MATHEMATICS

Chapter Practice Problems

CLASS : XI Complex Numbers CPP. NO.- 5

Q.1 If  = ei2/n, then (11 – ) (11 – 2) ...... (11 – n–1) =

11n  1 11n 1  1 11n 1  1
(A) 11n–1 (B) (C) (D)
10 10 11
1 1
Q.2 z is a complex number such that z + = 2 cos 3°, then the value of z2000 + 2000 + 1 is equal to
z z
(A) 0 (B) – 1 (C) 3 1 (D) 1 – 3
( x   ) n  ( x  ) n
Q.3 If ,  be the roots of the equation u2  2u + 2 = 0 & if cot  = x + 1, then is equal to
 
sin n cos n sin n cos n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
sin n  cosn  cos n  sin n 
Q.4 The complex number  satisfying the equation 3 = 8i and lying in the second quadrant on the complex
plane is
3 1
(A) – 3 +i (B) – + i (C) – 2 3 + i (D) – 3 + 2i
2 2
Q.5 Consider the equation 10z2 – 3iz – k = 0, where z is a complex variable and i2 = – 1. Which of the
following statements is True?
(A) For all real positive numbers k, both roots are pure imaginary.
(B) For negative real numbers k, both roots are pure imaginary.
(C) For all pure imaginary numbers k, both roots are real and irrational.
(D) For all complex numbers k, neither root is real.
25
Q.6 The complex number z satisfies the condition z  = 24 . The maximum distance from the origin
z
of co-ordinates to the point z is :
(A) 25 (B) 30 (C) 32 (D) none of these
Q.7 If the expression x2m + xm + 1 is divisible by x2 + x + 1, then :
(A) m is any odd integer (B) m is divisible by 3 (C) m is not divisible by 3 (D) none of these
(cos   i sin ) 4
Q.8 =
(sin   i cos )5
(A) cos   i sin  (B) cos 9  i sin 9 (C) sin 9  i cos 9 (D) sin   i cos 
Q.9 If p2 
p + 1 = 0 then the value of p3n is (n  I) :
(A) 1, 1 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 0
Q.10 If z1 = 2 + 3 i , z2 = 3 – 2 i and z3 = – 1 – 2 3 i then which of the following is true?
 z3   z 3  z1   z3   z2 
(A) arg   = arg  
 (B) arg   = arg  z 
 z2   z 2  z1   z2   1
 z3   z 3  z1   z3  1  z 3  z1 
(C) arg  z  = 2 arg  z  z  (D) arg  z  = arg  z  z 
 2  2 1  2 2  2 1
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Q.11 If Ar (r = 1, 2, 3, ..... , n) are the vertices of a regular polygon inscribed in a circle of radius R, then
(A1 A2)2 + (A1 A3)2 + (A1 A4)2 + ...... + (A1 An)2 =

(A) n R (D) (2n  1) R2
2
(B) 2 nR2 (C) 4 R2 cot
2 2n

a b 2 c a b c
Q.12 If D =  b c
2
a ; D = b c a
c 2a b c a b
where  is the non real cube root of unity then which of the following does not hold good?
(A) D = 0 if (a + b + c) = 0 and a ,b, c all distinct (B) D = 0 if a = b = c and (a + b + c)  0
(C) D = – D (D) D = D
Q.13 If z is a complex number satisfying the equation, Z6 + Z3 + 1 = 0.
If this equation has a root rei with 90° <  < 180° then the value of '' is
(A) 100° (B) 110° (C) 160° (D) 170°
Q.14 If z1, z2, z3, z4 are the vertices of a square in that order, then which of the following do(es) not hold
good?
z1  z 2 z1  z 3
(A) is purely imaginary (B) is purely imaginary
z3  z2 z2  z 4
z  z2
(C) 1 is purely imaginary (D) none of these
z3  z 4
Q.15 Given  ,  respectively the fifth and the fourth non-real roots of unity, then the value of
(1 + ) (1 + ) (1 + 2) (1 + 2) (1 +3) (1 + 4) is
(A) 0 (B) (1 +  + 2) (1 – 2)
(C) (1 + ) (1 +  +  )
2 (D) 1
Q.16 Number of ordered pair(s) (z, ) of the complex numbers z and  satisfying the system of equations,
z3 +  7 = 0 and z5 . 11 = 1 is :
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 2
Q.17 If p = a + b + c2; q = b + c + a2 and r = c + a + b2 where a, b, c  0 and  is the complex cube
root of unity, then :
(A) p + q + r = a + b + c (B) p2 + q2 + r2 = a2 + b2 + c2
(C) p + q + r = 2(pq + qr + rp)
2 2 2 (D) none of these
A B
Q.18 If A and B be two complex numbers satisfying  = 1. Then the two points represented by A and
B A
B and the origin form the vertices of
(A) an equilateral triangle (B) an isosceles triangle which is not equilateral
(C) an isosceles triangle which is not right angled (D) a right angled triangle
Q.19 If  is an imaginary cube root of unity, then the value of, (p + q)3 + (p  + q 2)3 + (p 2 + q )3 is
(A) p3 + q3 (B) 3 (p3 + q3)
(C) 3 (p + q )  p q (p + q)
3 3 (D) 3 (p3 + q3) + p q (p + q)
Q.20 On the complex plane triangles OAP & OQR are similiar and l (OA) = 1.
If the points P and Q denotes the complex numbers z1 & z2 then the
complex number ' z ' denoted by the point R is given by :
z1
(A) z1 z2 (B)
z2
z2 z  z2
(C) (D) 1
z1 z2

