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1. If one of the zeores of the quadratic polynomial k  1 x 2  kx  1 is -3

then the value of k is ____________.

4 4 2 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 3
2. A quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are -3 and 4 is __________
(a) x 2  x  12 (b) x 2  x  12

x2 x
(c)  6 (d) 2x 2  2x  24
2 2

3. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2  a  1 x  b are 2 and -3,

then
(a) a = -7 and b = -1 (b) a = 5 and b = -1
(c) a = 2 and b = -6 (d) a = 0 and b = -6
4. The number of polynomials having zeroes -2 and 5 is
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) more than 3
5. Given that one of the zeroes of the cubic polynomial ax 3  bx 2  cx  d is
zero, the product of other two zeroes is

c c b
(a)  (b) (c) 0 (d) 
a a a

6. If one of the zeroes of the cubic polynomial x 3  ax 2  bx  c is -1, then

the product of two zeroes is
(a) b - a + 1 (b) b - a -1 (c) a - b + 1 (d) a - b - 1
7. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2  99x  127 are
(a) both positive (b) both negative
(c) one positive and one negative (d) both equal

8. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2  kx  k , k  0

(a) cannot be positive (b) cannot be negative

(c) are always unequal (d) are always equal

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9. If the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial ax 2  bx  c , c  0 are equal, then

(a) c and a have opposite signs (b) c and b have opposite signs
(c) c and a have the same sign (d) c and b have the same sign
10. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial of the form x 2  ax  b is
negative of the other, then it
(a) has no linear term and the constant term is negative
(b) has no linear term and the constant term is positive.
(c) can have a linear term but the constant term is negative
(d) can have a linear term but the constant term is positive.
11. Which of the following is not the graph of a quadratic polynomial?

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

12. If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x 2  3x  k is 2, then the value of

k is ___________
(a) 10 (b) -10 (c) 5 (d) -5
13. Given that two zeroes of the cubic polynomial ax 3  bx 2  cx  d are 0,
then the thrid zero is

b b c d
(a) (b) (c) (d) 
a a a a

14. If x 3  1 is divided by x 2  5 , then the possible degree of the quotient is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

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15. If x 3  11 is divided by x 2  3 then the possible degree of the remainder is

_______
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) less than 2

16. If x 4  3x 2  7 is divided by 3x  5 then the possible degrees of quotient

and remainder are
(a) 3, 0 (b) 4, 1 (c) 3, 1 (d) 4, 0

17. If x 5  2x 4  x  6 is divided by g  x  and quotient is x 2  5x  7 , then the

possible degree of g  x  is

(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5

18. If x 5  2x 4  x  6 is divided by g  x  and quotient is x 2  5x  7 , then the

possible degree of remainder is
(a) less than 1 (b) less than 2
(c) less than 3 (d) less than 4
19. What is the number of zeroes that a linear polynomial has/have
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
20. What is the atmost number of zeroes that a quadratic polynomial has/
have
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
21. What is the atmost number of zeroes that a cubic polynomial has/have
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
22. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2  2x  8 are
(a) (2, -4) (b) (4, -2) (c) (-2, -2) (d) (-4, -4)
23. What is the quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of the zeroes
1
are 2, respecitvely?
3

(a) 3x 2  3 2x  1 (b) 3x 2  3 2x  1

(c) 3x 2  3 2x  1 (d) None of the above

24. The degree of the polynomial x 4  x 2  2 is

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 0

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25. If p  x  is a polynomial of degree one and p a   0 , then a is said to be

(a) zero of p  x  (b) value of p  x  (c) constant of p  x  (d) none

26. Zeroes of the polynomial can be expressed graphically. Number of zeroes

of polynomial is equal to number of points where the graph of the poly-
nomial is:

(a) intersects x-axis (b) intersects y-axis

(c) intersects y-axis or x-axis (d) None of these

27. A polynomial of degree n has:

(a) only one zero (b) atleast n zeroes

(c) more than n zeroes (d) atmost n zeroes

28. The zeroes of the polynomial p  x   x 2  27

(a) 9 3 (b) 3 3 (c) 7 3 (d) 11 3

29. If sum of the squares of zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 6x 2  x  k is

25
, then the value of k is:
36

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) -2 (d) 4

30. The maximum number of zeroes that a polynomial of degree 4 can have
is

(a) one (b) two (c) three (d) four

31. The graph of the polynomial p  x   3x  2 is a straight line which inter-

sects the x-axis at exactly one point namely

 2   2  2   2 2 
(a)  ,0 (b)  0,  (c)  ,0  (d)  , 
 3   3  3  3 3 

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32. In the fig. given below, the number of zeroes of the polynomial f  x  is

