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 EXERCISE # 1
1. The number of solutions of the equation sin 2x – 2cosx + 4 sinx = 4 in the interval [0, 5] is-
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 5

2. Let A = { : sin() = tan ()} and B = { : cos(be two sets. Then -

(A) A = B (B) A  B and B – A  
(C) A B (D) B  A

3. The complete solution set of the inequality tan2x – 2 2 tan x  1  0 is -

 3  3
(A) n +  x  + n, nI (B) n +  x  + n, n  I
8 8 4 4
 3  2
(C) n + x  n I (D) n+  x   n I
16 8 3 3

4. The general solution of the equation tan2 + 2 3 tam  = 1 is given by-

n 
(A)  = , (n ) (B) = (2n + 1) , (n I)
2 2
 n
(C) a = (6n + 1) , (n I) (D) a = , (n )
12 12

5. If 2 tan2= sec2, then general solution of -

   
(A) n + (n I) (B) n– (n ) (C) n± (n I) (D) 2n ± (n I)
4 4 4 4

Number of principal solution(s) of the equation 4.16sin x  26sinx is

2
6.
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

7. The general solution of equation 4 cos2 x + 6 sin2 x = 5 is-

n n n
(A) (B) (C) (D) n
4 7 12
where n I

1  cos 2
9. If = 3, then the general solution of  is-
1  cos 2
(A) 2n± /6 (B) n± /6 (C) 2n± /3 (D) n± /3
where n  I

 x
10. The number of solutions of the equation 2cos   = 3x + 3-x is-
 2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None
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11. The number of real solutions of the equation sin(ex) = 5x+5-x is-
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) infinitely many

 5 5 
12. If x    ,  , then the greatest positive solution of 1 + sin4x = cos2 3x is-
 2 2
5
(A)  (B) 2 (C) (D) none of these
2

13. The general value of satisfying sin2+ sin = 2 is-

   
(A) n(–1)n (B) 2n + (C) n + (–1)n (D) n + (–1)n
6 4 2 3

14. The number of solutions of the equation tan2x – sec10 x + 1 = 0 in (0, 10) is-
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) 11

15. The solution set of (5 + 4 cos ) (2 cos+ 1) = 0 in the interval [0, 2] is

(A)  
 2
,
3 3
(B)  

3
, (C)  2 4
,
3 3  (D)  2 5
,
3 3 
16. The equation sin x cos x = 2 has :
(A) one solution (B) two solutions (C) infinite solutions (D) no solution

17. If tan–(1+ 3 ) tan + 3 = 0. then the general value of is :

       
(A) n + , n + (B) n– , n + (C) n + ,n– (D) n– ,n–
4 3 4 3 4 3 4 3
where n I

18. If 0  x  3, 0  y  3and cosx. sin y = 1 then the possible number of values of the ordered
pair (x, y) is -
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 8 (D) 15

tan 2  tan 
19. If = 0, then the general value of  is
1  tan  tan 2
n n n
(A) n; n  I (B) ; n I (C) ; n I (D) ; n I
3 4 6

20. The most general values of x for which sin x + cos x = min {1,a2 – 4a + 6} is given by
a R

  
(A) 2n (B) 2n + (C) n +(–1)n  (D) none of the
2 4 4
where n  I

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 EXERCISE # 2
1 1 1
log5 (sinx) log15 cos x
1. Solve the equation for x, 5  5
2 2
 15 2

2. Find all the values of satisfying the equation; sin+ sin 5= sin 3such that 0 .

3. Solve the equality : 2sin 11x + cos 3x + 3 sin 3x = 0

4. Find all value of , between 0 & , which satisfy the equation; cos. cos 2. cos 3=1/4.

5. Solve for x, the equation 13  18tan x = 6tan x – 3, where –2< x < 2.

6. Determine the smallest positive value of x which satisfy the equation, 1  sin 2x  2 cos3x = 0

7. Find the number of principal solution of the equation,

sin x – sin 3x + sin 5x = cos x – cos 3x + cos 5x.
1 
 log3  cos x sin x    cox sin x 
8. Find the general solution of the trigonometric equation 3 2 
 2log2  2

