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General Solution of a Trigonometric Equations

Basic Level

1. If cos p   cos q  , p  q , then [MP PET 1995]

2n  n
(a)   2n (b)   (c)   (d) None of these
pq pq

2. General solution of tan 5  cot 2 is [Karnataka CET 2000]

n  n  n  n 
(a)    (b)    (c)    (d)    ,n Z
7 14 7 5 7 2 7 3

3. If tan 2 tan   1, then  =

  
(a) (b) (6 n  1) (c) (4 n  1) (d) None of these
3 6 6

4. If tan   cot   2, then  

  
(a) n  (b) n   (c) n   (d) n  
4 4 3

5. If cot   tan   2cosec  , then general value of  is [Roorkee 1971]

   
(a) n   (b) n   (c) 2n   (d) 2n  
3 6 3 6

6. If 1  cot  cosec , then the general value of  is [Roorkee 1981]

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

       
7. The value of cos y cos   x   cos   y  cos x  sin y cos   x   cos x sin  y  is zero if [Kerala (Engg.) 1993]
2  2  2  2 


(a) x = 0 (b) y = 0 (c) x = y (d) x  n    y (n  I)
4

1
8. If sin 2   2 cos    0, then the general value of  is [MP PET 1984]
4

   
(a) n   (b) 2n   (c) 2n   (d) n  
3 3 6 6

9. The general value of  satisfying sin 2   sin   2 is [AMU 1996, 99]

   
(a) n   (1)n (b) 2n   (c) n   (1)n (d) n   (1)n
6 4 2 3
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Advance Level

10. If sec 4  sec 2  2 , then the general value of  is [IIT 1963]

   n 
(a) (2n  1) (b) (2n  1) (c) n   or  (d) None of these
4 10 2 5 10

   
11. If sin cot    cos  tan   , then  = [Karnataka CET 1988]
4  4 
   
(a) n   (b) 2n   (c) n   (d) 2n  
4 4 4 6
12. The general solution of sin x  3 sin 2 x  sin 3 x  cos x  3 cos 2 x  cos 3 x is [IIT 1989]
 n  n  3
(a) n   (b)  (c) (1)n  (d) 2n   cos 1
8 2 8 2 8 2
4
13. The solution of the equation sec   cosec   is [Roorkee 1994]
3

1 1  3  3 n 3
(a) n   (1) sin  
n (b) n   (1)n sin 1   (c)  (1)n sin 1   (d) None of these
2  4  4 2 4

14. If 4 sin 4 x  cos 4 x  1 , then x equal to [Roorkee 1989]

2 
(a) n  (b) n   sin 1 (c) n   (d) None of these
5 6
15. If 2(sin x  cos 2 x )  sin 2 x (1  2 sin x )  2 cos x  0, then x = [Karnataka CET 2002]

  
(a) (2n  1) (b) (2n  1) (c) (n  1) (d) (n  1)
6 4 6

16. Expression 2sin  2 cos  is minimum when   .......... .. and its minimum value is ....................
 1   1 
1   1  
 7  2
  
(a) 2n   ,n I ; 2 (b) 2n  , n  I; 2 (c) n   , n  I; 2  2 (d) None of these
4 4 4

The general solution of the equation 2 cos 2 x  1  3.2  sin

2
x
17. is
(a) n  (b) n    (c) n    (d) None of these
1  3 sin 2 
18. If   tan 1 (2 tan 2  )  sin 1   then the general value of  [Roorkee 1997; WBJEE 2000]
2  5  4 cos 2 

(a) n  (b) n   (c) n   tan 1 (2) (d) All of these
4
x x
sin  cos  i tan x
19. If the expression 2 2 is real, then x is equal to
x
1  2 i sin
2

(a) 2n  tan 1 K, K  R, n  Z (b) 2n  2 tan 1 K, where K  (0, 1), n  Z

(b) 2n  2 tan 1 K, where K  (1, 2), n  Z (d) 2n  2 tan 1 K, K  (2, 3), n  Z

1
20. If sin x , cos x , tan x are in G.P., then x is equal to
6
  
(a) n   ,n Z (b) 2n   ,n Z (c) n   (1)n ,n Z (d) None of these
3 3 3
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21. If 32 tan 8   2 cos 2   3 cos  and 3 cos 2  1, then the general value of  is [Roorkee 1996]

 2
(a) 2n   (b) 2n  cos 1 2 (c) 2n   (d) None of these
3 3

22. If max 5 sin   3 sin(   )  7 , then the set of possible values of  is

R
    2    2 
(a)  x | x  2n   , n  Z  (b)  x | x  2n   , n  Z (c)  ,  (d) None of these
 3   3  3 3 
3 1
sin2 x  sin x 
23. If | cos x| 2 2  1, then possible values of x are
  
