13 Trigonometric Equations & Inverse Trigonometric

Functions

Q 1. Number of solutions of the equation y = cos x = x is:

(a) no solution (b) one solution (c) two solutions (d) none of these

Q 2. If sin - cos > 0, then lies in:

(a) n , n (n I) (b) n , n (n I)
2 4 4 2

(c) 0, n (n I) (d) none of these
4

1
Q 3. The number of solutions of 2 cos x = x + is:
x
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) infinite solution (d) none of these.

1
Q 4. The number of solutions of ex = x + is:
x
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) infinite solution (d) none of these

Q 5. If sin-1 x + tan-1 x = y ( - 1 < x < 1), then which is not possible:

(a) y (b) y = 0 (c) y = (d) y =
2 2 2

Q 6. If sin2 = 1, then which is not correct:

(a) = n + (n I) (b) = n (n I)(c) = 2n + (n I) (d)=2n
2 2 2

(n I)
2

Q 7. The value of sin1e is:

3 3
(a) (b) (c) approximately 0 (d) approximately 1
2 2

Q 8. The solution of equation 13 4 cos2 x = 12 sin x is:

3 3
(a) nx + (-1)n sin-1 (b) n + (-1)n sin-1
2 2
(c) n (d) no solution

Q 9. The solution of equation sin2x + sin x cos x 3 sin x cos x + 2 = 0 is:

(a) n, n + (n I) (b) 2n + (n I)
2 2

(c) n + , 2n + (n I) (d) None of the above
3 2

2
Q 10. sin-1 sin is equal to:
3
2 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 3 3

Q 11. sin-1 (sin 5) is equal to:

(a) 2 - 5 (b) 5 - 2 (c) 5 - (d) none of these

3
Q 12. cos-1 cos is equal to:
2
3
(a) (b) 0 (c) (d)
2 2 2

5
Q 13. tan-1tan is equal to:
7
2 5 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) /7
7 7 7

Q 14. The value of tan (sin-1 x) is:

x x
(a) (if x < 0) (b) (if x> 0)
1 x 2
1 x2
x | x|
(c) (for all x) (d)
1 x 2
1 x2

Q 15. The value of sin (cos-1 x) is:

1
(a) 1 x2 (b) 1 x 2 (c) (d) none of these.
1 x2

n n
Q 16. sin xi n, then
i 1
cot x
i 1
i is equal to:
n
(a) 0 (b) n (c) 2n (d)
2

Q 17. The solution set of equation cos5 x = 1 + sin4 x is:

(a) n (n I) (b) 2n (n I) (c) 4n (n I) (d) none of these

Q 18. The solution set of equation sin4x = 1 + cos6x is:

(a) 2n + (n I) (b) n (n I) (c) n + (n I) (d) no solution
2 2

Q 19. The solution set of equation sin2 2x = 1 + cos4 x is:


(a) n(n I) (b) n (n I) (c) 2n + (n I) (d) no solution
2 2

Q 20. The set of solution satisfying inequality tan x > 1 is:

(a) n , n (b) n , n (c) n , (d) none of these.
4 2 4 4

Q 21. The set of solution satisfying inequality sin x < 1 is:

(a) R (b) R n (n I) (c) R 2n (n I) (d) none of these.
2 2

Q 22. The set of solution satisfying inequality cos x > 0 is:

(a) 2n ,2n (n I) (b) 2n ,2n (n I)
2 2 2 2
(c) [n, (n + 1) ] (n I) (d) none of the above

1
Q 23. The set of solution satisfying inequality | sin x | < is:
2

(a) n , n (n I) (b) 2n ,2n
6 6
5
(c) n , n (d) none of these.
6 6

Q 24. Number of solution of the equation sin x = [x] [where [.] denotes greatest integer
function] is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) infinite

1
Q 25. The principal value of sin-1 + tan-1(1) + cos-1 cos is:
2
2
5 5 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
12 12 12 12

Q 26. Number of solution of the equation tan x + sec x = 2 cos x, lying in the interval [0, 2] is:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

Q 27. If tan (cot x) = cot (tan x), then sin 2x is equal to:
1 2
(a) ,nI (b)
n n
2 2
1 2
(c) , n I ~ {0, ~ 1} (d) , n I ~ {0, -1}
n n
2 2
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Q 28. If sin-1 x + sin-1y + sin-1z = , then :
2
cos-1x + cos-1y + cos-1 z is equal to:
3
(a) (b) 0 (c) /2 (d) none of
2
these.

2
Q 29. If tan 1 sin tan 1 3 is equal to:
1 1

5
(a) (b) 4 (c) /2 (d) None of these.

Q 30. If sin-1 (sin ) = cos-1 (cos ) = , then is equal to:

(a) /4 (b) 5/4 (c) 2n + (d) none of these.
4

Q 31. sin-1 (sin x) is a periodic function with period :

(a) (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) none of these.

