PYQ Class 11

Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MCSIR) Logarithm
 
 log 4 ab  log 4 ab  log 4 b  log 4 a  · log b
 a b a a b b a  2 if ba 1
19. Prove that : 2  =  loga b
2 if 1ba
 1  1
20. Solve for x : log2 (4  x) + log (4  x) . log  x    2 log2  x   = 0.
 2  2
EXERCISE–V
1
1. Solve the following equations for x & y : log100|x + y| = [REE 96, 6]
2
log10 y – log10|x| = log100 4.
2. Find all real numbers x which satisfy the equation, [REE 96, 6]
2 log2(log2 x) + log1/2 log2 2 2 x = 1  
3. log3/4log8 (x2 + 7) + log1/2 log1/4 (x2 + 7)1 =  2. [REE 2000]
4. Number of solutions of log4(x – 1) = log2(x – 3) is
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 0 [JEE 2001 (Screening)]
5. Let (x0, y0) be solution of the following equations
(2x)ln2 = (3y)ln3 [JEE 2011]
3lnx = 2lny
1 1 1
Then x0 is : (A) (B) (C) (D) 6
6 3 2
 
 1 1 1 1
6. The value of 6 + log 3 4 4 4 ...  is [JEE 2012]
2
 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 
 
1 1
7. The value of  (log 2 

9) 2 log2 (log 2 9)  ( 7) log 4 7
is [JEE Adv. 2018]
8. Consider the statement : "P(n) : n2 – n + 41 is prime,. " then which one fo the following is
true ? [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) Both P(3) and P(5) are true (B) P(3) is false but P(5) is true
(C) Both P(3) and P(5) are false (D) P(5) is false but P(3) is true.
9. The sum of all natural numbers 'n' such that 100 < n < 200 and H.C.F. (91,n)>1 is :
[Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 3203 (B) 3221 (C) 3121 (D) 3303
10. The number of solutions of the equation log4(x – 1) = log2(x – 3) is :

[Jee main 2021 (27-02-2021-shift-1)]
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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MCSIR) Logarithm
11. The missing value in the following figure is [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
12. The number of solutions of the equation

log(x +1) (2x2 + 7x + 5) + log(2x + 5) (x +1)2 – 4 = 0, x > 0 ,is____.[Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-2)]
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Compound Angle
13. Show that elliminating x & y from the equations , sin x + sin y = a ;
8ab
cos x + cos y = b & tan x + tan y = c gives 2 2 2 = c.

a b 4a 2
14. Given that 3 sin x + 4 cos x = 5 where x  0,  2 . Find the value of 2 sin x + cos x + 4 tan x.
3  cos x
15. Show that  x R can not have any value between  2 2 and 2 2 . What inference
sin x
sin x
can you draw about the values of ?
3  cos x
16. Prove that the triangle ABC is equilateral iff , cot A + cot B + cot C = 3 .
A B C
17. If A+B+C = ; prove that tan2 + tan2 + tan2  1.
2 2 2
EXERCISE–IV
xy
1. If cos x + cos y + cos  = 0 and sin x + sin y + sin  = 0, then cot   = [AIEEE : 2002]
 2 
(A) sin  (B) cos  (C) cot  (D) 2 sin 
2. Cos1o cos2o . cos3o ....... cos 179o = [AIEEE : 2002]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
3. Let   be such that  <  –  < 3. [AIEEE : 2004]
21 27  
If sin + sin = – & cos + cos = – , then the value of cos is :
65 65 2
3 3 6 6
(A)  (B) (C) (D)
130 130 65 65
4  
4. Let cos( + ) = and let sin( – ) = , where 0 ,   . Then tan2 = [AIEEE : 2010]
5 13 4
25 56 19 20
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 33 12 7
5. 2 4
If A = cos  + sin  , then for all value of 
3 13
(A) 1 A  2 (B)  A  1 (C)  A  1 (D) None of these
4 16
6. In a PQR , if 3 sin P + 4 cos Q = 6 and 4 sin Q + 3 cos P = 1, then the angle R is equal to
  3 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) [AIEEE : 2012]
6 4 4 6
7. If K = sin(/18) sin (5/18) sin (7/18), then the numerical value of K is : [IIT : 1993]
(A) 1/8 (B) 1/16 (C) 1/2 (D) None of these
8. If A > 0, B > 0 and A + B =  / 3, then the maximum value of tan A tan B is : [IIT : 1993]
(A) 1 (B) 1/3 (C) 3 (D) 1/ 3
  3    6  6 
9. The expression 3 sin 4      sin 4 (3  )  – 2 sin      sin (5  )  is equal to
  2    2  
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) sin4 + cos6
[IIT : 1995]
10. 4 2 6 6
3(sinx – cosx) + 6(sin x + cos x) + 4(sin x + cos x) = [IIT : 1995]
(A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14
4xy
11. sec2 = is true, if and only if :
(x  y)2
(A) x + y  0 (B) x = y, x  0 (C) x = y (D) x  0, y  0
12. The number of values of x where the function f(x) = cos x + cos( 2 x) attains its maximum is :

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) Infinite [IIT 1998]
13. Which of the following number(s) is rational : [IIT 1998]
(A) sin 15o (B) cos 15o (C) sin 15o cos 15o (D) sin 15o cos 75o
n
14. Let n be an odd integer.If sin n =  br sinr, for every value of  then : [IIT : 1998]
r 0
(A) b0 = 1, b1 = 3 (B) b0 = 0, b1 = n (C) b0 = –1, b1 = n (D) b0 = 0, b1 = n2 + 3n + 3

15. The function f(x) = sin4 x + cos4 x increases if [IIT 1998]
  3 3 5 5 3
(A) 0 < x < (B)  x  (C) x (D) x
8 4 8 8 8 8 4
 P Q
16. In a triangle PQR, R = , If tan   and tan   are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0
2 2 2
(a  0), then : [IIT 1999]
(A) a + b = c (B) b + c = a (C) a + c = b (D) b = c

17. For a positive integer n, let fn() = tan   (1 + sec) (1 + sec 2 ) (1 + sec 4) ..... ( 1 + sec2n ).
2
Then : [IIT 1999]
     
(A) f2   = 2 (B) f3   = 1 (C) f4   = 0 (D) None of these
 16   32   64 
18. Let f () = sin (sin + sin 3 ). Then f () [IIT 2000]
(A)  0 only when  0 (B)  0 for all real 
(C)  0 for all real  (D)  0 only when  0

19. If  +  = and , then tan  equals : [IIT 2001]
2
(A) 2(tan  + tan ) (B) tan  + tan 
(C) tan  + 2 tan  (D) 2 tan  + tan 
20. The maximum value of

(cos 1).(cos 2)......(cos n) , under the restrictions 0 1 . 2 ..... n  and
2
(cot 1).(cot 2).(cot 3)......(cot n) = 1 is
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
2 n/2 2n 2n
1 1
21. If  & are acute angles such that sin  = and cos  = then  +  lies in
2 3
     2   2  5   
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  ,  
 3 2 2 3   3 6 6 
1
22. cos+ ) = , cos( – ) = 1 find no. of ordered pair of (, ) – ,  
e
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4 [IIT Scr 2005]

23. If t = (tan)tan, t2 = (tan)cot, t3 = (cot)tan, t4 = (cot)cot and let   0,  , then [IIT 2006]
 4
(A) t4 < t2 < t1 < t3 (B) t4 < t1 < t3 < t2 (C) t4 < t3 < t2 < t1 (D) t2 < t1 < t3 < t4
sin 4 x cos 4 x 1
24. If   , then
2 3 5
2 sin 8 x cos 8 x 1
(A) tan2x = (B) + =
3 8 27 125
1 sin 8 x cos 8 x 2
(C) tan2x = (D) + =
3 8 27 125
1
25. The maximum value of the expression 2 is [IIT 2010]
sin   3sin  cos   5cos 2 
  
26. Let  [0, 2] be such that 2 cos (1 – sin) = sin2  tan  cot  cos – 1, tan(2 – ) > 0
 2 2
3
and –1 < sin  < – . Then  cannot satisfy [IIT 2012]
2
  4
(A) 0 <  < (B)   
2 2 3
4 3 3
(C)  (D)    2
3 2 2
2    
27. Let f : (–1, 1)  IR be such that f(cos 4) = 2 for   0,    ,  . Then the value(s) of
2  sec   4 4 2
1
f   is(are)
3
3 3 2 2
(A) 1 – (B) 1 + (C) 1 – (D) 1 +
2 2 3 3
tan A cot A
28. The expression  can be written as : [JEE Mains 2013]
1  cot A 1  tan A
(A) sec A + cosec A (B) sinA cosA + 1 (C) secA cosecA + 1 (D) tanA + cotA
1
29. Let fk(x) = (sink x + cosk x) where x  R and k 1. Then f4(x) – f6(x) equals [JEE Mains 2014]
k
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 6 3 4
13
1
30. The value of  is equal to [JEE Adv. 2016]
k 1 sin    (k  1)   sin    k 
   
4 6  4 6 
(A) 3  3 (B) 2(3  3) (C) 2( 3  1) (D) 2(2  3)
31. If 5 (tan2 x – cos2 x) = 2 cos 2x + 9, then the value of cos 4x is [JEE Mains 2017]

3 1 2 7
(A)  (B) (C) (D) 
5 3 3 9
32. Let a vertical tower AB have its end A on the level ground. Let C be the mid - point of AB and P be a
point on the ground such that AP = 2AB. IfBPC = b then tan b is equal to : [JEE Mains 2017]
6 1 2 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 4 9 9
33. Let  and  be non zero real numbers such that 2(cos  – cos ) + cos  cos  = 1. Then which of the
following is/are true ? [JEE Adv. 2017]
   
(A) tan    3 tan    0 (B) tan    3 tan    0
2 2 2 2
   
(C) 3 tan    tan    0 (D) 3 tan    tan    0
2 2 2 2
34. Let a, b, c be three non-zero real numbers such that the equation [JEE Adv. 2018]
  
3 a cos x + 2b sin x = c, x    , 
 2 2
 b
has two distinct real roots  and  with  +  = . Then the value of is.
3 a
π π π π
35. The value of cos 2
 cos 3  .........cos 10  sin 10 is : [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-2)]
2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
256 2 1024 512
1
36. Let fk(x) =
k

sink x  cosk x  for k = 1,2,3..... Then for all x  R, the value of f4(x) –f6(x) is equal to :
[Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
1 1 1 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 12 12 12
 π
37. The maximum value of 3 cos + 5sin  θ –  for any real value of  is :
 6
[Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-1)]
79
(A) 31 (B) (C) 34 (D) 19
2
3 5 π
38. If cos  α + β  = , sin  α – β  = and 0 < α, β < , then tan(2) is equal to :
5 13 4
[Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-1)]
33 21 63 63
(A) (B) (C) (D)
52 16 52 16
39. The value of cos210° – cos10° cos50° + cos250° is : [Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-1)]
3 3
(A) 3/2 (B)
4
+ cos20° (C)
2
1 + cos 20° (D) 3/4
40. The value of sin10° sin30° sin50° sin70° is : [Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 32 18 36
2sin α 1 1 – cos2β 1  π
41. If = and = , α, β   0,  , then tan(+ 2) is equal to :
1 + cos 2α 7 2 10  2
[Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-2)]
42. The value of [Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-1)]

π  3π  π  3π 
cos3   . cos   + sin 3   . sin   is :
8  8  8  8 
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 4 2 2
 π π  π π
43. If L = sin 2   – sin 2   and M = cos 2   – sin 2   , then :
 16  8  16  8
[Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-2)]
1 1 π
(A) M = 1 + 1 cos π (B) M = + cos
2 2 2 8 4 2 4 8
1 1 π 1 1 π
(C) L = – + cos (D) L = – cos
2 2 2 8 4 2 4 8
3
44. If 0 < x, y <  and cos x + cos y – cos (x + y)  , then sin x + cos y is equal to :
2
[Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-2)]
1 1 3 3 1 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
  1
45. If for x   0,  , log10 sin x  log10 cos x  1 and log10 (sin x  cos x)  (log10 n  1), n  0 , then
 2 2
the value of n is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-1)]
(1) 20 (B) 12 (C) 9 (D) 16
46. If 15sin4  +10cos4  = 6, for some   R, then the value of 27sec6  + 8cosec6  is equal to :

[Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 350 (B) 500 (C) 400 (D) 250

47. The value of cot is : [Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-2)]
24
(A) 2  3  2  6 (B) 3 2  3  6
(C) 2  3  2  6 (D) 2  3  2  6
1
48. If sin  + cos  = , then 16(sin (2  ) + cos(4  ) + sin(6  )) is equal to :
2
[Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 27 (B) 23 (C) –27 (D) –23
    2   3   5   6   7  
49. The value of 2 sin   sin   sin   sin   sin   sin   is:
8  8   8   8   8   8 
[Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-2)]
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 4 2 8 2 4
50. A 10 inches long pencil AB which mid-point C and a small eraser P are placed on the horizontal top of
a table such that PC  5 inches and PCB  tan 1  2  .
The acute through which the pencil must be rotated about C so that the perpendicular distance between
eraser and pencil becomes exactly 1 inch is: [Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-2)]
1  1  1  4  1  3 
(A) tan   (B) tan   (C) tan   (D) tan 1 1
2 3 4
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Quadratic Equation
EXERCISE–III
Solve the inequality. Where ever base is not given take it as 10.
2
 5
Q.1 log2 x    log 1 x   20 log2 x  148  0 .
4
Q.2 (log 100 x)2 + (log 10 x)2 + log x 14
 2 4 
Q.3 log1/2 (x + 1) > log2 (2  x). Q.4 logx2 . log2x2 . log2 4x > 1.
Q.5 log1/5 (2x2 + 5x + 1) < 0. Q.6 log1/2 x + log3 x > 1.
Q.7 logx² (2 + x) < 1 Q.8 (logx+62) . log2 (x2  x  2)  1

4x  5 x 2  4x  3
Q.9 logx <  1 Q.10 log3  0
6  5x 2
x  x 5
Q.11 Find the maximum possible value of 8 ·27log6 x  27 ·8log6 x  x 3 , where x > 0
Q.12 Find the set of values of k for which the equation, 3 tan 3x = (3 log2K – 4 log K + 2)tan x (x  n, nI)
has a solution. The base of the logarithm is 8.
log 3 ( x 2  3x  7)
Q.13 Find out the values of 'a' for which any solution of the inequality, < 1 is also a solution
log 3 (3x  2)
of the inequality, x2 + (5  2 a) x  10a.
Q.14 Solve the inequality log ( x 2  10 x  22)  0 .

x
log  
2 2 
Q.15 Find the set of values of 'y' for which the inequality, 2 log0.5 y2  3 + 2 x log0.5 y2  x2 > 0
is valid for atleast one real value of 'x'.
EXERCISE–IV
Q. 1 Find the values of  & , 0 < ,  < /2, satisfying the following equation [JEE '99, 6]
cos  cos  cos( + ) = –1/8
 p Q
Q. 2 (i) In a triangle PQR, R = . If tan   & tan   are the roots of the equation
2 2 2
ax2 + bx + c = 0 (a 0) then : [JEE '99, 2 + 2]
(A) a + b = c (B) b + c = 0 (C) a + c = b (D) b = c
(ii) 2 2
If the roots of the equation x – 2ax + a + a – 3 = 0 are real & less than 3 then
(A) a < 2 (B) 2  a  3 (C) 3 < a  4 (D) a > 4
Q.3 If ,  are the roots of the equation, (x  a)(x  b) + c = 0, find the roots of the equation,
(x ) (x ) = c. [REE 2000 (Mains), 3]
Q.4(a) For the equation, 3 x2 + px + 3 = 0 , p > 0 if one of the roots is square of the other, then p is equal to:
(A) 1/3 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 2/3
(b) If  &  ( < ), are the roots of the equation, x2 + bx + c = 0, where c < 0 < b, then
(A) 0 <  <  (B)  < 0 < < 
(C) <  < 0 (D) < 0 <  < 
(c) If b > a , then the equation, (x  a) (x  b)  1 = 0, has :
(A) both roots in [a, b] (B) both roots in (a)
(C) both roots in [b) (D) one root in (a) & other in (b, +)
[JEE 2000 Screening, 1 + 1 + 1 out of 35]
(d) If ,  are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, (a  0) and  +  ,  +  , are the roots of,
Ax2 + Bx + C = 0, (A  0) for some constant , then prove that,
b 2 4ac B 2 4AC
= . [JEE 2000, Mains, 4 out of 100]
a2 A2
Q.5 Let a, b, c be real numbers with a  0 and let  be the roots of the equation
ax2 + bx + c = 0. Express the roots of a3x2 + abcx + c3 = 0 in terms of 
[JEE 2001, Mains, 5 out of 100]
Q.6 The set of all real numbers x for which x2 – |x + 2| + x > 0, is
(A) (–, –2) U (2, ) (B) (–, – 2 ) U ( 2 , )
(C) (–, –1) U (1, ) (D) ( 2 , ) [JEE 2002 (screening), 3]
Q.7 If x2 + (a – b)x + (1 – a – b) = 0 where a, b  R then find the values of ‘a’ for which equation has

unequal real roots for all values of ‘b’. [JEE 2003, Mains-4 out of 60]
Q.8(a) If one root of the equation x2 + px + q = 0 is the square of the other, then
(A) p3 + q2 – q(3p + 1) = 0 (B) p3 + q2 + q(1 + 3p) = 0
(C) p3 + q2 + q(3p – 1) = 0 (D) p3 + q2 + q(1 – 3p) = 0
(b) If x2 + 2ax + 10 – 3a > 0 for all x  R, then
(A) – 5 < a < 2 (B) a < – 5 (C) a > 5 (D) 2 < a < 5
[JEE 2004 (Screening)]
1  2x  5x 2   
Q.9 Find the range of values of t for which 2 sin t = 2 , t    ,  .
3x  2x  1  2 2
[JEE 2005(Mains), 2]
Q.10(a) Let a, b, c be the sides of a triangle. No two of them are equal and   R. If the roots of the equation
x2 + 2(a + b + c)x + 3(ab + bc + ca) = 0 are real, then
4 5 1 5  4 5
(A)   (B)   (C)    ,  (D)    , 
3 3 3 3  3 3
[JEE 2006, 3]
(b) If roots of the equation x 2  10cx  11d  0 are a, b and those of x2 – 10ax – 11b = 0 are c, d, then find
the value of a + b + c + d. (a, b, c and d are distinct numbers) [JEE 2006, 6]
Q.11(a) Let ,  be the roots of the equation x2 – px + r = 0 and  2 , 2 be the roots of the equation
x2 – qx + r = 0. Then the value of 'r' is
2 2 2 2
(A) (p–q)(2q – p) (B) (q – p)(2p – q) (C) (q – 2p)(2q – p) (D) (2p–q)(2q – p)
9 9 9 9
MATCH THE COLUMN:
x 2  6x  5
(b) Let f (x) =
x 2  5x  6
Match the expressions / statements in Column I with expressions / statements in Column II.
Column I Column II
(A) If – 1 < x < 1, then f (x) satisfies (P) 0 < f (x) < 1
(B) If 1 < x < 2, the f (x) satisfies (Q) f (x) < 0
(C) If 3 < x < 5, then f (x) satisfies (R) f (x) > 0
(D) If x > 5, then f (x) satisfies (S) f (x) < 1 [JEE 2007, 3+6]
ASSERTION & REASON:

Q.12 Let a, b, c, p, q be real numbers. Suppose ,  are the roots of the equation x2 + 2px + q = 0 and
, 1  are the roots of the equation ax2 + 2bx + c = 0, where 2  {–1, 0, 1}
STATEMENT-1 : (p2 – q)(b2 – ac)  0
and
STATEMENT-2 : b  pa or c  qa
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True [JEE 2008, 3 (–1)]
Q.13 The smallest value of k, for which both the roots of the equation, x2 – 8kx + 16(k2 – k + 1) = 0 are real,
distinct and have values at least 4, is [JEE 2009, 4 (–1)]
Q. 14 Let p and q be real numbers such that p  0, p3  q and p3 – q. If  and  are non zero complex
 
number satisfying  = – p and 3 +3 = q, then a quadratic equation having and as its roots
 
is [JEE 2010]
(A) (p3 + q)x2 – (p3 + 2q) x + (p3 + q) = 0 (B) (p3 + q)x2 – (p3 – 2q) x + (p3 + q) = 0
(C) (p3 – q)x2 – (5p3 – 2q) x + (p3 – q) = 0 (D) (p3 – q)x2 – (5p3 + 2q) x + (p3 – q) = 0
Q. 15 A value of b for which the equations [JEE 2011]
x2 + bx – 1 = 0
x2 + x + b = 0,
have one root in common is
(A)  2 (B) i 3 (C) i 5 (D) 2
Q. 16 Let  and  be the roots of x – 6x – 2 = 0, with  >. If an =  – n for n  1, then the value of
2 n
a10  2a 8
2a 9 is : [JEE 2011]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Q. 17 If the equations x2 + 2x + 3 = 0 and ax2 + bx + c = 0, a, b , c  R, have a common root, then a : b : c
is [IIT Main 2013]
(A) 3 : 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 2 : 3 (C) 3 : 2 : 1 (D) 1 : 3 : 2
Q. 18 The real number k for which the equation, 2x3 + 3x + k = 0 has two distinct real roots in [0, 1]
(A) does not exist (B) lies between 1 and 2 [IIT Main 2013]
(C) lies between 2 and 3 (D) lies between –1 and 0
Q. 19 The number of values of k, for which the system of equations : [IIT Mains 2013]
(k + 1) x + 8y = 4k
kx + (k + 3)y = 3k – 1 has no solution, is
(A) 3 (B) infinite (C) 1 (D) 2
1 1
Q. 20 Let and  be the roots of equation px2 + qx + r = 0, p  0. If p, q, r are in A.P. and  = 4, then
 
the value of | – | is : [IIT Mains 2014]
2 13 61 2 17 34
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 9 9
Q. 21 Let  and  be the roots of equation x2 – 6x – 2 = 0. If an = n – n, for n  1, then the value of
a10  2a 8
is equal to : [IIT Mains 2015]
2a 9
(A) –3 (B) 6 (C) –6 (D) 3
Q. 22 Let S be the set of all non-zero real numbers  such that the quadratic equation x2 – x +  = 0 has two
distinct real roots x1 and x2 satisfying the inequality |x1 – x2| < 1. Which of the following intervals is(are)
a subset(s) of S ? [IIT Adv. 2015]
 1 1   1   1   1 1
(A)   ,   (B)   ,0  (C)  0,  (D)  , 
 2 5  5   5  5 2
 
Q. 23 Let      . Suppose 1 and 1 are the roots of equation x2 – 2x sec + 1 = 0 and 2 and 2
6 12
are the roots of the equation x2 + 2x tan – 1 = 0. If 1 > 1 and 2 > 2, then 1 + 2 equals
(A) 2(sec – tan) (B) 2 sec [IIT Adv. 2016]
(C) –2 tan (D) 0
Q.24 If for a positive integer n, the quadratic equation, x(x + 1) + (x + 1)(x + 2)....+(x + n  1 )
(x + n) = 10n has two consecutive integral solutions, then n is equal to [JEE Mains 2017]
(A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 10 (D) 11
Paragraph
Let p, q be integers and let ,  be the roots of the equation, x 2 – x – 1 = 0, where .
For n = 0, 1, 2,.... let a n = pn + q n. [JEE Adv. 2017]
Fact : It a and b are rational numbers a + b 5 = 0, then a = 0 = b.
Q.25 If a 4 = 28, then p + 2q =

(A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 7 (D) 21
Q.26 a 12 =
(A) a 11 + 2a 10 (B) a 11 – a 10 (C) 2a 11 + a 10 (D) a 11 + a 10
Q.27 If  C are the distinct roots, of the equation x 2 – x + 1 = 0, then 101 +  107 is equal to
: [JEE Mains 2018]
(A) 2 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D) 1
Q.28 Let S = {x  R : x  0 and 2 x – 3 + x  
x – 6 + 6 = 0} . Then S : [JEE Mains 2018]
(A) contains exactly four elements. (B) is an empty set.
(C) contains exactly one element. (D) contains exactly two elements.
Q.29 If both the roots of the quadratic equation x2 – mx + 4 = 0 area real and distinct and they lie in the
intervasl [1, 5], then m lie in the interval : [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) (5, 6) (B) (–5, –4) (C) (4, 5) (D) (3, 4)
Q.30 The number of all possible positive intergral values of  for which the roots of the quadratic equation ,
6x2 – 11x +  = 0 are rational numbers is : [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5
2
Q.31 Consider the quadratic equation (c – 5)x – 2cx + (c – 4) = 0, c  5. Let S be the set of all integral values
of c for which one root of the equation lies in the interval (0,2) and its other root lies in the interval (2,3).
Then the number of element in S is : [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 18 (B) 11 (C) 10 (D) 12
Q.32 The value of  such that sum of the squares of the roots of the quadratic equation, x2 + (3 – ) x + 2= 
has the least value is : [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-2)]
15 4
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) (D)
8 9
Q.33 If one real root of the quadratic equation 81x2+ kx + 256 = 0 is cube of the other root, then a value of
k is : [Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 144 (B) –81 (C) 100 (D) –300
Q.34 Let  and  be the roots of the quadratic equation
n
  –1
 
n
x2 sin – x (sin cos+ 1) + cos = 0 (0 < < 45º), and  < . Then   α + n  is equal to:
n=0  β 
 
[Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-2)]
1 1 1 1
(A) – (B) +
1 – cosθ 1 + sinθ 1 + cosθ 1 – sinθ
1 1 1 1
(C) – (D) +
1 + cosθ 1 – sinθ 1 – cosθ 1 + sinθ
Q.35 If  be the ratio of the roots of the quadratic equation in x, 3m2x2 + m(m – 4)x + 2 = 0 , then the least
1
value of m for which  + = 1, is [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-1)]
λ
(A) 4 – 2 3 (B) 4 – 3 2 (C) – 2 + 2 (D) 2 – 3
Q.36 The numberof integral values of m for which the quadratic expression,
(1+2m)x2 – 2(1+3m)x + 4(1+m), xR
is always positive is: [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 8 (B) 7 (C) 6 (D) 3
Q.37 The number of integeral values of m for which the equation (1 + m2) x2 – 2(1 + 3m)x + (1 + 8m) = 0 has
no real root is: [Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) infinitely many (D) 3
Q.38 Let p, q  R. If 2 – 3 is a root of the quadratic equation, x2 + px + q = 0, then :

[Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) p2 – 4q – 12 = 0 (B) q2 + 4p + 14 = 0 (C) q2 – 4p – 16 = 0 (D) p2 – 4q + 12 = 0
Q.39 If m is chosen in the quadratic equation (m2 + 1)x2 – 3x + (m2 + 1)2 = 0 such that the sum of its roots is
greatest, then the absolute difference of the cubes of its roots is :
[Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 8 5 (B) 4 3 (C) 10 5 (D) 8 3
 π
Q.40 If  and  are the roots of the quadratic equation, x2 + x sin – 2sin = 0   0,   then
 2
α12 + β12
24
is equal to: [Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-1)]
α –12

+ β –12 ×  α – β 
212 212 26 212
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 12 (D) 12
 sin θ – 8  sinθ – 4   sin θ – 8   sinθ + 8
Q.41 The number of real roots of the equation 5 + 2 x – 1 = 2x(2x-2) is :

[Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 4
Q.42 If α, β and γ are three consecutive terms of a non-constant G.P. such that the equation
αx 2 + 2βx + γ = 0 and x2 + x – 1= 0 have a common root, then  ( +  ) is equal to :
[Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 0 (B) αβ (C)  (D) 
Q.43 Let  and  be two real roots of the equation (k + 1)tan2x – 2 .  tanx = (1 – k), where
k( – 1) and  are real numbers. if tan2 () = 50, then a value of  is:
[Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 10 2 (D) 5 2
Q.44 Let  and  be the roots of the equation x2 – x – 1 = 0. If pk = ()k + ()k, k  1, then which one of the

following statements is not true ? [Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) p5 = p2. p3 (B) p3 = p5 – p4
(C) (p1 + p2 + p3 + p4 + p5) = 26 (D) p5 = 11
33
Q.45 The least positive value of 'a' for which the equation, 2x2 + (a – 10)x + = 2a has real roots is ...........
2
[Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-1)]
Q.46 The number of real roots of the equation, e4x + e3x – 4e2x + ex + 1 = 0 is:
[Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 2
Q.47 Let a, b  R a  0 be such that the equation, ax2 – 2bx + 5 = 0 has a repeated root , which is also

a root of the equation, x2 – 2bx – 10 = 0. If  is the other root of this equation, then 2 + 2 is equal
to : [Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 24 (B) 25 (C) 26 (D) 28
Q.48 Let  and  be the roots of the equation, 5x2+ 6x –2=0. If Sn = α n + β n , n=1,2,3,....., then:

[Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 5S6+6S5+2S4=0 (B) 6S6+5S5=2S4
(C) 6S6+5S5+2S4=0 (D) 5S6+6S5=2S4
Q.49 Let f(x) be a quadratic polynomial such that f(–1) + f(2) = 0. If one of the roots of f(x)=0 is 3, then its
other roots lies in : [Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) (0,1) (B) (1,3) (C) (–1,0) (D) (– 3,– 1)
Q.50 Consider the two sets : [Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-1)]

2
A={m  R : both the roots of x – (m + 1) x + m + 4 = 0 are real} and B = [ – 3,5).
Which of the following is not true ?
(A) A – B =  – , – 3   5,   (B) A  B = {– 3}
(C) B – A=(– 3,5) (D) A  B = R
1 1
Q.51 If  and  are the roots of the equation x2 + px + 2=0 and and are the roots of the equation
α β
  
2x2 + 2qx + 1=0, then  α – 1   β – 1   α + 1   β + 1  is equal to :
 α β β α
[Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-1)]
9 9 9 9

(A) 9 + p
4
2
 (B) 9 + q
4
 2
 (C) 9 – p
4
 2
 (D) 9 – q
4
2
 
Q.52 The set of all real values of  for which the quadratic equations,   2  1 x 2  4x  2  0 always have

exactly one root in the interval (0,1) is : [Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) (– 3,– 1) (B) (2,4] (C) (1,3] (D) (0,2)
Q.53 L et λ  0 be in R. If α and β are the roots of the equation, x 2 + x + 2λ = 0 and α and γ are the

βγ
roots of the equation, 3x 2 – 10x + 27λ = 0 , then is equal to :
λ
[Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 27 (B) 9 (C) 18 (D) 36
Q.54 The product of the roots of the equation 9x2 – 18|x|+5=0 is :
[Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-1)]
25 5 5 25
(A) (B) (C) (D)
81 9 27 9
Q.55 If  and  are the roots of the equation, 7x2 – 3x – 2=0, then the value of α β is equal

2
+
1– α 1 – β2
to : [Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-2)]
27 1 27 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
32 24 16 8
1/ 8 1/8
 α3   β3 
2
Q.56 If  and  be two roots of the equation x – 64x + 256 = 0. Then the value of  5  +  5  is :
β  α 
[Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-1)]
Q.57 If  and  are the roots of the equation 2x(2x+1) = 1, then  is equal to:
[Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 2α(α – 1) (B) – 2α(α + 1) (C) 2α 2 (D) 2α(α + 1)
Q.58 Suppose a,b denote the distinct real roots of the quadratic polynomial x2 + 20x – 2020 and suppose
c,d denote the distinct complex roots of the quadratic polynomial x2 –20x + 2020. Then the value of
ac (a – c) + ad(a – d) + bc(b – c) + bd(b – d) is [JEE Advanced 2020]
(A) 0 (B) 8000 (C) 8080 (D) 16000
4 4
Q.59 Let p and q be two positive numbers such that p + q = 2 and p + q = 272. Then p and q are roots of
the equation : [Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-1)]
2 2 2 2
(A) x – 2x + 2 = 0 (B) x – 2x + 8 = 0 (C) x – 2x + 136 = 0 (D) x – 2x + 16 = 0
2 27
Q.60 The number of the real roots of the equation (x  1)  | x – 5 | is ________.
4
[Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-2)]
2 2
Q.61 The integer ‘k’, for which the inequality x – 2 (3k – 1)x + 8k – 7 > 0 is valid for every x in R, is :
[Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) 4
2 n n a10  2a 8
Q.62 Let  and  be the roots of x – 6x – 2 = 0. If an =  –  for n  1, then the value of is :
3a 9
[Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 3
n n
Q.63 Let  and  be two real numbers such that  = 1 and  = –1. Let pn = () + () , pn – 1 = 11
and pn + 1 = 29 for some integer n  1. Then, the value of p n2 is ______.
[Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-2)]
5 4 3 2
Q.64 Let a be an integer such that all the real roots of the polynomial 2x + 5x + 10x + 10x + 10x + 10 lie
in the interval (a, a + 1). Then, |a| is equal to ______.
[Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-2)]
1
Q.65 The value of 4  is : [Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-1)]
1
5
1
4
1
5
4  .........
2 4 4 2
(A) 2  30 (B) 2  30 (C) 4  30 (D) 5  30
5 5 5 5
1
Q.66 The value of 3 + is equal to [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
1
4+
1
3+
1
4+
3 + ......
(A) 1.5  3 (B) 2  3 (C) 3  2 3 (D) 4  3
1
Q.67 If  and  are the distinct roots of the equation x  3 x  31/2  0 , then the value of
2 4
96 (12 –1)  96 (12 –1) is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 56 × 324 (B) 52 × 324 (C) 56 × 325 (D) 28 × 325
20
1 Ak
Q.68 For k  N, let  
    1   2  ...    20  k 0   k
, where a > 0. Then the value of 100
2
 A14  A15 
  is equal to ________. [Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-2)]
 A13 
Q.69 The number of real roots of the equation e6x – e4x – 2e3x – 12e2x + ex +1= 0 is
[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 6 (D) 4
2
Q.70 If  are roots of the equation x  5  2  x  10  0,    and P  
n
n
n and for each
 P P  5 2P P 
17 20 17 19
positive integer n, then the value of  P P  5 2P 2  is equal to _____
 18 19 18 
[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-1)]
Q.71 The number of real solutions of the equation, x2 – |x| – 12 = 0 is :
[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 1
Q.72 Let ,  be two roots of the equation x2 + (20)1/4x + (5)1/2 = 0. Then 8 + 8 is equal to :
[Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 50 (B) 160 (C) 10 (D) 100
2sin 3x
Q.73 Let  = max{8 .44cos3x } and min{82sin 3x.4 4cos3x } . If 8x2 + bx + c = 0 is a quadratic equation
xR xR
whose roots are 1/5 and 1/5, then the value of c – b is equal to :
[Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 42 (B) 43 (C) 47 (D) 50
Q.74 The number of real roots of the equation e4x – e3x – 4e2x – ex + 1 = 0 is equal to
[Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-2)]
2 1 2
Q.75 The sum of all integral values of k  k  0  for which the equation   in x has no real
x 1 x  2 k
roots, is [Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-1)]
Q.76 Let   0 be in R. If  and  are the roots of the equation x 2  x  2  0 ,  and  are the roots

of the equation 3x 2  10x  27   0 , then is equal to ______.

[Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-2)]
Q.77 If x 2  9y 2  4x  3  0 , x, y   , then x and y respectively lie in the intervals:
[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-1)]
 1 1  1 1  1 1
(A)   ,  and   ,  (B)   ,  and [1, 3]
 3 3  3 3  3 3
 1 1
(C) [1, 3] and [1, 3] (D) [1, 3] and   , 
 3 3
Q.78 The number of distinct real roots of the equation 3x 4  4x 3  12x 2  4  0 is ______.
[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-1)]
Q.79 The set of all values of k  1 , for which the equation
2 2
 3x 2
 4x  3   k  1  3x 2  4x  3 3x 2  4x  2   k  3x 2  4x  2   0 has real roots, is:
[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-2)]
 1   5
(A)   ,1 (B) 1, 
 2   2
 1 3
(C)  ,   1 (D) [2, 3)
 2 2
Q.80 The number of real roots of the equation e4x  2e3x  e x  6  0 is:
[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 0
Q.81 cos ec18 is a root of the equation: [Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A) x 2  2x  4  0 (B) 4x 2  2x  1  0
(C) x 2  2x  4  0 (D) x 2  2x  4  0
Q.82 The sum of the roots of the equation, x  1  2 log 2  3  2 x   2 log 4 10  2  x   0 is
[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-2)]
(A) log 2 14 (B) log 2 12 (C) log 2 13 (D) log 2 11

Q.83 The number of pairs (a, b) of real numbers, such that wherever α is a root of the equation x 2  ax  b  0 ,
 2  2 is also a root of this equation, is [Jee main 2021 (02-09-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 2
f
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Sequence & Series
13. The sequence a1, a2, a3, ....... a98 satisfies the relation an+1 = an + 1 for n = 1, 2, 3, .........97 and has
49
the sum equal to 4949. Evaluate  a 2 k .
k 1
14. (a) The value of x + y + z is 15 if a , x , y , z , b are in AP while the value of ;

(1/x)+(1/y)+(1/z) is 5/3 if a , x , y , z , b are in HP. Find a & b.
(b) The values of xyz is 15/2 or 18/5 according as the series a , x , y , z , b is an AP or HP . Find
the values of a & b assuming them to be positive integer.
15. Find the conditions on  and  such that x1, x2, x3 satisfying the cubic x3  x2 + x +  = 0 are in A.P.
16. If the roots of 10x3  cx2  54x  27 = 0 are in harmonic progression, then find c and all the roots.
17. If a , b , c be in GP & logc a, logb c, loga b be in AP , then show that the common difference of the
AP must be 3/2.
18. In a GP the ratio of the sum of the first eleven terms to the sum of the last eleven terms is 1/8 and the
ratio of the sum of all the terms without the first nine to the sum of all the terms without the last nine is 2.
Find the number of terms in the GP.
19. Given a three digit number whose digits are three successive terms of a G.P. If we subtract 792 from it,
we get a number written by the same digits in the reverse order. Now if we subtract four from the
hundred's digit of the initial number and leave the other digits unchanged, we get a number whose digits
are successive terms of an A.P. Find the number.
EXERCISE–III
   
1. (a) The harmonic mean of the roots of the equation 5  2 x 2  4  5 x + 8 + 2 5 = 0 is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 [JEE '99, 2+2]
(b) Let a1, a2,...., a10, be in A.P. & h1, h2, ....., h10 be in H.P. If a1 = h1 = 2 & a10 = h10 = 3 then a4h7 is :
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6
2. The sum of an infinite geometric series is 162 and the sum of its first n terms is 160. If the inverse of its
common ratio is an integer, find all possible values of the common ratio, n and the first terms of the series.
[JEE '99, 6]

3. (a) Consider an infinite geometric series with first term 'a' and common ratio r . If the sum is 4 and the
second term is 3/4, then :
7 3 3 3 1 1
(A) a = , r = (B) a = 2, r = (C) a = , r = (D) a = 3, r =
4 7 8 2 2 4
(b) If a, b, c, d are positive real numbers such that a + b + c + d = 2, then M = (a + b) (c + d) satisfies
the relation :
(A) 0  M  1 (B) 1  M  2 (C) 2  M  3 (D) 3  M  4
[JEE 2000, Screening, 1 + 1 out of 35]
(c) The fourth power of the common difference of an arithmetic progression with integer entries added to
the product of any four consecutive terms of it . Prove that the resulting sum is the square of an integer.
4. Given that ,  are roots of the equation, A x2  4 x + 1 = 0 and ,  the roots of the equation,
B x2  6 x + 1 = 0, find values of A and B, such that , ,  &  are in H.P.
[REE 2000, 5 out of 100]
5. The sum of roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is equal to the sum of squares of their reciprocals. Find
whether bc2, ca2 and ab2 in A.P., G.P. or H.P.? [REE 2001, 3 out of 100]
6. Solve the following equations for x and y
log2x + log4x + log16x + .................... = y
5  9  13............ ( 4y  1)
= 4log4x [REE 2001, 5 out of 100]
1  3  5.............. (2y  1)
7. (a) Let  be the roots of x2 – x + p = 0 and  be the roots of x2 – 4x + q = 0. If are in G.P.,
then the integral values of p and q respectively, are
(A) –2, –32 (B) –2, 3 (C) –6, 3 (D) –6, –32
(b) If the sum of the first 2n terms of the A.P. 2, 5, 8, ........... is equal to the sum of the first n terms of the A.P.
57, 59, 61, ........, then n equals
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 11 (D) 13
(c) Let the positive numbers a, b, c, d be in A.P. Then abc, abd, acd, bcd are
(A) NOT in A.P./G.P./H.P. (B) in A.P.
(C) in G.P. (D) H.P. [JEE 2001, Scr, 1 + 1 + 1 out of 35]
(d) Let a1, a2 .......... be positive real numbers in G.P. For each n, let An, Gn, Hn, be respectively, the
arithmetic mean, geometric mean and harmonic mean of a1, a2, a3, ...........an. Find an expression for the
G.M. of G1, G2, .........Gn in terms of A1, A2 .............An, H1, H2, .........Hn.
[JEE 2001 (Mains); 5]
3
8.(a) Suppose a, b, c are in A.P. and a2, b2, c2 are in G.P. If a < b < c and a + b + c = , then the value of a is
2
1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 
2 2 2 3 2 3 2 2
[JEE 2002 (Screening), 3]
(b) Let a, b be positive real numbers. If a , A1 , A2 , b are in A.P. ; a , G1 , G2 , b are in G.P. and

a , H1 , H2 , b are in H.P. , show that
G1 G 2 A  A2 ( 2 a  b) ( a  2 b )
 1  [JEE 2002, Mains, 5 out of 60]
H1 H 2 H1  H 2 9ab
c
9. If a, b, c are in A.P., a2 , b2 , c2 are in H.P. , then prove that either a = b = c or a, b, 
form a G.P..
2
[JEE-03, Mains-4 out of 60]
10. The first term of an infinite geometric progression is x and its sum is 5. Then
(A) 0 x  10 (B) 0 < x < 10 (C) –10 < x < 0 (D) x > 10
11. If a, b, c are positive real numbers, then prove that [(1 + a) (1 + b) (1 + c)]7 > 77 a4 b4 c4.
[JEE 2004, 4 out of 60]
12. (a) In the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, if  = b2 – 4ac and  + , 2 + 2, 3 + 3 are in G.P. where
,  are the roots of ax2 + bx + c = 0, then
(A)   0 (B) b = 0 (C) c = 0 (D)  = 0
 n  1  n+1
(b) If total number of runs scored in n matches is   (2 – n – 2) where n > 1, and the runs scored in
 4 
the kth match are given by k·2n+1– k, where 1  k  n. Find n. [JEE 2005 (Mains), 2]
2 3 n
3 3 3 3
13. If A n           .......   1n 1   and Bn = 1 – A
An, then find the minimum natural
4 4 4 4
number n0 such that Bn > An.  n > n0. [JEE 2006, 6]
Comprehension (3 questions)
14. Let Vr denote the sum of the first 'r' terms of an arithmetic progression (A.P.) whose first term is 'r' and
the common difference is (2r – 1).
Let Tr = Vr + 1 – Vr – 2 and Qr = Tr + 1 – Tr for r = 1, 2, ...
(a) The sum V1 + V2 + ...... + Vn is
1 1
(A) n(n + 1)(3n2 – n + 1) (B) n(n + 1)(3n2 + n + 2)
12 12
1 1
(C) n(2n2 – n + 1) (D) (2n3 – 2n + 3)
2 3
(b) Tr is always
(A) an odd number (B) an even number
(C) a prime number (D) a composite number
(c) Which one of the following is a correct statement ?
(A) Q1, Q2, Q3, ....... are in A.P. with common difference 5.
(B) Q1, Q2, Q3, ....... are in A.P. with common difference 6.
(C) Q1, Q2, Q3, ....... are in A.P. with common difference 11.
(D) Q1 = Q2 = Q3 = ....... [JEE 2007, 4+4+4]
Comprehension (3 questions)
15. Let A1, G1, H1 denote the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means, respectively, of two distinct
positive numbers. For n  2, let An – 1 and Hn – 1 have arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means as An,
Gn, Hn respectively.
(a) Which one of the following statements is correct ?
(A) G1 > G2 > G3 > ......
(B) G1 < G2 < G3 < ......
(C) G1 = G2 = G3 = ......
(D) G1 < G3 < G5 < ...... and G2 > G4 > G6 > ......
(b) Which one of the following statements is correct ?
(A) A1 > A2 > A3 > ......
(B) A1 < A2 < A3 < ......
(C) A1 > A3 > A5 > ...... and A2 < A4 < A6 < ......
(D) A1 < A3 < A5 < ...... and A2 > A4 > A6 > ......
(c) Which one of the following statements is correct ?
(A) H1 > H2 > H3 > ......
(B) H1 < H2 < H3 < ......
(C) H1 > H3 > H5 > ...... and H2 < H4 < H6 < ......
(D) H1 < H3 < H5 < ...... and H2 > H4 > H6 > ...... [JEE 2007, 4+4+4]
16. (a) A straight line through the vertex P of a triangle PQR intersects the side QR at the point S and the
circumcircle of the triangle PQR at the point T. If S is not the centre of the circumcircle, then
1 1 2 1 1 2
(A) + < QS  SR (B) + > QS  SR
PS ST PS ST
1 1 4 1 1 4
(C) + < (D) + > [JEE 2008, 4]
PS ST QR PS ST QR
ASSERTION & REASON:

(b) Suppose four distinct positive numbers a1, a2, a3, a4 are in G.P. Let b1 = a1, b2 = b1 + a2, b3 = b2 + a3
and b4 = b3 + a4.
STATEMENT-1 : The numbers b1, b2, b3, b4 are neither in A.P. nor in G.P.
STATEMENT-2 : The numbers b1, b2, b3, b4 are in H.P.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for statement-1
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True [JEE 2008, 3 (–1)]
k 1
17. Let Sk, k = 1, 2, ...., 100, denote the sum of the infinite geometric series whose first term is and the
k!
1 1002 100 2
common ratio is . Then the value of   |(k – 3k + 1)sk| is [JEE 2010]
k 100! k 1
18. Let a1, a2, a3, ....., a11 be real numbers satisfying a1 = 15, 27 – 2a2 > 0 and ak = 2ak–1 – ak–2 for k = 3,
a12  a 22  ....  a11
2
a  a  ....  a11
4, ...., 11. If  90 , then the value of 1 2 is equal to [JEE 2010]
11 11
p
19. Let a1, a2, a3, ....., a100 be an arithmetic progression with a1 = 3 and Sp =  ai, 1  p  100. For any
i 1
Sm
integer n with 1  n  20, let m = 5n. If does not depend on n, then a2 is [JEE 2011]
Sn
20. The minimum value of the sum of real numbers a–5, a–4, 3a–3, 1, a8 and a10 with a > 0 is
[JEE 2011]
21. Let a1, a2, a3 ,...... be in harmonic progression with a1 = 5 and a20 = 25. The least positive integer n for
which an < 0 is : [JEE 2012]
(A) 22 (B) 23 (C) 24 (D) 25
22. The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence 0.7, 0.77, 0.777,.... is [JEE Main 2013]

7 7 7 7
(A) (99 + 10 –20) (B) (179 – 10–20) (C) (99 – 10–20) (D) (179 + 10–20)
9 81 9 81
4n k(k 1)
23. Let Sn =  (1) 2 k2 . Then Sn can take value(s) [JEE Adv. 2013]
k 1
(A) 1056 (B) 1088 (C) 1120 (D) 1332
1 1
24. Let  and  be the roots of equation px2 + qx + r = 0, p  0. If p, q, r are in A.P. and   4 , then
 
the value of | – | is [IIT Main 2014]
2 13 61 2 17 34
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 9 9
25. Three positive numbers form an increasing G.P. If the middle term in this G.P. is doubled, the new
numbers are in A.P. Then the common ratio of the G.P. is [IIT Main 2014]
(A) 2 + 3 (B) 2  3 (C) 3  2 (D) 2  3
26. If (10)9 + 2(11)1 (10)8 + 3(11)2 (10)7 + ..... + 10(11)9 = k(10)9, then k is equal to
121 441
(A) 110 (B) (C) (D) 100 [IIT Main 2014]
10 100
b
27. Let a, b, c be positive integers such that is an integer. If a, b, c are in geometric progression and the
a
a 2  a  14
arithmetic mean of a, b, c is b + 2, then the value of is [IIT Adv. 2014]
a 1
13 13  23 13  23  33
28. The sum of first 9 terms of the series   + .... is [IIT Main 2015]
1 1 3 1 3  5
(A) 192 (B) 71 (C) 96 (D) 142
29. If m is the A.M. of two distinct real numbers  and n (, n > 1) and G1, G2 and G3 are three geometric
means between  and n, then G14  2G 24  G 34 equals [IIT Main 2015]
2 2 2 2 2
(A) 4 m n (B) 4 mn (C) 4m n (D) 4mn2
30. Suppose that all the terms of an arithmetic progression (A.P.) are natural numbers. If the ratio of the sum
of the first seven terms to the sum of the first eleven terms is 6 : 11 and the seventh term lies in between
130 and 140, then the common difference of this A.P. is [IIT Adv. 2015]
31. If the 2nd, 5th and 9th terms of a non-constant A.P. are in G.P. then the common ratio of this G.P. is
8 4 7
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) [IIT Mains 2016]
5 3 4
2 2 2 2
 3  2  1  4 16
32. If the sum of the first ten terms of the series 1    2    3  + 42 +  4  + ......, is m,
 5  5  5  5 5
then m is equal to [JEE Mains 2016]
(A) 102 (B) 101 (C) 100 (D) 99
33. Let bi > 1 for i = 1, 2,...., 101. Suppose logeb1, logeb2,....., logeb101 are in Arithmetic Progression (A.P.)
with the common difference loge2. Suppose a1, a2, ...., a101 are in A.P. such that a1 = b1 and a51 = b51.
If t = b1 + b2 + .....+ b51 and s = a1 + a2 + ...... + a51, then [JEE Adv. 2016]
(A) s > t and a101 > b101 (B) s > t and a101 < b101
(C) s < t and a101 > b101 (D) s < t and a101< b101
34. For any three positive real numbers a, b and c, 9(25a2 + b2) + 25(c2 – 3ac) = 15b(3a + c). Then,
(A) b, c and a are in G.P. (B) b, c and a are in A.P. [JEE Mains 2017]
(C) a, b and c are in A.P. (D) a, b and c are in G.P.
35. The sides of a right angled triangle are in arithmetric progression. If the triangle has area 24, then what is
the length of its smallest side ? [JEE Adv. 2017]
36. Let A be the sum of the first 20 terms and B be the sum of the first 40 terms of the series
12 + 2  22 + 32 + 2  42 + 52 + 2  62 +..... If B – 2A = 100, then  is equal to : [JEE Mains 2018]
(A) 496 (B) 232 (C) 248 (D) 464
12
37. Let a1, a2, a3, .....,a49 be in A.P. such that  a 4k 1  416 and a9 + a43 = 66.
k 0
If a12  a 22  .......a 17

2
 140m , then m equal to : [JEE Mains 2018]
(A) 33 (B) 66 (C) 68 (D) 34
38. Let X be the set consisting of the first 2018 terms of the arithmetic progression 1, 6, 11, ..... , and Y be
the set consisting of the first 2018 terms of the arithmetic progression 9, 16, 23, ..... Then, the number of
elements in the set X  Y. [JEE Adv. 2018]
39. If a,b and c be three distinct real numbers in G.P. and a + b + c = xb, then x cannot be :
[Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) –2 (B) –3 (C) 2 (D) 4
30 15
40. Let a1,a2, .....,a30 be an A.P., S =  ai and T =  a2i1 . If a5 = 27 and S – 2T = 75, then a10 is equal

i 1 i 1
to : [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 42 (B) 47 (C) 57 (D) 52
41. The sum of the following series
1+ 6 +

9 12 + 22 + 32  + 12 1 2
+ 22 + 42  + 15 1 2
+ 2 2 + ....52  + .... up to 15 terms, is:
7 9 11
[Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 7830 (B) 7510 (C) 7820 (D) 7520
42. Let a, b nd c be the 7th, 11th and 13th terms respectively of a non-constant A.P. if these are also the three
a
consecutive terms of a G.P., then is equal to : [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-2)]
c
7 1
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D) 4
13 2
43. The sum of all two digit positive numbers which when divided by 7 yeild 2 or 5 as remainder
is : [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 1465 (B) 1256 (C) 1356 (D) 1365
44. The sum of an infinite geometric series with positive terms is 3 and the sum of the cubes of its terms is
27 . Then the common ratio of this series is : [Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
19
2 2 1 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 3 3 9
a3 a9
45. Let a1, a2, ....,a10 be a GP. If = 25, then equals : [Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
a1 a5
(A) 54 (B) 53 (C) 2(52) (D) 4(52)
46. If 19th term of a non-zero A.P. is zero, then its (49th term) :(29th term) is:
[Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 3 : 1 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 1 : 3 (D) 4 : 1
2 n
 q + 1  q + 1  q + 1
47. Let Sn = 1 + q + q2 + .... + qn and Tn = 1 +  2  +  2  + .... +  2  where q is a real
     
number and q  1. If 101 C1 +101 C 2 × S1 + ...... +101 C101 × S100 = αT100 then  is equal to:

[Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-2)]
100
(A) 200 (B) 2 (C) 299 (D) 202
48. Let x, y be positive real numbers and m, n positive integers. The maximum value of the expression
x m yn
1 + x 1 + y  is :
2m 2n [Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-2)]
1 1 m+n
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D)
2 4 6mn
5
49. Let Sk = 1 + 2 + 3 + .... + k . If S12 + S22 +......S102 = .A, then A is equal to :
k 12
[Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 156 (B) 283 (C) 303 (D) 301
50. The product of three consecutive terms of a G.P. is 512. If 4 is added to each of the first and the second
of these terms, the three terms now form an A.P. Then the sum of the original three terms of the given G.P.
is [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 28 (B) 36 (C) 32 (D) 24
3 3 3 3
3  1  1  3
51. If the sum of the first 15 terms of the series   + 1  +  2  + 33 +  3  + ..... is equal to
4  2  4  4
225k, then k is equal to : [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 9 (B) 27 (C) 108 (D) 54
52. If sin4 + 4 cos4 + 2 = 4 2 sin  cos ; [0, ], then cos– cos(–) is equal to:

[Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) – 2
53. If three distinct numbers a, b, c are in G.P. and the equations ax2 + 2bx + c = 0 and dx2 + 2ex + f = 0 have
a common root, then which one of the following statements is correct ?
[Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) d, e, f are in A.P. (B) d, e, f are in G.P.
d e f d e f
(C) , , are in A.P.. (D) , , are in G.P
a b c a b c
20
1
54. The sum  k is equal to: [Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-2)]
k =1 2k
21 11 3 11
(A) 2 – (B) 1 – (C) 2 – (4) 2 –
220 220 217 219
n n – 7
55. Let the sum of the first n terms of a non - constant A.P. , a1, a2, a3,.... be 50n + A , where A
A
2
is a constant. If d is the common difference of this A.P., then the ordered pair (d, a50) is equal to :
[Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-1)
(A) (A, 50 + 46A) (B) (A,50+45A) (C) (50,50+45A) (D) (50,50+46A)
56. If the sum and product of the first three terms in an A.P. are 33 and 1155, respectively, then a value of its
11th terms is : [Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) –25 (B) 25 (C) –36 (D) –35
57. The sum of the series 1 + 2 × 3 + 3 × 5 + 4 × 7 +.... upto 11th tems is :
[Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 915 (B) 945 (C) 916 (D) 946
58. Some identical balls are arranged in rows to form an equilateral triangle. The first row consists of one
ball, the second row consists of two balls and so on. If 99 more identical balls are added to the total
numbers of balls used in forming the equilateral triangle, then all these balls can be arranged in a square
whose each side contains exactly 2 balls less than the number of balls each side of the triangle contains.
Then number of balls used to form the equailateral triangle is : [Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 157 (B) 225 (C) 262 (D) 190
59. If a1, a2, a3, ......., an are in A.P. and a1 + a4 + a7 + ........ + a16 = 114, then a1 + a6 + a11 + a16 is equal to:
[Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 76 (B) 64 (C) 38 (D) 98
60. The sum 2 +
3 3
+
3 3
3 × 13 5 × 1 + 2 1 7 × 1 + 2 + 3  3
 
+ ..... upto 10th term, is:
2 2 2 2 2
1 1 +2 1 +2 +3
[Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 620 (B) 600 (C) 680 (D) 660
1
61. Let a,b and c be in G.P. with common ration r, where a  0 and 0 < r  . If 3a, 7b and 15c are the first
2
three terms of an A.P., then the 4th term of this A.P. is : [Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-2)]
7 2
(A) 5a (B) a (C) a (D) a
3 3
13 + 23 13 + 23 + 33 13 + 23 + 33 + ........ + 153 1
62. The sum 1 + + + ...... - (1 + 2 + 3 + .... + 15) is
1+ 2 1+ 2 + 3 1 + 2 + 3 + .... + 15 2
equl to : [Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 1240 (B) 660 (C) 1860 (D) 620
63. Let a1,a2,a3,......be an A.P. with a6=2. Then the common difference of this A.P., which maximises the
product a1a4a5, is: [Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-2)]
3 8 2 6
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 5 3 5
n n
64. If  and  are the roots of the equation 375x – 25x – 2 = 0, then nlim
2

 α r + nlim

 β r is equal to :
r =1 r =1
[Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-1)]
1 21 29 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 346 358 16
65. Let Sn denote the sum of the first n terms of an A.P.. If S4 = 16 and S6 = – 48, then S10 is equal to :
[Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) – 260 (B) – 380 (C) – 320 (D) – 410
66. If a1, a2, a3,....are in A.P. such that a1 + a7 + a16 = 40, then the sum of the first 15 terms of this A.P. is :
[Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 280 (B) 120 (C) 200 (D) 150
67. Let  and  be the roots of x2 – x –1 = 0, with  > . For all positive integers n, define
 n  n
an  , n 1 [JEE Adv. 2019]
 
b1 = 1 and bn = an–1 + an+1 , n  2.
Then which of the following option is/are correct ?

an 10
(A) a1 + a2 + a3 + ... + an = an+2 – 1 for all n  1 (B)  
n 89
n 1 10

bn 8
(C)  n
 (D) bn = n + n for all n  1
n 1 10 89
68. Let AP (a; d) denote the set of all the terms of an infinte arithmetic progression with first term a and
common difference d > 0. If AP(1; 3)  AP(2; 5)  AP(3; 7) = AP (a; d) then a + d equals ___
[JEE Adv. 2019]
1
69. Five numbers are in A.P. whose sum is 25 and product is 2520. If one of these five numbers is – , then
2
the greatest number amongst them is: [Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-1)]
21
(A) 16 (B) 7 (C) (D) 27
2
9
70. Let a1, a2, a3,...... be a G.P. such that a1 < 0, a1 + a2 = 4 and a3 + a4 = 16. If  a i = 4λ , then  is equal
i =1
to: [Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-2)]
511
(A) (B) – 171 (C) 171 (D) – 513
3
71. If the sum of the first 40 terms of the series, 3 + 4 + 8 + 9 + 13 + 14 + 18 + 19 + ..... is: (102)m, then
m is equal to [Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 5
72. Let f: R  R be such that for all x  R (21 + x + 21 – x), f(x) and (3x + 3–x) are in A.P., then the minimum value
of f(x) is : [Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 0 (D) 3
20
73. The sum  1 + 2 + 3 + .... + k  is [Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-1)]

k =1
1 1
74. If the 10th term of an A.P. is and its 20th term is , then the sum of its first 200 terms is :
20 10
[Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-2)]
1 1
(A) 100 (B) 50 (C) 50 (D) 100
4 2
7 n  n + 1  2n + 1
75. The sum  is equal to : [Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-2)]
n =1 4
100 100
76. Let an be the nth term of a G.P. of positive terms. If  a 2n +1 = 200 and  a 2n = 100 , then
n =1 n =1
200
 a n is equal to : [Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-2)]
n =1
(A) 175 (B) 225 (C) 300 (D) 150
100 100
77. Let an be the nth term of a G.P. of positive terms. If  a 2n +1 = 200 and  a 2n = 100 , then
n =1 n =1
200
 a n is equal to : [Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-2)]
n =1
(A) 175 (B) 225 (C) 300 (D) 150
 
π
78. If x =  (–1)n tan 2nθ and y =  cos2nθ , for 0 <  < 4 , then :
n =0 n =0
[Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) x (1 – y) = 1 (B) y (1 – x) = 1 (C) y (1 + x ) = 1 (D) x (1 + y) = 1
79. The number of terms common to the two A.P.’s 3, 7, 11, ..... 407 and 2, 9, 16......, 709 is
[Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-2)]
80. The sum of the first three terms of a G.P. is S and their product is 27. Then all such S lie in :
[Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A)  – , – 9   3,   (B)  – 3,  
(C)  – , 9 (D)  – , – 3  9,  
81. If |x| < 1,|y| <1 and x  y, then the sum to infinity of the following series

(x + y) + (x2 + xy + y2) + (x3 + x2y + xy2 + y3) +.... is : [Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-1)]
x + y + xy x + y – xy
(A) (B)
1 – x  1 – y  1 – x  1 – y 
x + y + xy x + y – xy
(C) 1 + x  1 + y  (D) 1 + x  1 + y 
82. If the sum of first 11 terms of an A.P., a1, a2, a3, .... is 0( a1  0 ) then the sum of the A.P., a1, a3, a5, ..., a23

is ka1, where k is equal to: [Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-2)]
121 72 72 121
(A )  (B)  (C) (D)
10 5 5 10
83. Let S be the sum of the first 9 terms of the series :
{x + ka} + {x2 + (k + 2)a} + {x3 + (k + 4)a} + {x4 + (k + 6) a} +... where a  0 and a  1 . If
x10  x  45a(x  1)
S , then k is equal to: [Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-2)]
x 1
(A) 3 (B) – 3 (C) 1 (D) –5
84. If the first term of an A.P. is 3 and the sum of its first 25 terms is equal to the sum of its next 15 terms, then
the common difference of this A.P. is : [Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-1)]
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 5 4 7
1 1 1 
log 2.5  + 2 + 2 +..........to  
85. The value of  0.16  3 3 3  is equal to...............
[Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-1)]
3 1 4
86. If the sum of the series 20  19  19  18  ... upto nth term is 488 and the nth term is negative, then:
5 5 5
[Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-2)]
2
(A) n = 60 (B) n = 41 (C) nth term is – 4 (D) nth term is 4
5
87. If m arithmetic means (A.Ms) and three geometric means (G.Ms) are inserted between 3 and 243 such
that 4th A.M. is equal to 2nd G.M., then m is equal to___ [Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-2)]
88. If 1 + (1 – 22.1) + (1– 42.3)+(1– 62.5)+......+(1– 202.19)= α – 220β , then an ordered pair  α, β  is

equal to: [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) (10,97) (B) (11,103) (C) (11,97) (D) (10,103)
89. Let  and  be the roots of x2-3x+p=0 and  and  be the roots of x2-6x+q=0. If , , , 
form a geometric progression.Then ratio (2q+p): (2q-p) is : [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 33 :31 (B) 9 : 7 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 5 : 3
90. The minimum value of 2sinx + 2cosx is: [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]

