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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Complex Numbers
Q. Let z1 and z2 be two complex numbers Q. Let z1 = 10 + 6i & z2 = 4 + 6i. If z is any
complex number such that the argument of,
z1  2 z 2 z  z1 
such that = 1 and | z2 |  1, is , then prove that
2  z1z 2 z  z2 4
find | z1 |. z  7  9i= 3 2 .

Q. If w is an imaginary cube root of unity Q. If i = 1 , then 4 + 5

then prove that :
334 365
(a) (1  w + w2) (1  w2 + w4) (1  w4 + w8)  1 i 3  1 1 3
..... to 2n factors = 22n .      3     is equal
 2 2   2 2 
(b) If w is a complex cube root of unity, find
the value of to
(1 + w) (1 + w2) (1 + w4) (1 + w8) ..... to n (A) 1 – i 3 (B) –1 + i 3
factors .
(C) i 3 (D) – i 3

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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Complex Numbers
Q. For complex numbers z & , prove that, |z|2 Q. Let  + i ; ,   R, be a root of the
 – ||2 z = z –  if and only if, equation x3 + qx + r = 0 ; q, r  R. Find a
z =  or z  = 1 real cubic equation, independent of  & ,
[JEE '99] whose one root is 2. [JEE '99]

Q. If z1 , z2 , z3 are complex numbers such that Q. If arg (z) < 0 , then arg ( z)  arg (z) =
(A)  (B) 
1 1 1  
z1 = z2 = z3 =   = (C)  (D)
z1 z 2 z 3 2 2
1, thenz1 + z2 + z3 is : [ JEE 2000 (Screening)]
(A) equal to 1 (B) less than 1
(C) greater than 3 (D) equal to 3

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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Complex Numbers
Q. The complex numbers z1, z2 and z3 satisfying Q. Let z1 and z2 be nth roots of unity which
z1  z 3 1  i 3 subtend a right angle at the origin. Then n must
 are the vertices of a be of the form
z2  z3 2
(A) 4k + 1 (B) 4k + 2
triangle which is
(C) 4k + 3 (D) 4k
(A) of area zero
[ JEE 2001 (Screening)]
(B) right-angled isosceles
(C) equilateral
(D) obtuse – angled isosceles

Q. For all complex numbers z1, z2 satisfying |z1| Q.  is an imaginary cube root of unity. If
= 12 and |z2 – 3 – 4i| = 5, the minimum value (1 + 2)m = (1 + 4)m , then least positive
of |z1 – z2| is integral value of m is
(A) 0 (B) 2 (A) 6 (B) 5
(C) 7 (D) 17 (C) 4 (D) 3
[JEE 2002 (Screening)] [JEE 2004 (Scr)]

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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Complex Numbers
Q. If a, b, c are integers not all equal and w is a Q. If one of the vertices of the square
cube root of unity (w  1), then the minimum circumscribing the circle |z – 1| = 2 is
value of |a + bw + cw2| is
(A) 0 (B) 1 2  3 i . Find the other vertices of square.
[JEE 2005 (Mains)]
3 1
(C) (D)
2 2
[JEE 2005 (Scr)]

Q. If | z | = 1 and z  ± 1, then all the values of Q. A particle P starts from the point z0 = 1 + 2i,
z where i =  1 . It moves first horizontally
lie on
1 z2 away from origin by 5 units and then vertically
(A) a line not passing through the origin away from origin by 3 units to reach a point
(B) | z | = 2 z1. From z1 the particle moves 2 units in
(C) the x-axis
the direction of the vector î  ˆj and then it
(D) the y-axis [JEE 2007]

moves through an angle in anticlockwise
2
direction on a circle with centre at origin, to
reach a point z2. The point z2 is given by
(A) 6 + 7i (B) – 7 + 6i
(C) 7 + 6i (D) – 6 + 7i

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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Complex Numbers
Q. Comprehension (3 questions together) a. The number of elements in the set
Let A, B, C be three sets of complex numbers A  B  C is
as defined below (A) 0 (B) 1
A = z : Im z  1 (C) 2 (D) 

