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TOPIC: TRIGONOMETRY

1. f sin and cos are the roots of the equation px2 + qx + r = 0 , then
(A) p2 + q2 - 2pr = 0 (B) (p - r)2 = q2 + r 2
(C) p2 - q2 + 2pr = 0 (D) (p + r)2 = q2 - r 2

p p 1+ tan x
2. If - x < and = 1+ sin2x , then tan x is equal to
4 4 1- tan x
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

3. If 1< x < 2 , the number of solutions of the equation

tan- 1(x - 1) + tan- 1 x + tan- 1(x + 1) = tan- 1 3x is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

2 2 5p 2
4. If (sin x) + (cos x)
- 1 - 1
= , then x is equal to
8
1 - 1
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) (D)
2 2

5. An Aeroplane flying horizontally 1 km above the ground is observed at an elevation of 60. If after
10seconds the elevation is observed to be 30, then the uniform speed per hour for the Aeroplane is :
(A) 2400 3 km / sec (B) 240 3 km / hr
(C) 240 3 m / sec (D) none of these
p
6. Solution of the system of equations x + y = , tan x + tan y = 1 is
4
p p
(A) x = - np , y = np (B) x = - np , y = np
2 4
p
(C) x = - np , y = 2np (D) none of these
4

7. The values of x between 0 & 2 which satisfy the equation sin x 8 cos 2 x = 1 are in A.P. The
common difference of the A.P. is
p p 3p 5p
(A) (B) (D) (D)
8 4 8 8
4 2
8. The equation sin x - (K - 2)sin x - (K + 3) = 0 possesses a solution if :
(A) K > 3 (B) K < 2 (C) - 3 K - 2 (D) K is any positive integer
9. If 90, then the maximum value of sin sin is
1 3
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D) none of these
2 2

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10. tan
+ cos- 1
+ tan
- cos
- 1

=
4 2 b 4 2 b
2a a b 2b
(A) (B) (C) (D)
b b a a

11. If cos(a + b)sin(r + d) = cos(a - b)sin(r - d) , then cot a cot bcot r =

(A) cot (B) cot (C) tan (D) tan

1


1-

2
12. The inequality 2 sin q
+2 2
cos q
holds for
(A) 0 q < p (B) p q < 2p (C) for all real q (D) none of these

p
13. If tan(p cos q) = cot(p sin q), then cos q-
is equal to

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

p
14. For 0 < f < , if x = cos2n f , y = sin2n f , z = cos2n f , sin2n f , then
2 n= 0 n= 0 n= 0
(A) xyz xz y (B) xyz xy z
(C) xyz x y z (D) xy 2 y 2 x

sin3A 2K
15. If = , then the possible values of K are:
sin A K- 1
3
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D)
4
p
16. Find the minimum value of 5 cos q+ 3 cos
q+
+ 3

3
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 10 (D) none of these

17. The value of the determinant

1 a a2
cos(n - 1)x cosnx cos(n + 1)x (a 1) is zero if :
sin(n - 1)x sinnx sin(n + 1)x
1+ a2
(A) sin x = 0 (B) cos x = 0 (C) a = 0 (D) cos x =
2a
y
18. If sin(x - y),sin x & sin(x + y) are in H.P., then sin x sec =
2
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) none of these

p
19. If e- p / 2 < q<, then
2
(A) cos(log q) < logcos q (B) cos(log q) > logcos q
(C) cos(log q) logcos q (D) none of these

3
20. If cos(A - B) = & tan A tanB = 2 , then
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(A) cos A cosB = (B) z cos A cosB =
5 5
- 1 - 1
(C) cos A cosB = (D) sin A sinB =
5 5
p
q p 2
2pq q 2
21. If cos- 1

+ cos- 1

= a , then 2 - cos a + 2 equals :

a b
a ab b
2 2 2
(A) sin a (B) cos a (C) tan a (D) cot 2 a

22. The sum of the infinite series cot- 1 2 + cot1 8 + cot- 1 18 + cot- 1 32 + .... is equal to
p p
(A) (B) (C) p (D) 0
2 4

