EXERCISE # 1

1. 6  6  6  6  ....... times =
(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) ±3

1  2 
2. If x = 8 – 60 , then  x =
2  x 
(1) 5 (2) 3 (3) 2 5 (4) 2 3

3 5
3. If = a + b 5 , a, b are rational numbers, then (a, b) =
43 5
 61 24   61 24   61 24   61 24 
(1)  ,  (2)  ,  (3)  ,  (4)  , 
 29 29   29 29   29 29   29 29 
4. The square root of 11 + 112 is -
(1) 7+2 (2) 7+ 2 (3) 2  7 (4) None

5. The square root 5 + 2 6 is -

(1) 32 (2) 3 2 (3) 2 3 (4) 3 2

6. 21  4 5  8 3  4 15 
(1) 522 3 (2)  5  4  12 (3)  5  4  12 (4)  5  4  12

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7. If  a  b  c, then which of the following can be true-
2 3 7
(1) a = 1, b = 4/3, c = 7/3 (2) a = 1, b = 2/3, c = 7/9
(3) a = 2/3, b = 1, c = 7/3 (4) a = 7/9, b = 4/3, c = 1

   
x 2 3 x 2 3
8. If 5  2 6 + 52 6 = 10, then x =
(1) 2, 2 (2) 2 ,– 2 (3) 2, + 2 (4) 2, –2, 2,– 2
9. If 3 a  3 b  3 c = 0 then (a + b + c)3 =
(1) abc (2) 3abc (3) 9ac (4) 27abc

+3 
2 x 6
If 32 x – 2.3 x  x 6
2 2
10. = 0 then the value of x is
(1) – 2 (2) 3 (3) Both (1) and (2) (4) None of these

The numerical value of  x1/a b  ×  x1/bc  ×  x1/c a 

1/a c 1/ba 1/c  b
11. is (a, b, c are distinct real
numbers)
(1) 1 (2) 8 (3) 0 (4) None
2
1
 1 4 

  625 2  
12.   
  
 
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 2 (4) 3
1 1 1
 1
3 4
  1 1
 
13.  5  8  27   
3 3
   

(1) 3 (2) 6 (3) 5 (4) 4

14. (13 + 23 + 33 + 43)–3/2 =

(1) 10–3 (2) 10–2 (3) 10–4 (4) 10–1

15. (0.000729) –3/4 × (0.09)–3/4 =

103 105 102 106
(1) 3 (2) 5 (3) 2 (4) 6
3 3 3 3
2 / 3
 1 12 
 
16. 4    =
  X  
1 1 1 1
(1) 2 (2) (3) (4)
X X4 X3 X

x3  3 x5
17. × 30
x 77 =
5
x 3

76/15
(1) x (2) x78/15 (3) x79/15 (4) x77/15

3/ 4 7/ 6 7x
 5  when divided by  5  5
18. 6 6 becomes   , the value of x is
    6
7 89 8 10
(1) (2) (3) (4)
12 12 12 12

19. If 4 3
x 2  x k , then k =
2 1
(1) (2) 6 (3) (4) 7
6 6
2
  21  2  3
20.  7   5   25 =
 
 
5 7 5
(1) (2) (3) 35 (4) 
7 5 7
2
 d3 
2 –1 3
21. (2d e ) ×   =
 e
–2
(1) 8e (2) 8e–3 (3) 8e–1 (4) 8e–4

22. If 9x = 3 92 , then x =
2 4 1 5
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 3 3 3
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23. If a = x + , then x3+ x–3 =
x
(1) a3 + 3a (2) a3 – 3a (3) a3 + 3 (4) a3 – 3
2 2 2
24. If xy = yx and x = 2y, then the values of x and y are (x, y > 0)
(1) x = 4, y = 2 (2) x = 3, y = 2 (3) x = 1, y = 1 (4) None of these

If (am)n = a m , then express 'm' in the terms of n is (a > 0, a  0, m > 1, n > 1)

n
25.
 1   1  1
 
(1) n n 1  n 1  n
(2) n  
(3) n  
(4) None

  
2x
26. If 3
4 2
= , then x =
32
(1) –2 (2) 4 (3) –6 (4) –4

27. Sum of roots of the equation (x + 3)2 – 4|x + 3|+ 3 = 0 is -

(1) 4 (2) 12 (3) –12 (4) –4
2
28. Number of real solution(s) of the equation | x  3 |3x 10x 3 
1 is -
(1) exactly four (2) exactly three (3) exactly two (4) exactly one

