XII-TRIGONOMETRY RATIO/EQUATION

   3   7 
tan  x   . cos   x  sin 3   x
 2  2   2 
1. The expression simplifies to -
   3 
cos  x   . tan   x
 2  2 
(A) (1 + cos2x) (B) sin2x (C) – (1 + cos2x) (D) cos2x
2. Exact value of cos 73° + cos 47° – sin 43° + sin 107° is equal to -
2 2 2 2

(A) 1/2 (B) 3/4 (C) 1 (D) none

sin 2 2  cos 8   cos158  cos 9 8 
3. The expression when simplified reduces to -
sin 23  cos 7   cos1 57  cos 97 
(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) 2 (D) none
 3   3 
4. The two legs of right triangle are sin + sin    and cos – cos    . The length of its hypotenuse is
2   2 

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) some function of 

a
5. If tan  = where a, b are positive reals then the value of sin sec7 + cos cosec7 is -
b
(a  b)3 (a 4  b 4 ) (a  b)3 (a 4  b 4 ) (a  b)3 (b 4  a 4 ) (a  b)3 (a 4  b 4 )
(A) (B) (C) (D) –
(ab)7 / 2 (ab)7 / 2 (ab)7 / 2 (ab)7 / 2
sin(  )  sin(   )
6. The expression is –
cos(  )  cos(  )
(A) independent of  (B) independent of  (C) independent of  (D) independent of and 
7. The tangents of two acute angles are 3 and 2. The sine of twice their difference is -
(A) 7/24 (B) 7/48 (C) 7/50 (D) 7/25
sin 2   sin 3   sin 4 
8. If = tan k is an identity then the value of k is equal to -
cos 2   cos 3   cos 4 
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6
9. Exact value of cos 20° + 2 sin 55° –
2
2 sin 65° is -
1
(A) 1 (B) (C) 2 (D) zero
2
10. If cos ( + ) = mcos( – ), then tan  is equal to -
1  m  1  m  1  m  1  m 
(A)   tan  (B)   tan  (C)   cot  (D)  cot 
1m  1m  1m  1  m 
11. If sin  + cosec  = 2, then the value of sin8 + cosec8  is equal to -
(A) 2 (B) 28 (C) 24 (D) none of these
12. If the expression 4 sin 5 cos 3 cos 2 is expressed as the sum of three sines then two of them are sin 4 and
sin 10. The third one is -
(A) sin 8 (B) sin 6 (C) sin 5 (D) sin 12
 4  3      
13. The expression, 3 sin      sin 4 (3    ) – 2 sin 6      sin 6 (5    ) when simplified is equal to -
  2     2  
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) sin 4 + cos 6
1  1
14. If cos  =  a  a  then cos 3 in terms of ‘a’ =
2
1  3 1   3 1  1  3 1 
(A)  a  3  (B) 4  a  3  (C)  a  3  (D) none
4  a a 2  a
 1 1
15. + =
cos 29 0 3 sin 250
2 3 4 3
(A) (B) (C) 3 (D) none
3 3
sec x 1
16. The number of solutions of the equation  in [0, 2] is equal to -
1  cosx 1  cosx
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0
17. The number of solutions of equation 2 + 7tan2= 3.25 sec2(0° <  < 360°) is -
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8
18. The number of solutions of the equation tan2x – sec10x + 1 = 0 in (0, 10) is -

(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) 11

19. If (cos + cos2)3 = cos3 + cos32 then the least positive value of  is equal to -

   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 4 3 2

20. The number of solution(s) of sin2x + cos4x = 2 in the interval (0, 2) is -
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
21. The complete solution of the equation 7cos x + sin x cos x – 3 = 0 is given by -
2

 
(A) n   ; (n   ) (B) n   ; (n   )
2 4

1 4 3 4
(C) n   tan ; (n   ) (D) n   , k  tan 1 ; (n, k   )
3 4 3

22. If 0  90° and tan() = 3 and tan( – ) = 2 then value of sin2 is -
1 1 1
(A)  (B) (C) (D) none of these
2 2 2
23. 2 2
If tanA and tanB are the roots of x –2x –1 = 0, then sin (A+B) is -

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

cosec x
24. If cos2x – 3cosx + 1 = , then which of the following is true ?
cot x  cot 2 x

(A) x  (2 n  1) , n  I (B) x  2n  , n  
2
1  2 
(C) x  2n   cos   , n  I (D) no real x
5 
25. The solutions of the equation sinx + 3sin2x + sin3x = cosx + 3cos2x + cos3x in the interval 0 < x < 2, are ;
 5 2  5  9 13 4  9  2 13  5 9 4
(A) , , (B) , , , (C) , , , (D) , , ,
8 8 3 8 8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 3 3
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. B C A B A C D B A C A B B C B

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Ans. D B A B A D B C D
Que. 25
Ans. B