OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

* Marked Questions may have more than one correct option.

Section (A) : Logarithm : Definition, Identity, Properties and Graph

1 1 1
A-1. + + has the value equal to
1  logb a  logb c 1  logc a  logc b 1  loga b  loga c

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

1 1 1
A-2. + + has the value equal to :
log abc log abc log abc
bc ca ab

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

A-3. The number log27 is :

(A) an integer (B) a rational number
(C) an irrational number (D) a prime number
3
log
21 / 4
a log27 a 2 1
2 3  2a
A-4. The ratio simplifies to :
4 log49 a
7  a 1
(A) a2  a  1 (B) a2 + a  1 (C) a2  a + 1 (D) a2 + a + 1

A-5. The expression logp , where p  2, p  N ; n  N when simplified is

(A) independent of p (B) independent of p and of n

(C) dependent on both p and n (D) positive
x2
A-6. The correct graph of y = x logx is

(A) (B) (C) (D)

log3 135 log3 5

A-7*. Let N = – . Then N is :
log15 3 log405 3
(A) a natural number (B) a prime number (C) a rational number (D) an integer

A-8*. Which of the following statements are true

(A) log2 3 < log12 10 (B) log6 5 < log7 8
(C) log326 < log29 (D) log1615 > log1011 > log76

Section (B) : Logarithm equation, Characteristic, Mantissa and Antilog

1
B-1. If logx log18  2 8 =  3
. Then the value of 1000 x is equal to

(A) 8 (B) 1/8 (C) 1/125 (D) 125

 2 log x
B-2. If 3 3
 2 x  3 = 0, then the number of values of 'x' satisfying the equation is
(A) zero (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) more than 2

B-3. Number of real solutions of the equation log10 x  = log10 x 2 is :

(A) zero (B) exactly 1 (C) exactly 2 (D) 4

5
B-4*. Values of x satisfying the equation log 52 x + log5x   = 1 are
x

1
(A) 1 (B) 5 (C) (D) 3
25

B-5*. The equation logx 2 16 + log2x64 = 3 has :

(A) one irrational solution (B) no prime solution
(C) two real solutions (D) one integral solution

 2 9 
 (log3 x )  log3 x  5 
2
B-6*. The equation x   = 3 3 has

(A) exactly three real solution (B) at least one real solution
(C) exactly one irrational solution (D) complex roots.
2
B-7*. The solution set of the system of equations log 3x + log3y = 2 + log32 and log27(x + y) = is :
3
(A) {6, 3} (B) {3, 6} (C) {6, 12} (D) {12, 6}

B-8. Number of integers whose characteristic of logarithms to the base 10 is 3, is

(A) 8999 (B) 9000 (C) 90000 (D) 99000

B-9. Number of digits in integral part of 6012 + 60–12 – 60–15 is (given log 2 = 0.3030, log 3 = 0.4771)
(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 22 (D) 24

B-10. Anti logarithm of 0.75 to the base 16 has the value equal to :
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 12

Section (C) : Logarithm and irrational inequalities

2
C-1. The set of all solutions of the inequality (1/ 2) x 2 x < 1/4 contains the set
(A) (– , 0) (B) (– , 1) (C) (1, ) (D) (3, )

C-2. If log0.3 (x  1) < log0.09 (x  1), then x lies in the interval

(A) (2, ) (B) (1, 2) (C) ( 2,  1) (D) none of these

C-3. The set of all the solutions of the inequality log 1 – x (x – 2)  – 1 is

(A) (– , 0) (B) (2, ) (C) (– , 1) (D) 

C-4. Solution set of the inequality 2  log2 (x 2 + 3x)  0 is :

(A) [ 4, 1] (B) [ 4,  3)  (0, 1]
(C) (  3)  (1, ) (D) (  4)  [1, )

C-5. If log0.5 log5 (x 2 – 4) > log0.51, then ‘x’ lies in the interval
(A) (– 3, – 5 )  ( 5 , 3) (B) (– 3, – 5)( 5,3 5)

(C) ( 5 , 3 5 ) (D) 
 ( x  8) (2  x )
C-6. The set of values of x satisfying simultaneously the inequalities  0 and
 10 
log0.3  (log2 5  1)
2x  3  31 > 0 is :  7 
(A) a unit set (B) an empty set
(C) an infinite set (D) a set consisting of exactly two elements.
1
C-7*. If  log0.1 x  2, then
2
1 1 1
(A) maximum value of x is (B) x lies between and
10 100 10

1 1
(C) minimum value of x is (D) minimum value of x is
10 100

C-8. Complete set of values of x satisfying the inequality x – 3 < x 2  4 x  5 is

(A) (– , – 5] U [1, ) (B) (– 5, 3] (C) [3, 5) (D) (– 5, 3)

Section (D) : Greatest Integer [.] and Fractional part {.} function
D-1. Find complete set of solution of following, where [.] and {.} represent greatest integer and fractional part
functions respectively
(i) – 5  [x + 1] < 2 (ii) [x]2 + 5[x] – 6 < 0
2
(iii) [x] = – [x] (iv) {x}2 = – {x}
(v) [2x] = [x] (vi) –1 < {x} < 0
(vii) –1  [x]  0

D-2. (i) The value of [e] – [– ] is, where [.] denotes greatest integer function
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
(ii) The number of solutions of the equation 2{x}2 – 5 {x} + 2 = 0 is (where {.} denotes the fractional
part function)
(A) no solution (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) infinite

 x 2  5x  6
D-3. The set of all values of x for which  0 is (where {.} denotes the fractional part function)
1  2{x }
 5 5   5  5 
(A) 2,   {3} (B) (2, 3) (C)  , 3 (D) 2,  U  , 3
 2  2   2  2 

1 n  151
D-4. Let f(n) =    , where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, then the value of  f (n) is
 2 100 
n 1

(A) 101 (B) 102 (C) 104 (D) 103

D-5. Find value(s) of ‘x’ satisfying equation 4[x] = x + {x}.
1 2 3
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
4 3 2
D-6. The number of solution(s) of the equation [x] + 2{–x} = 3x, is/are (where [ ] represents the greatest
integer function and {x} denotes the fractional part of x):
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0
D-7. Number of solutions of the equation [2x] – 3 {2x} = 1 is (where [ . ] and { . } denote greatest integer
and fractional part function respectively)
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0

D-8. If [x + [2x]] < 3, where [.]denotes the greatest integer function, then x is
 3
(A) [0, 1) (B)   ,  (C) (1, ) (D) (–, 1)
 2
D-9*. The inequality [2 – x] + 2 [x – 1]  0 is satisfied by (where [.] denotes greatest integer function) :
(A) x  {0} (B) x  W (C) x  N (D) x  [1, )

{x }
 1 1
D-10*. Values of x satisfying   > are (where {.} denotes the fractional part function)
3 3

1 1 e
(A)  (B) –1 + (C) 2 + 3
(D)
2 9 2

Section (E) : Complex Number

5
E-1. If z is a complex number such that |z| = 4 and arg(z) = , then z is equal to
6

(A) – 2 3 + 2i (B) 2 3 + i (C) 2 3 – 2i (D) – 3 +i

6  6 
E-2. The argument of the complex number sin + i 1  cos  is
5  5 

6 5 9 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 6 10 5

  1  i   i   |z| 
E-3. If z = (1 + i)4   , then   equals
4   amp ( z) 
   i 1  i 
(A) 1 (B)  (C) 3 (D) 4

E-4. The complex numbers sin x + i cos 2x and cos x – i sin 2x are conjugate to each other, for
n
(A) x = n (B) x = 0 (C) x  (D) no value of x
2
E-5. If z = (3 + 7i) (p + iq), where p, q   – {0}, is purely imaginary, then minimum value of |z| 2 is
3364
(A) 0 (B) 58 (C) (D) 3364
3

E-6*. If |z1 + z2|2 = |z1|2 + |zz|2 then

z1 z1
(A) z is purely real (B) z is purely imaginary
2 2

z1 
(C) z1z 2  z 2 z1 = 0 (D) amp may be equal to
z2 2

E-7. The set of values of a  R for which x 2 + i(a – 1) x + 5 = 0 will have a pair of conjugate imaginary roots
is
(A) R (B) {1}
(C) {a : a2 – 2a + 21 > 0} (D) none of these

E-8. If z1 =  3 + 5 i; z2 =  5  3 i and z is a complex number lying on the line segment joining

z1 & z2, then arg(z) can be :
3   5
(A)  (B)  (C) (D)
4 4 6 6

x y
E-9. If z = x + iy and z1/3 = a  ib then
a b
 
  k a 2  b 2 where k =

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

E-10. If (a + ib)5 =  + i , then (b + ia)5 is equal to
(A)  + i (B)  – i (C)  – i (D) –  – i

