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GATE/ESE/PSU/CSAT/SSC

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Sreenivasa Chowdary Nellore M.B.A

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1. If a*b = ab, then the value of 5*3 is x3 3

a) 125 b) 243 c) 53 d) 15 16. If 1   , then x equals
2. If a*b = 2(a+b), then 5*2 is equal to : 100 5
a) 3 b) 10 c) 14 d) 20
1
a) 2 b) 4 c) 16 d) (136) 3
p
3. If p×q = p+q+ , the value of 8×2 is : 17. If 2 x1  2 x 1  320 , then the value of x is
q
a) 6 b) 8 c) 5 d) 7
a) 6 b) 10 c) 14 d) 16
4. If a  b = (a×b)+b, then 57 equals to 18. If 5 x  12 x  13 x
, then x is equal to
a) 12 b) 35 c) 42 d) 50 25
a) b) 4 c) 9 d) 16
5. If x * y = (x+3) (y-1), then the value of 5*4 is
2
4
a) 192 b) 182 c) 180 d) 172 a
19. If 0.03  0.3a  0.3  0.3  b , value of is
6. If a*b=2a – 3b + ab, then 3*5+5*3 is equal to : b
a) 22 b) 24 c) 26 d) 28 a) 0.009 b) 0.03 c) 0.9 d) 0.08
7. If a*b = a+b+ab, then 3*4 – 2*3 is equal to 3x  2 y 4
a) 6 b) 8 c) 10 d) 12 20. If  , then find the value of
3x  2 y 3
8. If (x–2) is a factor of x + 3Qx – 2Q, then the
2

value of Q is x2  y2
a) 2 b) -2 c) 1 d) -1 x  y2
9. If (x–1) and (x+3) are the factors of x2 + k1x+
185 205 14 16
k2 then a) b) c) d)
a) k1 = -2, k2 = -3 b) k1 = 2, k2 = -3 205 187 3 9
c) k1 = 2, k2 = 3 d) k1 = -2, k2 = 3 21. If a 2 x2
 1 , where a is a positive real number
10. If x3+3x2–kx+4 is divided by (x–2), the other than 1, then x is equal to
remainder is k. The value of k is a) -2 b) -1 c) 0 d) 1
a) 8 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6 22. If 5 5 x 5
 1 , then x equals
 1 d) 
4
11. If both (x–2) and  x   are factors of a) 0 b) -1 c) 1
 2 5
px +5x+r, then which one is correct:
2 23. If 3  7  250 , then x is equal to
x 3

a) p = 2r b) pr = 1 a) 5 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1
24. If 2 = 32, then the value of 3 is equal to
x+3 x+1
p
c) 1 d) none of these a) 27 b) 81 c) 72 d) 9
r
3 3 3
3 6 2 x 1
4x 25. If        , then x is equal to
12. If  2 P  12 for what value of P, x=6? 5 5 5
3
a) 6 b) 4 c) 2 d) 1 a) -2 b) 2 c) -1 d) 1
144 14.4 1
13. If  , then the value of x is 26. If 7 x  , then the value of x is
0.144 x 343
a) 144 b) 14.4 c) 1.44 d) 0.0144 1 1
a) 3 b) -3 c) d)
14. If 0.13 ÷ p2 =13, then p is equal to 3 7
a) 10 b) 0.01 c) 0.1 d) 100 64
27. If 64 x 1  x , then the value of x is
x 13 4
15. If 1   , then the value of x is 1
9 3 a) 1 b) 0 c) d) 2
1439 1443 2
a) b) 160 c) d) 169
9 9 28. If 2 x  256 , then the value of x is

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a) 14
 5  5
b) 16 c) 18 d) 20 1 z x y
a) b)  
 5 , then the value of p is xyz xy yz xz
7 5
29. If p

1 1 1
3 c)   d) xyz
a) 5 b) 2 c) d) 1 xy yz xz
2
30. Find the value of x, if 3 52x 1  6 254 x 5 x ab a x ac c x bc
37. b  ___ .
a) 3 b) 2 c) – 2 d) – 3 x bc x ab x ac

 243
n a) xa+b+c b) 1 c) 0 d) xab+bc+ca
5 .3 2 n 1

31. The value of is 38. The value of 1  y 3  y 6  + 1  y 3  y –3 

–1 1

9 .3 n n 1

a) 1 b) 9 c) 3 d) 3n + 1  y 6  y 3  is
1

32. If x, y are two positive real numbers

a) y18 b) y3 + y6 + y9
and x1/3  y1/ 4 , then which of the following c) 0 d) 1
relations is true?
39. If a x  x  y  z , a y   x  y  z ,
y z

a) x3  y 4 b) x3  y c) x  y 4 d) x 20  y15
x z a z  x  y  z then:
x

33. If x + y = 2z then the value of 

xz yz a) 3(x + y + z) = a
is b) x+ y +z = 0
1 c) 2a = x +y +z
a) 1 b) 3 c) d) 2
2 d) x =y = z = a/3
1 1 7 5
34.  is 40. If 47.2506  4 A   2C   6 E , then the
1 2 a b
1  2 ba B D
a) a – b b) b – a c) 1 d) 0 value of 5A+3B+6C+D+3E is
1 1 1 a) 53.6003 b) 53.603
35.   =?
a  b b  c  b  c c  a  c  a a  b  c) 153.6003 d) 213.0003
a) 1
b) –1 c) 0 d) 3
x yz
36. 1 1 is equal to:
x y  y 1 z 1  z 1 x 1

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1. If x – y = 2, xy = 24, then the value of (x2+y2) is 14. If x is a rational number and

a) 25 b) 36 c) 63 d) 52 x  1  x  1
3 3

2. If p+q = 10 and pq = 5, then the numerical 2 , then the sum of

x  1  x  1
2 2
p q
value of  will be numerator and denominator of x is
q p
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 7
a) 16 b) 20 c) 22 d) 18 1 1 1
3. If a = 23 and b = -29 then the value of 15. If a 3  b 3  c 3  0 , then a relation among a,
25a2+40ab+16b2 is: b, c is
a) 1 b) -1 c) 0 d) 2 a) a+ b + c = 0 b) (a+b+c)3 = 27abc
4. If x = b+c-2a, y = c+a-2b, z = a+b-2c, then the c) a + b + c = 3abc d) a3+b3+c3 = 0
value of x2+y2–z2+2xy is 16. If a = 34, b = c = 33, then the value of a3 + b3
a) 0 b) a+b+c + c3 – 3abc is
c) a–b+c d) a+b – c a) 0 b) 111 c) 50 d) 100
5. If x = 2015, y = 2014 and z = 2013, then value 17. If a  b  c  15 and a  b 2  c 2  83
2
of x2 + y2 + z2 – xy – yz – zx is
a) 3 b) 4 c) 6 d) 2 then the value of a 3  b3  c3 – 3abc
6. If x  y  7 , then the value of a) 200 b) 180 c) 190 d) 210
18. If x  y  z  6 , then the value of
x3  y 3  21xy is
 x  1   y – 2    z – 3 is
3 3 3
a) 243 b) 143 c) 343 d) 443
1 2 a) 3(x–1)(y+2)(z–3)
7. If y  8  8 3  8 3 , then find the value of b) 3(x+1)(y-2)(z–3)
y 3 – 24y 2  168y. c) 3(x+1)(y-2)(z+3)
a) 392 b) 356 c) 350 d) 200 d) 3(x-1)(y-2)(z–3)
19. If x = a(b – c), y = b(c – a) and z = c(a – b),
8. If p = 124, 3 p p  3p  3  1
2
 x  y  z
3 3 3

