COMPOUND ANGLES

EXERCISE-1

Q.1 tan2 sec2(cot2 – cos2) =

(1) 0 (2) – 1 (3) 1 (4) 2

Q.2 If sin x + sin2x = 1, then cos8x + 2cos6x + cos4x =

(1) 0 (2) – 1 (3) 2 (4) 1

1
Q.3 If sin  = and tan  = 1, then  lies in which quadrant –
2
(1) First (2) Second (3) Third (4) Fourth

Q.4 If A lies in the second quad. and 3 tan A + 4 = 0, the value 2 cot A – 5 cos A + sin A is equals to –
23 22 23
(1) (2) (3) (4) None of these
11 10 10

5 sin   3 cos 
Q.5 If 5 tan = 4, then =
sin   2 cos 
5 14 9 5
(1) (2) (3) (4)
9 5 5 14

sin ( B  A )  cos ( B  A )
Q.6 sin (B  A )  cos ( B  A ) =
cos B  sin B cos A  sin A cos A  sin A
(1) (2) (3) (4) None of these
cos B  sin B cos A  sin A cos A  sin A


Q.7 If A – B = , then (1 + tan A) (1 – tan B) =
4
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) –1 (4) –2

 5    
Q.8 2 sin   sin   =
 12   12 
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 2 4 6

 
Q.9 1– 2 sin 2     =
4 
(1) cos 2 (2) – cos 2 (3) sin 2 (4) – sin 2

   
Q.10 The maximum value of sin      cos     is attained at
 6  6
   
(1) (2) (3) (4)
12 6 3 2
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Q.11 Which of the following is correct –


(1) sin 1º > sin 1 (2) sin 1º < sin 1 (3) sin 1º = sin 1 (4) sin 1º = sin 1
180

Q.12 If sin 1 + sin 2 + sin 3 = 3, then cos 1 + cos 2 + cos 3 =

(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) 0

Q.13 Exact value of tan 200º (cot 10º – tan 10º) is –

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 0 (4) None of these

cos 20º  8 sin 70º sin 50º sin 10º

Q.14 is equal to –
sin 2 80º
3
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) (4) None of these
4

3 cos   cos 3
Q.15 is equal to –
3 sin   sin 3
(1) 1 + cot2 (2) cot4 (3) cot3 (4) 2cot 

Q.16 The value of sin 10° + sin 20° + sin 30° + ... + sin 360° is equal to –
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 3 (4) 2

Q.17 If a = sin 170° + cos 170°, then –

(1) a > 0 (2) a < 0 (3) a = 0 (4) a = 1

Q.18 The number of real solutions of the equation sin (ex) = 2x + 2–x is –
(1) 1 (2) 0 (3) 2 (4) Infinite

Q.19 If cos  + cos  = 0 = sin  + sin , then cos 2 + cos 2 =

(1) – 2sin ( + ) (2) – 2cos ( + ) (3) 2sin ( + ) (4) 2cos ( + )

 
Q.20 f() = 5cos  + 3 cos     + 3 then the range of f() is
 3
(1) [–5, 11] (2) [–3, 9] (3) [–2, 10] (4) [–4, 10]

Q.21 If tan x = n · tan y, n  R+ then the maximum value of sec2(x – y) is equal to

(n  1) 2 (n  1) 2 (n  1) 2 (n  1) 2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2n n 2 4n

sin   sin 2
Q.22 =
1  cos   cos 2
1 1
(1) tan  (2) cot  (3) tan  (4) cot 
2 2
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Q.23 Let f(n) = 2 cos nx  n  N then f(1) · f(n + 1) – f(n) is equal to

(1) f(n + 3) (2) f(n + 2) (3) f(n + 1) · f(2) (4) f(n + 2) · f(2)

