Logarithm

1) If then x =
(a) 3 (b) – 3
(c) (d)

2) If and , then x + y is equal to

(a) 247 (b) 19
(c) 85 (d) 1
3) is equal to when x < 0
(a) (b)
(c) 2 (d)
4) If , then x =
(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) – 3 (d) None of these
5) If , then find x
6) If , find ‘x’.
7) If , find ‘x’ .
8) Find the value of .

9) Find the value of .

10) If , find x.

11) , find y.

12) Find value of x if .

13) Find value of x if .

14) Is a rational number ?

15) Simplify : .

16) Simplify :

17) Prove that

18) , then find x

19) Value of is

(a) log 2 (b) log 3

(c) 1 (d) 0
20) Prove that

21) Prove that .

22) Value of is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 0 (d) 3
23) Value of
is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 89 (d) None of these
Logarithm (Basic Assignment) Level - I
I. Convert in Logarithmic Form

1) 2)

3) 4)

5) 6)

II. Convert in Exponential Form ( )

7) 8)
9) 10)

11) 12)
III. Evaluate the following:

13) 14)

15) 16)

17) 18)

19) 20)
21) 22)

23) 24)

25) 26)
27) 28)
29)
IV. Finding ‘x’ for which log is defined
30) 31)
32) 33)
34)

V. Solve for ‘x’

35) If , find x.
36) If , find x.
37) If , find x.
38) If , find x
39) If , find x.

40) If , find x.

VI. To solve for ‘x’ in multiple Log’s

41) If , find x.
42) If , find x.
43) Evaluate : .

VII. Problems on sum/ difference or Product/Division Formula

44) Evaluate :

45) Evaluate :
46) Prove that
VIII. Problems on Formula

47) 48)

49) 50)

IX. Problems on

51) 52)

53) 54)

55)

X. Problems on

56) Evaluate

57) Evaluate

58) If , evaluate

(Note : n! = 1.2.3…. n )

XI. Problems on change of base formula

59) Evaluate

60) Evaluate

61) Evaluate
62) Evaluate
63) Evaluate
XII. Problems on

64) Evaluate

65) Evaluate

66) Evaluate

67) Evaluate

68) Evaluate

69) Evaluate

XIII. Problems on

70) Evaluate :

71) Evaluate :

72) Evaluate :

73) Prove that

74) Prove that .

75) Find x if
Level – II
1) Prove that

2) Solve the following equations for x

3) If ,

. Find
4) Solve for x

5) Simplify :

6) Prove that

7) Solve for x ,

8) Show that , where

.
Level – III
Single Answer Questions
1) If , then
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
2) If a , b , c are distinct positive number different from 1 such that
then abc =
(a) 0 (b) e
(c) 1 (d)
3) The value of is
(a) (b) ln 2 + 1
(c) ln 2 – 1 (d) 1 – ln 2

4) The sum of the series is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

5) The sum of series

is equal to

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

6) is
(a) an integer (b) a rational number
(c) an irrational number (d) a prime number
7) The value of lies in

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

8) If then the number of digits in is

(a) 18 (b) 19
(c) 20 (d) 21
9) If are three numbers in G.P then
are in

(a) A.P (b) H.P

(c) G.P (d) A.G.P
10) If the roots of the equation are real then

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

11) The least value of is

(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 1
12) For i = 1 to 6 , let , where a , b and c
represent every possible different arrangement of 2 , 4 and 8. The
product can be expressed in the form . The
value of N is
(a) 20 (b) 28
(c) 33 (d) 50

13) If then the value of is

 (a) 2 (b) – 4
(c) – 6 (d) – 8
14) If then
the value of
(a) 1 (b) – 1
(c) 10 (d) 5

15) The solution of the equation is

(a) (b)

(c) 5 (d)

16) If then x is equal to

(a) 4 (b) – 4

(c) (d) 2

17) If are in A.P then the value

of x is
(a) 1, 4 (b) 2, 3
(c) 5, 6 (d) 5, 7
18) If then

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

19) Solution set of the equation

is
 (a) (b)

(c) (d) R

20) The number of pairs (x, y) satisfying the equations

and is

(a) infinite (b) 2

(c) 0 (d) 1
21) If then the range of
(a) 2 < x < 3 (b) 4 < x < 6
(c) 3 < x < 5 (d) 0.01 < x < 0.1
22) The solution set of is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

23) In triangle ABC then A belongs to

(a) (b)

(c) R (d)

One or more than one answer

24) If , then
(a) Domain of f is R
(b) Range of f is
(c) f is defined in
(d) range of f is

25) If then which of the following are true ?

