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Course : VIJETA (JP) & ANOOP (EP)

NO. 2

DPP Syllabus : FOM, Quadratic Equation, Sequence and Series , Trigonometry .

Revision DPP No. # 1

Total Marks : 300 Max. Time: 90 min.
Single correct Objective ('–1' negative marking) Q.1 to Q.75 (4 marks, 1 min.) [300, 90]

1. If the equation x2 + ax + b = 0 has one root equal to unity and other root lies between the roots of the
equation x2 – 7x + 12 = 0 then range of values of a is
(1) (–5, –4) (2) (–4, –3) (3) (–3, –2) (4) (4, 5)

2. If   R and the quadratic equations x2 + 2x + 7 = 0 and 4x2 + x +  = 0 have a common root, then
the value of  +  is
(1) –4 (2) 36 (3) 20 (4) 24

3. Let f(x) = ax2 + bx + c where a  0. If quadratic equation f(x) = 0 has positive distinct roots reciprocal to
to each other then
(1) af(1) > 0 (2) af(1) < 0
(3) f(1) = 0 (4) Nothing can be said about af(1)

4. If equation x2 + ax + a + 1 = 0 has integral roots then sum of possible integral values of 'a' is
(1) 2 (2) 5 (3) 4 (4) 0

5. The least integral value of 'a' such that (a - 2) x2 + 8x + a + 4 > 0  x  R is

(1) 3 (2) 5 (3) 4 (4) 6

6. If reciprocals of the roots of equation 10x3 – cx2 – 54x – 27 = 0 are in arithmetic progression, then value
of c is
(1) 9 (2) 6 (3) 3 (4) cannot be determined

7. If a, b  {1, 2, 3, 4} and ax2 + bx + 1 = 0 has real roots then the number of possible pairs (a, b) is
(1) 3 (2) 5 (3) 8 (4) 7

8. If (x + 1) (x + 2) (x + 3) (x + 6) = 3x2, then the equation has

(1) all imaginary roots (2) two imaginary and two rational roots
(3) all rational roots (4) two imaginary and two irrational roots

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9. If the quadratic equation x2 – 4px + 4p (p – 1) = 0 possess roots of opposite sign then set of values of p
is
(1) (0, 1) (2) (–, 0) (3) (1, 4) (4) (1, )

10. If x = cos 15º, then which of the following is correct ?

(1) 4x2 – 2 + 3 =0 (2) 8x2 – 6x + 2=0 (3) 8x2 + 6x – 2 =0 (4) 16x4 – 16x2 + 1 = 0

11. The number of real solutions of equation 2x/2 + ( 2 + 1)x = (5 + 2 2 )x/2 is

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 4 (4) infinite

x 1 x 1
12. If y  0 , then the number of values of the pair (x, y) such that x + y + = and (x + y) = – , is
y 2 y 2
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 0 (4) 3

13. The number of real solutions of equation x2  4x  3 + x2  9 = 4x2  14x  6 is

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 0

14. The quadratic equation x2 – 6x + 8 +  (x2 – 4x + 3) = 0,  R has

(1) real and unequal roots for all  (2) real roots for  < 0 only
(3) real roots for  > 0 only (4) real and unequal roots for  = 0 only

15. If the ratio of roots of quadratic equation x2 + x + x = 0 is equal to the ratio of the roots of equation
x2 + x + 1 = 0 then , ,  are in
(1) AP (2) GP (3) AGP (4) none of these

n
16. If ,  are roots of 375x2 – 25x – 2 = 0 and Sn = n + n, then lim
n
S
r 1
r is

7 1 29 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
116 12 398 2
T11 – T8
17. If , ,  are roots of equation x3 – 2x2 – 1 = 0 and Tn = n + n + n then the value of is equal
T10
to
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) –1 (4) 3

1 1
18. If and are the roots of the equation, ax2 + bx + 1 = 0 (a  0, b  R), then the equation,
 
x(x + b3) + (a3 – 3abx) = 0 has roots
(1) 3/2 and 3/2 (2) 1/2 and 1/2  (3)  and  (4) –3/2 and –3/2

The sum of all the real values of x satisfying the equation 2(x 1)(x 5x 50)
2
19.  1 is :
(1) –5 (2) 14 (3) –4 (4) 16

