SECTION-I

OBJECTIVE
LEVEL-I
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer:
1
1. If sin  sin 1  cos 1 x  = 1, then x is equal to
 5 
(A) 1 (B) 0
(C) 4/5 (D) 1/5
1 1
2. The value of cos –1   + 2 sin–1   is equal to
 2  2
 
(A) (B)
4 6
 2
(C) (D)
3 3
 7 
3. The value of cos–1  cos  is
 6 
7 5
(A) (B)
6 3
5 13
(C) (D)
6 6
4. The solution of
2 
 2a  1 
 1  b   tan 1  2x  is
sin–1    cos
 1  b2 
1 a2    1 x2 

ab 1  ab
(A) (B)
1  ab ab
ab  1 ab
(C) (D)
ab 1  ab
1
5. If x + = 2, then sin–1 x is
x
 
(A) (B)
4 2
3
(C)  (D)
2
6. The value of cos (2cos–1 0.8) is
(A) 0.48 (B) 0.96
(C) 0.6 (D) 0.28
  1 1
 3
7. The value of cos–1   2   sin   2  is
   

(A) (B) 0
3
2 
(C) (D)
3 6

8. sin cot–1 tan cos–1x is equal to

(A) x (B) 1  x 2
1
(C) (D) 1  x 2
x

n ,
9. If cot–1  n  N , then the maximum value of n is
 6
(A) 1 (B) 5
(C) 9 (D) 10

 1  1 
10. The value of cos   cos     is
6  2 

3 3
(A) (B) 
2 2
1 1
(C) (D) 
2 2
 LEVEL-II
Multiple Choice Questions with more than one correct Answers:
1
1. If cosec–1 x = sin–1   , then x equal to
x
1
(A) 1 (B) 
2
3 3
(C) (D) –
2 2

1
2. If cos (2 sin–1 x) = , then x equals to
9
2 3
(A) (B)
3 2
2 3
(C) – (D) –
3 2

1  2
3. tan–1   + tan–1   equals to
 4 9
1  3 1  3
(A) cos–1   (B) sin–1  
2 5 2 5
1  3 1
(C) tan–1   (D) tan–1  
2 5  2
 x 1   2x  1   23 
4. If tan–1   + tan–1   = tan–1   , then x equals to
 x 1  2x  1   36 
4 3
(A) (B) 
3 8
4 3
(C)  (D)
3 8

5. Let y = (sin–1 x)3 + (cos–1 x)3 then

3 3
(A) min y = (B) min y =
4 32
7 3 7 3
(C) max y = (D) max y =
8 32
 3
6. At x = , the value is real for
2
(A) tan–1 x (B) cosec–1x
(C) cos–1x (D) sin–1x

1
7. If  | x |  1 then which of the following are real?
2
(A) sin–1 x (B) tan–1x
(C) cos–12x (D) cos–1x

 5  1  2 
8. Let tan–1  tan   , tan   tan   . Then
 4   3 
(A)    (B) 4  3  0
7
(C)    (D)   
12
x 1 
9. If f(x) = cos–1 x + cos–1   3  3x 2  then
2 2 
 2  2 1 2 
(A) f    (B) f    cos 
 3 3 3 3 3

1  1 1 1 
(C) f    (D) f    2 cos 
3 3  3 3 3

10. Let f(x) = sin–1 x + cos–1x. Then  /2 is equal to

 1
(A) f    (B) f(k2 – 2k + 3), k  R
 2
 1 
(C) f  2  , k R (D) f(–2)
1 k 
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other competitive exams:

1. sec2 (tan–12) + cosec2(cot–13) =

(A) 5 (B) 13
(C) 15 (D) 6
2. sin(cot–1 x)
(A) 1  x 2 (B) x
(C) (1  x 2 )3/ 2 (D) (1  x 2 )1/ 2

1 x 5 
3. If sin  cos ec 1    , then x =
5  4 2
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 1 (D) 3

4. If cos 1 x  cos 1 y  cos 1 z  3, then xy + yz + zx =

(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 3 (D) –3
  1 
5. sin 3sin 1    
  5 
(A) 71/125 (B) 74/125
(C) 3/5 (D) 1/2
6. If 4 sin–1x + cos–1x =  , then x is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1/2
3 1
(C)  (D)
2 2
 1 a  1 a
7. tan   cos 1   tan   cos 1  
4 2 b 4 2 b
(A) 2a/b (B) 2b/a
(C) a/b (D) b/a
1 1 y
8. If cos x  cos   , then 4x2 – 4xy cos + y2 is equal to
2
(A) –4sin2 (B) 4sin2
(C) 4 (D) 2 sin 2 
x 5 
–1    cos ec1   
9. If sin  5   4  2 then a value of x is
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 1 (D) 3
 SECTION-II
SUBJECTIVE
LEVEL-I

1 120 5
1. Prove that tan  2 sin 1
119 13

1 1 1 x 1 x
2. Prove that cos x  2 sin  2 cos1
2 2

 4  3
3. Evaluate : sin 2  2 tan 1   sin 2  2 tan 1  .
 7  11 

Prove that : tan 1

F
G 2 mn I
J F2pq IJ tan F
 tan G 1
G 2 MN I
J 1n q N
4.
Hm  n K Hp  q K HM  N K m p M  (1, 1)
2 2 2 2
, where , , 2 2

and M = mp - nq, N = np + mq.

