CBSE Class 10 Mathematics Polynomials MCQs Set B

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MCQ for Class 10 Mathematics Chapter 2 Polynomials

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Chapter 2 Polynomials MCQ Questions Class 10 Mathematics with Answers

Question. If α,β are the zeroes of the polynomials f(x) = x2 + x + 1, then 1/α + 1/β
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) –1
(d) none of these

Question. If one of the zero of the polynomial f(x) = (k2 + 4)x2 + 13x + 4k is reciprocal of the other then k =
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) –1
(d) – 2

Question. If α,β are the zeroes of the polynomials f(x) = 4x2 + 3x + 7, then 1/α + 1/β 
(a) 7/3
(b) -7/3
(c) 3/7
(d) -3/7

Question. If the sum of the zeroes of the polynomial f(x) = 2x3 – 3kx2 + 4x – 5 is 6, then value of k is
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) –2
(d) – 4

Question. The zeroes of a polynomial p(x) are precisely the x-coordinates of the points, where the graph of y = p(x) intersects the
(a) x – axis
(b) y – axis
(c) origin
(d) none of the above

Question. If α,β are the zeroes of the polynomials f(x) = x2 – p(x + 1) – c, then (α +1)(β +1) =
(a) c – 1
(b) 1 – c
(c) c
(d) 1 + c

Question. A quadratic polynomial can have at most …….. zeroes
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3

Question. A cubic polynomial can have at most …….. zeroes.
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 3

Question. Which are the zeroes of p(x) = x2 – 1:
(a) 1, –1
(b) – 1, 2
(c) –2, 2
(d) –3, 3

Question. Which are the zeroes of p(x) = (x – 1)(x – 2):
(a) 1, –2
(b) – 1, 2
(c) 1, 2
(d) –1, –2

Question. Which of the following is a polynomial? 
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Question. Which of the following is not a polynomial? 
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Question. If α,β are the zeroes of the polynomials f(x) = x2 + 5x + 8, then α +β
(a) 5
(b) –5
(c) 8
(d) none of these

Question. If α,β are the zeroes of the polynomials f(x) = x2 + 5x + 8, then α.β
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) –1
(d) none of these

Question. On dividing x3 + 3x2 + 3x +1 by x +π we get remainder:
(a) - π3 + 3π2 - 3π + 1
(b) π3 - 3π2 + 3π+1
(c) - π3 - 3π2 - 3π-1
(d) - π3 + 3π2 - 3π -1

Question. The zero of p(x) = 9x + 4 is:
(a) 4/9
(b) 9/4
(c) -4/9
(d) -9/4

Question. On dividing x3 + 3x2 + 3x +1 by 5 + 2x we get remainder:
(a) 8/27
(b) -8/27
(c) -27/8
(d) 27/8

Question. A quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of zeroes are –3 and 4 is
(a) x2 – 3x +12
(b) x2 + 3x + 12
(c) 2x2 + x – 24
(d) none of the above

Question. A quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 3/5 and -1/2 is
(a) 10x2 – x – 3
(b) 10x2 + x – 3
(c) 10x2 – x + 3
(d) none of the above.

Question. A quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of zeroes are 0 and 5 is
(a) x2 – 5
(b) x2 + 5
(c) x2 + x – 5
(d) none of the above.

Question. A quadratic polynomial whose zeroes are 1 and –3 is
(a) x2 – 2x – 3
(b) x2 + 2x – 3
(c) x2 – 2x + 3
(d) none of the above.

Question. A quadratic polynomial whose sum and product of zeroes are –5 and 6 is
(a) x2 – 5x – 6
(b) x2 + 5x – 6
(c) x2 + 5x + 6
(d) none of the above.

