Trignometric Ratios & Identities 1.

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SECTION - A 8. If a cos  + b sin  = 3 & a sin  – b cos  = 4 then

ANGLE AND ITS UNITS a2 + b2 has the value =
1. Which is correct one ? (A) 25 (B) 14
(A) sin 1° < sin 1 (B) sin 1° = sin 1 (C) 7 (D) None of these

(C) sin 1° > sin 1 (D) sin 1° = sin
180 sin 4 α cos 4 α 1 sin 8  cos8 
9. If + = , find 
a b a +b a3 b3
2. The difference between two acute angles of a right
1 1
3 (A) (a  b)3 (B) (a  b)3
angle triangle is rad. Find the angles in degree.
10
(A) 54°, 36° (B) 75°,15° 1 1
(C) 3
 3 (D) None of these
(C) 72°, 18° (D) None of these a b

SECTION - B SECTION - E
BASIC DEFINATION OF TRIGONOMETRIC RATIO REDUCTION FORMULAE
3. A regular hexagon & a regular dodecagon are
inscribed in the same circle. If the side of the  π  3π   7π 
tan  x -  cos  + x  - sin 3  -x
10.  2  2   2 
dodecagon is ( 3 –1), then the side of the hexagon
 π  3π 
is cos  x -  .tan  +x
 2  2 
3 +1 when simplified reduces to :
(A) 2 +1 (B)
2 (A) sinx cosx (B) – sin2x
(C) 2 (D) (C) –sinx cosx (D) sin2x
2
11. The expression
5  3 
4. Calculate tan  if cos  = – and    ,  .  4  3  
    sin 4 (3  )
5  2  3 sin  –
  2  
(A) –2 (B) 2
6   6 
(C) 1 (D) None of these 2 sin  2     sin (5  ) is equal to
 

SECTION - C (A) 0 (B) 1

SIGNS OF TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS (C) 3 (D) sin 4 + sin 6
5. The sign of the product sin 2 sin 3 sin 5 is -
(A) Negative (B) Positive 12. The value of sin() sin () cosec2 is equal to
(C) 0 (D) None of these (A) –1 (B) 0
12  (C) sin  (D) None of these
6. If sin = ,     , find the value of sec +
13 2
tan SECTION - F
(A) 5 (B) 3 TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS OF STANDARD ANGLES
(C) – 3 (D) –5 13. The value of tan 1º tan 2º tan 3º ..... tan 89º is
(A) 1 (B) 0
SECTION - D (C)  (D) 1/2
FUNDAMENTAL IDENTITIES
6 6 2 2 14. The value of the expression cos 1° cos 2° .........
7. If sin  + cos  – 1 = sin cos , then the value
of  is cos 179° equals
(A) 1 (B) 2 (A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 3 (D) None of these (C) 1/ 2 (D) – 1

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SECTION - G 21. If  = 2, then

ADDITION & SUBSTRACTION FORMULAE
     
15. If sin  sin  – cos  cos  + 1 = 0, then the value of (A) tan +tan + tan = tan tan tan
2 2 2 2 2 2
1 + cot  tan  is
(A) 1 (B) –1      
(B) tan tan + tan tan + tan tan =1
(C) 2 (D) None of these 2 2 2 2 2 2
     
(C) tan + tan + tan = – tan tan tan
16. The value of cot x + cot(60º + x) + cot (120º + x) is 2 2 2 2 2 2
equal to
     
