Forming quadratic equation - class-XII

forming quadratic equation

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Sum of roots is $-1$ and sum of their reciprocals is $\dfrac{1}{6}$, then equation is?

  1. $x^2+x-6=0$
  2. $x^2-x+6=0$
  3. $6x^2+x+1=0$
  4. $x^2-6x+1=0$
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the roots of $x^{3}-kx^{2}+14x-8=0$ are in geometric progression ,then $k=$

  1. -3
  2. 7
  3. 4
  4. 0
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The quadratic equation whose roots are twice the roots of  $2 x ^ { 2 } - 5 x + 2 = 0$  is:

  1. $8 x ^ { 2 } - 10 x + 2 = 0$
  2. $x ^ { 2 } - 5 x + 4 = 0$
  3. $2 x ^ { 2 } - 5 x + 2 = 0$
  4. $x ^ { 2 } - 10 x + 6 = 0$
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The sum and the product of the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial are $ \dfrac{-1}{2} $ and $ \dfrac{1}{2}$ respectively, then the polynomial is :

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

If $(b - c){x^2} + (c - a)x + (a - b) = 0$ has equal roots then $a,b,c$ are in :

  1. A.P.
  2. G.P.
  3. H.P.
  4. none
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If α+β=5α+β=5
State true or false.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $P ( \alpha , \beta )$ moves on $x ^ { 2 } + y ^ { 2 } - 2 x + 6 y + 1 = 0$ then minimum value of $a ^ { 2 } + \beta ^ { 2 } - 2 a - 4 \beta$ is 

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

The sum and the product of zeroes of a quadratic polynomial $p(x)$ are $-7$ and $-10$ respectively. Then $p(x)$ is :

  1. $x^{2}-7x-10$
  2. $x^{2}-7x+10$
  3. $x^{2}+7x-10$
  4. $x^{2}+7x+10$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are the roots of the equation $ax^{2} , + , bx , + , c , = , 0$. The equation whose roots are as given below.
$\alpha , + ,\dfrac{1}{\beta} , , , \beta , + , \dfrac{1}{\alpha}$ is $acx^2 , + , b(a , + , c) , x , + , (a , + , c)^2 , = , 0$

  1. True
  2. False
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\dfrac{x^2 - bx}{ax - c} = \dfrac{m - 1}{m + 1}$ has roots which are numerically equal but of opposite sings, the value of m must be:

  1. $\dfrac{a-b}{a + b}$
  2. $\dfrac{a + b}{a - b}$
  3. c
  4. $\dfrac{1}{c}$
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are the roots of the equation $ax^{2} , + , bx , + , c , = , 0$. The equation whose roots are as given below.
$\dfrac{\alpha }{\beta } , ,\dfrac{\beta }{\alpha}$ is $acx^2 , - , (b^2 , - , 2ac) , x , + , ac , = , 0$

  1. True
  2. False
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A quadratic polynomial $p(x)$ with $3$ and $\dfrac{-2}{5}$  as the sum and product of zeroes, respectively is $10x^2+30x-4$

  1. True
  2. False
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the roots of a quadratic equation are reciprocals of the roots of $ax^2 + bx + c = 0$, then what will be the coefficient of $c$?

  1. $x$
  2. $x^2$
  3. $-x$
  4. $x^3$
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the Quadratic Equation whose roots are Reciprocal of $ax^2 + bx + c = 0$.

  1. $ax^2 + bx + c = 0$
  2. $a(\dfrac {1}{x})^2 + b(\dfrac {1}{x}) + c = 0$
  3. $3ax^2 + 2bx + c = 0$
  4. None of the above
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If A.M. of the roots of a quadratic equation is $8/5$ and A.M. of their reciprocals is $8/7$, then the equation is?

