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SECTION-A [FUNDAMENTAL]
Q.1 Simplify :
1 1 log x 3z  log zy3
(i) log    – log (x + y) + log x + log y.. (ii) .
 x y log x  log y

Q.2 Show that :

16 25 81
(i) log 2 + 16 log + 12 log + 7 log =1
15 24 80
81 3 2 3
(ii) log – 2 log + 3 log + log = 0
8 2 3 4

Q.3 Solve for x :

log 16
(i) log (x + 1) + log (x – 1) = log 99 (ii) = log x
log 4
(iii) log (3x – 2) + log (3x + 2) = 5 log 2 (iv) log 5 + log (5x + 1) = log (x + 5) + 1

Q.4 Simplify each of the following :

 2
(i) log8 6  log 8    log 8 (log 3 9)
 (ii) log2 [log2{log3 (log3 273)}]
 3

ab 1
Q.5 (i) If log   = (log a + log b), show that a2 + b2 = 6ab
 2  2
ab 1 ab
(ii) If log   = (log a + log b), show that = ab and a2 + b2 = 2ab.
 2  2 2

ab 1
(iii) If a2 + b2 = 7ab, prove that log  = (log a + log b).
 3  2

Q.6 (i) If a = log24 12, b = log3624 and c = log48 36, show that 1 + abc = 2bc.
2 3 5
(ii) If x = log , y = log and z = log , show that x + y + z = 0
3 5 2
1
(iii) If y = x m , show that m = logyx.

Q.7 Prove that

(i) log 3 log 2 log 3
81 = 1
(ii) logax × logby = logbx × logay
(iii) log2log2log216 = 1
(iv) logax = logbx × logcb × ....... × lognm × logan

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Q.8 Simplify :
log 9 11 log 3 11

log 5 13 log 5 13

1 1 1
Q.9 (i) If log410 = x, log220 = y and log58 = z. Prove that   = 1.
x 1 y 1 z 1
1 1 1
(ii) If x = loga(bc), y = logb(ca), z = logc(ab). Prove that   = 1.
x 1 y 1 z 1

1 1 1
Q.10 (i) Prove that   = 1.
1  log b a  log b c 1  log c a  log c b 1  log a b  log a c

1 1 1 1 1
(ii) Show that    ........  = .
log 2 n log 3 n log 4 n log 43 n log 43! n

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SECTION-B [JEE (MAIN)]

 16   25   81 
Q.1 The value of log102 + 16 log10   + 12 log10   + 7log10   is equal to
 15   24   80 

(A) log102 (B) log105 (C) 0 (D) 1

log 5 log 3
Q.2 The value of 2 3 – 5log 3 2 + 3log 2 7 – 7 log 2 3 + 6log 6 11 – 4 2 is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

Q.3 If m = log32, then log2724 equals

m 1 3m  1
(A) 3m (B) 3m + 1 (C) (D)
3 3

1023
 1
Q.4  log 2 1  n  equals
n 1

(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 1024 (D) 1023

Q.5 If a, b and c (where c is the largest of the three numbers) are the sides of a right angled triangle, then

(A) log c 2 ( a 2  b 2 )  0 (B) log a 2 (c 2  b 2 )  0

(C) log c (a 2  b 2 )  2 (D) log a (b 2  c 2 )  2

Q.6 If 2log2log2x + log1/2 log2 (2 2 x) = 1, then the number of possible real values of x is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0

log 5 (log 3 80)

log 5 6
Q.7 The value of the expression 6 always lies between

(A) 1 and 2 (B) 3 and 4 (C) 5 and 6 (D) 7 and 8

Q.8 The number of positive integers having characteristic 4, if the base of logarithm is 3, is equal to
(A) 161 (B) 162 (C) 163 (D) 164

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1 2  1330 

Q.9 If S = log a    log a    ....  log a   and a = 11 then S equals
 2 3  1331 

(A) 1 (B) –2 (C) 3 (D) –3

log 5 250 log 5 10

Q.10 The number N   , when simplified reduces to a natural number, then N equals
log 50 5 log1250 5

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 8

Q.11 The value of log7(343) – log7(1001) + log7(143) is equal to

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

1 1 1 1 1
Q.12 Let T = –  –  then log625 (T) equals
3– 8 8– 7 7– 6 6– 5 5 –2

1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
8 4 2

 
Q.13 If x = log 5  log 5  5 5 5   then x is equal to
  

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) log5(7/8) (D) log5(8/7)

