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Let the set $S = \{2, 4, 8, 16, ..., 512\}$ be partitioned into 3 sets $A, B, C$ with equal number of elements such that $A \cup B \cup C = S$ and $A \cap B = B \cap C = A \cap C = \phi$. The maximum number of such possible partitions of $S$ is equal to:

Let $\alpha \beta \neq 0$ and $A = \begin{bmatrix} \beta & \alpha & 3 \\ \alpha & \alpha & \beta \\ -\beta & \alpha & 2\alpha \end{bmatrix}$. If $B = \begin{bmatrix} 3\alpha & -9 & 3\alpha \\ -\alpha & 7 & -2\alpha \\ -2\alpha & 5 & -2\beta \end{bmatrix}$ is the matrix of cofactors of the elements of A, then det(AB) is equal to:

The coefficients a, b, c in the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0 are from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. If the probability of this equation having one real root bigger than the other is p, then 216p equals :

The values of $m, n$, for which the system of equations
$x + y + z = 4,$
$2x + 5y + 5z = 17,$
$x + 2y + mz = n$
has infinitely many solutions, satisfy the equation :

Let $\beta(m, n) = \int_{0}^{1}x^{m-1}(1-x)^{n-1}dx$, $m, n > 0$. If $\int_{0}^{1}(1-x^{10})^{20}dx = a\beta(b,c)$, then $100(a+b+x)$ equals

Let $f, g: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be defined as: $f(x) = |x - 1|$ and $g(x) = \begin{cases} e^x, & x \geq 0 \\ x + 1, & x \leq 0 \end{cases}$ Then the function $f(g(x))$ is

Let the circle $C_{1}: x^{2}+y^{2}-2(x+y)+1=0$ and $C_{2}$ be a circle having centre at $(-1, 0)$ and radius 2. If the line of the common chord of $C_{1}$ and $C_{2}$ intersects the y-axis at the point P, then the square of the distance of P from the centre of $C_{1}$ is:

If the constant term in the expansion of $\left(\frac{\sqrt[5]{3}}{x}+\frac{2x}{\sqrt[3]{5}}\right)^{12}$, $x \neq 0$, is $\alpha \times 2^8 \times \sqrt[5]{3}$, then $25\alpha$ is

Consider three vectors $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$. Let $|\vec{a}| = 2, |\vec{b}| = 3$ and $\vec{a} = \vec{b} \times \vec{c}$. If $\alpha \in [0, \frac{\pi}{3}]$ is the angle between the vectors $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$, then the minimum value of $27|\vec{c}| - |\vec{a}|^2$ is equal to:

Let $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ be the point $(8, 5, 7)$ in the line $\frac{x-1}{2} = \frac{y+1}{3} = \frac{z-2}{5}$. Then $\alpha + \beta + \gamma$ is equal to

60 words can be made using all the letters of the word BHBJO, with or without meaning. If these words are written as in a dictionary, then the 50^th word is :

Let \(\vec{a}\) = 2$\hat{i}$ + 5$\hat{j}$ - $\hat{k}$, $\vec{b}$ = 2$\hat{i}$ - 2$\hat{j}$ + 2$\hat{k}$
and $\vec{c}$ be three vectors such that
($\vec{c}$ + $\hat{i}$) $\times$ ($\vec{a}$ + $\vec{b}$ + $\hat{i}$) = $\vec{a}$ $\times$ ($\vec{c}$ + $\hat{i})$ . $\vec{a}$.$\vec{c}$ = -29,)
then $\vec{c}$.(-2$\hat{i}$ + $\hat{j}$ + $\hat{k}$) is equal to :

The differential equation of the family of circles passing the origin and having center at the line y = x is:

Let $S_1 = \{z \in \mathbb{C} : |z| \leq 5\}$,
$S_2 = \left\{z \in \mathbb{C} : \text{Im}\left(\frac{z + 1 - \sqrt{3}i}{1 - \sqrt{3}i}\right) \geq 0\right\}$ and
$S_3 = \{z \in \mathbb{C} : \text{Re}(z) \geq 0\}$. Then

