Probability 1

1
COMPLEX NUMBER

Exercise-1 :

1. Simplify and express the result in the form of a  bi :

2
1
 4i 3  i 
(a) – i( 9  6i )( 2  i ) (b)  
 2i  1 
 
3  2i 3  2i (2  i ) 2 (2  i ) 2
(c)  (d) 
2  5i 2  5i 2 i 2 i
(e) i  i

2. Find the modulus, argument and the principal argument of the complex numbers :
 10   10 
(a) z  1 cos   i sin  (d) (tan 1 i ) 2
 9   9 
5  12i  5  12i i 1
(c) z  (b)
5  12i – 5  12i  2  2
i  1 cos   sin
 5 5
3. Given that x, y  R, solve :
x y 5  6i
(a) (x  2 y )  i( 2x  3 y )  5  4i (b)  
1 2i 3  2i 8i  1
(c) x 2  y 2  i ( 2x  y )  2i (d) ( 2  3i ) x 2  ( 3  2i ) y  2x  3 y  5i
(e) 4x 2  3xy  ( 2xy  3x 2 )i  4 y 2  ( x 2 / 2)  ( 3xy  2 y 2 )i

4. (a) Let Z is complex satisfying the equation, z 2  ( 3  i ) z  m  2i  0, where m  R.

Suppose the equation has a real root, then find the value of m.
(b) a, b, c are real numbers in the polynomial, P ( Z )  2Z 2  aZ 3  bZ 2  cZ  3
If two roots of the equation P ( Z )  0 are 2 and i, then find the value of ' a.'
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5. (a) Find the real values of x and y for which z1  9 y 2  4  10i x and z 2  8 y 2  20i are conjugate
complex of each other.
(b) Find the value of x 4  x 3  x 2  3x  5 if x  2  3i.

6. Solve the following for z :

z 2  ( 3  2i ) z  ( 5i  5)

7. (a) If iZ 3  Z 2  Z  i  0, then show that | Z |  1.

z1  2 z 2
(b) Let z1 and z 2 be two complex numbers such that  1 and | z 2 |  1, find | z1 |
2  z1 z 2
z  z1
(c) Let z1  10  6i and z 2  4  6i. If z is any complex number such that the argument of, is
z  z2

, then prove that | z  7  9i|  3 2.
4

8. Show that the product,

2
2n 
  1 i    1 i  2    1 i  2 
  
 1 i   1
1   1    1  
 ..... 1   is equal to  1 n  (1 i ) where n  2.
  2    2     2     2    
     22 

9. Let z1 , z 2 be complex numbers with | z1 | | z 2 |  1, prove that | z1  1|  | z 2  1|  | z1 z 2  1|  2.

10. Interpret the following loci in z  C.

 z  2i 
(a) 1  | z  2i |  3 (b) Re    4 ( z  2i )
 iz  2 
(c) Arg ( z  i )– Arg ( z  i )   / 2 (d) Arg ( z  a )   / 3 where a  3  4i

11. Let A  {a  R}| the equation (1 2i )x 3  2( 3  i )x 2  (5  4i )x  2a 2  0} has at least one real root.
Find the value of  a2.
a A

12. P is a point on the Aragand diagram. On the circle with OP as diameter two points Q and R are
taken such that POQ  QOR  . If ' O ' is the origin and P , Q and R are represented by the
complex numbers Z1 , Z 2 and Z 3 respectively, show that : Z 22  cos 2  Z1  Z 3 cos 2 .
Complex Number 3

13. Let z1 , z 2 , z 3 are three pair wise distinct complex numbers and t 1 , t 2 , t 3 are non-negative real
numbers such that t1  t 2  t 3  1. Prove that the complex number z  t 1 z1  t 2 z 2  t 3 z 3 lies
inside a triangle with vertices z1 , z 2 , z 3 or on its boundary.

1 sin( nx ) ab b
14. For x ( 0,  / 2) and sin x  , if
3  3n

c
, then find the value of ( a  b  c ), where
n0
e ix  e ix
a, b, c are positive integers. (You may use the fact that sin x  )
2i

15. Find all real values of the parameter a for which the equation ( a  1) z 4  4 z 2  a  2  0 has only
pure imaginary roots.

16. Let A  z1 ; B  z 2 ; C  z 3 are three complex numbers denoting the vertices of an acute angled
triangle. If the origin ' O ' is the orthocentre of the triangle, then prove that
z1 z 2  z1 z 2  z 2 z 3  z 2 z 3  z 3 z1  z 3 z1
hence show that the  ABC is a right angled triangle
 z1 z 2  z1 z 2  z 2 z 3  z 2 z 3  z 3 z1  z 3 z1  0

17. If the complex number P ( w ) lies on the standard unit circle in an Argand's plane and
z  (aw  b )( w  c ) 1 then, find the locus of z and interpret it. Given a, b, c are real.

18. (a) Without expanding the determinant at any stage, find K  R such that
4i 8  i 4  3i
8  i 16i i has purely imaginary value.
4  Ki i 8i
(b) If A , B and C are the angles of a triangle
e 2iA e iC e iB
D  e iC e 2iB e iA where i  1 then find the value of D.
e iB e iA e 2iC

19. (a) If w is an imaginary cube root of unity, then prove that :

(1 w  w 2 )(1 w 2  w 4 )(1 w 4  w 8 ).......to 2n factors  22n .
(b) If w is a complex cube root of unity, find the value of
(1 w )(1 w 2 )(1 w 4 )(1 w 8 )..... to n factors.

n
 1 sin   i cos    n   n 
20. Prove that    cos  n   i sin  n . Hence deduce that
 1 sin   i cos    2   2 
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5 5
     
 1 sin  i cos   i  1 sin  i cos   0
 5 5  5 5

21. If cos (    )  cos (   )  cos (    )  3 / 2, then prove that:

(a)  cos 2  0   sin 2
(b)  sin(   )  0   cos (   )
(c)  sin 2    cos 2   3 / 2
(d) sin 3  3sin(      )
(e) cos 3 (   )  cos 3 (    )  cos 3 (    )  3cos(    ).cos(    ).cos (    ) where   R.

22. Resolve Z 5  1 into linear and quadratic factors with real coefficients. Deduce that :
 
4.sin .cos  1.
10 5

23. If x  1 i 3; y  1 i 3 and z  2, then prove that x p  y p  z p for every prime p  3.

24. If the expression z 5  32 can be factorised into linear and quadratic factors over real coefficients
as
( z 5  32)  ( z  2) ( z 2  pz  4 ) ( z 2  qz  4 ), then find the value of ( p 2  2 p ).

25. (a) Let z  x  iy be a complex number, where x and y are real numbers. Let A and B be the sets
defined by
A  {z || z |  2} and B  {z | (1 i ) z  (1 i ) z  4}. Find the area of the region A  B.
1
(b) For all real numbers x, let the mapping f (x )  , where i  1. If there exist real number
xi
a, b, c and d for which f (a ), f ( b ), f ( c ) and f ( d ) form a square on the complex plane. Find the
area of the square.
Complex Number 5

Exercise-2 :

p q r
1. If q r p  0; where p, q, r are the moduli of non-zero complex numbers u, v, w respectively,
r p q
2
w  wu 
prove that, arg  arg  .
v  vu 

2. Let Z  18  26i where Z 0  x 0  iy 0 ( x 0 , y0  R ) is the cube root of Z having least positive

argument. Find the value of x 0 y0 ( x 0  y 0 ).

3. Show that the locus formed by z in the equation z 3  iz  1 never crosses the co-ordinate axes in
 Im( z )
the Argand’s plane. Further show that | z | 
2 Re( z ) Im( z )  1

4. If  is the fifth root of 2 and x    2 , prove that x 5  10x 2  10x  6.

5. Prove that, with regard to the quadratic equation z 2  ( p  ip ) z  q  iq  0

where p, p , q, q are all real.
(i) if the equation has one real root then q 2 – pp q' qp 2  0.
(ii) if the equation has two equal roots then p 2  p 2  4q and pp  2q .
State whether these equal roots are real or complex.

6. If the equation ( z  1)7  z 7  0 has roots z1 , z 2 ,..... z 7 , find the value of :

7 7
(a)  Re( Z r ) and (b)  Im(Zr )
r 1 r 1

7. Find the roots of the equation Z n  ( Z  1) n and show that the points which represent them are
collinear on the complex plane. Hence show that these roots are also the roots of the equation
2 2
 m  2  m 
 2sin  Z   2sin  Z  1  0.
 n   n 

8. Dividing f ( z ) by z  i , we get the remainder i and dividing it by z  i , we get the remainder

1 i. Find the remainder upon the division of f ( z ) by z 2  1.
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9. Let z1 and z 2 be any two arbitrary complex numbers then prove that :
1 z z
| z1  z 2 |  (| z1 |  | z 2 | ) 1  2 .
2 | z1 | | z 2 |

10. If Z r , r  1, 2, 3,.......2m, m N are the roots of the equation

2m
1
Z 2m  Z 2m1  Z 2m 2 ........ Z  1  0 then prove that  Zr 1  m
r 1

11. (i) Let Cr's denotes the combinatorial coefficients in the expansion of (1 x )n , n  N . If the
integers
a n  C 0  C 3  C 6  C 9 .......
bn  C1  C 4  C 7  C10 .......
and c n  C 2  C 5  C 8  C11 ....... , then prove that
(a) a n3  bn3  c n3  3a n bn c n  2n , (b) (a n  bn )2  (bn  c n )2  ( cn  a n )2  2.
(ii) Prove the identity: (C 0  C 2  C 4  C 6 .... )2  (C1  C 3  C 5  C 7 ...... ) 2  2n

12. Let z1 , z 2 , z 3 , z 4 be the vertices A , B , C , D respectively of a square on the Argand diagram

taken in anticlockwise direction then prove that :
(i) 2z 2  (1 i ) z1  (1 i )z 3 and (ii) 2z 4  (1 i ) z1  (1 i )z 3

n
 1 ix  1 ia
13. Show that all the roots of the equation    , a  R are real and distinct.
 1 ix  1 ia

14. Prove that:

x x  n  2
(a) cos x  n C1 cos 2x  n C 2 cos 3x....... n C n cos ( n  1)x  2n .cos n .cos n .cos x
2 2  2 
x  n  2
(b) sin x  n C1 sin 2x  n C 2 sin 3x..... n C n sin(n  1)x  2n .cos n .sin x
2  2 
 2   4   6   2n  1
(c) cos   cos   cos .. ..... cos    , where n  N .
 2n  1  2n  1  2n  1  2n  1  2

15. Show that all roots of the equation a 0 z n  a1 z n 1 ...... a n 1 z  a n  n,

n 1
where | ai |  1, i  0,1, 2.... , n lie outside the circle with centre at the origin and radius .
n
Complex Number 7

16. The points A , B , C depict the complex numbers z1 , z 2 , z 3 respectively on a complex plane and
1
the angle B and C of the triangle ABC are each equal to (    ). Show that
2

( z 2  z 3 ) 2  4( z 3  z1 )( z1  z 2 )sin 2 .
2
p
32  10  2q 2q  
17. Evaluate: ( 3 p  2)  sin
  – i cos  .
  11 11  
p 1  q 1 

a b c
18. Let a, b, c be distinct complex numbers such that    k. Find the value of k.
1 b 1 c 1 a

19. Let  ,  be fixed complex numbers and z is a variable complex number such that,
| z   |2  | z  | 2  k.
Find out the limits for ' k ' such that the locus of z is a circle. Find also the centre and radius of
the circle.

20. C is the complex number. f :C  R is defined by f ( z ) | z 3  z  2|. Find the maximum value of
f ( z ) if | z |  1.

21. Let f ( x )  log cos 3x (cos 2 i x ) if x  0 and f (0)  K (where i  1) is continuous at x  0, then find
the value of K.