1 1
1 1
(A) 21 2
(B) 2 2 (C) 21 2
(D) 2 2
91. Let a1, a2, ..., an be a given A.P. whose common difference is an integer and Sn= a1+a2+ .... +an. If a1=1,
an=300 and 15  n  50, then the ordered pair (Sn–4, an–4) is equal to :
[Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) (2480, 248) (B) (2480, 249) (C) (2490, 249) (D) (2490, 248)
92. If 210+29.31+28.32+.....+2.39+310=S-211, then S is equal to:
[Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-1)]
311
(A) 311 (B) + 210 (C) 2.311 (D) 311 – 212
2
93. If 32 sin2-1,14 and 34-2 sin2are the first three terms of an A.P. for some  , then the sixth terms of this A.P..
is : [Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 65 (B) 81 (C) 78 (D) 66
94. If the sum of the first 20 terms of the series log 71/ 2 x + log 71/ 3 x + log 71/ 4 x + ... is 460, then x is equal

     
to : [Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 71/2 (B) 72 (C) e2 (D) 746/21
95. If the sum of the second, third and fourth terms of a positive term G.P. is 3 and the sum of its sixth,
saventh and eighth terms is 243, then the sum of the first 50 terms of this G.P. is:
[Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-2)]
2 50 1 49 1 50 1 50
(A)
13

3 1  (B)
26

3 1  (C) 
13
3 1  (D)
26
 
3 1
96. Let a, b, c, d and p be any non zero distinct real numbers such that
(a2 + b2 + c2)p2 – 2(ab + bc + cd)p + (b2 + c2 + d2) = 0.
Then : [Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) a, c, p are in G.P. (B) a, b, c, d are in G.P.
(C) a, b, c, d are in A.P. (D) a, c, p are in A.P.
97. The common difference of the A.P. b1, b2,..... bm is 2 more than the common difference of A.P.
a1, a2, ...an. If a40 =–159, a100=–399 and b100=a70, then b1 is equal to:
[Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) –127 (B) 81 (C) 127 (D) –81
98. Let m be the minimum possible value of log3  3y1  3y2  3y3  , where y1, y2, y3 are real numbers

for which y1 + y2 + y3= 9. Let M be the maximum possible value of (log3 x1 + log3 x2 + log3 x3), where
x1, x2, x3 are positive real numbers for which x1 + x2 + x3 = 9. Then the value of log2(m3) + log3(M2)
is____ [JEE Adv. 2020]
99. Let a1, a2, a3,..... be a sequence of positive integers in arithmetic progression with common
difference 2. Also, let b1, b2, b3,..... be a sequence of positive integers in geometric progression with
common ratio 2. If a1 = b1 = c, then the number of all possible values of c, for which the equality
2(a1 + a2 + ....... + an) = b1 + b2 + ........+ bn holds for some positive integer n, is____
[JEE Adv. 2020]
2
100. If e(cos2 x  cos4 x  cos6 x ..... ) loge 2 satisfies the equation t – 9t + 8 = 0, then the value of
2 sin x  
 0  x   is [Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-1)]
sin x  3 cos x  2
3 1
(A) 2 3 (B) (C) 3 (D)
2 2
101. Let A = {n  N : n is a 3-digit number} B = {9k + 2 : k Î N} and C = {9k +  : k  N} for some
 (0 < l < 9) If the sum of all the elements of the set A  (B  C) is 274 × 400, then  is equal to ______.
[Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-1)]
102. Let a, b, c be in arithmetic progression. Let the centroid of the triangle with vertices (a, c), (2, b) and (a,
 10 7  2 2 2
b) be  ,  . If a, b are the roots of the equation ax + bx + 1 = 0, then the value of  +  –
 3 3
is [Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-2)]
71 69 69 71
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 
256 256 256 256
65
103. The sum of first four terms of a geometric progression (G.P.) is and the sum of their respective
12
65
reciprocals is . If the product of first three terms of the G.P. is 1, and the third term is , then 2 is
18
_______. [Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-2)]
  

104. If 0 < ,   , x   cos 2n , y   sin 2n  and z   cos 2n   sin 2n  then :
2 n 0 n 0 n 0
[Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-1)]
(A) xy – z = (x + y) z (B) xy + yz + zx = z (C) xyz = 4 (D) xy + z = (x + y)z
105. Let A1, A2, A3, ........ be squares such that for each n  1, the length of the side of An equals the length
of diagonal of An+1. If the length of A1 is 12 cm, then the smallest value of n for which area of An is less
than one, is ______. [Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-1)]
x x
106. The minimum value of f  x   a a  a 1a , where a, x  R and a > 0, is equal to :
[Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-2)]
1
(A) 2a (B) 2 a (C) a  (D) a + 1
a
25
107. In a increasing geometric series, the sum of the second and the sixth term is and the product of the
2
th th th
third and fifth term is 25. Then, the sum of 4 , 6 and 8 terms is equal to :
[Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 30 (B) 26 (C) 35 (D) 32
2 7 12 17 22
108. The sum of the infinite series 1   2  3  4  5  ...... is equal to
3 3 3 3 3
[Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-1)]
13 9 15 11
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 4 4

n 2  6n  10
109. The sum of the series  is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-2)]
n 1 (2n  1)!
41 19 1 41 19 41 19 41 19
(A) e  e  10 (B) e  e 1  10 (C) e  e 1  10 (D)  e  e 1  10
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
th th
110. If the arithmetic mean and geometric mean of the p and q terms of the sequence –16, 8, –4, 2, ...
2
satisfy the equation 4x – 9x + 5 = 0, then p + q is equal to ______.
[Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-2)]
111. Consider an arithmetic series and a geometric series having four initial terms from the set {11, 8, 21, 16,
26, 32, 4}. If the last terms of these series are the maximum possible four digit numbers, then the number
of common terms in these two series is equal to ______ .[Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-1)]
1 1 1
112. Let , a and b be in G.P. and , , 6 be in A.P., where a, b > 0. Then 72(a + b) is equal to_______.
16 a b
[Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-2)]
113. Let Sn (x)  log a1/2 x  log a1/3 x  log a1/6 x  log a1/11 x  log a1/18 x  log a1/27 x  ..... .. up to n-terms, where
a > 1. If S24(x) = 1093 and S12(2x) = 265, then value of a is equal to ______.
[Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-2)]
1 1 1 1
114.  2
2
 2  ......  is equal to [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
3 1 5 1 7 1 (201) 2  1
101 25 101 99
(A) (B) (C) (D)
404 101 408 400
115. Let S1 be the sum of first 2n terms of an arithmetic progression. Let S2 be the sum of first 4n terms of the
same arithmetic progression. If (S2 – S1) is 1000, then the sum of the first 6n terms of the arithmetic
progression is equal to: [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 1000 (B) 7000 (C) 5000 (D) 3000
10
116. If  r!(r 3  6r 2  2r  5)  (11!) , then the value of  is equal to _______.
r 1
[Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-2)]
117. If Sum of the first 21 terms of the series log 9 x  log 9 x  log 9 x  ....... , where x > 0 is 504 then x

1/2 1/3 1/4
is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 243 (B) 7 (C) 81 (D) 9

118. Let a n n 1 be a sequence such that a1 = 1, a2 = 1 and an + 2 = 2an +1 + an for all n  1. Then the

an
value of 47  3n is equal to ______. [Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-2)]
n 1 2
119. Let Sn denote the sum of first n-terms of an arithmetic progression. If S10 = 530. S5 = 140, then S20 –
S6 is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (22-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 1872 (B) 1842 (C) 1862 (D) 1852
S4n
120. Let Sn be the sum of the first n terms of an arithmetic progression. If S3n = 3S2n, then the value of S is
2n
: [Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 4 (D) 2
1 1 1 
log ( 0.25)   2  3 ...up to  
 2 6 10  3 3 3 
121. If the value 1   2  3  ...up to   is  , then  2 is equal to
 3 3 3 
_______________ [Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-1)]
 x 7
122. If log32, log3(2x – 5) , log3  2   are in an arithmetic progression, then the value of x is equal to
 2
………. . [Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-1)]
   7     5 
123. If tan   , x, tan   are in arithmetic progression and tan   , y, tan   are also in arithmetic
9  18  9  18 
progression, then |x – 2y| is equal to: [Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) 4
1 2 22 2100
124. The sum of the series      100 when x = 2 is:
x 1 x2 1 x4 1 x2 1
[Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-1)]
2101 2100 2101 2100

(A) 1  (B) 1  (C) 1  (D) 1 
4101  1 4100  1 4101  1 4101  1
125. If the sum of an infinite G.P a, ar, ar 2 , ar 3 , …… is 15 and the sum of the squares its each term is 150,

then the sum of ar 2 , ar 4 , ar 6 , …… is: [Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-1)]
25 9 5 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
126. The sum of all 3-digit numbers less than or equal to 500, that are formed without using the digit ‘1’ and
they all are multiple of 11, is ______. [Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-2)]
127. Let a1 , a 2 , , a10 be an A.P with common difference –3 and b1 , b 2 , , b10 be a G.P with common

10
ratio 2. Let ck  a k  b k , k = 1, 2, ……, 10. If c2  12 and c3  13 , then  c k is equal to ______.

k 1
[Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-2)]
3 2 5 3 7 4
128. If 0  x  1 , then x  x  x  , is equal to: [Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-1)]
2 3 4
1 x  1 x 
(A) x    log c 1  x  (B) x    log c 1  x 
1 x  1 x 
1 x 1 x
(C)  log c 1  x  (D)  log c 1  x 
1 x 1 x
1 1
129. If for x, y  R , x > 0, y  log x  log x 3  log x 9  upto  terms and
10 10 10
2  4  6    2y 4

3  6  9    3y log10 x , then the ordered pair (x, y) is equal to:
[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 106 , 6  (B) 10 4 , 6  (C) 10 2 , 3  (D) 106 ,9 
1 2 2 3 3 4 1
130. If 0  x  1 and y  x  x  x  , then the value of e1 y at x  is:
2 3 4 2
[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-2)]
1 2 1
(A) e (B) 2e (C) 2e2 (D) e
2 2
3 5 7
131. The sum of 10 terms of the series 2 2
 2 2  2 2   is:
1  2 2 3 3  4
[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]
143 120 99
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D)
144 121 100
132. Three numbers are in an increasing geometric progression with common ratio r. If the middle number is
doubled, then the new numbers are in an arithmetic progression with common difference d. If the fourth
term of G.P. is 3r 2 , then r 2  d is equal to: [Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 7  3 (B) 7  3 3 (C) 7  7 3 (D) 7  3
a1  a 2    a10 100 a11

133. Let a1 , a 2 , a 3 , be an A.P. If a  a    a  P 2 , p  10 , then a is equal to
1 2 p 10
[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-2)]
21 100 19 121
(A) (B) (C) (D)
19 121 21 100
7 9 13 19
134. If S      , then 160S is equal to [Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-2)]
5 52 53 54
135. Let Sn  1   n  1  2   n  2   3   n  3     n  1 1 , n  4 .
  2Sn 1 
The sum   n!  n  2 !  is equal to: [Jee main 2021 (01-09-2021-shift-2)]
n 4   
e e e2 e 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 6 6 3
20
1 4
136. Let a1 , a 2 , ……, a 21 be an A.P such that  a a  9 . If the sum of this A.P is 189, then a 6 a16 is
n 1 n n 1
equal to [Jee main 2021 (01-09-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 57 (B) 48 (C) 72 (D) 36
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Trig.Equation (Ph-2)
x cos 3 y  3x cos y sin 2 y  14
15. Solve for x & y,
x sin 3 y  3x cos 2 y sin y  13
16. Find the value of  for which the three elements set S = {sin , sin 2, sin 3} is equal to the three
element set T = {cos , cos 2, cos 3}.
17. Find all values of 'a' for which every root of the equation, a cos 2x + a cos 4x + cos 6x = 1
1
is also a root of the equation, sin x cos 2 x = sin 2x cos 3x  sin 5x, and conversely, every root of
2
the second equation is also a root of the first equation.
18. Solve the equations for 'x' given in column-I and match with the entries of column-II.
Column-I Column-II

(A) cos 3x . cos3 x + sin 3x . sin3 x = 0 (P) n  ±
3

(B) sin 3 = 4 sin  sin(x + ) sin(x  ) (Q) n + , n  I
4
where  is a constant  n.
n 
(C) | 2 tan x – 1 | + | 2 cot x – 1 | = 2. (R)  , n  I
4 8
29 n 
(D) sin10x + cos10x = cos42x. (S) ±
16 2 4
EXERCISE–III
1. Find the general values of x and y satisfying the equations
5 sin x cos y = 1, 4 tan x = tan y [JEE '98, 3]
2. Find real values of x for which, 27cos 2x . 81sin 2x is minimum . Also find this minimum value.
[REE 2000, 3]
3. Solve the following system of equations for x and y [REE ’2001(mains), 3]
(cos ec 2 x  3 sec 2 y) (2 cos ecx  3 |sec y|)
5 = 1 and 2 = 64.
4. The number of integral values of k for which the equation 7cosx + 5sinx = 2k + 1 has a solution is
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12
5. cos( – ) = 1 and cos( + ) = 1/e, where ,   [–, ], numbers of pairs of ,  which satisfy
both the equations is [JEE 2005 (Screening)]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4
6. If 0 <  < 2, then the intervals of values of  for which 2sin2 – 5sin + 2 > 0, is
    5    5       5   41 
(A)  0,    , 2  (B)  ,  (C)  0,    ,  (D)  , 
 6  6  8 6   8 6 6   48 
[JEE 2006, 3]
7. The number of solutions of the pair of equations
2 sin2 – cos2 = 0
2 cos2 – 3 sin  = 0
in the interval [0, 2] is
(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) four [JEE 2007, 3]
8. The number of all possible values of , where 0 <  < , for which the system of equations
(y + z)cos 3 = (xyz) sin 3 [JEE 2010]
2cos3 2sin 3
x sin 3 = 
y z
(xyz) sin 3 = (y + 2z) cos 3 + y sin 3
have a solution (x0, y0, z0) with y0z0 0, is
   n
9. The number of values of  in the interval   ,  such that  for n = 0, ±1, ±2 and
 2 2 5
tan = cot 5 as well as sin 2 = cos 4 is [JEE 2010]
10. Let P = { : sin  – cos  = 2 cos } and Q = { : sin  + cos  = 2 sin } be two sets. Then

(A) P Q and Q – P Q (B) Q P [JEE 2011]
(C) P Q (D) P = Q
11. For x (0, ), the equation sin x + 2 sin 2x – sin 3x = 3 has : [JEE Adv. 2014]

(A) infinitely many solutions (B) three solutions
(C) one solution (D) no solution
5
12. The number of distinct solutions of the equation cos2 2x + cos4 x + sin4 x + cos6 x + sin6 x = 2 in
4
the interval [0, 2] is [JEE Adv. 2015]
13. If 0  x  2, then the number of real values of x, which satisfy the equation
cosx + cos2x + cos3x + cos4x = 0, is [JEE Main 2016]
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 9
 
14. Let S =  x  (, ) : x  0,   . The sum of all distinct solutions of the equation 3 secx + cosecx +
 2
2(tanx – cotx) = 0 in the set S is equal to [JEE Adv. 2016]
7 2 5
(A)  (B)  (C) 0 (D)
9 9 9
     1
15. If sum of all the solutions of the equation 8 cos x  cos   x  cos   x    = 1 in [0, ] is k,
 6  6  2
then k is equal to [JEE Main 2018]
20 2 13 8
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 3 9 9
π π
16. For any θ   ,  , the expression 3(sin – cos)4 + 6(sin + cos)2 + 4sin6 equals :
4 2
[Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-1)]
2 4
(A) 13 – 4cos  + 6cos  (B) 13 – 4cos2 + 6sin2cos2
(C) 13 – 4cos6 (D) 13 – 4cos4  + 2sin2 cos2
π
17. If 0  x < , then the number of values of x for which sin x – sin 2x + sin 3x = 0, is :
2
[Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 4
3
18. The sum of all values of θ   0, π  satisfying sin2 2 + cos4 2 = is :
 2 4
[Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-1)]
3π π 5π
(A) (B)  (C) (D)
8 2 4
19. Let S = { [–2, 2] : 2cos2 + 3sin = 0} Then the sum of the elements of S is :
[Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-1)]
5π 13π
(A) (B)  (C) 2 (D)
3 6
 – 5π 5π 
20. The number of solutions of the euqation 1+sin4x = cos23x, x   , is :
 2 2 
[Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-1]
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 7
21. Let S be the set of all R such that the equation, cos2x+ sinx= 2– 7 has a solution. Then S is
equal to : [Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) [3,7] (B) [1,4] (C) [2,6] (D) R
Match the column (22-23)
Let f(x) = sin( cos x) and g(x) = cos(2sin x ) be two functions defined for x > 0. Define the following
sets whose elements are written in the increasing order :
X = {x : f(x) = 0}, Y = {x : f '(x) = 0}
Z = {x : g(x) = 0}, W = {x : g '(x) = 0} [JEE Adv. 2019]
List-I contains the sets X, Y, Z and W. List-II contains some information regarding these sets.
List-I List-II
  3 
(I) X (P)   , , 4,7  
2 2 
(II) Y (Q) an arithmetic progression
(III) Z (R) NOT an arithmetic progression
  7  13 
(IV) W (S)  , , 
6 6 6 
  2 
(T)   , , 
3 3 
  3 
(U)  , 
6 4 
22. Which of the following is the only CORRECT combination ?
(A) (II), (R), (S) (B) (I), (P), (R) (C) (II), (Q), (T) (D) (I), (Q), (U)
23. Which of the following is the only CORRECT combination ?
(A) (IV), (Q), (T) (B) (IV), (P), (R), (S) (C) (III), (R), (U) (D) (III), (P), (Q), (U)
24. If the equation cos 4θ + sin 4θ + λ = 0 has real solutions for , then  lies in the interval:

[Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-2)]
 1 1  1
(A)  – , –  (B)  –1, – 
 2 4  2
 3 5  5 
(C)  – , –  (D)  – , –1
 2 4  4 
 
25. Let f :[0, 2]   be the function defined by f ( x)  (3  sin(2 x))sin   x    sin  3 x  
 4  4
If  ,   [0, 2] are such that {x  [0, 2] : f ( x)  0}  [ ,  ], then the value of    is____
[JEE Adv. 2020]
26. All possible values of  [0, 2] for which sin 2 + tan 2 > 0 lie in :
[Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-1)]
    3       3   7  
(1)  0,    ,  (2)  0,    ,    , 
 2  2   2 2 4   6 
     3   3 11       3   5   3 7  
(3)  0,    ,    ,  (4)  0,    ,    ,    , 
 4 2 4   2 6   4 2 4   4   2 4 
27. The number of integral values of ‘k’ for which the equation 3sinx + 4 cosx = k + 1 has a solution, k  R
is : [Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-1)]
 
28.
2
If 3(cos x)   
3  1 cos x  1, the number of solutions of the given equation when x  0,  is :
 2
[Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-1)]
2 2
29. The number of roots of the equation, (81)sin x  (81)cos x
 30 in the interval [0, ] is equal to :
[Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-1)]
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 8 (4) 2

30. The number of solutions of the equation x  2 tan x  in the interval [0, 2p] is :
2
[Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-2)]
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 2 (4) 5
1
31. The number of solutions of the equation | cot x | cot x  in the interval [0, 2] is
sin x
[Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
32. The number of solution of sin7 x + cos7x = 1, x  [0, 4] is equal to:
[Jee main 2021 (22-07-2021-shift-2)]
(1) 11 (2) 9 (3) 5 (4) 7
33. The sum of all values of x in [0, 2], for which sinx + sin2x + sin3x + sin4x = 0, is equal to :
[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A)12  (B) 8  (C) 11  (D) 9 
cos x      
34. The sum of solutions of the equation  tan 2x , x    ,    ,   is:
1  sin x  2 2  4 4
[Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-1)]
 7  11
(A) (B)  (C)  (D) 
10 30 15 30
35. Let S be the sum of all solutions (in radians) of the equation sin 4   cos 4   sin  cos   0 in  0, 4 .

8S
Then is equal to ______. [Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-2)]


36. Number of the solutions of the equation 32tan 2 x  32sec2 x  81 , 0  x  is
4
[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 0
37. If n is the number of solutions of the equation 2 cos x  4sin    x  sin    x   1  1 , x   0, 

 4  4  
and S is the sum of all these solutions, then the ordered pair (n, S) is:
[Jee main 2021 (01-09-2021-shift-2)]
 13   5   8   2 
(A)  3,  (B)  3,  (C)  2,  (D)  2, 
 9   3   9   3 
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Solution of Triangle (Ph-3)
22. The triangle ABC is a right angled triangle, right angle at A. The ratio of the radius of the circle circumscribed
 
to the radius of the circle escribed to the hypotenuse is, 2 : 3  2 . Find the acute angles B & C.
Also find the ratio of the two sides of the triangle other than the hypotenuse.
23. ABC is a triangle. Circles with radii as shown are drawn inside
the triangle each touching two sides and the incircle. Find the
radius of the incircle of the ABC.
24. Line l is a tangent to a unit circle S at a point P. Point A and the circle S are on the same side of l, and the
distance from A to l is 3. Two tangents from point A intersect line l at the point B and C respectively. Find
the value of (PB)(PC).
25. Let ABC be an acute triangle with orthocenter H. D, E, F are the feet of the perpendiculars from A, B,
and C on the opposite sides. Also R is the circumradius of the triangle ABC.
Given (AH)(BH)(CH) = 3 and (AH)2 + (BH)2 + (CH)2 = 7. Find
 cos A
(a) the ratio , (b) the product (HD)(HE)(HF) (c) the value of R.
 cos2 A
26. In a right angled triangle, Sa and Sb denote the medians that belong to the legs of the triangle, the median
S  Sb
belonging to the hypotenuse is Sc. Find the maximum value of the expression a .
Sc
(You may use the fact that R.M.S.  A.M).
EXERCISE–III
1. If in a ABC, a = 6, b = 3 and cos(A – B) = 4/5 then find its area. [JEE '97, 6]
2. If in a triangle PQR, sin P, sin Q, sin R are in A.P., then [JEE '98, 2]
(A) the altitudes are in A.P. (B) the altitudes are in H.P
(C) the medians are in G.P. (D) the medians are in A.P.
3. Two sides of a triangle are of lengths 6 and 4 and the angle opposite to smaller side is 30°. How many
such triangles are possible ? Find the lengths of their side and area. [JEE '98, 6]
4. The radii r1, r2, r3 of escribed circles of a triangle ABC are in harmonic progression. If its area is
24 sq. cm and its perimeter is 24 cm, find the lengths of its sides. [REE '99, 6]

5. (a) In a triangle ABC , Let  C = . If ' r ' is the inradius and ' R ' is the circumradius of the triangle, then
2
2(r + R) is equal to:
(A) a + b (B) b + c (C) c + a (D) a + b + c
1
(b) In a triangle ABC , 2 a c sin (A  B + C) =
2
(A) a2 + b2  c2 (B) c2 + a2  b2 (C) b2  c2  a2 (D) c2  a2  b2
[JEE '2000 (Screening) 1 + 1]
6. Let ABC be a triangle with incentre ' I ' and inradius ' r ' . Let D, E, F be the feet of the perpendiculars
from I to the sides BC, CA & AB respectively . If r1 , r2 & r3 are the radii of circles inscribed in the
quadrilaterals AFIE , BDIF & CEID respectively, prove that
r1 r r r1 r2 r3
 2  3 = . [JEE '2000, 7]
r  r1 r  r2 r  r3 (r  r )(r  r )(r  r )
1 2 3
1
7. If  is the area of a triangle with side lengths a, b, c, then show that:  <
4
a  b  cabc
Also show that equality occurs in the above inequality if and only if a = b = c. [JEE ' 2001]
8. Which of the following pieces of data does NOT uniquely determine an acute–angled triangle ABC
(R being the radius of the circumcircle)?
(A) a, sinA, sinB (B) a, b, c (C) a, sinB, R (D) a, sinA, R
[JEE ' 2002 (Scr), 3]
9. If In is the area of n sided regular polygon inscribed in a circle of unit radius and On be the area of the
On  2
1  1   2 I n  
polygon circumscribing the given circle, prove that In =   
2  n  
 
10. The ratio of the sides of a triangle ABC is 1 : 3 : 2. The ratio A : B : C is
(A) 3 : 5 : 2 (B) 1 : 3 : 2 (C) 3 : 2 : 1 (D) 1 : 2 : 3
11. (a) In ABC, a, b, c are the lengths of its sides and A, B, C are the angles of triangle ABC. The correct
relation is
 BC A A BC
(A) (b  c) sin    a cos  (B) (b  c) cos   a sin  
 2  2 2  2 
BC A A  BC
(C) (b  c) sin    a cos  (D) (b  c) cos   2a sin  
 2  2 2  2 
(b) Circles with radii 3, 4 and 5 touch each other externally if P is the point of intersection of tangents to these
circles at their points of contact. Find the distance of P from the points of contact.
[JEE 2005 (Mains), 2]
12. (a) Given an isosceles triangle, whose one angle is 120° and radius of its incircle is 3 . Then the area of
triangle in sq. units is [JEE 2006, 3]
(A) 7 + 12 3 (B) 12 – 7 3 (C) 12 + 7 3 (D) 4
(b) Internal bisector of A of a triangle ABC meets side BC at D. A line drawn through D perpendicular to
AD intersects the side AC at E and the side AB at F. If a, b, c represent sides of ABC then
2bc A
(A) AE is HM of b and c (B) AD = cos
bc 2
4bc A
(C) EF = sin (D) the triangle AEF is isosceles [JEE 2006, 5]
bc 2
13. If the angles A, B and C of a triangle are in an arithmetic progression and if a, b and c denote the lengths
a c
of the sides opposite to A, B and C respectively, then the value of the expression sin2C + sin 2A is
c a
1 3
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 3
2 2

14. Let ABC be a triangle such that ACB = and let a, b and c denote the lengths of the sides opposite
6
to A, B and C respectively. The value(s) of x for which a = x2 + x + 1, b = x2 – 1 and
c = 2x + 1 is(are) [JEE 2010]
(A) – (2 + 3 ) (B) 1 + 3 (C) 2 + 3 (D) 4 3
15. Consider a triangle ABC and let, a, b and c denote the lengths of the sides opposite to vertices A, B and
C respectively. Suppose a = 6, b = 10 and the area of the triangle is 15 3 . If ACB is obtuse and if r
denotes the radius of the incircle of the triangle, then r2 is equal to [JEE 2010]
7 5
16. Let PQR be a triangle of area  with a = 2, b = and c = , where a, b and c are the length of the
2 2
sides of the triangle opposite to the angles at P, Q and R respectively. [JEE 2012]
2sin P  sin 2P
Then equals
2sin P  sin 2P
2 2
3 45  3   45 
(A) (B) (C)   (D)  
4 4  4   4 
17. In a triangle PQR, P is the largest angle and cos P = 1/3. Further the incircle of the triangle touches the
sides PQ, QR and RP at N, L and M respectively, such that the lengths of PN, QL and RM are
consecutive even integer. Then possible length(s) of the side(s) of the triangle is/are.
[JEE Adv. 2013]
(A) 16 (B) 18 (C) 24 (D) 22
18. If the angles of elevation of the top of a tower from three collinear points A, B and C, on a line leading to
the foot of the tower, are 30°, 45° and 60° respectively, then the ratio, AB : BC, is :
[JEE Main 2015]
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 3 : 1 (C) 3 : 2 (D) 1 : 3
19. In a triangle XYZ, let x, y, z be the lengths of sides opposite to the angles X, Y, Z, respectively, and 2s
sx sy sz 8
= x + y + z. If   and area of incircle of the triangle XYZ is , then
4 3 2 3
(A) area of the triangle XYZ is 6 6 [JEE Adv. 2016]
35
(B) the radius of circumcricle of the triangle XYZ is 6
6
X Y Z 4 2XY 3
(C) sin sin sin  (D) sin  
2 2 2 35  2  5
20. In a triangle PQR let PQR = 30° and the sides PQ and QR have lengths 10 3 and 10, respectively..
Then, which of the following statement(s) is (are) TRUE ? [JEE Adv. 2018]
(A)  QPR= 45°
(B) The area of the triangle PQR is 25 3 and  QPR = 120°
(C) The radius of the incircle of the triangle 10 3 – 15 is
(D) The area of the circumcircle of the triangle PQR is 100 
21. If 5, 5r, 5r2 are the lengths of the sides of a triangle, then r cannot be equal to :
[Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-1)]
3 7 5 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 4 2
22. With the usual notation, in ABC, if A + B = 120º , a = 3 + 1 and b = 3 – 1, then the ratio

A : B, is : [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 3 : 1 (B) 9 : 7 (C) 5 : 3 (D) 7 : 1
23. In a triangle, the sum of lengths of two sides is x and the product of the lengths of the same two sides is y.
If x2 – c2 = y, where c is the length of the third side of the triangle, then the circumradius of the triangle is
[Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
c y c 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) y
3 3 3 2
b+c c+a a+b

24. Given = = for a ABC with usual notation. If cosA = cosΒ = cosC , then the
11 12 13 α β γ
ordered triad () has a value : [Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) (19, 7, 25) (B) (7, 19, 25) (C) (5, 12, 13) (D) (3, 4, 5)
25. If the lengths of the sides of a triangle are in A.P. and the greatest angle is double the smallest, then a ratio
of lengths of the sides of this triangle is: [Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 5 : 6 : 7 (B) 4 : 5 : 6 (C) 5 : 9 : 13 (D) 3 : 4 : 5
26. The angles A,B and C of a triangle ABC are in A.P. and a : b = 1: 3. If c = 4 cm. then the area

(in sq,cm) of this triangle is : [Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
2 4
(A) 2 3 (B) (C) (D) 4 3
3 3
27. In a non - right - angle PQR , let p, q, r denote the lengths of the sides opposite to the angles at

