Advanced Edge Material 1

"Previous Year Questions"

251. If a 3 b 3 c 3 3abc 0, then : 260. If p 99, then the value of p( p 2 3 p 3) is :

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a. a b c b. a b c 0 a. 999 b. 9999 c. 99999 d. 999999
c. a c b d. a b c 261. If p 101, then the value of 3
p ( p 2 3 p 3) 1 is :
252. If p, q, r are all real numbers, then
[SSC SAS- 2010]
( p q) 3 (q r ) 3 (r p) 3 is equal to : a. 100 b. 101 c. 102 d. 1000
[SSC CHSL DEO & LDC- 2011]
262. If p 124 , then 3
p ( p 2 3 p 3) 1 ?
a. (pq) (qr) (rp) b. 3 (pq) (qr) (rp)
c. 0 d. 1 [SSC CGL- 2011]
253. If a = 2.361, b = 3.263 and c = 5.624, then the value of a. 5 b. 7 c. 123 d. 125
a 3 b 3 c 3 3abc . 263. If p 2 q 4, 3 3
then the value of p 8q 24pq 64
[SSC CHSL DEO & LDC- 2011] is: [SSC CGL- 2013]
a. 2 b. 0 c. 3 d. 1
a. ( p q )(q r )(r p )

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x 2 y 2 xy
b. 3( p q )(q r )(r p ) 264. If x 19 and y = 18, then the value of is:
x3 y3
c. 0
d. 1 [SSC Delhi Police - 2010]
a. 1 b. 37 c. 324 d. 361
254. If a b c 6, a 2 b 2 c 2 14 and a3+b3+c3 = 36,
1 1
then the value of abc is : [SSC CGL Mais- 2011] 265. If x 2 and x is real, then the value of x17 19
a. 3 b. 6 c. 9 d. 12 x x
is: [SSC CHSL DEO & LDC - 2011]
If a b 1 and a b 3ab k , then the value of k
3 3
255. a. 1 b. 0 c. 2 d. 2
is : [SSC CHSL DEO & LDC- 2012] 266. The value of (x+y+z)3 (y+zx)3 (z+xy)3 (x+yz)3
a. 1 b. 3 c. 5 d. 7 is : [SSC CHSL DEO & LDC - 2011]
256. If a 34, b c 33, then the value of a. 12 xyz b. 24 xyz c. 36 xyz d. 0
267. If x 1, then the value of
a b c 3abc is :
3 3 3

[SSC CHSL DEO & LDC- 2012] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

1 is :
a. 0 b. 111 c. 50 d. 100 x 99 x 98 x 97 x 96 x 95 x 94 x
257. If x y 333 and z 334, then the value of [SSC MTS- 2013]
a. 1 b. 0 c. 2 d. 1
x 3 y 3 z 3 3xyz is : [SSC CGL Mains- 2013]
1
a. 0 b. 667 c. 1000 d. 2334 268. If a 3 4 b3 2 c and a, b, c are rational
258. Out of the given reponses, one of the factors of
3
4 2 1
3

(a 2 b 2 ) 3 (b 2 c 2 ) 3 (c 2 a 2 ) 3 is : numbers, then a b c is equal to :

[SSC CGL- 2013]
[SSC CGL Mains- 2013] a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
a. (a b)(a b) b. (a b)(a b)
1
If x 3 2 3 , then the value of x
3
269. is :
c. (a b)(a b) d. (b c)(b c) x3
[SSC CHSL DEO & LDC- 2013]
b2
259. If a then the value of a 3 b 3 is : a. 8 b. 9 c. 2 d. 4
ba
270. If x 3 5 2, then the value of x 3 6 x 2 12 x 13 is:
[SSC CHSL DEO & LDC - 2013]
a. 6 ab b. 0 c. 1 d. 2 [SSC CGL - 2013]
a. 1 b. 1 c. 2 d. 0
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271. If x y a and xy b 2 , then the value of 1 2 1 3 1
280. If x 2, the the value of x 2 x 3 is:
x x y xy y in terms of a and b is :
3 2 2 3 x x x

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a. 20 b. 4 c. 8 d. 16
a. (a 2 4b 2 )a b. a 3 3b 2
281. If a, b, c be all positive integers, then the least positive
c. a 3 4b 2 a d. a 3 3b 2 value of a 3 b 3 c 3 3abc is :
1 [SSC CGL- 2013]
1 x4 2
272. If x 1, then the value of x is : a. 1 b. 2 c. 4 d. 3
x 3x 2 5 x 3 282. 3 2
When f(x) = 12x 13x 5x+7 is divided by (3x+2),
[SSC CGL- 2013] then the remainder is :
[SSC CGL- 2013]
1 1 3 a. 2 b. 0 c. 1 d. 1
a. b. c. d. 0
4 2 4
283. If ab bc ca 0 , then the value of
273. If x y 15, then ( x 10) 3 ( y 5) 3 is :
1 1 1
[SSC CGL- 2014] is :
a bc
2
b ac
2
c ab
2
a. 25 b. 125 c. 625 d. 0
[SSC CGL- 2013]

