Quadratic Equation and Inequalities

193 Questions
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

Let $A = \{ x \in R:[x + 3] + [x + 4] \le 3\} ,$

$B = \left\{ {x \in R:{3^x}{{\left( {\sum\limits_{r = 1}^\infty {{3 \over {{{10}^r}}}} } \right)}^{x - 3}} < {3^{ - 3x}}} \right\},$ where [t] denotes greatest integer function. Then,

A.
$B \subset C,A \ne B$
B.
$A \subset B,A \ne B$
C.
$A = B$
D.
$A \cap B = \phi $
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

The sum of all the roots of the equation $\left|x^{2}-8 x+15\right|-2 x+7=0$ is :

A.
$11+\sqrt{3}$
B.
$9+\sqrt{3}$
C.
$9-\sqrt{3}$
D.
$11-\sqrt{3}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift

The number of integral values of k, for which one root of the equation $2x^2-8x+k=0$ lies in the interval (1, 2) and its other root lies in the interval (2, 3), is :

A.
2
B.
0
C.
1
D.
3
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift

Let $S = \left\{ {x:x \in \mathbb{R}\,\mathrm{and}\,{{(\sqrt 3 + \sqrt 2 )}^{{x^2} - 4}} + {{(\sqrt 3 - \sqrt 2 )}^{{x^2} - 4}} = 10} \right\}$. Then $n(S)$ is equal to

A.
6
B.
4
C.
0
D.
2
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Evening Shift
The equation $\mathrm{e}^{4 x}+8 \mathrm{e}^{3 x}+13 \mathrm{e}^{2 x}-8 \mathrm{e}^{x}+1=0, x \in \mathbb{R}$ has :
A.
two solutions and both are negative
B.
two solutions and only one of them is negative
C.
four solutions two of which are negative
D.
no solution
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

The number of real roots of the equation $\sqrt{x^{2}-4 x+3}+\sqrt{x^{2}-9}=\sqrt{4 x^{2}-14 x+6}$, is :

A.
0
B.
1
C.
3
D.
2
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

Let $\lambda \ne 0$ be a real number. Let $\alpha,\beta$ be the roots of the equation $14{x^2} - 31x + 3\lambda = 0$ and $\alpha,\gamma$ be the roots of the equation $35{x^2} - 53x + 4\lambda = 0$. Then ${{3\alpha } \over \beta }$ and ${{4\alpha } \over \gamma }$ are the roots of the equation

A.
$7{x^2} - 245x + 250 = 0$
B.
$49{x^2} - 245x + 250 = 0$
C.
$49{x^2} + 245x + 250 = 0$
D.
$7{x^2} + 245x - 250 = 0$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Evening Shift

The number of real solutions of the equation $3\left( {{x^2} + {1 \over {{x^2}}}} \right) - 2\left( {x + {1 \over x}} \right) + 5 = 0$, is

A.
3
B.
4
C.
0
D.
2
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

The equation ${x^2} - 4x + [x] + 3 = x[x]$, where $[x]$ denotes the greatest integer function, has :

A.
exactly two solutions in ($-\infty,\infty$)
B.
no solution
C.
a unique solution in ($-\infty,\infty$)
D.
a unique solution in ($-\infty,1$)
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 13th April Evening Shift

Let $[\alpha]$ denote the greatest integer $\leq \alpha$. Then $[\sqrt{1}]+[\sqrt{2}]+[\sqrt{3}]+\ldots+[\sqrt{120}]$ is equal to __________

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 11th April Evening Shift

The number of points, where the curve $f(x)=\mathrm{e}^{8 x}-\mathrm{e}^{6 x}-3 \mathrm{e}^{4 x}-\mathrm{e}^{2 x}+1, x \in \mathbb{R}$ cuts $x$-axis, is equal to _________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 11th April Morning Shift

If $a$ and $b$ are the roots of the equation $x^{2}-7 x-1=0$, then the value of $\frac{a^{21}+b^{21}+a^{17}+b^{17}}{a^{19}+b^{19}}$ is equal to _____________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

