INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

Preface

As you have gone through the theory part that consists of given fundamental principles, definitions,
concepts involved and solved problems. After going through theory part it becomes necessary to
solve the unsolved problems based on the concepts given. To solve this purpose we are providing
exercise part that comprises of various exercises based on the theory. By solving various kinds of
problems you can check your grasp on the topic and can determine whether you have been able to
find optimum depth in relevant topic or not.

Students are advised to solve the questions of exercises (Levels # 1, 2, 3, 4) in the same sequence
or as directed by the faculty members, religiously and very carefully.
Level # 3 is not for foundation course students, it will be discussed in fresher or target courses.

Total No. of questions in INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONare :

Level # 1 .....................................................................25

Level # 2 ....................................................................19

Level # 3 .................................................................... 33

Level # 4 .................................................................... 12

Total no. of questions ............................................. 89

INVERSE TRIG. FUNCTION 1

 LEVEL - 1
Properties of Inverse Trigonometric LM   sin FG  1IJ OP
1
function
1 1
Q.7 sin
N6 H 2K Q =

Q.1 sin–1x + sin–1 + cos–1x + cos–1 =

x x
1
(A) 0 (B)
 3
(A)  (B)
2
1
(C) (D) 1
3 4
(C) (D) None of these
2
Q.8
FG
tan 90º  cot 1
1 IJ =
Q.2 cot–1(– 3 ) = H 3 K
 5 (A) 3 (B) 2/3
(A) – (B)
6 6
1
 2 (C) 1/3 (D)
(C) (D) 10
3 3

LM   sin F  3 I OP
Q.3
F 1IJ
tan G cot 1
=
Q.9 sin
MN 2 GH 2 JK PQ
1
=
H aK
1
(A) (B) 1 3 3
a (A) (B) –
2 2
(C) a (D) 
1 1
(C) (D) –
Q.4 cos–1(–1) = 2 2

 FG1 12 IJ
(A)
2
(B) 0 Q.10 sin cos
H 13 K =

(C)  (D) 2 5 12
(A) (B)
13 13

Q.5 tan–1
FG tan 3 IJ =
13 5
H 4K (C)
5
(D)
12
2
  Q.11 If sin–1x + sin–1y = , then
(A) – (B) 3
4 4
cos–1x + cos–1y =
3 3
(C) (D) – 2 
4 4 (A) (B)
3 3


LMcosFG  17 IJ OP (C) (D) 
cos–1
N H 15 K Q
Q.6 is equal to - 6

1
17  17  Q.12 If cos–1 = , then tan =
(A) – (B) x
15 15
1
2 13  (A) 2 (B) x2  1
(C) (D) x 1
15 15
(C) 1  x2 (D) x2  1
INVERSE TRIG. FUNCTION 2
 3 Formulae for sum & difference of
Q.13 If sin–1x + sin–1y + sin–1z = , then the
2 inverse Trigonometric function
value of x 100 + y 100 + z 100 –
ab bc
9 Q.20 tan 1  tan 1 =
is equal to - 1  ab 1  bc
x101  y101  z101
(A) tan–1a – tan–1b  tan–1a – tan–1c
(A) 0 (B) 3
(C) – 3 (D) 9 (C) tan–1b – tan–1c (D) tan–1c – tan–1a

1 2
3 4 Q.21 If sin–1 + sin–1 = sin–1 x, then x is
Q.14 Ifcos–1 – sin–1 = cos–1x ,then x = 3 3
5 5
equal to -
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 1/2 (D) 1/4 5 4 2
(A) 0 (B)
9
Q.15 cos [cos–1 ( 3 /2) + sin–1 (1/ 2 )] is equal
5 4 2 
to - (C) (D)
9 2
(A) ( 3 + 1)/2 2 (B) ( 3 – 1)/2 2