  3 
Q.14 The value of log 2  anti log128    equals.
  7 

(A) 16 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 4

Q.15 The value of log10( log 2 3 ) + log10( log 3 4 ) +...+ log10( log1023 1024 ) is equal to

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

 
Q.16 The value of log 2 (log81 3) log 3 81 is equal to

(A) – 8 (B) – 4 log23 (C) 8 (D) – 4 log32

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Q.17 If N1 = 57 + 57 + 57 + 57 + 57
and N2 = 103 + 103 + 103 + 103 + 103 + 103 + 103 + 103 + 103 + 103
then the value of log250N1N2 is equal to
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 21

Q.18 x = 3 3 3...... and y = 3 43 43 4...... then which of the following holds good?

(A) x = y (B) 2x = 3y (C) 3x = 2y (D) x < y

log x log x2
Q.19 If 3 3
 3log3 x  27 32
= 3 then the value of x is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 9 (D) 27

Q.20 The value of log b

a log c1 / 3 b log a1 / 4 c is equal to

1 1
(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) (D)
12 24

1 1 1
Q.21 The value of log bc  1  log ca  1  log ab  1 is equal to
a b c

(A) –3 (B) –1 (C) 1 (D) 3

log 2017
Q.22 The value of 2016 2015  2017 log 2015 2016 is equal to
(A) 0 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) – 2

p
Q.23 If a13 · b15 = 1 and loga(a15b13) = , where p & q are co-prime then (p + q) equals
q

(A) 16 (B) 28 (C) 70 (D) 71

Q.24 The number of value of x satisfying | x – 2 |  x – 4  0 is/are

(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) More than 2

Q.25 The number of zeros after decimal and before first significant digit in 50–100 is equal to,
(log10(2) = 0.3010)
(A) 168 (B) 169 (C) 170 (D) 171

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[JEE ADVANCED]
[ SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE T Y PE]
1 1 1 1
Q.1 For N > 1, the product · · · simplifies to
log 2 N log N 8 log 32 N log N 128

3 3 3 5
(A) (B) 7 ln 2 (C) 5 ln 2 (D) [3010110244]
7 21

15 p
Q.2 If p is the smallest value of x satisfying the equation 2x + x = 8 then the value of 4 is equal to
2
(A) 9 (B) 16 (C) 25 (D) 1 [3010110950]

Q.3 The sum of two numbers a and b is 18 and their difference is 14 . The value of logba is equal to
1
(A) – 1 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) [3010112439]
2

Q.4 The value of the expression (log102)3 + log108 · log105 + (log105)3 is

(A) rational which is less than 1 (B) rational which is greater than 1
(C) equal to 1 (D) an irrational number [3010111646]

 
 2
3 log 2  2 log log 103  log  log 106 
 
 
Q.5 Let N = 10 where base of the logarithm is 10. The characteristic of the
logarithm of N to the base 3, is equal to
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5
[3010112388]

10  2 10  2
Q.6 If x = and y = , then the value of log2(x2 + xy + y2), is equal to
2 2
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 [3010112337]

Q.7 Suppose that x < 0. Which of the following is equal to 2 x ( x 2) 2

(A) x – 2 (B) 3x – 2 (C) 3x + 2 (D) – 3x + 2
[3010112438]

Q.8 If N  2  log 70 9800

5
log 70 140
7 log 70 2
, then N is equal to
(A) 20 (B) 60 (C) 18 (D) 40
[3010111001]

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
 log log r
 q q 
log 3 p  
 log p
q  

 
 6 6  6...... 
Q.9 The expression q   simplified to
(A) p (B) q (C) r (D) 3
[3010111242]
1 1


log a 2  3   3 1 
log b  
 1
Q.10 If a, b are co-prime numbers and satisfying 2  3    3 1 
=
12
,
then (a + b) can be is equal to
(A) 13 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 8
[3010110590]

x x
Q.11 If 2(log2 3)  3(log3 2) then the value of x is equal to
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) [3010110840]
2 4 3 6

Q.12 The least value of the expression 2 log10x – logx (0.01), for x > 1 is :

(A) 10 (B)2 (C) –0.01 (D) None of these

[3010110151]