22. If z1 , z 2 are the roots of the equation az 2  bz  c  0, with a, b, c  0; 2b 2  4ac  b 2 ; z1  third

quadrant ; z 2  second quadrant in the argand's plane then, show that
1/ 2
z   b2 
arg 1   2cos 1  
z
 2  4 ac 
 

23. Find the set of points on the argand plane for which the real part of the complex number
(1 i )z 2 is positive, where z  x  iy, x, y  R and i  1.

24. If a and b are positive integers such that N  ( a  ib ) 3  107 i is a positive integer. Find N.

25. If the biquadratic x 4  ax 3  bx 2  cx  d  0 ( a, b, c, d  R ) has 4 non real roots, two with sum
3  4i and the other two with product 13 i. Find the value of ' b'.
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Exercise-3 : JEE Main & Advanced Previous Years Questions

334 365
 1 i 3  1 i 3
1. (a) If i  1, then 4  5     3    is equal to :
 2 2   2 2 
(a) 1 i 3 (b) 1 i 3 (c) i 3 (d) i 3

(b) For complex numbers z and , prove that, | z |2   |  |2 z  z  if and only if, z  or z  1
[JEE '99, 2 + 10 (out of 200)]

2i 20
2. (i) If e 7 and f ( x )  A 0   A k x k , then find the value of f (x )  f ( x ).... f (  6 x )
k 1
independent of . [REE '99, 6]
3
(ii) Let   i;  ,   R be a root of the equation x  qx  r  0; q, r  R. Find a real cubic
equation, independent of  and , whose one root is 2. [REE '99, 3]

1 1 1
3. (i) If z1 , z 2 , z 3 are complex numbers such that | z1 |  | z 2 |  | z 3 |     1, then
z1 z 2 z 3
| z1  z 2  z 3 | is :
(a) equal to 1 (b) less than 1
(c) greater than 3 (d) equal to 3
(ii) If arg( z )  0, then arg(  z )  arg( z ) 
 
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d)
2 2
[JEE 2000 (Screening) 1 + 1 out of 35 ]

2 2
4. Given, z  cos  i sin , ' n' a positive integer, find the equation whose roots are,
2n  1 2n  1
  z  z 3 ...... z 2n 1 and   z 2  z 4 ..... z 2n . [REE 2000 (Mains) 3 out of 100]

5. Find all those roots of the equation z 12  56z 6  512  0 whose imaginary part is positive.
[REE 2000, 3 out of 100]

z1  z 3 1 i 3
6. (a) The complex numbers z1 , z 2 and z 3 satisfying  are the vertices of a triangle
z2  z3 2
which is
Complex Number 9

(a) of area zero (b) right-angled isosceles

(c) equilateral (d) obtuse - angled isosceles
(b) Let z1 and z 2 be nth roots of unity which subtend a right angle at the origin. Then n must be
of the form :
(a) 4k  1 (b) 4k  2 (c) 4k  3 (d) 4k
[JEE 2001 (Scr) 1 + 1 out of 35]

1 1 1
1 3
7. (i) Let     i . Then the value of the determinant 1 1 2 2 is
2 2 1 2 4
(a) 3 (b) 3 (   1) (c)32 (d) 3(1 )

(ii) For all complex numbers z1 , z 2 satisfying | z1 |  12 and || z 2  3  4i |  5, the minimum value
of | z1  z 2 | is :
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 7 (d) 17
[JEE 2002 (Scr) 3+3]
(iii) Let a complex number  ,   1, be a root of the equation z p q  z p  z q  1  0,
where p, q are distinct primes.
Show that either 1    2 .......  p 1  0 or 1    2 ......  q 1  0, but not both together.
[JEE 2002, (5)]

1 z1 z 2
8. (i) If z1 and z 2 are two complex numbers such that | z1 |  1  | z 2 | , then prove that  1.
z1  z 2
n
1
(ii) Prove that there exists no complex number z such that | z |  and a r z r  1,where | a r |  2.

3 r 1

[JEE-03, 2 + 2 out of 60]

9. (i)  is an imaginary cube root of unity. If (1 2 ) m  (1 4 ) m , then least positive integral
value of m is :
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
[JEE 2004 (Scr)]
(ii) Find centre and radius of the circle determined by all complex numbers z  x  i y satisfying
(z )
 k , where    1  i 2 ,   1  i 2 are fixed complex and k  1.
( z )
[JEE 2004, 2 out of 60]
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10. (a) The locus of z which lies in shaded region is best represented by

p( 2  1, 2)

(–1, 0) (1, 0)

Q( 2  1,  2)

(a) z: | z  1|  2, |arg( z  1)|   / 4 (b) z: | z  1|  2, |arg( z  1)|   / 4

(c) z:| z  1|  2, |arg( z  1)|   / 2 (d) z: | z  1|  2, |arg( z  1)   / 2

(b) If a, b, c are integers not all equal and w is a cube root of unity ( w  1), then the minimum
value of | a  bw  cw 2 | is : [JEE 2005 (Scr), 3 + 3]
3 1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d)
2 2

(c) If one of the vertices of the square circumscribing the circle | z  1|  2 is 2  3i. Find the
other vertices of square. [JEE 2005 (Mains), 4]

w  wz
11. If w    i where   0 and z  1, satisfies the condition that is purely real, then the set of
1 z
values of z is : [JEE 2006, 3]
(a) {z: | z |  1} (b) {z: z  z} (c) {z: z  1} (d) {z:| z |  1, z  1}

12. (a) A man walks a distance of 3 units from the origin towards the North-East ( N 45 E )
direction. From there, he walks a distance of 4 units towards the North-West ( N 45 W )
direction to reach a point P. Then the position of P in the Argand plane is
(a) 3e i     4i (b) ( 3  4i )e i    (c) ( 4  3i )e i    (d) (3  4i )e i   
z
(b) If | z |  1 and z  1, then all the values of lie on : [JEE 2007, 3+3]
1 z 2
(a) a line not passing through the origin (b) | z |  2
(c) the x-axis (d) the y-axis

13. (a) A particle P starts from the point z 0  1 2i , where i  1. It moves first horizontally away
from origin by 5 units and then vertically away from origin by 3 units to reach a point z1 . From
z1 the particle moves 2 units in the direction of the vector i  j and then it moves through an
Complex Number 11


angle in anticlockwise direction on a circle with centre at origin, to reach a point z 2 . The
2
point z 2 is given by :
(a) 6  7i (b) 7  6i (c) 7  6i (d) 6  7i

(b) Comprehension (3 questions together)

Let A , B , C be three sets of complex numbers as defined below [JEE 2008, 3 + 4 + 4 + 4]
A  {z: Im z  1}
B  {z: | z  2  i|  3|}
C  {z: Re((1 i ) z )  2}
(i) The number of elements in the set A  B  C is :
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 

(ii) Let z be any point in A  B  C. Then, | z  1 i| 2  | z  5  i |2 lies between :

(a) 25 and 29 (b) 30 and 34 (c) 35 and 39 (d) 40 and 44

(iii) Let z be any point in A  B  C and let w be any point satisfying | w  2  i |  3.

Then, | z |  | w |  3 lies between
(a) –6 and 3 (b) –3 and 6 (c) –6 and 6 (d) –3 and 9

15
14. Let z  cos   i sin . Then the value of  Im( z 2m1 ) at   2 is : [JEE 2009]
m1
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
sin 2 3sin 2 2sin 2 4 sin 2

15. Let z  x  iy be a complex number where x and y are integers. Then the area of the rectangle
whose vertices are the roots of the equation zz 3  zz 3  350 is : [JEE 2009]
(a) 48 (b) 32 (c) 40 (d) 80

16. Let z1 and z 2 be two distinct complex numbers and let z  (1 t ) z1  tz 2 for some real number t
with 0  t  1. If Arg ( w ) denotes the principal argument of a non-zero complex number w, then :
[JEE 2010]
(a) | z  z1 |  | z  z 2 | | z1  z 2 | (b) Arg | z  z1 |  Arg | z  z 2 |
z  z1 z  z1
(c) 0 (d) Arg ( z  z1 )  Arg ( z 2  z1 )
z 2  z1 z 2  z1 |
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2 2
17. Let  be the complex number cos  i sin . Then the number of distinct complex numbers z
3 3
z 1  2
satisfying  z   1  0 is equal to : [JEE 2010]
2 1 z

18. [Note : Here z takes the values in the complex plane and Im z and Re z denote, respectively,
the imaginary part and the real part of z] [JEE 2010]
Column-I Column-II
4
(a) The set of points z satisfying | z  i | z | | | z  i | z | | (P) an ellipse with eccentricity
5
is contained in or equal to
(b) The set of points z satisfying | z  4|  | z  4|  10 (Q) the set of points z satisfying Im z  0
is contained in or equal to
(c) If | w |  2, then the set of points z  w 1/ w is (R) the set of points z satisfying | Im z |  1
contained in or equal to
(d) If | w |  1, then the set of points z  w  1/ w is (S) the set of point z satisfying | Re z |  2
contained in or equal to
(T) the set of points z satisfying | z |  3

19. Let   1 be a cube root of unity and S be the set of all non-singular matrices of the form
 1 a b
  1 c , where each of a, b and c is either  or 2 . Then the number of distinct matrices in
2  1
 
the set S is : [JEE 2011]
(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 8

20. If z is any complex number satisfying | z  3  2i |  2, then the minimum value of |2z  6  5i| is :
[JEE 2011]

21. Let   e i / 3 , and a, b, c, x, y, z be non-zero complex numbers such that [JEE 2011]
abc x
a  b  c2  y
a  b2  c  z
| x|  | y | 2  | z | 2
2
Then the value of is :
| a | 2  | b | 2  | c| 2
Complex Number 13

22. Match the statements given in Column I with the values given in Column II. [JEE 2011]
Column-I Column-II
    
(a) If a  j  3k , b   j  3k and c  2 3k form a triangle, then (P)
6
 
the internal angle of the triangle between a is b
b
  2
(b) If ( f ( x )  3x ) dx  a 2  b 2 , then the value of f  
 (Q)
a
 6 3
5/ 6
2 
(c) The value of  sec(x ) dx (R)
ln 3 3
7/ 6
 1 
(d) The maximum value of Arg  for | z |  1, z  1 is given by (S) 
 1 z 
(T)  / 2

23. Match the statements given in Column I with the intervals/union of intervals given in Column
II. [JEE 2011]
Column-I Column-II
  2iz  
(a) The set  Re : z is a complex number, | z |  1, z  1 (P) (– ,–1)  (1,  )
2 
  1 z  
 8( 3)x  2 
(b) The domain of the function f ( x )  sin 1   (Q) (–  ,0)  (0,  )
 1 32( x 1) 
 
1 tan  1  
(c) If f (  )   tan  1 tan  , then the set  f ( ):0     is (R) [ 2, ]
1  tan  1  2

(d) If f (x )  x 3/ 2 ( 3x  10), x  0, then f ( x ) is increasing in (S) (– ,–1]  [1,  )

(T) (–  , 0]  [ 2,  )

24. Let z be a complex number such that the imaginary part of z is nonzero and a  z 2  z  1is real.
Then a cannot take the value [JEE 2012]
1 1 3
(a) –1 (b) (c) (d)
3 2 4

 1 z 
25. If z is a complex number of unit modulus and argument , then arg  equals :
 1 z 

(a)    (b)  (c)   (d) 
2
[IIT JEE Main 2013]
14 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

1
26. Let complex numbers  and lie on circles ( x  x0 ) 2  ( y  y 0 ) 2  r 2 and

( x  x 0 )2  ( y  y 0 ) 2  4r 2 , respectively. If z 0  x 0  iy 0 satisfies the equation 2| z 0 |2  r 2  2,
then |  |  [IIT JEE Advanced 2013]
1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 7 3

27. Let  be a complex cube root of unity with   1 and P  [ p ij ] be a n  n matrix with p ij  i  j .
Then P 2  0, when n  [IIT JEE Advanced 2013]
(a) 57 (b) 55 (c) 58 (d) 56