9. Find all values of between 0° & 180° satisfying the equation ; cos 6+ cos 4+ cos2+ 1 = 0.

10. Find the general solution of the equation, sinx + cosx = 0. Also find the sum of all solutions
in [0, 100].

11. Find the range of y such that the equation, y + cos x = sin x has a real solution. For y = 1 find x
such that 0 < x < 2
cos   sin 
12. Find the general values of for which the quadratic function (sin) x2 + (2cos)x + is
2
the square of a linear function.

13. Prove that the equations

(a) sin x  sin 2x  sin 3x = 1 (b) sin x  cos 4x  sin 5x = – 1/2
have no solution .

14. Let f (x) = sin6x + cos6x + k (sin4x + cos4x) for some real number k. Determine
(a) all real numbers k for which f (x) is constant for all values of x.
(b) all real numbers k for which there exists a real number 'c' such that f (c) = 0.
(c) If k = – 0.7, determine all solutions to the equation f (x) = 0.

 
15. If the set of values of x satisfying the inequality tanx.tan3x < –1 in the interval  0.  is
 2
 36(b  a) 
(a, b),then the value of   is
 

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 EXERCISE # 3 (JM)
1. The number of values of x in the interval [0, 3] satisfying the equation 2sin2 x + 5sinx – 3 = 0
is- [AIEEE 2006]
(1) 6 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 4

1
2. If 0 < x < , and cos x + sin x = , then tan x is- [AIEEE 2006]
2
(1) (4 – 7 )/3 (2) – (4 + 7 )/3 (3) (1 + 7 )/4 (4) (1 – 7 )/4

3. Let A and B denote the statements

A: cos + cos  + cos  = 0
B : sin + sin + sin  = 0
3
If cos (– ) + cos(– ) + cos(– ) = – , then - [AIEEE 2009]
2
(1) Both A and B are true (2) Both A and B are false
(3) A is true and B is false (4) A is false and B is true

4. The possible values of  (0, ) such that sin() + sin (4) + sin (7) = 0 are [AIEEE 2011]
2  4  3   5  2 3 
(1) , , , , , (2) , , , , ,
9 4 9 2 4 9 4 12 2 3 4 9
2   2 3 35 2   2 3 8
(3) , , , , , (4) , , , , ,
9 4 2 3 4 36 9 4 2 3 4 9

5. In a PQR, if 3 sinP + 4 cosQ = 6 and 4 sinQ + 3 cos P = 1, then the angle R is equal to :
[AIEEE-2012]
3 5  
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 6 6 4

6. If 0  x < 2, then the number of real values of x, which satisfy the equation
cosx + cos2x + cos3x + cos4x = 0, is :- [JEE(Main) 2016]
(1) 9 (2) 3 (3) 5 (4) 7

7. If 5(tan2x – cos2x) = 2cos 2x + 9, then the value of cos4x is: [JEE (Main)-2017]
7 3 1 2
(1)  (2)  (3) (4)
9 5 3 9

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8. Let S = {[–2, 2]: 2cos2 + 3sin= 0} [JEE (Main)-2019]
Then the sum of the elements of S is:
5 13
(1)  (2) (3) (4) 2
3 6

9. All the pairs (x, y) that satisfy the inequality 2 sin 2 x–2sin x 5 . 12  1 also satisfy the equation :
4sin y
(1) sin x = 2 sin y (2) sin x = |sin y| (3) 2|sin x| = 3sin y (4) 2sin x = sin y
[JEE (Main)-2019]

 5 5 
10. The number of solutions of the equation 1 + sin4x = cos23x , x   – ,  is
 2 2
[JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 7 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 5

11. Let S be the set of all  R such that the equation, cos 2x + sin x = 2 – 7 has a solution.
Then S is equal to : [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) [3, 7] (2) [1, 4] (3) [2, 6] (4) R

