Trigonometry : Practice Questions

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PART-1 EXERCISE 1 [B]
2sin 
1. If  y , then {1  cos   sin } 
{1  cos   sin } 1  sin 

1
(A) (B) y (C) 1 – y (D) 1 + y
y
2. Let A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 be a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of unit radius. Then the product of
the lengths of the line segments A0 A1 , A0 A2 and A0 A4 is

3 3 3
(A) (B) 3 3 (C) 3 (D)
4 2

3. If sin   sin 2  sin 3  sin  and cos   cos 2  cos 3  cos , then  is equal to

(A)  / 2 (B)  (C) 2 (D)  6

4. cos .sin(   )  cos .sin(   )  cos .sin(  ) 

(A) 0 (B) 1/2 (C) 1 (D) 4 cos  cos  cos 

1 3
5. o

sin10 cos10 o
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

6. If angle  be divided into two parts such that the tangents of one part is K times the tangent of
the other and  is their difference, then sin  =
K 1 K 1 2K  1
(A) sin  (B) sin  (C) sin  (D) None of these
K 1 K 1 2K  1

2  sin   cos 
7. 
sin   cos 
       
(A) sec    (B) cos    (C) tan    (D) cot   
2 8 8 2 2 8 2 2

 
tan
2
8. If 3sin   5sin  , then  =
tan
2

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

1 3
9. If sin 2  sin 2  and cos 2  cos 2  , then cos 2 (  ) 
2 2
3 5 3 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 8 4 4
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10. If A, B, C, D are the smallest positive angles in ascending order of magnitude which have their
A B C D
sines equal to the positive quantity k, then the value of 4sin  3sin  2 sin  sin is equal
2 2 2 2
to

(A) 2 1  k (B) 2 1  k (C) 2 k (D) None of these

      n
11. Let be a positive integer such that sin  n   cos  n  , then
2  2  2
(A) 6  n  8 (B) 4  n  8 (C) 4  n  8 (D) 4  n  8

12. Let f ()  sin (sin   sin 3) . Then

(A) f ( )  0 only when   0 (B) f ( )  0 only when   0

(C) f ( )  0 for all real  (D) None of these

tan A  tan B  tan C

13. If A  B  C  , then 
tan A.tan B.tan C
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) –1

14. If A  B  C   and cos A  cos Bcos C, then tan Btan C is equal to

1 1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 
2 2

3
15. If A  B  C  , then cos 2A  cos 2B  cos 2C  4sin A sin Bsin C 
2
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

16. If A, B, C are the angles of a triangle, then sin 2 A  sin 2 B  sin 2 C  2 cos A cos Bcos C =
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

A 1 B 2 C
17. Let A, B and C are the angles of a plain triangle and tan  , tan  . Then tan is equal
2 3 2 3 2
to
(A) 7/9 (B) 2/9 (C) 1/3 (D) 2/3

18. The least value of cos2 – 6 sin . cos + 3 sin2 + 2 is-
(A) 4  10 (B) 4  10 (C) 0 (D) 4

19. If sin 1 + sin 2 + sin 3 = 3, then cos 1 + cos 2 + cos 3 =

(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

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cos 20º  8sin 70º sin 50º sin10º
20. is equal to -
sin 2 80º
3
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) (D) None of these
4
 2 4 8
21. The numerical value of  2 tan  4 tan  8 tan is equal to-
3 3 3 3
5 5
(A) 5 3 (B) (C) 5 3 (D)
3 3

 
22. If f () = 5 cos  + 3 cos     + 3, then range of f () is-
 3
(A) [–5, 11] (B) [–3, 9] (C) [–2, 10] (D) [–4, 10]

A B
23. If A+B +C = , then  tan tan is equal to -
2 2
(A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 1/2 (D) 1

24. If a = sin 170° + cos 170°, then -

(A) a > 0 (B) a < 0 (C) a = 0 (D) a = 1

25. sin2A + sin2(A – B) + 2 sinA cosB sin(B – A) is equal to -

(A) sin2A (B) sin2B (C) cos2A (D) cos2B

26. If cos 5 = a cos5  + b cos3  + c cos  then c is equal to -

(A) –5 (B) 1 (C) 5 (D) None of these

27. If A = cos2+ sin4, then for all value of -

(A) 1  A  2 (B) 3  A  1 (C) 13  A  1 (D) None of these

4 16
28. Which of the following number(s) is rational-
(A) sin 15º (B) cos 15º (C) sin 15º cos 15º (D) sin 15º cos 75º
n
29. Let n be an odd integer. If sin n = b r sin r  for every value of , then-
r0

