CHAPTER

Trigonometric Functions
3
1. If sin T and cos Tare the roots of the equation 1q
ax2 – bx + c = 0, then a, b and c satisfy the 7. The value of cos 22 is
2
relation.
(a) a2 + b2 + 2ac = 0 (b) a2 – b2 + 2ac = 0
(c) a2 + c2 + 2ab = 0 (d) a2 – b2 – 2ac = 0 2 1 2 1
(a) (b)
4
2 2
2. If tan T = , then sin Tis
3
2 1 2 1
4 4 4 4 (c) (d)
(a) but not (b) or 2 2 2 2
5 5 5 5
4 4 4 12 3S
(c) but not  (d) None of these 8. If cos A = , cos B ,  A, B  2 S , the
5 5 5 13 2
3. What is the value of radian measures values of the following : cos (A + B) is
corresponding to the 25° measures ?
5S 2S 65 33
(a) (b) (a) (b)
36 36 33 65
3S 4S 30 65
(c) (d) (c) (d)
36 36 65 30
4. The value of sin 20° sin 40° sin 60° sin 80° is
3 5 3 S
(a) (b) 9. If sin A ,0  A  and
16 16 5 2
3 1
(c) (d) 12 3S
16 16 cos B ,S  B  , then the value of
13 2
5. If D and E are solutions of sin 2x + a sin x + b = 0
as well as that of cos2x+ c cos x + d = 0, then sin cos (A + B) is
(D +E) is equal to :
65 33
2bd a 2  c2 (a) (b)
(a) (b) 33 65
b2  d 2 2ac
65 33
b2  d 2 2ac (c)  (d) 
(c) (d) 2 33 65
2bd a  c2
6. The general solutions of the following equation : 10. Which of the following is not correct ?
tan 2T = 0 is
1
n nS (a) sin T  (b) cos T = 1
(a) T  S, n  Z (b) T , n Z 5
2 2
S 1
(c) T  n, n  Z (d) None (c) sec T (d) tan T = 20
2 2
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11. If 3 tan (T – 15°) = tan (T + 15°), 0° < T < 90°, then 18. If sin A = sin B, cos A = cos B, then the value of
T= A in terms of B is:
(a) nS + B (b) nS + (–1)n B
S S
(a) (b) (c) 2nS + B (d) 2nS – B
4 2
19. cosT .cos(90 – T) – sin T sin (90 – T) equals:
S S (a) 1 (b) 2
(c)  (d)  (c) – 1 (d) 0
4 2
20. The value of the expression
12. The most general value of T, satisfying the two
1
1 ( 3 sin 75q  cos 75q) is:
equations, cos T = , tan T= 1 is: 2
2
(a) 1 (b) 2
5S S (c) 1/ 2 (d) 2 2
(a) 2nS r (b) 2nS 
4 4 21. If tan2 A = 2 tan2 B + 1, then cos 2A + sin2B
equals:
5S S
(c) nS  (d) (2n  1) S  (a) –1 (b) 1
4 4
(c) 0 (d) 2
cos A sin A
13. If = n, = m, then the value of 2
cos B sin B § §ʌ · §ʌ ··
¨ cos ¨  x ¸  sin ¨  x ¸ ¸
The value of ¨ ©2 ¹ ©2 ¹ ¸ is
(m2 – n2) sin 2 B is 22.
¨ §ʌ · §ʌ ·¸
(a) 1 + n2 (b) 1 – n2 ¨ cos ¨ 2  x ¸  sin ¨ 2  x ¸ ¸
(c) n 2 (d) – n2 © © ¹ © ¹¹
14. The value of tan 3 A  tan 2 A  tan A is:
1  sin 2x 1  sin 2x
(a) tan 3A tan 2A tan A (a) (b)
1  sin 2x 1  sin 2x
(b) tan 3A + tan 2A + tan A
(c) tan 3A – tan 2A tan A (c) 1 (d) None of these
(d) tan 3A + tan 2A tan A 23. To derive the tangent formula, the following steps
15. Given x > 0, in which interval the values of are given:

f (x) = 3cos 3  x  x 2 lie? sin A cos B cosA sin B


tan(A  B) cos A cos B cos A cos B
(a) [– 3, 3) (b) (–3, 3] 1.
cos A cos B sin A sin B
(c) (–3, 3) (d) [–3, 3] 
sin A sin B cos A cos B
16. Value of sin12q.sin 48q.sin 54q is:
sin(A  B)
1 2. tan(A  B)
(a) (b) 8 cos(A  B)
8

