BEGINNER BOX-1 BASIC MATHEMATICS

Solve the following inequalities :

x 1 2x - 3
1. £ 2. >0 3. x4 – 5x2 + 4 < 0
x+2 x 3x - 7
1 (x - 1)(3 - x) x -1
4. £2 5. >0 6. >2
x -1 x 2 - 5x x +3
7x - 5 x + 7 3x + 1 1 3
7. >4 8. + ³0 9. <
8x + 3 x -5 2 x +2 x -3
14x 9x - 30 x -1 x +1
10. - <0 11. - <2
x +1 x - 4 x x -1
12. (x2 + 3x + 1) (x2 + 3x – 3) ³ 5 13. (x2 – x – 1) (x2 – x – 7) < –5

x -5
14. Find the smallest integral x which satisfy the inequality 2
>0
x + 5x - 14
Find the largest integral x, which satisfies the following inequalities.
x-2 4x + 19 4x - 17
15. <0 16. <
x2 - 9 x +5 x -3
Solve the following inequalities :

(x - 1) (x + 2) 2
17. (x - 1) (3 - x) (x - 2) 2 > 0 18. <0
-1 - x
x +1 (2 - x 2 ) (x - 3)3
19. <1 20. ³0
(x - 1) 2 (x + 1) (x 2 - 3x - 4)
21. Find the largest integral x which satisfy the inequality
(x + 1) (x – 3)2 (x – 5) (x – 4)2 (x – 2) < 0.
Solve the following inequalities :
0.5 x 2 - 5x + 6 x 2 + 2x - 3
22. <0 23. <0 24. <0
x - x2 -1 x2 + x +1 x2 +1

x 2 - 7x + 12 x 2 + 6x - 7
25. x4 – 2x2 – 63 £ 0 26. >0 27. £2
2x 2 + 4x + 5 x2 +1

x2 -1 x + 7 3x + 1 (x + 2)(x 2 - 2x + 1)
28. <1 29. + ³0 30. ³0
x2 + x + 1 x -5 2 4 + 3x - x 2

x 4 - 3x 3 + 2x 2
31. >0
x 2 - x - 30
 BEGINNER BOX- 2 BASIC MATHEMATICS

Solve the following equations

1. Solve : |x + 3| = 2(5 – x) 2. Solve : x|x| + 7x – 8 = 0

3. ½x½ + 2 = 3 4. ½x½ - 2 x + 5 = 0

2
5. x - ½x½ + 4 = 2 x 2 - 3½x½ + 1 6. |x – 3| + 2|x + 1| = 4

Solve the following inequalities

7. | |x–1| + 2| £ 4 8. |x – 3| + |x + 4| ³ 12

| x - 1|
9. <1 x ÎR 10. |x + 1| + |x – 1| = |2x|
x+2
11. (i) |x2 + x | – 5 < 0 , (ii) x 2 – 7x + 12 < |x – 4|

x 2 - 5x + 4
12. Solve £1
x2 - 4

Solve the equations/inequations involving absolute value of the function.

13. x + 2 = 2(3 - x) 14. 3x - 2 + x = 11

x 2 - 5x + 6
15. 4 - 3x £ 1/ 2 16. < 0.
| x | +7

2 x 2 - 7 | x | +10
17. >1 18. <0
x-4 x 2 - 6x + 9

19. x + 2 + 2x + 1 - 3 x - 1 = 6
 BEGINNER BOX- 3 BASIC MATHEMATICS

1. Find the values of x in each of the following :

(i) log 3 x = 4 (ii) log 4 x = 3

(iii) log 3
x=4 (iv) log10 x = -3

2
(v) log 4 x = 1.5 (vi) log8 x =
3
1
(vii) log125 x =
6
2. Express each of the following in exponential form:

(i) log 5 25 = 2 (ii) log 4 64 = 3 (iii) log10 0.001 = -3 (iv) log10 1000 = 3

3. Evaluate each of the following (Take the base of log as 10 if not specified)

1
(i) log 6 + 2 log 5 + log 4 – log 3 – log 2 (ii) log 36 + log 5 - log 30
2
(iii) log 5 + 2 log 0.5 + 3 log 2
4. Prove that:

50
(i) log 2 + 2log 5 - log 3 - 2log 7 = log
147

æ 9ö æ 35 ö æ 15 ö
(ii) log ç ÷ + log ç ÷ - log ç ÷ = 0
è 14 ø è 24 ø è 16 ø

11 14 22
(iii) log + log - log = log 7
5 3 15
5. Find the values of x in each of the following : (Take the base of log as 10 if not specified)

log144 log125
(i) = log x (ii) =x (iii) log x 4 + log x 16 + log x 64 = 12
log12 log 25
6. Which of the following reduces to an integer?

log32 log 5128 2log6

(A) (B) (C) (D) log48
log4 log 516 - log 5 4 log12 + log3

3 æxö
7. If log16 x = and logy 0.125 = – 3, then the value of log0.25 ç ÷ is -
4 èyø
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 4

1 1
8. Show that log9 + 2log 6 + log81 - log12 = 3log 3
2 4
b- c c-a a -b
æxö æyö æzö
9. If logex – logey = a , logey – logez = b & logez – logex = c, then find the value of ç ÷ ´ç ÷ ´ç ÷
èyø èzø èxø
 BEGINNER BOX- 4 BASIC MATHEMATICS
log3 135 log 3 5
1. Evaluate : -
log15 3 log 405 3
2. Evaluate : log927 – log279
3. Evaluate : 2log3 5 - 5log3 2
4. Evaluate : log34 . log45 . log56 . log67 . log78 . log89
5. If loga3 = 2 and logb8 = 3, then logab is -
(A) log32 (B)log23 (C)log34 (D) log43

6. ( 5.8 )(log5.8 10)+1 equals -

(A) 5.8 (B) 10 + 1 (C) 58 (D) 580
7. log4log3log2512 + 2log168 is equal to -
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7

8. log3log2log75 ( 12 + 27 ) is equal to -

1
( 12 + 27 )
3
(A) –3 (B) (C) (D) not defined
3
9. If x = log 2a a, y = log 3a 2a and z = log 4a 3a , prove that:
xyz + 1 = 2yz.
10. a,b,c are real numbers greater then 1 and x Î R+. If logax = 24, logbx = 40, logabcx = 12 then logcx equal is-
(A) 80 (B) 60 (C) 48 (D) 72

11. If logax = p and logbx2 = q, then logx ab is equal to (where a, b x Î R+) -

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) + (B) + (C) + (D) +
p q 2p q p 2q 2p 2q

1 1 1
12. + +
log bc abc log ca abc log ab abc has the value equal to -
(A) 1 (B) 1/2 (C) 2 (D) 4
13. Which of the following does not hold -

log a n log a nlog b nlog c n

(A) = 1 + log a b (B) loga nlog b n + log b nlog c n + log c nlog a n =
log ab n log abc n

log a n log b n log a nlog n b

(C) = (D) log ab n =
log a m log b m log a n + log b n

1 1 1
14. + +
1 + log q p + log q r 1 + log r p + log r q 1 + log p q + log p r is equal to -

1
(A) pqr (B) (C) 0 (D) 1
pqr
15. If a,b,c are distinct positive real numbers each different from unity such that:
(log b a × log c a - log a a) + (log a b × log c b - log b b) + (log a c × log b c - log c c) = 0 ,
then prove that abc = 1.
16. If a,b,c are positive real number, prove that :

(i) a log b -log c- blogc -log a cloga -log b = 1 (ii) (ab)log(a /b) (bc)log(b/c) (ca)log(c/a ) = 1

17. If 2loga x = logb x + log c x where a, b, c > 0 & ¹ 1 then which of the following holds (x ¹ 1) -

(A) c 2 = ( bc )log c a (B) a = bc ( log c b ) (C) b 2 = ( bc )log c a (D) a2 = bc

18. If logpq + logqr + logrp vanishes where p, q and r are positive reals different than unity then the value of
(logpq)3 + (logqr)3 + (logrp)3 is -
(A) an odd prime (B) an even prime (C) an odd composite (D) an irrational number
19. xlogy – logz.ylogz–logx.zlogx–logy when simplified reduces to -
(A) xyz (B) 1 (C) xyyzzx (D) none of these

20. Evaluate : (81) (1/log5 3) + 27 log9 36 + 3(4/log7 9)

1/2
ïìæ 1 ö ïü
2 -[(log5 13)/(2 log 5 9)]

21. í
Evaluate: ç ÷ ý
îïè 27 ø þï

22. The value of 3log4 5 + 4log5 3 - 5log4 3 - 3log5 4 is -

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None of these

1 1
23. Let a = log8 343 and b = log5 11 then -
7 11
(A) both a & b are prime (B) both a & b are rational which are not integers
(C) a is composite number but b is not (D) a & b are relatively prime
24. Find number of digits in 1820
200
æ1ö
25. Determine number of cyphers (zeros) between decimal & first significant digit in ç ÷
è6ø
 BEGINNER BOX- 5 BASIC MATHEMATICS

Solve the following equation (Take of the base of log as 10 if not specified)
1. (a) logx–1 3 = 2. (b) log4(2log3(1 + log2(1 + 3log3x))) = 1/2.