3 5
(log 2 x )2 log 2 x –
Q.13 The equation x 4 4 =
2 has :
(A) at least one real solution (B) exactly three real solution
(C) exactly one irrational (D) Complex roots [3010110651]

2 2 2
Q.14 If  log 2 3  4 , log3 5 = 3 and  log 5 7  25 then the value of  log 2 3    log 3 5    log 5 7  is equal to
(A) 58 (B) 63 (C) 83 (D) 39

[ PARAGRAPH T Y PE]
Paragraph for Question no. 15 to 17
A denotes the product xyz where x, y and z satisfy
log3x = log5 – log7
log5y = log7 – log3
log7z = log3 – log5
B denotes the sum of square of solution of the equation
log2 (log2x6 – 3) – log2 (log2x4 – 5) = log23
C denotes characteristic of logarithm
log2 (log23) – log2 (log43) + log2 (log45) – log2 (log65) + log2 (log67) – log2(log87)

Q.15 The value of A + B + C, is

(A) 18 (B) 34 (C) 32 (D) 24

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Q.16 The value of log2A + log2B + log2C, is

(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 4

Q.17 The value of | A – B + C |

(A) – 30 (B) 32 (C) 28 (D) 30
[3010112328]

[ M ULT IPL E CORRECT CHOICE T YPE]

log 3 135 log 3 5
Q.18 Let N =  . Then N is
log15 3 log 405 3
(A) a natural number (B) coprime with 3
(C) a rational number (D) a composite number [3010112387]

2

Q.19 If alogb x   5 x logb a + 6 = 0, where a > 0, b > 0 & ab  1, then the value of x can be equal to

(A) 2logb a (B) 3loga b (C) bloga 2 (D) alogb 3 [3010112336]

Q.20 Which of the following statement(s) is/are true ?

1 1
(A) log10 2 lies between and
4 3

 
(B) log  cos  = – 1

cosec    3
6

(C) eln (ln3) is smaller than 1

1
(D) log10 1 +
2   
log10 3 + log10 2  3 = log10 1  3  2  3   [3010112432]

Q.21 The equation log 16 + log2x64 = 3 has

x2
(A) one irrational solution (B) no prime solution
(C) two real solutions (D) no integral solution [3010112381]

Q.22 Which of the following real numbers is(are) non-positive ?

2 3
(A) log 1 
2  3

 (B) log12  65  7 
2  
2
3 3
(C) log 2 log5 3 · log 7 5 · log3 7 (D) log 7   [3010112330]
2

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[ MAT RIX T YPE]

Q.23 Column-I Column-II

(A) The expression x  log 2 log 9 6  6  6  .....  simplifies to (P) an integer

(B) The number N = 2

log 2 3· log 3 4 · log 4 5.........· log 99 100 simplifies to (Q) a prime

1 1 1
(C) The expression   simplifies to (R) a natural
log 5 3 log 6 3 log10 3

(D) The number N = 2  5  6  3 5  14  6 5 simplifies to (S) a composite

[3010112430]

Q.24 Column-I Column-II

(A) The value(s) of x, which does not satisfy the equation (P) 2
log22 (x2 – x) – 4 log2(x – 1) log2x = 1, is (are)

(B) The value of x satisfying the equation (Q) 3

log10 ( 8 x 3)
log 5 7log7 10
log 2 eln 5
2 = 13, is (R) 4

 1 1 
(C) The number N =  log   log   is less than (S) 5
 2 6 

(D) Let l = (log34 + log29)2 – (log34 – log29)2 and m = (0.8) 1  9 log3 8  

log65 5
(T) 6
then (l + m) is divisible by [3010112379]

[ INT EGER T YPE]

 ab  (ab) 2  4(a  b)   2 
Q.25 Let A denotes the value of log10   + log  ab  (ab)  4(a  b) 
 2  10 
2 
   
when a = 43 and b = 57
and B denotes the value of the expression 2log6 18 · 3log6 3 .    [3010111267]

2
log2 5
Q.26 If k = 16, find the value of k (log 2 5) . [3010110921]

Q.27 If mantissa of a number N to the base 32 is varying from 0.2 to 0.8 both inclusive, and whose characteristic
is 1, then find the number of integral values of N. [3010110177]

