STD 9 Maths Total Marks : 50

Exponents.

section A

* Choose the right answer from the given options. [1 Marks Each] [30]

1. The value of {2 − 3(2 − 3) }

3
3
, is
(A) 5 (B) 125 (C) 1/5 (D) -125
2. The seventh root of x divided by the eighth root of x, is
(A) x (B) √−
−
x (C) √−
−
x
56
(D) 56
1

√x

3. 2

The value of is
2/3
2 1/2
{ (23 + 2 ) + (140 − 19) }

(A) 400 (B) 324 (C) 289 (D) 196

4. If 8
x+1
=64, what is the value of 3
2x+1
?
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 9 (D) 27
5.
Which one of the following is not equal to
−3/2
(
100

9
) ?
−−−−−−−−−−−−
(A) ( 9
)
3/2
(B) 1
3/2
(C) 3

10
×
3

10
×
3

10 (D) √ 100
×
100
×
100
100
100 9 9 9
( )
9

6. If g = t
2/3
+ 4t
−1/2
, what is the value of 8 when t =64?
(A) 31
(B) 33
(C) 16 (D) 257

2 2 16

7. −3/2

When simplified , is
−( 4 )
(256)

(A) 8 (B) 1

8
(C) 2 (D) 1

8.
The value of 64
−1/3
( 64
1/3
− 64
2/3
) , is
(A) 1 (B) 1
(C) 3 (D) -2
3

9. 5
6

The value of is
1
2
2
4

(A) (256) 30
(B) 4 120
(C) 4 8
(D) 2 8

10. If {(27)
2/3
− (81)
1/2
}
x
= 0 , then which of the following cannot be the value of x?
(A) -1 (B) 1 (C) 1

2
(D) 2

11. If 7
5x−8
×5
x+2
= 30625 , then x =

(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1

12. Which of the following is the ascending order 3
(343) , (2401)
2
and 5
(49) ?

(A) 5 879
,2
1465
,3
1172
(B) 2 1465
,3
1172
,5
879
(C) 3 1172 1465
,2 ,5
879
(D) 3 1172 879
,5 ,2
1465

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13. If a = 2
−2
−2
−3
,b = 2
−3
−2
−4
and c = 2
−4
−2
−2
, then 3
a
3
+b
3
+c =

(A) − 9
(B) − 9
(C) 0 (D) 1
1024 2048

14. −1/6

Which of the following is not equal to

1/5
5
{( ) } ?
6

1 1 1 1
− 1/6 −
(A) ( 5

6
)
5 6
(B) 1 ÷ {( 5
)
1/5
} (C) ( 6

5
)
30
(D) ( 5

6
)
30

15. −− −
−
−
−
equals
4 3
√√22

(A) 2 −1/6
(B) 2 −6
(C) 2 1/6
(D) 2 6

16. The product 3 – 4 – 12 −

√2 × √2 × √32
−
equals
– – −−
(A) √2 (B) 2 (C) √2
12
(D) √32
12

17. Which of the following is equal to x?

12 5 −−−−−− −− 2/3 12 7

(A) x 7 −x
−
7
(B) √(x 12
4
)
1/3
(C) (√x 3
) (D) x 7 ×x 12

18. 8
1/3
× 16
1/3

is equal to
−1/3
32

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 16 (D) 8

19. 3
1/4

The value of {9( 64

1/3
+ 125
1/3
) } is
–
(A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 3√3 (D) 81

20. If 2
5x
÷2
x
5

= √2
−−
−
20
, then x =

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) none of these

21. 0.2 0.25

The value of is
(32 ) +(81 )

0.5 0.5
(256 ) −(121 )

(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 1 (D) 11

22. If a = 3 and b = 2 , then (3a − 4b)

b−a
÷ (4a − 3b)
2b−a
is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 6 (C) 1/6 (D) 2/3

23. If −
√2
−
n
= 1024 , then 3
2(n/4−4)
is equal to
(A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 27 (D) 81

24. If 10
x
= 64 ,then 10
x

2
+1
is equal to
(A) 18 (B) 42 (C) 80 (D) 81

25.
If , then is equal to
−1
−m 1 1 1 1/2 1
2 × m = {(4m) ÷( m ) }
2 4 14 5

(A) 1

2
(B) 2 (C) 4 (D) − 1

26.
is equal to
n+2 n+1
5 −6× 5
n n+1
13× 5 −2× 5

(A) 5

3
(B) − 5

3
(C) 3

5
(D) − 3

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 27. −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
−−−−
−−
−−−
−−−
−−−−−−−−
√11√11√11 … . 4 terms is equal to
−−− −− −
− −− −
− −−
(A) √11
16
5 (B) √1116

(C) √11
16
14
(D) √11
16
15

28. If 3
5x 2
× 81 ×6561
= 3
7
,then the value of x is
2x
3

(A) 3 (B) -3 (C) 1/3 (D) −1/3

29. −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
−−−−−−−−−−−
−−− −−−− −
−
− −−
The value of √32 √92 √812 √1616 is equal to

(A) 6 × 2 4
(B) 3 3
×2 (C) 6 3
×2
3
(D) 63
×2

30. 
−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−
−−−−−−−−−−−
 −−−−−−−
4 −−−
The value of √
is
x x2 3 x3 6 x 10
x√ x √ x
2 3 6 √9x
⎷

(A) 18 (B) 24 (C) 36 (D) 54

* A statement of Assertion (A) is followed by a statement of Reason (R). [1]

Choose the correct option.

31. Statement-1 (A): If 2x+3

(16) = (64)
x+3
, then 4
2x−2
= 256 . Statement-2 (R): If
a ≠ 0, ±1 , then m
a = a
n
⇒ m = n and (a
m
)
n mn
= a .
(A) Statement-1 and Statement-2 are True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-3
(B) Statement-1 and Statement-2 are True; Statement-2 is not a correct explanation for
Statement-3
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

section B

* Answer the following short questions. [2 Marks Each] [6]

32. Show that:

m n
1 1
(a+ ) ×(a− )
b b m+n
a
m n = ( )
b
1 1
(b+ ) ×(b− )
a a

33. Show that:

1 1
a+b
+ b−c
= 1
1+x 1+x

34. If x = 2
1

3 +2
2

3 , show that ​​x 3

​​
−6 x = 6

section C

* Answer the following questions. [3 Marks Each] [9]

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35. Prove that:
1 1
a−b
+ b−a
= 1
1+x 1+x

36. Prove that:

−
− 1 2
1 − 3
√ + (0.01) 2 − (27) 3 =
4 2

37. Prove that:

2
− 0
64 3 √25 61
1
( ) + 1
+( 3
) =
125 16
√64
256 4
( )
625

* Questions with calculation. [4 Marks Each] [4]

38. Prove that:

1
−2 2 −
1 0 9 2 16
( ) −3×8 3 ×4 +( ) =
4 16 3

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