23. If sin - 1 - 1 = 0 , then one of the values of x is:

2cos {cot(2 tan x)}

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

2n 2n
24. If
i= 1
cos- 1 xi = 0, then xi is
i= 1

n(n + 1)
(A) N (B) 2n (C) (D) none of these
2
1
- 1 1

- 1 1
25. If tan- 1
+ tan
+ tan + ....nth term = tan- 1 q, then q =
3 7 13
n n+ 1 n n- 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n+ 1 n+ 2 n+ 2 n+ 2

26. If a1, a2, an is an A.P. with common difference d, where each ai 0 then value of
- 1 d d d
tan tan

+ tan- 1
+ ... + tan- 1

is





1 + a1 2
a 1 + a 2 3
a 1 + a n- 1 n
a
(n - 2)d (n - 1)d (n - 1)d
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
1+ a1an 1 + a1an 1- a1an

27. ( )
sin- 1 cos (sin- 1 x) + cos- 1 (sin(cos- 1 x))where 0 x 1, is equal to:
p p 3p
(A) (B) (C) (D) 0
4 2 4

28. If a sin- 1 x - bcos- 1 x = c, then a sin- 1 x + bcos- 1 x is equal to:

p ab + c(b - a)
(A) 0 (B)
a+ b
p p ab + c(a - b)
(C) (D)
2 a+ b
p
29. If cos- 1 x + cos- 1 y = ,then sin- 1 x + sin- 1 y =
3
2p p p
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 6

30. sin- 1 x < cos- 1 x holds for

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(A) all values of x (B) x 0,
2

1
(C) x ,1
(D) x = 0.75
2

31. The length of the shadow of a rod inclined at 10 to the vertical towards the sun is 2.05m when the
elevation of the sum is 38. The length of the rod is:
(A) 2.05m (B) 205 tan 42 cm
sin38
(C) 205 cm (D) none of the above
cos 48

3 3
32. The upper th portion of a vertical pole subtends an angle tan- 1
at a point in the horizontal
4
5
plane through its foot and at a distance 40m from the foot. A possible height of the vertical pole is:
(A) 20m (B) 40 m (C) 60m (D) 80 cm

33. The longer side of a parallelogram is 10cm and the shorter side is 6cm. If the longer diagonal makes
an angle of 30 with the longer side, the length of the longer diagonal is:

(A) 5 3 11 cm
(B) 4 3 11 cm
(C) 5 3 13 cm (D) none of these
34. A spherical balloon of radius r subtends an angle at the eye of the observer, while the angle of
elevation of its centre is . Then the height of the centre of the balloon is
a a
(A) r sin sin b (B) r cos ec sin b
2 2
(C) r sin b (D) none of these

35. If upper part of a tree broken over by the wind makes an angle of 30 with the ground, and the
distance from the root to the point where the top of the tree touches the ground is 10m, the height of
the tree is:
(A) 20 3m (B) 10 3m (C) 15 3m (D) none of these

36. The least positive non-integral solution of the equation sin p(x 2 + x) = sin px 2 is
(A) rational
(B) irrational of the form q
q- 1
(C) irrational of the form , where q is odd integer
4
q+ 1
(D) Irrational of the form , where q is an even integer.
4
37. If esin x - e- sin x - 4 = 0 , then x =
(A) 0 (B) sin- 1 {log e (2 - 5)}
(C) 1 (D) none of these

p 2 2
38. The values of x, 0 x which satisfy the equation 16sin x + 16cos x = 10 are:
2
p p
(A) (B)
6 3
(C) both (A) and (B) (D) none of these
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39. Find the values of x in ( , ) which satisfy the equation: 27 1+|cosx|cos x|cos x|+ ..... = 93
p p p
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
2 3 6

sin 2 q cos 2 q x
p
2
If f(x) = cos q x sin 2 q , where q 0,
2
40. then roots of f(x) = 0 are:
2 2

x sin q cos q
1 1 1 1
(A) ,- 1 (B) , - 1, 0 (C) - , 1, 0 (D) - , - 1, 0
2 2 2 2
p p
41. In the interval - , , the equation log sin q(cos 2q) = 2 has:
2 2

