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QUADRATIC EQUATION

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 QUADRATIC EQUATION
DPP - 1
JEE [MAIN + ADV.] DIVISION

1. (x- 1) (x - 3) > 0
(A) (-,1) (B) (3, ) (C) (-,1)  (3, ) (D) [1, 3]
2. (x + 4) (7 - x) (x - 1)2  0
(A) (-, -4) (B) [7, ) (C) [-4, 7]  {1} (D) (-, -4]  [7, )  {1}

3. (x2 - 3x + 2) (x2 - 5x + 6)  0
(A) [1, 3] (B) (-, 1] (C) (3, ) (D) (1, 3)

4. x2 (x2 - 8x + 15) (17 - x)2  0

(A) [3, 5] (B) (0, 5) (C) [3, 5]  {0, 17} (D) (0, 17)

5. (7x2 - 11x - 6) (3 - x) (4 - x)2  0

 3  3 
(A)   ,  (B)  ,  [2, 3]  {4}
 7  7 

 3 
(C)  , (D) [2, 3]
 7 

6. (2x + 3)31 (3x - 7)400  0

 3   3 7   3 7   3 
(A)  , (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  ,
 2   2 3  2 3  2 

7. (x - 1) (3 - x) (x - 2)2 > 0
(A) (1, 2)  (2, 3) (B) (1, 2) (C) (2, 3) (D) [1, 3]

8. (4x + 18)11 (9x - 81)31 (10x - 1)4 (4 - x)50 < 0

 9   9   9   9  1 
(A)  ,9 (B)  , 9 (C)  ,   (9, ) (D)  ,   , 4
 2   2   2   2   10 

9. (7x - 21) (11x – 1331) x2  0

(A) (-,3) (B) [3, 121] (C) (-, 3]  [121, )(D) (3, 121)

10. (91x - 13)14 ( 8 - 64x)  0

 1 1  1 1  1 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,   (C)  ,  (D)  ,  
 8  8  8 7   7 

Answer Key
1. C 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. B
6. D 7. A 8. D 9. C 10 B

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 QUADRATIC EQUATION
DPP - 2
JEE [MAIN + ADV.] DIVISION

6x  5
1. <0
4x  1

2 5  1 5 1 5  1 2 
(A)  ,  (B)   ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
3 6  4 6 4 6  4 3

(x  1)(x  2)2
2. <0
1 x

(A) (-, 2) (B)  , 2    2, 1  1,  

(C)  2, 1   1,3  (D)  3, 2  3,  

x2  4x  4
3. >0
2x2  x  1

 1 
(A)  , 2    2, 1 / 2   1,   (B)   ,  2     2,
2 



1  5 
(C)  , 2   (1, ) (D)  2, 0    ,1    ,2 
2  3 

4. x4 – 5x2 + 4 < 0

(A) (-2,2) (B)  2, 1  1,2 

(C) 1,3 (D) 1, 2

x 1
5. >2
x3

(A) (–3, 7) (B) (–7, –3) (C) (–5, 7) (D) (7, 3)

7x  5
6. >4
8x  3

 3 17   3 7   17 3   3 7 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)   ,  (D)  , 
 8 25   8 5  25 8   8 5

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 x 1
7. >
x 5 2

(A) (–, –5)  (2, ) (B) (–, –5)  (5, )

(C) (-5, 5) (D) (-, -5) (0, )

5x  1
8. <1
x2  3

(A) (-)  (4, ) (B) (–, –1)  (4, )

(C) (–,1) (4, ) (D) (1, 4)

x2 1
9. 2 <–
x 1 2

(A) (–3, 1) (B) (1, 3) (C) (–3, -1) (D) (2, 3)

x 1
10. <1
(x  1)2

(A) (–, 3)  (3, 6) (B) (–, 0)  (3, )

(C) (1, 2) (3, ) (D) (2, 3)

x2  6x  7
11. 2
x2  1

(A) (2, ) (B) (–, ) (C) (0, ) (D) (–, 2)

x 4  x2  1
12. <0
x2  4x  5

5   5   5
(A) (–1, 5) (B)  ,2  (C)  , 8  (D)  1, 
8   2   8

1  3x2
13. <0
2x2  21x  40

5   2  5 
(A)  ,3 (B)  ,5  (C)  , 8  (D) (3, 9)
2   8  2 

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 x 4  x2  1
14. >0
x2  4x  5

