Mathematics

CHECKYOUR GRASP INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS EXERCISE-I

PRINCIPAL VALUE OF sin–1x, cos–1x, tan–1x  1 
1  3 
9. The value of sin  tan ( 3 )  cos   2  is-
1. The domain of sin–1x is-   
(1)(–,) (2)[–1,1] (3)(0,2) (4)(–,) (1) 1 (2) –1
  1  (3) 0 (4) None of these
2. sin   sin 1    
 3  2  PROPERTY IV
1 1 1 10. If cos–1 x – sin–1x = 0, then x is equal to-
(1) (2) (3) (4) 1
2 3 4
1 1 1
 2  (1) ± (2) 1 (3) ± (4)
tan 1  tan  2 3 2
3.
 3 
 1  3 

 2  2 11. The value of cos–1    + sin–1   2  is-
(1) (2) (3)  (4)   2  
3 3 3 3

PROPERTY I & II  2
(1) (2) 0 (3) (4) None
3 3
1  7  PROPERTY V
4. The value of cos  cos  is-
 6 
1 1 1
  7 5 12. sin–1x + sin–1 + cos–1x + cos =
(1) (2)  (3)  (4) x x
6 6 6 6

  7  (1)  (2)
5. cot  cos 1    2
  2 5 
3
25 25 (3) (4) None of these
2
(1) (2)
24 7
13. cos 1 1  x  sin 1 1  x 
24
(3) (4) None of these 
25 (1)  (2) (3) 1 (4) 0
2

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1  5
6. The principal value of sin sin  is-  1 1
 6  14. sin sin 1  cos 1  
 2 2 
 5 (1) 0 (2) –1 (3) 2 (4) 1
(1) (2)
6 6 15. If x = sin–1K, y= cos–1K, –1< K < 1, then the
7 correct relationship is-
(3) (4) None of these
6 (1) x + y = 2 (2) x – y = 2
PROPERTY III
 
(3) x + y = (4) x – y =
 1  2 2
3   
  
 2  6  is-
7. The value of cos  cos
   
PROPERTY VI
1
(1) 1 (2) –1 (3) 0 (4) 16. The value of tan–11 + tan–12 + tan–13 is-
2
8. The principal value of cot–1(–1) is- (1) 0 (2) 1 (3)  (4) 
  x xy
(1) (2)  17. tan 1    tan 1   is-
4 4 y x y
3   
(3) (4) None of these (1) (2) (3) (4) None of these
4 2 3 4
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PROPERTY VII
3 4
23. If cos–1 – sin–1 = cos–1x, then x is equal to-
1 1 5 5
18. cos–1 + 2 sin–1 is equal to-
2 2
(1) 0 (2) 1
(1) /4 (2) /6 (3) /3 (4) 2/3
(3) –1 (4) None of these
19. The solution of
24. If sin–1 x + sin–1(1–x) = cos–1x, then x equals-
 1  b2 

sin–1 
2a 
 – cos–1   = tan–1  2 x  is- (1) 1,–1 (2) 1,0
2
1  a   1  b2  2
1  x 
 
1
a b 1  ab (3) 0, (4) None of these
(1) (2) 2
1  ab a b
25. If sin–1(1–x) – 2 sin–1x = /2, then x equals-
ab  1 a b
(3) (4)
ab 1  ab 1
(1) 0,–1/2 (2) 0,
2
PROPERTY VIII & IX
(3) 0 (4) None of these
2  
20. If sin–1 x + sin–1y = , then cos–1x + cos–1y is 26. For 0 < cos–1 x <  and  < sin–1x < , the
3 2 2
equal to-
1
2  value of cos(sin–1 x + 2 cos–1x) at x= is-
(1) (2) 5
3 3
2 6 6
(1) (2) 
 5 5
(3) (4) 
6
2 6 6
1 2 (3) (4)
21. If sin–1 + sin–1 = sin–1x, then the value of x is- 5 5
3 3
27. tan(cos–1x), where |x| < 1 –{0} is equal to-
( 5 4 2)
(1) 0 (2) x
9 1  x2
(1) (2)
x 1  x2
( 5 4 2) 
(3) (4)
9 2 1  x2 x
(3) (4)
x 1  x2
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PROPERTY X
 1 3 
 1 The value of sin  cos
5 
 is: 28. is-
22. Solution of the equation cot–1x + sin–1 
5 4

1 3 4
(1) (2)
(1) x = 3 (2) x  5 5
5
(3) x = 0 (4) None 1
(3) (4) None of these
5