 (a) =1 (b)

(c) (d)
26) The correct statement of the following is/are
(a)

(b) lies between – 2 and – 1

(c) is positive

(d) simplifies to an irrational number .

27) Consider the quadratic equation

. Which of the following quantities are irrational
(a) sum of the roots (b) product of the roots
(c) sum of the coefficients (d) discriminant

28) If then x is equal to

(a) 2 (b) 4
(c) 8 (d) 16
29) A solution of the system of equations and

(a) (1, 1) (b)

(c) (d)

30) A solution of the inequality satisfies

(a) (b)
(c) (d)
31) The solution set of the inequality contains
 (a) (0 , 1) (b)

(c) (d) (0 , 3)
32) If then x belongs to

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

ASSERTION-REASONING QUESTIONS
Statement I and II are given in each of the questions in this section.
Your answer should be as per the following pattern :
(a) If both statement I and II are correct and II is a correct reason for I
(b) If both statement I and II are correct and II is not a correct reason
for I
(c) If Statement I is correct and statement II is false
(d) If Statement I is false and II is correct.
33) Statement I : If where are
non-unit positive reals, then
Statement II : If , then x = 3

34. Statement I : If
Statement II : where x > 0

35. Statement I : The equation has

no solution.
Statement II : logb a

MATRIX MATCHING QUESTIONS

36. Match type match the following
Column – I
(a) If x1 and x2 satisfy the equation then the value of x1
x2 equals
(b) Sum of the square of the roots of the equation log2 (9 – 2x) = 3 – x
is

(c) If log1/8 (log1/4 (log1/2 x)) =

(d) If logb a = 3, logb c = - 4 and if the value of x satisfying the

equation a3x = cx-1 is expressed in the form p / q where p and q
are relatively prime then p + q is
Column – II
p. irrational q. rational
r. prime s. composite
37. Match the equations on the left with the value on the right which
make the equation true.
a. (log5 x)2 + log5x

b. (logx 25)2 – 3 logx 5 – logx 5 (1/5) = 2

c. log5 x)2 + 14 log625 (x3) + 40 log25x

d. (log5 x)2 + log5 x + 1 =

Column – I I
p. x = q. x = 1
r. x = 5 s. x =

38. Column – I
a. f (x) =

b. f (x) =
c. f (x) – 2 – log2
d. f (x) =
Column – II

p. f (x) < 0 for ( -

q. Domain f (x) is x 1 or x
r. f (x) > 0
39) Column – I

a.

b.

c.

d.
Column – II
p) number of solutions = 2
q) number of solutions = 3
r) number of solutions = 1
s) infinite number of solutions
40) Column – I
a) , then x can be

b) , then x can be
c) , then x can be

d) then x can be

Column – II
 p) x = 10 q)
r) s)

41) Column – I

a)

b)

c)

d)

Column – II

p) q)

r) s)

Integer Questions

42)

43)

44) Let . The

value of the product is
45) If are positive real numbers such that
and . The middle
digit in the value of equals
to
46) The value of x satisfying the equation is
47) The number of solutions of the equation
is
48) If then the value of x is

49) The number of solutions of

is

50) If the product of all solutions of the equation

can be expressed in the lowest form as then
the value of is
51) It is known that is a root of the equation
. If m is the sum of the other
root(s) of this equation then sum of digits of m is

52) The number of integral solution of the equation ,

is
Passages
Passage – 1
The equation of the form
can be solved by letting . Now the equation reduces
to
53) The number of solutions of
is
(a) 3 (b) 2
(c) 0 (d) infinite
54) The solution set of is
(a) {4} (b) {8}
(c) {8 , 16} (d)

