JEE Main 2025 · 7 Apr · Shift 1 · Location of Roots
Let the set of all values of , for which both the roots of the equation are negative real numbers, be the interval . Then is equal to
- (A)5
- (B)0
- (C)20
- (D)9
Answer: (A)
Step-by-step solutionQuadratic Equations & Polynomial Inequalities has 68 questions in JEE Main papers from 2020 to 2025, about 11 per year across all shifts. The most asked topic is Relation Between Roots and Coefficients (31 questions), followed by Nature of Roots (22) and Common Roots (6).
Updated
| Year | Questions | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 14 | |
| 2020 | 11 |
| Topic | Questions | Share of chapter | Last asked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relation Between Roots and Coefficients | 31 | 46% | 2025 |
| Nature of Roots | 22 | 32% | 2025 |
| Common Roots | 6 | 9% | 2023 |
| Transformation of Equations | 6 | 9% | 2025 |
| Location of Roots | 2 | 3% | 2025 |
| Wavy Curve Method | 1 | 1% | 2024 |
JEE Main 2025 · 7 Apr · Shift 1 · Location of Roots
Let the set of all values of , for which both the roots of the equation are negative real numbers, be the interval . Then is equal to
Answer: (A)
Step-by-step solutionJEE Main 2025 · 4 Apr · Shift 1 · Nature of Roots
Consider the equation , where is a natural number. Then the number of all distinct values of , for which the given equation has integral roots, is equal to
Answer: (A)
Step-by-step solutionJEE Main 2025 · 2 Apr · Shift 1 · Relation Between Roots and Coefficients
Let . If and , then the quadratic equation having roots and is :
Answer: (A)
Step-by-step solutionJEE Main 2025 · 24 Jan · Shift 1 · Transformation of Equations
The product of all the rational roots of the equation , is equal to
Answer: (D)
Step-by-step solutionJEE Main 2024 · 31 Jan · Shift 1 · Wavy Curve Method
Let be the set of positive integral values of for which . Then, the number of elements in is :
Answer: (A)
Step-by-step solutionJEE Main 2023 · 30 Jan · Shift 2 · Common Roots
Answer: 13
Step-by-step solutionAll 68 questions are in the free PDF above, grouped by topic.
68 questions from 2020 to 2025, about 11 per year. In 2025 it had 10.
By past papers: Relation Between Roots and Coefficients (46%), Nature of Roots (32%) and Common Roots (9%) of all Quadratic Equations & Polynomial Inequalities questions.
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