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

33. The graph of the polynomial ax 2  bx  c is an upward parabola if

(a) a > 0 (b) a < 0 (c) a = 0 (d) All the above

34. The graph of the polynomial ax 2  bx  c is an downward parabola if

(a) a > 0 (b) a < 0 (c) a = 0 (d) All the above

35. A polynomial of degree 3 is called as
(a) a linear polynomial (b) a quadratic polynomial
(c) a cubic polynomial (d) a biquadratic polynomial

36. If  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial x 2  16 , then      is

(a) 0 (b) 4 (c) -4 (d) 16

1
37. If  , are the zeroes of the polynomial ax 2  bx  c , then the value of c is

(a) 0 (b) a (c) -a (d) 1

38. Zeroes of the polynomial x 2  17 is

(a)  17 (b)  11 (c) 17 (d) 11

39. If a polynomial p  y  is divided by y  2 , then which of the following can

be the remainder.

(a) y  1 (b) 2y  3 (c) 5 (d) y  1

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40. If a polynomial p  x  is divided by b  ax , the remainder is the value of

p  x  at x 

b b a
(a) a (b) (c) (d)
a a b

41. If the polynomials ax 3  4x 2  3x  4 and x 3  4x  a , leave the same re-

mainder when divided by  x  3  , then the value of a is:

(a) 2b (b) -1 (c) 1 (d) -2b

42. If p  x   2x 4  ax 3  4x 2  2x  1 is a multiple of 1  2x  , then the value of

a is:

1 1
(a) 25 (b) (c) (d) 8
2 2

43. If x 101  1001 is divided by x  1, then the remainder is:

(a) 0 (b) 1490 (c) 1 (d) 1000

44. If one of the zero of a polynomial p  x   ax 2  bx  c a  0  is zero, then

which of the following is correct.
(a) b = 0 (b) c = 0

(c) other zero is also zero (d) Nothing can be said about p  x 

45. Sum of the squares of the zeroes of the polynomial p  x   x 2  7x  k is

25, then the value of k is:

(a) 12 (b) 49 (c) -24 (d) -12

46. If one zero of the polynomial 3x 2  8x  2k  1 is seven times the other,

then the value of k is:

2 1 4 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 3

47. If  ,  are the zeroes of x 2  8x   , such that     2 , then  = ____.

(a) 8 (b) 22 (c) 60 (d) 15

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48. If  ,  are the zeroes of p  x   2x 2  5x  7 , then write a polynomial with

zeroes 2  3 and 3  2 .

 2 5   2 5 
(a) k  x  x  41 (b) k  x  x  41
 2   2 

 2 5   2 5 
(c) k  x  x  41 (d) k   x  x  41
 2   2 

49. If sum of two zeroes of a cubic polynomial x 3  ax 2  bx  c is zero, then

which of the following is true.

c b
(a) ab = c (b) a - b = c (c) ab  (d) a 
2 c

50. If  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial p  x   2x 2  5x  k such that

21
 2   2    , then the value of k is :
4
(a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) -12

51. If  ,  are the zeroes of x 2  px  q , then a polynomial having zeroes as

1 1
, is:
 

k 2 k 2
(a)
q
 x  px  q  (b)
q
 x  qx  p 
k k
(c)
q
 px 2  qx  1 (d)
q
qx 2  px  1
52. Find the number of zeroes of the given graph:

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0

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53. Write the zero of the polynomial p  x  , whose graph is given by:

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) -2

54. Which of the following Linear Graphs has no zero?

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

55. If  ,  are the zeroes of the cx 2  bx  a  0, c  0  then the value of

    is :
b b c b
(a) (b) (c) (d)
a a a c
56. The graph of the polynomial is as shown in the figure. find the polyno-
mial.

(a) k  x 2  x  6  (b) k  x 3  x 2  6x  (c) k  x 3  x 2  6x  (d) k  x 3  6x 

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57. If  ,  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial 2x 3  x 2  3x  1 , then the value

2
of         is:

3 5 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 4
2 2 2
58. If 2  3 are the two zeroes of the polynomial, then the following is a
factor.
(a) x 2  4x  1 (b) x 2  4x  1 (c) 4x 2  x  1 (d) 4x 2  x  1
59. The sum and the product of the zeroes of the polynomial x 2  7x  10 is
10 10 7 7
(a) and (b) and
7 7 10 10
(c) -7 and 10 (d) 7 and -10
60. The number of zeroes of the polynomial from the graph is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

61. A quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are -3 and -4 is:
(a) x 2  7x  12 (b) x 2  7x  12
(c) x 2  7x  12 (d) All of the above
62. The zeroes of the polynomial x 2  7x  10 are:
(a) 2 and 5 (b) -2 and 5 (c) -2 and -5 (d) None of these
63. The number of zeroes of the polynomial from the graph are:

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

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64. Which of the following is a polynomial?

