Logarithms 5

1. = | | log log b ab
(a) a log (b) | | log a (c) a log (d) None of these
2. The value of ) 4 (log
2
5 . 0
is
(a) 2 (b) ) 4 ( (c) 2 (d) None of these
3. The value of 9 log 8 log 7 log 6 log 5 log 4 log
8 7 6 5 4 3
is [ I I I T Allahabad 20 00]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
4. = ) 7 7 ( 7 log log
7 7

(a) 7 log 3
2
(b) 7 log 3 1
3
(c) 2 log 3 1
7
(d) None of these
5. The value of
9 log / 4 36 log
) 3 log / 1 (
7 9 5
3 27 81 + + i s equal to
(a) 49 (b) 625 (c) 216 (d) 890
6. |
.
|

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|
+ |
.
|

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|
+ |
.
|

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|
80
81
log 3
24
25
log 5
15
16
log 7 is equal t o [ EAMCET 1990]
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 log (d) 3 log
7. I f a = 5 log
4
and , 6 log
5
b = then 2 log
3
is equal t o
(a)
1 2
1
+ a
(b)
1 2
1
+ b
(c) 1 2 + ab (d)
1 2
1
ab

8. I f , 0 , 1 , 5 log log . log
5
> = = k k k x
x k
then x i s equal to
(a) k (b)
5
1
(c) 5 (d) None of these
9. I f , 2 log . log
5
= x a
a
t hen x is equal t o
(a) 125 (b)
2
a (c) 25 (d) None of these
10. I f , 12 4
2 2
ab b a = + then ) 2 log( b a + is
(a) ] 2 log log [log
2
1
+ b a (b) 2 log
2
log
2
log + +
b a
(c) ] 2 log 4 log [log
2
1
+ + b a (d) ] 2 log 4 log [log
2
1
+ b a
11. I f , 2 log 2 256 log log log
2
4 2 2
+ = A then A i s equal to [ WB JEE 1992]
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
12. I f , log
10
y x = then
2
1000
log x i s equal t o
(a)
2
y (b) y 2 (c)
2
3y
(d)
3
2y

13. I f ), ( log ), ( log ), ( log ab z ca y bc x
c b a
= = = then whi ch of the fol lowi ng i s equal to 1
5
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Advance
(a) z y x (b)
1 1 1
) 1 ( ) 1 ( ) 1 (

z y x (c) xyz (d) None of these
14. I f 24 log , 12 log
36 24
b a and , 36 log
48
c t hen 1+abc is equal t o [ SCRA 2000]
(a) ab 2 (b) ac 2 (c) bc 2 (d) 0
15. I f , , , a c c b b a
z y x
then value of xyz is
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
16. I f ) ( : ) ( : ) ( log : log : log y x x z z y z y x then
(a) 1 . .
x z y
z y x (b) 1
z y x
z y x (c) 1
z y x
z y x (d) None of these
17. to .... 2 log 2 log 2 log
16 8 4
is [ MNR 1994; Roor kee 1994; MP PET 20 00]
(a)
2
e (b) ln 1 2 (c) ln 1 2 (d) 2 ln 1
18. I f , 47712 . 0 3 log , 30103 . 0 2 log
10 10
the number of di gi ts i n
8 12
2 3 i s
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10
19.

89
1
3
) (tan log
r
o
r
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
20.

n
n
a
n
1 2
) ( log
1

(a) 2 log
2
) 1 (
a
n n
(b) a
n n
2
log
2
) 1 (
(c) a
n n
2
2 2
log
4
) 1 (
(d) None of these
21. Whi ch of the foll owi ng is not true [ UPSEAT 20 00]
(a) 0 for ) 1 log( x x x (b) 0 for ) 1 log(
1

x x
x
x
(c) 0 for 1 x x e
x
(d) 0 for 1 x x e
x

22. The soluti on of the equati on 0 ) 5 ( log log
2
5 7
x x [ UPSEAT 2000 ( S.E.) ]
(a) 2 x (b) 3 x (c) 4 x (d) 2 x



23.
4
log 18 i s
(a) A rati onal number (b) An i rrati onal number (c) A pri me number (d) None of these
24. The value of
......) 001 . 0 01 . 0 1 . 0 ( log
20
) 05 . 0 (

is
(a) 81 (b)
81
1
(c) 20 (d)
20
1

25. I f a, b, c ar e di sti nct posi ti ve numbers, each di fferent from 1, such that
, 0 ] log log [log ] log log [log ] log log [log c c c b b b a a a
c b a b c a a c b
then abc =
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) None of these
26. I f , 27 log
12
a then 16 log
6
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Logarithms 7
Advance
Level
(a)
a
a
+

