LOGARITHMS

6 5
EXERCISE-I A) B) 0 C) D) 1
5 6
LEVEL - I
1
1. The value of log 2 3 1728 is  1  2 log5 13 2log5 9  2

  
A) 6 B) 8 C) 3 D) 5 12.
 27 
 
2. 3 2log3 4 
A) 3 3/2  133/16 B) 33/ 2  1313/6
4 9 9
A) B) 4 C) D) C) 1 D) 3 3/ 2  1313/6
9 2 4

1
13. If n  2002! then
 log3 81
3. 3 2

1 1 1
  ..... 
A) 9 B) 1/9 C) –9 D) –1/9 log 2n log 3 n log 2002 n

log 1 27 3  A) 2002 B) (2002)! C) 1 D) None

4.
9
14. log3 5  log 25 27 
2 7
A) B) 1 C)  D) 3 A) 2/3 B) 1 C) 3/2 D) None
3 4
loga n
 16   25   81 15. 
7 log    5log    3log    logab n
5.
 15   24   80 
A) logba B) logab
A) log 2 B) 2 log 2 C) log 8 D) None

C) log ab  1 D) log ab 1
 16 
6. log2  16log    12log 25
 15  24
  
 81 log2 log2 ..... 2 
7 log    16. 
 
 80  n times

A) 0 B) 1 C) n D) –n
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
7. log27 is 2
17. The value of log 0.75 log 2 0.125 
A) an integer B) a rational number
C) an Irrational number D) a prime number A) –1 B) 0 C) 1 D) none

8. If ax = b, by = c, cz = a then the value of xyz is

 a  b
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 18. If a 2  b 2  7ab then log   
 3 
9. If ,  are the roots of

 A) log ab B) logab
log3 2 
  
x2  x 3  2   23log3 2  2log2 3  0
log2 3
3
   
loga  logb
then a2 + ab + b2 = C) D) None
2
A) 3 B) 5 C) 7 D) 11
 1 1 
1 log 2.5 1  2 ......
1 19. The value of  3 3 
 log2 (121) 3 0.4
3
10. 8 
A) 2 B) 1/2 C) 0 D) None
A) 242 B) 240 C) 424 D) 2
1 1 
log2.5   2  ... 

11. log9 27  log27 9 

20.  0.16  3 3  
A) 1 B) 2 C) 1/2 D) 4
21. Assuming all logarithms to be well defined, the

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 1 1 1 2a  3b  1 5a  b  1
value of log   A) B)
2 abc log 2 abc log 2 abc 5a  b  2 3a  2b  2
bc ca ab

equals:
A) 3 B) 2 C) ½ D) 3/2 3a  b  2 2a  5b  2
C) D)
22. Suppose x,y,z>0 and different than one and 2a  3b  1 3a  b  1
1 1 1 1 1 1
  
lnx+lny+lnz=0. Then x ln y ln z
.y ln z ln x
.z ln x ln y =__ 33. log x 4  logx 16  log x 64  12 then x =
–3 –2 –1
A) e B) e C) e D) e
A) 21 B) 10 C) 12 D) 2
23. If x, y, z  0 and x,y,z  1 such that
1 3  5  ton terms 20
34. If 4  7  10  to n terms  7  log x and
log x log y logz 10
  then x x  y y 
y z zx xy 1 1
n  log10 x  log10 x 2  log10 x 4  ...  then x =
A) zz B) (–z)z C) z–z D) 1
A) 103 B) 105 C) 106 D) 105 / 7
24. If a,b,c are positive real numbers then
alogb  log c  blogc  loga  clog a  logb   log x  2  log x
 1 1
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) None
35. Solution of  
 5

125

5logx  1 
25. If x, y, z are positive then the minimum value of
xlogy–logz + ylog z – logx + zlogx – logy is A) 10 B) 102 C) 103 D) 104
A) 3 B) 1 C) 9 D) 16
If a>0, b>0 such that a  log a b  b log b a  then
x x
36.
26. If a,b,c are positive real numbers then
x = ___
(ab) log (a /b )  (bc)log(b / c )  (ca)log (c / a )  A) 1 B) –1 C) 1/2 D) 2

