Practice Sheet-Logarithm

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1. If x ∈ N, then the value of x satisfying the equation

x
5x . √8x−1 = 500 is divisible by
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 5

2. If log175 5x = log 343 7x, then the value of log 42 (x 4 − 2x 2 + 7) is

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

3. The value of log10 (√3 − √5 + √3 + √5) is

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

4. 161/x
Which of the following is not the solution of x+3 > 1 ?
2
(A) (−∞, −4) (B) (0,1) (C) (0. ∞) (D) none of these

5. B
If log 4 A = log 6 B = log 9 (A + B) then the value of is
A
√5−1 √5+1 √5−1 √5+1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 2 2

6. The value of

1 1 1 1
log 9 √6 − √6 − √6 − 2 … ∞ is
4 2√3 2√3 2√ 3 √3

( )
(A) −2 (B) −1 (C) −1/2 (D) none of these

7. Number of real values of x satisfying the equation

log x2 +6x+8 (log 2x2 +2x+3 (x 2 − 2x)) = 0 is equal to
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

8. 10logp(logq
(logr x))
= 1 and log q (log r (log p x)) = 0, then p′ equals
(A) 𝑟 𝑞/𝑟 (B) rq (C) 1 (D) r rlq

9. The greatest integer less than or equal to the number log 2 15 × log1/6 2 × log 3 1/6 is
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1

10 Given the log 2 3 = a, log 3 5 = b, log 7 2 = c, then the value of log140 63 is equal to
2+𝑎𝑐 1+2ac 1+2ac 2+ac
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2𝑐+1+𝑎𝑏𝑐 c+2+abc 2c+1+abc c+2+abc

11. If log2 x = log2 y = log2 z and x 2 y 2 z = 1, then k is equal to

4 6 3k
(A) −8 (B) −4 (C) 0 (D) 4

12. A line x= k intersects the graph of y = log 4 x and y = log 4 (x + 4).

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The distance between the point of intersection is 0.5, then the value of k is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

13. The value of log3 135 log3 5

− is
log15 3 log405 3
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

1 1 1
14. The value of + + is equal to (a, b, c > 0)
logbc abc logca abc logab abc
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

15. 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 𝑁. 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏 𝑁 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏 𝑁. 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑐 𝑁 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑐 𝑁. 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 𝑁 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜

𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑁.𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏 𝑁.𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑐 𝑁. 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑏𝑐 𝑁 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑁 𝑎𝑏𝑐 (D) none of these.
(A) 𝑎 (B) (C)
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑏𝑐 𝑁 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 𝑁.𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏 𝑁.𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑐 𝑁. 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑁 𝑎.𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑁 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑁 𝑐

16. There exist positive integers A,B and C with no common factors greater than 1,such
that
A𝑙𝑜𝑔200 5 + 𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑔200 2 = 𝐶. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚 𝐴 + 𝐵 + 𝐶 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑠
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8

17. The value of (2𝑙𝑜𝑔618 ). (3𝑙𝑜𝑔63 ) 𝑖𝑠

(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 18

18. If 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 𝑏 = 2, 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑏 𝑐 = 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 𝑐 = 3 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 𝑎, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑐 𝑖𝑠

𝑎𝑏
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 9 (D) 27

19. If 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 10 = 𝑝; 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑒10 = 𝑞 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (11)𝑟 = 10,then which one of the following expression
𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑒 7
Is equivalent to 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 154 ?
1 𝑝+𝑞+𝑟 𝑝𝑞+𝑞𝑟+𝑟𝑝
(A) pqr (B) (C) (D)
𝑝𝑞𝑟 𝑝𝑞𝑟 𝑝𝑞𝑟

𝑥 𝑥
20. If 3(𝑙𝑜𝑔37) = 7(𝑙𝑜𝑔7 3) , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑥 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒
1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
2 4 3

21. The value of 45𝑙𝑜𝑔4√2 (3−√6)−6𝑙𝑜𝑔8(√3−√2) 𝑖𝑠

(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 27
3
22. 1
𝑙𝑜𝑔 3 2
81𝑙𝑜𝑔5 9 +3 √6
The value of ((√7)𝑙𝑜𝑔257 − (125)𝑙𝑜𝑔256 ) is
409

