(b) p 3  q 3p  1  q 2  0

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IITJEE 1999 (c) p 3  q 3p  1  q 2  0
1. If the roots of the equation x 2  2 ax  a 2  a  3  0 (d) p 3  q 3p  1  q 2  0
are real less than 3, then
(a) a < 2 (b) 2  a  3 IITJEE 2006
(c) 3  a  4 (d) a > 4
9. x 2  10 ax  11b  0 has roots c and d.

IITJEE 2000 SCREENING x 2  10 cx  11d  0 has roots a and b.

2. If  and     , are the roots of the equation Find the numerical value of a  b  c  d .
x 2  bx  c  0 , where c < 0 < b, then
(a) 0     (b)   0   |  | IITJEE 2007
(c)     0 (d)   0 |  |  10. Let ,  be the roots of the equation x 2  px  r  0 and

, 2 be the roots of the equation x 2  qx  r  0.
3. If b  a , then the equation x  a x  b   1  0 , has 2
(a) both roots in [a, b] Then the value of r is
(b) both roots in , a  2 2
(a) p  q 2 q  p  (b) q  p 2 p  q 
(c) both roots in b,  9 9
(d) one root in , a  and other in b,  (c)
2
q  2 p 2 q  p  (d)
2
2 p  q 2 q  p 
9 9
4. For the equation 3 x 2  px  3  0, p  0 , if one of the
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roots is square of the other, then p is equal to 11. Let a, b, c, p, q be real numbers. Suppose  ,  are the
(a) 1/3 (b) 1
1
(c) 3 (d) 2/3 roots of the equation x 2  2px  q  0 and  , are the

IITJEE 2000 MAIN roots ofthe equation ax 2  2 bx  c  0 , where
5. If ,  are the roots of ax  bx  c  0 , a  0  and
2
  1, 0, 1 .
   ,    are the roots of Ax 2  Bx  C  0, A  0  
STATEMENT I: p 2  q b 2  ac  0 .  
for some constant , then prove that STATEMENT II: b  pa or c  qa .
b 2  4 ac B 2  4 AC (a) STATEMENT I is True, STATEMENT II is True;
 .
a2 A2 STATEMENT II is a correct explanation for
STATEMENT I.
IITJEE 2001 SCREENING (b) STATEMENT I is True, STATEMENT II is True;
STATEMENT II is NOT a correct explanation for
6. Let ,  be the roots of x 2  x  p  0 and ,  be the STATEMENT I.
roots of x 2  4 x  q  0 . If  ,  ,  ,  are in GP, then the (c) STATEMENT I is True, STATEMENT II is False.
(d) STATEMENT I is False, STATEMENT II is True.
integral values of p and q respectively, are
(a)  2 ,  32 (b) 2, 3
(c) 6, 3 (d) 6, 32 x 2  2x  4
12. The minimum value of is
x2
IITJEE 2003 SCREENING Asked in Match the Column.
2
x x2
7. Range of the function f x   , x R is: IITJEE 2009
x 2  x 1 13. The smallest value of k, for which both the roots of the
1,   (b) 1, 11 / 7 
(a)
(c) 1, 7 / 3 (d) 1, 7 / 5 
 
equation x 2  8 kx  16 k 2  k  1  0 are real distinct
and have values at least 4, is

IITJEE 2004 SCREENING IITJEE 2010

8. If one root is square of the other root of the equation 14. Let p and q be real numbers such that
x 2  px  q  0 , then the relation between p and q is 3
p  0, p  q & p   q. 3
If  &  are non-zero
(a) p  3p  1q  q  0
3 2
complex numbers satisfying     p and
   (d) arithmetic-geometric progression
 3   3  q , then a quadratic equation having &
3. The value of ‘a’ for which one root of the quadratic
 
as its roots is  
equation a 2  5a  3 x 2  3a  1x  2  0 is twice as
(a) p  q x  p  2q x  p  q   0
3 2 3 3 large as the other, is:

p 3  q x 2  p 3  2q x  p 3  q   0
(a) 2 / 3 (b)  2 / 3
(b) (c) 1 / 3 (d)  1 / 3
(c) p 3  q x 2  5p 3  2q x  p 3  q   0
p 3  q x 2  5p 3  2q x  p 3  q   0
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(d) 4. Let two numbers have arithmetic mean 9 and geometric
mean 4. Then these numbers are the roots of the
quadratic equation:
IITJEE 2011 (a) x 2  18 x  16  0 (b) x 2  18 x  16  0
15. Let  &  be the roots of x 2  6 x  2  0 , with   . (c) x 2  18 x  16  0 (d) x 2  18 x  16  0
If a n  n  n for n 1, then the value of
5. If 1  p  is a root of quadratic equation
a 10  2 a 8
is x 2
 px  1  p   0 then its roots are:
2a 9
(a) 0, 1 (b) –1, 1
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 0, –1 (d) –1, 2
(c) 3 (d) 4

6. If one root of the equation x 2  px  12  0 is 4, while

16. A value of b for which the equations x 2  bx  1  0 ,
the equation x 2  px  q  0 has equal roots, then the
x 2  x  b  0 have one root in common is
value of ‘q’ is:
(a)  2 (b)  i 3
(c) i 5 (d) 2 (a) 49 / 4 (b) 12
(c) 3 (d) 4
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17. Let a  and a  be the roots of the equation AIEEE 2006

3 1  a  1x 2   1  a  1x  6 1  a  1  0 ,
7. All the values of m for which both roots of the equation
where
x 2  2 mx  m 2  1  0 are greater than 2 but less
a   1 . Then lim  a  and lim  a  are than 4, lie in the interval
a 0 a 0 (a) 1  m  4 (b)  2  m  0
5 1 (c) m  3 (d)  1  m  3
(a) and 1 (b) and  1
2 2
7 9
(b) and 2 (d) and 3 8. If the roots of the quadratic equation x 2  px  q  0
2 2
are tan 30 o and tan 15 o , respectively then the value of
QUESTIONS ASKED IN AIEEE: (2002-2012) 2  q  p is
AIEEE 2002 (a) 1 (b) 2
1. If  and  2  5   3,  2  5   3 , then the (c) 3 (d) 0
equation having  /  and  /  as its roots is:
3 x 2  9 x  17
2 2 9. If x is real, then maximum value of is
(a) 3x  19 x  3  0 (b) 3x  19 x  3  0
2 2 3x 2  9 x  7
(c) 3x  19 x  3  0 (d) x  16 x  1  0 (a) 17 / 4 (b) 1 / 4
(c) 41 (d) 1
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2. If the sum of the roots of the quadratic equation AIEEE 2007
ax 2  bx  c  0 is equal to the sum of the squares of 10. If the difference between the roots of the equation
a b
their reciprocals, then , and
c
are in: x 2  ax  1  0 is less than 5 , then the set of possible
c a b values of a is
(a) arithmetic progression (a) 3, 3 (b) 3,  
(c) 3,   (d)  ,3
(b) geometric progression
(c) harmonic progression
 13. If  &  are the roots of the equation x 2  x  1  0 ,
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11. The quadratic equations x 2  6x  a  0 and then  2009   2009 
(a) 2 (b)  1
x 2  cx  6  0 have one root in common. The other (c) 1 (d) 2
roots of the first and second equations are integers in the
ratio 4 : 3 . Then the common root is AIEEE 2012
(a) 1 (b) 4
14. The equation e sin x  e  sin x  4  0 has
(c) 3 (d) 2
(a) infinite number of real roots
(b) no real roots
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(c) exactly one real root
12. If the roots of the equation bx 2  cx  a  0 be (d) exactly four real roots
imaginary, then for all real values of x, the expression
3b 2 x 2  6 bcx  2 c 2 is JEE MAIN 2013
(a) greater than 4 ab (b) less than 4 ab 15. If the equations x 2  2 x  3  0 and ax 2  bx  c  0 ,
(c) greater than  4 ab (d) less than  4 ab a, b, c  R , have a common root, then a : b : c is:
(a) 1 : 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 2 : 1
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