JR. MATHS-IA (A.

P) QUESTION BANK

FUNCTIONS
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. If f : Q → Q is defined by f ( x )= 5 x + 4∀x ∈ Q then show that f f is a bijection

 x + 2, x > 1

−1 ≤ x ≤ 1
2. If the function f is defined by f ( x ) = 2, then find the values of (a) f (3)
 x − 1, − 3 < x < −1

(b) f (0) (c) f (−1.5) (d) f (2) + f (−2) (e) f (−5)

3 x − 2, x > 3
 2
x − 2, − 2 ≤ x ≤ 2
3. If the function f is defined by f ( x) =  Then find the volues of f (4)
2 x + 1, x < −3

f (2.5) (Mar -14) f ( −2), f (−4), f (0), f ( −7) (Mar14)

3x + 3− x
(a). f R → R , f ( x ) = then show that f (x+y) + f(x-y) = 2 f(x)f(y)
2

4x
(b). f: R → R , f ( x ) = then show that f(1-x) = 1-f(x) then hence deduced
4x + 2

1 1 3

f  +2 f  + f 
4 2 4

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS :

4. Find the domain of the following real valued functions

1 1
i) f ( x) = ii) f ( x=
) x2 −1 +
6 x − x2 − 5 2
x − 3x + 2

1 1
iii) f ( x) = x −x iv) f ( x) = x+2+
log10 (1 − x )

3+ x + 3− x
v) f ( x) = vi) f =
( x) 4x − x2
x

x ) log ( x 2 − 4 x + 3 )
vii) f (= viii) f =
( x) x 2 − 25

1
f ( x ) log ( x − [ x ])
ix) = x) f ( x) = ( x 2 − 1) ( x + 3)

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1 1
xi) f ( x) = log(2 − x) xii) f ( x)
= (a > 0)
x − a2
2

5. f {(1, 2 )( 2, −3) , ( 3, −1)} then find

If =

i) 2 f ii) 2 + f iii) f 2 iv) f

6.
= If f {(4,5) ( 5, 6 ) (6, −4)} and=
g {( 4, −4 ) , (6, 5), (8,5)} then find

i) f + g ii) f − g iii) 2 f + 4 g iv) f + 4

v) fg vi) f / g vii) f viii) f ix) f 2 x) f 3

7. If f and g are real valued functions defined by f ( x=

) 2 x − 1 and g ( x) = x 2 then find

 f 
i) ( 3 f − 2 g )( x ) ii) ( fg )( x ) iii)  g  ( x) iv) ( f + g + 2 )( x )
 

8. If f : R → R, g : R → R are defined by f ( x) = x 2 + 1 then find

3 x − 1, g ( x) =

i) fof ( x 2 + 1) ii) fog (2) iii) gof (2a − 3)

9. Find the range of the following real valued functions

x2 − 4 tan π [ x ]
i) log 4 − x 2 ii) iii) f ( x ) =
1 + sin π [ x ] + [ x ]
2
x−2

 π π π π
10. If A = 0, 6 , 4 , 3 , 2  and f : A → B is a surjection defined by f ( x) = cos x then find B
 

11. If A ={−2, −1, 0,1, 2} and f : A → B is surjection defined by f ( x) = x 2 + x + 1 , then find B

x +1
12. f ( x)
If= ( x ≠ 1) then find i) ( fofof )( x) ii) ( fofofof )( x)
x −1
13. Find the domain and range of the following real valued functions

x
i) f ( x) = ii) f ( x=
) 9 − x2
1 + x2

2+ x
iii) f ( x) = x + 1 + x iv) f ( x) =
2− x

14. If f : R → R, g : R → R definede by f ( x) = x 2 + 1, then find

3 x − 2, g ( x) =

i) ( gof −1 ) (2) ii) ( gof )( x − 1) iii) ( fog )( 2 )

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15. Define the following fuctions and write an example for each
i) One -One (Injection ) ii) Onto (surjection) iii) Even andodd iv) Bijection
16. If f : N → N is defined f ( x=
) 2 x + 3, is ' f ' onto ? Explain with reason

1 − x2
17. (i) If f : R → R is defined by f ( x) = , then show that f (tan θ ) = cos 2θ
1 + x2

1+ x  2x 
(ii) If f : R − {±1} → R is defined by f ( x) = log then show that f  2 
= 2 f ( x)
1− x 1+ x 

1 1 1  x 
18. If f ( x ) = cos(log x), then show that f   f   −  f   + f ( xy )  =
0
 x  y  2  y 

1
19. ) x3 −
If f : R − {0} → R is defined by f ( x= then show that f ( x) + f (1/ x ) =
0
x3

x2 − x + 1
20. If A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and f : A → R is a function defined by f ( x ) = , then find the
x +1
range of ' f '

cos2 x + sin 4 x
If f ( x)
21. = ∀x ∈ R then show that f (2012) = 1
sin 2 x + cos 4 x
22. Which of the following are injections and or surjection or bijections
1) f(x) = (2x+1) / 3 on R 2) f : (0, ∞ ) → R, f(x)= log x
3) f : R → (0, ∞ ), f(x) = 2 x
MATRICES
LONG ANSWER QUESTION
01. Solve the following simultaneous linear equations by using Cramer’s rule Matrix inver-
sion method
i) 3 x + 4 y + 5=
z 18, 2 x − y + 8=
z 13,5 x − 2 y + 7=
z 20