(a) n  or n   (1)n , nI (b) n  or 2n   or n   (1)n , nI
6 2 6

(c) n   (1)n , nI (d) None of these
6

24. The general solution of cos 50 x  sin 50 x  1 is

 
(a) n  (b) 2n  (c) n   (d) 2n  
2 2
25. Let [x] = the greatest integer less than or equal to x and let f (x )  sin x  cos x . Then the most general solution of
   
f (x )   f   are
  10 

(a) 2n   ,n  Z (b) n , n  Z (c) 2n , n  Z (d) None of these
2
min
26. The most general values of x for which sin x  cos x  {1, a 2  4 a  6} are given by
aR
  
(a) 2n  (b) 2n   (c) n   (1)n  (d) None of these
2 4 4

Number of Solutions and Solutions in the Interval of a Trigonometric Equation

Basic Level

27. The number of values of  in [0, 2 ] satisfying the equation 2 sin 2   4  3 cos  are [MP PET 1989]

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

28. The equation 3 cos x  4 sin x  6 has….solution [Orissa JEE 2002]
(a) Finite (b) Infinite (c) One (d) No
29. The solution of the equation cos   sin   1  0, lies in the interval
2

     3   3 5   5 7 
(a)   ,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d)  , 
 4 4 4 4   4 4   4 4 
2 3
30. The solution set of the system of equations x  y  , cos x  cos y  , where x and y are real in
3 2
(a) A finite non-empty set (b) Null set (c) Infinite (d)
x 1 
31. The equation 2 cos 2   sin 2 x  x 2  2 , 0  x  has [Kurukshetra CEE 1995]
 
2 x 2

(a) No solution (b) One real solution (c) More than one real solution (d) None of these
32. The smallest positive root of the equation tan x  x  0 lies on
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         
(a)  0,  (b)  ,   (c)   ,  (d)  , 2 
 2 2   2   2 

Advance Level

33. If a is any real number, then the number of roots of cot x  tan x  a in the first quadrant are
(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) None of these
 x 
34. The number of solutions of the equation sin    x2  2 3x  4

2 3 
(a) Form an empty set (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) >2

35. The number of all possible triplets (a1 , a2 , a3 ) such that a1  a2 cos 2 x  a3 sin 2 x  0 for all x is
(a) Zero (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) Infinite

36. The equation (cos p  1)x 2  (cos p)x  sin p  0 , where x is a variable, has real roots. Then the interval of p may be
any one of the followings [IIT 1990]

  
(a) (0 , 2 ) (b) ( , 0) (c)   ,  (d) 0,  
 2 2
n
37. Let n be an odd integer if sin n   b
r 0
r sin r  , for every value of  , then [IIT 1998]

(a) b0  1, b1  3 (b) b0  0, b1  4 (c) b0  0, b1  n (d) b0  0, b1  n2  n  3

Solution of Simultaneously Solving Equation

Basic Level

1 1
38. The most general value of  which will satisfy both the equations sin    and tan   is [UPSEAT 1980; MP PET 19
2 3
  
(a) n   (1)n (b) n   (c) 2n   (d) None of these
6 6 6
39. The most general value of  satisfying the equations sin   sin  and cos   cos  is[DCE 1999; IIT 1971; Karnataka CET 19
(a) 2n    (b) 2n    (c) n    (d) n   
40. If sin A  sin B, cos A  cos B, then the value of A in terms of B is

(a) n  B (b) n   (1)n B (c) 2n   B (d) 2n   B

1
41. If cos    and tan   1, then the general value of  is
2
   
(a) 2n   (b) (2n  1)  (c) n   (d) n  
4 4 4 4
42. If sin 2 x  sin 4 x  2 sin 3 x , then x  [EAMCET 1989]

n  
(a) (b) n   (c) 2n   (d) None of these
3 3 3
2
43. If tan   3 and cosec   , then the most general value of  satisfying both the equations is
3
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 2 4
(a) 2n   (b) 2n   (c) 2n   (d) None of these
3 3 3

1 3
44. If sin   and cos   , then the general value of  which satisfies both the equations is
2 2
  