ANSWER KEY
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. 2 4 3 4 4 1 2 3 1 4 1 1 2 4 3
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Ans. 3 3 4 4 2 3 1 2 3 3 1 1 2

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8. The solution set of the equation sin–1x=2 tan–1x
1 
1. If cos–1   =  then tan  = is-
x (1) {1,2} (2) {–1,2}

1
1 (3) {–1,1,0} (4) {1, ,0}
(1) (2) x2  1 2
x2  1
 4 2
9. tan cos 1  tan 1  
(3) 1  x 2 (4) x  1 2  5 3

11  6 17 7 16
2. The equation 2 cos–1 x + sin–1x = has- (1) (2) (3) (4)
6 17 6 16 7
10. If cos–1x + cos–1y + cos–1z =  then-
(1) no solution (2) only one solution
(1) x2 + y2 + z2 + xyz = 0
(3) two solutions (4) three solutions
(2) x2 + y2 + z2 + 2xyz = 0
3. sec2(tan–12) +cosec2(cot–13) =
(3) x2 + y2 + z2 + xyz = 1
(1) 5 (2) 13 (4) x2 + y2 + z2 + 2xyz = 1
(3) 15 (4) 6
a b bc
11. tan 1  tan 1 
1 1  x 1 1  ab 1  bc
4. If tan  tan 1 x , then x =
1x 2 (1) tan–1a –tan–1b (2) tan–1a –tan–1c
(3) tan–1b – tan–1c (4) tan–1c – tan–1a
(1) 1 (2) 3

12. If cot–1x + tan–13 = then x=
2
1
(3) (4) None of these
3 1 1
(1) (2)
3 4

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 1 1  (3) 3 (4) 4
5. If sin  sin  cos 1 x   1 then x=
 5  13. If cos x + cos y = 2 then sin–1x + sin–1y=
–1 –1

(1)  (2) 
(1) 1 (2) 0

4 1 (3) (4) None of these
(3) (4) 2
5 5
1  2 a  1  2 b 
6. The value of cos–1 (–1/2) –2 sin–1(1/2) + 14. If sin    sin  1  b 2
–1
 = 2 tan x then x=
1  a
2
  
3 cos–1(–1/ 2 ) – 4 tan–1(–1) is equal to-

(1) 7/4 (2) 11 /4 a b b

(1) (2)
1  ab 1  ab
(3) 43/12 (4) 25/12
b ab
 3  (3) (4)
1  ab 1  ab
7. If tan–1x = sin–1   then x=
 10 

(1) 3 (2) –3 15. The solution of tan–1(1 + x) + tan–1(1–x) = is-
2

1 1 (1) x=1 (2) x=–1

(3) (4) – (3) x=0 (4) x=
3 3
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16. tan–1x + 2cot–1x = , then the value of x is- 24. The set of values of x, satisfying the equation
3
tan2(sin–1x) > 1 is -
(1) 2 (2) 3

3 1  2 2
(3) 3 (4) (1) [–1,1] (2)   2 , 2 
3 1  
17. If sin–1a + sin–1b + sin–1c =  then the value of

a 1  a 2  b 1  b2  c 1  c 2   2 2  2 2
(1) 2abc (2) abc (3) (1,1)    2 , 2  (4) [–1,1]   2 , 2 
   
1 1
(3) abc (4) abc
2 3
18. If cos–1x + cos–1y + cos–1z = 3 then the value of   
25. If x    ,  , then the value of
xy+yz+zx is equal to-  2 2
(1) 0 (2) 1
(3) 3 (4) –3  3 sin 2 x 
 tan x 
19. If tan x + tan y + tan–1z =  then
–1 –1 tan–1   + tan–1   is-
 4   5  3 cos 2 x 
1 1 1
  
xy yz zx x
(1) (2) 2x
2
1 (3) 3x (4)x
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) (4) xyz
xyz
26. tan–1a + tan–1b, where a>0, b>0, ab>1, is equal
to-
1
20. If x + =2 the principal value of sin–1x is-
x 1 ab 1 a b
(1) tan (2) tan 
1  ab 1  ab
  3
(1) (2) (3)  (4)
4 2 2
1 ab
(3)   tan (4) None of these
3 1  ab
21. If sin–1x + sin-1y + sin–1z = , the value of
2
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 1   1 
27. tan   cos 1 x   tan   cos 1 x  , x0 is
9 4 2  4 2 
x100 + y100 + z100 – is-
x101  y101  z101
equal to-
(1) 0 (2) 1 (1)x (2) 2x
(3) 2 (4) 3 2
22. Which one of the following is true ? (3) (4) None of these
x
(1) sin(cos–1x) = cos(sin–1x) 28. If = sin–1x + cos–1x – tan–1x, x 0, then the
(2) sec(tan–1x) = tan(sec–1x) smallest interval in which lies is-
(3) cos(tan–1x) = tan(cos–1x)
(4) All of these  3 
(1)  (2) 0 
23. The solution of the inequality 2 4 4

