Trigonometric Functions

Chapters : 3 Std 11 : Maths

MCQ Chapter 3
Section A

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Choose correct answer from the given alternatives and write it. [Each carries 1 Mark] [60]
1. In a circle with radius 3 cm an arc of length 1 cm subtends an angle of measure .......... at
the centre of the circle.
1 1
(A) 2 Radian (B) 3 Radian (C) Radian (D) degree
3 3
2. The radian measure of 56° is ..........
12p 14p 7p 7p
(A) (B) (C) (D)
35 45 20 36
3. Out of the following sentence, which is true ?
p
(A) cos 1 < cos 1° (B) cos 1 > cos 1° cos 1 = cos 1°
(C) cos 1 = cos 1° (D)
180
4. The angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at the time 4 : 20 is .....
p p p p
(A) (B) (C) (D)
18 9 10 36
5. sin 2 .......... sin 5
(A) > (B) < (C) = (D) <
6. A circular wire of radius 7 cm is cut and arrange on the diameter of a circle with radius
12 cm. The angle subtended by it at the centre of the circle is ..........
6p 7p 5p p
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 6 9 3
7. The degree measure of 3 radian is ..........
(A) 171° 49' 5'' (B) 171° 49' 50'' (C) 171° 50' 5'' (D) 171° 48' 15''
8. The angles of a quadrilateral are in A.P. If the greates angle is 120° then the smallest angle
is ..........
p p p 2p
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 6 3 3
x
9. y = sin , x Î [0, 2p]. The function y is .......... in (0, p).
2
(A) Decreasing (B) Increasing
(C) Constant (D) can not say anything
10. tan 15° = ..........
3 -1 1- 3 3 +1 3 +1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 +1 1+ 3 3 -1 1- 3
5p p
11. 2cos × cos = ..........
24 24

2 + 3 3 - 2 2 + 3 2 - 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 2 4
tan3 x
12. The value of do not lie between ..........
tan x

1 1 1 1
(A) - and 0 (B) and 3 (C) - and (D) – 3 and 3
3 3 3 3
13. cos 105° + sin 105° = ..........
1 1
(A) (B) 1 (C) 2 (D)
2 2
14. If t an q + sin q = m and tan q – sin q = n then m2 – n2 = ..........
(A) 4 mn (B) mn (C) 4 mn (D) 2mn
 If t an q + sin q = m and tan q – sin q = n then m2 – n2 = ..........
(A) 4 mn (B) mn (C) 4 mn (D) 2mn
15. Out of the following statement which is false ?
1 1
(A) sin q = - (B) cosq = 1 (C) sec q = (D) tanq = 20
5 2
3 3p sec q - cot q
16. sin q = - and p < q < then the value of is ..........
5 2 tan q - cosecq
31 31 30
(A) (B) - (C) (D) – 1
29 29 29
17. cosec (–1410°) = ..........
3 2
(A) – 2 (B) 2 (C) (D)
2 3
18. tan 75° – cot 75° = ..........

(A) 2 3 (B) 2 + 3 (C) 2 - 3 (D) None of these

cot A cotB
19. If A + B = 225° then × = ........
1 + cotA 1 + cotB
1
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D)
2
p
20. If y = (1 + tanA) (1 – tanB) and A – B = then (y + 1)y + 1 = ..........
4
(A) 9 (B) 4 (C) 27 (D) 81
2 æ pö 2 æ 3p ö 2 æ 5p ö 2 æ 7p ö
21. sin ç ÷ + sin ç ÷ + sin ç ÷ + sin ç ÷ = ......
è 8ø è 8 ø è 8 ø è 8 ø
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) – 1 (D) 0
cos (17°) + sin (17°)
22. = ..........
cos (17° ) - sin (17° )
(A) tan 62° (B) tan 56° (C) tan 54° (D) tan 73°
sin (70°) + cos (40° )
23. = ..........
cos (70° ) + sin (40° )
1 1
(A) 1 (B) (C) 3 (D)
3 2
24. sin (12°) sin (48°) sin (54°) = ..........
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 32 8 4
1 - tan 2 (15°)
25. The value of 2 is ..........
1 + tan (15°)
3
(A) 1 (B) (C) 2 (D) 3
2
tan(225°) + tan(345°)
26. If cot(15°) = m then = .....
tan(195° ) - tan(105°)
m-1 2m m2 - 1 m+1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
m2 + 1 m2 + 1 m2 + 1 m2 + 1
2 æ 1° ö 2 æ 1° ö
27. cos ç 7 ÷ - cos ç 37 ÷ = ...........
è 2ø è 2ø

