Let $ f : (0, \infty) \to \mathbb{R} $ be a twice differentiable function. If for some $ a \neq 0 $, } \[ \int_0^a f(x) \, dx = f(a), \quad f(1) = 1, \quad f(16) = \frac{1}{8}, \quad \text{then } 16 - f^{-1}\left( \frac{1}{16} \right) \text{ is equal to:}\]

Let $ S = \{ x : \cos^{-1} x = \pi + \sin^{-1} x + \sin^{-1} (2x + 1) \ $. Then \[ \sum_{x \in S} (2x - 1)^2 \text{ is equal to:} \]

Let $ M $ denote the set of all real matrices of order 3 x 3 and let $ S = \{-3, -2, -1, 1, 2\} $. Let
$ S_1 = \{A = [a_{ij}] \in M : A = A^T \text{ and } a_{ij} \in S, \forall i, j\} $,
$ S_2 = \{A = [a_{ij}] \in M : A = -A^T \text{ and } a_{ij} \in S, \forall i, j\} $,
$ S_3 = \{A = [a_{ij}] \in M : a_{11} + a_{22} + a_{33} = 0 \text{ and } a_{ij} \in S, \forall i, j\} $.
If $n(S_1 \cup S_2 \cup S_3) = 125$, then $ \alpha $ equals:

Let $ A(4, -2), B(1, 1) $ and $ C(9, -3) $ be the vertices of a triangle ABC. Then the maximum area of the parallelogram AFDE, formed with vertices D, E and F on the sides BC, CA and AB of the triangle ABC respectively, is __________.

If $ y = \cos \left( \frac{\pi}{3} + \cos^{-1} \frac{x}{2} \right) $, then $ (x - y)^2 + 3y^2 $ is equal to ________.

If the sum of the first 10 terms of the series \[ \frac{4 \cdot 1}{1 + 4 \cdot 1^4} + \frac{4 \cdot 2}{1 + 4 \cdot 2^4} + \frac{4 \cdot 3}{1 + 4 \cdot 3^4} + \ldots \] is $\frac{m}{n}$, where $\gcd(m, n) = 1$, then $m + n$ is equal to _____.

Let $ A $ be a $ 3 \times 3 $ real matrix such that \[ A^{2}(A - 2I) - 4(A - I) = O, \] where $ I $ and $ O $ are the identity and null matrices, respectively.
If \[ A^{5} = \alpha A^{2} + \beta A + \gamma I, \] where $ \alpha, \beta, \gamma $ are real constants, then $ \alpha + \beta + \gamma $ is equal to:

Let $ \vec{a} = 2\hat{i} - 3\hat{j} + \hat{k} $, $ \vec{b} = 3\hat{i} + 2\hat{j} + 5\hat{k} $ and a vector $ \vec{c} $ be such that \[ (\vec{a} - \vec{c}) \times \vec{b} = -18\hat{i} - 3\hat{j} + 12\hat{k} \] and \[ \vec{a} \cdot \vec{c} = 3. \] If $ \vec{b} \times \vec{c} = \vec{d} $, then find $ |\vec{a} \cdot \vec{d}| $.