REVISION

ASSIGNMENT
RA-01 [QUADRATIC EQUATION] MATHEMATICS

1. If x2 – 3x + 2 is a factor of x4 – px2 + q, then-

(A) equation x4 – px2 + q = 0 has four distinct real roots
(B) equation x4 – px2 + q = 0 has two real and two imaginary roots
(C) p = – 5, q = – 4
(D) p = 5, q = 4
2. If circle S : x2 + y2 + 2gx + 2ƒy + c = 0 is orthogonal to x2 + y2 + 4x + 2y + 3 = 0 and passes through
point of intersection of circles S1 : x2 + y2 = 1 and S2 : x2 + y2 + 2x + 2y + 1 = 0, then
(A) intercept on x-axis by S = 0, is 1 unit (B) intercept on y-axis by S = 0, is 1 unit
(C) g + ƒ + c = 1 (D) g + ƒ + c = 2
3. If the quadratic equation x2 + 2ax + b(a – 1) = 0 has real roots for all real values of a, and b is an integer,
then which of the following is correct ?
(A) Greatest value of b is 4 (B) No such value of b is possible
(C) Least value of b is 0 (D) b can be any integer
4. Given that x2 – 3x – 4 < 0, (log2 x)2 − 2log2 x − 3 < 0 and 2sin2x + 3sinx – 2 > 0. Then x can be
(A) π (B) π (C) π (D) 2 π
5 2 3
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Let α , β are the roots of the equation x2 + x + k = 0 then answer the following
5. ( α – 1)( β – 1) is
(A) (2 + k) (B) (k – 2) (C) (k + 1) (D) (2k + 1)
6. The quadratic equation whose roots are (2 α – 3) and (2 β – 3) is given as :-
(A) x2 + x + 7 + 12k = 0 (B) x2 – x – 7 – k = 0
3
(C) x2 + 7x + k = 0 (D) x2 + 8x + 15 + 4k = 0
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Let ƒ : R → R be the function defined as ƒ(x) = – x2 + bx + c (b,c ∈ R) such that
ƒ(x) = ƒ(2 – x) ∀ x ∈ R and α , β are the roots of the equation ƒ(x) = 0.
[Note : [k] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to k]
7. If c ∈ (0,1) and α < β then -
(A) |[ α ]| < [ β ] (B) [ α ] + [ β ] ≥ 0
(C) α 2017 β 2015 + α 2015 β 2017 < 0 (D) max.([ α ], [ β ]) = 2
8. If c ∈ ( – 1, 0), then -
(A) min.([ α ], [ β ]) = 0 (B) max.([ α ], [ β ]) = 2
(C) [ α ] + [ β ] < 2 (D) maximum value of ƒ(x) ∈ (0,1)

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Consider the equation x4 – λ x2 + 9 = 0.
9. If the equation has four real and distinct roots, then the possible value(s) of λ is/are
(A) 7 (B) – 7 (C) 8 (D) 6
10. If the equation has no real root, then the possible value(s) of λ is/are
(A) 6 (B) – 7 (C) 0 (D) – 6
11. If the equation has only two real roots, then which of the following value(s) of λ is/are Not possible
(A) 7 (B) – 7 (C) 0 (D) 6
12. The value of k for which equations x2 + (2k – 6)x + 7 – 3k = 0 and x2 + (2k – 2)x + 3k – 5 = 0 has two
different pair of equal roots, is
13. The values of k ∈ R for which
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the list.
List-I List-II
(I) sum of roots of x2 + (2 – k – k2)x – k2 = 0 is zero (P) – 4
(II) The roots of x2 + (2k – 1)x + k2 + 2 = 0 are in ratio 1 : 2 (Q) 1
Sum of the square of the roots of x2 – (k – 2)x – k – 1 = 0 1
(III) (R) −
assume the least value 7

(IV) kx2 – (k + 1)x + 2k – 1 = 0 has equal roots (S) – 2

(T) – 3
(A) I → Q,S;II → P,Q;III → T;IV → Q (B) I → P,R;II → R;III → S;IV → T
(C) I → Q,S;II → P;III → Q;IV → Q,R (D) I → Q,S;II → P;III → Q,R;IV → Q
14. Consider the quadratic equation
(a2 – 3a + 2) x2 + (2a3 – a2 – 11a + 10) x + (2a2 + 3a – 5) = 0 then find the sum of all the value(s) of a
(where a ∈ R) for which the given equation has
List-I List-II
(P) both roots infinity (1) – 7
(Q) both roots zero (2) 2
(R) exactly one root infinity (3) −5
2
(S) both roots are multiplicative inverse of each other (4) ϕ