(A) b0 = 1, b1 = 3 (B) b0 = 0, b1 = n
(C) b0 = –1, b1 = n (D) b0 = 0, b1 = n2 + 3n + 3

30. The function f(x) = sin4 x + cos4 x increases if-

  3 3 5 5 3
(A) 0 < x < (B) x (C) x (D) x
8 4 8 8 8 8 4

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31. If t1 = (tan)tan, t2 = (tan)cot ,t3 = (cot)tan, t4 = (cot)cot and let   (0, ) then-
(A) t4 < t2 < t1 < t3 (B) t4 < t1 < t3 < t2 (C) t4 < t3 < t2 < t1 (D) t2 < t1 < t3 < t4

12
32. The maximum value of the expression is
9  3cos x  4 sin x
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

2
33. Given 3 sin + 5 cos=5, then the value of  3cos   5sin   is

9 1 1
(A) 9 (B) (C) (D)
5 3 9
2 o 2 o 1 2 o
34. The value of tan 30  4 sin 45  cos 30 is
3
7 5 5 5
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 1
12 12 12 12

35. Which of the following statements is not correct?

(A) cos 4   sin 4   cos 2   sin 2  (B) 1  tan 2   sec2 
(C) sin 40o  cos 50o  2 sin 40 (D) sin 2   cos 2   

tan 2 60o  2 tan 2 45o  sec 2 30o

36. The value of
3sin 2 45o sin 90o  cos2 60o cos3 o
49 7 14 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 3 9 3

 
 tan  
37. If tan    , then  3  is equal to
 sin   sin  cos  
 
 cos  
(A) 0 (B) 2 2 (C) 2 (D) 1

38. sec2   cos ec 2  is equal to

(A) sec2  cot 2  (B) sec2  tan 2  (C) cos ec 2  cot 2  (D) sec 2  cos ec 2 

cos  sin 
39. If n  ,m  , then  m 2  n 2  sin 2  is
cos  sin 
(A) 1 – n (B) 1 + n (C) 1 – n2 (D) 1 + n2

40. If x = a sin  , y = b tan  , then

x 2 y2 a 2 b2 a 2 b2 x 2 y2
(A) 2  2  1 (B) 2  2  1 (C) 2  2  1 (D) 2  2  1
a b x y x y a b
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12 13sin   5sec 
41. If sin   , then the value of is
13 5 tan   6 cos ec
50 37
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) (D)
37 2

sin(A  B) sin(B  C) sin(C  A)

42. For any angle A, B, C,   =
cos A  cos B cos B  cos C cos C  cos A
(A) 0 (B) sin (A – B – C) (C) tan(A – B – C) (D) none of these

43. tan 20o + tan 25o + tan 20o · tan 25o = ________
(A)  2 (B) 1 (C) 1 2 (D) – 1

44. If A + B = 45o, then : (1 + tan A) (1 + tan B) = ________

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) tan A · tan B (D) none of these

1
45. Find the minimum value of the expression
5  4 cos x
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 7 8 9

46. If Pn = cosn + sinn, then : 2P6 – 3P4 = ________

(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) none of these
1 1
47. o
 = ________
cos 290 3 sin 250o
(A) 1 2 (B) 3 2 (C) 4 3 (D) none of these
x x x x
48. 8  sin  cos  cos  cos =
8 2 4 8
(A) 8 cos x (B) cos x (C) 8 sin x (D) sin x

49. If A  B  C  1800 , then the value of (cot B + cot C) (cot C + cot A) (cot A + cot B) will be
(A) sec A sec B sec C (B) cosec A cosec B cosec C
(C) tan A tan B tan C (D) 1

50. If tan  + cot  = m, then : tan4 + cot4  =

(A) m4 – 4m2 + 2 (B) m4 + 4m2 – 2 (C) m4 – 4m2 - 2 (D) m4 + 4m2 + 2

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EXERCISE 1 [C]
PART-2
Only one option is correct.

