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Chapter-4: Quadratic Equations
CBSE BOARD-2004
4𝑥−3 2𝑥+1 −1 3
1. Solve for x: (
2𝑥+1
) − 10 (4𝑥−3) = 3; 𝑥 ≠ 2 , 𝑥 ≠ 4.
2. 3000 apples are distributed equally among a certain number of students. Had there been
10 more students, each would have received one apple less. Find number of students.
CBSE BOARD-2005
3. The sum of two numbers a and b is 15, and the sum of their reciprocals 1/a and 1/b is 3/10.
Find the numbers a and b.
1 1 1 1
4. Solve for x : = + + ; 𝑎 ≠ 0, 𝑏 ≠ 0, 𝑐 ≠ 0.
𝑎+𝑏+𝑥 𝑎 𝑏 𝑥
5. Solve for x:
(i) a2b2c2+b2x-a2x-1=0
𝑥−1 𝑥−3 1
(ii) + = 3 (𝑥 ≠ 2,4).
𝑥−2 𝑥−4 3
6. A two digit number is such that the product of its digits is 14. If 45 is added to the number,
the digits interchange their places. Find the number.
CBSE BOARD-2006
7. A train travels a distances 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.
8. Solve for 12abx2-(9a2-8b2)x-6ab=0.
CBSE BOARD-2007
9. The difference of two numbers is 5 and the difference of their reciprocal is 1/10. Find the
numbers.
10. The side of a square exceeds the side of another square by 4 cm and the sum of areas of
two squares is 400 square cm. Find the dimension of the squares.
11. 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/hour less than that of the fast train, find the speed of the two trains.
CBSE BOARD-2008
12. Show that x=-2 is a solution of 3x2+13x+14=0.
13. For what value of k, the quadratic equation x2-kx+44=0, has equal roots?
14. What is the nature of roots of the quadratic equation 4x2-12x-9=0?
15. Is x=-2, a solution of the equation x2-2x+8=0?

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16. For what value of k, are the roots of the quadratic equation 3x2+2kx+27=0, real and
equal?
17. For what value of k, does (k-12)x2+2(k-12)x+2=0 have equal roots?
18. Write the values of k, for which the quadratic equation x2-kx+9=0 has equal roots.
1 1 11
19. Find the roots of the following equation: − = .
𝑥+4 𝑥−7 30
20. Some students arrange a picnic. The budget for food was ₹240. Because four students of
the group failed to go, the cost of food to each student got increased by ₹ 5. How many
students went for the picnic?
21. A plane left 30 minutes late than its scheduled time and in order to reach the destination
1500 Km away in time, it had to increase the speed by 250 km/hr from the usual speed.
22. A peacock is sitting on the top of a pillar, which is 9m high. Form a point 27m away from
the bottom of the pillar, a snake is coming to it hole at the base of the pillar. Seeing the
snake the peacock pounces on it. If their speeds are equal, at what distance from the hole
is the snake caught?
CBSE BOARD-2009
23. Write the nature of roots of quadratic equation 4x2+4√3x+3=0.
24. Find the discriminant of the quadratic equation: 3√3x2+10x+√3=0.
25. If ½ is a root of the equations ay2+ay+3=0 and y2+y+b=0, then find ab. [CBSE- 2009, 2012]
26. Find the value(s) of k so that, the quadratic equation x2-4kx+k=0 has equal roots.
[CBSE 2009,2012]
2
27. Solve for x: 3x -2√6x+2=0.
28. Solve for x : x2-4ax-b2+4a2=0
29. Solve for x: 4x2-4ax+(a2-b2)=0. [CBSE- 2009,2012 ]
30. The sum of two numbers is 8. Determine the number if the sum of their reciprocals is
8/15.
1 1 11
31. Find the roots of the equation: + = .
𝑥+ 2𝑥−1 7𝑥+9
32. The sum of the square of two consecutive odd numbers is 394. Find the number.
33. Solve the following question for x: 9x2-9(a+b)x+(2a2+5ab+2b2)=0.
34. Two years ago, a man’s age was three times the square of his son’s age. Three years
hence, his age will be four times his son’s age. Find the present age of man and his son.
CBSE BOARD-2010
35. If -2 is a root of the equation 3x2+4x+2k=0, then find k.
36. Three consecutive positive integers are such that the sum of the square of the first and the
product of the other two is 46, find the third.

