JEE Advance - Mathematics (2000 - No. 17)
If $$\alpha \,\text{and}\,\beta $$ $$(\alpha \, < \,\beta )$$ are the roots of the equation $${x^2} + bx + c = 0\,$$, where $$c < 0 < b$$, then
$$0 < \alpha \, < \,\beta \,$$
$$\alpha \, < \,0 < \beta \,<\left| \alpha \right|$$
$$\alpha \, < \beta \, < 0\,$$
$$\alpha \, < \,0 < \left| \alpha \right| < \beta $$