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1 x 1 2x
2
a. 2 b. 1 c. 0 d. 1
If x 66, then the vlaue of
2
274. =?
x2 x 284. If the equation 2 x 2 7 x 12 0 has two roots and
[SSC CGL- 2014]

a. + 8 b. 10, 6 c. 6, 10 d. + 4 , then the value of is :

275. If a 2 a 1 0, then the value of a 9 is :
[SSC CGL- 2013]
[SSC CGL- 2014]
a. 2 b. 3 c. 1 d. 0 7 1 7 97
a. b. c. d.
2 24 24 24
2 x2 x 2
276. If x 1, then the value of 2 is :
x x (1 x) 285. If x 3
3 1
4( a 3 b 3 ) and 3 x 3 4(a 3 b 3 ), then
x x
[SSC CGL- 2014]
a. 1 b. 1 c. 2 d. 2 a 2 b 2 is equal to :
277. If x k 3 3k 2 and y 1 3k , then for what value of [SSC CGL- 2013]
k, will be x = y? [SSC CGL- 2014] a. 4 b. 0 c. 1 d. 2
a. 0 b. 1 c. 1 d. 2 1 1
278. Find the value of 286. If x 6 , then the vlaue of x 4 4 is :
x x
( x 2 y 2 z )( x y 3 z ) 3 xy 3 z 2 [SSC CGL- 2013]
a. 1448 b. 1442 c. 1444 d. 1446
when x 1, y 3, z 1 [SSC CGL- 2014]
1 1
1 287. If x 5, then x 6 is :
a. 1 b. 0 c. 1 d. x x6
2 [SSC CGL- 2014]
279. The simplest form of expression a. 12098 b. 12048 c. 14062 d. 12092
p p2
p 1
2
p2
x6 x4 x2 1
2 p3 6 p 2 p2 3p p 1 is : [SSC CGL- 2013] 288. If x 2 3 x 1 0 , then the value of
x3
1 will be :
1
2 [SSC CGL- 2014]
a. 2 p b. c. p + 3 d. p 3
2 p2
a. 18 b. 15 c. 21 d. 30

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1 295. If 3(a 2 b 2 c 2 ) (a b c) 2 , then the relation
If x 119 and x 1, then find the positive
4
289.
x4 between a, b and c is :
1 [SSC CGL- 2014]
value of x
3
. [SSC CGL- 2014]
x3 a. a b c b. a b c
a. 25 b. 27 c. 36 d. 49
c. a b c d. a b c
p q r a b c
290. If 1 and p q r 0, where p, q, r and 296. If x( x 3) 1, then the value of x 3 ( x 3 18) is :
a b c
[SSC CGL- 2014]
2 2 2
p q r a. 1 b. 2 c. 1 d. 0
a, b, c are non-zero, then the value of 2
2
2 is:
a b c 297. If a b c ab bc ac then the value of
2 2 2

[SSC CGL- 2014]

ac
a. 1 b. 0 c. 1 d. 2 is : [SSC CGL Mains- 2014]
b
( x 1) 3 ( x 1) 3 a. 0 b. 2 c. 1 d. 1
291. If x is a rational number and 2,
( x 1) ( x 1)
2 2
298. If ab bc ca 0 then the value of
then the sum of numerator and denominator of x is :
1 1 1
[SSC CGL- 2014] 2 2 2 is :

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a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 7 a bc b ca c ab
[SSC CGL Mains- 2014]
2 x 2 3x 2 a. 0 b. 1 c. 3 d. a+b+c
292. If x 5 2, then the value is equal to:
3x 2 4 x 3
3 1
[SSC CGL- 2014] 299. If 3 x 1 , then x 3 3 1 is :
x x
a. 0.185 b. 0.525 c. 0.625 d. 0.785
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293. If a 2.234, b 3.121 and c 5.355, then the
1 5 28
value of a 3 b 3 c 3 3 abc is : a. 0 b. c. d.
27 27 27
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300. The factors of (a 2 4b 2 4b 4ab 2a 8) are :
a. 1 b. 0 c. 1 d. 1
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294. If x 2 y 2 1 2 x, then the value of x 3 y 5 is :
a. (a 2b 4)(a 2b 2)
[SSC CGL- 2014]
a. 2 b. 0 c. 1 d. 1 b. (a b 2)(a 4b 4)
c. (a 2b 4)(a 2b 2)
d. (a 2b 1)(a 2b 1)

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