(A) (– , –1)  (5, ) (B) (–1, )  {5, - 4}

(C) (2, 3) (4, ) (D) (-1, 5)

15. x4 – 2x2 – 63  0
(A) (-3, 3) (B) (–3, 4) (C) [–3, 3] (D) (2, )

1
16. 2
x 1

3  2   5
(A) (–, 1)   ,   (B)  ,1    1, 
 2  3   3

 3   3
(C)   , 0   (1, ) (D)  1, 
 2   2

17. | x2  2x  3 |  3 x  3

(A) x  (2, 5) (B) x  (1, )

(C) x  (1, 5) (D) x  (0, 5)

Answer Key

1. B 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. B
6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. B
11. B 12. A 13. C 14. A 15. C
16. A 17. A
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 QUADRATIC EQUATION
DPP - 3+4
JEE [MAIN + ADV.] DIVISION

1. The sum of the solutions of the equation 9x – 6.3x + 8 = 0 is

(A) log32 (B) log36 (C) log38 (D) log34

2. The number of roots of the equation 3xlog5 2  2log5 x  64 is :

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 0

3. The number of roots of the quadratic equation 8 sec2  – 6 sec  + 1 = 0 is -

(A) Infinite (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 0

4. If f(x) = 2x3 + mx2 – 13 x + n and 2 and 3 are roots of the equations f(x) = 0, then values
of m and n are-
(A) 5,30 (B) – 5, 30 (C) – 5, – 30 (D) 5, – 30

5. If the roots of x 2 – 4x – log2 a = 0 are real, then-

1 1 1
(A) a  (B) a  (C) a  (D) none of these
4 8 16

6. If roots the equation x2 (1 + m2) + 2 mc x + c2 – a2 = 0 are equal, then value of c is-

(A) a e1  m j
2
(B) a e1  m j
2
(C) m e1  a j
2
(D) m e1  a j
2

7. For what value of a the sum of roots of the equation x2+ 2 (2 – a – a2)x – a2 = 0 is zero-
(A) 1,2 (B) 1, – 2 (C) – 1, 2 (D) – 1, – 2

8. If  ,  are roots of the equation 2x2 – 5x + 3 = 0, then  2  +  2  is equal to -

(A) 15/2 (B) –15/4 (C) 15/4 (D) – 15/2

9. If the difference of the roots is equal to the product of the roots of the equation
2x2 – (a + 1)x + (a – 1) = 0 then find the value of a-
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

Integer Type

10. If the sum of the roots of the equation ax2 + 4x + c = 0 is half of their difference, then the
absolute value of ac is-

11. If the sum of the roots of the equation (a+1) x2 + ( 2a + 3) x + (3a + 4) = 0 is –1, then the
product of the roots is-

Answer Key
1. C 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C
6. A 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. 12
11. 2
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 QUADRATIC EQUATION
DPP - 5
JEE [MAIN + ADV.] DIVISION

1. If  and  are roots of 2x 2 – 3x – 6 = 0, then the equation whose roots are  2 + 2 and
 2 + 2 will be -
(A) 4x 2 + 49 x – 118 = 0 (B) 4x 2 – 49 x – 118 = 0
(C) 4x 2 – 49 x + 118 = 0 (D) 4x 2 + 49 x + 118 = 0

2. If  and  are roots of x 2 – 2x + 3 = 0, then the equation whose roots are

 1  1
and will be-
 1  1
(A) 3x 2 – 2x + 1 = 0 (B) 3x 2 + 2x + 1 = 0
(C) 3x 2 – 2x – 1 = 0 (D) x2 – 3x + 1 = 0

3. The sum of the roots of a equation is 2 and sum of their cubes is 98, then the equation is -
(A) x2 + 2x + 15 = 0 (B) x2 + 15 x + 2 = 0
2
(C) 2x – 2x + 15 = 0 (D) x2 – 2x – 15 = 0

4. If a > 0, b > 0, c > 0, then both the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 -
(A) Are real and negative (B) Have negative real parts
(C) are rational numbers (D) None of these

3  5i
5. If one root of the equation 2x2 – 6x + c = 0 is , then the value of c will be -
2
(A) 7 (B) – 7 (C) 17 (D) – 17

