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 Ratio

Measurement of Angles, Trigonometrical Ratios , Function and Identities

Basic Level

1. Which of the following relation is correct [WB JEE 1991]


(a) sin 1o  sin 1 (b) sin 1  sin 1o (c) sin 1  sin 1o (d) sin 1  sin 1o
180
2. The radius of the circle whose arc of length 15 cm makes an angle of 3/4 radian at the centre is [Karnataka CET 2002]
1 1
(a) 10 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 11 cm (d) 22 cm
4 2
4
3. If tan   , then sin   [Orissa JEE 2002; IIT 1979]
3
4 4 4 4 4 4
(a) but not (b)  or (c) but not  (d) None of these
5 5 5 5 5 5
4. If f (x )  cos 2 x  sec 2 x , then [MNR 1986]
(a) f (x )  1 (b) f (x )  1 (c) 1  f (x )  2 (d) f (x )  2
1
5. If x  sec   tan  , then x   [MP PET 1986]
x
(a) 1 (b) 2 sec  (c) 2 (d) 2 tan 
6. If A lies in the second quadrant and 3 tan A  4  0 then the value of 2 cot A  5 cos A  sin A is equal to [Harayana CEE 1991]
53 7 7 23
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10 10 10 10
7. tan 1o tan 2 o tan 3 o tan 4 o .......... .. tan 89 o  [MP PET 1998, 2001]
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c)  (d) 1/2
8. The incorrect statement is [MNR 1993]
1 1
(a) sin    (b) cos   1 (c) sec   (d) tan   20
5 2
9. If cos   sin   2 sin  , then cos   sin  is equal to [WB JEE 1988]

(a) 2 cos  (b) 2 sin  (c) 2 cos  (d)  2 cos 

10. If sec   tan   p, then tan  is equal to [MP PET 1994]

2p p2 1 p2 1 2p
(a) 2
(b) (c) (d)
p 1 2p 2p p2  1
11. If sin   cos   1, then sin  cos   [Karnataka CET 1998]
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 1/2
12. The value of cos 1o cos 2o cos 3 o..... cos 179 o is [Karnataka CET 1999]
1
(a) (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None of these
2

Ratio 1
 Ratio

1
13. If tan    and  lies in the 1 quadrant, then cos  is
st
[Karnataka CET 1998]
5
1 1 5 5
(a) (b)  (c) (d) 
6 6 6 6
14. If A lies in the third quadrant and 3 tan A  4  0, then 5 sin 2 A  3 sin A  4 cos A  [EAMCET 1994]
24 24 48
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d)
5 5 5
15. (sec 2   1) (cosec 2  1) = [Karnataka CET 1998]

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) sec  . cosec  (d) sin2   cos 2 

20
16. If tan   , cos  will be [MP PET 1994]
21
20 1 21 20
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
41 21 29 21
11
17. If cosec A  cot A  , then tan A equal to [Roorkee 1995]
2
21 15 44 117
(a) (b) (c) (d)
22 16 117 43
24
18. If sin   and  lies in the second quadrant, then sec   tan  equal to [MP PET 1997]
25
(a) – 3 (b) – 5 (c) –7 (d) – 9
5 sin   3 cos 
19. If 5 tan   4 , then equal to [Karnataka CET 1998]
5 sin   2 cos 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1/6 (d) 6
1  cos 
20. equal to [Karnataka CET 1998]
sin 2 
1 1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d)
1  cos  1  cos 
1
21. The expression simplifies to [SCRA 1999]
tan A  cot A
(a) sec A cosec A (b) sin A cos A (c) tan 2 A (d) sin 2 A
1
22. If for real values of x, cos   x  , then [MP PET 1996]
x
(a)  is an acute angle (b)  is a right angle (c)  is an obtuse angle (d) No value of  is possible
n n
23. If sin x + cosec x =2, then sin x  co sec x is equal to [UPSEAT 2002]
n n 1 n2
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 2

Advance Level

1
24. One root of the equation cos x  x   0 lies in the interval [Haryana CEE 1996]
2
        3 
(a) 0 , 2  (b)  2 , 0  (c)  2 ,  (d)  , 2 
       
2 sin  {1  cos   sin  }
25. If = y, then = [BIT Ranchi 1996]
{1  cos   sin  } 1  sin 
1
(a) (b) y (c) 1 – y (d) 1 + y
y

