BASIC PROBLEMS ON TRIGONOMETRY

SINGLE ANSWER CORRECT

1. If 0    180  , then the value of 2  2  .....  2(1  cos ), where there are n number of 2’s is equal
to
       
(A) 2 cos n 
(B) 2 cos n 1 
(C) 2 cos n 1 
(D) none of these
2  2  2 

x y z
2. If   , then ‘x + y+ z =
cos  2   2 
cos    cos   
 3   3 
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) -1 (D) None of these

sec2   tan 
3. If y  , then
sec2   tan 
1  1   1
(A) y   ,3 (B) y   ,3  (C) y    3,  (D) None of these
3  3   3

 y  x sin y
4. If tan     tan 3   , then 
4 2 4 2 sin x
3  sin 2 x 2  sin 2 x
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D) None of these
1  3 sin 2 x 1  2 sin 2 x

tan 2 2  tan 2 
5. 
1  tan 2 2 tan 2 
(A) tan  tan 2 (B) tan  tan 3 (C) tan2 tan 3 (D) tan 2 2 tan 2 2

6. The value of 3 cos ec 20  sec 20  

3 1
(A) 2 (B) 3 1 (C) (D) 4
3 1

 x 1
7. If '' is an acute angle and sin  , then tan  is
2 2x
x 1 x 1
(A) (B) x2  1 (C) x2 1 (D)
x 1 x 1

8. sin12 sin 24 sin 48 sin 84 

2 1 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 8 5 16

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 1  sin   cos  
9.   is equal to
 1  sin   cos  
1  cos  1  sin   
(C) cos   (D) cot  
2 2
(A) (B)
1  cos  1  sin  2 2

 25    13    19  
10. Value of 3 sin   3 tan    2 cos  is :
 6   4   3 
3 1 1 3
(A) (B) (C)  (D)
2 2 2 2

11. The value of the expression :

sin(   ) sin(    ) sin(    )

  is :
cos(   )  cos(   ) cos(    )  cos(    ) cos(   )  cos(    )
(A) sin   sin   sin  (B) cos   cos   cos 
(C) sin  cos   sin  cos   sin  cos  (D) 0


12. If tan x tan y  a and x  y  . then tan x and tan y satisfy the equation
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(A) x 2  3 (1  a)x  a  0 (B) 3x 2  (1  a)x  a 3  0
(C) x 2  3 (1  a)x  a  0 (D) 3x 2  (1  a)x  a 3  0

13. The equation a sin x + b cos x = c, where c  a 2  b 2 has

(A) a unique solution (B) no solution (C) infinite number of solution (D) none of these

sin  cos 
14. If  a,  b, then which of the following is true ?
sin  cos 
1 a2 a 1 a2 b2  1
(A) tan   (B) tan    (C) tan   (D) none of these
b2  1 b b2  1 1 a2

15. The set values of   R such that tan 2   sec    hold for some  is
(A) (,1] (B) (,1] (C)  (D) [1, )

sin( 2A  B)
16. If sin B  , then 2 tan ( A  B) 
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(A) tan A (B) 2 tan A (C) 3 tan A (D) 4 tan A

17. If m = cos A  cos B, and n  sin A  sin B, then the value of sin (A + B), in terms of ‘m’ and ‘n’, is given by
2mn m2  n2
(C) m  n
2 2
(A) (B) (D) None of these
m2  n2 2mn
2 5 sin   7 cos 
18. If tan   , then the value of is :
15 6 cos   3 sin 
84 115 64 115
(A) (B) (C) (D)
115 84 115 64
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19. If tan   , then prove that tan(   ) 
1  n cos 2 
tan  tan 
(A) (B) (C) (1 n) tan  (D) None of these
1 n 1 n

20. The equation sin 6 x  cos 6 x  a 2 has real solutions if

 3   1 1 1 
(A) a  (1,1) (B) a    ,1 (C) a   ,  (D) a   ,1
 2   2 2 2 

21. If A and B are positive acute angles satisfying the equation

 sin A 2 cos B
3 cos 2 A  2 cos 2 B  4 and  , then A  2B is equal to
sin B cos A
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 3 6 2

 3 5 7
22. Value of cos 4  cos 4  cos 4  cos 4 
8 8 8 8
1 3 5
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2

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23. If   , then cos  cos 2.......cos 2n1  
( 2  1)
n

