SECTION-I

OBJECTIVE
LEVEL-I
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer:

1. Consider the equation x2 + x – n = 0, where n is an integer lying between 1 to 100. Total number
of different values of ‘n’ so that the equation has integral roots, is
(A) 6 (B) 4
(C) 9 (D) None of these

2. If  and  are the roots of the equation 2x2 – 3x – 6 = 0, then the equation whose roots are
 2  2,  2  2 is
(A) 4x2 + 49x + 118 = 0 (B) 4x2 – 49x + 118 = 0
(C) 4x2 – 49x – 118 = 0 (D) x2 – 49x + 118 = 0

3. If a, b, c are in G. P, then the equations ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 and dx2 + 2ex + f = 0 have a common
d e f
root if , , are in
a b c
(A) A.P. (B) G. P.
(C) H.P. (D) none of these

 1
4. If the expression  mx  1   is non–negative for all positive real x, then the minimum value of m
 x
must be
(A) –1/2 (B) 0
(C) 1/4 (D) 1/2

5. If both the roots of the equation x2 – (p – 4) x + 2e2lnp – 4 = 0 are negative then p belongs to

(A)  2, 4  (B)  2 , 4
(C)  4, 2  (D)  ,  2 

6. If b > a, then the equation (x – a) (x – b) – 1 = 0 has

(A) both roots in [a, b] (B) both roots in (–, a)
(C) both roots in (b,  ) (D) one root in (– , a) and other in (b, )

7. Let f(x) be a quadratic expression which is positive for all x. If g(x) = f(x) + f (x) + f(x) then for
all real x,
(A) g(x) < 0 (B) g(x) > 0
(C) g(x) = 0 (D) g(x) 0
8. One lies between the root of the equation – x2 + ax + a = 0, a  R if and only if a 
1   1 
(A)  ,   (B)  ,  
2  2 
 1  1
(C)  ,  (D)  , 
 2  2

9. If c > 0 and 4a + c < 2b, then ax2 – bx + c = 0 has a root in the interval
(A) (0, 2) (B) (2, 4)
(C) (0, 1) (D) (–2, 0)

10. Let  ,  be the roots of the equation (x –a) (x–b) = c, c  0. Then the roots of the equation
(x–  ) (x –  ) + c = 0 are
(A) a, c (B) b, c
(C) a, b (D) a + c, b + c
 LEVEL-II
Multiple Choice Questions with one or more than one correct Answers:

1. Let x2 – px + q = 0, where p  R, q  R, have the roots ,  such that   2   0 then

(A) 2p2 + q = 0 (B) 2q2 + p = 0
(C) q < 0 (D) none of these
2 2
2. If x + ax + b = 0 and x + bx + a = 0, a  b, have a common root  then
(A) a + b = 1 (B)  + 1 = 0
(C)  = 1 (D) a + b + 1 = 0
3. The equation ||x – 1| + a| = 4 can have real solutions for x if a belongs to the interval
(A) ( , 4] (B) (,  4]
(C) (4,   ) (D) [ 4, 4]
2
4. The equation |x + 1| |x – 1| = a – 2a – 3 can have real solutions for x if a belongs to
(A) ( ,  1]  [3,   ) (B) [1  5, 1  5]

(C) [1  5,  1]  [3,1  5] (D) none of these

5. If a, b, c are rational and no two of them are equal then the equations
(b – c)x2 + (c – a)x + a – b = 0
and a(b – c)x2 + b(c – a)x + c(a – b) = 0
(A) have rational roots (B) will be such that at least one has rational roots
(C) have exactly one root common (D) have at least one root common
2 2 2 2
6. The equations x + b = 1 – 2bx and x + a = 1 – 2ax have one and only one root common. Then
(A) a – b = 2 (B) a – b + 2 = 0
(C) |a – b| = 2 (D) none of these
2
7. If x [2, 4] then for the expression x – 6x + 5
(A) the least value = –4 (B) the greatest value = 4
(C) the least value = 3 (D) the greatest value = –3
2
8. If x + ax + b is an integer for every integer x then
(A) ‘a’ is always an integer but ‘b’ need not be an integer
(B) ‘b’ is always an integer but ‘a’ need not be an integer
(C) a + b is always an integer
(D) a and b are always integers
9. If (m2 – 3)x2 + 3mx + 3m + 1 = 0 has roots which are reciprocals of each other, then the value of
m equals to
(A) 4 (B) –1
(C) 2 (D) none of these
2
10. Equation x + x + a = 0 will have exactly one root in the interval (0, 1) if
(A) –2  a < 0 (B) –2 < a < –1
(C) –1  a < 0 (D) 0  a < 1
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other competitive exams. :