1 3 1 1
(a) x 2  5x  3 (b) x  (c) x 2  x  x 2 (d) x 2  x  10
x
65. Which of the following is not a polynomial?
3 3 2 1
(a) 3x 2  2 3x  3 (b) x  5x  x 1
2 2
1
(c) x  (d) 5x 2  3x  2
x
66. On dividing x 3  3x 2  3x  1 by 5  2x we get remainder
8 8 27 27
(a) (b) (c) (d)
27 27 8 8
67. A quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of the zeroes are 0 and
11 is

(a) x 2  11 (b) x 2  11 (c) x 2  x  11 (d) none

68. Which of the following are the zeroes of the polynomial

p  x   x 2  3x  10

(a) 5, -2 (b) -5, -2 (c) -5, 2 (d) 1, 10

69. Which of the following are the zeroes of the polynomial

p  x   6x 2  7x  3

(a) 5, -2 (b) -5, -2 (c) -5, 2 (d) 1, 10

70. Which of the following are the zeroes of the polynomial

p  x   x 2  7x  12

(a) 4, -3 (b) -4, -3 (c) -4, 3 (d) none of these

5 5
71. If & are the zeroes of the polynomial 3x 4  6x 3  2x 2  10x  5 ,
3 3
then its other two zeroes are:

(a) -1, -1 (b) 1, -1 (c) 1, 1 (d) 3, -3

72. Given p  x   ax 2  bx  c , if a  b  c  0 then one of its zero is

(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) both (a) & (b) (d) none of these

73. Given p  x   ax 2  bx  c , if a  c  b then one of its zero is

(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) both (a) & (b) (d) none of these

74. The zeroes of 3x 2  10x  7 3

7 7 7
(a)  , 3 (b) , 3 (c) 1, (d) 3,1
3 3 3

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75. If -1 and 2 are the zeroes of the polynomial 2x 3  5x 2  x  2 , then its

third zero is:
1 1 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2
76. If two of the zeroes of 2x 3  x 2  6x  3 are  3 & 3 , then its third zero
is

1 1 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2
77. If 1 and -1 are the zeroes of the polynomial Lx 4  Mx 3  Nx 2  Rx  P  0 ,
then L  N  P  M  R  ________
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0

78. Given that  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial x 2  6x  a , if

3  2  20 then the value of ' a ' is ______.
(a) 16 (b) -16 (c) 8 (d) -8

79. If  &  are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f  x   ax 2  bx  c ,

then the value of  4   4 is _________.

2 2

(a)
b 2
 2ac   2a 2c 2
(b)
b 2
 2ac   2ac
a4 a4
2 2

(c)
b  2c   2ac
(d)
b 2
 2ac   2a 2c 2
a a4
80. The quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are the reciprocals of the zeroes
of the polynomial f  x   ax 2  bx  c , a  0, c  0 is __________.

 2 bx a 
(a) k  x    , k is constant
 c c

 2 bx a 
(b) k  x    , k is constant
 c c

 2 bx a 
(c) k   x    , k is constant
 c c

 2 bx a 
(d) k  x    , k is constant
 c c

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81. If  &  are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f  x   3x 2  4x  1 ,

2  2
then the quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are & is _______.
 
 2 28 1
(a) k  x  x   where k is any non-zero real number
 9 3

 2 28 1
(b) k  x  x   where k is any non-zero real number
 9 3

 3 9 1
(c) k  x  x   where k is any non-zero real number
 28 3

 2 9 
(d) k  x  x  3  where k is any non-zero real number
 28 
82. The value of x for which the polynomials x 2  1 and x 2  2x  1 vanish
simultaenously, is
(a) 2 (b) -2 (c) 1 (d) -1

83. If  &  are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f  x   x 2  x  4 then

1 1
the value of    is _______.
 

15 15
(a) (b) (c) 4 (d) 15
4 4

84. The value of the polynomial x 8  x 5  x 2  x  1 is

(a) positive for all the real numbers
(b) negative for all the real numbers
(c) 0
(d) depends on the value of x

85. On dividing x 3  3x 2  x  2 by a polynomial g  x  the quotient and the

remainder were x  2 and 2x  4 respectively, then g  x  is equal to ___.