(A) cos 3x (B) tan 3x (D) tan tan + tan tan + tan tan =0
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 - 9 tan 2 x
(C) 3 tan 3x (D)
3 tanx - tan 3 x 22. In a triangle ABC if tan A < 0 then :
(A) tan B . tan C > 1 (B) tan B . tan C < 1
17. If tan A – tan B = x and cot B – cot A = y, then cot (C) tan B . tan C = 1 (D) None of these
(A – B) is equal to
23. If A + B = 225º, then the value of
1 1 1 1
(A) y - x (B) x - y  cotA   cotB 
  .  is
 1+ cotA   1+ cotB 
1 1 (A) 2 (B) 1/2
(C) x  y (D) None of these (C) 3 (D) 1/3

sin 24 º c o s6º -sin 6 º sin 6 6º

tan155º -tan115º 24. The value of is
18. If tan 25º=x, then is equal to s in2 1º co s3 9 º -c o s51 º sin 69 º
1 + tan155º tan115º
(A) –1 (B) 1
1- x 2
1+ x 2 (C) 2 (D) None of these
(A) (B)
2x 2x
SECTION - H
1+ x 2 1- x 2 TRANFORMATION FORMULAE
(C) (D)
1- x 2 1+ x 2 25. The numerical value of sin 12º . sin 48º . sin 54º is
equal to
21 (A) 1/2 (B) 1/4
19. Let  be such that 3. Ifsin + sin  = – (C) 1/16 (D) 1/8
65

27
and cos  + cos  = – , then the value of 3π
65 26. If A + B + C = , then cos 2A + cos 2B + cos 2C
2
α -β is equal to
cos is
2 (A) 1–4cos A cosB cosC
3 (B) 4 sinA sinB sinC
3
(A) – (B) (C) 1+2 cosA cosB cosC
130 130
(D) 1–4 sinA sinB sinC
6 6
(C) (D) –
65 65 27. The expression
c os 6x + 6 c os 4x + 1 5 co s2 x + 1 0
20. The value of tan 3A – tan 2A – tan A is equal to is equal to
c os 5x + 5 c os 3x + 10 c osx
(A) tan 3A tan 2A tan A
(B) – tan 3A tan 2A tan A (A) cos 2x (B) 2 cos x
(C) tan A tan 2A – tan 2A tan 3A – tan 3A tan A (C) cos2 x (D) 1 + cos x
(D) None of these

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SECTION - I SECTION - K
MULTIPLE ANGLE / SUBMULTIPLE ANGLE TRIGONOMETRIC SERIES
FORMULAE 34. The value of the expression
28. The value of cos 10° – sin 10° is
 π  3π   7π   9π 
(A) Positive (B) Negative  1 + cos  1 + cos  1+ cos   1+ cos  is
 10  10  10  10 
(C) 0 (D) 1
(A) 1/8 (B) 1/16
(C) 1/4 (D) 0
1
29. If 0 < x <  and cos x + sin x = , then tan x is
2
co s2 0º +8sin70 º sin 50º sin1 0º
35. is equal to
(4 - 7 ) (4 + 7 ) sin 2 80º
(A) (B) – (A) 1 (B) 2
3 3
(C) 3/4 (D) None of these
(1+ 7) (1 - 7 )
(C) (D) SECTION - L
4 4 GRAPHS OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
36. Which of the following is least ?
30. If A lies in the third quadrant and 3 tan A – 4 = 0, (A) sin3 (B) sin 2
then 5 sin 2A + 3 sinA + 4 cosA is equal to (C) sin1 (D) sin 7.
24
(A) 0 (B) – 37. Find the value of x for which f(x) =
5 sin x  cos x

24 48 is defined , x   0, 2 .
(C) (D)
5 5
  3    3 
(A) x    , 4  (B) x    , 2 
   
π π sinθ + sin2θ
31. For – << , lies in the   5 
2 2 1 + cosθ + cos2θ (C) x    , 4  (D) .None of these
 
interval
(A) (–) (B) (–2, 2) x
38. Number of solutions of sinx = are
(C) (0, ) (D) (–1, 1) 10
(A) 5 (B) 6
SECTION - J (C) 8 (D) 7 .
MORE STANDARD ANGLES
32. Find the value of 39. Number of solutions of the equation
cos12° + cos84° + cos156° + cos132° sinx = x2 + x +1 are .
(A) 1 (B) 2
1 1
(A)  (B) (C) 0 (D) 4
2 2