Question. Which are the zeroes of p(x) = x2 + 3x – 10 :
(a) 5, –2
(b) –5, 2
(c) –5, –2
(d) none of these

Question. Which are the zeroes of p(x) = 6x2 – 7x – 3 :
(a) 5, –2
(b) –5, 2
(c) –5, –2
(d) none of these

Question. Which are the zeroes of p(x) = x2 + 7x + 12 :
(a) 4, –3
(b) –4, 3
(c) –4, –3
(d) none of these

 

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Q01. d   Q02. b   Q03. b    Q04. a  Q05. a     Q06. a    Q07. c
Q08. c   Q09. a   Q10. a    Q11. c   Q12. c     Q13. c    Q14. b
Q15. d   Q16. d   Q17. c    Q18. d   Q19. c     Q20. c    Q21. a
Q22. d   Q23. d   Q24. d    Q25. b   Q26. a    Q27. b    Q28. a
Q29. c   Q30. c    Q31. b    Q32. a   Q33. b    Q34. d    Q35. b
Q36. a   Q37. a    Q38. b   Q39. a    Q40. b    Q41. b    Q42. b
Q43. c   Q44. b    Q45. b   Q46. a    Q47. a    Q48. c    Q49. d
Q50. d   Q51. b    Q52. d   Q53. c    Q54. a    Q55. d    Q56. a
Q57. d   Q58. c    Q59. d

Question : The degree of the polynomial whose graph is given below:
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) ≥3
(d) cannot be fixed

Question : If the sum of the zeroes of the polynomial 3x2 – kx + 6 is 3, then the value of k is:
(a) 3
(b) –3
(c) 6
(d) 9

Question : The other two zeroes of the polynomial x3 – 8x2 + 19x – 12 if tis one zeroes is x = 1 are:
(a) 3, –4
(b) –3, –4
(c) –3, 4
(d) 3, 4

Question : The quadratic polynomial, the sum and product of whose zeroes are –3 and 2 is:
(a) x2 – 3x + 2
(b) x2 + 3x – 2
(c) x2 + 3x + 2
(d) none of the these.

Question : The third zero of the polynomial, if the sum and product of whose zeroes are –3 and 2 is:
(a) 7
(b) –7
(c) 14
(d) –14

Question. If √5/3 and -√5/3 are two zeroes of the polynomial 3x4 + 6x3 – 2x2 – 10x – 5, then its other two zeroes are:
(a) –1, –1
(b) 1, –1
(c) 1, 1
(d) 3, –3

Question. If a – b, a and a + b are zeroes of the polynomial x3 – 3x2 + x + 1 the value of (a + b) is
(a) 1± √2
(b) -1±√2
(c) -1-√2
(d) 3

Question. A real numbers a is called a zero of the polynomial f(x), then
(a) f(a) = –1
(b) f(a) = 1
(c) f(a) = 0
(d) f(a) = –2

Question. Which of the following is a polynomial:
(a) x2+1/x√z
(b) 2x2 -3√x + 1
(c) x2 + x-2 + 7
(d) 3x2 - 3x +1

Question. The product and sum of zeroes of the quadratic polynomial ax2 + bx + c respectively are:
(a) b/a , c/a
(b) c/a , b/a
(c) c/b , 1
(d) c/a , -b/a

Question. The quadratic polynomial, sum and product of whose zeroes are 1 and –12 respectively is
(a) x2 – x – 12
(b) x2 + x – 12
(c) x2 – 12x + 1
(d) x2 – 12x – 1.

Question. If the product of two of the zeroes of the polynomial 2x3 – 9x2 + 13x – 6 is 2, the third zero of the polynomial is:
(a) –1
(b) –2
(c) 3/2
(d) -3/2

Question : if the polynomialf (x) = 2x3 +mx2 + nx-14 has(x-1)and(x+2) its factors, find the value of m × n.
(a) 1/27
(b) 27 
(c) 36 
(d) –2
Answer : A
 
Question : The expression (5x-8)3-(3x-8)3-6x(5x-8)(3x-8) when simplified gives…
(a) 8x3 
(b) –8x3 
(c) 16x3 
(d) –16x3
Answer : A
 