   3   7 
tan  x   .cos   x   sin 3   x
 2  2   2  simplifies to
1. The expression
   3 
cos  x   . tan   x
 2   2 
(A) (1 + cos2x) (B) sin2x (C) – (1 + cos2x) (D) cos2x

a
2. If tan = where a, b are positive reals numbers and   1st quadrant then the value of
b
sin sec7 + cos cosec7 is
(a  b)3 (a 4  b 4 ) (a  b)3 (a 4  b 4 )
(A) (B)
(ab)7 / 2 (ab)7 / 2

(a  b)3 (b 4  a 4 ) (a  b)3 (a 4  b 4 )
(C) (D) 
(ab)7 / 2 (ab)7 / 2


If f (x) = 3 sin4 
 3      
3.  x   sin4 (3  x) – 2 sin6   x   sin6 (5   x) then, for all
  2    2  
permissible values of x, f (x) is
(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) not a constant function
tan 2 20  sin 2 20
4. The expression simplifies to
tan 2 20 · sin 2 20
(A) a rational which is not integral (B) a surd
(C) a natural which is prime (D) a natural which is not composite

5. There is an equilateral triangle with side 4 and a circle with the centre on one of the vertex of that
triangle. The arc of that circle divides the triangle into two parts of equal area. How long is the radius
of the circle?

12 3 24 3 30 3 6 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
   

6. If the expression, 2 cos10° + sin 100° + sin 1000° + sin 10000°

is simplified, then it simplifies to
(A) cos 10° (B) 3 cos 10° (C) 4 cos 10° (D) 5 cos 10°

7. The value of the expression (sinx + cosecx)2 + (cosx + secx)2 – ( tanx + cotx)2,wherever defined ,
is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 9

8. The area of the circle in which a chord of length 2a makes an angle  at its centre is

(A)  a2 cot2
2 
(B) 2  a2 1  cot 2 
2 

(C) a2 1  cot 
2
2  (D) 4 a2 1  cot 2 
2

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9. Exact value of cos2 73º + cos2 47º - sin2 43º + sin2 107º is equal to :
(A) 1/2 (B) 3/4 (C) 1 (D) none

10. Each of the four statements given below are either True or False.
1
I. sin765° = – II. cosec(–1410°) = 2
2
13 1  15 
III. tan = IV. cot    =–1
3 3  4 
Indicate the correct order of sequence, where 'T' stands for true and 'F' stands for false.

(A) F T F T (B) F F T T (C) T F F F (D) F T F F

 3  3
11. The two legs of a right triangle are sin  + sin     and cos – cos     . The length of its
 2   2 
hypotenuse is
(A)1 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) some function of 
sin2  sin3  sin4
12. If
cos2  cos3  cos4 = tan k is an identity then the value k is equal to :
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6

13. If cos ( + ) = m cos (), then tan  is equal to :

1  m 1  m 1  m 1  m
(A)   tan  (B)   tan  (C)   cot  (D)   cot 
1  m 1  m 1  m 1  m

14. The side of a regular dodecagon is 2 cm. The radius of the circumscribed circle in cms. is :

2 2
(A) 4( 6  2 ) (B) 6 2 (C) (D) 6 2
3 1
 1  2sin2 ( / 2)
15. If tan = m, then the value of is
2 1  sin 
2m 1 m 1 m 1 m
(A) (B) (C) (D)
1 m 1 m 1 m 2m

16. A rectangle has its sides of lengths sin x and cos x for some x. Largest possible area which it can
have, is
1 1
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D) can not be determined
4 2

17. The value of tan27° + tan18° + tan27° tan18°, is

(A) an irrational number (B) rational which is not integer
(C) integer which is prime (D) integer which is not a prime.