3 3 Q.40 The least positive value of x, satisfying

(C) (D) 
2 2 tanx = x + 1, lies in the interval
(A) () (B) ()
1 (C) () (D) None of these
33. Prove that cos36°cos72° cos108° cos144° =
16

1 1 SECTION - M
(A) (B) RANGE OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
8 32
41. If a sin2x + b lies in the interval [–2, 8] for every
1 x  R then find the value of (a – b).
(C) (D) None of these
16 (A) 12 (B) 13
(C) 14 (D) 15

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42. Find the greatest value of c such that system of SECTION – O

equations x2 + y2 = 25; x + y = c has a real solution MIXED PROBLEMS

(A) 5 (B) 5 2 45. If tan  +cot  =a then the value of tan 4 +cot4 =
(A) a4 + 4a2 +2 (B) a4 – 4a2 + 2
(C) 2 2 (D) 2 (C) a4 – 4a2 – 2 (D) None of these

SECTION - N 46. The number of real solutions of the equation

SUMMATION SERIES PROBLEMS sin (ex) = 2x + 2–x is -
35 (A) 1 (B) 0
m
43. Given sin5k
k=1
= tan   , where angles are
n
(C) 2 (D) Infinite
47. In a right angled triangle the hypotenuse is 2 2
measured in degrees, and m and n are relatively
times the perpendicular drawn from the opposite
m vertex. Then the other acute angles of the triangle
prime positive integers that satisfy < 90, find the
n are
value of (m + n).
   3
(A) 125 (B) 2 (A) & (B) &
(C) 177 (D) 179 3 6 8 8
   3
(C) & (D) &
  5 7 4 4 5 10
44. The value of cos + cos + cos + cos +
11 11 11 11
9
cos is
11
(A) 0 (B) 1
1
(C) (D) None of these
2

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ANGLE AND ITS UNITS/ REDUCTION FORMULAE/

BASIC DEFINATION OF TRIGONOMETRIC RATIO/ TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS OF STANDARD ANGLES/
SIGNS OF TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS/ ADDITION & SUBSTRACTION FORMULAE/
FUNDAMENTAL IDENTITIES ADDITION & SUBSTRACTION FORMULAE/
1. Find the length of an arc of a circle of radius 6 cm TRANFORMATION FORMULAE/
subtending an angle of 15° at the centre.  2 3 4 5 6
9. cos0+cos +cos +cos +cos +cos +cos =
 7 7 7 7 7 7
(A) cm (B)  cm
4 (A) 1/2 (B) –1/2
 (C) 0 (D) 1
(C) cm (D) None of these
2
2 tan 2 60 cos ec30
20 10. If x sin45° cos 60° = , then x
2. If sin + cosec = 2, then the value of sin  + sec 45 cot 2 30
20
cosec  is is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (A) 9 (B) 10
(C) 3 (D) 4
(C) 11 (D) None of these
1
3. If sin  = – and tan = 1, then  lies in which
2
quadrant- 11. If A + B + C =  & cos A = cos B . cos C then
(A) First (B) Second tan B . tanC has the value equal to
(C) Third (D) Fourth (A) 1 (B) 1/2
(C) 2 (D) 3
4. tan 7 cos 11 sin 27 is
(A) negative
(B) positive α+β
tan
(C) neither negative nor positive 2
12. If 3 sin = 5 sin, then α - β is equal to
(D) None of these tan
2
1 (A) 1 (B) 2
5. If cot  + tan  = m and – cos  = n, then
cos  (C) 3 (D) 4
2 1/3 2 1/3
(A) m (mn ) – n(nm ) = 1
(B) m(m2n)1/3 – n(nm2)1/3 = 1 MULTIPLE ANGLE / SUBMULTIPLE ANGLE
(C) n (mn2)1/3 – m(nm2)1/3 = 1 FORMULAE
(D) n(m2n)1/3 – m(mn2)1/3 = 1
 2π   4π 
13. If f() = sin2  + sin2  θ +  + sin2 θ + ,
 3   3 
3 1
6. If < , then 2cot   is equal to   
4 sin 2  then f   is equal to
(A) 1 +cot  (B) –1 – cot   15 
(C) 1 – cot  (D) –1 + cot  2 3
(A) (B)
3 2
7. If 2 sec2  – sec4  – 2 cosec2  + cosec4  = 15/4, 1 1
then tan is equal to (C) (D)
3 2
(A) 1 / 2 (B) 1/2
11
(C) 1/2 2 (D) 1/4 14. If cosec A + cot A = , then tan A is
2
21 15
(A) (B)
8. If 3 sin x + 4 cos x = 5 then 4sin x – 3 cos x is equal to 22 16
(A) 0 (B) 1 44 117
(C) 5 (D) None of these (C) (D)
117 43

