Chapter 1

Complex Numbers
4 6. A complex number z is said to be unimodular if
1. If Z   2 , then the maximum value of |Z| is |z| = 1. Suppose z1 and z2 are complex numbers
Z
equal to [AIEEE-2009] z1  2z2
such that is unimodular and z2 is not
2  z1z2
(1) 5 1 (2) 2
unimodular. Then the point z1 lies on a
(3) 2  2 (4) 3 1 [JEE (Main)-2015]
2. The number of complex numbers z such that (1) Straight line parallel to x-axis
|z – 1| = |z + 1| = |z – i| equals [AIEEE-2010] (2) Straight line parallel to y-axis
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) Circle of radius 2
(3) 2 (4) 
(4) Circle of radius 2
z2
3. If z  1 and is real, then the point
z 1 2  3i sin 
represented by the complex number z lies 7. A value of  for which is purely
1  2i sin 
[AIEEE-2012] imaginary, is [JEE (Main)-2016]
(1) On a circle with centre at the origin.
 1 ⎛ 3 ⎞
(2) Either on the real axis or on a circle not (1) (2) sin ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟
passing through the origin 6 ⎝ 4 ⎠
(3) On the imaginary axis
⎛ 1 ⎞ 
(4) Either on the real axis or on a circle passing (3) sin1 ⎜ ⎟ (4)
through the origin ⎝ 3⎠ 3
4. If z is a complex number of unit modulus and
⎧ ⎛  ⎞ 3  2i sin  ⎫
1 z ⎞ Let A  ⎨ ⎜ – ,  ⎟: is purely imaginary ⎬ .
argument , then arg ⎛⎜
8.
⎟ equals ⎩ ⎝ 2 ⎠ 1– 2i sin  ⎭
⎝ 1 z ⎠
[JEE (Main)-2013]
Then the sum of the elements in A is
 [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) – (2) 
2
5
(3)  (4) – (1) (2) 
6
5. If z is a complex number such that |z|  2, then
3 2
1 (3) (4)
the minimum value of z  [JEE (Main)-2014] 4 3
2
9. Let z 0 be a root of the quadratic equation,
5
(1) Is strictly greater than x2 + x + 1 = 0. If z = 3 + 6i z081 – 3i z093, then
2
arg z is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
3 5
(2) Is strictly greater than but less than
2 2 
(1) 0 (2)
5 3
(3) Is equal to
2  
(3) (4)
(4) Lies in the interval (1, 2) 4 6

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10. Let z 1 and z 2 be any two non-zero complex

3 i
3z 2z 16. If z    i  1 , then [JEE (Main)-2019]
numbers such that 3|z1| = 4|z2|. If z  1  2 2 2
2z2 3z1
(1) 0 (2) (– 1 + 2i)9
then [JEE (Main)-2019]
(3) – 1 (4) 1
3 5
(1) Im(z) = 0 (2)  z  17. All the points in the set
2 2
⎧  i ⎫
1 17 S⎨ :   R ⎬ (i  1)
(3) | z |  (4) Re(z) = 0 ⎩  i ⎭
2 2
lie on a [JEE (Main)-2019]
5 5
⎛ 3 i⎞ ⎛ 3 i⎞
11. Let z  ⎜  ⎟ ⎜  ⎟ . If R(z) and I(z) (1) Straight line whose slope is 1
⎝ 2 2⎠ ⎝ 2 2⎠
respectively denote the real and imaginary parts of
(2) Circle whose radius is 2
z, then [JEE (Main)-2019] (3) Circle whose radius is 1
(1) I(z) = 0 (4) Straight line whose slope is –1
(2) R(z) > 0 and I(z) > 0
5  3z
18. Let z  C be such that | z | < 1. If   ,
(3) R(z) < 0 and I(z) > 0 5(1  z )
(4) R(z) = – 3 then [JEE (Main)-2019]

3
(1) 5 Re() > 4 (2) 5 Re() > 1
⎛ 1 ⎞ x  iy
12. Let ⎜ 2  i ⎟  (i  1), where x and y (3) 4 Im() > 5 (4) 5 Im() < 1
⎝ 3 ⎠ 27
are real numbers, then y – x equals
1  i 2 2
19. If a > 0 and z  , has magnitude , then
[JEE (Main)-2019] ai 5
(1) –85 (2) –91 z is equal to : [JEE (Main)-2019]
(3) 85 (4) 91 1 3 3 1
(1)   i (2)   i
13. Let z be a complex number such that |z| + z = 5 5 5 5
3 + i (where i  1 ). Then |z| is equal to
1 3 1 3
[JEE (Main)-2019] (3)  i (4)   i
5 5 5 5
41 5 20. If z and w are two complex numbers such that
(1) (2) 
4 4 zw  1 and arg(z) – arg(w)  , then :
2
5 34
(3) (4) [JEE (Main)-2019]
3 3
1 i
z– (1) zw  (2) zw  i
14. If (  R ) is a purely imaginary number and 2
z
|z| = 2, then a value of  is 1  i
[JEE (Main)-2019] (3) zw  (4) zw  i
2
(1) 2 (2) 2
21. The equation | z – i |  | z – 1|, i  –1 , represents :
1
(3) (4) 1 [JEE (Main)-2019]
2
15. Let z1 and z2 be two complex numbers satisfying (1) The line through the origin with slope –1
|z1| = 9 and |z2 – 3 – 4i | = 4. Then the minimum 1
value of |z1 – z2| is [JEE (Main)-2019] (2) A circle of radius
2
(1) 0 (2) 2 (3) A circle of radius 1
(3) 1 (4) 2 (4) The line through the origin with slope 1

