zeta classes

RKM BUILDING, M02 DUBAI ALQIADHA

CLASS 12 - MATHEMATICS
Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Time Allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes Maximum Marks: 40

1. The domain of sin–1 2x is [1]

a) [0, 1] b) [−
1
,
1
]
2 2

c) [–2, 2] d) [– 1, 1]

2. The principal value of sin–1 (

− √3
) is [1]
2

a) −
π
b) −
2π

3 3

c) 4π
d) 5π

3 3

3. The principal value of cos-1 (

−1
) is [1]
√2

a) 5π
b) 3π

4 4

−π
c) d) π

4 4

4. If cos−1 x + sin then x = [1]

−1 x π
( ) = ,
2 6

a) 0 b)
1

√2

–
c) 1 d) ± √3

5. If tan-1 x = π
− tan
−1 1
then x = ? [1]
4 3

a) None of these b)
1

c) 1

4
d) 1

6. If 4 cos-1 x + sin-1 x = π , then the value of x is [1]

a) 2
b) 1

√3 √2

c) d)
√3 3

2
2

7. If sin −1
x + sin
−1
y =
2π
. Then, cos −1 −1
x + cos y = [1]
3

a) b)
π 2π

6 3

c) π
d) π
3

8. The principal value of tan-1 (tan

7π
) is [1]
6

a) π
b) None of these
6

c) 5π

6
d) 7π

9. The domain of the function defined by f (x) = sin–1x + cosx is [1]

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 a) [–1, 1] b) ϕ

c) ( –∞, ∞) d) [–1, π + 1]

10. cos( tan-1x) is equal to [1]

a) √1+x2
b) −
1

x √1+x2

c) None of these d)
1

√1+x2

11. The value of cos-1 (cos 3π

) is equal to [1]
2

a) b)
π 5π

2 2

c) 3π
d) 7π

2 2

12. Which of the following is the principal value branch of cosec–1x? [1]

−π −π
a) b)
π π
( , ) [ , ] − {0}
2 2 2 2

−π
c) [0, π] − {
π
} d) [ ,
π
]
2 2 2

13. One branch of cos–1 other than the principal value branch corresponds to [1]

a) [2π, 3π] b) [π, 2π] − {

3π
}
2

c) d) (0, π )
π 3π
[ , ]
2 2
– –
14. tan
−1
√3 − cot
−1
(− √3) is equal to [1]
–
a) 2 √3 b) 0

c) −
π

2
d) π

15. If cos(−1) x + cos(−1) y = 2π , then the value of sin(−1) x + sin(−1) y is [1]

a) None of these b) 0

c) π d) −π

16. The principal value of cos-1 (

−1
) is [1]
2

a) 4π
b) 2π

3 3

−π
c) π

3
d) 3

17. 2 tan-1 1
=? [1]
3

a) None of these b) tan1 3

c) tan1 4 d) tan1 3

3 4

18. If sin −1
x =
π
, then cos −1
x is equal to [1]
5

a) b)
5π 7π

4 4

c) 3π
d) π

10 10

19. The principal value of cot-1 (cot

5π
) is [1]
4

−π
a) 3π
b)
4 4

c) d) None of these
π

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20. tan-1 1
+ tan-1 1
=? [1]
2 3

a) 2π
b) π

3 3

c) π

2
d) π

21. The principal value of the expression cos–1 [cos (– 680°)] is [1]

−2π
a) π

9
b) 9

34π
c) d) 2π

9 9

22. The principal value of cos-1 (

√3
) is [1]
2

a) None of these b)
π

c) 5π

6
d) 7π

23. if θ = cos
−1
(
1

x
), then tan θ is equal to [1]

a) √x2 −1
b) None of these
x

−−−−−
c) d)
2
x√1−x √x2 − 1
|x|

24. The principal value of cosec-1 (cosec(

4π
)) is [1]
3

−π
a) b) π

3 3

c) None of these d)
2π

25. tan
−1
x + tan
−1
(
1

x
) =
π

2
holds true for [1]

a) all x ∈ R  −   {0} b) all x>0

c) all x > 1 d) all x ∈ R

26. Range of sin-1x is [1]

a) None of these b) [0, π ]

−π
c) d)
π π
[ , ] [0, ]
2 2 2

−−−−−
27. The domain of the function defined by f (x) = sin–1 √x − 1 is [1]

a) [1, 2] b) none of these

c) [–1, 1] d) [0, 1]
[1]
1 1

28. cos-1 2 +2sin-1 2 =?

a) b) None of these
2π

c) 2π d)
5π

29. The principal value of sin [1]

−1 3π
(sin ) = ……
4

a) b)
π 3π

4 4

−π
c) 5π
d)
4 4

30. Sin (tan–1 x), | x | < 1 is equal to [1]

a) b)
1 x

√1+x2 √1+x2

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 c) d)
x 1

√1−x2 √1−x2

31. Read the case study carefully and answer any four out of the following questions: [4]
At the time of the new year, John was doing some electrical decoration work at his home. For
this, he put a staircase of X meter length from road to window M.

The house of Ashok is on other side of the road. After finishing work at John's house the same
staircase was rotated from the same point  P on the road to window N of Ashok's house. It took
around 2 hrs to finish the work at Ashok's house. The width of the road was measured to be 7
m.
Now answer the following questions:
i. What is the length of the staircase?
a. 3 m
b. 4 m
c. 5 m
d. 7 m
ii. What is the measure of ∠α?
a. tan
−1 3

b. tan −1 4

c. −1 3
tan
x

d. tan−1
4

iii. What is the measure of ∠β ?

−1 3
a. sin
5

b. sin
−1 4

3
−1 3
c. tan
5

d. tan−1 4

iv. What is the height of window N from the ground?

a. 3 m
b. 4 m
c. 5 m
d. 7 m

v. What is the value of  −1

sin (
MA
) +
−1
cos (
MA
?
)
MP MP

a. π

3
π
b. –
–
2
π
c. –
–
4

d. π

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32. State True or False: [1]
a) The graph of inverse trigonometric function can be obtained from the graph of their
corresponding trigonometric function by interchanging x and y axes.
33. Fill in the blanks: [5]
a) The domain of the function cos-1(2x - 1) is ________.
−1 −1

b) The value of expression tan(

sin x+ cos x
, when x =
)
√3
is ________.
2 2

c) The value of cos (sin-1x + cos-1x), |x| ≤ 1 is ________.

d) x−y
The result of tan-1x - tan-1y = tan-1( 1+xy ) is true when value of xy is ________.

e) The value of sin (2tan-1)(0.75)) is equal to ________.

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