(tan 1 x)2  3 tan 1 x  2  0 is-   

(3) – 0 (4) 
4 4 2
(1)  , tan1    tan 2,  
29. If tan–12,tan–13 are two angles of a triangle, then
(2)  , tan1  the third angle is-
(1) 30° (2) 45°
(3)  ,  tan1    tan 2,  
(3) 60° (4) 75°
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30. If a1,a2,a3........an is in A.P. with common

a b c
difference d, then 37. The value of tan–1 + tan–1 + tan–1 ,
bc ca ab
 d d d 
tan  tan 1  tan 1  ....  tan 1  where a,b,c  R+ and  = a + b + c, is equal to-
 1  a 1 a 2 1  a 2 a 3 1  a n 1 a n 

is equal to- 
(1) (2) 
4
(n  1 )d (n  1 )d
(1) a  a (2) 1  a a
1 n 1 n

nd a n  a1 (3) (4) None
2
(3) 1  a a (4) a  a
1 n n 1

1 2 6 1

 1  38. The value of cos  cos 1 is equal to-
31. The value of  tan 1  1  r  r 2  is equal to 3 2 3
r 0

    
(1) (2)  (3)  (4) (1)
3
(2)
4
4 2 2
32. The value of sin cos(sin x) + cos sin(cos–1x) is-
–1 –1 –1

 
  (3) (4)
(1) 0 (2) (3) (4)  2 6
4 2
PASSAGE BASED QUESTIONS :
x x
33. If sec–1   – sec–1   = sec–1b – sec–1a, Passage-1 :
a b
then x= Let f : A  B be a function defined by y = f(x)
a such that f is both one-one (Injective) and onto (
(1) ab (2)
b surjective) (ie, bijective), then there exists a unique
(3) 2 ab (4) None of these function g : B  A such that
f(x) = y g(y) = x,  x A and y B, then

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1 
34. If sin–1x + cot–1 = , then x is equal to- g is said to be inverse of f. Thus,
2 2
g=f-1: B  A = [{f(x), x} : {x, f(x)} f-1] If no
1 2 3
(1) 0 (2) (3) (4) branch of an inverse trigonometric function is
5 5 2
mentioned, then it means the principal value branch
of that function.
 x 3   2x  K 
  –1   On the basis of above information, answer
35. If A = tan–1  2 K  x  and B = tan  K 3  , then
   
the following questions :

the value of A – B is- 39. The value of cos (tan-1 tan4) is-

(1)0° (2) 45° 1 1

(1) (2) –
(3) 60° (4) 30° 17 17
36. The interval in which sin–1x > cos–1x is-
(3) cos4 (4) – cos4
1    
(1)  ,1  (2)   ,  3 5
2   2 2 40. If  x  , then sin–1 (sinx) is equal to-
2 2
 1 
(3)[–1,1] (4)  , 1 (1) x (2) –x
 2 
(3) 2– x (4) x – 2

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41. If x > 1, then the value of On the basis of above information, answer
the following questions :
 2x 
2tan-1x + sin 1   is- 42. The principal value of
 1  x2 
 4   4 
sin 1  sin   cos 1  cos is
  3  3   3 
(1) (1) (3)  (4)
4 2 2

Passage-2 : 8 4 2 
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 3 3 3
Principal values for inverse circular functions
x < 0 x  0 43. The principal value of sin–1 (sin5) – cos-–1 (cos 5)
s
i
  (1) 0 (2) 2- 10
–  sin–1 x < 0 0  sin–1 x 
2 2 (3) 10 – 4 (4) 3  10
44. The value of sin–1[cos{cos–1(cosx) + sin–1 (sinx)}],
 
< cos–1 x  0 cos–1 x  
2 2 where x   ,   is-
2 
   
– < tan–1 x < 0 0  tan–1 x < (1) (2) – (3)  (4) –
2 2 2 2

  COLUMN MATCHING TYPE QUESTION :