P, Q, R respectively. The median from R meets the side PQ at S, the perpendicular from P meets
the side QR at E, and RS and PE intersect at O. If p  3 , q = 1, and the radius of the circumcircle of
the PQR equal 1, then which of the following options is/are correct? [JEE Adv. 2019]
3 3
(A) Area of SOE 
12
(B) Radius of incircle of PQR 
2
2 3 
7 1
(C) Length of RS = (D) Length of OE =
2 6
28. Let x, y and z be positive real numbers. Suppose x, y and z are the lengths of the sides of a triangle
x Z 2y
opposite to its angles X, Y and Z, respectively. If tan  tan  , then which of the following
2 2 x yz
statements is/are TRUE ? [JEE Adv. 2020]
x x
(A) 2Y = X + Z (B) Y = X + Z (C) tan  (D) x2 + z2 – y2 = xz
2 yz
29. In ABC, the lengths of sides AC and AB are 12 cm and 5 cm, respectively. If the area of DABC is
2
30 cm and R and r are respectively the radii of circumcircle and incircle of DABC, then the value of
2R + r (in cm) is equal to _______. [Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-2)]
(2n  1) 
30. Let tan, tan and tan; , ,   , n  N be the slopes of three line segments OA, OB and
2
OC, respectively, where O is origin. If circumcentre of ABC coincides with origin and its orthocentre
2
 cos 3  cos 3  cos 3 
lies on y-axis, then the value of   is equal to :
 cos  cos  cos  
[Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-2)]
31. If in a triangle ABC, AB = 5 units, B  cos 1 (3 / 5) and radius of circumcircle of ABC is 5 units, then

the area (in sq. units) of ABC is : [Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 4  2 3 (B) 8  2 2 (C) 6  8 3 (D) 10  6 2
32. Let in a right angled triangle, the smallest angle be  If a triangle formed by taking the reciprocal of its
sides is also a right angled triangle, then sinis equal to :
[Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-2)]
5 1 5 1 5 1 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 2 2
sin A sin  A  C 
33. Let sin B  sin C  B , where A, B, C are angles of a triangle ABC. If the lengths of the sides
 
opposite these angles are a, b, c respectively, then: [Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A) b 2  a 2  a 2  c2 (B) b 2 , c2 , a 2 are in A.P..
(C) c2 , a 2 , b 2 are in A.P.. (D) a 2 , b 2 , c2 are in A.P..
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Straight Line
EXERCISE–III
Q. 1 Let PQR be a right angled isosceles triangle, right angled at P(2, 1). If the equation of the line QR is
2x + y = 3, then the equation representing the pair of lines PQ and PR is [JEE '99]
2 2
(A) 3x – 3y + 8xy + 20x + 10y + 25 = 0
(B) 3x2 – 3y2 + 8xy – 20x – 10y + 25 = 0
(C) 3x2 – 3y2 + 8xy + 10x + 15y + 20 = 0
(D) 3x2 – 3y2 – 8xy – 10x – 15y – 20 = 0
Q. 2 The equation of two equal sides AB and AC of an isosceles triangle ABC are x + y = 5 & 7x – y = 3
respectively. Find the equation of the sides BC if the area of the triangle of ABC is 5 units.
[JEE '99]
Q.3(a) The incentre of the triangle with vertices (1, 3 ) , (0, 0) and (2, 0) is :
 3 2 1  2 3  1 
(A)  1 ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  1 , 
 2  3 3 3 2   3
(b) Let PS be the median of the triangle with vertices, P (2, 2) , Q (6, - 1) and R (7, 3) . The equation of the
line passing through (1,  1) and parallel to PS is
(A) 2 x  9 y  7 = 0 (B) 2 x  9 y  11 = 0
(C) 2 x + 9 y  11 = 0 (D) 2 x + 9 y + 7 = 0 [JEE 2000 (Scr.)1+1out of 35]
(c) For points P = (x1, y1) and Q = (x2, y2) of the co-ordinate plane, a new distance d(P, Q) is defined by
d (P, Q) = x1  x2 + y1  y2 . Let O = (0, 0) and A = (3, 2). Prove that the set of points in the first
quadrant which are equidistant (with respect to the new distance) from O and A consists of the union of
a line segment of finite length and an infinite ray. Sketch this set in a labelled diagram.
[JEE 2000 (Mains) 10 out of 100]
Q.4 Find the position of point (4, 1) after it undergoes the following transformations successively.
(i) Reflection about the line, y = x  1
(ii) Translation by one unit along x  axis in the positive direction .
(iii) Rotation through an angle /4 about the origin in the anticlockwise direction.
[ REE 2000 (Mains) 3 out of 100 ]
Q.5(a) Area of the parallelogram formed by the lines y = mx, y = mx + 1, y = nx and y = nx + 1 equals
m n 2 1 1
(A) (B) (C) m n (D) mn
( m  n) 2 m n
(b) The number of integer values of m, for which the x co-ordinate of the point of intersection of the lines
3x + 4y = 9 and y = mx + 1 is also an integer, is
(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 4 (D) 1
[ JEE 2001 (Screening)]
Q.6(a) Let P = (–1, 0), Q = (0, 0) and R = (3, 3 3 ) be three points. Then the equation of the bisector of the
angle PQR is
3 3
(A) x + y = 0 (B) x + 3 y = 0 (C) 3 x + y = 0 (D) x + y = 0
2 2
(b) A straight line through the origin O meets the parallel lines 4x + 2y = 9 and 2x + y + 6 = 0 at points P and
Q respectively. Then the point O divides the segment PQ in the ratio
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 3 : 4 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 4 : 3
(c) The area bounded by the curves y = |x| – 1 and y = –|x| + 1 is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2 2 (D) 4
(d) A straight line L through the origin meets the line x+ y = 1 and x + y = 3 at P and Q respectively. Through
P and Q two straight lines L1 and L2 are drawn, parallel to 2x – y = 5 and 3x + y = 5 respectively. Lines
L1 and L2 intersect at R. Show that the locus of R, as L varies, is a straight line. [JEE 2002 (Mains)]
(e) A straight line L with negative slope passes through the point (8,2) and cuts the positive coordinates axes
at points P and Q. Find the absolute minimum value of OP + OQ, as L varies, where O is the origin.
[ JEE 2002 Mains, 5 out of 60]
Q.7 The area bounded by the angle bisectors of the lines x2 – y2 + 2y = 1 and the line x + y = 3, is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6
Q.8 The area of the triangle formed by the intersection of a line parallel to x-axis and passing through P (h, k)
with the lines y = x and x + y = 2 is 4h2. Find the locus of the point P. [JEE 2005, Mains, 2]
Q.9(a) Let O(0, 0), P (3, 4), Q(6, 0) be the vertices of the triangle OPQ. The point R inside the triangle OPQ
is such that the triangles OPR, PQR, OQR are of equal area. The coordinates of R are
(A) 4 3 , 3 (B) 3, 2 3 (C) 3, 4 3 (D) 4 3 , 2 3
(b) Lines L1 : y – x = 0 and L2 : 2x + y = 0 intersect the line L3 : y + 2 = 0 at P and Q, respectively. The
bisector of the acute angle between L1 and L2 intersects L3 at R.
Statement-1: The ratio PR : RQ equals 2 2 : 5
because
Statement-2: In any triangle, bisector of an angle divides the triangle into two similar triangles.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true. [JEE 2007, 3+3]
Q.10 Consider the lines given by
L1 = x + 3y – 5 = 0
L2 = 3x – ky – 1 = 0
L3 = 5x + 2y – 12 = 0
Match the statements / Expression in Column-I with the statements / Expressions in Column-II and
indicate your answer by darkening the appropriate bubbles in the 4 × 4 matrix given in OMR.
Column-I Column-II
(A) L1, L2, L3 are concurrent, if (P) k = – 9
6
(B) One of L1, L2, L3 is parallel to at least one of the other two, if (Q) k = –
5
5
(C) L1, L2, L3 form a triangle, if (R) k =
6
(D) L1, L2, L3 do not form a triangle, if (S) k = 5
[JEE 2008, 6]
Q. 11 The locus of the orthocenter of t he triangle formed by the lines [IIT 2009]
(1 + p)x – py + p(1 + p) = 0, (1 + q)x – qy + q(1 + q) = 0, and y = 0, where p  q is,
(A) a hyperbola (B) a parabola (C) an ellipse (D) a straight line
Q. 12 A straight line L through the point (3, –2) is inclined at an angle 60° to the line 3 x + y = 1. If L is also
intersects the x-axis, then the equation of L is [IIT 2011]
(A) y + 3 x + 2 – 3 3 = 0 (B) y – 3 x + 2 + 3 3 = 0
(C) 3 y – x + 3 + 2 3 = 0 (D) 3 y + x – 3 + 2 3 = 0
Q. 13 The x-coordinates of the incentre of the triangle that has the coordinates of mid points of its sides as
(0, 1) (1, 1) and (1, 0) is [IIT JEE Main 2013]
(A) 1 – 2 (B) 2 + 2 (C) 2 – 2 (D) 1 + 2
Q. 14 A ray of light along x + 3 y = 3 gets reflected upon reaching x-axis, the equation of the reflected ray

is [IIT JEE Main 2013]
(A) 3 y = x – 1 (B) y = x + 3 (C) 3 y = x – 3 (D) y = 3 x – 3
Q. 15 for a > b > c > 0, the distance between (1, 1) and the point of intersection of the lines ax + by + c = 0 and
bx + ay + c = 0 is less then 2 2 . Then [IIT JEE Adv. 2013]
(A) a + b – c > 0 (B) a – b + c < 0 (C) a – b + c > 0 (D) a + b – c < 0
Q. 16 Let PS be the median of the triangle with vertices P(2, 2), Q(6, –1) and R(7, 3). The equation of the line
passing through (1, –1) and parallel to PS is [IIT JEE Main 2014]
(A) 2x – 9y – 11 = 0 (B) 4x – 7y – 11 = 0
(C) 2x + 9y + 7 = 0 (D) 4x + 7y + 3 = 0
Q. 17 For a point P in the plane, let d1(P) and d2(P) be the distances of the point P from the lines x – y = 0 and
x + y = 0 respectively. The area of the region R consisting of all points P lying in the first quadrant of the
plane and satisfying 2  d1(P) + d2(P)  4, is [IIT JEE Adv. 2014]
Q. 18 The normal to the curve, x2 + 2xy – 3y2 = 0, at (1, 1) :
(A) meets the curve again in the fourth quadrant [IIT JEE Main 2015]
(B) does not meet the curve again
(C) meets the curve again in the second quadrant
(D) meets the curve again in the third quadrant
Q. 19 The number of points, having both co-ordinates as integers, that lie in the interior of the triangle with
vertices (0, 0), (0, 41) and (41, 0) is : [IIT JEE Main 2015]
(A) 780 (B) 901 (C) 861 (D) 820
Q. 20 Two sides of a rhombus are along the lines, x – y + 1 = 0 and 7x – y – 5 = 0. If its diagonals intersect at
(–1, –2), then which one of the following is a vertex of this rhombus ? [IIT JEE Main 2016]
1 8  10 7 
(A) (–3, –9) (B) (–3, –8) (C)  ,   (D)   ,  
3 3  3 3
Q. 21 Let k be an integer such that the triangle with vertices (k, – 3k), (5, k) and (–k, 2) has area 28 sq. units.
Then the orthocenter of these triangle is at the point : [JEE Main 2017]
 1  3  3  1
(A)  2,  (B) 1,  (C) 1,   (D)  2,  
 2  4  4  2
Q. 22 Let the orthocentre and centroid of a triangle be A(–3, 5) and B(3, 3) respectively. If C is the circumcentre
of this traingle, then the radius of the circle having line segment AC as diameter, is : [JEE Main 2018]
3 5 5
(A) (B) 10 (C) 2 10 (D) 3
2 2
Q. 23 A straight line through a fixed point (2, 3) intersects the coordinate axes at distinct points P and Q.
If O is the origin and the rectangle OPRQ is completed, then the locus of R is : [JEE Main 2018]
(A) 3x + 2y = 6xy (B) 3x + 2y = 6 (C) 2x + 3y = xy (D) 3x + 2y = xy
Q.24 Consider the set of all lines px + qy + r = 0 such that 3 p + 2q + 4r = 0 . Which one of the following
statements is true ? [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-1)]
3 1
(A) The lines are concurrent at the point  , 
4 2
(B) The lines are all parallel.
(C) Each line passes through the origin
(D) the lines are not concurrent.
Q.25 Let S be the set of all triangles in the xy-plane, each having one vertex at the origin and the other two
vertices lie on coordinate axes with integral coordinates. If each triangle in S has area 50 sq. units, then
the number of elements in the set S is : [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 32 (B) 9 (C) 18 (D) 36
Q.26 Let the equations of two sides of a triangle be 3x – 2y + 6 = 0 and 4x + 5y – 20. If the orthocentre of this
triangle it at (1, 1) then the equation of its third side is : [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 122y – 26x – 1675 = 0 (B) 122y + 26x + 1675 = 0
(C) 26x – 122y – 1675 = 0 (D) 26x + 61y + 1675 = 0
Q.27 If the line 3x + 4y – 24 = 0 intersects the x - axis at the point A and the y - axis at the point B, then the
incentre of the triangle OAB, where O is the origin, is : [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) (2,2) (B) (4,3) (C) (3,4) (D) (4,4)
Q.28 A point P moves on the line 2x – 3y + 4 = 0. if Q (1,4) and R(3, – 2) are fixed points, then the locus of
the centroid of PQR is a line : [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-1)]
3
(A) parallel to x-axis (B) with slope
2
2
(C) parallel to y-axis (D) with slope
3
Q.29 Two vertices of a triangle are (0, 2) and (4, 3) If its orthocentre is at the origin, then its third vertex lies in
which quadrant? [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) fourth (B) third (C) first (D) second
Q.30 Two sides of a parallelogram are along the lines, x + y = 3 and x – y + 3 = 0 . If its diagonals intersect at
(2, 4) then one of its vertex is: [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-2]
(A) (2, 1) (B) (3, 6) (C) (2, 6) (D) (3, 5)
Q.31 If in a parallelogram ABDC, the coordinates of A, B and C are respectively (1, 2), (3, 4) and (2, 5) then
the equation of the diagonal AD is : [Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 3x + 5y – 13 = 0 (B) 3x – 5y + 7 = 0
(C) 5x + 3y – 11 = 0 (D) 5x – 3y + 1 = 0
Q.32 If the straight line, 2x – 3y + 17 = 0 is perpendicular to the line passing through the points (7,17) and
(15,), then  equals : [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-1)]
35 35
(A) – (B) (C) 5 (D) –5
3 3
Q.33 If a straight line passing through the point P(–3, 4) is such that its intercepted portion between the
coordinate axes is bisected at P, then its equation is : [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 4x + 3y = 0 (B) 3x – 4y + 25 = 0
(C) 4x – 3y + 24 = 0 (D) x – y + 7 = 0
Q.34 A point on the straight line, 3x+5y = 15 which is equidistant from the coordinate axes will lie only in :
[Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-1)]
th
(A) 4 quadrant (B) 1st and 2nd quadrants
(C) 1st, 2nd and 4th quadrants (D) 1st quadrant
Q.35 Supopose that the points (h, k), (1, 2) and (–3, 4) lie on the line L1. If a line L2 passing through the points
k
(h, k) and (4, 3) is perpendicular to L1, then equals : [Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-2)]
h
1 1
(A) 0 (B) – (C) (D) 3
7 3
Q.36 Slope of the line passing through P(2,3) and intersecting the line, x + y = 7 at a distance of 4 units from
P, is : [Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-1)]
1– 7 5 –1 1– 5 7 –1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1+ 7 5 +1 1+ 5 7 +1
Q.37 If the two lines x + (a – 1)y = 1 and 2x + a2y = 1(a  R – {0,1}) are perpendicular, then the distance of
their point of intersection from the origin is : [Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
2 2 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5
3
Q.38 Lines are drawn parallel to the line 4x-3y+2=0, at a distance from the origin. Then which one of the
5
following points lies on any of these lines ? [Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-2)]
 1 2 1 1  1 2  1 –1
(A)  – ,  (B)  ,  (C)  – , –  (D)  , 
 4 3  4 3  4 3 4 3 
Q.39 The equation y = sinxsin(x+2)-sin2(x+1) represents a straight line lying in :
[Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-1]
(A) Second and third quadrants only (B) first, third and fourth quadrants
(C) third and fourth quadrants only (D) first, second and fourth quadrants
Q.40 a triangle has a vertex at (1,2) and the mid points of the two sides through it are (-1,1) and (2,3). Then
the centroid of this triangle is : [Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
1   7 1 5 1 
(A)  ,1 (B) 1,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 2 
3   3 3 3 3 
Q.41 A straight line L at a distance of 4 units from the origin makes positive intercepts on the coordinate axes
and the perpendicular from the origin to this line makes an angle of 60° with the line x + y = 0. Then an
equation of the line L is : [Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A)   
3 –1 x + 
3 +1 y = 8 2 (B) x + 3 y = 8
(C)  3 + 1 x +  3 – 1 y = 8 2 (D) 3x + y = 8
3 
Q.42 Let A(1, 0), B(6, 2) and C  , 6  be the vertices of a triangle ABC. If P is a Point inside the triangle
2 
ABC such that the triangles APC, APB and BPC have equal areas, then the length of the line segment
PQ, where Q is the point  – 7 , – 1  , is________. [Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-1)]
 6 3 

Q.43 The locus of the mid-points of the perpendiculars drawn from points on the line, x = 2y to the line x = y
is : [Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 7x – 5y = 0 (B) 3x – 2y = 0 (C) 5x – 7y = 0 (D)2x – 3y = 0
Q.44 Let two points be A(1,–1) and B(0,2). If a point P(x',y') be such that the area of PAB = 5 sq. units and
it lies on the line, 3x + y – 4 = 0, then a value of  is : [Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-1)]
(A) – 3 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 4
Q.45 Let C be the centroid of the triangle with vertices (3, -1), (1,3) and (2,4). Let P be the point of intersection
of the lines x + 3y – 1 = 0 and 3x – y + 1 = 0.Then the line passing through the points C and P also passes
through the point. [Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-1)]
(A) (– 9, – 7) (B) (9, 7) (C) (7, 6) (D) (– 9, – 6)
Q.46 If a ABC has vertices A(–1,7), B(–7,1) and C(5,–5), then its orthocentre has coordinates :

[Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-2)]
3 3 3 3
(A) (–3, 3) (B)   ,  (C)  ,   (D) (3,–3)
 5 5 5 5
Q.47 A triangle ABC lying in the first quadrant has two vertices as A(1,2) and B(3,1) If BAC = 900 , and

ar(  ABC) = 5 5 s units, then the abscissa of the vertex C is :
[Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 1 + 5 (B) 1 + 2 5 (C) 2 5 – 1 (D) 2 + 5
Q.48 If the perpendicular bisector of the line segment joining the points P(1 ,4) and Q(k, 3) has y-intercept
equal to –4, then a value of k is : [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) –2 (B) 15 (C) 14 (D) – 4
1 2
Q.49 If the line, 2x – y + 3 = 0 is at a distance and from the lines 4x – 2y +  = 0 and
5 5
6x – 3y +  = 0, respectively, then the sum of all possible values of and  is
[Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-1)]
Q.50 A ray of light coming from the point (2, 2 3 ) is incident at an angle 30º on the line x = 1 at the point A.

The ray gets reflected on the line x = 1 and meets x-axis at the point B. Then, the line AB passes through
the point : [Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-1)]
 3
(A) (4, – 3 ) (B)  3, – 1  (C) (3, – 3 ) (D)  4, – 
3  2 

Q.51 Let L denote the line in the xy-plane with x and y intercepts as 3 and 1 respectively. Then the image of the
point (– 1, – 4) in this line is : [Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-2)]
29 11  29 8 
(A)  11 , 28  (B)  8 , 29  (C)  ,  (D)  , 
5 5  5 5   5 5
     5 5
Q.52 A man is walking on a straight line. The arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the intercepts of this line on
1
the coordinate axes is . Three stones A, B and C are placed at the points (1,1), (2, 2) and (4, 4)
4
respectively. Then which of these stones is / are on the path of the man ?
[Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-1)]
(A) A only (B) C only (C) All the three (D) B only
Q.53 The image of the point (3, 5) in the line x – y + 1 = 0, lies on :
[Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-1)]
2 2 2 2
(A) (x – 2) + (y – 2) = 12 (B) (x – 4) + (y + 2) = 16
2 2 2 2
(C) (x – 4) + (y – 4) = 8 (D) (x – 2) + (y – 4) = 4
Q.54 The intersection of three lines
x – y = 0, x + 2y = 3 and 2x + y = 6 is a [Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-1)]
(A) Right angled triangle (B) Equilateral triangle
(C) Isosceles triangle (D) None of the above
Q.55 Let A(–1, 1), B(3, 4) and C(2, 0) be given three points. A line y = mx, m > 0, intersects lines AC and BC
at point P and Q respectively. Let A and A be the areas of ABC and PQC respectively, such that
1 2
A1 = 3A2, then the value of m is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-2)]
4
(A) (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
15
Q.56 In a triangle PQR, the co-ordinates of the points P and Q are (–2, 4) and (4, –2) respectively. If the
equation of the perpendicular bisector of PR is 2x – y + 2 = 0, then the centre of the circumcircle of the
PQR is : [Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) (–1, 0) (B) (–2, –2) (C) (0, 2) (D) (1, 4)
2
Q.57 The maximum value of z in the following equation z = 6xy + y , where 3x + 4y  100 and 4x + 3y  75
for x  0 and y  0 is _______ . [Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-1)]
Q.58 The number of integral values of m so that the abscissa of point of intersection of lines 3x + 4y = 9 and
y = mx + 1 is also an integer, is : [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0
Q.59 The equation of one of the straight lines which passes through the point (1,3) and makes an angles
tan 1 ( 2) with the straight line, y +1 = 3 2 x is [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 4 2x  5y  (15  4 2)  0 (B) 5 2x  4y  (15  4 2)  0
(C) 4 2x  5y  4 2  0 (D) 4 2x  5y  (5  4 2)  0

Q.60 If  are natural numbers such that 100 – 199 = (100)(100) + (99)(101) + (98)(102) +.....+
(1)(199), then the slope of the line passing through () and origin is :
[Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 540 (B) 550 (C) 530 (D) 510
Q.61 Let the centroid of an equilateral triangle ABC be at the origin. Let one of the sides of the equilateral
triangle be along the straight line x + y = 3. If R and r be the radius of circumcircle and incircle respectively
of ABC, then (R + r) is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-2)]
9
(A) (B) 7 2 (C) 2 2 (D) 3 2
2
Q.62 Consider a triangle having vertices A (–2, 3), B(1, 9) and C(3, 8). If a line L passing through the
 
circumcenter of triangle ABC, bisects line BC, and intersects y-axis at point  0,  , then the value of
2  
real number  is ______. [Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-2)]
Q.63 Let the equation of the pair of lines, y = px and y = qx, can be written as (y – px) (y – qx) = 0. Then
the equation of the pair of the angle bisectors of the lines x2 – 4xy – 5y2 = 0 is :
[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) x2 + 4xy – y2 = 0 (B) x2 – 3xy – y2 = 0
(C) x2 + 3xy + y2 = 0 (D) x2 + 3xy – y2 = 0
Q.64 Two sides of a parallelogram are along the lines 4x + 5y = 0 and 7x + 2y = 0. If the equation of one
of the diagonals of the parallelogram is 11x + 7y = 9, then other diagonal passes through the point.
[Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) (2, 1) (B) (1, 2) (C) (1, 3) (D) (2, 2)
Q.65 The point P(a, b) undergoes the following three transformation successively :
(a) reflection about the line y = x
(b) translation trough 2 units along the positive direction of x-axis

(c) rotation through angle about the origin in the anti-clockwise direction
4
 1 7 
If the co-ordinates of the final position of the point P are   ,  , then the value of 2a + b is equal
 2 2
to : [Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 7 (B) 13 (C) 9 (D) 5

Q.66 Let ABC be a triangle with A  3,1 and ACB   , 0    . If the equation of the median through
2
B is 2x  y  3  0 and the equation of angle bisector of C is 7x  4y  1  0 , then tan  is equal to:
[Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-1)]
1 3 4
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D)
2 4 3
Q.67 Let A be a fixed point (0, 6) and B be a moving point (2t, 0). Let M be the mid-point of AB and the
perpendicular bisector of AB meets the y-axis at C. The locus of the mid-point P of MC is:
[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 3x 2  2y  6  0 (B) 3x 2  2y  6  0 (C) 2x 2  3y  9  0 (D) 2x 2  3y  9  0
Q.68 Let A  a, 0  , B  b, 2b  1 and C  0, b  , b  0 , b  0 , be points such that the area of triangle ABC

ABC
is 1 sq. unit, then the sum of all possible values of a is: [Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-2)]
2b 2b 2 2b 2 2b
(A) (B) (C) (D)
b 1 b 1 b 1 b 1
Q.69 If p and q are the lengths of the perpendiculars from the origin on the lines, z cos ec   y sec   k cot 2

and x sin   y cos   k sin 2 respectively, then k 2 is equal to:
[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A) p 2  4q 2 (B) 2p 2  q 2 (C) p 2  2q 2 (D) 4p 2  q 2
Q.70 Let A be the set of all points (, ) such that the area of triangle formed by the points (5, 6), (3, 2) and
(, ) is 12 square units. Then the least possible length of a line segment joining the origin to a point in A,
is [Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-2)]
4 12 16 8
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5
Q.71 Let the points of intersections of the lines x – y + 1 = 0, x – 2y + 3 = 0 and 2x – 5y + 11 = 0 are the mid
points of the sides of a triangle ABC. Then the area of the triangle ABC is
[Jee main 2021 (01-09-2021-shift-2)]
Q.72 A man starts walking from the point P(–3,4), touches the x-axis at R, and then turns to reach at the point
Q(0,2). The man is walking at a constant speed. If the man reaches the point Q in the minimum time, then
 2 2

50  PR    RQ  is equal to: [Jee main 2021 (01-09-2021-shift-2)]
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Circle
Q.16 Find the equation of a circle which is co-axial with circles 2x2 + 2y2  2x + 6y  3 = 0 &
x2 + y2 + 4x + 2y + 1 = 0. It is given that the centre of the circle to be determined lies on the radical axis
of these two circles.
Q.17 The circles, which cut the family of circles passing through the fixed points A  (2, 1) and B  (4, 3)
orthogonally, pass through two fixed points (x1 , y1) and (x2 , y2), which may be real or imaginary. Find
 
the value of x13  x 32  y13  y 32 .
Q.18 Find the equation of a circle which touches the lines 7x2 – 18xy + 7y2 = 0 and the circle
x2 + y2 – 8x – 8y = 0 and is contained in the given circle.
Q.19 Find the equation of the circle which passes through the origin, meets the x-axis orthogonally & cuts the
circle x2 + y2 = a2 at an angle of 45º.
Q.20 Consider two circles C1 of radius 'a' and C2 of radius 'b' (b > a) both lying in the first quadrant and
touching the coordinate axes. In each of the conditions listed in column-I, the ratio of b a is given in
column-II.
Column-I Column-II
(A) C1 and C2 touch each other (P) 2 2
(B) C1 and C2 are orthogonal (Q) 3
(C) C1 and C2 intersect so that the common chord is longest (R) 2 3
(D) C2 passes through the centre of C1 (S) 3 2 2
(T) 3 2 2
EXERCISE–III
Q. 1 (a) If two distinct chords, drawn from the point (p, q) on the circle x2 + y2 = px + qy (where
pq  q) are bisected by the x-axis, then
(A) p2 = q2 (B) p2 = 8q2 (C) p2 < 8q2 (D) p2 > 8q2
(b) Let L, be a striaght line through the origin and L2 be the straight line x + y = 1. If the intercepts
made by the circle x2 + y2 – x + 3y = 0, on L1 & L2 are equal, then which of the following
equations can represent L1 ?
(A) x + y = 0 (B) x – y = 0 (C) x + 7y = 0 (D) x – 7y = 0
(c) Let T1 , T2 be two tangents drawn from (–2, 0) onto the circle C : x2 + y2 = 1. Determine the
circles touching C and having T1 , T2 as their pair of tangents. Further, find the equations of all
possible common tangents to these circles, when taken two at a time.
[JEE '99, 2+3+10]
Q.2 (a) 2 2
The triangle PQR is inscribed in the circle, x + y = 25. If Q and R have co-ordinates (3, 4) &
( 4, 3) respectively, then  QPR is equal to
(A) /2 (B) /3 (C) /4 (D) /6
(b) If the circles, x2 + y2 + 2 x + 2 k y + 6 = 0 & x2 + y2 + 2 k y + k = 0 intersect orthogonally,
then ' k ' is :
(A) 2 or  3/2 (B)  2 or  3/2 (C) 2 or 3/2 (D)  2 or 3/2
[JEE '2000 (Screening), 1+1]
Q.3 (a) Extremities of a diagonal of a rectangle are (0, 0) & (4, 3). Find the equation of the tangents to
the circumcircle of a rectangle which are parallel to this diagonal.
(b) Find the point on the straight line, y = 2 x + 11 which is nearest to the circle,
16(x2 + y2) + 32x  8y  50 = 0.
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(c) A circle of radius 2 units rolls on the outerside of the circle, x2 + y2 + 4 x = 0 , touching it
externally. Find the locus of the centre of this outer circle. Also find the equations of the common
tangents of the two circles when the line joining the centres of the two circles is inclined at an
angle of 60º with x-axis. [REE '2000 (Mains) 3 + 3 + 5]
Q.4 (a) Let PQ and RS be tangents at the extremities of the diameter PR of a circle of radius r. If PS and
RQ intersect at a point X on the circumference of the circle then 2r equals
2 2
(A) PQ  RS (B)
PQ  RS
(C)
2PQ  RS
(D)
 PQ   RS
2 PQ  RS 2
[ JEE '2001 (Screening) 1 out of 35]
(b) Let 2x2 + y2 – 3xy = 0 be the equation of a pair of tangents drawn from the origin 'O' to a circle
of radius 3 with centre in the first quadrant. If A is one of the points of contact, find the length of OA.
[JEE '2001 (Mains) 5 out of 100]
Q.5 (a) Find the equation of the circle which passes through the points of intersection of circles
x2 + y2 – 2x – 6y + 6 = 0 and x2 + y2 + 2x – 6y + 6 = 0 and intersects the circle
x2 + y2 + 4x + 6y + 4 = 0 orthogonally. [REE '2001 (Mains) 3 out of 100]
(b) Tangents TP and TQ are drawn from a point T to the circle x2 + y2 = a2. If the point T lies on the
line px + qy = r, find the locus of centre of the circumcircle of triangle TPQ.
[ REE '2001 (Mains) 5 out of 100 ]
Q.6 (a) If the tangent at the point P on the circle x2 + y2 + 6x + 6y = 2 meets the straight line
5x – 2y + 6 = 0 at a point Q on the y-axis, then the length of PQ is
(A) 4 (B) 2 5 (C) 5 (D) 3 5
(b) If a > 2b > 0 then the positive value of m for which y = mx – b 1 m 2 is a common tangent to
x2 + y2 = b2 and (x – a)2 + y2 = b2 is
2b a 2  4b 2 2b b
(A) 2 2 (B) (C) (D)
a  4b 2b a  2b a  2b
[ JEE '2002 (Scr)3 + 3 out of 270]
Q.7 The radius of the circle, having centre at (2, 1), whose one of the chord is a diameter of the circle
x2 + y2 – 2x – 6y + 6 = 0
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 3 [JEE '2004 (Scr)]
Q.8 Line 2x + 3y + 1 = 0 is a tangent to a circle at (1, -1). This circle is orthogonal to a circle which is drawn
having diameter as a line segment with end points (0, –1) and (– 2, 3). Find equation of circle.
[JEE '2004, 4 out of 60]
Q.9 A circle is given by x2 + (y – 1)2 = 1, another circle C touches it externally and also the x-axis, then the
locus of its centre is
(A) {(x, y) : x2 = 4y}  {(x, y) : y  0} (B) {(x, y) : x2 + (y – 1)2 = 4}  {x, y) : y  0}
(C) {(x, y) : x2 = y}  {(0, y) : y  0} (D) {(x, y) : x2 = 4y}  {(0, y) : y  0}
[JEE '2005 (Scr)]
Q.10(a) Let ABCD be a quadrilateral with area 18, with side AB parallel to the side CD and AB = 2CD. Let AD
be perpendicular to AB and CD. If a circle is drawn inside the quadrilateral ABCD touching all the sides,
then its radius is
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 3/2 (D) 1
2 2
(b) Tangents are drawn from the point (17, 7) to the circle x + y = 169.
Statement-1: The tangents are mutually perpendicular.
because
Statement-2: The locus of the points from which mutually perpendicular tangents can be drawn to the
given circle is x2 + y2 = 338.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true. [JEE 2007, 3+3]
Q.11(a) Consider the two curves
C1 : y2 = 4x ; C2 : x2 + y2 – 6x + 1 = 0. Then,
(A) C1 and C2 touch each other only at one point
(B) C1 and C2 touch each other exactly at two points
(C) C1 and C2 intersect (but do not touch) at exactly two points
(D) C1 and C2 neither intersect nor touch each other
(b) Consider, L1 : 2x + 3y + p – 3 = 0 ; L2 : 2x + 3y + p + 3 = 0,
where p is a real number, and C : x2 + y2 + 6x – 10y + 30 = 0.
STATEMENT-1 : If line L1 is a chord of circle C, then line L2 is not always a diameter of circle C.
and
STATEMENT-2 : If line L1 is a diameter of circle C, then line L2 is not a chord of circle C.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for statement-1
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True
(c) Comprehension (3 questions together):
A circle C of radius 1 is inscribed in an equilateral triangle PQR. The points of contact of C with the sides
PQ, QR, RP are D, E, F respectively. The line PQ is given by the equation 3 x + y – 6 = 0 and the
3 3 3
point D is  ,  . Further, it is given that the origin and the centre of C are on the same side of the
 2 2
line PQ.
(i) The equation of circle C is
1
(A) (x – 2 3 )2 + (y – 1)2 = 1 (B) (x – 2 3 )2 + (y + )2 = 1
2
(C) (x – 3 )2 + (y + 1)2 = 1 (D) (x – 3 )2 + (y – 1)2 = 1
(ii) Points E and F are given by
 3 3  3 1
(A)  2 , 2  ,  3 ,0  (B)  2 , 2  ,  3 ,0 
   
