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Advanced Problem Package Trigonometry

SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONLY ONE Choice is Correct.
1. Two rays are drawn through a point A at an angle of 30 . A point B is taken on one of them at a distance a from the
point A. A perpendicular is drawn from the point B to the other ray and another perpendicular is drawn from its foot
to AB to meet AB at another point from where the similar process is repeated indefinitely. The length of the
resulting infinite polygon line is :
(A) 
a 2 3  (B) 
a 2 3  (C) a (D) None of these

A B C
2. The least value of sin 2  sin2  sin2 is : (Where A, B, C are interior angles of a triangle)
2 2 2
(A) 3/2 (B) 3/4 (C) 1 (D) None of these

3. If A, B, C, D are the smallest positive angles in ascending order of magnitude which have their sines equal to the
A B C D
positive quantity k, then the value of 4 sin  3 sin  2 sin  sin is equal to :
2 2 2 2
(A) 2 1 k (B) 1 k (C) 2 k (D) None of these

 2   4 
4. If x sin  y sin  

  z sin   
3  
 , then
3 
 xy 
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 2 (C) 0 (D) None of these

5. If u  a 2 cos 2   b2 sin2   a 2 sin 2   b 2 cos 2  , then the difference between maximum and minimum values
of u 2 is given by :
(A)  a  b 2 (B)  a  b 2 (C) a 2  b2 (D) None of these

6. The number of pairs  x, y  satisfying the equations sin x  sin y  sin  x  y  and x  y  1 is :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None of these

 1  1  1  4 1 
7. The value of cot 1  22    cot 1  23    cot  2  3   . . .  is :
2 2
  2   2 
1 1
(A) tan1 (B) tan1 (C) 1 (D) None of these
3 2
  sin BAD
8. In a ABC , B  and C  , also D divides BC internally in the ratio 1 : 3, then is equal to :
3 4 sin CAD
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
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9. The two adjacent sides of a cyclic quadrilateral are 2, 5 and the angle between them is 60 . If the area of the
quadrilateral is 4 3 , then the remaining two sides are :
(A) 1, 2 (B) 2, 2 (C) 2, 3 (D) None of these

10. In a ABC, A  B . Let A, B satisfy the equation 3 sin x  4 sin3 x  k  0 , where 0  k  1 , then C
is equal to :
  2
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
3 2 3
11. Points D, E are taken on the ABC , such that BD = DE = EC and let
side BC of
sin  x  y  sin  y  z 
BAD  x, DAE  y, EAC  z ; then 
sin x sin z
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) None of these

12. If P be any interior point of the equilateral ABC of side length 2 units and also xa , xb , xc be the distances of P
from the sides BC, CA, AB respectively, then xa  xb  xc 

(A) 3 (B) 3 2 (C) 4 (D) None of these

 
13. If  x  a  cos   y sin    x  a  cos   y sin   a, tan  tan  2e and  ,  are unequal angles less
2 2
than 360 , then y 2 is equal to :
(A)  
2ax  1  e2 x 2 (B)  
2ax  1  e 2 x 2 (C)  
2ax  1  e2 x 2 (D)  
2ax  1  e 2 x 2
x 3 x
14. The number of solutions of the equation : x 2   x  1 sin  ; 2 x 0
6 2
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
15. The radius of the circle passing through the incentre  ABC and through the end points of BC is given by:
a a A a A
(A) (B) sec (C) sin A (D) a sec
2 2 2 2 2
16. The median AD of a triangle ABC is bisected at E and BE meets AC in F ; then AF : AC =
(A) 3/4 (B) 1/3 (C) 1/2 (D) 1/4

17. If in a ABC ,  sin 3A  0 , then at least one angle of ABC is :

(A) 60 (B) 30 (C) 90 (D) 45
18. If  sin1 cos 1 sin1 tan1 x   1 whose [.] denotes the greatest integer function, then x belongs to :
 
