1) The conjugate of the surd √ 3 - 1 is

A) - √ 3 +1 B) 1+ √ 3 C) −√ 3 – 1 D) √ 3 - 1
2) The value of 2 log 2 16 is:
A) 4 B) 2 C) 6 D) 8
2x 1
3) If 8 = then the value of x is
64
A) -1 B) -6 C) 6 D) 2
4) If x−1 is a factor of x + x +kx +1 , then the value of k is:
3 2

1
A) -3 B) 1 C) 0 D)
3
5
5) In its simplifies form is
√ 10
A) 10 √ 5 B) √ 10 C) √10 D)
5 2
√5
10
6) The solution set for the inequality 2 x 2−5 x−2 ≤ 0 is:
−3 −3 3
A) x≤ ∪x≥4 B) −3 ≤ x ≤ 4 C) ≤ x≤ 4 D) x ≤ ∪ x ≥ 4
2 2 2
7) The equation of the line whose gradient is 4 and the line passes through the point
(2,1) is:
A) y=4 x+ 1 B) 4 y=x+ 1 C) y=4 x−12 D) y=1−4 x
8) Given that p=√ 2+ √ 3 and q=√ 2−√ 3 then p + q2 =¿ 2

A) 1 B) 5 C) 4 D) 2
1
9) Two lines are perpendicular. If the gradient of one of them is - , the gradient
7
of the other line is
A) 7 B) -1 C) -7 D) 14
10)The value of x for which the sequence 3, x, 8 is a geometric progression is
A) 6 B) 9 C) 12 D) 64
11)If α ∧β are roots of the equations x 2− px+q=0 , then the value of α 2+ β 2
is
A) p2−2 q B) p−q C) p2+ 2 q D) −p2 −2 q
1+2 x
12) The coefficient of the fourth term in the binominal expansion of ¿ is
¿
¿
A) 64 B) 280 C) 821 D) 560
13) If the point Q(p,s) lies on the line x+ y=3 the value p is
A) 8 B) 2 C) -2 D) 3
14)The first three terms in the binominal expansion of √ x+1 are
 1 1 1 1 1 1
1+ x+ x 2 2
A) B) 1+ x+ x C) 1+ x− x 2 D)
2 8 2 4 2 8
1 1 2
1+ x− x
2 4
15)The operation ¿ is defined by p∗q= p+2 q +1 . Given that 2∗r =13, the
value of r is
A) 6 B) 10 C) 5 D) 7
16) The sum to infinity of a geometric progression is 2 k and the first term is k .
a value for the common ratio is
1 2 1
A) 2 B) C) D)
2 3 3
3
17) 5 √ 3−√ 27+ √ 48− √ 3=¿
2
9 7
A) √3 B) 6 √ 3 C) √3 D) 3 √ 3
2 2
18)A binary operation ¿ is defined on the set R , of real numbers by:
a∗b=a+ ab+b . The identity element is
1
A ¿1 B) -1 C) D) 0
2
19) The tangent of the acute angle between the lines y=3 x +4 and y=1−2 x is
5 7
A) B) C) 7 D) 5
7 5
20) Below is an operation table for a binary operation ¿ defined on the set
S={a , b , c , d }
¿ a b c d
a a b c d
b b a d c
c c d a b
d d c b a
The inverse of c is
A) b B) c C) d D) a
21) If the roots of the equation 2 x ²+ kx+5=0 are α ∧β , then α ² + β ² =
k ²−20 25−2 k
A) K² +25 B) k² - 10 C) D)
4 4
2
22) The curve y=2 ( x−5 ) −3 has a minimum point at

A) (2,−5) B) (-5,-3) C) (-3,5) D) (5,-3)

23) Given that the roots of a quadratic equation are p and q and that p + q = 8 while p²+q²=
34, then pq is
A) 13 B) 15 C) 26 D) 17
24) The tangent of the acute angle θ between the lines x+4y = 12 and y = 2x -6
A) 4.5 B) 11.5 C) 10.5 D) - 4.5
25) The range of values of x for which the expansion (3 – 2 x)-1 is valid is
A) −1< x <1 B) −2 /3< x<2 /3 C) −3 /2< x<3 /2 D) −1 /3< x ≤1 /3
26) Given that 2x²+4x+p = 2(x+q)²+1, the values of p and q are respectively
A) 1,3 B) 3,1 C) 2,5 D) -1,5

1 6
27) The term independent of x in the expansion (x 2− ) is
x
A) 84 B) 24 C) 20 D) 15
28) Given that x+1, 4x-1, 4x+3 are three consecutive terms of an AP, the value of x is
A) 2 B) 3 C) 3/2 D) -2
29) Cos 225° =
1 −1 √3
A) B) C) D) ½
√2 √2 2
30) A sector subtends an angle of 60° and has a radius of 4 cm The length of it arc is
88 33 22
A) 240 cm² B) cm C) cm D) cm
21 44 17

31) The area of the sector is

21 176 33
A) cm ² B) cm ² C) cm ² D) 240 cm²
8 21 14

32) Solve for p, the equation log 2 ( p−1)=log 2 2+ log 2 ( p+1)

A) -3 B) 1 C) 2 D) -1
33) The number of different arrangements of all the letters of the word PARALLEL is
8! 8!
A) B) 18 ! C) D) 7 !
2 !3! 2!
1 2
34) Simplify − =¿
3+ √ 5 3−√5
 – (1+ √5) – 3(1+ √ 5) √5
A) B) C) D)
2 4 2
9−3 √ 5
4
35) Given the equation 2x + 2x = 16, the value of x is
A) 2 B) 4 C) 3 D) ½
36) The equation of the line joining the points P(-1,3) and Q(2,4) is
A) 3x-y = 10 B) 3y-x = 10 C) 2y-x = 5 D) y = 3x +4

37) log 4 2 √ 2

A) 1/3 B) ¾ C) 2/5 D) -1/2

38)
√ 3+ 1 , expressed in the form m+ n i is;
√
√ 3−1
A: 1+ √ 3 B: 2+ √ 3 C: 2+2 √ 3 D: 4 +2 √ 3
th
39) The formula for the n term of the progression 8, -1, 10, ….. is
A) 17 + 9n B) -1-9n C) 17-9n D) 1-9n
40) The values of k for which the equation x²+kx+(k+3) = 0 has equal roots are:
A) K = 6, -2 B) k = -6, 2 C) k = -6 , - 2 D) k = 6 , 2

8
41) The value of x for which log =1.5 is
x
A) 3/2 B) 2/3 C) 4 D) – 6
192+ log 3 +log 81=¿
42) 2 2 2
log ¿

9
A) 6 B) 2 C) log D) – 6
2
43) The value of x for the equation 53/x= 125 is
A) 1 B) 1/3 C) 3 D) – 1
3
44) The remainder when f ( x )=2 x + 3 x ²−4 x +5 is divided by (x-3) is

A) 47 B) 37 C) 74 D) 25
45) Given that 2 =3 and 2 =5, the value of 2x + y is :
x y

a) 8 b) 16 c) 15 d) 10
46) Given that the points (2,3), (-1,1) and (-2,n) are collinear then the value of n is : a)
−5 1 −1
b) c) d) 1
3 3 3
47) If x−1, x +1, 2 x +1 are three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression, then the
value of x is :
a) 0 b) -2 c) 2 d) 1

48) If the sum of the first n term of a sequence is s n=n(n−1) them the seventh term is

a) 42 b) 10 c) 12 d) 14

49) If a∗b=2 a+b , then1∗(2∗3)

a) 9 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8

50) The transformation whose matrix is (10 21) will transform point (2,1) to the point :

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