 3 3  3 1 3 3  3 1
(C)  2 , 2  ,  2 , 2  (D)  2 , 2  ,  2 , 2 
       
(iii) Equations of the sides RP, RQ are
2 2 1
(A) y = x + 1, y = – x – 1 (B) y = x, y = 0
3 3 3
3 3
(C) y = x + 1, y = – x – 1 (D) y = 3 x, y = 0
2 2
[JEE 2008, 3+3 + 4 + 4 + 4]
Q.12 Tangents drawn from the point P(l, 8) to the circle x2 + y2 – 6x – 4y – 11 = 0 [IIT 2009]
touch the circle at the points A and B. The equation of the circumcircle of the triangle PAB is
(A) x2 + y2 + 4x – 6x + 19 = 0 (B) x2 + y2 – 10y + 19 = 0
(C) x2 + y2 – 2x + 6y – 29 = 0 (D) x2 + y2 – 6x – 4y + 19 = 0
Q. 13 The centres of two circles C1 and C2 each of unit radius are at a distance of 6 units from each other. Let
P be the mid point of the line segment joining the centres of C1 and C2 and C be a circle touching circles
C1 and C2 externally. If a common tangent to C1 and C passing through P is also a common tangent to
C2 and C, then the radius of the circle C is [JEE 2009, 3 + 4]
Q. 14 The circle passing through the point (–1, 0) and touching the y-axis at (0, 2) also passes through the point
 3   5   3 5
(A)   ,0  (B)   , 2  (C)   ,  (D) (– 4, 0) [IIT 2011]
 2   2   2 2
Q. 15 The straight line 2x – 3y = 1 divides the circular region x2 + y2 6 into two parts. If
 3   5 3   1 1   1 1  
S =  2,  ,  ,  ,  ,   ,  ,   [IIT 2011]
 4   4 4   4 4   8 4  
then the number of point(s) in S lying inside the smaller part is
Q. 16 The locus of the mid-point of the chord of contact of tangents drawn from points lying on the straight line
4x – 5y = 20 to the circle x2 + y2 = 9 is [IIT 2012]
2 2
(A) 20(x + y ) – 36x + 45y = 0 2 2
(B) 20(x + y ) + 36x – 45y = 0
2 2
(C) 36(x + y ) – 20x + 45y = 0 (D) 36(x2 + y2) + 20x – 45y = 0
Paragraph for Question No. 17 to 18

A tangent PT is drawn to the circle x2 + y2 = 4 at the point P ( 3,1) . A straight line L, perpendicular to
PT is a tangent to the circle (x – 3)2 + y2 = 1 [IIT 2012]
Q. 17 A common tangent of the two circles is
(A) x = 4 (B) y = 2 (C) x + 3 y = – 1 (D) x + 2 2 y = 6
Q. 18 A possible equation of L is
(A) x – 3 y = + 1 (B) x + 3 y = 1 (C) x – 3 y = – 1 (D) x + 3 y = 5
Q. 19 The circle passing through (1, – 2) and touching the axis of x at (3, 0) also passes through the point :
(A) (–2, 5) (B) (–5, 2) (C) (2, –5) (D) (5, –2)
[IIT JEE Main 2013]
Q. 20 Circle(s) touching x-axis at a distance 3 from the origin and having an intercept of length 2 7 on y-axis

is (are) [IIT JEE Adv. 2013]
2 2
(A) x + y – 6x + 8y + 9 = 0 2 2
(B) x + y – 6x + 7y + 9 = 0
2 2
(C) x + y – 6x – 8y + 9 = 0 (D) x2 + y2 – 6x – 7y + 9 = 0
Q. 21 Let C be the circle with centre at (1, 1) and radius = 1. If T is the circle centred at (0, y), passing through
origin and touching the circle C externally, then the radius of T is equal to [IIT JEE Main 2014]
1 3 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 2 2
Q. 22 A circle S passes through the point (0, 1) and is orthogonal to the circles (x – 1)2 + y2 = 16 and
x2 + y2 = 1. Then, [IIT JEE Adv. 2014]
(A) radius of S is 8 (B) radius of S is 7
(C) centre of S is (–7, 1) (D) centre of S is (–8, 1)
Q. 23 The number of common tangents to the circles x2 + y2 – 4x – 6y – 12 = 0 and x2 + y2 + 6x + 18y + 26 = 0
is : [IIT JEE Main 2015]
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
Q. 24 Locus of the image of the point (2, 3) in the line (2x – 3y + 4) + k(x – 2y + 3) = 0, k  R, is a
(A) Circle of radius 3 (B) straight line parallel to x-axis
(C) straight line parallel to y-axis (D) circle of radius 2 [IIT JEE Main 2015]
Q. 25 The centres of those circles which touch the circle, x2 – y2 – 8x – 8y – 4 = 0, externally and also touch
the x-axis, lie on : [IIT JEE Main 2016]
(A) a circle (B) an ellipse which is not a circle
(C) a hyperbola (D) a parabola
Q. 26 If one of the diameters of the circle, given by the equation, x2 + y2 – 4x + 6y – 12 = 0, is a chord of a
circle S, whose centre is at (–3, 2), then the radius of S is : [IIT JEE Main 2016]
(A) 5 2 (B) 5 3 (C) 5 (D) 10
Q. 27 Let P be the point on the parabola, y2 = 8x which is at a minimum distance from the centre C of the circle,
x2 + (y + 6)2 = 1. Then the equation of the circle, passing through C and having its centre at P is
(A) x2 + y2 – 4x + 8y + 12 = 0 (B) x2 + y2 – x + 4y – 12 = 0 [IIT JEE Main 2016]
x
(C) x2 + y2 – + 2y – 24 = 0 (D) x2 + y2 – 4x + 9y + 18 = 0
4
Q. 28 The circle C1 : x2 + y2 = 3, with centre at O, intersects the parabola x2 = 2y at the point P in the first
quadrant. Let the tangent to the circle C1 at P touches other two circles C2 and C3 at R2 and R3,
respectively. Suppose C2 and C3 have equal radii 2 3 and centres Q2 and Q3, respectively. If Q2 and
Q3 lie on the y-axis, then [IIT JEE Adv. 2016]
(A) Q2Q3 = 12 (B) R2R3 = 4 6
(C) area of the triangle OR2R3 is 6 2 (D) area of the triangle PQ2Q3 is 4 2
Q. 29 Let RS be the diameter of the circle x2 + y2 = 1, where S is the point (1, 0). Let P be a variable point
(other than R and S) on the circle and tangents to the cricle at S and P meet at the point Q. The normal
to the circle at P intersects a line drawn through Q parallel to RS at point E. Then the locus of E passes
through the point(s). [IIT JEE Adv. 2016]
1 1  1 1 1 1  1 1
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,   (D)  ,  
3 3 4 2 3 3 4 2
Q. 30 Let  R. Consider the system of linear equations
x + 2y = 
3x – 2y = 
Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct ? [IIT JEE Adv. 2016]
(A) If  = –3, then the system has infinitely many solutions for all values of  and 
(B) If  –3, then the system has a unique solution for all values of and .
(C) If  +  = 0, then the system has infinitely many solutions for  = –3
(D) If  +  0, then the system has no solution for  = –3
Q. 31 For how many values of p, the circle x2 + y2 + 2x + 4y – p = 0 and the coordinate axes have exactly three
common points ? [JEE Adv. 2017]
Paragraph "X"
Let S be the circle in the xy-plane defined by the equation x2 + y2 = 4. [JEE Adv. 2018]
(There are two question based on Paragraph "X", the question given below is one of them)
Q. 32 Let E1E2 and F1F2 be the chord of S passing through the point P0(1, 1) and parallel to the x-axis and the
y-axis, respectively. Let G1G2 be the chord of S passing through P0 and having slop –1. Let the tangents
to S at E1 and E2 meet at E3, the tangents of S at F1 and F2 meet at F3, and the tangents to S at G1 and
G2 meet at G3. Then, the points E3, F3 and G3 lie on the curve
(A) x + y = 4 (B) (x – 4)2 + (y – 4)2 = 16
(C) (x – 4) (y – 4) = 4 (D) xy = 4
Q. 33 Let P be a point on the circle S with both coordinates being positive. Let the tangent to S at P intersect
the coordinate axes at the points M and N. Then, the mid-point of the line segment MN must lie on the
curve -
(A) (x + y)2 = 3xy (B) x2/3 + y2/3 = 24/3
(C) x2 + y2 = 2xy (D) x2 + y2 = x2y2
Q. 34 Let T be the line passing through the points P(–2, 7) and Q(2, –5). Let F1 be the set of all pairs of circles
(S1, S2) such that T is tangents to S1 at P and tangent to S2 at Q, and also such that S1 and S2 touch each
other at a point, say, M. Let E1 be the set representing the locus of M as the pair (S1, S2) varies in F1.
Let the set of all straight line segments joining a pair of distinct points of E1 and passing through the point
R(1, 1) be F2. Let E2 be the set of the mid-points of the line segments in the set F2. Then, which of the
following statement(s) is (are) TRUE ? [JEE Adv. 2018]
4 7
(A) The point (–2, 7) lies in E1 (B) The point  ,  does NOT lie in E2
5 5
1  3
(C) The point  ,1 lies in E2 (D) The point  0,  does NOT lie in E1
2   2
Q.35 Three circles of radii a,b,c (a < b < c) touch each other externally. If they have x - axis as a common
tangent, then : [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) a,b,c are in A.P (B) a , b, c are In A.P..
1 1 1 1 1 1
(C) = + (D) = +
b a c a b c
Q.36 If the circles x2 + y2 – 16x – 20y + 164 = r2 and (x – 4)2 + (y – 7)2 = 36 intersect at two distinct points,
then; [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 0 < r < 1 (B) r = 11 (C) r > 11 (D) 1 < r < 11
Q.37 If a circle C passing through the point (4,0) touches the circle x2 + y2 + 4x – 6y = 12 externally at the
point (1, –1), then the radius of C is : [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 57 (B) 5 (C) 2 5 (D) 4
Q.38 If the area of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the circle, x2 + y2 10x + 12y + c = 0 is 27 3 sq. units

then c is equal to: [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 13 (B) – 25 (C) 25 (D) 20
Q.39 Two circles with equal radii are intersecting at the points (0,1) and (0,–1).The tangent at the point (0,1)
to one of the circles passes through the centre of the other circle. Then the distance between the centres
of these circles is : [Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2 2
Q.40 The straight line x + 2y = 1 meets the coordinate axes at A and B. A circle is drawn through A,B and the
origin. Then the sum of perpendicular distances from A and B on the tangent to the circle at the origin
is : [Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
5 5
(A) (B) 4 5 (C) (D) 2 5
4 2
Q.41 A square is inscribed in the circle x2 + y2 – 6x + 8y – 103 = 0 with its sides parallel to the coordinates
axes. Then the distance of the vertex of this square which is nearest to the origin is :
[Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 6 (B) 4 5 (C) 137 (D) 13
Q.42 If a variable line, 3x + 4y –  = 0 is such that the two circles x2 + y2 – 2x – 2y + 1 = 0 and

x2 + y2 – 18x – 2y + 78 = 0 are on its opposite sides, then the set of all values of  is the interval :
[Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) (23,31) (B) [12,21] (C) (2,17) (D) [13,23]
Q.43 Let C1 and C2 be the centres of the circles x2 + y2 – 2x – 2y – 2 = 0 and x2 + y2 – 6x – 6y + 14 = 0
respectively. If P and Q are the points of intersection of these circles, then the area (in sq. units) of the
quadrilateral PC1 QC2 is : [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 9
Q.44 If a circle of radius R passes through the origin O and intersects the coordinate axes at A and B, then the
locus of the foot of perpendicular from O on AB is : [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-2)]
2 3

(A) x 2 + y 2  = 4R x y
2 2 2

(B) x 2 + y 2  = 4R 2 x 2 y 2
2
(C)  x + y   x + y  = R xy (D)  x +y 
2 2 2 2 2
= 4Rx 2 y 2
Q.45 The sum of the squares of the lengths of the chords intercepted on the circle, x2+y2=16, by the lines,
x + y = n, n  N , where N is the set of all natural numbers, is : [Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 105 (B) 160 (C) 210 (D) 320
Q.46 The tangent and the normal lines at the point  
3,1 to the circle x2 + y2 = 4 and the x-axis form a
triangle. The area of this triangle (in square units) is: [Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-2)]
2 1 1 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3
Q.47 If a tangent to the circle x2 + y2 = 1 intersects the coordinate axes at distinct points P and Q, then the
locus of the mid- point of PQ is : [Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) x2 + y2 – 2x2y2 = 0 (B) x2 + y2 – 16x2y2 = 0
2 2
(C) x + y – 2xy = 0 (D) x2 + y2 – 4x2y2 = 0
Q.48 The common tangent to the circles x2 + y2 = 4 and x2 + y2 + 6x + 8y – 24 = 0 also passes through the
point : [Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) (– 4, 6) (B) (– 6, 4) (C) (6, – 2) (D) (4, – 2)
Q.49 A rectangle is inscribed in a circle with a diameter lying along the line 3y = x + 7. If the two adjacent
vertices of the rectangle are (–8,5) and (6,5), then the area of the rectangle (in sq. units) is :
[Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 98 (B) 84 (C) 72 (D) 56
Q.50 The line x = y touches a circle at the point (1,1). If the circle also passes through the point (1, – 3), then
its radius is : [Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 3 (B) 2 2 (C) 2 (D) 3 2
Q.51 If the circles x2 + y2 + 5Kx + 2y + K = 0 and 2(x2 + y2) + 2Kx + 3y – 1 = 0, (KR), intersect at the
points P and Q, then the line 4x + 5y – K = 0 passes through P and Q for:
[Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) no value of K (B) exactly two values of K
(C) exactly one value of K (D) infinitely many values of K
Q.52 The locus of the centres of the circles, which touch the circle, x2+y2=1 externally, also touch the y-axis
and lie in the first quadrant is, [Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) x = 1 + 2y, y  0 (B) y = 1 + 2x, x  0
(C) y = 1 + 4x, x  0 (D) x = 1 + 4y, y  0
Q.53 If the angle of intersection at a point where the two circles with radii 5cm and 12 cm intersect in 900, then
the length (in cm) of their common chord is : [Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-1)]
13 120 13 60
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 13 2 13
Q.54 A circle touching the x - axis at (3,0) and making an intercept of length 8 on the y - axis passes through
the point : [Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) (1,5) (B) (2,3) (C) (3,10) (D) (3,5)
Q.55 A line y = mx + 1 intersects the circle (x – 3)2 + (y + 2)2 = 25 at the points P and Q. If the midpoint of
3
the line segment PQ has x-coordinate  , then which one of the following options is correct ?
5
[JEE Advanced 2019]
(A) 6  m < 8 (B) 2  m < 4 (C) 4  m < 6 (D) – 3  m < – 1
Q.56 Let the point B be the reflection of the point A(2, 3) with respect to the line 8x – 6y – 23 = 0. Let A and
B be circles of radii 2 and 1 with centres A and B respectively. Let T be a common tangent to the circles
A and B such that both the circles are on the same side of T. If C is the point of intersection of T and
the line passing through A and B, then the length of the line segment AC is _______
[JEE Advanced 2019]
Q.57 Let the tangents drawn from the origin to the circle, x2 + y2 – 8x – 4y + 16 = 0 touch it at the points
A and B. The (AB)2 is equal to: [Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-2)]
56 52 64 32
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5
Q.58 If a line, y = mx + c is a tangent to the circle, (x – 3)2 + y2 = 1 and it is perpendicular to a line L1, where
 1 1 
L1 is the tangent to the circle, x2 + y2 = 1 at the point  ,  ; then :
 2 2
[Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) c2 – 7c + 6 = 0 (B) c2 + 7c + 6 = 0 (C) c2 – 6c + 7 = 0 (D) c2+ 6c + 7 = 0
Q.59 A circle touches the y-axis at the point (0,4) and passes through the point (2,0). Which of the following
lines is not a tangent to this circle ? [Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 3x – 4y – 24 = 0 (B) 4x – 3y + 17 = 0 (C) 3x + 4y – 6 = 0 (D) 4x +3y – 8 = 0
Q.60 If the curves, x2 – 6x + y2 + 8 = 0 and x2 – 8 y + y2 + 16 – k = 0, ( k > 0) touch each other at a point,
then the largest value of k is _______________.
[Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-2)]
Q.61 The number of integral values of k for which the line, 3x+4y=k intersects the circle, x2 + y2 – 2x – 4y + 4 = 0
at two distinct points is................ [Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-1)]
Q.62 The set of all possible values of  in the interval (0,  ) for which the points (1,2) and  sin , cos   lie

on the same side of the line x + y = 1 is : [Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-2)]
     3    3 
(A)  0,  (B)  0,  (C)  0,  (D)  , 
 4  2  4  4 4 
Q.63 The diameter of the circle, whose centre lies on the line x + y = 2 in the first quadrant and which touches
both the lines x = 3 and y = 2, is .......... [Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-1)]
Q.64 The circle passing through the intersection of the circles, x2 + y2 – 6x = 0 and x2 + y2 – 4y = 0, having its
centre on the line, 2x – 3y + 12=0, also passes through the point :
[ Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) (–1,3) (B) (1,–3) (C) (–3,6) (D) (–3,1)
Q.65 Let PQ be a diameter of the circle x2 + y2 = 9. If  and  are the lengths of the perpendiculars from P

and Q on the straight line, x + y = 2 respectively, then the maximum value of αβ is _____
[Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]
Q.66 If the length of the chord of the circle, x2 + y2 = r2(r > 0) along the line, y – 2x = 3 is r, then r2 is equal to
: [Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-2)]
24 9 12
(A) 12 (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5
5
Q.67 Let O be the centre of the circle x2 + y2 = r2, where r  . Suppose PQ is a chord of this circle and
2
the equation of the line passing through P and Q is 2x + 4y = 5. If the centre of the circumcircle of the
triangle OPQ lies on the line x + 2y = 4, then the value of r is [JEE Advanced 2020]
2 2
Q.68 If one of the diameters of the circle x + y – 2x – 6y + 6 = 0 is a chord of another circle ‘C’, whose
center is at (2, 1), then its radius is ______ . [Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-1)]
Q.69 Let a point P be such that its distance from the point (5, 0) is thrice the distance of P from the point (– 5,
2
0). If the locus of the point P is a circle of radius r, then 4r is equal to ________.
[Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-2)]
Q.70 If the area of the triangle formed by the positive x-axis, the normal and the tangent to the circle
2 2
(x – 2) + (y – 3) = 25 at the point (5, 7) is A, then 24A is equal to_____.
[Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-2)]
Q.71 In the circle given below, let OA = 1 unit, OB = 13 unit and PQ  OB. Then, the area of the triangle
PQB (in square units) is : [Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 24 2 (B) 24 3 (C) 26 3 (D) 26 2
2 2
Q.72 If the locus of the mid-point of the line segment from the point (3, 2) to a point on the circle, x + y = 1
is a circle of radius r, then r is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-2)]
1 1 1
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4
2 2
Q.73 Let A(1, 4) and B(1, –5) be two points. Let P be a point on the circle (x – 1) + (y – 1) = 1 such that
2 2
(PA) + (PB) have maximum value, then the points P, A and B lie on :
(A) a straight line (B) a hyperbola (C) an ellipse (D) a parabola
[Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-2)]
Q.74 Let the normals at all the points on a given curve pass through a fixed point (a, b). If the curve passes
2 2
through (3, –3) and (4, 2 2) , and given that a  2 2b  3 , then (a + b + ab) is equal to ______.
[Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-2)]
Q.75 Let ABCD be a square of side of unit length. Let a circle C1 centered at A with unit radius is drawn.
Another circle C2 which touches C1 and the lines AD and AB are tangent to it, is also drawn. Let a
tangent line from the point C to the circle C2 meet the side AB at E. If the length of EB is   3 ,
where  are integers, then  is equal to_______. [Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-1)]
2 2
Q.76 Let the lengths of intercepts on x-axis and y-axis made by the circle x + y + ax + 2ay + c = 0, (a < 0)
be 2 2 and 2 5 , respectively. Then the shortest distance from origin to a tangent to this circle which
is perpendicular to the line x + 2y = 0, is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 11 (B) 7 (C) 6 (D) 10
Q.77 The line 2x – y + 1 = 0 is a tangent to the circle at the point (2, 5) and the centre of the circle lies on
x – 2y = 4. Then, the radius of the circle is: [Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 3 5 (B) 5 3 (C) 5 4 (D) 4 5

Q.78 Choose the incorrect statement about the two circles whose equations are given below :
2 2
x + y – 10x – 10y + 41 = 0 and
2 2
x + y – 16x – 10y + 80 = 0 [Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) Distance between two centres is the average of radii of both the circles.
(B) Both circles centres lie inside region of one another.
(C) Both circles pass through the centre of each other.
(D) Circles have two intersection points.
Q.79 The minimum distance between any two points P1 and P2 while considering point P1 on one circle and
point P2 on the other circle for the given circles’ equations
2 2
x + y –10x – 10y + 41 = 0
2 2
x + y – 24x – 10y + 160 = 0 is ______ . [Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-1)]
2 2
Q.80 Two tangents are drawn from a point P to the circle x + y – 2x – 4y + 4 = 0, such that the angle
 12   12 
between these tangents is tan 1   , where tan 1    (0, ). If the centre of the circle is denoted
 5  5
by C and these tangents touch the circle at points A and B, then the ratio of the areas of PAB and
CAB is : [Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 11 : 4 (B) 9 : 4 (C) 3 :1 (D) 2 : 1
2 2
Q.81 Let the tangent to the circle x + y = 25 at the point R(3, 4) meet x-axis and y-axis at point P and Q,
respectively. If r is the radius of the circle passing through the origin O and having centre at the incentre
2
of the triangle OPQ, then r is equal to [Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-2)]
529 125 625 585

(A) (B) (C) (D)
64 72 72 66
Q.82 Choose the correct statement about two circles whose equations are given below :
2 2
x + y – 10x – 10y + 41 = 0
2 2
x + y – 22x – 10y + 137 = 0 [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) circles have same centre (B) circles have no meeting point
(C) circles have only one meeting point (D) circles have two meeting points
Q.83 For the four circles M, N, O and P, following four equations are given :
2 2
Circle M : x + y = 1
2 2
Circle N : x + y – 2x = 0
2 2
Circle O : x + y – 2x – 2y + 1 = 0
2 2
Circle P : x + y – 2y = 0 [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
If the centre of circle M is joined with centre of the circle N, further centre of circle N is joined with
centre of the circle O, centre of circle O is joined with the centre of circle P and lastly, centre of circle P
is joined with centre of circle M, then these lines form the sides of a :
(A) Rhombus (B) Square (C) Rectangle (D) Parallelogram
2 2 2 2
Q.84 Let S1 : x + y = 9 and S2 : (x – 2) + y = 1. Then the locus of center of a variable circle S which
touches S1 internally and S2 externally always passes through the points :
[Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-2)]
1 5  3
(A) (0,  3) (B)  2 ,  2  (C)  2,   (D) (1, ± 2)
   2
Q.85 Let r1 and r2 be the radii of the largest and smallest circles, respectively, which pass through the point (–
4, 1) and having their centres on the circumference of the circle
r1
x2 + y2 + 2x + 4y – 4 = 0. If r  a  b 2 , then a + b is equal to :
2
[Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 7 (B) 11 (C) 5 (D) 3
Q.86 Let the circle S: 36x2 + 36y2 – 108x + 120y + C = 0 be such that it neither intersects nor touches the co-
ordinates axes. If the point of intersection of the lines, x – 2y = 4 and 2x – y = 5 lies inside the circle S,
then: [Jee main 2021 (22-07-2021-shift-2)]
25 13
(A) C (B) 100 < C < 165 (C) 100 < C < 156 (D) 81 < C < 156
9 3
Q.87 Let [Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-1)]
A = {(x, y)  R × R | 2x2 + 2y2 – 2x – 2y = 1},
B = {(x, y)  R × R | 4x2 + 4y2 – 16y + 7 = 0} and
C = {(x, y)  R × R | x2 + y2 – 4x – 2y + 5 d” r2}.
Then the minimum value of |r| such that A  B  C is equal to :
3  10 2  10 3 2 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1  5
2 2 2
Q.88 Let P and Q be two distinct points on a circle which has centre at C(2, 3) and which passes through
origin O. If OC is perpendicular to both the line segments CP and CQ, then the set {P, Q} is equal to
: [Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) {(–1, 5), (5, 1)} (B) {(2 + 2 2 , 3 – 5 ), (2 – 2 2 , 3 + 5 )}
(C) {(2 + 2 2 , 3 + 5 ), (2 – 2 2 , 3 – 5 )} (D) {(4, 0), (0, 6)}
Q.89 Two tangents are drawn from the point P(–1, 1) to the circle x2 + y2 – 2x – 6y + 6 = 0. If these tangents
touch the circle at point A and B, and if D is a point on the circle such that length of the segments AB and
AD are equal, then the area of the triangle ABD is equal to: [Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 3( 2  1) (D) 3( 2  2)
Q.90 Consider a circle C which touches the y-axis at (0, 6) and cuts off intercept 6 5 on the x-axis. Then the

radius of the circle C is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 8 (B) 53 (C) 9 (D) 82
Q.91 The locus of a point, which moves such that the sum of squares of its distance from the points (0,0),
(1,0), (0,1), (1,1) is 18 units, is a circle of diameter d. Then d2 is equal to ______.
[Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-1)]
Q.92 A circle C touches the line x = 2y at the point (2, 1) and intersects the circle C1 : x 2  y 2  2y  5  0 at

two points P and Q such that PQ is a diameter of C1 . Then the diameter of C is:
[Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 4 15 (B) 7 5 (C) 15 (D) 245
Q.93 Let the equation x 2  y 2  px  11  p  y  5  0 represent circles of varying radius r   0, 5 . Then

the number of elements in the set S  {q : q  p 2 and q is an integer} is ______.
[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-1)]
Q.94 Let Z be the set of all integers,
A  x, y   Z  Z;  x  2 2
 y2  4
B   x, y   Z  Z; x 2  y 2  4 and
C  x, y   Z  Z;  x  2  2 2
  y  2  4  [Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-2)]
If the total number of relations from A  B to A  C is 2p , then the value of p is:
(A) 25 (B) 9 (C) 16 (D) 49

Q.95 Two circles each of radius 5 units touch each other at the point (1, 2). If the equation of their common
tangents is 4x + 3y = 10, and C1  ,   and C2  ,   , C1  C2 are their centres, then         
is equal to ______. [Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-2)]
2 2
Q.96 If the variable line 3x + 4y =  lies between the two circles  x  1   y  1  1 and
2 2
 x  9    y  1
 4 , without intercepting a chord on either circle, then the sum of all the integral
values of  is ______. [Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]
Q.97 Let B is the centre of the circle x 2  y 2  2x  4y  1  0 . Let the tangents at two points P and Q on the

 
circle intersect at the point A(3, 1). Then 8   Area APQ  is equal to
 Area BPQ 
[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-2)]
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Permutation & Combination
16. How many different ways can 15 Candy bars be distributed between Ram, Shyam, Ghanshyam and
Balram, if Ram can not have more than 5 candy bars and Shyam must have at least two. Assume all
Candy bars to be alike.
17. Find the number of three digits numbers from 100 to 999 inclusive which have any one digit that is the
average of the other two.
18. Find the number of distinct throws which can be thrown with 'n' six faced normal dice which are
indistinguishable among themselves.
19. There are 15 rowing clubs; two of the clubs have each 3 boats on the river; five others have each 2 and
the remaining eight have each 1; find the number of ways in which a list can be formed of the order of the
24 boats, observing that the second boat of a club cannot be above the first and the third above the
second. How many ways are there in which a boat of the club having single boat on the river is at the
third place in the list formed above?
20. Consider a 7 digit telephone number 336 - 7624 which has the property that the first three digit prefix,
336 equals the product of the last four digits. How many seven digit phone numbers beginning with 336
have this property, e.g. (336–7624)
21. Find the sum of all numbers greater than 10000 formed by using the digits 0 , 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 no digit being
repeated in any number.
22. There are 3 cars of different make available to transport 3 girls and 5 boys on a field trip. Each car can
hold up to 3 children. Find
(a) the number of ways in which they can be accomodated.
(b) the numbers of ways in which they can be accomodated if 2 or 3 girls are assigned to one of the cars.
In both the cases internal arrangement of children inside the car is considered to be immaterial.
23. Find the number of three elements sets of positive integers {a, b, c} such that a × b × c = 2310.
24. Find the number of integer between 1 and 10000 with at least one 8 and at least one 9 as digits.
EXERCISE–III
1. How many different nine digit numbers can be formed from the number 223355888 by rearranging its
digits so that the odd digits occupy even positions ? [JEE '2000, (Scr)]
(A) 16 (B) 36 (C) 60 (D) 180
2. Let Tn denote the number of triangles which can be formed using the vertices of a regular polygon of
' n ' sides. If Tn + 1  Tn = 21 , then ' n ' equals: [JEE '2001, (Scr)]
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 6 (D) 4
3. The number of arrangements of the letters of the word BANANA in which the two N’s do not appear
adjacently is [JEE 2002 (Screening), 3]
(A) 40 (B) 60 (C) 80 (D) 100
4. Number of points with integral co-ordinates that lie inside a triangle whose co-ordinates are
(0, 0), (0, 21) and (21,0) [JEE 2003 (Screening), 3]
(A) 210 (B) 190 (C) 220 (D) None
(n 2 ) !
5. Using permutation or otherwise, prove that is an integer, where n is a positive integer..
( n!) n
[JEE 2004, 2 out of 60]
6. A rectangle with sides 2m – 1 and 2n – 1 is divided into squares of unit length by
drawing parallel lines as shown in the diagram, then the number of rectangles
possible with odd side lengths is
(A) (m + n + 1)2 (B) 4m + n – 1
(C) m2n2 (D) mn(m + 1)(n + 1)
7. If r, s, t are prime numbers and p, q are the positive integers such that their LCM of p, q is is r2t4s2, then
the numbers of ordered pair of (p, q) is
(A) 252 (B) 254 (C) 225 (D) 224 [JEE 2006, 3]
8. The letters of the word COCHIN are permuted and all the permutations are arranged in an alphabetical
order as in an English dictionary. The number of words that appear before the word COCHIN is
(A) 360 (B) 192 (C) 96 (D) 48 [JEE 2007, 3]
9. Consider all possible permutations of the letters of the word ENDEANOEL
Match the statements / Expression in Column-I with the statements / Expressions in Column-II.
Column-I Column-II
(A) The number of permutations containing the word ENDEA is (P) 5!
(B) The number of permutations in which the letter E occurs in the (Q) 2 × 5!
first and the last position is
(C) The number of permutations in which none of the letters D, L, N (R) 7 × 5!
occurs in the last five positions is
(D) The number of permutations in which the letters A, E, O occurs (S) 21 × 5!
only in odd positions is [JEE 2008, 6]
10. The number of seven digit integers, with sum of the digits equal to 10 and formed by using the digits

