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MATHEMATICS
CLASS : IX
TOPIC : POLYNOMIALS
DATE :

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1. If x  2 1 3
the value of  x 3  3  is
 x 
(a) 0 (b)  2 (c) 2 2 (d) 3 2

2. If (3a + 1)2 + (b – 1)2 + (2c – 3)2 = 0, the value of (3a + b + 2c) is equal to:
(a) 3 (b) –1 (c) 2 (d) 5

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3. If x 2  y 2  z 2  2
 2  2  6, then the value of x2 + y2 + z2 is
x y z
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16

 x 2 y2 z2 
4. If x + y + z = 0 then 3      ?
 yz zx xy 
2
(a) (xyz) (b) x2 + y2 + z2 (c) 9 (d) 3

x 2  3xy  y 2
5. If x  3  2 2 and xy = 1, then the value of 2 is
x  3xy  y 2
30 70 35 31
(a) (b) (c) (d)
31 31 31 37

1 1 x 2 y2
6. If x  3  and y  3  , then the value of  is
3 3 y x
(a) 3 (b) 3 3 (c) 16 3 (d) 2 3

5 3 5 3 a 2  ab  b 2
7. If a  and b  then the value of 2 ?
5 3 5 3 a  ab  b 2
63 67 65 69
(a) (b) (c) (d)
61 65 63 67

8. If a4 + b4 = x2y2, then (a6 + b6) equals

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) x2 + y2 (d) a2b4 + a2b2

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9. If xy (x – y) = 1, then the value of 3 3
 x 3  y3 is:
xy
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) –3

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10. If a   2, then the value of a206 + a200 + a90 + a84 + a18 + a12 + a6 + 1 is
a
(a) 8 (b) 1 (c) 84 (d) 206

1 x 4  3x 3  5x 2  3x  1
11. If x   3, then the value of
x x4 1
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 9

12. If x + y + z = 6, then the value of (x – 1)3 + (y – 2)3 + (z – 3)3 is

(a) 3(x – 1) (y + 2) (z – 3) (b) 3(x + 1) (y – 2) (z – 3)
(c) 3(x – 1) (y – 2) (z + 3) (d) 3(x – 1) (y – 2) (z – 3)

13. If x = 999, then the value of 3 x  x 2  3x  3  1 is

(a) 1000 (b) 999 (c) 998 (d) 1002

x 4  x5  x8
14. The degree of the polynomial is
x3
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

15. What is the remainder when 2x2 – 3x + 5 is divided by 2x – 1?

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

16. 2 is a root of kx4 – 13x3 + kx2 + 12x. What is the value of k?

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

17. If x + 1 and x – 1 are factors of f(x) = x4 + 3ax + b, then the value of 3a + 2b is

(a) 5 (b) –1 (c) 4 (d) –6

18. If the area of rectangle is 3x2 + 6xy + 3y2 and its breadth is x + y, then its length is
(a) x – 2y (b) –x + 2y (c) 3x + 3y (d) x+ y

19. If (x + 2) and (x + 3) are two factors of x3 + 9x2 + 26x + 24, then the third factor is
(a) x + 7 (b) x + 9 (c) x + 4 (d) x + 8

20. If x = 2, y = 3 and z = –5, then x3 + y3 + z2 =

(a) 90 (b) –90 (c) 0 (d) 368

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21. If 3x   3, then the value of 27x 3  is
3x 27x 3
(a) –52 (b) 52 (c) 18 (d) –18

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22. If  x    4, then  x   is
 x  x
(a) 2 2 (b) 6 (c) 2 3 (d) 3 2

23. The factorization of 4a2 – 4a + 1 is

(a) (2a – 1) (2a + 1) (b) (2a – 1) (1 – 2a) (c) (2a + 1) (2a + 1) (d) (2a–) (2a – 1)

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24. The factors of the expression x 2  is
100
 y  y  y  y  x  x  y  y
(a)  x    x   (b)  x    x   (c)  y    y   (d)  x    x  
 10   10   10   10   10   10   10   10 

25. The value of (–a + b + c)2 is

(a) a2 + b2 + c2 – 2ab + 2bc – 2ca (b) a2 – b2 – c2 – 2ab + 2bc – 2ca
(c) x2 – y2 + z2 – 2xy + 3yz – 4xz (d) a2 + b2 – c2 – 2ab – 2bc – 2ac