Q.24 If f(x) = sin6x + cos6x then the range of f(x) is

1  1 3 3 
(1)  , 1 (2)  ,  (3)  , 1 (4) none of these
4  4 4 4 

 3 5 7 9
Q.25 The values of cos  cos  cos  cos  cos is
11 11 11 11 11
1 1
(1) 0 (2) (3) (4) none of these
2 2
cot  5
Q.26 Let f() = and  +  = , then the value of f() · f() is
1  cot  4
1 1
(1) (2) (3) 2 (4) none of these
2 2

3 A 5A
Q.27 If cos A = then the value of sin sin is –
4 2 2
1 11 11 11
(1) (2) (3) (4)
32 8 32 16

Q.28 The least value of cos2 – 6 sin  cos  + 3 sin2 + 2 is –

(1) 4 + 10 (2) 4 – 10 (3) 0 (4) 4
 
Q.29 If tan   and tan   are the roots of the equation 8x2 – 26x + 15 = 0 then cos ( + )
2 2
is equal to –
 627 627  725
(1) (2) (3) (4) – 1
725 725 627

Q.30 If (sec A – tan A) (sec B – tan B) (sec C – tan C) = (sec A + tan A) (sec B + tan B) (sec C + tan C),
then every side is equal to –
(1) ±1 (2) 1 (3) – 1 (4) None of these

1 
Q.31 If 1 and 2 are two values lying in [0, 2] for which tan  = l, then tan · tan 2 is –
2 2
(1) Zero (2) –1 (3) 2 (4) 1

Q.32 The minimum value of cos  + sin  is –

1
(1) 0 (2) – 2 (3) (4) 2
2

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Q.33 cos248° – sin212° =

5 1 5 1 3 1 3 1
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 8 4 2 2

Q.34 2 sin2 + 4 cos( + ) sin  sin  + cos 2( + ) =

(1) sin 2 (2) cos 2 (3) cos 2 (4) sin 2

sin 3  sin 5  sin 7  sin 9

Q.35 =
cos 3  cos 5  cos 7  cos 9
(1) tan 6 (2) tan 3 (3) cot 2 (4) cot 6

EXERCISE-2

Q.1 The maximum value of 12 sin – 9 sin2is –

(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 5 (4) None of these

Q.2 tan 20° + tan 40° + 3 tan 20° tan 40° =

1 1
(1) (2) 3 (3) (4) – 3
3 3

 2 3 4  6 7
Q.3 The value of cos  cos  cos  cos  cos  cos  cos is
7 7 7 7 7 7 7
(1) 1 (2) – 1 (3) 0 (4) none of these

 3 5 7
Q.4 The value of sin 2  sin 2  sin 2  sin 2 is
8 8 8 8
1 1
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) 2
8 8

Q.5 The roots of the equation 4x2 – 2 5 x + 1 = 0 are

(1) sin 36°, sin 18° (2) sin 18°, cos 36° (3) sin 36°, cos 18° (4) cos 18°, cos 36°

3 1
Q.6 If <  < , then 2 cot   2 is equal to
4 sin 
(1) 1 + cot  (2) –1 – cot  (3) 1 – cot  (4) – 1 + cot 

sin 2A  sin 2B  sin 2C

Q.7 =
sin A  sin B  sin C
A B C A B C
(1) 8 sin sin sin (2) 8 cos cos cos
2 2 2 2 2 2
A B C A B C
(3) 8 tan tan tan (4) 8 cot cot cot
2 2 2 2 2 2
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Q.8 If cos2A + cos2B + cos2C = 1, then ABC is

(1) equilateral (2) isosceles (3) right angled (4) none

Q.9 If x 1, x 2 , x 3, ....... , x n are in A.P. whose common difference is , then the value of
sin  (sec x1 sec x2 + sec x2 sec x3 + ....... + sec xn–1 sec xn) is
sin (n  1) sin n
(1) cos x cos x (2) cos x cos x
1 n 1 n
(3) sin (n – 1)  cos x1 cos xn (4) sin na cos x1 cos xn