Question : Find the value of x if (x-4)3 +(x-9)3 + (x-8)3= 3(x-4)(x-9)(x-8)
(a) 4 
(b) 5 
(c) 6 
(d) 7
Answer : D
 
Question : The condition that the roots of the equation ax2 + bx +c = 0 be such that one root is n times the other is
(a) na2 = bc (n +1)
(b)  nb2 = ca (n +1)2
(c)  nc2 = ab (n +1)2 
(d) None of these
Answer : B
 
Question : If the root of the equation ax2 + bx +c = 0 are in the ratio m : n, then
(a)  mna2 = (m+ n)c2 
(b) mnb2 = (m+ n)ac
(c) mnb2 = (m+ n)2ac 
(d) None of these
Answer : C
 
Question : Which is the following is a polynomial?
(a) x1/2 + x1/4 + x1/8
(b) x3 + 2x2 +1
(c) x-1 
(d) x4  x2/3
Answer : B
 
Question : If degree of  9x5 y2 zr is 15 then is
(a) 8 
(b) 15 
(c) 7 
(d) 4
Answer : A
 
Question : If –4 is a zero of the polynomial x2 - x (2+ k) , then the value of k is
(a) 3 
(b) 9 
(c) 6
 (d) –9
Answer : B
 
Question : If (x2 - 5x + 6) xA = x3 - x2 -14x + 24, then the expression A is
(a) x + 2 
(b) x + 4 
(c) x + 6 
(d) x + 1
Answer : B
 
Question : If sum of the squares of zeroes of the quadratic polynomial f (x) = x2 - 8x + k is 40, the value of k is
(a) 10 
(b) 12 
(c) 14 
(d) 16
Answer : B
 
Question : If  2x3 + 3x2 - 3x -2 is divided by 2x + 1, then the quotient is
(a) x2 - x + 2 
(b) x2 - x - 2 
(c) x2 + x + 2 
(d) x2 + x + 2
Answer : C
 
Question : The degree of the polynomial axn bxn+1 ..... px + q (a =0) is
(a) n 
(b) n – 1 
(c) n + 1 
(d) 0
Answer : A
 
Question : If (x-2) and (x-1/2) are the factors of the polynomials qx2 + 5x + r, then
(a) 2q = r 
(b) q = r/2r 
(c) q = r 
(d) r = q/2
Answer : C
 
Question : If the zeroes of the polynomials are  3x2 -5x + 2 are (a + b) and (a – b), then the value of a and b are
(a) 1/2 ,3/4
(b) 5, 6 
(c) 3/2 , 5/6
(d) 5/6 , 1/6
Answer : D
 
Question : The base of parallelogram is 2x2 +5x + 3 and area is 2x3 + x 2 -7x -6, then its height is
(a) 2x + 4 
(b) x – 2 
(c) 2x – 4 
(d) 2x + 2
Answer : B
 
Question : If x + 1 and x – 1 are factors of f(x) = x3 + 2ax + b, then the value of 2a + 3b is
(a) 5 
(b) –1 
(c) 4 
(d) –6
Answer : B
 
Question : If 6x4 - 3x3 + 13x2 -2x + 6 is divided by 3x2 + 2 and the remainder is 0, then the quotient is
(a) 2x2 + x +3
(b) 2x2 - x - 3 
(c) 2x2 + x -3 
(d) 2x2 - x +3
Answer : D
 
Question : If (x -1),(x + 2)and(x - 2) are factors x3 + ax + bx + c then find the value of a + b + c
(a) 4 
(b) –1 
(c) –4 
(d) 0
Answer : B
 
Question : If [(x2 -7x +12) / (x-3)] + [(x2+5x +6) / (x-3)] p, then the expression p is
(a) 2x + l 
(b) 2x – l 
(c) –2x + l 
(d) –2x – l
Answer : B
 
Question : If (x2-4) (x2–9) represents a polynomial, then powers of x in decreasing order of x is
(a) 4, 2, 0 
(b) 3, 1, 2 
(c) 2, 1, 0 
(d) 4, 3, 1
Answer : A
 