a) 5 b) 7 c) 123 d) 125 then         

 a   b   c 
9. If p = 99, then the value of p(p  3p  3) is
2
xyz
a) 999 b) 9999 a) b) 3xyzabc
3abc
c) 99999 d) 999999
3xyz xyz
c) d)
10. x ab  x bc  x ca 
a 2 abb2  b2 bcc2  c2 aca 2 
abc abc
a) 0 b) 1 20. The value of the expression
a  b b  c  c  a 
2 2 2
c) x a b c d) x  
 b  c  c  a   a  b  c  a   a  b  b  c 
3 3 3 
3 a 2 b 2 c2 acbc ca 

11. If a – b  56 and a–b = 2. Then value of

3 3

a 2  b 2 will be is :
a) 48 b) 20 c) 22 d) 5 1
a) 0 b) 3 c) d) 2
12. If a + b =a b , then (a +b ) equals
4 4 2 2 6 6
3
a) 0 b) 1 21. If  a  3   b  4    c  9   0 , then the
2 2 2

c) a +b
2 2
d) a2b4+a4b2
1 value of a  b  c is :
13. If xy(x+y) = 1, then the value of 3 3  x3  y 3
x y a) -4 b) 4 c) ±4 d) ±2
is 22. If  3a  1   b  1   2c  3   0 , then
2 2 2

a) 0 b) 1 c) 3 d) -2 the value of 3a  b  2c  is equal to :

a) 3 b) -1 c) 2 d) 5

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23. If a2 + b2 + c2 +3 = 2(a + b + c) then the value 33. If x2 = y + z, y2 = z +x, z2 = x + y, then the

of (a + b + c) is 1 1 1
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 value of   is
x 1 y 1 z 1
24. If a, b, c are real and
a 2  b 2  c 2  2  a – b – c   3 , then the value
a) -1 b) 1 c) 2 d) 4
a b c
of 2a - 3b + 4c is 34. If    1 , then the value of
1 a 1 b 1 c
a) -1 b) 0 c) 1 d) 2 1 1 1
25. If a2 + b2 + 2b +4a + 5 = 0, then the value of   is
ab 1 a 1 b 1 c
is a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
ab 35. If x≠0, y≠0, z≠0, and
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
a) 3 b) -3 c) d)  then the relation
3 3 x 2
 2 2  
y z xy yz zx
1 1 among x,y,z is
26. If x 2  y 2  2  2  4 , then the value of x2
x y a) x + y + z = 0 b) x + y = z
+ y is
2
1 1 1
a) 2 b) 4 c) 8 d) 16 c)    0 d) x = y = z
x y z
27. For real a, b, c if a + b + c = ab + bc + ca,
2 2 2
36. If a2 + b2 = 2 and c2 + d2 = 1, then the value of
a c (ad – bc)2 + (ac + bd)2 is
then the value of is
b 4 1
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 0 a) b) c) 1 d) 2
9 2
a 2  b2  c2 4ab
28. If a + b + c = 0, then the value of 37. If x  a≠b, then the value of
a 2  bc ab
is
x  2a x  2b
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3  is
 1 1 1 x  2a x  2b
29. If 2 x  3y  6z then     is a) a b) b c) 2 ab d) 2
 x y z  d
38. If a + b =1, c + d = 1 and a – b = , then the
3 1 c
a) 0 b) 1 c) d) 
2 2 value of c2 – d2 is
1 1 1 15 a b
30. If 3x = 9y = 81z and    then a) b) c) 1 d) -1
3x 6y 12z 17 b a
find x. x  y xy
39. If x  y   , the numerical value of
15 18 17 16 7 4
a) b) c) d) xy is
17 17 15 15
31. If x = - 1, then the value of 4 3 1 1
a) b) c) d)
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3
 98  97  96  95  94   1 is 40. If a+b+c = 2s, then
x 99
x x x x x x
a) 1 b) 0 c) – 2 d) – 1 s  a   s  b  s  c  s 2
2 2 2

32. If x = 11, then the value of x5 – 12x4 + 12x3 – is equal to

a 2  b2  c 2
12x2 + 12x – 1 is a) a2+b2+c2 b) 0
a) 5 b) 10 c) 15 d) 20 c) 1 d) 2

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1 13. If x 2 – 3x  1  0 , then the value of

1. The reciprocal of x  is
x 1 1
x 2  x   2 is
x x 1 1 x x
a) b) c) x  d)  x
x 1 2
x 1 x x a) 10 b) 2 c) 6 d) 8
1 1 1

2. If x   4 , then  x   is equal to 14. If x2 – 3x + 1 = 0, then the value of x3  is
x 
 x x3
a) 9 b) 18 c) 27 d) 1
a) 5 2 b) 2 5 c) 4 2 d) 4 5 2p 1
1 1 15. If  , p ≠0, then the value of
3. If x   5 then x 2  2 is: p  2 p 1 4
2

x x
1
a) 5 b) 25 c) 27 d) 23 p  is
p
 1 1
4. If  x    4 , then the value of x 4  4 is : a) 4 b) 5 c) 10 d) 12
 x x
x  x 1 2
2
 1
a) 64 b) 194 c) 81 d) 124 16. If 2  , then the value of  x   is
1 1 x  x 1 3  x
5. If x   3 , then value of x3  3 is a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 8
x x
a) 32 b) 36 c) 40 d) 49 x 1 1
17. If 2  , then the value of x3  3 is
1 1 x  2x 1 3 x
6. If x   3 , then the value of x5  5 is a) 81 b) 110 c) 125 d) 27
x x
a) 322 b) 126 c) 123 d) 113 x 1  1
18. If  , then value of  x   is
2 1 2 x  5x  2 6
2
 x
7. If 2 x   3 , then the value of x3  3  2 is
x x 1 1
a) 2 b) c)  d) -2
9 25 7 2 2
a)  b)  c) d) 11
8 8 8  2 3 1
19. If x 3    , then the value of x 2  2 is
1 1 x x x
If x>1 and x 2  2  83 , then x3  3 is :