3i  1
28. Let w and P  {w n : n  1, 2, 3....}. Further H1   z C:Re z   and
2  2
 1
H 2   z C:Re z   , where C is the set of all complex numbers. If z1  P  H1 , z 2  P  H 2
 2
and O represents the origin, then z1Oz 2  [IIT JEE Advance 2013]
  2 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 6 3 6

Comprehension (Q.29 to Q.30) [IIT JEE Advanced 2013]

Let S  S 1  S 2  S 3 , where
  z  1 3i  
S 1  {z  C:| z |  4}, S 2   z C: Im   0 and S 3  {z C: Re z  0}.
  1 3i  
29. min |1 3i  z | 
Z S
2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2

30. Area of S 
10 20 16 32
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 3

1
31. If z is a complex number such that | z |  2, then the minimum value of z  :
2
[IIT JEE Mains 2014]
3 5 5
(a) Is strictly greater than but less than (b) Is equal to
2 2 2
Complex Number 15

5
(c) Lies in the interval (1, 2) (d) Is strictly greater than
2

 2k   2k 
32. Let z k  cos   i sin ; k  1, 2,......9 [IIT JEE Advanced 2014]
 10   10 
List-I List-II
(P) For each z k there exists a z j such that z k  z j  1 (1) True
(Q) There exists a k {1, 2,....... ,9} such that z1  z  z k has no solution z (2) False
in the set of complex numbers
|1 z1 ||1 z 2 |...... |1 z 9 |
(R) equals (3) 1
10
9
 2k 
(S) 1  cos 10  equals (4) 2
k 1

Codes :
P Q R S
(a) 1 2 4 3
(b) 2 1 3 4
(c) 1 2 3 4
(d) 2 1 4 3

33. A complex number z is said to be unimodular if | z |  1. Suppose z1 and z 2 are complex numbers
z  2z 2
such that 1 is unimodular and z 2 is not unimodular. Then the point z1 lies on a:
2  z1 z 2
[JEE Mains 2015]
(a) circle of radius 2 (b) straight line parallel to x-axis
(c) straight line parallel to y-axis (d) circle of radius 2

 k   k 
34. For any integer k, let a k  cos   i sin , where i  1. The value of the expression
 7  7
12
 | ak 1 – ak |
k 1
is : [JEE Advanced 2015]
3
 | a 4k –1 – a 4k – 2 |
k 1

2  3i sin 
35. A value of  for which is purely imaginary, is : [JEE Mains 2016]
1 2i sin 
16 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

   3  1 
(a) (b) (c) sin 1  
 (d) sin 1  
3 6  4   3

 1 
36. Let a, b  R and a 2  b 2  0.. Suppose S   z C: z  , t  R , t  0 , where i  1. If
 a  ibt 
z  x  iy and z  S , then ( x, y ) lies on : [JEE Advanced 2016]
1  1 
(a) The circle with radius and centre  , 0 for a  0, b  0
2a  2a 
1  1 
(b) The circle with radius  and centre   ,0 for a  0, b  0
2a  2a 
(c) The x-axis for a  0, b  0
(d) The y-axis for a  0, b  0

1 3i (  z )r z 2s 
37. Let z  , where i  1, and r, s {1, 2, 3}. Let P   2s  and I be the identity
2  z zr 
matrix of order 2. Then the total number of ordered pairs( r, s ) for which P 2  I is :
[JEE Advanced 2016]

38. Let  be a complex number such that 2 1  z where z  3.

1 1 1
If 1 2  1 2  3k, then k is equal to : [JEE Mains 2017]
1 2 7
(a) –1 (b) 1 (c) z (d) z

39. Let a, b, x and y be real numbers such that a  b  1 and y  0. If the complex number z  x  iy
 az  b 
satisfies Im    y, then which of the following is(are) possible value(s) of x?
 z 1 
[JEE Advanced 2017]
2 2 2
(a) 1 1 y (b) 1 1 y (c) 1 1 y (d) 1 1 y 2

40. If  ,  C are the distinct roots, of the equation x 2  x  1  0, then  101  107 is equal to :
[JEE Mains 2018]
(a) 2 (b) –1 (c) 0 (d) 1

41. For a non-zero complex number z, let arg( z ) denote the principal argument with
  arg( z )  . Then, which of the following statement(s) is(are) FALSE?
Complex Number 17

[JEE Advanced 2018]


(a) arg(1 i )  , where i  1
4
(b) The function f : R  ( , ] defined by f ( t )  arg( 1 it ) for all t  R, is continuous at all
points of R, where i  1
z 
(c) For any two non-zero complex numbers z1 and z 2 , arg 1   arg( z1 )  arg( z 2 )
 z2 
is an integer multiple of 2
(d) For any three given distinct complex numbers z1 , z 2 and z 3 , the locus of the point z
 ( z  z1 )( z 2  z 3 ) 
satisfying the condition arg   , lies on a straight line

 ( z  z 3 )( z 2  z1 ) 
42. Let s, t , r be non-zero complex numbers and L be the set of solutions z  x  iy( x, y  R , i  1 ) of
the equation sz  tz  r  0, where z  x  iy. Then, which of the following statement(s) is (are)
TRUE?
(a) If L has exactly one element, then | s|  | t | [JEE Advanced 2018]
(b) If | s| | t | , then L has infinitely many elements
(c) The number of elements in L  {z:| z  1 i |  5} is at most 2
(d) Let L has more than one element, then L has infinitely many elements

43. Let S be the set of all complex numbers z satisfying | z  2  i |  5. If the complex number z 0 is
1  1 
such that is the maximum of the set  : z  S  , then the principal argument of
| z 0  1|  | z  1| 
4  z0  z0
is : [JEE Advanced 2019]
z 0  z 0  2i
   3
(a) (b) (c)  (d)
4 2 2 4

44. Let   1 be a cube root of unity. Then the minimum of the set
{| a  b c |2 : a, b, c distinct non -zero integers}
equals________ [JEE Advanced 2019]

45. Let S be the set of all complex numbers z satisfying | z 2  z  1|  1. Then which of the following
statements is/are TRUE ? [JEE Advanced 2020]
1 1
(a) z   for all z  S (b) | z |  2 for all z  S
2 2
1 1
(c) z   for all z  S (d) The set S has exactly four elements
2 2
18 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

46. For a complex number z, let Re( z ) denote the real part of z. Let S be the set of all complex
numbers z satisfying z 4 | z |4  4 i z 2 , where i  1. Then the minimum possible value of
| z1  z 2 | 2 , where z1 , z 2  S with Re( z1 )  0 and Re( z 2 )  0, is _____.
[JEE Advanced 2020]

47. Let 1 ,  2 ,...... 10 be positive valued angles (in radian) such that
1   2 ..... 10  2. Define the complex numbers for z1  e i1 , z k  z k 1 e ik for k  2,3,.... ,10,
where i  1. Consider the statements P and Q given below :
P : | z 2  z1 |  | z 3  z 2 |....... | z10  z 9 | | z1  z10 |  2
Q : | z 22  z12 |  | z 32  z 22 |..... | z10
2
 z 92 |  | z12  z10
2
|  4
Then : [JEE Advanced 2021]
(a) P is TRUE and Q is FALSE (b) Q is TRUE and P is FALSE
(c) both P and Q are TRUE (d) both P and Q are FALSE

48. For any complex number w  c  id , let arg( w )  ( , ], where i  1. Let  and  be real
 z 
numbers such that for all complex numbers z  x  iy satisfying arg   , the ordered
 z   4
pair ( x, y ) lies on the circle
x 2  y 2  5x  3 y  4  0
Then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE ? [JEE Advanced 2021]
(a)   1 (b)   4 (c)   4 (d)   4

49. Let z be a complex number with non-zero imaginary part. if

2  3z  4 z 2
2  3z  4 z 2
is a real number, then the value of | z |2 is [JEE Advanced 2022]

50. Let z denote the complex conjugate of a complex number z and let i  1. In the set of complex
numbers, the number of distinct roots of the equation
z  z 2  i ( z  z 3 )T
is______. [JEE Advanced 2022]

51. Let z denote the complex conjugate of a complex number z. If z is a non-zero complex number
for which both real and imaginary parts of
1
( z )2 
z2
Complex Number 19

are integer, then which of the following is/are possible value(s) of | z | ?

[JEE Advanced 2022]
1 1 1 1
 43  3 205  4  7 33  4  9 65  4  7  13  4
(a)  
 (b)  
 (c)  
 (d) 

 2   4   4   6 

52. Let z be a complex number satisfying | z |3 2z 2  4 z  8  0, where z denotes the complex
conjugate of z. Let the imagniary part of z be nonzero.
Match each entry in List-I to the correct entries in List-II.
List-I List-II
(a) | z | 2 is equal to (1) 12
2
(b) | z  z | is equal to (2) 4
(c) | z | 2  | z  z | 2 (3) 8
2
(d) | z  1| is equal to (4) 10
(5) 7
The correct option is: [JEE Advanced 2023]
(a) (P)  (1); (Q)  (3); (R)  (5); (S)  (4)
(b) (P)  (2); (Q)  (1); (R)  (3); (S)  (5)
(c) (P)  (2); (Q)  (4); (R)  (5); (S)  (1)
(d) (P)  (2); (Q)  (3); (R)  (5); (S)  (4)

53. Let A1 , A 2 , A 3 ,....... , A 8 be the vertices of a regular octagon that lie on a circle of radius 2. Let P
be a point on the circle and let PA i denote the distance between the points P and A i for
i  1, 2,..... , 8. If P varies over the circle, then the maximum value of the product
PA1  PA 2 ...... PA 8 , is [JEE Advanced 2023]
20 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

Exercise-4 : JEE Main Previous Years Questions

(JEE Main 2019-2024) Problmes

z 
1. If (   R ) is a purely imaginary number and |z| 2, then a value of  is :
z
[JEE Main Online 2019]
1
(1) 2 (2) (3) 2 (4) 1
2

2. Let z1 and z 2 be two complex numbers satisfying |z1| 9 and |z 2  3  4i| 4. Then the
minimum value of|z1  z 2|is: [JEE Main Online 2019]
(1) 2 (2) 0 (3) 1 (4) 2

3
 1  x  iy
3. Let  2  i   (i  1 ), where x and y are real numbers, then y  x equals :
 3  27
[JEE Main Online 2019]
(1) –85 (2) 85 (3) –91 (4) 91

4. Let z be a complex number such that |z| z  3  i (where i  1). Then |z| is equal to :
[JEE Main Online 2019]
5 34 41 5
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 3 4 4

3z1 2z 2
5. Let z1 and z 2 be any two non-zero complex numbers such that 3|z1| 4|z 2|. If z  
2z 2 3z1
then : [JEE Main Online 2019]
5 1 17
(1) Im( z )  0 (2) |z| (3) |z| (4) Re(z )  0
2 2 2

    3  2i sin  
6. Let A       ,  : is purely imaginary . Then the sum of the elements in A is :
  2  1  2i sin  
[JEE Main Online 2019]
2 5 3
(1) (2) (3)  (4)
3 6 4
Complex Number 21

5 5
 3 i  3 i
7. Let z         . If R( z ) and I ( z ) respectively denote the real and imaginary
 2 2  2 2
parts of z, then : [JEE Main Online 2019]
(1) R( z )  0 and I ( z )  0 (2) R( z )  3
(3) R( z )  0 and I ( z )  0 (4) I ( z )  0

8. Let z 0 be a root of the quadratic equation, x 2  x  1  0. If z  3  6i z 081  3i z 093 , then arg z is

equal to : [JEE Main Online 2019]
  
(1) (2) (3) (4) 0
4 6 3

9. Let  and  be two roots of the equation x 2  2 x  2  0, then 15  15 is equal to
[JEE Main Online 2019]
(1) 256 (2) 512 (3) –256 (4) –512

3 i
10. If z   (i  1 ), then (1  iz  z 5  iz 8 ) 9 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2019]
2 2
(1) ( 1  2i ) 9 (2) 1 (3) 0 (4) –1

 i 
11. All the points in the set S   :   R (i  1 ) lies on a : [JEE Main Online 2019]
  i 
(1) circle whose radius is 2 (2) straight line whose slope is 1.
(3) circle whose radius is 1. (4) straight line whose slope is –1.

