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MATHEMATICS – IA
BLUE PRINT
S.NO NAME OF THE CHAPTER WEIGHTAGE
MARKS
ALGEBRA
1. FUNCTIONS 11(7+2+2)
2. MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION 07(7)
3. MATRICES 22(7+7+4+2+2)
VECTOR ALGEBRA
4. ADDITION OF VECTORS 08(4+2+2)
5. PRODUCT OF VECTORS 13(7+4+2)
TRIGONOMETRY
6. TRIGONOMETRY UP TO 15(7+4+2+2)
TRANSFORMATIONS
7. TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS 04(4)
8. INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC 04(4)
FUNCTIONS
9. HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS 02(2)
10. PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLE 11(7+4)
TOTAL MARKS 97

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LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. FUNCTIONS
1. Let f: A  B, g: B C be bijections. Then prove that gof: A  C is a bijection.

2. Let f: A  B, g: B C be bijections. Then prove that ( gof )1  f 1og 1 .

3. Let f: A  B be a bijection. Then prove that fof 1  I B and f 1of  I A .

4. Let f: A  B, I A and I B be Identity functions on A and B respectively. Then prove that

foI A  f  I B of .

5. Let f  (1, a), (2, c)(4, d ), (3, b) and g 1  (2, a), (4, b), (1, c), (3, d ) , then show that
( gof )1  f 1og 1 .

6. If A  1, 2,3 , B   ,  ,   , C   p, q, r and f: A  B, g: B C are defined by

f  (1,  ), (2,  ), (3,  ) , g  ( , q),( , r ),( , p) , then show that f and g are bijective
functions and ( gof )1  f 1og 1 .

7. If f: Q  Q is defined by f ( x)  5 x  4  x  Q then show that f is a bijection and find f 1 .

8. If f  (4,5), (5, 6)(6, 4) and g  (4, 4), (6,5), (8,5) then find (i) f  g (ii) f  g

(iii) 2 f  4 g (iv) f  4 (v) fg (vi) f / g (vii) f (viii) f (ix) f

2
(x) f 3 .

2. MATHEMATICAL INDUCTION
Use mathematical induction prove each of the following statements for all n∈N

9. a  (a  d )  (a  2d )  ......... upto n terms  n  2a  (n  1)d  .

2

a(r n  1)
10. a  ar  ar  ......... upto n terms 
2
, r≠1.
r 1
n(n  1)(n  2)(n  3)
11. 1.2.3+2.3.4+3.4.5+………… upto n terms = .
4

n(n 2  6n  11)
12. 2.3+3.4+4.5+……… upto n terms = .
3

n(n  1)2 (n  2)
13. 1  (1  2 )  (1  2  3 )  .......... upto n terms =
2 2 2 2 2 2
.
12
13 13  23 13  23  33 n
14.    ............. upto n terms = (2n 2  9n  13) .
1 1 3 1 3  5 24

1 1 1 n
15.    .......... upto n terms = .
1.4 4.7 7.10 3n  1

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1 1 1 n
16.    .......... upto n terms = .
1.3 3.5 5.7 2n  1
17. 43  83  123  ......... upto n terms = 16n2 (n  1)2 .

18. 2  3.2  4.22  .......... upto n terms = n.2n .

n
n(2n  1)( 2n  1)
19.  (2k  1)
k 1
2

3
.

n(n  1)( 2n  1)
20. 12  2 2  32  ........  n 2  .
6

21. Show that 3.52 n 1  23n 1 is divisible by 17.

22. Show that 49n  16n  1 is divisible by 64.

3. MATRICES

a  b  2c a b
23. Show that c b  c  2a b  2(a  b  c)3 .
c a c  a  2b

a  b  c 2a 2a
24. Show that 2b b  c  a 2b  (a  b  c )3 .
2c 2c c  a  b

a a 2 1  a3 a a2 1
25. If b b 1  b  0 and b b 1  0 then show that abc=-1
2 3 2

c c 2 1  c3 c c2 1

2bc  a 2
2
a b c c2 b2
26. Show that b c a  c2 2ac  b 2 a2  (a 3  b3  c3  3abc)2 .
c a b b2 a2 2ab  c 2

a b c
27. Show that a 2 b2 c 2  abc(a  b)(b  c)(c  a ) .
a3 b3 c3

1 a 2 a3
28. Show that 1 b b  (a  b)(b  c)(c  a )(ab  bc  ca ) .
2 3

1 c 2 c3

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x  2 2 x  3 3x  4
29. Find the value of x if x  4 2 x  9 3x  16  0 .
x  8 2 x  27 3x  64

a 2  2a 2a  1 1
30. Show that 2a  1 a  2 1  (a  1) .
3

3 3 1

bc ca a b a b c
31. Show that c  a a  b b  c  2 b c a .
ab bc ca c a b

32. Solve the following system of equations by using (a) Cramer’s rule (b) Matrix inversion
method (c) Gauss-Jordan method.

(i) x  y  z  1, 2 x  2 y  3z  6, x  4 y  9 z  3 .

(ii) x  y  3z  5, 4 x  2 y  z  0,  x  3 y  z  5 .

(iii) 2 x  y  3z  9, x  y  z  6, x  y  z  2 .

(iv) 2 x  y  3z  8,  x  2 y  z  4,3x  y  4 z  0 .

(v) x  y  z  9, 2 x  5 y  7 z  52, 2 x  y  z  0 .

(vi) 2 x  y  8 z  13,3x  4 y  5 z  18,5 x  2 y  7 z  20 .

5. PRODUCT OF VECTORS

33. Find the shortest distance between the skew lines r  (6i  2 j  2k )  t ( i  2 j  2k ) and
r  (4 i  k )  s(3i  2 j  2k ) .

34. If A=(1,-2,-1),B=(4,0,-3),C=(1,2,-1) and D=(2,-4,-5), Find the distance between AB and CD.

35. If a  7 i  2 j  3k , b  2 i  8k , c  i  j  k , then compute a  b , a  c and a  (b  c )

. Verify whether the cross product is distributive over vector addition.
36. Find the volume of the tetrahedron whose vertices are (1, 2, 1), (3, 2, 5), (2,-1,0)and (-1,0,1).

37. If a  i  2 j  k , b  2 i  j  k , c  i  2 j  k ,find a  (b  c ) and (a  b )  c .

38. If a  i  2 j  3k , b  2 i  j  k , c  i  j  2k then find (a  b )  c and a  (b  c ) .

39. If a  i  2 j  3k , b  2 i  j  k , c  i  3 j  2k ,verify that a  (b  c )  (a  b )  c .

40. If a  2 i  j  3k , b  i  2 j  k , c   i  j  4k and d  i  j  k , then compute

( a  b )  (c  d ) .

41. Prove that in any triangle, the altitudes are concurrent.

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6. TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS UP TO TRANSFORMATIONS.

42. If A, B, C are angles of a triangle, prove that

(i) cos 2 A  cos 2B  cos 2C  4cos A cos B cos C 1 .

(ii) cos 2 A  cos 2B  cos 2C  1  4sin Asin B cos C .

(iii) sin 2 A  sin 2B  sin 2C  4sin Asin B sin C .

(iv) sin 2 A  sin 2B  sin 2C  4cos A cos B sin C .

43. If A, B, C are angles of a triangle, prove that

A B C A B C
(i) cos A  cos B  cos C  1  4sin sin sin . (ii) cos A  cos B  cos C  1  4cos cos sin .
2 2 2 2 2 2

(iii) sin A  sin B  sin C  4 cos A cos B cos C .

2 2 2

44. If A, B, C are angles of a triangle, prove that

A B C A B C
(i) cos 2  cos 2  cos 2  2 cos cos sin .
2 2 2 2 2 2

(ii) cos 2 A  cos 2 B  cos 2 C  21  sin A sin B sin C  .

2 2 2  2 2 2

A B C A B C
(iii) sin 2  sin 2  sin 2  1  2 cos cos sin .
2 2 2 2 2 2

45. In  ABC, Prove that

(i) cos A  cos B  cos C  4cos   A cos   B cos   C .

2 2 2 4 4 4

(ii) cos A  cos B  cos C  4cos   A cos   B cos   C .

2 2 2 4 4 4

(iii) sin A  sin B  sin C  1  4cos   A cos   B sin   C .

2 2 2 4 4 4

(iv) sin A  sin B  sin C  1  4sin   A sin   B sin   C .

2 2 2 4 4 4

46. If A + B + C =2S, then prove that

SA SB C
(i) sin( S  A)  sin( S  B)  sin C  4 cos cos sin .
2 2 2

(ii) cos( S  A)  cos( S  B)  cos C  1  4cos S  A cos S  B cos C .

2 2 2

A B C
(iii) cos( S  A)  cos( S  B)  cos(S  C )  cos S  4cos cos cos .
2 2 2

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47. If A  B  C  ,then prove that cos 2 A  cos 2B  cos 2C  1  4sin Asin B sin C .
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10. PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLES

65 21
48. If a=13, b=14, c=15, show that R  , r  4, r1  , r2  12 and r3  14 .
8 2

49. If r1  2, r2  3, r3  6 and r  1 , Prove that a  3, b  4 and c  5 .

50. In  ABC, if r1  8, r2  12, r3  24 , find a,b,c.

1 1 1 1 a2  b2  c2
51. Show that     .
r 2 r12 r2 2 r3 2 2

52. If p1 , p2 , p3 are altitudes drawn from vertices A, B, C to the opposite sides of a triangle
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
respectively, then show that (i)    (ii)   
p1 p2 p3 r p1 p2 p3 r3

(abc) 2 83
(iii) p1 p2 p3   .
8R 3 abc
53. If r : R : r1  2 : 5 : 12 , then prove that the triangle is right angled at A

54. In  ABC,

(i) Show that r  r3  r1  r2  4 R cos B .

