IMP QUESTIONS FOR

QUATERLY EXAMINATIONS
SR.MEC - Maths -2A
Max. Marks: 75
Academic Year : 2022-23
Name:
1.COMPLEX NUMBERS
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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

***1. If then, show that [Mar-19,15,06 May-16]

***2. If then, show that [Mar-17, Jun-19]

***3. (a) Show that the points in the Argand plane represented by the complex numbers

, , are the vertices of a rhombus.

[Mar-16,05, May-18, Jun-
08,04]
(b) Show that the four points in the Argand plane represented by the complex
numbers
are the vertices of a square. [May-17,14]
(c) Show that the points in the Argand diagram represented by the complex
numbers , are the vertices of an equilateral triangle.
[Mar-18, May-07]
***4. If and if the point P in the Argand plane represents z. Find the locus of z

satisfying the equation [Mar-14]

***5. If , and if the point P in the Argand plane represents z, find the locus of z

satisfying the equation

***6. The complex number z has argument , and satisfying the equation

Then prove that

***7. The points P, Q denote the complex numbers in the Argand diagram. O is the

origin. If then show that [Mar-07]

***8. (i). If , then show that [Mar-20]

(ii). If , then show that [Mar-15]

***9. Determine the locus of , such that [Apr-01]

**10. If the amplitude of , find its locus. [May-06]

**11. Show that are conjugate to each other.

**12. If is an imaginary number then find the value of

**13. If is a real number. Show that the points represented by the complex number
are collinear.

**14. If and , then find u, v.

**15. If and   is purely imaginary number then find the locus of z. [Mar-06]
 
*16. Show that the points in the Argand diagram represented by the complex numbers
are collinear if and only if there exist three real numbers p, q, r not all zero,

satisfying and

*17. If find and .

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1. Find the square roots of

(i) 7+24i [Mar-16,14,13, May-16] (ii) -5+12i
 (iii) 3+4i [May-09, Jun-10,03] (iv) -47+i
2. Find the polar form (Modulus –Amplitude form) of the following complex numbers.

(i) [Mar-20] (ii) [Mar-11]

(iii) (iv) [Mar-17,14]

(v) [May-16] (vi) [May-18]

3. Find the additive inverse of

4. If , Show that [Mar-18,08]

5. (i) If and then find [Jun -19]

(ii) If and , then find [Mar-18,16,09, May-14]

6. If find [Mar-19]

7. Find the real and imaginary parts of a complex number [Mar-20,15]

8. If , find
9. Find the multiplication inverse of

(i) 7+24i [Mar-16] (ii)

10. If then prove that

11. Find the complex conjugate of

(i) [May-17,14] (ii) [May-18] (iii) [Jun-19]

12. If the real part of is 1, then find the locus of z.

13. If and =1, then find the locus of z. [Mar-19]

14. If the amplitude of (z – 1) is , then find the locus of z . [Mar-12, May-15]

15. If the and are and respectively then find

 [May-17]

16. Find the least positive integer n, satisfying

17. If , find the locus of z.

18. If , then prove that [Mar-10]

19. Simplify +……….+ terms.

20. If , then show that [Mar-16]

If , then find [May-15]

21.
22. Represent the complex number 2+3i in Argand plane. [Mar-15]

23. Show that the complex number z satisfying constitute a hyperbola.

24. Write the following complex numbers in the form .

(i) [Mar-20] (ii) [Mar-17]

2. DE MOIVRE’S THEOREM
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:

(a) If n is an integer then show that .

***1.
[May-17,Jun-19]

(b) If n is an integer then show that

[Mar-09, May-14]
***2. If n is an integer then show that

[Mar-17,10, May-11]
 If n is a positive integer, show that
***3.

***4. If are the roots of the equation then for any show that

[Mar-14,11, May-16]
***5. If then prove that

[Mar-18,15,03, May-15,09]
***6. If then show that

(i) [Mar-08,May-18,08]

(ii)

(iii)

***7. Show that one value of is -1. [Mar-20,16, Jun-10]

***8. Find all the roots of the equation

**9. Solve

**10. If n is an integer and then show that .

[Mar-19]

**11. Solve , n is a positive integer. [Mar-02]

*12. If m, n are integers and then prove that

and

*13. If , then show that

 (i)

(ii)
*14. State and prove De Moivre’s theorem for an integral index.