ii) x + y + =
z 9, 2 x + 5 y + 7=
z 52, 2 x + y − =
z 0

iii) 2 x − y + 3 z= 9, x + y + z= 6, x − y + z= 2

iv) x − y + 3 z = 5, 4 x + 2 y − z = 0, − x + 3 y + z = 5

v) x + y + z = 1, 2 x + 2 y + 3z = 6, x + 4 y + 9 z = 3

vi) 2 x − y + 3 z = 8, − x + 2 y + z = 4,3 x + y − 4 z = 0

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1 − 2 1 
 
2. If A = 0 1 − 1  then find A3 − 3 A2 − A − 3I
3 − 1 1 
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

cos θ sin θ 
3. If A =  − sin θ cos θ  then show that for all positive integers ‘n’
 
cos nθ sin n θ 
A =  − sin nθ cos nθ 
n
 

3 − 4  1 + 2n − 4n 
4. If A = 1 − 1  then for any integer n ≥ 1 show that An =  n 1 − 2n 
Examine
  

π  cos 2 θ cosθ sin θ   cos 2 φ cos φ sin φ 

5. If θ − φ = , then show that cosθ sin θ   = 0 (May-09,12)
2  sin θ  cos φ sin φ
2
sin 2 φ 

1 2 2
6. If 3 A  2 1 −2 then show that A−1 = AT
=
 −2 2 −1

 1 −2 
 2 −1 2   
7. If A =   , B =  −3 0  then verify that ( AB ) = B A
| | |

 1 3 −4   5 4 

(Mar-2013)

2 1 2
 
8. If A = 1 0 1  find the adjoint and inverse of A (Mar-05,08)
 2 2 1 

1 2 1 
 
9. If A = 3 2 3  then find A−1 (TS-Mar-2017)
1 1 2 

1 0  0 1
 
 then show that ( aI + bE ) =a I + 3a bE
3
10. If I =   and E = 
3 2
(Mar-10,15,J-05)
 0 1   0 0 

 7 −2   −2 −1
11. If A =  −1 2  and B =  4 2  then find AB1 and BA1
 
 5 3   −1 0 

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 3 −3 4 
12. A  2 −3 4  , then show that A−1 = A3
If=
 0 −1 1 

1 4 7   −3 4 0
13.
= If A = ,B  4 then prove that ( A + B )T =AT + BT
2 5 8  −2 −1

2 −4 
14. If A =  find A + A| , A. A| (May-07)
 −5 3 

1 2 2
 
15. If A =  2 1 2  then show that A2 − 4 A − 5I =
O. (TS-Mar-2017) (Mar-2017)
 2 2 1 

16. For any nxn matrix. A prove that A can be uniquely expressed as a sum of a symmetric
matrix and a skew symmetric matrix
17. Show that the determinant of skew-symmetric matrix of order 3 is always zero
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1 2   3 8

18. If A =   B=  and 2X + A =
B then find X (March-95,11,13,15)
 3 4  7 2 

 1 2 3 3 2 1
19. If A =   and B =   find 3B-2A (Mar-12)
3 2 1  1 2 3

 x − 3 2 y − 8  5 2 
20. If  z + 2 = , find x, y, z and a
 6   −2 a − 4 


 1
 1 2 − 
2
 
21. Define trace of a matrix and find the trace of A,=
if A  0 −1 2  (June-10)
 1 
− 2 1 
 2 

22. Define symmetric matrix and skew-symmetric matrix (Mar-05, June-05, May-07)

 −1 2 3 
23. If A =  2 5 6  is a symmetric matrix, find x (Mar-05)
 3 x 7 

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0 2 1
 −2 0 −2 
24. If A =
  is a skew-symmetric matrix, find the value of x (May-11)
 −1 x 0 

1 0 0 
25. If A =  2 3 4  and det A=45, then find x (Mar-03,07, May-09)
 5 −6 x 

1 2
26. Find the inverse of the matrix 3 −5
 

27. Define symmetric matrix. Give one example of order 3 × 3

 12 22 32 
 
28. Find the determinant of  22 32 42  (Mar-10)
 32 42 52 


 −2 1 
   −2 3 1 
29. If A =  5 0  and B =   , then find 2 A + B and 3B − A
T T
(May-09)
 −1 4   4 0 2 
 

1 4 7  −3 4 0 
30. If A =   and B =   then show that ( A + B )T =AT + BT (May-09)
2 5 8  4 −2 −1 

 cos α sin α 
31. If A =   then show that AA
= 1 1
A= A I (Mar-07)
 − sin α cos α 

cos α − sin α 
32. Find the adjoint and the inverse of the matrix  sin α cos α 
(Mar-09,13)


2 4
33. If A =   and A2 = 0 find the value of k (Mar-05,14,17,May-11)
 −1 k 

i 0
34. If A =   , find A
2
(Mar 08)
 0 i 

i 0
35. −I (i2 =
If A = 0 −i  , then show that A2 = −1)
 

36. Define triangular matrix

37. Find the rank of each of the following matrices

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1 1 1  1 4 −1 1 2 1
   
i) 1 1 1 ii)  2 3 0  iii)  −1 0 2  (Mar 08, June 10) (Mar-12)
1 1 1  0 1 2   0 1 −1

 1 2 0 −1 1 2 3 
 1 0 −4 
iv)  3 4 1 2  v)  2 −1 3  vi)  2 3 4 (TS-Mar-15)
 