A) 1 B) 0 C) log abc D) log 37. If 3  x log 52  2log5 x  64 then x =

2
A) 562 B) 256 C) 625 D) 0
27. If loga b  logb c  logc a vanishes where a,b
38. If 4log16 4  9log 39  10log x 83 then x=
and c are positive reals different than unity then
3 3 3 A) 10 B) 100 C) 1 D) 103
the value of loga b    log c    log a 
b c is
39. Number of solutions of
A) An odd prime B) An even prime
log( x  1)  log( x 1)  log11  2 log 3
C) An odd compsite D) An irrational
number A) 100 B) 1 C) 0 D) 10
28. If log 2 7  a then log 28 49 = 40. I f
log 3  x  x  x  1  log 3  x 1 log 3  x  1  2
3 2
a 2a a 2a
A) B) C) D) then the value of x
2a a 1 1 a a2
29. If log 5  a , log 3  b then log 8  ___ A) 1 B) 2 C) 10 D) 5
30 30 30

A) a+b B) ab C) 3(1–a–b) D) 3(1+a+b) 41. Number of solution of

30. If log 105 7  a , log 7 5  b then log 35 105  ___ log3  5  4log3  x  1   2
1 1 A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
A) ab B) (b+1)a C) D)
ab a(b  1)

31. If a  log 4 5 , b  log 5 6 then log 2 3 =___

42.
x
Number of solutions of log3 3  8  2  x  
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) None
ab
A) 1–2ab B) 1+2ab C) 2ab-1 D) 43. Number of solution of
ab

32. If log10 2  a,log10 3  b then log0.72 (9.6) log2  x  1  log2  x  2   2

interms of a and b

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 A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3 A) x  (  4]  [1 ) B) x  4 or x  1
44. Number of solution of
C) x  ( 1)  (4 ) D) None
1 2log0.25  4  x 
 1
log6  3  x  log2  3  x  55. The solution set of log 2 4  5x  2 is

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 0
 8 4 8 
A)   B)  
45. Number of solutions of 4log9 x - 6x log 92 + 2log3 27 = 0 5  5 5 

A) 1 B) 3 C) 2 D) 4
 8   8 
C) , 0   ,  D) 0, 
2 5   5
46. Number of solutions of x  log10 3
 - 3  - 2 = 0
log10 x

  x2  x 
A) 2 B) 3 C) 1 D) None 56. The solution set of log 0.6  log  
 6
x  4   < 0 is__
47. Number of solutions of
A) (–4, –3)  (4,  ) B) (–4, –3)  (8,  )
 2
log5  x x  2x  65  2  C) (–4, –5)  (4,  ) D) (–4, –3)  (2,  )
57. If log103=0.477, then the number of digits in 340 is
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 0 A) 18 B) 19 C) 20 D) 21
58. The number of Integers in 5200
A solution of the inequality log 0.2  x  4  1
2
48.
A) 138 B) 139 C) 140 D) 141
satisfies
LEVEL - II
A) 1  x  2 B) 2  x  3
1. log5 2 6
52 6 
C) 3  x  4 D) 1  x  3
A) –1 B) 1 C) 2 D) –2

49. If log2 (x  2)  log4  x  2  then x  log 1/ 4 a 2

1)3
2 2  3log27 (a  2a
2. The ratio 4log49 a simplifies to:
A) [ 2 3 ] B) (2 3] C) (2 3) D) (1, 3] 7  a 1
A) a2 – a – 1 B) a2 + a – 1
50. If log0.16  a  1  log0.4  a  1 then a satisfies C) a2 – a + 1 D) a2 + a + 1
3. If a, b, c are distinct positive numbers different
A) a > 0 B) 0<a<1 C) –1<a<0 D) None
from 1 such that

51. If log0.3  x  1  log0.09  x  1 then x 

logb a . log c a  log a a   log c b . log a b  log b b
A)  -∞ 1 B) (1 2) C) ∞︶ D) None
2
(

 log a c . logb c  log c c  0 then abc =

2
52. If log1/ 2  3x  1  log1/ 2 (x  5) 2 then x 
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 33

A)  -∞ - 5  ∪  -5 - 1 ∪︵4 ∞︶ 4. If ,  are the roots of ax 2 + bx + c = 0 where

log2 3 log3 2
a2 3 ,
B) ∞ - 5︶
∪︵-5 0︶
∪︵3 ∞︶
(
-

b = 1 2 log 2 3
3
log 3 2 and
C) ∞ - 5︶
∪︵-5 - 1︶
∪︵3 ∞︶ D) None
(
-


c  log 2 log 2 2 then H.M of  and  is
 x  1
53. Solution of log2  0
 x  2 A) 10 B) –10 C) 8 D) –8

1 4
A) x  2 B) x  1 C) x  2 D ) 5. (81)log5 3  27log9 36  3log7 9 
x 1
A) 980 B) 890 C) 982 D) 892
54.  2
Solution of log3 2x  6x  5  1 
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 
logb logb N   c
a
 b
a