 +7
2
2x 2 x 24
If x1 & x2 are the two values of x satisfying the equation 7 – 2 7x
2
 x 12
29. = 0, then
(x1 + x2) equals-
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) –1 (4) 7

ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE # 1
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. 1 1 4 1 4 3 1 4 4 3 1 2 3 1 4
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Ans. 1 4 2 3 1 3 2 2 1 1 4 3 2 2

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 EXERCISE # 2
Solve for x  R (Q.1 to Q.7)

1. 4x – 10.2x–1 = 24 2. 4.22x – 6x = 18.32x

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3. 32x–3 – 9x–1 + 272x/3 = 675. 4. 7x+2 – .7 x 1 – 14.7x–1 + 2.7x = 48
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x 1 x 2  2 x 11 9
 5  9  5
5.  3  .  =  6. x + |3x – 2| = 2
 25   3
7. 52x = 32x + 2.5x + 2.3x
 
8. If 2  3  5  13  48  = a  b where a and b are natural number find (a + b).
 
9. Solve following equations
(i) |x – 1| = 5 (ii) |x + 1| = |2x – 1|
(iii) |x – 1| + 2|x + 1| = 10 (iv) |2x – 1| – |x – 3| = 7

10. Match the values of x given in Column-II satisfying the exponential equation in Column-I(Do
not verify). Remember that for a > 0, then term ax is always greater than zero  x  R.
Column-I Column-II
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(A) 5x – 24 = x (P) –3
5
(B) (2x+1) (5x) = 200 (Q) –2
(C) 42/x – 5(41/x) + 4 = 0 (R) –1
(S) 0
2 .4
x 1 x 1
(D)  16 (T) 1
8x 1
(E) 4x
2
2
 9 2x  2
2
 +8=0 (U) 2
(F) 52x – 7x – 52x (35) + 7x(35) = 0 (V) 3
(X) None
11. Which of the following equation(s) has (have) only unity as the solution.
(A) 2(3x+1) – 6(3x–1) – 3x = 9
(B) 7(3x+1) – 5x+2 = 3x+4 – 5x+3
12. Which of the following equation(s) has (have) only natural solution(s)
(A) 6.91/x – 13.61/x + 6.41/x = 0
(B) 4x x 8x1 = 256

   
x 2 8 x 2 8
13. If 5  2 6 + 52 6 = 10, x  R
On the basis of above information, answer the following questions :
(a) Number of solution(s) of the given equation is/are-
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) infinite
(b) Sum of positive solutions is
(A) 3 (B) 3 + 7 (C) 2 + 5 (D) 2
(c) If x (–3,5], then number of possible values of x, is-
(A) 1 (B) 2 4 4 (C) 3 (D) 4
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14. Factorize following expressions
(i) x4 – y4 (ii) 9a2 – (2x – y) 2
(iii) 4x2 – 9y2 – 6x – 9y

15. Factorize following expressions

(i) 8x3 – 27y3 (ii) 8x3 – 125y3 + 2x – 5y

16. Factorize following expressions

(i) x2 + 3x – 40 (ii) x2 – 3x – 40 (iii) x2 + 5x – 14
2
(iv) x – 3x – 4 (v) x2 – 2x – 3 (vi) 3x2 – 10x + 8
(vii) 12x2 + x – 35 (viii) 3x2 – 5x + 2 (ix) 3x2 – 7x + 4
2
(x) 7x – 8x + 1 (xi) 2x2 – 17x + 26 (xii) 3a2 – 7a – 6
(xiii) 14a2 + a – 3

17. Factorize following expressions

(i) a2 – 4a + 3 + 2b – b2 (ii) x4 + 324 (iii) x4 – y2 + 2x2 + 1
(iv) 4a4 – 5a2 + 1 (v) 4x4 + 81

18. Factorize following expressions

(i) x3 – 6x2 + 11x – 6 (ii) 2x3 + 9x2 + 10x + 3
3 2
(iii) 2x – 9x + 13x – 6 (iv) x6 – 7x2 – 6

19. (i) Factorize the expressions 8a6 + 5a3 + 1

(ii) Show that (x – y)3 + (y – z)3 + (z – x)3 = 3(x – y) (y – z) (z – x).