The area enclosed between the curves $y = x|x|$ and $y = x - |x|$ is:

Let \( y = y(x) \) be the solution of the differential equation \[ (x + y + 2)^2 \, dx = dy, \quad y(0) = -2. \] Let the maximum and minimum values of the function \( y = y(x) \) in \( \left[ 0, \frac{\pi}{3} \right] \) be \( \alpha \) and \( \beta \), respectively. If \[ (3\alpha + \pi)^2 + \beta^2 = \gamma + \delta\sqrt{3}, \quad \gamma, \delta \in \mathbb{Z}, \] then \( \gamma + \delta \) equals \( \dots \).

Consider a triangle \( \triangle ABC \) having the vertices \( A(1, 2) \), \( B(\alpha, \beta) \), and \( C(\gamma, \delta) \) and angles \( \angle ABC = \frac{\pi}{6} \) and \( \angle BAC = \frac{2\pi}{3} \). If the points \( B \) and \( C \) lie on the line \( y = x + 4 \), then \( \alpha^2 + \gamma^2 \) is equal to \( \dots \).

Let \( A \) be a \( 2 \times 2 \) symmetric matrix such that \[ A \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix} 3 \\ 7 \end{bmatrix} \] and the determinant of \( A \) be 1. If \( A^{-1} = \alpha A + \beta I \), where \( I \) is the identity matrix of order \( 2 \times 2 \), then \( \alpha + \beta \) equals \( \dots \).

In a tournament, a team plays 10 matches with probabilities of winning and losing each match as \( \frac{1}{3} \) and \( \frac{2}{3} \), respectively. Let \( x \) be the number of matches that the team wins, and \( y \) be the number of matches that the team loses. If the probability \( P(|x - y| \leq 2) \) is \( p \), then \( 3^9 p \) equals .

There are 4 men and 5 women in Group A, and 5 men and 4 women in Group B. If 4 persons are selected from each group, then the number of ways of selecting 4 men and 4 women is

If \[ \int \cosec^5 x \, dx = \alpha \cot x \cosec x \left( \cosec^2 x + \frac{3}{2} \right) + \beta \log_e \left| \tan \frac{x}{2} \right| + C, \] where \( \alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R} \) and \( C \) is the constant of integration, then the value of \( 8(\alpha + \beta) \) equals:

Let \[ S = \{ \sin^2 2\theta : (\sin^4 \theta + \cos^4 \theta)x^2 + (\sin 2\theta)x + (\sin^6 \theta + \cos^6 \theta) = 0 \, \text{has real roots} \}. \] If \( \alpha \) and \( \beta \) are the smallest and largest elements of the set \( S \), respectively, then \[ 3 \big((\alpha - 2)^2 + (\beta - 1)^2 \big) \] equals:

Let \( PQ \) be a chord of the parabola \( y^2 = 12x \) and the midpoint of \( PQ \) be at \( (4, 1) \). Then, which of the following points lies on the line passing through the points \( P \) and \( Q \)?

Given the inverse trigonometric function assumes principal values only. Let \( x, y \) be any two real numbers in \( [-1, 1] \) such that \[ \cos^{-1}x - \sin^{-1}y = \alpha, \, -\frac{\pi}{2} \leq \alpha \leq \pi. \] Then, the minimum value of \( x^2 + y^2 + 2xy \sin \alpha \) is:

Let \( P \) be the point of intersection of the lines \[ \frac{x - 2}{1} = \frac{y - 4}{5} = \frac{z - 2}{1} \quad \text{and} \quad \frac{x - 3}{2} = \frac{y - 2}{3} = \frac{z - 3}{2}. \] Then, the shortest distance of \( P \) from the line \( 4x = 2y = z \) is: