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VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE (1 Mark)

1 Is the following statement True or False? Justify your answer. If the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial
ax2 + bx + c are both negative, then a, b and c all have the same sign.
2 Can the quadratic polynomial x2 + kx + k have equal zeroes for some odd integer k > 1? Justify
3 Are the following statements ‘True’ or ‘False’? Justify your answers.
(i) If the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c are both positive, then a, b and c all have the
same sign.
(ii) If the graph of a polynomial intersects the x-axis at only one point, it cannot be a quadratic
polynomial.
(iii) If the graph of a polynomial intersects the x-axis at exactly two points, it need not be a quadratic
polynomial.
(iv) The only value of k for which the quadratic polynomial kx 2 + x + k has equal zeros is 1/2
4 If the sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 3x2 – kx + 6 is 3, then find the value of k.
5 If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 3x + k is 2, then find the value of k.
6 Find the zeroes of the polynomial x2 – 3x – m(m + 3).

7 The graph of y = p(x), where p(x) is a polynomial in variable x, is as follows, Find the number of
zeroes of p(x).
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8 Can x – 1 be the remainder on division of a polynomial p (x) by 2x + 3? Justify your answer.
9 Answer the following and justify:
(i) Can x2 – 1 be the quotient on division of x6 + 2x3 + x – 1 by a polynomial in x of degree 5?
(ii) What will the quotient and remainder be on division of ax2 + bx + c by px3 + qx2 + rx + s, p≠0?
(iii) If on division of a polynomial p(x) by a polynomial g(x), the quotient is zero, what is the relation
between the degrees of p(x) and g(x)?
(iv) If on division of a non-zero polynomial p(x) by a polynomial g(x), the remainder is zero, what is
the relation between the degrees of p(x) and g(x)?
10 Are the following statements ‘True’ or ‘False’? Justify your answers
(i) If two of the zeroes of a cubic polynomial are zero, then it does not have linear and constant terms.
(ii) If all the zeroes of a cubic polynomial are negative, then all the coefficients and the constant term
of the polynomial have the same sign.
(iii) If all three zeroes of a cubic polynomial x3 + ax2 – bx + c are positive, then at least one of a, b and
c is non-negative.
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SHORT ANSWER TYPE (2 & 3 mark)

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2 Find a quadratic polynomial where zeroes are 5 − 3√2 and 5 + 3√2
3 A teacher asked 10 of his students to write a polynomial in one variable on a paper and then
to handover the paper. The following were the answers given by the students :
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2x + 3, 3x2 + 7x + 2, 4x3 + 3x2 + 2, x3 +√3𝑥 + 7, 7x + √7 , 5x3 – 7x + 2, 2x2 + 3 – , 5x – ,
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ax + bx + cx + d, x + .
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Answer the following question :
(i) How many of the above ten, are not polynomials ?
(ii) How many of the above ten, are quadratic polynomials ?
4 Find the value of p, for which one root of the quadratic polynomial px 2 – 14x + 8 = 0 is 6 times the
other.
5 If zeroes of the polynomial x2 + 4x + 2a are α and 2/α, then find the value of a.
6 Find the quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of the zeroes are 21/8 and 5/16 respectively.
7 If α and β are the zeroes of a polynomial x2– 4√3x + 3, then find the value of α + β – αβ.
8 If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial f(x) = x2 – 6x + k, find the value of k, such that α2 + β2 =
40.
9 If one root of the quadratic equation 3x2 + px + 4 = 0 is 2/3 then find the value of p and the other
root of the equation.
10 The roots α and β of the quadratic equation x2 – 5x + 3(k – 1) = 0 are such that α – β = 1. Find the
value of k.
11 Find a quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are reciprocals of the zeroes of the polynomial
f(x) = ax2 + bx + c, a ≠ 0, c ≠ 0.
12 Find the value of k such that the polynomial x2 – (k + 6)x + 2(2k – 1) has sum of its zeroes equal to
half of their product.
13 Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial 7y2 – (11/3)y – (2/3) and verify the relationship between
the zeroes and the coefficients.
14 Find the zeroes of the following polynomial : 5√5x2 +30x +8√5
15 Quadratic polynomial 2x2 – 3x + 1 has zeroes as α and β. Now form a quadratic polynomial whose
zeroes are 3α and 3β.
16 Show that ½ and -3/2 are the zeroes of the polynomial 4x2 + 4x – 3 and verify the relationship
between zeroes and coefficients of the polynomial.
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17 If 4 is a zero of the cubic polynomial x3 – 3x2 – 10x + 24, find its other two zeroes.
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4 If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 2x2 + 5x + k satisfying the relation,
α2 + β2 + αβ = 21/4, then find the value of k.
5 If α and β are zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x2 – 6x + a; find the value of ‘a’ if 3α + 2β = 20.
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11 Polynomial x4 + 7x3 + 7x2 + px + q is exactly divisible by x2 + 7x + 12, then find the value of p and q.
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POLYNOMIALS

MYSORE STUDY CIRCLE – Bogadi, Mysore. Contact: 8971878724/9242780642

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE (1 Mark)

MYSORE STUDY CIRCLE – Bogadi, Mysore. Contact: 8971878724/9242780642

SHORT ANSWER TYPE (2 & 3 mark)

MYSORE STUDY CIRCLE – Bogadi, Mysore. Contact: 8971878724/9242780642

MYSORE STUDY CIRCLE – Bogadi, Mysore. Contact: 8971878724/9242780642

LONG ANSWER TYPE (4 Mark)

MYSORE STUDY CIRCLE – Bogadi, Mysore. Contact: 8971878724/9242780642

CASE STUDY (5 Mark each)

MYSORE STUDY CIRCLE – Bogadi, Mysore. Contact: 8971878724/9242780642

MYSORE STUDY CIRCLE – Bogadi, Mysore. Contact: 8971878724/9242780642

MYSORE STUDY CIRCLE – Bogadi, Mysore. Contact: 8971878724/9242780642

MYSORE STUDY CIRCLE – Bogadi, Mysore. Contact: 8971878724/9242780642

MYSORE STUDY CIRCLE – Bogadi, Mysore. Contact: 8971878724/9242780642

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