1, 2 and 3 only, is
(A) 55 (B) 66 (C) 77 (D) 88 [JEE 2009, 3]
11. Let S = {1, 2, 3, 4}. The total number of unordered pairs of disjoint subsets of S is equal to
(A) 25 (B) 34 (C) 42 (D) 41 [JEE 2010]
12. The total number of ways in which 5 balls of different colours can be distributed among 3 persons so that
each person gets at least one balls is [JEE 2012]
(A) 75 (B) 150 (C) 210 (D) 243
13. Let Tn be the number of all possible triangles formed by joining vertices of an n-shaded regular polygon.
If Tn+1 – Tn = 10, then the value of n is [IIT JEE Main 2013]
(A) 8 (B) 7 (C) 5 (D) 10
14. Six cards and six envelopes are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and cards are to be placed in envelopes so that
each envelope contains exactly one card and no card is placed in the envelope bearing the same number
and moreover the card numbered 1 is always placed in envelope numbered 2. Then the number of ways
it can be done is : [IIT JEE Adv. 2014]
(A) 264 (B) 265 (C) 53 (D) 67
15. Let n1 < n2 < n3 < n4 < n5 be positive integers such that n1 + n2 + n3 + n4 + n5 = 20. Then the number
of such distinct arrangements (n1, n2, n3, n4, n5) is [IIT JEE Adv. 2014]
16. The number of integers greater than 6,000 that can be formed, using the digits 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8, without
repetition, is [IIT JEE Main 2015]
(A) 72 (B) 216 (C) 192 (D) 120
17. Let A and B be two sets containing four and two elements respectively. Then the number of subsets of
the set A × B, each having at least three elements is : [IIT JEE Main 2015]
(A) 510 (B) 219 (C) 256 (D) 275
18. Let n be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can stand in a queue in such a way that all the
girls stands consecutively in the queue. Let m be the number of ways in which 5 boys and 5 girls can
stand in a queue in such a way that exactly four girls stand consecutively in the queue. Then the value of
m
is [IIT JEE Adv. 2015]
n
19. If all the words (with or without meaning) having five letters, formed using the letters of the word SMALL
and arranged as in a dictionary ; then the position of the word SMALL is : [IIT JEE Main 2016]
(A) 46 th (B) 59 th (C) 52 th (D) 58 th
20. A debate club consists of 6 girls and 4 boys. A team of 4 members is to be selected from this club
including the selection of a captain (from among these 4 members) for the team. If the team has to include
at most one boy, them the number of ways of selecting the team is : [IIT JEE Adv. 2016]
(A) 380 (B) 320 (C) 260 (D) 95
21. Let S = {1, 2, 3,....9}. For k = 1, 2,....5. Let N k be the number of subsets of S, each
containing five elements out of which exactly k are odd. Then [JEE Adv. 2017]
N 1 + N 2 + N 3 + N 4 + N 5 =
(A) 126 (B) 252 (C) 210 (D) 125
22. A man X has 7 friends, 4 of them are ladies and 3 are men. His wife Y also has 7 friends, 3 of them are
ladies and 4 are men. Assume X and Y have no common friends. Then the total number of ways in which
X and Y together can throw a party inviting 3 ladies and 3 men, so that 3 friends of each of X and Y are
in this party, is : [JEE Mains 2017]
(A) 485 (B) 468 (C) 469 (D) 484
23. A box contains 15 green and 10 yellow balls. If 10 balls are randomly drawn, one – by – one, with
replacement, then the variance of the number of green balls drawn is : [JEE Mains 2017]
12 6
(A) (B) 6 (C) 4 (D)
5 25
24. Words of length 10 are formed using the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J. Let x be the number of such
words where no letter is repeated ; and let y be the number of such words where exactly one letter is
y
repeated twice and no other letter is repeated. Then = [JEE Adv. 2017]
9x
25. From 6 different novels and 3 different dictionaries, 4 novels and 1 dictionary are to be selected and
arranged in a row on a shelf so that the dictionary is always in the middle. The number of such arrangements
is : [JEE Mains 2018]
(A) at least 750 but less than 1000 (B) at least 1000
(C) less than 500 (D) at least 500 but less than 750
26. In a high school, a committee has to be formed from a group of 6 boys M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6 and
5 girls G1, G2, G3, G4, G5.
(i) Let 1 be the total number of ways in which the committee can be formed such that the committee has
5 members, having exactly 3 body and 2 girls.
(ii) Let 2 be the total number of ways in which the committe can be formed such that the committee has
at least 2 members, and having an equal number of boys and girls.
(iii) Let 3 be the total number of ways in which the committe can be formed such that the committee has
5 members, at least 2 of them being girls.
(iv) Let 4 be the total number of ways in which the committee can be formed such that the commitee
has 4 members, having at least 2 girls and such that both M1 and G1 are NOT in the committee together.
LIST-I LIST-II
P. The value of 1 is 1. 136 [JEE Adv. 2018]
Q. The value of 2 is 2. 189
R. The value of 3 is 3. 192
S. The value of 4 is 4. 200
5. 381
6. 461
The correct option is :-
(A) P  4; Q  6, R  2; S  1
(B) P  1; Q  4; R  2; S  3
(C) P  4; Q  6, R  5; S  2
(D) P  4; Q  2; R  3; S  1
27. The number of 5 digit numbers which are divisible by 4, with digits from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5} and the
repetition of digits is allowed, is. [JEE Adv. 2018]
28. Consider a class of 5 girls and 7 boys. the number of different teams consisting of 2 girls and 3 boys that
can be formed from this class, if there are two specific boys A and B, who refuse to be the members of
the same team is : [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 200 (B) 300 (C) 500 (D) 350
29. The number of natural numbers less than 7,000 which can be formed by using the digits 0, 1, 3, 7, 9
(repitition of digits allowed) is equal to : [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 372 (B) 375 (C) 374 (D) 250
30. Consider three boxes, each containing 10 balls labelled 1,2,....,10. Suppose one ball is randomly drawn
from each of the boxes. Denote by ni, the label of the ball drawn from the ith box, (i=1,2,3). Then, the
number of ways in which the balls can be chosen such that n1 < n2 < n3 is :
[Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 164 (B) 82 (C) 240 (D) 120
31. There are m men and two women participating in a chess tournament. Each participant plays two games
with every other participant. If the number of games played by the men between themselves exceeds the
number of games played between the men and the women by 84, then the value of m is:
[Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 11
32. All possible numbers are formed using the digits 1,1,2,2,2,2,3,4,4 taken all at a time. The number of
such numbers in which the odd digits occupy even places is :
[Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 162 (B) 175 (C) 160 (D) 180
33. The number of four-digit numbers strictly greater than 4321 that can be formed using the digits
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (repetition of digits is allowed) is: [Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 310 (B) 306 (C) 288 (D) 360
34. A committee of 11 members is to be formed from 8 males and 5 females, if m is the number of ways the
committee is formed with at least 6 males and n is the number of ways the committee is formed with at
least 3 females, then : [Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) n = m – 8 (B) m + n = 68 (C) m= n = 68 (D) m = n = 78
35. The number of 6 digit numbers that can be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 5, 7 and 9 which are divisible
by 11 and no digit is repeated, is : [Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 48 (B) 60 (C) 72 (D) 36
36 Suppose that 20 pillars of the same height have been erected along the boundary of a circular stadium.
If the top of each pillar has been connected by beams with the top of all its non-adjacent pillars, then the
total number of beams is : [Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 190 (B) 210 (C) 180 (D) 170
37. The number of wayes of choosing 10 objects out of 31 objects of which 10 are identical and the
remaining 21 are distinct, is : [Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 220 +1 (B) 220 (C) 220 -1 (D) 221
38. A group of students comprises of 5 boys and n girls. If the number of ways, in which a team of
3 students can randomly be selected from this group such that there is at least one boy and at least one
girl in each team, is 1750, then is equal to : [Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 25 (B) 24 (C) 27 (D) 28
39. A person throws two fair dice. He wins Rs. 15 for throwing a doublet (same numbers on the two dice),
wins Rs.12 when the throw results in the sum of 9, and loses Rs.6 for any other outcome on the throw
Then the expected gain/loss (in Rs.) of the person is : [Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
1 1 1
(A) gain (B) loss (C) 2 gain (D) loss
2 2 4
40. Five person A, B, C, D and E are seated in a circular arrangement. If each of them is given a hat of one
of three colours red, blue and green, then the number of ways of distributing the hats such that the person
seated in adjacent seats get different coloured hats is [JEE (advanced) 2019]
41. Total number of 6-digit numbers in which only and all the five digits 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 appear, is:
[Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-1)]
1 5
(A) (6!) (B) 6! (C) (6!) (D) 56
2 2
42. An urn contains 5 red marbles, 4 black marbles andd 3 white marbles, then the number of ways in which
4 marbles can be drawn so that at the most three of them are red is :
[Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-1)]
43. The number of 4 letters words (with or without meaning ) that can be formed from the eleven letters of
the word 'EXAMINATION' is .............. [Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-2)]
44. If the number of five digit numbers with distinct digits and 2 at the 10th place is 336k, then k is equal
to : [Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 7
45. If the letters of the word ’MOTHER’ be permuted and all the words so formed (with or without
meaning) be listed as in a dictionary, then the position of the word ’MOTHER’ is.........
[Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-1)]
46. Let n >2 be an integer. Suppose that there are n Metro stations in a city located along a circular path.
Each pair of stations is connected by a straight track only. Further, each pair of nearest stations is
connected by blue line, whereas all remaining pairs of stations are connected by red line. If the number
of red lines is 99 times the number of blue lines, then the value of n is:
[Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 201 (B) 199 (C) 101 (D) 200
47. The value of (2.1P0-3.2P1+4.3P2-..... up to 51th term) +(1!–2!+3!-...... up to 51th term) is equal to:
[Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 1-51(51)! (B) 1+(52)! (C) 1 (D) 1+ (51)!
48. The total number of 3–digit numbers, whose sum of digits is 10, is ____
[Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-2)]
49. A test consists of 6 multiple choice questions, each having 4 alternative answers of which only one is
correct. The number of ways, in which a candidate answers all six questions such that exactly four of the
answers are correct, is ______ [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]
50. The number of words, with or without meaning, that can be formed by taking 4 letters at a time from the
letters of the word ’SYLLABUS’ such that two letters are distinct and two letters are alike, is.
[Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-1)]
51. There are 3 sections in a question paper and each section contains 5 questions. A candidate has to
answer a total of 5 questions, choosing at least one question from each section. Then the number of
ways, in which the candidate can choose the questions, is : [Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 2250 (B) 2255 (C) 1500 (D) 3000
52. Two families with three members each and one family with four members are to be seated in a row. In
how many ways can they be seated so that the same family members are not separated?
[Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 2! 3! 4! (B) (3!)3(4!) (C) 3! (4!)3 (D) (3!)2(4!)
53. The number of words (with or without meaning) that can be formed from all the letters of the word
“LETTER” in which vowels never come together is______
[Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-2)]
54. An engineer is required to visit a factory for exactly four days during the first 15 days of every month and
it is mandatory that no two visits take place on consecutive days. Then the number of all possible ways
in which such visits to the factory can be made by the engineer during 1 – 15 June 2021 is
[JEE (Advanced) 2020]
55. In a hotel, four rooms are available. Six persons are to be accommodated in these four rooms in such a
way that each of these rooms contains at least one person and at most two persons. Then the number of
all possible ways in which this can be done is [JEE (Advanced) 2020]
56. A scientific committee is to be formed from 6 Indians and 8 foreigners, which includes at least 2 Indians
and double the number of foreigners as Indians. Then the number of ways, the committee can be formed,
is : [Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 1625 (B) 575 (C) 560 (D) 1050

57. The students S1, S2,....., S10 are to be divided into 3 groups A, B and C such that each group has at least
one student and the group C has at most 3 students. Then the total number of possibilities of forming
such groups is _____. [Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-2)]
58. The total number of positive integral solutions (x, y, z) such that xyz = 24 is :
(A) 36 (B) 24 (C) 45 (D) 30
[Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-1)]
59. The total number of numbers, lying between 100 and 1000 that can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, if the repetition of digits is not allowed and numbers are divisible by either 3 or 5, is ______.
[Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-1)]
60. The number of seven digit integers with sum of the digits equal to 10 and formed by using the digits 1, 2
and 3 only is : [Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 42 (B) 82 (C) 77 (D) 35
x y z
61. A natural number has prime factorization given by n = 2 3 5 , where y and z are such that y + z = 5 and
5
y 1  z 1  , y > z. Then the number of odd divisors of n, including 1, is :
6
[Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 11 (B) 6 (C) 6x (D) 12
62. The total number of 4-digit numbers whose greatest common divisor with 18 is 3, is ______.
[Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-2)]
63. Consider a rectangle ABCD having 5, 7, 6, 9 points in the interior of the line segments AB, CD, BC, DA
respectively. Let  be the number of triangles having these points from different sides as vertices and 
be the number of quadrilaterals having these points from different sides as vertices. Then (   ) is
equal to :
(A) 795 (B) 1173 (C) 1890 (D) 717
[Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-2)]
64. Team ‘A’ consists of 7 boys and n girls and Team ‘B’ has 4 boys and 6 girls. If a total of 52 single
matches can be arranged between these two teams when a boy plays against a boy and a girl plays
against a girl, then n is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 5 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 6
65. If the sides AB, BC and CA of a triangle ABC have 3, 5 and 6 interior points respectively, then the total
number of triangles that can be constructed using these points as vertices, is equal to :
[Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 364 (B) 240 (C) 333 (D) 360
66. The sum of all the 4-digit distinct numbers that can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 2 and 3 is:
[Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 26664 (B) 122664 (C) 122234 (D) 22264
67. The number of times the digit 3 will be written when listing the integers from 1 to 1000 is
[Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
68. There are 15 players in a cricket team, out of which 6 are bowlers, 7 are batsmen and 2 are
wicketkeepers. Then number of ways, a team of 11 players be selected from them so as to
include at least 4 bowlers, 5 batsmen and 1 wicketkeeper, is –
[Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-1)]
69. If the digits are not allowed to repeat in any number formed by using the digits 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, then the
number of all numbers greater than 10,000 is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (22-07-2021-shift-2)]
70. There are 5 students in class 10, 6 students in class 11 and 8 students in class 12. If the number of

ways, in which 10 students can be selected from them so as to include at least 2 students from each
class and at most 5 students from the total 11 students of class 10 and 11 is 100 k, then k is equal to
________ [Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-1)]
71. If n Pr  n Pr 1 and n C r  n C r –1 , then the value of r is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2

72. The number of three-digit even numbers, formed by the digits 0, 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 if the repetition of digits is
not allowed, is ______. [Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-1)]
73. A number is called a palindrome if it reads the same backward as well as forward. For example 285582
is a six digit palindrome. The number of six digit palindromes, which are divisible by 55, is ______.
[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-1)]
74. Let S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9}. Then the number of elements in the set T  {A  S : A   the sum of all

the elements of A is not a multiple of 3} is ______. [Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-2)]
75. The number of six letter words (with or without meaning), formed using all the letters of the word
‘VOWELS’, so that all the consonants never come together, is ______.
[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]
76. The number of 4-digt numbers which are neither multiple of 7 nor multiple of 3 is
[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-2)]
77. Let P1 , P2 ……, P15 be 15 points on a circle. The number of distinct triangles formed by points Pi , Pj ,

Pk such that i  j  k  15 , is: [Jee main 2021 (01-09-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 455 (B) 443 (C) 12 (D) 419

78. All the arrangements, with or without meaning, of the word FARMER are written excluding any word
that has two R appearing together. The arrangements are listed serially in the alphabetic order as in the
English dictionary. Then the serial number of the word FARMER in this list is:
[Jee main 2021 (01-09-2021-shift-2)]
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ MCSIR Binomial Theorem
EXERCISE–III
Q.1 If in the expansion of (1 + x)m (1  x)n, the co-efficients of x and x2 are 3 and  6 respectively, then
m is : [JEE '99, 2 (Out of 200)]
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 24
 n  n   n 
Q.2 For 2  r  n ,   + 2   +   =
 r  r  1  r  2
 n  1  n  1  n  2  n  2
(A)   (B) 2   (C) 2   (D)  
 r  1  r  1  r   r 
 n
Q.3 For any positive integers m , n (with n  m) , let   = nCm . Prove that
 m
 n  n  1  n  2  m  n 1
  +   +   + ........ +   =  
 m  m   m   m  m  1
Hence or otherwise prove that ,
 n  n  1  n  2  m  n2
  + 2   + 3   + ........ + (n  m + 1)   =   .
 m  m   m   m  m  2
[ JEE '2000 (Mains), 6 ]
Q.4 Find the largest co-efficient in the expansion of (1 + x) n , given that the sum of
co-efficients of the terms in its expansion is 4096 . [REE '2000 (Mains)]
a
Q.5 In the binomial expansion of (a – b)n, n > 5, the sum of the 5th and 6th terms is zero. Then equals
b
n5 n4 5 6
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 5 n4 n5
[ JEE '2001 (Screening), 3]
Q.6 Find the coeffcient of x49 in the polynomial [ REE '2001 (Mains) , 3 ]
 C   2 C   2 C   2 C 
 x  1   x  2  2   x  3  3  .................  x  50  50  where Cr = 50Cr .
 C0   C1   C2   C 49 
m
Q.7 The sum  10i m20 i , (where   = 0 if P < q ) is maximum when m is
p
q
i0
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20
[ JEE '2002 (Screening) , 3 ]
Q.8(a) Coefficient of t24 in the expansion of (1+ t2)12 (1 + t12) (1 + t24) is
(A) 12C6 + 2 (B) 12C6 + 1 (C) 12C6 (D) none
[JEE 2003, Screening 3 out of 60]
 n  n   n  n  1   n  n  2   n  n  K   n 
(b) Prove that : 2K .  0  K  – 2K–1 1  K  1 + 2K–2  2  K  2  ...... (–1)K  K  0    K  .
             
[JEE 2003, Mains-2 out of 60]
Q.9 n–1C = (K2 – 3).nCr+1, if K 
r
(A) [– 3 , 3 ] (B) (–, – 2) (C) (2, ) (D) ( 3 , 2]
 30   30   30   30   30   30   30   30  n n
Q.10 The value of  0   10  –  1   11  +  2   12  ........ +  20   30  is, where  r  = Cr.
                
30  30   60   31
(A)  10  (B)  15  (C)  30  (D) 10 
       
Q. 11 For r = 0, 1, ..... 10, let Ar, Br and Cr denote, respectively, the coefficient of xr in the expansions of
10
(1 + x)10, (1 + x)20 and (1 + x)30. Then  Ar(B10Br – C10Ar) is equal to
r 1
[JEE 2010]
(A) B10 – C10 (B) A10(B102 – C10A10)

(C) 0 (D) C 10 – B10
10
 x 1 x 1 
Q. 12 The term independent of x in expansion of  2 1
 1  is [JEE Main 2013]
 x 3  x 3 1 x  x 2 
(A) 310 (B) 4 (C) 120 (D) 210
Q. 13 The coefficients of three consecutive terms of (1 + x)n+5 are in the ratio 5 : 10 : 14. Then n =
[JEE Advance 2013]
Q. 14 If the coefficients of x3 and x4 in the expansion of (1 + ax + bx2)(1 – 2x)18 in powers of x are both zero,
then (a, b) is equal to [JEE Main 2014]
 272   251   251   272 
(A) 16,  (B) 16,  (C) 14,  (D) 14, 
 3   3   3   3 
Q. 15 If (10)9 + 2(11)1(10)8 + 3(11)2(10)7 + ..... + 10(11)9 = k(10)9, then k is equal to [JEE Mains 2014]
121 441
(A) 110 (B) (C) (D) 100
10 100
Q. 16 Coefficient of x11 in the expansion of (1 + x2)4(1 + x3)7(1 + x4)12 is : [JEE Advance 2014]
(A) 1051 (B) 1106 (C) 1113 (D) 1120
Q. 17 The sum of coefficients of integral powers of x in the binomial expansion of (1 – 2 x )50 is :

1 50 1 50 1 50 1 50
(A) (2 + 1) (B) (3 + 1) (C) (3 ) (D) (3 – 1)
2 2 2 2
[JEE Main 2015]
Q. 18 The coefficient of x9 in the expansion of (1 + x)(1 + x2)(1 + x3)......(1 + x100) is [JEE Advance 2015]
n
  4 
Q. 19 If the number of terms in the expansion of 1   2  , x  0, is 28, then the sum of the coefficients of
 x x 
all the terms in this expansion, is : [JEE Mains 2016]
(A) 64 (B) 2187 (C) 243 (D) 729
Q. 20 Let m be the smallest positive integer such that the coefficient of x 2 in the expansion of
(1 + x)2 + (1 + x)3 + ...... + (1 + x)49 + (1 + mx)50 is (3n + 1) 51C3 for some positive integer n. Then the
value of n is : [JEE Advance 2016]
Q. 21 The value of (21C1 – 10C1) + (21C2 – 10C2) + (21C3 – 10C3) + (21C4 – 10C4) +.....+(21C10 – 10C10)
is [JEE Mains 2017]
21
(A) 2 – 2 11 21
(B) 2 – 2 10 20
(C) 2 – 2 9 (D) 2 – 210
20
Q. 22 The sum of the co-efficients of all odd degree terms in the expansion [JEE Mains 2018]
5 5
  
x + x 3 –1 + x – x 3 –1 ,  x > 1 is : 
(A) 2 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D) 1
Q.23 Let X = (10C1)2 + 2(10C2)2 + 3(10C3)2 +.....+ 10(10C10)2, where 10Cr, r  {1, 2,.....,10} denote
1
binomial coefficients. Then, the value of X is. [JEE Advance 2018]
1430
 1 – t6 
Q.24 The coefficient of t4 in the expansion of   is :
 1– t 
[Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 10
5
Q.25 If the third term in the binomial expansion of 1 + x log2 x   equals 2560, the a possible value of x is :
[Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-1)]
1 1
(A) (B) 2 2 (C) (D) 4 2
8 4
3
20 20
 Ci1  k
Q.26 If   20 C 20 C  = , then k equals : [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-2)]
i 1  i i 1  21
(A) 100 (B) 50 (C) 200 (D) 400
25
Q.27 If 
r =0
50
Cr  50- r

C25- r = K  50

C 25 then K is equal to: [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 224 (B) 225 (C) 225–1 (D) (25)2
10
 λ 2 2
Q.28 The positive value of  for which the co-efficient of x in the expression x  x + 2  is, 720, is:
 x 
[Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 5 (B) 2 2 (C) 4 (D) 3
Q.29 The value of r for which 20Cr20C0 + 20Cr–120C1 +20Cr – 220C2 + ....+20C020Cr is maximum, is :
[Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 15 (B) 20 (C) 11 (D) 10
8
 x3 3 
Q.30 The sum of the real values of x for which the middle term in the binomial expansion of  +  equals
 3 x
5670 is : [Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 0 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 4
a2
Q.31 Let (x + 10)50 + (x – 10)50 = a0 + a1x + a2 x2 + ....+ a50x50, for all xR; then is equal to :
a0
[Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 12.75 (B) 12.00 (C) 12.50 (D) 12.25
Q.32 A ratio of the 5th term from the beginning to the 5th term from the end in the binomial expansion of
10
 1 
 21/ 3 + 1/ 3
 is [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-1)]
 2  3 

1 1
1/ 3 1/ 3
(A) 1 : 4 16  (B) 1 : 2  6  (C) 2  36  : 1
3 (D) 4  36  : 1 3
60
Q.33 The total number of irrational terms in the binomial expansion of 71/ 5 – 31/10   is :
[Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 49 (B) 55 (C) 54 (D) 48
Q.34 If n C4 ,n C5 , and nC6 are in A.P, then n can be : [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 12 (B) 11 (C) 14 (D) 9
Q.35 The sum of the co-efficients of all even degree terms in x in the expansion of
6 6
x + x3 – 1  + x – x3 – 1  ,  x > 1 is equal to : [Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-1)]

(A) 32 (B) 24 (C) 29 (D)26
Q.36 The sum of the series 2.20 C0  5.20 C1  8.20 C2  11.20 C3  ....  62.20 C20 is equal to :
[Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-1)]
23 24 26
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 225
6
 1 1

12
Q.37 If the fourth term in the binomial expansion of  1+log10 x + x  is equal to 200, and x > 1, then the
 x 
value of x is: [Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 100 (B) 10 (C) 103 (D) 104
6
2 
Q.38 If the fourth term in the Binomial expansion of  + x log8 x  x > 0 is 20×87, then a value of x is ;
x 
[Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-1)]
3 –2
(A) 8 (B) 8 (C) 8 (D) 82
Q.39 If some three consecutive coefficients in the binomial expansion of (x + 1)n in powers of x are in the ratio
2 : 15 : 70, then the average of these three coefficients is :
[Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 964 (B) 227 (C) 625 (D) 232
Q.40 If the coefficients of x2 and x3 are both zero, in the expansion of the expression (1 + ax + bx2) (1–3x)15
in power of x, then the ordered pair (a, b) is equal to:
[Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) (28, 315) (B) (28, 861) (C) (–21, 714) (D) (–54, 315)
n
 2 1 
Q.41 The smallest natural number n, such that the coefficient of x in the expansion of  x + 3  is nC23, is :
 x 
[Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 38 (B) 58 (C) 23 (D) 35
Q.42 The coefficient of x18 in the product (1+x)(1-x)10 (1+x+x2)9 is :

[Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) – 84 (B) 126 (C) – 126 (D) 84
Q.43 If 20C1 + (22) 20C2 + (32)20C3 + .....+(202)20C20 = A(2), then the ordered pair (A,  ) is equal to :
[Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) (420, 19) (B) (380,18) (C) (420,18) (D) (380,19)
6
 1 x8   2 3 
Q.44 The term independent of x in the expansion of  –   2x – 2  is equal to :
 60 81   x 
[Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 36 (B) – 108 (C) – 72 (D) – 36
Q.45 The greatest positive integer k, for which 49k + 1 is a factor of the sum 49125 + 49124 +..... + 492 +49+ 1,
is : [Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 32 (B) 63 (C) 60 (D) 65
Q.46 If the sum of the coefficients of all even powers of x in the product
(1 + x + x2 + ....+x2n) (1 - x + x2 - x3 + ......x2n) is 61, then n is equal to _______.
[Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-1)]
Q.47 The number of ordered pairs (r, k) for which 6.35Cr = (k2 - 3). 36Cr+1, where k is an integer, is:
[Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 2
Q.48 The coefficient of x7 in the expression (1 + x)10 + x(1 + x)9 + x2(1 + x)8 + .....+ x10 is:
[Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 420 (B) 210 (C) 330 (D) 120
Q.49 If a, b and c are the greatest values of 19CP, 20Cq and 21Cr respectively, then :
[Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-1)]
a b c a b c a b c a b c
(A) = = (B) = = (C) = = (D) = =
10 11 21 11 22 21 11 22 42 10 11 42
Q.50 If  and  be the coefficients of x4 and x2 respectively in the expansion of

6 6
x  x2  1  + x  x2  1  , then : [Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) – = 60 (B)  –  = – 132 (C)  = 60 (D)  = –30
Q.51 The coefficient of x4 in the expansion of (1+ x + x2)10 is

[Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-1)]
16
 x 1 
Q.52 In the expansion of  +  , if I1 is the least value of the term independent of x when
 cos θ x sin θ 
π π π π
 θ  and I2 is the least value of the term independent of x when  θ  , then the ratio
8 4 16 8
I2 : I1 is equal to : [Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 1 : 16 (B) 8 : 1 (C) 1 : 8 (D) 16 : 1
25
Q.53 If Cr = C r and C0 + 5. C1 + 9. C2 + .... + (101) . C25 = 225. k, then k is equal to ________.
[Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-2)]
Q.54 Let α > 0, β > 0 be such that α3 + β 2 = 4 . If the maximum value of the term independent of x in the
10
 19 1
– 
6
binomial expansion of  αx + βx  is 10k, then k is equal to :
 
[Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 176 (B) 336 (C) 352 (D) 84
n
 1
Q.55 For a positive integer n, 1   is expanded in increasing powers of x. If three consecutive coefficients
 x
in this expansion are in the ratio, 2:5:12, then n is equal to _____
[Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-2)]
n
 1 1

Q.56 If the number of integral terms in the expansion of  32  58  is exactly 33, then the least value of n
 
is : [Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 128 (B) 248 (C) 256 (D) 264
9
3 2 1 
Q.57 If the term independent of x in the expansion of  x   is k, then 18 k is equal to :
2 3x 
(A) 5 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 11
[Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-2)]
20
50 – r
Q.58 The value of  r=0
C6 is equal to: [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 51 C7 – 30 C 7 (B) 51 C 7 +30 C7

50
(C) C7 – 30 C7 (D) 50
C6 – 30
C6
20
r a7
2
Q.59 Let (2x +3x+4) = 10
a xr =0
r . Then
a13
is equal to .............
[Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-1)]
Q.60 If for some positive integer n, the coefficients of three consecutive terms in the binomial expansion of
(1+x)n+5 are in the ratio 5:10:14, then the largest coefficient in this expansion is :
[Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 792 (B) 252 (C) 462 (D)330
Q.61 The natural number m, for which the coefficient of x in the binomial expansion of
22
 m 1 
 x + x 2  is 1540, is ............. [Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-1)]
 
Q.62 The coefficient of x4 in the expansion of (1 + x + x2 + x3)6 in powers of x, is ______

[Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-2)]
 3200 
Q.63 If {p} denotes the fractional part of the number p, then   , is equal to :
 8 
5 1
(A) (B)
8 8
7 3
(C) (D)
8 8
[Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-1)]
10
  k
Q.64 If the constant term in the binomial expansion of  x  x 2  is 405, then |k| equals:
 
[Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 1 (B) 9 (C) 2 (D) 3
 s!
Q.65 For nonnegative integers s and r, let  s    r!(s  r)! if r  s
 r  0 if r  s

mn
f (m, n, p)
For positive integers m and n, let g(m, n)  
p 0 n  p
 p 
 
p
where for any nonnegative integer p, f (m, n, p)    m   n  i  pn
 p  i 
i0 
i  p  
Then which of the following statements is/are TRUE? [JEE Advanced 2020]
(A) g(m, n)  g(n, m) for all positive integers m, n
(B) g(m, n + 1) = g(m + 1, n) for all positive integers m, n
(C) g(2m, 2n) = 2 g(m, n) for all positive integers m, n
(D) g(2m, 2n) = (g(m, n))2 for all positive integers m, n
15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14
Q.66 The value of – C1 + 2. C2 – 3. C3 + ......–15. C15 + C1 + C3 + C5 + .... + C11 is :
[Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-1)]
16 13 14 13
(A) 2 – 1 (B) 2 – 14 (C) 2 (D) 2 – 13
n+1
Q.67 If n  2 is a positive integer, then the sum of the series C2 + 2  2
C 2  3 C 2  4 C 2 ....  n C 2  is:
[Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-2)]
n(n –1) (2n  1) n(n  1) (2n  1)

(A) (B)
6 6
n(2n  1) (3n  1) n(n  1)2 (n  2)

(C) (D)
6 12
 n   nC , if n  r  0
Q.68 For integers n and r, let     r [Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-2)]
 r  0, otherwise
10   15  k 1 12   13 
k
The maximum value of k for which the sum          exists, is equal to

i0  i   k – i  i 0  i   k  1 – i 
________.
n n
Q.69 The total number of two digit numbers ‘n’, such that 3 + 7 is a multiple of 10, is ______.
[Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-2)]
2022
Q.70 If the remainder when x is divided by 4 is 3, then the remainder when (2020 + x) is divided by 8
is _______. [Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-2)]
1 10
 1 10

(1  x)
Q.71 The maximum value of the term independent of ‘t’ in the expansion of  tx 5   where
 t 
 
 
x  (0, 1) is : [Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-1)]
10! 2.10! 2.10! 10!