3 2 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 2 2 2
28. The value of cos(480°) sin(105°) + sin(600°) cos(390°) is ..........
1 1
(A) - (B) 0 (C) – 1 (D)
2 2
æ 2p ö æ 4p ö æ 6p ö
29. cos ç ÷ + cos ç ÷ + cos ç ÷ = ..........
è 7 ø è 7 ø è 7 ø
1 1
(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) (D) -
2 2
 æ 2p ö æ 4p ö æ 6p ö
cos ç ÷ + cos ç ÷ + cos ç ÷ = ..........
è 7 ø è 7 ø è 7 ø
1 1
(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) (D) -
2 2
tan x tan y tan z
30. If = = ( ¹ 0) and x + y + z = p then which of the following is false ?
1 2 3
(A) tan x = ± 1, tan y = ± 2, tan z = ± 3 (B) tan x + tan y + tan z = 0
(C) tan x + tan y + tan z, Maximum value 6. (D) tan x + tan y + tan z, Minimum value –6.
æ pö æ 2p ö æ 4p ö
31. cos ç ÷ cos ç ÷ cos ç ÷ = ..........
è 7ø è 7 ø è 7 ø
1 1 1
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) -
2 4 8
æ pö æ 3p ö æ 5p ö æ 7p ö
32. sin ç ÷ sin ç ÷ sin ç ÷ sin ç ÷ = ..........
è 16 ø è 16 ø è 16 ø è 16 ø
1 2 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 16 8 8
2æ p ö 2 æ 3p ö 2 æ 5p ö
33. cos ç ÷ + cos ç ÷ + cos ç ÷ = ..........
è 12 ø è 12 ø è 12 ø
1 1 3
(A) - (B) 0 (C) (D)
2 2 2
34. If A = 125 and x = sinA° + cosA° then ..........
(A) x < 0 (B) x = 0 (C) x > 0 (D) x > 0
35. The value of 3 cosec 20° – sec 20° is ..........
(A) – 4 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4
4 p æ aö
36. If cos a = - , < a < p then tan ç ÷ = ......
5 2 è 2ø
1 1
(A) – 3 (B) 3 (C) (D) -
3 3
b
37. If tan x = then a cos(2x) + b sin(2x) = ..........
a
(A) a – b (B) a (C) b (D) a + b
3p æ aö
38. If cosa = –0.6 and p < a < then tan ç ÷ = .....
2 è 4ø
1- 5 5 -1 5 5 +1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
39. If one of the roots of 25 cos2q + 5 cosq – 12 = 0 is a then the value of sin2q is .......