(ii) Show that r  r1  r2  r3  4R cos C .

(iii) Show that r1  r2  r3  r  4 R .

r1 r2 r3 1 1
55. Show that     .
bc ca ab r 2 R
A B C r
56. Show that cos 2  cos 2  cos 2  2  .
2 2 2 2R

57. Prove that a 3 cos( B  C )  b3 cos(C  A)  c 3 cos( A  B)  3abc

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

3. MATRICES

1 1 3
1. If A   5 2 6  , then find A3 .

 2  1  3

1 2 2 
2. If A  2 1 2 then show that A2  4 A  5I  O .
 
2 2 1

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1  2 1 
3. If A  0 1  1
then find A3  3 A2  A  3I , where I is unit matrix of order 3.

3  1 1 

4. If I  
1 0
 and E  0 1 then show that (aI  bE )3  a3 I  3a 2bE , where I is unit matrix
0 0 
0 1   
of order 2.

5. If     ,then show that  cos  cos  sin    cos 2  cos  sin   =O.
2

  
2 cos  sin  sin   cos  sin  sin 2  
2

 2 1   2 3 1
6. If A=  5 0 and B=  4 then find 2A  3B and 3B - A .
  0 2
  1 4

2  1 2   1  2
7. (i) If A    and B   3 0 
then verify that ( AB)  BA .
 1 3  4 
 5 4 

 cos sin  
(ii) If A   , show that AA  AA  I .
- sin  cos 
1 a a2
8. Show that 1 b b 2  (a  b)(b  c)(c  a) .
1 c c2
bc ca ab
9. Show that a  b b  c c  a  a 3  b3  c 3  3abc
a b c
 a1 b1 c1  AdjA
10. If A= a b2 c2  is a non-singular matrix then A is invertible and A  det A .
1

 2
 a3 b3 c3 
1  2 3
11. If A   0  1 4 , then find A 1 .

 2 2 1
  1  2  2
,then show that the adjoint of A is 3A .Find A .
-1
12. (i) If
A   2 1  2
 2  2 1 

1 2 1
(ii)Show that A  3 2 3 is non-singular and find A -1 .
 
1 1 2

12 2
13. If 3A   2 1  2
, then show that A -1  A .

 2 2  1
 3  3 4
14. If then show that A -1  A3 .
A  2  3 4
0  1 1
15. Show that the following system of equations is consistent and solve it completely:
x  y  z  3, 2 x  2 y  z  3, x  y  z  1 .
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4. ADDITION OF VECTORS
16. Let A B C D E F be a regular hexagon with center ‘O’. Show that
AB  AC  AD  AE  AF  3AD  6AO .
17. If a, b, c are non - coplanar vectors, then prove that the following four points are coplanar

(i)  a  4b  3 c, 3a  2b  5 c,  3a  8b  5 c,  3a  2b  c .

(ii) 6a  2b  c, 2a  b  3 c,  a  2b  4 c,  12a  b  3 c .

18. If i, j , k are unit vectors along the positive directions of the co-ordinate axes, then show that
the four points 4i  5 j  k ,  j  k , 3 i  9 j  4k ,  4 i  4 j  4k are coplanar.

19. If the points whose position vectors are 3i  2 j  k , 2i  3 j  4k ,  i  j  2k , and

4 i  5 j   k are coplanar, then show that    146 .
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20. Let A, B, C and D be four points with position vectors a  2b, 2 a  b, a and 3 a  b
respectively. Express the vectors AC, DA , BA and BC interms of a and b .

21. Show that the points A(2i - j  k ), B(i - 3 j  5k ), C(3i - 4 j  4k ) are the vertices of a right -
angled triangle.

22. In  ABC, if ‘O’ is the circumcentre and H is the orthocentre then show that

(i) OA  OB  OC  OH (ii) HA  HB  HC  2HO .

23. Show that the line joining the pair of points 6a  4b  4c ,  4c and the line joining the pair
of points  a  2b  3c a  2b  5c interest at the point  4c when a, b, c are non- coplanar
vectors.

24. If a, b, c are noncoplanar find the point of intersection of the line passing through the
points 2a  3b  c , 3a  4b  2c with the line joining the points a  2b  3c , a  6b  6c.

25. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the points 4i  3 j  k , 3 i  7 j  10k
and 2 i  5 j  7 k and show that the point i  2 j  3k lies in the plane.

26. In the two dimensional plane, prove by using vector methods, the equation of the line whose
intercepts on the axes are ‘a’ and ‘b’ is x  y  1 .
a b

26. Find the point of intersection of the line r  2a  b  t (b  c) and the plane
r  a  x(b  c)  y (a  2b  c) Where a, b, c are non -coplanar vectors.

27. Find the equation of the line parallel to the vector 2i  j  2k and which passes through the
point A whose position vector is 3i  j  k . If P is a point on this line such that AP = 15, find
the position vector of P.

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28. Prove that Angle in a semi-circle is a right angle.