(C) (– 3 + 1)/2 2 (D) (– 3 – 1)/2 2 

Q.22 If tan–1 2x + tan–1 3x = then x =
4
Q.16 The value of sin–1 (sin 10) is - 1
(A) –1 (B)
(A) 10 (B) 10 – 3 6
(C) 3 – 10 (D) None of these
1
(C) –1, (D) None of these
6
1  cos x
Q.17 cos–1 ;  0 < x <  is 1 1 1
2 Q.23 cot [tan–1 + tan–1 + tan–1 ] =
2 5 8
x
(A) x (B) (A) 1 (B) –1
2
(C) 2x (D) None of these (C) 2 (D) – 2

Q.18 sec2(tan–1 2) + cosec2(cot–1 3) = xy  1 yz  1 zx  1

(A) 5 (B) 13 Q.24 cot –1 + cot –1 + cot –1 =
xy yz zx
(C) 15 (D) 6
(A) 0
(B) 1
LM 1 cos F 5 I OP (C) cot –1 x + cot –1 y + cot –1 z
MN 2 GH 3 JK QP
1
Q.19 tan =
(D) None of these

3 5 3 5 Q.25 cot [tan–1(1/7) + tan–1(1/13)] is equal to -

(A) ± (B) (A) 2/9 (B) 9/2
2 2
(C) 7/9 (D) 9/7
2 2
(C) (D) ±
3 5 3 5

INVERSE TRIG. FUNCTION 3

 LEVEL - 2

The value of sin–1 cos

FG 33  IJ Q.8 The principal value of
Q.1
H 5 K is -
FG IJ
2 FG 2 IJ
3 7  
cos–1 cos
H 3 K H
+ sin–1 sin
3 K is -
(A) (B) (C) (D)–
5 5 10 10 (A)  (B) /2
(C) /3 (D) 4/3
Q.2 If  = cot –1 cos x – tan–1 cos x , then sin =
1 Q.9 If 3 cos–1(x2 – 7x + 25/2) = , then x =
(A) tan x (B) tan2 (x/2)
2 (A) Only 3 (B) Only 4
(C) 3 or 4 (D) None of these
1
(C) tan–1(x/2) (D) None of these
2
Q.10 If tan (x + y) = 33 and x = tan–1 3, then y will
Q.3 If a, b, c be positive real numbers and the value be -
(A) 0.3 (B) tan–1(1.3)
a( a  b  c) b( a  b  c)
of  = tan–1
bc
+ tan–1
ca FG 1 IJ
c(a  b  c)
(C) tan–1(0.3) (D) tan–1 H 18 K
+ tan–1 then tan is equal to -
ab
(A) 0 (B) 1  1 1   1 
Q.11 tan   cos x  + tan   cos 1x  , (x  0)
abc 4 2  4 2 
(C) (D) None of these
abc is equal to -
(A) x (B) 2x
Q.4 The value of (C) 2/x (D) None of these
tan–1(1) + cos–1(–1/2) + sin–1(–1/2) is equal
y
to - Q.12 If cos–1x – cos–1 = . Then
2
(A) /4 (B) 5/12
4x2 – 4xy cos  + y2 is equal to-
(C) 3/4 (D) 13/12
(A) 2 sin 2 (B) 4
(C) 4 sin2  (D) – 4 sin2 
Q.5 If x2 + y2 + z2 = r2, then

FG xy IJ FG yzIJ FG xzIJ Q.13 The value of

tan–1
H zr K + tan–1
H xr K + tan–1
H yr K =
 1  1  142 
(A)  (B) /2 3tan–1   + 2tan–1   + sin–1   is-
2 5  65 5 
(C) 0 (D) None of these