 −2 3 2 5   0 1 2 

 a + ib c + id  2
38.
= If A  a + b 2 + c 2 + d 2 1 then find the inverse of A
,=
 −c + id a − ib 

1
39. Construct a 3 × 2 matrix whose elements are defined by a=
ij i−3j
2
(TS-Mar-15, Mar-17)
40. For any square matrix A, show that AA1 is symmetric
41. Write the definitions of singular and non-singular matrices and give examples
42. A certain book shop has 10 dozen Chemistry books, 8 dozen Physics books, 10 dozen
Economics books. Their selling prices are Rs.80, Rs.60 and Rs.40 each respectively.
Using matrix algebra, find the total value of the books in the shop

 3 2 −1  −3 −1 0 
   2 1 3
43. If A =−
2 2 0  , B =
  and X= A + B then find X (TS-Mar-2017)
1 3 1   4 −1 2 

 −1 2 
44. If A =   then find AA
1
(TS-Mar-2017)
 0 1 

ADDITION OF VECTORS
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon with centre ‘O’. Show that
AB + AC + AD + AE + AF = 3 AD = 6 AO (May-09,11 Mar-15)
2. In ∆ABC , if ‘O’ is the circumcentre and H is the orthocentre, then show that
i) OA+OB+OC=OH ii) HA+HB+HC=2HO
3. If the points whose position vectors are 3i − 2 j − k , 2i + 3 j − 4k , −i + j + 2k and 4i + 5 j + λ k are
−146
coplanar, then show that λ =
17
4. a,b,c are non-coplanar vectors. Prove that the following four points are coplanar
i) −a + 4b − 3c,3a + 2b − 5c, −3a + 8b − 5c, −3a + 2b + c (May 10)
ii) 6a + 2b − c, 2a − b + 3c, −a + 2b − 4c, −12a − b − 3c (TS-Mar-15,Mar-2017)
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5. If i , j , k are unit vectors along the positive directions of the coordinate axes, then show
that the four points 4 i + 5 j + k , − j − k ,3i + 9 j + 4k and −4 i + 4 j + 4k are coplanar
(Mar-2014)
6. In the two dimensional plane, prove by using vector method, the equation of the line whose
x y
intercepts on the axes are ‘a’ and ‘b’ is + =1 (Mar-2005)
a b
7. Show that the line joining the pair of points 6a-4b+4c, -4c and the line joining the pair of
points −a − 2b − 3c, a + 2b − 5c intersect at the point -4c when a,b,c are non-coplanar vectors
8. If a , b , c are non coplanar find the point of intersection of the line passing through the
points 2a + 3b − c ,3a + 4b − 2c with the line joining the points a − 2b + 3c , a − 6b + 6c
(TS-Mar-2017)
9. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through points 4i − 3 j − k ,3i + 7 j − 10k and
2i + 5 j − 7 k and show that the point i + 2 j − 3k lies in the plane (March-2013)
10. Find the vector equation of the line parallel to the vector 2i − j + 2k and passing through
the point A whose position vector is 3i + j − k . If P is a point on this line such that AP=15
then find the position vector of P
11. Let a, b be non-collinear vectors. If α = ( x + 4 y ) a + ( 2 x + y + 1) b and
β = ( y − 2 x + 2 ) a + ( 2 x − 3 y − 1) b are such that 3α = 2 β then find x and y

12. If a + b += d β a and a, b, c are non-coplanar vectors, then show that

c α d , b + c +=
a+b+c+d =0

13. If a, b, c are non-coplanar vectors, then test for the collinerarity of the following points
whose position vectors are given by
i) a − 2b + 3c, 2a + 3b − 4c, − 7b + 10c
ii) 3a − 4b + 3c, − 4a + 5b − 6c, 4a − 7b + 6c
iii) 2a + 5b − 4c, a + 4b − 3c,4a + 7b − 6c
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
14. i) Find the unit vector in the direction of vector a = 2i + 3 j + k (March-2014)
ii) Let a =2i + 4 j − 5k , b =i + j + k and c= j + 2k. Find the unit vector in the
opposite direction of a+b+c
iii) Let a =i + 2 j + j find the unit vector inthe direction of a + b (Mar-09,10,12,15)
15. Show that the points whose position vectors are −2a + 3b + 5c, a + 2b + 3c, 7a − c are colliner
when a,b,c are non-coplanar vectors
16. If the position vectors of the points A, B and C are −2i + j − k , −4i + 2 j + 2k and 6i − 3 j − 13k

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respectively and AB = λ AC , then find the value of λ (Mar-11)

1)
     