1. The number of quadratic equations which are unchanged by squaring their roots is
(A) 2 (B) 4
(C) 6 (D) none of these

2. If the equations ax2 + bx + c = 0 and x3 + 3x2 + 3x + 2 = 0 have two common roots, then
(A) a = b c (B) a = – b = c
(C) a = b = c (D) none of these

3. The value of ‘C’ for which |a2 – b2 | = 7/4, where a and b are the roots of 2x2 + 7x + C = 0, is
(A) 4 (B) 0
(C) 6 (D) 2

4. If x2 – 4x + log1/2 a = 0 does not have two distinct real roots, then maximum value of a is
(A) 1/4 (B) 1/16
(C) –1/4 (D) none of these

5. If a1, a2, a3 (a1 > 0) are in G.P. with common ratio r, then the value of r, for which the inequality
9a1 + 5a3 > 14a2 holds, can not lie in the interval
(A) [1,  ) (B) [1, 9/5]
(C) [4/5, 1] (D) [5/9, 1]

6. The value of ‘p’ for which the sum of the square of the roots of 2x2 – 2(p –2) x–p–1 = 0 is
least, is
(A) 1 (B) 3/2
(C) 2 (D) –1

7. The equations ax2 + bx + a = 0 and x3 – 2x2 + 2x – 1 = 0 have two roots in common. Then a + b
must be equal to
(A) 1 (B) –1
(C) 0 (D) none of these

8. Number of positive integers n for which n2 + 96 is a perfect square is

(A) 4 (B) 8
(C) 12 (D) infinite
9. Let p(x) = 0 be a polynomial equation of least possible degree, with rational coefficients, having
3
7  3 49 as one of its roots. Then the product of all the roots of p(x) = 0 is
(A) 7 (B) 49
(C) 56 (D) 63

10. If  ,  ,  are the roots of the equation, x3 + P0x2 + P1x + P2 = 0, then (1–  2 ) (1–  2 ) (1 –  2 )
 is equal to
(A) (1 + P1)2– (P0 + P2)2 (B) (1 + P1)2 + (P0 + P2)2
(C) (1 – P1)2 – (P0 – P2)2 (D) none of these

11. 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
2 2
12. If both the roots of the equation x – 2ax + a + a – 3 = 0 are less than 3, then
(A) a < 2 (B) 2  a  3
(C) 3 < a  4 (D) a > 4

13. Let f(x)  ax2 + bx + 1; a, b  R, a  0 and let the roots of f(x) = 0 be imaginary, then f(x) can not
have
(A) the maximum value (B) the positive minimum value
(C) the minimum value (D) none of these
2
14. The maximum value of 4 sin x – 12 sinx + 7 is
(A) 25 (B) 4
(C) does not exist (D) none of these

15. If the difference between the roots of the equation x2 + ax + 1 = 0 is less than 5 , then the set of
possible values of a is
(A) (3, ) (B) (–, –3)
(C) (–3, 3) (D) (–3, )

16. The quadratic equations x2 – 6x + a = 0 and x2 – cx + 6 = 0 have one root in common. The other
roots of the first and second equations are integers in the ratio 4 : 3. Then the common root is
(A) 3 (B) 2
(C) 1 (D) 4
 SECTION-II
LEVEL-I

3
1. Prove that the roots of the quadratic equation 2x2 – x –  0 are irrational.
2

1 1 1
2. If sum of the roots of the equation   is zero, then prove that the product of the
xa xb c
1
roots is  (a2 + b2).
2

3*. If ,  are roots of the equation x2 + px – q = 0 and  ,  are roots of x2 + px + r = 0, then find
the value of (    ) (    ).

4. Let x2 – 2ax + b2 = 0 and x2 – 2bx + a2 = 0 be two equations, a > 0. Then show that the A.M. of
the roots of the first equation is the G.M. of the roots of second equation.

5. Let  ,  be the roots of the equation K (x2 –x) + x+5 = 0. If K1 & K2 are the two values of K for
which the roots  ,  are connected by the relation ( / )  ( /  ) = 4/5, find the value of
(K1/K2) + (K2/K1).

