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Ministry of Maths

This document contains 40 multiple choice questions about logarithms. It covers basic properties of logarithms such as logarithmic identities and inequalities. It also includes questions involving common logarithms, natural logarithms, and logarithms with various bases. The document provides the context that it contains an advanced level quiz on logarithms for a basic level tutorial presented by the Ministry of Maths near a sweet shop in India.

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Ministry of Maths

This document contains 40 multiple choice questions about logarithms. It covers basic properties of logarithms such as logarithmic identities and inequalities. It also includes questions involving common logarithms, natural logarithms, and logarithms with various bases. The document provides the context that it contains an advanced level quiz on logarithms for a basic level tutorial presented by the Ministry of Maths near a sweet shop in India.

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Logarithms 5

1. = | | log log b ab
(a) a log (b) | | log a (c) a log (d) None of these
2. The value of ) 4 (log
2
5 . 0
is
(a) 2 (b) ) 4 ( (c) 2 (d) None of these
3. The value of 9 log 8 log 7 log 6 log 5 log 4 log
8 7 6 5 4 3
is [ I I I T Allahabad 20 00]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
4. = ) 7 7 ( 7 log log
7 7

(a) 7 log 3
2
(b) 7 log 3 1
3
(c) 2 log 3 1
7
(d) None of these
5. The value of
9 log / 4 36 log
) 3 log / 1 (
7 9 5
3 27 81 + + i s equal to
(a) 49 (b) 625 (c) 216 (d) 890
6. |
.
|

\
|
+ |
.
|

\
|
+ |
.
|

\
|
80
81
log 3
24
25
log 5
15
16
log 7 is equal t o [ EAMCET 1990]
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 log (d) 3 log
7. I f a = 5 log
4
and , 6 log
5
b = then 2 log
3
is equal t o
(a)
1 2
1
+ a
(b)
1 2
1
+ b
(c) 1 2 + ab (d)
1 2
1
ab

8. I f , 0 , 1 , 5 log log . log
5
> = = k k k x
x k
then x i s equal to
(a) k (b)
5
1
(c) 5 (d) None of these
9. I f , 2 log . log
5
= x a
a
t hen x is equal t o
(a) 125 (b)
2
a (c) 25 (d) None of these
10. I f , 12 4
2 2
ab b a = + then ) 2 log( b a + is
(a) ] 2 log log [log
2
1
+ b a (b) 2 log
2
log
2
log + +
b a
(c) ] 2 log 4 log [log
2
1
+ + b a (d) ] 2 log 4 log [log
2
1
+ b a
11. I f , 2 log 2 256 log log log
2
4 2 2
+ = A then A i s equal to [ WB JEE 1992]
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
12. I f , log
10
y x = then
2
1000
log x i s equal t o
(a)
2
y (b) y 2 (c)
2
3y
(d)
3
2y

13. I f ), ( log ), ( log ), ( log ab z ca y bc x
c b a
= = = then whi ch of the fol lowi ng i s equal to 1
5
Basi c Level
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Advance
(a) z y x (b)
1 1 1
) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 (

z y x (c) xyz (d) None of these
14. I f 24 log , 12 log
36 24
b a and , 36 log
48
c t hen 1+abc is equal t o [ SCRA 2000]
(a) ab 2 (b) ac 2 (c) bc 2 (d) 0
15. I f , , , a c c b b a
z y x
then value of xyz is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
16. I f ) ( : ) ( : ) ( log : log : log y x x z z y z y x then
(a) 1 . .
x z y
z y x (b) 1
z y x
z y x (c) 1
z y x
z y x (d) None of these
17. to .... 2 log 2 log 2 log
16 8 4
is [ MNR 1994; Roor kee 1994; MP PET 20 00]
(a)
2
e (b) ln 1 2 (c) ln 1 2 (d) 2 ln 1
18. I f , 47712 . 0 3 log , 30103 . 0 2 log
10 10
the number of di gi ts i n
8 12
2 3 i s
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10
19.