(a) x 2  x  1 (b) x 2  1 (c) x 2  x  1 (d) x 2  1

86. If x  0.7 then the value of 2x is _______.

(a) 1.4 (b) 1.5 (c) 1.54 (d) 1.45

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87. The difference between two numbers is 642. When the greater is divided
by the smaller, the quotient is 8 and the remainder is 19, then the sum of
the numbers is _________.
(a) 800 (b) 810 (c) 850 (d) 820

88. If a 3  3a 2b  3ab 2  b 3 is divided by a  b  then the remainder is ______.

(a) a 2  ab  b 2 (b) a 2  ab  b 2
(c) 0 (d) 1
89. A quadratic polynomial when divided by x  2 leaves a remainder of 1
and when divided by x  1 leaves a remainder of 4, then the remainder
when divided by  x  2 x  1 is ______.

(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) x  3 (d) x  3

90. If a quadratic polynomial curve is in the shape of semi-circle as shown
below.

Then, the equation of the curve is:

1 2 1 2
(a) x 2  2 (b) x 2  2 (c) x 2 (d)  x 2
2 2
91. If the sum of the zeroes of the polynomial f  x   2x 3  3kx 2  4x  5 is 6,
then the value of k is:
(a) 2 (b) -2 (c) 4 (d) -4
92. A cubic polynomial with the sum of its zeroes, sum of the products of its
zeroes taken two at a time and prodcut of its zeroes as 2, -5 and -11
respectively is:
(a) x 3  7 x  6 (b) x 3  7 x  6 (c) x 3  7x  6 (d) x 3  7x  6

93. The polynomial f  x   ax 3  bx  c is divisible by the polynomial

g  x   x 2  bx  c , c  0 if
(a) ab  2 (b) ab  1 (c) ac  2 (d) c  2b

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94. If one of the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial of the form x 2  ax  b is

the negative of the other, then which of the following is correc?
(a) Polynomial has linear factors
(b) constant term of the polynomial is negative
(c) both (a) and (b) are correct
(d) Neither (a) nor (b) is correct

95. If  ,  &  are the zeroes of the polynomial p  x   ax 3  3bx 2  3cx  d and
having relation 2     , then 2b 3  3abc  a 2d is
(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) None
96. If the square of difference of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial
x 2  px  45 is equal to 144, then the value of p is:
(a) 9 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 18

97. If  ,  are the zeroes and the quadratic polynomial p S   3S 2  6S  4 ,

  1 1
then the value of   2     3 is:
    
(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 10
98. Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial y 2  3y  2 with the help of
the graph:
1 3
(a) 1, -2 (b) , (c) 6, -1 (d) 1, 2
4 2
1 1 1
99. If the sum of the zeroes of the equation   is zero, then the
x a x b c
product of the zeroes of the equation is:

a 2  b2  a 2  b 2  ab a  b 
2

(a) (b) (c) (d)

2 2 2 2
100. Draw the graph of the polyomial x 2  x  2 and find the maximum value
of the polynomial
5 9
(a) 2 (b) (c) (d) None of these
2 4
101. The zeroes of the polynomial x 2  3x  m m  3  are:

(a) m, m  3 (b) m, m  3 (c) m,  m  3  (d) m ,  m  3 

102. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3x 2  8x  4 3 is

2 1 4 2
(a) ,2 3 (b) ,2 3 (c) ,3 3 (d) ,3 3
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103. If m & n are the zeroes of the polynomial 3x 2  11x  4 , then the value of
m n
 is:
n m
175 145 135 145
(a) (b) (c) (d)
13 12 11 12
104. The condition that the zeroes of the polynomial p  x   ax 2  bx  c are
reciprocal to each other is:
(a) c  3a (b) c  a (c) 3c  5a (d) 5c  11a
105. The values of a and b respectviely, if they are the zeroes of the polyno-
mial x 2  ax  b are:
(a) -1, 2 (b) 1, -2 (c) 1, 2 (d) -1, -2
106. If  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial such that     24 and     8 ,
then the quadratic polynomial is:
(a) x 2  18x  130 (b) x 2  14x  16 (c) x 2  24x  128 (d) x 2  24x  128

107. When p  x   x 2  7 x  9 is divisible by g  x  , we get  x  2 and -1 as quo

tient and remainder respectively, then the value of g  x  is:

(a) x  5 (b) x  5 (c) x  6 (d) x  6

108. If  &  are the zeroes of the polynomial x 2  4x  3 , then the polynomial
 
whose zeroes are 1  and 1  is:
 
