CPP TRIOGONOMETRY (IDENTITIES AND FUNCTION)

(A) Multiple Choice Questions.

1. Given A  sin 2   cos 4  , then for all real  ,     

(c) f 4    1 (d) f 5   1
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  128 
 
(a) 1  A  2 (b)  A 1
4
3  cot 76 cot 16
13 8. 
3 13 cot 76  cot 16
(c)  A 1 (d)  A 
16 4 16 (a) tan 16 (b) cot 76
2. The values of p for which (c) tan 46 (d) cot 44
p cos x  2 sin x  2  (2  p ) has solutions are 3
9. If cos( A  B)  and tan A tan B  2 , then
5
(a) p  0 (b) p  3
1 2
(a) cos A cos B  (b) sin A sin B  
(c) 0  p  2 (d) 5 1  p  2 5 5
4 xy 1 4
3. sec 2   is true if and only if (c) cos( A  B )   (d) sin A cos B 
( x  y) 2 5 5
(a) x  y  0 (b) x  y x  0 10. If  and  are the solutions of the equation
(c) x  y (d) x  0, y  0 a tan   b sec   c , then tan(   ) 
 
 2ab 2ab
4. For 0    , if x   cos 2 n  , y   sin 2 n  , (a) (b)
2 n0 n0 a b2 2
a  b2 2


z  cos 2n  sin 2n  , then 2ac 2bc
(c) 2 (d) 2
n0 a  c2 b  c2
(a) xyz  xz  y (b) xyz  xy  z
11. If A and B are +ive acute angles satisfying the
(c) xyz  x  y  z (d) xyz  yz  x equations 3 cos 2 A  2 cos 2 B  4 and
2b 3 sin A 2 cos B
5. If tan x  , (a  c)  , then A  2 B is
ac sin B cos A
y  a cos 2 x  2b sin x cos x  c sin 2 x  
(a) (b)
z  a sin x  2b sin x cos x  c cos x , then
2 2 4 3
(a) y  z (b) y  z  a  c  
(c) (d)
(c) y  z  a  c (d) y  z  (a  c)  4b
2 2 6 2
12. If A  130 and x  sin A  cos A , then
x y z
6. If   , then (a) x  0 (b) x  0
cos   2   2 
cos  
 cos  
 (c) x  0 (d) x  0
 3   3 
x yz  4 5
13. If cos(   )  and sin(   )  and
(a) 1 (b) 0 5 13
(c) 1 (d) none of these 
 ,  lies between 0 and , then tan 2 
7. For a positive integer n , let 4
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  (a) (b)
f n ( )   tan  (1  sec  ) (1  sec 2 ) 16 33
 2
19 20
(c) (d)
(1  sec 4 )...(1  sec 2 n  ) Then 12 7
    14. If sin x  sin 2 x  1 , then the value of
(a) f 2    1 (b) f 3    1
 16   32  cos x  3 cos x  3 cos x  cos x
12 10 8 6

 2 cos 4 x  cos 2 x  2 is equal to

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 (a) 0 (b) 1 (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) sin x 2
(c) -1 (d) none of these.
15. If sin  1  sin  2  sin  3  3 , then 20. If sin   cos   m , then sin 6   cos 6  is equal to
cos  1  cos  2  cos  3  4  3(m 2  1) 2 4  3(m 2  1) 2
(a) (b)
(a) 3 (b) 2 4 4
(c) 1 (d) 0 3  4(m 2  1) 2
(c) (d) none of these
16. Which of the following statement is incorrect. 4
1 21. If x1 , x2 , x3 ,..., xn are in A.P. whose common
(a) sin    (b) cos  1
5 difference is  , then the value of
1 sin  (sec x1 sec x 2  sec x 2 sec x 3  ...
(c) sec  (d) tan   20 .
2  sec x n 1 sec x n ) is
17. If sin  is the GM between sin  and cos  , then sin( n  1)
cos 2   (a)
cos x1 cos xn
    sin n
(a) 2 sin 2    (b) 2 cos 2    (b)
4  4  cos x1 cos xn
    (c) sin( n  1) cos x1 cos xn
(c) 2 cos 2   (d) 2 sin 2  
4  4  (d) sin n cos x1 cos xn
  22. If  ,  ,  ,  are the smallest positive angles in
18. The maximum value of sin( x  )  cos( x  )
6 6 ascending order of magnitude which have their
 sines equal to the positive quantity k , then the
in the interval (0, ) is attained at
2    
value of 4 sin  3 sin  2 sin  sin is equal to
  2 2 2 2
(a) (b) (a) 2 1  k (b) 2 1  k
12 6
  1 k
(c) (d) (c) (d) none of these.
3 2 2
19. If 4n    , then the value of
tan  tan 2 tan 4 ... tan(2n  2) tan(2n  1)
is

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(B) Subjective Questions.
 3 5 7 3
23. Prove that sin
4
 sin 4  sin 4  sin 4 
8 8 8 8 2
24. Show that for all real values of  , the expression a sin 2   b sin  cos   c cos 2  lies between
1 1 2 1 1 2
(a  c)  b  (a  c) 2 and (a  c)  b  (a  c) 2
2 2 2 2
25. If sin   sin   a cos  cos   b , find the value of (i) sin(   ) , (ii) cos 2  cos 2 .
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26. If 2 cos  cos 2 cos 2  .......... cos 2   1, 0   
n 1
n 2
, n  1 , find  .
2
1
27. Prove that cos  sin   (2 cos  cos 3  cos 5 ) .
3 2

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tan   tan  sin 2  sin 2
28. If tan   , prove that sin 2   .
1  tan  tan  1  sin 2 sin 2
1 1 1 1
29. If a sin 2   b cos 2   m, b sin 2   a cos 2   n and a tan   b tan  , prove that   
n m a b
30. If A  B  C  D  2 , show that
A B A D AC
cos A  cos B  cos C  cos D  4 sin sin cos .
2 2 2
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31. If 0xy , show that x  sin x  y  sin y .
2
1
32. Prove that sin  sec 3  [tan 3  tan  ] , and hence find the sum to n terms of the series
2
sin  sec   sin 3 sec 3   sin 32 sec 33  .........
2

1 1 1

33. If cot   ( x 3  x 2  x) 2 , cot  ( x  x 1  1) 2 and cot   ( x 3  x  2  x 1 ) 2 , prove that


tan  , tan  , tan  are in G.P. and that      .
2
34. If 2 tan  tan  tan   tan  tan   tan  tan   tan  tan   1 , prove that
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

sin 2   sin 2   sin 2   1

ANSWER

Multiple Choice Questions

1. (b)
2. (d)
3. (c)
4. (b,c)
5. (b,c)
6. (b)
7. (a,b,c,d)
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8. (c,d)
9. (a,c)
10. (c)
11. (d)
12. (a)
13. (b)
14. (d)
15. (d)
16. (c)
17. (a)
18. (a)
19. (b)
20. (a)
21. (a)
22. (b)

Subjective Questions
2a 2 b 2 (b 2  a 2 )(b 2  a 2  2)
25. (i) 2 , (ii)
a  b2 a2  b2

26.  
2 1n

27. a  19 , b  19
1
28. (tan 3 n   tan  )
2