Let m and $\mathrm{n}$ be the numbers of real roots of the quadratic equations $x^{2}-12 x+[x]+31=0$ and $x^{2}-5|x+2|-4=0$ respectively, where $[x]$ denotes the greatest integer $\leq x$. Then $\mathrm{m}^{2}+\mathrm{mn}+\mathrm{n}^{2}$ is equal to __________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift
If the value of real number $a>0$ for which $x^2-5 a x+1=0$ and $x^2-a x-5=0$

have a common real root is $\frac{3}{\sqrt{2 \beta}}$ then $\beta$ is equal to ___________.
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

Let $\alpha_1,\alpha_2,....,\alpha_7$ be the roots of the equation ${x^7} + 3{x^5} - 13{x^3} - 15x = 0$ and $|{\alpha _1}| \ge |{\alpha _2}| \ge \,...\, \ge \,|{\alpha _7}|$. Then $\alpha_1\alpha_2-\alpha_3\alpha_4+\alpha_5\alpha_6$ is equal to _________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 25th January Evening Shift

Let $\alpha \in\mathbb{R}$ and let $\alpha,\beta$ be the roots of the equation ${x^2} + {60^{{1 \over 4}}}x + a = 0$. If ${\alpha ^4} + {\beta ^4} = - 30$, then the product of all possible values of $a$ is ____________.

2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

Let $\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$ and let the equation E be $|x{|^2} - 2|x| + |\lambda - 3| = 0$. Then the largest element in the set S = {$x+\lambda:x$ is an integer solution of E} is ______

2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Morning Shift

If $\frac{1}{(20-a)(40-a)}+\frac{1}{(40-a)(60-a)}+\ldots+\frac{1}{(180-a)(200-a)}=\frac{1}{256}$, then the maximum value of $\mathrm{a}$ is :

A.
198
B.
202
C.
212
D.
218
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Evening Shift

$ \text { Let } S=\left\{x \in[-6,3]-\{-2,2\}: \frac{|x+3|-1}{|x|-2} \geq 0\right\} \text { and } $

$T=\left\{x \in \mathbb{Z}: x^{2}-7|x|+9 \leq 0\right\} \text {. } $

Then the number of elements in $\mathrm{S} \cap \mathrm{T}$ is :

A.
7
B.
5
C.
4
D.
3
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Evening Shift

Let $\alpha$, $\beta$ be the roots of the equation $x^{2}-\sqrt{2} x+\sqrt{6}=0$ and $\frac{1}{\alpha^{2}}+1, \frac{1}{\beta^{2}}+1$ be the roots of the equation $x^{2}+a x+b=0$. Then the roots of the equation $x^{2}-(a+b-2) x+(a+b+2)=0$ are :

A.
non-real complex numbers
B.
real and both negative
C.
real and both positive
D.
real and exactly one of them is positive
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th July Evening Shift

If $\alpha, \beta$ are the roots of the equation

$ x^{2}-\left(5+3^{\sqrt{\log _{3} 5}}-5^{\sqrt{\log _{5} 3}}\right)x+3\left(3^{\left(\log _{3} 5\right)^{\frac{1}{3}}}-5^{\left(\log _{5} 3\right)^{\frac{2}{3}}}-1\right)=0 $,

then the equation, whose roots are $\alpha+\frac{1}{\beta}$ and $\beta+\frac{1}{\alpha}$, is :

A.
$3 x^{2}-20 x-12=0$
B.
$3 x^{2}-10 x-4=0$
C.
$3 x^{2}-10 x+2=0$
D.
$3 x^{2}-20 x+16=0$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Evening Shift

The minimum value of the sum of the squares of the roots of $x^{2}+(3-a) x+1=2 a$ is:

A.
4
B.
5
C.
6
D.
8
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th July Morning Shift

If $\alpha, \beta, \gamma, \delta$ are the roots of the equation $x^{4}+x^{3}+x^{2}+x+1=0$, then $\alpha^{2021}+\beta^{2021}+\gamma^{2021}+\delta^{2021}$ is equal to :

A.
$-$4
B.
$-$1
C.
1
D.
4
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 30th June Morning Shift

Let ${S_1} = \left\{ {x \in R - \{ 1,2\} :{{(x + 2)({x^2} + 3x + 5)} \over { - 2 + 3x - {x^2}}} \ge 0} \right\}$ and ${S_2} = \left\{ {x \in R:{3^{2x}} - {3^{x + 1}} - {3^{x + 2}} + 27 \le 0} \right\}$. Then, ${S_1} \cup {S_2}$ is equal to :