1 2 1
(a)
2
 x  6x  16 (b)
3
 3x 2  16x  16 

3 2 1
(c)
2
 x  6x  6  (d)
2
 3x 2  16x  16 

109. If  &  are the zeroes of the polynomial p  x   6x 2  5x  k such that

1
   , then the value of k is:
6
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
110. Number of zeroes of the polynomial 2x  1 is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 1
111. The coefficient of x 2 in the polynomial 7x 7  1727x 5  7 is:
(a) -1 (b) 0 (c) 7 (d) 17

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112. Observe the rectangular figure given below, then its area in polynomial
form is :

(a) x 2  7x  30 (b) x 2  7x  30 (c) x 2  7x  30 (d) x 2  7x  30

113. The remainder when 2x 2  3x  1 is divided by x  2 is
(a) 15 (b) -15 (c) 3 (d) -3
1 3
114. Find the cubic polynomial when the zeroes are , and 2 is:
2 2
(a) 4x 3  4x 2  11x  6 (b) 4x 3  4x 2  11x  6
(c) 3x 3  5x 2  11x  3 (d) 3x 3  5x 2  11x  3
115. If  ,  are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 4x 2  1 , then the value
of  2. 2  ________.

1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 16 16
116. If  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial p  x   2x 2  x  6 then the value
of  1. 1 is _______.

1 1 1 1
(a)  (b) (c) (d) 
3 6 6 3
117. The product of the zeroes of the polynomial 3x 3  5x 2  11x  3 is ____.
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) -3

118. If the product of the two zeroes of the polynomial p  x   x 3  6x 2  11x  6

is 2, then third zero is __________.
(a) 3 (b) -3 (c) 6 (d) -6

119. The zeroes of the polynomial p  x   x 3  x 2 is _____.

(a) 0, 0, 1 (b) 0, 1, 1 (c) 1, 1, 1 (d) 0, 0, 0

120. The zeroes of the polynomial p  x   x 2  x is ______.

(a) 0, 0 (b) 0, 1 (c) 1,1 (d) none

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121. If the zeroes of the polynomial p  x   x 3  3x 2  x  1 are , a , ar then the
r
value of ‘a’ is ______.
(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 3
122. The graph of y  mx 2 ; (m  0) lies in ________ Quadrant.

(a) Q1, Q2 (b) Q2 , Q3 (c) Q3 ,Q 4 (d) Q1,Q4

123. The graph of the polynomial f  x   5x  9 is a straight lines intersecting

x-axis exactly at one point, is: _________

 9 9  9 9
(a)  0,0  (b)  0,  (c)  ,0  (d)  , 
 5 5  5 5
124. In the given figure, number of zeroes of the polynomial f  x  is _____.

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3

125. The zeroes from the graph given below are ________.

(a) 0, 0, 2 (b) -2, 0, 2 (c) 0, 0, 0 (d) 2, 2, 2

126. If the divisor is x 2 , the quotient is x then the remainder is 1 then the
dividend is ________.
(a) x 2 (b) x (c) 1 (d) x 3  1

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127. The graph of y  ax  b is a straight line which intersects the X-axis at

________.

 b   b  b   b
(a)   , 0  (b)  0,  (c)  , 0  (d)  0, 
 a   a  a   a
128. A quadratic polynomial whose sum of the zeroes is 0, and one of the zero
is ‘2’ is _______.

(a) p  x   x 2  4 (b) p  x   x 3  2 (c) p  x   x 2  4 (d) p  x   x 2  2

129. If  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial f  x   x 2  x  1 then the value of

  1 .    1 is _______.
(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 2

130. If  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial p  y   y 2  4y  3 , then the value

of  2    2 is _________.
(a) 12 (b) -12 (c) 3 (d) -3
131. Which of the following is a polynomial?

(a) x 2  5x  4 x  3 (b) x 3/2  x  x 1/2  1

1
(c) x (d) 2x 2  3 3x  6
x
132. Which of the following is not a polynomial?