(A) tan sin cos 1, tan sin cos sin1 (B) tan cos sin1, tan cos sin cos 1
(C)  1, 1 (D)  sin cos tan1, sin cos sin tan1
  y
19. If sin x  cosec x  tan y  cot y  4 , where x, y  0 ,  , then tan   is a root of the equation :
 2 2
(A)  2  2  1  0 (B)  2  2  1  0 (C) 2 2  2  1  0 (D) None of these

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  tan  cot  tan  cot 

20. Let    0 ,  and t1   tan   , t2   tan   , t3   cot   and t4   cot   , then :
 4
(A) t3  t4  t1  t2 (B) t4  t3  t1  t2 (C) t4  t3  t2  t1 (D) None of these
   
sin 2 x  sin 2  x    cos x cos  x  
21. The period of the function f  x  e  3  3
is :
(A) 1 (B)  2 (C)  (D) Cannot be determined

22. If t  x  y  z , then sin x  sin y  sin z  sin t equals :

 y z   z x  x y  y z   z x  x y 
(A) 4 tan   tan   tan   (B) 4 cot   cot   cot  
 2   2   2   2   2   2 
 yz   zx  x y   yz  zx  x y
(C) 4 sin   sin   sin   (D) 4 cos   cos   cos  
 2   2   2   2   2   2 

x 1  1 
23. The value of cos 1 x  cos 1   3  3x 2  is equal to :   x  1
2 2  2 
 
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 0
6 3
24. A quadrilateral ABCD in which AB = a, BC = b, CD = c and DA = d is such that one circle can be inscribed in it and
another circle can be circumscribed about it. cos A =
ad  bc ad  bc ac  bd ac  bd
(A) (B) (C) (D)
ad  bc ad  bc ac  bd ac  bd

25. If the equation a1  a2 cos 2 x  a3 sin 2 x  1 is satisfied by every real value of x, then the number of possible values
of the triplet  a1 , a2 , a3  is :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) Infinite

MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWERS TYPE

Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONE or MORE Choices may be Correct:

26. Let sides of a ABC are in A.P. and a  min .b, c , then cos A is equal to :
1 1 1 1
(A)  4b  3c  (B)  4c  3b  (C)  4b  3c  (D)  4c  3b 
2c 2c 2b 2b
27. If points D, E and F divide sides BC, CA and AB respectively in ratio  :1 (in order) and or ar  DEF   0.4
ar  ABC  , then  is equal to :
2 3 3 5 2 3 3 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
C
28. If in a right angled triangle the greatest side is a, then tan   
2
ab ab ac ab
(A) (B) (C) (D)
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29. Which of the following is true ?

(A) tan tan1 x  x (B) cot cot 1 x  x

(C) tan 1 tan x  x (D) sin sin 1 x  x

   cos x 
3 3
30. If f  x   sin 1 x 1
, then :

3 3
(A) Minimum value of f  x    (B) Minimum value of f  x  
8 32
3 7 3
(C) Maximum value of f  x    (D) Maximum value of f  x  
8 8

31. If f  x   sec 1 1  cos 2 x  , where [.] denotes the greatest integer function, then :
 
(A) The domain of f is R (B) The domain of f is [1, 2]
(C) The range of f is [1. 2] (D)  
The range of f is sec 1 1, sec 1 2
    
32. If  sin   x 2  2 x  b  2 for all real values of x  1 and    0,    ,   , then b can be equal to :
 2 2 
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
3 2 4 2
33. If sin   sin   and cos   cos   , then :
5 5
12 24 5 7
(A) sin      (B) sin      (C) cos      (D) cos     
13 25 13 25
34. If in a triangle ABC, atleast one of the following points, orthocenter, centroid, incentre and circumcentre lie outside
the triangle, then :
(A) Triangle is obtuse angled
(B) Exactly 2 of these centres will lie outside the triangle
(C) Incentre may be collinear with other three centres
(D) Atleast one of the ex-radii is smaller than the inradius of the triangle