A.
$( - \infty , - 2] \cup (1,2)$
B.
$( - \infty , - 2] \cup [1,2]$
C.
$( - 2,1] \cup [2,\infty )$
D.
$( - \infty ,2]$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 30th June Morning Shift

Let S be the set of all integral values of $\alpha$ for which the sum of squares of two real roots of the quadratic equation $3{x^2} + (\alpha - 6)x + (\alpha + 3) = 0$ is minimum. Then S :

A.
is an empty set
B.
is a singleton
C.
contains exactly two elements
D.
contains more than two elements
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th June Evening Shift

Let $\alpha$ be a root of the equation 1 + x2 + x4 = 0. Then, the value of $\alpha$1011 + $\alpha$2022 $-$ $\alpha$3033 is equal to :

A.
1
B.
$\alpha$
C.
1 + $\alpha$
D.
1 + 2$\alpha$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th June Evening Shift

Let f(x) be a quadratic polynomial such that f($-$2) + f(3) = 0. If one of the roots of f(x) = 0 is $-$1, then the sum of the roots of f(x) = 0 is equal to :

A.
${{11} \over 3}$
B.
${{7} \over 3}$
C.
${{13} \over 3}$
D.
${{14} \over 3}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Morning Shift

The number of distinct real roots of x4 $-$ 4x + 1 = 0 is :

A.
4
B.
2
C.
1
D.
0
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th June Evening Shift

Let $A = \{ x \in R:|x + 1| < 2\} $ and $B = \{ x \in R:|x - 1| \ge 2\} $. Then which one of the following statements is NOT true?

A.
$A - B = ( - 1,1)$
B.
$B - A = R - ( - 3,1)$
C.
$A \cap B = ( - 3, - 1]$
D.
$A \cup B = R - [1,3)$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th June Evening Shift

Let a, b $\in$ R be such that the equation $a{x^2} - 2bx + 15 = 0$ has a repeated root $\alpha$. If $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are the roots of the equation ${x^2} - 2bx + 21 = 0$, then ${\alpha ^2} + {\beta ^2}$ is equal to :

A.
37
B.
58
C.
68
D.
92
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 24th June Evening Shift

The sum of all the real roots of the equation

$({e^{2x}} - 4)(6{e^{2x}} - 5{e^x} + 1) = 0$ is

A.
${\log _e}3$
B.
$ - {\log _e}3$
C.
${\log _e}6$
D.
$ - {\log _e}6$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 24th June Evening Shift

The number of distinct real roots of the equation

x7 $-$ 7x $-$ 2 = 0 is

A.
5
B.
7
C.
1
D.
3
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 24th June Morning Shift

If the sum of the squares of the reciprocals of the roots $\alpha$ and $\beta$ of

the equation 3x2 + $\lambda$x $-$ 1 = 0 is 15, then 6($\alpha$3 + $\beta$3)2 is equal to :

A.
18
B.
24
C.
36
D.
96
2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 29th July Evening Shift

Let $\alpha, \beta(\alpha>\beta)$ be the roots of the quadratic equation $x^{2}-x-4=0 .$ If $P_{n}=\alpha^{n}-\beta^{n}$, $n \in \mathrm{N}$, then $\frac{P_{15} P_{16}-P_{14} P_{16}-P_{15}^{2}+P_{14} P_{15}}{P_{13} P_{14}}$ is equal to __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th July Morning Shift

The sum of all real values of $x$ for which $\frac{3 x^{2}-9 x+17}{x^{2}+3 x+10}=\frac{5 x^{2}-7 x+19}{3 x^{2}+5 x+12}$ is equal to __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Morning Shift

If for some $\mathrm{p}, \mathrm{q}, \mathrm{r} \in \mathbf{R}$, not all have same sign, one of the roots of the equation $\left(\mathrm{p}^{2}+\mathrm{q}^{2}\right) x^{2}-2 \mathrm{q}(\mathrm{p}+\mathrm{r}) x+\mathrm{q}^{2}+\mathrm{r}^{2}=0$ is also a root of the equation $x^{2}+2 x-8=0$, then $\frac{\mathrm{q}^{2}+\mathrm{r}^{2}}{\mathrm{p}^{2}}$ is equal to ____________,