20. If   R is such that the sum of the cubes of the roots of the equation, x2 + (2 – )x + (10 –) = 0 is
minimum, then the magnitude of the difference of the roots of this equation is :
(1) 4 2 (2) 20 (3) 2 5 (4) 2 7

21. The set of values of  for which the quadratic equation(+2)x2 – 2x –  = 0 has two roots on the
number line symmetrically placed about the point 1 is
(1) { – 1, 0} (2) {0,2} (3) (4) { 0, 1}

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22. The values of k for which each root of the equation, x 2 – 6kx + 2 – 2k + 9k2 = 0 is greater than 3, always
satisfy the inequality :
(1) 7 – 9k > 0 (2) 11 – 9k < 0 (3) 29 –11k > 0 (4) 29 –11k < 0

x 2 – 2x  2
23. For real x, the value of expression cannot lie in the interval
2x – 2
(1) (–,–1) (2) (–1,1) (3) (1,2) (4) (2,)

24. If c2 = 4d and the two equations x2 – ax + b = 0 and x2 – cx + d = 0 have a common root, then the value
of 2(b + d) is equal to
a
(1) (2) ac (3) 2ac (4) a + c
c

25. Let P(x) = x2 – (2 – p)x + (p –2). If P(x) assumes both positive and negative values  x  R, then the
range of values of p is
(1) (–, 2)  (6,) (2) (2,6) (3) (–,2) (4) (6,)

26. The sum of n terms of the series 1 + (1 + x) + (1 + x + x 2) + (1 + x + x2 + x3) + .... where x  1 is

1 n n x(1  xn )
(1) (2) (3)  (4) n
1 x 1 x 1  x (1  x)2

27. If the number of consecutive odd integers whose sum can be expressed as 50 2 – 132 is k then k can be
(1) 33 (2) 35 (3) 37 (4) 39

28. Let a1, a2, a3, .... be a sequence of real numbers such that |ai| = |ai–1 + 1| for i  2 and a1 = 0. If A
denotes the arithmetic mean of a1, a2, ......, an then which one of the following is correct?
(1) 2nA = a2n+1 – n (2) 2nA = a2n – n (3) 2nA = a2n+1 – n – 1 (4) 2nA = a2n – n – 1

29. If p and q are positive real numbers such that p2 + q2 = 1, then the maximum value of p + q is
1 1
(1) 2 (2) (3) (4) 2
2 2

30. If a, b, c are sides of a triangle then (b + c – a) (c + a – b) (a + b – c) – abc is

(1) positive (2) negative (3) non-positive (4) non-negative

2x  c
31. Find range of values of c for which range of expression is (–,)
x2  x – c
(1) [0,6] (2) (0,6) (3) [0,8] (4) (0,8)

1 2 3
If a, b, c are positive numbers and ab2c3 = 64 then least value of   
c 
32. is
a b
(1) 3 (2) 6 (3) 9 (4) 27

33. If the sum of the first n terms of the series 3 + 75 + 243 + 507 + ....... is 435 3 , then n equals :
(1) 29 (2) 18 (3) 15 (4) 13

2 3 n
3 3 3 3
34. Let An =   –   +   – …….+ (–1)n–1   and Bn = 1 – An . Then, the least odd natural number
4 4 4 4
p, so that Bn > An , for all n  p, is :
(1) 9 (2) 7 (3) 11 (4) 5

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35. If x1, x2, ………., xn and , ,......., are two A.P. such that x3 = h2 = 8 and x8 = h7 = 20, then
h1 h2 hn
x5 . h10 equals :
(1) 3200 (2) 1600 (3) 2650 (4) 2560

yz
36. If a, x, b are in H.P. and a, y, z, b are in G.P., then the value of is
x(y  z3 )
3

1 1
(1) ab (2) (3) ab (4) 2ab
2ab 2

37. If a,b,c, are in A.P with non – zero common difference and x, y, z are in G.P. , then the point’s (a,x) ,
(b,y) and (c,z) are collinear, if

(1) y2 = z (2) x = z2 (3) x2 = y (4) x = y = z

1 1 1
38. Let a, b, c, d and e be real numbers such that a > b > 0 and c > 0. If , , are in A.P., b, c, d are in
a b c
ab2
G.P. and c,d,e are in A.P., then is equal to :
(2a – b)2
(1) c (2) de (3) e (4) d

20
1 1
i  i  i
1 1
39. The value of the sum   .......   is
i1
1 i  2 20 
(1) 100 (2) 105 (3) 110 (4) 115