89
1
3
) (tan log
r
o
r
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
20.


n
n
a
n
1 2
) ( log
1

(a) 2 log
2
) 1 (
a
n n
(b) a
n n
2
log
2
) 1 (
(c) a
n n
2
2 2
log
4
) 1 (
(d) None of these
21. Whi ch of the foll owi ng is not true [ UPSEAT 20 00]
(a) 0 for ) 1 log( x x x (b) 0 for ) 1 log(
1

x x
x
x
(c) 0 for 1 x x e
x
(d) 0 for 1 x x e
x

22. The soluti on of the equati on 0 ) 5 ( log log
2
5 7
x x [ UPSEAT 2000 ( S.E.) ]
(a) 2 x (b) 3 x (c) 4 x (d) 2 x



23.
4
log 18 i s
(a) A rati onal number (b) An i rrati onal number (c) A pri me number (d) None of these
24. The value of
......) 001 . 0 01 . 0 1 . 0 ( log
20
) 05 . 0 (

is
(a) 81 (b)
81
1
(c) 20 (d)
20
1

25. I f a, b, c ar e di sti nct posi ti ve numbers, each di fferent from 1, such that
, 0 ] log log [log ] log log [log ] log log [log c c c b b b a a a
c b a b c a a c b
then abc =
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) None of these
26. I f , 27 log
12
a then 16 log
6
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Logarithms 7
Advance
Level
(a)
a
a
+

3
3
. 2 (b)
a
a
+

3
3
. 3 (c)
a
a
+

3
3
. 4 (d) None of these
27. I f ! 1983 = n , then the value of expressi on
n n n n
1983 4 3 2
log
1
.......
log
1
log
1
log
1
+ + + + i s equal to
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
28. I f ,
log log log
b a
z
a c
y
c b
x

t hen whi ch of t he followi ng is true


(a) 1 = xyz (b) 1 =
c b a
z y x (c) 1 =
+ + + b a a c c b
z y x (d)
c b a
z y x xyz =
29. I f 1 ...
1 2 1
> > > > >

x x x x
n n
then the value of
1
1
3 2 1
log ..... log log log
x
n
n
x
n x x x x
x

is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) None of these
30. The number of soluti on of x x = + 6 ) 5 ( log
2
i s
(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) None of these
31. The number of real values of the paramet er k f or whi ch 0 log log ) (log
16 16
2
16
= + k x x with real coeffi ci ents will have exactly one
soluti on is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) None of these
32. I f 3
4
5
log ) (log
4
3
3
2
3
=
+ x x
x then x has
(a) One posi ti ve i ntegral val ue (b) One i rrati onal value
(c) Two posi tive rati onal values (d) None of these




33. I f ) 1000 ( log
5
= x and ) 2058 ( log
7
= y then
(a) y x > (b) y x < (c) y x = (d) None of these
34. The number 3 log
20
li es i n
(a) |
.
|

\
|
3
1
,
4
1
(b) |
.
|

\
|
2
1
,
3
1
(c) |
.
|

\
|
4
3
,
2
1
(d) |
.
|

\
|
5
4
,
4
3

35. I f ,
log
1
log
1
4 3
x > +

then x be
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 3.5 (d)
36. I f ], 4 , 0 [ , 0 sin log
2 / 1
e > x x then the number of values of x whi ch are i ntegral mul ti ples of ,
4

i s
(a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 3 (d) None of these
37. The set of real val ues of x satisfyi ng 2 ) 12 6 ( log
2
2 / 1
> + x x i s
(a) ( | 2 , (b) ] 4 , 2 [ (c) | ) + , 4 (d) None of these
38. The set of real val ues of x for whi ch 5 2
) 1 ( log
2
+ >

x
x
i s
(a) ) , 4 ( ) 1 , ( + (b) ) , 4 ( + (c) ) 4 , 1 ( (d) None of these



Basi c Level
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8 Logarithms
39. Soluti on set of i nequali ty 0 ) 2 2 ( log
2
10
s x x i s
(a) ] 3 1 , 1 [ (b) ] 3 , 3 1 [ + (c) ] 3 , 3 1 ( ) 3 1 , 1 [ + (d) None of these
40. I f 2 log
2
1
1 . 0
s s x then........
(a) The maximum value of x is
10
1
(b) x l i es between
100
1
and
10
1

(c) x does not li e between
100
1
and
10
1
(d) The mi ni mum val ue of x is
100
1

41. I f ) 1 ( log ) 1 ( log
2 . 0 04 . 0
> x x then x belongs to the i nterval
(a) ( | 2 , 1 (b) ( | 2 , (c) | ) + , 2 (d) None of these
42. The set of real val ues of x for whi ch 1
2
log
2 . 0
s
+
x
x
is
(a) ) , 0 (
2
5
, +
(