  1. $7x^2-16x+8=0$
  2. $3x^2-12x+7=0$
  3. $5x^2-16x+7=0$
  4. $7x^2-16x+5=0$
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha, \beta$ are the root of a quadratic equation $x^2 - 3x+5=0$, then the equation whose roots are $(\alpha^2 - 3 \alpha +7)$ and $(\beta^2 -3\beta +7)$ is

  1. $x^2 +4x+1=0$
  2. $x^2 -4x+4=0$
  3. $x^2 -4x-1=0$
  4. $x^2 +2x+3=0$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the roots of ${a _1}{x^2}, + ,{b _1}x, + ,{c _1}, = ,0$ are ${\alpha _1},,{\beta _1},,$ and those of ${a _2}{x^2}, + ,{b _2}x, + {c _2}, = ,0$ are ${\alpha _2},,{\beta _2}$ such that ${\alpha _1},{\alpha _2} = ,{\beta _1},{\beta _2}, = ,1$, then

  1. $\dfrac{{{a _1}}}{{{a _2}}} = \,\dfrac{{{b _1}}}{{{b _2}}}\, = \,\dfrac{{{c _1}}}{{{c _2}}}$
  2. $\dfrac{{{a _1}}}{{{c _2}}} = \,\dfrac{{{b _1}}}{{{b _2}}}\, = \,\dfrac{{{c _1}}}{{{a _2}}}$
  3. ${a _1}\,{a _2}\, = \,{b _1}\,{b _2}\, = \,{c _1}\,{c _2}$
  4. None of these
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $alpha, beta$ are roots of $Ax^2 + Bx + C = 0$ and $\alpha^2, \beta^2$ are roots of $x^2 + px + q = 0$, the $p$ is equal to

  1. $\dfrac{B^2 - 2AC}{A^2}$
  2. $\dfrac{2AC - B^2}{A^2}$
  3. $\dfrac{B^2 - 4AC}{A^2}$
  4. $\dfrac{4AC - B^2}{A^2}$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha+\beta$$=-2$ and ${\alpha}^{3}+{\beta}^{3}$$=-56$ then the quadratic equation whose roots are $\alpha,\beta$ is 

  1. ${ x }^{ 2 }+2x-16$$=0$
  2. ${x}^{2}+2x-15$$=0$
  3. ${x}^2+2x-12$$=0$
  4. ${x}^{2}+2x-8$$=0$
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha \neq \beta$ but $\alpha^2 = 5 \alpha -3$ and $\beta^2 = 5\beta -3$, then the equation whose roots are $\dfrac{\alpha}{\beta}$ and $\dfrac{\beta}{\alpha}$is

  1. $3x^2 - 25x+3=0$
  2. $x^2 +5x-3=0$
  3. $x^2 -5x+3=0$
  4. $3x^2 - 19x+3=0$
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the difference of the roots of the quadratic equation is 3 and difference between their cubes is 189, then the quadratic equation is x2±9x+18=0x2±9x+18=0
State true or false.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

If $\alpha , \beta$ are the roots of the equation $ { x }^{ 2 } - 2x + 3 = 0$, obtain the equation whose roots are ${ \alpha  }^{ 3 } - 3{ \alpha  }^{ 2 } + 5\alpha - 2,  { \beta  }^{ 3 } - { \beta  }^{ 2 } + \beta + 5$.

  1. ${x}^{2}-3x+2=0$
  2. ${x}^{2}+3x-2=0$
  3. $-{x}^{2}-3x+2=0$
  4. $-{x}^{2}+3x-2=0$
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the difference of the roots of a quadratic equation is 4 and the difference of their cubes is 208, then the quadratic equation is $x^{2}, \pm, 8x, +, 12, =, 0$
State true or false.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the roots of the equation ${ x }^{ 2 }+x+1=0$. The equation whose roots are ${ \alpha  }^{ 19 },{ \beta  }^{ 7 }$ is

  1. ${ x }^{ 2 }-x-1=0$
  2. ${ x }^{ 2 }-x+1=0$
  3. ${ x }^{ 2 }+x-1=0$
  4. ${ x }^{ 2 }+x+1=0$
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following quadratic equation has the sum of their roots $4$ and the sum of the cubes of their roots as $28$? 

  1. $x^2 - 4x + 3 = 0$
  2. $x^2 - 4x - 5 = 0$
  3. $x^2 - 3x + 4 = 0$
  4. $x^2 + 4x + 3 = 0$
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If one root of the quadratic equation $ax^{2}, +, bx, +, c, =, 0$ is the square of the other, then $b^{3}, +, a^{2}c, +, ac^{2}, =, 3abc$
Say yes or no.