17. If the vectors −3i + 4 j + λ k and µ i + 8 j + 6k are collinear vectors, then find λ and µ.
(Mar-2014, May-2010)
18. If a = 2i + 5 j + k and b =4i + m j + nk are collinear vectors then find the values of m and n
(TS Mar-2017 (Jun-11,TS-Mar-15)
19. If OA =i + j + k , AB =3i − 2 j + k , BC =+
i 2 j − 2k and CD = 2i + j + 3k , then find the vector OD
(Mar-2013, TS-Mar-15)
20. OABC is a parallelogram. If OA=a and OC = c, then find the vector equation of the side
BC (Mar-2009)
21. Find the equation of the plane which passes through the points 2i + 4 j + 2k , 2i + 3 j + 5k and
parallel to the vector 3i − 2 j + k
22. Find the vector equation of the line joining the points 2i + j + 3k and −4i + 3 j − k. (Mar-11)
1)
23. Find the vector equation of the line passing through the point 2i + 3 j + k and parallel to the
vector 4i − 2 j + 3k (TS Mar-2017)
24. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the points i − 2 j + 5k , −5 j − k and
−3i + 5 j (Mar-2017)
25. If a, b, c are the position vectors of the vertices A, B and C respectively of ∆ABC then find
the vector equations of the median through the vertex A
26. Is the triangle formed by the vectors 3i + 5 j + 2k , 2i − 3 j − 5k and −5i − 2 j + 3k equilateral?
27. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the points (0,0,0), (0,5,0) and (2,0,1)
28. ABCDE is a pentagon. If the sum of the vectors AB, AE , BC , DC , ED and AC is λ AC then
find the value of λ
29. If α , β and γ are the angles made by the vector 3i − 6 j + 2k with the positive directions of
the coordinate axes then find cos α ,cos β and cos γ (Mar-2017)
PRODUCT OF VECTORS
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
1. Find the equation of the plane passing to the points A=(2,3,-1), B=(4,5,2) and C=(3,6,5)
(Mar-10,11)
2. A line makes angles θ1 ,θ 2 ,θ 3 and θ 4 with the diagonals of a cube. Show that
4
cos 2 θ1 + cos 2 θ 2 + cos 2 θ 3 + cos 2 θ 4 =
3
3. Show that in any triangle the altitudes are concurrent (Mar-2013)
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

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1
4. Prove that the smaller angle θ between any two diagonals of a cube is given by cosθ =
3
(Mar-10, May-10, June-11)
5. Find the unit vector perpendicular to the plane passing through the points (1,2,3),
(2,-1,1) and (1,2,-4) (May-10,Mar-17)
6. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are A(1,2,3), B(2,3,1) and C(3,1,2)
(Mar-08,2014)
7. Find a unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by the points P (1, −1, 2 ) ,
Q ( 2,0, −1) ) and R ( 0,2,1)

8. If a = 2i + 3 j + 4k , b =i + j − k and c =i − j + k , then compute a × ( b × c ) and verify that it is

perpendicular to a

9. a =3i − j + 2k, b =−i + 3 j + 2k, c =4i + 5 j − 2k and d =+

i 3 j + 5k , then computethe following

i) ( a × b ) × ( c × d ) and ii) ( a × b ) .c − ( a × d ) .b

10. i j + k then find ( a × b ) . ( b × c ) (Mar-15) (TS-Mar-2017)

If a =2i + j − k ,b =−i + 2 j − 4k , c =+
11. Show that angle in a semi circle is a right angle (May-2008)
12. If a + b + c= 0, a= 3, b= 5 and c = 7, then find the angle between a and b
13. i 4 j + 5k and c = 3i + j − k . Find the vector which is perpendicular to
Let a =4i + 5 j − k , b =−
both a and b whose magnitude is twenty one times the magnitude of c
14. Show that the points (5,-1,1), (7,-4,7), (1,-6,10) and (-1,-3,4) are the vertices of a rhom-
bus by vectors (Mar-2013)

15. Let a and b be vectors, satisfying a= b= 5 and ( a , b =) 45°. Find the area of the triangle
having a − 2b and 3a + 2b as two of its sides (Mar-2008)

16. Find the vector having magnitude 6 units and perpendicular to both 2i − k and 3 j − i − k

17. If a =2i + j −3k ,b =−

i 2 j + k ,c =−i + j − 4k and d = i + j + k then compute ( a × b ) × ( c × d )

18. ( 2
)( 2
)
For any two vectors a and b . Then show that 1+ a 1+ b = 1− a.b + a + b + a ×b
2 2

19. Show that the points 2 i − j + k , i − 3 j − 5k and 3i − 4 j − 4k are the vertices of a right angled
triangle. Also find the other angles
20. Show that in any triangle, the perpendicular bisectors of the sides are concurrent

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21. If a,b,c are unit vectors such that a is perpendicular to the plane of b,c and the angle be-
π
tween b and c is , then find a + b + c
3
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
22. If a=i+2j-3k and b=3i-j+2k, then show that a+b and a-b are perpendicular to each other
(May-11, Mar-15)
23. If the vectors λi − 3 j + 5k and 2λi − λ j − k are perpendicular to each other, find λ

2p
24. If 4 i + j + pk is parallel to the vector i + 2 j + 3k , find p (Mar-11)
1)
3

25. Find the angle between the vectors i + 2 j + 3k and 3i − j + 2k (Mar-10,14,TS Mar-17)
26. Find the cartesian equation of the plane through the point A(2,-1,-4) and parallel to the
plane 4 x − 12 y − 3z − 7 =0

27. Find the angle between the planes r ( 2i − j + 2k ) =3 and r ( 3i + 6 j + k ) =

4

28. Find the area of the parallelogram having 2 i − 3 j and 3i − k as adjacent sides
(May 12, TS-Mar-15)
29. Let a =i + j + k and b = 2i + 3 j + k find
i) The projection vector of b and a and its magnitude
ii) The vector components of b in the direction of a and perpendicular to a
30. a = i − j − k and b = 2 i − 3 j + k then find the projection vector of b on a (Mar2017)
31. If a =2i + 2 j − 3k , b = 3i − j + 2k , then find the angle between 2a+b and a+2b

