RANK REFINER SHEET: Quadratic Equation

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 LEVEL # 1 (Brush up Your Concept)
1. If the roots of the equation 6x2 – 7x + k = 0 are rational, then k is equal to-
(A) –1 (B) –1, –2 (C) –2 (D) 1, 2
2. If the equation x2 – m (2x – 8) – 15 = 0 has equal roots, then m =
(A) 3, –5 (B) –3, 5 (C) 3, 5 (D) –3, –5
3. If , are roots of the equation ax2 –bx – c = 0, then 2 – + 2 is equal to –
b 2  3ac b 2 – 3ac b 2  2ac b 2 – 2ac
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a2 a2 a2 a2
4. The roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 will be imaginary if-
(A) a > 0, b = 0, c < 0 (B) a > 0, b = 0, c > 0 (C) a = 0, b > 0, c > 0 (D) a > 0, b > 0, c = 0
q q
5. If , are roots of the equation x2 + px + q = O, then the equation whose roots are , will be :
 
(A) x2 – qx + p = 0 (B) x2 + px + q = 0 (C) x2 – px – q = 0 (D) qx2 + px + q = 0
6. If p, q are the roots of equation x2 + px + q = 0, then value of p must be equal to-
(A) 0, 1 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 0, –1
 
7. If , are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 then  is equal to –
a  b a  b
2 2 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) –
a b c a

8. If the roots of the equation ax2 + x + b = 0 be real and different, then the roots of the equation
x2 – 4 abx  1  0 will be-
(A) Rational (B) Irrational (C) Real (D) Imaginary
–1  –1
9. If  and are roots of x2 – 2x + 3 = 0, then the equation whose roots are and will be –
 1  1
(A) 3x2 – 2x –1 = 0 (B) 3x2 + 2x + 1 = 0 (C) 3x2 – 2x + 1 = 0 (D) x2 – 3x + 1 = 0
1 1
10. If ,  are the roots of the equation x2 – 3x + 1 = 0, then the equation with roots , will be :
–2 –2
(A) x2 – x – 1 = 0 (B) x2 + x–1 = 0 (C) x2 + x + 2 = 0 (D) None of these
x–5
11. The least integral value  of x such that > 0, satisfies
x 2  5x – 14
(A) 2 –7+ 6 = 0 (B) 2 + 3– 4 = 0 (C) 2 + 5– 6 = 0 (D) 2 – 5+ 4 = 0
12. If the product of the roots of the equation x2 –3kx + 2e2logk –1 = 0 is 7, then the roots of the equation
are real if k equals-
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) –2 (D) ±2
3p
13. If  and are roots of the equation x2 + px +  0 , such that |  –  | 10 , then p belongs to the set :
4
(A) {2, –5} (B) {–3, 2} (C) {3, –5} (D) {–2, 5}
14. If p and q are non-zero real numbers and 3 + 3 = – p, = q, then a quadratic equation whose roots are
 2 2
, is -
 
(A) qx2 + px + q2 = 0 (B) px2 + qx + p2 = 0 (C) qx2 – px + q2 = 0 (D) px2 – qx + p2 = 0

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 x 2 – bx m – 1
15. If the equation  has roots equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, then m is equal to –
ax – c m 1
ab a–b b–a
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
a–b ab ba

16. For what value of a the curve y = x2 + ax + 25 touches the x-axis –

(A) 0 (B) ±5 (C) ±10 (D) none
17. The expression a2x2 + bx + 1 will be positive for all x  R if –
(A) b2 > 4a2 (B) b2 < 4a2 (C) 4b2 > a2 (D) 4b2 < a2
y
18. The adjoining figure shows the graph of y = ax2 + bx + c. Then –
(A) a > 0
Vertex
(B) b > 0, c > 0

(C) c > 0, b < 0

(D) b2 < 4ac x1 x2

x x2
19. If both the roots of the equations k(6x2 + 3) + rx + 2x2 –1 = 0 and 6k(2x2 + 1) + px + 4x2 – 2 = 0
are common, then 2r – p is equal to-
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 0
20. All possible values of a, so that 6 lies between the roots of the equation x2 + 2(a – 3)x + 9 = 0
(A) (– , –2) (2, ) (B) (–3/4)
(C) (2, ) (D) none of these

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 Level II (Acid Test of Your Concept)