40. A tree, in each year, grows 5 cm less than it grew in the previous year. If it grew half a metre in the first
year, then the height of the tree (in metres), when it ceases to grow, is
(1) 2.50 (2) 2.00 (3) 3.00 (4) 2.75

41. Let a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 be a G.P. of positive real numbers such that the A.M. of a2 and a4 is 117 and the
G.M. of a2 and a4 is 108. Then the A.M. of a1 and a5 is
(1) 145.5 (2) 108 (3) 117 (4) 144.5

2 5 8 11
42. Find sum of first 10 terms of series + 2 + 3 + 4 + ......
3 3 3 3
7 67 7 29 7 29 7 29
(1) – (2) – (3) – (4) – 10
4 4.310 4 2.3 9 4 4.310 4 3

43. In an arithmetic series of 16 terms with first term 16, the sum is equal to the square of the last term. The
common difference of the series may be
8 4 2
(1) (2) – (3) 0 (4)
5 5 5

44. Let Sn denotes the sum of first n terms of an arithmetic progression whose first term is –4 and the
common difference is 1. If Vn = 2 Sn+2 –2 Sn+1 + Sn where nN, then
10 10
(1) V
n 1
n  5 (2) V
n 1
n  10

73
(3) Minimum value of Vn is –9 (4) minimum value of Vn is  
8

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 1.2.4  2.4.8  .....  n.2n.4n  3
45. The value of the expression   , is
 1.3.9  2.6.18  .....  n.3n.9n 
1 2 4 8
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 3 9 27

 1  1   1 1  1
46. The sum of the infinite series 1  1     1   2  2  ..........is
 5   
2 5 5 2
20 10 5 5
(1) (2) (3) (4)
9 9 9 3

47. The number of integers satisfying |2x – 3| + |x + 5|  |x – 8| is

(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 7 (4) 8

48. If ,  are the roots of the quadratic equation x 2 – (3 + 2

log2 3
– 3
log3 2
 
) x – 2 3log3 2– 2log2 3 = 0, then the

value of 2 +  + 2 is equal to
(1) 11 (2) 7 (3) 3 (4) 5

1 1 1 1 1
49. Find the sum of the infinite series     + ...........
9 18 30 45 63
1 1 1 2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 4 5 3

10 4
50. The product of the roots of the equation x log10 x = , is
x3
1 1
(1) (2) 100 (3) (4) 1000
100 1000
2
51. The sum of all the solutions of equation 73 x . 5x = 11 , is
(1) n5 (2) log57 (3) – log75 (4) None of these

52. If A, B, C are acute positive angles such that A + B + C =  and cot A cot B cot C = k then
1 1 1 1
(1) k  (2) ) k  (3) k < (4) k >
3 3 3 3 9 3

53. The factors of sin  + sin  – cos  sin ( + ) are

(1) sin  and 1 + sin (  + ) (2) sin  and 1 – cos (  + )
(3) sin  and 1 + cos (  + ) (4) None of the above

54. The coefficient of x in polynomial (x – ) (x – ) (x – ) where  = cos 75°,  = cos 45° and  = cos 165°
is
2 2 1 2 2  1 3 3
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 4 4 4

55. Which one of the following is correct ?

(1) 6 cos 20° – 8 cos3 20° = 1 (2) 8 sin3 10° – 6 sin 10° = –1
(3) 6 cos3 20° – 8 cos 20° = 1 (4) 8 sin 10° – 6 sin3 30° = 1

56. If cos ( + ) = 0 then cosec ( – ) =

(1) cos 2 (2) sec 2 (3) – sec 2 (4) ± sec 2

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57. If cot2 x + cosec x – a = 0 has at least one solution then complete set of values of a is
(1) [–1, ) (2) [–3, –2] (3) (–2, –1) (4) (–, –1]  [1,]

1  1  sin2 
58. If tan  = where 0 <  < then value of  can be
1  1  sin2 4
   
(1) – (2) + (3)  +  (4) 
2 2 4 2

 
59. If a  3 cos x + 5 sin  x    b holds good for all x where length of interval [a,b] is minimum then
 6
a + 2b =
(1) 19 (2) 34 (3) 4 (4) 8