6*. If ,  are the roots of the equation 4x2 – 16x +  = 0,   R such that 1 <  < 2 and
2 <  < 3, then find the number of integral values of  .

7. If the sum of the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to the sum of the squares of their
reciprocals, then show that bc2, ca2, ab2 are in AP.

8. Let x2 – (m –3) x + m = 0(m R) be a quadratic equation. Find the value of m for which one root
is greater than 2 and the other root is smaller than 1.

9. Solve for x : 4x+1 – 6x – 2.9x+1 = 0

x 2  kx  1
10. Find the values of k for which x 2  x  1  2 x  R .
 LEVEL–II

1. If  be a root of the equation 4x2 + 2x – 1 = 0, then prove that 4  3 – 3  is the other root.

2. If the roots of x2 – ax + b = 0 are real & differ by a quantity which is less than c(c > 0), prove that
b lies between (1/4) (a2 – c2) & (1/4)a2.

3*. Find the least value of (6x2 – 22x + 21) / (5x2 – 18x + 17) x  R .

4. Let ,  be the roots of the equation x2 – 2x + 3 = 0. Obtain the equation whose roots are
 3  3 2  5  2,  3   2    5 .
5. 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 prove that (q – b)2 = bq (p–a)2.

6. Show that 2x2 + 2xy + y2 – 2x + 2y + 2 is never smaller than –3; x, y  R .

9
7*. Find the values of ‘a’ for which 4t – (a – 4) 2t + a < 0 t  (1, 2).
4

8. Find the values of K for which the equation x4 + (1 – 2K) x2 + K2 –1 = 0; has no real solution.

9. Find all the value’s of the parameters c for which the inequality has at least one solution
 7
 
1  log 2  2 x 2  2x    log 2 cx 2  c .
2


10. Find the value of ‘b’ for which the equation 2 log 1 bx  28   log 5 12  4x  x 2  has
25

(i) only one solution (ii) two different solutions (iii) no solution
 SECTION-III-A
Matrix–Match Type p q r s
This section contains 3 questions. Each question contains statements A p q r s
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II. B p q r s
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles
C p q r s
as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s, p q r s
D
then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :

1. Consider the quadratic equation x2 + 2(2a + 1)x + 9a – 5 = 0

List - I List-II
(A) a > 7 (p) Imaginary roots
(B) a < 0 (q) Negative roots
(C) 2 < a < 5 (r) One positive and one negative root

2. Let a < b < c < d. Match with the column in which equation has root in
List - I List-II
(A) (x – a) (x – c) + 2007 (x – b) (x – d) = 0 (p) (c, d)
(B) 2007 (x – a)(x – c) – 2006 (q) (a, b)
(x – b)(x – d) = 0
(C) (x – a)(x – b) (x – c) + (x – d) = 0 (r) ( , a)
(D) (x – a)(x – b) + (x – c) = 0 (s) (b, c)
 SECTION-III-B

Linked Comprehension Type

This section contains 2 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

I. If 1 ,  2 ,  3 ,....  n are roots of the equation

f(x) = a n x n  a n 1 x n 1 + .... + a1x + a0 ... (1)

then, f(x) = an(x – 1 ) (x –  2 ) ... (x –  n )

 anxn + an–1 xn–1 + ... + a1x + a0 = an (x – a1) (x – a2) (x – x2) ... (x – an)
Comparing the co–efficient of like powers of x on both sides, we get
n
a n 1 coefficient of x n 1
S1    i  1   2   3  ...   n  
i j a n = coefficient of x n
n
a coefficient of x n  2
S2   i  j  1 2  13 + ... = (–1)2 . n 2 = (–1)2
i j an coefficient of x n
n

S3=  
i  j k
i j k  1 23   2 3 4  ...

a n 3 (  1)3 coefficient of x n  3
= (–1) 3 
an coefficient of x n
... = ....................................................
... = ....................................................
(1)n a 0 constant term
Sn = a1a2a3 ... an = = (–1)n coefficient of x n
an

2 2
1. If  and  be the roots of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 then (   2 ) ( 2  ) is equal to
 

