Algebra: Equations, Roots, and Polynomials

A comprehensive quiz covering solving equations, finding roots, polynomial properties, and related algebraic concepts including iteration methods.

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What are the solutions of the equation $x^2+8x+15=0$? 

  1. $3,-5$
  2. $3,5$
  3. $5,-3$
  4. $-5,-3$
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $a, b , c \in R $ and $3b^2 - 8ac < 0$ then the
equation $ax^4 + bx^3 +cx^2 +5x - 7=0$ has

  1. (a) all real roots
  2. (b) all imaginary roots
  3. (c) exactly two real and two imaginary roots
  4. (d) none
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The solution to the equation ${7}^{1+x}+{7}^{1-x}=50$ is

  1. $0$
  2. $\pm 1$
  3. $2$
  4. none of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Solve the equation $y^2 + 2y = 40$, correct to $1$ decimal place using trial and improvement method.

  1. $5.8$
  2. $5.4$
  3. $5.7$
  4. $5.9$
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The number of solution of $2\cos^2\dfrac{\pi}{2}\sin^2x=x^2+\dfrac{1}{x^2},;0 \le x \le \dfrac{\pi}{2}$ is 

  1. Zero
  2. One
  3. Infinite many
  4. Four
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The number of integers (positive, negative or zero) solutions of
$xy-6(x+y)=0$ with x is less than or equal to y is:

  1. 5
  2. 10
  3. 12
  4. none of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The method of finding solution by trying out various values for the variable is called

  1. Rrror method
  2. Trial and error method
  3. Testing method
  4. Checking method
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\dfrac {1}{x}-\dfrac {1}{y}=\dfrac {1}{z}$, then z is equal to

  1. y-x
  2. x-y
  3. $\dfrac {y-x}{xy}$
  4. $\dfrac {xy}{y-x}$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following quadratics is irreducible?

  1. $2x^2 - 5x + 3$
  2. $2x^2 - 5x - 3$
  3. $5x^2 - 2x + 3$
  4. $5x^2 - 2x - 3$
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

x is ........... variable

  1. Dependent
  2. Independent
  3. None
  4. both
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

When multiplicity of a polynomial exist?

  1. when a factor appears in conjugate
  2. when a factor appears more than once
  3. when a factor appears more than twice
  4. None of the above
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Let $R=gS-4$. When $S=8,R= 16$. When $S= 10$, R is

  1. 11
  2. 14
  3. 21
  4. 20
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A three-digit number beginning from the left is abc. The number is

  1. cba
  2. a+10b+100c
  3. 100a+10b+c
  4. none of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Condition for an irreducible quadratic equation is-

  1. discriminant is positive
  2. discriminant is negative
  3. discriminant is zero
  4. None of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Solve the simultaneous equations using the convergent iterations:
$12x$ + $3y$ - $5z$ = $1$
$x$ + $5y$ +$3z$ = $28$
$3x$ + $7y$ $13z$ = $76$

  1. $x=1$, $y=4$ and $\text z =3$
  2. $x=1$, $y=3$ and $\text z =4$
  3. $x=2$, $y=3$ and $\text z =5$
  4. $x=3$, $y=2$ and $\text z =5$
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the answer to the equation $x^{3}$ - $2x$ = $25$  to one decimal place using trial and improvement method. 

  1. $3.7$
  2. $3.2$
  3. $3.6$
  4. $3.9$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Use the Zero Product Property to solve the equation $(7x+2) (5x-4)=0$

  1. $\dfrac{2}{7}$ , $ \dfrac{-4}{5}$
  2. $\dfrac{-2}{7}$ , $ \dfrac{4}{5}$
  3. $\dfrac{-2}{5}$ , $ \dfrac{7}{5}$
  4. $\dfrac{2}{5}$ , $ \dfrac{-7}{5}$
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The solution of the equation ${\left| {x + 1} \right|^2} - \left| {x + 2} \right| - 26 = 0$ is:

  1. $ \dfrac{-1 + \sqrt{(109)}}{2}$,$ \dfrac{-3 - \sqrt{(101)}}{2}$
  2. $ - 7,\sqrt {29} $
  3. $ \pm \sqrt {29} $
  4. $ - 7,29$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$36$ factorized into two factors in such a way that sum of factors is minimum, then the factors are

  1. $2, 18$
  2. $9, 4$
  3. $3, 12$
  4. None of these
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The first and last term of an A.P. are $1$ and $11$. If the sum of its terms is $36$, then the number of terms will be

  1. $5$
  2. $6$
  3. $7$
  4. $8$
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } + z ^ { 2 } \neq 0 , x = c y + b z , y = a z + c x$ and $z = b x + a y ,$ then $a ^ { 2 } + b ^ { 2 } + c ^ { 2 } + 2 a b c =$

  1. 2
  2. $a + b + c$
  3. 1
  4. $ab + bc + ca$
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $f(x) = a{x^7} + b{x^3} + cx - 5 ,,,,,a,b,c$ are real constants and $f( - 7) = 7$ then the range of $f(7) + 17\cos x$ is

  1. $\left[ { - 34,0} \right]$
  2. $\left[ {0,34} \right]$
  3. $\left[ { - 34,34} \right]$
  4. $\left[ {34,\infty } \right]$
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many distinct real solutions does the equation $((x^2 - 2)^2 - 5)^2 = 1$ have ?