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3𝑥−4 7 5 4
37. Solve for x : + = ;𝑥 ≠ .
7 3𝑥−4 2 3
CBSE BOARD-2011
38. Find the roots of the equation x2-3x-m(m+3)=0, where, m is constant.
39. For what value of k, are the roots of the quadratic equation y2+k2=2(k+1)y equal ?
40. If the roots of the equation (c2-ab)x2-2(a2-bc)x+(b2-ac)=0 are equal. Prove that, either a=0
or a3+b3+c3=3abc.
41. Find the value of p, for which one root of the quadratic equation px2-14x+8=0 is 6 times
the other.
42. Find the value of m so that, the quadratic equation mx(x-7)+49=0 has two equal roots.
43. Find the roots of the following quadratic equation :
2√3x2-5x+√3=0
44. Find the roots of 4x2+3x+5=0 by the method of completing the squares.
45. Find the roots of the following quadratic equation: x2-3√5x+10=0.
46. A motorboat whose speed is 20 km/hr in still water takes 1 hours more to go 48 km
upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.
47. A man travels 180 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 9km/hr more, it would
have taken 1 hour less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.
48. In a flight of 2800 km, an aircraft was slowed due to bad weather. Its average speed is
reduced by 100 km and time increased by 30 minutes. Fid the original duration of the
flight.
CBSE BOARD-2012
49. Find the roots of the quadratic equation 3x2-14x-5=0.
50. If the quadratic equation mx2+2x+m=0 has two equal roots, then find the value of m.
51. Find the value of P, for which the roots of the equation Px(x-2)+6=0, are equal.
52. Find the value of k, for which the roots of the quadratic equation (k-4)x2+2(k-4)x+2=0 are equal.
53. Solve for x: √2x2+7x+5 √2 =0.
54. Find the value(s) of k, so that the quadratic equation 3x2-2kx+12=0 has equal roots.
55.If the sum of two natural numbers is 8 and their product is 15, find the number.
56. A shopkeeper buys some books for ₹ 80. If he had bought 4 more books for the same
amount, each book would have cost ₹ 1 less. Find the number of books he bought.
CBSE BOARD-2013
57. Find the value of k, for which the roots of the equation kx(3x-4)+4=0 are equal.
58. For what value of k, the roots of the quadratic equation (k+4)x2+(k+1)x+1=0 are equal?
1 1 1 1
59. Solve for x : = + + .
2𝑎+𝑏+2𝑥 2𝑎 𝑏 2𝑥

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60. Sum of the areas of two squares is 400 cm2. If the difference of their perimeters is 16 cm,
find the sides of the two squares.
61. While boarding an aeroplane, a passenger got hurt. The pilot showing promptness and
concern, made arrangement to hospitalise the injured and so that plane started late by 30
minutes. To reach the destination 1500 km away in time, the pilot increased the speed by
100 km/hour. Find the original speed of the plane.
CBSE BOARD-2014
62. Solve for x: √3x2-2√2x-2 √3 =0.
63. Find the values of P, for which the quadratic equation 4x2+Px+3=0 has equal roots.
3 1 2 1
64.Solve : − = ; 𝑥 ≠ −1, 𝑥 ≠ .
𝑥+1 2 3𝑥−1 3
14 5
65.Solve : −1= ; 𝑥 ≠ −3, −1
𝑥+3 𝑥+1
66. The difference of the squares of two numbers is 88. If the larger number is 5 less than
twice the smaller number, then find the two numbers.
67. The difference of two natural numbers is 5 and the different is 5 and the difference of
their reciprocals is 5/14. Find the numbers.
68. A motorboat whose speed in still water is 18km/hr, takes 1 hour more to go 24 km
upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.
2 3 23
69. Solve for x : + = ; 𝑥 ≠ 0, −1, 2.
𝑥+1 2(𝑥−2) 5𝑥
70. The diagonal of a rectangular field is 16 meters more than the shorter side. If the longer
side is 14 meters more than the shorter side, then the find the lengths of the sides of the
field.
71. A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 54 km and then travels a
distance of 63 km at an average speed of 6km/hr more than the first speed. If it takes 3
hours to complete the total journey, what is the first speed?
72. A trader bought a number of articles for ₹ 900. Five articles were found damaged. He sold
each of the remaining articles at ₹ 2 more than what he paid for it. He got a profit of ₹ 80
on the whole transaction. Find the number of articles he bought.
CBSE BOARD-2015
73. If x=-1/2, is a solution of the quadratic equation 3x2+2kx-3=0, find the value of k.
74. If the quadratic equation px2-2√5Px+15=0 has two equal roots, then find the value o
75. Solve the following quadratic equation for x :
4x2+4bx-(a2-b2)=0
76. Solve the following quadratic equation for x :
x2-2ax-(4b2-a2)=0