6. The roots of the equation (p – 2) x 2 + 2 (p – 2) x + 2 = 0 are not real when -

(A) p  [1, 2] (B) p  [2, 3] (C) p  ( 2,4) (D) p  [ 3, 4]

7. The values of a for which 9x2 – 2x + a = 6 – ax posseses equal roots

1 1
(A) 20 ± 6 5 (B) 9 (C) (D) –
9 9

8. The value of k for which the equation (k – 1)x2 + (k + 4) x + k + 7 = 0 has equal roots
(A) 2 (B) – 2 (C) 22/3 (D) None

Multiple type

2 3a
9. The equation cx + 2bx – 3a = 0, has no real roots and < (b + c) then ‘a’ can be
4
(a, b, c  R)
(A) –1 (B) –2 (C) –17 (D) –34

10. Let a, b, c and d be non-zero numbers such that x = c and x = d are the roots of the equation
x2 + ax + b = 0 and x = a and x = b are the roots of the equation x2 + cx + d = 0 then
(a + b + c + d) is
(A) a perfect square (B) even integer
(C) prime number (D) divisible by 2

Answer Key
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. C
6. C 7. A 8. A 9. A,B,C,D 10. B,C,D

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 QUADRATIC EQUATION
DPP - 6
JEE [MAIN + ADV.] DIVISION

1. If f(x) = 4x 2 + 3x – 7 and  is a common root of the equation x 2 – 3x + 2 = 0 and

x2 + 2x – 3 = 0 then the value of f(  ) is-
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

2. If the quadratic equations 3x2 + ax +1 = 0 and 2x2 + bx + 1 = 0 have a common root,then

the value of the expression 5ab –2a2 –3b2 is-
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) None of these

3. If tan  and cot  are the roots of the equation x2 + 2x + 1 = 0, then the least value of
x2 + tan  x + cot  = 0, is

3 5 5 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 4 4

4. If one zero of the polynomial (a2 + 9)x2+13x + 6a is reciprocal of the other. Find the value of a.
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

5. If  and  are solutions of sin2x + a sin x+b=0 as well as that of cos2 x + c cos x + d = 0, then
sin( + ) is equal to

2ac 2bd a2  c2 b2  d2
(A) 2 2 (B) 2 2 (C) (D)
a c b d 2ac 2bd

6. If roots of the equation ax2 + 2 (a+b) x + (a+ 2b+ c)= 0 are imaginary, then roots of the
equation ax 2 + 2bx + c = 0 are -
(A) rational (B) irrational (C) equal (D) complex

 1 1 
7. If  and  are the root of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then the value of    is -
 a   b a   b
a b c
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
bc ca ab

8. If the roots of both the equations px2 + 2qx + r = 0 and qx2 – 2 prx + q = 0 are real, then -

(A) p = q , r  0 (B) 2q =  pq (C) p/q = q/r (D) None of these

9. A quadratic equation whose roots are cosec2and sec2, can be -

(A) x2 – 2x + 2 = 0 (B) x2 – 3x + 3 = 0
(C) x2 – 5x + 5 = 0 (D) x2 + 4x – 4 = 0

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Integer Type

10. If the equation x 2 + 2x +  2 – 1 = 0 and x 2 + 2x +  2 – 1 = 0 have a common root

(  ) then the value of the expression 2 2 – 4 – | – | + | – |  2, is

11. For what integral value of a do the roots x1 and x2 of the equation x2 – (3a + 2)x + a2 = 0 satisfy
the relation x1 = 9x2 ?

Answer Key
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. A
6. D 7. B 8. C 9. C 10. 006
11. 6
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DPP - 7
JEE [MAIN + ADV.] DIVISION

1. If tan  and tan  are two solutions of x2 – px + q = 0, cot  and cot  are the roots of x2 – rx + s = 0
then the value of rs is equal to
p q 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) pq
q2 p2 pq

2. If , ,  roots of the cubi c x 3 – 3x 2 + 2x + k= 0 (k  R) sati sfyi ng the rel ation

( + 2) ( + 2) ( + 2) = 8 then the value of 'k' equals
(A) 16 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 4

15
3. In the equation x2 – x + a3 = 0, one of the roots is the square of the other if 'a' is equal to
4
(A) 2 or 3 (B) 5 or – 3 (C) –2/5 or 2/3 (D) –5/2 or 3/2