6. The value logb a is A)   B)   C) cb  a D) bc  a

a  b  c

A) logaN B) logbN C) logN a D ) 15. If a  logx (yz),b  logy (zx) , c  logz (x y)

logNb 1 1 1
then   
a1 b1 c1
log2 24 log 2 192
7.   A) 2 B) 3 C) 0 D) 1
log96 2 log 12 2
xy
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 16. If (3x)log3 = (4y)log4,4logx = 3logy then =__
xy
A) 7 B) 1/7 C) 4 D) 3
a log4 3 a log8 3
8. If   b then b = 17. Let (x 0,y 0 ) be the solution of the following
a log2 3 a log4 3 equations (2x)In2 = (3y)In3 and 3Inx = 2In y then x0=
A) 1/6 B) 1/3 C) 1/2 D) 6
1 2 1 3 18. If x  log 2a a,y  log3a 2a , z  log4a 3a then xyz+1=
A) B) C) D)
2 3 3 2
A) 2xy B) 2 yz C) 2xz D) 2xyz

1  2log3 2 2 19. If log 12 27  a , then log 6 16  ___

9. The value of 2 
 log6 2  is
 1  log 2 3
3a 3a 3a
A) B) 2   C) 4   D)
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 1 3a 3a 3a

a3
1 1
10. If (0.05) = (0.005) = 1000 then  
x y a3
x y
20. If log2 3  a,log3 5  b and log7 2  c then
1 1 log140 63 
A) 1 B) C) D) 1
2 3 4
1  2ac 1  2ac
A) B)
2c  abc  1 2c  abc  1
1 1
11. If (31.6)a = (0.0000316)b =100 the value of 
a b 1  2ac 1  2ac
C) D)
is 2c  abc  1 2c  abc  1
21. If x > 0, y > 0, z > 0 such that
1
A) 3 B) C) 0 D) None
3 log2 x  log4 y  log4 z  2,log9 x  log3 y  log9 z  2,
12. If ax=bc, by=ca, cz=ab then log16 x  log16 y  log4 z  2 then x  y  z =
x y z 353 355
   ___ (or) x+y+z-xyz=___
1 x 1 y 1 z A) 12 B) C) D) 15
24 24
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
22. If 2log x a  log ax a  3log a 2 x a  0 then x=
log x log y log z
13. If   then
bc ca ab A) a-1/3 B) a-2/3 C) a-4/3 D) a-3/4

xb  c  a  y c  a  b  za  b  c  23. Number of Solution of

A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3  
log2 x 2  1  log 1  x  1
2

14. If a,b,c are positive real numbers other than unity

such that A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3

a(b  c  a) b(c  a  b) c(a  b  c) 24. Number of solution of

  then ab–c =
loga logb logc
 
log2 9  2 x  10log 3  x 

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 A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3  
 
2 9
 log5 x  log5 x  5

 x 7  35. The equation x  2 

 5 5 which of
25.  x

If log3 2,log3 2  5 and log 3 2   are in A.P
2 the following is incorrect?
then the number of values of x is A) the equation has exactly three real solutions.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
B) the equation has atleast one real solution.

Number of real roots of 3log3    x  3 is

x2  4 x  3
26.   C) the equation has exactly one irrational
solution.
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D ) D) the equation has complex roots.
Infinite
36. Solution set of the equation
1 logx
27. Solutions of x  10x
1 log 1 x  log 2 x  2  3  log 1 x  log 2 x is
1 1 6 6
A) 10 B) C) 10, D) None
10 10
1  1 
A)  1 B)  
logx  1
28. Solution of x  106
 6   6 
A) 103 B) 10–3 C) 102 D) 10–3,102

 1
29. The number of solution of log(  x)  log x 2 C)   D) None
 6 
is
37. If x = log51000 and y = log72058 then
A) 1 B) 3 C) 4 D) 2
A) x > y B) x < y
30. Number of solutions of C) x = y D) none of these
38. Which one of the following is correct?
 
log4 log2 x  log2 log4 x  2  
A) log7 11> log8 5 B) log7 11< log8 5
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
C) log7 11= log8 5 D) None
 8
log8  2  39. Solution of Inequality
x 
31. The equation 2
 3 has
 log x  8
 2012 
6x 2  3x  2
 2012 
14 x  12