2. (a) log3(1 + log3(2x – 7)) = 1. (b)log3(3x – 8) = 2 – x.

log 2 (9 - 2x )
3. (a) = 1. (b) log5–x(x2 – 2x + 65) = 2.
3-x

æ 1 ö
4. (a) log3 ç log 9 x + + 9 x ÷ = 2x (b) log3(x + 1) + log3(x + 3) = 1.
è 2 ø
5. (a) log7(2x – 1) + log7(2x – 7) = 1.
(b) log 5 + log(x + 10) – 1 = log(21x – 20) – log(2x – 1).

1æ 1 1 ö
6. (a) 1 – log 5 = ç log + log x + log5 ÷ .
3è 2 3 ø

1 æ 1ö æ 1ö 1 æ 1ö
(b) log x – log ç x - ÷ = log ç x + ÷ - log ç x + ÷ .
2 è 2ø è 2ø 2 è 8ø
2
(x - 2) + log( x - 2)5 -12
7. (a) 3log3 log x – log x + log2x–3 = 0 (b) (x - 2)log = 102 log (x – 2)

8. (a) 9log3 (1- 2x) = 5x2 – 5. (b) x1+logx = 10x.

log x + 5
9. (a) x2logx = 10x2 (b) = 105+logx.
x 3

10. (a) x log3 x = 9 (b) ( x ) log5 x -1 = 5 .

log x + 7
11. (a) xlogx + 1 = 106. (b) = 10logx+1.
x 4

log 2 x + log x 2 - 2
æ log x ö
12. (a) x log x
(x - 2)
=9. (b) ç ÷ = log x .
è 2 ø

13. (a) 3 log 2 x – log2 8x + 1 = 0 (b) log2 x – 3logx = log(x2) – 4

14. (a) log1/ 3 x - 3 log1/ 3 x + 2 = 0 (b) 2(log x 5) 2 - 3log x 5 + 1 = 0

3 log x + 19
15. (a) (b) log32 6 - log23 2 = (log2 x – 2) log3 12.
3 log x - 1 = 2 logx + 1

If p and q are solutions of the equation 5( log5 x ) + x log 5x = 1250 then logqp has the value equal to -
2
16.

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) –2

1 æ 1ö
17. Number of solution(s) of the equation log2(x2 + 3) = log1/3 ç x + ÷ , x > 0 is -
2 è xø

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

 BEGINNER BOX- 6 BASIC MATHEMATICS

Solve the following inequalities : (Take base of log as 10 if not specified)

1. 23-6x > 1. 2. 16x > 0.125

2 1
3. (0.3) 2x -3x+ 6 < 0.00243 4. 3 x +1 > 9.

5. 2x + 2–x+1 – 3 < 0. 6.
2
x -3logx +1
x log > 1000.

2x-1 -1
7. 4x +1 – 16x < 2 log4 8. 8. < 2.
2x+1 +1

2( x-2)
9. 4 x - 22( x-1) + 8 3
> 52. 10. 52 x+1 > 5x + 4.

11. 9(4–1/x )+ 5(6–1/x) < 4(9–1/x)

Solve the following inequations

12. log1/ 3 (5x - 1) > 0 13. log5(3x – 1) < 1

14. log0.5 (1 + 2x) > – 1 15. log0.5 (x2 – 5x + 6) > – 1

16. log8 (x2 – 4x + 3) £ 1 17. log (x2 – 5x + 7) < 0

2x - 6 2x - 8
18. log 7 >0 19. log1.5 <0
2x - 1 x-2

1 - 2x 2 - 3x
20. log3 £0 21. log1/ 3 ³ -1
x x

æ 35 - x 2 ö 1
22. log1/ 4 ç ÷³- 23. log 20.5 x + log 0.5 x - 2 £ 0
è x ø 2

2
24. log 2 x £
log 2 x 1
 EXERCISE -1 BASIC MATHEMATICS

SINGLE CORRECT

(x - 1)(x - 2) 2 (x + 4)
1. Solution set of ³ 0 is
(x + 2)(x - 3)