(a) 3x 2  2 3x  5 (b) 9x 2  4x  2

3 3 1 3
(c) x  6x 2  x 8 (d) x 
2 2 x

133. The zeroes of the poylnomial p  x   x 2  2x  3 is _________.

(a) -3, 1 (b) -3, -1 (c) 3, -1 (d) 3, 1

134. The zeroes of the polynomial x 2  2x  12 is ______.

(a) 2,  2 (b) 3 2,  2 2 (c) 3 2,2 2 (d) 3 2,2 2

135. The zeroes of the polynomial 4x 2  5 2x  3 are _________

2 3 2 2
(a) 3 2, 2 (b) 3 2, (c) , (d) none of these
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136. The zeroes of the polynomial x  x  2 are ______
6

3 4 4 3
(a) -3, 4 (b) , (c) , (d) none of these
2 3 3 2

2 11 2
137. The zeroes of the polynomial 7x  x  are _________.
3 3

2 1 2 1 2 1
(a) , (b) , (c) , (d) None of these
3 7 7 3 3 7

138. If  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial f  x   x 2  p  x  1  c then the

value of   1   1 = _________.

(a) c  1 (b) 1  c (c) 1  c (d) c

139. The product of the zeroes of the polymomial f  x   ax 3  6x 2  11x  6 is

4, then the value of ‘a’ is ________.

3 2 3 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 2 3

140. If the sum of the zeroes of the polynomial f  x   2x 3  3kx 2  4x  5 is 6,

then the value of ' k ' is ______.
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) -4 (d) 2

141. If  ,  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial f  x   x 3  px 2  qx  r , then the

1 1 1
value of   is ________.
  

r p p r
(a) (b) (c) (d)
p r r p
142. Which of the following is not a quadratic polynomial?
(a) x 2  5x  6 (b) x 2  5x  6

(c) 1  x 2  2x (d)  x  2   x  2    x 2  5 x 

143. A cubic polynomial with the sum, sum of product of the zeroes taken
two at a time, and product of its zereos are 2, -7, -14 respectively is
(a) x 3  2x 2  7x  14 (b) x 3  2x 2  7 x  14

(c) x 3  2x 2  7x  14 (d) x 3  2x 2  7x  14

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144. If f (x )  x 3  ax 2  bx  c as f 1  f  2  0 and f  4   f  0   0 then the

value of a  b  c is _________.
(a) -12 (b) 20 (c) -1 (d) -9

 
145. If p  x   x 2  5 5x  1 then p 5 5 = _________.

(a) 0 (b) 5 5 (c) 5 5 (d) 1

2  1  1
146. If 49x  b   7x    7x   , then the value of ' b ' is ______.
 2 2

1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c)  (d)
2 4 4 6

147. On dividing a polynomial p  x  by a non-zero polynomial q  x  . Let g  x 

be the quotient and r  x  be the remainder then p  x   g  x  .q  x   r  x  ,

where

(a) r  x   0 always (b) deg r  x   deg g  x 

(c) either r  x   0 or deg r  x   deg g  x  always

(d) r  x   g  x 

148. If  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial p  x   25x 2  16 then the value of
 2   2 is __________.

32 25 25 16
(a) (b) (c) (d)
25 32 16 25

149. The degree of the polynomial  x  1  x 2  x  x 4  1 is ___________.

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 1

150. A polynomial of degree ‘n’ has:
(a) Only 1 zero (b) exactly n zeroes
(c) atmost n zeroes (d) more than n zeroes
151. If the graph of a polynomial does not intersect the X-axis but intersect
the Y-axis in one point, then the no.of zeroes of the polynomial is
_________.
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 0 or 1 (d) 2
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152. If p  x  is a polynomial of atleast degree one, and p k   0 , then k is

known as _______.

(a) Value of p  x  (b) zero of p  x 

(c) constant term of p  x  (d) quotient of p  x 

153. If x  1 is a factor of p  x   2x 3  ax 2  2bx  1 , then the values of a & b

given that 2a  3b  4 is ___________.

(a) a  1, b  2 (b) a  2,b  5

(c) a  5, b  2 (d) a  2, b  0

154. If p  x   ax 2  bx  c , and a  b  c  0 then one of the zero is ________.

b c
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d) 1
a a

155. If p  x   ax 2  bx  c and a  c  b , then one of the zero is _______.

c c b b
(a) (b) (c) (d)
a a a a
156. A quadratic polynomial whose one zero is 11 and sum of the zeroes is 0,
is
(a) x 2  11x  2 (b) x 2  121

(c) x 2  11 (d) x 2  11

157. If  ,  are the zeroes of p  x   x 2  6x  4 , then the value of  3  2   2  3 is

__________.
(a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 96 (d) 69

158. The remainder when p  y   y 3  4y 2  3y  10 is divided by y  4 is ______.

(a) 22 (b) -22 (c) 21 (d) 20

  
159. A quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 7  9 2 & 7  9 2 is _____. 
(a) p  x   x 2  14x  113 (b) p  x   x 2  14x  113

(c) p  x   x 2  14x  113 (d) p  x   x  113

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160. If the difference of the zeroes of the polynomial p  x   x 2  bx  c is 1,

then b 2  _________.
(a) 4c (b) 4c-1 (c) 1+4c (d) 1

161. If one of the zero of the quadratic polynomial p  x   x 2  x  k , is the

square of the other, then the value of k is __________

(a) 2  3 (b) 2  2 (c) 2  5 (d) 5  2

162. If p & q are the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial p  x   x 2  mx  n 2  a ,

then the value of p 2  q 2  pq is __________.