3
3
. 2 (b)
a
a
+

3
3
. 3 (c)
a
a
+

3
3
. 4 (d) None of these
27. I f ! 1983 = n , then the value of expressi on
n n n n
1983 4 3 2
log
1
.......
log
1
log
1
log
1
+ + + + i s equal to
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2
28. I f ,
log log log
b a
z
a c
y
c b
x

t hen whi ch of t he followi ng is true

(a) 1 = xyz (b) 1 =
c b a
z y x (c) 1 =
+ + + b a a c c b
z y x (d)
c b a
z y x xyz =
29. I f 1 ...
1 2 1
> > > > >

x x x x
n n
then the value of
1
1
3 2 1
log ..... log log log
x
n
n
x
n x x x x
x

is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) None of these
30. The number of soluti on of x x = + 6 ) 5 ( log
2
i s
(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) None of these
31. The number of real values of the paramet er k f or whi ch 0 log log ) (log
16 16
2
16
= + k x x with real coeffi ci ents will have exactly one
soluti on is
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) None of these
32. I f 3
4
5
log ) (log
4
3
3
2
3
=
+ x x
x then x has
(a) One posi ti ve i ntegral val ue (b) One i rrati onal value
(c) Two posi tive rati onal values (d) None of these




33. I f ) 1000 ( log
5
= x and ) 2058 ( log
7
= y then
(a) y x > (b) y x < (c) y x = (d) None of these
34. The number 3 log
20
li es i n
(a) |
.
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|
3
1
,
4
1
(b) |
.
|

\
|
2
1
,
3
1
(c) |
.
|

\
|
4
3
,
2
1
(d) |
.
|

\
|
5
4
,
4
3

35. I f ,
log
1
log
1
4 3
x > +

then x be
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 3.5 (d)
36. I f ], 4 , 0 [ , 0 sin log
2 / 1
e > x x then the number of values of x whi ch are i ntegral mul ti ples of ,
4

i s
(a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 3 (d) None of these
37. The set of real val ues of x satisfyi ng 2 ) 12 6 ( log
2
2 / 1
> + x x i s
(a) ( | 2 , (b) ] 4 , 2 [ (c) | ) + , 4 (d) None of these
38. The set of real val ues of x for whi ch 5 2
) 1 ( log
2
+ >

x
x
i s
(a) ) , 4 ( ) 1 , ( + (b) ) , 4 ( + (c) ) 4 , 1 ( (d) None of these



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8 Logarithms
39. Soluti on set of i nequali ty 0 ) 2 2 ( log
2
10
s x x i s
(a) ] 3 1 , 1 [ (b) ] 3 , 3 1 [ + (c) ] 3 , 3 1 ( ) 3 1 , 1 [ + (d) None of these
40. I f 2 log
2
1
1 . 0
s s x then........
(a) The maximum value of x is
10
1
(b) x l i es between
100
1
and
10
1

(c) x does not li e between
100
1
and
10
1
(d) The mi ni mum val ue of x is
100
1

41. I f ) 1 ( log ) 1 ( log
2 . 0 04 . 0
> x x then x belongs to the i nterval
(a) ( | 2 , 1 (b) ( | 2 , (c) | ) + , 2 (d) None of these
42. The set of real val ues of x for whi ch 1
2
log
2 . 0
s
+
x
x
is
(a) ) , 0 (
2
5
, +
(

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|
(b) |
.
|

+ ,
2
5
(c) ) , 0 ( ) 2 , ( + (d) None of these



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I ndices and Surds 15








1. =
n m
a
a
log

(a)
mn
a (b)
n
m (c)
m
n (d) None of these
2. I f
n
m n m
a a = ) ( , t hen the value of 'm' i n terms of ' n' is
(a) n (b)
m
n
/ 1
(c)
) 1 /( 1 n
n (d) None of these
3.
3 / 2 3 3 / 1 5
) 16 ( ) ( x x = |
.
|

\
|
2 / 3
9 / 4
4
1
x
(a)
3
) 4 / (x (b)
3
) 4 ( x (c)
3
8x (d) None of these
4. I f
z y x
c b a
/ 1 / 1 / 1
= = and ac b =
2
t hen = + z x
(a) y (b) 2y (c) 2xyz (d) None of these
5. I f , , , ab c ca b bc a
z y x
= = = then xyz =
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) z y x + + (d) 2 + + + z y x
6. I f
z y y x
z y x a z y x a ) ( , ) ( + + = + + = , , ) (
x z
z y x a + + = then
(a) 3 / a z y x = = = (b) 3 / a z y x = + + (c) 0 = + + z y x (d) None of these
7. I f , , ,
1 1 1
ab c ca b bc a
z y x
= = =

then

= ) / 1 ( x
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) abc (d) None of these
8. I f , 1
2 ) 2 (
2 ) 2 ( ) 2 (
2 1
2 1
=
+
+
m n m
n n m n
then m =
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) n (d) 2n
9. I f ,
x y
y x = t hen , ) / (
) / ( ) / ( k y x y x
x y x

= where = k
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) None of these
10. I f , ) . (
3
3
x x x
x x x = then x =
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 64/ 27
11. I f , ) (
xy y x
ab b a = = then = + y x
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) xy (d) None of these
12. I f , 2 2
3 / 1 3 / 1
= x then = + x x 6 2
3

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) None of these
13. I f , 2 2 2
3 / 1 3 / 2
+ + = x then the value of x x x 6 6
2 3
+ is
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) None of these
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14. Soluti on of the equati on
x x x
x x x ) ( ) ( = are
(a) 9/ 4 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) 0
15. I f , 26 ) 2 . 0 .( 5 5
2 1
= +
x x
t hen x may have the value
(a) 25 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) None of these



16.

=
+ +
c a b a
x x 1
1

(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) None of these
17. Let
1 2 2
7
4 / 1 2 / 1
+ +
4 / 3 2 / 1 4 / 1
2 . 2 . 2 . D C B A + + + = , then
(a) 1 = A (b) 3 = B (c) 2 = C (d) 1 = D
18. Soluti on of the equati on ) 2 ( 3 9 . 4
1 2 1 +
=
x x
has the soluti on
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 3/ 2 (d) 2/ 3
19. Soluti on of the equati on
1 2
2
3
2
1
3 2 2 9

+ +
=
x
x x
x

(a) ) 8 / 9 ( log
9
(b)
( )
) 8 / 9 ( log
2 / 9
(c) ) 8 / 9 ( log
e
(d) None of these




20. I f , 0 > a then + + + .... a a a is
(a) ) 1 4 (
2
1
a (b) ] ) 1 4 ( 1 [
2
1
+ + a (c) ] ) 1 4 ( 1 [
2
1
a (d) ] ) 1 4 ( 1 [
2
1
+ a
21. =
+
+ +
2 / 3 2 / 3
2 / 3 2 / 3
] ) 35 ( 6 [ ] ) 35 ( 6 [
] ) 15 ( 4 [ ] ) 15 ( 4 [

(a) 1 (b) 7/ 13 (c) 13/ 7 (d) None of these
22. I f ,
2 5
2 5
,
2 5
2 5
+

+
= y x then = +
2 2
3 4 3 y xy x
(a) ] 12 10 56 [
3
1
(b) ] 12 10 56 [
3
1
+ (c) ] 10 12 56 [
3
1
+ (d) None of these
23. =
+ 2 2 5 3
12

(a) 2 ) 10 ( 5 1 + + + (b) 2 ) 10 ( 5 1 + + (c) 2 10 5 1 + + (d) ) 10 ( 2 5 1 +
24. =
+

) 3 4 8 (
4
) 10 2 7 (
3
) 30 2 11 (
1

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) None of these
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25.
) 7 5 16 ( ) 2 / 7 (
) 5 3 7 ( ) 2 / 5 (


=
(a) Rati onal (b) Surd (c) Multiple of 7 (d) None of these
26.
) 3 2 ( ) 3 2 (
2

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 2 / 1
27.
3 2 1
4

(a) 6 2 2 (b) 3 2 1 (c) 3 2 3 (d) None of these
28.