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22. If A = tan 6º tan 42º and B = cot 66º cot 78º, then
15. If sin 2 = k, then the value of (A) A = 2B (B) A = 1/3 B
(C) A = B (D) 3A = 2B
tan 3θ cot 3 θ
+ is equal to
1 + tan 2 θ 1 + cot 2 θ 23. The value of
2 2
1- k 2-k     
is
(A) (B) 64 3 sin cos cos cos cos
k k 48 48 24 12 6
2
(C) k + 1 (D) 2 – k2 (A) 8 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 12

16. If cos  + cos  = a, sin  + sin  = b and = 2,

24. Let a and b be positive numbers not equal
cos3θ
then = 3
cosθ to 1 and    2 .
2
(A) a2 + b2 – 2 (B) a2 + b2 – 3
If atan  > btan  > 1, then which one of the
(C) 3 – a2 – b2 (D) (a2 + b2) /4
following is always TRUE ?
(A) a > b > 1 (B) a < b < 1
1 - tan 2 15º (C) b < a < 1 (D) b > a > 1
17. The value of is
1 + tan 2 15º
(A) 1 (B) 3 25. If f() = sin4  + cos2 , then range of f() is
3
(C) (D) 2 1  1 3
2 (A)  ,1 (B)  , 
2  2 4
18. If tan2  = 2 tan2  + 1, then the value of cos 2 +
3 
sin2  is (C)  ,1 (D) None of these
4 
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) –1 (D) Independent of 
 3π 5π
26. The value of cos +cos +cos +...+
19 19 19
π 
19. If   , π  then the value of 17π
2  cos is equal to
19
(A) 1/2 (B) 0
1 + sinα – 1 - sinα is equal to
(C) 1 (D) None of these
α α
(A) 2 cos (B) 2 sin π 3π
2 2 27. Find the sum of the series, cos + cos
(C) 2 (D) None of these 2n +1 2n +1
5π
+ cos + ........ upto n terms.
20. 2  2  2 cos 4 ;  0 <  < /4 is 2n +1
(A) cos  (B) sin  Do not use any direct formula of summation.
(C) 2 cos  (D) 2 sin  1
(A) 0 (B)
2
MORE STANDARD ANGLES/TRIGONOMETRIC
SERIES/GRAPHSOF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS/ 1
RANGE OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS/SUMMA-
(C) – (D) None of these
2
TION SERIES PROBLEMS
MIXED PROBLEMS
π π
21. The value of tan + 2 tan + 4 is equal to 1 1
16 8 28. + =
cos290º 3sin250º
π π
(A) cot (B) cot
8 16 2 3 4 3
(A) (B)
π 3 3
(C) cot –4 (D) None of these
16 (C) 3 (D) None of these

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29. In any triangle ABC, which is not right angled 34. If 2 cos x + sin x = 1, then value of 7cos x + 6 sin x
 cos A . cosec B . cosec C is equal to lis equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (A) 2 or 6 (B) 1 or 3
(C) 3 (D) None of these (C) 2 or 3 (D) None of these

30. If 3 cos x + 2 cos 3x = cos y, 3 sin x + 2 sin 3x = sin 35. Let f (x) denote the sum of the infinite trigonometric
y, then the value of cos 2x is 
2x x
(A) –1 (B) 1/8 series, f (x) = sin 3
n=1
n
sin
3n
.then the sum of
(C) –1/8 (D) 7/8
the solutions of the equation f (x) = 0 lying in the
interval (0, 629) is
3 (A) 10100 (B) 5050
31. If 0° < x < 90° & cos x = , then the value of
10
(C) 4950 (D) None of these
log10 sin x + log10 cos x + log10 tan x is
(A) 0 (B) 1 36. If tan A and tan B are the roots of the quadratic
(C) –1 (D) None of these equation x2–ax+ b=0, then the value of sin2 (A + B)
a2 a2
(A) (B)
a + (1 - b) 2
2
a 2 + b2
1
32. If tan  = where   (0, 2), find a2 a2
1
2 (C) (D) 2
1 (b + c) 2 b (1 - a) 2
2
2 +

the number possible values of .

(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) more than 4

sinA 3 cosA 5
33. If = and = , 0 < A, B <  /2,
sinB 2 cosB 2
then tan A + tan B is equal to
(A) 3/ 5 (B) 5/ 3

(C) 1 (D) ( 5 + 3)/ 5

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ANGLE AND ITS UNITS/ 8. If the sides of a right angled triangle are
FUNDAMENTAL IDENTITIES/ {cos2 + cos2 + 2cos()} and
ADDITION & SUBSTRACTION FORMULAE
{sin2 + sin2 + 2sin()},then the length of the
hypotneuse is
1. Which of the following is not correct?
(A) 2 [1 + cos()] (B) 2 [1 – cos()]
(A) cos1º > cos1 (B) sin1º = cos1
α -β α +β
(C) cos1º < cos1 (D) sin1º > sin1 (C) 4 cos2 (D) 4 sin2
2 2
sinx + cosx
2. The value of = π 2π 4π 8π 16π
cos 3 x 9. The value of cos cos cos cos cos is
2 3 10 10 10 10 10
(A) 1+tanx + tan x –tan x
(B) 1+tan x+tan2x+tan3x cos(π/10)
10 + 2 5
(C) 1–tanx + tan 2x +tan3x (A) (B) –
64 16
(D) (1 + tan x) sec2x
cos(π/10) 10 + 2 5
3. If (sec A + tan A) (sec B + tan B) (sec C + tan C) (C) (D) –
16 64
= (sec A – tan A) (sec B – tan B) (sec C – tan C)
then each side is equal to
(A) 1 (B) –1 10. An extreme value of 1 + 4 sin + 3 cos  is
(C) 0 (D) None of these (A) – 3 (B) – 4
(C) 5 (D) 6
4. In a triangle tan A + tan B + tan C = 6 and tan A
11. The equation sin6x + cos6x = a2 has real solution if
tan B = 2, then the values of tanA, tan B and tan C
are
(A) a  (–1,1) (B) a  (–1, –1/2)
(A) 1, 2, 3 (B) 2, 1, 3
 1 1
(C) 1, 2, 0 (D) None of these (C) a   -  (D) a (1/2, 1)
 2 2
5. For 0 <  < /2, tan  + tan 2 + tan 3 = 0 if 2b
(A) tan  = 0 (B) tan 2 = 0 12. If tan x = , (a  c)
a -c
(C) tan 3 = 0 (D) tan  tan 2 = 2 y = a cos2x + 2b sin x cos x + c sin 2x
z = a sin2x – 2b sin x cos x + c cos2x, then
6. If x + y = z, then cos2 x + cos2 y + cos2 z – 2 cos x (A) y = z (B) y + z = a + c
(C) y – z = a – c (D) y – z = (a – c)2 + 4b2
cos y cos z is equal to
(A) cos2 z (B) sin2 z
(C) cos (x + y – z) (D) 1

TRANFORMATION FORMULAE/
TRIGONOMETRIC SERIES/
RANGE OF TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS/
MIXED PROBLEMS
7. If 3 sin  =sin (2 +  ), then tan ( ) – 2 tan  is
(A) independent of 
(B) independent of 
(C) dependent of both  and 
(D) independent of  but dependent of 

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1. Express 1·2 radians in degree measure. 13. If A + B + C = 0º then prove that sin 2A + sin 2B +
sin 2C = –4 sin A sin B sin C.