 
Q.6 If cot–1 7 + cot–1 8 + cot–1 18 = , then (A) (B)
4 2
cot  =
(A) 1/3 (B) 3 (C)  (D) None of these
(C) 1/2 (D) 2  1  1 1 
Q.14 The value of sin2  cos 1  + cos2  sin 
 2  3
Q.7 If xy + yz + zx = 1, then, is-
tan–1x + tan–1y + tan–1z = 17 59
(A)  (B) /2 (A) (B)
36 36
(C) 1 (D) None of these 36
(C) (D) None of these
59
INVERSE TRIG. FUNCTION 4
Q.15 Solution of equation Q.17 If a  tan–1x + cot–1x + sin–1x  b. Then-

tan (cos–1x) = sin(cot–11/2) is- 

(A) a = 0, b =  (B) b =
2
7 5 
(A) x = ± (B) x = ± (C) a = (D) None of these
3 3 4

3
3 5 Q.18 If sin–1 + sin–1 + sin–1 = . Then
(C) x = ± (D) None of these 2
2
 +  +  is -
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 3 (D) –3
Q.16 cos[tan–1{sin (cot–1x)}] is equal to-
Q.19 If cos–1x > sin–1x, then -
2 2
x 2 x 2
(A) 2 (B) (A) x < 0 (B) –1 < x < 0
x 3 x2  1
1 1
x2  1 (C) 0  x < (D) –1  x <
2 2
(C) (D) None of these
x2  2

INVERSE TRIG. FUNCTION 5

 LEVEL - 3
5 2 5
Q.1 If (tan–1x)2 + (cot–1x)2 = , then x equals- Q.8 The value of cot–13 + sec–1 is -
8 2
(A) –1 (B) 1
 
(C) 0 (D) None of these (A) (B)
4 3

n
 2r  1  
Q.2 
r 1
tan 1 
 1  2 2r  1  is equal to -
 
(C)
2
(D) None of these

 2
Q.9 – is the principal value of -
(A) tan–1(2n) (B) tan–1(2n) – 5
4

  7   7 
(C) tan–1(2n+1) (D) tan–1(2n+1) – (A) cos 1  cos  (B) sin 1  sin 
4  5   5 

 7 
1 1 1 (C) sec 1  sec  (D) None of these
Q.3 If tan–1 = tan–1 + tan–1 2 ,  5 
a 1 x a  x 1
then x is - Q.10 If  = sin–1(sin(–600°)), then one of the
a possible value of  is -
(A) (B) a3
2   2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) 
(C) a2 – a + 1 (D) a2 + a – 1 3 2 3 3

Q.4 tan–1n + cot–1(n+1) is equal to -

(A) cot–1 (n2 + n + 1) (B) cot–1(n2 – n + 1)   3 
Q.11 sin 2 cos 1   is equal to -
(C) tan–1(n2 + n + 1) (D) None of these   5 

6 24 4 24
  17  (A) (B) (C) (D) 
Q.5 The value of sin cot 1  cot  is - 25 25 5 25
  3 
 1  1
Q.12 The value of sin 2  cos 1   cos 2  sin 1 
3 3  2  3
(A)  (B) is -
2 2
17 59
1 (A) (B)
(C) (D) None of these 36 36
2
36
Q.6 sec (cosec–1x) is equal to - (C) (D) None of these
59
(A) cosec (sec–1x) (B) cot x
(C)  (D) None of these 
Q.13 If sin–1x – cos–1x = , then x is -
6
20 20
Q.7 If  sin 1 x i  10  then x i is equal to - (A)
1
2
(B)
3
i 1 i 1 2
(A) 20 (B) 10 1
(C)  (D) None of these
(C) 0 (D) None of these 2

INVERSE TRIG. FUNCTION 6

  7  Q.20 The principal value of
Q.14 The principal value of cos 1   sin  is -
 6   1  
5 7 sin–1    + tan–1(1) + cos–1cos    is -
 2   2
(A) (B)
3 6
 5 5
(C) (D) None of these (A) (B) 
3 12 12

Q.15 The number of positive integral solutions of  7

(C) (D)
the equation 12 12
y 3
tan 1 x  cos 1  sin 1 is -
1 y 2 10 Q.21 If sin–1x + tan–1x = y (–1 < x < 1), then
which is not possible -
(A) One (B) Two
(C) Zero (D) None of these 3
(A) y = (B) y = 0
2
Q.16 The value of
 