Section (F) : Transformation of curves

F-1. Draw the graph of followings —

(i) y = – |x + 2| (ii) y = | | x – 1 | – 2|
(iii) y = |x + 2| + |x – 3| (iv) |y| + x = – 1

F-2. Draw the graph of followings, (where {.} denotes the fractional part function)
 
(i) y = n(x + 3) (ii) y = cos  x – 4 
 
(iii) y = sin x

F-3. Graph of y = f(x) is given below :

1
then graph of y = is best represented by
f(x)

(A) (B)

(C) (D)
F-4. If graph of y = f(x), f(x) is differentiable in (–3,1), is as shown in the following figure

and g(x) = n(f(x)), then the graph of y = g(– |x|) is

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Compute the following
1 log7 2
1 1  1 
(i) log7 5 1 (ii) log0.75 log2 (iii)   + 5 – log1 / 5 7
3 5  0.125  49 
(  log10 0.1)
log 3 5 log 5 7 log3 7 log5 3
(iv) 7 3 5 7

2. If 4A + 9B = 10C, where A = log164, B = log39 & C = logx83, then find x.

3. If logb a. logc a + loga b. logc b + loga c. logb c= 3( where a,b, c are different positive real numbers  1),
then find the value of a b c.
log a log b log c
4. If   , show that aa. bb . cc = 1.
bc c a ab

5. Solve the following equations

(i) log10 (x²  12 x + 36) = 2 (ii) log4 log3 log2 x = 0

 1 
(iii) log3  log9 x   9 x  = 2x. (iv) 2log4 (4 – x) = 4 – log2 (– 2 – x).
 2 

(v) log 102 x + log10x 2 = log 102 2  1 (vi) log4 (log2x) + log2 (log4x) = 2

log x  5
(vii) x 3 = 105 + log x

(viii)_ log 1 ( x  1)  log 1 ( x  1)  log 1 (7  x )  1

2 2 2
6. If log10 2 = 0.3010 and log10 3 = 0.4771, then find :
(a) the number of digits in 6 15
(b) the number of zeros immediately after the decimal in 3 –100

7. Solve the following equation :

log(2x + 3) (6x 2 + 23x + 21) = 4 – log(3x + 7) (4x 2 + 12x + 9)

8. Find the values of x satisfying the equation

x  1A = (x  1)7 , where A = log3 x²  2 logx 9.

9. Solve the equations log100 l x + y l = 1/2 , log10y – log10|x| = log1004 for x and y.

10. Solve the following inequalities :

4x  6
(i) log1/5 0 (ii) log2(4x – 2.2x + 17) > 5.
x
(iii) log2x  log x + 2 (iv) log0.5 (x + 5)2 > log1/2 (3x – 1)2.
1
(v) log( 3 x 2 1) 2 < (vi) logx² (2 + x) < 1
2
11. Solve the following inequalities :
2x  1
(i) <1 (ii) x – 1 | x | < 0
x2
(iii) x 2  x  6 < 2x – 3 (iv) x2  6x  8  x 1

x
(v) x 2  7 x  10 + 9 log4    2x + 14 x  20  2x 2 – 13
8

(vi) log12/ 2 x  4 log2 x < 2 (4 – log16x4).

12*. Find the values of x which satisfying the equation log 3

x2  log3 x  2 = 2

13. Solve the following equations :

(i) 2x  4 – x  5 = 1 (ii) x + x  1 x = 1
2
(iii) x – 4x + [x] + 3 = 0 (where [x] denotes integral part of x)

14. Solve the equation a(2 x – 2)  1 = 1 – 2x for every value of the parameter a.

15. Find value(s) of ‘x’ satisfying equation | 2x – 1 | = 3 [x] + 2{x}. (where [ . ] and { . } denote greatest
integer and fractional part function respectively) :
16. Solve the equation : 2x + 3 [x] – 4 {–x} = 4 (where [x] and {x} denote integral and fractional part of x resp.)

17. Find the square root of 7 + 24 i

18. If (2 + i)(2 + 2i) (2 + 3i) ...... (2 + ni) = x + iy, then find the value of 5.8.13. .......(4 + n2)
19. (i) Let z is a complex number satisfying the equation, z 3 – (3 + i) z + m + 2i = 0, where m  R.
Suppose the equation has a real root, then find the value of m.
(ii) a, b, c are real numbers in the polynomial, P(z) = 2z 4 + az3 + bz2 + cz + 3. If two roots of the
equation P(z) = 0 are 2 and i,then find the value of 'a'.