5  3z
12. Let z  C be such that|z| 1. If   , then : [JEE Main Online 2019]
5(1  z )
(1) 5 Re( )  1 (2) 5 Im( )  1 (3) 5 Re( )  4 (4) 4 Im( )  5

(1  i ) 2 2
13. If a  0 and z  , has magnitude , then z is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2019]
a i 5
1 3 3 1 1 3 1 3
(1)   i (2)   i (3)   i (4)  i
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

14. If z and w are two complex numbers such that |zw| 1 and arg(z )  arg( w )  , then :
2
[JEE Main Online 2019]
1  i 1i
(1) zw  i (2) zw  (3) zw  i (4) zw 
2 2
22 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

15. The equation|z  i||z  1|, i  1 represents : [JEE Main Online 2019]
1
(1) a circle of radius (2) a circle of radius 1
2
(3) the line through the origin with slope 1 (4) the line through the origin with slope –1.

2z  n
16. Let z  C with Im( z )  10 and it satisfies  2i  1 for some natural number n. Then :
2z  n
[JEE Main Online 2019]
(1) n  20 and Re( z )  10 (2) n  20 and Re( z )  10
(3) n  40 and Re( z )  10 (4) n  40 and Re( z )  10
 z 1 
17. If Re    1, where z  x  iy , then the point ( x, y ) lies on a : [JEE Main Online 2020]
 2z  i 
 1 3 5
(1) circle whose centre is at   ,   (2) circle whose diameter is
 2 2 2
2 3
(3) straight line whose slope is  (4) straight line whose slope is
3 2

z i 5
18. Let z be a complex number such that  1 and |z| . Then the value of |z  3i| is :
z  2i 2
[JEE Main Online 2020]
7 15
(1) 2 3 (2) (3) (4) 10
2 4

3  i sin 
19. If ,  [ 0, 2], is a real number, then an argument of sin   i cos  is :
4  i cos 
[JEE Main Online 2020]
 4   4   3   3
(1)   tan 1   (2) tan 1   (3)  tan 1   (4)  tan 1  
 3  3  4  4

20. If z be a complex number satisfying |Re( z )||Im(z )| 4, then |z| cannot be :
[JEE Main Online 2020]
17
(1) 7 (2) 10 (3) (4) 8
2
21. If the equation, x 2  bx  45  0( b  R ) has conjugate complex roots and they satisfy
|z  1| 2 10, then : [JEE Main Online 2020]
2 2 2
(1) b  b  12 (2) b  b  42 (3) b  b  72 (4) b 2  b  30
Complex Number 23

22. Let the lines ( 2  i )z  ( 2  i )z and ( 2  i )z  (i  2)z  4i  0, ( here i 2  1) be normal to a

circle C. If the line iz  z  1  i  0 is tangent to this circle C, then its radius is :
[JEE Main Online 2021]
1 3 3
(1) 3 2 (2) (3) (4)
2 2 2 2 2

23. If ,   R are such that 1  2i ( here i 2  1) is a root of z 2  z    0, then (   ) is equal to :

[JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) 7 (2) – 3 (3) – 7 (4) 3

24. Let a complex number be w  1  3i. Let another complex number z be such that

|zw| 1 and arg ( z )  arg(w )  . Then the area of the triangle with vertices origin, z and w is
2
equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
1 1
(1) 4 (2) (3) (4) 2
2 4

25. Let S1 , S 2 and S 3 be three sets defined as

S1  { z  C :|z  1| 2}
S 2  { z  C : Re((1  i )z )  1}
S 3  { z  C : Im(z )  1}
Then the set S1  S 2  S 3 : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) is a singleton (2) has exactly two elements
(3) has infinetely many elements (4) has exactly three elements

26. If the equation a|z|2  z  z  d  0 represents a circle where a, d are real constants, then
which of the following condition is correct ? [JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) ||2 ad  0 (2) ||2 ad  0 and a  R  { 0}
(3) ||2 ad  0 and a  R (4)   0, a, d  R 
 |z|11 
27. Let a complex number z,|z| 1, satisfy log 1    2.. Then, the largest value of |z| is
 (|z|1)2 
2  
equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) 8 (2) 7 (3) 6 (4) 5

28. The area of the triangle with vertices A( z ), B(iz ) and C ( z  iz ) is :

[JEE Main Online 2021]
1 2 1 1
(1) 1 (2) |z| (3) (4) |z  iz|2
2 2 2
24 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

29. The least value of |z| where z is complex number which satisfies the inequality
|z|2 3|z|1 
exp  log e 2   log 2 5 7  9i , i  1, is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
 |z|1 
 
(1) 3 (2) 5 (3) 2 (4) 8

3
30. If z and w are two complex numbers such that |z| 1 and arg( z )  arg( )  then
2
 1  2z  
arg  is :
 1  3z  
(Here arg( z ) denotes the principal argument of complex number z) :
[JEE Main Online 2021]
 3 3 
(1)  (2)  (3) (4)
4 4 4 4

31. Let C be the set of all complex numbers. Let

S1  { z  C||z  3  2i|2  8}, S 2  z  C|Re( z )  5, and S 3  { z  C|z  z| 8}
Then the number of elements in S1  S 2  S 3 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 0 (4) Infinite

32. Let n denote the number of solutions of the equation z 2  3z  0, where z is a complex number.

1
Then the value of  k
is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
k 0 n
3 4
(1) (2) 2 (3) 1 (4)
2 3

33. Let C be the set of all complex numbers. Let

S1  { z  C :|z  2| 1} and
S 2  { z  C : z(1  i )  z (1  i )  4}
2
5
Then, the maximum value of z  for z  S1  S 2 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]
2
3 2 2 5 2 2 52 2 3 2 2
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 4 2 2

1
34. If the real part of the complex number (1  cos   2 sin )1 is for   (0, ), then the value of
5

the integral sin x dx is equal to :
 [JEE Main Online 2021]
0
Complex Number 25

(1) 1 (2) 0 (3) –1 (4) 2

 z 1  
35. The equation arg   represents a circle with : [JEE Main Online 2021]
 z  1 4
(1) centre at (0, 0) and radius 2 (2) centre at (0, 1) and radius 2
(3) centre at (0, 1) and radius 2 (4) centre at (0, –1) and radius 2

 z i 
36. If S   z  C :  R , then : [JEE Main Online 2021]
 z  2i 
(1) S contains only one element (2) S is a straight line in the complex plane
(3) S is a circle in the complex plane (4) S contains exactly two elements

37. If ( 3  i )100  2 99 ( p  iq), then p and q are roots of the equation :

[JEE Main Online 2021]
2 2
(1) x  ( 3  1) x  3  0 (2) x  ( 3  1) x  3  0
(3) x  ( 3  1) x  3  0 (4) x 2  ( 3  1) x  3  0

z i
38. If z is a complex number such that is purely imaginary, then the minimum value of
z 1
|z  ( 3  3i )| is : [JEE Main Online 2021]
(1) 3 2 (2) 2 2 (3) 2 2  1 (4) 6 2

( 2i ) n
39. The least positive integer n such that , i  1 is a positive integer, is _________.
(1  i ) n 2
[JEE Main Online 2021]

1 i 3
40. Let z , i  1. Then the value of
2
3 3 3 3
 1  1  1  1 
21   z     z 2  2    z 3  3  . . . . .   z 21  21  is __. [JEE Main Online 2021]
 2  z   z   z 


41. Let z1 and z 2 be two complex numbers such that arg(z1  z 2 ) and z1 , z 2 satisfy the
4
equation |z  3| Re( z ). Then the imaginary part of z1  z 2 is equal to :
[JEE Main Online 2021]

42. If for the complex numbers z satisfying|z  2  2i| 1, the maximum value of|3iz  6|is attained
at a  ib, then a  b is equal to______. [JEE Main Online 2021]
26 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

 z  2 
43. A point z moves in the complex plane such that arg   , then the minimum value of
 z  2 4
2
z  9 2  2i is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2021]

 n 
44. Let S   n  N  0 i   a b    a b a, b, c, d  R , where i  1. Then the number of
  1 0   c d   c d  
2-digit numbers in the set S is_______. [JEE Main Online 2021]

45. The equation of a circle is Re( z 2 )  2(Im( z )) 2  2 Re( z )  0, where z  x  iy . A line which
passes through the center of the given circle and the vertex of the parabola,
x 2  6 x  y  13  0, has y-intercept equal to _______. [JEE Main Online 2021]

3  2i cos   
46. If the real part of the complex number z  ,    0,  is zero, then the value of
1  3i cos   2
sin 2 3  cos 2  is equal to _______ . [JEE Main Online 2021]

30 20 56  2 7 2  1  i 3
47. 
Let P   90 140 112 and A  1  1  where   , and I 3 be the identity
120 60 14   0    1  2
 
matrix of order 3. If the determinant of the matrix ( P 1 AP  I 3 ) 2 is 2 , then the value of  is
equal to _________. [JEE Main Online 2021]

z i
48. Let z and  be two complex numbers such that   zz  2z  2,  1 and Re() has
z  3i
minimum value. Then, the minimum value of n  N for which n is real, is equal to _____.
[JEE Main Online 2021]

49. Let z1 , z 2 be the roots of the equation z 2  az  12  0 and z1 , z 2 form an equilateral triangle
with origin. Then, the value of |a| is _______ [JEE Main Online 2021]

50. If the least and the largest real values of , for which the equation
z  |z  1|2i  0( z  C and i  1 ) has a solution, are p and q respectively; then 4( p 2  q 2 ) is
equal to_____. [JEE Main Online 2021]

51. Let z be those complex numbers which satisfy

|z  5| 4 and z(1  i )  z (1  i )  10, i  1.
If the maximum value of |z  1|2 is    , then the value of (  ) is____.
[JEE Main Online 2021]
Complex Number 27

52. For z  C if the minimum value of (|z  3 2||z  p 2i|) is 5 2, then a value of p is. ___
[JEE Main Online 2022]
7 9
(1) 3 (2) (3) 4 (4)
2 2
1  i sin 
53. Let S be the set of all ( , ),   ,   2, for which the complex number is purely
1  2i sin 
1  i cos 
imaginary and is purely real. Let Z   sin 2  i cos 2, ( , )  S.
1  2i cos 
 
 iZ  1  is equal to :
Then   
iZ  
[JEE Main Online 2022]
( , )S 

(1) 3 (2) 3i (3) 1 (4) 2  i

54. Let the minimum value v 0 of v |z|2 |z  3|2 |z  6i|2 , z  C is attained at z  z 0 .
2
Then 2z 02  z 03  3  v 02 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]

(1) 1000 (2) 1024 (3) 1105 (4) 1196

1
55. If z  0 be a complex number such that z   2, then the maximum value of |z| is :
2
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) 2 (2) 1 (3) 2  1 (4) 2  1

56. Let O be the origin and A be the point z1  1  2i. If B is the point z 2 , Re( z 2 )  0, such that OAB
is a right angled isosceles triangle with OB as hypotenuse, then which of the following is NOT
true? [JEE Main Online 2022]
1 4
(1) arg z 2    tan 3 (2) arg( z1  2z 2 )   tan 1
3
(3) |z 2| 10 (4) |2z1  z 2| 5

57. If z  x  iy satisfies|z|2  0 and|z  i||z  5i| 0, then : [JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) x  2 y  4  0 (2) x 2  y  4  0 (3) x  2 y  4  0 (4) x 2  y  3  0

 1
58. Let S1   z1  C :|z1  3|  and S 2  { z 2  C :|z 2 |z 2  1|||z 2 |z 2  1||}. Then for
 2
z1  S1 & z 2  S 2 , the least value of|z 2  z1|is : [JEE Main Online 2022]
1 3 5
(1) 0 (2) (3) (4)
2 2 2
28 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