(A) (B) (C) (D)
3(5!)2 3 3(5!) 2 3(5!) 2 3(5!) 2
 30   30   30   30 
Q.72 Let m, n  N and gcd (2, n) = 1. If 30    29    ......  2    1   n.2m , then n + m is
0  1   28   29 
n n
equal to : (Here    C k ) [Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-1)]
k
1/4 1/8 60
Q.73 If n is the number of irrational terms in the expansion of (3 + 5 ) , then (n – 1) is divisible by :
[Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 26 (B) 30 (C) 8 (D) 7
3a
Q.74 Let [x] denote greatest integer less than or equal to x. If n  , (1 – x + x 3 )n =  a j x j ,
j=0
 3n   3n-1
2  2 
   
then a
j=0
2j + 4  a 2j+1 is equal to :
j=0
[Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-1)]
n–1
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) n
n
k n
 1 k  3  k  7 k  15 k  31 k 
Q.75 Let n be a positive integer. Let A =  (–1) C k   +   +   +   +    . If
k=0  2   4   8   16   32  
1
63A = 1 – , then n is equal to ________. [Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-2)]
230
Q.76 If the fourth term in the expansion of (x  x log x )7 is 4480, then the value of x where x  N is equal to :
2
[Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 1
3762
Q.77 If (2021) is divided by 17, then the remainder is _______ .
[Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-1)]
6
Q.78 The value of   Cr  C6– r  is equal to :

6 6
[Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-2)]
r =0
(A) 1124 (B) 1324 (C) 1024 (D) 924
n
 a 
Q.79 Let the coefficients of third, fourth and fifth terms in the expansion of  x + 2  , x  0 , be in the
 x 
ratio 12 : 8 : 3. Then the term independent of x in the expansion, is equal to _______.
[Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-2)]
2 20 2 40
Q.80 Let (1 + x + 2x ) = a0 + a1x + a2x +...+ a40x . then a1 + a3 + a5 +... + a37 is equal to
[Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
20 20 19 20 19 20 20 20
(A) 2 (2 – 21) (B) 2 (2 – 21) (C) 2 (2 + 21) (D) 2 (2 + 21)
10
Q.81 The term independent of x in the expansion of  2/3 x + 1/3
1 x –1  , is equal
 x – x +1 – x – x1/ 2  , x  1
 
to _ _ _ _ _ _, [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-2)]
n r n
Q.82 Let Cr denote the binomial coefficient of x in the expansion of (1 + x) .
10
2
If  (2 + 3k) n Ck = α.310 + β.210 , α,β  R, then  +  is equal to _ _ _ _ _ _ ,
k=0
[Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-2)]
Q.83 The coefficient of x256 in the expansion of (1 – x)101 (x2 + x + 1)100 is :

[Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) – 100C15 (B) – 100C15 (C) 100C16 (D) 100C15
1 120
 14 6

Q.84 The number of rational terms in the binomial expansion of  4  5  is _______
 
[Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-1)]
Q.85 For the natural numbers m, n, if (1 – y)m (1 + y)n = 1 + a1 y + a2 y2 + ........ + am + n ym+n and a1 = a2 = 10,
then the value of (m + n) is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 100 (B) 64 (C) 88 (D) 80
10
 r 1 
Q.86 If the constant term, in binomial expansion of  2x  2  is 180, then r is equal to –
 x 
[Jee main 2021 (22-07-2021-shift-2)]
Q.87 The number of elements in the set {n  {1, 2, 3,……, 100}| (11)n > (10)n + (9)n} is :
[Jee main 2021 (22-07-2021-shift-2)]
Q.88 The sum of all the elements in the set {n  {1, 2, ……. 100} | H.C.F. of n and 2040 is 1} is equal to :
[Jee main 2021 (22-07-2021-shift-2)]
b
Q.89 If b is very small as compared to the value of a, so that the cube and other higher powers of c a n
a
1 1 1 1
be neglected in the identity    ...   n  n 2  n 3 then the value of  is :
a  b a  2b a  3b a  nb
[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-1)]
ab a2  b b2 a  b2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3a 2 3a 3 3a 3 3a 3
Q.90 Two ratio of the coefficient of the middle term in the expansion of (1+ x)20 and the sum of the coefficients
of two middle terms in expansion of (1 + x)19 is _______ [Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-1)]
10
 x 1 x 1 
   ,
Q.91 The term independent of ‘x’ in the expansion of  2 1 1
 where x  0, 1 is equal_______
 x3 – x3 1 x  x2 
[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-1)]
1/2
 13 1
4

Q.92 The sum of all those terms which are rational numbers in the expansion of  2  3  is :
 
[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-2)]

(A) 89 (B) 27 (C) 35 (D) 43
10
 cos   10!
Q.93 If the greatest value of the term independent of ‘x’ in the expansion of  x sin   a  is (5!) 2 ,
 x 
then the value of ‘a’ is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) –1 (D) –2
10100
 1 
Q.94 The lowest integer which is greater than 1  100  is ……………… .
 10 
[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 2
n
x
Q.95 If the co-efficient of x7 and x8 in the expansion of  2   are equal, then the value of n is equal
 3
to …………. [Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-2)]
Q.96 Let n  N and [x] denote the greatest integer less than or equal to x. If the sum of (n + 1) terms
nC
 n – 1
0, 3. nC1, 5. nC2, 7. nC3,……..is equal to 2100 · 101, then 2   is equal to ______.
 2 
[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-2)]
11 11
 2 1  7  1 
Q.97 If the coefficients of x7 in x   and x in  x  2  b  0, are equal then the value of b is
 bx   bx 
equal to : [Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) –2 (D) –1
10
 1
 log 25x17   8  log3 (5 1) 
x 1

 
Q.98 A possible value of ‘x’, for which the ninth term in the expansion of 3 3
3  in the
 
 1
  log3 (5x 1 1)
increasing powers of 3 8 is equal to 180, is : [Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) –1 (D) 2
Q.99 Let n be a non-negative integer. Then the number of divisors of the form ´´4n + 1´´ of the number
(10)10. (11)11 . (13)13 is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-2)]
20
2 20
20
Q.100 If 20 Cr is the co-efficient of x r in the expansion of 1  x  , then the value of r
r 0
Cr is equal to:
[Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-1)]

18
(A) 420  2 (B) 380  219 (C) 380  218 (D) 420  219
Q.101 If 1 P1  2  2 P2  3  3 P3    15  15 P15  q Pr  s , 0  s  1 , then q s

Cr s is equal to ______.
[Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-1)]
20
2
Q.102 A   Ck  is equal to:
20
[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-1)]
k 0
(A) 40C21 (B) 40C19
(C) 40C20 (D) 41C20
Q.103 3  7 22  2  1022  44 when divided by 18 leaves the remainder ______.
[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-2)]
12
 36   x 12 
Q.104 If  44  k is the term, independent of x, in the binomial expansion of   2  , then k is equal
  2 x 
to ______. [Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]
10 16
Q.105 If the coefficient of a 7 b8 in the expansion of  a  2b  4ab  is k  2 , then k is equal to
[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-2)]
n
Q.106 If the sum of the coefficients in the expansion of  x  y  is 4096, then the greatest coefficient in the
expansion is : [Jee main 2021 (01-09-2021-shift-2)]
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Statistics
EXERCISE-II
1. The mean of Mathematics marks of 100 students of a class is 72. If the number of boys is 70 and the mean of their
marks is 75. Then the mean of the marks of girls in the class will be- [AIEEE-2002]
(A) 60 (B) 62 (C) 65 (D) 68

2. In an experiment with 15 observations of x, the following results were available x 2 = 2830,
x = 170. One observation that was 20 was found to be wrong and it was replaced by it's correct value 30. Then the
corrected variance is- [AIEEE-2003]
(A) 8.33 (B) 78 (C) 188.66 (D) 177.33

3. The mean and variance of a random variable X having a binomial distribution are 4 and 2 respectively.
Then P(X = 1) is- [AIEEE-2003]
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 32 16 8
4. The median of a set of 9 distinct observations is 20.5. If each of the largest four observations of the set is increased
by 2, then the median of the new set- [AIEEE-2003]
(A) remains the same as that of the original set (B) is increased by 2
(C) is decreased by 2 (D) is two times the original median
5. Consider the following statements- [AIEEE-2004]
(a) Mode can be computed from histogram
(b) median is not independent of change of scale
(c) variance is independent of change of origin and scale
which of these are correct-
(A) only (a) and (b) (B) only (b) (C) only (a) (D) (a), (b) and (c)
6. In a series of 2n observations, half of them equal a and remaining half equal –a. If the standard deviation of the
observations is 2, then |a| equals- [AIEEE-2004]
1 2
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) (D)
n n
7. The mean and the variance of a binomial distribution are 4 and 2 respectively. Then the probability of 2 sucesses is-
128 219 37 28
(A) (B) (C) (D) [AIEEE-2004]
256 256 256 256
8. If in a frequency distribution, the mean and median are 21 and 22 respectively, then its mode is approximately-
(A) 24.0 (B) 25.5 (C) 20.5 (D) 22.0 [AIEEE-2005]
9. Let x1, x2,.......,xn be n observations such that  x2i  400 and  x i  80 . Then a possible value of n among the
following is- [AIEEE-2005]
(A) 12 (B) 9 (C) 18 (D) 15
10. Suppose a polulation A has 100 observations 101, 102, ..... 200 and other polulation B has 100 observations 151, 152,
VA
..... 250. If VA and VB represent the variance of two population respectively then is- [AIEEE-2006]
VB
(A) 9/4 (B) 4/9 (C) 2/3 (D) 1
11. The average marks of boys in a class 52 and that of girls is 42. The average marks of boys and girls combined is 50
then the parcentage of boys in the class is- [AIEEE-2007]
(A) 20 (B) 80 (C) 60 (D) 40
12. The mean of the numbers a, b, 8, 5, 10 is 6 and the variance is 6.80 then which one of the following gives possible
values of a and b ? [AIEEE-2008]
(A) a = 0, b = 7 (B) a = 5, b = 2 (C) a = 1, b = 6 (D) a = 3, b = 4
n2 1
13. Statement–1 : The variance of first n even natural numbers is .
4
n(n  1)
Statement–2 : The sum of first n natural numbers is and the sum of squares of first n natural numbers
2
n(n  1)(2n  1)
is . [AIEEE-2009]
6
(A) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is false.
(B) Statement–1 is false, Statement–2 is true.
(C) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true ;
Statement–2 is a correct explanation for Statement–1.
(D) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true ;
Statement–2 is not a correct explanation for statement–1.
14. If the mean deviation of the numbers 1, 1 + d, 1 + 2d, ......, 1 + 100d from their mean is 255, then that d is equal
to :- [AIEEE-2009]
(A) 10.1 (B) 20.2 (C) 10.0 (D) 20.0

15. For two data sets each of size is 5, the variances are given to be 4 and 5 and the corresponding measn are given to
be 2 and 4 respectively, then the variance of the combined data set is :- [AIEEE-2010]
5 11 13
(A) (B) (C) 6 (D)
2 2 2
16. If the mean deviation about the median of the numbers a, 2a, .........., 50a is 50, then |a| equals:- [AIEEE-2011]
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) 3

17. A scientist is weighing each of 30 fishes. Their mean weight worked out is 30 gm and a standard deviation of
2 gm. Later, it was found that the measuring scale was misaligned and always under reported every fish weight
by 2 gm. The correct mean and standard deviation (in gm) of fishes are respectively : [AIEEE-2011]
(A) 28, 4 (B) 32, 2 (C) 32, 4 (D) 28, 2

18. Let x1, x2, .... , xn be n observations, and let x be their arithmetic mean and 2 be their variance.
Statement–1 : Variance of 2x1, 2x2, ..... , 2xn is 42.
Statement–2 : Arithmetic mean of 2x1, 2x2, .... , 2xn is 4 x . [AIEEE-2012]
(A) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is false.
(B) Statement–1 is false, Statement–2 is true.
(C) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true ; Statement–2 is a correct explanation for Statement–1.
(D) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true ; Statement–2 is not a correct explanation for Statement–1.
19. All the students of a class performed poorly in Mathematics. The teacher decided to given grace mark of 10 to each
of the students. which of the following statistical measures will not change even after the grace marks were given ?
(A) mean (B) median (C) mode (D) variance
20. The variance of first 50 even natural numbers is [JEE MAIN-2014]
833 437
(A) (B) 833 (C) 437 (D)
4 4
21. The mean of the data set comprising of 16 observations is 16. If one of the observation valued 16 is deleted and three
new observations valued 3, 4 and 5 are added to the data, then the mean of the resultant data, is : [JEE MAIN-2015]
(A) 15.8 (B) 14.0 (C) 16.8 (D) 16.0
22. If the standard deviation of the numbers 2, 3, a and 11 is 3.5, then which of the following is true ? [JEE MAIN-2016]

(A) 3a2 – 23 a + 44 = 0 (B) 3a2 – 26a + 55 = 0
2
(C) 3a – 32a + 84 = 0 (D) 3a2 – 34a + 91 = 0
9 9
23. If 
i 1
(xi – 5) = 9 and  (x – 5) = 45, then the standard deviation of the 9 items x , x ,....,x is : [JEE MAIN-2018]
i 1
i
2
1 2 9
(A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 4 (D) 2
24. 5 students of a class have an average height 150 cm and variance 18 cm2. A new student, whose height is 156 cm,
joined them. The variance (in cm2) of the height of these six students is : [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 16 (B) 20 (C) 22 (D) 18
25. A data consists of n observations :
n n
2 2
x1, x2, ........., xn. If   x i + 1 = 9n and   x i – 1 = 5n , then the standard deviation of this data is:
i=1 i=1
[Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-2)]

(A) 7 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 5
26. The mean of five observations is 5 and their variance is 9.20. if three of the given five observations are 1,3, and 8,
then a ratio of other two observations is : [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 6 : 7 (B) 4 : 9 (C) 10 : 3 (D) 5 : 8
27. If mean and standard deviation of 5 observation x1, x2, x3, x4, x5 are 10 and 3, respectively, then the variance of 6
observations x1, x2 ......x5, and – 50 is equal to : [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 582.5 (B) 509.5 (C) 586.5 (D) 507.5
1 1
28. The outcome of each of 30 itmes was observed ; 10 items gave an outcome – d, 10 items gave outcome each and
2 2
1 4
the remaining 10 items gave outcome + d each. If the variance of this outcome data is then d equals : [Jee
2 3
main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
2 5
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D) 2
3 2
29. If the sum of deviations of 50 observations from 30 is 50, then the mean of these observations is :
[Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 51 (B) 50 (C) 30 (D) 31
30. The mean and the variance of five observations are 4 and 5.20, respectively. If three of the observations are 3, 4 and
4; then the absolute value of the difference of the other two observation, is :
[Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 5 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 7
31. The mean and variance of seven observations are 8 and 16, respectively. If 5 of the observations are 2, 4,10,12,14,
then the product of the remaining two observations is: [Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 45 (B) 40 (C) 48 (D) 49
32. A students scores the following marks in five tests : 45, 54, 41, 57 43. His score is not known for the sixth test. If the
mean score is 48 in the six tests, then the standard deviation of the marks in six tests is :
[Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-2)]
100 100 10 10
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3
33. If the standard deviation of the numbers –1,0,1, k is 5 where k > 0, then k is equal to :

[Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-1)]
5 10
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 2 6 (D) 6
3 3
34. The mean and the median of the folowing ten numbers in increasing order 10,22,26,29,34,x,42,67,70,y are 42 and 35
y
respectively, then is equal to : [Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
x
(A) 7/3 (B) 9/4 (C) 7/2 (D) 8/3
35. If for some x R, the frequency distribution of the marks obtained by 20 students in a test is:
then the mean of the marks is:
[Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-1)]

(A) 2.5 (B) 3.2 (C) 3.0 (D) 2.8
36. If both the mean and the standard deviation of 50 observation x1,x2..........x50 are equal to 16, then the mean of
(x1-4)2,(x2-4)2,.....(x50-4)2, is: [Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 380 (B) 525 (C) 400 (D) 480
k
37. Let a random variable X have a binomial distribution with mean 8 and variance 4. If P(X  2) = , then k is equal
216
to : [Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 17 (B) 137 (C) 121 (D) 1
38. If the data x1, x2, ......, x10 is such that the mean of first four of these is 11, the mean of the remaining six is 16 and the
sum of squares of all of these is 2,000 ; then the standard deviation of this data is :
[Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2 2
39. If the variance of the first n natural numbers is 10 and the variance of the first m even natural numbers is 16, then
m + n is equal to_____. [Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-1)]
40. If the mean and variance of eight numbers 3, 7, 9, 12, 13, 20, x and y be 10 and 25 respectively, then x.y is equal to
_______. [Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-2)]
41. The mean and the standard deviation (s.d.) of 10 observations are 20 and 2 respectively. Each of these 10 observa-
tions is multiplied by p and then reduced by q, where p  0 and q  0. If the new mean and new s.d. become half of
their original values, then q is equal to :
(A) –10 (B) – 5 (C) 10 (D) –20
42. The mean and variance of 20 observations are found to be 10 and 4, respectively. On rechecking, it was found that
an observation 9 was incorrect and the correct observation was 11. Then the correct variance is :
[Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 4.01 (B) 4.02 (C) 3.98 (D) 3.99
10 10
2
43. Let the observations x i 1  i  10  satisfy the equations,   x i – 5  = 10 and   x i – 5  = 40 . If  and  are
i =1 i =1
the mean and the variance of the observations, x1-3, x2 - 3, .....x10- 3, then the ordered pair (, ) is equal to :

[Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-1)]
(A) (3,3) (B) (3, 6) (C) (6,6) (D) (6,3)
44. Let X = x  N : 1  x  17 and Y= ax + b : x  X and a, b  R, a > 0 . If mean and variance of
elements of Y are 17 and 216 respectively then a+b is equal to : [Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A)-27 (B) 7 (C)-7 (D) 9
45. If the variance of the terms in an increasing A.P., b1, b2, b3, ...., b11 is 90, then the common difference of this A.P.
is ____ [Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-2)]
46. For the frequency distribution : [Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-1)]

Variate(x): x1 x2 x3....x15
Frequency(f): f1 f2 f3.....f15
15
where 0 < x1< x2< x3 <....< x15 = 10 and  f i > 0, the standard deviation cannot be:
i=1
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 2
10 10
2
47. Let x i (1  i  10) be ten observations of a random variable X. If  x
i 1
i  p   3 and   x i  p   9 where
i 1
0  p  R , then the standard deviation of these observations is : [Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-2)]
7 9 3 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
10 10 5 5
48. The mean and variance of 8 observations are 10 and 13.5, respectively. If 6 of these observations are 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 15,
then the absolute difference of the remaining two observations is : [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 5
49. If the variance of the following frequency [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]

distribution :
Class : 10–20 20–30 30–40
Frequency : 2 x 2
is 50, then x is equal to____
50. The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and 16, respectively. If five observations are 2,4,10,12,14, then the
absolute difference of the remaining two observations is : [Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2
51. If the mean and the standard deviation of the data 3,5,7,a,b are 5 and 2 respectively, then a and b are the roots of the
equation : [Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) x2 – 20x + 18 = 0 (B) x2 – 10x + 19 = 0 (C) 2x2 – 20x + 19 = 0 (D) x2 – 10x + 18 = 0
n n
52. If  (x i – a) = n and  (x i – a) 2 = na , (n, a > 1) then the standard deviation of n observations x1, x2, ..., xn is :
i=1 i=1
[Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) n a – 1 (B) na – 1 (C) a – 1 (D) a – 1
53. Consider the data on x taking the values 0, 2, 4, 8, .....,2n with frequencies n C0 ,n C1,n C2 ,....n Cn , respectively. If the

728
mean of this data is , then n is equal to ______ [Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-2)]
2n
54. If the variance of 10 natural numbers 1, 1, 1,...., 1, k is less than 10, then the maximum possible value of k is ______.
[Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-2)]
18 18
2
55. Let X , X , ..., X be eighteen observations such that   x i     36 and x i     90 , where  and
1 2 18
i 1 i 1
 are distinct real numbers. If the standard deviation of these observations is 1, then the value of |–| is
______. [Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-2)]
56. Consider three observations a, b and c such that b = a + c. If the standard deviation of a + 2, b + 2, c + 2 is d, then which
of the following is true ? [Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-1)]
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
(A) b = 3(a + c ) + 9d (B) b = a + c + 3d
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
(C) b = 3(a + c + d ) (D) b = 3(a + c ) – 9d
57. Consider the statistics of two sets of observations as follows :
Size Mean Variance
Observation I 10 2 2
Observation II n 3 1
17
If the variance of the combined set of these two observations is , then the value of n is equal to
9
_________. [Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-2)]
58. Consider a set of 3n numbers having variance 4. In this set, the mean of first 2n numbers is 6 and the mean of the
remaining n numbers is 3. A new set is constructed by adding 1 into each of first 2n numbers, and subtracting 1
from each of the remaining n numbers. If the variance of the new set is k, then 9k is equal to ______.
[Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-2)]
59. The mean age of 25 teachers in a school is 40 years. A teacher retires at the age of 60 years and a new teacher is
appointed in his place. If the mean age of the teachers in this school now is 39 years, then the age (in years) of the
newly appointed teacher is_. [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-1)]
60. Let in a series of 2n observations, half of them are equal to a and remaining half are equal to –a. Also by adding
a constant b in each of these observations, the mean and standard deviation of new set become 5 and 20,
2 2
respectively. Then the value of a + b is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 425 (B) 650 (C) 250 (D) 925
61. The mean of 6 distinct observations is 6.5 and their variance is 10.25. If 4 out of 6 observations are 2, 4, 5 and 7,
then the remaining two observations are : [Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 3,18 (B) 10,11 (C) 1,20 (D) 8,13
20
62. If the mean and variance of six observations 7, 10, 11, 15, a, b are 10 and , respectively, then the value of |a –
3
b| is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 9 (B) 7 (C) 11 (D) 1
63. Consider the following frequency distribution:
Class : 0–6 6–12 12–18 18–24 24–30
Frequency : a b 12 9 5
309
If mean = and median = 14, then the value (a – b)2 is equal to. [Jee main 2021 (22-07-2021-shift-2)]
22
64. Consider the following frequency distribution
Class : 10  20 20  30 30  40 40  50 50  60
Frequency  110 54 30 
If the sum of all frequencies is 584 and median is 45, then |– | is equal to _______
[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-1)]
65. The first of the two samples in a group has 100 items with mean 15 and standard deviation 3. If the
whole group has 250 items with mean 15.6 and standard deviation 13.44 , then the standard
deviation of the second sample is : [Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 8
66. If the mean and variance of the following data.
37
6, 10, 7, 13, a, 12, b, 12 are 9 and respectively, then (a – b)2 is equal to :
4
[Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 12 (B) 32 (C) 16 (D) 24
67. Let the mean and variance of the frequency distribution
x: x1 = 2 x2 = 6 x3 = 8 x4 = 9
f: 4 4 a b
be 6 and 6.8 respectively. If x3 is changed from 8 to 7, then the mean for the new data will be :
[Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-2)]
16 17
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) (D)
3 3
68. The mean and standard deviation of 20 observations were calculated as 10 and 2.5 respectively. It was found
that by mistake one data value was taken as 25 instead of 35. If  and  are the mean and standard
respectively for correct data, then  ,   is: [Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A) (10.5, 26) (B) (10.5, 26) (C) (11, 25) (D) (11, 26)
69. Let the mean and variance of four numbers 3, 7, x and y (x > y) be 5 and 10 respectively. Then the
mean of four numbers 3 + 2x, 7 + 2y, x + y and x – y is ______. [Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-2)]
70. Let n be an odd natural number such that the variance of 1, 2, 3, 4, ..., n is 14. Then n is equal to ______.
[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-1)]
71. An online exam is attempted by 50 candidates out of which 20 are boys. The average marks obtained by boys is
12 with a variance 2. The variance of marks obtained by 30 girls is also 2. The average marks of all 50 candidates
is 15. If µ is the average marks of girls and  2 is the variance of marks of 50 candidates, then    2 is equal
to ______. [Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-2)]
72. The mean 10 numbers 7  8 , 10  10 , 13  12 , 16  14 , …… is ______.[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]
73. The mean and variance of 7 observations are 8 and 16 respectively. If two observations are 6 and 8. Then the
variance of the remaining 5 observations is [Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-2)]
134 112 536 92

(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 25 5
74. Let X be a random variable with distribution: [Jee main 2021 (01-09-2021-shift-2)]
x 2 1 3 4 6
1 1 1
P(X  x) a b
5 3 5
If the mean of x is 2.3 and variance of X is  2 then 100 2 is equal to
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Mathematical Reasoning
EXERCISE 3 (Previous Years)

1. Let p be the statement ''x is an irrational number'' q be the statement ''y is a transcendental number'', and r be the
statement ''x is a rational number iff y is a transcendental number.
Statement –1 r is equivalent to either q or p
Statement –2: r is equivalent to ~ (p ~ q).
(A) Statement –1 is false, Statement –2 is true
(B) Statement –1 is true, Statement –2 is true, Statement –2 is a correct explanation for Statement –1
(C) Statement –1 is true, Statement –2 is true; Statement –2 is not a correct explanation forStatement –1.
(D) Statement – 1 is true, Statement – 2 is false. [AIEEE 2008]
2. The statement p  (q  p) is equivalent to
(A) p  (p q) (B) p (p  q) (C) p  (p  q) (D) p  (p  q) [AIEEE 2008]
3. Statement 1: ~ (p  ~ q) is equivalent to p  q
Statement 2 : ~ (p  ~ q) is a tautology
(A) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true, Statement–2 is a correct explanation forstatement–1
(B) Statement–1 is true, Statement–2 is true; Statement–2 is not a correct explanation for statement–1.
(C) Statement–1 is true, statement–2 is false.
(D) Statement–1 is false, Statement–2 is true [AIEEE 2009]
4. Let S be a non-empty subset of R. Consider the following statement:

P: There is a rational number  S such that x > 0.
Which of the following statements is the negation of the statement P ?
(A) There is no rational number x S such that x  0
(B) Every rational number x S satisfies x  0
(C) x  S and x  0  x is not rational
(D) There is a rational number x  S such that x > 0 [AIEEE 2010]
5. Consider the following statements

P : Suman is brilliant
Q : Suman is rich
R : Suman is honest
The negation of the statement “Suman is brilliant and dishonest if and only if Suman is rich” can be expressed as
(A) ~  Q   P ^ ~ R   (B) ~ Q  ~ P ^ R
(C) ~  P^ ~ R   Q (D) ~ P ^  Q ~ R  [AIEEE 2011]
6. The only statement among the following that is a tautology is [AIEEE 2011]
(A) B  [A (A  B)]
(B) A  (A B)
(C) A (A B)
(D) [A (A B)] B
7. The negation of the statement “If I become a teacher, then I will open a school” is
(A) I will become a teacher and I will not open a school
(B) Either I will not become a teacher or I will not open a school
(C) Neither I will become a teacher nor I will open a school
(D) I will not become a teacher or I will open a school [AIEEE 2012]
8. Consider :
Statement - I : (p  ~ q)  (~ p  q) is a fallacy.
Statement - II : (p  q)  (~ q  ~ p) is a tautology.
(A) Statement - I is True; Statement -II is true; Statement-II is not a correct explanation for Statement-I
(B) Statement -I is True; Statement -II is False.
(C) Statement -I is False; Statement -II is True
(D) Statement -I is True; Statement -II is True; Statement-II is a correct explanation for Statement-I
[JEE MAIN 2013]
9. The statement ~ (p ~q) is :
(A) equivalent to p  q (B) equivalent to ~p  q (C) a tautology (D) a fallacy
[JEE MAIN 2014]
10. The negation of ~ s v(~ r ^ s) is equivalent to :
(A) s v (r v ~ s) (B) s ^ r (C) s ^ ~ r (D) s ^ (r ^ ~ s)
[JEE MAIN 2015]
11. The Boolean Expression (p~q)q(~pq) is equivalent to :
(A) p~q (B) ~ p q (C) p q (D) p q [JEE MAIN 2016]
12. The following statement (p  q) [(~p  q)  q] is :

(A) a tauology (B) equivalent to ~p  q
(C) equivalent to p  ~q (D) a fallacy
[JEE MAIN 2017]
13. The Boolean Expression ~ (p q)  (~p q) is equivalent to
(A) ~ p (B) ~ q (C) p (D) q
[JEE MAIN 2018]
14. If the Boolean expression (p + q) (~p q) is equivalent to p  q , where  ,  ,  , then the
ordered pair ( + , ) is : [Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A)  ,   (B)  ,   (C)  ,   (D)  ,  
15. The logical statement [~  ~ p  q    p  r ]   ~ q  r  is equivalent to:

[Jee main 2019 (09-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) p ~q  r (B) ~ p  r (C) ~ p ~ q  r (D) p  r   ~ q
16. Consider the following three statements: [Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-2)]
P : 5 is prime number.
Q : 7 is a factor of 192.
R : L.C.M. of 5 and 7 is 35.
Then the truth value of which one of the following statements is true?
(A)  ~ P    ~ Q  R  (B)  ~ P    Q  R 
(C)  P  Q    ~ R  (D) P   ~ Q  R 
17. If q is false and p  q  r is true, then which one of the following statements is a tautology ?
[Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) p  r (B)  p  r    p  r 
(C)  p  r    p  r  (D) p  r
18. Contrapositive of the statement " If two numbers are not equal, then their squares are not equal." Is:-
[Jee main 2019 (11-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) If the squares of two numbers are equal, then the numbersare equal.
(B) If the squares of two numbers are equal, then the numbers are not equal.
(C) If the squares of two numbers are not equal, then the numbers are equal.
(D) If the squares of two numbers are not equal, then the numbers are not equal.
19. The Boolean expression   p  q    p  ~ q     ~ p  ~ q  is equivalent to :

[Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) p   ~ q  (B) p  q (C) p   ~ q  (D)  ~ p    ~ q 
20. The expression ~(~ p  q) is logically equivalent to: [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) p  q (B) ~ p  q (C) p  ~ q (D) ~ p  ~ q
21. The contrapositive of the statement "If you are born in India, then you are a citizen of India", is :
[Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) if you are not a citizen of India, then you are not born in India.
(B) if you are a citizen of India, then you are born in India.
(C) if you are not born in India, then you are not a citizen of India.
(D) if you are born in India, then you are not a citizen of India.
22. Which one of the following statements is not a tautology?

[Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) (p  q)  (~ p)  q (B) p  (p  q)
(C) (p  q)   p  (~ q)  (D) (p  q)  p
23. for any two statements P and q, the negation of the expression p  ~ p  q is :
[Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) p  q (B) ~ p ~ q (C) pq (D) ~ p ~ q
24. If p   q  r  is false, then the truth values of p,q,r are respectively :

[Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) T,T,F (B) F,T,T (C) F,F,F (D) T,F,F
25. Which one of the following Boolean expressions is a tautology?

[Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) (p  q)  (p  ~ q) (B) (p  q)  (p  ~ q)
(C) (p  q)  (~ p ~ q) (D) (p  q)  (p  ~ q)
26. The negation of the Boolean expression  sv(  r  S) is equivalent to :

[Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) r (B) s  r (C) s  r (D)  s   r
27. If the truth value of the statement p  (~ q r) is false(F), then the truth values of the statement
p, q, r are respectively : [Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-1)]
(A) T,F,T (B) T,F,F (C) F,T,T (D) T,T,F
28. The Boolean expression ~  p   ~ q   is equivalent to :
[Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]

(A) p  q (B) p  q (C) q  ~ p (D)  ~ p   q
29. The logical statement (p  q)  ( q  ~p) is equivalent to :

[Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-1)]
(A) p (B) q (C) ~p (D) ~q
30. Let A, B, C and D be four non-empty sets. The contrapositive statement of "If A  B and B  D, then
A  C" is: [Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-2)]

(A) If A C, then A  B or B  D (B) If A  C, then B  A or D  B
(C) If A C, then A B and B D
   (D) If A  C, then A  B and B  D
31. Which one of the following is a tautology ? [Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-1)]
(A)  P   P  Q    Q (B) Q   P   P  Q  
(C) P   P  Q  (D) P   P  Q 
32. Which of the following statements is a tautology ? [Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) p   ~ q   p  q (B) ~ p ~ q  p  q
(C) ~ p ~ q  p  q (D) ~ p ~ q  p  q
33. Negation of the statement : [Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-1)]

5 is an integer or 5 is irrational is :
(A) 5 is an integer and 5 is irrational.
(B) 5 is not an integer and 5 is not irrational.
(C) 5 is not an integer or 5 is not irrational.
(D) 5 is irrational or 5 is an integer..
34. If p  (p ^ ~ q) is false, then the truth values of p and q are respectively :

[Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-2)]
(A) T, F (B) T, T (C) F, F (D) F, T
35. The contrapositive of the statement ”If I reach the station in time, then I will catch the train’’ is :
[Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) If I will catch the train, then I reach the station in time.
(B) If I do not reach the station in time, then I will catch the train.
(C) If I do not reach the station in time, then I will not catch the train.
(D) If I will not catch the train, then I do not reach the station in time.
36. Which of the following is a tautology ? [Jee main 2020 (02-09-2020-shift-2)]

(A) (p  q)  (q  p) (B) (~p)  (p  q)  q
(C) (q  p)  ~(p  q) (D) (~q)  (p  q)  q
37 The proposition p  ~  p  : q  is equivalent to : [Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A)  ~ p    ~ q  (B)  ~ p   q
(C) q (D)  ~ p   q
38 Let p, q, r be three statements such that the truth value of  p  q   (~ p  r) is F. Then the truth
values of p, q, r are respectively : [Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) F, T, F (B) T, F, T
(C) T, T, F (D) T, T, T
39. Given the following two statements : [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-1)]
S1  :  q  p    P  ~ q  is a tautology
 S2   ~ q   ~ p  q  is a fallacy. Then:
(A) only (S1) is correct. (B) both (S1) and (S2) are correct.
(C) only (S2) is correct (D) both (S1) and (S2) are not correct.
40. Contrapositive of the statement : [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]

‘If a function f is differentiable at a, then it is also continuous at a’, is:
(A) If a function f is not continuous at a, then it is not differentiable at a.
(B) If a function f is continuous at a, then it is differentiable at a.
(C) If a function f is continuous at a, then it is not differentiable at a.
(D) If a function f is not continuous at a, then it is differentiable at a.
41. The negation of the Boolean expression x  ~ y is equivalent to :

[Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A)  x  y    ~ x  ~ y  (B)  x  y    ~ x  ~ y 
(C)  x  ~ y    ~ x  y  (D)  ~ x  y    ~ x  ~ y 
42. The statement (p  (q  p))  (p  (p  q)) is : [Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-2)]

(A) equivalent to (p  q)  (~ p) (B) equivalent to (p  q)  (~ p)
(C) a contradiction (D) a tautology
43. The negation of the Boolean expression p  (~p  q) is equivalent to:

[Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) p  ~q (B) ~p  ~q (C) ~p  q (D) ~p  ~q
44. Consider the statement : “For an integer n, if n3–1 is even, then n is odd.” The contrapositive statement
of this statement is : [Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-2)]
3
(A) For an integer n, if n is even, then n –1 is even
(B) For an integer n, if n is odd, then n3–1 is even
(C) For an integer n, if n3–1 is not even, then n is not odd.
(D) For an integer n, if n is even, then n3–1 is odd
45. The statement among the following that is a tautology is : [Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-1)]
(A) A  (A  B) (B) A  (A  B)
(C) B  [ A Ù (A  B)] (D) [A  (A B)]  B
46. For the statements p and q, consider the following compound statements :
(a) (~q  (p  q))  ~p (b) ((p  q)  ~p)  q
Then which of the following statements is correct? [Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-2)]
(A) (a) and (b) both are not tautologies. (B) (a) and (b) both are tautologies.
(C) (a) is a tautology but not (b). (D) (b) is a tautology but not (a).
47. The negative of the statement ~p  (p  q) is [Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-2)]
(a) ~p  q (B) p  ~ q (C) ~p  q (D) p  ~ q
48. The statement A  (B  A) is equivalent to : [Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-1)]
(A) A  (A Ù B) (B) A  (A  B) (C) A  (A  B) (D) A  (A  B)
49. The contrapositive of the statement “If you will work, you will earn money” is :
[Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-2)]
(A) You will earn money, if you will not work
(B) If you will earn money, you will work
(C) If you will not earn money, you will not work
(D) To earn money, you need to work
50. Let F1(A,B,C) = (A  ~B)  [~C  (A  B)]  ~A and F2(A, B) = (A  B)  (B  ~A) be two
logical expressions. Then : [Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-2)]
(A) F1 and F2 both are tautologies
(B) F1 is a tautology but F2 is not a tautology
(C) F1 is not tautology but F2 is a tautology
(D) Both F1 and F2 are not tautologies
51. Which of the following Boolean expression is a tautology ?[Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) (p  q)  (p  q) (B) (p  q)  (p  q) (C) (p  q)  (p  q) (D) (p  q)  (p  q)
52. If the Boolean expression (p  q)  (q  (~p)) is a tautology, then the Boolean expression p  (~q)
is equivalent to : [Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-1)]
(A) q  p (B) ~q  p (C) p  ~q (D) p  q
53. If the Boolean expression (p  q) (p  q) is a tautology, then and  are respectively given by
[Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-2)]
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
54. If P and Q are two statements, then which of the following compound statement is a tautology ?
[Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-2)]
(A) ((P  Q)  ~ Q)  Q (B) ((P  Q)  ~ Q)  ~ P
(C) ((P  Q)  ~ Q)  P (D) ((P  Q)  ~ Q)  (P  Q)
55. The Boolean expression (p ~ q) (q  ~ p) is equivalent to :
[Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-1)]

(A) p  q (B)  q  p (C) q  p (D) p  q
56. Consider the following three statements :
(A) If 3 + 3 = 7 then 4 + 3 = 8.
(B) If 5 + 3 = 8 then earth is flat.
(C) If both (A) and (B) are true then 5 + 6 = 17.
Then which of the following statements is correct ? [Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) (A) and (C) are true while (B) is false (B) (A) and (B) are false while (C) is true
(C) (A) is false, but (B) and (C) is true (D) (A) is true while (B) and (C) are false
57. Which of the following Boolean expressions is not a tautology ?
[Jee main 2021 (22-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) (~ p  q)  (~ q  p) (B) (p  ~ q)  (~ q  p)
(C) (q  p)  (~ q  p) (D) (p  q)  (~ q  p)
58. The Boolean expression (p  q) q~ p is equivalent to :
[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) ~ p (B) p (C) ~ q (D) q
59. Consider the statement “The match will be played only if the weather is good and ground is not wet”.
Select the correct negation from the following : [Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) The match will be played and weather is not good or ground is wet.
(B) The match will not be played or weather is good and ground is not wet.
(C) If the match will not be played, then either weather is not good or ground is wet.
(D) The match will not be played and weather is not good and ground is wet.
60. The compound statement (P  Q)  (~P)  Q is equivalent to
[Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) ~ (P  Q)  P  ~ Q (B) ~(P  Q)
(C) P  ~ Q (D) P  Q
61. Which of the following is the negation of the statement “for all M > 0, there exists x  S such that x
 M” ? [Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-2)]
(A) there exists M > 0, such that x < M for all x S
(B) there exists M > 0, there exists x S such that x < M
(C) there exists M > 0, there exists x S such that x  M
(D) there exists M > 0, such that x  M for all x S
62.  
If the truth value of the Boolean expression  p  q    q  r     r    p  q  is false, then the
truth value of the statements p, q, r respectively can be: [Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A) T F T (B) T F F (C) F F T (D) F T F
63. Consider the two statements

 S1  :  p  q     q  p  is a tautology
 S2  :  p  q     p  q  is a fallacy
Then: [Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-2)]
(A) only  S2  is true (B)only  S1  is true
(C)both  S1  and  S2  are false (D)both  S1  and  S2  are true
64.  
The statement p   p  q    q  r   r is: [Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A)a tautology (B)equivalent to p   r
(C)a fallacy (D)equivalent to q   r
65. The Boolean expression  p  q     r  q   p  is equivalent to:

[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-2)]
(A)  p  r    p  p  (B)  q  r    p  p 
(C)  p  q    r  q  (D)  p  q    r  q 
66. Let  ,   ,  be such that the Boolean expression  p   q    p  q  is a tautology. Then:
[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A)  ,    (B)  ,    (C)  ,    (D)  ,   
67. Negation of the statement  p  r    q  r  is [Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-2)]
(A) p   q   r (B)  p  q  r (C) p  q  r (D)  p  q   r
68. Which of the following is equivalent to the Boolean expression p  q ?
[Jee main 2021 (01-09-2021-shift-2)]
(A)  p   q (B)   q  p  (C)   p  q  (D)   p  q 
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Set
EXERCISE–II
1. If A, B and C are three sets such that A  B = A C and A  B = A C, then [AIEEE-2009]
(A) A = C (B) B = C (C) A  B =  (D) A = B
2. Let X = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. The number of different ordered pairs (Y, Z) that can formed such that Y X,
Z  X and Y  Z is empty, is : [AIEEE-2012]
2 5 5 3
(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 5
3. Let A and B two sets containing 2 elements and 4 elements respectively. The number of subsets of
A × B having 3 or more elements is [AIEEE-2013]
(A) 256 (B) 220 (C) 219 (D) 211
4. In a class of 140 students numbered 1 to 140, all even numbered students opted Mathematics course,
those whose number is divisible by 3 opted Physics course and those whose number is divisible by 5
opted Chemistry course. Then the number of students who did not opt for any of the three courses is :
[Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-1)]
(A) 42 (B) 102 (C) 38 (D) 1
5. Let S = {1,2,3,...,100}. The number of non - empty subsets A of S such that the product of elemtns in
A is even is : [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-1)]
50 50 100 50
(A) 2 (2 – 1) (B) 2 – 1 (C) 2 – 1 (D) 250 + 1
Let Z be the set of integers. If A = {x  Z : 2 x  2 x 5 x  6   1} and B {x  Z : 3  2x  1  9} , then the

2
6.
number of subsets of the set A × B, is. [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 210 (B) 212 (C) 218 (D) 215
7. Two newpapers A and B are published in a city. It is known that 25% of the city population reads A and
20% reads B while 8% reads both A and B. Further, 30% of those who read A but not B look into
advertisements and 40% of those who read B but not A also look into advertisements, while 50% of
those who read both A and B look into advertisements. Then the percentage of the population who look
into advertisements is : [Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 13.9 (B) 13 (C) 12.8 (D) 13.5
8. Let A, B and C be sets such that   A  B  C . Then which of the following statements is not true ?
[Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) B  C   (B) If(A-C)  B, then A  B
(C) (C  A)  (C  B)=C (D) If (A-B)  C, then A  C
9. Let X = {n N : 1  n  50}. If

A = {n  X: n is a multiple of 2} and
B = {n  X: n is a multiple of 7}, then the number of elements in the smallest subset of X containing both
A and B is ________. [Jee main 2020 (07-01-2020-shift-2)]
10. A survey shows that 63% of the people in a city read newspaper A whereas 76% read newspaper B.
If x% of the people read both the newspapers, then a possible value of x can be :
[Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 37 (B) 29 (C) 65 (D) 55
50 n
Q.11 Let  X i   Yi  T , where each Xi contains 10 elements and each Yi contains 5 elements. If each
i 1 i 1
element of the set T is an element of exactly 20 of sets Xi ’s and exactly 6 of sets Yi’s, then n is equal
to : [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 15 (B) 30 (C) 50 (D) 45
Q.12 A survey shows that 73% of the persons working in an office like coffee, whereas 65% like tea.
If x denotes the percentage of them, who like both coffee and tea, then x cannot be :
[Jee main 2020 (05-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 63 (B) 54 (C) 38 (D) 36
Q.13 Set A has m elements and set B has n elements. If the total number of subsets of A is 112 more than the
total number of subsets of B, then the value of m.n is ______.
[Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-1)]
Q.14 Let R = {(P, Q) | P and Q are at the same distance from the origin} be a relation, then the equivalence
class of (1, –1) is the set : [Jee main 2021 (26-02-2021-shift-1)]
2 2 2 2
(1) S = {(x, y) | x + y = 4} (2) S = {(x, y) | x + y = 1}
2 2
(3) S  {(x,y) | x2  y2  2} (4) S = {(x, y) | x + y = 2}
Q.15 Let A = {2, 3, 4, 5, .... , 30} and '  ' be an equivalence relation on A × A, defined by (a, b) ; (c, d), if and
only if ad = bc. Then the number of ordered pairs which satisfy this equivalence relation with ordered
pair (4, 3) is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (16-03-2021-shift-2)]
(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 8 (4) 7
Q.16 In a school, there are three types of games to be played. Some of the students play two types of games,
but none play all the three games. Which Venn diagrams can justify the above statement?
[Jee main 2021 (17-03-2021-shift-1)]
P Q R
(1) P and Q (2) P and R (3) None of these (4) Q and R

Q.17 Define a relation R over a class of n × n real matrices A and B as “ARB iff there exists a non-singular
–1
matrix P such that PAP = B”. Then which of the following is true ?
[Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-2)]
(1) R is symmetric, transitive but not reflexive, (2) R is reflexive, symmetric but not transitive
(3) R is an equivalence relation (4) R is reflexive, transitive but not symmetric
Q.18 Let N be the set of natural numbers and a relation R and N be defined by
R = {(x, y)  N × N : x3 – 3x2y – xy2 + 3y3 = 0}. Then the relation R is:

[Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-2)]
(1) reflexive and symmetric, but not transitive
(2) an equivalence relation
(3) reflexive but neither symmetric nor transitive
(4) symmetric but neither reflexive nor transitive
Q.19 Let A = {n  N|n2 d” n + 10,000}, B = (3k + 1 | k  N} and C = {2K | k  n}, then the sum of all the
elements of the set A  (B – C) is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (27-07-2021-shift-2)]
Q.20 Out of all the patients in a hospital 89% are found to be suffering from heart ailment and 98% are
suffering from lungs infection. If K% of them are suffering from both ailments, then K cannot belong to
the set: [Jee main 2021 (26-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A) {80, 83, 86, 89} (B){84, 87, 90, 93} (C){79, 81, 83, 85} (D){84, 86, 88, 90}
Q.21 Which of the following is not correct for relation R on the set of real numbers?
[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A)  x, y   R  x  y  1 is reflexive and symmetric
(B)  x, y   R  0  x  y  1 is neither transitive nor symmetric
(C)  x, y   R  x  y  1 is reflexive but not symmetric
(D)  x, y   R  0  x  y  1 is symmetric sand transitive
Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Height and Distance
EXERCISE–III
1. A man from the top of a 100 metres high tower sees a car moving towards the tower at an angle of
depression of 30°. After some time, the angle of depression becomes 60°. The distance in (in metres)
travelled by the car during this time is [JEE Main 2001]
200 3 100 3
(A) 100 3 (B) (C) D) 200 3
3 3
2. The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower from a point P on the horizontal ground was observed
to be . After moving a distance 2 metres from P towards the foot of the tower, the angle of elevation
changes to . Then the height (in metres) of the tower is [JEE Main 2011]
2sin  sin  sin  sin  2 sin(  ) cos(  )
(A) (B) (C) (D)
sin(  ) cos(  ) sin  sin  sin  sin 
3. A bird is sitting on the top of a vertical pole 20 m high and its elevation from a point O on the ground is
45°. It flies off horizontally straight away from the point O. After one second, the elevation of the bird
from O is reduced to 30°. Then the speed (in m/s) of the bird is [JEE Main 2014]
(A) 40  2  1 (B) 40  3  2  (C) 20 2 (D) 20  3  1
4. The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical tower from a point A, due east of it is 45°. The angle of
elevation of the top of the same tower from a point B, due south of A is 30°. If the distance between A
and B is 54 2 m, then the height of the tower (in metres), is [JEE Main 2016]
(A) 54 (B) 108 (C) 54 3 (D) 36 3
5. A man is walking towards a vertical pillar in a straight path, at a uniform speed. At a certain point A on the
path, he observes that the angle of elevation of the top of the pillar is 30°. After walking for 10 minutes
from A in the same direction, at a point B, he observes that the angle of elevation of the top of the pillar
is 60°. Then the time taken (in minutes) by him, from B to reach the pillar, is [JEE Main 2016]
(A) 20 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 10
6. Let a vertical tower AB have its end A on the level ground. Let C be the mid-point of AB and P be a point
on the ground such that AP = 2AB. If BPC = , then tan  is equal to [JEE Main 2017]
4 6 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 7 4 9
7. PQR is a triangular park with PQ = PR = 200 m. A T.V. tower stands at the mid-point of QR. If the
angles of elevation of the top of the tower at P, Q and R are respectively 45°, 30° and 30°, then the
height of the tower (in m) is [JEE Main 2018]
(A) 50 (B) 100 3 (C) 50 2 (D) 100
8. Consider a triangular plot ABC with sides AB = 7 m, BC = 5m and CA = 6m. A vertical lamp - post at
the mid point D of AC subtends an angle 30° at B. The height (in m) of the lamp - post is :
[Jee main 2019 (10-01-2019-shift-1)]
2 3
(A) 2 21 (B) 21 (C)   (D) 21
3 2
9. If the angle of elevation of a cloud from a point P which is 25m above a lake be 30º and the angle of
depression of reflection of the cloud in the lake from P be 60º, then the height of the cloud (in meters)
from the surface of the lake is: [Jee main 2019 (12-01-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 60 (B) 45 (C) 42 (D) 50
10. Two vertical poles of heights, 20 m and 80 m stand apart on a horizontal plane. The height (in meters) of
the point of intersection of the lines joining the top of each pole to the foot of the other, from this
horizontal plane is: [Jee main 2019 (08-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 16 (B) 15 (C) 12 (D) 18
11. Two poles standing on a horizontal ground are of heights 5 m and 10 m respectively. The line joining their
tops makes an angle of 15° with the ground. Then the distance (in m) between the poles, is :
[Jee main 2019 (09-04-2019-shift-2)]
5
(A) 5  
3 +1 
(B) 5 2 + 3  (C)
2
2+ 3  (D) 10  
3 –1
12. ABC is a triangular park with AB = AC = 100 metres. A vertical tower is situated at the mid-point of BC.
   
If the angles of elevation of the top of the tower at A and B are cot–1 3 2 and coses–1 2 2 respectively,,
then the height of the tower (in metres) is : [Jee main 2019 (10-04-2019-shift-1)]
100
(A) 20 (B) 10 5 (C) 25 (D)
3 3
13. The angle of elevation of the top of vertical tower standing, on a horizontal plane is observed to be 45°
from a point A on the plane. Let B be the point 30 m vertically above the point A. If the angle of elevation
of the top of the tower from B be 30°, then the distance (in m) of the foot of the tower from the point A
is : [Jee main 2019 (12-04-2019-shift-2)]
(A) 15 5 – 3  
(B) 15 3 – 3  
(C) 15 3 + 3  
(D) 15 1 + 3 
14. Two vertical poles AB=15 m and CD=10 m are standing apart on a horizontal ground with
points A and C on the ground. If P is the point of intersection of BC and AD, then the height
of P (in m) above the line AC is: [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-1)]
(A) 5 (B) 20/3 (C) 10/3 (D) 6
15. The angle of elevation of a cloud C from a point P, 200 m above a still lake is 30°. If the angle of
depression of the image of C in the lake from the point P is 60°,then PC (in m) is equal to :
[Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]
(A) 200 3 (B) 400 3 (C) 400 (D) 100
16. The angle of elevation of the top of a hill from a point on the horizontal plane passing through the foot of
the hill is found to be 45°. After walking a distance of 80 meters towards the top, up a slope inclined at
an angle of 30° to the horizontal plane, the angle of elevation of the top of the hill becomes 75°. Then the
height of the hill (in meters) is ______. [Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-1)]
17. The angle of elevation of the summit of a mountain from a point on the ground is 45°. After climbing up
one km towards the summit at an inclination of 30° from the ground, the angle of elevation of the summit
is found to be 60°. Then the height (in km) of the summit from the ground is :
[Jee main 2020 (06-09-2020-shift-2)]
1 3 1 3 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1
18. Two vertical poles are 150 m apart and the height of one is three times that of the other. If from the
middle point of the line joining their feet, an observer finds the angles of elevation of their tops to be
complementary, then the height of the shorter pole (in meters) is :[Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 20 3 (B) 25 3 (C) 30 (D) 25
19. The angle of elevation of a jet plane from a point A on the ground is 60°. After a flight of 20 seconds at
the speed of 432 km/hour, the angle of elevation changes to 30°. If the jet plane is flying at a constant
height, then its height is : [Jee main 2021 (24-02-2021-shift-2)]
(A) 1800 3 m (B) 3600 3 m (C) 2400 3 m (D) 1200 3 m
20. A man is observing, from the top of a tower, a boat speeding towards the tower from a certain point A,
with uniform speed. At that point, angle of depression of the boat with the man’s eye is 30° (Ignore man’s
height). After sailing for 20 seconds, towards the base of the tower (which is at the level of water), the
boat has reached a point B, where the angle of depression is 45°. Then the time taken (in seconds) by
the boat from B to reach the base of the tower is: [Jee main 2021 (25-02-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 10 (B) 10 3 (C) 10( 3  1) (D) 10( 3  1)
21. A pole stands vertically inside a triangular park ABC. Let the angle of elevation of the top of the pole

from each corner of the park be . If the radius of the circumcircle ot DABC is 2, then the height of the
3
pole is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (18-03-2021-shift-2)]
2 3 1
(A) (B) 2 3 (C) 3 (D)
3 3
22. A spherical gas balloon of radius 16 meter subtends an angle 60º at the eye of the observer A while
the angle of elevation of its center from the eyes of A is 75º. Then the height (in meter) of the top
most point of the balloon from the level of the observer’s eye is:[Jee main 2021 (25-07-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 8  2 2 3  (B) 8  6 22  

(C) 8 2  2 3  2  (D) 8  6  2 2 
23. Two poles AB of length a metres and CD of length a  b  b  a  metres are erected at the same horizontal
1
level with bases at B and D. If BD = x and tan ACB  then:[Jee main 2021 (27-08-2021-shift-2)]
2
(A) x 2  2  a  2b  x  b  a  b   0 (B) x 2  2  a  2b  x  a  a  b   0
(C) x 2  2ax  b  a  b   0 (D) x 2  2ax  a  a  b   0
24. A vertical pole fixed to the horizontal ground is divided in the ratio 3 : 7 by a mark on it with lower part
shorter than the upper part. If the two parts subtend equal angles at a point on the ground 18m away
from the base of the pole, then the height of the pole (in meters) is:[Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]
(A) 12 15 (B) 6 10 (C) 8 10 (D)12 10

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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MCSIR) Logarithm

7. The value of  (log 2 

10. The number of solutions of the equation log4(x – 1) = log2(x – 3) is :

12. The number of solutions of the equation

12. The number of values of x where the function f(x) = cos x + cos( 2 x) attains its maximum is :

(A) b0 = 1, b1 = 3 (B) b0 = 0, b1 = n (C) b0 = –1, b1 = n (D) b0 = 0, b1 = n2 + 3n + 3

(A) 3  3 (B) 2(3  3) (C) 2( 3  1) (D) 2(2  3)

31. If 5 (tan2 x – cos2 x) = 2 cos 2x + 9, then the value of cos 4x is [JEE Mains 2017]

42. The value of [Jee main 2020 (09-01-2020-shift-1)]

46. If 15sin4  +10cos4  = 6, for some   R, then the value of 27sec6  + 8cosec6  is equal to :

Q.5 log1/5 (2x2 + 5x + 1) < 0. Q.6 log1/2 x + log3 x > 1.

Q.7 logx² (2 + x) < 1 Q.8 (logx+62) . log2 (x2  x  2)  1

Q.11 Find the maximum possible value of 8 ·27log6 x  27 ·8log6 x  x 3 , where x > 0

Q.14 Solve the inequality log ( x 2  10 x  22)  0 .

Q.7 If x2 + (a – b)x + (1 – a – b) = 0 where a, b  R then find the values of ‘a’ for which equation has

ASSERTION & REASON:

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

Q.25 If a 4 = 28, then p + 2q =

Q.38 Let p, q  R. If 2 – 3 is a root of the quadratic equation, x2 + px + q = 0, then :

Q.41 The number of real roots of the equation 5 + 2 x – 1 = 2x(2x-2) is :

Q.44 Let  and  be the roots of the equation x2 – x – 1 = 0. If pk = ()k + ()k, k  1, then which one of the

Q.47 Let a, b  R a  0 be such that the equation, ax2 – 2bx + 5 = 0 has a repeated root , which is also

Q.48 Let  and  be the roots of the equation, 5x2+ 6x –2=0. If Sn = α n + β n , n=1,2,3,....., then:

Q.50 Consider the two sets : [Jee main 2020 (03-09-2020-shift-1)]

Q.52 The set of all real values of  for which the quadratic equations,   2  1 x 2  4x  2  0 always have

Q.53 L et λ  0 be in R. If α and β are the roots of the equation, x 2 + x + 2λ = 0 and α and γ are the

Q.55 If  and  are the roots of the equation, 7x2 – 3x – 2=0, then the value of α β is equal

(A) 1.5  3 (B) 2  3 (C) 3  2 3 (D) 4  3

96 (12 –1)  96 (12 –1) is equal to : [Jee main 2021 (20-07-2021-shift-1)]

(A) 56 × 324 (B) 52 × 324 (C) 56 × 325 (D) 28 × 325

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 6 (D) 4

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 1

(A) 50 (B) 160 (C) 10 (D) 100

(A) 42 (B) 43 (C) 47 (D) 50

Q.77 If x 2  9y 2  4x  3  0 , x, y   , then x and y respectively lie in the intervals:

Q.78 The number of distinct real roots of the equation 3x 4  4x 3  12x 2  4  0 is ______.

Q.80 The number of real roots of the equation e4x  2e3x  e x  6  0 is:

Q.81 cos ec18 is a root of the equation: [Jee main 2021 (31-08-2021-shift-1)]

Q.82 The sum of the roots of the equation, x  1  2 log 2  3  2 x   2 log 4 10  2  x   0 is

(A) log 2 14 (B) log 2 12 (C) log 2 13 (D) log 2 11

14. (a) The value of x + y + z is 15 if a , x , y , z , b are in AP while the value of ;

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 [JEE '99, 2+2]

(b) Let a, b be positive real numbers. If a , A1 , A2 , b are in A.P. ; a , G1 , G2 , b are in G.P. and

ASSERTION & REASON:

22. The sum of first 20 terms of the sequence 0.7, 0.77, 0.777,.... is [JEE Main 2013]

If a12  a 22  .......a 17

40. Let a1,a2, .....,a30 be an A.P., S =  ai and T =  a2i1 . If a5 = 27 and S – 2T = 75, then a10 is equal

(A) 42 (B) 47 (C) 57 (D) 52

number and q  1. If 101 C1 +101 C 2 × S1 + ...... +101 C101 × S100 = αT100 then  is equal to:

52. If sin4 + 4 cos4 + 2 = 4 2 sin  cos ; [0, ], then cos– cos(–) is equal to:

73. The sum  1 + 2 + 3 + .... + k  is [Jee main 2020 (08-01-2020-shift-1)]

(A) 175 (B) 225 (C) 300 (D) 150

(C)  – , 9 (D)  – , – 3  9,  

81. If |x| < 1,|y| <1 and x  y, then the sum to infinity of the following series

82. If the sum of first 11 terms of an A.P., a1, a2, a3, .... is 0( a1  0 ) then the sum of the A.P., a1, a3, a5, ..., a23

88. If 1 + (1 – 22.1) + (1– 42.3)+(1– 62.5)+......+(1– 202.19)= α – 220β , then an ordered pair  α, β  is

90. The minimum value of 2sinx + 2cosx is: [Jee main 2020 (04-09-2020-shift-2)]

94. If the sum of the first 20 terms of the series log 71/ 2 x + log 71/ 3 x + log 71/ 4 x + ... is 460, then x is equal

98. Let m be the minimum possible value of log3  3y1  3y2  3y3  , where y1, y2, y3 are real numbers

117. If Sum of the first 21 terms of the series log 9 x  log 9 x  log 9 x  ....... , where x > 0 is 504 then x

(A) 1872 (B) 1842 (C) 1862 (D) 1852

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 0 (D) 4