  1. 5
  2. 6
  3. 8
  4. 9
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$x$ and $y$ are real numbers such that ${7^x} - 16y = 0;{\text{and}};{4^x} - 49y = 0,$ then the value of $\left( {y - x} \right)$ is

  1. $\dfrac{5}{2}$
  2. $\dfrac{{19}}{5}$
  3. $\dfrac{{4115}}{{2013}}$
  4. $\dfrac{{1569}}{{784}}$
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

if $3^{x}-3^{x-1}=18$, then $x^{x}$ is equal to

  1. $3$
  2. $8$
  3. $27$
  4. $216$
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The number of ordered pairs of integers (x,y) satisfying the equation
${ x }^{ 2 }+6x+{ y }^{ 2 }=4$ is

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 8
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The solution set of the system of equations $\log _{ 3 }{ x } +\log _{ 3 }{ y } =2+\log _{ 3 }{ 2 } \quad and\quad \log _{ 27 }{ (x+y) } =\dfrac { 2 }{ 3 } $ is :

  1. {6,3}
  2. {3,6}
  3. {6,12}
  4. {12,6}
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Number of real solutions of the equation $\sqrt { \log _{ 10 }{ (-x) }  } =\log _{ 10 }{ \sqrt { { x }^{ 2 } }  } $ is :

  1. zero
  2. exactly 1
  3. exactly 2
  4. 5
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Number of solutions satisfying, $\sqrt { 5-{ log } _{ 2 }x } =3-{ log } _{ 2 }x$ are :

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Number of ordered pair(s) of (x,y) satisfying the system of equations, $\log _2 xy = 5$ and $\log _{\frac{1}{2}} \frac{x}{y} = 1$ is:

  1. one
  2. two
  3. three
  4. four
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $H.C.F. \left(a,b\right) = 9$ and $a  . b = 100$, then $L.C.M.\left(a,b\right) =$

  1. $200$
  2. $100/3$
  3. $100/9$
  4. <ol><li>$150$</li></ol>
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The multiplicity of the root $x=1$ for the function $f(x) = x^2(x+1)^3(x-2)^2(x-1)$ is

  1. $1$
  2. $2$
  3. $3$
  4. $4$
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

List the multiplicities of the zeroes of the polynomial $P(x)=x^2-14x+49$

  1. $x=5$ is a zero of multiplicity $3$.
  2. $x=7$ is a zero of multiplicity $2$.
  3. $x=6$ is a zero of multiplicity $1$.
  4. None of these
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $x=2+\sqrt{3}$, $xy=1$, then $\cfrac { x }{ \sqrt { 2 } +\sqrt { x }  } +\cfrac { y }{ \sqrt { 2 } +\sqrt { y }  } =$.......

  1. $\sqrt{2}$
  2. $\sqrt{3}$
  3. $1$
  4. $2$
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The method of finding solution by trying out various values for the variable is called

  1. Error method
  2. Trial and error method
  3. Testing method
  4. Checking method
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $f\left( {x,y} \right) = \sqrt {{x^2} + {y^2}}  + \sqrt {{{\left( {x - 1} \right)}^2} + {y^2}}  + \sqrt {{x^2} + {{\left( {y - 1} \right)}^2}}  + \sqrt {{{\left( {x - 3} \right)}^2} + {{\left( {y - 4} \right)}^2}} $ where $x,y \in R$, then the minimum value of $f\left( {x,y} \right)$ is

  1. $2 + \sqrt 5 $
  2. $5 + \sqrt 2 $
  3. $5 - \sqrt 2 $
  4. $\sqrt 5 - 2$
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$|x - 1| + |x + 3| + |x - 5| = k$
How many values does $k$ have.

  1. only one solution
  2. two solution
  3. no solution
  4. infinite solutions
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Consider the equation $(1 + a + b)^{2} = 3(1 + a^{2} + b^{2})$, where a, b are real numbers.
Then

  1. there is no solution pair (a, b)
  2. there are infinitely many solution pairs (a, b)
  3. there are exactly two solution pairs (a, b)
  4. there is exactly one solution pair (a, b)
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The equations of the plane through the points $(1,-1,2),(-3,2,-2)$ and perpendicular to the plane $x+2y+3z+7=0$ is  

  1. $x+16y+11z-7=0$
  2. $17x+8y-11z+13=0$
  3. $x+y+z-2=0$
  4. $x-5y-3z=0$

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