Q.10 If A + B + C =  (A, B, C > 0) and the angle C is obtuse, then

(1) tan A tan B > 1 (2) tan A tan B < 1 (3) tan A tan B = 1 (4) none of these

1  cos x  1  cos x  x
Q.11 If x  (, 2) and = cot  a   then 'a' is equal to
1  cos x  1  cos x  2
  
(1) (2) (3) (4) none of these
4 2 3

 3   x
Q.12 If x   ,  , then 4 cos 2     4 sin 4 x  sin 2 2 x is always equal to
 2  4 2
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) – 2 (4) none of these

Q.13 The least value of 2sin2 + 3cos2 is

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 5

Q.14 If sec  and cosec  are the roots of x2 – px + q = 0, then

(1) p2 = q (q – 2) (2) p2 = q (q + 2) (3) p2 + q2 = 2q (4) none of these

Q.15 Let A0A1A2A3A4A5 be a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of unit radius. Then the product of the
lengths of the line segment A0A1, A0A2 andA0A4 is
3 3 3
(1) (2) 3 3 (3) 3 (4)
4 2

Q.16 The value of tan 6° tan 42° tan 66° tan 78° is
1 1 1
(1) 1 (2) (3) (4)
2 4 8

Q.17 cos 2( + ) + 4cos ( + ) sin  sin  + 2sin2 =

(1) cos 2 (2) cos 3 (3) sin 2 (4) sin 3

Q.18 If A, B, C are acute positive angles such that A + B + C =  and cot A cot B cot C = k, then
1 1 1 1
(1) k  (2) k  (3) k < (4) k >
3 3 3 3 9 3
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sin 3x
Q.19 If f(x) = , x  n, then the range of values of f (x) for real values of x is –
sin x
(1) [–1, 3] (2) (–, –1] (3) (3, +) (4) [–1, 3)

xy
Q.20 If cos x + cos y + cos  = 0 and sin x + sin y + sin  = 0, then cot  =
 2 
(1) sin  (2) cos  (3) cot  (4) 2 sin 

Q.21 cos 1°. cos 2°. cos 3°.... cos 179° =

(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3

Q.22 In a PQR, if 3 sin P + 4 cos Q = 6 and 4sin Q + 3cos P = 1, then the angle R is equal to
 3 5 
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 4 6 6

Q.23 If K = sin (/18) sin (5/18) sin (7/18), then the numerical value of K is-
(1) 1/8 (2) 1/16 (3) 1/2 (4) None of these

Q.24 If A > 0, B > 0 and A + B =  /3, then the maximum value of tan A tan B is-
(1) 1 (2) 1/3 (3) 3 (4) 1/ 3

Q.25 The expression

  3      
3 sin 4      sin 4 (3  ) – 2 sin 6      sin 6 (5  ) is equal to
  2    2  
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 3 (4) sin 4 + cos 6

Q.26 3(sin x – cos x)4 + 6(sin x + cos x)2 + 4 (sin6x + cos6x) =

(1) 11 (2) 12 (3) 13 (4) 14

4 xy
Q.27 sec2  = is true, if and only if-
( x  y) 2
(1) x + y  0 (2) x = y, x  0 (3) x = y (4) x  0, y  0

Q.28 The number of values of x where the function f(x) = cos x + cos ( 2 x) attains its maximum is-
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) Infinite

Q.29 Which of the following number(s) is rational-

(1) sin 15º (2) cos 15º (3) sin 15º cos 15º (4) sin 15º cos 75º

Q.30 The function f(x) = sin4 x + cos4 x increases if-

  3 3 5 5 3
(1) 0 < x < (2) <x< (3) <x< (4) <x<
8 4 8 8 8 8 4

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1 1
Q.31 If  &  are acute angles such that sin = and cos  = then  +  lies in-
2 3
     2   2  5   
(1)  ,  (2)  ,  (3)  ,  (4)  ,
 3 2 2 3   3 6 6 

