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Quadratic Equations
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ax 2 2x 3a 0 is equal to their product;
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quadratic equation a) 4 b) –3
a 2
5a 3 x 2 3a 1 x 2 0 c) –2/3 d) None of these
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c) c d)
d) 2, c
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9. If , are the roots of the equation 15. If the roots of the quadratic equation
3x 2 6x 5 0, then the equation whose x 2 4x log 3 a 0 are real, then the least
value of a is
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roots are and is 1
a) 81 b)
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a) x 2 3x 1 0 b) x 2 3x 2 0
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c) x 2 3x 2 0 d) x 2 3x 2 0 c) d) None of these
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10. If , are the roots of ax 2 bx b 0, then
16. If (1 k) tan 2 x 4 tan x 1 k 0 has real
b roots tan x1 and tan x2, then
is (where b2 4ab)
a a) k 2 5 b) k 2 6
a) 0 b) 1 c) k = 3 d) None of these
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12. The number of real roots of equation
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a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 x 2 1 n 2 x 1 n 2 n 4 0,
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13. If , are the roots of the equation then 2 2
8x 2 3x 27 0, then the value of a) n 2 2 b) n 2
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c) n2 d) 2n2
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1/ 3 1/ 3
2 2
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20. If the equation ax 2 bx c 0 and
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1 1 x 2 2x 3 0 have a common root, then
a) b)
3 4 a:b:c=
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c) d) 4 c) 1 : 2 : 3 d) None of these
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21. The minimum value of
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2 x x x 3 x is
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ax 2 bx c 0, then 2 2
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a) 1 b) b ac c) 6 d) 0
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22. Let f x x 3x 4, the value of x which c) 0 d) 0
satisfies f 1 f x f 1 f x is
2. If p, q, r are positive and are in A.P., the
a) 1 b) 2
c) 1 and 2 d) 1 and 0 roots of quadratic equation px 2 qx r 0
are all real for
23. The set of value of x for which the inequal-
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a) 7 4 3 b) 7 4 3
ity x 5 x 6 0 (where [] denote the p r
greatest integral function) hold good if c) all p and r d) no p and r
a) 2 x 3 b) 2 x 4
3. The roots of the equation
c) 2 x 3 d) 2 x 4
32x 3 37 10(73.3x 1) are
24. If x 2 x 1 0, then the value of 1
a) 2 b) 8,
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1 2 1 52 1
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a) 1 b) 0 4. If & are the roots of the equation,
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x 2 2x A 0 and let r and s be the roots
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signs. The roots of
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7. If every pair from among the equations 13. In a quadratic equation with leading coef-
x 2 px qr 0, x 2 qx rp 0 and ficient 1, a student reads the coefficient
16 of x wrongly as 19 and obtain the roots
x 2 rx pq 0 has a common root, then as – 15 and – 4, The correct roots are
the product of three common roots is a) 6, 10 b) – 6, – 10
a) pqr b) 2pqr c) – 7, – 9 d) None of these
2 2 2
c) p q r d) None of these
14. The number of real values of x for
8. If , are roots of the equation x
a 2
which x 2x 4, where a, b > 0
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2x 6x b 0 b 0 then is less b
a) 1 b) 2
than c) 0 d) infinite
a) 2 b) –2
c) 18 d) None of these 15. If , are roots of the equation
9. If , are the roots of
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ax 2 bx c 0; h, h are the roots of
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a) 225 b) 900
D1 : D2
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p q x 2 x 1 0, then the quadratic equation
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c) z 2 7z 1 0 d) z 2 7z 1 0
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roots of x 2 x m 0 is (are)
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then 'a' lies in the interval
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(C) (2, ) (D) None of these
x2 x c
1. If 'x' is real, then can take all real
x2 x 2c 9. The number of quadratic equations which are
unchanged by squaring their roots, is
values if :
(A) 2 (B) 4
(A) c [0, 6]
(C) 6 (D) None of these
(B) c [ 6, 0]
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(C) c ( 6) (0, )
(D) c ( 6, 0) x a xb b a
; (a, b > 0) and x1 – x2 –
b a x a x b
2. The number of positive real roots of x4 – 4x –
x3 = c, then a, c, b are in.
1 = 0 is
(A) 3 (B) 2 (A) A.P. (B) G.P.
(C) 1 (D) 0 (C) H.P. (D) None
3. If a2 + b2 + c2 = 1, then ab + bc + ca lies in the More than one choice type
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interval:
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11. Let 2 be the discriminant and , be the roots
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(A) , 2 (B) [ 1, 2] of the equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0. Then,
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2a + and 2a – can be the roots of the
equation
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1 1 (A) x2 + 2b x + b2 = 0
(C) , 1 (D) 1,
2 2 (B) x2 – 2bx + b2 = 0
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(C) x2 + 2bx – 3b2 + 16 ac = 0
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4. If (1 + k) tan2x – 4 tan x – 1 + k = 0 has real B
(D) x2 – 2bx – 3b2 + 16ac = 0
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(C) at least one real root in (2, 3)
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relation + = 4, then the value of + xe x xe
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factor of both x4 + 6x2 + 25 and 3x4 + 4x2 + 28x
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8. If two roots of the equation (a – 1) (x2 + x + 1)2
– (a + 1) (x4 + x2 + 1) = 0 are real and distinct,
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