8.
x x 1 4 1 4
a) 764 b) 750 c) 756 d) 760 a) 2 b) 2 c) 3 d) 3
9 9 9 9
1 1
9. If m 4  4  119 , then m  = ? x3 
1
m m 1 x is:
a) ±3 b) 4 c) ±2 d) ±1 20. If x   3 , then the value of 2
x x  x 1
1 3 5 7 11
10. If x 4  4  119 and x >1 , then the value of a) b) c) d)
x 2 2 2 2
1 1
x3  3 is 21. If x   5 , then the value of
x x
a) 54 b) 18 c) 72 d) 36
x  3x3  5 x 2  3x  1
4
1
11. If x2 – 3x +1 = 0, then the value of x  is x4  1
x
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 43 47 41 45
a) b) c) d)
12. If for non-zero, x, x 2  4x  1  0 , the 23 21 23 21
1 2x
1
value of x 2  2 is 22. If x   5 , then 2 is equal to
x x 3x  5 x  3
a) 4 b) 10 c) 12 d) 18 1 1
a) 5 b) c) 3 d)
5 3

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23. If x   2, x  0 then value of x 2  3 is 33. If 4b 2   2 , then the value of 8b3  3 is
x x b 2
b
equal to a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 5
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 1 1
34. If a   3 , then the value of a 6  6  2
1 a a
x4  2
24. If x2 +1 = 2x, then the value of 2 x is will be
x  3x  1 a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 3 d) 5
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) -2
 1 1
2

25. If m 
1
 4 , find the value of 35. If  a    3 , then a 3  3 = ?
m2  a a
1 a) 2 3 b) 2 c) 3 3 d) 0
m  2 
2

 m  2 1 1
36. If x is real, x   0 and x3  3  0 , then the
2

a) -2 b) 0 c) 2 d) 4 x x

 1 , then  x  1 
1 1  1
4

26. If x  equals value of  x   is

 x  1
5

x 1 5
 x
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 8 a) 4 b) 9 c) 16 d) 25
1 3 1  1
2

27. If x   , find the value of 8 x3  3 . 37. If  x    3 , then the value of

4x 2 8x  x
a) 18 b) 36 c) 24 d) 16 ( x  x 66  x 54  x36  x 24  x 6  1) is
72

1 1
28. If x   2 , find the value of 8x 3  3 . a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
2x x
 1
2
a) 48 b) 88 c) 40 d) 44 38. If  x    3 , then the value of
1 1  x
29. If 2 p   4 , then the value of p 3  3 is
p 8p ( x  x 200  x90  x84  x18  x12  x 6  1) is
206

a) 4 b) 5 c) 8 d) 15 a) 0 b) 1 c) 84 d) 206
1 1 1
30. If 3 x   5 then the value of 8 x 3  is 39. If x  3 then the value of
2x 27 x3 x
1 10 ( x18  x12  x 6  1) is
a) 118 b) 30 c) 0 d) 1
2 27 a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3
1 5x 9 9
If 2 x   5 , find the value of

31. 40. If x   6 , then the value of x 2  2  is
3x 6 x  20 x  1
2
x 
 x 
1 1 1 1 a) 8 b) 9 c) 10 d) 12
a) b) c) d)
4 6 5 7
5x 1
32. If  , then the value of
2x 2  5x  1 3
 x  1  is
 
 2x 
a) 15 b) 10 c) 20 d) 5

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1. By how much does 12  18 exceeds  1 

11. If x  3  2 , then the value of  x3  3 
3 2 ?  x 
is
a) 2  3  2  b) 2  3  2 
a) 6 3 b) 12 3 c) 18 3 d) 12 3
c) 3 2 2 d) 2 4 3 1
12. If x  3 2  3 , then the value of x 3  3 is
2. If 9 x  12  147 , then x = ? x
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 a) 8 b) 9 c) 2 d) 4
1
3. Given that 2  1.414 , the value of
2 1 13. If a(2  3)  b(2  3 )  1 , then the value
is 1 1
a) 0.414 b) 2.414 c) 3.414 d) 5.414 of 2  2 is
a 1 b 1
4. Given that 3  1.732 , the value of a) -5 b) 1 c) 4 d) 9
3 6 14. If x  3  2 2 and xy=1, then the value of
is
5 3  2 12  32  50 x 2  3xy  y 2
a) 4.899 b) 2.551 c) 1.414 d) 1.732 is
x 2  3xy  y 2
7 2
5. If  a 7  b , then the value of a is a)
30
b)
70
c)
35
d)
37
7 2 31 31 31 31
11 4 4 4 7 5 3 5 3
a) b) c) d) 15. If x  and y  then (x+y)
3 3 3 3 5 3 5 3
43 3 equals:
6. The value of is a) 8 b) 16
74 3
a) 5 3  8 b) 5 3  8 c) 2 15 d) 2  5  3 
c) 8 3  5 d) 8 3  5 6 5 6 5
16. If x  and y  , then x2 +
4 35 2 6 5 6 5
7. If  a  b 6 , then the values of a
48  18 xy + y2 is
and b are respectively a) 481 b) 482 c) 483 d) 484
9 4 3 4 9 2 3 4 a) 950 b) 730 c) 650 d) 970
a) , b) , c) , d) ,
15 15 11 33 10 5 5 15 5 1 5 1
17. If a  and b  , then the value
 1 5 1 5 1
8. If x = 7 - 4 3 , then the value of  x+  is :
 x a 2  ab  b 2
of 2 is
a) 3 3 b) 8 3 c) 14 d) 14  8 3 a  ab  b 2
 1
3 3 4 3 5
9. If x  1  2 , the value of  x   is a) b) c) d)
 x 4 3 5 3
 1 
a) -8 b) 8 c) 2 2 d) 1 18. If x  5  2 6 , then the value of  x  
 1
 x 
10. If a  2  3 , then the value of a 2  2  is is,
 a 
a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 d) 10 a) 2 2 b) 3 2 c) 2 3 d) 3 3

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19.  324  2 323    324  2 323  28. If x  5  21 , then the value

x
of

a) 2 b) 1 c) 36 d) 2 323 is
32  2x  21
 1  1 1
20. If x  7  4 3 , then  x   is equal to : a)  3  7 b)  7  3
 x 2 2
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 1 1
c)  7  3 d) 7  3 
21. 56  1200  2 2
12
a) 40  4 b) 50  6 29. is equal to
3 5  2 2
c) 10  30 d) 5  12
a) 1  5  2  10 b) 1  5  2  10
22. The square root of 3  5 is c) 1  5  2  10 d) 1  5  2  10
3 1 3 1 1 1
a) b) 
30. 