(A) –q/p (B)   
(C) p/q (D) none of these

2. The coefficient of x in the quadratic equation x2 + px + q = 0 was taken as 17 in place of 13, its
roots were found to be –2 and –15. Then the original roots of the equation are
(A) –10, –5 (B) 10, 3
(C) –10, 3 (D) 10, –3

3. Two candidates attempt to solve a quadratic equation of the form x2 + px + q = 0. One starts with
 a wrong value of p and finds the roots to be 2 and 6. The other starts with a wrong value of q and
finds the roots to be 2 and –9. Then the correct roots are
(A) –3, 4 (B) 3, –4
(C) –3, –4 (D) 3, 4

II. The expression ax2 + bx + c, a  0, a, b, c  R is of one sign for all x  R if and only if
b
b2 – 4ac < 0. However if b2 – 4ac = 0, then ax2 + bx + c is of one sign, except at x =  , where
2a
the value of the expression is zero. In the remaining case ax2 + bx + c takes all types of values
(i.e., negative, zero and positive).

4. If 1 + i is a root of the equation f(x)  x2 + px + q = 0; p, q  R – {0}, p < q then

(A) f(x) < 0 for x  (p, q) only (B) f(x) < 0 for x  (– , p)(q, ) only
(C) f(x) > 0 for all x  R (D) f(x) < 0 for all x  R

5. If f(x)  ax2 + bx + 1; a, b  R, does not have linear factors over R, then

(A) a. f(x) < 0 for all x  R (B) f(x) < 0 for all x  R
(C) b2 – 4a > 0 (D) af(x) > 0  xR

6. If the equation f(x)  ax2 + bx + 1 = 0 does not have two distinct real roots, then a – b + 1 is
(A) non–negative
(B) non–positive
(C) zero
(D) data is not sufficient to decide the sign of a – b + 1
 SECTION-III-C
Assertion – Reason Type
This section contains 4 questions. Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT
– 2 (Reason). Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

Instructions:
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement–2 NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1.
(C) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is False
(D) Statement –1 is False, statement–2 is True.

1. Consider the equation (a2 – 3a + 2) x2 + (a2 – 5a + 6)x + a2 – 1 = 0

Statement – 1: If a = 1, then above equation is true for all real x.
Statement – 2: If a = 1, then above equation will have two real and distinct roots.
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D

2. Let a, b, c be real such that ax2 + bx + c = 0 and x2 + x + 1= 0 have a common root

Statement–1 : a = b = c
Statement–2 : Two quadratic equations with real coefficients can not have only one imaginary
root common.
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D

3. Let a  (– , 0).
Statement–1 : ax2 – x + 4 < 0 for all x  R
Statement–2 : If roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, b, c  R are imaginary then signs of ax2 + bx + c
and a are same for all x  R.
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D

4. Statement-1: The real values of a form which the quadratic equation 2x2 – (a3 + 8a – 1) + a2 – 4a
= 0. Possesses roots of opposite signs are given by 0 < a < 4.
Statement-2: Disc  0 and product of root is < 2
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
 PROBLEMS
OBJECTIVE
(A) Fill in the blanks :
1. If 2  i 3 is a root of the equation x2 + px + q = 0, where p and q are real, then (p, q) = (----).

2. If the product of the roots of the equation x 3  3kx  2e 2 nk  1  0 is 7, then the roots are real for
k = .................

3. If the quadratic equations x2 + ax + b = 0 and x2 + bx + a = 0 (a  b) have a common root, then

the numerical value of a + b is..............

2
4. The sum of all the real roots of the equation x  2  x  2  2  0 is................

(B) True or False :

1. The equation 2x2 + 3x + 1 = 0 has an irrational root.

2. If a < b < c < d, then the roots of the equation (x – a) (x – c) + 2(x – b) (x – d) = 0 are real and
distinct.

3. If P(x) = ax2 + bx + c and Q(x) = – ax2 + dx + c, where ac 0, then P(x) Q(x) = 0 has at least two
real roots.

(C) Multiple choice questions with one or more than one correct answer :
2
1. the equation x3/4 (log2x) + log2x–5/4 = 2 has
(A) at least one real solution (B) exactly three solutions
(C) exactly one irrational solution (D) complex roots

(D) Multiple choice questions with one correct answer :

