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Mathematics Complex Number MCQ

The document contains 27 questions related to complex numbers. The questions cover topics such as cube roots of unity, arguments of complex numbers, relations between complex numbers, and expressions involving complex numbers. The questions are multiple choice and come from past exams on engineering entrance exams in India between 1998-2005.

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Mathematics Complex Number MCQ

The document contains 27 questions related to complex numbers. The questions cover topics such as cube roots of unity, arguments of complex numbers, relations between complex numbers, and expressions involving complex numbers. The questions are multiple choice and come from past exams on engineering entrance exams in India between 1998-2005.

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02 - COMPLEX NUMBERS Page 1

( Answers at the end of all questions )





( 1 ) If the cube roots of unity are 1, ,
2
, then the roots of the equation
( x - 1 )
3
+ 8 = 0 are

( a ) - 1, - 1 + 2, - 1 - 2
2
( b ) - 1, - 1, - 1,
( c ) - 1, 1 - 2, 1 - 2
2
( d ) - 1, 1 + 2, 1 + 2
2
[ AIEEE 2005 ]



( 2 ) If z
1
and z
2
are two non-zero complex numbers such that l z
1
+
2
l = l z
1
l + l z
2
l,
then arg z
1
- arg z
2
is equal to

( a )
2

( b ) - ( c ) 0 ( d ) -
2

[ AIEEE 2005 ]

( 3 ) If w =
i
3
1
z
z
-
and l w l = 1, then z lies on

( a ) an ellipse ( b ) a circle ( d ) a straig t line ( d ) a parabola [ AIEEE 2005 ]



( 4 ) Let z, w be complex numbers such that w i z + = 0 and arg zw = . Then arg z
equals

( a )
4

( b )
2

( c )
4
3
( d )
4
5
[ AIEEE 2004 ]



( 5 ) If z = x - y and
3
1
z = p + iq, then
2 2
q p

q
y

p
x

+

+
is equal to
( a ) 1 ( b ) - 1 ( c ) 2 ( d ) - 2 [ AIEEE 2004 ]



6 ) If l z
2
- 1 l = l z l
2
+ 1, then z lies on

( a ) the real axis ( b ) the imaginary axis
( c ) a circle ( c ) an ellipse [ AIEEE 2004 ]



( 7 ) Let z
1
and z
2
be two roots of the equation z
2
+ az + b = 0, z being complex.
Further assume that the origin, z
1
and z
2
form an equilateral triangle. Then

( a ) a
2
= b ( b ) a
2
= 2b ( c ) a
2
= 3b ( d ) a
2
= 4b [ AIEEE 2003 ]




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( 8 ) If z and w are two non-zero complex numbers such that l zw l = 1 and
Arg ( z ) - Arg ( w ) =
2

, then w z is equal to

( a ) 1 ( b ) - 1 ( c ) i ( d ) - i [ AIEEE 2003 ]



( 9 ) If
x

i 1
i 1

+
-
= 1, then the value of smallest positive integer n is gi n by

( a ) x = 4n ( b ) x = 2n ( c ) x = 4n + 1 ( d ) x = 2n + 1 [ AIEEE 2003 ]


( 10 ) If 1, ,
2
are the cube roots of unity, then the alue of =
n 2n
2n n
2n
1
1
1



is

( a ) 1 ( b ) 0 ( c ) ( d )
2
[ AIEEE 2003 ]



( 11 ) If
i c
i c
-
+
= a ib, where a, b, c are real, then the value of a
2
+ b
2
is

( a ) 1 ( b ) 1 ( c ) c
2
( d ) - c
2
[ AIEEE 2002 ]



( 12 ) If z = x + y, then l 3z - 1 l = 3 l z - 2 l represents

( a ) x xis ( b ) y-axis ( c ) a circle ( d ) line parallel to y-axis [ AIEEE 2002 ]



13 If the cube roots of unity are 1, and
2
, then the value of
3
2

+
is

( a ) 1 ( b ) - 1 ( c ) ( d )
2
[ AIEEE 2002 ]



( 14 ) If a = cos + i sin and b = cos + i sin , then the value of

+
ab
1
ab
2
1
is

( a ) sin ( + ) ( b ) cos ( + ) ( c ) sin ( - ) ( d ) cos ( - ) [ AIEEE 2002 ]




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( 15 ) If is cube root of unity, then for n N, the value of
3n + 1
+
3n + 5
is