26. If sin  sin 2   sin 3   1 , then cos 6   4 cos 4   8 cos 2  =

(a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) None of these
27. If  and  are angles in the 1 quadrant such that tan   1 / 7 and sin   1 / 10 . Then
st
[Haryana CEE 1998]

(a)   2  90 o (b)   2  60 o (c)   2  30 o (d)   2  45 o

Ratio 2
 Ratio

1  sin 2  cos 2  4 sin 4

2
28. The value of  lying between 0 and  / 2 and satisfying the equation sin  1  cos 2  4 sin 4  0
sin 2  cos 2  1  4 sin 4
[IIT 1988; MNR 1992; Kurukshetra CEE 1998; DCE 1996]
7 11 5 
(a) or (b) (c) (d) None of these
24 24 24 24
3
29. If     , then co sec 2  2 cot  is equal to [Pb. CET 2000, AMU 2001]
4
(a) 1  cot  (b) 1  cot  (c) 1  cot  (d) 1  cot 

4x2  1 1
30. If for all real values of x , 2
 , then  lies in the interval [Roorkee 1998]
64 x  96 x . sin   5 32
    2   2   4  5 
(a)  0,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d)  , 
 3 3 3   3   3 3 

3
31. If tan   , then the sum of the infinite series 1  2(1  cos  )  3(1  cos  )2  4 (1  cos  )3  .... is [AMU 2002]
2

2 3 5 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 4 2 2 2
32. Let A 0 A1 A 2 A 3 A 4 A 5 be a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of unit radius. Then the product of the lengths of the line segments A 0 A 1 , A 0 A 2
and A 0 A 4 is [IIT 1998]

3 3 3
(a) (b) 3 3 (c) 3 (d)
4 2

Trigonometrical Ratios of Allied Angles

Basic Level

tan 2 60 o cosec 30 o
33. If x sin 45 o cos 2 60 o  , then x  [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
sec 45 o cot 2 30 o
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16
34. cos A  sin(270 o  A)  sin(270 o  A)  cos(180 o  A)  [MP PET 1990]
(a) –1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None of these
35. sin(   ) sin(   )cosec 2  [EAMCET 1980]

(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) sin  (d)  sin 

36. The value of sin 600 o cos 330 o  cos 120 o sin 150 o is [MP PET 1994]

1 3
(a) –1 (b) 1 (c) (d)
2 2
o
37. If A  130 and x  sin A  cos A, then [Karnataka CET 1989]

(a) x 0 (b) x0 (c) x 0 (d) x0

   
38. tan  sin    cos      [EAMCET 1981]
 2   2 
1
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) (d) None of these
2
39. sin 2 5 o  sin 2 10 o  sin 2 15 o  ......  sin 2 85 o  sin 2 90 o  [Karnataka CET 1999, 1995]
1
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 9
2
40. Values of  (0    360 o ) satisfying cosec   2  0 are [EAMCET 1994]

(a) 210 o , 300 o (b) 240 o , 300 o (c) 210 o , 240 o (d) 210 o ,330 o

Ratio 3
 Ratio

41. The value of tan( 945 o ) is [MP PET 1997]

(a) –1 (b) – 2 (c) – 3 (d) – 4
o o
cot 54 tan 20
42. The value of  is [Karnataka CET 1999]
o
tan 36 cot 70 o
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
o o o o
43. tan 9  tan 27  tan 63  tan 81  [Roorkee 1989]
(a) 1/2 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8
o o o o
44. cos 1  cos 2  cos 3  ........  cos 180  [Karnataka CET 2003]
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) 2
2
45. If tan( A  B )  1, sec( A  B)  , then the smallest positive value of B is [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
3
25 19 13 11
(a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 
24 24 24 24
46. If x  sin 130 o cos 80 o , y  sin 80 o cos 130 o , z  1  xy , which one of the following is true [AMU 1999]

(a) x  0, y  0, z  0 (b) x  0, y  0 ,0  z  1 (c) x  0, y  0 , z  1 (d) x  0 , y  0, 0  z  1

47. If   22 o 3 0 , then (1  cos  ) (1  cos 3 )(1  cos 5 )(1  cos 7 ) equals [AMU 1999]

1 2 2 1
(a) 1/8 (b) 1/4 (c) (d)
2 2 2 1

Trigonometrical Ratios of Sum & Difference of Two Angles, Tranformation of Product into Sum & Difference, Transformation of Sum &
Difference into Product

Basic Level

48. If A, B, C, D are the angles of a cyclic quadrilateral then cos A  cos B  cos C  cos D  [IIT 1970]
(a) 2(cos A  cos C ) (b) 2(cos A  cos B ) (c) 2(cos A  cos D) (d) 0

cos 17 o  sin 17 o
49. [MP PET 1998 (Similar to EAMCET 1982)]
cos 17 o  sin 17 o
(a) tan 62 o (b) tan 56 o (c) tan 54 o (d) tan 73 o

50. cot( 45 o   ) cot( 45 o   )  [MNR 1973]

(a) –1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 
o o
51. tan 75  cot 75  [MNR 1982]

(a) 2 3 (b) 2 3 (c) 2 3 (d) None of these

o o
52. 3 cosec 20  sec 20  [IIT 1988]

2 sin 20 o 4 sin 20 o
(a) 2 (b) (c) 4 (d)
sin 40 o sin 40 o
53. sin 15 o  cos 105 o  [MP PET 1992]
o o o o o
(a) 0 (b) 2 sin 15 (c) cos 15  sin 15 (d) sin 15  cos 15
54. If cos( A  B)   cos A cos B   sin A sin B, then ( ,  )  [MP PET 1992]

(a) (1,  1) (b) (1, 1) (c) (1,  1) (d) (1, 1)

55. cos 2   cos 2 (  120 o )  cos 2 (  120 o ) is equal to [MP PET 1993]

3 1
(a) (b) 1 (c) (d) 0
2 2
56. The value of cos 105 o  sin 105 o is [MNR 1975]
1 1
(a) (b) 1 (c) 2 (d)
2 2

Ratio 4
 Ratio

57. cos 2 48 o  sin 2 12 o  [MNR 1977]

5 1 5 1 3 1 3 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 8 4 2 2
58. sin 20 o sin 40 o sin 60 o sin 80 o  [MNR 1976, 1981]
(a) 3/16 (b) 5 / 16 (c) 3/16 (d) 5 /16

59. cos 20 o cos 40 o cos 80 o  [MP PET 1989]

(a) 1/2 (b) 1/4 (c) 1/6 (d) 1/8
2 4 8 16 
60. cos cos cos cos  [IIT 1985]
15 15 15 15
(a) 1/2 (b) 1/4 (c) 1/8 (d) 1/16
61. If x  cos 10 o cos 20 o cos 40 o , then the value of x is [Roorkee 1995]

1 1 1 1
(a) tan 10 o (b) cot 10 o (c) cosec 10 o (d) sec 10 o
4 8 8 8
62. The value of cos 52 o  cos 68 o  cos 172 o is [MP PET 1997]
3
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d)
2
63. cos 40 o  cos 80 o  cos 160 o  cos 240 o  [EAMCET 1996]
1 1
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) (d) 
2 2
64. 1  cos 56 o  cos 58 o  cos 66 o  [IIT 1964]
o o o o o o o o o
(a) 2 cos 28 cos 29 cos 33 (b) 4 cos 28 cos 29 cos 33 (c) 4 cos 28 cos 29 sin 33 (d) 2 cos 28 cos 29 sin 33 o
o o

65. cos 15 o  [MP PET 1998; MNR 1978]

1  cos 30 o 1  cos 30 o 1  cos 30 o 1  cos 30 o

(a) (b) (c)  (d) 
2 2 2 2
66. tan 5 x tan 3 x tan 2 x  [EAMCET 1991]
sin 5 x  sin 3 x  sin 2 x
(a) tan 5 x  tan 3 x  tan 2 x (b) (c) 0 (d) None of these
cos 5 x  cos 3 x  cos 2 x
67. If cos   cos   0  sin   sin  , then cos 2  cos 2   [EAMCET 1994]

(a) 2 sin(   ) (b) 2 cos(   ) (c) 2 sin(   ) (d) 2 cos(   )

1 1
68. If tan A   and tan B   , then A+B = [IIT 1967; UPSEAT 1987; MP PET 1989]
2 3
 3 5
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
4 4 4
3
69. If cos( A  B)  and tan A tan B  2, then [MP PET 1997]
5
1 2 1 1
(a) cos A cos B  (b) sin A sin B   (c) cos A cos B   (d) sin A sin B  
5 5 5 5
sin 3  cos 3
70. 1 =
sin   cos 
(a) 2 sin 2 (b) 2 cos 2 (c) tan 2 (d) cot 2
71. tan 3 A  tan 2 A  tan A = [MNR 1982; Pb. CET 1991]