55) The solution set of is

(a) {1, 5} (b) {1 , 1/25}
(c) {1 , 5 , 1/25} (d) {1, 5, 1/25 , 1/125}

Level – IV
SINGLE ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. 7 log10

(a) log102 (b) log103

(c) log105 (d) zero
2. If log12 27 = a, then log6 16 =

(a) 4 (b) 4

(c) 2 (d) 2

3. If log2 3 = a, log3 5 = b and log7 2 = c, then the logarithm of the

number 63 to base 140 is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

4. If log2 a + log4 b + log4 c = 2,

log9 a + log3 b + log9 c = 2,
log16 a + log16 b + log4 c = 2, then

(a) a = (b) a =
 (c) a = (d) a =

5. If x, y, z are distinct positive numbers each different form ‘1’ such

that (logy x logz x – logx x) + (logx y.logx y-logyy) + (logy z.logx z-logxz)
= 0. Then xyz is
(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) – 1 (d) 3

6. If

(a) (b)

(c) (d)
7. If log10 2 = 0.3010, log10 3 = 0.4771 then the number of integers in
5200 are
(a) 120 (b) 145
(c) 160 (d) 140
8. If x = log5 1000, y = log7 2058 then
(a) x > y (b) x < y
(c) x = y (d) x2 = 2y
9. If 1 + log2 (1- cos2x) log42 then minimum value of sinx is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

10. The solution set of the equation log10 (3x2 + 12x + 19) – log10
(3x + 4) = 1 is
(a) a null vector
(b) a singleton
 (c) a set consisting of exactly two elements
(d) a set consisting of more than two elements
11. Solution of the equation log3 (x2 + 3x – 5) = log3 (7 – 2x) is
(a) 4 (b) – 3
(c) 5 (d) – 2

12. If 5 = 24 then x is
(a) 9 (b) 4
(c) 49 (d) 64
13. If log(2x + 3) (6x2 + 23x + 21) = 4 – log(3 x + 7) ( 4x2 + 12x + 9) then the
value of – 4 x is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) -1/4
14. Solution of the equation log3x + 4 (4x2 + 4x + 1) + log2x + 1
(6x2 + 11x + 4) = 4

(a) (b)

(c) (d) – 1

15. The number of solutions of the equations = 1 is

(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 0 (d) 4
16. If (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) are solutions of the system of simultaneous
equations log8 (xy) = 3 log8 x. log8 y

4 log8 =
then x1, x2 + y1 y2 equals to
(a) 4 (b) 6
(c) 2 (d) 8
17. If log1/2 log2 (x + 1) then x belongs to the interval
(a) (-1, 1 + 2 (b) (2, 1 - 2
(c) (-1, (d) (2 + 2

18. The solution set of the inequality log3 (x2 – 1) < log3
(a) (-2, - (b) (2,
(c) (1, 5/4) (d) (2, 2 +
19. If log0.2 (x3 + 8) – (0.5) log0.2 (x2 + 4x + 4) log0.2 (x + 58) then x is
(a) [0,9] (b) [9,
(c) [-9, 0) (d) (-

20. then x belongs to interval

(a) (2, 6+ (b) (2, 6-
(c) (6, 6+ (d) (6 –
21. The set of the value of x for which
(a) (1, 5/4) (b)
(c) (1,5/4) (d)

More than one Answer

22. If then
(a) xy yx = yz zy (b) yz zy = xz zx
(c) xz zy = yz zx (d) xy yx = zx xz

23. If and x3 y2 z = 1 then k is equal to

(a) – 8 (b) – 4
(c) 0 (d) log2

24. If x, y , z simultaneously satisfy the equations

log2 x + log4 y + log4 z = 2,
log3 y + log9 z + log9 x = 2,
log4 z + log16 x + log16 y = 2 then
 (a) xy = (b) yz = 36
(c) zx = (d) x + y + z = xyz

25. If loga x = logb x = , logc x = y and logd x =

then logabcd x is

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

26. If S = then
(a) S is a finite set (b) S =
(c) S (d) S properly contains

27. If
(a) x = 81 (b) x = 2
(c) two real solutions of ‘x’ are possible
(d) x =

28. It is given that x = 9 is a solution of the equation

In (x2 + 15a2) – In ( a – 2) = In then

(a) a = 3 (b) a = 3/5

(c) Other solution is x = 3/5
(d) Other solution is x = 15

29. The equation has

(a) no integral solution (b) one irrational solution
(c) two real solutions (d) no prime solution
30. Solution to the inequality log1/2 (x – 1)
(a) x > 2 (b) x = 2
(c) x (d) x