< cot–1 x <  0 < cot–1 x 
2 2
45. Observe the following columns :
Column-I Column-II
 
< sec–1 x  0  sec–1x <
2 2 
(A) tan–13 + tan–14 (P)
2
 
– cosec–1x < 0 0 < cosec–1 x  (B) tan–1(1/3) + tan–1(1/4) (Q) –t
 an–1(7/11)
2 2
(C) sin–1(1/3) + cos–1(1/3) (R) tan–1(7/11)
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ANSWER KEY
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans. 4 1 3 3 4 3 1 3 2 4 2 3 2 4 3
Que. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. 3 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 3 3 4 2 2
Que. 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ans. 4 3 1 2 4 4 2 4

PASSAGE BASED QUESTIONS :

Passage-1
39. (4) 40. (4) 41. (3)
Passage-2
42. (4) 43. (3) 44. (4)
COLUMN MATCHING TYPE QUESTION :
45. (A) (Q); (B) (R); (C) (P)

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1. The value of cos–1(–1) – sin–1(1) is-[AIEEE-2002] 8. The number of real solution of

 3 3 
(1)  (2) (3) (4)  tan–1 x(x  1 )  sin
1
x2  x  1  is- [IIT 99]
2 2 2 2
2. The trigonometric equation sin–1 x = 2 sin–1a, has (1) Zero (2) One (3) Two (4)Infinite
a solution for- [AIEEE-2003]
 x2 x 3 

If sin–1 x    .......  + cos–1
1 1 1 9.  2 4 
(1) |a|  (2) < |a| <  
2 2 2
 2 x4 x6  
x    .....   for 0 < |x| <
 2 4  2 2 , then
1  
(3) all real values of a (4) |a| < x equals- [IIT 2001]
2
1 1
y (1) (2) 1 (3)  (4) –1
3. If cos–1x – cos–1 = , then 4x2 – 4xy cos  + y2 2 2
2
is equal to- [AIEEE-2005] 
10. Domain of the function f(x)  sin 1 (2 x)  is
6
(1) 2 sin 2 (2) 4
[IIT 2003]
(3) 4 sin2 (4) –4 sin2
 1 1  1 1
(1)   ,  (2)   , 
x 5    4 2  2 9
4. If sin–1   + cosec–1   = then a value of x is-
5
  4  2  1 1  1 1
(3)   ,  (4)   , 
[AIEEE-2007]  2 2  4 4

(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5 11. For which value of x, sin(cot–1(x+1)) = cos(tan–1x)-
[IIT Scr. 2004]
 1 5 2
5. The value of cot  cos ec  tan 1  is equal to- (1) 1/2 (2) 0 (3) 1 (4) –1/2
 3 3 

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12. Let (x,y) be such that
[AIEEE-2008]

sin–1(ax) + cos–1(y) + cos–1(bxy)=
6 3 4 5 2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
17 17 17 17 Match the statement in Column I with statements
in Column II [IIT 2007]
6. If –1  x  1 then tan(cos–1x) is equal to-
Column I
[IIT Scr. 93]
(A) If a=1 and b=0, then (x,y)
1x 2 x 1x 2
(1) (2) (3) (4) 1  x2 (B) If a=1 and b=1, then (x,y)
x 1  x2 x
(C) If a=1 and b=2, then (x,y)
7. If we consider only the principal values of the
(D) If a=2 and b=2, then (x,y)
inverse trigonometric functions, then the value of
 Column II
1 4 
tan  cos 1  sin 1  is-
17 
[IIT 94] (P) lies on the circle x2 + y2 = 1
 5 2
(Q) lies on (x2–1) (y2–1)=0
29 29 3 3
(1) (2) (3) (4) (R) lies on y = x
3 3 29 29
(S) lies on (4x2–1) (y2–1) = 0

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13. If 0 < x < 1, then [IIT 2008]
  sin   
1  x2 [{x cos (cot–1x) + sin (cot–1x)}2 – 1]1/2= 14. Let ƒ()  sin  tan 1    , where
  cos 2  
x
(1)
1  x2
(2)x  
    . Then the value of
4 4
(3) x 1  x2 (4) 1  x2
d
(ƒ()) is :- [IIT 2011]
d(tan )
(1) 1 (2) – 1
(3) 2 (4) None of these
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ANSWER KEY
Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Ans. 2 1 3 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 4 AP, BQ,CP,DS
Que. 13 14
Ans. 3 1

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