1. If ???? = 3 + 2 and ???? = 3 − 2 , then what is the value of 8 ???? ???? ( ???? 2 + ???? 2 ) ?

(a) 24 (b) 80 (c) 16 (d) 8

2. If the roots of the equation ( ???? + 2 ) ???? 2 − ( ???? − 3 ) ???? + 3 ???? − 1 = 0 are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, what is the value of ???? ?

(a) -3 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) None of the above

3. If ???? 3 = ???? 5 = ???? 8 , then what is the value of 3 ???? − 5 ???? + 2 ???? ???? ?"

(a) \(\frac{1}{5}\) (b) 5 (c) 0 (d) 10

4. If the combined average of the expressions ???? − 3 , ???? − 1 , 7 , ???? , 2 ???? − 1 , and 3 ???? − 5 is 3.5, then what will be the median of these expressions?

(a) 3.5 (b) 4.5 (c) 5 (d) 5.5

5. If \(5x^2 − 2x + 3 = 0\) is a quadratic equation with roots \(α\) and \(β\), find the value of \(\frac{1}{α} + \frac{1}{β}\).

6. If 3 cos ⁡ ???? − 4 sin ⁡ ???? = 5 , then what is the value of 3 sin ⁡ ???? + 4 cos ⁡ ???? ?

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

7. If \(x\) is the mean proportional between \((x + 2)\) and \((x - 3)\), then the value of \(x\) is ___.

8. If \(x-2\) and \(x+3\) have \(x\) as their mean proportional, then the value of \(x\) is _____.

9. If \(x\) is the mean proportional between \((x+2)\) and \((x-3)\), what is the value of \(x\)?

10. If \(x\) is the mean proportional between \((x + 2)\) and \((x - 3)\), then the value of \(x\) is ________.

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

12. 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

13. If the number of vertices, faces, and edges of a cuboid are \( p \), \( q \), and \( r \) respectively, what is the value of \( \frac{3(p + r)}{2q} \) ?

(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 5 (d) 6

14. If the equation \(3x^2 - 6x + p = 0\) has real and equal roots, then the value of \(p\) is –

(a) \(\cfrac{5}{3}\) (b) -\(\cfrac{1}{3}\) (c) -3 (d) 3

15. If \(p+q=\sqrt{13}\) and \(p−q=\sqrt{5}\), then the value of \(pq\) is—

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

16. 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

17. If \(x=\cfrac{\sqrt7+\sqrt3}{\sqrt7-\sqrt3}\) and \(xy=1\), then the value of \(\cfrac{x^2+xy+y^2}{x^2-xy+y^2}\) is —

(a) \(\cfrac{11}{12}\) (b) \(\cfrac{12}{11}\) (c) \(\cfrac{13}{12}\) (d) \(\cfrac{14}{13}\)

18. "If ???? sin ⁡ ???? = 7 2 and ???? cos ⁡ ???? = 7 3 2 , then what is the value of ???? ?

(a) \(49\) (b) \(7\) (c) \(\sqrt7\) (d) \(-7\)

19. If \(\sum{f_ix_i} = 216\), \(\sum{f_i} = 16\), and the combined mean is \(13.5 + p\), then what is the value of \(p\)?

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 0.1 (d) 0.01

20. If the mean of a statistical distribution is 4.1, \(∑f_i x_i = 132 + 5k\), and \(∑f_i = 20\), then what is the value of \(k\)?

21. The numbers 11, 12, 14, \(x - 2\), \(x + 4\), \(x + 9\), 32, 38, 47 are arranged in ascending order, and their median is 24. Find the value of \(x\).

22. If \(x = 3 \cos \theta\) and \(y = 3 \sin \theta\), then what is the value of \(x^2 + y^2\)?

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

24. In triangle XYZ, ∠Y is a right angle. Given: XY = \(2\sqrt{6}\) and XZ − YZ = 2 Find the value of sec X + tan X.

25. If \(x = 2 + \sqrt{3}\) and \(y = 2 - \sqrt{3}\), then what is the value of \(3x^2 - 5xy + 3y^2\)?

26. If \(x = \frac{\sqrt{3} + 1}{\sqrt{3} - 1}\) and \(xy = 1\), prove that the simplified value of \(\frac{x^2}{y} + \frac{y^2}{x}\) is 52.

27. What is the fourth proportional of \((x + y)\), \((x^2 - y^2)\), and \((x^2 + xy + y^2)\)?

(a) \(x^3-y^3\) (b) \(x^3+y^3\) (c) \(x^2-y^2\) (d) \(x^2+y^2\)

28. The value of \(k\) for which the system of equations \(2x + 5y = 8\) and \(2x - ky = 3\) will have no solution, is —

(a) 5 (b) -5 (c) 6 (d) -6

29. If \(x^2 - px + 12 = (x - 3)(x - a)\) is an identity, then the values of \(a\) and \(p\) respectively are?

(a) \(a = 4, p = 7\) (b) \(a = 7, p = 4\) (c) \(a = 4, p =-7\) (d) \(a =-4, p = 7\)

30. If \(x = \frac{\sqrt{7} + \sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{7} - \sqrt{3}}\) and \(xy = 1\), then what is the value of \(\frac{x^2 + y^2 + xy}{x^2 + y^2 - xy}\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{6}{7}\) (b) \(\cfrac{12}{11}\) (c) \(\cfrac{13}{11}\) (d) None of the above