31. Solution of the inequality log2 2 (x – 1) – log0.5 (x – 1) > 5

(a) (5, (b) (6,
(c) (d) (2, 3)

ASSERTION-REASONING QUESTIONS
Statement I and II are given in each of the questions in this section.
Your answer should be as per the following pattern :
(a) If both statement I and II are correct and II is a correct reason for I
(b) If both statement I and II are correct and II is not a correct reason
for I
(c) If Statement I is correct and statement II is false
(d) If Statement I is false and II is correct.
32. Statement I : The equation
has only one solution

Statement II :
33. Statement I : If n is a natural number greater than 1 such that n =
are positive integers, then log
n
Statement II : loga x > loga y where x > y and a > 1

34. Assertion (A) : If loge log5 then the value of x

is 3
Reason (R) : If logb a = c, then a = cb but a
(a) a (b) b
(c) c (d) d
35. Assertion (A) : If a = y2, b = z2 , c = x2 then 8 loga x3. Logb y3. logc z3
= 27 Reason (R) : logb a.logc b = logc a, logb a =
(a) a (b) b
(c) c (d) d

36. Assertion (A) : If

Reason (R): = b , if a > 0 and a
(a) a (b) b
(c) c (d) d
37. Assertion (A) : The equation
has no solution

Reason (R) : log a2m = 2 m log

(a) a (b) b
(c) c (d) d
MATRIX MATCHING QUESTIONS
38. COLUMN – I
(A) f (x) =
(B) domain of the function f (x) = log [1 – log10 (x2 – 5x + 16)] is
(C) f (x) = ( is defined for x belonging to
(D) domain of the function f (x) = log is
COLUMN – II
P. [1,2) Q. (-2, 1) R. (2, 3) S. (3,4) t. (2, 3]
39. COLUMN – I
(A) If log34 5 lies in the interval (a, b), then
(B) If log300 3 lies in the interval (a, b), then
(C) If log400 3 lies in the interval (a, b), then
COLUMN – II
(p) [10a + 10b] = 8, where [.] denoted the greatest integer
function
 (q) (10a + 10b)= 5, where (.) denotes the least integer function
(r) [6b – 3a] = 2 where [.] denotes the greatest integer function
(s) [10a + 10b] = 3 where [.] denotes the greatest integer
function
(t) (6b – 3a) = 1, where (.) denotes the least integer function
40. COLUMN – I
(A) The number of solutions of the equation log10 (3x2 + 12x +
19) – log10 (3x + 4) = 1 is
(B) is satisfied by x whose
number is
(C) the number of solutions of the equation log3 (3x – 8) = 2 – x is
(D) The number of value of x that satisfy the equation 2 log3
(x – 2) + log3 (x – 4)2 = 0 is
COLUMN – II
p. 0 q. 3 r. 2 s. 4 t. 1
41. COLUMN – I
(A) The solution set of log100 log10 y – log10 =
log100 4 is

(B) The solution set of 4 log = 2 log2 y and log2 x2 log2 y

(C) The solution set of log4 x – log2 y = 0 and x2 – 5y2 + 4 = 0

COLUMN – II
(p) { (q) {1, 1} (r) { -10, 20}
(s) {4, 2} (t)

INTEGER QUESTIONS
42. If (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) are the solutions of the simultaneous
equations x + y = 12 and 2 (2 then
x1, x2 – y1 y2 is equal to
43. The number of solutions of the system of equations y = 1 + log4
x, x4 = 46 is
44. The number of values of x that satisfy

45. The value of x satisfying the inequality

46. The number of integers satisfying the inequality

-
47. The number of integer values of x satisfying the inequality 2x +
1 < 2 log2 (x + 3) is
PASSAGE QUESTIONS
Passage 1:
An equation of the form
2m loga f (x) = loga g (x) , a > 0 , a

is equivalent to the system. On the basis of

above information,
Answer the following questions :
48. The number of solutions of 2 log2 2 x = loge (7x – 2 – 2x2) is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) infinite
49. The number of solutions of In 2x = 2 In (4x – 15) is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) infinite
50. The number of solutions log (3x2 + x – 2) = 3 log (3log (3x – 2) is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 0
51. Solution set of the equation