( a ) - 1 ( b ) 0 ( c ) 1 ( d ) 3 [ AIEEE 2002 ]



( 16 ) Four points P ( - 1, 0 ), Q ( 1, 0 ), R ( 2 - 1, 2 ) and
S ( 2 - 1, - 2 ) are given on a complex plane, equation
of the locus of the shaded region excluding the
boundaries is given by

( a ) l z + 1 l > 2 and l arg ( z + 1 ) l <
4


( b ) l z + 1 l > 2 and l arg ( z + 1 ) l <
2


( c ) l z - 1 l > 2 and l arg ( z - 1 ) l <
4


( d ) l z - 1 l > 2 and l arg ( z - 1 ) l <
2

[ IIT 2005 ]


( 17 ) If is cube root of unity ( 1 ), then the least value of n where n is a positive
integer such that ( 1 +
2
)
n
= ( 1 +
4
)
n
is

( a ) 2 ( b ) 3 ( c ) 5 ( d ) 6 [ IIT 2004 ]



( 18 ) The complex number z is such that l z l = 1, z - 1 and =
1 z
1 z
+
-
, then real part
of is

( a )
2
1 z
1
l l +
( b )
2
1 z
1
l l +
-
( c )
2
1 z
2
l l +
( d ) 0 [ IIT 2003 ]

( 19 ) Let =
2
3
i
2
1
+ - . Then the value of the determinant
4 2
2 2
1
1 1
1 1 1
- - is

( a ) 3 ( b ) 3 ( - 1 ) ( c ) 3
2
( d ) 3 ( 1 - ) [ IIT 2002 ]



( 20 ) For all complex numbers z
1
, z
2
satisfying l z
1
l = 12 and l z
2
- 3 - 4i l = 5, the
minimum value of l z
1
- z
2
l is

( a ) 0 ( b ) 2 ( c ) 7 ( d ) 17 [ IIT 2002 ]



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( 21 ) The complex numbers z
1
, z
2
and z
3
satisfying
2
3 i 1

z z
z z
3 2
3 1
-
-
-
= are the vertices
of a triangle which is

( a ) of area zero ( b ) right-angled isosceles
( c ) equilateral ( d ) obtuse-angled isosceles [ IIT 2001 ]



( 22 ) If z
1
and z
2
be nth roots of unity which subtend a right ngle at the origin, then n
must be of the form

( a ) 4k + 1 ( b ) 4k + 2 ( c ) 4k + 3 ( d ) 4k [ IIT 2001 ]



( 23 ) If arg ( z ) < 0, then arg ( - z ) - arg ( z ) =

( a ) ( b ) - ( c ) -
2

( d )
2

[ IIT 2000 ]



( 24 ) If z
1
, z
2
and z
3
are complex umbers such that
l z
1
l = l z
2
l = l z
3
l =
z
1

1

z
1

3 2
+ + = 1, then l z
1
+ z
2
+ z
3
l is

( a ) 1 ( b ) < 1 ( c ) > 3 ( d ) 3 [ IIT 2000 ]


( 25 ) If i = - th n 4 + 5
334

2
3 i

2
1

+ - + 3
365

2
3 i

2
1

+ - is equal to

( a ) 1 - i 3 ( b ) - 1 + i 3 ( c ) i 3 ( d ) - i 3 [ IIT 1999 ]



( 26 ) If is an imaginary cube root of unity, then ( 1 + -
2
)
7
equals

( a ) 128 ( b ) - 128 ( c ) 128
2
( d ) - 128
2
[ IIT 1998 ]



( 27 ) The value of the sum
=
+
+
13
1 n
)
1 n
i
n
i ( , where i = 1 - , equals

( a ) i ( b ) i - 1 ( c ) - i ( d ) 0 [ IIT 1998 ]




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( 28 ) If
i 3 20
1 3i 4
1 3i 6i
-
-
= x + iy, then

( a ) x = 3, y = 1 ( b ) x = 1, y = 3
( c ) x = 0, y = 3 ( d ) x = 0, y = 0 [ IIT 1998 ]



( 29 ) For positive integers n
1
, n
1
, the value of the expression
( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 1 i where , i 1 i 1 i 1 i 1
2
n
7
2
n
5
1
n
3
1
n
- = + + + + + + + is a real number if
and only if

( a ) n
1
= n
2
+ 1 ( b ) n
1
= n
2
- 1 ( c ) n
1
= n
2
( d ) n > , n
2
> 0 [ IIT 1996 ]