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 MATHEMATICS
Chapter Practice Problems
CLASS : XI Complex Numbers CPP. NO.- 6

1  sin 8  i cos 8 
8
Q.1 The expression  =
   i cos  
 1 sin 8 8
(A) 1 (B)  1 (C) i (D) – i

 1  2 1   3 1   24 1 
2 2 2 2
Q.2 If z2– z + 1 = 0 then the value of  z     z  2    z  3   ........   z  24 
 z  z   z   z 
is equal to
(A) 24 (B) 32 (C) 48 (D) None
Q.3 If the six solutions of x6 = – 64 are written in the form a + bi, where a and b are real, then the product of
those solutions with a > 0, is
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 64
Q.4 If the equation of the perpendicular bisector of the line joining two complex numbers P (z1) and Q(z2) are
the complex plane is  z   z  r  0 then  and r are respectively are
(A) z2 – z1 and | z1 |2 + | z2 |2 (B) z1 – z2 and | z1 |2 – | z2 |2
(C) z 2  z1 and | z1 |2 + | z2 |2 (D) z2 – z1 and | z1 |2 – | z2 |2
Q.5 If  &  are imaginary cube roots of unity then n + n is equal to :
2n  2n  2n  2n 
(A) 2 cos (B) cos (C) 2i sin (D) i sin
3 3 3 3
Q.6 If z + 4  3, z  C , then the greatest and least value of z + 1 are :
(A) (7 , 1) (B) (6 , 1) (C) (6 , 0) (D) none
z1  z 2 
Q.7 If z1 & z2 are two complex numbers & if arg = but z1  z 2  z1  z 2 then the figure
z1  z 2 2
formed by the points represented by 0, z1, z2 & z1 + z2 is :
(A) a parallelogram but not a rectangle or a rhombous (B) a rectangle but not a square
(C) a rhombous but not a square (D) a square
 
Q.8 If zn = cos + i sin , then Limit (z1 . z2 . z3 . ...... zn) =
(2n  1) (2n  3) (2n  1) (2n  3) n 

     
(A) cos + i sin (B) cos + i sin (C) cos + i sin (D) none
3 3 6 6 12 12
Q.9 The straight line (1 + 2i)z + (2i – 1) z = 10i on the complex plane, has intercept on the imaginary axis
equal to
(A) 5 (B) 5/2 (C) – 5/2 (D) – 5
Q.10 If cos  + i sin  is a root of the equation xn + a1xn  1 + a2xn  2 + ...... + an  1x + an = 0 then the value


n
of a r cos r  =
r 1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) none

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Q.11 Let A(z1) and B(z2) represent two complex numbers on the complex plane. Suppose the complex slope
z z
of the line joining A and B is defined as 1 2 . Then the lines l1 with complex slope 1 and l2 with
z1  z 2
complex slope 2 on the complex plane will be perpendicular to each other if
(A) 1 + 2 = 0 (B) 1 – 2 = 0 (C) 12 = –1 (D) 1 2 = 1
Q.12 If the equation, z4 + a1z3 + a2z2 + a3z + a4 = 0, where a1, a2, a3, a4 are real coefficients different from
a a a
zero has a pure imaginary root then the expression 3 + 1 4 has the value equal to:
a1 a 2 a2 a3
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C)  2 (D) 2
Q.13 P(z1), Q(z2), R(z3) and S(z4) are four complex numbers representing the vertices of a rhombus taken in
order on the complex plane, then which one of the following is not always INCORRECT?
z1  z 4 z1  z 4 z2  z4
(A) z  z is purely real (B) amp z  z  amp z  z
2 3 2 4 3 4
z1  z 3
(C) z  z is purely imaginary (D) | z1 – z3 |  | z2 – z4 |
2 4

Q.14 Suppose A is a complex number & n  N, such that An = (A + 1)n = 1, then the least value of n is
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 12
Q.15 Intercept made by the circle z z +  z +  z + r = 0 on the real axis on complex plane, is

(A) (   )  r (B) (   ) 2  2r (C) (   ) 2  r (D) (   ) 2  4r

 (Z)r = 0, then the value of 

50 50 1
Q.16 If Zr ; r = 1, 2, 3,..., 50 are the roots of the equation is
r0 r 1 Zr  1
(A)  85 (B)  25 (C) 25 (D) 75
Q.17 All roots of the equation, (1 + z)6 + z6 = 0 :
(A) lie on a unit circle with centre at the origin
(B) lie on a unit circle with centre at (- 1, 0)
(C) lie on the vertices of a regular polygon with centre at the origin
(D) are collinear
Q.18 If z & w are two complex numbers simultaneously satisfying the equations,
z3 + w5 = 0 and z2 . w 4 = 1 , then :
(A) z and w both are purely real (B) z is purely real and w is purely imaginary
(C) w is purely real and z is purely imaginarly (D) z and w both are imaginary .
Q.19 If 1, z1, z2, z3 , ...... , zn  1 be the nth roots of unity and  be a non real complex cube root of unity then

 ( zr) can not be equal to :

n1
the product
r 1

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C)  1 (D) 1 + 

Q.20 Which of the following represents a point in an argands' plane, equidistant from the roots of the equation
(z + 1)4 = 16z4?
 1  1   2 
(A) (0, 0) (B)   , 0 (C)  , 0 (D)  0, 
 3  3   5

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