4. If x2 + 3x + 5 = 0 and ax2 + bx + c = 0 have a common root and a, b, c  N then minimum value

of (a + b + c) is equal to
(A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 6 (D) 12

5. Let , ,  and  be the roots (real or non-real) of equation x4 – 3x + 1 = 0. The value of

3 + 3 + 3 + 3 is equal to
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 15

6.  If a + b + c = 0 and a, b, c are rational, then the roots of the equation

(b+c–a) x2 + (c+a–b)x + (a+b–c) = 0 are
(A) rational (B) irrational (C) imaginary (D) equal

7. If x = 2 + 22/3 + 21/3 then the value of x3 – 6x2 + 6x is

(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) none of these

8.  The value of m for which the equation x3 – mx2 + 3x – 2 = 0 has two roots equal in magnitude
but opposite in sign, is
1 2 3 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 5

Paragraph for Question Nos. 9 to 10

Consider the cubic equation x3 – (1 + cos + sin)x2 + (cos  sin  + cos  + sin ) x – sin  . cos
 = 0 whose root are x1, x2 and x3.

9. The value of x 12  x 22  x 23 equals

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2 cos  (D) sin  (sin  + cos )

10. The number of values of  in [0, 2] for which at least two roots are equal
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

Answer Key
1. A 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. B
6.  A 7. B 8.  B 9. B 10. C

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DPP - 8
JEE [MAIN + ADV.] DIVISION

1. If x1 and x2 be the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 and x1x2 < 0. Roots of x1(x – x2)2 + x2(x – x1)2 = 0 are
(A) Negative (B) Positive
(C) Real and opposite sign (D) Non-real

2.  If (1 + k) tan2x – 4 tanx – 1 + k = 0 has real roots tan x1 and tan x2, then
(A) k2  5 (B) k = 3 (C) k2  6 (D) none of these

3. Let ,  are the roots of the equation x 2 – 2x + 3 = 0 then the equation whose roots are
P = 3 – 32 + 5 – 2 and Q = 3 –2 +  + 5 is-
(A) x2 + 3x + 2 = 0 (B) x2 – 3x + 2 = 0
(C) x – 3x – 2 = 0
2
(D) –x2 – 3x + 9 = 0

4.  If the equations x2 – px + q = 0 and x2 – ax + b = 0 have a common root and the other root of the
second equation is the reciprocal of the other root of the first, then (q – b)2 is equal to
(A) aq(p – b)2 (B) bq(p – a)2 (C) bq(p – b)2 (D) abq(p – b)2

 1 
5.  If  m r , m  ; r = 1, 2, 3, 4 be four pairs of values of x and y that satisfy the equation

 r 
(x2 + y2 + 2gx + 2 f y + c) = 0. Then value of m1 m2 m3 m4 is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) None of these

6.  If  and  are the roots of x2 – 2x + 4 = 0, then the value of 6 + 6 is

(A) 32 (B) 64 (C) 128 (D) 256

7.  If ,  are the roots of the equation x2 + mx + n = 0, then the equation whose roots are
3 and 3, is
(A) 4x2 – n(m2 – 2n)x + n4 = 0 (B) 4x2 + n(m2 – 2n)x + n4 = 0
(C) 4x2 + n(m2 – 2n)x – n4 = 0 (D) 4x2 – n(m2 + 2n)x + n4 = 0

Passage : (Q.No.8 to 10)

The cubic equation x – (3 + 2 3 )x2 + (5 + 4 3 )x – (3 + 2 3 ) = 0
3

whose roots are tan A, tan B, tan C respectively, then

8. The value of tan A, tan B, tan C are-

(A) 1, 3, 2 (B) 1, 2, 3 (C) 1, 3,2 (D) 1, 3,2+ 3

9. The value of (tan A tan B + tan B tan C + tan C tan A) is-

(A) 5 – 4 3 (B) 5  3 (C) 5  4 3 (D) 5  3

10. The angles of ABC is-

(A) 30°, 60°, 90° (B) 45°, 60°, 75° (C) 45°, 45°, 90° (D) 45°, 105°, 30°

Answer Key
1. C 2.  A 3. B 4.  B 5.  B
6.  C 7.  A 8. D 9. C 10. B

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 QUADRATIC EQUATION
DPP - 9
JEE [MAIN + ADV.] DIVISION

x2  2x  11
1. If x is real, the expression takes all real values except those which lie between a and
x3

b, then a and b are

(A) –12, –4 (B) –12, 2 (C) 4, 12 (D) –4, 4

2.  The solution set of x2 + 2  3x  2x2 – 5 is

(A)  (B) [1, 2]
(C) (–, –1]  [5/2, ) (D) None of these

x2  3x  4
3.  The solution set of > 1, x  R, is
x 1

(A) (3, ) (B) (–1, 1)  (3, )