1  cosB
60. If tan A = then tan 2A =
sinB
(1) tan B (2) tan 2B (3) sin B (4) cos B

tan A
61. If an angle  is divided into two parts A and B such that A – B = x and = k then sin x =
tanB
 k  1 k 1 k 1  k  1
(1)   sin  (2) (3) (4)   sin 
 k  1 (k  1)sin  (k  1)sin   k  1

 
62. If 2 cos  + sin  = 1     then 7 cos  + 6 sin  is equal to :
 2 
1 11 46
(1) (2) 2 (3) (4)
2 2 5

63. If sin 75° – cos 105°  cos  then


(1)  (0, 60°) (2)  (0, ) (3)   (4) R
2

64. If E = sin  + cos  then

   
(1) E < 1 for   ,  (2) E > 2 for   , 
4 2 4 2
 
(3) 1< E < 2 for (0, ) (4) For  (0, ), range of E is (0, 2 )
4 4

65. Let T = {R : 3 k for any kZ}  [0, 2] . If the statement “there exists at least one x for which
1  2cos 2t
there exists no t T such that = x” is false then x can be equal to
sin3t
1 2
(1) (2) (3) 2 (4) All of these
2 3

66. If ,  are acute angles and tan( + ) = 1 and 3 sec ( – ) = 2 then tan 2 = (where  < )
7   
(1) cot (2) tan (3) cot (4) – cot
12 12 12 12

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 sin A  sin2A  sin3A
67. For how many distinct values of A between 0° and 360° is the expression
cos A  cos2A  cos3A
undefined ?
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 6 (4) 8

68. The solution set of system of inequations 2 sin2 x – 3 sin x + 1  0 and x2 + x –12  0 has
(1) 3 integers (2) 4 integers (3) 1 integer (4) no integer

69. The number of solution(s) of equation tan x + sec x = 2 cos x in interval [0, 2] is
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

3 1
70. If cos  + cos  = and sin  + sin  = and  is the arithmetic mean of  and , then sin 2 + cos
2 2
2 is equal to :
3 7 4 8
(1) (2) (3) (4)
5 5 5 5

71. The number of x  [0, 2] for which 2 sin 4 x  18 cos2 x  2 cos4 x  18 sin2 x = 1 is

(1) 6 (2) 4 (3) 8 (4) 2

72. Let 10 vertical poles standing at equal distances on a straight line, subtend the same angle of elevation
at a point O on this line and all the poles are on the same side of O. If the height of the longest pole is
‘h’ and the distance of the foot of the smallest pole from O is ‘a’; then the distance between two
consecutive poles, is :
hcos  – a sin  hsin   acos  hcos  – a sin  hsin  – acos 
(1) (2) (3) (4)
9 sin  9 sin  9cos  9cos 

73. An aeroplane flying at a constant speed, parallel to the horizontal ground, 3 km above it, is observed
at an elevation of 60º from a point on the ground. If, after five seconds , its elevation from the same
point, is 30º, then the speed (in km/hr) of the aeroplane, is :
(1) 720 (2) 1500 (3) 750 (4) 1440

1 1
74. The value of  is
cos285º 3 sin255º
4 2 2 2
(1) 3– 2 (2) 2 2 (3) (4)
3 3


75. Let P denotes the value of cos – cos2 + cos3 where  = and Q denotes the value of
7

8cos cos2 cos4 where  = then P2 + Q2 equals
7
1 3 5 7
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 4 4 4

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 ANSWERKEY
1. (1) 2. (2) 3. (2) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (1) 7. (4)
8. (3) 9. (1) 10. (4) 11. (1) 12. (2) 13. (1) 14. (1)
15. (2) 16. (2) 17. (2) 18. (1) 19. (3) 20. (3) 21. (3)
22. (2) 23. (2) 24. (2) 25. (1) 26. (3) 27. (3) 28. (1)
29. (4) 30. (3) 31. (2) 32. (1) 33. (3) 34. (2) 35. (4)
36. (2) 37. (4) 38. (3) 39. (4) 40. (4) 41. (1) 42. (1)
43. (3) 44. (1) 45. (2) 46. (1) 47. (3) 48. (2) 49. (1)
50. (3) 51. (4) 52. (1) 53. (2) 54. (4) 55. (2) 56. (4)
57. (1) 58. (1) 59. (1) 60. (1) 61. (4) 62. (2) 63. (4)
64. (3) 65. (3) 66. (1) 67. (3) 68. (1) 69. (2) 70. (2)
71. (3) 72. (1) 73. (4) 74. (3) 75. (3)

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