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77. Solve for x: x2-(√3 +1) x+√3 =0.
78. Solve the quadratic equation 2x2+ax-a2=0.
79. Find the non-zero value of k, for which the quadratic equation kx2+1-2(k-1) +x2=0 has equal
roots. Hence, find the roots of the equation
80. Solve the following quadratic equation for x:
9x2-6b2x-(a4-b4)=0
81.Solve for x : 2x2+6√3x-60=0.
82. The numerator of a fraction is 3 less than its denominator. If 2 is added to both the
numerator and the denominator, then sum of the new fraction and original fraction is
29/20. Find the origin fraction.
83. To fill a swimming pool, two pipes are to be used. If the piper of larger diameter is used for
4 hours and the pipe of smaller diameter for 9 hours, only half the pool can be filled. Find
how long it would take for each pipe to fill the pool separately, if the pipe of smaller
diameter takes 10 hours more than the pipe of large diameter to fill the pool.
3 4 29 1
84. Solve for x : + = ; 𝑥 ≠ 1, −1, .
𝑥+1 𝑥−1 4𝑥−1 4

CBSE BOARD-2016
85. If x=2/3 and x=-3 are roots of the quadratic equation ax2+7x+b=0, find the values of a and
b.
2𝑥 1 3𝑥+9 3
86.Solve for x : + + = 0; 𝑥 ≠ 3, − .
𝑥−3 2𝑥+3 (𝑥−3)(2𝑥+3) 2
𝑥+1 𝑥−2 2𝑥+3
87.Solve for x : + =4− ; 𝑥 ≠ 1, −2, 2.
𝑥−1 𝑥+2 𝑥−2
𝑎 𝑎+𝑏
88.Solve for x : x2+ ( + ) 𝑥 + 1 = 0.
𝑎+𝑏 𝑎
1 1 2
89.Solve for x : + = , 𝑥 ≠ 1, 2, 3.
(𝑥−1)(𝑥−2) (𝑥−2)(𝑥−3) 3
90.If the roots of the quadratic equation (a-b)x2+(b-c)x+(c-a)=0 are equal, prove that 2a=b+c.
91. Three consecutive natural numbers are such that the square of the middle number
exceeds the difference of the square of the other two by 60. Find the numbers.
92. A passenger, while boarding the plane, slipped from the stairs and got hurt. The pilot
took the passenger in the emergency clinic at the airport for the airport for treatment. Due
to this, the plane got delayed by half an hour. To reach destination 1500 km away in time,
so that the passenger could catch the connecting flight, the speed of the plane was
increased by 250 km/ hour than the usual speed. Find the usual speed of the plane.
𝑥 𝑏 2𝑐
93. Find x in terms if a, b and c. + = ; 𝑥 ≠ 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐.
𝑥−𝑎 𝑥−𝑏 𝑥−𝑐

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94. The train taken by a person to cover 150 km was 21⁄2 hours more than the time taken in
the return journey. If he returned at a speed of 10 km/ hr. more than the speed while
going, find the speed per hour in each direction.
1 2 4
95. Solve for x : + = , 𝑥 ≠ −1, −2, −4.
𝑥+1 𝑥+2 𝑥+4
96. A rectangle park is to be designed whose breadth is 3 km less than its length, its area is to
be 4 square meters more than the area of a park than has already been made in the
shape of an isosceles triangle with its base as the breadth of the rectangular park and of
altitude 12 m. find the length and breadth of the rectangular park.
97. Three consecutive natural numbers are such that the square of the middle number
exceeds the difference of the squares of the other two by 60. Find the number.
CBSE BOARD-2017
98. If the equation (1+m2)x2+2mcx+(c2-a2)=0 has equal roots, prove that c2=a2(1+m2).
2
99. If one root of the quadratic equation 6x2-x-k=0 is . Then find the value OF K.
3
2
100. Solve for x : √3x -2x-8√3=0
101. Find the roots of the quadratic equation :
√2x2+7x+5√2=0
102. Find the value of k, for which the equation x2+k(2x+k-1)+2=0
103. If ad≠bc, then prove that the equation (a2+b2) x2+2(ac+bd)x+ (c2+d2) has no real roots.
104. By increasing the list price of a book by ₹10, a person can buy 10 less books for ₹ 1200.
Find the original list price of the book.
105. The difference of squares of two natural numbers is 45. The square of the smaller
number is four times the larger number. Find the numbers
1
106. Two pipes running together can fill a tank 3 minutes. If one pipe takes 3 minutes more
13
than the other to fill it, find the time in which each pipe would fill the cistern.
107. Speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/h. it goes 30 km upstream and back at the same
point in 4 hours, 30 minutes. Find the speed of the stream.
CBSE BOARD-2018
108. If x=3 is one root of the quadratic equations x2-2kx-6=0, find the value of k.
109. A plane left 30 minutes late than its scheduled time and in order to reach the
destination 1500 km away in time, it had to increase its speed by 100 km/h from the usual
speed. Find its usual speed.
110. A motor boat whose speed is 18 km/hr in still water takes 1hr more to go 24 km
upstream than to return downstream to the same spot. Find the speed of the stream.