2 3
6
2 6
3 4
3 6
2 3

(a) 2 5 (b) 2 3 (c) 3 2 (d) 0
29. I f ,
) 3 4 7 (
3 3 4
b a

then ) , ( b a
(a) (12,1) (b) (1, 12) (c) (1, 12) (d) (12, 1)
30. The rati onali si ng factor of 7 3 2 is
(a) 7 3 (b) 7 3 2 (c) 7 2 3 (d) None of these
31. The square root of 134 + ) 6292 ( is
(a) ) 13 ( 21 (b) ) 13 ( 11 (c) ) 11 ( 13 (d) ) 21 ( 13
32. The value of ] ) 2 48 68 ( 12 [
(a) 2 2 (b) 2 2 (c) 1 2 (d) None of these
33. The square root of ) 48 ( ) 50 ( is
(a) ) 2 3 ( 2
4 / 1
(b) ) 2 3 ( 2
4 / 1
(c) ) 2 2 ( 2
4 / 1
(d) ) 2 3 ( 2
4 / 1

34. ) 3 2 ( ) 5 3 (
(a) ) 2 / 3 ( ) 2 / 5 ( (b) ) 2 / 3 ( ) 2 / 5 ( (c) ) 2 / 1 ( ) 2 / 5 ( (d) ) 2 / 1 ( ) 2 / 3 (
35. The value of ] ) 55 ( 2 5 12 [ is
(a) ] 1 ) 11 ( [ 5
2 / 1
(b) ] 1 ) 11 ( [ 5
2 / 1
(c) ] 1 ) 11 ( [ 5
4 / 1
(d) ] 1 ) 11 ( [ 5
4 / 1

36. The cube root of 2 11 3 9 is
(a) 2 3 2 (b) 2 2 3 (c) 2 3 3 (d) 2 3
37. I f , ) 1 (
2
a x x then x =
(a) ) / 1 (
2
1
a a (b) ) / 1 (
2
1
a a (c) ) (
1
a a (d) None of these
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38. I f 3 7 + = x and , 4 = xy then
4 4
y x + =
(a) 400 (b) 368 (c) 352 (d) 200
39. I f , 1 , 3 2 = + = xy x then =

+
+ y
y
x
x
2 2

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) None of these
40. I f , 5 3 = x t hen =
+ ) 2 3 ( 2 x
x

(a) 5 (b) 5 (c) 5 / 1 (d) 5 / 1
41. I f ) 20 ( ) 21 ( = a and ), 17 ( ) 18 ( = b t hen
(a) b a = (b) 0 = + b a (c) b a > (d) b a <
42. Soluti on of the equati on 6 ) 2 ( ) 10 ( = + + x x are
(a) 0 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) None of these



43. Let
(
(

|
|
.
|

\
|

|
|
.
|

\
|
+
=
n n
n
u
2
5 1
2
5 1
5
1
, ,... 2 , 1 , 0 = n then
(a)
1 1 +
+ =
n n n
u u u (b)
2
1
2
1 2
+ =
n n n
u u u (c)
1 2 + +
+ =
n n n
u u u (d) None of these
44. = + + + + ) 6 2 5 ( / 1 ] 6 2 2 2 3 2 6 [
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) None of these
45. = + + ] ) 1 ( 2 [ ] ) 1 ( 2 [ x x x x
(a) 2, i f 2 1 s s x (b) 2, if x> 2 (c) ) 1 ( 2 x , if 2 1 s s x (d) ) 1 ( 2 x , if 2 > x




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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
b c b c d c d b, c c c c d b c b b d c d a
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
d c b a a c c a,b,
c,d
b d b a,b,
c
a b a a b b c a,b,
d
41 42
c a



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
c c d b d a a d b a,d b c b a,b b,c a a,c,d c b b
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
b b c a a b a d c b b b d b c d b b a d
41 42 43 44 45
d b
a,b,c
a a,d



1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
c b c a,c d b a c d c b,c a c a b d b b a d
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
b d d c,d a a,d b d c

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