The common difference of the A.P.
b₁, b₂, … , b_m is 2 more than the common
difference of A.P. a₁, a₂, …, a_n. If
a₄₀ = –159, a₁₀₀ = –399 and b₁₀₀ = a₇₀, then b₁ is equal to :

If $$\alpha $$ and $$\beta $$ are the roots of the equation
2x(2x + 1) = 1, then $$\beta $$ is equal to :

The probabilities of three events A, B and C are given by
P(A) = 0.6, P(B) = 0.4 and P(C) = 0.5.
If P(A$$ \cup $$B) = 0.8, P(A$$ \cap $$C) = 0.3, P(A$$ \cap $$B$$ \cap $$C) = 0.2, P(B$$ \cap $$C) = $$\beta $$
and P(A$$ \cup $$B$$ \cup $$C) = $$\alpha $$, where 0.85 $$ \le \alpha \le $$ 0.95, then $$\beta $$ lies in the interval :

If the constant term in the binomial expansion of
$${\left( {\sqrt x - {k \over {{x^2}}}} \right)^{10}}$$ is 405, then |k| equals :