Class X Question Bank on Quadratic Equations

SOLVE THE FOLLOWING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

1) 2x2 + x – 4 = 0
2) 5x2 – 8x – 4 = 0
3) 3x2 + 10 = −11x
4) 48y2 – 13y – 1 = 0
5) 6x2 + 40 = 31x
6) 2y2 – 6y + 3 = 0
7) a2b2x2− ( 4b4 – 3a4 ) x – 12a2b2 = 0
8) 12abx2 – (9a2 – 8b2 )x – 6ab = 0
9) 16x2− 8a2x + ( a4 – b4) = 0
10) ( a + b )2x2 + ( a + b)x − 2 = 0
x−1 x−3 1 5
11) + =3 ( 5, )
x−2 x−4 3 2
11 15 3 5
12) x 2− x+ =0 ( , )
4 8 2 4
1 1 1
13) − = ( 7, - 9 )
x−3 x+5 6
17 3 3 1
14) 5 x 2− x + =0 ( , )
2 2 2 5
x+3 3 x−7
15) = (5, −1)
x+2 2 x−3
2 x 2 x−5 25 40
16) + = (6 , )
x−4 x−3 3 13

17) 2( 2 x −1
x−3 ) ( )
−3
x +3
2 x−1
=5 (−10 ,
−1
5
)

18) ( )−10 (
4 x−3 )
4 x −3 2 x−1 1
=3 ¿, )
2 x−1 8

19) 2 ( )−9 (
x+ 2 )
x +2 2 x−3 11 5
=3 ( , )
2 x −3 5 8

2 x +1 ( x ) 21
x 2 x+1 58
20) − = (3 , - 7/11)

[ ( )]
2
2 2 2 a−b
21) ( a+ b ) x −4 abx− ( a−b ) =0 1 ,−
a+ b

22) 10x2 + 3bx + a2 – 7ax – b2 = 0

[( ) ( )]
a−b a+ b
2
,
5

EXAMPLES ON APPLICATION OF NATURE OF ROOTS OF A QUARATIC EQUATION

1) Find the values of ‘k’ for which the equation kx2 + 2x + 1 = 0 has real and distinct roots.
2) Determine the values of ‘p’ for which the quadratic equation 2x 2 + px + 8 = 0 has real roots.
3) Find the value of ‘𝛂’ for which the equation (𝛂 – 12)x2 + 2(𝛂 – 12 ) x + 2 = 0 has equal roots
4) If the equation ( 1 + m2 )x2 + 2mcx + ( c2 – a2 ) = 0 has equal roots. Prove that : c2 = a2( 1 + m2)
5) Find the values of ‘k’ for which the roots of 9x2 + 8kx + 16 = 0 are real and equal.
6) Find the values of ‘k’ for which the rots of the equation (k + 4)x 2 + (k + 1)x + 1 = 0 are real and equal.
7) For what values of ‘k’ are the roots of the quadratic equation 3x 2 + 2kx + 27 = 0 real and equal.
8) Find the values of ‘k’ for which the given equation has real roots
a) kx2 – 6x – 2 = 0
 b) 3x2 + 2x + k = 0
c) 2x2 + kx + 2 = 0

EXAMPLES ON WORD PROBLEMS

a) The product of two consecutive natural numbers is 42.Find the numbers ( 6,7)
b) The sum of a natural number and its reciprocal is 50/7. Find the number. ( 7, 1/7)
c) The sum of the squares of two consecutive odd natural numbers is 130. Find them ( 7,9)
d) A two digit number is 5 times the sum of its digits and is also equal to 5 more than twice the product of
its digits. Find the number. (45)
e) In a two digit number, the digit at units place is equal to the square of the digit at tens place. If 54 is
added to the number, the digits get reversed. Find the number (39)
f) Mahesh is elder than his brother Subhash by 4 yrs. The product of their ages is 45. Find their ages.
( 9ys, 5 yrs )
g) A year ago, the father was 8 times as old as his son. Now his age is the square of his son’s age. Find the
present ages. ( 7yrs, 49 yrs)
h) The length of a rectangle is 2 cm more than its breadth. The area of the rectangle is 48 cm 2. Find its
length and breadth. ( 8cm , 6 cm)
i) Sum of the ages of father and his son is 42 yrs. Product of their ages is 185. Find their ages.
( 37 yrs and 5 yrs)
j) Hasan is younger than Ram by 3 years. The sum of the squares of their ages is 89 years. Find their ages.
(5 yrs, 8 yrs)
k) Ramesh is younger than Hasan by three years. The product of their ages is 180. Find their ages.
(12 yrs and 15 yrs)
l) A natural number is greater than twice its square root by 3 . Find the number. ( 9)
m) The base of a triangle is greater than twice its height by 1 cm. The area of the triangle is 18 cm 2. Find
the base and height of the triangle. ( 9cm and 4 cm)
n) 300 apples are distributed equally among a certain number of students. Had there been 10 more
students, each one would have received one apple less. Find the number of students. (50 )
o) School children were arranged in rows and columns. The number of children in each column is more
than the number of children in each row by 5. If the total number of children in the school is 500, find
the number of children in each row and column ( 20,25 )
p) A teacher wants to divide 150 bananas equally among certain number of students. If there were 25
students more, each student would have received 1 banana less. Find the number of students.
(50)
q) A man buys a number of pens for Rs 80/-. If he had bought 4 more pens for the same amount, each
pen would have cost him Re 1 less. How many pens he bought. (16)
r) A passenger train takes 2 hours less for a journey of 300 km if its speed is increased by 5 kmph from its
usual speed. Find its usual speed. (25kmph)
s) A train travels a distance of 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed is increased by 5kmph, the
journey would have taken 1 hour less. Find the original speed of the train. (40kmph)
t) A train covers a distance of 90 km at a uniform speed. Had the speed been 15 kmph more, it would
have taken 30 minutes less for the same journey. Find the original speed of the train. (45kmph)
u) In a flight of 6000 km, an aircraft was slowed down to bad weather. The average speed for the trip was
reduced by 400 kmph and the tie of flight increased by 30 minutes. Find the original duration of the
flight. (2 ½ hrs)
v) The distance between Mumbai and Pune is 192 km travelling by the Deccan Queen; it takes 48 minutes
less than Indrayani Express. Find the speed of Deccan Queen if the speed of the two trains differ by 20
kmph (80kmph)
w) The denominator of a fraction exceeds its numerator by 3. If one is added to both numerator and
denominator, the difference between the new fraction and original fraction is 1/24. Find the fraction.
( 5/8)
x) The numerator of a fraction is less than its denominator by 3. The sum of the fraction and its reciprocal
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is2 . Find the fraction. ( 2/5)
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