(A) (-¥, -4] È (-2,1] È {2} È (3, ¥) (B) [ -4 , - 2) È [1 , 2] È (3, ¥)

(C) (-¥, - 4] È {2} È (3, ¥) v (D) None of these

x 2 - 5x + 12
2. Largest integral value of x satisfying the inequality > 3 is
x 2 - 4x + 5
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 7

3. If the expression x (e x - 1) (x - 1) (x - 2)3 (x - 3)5 ³ 0 then the true solution set is

(A) [0,1] È[2,3] (B) (-¥,0] È[1,2] È[3, ¥]

(C) [1, 2] È [3, ¥) È{0} (D) (-¥,0]È[2, ¥)

4. If all possible solutions to log 4 (3 - x) + log 0.25 (3 + x) = log 4 (1 - x) + log 0.25 (2x + 1) are found, then there
will be
(A) only one prime solution (B) two real solutions (C) no real solution (D) none of these

5. A circle has a radius of log10 (a 2 ) and a circumference of log10 (b 4 ) . The value of loga b is equal to

1 1
(A) (B) (C) p (D) 2p
4p p
2
6. Number of integers satisfying the inequality log 2 x - 2log1/4 x + 1 > 0 is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) infinitely many
100

7. Suppose f (n) = log 2 (3).log 3 (4).log 4 (5)....log n -1 (n) then the sum å f (2k ) equals
k =2

(A) 5010 (B) 5050 (C) 5100 (D) 5049

8. The number N = 6log10 2 + log10 31, lies between two successive integers whose sum is equal to
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 10

= 1 and log q (log r (log p x)) = 0 then ‘p’ equals

logp (log q (logr x))
9. 10
(A) r q/r (B) rq (C) 1 (D) r r /q

1
10. The solution set of the ineqality log 2 x - 1 - log 2 (x 3 ) + 2 > 0 is
2
(A) [2, 3] (B) (2, 3] (C) [2, 4) (D) (2, 4]

11. There exist a positive number k such that log 2 x + log 4 x + log 8 x = log k x, for all positive real numbers x.

If k = b a where a, bÎ N , the smallest possible value of (a + b) is equal to

(A) 75 (B) 65 (C) 12 (D) 63
 x x2
12. Total number of real solutions of +x = is equal to
x -1 x -1
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 8 (D) None of these

13. The complete set of values of x satisfying log x (x 2 - 1) £ 0, is

(A) (1, ¥ ) (B) (1, 2) (C) [ 2, ¥ ) (D) None of these

14. Solution of |4x + 3| + |3x – 4| = 12 is

7 3 5 2 11 13 3 7
(A) x = – , (B) x = – , (C) x = – , (D) x = – ,
3 7 2 5 7 7 7 5

2
15. The number of real roots of the equation x - 5 x + 6 = 0 is :

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

2 log 3 x
16. If 3 - 2 x - 3 = 0, then the number of values of 'x' satisfying the equation is
(A) zero (B ) 1 (C) 2 (D) more than 2

17. Number of real solutions of the equation log10 (-x ) = log 10 x 2 is :

(A) none (B) exactly 1 (C) exactly 2 (D) 4

( x - 1)( x + 1)( x - 2 ) 2 ( e 3 x - 1)
18. If £ 0, the complete solution set of values of x is
x ( 3 - x ) 3 ( x - 1) 2 ( x + 3 )

(A) (–¥, –3) È (3, ¥) (B) (–¥, –3) È [–1, 1) È (3, ¥) È {2} – {0}
(C) (–¥, –3) È (–1, 1) È (3, ¥) (D) none of these

19. The solution of 2x + 2|x| ³ 2 2 is

(
(A) (– ¥ , log 2 ( 2 + 1) ) (B) (0, ¥)

æ1 ö
(C) ç 2 , log 2 ( 2 – 1) ÷
è ø ( ]
(D) – ¥ , log 2 ( 2 – 1) È éê 1 , ¥ ö÷
ë2 ø

1– a – b
20. Let a, b Î R+ for which 60a = 3 and 60b = 5, then 12 2(1– b ) is equal to
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 12

