CPP (POLYNOMIAL) CFY 2014-18

1. Let f(x) = x4 + ax3 + bx2 + cx + d be a polynomial such that f(1) = 1, f(2) = 8, f(3) = 27,
f(4) =64 then f(5) = ...………

2. If x2 + px + 1 is a factor of ax3 + bx + c then

A) a2 + c2 = -ab B) a2 - c2 = -ab C) a2 - c2 = ab D) none of these

3. If the zeroes of cubic polynomial x 3 + ax2 + bx + c are three consecutive positive integers.
a2
Then find the value of .
b 1

4. The minimum value of the polynomial (x -1) (x -2) (x -3) (x - 4) + 2 is

A) 1 B) 2 C) 0 D) 4

5. P(x) be a polynomial of least possible degree with rational coefficients, having 3

7  3 49
as one of its roots, then the product of all the roots of P(x) =

A) 56 B) 63 C) 7 D) 49

6. If f(x) = kx3 + 2 k2x2 + k 3 . Find the sum of all real k for which x – 2 is a factor of f(x).

A) 4 B) 8 C) -4 D) -8

7. Given figure represents f(x) = ax2 + bx + c, a ≠ 0

i) which of the followings is false

A) ab < 0 B) abc < 0

C) ac < 0 D) bc < 0

ii) Which of the followings is true

A) a + b + c > 0 B) a – b + c > 0 C) a + 3b + 9c < 0 D) a- 3b + 9c > 0

8. When the polynomial 5x3 + mx + n is divided by x2 + x + 1 the remainder is [Link] the

value of │m + n│ = …………

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9. If f(x) = x9 − 6x8 − 2x7 + 12x6 + x4 − 7x3 + 6x2 + x − 3, then f(6) = ………..

10. The least value of the expression x2 + 4y2 + 3z2 – 2x – 12y – 6z +14 is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) no least value (D) none of these.

11. Let f(x) be a quadratic polynomial with f(2) = 10 and f(-2) = -2. Then the coefficient of x in
f(x) is

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

12. The sum of coefficients of the polynomial f  x    3x  2  .  x  1 is

107 4

(A) 16 (B) 3107 (C) 3107. 24 (D) None of these

13. Let f(x) = ax7 + bx3 + cx - 5, where a, b and c are constants. If f( -7) = 7, then f(7) equals

(A) - 17 (B) -7 (C) 14 (D) 21

14. If x 4 4 4
3x 4  4 then the value of x4=

A) 2 B) 4 C) 8 D) 16

15. The graph of the quadratic polynomial f(x) = (x - a) (x -b) where a, b > 0 and a ≠ b, then
the graph does not pass through

(a) first quadrant (b) second quadrant

(c) third quadrant (d) fourth quadrant

1 1 1
16. If x   a , x 2  3  b then x 3  2 
x x x
3 2
(A) a + a - 3a - 2 - b (B) a 3 - a 2 - 3a  4 - b
(C) a 3 - a 2  3a  6 - b (D) a 3  a 2  3a  16 - b

17. Let f(x) = x4 + ax3 + bx2 + cx + d, where a, b, c, d are constants real no. If f(1) = 10, f(2) =
f (12)  f (8)
20, f(3) = 30 then the value of  ……….
9920

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18. If α and β are the roots of log 2 x   4log 2 x   1  0 then the value of
2

log    log   

A) 18 B) -16 C) 14 D) -18

19. If the H.C.F. of the polynomials  x  3   3x2  10x  b  & 3x  2   x 2  2x  a  is  x  33x  2
then the relation between a and b is

(A) 3a + 8b = 0 (B) 8a – 3b = 0 (C) 8a + 3b = 0 (D) a – 2b = 0

20. If the equation (a 2  4a  3) x 2  (a  1) x  a 2  1  0 has infinitely many roots then a 

A) 1 B) 1, 3 C) ±1 D) -1, 1, 3

1 1
21. If x   2 , then the value of x 4  4 is :
x x

(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 34

22. If one of the zeroes of the cubic polynomial x3 + ax2 + bx + c is –1, then the product of
the other two zeroes is

A) b – a + 1 B) b – a – 1 C) a – b + 1 D) a – b –1

23. Find the remainder when x100 − 4x98 + 5x + 6 is divided by x3 − 2x2 − x + 2.

24. Find the remainder when the polynomial x 81 + x49 + x25 + x9 + x is divided by x3 − x.

25. f(x) is a polynomial such that it contains only terms of odd degree. When f(x) is divided
by (x-3) , the remainder is 6. If f(x) is divided by x 2 – 9 then the remainder is g(x).Find g(2).

Answer :

1) 149 2) C 3) 3 4) A 5) A 6) D 7)i) D

ii) D 8) 5 (m=0, n=-5) 9) 3 10) B 11) C 12) A

13) A 14) B 15) C 16) A 17) 2 18) D

19) B ( a = -3, b = -8 ) 20) A 21) D 22) A

23) x2 + 5x + 2 24) 5x 25) 4 [g(x) = 2x].

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26. If f(x) = x3 + bx2 + cx + d and f(0), f(-1) are odd integers, then prove that f(x) = 0 cannot
have all integer roots.

27. Suppose the cubic polynomial f(x) = x3 + px2 + qx + 72 is divisible by both x 2 + ax + b

and x2 + bx + a then find the sum of squares of roots of f(x) .

28. P(x) = x3-8x2 + cx – d is a polynomial with real coefficients and all zeroes all distinct
positive integers, then find the possible value of c.

29. Let f(x) = ax2 + bx + c , a ≠ 0 , a, b, c are integers. Suppose that f(1) = 0, 50 < f(7) < 60 and

70 < f(8) < 80. If 13k < f(10) < 13(k+1) for some integer k, then find the value of k.

30. If a 0 , a1 , a 3 ,………….., a 50 are coefficients of polynomial 1  x  x 2  25

then find the
value of a0  a`2  a4  ......................  a50 .

31. Factorize: x 6  5 x 3  8 .

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
32. If    then show that 2 n 1  2 n 1  2 n 1  , where n is
a b c abc a b c a  b  c 2n1
any positive integer.

a b c
33. If a , b and c are distinct real numbers such that    0 then prove
bc c a a b
a b c
that   0.
b  c  c  a  a  b 2
2 2

  
3
 
3
3
  
34. Show that x 2  yz  y 2  zx  z 2  xy  3 x 2  yz x 2  yz x 2  yz is a perfect 
square.

1 1 1
35. If a  b  c  1, a 2  b 2  c 2  9 and a 3  b 3  c 3  1 then find   .
a b c

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