1. If , m, n are real,   m , then the roots by the equation (  m) x 2  5(  m) x  2(  m)  0

are
(A) real and equal (B) complex
(C) real and unequal (D) none of these
1  
2. The equation 2 cos 2  x  sin 2 x  x 2  x 2 , 0  x  has
2  9
(A) no real solution (B) one real solution
(C) more than one real solution (D) none of these
 2 2
3. The equation x – =1– has
x 1 x 1
(A) no root (B) one root
(C) two equal roots (D) infinitely many roots

4. If a and b are the roots of x2 + px + q = 0 and 4, 4 are the roots of x2 – rx + s = 0, then the
equation x2 – 4qx + 2q2 – r = 0 has always
(C) two negative roots (D) one positive and one negative roots

5. Let a, b, c be real number , a  0 . If  is a root of a2x2 + bx + c = 0,  is the root of

a2x2 – bx – 2c = 0 and 0     , then the equation a2x2 + 2bx + 2c = 0 has a root  that always
satisfies
  
(A)   (B)     (C)    (D)     
2 2

6. Let f(x) be a quadratic expression which is positive for all real values of x. If
g(x) = f ( x )  f ( x )  f ( x ) , then for any real x,
(A) g(x) <0 (B) g(x) > 0 (C) g(x) =0 (D) g( x )  0

7. The equation (cos p – 1)x2 + (cos p)x + sin p =0 in the variable x, has real roots. Then p can take
any value in the interval
  
(A) (0, 2) (B) (  , 0) (C)   ,  (D) (0, )
 2 2

8. Let ,  be the roots of the equation ( x  a ) ( x  b)  c, c  0 , then the roots of the equation
( x   ) ( x  )  c  0 are
(A) a, c (B) b, c (C) a, b (D) a + c, b + c

9. The equation x  1  x  1  4x  1 has

(A) no solution (B) one solution
(C) two solutions (D) more than two solutions

 P Q
10. In a triangle PQR, R  . If tan  & tan  are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0
2 2 2
a  0 then :
(A) a + b = c (B) b + c = a (C) a + c = b (D) b = c
2 2
11. If the roots of the equation x - 2ax + a + a - 3 = 0 are real & less than 3 then
(A) a < 2 (B) 2  a  3 (C) 3  a  4 (D) a > 4
12. For the equation, 3x2 + px + 3 = 0, p > 0 if one of the roots is square of the other, then p is equal
to
(A) 1/3 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 2/3

13. If ,    , are the roots of the equation, x2 + bx + c = 0, where c < 0 < b, then

(A) 0     (B)   0     (C)     0 (D)   0    

14. If b > a, then the equation, (x - a) (x - b) - 1 = 0 has :

(A) both roots in [a, b] (B) both roots in  , a 
(C) both root in b,   (D) one root in  , a  & other in b,   
15. The number of integer values of m, for which the x coordinate of the point of intersection of the
lines 3x + 4y = 9 and y = mx + 1 is also an integer, is
16. The set of all real numbers x for which x 2  x  2  x  0 , is
(A)  ,  2  2,   
(B)  ,  2    2,  
(C)  ,  1  1,   (D)  2,  
17. Let f(x) = ax 2  bx  c, a  0 and   b 2  4ac . If   ,  2   2 and  3   3 are in G.P., then
(A)   0 (B) b   0 (C) c   0 (D) bc  0

18. a, b, c are the sides of a triangle ABC such that x2 – 2 (a + b + c) x + 3 (ab + bc + ca) = 0 has
real roots
4 5 4 5 1 5
(A) < (B) > (C)   ,  (D)   , 
3 3  3 3 3 3
2
19. Let a, b, c, p, q be real numbers. Suppose ,  are the roots of the equation x + 2px + q = 0 and
1
,  are the roots of the equation ax2 + 2bx + c = 0, where 2  {-1, 0, 1}
STATEMENT–1: (p2 – q) (b2 – ac)  0
and
STATEMENT–2: b  pa or c  qa
(A) STATEMENT–1 is True, STATEMENT–2 is True; STATEMENT–2 is a correct explanation
for STATEMENT–1
(B) STATEMENT–1 is True, STATEMENT–2 is True; STATEMENT–2 is NOT a correct
explanation for STATEMENT–1
(C) STATEMENT–1 is True, STATEMENT–2 is False
(D) STATEMENT–1 is False, STATEMENT–2 is True
SUBJECTIVE
1. If ,  are the roots of x2 + px + q = 0 and r,  are the roots of the x2 + rx + s = 0, evaluate
(   ) (  ) (   ) (  ) in terms of p, q, r and s. Deduce the condition that the equations
have a common root.
2. Show that the equation esin x – e–sin x – 4 = 0 has no real solution.
3. If one root of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to the nth power of the other, then
1 1

show that (ac n ) n 1  (a n c) n 1  b  0 .