Q 32. tan-1 (x) is :

(a) an even function (b) an odd function
(c) a periodic function (d) symmetric about the line y = - x

Q 33. If 2 sin-1 x = sin1 ( 2 x 1 x 2 ) , then:

1 1
(a) | x | 1 (b) | x | (c) | x | > (d) none of
2 2
these.

cos 3 1
Q 34. , if:
2 cos 2 1 2

(a) = n + (b) = 2n (c) = 2n (d) = n +
3 3 6 6

Q 35. 2 sin 3 = 4 cos2 - 1 , if is equal to:

(a) n + (-1)n (b) 2n + (-1)n (c) n (d) none of these.
6 6 6

Q 36. General solution of the equation log2 (sin x + cos x) log2 (sin x) = 0 is:

(a) n + (b) 2n + (c) 2n - (d) no solution
2 2 2

Q 37. The solution of the equation log2 (sin x + cos x) log2(cos x) + 1 = 0:

1 1
(a) tan-1 (b) 0 (c) tan-1 (d) none of these.
2 2
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Q 38. If x = , the value of cos (cos-1x + 2 sin-1 x) is:
5
24 24 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
25 25 5 5

1
Q 39. The most general solution of , which satisfy both the equations tan = and cos
3
3
= is:
2

(a) n + (b) n - (c) 2n (d) 2n -
6 6 6 6

Q 40. The general solution of x satisfying the system of equation 2sinx + siny = 1, 16sin x sin y = 4
2 2

is:

(a) n + (b) n - (c) n (d) None of these.
6 6 6

Q 41. The number of all possible triplets (a1, a2, a3) such that a1 + a2 cos 2x + a3 sin2 x = 0 for all
x is:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 6 (d) infinite

Q 42. The equation 1 + sin2 ax = cos x has unique solution, then a is:
(a) rational (b) irrational (c) integer (d) none of these.

Q 43. The roots of the equation cos7x + sin4x = 1 in the interval (-, ) are:

(a) ,0, (b) , (c) (d) none of these.
2 2 2 2 2

2x
Q 44. If tan2 [(x + y)] + cot2[(x + y)] = 1 + , where x, y R, then least positive value
1 x2
of y is:
5 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d) 2
4 4 4

Q 45. The equation 3 (sin x + cos x) 2 (sin3x + cos3 x) = 8 has:

(a) one solution (b) infinite solutions (c) no solution (d) none of these.

Q 46. The equation cos 2x + a sin x = 2a 7 posses a solution if :

(a) a < 2 (b) 2 a 6 (c) a > 6 (d) a is any integer

Q 47. If cos-1(a) + cos-1(b) + cos-1 (c) = 3 and f(1) = 2, f(x + y) = f(x) f(y) for all, x y; then:
(a b c)
a2f(1) + b2f(2) + c2f(3) + 2 f (1) is equal to:
a b 2 f ( 2 ) c 2 f ( 3)
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
Q 48. sin-1 x > cos-1 x hold for:
1 1
(a) all values of x (b) x 0, (c) x ,1 (d) x = 0.25
2 2

Q 49. The value of cos-1 (cos (2 tan-1 ( 2 +1))) is:

(a) /2 (b) /4 (c) 3/4 (d) none of these

Q 50. sec2 (tan-12) + cosec2 (cot-1 3) is equal to:

(a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 15.

1 1
Q 51. If tan (cos-1 x) = sin cot , then x is equal to:
2
1 3 5
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these.
3 5 3

Q 52. If we consider only the principal values of the inverse trigonometric functions, then the
1 1 4
value of tan cos sin 1 is:
2 17
29 29 3
(a) (b) (c) (d) none of
3 3 29
these.

n
Q 53. Let n be a positive integer such that sin cos . Then :
2n 2n 2
(a) n = 6 (b) n = 1, 2, 3, ., 8 (c) n = 5 (d) none of these.

Q 54. The number of ordered pairs (x, y) satisfying y = 2 sin x and y = 5x2+ 2x + 3 is:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d)

Q 55. Set of values of x lying in [0, 2] satisfying the inequality | sin x | > 2 sin2 x contains:
7 7
(a) 0, , (b) 0, (c) /6 (d) none of these.
6 6 6

x
Q 56. The number of solution of the equation 1 + sinx sin2 = 0 in [-, ] is:
2
(a) zero (b) one (c) two (d) three

Q 57. The solution of the inequality log1/2 sin x > log1/2 cos x in (0, 2) is:
5 5
(a) x ,2 (b) x 0, (c) x 0, ,2 (d) none of
4 4 4 4
these.
Q 58. The number of solutions of the equation | cos x | = 2[x], where [] is the greatest integer,
is :
(a) one (b) two (c) infinite (d) nill.

Q 59. The solution of the inequality (cot-1 x)2 5 cot-1x + 6 > 0 is:
(a) (cot 3, cot2) (b) (-, cot 3) (cot 2, ) (c) (cot 2, ) (d) none of these.

