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TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATION

LEVEL-I

1. If sin(cos) = cos( sin), then sin2 may take value

(A) 3/4 (B) –3/4
(C) 1/4 (D) None of these

2. General solution to the equation tan2 + cos2 - 1 = 0 will be given by

(A)  = n (B)  = 2n +/4
(C)  = n +/4 (D)  = 2n -/4

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3. If sin  = p then the equation whose solution is tan is
2
(A) px2 + 2xp – 1 = 0 (B) px2 + 2x – p =0
(B) x2 + 2x – p =0 (D) None of these

4. If tan(cot x) = cot(tan x) then sin 2x is equal to

2 4
(A) (B)
2n  1 2n  1
2 4
(C) (D)
nn  1 nn  1


*5. If sin-1x + tan-1x = , then 2x2 + 1 =
2
5 1
(A) 5 (B)
2
(C) 2 (D) none of these

6. Solution set of the equation sin2x + cos23x = 1 is given by

n  n 
(A)  , n  I (B)  , n  I
4  2 
(C) n, n  I (D) none of these

*7. The difference between the roots in the first quadrant (0  x  /2) of the equation
4 cosx (2 – 3 sin2x) + (cos2x + 1) = 0 is
(A) /6 (B) /4
(C) /3 (D) /2

  1 
8. The value of tan 2 tan 1     is equal to
 5 4 
7 7
(A) (B)  -
17 17
7
(C) - (D) none of these
17
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*9. The set of values of a for which x2 – ax – sin-1(sin3) > 0 for all x  R is
  
(A) R (B)   , 
 2 2
(C)  (D) none of these

10. If sin-1 (sinx) =  - x, then x belongs to

(A) (-, ) (B) [ 0, ]
  3 
(C)  ,  (D) [, 2]
2 2 

*11. If cos-1 x+ cos-1 y+ cos-1z = 3 then x2+ y2 + z2 – xy – yz – zx equals to

(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) 3

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12. The number of real solutions of the equation tan-1 xx  1 + sin-1 x 2  x  1 = is
2
(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) infinite

2x
*13. If x  1 , then 2 tan-1x+ sin-1 is equal to
1 x2
(A) 4 tan-1x (B) 
(C) 0 (D) None of these

14. If sinx + siny + sinz = 3, x, y, z  [ 0, 2], then

(A) x2 + y2 + z2 – xy – yz – zx = 0 (B) x3 + y3 + z3 = 3/3
3 3 3
(C) x + y + z = 0 (D) x + y + z = 0

15. If cos1 + 2 cos2 + 3 cos3 = 6 then tan1+ tan2+ tan3 equals to

(A) 1/2 (B) 6
(C) 0 (D) 3

*16. The equation esinx + e-sinx = 2sinx will have

(A) no solution (B) one solution
(C) two solution (D) none of these

17. If 1+ tan = 2 then cos - sin equals to (   (2n+1)/2)

(A) 2 sin (B) 2 sin
(C) 2 cos (D) 2 cos

18. Value of cos(2 cos-1(4/5)) equals to

(A) 6/25 (B) 7/25
(C) 4/25 (D) 8/25

19. If 4 cos-1x + sin-1x = then x equals to

(A) 1/2 (B) 1/ 2
(C) 1 (D) 3 /2
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 3
*20. Number of solution to the equation sin-1x – cos-1x = cos-1   is
 2 
 
(A) one (B) two
(C) four (D) none of these.

*21. The solutions of the equation (cos2x – 4sinx + 6) (1-sinx) = cos2x are
(A) 2n, n I (B) (4n – 1) /2, n  I

(C) (4n + 1) , n  I (D) None of these
2
x
22. If tan 2 = secx – cosx, then
2
(A) x = 2n, n  I (B) x = (2n + 1), n  I

(C) x = (2n + 1) , n  I (D) None of these
2

23. The inequality log2x < sin–1 (sin5) holds if

(A) x  (0, 25-2) (B) x  (25-2 , )
(C) x  (22 -5 , ) (D) None of these

24. The value(s) of y for which the equation 4 sinx+3cosx= y2– 6y +14 has a real solution, is
(are)
(A) 3 (B) 5
(C) –3 (D) None of these.