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1. If A,B,C are angles of a triangle such that , then find the

value of xyz. [May-15]

2. If then find the value of [Mar-18,14,04, May-16,14]

3. Find the values of

(i) (ii) [Mar-20, 07]

(iii) (iv) [Jun-04]

4. Find all the values of

(i) (ii) (iii)

5. (i) Find the cube roots of 8.

(ii) If the cube roots of unity are then find the roots of the equation

6. If are the cube roots of unity, prove that

(i) . [Mar-16]

(ii) . [Jun-19]
(iii) ,where

7. If are the cube roots of unity then prove that

 (i) [Mar-15, May-18,17]

(ii) [Mar-17]

8. If are the cube roots of unity, then find the values of

(i) (ii)

[Mar-19]
(iii)

9. Simplify

If are the roots of the equation then prove that

10.

3. QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

***1. the expression takes all real values for then find the bounds for
’p’. [Mar- 06, May-15,09,06]

***2. is real, prove that lie between and 1.

[Mar-14,13,08, May-18,16,11,07]

***3. is real show that the value of the expression does not lie between
5 and 9. [Mar-12,07]

***4. Prove that does not lie between 1 and 4, if x is real.

[Mar-18,16,11,05, May-12]

***5. Find the maximum value of the function over R. [May-14]

***6. Determine the range of for . [Mar-13,08, Jun-19]

***7. Determine the range of the expression for
[Mar-20,10, Jun-10,May-17]

***8. is real, then find the range of [Mar-09]

***9. are the roots of the quadratic equation and find the

value of in terms of a, b, c. [Mar-17]

**10. Solve [Mar-15]
*11. Let and such that the equation has real roots and
with , Then a) for , and ‘a’ have opposite signs.
b) for or , and ‘a’ have the same sign.

*12. Let and then the roots of are non-real complex

numbers if and only if and ‘a’ have the same sign for all
*13. the equations and have a common root and the first

equation has equal roots, then prove that

*14. Solve for real

*15. Solve
*16. Solve [Mar-04]

*17. If and the roots of are equal, then

show that or . [Mar-19]

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are,

(i) [Mar-07] (ii) [Mar-18,11,05, May-16]

2. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are, [Mar-06]

3. For what values of ‘m’ the equation has equal roots.

[Mar -03]

4. If the equation has equal roots, find the values of m.

[Mar-15,13,04, May-17,08]
5. If are the roots of the equation , find the values of the following
expression.

(i) [Mar-10] (ii) [Mar-16,09,08, May-12]

(iii) [Mar-13,Jun-19] (iv) (v)
6. Find the maximum or minimum of the following expressions x various varies over R.
(i) [May-06] (ii) [Mar-14,12]
(iii) [Mar-20] (iv) (v) [May-14]
(vi) Find the value of x at which the expression have maximum or
minimum.
7. State the sign of the expression When . [Mar-11]
8. Find a quadratic equation, the sum of whose roots is ‘1’ and sum of the squares of the
roots is 13. [Mar-07]
9. (i) If and have a common root then find a.
(ii) If and have a common root, then find p.
[Mar-17, May-15]

10. (i) If and , have a common root then show

that [Mar-05, May-18]

(ii) If the quadratic equations and , have a

common root, then show that a+4b+4c=0.
11. Suppose that the quadratic equations and have a
common root. Then show that

12. Prove that the roots of are always real. [May-09]

13. For what values of the expression
(i) is negative. (ii) is positive.
14. Find the nature of the roots of .
15. Find the condition that one root of the quadratic equation shall be ‘ n’
times the other, where n is a positive integer.
16. Prove that there is a unique pair of consecutive positive odd integers such that the sum
of their squares is 290 and find it.
17. Find the set of solutions of by algebraic method. [Mar-19]

4. THEORY OF EQUATIONS
 LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:

***1. (a) Solve the equation x4-10x3+26x2-10x+1=0. [Mar-18,12,10]

(b) Solve the equation 6x4-35x3+62x2-35x+6=0. [May-13, Jun-10]
***2. Solve the equation 6x6-25x5+31x4-31x2+25x-6=0. [Mar-05]
***3. Solve the equation 2x5+x4-12x3-12x2+x+2=0. [Mar-08,07, May-17,15]
***4. Solve the equation x5-5x4+9x3-9x2+5x-1=0. [Mar-13]
***5. Given that the roots of x3+3px2+3qx+r=0 are in
(i) A.P., show that 2p3-3qp+r =0 [Mar-09, May-08]
(ii) G.P., show that p3r = q3 [Mar-03]
(iii) H.P., show that 2q3 = r (3pq-r)
***6. (a) Solve , given that the roots of the equation are in A.P.
[Mar-14, May-