1 1 n
(A) n (B)  n (C) 2  1 (D) None of these
2 2

    3   5   7   9   11   13  
24. The value of sin  sin  sin  sin  sin  sin  sin  is
 14   14   14   14   14   14   14 
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
64 32 16 8

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25. If cot   tan   m and  cos   n, then
cos 
(A) m(mn 2 )1/ 3  n(nm 2 )1/ 3  1 (B) m(m2n)1/ 3  n(mn 2 )1/ 3  1
(C) n(mn 2 )1/ 3  m(nm 2 )1/ 3  1 (D) n(m2n)1/ 3  m(mn 2 )1/ 3  1

26. If x = sec   tan and y  cos ec  cot , then

y 1 y 1 1 x
(A) x  (B) x  (C) y  (D) none of these
y 1 y 1 1 x

 1 
27. The value of cot  82=
 2
(A) 2 3 4 6 (B) 2 3 4 6
(C) 2 3 4 6 (D) 2 3 4 6

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28. If cot x cot y  , then is equal to
a 1 cos( x  y )
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 20 (D) none of these

29. If 0          3 and sin   sin   sin   sin   k, then the value of

   
4 sin   3 sin   2 sin   sin  is equal to
2 2 2 2
1
(A) 1 k (B) 1 k (C) 1 k (D) 2 1  k
2

30. Period of f (x) = sin 6 x  cos 6 x is

 
(A)  (B) 2 (C) (D)
4 2

ONE OR MORE TRAN ONE ANSWER CORRECT

1. If sin (1 sin )  cos (1 cos )  x , and
sin (1 sin )  cos (1 cos )  y, then
(A) x 2  2x  sin 2  0 (B) y 2  2y  sin 2  0 (C) xy  sin 2 (D) xy  sin   cos 


2. If f n ()  tan  (1  sec )(1  sec 2)(1  sec 4).......(1  sec 2 ), then ,
n

2
           
(A) f 2   1 (B) f 3   1 (C) f 4   1 (D) f5   1
 16   32   64   128 

3. If sin   sin   a and cos   con  b, then

 1 2  1 2
(A) cos  a  b2 (B) cos  a  b2
 2  2  2  2
 (4  a 2  b 2 ) a2  b2  2
(C) tan   (D) cos(   ) 
 2  a2  b2 2

4. If sin x  cos x  2 cos x, then sin x  cos x 

(A) 2 sin x (B)  2 sin x (C) 2 cos x (D) None of these

tan 3 A sin 3 A
5. If  K, then 
tan A sin A
2K 2K 2K 2 2K 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(K  1) 2
K 1 K 1 (K  1) 2

6. If the mapping f ( x)  ax  b, a  0 maps [1, 1] onto [0, 2] then for all values of  , A  cos2   sin 4 
satisfies
 1  1
(A) f    A  f (0 ) (B) f (0)  A  f (2) (C) f    A  f (0) (D) f (1)  A  f (2)
4 3
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7. The period of sin x  8x  27 x  ....  n3 x is 
4  8 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n2 n (n  1) 2
2
n (n  1) 2
2
n (n  1) 2
2

 1  P0
2 
(1  Pn ). then cos  is equal to
1
8. If Pn1 
2  P1.P2 .P3......... 
 
1
(B)  P0
2
(A) P0 (C) (D) P0
P0

3 5
9. If in a triangle ABC, tan A = , tan B  then
4 12
56 4 12 33
(A) tan C   (B) cos A  (C) cos B  (D) cos C  
33 5 13 65

10. If x sec   1 y tan  and x 2 sec 2   5  y 2 tan 2  , then the relationship between ‘x’ and ‘y’ is
(A) x 2  y 2  9 (B) x 2 y 2  4( x 2  y 2 )  0 (C) x 2 y 2  9y 2  0 (D) x 2 y 2  4x 2  9y 2  0

11. If sin A, cos A and tan A are in G.P., then cot 6 A  cot 2 A =
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) -1 (D) None of these

12. The equation having roots tan (A + B) and tan (A – B) is given by :

(A) x 2 cos 2A  x(2 sin 2A) cos 2B  0
(B) x 2 (cos 2A  cos 2B)  x(2 sin 2A)  cos 2B  cos 2A  0
(C) x 2 (cos 2A  cos 2B)  x sin 2A  cos 2A  cos 2B  0
(D) None of these

13. If sin(   )  p and cos (  )  q, then cos(   ) 

(A) q 1  p  p 1  q (B) q 1  p  p 1  q (C) p 1  q  q 1  p
2 2 2 2 2 2
(D) none of these