29. Prove that the angle  between any two diagonals of a cube is given by cos   1 .
3

30. Show that the points (5,-1,1), (7,-4,7), (1,-6,10), and (-1,-3,4) are the vertices of a rhombus.

31. a  b  c  0 , a  3, b  5 and c  7 , then find the angle between a and b .

32. If a  2i  2 j  3k , b  3i  j  2k ,then find the angle between 2a  b and a  2b .

33. Find the area of the triangle whose vertices are A(1, 2, 3), B(2, 3, 1) and C(3, 1, 2).

34. If a  2i  j  k , b  i  2 j  4k and c  i  j  k , then find (a  b).(b  c) .

35. Let a and b be vectors, satisfying a  b  5 and (a, b)  450 . Find the area of the

triangle having a  2b and 3a  2b as two of its sides.

36. Find unit vector perpendicular to the plane passing through the points (1, 2, 3), (2, -1,1) and
(1, 2, -4).

37. If a  2i  3 j  4k , b  i  j  k and c  i  j  k then compute a  (b  c) and verify that it is

perpendicular to a .

38. If a  13, b  5 and a.b  60, then find a  b .

39. a  3i  j  2k , b  i  3 j  2k , c  4i  5 j  2k and d  i  3 j  5k , then compute

( a  b )  (c  d ) .

40. Let a  2i  j  k and b  3i  4 j  k . If  is the angle between a and b , then find sin  .

41. For any two vectors a and b , show that 1  a 1  b   1  a.b  a  b  a  b .
2 2 2 2

  

42. Find the volume of the tetrahedron having the edges i  j  k , i  j and i  2 j  k .


43. Prove that for any three vectors a, b, c , b  c c  a a  b  2 a b c .   
       
44. If b c d  c a d  a b d  a b c , then show that the points with position vectors a, b, c
and d are coplanar.

6. TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS UP TO TRANSFORMATIONS

(tan   sec - 1) 1  sin 

45. Prove that  .
tan   sec  1 cos
 2 3 7
46. Prove that cot . cot . cot ........ cot  1.
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
47. If A  B  , then prove that (i) (1  tan A)(1  tanB)  2 (ii) (cot A - 1)(cotB - 1)  2 .
4
 24 4
48. If 0  A  B  and sin( A  B)  and cos( A  B)  , then find the value of tan 2A .
4 25 5
3 5 16
49. In a ABC , A is obtuse. If sinA  and sinB  , then show that sinC  .
5 13 65

50. Prove that sin 2   cos 2 (   )  2 sin  cos  cos    is independent of  .


51. If A is not an integral multiple of , prove that (i) tan A  cotA  2cosec2A
2
(ii) cotA - tanA  2cot2A

52. For A∈R, prove that

    1
(i) sin Asin   A sin   A   sin 3A and hence deduce that
3  3  4
3
sin 20o sin 40o sin 60o sin 80o 
16

(ii)     1
cos Acos  A cos  A   cos 3A and hence deduce that
3  3  4

 2 3 4 1
cos cos cos cos  .
9 9 9 9 16
 3 5 7 3
53. Prove that (i) sin 4  sin 4  sin 4  sin 4  .
8 8 8 8 2
 3 5 7
 cos 2
(ii) cos 2  cos 2  cos 2  2.
8 8 8 8
 2 3 9
54. Show that cos 2  cos 2  cos 2  cos 2  2.
10 5 5 10
 2 3 4 5
55. Prove that sin . sin . sin . sin  .
5 5 5 5 16
56. Prove that 1  cos  1  cos 3 1  cos 7 1  cos 9   1 .
 10  10  10  10  16
1 3
57. Prove that   4.
sin 10o cos10o
(cos 3   cos 3 ) (sin 3   sin 3 )
58. Prove that   3.
cos  sin 
sin  cos 
59. If  , then prove that a sin 2  b cos 2  b .
a b
2 4 8 1
60. Prove that (i) cos . cos . cos  .
7 7 7 8

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 2 3 4 5 1
(ii) cos . cos . cos . cos . cos  .
11 11 11 11 11 32
(iii) If A is not an integral multiple of  , prove that

sin 16A
cos A. cos 2A. cos 4A. cos 8A  .
16 sin A
3
61. Prove that cos 2 76o  cos 2 16o  cos 76o cos16o  .
4

62. For any   R , prove that cos 2       cos 2       cos 2       1 .

 4  12   12  2

63. If none of the denominators is zero, prove that

 n A - B
 cos A  cosB   sin A  sinB  2. cot  , if n is even
n n

      2 
 sin A - sinB   cos A  cosB  0
 if n is odd

7. TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS

64. (i) Solve 7 sin 2   3 cos 2   4 . (ii) Solve 5 cos 2   7 sin 2   6 .

65. (i) Solve 2 cos 2   11sin   7 . (ii) Solve 2 cos 2   3 sin   1  0 .

(iii) Solve 4 cos 2   3  2( 3  1) cos  .