18. The difference (sin8 75° – cos8 75°) is equal to

3 3 3 3 7 3
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D)
8 16 16

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 2   4   2   4 
19. Let a = cos x + cos  x   + cos  x   and b = sin x + sin  x   + sin  x   then
 3   3   3   3 
which one of the following does not hold good?
(A) a = 2b (B) b = 2a (C) a + b = 0 (D) a + b = 1

20. The tangents of two acute angles are 3 and 2. The sine of twice their difference is
(A) 7/24 (B) 7/48 (C) 7/50 (D) 7/25

21. In the inequality below the value of the angle is expressed in radian measure. Which one of the
inequalities below is true?
(A) sin 1 < sin 2 < sin 3 (B) sin 3 < sin 2 < sin 1
(C) sin 2 < sin 1 < sin 3 (D) sin 3 < sin 1 < sin 2

cos 96  sin 96

22. Find the smallest natural number 'n' such that tan(107n)° = .
cos 96  sin 96

(A) n = 2 (B) n = 3 (C) n = 4 (D) n = 5

23. If tan A & tan B are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 - ax + b = 0, then the value of
sin2 (A + B) is :
a2 a2 a2 a2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a 2  (1  b)2 a 2  b2 (b  a)2 b2 (1  a)2

n sin A cos A
24. If tanB = then tan(A + B) equals
1  ncos2 A
sin A (n  1)cos A sin A sin A
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(1  n)cos A sin A (n  1)cos A (n  1)cos A

25. Suppose sin  – cos  = 1 then the value of sin3 – cos3 is (  R)

(A) 1 (B) – 2 (C) – 1 (D) 0

26. If sin + cosec = 2, then value of sin3 + cosec3  is
(A) 8 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 0

 1 1
27. 0<,< , tan = and sin= . The value of + 2 is
2 7 10
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 4 3 2

28. If sinA = sinB and cos A = cos B, then

AB AB
(A) sin  = 0 (B) sin   =0
 2   2 

AB AB
(C) sin   =0 (D) cos  =0
 2   2 

29. ABC is a triangle in which tanA + tanB + tan C = 6 and tan A tan B=2. The value of tan C is
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) – 3 (D) – 4

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30. If x = r sin A cos B, y = r sin A sin B , z = r cos A, then the value of x 2+ y 2+ z 2 is

independent of
(A) r , A (B) r , B (C) A , B (D) r

31. If x = sin10 and y = sin 1 , then

 y 3 1
(A) x > y (B) x = (C) y > (D) x <
180 2 2

32. ABCD is a plane, convex quadrilateral. The bisectors of the angles form a quadrilateral PQRS.
Then :
(A) cos P + cos Q = cos R + cos S (B) tan P + tan Q = tan R + tan S
(C) cos P + cos Q + cos R + cos S = 0 (D) tan P tan R = tan Q tan S

x
33. If tan is rational , which of the following quantities are necessarily rational ?
2
x
I : sin x II : cos x III : sec IV : tan x
2
(A) I , II (B) II , IV (C) I, III (D) I,II and IV

34. If a sin + b cos = a cosec+ b sec, then the expression

a 2 cos 6+ b2 sin6 + 2 ab cos 3 sin3  equals
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) a 2 b 2 (D) ab

sin 3  cos 3 
35. 1  is equal to
sin   cos  sin   cos 

(A) sin2 (B) cos2 (C) sin  cos  (D) sin2

36. If cos (x  y) = a cos (x + y), then cot x cot y is equal to

a 1 a 1
(A) (B) (C) a  1 (D) a + 1
a 1 a 1

sin A 3 cos A 5
37. If = and = , 0 < A, B < /2, then tan A + tan B is equal to
sin B 2 cos B 2

(A)
3
(B)
5
(D) 1 (D)
 5 3 
5 3 5

2 sin  1  cos   sin 

38. If 1  cos   sin  = x, then 1  sin  is equal to

(A) 1/x (B) x (C) 1  x (D) 1 + x

39. If Pn = cosn + sinn, then Pn  Pn-2 = k Pn- 4 where

(A) k = 1 (B) k =  sin2cos2

(C) k = sin2 (D) k = cos2

40. The acute angle of a rhombus whose side is a mean proportional between its diagonals is
(A) 15º (B) 20º (C) 30º (D) 80º

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EXERCISE 2 [C]

Only one option is correct.