32. If =
a 2,= b 3 and c = 4 and each of a,b,c is perpendicular to the sum of the other two
vectors, then find the magnitude of a+b+c
33. Find the unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by the vectors
a = 4i + 3 j − k , b = 2i − 6 j − 3k (May-09)

34. If a = 2i − j + k and b =−
i 3 j − 5k , then find a × b (Mar-2013)

35. If a =2i − 3 j + 5k , b =−i + 4 j + 2k then find a × b and unit vector perpendicular to both a and b
36. Let a = 2i − j + k and b =3i + 4 j − k . If θ is the angle between a and b, then find sin θ

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2 2 2 2
59. For any vecotr a, show that a × i + a × j + a × k =
2a

π
37. If= q 3 and ( p , q ) = , then find p × q
2
p 2,=
6

38. Find the area of the parallelogram having =

a 2 j − k and b =− i + k as adjacent sides

39. Find the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are 3i + j − 2k and i − 3 j + 4k

1 1
40. If sin λθ where e1 and e2 are unit vectors including an angle θ , show that λ =
e1 − e2 =
2 2

41. If a = 2i − 3 j + k and b =9i + 4 j − 2k then find ( a + b ) × ( a − b )

42. Find the equation of the plane passing through the points (3,-2,1) and perpendicular to the
vector (4,7,-4)z
TRIGNOMETRY UPTO TRANSFORMATIONS
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS
A Β C π −A π −B π −C
1. In triangle ABC, prove that cos +cos +cos =
4cos cos cos
2 2 2 4 4 4

A B C A B C
2. If A,B,C are angles of a triangle, then prove that sin2 + sin2 −sin2 =
1− 2cos cos sin
2 2 2 2 2 2
(May-06,11)
A B C A B C
3. If A + B + C =
π , then prove that cos + cos − cos =
2 2 2
2cos cos sin (May-2010)
2 2 2 2 2 2

A B C
4. If A, B, C are angles in a triangle, then prove that cos A+ cos B − cosC =−1+ 4cos cos sin
2 2 2
(May-2006)
A B C
5. If A,B,C are angles in a triangle, then prove that sin + sin + sin =
2 2 2
π −4 π −B π −C
1 + 4sin .sin .sin (Mar-11,14)
4 4 4

2 A 2 B 2 C  A B C
6. If A + B + C = 180° then prove that cos 2 + cos 2 + cos 2 =
21+ sin sin sin 
2 2 2

(Mar-12,15,TS-Mar-15)
A B C
7. If A,B,C are angles in a triangle, then prove that cos A + cos B + cos C =
1 + 4sin sin sin
2 2 2
(May-2009)

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A B C π + A π +B π −C
8. In triangle ABC, prove that cos +cos −cos =
4cos cos cos (Mar-2005)
2 2 2 4 4 4

S − A S −B c
9. If A+B+C+S then prove that sin( S − A) +sin( S −B) +sinc =
4cos cos sin (TS-Mar-20017)
2 2 2

S−A S−B C
10. If A+B+C=2S, then prove that cos ( S − A) + cos ( S − B ) + cos C =
−1 + 4cos cos cos
2 2 2

(TS-Mar-2017)

A B C
11. If A+B+C=2S, then prove that cos( S − A) + cos ( S − B) + cos( S − C) + cos S =4cos cos cos
2 2 2

π
12. Suppose (α − β ) is not an odd multiple of , m is a non zero real number such that
2
sin (α + β ) 1 − m   π   π
m ≠ −1 and cos α − β = 1 + m . Then prove that tan  −=
α  m.tan  + β 
( ) 4  4 

3π
13. If A + B + C = , prove that cos2 A + cos2B + cos2C =
1 − 4sin Asin B sin C
2

14. If none of A, B, A+B is an integral multiple of π , then prove that

1 − cos A + cos B − cos ( A + B ) A B

= tan cot
1 + cos A − cos B − cos ( A + B ) 2 2

A B C π−A π − B π −C
15. In triangle ABC, prove that sin + sin − sin −1 + 4cos
= cos sin
2 2 2 4 4 4

16. If A,B,C are angles in a triangle, then prove that sin2A − sin2B + sin2C =
4cos Asin BcosC

17. −4 cos A cos B cos C − 1 (Mar-2017)

If A+B+C=180° then show that cos 2 A + cos 2 B + cos 2C =
18. If A + B + C = 90° then show that
i) sin2 A + sin2 B + sin2 C =
1− 2sin Asin Bsin C ii) sin 2 A + sin 2B + sin 2C =
4cos Acos B cos C

19. If A + B + C =0°, then prove that cos2 A + cos 2 B + cos 2 C =

1 + 2 cos A cos B cos C

A B C
20. If A,B,C are angles in a triangle, then prove that sin A + sin B + sin C =
4cos cos cos
2 2 2

21. If A + B + C = 270°, then prove that cos2 A + cos2 B − cos2 C =

−2cos Acos B sin C

22. If A + B + C + D = 360°, prove that

4cos ( A + B ) cos ( A + C ) cos ( A + D )

cos 2 A + cos 2 B + cos 2C + cos 2 D =

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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

23. If A + B = 45°, the prove that
i) (1 + tan A)(1 + tan B ) =
2 (May-11)

ii) ( cot A − 1)( cot B − 1) =

2 (Mar-07,May-09)