59. Let S  { z  x  iy :|z  1  i||z|,|z| 2,|z  i||z  1|}. Then the set of all values of x, for which
w  2 x  iy  S for some y  R, is : [JEE Main Online 2022]
 1   1 1  1  1 1 
(1)   2,  (2)   ,  (3)   2,  (4)   , 
 2 2  2 4  2   2 2 2

60. If , , ,  are the roots of the equation x 4  x 3  x 2  x  1  0, then

 2021   2021   2021   is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) – 4 (2) –1 (3) 1 (4) 4

61. If z  2  3i, then z 5  ( z ) 5 is equal to: [JEE Main Online 2022]

(1) 244 (2) 224 (3) 245 (4) 265

z 
62. Let z1 and z 2 be two complex numbers such that z1  iz 2 and arg 1   . Then:
z 
 2
[JEE Main Online 2022]
  3  3
(1) arg z 2    (2) arg z 2   (3) arg z1  (4) arg z1  
 4 4 4 4

 z 1    z  1  2 
63. Let A   z  C :  1 and B   z  C : arg  .
 z 1    z  1 3 
Then A  B is : [JEE Main Online 2022]
 1 
(1) a portion of a circle centred at  0,  that lies in the second and third quadrants only
 3
 1 
(2) a portion of a circle centred at  0,  that lies in the second quadrant only
 3
(3) an empty set
2
(4) a portion of a circle of radius that lies in the third quadrant only
3
64. The number of points of intersection of |z  (4  3i )| 2 and |z||z  4| 6, z  C , is :
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3

65. The area of the polygon, whose vertices are the non-real roots of the equation z  iz 2 is :
[JEE Main Online 2022]
3 3 3 3 3 3
(1) (2) (3) (4)
4 2 2 4
Complex Number 29

66. Let for some real numbers  and , a    i. If the system of equations 4ix  (1  i ) y  0 and
 2 2  
8  cos  i sin  x  ay  0 has more than one solution, then is equal to :
 3 3 
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) 2  3 (2) 2  3 (3) 2  3 (4) 2  3
67. Let a circle C in complex plane pass through the points z1  3  4i, z 2  4  3i and z 3  5i. If
z(  z1 ) is a point on C such that the line through z and z1 is perpendicular to the line through
z 2 and z 3 , then arg(z ) is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]
 2  24
   3
(1) tan 1     (2) tan 1     (3) tan 1 ( 3)   (4) tan 1    
 5  7   4

68. Let  and  be the roots of the equation x 2  (2i  1)  0. Then, the value of | 8   8| is equal
to: [JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) 50 (2) 250 (3) 1250 (4) 1500

69. Let arg( z ) represent the principal argument of the complex number z. The,|z| 3 and arg( z  1)

 arg( z  1)  intersect : [JEE Main Online 2022]
4
(1) Exactly at one point (2) Exactly at two points
(3) nowhere (4) At infinitely many points

70. Let  be a root of the equation 1  x 2  x 4  0. Then the value of 1011   2022   3033 is
equal to : [JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) 1 (2)  (3) 1   (4) 1  2

71. Let A  { z  C :1 |z  (1  i )| 2} and B  { z  A: | z - (1– i )| = 1}. Then, B :

[JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) is an empty set (2) contains exactly two elements
(3) contains exactly three elements (4) is an infinite set

72. Let  be a root of the equation 1  x 2  x 4  0. Then the value of 1011   2022 is equal to :
[JEE Main Online 2022]
(1) 1 (2)  (3) 1   (4) 1  2

73. Let S  { z  C :|z  3| 1} and z( 4  3i )  z ( 4  3i )  24}. If   i is the point in S which is

closest to 4i, then 25(   ) is equal to_________. [JEE Main Online 2022]

74. Sum of squares of modulus of all the complex numbers z satisfying z  iz 2  z 2  z is equal to
________. [JEE Main Online 2022]
30 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

75. Let S  { z  C :|z  2| 1, z(1  i )  z (1  i )  2}. Let |z  4i| attains minimum and maximum
values, respectively, at z1  S and z 2  S. If 5(|z1|2 |z 2|2 )     5, where  and  are
integers, then the value of    is equal to ____. [JEE Main Online 2022]
76. The number of elements in the set
{ z  a  ib  C : a, b  Z and 1 |z  3  2i| 4} is _______. [JEE Main Online 2022]

15 2
2  n 1 
77. If z  z  1  0, z  C , then   z  ( 1) n  is equal to _______.
n
n1  z 
[JEE Main Online 2022]

78. Let z  a  ib, b  0 be complex numbers satisfying z 2  z  21 |z|. Then the least value of n  N ,
such that z n  ( z  1)n , is equal to _____. [JEE Main Online 2022]

79. Let S  { z  C : z 2  z  0}. Then  (Re(z )  Im(z )) is equal to ____.

zS [JEE Main Online 2022]

z 2
80. If the center and radius of the circle  2 are respectively ( , ) and , then 3(      ) is
z 3
equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 12 (2) 11 (3) 9 (4) 10

i 1
81. The complex number z  is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
 
cos  i sin
3 3
 5 5   5 5 
(1) 2i  cos  i sin  (2) 2  cos  i sin 
 12 12   12 12 
    
(3) 2  cos  i sin  (4) cos  i sin
 12 12  12 12

1
82. For all z  C on the curve C1 :|z| 4, let the locus of the point z  be the curve C 2. Then :
z
[JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) the curves C1 and C 2 intersect at 2 points
(2) the curve C1 lies inside C 2
(3) the curves C1 and C 2 intersect at 4 points
(4) the curve C 2 lies inside C1
Complex Number 31

83. For two non-zero complex numbers z1 and z 2 , if Re( z1 z 2 )  0 and Re( z1  z 2 )  0, then which
of the following are possible?
(A) Im(z1 )  0 and Im(z 2 )  0 (B) Im( z1 )  0 and Im( z 2 )  0
(C) Im( z1 )  0 and Im( z 2 )  0 (D) Im( z1 )  0 and Im( z 2 )  0
Choose the correct answer from the options gives below : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) B and D (2) A and C (3) A and B (4) B and C

z  2i
84. Let z be a complex number such that  2, z  i. Then z lies on the circle of radius 2 and
z i
centre : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) (0, 0) (2) (0, –2) (3) (2, 0) (4) (0, 2)

3
 2 2 
 1  sin  i cos 
9 9  is :
85. The value of  [JEE Main Online 2023]
 2 2 
 1  sin  i cos 
 9 9 
1 1 1 1
(1) (1  i 3 ) (2)  ( 3  i ) (3)  (1  i 3 ) (4) ( 3 i)
2 2 2 2

86. Let p, q  R and (1  3i ) 200  2199 ( p  iq), i  1. Then p  q  q 2 and p  q  q 2 are roots
of the equation : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) x 2  4 x  1  0 (2) x 2  4 x  1  0
(3) x 2  4 x  1  0 (4) x 2  4 x  1  0

87. Let z1  2  3i and z 2  3  4i. The set S  { z  C :|z  z1|2 |z  z 2|2 |z1  z 2|2 } represents a :
[JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) Hyperbola with the length of the transverse axis 7
(2) Straight line with the sum of its intercepts on the coordinate axes equals –18
(3) Hyperbola with eccentricity 2
(4) Straight line with the sum of its intercepts on the coordinate axes equals 14
88. Let a  b be two non-zero real numbers. Then the number of elements in the set
X  { z  C : Re( az 2  bz )  a and Re( bz 2  az )  b} is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 2 (2) 0 (3) 1 (4) 3

  z  z  zz  
89. If the set  Re  : z  C , Re ( z )  3 is equal to the interval ( , ], then 24(   ) is
  2  3z  5z  
equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) 27 (2) 36 (3) 42 (4) 30
32 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

90. Let S  { z  C : z  i( z 2  Re( z ))}. Then |z|2 is equal to :

 [JEE Main Online 2023]
7 zS 5
(1) 4 (2) (3) (4) 3
2 2

1
91. Let C be the circle in the complex plane with centre z 0  (1  3i ) and radius r  1. Let
2
z1  1  i and the complex number z 2 be outside the circle C such that|z1  z 0||z 2  z 0| 1. If
z 0 , z1 and z 2 are collinear, then the smaller value of |z 2|2 is equal to :
[JEE Main Online 2023]
5 7 13 3
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2 2 2 2

92. For a  C , let A  { z  C : Re( a  z )  Im( a  z )} and B  { z  C : Re( a  z )  Im( a  z )}.

Then among the two statements :
(S1) : If Re( a), Im( a)  0, then the Set A contains all the real numbers
(S2) : If Re( a), Im( a)  0, then the Set B contains all the real numbers.
[JEE Main Online 2023]
(1) only (S2) is true (2) only (S1) is true (3) both are true (4) both are false

93. Let w1 be the point obtained by the rotation of z1  5  4i about the origin through a right angle
in the anticlockwise direction, and w 2 be the point obtained by the rotation of z 2  3  5i about
the origin through a right angle in the clockwise direction. Then the principal argument of
w1  w 2 is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
1 33 1 8 8 33
(1)   tan (2)   tan (3)   tan 1 (4)   tan 1
5 9 9 5

 2z  3i 
94. Let S   z  x  iy : is real number . Then which of the following is NOT correct?
 4z  2i 
[JEE Main Online 2023]
 1 2 2 1
(1) ( x, y )   0,  (2) y  x  y  
 2 4
 1  1 
(3) x  0 (4) y   ,     ,  
 2  2 

 1  2i sin  
95. Let A     ( 0, 2): is purely imaginary . The sum of elements in A is :
 1  i sin  
[JEE Main Online 2023]
(1)  (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
Complex Number 33

2z  3i
96. Let the complex number z  x  iy be such that is purely imaginary. If x  y 2  0, then
2z  i
y 4  y 2  y is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2023]
2 3 4 3
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 2 3 4

97. If for z    i, |z  2| z  4(1  i ), then    and  are the roots of the :
[JEE Main Online 2023]
2
(1) x  3 x  4  0 (2) x  x  12  0 (3) x  2 x  3  0 (4) x 2  7 x  12  0
2 2

98. For   , z  C and   1, if   1 is the radius of the circle|z  |2 |z  |2  2, then |  | is
equal to_____. [JEE Main Online 2023]

 z 2  8iz  15  13
99. Let S   z  C  {i,2i}:  R . If   i  S, a  R  { 0}, then 242 2 is equal to
 2  11
z  3iz  2
________. [JEE Main Online 2023]

100. Let w  zz  k1 z  k2iz  (1  i ), k1 , k2  R. Let Re(w )  0 be the circle C of radius 1 in the first
quadrant touching the line y  1 and the y-axis. If the curve Im( w )  0 intersects C at A and B,
then 30( AB) 2 is equal to __________ . [JEE Main Online 2023]

 az  az 
101. Let   8  14i, A   z  C :  1 and B  { z  C :|z  3i| 4}. Then
2 2
 z  ( z )  112i 
 (Re z  Im z ) is equal to ____________. [JEE Main Online 2023]
z A  B

1  iz 12
102. Let z  1  i and z1  . Then arg( z1 ) is equal to ______.
1 
z (1  z ) 
z
[JEE Main Online 2023]

103. If z is a complex number, then the number of common roots of the equations
z1985  z100  1  0 and z 3  2z 2  2z  1  0, is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2024]
(1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) 0

104. Let S  { z  C :|z  1| 1 and ( 2  1)( z  z )  i( z  z )  2 2}.

Let z1 , z 2  S be such that |z1| max|z| and |z 2| min|z|. Then | 2z1  z 2|2 equals :
zS zS
[JEE Main Online 2024]
34 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

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

105. Let r and  respectively by the modulus and amplitude of the complex number
 5 
z  2  i  2 tan , then (r, ) is equal to : [JEE Main Online 2024]
 8
 3 5   1 1   5 3   3 3 
(1)  2 sec ,  (2)  2 sec ,  (3)  2 sec ,  (4)  2 sec , 
 8 8  8 8   8 8  8 8

1
106. If z   2i is such that|z  1| z  (1  i ), i  1, and ,   R, then    is equal to :
2
[JEE Main Online 2024]
(1) –1 (2) –4 (3) 3 (4) 2

107. If z  x  iy , xy  0, satisfies the equation z 2  iz  0, then |z 2| is equal to :

[JEE Main Online 2024]
1
(1) 9 (2) (3) 4 (4) 1
4

108. If S  { z  C :|z  i||z  i||z  1|}, then, n( S ) is : [JEE Main Online 2024]
(1) 3 (2) 0 (3) 2 (4) 1

109. Let z1 and z 2 be two complex numbers such that z1  z 2  5 and z13  z 23  20  15i.
Then,|z14  z 24|equals : [JEE Main Online 2024]
(1) 25 3 (2) 75 (3) 15 15 (4) 30 3

 |z| 
110. If  denotes the number of solutions of |1  i|x  2 x and    , where
 arg( z ) 
 1  i  i 
z (1  i ) 4   , i  1, then the distance of the point ( , ) from the line
4    i 1   i 
4 x  3 y  7 is ____. [JEE Main Online 2024]

1
111. Let the complex numbers  and lie on the circle |z  z 0|2  4 and|z  z 0|2  16 respectively,

where z 0  1  i. Then, the value of 100||2 is ______.
[JEE Main Online 2024]

112. Let ,  be the roots of the equation x 2  6 x  3  0 such that Im(  )  Im(). Let a, b be
integers not divisible by 3 and n be a natural number such that
Complex Number 35

 99
  98  3 n ( a  ib), i  1. Then n  a  b is equal to________.