1 1 1
21. + + has the value equal to -
log bc
abc log ca
abc log ab
abc

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

MORE THAN ONE OPTION CORRECT

22. The value of x satisfying the equation 22x - 8.2 x = -12, is

log3 1 3
(A) 1 + (B) log 6 (C) 1 + log (D) 1
log 2 2 2
 2
-( 9/2 ) log 3 x + 5]
23. The equation x [(log3 x ) =3 3 has ( x Î R )

(A) at least one real solution (B) exactly three real solution
(C) exactly one irrational solution (D) complex roots

24. The solution of the equation 3loga x + 3x loga 3 = 2 is given by

(B) ( 2 / a )
log3 2
(A) alog3 a (C) a - log3 2 (D) 2- log3 a

3x -4
25. The equation 184x – 3 = ( 54 2 ) has a solution which is
(A) an even integer (B) a prime number (C) coprime with 5 (D) none of these

3 2
3 log10 x - log10 x
26. If x1 and x2 are the solution of the equation x 3
= 100 3 10 then -

(A) x1x2 = 1 (B) x1 . x2 = x1 + x2 (C) log x2 x1 = –1 (D) log (x1 . x2) = 0

27. Which of the following when simplified, vanishes ?

1 2 3
(A) + –
log3 2 log9 4 log27 8

æ 2ö æ 9ö
(B) log2 ç ÷ + log4 ç ÷
è 3ø è 4ø

(C) – log8 log4 log2 16

(D) log10 cot 1° + log10cot 2° + log10 cot 3° + ......... + log10 cot 89°

1 + 2 log3 2
28. The number N = + log62 2 when simplified reduces to -
(1 + log3 2)2

(A) a prime number (B) an irrational number

(C) a real which is less than log3p (D) a real which is greater than log76

( x)
x
x
29. If p, q Î N satisfy the equation x = then p & q are -

(A) relatively prime (B) twin prime

(C) coprime (D) if logqp is defined then logpq is not & vice versa
 EXERCISE - 2 BASIC MATHEMATICS

Comprehension Based Questions

Comprehensio n–1

Set of all real values of x satisfying the inequality 4(ln x)3 – 8(ln x)2 – 11(ln x) + 15 £ 0 is
(a, e–b] È [ec, ed] and l = a2 + b2 + c2 + d2.

1. If [ . ] represents greatest integer function, then [ l ] is equal to

(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9

2. If sum of all prime numbers less than l is m, then m is equal to

(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 17 (D) None of these
log[ l ] c
3. If [ . ] is greatest integer function and m is as obtained in the above question, then m is,
(A) a rational number
(B) a prime number
(C) a composite number
(D) an irrational number

Comprehension–2
In comparison of two numbers, logarithm of smaller number is smaller, if base of the logarithm is greater than
one. Logarithm of smaller number is larger, if base of logarithm is in between zero and one. For example log24
is smaller than log2 8 and log 1 4 is larger than log 1 8 .
2 2

On t he basis of above inform ation, answe r the following questions :

4. Identify the correct order :

(A) log26 < log38 < log36 < log46 (B) log26 > log38 > log36 > log46
(C) log38 > log26 > log36 > log46 (D) log38 > log46 > log36 > log26

5. log 1 40 is-
20

(A) greater than one (B) smaller than one but positive
(C) greater than zero and smaller than one (D) none of these

5
6. log 2 is-
3
6

(A) less than zero (B) greater than zero and less than one
(C) greater than one (D) none of these
Match the Column
7*. Match the column for values of x which satisfy the equation in Column-I

Column-I Column-II

log10 (x - 3) 1
(A) = (p) 5
2
log10 (x - 21) 2

(B) xlogx +4 = 32, where base of logarithm is 2 (q) 100

(C) 5 log x - 3log x -1 = 3log x +1 - 5log x -1 where the base (r) 2

of logarithm is 10

1
(D) 91+logx – 31+logx – 210 = 0 ; where base of log is 3 (s)
32

8. Column- I Column-II
3 5
(log3 x )2 +log3 x –
(A) x4 4 = 3 (p) number of solutions = 2

x+2
(B) log0.2 £1 (q) number of solutions = 3
x

(C) log2 (x + 5) = 6 – x (r) number of solution = 1

(s) number of solution = 0

(t) infinite number of solutions

I N TE G E R /S U B J E CT I V E T YP E Q UE S T I O NS
9. Solve the simultaneous equations
|x + 2| + y = 5, x – |y| = 1