1 yz zx xy 
5. Prove that : tan  tan 1  tan 1  , where x2 + y2 + z2 = r2, where xyz >0 and r > 0.
xr yr zr 2
6. Evaluate : (i) 2tan–1 (cos x) = tan–1 (2cosec x).
2 
(ii) sin–1x + sin–1y = and cos 1 x  cos 1 y  .
3 3
7. Prove that
1  7 3π
(i) tan 2 tan 1    . (ii) tan–1 2 + tan–1 3 =
 5 4 17 4
8. Write the following in simple form

 1  x 2  1  3a 2 x  x 3 
(i) tan–1   (ii) tan–1  3 2 

 x 
   a  3ax 


9. If tan–1 x + tan–1y + tan–1z = ; prove that xy + yz + zx = 1.
2

 3 
3x  x 
(ii) 3 tan–1x = tan–1 
2
*10. Solve the equation : (i) 2sin–1 x = sin–1 (2x (1  x )) 2 .
 1  3x 
 LEVEL–II
1. Solve : cot–1 x – cot–1 (x + 2) =  / 2

 n 2  10n  26  
1
2. If cot    , n  N , then find the minimum value of n.
 2 3  6

F
G1 xI
J F1  x I 2

and   arc sinG Jfor 0 < x < 1, prove that      . What the
3. If   2arc tan
H1  x K H1  x K 2

value of    will be if x > 1.

L
M ab xO
. tan P
Lb  a cos x O
Na  b 2 Q Na  b cos x P
4. Prove that : 2 tan 1  cos M 1

Qwhere tan x/2 > 0 .

1 cos x  cos y F
G x
 2 tan 1 tan .tan
y IJ x y
5. Prove that : cos
1  cos x cos y H 2 2 K
where tan . tan  0 .
2 2

*6. Find the sum to n terms of the series.

 
 1  1  2  1  1  3  2  1  n  n  1 
sin  2 
–1  sin    sin    . . .  sin
 6   12   n  n  1  and hence find
 
sum to infinity.
7. Solve the inequality: sin–1(sin5) > x2 – 4x.
m tan(   ) n tan  1 nm 
8. If 2
 2
, prove that      tan 1   tan   .
cos  cos (   ) 2 nm 
9. If tan–1 y : tan–1x = 4 : 1, express y as an algebraic function of x, hence or otherwise, prove that
10
tan 22 is a root of the equation x4 + 1 = 6x2.
2
1 1 3
*10. (i) Find all possible value of p and q for which cos–1 p  cos 1  p  cos 1  q  .
4
(ii) Convert the trigonometric function sin [2cos–1 {cot (2tan–1x)}] into an algebraic function,
say f(x). Find all the values of x for which f(x) is zero. Express these values of x in the form
a  b , where a and b are rational numbers.
 SECTION-III-A
Matrix–Match Type p q r s
This section contains 2questions. Each question contains statements A p q r s
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II. B p q r s
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles
C p q r s
as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s, p q r s
D
then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :

1. Column- I Column-II

 1  1  3 5
(A) sin   sin     (p)
3  2  2

 1
 3   24
(B) cos  cos   2   6  (q)
    7

1 1 5
(C) tan  cos  (r) 1
2 3 

 1 4
(D) tan  2sin (s) –1
 5 

2. Column-I (Functions) Column-II (Principle Value)

 5  
(A) sin-1  sin  (p)
 6  3

 7  17 
(B) cos-1   sin  (q)
 6  20

  1 3   
(C) sin-1  cos  sin 2   (r)
   6

 1  9 9   
(D) cos-1   cos  sin   (s)
 2 10 10   2
 SECTION-III-B
Linked Comprehension Type
This section contains 2 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, with multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

I. The functions sin–1x, cos–1x, tan–1x, cot–1x, cosec–1x and sec–1x are called inverse circular or inverse
trigonometric functions which are defined as follows
sin–1x –1  x  1 /2  sin–1 x  3/2
cos–1x –1  x  1 –  cos–1 x  0
tan–1x xR –/2 < tan–1x < /2
3
cosec–1x |x|  1 /2  cosec–1x  
2
sec–1x |x|  1 –  sec–1 x  0  – /2
–1
cot x xR 0 < cot–1 x < 
–1
1. For x [0, 1], sin x is equal to
2 
(A) cos–1 1  x 2   (B) cos–1 1  x 
2
(C) –cos–1 1  x 2 (D) none of these
2. Number of solutions of tan–1 |x| – cos–1x = 0 is/are
(A) 2 (B) 1
(C) 0 (D) none of these

 sin 1 x 4  sin 1 x 9 
3. lim tan  
x 0
 4 
(A) does not exist as L.H.L. and R.H.L. both are finite and unequal
(B) exist as L.H.L. = R.H.L.
(C) R.H.L. and L.H.L. are unequal (D) none of these
–1 –1
II. If tan (y) = 4tan (x) (|x| < tan /6), then
4. The value of y, as an algebraic function of x will be
4x(1  x 2 ) 4x(1  x 2 )
(A) (B)
x 4  6x 2  1 x 4  6x 2  1

