1. If a cuboid has \(x\) edges and \(y\) faces, what is the minimum value of \(a\) such that \((x + y + a)\) becomes a perfect square?

2. For the equation \( 3x^2 + 8x + 2 = 0 \), if the roots are \( \alpha \) and \( \beta \), then what is the value of \( \frac{1}{\alpha} + \frac{1}{\beta} \)?"

(a) -\(\cfrac{3}{8}\) (b) \(\cfrac{2}{3}\) (c) -4 (d) 4

3. If a right-angled quadrilateral has \(x\) number of vertices, \(y\) number of edges, and \(z\) number of faces, then what is the value of \(x - y + z\)?

(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 12

4. If a right-angled quadrilateral has \(a\) number of vertices, \(b\) number of edges, and \(c\) number of faces, then what is the value of \(2a - b + 3c\)?

(a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 22

5. If a cuboid has \(x\) number of vertices, \(y\) number of edges, and \(z\) number of faces, then what is the value of \((x - y + z)^2\)?

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) None of the above

6. If a right rectangular prism (cuboid) has \(x\) vertices, \(y\) edges, and \(z\) faces, then what is the value of \((x - y + z)\)?

7. If \(4\), \(5 + x\), \(2x + 1\), and \(14\) are in continued proportion and \(x\) is a positive number, then what is the value of \(x\)?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3

8. If the numbers \((2 + x)\), \((8 + x)\), and \((26 + x)\) are in continued proportion, then what is the value of \(x\)?

(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1

9. If \(a \propto (b + c)\), \(b \propto (c + a)\), and \(c \propto (a + b)\), and \(k, l, m\) are non-zero distinct constants respectively, then what is the value of \[ \frac{k}{k+1} + \frac{l}{l+1} + \frac{m}{m+1} \, ? \]

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7

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

11. The three values of a variable are \(4, 5,\) and \(7\), and their frequencies are \(p - 2, p + 1,\) and \(p - 1\) respectively. If the combined (weighted) mean of the variable is \(5.4\), what is the value of \(p\)?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

12. Write the value of \((x - y + z + p)\), where \(x\), \(y\), \(z\), and \(p\) represent the number of faces, edges, vertices, and diagonals of a cuboid respectively.

13. 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) -\(\cfrac{1}{3}\)

14. In triangle ABC, angle B is a right angle. The hypotenuse is \(\sqrt{15}\), and the sum of the other two sides is 4. What is the value of \((\cos A + \cos C)\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{8}{\sqrt{13}}\) (b) \(\cfrac{-8}{\sqrt{15}}\) (c) \(\cfrac{-8}{\sqrt{13}}\) (d) \(\cfrac{8}{\sqrt{15}}\)

15. In a right-angled quadrilateral, if the number of vertices is denoted by \(x\), the number of sides by \(y\), and the number of diagonals by \(z\), then what is the value of \(x + 3y - 5z\)?

(a) 14 (b) 44 (c) 20 (d) 24

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

17. The length, width, and height of a cuboidal room are respectively \(a\), \(b\), and \(c\) units, and given that \(a + b + c = 25\) and \(ab + bc + ca = 240.5\), what is the length of the longest rod that can be placed inside the room?

18. If 8, 14, \(7x + 2\), and 28 are in continued proportion, then what is the value of \(x\)?

(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4

19. 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) \(a^2+ac\)

20. If \(p + q = \sqrt{13}\) and \(p - q\sqrt{5}\), then what is the value of \(pq\)?

(a) 2 (b) 18 (c) 9 (d) 8

21. If \(x\) is a real positive number and \(\sin x = \frac{2}{3}\), then what is the value of \(\tan x\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{2}{\sqrt5}\) (b) \(\cfrac{\sqrt5}{2}\) (c) \(\sqrt{\cfrac{5}{3}}\) (d) \(\cfrac{\sqrt5}{\sqrt2}\)

22. If \(x = r\cos\theta\cos\phi\), \(y = r\cos\theta\sin\phi\), and \(z = r\sin\theta\), then what is the value of \(x^2 + y^2 + z^2\)?

(a) \(r\) (b) \(1\) (c) \(r^2\) (d) \(-r^2\)

23. In a right-angled triangle, the two acute angles are \(\theta\) and \(\phi\). If \( \tan\theta = \cfrac{5}{12} \), then what is the value of \( \sin\phi \)?

(a) \(\cfrac{12}{13}\) (b) \(\cfrac{5}{13}\) (c) \(\cfrac{1}{4}\) (d) \(\cfrac{10}{13}\)

24. In triangle \(\triangle ABC\), D and E are the midpoints of sides AB and AC respectively. If the area of triangle ABC is 36 square centimeters, then what is the area of triangle ADE?

(a) 6 square centimeters (b) 9 square centimeters (c) 12 square centimeters (d) 16 square centimeters

25. If \(\sum \limits_{i=1}^n (x_i - 7) = -8\) and \(\sum \limits_{i=1}^n (x_i + 3) = 72\), then what are the values of \(\bar{x}\) (the mean of \(x_i\)) and \(n\) (the number of terms)?

(a) \(\bar{x}=5, n=8\) (b) \(\bar{x}=6, n=8\) (c) \(\bar{x}=4, n=7\) (d) \(\bar{x}=8, n=6\)

26. If \(a = \frac{\sqrt{5} + 1}{\sqrt{5} - 1}\) and \(b = \frac{\sqrt{5} - 1}{\sqrt{5} + 1}\), then what is the value of \(\frac{a^2 + ab + b^2}{a^2 - ab + b^2}\)?

27. If \(x = \cfrac{1}{2 + \sqrt{3}}\) and \(y = \cfrac{1}{2 - \sqrt{3}}\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{1}{1 + x} + \cfrac{1}{1 + y}\)?

28. \(y\) varies directly with the square of \(x\), and \(y = 9\) when \(x = 9\); if \(y = 4\), then what is the value of \(x\)?

29. If \(m = \sqrt{\cfrac{n}{n + \cfrac{1}{2}}}\) and \(m = \cfrac{1}{2}\), then what is the value of \(n\)?

30. If \(\theta\) is a positive acute angle and \(\sin \theta = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\), then what is the value of \(\tan(\theta - 15^\circ)\)?