TRIGONOMETRY

EXERCISE-1
SINGLE CORRECT

1. The value of tan 40  2 tan10 equals

(a) cot 50 (b) cot 40

(c) cot10 (d) None of these

2. The value of sin12 sin 48 sin 54 is equal to

1 1
(a) (b)
2 4
1 1
(c) (d)
16 8
3
3. If   2  , then 2  2  2cos 4 equals
2
(a) 2 cos  (b) 2sin 
(c) 2 cos  (d) 2sin 

4. If  and  are solutions of sin 2 x  a sin x  b  0 as well as that of cos 2 x  c cos x  d  0 ,

then sin     is equal to

2bd a2  c2
(a) (b)
b  d2
2
2ac

b2  d 2 2ac
(c) (d)
2bd a  c2
2

5. cos 2

 cos 2
2
 .....  cos 2
 n  1  equals
n n n

n  n  1 n 1
(a) (b)
2 2
n2 n
(c) (d)
2 2

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6. If x    ,  , then 4 cos 2     4sin 4 x  sin 2 2 x is always equal to
 2   4 2
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) –2 (d) None of these

7. The number of all possible triplets  a1 , a2 , a3  such that a1  a2 cos 2 x  a3 sin 2 x  0 holds for
all x , is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) infinite

8. Let f  n   2 cos nx, n  N , then f 1  f  n  1  f  n  equals

(a) f  n  3 (b) f  n  2 

(c) f  n  1  f  2  (d) f  n  2   f  2 

9.  4 cos 2
9  3 4 cos 2 27  3 

(a) tan 3 (b) tan18

(c) tan 27 (d) tan 9

 
10. The range of 5 cos   3cos      3 is
 3

(a)  34  3, 34  3 (b)   34  3, 34  3

(c)  4,10 (d)  3,9

 3 5 7 9
11. The value of cos  cos  cos  cos  cos is
11 11 11 11 11
1 1
(a) (b) 
2 2
(c) 1 (d) 0

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12. If sin x  cos y , 6 sin y  tan z and 2 sin z  3 cos x , then the value of the triplet
 sin 2
x, sin 2 y, sin 2 z  is

(a) 1, 0, 0  (b)  0,1, 0 

1 1 3 1 3 1
(c)  , ,  (d)  , , 
2 2 4 2 4 2

13. If sin 2   3cos   2  0 , then cos3   sec3  is equal to

(a) 18 (b) 9
1
(c) 4 (d)
4

 y
14. If cos  x  y  , cos x, cos  x  y  are in HP, then cos x sec   equals
2

(a) 2 (b)  2

(c)  2 (d) None of these

15. If sin  is a rational number, then which of the following must be a rational number?
(a) sin 2 (b) sin 5
(c) cos  (d) cos 3
 2 3 4 5 6
16. The value of cos cos cos cos cos cos is
13 13 13 13 13 13
1 1
(a) (b)
2 4
1 1
(c) (d)
8 64
sin x  sin z
17. If x, y , z are in A.P., then is equal to
cos z  cos x
(a) tan y (b) cot y
(c) sin y (d) cos y

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18. If sin x  cos x  , where x  0,  , then tan is equal to
2  4 2
3 7 7 2
(a) (b)
3 3
4 7
(c) (d) None of these
4
19. If a sin x  b cos  x     b cos  x     d , then the minimum value of cos  is equal to
1 1
(a) d 2  a2 (b) d 2  a2
2b 2a
1
(c) d 2  a2 (d) None of these
2d
sin x 1 cos x 3  
20. If  ,  , where x, y   0,  , then the value of tan  x  y  is equal to
sin y 2 cos y 2  2
(a) 13 (b) 14
(c) 17 (d) 15
2 cos y  1 x y
21. If cos x  , where x, y   0,   , then tan .cot is equal to
2  cos y 2 2
(a) 2 (b) 3
1 1
(c) (d)
2 3
22. If sin x  sin 2 x  1 , then the value of cos12 x  3cos10 x  3cos8 x  cos 6 x is equal to
(a) 1 (b) –1
(c) 2 (d) –2
cos  x  y  cos  z  t 
23. If   0 , then the value of tan x  tan y  tan z  tan t is equal to
cos  x  y  cos  z  t 
(a) 1 (b) –1
(c) 2 (d) –2
24. The minimum value of 27cos x  81sin x is equal to
2 1
(a) (b)
3 3 3 3
2
(c) (d) None of these
9 3

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25. The numerical value of tan 9  tan 27  tan 63  tan 81 is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 6 (d) None of these
26. In any triangle ABC , sin 2 A  sin 2 B  sin 2 C is always equal to
(a) 2 sin A sin B cos C (b) 2sin A cos B sin C
(c) 2 sin A cos B cos C (d) 2sin A sin B sin C
27. If x, y   0, 2  , then total number of ordered pairs  x, y  satisfying the equation
sin x cos y  1 is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 5 (d) 7
 28 in  2 , 2  is equal to
2 2
28. Sum of the roots of 3sin 2 x  2 cos x  31sin 2 x  2sin x