(a) tan 3 A tan 2 A tan A (b)  tan 3 A tan 2 A tan A

(c) tan A tan 2 A  tan 2 A tan 3 A  tan 3 A tan A (d) None of these

72. If cos A  m cos B, then [UPSEAT 1990]

A  B m 1 BA A  B m 1 BA
(a) cot  tan (b) tan  cot
2 m 1 2 2 m 1 2

Ratio 5
 Ratio

A  B m 1 AB
(c) cot  tan (d) None of these
2 m 1 2

73. The value of cos 12 o  cos 84 o  cos 156 o  cos 132 o is [Kerala CEE 1993]
(a) 1/2 (b) 1 (c) –1/2 (d) 1/8

74. tan 100 o  tan 125 o  tan 100 o tan 125 o  [DCE 1999]

1
(a) 0 (b) (c) –1 (d) 1
2
1 13
75. If cos P  and cos Q  where P and Q both are acute angles. Then the value of P – Q is
7 14
[Orissa JEE 2002; Karnataka CET 2002]
o o o
(a) 30 (b) 60 (c) 45 (d) 75 o
1 1
76. If sin A  and sin B  , where A and B are positive acute angles, then A  B  [MP PET 1986]
10 5
  
(a)  (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4

    3 
77. sin  sin  [MNR 1984]
 10   10 
(a) 1/2 (b) –1/2 (c) 1/4 (d) 1
o o o
78. sin 50  sin 70  sin 10  [MNR 1979]
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 1/2 (d) 2
79. If sin A  sin B and cos A  cos B , then [EAMCET 1994]

AB AB AB

(a) sin 0 (b) sin 0 (c) cos 0 (d) cos( A  B)  0
2 2 2

80. sin 12 o sin 48 o sin 54 o  [IIT 1982]

(a) 1/16 (b) 1/32 (c) 1/8 (d) 1/4
81. If (1  tan  )(1  tan  )  2 , then    = [Karnataka CET 1993]

(a) 30 o
(b) 45 o
(c) 60 o
(d) 75 o

   
82. cos 2      sin 2      [EAMCET 2001]
6  6 
1 1 1
(a) cos 2 (b) 0 (c)  cos 2 (d)
2 2 2
83. If sin   sin 2  sin 3  sin  and cos   cos 2  cos 3  cos  , then  is equal to [AMU 2001]

(a) /2 (b)  (c) 2 (d)  / 6

84. cos  . sin(    )  cos  . sin(   )  cos  . sin(   )  [EAMCET 2003]

(a) 0 (b) 1/2 (c) 1 (d) 4 cos  cos  cos 

         
85. Given that cos    2 cos   , then tan tan is equal to [AMU 2001]
 2   2  2 2

1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4 8

Advance Level

86. If sin A  sin B  C, cos A  cos B  D, then the value of sin( A  B )  [MP PET 1986]

CD C 2  D2 2 CD
(a) CD (b) (c) (d)
2 2
C D 2 CD C 2  D2

Ratio 6
 Ratio

cot A cot B
87. If A  B  225 o , then .  [MNR 1974]
1  cot A 1  cot B
1
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 0 (d)
2

1 3
88. – [IIT 1974]
sin 10 o
cos 10 o
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
sin 3  sin 5  sin 7  sin 9
89.  [Roorkee 1973]
cos 3  cos 5  cos 7  cos 9
(a) tan 3 (b) cot 3 (c) tan 6 (d) cot 6

90. If cos(   ), cos  and cos(   ) are in H.P., then cos  sec is equal to [IIT 1997]
2

(a)  2 (b)  3 (c) 1/ 2 (d) None of these

sin( B  A)  cos( B  A )
91. = [Roorkee 1970; IIT 1966]
sin( B  A)  cos( B  A )

cos B  sin B cos A  sin A cos A  sin A

(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
cos B  sin B cos A  sin A cos A  sin A
tan( x  y )
92. If sin 2 x  n sin 2 y , then the value of is
tan( x  y )

n 1 n 1 1n 1n
(a) (b) (c) (d)
n 1 n 1 n 1 1n

tan
93. If 3 sin   5 sin  , then 2 = [EAMCET 1996]

tan
2
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
 3 15 12
94. If    ,     , sin   and tan   , the value of sin(    ) is [Roorkee 2000]
2 2 17 5
171 21 21 17
(a) (b) (c) (d)
221 221 221 221