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22. Let z  C with lm(z) = 10 and it satisfies (1) x2 – 101x + 100 = 0

2z – n (2) x2 – 102x + 101 = 0
= 2i – 1 for some natural number n. Then
2z + n (3) x2 + 101x + 100 = 0

[JEE (Main)-2019] (4) x2 + 102x + 101 = 0

zi
(1) n = 20 and Re(z) = 10 27. Let z be a complex number such that 1
z  2i
(2) n = 20 and Re(z) = –10 5
and | z |  . Then the value of |z + 3i| is
(3) n = 40 and Re(z) = –10 2
(4) n = 40 and Re(z) = 10 [JEE (Main)-2020]

⎛ z 1 ⎞ 7
23. If Re ⎜ ⎟  1, where z = x + iy, then the point (1) 2 3 (2)
⎝ 2z  i ⎠ 2
(x, y) lies on a [JEE (Main)-2020]
15
(3) 10 (4)
4
⎛ 1 3⎞
(1) Circle whose centre is at ⎜  ,  ⎟
⎝ 2 2⎠ 28. If z be a complex number satisfying
|Re(z)| + |Im(z)| = 4, then |z| cannot be
2
(2) Straight line whose slope is  [JEE (Main)-2020]
3
(1) 10 (2) 8
5
(3) Circle whose diameter is 17
2 (3) (4) 7
2
3
(4) Straight line whose slope is 3
2 ⎛ 2 2 ⎞
⎜ 1  sin 9  i cos 9 ⎟
3  i sin  29. The value of ⎜ ⎟ is
24. If ,   [0, 2] , is a real number, then ⎜⎜ 1  sin 2 – i cos 2 ⎟⎟
4  i cos  ⎝ 9 9 ⎠
an argument of sin   i cos  is
[JEE (Main)-2020]
[JEE (Main)-2020]
1 1
(1)  1  i 3  (2) 1  i 3 
1 ⎛ 3 ⎞ 1 ⎛ 4 ⎞ 2 2
(1)   tan ⎜ ⎟ (2)   tan ⎜ ⎟
⎝4⎠ ⎝3⎠
1 1
(3)  3 i (4)   3 i
1 ⎛ 3 ⎞ 1 ⎛ 4 ⎞
2 2
(3)  tan ⎜ ⎟ (4) tan ⎜ ⎟
⎝4⎠ ⎝3⎠ 30. The imaginary part of

25. If the equation, x2 + bx + 45 = 0 (b  R) has

3  2   
1 1
2 2
conjugate complex roots and they satisfy –54 – 3 – 2 –54 can be

z  1  2 10 , then [JEE (Main)-2020] [JEE (Main)-2020]

(1) b2 – b = 42 (2) b2 – b = 30 (1) 6 (2) – 6

(3) b2 + b = 12 (4) b2 + b = 72 (3) –2 6 (4) 6

1  i 3 100 31. If z 1 , z 2 are complex numbers such that

26. Let   . If a  (1   ) ∑  2k and
2 k 0
Re( z1 )  z1 – 1, Re( z2 )  z2 – 1 , and
100 
b ∑ 3k , then a and b are the roots of the arg( z1 – z2 ) 
6
, then Im(z1 + z2) is equal to
k 0
quadratic equation [JEE (Main)-2020] [JEE (Main)-2020]

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3 1 30
(1) (2) ⎛ –1  i 3 ⎞
2 3 35. The value of ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ is [JEE (Main)-2020]
2 ⎝ 1 i ⎠
(3) (4) 2 3
3 (1) –215 i (2) –215
2z  i (3) 215 i
32. Let u  , z  x  iy and k > 0. If the curve (4) 65
z  ki
represented by Re(u) + Im(u) = 1 intersects the 36. The region represented by {z = x + iy  C : |z| –
y-axis at the point P and Q where PQ = 5, then Re(z)  1} is also given by the inequality
the value of K is [JEE (Main)-2020] [JEE (Main)-2020]
(1) 1/2 (2) 3/2
1 ⎛ 1⎞
(3) 2 (4) 4
2
(1) y  x  (2) y 2  2⎜ x  ⎟
2 ⎝ 2⎠
33. If a and b are real numbers such that
(3) y 2  x  1 (4) y 2  2  x  1
–1  i 3
(2 + ) 4 = a + b, where   , then
2 37. Let z = x + iy be a non-zero complex number such
a + b is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] 2 2
that z  i z , where i  –1 , then z lies on the
(1) 33 (2) 9
[JEE (Main)-2020]
(3) 24 (4) 57
(1) Line, y = x (2) Imaginary axis
34. If the four complex numbers z, z , z –2Re  z 
(3) Real axis (4) Line, y = –x
and z – 2Re(z) represent the vertices of a square
of side 4 units in the Argand plane, then |z| is m n
⎛1  i ⎞ 2 ⎛1  i ⎞ 3
⎟  1,  m, n  N  then
equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] ⎜
38. If ⎜ 1– i ⎟
⎝ ⎠ ⎝ i –1 ⎠
(1) 4 2 (2) 2
the greatest common divisor of the least values of
(3) 2 2 (4) 4 m and n is ________. [JEE (Main)-2020]

  

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