 is equal to
 
2 2 2 2  2  3  5

2  3  5 
5 1 5 1 1
c)  d)  a) 1 b) 2 c) d) 0
2 2 2 2
2
23. Find the square root of
1 1 1 1
15  2 12  2 32  2 24 . 31.   
9 8 8 7 7 6 6 5
a) 3 8 2 b) 8  2 3 1
is equal to
c) 3 8 2 d) 3  8 2

5 4
3 a) 5 b) 1 c) 3 d) 0
24. If x  , then the value of
2 3 3
32. Find the value of  +
 1 x  1 x  2 5 5 8
  is
 1  x  1  x  3
 .... 
3
.
8  11 26  29
a)  3 b) -1 c) 1 d) 3
a) 29  2 b) 26  5
3 1 x 1 x
25. If x  , then  is c) 29  26 d) 26  8
2 1 1 x 1 1 x
5 3 3 2 2
2 33. is equal to:
a) 1 b) c) 2  3 d) 2
 
3 2 5 2 5 3
3
1 1 a) 0 b) 2 15 c) 2 10 d) 2 6
26. If x  3  and y  3  , then the
3 3 3 x  3 x
34.  2 then x is equal to
x2 y 2 3 x  3 x
value of  is 5 12 5 7
y x a) b) c) d)
12 5 7 5
a) 3 b) 3 3 c) 16 3 d) 2 3
x4  x4
5+1 35. If  2 then x is equal to
27. If x= , then the value of 5x2 – 5x – 1 x4  x4
5-1 a) 2.4 b) 3.2 c) 4 d) 5
is
a) 0 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

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1. Find the minimum value of the quadratic 12. Find the eighteenth term of the arithmetic
expression 5x2 + 7x + 2. progression 11,7, 3,....
9 9 29 29 a) -57 b) -61 c) 61 d) 57
a)  b)  c)  d) 
10 20 10 10 1 1
13. The 30th term of series 30, 25 , 21, 16 is
2. Find the maximum value of the expression - 2 2
2x2- 8x +5. a) 0 b) -100 c) – 183 d) -133
a) 13 b) 26 c) -6 d) -3
14. Which term of the arithmetic progression
3. Find the maximum or minimum value of the
2,6,10,....., is 106?
expression 2x – 3x2 + 7.
a) 25 b) 26 c) 27 d) 28
22 47 15. Find the 22nd term of the arithmetic
a) Minimum of b) Minimum of
3 8 progression whose first term is 20 and
22 47 1
c) Maximum of d) Maximum of common difference is .
3 8 3
4. For which of the following quadric 1 2
expressions is the maximum/minimum value a) 27 b) 27 c) 27 d) 28
3 3
2 16. The first and the fifteenth terms of an
equal to ?
3 arithmetic progression are 12 and 8
a) 3x2 – 2x – 2 b) – 2x2 + 2x + 1 respectively. What is the common difference
c) 3x + 2x +1
2
d) x2 + 2x + 3 of the arithmetic progression?
5. Find the quadric equation whose roots are 5 2 2 5 5
and 11. a) b)  c) d) 
7 7 7 7
a) x2 – 16x – 55 = 0 b) x2 – 16x + 55 = 0
17. How many terms of the arithmetic
c) x2 + 16x – 55 = 0 d) x2 + 16x + 55 = 0
progression 8, 13, 18..... add up to get a sum
6. The descriminant of the quadratic equation
of 645?
3x2 + 7x - 4 = 0 is
a) 14 b) 15 c) 16 d) 17
a) 0 b) 1 c) 97 d) 96
18. The sixth term and eleventh term of an
 
2 2
arithmetic progression are 30 and 55
7. Find the value of , if α and  are the
  respectively. Find the twenty first term of the
roots of the quadratic equation x2 – 8x + 12 series.
=0. 1 1
a) 88 b) 105 c) 110 d) 92
13 10 13 3 2
a) b) c) d) 5
3 3 2 19. The first term of an Arithmetic Progression is
8. If x2 + 3(k + 1) x+9k = 0 has real and equal 22 and the last term is –11. If the sum is 66,
roots, then find the value of k. the number of terms in the sequence is
a) 2 b) 4 c) 1 d) 5 a) 10 b) 12 c) 9 d) 8
9. The quadric equation whose roots are 20. Find the common difference of an arithmetic
reciprocals of the roots of the equation 1 – 5x progression whose nth term is 9n+2.
+ 4x2 = 0 is a) 9 b) 11 c) 7 d) 5
a) 4x – 5x2 – 1 =0 b) 5x2 + 4x – 1 = 0 21. The nth term of an arithmetic progression is
c) x – 5x + 4 = 0
2
d) x2 – 5x + 1 = 0 7n + 5. Find the sum of the first six terms.
a) 147 b) 177 c) 162 d) 192
10. Evaluate 110  110  110  ...   22. What should be the maximum number of
a) -10 b) 11 terms of the series 76, 72, 68----- so that the
c) both (a) and (b) d) None of these sum of the terms is the maximum?
a) 25 b) 15 c) 19 d) 20
11. 2  2  2  2.... =?
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23. Find the sum of all the two-digit numbers 2n 1 2 n1  1 2n1
which leave a reminder of 2 when divided by a) b) c) 2 – 2n d)
2 n1 2 n 2
2n
6.
a) 780 b) 840 c) 960 d) 1080 31. If 1 + 10 + 102 + ............. up to n terms =
24. If p. q. r are in Geometric Progression, then 10 n  1
which is true among the following? , then the sum of the series 4 + 44 +
9
p r 444 + ....... up to n terms is
a) q  b) p2 = qr
2 4 4n
a) 10 n  1 
p r 9 9
c) q  pr d) 
r q 4 4n
b) 10 n  1 
25. Find the eighth term of geometric progression 81 9
1 40 n 4n
whose first term is and common ratio is 4. c) 10  1
4 81 9
a) 28 b) 210 c) 212 d) 214
26. Find the sixteenth term of the geometric 40 n 4n
d) 10  1 9
1 1 1 9
progression , , ,...
64 32 16 32. What is the sum of infinite terms of the
a) 128 b) 256 c) 512 d) 1024
1
27. Which term of the sequence geometric progression 4, 2, 1, ,....?
1 1 1 1 1 2
,  , ,  ,......,  is a) 4 b) 6 c) 8 d) 12
2 4 8 16 256
a) 9th b) 8th c) 7th d) 5th p 2 n 1
q 2 n 1
33. If is the arithmetic mean
28. The sum of the first 8 terms of a geometric p  qn
n

progression is 6560 and the common ratio is between p and q, then n is

3. The first term is 1
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 a) 0 b) 1 c) d) 2
2
29. The fourth term and eighth term of a 34. Find the geometric mean of 3, 9, 27, 81, 243,
1 729 and 2187.
geometric progression are 3 and
27
b) 3 2 d) 3 2
7 9

respectively. Find the twelfth term of the a) 33 c) 34

series. 35. Terms a, 1, b are in Arithmetic Progression
and terms 1, a, b are in Geometric
1 1 1 1
a) b) c) d) Progression. Find ‘a’ and ‘b’ given a  b.
243 729 2187 6561 a) 2,4 b) -2,1 c) 4,1 d) -2,4
30. The sum of n terms of the series
1 1 1
1   2  3 ..... is
2 2 2