(a) {-2} (b) {1}

(c) {3} (d) {-2,1,3}

52. Solution set of the equation log (x – 9) + 2 log

(a) { } (b) {1}
(c) {2} (d) {13}
Passage 2:
Equation of the form
(i) f (loga x) = 0, a > 0, a
(ii) g (logx A) = 0, A > 0, then Equation
(i) is equivalent to f (t) = 0, where t = loga x.
If t1 , t2 , t3 ,……., tk are the roots of f (t) = 0, then loga x = t1,
logax = t2, loga x = t3,…….loga x = tk and Eq.
(ii) is equivalent to f (y) = 0 , where y = logx A. If y1 , y2 , y3 ,……..yk
are the roots of f (y) = 0, then logx A = y1 , logx A = y2 , logx A =
y3,….. logx A = yk.
On the basis of the above information, answer the following
questions :

53. The number of solutions of the equation

(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) infinite
54. The number of solutions of the equation

(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3

55. The solution set of (log5 x)2 + log5 x + 1 =

(a) {1,3} (b) {1}
(c) {25} (d) {1,25}
56. The set of all x satisfying the equation

(a) {1,9} (b)

(c) (d)

57. If
(a) (0, e) (b) (1, e)
(c) (1, 2e) (d) (0, 3e)
ANSWERS
Level – I

1) 2)

3) 4)

5) 6)

7) 8)

9) 10)

11) 12)
13) 6 14) – 5/2 15) 6
16) 8/3 17) 4 18) 6
19) 0 20) Not defined 21) Not defined
22) 1 23) – 1 24) Not defined
25) Not defined 26) Not defined 27) Not defined
28) 29) 30)
31) 32)
33) 34) 35) 8
36) 3 37) – 3 38) 16 , - 4
39) 2 40) 8 41) 8
42) 8 43) 1 44) 3
45) 1 47) 9 48) 7/2
49) – 1 50) – 3 51) 3
52) 4/9 53) 6/7 54) 5
55) 3/5 56) 9 57) 1
58) 1 59) 1/3 60) 1/2
61) 3/2 62) 63) 12

64) 5 65) 66)

67) 68) 69)

70) 5 71) 72) 0

Level – II
2) x = 100 3) 1 4) x = 1 , 30
5) x = 6 7) x = 5

Level – III
1) c 2) c 3) d
4) d 5) b 6) c
7) b 8) c 9) b
10) c 11) c 12) d
13) c 14) c 15) c
16) a 17) b 18) c
19) a 20) d 21) a
22) c 23) b 24) a, b, c
25) a, b, c, d 26) a, b, c 27) c, d
28) a, b, c 29) a, d 30) b
31) b, c, d 32) a, c 33) c
34) d 35) b
36) a – q,s ; b – qs ; c – p; d – qr
37) a – qrs; b – rs ; c – pq ; d – s
38) a – q ; b – r ; c – p ; d – s
39) a – q ; b – p ; c – s ; d – r
40) a – p ; b – pqr ; c – s ; d – qr
41) a – r ; b – p ; c – q ; d – s
42) 6 43) 1 44) 2
45) 6 46) 4 47) 2
48) 5 49) 0 50) 1
51) 6 52) 2 53) b
54) b 55) c

Level – IV
1) a 2) b 3) a
4) a 5) a 6) c
7) d 8) a 9) a
10) c 11) b 12) c
13) b 14) c 15) b
16) d 17) a 18) a
19) b 20) b 21) a
22) a, b, d 23) a, d 24)
a,b,c
25) a, c 26) c, d 27) c, d
28) a, d 29) a, d 30) a, b
31) a, b 32) a 33) a
34) c 35) b 36) d
37) b 38) a – p,r,t ; b – r ; c – s ; d – q
39) a – p , r ; b – q , t ; c – s , t
40) a – r ; b – t ; c – t 41) a – r , t ; b – p ; c – q , s
42) 0 43) 2 44) 0
45) 1 46) 2 47) 4
48) b 49) b 50) d
51) c 52) d 53) c
54) d 55) c 56) d
57) a