1 sin A cos B  cos A sin B

3. tan(A  B)
(c) (d) – 8 cos A cos B – sin A sin B
8
17. If cosec T – cot T = q, then the value of cot T is:
tan A  tan B
1 q 2 1 q2 4. tan(A  B)
(a) (b) 1 – tan A tan B
2q q
Their correct and proper sequential form to derive
the formula is:
q q
(c) (d) (a) 2, 4, 3, 1 (b) 1, 2, 3, 4
2
1 q 1 q2 (c) 1, 4, 2, 3 (d) 2, 3, 1, 4
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24. The value of cos3 T + cos3 (120° + T) cos3 31. What is the value of sin 1950° – cos 1950°?
( T–120° ) is :
(a) 0 (b) ( 3  1) / 2
3 3 3
(a) cos3T (b) sec T (c) (1  3) / 2 (d) ( 3  1) / 2
2 4
32. Consider the following:
3 3
(c) tan 3 T (d) cos3T 1  sin T
2 4 1. (sec T  tan T)2
1  sin T
3 8
25. If cos T and if sin R , where T is in the 2. sec 2 T  cosec 2 T tan T  cot T
5 17
fourth quadrant and R is in the second quadrant, Which of the above is/are correct?
then cos (T – R) is equal to: (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) both 1 and 2 (d) neither 1 nor 2
77 13
(a) (b) 33. If tan A = 1/2, tan B = 1/3; then what is the value
85 85 of tan (2A + B) ?
13 77 (a) 1 (b) 2
(c) – (d) – (c) 3 (d) 4
85 85
34. If tan T + sec T = p, then what is the value of
26. cos (A + B). cos ( A – B) is given by: sec T ?
(a) cos2 A – cos2B (b) cos( A2 – B2)
p2  1 p2  1
(c) cos2A – sin2B (d) sin2A – cos2B (a) (b)
p2 p
27. The value of sin 20° ( tan 10° + cot 10°) is equal
to: p2  1 p 1
(c) (d)
1 2p 2p
(a) 0 (b)
2 35. What is the value of sin 10° + sin 50° – sin 70°?
(c) 1 (d) 2 (a) 1 (b) 0
28. If x = cos2T + sec2T, then which one of the 1
following is correct? (c) (d) 2
2
(a) x = 2 (b) x < 2
1 1
(c) x > 2 (d) x t 2 36. If tan A = and tan B = , then what is the value
3 7
24 of 2A + B?
29. If sin T and 0° < T< 90° then what is the
25 (a) 30° (b) 45°
§T· (c) 60° (d) 135°
value of sin ¨ ¸ ? 37. Given that p = tan D + tan E, and q = cot D + cot
©2¹
§1 1·
12 7 E; then what is ¨  ¸ equal to ?
(a) (b) ¨p q¸
25 25 © ¹

3 4 (a) cot (D – E) (b) tan (D – E)

(c) (d) (c) tan (D + E) (d) cot (D + E)
5 5
30. If tan T + sec T = 4, then what is the value of sinT ? 38. Given that tan T = m z 0, tan 2T = n z 0 and
15 8 tan T + tan 2T = tan 3T, then which one of the
(a) (b) following is correct ?
28 15
(a) m = n (b) m + n = 1
15 3
(c) (d) (c) m + n = 0 (d) mn = – 1
17 5
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39. Given that tan D = m/(m + 1), tan E = 1/(2m+ 1), Select the correct answer using the code given
then what is the value of D + E ? below
S (a) 3 > 2 > 1 (b) 1 > 2 > 3
(a) 0 (b) (c) 1 > 3 > 2 (d) 3 > 1 > 2
4
S S ª Sº
(c) (d) 46. The value of sin «nS  (1) n », n  I is
6 3 ¬ 4¼
40. What is the value of (secT – cosT) ( cotT + tanT ) ?
1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (a) 0 (b)
(c) sin T (d) cos T 2
41. What is the value of cot (– 870°)?
1
1 (c)  (d) None of these
(a) 3 (b) 2
3
tan x
1 47. The value of wherever defined never lies
(c)  3 (d)  tan 3x
3
between
4
§ 1q 1q · 1 1
42. What is the value of ¨ sin 22  cos 22 ¸ ? (a) and 2 (b) and 3
© 2 2¹ 2 3
3 2 2 1 2 2 1 1
(a) (b) (c) and 4 (d) and 2
2 2 4 3
3 22 48. In a 'ABC , if angle C is obtuse, then
(c) (d) 1
2 (a) tan A tan B < 1 (b) tan A tan B d 1
4 (c) tan A tan B ! 1 (d) None of these
43. If sin 2A , then what is th e value of
5 49. The number of solution of tan x + sec x = 2cos x
§ S· in [0, 2 S ) is
tan A ¨ 0 d A d ¸ ?
© 4¹ (a) 2 (b) 3
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) 1
1 50. Let D, E be such that S  D  E  3S .
(c) (d) 2
2
21 27
§ 5S · If sin D  sin E  and cos D  cos E  ,
44. What is the value of sin ¨ ¸ ? 65 65
© 12 ¹
D E
then the value of cos
3 1 6 2 2
(a) (b)
2 4
6 3
3 2 6 1 (a) (b)
(c) (d) 65 130
4 2
45. What is the correct sequence of the following 6 3
(c) (d) 
values? 65 130
§ S· § S· 51. The number of values of x in the interval [0, 3S]
1. sin ¨ ¸ 2. cos ¨ ¸
© 12 ¹ © 12 ¹
satisfying the equation 2sin 2 x  5 sin x  3 0
§ S· is
3. cot ¨ ¸ (a) 4 (b) 6
© 12 ¹
(c) 1 (d) 2
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1 57. If D + E + J = 2S, then :