Question : If (x – 3) is a factor k2x3-kx2+-k then the value of k is
(a) 5 
(b) 27 
(c) 1/27 
(d) 1
Answer : C
 
Question : Find the value of k for which (a + 2b) where a,b = 0 is a factor of a4+32ab4 + a3b(k+3) ?
(a) 3 
(b) 4 
(c) 5 
(d) 7
Answer : A
 
Question : The HCF of two expressions is x & their LCM is x3-9x. If one of the expression is x2 + 3x.Find other expression?
(a) x2 – 3x 
(b) x2 + 9x 
(c) x3 – 3x 
(d) x2 – 9x
Answer : A
 
Question : The value of the product (x–a)(x–b)(x–c), , given that the sum a + b + c = 7, ab + bc + ca = 0 and abc = – 36, is
(a) x3 – 7x2 + 36 
(b) x3 – 7x2 – 36 
(c) x3 – 7x2 + 37 
(d) x3 + 7x2 + 38
Answer : A
 
Question : If p = 2 – a, then value of a3 + 6ap + p38is
(a) 1 
(b) 0 
(c) 3 
(d) –1
Answer : B
 
Question : If 2x2 + xy – 3y2 + x + ay – 10 = (2x + 3y + b)(x – y – 2), then the values of a and b are
(a) 11 and 5 
(b) l and –5 
(c) –1 and –5 
(d) –11 and 5
Answer : D
 
Question : The expression x2 + px + q with p and q greater than zero has its minimum value when
(a) x = –p 
(b) x = p 
(c) x = p/2 
(d) x = –p/2
Answer : D
 
Question : The polynomials ax3 + 3x2 – 3 and 2x3 –5x + k are divided by (x – 4) then leaves the same remainder in each case, then the value of k is
(a) 1 
(b) 5 
(c) 2 
(d) 6
Answer : A
 
Question : If (x+a)(x+b)(x+c) = x3–6x2+11x-6, find the value of a2 + b2 + c2.
(a) 2 
(b) 14
(c) 30 
(d) 5
Answer : B

Question : If one of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial (k – 1) x2+ kx + 1 is – 3, then the value of k is
(a) 4/3
(b) (-4)/3
(c) 2/3
(d) (-2)/3
Answer : A

Question : The number of polynomials having zeroes as -2 and 5 is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) more than 3
Answer : D

Question : If one of the zeroes of a quadratic polynomial of the form x2+ ax + b is the 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
Answer : A

Question : If 2 is a zero of the polynomial p(x) = k x2 +3 x + k, then the value of k is
(a) 5/6
(b) (-5)/6
(c) 6/5
(d) (-6)/5
Answer : D

Question : If the sum of the zeroes of the quadratic polynomial k x2 + 2x + 3k is equal to their product, then k is equal to
(a) 1/3
(b) (-2)/3
(c) (-1)/3
(d) 2/3
Answer : B

Question : If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 3x + k is 2, then the value of k is
(a) 10
(b) -10
(c) 5
(d) -5
Answer : B

Question : If zeroes of p(x) = 2 x2 - 7x + k reciprocal of each other
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) -7
Answer : B

Question : If one zero of the quadratic polynomial x2 - 4x + 1 is 2 + √3, then the other zero is
(a) -2 + √3
(b) -√3 -2
(c) 2 - √3
(d) √3 + 1
Answer : C

Question : Factorize x4–x2y2+y4
(a) (x2+xy+y2)(x2+xy+y2
(b) (x2+xy+y2)(x2-xy-y2)
(c) (x2+xy+y2)(x2-xy+y2
(d) (x2-xy+y2)(x2-xy+y2)
Answer : C
 
Question : If ax = b,by = andcz = a then xyz =
(a) 1 
(b) 2 
(c) 0 
(d) 4
Answer : A
 
Question : If one of the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + mx +24 is 1.5, then what is the value of m?
(a) –22.5 
(b) 16
(c) –10.5 
(d) –17.5
Answer : D

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