Most Important PYQs Trigonometry

Questions JEE Main Crash Course

1. If tan 15° + 1
+
1
+ tan 195° = 2a , then the value of (a + 1
) is :
tan 75° tan 105° a

(1) 4 (2) 4 − 2√ 3

(3) (4)
3
2 5 − √3
2

2. If cot α = 1 and sec β = − , where π < α < 5

3
3π

2
and π

2
< β < π , then the value of tan(α + β) and the quadrant in which α + β lies, respectively are
(1) −
1

7
and IV quadrant
th
(2) 7 and I quadrant
st

(3) −7 and IV quadrant

th
(4) 1

7
and I quadrant
st

3. If
√2sinα
=
1
and √
1−cos2β
=
1
, α, β ∈(0,
π
) , then tan(α + 2β), is equal to
√1+cos2α 7 2 √10 2

o o o o

4. The value of tan 9 − tan 27 − tan 63 + tan 81 is _____.

5. The value of 36(4 cos
2
9
∘
− 1 )(4 cos
2
27
∘
− 1 )(4 cos
2
81
∘
− 1 )(4 cos
2
243
∘
− 1 ) is
(1) 54 (2) 18

(3) 27 (4) 36

6. The value of 2 sin( π

)sin(
2π
)sin(
3π
)sin(
5π
)sin(
6π
)sin(
7π
) is :
8 8 8 8 8 8

(1) 1
(2) 1

8
4√2

(3) 1
(4) 1

4
8√2

7. The number of integral values of k for which the equation 3 sin x + 4 cos x = k + 1 has a solution, k ∈ R is _______.
8. 16 sin(20°)sin(40°)sin(80°) is equal to
(1) √3 (2) 2√ 3

(3) 3 (4) 4√ 3

9. If sin 2
(10°)sin(20°)sin(40°)sin(50°)sin(70°)= α−
1

16
sin(10°) , then 16 + α −1
is equal to _____.
10. The value of sin10°sin30°sin50°sin70° is:
(1) 1

36
(2) 1

16

(3) 1

18
(4) 1

32

11. 96 cos
π

33
cos
2π

33
cos
4π

33
cos
8π

33
cos
16π

33
is equal to
(1) 3 (2) 1

(3) 4 (4) 2

12. Let S ={θ ∈(0,

π
): ∑
9

m=1
sec(θ +(m − 1)
π
)sec(θ +
mπ
)= −
8
} . Then
2 6 6 √3

(1) S ={
π
} (2) S ={
2π
}
12 3

(3) ∑
θ∈S
θ =
π

2
(4) ∑
θ∈S
θ =
3π

13. The value of cot π

24
is:
(1) √2 + √3 + 2 − √6 (2) √2 + √3 + 2 + √6

(3) √2 − √3 − 2 + √6 (4) 3√ 2 − √ 3 − √ 6

14. The number of elements in the set S ={θ ∈ [0, 2π] : 3 cos
4
θ − 5 cos
2
θ − 2 sin
6
θ + 2 = 0} is
(1) 10 (2) 8

(3) 12 (4) 9

15. Let S
2
2 2

={x ∈(−
π

2
,
π

2
): 9
1−tan x
+ 9
tan x
= 10} and β = ∑ x∈S
tan (
2 x

3
) , then 1

6
(β − 14) is equal to
(1) 16 (2) 8

(3) 64 (4) 32

16. The number of solutions of the equation cos(x + π

)cos(
π
− x)=
1
cos
2
2x , x ∈[−3π, 3π] is:
3 3 4

(1) 8 (2) 5

(3) 6 (4) 7

17. The number of elements in the setS ={x ∈ R : 2 cos(

x +x
)= 4
x
+ 4
−x
} is
6

(1) 1 (2) 3

(3) 0 (4) infinite

18. The sum of all values of x in [0, 2π], for which sin x + sin 2x + sin 3x + sin 4x = 0, is equal to :
(1) 8π (2) 11π

(3) 12π (4) 9π

19. The number of solutions of sin 7

x + cos
7
x = 1, x ∈ [0, 4π] is equal to
(1) 11 (2) 7

(3) 5 (4) 9

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Most Important PYQs Trigonometry
Questions JEE Main Crash Course

20. If 0 < x, y < π and cos x + cos y − cos(x + y)= 3

2
, then sin x + cos y is equal to:
(1) 1

2
(2) √3

(3) 1−√3
(4) 1+√3

2 2

21. The number of solutions of the equation 2θ − cos 2

θ + √2 = 0 in R is equal to ______.
22. The number of solutions of the equation x + 2 tan x = π

2
in the interval [0, 2π] is
(1) 3 (2) 4

(3) 2 (4) 5

23. Let S ={θ ∈ [0, 2π) : tan(πcosθ)+ tan(πsinθ)= 0} , then ∑ θ∈S

sin (θ +
2 π
) is equal to
4

24. All the pairs (x, √ 2

y) , that satisfy the inequality 2 sin x−2sinx+5

⋅
1

sin
2
y
≤ 1 also satisfy the equation:
4

(1) 2 sin x = sin y (2) sin x = 2 sin y

(3) |sin x|=|sin y| (4) 2|sin x|= 3 sin y

25. All possible values of θ ∈[0, 2π] for which sin 2θ + tan 2θ > 0 lie in :
(1) (0,
π
)∪(π,
3π
) (2) (0,
π
)∪(
π
,
3π
)∪(π,
7π
)
2 2 2 2 4 6

(3) (0,
π
)∪(
π
,
3π
)∪(π,
5π
)∪(
3π
,
7π
) (4) (0,
π
)∪(
π
,
3π
)∪(
3π
,
11π
)
4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 6

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