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th July Morning Shift

The number of distinct real roots of the equation $x^{5}\left(x^{3}-x^{2}-x+1\right)+x\left(3 x^{3}-4 x^{2}-2 x+4\right)-1=0$ is ______________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th June Morning Shift

The number of real solutions of the equation ${e^{4x}} + 4{e^{3x}} - 58{e^{2x}} + 4{e^x} + 1 = 0$ is ___________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Evening Shift

Let $\alpha$, $\beta$ be the roots of the equation ${x^2} - 4\lambda x + 5 = 0$ and $\alpha$, $\gamma$ be the roots of the equation ${x^2} - \left( {3\sqrt 2 + 2\sqrt 3 } \right)x + 7 + 3\lambda \sqrt 3 = 0$, $\lambda$ > 0. If $\beta + \gamma = 3\sqrt 2 $, then ${(\alpha + 2\beta + \gamma )^2}$ is equal to __________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Morning Shift

If the sum of all the roots of the equation

${e^{2x}} - 11{e^x} - 45{e^{ - x}} + {{81} \over 2} = 0$ is ${\log _e}p$, then p is equal to ____________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th June Evening Shift

Let p and q be two real numbers such that p + q = 3 and p4 + q4 = 369. Then ${\left( {{1 \over p} + {1 \over q}} \right)^{ - 2}}$ is equal to _________.

2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th June Morning Shift

The sum of the cubes of all the roots of the equation

${x^4} - 3{x^3} - 2{x^2} + 3x + 1 = 0$ is _________.

2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 1st September Evening Shift
The numbers of pairs (a, b) of real numbers, such that whenever $\alpha$ is a root of the equation x2 + ax + b = 0, $\alpha$2 $-$ 2 is also a root of this equation, is :
A.
6
B.
2
C.
4
D.
8
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 31st August Evening Shift
The sum of the roots of the equation

$x + 1 - 2{\log _2}(3 + {2^x}) + 2{\log _4}(10 - {2^{ - x}}) = 0$, is :
A.
log2 14
B.
log2 11
C.
log2 12
D.
log2 13
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 31st August Morning Shift
cosec18$^\circ$ is a root of the equation :
A.
x2 + 2x $-$ 4 = 0
B.
4x2 + 2x $-$ 1 = 0
C.
x2 $-$ 2x + 4 = 0
D.
x2 $-$ 2x $-$ 4 = 0
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th August Evening Shift
The set of all values of K > $-$1, for which the equation ${(3{x^2} + 4x + 3)^2} - (k + 1)(3{x^2} + 4x + 3)(3{x^2} + 4x + 2) + k{(3{x^2} + 4x + 2)^2} = 0$ has real roots, is :
A.
$\left( {1,{5 \over 2}} \right]$
B.
[2, 3)
C.
$\left[ { - {1 \over 2},1} \right)$
D.
$\left( {{1 \over 2},{3 \over 2}} \right] - \{ 1\} $
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Evening Shift
Let $\alpha = \mathop {\max }\limits_{x \in R} \{ {8^{2\sin 3x}}{.4^{4\cos 3x}}\} $ and $\beta = \mathop {\min }\limits_{x \in R} \{ {8^{2\sin 3x}}{.4^{4\cos 3x}}\} $. If $8{x^2} + bx + c = 0$ is a quadratic equation whose roots are $\alpha$1/5 and $\beta$1/5, then the value of c $-$ b is equal to :
A.
42
B.
47
C.
43
D.
50
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Morning Shift
Let $\alpha$, $\beta$ be two roots of the

equation x2 + (20)1/4x + (5)1/2 = 0. Then $\alpha$8 + $\beta$8 is equal to
A.
10
B.
100
C.
50
D.
160
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift
If [x] be the greatest integer less than or equal to x,

then $\sum\limits_{n = 8}^{100} {\left[ {{{{{( - 1)}^n}n} \over 2}} \right]} $ is equal to :
A.
0
B.
4
C.
$-$2
D.
2
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift
The number of real solutions of the equation, x2 $-$ |x| $-$ 12 = 0 is :
A.
2
B.
3
C.
1
D.
4