06] (b) Solve given that the roots are in A.P. [Mar-04]
***7. (a) Solve the equation x3-7x2+14x-8=0, given that the roots are in G.P. [Mar-07]
(b) Solve , given that the roots are in G.P. [Mar-15]
3 2
***8. Solve 18x +81x +121x+60=0, given that one root is equal to half the sum of the
remaining roots. [Mar-20,05, May-18,11]
***9. Solve x4+x3-16x2-4x+48=0, given that the product of two of the roots is 6.
[Mar-19, May-09,12]
4 3 2
***10. Solve x +4x -2x -12x+9=0, given that it has two pairs of equal roots. [Mar-11,03]
***11. Prove that has three equal roots and find this root. [Mar-17]
4 3 2
**12. Solve x -5x +5x +5x-6=0, given that the product of two of its roots is 3.
**13. (a) Find the polynomial equation of degree 5 whose roots are the translates of
the roots of x5+4x3-x2+11=0 by -3. [Mar-06]
(b) Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the translates of those of the
equation by -3 [Mar-16]
(c) Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the translates of those of the
equation by -2 [May-16, Jun-19]
**14. (a) Solve the equation given that 1 + i is one of its roots.
[May-14]

(b) Solve given that is a root.

**15. Solve the equation x4-6x3+13x2-24x+36=0, given that the equation has multiple roots.
 **16. Solve given that two roots have the same absolute
value, but are opposite in sign.
*17. Given that the sum of two roots of is zero. Find the roots
of the equation.

*18. Solve given that two of the roots are in the ratio 3:2.

*19. Solve the equation given that the roots are in H.P. [Jun-02]
*20. Transform x4+4x3+2x2-4x-2=0 into one in which the coefficient of the second highest
power of x is zero and also find its transformed equation.

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:

1. Form the equation whose roots are [Mar-07]

2. Form the polynomial equation of the lowest degree with roots as 0,0,2,2,-2,-2.
[Mar-17]

3. Form the polynomial equation with rational coefficients whose root is .

4. If 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the roots of then find a,b,c & d.

3 2
5. If -1, 2 and α are the roots of 2x +x -7x-6=0, then find α.
[Mar-18,14,13,12,10, June- 10]
6. If 1, -2 and 3 are the roots of x3-2x2+ax+6=0, then find a. [Mar-04, May-15]
3 2
7. If the product of the roots of 4x +16x -9x-a=0 is 9, then find a.
[Mar-16, May-13,12,11,Jun-19]
3 2
8. If 1, 1, α are the roots of x -6x +9x-4=0, then find α. [Mar-20, May-18,16]
9. If α, β, 1 are the roots of x3-2x2-5x+6=0, then find α and β. [Mar-08, May-17,09]

10. Let α, β, be the roots of Then find

(i) (ii) (if are non zero)

11. If are the roots of then find .

12. Find the quotient and the remainder when is divided by

13. Find the transformed equation whose roots are the negatives of the roots of
x4+5x3+11x+3=0.
14. Find the polynomial equation whose roots are the reciprocals of the roots of
x4-3x3+7x2+5x-2=0. [Mar-15, May-11]
15. (i) Find the algebraic equation whose roots are 2 times the roots of
x5-2x4+3x3-2x2+4x+3=0.
(ii) Find the algebraic equation whose roots are 3 times the roots of x3+2x2-4x+1=0 .
[Mar-09, May-05]
16. If are the roots of , then find the value of
[Mar-19]

7. PARTIAL FRACTIONS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:
Resolve into partial fractions:

***1. (i) [Mar-14] (ii) [May-14]

(i) [Mar-15] (ii)

***2.

(iii) [Mar-08] (iv) [May-

13]

***3. (i) (ii) [Mar-06]

***4. [Mar-17]

***5. (i) [Mar-12,09,05, May-09,07]

(i) [Mar-18,11,07, May-12,11, Jun-19]

 (ii) [Mar-20]

***6. (i) [Mar-19, May-16,15,08]

(ii)

***7. . [Mar-16,13,10]

***8. Find the coefficient of xn in the power series expansion of specifying the
region in which the expansion is valid. [Jun-10]

Resolve into partial fractions:

**9. **10. [May-18] **11. [May-17]

*12. *13. *14.

*15. Find the coefficient of xn in the power series expansion of specifying

the region in which the expansion is valid.