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111. A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 63 km and then travels at a
distance of 72 km at an average speed of 6 km/hr more than its original speed. If it takes 3
hours to complete total journey, what is the original average speed?
CBSE BOARD-2019112
112. Find the value of k for which x=2 is a solution of the equation kx2+2x-3=0.
113. Find the value/s of k for which the quadratic equation 3x2+kx+3=0 has real and equal
roots.
114. A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 5 km/hr more, it would
have taken 1 hr less for the same journey. Find the speed of the train.
115. Solve for x :
1 1 1 1
   ; a  b  0, x  0, x  (a  b)
ab x a b x
CBSE BOARD-2020
116. In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed due to bad weather. Its average speed for
the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and time of flight increased by 30 minutes. Find the
original duration of flight.
117. If quadratic equation 3x—4x+k=0 has equal roots, then find the value of k.
118. A two digit number is such that the product of its digits is 14. If 45 is added to the
number, the digits interchange their places. Find the number.
119. Find the nature of the roots of the quadratic equation x2+4x+5=0.
120. The difference of squares of two numbers is 204. The square of the smaller number is 4
less than 10 times the larger number. Find the two numbers.
CBSE BOARD-2021
121. Write the quadratic equation in x whose roots are 2 and -5.
122. One root of the quadratic equation 2x2-8x-k=0 is 5/2. Find the value of k. also, find the
other root.
123. Using the quadratic formula, solve the following equations for x :
abx2+ (b2-ac) x-bc=0
CBSE BOARD-2022
124. Find the value of m for which the quadratic equation (m-1) x2+2(m-1) x+1=0 has two
real and equal roots.
125. Solve the following quadratic equation for x :
√3x2+10x+7√3=0
126. The product of Rehan’s age (in years) 5 years ago and his age 7 years from now, is one
more than twice his present age. Find his present age.

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127. Find the nature of the roots of the quadratic equations:
4x2-5x-1=0
128. The sum of the ages of a boy and his sister (in years) is 25 and product of their ages is
150. Find their present ages.
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129. Find a quadratic equation whose one root is 2 and the sum of whose roots is zero.
130. Find the discriminant of the quadratic equation 3x2-2x+1/3=0 and hence find the nature
of roots.
131. Find the roots of the quadratic equation x2-x-2=0
132. Find the roots of the equation x2+3x-10=0.
133. Find the sum and product of the roots of the quadratic equation 2x2-9x+4=0.
134. Find the discriminant of the quadratic equation 4x2-5=0 and hence comment on the
nature of roots of the equation.
135. Find the value of p for which the quadratic equation px(x-2)+6 has two equal real roots.
136. If one zero of the polynomial p(x) =6x2+37x-(k-2) is reciprocal of the other, then find the
value of k.
137. Find the value of p for which one root of the quadratic equation px2-14x+8=0 is 6 times
the other.
138. If α and β are roots of the quadratic equation x2-7x+10=0, find the quadratic equation
whose roots are α2 and β2.
139. A train travels at a certain average speed for a distance of 54 km and then travels a
distance of 63 km at an average speed of 6 km/h more than the first speed. If it takes 3
hours to complete the journey, what was its first average speed?
140. Two water pipes together can fill a tank in 15/8 hours. The pipe with larger diameter
takes 2 hours less than the pipe with smaller diameter to fill the tank separately. Find the
time in which each pipe can fill the tank separately.
141. Find a quadratic equation whose roots are (2+√3) and (2-√3).

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