[JEE Main Online 2024]

113. Let P  { z  C :|z  2  3i| 1} and Q  { z  C : z(1  i )  z (1  i )  8}. Let in P  Q,|z  3  2i|
be maximum and minimum at z1 and z 2 respectively. If|z1|2 2|z 2|2     2, where ,  are
integers, then    equals _________. [JEE Main Online 2024]

Exercise-5 : Revision Phase 1

1. The sequence S  i  2i 2  3i 3 .. . .. .upto 100 terms simplifies to where i  1 :

(A) 50(1 i ) (B) 25i (C) 25(1 i ) (D) 100(1 i )

2. If z  z 3  0 then which of the following must be true on the complex plane?

(A) Re( z )  0 (B) Re( z )  0 (C) Im( z )  0 (D) z 4  1

3. Number of integral values of n for which the quantity ( n  i ) 4 where i 2  1, is an integer is :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

4. Let i  1. The product of the real part of the roots of z 2  z  5  5i is :

(A) – 25 (B) – 6 (C) – 5 (D) 25

5. There is only one way to choose real numbers M and N such that when the polynomial
5x 4  4x 3  3x 2  Mx  N is divided by the polynomial x 2  1, the remainder is 0. If M and N
assume these unique values, then M  N is :
(A) – 6 (B) – 2 (C) 6 (D) 2

6. In the quadratic equation x 2  ( p  iq )x  3i  0, p and q are real. If the sum of the squares of the
roots is 8, then :
(A) p  3, q  1 (B) p  3, q  1 (C) p  3, q  1 (D) p  3, q  1

7. If a point P denoting the complex number z moves on the complex plane such that,
|Re z |  |Im z |  1 , then the locus of z is :
(A) a square (B) a circle
(C) two intersecting lines (D) a line
36 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

25
8. The figure formed by four points 1 0i;  1 0i; 3  4i and on the argand plane is :
3  4i
(A) a parallelogram but not a rectangle (B) a trapezium which is not equilateral
(C) a cyclic quadrilateral (D) none of these

1 4  1
9. Square root of x 2    x    6 where x  R is equal to :
2 i  x
x
 1   1   1   1 
(A)  x   2i  (B)   x   2i  (C)   x   2i  (D)   x   2i 
 x   x   x   x 

10. If z  ( 3  7i )( p  iq ) where p, q  I  {0}, is purely imaginary then minimum value of | z | 2 is :

3364
(A) 0 (B) 58 (C) (D) 3364
3

11. Number of values of z (real or complex) simultaneously satisfying the system of equations
1 z  z 2  z 3 ....... z 17  0 and 1 z  z 2  z 3 ....... z 13  0 is :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

x3 y3
12. If   i where x, y  R, then :
3 i 3i
(A) x  2 & y  8 (B) x  2 & y  8 (C) x  2 & y  6 (D) x  2 & y  8

13. Number of complex numbers z satisfying z 3  z is :

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5

14. If x  91/ 3 91/ 9 91/ 27 ..... ad inf


y  41/ 3 4 1/ 9 41/ 27 ..... ad inf and z  (1 i )r
r 1
then , the argument of the complex number w  x  yz is :
(A) 0 (B)   tan 1 ( 2 / 3) (C)  tan 1 ( 2 / 3) (D)  tan 1 ( 2 / 3 )

15. Let z  9  bi where b is non zero real and i 2  1. If the imaginary part of z 2 and z 3 are equal,
then b 2 equals :
(A) 261 (B) 225 (C) 125 (D) 361

16. The digram shows several numbers in the complex plane. The circle is the unit circle centered
at the origin. One of these numbers is the reciprocal of F, which is :
Complex Number 37

imaginary
axis
F

O real axis
C

B A

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

1 iz
17. If z  x  iy and   , then |  |  1 implies that, in the complex plane :
z i
(A) z lies on the imaginary axis (B) z lies on the real axis
(C) z lies on the unit circle (D) none

18. On the complex plane locus of a point z satisfying the inequality 2  | z  1|  3 denotes :
(A) region between the concentric circles of radii 3 and 1 centered at (1, 0)
(B) region between the concentric circles of radii 3 and 2 centered at (1, 0) excluding the inner
and outer boundaries.
(C) region between the concentric circles of radii 3 and 2 centered at (1, 0) including the inner
and outer boundaries.
(D) region between the concentric circles of radii 3 and 2 centered at (1, 0) including the inner
boundary and excluding the outer boundary.

19. The complex number z satisfies z  | z |  2  8i. The value of | z | is :

(A) 10 (B) 13 (C) 17 (D) 23

20. If S is the set of points in the complex plane such that z ( 3  4i ) is a real number, then S denotes
a:
(A) circle (B) hyperbola (C) line (D) parabola

21. The locus of z, for arg z   / 3 is :

(A) same as the locus of z for arg z  2 / 3
(B) same as the locus of z for arg z   / 3
(C) the part of the straight line 3 x  y  0 with ( y  0, x  0)
(D) the part of the straight line 3x  y  0 with ( y  0, x  0)
38 Advanced Problems in Mathematics for JEE

22. If z1 and z1 represent adjacent vertices of a regular polygon of n sides with centre at the
Im z1
origin and if  2  1, then the value of n is equal to :
Re z1
(A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 16 (D) 24

23. If z1 , z 2 are two complex numbers and a, b are two real numbers then,
| az1  bz 2 |2  | bz1  az 2 | 2 
(A) ( a  b ) 2 [| z1 | 2  | z 2 | 2 ] (B) ( a  b )[| z1 |2  | z 2 |2 ]
(C) ( a 2  b 2 )[| z1 | 2  | z 2 | 2 ] (D) ( a 2  b 2 )[| z1 |2  | z 2 |2 ]

3  2i sin x
24. If is purely imaginary, then x 
1 2i sin x
   
(A) n  (B) n  (C) 2n  (D) 2n 
6 3 3 6

25. All real numbers x which satisfy the inequality |1 4i  2 x |  5 where i  1, x  R are :
(A) [ 2,  ) (B) (– , 2] (C) [0,  ) (D) [–2, 0]

1 i 1 i 1 i
26. For Z1  6 ; Z2  6 ; Z3  6 which of the following holds good?
1 i 3 3i 3i
3
(A)  | Z1 |2  (B) | Z1 | 4  | Z 2 |4 | Z 3 |8
2
(C) | Z1 | 3  | Z 2 | 3  | Z 3 | 6 (D) | Z1 | 4  | Z 2 | 4  | Z 3 | 8

27. Let z  1 sin   i cos  where  ( 0,  / 2), then the modulus and the principal value of the
argument of z are respectively :
   
(A) 2(1 sin  ),    (B) 2(1 sin  ),   
4 2 4 2
   
(C) 2(1 sin  ),    (D) 2(1 sin  ),   
4 2 4 2

28. Number of real or purely imaginary solution of the equation, z 3  iz  1  0 is :

(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) three

29. A point ' z ' moves on the curve | z  4  3i|  2 in an argand plane. The maximum and minimum
values of | z | are :
(A) 2, 1 (B) 6, 5 (C) 4, 3 (D) 7, 3
Complex Number 39

One or more than one is/are correct:

30. If the complex number (1 ri )3  S (1 i ) for some real S then the value of r can be :
 3  
(A) cos (B) cosec (C) cot (D) tan
5 12 12 12

31. If z1 and z 2 are two non-zero complex numbers such that | z1  z 2 | | z1 |  | z 2 | , then
Arg z1  Arg z 2 is equal to:

(A)  (B)  / 2 (C) 0 (D)  / 2

32. Let Z be a complex number satisfying the equation

( Z 3  3) 2  16, then | Z | has the value equal to :
(A) 51/2 (B) 51/3 (C) 52/3 (D) 5

33. Let i  1. Define a sequence of complex number by z1  0, z n 1  z n2  i for n  1. In the

complex plane, how far from the origin is z111 ?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 110

34. The points representing the complex number z for which | z  5|2 | z  5|2  10 lie on :
(A) a straight line (B) a circle
(C) a parabola
(D) the bisector of the line joining (5 , 0) and (–5 , 0)

1 3i
35. If x  then the value of the expression, y  x 4  x 2  6x  4, equals :
2
(A) 1 2 3i (B) 2  2 3i (C) 2  2 3i (D) none

36. Consider two complex numbers  and  as

2 2
 a  bi   a  bi  z 1
     , where a, b  R and   , where | z |  1, then :
 a  bi   a  bi  z 1
(A) Both  and  are purely real
(B) Both  and  are purely imaginary
(C)  is purely real and  is purely imaginary
(D)  is purely real and  is purely imaginary

37. Let Z is complex satisfying the equation

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z 2  ( 3  i ) z  m  2i  0, where m  R. Suppose the equation has a real root.

The additive inverse of non real root, is :
(A) 1 i (B) 1 i (C) 1 i (D) 2

38. The minimum value of |1 z |  |1 z | where z is a complex number is :

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

39. The complex numbers whose real and imaginary parts are integers and satisfy the relation
zz 3  z 3 z  350 forms a rectangle on the Argand plane, the length of whose diagonal is :
(A) 4 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 25

40. Let | z  5  12i |  1and the least and greatest values of | z | are m and n and if l be the least positive
x 2  24x  1
value of ( x  0), then l is :
x
m n
(A) (B) m  n (C) m (D) n
2

| z  1 i |  2
41. The system of equations where z is a complex number has :
Re z  1
(A) no solution (B) exactly one solution
(C) two distinct solutions (D) infinite solution

42. Let C1 and C 2 are concentric circles of radius 1 and 8/3 respectively having centre at (3, 0) on
 | z  3| 2 2 
the argand plane. If the complex number z satisfies the inequality, log 1/ 3    1 then :
 11| z  3|2 
 
(A) z lies outside C1 but inside C 2 (B) z lies inside of both C1 and C 2
(C) z lies outside both of C1 and C 2 (D) none of these

43. Identify the incorrect statement.

(A) no non zero complex number z satisfies the equation, z  4 z
(B) z  z implies that z is purely real
(C) z   z implies that z is purely imaginary
(D) if z1 , z 2 are the roots of the quadratic equation az 2  bz  c  0 such that Im ( z1 z 2 )  0 then
a, b, c must be real numbers .