(a) 2n   (b) 2n   (c) 2n   (d) None of these
3 4 6

45. General solution of (1  2 sin  )2  ( 3 tan   1)2  0 is

 11 7
(a) n   (b) 2n   (c) 2n   (d) None of these
6 6 6
 
46. If 3 sin 2   2 sin 2   1 and 3 sin 2  2 sin 2 , 0    and 0    , then the value of   2 is
2 2
 
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d) None of these
2 4

Principal Value and Particular Values of a Trigonometrical Equations

Basic Level

47. The smallest value of  satisfying 3 (cot   tan  )  4 is [EAMCET 1996]

2   
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 3 6 12

48. If sin   3 cos  ,    0, then  = [MP PET 1992]

5 4 4 5
(a)  (b)  (c) (d)
6 6 6 6

1 1 3
49. If tan    , sin   and cos    , then the principal value of  will be [MP PET 1984]
3 2 2
 5 7 
(a) (b) (c) (d) 
6 6 6 6
1
50. The smallest positive angle satisfying the equation sin 2   2 cos    0 is
4
   
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 3 4 6

51. If sin 5 x  sin 3 x  sin x  0 , then the value of x other than 0 lying between 0  x  is [MNR 1985]
2
   
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 12 3 4
1 7
52. The value of x satisfying the equation sin x   is given by
sin x 2 3

(a) 10 o (b) 30 o (c) 45 o (d) 60 o

53. If sin 2  cos 3 and  is an acute angle, then sin  is equal to

5 1  5 1
(a) (b) (c) 0 (d) None of these
4 4

54. The values of  satisfying sin 7  sin 4  sin  and 0    are
2
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       
(a) , (b) , (c) , (d) ,
9 4 3 9 6 9 3 4
55. If (2 cos x  1)(3  2 cos x )  0, 0  x  2 , then x = [UPSEAT 1988,
2000]
  5  5  3 5
(a) (b) , (c) , , cos 1    (d)
3 3 3 2 3  2 3

56. If 2 cos 2 x  3 sin x  3  0, 0  x  180 o , then x  [MP PET 1986]

(a) 30 o , 90 o , 150 o (b) 60 o ,120 o ,180 o (c) 0 o , 30 o , 150 o (d) 45 o , 90 o , 135 o

57. If r sin  3, r  4(1  sin ), 0    2 , then   [Roorkee 1974]

   5   
(a) , (b) , (c) , (d) ,
6 3 6 6 3 4 2
58. If tan(  x ) tan(  x )  1 for all x, then value of  must be
(a) 0o (b) 30o (c) 45o (d) 60o
59. If 2 sin2   3 cos  , where 0    2 , then   [IIT 1963]

 7  5  7
(a) , (b) , (c) , (d) None of these
6 6 3 3 3 3
60. cot   sin 2 (   n  , n is integer), if  = [Karnataka CET 1993;BIT Ranchi
1991]

(a) 45 o and 60 o (b) 45 o and 90 o (c) 45 o only (d) 90 o only

1
61. If cos   and 0    360 o , then the values of  are [Karnataka CET 2001]
2

(a) 120 o and 300 o (b) 60 o and 120 o (c) 120 o and 240 o (d) 60 o and 240 o
 
62. If tan( cos  )  cot( sin  ), then sin   equals [AMU 1999]
 4

1 1 1 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2 2
63. If 2 sec( 2 )  tan   cot  , then one of the values of (   ) is
 
(a)  (b) n   (c) (d) None of these
4 4

Advance Level

64. If 3 sin 2  2 sin 3 and 0     , then value of sin  is [T.S. Rajendra 1992]

2 3 15 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 5 4 5

65. 2 sin2 x  sin2 2 x  2,    x   , then x = [ISM Dhanbad 1989]

π π 3π
(a)  (b)  (c) (d) None of these
6 4 2

66. If 5 cos 2  2 cos 2  1  0,       , then   [Roorkee 1984]
2
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  1 3 1 3
(a) (b) , cos (c) cos (d) None of these
3 3 5 5
67. If sec x cos 5 x  1  0 , where 0  x  2 , then x = [Roorkee 1978; IIT 1963]

   
(a) , (b) (c) (d) None of these
5 4 5 4

The equation 3 sin 2 x  2 cos  31sin 2 x  2 sin

2 2
68. x x
 28 is satisfied for the values of x given by
(a) cos x = 0 (b) tan x = –1 (c) tan x = 1 (d) Both (a) and (b)
2
x  sin4 x  sin6 x ..... ) loge 2} cos x 
69. If e {(sin satisfies the equation x 2  9 x  8  0 , then the value of , 0x is[IIT 1991]
cos x  sin x 2
1 1 1
(a) ( 3  1) (b) ( 3  1) (c) (d) 0
2 2 2