52. If 0  x  S and cos x  sin x , then tan x D E J D E J
2 (a) tan  tan  tan tan tan tan
is 2 2 2 2 2 2
(1  7 ) D E E J J D
(a) (b) (4  7 ) (b) tan tan  tan tan  tan tan 1
4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
D E J D E J
(4  7 ) (1  7 ) (c) tan  tan  tan  tan tan tan
(c) – (d) 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 4 (d) None of these
53. Let A and B denote the statements 58. Given both T an d I are acute angle
A : cos D + cos E+ cos J= 0
B : sin D+ sin E+ sin J= 0 1 1
sin T ,cos I , then the value of T  I
2 3
3 belongs to :
If cos (E– J) + cos (J– D) + cos (D– E) =  ,
2
then : §S S· § S 2S ·
(a) ¨© , ¸¹ (b) ¨© , ¸¹
(a) A is false and B is true. 3 6 2 3
(b) both A and B are true.
§ 2S 5S · § 5S ·
(c) both A and B are false. (c) ¨© , ¸¹ (d) ¨ , S ¸
(d) A is true and B is false. 3 6 © 6 ¹
59. The smallest positive root of the equation,
4 5
54. Let cos (D  E ) and sin (D  E) , tan x – x = 0 lies in :
5 13
§ S· §S ·
S (a) ¨© 0, ¸¹ (b) ©¨ , S ¹¸
where 0 d D , E d . 2 2
4
Then tan 2D = § 3S · § 3S ·
(c) ¨© S , ¸¹ (d) ©¨ , 2 S ¹¸
56 19
2 2
(a) (b) 60. If sin T + cosec T = 2, then sin2T + cosec2T is
33 12 equal to
20 25 (a) 1 (b) 4
(c) (d) (c) 2 (d) None of these
7 16
55. If A = sin2 x + cos4x, then for all real x : 1 1
61. If tan T and tan I , then the value of
13 2 3
(a) d A d1 (b) 1 d A d 2 T +I is
16
S
3 13 3 (a) (b) S
(c) d Ad (d) d A d1 6
4 16 4
S
56. The possible values of T  0, S such that (c) 0 (d)
4
sin T + sin 4T + sin 7T = 0 are : 62. The value of cos 1° cos 2° cos 3° ... cos 179° is
ʌ 5ʌ ʌ 2ʌ 3ʌ 8ʌ 1
(a) , , , , , (a) (b) 0
4 12 2 3 4 9 2
(c) 1 (d) – 1
2S S S 2S 3S 35S 63. The value of cos 12° + cos 84° + cos 156° +
(b) , , , , ,
9 4 2 3 4 36 cos 132° is
2S S S 2 S 3S 8S 1
(c) , , , , , (a) (b) 1
9 4 2 3 4 9 2
2ʌ ʌ 4ʌ ʌ 3ʌ 8ʌ 1 1
(d) , , , , , (c)  (d)
9 4 9 2 4 9 2 8
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S 13S 1
64. The value of sin sin is (a) 16 (b)
10 10 16
1 1 11 16
(a) (b)  (c) (d)
2 2 16 11
70. The general value of x satisfying
1
(c)  (d) 0
4 cos x = 3(1 sin x) is given by :