Q 60. The number of ordered pairs (x,y), where x, y [0, 10] satisfying
1
sin 2 x sin x .2sec y 1 is:
2

2

(a) 0 (b) 16 (c) infinite (d) 12

Q 61. The solution of the equation sin10 2x = 1 + cos10x is:

(a) x = (2n + 1) (b) x = n (c) x = (2n + 1) (d) none of these.
2 4

3 1
Q 62. The value of sin-1 2 sin
1
is equal to:
2
3 1 3 1 3 1
(a) sin1 (b) - sin1 (c) + sin-1 (d) none of these
2 2 2 2 2 2

Q 63. Solution of sin4x = 1 + cos2 x is:

(a) 2n + (b) n (c) 2n (d) n +
2 2

Q 64. A root of the equation, sin x + x 1 = 0, lies in the interval:

(a) 0, (b) ,0 (c) , (d) ,
2 2 2 2

Q 65. If sin + sin 3 + sin 5 = 0, 0 , then equals:
2

(a) (b) (c) (d) none of these.
4 6 3

4 xy
Q 66. sec2 = is true if and only if:
( x y) 2
(a) x + y 0 (b) x = y, x 0(c) x = y (d) x 0, y 0

Q 67. General value of satisfying the equation tan2 + sec2 = 1 is:

(a) n (b) n (c) m, n (d) none of these.
3 3
Q 68. The number of values of x in the interval [0, 5] satisfying the equation 3 sin2 x 7 sin x
+ 2 = 0 is:
(a) 0 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 10
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Q 69. The number of real solutions of tan1 x( x 1) sin x2 x 1 is:
2
(a) zero (b) one (c) two (d) infinite

sin x cos x cos x

Q 70. The number of distinct real roots of cos x sin x cos x = 0 in the interval x
cos x cos x sin x 4

is:
4
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3

x2 x3 x4 x6
Q 71. If sin x ...... cos x ....
1 1
for 0 < | x | < 2, then x
2

2 4 2 4 2
equals:
1 1
(a) (b) 1 (c) - (d) 1.
2 2

Q 72. The smallest positive root of the equation tan x x = 0 lies in:
3 3
(a) 0, (b) , (c) , (d) ,2
2 2 2 2

Q 73. The general solution of the trigonometrical equation sin x + cos x = 1, for n = 0, 1,
is given by:

(a) x = 2n (b) x = 2n + (c) x = n + (-1)n (d) none of these.
2 4 4

Q 74. If , are different values fo x satisfying a cos x + b sin x = c then tan is equal
2
to:
(a) (a + b) (b) (a b) (c) b/a (d) a/b

Q 75. The equation a sin x + b cos x = c, where | c | > a 2 b 2 has:

(a) a unique solution (b) infinite number of solutions (c) no solution (d) none of these.

Q 76. If is the root fo 25 cos2 + 5 cos - 12 = 0, < < , then sin 2 is equal to:
2
24 24 13
(a) (b) (c) (d) -
25 25 18
13
18

Q 77. If A and B are acute positive angles satisfying the equations 3 sin2 A + 2 sin2B = 1 and 3
sin 2A 2 sin 2B = 0, then A + 2B is equal to:
(a) 0 (b) /2 (c) /4 (d) /3
Q 78. The expression (1 + tan x + tan2x) (1 cot x + cot2 x) has the positive value for x, given
by:

(a) 0 x (b) 0 x (c) for all x R (d) x 0
2

Q 79. The value of x between 0 and 2 which satisfy the equation sin x 8 cos 2 x = 1 are in
A.P. with common difference :
(a) /4 (b) /8 (c) 3/8 (d) 5/8

7
Q 80. The number of positive integral solutions of cos-1 4 x 8 x = /3:
2

2
(a) one (b) two (c) three (d) none of these

Q 81. Consider the following statements:

(1) cot - tan = 2, then = (4n + 1)
8
(2) sin 2x + cos 2x + sin x + cos x + 1 = 0 has no solution in the Ist quadrant
Which of these is/are correct?
(a) only 1 (b) only 2 (c) both of these (d) none of these

Q 82. Consider the following statements:

n
(1) sin x, sin 2x and sin 3x are in A.P. if x = or 2k , n and k being integer
2

(2) for the equation sin + 3 cos 1,
6 2
Which of these is/are correct?
(a) only 1 (b) only 2 (c) both of these (d) none of these.

Answers

1. B 2. D 3. D 4. D 5. A 6. C 7. A
8. D 9. B 10. D 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. C
15. A 16. A 17. B 18. C 19. D 20. A 21 C
22. B 23. D 24. B 25. D 26. C 27. D 28 B
29. D 30. A 31. B 32. B 33. B 34. B 35. A
36. B 37. A 38. A 39. D 40. C 41. D 42. B
43. A 44. B 45. C 46. B 47. C 48. C 49. C
50. D 51. D 52. D 53. A 54. A 55. A 56. D
57. B 58. D 59. B 60. B 61. D 62. B 63. D
64. A 65. C 66. B 67. C 68. C 69. C 70. C
71. B 72. C 73. C 74. C 75. C 76. B 77. B
78. C 79. A 80. D 81. C 82. A