SIGMA CLASSES HMT
POLYNOMIALS
Previous Year Questions 2025
Q1: Zeroes of the polynomial p(y) (2025)
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
2
Q2: Zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = x - 3√2x + 4 are: (2025)
(a) 2,√2 (b) 2√2, √2
(c) 4√2, -√2 (d) √2, 2
Q3: Find the zeros of the polynomial (2025)
Q4: Two polynomials are shown in the graph below. The number of distinct zeroes of
both the polynomials is: (2025)
(a) 3 (b) 5
(c) 2 (d) 4
Q5: If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = x 2 - ax - b, then the value of
(α + β + αβ) is equal to: (2025)
(a) a + b (c) a- b
(b) -a - b (d) -a + b
Q6: If α and β are zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = kx 2 - 30x + 45k and α +β = αβ,
then the value of 'k' is: (2025)
(a) (b)
(c) 3/2 (d) 2/3
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Q7: If α and β are the zeroes of the polynomial 3x 2 + 6x + k such
that then the value of k is: (2025)
(a) -8 (b) 8
(c) -4 (d) 4
Q8: If the zeroes of the polynomial are reciprocals of each other, then
the value of bis (2025)
(a) 2 (b) 1/2
(c) -2 (d)
Q9: If the sum of the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = (p + 1)x 2 + (2p + 3) x + (3p +
4) is - 1, then find the value of 'p'. (2025)
Q10: If α and β are zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = x 2 - 2x - 1, then find the value
of (2025)
Q11: If 'α' and 'β' are the zeroes of the polynomial p(y) = y 2 - 5y+ 3, then find the
value of α4β3 + α3β4 . (2025)
Q12: If the zeroes of the polynomial x 2 + ax + b are in the ratio 3 : 4, then prove
that 12a 2 = 49b. (2025)
Q13: Find the zeroes of the polynomial p(x) = 3x 2 - 4x - 4. Hence, write a polynomial
whose each of the zeroes is 2 more than the zeroes of p(x). (2025)
Previous Year Questions 2024
Q1: What should be added from the polynomial x 2 – 5x + 4, so that 3 is the zero of
the resulting polynomial? (2024)
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 4 (d) 5
Q2: Find the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2 – 15 and verify the relationship
between the zeroes and the coefficients of the polynomial. (2024)
Previous Year Questions 2023
Q1: The graph of y = p(x) is given, for a polynomial p(x). The number of zeroes of p(x)
from the graph is (2023)
(a) 3 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 0
Q2: If α, β are the zeroes of a polynomial p(x) = x 2 + x - 1, then 1/α + 1/β equals
to (2023)
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(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) -1 (d) -1/2
2
Q3: If α, β are the zeroes of a polynomial p(x) = x - 1, then the value of (α + β)
is (2023)
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) -1 (d) 0
Q4: If α, β are the zeroes of a polynomial p(x) = 4x2 - 3x - 7, then (1/α + 1/β) is equal
to (2023)
(a) 7/3 (b) -7/3
(c) 3/7 (d) -3/7
2
Q5: If one zero of the polynomial p(x) = 6x + 37x – (k – 2) is reciprocal of the
other, then find the value of k. (CBSE 2023)
Previous Year Questions 2022
Q1: If one of the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial ( k - 1 )x2 + kx + 1 is - 3, then
the value of k is (2022)
(a) 4/3 (b) -4/3
(c) 2/3 (d) -2/3
Q2: If the path traced by the car has zeroes at -1 and 2, then it is given
by (2022)
(a) x2 + x + 2 (b) x 2 - x + 2
(c) x2 - x – 2 (d) x2 + x - 2
Q3: The number of zeroes of the polynomial representing the whole curve, is (2022)
(a) 4 (b) 3
(c) 2 (d) 1
Q4: The distance between C and G is (2022)
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(a) 4 units (b) 6 units
(c) 8 units (d) 7 units
Q5: The quadratic polynomial, the sum of whose zeroes is -5 and their product is
6. (2022)
(a) x2 + 5x + 6 (b) x 2 - 5x + 6
(c) x2 - 5 x – 6 (d) - x2 + 5x + 6
Previous Year Questions 2021
Q1: If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 3x + k is 2 then find the value of
k. (2021)
Previous Year Questions 2020
Q1: The degree of polynomial having zeroes -3 and 4 only is (2020)
(a) 2 (b) 1
(c) more than 3 (d) 3
Q2: If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial x 2 + 3x + k is 2. then the value
of k is (2020)
(a) 10 (b) - 10
(c) -7 (d) -2
Q3: The quadratic polynomial, the sum of whose zeroes is -5 and their product is 6
is ________. (2020)
(a) x2 + 5x + 6 (b) x 2 - 5x + 6
(c) x2- 5x – 6 (d) -x 2 + 5x + 6
Q4: Form a quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are ( -3) and 2
respectively. (CBSE 2020)
Q5: 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) (CBSE 2020)
Previous Year Questions 2019
Q1: Find the value of k such that the polynomial x2 - (k + 6)x + 2(2k - 1) has the sum of
its zeroes equal to half of its product. [Year 2019, 3 Marks]
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