(Mathematics) Class Test - 2

Objective Questions (Marks +3, –1)

1. Let a > 0, b > 0 & c > 0. Then both the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0

(A) are real & negative (B) have negative real parts

(C) are rational numbers (D) have positive real parts

2. If the roots of the equation x2 + 2ax + b = 0 are real and distinct and they differ by atmost 2m, then
b lies in the interval

(A) (a2 – m2, a2) (B) [a2 – m2, a2) (C) (a2, a2 + m2) (D) none of these

3. The set of possible values of  for which x2 – (2 – 5 + 5)x + (22 – 3 – 4) = 0 has roots, whose
sum and product are both less than 1, is

 5  5  5
(A)  −1 , (B) (1, 4) (C) 1 ,  (D)  1 ,
 2   2  2 

4. If p, q, r, s  R, then equaton (x2 + px + 3q) (–x2 + rx + q) (–x2 + sx – 2q) = 0 has

(A) 6 real roots (B) atleast two real roots

(C) 2 real and 4 imaginary roots (D) 4 real and 2 imaginary roots

5. Find the set of all real values of  such that the root of the equation
x2 + 2(a + b + c)x + 3 (ab + bc + ca) = 0 are always real for any choice of a, b, c (where a, b, c
represents sides of scalene triangle).

 4  4  1 5 4 5
(A)  −,  (B)  ,   (C)  ,  (D)  , 
 3 3  3 3 3 3

6. If coefficients of biquadratic equation are all distinct and belong to the set {–9, – 5, 3, 4, 7}, then
equation has

(A) atleast two real roots

(B) four real roots, two are conjugate surds and other two are also conjugate surds

(C) four imaginary roots

(D) None of these

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7. Let p, q, r, s  R, x2 + px + q = 0, x2 + rx + s = 0 such that 2 (q + s) = pr then

(A) atleast one of the equation have real roots.

(B) either both equations have imaginary roots or both equations have real roots.

(C) one of equations have real roots and other equation have imaginary roots

(D) atleast one of the equations have imaginary roots.

8. The equation, x = − 2x2 + 6x − 9 has:

(A) no solution (B) one solution (C) two solutions (D) infinite solutions

Integer Questions (Marks +4, 0)

9. Find number of integer roots of equation x (x + 1) (x + 2) (x + 3) = 120.

2
−3 2
−3
10. Find product of all real values of x satisfying (5 + 2 6)x + (5 − 2 6)x = 10

11. If a, b are the roots of x2 + px + 1 = 0 and c, d are the roots of x2 + qx + 1 = 0. Then find the value
of (a − c) (b − c) (a + d) (b + d)/(q2 − p2).

12. ,  are roots of the equation  (x2 – x) + x + 5 = 0. If 1 and 2 are the two values of  for which the
 1  2 
   +  
roots ,  are connected by the relation + = 4, then the value of  2 1 
is
   14 
 
 

13. Let one root of equation ( – m) x2 + x + 1 = 0 be double of the other. If  be real and 8m  k then
find the least value of k.

14. Let   be the roots of the equation x2 + ax + b = 0 and   be the roots of x2 – ax + b – 2 = 0. If

15. If a > b > 0 and a3 + b3 + 27ab = 729 then the quadratic equation ax 2 + bx – 9 = 0 has roots
,  ( < ). Find the value of 4 – a.

16. Let  and  be roots of x2 – 6(t2 – 2t + 2)x – 2 = 0 with  > . If an = n – n for n  1, then find the
a100 − 2a98
minimum value of (where t  R)
a99
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Subjective Questions (Marks +5, 0)

17. Polynomial f(x) = ax4 + bx3 + cx2 + dx + e have integral coefficient (a > 0) If there exist four distinct

integer 1, 2, 3, 4 ( < 2 < 3 < 4) such that f(1) = f(2) = f(3) = f(4) = 5 and equation f(x) = 9

has integeral roots then find

  +  2 + 3 +  4    +  2 + 3 +  4 
(i) f 1  (ii) f ' 1 
 4   4 

(iii) Range of f(x) in [2, 3]

(iv) Difference of largest and smallest root of f(x) = 9

18. Find the number of values of x satisfying the relation

 n   j −1 n    n −1 


 (x − i ) 


n −1    
(x − i ) (x − i )  
 3


 (x −  )  i
13 
i= 2
n +  
j= 2  
i=1
j −1
i= j+1
n
 j  +
 

i =1
n −1  n – x = 0 (where n  5).
3 3




 (1 − i ) 




 
(  j − i ) (  j − i )  
 



 ( n − i ) 


i= 2  i=1 i= j+1   i=1

19. If two of the roots of equation x4 – 2x3 + ax2 + 8x + b = 0 are equal in magnitude but opposite in

sign, then value of 4a + b is equal to:

(A) 16 (B) 8 (C) –16 (D) –8