5 1 S
[Hint : Use sin 18° = (a) x nS r
4 2
(b) x nS r x
5 1
and cos 36° = ] ʌ ʌ
4 (c) x n ʌ  ( 1) n 
65. The value of cos2 48° – sin212° is 3 6
S
5 1 5 1 (d) x nS r
(a) (b) 3
8 8 b
71. If tan x = , then the value of a cos 2x + b sin 2x
5 1 5 1 a
(c) (d) is:
5 2 2
(a) a (b) a – b
[Hint : Use cos2 A – sin2B (c) a + b (d) b
= cos (A + B) cos (A – B)] 72. The value of tan 20° + 2 tan 50° – tan 70° is :
66. The solution of the equation cos2T + sin T +1 = 0, (a) 1 (b) 0
lies in the interval: (c) tan 50° (d) none of these
 ʌ ʌ ¬­  ʌ 3ʌ ¬ 73. The general solution of the equation sin
(a) ž
žžŸ 4 , 4 ®­­ (b) žžžŸ , ®­­­ 2x + 2sin x +2 cos x+ 1 = 0 is
4 4
S
 3ʌ 5ʌ ¬­  5ʌ 7ʌ ¬­ (a) 3n S 
(c) žžžŸ , ®­­ (d) žžžŸ , ­­® 4
4 4 4 4
S
67. Solution of the equation tan x + tan 2x + tan x. tan (b) 2nS 
2x = 1 will be : 4
nʌ ʌ ʌ § 1 ·
(a) x= + (b) x  nʌ  (c) 2nS  (1) n sin 1 ¨¨ ¸¸
3 12 4 © 3¹
ʌ ʌ
(c) x  nʌ (d) x  nʌ o S
3 4 (d) nS 
4
1 1 74. If sin x+ sin2 x = 1, then the value of cos12 x + 3 cos
68. If x = 2 cos T , then x 3 is: 10 x + 3 cos8 x + cos6 x – 1 is equal to
x x3
(a) 0 (b) 1
1 (c) –1 (d) 2
(a) cos 3T (b) 2 cos 3T
2
75. If {1  1  p } tan T 1  1  p , then sin 8T is
1 equal to :
(c) cos 3T (d) cos 3T
3 (a) p (b) 2p
S S 2S 4S
69. The value of cos .cos .cos cos : (c)  2p 1  p 2 (d) none of these
3 7 7 7
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80. If tan (cot x) = cot (tan x), then sin 2x is equal to :

1 §¨ x y ·¸
76. sin T  necessarily implies : 2 4
2 ¨© y x ¸¹ (a) (b)
(2n  1)S (2n  1)S
(a) x > y
(b) x < y 2 4
(c) (d)
(c) x = y n (n  1)S n (n  1)S
(d) both x and y are purely imaginary 81. If 0 d x d 2S , then number of roots of equation
77. The expression
e sin x  e  sin x 4 is
n n (a) 0 (b) 1
§ cos A  cos B · § sin A  sin B ·
¨ ¸ ¨ ¸ (c) 2 (d) 4
© sin A  sin B ¹ © cos A  cos B ¹ 82. The most general values of T for which
§ AB· sin T  cos T min{1, a 2  6a  10}, a  R a r e
(a) 2 cot n ¨ ¸ if n is even
© 2 ¹ given by
(b) 0 if n is even S S n S S
(a) nS  (1) n  (b) nS  (1) 
4 4 4 4
§ A B·
(c) 2 cot n ¨ ¸ if n is odd
© 2 ¹ S
(c) 2nS  (d) None of these
(d) 3 if n is odd 4
83. The equation
78. If sin(x  y), sin x and sin(x  y) are in H.P. then
sin 4 x  (k  2) sin 2 x  (k  3) 0
y
sin x. sec is equal to possesses a solution if
2 (a) k > – 3
(b) k < –2
(a) 2 (b) 2
(c) 3 d k d 2
(c) 1 (d) None of these
(d) k is any positive integer
n
79. Let n be an odd integer. If sin nT = 6 br sinr T,
r 0
for every value of T, then
(a) b0 = 1, b1 = 3
(b) b0 = 0, b1 = n
(c) b0 = –1, b1 = n
(d) b0 = 0, b1 = n2 – 3n + 3