20. (i) Find the real values of x and y for which z 1 = 9y2 – 4 – 10ix and z 2 = 8y2 – 20i are conjugate
complex of each other.
(ii) Find the v alue of x 4 – x 3 + x 2 + 3x – 5 if x = 2 + 3i
21. Solve the following for z :
z2 – (3 – 2i) z = (5i – 5)

22. If z = x + iy is a complex number such that z = (a + ib)2 then

(i) find z , (ii) show that x 2 + y2 = (a2 + b2)2

23. For any two complex numbers z 1, z2 and any two real numbers a, b show that
|az1 – bz2|2 + |bz1 + az2|2 = (a2 + b2) (|z1|2 + |z2|2)

24. Find the modulus, argument and the principal argument of the complex numbers.

18 18
(i) z = 1 + cos + i sin (ii) z = 2 (cos 30° + i sin 30°)
25 25

i 1
(iii) (tan 1 – i) 2 (iv)
 2  2
i 1  cos   sin
25. Let f(x) = |x – 2| and g(x) = |3 – x| and  5  5
A be the number of real solutions of the equation f(x) = g(x)
B be the minimum value of h(x) = f(x) + g(x)
C be the area of triangle formed by f(x) = |x – 2|, g(x) = |3 – x| and x-axis and  <  <  <  where  < 

 2   2   2  2
are the roots of f(x) = 4 and  <  are the roots of g(x) = 4, then find the value of .
ABC

2
26. Draw the graph of the function f(x) = x – 4 | x |  3 , and also find the set of values of ‘a’ for which the
equation f(x) = a has exactly four distinct real roots.

27. Find the number of solutions of equation 3|x|– |2 – |x|| = 1.

28. If y = f(x) is shown in figure given below, then plots the graph for
(A) y = f(|x + 2|) (B) |y – 2| = f(–3x).

29. Draw the graphs of the following curves :

1 y
(i) y= – (ii) =–1
| 2x  1 | | x | 1

| x2 – 1|
(iii) |y – 3| = |x – 1| (iv) y= nx
( x 2 – 1)

PART - I : IIT-JEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

* Marked Questions may have more than one correct option.

1. The equation x  1 – x  1 = 4 x  1 has [IIT-JEE-1997, Section-I, 2/100]

(A) no solution (B) one solution (C) two solutions (D) more than two solutions
2. Find all real numbers x which satisfy the equation

2 log2 log2 x + log1/2 log2 (2 2 x ) = 1. [REE – 1999, 6 ]

1 1 1
3. (a) If z 1, z2, z 3 are complex numbers such that z1 = z2 = z3 = z  z  z = 1, then
1 2 3
z1 + z2 + z3 is : [IIT-JEE-2000, Scr, (1, 0), 35]
(A) equal to 1 (B) less than 1 (C) greater than 3 (D) equal to 3

(b) If arg (z) < 0, then arg ( z)  arg (z) = [IIT-JEE-2000, Scr, (1, 0), 35]
 
(A)  (B)   (C)  (D)
2 2
4. Solve the equation log3/4 log8 (x 2 + 7) + log1/2 log1/4 (x 2 + 7) 1 =  2. [REE– 2000, 5]
5. The number of solution(s) of log4(x – 1) = log2(x – 3) is/are [IIT-JEE-2002, Scr., (1, 0)/35]
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 0
1  z1z2
6. If z 1 and z 2 are two complex numbers such that |z 1| < 1 < |z2| then prove that < 1.
z1  z 2
[IIT-JEE-2003, Main, (2, 0), 60]
7. Let (x0, y0) be the solution of the following equations
(2x)n2 = (3y)n3
3nx = 2ny .
Then x0 is [IIT-JEE 2011, Paper-1, (3, –1), 80]
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 6
6 3 2

 
 1 1 1 1 
8. The value of 6  log 3  4– 4– 4– ....  is [IIT-JEE 2012, Paper-1, (4, 0), 70]
23 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 
 

PART - II : AIEEE PROBLEMS (PREVIOUS YEARS)

* Marked Questions may have more than one correct option.