95. cos 2 76 o  cos 2 16 o  cos 76 o cos 16 o  [EAMCET 2002]

1 1 3
(a)  (b) (c) 0 (d)
4 2 4
  5
96. The value of cos   cos 2  cos 2 is [Karnataka CET 2002]
12 4 12

3 2 3 3 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 2 3 3
97. If angle  be divided into two parts such that the tangents of one part is K times the tangent of the other and  is their difference, then sin  =

K 1 K 1 2K  1
(a) sin  (b) sin  (c) sin  (d) None of these
K 1 K 1 2K  1

98. If tan  , tan  are the roots of the equation x 2  px  q  0 ( p  0 ) ,then

p
(a) sin 2 (   )  p sin(   ) cos(   )  q cos 2 (   )  q (b) tan (   ) 
q 1

(c) cos(   )  1  q (d) sin(   )   p

Ratio 7
 Ratio

99. If tan  equals the integral solution of the inequality 4 x 2  16 x  15  0 and cos  equals to the slope of the bisector of first quadrant, then
sin(   ) sin(   ) is equal to

3 3 2 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 5 5 5

2  sin   cos 
100.  [AMU 1999]
sin   cos 

           
(a) sec    (b) cos    (c) tan    (d) cot   
2 8 8 2 2 8 2 2
101. The sum S  sin   sin 2  .......  sin n  , equals [AMU 2002]

1 1  1 1 
(a) sin (n  1) sin n  / sin (b) cos (n  1) sin n  / sin
2 2 2 2 2 2
1 1  1 1 
(c) sin (n  1) cos n  / sin (d) cos (n  1) cos n  / sin
2 2 2 2 2 2

Trigonometrical Ratios of Multiple and Sub-multiple of an Angle

Basic Level

102. 2 cos 2   2 sin 2   1, then   [Karnataka CET 1998]

(a) 15 o
(b) 30 o (c) 45 o (d) 60 o
3 A 5
103. If cos A  , then 32 sin cos A  [EAMCET 1982]
4 2 2

(a) 7 (b)  7 (c) 7 (d) –7

104. cot x  tan x  [MP PET 1986]
2 2
(a) cot 2 x (b) 2 cot x (c) 2 cot 2 x (d) cot 2x

105. cos 2 A(3  4 cos 2 A)2  sin 2 A(3  4 sin 2 A)2 

(a) cos 4 A (b) sin 4 A (c) 1 (d) None of these

106. 2 sin 2   4 cos(   ) sin  sin   cos 2(   ) = [UPSEAT 1993]

(a) sin 2 (b) cos 2  (c) cos 2 (d) sin 2 

1  cos B
107. If tan A  , then the value of tan 2 A in terms of tan B [IIT 1983; MP PET 1994]
sin B

(a) tan 2 A  tan B (b) tan 2 A  tan 2 B (c) tan 2 A  tan 2 B  2 tan B (d) None of these
1 1
108. If tan A  , tan B  , then cos 2A = [Karnataka CET 1986, 89]
2 3
(a) sin B (b) sin 2B (c) sin 3B (d) None of these
109. If a cos 2  b sin 2  c has  and  as its solution, then the value of tan   tan  is [Haryana CEE 1998]

ca 2b c a b
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2b ca 2b ca
3 cos   cos 3
110. is equal to [EAMCET 1996]
3 sin   sin 3

(a) 1  cot 2  (b) cot 4  (c) cot 3  (d) 2 cot 

 3 5 7
111. sin 2  sin 2  sin 2  sin 2 = [Karnataka CET 1998]
8 8 8 8
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 0 (d) 2
 5 7
112. If k  sin . sin . sin , then the numerical value of k is [IIT 1993; UPSEAT 1974]
18 18 18

Ratio 8
 Ratio

(a) 1/4 (b) 1/8 (c) 1/16 (d) None of these

 2 4
113. cos cos cos = [MP PET 1998]
7 7 7
1 1 1
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d) 
2 4 8
1 1
114. If cos    a   , then the value of cos 3 is [MP PET 2001]
2 a