10. If 4A + 9B = 10C, where A = log 164, B = log 39 & C = log x83, then find x.

log a log b log c

11. If = = , show that a a. bb. c c = 1.
b-c c -a a-b

12. Solve : log4 log3 log2 x = 0

æ 1 ö
13. Solve : log 3 ç log9 x + + 9 x ÷ = 2x.
è 2 ø

14. Solve : 2log 4 (4 – x) = 4 – log 2 (– 2 – x).

15. Solve : log 102 x + log10x2 = log 102 3 - 1

b
log b log b N g
logb a
16. 4
Compute the following : (a) log1/ 3 729. 9 -1.27 -4 / 3 3
(b) a
 loga N.log b N.log c N
17. Prove the identity ; loga N.log b N + log b N.log c N + log c N.log a N =
log abc N
18. Which is smaller ? 2 or ( loge -1 2 + log2 e - 1) .

19. Find the value of 49A + 5B where A = 1 - log7 2 & B = - log5 4 .

2 3
20. Find the value of the expression 6
+
log4 (2000) log5 (2000)6

21. Solve the system of equations : loga x loga (xyz) = 48

loga y loga (xyz) = 12, a > 0, a ¹ 1
loga z loga (xyz) = 84
22. Compute the following :
1 3

81 log5 9
+3
log 3
F 7 2

b g IJK
GH e j
6
log25 6
(a) . log25 7
- 125
409

log1/ 5
FG 1 IJ
(b) 5
H 2K + log
4
+ log1/2
1
2
7+ 3 10 + 2 21

(c) 4
5 log 4 2 e3- 6 j- 6 log e 8 3- 2 j

23. Solve for x :

(a) 5logx + 5xlog5 =3 (a > 0) ; where base of log is a
(b) logx2.log2x2 = log4x2

24. Solve for x :

(a) logx+1(x2+x–6)2 = 4
(b) x + log10 (1 + 2x) = x.log105 + log106

25. (a) Given : log10 34.56 = 1.5386, find log10 3.456 ; log100.3456 & log100.003456.
(b) Find the number of positive integers which have the characteristic 3, when the base of the logarithm is 7.
 ANSWER KEY
BEGINNER'S BOX-1
1. ( -2 , - 1] È (0, 2] 2. (-¥; 3/ 2) È (7 / 3, + ¥) 3. (– 2 – 1) È (1, 2)

4. ( -¥ , 1) È [3 / 2, ¥ ) 5. (0, 1) È (3, 5) 6. (-7, - 3)

7. (-17 / 25, - 3/8) 8. [1, 3] È (5, ¥ ) 9. ( - 9 / 2, - 2) È (3, ¥ )

10. (-1, 1) È (4, 6) 11. (-¥, - 1) È (0, 1/ 2) È (1, + ¥)

12. ( -¥ , - 4] È [ -2, - 1] È [1, ¥ ) 13. (–2, –1) È (2, 3)

14. x = – 6 15. x = – 4 16. x = 2
17. (1, 2) È (2, 3) 18. ( -¥ , - 2) È ( - 2, - 1) È (1, ¥ )

19. ( -¥, 0) È (3, ¥) 20. [( - 2, -1) È ( -1, 2)] È [3, 4)

21. x = – 2 22. ( - ¥ , ¥ ) 23. (2, 3)

24. (–3, 1) 25. [–3, 3] 26. ( -¥ , 3) È (4, ¥ )

27. ( - ¥ , ¥ ) 28. ( - 2 , ¥ ) 29. [1, 3] È (5, ¥ )

30. (-¥, - 2] È (-1, 4) 31. ( -¥ , - 5) È (1, 2) È (6, ¥ )

B E G I N N E R ' S B OX- 2

1. xÎ {} 7
3
2. xÎ{1} 3. xÎ{–1, 1} 4. xÎ{5} 5. xÎ{–3, 3}

æ 13 ù é11 ö 1
6. xÎ{–1} 7. [– 1, 3] 8. çè - ¥, - 2 ú È ê 2 , ¥÷ø 9. (– ¥, – 2) È (– , ¥)
û ë 2

æ æ 1 + 21 ö æ 21 - 1 ö ö
ç ç ÷ ç ÷÷
10. x Î (–¥, –1] È [1, ¥) 11. (i) ç - ç 2 ÷, ç 2 ÷ ÷ , (ii) (2, 4)
è è ø è øø

