1. If \(x - \cfrac{1}{x} = \sqrt{5}\), then find the value of \(x^4 + \cfrac{1}{x^4}\).

(a) 45 (b) 46 (c) 47 (d) 48

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

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

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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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) \(\cfrac{14}{13}\)

7. If \(x^2 = \sin^2 30^\circ + 4\cot^2 45^\circ - \sec^2 60^\circ\), then the value of \(x\) is —

(a) \(\pm 1\) (b) \(\pm \cfrac{1}{2}\) (c) \(\pm \cfrac{1}{\sqrt2}\) (d) \(\pm \cfrac{1}{\sqrt3}\)

8. If \(x = 9 + 4\sqrt{5}\), then the value of \(\sqrt{x} - \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}\) will be —

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

9. If \(x = \sqrt{3} + \sqrt{2}\), then the value of \(x^3 + \frac{1}{x^3}\) is —

(a) \(18\sqrt2\) (b) \(18\sqrt3\) (c) \(18\sqrt5\) (d) \(18\sqrt6\)

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

11. If \(x + \cfrac{1}{x} = 3\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{(x^2 + 3x + 1)}{(x^2 + 7x + 1)}\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{3}{5}\) (b) \(\cfrac{5}{3}\) (c) \(\cfrac{2}{4}\) (d) \(\cfrac{1}{2}\)

12. If one root of the quadratic equation \(x^2 + ax + 12 = 0\) is 1, then the value of \(a\) will be —.

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

14. If the product of the roots of the equation \(x^2 - 2x + k = 8\) is \(-2\), then the value of \(k\) is—

(a) -2 (b) 6 (c) 1 (d) -6

15. If the product of the roots of the equation \(x^2 - 3x + k = 10\) is \(-2\), then the value of \(k\) is —

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

16. For the quadratic equation \(x^2 - bkx + 5 = 0\), if one of the roots is 5, then the value of \(k\) will be.

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

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

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

18. 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

19. If \( \sin\theta - \cos\theta = \frac{7}{13} \), then the value of \( \sin\theta + \cos\theta \) is —

(a) \(\cfrac{13}{17}\) (b) \(\cfrac{17}{13}\) (c) \(\cfrac{13}{7}\) (d) None of the above

20. 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

21. 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

22. If \( (3x - 2y) : (3x + 2y) = 4 : 5 \), then what is the value of \(x : y\)?

(a) 1:6 (b) 1:1 (c) 2:1 (d) 6:1

23. 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) \(-r^2\)

24. If \(\sin(3x - 20^\circ) = \cos(3y + 20^\circ)\), then what is the value of \(x + y\)?

(a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 90°

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

(a) \(0\) (b) \(1\) (c) \(\sqrt2\) (d) None of the above

26. If \( \tan\theta + \cot\theta = 2 \), then the value of \( \tan\theta - \cot\theta \) is —

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

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

(a) \(2\sqrt3\) (b) \(\cfrac{1}{\sqrt3}\) (c) \(\sqrt3\) (d) \(\sqrt5\)

28. If the mean of the numbers \(x_1, x_2, x_3, x_4, ..., x_n\) is \(\bar{x}\), then the value of \((x_1 - \bar{x}) + (x_2 - \bar{x}) + (x_3 - \bar{x}) + ... + (x_n - \bar{x})\) will be —

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 5

29. If \(x^2 + y^2 - 4x - 6y + 13 = 0\), then what is the value of \((x + y) : (y - x)\)?

30. If the product of the roots of the equation \(x^2 - 3x + k = 10\) is \(-2\), then find the value of \(k\).