1  cos 2  sin 2  4 sin 4


70. The value of  lying between   0 and   and satisfying the equation cos 2  1  sin 2  4 sin 4  0 is [MNR 19
2
cos 2  sin 2  1  4 sin 4

11 7 5 
(a) (b) (c) (d)
24 24 24 24

71. The smallest positive value of x and y, satisfying x  y  and cot x  cot y  2 are [Roorkee 2000]
4
 5 5   7
(a) x  ,y  (b) x  ,y  (c) x  ,y  (d) None of these
6 2 12 6 3 12
   
If (1  tan  )(1  tan  ) sec 2   2 tan   0 then in the interval 
2
72. ,  , the value of  is [IIT 1996]
 2 2
   
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 3 3

Periodic Functions

Basic Level

73. Period of sin  cos  is


(a) (b)  (c) 2 (d) None of these
2
74. Period of tan 3 is
2 
(a) 2 (b) (c) (d) 
3 3
sin   sin 2
75. Period of is
cos   cos 2
2 
(a) 2 (a)  (c) (d)
3 3
76. Period of cos (7 x  5) is
2  5 2 
(a) (b) 2  5 (c) (d)
7 7 7
77. Period of sin   cos  is
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(a)  (b) 2 (c) (d) None of these
4
x x
78. Period of sin  cos is
2 3
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 12
79. Period of cot 3 x  cos( 4 x  3) is

 
(a) (b) (c)  (d) 2
3 4

80. Period of | 2 sin 3  4 cos 3 | is

2  
(a) (b)  (c) (d)
3 2 3

 x   x 
81. The period of the function sin   cos   is [EAMCET 1990]
 2   2 

(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 24

82. The period of the function | sin  x | is [AMU 1999]

(a)  2 (b) 2 (c) 2 (d) 1

x   x 
83. The period of f (x )  sin    cos   , n  Z, n  2 is
 n  1   n 

(a) 2n(n  1) (b) 4 n(n  1) (c) 2n(n  1) (d) None of these

84. The period of a sin x  b cos x is


(a) (b)  (c) 2 (d) None of these
2

85. The period of sin 8 x  3 cos 8 x is

 
(a)  (b) (c) (d) 2
2 4

86. The period of 118 sin 2 x  143 cot 4 x is

(a) 2 (b)  (c) 4 (d) None of these

Advance Level

 
87. The period of sin x . cos   x  is
 4 


(a)  (b) 2 (c) (d) None of these
2

7 sin x  5 cos x
88. The period of is
7 sin 2 x  11 cos x


(a) 2 (b)  (c) (d) None of these
2

89. The period of the function f (x )  3 sin(2 x  1) in radians is

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(a) 2 (b)  (c) (d) 
2

 x   x   x 
90. The function f given by f (x )  sin   2 cos    tan   is periodic with period [EAMCET 1992]
 2   3   4 

(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 12

Trigonometrical Inequations

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1
91. The solution set of inequality cos 2   is
2

       
(a)  : (8 n  1)    (8 n  3) , n  Z  (b)  : (8 n  3)    (8 n  1) , n  Z 
 4 4   4 4 

   
(c)  : (4 n  1)    (4 n  3) , n  Z  (d) None of these
 4 4 

92. Let 2 sin2 x  3 sin x  2  0 and x 2  x  2  0 (x measured in radians) then x lies in the interval

  5   5   
(a)  ,  (b)   1,  (c) (1, 2) (d)  , 2 
6 6   6  6 

93. The number of values of x 0, 4  satisfying | 3 cos x  sin x |  2 is

(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 4 (d) 8

94. If 4 sin2 x  8 sin x  3  0, 0  x  2 , then the solution set for x is

   5   5    5 
(a) 0,  (b) 0,  (c)  , 2  (d)  , 
 6  6   6  6 6 

95. The number of solutions of | cos x |  sin x, 0  x  4 , is

(a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) None of these

96. If cos x  sin x  1 and 0  x  2 then the solution set for x is

    7   3 7   3 
(a) 0,    , 2  (b)  ,   0 (c)  , 2   0 (d) None of these
 4  4   2 4   2 

97. If | tan x |  1 and x    ,   then the solution for x is

 3       3       3 
(a)   ,  ,  ,  (b)  ,  , 
 4   4 4   4   4 4  4 

   
(c)  ,  (d) None of these
 4 4

98. The set of values of x for which sin x . cos 3 x  cos x . sin3 x, 0  x  2 is

   
(a) 0,   (b)  0,  (c)  ,   (d) None of these
 4  4 
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Trigonometrical Equations and Assignment (Basic & Advance Level)

Inequations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98

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