1. The graph of curve x2 = 3x –y –2 is strictly below the line y = k, then -

1 1
(A) –2 < k < 4 (B) k > (C) k = (D) k < – 1 or k > 0
4 4
9c
2. If a + b + c > and quadratic equation ax2 + 2bx –5c = 0 has non-real roots, then –
4
(A) a > 0, c > 0 (B) a > 0, c < 0 (C) a < 0, c < 0 (D) a < 0, c > 0
3. Ramesh and Mahesh solve a quadratic equation. Ramesh reads its constant term wrongly and finds its
roots as 8 and 2 where as Mahesh reads the coefficient of x wrongly and finds its roots as –11 and 1. The
correct roots of the equation are
(A) 11, 1 (B) –11, 1 (C) 11, –1 (D) None of these

4. The set of values of K for which both the roots of the equation 4x2 – 20Kx + (25K2 + 15K – 66) = 0,
are less than 2, is given by-
(A) (2, ) (B) (4/5, 2) (C) (–, –1) (D) None of these
5. Let P (x) = kx3 + 2k2x2 + k3. Find the sum of all real numbers k for which x –2 is a factor of P(x).
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) –  (D) – 8

More than one correct :

6. If f (x) = x2 + bx + c and f (2 + t) = f (2– t) for all real numbers t, then which of the following is true ?
(A) f(1) < f(2) < f(4) (B) f(2) < f(1) < f(4) (C) f(2) < f(4) < f(1) (D) f(2.1) < f(1.5) < f(3)
7. For x  [1, 5], y = x2 –5x + 3 has -
(A) least value = –1.5 (B) greatest value = 3
5  13
(C) least value = –3.25 (D) greatest value =
2
8. Graph of y = ax2 + bx + c is given adjacently. What conclusions can be drawn from this graph –
y

O
x

Vertex

(A) a > 0 (B) b < 0 (C) c < 0 (D) b2 – 4ac > 0

9. The graph of quadratic polynomial f(x) = ax2 + bx + c is shown below.

 
x
–1 O –1

Which of the following are correct ?

c
(A)  –1 (B) | – | > 2 (C) f(x) > 0  x (0, ) (D) abc < 0
a

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 10. If S is the set of all real x such that (2x –1)/(2x3 + 3x2 + x) is positive, then S contains
(A) (– , – 3/2) (B) (–3/2, – 1/4) (C) (–1/4, 1/2) (D) (1/2, 3)
11. If the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 (a > 0) has sec2 and cosec2 as its roots then which of the
following must hold good?
(A) b + c = 0 (B) b2 – 4ac  0 (C) c 4a (D) 4a + b 0

12. The graph of a quadratic polynomial y = ax2 + bx + c (a, b, c  R) with vertex on y-axis is as Show
in the figure. Then which one of the following statement is CORRECT?

x
O

(A) Product of the roots of the corresponding quadratic equation is positive.

(B) Discriminant of the quadratic equation is negative.
(C) Nothing definite can be said about the sum of the roots, whether positive, negative or zero.
(D) Both roots of the quadratic equation are purely imaginary.
Comprehension Type :
Graph of f (x) = ax2 + bx + c is shown adjacently, for which (AB) = 2, (AC) = 3 and b2 – 4ac = – 4.

A
C

B O
On the basis of above informations, answer the following questions :
13. The value of a + b + c is equal to –
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10

14. The quadratic equation with rational coefficients whose one of the roots is b + a  c , is –
(A) x2 – 6x + 2 = 0 (B) x2 – 6x – 1 = 0
(C) x2 + 6x + 2 = 0 (D) x2 + 6x – 1 = 0

Range of g(x) =  a   x2 + (b + 2)x –  c –  when x  [– 4, 0] is –

1 1
15.
 2  2
 49 
(C)  – ,–6 
49  49 
(A) [–10,–6] (B)  – ,–10  (D)  – , 
 4   4   4 

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 Level III (Swagat Ha Aapka)

43 3
1. A quadratic polynomial f (x) = x2 + ax + b is formed with one of its zeros being where a and b
2 3
are integers. Also g (x) = x4 + 2x3 – 10x2 + 4x – 10 is a biquadratic polynomial such that
43 3 
g = c 3  d where c and d are also integers. Find the values of a, b, c and d.
 2  3 
 
2. Solve the inequality. Where every base is not given take it as 10.
2
 x5 
(a) log2 x  (b) (log|x 6| 2).log2 (x2 – x – 2)  1
4
–  log 1  – 20log2 x  148  0
 2 4

3.  ,  are the roots of the equation K (x2 – x) + x + 5 = 0. If K1 & K2 are the two values of K for
which the roots ,  are connected by the relation ( /) + (/) = 4/5. Find the value of
(K1/K2) + (K2/K1).