Paragraph for question no. 32 and 33

Let f (x) = 25 sin2x – 60 sin x + 84

Q.32 Minimum value of f(x) is

(1) 48 (2) 49 (3) 50 (4) 51

Q.33 Maximum value of f(x) is

(1) 160 (2) 168 (3) 169 (4) does not exist

6 5  6 5 
Q.34 Statement-1: tan  tan  tan  tan · tan · tan
7 7 7 7 7 7
Statement-2: If  =  + , then tan  – tan  – tan  = tan  · tan  · tan .
(1) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(2) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(3) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(4) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

3
Q.35 Statement-1: Value of cos 10° cos 50° cos 70° is equal to .
8
1
Statement-2: Value of cos x cos (60° – x) cos (60° + x) is equal to cos 3x.
4
(1) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(2) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(3) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(4) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

EXERCISE-3
SECTION-A
(JEE-MAIN Previous Year's Questions)
xy
Q.1 If cos x + cos y + cos  = 0 and sin x + sin y + sin  = 0, then cot   is [AIEEE 2002]
 2 
(1) sin  (2) cos  (3) cot  (4) 2 sin 

Q.2 cos 1° · cos 2° · cos 3° · … · cos 179° = [AIEEE 2002]

(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3

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 21  27
Q.3 Let  be such that <  – < 3. If sin  + sin  = and cos + cos  = , then the
65 65
   
value of cos   is
 2 
3 3 6 6
(1) (2) (3) (4) [AIEEE 2004]
130 130 65 65

Q.4 In a PQR, if 3 sin P + 4 cos Q = 6 and 4sin Q + 3cos P = 1, then the angle R is equal to
 3 5 
(1) (2) (3) (4) [AIEEE 2012]
4 4 6 6
tan A cot A
Q.5 The expression  can be written as
1  cot A 1  tan A
(1) sec A cosec A + 1 (2) tan A + cot A
(3) sec A + cosec A (4) sin A cos A + 1 [JEE (Main) 2013]
1
Q.6 Let fk (x) = (sin k x  cos k x ) where x  R and k  1. Then f4(x) – f6(x) equals
k
1 1 1 1
(1) (2) (3) (4) [JEE (Main) 2014]
12 6 3 4
Q.7 If 5 (tan2x – cos2x) = 2cos 2x + 9, then the value of cos 4x is
3 1 2 7
(1) (2) (3) (4) [JEE (Main) 2017]
5 3 9 9

SECTION-B
(JEE-ADVANCED Previous Year's Questions)

Q.1 If  +  = and  +  = , then tan  equals [JEE 2001]
2
(A) 2 (tan  + tan ) (B) tan  + tan  (C) tan  + 2tan  (D) 2tan  + tan 


Q.2 The maximum value of (cos 1) · cos ( 2) · … · (cos n), under the restrictions 0  1.2.... n 
2
and (cot 1) · (cot 2) · (cot 3) · … · (cot n) = 1 is
1 1 1
(A) n (B) (C) (D) 1 [JEE 2001]
2n 2n
22

1 1
Q.3 If  and  are acute angles satisfying sin = , cos  = , then  + 
2 3
     2   2  5   5 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  ,  
 3 2 2 3   3 6   6 
[JEE 2004 (Screening)]
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Q.4 In an equilateral triangle, 3 coins of radii 1 unit each are kept so that they touch
each other and also the sides of the triangle. Area of the triangle is
(A) 4 + 2 3 (B) 6 + 4 3
7 3 7 3
(C) 12 + (D) 3 + [JEE 2005 (Screening)]
4 4