4. For a 0, determine all real roots of the equation x2 – 2a | x – a | – 3a2 = 0.
5. Let 1, 2 1, 2 be the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0 and px2 + qx + r = 0 respectively. If the system
b 2 ac
of equation 1y + 2z = 0 and 1y + 2z = 0 has a nontrivial solution, then prove that 2  .
q pr

6. Solve | x2 + 4x + 3 | + 2x + 5 = 0.
7. Let p  3 be an integer and ,  be the roots of x2 – (p + 1)x + 1 = 0. Using mathematical
induction show that  n   n (i) is a integer (ii) is not divisible by p
8. If ,  are the roots of the equation x2 - px + q = 0, then find the quadratic equation the roots of
  
which are  2   2  3  3 &  3 2   2 3 .
9. Let a, b, c be real, If ax2 + bx + c = 0 has two real roots  &  , where   1 &   1 then show
that 1  c / a  b / a  0 .
sin x cos 3x 1
10. Prove that the values of the function do not lie between & 3 for any real x.
sin 3x cos x 3

11. If ,  are the roots of the equation x2 - bx + c = 0, then find the equation whose roots are,
 2
 
  2  3   3 and  5 3   35  2 4 4 .
12. If ,  are the roots of the equation, (x - a) (x - b) + c = 0, find the roots of the equation,
( x   )( x  )  c .
13. If ,  are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, a  0  and   ,    , are the roots of,

b 2  4ac B 2  4AC
Ax2 + Bx + C = 0, A  0  for some constant  , then prove that,  .
a2 A2

14. Let a, b, c be real numbers with a  0 and let ,  be the roots of the equation ax2 + bx +c= 0.
Express the roots of a3x2 + abcx + c3 = 0 in terms of ,  .
15. If x2 + (a - b)x + (1 - a - b) = 0 where a , b  R then find the values of ‘a’ which equation has
unequal real roots for all values of ‘b’.
 ANSWERS
SECTION-I
LEVEL - I

1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (D)

7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (A) 10. (C)
LEVEL - II
1. (A C) 2. (C D) 3. (A B) 4. (A C) 5. (A C) 6. (A B C)
7. (A D) 8. (C D) 9. (A B) 10. (B C)
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other competitive exams. :
1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (B)
7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (A) 11. (B) 12. (A)
13. (A) 14. (D) 15. (C) 16. (B)

SECTION-II

LEVEL–I
3. (q + r) 5. 254
6. 3 8. No value 9. –2 10. 0 < k < 4
LEVEL–II

3. 1 4. x2 – 3x + 2 = 0 7. No value
5
8. k < – 1 or k > 9. 0, 8
4

14   14 
10. (i)  , 14   4   ,   (ii)  4,  (iii) [–14, 4)
3   3

SECTION-III-A

1. (A-r), (B-q), (C-p) 2. (A-q), (B-r), (C-p), (D-s)

SECTION-III-B
1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (A)

SECTION-III-C
1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (A)
 PROBLEMS ASKED IN IIT-JEE
OBJECTIVE
(A)
1. (–4, 7) 2. 2 3. –1 4. 4
(B)
1. F 2. T 3. T
(C)
1. ABC
(D)
1. C 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. D 6. B

7. 8. C 9. A 10. A 11. A 12. C

13.B 14. D 15. A 16. B 17. C 18. A

19. A
SUBJECTIVE
1. (s – q)2 + q(r – q)2 – p(s – q) . (r – p), (q – s)2 = (r – p) . (ps – rq) 4. (a ± a 2 , –a ±a 6 )

6. (–4, –1 – 3 ) 8. x2 - p(p4 - 5p2q + 5q2)x + p2q2(p2 - q2)(p2 - q) = 0

11. x2 - (x1 + x2)x + x1x2 = 0 where x1 = (b2 - 2c) (b3 - 3cb); x2 - c3(b2 - 4c)

12. (a, b)

14.    2 and    2 or    2 and    2 15. a > 1