1 3 1  3 1 1 3 1  1 3 1 
(a)  a   (b) a   (c)  a   (d)  a  
8 a3  2 a 2 a3  3 a3 

115. 2 sin A cos 3 A  2 sin 3 A. cos A  [Roorkee 1975, Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
1 1
(a) sin 4 A (b) sin 4 A (c) sin 4 A (d) None of these
2 4
3  A   5A 
116. If cos A  ,then 32 sin  sin  [DCE 1996]
4 2  2 
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 11 (d) None of these
2
117. If  is a root of 25 cos   5 cos   12  0,  / 2     , then sin 2 is equal to [UPSEAT 2001]

(a) 24/25 (b) –24/25 (c) 13/18 (d) –13/18

Advance Level

118. tan 20 o tan 40 o tan 60 o tan 80 o  [IIT 1974]

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 3 /2

3 4  
119. If cos   and cos   , where  and  are positive acute angles, then cos  [MP PET 1988]
5 5 2
7 7 7 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 5 2 5 2 5
4 5 
120. If cos(   )  , sin(   )  and ,  lie between 0 and , then tan 2  [IIT 1979; EAMCET 2002]
5 13 4
16 56 28
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
63 33 33

 2   4  1 1 1
121. If x cos   y cos     z cos   , then the value of   is equal to [IIT 1984]
 3   3  x y z

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) 3 cos 

122. If a tan   b, then a cos 2  b sin 2 = [EAMCET 1981, 82; MP PET 1996]

(a) a (b) b (c) – a (d) – b

123. If 2 sec 2  tan   cot  , then one of the values of  +  is [Karnataka CET 2000]

 
(a) (b) (c)  (d) 2
4 2

x y
124. If cos x  cos y  cos   0 and sin x  sin y  sin   0, then cot   [Karnataka CET 2001]
 2 

x y
(a) sin  (b) cos  (c) cot  (d) sin 
 2 

1 3
125. If sin 2  sin 2  and cos 2  cos 2  , then cos 2 (   )  [MP PET 2000]
2 2

Ratio 9
 Ratio

3 5 3 5
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8 8 4 4
126. If (sec   tan  )(sec   tan  )(sec   tan  )  tan  tan  tan  , then (sec   tan  )(sec   tan  )(sec   tan  ) =
[Haryana CEE 1998]

(a) cot  cot  cot  (b) tan  tan  tan  (c) cot   cot   cot  (d) tan   tan   tan 

cos( A  C)
127. If cos 2 B  , then tan A, tan B, tan C are in
cos( A  C)
(a) A.P (b) G.P (c) H.P (d) None of these

   3   5   7 
128.  1  cos   1  cos   1  cos   1  cos  [IIT 1994; WB JEE 1992]
 8  8   8   8 

1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 4 8 16

sin 4 A cos 4 A 1 sin8 A cos 8 A

129. If   , then the value of  is equal to [WB JEE 1971]
a b ab a3 b3
1 a3b 3 a 2b 2
(a) 3
(b) 3
(c) (d) None of these
(a  b ) (a  b ) (a  b )2

130. 2  3  4  6 is equal to [IIT 1966, 1975]

o o
1 1
(a) cot 7 (b) sin 7 (c) sin 15 o (d) cos 15 o
2 2
131. If sin  is the geometric mean between sin  and cos  , then cos 2  is equal to
       
(a) 2 sin 2     (b) 2 cos 2     (c) 2 cos 2     (d) 2 sin 2    
 4   4   4   4 
132. The value of k , for which (cos x  sin x )2  k sin x cos x  1  0 is an identity, is [Kerala (Engg.) 2001]
(a) –1 (b) – 2 (c) 0 (d) 1
n
133. If sin 3 x sin 3 x  c
m 0
m cos mx where c 0 , c1 , c 2 ,......, cn are constants and cn  0 , then the value of n is [DCE 1998; AMU 2000]

(a) 15 (b) 6 (c) 1 (d) 0


134. Let 0  x  . Then sec 2 x  tan 2 x = [IIT 1994]
4
       
(a) tan  x   (b) tan   x  (c) tan  x   (d) tan 2  x  
 4 4   4  4
 5  7
135. If x is A.M. of tan and tan and y is A.M. of tan and tan , then
9 18 9 18
(a) xy (b) x  y (c) 2x = y (d) x = 2y
1 1
136. If cos 4  sec 2  , and sin 4  cosec 2  are in A.P. , then cos 8  sec 6  , and sin 8  cosec 6  are in
2 2
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) H.P. (d) None of these