66. (i) Solve 3 sin   cos  2 . (ii) Solve sin x  3 cos x  2 .

(iii) Solve 2 (sin x  cos x)  3 .

67. Solve 1  sin 2  3 sin  cos  .

68. (i) Solve tan   3 cot   5 sec .


(ii) Solve cot 2 x  ( 3  1) cot x  3  0; 0  x 
2

69. Find all values of x  0 in ,  satisfying the equation 81cos x cos x ........
 43 .
2

70. (i) If tan(  cos  )  cot( sin  ) ,then prove that   1 .

cos    
 4  2 2

   
(ii) If x  90 0 and sin x  280  cos 3x  780 , then find x.

71. If 1 , 2 are solutions of the equation a cos 2  b sin 2  c , tan 1  tan 2 and a  c  0 ,
then find the values of (i) tan 1  tan 2 (ii) tan 1. tan  2

72. If  , are the solutions of the equation a cos  b sin   c where a, b, c  R and if
a 2  b 2  0, cos   cos  and sin   sin  then show that

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2bc c2  a2
(i) sin   sin   (ii) sin  . sin  
a  b2
2
a2  b2

2ac c2  b2
(iii) cos   cos   (iv) cos  . cos  
a2  b2 a 2  b2

73. Find general solution of  which satisfies both the equations.

1
sin    and cos    3 .
2 2

74. Given p  q , show that the solutions of cos p  cos q  0 form two series each of which
is in A.P. Find also the common difference of each A.P.

75. Solve sin   sin 5  sin 3 , 0     .

8. INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

3 8 36 3 12 33
76 (i) Prove that sin 1  sin 1  cos 1 . (ii) Prove that sin 1  cos 1  cos 1 .
5 17 85 5 13 65

77. Prove that sin 1 4  sin 1 5  sin 1  16    .

4 7 117
76. Prove that sin 1  sin 1  sin 1 .
5 25 125 5 13  65  2

4 1  3 5 323
78. (i) Prove that sin 1  2 tan 1  . (ii) Prove that 2 sin 1  cos 1  cos 1 .
5 3 2 5 13 325

80. Prove that cos 2 tan 1 1   sin  4 tan 1 1  . 81. Find the value of tan  cos 1 4  tan 1 2  .
 7  3  5 3

1 1
p q 2 2
82. If cos  cos   , then prove that p2  2 pq . cos   q 2  sin 2  .
a b a ab b

83. If cos 1 p  cos 1 q  cos 1 r   , then prove that p 2  q 2  r 2  2 pqr  1 .

84. If sin 1 x  sin 1 y  sin 1 z   , then prove that x 1  x  y 1  y  z 1  z  2 xyz .

2 2 2

85. (i) If tan 1 x  tan 1 y  tan 1 z   , then prove that x  y  z  xyz .


(ii) If tan 1 x  tan 1 y  tan 1 z  , then prove that xy  yz  zx  1 .
2

86. prove that cos tan 1 sin cot 1 x   x2 1 .

x2  2

10. PROPERTIES OF TRIANGLES

87. a : b : c  7 : 8 : 9 , find cos A : cos B : cos C .

cos A cos B cos C a 2  b 2  c 2

88. Show that    .
a b c 2abc

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1 1 3
, show that C  60 .
0
89. In ABC , if  
ac bc abc

90. If C  600 , then show that (i) a  b  1 (ii) b


a
0.
bc ca c2  a2 c2  b2

b 2  c 2 sin( B  C )
91. In ABC , show that  .
a2 sin( B  C )
a
92. If sin   , then show that cos   2 bc cos A .
bc bc 2

93. If a  b  c cos  , then show that sin   2 bc cos A .

bc 2

94. If a  (b  c) sec  , prove that tan  

2 bc A
sin .
bc 2

abc
95. Show that a 2 cot A  b 2 cot B  c 2 cot C  .
R

a 2  b2  c2
96. Prove that cot A  cot B  cot C  .
4

A B C s2
97. Prove that cot  cot  cot  .
2 2 2 

A B C
98. If cot : cot : cot  3 : 5 : 7 , show that a : b : c  6 : 5 : 4 .
2 2 2
B C
99. If b  c  3a , then find the value of cot cot .
2 2

100. If p1 , p2 , p3 are the altitudes of the ABC then, show that

1 1 1 cot A  cot B  cot C

 2 2 .
p1
2
p2 p3 

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1.FUNCTIONS:

3x  2 x  3
 2
1. (i) If the function f is defined by f ( x)   x  2  2  x  2 , then find the values, if exist,
2 x  1 x  3

of f (4), f (2.5), f (2), f (4), f (0), f (7) .

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 x  2, x  1

(ii) If the function f is defined by f ( x)  2 ,  1  x  1 ,, then find the values of
 x  1,  3  x  1

f(3), f(0), f(-1.5), f(2)  f(-2), f(-5).

