SECTION-I

LEVEL-I

Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer:


1. If tan x tan y = a and x + y = , then tan x and tan y satisfy the equation
6
(A) x 2  3 1  a  x  a  0 (B) 3x 2  1  a x  a 3  0
(C) x2 + 3 1  a x  a  0 (D) 3x 2  1  a x  a 3  0

2. The number of integral value of k for which the equation 7cosx + 5sinx = 2k + 1 has a solution
is
(A) 4 (B) 8
(C) 10 (D) 12
cos(A  C)
3. If cos2B = , then tanA, tanB and tanC are in
cos(A  C)
(A) A.P (B) G.P.
(C) H.P. (D) A.G.P.

cos  sin  p q
4. If = , then 
p q sec 2 cos ec 2 is
(A) p (B) 0
(C) qp (D) p/q
 5 7
5. If k = sin .sin .sin , then the numerical value of k is
18 18 18
3
(A) 1/8 (B)
16

3 1
(C) (D)
8 16

4  3 4  6   
6 
6. The expression 3sin  2     sin 3     2sin  2     sin 5    is
       
(A) 0 (B) – 1
(C) 1 (D) 3.
7. If A, B, C are acute positive angles such that A + B + C =  and cotA cotB cotC = K, then
1 1
(A) K  (B) K 
3 3 3 3
1 1
(C) K < (D) K >
9 3
8. If , ,  ,  are the smallest positive angles is ascending order of magnitude which have their sines
   
equal to the positive quantity k, then the value of 4sin  3sin  2sin  sin is
2 2 2 2
(A) 2 1  k 2 (B) 2 1  k
(C) 2 k (D) 2 1  k

9. If tan  = n tan  , then the maximum value of tan2(    ) is

(n  1) 2 ( n  1)
(A) (B)
4n 4n
( n  1) (n  1)2
(C) (D)
4n 2 4n

x y z
10. If xy + yz + zx = 1, then   is
1  x 1  y 1 z2
2 2

xyz 2xyz
(A) (B)
(1  x )(1  y 2 )(1  z 2 )
2
(1  x )(1  y 2 )(1  z 2 )
2

4xyz 8xyz
(C) (D)
(1  x )(1  y 2 )(1  z 2 )
2
(1  x )(1  y 2 )(1  z 2 )
2
 LEVEL-II

Multiple Choice Questions with one or more than one correct Answers:

1. Let fn(  ) = tan (1 + sec  ) (1 + sec 2  ) (1 + sec 4  ) ... (1 + sec2n  ), then
2
  
(A) f 2    1 (B) f3    1
 16   32 
    
(C) f 4    1 (D) f5   1
 64   128 

2. Let y = sinx.sin (60° + x) sin (60° – x), then for all real x
 1
(A) The minimum value of y is    (B) The maximum value of y is 1
 4
1
(C) y  (D) y  – 1
4
15  7 3
3. sin . sin .sin is equal to
32 16 8
1 1
(A) 8 2 cos 15 (B) 8sin 
32 32
1  1 
(C) cos ec (D) cos ec
4 2 16 8 2 32

4. If 7 cosx – 24sinx =  cos(x +  ), 0 <  < , be true for all x  R , then
2
1 24
(A)   25 (B)   sin
25
1 7
(C) 25 (D)   cos
25
n
5. cos3x.sin2x = a
m 1
m sin mx is an identity in x, then

3 1
(A) a3 = , a2  0 (B) n = 6, a1 =
8 2
1 3
(C) n = 5, a1 = (D) a m 
4 4
6. If 1 + cos (x – y) = 0, then
(A) cosx – cosy = 0 (B) cosx + cosy = 0
(C) sinx + siny = 0 (D) cosx + siny = 1

7. If x = sec  - tan  and y = cosec  + cot  , then

y 1 y 1
(A) x = (B) x =
y 1 y 1
1 x
(C) y = (D) xy + x - y + 1 = 0
1 x

8. If x cos  + ysin  = xcos  + ysin  = 2a. (0 <  ,  <  /2), then

4ax 4a 2  y 2
(A) cos  + cos  = (B) cos  cos  =
x  y2
2
x 2  y2

4ay 4a 2  x 2
(C) sin  + sin  = 2 (D) sin  sin  = 2
x  y2 x  y2
tan 3A
9. If = k, ( k  1 )
tan A
cos A k 2  1 sin 3A 2k
(A)  (B) 
cos 3A 2k sin A k  1
1
(C) k  (D) k > 3
3

10. If A + B = and cosA + cosB = 1, then
3
1 2
(A) cos (A – B) = (B) |cosA – cosB| =
3 3
1 1
(C) cos (A – B) = – (D) |cosA – cosB| =
3 2 3
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other Engg. Exams.