  2 3  (C) y = (D) y = –
1     2 2
sin cot  sin 1
   4 
   
Q.22 The number of positive integral solutions of
 12    7 
 cos 1    sec 1 2  is - cos 1  4 x 2  8 x    is -
 4    2 3
  
(A) 0 (B) /4 (A) One (B) Two
(C) /6 (D) /2
(C) Three (D) None of these
  1  2    Statement type Questions
Q.17 The value of tan   cos      / 2   is -
   7   Each of the questions given below consist
of Statement – I and Statement – II. Use the
2 2 following Key to choose the appropriate
(A) (B)
3 5 3 answer.
(A) If both Statement- I and Statement- II
1 4 are true, and Statement - II is the cor-
(C) (D)
5 5 rect explanation of Statement– I.
(B) If both Statement - I and Statement - II
Q.18 If cos–1(a) + cos –1(b) + cos –1(c) = 3 and are true but Statement - II is not the cor-
f (1) = 2, f (x + y) = f (x) f (y) for all x, y; then rect explanation of Statement – I.
(a  b  c ) (C) If Statement- I is true but Statement - II
a 2 f (1)  b 2 f ( 2 )  c 2 f ( 3 ) 
a 2 f (1)
 b 2 f (2)  c 2 f (3) is false.
is equal to - (D) If Statement- I is false but Statement- II
(A) 0 (B) 1 is true.
Q.23 Statement I : The equation
(C) 2 (D) 3

sec–1x + cot–1x < has no solution.
2
 5  
Q.19 tan–1 tan   is equal to -
Statement II : sec x is not defined at .
 7  2
2 5 Q.24 Statement I : The equation sin–1x = cos–1x has
(A) (B) one and only one solution.
7 7
Statement II : The equation tan–1x = 1 has
2  only one solution.
(C)  (D)
7 7
INVERSE TRIG. FUNCTION 7
 1
Q.25 Statement I : sin –1 sinx  sin sin –1 x, if Q.30 If x + = 2, the principal value of sin–1x is -
x
 
-1  x  1 (A) (B)
4 2
Statement II : sin and sin–1 are different func-
tions 3
(C)  (D)
2
Q.26 Statement I : Equation 2 sin –1x + 3sin –1y
5 Passage
= and y = px – 5 hold simultaneously when
2 The inverse of a function f : A  B exists iff f is
p is equal to 6.
one-one onto i.e. a bijection and is given by
   f(x) = y  f –1(y) = x
Statement II : The range of sin–1x is  , 
 2 2
Q.31 The trigonometric equation
Q.27 Statement I : The maximum value or sin–1x = 2sin–1 a has a solution for -
sin–1x + cosec–1x + cos–1x + sec–1x + tan–1x is
3 1 1
. (A) < |a| < (B) All real values of a
2 2 2

Statement II : sin –1 x + cos –1 x = and
2 1
1
 (C) | a | < (D) | a | 
sec–1x + cosec–1x = . 2 2
2
Passage based Questions
 1 1 
Passage Q.32 The value of sin   sin    is equal to -
 6  2 
Every bijection f : A  B there exists a bijection
g : B  A defined by g(y) = x if and only if f(x) 3 1
(A) (B)
= y. The function g : B  A is called the inverse 2 2
of function f : A  B and is denoted by f–1.
3
Q.28 The value of cos [tan–1tan2] is - (C) – (D) 0
2
1 1
(A) (B) – Q.33 If sin–1(sinx) =  – x then x belongs to –
5 5
(C) cos 2 (D) – cos2 (A) R (B) [0, ]

