CBSE Test Paper 02
Chapter 4 Quadratic Equation
1. Rohan’s mother is 26 years older than him. The product of their ages 3 years from
now will be 360, then Rohan’s present age is (1)
a. 6 years
b. 7 years
c. 10 years
d. 8 years
2. If has equal roots, then c is equal to (1)
a.
b.
c.
d.
3. Which of the following is a quadratic equation? (1)
a.
b.
c.
d. , where k = – 1
4. If ‘sin α’ and ‘cos α’ are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, then b2 = (1)
a.
b.
c.
d.
5. The quadratic equation, sum of whose roots is and their product is 5, is (1)
a.
b.
c.
d.
6. State whether the following equation is quadratic equation in x?
2x2 + = 0 (1)
7. If -2 is a root of the equation 3x2 + 5x + 2k = 0, then find the value of k. (1)
8. Find two consecutive numbers whose squares have the sum 85. (1)
9. Check whether the given equation is quadratic equation: (x +1)2= 2 (x –3) (1)
10. Find discriminant of the quadratic equation: 5x2 + 5x + 6 = 0. (1)
11. The sum of the squares of two positive integers is 208. If the square of the larger
number is 18 times the smaller number, find the numbers. (2)
12. Solve the quadratic equation by factorization: (2)
13. A fast train takes 3 hours less than a slow train for a journey of 600 km. If the speed of
the slow train is 10 km/h less than that of the fast train, find the speeds of the two
trains. (2)
14. The difference of two numbers is 4. If the difference of their reciprocals is , then
find the two numbers. (3)
15. A swimming pool is filled with three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes
operating simultaneously, fill the pool in the same time during which the pool is filled
by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the pool five hours faster than the first
pipe and four hours slower than the third pipe. Find the time required by each pipe to
fill the pool separately. (3)
16. Two numbers differ by 3 and their product is 504. Find the numbers. (3)
17. The sum of first 2 even natural numbers is given by the relation x = n (n + 1). Find n, if
the sum is 420. (3)
18. The length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle exceeds the length of the base
by 2 cm and exceeds twice the length of the altitude by 1 cm. Find the length of each
side of the triangle. (4)
19. In the centre of a rectangular lawn of dimensions 50 m × 40 m, a rectangular pond has
to be constructed so that the area of the grass surrounding the pond would be 1184
m2. Find the length and breadth of the pond (4)
20. A man travels a distance of 300 km at a uniform speed. If the speed of the train is
increased by 5 km an hour, the journey would have taken two hours less. Find the
original speed of the train. (4)