2. If f : R  0  R is defined by f ( x)  x 3 
1
, then show that f ( x)  f (1 / x)  0 .
x3

1 x2
3. If f : R  R is defined by f ( x)  , then show that f (tan  )  cos 2 .
1 x2
1 x  2x 
4. If f : R   1  R is defined by f ( x)  log , then show that f  2 
 2 f ( x) .
1 x 1 x 
5. If A       f ( x)  cos x then find B.
0, , , ,  and f : A  B is a surjection defined by
 6 4 3 2
6. If A   2, 1, 0,1, 2 and f : A  B is a surjection defined by f ( x)  x 2  x  1 then find B.
cos 2 x  sin 4 x
7. If f ( x)   x  R then show that f (2012)  1 .
sin 2 x  cos 4 x
8. Which of the following are injections (or) surjections (or) bijections? Justify your
answers.
2x 1
(i) f : R  R defined by f ( x)  .
3
(ii) f : R  (0, ) defined by f ( x)  2 x .
(iii f : (0, )  R defined by f ( x)  log e x .
(iv) f : 0,   0,  defined by f ( x)  x 2 .
1
9. If f ( x )  , g ( x)  x for all x  (0, ) , then find ( gof )( x )
x
x 1
10. If f ( x )  2 x  1, g ( x )  for all x  R ,then find ( gof )( x ) .
2
11. If f ( x )  2 , g ( x)  x 2 , h( x)  2 x for all x  R ,then find  fo( goh)( x) .
12. Find the inverse of the following functions.

(i) a, b  R , f : R  R defined by f ( x)  ax  b (a  0) .

(ii) f : R  (0, ) defined by f ( x)  5 x .

(iii) f : (0, )  R defined by f ( x)  log 2 x .

13. If f : R  R and g : R  R are defined by f ( x)  2 x 2  3 and g ( x)  3x  2 , then find

(i) ( fog )( x ) , (ii) ( gof )( x ) , (iii) ( fof )( 0) , (iv) go( fof )(3) .
14. If f  (1,2), (2,3), (3,1) then find (i) 2 f (ii) 2  f (iii) f 2 (iv) f .

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15. If f and g are real valued functions defined by f ( x)  2 x  1 and g ( x)  x 2 then find
(i) (3 f  2 g )( x) (ii) ( fg )( x) (iii)  f (x) (iv) ( f  g  2)( x) .
 g 
 
16. Find the domains of the following functions

1 2 x 2  5x  7 1
(i) f ( x)  (ii) f ( x) 
 
x  1 x  3
2
x  1x  2x  3
(iii) f ( x) 
6x  x2  5

(iv) f ( x)  4 x  x 2 (v) f ( x)  x 2  25 (vi) f ( x)  x 2  3 x  2

1 2 x  2 x 3 x  3 x
(vii) f ( x)  (a  0) (viii) f ( x)  (ix) f ( x) 
x2  a2 x x

1 3x
(x) f ( x)  log( x 2  4 x  3) (xi) f ( x)  (xii) f ( x) 
log( 2  x) x 1
17. Find the range of the following real valued functions

x x2  4
(ii) f ( x)  (iii) f ( x)  9  x (iv) f ( x)  9  x
2 2
(i) f ( x) 
2  3x x2

  1 is an even function on R  0.

x x
18. Prove that the real valued function f ( x) 
e 1 2
x

3. MATRICES
19. Define a Triangular matrix. Give an example.
20. Define trace of a matrix.

 2 3 1 1 2  1
21. If A    and B    then find the matrix X such that A+B-X=0.
6  1 5 0  1 3 
What is the order of the matrix X?

1 2 3 8 
22. If A    , B  and 2X+A= B then find X.
3 4 7 2 

  1 3 2 1  x x2 
23. If A    , B  , X  1 and A +B= X then find the values of
 4 2 3  5  x3 x4 
x1, x2 , x3 and x4 .

 x - 3 2y - 8  5 2 
24. If   then find the values of x, y, z and a.
z  2 6  - 2 a - 4


x 1 2 5  y  1 2 3
25. If  0 z 1 7   0 4 7 then find the values of x, y, z and a.

 1 0 a  5 1 0 0

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1 3  5
26 Find the trace of 2  1 5 
.

2 0 1 

1 2 3 3 2 1
27. If A    and B    find 3B - 2A .
3 2 1 1 2 3
1
28. Construct a 3 2 matrix whose elements are defined by aij  i 3j .
2

 i 0 A2 .
29. If A    , find
0 i 

30. If A  
i 0 2
 I .
 then show that A
0  i 

31. If A  
2 4
 and
A 2  O , then find the value of k.
 1 k 

 3 0 0
32. If , then find A 4 .
A  0 3 0
0 0 3

 2 0 1  1 1 0 
33. If A    and B    then find (AB' ) ' .
- 1 1 5  0 1  2

 2 - 4
34. If A   then find A  A and AA .
' '

- 5 3 
- 1 2 3
35. if A   2 5 6 is a symmetric matrix, then find x.
 
 3 x 7

0 2 1
36. If A   2 0  2 is a skew symmetric matrix, find the value of x.
 