( 30 ) If ( 1 ) is a cube root of unity an ( 1 + )
7
= A + B, then A and B are
respectively the numbers

( a ) 0, 1 ( b ) 1, 1 ( c ) , 0 ( d ) - 1, 1 [ IIT 1995 ]


( 31 ) If ( 1 ) is a cube root of unity, then
1 1 i i
1 1 i 1
i 1 1
2
2 2
- - -
- - -
+
+
equals
( a ) 0 ( b ) 1 ( c ) i ( d ) [ IIT 1995 ]



( 32 ) If z and be two non-zero complex numbers such that l z l = l l and
Arg z
+
Arg = , then z equals

a ) ( b ) - ( c ) ( d ) - [ IIT 1995 ]



( 33 ) If z and w be two complex numbers such that l z l 1, l w l 1 and
l z + iw l = l z - iw l = 2, then z equals

( a ) 1 or i ( b ) i or - i ( c ) 1 or - 1 ( d ) i or - 1 [ IIT 1995 ]



( 34 ) The complex numbers sin x + i cos 2x and cos x - i sin 2x are conjugate to each other
for
( a ) x = n ( b ) x = 0 ( c ) x = ( n + 1 / 2 ) ( d ) no value of x [ IIT 1988 ]




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( 35 ) If z
1
and z
2
are two non-zero complex numbers such that l z
1
+ z
2
l = l z
1
l + l z
2
l ,
then arg z
1
- arg z
2
is equal to

( a ) - ( b ) -
2

( c ) 0 ( d )
2

( e ) [ II 1987 ]


( 36 ) The value of


6
1 k

7
k 2
cos i
7
k 2
sin - is

( a ) - 1 ( b ) 0 ( c ) - i ( d ) i ( e ) none of these [ IIT 1987 ]



( 37 ) Let z
1
and z
2
be complex numbers such that z
1
z
2
and l z
1
l = l z
2
l . If z
1
has
positive real part and z
2
has negative imagina y part, then
2 1
2 1
z z
z z
-
+
may be

( a ) zero ( b ) real and positive ( c ) real and negative
( d ) purely imaginary ( e ) none of hese [ IIT 1986 ]



( 38 ) If a, b, c and u, v, w re complex numbers representing the vertices of two triangles
such that c = ( 1 - r ) a + b and w = ( 1 - r ) u + rv, where r is a complex
number, then the two riangles

( a ) have the same area ( b ) are similar
( c ) are congruent ( d ) none of these [ IIT 1985 ]



( 39 ) If z
1
= a + b and z
2
= c + id are complex numbers such that l z
1
l = l z
2
l = 1 and
Re ( z
1

2
z ) = 0, then the pair of complex numbers w
1
= a + ic and w
2
= b + id
s tisfies

( a ) l w
1
l = 1 ( b ) l w
2
l = 1
( c ) Re ( w
1

2
w ) = 0 ( d ) none of these [ IIT 1985 ]



( 40 ) If z = x + iy and w =
i z
iz 1
-
-
, then l w l = 1 implies that, in the complex plane,

( a ) z lies on the imaginary axis ( b ) z lies on the real axis
( c ) z lies on the unit circle ( d ) None of these [ IIT 1983 ]






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( 41 ) 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 of these [ IIT 1983 ]



( 42 ) The inequality l z - 4 l < l z - 2 l represents the region given by

( a ) Re ( z ) > 0 ( b ) Re ( z ) < 0
( c ) Re ( z ) > 2 ( d ) none of these [ IIT 1982 ]



( 43 ) If z =
5 5

2
i

2
3

2
i

2
3

+ - , then

( a ) Re ( z ) = 0 ( b ) Im ( z ) = 0
( c ) Re ( z ) > 0, Im ( z ) > 0 ( d ) Re ( z ) > 0, Im ( z ) < 0 [ IIT 1982 ]



( 44 ) If the cube roots of unity are 1,
2
, then the roots of the equation ( x - 1 )
2
+ 8 = 0
are

( a ) - 1, 1 + 2, 1
2
( b ) - 1, 1 - 2, 1 - 2
2

( c ) - 1, - 1, - 1 ( d ) none of these [ IIT 1979 ]







Answers


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
c c c c d b c d a b a d b b b a b d b b

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
c d a a c d b d d b a b c d a,e d a,d b a,b,c b

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
b d b b



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