CET-QUESTION BANK:

TRIGONOMETRY-
First year syllabus: Functions of compound angles, functions of multiple and sub
multipleangles, transformation formulae and properties of triangles.
1. tan3x – tan2x – tanx =
1) tanx tan2x tan3x 2) - tanx tan2x tan3x
3) tanx tan2x – tanx tan3x – tan2x tan3x 4) tanx + tan2x + tan3x.
2. The value of tan[ π/4 + θ] – tan [ π/4 – θ ] =
1) tan2θ 2) 2 tanθ 3) 2 tan2θ 4) none of these.
3. If cos [ A + B ] = 0 , then sin [ A + 2B ] =
1) – sinA 2) cosA 3) sinB 4) – 2cotB.
4. If sinA = 1 / √5 , cosB = 3 / √10,where A , B are positive acute angles , then A + B =
1) π /6 2) π/4 3) π/3 4) π/2.
5. If sinθ1 + sinθ2 + sinθ3 = 3 , then cosθ1+ cosθ2 + cosθ3 =
1) 3 2) 2 3) 1 4) 0
6. The value of sin [ 45º + A ] . cos [ 45º - B ] + cos [ 45º + A ] .sin [ 45º - B ] =
1) cos [ A + B ] 2) cos [ A – B ] 3) sin [ A + B ] 4) sin [ A – B ].
7. If 2sin A cosB sinC = sinBsin [ A + C ] , then tanA , tanB and tanC are in
1) A.P 2) G.P 3) H.P 4) A.G.P.
2 2 2
8. The value of cos 13º cos 47º + cos 73º =
1) 1 / 2 2) – 1 / 2 3) 3 / 2 4) - 3 / 2
9. If A , B and C are in A.P , then sinA – sinC / cosC – cosA =
1) tanB 2) cotB 3) tan [B / 2 ] 4) cot [ B / 2 ].
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10.2sin B + 4cos[A+B]sinAsinB + cos2[A + B] =
1) cos2B 2) cos3B 3) cos2A 4) cos3A
11. sin π/18 . sin5π/18 . sin7π/18 =
1) 1 / 16 2) 1 / 4 3) 1 / 8 4) 1 / 6.
12. tan100º + tan125º + tan100ºtan125º =
1) √3 2) - 1 3) 1 / √3 4) 1
13. In triangle ABC, C = π/2 then tanA + tanB =
1) b2 / ac 2) a + b 3) a2 / bc 4) c2 / ab.
14. In a triangle ABC, a = 13 cm , b = 12 cm and c = 5 cm , the distance of A from BC
is 1) 144 / 13 2) 65 / 12 3) 60 / 13 4) 25 / 13
15. If in triangle ABC, cosAcosB + sinAsinBsinC = 1, then triangle is
1) isosceles 2) right angled 3) isosceles right angled 4) equilateral.
16. In a triangle ABC ,if C = 90º, then [a2 + b2 / a2 – b2 ] sin ( A – B ) =
1) 1 2) 1 / 2 3) 2 4) - 1.
17. If 2 sec2A = tanB + cotB , then the one of the values of ( A + B ) is
1) π / 2 2) nπ – π / 4 3) π / 4 4) π
18. In triangle ABC, sin[A – B ] / sin[ A + B ] =
1) b2 – a2 / c2 2) b2 + a2 / c2 3) a2 – b2 / c2 4) a + b / c2 .
19. If in a triangle ABC, ( sin A + sin B + sin C ) ( sin A + sin B – sin C ) = 3 sin A sin B
Then 1) A = 60º 2) B = 60º 3) C = 60º 4 ) A = B = C = 60º
20. In a triangle ABC, a tanA + b tanB = ( a + b ) tan [ A+B / 2 ] , then
1) A = B 2) B = C 3) C = A 4) A = B = C
21. If cot [ A / 2 ] = b + c / a then the triangle is
1) isosceles 2) equilateral 3) right angled 4) acute angled.
22. In a triangle ABC, 2[ a sin2( C / 2 ) + c sin2( A / 2 ) ] is
1) a – b + c 2) a + b + c 3) a2 + b2 + c2 4) a – b – c .
23. In a triangle ABC, b cos2(C/2) + ccos2(B/2) =
1) s 2) s(s-a) 3) s(s-b) 4) s – a / s – b.
24. In triangles ABC, if b + c = 2a cos ( B – C / 2 ) , A is
1) 30º 2) 45º 3) 60º 4) 90º
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25. In a triangles ABC , ∑ a sin ( B – C ) is
1) abc 2) a3b3c3 3) 1 4) 0 .
26. If cosθ = ½( a + 1/a ) , then cos2θ =
1) a4 + 1 / 2a2 2) a4 – 1 / 2a2 3) a2+1 / 2a 4) a2 – 1 / 2a.
27. If A + B + C = 90º, then ∑ tanA.tanB =
1) ∑ tanA 2) tanA.tanB.tanC 3) 1 4) 0.
28. In triangle ABC, the value of ∑ ( b + c ) cosA is
1) ∑ a2 2) 2 ∑ a2 3) ∑ a 4) ∑ a /2.
29. If ∆ stands for area of the triangles ABC, then a2 sin2B + b2 sin2A =
1) 3∆ 2) 2∆ 3) 4∆ 4) ∆
30. In ∆ ABC if a = 6 , b = 8 and c = 10 , then the value of cos4C + sin4C =
1) 2 2) 1 3) – 1 4) 0.
31. In ∆ ABC , A = 30º and B = 60º , then a : b : c is
1) 2 : 3 : 1 2) 1 : √3 : 2 3) 2 : √3 : 1 4) none.
32. In a ∆ ABC, A = 30º , b = 8 and a = 6 then B = sin-1x where x =
1) 1 / 2 2) 1 / 3 3) 2 / 3 4) 1.
33. If c2 = a2 + b2 , 2s = a + b + c, then 4a ( s – a ) ( s – b ) ( s – c ) =
1) s4 2) b2c2 3) c2a2 4) a2b2.
34. In ∆ ABC, 1 – tanB/2 tanC/2 =
1) a / s 2) s / a 3) 2s / a 4) 2a / s.
35. The area of the triangle whose sides are 13 , 5 and 12 is
1) 10 sq.units 2) 5 sq.units 3)15 sq.units 4) none.
36.If the sides of a triangle are 13, 14 , 15 respectively then circum radius is
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 5.
37. If sin( A + B ) = 1 and sin( A – B ) = ½ , A , B Є [ 0, π/2 ] then tan( A + 2B ) =
1) 1 / √3 2) √3 3) - 1 / √3 4) none.
38. If A,B and C are in A.P sinA – sinC / cosC – cosA =
1) tanB 2) cotB 3) tanB/2 4) cotB/2.
39. The value of cos20ºcos40ºcos60ºcos80º =
1) 3 / 8 2) 1 / 8 3) 1 / 16 4) 3 / 16.
40, If sinx + sin2 x = 1, then cos2x + cos4x =
1) 1 2) - 1 3) 0 4) 2
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