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1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 11 7
1.      ? 10. The greatest fraction among , , and
30 42 56 72 90 110 3 6 15 8
2 1 5 6 7 11 5 2
a) 2 b) c) d) a) b) c) d)
27 9 27 55 8 15 6 3
2. When simplified , the sum 11. The greatest value among the fractions
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 3
     ....  is equal , , , is
2 6 12 20 30 n(n  1) 7 3 6 4
to 3 5 1 2
a) b) c) d)
1 1 2(n  1) n 4 6 3 7
a) b) c) d)
n n 1 n n 1 12. Which of the following fraction is the
3. Find the sum of the following : 7 7 4 5
smallest? , , ,
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 9 5 7
      
9 6 12 20 30 42 56 72 7 7 4 5
a) b) c) d)
1 1 1 6 9 5 7
a) b) 0 c) d)
2 9 2520 13. Which of the following fraction is the
 1 1 1 1 1 1  9 17 28 33
4.        is
smallest? , , ,
 3.5 5.7 7.9 9.11 11.13 13.15  13 26 29 52
equal to 33 17 9 28
a) b) c) d)
2 4 7 2 52 26 13 29
a) b) c) d) 14. Which of the following fraction is the
45 45 45 15
8 14 7 11
 1 1 1 1 1  smallest? , , ,
5.       is equal 15 33 13 13
 1.4 4.7 7.10 10.13 13.16 
8 7 11 14
to a) b) c) d)
1 5 3 41 15 13 13 33
a) b) c) d) 15. Which of the following give the relation
3 16 8 7280 between the pairs given below
6. The value of 7125, 2375.
3 5 7 9 11 13 a) 7125 < 2375. b) 7125 > 2375.
 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1 .2
2 2
2 .3 3 .4 4 .5 5 .6 6 .7 c) 7 = 2 .
125 375
d) Can’t be determined
15 17 19 16. The greatest number among 260,348,436 and 524
 2 2  2 2 is is
7 .8 8 .9 9 .10
2 2

1 99 101 a) 260 b) 348 c) 436 d) 524

a) b) c) d) 1 17. The smallest among the numbers 2250,3150,5100
100 100 100 and 4200
7. The sum of the first 20 terms of the series a) 4200 b) 5100 c) 3150 d) 2250
1 1 1
   .... is 18. Which is greater 3 2 or 3 ?
5 6 6 7 7 8
a) 0.16 b) 1.6 c) 16 d) 0.016 a) Can’t be compared b) 3 2
 1  1  1   1  c) 3 d) Equal
8.  1    1   1   ....  1   is equal to
 3   4   5   25  19. The largest number among 2 , 3 3 , 4 4 is
2 1 19 1 a) 2 b) 3 3
a) b) c) 1 d)
25 25 25 325 c) 4 4 d) all are equal
9. Which of the following is the largest fraction? 20. Which is the following is the smallest?
6 5 7 4
, , ,
1 1 1 1

7 6 8 5 2 ,3 ,5 ,6
2 3 4 6

6 4 5 7 1 1 1 1
a) b) c) d) a) 2 2 b) 3 3 c) 5 4 d) 6 6
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21. Which one of the following is the least? 19 43 38

a) 1 b) c) d)
3, 3 2, 2 and 3 4 43 19 43
a) 2 b) 3 4 c) 3 d) 3 2 a
31. The value of 1 
22. Which of the following is the biggest? 1
1
a
4, 4 6, 6 15, and 12 245 1
3

1 a
a) 3 4 b) 4 6 c) 6 15 d) 12 245
23. Arrange the following in descending order? a) a b) 1 – a c) 1 d) 0
3
4, 2, 6 3, 4 5
1
a) 3
445 263 32. If x  1  then the value of
1
1
b) 4
53463 2 1
1
c) 2 3 4 5
6 3 4
1
1
d) 6
3 5 4 2
4 3 2
7
24. The least one of 2 3 , 2 4 5 , 8 and 3 2 is 2x  is
4
a) 2 3 b) 2 4 5 c) 8 d) 3 2 a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
25. Arrange the following in ascending order 13
33. is equal to
a=3333, b  333 , c  33 , d = 3333 48
3 33

a) abcd b) acdb c) bcad d) dbac 1 1

26. Which among the options is the second a) b)
1 1
highest in value? 3 2
1 1
1 1
a) 66 b) 666 c) 666 d) (66)6 16 8
6

27. The smallest of 8  5, 7  6, 1 1

c) d)
1 1
10  3 and 11  2 is: 3 3
1 1
a) 8  5 b) 7  6 1 1
1 1
c) 10  3 d) 11  2 1 2
8 4
28. The greatest among 7  5 , 5 3 , 1 1
34. If  then find the value of
9  7 , 11  9 is 1 67
x
a) 7  5 b) 5  3 1 16
y
c) 9  7 d) 11  9 z
xy  z
1
29. Simplify 1  a) 20 b) 21 c) 22 d) 23
2
1  95 
3 35. Find the value of  999   99 .
2  99 
4
1 a) 98896 b) 99996 c) 98996 d) 89996
5
11 5 6 21
a) 1 b) 1 c) 1 d) 1
17 7 17 17
19 1
30. Simplify 
43 2  1
1
3
1
1
4