3 7
(a) (b)
4 4
(c)  (d) Zero
29. If sin A  sin B and cos A  cos B , then
(a) A  B  n , n  I (b) A  B  n , n  I
(c) A  2n  B, n  I (d) A  n  B, n  I
30. Total number of solutions of the equation sin 4 x  cos4 x  sin x cos x in  0, 2  is
(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 6 (d) None of these
31. The total number of values of n  n  I  for which the equation sin x  sin x  cos x   n is
consistent, is
(a) 2 (b) 1
(c) 3 (d) 0

32. The number of solutions of sin x   cos x , in  0,3  , is (where [.] denotes the greatest
integer function)
(a) 2 (b) 6
(c) 5 (d) None of these

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33. Total number of solutions of max .sin x, cos x  in  2 ,5  is
2
(a) 3 (b) 5
(c) 7 (d) 9

34. The set of all x in   ,   satisfying 4 sin x  1  5 is given by

  3    3 
(a)   ,  (b)  , 
 10 10   10 10 

 3  
(c)   ,  (d) None of these
 10 10 

35. In a triangle ABC , if A  B  120 and R  8r , where R and r have their usual meanings,
then cos C equals
3 2
(a) (b)
4 3
5 7
(c) (d)
6 8
36. In triangle ABC , line joining the circumcenter and orthocenter is parallel to side AC , then
the value of tan A tan C is equal to

(a) 3 (b) 3

(c) 3 3 (d) None of these

2
37. In triangle ABC , C  , then the value of cos 2 A  cos 2 B  cos A  cos B is equal to
3
3 3
(a) (b)
4 2
1 1
(c) (d)
2 4

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38. In the adjacent figure; AB  a, , CD  c . Radius of the circle is equal to

ac
(a) (b) ac
2
ac 2ac
(c) (d)
ac ac
39. In triangle ABC , r1  r2  r3 . Then
(a) a  b  c (b) a  c  b
(c) a  b  c (d) a  c  b
r r
40. In any triangle ABC , the value of 1 2 is always equal to
1  cos C
(a) 2r (b) 2R
2r 2 2R 2
(c) (d)
R r
41. If in triangle ABC ,  a  b  c  a  b  c    ab , then exhaustive range of '  ' is
(a)  2, 4  (b)  0, 4 
(c)  0, 2  (d) 1, 4 
42. Let P is any arbitrary interior point of the triangle ABC . H a , H b and H c are the lengths of
altitudes drawn from vertices A, B and C respectively. If xa , xb and xc represent the
distances of P from sides BC , CA and AB respectively to the opposite sides, then
xa x x
 b  c is always equal to
H a Hb Hc
(a) 3 (b) 2
(c) 1 (d) None of these

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43. If in triangle ABC , B  , C  . D is an interior point of side BC such that
3 4
sin  CAD 
BD : DC  1: 3 , then the value of is equal to
sin  BAD 
(a) 3 (b) 2 3
(c) 6 (d) 2
44. In any triangle ABC , cos A  cos B  cos C is always equal to
R R
(a) (b) 1 
r r
r r
(c) 1  (d)
R R

45. In triangle ABC , the medians AA1 and BB1 are mutually perpendicular, then cos C is equal
to
c2 2c 2
(a) (b)
ab ab
c2
(c) (d) None of these
2ab
 5
46. If in triangle ABC , A  , C  , then the value of a  c 2 is equal to
4 12
(a) b (b) 2b
b
(c) 3b (d) a  b 
3
1 1 1
47. In triangle ABC , 2b  a  c . If r1 , r2 , r3 be the exradii of the triangle, then , and are in
r1 r2 r3
(a) A.P. (b) G.P.
(c) H.P. (d) None of these
48. If in triangle ABC , a 2  b 2  c 2  ac  3ab  0, then triangle is necessarily
(a) Isosceles (b) Right angled
(c) Obtuse angled (d) Equilateral

49. If in triangle ABC , A  , then the value of r  2 R is equal to
2
1 1
(a) a  b  c (b) b  c  a 
2 2

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(c)  a  c  b (d) a  b  c
2 2

50. If in triangle ABC , b  2, c  3, A  , then value of R is equal to
6
1
(a) (b) 1
2
(c) 2 (d) 4

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 ANSWER KEY
1. B 16. D 31. A 46. D
2. D 17. B 32. D 47. A
3. D 18. B 33. C 48. B
4. D 19. A 34. A 49. D
5. C 20. A 35. D 50. D
6. B 21. B 36. B
7. D 22. A 37. D
8. B 23. B 38. C
9. D 24. C 39. C
10. C 25. B 40. B
11. A 26. B 41. B
12. A 27. B 42. C
13. A 28. C 43. C
14. C 29. C 44. C
15. B 30. A 45. B

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