1

1. The value of tan 82 is

2
(a) 2 3 4 6 (b) ( 3  2 ) ( 2  1)
(c)  ( 3  2 ) ( 2  1) (d) none of these

2. The equation a sin x  b cos x  c , where | c | a 2  b 2 has

(a) a unique solution (b) infinite number of solutions
(c) no solution (d) none of these

3. cos 2  2 cos  is always

3 3
(a) greater than – (b) less than or equal to
2 2
3
(c) greater than or equal to – (d) none of these
2

4. The value of 3 cot 20  4 cos 20 is

(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 0 (d) none of these

5. The angle  whose cosine equals to its tangent is given by

(a) cos  = 2 cos 18° (b) cos  = 2 sin 18°
(c) sin  = 2 sin 18° (d) sin  = 2 cos 18°

6. If A lies in the third quadrant and 3 tan A – 4 = 0, then 5 sin 2 A  3 sin A  4 cos A is
equal to
24 24 48
(a) 0 (b)  (c) (d)
5 5 5

7. If sin A + sin B = a and cos A + cos B = b, then cos( A  B ) is equal to

a2  b2 2ab
(a) (b)
b2  a2 a  b2
2

b2  a2 a2  b2
(c) (d)
a2  b2 a2  b2

cos( A  C )
8. If cos 2B  , then
cos( A  C )
(a) tan A, tan B, tan C are in A.P. (b) tan A, tan B, tan C are in G.P.
(c) tan A, tan B, tan C are in H.P. (d) none of these

b
9. If tan x  , then the value of a cos 2 x  b sin 2 x is
a
(a) a (b) a – b (c) a + b (d)b
 sin 2 20  cos 4 20
10. Value of is
sin 4 20  cos 2 20
1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) (d) none of these
2

11 If  +  = and  +  = , then tan  equals
2
(a) 2 (tan  + tan ) (b) tan  + tan 
(c) tan  + 2 tan  (d) 2 tan  + tan 

3  
12. If cosA  B   0, cosA  B   ; A, B  0,  , then tanA  2B  tan2A  B  is equal
2  2
to
(a) 0 (b) –1 (c) 1 (d) none of these

1 
13. If sin   0.5, cos   and 0  ,   , then    lies in the interval
3 2
(a) (60°, 90°) (b) (90°, 120°) (c) (120°, 300°) (d) (150°, 180°)

14. Value of A  sin 20   cos 48  lies in the interval

1 5 1 3
(a) (0, 1] (b)  ,  (c) 2 , 2 (d) none of these
2 4  

15. The value of e log10 tan 1log10 tan 2log10 tan 3...log10 tan 89 is
(a) 0 (b) e (c) 1/e (d) none of these
 7 A
16. If 0  A  and sin A  cos A  , then tan 
6 2 2
7 2 7 2 7
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these
3 3 3
 2 3
17. The value of sin  sin  sin is
7 7 7
 1   1 
(a) cot (b) cot (c) tan (d) tan
14 2 14 14 2 14
(3  cot 76  cot 16)
18. The value of is
cot 76  cot 16
(a) cot 44° (b) tan 44° (c) tan 2° (d) cot 46°

3 1
19. If     , then 2 cot   is equal to
4 sin 2 
(a) 1 + cot  (b) – 1 – cot  (c) 1 – cot  (d) – 1 + cot 

20. (tan 3 A  tan 2 A  tan A) equals

(a) tan A  tan 2 A  tan 3 A (b) 3 tan A
(c) tan 3 A  tan 2 A  tan A (d) none of these
21. The numbers 3 2 sin 2 x 1, 14 and 3 4 2 sin 2 x form first three terms of an A.P., its fifth term is
given by
(a) 40 (b) 53 (c) –25 (d) –12

22. sin 12  sin 24  sin 48  sin 84  is

(a) cos 20  cos 40  cos 60  cos 80  (b) sin 20  sin 40  sin 60  sin 80 
3
(c) (d) none of these
15

sin 2 y 1  cos y sin y

23. The value of expression 1    is equal to
1  cos y sin y 1  cos y
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) sin y (d) cos y

n
24. Let n be an odd integer. If sin n  b
r 0
r sin r  for every value of , then

(a) b0 = 1, b1 = 3 (b) b0 = 0, b1 = n
(c) b0 = –1, b1 = n (d) b0 = 0, b1 = n2 – n + 3

m 1
25. If tan   , tan   , then
m 1 2m  1
(a)  =  (b)  +  = /4
(c)  +  = 0 (d)  +  = /2
 EXERCISE  II
   3   5   7 
1. 1  cos   1  cos   1  cos   1  cos  is equal to
 8  8  8  8 
1  1 1 2
(a) (b) cos (c) (d)
2 8 8 2 2

  3      
2. The expression 3 sin4      sin4 3     2 sin6      sin6 5    is equal to
  2    2  
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d)
sin 4  cos 6

3.
4 2
 
3sin x  cos x   6sin x  cos x   4 sin 6 x  cos 6 x is equal to
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 14

4. The number of all possible 5-tuples (a1, a2 , a3 , a4 , a5 ) such that

a1  a2 sin x  a3 cos x  a4 sin 2x  a5 cos 2x  0 holds for all x is
(a) zero (b) one (c) two (d) infinite

 
Let    0,  and t1  tan   , t 2  tan  , t 3  cot  and t 4  cot  ,
tan  cot  tan  cot 
5.
 4 
then
(a) t1  t 2  t 3  t 4 (b) t 4  t3  t1  t 2
(c) t3  t1  t 2  t 4 (d) t 2  t 3  t1  t 4

6. If sin x  sin2 x  1 , then cos8 x  2 cos6 x  cos4 x is equal to

(a) 0 (b) –1 (c) 2 (d) 1
ab
7. If b sin   a sin  2 , then is equal to
ab
tan  cot   cot  cot 
(a) (b) (c) (d)
tan   cot     cot     cot    

mn
8. If m tan  30  n tan  120 , then is equal to
mn
(a) 2 cos 2 (b) cos 2 (c) 2 sin 2 (d) sin 2

 3 15 12
9. If    ,     ; sin   and tan   , then the value of sin    is
2 2 17 5
171 21 21 171
(a)  (b)  (c) (d)
221 221 221 221
10. If        , then sin2   sin2   sin2  is equal to
(a) 2 sin  sin  cos  (b) 2 cos  cos  cos 
 (c) 2 sin  sin  sin  (d) none of these

11. If A  sin2   cos 4  , then for all real values of 

3 13 3 13
(a) 1  A  2 (b)  A 1 (c)  A 1 (d) A
4 16 4 16
12. If A  B  C  270  , then cos 2 A  cos 2B  cos 2C  4 sin A sin B sin C is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
3
13. If A  B  C  , then cos 2 A  cos 2B  cos 2C is equal to
2
(a) 1 4 cos A cos B cos C (b) 4 sin A sin B sin C
(c) 1 2 cos A cos B cos C (d) 1 4 sin A sin B sin C

   t 1
14. If    0,  and sin  , then tan  =
 2  2 2t
t 1 t 1
(a) (b) t 2 1 (c) t2 1 (d)
t 1 t 1

15. If x1, x2, x3, …, xn are in A.P. whose common difference is , then the value of
sin (sec x1 sec x 2  sec x 2 sec x 3  ...  sec x n 1 sec x n ) is
sin( n  1) sin n
(a) (b)
cos x1 cos x n cos x1 cos x n
(c) sin(n  1) cos x1 cos x n (d) sin n cos x1 cos x n

16. 3 sin 4
  2 cos 6   y  2 sin 6   3 cos 4  
2
 9 for
(a) all   R and all y  R (b) all   R and only two values of
y
  
(c) all   2n  1 , n  I  and y = 0 (d) none of these
 2 

17. If in a ABC, tanA  B   3 tan C , then the maximum value of tan 2 A is

1 1
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) (d)
2 3
18. If tan   n . tan  , then maximum value of tan 2    is

(a)
n  12 (b)
n  12
4n 4n

(c)
2n  1 2
(d)
2n  12
4n 4n
19. Which one is true?
(a) sin 1  sin 2  sin 3 (b) sin 1  sin 2  sin 3
(c) sin 1  sin 3  sin 2 (d) sin 3  sin 1  sin 2

20. If y tanA  B  C   x tanA  B  C   k , then tan 2C will be equal to

 k x  y  x  y k x  y k x  y k
(a) (b) (c) (d)
k 2  xy 2
k  xy xy  k 2
xy  k 2