Q.29 If   x  2 then cos–1cosx is equal to -   3 

(A) x (B) – x (C)  ,  (D) [, 2]
2 2 
(C) 2 + x (D) 2 – x

INVERSE TRIG. FUNCTION 8

 LEVEL - 4
(Question asked in previous AIEEE and IIT-JEE )
SECTION-A
F x  x  x  .............I
2 3

Q.1 The value of cos–1 (– 1) – sin–1 (1) is- Q.5 If sin–1 GH 2 4 JK +

[AIEEE - 2002]
F x  x  x  .............I
4 6

(A)  (B)

(C)
3
(D) –
3 cos –1 GH 2 4
2
JK =
2
for
2 2 2
0 < |x| < 2 , then x equals [IIT - 2001]
y
Q.2 If cos–1x – cos–1 = , then 4x2 – 4xy cos  + y2 1
2 (A) (B) 1
is equal to - [AIEEE - 2005] 2
(A) 2 sin 2 (B) 4 1
(C) 4 sin2  (D) – 4 sin2  (C) – (D) – 1
2
x 5  Q.6 For which value of x, sin (cot–1 (x + 1)) =
Q.3 If sin-1   + cosec-1   = then a value of
5 4 2 cos (tan–1x) [IIT Scr. 2004]
x is- [AIEEE - 2007] (A) 1/2 (B) 0
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
(C) 1 (D) –1/2
 5 2
Q.4 The value of cot  cos ec 1  tan 1  is
 3 3 Q.7 Let (x, y) be such that sin–1(ax) + cos–1(y)
[AIEEE - 2008] 
+ cos–1(bxy) = .
2
3 4 4 4
(A) (B) (C) (D) Match the statement in Column I with state-
17 17 17 17 ments in Column II and indicate your answer
by darkening the appropriate bubbles in the
SECTION-B 4 × 4 matrix given in the ORS. [IIT - 2007]

Q.1 If sin–1x = , x  (–1, 1), then cos–1x = Column I Column II
5
[IIT Scr. 92] (A) If a = 1 and b = 0, (P) lies on the circle
3 5 3 9 then (x, y) x2 + y2 = 1
(A) (B) (C) – (D)
10 10 10 10 (B) If a = 1 and b = 1, (Q) lies on (x2 – 1)
Q.2 tan(cos–1x) is equal to - [IIT Scr. 93] then (x, y) (y2 – 1) = 0
(C) If a = 1 and b = 2, (R) lies on y = x
1 x 2 x
(A) (B) then (x, y)
x 1  x2 (D) If a = 2 and b = 2, (S) lies on (4x2 – 1)
1  x2 then (x, y) (y2 – 1) = 0
(C) (D) 1  x2
x

Q.3 If we consider only the principal values of the Q.8 If 0 < x < 1, then 1 x 2 [{x cos (cot–1x) +
inverse trigonometric functions, then the value sin (cot–1x)}2 –1]1/2 is equal to- [IIT - 2008]
 1 4 
of tan  cos 1  sin 1  is [IIT - 94] x
 5 2 17  (A) (B) x
1 x2
29 29 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) (C) x 1 x 2 (D) 1 x 2
3 3 29 29

Q.4 The number of real solution of tan–1 x( x  1)


+ sin–1 x2  x  1 = is- [IIT - 99]
2
(A) Zero (B) One
(C) Two (D) Infinite
INVERSE TRIG. FUNCTION 9
 ANSWER KEY
LEVEL - 1
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. A B C C A D A C C A B B A B B

Q.No. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Ans. C B C A, D B C B A A B

LEVEL - 2
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Ans. D B A C B B B A C C C C C B B C A C D

LEVEL - 3

Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. A B C C B A A A B A D B C C B A A C C D
Q.No. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
Ans. A D B B B A D D D B D A C

LEVEL - 4
SECTION-A
Q.No. 1 2 3 4
Ans. B C B D

SECTION-B

Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8
Ans. A A D C B D C

7. (A)  (P) ; (B)  (Q) ; (C)  (P) ; (D)  (S)

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