1. If A lies in the second quadrant and 3 tan A + 4 = 0, the value of 2 cot A – 5 cos A + sinA is equal
to
53 7
(A) (B)
10 10
7 23
(C) (D)
10 10
2. If tan   sec   e x , then cos  equals

(e x  e  x ) 2
(A) (B)
2 (e  e  x )
x

(e x  e  x ) (e x  e x )
(C) (D)
2 (e x  e  x )
3. If tanA + cotA = 4, then tan2A + cot2A is equal to
(A) 10 (B) 11
(C) 12 (D) 14

4. If sin x + sin2 x = 1, then the value of cos12 x + 3 cos10 x + 3 cos8x + cos6 x – 2 is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) –1 (D) 2
2 4
5. If x  y cos  z cos , then xy + yz + zx =
3 3
(A) –1 (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) 2

6. Which of the following is correct?

(A) sin 1° < sin1 (B) sin1° > sin 1
(C) sin1° = sin1 (D) sin 2° > sin 2
2 2
7. The maximum value of 4 sin x + 3 cos x is
(A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 5 (D) 7
8. If A + B + C = 180º, then the value of (cot B + cot C) (cot C + cot A)(cot A + cot B) will be
(A) sec A sec B sec C (B) cosec A cosec B cosec C
(C) tan A tan B tan C (D) 1
9. The value of sin 5º + sin 10º + sin 15º + ..... + sin285º + sin290º is equal to
2 2 2

(A) 7 (B) 8
1
(C) 9 (D) 9
2
10. The range of sin2x + cosec2x is
(A) R (B) [0,  )
(C) [2,  ) (D) [0, 1]

    1
11. If sin   A  sin   A   then the value of A is
3  3  2
 
(A) (B)
6 4
 
(C) (D)
3 2

1  3 
12. If sin x  cos x  , then tan2x is   x  
5 2 4 

25 7
(A) (B)
17 25
25 24
(C) (D)
7 7
[UPSEAT 2003]
13. The value of cos 20 cos 40  cos80  is

1 2
(A) (B)
16 16

1 2
(C) (D)
8 8
14. The value of cos(270  ) cos(90  )  sin(270  ) cos  is
(A) 0 (B) –1
(C) 1/2 (D) 1

15. sin 15º + cos105º =

(A) 0 (B) 2sin15º
(C) cos15º + sin15º (D) sin15º – cos15º
 SECTION-II
SUBJECTIVE
LEVEL-I

1. If cos  + sin  = 2 cos  , prove that cos  – sin  = 2 sin  .

*2. If a cos3  + 3a cos  sin2  = x and a sin3  + 3a cos2  sin  = y, prove that (x + y)2/3
+ (x – y)2/3 = 2a2/3.

*3. Prove that 2sin2  + 4 cos(  +  ) sin  . sin  + cos2(  +  ) is independent of  .

mn
4. If m tan(  – 300) = n tan (  + 1200), prove that cos 2  = 2m  n  .

cos A  B cos C  D 
5. If cos A  B   cos C  D   0 , then prove that tanA. tanB. tanC. tanD = – 1.

1
6. Find the value of cot 7 
2

2 4 8 16 1
*7. Prove that cos cos cos cos  .
15 15 15 15 16

8. Find the value of tan 200 tan 400 tan 800.

*9. Find the value of sin 60 sin 420 sin 660 sin 780.

10. Find the range of

(i) sin x + cos x (ii) sin4x + cos2x
 LEVEL-II

3  A  A   5A  
1. If cos A  , then the value of 987 16 cos 2    32sin   sin    is equal to
4  2  2   2 

*2. If sin  equals the slope of the bisector of the first quadrant and cot  equals the integral solution
of the inequality 4x 2 – 16x + 15 < 0, then 2970 sin(  ) sin(  ) is equal to

   
3. If k  tan 6  33 tan 4  27 tan 2  921, then the value of k is
 9 9 9 

4. If a sin2  + b cos2  = m, b sin2  + a cos2  = n and a tan  = b tan  , then, prove that
1 1 1 1
   .
n m a b

5. If 0 <  < and sin  + cos  + tan  + cot  + sec  + cosec  = 7, then prove that
2
sin 2  is a root of the equation x2 – 44x + 36 = 0.