\
|
(b) |
.
|

+ ,
2
5
(c) ) , 0 ( ) 2 , ( + (d) None of these



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I ndices and Surds 15








1. =
n m
a
a
log

(a)
mn
a (b)
n
m (c)
m
n (d) None of these
2. I f
n
m n m
a a = ) ( , t hen the value of 'm' i n terms of ' n' is
(a) n (b)
m
n
/ 1
(c)
) 1 /( 1 n
n (d) None of these
3.
3 / 2 3 3 / 1 5
) 16 ( ) ( x x = |
.
|

\
|
2 / 3
9 / 4
4
1
x
(a)
3
) 4 / (x (b)
3
) 4 ( x (c)
3
8x (d) None of these
4. I f
z y x
c b a
/ 1 / 1 / 1
= = and ac b =
2
t hen = + z x
(a) y (b) 2y (c) 2xyz (d) None of these
5. I f , , , ab c ca b bc a
z y x
= = = then xyz =
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) z y x + + (d) 2 + + + z y x
6. I f
z y y x
z y x a z y x a ) ( , ) ( + + = + + = , , ) (
x z
z y x a + + = then
(a) 3 / a z y x = = = (b) 3 / a z y x = + + (c) 0 = + + z y x (d) None of these
7. I f , , ,
1 1 1
ab c ca b bc a
z y x
= = =

then

= ) / 1 ( x
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) abc (d) None of these
8. I f , 1
2 ) 2 (
2 ) 2 ( ) 2 (
2 1
2 1
=
+
+
m n m
n n m n
then m =
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) n (d) 2n
9. I f ,
x y
y x = t hen , ) / (
) / ( ) / ( k y x y x
x y x

= where = k
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) None of these
10. I f , ) . (
3
3
x x x
x x x = then x =
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 64/ 27
11. I f , ) (
xy y x
ab b a = = then = + y x
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) xy (d) None of these
12. I f , 2 2
3 / 1 3 / 1
= x then = + x x 6 2
3

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) None of these
13. I f , 2 2 2
3 / 1 3 / 2
+ + = x then the value of x x x 6 6
2 3
+ is
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) None of these
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14. Soluti on of the equati on
x x x
x x x ) ( ) ( = are
(a) 9/ 4 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 0
15. I f , 26 ) 2 . 0 .( 5 5
2 1
= +
x x
t hen x may have the value
(a) 25 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) None of these



16.

=
+ +
c a b a
x x 1
1

(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) None of these
17. Let
1 2 2
7
4 / 1 2 / 1
+ +
4 / 3 2 / 1 4 / 1
2 . 2 . 2 . D C B A + + + = , then
(a) 1 = A (b) 3 = B (c) 2 = C (d) 1 = D
18. Soluti on of the equati on ) 2 ( 3 9 . 4
1 2 1 +
=
x x
has the soluti on
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 3/ 2 (d) 2/ 3
19. Soluti on of the equati on
1 2
2
3
2
1
3 2 2 9

+ +
=
x
x x
x

(a) ) 8 / 9 ( log
9
(b)
( )
) 8 / 9 ( log
2 / 9
(c) ) 8 / 9 ( log
e
(d) None of these




20. I f , 0 > a then + + + .... a a a is
(a) ) 1 4 (
2
1
a (b) ] ) 1 4 ( 1 [
2
1
+ + a (c) ] ) 1 4 ( 1 [
2
1
a (d) ] ) 1 4 ( 1 [
2
1
+ a
21. =
+
+ +
2 / 3 2 / 3
2 / 3 2 / 3
] ) 35 ( 6 [ ] ) 35 ( 6 [
] ) 15 ( 4 [ ] ) 15 ( 4 [

(a) 1 (b) 7/ 13 (c) 13/ 7 (d) None of these
22. I f ,
2 5
2 5
,
2 5
2 5
+

+
= y x then = +
2 2
3 4 3 y xy x
(a) ] 12 10 56 [
3
1
(b) ] 12 10 56 [
3
1
+ (c) ] 10 12 56 [
3
1
+ (d) None of these
23. =
+ 2 2 5 3
12

(a) 2 ) 10 ( 5 1 + + + (b) 2 ) 10 ( 5 1 + + (c) 2 10 5 1 + + (d) ) 10 ( 2 5 1 +
24. =
+

) 3 4 8 (
4
) 10 2 7 (
3
) 30 2 11 (
1

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) None of these
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Sur ds

B Ba as si i c c L Le ev ve el l
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25.
) 7 5 16 ( ) 2 / 7 (
) 5 3 7 ( ) 2 / 5 (


=
(a) Rati onal (b) Surd (c) Multiple of 7 (d) None of these
26.
) 3 2 ( ) 3 2 (
2

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 2 / 1
27.
3 2 1
4

(a) 6 2 2 (b) 3 2 1 (c) 3 2 3 (d) None of these
28.

