CPP - III

1. Locate the points representing the complex number z on the Argand plane:

(i) 1  z  2i  3 (ii) Im  z  1
  z  2i 
(iii) A rg  z a  where a  3  4i (iv) Re  iz  2   4  z  2 i 
3  
 1  2i 
2 2
(v) z 7 (vi) z  1  z  1  4 ;
z 3
(vii)  3; (viii) z  3  z  6
z 3
 z 3  2
(ix) 
lo g 1/2   1 (x) Im  z  1  2 i  8
3z  2 
2. z 1, z 2 , z 3 and z 4 are 4 complex numbers such that 5z4  4z2  z3 , z4  z 2  1 and z3 is the
midpoint of z1 and z2 then z4  z 1 is
(A) 11 (B) 9 (C) 5 (D) 3
a b
3. z1  ; z2  ; z3  a  b i for a, b  R if z1  z 2  1 then the centroid of the triangle
1i
i 2
formed by the points z 1, z 2 , z 3 in the argand’s plane is given by
1 1 1 1
(A) 1  7 i  (B) 1  7 i  (C) 1  3 i  (D) 1  3 i 
9 3 3 9

4. If 0 , z 1, z 2 are vertices of a triangle in argand plane such that z1 and z2 are roots of equation
z
2
 3  2  i  z    0 . If orthocentre of triangle is 4  3 i then circumcentre of triangle is
2 i 4 2
(A) 1  3 i (B)  (C) i (D) 2  i
3 3 3 3

5. Let z 1, z 2 and z3 satisfies z  k (k > 2) and orthocentre of triangle formed by z 1, z 2 and z3

in complex plane satisfies z  2 then z1  z 2  z 3 is

(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 1 (D) 2

6. 0 , A  z 1  , B  8  i6  , C z2  are vertices of a parallelogram taken in order and z1  z2  4

2 2
then z1  z2 is
41 9
(A) (B) (C) 58 (D) 42
2 2
7. If z  k z  2 represents a straight line is argand plane then k can be
(A) 1 only (B) –1 only (C) 1 (D) None

8. The curve represented by R e z 

2
 4 is
(A) a parabola (B) an ellipse (C) a circle (D) a rectangular hyperbola

9. The inequality z 4  z  2 represents:

(A) R e z  0 (B) R e z  0 (C) R e z  2 (D) R e z  3

10. The number of solutions of the system of equations R e z 

2
 0, z  2 is
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1
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11. The complex number z  x  iy which satisfy the equation  1 lie on:
z  5i
(A) the x – axis (B) the straight line y = 5
(C) a circle passing through the origin (D) the y – axis

12. The locus of z which lies in shaded region

i
is best represented by
 
(A) z  1,  a rg z 
2 2

(B) z  1,  a rg z  0
2
 1
(C) z  0, 0  a rg z 
2

(D) z  1,  a rg z  
2
– i

 2 z 1 i
13. The system of equations  , where z is a complex number has:
Re z 1
(A) no solution (B) exactly one solution (C) two distinct solutions (D) infinite solution

14. If z 1, z 2 , z 3 are vertices of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the circle z  2 and if

z 1i 3 , then
(A) z2  2, z3 1i 3 (B) z2  2, z3 1i 3

(C) z2  2, z3 1i 3 (D) z2 1i 3, z3  1  i 3

15. The region of Argand diagram defined by z  1  z  1  4 is:

(A) interior of an ellipse (B) exterior of a circle
(C) interior and boundary of an ellipse (D) none of these

16. The points z 1 , z 2 , z 3 , z 4 in the complex plane are the vertices of a parallelogram taken in
order if and only if:
(A) z 1  z 4  z 2  z 3 (B) z 1  z 3  z 2  z 4 (C) z 1  z 2  z 3  z 4 (D) none

*17. The equation z  i  z  i  k, k  0 , can represent

(A) an ellipse if k > 2 (B) line segment if k = 2
(C) an ellipse if k = 5 (D) line segment if k = 1

*18. The equation z i  z  i  k represents

(A) a hyperbola if 0  k  2 (B) a pair of ray if k 2
(C) a straight line if k  0 (D) a pair of ray if k 2

*19. If z satisfies the inequality z  1  2 i  1 , then

3 
(A) m in a rg z  ta n 1 (B) m a x a rg z  (C) m in z  5  1 (D) max z  5 1
4 2
20. R e z 
3
 0 in argand plane represents
(A) 2 lines (B) 3 lines (C) 1 line and 1 circle (D) 1 line and 1 parabola
21. If z satisfies z z 4 2 z  4 then which of following is always true:
(A) R e z  0 (B) Im  z  0 (C) R e z  1 (D) Im  z  1

22. For z satisfying z 3  z  3  6 which of following is always true.

(A) z lies on an ellipse (B) m in z 3
(C) a rg  z  0 (D) There are two z for which z is maximum

23. Among the complex numbers z satisfying the condition z  3  3 i  3 , find the number
having the least positive argument.
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
(A)  i (B)   i (C)   i (D) None of these
2 2 2 2 2 2
24. Let z  x  iy , where x , y  R and i  1 . Find the radius of circle inscribed in the triangle
z
2
1
formed by locus of P  z  satisfying  R and the line 4z  3y 12 .
z
2
1
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 2