26. If a + b + c = 12 and a2 + b2 + c2 = 50, then the value of ab + be + ca, is

(a) 44 (b) 22 (c) 23 (d) 47

27. The factors of the expression x4 + x2 + 1 is

(a) (x2 + 1 – x) (x2 – 1 + x) (b) (x2 – 1 – x) (x2 – 1 – x)
(c) (x2 + 1 – x) (x2 – 1 – x) (d) (x2 + 1 – x) (x2 + 1 + x)

 1  1  1  1 
28. The product of  x    x    x 2  2   x 4  4  is
 x  x  x  x 
 1   1   1   1 
(a)  x 8  8  (b)  x 4  4  (c)  x 2  2  (d)  x 8  8 
 x   x   x   x 

1 1
29. If x   3, then the value of x 4  4 is
x x
(a) 56 (b) 74 (c) 47 (d) 60

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30. If x 2  2
 123 . Then the value of x 3  3 is
x x
(a) 1340 (b) 1364 (c) 1358 (d) 1360

a  b2   b2  c2    c2  a 2 
2 3 3 3

31. The value of is

a  b   b  c  c  a 
3 3 3

(a) 3(a + b) (b + c) (c + a) (b) 3(a – b) (b – c) (c – a)

(c) (a – b) (b – c) (c – a) (d) (a + b) (b + c) (c + a)

32. If p = 2 – a, then the value of a3 + 6ap + p3 – 8 is

(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) –1

33. he factors of the expression 4x2 + 4xy + y2 is

(a) (2x + y) (2x + y) (b) (2x + y) (2x – y) (c) (2x – y) (2x – y) (d) (2x + x) (2y + x)

34. When the polynomial f(x) = x4 + 3x3 – 2x2 + x – 1 is divided by (x – 2) what will be the remainder?
(a) 17 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) 29

35. If polynomials 2x3 + ax2 + 3x – 5 and x3 + x2 – 2x + a are divided by (x – 2), the same remainders are
obtained. Find the value of a.
(a) –3 (b) 3 (c) –4 (d) –9

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36. For what value of k, 3x4 + 2x3 + 3kx2 + 2x + 6 is exactly divisible by (x – 2)?
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(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) –2 (d) 
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37. What is the LCM of x2 – 1, x2 – 4x + 3 and x2 + 3x + 2?
(a) (x + 3) (x + 1) (b) (x2 – 1) (x + 2) (x – 3)
(c) (x – 1) (x – 2) (x – 3) (d) (x2 – 1) (x + 2) (x + 3)

38. What is the HCF of x2 – 5x + 6, x2 – 7x + 12 and x2 + 9x + 20

(a) 1 (b) (x – 3) (c) (2x – 5) (d) x – 4

39. If the LCM and HCF of two quadratic polynomial are x3 – 7x + 6 and (x – 1) respectively, find the
polynomials.
(a) (x2 – 3x + 2), (x2 + 2x + 3) (b) (x2 + 3x – 2), (x2 – 2x + 3)
(c) (x – 3x + 2), (x + 2x – 3)
2 2
(d) (x2 + 3x + 2), (x2 + 2x + 3)

40. If HCF and LCM of two terms a and b are x and y respectively and a + b = x + y, then x 2 + y2 = ?
(a) a2 – b2 (b) 2a2 + b2 (c) a2 + b2 (d) a2 + 2b2

41. The value of k for which (x + 2) is a factor of (x(x + 1)7 + (3x + k)3 is _______.
(a) –7 (b) 7 (c) –1 (d) –6 – 3(7/3)

42. The remainder when x4 – y4 is divided by x – y is ________.

(a) 0 (b) x + y (c) x2 – y2 (d) 2y4

43. When p(x) = x3 + ax2 + 2x + a is divided by (x + a) the remainder is __________.

(a) 0 (b) a (c) –a (d) 2a

44. x12 – y12 =

(a) (x – y) (x2 + xy + y2) (x + y) (x2 – xy + y2) (x2 + y2) (x4 – x2y2 + y4)
(b) (x + y) (x2 – xy + y2) (x + y) (x2 – xy + y2) (x2 + y2) (x4 – x2y2 + y4)
(c) (x + y) (x2 + xy – y2) (x + 4) (x2 – xy + y2) (x2 + y2) (x4 – x2y2 + y4)
(d) (x – y) (x2 – xy + y2) (x + y) (x2 – xy + y2) (x2 + y2) (x4 – x2y2 + y4)