  1 x 0 

'
37. For any square matrix A, show that AA is symmetric.

1  2
38. If  is complex (non- real) cube root of 1 then show that  2 1  0 .
2 1 

1 0 0
39. If A  2 3 4
and det A = 45 then find x.

5 - 6 x 

40. Find the determinants of the following matrices.

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a b c  a h g 12 22 32 
(i) b c a  (ii)  h b f  (iii) 2 2 32

42 
   
 c a b   g f c   32
 42 2
5 

41. Find the adjoint and the inverse of the following matrices.

(i)  (iii)  cos   sin  

1 2
 (ii) 2  3
4 6 
3  5   sin  cos  

42. Find the rank of each of the following matrix.

1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 
(i) 1 1 1 (ii)  1 0 2  (iii) 2 3 4
     
1 1 1  0 1  1 0 1 2

43. Solve the following system of homogenous equations x-y+z=0, x+2y-z=0, 2x+y+3z=0.
44. Define Rank of a matrix.
45. Define a singular and non- singular matrices. Give an examples.
46. Define a symmetric matrix. Give an example.
47. Define a skew – symmetric matrix. Give an example.

2  1 4
48. Find the minors of -1 and 3 in the matrix  0  2 5
.

 3 1 3

4. ADDITION OF VECTORS

49. (i) Find unit vector in the direction of vector a  2i  3 j  k .

(ii) Find the unit vector in the direction of the sum of the vectors, a  2i  2 j  5k and
b  2i  j  3k .

(iii) Let a  i  2 j  3k and b  3i  j . Find the unit vector in the direction of a  b .

(iv) Let a  2i  4 j  5k , b  i  j  k and c  j  2k . Find the unit vector in the opposite

direction of a  b  c .

50. (i) a  2i  5 j  k and b  4i  m j  nk are collinear vectors, then find m and n.

(ii) If the vectors  3i  4 j   k and  i  8 j  6k are collinear vectors, then find  and  .

(iii) Show that the points whose position vectors are  2a  3b  5c , a  2b  3c , 7a  c are
collinear when a , b , c are non –coplanar vectors.

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51. ABCDE is a pentagon. If the sum of the vectors AB , AE , BC , DC , ED and AC is  AC ,

then find the value of .

52. If the position vectors of the points A,B and C are  2i  j  k ,  4i  2 j  2k and 6i  3 j  13k
respectively and AB   AC , then find the value of .

53. If OA  i  j  k , AB  3i  2 j  k , BC  i  2 j  2k and CD  2i  j  3k , then find the

vector OD .

54. Is the triangle formed by the vectors 3i  5 j  2k , 2i  3 j  5k and  5i  2 j  3k

equilateral?

55. If  , and  are the angles made by the vector 3i  6 j  2k with the positive directions of
the coordinate axes then find cos ,cos and cos.

56. Find the vector equation of the line passing through the point 2i  3 j  k and parallel to the
vector 4i  2 j  3k .

57. Find the vector equation of the line joining the points 2i  j  3k and  4i  3 j  k .

58. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the points i  2 j  5k ,  5 j  k and
 3i  5 j .

59. Find the vector equation of the plane passing through the points (0,0,0) , (0,5,0) and (2,0,1) .

60. OABC is a parallelogram. If OA  a and OC  c , find the vector equation of the side BC.

61. If a , b , c are the position vectors of the vertices A,B and C respectively of  ABC, then find
the vectors equation of the median through the vertex A.

62. Find the vector equation of the plane which passes through the points 2i  4 j  2k ,
2i  3 j  5k and parallel to the vector 3i  2 j  k .

5. PRODUCT OF VECTORS

63. Find the angle between the vectors i  2 j  3k and 3i  j  2k .

64. If a  6i  2 j  3k and b  2i  9 j  6k , then find a. b and the angle between a and b

65.(i) If a  i  2 j  3 k and b  3 i  j  2 k ,then show that a  b and a  b are perpendicular to

each other.

(ii). If the vectors  i  3 j  5 k and 2 i   j  k are perpendicular to each other, find  .

(iii). If the vectors 2i   j  k and 4i  2 j  2k are perpendicular to each other, find  .

(iv). For what values of  , the vectors i   j  2 k and 8i  6 j  k are at right angles?

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66. Let e1 and e2 be unit vectors making angle  . If e1  e2  sin  , then find  .
2

  
67. Find the angle between the planes r. 2i  j  2k  3 and r. 3i  6 j  k  4. 
68. a  2i  j  k , b  i  3 j  5k . Find the vector c such that a , b and c form the sides of a
triangle.

69. If a  i  j  k and b  2i  3 j  k , then find the projection vector of b on a and its

magnitude.
70. Find the equation of the plane passing through the point (3,-2,1) and perpendicular to the
vector (4,7,-4).