35. The value of  lying between   0 and   and satisfying the equation :
2
1  cos 2  sin2  4 sin 4
2 2
cos  1  sin  4 sin 4  0 is :
cos 2  sin2  1  4 sin 4

11 7 5 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
24 24 24 24

  1 4
36. If x  sin 2 tan 1 2 and y  sin  tan1  , then which of the following options is(are) correct ?
2 3
y
(A) x  y2 (B) y2  1  x (C) x2  (D) x y
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37. The equation 1  tan 1  tan  sec 2   2tan   0 has :
     
(A) No solution in the interval   ,0  (B) Two solutions in the interval   ,0 
 2   2 
   
(C) No solution in the interval  0,  (D) Two solutions in the interval  0, 
 2  2

38. Which of the following is not a possible value of f  x   tan 3x cot x ?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5
3
39. In the ABC , b : c = 2 : 1 and sin  B  C   . Then :
5
(A) ABC is right-angled (B) ABC is obtuse angled
(C) a:c=3:1 (D) a:c= 5 :1

40. Which of the following is/are true?

1
(A) tan1  tan 1 1 (B) sin1  cos1 (C) tan1  sin1 (D) cos(cos1) 
2
41. Which of the following is/are positive?
(A) logsin1 tan1 (B) log cos1 (1  tan 3)
(C) loglog10 5 (cos   sec ) (D) log tan15 (2sin18)

42. If 2(cos( x  y )  cos( y  z )  cos( z  x))  3, then:

(A) cos x cos y cos z  1 (B) cos x  cos y  cos z  0
(C) sin x  sin y  sin z  1 (D) cos3 x  cos3 y  cos3 z  12cos x cos y cos z

43. If 2a  2 tan10  tan 50; 2b  tan 20  tan50

2c  2 tan10  tan 70; 2d  tan 20  tan 70
Then which of the following is / are correct ? s
(A) ad bc (B) a b  c (C) abcd (D) abcd

sin x  cos x
44. The value of is equal to :
sin 3 x
(A) cosec2 x(1  cot x) (B) 1  cot x  cot 2 x  cot 3 x
1  cot x
(C) cosec2 x  cot x  cot 3 x (D)
sin 2 x

45. The inequality 4sin 3 x  5  4cos 2 x  5sin x is true for x :

 3      5 13   23 41 
(A)  , 2  (B)  2 , 2  (C) 8 , 8  (D)  14 , 14 
       
46. The equation cos x cos6 x  1:
(A) has 50 solutions in [0, 100 ] (B) has 3 solutions in [0, 3]
 
(C) has even number of solutions in (3, 13) (D) has one solution in  , 
2 

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47. Identify the correct options:

sin 3  3 23  sin 3  13 14 
(A)  0 for    ,  (B)  0 for    , 
cos 2  8 48  cos 2  48 48 
sin 2    sin 2  13 14 
(C)  0 for     , 0  (D)  0 for    , 
cos   2  cos   48 48 

48. The equation sin 4 x  cos 4 x  sin 2 x  k  0 must have real solutions if:
1 3 1 1 3
(A) k 0 (B) | k | (C)  k (D)  k
2 2 2 2 2
   3  5  7 
49. Let f ()   cos   cos  cos   cos  cos   cos  cos   cos  then:
 8  8  8  8 
1 1
(A) maximum value of f () R is (B) maximum value of f () R is
4 8
1
(C) f (0)  (D) Number of principle solutions of f ()  0 is 8
8
50. If r1 , r2 , r3 are radii of the escribed circles of a triangle ABC and r is the radius of its incircle, then the root(s) of
the equation x 2  r (r1r2  r2 r3  r3r1 ) x  (r1r2 r3  1)  0 is/are:
(A) r1 (B) r2  r3 (C) 1 (D) r1r2 r3  1