æp ö
çè < q < p ÷ø .
2
- 24 - 13 13 24
(A) (B) (C) (D)
23 18 18 25
æ 1° ö
40. The value of cos çè 67 ÷ø is ..........
2
2+ 2 2- 2
(A) (B) (C) 2 -1 (D) 2 +1
2 2
1
41. One of the roots of 4x3 – 3x = is ..........
2
(A) sin 70° (B) sin 10° (C) sin 20° (D) cos 70°
4 p
42. If tan x = - , < x < p then sin æç x ö÷ = ......
3 2 è 2ø
2 2 1 3
(A) - (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5
3 æ Aö æ 5A ö
If cos A = then 32 sin ç ÷ sin ç = ..........
43. 4 è 2ø è 2 ÷ø
(A) –11 (B) - 11 (C) 11 (D) 11
 3 æ Aö æ 5A ö
If cos A = then 32 sin ç ÷ sin ç = ..........
4 è 2ø è 2 ÷ø
(A) –11 (B) - 11 (C) 11 (D) 11
44. 2+ 2 + 2cos 4 q = ..........
(A) cos q (B) sin q (C) 2cos q (D) 2sin q
45. Ift an 2 q= 2 f + 1
tan2 then the value of cos(2q) + sin2 f is ..........
(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
a b
46. If tan and tan are roots of the equation 8x2 – 26x + 15 = 0 then cos (a + b) = ..........
2 2
627 627
(A) - (B) (C) – 1 (D) None of these
725 725
æ pö
47. If tan (p cos q) = cot (p sin q) then the value of cos ç q - ÷ is ..........
è 4ø
1 1 1
(A) (B) ± (C) ± (D) ± 1
2 2 2 2
48. The number of solutions of the equation 3 sin2x – 7 sinx + 2 = 0 in [0, 5p] are ..........
(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 10
49. If 3sinq = 2cosq then the value of sin2q is ......
12 5 4 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
13 13 5 5
50. The solution set of sin q + cos q = 2 is ..........
p p
(A) k p, k Î Z (B) 2k p + , k ÎZ (C) f (D) (2k + 1) , k Î Z
2 2
51. The real solut ions of the equation cos7 x + sin4 x = 1 in (–p, p) are ..........
p p p p p p p p p
(A) 0, ,- (B) 0, , - (C) 0, , - (D) , ,
3 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 4
52. The number of points of intersection of the graphs 2y = 1 and y = sin x, –2p < x < 2p is ......
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 1
53. The soluti on set of cos 2q = cos2q – sin2q is .....
p
(A) R (B) k p, k Î Z (C) f (D) (2k + 1) , k Î Z
2
54. The general solution of the equation sin50x – cos50x = 1 is ..........
p p p p
(A) 2k p + , k Î Z (B) 2k p + , k Î Z (C) k p + , k Î Z (D) k p + , k ÎZ
2 3 3 2
55. tan6 40° – 33 tan4 40° + 27 tan2 40° = ...........
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these
æq ö æq ö
56. q1, q2 Î [0, 2p] and q1 and q2 satisfy the equation tan q = 1 then tan ç 1 ÷ × tan ç 2 ÷ = ..........
è 2ø è 2ø
(A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 1
sin ( x + y ) a + b tan x
57. If sin ( x - y ) = a - b then tan y = ..........

b a
(A) (B) (C) ab (D) a – b
a b
101p ö
58. Trigonometric point P æç ÷ lies in....quadrant..
è 3 ø
(A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth
4 5 p
59. If cos(a + b ) = , sin( a - b ) = , 0 < a, b < then tan2a = .........
5 13 4
16 56 28
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
63 33 33
2x cos2 x
60. The number of solutions of the equation 16sin + 16 = 10, x Î [0, 3p] is ........
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16
 2x cos2 x
The number of solutions of the equation 16sin + 16 = 10, x Î [0, 3p] is ........
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16
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Chapters : 3 Std 11 : Maths
MCQ Chapter 3
Section A

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Choose correct answer from the given alternatives and write it. [Each carries 1 Mark] [60]
1. In a circle with radius 3 cm an arc of length 1 cm subtends an angle of measure .......... at
the centre of the circle.
1 1
(A) 2 Radian (B) 3 Radian (C) Radian (D) degree
3 3

2. The radian measure of 56° is ..........

12p 14p 7p 7p
(A) (B) (C) (D)
35 45 20 36

3. Out of the following sentence, which is true ?

p
(A) cos 1 < cos 1° (B) cos 1 > cos 1° (C) cos 1 = cos 1° (D) cos 1 = cos 1°
180

4. The angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock at the time 4 : 20 is .....
p p p p
(A) (B) (C) (D)
18 9 10 36

5. sin 2 .......... sin 5

(A) > (B) < (C) = (D) <

6. A circular wire of radius 7 cm is cut and arrange on the diameter of a circle with radius
12 cm. The angle subtended by it at the centre of the circle is ..........
6p 7p 5p p
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 6 9 3

7. The degree measure of 3 radian is ..........

(A) 171° 49' 5'' (B) 171° 49' 50'' (C) 171° 50' 5'' (D) 171° 48' 15''

8. The angles of a quadrilateral are in A.P. If the greates angle is 120° then the smallest angle
is ..........
p p p 2p
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 6 3 3

x
9. y = sin , x Î [0, 2p]. The function y is .......... in (0, p).
2
(A) Decreasing (B) Increasing
(C) Constant (D) can not say anything

10. tan 15° = ..........