(a) m 2  n 2  a (b) m 2  n 2  a

(c) m 2  a (d) m 2  a
163. If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial of the form
p  x   x 2  ax  b is the negative of other, then it:

(a) has no linear term and the constant term is negative

(b) has no linear term and the constant term is positive
(c) can have a linear term but the constant term is negative
(d) can have a linear term but the constant term is positive.

164. The degree of the remainder r  x  , when p  x   bx 3  cx  d is divided by a

polynomial of degree 4 is __________.
(a) less than 4 (b) less than 3
(c) equal to 3 (d) less than or equal to 3
165. The quadratic polynomial with the sum and the product of its zeroes as
1
and -1 is ________.
4

(a) 4x 2  4x  1 (b) 4x 2  x  4

(c) 4x 2  4x  1 (d) 4x 2  x  4

2 1 1
166. If x  2
 102 , then the value of x  is ________.
x x
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 13

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167. If p  x   3x 3  x 2  2x  5 is divided by g  x   x 2  2x  1 , then the remain-

der will be ________.
(a) 8x  10 (b) 9x  10 (c) 10x  10 (d) 11x  10

168. The zeroes of the quadratic polynomial p  y   y 2  15 is ________

(a)  15 (b) 15, 12 (c) 15,  12 (d) 15,  15

1 1
169. A quadratic polynomial, sum and product of the zeroes are & is
4 4
_________.

(a) 4x 2  x  1 (b) x 2  3x  2 (c) x 2  3x  2 (d) x 2  3x  2

 1 2 1
170. If  x    3 , then the value of x  2  ________.
 x x

82 10
(a) (b) (c) 7 (d) 11
9 3
1 1 1
171. If x 3  y 3  z 3  0, then

(a) x  y  z  0 (b) x  y  z  3xyz

3
(c)  x  y  z   27 xyz (d) x 3  y 3  z 3  0

172. If p  x   3x 2  5x , then the value of p  2   _________.

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) None of these

3 1
173. The quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are & is ________.
5 2

(a) 10x 2  x  3 (b) 10x 2  x  3 (c) 10x 2  x  3 (d) None of these

174. If  is a zero of f  x  then, ______ is one of the factor of f  x  .

(a)  x  2  (b)  x    (c)  x    (d)  2x   

175. Out of the following, the incorrect statement for a quadratic polynomial
is
(a) no real zeroes (b) two equal zeroes
(c) two distinct zeroes (d) three real zeroes

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176. A cubic polynomial x  f  y  cuts the Y-axis at atmost:

(a) one point (b) two points (c) three points (d) four points
177. The graph of ax 2  bx  c intersects X-axis at two distinct points if:

(a) b 2  4ac  0 (b) b 2  4ac  0 (c) b 2  4ac  0 (d) b 2  4ac  0

178. Polynomial f  x   x 2  1 has __________ zeroes.

(a) only one real (b) no real
(c) only two real (d) one real and one non-real

179. The real number ‘a’ is called as the zero of the polynomial f  x  if ____

(a) f a   0 (b) f a   0 (c) f a   0 (d) f a   1

180. If a-b, a, a+b are the zeroes of the polynomial x 3  3x 2  x  1 , then the
value of a  b is _________.

(a) 1  2 (b) 1  2 (c) 1  2 (d) 1  3

181. The term that should be added to 4x 2  12xy to form a perfect square is
____.

(a) 9y (b) 9xy (c) 9y 2 (d) 4y 2

4 1 1
182. If the roots of the equation x  4
 322 , then x   _______.
x x
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
183. The factors of x 4  4 are _________

(a)  x 2  2  x 2  2  (b)  x 2  2x  2  x 2  2x  2 

(c)  x  2  x  2  (d) None of these

184. If  x  4 is the HCF of x 2

 x  12  &  x 2  mx  8  , then the value of m is
_______.
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 6

185. The LCM of  x 2  x  6  and 4  4  x 2  is ________.

(a) 4  x  3   x  2  x  2 (b) 4  x  3  x  2  x  2

(c) 4  x  3  x  2  x  2 (d) 4  x  3  x  2  x  2

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1 1  2 1 
186. If x   then the value of 4  x  2  is _________.
x 2  x 

(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 9

187. If x 100  2x 99  k , is divisible by  x  1 , then the value of k is ________.

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) -3 (d) -2

2 1 1
188. The value of x  2 , when
x   10 is _____.
x x
(a) 96 (b) 97 (c) 98 (d) 102

189. A quadratic polynomial f  x  , is such that

f  x   0, for  3  x  2
 0, otherwise

Which of the following can be the polynomial f  x  ?