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14. If sin  ; cos A and tanA are the roots of the equation
3
(A) 6x 2  ( 4  3 5 )x  2 5  0 (B) 6x 2  ( 4  3 5 )x  2 5  0
(C) 6x 2  ( 4  3 5 )x  2 5  0 (D) 6x 2  ( 4  3 5 )x  2 5  0

15. For x  (, ) , the value of x, which satisfies the equation :

 3 sin x  cos x  3 sin 2 x cos 2 x  2 

4
 5 2
(A) (B)  (C)  (D) None of these
3 3 3

16. In a ABC , if sin 2 A  sin 2 B  sin 2 C  2 , then the triangle is

(A) equilateral (B) right angled (C) Isosceles (D) none of these

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17. If sin 5  a sin5   b sin3   c sin   d, then
(A) a  b  c  d  1 (B) a  b  c  1 (C) 5a  4b  0 (D) b  4c  0

18. If Pn  sin n   cos n , then 2P6  3P4  1 

(A) sin   cos  (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) None of these

ab
19. If tan  tan   , then (a  b cos 2) (a  b cos 2) 
ab
ab
(A) a 2  b 2 (B) a 2  b 2 (C) (D) None of these
ab

 
20. If tan    cos ec   sin , then cos   is equal to
2

2 2
(A) sin 18  (B) cos 36 (C) sin 36 (D) cos18

  
21. If x =  cos 2n , y   sin 2n , z   cos 2n  sin 2n  then
n 0 n 0 n0
(A) xyz  xy  z (B) xyz  yz  x (C) xyz  zx  y (D) xyz  x  y  z

22. The least value of 3 sin x  4 cos x  7 is

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 6

 
23. If '' lies in the third quadrant, then 16 sin 4   (2 sin 2) 2  8 cos 2    is equal to
 4 2
(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 4 (D) 4  4 sin 

( x 2  y 2 )p
24. If x = a cos 3  sin 2 , y  a sin 3  cos 2  and (p, q  N) is independent of '' , then
( xy ) q
(A) p  4 (B) p  5 (C) q  4 (D) q5

25. If tan   tan   a, cot   cot   b,       0 then :

ab(ab  4) ab(ab  4)
(A) ab  4 (B) ab  4 (C) tan 2   (D) tan 2  
(a  b ) 2 (a  b ) 2

x x
26. If tan    cos ec x  sin x, then tan   is equal to
2

2 2
(A) 2  5 (B) 2  5 (C) 5 2 (D)  2  5

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 PARAGRAPH TYPE QUESTION
Read the following passages and answer the multiple choice questions based on each passage
A circular are of radius 1 unit subtends an angle of
 
a  radians, where    0,  a shown in the
 2
figure. The point C is the intersection of the two
tangent lines at A and B.

The following question 1 to 2 are based on the above passage.

1. Area of ABC 

(A) tan   
sin  (B)
1 
tan 2   sin( )

(C) tan   
sin( )  
(D) tan    sin 
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

2. Area of the shaded region is

  sin    sin  sin ` 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

For each natural number k, let C k denote the circle with radius k units and the centre at the origin. On the
circle Ck , a particle moves k units in the anti-clockwise direction. After completing its motion of Ck , the
particle moves to C k 1 in the radial direction. The motion of the particle continues in this manner. The
particle starts at (1, 0).

Using the above data, solve Q.3 and 4

3. If the particle crosses the positive direction of x-axis for the first time on the circle Cn , then n =
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9

4. If the particle moves (k  1) units on the circle Ck , rest of the data remaining same, then n =
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7

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 ANSWER KEY

Single answer correct

1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (D)
7.(C) 8. (D) 9. (A) 10. (C) 11.(D) 12. (B)
13.(B) 14 (C) 15. (D) 16. (C) 17. (A) 18. (B)
19. (A) 20. (D) 21. (D) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (A)
25. (A) 26. (B) 27. (D) 28. (A) 29. (D) 30. (D)

One or more then one answer correct

1.(A,B,C) 2. (A,B,C,D) 3. (A,C,D) 4.(A,B) 5. (B) 6. (A)
7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (A,B,C,D) 10. (D) 11. (A) 12. (B)
13. (A) 14.(A.C) 15. (A,B,C) 16. (B) 17. (A,B,C,D) 18.(C)
19. (B) 20. (B) 21. (A,D) 22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (B,C)
25. (A,C) 26. (C,D)

Paragraph Type Questions

1.(A,B) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4.(B)

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