20. Factorize following expressions

(i) (x + 1) (x + 2) (x + 3) (x + 4) – 15
(ii) 4x(2x + 3) (2x – 1) (x + 1) – 54
(iii) (x – 3) (x + 2) (x + 3) (x + 8) + 56

21. Solve the following equations where x  R.

(a) (x – 1)|x2 – 4x + 3 |+ 2x2 + 3x – 5 = 0
(b) |x2 + 4x + 3|+ 2x + 5 = 0
(c) |x + 3 |( x + 1 ) + |2x + 5|= 0
22. Find the gcd and cm of a(x) and b(x) in the following set
(a) a(x) = (12x2 – 5x – 2) (9x2 + 5x – 4),
b(x) = (4x2 + 5x + 1) (x3 – 12x2 + 47x – 60)
(b) a(x) = x4 – 1, b(x) = x3 – x2 + x – 1
(c) a(x) = ( 2x  2) (x2 + 1) (x – 2)2, b(x) = (x 2) (x3 + x) (x – 2)
 1 
(d) a(x) = (3x2 + 2 3x 1 ) (x2 + 4x + 3), b(x) =  x   (x + 3)
 3
(e) a(x) = ( 3 x 2  4x  3) (x5 + 6x4 + 8x3), b(x) = (x2 + 4x) ( 3 x  1)(x  5)

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 ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE # 2
7
1. x=3 2. x = –2 3. x=3 4. x = 0 5. x= ,2
2
6. x = 1, 0 7. x=1 8. 8
11
9. (i) x = 6, –4 (ii) x = 2, 0 (iii) x = 3, (iv) x = 5, –9
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10. (A) (U); (B)  (U); (C)  (T); (D)  (P,Q,R,S,T,U,V);(E)  (R,T); (F)  (S)
11. A 12. B 13. (a) C (b) B (c) C
14. (i) (x2 + y2) (x + y)(x – y) (ii) (3a + 2x – y) (3a – 2x + y)
(iii) (2x + 3y) (2x – 3y – 3)
15. (i) (2x – 3y) (4x2 + 6xy + 9y2) (ii) (2x – 5y)(4x2 + 10xy + 25y2 + 1)
16. (i) (x + 8)(x – 5) (ii) (x – 8)(x + 5)
(iii) (x + 7)(x – 2) (iv) (x – 4)(x + 1)
(v) (x – 3)(x + 1) (vi) (x – 2)(3x – 4)
(vii) (4x + 7)(3x – 5) (viii) (3x – 2)(x – 1)
(ix) (x – 1)(3x – 4) (x) (x – 1) (7x – 1)
(xi) (2x – 13)(x – 2) (xii) (a – 3)(3a + 2)
(xiii) (2a + 1)(7a – 3)
17. (i) (a – b – 1)(a + b – 3) (ii) (x2 + 6x + 18)(x2 – 6x + 18)
(iii) (x2 + 1 + y)(x2 + 1 – y) (iv) (2a + 1)(2a – 1)(a + 1) (a – 1)
2 2
(v) (2x + 6x + 9)(2x – 6x + 9)
18. (i) (x – 1)(x – 2)(x – 3) (ii) (x + 1)(x + 3)(2x + 1)

(iii) (x – 1)(x – 2)(2x – 3) (iv) (x2 + 2)(x – 3 )(x2 + 1)(x + 3 )

19. (i) (2a2 – a + 1)(4a4 + 2a3 – a2 + a + 1)
20. (i) (x2 + 5x + 1)(x2 + 5x + 9) (ii) 2(2x2 + 2x + 3)(4x2 + 4x – 9)
(iii) (x2 + 5x – 22)(x + 1) (x + 4)
21. (a) 1 (b) 4,  3 1
(c) 4, 2,  3 1
22. (a) (x  1)  4x  1 ;

(4x + 1)(x + 1)(3x – 2)(9x – 4)(x3 – 12x2 + 47x – 60)

(b) x3 – x2 + x – 1; x4 – 1

(c) (x 2) (x2 + 1) (x – 2); ( 2) x(x 2) (x2 + 1) (x – 2)2

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(d) (x + 3) ( 3x 1) ; (x + 1) (x + 3) ( 3x 1)2
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(e) x(x + 4) ( 3x 1) ; (x3)(x + 2)(x + 4) (x  3)( 3x  1) (x  5)
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