3π
iii) If A − B = , then show that (1 − T an A)(1 + TanB ) =
2
4

Tanθ + secθ − 1 1 + sin θ

24. Prove that = (Mar-2014)
Tanθ − secθ + 1 cos θ

 π  3π   7π  9π  1
25. Prove that 1 + cos 10 1 + cos 10  1 + cos 10 1 + cos 10  =
16
(Mar-15)
     

sin16 A
26. If A is not an integral multiple of π , prove that cos A.cos 2 A.cos4 A.cos8 A = and hence
16sin A
2π 4π 8π 16π 1
deduce that cos ,cos , cos ,cos = (Mar-09,12)
15 15 15 15 16

27. Let ABC be a triangle such that cot A + cot B + cot C =

3, then prove that ABC is an equilat-
eral triangle
28. Prove that tan 70° − tan
= 20° 2 tan 50°
29. For A ∈ R, prove that

1
i) sin A.sin ( 60 + A) sin ( 60 − A) =sin 3 A
4

1
ii) cos A.cos ( 60 + A) cos ( 60 − A) =cos3A and hence deduce that
4

3 π 2π 3π 4π 1
iii) sin 20° sin 40° sin 60° sin 80° = iv) cos cos cos cos =
16 9 9 9 9 16

π
30. If 3A is not an odd multiple of , prove that tan A.tan ( 60 + A) .tan ( 60 − A) =
tan 3A and hence
2
find the value of tan 6° tan 42° tan 66° tan 78°
π 3π 5π 7π 3
31. i) Prove that sin 4 + sin 4 + sin 4 + sin 4 =
8 8 8 8 2

π 3π 5π 7π 3
ii) Prove that cos4 + cos 4 + cos 4 + cos 4 = (May-2016)
8 8 8 8 2

π   2π   3π   9π 
iii) Show that cos2   + cos2   + cos2   + cos2   = 2
10  5 5  10 

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32. Prove the following

2π 4π 8π 1 π 2π 3π 4π 5π 1
i) cos .cos .cos = ii) cos .cos .cos .cos .cos =
7 7 7 8 11 11 11 11 11 32

π 2π 3π 4π 5
33. Prove that sin sin sin sin = (Mar-2013)
5 5 5 5 16
34. If none of the denominators is zero then prove that

 n  A− B 
 cos A + cos B 
n
 sin A + sin B 
n 2cot  
  +  =   2  ; n is even
 sin A − sin B   cos A − cos B   0; n is odd


α
35. If sec (θ + α ) + sec (θ − α ) =
2secθ and cos α ≠ 1, then show that cosθ = ± 2 cos
2

4 2 x− y x+ y
36. If cos x + cos y =and cos x − cos y =find the value of 14 tan + 5cot
5 7 2 2

3
37. Prove that cos2 76°+ cos2 16°− cos76°cos16°=
4

38. Prove that 3 cos ec20° − sec 20° = 4 (Mar-2017)

π
39. If A is not integral multiple of , prove that
2
i) tan A + cot A =
2cos ec 2 A ii) cot A − tan A =
2cot 2 A

π
40. If none of 2A and 3A is an odd multiple of , then prove that tan 3 A tan 2 A tan A =
2
tan 3 A − tan 2 A − tan A

π 24 4
41. If 0 < A < B < ,sin ( A + B ) = , cos ( A − B ) =, find the value of tan2A (TS-Mar-15)
4 25 5
42. Prove that

5 −1
i) sin18° = (May-10)
4

5 +1
ii) cos 36° =
4

1
Prove that sin2 (α − 45) + sin2 (α +15) − sin2 (α −15) =
0 0 0
43.
2

α sin ( n + 1)α − sin ( n − 1)α α

44. If cos nα ≠ 0 and cos ≠ 0, then show that cos ( n + 1)α + 2cos nα + cos ( n − 1)α = tan 2
2

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π
45. If A is not an integral multiple of then prove that
2
i) tanA+cotA=2cosec2A and ii) cotA-tanA=2cot2A
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

46. If cos θ + sin θ =2 cosθ , prove that cos θ − sin θ =2 sin θ (Mar-09,Jun-11)
47. 5, then find the value of 4sin θ − 3cos θ
If 3sin θ + 4cosθ = (Mar-12)

π 3π 5π 7π 9π
48. Prove that cot .cot .cot .cot .cot =1
20 20 20 20 20
(Mar-2005)
49. Find the period of the following functions

4x + 9
 
i) f ( x ) = tan 5 x ii) f ( x) = cos 5  iii) f ( x ) = sin x
 

πx πx
iv) f ( x ) = cos4 x f ( x ) 2sin
v)= + 3cos
4 3

x ) tan ( x + 4 x + 9 x + ... + n 2 x ) (n is any positive integer)

vi) f ( = (Mar-15,TS-Mar-15)

vii) f (=
x ) cos ( 3 x + 5 ) + 7

1
50. Prove that cos12° + cos84° + cos132° + cos156° = −
2

1
51. Prove that cos100° cos 40° + sin100° sin 40° =
2
52. Find the value of cos 42° + cos 78° + cos162° (May-11)
53. Find the value of sin 34° + cos 64° − cos 4° (May2014)
54. Find the maximum and minimum values of the following functions over R
i) f ( x ) =7 cos x − 24sin x + 5

f ( x ) sin 2 x − cos 2 x
ii) =

 π    π
iii) cos  x + 3  + 2 2 sin  x + 3  − 3 (Mar-09)
   

iv) f ( x ) =13cos x + 3 3 sin x − 4 (TS-Mar-17) (Mar-17)

f ( x ) 3sin x − 4cos x
v) = (Mar-14)
55. Find the value of

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1 1
i) sin 2 82 ° − sin 2 22 ° (TS-Mar-17)
2 2
0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1
ii) cos 2 112 − sin 2 52 iii) sin 2 52 − sin 2 22
2 2 2 2