44. The equation of the radical axis of the two circles represented by the equations,
| z  2|  3 and | z  2  3i |  4 on the complex plane is :
Complex Number 41

(A) 3 y  1  0 (B) 3 y  1  0 (C) 2 y  1  0 (D) none

45. If z1  3  5i; z 2  5  3i and z is a complex number lying on the line segment joining z1 and
z 2 then arg z can be :
3   5
(A)  (B)  (C) (D)
4 4 6 6

46. Given z  f ( x )  i g ( x ) where f , g: ( 01

, )  (0, 1) are real valued functions then, which of the
following holds good?
1  1  1  1 
(A) z   i  (B) z   i 
1 ix  1 ix  1 ix  1 ix 
1  1  1  1 
(C) z   i  (D) z   i 
1 ix  1 ix  1 ix  1 ix 

a b
47. z1  ; z2  ; z 3  a  bi for a, b  R
1 i 2 i
if z1  z 2  1 then the centroid of the triangle formed by the points z1 , z 2 , z 3 in the argand’s
plane is given by :
1 1 1 1
(A) (1 7i ) (B) (1 7i ) (C) (1 3i ) (D) (1 3i )
9 3 3 9

48. Consider the equation 10z 2  3iz  k  0, where z is a complex variable and i 2  1. Which of the
following statements is True?
(A) For all real positive numbers k, both roots are pure imaginary.
(B) For negative real numbers k, both roots are pure imaginary.
(C) For all pure imaginary numbers k, both roots are real and irrational.
(D) For all complex numbers k, neither root is real.


49. The region represented by inequalities Arg ( z )  ; | z |  2; Im( z )  1 in the Argand diagram is
3
given by :

2 2

1 1
(A) (B)
60° 60°

1 2 1 2
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2 2

1 1
(C) (D)
60° 60°

1 2 1 2
z z
50. Number of complex numbers z such that | z |  1 and   1 is :
z z
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) more than 8

51. Consider az 2  bz  c  0, where a, b, c  R and 4ac  b 2 .

(i) If z1 and z 2 are the roots of the equation given above, then which of the following complex
numbers is purely real?
(A) z1 z 2 (B) z1 z 2 (C) z1  z 2 (D) ( z1  z 2 )i

OA
(ii) In the argand's plane, if A is the point representing z1 , B is the point representing z 2 and z 

OB
then :
(A) z is purely real (B) z is purely imaginary
(C) | z |  1 (D)  AOB is a scalene triangle.

52. Let z be a complex number having the argument , 0     / 2 and satisfying the equality
6
| z  3i|  3. Then cot   is equal to :
z
(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) i (D) i

1
53. If the complex number z satisfies the condition | z |  3, then the least value of z  is equal to :
z
(A) 5/3 (B) 8/3 (C) 11/3 (D) none of these

1  1
54. Given that z satisfies z   2cos 13 , find an angle B so that 0  B  and z 2   2cos B.
z 2 z2
(A) 23° (B) 24° (C) 25° (D) 26°

     
55. Given z p  cos   i sin , then Lim ( z1 z 2 z 3 ..... z n ) 
 2p   2p  n 

(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) i (D) i

Complex Number 43

56. The maximum and minimum values of | z  1| when | z  3|  3 are :

(A) (5 , 0) (B) (6 , 0) (C) (7 , 1) (D) (5 , 1)

57. If z 3  ( 3  2i ) z  (–1 ia )  0 has one real root, then the value of ' a' lies in the interval ( a  R ) :
(A) (– 2, – 1) (B) (– 1, 0) (C) (0, 1) (D) (1, 2)

58. If x  a  bi is a complex number such that x 2  3  4i and x 3  2  11i where i  1, then ( a  b )
equal to :
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

 2
59. and Arg ( z  a )  ; a  R  , then :
If Arg ( z  a ) 
6 3
(A) z is independent of a (B) | a | | z  a|
 
(C) z  aCis (D) z  aCis
6 3

60. If z1 , z 2 , z 3 are the vertices of the  ABC on the complex plane and are also the roots of the
equation, z 3  3z 2  3z  x  0, then the condition for the  ABC to be equilateral triangle is :
(A)  2   (B)    2 (C)  2  3 (D)   3 2

61. The locus represented by the equation, | z  1|  | z  1|  2 is :

(A) an ellipse with focii (1, 0); ( 1, 0)
(B) one of the family of circles passing through the points of intersection of the circles | z  1|  1
and | z  1|  1
(C) the radical axis of the circles | z  1|  1 and | z  1|  1
(D) the portion of the real axis between the points (1, 0); ( 1, 0) including both.

62. The points z1  3  3i and z 2  2 3  6i are given on a complex plane. The complex number
lying on the bisector of the angle formed by the vectors z1 and z 2 is :
(3  2 3 ) 32
(A) z   i (B) z  5  5i
2 2
(C) z  1 i (D) none

63. Let z1 and z 2 be non zero complex numbers satisfying the equation, z12  2z1 z 2  2z 22  0. The
geometrical nature of the triangle whose vertices are the origin and the points representing z1
and z 2 is :
(A) an isosceles right angled triangle
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(B) a right angled triangle which is not isosceles

(C) an equilateral triangle
(D) an isosceles triangle which is not right angled

64. Let P denotes a complex number z on the Argand's plane, and Q denotes a complex number
 
2| z |2 CiS     where   amp z. If ' O ' is the origin, then the OPQ is :
4 
(A) isosceles but not right angled (B) right angled but not isosceles
(C) right isosceles (D) equilateral

65. On the Argand plane point ' A ' denotes a complex number z1 . A triangle OBQ is made directily
similiar to the triangle OAM , where OM  1 as shown in the figure. If the point B denotes the
complex number z 2 , then the complex number corresponding to the point ' Q ' is :
B(z2)

Q(z) A(z1)

O 
1 M

z1 z2 z1  z 2
(A) z1 z 2 (B) (C) (D)
z2 z1 z2

66. z1 and z 2 are two distinct points in an argand plane. If a | z1 |  b| z 2 | , (where a, b, R), then the
a z1 b z 2
point  is a point on the :
b z 2 a z1
(A) line segment [2, 2] of the real axis (B) line segment [ 2, 2] of the imaginary axis
(C) unit circle | z |  1 (D) the line with arg z  tan 1 2

67. When the polynomial 5x 3  Mx  N is divided by x 2  x  1 the remainder is 0. The value of

( M  N ) is equal to :
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 5 (D) 15

  1 i   i   | z| 
68. If z  (1 i ) 4    then   equals :
4     1 i   amp z 
(A) 1 (B)  (C) 3 (D) 4

69. ( 3 3  (35/ 6 )i )3 is an integer where i  1. The value of the integer is equal to :
Complex Number 45

(A) 24 (B) 24 (C) 22 (D) 21

One more than one is/are correct:

70. If z C , which of the following relation(s) represents a circle on an Argand diagram?
(A) | z  1|  | z  1|  3 (B) ( z  3  i ) ( z  3  i )  5
(C) 3| z  2  i|  7 (D) | z  3|  2

71. A root of unity is a complex number that is a solution to the equation, z n  1 for some positive
integer n. Number of roots of unity that are also the roots of the equation z 2  az  b  0, for
some integer a and b is :
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10

1 1
72. z is a complex number such that z   2cos 3 , then the value of z 2000   1is equal to :
z 2000
z
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3  1 (D) 1 3

(x   )n  (x  )n
73. If  ,  be the roots of the equation u 2  2u  2  0 and if cot   x  1, then is
 
equal to :
sin n cos n sin n cos n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
sin n  n
cos  n
cos  sin n 

74. The complex number  satisfying the equation 3  8i and lying in the second quadrant on the
complex plane is :
3 1
(A)  3  i (B)   i (C) 2 3  i (D)  3  2i
2 2

75. If z 4  1  3i
(A) z 3 is purely real
(B) z represents the vertices of a square of side 21/ 4
(C) z 9 is purely imaginary
(D) z represents the vertices of a square of side 23/ 4 .

25
76. The complex number z satisfies the condition z   24. The maximum distance from the
z
origin of co-ordinates to the point z is :
(A) 25 (B) 30 (C) 32 (D) none of these
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77. If the expression x 2m  x m  1 is divisible by x 2  x  1, then :

(A) m is any odd integer (B) m is divisible by 3
(C) m is not divisible by 3 (D) none of these
(cos   i sin  ) 4
78. 
(sin   i cos  ) 5
(A) cos   i sin  (B) cos 9  i sin 9 (C) sin 9  i cos 9 (D) sin   i cos 

79. If p 2  p  1  0, then the value of p 3n is (n  I ) :

(A) 1,  1 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 0

80. If z1  2  3i, z 2  3  2i and z 3  1 2 3i then which of the following is true?

z   z z  z  z 
(A) arg 3   arg 3 1  (B) arg 3   arg 2 
 z2   z 2  z1   z2   z1 
z   z z   z  1  z z 
(C) arg 3   2arg 3 1  (D) arg 3   arg 3 1 
 z2   z 2  z1   z 2  2  z 2  z1 

m n
   
81. If m and n are the smallest positive integers satisfying the relation  2Cis    4Cis  , then
 6  4
( m  n ) has the value equal to :
(A) 120 (B) 96 (C) 72 (D) 60

82. If z is a complex number satisfying the equation

Z 6  Z 3  1  0.
If this equation has a root re i with 90   180 then the value of ' ' is :
(A) 100° (B) 110° (C) 160° (D) 170°

50
83. Let z be the root of the equation z 5  1  0 such that z  1. Then the value of  z r is equal to :
r 15

(A) 1 (B) i (C) 1 (D) 0

84. P ( z ) is the point moving in the Argand's plane satisfying arg( z  1)  arg( z  i )   then, P is :
(A) a real number, hence lies on the real axis.
(B) an imaginary number, hence lies on the imaginary axis.
(C)a point on the hypotenuse of the right angled triangle OAB formed by
O  ( 0, 0); A  (1, 0); B  ( 0,1)
Complex Number 47

(D) a point on an arc of the circle passing through A  (1, 0); B  (0,1)

85. Number of ordered pair(s) ( z , ) of the complex numbers z and  satisfying the system of
equations, z 3   7  0 and z 5 . 11  1 is :
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 2

86. If p  a  b  c2 ; q  b  c  a2 and r  c  a  b2 where a, b, c  0 and  is the complex

cube root of unity, then :
(A) p  q  r  a  b  c
(B) p 2  q 2  r 2  a 2  b 2  c 2
(C) p 2  q 2  r 2  2( pq  qr  rp )
(D) none of these

A B
87. If A and B be two complex numbers satisfying   1, then the two points represented by A
B A
and B and the origin form the vertices of :
(A) an equilateral triangle
(B) an isosceles triangle which is not equilateral
(C) an isosceles triangle which is not right angled
(D) a right angled triangle

88. On the complex plane triangles OAP and OQR are similiar and l(OA )  1. If the points P and Q
denotes the complex numbers z1 and z 2 , then the complex number ' z ' denoted by the point R
is given by :
R(z)

Q(z2) P(z1)


0 A(1,0)

z1 z2 z1  z 2
(A) z1 z 2 (B) (C) (D)
z2 z1 z2

Paragraph of questions nos. 89 to 91

z 1
Consider the two complex numbers z and w such that w   a  bi , where a, b  R. z  CiS 
z2
then :
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89. If which of the following does hold good?