6. If sin (  – ) + sin ( – ) + sin ( – ) = 0, prove that the points (cos, sin), (cos, sin )
and (cos, sin) are collinear.

7. A circle touches two of the smaller sides of a ABC (a < b < c) and has its centre on the
greatest side. Find radius of the circle.

*8. Prove that in a triangle ABC,

sin A sin B sin C

   3.
sin B  sin C  sin A sin C  sin A  sin B sin A  sin B  sin C

9. If tan   sec . sec   tan . tan , show that cos2   0.

1 1
*10. If   k, then find the value of 18k4 + 162k2 + 369
sin 20  3 cos 20 
 SECTION-III-A
Matrix–Match Type p q r s
This section contains 3 questions. Each question contains statements A p q r s
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II. B p q r s
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles
C p q r s
as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s, p q r s
D
then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :

1. Column-I Column-II
A B C
(A) sin2A + sin2B + sin2C (p) 4cos cos cos
2 2 2
A B C
(B) cos2A + cos2B + cos2C (q) 1 + 4sin .sin .sin
2 2 2
(C) sinA + sinB + sinC (r) 4sinA sinB sinC
(D) cosA + cosB + cosC (s) –1 – 4 cosA cosB cosC

2. Column-I Column-II
(A) tan  (cot  cos  + sin  ) (p) cot 
tan  cos ec 2 
(B) (q) tan 
1  tan 2 
cos ec 2  1
(C) (r) sec 
cos ec cos 2 

cot  sec 2 
(D) (s) cosec 
1  cot 2 
 SECTION-III-B

Linked Comprehension Type

This section contains 2 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

I. As we know that –1  sinx  1, –1  cosx  1, –  < tanx <  , |secx|  1 and

|cosecx|  1. If there is a trigonometrical function of the from a sinx + b cosx, then by putting a =
r cos  , b = r sin  . So, asinx + bcosx = rcos  sinx + r sin  cosx = r sin(x +  ),
b
where r = a 2  b 2 , tan  = a . Since 1  sin(x  )  1 for all values of x.

Therefore –r  r sin (x +  )  r for all x.  – a 2  b 2  a sinx + bcosx  a 2  b 2 for all x

Hence the maximum and minimum values of a trigonometrical function of the form a sinx + bcosx
are a 2  b 2 and – a 2  b 2 respecitvley..
1. The maximum value of 12 sin  – 9 sin2  is
(A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 5 (D) 21
 
2. The expression 5cos  + 3cos      3 lies between
 3
(A) -4, 10 (B) 5, 12
(C) -5, 12 (D) -4, 5

3. 3 sinx + cosx is maximum, when x is

(A) 30° (B) 90°
(C) 60° (D) 45°

II. The equation, which involves trigonometric functions and is true for all those angles for which the
1
functions are defined, is called a trigonometric identify sec   is a trigonometric identity
cos 
because it holds for all the values of  except those values for which sec  is not defined tan  =
cot  is not an identity because it is not valid for all values of .
4. If f(x) = cos2x + sec2 x, then
(A) f(x) < 1 (B) f(x) =1
(C) 1 < f(x) < 2 (D) f(x)  2
5. If acos  bsin  = c then asin + bcos  equals
(A) a2 + b2 + c2 (B) a2 – b2 – c2
(C) a 2  b2  c2 (D)  a 2  b 2  c 2
6. (1+ cot - cosec) (1 + tan + sec ) equals
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4
 SECTION-III-C

Assertion – Reason Type

This section contains 4 questions. Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT
– 2 (Reason). Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

1. Statement-1: If A, B, C are the angles of a triangle such that angle A is obtuse then tan B tan C>1.
tan B  tan C
Statement-2: In any triangle tan A  .
tan B tan C  1
(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 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.

2. Let f() = sin.sin (/3 + ) . sin (/3 – )

Statement-1: f()  1/4
Statement-2: f() = 1/4 sin2
(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 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.

3. Statement–1 : The equation sin x = 1 has infinite number of solution.

Statement–2 : The domain of f(x) = sin x is (– , ).
(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 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.