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 3  
1.   radians is equal to 10. If 7sin α = 24cosα; 0< α< , then the value
 5  2
a) 100o b) 120o c) 108o d) 180o of 14 tanα - 75 cosα- 7 secα is equal to
2. The degree measure of one radian (taking a) 3 b) 4 c) 1 d) 2
22 11. If tan θ = 2 , then the value of
 ) is 8 sin θ + 5 cos θ
7 is
a) 57o61’22”(approx) b) 57o16’22”(approx) sin θ + 2 cos 3 θ + 3 cos θ
3

c) 57o22’16”(approx) d) 57o32’16”(approx) 21 8 7 16
a) b) c) d)
3. In circular measure, the value of the angle 5 5 5 5
11o15’ is 12. If 29 tanθ = 31 , then the value of
 c
 c
 c
 c
1 + 2 sin θ cos θ
is equal to
a) b) c) d)
16 8 4 12 1 - 2 sin θ cos θ
4. In b triangle ABC, ABC = 75o and ACB a) 810 b) 900 c) 540 d) 490
13. If tan θ+ cot θ = 2, then the value of tan100θ+
c
= . The circular measure of BAC is cot100θ is
4
a) 2 b) 0 c) 1 d) 3
5 
a) radian b) radian 14. If sin θ + cosec θ = 2, then the value of sin9θ
12 3 + cosec9θ is:
 2 a) 3 b) 2 c) 4 d) 1
c) radian d) radian
6 3 15. If sin + cosec = 3 then the value of
5. The circular measure of an angle of an
sin 4   1
5 is:
isosceles triangle is . Circular measure of sin 2 
9 a) 1 b) 0 c) 7 d) 9
one of the other angle must be 16. If tan 15o = 2 - √3, the value of tan 15o cot
5 5 2 4 75o + tan 75o cot 15o is
a) b) c) d)
18 9 9 9 a) 14 b) 12 c) 10 d) 8
6. If the sum of two angles is 135o and their 7
 17. If 2.sin   cos    then the value of
3
difference is , then the circular measure of
12 tan  – sec  is
2 2
the greater angle is
2 3 5  a) 0 b) -1 c)
3
d)
7
a) b) c) d) 7 3
3 5 12 3
7. If sin θ=0.7, then cos θ, 0≤θ≤90o, is 1
18. The value of cosec 218o - is
a) 0.3 b) 0.49 c) 0.51 d) 0.9 cot 72o 2

3 1 2 1
8. If sinθ = , then the value of a) b) c) d) 1
5 3 3 2
tanθ + cosθ 19. The numerical value of
is equal to
cotθ + cosecθ 5 2
+ +3sin 2θ is
29 31 34 37 sec θ 1 + cot 2θ
2
a) b) b) d) a) 5 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
60 60 60 60
5sinθ - 3cosθ 20. If Psin   3 and P cos   1 , then the
9. If 5 tan θ = 4, then is equal
5sinθ + 2cosθ value of P is
to 2 1 1
a) b) c) 2 d)
2 1 1 1 3 3 2
a) b) c) d)
3 4 6 3
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32. If x sin 60o.tan 30o= sec 60o. cot 45o, then the

 
21. If r sin θ = 1, r cos θ = 3 , then the value
value of x is
of 3tanθ + 1 is
a) 2 b) 2 3 c) 4 d) 4 3
1 33. The value of x which satisfies the equation
a) 3 b) c) 1 d) 2
3 3
2cosec2 30o + x sin2 60o - tan2 30o = 10 is
7 4
22. If sin + cos  , then the value of a) 2 b) 3 c) 0 d) 1
5
sin. cos is 34. If tan x = sin 45o.cos 45o + sin 30o then the
5 7 13 12 value of x is
a) b) c) d) a) 30o b) 45o c) 60o d) 90o
17 8 12 25
x4
1  35. If x sin 45o = y cosec 30o, then 4 is equal to
23. If cos2θ – sin2θ= , where 0≤θ≤ , then y
3 2
the value of cos4θ - sin4θ is a) 4 3
b) 63
c) 2 3
d) 83
1 2 1 2 36. If tan θ + cot θ = 2, then the value of θ is
a) b) c) d) a) 45o b) 60o c) 90o d) 30o
3 3 9 9
2 cos 2 60o  4sec 2 30o  tan 2 45o
24. If cos4θ – sin4θ = , then the value of 1-2 37. The value of
3 sin 2 30o  cos 2 30o
sin2θ is is
4 2 1 64 55 67 67
a) b) 0 c) d) a) b) c) d)
3 3 3 3 12 12 10
25. sin6 + cos6 is equal to: 38. The value of
a) 1 – 3 sin2 cos2 b) 3 sin2 cos2 – 1 
5 tan
1     4 is
c) 1 d) –1 sin cos  cot sec 
26. If 12 sin + 5 cos = 13 then the value of 2 6 4 3 6 12sin 
tan is: 2
12 5 12 5 3
a) b) c) d) a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d)
5 12 13 13 2
27. If cosx+cos2x=1, the numerical value of 39. If tan = 1 , then the value of
(sin12x+3sin10x+ 3sin8x+sin6x-1) is: 8sinθ + 5cosθ
is
a) -1 b) 2 c) 0 d) 1 sin θ - 2cos3θ + 7cosθ
3

28. If sec α + tan α = 2, then the value of sin α is 1 4

(assume that 0 < α < 90o) a) 2 b) 2 c) 3 d)
2 5
a) 0.4 b) 0.5 c) 0.6 d) 0.8 1 1
29. If sec θ + tan θ = 2 + 5 , then the value of 40. If sin  A  B   and cos  A  B  
2 2
sin θ + cos θ is: where A > B > 0 and A+B is an acute angle ,
3 7 1 then the value of B is
a) b) 5 c) d)
5 5 5    
a) b) c) d)
30. If sec2θ+ tan2θ=7, then the value of θ when 6 12 4 2
0o≤ θ≤ 90o, is    
a) 60o b) 30o c) 0o d) 90o 41. If tan     3 , then the value of cosθ
31. If θ be a positive acute angle satisfying  2 2 
is:
cos 2   cos 4   1 , then the value of
1 1
tan 2   tan 4  is a) 0 b) c) d) 1
2 2
3 1
a) b) 1 c) d) 0 42. If sec  - cos ec  0 , then the value of
2 2 tan   cot  is
a) 0 b) 1 c) -1 d) 2
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43. The value of θ, which satisfies the equation 52. If x,y are acute angles, 0 < x + y < 90o and
tan 2 θ + 3 = 3secθ , 0o≤θ≤90o is sin 2x  20 o   cos 2y  20 o  , then the
a) 15o or 0o b) 30o or 0o value of tan (x+y) is:
c) 45o or 0o d) 60o or 0o
1 3
cot 30  cot 75o
o
a) b) c) 3 d) 1
44. The value of is 3 2
tan15o  tan 60o
c) 3  1 d) -1 sin 43o cos19o
a) 0 b) 1 53. The value of   8cos 2 60o is
45. In right-angled triangle XYZ, right-angled at cos 47 o sin 71o
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) -1
Y, if XY = 2 6 and XZ – YZ = 2, then
sec X  tan X is 54. The value of sin 65  sin 25  cos 2 35o
2 o 2 o

 cos 2 55o is
1 6
a) b) 6 c) 2 6 d) 1
6 2 a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d)
2
b 55. sin2 5o + sin2 6o +....+ sin2 84o + sin2 85o = ?
46. If sin   then the value of
a 1 1 1
a) 39 b) 40 c) 40 d) 39
ab ab 2 2 2
 is
ab ab 56. cos25o + cos210o + cos215o … + cos290o
a) 0 b)1 c) 2sec d)2cosec =?
x 1 1 1
47. If sin 17o = , then the value of (sec 17o- a) 7 b) 8 c) 9 d) 9
y 2 2 2
sin73o) is 57. The value of tan1o.tan2 o.tan3o.... tan89o is
a) y2 b) x2 1
a) 1 b) 0 c) 3 d)
x y2  x2 y y2  x2 3
c) x2 d) y2 58. If tan7θ .tan 2θ = 1 , then the value of tan3
y x  y
2 2
x x2  y2 is
1 1
48. If cosec 39 = x, then the value of a) 3 b)  c) d) - 3
o

