If a function f(x) defined by

$$f\left( x \right) = \left\{ {\matrix{ {a{e^x} + b{e^{ - x}},} & { - 1 \le x < 1} \cr {c{x^2},} & {1 \le x \le 3} \cr {a{x^2} + 2cx,} & {3 < x \le 4} \cr } } \right.$$

be continuous for some $$a$$, b, c $$ \in $$ R and f'(0) + f'(2) = e, then the value of of $$a$$ is :

Let $$\alpha $$ > 0, $$\beta $$ > 0 be such that
$$\alpha $$³ + $$\beta $$² = 4. If the maximum value of the term independent of x in
the binomial expansion of $${\left( {\alpha {x^{{1 \over 9}}} + \beta {x^{ - {1 \over 6}}}} \right)^{10}}$$ is 10k,
then k is equal to :

Let A be a 2 $$ \times $$ 2 real matrix with entries from {0, 1} and |A| $$ \ne $$ 0. Consider the following two statements :

(P) If A $$ \ne $$ I₂ , then |A| = –1
(Q) If |A| = 1, then tr(A) = 2,

where I₂ denotes 2 $$ \times $$ 2 identity matrix and tr(A) denotes the sum of the diagonal entries of A. Then :

The sum of the first three terms of a G.P. is S and their product is 27. Then all such S lie in :