(A) P → 3;Q → 2;R → 1;S → 4 (B) P → 2;Q → 3;R → 1;S → 4

(C) P → 2;Q → 3;R → 4;S → 1 (D) P → 3;Q → 2;R → 4;S → 1

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15. The graph of y = (x – a)2 + b and y = (x – a)2 + c have y-intercepts of 2021 and 1961 respectively. Each
graph has two positive integral x-intercepts. Then match the following Lists.
List-I List-II
(P) a is equal to (1) – 64
(Q) b is equal to (2) –4
(R) c is equal to (3) 0
(S) number of integral roots of (x – a)2 + b = 5, is (4) 2
(5) 4
(6) 45
(A) P → 5;Q → 5;R → 1;S → 4 (B) P → 6;Q → 2;R → 1;S → 4
(C) P → 6;Q → 2;R → 1;S → 3 (D) P → 5;Q → 1;R → 2;S → 3
16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the list.
List-I List-II
Minimum degree of a polynomial with rational
(I) (P) 2
coefficient whose one root is √2 + √3 + 5
2 2
(II) If x + λ x + 1 = 0 and (b – c)x + (c – a)x + (a – b) = 0 (Q) 4
have both roots common then | λ | is
If p and q be the roots of the quadratic equation
(III) x2 – (a – 2)x – a – 1 = 0, then minimum value of (R) 6
p2 + q2 is
If α and β are the roots of 2x2 + 9x + c = 0 and
(IV) 2 2 9 (S) 5
| α – β | = , then 3c is equal to
4 5
(T) 8
(A) I → R;II → Q;III → P;IV → S (B) I → Q;II → S;III → R;IV → 1
(C) I → Q;II → P;III → S;IV → R (D) I → R;II → P;III → Q;IV → S
17. List-I List-II
(P) The minimum value of x2 – 8x + 21 is (1) 0
2
(Q) The smallest natural number k for which x – kx (2) 7
+ 12 = 0 has integral roots only is
If the equation x2 + 2x + 3 and x2 – px + q = 0
(R) have a common root for real values of p and q, (3) 5
then p + q is
If ax2 + bx + c = 0 is true for x = 1, 2, 3 then a + b
(S) (4) 1
– 5c is
(5) 2
(A) P → 1;Q → 2;R → 3;S → 4 (B) P → 2;Q → 1;R → 4;S → 3
(C) P → 4;Q → 3;R → 2;S → 1 (D) P → 3;Q → 2;R → 4;S → 1

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18. Let P(x) = x5 + x2 + 1 has zeros α 1, α 2, α 3, α 4, α 5 and Q(x) = x2 – 2, then match List-I with List-II :
List-I List-II
5
(I) ∏ Q ( α i) = (P) 20
i=1
5
(II) ∑ Q ( α i) = (Q) – 23
i=1

(III) ∑ ∑ Q ( α i) Q ( α j) = (R) 40
1 ⩽ i<j ⩽ 5

5
(IV) ∑ Q2 ( α i ) = (S) – 10
i=1

(T) 15
(A) I → Q;II → S;III → R;IV → P (B) I → T;II → Q;III → R;IV → P
(C) I → R;II → P;III → T;IV → Q (D) I → Q;II → S;III → P;IV → T
19. The values of k ∈ R for which
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the list.
List-I List-II
(P) sum of roots of x2 + (2 – k – k2)x – k2 = 0 is zero (1) –4
The roots of x2 + (2k – 1)x + k2 + 2 = 0 are in
(Q) (2) 1
ratio 1 : 2
Sum of the square of the roots of x2 – (k – 2)x – 1
(R) (3) −
k – 1 = 0 assume the least value 7

(S) kx2 – (k + 1)x + 2k – 1 = 0 has equal roots (4) –2

(5) –3

(A) P → 4;Q → 1;R → 3;S → 5

(B) P → 4;Q → 2;R → 2,3;S → 5
(C) P → 2,4;Q → 1;R → 2;S → 3,4
(D) P → 2;Q → 1;R → 2,3;S → 5
20. Let p, q ∈ {1, 2, 3, 4} the number of equations of the form x2 + qx + p = 0 having real roots is ?

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