25. The most general values of x for which sinx + cosx = min.{ y2 – 10 y +26, y2 –6y +12},
 y R, are given by
 
(A) [2n, (2n+1) ] (B) [ n + (-1)n  , ( n+1) ]
4 4

(C) [2n, ( 4n+1) ] (D) None of these
2

26. If cos-1x + cos-1y + cos-1z =3 , then x3 +y3 +z3 is equal to

(A) –3 (B) 3
(C) 0 (D) None of these

*27. The solution(s) x, of the equation 3 cosx – sinx = (cos10y+ sec10y), is (are)
(A) /6 (B) - /6
(C) -/3 (D) /3

28. If cotx coty = k and x + y =/3, then tanx, tany satisfy the equation
(A) kt2 – 3 (k –1)t +1= 0 (B) kt2 + 3 ( k –1)t +1 = 0
(C) kt2 – 3 ( k +1)t +1= 0 (D) kt2 + 3 ( k +1)t +1 = 0
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 1 
29. If  cos2 x  2
cos x 
 
 1  tan2 2 y 3  sin 3 z   4 , then

(A) x may be a multiple of  (B) x can not be an even multiple of 
(C) z can be a multiple of  (D) y can be a multiple of /2 .

30. tan + tan2 + tan tan2 = 1. Then  is equal to

(A) /12 (B) 5/12
(C) -3/12 (D) -7/12

31. If –1 < x < 0 then tan-1x equals

 x 
(A)   cos 1  1  x 2  (B) sin 1  
   2 
 1 x 
 1 x 2 
(C)  cot 1   (D) cosec-1 x
 x 
 

32. The set of all x in ( -, ) satisfying |4sinx-1| < 5 is given by

  3    3    3 
(A)   ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D) none of these.
 10 10   10 10   10 10 

33. The number of roots of the equation x+ 2tanx = /2 in the interval [0, 2] is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) infinite

34. The general solution of the equation sinx + cosx = 1, for n = 0,  1,  2,...... is
1
(A) x = 2n (B) x = 2n + 
2
 
(C) x = n + (-1)n  (D) none of these
4 4

35. The solution set of (2cosx - 1) (3 + 2cosx) = 0 in the interval 0  x  2 is

A     B    , 5 
3 3 3 
  5 
C   , , cos  3 / 2 
1
D  none of these.
3 3 

36. The number of solutions of the equation tanx + secx = 2cosx lying in the interval [0, 2]
is
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) 3

37. The general solution of the equation tan2 + 23 tan = 1 is given by
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1
A   =  B 
 =  n + 
2  2 
C   = 6n + 1  D  n
12 12

38. The general solution of sinx - 3sin2x + sin3x = cosx - 3cos2x + cos3x is
A  n +  B n + 
8 2 8
C - 1n n   D 2n + cos-13 / 2
2 8

*39. The value of tan[cos-1 4/5 + tan-1 2/3] or tan [sin-1(3/5) + cot-1 3/2] is
(A) 6/17 (B) 7/16
(C) 17/6 (D) none of these.

2
40. The principal value of sin-1(sin ) is
3
(A) -2/3 (B) 2/3
(C) 4/3 (D) None of these

*41. If 1 + |sinx| + sin2x + |sin3x| + ....  = 4 + 2 3 , then

 
(A) x = (B)
6 3
2 5
(C) x = (D) x =
3 6

42. The number of ordered pair (x, y), where x and y satisfy x + y = 2/3 and cosx + cosy =
3/2 is
(A)0 (B)1
(C)2 (D) infinity

