Surds and indices

Surds and indices

(Practice Set)
x 1 x 3 5. Which one of the following is the least?
a  b
1. If     then the value of x is: 3, 3 2, 2 and 3
4?
b a

x 1 x 3
a 3, 3 2, 2 vkSj3 4
6. Which one of the the biggest?
(a) 2 (b) 3 2

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

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3 4 6 12
2 fu 6, 15 and
4, 245
(c) 2 (d)
3

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2. If ax = b, by = c, cz = a and b2 = ac, then y equals:
(a) 3
4 (b) 4
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xz
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(c) 6 15 (d) 12 245
If 9n × 35 × (27)3/ 3 × (81)4 = 27, then the value
xy
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(a) (b) 2  x – z 
x +z
(a) 0 (b) 2
xz
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(c) 2  z – x  (c) 3 (d) 4

8. The value of 5x × 25x –1 ÷ (5x –1
× 25x –1)
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(a) 2 (b) 5
3. If x = 5 + 2 6 , then is euqual to:
(c) 7 (d) 9
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9. If m and n are whole numbers such that mn =

121, then (m – 1)n+1 = ?
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(a) 2 (b) 2 2 (a) 100 (b) 1000

(c) 10000 (d) 10
(c) 3 (d) 2 3 1 0. simplify/ : {(6.25)1/2 × (0.0144)1/2 +
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{(0.027)1/3 × (81)1/4}
2430.13  2430.07 (a) 0.14 (b) 1.4
4. The value of (c) 1 (d) 1.2
7 0.25  490.075  3430.2
11. If 32x + 3 – 244 × 3x = – 9, then which of the
following statements is true?

 (a) 'X' is a positive number

(b) 'X' is a negative number
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(a) (b) (c) 'X' can be either a positive number or a
7 7

7 7 negative number
(c) (d)
3 5 (d) None of the above

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12. If x = –0.5, then which of the following has the 17. If x = 4096 7  4 3
, then which of the followng
smallest value?
equals 64?
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1 1
(a) 2 x (b) x 7 /2 x7
x (a) (b)
x4 3
x4 3

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(c) (d) 2x x 7 /2 x7
x2 (c) (d)
x2 3 x2 3
1/2 1/3 1/4 1/6 1/2
13. Which among 2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , and 12 is 18. If (5.55)x = (0.555)y = 1000, then the value of
the largest?
1 1
– is

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x y

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1 1
(a) 2 2 (b) 3 3

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1 1
(c) 4 4 (d) 6 6
1
(a) 1 (b)
14. Given that 100.48 = x, 100.70 = y and xz = y2, then 3
the value of z is close to:=
00 (c)
2
3
(d) 3

19. Given that x2018 y2017 = 1/2 and x2016 y2019 = 8,

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(a) 45 (b) 88
(c) 2.9 (d) 3.7
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b 1 c  2
15. If 3
7a  35  20  is a whole number 37 31
(a) (b)
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then which st of is consistent with 4 4
35 33
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it? (c) (d)

4 4
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20. If 9x – 2 – 22 x – 2  4 x – 32 x – 3 , then x is
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(a) a = 3, b = 2, c = 1 ]
(b) a = 3, b = 1, c = 1
(c) a = 2, c = 2 3 2
(b)
(d) a = 1, b = 2, c = 1 2 5
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16. If a, b, c are non-zero and 14a = 36b = 84c, then (c) (d)
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1 1  21. Given A = 265 and B = (264 + 263 + 262 + ...+20),
6b  –  is equal to
c a which of the following is true?

(a) B is 264 larger than A

(b) A and B are equal
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) B is larger than A by 1
(c) 1 (d) 5 (d) A is larger than B by 1

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22. Simplify/
28. The value of 5 5 5 5 is
2  3 2  3 3  1
   
2  3 2  3 3  1

(a) 2 – 3 (b) 2  3
15
(a) 5 (b) 516
(c) 16 – 3 (d) 4 – 3
17
23. Let x  then (c) 10 (d) 516
4  4 – 4  4 – ... 
x equals
29. If 22x + 4 – 1 7 × 2x + 1 = –4, then which of the
following is true?
(a) 3

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(a) x is a positive value

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(b) 13 (b) x is a negative value
3 –1 13  1 (c) x can be ei value or a nega-tive value
(c) (d)
(d) None of these

22
2 2
30. The value of/
24. Let x  6 – 6  6 – 6  ... ......  then
x equals 00
0.12  0.012  0.0092
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is:
0.012  0.0012  0.00092
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(a) 102 (b) 10

21 – 1 21  1 (c) 0.1 (d) 0.01
(a) (b)
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2 2
31 . The value of/
(c) 2 (d) 12
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25. The value of is

0.032   0.212   0.0652
7 7 7..... is
0.0032  0.0212  0.00652
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(a) 0.1 (b) 10

(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 102 (d) 103
(c) 7 (d) None 32. The value of (256)0.16 × (256)0.09 is:
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26. The value of 12  12  12  ..... is

(a) 256.25 (b) 64
 (c) 4 (d) 16
(a) 4 (b) 3
a
(c) 2 (d) 12 33. If 0.05  0.5  a = 0.5 × 0.05 × b , then b is