1 5a 9b
(A) cos   (B) sin  
1 4a 1 4a
(C) (1 5a )2  (3b ) 2  (1 4a ) 2 (D) All of these
b
90. Which of the following is the value of  , whenever it exists?
a
1 1
(A) 3 tan (  / 2) (B) tan (  / 2) (C)  cot  (D) 3cot (  / 2)
3 3

91. Which of the following equals | z | ?

(A) | w | (B) ( a  1) 2  b 2 (C) a 2  ( b  2) 2 (D) (a  1)2  (b  1) 2

2 2 2 2
 1  2 1   3 1   1 
92. If z 2  z  1  0 then, the value of  z     z  2    z  3  ..... z 24  24  is equal
 z   z   z   z 
to :
(A) 24 (B) 32 (C) 48 (D) None

93. If the six solutions of x 6  64 are written in the form a  bi, where a and b are real, then the
product of those solutions with a  0, is :
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 16 (D) 64

94. Number of imaginary complex numbers satisfying the equation, z 2  z 21| z| is :

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

95. If  and  are imaginary cube roots of unity, then  n   n is equal to :

2n  2n  2n  2n 
(A) 2cos (B) cos (C) 2i sin (D) i sin
3 3 3 3

z1  z 2 
96. If z1 and z 2 are two complex numbers and if arg  but | z1  z 2 |  | z1  z 2 | , then the
z1  z 2 2
figure formed by the points represented by 0, z1 , z 2 and z1  z 2 is :
(A) a parallelogram but not a rectangle or a rhombous
(B) a rectangle but not a square
(C) a rhombous but not a square
(D) a square
Complex Number 49

 
97. If z n  cos  i sin , then Limit ( z1 . z 2 . z 3 ..... z n ) 
( 2n  1) (2n  3) ( 2n  1) (2n  3) n 

    5 5 3 
(A) cos  i sin (B) cos  i sin (C) cos  i sin (D) cos  i sin
3 3 6 6 6 6 2 2
98. The straight line (1 2i ) z  ( 2i  1) z  10i on the complex plane, has intercept on the imaginary
axis equal to :
5 5
(A) 5 (B) (C)  (D) 5
2 2

99. If cos   i sin  is a root of the equation x n  a1 x n 1  a 2 x n 2 ...... an 1 x  a n  0, then the value
n
of  ar cos r equals (where all coefficient are real) :
r 1

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) none

100. Let A ( z1 ) and B ( z 2 ) represent two complex numbers on the complex plane. Suppose the
z  z2
complex slope of the line joining A and B is defined as 1 . Then the lines l1 with complex
z1  z 2
slope 1 and l2 with complex slope 2 on the complex plane will be perpendicular to each other
if :
(A) 1  2  0 (B) 1  2  0 (C) 1 2  1 (D) 1 2  1

101. If the equation, z 4  a1 z 3  a 2 z 2  a 3 z  a 4  0, where a1 , a 2 , a 3 , a 4 are real coefficients

a3 a a
different from zero has a pure imaginary root, then the expression  1 4 has the value
a1 a 2 a 2 a 3
equal to:
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 2

102. Suppose A is a complex number and n  N , such that A n  ( A  1) n  1, then the least value of n
is
(A) 3 (B) 6 (C) 9 (D) 12

103. Intercept made by the circle zz  z  z  r  0 on the real axis on complex plane, is :
(A) (    )  r (B) (    ) 2  2r (C) (    )2  r (D) (    )2  4r

50 50
1
104. If Z r ; r  1, 2, 3,..... , 50 are the roots of the equation  (Z )r  0, then the value of  Zr 1 is :
r 0 r 1
(A) 85 (B) 25 (C) 25 (D) 75
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105. All roots of the equation, (1 z ) 6  z 6  0 :

(A) lie on a unit circle with centre at the origin
(B) lie on a unit circle with centre at ( 1, 0)
(C) lie on the vertices of a regular polygon with centre at the origin
(D) are collinear

106. If z and  are two complex numbers simultaneously satisfying the equations,
z 3  w 5  0 and z 2 . w 4  1, then :
(A) z and w both are purely real
(B) z is purely real and w is purely imaginary
(C) w is purely real and z is purely imaginary
(D) z and w both are imaginary

One more than one is/are correct:

107. P ( z1 ), Q( z 2 ), R ( z 3 ) and S ( z 4 ) are four complex numbers representing the vertices of a
rhombus taken in order on the complex plane, then which one of the following is hold good?
z  z4 z  z4 z  z4
(A) 1 is purely real (B) amp 1  amp 2
z 2  z3 z2  z 4 z3  z4
z1  z 3
(C) is purely imaginary (D) | z1  z 3 |  | z 2  z 4 |
z2  z4

108. If 1, z1 , z 2 , z 3 ,..... , z n 1 be the n th roots of unity and  be a non real complex cube root of unity
n 1
then the product  ( z r ) can be equal to :
r 1

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 1 

109. Which of the following represents a point on an argands' plane, equidistant from the roots of
the equation ( z  1) 4  16z 4 ?
 1  1   2 
(A) (0, 0) (B)   ,0 (C)  , 0 (D)  0, 
 3  3   5

110. If z is a complex number which simultaneously satisfies the equations

3 | z  12|  5 | z  8i| and | z  4| | z  8| then the Im ( z ) can be :
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 8
Complex Number 51

111. Let z1 , z 2 , z 3 are the coordinates of the vertices of the triangle A1 A 2 A 3 . Which of the following
statements are equivalent.
(A) A1 A 2 A 3 is an equilateral triangle.
(B) ( z1  z 2  2 z 3 ) ( z1  2 z 2  z 3 )  0, where  is the cube root of unity.
z 2  z1 z 3  z 2
(C) 
z 3  z 2 z1  z 3
1 1 1
(D) z1 z2 z3  0
z2 z3 z1
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Answers

EXERCISE–1
21 12 8 22
Q.1 (a)  i (b) 3  4i (c)   0i (d) i (e)  2  0i or 0  2i
5 5 29 5
4 4 4
Q.2 (i) Principal Arg z   ; | z |  2cos ; Arg z  2k   k 1
9 9 9
2
(ii) Modulus = sec 1 ; Arg  2n  ( 2   ) ; Principal Arg  ( 2   )
 3  2
(iii) Principal value of Arg z   and | z |  ; Principal value of Arg z  and | z | 
2 2 2 3
1  11 11
(iv) Modulus = cos ec ; Arg z  2n  ; Principal Arg 
2 5 20 20
 2 2  5
Q.3 (a) x  1, y  2; (b) x  1 and y  2; (c) ( 2, 2) or   , ; (d) (1, 1) 0, ;
 3 3  2
3K
(e) x  K , y  ,K R
2
Q.4 (a) 2, (b) – 11/2 Q.5 (a) [(–2, 2) ; (–2, –2)] (b) ( 77  108i )
Q.6 z  ( 2  i ) or (1 3i )
Q.7 (b) 2
Q.10 (a) The region between the concentric circles with centre at (0 , 2) and radii 1 and 3 units
1 1
(b) Region outside or on the circle with centre  2i and radius .
2 2
(c) Semi circle (in the 1st and 4th quadrant) x 2  y 2  1 (d) a ray emanating from the point
( 3  4i ) directed away from the origin and having equation 3x  y  4  3 3  0
Q.11 18 Q.14 41 Q.15 [–3 , –2]
Q.17 (1 c 2 )| z | 2 2( a  bc )(Re z )  a 2  b 2  0
Q.18 (a) K  3, (b) – 4 Q.19 (b) one if n is even ; w 2 if n is odd
Q.22 ( Z  1)( Z 2  2Z cos 361)( Z 2  2Z cos 1081) Q.24 4
Q.25 (a)   2; (b) 1/2

EXERCISE-2
7 iz 1
Q.2 12 Q.6 (a)  , (b) zero Q.8  i Q.17 48(1 i )
2 2 2
1
Q.18  or 2 Q.19 k  |   |2
2
Q.20 | f ( z )| is maximum when z  , where  is the cube root unity and | f ( z )|  13
Q.21 K  4 / 9
Complex Number 53

Q.23 Required set is constituted by the angles without their boundaries, whose sides are the
straight lines y  ( 2  1)x and y  ( 2  1) x  0 containing the x-axis.
Q.24 198 Q.25 51

EXERCISE–3
Q.1 (a) C Q.2 (a) 7A 0  7A 7 x  7A14 x14 ; (b) x 3  qx  r  0
7

sin 2 n 2
Q.3 (a) A (b) A Q.4 z 2  z   0, where  
2 2n  1
sin 
( 3  i )
Q.5 1 i 3, , 2i Q.6 (a) c, (b) D Q.7 (a) B (b) B
2
k 2   1
Q.9 (a) D ; (b) Centre  , Radius = |   K 2|2 ( k 2 . | |2 |  |2 )( k 2  1)
2 2
k 1 (k  1)
Q.10 (a) A, (b) B, (c) z 2   3i; z 3  (1 3 )  i; z 4  (1 3 )  iQ.11 D
Q.12 (a) D (b) D Q.13 (a) D (b) (i) B; (ii) C; (iii) B, C, D
Q14. D Q.15. A Q.16. A, C, D Q.17. 1
Q.18. A – Q, R ; B – P ; C – P, S, T ; D – Q, R, S, T Q.19. A Q.20. 5
Q.21. bonus Q.22. A – Q ; B – P ; C – S ; D – T ; 23. A – S ; B – T ; C – R ; D – R ;
Q.24. D Q.25. D Q.26. C Q.27. B, C, D Q.28. C, D Q.29. C
Q.30. B Q.31. C Q.32. C Q.33. D Q.34. 4 Q.35. D
Q.36. A,C,D Q.37. 1 Q.38. C Q.39. A, D Q.40. D Q.41. A,B,D
Q.42. A,C,D Q.43. C Q.44. 3.00 Q.45. B, C Q.46. 8 Q.47. C
Q.48. B, D Q.49. 0.5 Q.50. 4 Q.51 A Q.52. B Q.53. 512.0

EXERCISE–4
1. 3 2. 2 3. 4 4. 1 5. 1 6. 1
7. 4 8. 1 9. 3 10. 4 11. 3 12. 1
13. 3 14. 1 15. 3 16. 4 17. 2 18. 2
19. 1 20. 1 21. 4 22. 4 23. 3 24. 2
25. 3 26. 2 27. 2 28. 2 29. 1 30. 2
31. 1 32. 4 33. 2 34. 1 35. 2 36. 2
37. 2 38. 2 39. 6.00 40. 13.00 41. 06.00 42. 5.00
43. 98.00 44. 11.00 45. 1.00 46. 1.00 47. 36.00 48. 4.00
49. 06.00 50. 10.00 51. 48.00 52. 3 53. 3 54. 1
55. 4 56. 4 57. 3 58. 1 59. 2 60. 2
61. 1 62. 3 63. 2 64. 3 65. 1 66. 2
67. 2 68. 1 69. 3 70. 1 71. 4 72. 1
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73. 80.00 74. 2.00 75. 26.00 76. 40.00 77. 2.00 78. 6.00
79. 0.00 80. 1 81. 2 82. 3 83. 4 84. 2
85. 2 86. 1 87. 4 88. 2 89. 4 90. 1
91. 1 92. 4 93. 3 94. 1 95. 4 96. 4
97. 4 98. 02.00 99. 1680 100. 24.00 101. 14.00 102. 9.00
103. 2 104. 3 105. 4 106. 3 107. 4 108. 4
109. 2 110. 3.00 111. 20.00 112. 49.00 113. 36.00

EXERCISE–5
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. C
7. A 8. C 9. A 10. D 11. A 12. B
13. D 14. C 15. B 16. C 17. B 18. D
19. C 20. C 21. C 22. A 23. D 24. B
25. A 26. B 27. A 28. A 29. D 30. B, C, D
31. C 32. B 33. B 34. A 35. A 36. C
37. C 38. A 39. B 40. B 41. B 42. A
43. D 44. B 45. D 46. B 47. A 48. B
49. B 50. C 51. (i) D; (ii) C 52. C 53. B
54. D 55. B 56. A 57. B 58. B 59. D
60. A 61. D 62. B 63. A 64. C 65. C
66. A 67. C 68. D 69. B 70. B, C, D 71. B
72. A 73. A 74. A 75. D 76. A 77. C
78. D 79. A 80. C 81. C 82. C 83. A
84. C 85. D 86. C 87. A 88. A 89. C
90. D 91. B 92. C 93. A 94. C 95. A
96. C 97. B 98. A 99. C 100. A 101. B
102. B 103. D 104. B 105. D 106. A 107. A, C
108. A, B, D 109. C 110. C, D 111. A, B, C, D