(a)  x 2  x  6 (b) x 2  x  6 (c)  x 2  x  6 (d)  x 2  x  6

190. The HCF of x 2  5x  6 and x 2  x  6 is _______.

(a) x  3 (b) x  3 (c) x  4 (d) x  4

191. If the HCF of the polynomial x 3  2x 2  px  6 and x 3  x 2  5 x  q is x  3

then the value of 3 p  2q 2 is _____________.

(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 3

2 2
192. The LCM of the following polynomials  x  3   x  4 and  x  3   x  4  is
___________.
2 2 2
(a)  x  3   x  4  (b)  x  3   x  4 

2 2 2
(c)  x  4   x  3 (d)  x  4   x  3 

1
193. The quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 2  1, is ______.
2 1

2

(a) x  2 2 x  1  2

(b) x  2 2 x  1 
2

(c) x  2 2 x  1  2

(d) x  2 2 x  1 
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194. If  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial x 2  8x  6 , then the quadratic

1 1
polynomial whose zeroes are & is _________.
 

2 4 1 2 4 1
(a) x  x (b) x  x
3 6 3 6

2 4 1 2 4 1
(c) x  x (d) x  x
3 6 3 6

195. If  ,  are the zeroes of the polynomial x 2  8x  6 , then the quadratic

 
polynomial whose zeroes are 1  & 1 is _________.
 

2 132 32 2 32 32
(a) x  x (b) x  x
3 3 3 3

2 132 32 2 32 32
(c) x  x (d) x  x
3 3 3 3

196. On dividing the polynomial 4x 4  5x 3  39x 2  46x  2 by the polynomial

g  x  , the quotient x 2  3x  5 and the remainder is 5x  8 , then the

polynomial g  x  is ________.

(a) 4x 2  7x  2 (b) 4x 2  7x  2 (c) 4x 3  7x  2 (d) 4x 3  7x  2

197. If the squared difference of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial
x 2  px  45 is equal to 144, then the value of p is ________.

(a) 25 (b) 18 (c) 19 (d) 20

1
198. If 2, are the zeroes of px 2  5x  r , then the relation between p and r is:
2

1 1
(a) p  5r (b) p  r (c) p  r (d) p  r
2 3

199. If m , n are the zeroes of the polynomial ax 2  5x  c , if m  n  m.n  10

then the values of a & c is ________.

1 1 1 1 1
(a) ,5 (b) 5, (c) ,5 (d) ,
2 3 2 2 3

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200. HCF and LCM of two polynomials are x and  x 3  9 x  respectively. If one

of the polynomial is  x 2  3x  , then the other polynomial is ________.

(a) x 2  3x (b) x 2  3x (c) x 3  3 (d) x 3  3

201. Degree of the polynomial 3  x  1.  x  1 x  2. 3  x  2 is ______.

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

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Q.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
KEY a c d d b a b a c a
Q.No 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
KEY d b a a d a c c b c
Q.No 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
KEY d b a b a a d b c d
Q.No 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
KEY c c a b c a b a c b
Q.No 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
KEY b a d b d a d b a c
Q.No 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
KEY d b b b d c d a c b
Q.No 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
KEY b c a a c c b c d b
Q.No 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
KEY a b a a b b d b a d
Q.No 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
KEY a d a a c b d c c d
Q.No 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
KEY c d b c c d c d b c
Q.No 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110
KEY b a d b b d b b d d
Q.No 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120
KEY b d c a c d b a a b
Q.No 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130
KEY a a c d b d a a c b
Q.No 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140
KEY d d c c c b a b a b
Q.No 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150
KEY c d a c d b b a c c
Q.No 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160
KEY a b c b b b c a b c
Q.No 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170
KEY b b a c d b b a a c
Q.No 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180
KEY c a a b d c b b c a
Q.No 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190
KEY c a d c a b a c d b
Q.No 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200
KEY d b a c d a b b c B
Q.No 201
KEY b
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