43. The number of solutions of cos2 + sin + 1 = 0, is (  [0, 2])

(A) 0 (B)1
(C) 2 (D) infinity

44. If sin-1x > cos-1x, then

 1   1 
(A) x    1,  (B) x   0, 
 2  2
 1   1 
(C) x   ,1 (D) x   ,0 
 2   2 

45. The set of all values of x in the interval [0, ] for which 2sin2x - 3sinx + 1  0 contains
(A)[0, /6] (B)[0, /3]
(C)[2/3, ] (D) [0, /6] {/2}  [5/6, ]
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sinx / 2   cosx / 2  i tan x

*46. If the expression is real If x belong to the set
1  2i sinx / 2
(A) {n : nI} (B) {2n : nI}
(C) {n+/4 : nI} (D) {2n+/4 : nI}

47. sinx, sin2x, sin3x are in A.P. if (for n  I)

n
(A) x = (B) x = n
2
n
(C) x = 2n (D) x =
3

*48. sinx cosx cos 2x = k has a solution, if k belong to the interval

(A)[0, 1] (B)[-1,0]
(C) [-/2, /2] (D) [-1/4, ¼]
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LEVEL-II
1. The values of x in [0, 2] which satisfy the equation 21+ |sinx| + | sin2x| + |sin3x| + .. . = 2 are
(A) 0 (B) 
(C) 2 (D) 3/2

2
2. The values of  in the interval (-/2, /2) satisfying the equation  3 sec 
= tan4 + 2
tan2 is
(A) /4 (B) -/4
(C)  (D) none of these

 sin 1  1
*3. tan 1 equals
 cos 1 

(A) 0 (B) 1
2
 1 
(C) 1 (D) 
2 2 4

*4. The value of x that satisfies the equation tan2x = tan-1(tan3) is

(A) /3 (B) - /3
(C) tan 1 3 (D) none of these

2 
5. If sin-1x + sin-1y = , cos-1x – cos-1y = , then the number of ordered pairs (x, y) is
3 3
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) none of these

6. The number of real solutions of cos-1x + cos-1 2x = - is

(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) infinitely many

7. sinx + cos x = y2 – y +a has no value of x for any y if ‘a’ belongs to

(A) ( 0, 3) (B) (- 3 , 0 )
(C) ( -  , - 3) (D) ( 3 , )

8. The values of k, for which the system of equations cosx cos2y = (k2 – 4)2 +1 and
sinx sin2y = k +2 holds, is (are) given by
(A) k =  2 (B) k = - 2
(C) k = 2 (D) none of these

9. The value of tan[sin-1(cos(sin-1x))] tan[ cos-1 (sin(cos-1x) )], (x ( 0, 1)) is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) –1 (D) none of these.
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10. The value of tan-1  tan 2 A  + tan-1(cotA) + tan-1(cot3A), for 0 < A < /4, is
 2 
(A) tan-1 2 (B) tan-1(cotA)
-1
(C) 4 tan (1) (D) 2 tan-1(2)

*11. The value of a for which the equation 4cosec2( (a + x)) + a2 – 4a = 0 has a real solution,
is
(A) a = 1 (B) a = 2
(C) a = 10 (D) None of these

 1 a  1 a
*12. cos  cos1  + cos  cos 1  is equal to
4 2 b 4 2 b
ab b
(A)  (B)
b ab
ab
(C) (D) None of these
b

13. If 2 sin-1x = cos-1(1 – 2x2), then

(A) -1  x  1 (B) -1  x  0
(C) x = 1/2 (D) 0  x  1

A A A 
14. If 1 sin A =sin –cos , then  could lie in quadrant
2 2 2 4
(A) first (B) second
(C) third (D) fourth

15. General solution to the equation tan2 + cos2 -1 =0 will be given by

(A)  = n (B)  = 2n +/4
(C)  = n +/4 (D)  = 2n -/4

1
16. If sinx + cosx = y , x  [ 0, ], then
y
(A) x =/4 (B) y =0 (C) y = 1 (D) x= 3/4.