4. If one root of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 be the square of the other, prove that
b3 + a2c + ac2 = 3abc.

5. Find the range of values of a, such that f (x) =

ax 2  2(a  1) x  9a  4 is always negative.
x 2  8x  32
6. Find a quadratic equation whose sum and product of the roots are the values of the expressions
cosec10 – 
3 sec10 and (0.5 cosec 10°–2 sin70°) respectively. Also express the roots of this
quadratic in terms of tangent of an angle lying in (0, /2).
7. If be a root of the equation 4x2 + 2x –1 = 0 then prove that 43 –4 is the other root.

8.(a) If ,  are the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 then which of the following expressions in
,  will denote the symmetric functions of roots. Give proper reasoning.
(i) f (, ) = 2 –   (ii) f (, ) = 2 + 2

(iii) f (, ) = n     (iv) f (, ) = cos ( – )


(b) If ,  are the roots of the equation x 2 – px + q = 0, then find the quadratic equation the roots of
which are (2  2) (3  3) & 3 2 + 2 3.

9. Let P(x) = 4x2 + 6x + 4 and Q(y) = 4y2 – 12y + 25. Find the unique pair of real numbers (x, y) that satisfy
P(x) · Q(y) = 28.

10. If ,are the roots of x2 – px + 1 = 0 & are the roots of x2 + qx + 1 = 0, show that
( – )(– ) ( + ) ( + ) = q2 – p2.
11. Show that if p, q, r & s are real numbers & pr = 2 (q + s), then at least one of the equations
x2 + px + q = 0, x2 + rx + s = 0 has real roots.
12. If the roots of x2 – ax + b = 0 are real & differ by a quantity which is less than c(c > 0), prove that b lies
between (1/4) (a2 – c2) & (1/4)a2.
2
f(x  1)  f(x  1) 
13. A quadratic polynomial y = f (x) satisfies f (x) =   for all real x. Find the leading coefficient
 2 
of the quadratic polynomial and hence find the value of [f (0) – f (–1)] + [f (0) – f (1)].

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 14. If the quadratic equations x2 + bx + ca = 0 & x2 + cx + ab = 0 have a common root, prove that the equation
containing their other root is x2 + ax + bc = 0

log3 (x 2 – 3x  7)
15. Find out the values of ‘a’ for which any solution of the inequality,  1 is also a solution of
log3 (3x  2)
the inequality, x2 + (5 – 2a) x 10a.
16. Find the value of m for which the quadratic equation x 2–11x + m = 0 and x2–14x + 2m = 0 may have
common root.
1 1
 1 2  1 2
17. Find all real numbers x such that,  x   +  1   = x.
 x  x

18. Find the values of ‘a’ for which 3 < [(x2 + ax  2)/(x2 + x + 1)] < 2 is valid for all real x.
6
 1  6 1 
x  x  x  6  2
19. Find the minimum value of    x 
for x > 0.
3
 1 1
x  x   x  3
3
  x
20. Find the product of the real roots of the equation,
x2 + 18x + 30 = 2 x2  18x  45

21. Find the set of values of ‘y’ for which the inequality, 2log0.5 y2 – 3  2xlog0.5 y2 – x2  0 is valid for atleast
one real value of ‘x’.

22. If be the smallest integral value of parameters ‘a’ for which the inequality
1+ log5 (x2 + 1) log5 (ax2 + 4x + a) is true for all x R. Find the value of 8.
Paragraph for question 23 to 25
A polynomial p(x) satisfies the relation (x –16)p(2x) = 16(x–1)p (x)  x R.
Let p(7) = 135 then
23. The value of p(11) equals to
(A) –1145 (B) –1040 (C) –945 (D) –1045
24. The sum of its roots equal to
(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 40

25. The product of its roots equal to

(A) 45 (B) 47 (C) 43 (D) 44

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 Level IV (Brain Storming)

2x 2  2x  3
1. We call ‘p’ a good number if the inequality  p is satisfied for any real x. Find the smallest
x2  x  1
integral good number.
2. Let a, b, c, d be distinct real numbers and a and b are the roots of quadratic equation
x2 – 2cx – 5d = 0. If c and d are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 2ax – 5b = 0 then find the
numerical value of a + b + c + d.
 