4x(1  x 2 )
(C) 4 (D) none of these
x  6x 2  1
5. The root of the equation x4 – 6x2 + 1 = 0 is
 
(A) tan (B) tan
12 4
 
(C) tan (D) tan
8 16
 SECTION-III-C
(Assertion – Reason Type)
Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT – 2 (Reason). Each question has
4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

Instructions:
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement–2 NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1.
(C) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is False
(D) Statement –1 is False, statement–2 is True.
1 1 3
1. Statement-1: The value of tan 2  tan 3 
4

1  xy
Statement-2: If x > 0, y > 0, xy > 1, then tan–1x + tan–1y =   tan  1  xy  .
 
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D

2. Statement–1 : If cot–1x < n, n R then x < cot (n)

Statement–2 : cot–1 (x) is an decreasing function.
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D

1
3. Statement-1: I f x < 0 tan-1x +tan-1 
 = /2
x
Statement-2: tan-1x + cot-1x = /2 xR.
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D

  3 
4. Statement-1: The range of sin-1x + cos-1x + tan1x is  , 
4 4 
-1 -1
Statement-2: sin x + cos x = /2 for every xR.
(A) A (B) B
(C) C (D) D
 PROBLEMS
OBJECTIVE
 1  4  1  2  
1. The value of tan cos    tan    is
 5  3 
(A) 6/17 (B) 7/16 (C) 16/7 (D) none of these

 2 
2. The principal value of sin–1  sin  is
 3 
2 2 4
(A)  (B) (C) (D) none of these
3 3 3

3. If we consider only the principle values of the inverse trigonometric functions then the value of
 1 1 4 
tan  cos  sin 1  is
 5 2 17 

29 29 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 29 29

4. The number of real solutions of tan-1 x(x  1)  sin 1 x 2  x  1  is
2
(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) infinite

 x 2 x3   2 x4 x6  
5. –1
If sin  x    ...  + cos  x    ....  = for 0 < |x| < 2 , then x equals
–1
 2 4   2 4  2
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) –1/2 (D) –1
6. The value of x for which sin (cot–1 (1 + x)) = cos(tan–1x) is
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) –1/2

7. Let (x, y) be such that sin-1 (ax ) + cos-1 (y) + cos-1 (bxy) =. Match the statements in Column
2
I with statements in Column II and indicate your answer by darkening the appropriate bubbles in
the 4 × 4 matrix given in the ORS.
Column I Column II
(A) If a = 1 and b = 0, then (x, y) (p) lies on the circle x2 + y2 = 1
(B) If a = 1 and b = 1, then (x, y) (q) lies on (x2 – 1) (y2 – 1) = 0
(C) If a = 1 and b = 2, then (x, y) (r) lies on y = x
(D) If a = 2 and b = 2, then (x, y) (s) lies on (4x2 – 1) (y2 – 1) = 0

8. If 0 < x < 1, then 1  x 2 [{x cos (cot–1x) + sin (cot–1x)}2 – 1}1/2 =

x
(A) (B) x (C) x 1  x 2 (D) 1  x 2
1 x2
 SUBJECTIVE
1
1. Find the value of : cos (2cos–1 x + sin–1x) at x = , where 0  cos–1 x   and –/2  sin–1 x 
5
/2.

x2 1
2. Prove that cos tan-1 sin cot-1 x = .
x2  2
 ANSWERS

SECTION-I

LEVEL-I
1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (D)
7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (B)
LEVEL-II
1. (A, C,D) 2. (A, C) 3. (A, D) 4. (A, B) 5. (B, C) 6. (A, B)
7. (A B D) 8. (B, C, D) 9. (A D) 10. (A, C)
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other competitive exams:
1. (C) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (B)
7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (D)

SECTION-II
LEVEL-I
 1
3. 1 6. (i) (ii) x , y 1
4 2
1 x
8. (i) tan 1 x (ii) 3 tan 1
2 a
1 1 1 1
10. (i)  x (ii)  x
2 2 3 3

LEVEL-II
1. 3 or  2  3   2. 3 3. –

6. tan 1 n ,
2
7. 
x  2  9  2π, 2  9  2π 
9. y=

4x 1  x 2 
1  x  6x 2
4

2
1 x2 1 x2 
10. (i) 0  p  1 and q 
1
2
(ii) f(x) =
2x
1    
 2 x  , x  1,  1  2 
 

SECTION-III-A

1. (A-r), (B-s), (C-p), (D-q) 2. (A-r), (B-p), (C-r), (D-q)

 SECTION-III-B
1.(A) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (A)
SECTION-III-C
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (C)

PROBLEMS

OBJECTIVE

1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (B)

6. (D) 7. (A-p; B-q; C-p; D-s) 8. (C)

SUBJECTIVE

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