1 3 3
+ sin239o + tan 51o - 59. If θ is a positive acute angle and
cos ec 51
2 o

1 tan2θ . tan3θ = 1 , then the value of

is  2 5θ 
sin 51 sec 2 39o
2 o
 2cos - 1 is
 2 
a) x 2  1 b) 1  x 2
1 1
c) x2 – 1 d) 1 – x2 a)  b) 1 c) 0 d)
2 2
p sec 2 81o
49. If tan 9o  , then the value of 60. The value of
q 1  cot 2 81o cot 10 o.cot 20 o.cot 60 o.cot 70o.cot 80 o is
is 1
p p2 q2 a) 1 b) -1 c) 3 d)
a) b) 1 c) d) 3
q q2 p2
sin 39 o

50. If tan  2θ+45o  = cot 3θ ,where (2θ+45o) and 61. The value of  2.tan11o.tan31o.tan45o
cos 51o
3θ are acute angles, then the value of θ is .tan 59o.tan 79o  3 sin 2 21o  sin 2 69o  is:
a) 5o b) 9o c) 12o d) 15o
a) 2 b) -1 c) 1 d) 0
51. If sin 3x  20 o   cos 3y  20o  , then the 62. The value of
value of (x+y) is  2 1o 1o o
a) 20o b) 30o c) 40 d) 45  sin 7 +sin 82 +tan 2 .tan 88  is
2 2 o 2
o o
 2 2 
a) 1 b) 2 c) 0 d) 4
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74. If x  a sec  cos , y  b sec  sin ,

63. 2 sin 6 8 o 2 c o t1 5 o
- - and z  c tan  , then the value of
c o s 2 2 o 5 ta n 7 5 o
x2 y2 z 2
  is:
3 t a n 4 5 o .t a n 2 0 o .t a n 4 0 o .t a n 5 0 o . t a n 7 0 o is a 2 b2 c 2
5 a) 1 b) 4 c) 9 d) 0
a) -1 b) 0 c) 1 d) 2 2sin   cos 
64. The value of cos 1o cos 2o cos 3o.... cos 177o 75. If 1 , then the value of cotθ
cos 178o cos 179o is: cos   sin 
1 1 is
a) 0 b) c) 1 d) 1 1
2 2 a) b) c) 3 d) 2
2 3
65. If cos θ. cosec 23o = 1, the value of θ is
a) 23o b) 37o c) 63o d) 67o 76. If x  co sθ , then c o sθ is equal to
1 - sinθ 1 + s in θ
66. Evaluate 3 cos 80 cosec 10 + 2 cos 59o
o o
1 1 1
cosec31o a) x-1 b) c) d)
a) 1 b) 3 c) 2 d) 5 x x 1 1 x
secθ + tanθ 5 77. ta n θ c o tθ is equal to
67. If = , then sin θ is equal to :
+
1 - c o tθ 1 - ta n θ
secθ - tanθ 3 a) 1- tan θ - cot θ b) 1 + tan θ - cot θ
1 1 2 3 c) 1- tan θ + cot θ d) 1+ tan θ + cot θ
a) b) c) d)
4 3 3 4 78. If sin2a+ sin2b = 2, (0o  a, b  90o) then
 3 , then the value of sin 
68. If sin   cos 
the value of cos  a  b  is:
4

sin   cos 
 2 
– cos4  is a) 1 b) –1 c) 0 d) 2
1 2 3 4
a) b) c) d) 79. 1  sin A 1  sin B1  sin C  1  sin A 
5 5 5 5

69. If a cos   b sin   p and a sin   1 sin B1 sin C , 0 < A,B,C < then
b cos   q then the relation between a, b, p 2
each side is equal to
and q is a) sin A sin B sin C b) cos A cos B cos C
a) a2-b2 = p2-q2 b) a2 + b2 = p2 + q2 c) tan A tan B tan C d) 1
c) a+b = p+q d) a – b = p – q 80. The value of

 
70. If 3 sin θ + 5 cos θ = 5, then the value of 5
 1  tan  1  tan  
sin θ - 3 cos θ will be 2cos 2   1    is
a) ± 3 b) ± 5 c) ± 2 d) ± 1  1  tan  1  tan  
1 a) 4 b) 1 c) 3 d) 2
71. If 2cos – sin   (0o <  < 90o), then 1 1
2 81. The value of  , is
the value of cos + 2sin is cos ec  cot  sin 
a) 1 b) cot θ c) cosec θ d) tan θ
1 3 3
a) b) 2 c) d) 82. The minimum value of 2 sin 2   3 cos 2  is
2 2 2
a) 0 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1
72. The eliminant of θ from x cos   y sin  83. Maximum value of 2 sinθ + 3 cosθ is
 2 and x sin  y cos   4 will give
a) 2 b) 13 c) 15 d) 1
a) x 2  y 2  20 b) 3x 2  y 2  20 84. The greatest value of sin θ + cos θ is
4 4

