1. If one root of the equation \(x^2 - ax - 15 = 0\) is \(-3\), then the value of \(a\) is -

(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 2 (d) -2

2. If one root of the quadratic equation \(3x^2 + (k - 1)x + 9 = 0\) is 3, then what will be the value of \(k\)?

(a) -11 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 14

3. If one root of the quadratic equation \(x^2 + ax + 12 = 0\) is 1, then the value of \(a\) will be —.

4. For the quadratic equation \(x^2 - bkx + 5 = 0\), if one of the roots is 5, then the value of \(k\) will be.

(a) \(-\cfrac{1}{2}\) (b) -1 (c) 1 (d) 0

5. If α and β are the roots of the equation \(ax^2 + bx + c = 0\), then what is the value of \[ \left(1 + \frac{α}{β}\right)\left(1 + \frac{β}{α}\right)? \]

6. If one root of the equation \(x^2 + px + 12 = 0\) is \(2\), and both roots of the equation \(x^2 + px + q = 0\) are equal, then find the value of \(q\).

7. If the equation \(ax^2 + bx + c = 0\) has equal roots, then what is the value of \(c\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{-b}{2a}\) (b) \(\cfrac{b}{2a}\) (c) \(\cfrac{-b^2}{4a}\) (d) \(\cfrac{b}{4a}\)

8. If the equation \(x^2 - x = k(2x - 1)\) has a sum of roots equal to \(0\), then what is the value of \(k\)?

(a) -2 (b) 2 (c) \(\cfrac{1}{2}\) (d) \(-\cfrac{1}{2}\)

9. If the equation \(ax^2 + 2bx + c = 0\) has equal roots, then what is the value of \(c\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{b^2}{a}\) (b) \(\cfrac{b^2}{4a}\) (c) \(\cfrac{a^2}{b}\) (d) \(\cfrac{a^2}{4b}\)

10. If the equation \(x^2 + k(4x + k - 1) + 2 = 0\) has equal roots, then what is the value of \(k\)?

(a) \(-\cfrac{2}{3}, 1\) (b) \(\cfrac{2}{3}, 1\) (c) \(\cfrac{2}{3}, \cfrac{1}{3}\) (d) \(-\cfrac{3}{2}, \cfrac{1}{3}\)

11. If the roots of the equation \(ax^2 + b + c = 0\) are \(\sin α\) and \(\cos α\), then what is the value of \(b^2\)?

(a) \(a^2-2ac\) (b) \(a^2+2ac\) (c) \(a^2-ac\) (d) \(a^2+ac\)

12. If the sum of the roots of the equation \(x^2 - (k + 6)x + 2(2k - 1) = 0\) is half of their product, then what is the value of \(k\)?

(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) 5

13. If one root of the equation \(x^2 + ax + 3 = 0\) is 1, find the value of \(a\).

14. If one root of the equation \(x^2 - (2 + b)x + 6 = 0\) is 2, then the value of the other root is..........

15. For the equation \(5x^2+9x+3=0\) , if the roots are \(α\) and \(β\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{1}{α}+\cfrac{1}{β}\) ?

(a) 3 (b) -3 (c) \(\cfrac{1}{3}\) (d) -\(\cfrac{1}{3}\)

16. If the product of the roots of the equation \(x^2 - 3x + k = 10\) is \(-2\), then find the value of \(k\).

17. If the product of the roots of the equation \(x^2 - 3x + k = 10\) is -2, then the value of \(k\) will be _____.

18. If the product of the roots of the equation \(3x^2 - 5x + b = 0\) is 4, then what is the value of \(b\)?

19. If the equation \(kx^2 + 6x + 4k = 0\) has equal values for the sum and product of its roots, then what is the value of \(k\)?

(a) \(-\cfrac{3}{2}\) (b) \(\cfrac{3}{2}\) (c) \(\cfrac{2}{3}\) (d) \(-\cfrac{2}{3}\)

20. If the product of the roots of the quadratic equation \(3x^2 – 4x + k = 0\) is 5, then what will be the value of \(k\)?

(a) 5 (b) -12 (c) 15 (d) -20

21. If \(2\) is a root of both equations \(x^2 + bx + 12 = 0\) and \(x^2 - bx + q = 0\), what is the value of \(q\)?

22. If \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) are the roots of the quadratic equation \(2x^2 - 3x + 4 = 0\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{\alpha^2 + \beta^2}{\alpha^{-1} + \beta^{-1}}\)?

23. If one of the roots of the equations \(x^2 + bx + 12 = 0\) and \(x^2 + bx + q = 0\) is \(2\), determine the value of \(q\).

24. Let us calculate the value of \(k\) for which \(-a\) is a root of the quadratic equation \(x^2 + 3ax + k = 0\).

25. If one root of the equation \(x^2 - (2 + b)x + 6 = 0\) is 2, write the value of the other root.

26. If the product of the roots of the equation \(x^2 - 3x + k = 10\) is \(-2\), then the value of \(k\) is —

(a) -2 (b) -8 (c) 8 (d) 12

27. If one of the roots of each of the equations \(x^2 + bx + 12 = 0\) and \(x^2 + bx + q = 0\) is \(2\), find the value of \(q\).

28. Find the value of \(k\) such that one of the roots of the quadratic equation \(x^2 + kx + 3 = 0\) is \(1\). Show the calculation.

29. If one root of the quadratic equation \(ax^2 + abcx + bc = 0\) (\(a \ne 0\)) is the reciprocal of the other, then —

(a) abc=1 (b) b=ac (c) bc=1 (d) a=bc

30. If the roots of the quadratic equation \(2x^2 + 5x + k - 3 = 0\) are reciprocals of each other, then what is the value of \(k\)?

(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5 (d) 3