45. If x 
ab
.y 
bc
,z 
ca
, then the value of
1  x 1  y 1  z  is __________
ab bc ca 1  x 1  y 1  z 
(a) abc 2 2 2
(b) a b c (c) 1 (d) –1

46. If (x + 2) and (x – 1) are factors of (x3 + 10x2 + 3x + n), then the value of m, n respectively are
____________.
(a) –5, 5 (b) 7, 18 (c) 7, –18 (d) –5, –18

47. Given that x = 2 is a solution of x3 – 7x + 6 = 0. The other solutions are __________.

(a) –1, 3 (b) 1, –3 (c) 1, –2 (d) –1 ,–2

48. If (x + k) is a common factor of f(x) = (x2 + px + q) and g(x) = (x2 + lx + m), then the value of k is
___________.
1- p m-q
(a) l + p (b) m – q (c) (d)
m-q 1- p
49. The product (a + b) (a – b) (a – ab + b ) (a + ab + b ) is equal to _________.
2 2 2 2

(a) a6 +b6 (b) a6 – b6 (c) a3 – b3 (d) a3 + b3

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50. The value of (x – a)3 + (x – b)3 + (x – c)3 – 3(x – a) (x – b) (x – c), when a + b + c = 3x is
_________.
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0

a 2  19a  25 R
51. Value of R, if  a  12  is ____________.
a 7 a 7
(a) –109 (b) –88 (c) –84 (d) –64

52. When (x3 – 2x2 + px – q) is divided by (x2 – 2x – 3), the remainder is (x – 6). The values of p and q
respectively are
(a) –2, –6 (b) 2, –6 (c) –2, 6 (d) 2, 6

53. Find the remainder when the expression 3x3 + 8x2 – 6x + 1 is divided by x + 3.
(a) 1 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 0

54. If x2 – 1 is factor of ax4 + bx3 + ex2 + dx + e, then

(a) a + b + e = c + d (b) a + b + c = d + e (c) b + c + d = a + e (d) None of these

a 2 b2 c2
55. If a, b, c are all non-zeroes and a + b + c = 0, then    _________.
bc ca ab
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

56. Length, breadth and height of a cuboidal tank are (x – 3y)m, (x + 3y)m and (x2 + 9y2)m
respectively. Find the volume of the tank.
(a) (x3 + 3xy + 27y3)m3 (b) (x4 + 2x2y2 + 81y4)m3
(c) (x2 – 81y4)m3 (d) (x4 + 81y4)m3

57. A rectangular field has an area (35x2 + 13x – 12)m2. What could be the possible expression for
length and breadth of the field?
(a) (5x + 4) and (7x – 3)m (b) (3x + 9)m and (7x – 12)m
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these

58. Santosh has Rs. (x3 – 3x2 + 4x + 50). He want to buy chocolates each of cost Rs. (x – 3). After
buying maximum number of chocolates with his money, how much money is left with him?
(a) Rs. 50 (b) Rs. 40 (c) Rs. 62 (d) Rs. 20

59. Area of a rectangular field is (2x3 – 11x2 – 4x + 5) sq. units and side of a square field is (2x2 + 4)
units. Find the difference between their areas (in sq. units).
(a) 4x4 – 2x3 – 4x + 11 (b) 4x4 – 2x3 + 27x2 + 4x + 11
(c) 4x4 + 27x2 + 4x – 11 (d) 4x4 + 2x3 + 27x2 + 4x + 11

60. Vikas has Rs. (x3 + 2ax + b), with his money he can buy exactly (x – 1) jeans or (x + 1) shirts with
no money left. How much money Vikas has, if x = 4?
(a) Rs. 80 (b) Rs. 120 (c) Rs. 30 (d) Rs. 60

61. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

(a) Every non-zero constant polynomial has zero roots.
(b) Zero polynomial has zero root.
(c) Every linear polynomial has exactly one root.
(d) If x – a is the root of p(x) = 0, the p(a) = 0,

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62. If (5x2 + 14x + 2)2 – (4x2 – 5x + 7)2 is divided by (x2 + x + 1), then quotient ‘q’ and remainder ‘r’
respectively, are
(a) (x2 + 19x – 5), 0 (b) 9(x2 + 19x – 5), 0 (c) (x2 + 19x – 5) (d) 9(x2 + 19x – 5), 1

63. Select the correct statement.

3 1 3 1 32
2
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(a) If x    , then value of x 2    is 110
3 1 3 1 32  x 
(b) Every integer is a whole number
(c) Between two rational numbers, there exist infinite number of integers
(d) None of these