1 3
56. Prove that − 4
=
sin10° cos10°

2
57. If secθ + tan θ =, find the value of sin θ and determine the quadrant in which θ lies
3

 1 
Show that cos α +2cos α1− sec2 α  =
1−sin α
4 2 4
58.
 

59. Prove that ( tan θ + cot θ )2 =

sec 2 θ + cos ec 2θ =
sec 2 θ .cos ec 2θ

2sin θ 1 − cosθ + sin θ

60. If = x, find the value of
1 + cos θ + sin θ 1 + sin θ

tan 610° + tan 700° 1 − p 2

61. i) If tan 20° = p, then prove that tan 560° − tan 470° = 1 + p 2

Tan160° − Tan110° 1 − λ 2
ii) If Tan20° =λ , then show that =
1 + Tan160°Tan110° 2λ

  π
62. i) Draw the graph of y = tan x in between 0, 4 
 

ii) Draw the graph of y = cos 2 x in [0, π ]

iii) Draw the graph of y = sin 2 x in ( 0,π )

iv) Draw the graph of y = sin x between −π and π taking four values on X-axis (May-14)

π
63. If θ is not an integral multiple of , prove that tanθ + 2tan2θ + 4tan4θ + 8cot8θ =
cot θ
2

64. Prove that 4 ( cos 66° + sin 84°=) 3 + 15

3 +1
65. Prove that cos20°cos40°− sin5°sin25° =
4

π
66. If A,B,C are angles of a triangle and if non of them is equal to , then prove that
2
tan A + tan B + tan C =
tan A tan B tan C

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1
67. If sin θ = − and θ does not lie in the third quadrant. Find the value of cos θ (Mar-13)
3
68. Find the cosine function whose period is 7 (Mar-13)
2
69. Find a sine function whose period is
3
cos9° + sin 9°
70. Prove that = cot 36° (Mar-11,15)
cos9° − sin 9°
3 π
71. If sin α = , where < α < π , evaluate cos 3α and tan 2α (TS-Mar-15)
-15)
5 2

5 π
72. If cosθ = − and < θ < π then find sin 2θ
13 2

2 tan x
73. For what values of x in the first quadrant is positive?
1 − tan 2 x

π θ
74. If 0 < θ < , show that 2 + 2 + 2 + 2cos 4θ =
2cos
8 2

sin 2α 1
75. Prove that tan α = and hence deduce the values of tan15° and tan 22 °
1 + cos 2α 2
76. If cosθ= t ( 0 < t < 1) and θ does not lies in the first quadrant find the values of sin θ and tan θ
(Mar-2017)
4
77. If sin θ = and θ is not in the first quadrant the find the value of cos θ (TS Mar-2017)
5

3+ 5
78. Prove that cos 48°.cos12° = (TS-Mar-2017)
8
79. Eleminate θ ,=
from x a=
cos3 θ , y b sin 3 θ (TS-Mar-2016)
80. Find the value of sin 330° cos120° + cos 210° sin 300°
81. Find the extreme value of cos 2 x + cos 2 x
82. Prove that sin 50° − sin 70° + sin10° = 0

HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS:
5
1. If cosh x = , find the values of (i) cosh (2x) and (ii) sinh (2x)
2

3
2. Sinh x = find cosh (2x) and sinh (2x)
4

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3. cosh x = sec θ then prove that tanh 2 x / 2 = tan 2 θ / 2

4. i) For x, y ∈ R i) sinh (x + y)= sinh x cosh y + cosh x sinhy
ii) Cosh (x + y) = cosh xcosh y + sinh x sinh y
5. Prove that

i) ( cosh x − sinh x ) = cosh ( nx ) − sinh ( nx ) , for any n ∈ R

n

ii) ( cosh x + sinh x ) = cosh ( nx ) + sinh ( nx ) , for any n ∈ R

n

6. cosh ( 2 x )
For any x ∈ R, Prove that cosh 4 x − sinh 4 x =

 −π π  π 
7. If θ ∈  ,= and x log cot  4 + θ   , prove that
 4 4   

sinh x = − tan 2θ and cosh x = sec 2θ

  π θ 
8. If u = log e  tan  4 + 2   and if cos θ > 0, then prove that coshu = sec θ
  

tanh x − tanh y
9. Prove that tanh tanh ( x − y ) =
1 − tanh x , tanh y

cosh x sinh x
10. Prove that + sinh x + cosh x, for x ≠ 0
=
1 − tanh x 1 − coth x

1 1+ x 
Theorem : for x ∈ ( −1,1) , tanh ( x ) = log e 
−1
11. 
2  1− x 

−1 1 1
12. Show that tanh   = log e 3
2 2

13. If sinh x = 5, show that

= x log e 5 + 26( )
14. If sinh x = 3 then show that
= x log 3 + 10 ( )
15. For any x ∈ R then show that =
cosh 2 x 2cosh 2 x − 1

PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLES
LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:

65 21
1. If=a 13,
= b 14,
= R
c 15, show that= =, r 4,=
r1 , r2 12 and=
= r3 14
8 2

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2. i) If=
r1 2,= r3 6 and r = 1, Prove that=
r2 3,= a 3,=
b 4 and=
c 5

ii) In ∆ABC , if=

r1 8,= r3 24, find a,b, c
r2 12,=

r1 r2 r3 1 1
3. Show that + + = −
bc ca ab r 2 R

4. i) Show that r + r1 + r2 − r3 =4 R cos C

ii) Show that r + r3 + r1 − r2 =4 R cos B

5. In ∆A, B, C prove that r1 + r2 + r3 − r =4R

6. In P1 , P2 , P3 are the altitudes drawn from vertices A,B,C to the opposite sides of a triangle
respectively , then show that

1 1 1 1 (=
abc )
2
8∆ 3
i) P + P + P =r ii) =
P1 P2 P3
1 2 3 8 R3 abc

ab − r r bc − r2 r3 ca − r3 r1
Show that = =
1 2
7. r r1 r2
3

2 A B C r
8. Show that cos + cos 2 + cos 2 =2+
2 2 2 2R

9. If r : R : r1 = 2 : 5 :12, then prove that the triangle is right angled at A.

10 Prove that a 3 cos ( B − C ) + b3 cos ( C − A) + c3 cos ( A − B ) =

3abc

2 A B C ∆
11. Show that a cos + b cos 2 + c cos 2 =s+
2 2 2 R

rr 4R − r1 − r2
12. a (r2 + r3 )
Show that i) =
1
∆ =r1r2
r2 r3 ii) r1 + r2

a b c
13 In ∆ABC show that = = = 2 R where R is the circumradius
sin A sin B sin C
14. If cos A + cos B + cos C =
3 / 2, then show that the triangle is equilateral

A B C
cot + cot + cot
2 = (a + b + c)
2
15. Prove that 2 2
cot A + cot B + cot C a 2 + b 2 + c 2

1 2 r (r + r
3 )
16. Prove that r r + r r + r r = a
1 2 2 3 3 1

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17. If a 2 + b 2 + c 2 =
8 R 2 , then prove that the triangle is right angled

18. In ∆ABC , show that

i) b 2 = c 2 + a 2 − 2ca cosB ii) c 2 = a 2 + b2 − 2ab cos C iii) a 2 = b 2 + c 2 − 2bc cos A
PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLES
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

2 bc A
19. If i) a= ( b − c ) secθ , prove that tan θ = sin (Mar-10,11)
b−c 2

2 bc A
ii) a= ( b + c ) cosθ , prove that sin θ = cos (May-11)
b+c 2

a 2 bc A
iii) sin θ = , prove that cos θ = cos (Mar-11,12, May-11)
b+c b+c 2

a2 + b2 + c2
20. cot A + cot B + cot C = (Mar-10,May-12,TS-Mar-15)
4∆

cos A cos B cos C a 2 + b 2 + c 2

21. Show that + + = (May-10)
a b c 2abc

1 1 1 1 a 2 + b2 + c 2
22. Show that r 2 + r 2 + r 2 + r 2 = ∆ 2 (TS-Mar2017)
1 2 3

r
23. Show that cos A + cos B + cos C =
1+
R

b 2 − c 2 sin ( B − C )
24. In a ∆ABC show that a 2 = sin ( B + C )
(Mar-15)

A B C s2
25. Prove that cot + cot + cot =
2 2 2 ∆

1 1 3
26. In ∆ABC , if + = , show that C= 60° (TS-Mar-2017)
a+c b+c a+b+c
27. If C= 60°, then show that

a b b a
i) + 1
= ii) 2 2
+ 2 0
=
b+c c+a c −a c − b2
28. Show that in ∆ABC
= , a b cos C + C cos B (May-2009)

 B−C  b−c A
29. Show that in ∆ABC , tan  2  = cot (May-2008)
  b+c 2

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A A
Show that ( b − c ) cos 2 + ( b + c ) sin 2 =
2 2
30. a2 (May-2008)
2 2

abc
31. Show that a 2 cot A + b2 cot B + c 2 cot C = (Mar-2014)
R
32. If p1 , p2 , p3 are the altitudes of the vertices A, B, C of a triangle respectively, show that
1 1 1 cot A + cot B + cot C
2
+ 2+ 2 =
p1 p2 p3 ∆

33. If a : b : C = 7 :8 : 9, find cos A : cos B : cos C

A B C
34. If cot ,cot ,cot are in A.p., then prove that a,b,c are in A.P
2 2 2

35. If ( r2 − r1 )( r3 − r1 ) =
2r2 r3 . Show that A= 90°

a2 + b2 sin C
36. If a 2 − b 2 = sin ( A − B ) , prove that ∆ABC is a right angled

37. Show that b 2 sin 2C + c 2 sin 2 B =

2bc sin A

 A B C
38. Show that ( a + b + c )  tan 2 + tan 2  =2c cot
2
 

A B C bc + ca + ab − s 2
39. Prove that tan + tan + tan =
2 2 2 ∆

A B C
40. If cot ;cot ;cot = 3 : 5 : 7, show that a : b : c = 6 : 5 : 4 (Mar-2017)
2 2 2

A B C
41. If sin 2 ,sin 2 ,sin 2 are in H.P., then show that a, b, c are in H.P
2 2 2

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