(C) [–1, 1]  [3, ) (D) None of these

4.  If x2 – 3x + 2 be one of the factors of the expression x4 – px2 + q, then

(A) p = 4, q = 5 (B) p = 5, q = 4 (C) p = –5, q = –4 (D) None of these

5. If 3x+1 = 6log2 3 then x is

(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) log32 (D) log23

6. If the roots of x2 – bx + c = 0 are two consecutive integers, then b2 – 4c is

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) None of these

7. If x  R, then (x2 + 2x + c)/ (x2 + 4x + 3c) can take all real values if:
(A) 0 < c < 1 (B) –1 < c < 1 (C) – < c < 0 (D) 1 < c < 

Passage : (Q.8 to Q.10)

Let f (x) = x2 + b1x + c1, g(x) = x2 + b2x + c2 Let the real roots of f (x) = 0 be ,  and real roots
of g(x) = 0 be ( + h), ( + h). The least value of f (x) is –1/4. The least value of g(x) occurs at
x = 7/2.
8. The least value of g(x) is

1 1 1
(A) – (B) –1 (C) – (D) –
4 3 2
9.  The value of b2 is
(A) –5 (B) –8 (C) –7 (D) 9

10.  The roots of f (x) = 0 are

(A) 3, 4 (B) –3, –4 (C) 3, – 4 (D) –3, 4

Answer Key
1. C 2.  A 3.  B 4.  B 5. D
6. A 7. A 8. A 9. C 10. A
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DPP - 10
JEE [MAIN + ADV.] DIVISION

1. If one of the roots of x(x + 2) = 4 – (1– ax2) tends  , then a will tend to -
(A) 0 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) 2

2.  If the roots of the equation x2 – 2ax + a2 + a – 3 = 0 are less than 3 then
(A) a < 2 (B) 2  a  3 (C) 3 < a  4 (D) a > 4

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

(A) 0 (B)  5 (C)  10 (D) None of these

4. If y = –2x2 – 6x + 9, then
(A) maximum value of y is – 11 and it occurs at x = 2
(B) minimum value of y is – 11 and it occurs at x = 2
(C) maximum value of y is 13.5 and it occurs at x = –1.5
(D) minimum value of y is 13.5 and it occurs at x = –1.5

5. If a and b are the non–zero distinct roots of x2 + ax + b = 0, then the least value of
x2 + ax + b is
3 9 9
(A) (B) (C) – (D) 1
2 4 4

6. If roots of x 2 – (a – 3) x + a = 0 are such that both of them is greater than 2, then-

(A) a  [7, 9] (B) a  [9, 10) (C) a  [9,7] (D) a  [9, 12]

7. Let  be the roots of (x – a) (x – b) (x – c) = d, d  0 then the roots of the equation

(x – ) (x – ) (x – ) + d = 0 are
(A) a + 1, b + 1, c + 1 (B) a, b, c
a b c
(C) 1 – 1, b – 1, c – 1 (D) , ,
b c a

8. Given that ax 2 + bx + c = 0 has no real roots and a + b + c < 0, then -

(A) c = 0 (B) c > 0 (C) c < 0 (D) None of these

 3c 
9. If the equation ax2 + 2bx – 3c = 0 has no real roots and    a  b , then-
 4 
(A) c < 0 (B) c > 0 (C) c  0 (D) c = 0

10. If the inequality (m – 2)x2 + 8x + m + 4 > 0 is satisfied for all x  R, then least integral
m is
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) None of these

11. Number of values ‘p’ for which the equation (p2 – 3p + 2) x2 – (p2 – 5p + 4)x + p – p2 = 0 possess
more than two roots, is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None of these