137. Let fn ( )  tan (1  sec  )(1  sec 2 )(1  sec 4 ) ……. (1  sec 2 n  ) . Then [IIT Screening 1999; 2001]
2
      
(a) f2    1 (b) f3    1 (c) f4   1 (d) All of these
 16   32   64 
138. If A, B, C, D are the smallest positive angles in ascending order of magnitude which have their sines equal to the positive quantity k, then the value of
A B C D
4 sin  3 sin  2 sin  sin is equal to
2 2 2 2
(a) 2 1k (b) 2 1k (c) 2 k (d) None of these
   
139. If ,  are different values of x satisfying a cos x  b sin x  c, then tan  = [Orissa JEE 2003; EAMCET 1986]
 2 

Ratio 10
 Ratio

b a
(a) ab (b) ab (c) (d)
a b

Maximum and Minimum value

Basic Level

140. The maximum value of a cos x  b sin x is [MNR 1991; MP PET 1999]

(a) ab (b) ab (c) | a |  | b | (d) (a 2  b 2 )1 / 2

141. The minimum value of cos   sin  is [MNR 1976]

(a) 0 (b)  2 (c) 1/2 (d) 2

142. The minimum value of 3 cos x  4 sin x  8 is [UPSEAT 1991]

(a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 2 (d) 3

p6
143. If  is an acute angle and sin   , then p must satisfy [AMU 1999]
8p

(a) 6p8 (b) 6 p7 (c) 3p4 (d) 4  p7

Advance Level

144. Maximum value of cos 2 x  cos 2 y  cos 2 z is

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

    n
145. Let n be a positive integer such that sin n
  cos  n   , then [IIT Screening 1994]
2  2  2

(a) 6  n  8 (b) 4  n  8 (c) 4  n  8 (d) 4  n  8

  tan 2 
146. If    0, , then x2  x  is always greater than or equal to [IIT Screening 2003]
 2 x2  x

(a) 2 tan  (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) sec 2 


147. The maximum value of (cos  1 ).(cos  2 ).....(cos  n ) , under the restrictions, 0   1 ,  2 ......  n  and (cot  1 ).(cot  2 )........( cot  n )  1 is
2
[IIT Screening 2001]

1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1
n 2 n 2n
2 2

148. Let f ( ) = sin  (sin   sin 3 ) . Then [IIT Screening 2000]

(a) f ( )  0 only when   0 (b) f ( )  0 only when   0

(c) f ( )  0 for all real  (d) None of these

149. The minimum value of 2 sin x  2 cos x is

1 1
 1
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 2 2 (d) 2 2

Conditional Trigonometrical Identities

Basic Level

Ratio 11
 Ratio

tan A  tan B  tan C

150. If A  B  C   , then  [EAMCET 1989]
tan A. tan B. tan C
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) –1

151. If A  B  C   and cos A  cos B cos C, then tan B tan C is equal to [AMU 2001]

1 1
(a) (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 
2 2

Advance Level

152. If        , then sin 2   sin 2   sin 2   [IIT 1980]

(a) 2 sin  sin  cos  (b) 2 cos  cos  cos  (c) 2 sin  sin  sin  (d) None of these

3
153. If A  B  C  , then cos 2 A  cos 2 B  cos 2C  4 sin A sin B sin C  [EAMCET 2003; 1989]
2
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

154. If A, B, C are the angles of a triangle, then sin 2 A  sin 2 B  sin 2 C  2 cos A cos B cos C = [Karnataka CET 1989]

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4


155. If     and      , then tan  equals [IIT Screening 2001]
2

(a) 2(tan   tan  ) (b) tan   tan  (c) tan   2 tan  (d) 2 tan   tan 

A 1 B 2 C
156. Let A, B and C are the angles of a plain triangle and tan  , tan  . Then tan is equal to [Orrissa JEE 2003]
2 3 2 3 2
(a) 7/9 (b) 2/9 (c) 1/3 (d) 2/3

***

Ratio 12
 Ratio

Trigonometrical Ratios, Functions and Identities Assignment (Basic & Advance Level)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

b b b d b d a c a b a b c a b c c c c c
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

b d a a b a d a c b,d d c c b b a a d d d
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60

a a c c b b a d a c a c a c a d b c d d
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

b a d c a a b b a a a a c d b d c b a c
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

b a a a b d d d c a b a d d d a a a, b d c
101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120

a b b c c c a b b c d b d c b c b c b b
121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140

c a a c b a b c a a a, c b b b c a d b c d
141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156

b d b d b a a c d c b a b b c a

Ratio 13
TM