2 2
25. If z is a complex number satisfying the equation z   1  i   2 and   , then the locus
z
traced by '  ' in the complex plane is
(A) x  y  1  0 (B) x  y  1  0 (C) x  y  1  0 (D) x  y  1  0

26. The reflection of the complex number 3  2 i  in the straight line z  iz is
(A)  2  3 i  (B) 2  3 i (C) 2  3 i (D) i  5 

 i is
2
27. If z satisfies 4 R e z 
2
9 5 z then max value of z

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

 z z 
2

28. Let A : z :
 2i   2  z  z   , where i  1 and B  z : z  5 . Number of points with
   
integral real and imaginary parts of z lying in A  B is
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 7 (D) 9
2
29. Area bounded by 8 z 2  8 z  2 0 z z  3 6 is (where z is a complex number)
(A)  (B) 2  (C) 3  (D) 4 

Paragraph for question nos. 30 to 32

iz
Consider a complex number w  where z  x  iy , where x, y R
2z 1
30. If the complex number w is purely imaginary then locus of z is
(A) a straight line
 1 1 5
(B) a circle with centre   ,  and radius
 4 2 4
1 1
(C) a circle with centre  ,   and passing through origin.
4 2 
(D) neither a circle nor a straight line
31. If the complex number w is purely real then locus of z is
(A) a straight line passing through origin
(B) a straight line with gradient 3 and y intercept (–1)
(C) a straight line with gradient 2 and y intercept 1
(D) none

32. If w  1 then the locus of P is

(A) a point circle (B) an imaginary circle (C) a real circle (D) not a circle


33. Number of complex numbers satisfying equation z
3
 z and a rg  z  1  simultaneously
4
is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4


34. How many z can satisfies z 5  z  5  8 and a rg  z  7  simultaneously
4
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) more than 2

 2
35. The area bounded by the curves a rg z  , a rg z  and a rg  z  2  2i 3   in an argand
3 3
plane is
3
(A) (B) 4 3 (C) 8 3 (D) 2 3
2
2 3i
36. On curve 8 z  z    z  z   0 tangents drawn from z1 and z2 on it intersects at 1 
2
3i 5 5
such that z1 1   then z2 is
2 2
1
(A) i (B) 4  4i (C) 1  2 i (D) 1  2 i
4

1
37. If z  , then z represents
1  c o s    i s in 
(A) straight line (B) circle with centre on x – axis
(C) parabola (D) circle with centre on y – axis

*38. From a point P represent complex number z1 , on curve z  2 , two tangents are drawn from
P on curve z  1, touching at Q z2  and R z3  , then
 z2  2
(A) 
a rg 
 z3  3
(B) Centroid of triangle PQR lies on z 1
4 1 1  4 1 1 
(C)       9
 z1 z 2 z 3  z1 z 2 z 3 
(D) Orthocentre and circumcentre of P Q R will coincide

39. Let C 1 : R e z    m  z     ,   R   be a locus and C 2

: z  7  z  7  8 be

another locus on argand plane. If C1 is just sufficient to contain C 2

then find  2  2 ?
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4 7
40. If the roots of the equation z
4
 z 3   3 6  1 5 i  z 2  m z  0 are the vertices of a square then
  m  can be equal to
(A) 35  45i (B) 3 5  4 5 i (C) 35  45i (D) 3 5  4 5 i

41. If z satisfies z 2 2 1  i   2 then find the value of

(A) Maximum z and corresponding z (B) Minimum z and corresponding z
(C) Maximum arg(z) and corresponding z (D) Minimum arg (z) and corresponding z
 ANSWERS

1. (i) The region between the coencentric circles with centre at (0, 2) and radii 1 and 3 units
(ii) The part of the complex plane on or above the line y  1
(iii) a ray emanating from the point 3  4 i  directed away from the origin and having
equation, 3x y 4 3 3  0, x 3
1 1
(iv) Region outside or on the circle with centre  2 i and radius
2 2

(v) On a circle of radius 7 with centre (–1, 2);

(vi) on a unit circle with centre at origin
(vii) on a circle with centre  1 5 / 4 , 0  and radius 9/4;
(viii) a straight line
(ix) Inside a circle with centre of origin and radius 8 and outside a circle with centre at origin
2
and radius
3
(x) Rectangular hyperbola with centre at (1, 2).

2. B 3. A 4. A 5. D
6. C 7. A 8. D 9. D
10. A 11. A 12. A 13. B
14. C 15. C 16. B 17. ABC
18. ACD 19. ABCD 20. B 21. C
22. D 23. B 24. A 25. A
26. A 27. C 28. D 29. C
30. B 31. C 32. C 33. A
34. A 35. B 36. A 37. A
38. ABCD 39. C 40. B
41. (a) 6 and 3 2 1  i  (b) 4 and  2  1  i 

3  3  i3  3 3  3  i3  3
(c) 15
o
and (d) 75
o
and
2 2