1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

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

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

6. If \(a : b = 2 : 3\) and \(b : c = 4 : 5\), then what is the value of \(a^2 : b^2 : bc\)?

(a) 8:18:21 (b) 16:36:45 (c) 16:20:36 (d) 8:15:18

7. If \(a \sin^2 \theta + b \cos^2 \theta = c\), then what is the value of \(\tan^2 \theta\)?

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

8. If \(\tan\theta = 3\), then what is the value of \(a\sin\theta + b\cos\theta\)?

(a) \(\sqrt{a^2+b^2}\) (b) \(\sqrt{a^2-b^2}\) (c) \(\sqrt{a^3+b^3}\) (d) \(\sqrt{a^3-b^3}\)

9. If the equation \(ax^2 + bx + c = 0\) has equal roots, then what is the value of \(c\)?

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

10. If the equation \(ax^2 + 2bx + c = 0\) has equal roots, then what is the value of \(c\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{b^2}{a}\) (b) \(\cfrac{b^2}{4a}\) (c) \(\cfrac{a^2}{b}\) (d) \(\cfrac{a^2}{4b}\)

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

12. If \(a = \cfrac{1}{2+\sqrt3}\) and \(b = \cfrac{1}{2-\sqrt3}\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{1}{a+1}+\cfrac{1}{b+1}\)?

13. If \(a = \cfrac{\sqrt5+1}{\sqrt5-1}\) and \(ab = 1\), then what is the value of \(\cfrac{3a^2+5ab+3b^2}{3a^2-5ab+3b^2}\)?

14. If \(A + B = 90^\circ\) and \(\tan A = \frac{3}{4}\), then what is the value of \(\cot B\)?

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

15. If \(a + \cfrac{1}{b} = 1\) and \(b + \cfrac{1}{c} = 1\), then what is the value of \(c + \cfrac{1}{a}\)?

16. If \(a^2 + (y - z)a = b^2 + (z - x)b = c^2 + (x - y)c\), then the value of each proportional term along the length is \(\frac{abc(a + b + c)}{ab + bc + ca}\).

17. If sinA+sinB=2, then what is the value of cosA-cosB

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

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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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) \(\cfrac{a^2-b^2}{2ab}\)

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

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

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

30. If \(a, b, c, d\) are in continued proportion, then what is the value of \(\frac{abc(a + b + c)}{ab + bc + ca}\)?

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