5  A 5  B 5  C
51. Let A, B, C be angles of a triangle ABC and let D  ,E ,F , then: (where
32 32 32
n
D, E , F  , n  I , I denote set of integers)
2
(A) cot D cot E  cot E cot F  cot D cot F  1 (B) cot D  cot E  cot F  cot D cot E cot F
(C) tan D tan E  tan E tan F  tan F tan D  1 (D) tan D  tan E  tan F  tan D tan E tan F
r r2
52. In a ABC if  , then which of the following is/are true? (where symbols used have usual meanings)
r1 r3
(A) a 2  b 2  c2  8R 2 (B) sin 2 A  sin 2 B  sin 2 C  2
(C) a2  b2  c2 (D)   s ( s  c)

53. ABC is a triangle whose circumcentre, incentre and orthocentre are O, I and H respectively which lie inside the
triangle, then :
 A A
(A) BOC  A (B) BIC   (C) BHC    A (D) BHC   
2 2 2
54. In a triangle ABC , tan A and tan B satisfy the inequality 3x2  4 x  3  0, then which of the following must be
correct?
(where symbols used have usual meanings)
(A) a 2  b 2  ab  c 2 (B) a2  b2  c2
(C) a 2  b 2  ab  c 2 (D) a 2  b 2  c2
55. f ( x)  sin 1 (sin x ), g ( x )  cos 1 (cos x), then:
    3 
(A) f ( x )  g ( x) if x   0, (B) f ( x )  g ( x ) if x   ,
 4  2 4 
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i
 5   5 
(C) f ( x )  g ( x ) if x   , (D) f ( x )  g ( x) if x   ,
 4   4 

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56. The solution(s) of the equation cos 1 x  tan 1 x satisfy

5 1 5 1
(A) x2  (B) x2 
2 2
5 1 5 1
(C) sin(cos 1 x)  (D) tan(cos 1 x ) 
2 2
57. A solution of the equation cot 1 2  cot 1 x  cot 1 (10  x) where 1  x  9 is:
(A) 7 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 5

 17  
58. Consider the equation sin 1  x 2  6 x    cos 1 k  , then:
 2  2
(A) the largest value of k for which equation has 2 distinct solution is 1
 1 
(B) the equation must have real root if k    , 1
 2 
 1
(C) the equation must have real root if k   1, 
 2
1
(D) the equation has unique solution if k  
2
3
59. The value of x satisfying the equation (sin 1 x )3  (cos 1 x)3  (sin 1 x )(cos 1 x)(sin 1 x  cos 1 x )  cannot be
16
equal to:
   
(A) cos (B) cos (C) cos (D) cos
5 4 8 12

NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE

This section has Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL/INTEGER VALUE.
For each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer. If the answer is a decimal numerical value, then
round-off the value to TWO decimal places.
5 3
 cos 4 , then  a  b    a  b 
25 25
60. If a sin   b cos    sin 4 and a cos   b sin   is _______.
2 2
61. Let incircle of radius 4 units of a triangle ABC touches the side BC at D. If BD  6, DC  8 and  be the area of
triangle, then   3  __________.

62. The total number of solutions of tan  x  cot  x ; where {x} denotes the fractional part of x in
 0, 2  is _________.
 
y   3 
63. Consider the equation tan1 x  cos 1   sin1   . Let  = sum of positive integral solutions of x and
 1  y2   10 
 
 = sum of positive integral solutions of y. Then     __________.

64. If sin x  sin 2 x  sin3 x  1 , then cos 6 x  4 cos 4 x  8 cos 2 x  __________.

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65. The number of solutions of sin 1    sec  x  1 is _________.
 2x  2
 
66. If the square of the diameter of a circle circumscribing a  ABC is equal to half the sum of the squares of its sides

then  sin 2 A is ________.