PART-3
 C C A B
1. If A + B + C =  & sin  A   = k sin , then tan tan =
 2 2 2 2

k 1 k 1 k k 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
k 1 k 1 k 1 k
3  cot 76 cot16
2. The value of is :
cot 76  cot16
(A) tan 46º (B) tan 44º (C) cot 46º (D) cot 2º

2(sin1  sin 2  sin 3  .......  sin89)

3. The value of the expression equals
2(cos1  cos 2  .................  cos 44)  1
1 1
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D) 1
2 2
2024 5 9
4. If sin 2x = , where <x< , the value of the sin x – cos x is equal to
2025 4 4
1 1 1
(A) – (B) (C) ± (D) none
45 45 2025

5. a, b, c are the sides of a triangle ABC which is right angled at C, then the minimum value of
2
c c
   is
a b
(A) 0 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

6. The expression ( tan4  + tan2  ) ( 1 – tan2 3  tan2  ) is identical to

(A) 2 cot 3  . sec2  (B) 2 sec 3  . tan2  (C) 2 tan3  . sin2  (D) 2 tan3  . sec2 

7. The value of cot x + cot (60º + x) + cot (120º + x) is equal to :

3  9tan2 x
(A) cot 3x (B) tan 3x (C) 3 tan 3x (D)
3tanx  tan3 x

a
8. If  = 3  and sin  = . The value of the expression , a cosec  b sec  is
a  b2
2

1
(A) (B) 2 a 2  b2 (C) a + b (D) none
a  b2
2

9. If A and B are complimentary angles, then :

 A  B  A  B
(A) 1  tan  1  tan  = 2 (B) 1  cot  1  cot  = 2
 2  2  2  2

 A  B  A  B
(C) 1  sec  1  cos ec  = 2 (D) 1  tan  1  tan  = 2
 2  2  2  2
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10. If A = 3400 then 2 sin is identical to
2
(A) 1  sin A  1  sin A (B)  1  sin A  1  sin A
(C) 1  sin A  1  sin A (D)  1  sin A  1  sin A

11. If p = sin200 – cos 200, then the value of cos 400, in terms of p , is
(A) – p 2  p2 (B) p 2  p 2

(C) – p + 2  p 2 (D) – p – 2  p2
 
12 Given sin= p, the quadratic equation, whose roots are tan and cot , is
2 2
(A) px2 + 2x + p = 0 (B) px2 + x + p = 0
(C) px2 – 2x + p = 0 (D) px2 – x + p = 0

1 1
13. cos 290 + =
3 sin 250

2 3 4 3
(A) (B) (C) 3 (D) none
3 3

14. If sin x + sin y = a, cos x + cos y = b, then the value of sin (x+y) is
2 ab 2 ab a2  b2
(A) 2 (B) (C) 2 (D) none of these
a  b2 a  b2
2
a  b2

 3  
15. sec sin + sin – cos equals
4 20 10 10
1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D)
2

3 2 1
16. If <<, then  + cot  equals
4 tan  sin 2 
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 0 (D) 2

(1  tan11º )(1  tan 34º )

17. The value of is equal to
(1  tan17º )(1  tan 28º)
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) none of these

18. The expression (4 cos29º – 3) (4 cos227º – 3) is equal to

(A) tan9º (B) cot9º (C) sec9º (D) cosec9º

4 sin 9 sin 21 sin 39 sin 51 sin 69 sin 81
19. Value of is equal to
sin 54
(A) 1/16 (B) 1/32 (C) 1/8 (D) 1/4

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20. If cos  is geometric mean between sin  and cos  , where 0 <  ,  < , then cos 2  =
2

       
(A) – 2sin2    (B) – 2 cos2     (C) 2 sin2    (D) 2 cos2   
4  4  4  4 

21. The value of sin 1765° – sin 325° + cosec (– 1465°) + sec(295°) is
3 3
(A) (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) –
2 2

  13   2  
22.  sin  sin   cos – cos 2  is equal to
 10 10   6 10 

5 –1 1 5 –1
(A) (B) – (C) (D) None of these
8 2 16

1  cos   1 – cos 
23. ,     2 is simplified to
1  cos  – 1 – cos 

        
(A) tan    (B) cot    (C) tan  –  (D) cot  –  
4 2 4 2 4  4 

24. The maximum value of the sum of the squares of the roots of the equation
1
x2 + (cos  – 1) x + cos2  = 0 is.
2
1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 8
2

25. Which of the following is correct?


(A) sin 1°>sin1 (B) sin1°<sin1 (C) sin1° = sin1 (D) sin 1  sin1
108

x2  y2
26. The equation sin 2   is possible if
2xy

(A) x  y (B) x   y (C) 2x  y (D) none of these

5 sin   3 cos 
27. If 5 tan   4, then is equal to
5 sin   2cos 
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1/6 (D) 6