3. Let ,  and  are the roots of the cubic x3 – 3x2 + 1 = 0. Find a cubic whose roots are ,
2 2

and . Hence or otherwise find the value of (  – 2)( – 2)( – 2).
2

4. If ,  are the roots of the equation, x2  2 x  a2 + 1 = 0 and  ,  are the roots of the equation,
x2  2 (a + 1) x + a (a  1) = 0 such that ,  ( , ) then find the values of 'a'.

5. Two roots of a biquadratic x4 – 18x3 + kx2 + 200x – 1984 = 0 have their product equal to (– 32). Find the
value of k.
6. At what values of 'a' do all the zeroes of the function,
f (x) = (a  2)x2 + 2ax + a + 3 lie on the interval ( 2, 1)?

7. Suppose a cubic polynomial f (x) = x3 + px2 + qx + 72 is divisible by both x2 + ax + b and

x2 + bx + a (where a, b, p, q are constants and a  b). Find the sum of the squares of the roots of the
cubic polynomial.

8. Find the values of K so that the quadratic equation x 2 + 2 (K  1) x + K + 5 = 0 has atleast one positive
root.

9. Find all the values of the parameter 'a' for which both roots of the quadratic equation
x2 – ax + 2 = 0 belong to the interval (0, 3).
10. Match the conditions in Column-I with the intervals in Column-II.
Let f (x) = x2 – 2px + p2 – 1, then
Column-I Column-II.
(A) both the roots of f (x) = 0 are less than 4, if p  (P) (– 1, )
(B) both the roots of f (x) = 0 are greater than – 2 if p  (Q) (– , 3)
(C) exactly one root of f (x) = 0 lie in (–2, 4), if p  (R) (0, 2)
(D) 1 lies between the roots of f (x) = 0, if p   (S) (–3, – 1)  (3, 5)
11. Find all the values of the parameter 'a' for which the inequality
a.9x + 4(a–1)3x + a – 1 > 0 is satisfied for all real values of x.
12. Find the complete set of real values of ‘a’ for which both roots of the quadratic equation
( a2 – 6a + 5) x2 – a2  2a x + (6a – a2 – 8) = 0 lie on either side of the origin.

13. Given x, y  R, x2 + y2 > 0. If the maximum and minimum value of the expression
x y
2 2
E= 2 are M and m, and A denotes the average value of M and m, compute (2007)A.
x  xy  4y 2

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 14. Let P (x) = x2 + bx + c, where b and c are integer. If P (x) is a factor of both x 4 + 6x2 + 25 and
3x4 + 4x2 + 28x + 5, find the value of P(1).
15. Given the cubic equation x3–2kx2 – 4kx + k2 =0. If one root of the equation is less than 1, other root is in

the interval (1, 4) and the 3rd root is greater than 4, then the value of k lies in the interval a  b,b(a  b) 
where a, b N. Find the value of (a + b)3 +(ab + 2)2.

ANSWER KEY
LEVEL - 1

1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (B)

6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (A)
11. (C) 12. (B) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (B)
16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (B) 19. (D) 20. (B)

LEVEL - 2
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (D)
6. (BD) 7. (BC) 8. (ABCD) 9. (ABCD) 10. (AD)
11. (ABC) 12. (ABD) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (C)

LEVEL - 3
 1 1
1. a = 2, b = –11, c = 4, d = –1 2. (a) x   ,   (8,16) (b) x < –7, –5 < x –2, x 4
 16 8 
 1    5 
3. 254 5. a   ,   6. x2 – 4x + 1 = 0; = tan   ;   tan  12  .
 2  
12  
8. (a) (ii) and (iv) ; (b) x2  p(p4  5p2q + 5q2) x + p2q2(p2  4q) (p2  q) = 0
 3 3 1 1
9.  4, 2  13. a= and [f (0) – f (–1)] + [f (0) – f (1)] = –
  4 2

5 5 1
15. a  16. 0 or 24 17. x= 18. 2<a<1
2 2

19. ymin = 6 20. 20 21.  –,–2 2    – 1

2
  1 
,0    0,
  2

  2 2,  
22. 56 23. C 24. C 25. A

LEVEL - 4
1. 4 2. 30 3. 3y3 – 9y2– 3y + 1 = 0; ( – 2)( – 2)( – 2)=3

4. 
a   1 ,1
4  5. k = 86 6.


1
   ,  4  {2}  (5, 6]


K –1
11
7. 146 8. 9. 2 2a
3
10. (A) Q, R; (B) P, R; (C) S; (D) R 11. [1,  )
12. (–  , –2] [0, 1) (2, 4) (5,  ) 13. 1338 14. P(1) = 4 15. 2007

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