12. If   are the roots of the quadratic equation x 2 – 2p (x – 4) – 15 = 0, then the set
of values of p for which one roots is less than 1 & the other root is greater than 2 is
(A) (7/3, ) (B) (–, 7/3) (C) x R (D) None of these

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13. If the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, (a > 0) has two roots  &  such that  < – 2 & > 2 then
(A) a + |b| + c < 0 (B) 4a + 2|b| + c < 0
(C) c < 0 (D) a + 2|b| + 4c < 0

14. Suppose that the three quadratic equations ax 2 – 2bx + c = 0, bx 2 – 2cx + a = 0 and
cx2 – 2ax + b = 0 all have only positive roots. Then
(A) b2 = ca (B) c2 = ab (C) a2 = bc (D) a = b = c

Answer Key
1. C 2.  A 3.  C 4.  C 5. C
6. B 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. B
11. B 12. B 13. B,C 14. ABCD

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DPP - 11
JEE [MAIN + ADV.] DIVISION

1. log 1  5 x  1  0 .
3

1 2 1 2
(A)  ,  (B) (1,5) (C)  ,  (D) (2,5)
2 5 5 5

2. log5 (3x – 1) < 1.

1 
(A) (1,2) (B)  ,2  (C) (2,3) (D) (1,3)
3 

3. log0.5 (1 + 2x) > -1.

 1 1
(A)   ,  (B) (–1,1) (C) (–1,2) (D) (1,2)
 2 2

4. log0.5(x2 - 5x + 6) > -1.

(A) (1,3) (B) (1,4) (C) (2,3) (D) 1, 2   3, 4 

5. log8 (x2 - 4x + 3)  1.
[–1,1] (B) (1,3) (C) [–1,2)  (2,4] (D) [–1,1)  (3,5]

6. log(x2 - 5x + 7) < 0.
(A) (2,3) (B) (2,3] (C) (1,4) (D) (2,5)

2x  6
7. log7 > 0.
2x  1
 1
(A) (–,1) (B) (1,) (C)  ,  (D) (2,)
 2

2x  8
8. log1.5  0.
x2
(A) (2,6) (B) (4,6) (C) (3,6) (D) (2,4)

1  2x
9. log3  0.
x
1 1  1 1 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C) (1,2) (D) [1,2]
3 2  3 2 

2  3x
10. log1/3  1 .
x
1 2 1 2 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C) (1,2) (D) [1,2]
3 3 3 3

ANSWER KEY
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. D
6. A 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. B

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DPP - 12
JEE [MAIN + ADV.] DIVISION

 35  x 2  1
1. log1/4    .
 x  2


(A)  35, 35  (B)  7, 0   3,   
(C) 7,  35  5, 35    
(D) ,  35  0, 35 
2. log3 |3 - 4x| > 2.
 3   3 
(A)  ,   3,   (B)  , 1  2,   (C)   ,3  (D) (–1,2)
 2   2 

3. log20.5 x  log0.5 x  2  0 .
1  1  1  1 
(A)  ,5  (B)  ,5 (C)  , 4  (D)  ,4
3  3  2  2 

4. log3 x  log3 x  3  0.
 1   1 
(A)  , (B)  , (C)  0,   (D) (–1, )
 27   27 

2
5. log2 
log2 x  1
 1  1 1  1 
(A)  0,   2, 4  (B)  0,   2, 4 (C)  ,2  (D)  ,2
 2  2 2  2 

log2 x  3log x  3
6. 1
log x  1
(A) [0,10] (B) (0,10) (C) (0, 100) (D) [0, 100]

1 1
7.  2
1  log x 1  log x
 1  1   1   1 
(A)  ,10  (B)  ,10 (C)  ,1  1,10 (D)  ,1
 10   10   10   10 

 2 
8. log1/4 2  x   log1/4  
 x  1
(A)  1, 0   1,2  (B)  1, 0  1, 2 (C) (–1,2) (D) [–1,2]

x 1
1
9. 
log3 9  3x  3
 0.9
(A) log3 ,2  0.9
(B) log3 ,2  (C) (1, 2) (D) (0,2)

10. 
log3x 5 9x2  8x  8  2 
 4 17   4 77   4 17   4 17 
(A)   ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)   , 
 3 22   3 22   3 22   3 22 

Answer key
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B
6. B 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. B
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