(A) no solution (B) a unique solution
(C) two solutions (D) infinity many solutions

42. The general solution for the equation cos7 x + sin 4 x = 1 is

p
(A) x (B) x 2n (C) x = (D) none of these
2

x
43. If 3cos x + 4sin x = 5 , then tan
=
2
1
(A) 0 (B)
2
(C) Both (A) & (B) (D) none of these

44. The inequality sin- 1 (sin 5) > x 2 - 4x holds if

(A) x = 2 - 9 - 2p (B) x = 2 + 9 - 2p
(C) x (2 - 9 - 2p , 2 + 9 - 2p ) (D) x > 2 + 9 - 2p
3p 1 1 1
45. If sin- 1 a + sin- 1 b+ sin- 1 g = , then 1+ 2000 + 2001 + 2002 is equal to:
2 a b g
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) none of these
p p
46. The values of x 0 < x
, which satisfy the equation 2 cos 2 .sin 2 x = x 2 + x- 2 are:
2 2
p p
(A) (B)
3 12
(C) no real value of x (D) none of these

47. The smallest positive number p for which the equation cos p sin x sin p cos x has a
solution for x [0, 2 ] is;
p 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

48. If x & y are the solutions of the equation 12 sin x + 5 cos x = 2y 2 - 8y + 21 , then the value of xy is
5
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) p - 2 tan - 1

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49. The arithmetic mean of the roots of the equation 4 cos 3 x - 4 cos 2 x - cos(p + x) - 1 = 0 in the
interval (0, 315) is equal to
(A) 49 (B) 50 (C) 51 (D) 100

50. The most general values of for which sin q- cos q = min {1, a 2 - 6a + 11} are given by
a R

p p p p
(A) np + (- 1)n - (B) np + (- 1)n +
4 4 4 4
p
(C) 2np + (D) none of these
4

x sin f y sin q x
51. If tan q = and tan f = , then =
1 - x cos f 1 - y cos q y
sin f sin q sin q sin q
(A) (B) (C) (D)
sin q sin f 1 - cos q 1 - cos f

52. If sin(y + z - x), sin(z + x - y) and sin(x + y - z) are in A.P., then tan x, tan y & tan z are in
(A) A.P. (B) G.P. (C) H.P. (D) none of these

53. If A B C 180, then cot A cot B

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

54. If sin a + sin b+ sin g = 0 and cos a + cos b+ cos g = 0 , then the value of
cos(a - b) + cos(b- g) + cos( g- a ) is :
3 1
(A) - (B) 1 (C) - (D) 0
2 2
55. The value of cot 1 cot 2..........cot 89 is
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) both (A) & (B) (D) none of these

56. sec- 1 (sin x) is real if

(A) x (- , ) (B) x [- 1, 1]
p
(C) x = (2n + 1) , n I (D) x = nq, n Z
2

- 4 - 1
57. If the numerical value of tan
cos
+ tan 2


a
5 3 b , then
is

(A) a + b = 20 (B) a b = 11 (D) a + b= 23 (D) 2a = 3b

p
58. sin- 1 6x + sin - 1 6 3x = - if:
2
1 1
(A) x = 0 (B) x = (C) x = - (D) none of these
12 12

p 1

59. If 0 < A < , then tan- 1

tan 2A
+ tan- 1 (cot A) + tan- 1 (cot 3 A) is equal to:
4
2
(A) 0 (B)
(C) Both (A) & (B) (D) none of these

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60. The greatest value of (sin- 1 x 2 ) + (cos- 1 x)2 is {1, a 2 - 6a + 11}
5p 2 p2
(A) (B) (C) 0 (D) none of these
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