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Q.28 Let log2x + log4y + log4z = 2

log9x + log3y + log9z = 2

and log16x + log16y + log4z = 2.

yz
Find the value of . [3010110900]
x

Q.29 Find the value of x satisfying log10 (2x + x – 41) = x (1 – log105). [3010110220]

Q.30 Positive numbers x, y and z satisfy xyz = 1081 and (log10x)(log10yz) + (log10y)(log10z) = 468.
Find the value of log10 x 2  log10 y 2  log10 z 2 [3010111000]

Q.31 If log102 = 0.3010, log103 = 0.4771. Find the number of integers in :

(a) 5200 (b) 615 & (c) the number of zeros after the decimal in 3100.
[3010111943]

[ SUBJECT IVE T YPE]

Q.32 If x = log34 and y = log53, find the value of log310 and log3(1.2) in terms of x and y.

x
Q.33 If 'x' and 'y' are real numbers such that, 2 log(2y – 3x) = log x + log y, find .
y
[3010110291]

Q.34 (a) Given : log1034.56 = 1.5386, find log103.456 ; log100.3456 & log100.003456.
(b) Find the number of positive integers which have the characteristic 3, when the base of the
logarithm is 7.
(c) If log102 = 0.3010 & log103 = 0.4771, find the value of log10(2.25).
(d)  
If N = antilog3 log 6 antilog 5

(log5 1296) , then find the characteristic of log N to the base 2.
[3010111301]

Q.35 Solve for x the following equation : log(2x + 3)(6x2 + 23x + 21) = 4 – log(3x + 7)(4x2 + 12x + 9)
[3010110279]

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[JEE(ADVANCED) PREVIOUS YEAR]

Q.1 Number of solutions of log4 (x – 1) = log2(x – 3) is :

(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 0 [3010110575]

[JEE 2001]

Q.2 Let (x0, y0) be the solution of the following equations

( 2 x ) ln 2  ( 3y ) ln 3
3ln x = 2ln y.
Then x0 is
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 6 [3010111020]
6 3 2
[JEE 2011, 3]

 
 1 1 1 1 
Q.3 The value of 6  log 3  4 4 4 ......  is [JEE 2012, 4]
2
3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 

[3010112474]

Q.4 If 3x = 4x–1, then x =

2 log3 2 2 1 2 log 2 3
(A) 2 log 2  1 (B) 2  log 3 (C) 1  log 3 (D) 2 log 3  1
3 2 4 2
[JEE ADV. 2013, 3 (–1)]

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[RANK BOOSTER]
[ PARAGRAPH T Y PE]
Paragraph for question nos. 1 to 3

Let x =  be the value of x satisfying the equation logp(x + 32) = 6, where p = 94 5  94 5 .

Q.1 The value of (log2)2 + 3 log 2    – antilog  13  is equal to

5
8

(A) 25 (B) 26 (C) 27 (D) 28

Q.2 Which of the following is incorrect?

(A) The characteristic of logarithm of number 2 with respect to base 2 is 10.
log 3  log  3
(B) 2log 7 () = log 7 (2) (C) 3 
(D) log6( + 4) > log5 ( – 7)
1
Q.3 Number of zeroes after decimal in N = is equal to

[Use : log10 2 = 0.3010 and log10 3 = 0.4771]
(A) 46 (B) 47 (C) 48 (D) 49
[ M ULT IPL E CORRECT CHOICE T YPE]
Q.4 Identify which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
(A) log 2
(49) · log 3
(2) · log 7
(9) = 25

(B) 2 < log  (4)  log 2 (2  ) < 3

(C) If log2x + log2y = log( xy ) 2 then number of ordered pairs (x, y) is 2.

(D) If log2x + log2y = log( xy ) 2 then number of ordered pairs (x, y) is infinite.
Q.5 Let N be the number of significant digits in 100e23 and M be the number of zeros after decimal but
before significant digit in e–23. Then which of the following is(are) correct?
[Use: log10e = 0.434]
(A) N + M = 21 (B) N + M = 23 (C) N – M = 2 (D) N – M = 3
[ MAT RIX T YPE]
Q.6 Column-I Column-II