28. If sin x  cosec x  2, then sin n x  cosec n x is equal to

(A) 2 (B) 2n (C) 2n-1 (D) 2n-2

 2 3 4 5 6 7
29. The value of cos  cos  cos  cos  cos  cos  cos is
7 7 7 7 7 7 7
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) none of these

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30. The greatest value of sin 4   cos 4  is

(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

31. If cot       0, then sin    2  is equal to

(A)  sin  (B) sin (C) cos  (D) cos 

32. If sin 1  sin 2  sin 3  3, , then cos 1  cos 2  cos 3 is equal to

(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

33. If cosec   cot   q, then the value of cos ec is

1 1 1 1
(A) q  (B) q  (C)  q  (D) None of these
q q 2 q

34. If   then the value of tan  tan 2...tan  2n  2  tan  2n  1  is
4n
(A)  1 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) 2

2 12 10 8 6
35. If sin x  sin x  1, then the value of cos x  3 cos x  3 cos x  cos x  2 is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C)  1 (D) 2
3
36. If cos  A  B   and tan A tan B  2 then
5
1 2 1 1
(A) cos A cos B  (B) sin A sin B   (C) cos A cos B   (D) sin A sin B  
5 5 5 5

1
37. 3 cos 23  sin 23  is equal to
4
(A) cos 43 (B) cos7 (C) cos 53 (D) none of these

38. tan100  tan125  tan100 tan125 is equal to

(A) 0 (B) 1/2 (C)  1 (D) 1

39. tan 20  tan 40  3 tan 20 tan 40 is equal to
1 1
(A) (B) 3 (C)  (D)  3
3 3

cot  5
40. Let f     and     , then the value f    f   is
1  cot  4
1 1
(A) (B)  (C) 2 (D) None of these
2 2

41. In a triangle ABC, tan A  tan B  tan C  6 and tan A tan B  2, , then the values of
tan A, tan B, tan C are
(A) 1,2,3 (B) 3,2/3,7/3 (C) 4,1/2,3/2 (D) none of these

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EXERCISE 3 [B]
PART-4
Only one option is correct.
1  sin 2 1    3   
1. The expression  sin 2  cot  cot     when simplified

cos 2  2  . tan   3
4  4  2  2 2
reduces to :
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) sin2 (/2) (D) sin2 

2. Exact value of cos 20º + 2 sin2 55º - 2 sin 65º is :

1
(A) 1 (B) (C) 2 (D) zero
2

3. The value of x satisfying the equation, x = 2  2  2  x is

(A) 2 cos 10° (B) 2 cos 20° (C) 2 cos 40° (D) 2 cos 80°

4. If  is eliminated from the equations x = a cos( – ) and y = b cos ( – ) then

x 2 y2 2xy
  cos( ) is equal to
a2 b2 ab
(A) sec2 ( – ) (B) cosec2 ( – ) (C) cos2 ( – ) (D) sin2 ( – )

1 1 1 1
5. The sum    ......  is equal to
sin 45 sin 46 sin 47 sin 48 sin 49 sin 50 sin133 sin134
(A) sec (1)° (B) cosec (1)° (C) cot (1)° (D) none

6. If cos  + cos  = a and sin  + sin  = b, then the value of cos   cos  has the value equal to
2 2

(A)
a 2
 b2   4a 2
(B)
a 2
 b2   4b2
4  a 2  b2  2  a2  b2 

2 2

(C)
a 2
 b2   4a 2
(D)
a 2
 b2   4b2
2a  b 2 2 2
 4  a2  b2 

7. , ,  &  are the smallest positive angles in ascending order of magnitude which have their sines
equal to the positive quantity k.
   