 1 
67. If tan 142    2  2     , then    = __________.
 2 
2
sin  sin x 3
 2  3
68. If tan   x  where 0  x  , and the values of x are x1 and x2 , then the value of
 3  cos 2 2
 cos x
3
12
x2  x1 is ___________.

31
69. If in a ABC , a  5, b  4 and cos  A  B   , then the third side c is equal to __________.
32
S
70. If 10sin 4   15cos 4   6 and the value of 9cosec 4  8sec 4  is S, then find the value of .
25
71. Given that for a, b, c, d  R, if a sec(200)  c tan(200)  d and b sec(200)  d tan(200)  c, then find the value
 a 2  b2  c2  d 2 
of 
  sin 20.
 bd  ac 
n  tan 2r 1 
72. If  
cos 2 r 
n
  tan p  tan q, then find the value of ( p  q).
r 1  
2x 2x
73. If x   satisfy the equation 3sin 2 x 2cos  31sin 2 x  2sin  28, then (sin 2  cos 2) 2  8sin 4 is equal to:
2 4 6 7 l
74. If the value of cos  cos  cos  cos   . Find the value of l.
7 7 7 7 2

75. If x  sin y  2014 and x  2014 cos y  2013, 0  y  , then find the value of [ x  y ]  2005 (where [.] denotes
2
greatest integer function) I
2sin 6 x  
76. The complete set of values of x satisfying  0 and sec 2 x  2 2 tan x  0 in  0,  is [a, b)  (c, d ],
sin x  1  2
 cd 
then find the value of   .
 ab 
77. The range of value’s of k for which the equation 2cos 4 x  sin 4 x  k  0 has atleast one solution is [, ]. Find the
value of (9  ).

78. The number of solutions of the system of equations:

2sin 2 x  sin 2 2 x  2
sin 2 x  cos 2 x  tan x
in [0, 4] satisfying 2cos 2 x  sin x  2is :

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79. If the sum of all values of , 0    2 satisfying the equation (8cos 4  3)(cot   tan   2)(cot   tan   2)  12
is k, then k is equal to:

80. In a  ABC; inscribed circle with centre I touches sides AB, AC and BC at D, E , F respectively. Let area of
quadrilateral ADIE is 5 square units and area of quadrilateral BFID is 10 square units. Find the value of
C 
cos  
2 .
 A B 
sin  
 2 
81. If  be area of incircle of a triangle ABC and 1 ,  2 , 3 be the area of excircles then find the least value of
1 2 3
.
729 3
82. In an acute angled triangle ABC , A  20, let DEF be the feet of altitudes through A, B, C respectively and H is
AH BH CH
the orthocentre of ABC. Find   .
AD BE CF
83. Let  ABC be inscribed in a circle having radius unity. The three internal bisectors of the angles A, B and C are
extended to intersect the circumcircle of ABC at A1 , B1 and C1 respectively. find
A B C
AA1 cos  BB1 cos  CC1 cos
2 2 2
sin A  sin B  sin C

84. In  ABC , if circumradius `R  and inradius `r  are connected by relation R2  4 Rr  8r 2  12r  9  0, then the
greatest integer which is less than the semiperimeter of ABC is:

85. The complete set of values of x satisfying the inequality sin 1 (sin 5)  x 2  4 x is (2    2 , 2    2 ), then


86. In ABC ; if ( II1 ) 2  ( I 2 I3 )2  R 2 , where I denotes incentre; I1 , I 2 and I3 denote centres of the circles escribed
to the sides BC , CA and AB respectively and R be the radius of the circum circle of ABC. Find .

1 3 63
87. If 2 tan 1  sin 1   cos 1 , then  
5 5 
  n2  n  4 
88. If  2cot 1 

 2
  k , then find the value of k.

n 0

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89. Find number of solutions of the equation sin 1 (| log 62 (cos x )  1|)  cos 1 (| 3log 62 (cos Ix)  7 |)  , if x  [0, 4 ].
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