3 -1 1- 3 3 +1 3 +1
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3 +1 1+ 3 3 -Paper
1 1- 3
 tan 15° = ..........
3 -1 1- 3 3 +1 3 +1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 +1 1+ 3 3 -1 1- 3

5p p
11. 2cos × cos = ..........
24 24

2 + 3 3 - 2 2 + 3 2 - 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 2 4

tan3 x
12. The value of do not lie between ..........
tan x

1 1 1 1
(A) - and 0 (B) and 3 (C) - and (D) – 3 and 3
3 3 3 3

13. cos 105° + sin 105° = ..........

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

14. If t an q + sin q = m and tan q – sin q = n then m2 – n2 = ..........

(A) 4 mn (B) mn (C) 4 mn (D) 2mn

15. Out of the following statement which is false ?

1 1
(A) sin q = - (B) cosq = 1 (C) sec q = (D) tanq = 20
5 2

3 3p sec q - cot q
16. sin q = - and p < q < then the value of is ..........
5 2 tan q - cosecq
31 31 30
(A) (B) - (C) (D) – 1
29 29 29

17. cosec (–1410°) = ..........

3 2
(A) – 2 (B) 2 (C) (D)
2 3

18. tan 75° – cot 75° = ..........

(A) 2 3 (B) 2 + 3 (C) 2 - 3 (D) None of these

cot A cotB
19. If A + B = 225° then × = ........
1 + cotA 1 + cotB
1
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D)
2

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20. If y = (1 + tanA) (1 – tanB) and A – B = then (y + 1)y + 1 = ..........
4
(A) 9 (B) 4 (C) 27 (D) 81

2 æ pö 2 æ 3p ö 2 æ 5p ö 2 æ 7p ö
21. sin ç ÷ + sin ç ÷ + sin ç ÷ + sin ç ÷ = ......
è 8ø è 8 ø è 8 ø è 8 ø
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) – 1 (D) 0

cos (17°) + sin (17°)

22. = ..........
cos (17° ) - sin (17° )
(A) tan 62° (B) tan 56° (C) tan 54° (D) tan 73°

sin (70°) + cos (40° )

23. = ..........
cos (70° ) + sin (40° )
1 1
(A) 1 (B) (C) 3 (D)
3 2

24. sin (12°) sin (48°) sin (54°) = ..........

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 32 8 4

1 - tan 2 (15°)
25. The value of 2 is ..........
1 + tan (15°)
3
(A) 1 (B) (C) 2 (D) 3
2

tan(225°) + tan(345°)
26. If cot(15°) = m then = .....
tan(195° ) - tan(105°)
m-1 2m m2 - 1 m+1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
m2 + 1 m2 + 1 m2 + 1 m2 + 1

2 æ 1° ö 2 æ 1° ö
27. cos ç 7 ÷ - cos ç 37 ÷ = ...........
è 2ø è 2ø

3 2 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 2 2 2

28. The value of cos(480°) sin(105°) + sin(600°) cos(390°) is ..........

1 1
(A) - (B) 0 (C) – 1 (D)
2 2

æ 2p ö æ 4p ö æ 6p ö
cos ç ÷ + cos ç + cos ç ÷ = ..........
29. è 7 ø è 7 ÷ø è 7 ø
1 1
(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) (D) -
2 2

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30. If = = ( ¹ 0) and x + y + z = p then which of the following is false ?
1 2 3
(A) tan x = ± 1, tan y = ± 2, tan z = ± 3 (B) tan x + tan y + tan z = 0
(C) tan x + tan y + tan z, Maximum value 6. (D) tan x + tan y + tan z, Minimum value –6.

æ pö æ 2p ö æ 4p ö
31. cos ç ÷ cos ç ÷ cos ç ÷ = ..........
è 7ø è 7 ø è 7 ø
1 1 1
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D) -
2 4 8

æ pö æ 3p ö æ 5p ö æ 7p ö
32. sin ç ÷ sin ç ÷ sin ç ÷ sin ç ÷ = ..........
è 16 ø è 16 ø è 16 ø è 16 ø
1 2 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
16 16 8 8

2æ p ö 2 æ 3p ö 2 æ 5p ö
33. cos ç ÷ + cos ç ÷ + cos ç ÷ = ..........
è 12 ø è 12 ø è 12 ø
1 1 3
(A) - (B) 0 (C) (D)
2 2 2

