Mathematics

ALLEN
QUADRATIC EQUATIONS EXERCISE
1. If the roots x1 and x2, of the quadratic equation 12. Equation ax2 + 2x + 1 has one double root if
x2 – 2x + c = 0 also satisfy the equation 7x2 – 4x1 = 47, (1) a = 0 (2) a = – 1 (3) a = 1 (4) a = 2
then which of the following is true? 13. Solve for x : (x + 2) (x – 5) (x – 6) (x + 1) = 144
(1) c = –15 (2) x1 = 5, x2 = 3 (1) –1, –2, –3 (2) 7, –3, 2
(3) x1 = 4.5, x2 = –2.5 (4) None of these
(3) 2, –3, 5 (4) None of these
2. If a, b are the roots of the equation x2 + 2x + 4 = 0,
14. What does the following graph represent?
1 1 y
then 3 + 3 is equal to
a b

1 1 1 x
(1) – (2) (3) 32 (4) O
2 4 32
3. If a, b are the root s of th e equation (1) Quadratic polynomial has just one root.
x2 + 7x + 12 = 0, then the equation whose roots (2) Quadratic polynomial has unequal roots.
are (a + b)2 and (a – b)2 is (3) Quadratic polynomial has no root.

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(1) x2 + 50x + 49 = 0 (2) x2 – 50x + 49 = 0
(4) Quadratic polynomial has equal roots and con-
(3) x2 – 50x – 49 = 0 (4) x2 + 12x + 7 = 0
stant term is non-zero.
4. The value of k (k > 0) for which the equations
15. Consider the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, such that

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x2 + kx + 64 = 0 and x2 – 8x + k = 0 both will
0 is one of it's roots, then
have real roots is
(1) 8 (2) 16 –b
(1) c = 0, x = satisfies the equation

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(3) 64 (4) None of these a
5. Solve for x : x6 – 26x3 – 27 = 0 –a
(2) c ¹ 0, x = satisfies the equation
(1) –1, 3 (2) 1, 3 b

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(3) 1, –3 (4) –1, –3 –b
(3) x = satisfies the equation.
6. Solve : a
2x + 9 + x = 13
(4) equation has equal roots.
(1) 4, 16 (2) 8 (3) 2 (4) 8, 20
16. If a, b are the roots of a quadratic equation

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7. Solve : 2x + 9 – x–4 = 3 x2 – 3x + 5 = 0, then the equation whose roots are
(1) 4, 16 (2) 8, 20 (a2 – 3a + 7) and (b2 – 3b + 7) is
(3) 2, 8 (4) None of these (1) x2 + 4x + 1 = 0 (2) x2 – 4x + 4 = 0
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(3) x – 4x – 1 = 0 (4) x2 + 2x + 3 = 0
é 2 1ù é 1ù
8. Solve for x : 2 ê x + 2 ú – 9 ê x + ú + 14 = 0 17. For what value of a the curve y = x2 + ax + 25
ë x û ë xû
touches the x-axis
1 1 (1) 0 (2) ± 5
(1) , 1, 2 (2) 2, 4,
2 3 (3) ± 10 (4) None of these
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18. The value of the expression x2 + 2bx + c will be

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(3) , 4, 1 (4) None of these positive for all real x, if
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(1) b2 – 4c > 0 (2) b2 – 4c < 0
9. The number of real solutions of the equation 2
(3) c < b (4) b2 < c
1 1
x– 2 =2– 2 is 19. The value of k, so that the equations 2x2 + kx – 5 = 0
x -4 x -4
and x2 – 3x – 4 = 0 have one root in common is
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) Infinite
10. The equation x + 1 – x - 1 = 4x - 1 has 27
(1) –2, –3 (2) –3, –
(1) No solution 4
(2) One solution (3) –5, –6 (4) None of these
(3) Two solutions 20. If the expression x2 – 11x + a and x2 – 14x + 2a
(4) More than two solutions must have a common factor and a ¹ 0, then the
11. The number of real roots of the equation common factor is
(x – 1)2 + (x – 2)2 + (x – 3)2 = 0 (1) (x – 3) (2) (x – 6)
(1) 0 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 6 (3) (x – 8) (4) None of these