27. The value of equal to

30 – 30 – 30........ is:

(a) 5 (b) 6 (a) 0.0025 (b) 0.025

(c) 7 (d) 30
(c) 0.25 (d) 0.00025

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34. If cube root of 175616 is 56 , then the value 40. Which one of the following is the biggest
of 3 175.616  3 0.175616  3 0.000175616 3
4, 4 6, 15, and
6 12

is equal to

3
(a) 3
4 (b) 3
6

(a) 0.168 (b) 62.16 (c) 6

15 (d) 12
245
(c) 6.216 (d) 6.116
35. The greatest of the numbers (2.89)0.5, 2 – (0.5)2,
41. Which is the greatest among  19 – 7  ,
 0.5 
 13 – 11 ,  7 – 5 and  5– 3 ?
1  1 –


1–  ,
2
3 is ,  – 
 

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(a) 19 – 7 (b) 13 –
11
(c) 7– 5 (d) 5– 3

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 
 
1 1
42. The value of + +
(a) (2.89) 0.5
(b) 2 – (0.5) 2 3.25  2.25 4.25  3.25

02
0.5 number among 26 and 1 1
36. The1greatest
 + is
(c) 1 (d) 3
5.25  4.25 6.25  5.25
1–
20
2
(a) 1.0 (b) 1.25
524 is :
(d) 2.25
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The vof
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(c) 1.50
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(a) 2 (b) 3 1 1 2
36 24 – –
(c) 4 (d) 5
12 –  8 –  10  
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140 60 84
37. Simplify:/
(a) 0 (b) 1
12.1 – 8.1    0.252   0.2519.95
2 2
(c) 2 (d) 3
38. The square root of/ 44.
(a) 1 (b) 2
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Given 10  24  40  60  p  q  r find
(c) 3 (d) 4
(p + q + r)

0.753
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?[1 + 2(75.) + 0.75]+

1 0.75
(a) 4 (b) 3
(a) 9 (b) 10
(c) 2 (d) 1
(c) 8 (d) 11
39. The largest numbers among 0.16, 0.16 45. The simplified value of/k
,(0.16)2, 0.04 is: 1 1
 ?
2 3– 5 2– 3– 5
\ (a) 0 (b) 1
(a) 0.16 (b) 0.16 1
(c) 2 (d)
(c) (0.16) 2
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46. The value of (xb+c)b–c (xa+c)c–a (xb+a)a–b  x  0  is 51. If 6 X = 3 Y = 2 Z, then what is the value of
1 1 1
  ?
y z x
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) –1 (d) 0
ks
1 1
–1 2 6 –3
p q  p q  3
a b
3
47. If  3 –2    –2 3   p q , then the value of SSC CHSL 20/03/2023 (Shift-02)
p q  p q  (a) 1 (b) 0
a + b, where P and q are different positive (c) 3 (d) 6
primes, is 52. If x =
1 1
 p– q   4 + 10 + 2 5 + 4 – 10 + 2 5 , then the
a b
2 value of x lies between:

5
x=

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2 –+2
(a) –1 (b) –
3

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CRPF HCM 28/02/2023 (Shift - 03)
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(c) (d) 2 (a) 3.8 and 42 (c) 3 (b) 3.4 and 4.8
3
(d) 2.6 and 3
48. The value of/dk eku gS
00 5  35  26  448  7
ICAR Mains, 10/07/2023 (Shift-1)
53. and
If 3x3.4
= 9y = 27z and
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1 1 1 32
(a) 4 (b) 7 + + = , find z.
3x 6y 9z 3
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(c) 6 (d) 5

50  3 216  3 512
ks
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(a) 8
(c) 4 CRPF HCM 01/03/2023 (Shift - 01)

1
1 5
(a) (b)
14  3 , 12 16 25 5 8
1 8
(c) (d)
1 1 32 5
 ,   
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54. Solve the equation 32x + 1 – 3x = 3x + 3 – 32.

SSC CHSL 10/03/2023 (Shift-03)
1 1
(a) 14  3 (b) 2512 CRPF HCM 01/03/2023 (Shift - 02)
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(a) 2, – 2 (b) 2, 3
1 1
(c) 16 6 (d) 12 2 (c) –1, 2 (d) –1, 1

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Answer Key
1.(c) 2.(d) 3.(b) 4.(a) 5.(b) 6.(a) 7.(c) 8.(b) 9.(b) 10.(d)

11.(c) 12.(b) 13.(b) 14.(c) 15.(a) 16.(a) 17.(c) 18.(b) 19.(d) 20.(a)

21.(d) 22.(c) 23.(d) 24.(a) 25.(c) 26.(a) 27.(a) 28.(b) 29.(c) 30.(b)

31.(b) 32.(c) 33.(b) 34.(c) 35.(c) 36.(b) 37.(d) 38.(c) 39.(b) 40.(a)

41.(d) 42.(a) 43.(a) 44.(b) 45.(d) 46.(a) 47.(b) 48.(a) 49.(c) 50.(b)

51.(b) 52.(b) 53.(c) 54.(c)

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