  1. Yes
  2. No
  3. Ambiguous
  4. Data insufficient
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the roots of the equation $2x^2 - 3x + 5 = 0$ are reciprocals of the roots of the equation $ax^2 + bx + 2 = 0$, then

  1. $a = 2, b = 3$
  2. $a = 2, b = -3$
  3. $a = 5, b = -3$
  4. $a = 5, b = 3$
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If each root of the equation ${x}^{2}+11{x}+13=0$ is diminished by $4$, then the resulting equation is

  1. ${x}^{2}+3{x}-15=0$
  2. ${x}^{2}+3{x}+73=0$
  3. ${x}^{2}+19{x}+73=0$
  4. ${x}^{2}-3{x}-4=0$
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\displaystyle \alpha, \beta $ are the roots of $\displaystyle x^{2}+3x+3=0$  then find the quadratic equation whose roots are $\displaystyle (\alpha +\beta )$ and $\displaystyle \alpha \beta $

  1. $\displaystyle x^{2}=1$
  2. $\displaystyle x^{2}=4$
  3. $\displaystyle x^{2}=9$
  4. None of these
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $a, b, g$  are the roots of the equation $(x - 2$ ) $\displaystyle \left ( x^{2}+6x-11 \right )=0$ therefore $(a + b + g)$  equals

  1. $-4$
  2. $\dfrac{23}{6}$
  3. $13$
  4. $-8$
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The roots of equation $\displaystyle x^{2}+px+q=0$ are $1 $ and $2$ . The roots of the equation $\displaystyle qx^{2}-px+1=0$ must be

  1. $-1,$ $\displaystyle -\frac{1}{2}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2},1$
  3. $\displaystyle -\frac{1}{2},1$
  4. $\displaystyle -1,\frac{1}{2}$
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The equation whose roots are twice the roots of $x^2 -3x +3=0$ is

  1. $x^2-6x+12=0$
  2. $x^2-3x+6=0$
  3. $2x^2-3x+3=0$
  4. $4x^2-6x+3=0$
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The equation whose roots are the squares of the roots of equation $x^2 -x +1= 0$ is

  1. $x^2-x+1=0$
  2. $x^2+x+1=0$
  3. $x^2-x-1=0$
  4. $-x^2-x-1=0$
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $m$ and $n$ are the roots of the equation $(x + p)(x + q) - k = 0$, then the roots of the equation $(x - m)(x - n) + k = 0$ are-

  1. $p$ and $q$
  2. $1/p$ and $1/q$
  3. $-p$ and $-q$
  4. $p + q$ and $p - q$
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are the roots of $x^{2} + p = 0$ where p is a prime, which equation has the roots $\dfrac {1}{\alpha}$ and $\dfrac {1}{\beta}$?

  1. $\dfrac {1}{x^{2}} + \dfrac {1}{p} = 0$
  2. $px^{2} + 1 = 0$
  3. $px^{2} - 1 = 0$
  4. $\dfrac {1}{x^{2}} - \dfrac {1}{p} = 0$
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The equation formed by multiplying each root of $ax^2  + bx + c = 0$ by 2 is $ x^2 + 36x + 24 = 0$.Which one of the following is correct ?

  1. $ bc = a^2 $
  2. $ bc = 36 a^2 $
  3. $ bc = 72 a^2 $
  4. $ bc = 108 a^2 $
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha , \beta$ are the roots of the equation $ax^2+bx+c=0$ then the quadratic equation whose roots are $\alpha + \beta , \alpha \beta$ is:

  1. $a^2 x^2 +a(b-c) x+bc=0$
  2. $a^2 x^2 + a(b-c) x-bc=0$
  3. $ax^2 +(b+c) x+bc=0$
  4. $ax^2-(b+c)x-bc=0$
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are the roots of the equation $ax^2+bx+c=0$ and if $px^2+qx+r=0$ has roots $\displaystyle \frac{1-\alpha}{\alpha}$ and $\displaystyle \frac{1-\beta}{\beta}$, then $r$ is

  1. $a+2b$
  2. $a+b+c$
  3. $ab+bc+ca$
  4. $abc$
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha , \beta$ are the roots of the equation $9x^2+6x+1=0$, then the equation with the roots $\cfrac{1}{\alpha}, \cfrac{1}{\beta}$ is :

  1. $2x^2+3x+18=0$
  2. $x^2+6x-9=0$
  3. $x^2+6x+9=0$
  4. $x^2-6x+9=0$
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are roots of $2{ x }^{ 2 }-3x-6=0$, then the equation whose roots are ${ \alpha  }^{ 2 }+2$ and ${ \beta  }^{ 2 }+2$ will be

  1. $4{ x }^{ 2 }+49x-118=0$
  2. $4{ x }^{ 2 }-49x-118=0$
  3. $4{ x }^{ 2 }-49x+118=0$
  4. $4{ x }^{ 2 }+49x+118=0$
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha, \beta$ are the roots of $x^2 + px+1=0$ and $\gamma, \delta $ are the roots of $x^2+qx+1=0$, then $(\alpha - \gamma) (\beta - \gamma)(\alpha - \delta) (\beta + \delta)=$

  1. $2q^2$
  2. $2p^2$
  3. $p^2-q^2$
  4. $q^2 - p^2$
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the equation whose sum of roots and product of roots are the product and sum of roots of $x^2 + 5x + 6 = 0$ respectively.

  1. $x^2 - 6x - 5 = 0$
  2. $x^2 - 5x - 6 = 0$
  3. $x^2 + 11x - 1 = 0$
  4. None of the above
Question 43 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha, \beta $ are the roots of $ax^2+bx+c=0$ then the equation whose roots are $2+\alpha , 2+\beta$ is:

  1. $ax^2+x(4a-b) + 4a-2b+c=0$
  2. $ax^2+x(4a-b) + 4a+2b+c=0$
  3. $ax^2+x(b-4a) = 4a+2b+c=0$
  4. $ax^2+x(b-4a) + 4a-2b+c=0$
Question 44 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha , \beta$ are the roots of the equation $x^2 - 3x + 1 = 0$, then the equation with roots $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\alpha - 2} , \frac{1}{\beta - 2}$ will be

  1. $x^2- x- 1 = 0$
  2. $x^2 + x - 1 = 0$
  3. $x^2 + x + 2 = 0$
  4. none of these
Question 45 Multiple Choice (Multiple Answers)

If $\alpha, \beta$ are roots of $ax^2+bx+c=0$, then one root of the equation $ax^2-bx(x-1) + c(x-1)^2=0$ is :

  1. $\displaystyle \left ( \frac{\alpha}{1- \alpha} \right )$
  2. $\displaystyle \left ( \frac{1-\beta}{\beta} \right )$
  3. $\displaystyle \left ( \frac{\alpha}{1+ \alpha} \right )$
  4. $\displaystyle \left ( \frac{\beta}{1+ \beta} \right )$
Question 46 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha $ and $\beta$ be the roots of the equation $x^{2}+px+q = 0$, then the equation whose roots are $\alpha^{2}+\alpha\beta$ and $\beta^{2}+\alpha\beta$ is

  1. $x^{2}+p^{2}x+p^{2}q = 0$
  2. $x^{2}-q^{2}x+p^{2}q = 0$
  3. $x^{2}+q^{2}x+p^{2}q = 0$
  4. $x^{2}-p^{2}x+p^{2}q = 0$
Question 47 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha $ and $\beta ,,,,$ are roots of equation $,,{x^3} - 2x + 3 = 0$,then the equation whose roots are $,\dfrac{{\alpha  - 1}}{{\alpha  + 1}}$ and $,,\dfrac{{\beta  - 1}}{{\beta  + 1}}$ will be

  1. $3{x^2} - x - 1 = 0$
  2. $3{x^2} + 2x + 1 = 0$
  3. $3{x^2} - x + 1 = 0$
  4. ${x^2} - 2x + 1 = 0$
Question 48 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find a quadratic equation whose roots $\displaystyle \alpha$ and $ \displaystyle \beta $ are connected by the relation:
$\displaystyle \alpha +\beta = 2$ and $\displaystyle \frac{1-\alpha }{1+\beta }+\frac{1-\beta }{1+\alpha }= 2\left ( \frac{4\lambda ^{2}+15}{4\lambda ^{2}-1} \right )$

  1. $\displaystyle x^{2}-2x-\frac{\left ( 4\lambda ^{2}+11 \right )}{4}= 0$
  2. $\displaystyle x^{2}+2x-\frac{\left ( 4\lambda ^{2}-11 \right )}{4}= 0$
  3. $\displaystyle x^{2}-2x+\frac{\left ( -2\lambda ^{2}+11 \right )}{4}= 0$
  4. None of these
Question 49 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha \neq \beta, \alpha^{2}=5\alpha -3$, and $\beta^{2}=5\beta-3$, then the equation having $\alpha/\beta$ and $\beta/\alpha$ as its roots is

  1. $3x^{2}-19x+3=0$
  2. $3x^{2}+19x-3=0$
  3. $3x^{2}-19x-3=0$
  4. $x^{2}+5x+3=0$
Question 50 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In a $\triangle ABC, C=90^{o}$. Then $\tan A$ and $\tan B$ are the roots of the equation

  1. $abx^{2}-c^{2}x+1=0$
  2. $abx^{2}-(a^{2}+b^{2})x+ab=0$
  3. $c^{2}x^{2}-abx+c^{2}=0$
  4. $ax^{2}-bx+a=0$
Question 51 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\displaystyle \alpha $ are $\displaystyle \beta $ are the roots of $\displaystyle x^{2}+x+1=0$  then find the equation whose roots $\displaystyle \alpha ^{2}$ and $\displaystyle \beta ^{2}$

  1. $\displaystyle x^{2}+x+1=0$
  2. $\displaystyle x^{2}+2x+1=0$
  3. $\displaystyle x^{2}+x+2=0$
  4. $\displaystyle x^{2}+2x+2=0$
Question 52 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Two students Ragini and Gourav were asked to solve a quadratic equation $\displaystyle ax^{2}+bx+c=0,a\neq 0$ Ragini made some mistake in writing b and found the roots as 3 and $\displaystyle -\frac{1}{2}$ Gourav too made mistake in writing c and found the roots -1 and $\displaystyle -\frac{1}{4}$ The correct roots of the given equation should be

  1. $-2,$ $\displaystyle \frac{3}{4}$
  2. $3, -1$
  3. $\displaystyle -\frac{1}{2}$, -1
  4. $3,$ $\displaystyle -\frac{1}{4}$
Question 53 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Rohan and Sohan were attempting to solve the quadratic equation  $\displaystyle x^{2}-ax+b=0$. Rohan copied the coefficient of x wrongly and obtained the roots as 4 and 12 . Sohan copied the constant term wrongly and obtained the roots as -19 and 3. Find the correct roots

  1. -8, -10
  2. -8, -6
  3. -4, -12
  4. 4, 12
Question 54 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the equation formed by decreasing each root of $ax^{2}+bx+c=0$ by $1$ is $2x^{2}+8x+2=0$, then

  1. $\mathrm{a}=-\mathrm{b}$
  2. $\mathrm{b}=-\mathrm{c}$
  3. $\mathrm{c}=-\mathrm{a}$
  4. $\mathrm{b}=\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{c}$
Question 55 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\displaystyle \alpha ,\beta $ are the roots of $\displaystyle x^{2}+x+1=0 $ and $\displaystyle \gamma ,\delta  $ are the roots of $\displaystyle x^{2}+3x+1=0 $ then $\displaystyle \left ( \alpha -\gamma  \right )\left ( \beta +\delta  \right )\left ( \alpha +\delta  \right )\left ( \beta -\gamma  \right )$ = 

  1. 2
  2. 4
  3. 6
  4. 8
Question 56 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Umesh and Varun are solving an equation of the form $\displaystyle x^{2}+bx+c=0$. In doing so Umesh commits a mistake in noting down the constant term and finds the roots as $-3$ and $-12$. And Varun commits a mistake in noting down the coefficient of $x$ and find the roots as $-27$ and $-2$. If so find the original equation

  1. $\displaystyle x^{2}-15x+36=0$
  2. $\displaystyle x^{2}+15x+36=0$
  3. $\displaystyle x^{2}-15x+54=0$
  4. $\displaystyle x^{2}+15x+54=0$

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