9  3π  3 3π
2. Calculate sin  if cos= – and   π,  . 14. If tan x = ,<x< , find the value of
11  2  4 2
x x
sin and cos .
3. Prove that 3(sin x – cos x)4 + 4(sin6x + cos6x) + 2 2
6(sin x + cos x)2 = 13
15. Prove that
4. Eliminate  from the relations a sec  = 1 – b tan ,  2 α-π  
a2 sec2 = 5 + b2 tan2  1- cot  4  
  + cos α cot4α  sec 9α = cosec 4.
  2
 1 + cot 2  α - π  2 
ax by axsinθ bycosθ   4  
5. If + = a2 – b2, - =
cosθ sinθ cos 2 θ sin 2 θ
0. Show that (ax)2/3 + (by)2/3 = (a2 – b2)2/3 16. Prove that 4(cos3 20º+cos340º)=3(cos20º+cos 40º)

6. If Pn = cosn + sinn and Qn = cosn – sinn, then 17. If tan2 +2 tan. tan 2=tan2+2 tan . tan2, then
show that Pn – Pn – 2 = – sin2 cos2 Pn – 4 prove that each side is equal to 1 or tan  = ± tan .
Qn – Qn–2 = –sin2 cos2 Qn – 4 and
18. Prove that
hence show that
P4 = 1 – 2 sin2 cos2 sec8A -1 tan8A
(i) =
Q4 = cos2 – sin2 sec4A -1 tan2A

7. If tan  = –5/12,  is not in the second quadrant, cosA + sinA cosA - sinA
then show that (ii) – = 2 tan 2A
cosA - sinA cosA + sinA
sin(360º -θ) + tan(90º +θ) 181
= 19. Prove that, sin3x . sin3 x + cos 3 x . cos3 x = cos3 2x.
-sec(270º + θ) + cosec(-θ) 338
tanα + tanγ
8. If A+ B= 45º, prove that (1+tan A) (1+tan B) = 2 20. If tan  = ,
1 + tanα.tanγ
1º sin2α + sin2γ
and hence deduce that tan 22 = 2 -1
2 prove that sin 2 = .
1 + sin2α.sin2γ
9. If sin x + sin y = a & cos x + cos y = b, show that, 21. Prove that
sin 2+sin 22  +sin 23 +....+sin2n=
2ab x-y 4 - a2 - b2
sin (x + y) = 2 2 and tan =± . n sinnθcos(n + 1)θ
a +b 2 a2 + b2 2
–
2sinθ
π
10. If x + y + z = show that, sin 2x + sin 2y + sin 2z
2 22. Find the extreme values of
= 4 cosx cosy cosz.  2π   2π 
cos x cos  + x  cos  -x
11. If x + y =  + z, then prove that sin2x + sin2y – sin2z  3   3 
= 2 sin x sin y cos z.
23. Find the maximum and minimum values of
(i) cos 2x + cos2 x
12. If A + B + C = 2S then prove that
cos (S – A) + cos(S – B) + cos (S – C) + cos S = π 
(ii) cos2  + x  (sin x – cos x)2
A B C 4 
4cos cos cos
2 2 2
24. An maximum value of 1 + 4 sin + 3 cos  is
(A) – 3 (B) – 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
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25. If  is the exterior angle of a regular polygon of n 34. The value of n is