c) x 2  y 2  20 d) 3x 2  y 2  10 1
a) 2 b) 3 c) d) 1
73. If cos   sin   2 cos  , then cos sin  is 2
a) 2 tan  b)  2 tan  85. The minimum value of 2 3sin. 16cos  is:
c)  2 sin  d) 2 sin  1 1
a) 32 b) c) 64 d)
32 64
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1. From a point 20 m away from the foot of a 8. If the angle of elevation of a balloon from two
tower, the angle of elevation of the top of the consecutive kilometer stones along a road are
tower is 30o. The height of the tower is 30o and 60o respectively, then the height of the
10 balloon above the ground will be
a) 10 3 m b) m
3 3 1
a) km b) km
20 2 2
c) 20 3 m d) m
3 2
c) km d) 3 3 km
2. The length of the shadow of a vertical pole 9 m 3
high, when the sun’s altitude is 30o, is (in cm) 9. The elevation of the top of a tower from a
a) 3 3 b) 9 c) 9 3 d)18 3 point on the ground is 45o. On moving 60 m
3. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower at a from the point towards the tower, the elevation
distance of 48 m from its foot on a horizontal of the top becomes 60o. The height of the
19 tower in metres is
is θ. Given, tan θ= , find the height of the
12 a) 30 m b) 30(3  3) m
tower.
c) 30(3  3) m d) 30 3 m
a) 76m b) 12 3m c) 36 3m d) 52m
4. When the length of the shadow of a pillar on 10. From the peak of a hill which is 300 m high,
the ground is same as the height of the pillar the angle of depression of two sides of a bridge
then the angle of elevation of the sun is lying on a ground are 45o and 30o (both ends
    of the bridge are on the same side of the hill).
a) b) c) d) Then the length of the bridge is
4 2 3 6
5. A vertical stick 12 cm long casts a shadow 8 cm a) 300( 3  1) m b) 300( 3  1) m
long on the ground. At the same time, a tower 300
c) 300 3 m d) m
casts a shadow 40 m long on the ground. The 3
height of the tower is 11. A tower standing on a horizontal plane
a) 72 m b) 60 m c) 65 m d) 70 m subtends a certain angle at a point 160 m apart
6. From a point on a bridge across a river, the from the foot of the tower. On advancing 100
angles of depression of the banks are 30o and m towards it, the tower is found to subtend an
45o respectively. If the bridge is at a height of angle twice as before. The height of the tower
3 m above the bank, find the width of the river. is
a) 3( 3  1) m b) 3( 3  1) m a) 80 m b) 100 m c) 160 m d) 200 m
c) ( 3  1) m d) ( 3  1) m 12. Two poles of equal height are standing
opposite to each other on either side of a road
7. The length of the shadow of a vertical tower on
which is 100 m wide. From a point between
level ground increases by 10m, when the
them on road, angle of elevation of their tops
altitude of the sun changes from 45o to 30 o.
are 30o and 60o. The height of each pole in
Then the height of the tower is.
metres is
a) 5 3 m b) 10( 3  1) m
a) 25 3 m b) 20 3 m
c) 5( 3  1) m d) 10 3 m
c) 28 3 m d) 30 3 m

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13. There are two vertical posts, one on each side 19. The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning
of a road, just opposite to each other. One post against a house is 60o and the foot of the ladder
is 108 m high. From the top of this post, the is 6.5 metres from the house. The length of the
angle of depression of the top and foot of the ladder is
other post are 30o and 60o respectively. The 13
a) m b) 13 m c) 15 m d) 3.25 m
height of the other post in metres is 3
a) 36 m b) 72 m c) 108 m d) 110 m 20. One flies a kite with a thread 150 m long. If the
14. From a point P on the ground the angle of thread of the kite makes an angle of 60o with
elevation of the top of a 10 m tall building is the horizontal line, then the height of the kite
30o. A flag is hoisted at the top of the building from the ground (assuming the thread to be in
and the angle of elevation of the top of the a straight line) is
flagstaff from P is 45o. Find the length of the
a) 50 m b) 75 3 m
flagstaff.
c) 25 3 m d) 80 m
a) 10( 3  2) m b) 10( 3  1) m
21. The tops of two poles of height 24 m and 36 m
c) 10 3 m d) 7.32 m are connected by a wire. If the wire makes an
15. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower angle of 60o with the horizontal, then the length
from two points situated at distances 36 m and of the wire is
64 m from its base and in the same straight line
a) 6 m b) 8 3 m c) 6 3 m d) 8 m
with it are complementary. What is the height
22. From the top of a 7 m high building, the angle
of the tower?
of elevation of the top of a TV tower is 60o and
a) 50 m b) 48 m c) 25 m d) 24 m
the angle of depression of its foot is 45o. Find
16. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower
the height of the TV tower.
standing on a horizontal plane from two points
on a line passing through the foot of the tower a) 7(1  3) m b) 7( 3  1) m
at a distance 9 ft and 16 ft respectively are c) 7( 3  1) d) 3( 7  1) m
complementary angles. Then the height of the 23. From the top of a hill 200 m high, the angle of
tower is depression of the top and bottom of a tower
a) 9 ft b) 12 ft c) 16 ft d) 144 ft are observed to be 30 o and 60o. The height of
17. The angles of elevation of the top of a tower the tower is (in m)
from two points at a distance x and y from the
400 3 2
foot of the tower are complementary. The a) m b) 166 m
3 3
height of the tower is
1
x x c) 133 m d) 200 3 m
a) xy b) c) d) x y 3
y y 24. A telegraph post is bent at a point above the
18. The distance between two pillars of length 16 ground due to storm. Its top just meets the
metres and 9 metres is x metres. If the angles of ground at a distance of 8 3 m from its foot
elevation of their respective tops from the
and makes an angle of 30o, then the height of
bottom of the other are complementary to each
the post is
other, then the value of x in metres is a) 16 m b) 23 m c) 24 m d) 10 m
a) 15 b) 16 c) 12 d) 9

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25. The angle of elevation of the top of an 30. The angles of elevation of a building from the
incomplete vertical pillar at a horizontal top and bottom of a tree are x and y
distance of 100 m from its base is 45o. If the respectively. If the height of the tree is h
angle of elevation of the top of complete pillar metres. Then the height of the building in
at the same point is 60o, then the height of the metres is
incomplete pillar is to be increased by h cot x h cot y
a) b)
a) 50 2 m b) 100 m cot x  cot y cot x  cot y
c) 100( 3  1) m d) 100( 3  1) m c)
h cot x
d)
h cot y
26. The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical cot x  cot y cot x  cot y
tower situated perpendicularly on a plane is
observed as 60o from a point P on the same
plane. From another point Q, 10 m vertically
above the point P, the angle of depression of
the foot of the tower is 30o. The height of the
tower is
a) 15 m b) 30 m c) 20 m d) 25 m
27. An airplane when flying at a height of 3125 m
from the ground passes vertically below
another plane at an instant when the angles of
elevation of the two planes from the same
point on the ground are 30o and 60o
respectively. The distance between the two
planes at that instant is
a) 6520 m b) 6000 m c) 5000 m d) 6250 m
28. A guard observes an enemy boat, from an
observation tower at a height of 180 metre
above sea level to be at an angle of depression
of 60o. The distance of the boat from the foot
of the observation tower is
a) 180 m b) 60 m
c) 180 3 m d) 60 3 m
29. The angles of elevation of the top of a building
and the top of the chimney on the roof of the
building from a point on the ground are x and
45o respectively. The height of building is h
metre. Then the height of the chimney in
metres is
a) h cotx + h b) h cotx – h
c) h tanx – h d) h tanx + h

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