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Kotla Mubarakpur, New Delhi

BASIC ALGEBRA RE-TEST

SSC CGL - Quantitative Aptitude
Time Allowed: 1 hour Maximum Marks: 50

1. The value of 1
−
1
+
1
−
1
+
1
is [2]
√7−√6 √6−√5 √5−2 √8−√7 3−√8

a) 0 b) 5

c) 7 d) 1

2. If (x + y)2 = xy + 1 and x3 - y3 = 1, what is the value of (x - y)? [2]

a) -1 b) 0

c) 1 d) 2
– – –
3. If √2 = 1.4142, find the value of 2√2 + √2 + 1
+
1
[2]
2+√2 √2−2

a) 1.4144 b) 2.8284

c) 28.284 d) 2.4142
3 3

4. Simplify:
(0.73) +(0.27)
[2]
2 2
(0.73) +(0.27) −(0.73)×(0.27)

a) 0.4087 b) 0.73

c) 0.27 d) 1
−−−−−−−−− −
5. If 40√5x
– 3
– 3
− 3√3y
– –
= (2√5x− √3y)× (Ax2 + Bxy + Cy2) then what is the value of √B
2 2
+ C − A ? [2]

a) 7 b) 9

c) 11 d) 8

6. If x + ( 1

x
) = 2, then what is the value of x 21
+ (
1331
1
) ? [2]
x

a) 2 b) 1

c) 4 d) 0

7. For what value of y, x2 +

1
x + y2 is a perfect square? [2]
12

a) 1

24
b) 1

c) d)
1 1

3 12

8. If N = 411 + 412 + 413 + 414, then how many positive factors of N are there? [2]

a) 50 b) 51

c) 48 d) 92

9. If x2 + y2 + 1= 2x, then the value of x3 + y5 is [2]

a) 1 b) 0

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 c) 2 d) -1
5a−3

10. If ( x
) = (
y
)
17−3a
, what is the value of a? [2]
y x

a) 0 b) -7

c) 3 d) -5

11.
–
If x = √7 + 3 then the value of x3 - 9x2 + 27x - 34 is:
3
[2]

a) 1 b) 0

c) -1 d) 2

12. If 9a2 + 4b2 + c2 + 21 = 4(3a + b - 2c), then the value of (9a + 4b - c) is: [2]

a) 16 b) 12

c) 2 d) 6

13. If x +
1
= 3, then the value of (16x 3
+
1

3
) is: [2]
16x 256x

a) 432 b) 414

c) 441 d) 423

14. If (2x + 7)3 + (2x + 8)3 + (2x + 3)3 = 3 (2x + 7) (2x + 8) (2x + 3), then what is the value of x? [2]

a) -2 b) 2

c) -3 d) 3
−
−−
15. Let x = √27 − √66 −− 3
and y =
√45 +√605 +√245
, then the value of (x2 + y2) is: [2]
4 √80 +√125

a) 227

9
b) 221

36

c) 221

9
d) 223

36

16. If x + = 4, then x is equal to: [2]

1 3 1
+
x x
3

a) 40 b) 52

c) 50 d) 64
17. The value of a

a−b
+
b−a
b
is [2]

a) 2ab b) 1

c) (a+b)
d) -1
(a−b)

−−−−−− −−−−−−

18. If √1 +
√3
− √1 −
√3
= c, then the value of c is: [2]
2 2

a) 2 b) 1

c) 3 d) 4

19.
–
If x4 + y4 + x2y2 = 117 and x2 + y2 - xy = 3(4 + √3), then the value of (x2 + y2) will be: [2]

a) 9 b) 12
– –
c) 6√3 d) 13√3

3 3

20. If x is a rational number in the lowest form and

(x+1) −(x−1)
= 2, then the sum of numerator and denominator [2]
2 2
(x+1) −(x−1)

of x is

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 a) 4 b) 7

c) 5 d) 3

21. If a + b + c = 5, and a2 + b2 + c2 = 33, then what is the value of a3 + b3 + c3 - 3 abc? [2]

a) 192 b) 195

c) 180 d) 185
1 1 1

22. If (x + y) 3
+ (y + z) 3
= −(z + x) 3
, then (x3 + y3 + z3) can be expressed as: [2]

a) (x + y) (y + z) (z + x) b) 3 xyz

c) 1

8
xyz d) 3

8
(x + y) (y + z) (z + x)
2
√a2 +b +c2
[2]
23. If a = 2b = 8c and a + b + c = 13, then the value of 2c
is:

a) 9

2
b) 5

c) − d)
5 9
−
6 2

24. If (a + b)2 - 2 (a + b) = 80 and ab = 16, then what can be the value of (3a - 19b)? [2]

a) -20 b) -18

c) -14 d) -16
– – −3
25. The value of (3 + 2√2) −3
+ (3 − 2√2) is [2]

a) 198 b) 180

c) 189 d) 108

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