  3
12. The sum of all values of   0,  satisfying sin22+ cos42 = is: [JEE (Main)-2019]
 2 4
 5 3
(1)  (2) (3) (4)
2 4 8

13. If sin4 + 4 cos4 + 2 = 4 2 sin  cos ; ,   [0, ], then cos( + ) – cos( – ) is equal to:

(1) –1 (2) 2 (3) 0 (4)  2

[JEE (Main)-2019]

14. The number of distinct solution of the equation, log1/2 |sinx| = 2 – log1/2 |cosx| in the interval,
[0, 2] [JEE (Main)-2020]

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 EXERCISE # 4 (JA)
1. The number of integral values of k for which the equation 7cosx + 5sinx = 2k + 1 has a solution
is [JEE 2002 (Screening), 3]
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12
2. cos(–) = 1 and cos(+ ) = 1/e, where ,  [– , ] numbers of pairs of , which
satisfy both the equations is [JEE 2005 (Screening)]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4
3. If 0 < < 2, then the intervals of values of for which 2sin2–5sin+ 2 > 0, is[JEE-2006, 3]
    5    5 
(A)  0,    , 2 (B)  , 
 6  6  8 6 
     5   41 
(C)  0,    ,  (D)  ,
 8  6 6   48 

4. The number of solutions of the pair of equations [JEE 2007, 3]

2 sin2– cos2= 0
2 cos2– 3 sin= 0
in the interval [0, 2] is
(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) four

    n
The number of values of in the interval  such that 
 2 2 
5. , for n = 0, ± 1 ± 2 and
5
tan  = cot5 as well as sin2 = cos4, is [JEE 2010, 3]

6. The positive integer value of n > 3 satisfying the equation [JEE 2011, 4]
1 1 1
  is
   2   3 
sin sin sin
 n  n  n

7. Let , [0, 2 ] be such that

   3
2cos(1 – sin) = sin2  tan  cot  cos– 1, tan(2– ) > 0 and –1 < sin< – .
 2 2  2
Then cannot satisfy-
  4 4 3 3
(A) 0 < < (B) < < (C) < < (D) < < 2.
2 2 3 3 2 2
8. For x  (0, ), the equation sinx + 2sin2x – sin3x = 3 has [JEE(Advanced)-2014, 3(–1)]
(A) infinitely many solutions (B) three solutions
(C) one solution (D) no solution
5
9. The number of distinct solutions of equation cos22x + cos4x + sin4x + cos6x + sin6x = 2 in the
4
interval [0, 2] is [JEE 2015, 4M, –0M]
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 EXERCISE # 5
1. Number of values of x satisfying the equation log2(sin x) + log1/2(– cosx) = 0 in the interval
(–, ] is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

 
2. Given a2 + 2a + cosec2   a  x  = 0 then, which of the following holds good ?
2 
x x
(A) a = 1 ; I (B) a = – 1; I
2 2
(C) a  R; x (D) a, x are finite but not possible to find

3. If the equation cot4x – 2 cosec2x + a2 = 0 has atleast one solution then, sum of all possible
integral values of 'a' is equal to
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 0

4. The set of angles between 0 and 2satisfying the equation 4cos2– 2 2 cos– 1 = 0 is

(A)   5 19 23

, , ,
12 12 12 12  (B)   7 17 23
, , ,
12 12 12 12 
(C)  5 13 19
, ,
12 12 12  (D)   7 19 23
, ,
12 12 12 12 
5 In which one of the following intervals the inequality, sin x < cos x < tan x < cot x can hold
good?
   3   5 3   7 
(A)  0,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  , 2
 4  4   4 2  4 

6. If the equation sin4 x – (k + 2) sin2x – (k + 3) = 0 has a solution then k must lie in the interval:
(A) (–4, –2) (B) [–3, 2) (C) (–4, –3) (D) [–3, –2]