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21. The value of m for which one of the roots of 31. If x2 – (a + b) x + ab = 0, then the value of
x 2 – 3x + 2m = 0 is double of one of the roots (x – a)2 + (x – b)2 is
of x2 – x + m = 0 is (1) a2 + b2 (2) (a + b)2 (3) (a – b)2 (4) a2 – b2
(1) 0, 2 (2) 0, –2 1 1 1
(3) 2, –2 (4) None of these 32. The sum of the solutions of + = is
x+a x+b c
22. If the equations x + bx + c = 0 and x2 + cx + b = 0,
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zero. The product of the solutions is
(b ¹ c) have a common root, then
1
(1) b + c = 0 (2) b + c = 1 (1) 0 (2) (a + b)
2
(3) b + c + 1 = 0 (4) None of these
23. If both the roots of the equations 1 2 2
(3) - (a + b ) (4) 2(a2 + b2)
k(6x2 + 3) + rx + 2x2 – 1 = 0 and 2
33. If the roots of the equation
6k (2x2 + 1) + px + 4x2 – 2 = 0 are common,
(c2–ab)x2–2(a2–bc)x+(b2–ac)=0
then 2r – p is equal to
for a ¹ 0 are real and equal, then the value of
(1) 1 (2) – 1 (3) 2 (4) 0
a3+b3+c3 is
24. 2 2
If x – ax – 21 = 0 and x – 3ax + 35 = 0, a > 0 (1) abc (2) 3abc
have a common root, then a is equal to (3) zero (4) None of these
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 4 (4) 5

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34. If a, b are the roots of X2 – 8X + P = 0 and
25. 2
If the quadratic equation 2x + ax + b = 0 and a2 + b2 = 40, then the value of P is
2x2 + bx + a = 0 (a ¹ b) have a common root, then (1) 8 (2) 10 (3) 12 (4) 14
the value of a + b is 35. The roots of the equation 3x2 + 7x + 8 = 0 are

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(1) –3 (2) –2 (3) –1 (4) 0 (1) Real and Equal (2) Complex
26. If the equation x 2 + bx + ca = 0 and (3) Real and Unequal (4) None of these
x2 + cx + ab = 0 have a common root and b ¹ c,

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36. In a family, eleven times the number of children is
then their other roots will satisfy the equation greater than twice the square of the number of
(1) x2 – (b + c) x + bc = 0 children by 12. How many children are there?

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(2) x2 – ax + bc = 0 (1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 2 (4) 5
(3) x2 + ax + bc = 0 37. If 4 is a solution of the equation x2+3x+k=10, where
(4) None of these k is a constant, then what is the other solution?
27. If both the roots of the equations x2 + mx + 1 = 0 (1) –18 (2) –7

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and (b – c) x2 + (c – a) x + (a – b) = 0 are common, (3) –28 (4) None of these
then 38. If – 2 3 is a root of the equation x2 + px – 6 = 0
(1) m = –2 (2) m = –1 (3) m = 0 (4) m = 1 and the equation x2 + px + q has equal roots, then
2 2 the value of q is
28. The equation x – =1– has
x -1 x -1 3 4
(1) Two solutions (2) Infinitely many solutions (1) (2) – 3 (3) (4) 3
4 3
(3) Only one solution (4) No solution 39. If one of the roots of a quadratic equation with
29. The coefficient of x in the equation x2 + px + p = 0
rational coefficients is 115 , then the quadratic
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was wrongly written as 17 in place of 13 and the

11 + 6
roots thus found were –2 and –15. The roots of the equation must be
correct equation would be (1) x2 + 22x + 115 = 0
(1) –4, –9 (2) –3, –10 (2) 2x2 + 44x + 115 = 0
(3) –3, –9 (4) –4, –10 (3) x2 – 22x – 115 = 0
30. Find all the integral values of a for which the (4) x2 – 22x + 115 = 0
quadratic equation (x – a) (x – 10) + 1 = 0 has equal roots 40. How many integers are solutions to the equation
(1) 12, 8 (2) 4, 6 2

(3) 2, 0 (4) None of these (x - 2)25 - x = 1

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

ANSWER KEY
Q ue. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
A ns. 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 4 1
Q ue. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
A ns. 2 3 4 2 3 2 3 4 3 2 1 1 4 2 1
Q ue. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A ns. 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 4 4

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