34. If A = 125 and x = sinA° + cosA° then ..........

(A) x < 0 (B) x = 0 (C) x > 0 (D) x > 0

35. The value of 3 cosec 20° – sec 20° is ..........

(A) – 4 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

4 p æ aö
36. If cos a = - , < a < p then tan ç ÷ = ......
5 2 è 2ø
1 1
(A) – 3 (B) 3 (C) (D) -
3 3

b
37. If tan x = then a cos(2x) + b sin(2x) = ..........
a
(A) a – b (B) a (C) b (D) a + b

3p æ aö
38. If cosa = –0.6 and p < a < then tan ç ÷ = .....
2 è 4ø
1- 5 5 -1 5 5 +1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

39. If one of the roots of 25 cos2q + 5 cosq – 12 = 0 is a then the value of sin2q is .......

æp ö
çè < q < p ÷ø .
2
- 24 - 13 13 24
(A) (B) (C) (D)
23 18 18 25
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çè < q < p ÷ø .
2
- 24 - 13 13 24
(A) (B) (C) (D)
23 18 18 25

æ 1° ö
40. The value of cos çè 67 ÷ø is ..........
2
2+ 2 2- 2
(A) (B) (C) 2 -1 (D) 2 +1
2 2

1
41. One of the roots of 4x3 – 3x = is ..........
2
(A) sin 70° (B) sin 10° (C) sin 20° (D) cos 70°

4 p
42. If tan x = - , < x < p then sin æç x ö÷ = ......
3 2 è 2ø
2 2 1 3
(A) - (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5

3 æ Aö æ 5A ö
If cos A = then 32 sin ç ÷ sin ç = ..........
43. 4 è 2ø è 2 ÷ø
(A) –11 (B) - 11 (C) 11 (D) 11

44. 2+ 2 + 2cos 4 q = ..........

(A) cos q (B) sin q (C) 2cos q (D) 2sin q

45. If t an 2 q = 2 tan2 f + 1 then the value of cos(2q) + sin2 f is ..........

(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

a b
46. If tan and tan are roots of the equation 8x2 – 26x + 15 = 0 then cos (a + b) = ..........
2 2
627 627
(A) - (B) (C) – 1 (D) None of these
725 725

æ pö
47. If tan (p cos q) = cot (p sin q) then the value of cos ç q - ÷ is ..........
è 4ø
1 1 1
(A) (B) ± (C) ± (D) ± 1
2 2 2 2

48. The number of solutions of the equation 3 sin2x – 7 sinx + 2 = 0 in [0, 5p] are ..........
(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 10

49. If 3sinq = 2cosq then the value of sin2q is ......

12 5 4 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
13 13 5 5

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50. The solution set of sin q + cos q = 2 is ..........
p p
(A) k p, k Î Z (B) 2k p + , k ÎZ (C) f (D) (2k + 1) , k Î Z
2 2

51. The real solut ions of the equation cos7 x + sin4 x = 1 in (–p, p) are ..........
p p p p p p p p p
(A) 0, ,- (B) 0, ,- (C) 0, ,- (D) , ,
3 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 4

52. The number of points of intersection of the graphs 2y = 1 and y = sin x, –2p < x < 2p is ......
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 1

53. The soluti on set of cos 2q = cos2q – sin2q is .....

p
(A) R (B) k p, k Î Z (C) f (D) (2k + 1) , k Î Z
2

54. The general solution of the equation sin50x – cos50x = 1 is ..........

p p p p
(A) 2k p + , k Î Z (B) 2k p + , k Î Z (C) k p + , k Î Z (D) k p + , k ÎZ
2 3 3 2

55. tan6 40° – 33 tan4 40° + 27 tan2 40° = ...........

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these

æq ö æq ö
56. q1, q2 Î [0, 2p] and q1 and q2 satisfy the equation tan q = 1 then tan ç 1 ÷ × tan ç 2 ÷ = ..........
è 2ø è 2ø
(A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 1

sin ( x + y ) a + b tan x
57. If sin ( x - y ) = a - b then tan y = ..........

b a
(A) (B) (C) ab (D) a – b
a b

101p ö
58. Trigonometric point P æç ÷ lies in....quadrant..
è 3 ø
(A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth

4 5 p
59. If cos(a + b ) = , sin( a - b ) = , 0 < a, b < then tan2a = .........
5 13 4
16 56 28
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
63 33 33

2x cos2 x
60. The number of solutions of the equation 16sin + 16 = 10, x Î [0, 3p] is ........
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16

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