Logarithms 5

Properties of Logarithms

Basic Level

1. log ab − log | b | =
(a) log a (b) log | a | (c) − log a (d) None of these

2. The value of (log 02.5 4 ) is

(a) –2 (b) (−4 ) (c) 2 (d) None of these

3. The value of log 3 4 log 4 5 log 5 6 log 6 7 log 7 8 log 8 9 is [IIIT Allahabad 2000]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

4. log 7 log 7 7( 7 7 ) =
(a) 3 log 2 7 (b) 1 − 3 log 3 7 (c) 1 − 3 log 7 2 (d) None of these
log 9 36 4 / log 9
5. The value of 81(1 / log 5 3 ) + 27 +3 7
is equal to
(a) 49 (b) 625 (c) 216 (d) 890
 16   25   81 
6. 7 log   + 5 log   + 3 log   is equal to [EAMCET 1990]
 
15  24   80 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) log 2 (d) log 3
7. If log 4 5 = a and log 5 6 = b, then log 3 2 is equal to
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 2 ab + 1 (d)
2a + 1 2b + 1 2 ab − 1
8. If log k x . log 5 k = log x 5, k  1, k  0, then x is equal to
1
(a) k (b) (c) 5 (d) None of these
5
9. If log 5 a. log a x = 2, then x is equal to

(a) 125 (b) a2 (c) 25 (d) None of these

10. If a + 4 b = 12 ab, then log(a + 2b ) is
2 2

1 a b 1 1
(a) [log a + log b − log 2] (b) log + log + log 2 (c) [log a + log b + 4 log 2] (d) [log a − log b + 4 log 2]
2 2 2 2 2
11. If A = log 2 log 2 log 4 256 + 2 log 2
2, then A is equal to [WB JEE 1992]

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7

12. If log 10 x = y, then log 1000 x is equal to2

3y 2y
(a) y2 (b) 2y (c) (d)
2 3
13. If x = log a (bc ), y = log b (ca), z = log c (ab ), then which of the following is equal to 1
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(a) x+y+z (b) (1 + x )−1 + (1 + y )−1 + (1 + z )−1 (c) xyz (d) None of these

14. If a = log 24 12 , b = log 36 24 and c = log 48 36 , then 1+abc is equal to [SCRA 2000]

(a) 2 ab (b) 2 ac (c) 2bc (d) 0

15. If a x = b, b y = c, c z = a, then value of xyz is

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
16. If log x : log y : log z = (y − z ) : (z − x ) : (x − y ) then

(a) x y .y z . z x = 1 (b) x xyyzz = 1 (c) x

x y
yz z =1 (d) None of these

17. log 4 2 − log 8 2 + log 16 2 − .... to  is [MNR 1994; Roorkee 1994; MP PET 2000]

(a) e2 (b) ln 2 + 1 (c) ln 2 − 1 (d) 1 − ln 2

18. If log 10 2 = 0 .30103 , log 10 3 = 0 .47712 , the number of digits in 3 12  2 8 is

(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10

89
19.  log (tan r )
r =1
3
o

(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0

n

 log
1
20. =
n =1 2n
(a)

n(n + 1) n(n + 1) (n + 1)2 n 2

(a) log a 2 (b) log 2 a (c) log 2 a (d) None of these
2 2 4
21. Which of the following is not true [UPSEAT 2000]

x
(a) log(1 + x )  x for x  0 (b)  log(1 + x ) for x  0 (c) e x  1 + x for x  0 (d) e x  1 − x for x  0
1+ x

22. The solution of the equation log 7 log 5 ( x 2 + 5 + x ) = 0 [UPSEAT 2000 (S.E.)]

(a) x =2 (b) x =3 (c) x =4 (d) x = −2

Advance Level

23. log 4 18 is

(a) A rational number (b) An irrational number (c) A prime number (d) None of these
log (0 . 1 + 0 . 01 + 0 . 001 + ......)
24. The value of (0 . 05 ) 20
is

1 1
(a) 81 (b) (c) 20 (d)
81 20
25. If a, b, c are distinct positive numbers, each different from 1, such that
[log b a log c a − log a a] + [log a b log c b − log b b ] + [log a c log b c − log c c] = 0, then abc =

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) None of these

26. If log 12 27 = a, then log 6 16 = [EAMCET 1990]

3−a 3−a 3−a

(a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (d) None of these
3+a 3+a 3+a
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27. If n = 1983 ! , then the value of expression + + + ....... + is equal to
log 2 n log 3 n log 4 n log 1983 n
(a) –1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
log x log y log z
28. If = = , then which of the following is true
b −c c −a a−b
(a) xyz = 1 (b) x ay b z c = 1 (c) x b +c y c +az a+b = 1 (d) xyz = x a y b z c
x1
29. If x n  x n −1  ...  x 2  x 1  1 then the value of log x 1 log x 2 log x 3 ..... log x n x n x n − 1 is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) None of these
30. The number of solution of log 2 (x + 5 ) = 6 − x is
(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) None of these
31. The number of real values of the parameter k for which (log16 x ) − log16 x + log16 k = 0 with real coefficients will have exactly one solution is
2

(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) None of these

3 5
(log 3 x )2 + log 3 x −
32. If x 4 4 = 3 then x has
(a) One positive integral value (b) One irrational value
(c) Two positive rational values (d) None of these

Logarithmic Inequalities

Basic Level

33. If x = log 5 (1000 ) and y = log 7 (2058 ) then

(a) x y (b) xy (c) x =y (d) None of these
34. The number log 20 3 lies in

1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4
(a)  ,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d)  , 
4 3 3 2 2 4 4 5
1 1
35. If +  x , then x be
log 3  log 4 
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 3.5 (d) 

36. If log 1 / 2
sin x  0, x  [0, 4  ], then the number of values of x which are integral multiples of , is
4
(a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 3 (d) None of these

37. The set of real values of x satisfying log1 / 2 (x 2 − 6 x + 12 )  −2 is

(a) (− , 2  (b) [2, 4 ] (c) 4 ,+ ) (d) None of these

log 2 ( x −1)
38. The set of real values of x for which 2  x + 5 is
(a) (−, − 1)  (4 ,+) (b) (4 ,+) (c) (−1, 4 ) (d) None of these

Advance Level

39. Solution set of inequality log10 (x 2 − 2 x − 2)  0 is

(a) [−1, 1 − 3 ] (b) [1 + 3 ,3] (c) [−1, 1 − 3 )  (1 + 3 , 3] (d) None of these

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40. If  log 0 .1 x  2 then........
2

1 1 1
(a) The maximum value of x is (b) x lies between and
10 100 10

1 1 1
(c) x does not lie between and (d) The minimum value of x is
100 10 100

41. If log 0 .04 (x − 1)  log 0 .2 (x − 1) then x belongs to the interval

(a) (1, 2  (b) (− , 2  (c) 2,+  ) (d) None of these

x+2
42. The set of real values of x for which log 0 .2  1 is
x

 5 5 
(a)  − , −   (0,+) (b)  2 ,+   (c) (−, − 2)  (0,+ ) (d) None of these
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