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

23. The value of 6𝑙𝑜𝑔10 40 . 5𝑙𝑜𝑔1036 𝑖𝑠

(A) 200 (B) 216 (C) 432 (D) none of these

24. The value of x for which equation 5.3𝑙𝑜𝑔3𝑥 − 21−𝑙𝑜𝑔2 𝑥 − 3 = 0 𝑖𝑠

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2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) (D) 7
5
25. The sum of all values of a satisfying the equation
log10 a −1
| | = 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 𝑎 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 2
log10 (a − 1) 2
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) none of these

26. The number of real solution (s) of the equation 9𝑙𝑜𝑔3 (𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑥)
= 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑒 𝑥 − (𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑒 𝑥)2 + 1 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

27. The solution set of the equation 𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥(1−𝑥)2 = 9, 𝑖𝑠

(A) {−2, 4} (B) {4} (C) {0, −2 − 4} (D) none of these

28. The value of x satisfying the equation

𝑙𝑜𝑔𝜋 𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝜋2 𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝜋4 𝑥 𝑙𝑜𝑔𝜋8 𝑥
(√𝜋) . (√𝜋) . (√𝜋) . (√𝜋) … ∞ = 3 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡
1
(A) √𝜋 (B) 𝜋 (C) 3 (D)
3

29. If 𝑎 > 1, 𝑥 > 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎 (2𝑥) = 5𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑎(5𝑥) , 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑜

1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D) 1
10 5 2

30. If 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑔 (𝑙𝑜𝑔 |𝑥| + (25)𝑥 − 1) = 2𝑥, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛
1 2 5 64 2

(A) 𝑥1 = 2𝑥2 (B) 𝑥1 + 𝑥2 = 0 (C) 𝑥1 = 3𝑥2 (D) 𝑥1 𝑥2 = 64

31. If 𝑙𝑜𝑔6 9 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔9 27 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔8 𝑥 =𝑙𝑜𝑔64 𝑥 − 𝑙𝑜𝑔6 4, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑥 𝑖𝑠

(A) 1/2 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/8 (D) 1/16

32. If 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 (𝑙𝑜𝑔2 (𝑙𝑜𝑔2 𝑥)) = 2, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑥, 𝑖𝑠 (𝑙𝑜𝑔10 2 = 0.3010)
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4

33. The number of integers satisfying the inequality

𝑙𝑜𝑔√0.9 𝑙𝑜𝑔5 (√𝑥 2 + 5 + 𝑥) > 0 𝑖𝑠
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9

34. The smallest integral x satisfying the inequality

1−𝑙𝑜𝑔4 𝑥 1
≤ 𝑖𝑠
1+𝑙𝑜𝑔2 𝑥 2

(A) √2 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

35. The number of integral solutions of

𝑙𝑜𝑔9 (𝑥 + 1) 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 (𝑥 + 1) − 𝑙𝑜𝑔9 (𝑥 + 1) − 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 (𝑥 + 1) + 1 < 0 𝑖𝑠

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

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36 2(x−2)
The number of integers satisfying log 1 ((x+1)(x−5)) ≥ 1 is
x

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

37. If log1/2 (4 − x) ≥ log1/2 2 − log1/2 (x − 1), then x can belong to

(A) (1,2] (B) [1,3] (C) [3,4) (D) [2,3]

38. The value of x satisfying

9
2log 1 (x + 5) > log 1 (9) + log √x+5 (2) is /are
4 4 3 √3

(A) (−5, −4) (B) (−3, −1) (C) (−4, −1) (D) (−5, −2)

39. If log 3 x − (log 3 x)2 ≤ 3 log

2 (1/2√2) 4, then x can belong to
(A) (−∞, 1/3) (B) (9, ∞) (C) (1, 6) (D) (−∞, 0)

40. Which of the following is/are true?

(A) number of digits in 812 535 is 35
(B) number of digits in 812 535 is 36
(C) number of zeroes after decimal before a significant
8 20
Figure starts in ( ) is 10
27

(D) number of zeroes after decimal before a significant

8 20
Figure starts in ( ) is 11
27

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