1. If \(2 + b\sqrt{3} = \cfrac{1}{2 + \sqrt{3}}\), then the value of \(b\) is \(-1\).

2. If \(2y \cos \theta = x \sin \theta\) and \(2x \sec \theta - y \cosec \theta = 3\), then \(x^2 + 4y^2 = ?\)

(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) None of the above

3. If the product of the roots of the equation \(3x^2 - 5x + b = 0\) is 4, then what is the value of \(b\)?

4. If \(x + y = z\) and \(2x - z = y\), then what is the value of \(x : y : z\)?

(a) 3:2:1 (b) 1:2:3 (c) 4:5:6 (d) 2:1:3

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

6. If the roots of the quadratic equation \(2x^2 + 5x + k - 3 = 0\) are reciprocals of each other, then what is the value of \(k\)?

(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 5 (d) 3

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

8. 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

9. If sin(45° + θ) = cos(2θ - 30°), then θ = ?

(a) 25° (b) 45° (c) 15° (d) 35°

10. If \(sin θ = cos θ\), then the value of \(2θ\) is—?

(a) 30° (b) 60° (c) 45° (d) 90°

11. If \(tanα + cotα = 2\), then the value of \(tan^{13}α + cot^{13}α\) is—?

(a) 13 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0

12. If \(sinθ−cosθ=0,\) \( (0°<θ<90°)\) and \(secθ+cosecθ=x\), then the value of \(x\) is—?

(a) \(1\) (b) \(2\) (c) \(\sqrt2\) (d) \(2\sqrt2\)

13. In the polynomial \(2x^3 - 3x^2 + 4x + 5 = 0\), the coefficient of \(x^0\) is—?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

14. 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

15. If sin 51° = \(\cfrac{a}{\sqrt{a^2 + b^2}}\), then what is the value of tan 51° + tan 39°?

(a) \(\cfrac{a^2-b^2}{ab}\) (b) \(\cfrac{a^2+b^2}{2ab}\) (c) \(\cfrac{a^2+b^2}{ab}\) (d) \(\cfrac{a^2-b^2}{2ab}\)

16. If \( \tan^4\theta + \tan^2\theta = 1 \), then what is the value of \( \cos^4\theta + \cos^2\theta - 1 \)?

(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) None of the above

17. If \(9x^2 - 13x + 9 = 0\), then what is the value of \(x + \cfrac{1}{x}\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{9}{4}\) (b) \(\cfrac{4}{9}\) (c) \(\cfrac{13}{9}\) (d) 1

18. If \(a + b + c = 0\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{a^3 + b^3 + c^3}{abc} - 3\)?

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) None of the above

19. If \(x = \cfrac{\sqrt{a + 2b} + \sqrt{a - 2b}}{\sqrt{a + 2b} - \sqrt{a - 2b}}\), then what is the value of \(bx^2 - ax + b\)?

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

20. If \(x + \cfrac{1}{x} = -2\), then what is the value of \(x^7 + \cfrac{1}{x^6}\)?

(a) -1 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) None of the above

21. If \(2\sin 2\theta - \sqrt{3} = 0\), then what is the value of \(\csc \theta\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{1}{2}\) (b) 1 (c) \(\cfrac{2}{\sqrt3}\) (d) 2

22. If one root of the quadratic equation \(3x^2 + (k - 1)x + 9 = 0\) is 3, then what will be the value of \(k\)?

(a) -11 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 14

23. If \(a + b : \sqrt{ab} = 1 : 1\), then what is the value of \(\sqrt{\cfrac{a}{b}} + \sqrt{\cfrac{b}{a}}\)?

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

24. If \(\cfrac{1}{3x}+\cfrac{1}{4x}+\cfrac{1}{2x}+\cfrac{1}{6x}=5\), then what is the value of \(x\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{1}{7}\) (b) \(\cfrac{1}{5}\) (c) \(\cfrac{1}{4}\) (d) None of the above

25. If \(x = \cfrac{2\sqrt{15}}{\sqrt{5} + \sqrt{3}}\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{x + \sqrt{5}}{x - \sqrt{5}} + \cfrac{x + \sqrt{3}}{x - \sqrt{3}}\)?

(a) -1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None of the above

26. If \(a = 3 + 2\sqrt{2}\), then what is the value of \[ \frac{a^6 + a^4 + a^2 + 1}{a^3}? \]

(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 204 (d) 250

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

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

28. If \( \sin^2A + \sin^4A = 1 \), then what is the value of \( \tan^2A - \tan^4A \)?

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) -1 (d) 2

29. If \( \cos\theta - \sin\theta = \sqrt{2} \sin\theta \), then what is the value of \( \cos\theta + \sin\theta \)?

(a) \(2 cos\theta\) (b) \(\sqrt2 sin \theta\) (c) \(2 sin\theta\) (d) \(\sqrt2 cos \theta\)

30. If \( \frac{a}{3} = \frac{b}{4} = \frac{c}{7} \), then what is the value of \( \frac{a + b + c}{c} \)?

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