64. Match the following

Column – I
(p) If f(x) = x3 – 6x2 + 11x – 6, then f(–1) = _____________.
(q) If f(x) = 2x3 – 13x2 + 17x + 12, then f(–3) = ____________.
4
(r) if x  is a root of f(x) = 6x3 – 11x2 + kx – 20, then k = _________.
3
(s) If x = –1 is a root of f(x) = x100 + 2x99 + k, then k = __________.
(a) (p)  (iii); (q)  (iv); (r)  (i); (s)  (ii)
(b) (p)  (ii); (q)  (iv); (r)  (i); (s)  (iii)
(c) (p)  (iii); (q)  (i); (r)  (iv); (s)  (ii)
(d) (p)  (iii); (q)  (ii); (r)  (i); (s)  (iv)

65. Study the given statements

a  b2    b2  c2    c2  a 2 
2 3 3 3

Statement I:
a  b  b  c  c  a 
3 3 3

1
Statement II: a2 + b2 + c2 – ab – bc – a   a  b    b  c   c  a  
2 2 2

2 
Which of the following options holds?
(a) Both statement-I and statement-II are true (b) Statement-I is true but statement-II is false
(c) Statement –I is false but statement-II is true (d) Both statement – I and statement-II are false

66. Write the degree of the polynomial 0.

(a) 1 (b) O (c) N (d) Not defined

67. If the quotient is 3x2 – 2x + 1, remainder is 2x – 5 and divisor is x + 2, what is the dividend?
(a) 3x3 – 4x2 + x – 3 (b) 3x3 – 4x2 – x + 3 (c) 3x3 + 4x2 – x + 3 (d) 3x3 + 4x2 –x –3

68. If (x – 2) is one factor of x2 + ax – 6 = 0 and x2 – 9x + b = 0, find a + b.

(a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 10

x
69. Given P = Product of x2y and and Q = Quotient obtained when x2 is divided by D. If P = Q, what
y
is the value of D?
1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) x (d)
x

70. Which of the following is one of the factors of a3 + 8b3 – 64c3+ 24abc?
(a) a + 2b – 4c (b) a – 2b + 4c (c) a + 2b + 4c (d) a – 2b – 4c

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71. Which of the following is a trinomial in p?
(a) x2 + 5 (b) p3  p2  2 (c) 
p 1  2p  (d) y 
1 1

y 2

1 2
72. Identify one of the factors of x 2  2
 2  2x  from the following
x x
1 1 1 1
(a) x  (b) x   1 (c) x  (d) x 2 
x x x x3

73. If the factors of a2 + b2 + 2(ab + bc + ca) are (a + b + m) and (a + b + nc), find the value of m + n.
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6

74. If (x2 + 3x + 5) (x2 – 3x + 5) = m2 – n2, find m.

(a) x2 – 3x (b) 3x + 5 (c) x2 + 5 (d) x2 – 5

x y
75. If   1 x, y  0  , what is the value of x3 – y3?
y x
1
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) (d) 0
2
76. What are the factors of x2 + (a + b + c)x + ab + bc?
(a) (x + a) (x + b + c) (b) (x + a) (x + a + c) (c) (x + b) (x + a + c) (d) (x + b) (x + b + c)

77. Factorise: a4 + 4
(a) (a2 + 2a – 2) (a2 + 2a + 2) (b) (a2 – 2a – 2) (a2 + 2a – 2)
(c) (a2 + 2a – 2) (a2 – 2a + 2) (d) (a2 + 2a + 2) (a2 – 2a + 2)

78. Identify one of the factors of x12 – y12

(a) (x2 – xy + y2) (b) (x4 + x2y2 + y4) (c) (x2 + xy – y2) (d) (x4 – xy + y4)

79. If x + y + z = 0, what is the value of x3 + y3 + z3 ?

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

a 2 b2 c2
80. If a + b + c = 0, evaluate  
bc ca ab
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

81. Resolve into factors: 6x3 – 24xy2 – 4x2y + 12y3

(a) 3(2x – y) (x – 2y) (x + y) (b) 3(2x – y) (x + y) (x + 2y)
(c) 3(2x – y) (x + 2y) (x – 2y) (d) 3(2x + y) (x – y) (x + 2y)

5x 7
82. Identify the degree of the polynomial 4  x 2  x 3 
3
(a) 2 (b) 7 (c) 0 (d) 3

1 1
83. If x   a  b and x   a  b, which of the following is true?
x x
(a) ab = 1 (b) a = b (c) ab = 2 (d) a + b = 0