1. If z and  are two non-zero complex numbers such that |z| = 1, and

arg (z) – arg() = , then z  is equal to : [AIEEE 2003]
2
(1) 1 (2) – 1 (3) i (4) – i
x
 1 i 
2. If   = 1, then [AIEEE 2003]
 1– i 
(1) x = 4 n, where n is any positive integer (2) x = 2 n, where n is any positive integer
(3) x = 4 n + 1, where n is any positive integer (4) x = 2n + 1, where n is any positive integer

3. Let z,w be complex numbers such that z  iw  0 and arg zw = . Then arg z equals : [AIEEE 2004]
  3 5
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 2 4 4
1
4. The conjugate of a complex number is . Then, that complex number is- [AIEEE 2008]
i–1
1 1 1 1
(1) – (2) (3) – (4)
i–1 i1 i1 i–1

5. Let , be real and z be a complex number. If z2 + z +  = 0 has two distinct roots on the line Re z = 1,
then it is necessary that : [AIEEE- 2011]
(1)   (0, 1) (2)  (–1, 0) (3) || = 1 (4)   (1, )
 EXERCISE # 1

Section (A) :
A-1. (D) A-2. (B) A-3. (C) A-4. (D)
A-5. (A) A-6. (B) A-7*. (ABCD)A-8*. (BC) (iii)

Section (B) :
B-1. (D) B-2. (B) B-3. (C) B-4*. (ABC)
B-5*. (ABCD) B-6*. (ABCD)B-7*. (AB)
B-8. (B) B-9. (C) B-10. (C)

Section (C) :
C-1. (D) C-2. (A) C-3. (D) C-4. (B)
C-5. (A) C-6. (A) C-7*. (ABD) C-8. (A)
(iv)
Section (D) :
D-1. (i) x  [–6, 1) (ii) x  [–5, 1) (iii) x [–1, 1)
 1 1
(iv) x  Z (v)  – 2 , 2  (vi) x  (vii) x [–1, 1)
 

D-2. (i) (B) (ii) (D)

D-3. (A) D-4. (C) D-5. (A) D-6. (C)

D-7. (C) D-8. (D) D-9*.(ABCD) D-10*. (ACD) F-2. (i)

Section (E) :
E-1. (A) E-2. (C) E-3. (D) E-4. (D)
E-5. (D) E-6*. (BCD) E-7. (B)
E-8. (D) E-9. (D) E-10. (A)
Section (F) :

(ii)

F-1. (i)

(iii)

F-3. (A) F-4. (D)

EXERCISE # 2
1
(ii) 1. (i) 2 (ii) 1 (iii) 7 + (iv) 0
196
2. x = 10 3. a b c = 1
5. (i) x = 16 or x =  4 (ii) 8 (iii) {1/3}

1 1
(iv) {– 4}(v) , (vi) x = 16 (vii) {10 5 , 103}
20 5
(viii)_ x = 3
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6. (a) 12 (b) 47 7. x = 8. x = 2 or 81
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9. x = 10/3, y = 20/3 & x = – 10, y = 20 28. (A)

 3
10. (i) x   2 ,   (ii) (log2 5, )
 2
(iii) (0, 10–1]  [102, )
(iv) (–, –5)(–5, –1)  (3, )
(v) (,  1)  (1, )
(vi) x  (– 2, –1)  (– 1, 0)  (0, 1)  (2, ) (B)
11. (i) (–, 1)  (5, )
(ii) [– 1, ( 5 – 1)/2) (iii) x  [3, )

 7  21   7  21 
(iv) x   , 2  4,  (v) x = 2
 2   2 

 1 1
(vi)  0,   [1, 4) 12*. x = 9, 29. (i)
 4 9
13. (i) {20} (ii) {16/25} (iii) No. Solution

14. x = log2a where, a  (0, 1]

 1 3 
15.   16.   17. ± (4 + 3i) 18. (x 2 + y2)
4 2
11
19. (i) – 2 (ii) –
2
20. (i) [(–2, 2) ; (–2, –2)] (ii) – (77 + 108 i) (ii)

21. z = (2 + i) or (1 – 3i) 22. (i) (a – ib)2

9 9
24. (i) z=2cos Principal Arg z= ,
25 25

9
arg z= + 2k, k 
25
(iii)
5
(ii) Modulus = 2, Arg = 2 k  – , k , Principal
6
5
Arg = 
6
(iii) Modulus = sec21, arg = 2k + (2 – ), Principal
Arg = (2 – )
1  11
(iv) Modulus = cosec , arg z = 2k + , (iv)
2 5 20
11
Principal Arg =
20
25. 360
EXERCISE # 3
PART - I
1. (A) 2. x = 8 3. (a) (A) (b) (A) 4. x = 3 or – 3
26. a  (1, 3)  {0}
5. (B) 7 . (C) 8. 4
PART - II
27. 2 1. (4) 2. (1) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (4)