Q.5 Let (0, /4) and t1 = (tan)tan, t2 = (tan)cot, t3 = (cot)tan , t4 = (cot)cot, then
(A) t1 > t2 > t3 > t4 (B) t4 > t3 > t1 > t2 (C) t3 > t1 > t2 > t4 (D) t2 > t3 > t1 > t4
[JEE 2006, 3]
sin 4 x cos 4 x 1
Q.6 If   , then
2 3 5
2 sin 8 x cos 8 x 1 1 sin 8 x cos 8 x 2
(A) tan2x = (B) + = (C) tan2x = (D) + =
3 8 27 125 3 8 27 125
[JEE 2009, 4]
 6
 (m  1)   m 
Q.7 For 0 <  <
2
, the solution(s) of  cosec    4
 cosec   
 
  4 2 is (are)
4 
m 1

   5
(A) (B) (C) (D) [JEE 2009, 4]
4 6 12 12

1
Q.8 The maximum value of the expression is [JEE 2010, 3]
sin 2   3 sin  cos   5 cos2 

Q.9 Two parallel chords of a circle of radius 2 are at a distance 3  1 apart. If the chords subtend at the
 2
center, angles of and where k > 0, then the value of [k] is
k k
[Note : [k] denotes the largest integer less than or equal to k] [JEE 2010, 3]

1 1 1
Q.10 The positive integer value of n > 3 satisfying the equation   , is
 2 3
sin sin sin
n n n [JEE 2011, 4]
13
1
Q.11 The value of   (k  1)    k 
is equal to
k 1 sin 
   sin   
4 6  4 6 

(A) 3 – 3 (B) 2 (3 – 3) (C) 2 ( 3 – 1) (D) 2 (2 + 3 )

[JEE (Advanced) 2016, 3]

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Q.12 Let  and  be non-zero real numbers such that 2(cos  – cos ) + cos  cos  = 1. Then which of the
following is/are true?
   
(A) 3 tan    tan   = 0 (B) 3 tan    tan   = 0
2 2 2 2
   
(C) tan    3 tan   = 0 (D) tan    3 tan   = 0
2 2 2 2
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Q.13 Let a, b, c be three non-zero real numbers such that the equation 3 a cos x + 2b sin x = c,
    b
x  ,  , has two distinct real roots  and  with  +  = . Then, the value of is _______.
 2 2 3 a
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 COMPOUND ANGLES

EXERCISE-1
Q.1 3 Q.2 4 Q.3 3 Q.4 3 Q.5 4
Q.6 2 Q.7 2 Q.8 2 Q.9 4 Q.10 1
Q.11 2 Q.12 4 Q.13 2 Q.14 2 Q.15 3
Q.16 1 Q.17 2 Q.18 2 Q.19 2 Q.20 4
Q.21 4 Q.22 3 Q.23 2 Q.24 1 Q.25 3
Q.26 1 Q.27 3 Q.28 2 Q.29 1 Q.30 1
Q.31 2 Q.32 2 Q.33 2 Q.34 3 Q.35 1

EXERCISE-2
Q.1 2 Q.2 2 Q.3 2 Q.4 2 Q.5 2
Q.6 2 Q.7 1 Q.8 3 Q.9 1 Q.10 2
Q.11 1 Q.12 2 Q.13 2 Q.14 2 Q.15 3
Q.16 1 Q.17 1 Q.18 1 Q.19 4 Q.20 3
Q.21 1 Q.22 4 Q.23 1 Q.24 2 Q.25 2
Q.26 3 Q.27 2 Q.28 2 Q.29 3 Q.30 2
Q.31 2 Q.32 2 Q.33 3 Q.34 1 Q.35 1

EXERCISE-3
SECTION-A
Q.1 3 Q.2 1 Q.3 1 Q.4 4 Q.5 1
Q.6 1 Q.7 4

SECTION-B

Q.1 C Q.2 A Q.3 B Q.4 B Q.5 B

Q.6 AB Q.7 CD Q.8 2 Q.9 k=3 Q.10 7
Q.11 C Q.12 CD Q.13 0.50

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