7. The smallest positive angle satisfying the equation 1 + cos3x – 2cos2x = 0, is equal to
(A) 15° (B) 22.5° (C) 30° (D) 45°
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 3x 5y
8. Statement-1 : If sin . cos = k8 – 4k4 + 5, where x, y  R then exactly four distinct real
2 3
values of k are possible.
because
3x 5y
Statement-2: If sin and cos both are less than or equal to one and greater than or equal to –1
2 3
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

 x 
9. The equation 2cos2   sin2x = x2 + x–2, 0 < x  has
 2 2
(A) one real solutions (B) more than one real solutions
(C) no real solution (D) none of the above

10. The number of solutions of the equation sinx = x2 + x + 1 is-

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None

11. Number of integral solution(s) of the inequality 2sin2x – 5sin2x + 2 > 0 in x [0, 2], is-
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6

12. If tan– 2 sec= 3 , then the general solution of is

       
(A) n +(–1)n  (B) n + (–1)n  (C) n+ (–1)n  (D) n + (–1)n 
4 3 3 4 4 3 4 3
where n  I

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 EXERCISE # 6
1. Solve the equation : sin 5x = 16 sin5x.

2. Find all the solutions of, 4cos2 x sinx – 2 sin2x = 3sinx.

3. Solve for x, (–x ) the equation; 2 (cos x + cos 2 x) + sin 2 x (1 + 2 cos x) = 2 sin x.

4. Find the general solution of the following equation :

2(sin x – cos 2x) – sin 2x(1 + 2 sinx) + 2cos x = 0.

3x x
5. Find the values of x, between 0 & 2, satisfying the equation cos 3x + cos 2x = sin +sin
2 2

6. Solve: tan22x + cot22x + 2 tan 2x + 2 cot 2x = 6.

x
 sec 2
7. Solve the equation: 1+ 2 cosecx = 2
2

8. Solve: tan2x. tan23x tan4x = tan2x – tan23x + tan4x.

9. Find the set of values of x satisfying the equality

   3  2cos 7x
sin  x    cos  x   = 1 and the inequality  2cos 2x
 4  4  cos 3  sin 3

10. Find the solution set of the equation, log  x 2 6x (sin 3x + sinx) = log  x 2 6x (sin 2x).
10 10

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 ANSWERS KEY
EXERCISE # 1
1. C 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. C 7. B

8. C 9. D 10. A 11. A 12. B 13. C 14. A

15. C 16. D 17. A 18. A 19. B 20. C

EXERCISE # 2
   2 5
1. x  2n  , n  I 2. 0, , , , &
6 6 3 3 6

n  n 7   3 5 2 7
3. x  or x   ,nI 4. , , , , ,
7 84 4 48 8 3 8 8 3 8

2
5. – 2; –, , + , where tan = 6. x = /16
3


7. 10 solutions 8. x = 2n +
12

9. 30º,45º,90º,135º,150º

1 
10. x = n  , n; sum = 5025 11.  2  y  2; ,
4 2


12. 2n + or(2n+1)– tan-12, n I
4

3  1 n 
14. (a) – ; (b) k   1,   ; (c) x =  15. 3
2  2 2 6

EXERCISE # 3 (JM)
1. 4 2. 2 3. 1 4. 1 5. 3 6. 4 7. 1

8. 4 9. 2 10. 4 11. 3 12. 2 13. 4 14. 8.00

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 EXERCISE # 4 (JA)
1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. 3 6. 7 7. ACD
8. D 9. 8

EXERCISE # 5
1. B 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. C
8. D 9. C 10. A 11. C 12. D

EXERCISE # 6
   3 
1. x = nor x = n± 2. n;n+ (–1)n or n + (–1)n   
6 10  10 

    
3 , ,  4. x = 2n or x = n + (– 1)n    or x = n + (–1)n
3 2  2 6

 5 9 13 n  n 
5. , , , , 6. x=  (1)n or  (1) n 1
7 7 7 7 4 8 4 24

  2n  1 
7. x = 2n– 8. , k, where n, k,  I
2 4

3 5
9. x =2n + , n I 10 x=–
4 3

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