Five horses are in a race. Mr. A selects two of the horses at random and bets on them. The probability that Mr. A selected the winning horse is :

If the system of linear equations
$$x + 2ay + az = 0;$$ $$x + 3by + bz = 0;\,\,x + 4cy + cz = 0;$$
has a non - zero solution, then $$a, b, c$$.

If $$A = \left[ {\matrix{ a & b \cr b & a \cr } } \right]$$ and $${A^2} = \left[ {\matrix{ \alpha & \beta \cr \beta & \alpha \cr } } \right]$$, then

If the function $$f\left( x \right) = 2{x^3} - 9a{x^2} + 12{a^2}x + 1,$$ where $$a>0,$$ attains its maximum and minimum at $$p$$ and $$q$$ respectively such that $${p^2} = q$$ , then $$a$$ equals