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Practice Test QUADRATIC EQUATION MATHEMATICS

1. The graph of curve x 2  3x  y  2 is strictly below the y-axis then:

1 1
(A) 2  k  4 (B) k  (C) k (D) k   1 or k > 0
4 4
For Q. 2 - 3 y
2
Let f (x) = ax + bx + c be a quadratic expression and
y = f (x) has graph as shown in figure.
x x
2. Which of the following is false? 1 1/2 0 1
(A) ab > 0 (B) abc < 0
(C) ac < 0 (D) bc < 0 y

3. Which of the following is true?

(A) a+b+c>0 (B) a b c  0
(C) a + 3b + 9c < 0 (D) a  3b  9c  0
x 1
4. 2
0
x  x  1  x  2 
(A) x     , 0    0, 2   2,   (B) x     ,  5     3, 3    5 ,  
(C) x     ,  1   1, 0    3,   (D) x   1, 0    0, 1   2 ,  

5. Statement 1 : The value of ‘a’ for which the equation x 2  2  a  1 x  a  5  0 has no real roots if
a   1, 4 .
Statement 2 : If x  [2, 4] then for the expression x2  6x + 5 the least value is  4 .
Statement 3 : If x  [2, 4] then for the expression x2  6x + 5 the greatest value is 2 .
(A) FFT (B) FTF (C) TTF (D) TFT

6. Consider the graph of f  x   ax 2  bx  c in the figure () :

We can conclude that y = f (x)
(A) a > 0, b > 0, c > 0
(B) a > 0, b < 0, c < 0 x
0
(C) a < 0, b < 0, c > 0
(D) a < 0, b > 0, c > 0
7. If a and b   0  are the roots of the equation x 2  ax  b  0 , then the least value of x 2  ax  b  x  R 
is:
9 9 1 1
(A) (B)  (C)  (D)
4 4 4 4
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8. If one root of the equation 8 x 2  4 x  p  0 is six times the other, then p is equal to:
(A) 0 (B) 15/49 (C) 13/49 (D) 12/49

9. The solution set of the equation pqx2  ( p  q)2 x  ( p  q)2  0 is

 p q   p   q   p  q p  q 
(A)  ,  (B)  pq,  (C)  , pq (D)  , 
 q p   q   p   p q 

10. If x  1  1  1  .......to infinity , then x =

1 5 1 5 1 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
2 2 2

11. If the equations k (6x2 + 3) + rx + 2x2 – 1 = 0 and 6k (2x2 + 1) + px + 4x2 – 2 = 0 have both roots
common, then the value of (2r – p) is
(A) 0 (B) 1/2 (C) 1 (D) none of these

12. Which of the following graph represents the expression f(x) = ax2 + bx + c (a  0) when a > 0, b < 0 &
c<0?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

x 4  3x 3  2 x 2
13. The complete solution set of the inequality < 0 is:
x 2  x  30
(A) (,  5)  (1, 2)  (6, )  {0} (B) (,  5)  [1, 2]  (6, )  {0}
(C) (,  5]  [1, 2]  [6, )  {0} (D) none of these

14. 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
15. If a  b  c  0, a  0, a, b, c  Q , then both the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 are
(a)Rational (b) Non-real (c) Irrational (d) Zero
16. If the sum of the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 be equal to the sum of their squares, then
(a) a( a  b)  2bc (b) c( a  c )  2ab (c) b( a  b)  2ac (d) b(a  b)  ac

17. If the difference of the roots of x 2  px  8  0 be 2, then the value of p is

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

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18. The quadratic equation whose one root is will be
2 5
(a) x 2  4 x 1  0 (b) x2  4 x  1  0 (c) x 2  4 x 1  0 (d)
2 x  4 x 1  0
2

19. The roots of the given equation 2(a 2  b 2 ) x 2  2( a  b) x  1  0 are

(A) Rational (B) Irrational (C) Real (D) Imaginary

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20. If the roots of the equation x 2  8 x  (a )  0 are real

(A) a  16 (B) a  16 (C) 2  a  8 (D) 2a 8

21. If x 2  2 x  2 xy  my  3 =0 has two rational roots, then one of the possible values of m will be
(A) 10 (B) 1 (C) 6 (D) 4

22. Roots of ax2  b  0 are real and distinct if

(A) ab  0 (B) ab  0 (C) a, b  0 (D) a, b  0

23. Roots of the equations 2 x 2  5 x  1  0 , x2  5 x  2  0 are

(A) Reciprocal and of same sign (B) Reciprocal and of opposite sign
(C) Equal in product (D) None of these

24. If a, b, c  Q , then roots of the equation (b  c  2a) x 2  (c  a  2b) x  (a  b  2c)  0 are

(A) Rational (B) Non-real (C) Irrational (D) Equal

25. The condition for the roots of the equation, (c 2  ab) x 2  2(a 2  bc) x  (b2  ac)  0 to be equal is
(A) a0 (B) b0 (C) c0 (D) None of these

26. The least integer k which makes the roots of the equation x2  5 x  k  0 imaginary is
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

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27. If  and  are the roots of the equation 4 x 2  3x  7  0 , then  =
α β
3 3 3 3
(A)  (B) (C)  (D)
7 7 5 5

28. If the product of the roots of the equation (a  1) x 2  (2a  3) x  (3a  4)  0 be 2, then the sum of roots
is
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) –2

29. If the roots of the equation ax2  bx  c  0 be  and  , then the roots of the equation cx 2  bx  a  0
are
1 1 1
(A) ,  (B) , (C) , (D) None of these
  

30. If 2  i 3 is a root of the equation x 2  px  q  0 , where p and q are real, then ( p, q) =

(A) ( 4,7) (B) (4,  7) (C) (4, 7) (D) (4,  7)

31. If ,  be the roots of the equation 2 x 2  2( m2  1) x  m 4  m 2  1  0 , then  2  2 =

(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) m (D) m2

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 
32. If ,  are the roots of the equation ax2  bx  c  0 , then  
a  b a  b
2 2 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) 
a b c a
33. If the sum of the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 be equal to the sum of their squares, then
(A) a( a  b)  2bc (B) c( a  c )  2ab (C) b( a  b)  2ac (D) b(a  b)  ac
34. If the roots of the equation be ,  equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, then    =
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None of these

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