  
2011  2011
A) No integral solution B) No natural solution
C) Two real solution D) one irrational solution
 2 5 2 5
A)  B) 
32. If log3 27  logx 7  log27 x  log7 3 then the  3 2  3 2 
least value of x is
A) 7 –3 B) 3–7 C) 73 D) 37  2 5   2 5 
C)   D) 
 3 2  3 2 
33. Sum of the roots of the equation
40. Which of the following is not true?
x + 1 = 2 log 2 2 x + 3  - 2log 4 1980 - 2 -x  is
1 1
A) log   log   2
A) log112 B) log311 C) log113 D ) 3 4

log211 B) log2 7 is an irrational number

34. A solution of the system of equations xx–y = yx+y and 10

C) log 8
x  x  16
3
x.y  1
2
 
D) if logx a  1  0  a  0  then 0 < x < 1
A) (0, 1) B) 1, 3
3 
41. If a  log3 5,b  log 17 25 which of the
 1   1 3  following is correct ?
 ,1  , 3 
C)  3 D)  3
 9   9  A) a<b B) a=b C) a>b D) None

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42. If log2  2  x   log1/ 2  x  1 then x  A) (2 4)  {3} B) (2 4)

C) [2, 4] – { 3 } D) None
 1 - 5   1+ 5 
A) x ∈  -1 ∪ 2 49. If log2 x  3 x 2  log2x  3 2x  3 then x 
 2   2 

 3   -3 
 A)  - -1 ∪  -1 4  B)  -1 ∪  -1 3 
1- 5   1- 5 
B) x ∈  -1 ∪ 2
 2   2 
 2   2 
 -3 
C)  - 1 ∪  -1 3  D) None
C) x ∈  -1 2  D) x ∈ [-1 2]  2 
50. The solution set of the inequality
43.
2

If log10 x  2x  2  0 then x   1
log 2 x  1  log 2 x 3 +2>0 is___
2
A)  -1, 1 - 3  ∪ 1+ 3,1 A) [2,3] B) [2,4) C) (2,3] D) (2,4]

B) [-1,1- 3 )∪︵1+ 3,1] 51. If log 102=0.30103, then the number of zeros
between the decimal point and the first significant
digit in the decimal expansion of 2–1000 is
C) [-1,1- 3 )∪︵1+ 3,3] D) None A) 298 B) 300 C) 301 D) 302
52. The number of zeroes between the decimal point
logx 10
44. Solution of   x  x 2 then and first significant digit of (0.036)16 is
A) 23 B) 24 C) 25 D) 22

A) x  10 1
4
  
B) x  10

1
4
  54. If  and  are the permeability and permittivity,
then the dimensional formula of (  )1 / 2 is

C) x    10
1
4
 
D) x    10
1
4 
 A) ML2T–2 B) MLT–1I–1
C) ML2TI2 D) LT–1
45.  2
If log4  14  log6 x  64   2 then x  
A)  10  8   8 10 B) [ 10  8]   8 10

C) (10  8]  [8 10] D) [ 10  8]  (8 10]

46. The value of x satisfying the inequation

1
.log10 x  1 is
xlog10 x

A) 0 < x < 10 B) 0<x<1010

C) 0<x<101/10 D) None

47. 
If log x 2x - 3
4  > 2 then x 
 3 1  3   3 1  3
A) x ∈   ∪ 1  B) x ∈   ∪ 1 
 8 2  2   8 2  2 

 3 1  3 
C) x ∈  ∪ 1 D) None
 8 2   2 

48. Solution of log 0.2 x  3  0

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 EXERCISE - I (LEVEL - I)
1. A 8. B 15. C 22. A 29. C 36. C 43. B 50. C 57. C
2. D 9. C 16. D 23. C 30. D 37. C 44. A 51. C 58. C
3. B 10. A 17. C 24. B 31. C 38. A 45. C 52. C
4. C 11. C 18. A 25. A 32. B 39. B 46. C 53. C
5. A 12. A 19. D 26. A 33. D 40. C 47. A 54. B
6. A 13. C 20. D 27. A 34. B 41. B 48. B 55. C
7. C 14. C 21. A 28. D 35. B 42. B 49. C 56. B

EXERCISE - I (LEVEL - II)

1. A 10. C 19. C 28. D 37. A 46. C
2. D 11. A 20. A 29. D 38. A 47. A
3. B 12. B 21. B 30. B 39. A 48. C
4. C 13. B 22. C 31. C 40. C 49. C
5. B 14. A 23. B 32. A 41. C 50. B
6. B 15. D 24. B 33. D 42. A 51. B
7. C 16. A 25. A 34. D 43. C 52. A
8. C 17. C 26. A 35. D 44. A
9. D 18. B 27. C 36. A 45. D

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