71. If a  2i  j  k and b  i  3 j  5k , then find a  b .

72. If a  2i  3 j  k and b  i  4 j  2k ,then find a  b  a  b  .

2p
73. If 4i  j  pk is parallel to the vector i  2 j  3k ,find p.
3

74. Find the unit vector perpendicular to both i  j  k and 2i  j  3k .

75. Find the area of the parallelogram having a  2 j  k and b  i  k as adjacent sides.

76. Find the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are 3i  j  2k and i  3 j  4k .

77. Find the area of the triangle having 3i  4 j and  5i  7 j as two of its sides.

78. Find the volume of the parallelopiped whose coterminous edges are represented by the
vectors 2i  3 j  k , i  j  2k and 2i  j  k .

79. If a  i  2 j  3k , b  2 i  j  k , c  i  3 j  2k , then compute a .b  c .

   
80. Let a , b and c be non-coplanar vectors. If a  2b 2b  c 5c  a   a b c ,then find  .

6. TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS UP TO TRANSFORMATIONS

5
81. Find the values of (i) sin (ii) sin( 4050 )
3
4
82. (i) If sin   and  is not in the first quadrant, find the value of cos.
5

1
(ii) If sin    and  does not lie in the third quadrant, find the values of (a) cos (b) cot  .
3

83. If sin   cos ec  2 , find the value of sin n   cos ec n n Z .

   3   5   7   9 
84. Prove that cot  . cot  . cot . cot  . cot   1
 20   20   20   20   20 

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 1 
85. Prove that cos 4   2 cos 2  1    1  sin  .
4

 sec  
2

tan 1600  tan 1100 1  2

86. If tan 20 0   ,then show that  .
1  tan 1600. tan 1100 2
87. (i) If 3sin A  5 cos A  5 , then show that 5 sin A  3 cos A  3 .

(ii) If 3sin   4 cos  5 ,then find the value of 4 sin   3 cos .

(iii) If cos  sin   2 cos , prove that cos  sin   2 sin  .

88. Eliminate  from the following:

(i) x  a cos3  ; y  b sin 3  (ii) x  a(sec   tan  ) ; y  b(sec   tan  ) .

89. Find the periods of the following functions.

 4x  9 
(i) cos(3 x  5)  7 (ii) cos 
 (iii) tan x  4 x  9 x  ........n x .
2

 5 

90. (i) Find a sine function whose period is 2 . (ii) Find a cosine function whose period is 7.
3

91. (i) Draw the graph of y  sin x in ,   (ii) Draw the graph of y  cos 2 x in 0,  .

cot 550 cot 350  1

92. Simplify (i) cos1000 cos 400  sin 1000 sin 400 (ii) .
cot 550  cot 350

3 cos 250  sin 250

93. (i) Express as a sine of an angle.
2

(ii) Express 3 sin   cos as a sine of an angle.

cos 90  sin 90
94. Prove that  cot 360 .
cos 90  sin 90

95. Find the value of (i) tan 560  tan 110  tan 560. tan 110 .

(ii) tan 200  tan 400  3 tan 200. tan 400 .

96. Prove that (i) tan 700  tan 200  2 tan 500 .

(ii) tan 720  tan 180  2 tan 540 .

0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1
97. Evaluate (i) sin 82
2
 sin 2 22 (ii) sin 52
2
 sin 2 22
2 2 2 2

 A   A 
0 0
1 1
(iii) sin 
2
   sin 2    (iv) cos 52
2
 sin 2 22
8 2 8 2 2 2

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0 0
1 1
(iv) cos 2 112  sin 2 52 .
2 2
98. Find a maximum and minimum (or) extreme (or) range values of the following functions:

(i) 3 cos x  4 sin x (ii) 7 cos x  24 sin x  5 (iii) 13 cos x  3 3 sin x  4 .

2 tan x
99. For what values of x in the first quadrant is positive?
1  tan 2 x
3 3 
100. If cos    and     , find the value of tan .
5 2 2

101. Prove that (i) sin 500  sin 700  sin 100  0 .

(ii) cos 420  cos 780  cos1620  0 .

102. Prove that 4(cos 66  sin 84 )  3  15 .

0 0

3 5
103. Prove that cos 480. cos 12 0  .
8
9. HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS

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104. (i) If sinh x  , find cosh( 2 x) and sinh( 2 x ) .
4

(ii) If cosh x  5 , find the values of (i) cosh( 2 x) and (ii) sinh( 2 x) .
2

105. Prove that (i) (cosh x  sinh x) n  cosh( nx)  sinh( nx) , for any n  R .

(ii) (cosh x  sinh x) n  cosh( nx)  sinh( nx) , for any n  R .

 
106. (i) If sinh x  3 , then show that x  log e 3  10 .

(ii) If sinh x  5 , then show that x  log 5  26 .

e

1 1 1
107. Show that tanh    log e 3 .
2 2

108. For any x  R , prove that cosh 4 x  sinh 4 x  cosh( 2 x).

x 
109. If cosh x  sec then prove that tanh  tan 2 .
2

2 2

110. For any x  R , prove that cosh 2 x  2 cosh 2 x  1 .

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