17. The minimum value of 2sinx + 2cosx is

1
1
1
(A) 1 (B) 2 – (C) 2-1/ 2 (D) 2 2

*18. The number of solutions of the equation

1 1 2
tan-1 + tan-1 = tan-1 2 is
2x  1 4x  1 x
(A) 1 (B)2
(C)3 (D) 4
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a xy a  a1 a  a2 a  a n 1 1
*19. The value of tan-1  1  +tan-1 2
 + tan-1 3 + ... +tan-1 n + tan-1 is
 a1y  x  1  a1a 2 1  a 2 a3 1  anan 1 an
(A) 0 (B) 1
x y
(C) tan-1 (D) tan-1
y x

*20. If sinx + cosx = 1 + sinx cosx, then

  1   1
(A) sin  x   = (B) sin  x   
 4 2  4 2
  1   1
(C) cos  x    (D) cos  x   
 4 2  4 2

21. If   tan-1x + cot-1x + si n-1x    x  (0, 1] then

(A)  =0 ,  = /2 (B)  = 0,  = 
(C)  = /2,  =  (D)  = /2,  = 
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LEVEL-III
1. If all the solutions ‘x’ of acosx + a–cosx = 6 (a > 1) are real, then set of values of a is
(A) [3+2 2 , ) (B) (6, 12)
(C) (1, 3 + 2 2 ) (D) none of these.

  2 3 12 
2. The value of sin 1 cot sin 1  cos 1  sec 1 2  is
 4 4 
  
(A) 0 (B) /4
(C) /6 (D) /2

3. The number of integral values of p for which the equation cos (psinx) = sin(p cosx) has a
solution in [0, 2] is
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) none of these

5 2
4. If (tan-1x)2 + (cot-1x)2 = , then x equals to
8
(A) -1 (B) 1
(C) 0 (D) none of these

*5. The number of points inside or on the circle x2 + y2 = 4 satisfying

tan4x + cot4x + 1 = 3sin2y is
(A) one (B) two
(C) four (D) infinite

       
*6. If cos  sin x    cos x     0 , then x is
   6  3  
(A) n + /4, n  I. (B) n - /2, n  I.
(C) n - /4, n  I. (D) none of these

7. Indicate the relation which is true

(A) tan | tan-1 x | = | x |(B) cot | cot-1 x | = x (C) tan-1 | tan x | = | x |
(D) sin|sin-1x |=|x|

8. The values of x between 0 and 2 which satisfy the equation sinx 8 cos 2 x =1 are in
A.P. with common difference
(A) /4 (B) /8 (C) 3/8 (C) 5/8

9. In a triangle ABC, the angle B is greater than angle A. If the values of angles A and B
satisfy the equation 3sinx - 4sin3x - k = 0, 0 < k < 1, then the value of C is
A   (B)

3 2
2 5
C D
3 6
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10. If A = 2 tan-1(2 2 -1) and B = 3 sin-1(1/3) + sin-1 (3/5), then

(A) A = B (B) A < B
(C) A > B (D) none of these

*11. The equation (cosp - 1)x2 + (cosp)x + sinp = 0, where x is a variable, has real roots.
Then the interval of p may be
(A) (0, 2) (B) (-, 0)
  
(C)  ,  (D) (0, )
 2 2
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ANSWERS
LEVEL −I
1. A 2. A,C 3. D 4. B
5. A 6. A 7. A 8. C
9. C 10. C 11. A 12. C
13. B 14. A 15. C 16. A
17. 18. B 19. D 20. A
21. C 22. A
23. A 24. A
25. D 26. A
27. B 28. A
29. A,D 30. A, B, C, D 31. B 32. A
33. C 34. C 35. B 36. C
37. C 38. 39. C 40. D
41. B, C 42. A 43. B 44. C
45. D 46. B,C 47. A, C 48. D

LEVEL −II
1. A, B, C 2. A, B 3. D 4. D
5. B 6. A 7. D 8. B
9. B 10. C 11. C 12. C
13. D 14. A,B 15. 16. A, C
17. D 18. B 19. C 20. A, D
21.

LEVEL −III
1. A 2. A 3. D 4. A
5. C 6. 7. A, B, D 8. A
9. C 10. C 11. D