é 8ù é5 ö
12. ê0, ú È ê , ¥ ÷ 13. {4/3} 14. {–9/2, 13/4}
ë 5û ë2 ø
15. [7/6, 3/2] 16. (2, 3) 17. (2, 4) È (4, 6)
18. (-5, - 2) È (2, 3) È (3, 5) 19. [1, ¥)
B E G I N N E R ' S B OX- 3
1. (i)34 (ii) 43 (iii) ( 3) 4 (iv)10–3 (v) 8 (vi) 82/3 (vii) 5
2. (i) 5 = 25
2
(ii) 4 = 64
3
(iii) 10 = 0.001
–3
(iv)10 = 1000
3

3. (i) 2 (ii) 0 (iii) 1

5.(i) 100 (ii) 3/2 (iii) 2
6. (C) 7. (B) 9. (1)
B E G I N N E R ' S B OX- 4
5
1. 3 2. 3. 0 4. 2 5. (C) 6. (C)
6
7. (A) 8. (D) 10. (B) 11. (B) 12. (D) 13. (D)

14. (D) 17. (C) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. 890 21. 3 -3/2 ´ (13)3/16
22. (A) 23. (D) 24. (26) 25. (155)
B E G I N N E R ' S B OX- 5
1
1.
Þ(a)
x = 1 + 3 (b) 3 2. (a) 4 (b) 2 3. (a) 0 (b) –5 4.(a) x = (b) 0
3
3 16
5. (a) 3 (b) 10, 6. (a) 1/ 3 (b)1 7. (a) 100 (b)x = 3, 102, 2 + 10 –7
2 5
1± 3
8. (a) –2 – 10 (b) 10, 1/10 9. (a)
x = 10 2
(b) x = 103 x = 10-5

10. (a) x = 3 ± 2 (b) t = 2, t = –1 x = 25 , x = 1/5

11.(a) 10-3 , 10 2 (b) x = 10–4, 10
12. (a) 5 (b) x = 10, 102 13.(a) x = 2, 16 (b)10 4, 10
14.(a) 1/3, 1/81(b) x = 5, 5 15.(a) x = 10-5/3, 100 (b) x = 10± 3

16. (C) 17. (A)

B E G I N N E R ' S B OX- 6
1. (–¥, 1/2) 2. (–3/4 + ¥) 3. (– ¥, 1/2) È (1, + ¥) 4. x Î (–1 , –1/2)
5. (0, 1) 6. (103, + ¥) 7. (–¥,0) È (log4 3, + ¥) 8. x Î R
9. (3, + ¥) 10. (0, + ¥) 11. (–1/2, 0) 12. (1/ 5, 2 / 5)
13. (1/ 3, 2) 14. (-1/ 2, 1/ 2) 15. (1, 2) È (3, 4) 16. [ -1, 1) È (3, 5]
17. (2, 3) 18. (-¥, 1/ 2) 19. (4, 6) 20. [1/3, 1/2)

21. [1/3, 2/3) 22. [ -7, - 35) È [5, 35) 23. [1/ 2,4]
24. (0,1/ 2] È (2, 4]
EXERCISE -1
SINGLE CORRECT & MORE THAN ONE OPTION CORRECT
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ans. A B C D C C D B A C
Que. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. A D D C D B C B D A
Que. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Ans. B AD ABC CD AC ACD ABCD CD ACD

EXERCISE -2
Comprehension Based Questions
Comprehension –1 1. D 2.C 3.A
Comprehension –2 4.B 5.D 6.B
Match the Column
7. (A) ® (p), (B) ® (r,s), (C) ® (q), (D) ® (p)
8. (A) ® (q), (B) ® (t), (C) ® (r)
Subjective Type
1
9. x = 2, y = 1 10. x = 10 12. x = 8 13. x =
3
3 1
14. x = –4 15. x = or x = 16. (a) –1, (b) logbN
10 30
25 1 1 1 1
18. 2 19. 20. 21. (a4, a, a7), ( , , )
2 6 a 4 a a7
22. (a) 1, (b) 6, (c) 9 23. (a) x = 2- log5 a (b) x = 2 2 or 2- 2
24. (a) x = 1, (b) x = 1 25. (a) 0.5386, 1.5386 , 3.5386 (b) 2058