2 3
6
2 6
3 4
3 6
2 3

(a) 2 5 (b) 2 3 (c) 3 2 (d) 0
29. I f ,
) 3 4 7 (
3 3 4
b a

then ) , ( b a
(a) (12,1) (b) (1, 12) (c) (1, 12) (d) (12, 1)
30. The rati onali si ng factor of 7 3 2 is
(a) 7 3 (b) 7 3 2 (c) 7 2 3 (d) None of these
31. The square root of 134 + ) 6292 ( is
(a) ) 13 ( 21 (b) ) 13 ( 11 (c) ) 11 ( 13 (d) ) 21 ( 13
32. The value of ] ) 2 48 68 ( 12 [
(a) 2 2 (b) 2 2 (c) 1 2 (d) None of these
33. The square root of ) 48 ( ) 50 ( is
(a) ) 2 3 ( 2
4 / 1
(b) ) 2 3 ( 2
4 / 1
(c) ) 2 2 ( 2
4 / 1
(d) ) 2 3 ( 2
4 / 1

34. ) 3 2 ( ) 5 3 (
(a) ) 2 / 3 ( ) 2 / 5 ( (b) ) 2 / 3 ( ) 2 / 5 ( (c) ) 2 / 1 ( ) 2 / 5 ( (d) ) 2 / 1 ( ) 2 / 3 (
35. The value of ] ) 55 ( 2 5 12 [ is
(a) ] 1 ) 11 ( [ 5
2 / 1
(b) ] 1 ) 11 ( [ 5
2 / 1
(c) ] 1 ) 11 ( [ 5
4 / 1
(d) ] 1 ) 11 ( [ 5
4 / 1

36. The cube root of 2 11 3 9 is
(a) 2 3 2 (b) 2 2 3 (c) 2 3 3 (d) 2 3
37. I f , ) 1 (
2
a x x then x =
(a) ) / 1 (
2
1
a a (b) ) / 1 (
2
1
a a (c) ) (
1
a a (d) None of these
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38. I f 3 7 + = x and , 4 = xy then
4 4
y x + =
(a) 400 (b) 368 (c) 352 (d) 200
39. I f , 1 , 3 2 = + = xy x then =

+
+ y
y
x
x
2 2

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) None of these
40. I f , 5 3 = x t hen =
+ ) 2 3 ( 2 x
x

(a) 5 (b) 5 (c) 5 / 1 (d) 5 / 1
41. I f ) 20 ( ) 21 ( = a and ), 17 ( ) 18 ( = b t hen
(a) b a = (b) 0 = + b a (c) b a > (d) b a <
42. Soluti on of the equati on 6 ) 2 ( ) 10 ( = + + x x are
(a) 0 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) None of these



43. Let
(
(

|
|
.
|

\
|

|
|
.
|

\
|
+
=
n n
n
u
2
5 1
2
5 1
5
1
, ,... 2 , 1 , 0 = n then
(a)
1 1 +
+ =
n n n
u u u (b)
2
1
2
1 2
+ =
n n n
u u u (c)
1 2 + +
+ =
n n n
u u u (d) None of these
44. = + + + + ) 6 2 5 ( / 1 ] 6 2 2 2 3 2 6 [
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) None of these
45. = + + ] ) 1 ( 2 [ ] ) 1 ( 2 [ x x x x
(a) 2, i f 2 1 s s x (b) 2, if x> 2 (c) ) 1 ( 2 x , if 2 1 s s x (d) ) 1 ( 2 x , if 2 > x




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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
b c b c d c d b, c c c c d b c b b d c d a
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
d c b a a c c a,b,
c,d
b d b a,b,
c
a b a a b b c a,b,
d
41 42
c a



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
c c d b d a a d b a,d b c b a,b b,c a a,c,d c b b
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
b b c a a b a d c b b b d b c d b b a d
41 42 43 44 45
d b
a,b,c
a a,d



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
c b c a,c d b a c d c b,c a c a b d b b a d
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
b d d c,d a a,d b d c

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Assignment (Basic and Advance Level) Logar ithms


Assignment (Basic and Advance Level) I ndi ces and Sur ds

Assignment (Basic and Advance Level) Par tial Fr actions

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