The value of 4 sin + 3 sin + 2 sin + sin is equal to :
2 2 2 2
(A) 2 1  k (B) 2 1  k (C) 2 k (D) 2 k

A2 B
 cot . cot 2
8. In  ABC, the minimum value of 2 2 is
2 A
 cot 2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) non existent

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9. If 3 sin x + 12sin y + 4cos x + 5cos y = 18, the value of tan (x + y)=

 63 63  33 33
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 16 56 56

10. ABC is a triangle such that sin A = p and  cos A = q  0. The value of  tan B tan C =
p1 q 1 p 1 q 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
q q q q

11. In an equilateral triangle, 3 coins of radii 1 unit each are kept so that they
touch each other and also the sides of the triangle. Area of the triangle is
(A) 4 + 2 3 (B) 6 + 4 3

7 3 7 3
(C) 12 + (D) 3 +
4 4
6
  (m  1)   m 
12. For 0 <  <
2
, the solution(s) of  cosec   
m 1 4
 cosec   
  4 
  4 2 is (are)
e)

   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 6 12 24
x y z
13. If   , x  y  z is equal to
cos   2   2  then,
cos     cos    
 3   3 

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C)  1 (D) none of these

14. If A and B are acute positive angles which satisfy the equalities 3 sin2 A  2 sin 2 B  1 and
3 sin 2A  2sin 2B  0, then A  2B is equal to
  
(A)  (B) (C) (D)
2 4 6

15. The numerical value of tan 20° tan 80° cot 50° is equal to
1 1
(A) (B) (C) 2 3 (D)
3 3 2 3
x1  x 2
16. If x1 and x2 are two distinct roots of the equation a cos x  b sin x  c, then tan
2
is equal to
(A) a/b (B) b/a (C) c/a (D) a/c

7 x
17. If sin x  cos x  where x   0. / 4  , then tan is equal to
2 2

3 7 72 4 7
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
3 3 4

18. The value of tan 6° tan 42° tan 66° tan 78° is
(A) 1 (B) 1/2 (C) 1/4 (D) 1/8

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  
19. tan6  33 tan4  27 tan2 is equal to :
9 9 9
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 3 (D) 9
3
20. If cos x  cos y  cos  x  y   , then
2
(A) x  y  0 (B) x  2y (C) x  y (D) 2x  y

21. If tan x  n tan y, n  R  , then maximum value of sec 2  x  y  is equal to

(n  1)2 (n  1)2 (n  1)2 (n  1)2

(A) (B) (C) (D)
2n n 2 4n

EXERCISE 3 [C]

Subjective type Questions

tan 8
1. Prove that = (1 + sec2  ) (1 + sec4  ) (1 + sec8  )
tan 

2. If cos  + cos  = a and sin  + sin  = b then prove that,

a 2
 b 2  a 2  b 2  2 
cos2  + cos2  =
a 2
 b2 

 3 5 7
3. Find the exact value of tan2 + tan2 + tan2 + tan2
16 16 16 16

4. In any triangle, if (sin A + sin B + sin C) (sin A + sin B - sin C) = 3 sin A sin B, find the
angle C.

5. ABC is a right angled triangle. Show that : sinA  sinB  sin(A – B) + sinB  sinC  sin(B – C)
+ sinC  sinA  sin(C – A) + sin(A – B)  sin(B – C)  sin(C –A) = 0.

6. For any 3 angle ,  &  prove that

   

sin   sin   sin  = sin        + 4 sin    sin    sin  .
 2   2   2 
7. Find the exact value of cosec10° + cosec50° – cosec70°

8. If sin x + cos x + tan x + cot x + sec x + cosec x = 7 then sin 2x = a  b 7 where a, b  N.

Find the ordered pair (a, b).
3
9. If cos (y – z) + cos (z – x) + cos (x – y) = – ,
2
prove that cos x + cos y + cos z = 0 = sin x + sin y + sin z

 2
10. If A + B + C = then prove that  sin A + 2  sin A = 1.
2
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EXERCISE 3 [C]
3. 28 4. C = 60º 7. 6
PART-1
9
8. a = 22 , b = 8 11.k = 2 13.
216
-2 9-4 2 1
15. cos α 19. 20.
7 128

25. ± p2 + q2 27. 
8 ab = c a 2 + b 2 
2
- 4a 2 
35. PART-2
(a) 2; (b) k = 3 36. 4

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1. 2. 3.
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SINGLE CHOICE
1. DPART-32. B 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. C
8. B 9. C 10. A 11. C 12. B 13. B 14 B
15. C 16. B 17. C

MORE THAN ONE CORRECT ANSWER

1. C 2. A,B,C,D

SUBJECTIVE
π 56
1. a+ =nπ+ 2. (B)
4 33
PART-4

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