1. If \( \cos^2\theta - \sin^2\theta = \frac{1}{2} \), then what is the value of \( \tan\theta \)?

(a) \(-\cfrac{1}{\sqrt3}\) (b) \(\cfrac{1}{3}\) (c) \(\cfrac{1}{\sqrt3}\) (d) \(-\cfrac{1}{3}\)

2. If \(\cos^2\theta - \sin^2\theta = \frac{1}{2}\), then the value of \(\tan\theta\) is —

(a) \(-\cfrac{1}{\sqrt3} (b) \(\cfrac{1}{3}\) (c) \(\cfrac{1}{\sqrt3}\) (d) \(\cfrac{2}{3}\)

3. 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

4. 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) \(\cfrac{10}{13}\)

5. If \( \sin\theta \cos\theta = \frac{1}{2} \), then what is the value of \( (\sin\theta + \cos\theta)^2 \)?

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

6. If \( \csc\theta \tan\theta = 2 \), then what is the value of \( \theta \)?

(a) 60° (b) 45° (c) 30° (d) 90°

7. If \( \sin\theta + \csc\theta = 2 \), then what is the value of \( \sin^2\theta + \csc^2\theta \)?

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

8. If \(5\cos\theta + 12\sin\theta = 13\), then what is the value of \(\tan\theta\)?

(a) \(\cfrac{13}{15}\) (b) \(\cfrac{12}{5}\) (c) \(\cfrac{5}{13}\) (d) \(\cfrac{5}{12}\)

9. \(\theta\) is a positive acute angle, and if \( \tan\theta = \cot\theta \), then what is the value of \(\theta\)?

(a) 40° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 20°

10. If \( \sin\theta \cos\theta = \frac{1}{2} \), then what is the value of \( (\sin\theta + \cos\theta)^2 \)?

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

11. If \(\cos^4\theta - \sin^4\theta = \frac{2}{3}\), then what is the value of \(1 - 2\sin^2\theta\)?

12. If \(\sin\theta \cos\theta = \frac{1}{2}\), then what is the value of \((\sin\theta - \cos\theta)^2\)?

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

13. If \(\frac{3x - 5y}{3x + 5y} = \frac{1}{2}\), then what is the value of \(\frac{3x^2 - 5y^2}{3x^2 + 5y^2}\)?

14. 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) \(\sqrt{a^3-b^3}\)

15. If \(\tan\theta = \frac{8}{15}\), then what is the value of \(\sqrt{\frac{1 - \sin\theta}{1 + \sin\theta}}\)?

(a) (b) \(\cfrac{3}{5}\) (c) \(\cfrac{1}{5}\) (d) None of the above

16. If \( \tan\theta = \cfrac{4}{3} \), then what is the value of \( \sin\theta + \cos\theta \)?

17. If \(\sin 3\theta = \frac{1}{2}\), then what is the value of \(\cos(80^\circ + \theta)\)?

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. If \( \csc^2 A = 4 - \sec^2 A \), then what is the value of \( A \)?

(a) \(\cfrac{\pi}{6}\) (b) \(\cfrac{\pi}{3}\) (c) \(\cfrac{\pi}{2}\) (d) \(\cfrac{\pi}{4}\)

28. If \( \tan\left(\cfrac{\pi}{2} - \cfrac{\alpha}{2}\right) = \sqrt{3} \), then what is the value of \( \cos\alpha \)?

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

29. 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) \(\cfrac{\sqrt5}{\sqrt2}\)

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

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