1 1 1 1
84. Find the value of 2 4 .4 8.1616 .256 32
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8
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 0.96  0.96  0.96  0.04  0.04  0.04
85. What is the value of ?
0.96  0.96  0.96  0.04  0.04  0.04
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) Not defined

86. Express x – 8xy3 as product of factors.

(a) x(1 – 2y) (1 + 2y + 4y2) (b) x(1 + 2y) (1 + 2y + 4y2)
(c) x(1 – 2y) (1 – 2y + 4y2) (d) x(1 + 2y) (1 – 2y + 4y2)

87. Factorise a2x – b2x.

(a) (ax + bx) (ax – bx) (b) (ax – bx)2 (c) (ax + bx) (a2 – b2) (d) (ax – bx) (a2 + b2)

88. If p = (2 – a), what is a3 + 6ap + p3 – 8?

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

89. Find the value of (x – a)3 + (x – b)3 + (x – c)3 – 3(x – a) (x – b) (x – c) when a + b + c = 3x.
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 0

90. Find the zero of the polynomial f(x) = qx, q  0

(a) 1 (b) b (c) 0 (d) –1

1 1 1
91. If x  y  z  0, which of the following is true?
3 3 3

(a) x3 + y3 + z3 = 0 (b) x + y + z = 27xyz (c) (x + y + z)3 = 27xyz (d) x3 + y3 + z3 = 27xyz

92. Find the value of ‘a’ if the polynomials 2x3 + ax2 + 3x – 5 and x3 + x2 – 4x – a leave the same
remainder when divided by x – 1.
(a) a = 1 (b) a = –1 (c) a = 2 (d) a = –2

93. Factorise: ab(a + b)2 – 3ab(a + b)

(a) (a + b) (a – b) ab (b) (a + b – 5) (2a + b) (a – b)
(c) ab (a + b) (a + b – 3) (d) ab(2a – b) (2a + b – 6)

94. If x – 1 is a factor of f(x) = x3 – 6x2 + 11x – 6, which of the following is true?

(a) f(–x) = 0 (b) f(–1) = 0 (c) f(x) = 0 (d) f(1) = 0

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95. If y – 2 and y  are the factors of py2 + 5y + r, which of the following holds good?
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(a) p > r (b) p = r (c) p < r (d) Both (a) and (c)

96. Which of the following polynomial has –5 as a zero?

(a) (p – 5) (b) x2 – 25 (c) p2 – 5p (d) x2 + 5

97. Factorise: x2 – z2 + y2 – p2 + 2pz – 2xy

(a) (x – y – p – z) (x – y – p + z) (b) (x – y + p – z) (x – y – p + z)
(c) (x + y + p – z) (x + y + p + z) (d) (x + y – p + z) (x – y – p + z)

98. Find the zeroes of the polynomial p(z) = (4z +  ) (z – 4  )

   
(a) 4,  (b) 4, (c) 4 , (d) 4, 
4 4 4 4

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99. If (x + 1) is factor of xn + 1, which of the following statements is true?
(a) n is an odd integer (b) n is an even integer
(c) n is a negative integer (d) n is a positive integer

100. When x3 – 2x2 + ax – b is divided by x2 – 2x – 3 the remainder is x – 6. Find the values of a and b.
(a) –2 and –6 (b) 2 and –6 (c) –2 and 6 (d) 2 and 6

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Answer Key

1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (a)
11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (b)
21. (c) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (d) 25. (a) 26. (d) 27. (d) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (b)
31. (d) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (a) 36. (d) 37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (c)
41. (b) 42. (a) 43. (c) 44. (a) 45. (c) 46. (c) 47. (b) 48. (d) 49. (b) 50. (d)
51. (a) 52. (c) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (d) 56. (c) 57. (a) 58. (c) 59. (b) 60. (d)
61. (b) 62. (b) 63. (d) 64. (c) 65. (c) 66. (d) 67. (d) 68. (a) 69. (d) 70. (a)
71. (b) 72. (c) 73. (b) 74. (c) 75. (d) 76. (c) 77. (d) 78. (a) 79. (c) 80. (c)
81. (a) 82. (b) 83. (a) 84. (b) 85. (c) 86. (a) 87. (a) 88. (b) 89. (d) 90. (c)
91. (c) 92. (b) 93. (c) 94. (d) 95. (b) 96. (b) 97. (b) 98. (a) 99. (a) 100. (c)

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