sides and  is any constant, then prove that (A) 0 (B) 1
sin  + sin () + ....... up to n terms = 0 (C) 2 (D) – 2
n
  35. If for n obtained in above question, sin A = x, then
26. If – < x < and y = log10(tan x + sec x). Then sin A sin 2A sin 3A sin 4A is a polynomial in x, of
2 2
degree
1 0 y - 1 0 -y (A) 5 (B) 6
the expression E = simplifies to one of (C) 7 (D) 8
2
the six trigonometric functions. find the
36. If degree of polynoimal obtained in previous
trigonometric function.
question is p and (p – 5) + sin x, cos x, tan x are in
9 6 5
G.P., then cos x + cos x + 3 cos x – 1 =
27. If the arcs of the same length in two circles subtend (A) –1 (B) 0
angles 75° and 120° at the centre, find the ratio of (C) 1 (D) None of these
their radii.
Comprehension
28. Find the length of an arc of a circle of radius Let p be the product of the sines of the angles of triangle
10 cm which subtends an angle of 45° at the centre. ABC and q is the product of the cosines of the angles.

37. In this triangle tan A + tan B + tan C is equal to

-3 (A) p + q (B) p – q
29. If cos () + cos ( ) + cos () = ,
2
p
prove that (C) q (D) None of these
cos  + cos  + cos  = 0, sin  + sin  + sin  = 0
 π 38. tan A tan B + tan B tan C + tan C tan A is equal to
30. For all  in 0,  show that cos (sin ) > sin (cos )
 2 1 q
(A) 1 + q (B) q
31. Calculate the following without using trigonometric
tables : 1 p
(C) 1 + p (D) p
(i) tan 9º – tan 27º – tan 63º + tan 81º

3 3 3
39. The value of tan A + tan B + tan C is
(ii) cosec 10º – 3 sec 10º
p3  3pq 2 q3
(A) (B)
q3 p3
 sec5º cos40º 
(iii) 2 2 sin10º  + - 2sin35º 
 2 sin5º  p3 p3  3pq
(C) (D)
q3 q3
(iv) cot 70º + 4 cos 70º
Matrix Match Type
32. If sin () = a & sin () = b (0 < /2) 40. Column - I Column - II
then find the value of cos2 () – 4 ab cos ()
(A) If for some real x, then equation (P) 2

33. If A + B + C = , Prove that 1

x+ = 2 cos  holds
tanB tanC+tanC tanA+tanA tanB=1+secA . sec B . x
secC.
then cos  is equal to (Q) 1
Comprehension
(B) If sin  + cosec  = 2,
If cos  + cos  = a and sin  + sin  = b and  is
arithmetic mean between and  , then 2008 2008
then sin  + cosec  is equal to (R) 0
4 4
nb(a  b) (C) Maximum value of sin  + cos  is
sin 2 + cos 2 = 1 + . 2 2
a 2  b2 (D) Least value of 2 sin  + 3 cos  is (S) –1
where n is some integer then answer the following questions

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1. Let A and B denote the statements 4. In a  PQR if 3 sin P + 4 cos Q = 6 and

A : cos  + cos  + cos  = 0 [AIEEE-2009] 4 sin Q + 3 cos P = 1, then the angle R is equal to :
π 3π
B : sin  + sin  + sin  = 0 (A) (B) [AIEEE-2012]
4 4
3
If cos +cos +cos =  ,then : 5π π
2 (C) (D)
6 6
(A) A is false and B is true
(B) both A and B are true
(C) both A and B are false ta n A c o tA
5. The expression + can be
1 - c o tA 1 - ta n A
(D) A is true and B is false
written as : [JEE MAIN-2013]
(A) tanA + cotA (B) secA + cosecA
4 5
2. Let cos ( + ) = and let sin ( – ) = , (C) sin A cos A + 1 (D) secA cosecA + 1
5 13

π 1
where 0   . Then tan 2 =[AIEEE-2010] 6. Let fk(x) = (sink x + cosk x) where x  R and
4 k
k  1. Then f4(x) – f6(x) equals :[JEE MAIN-2014]