B = z :| z  2  i | 3

C = z : Re((1  i) z )  2 

b. Let z be any point in A  B  C. Then, | z c. Let z be any point in A  B  C and let w

+ 1 – i |2 + | z – 5 – i |2 lies between be any point satisfying | w – 2 – i | < 3.
(A) 25 and 29 (B) 30 and 34 Then, | z | – | w | + 3 lies between
(C) 35 and 39 (D) 40 and 44 [JEE 2008, 3 + 4 + 4 + 4]
(A) –6 and 3 (B) –3 and 6
(C) –6 and 6 (D) –3 and 9

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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Complex Numbers
Q. Let z = x + iy be a complex number where x
and y are integers. Then the area of the
rectangle whose vertices are the roots of the
equation zz 3  zz 3  350 is
[JEE 2009]
(A) 48 (B) 32
(C) 40 (D) 80

Q. [Note : Here z takes the values in the complex plane and Im z and Rez denote, respectively, the imaginary part
and the real part of z] [JEE 2010]
Column I Column II
4
(A) The set of point z satisfying |z – i|z|| = |z + i |z|| (P) an ellipse with eccentricity
5
is contained in or equal to
(B) The set of points z satisfying |z + 4| + |z – 4| = 10 (Q) the set of points z satisfying Im z = 0
is contained in or equal to
(C) If |w| = 2, then the set of points z = w – 1/w is (R) the set of points z satisfying |Im z|  1
contained in or equal to
(D) If |w| = 1, then the set of points z = w + 1/w is (S) the set of points z satisfying |Im z|  2
contained in or equal to
(T) the set of points z satisfying |z|  3

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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Complex Numbers
Q. Let  1 be a cube root of unity and S be Q. If z is any complex number satisfying |z – 3 –
the set of all non-singular matrices of the form 2i|  2, then the minimum value of |2z – 6 +
5i| is [JEE 2011]
1 a b
 1 c  , where each of a, b and c is

 2  1 
either  or 2. Then the number of distinct
matrices in the set S is
(A) 2 (B) 6
(C) 4 (D) 8
[JEE 2011]

Q. Let z be a complex number such that the Q. If z is a complex number of unit modulus and
imaginary part of z is non-zero and a = z2 + z  1 z 
+ 1 is real. Then a cannot take the value argument , then arg   equals :
[JEE 2012]  1 z 
(A)  –  (B) – 
1
(A) –1 (B) 
3 (C) –  (D) 
2
1 3
(C) (D) [IIT JEE Main 2013]
2 4

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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Complex Numbers

1 Q. Let  be a complex cube root of unity with

Q. Let complex number  and lie on circles  1 and P = [pij] be a n × n matrix with pij
 = i+j. Then P2  0, when n =
(x – x0)2 + (y – y0)2 = r2 and (x – x0)2 + (y –
y0)2 = 4r2, respectively. If z0 = x0 + iy0 [IIT JEE Advance 2013]
satisfies the equation 2|z0|2 = r2 + 2, then || (A) 57 (B) 55
= [IIT JEE Advance 2013] (C) 58 (D) 56
1 1
(A) (B)
2 2
1 1
(C) (D)
7 3

3 i Comprehension for 2 question

Q. Let w = and P = {wn : n = 1, 2, 3,
2 Let S = S1  S2 S3, where
1 [IIT JEE Advance 2013]

.....}. Further H1 = z  C : Re z   and S1 = {z C : |z| < 4}, S 2 =
 2
  z  1  3i  
 1   z  C : Im    0 and S3 = {z
H2 = z  C : Re z   , where C is the  1  3i 
 2  
set of all complex numbers. If z1  P  H1, C : Re z > 0}
Z2 P H2 and O represents the
origin, then z1Oz2 =
[IIT JEE Advance 2013]
 
(A) (B)
2 6
2 5
(C) (D)
3 6

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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Complex Numbers