(A) The value of (P) 0

2log3 5 – 5log 3 2 + 3log 2 7 – 7 log 2 3 + 6log 6 11 – 4log 2 3 is equal to
(B) The value of tan 225º cot 405º + tan765º cot 675º is equal to (Q) 1
log 5 250 log 5 10
(C) The number N   , when simplified reduces (R) 2
log 50 5 log1250 5
to a natural number, then N equals
(D) The value of (S) 3
 1 1 1 
log10  m–n p–n
 n–p m–p
 p –m n –m 
is equal to (T) 4
 1 x x 1 x  x 1 x x 
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[ INT EGER T YPE]

2 2
Q.7 For x, y  N, if 32x – y + 1 =3y – 2x + 1 – 8 and log 6 2x y  xy = 1 + log36(xy),
then find the absolute value of (x – y). [3010110550]

Q.8 Find the number of integral solution of the equation log x

x  | x  2 | = logx(5x – 6 + 5 | x – 2|).
[3010110092]

1 89
Q.9 Suppose p, q, r and s  N satisfying the relation p  = , then find the value of (pq + rs).
1 68
q
1
r
s
[3010110887]

Q.10 If log3M = a1 + b1 and log5M = a2 + b2 where a1, a2  N and b1, b2  [0, 1). If a1 a2 = 6, then find
the number of integral values of M. [3010111644]

Q.11 If (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) are the solution of the system of equation
log225(x) + log64(y) = 4
logx(225) – logy(64) = 1,
then find the value of log30(x1y1x2y2). [3010112641]

Q.12 Let y = log 2 3 · log 2 12 · log 2 48 · log 2 192  16 – log212 · log248 + 10. Find y  N.
[3010112001]

[ SUBJECT IVE T YPE]

 
 log 4 ab  log 4 ab  log 4 b  log 4 a  · log b
 a b a a b b a  2 if ba 1
Q.13 Prove that : 2  =  log a b
2 if 1ba
[3010110800]

Q.14 Find the value of x satisfying the equation,

log 3
3

3x  log x 3 3x · log3 x 3  log
3
3 
x 3  log x 3 3 x · log3 x 3 = 2.
[3010112344]

2 a 2b5
Q.15 Given that log2a = s, log4b = s2 and log 2 (8) = . Write log as a function of 's'
c s3  1 2
c4
(a, b, c > 0, c  1). [3010111701]

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ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE-1
SECTION-A
Q.1 (i) 0; (ii) 3 Q.3 (i) x = 10; (ii) x = 100 ; (iii) x = 2; (iv) x = 3
Q.4 (i) 0 ; (ii) 0 Q.8 1

SECTION-B
Q.1 D Q.2 C Q.3 D Q.4 B Q.5 C
Q.6 A Q.7 B Q.8 B Q.9 D Q.10 A
Q.11 C Q.12 B Q.13 C Q.14 C Q.15 B
Q.16 A Q.17 A Q.18 B Q.19 A Q.20 B
Q.21 C Q.22 A Q.23 D Q.24 B Q.25 B

EXERCISE-2
Q.1 D Q.2 A Q.3 A Q.4 C Q.5 B
Q.6 C Q.7 D Q.8 D Q.9 C Q.10 C
Q.11 A Q.12 D Q.13 B Q.14 B Q.15 B
Q.16 A Q.17 D Q.18 AC Q.19 BC Q.20 ABD
Q.21 ABC Q.22 ACD Q.23 (A) P ;(B) PRS ; (C) PR ; (D) PQR
Q.24 (A) QRST ; (B) P ; (C) QRST ; (D) PRS Q.25 12
Q.26 625 Q.27 449 Q.28 54 Q.29 41 Q.30 5625

xy  2 xy  2 y  2
Q.31 (a) 140 ; (b) 12 ; (c) 47 Q.32 , Q.33 4/9
2y 2y

Q.34 (a) 0.5386; 1 .5386 ; 3 .5386 (b) 2058 (c) 0.3522 (d) 3

Q.35 x = –1/4 is the only solution

EXERCISE-3
Q.1 B Q.2 C Q.3 4 Q.4 ABC

EXERCISE-4
Q.1 B Q.2 D Q.3 C Q.4 AD Q.5 AD
Q.6 (A) R ; (B) P ; (C) R; (D) P Q.7 5 Q.8 1 Q.9 23
Q.10 54 Q.11 12 Q.12 6 Q.14 x  [1/3, 3] – {1}
Q.15 2s + 10s2 – 3(s3 + 1)
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