25 56 1 1
(A) (B) (A) (B)
16 33 6 3

1 1
19 20 (C) (D)
(C) (D) 4 12
12 7

3. If A = sin2x + cos4x, then for all real x :

[AIEEE-2011]

3 13
(A) A  1 (B) A  1
4 16

3 13
(C) 1 A  2 (D) A 
4 16

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sin 4 x cos 4 x 1 4. Let θ,   [0, 2π] be such that [JEE 2012]

1. (a) If + = , then [JEE 2009, 4+4]
2 3 5
2 2
(A) tan x =  θ θ
3 2 c osθ (1 - sin j) = sin 2 θ  tan + co t  co s  - 1
sin 8 x cos 8 x 1  2 2
(B) + =
8 27 125
3
2 1 tan(2π - θ) > 0 and - 1 < sinθ < -
(C) tan x = 2
3
Then  cannot satisfy
sin 8 x cos 8 x 2
(D) + = π π 4π
8 27 125
(A) 0 <  < (B) <<
2 2 3
(b) For 0 <  < /2, the solution(s) of 4π 3π 3π
(C) << (D) <  < 2π
3 2 2
6
 (m-1)π   mπ 
 cosec  θ + 
4  cosec 
θ+  = 4 2
4  5. The number of distinct solutions of equation
m=1
5
is (are) cos22x + cos4x + sin4x + cos6x + sin6x = 2
4
(A) /4 (B) /6 in the interval [0, 2] is [JEE 2015]
(C) /12 (D) 5/12
6. The value of
2. The maximum value of the expression 13
1
1

k 1   (k  1)   k 
sin    sin  
sin 2 θ + 3sinθcosθ + 5cos 2θ
is [JEE 2010] 4 6  4 6 

is equal to
3. The positive integer value of n > 3 satisfying the [JEE 2016]
1 1 1 (A) 3  3 (B) 2(3  3)
equation = +
π  2π   3π  is
sin   sin   sin  n  (C) 2( 3  1) (D) 2(2  3)
n  n   
[JEE 2011]

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EXERCISE - I
EXERCISE - I
1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. D
8. A 9. A 10. D 11. B 12. A 13. A 14. A
15. D 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. A 20. A 21. A
22. B 23. B 24. A 25. D 26. D 27. B 28. A
29. B 30. A 31. A 32. A 33. C 34. B 35. B
36. D 37. C 38. D 39. C 40 A 41. A 42. B
43. C 44. C 45. B 46. B 47. B

EXERCISE - II
Level - I (Single correct Option - type Questions)

1. C 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. A
8. A 9. D 10. D 11. C 12. D 13. B 14. C
15. B 16. B 17. C 18. D 19. A 20. C 21. B
22. C 23. B 24. B 25. C 26. A 27. B 28. B
29. B 30. A 31. C 32. C 33. D 34. A 35. A
36. A

Level - II (Multiple correct Option - type Questions)

1. B,C,D 2. B,D 3. A,B 4. A,B 5. C,D 6. C,D 7. A,B

8. A,C 9. B,D 10. B,D 11. B,D 12. B,C

EXERCISE - III
Subjective - type Questions

2 10 x 3 x 1
1. 68°43’ 37.8” 2.  4. a2b2 + 4a2 = 9b2 14. sin  and cos 
11 2 10 2 10
1 1 5
22. – , 23. (i) (i) 2, –1 (ii) 2, 0 27. r1 : r2 = 8 : 5 28. cm
4 4 2

31. (i) 4 (ii) 4 (iii) 4 (iv) 3 32. 1 – 2a2 – 2b2

Comprehension - based Questions

34. C 35. A 36. B 37. C 38. B 39. D

Matrix Match - type Questions

40. (A)–(Q, S) ; (B)–(P) ; (C)–(Q) ; (D)–(P)

EXERCISE - IV
Previous Year’s Question
Level - I(JEE Main)
1. B 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. D 6. D

Level - II(JEE Advanced)

1 (a) A,B (b) C,D 2. 0002 3. 0007 4. A,C,D 5. 8
6. C
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