Q.(i) min |1 – 3i – z| = Q.(ii) Area of S =

z S
10 20
(A) (B)
2 3 2 3 3 3
(A) (B)
2 2 16 32
(C) (D)
3 3 3 3 3 3
(C) (D)
2 2

 2k   2k 
Q. Let zk = cos   + i sin  10  ; k = 1, 2, ..... 9. [IIT JEE Advance 2014]
 10   
List I List II
(P) For each zk there exists a zj such that (1) True
zk . zj = 1
(Q) There exists a k  {1, 2, .....9} such that (2) False
z1 . z = zk has no solution z in the set of
complex numbers
| 1  z1 ||1  z 2 | ...... |1  z 9 |
(R) equals (3) 1
10
9
 2k 
(S) 1 –  cos   equals (4) 2
k 1  10 
Codes :
P Q R S
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 2 1 4 3

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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Complex Numbers

 k  2  3i sin 
Q. For any integer k, let ak = cos   +i Q. A value of  for which is purely
 7  1  2isin 
imaginary, is : [JEE Mains 2016]
 k 
sin   , where i = 1 . The value of the  
 7  (A) (B)
3 6
12
 3  1 
| a k 1  ak | (C) sin–1   (D) sin–1  
expression 3
k 1
is  4   3
| a 4k 1  a 4k  2 |
k 1 [JEE Advance 2015]

Q. Let a, b  R and a2 + b2  0. Suppose S =

1  3i
 1  Q. Let z = , where i = 1 and r, s 
z  C : z  , t  R, t  0  , where i 2
 a  ibt 
 (z)r z 2s 
= 1 . {1, 2, 3}. Let P =  2s  and I be the
If z = x + iy and z  S, then (x, y) lies on  z zr 
1 identity matrix of order 2. Then the total
(A) The circle with radius and centre number of ordered pairs (r, s) for which P2 =
2a
– I is : [JEE Advance 2016]
 1  for a > 0, b  0
 , 0
 2a 
[JEE Advance 2016]
1
(B) The circle with radius – and centre
2a
 1 
  , 0  for a < 0, b  0
 2a 
(C) The x-axis for a  0, b = 0
(D) The y-axis for a = 0, b  0

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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Complex Numbers
Q. Let  be a complex number such that 2 + Q. Let a, b, x and y be real numbers such that a
1 = z where z = 3 . If – b = 1 and y  0. If the complex number z =
 az  b 
1 1 1 x + iy satisfies Im    y, which of
 z 1 
1 2  1 2  3k, then k is equal to the following is/are possible values of x ?
1 2 7 [JEE Adv. 2017]
[JEE Mains 2017] (A) 1  1  y 2 (B) 1  1  y 2
(A) –z (B) z
(C) –1 (D) 1 (C) 1  1  y 2 (D) 1  1  y 2

Q. For a non-zero complex number z, let arg(z) (C) For any two non-zero complex numbers
denotes the principal argument with –  <
z 
arg(z) . z1 and z2, arg  1  – arg(z1) + arg(z2) is an
Then, which of the following statement(s) is  z2 
(are) FALSE ? [JEE Adv. 2018] integer multiple of 2.
(D) For any three given distinct complex

(A) arg(–1 – i) = , where i = 1 numbers z1, z2 and z3, the locus of the point z
4
sat isfying the conditio n arg =
(B) The function f : R  (–, ], defined by
f(t) = arg(–1 + it) for all t  R, is continuous  (z  z1 )(z 2  z 3 ) 
  , lies on a straight line.
at all points of R, where i = 1  (z  z 3 )(z 2  z1 ) 

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Maths IIT-JEE ‘Best Approach’ (MC SIR) Complex Numbers
Q. Let s, t, r be the non-zero complex numbers
and L be the set of solutions z = x + iy (x, y 
R, i = 1 ) of the equation sz + tz + r = 0,
z = x – iy. Then, which of the following
statement(s) is (are) TRUE ?
[JEE Adv. 2018]
(A) If L has exactly one element, then |s|  |t|
(B) If |s| = |t|, then L has infinitely many
elements
(C) The number of elements in L  {z : |z – 1
+ i| = 5} is at most 2
(D) If L has more than one element, then L
has infinitely many elements

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