Question 11
Which of the following is not the graph of a quadratic polynomial?
For any quadratic polynomial ax2+bx+c,a≠0, the graph of the corresponding equation y=ax2+bx+c has one of the two shapes either open upwards like ∪ or open downwards like ∩ depending on whether a>0 or a<0.
These curves are called parabolas. So, option (d) is not a quadratic polynomial.
Also, the curve of a quadratic polynomial cuts the x-axis on at most two points but in option (d) the curve cuts the x-axis at three points. So it does not represent a quadratic polynomial.