4. Statement–1 : The equation sin2x + cos2y = 2 sec2 z is only solvable when sin x = 1,
cos y = 1 an sec z = 1 where x, y , z  R.
Statement–2 : Maximum value of sin x and cos y is 1 and minimum value of sec z is 1.
(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 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.
 PROBLEMS

OBJECTIVE
1. The value of the expression 3 cosec 20º – sec 20º is equal to
(A) 2 (B) 2 sin20º/sin40º
(C) 4 (D) 4 sin20º/sin40º

2. 3(sin x – cos x)4 + 6 (sin x + cos x)2 + 4 (sin6 x + cos6 x) =

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

4 xy
3. sec2  = is true if and only if , x, y R
( x  y) 2
(A) x + y  0 (B) x = y, x  0
(C) x = y (D) x  0, y  0

4. Let f() = sin (sin  + sin 3). Then

(A) f() 0 only when 0 (B) f() 0 for all real 
(C) f() 0 for all real  (D) f() 0 only when  0
5. The maximum value of (cos 1). (cos 2) . . . (cos n), under the restrictions

0 1, 2, . . . n  and (cot 1).(cot 2) . . . (cot n) = 1 is
2
(A) 1/2n/2 (B) 1/2n
(C) 1/2n (D) 1

6. If + = /2 and +  = , then tan  equals

(A) 2 (tan + tan ) (B) tan + tan 
(C) tan + 2tan  (D) 2tan + tan 
 SUBJECTIVE
 
1. Prove that 5 cos   3cos      3 lies between – 4 and 10.
 3
4 5 
2. If cos(  )  , sin(   )  and ,  lie between 0 and , find tan 2 .
5 13 4

3. Given        , prove that sin 2   sin 2   sin 2   2 sin  sin  cos  .

 
4. For all  in  0,  , show that cos(sin )  sin(cos ) .
 2
0 0 0 1
5. Without using tables, prove that (sin12 ) (sin 48 ) (sin 54 )  .
8
 2   4   8   16 
6. Show that 16 cos   cos   cos   cos   1.
 15   15   15   15 
1  cos B
7. If tan A = , then prove that tan 2A = tan B.
sin B
8. For a triangle ABC it is given that cos A + cos B + cos C = 3/2. Prove that the triangle is equilateral.

9. If in a triangle ABC, cos A cos B + sin A sin B sin C = 1, show that a : b : c = 1:1: 2 .

10. Prove that tan  + 2 tan 2 + 4 tan 4 + 8 cot 8 = cot  .

11. ABC is a triangle such that sin(2A + B) = sin(C – A) = – sin(B + 2C) = 1/2. If A, B and C are in
arithmetic progression, determine the values of A, B and C.
tan x
12. Show that the value of , wherever defined never lies between 1/3 and 3.
tan 3x

13. Let A, B, C be three angles such that A = and tanB tanC = p. Find the range of p such that
4
A, B, C are angles of a triangle.
sin x cos 3x
14. Show that the value of the function , wherever defined, never lies between 1/3 and 3.
cos x sin 3x

n 1
2 k n
15. Prove that  (n  k ) cos
k 1 n
  , where n  3 is an integer..
2
16. Prove that a triangle ABC is equilateral if and only if tanA + tanB + tanC = 3 3
A B C A B C
17. In any triangle ABC, prove that cot  cot  cot  cot cot cot
2 2 2 2 2 2
 ANSWERS
SECTION-I

LEVEL - I
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (C)
7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (C)
LEVEL - II
1. (A B C D) 2. (A C) 3. (A D) 4. (A B D) 5. (A C D) 6. (B C)
7. (B C D) 8. (A B C D) 9. (B C D) 10. (B C)
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other Engg. Exams.
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (A)
7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (C) 11. (A) 12. (D)
13. (A) 14. (D) 15. (A)

SECTION-II

1. 2961. 2. 2376 3. 307

2 s(s  a )(s  b)(s  c) abc

7. , where s = . 10. 1745
ab 2
LEVEL-III

1. 30° 2. p  ( , 0)  (3  2 2, )
5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (C)
8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (B)

SECTION-III-A

1. (A-r), (B-s), (C-p), (D-q) 2. (A-r), (B-p), (C-s), (D-q)

SECTION-III-B

1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (D) 6. (B)

 SECTION-III-C

1. D 2. C 3. A 4. A

PROBLEMS

OBJECTIVE
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. C
SUBJECTIVE

56 
2. 11. 450, 600, 750 14. ± 15. p  ( , 0)  [3  2 2 ,  )
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