to [1]
−3
a) b)
1

4 4

2/3
c) d)
3 5

4 4

3/3