LEVEL – 1

Trigonometrical ratios or function

5 sin   3cos 
Q.1 If 5 tan = 4, then =
sin   2cos 
(A) 5/9 (B) 14/5 (C) 9/5 (D) 5/14
Q.2 tan2  sec2 (cot2 – cos2 ) =
(A) 0 (B) – 1 (C) 1 (D) 2
Q.3 If sin  + cosec  = 2 then the value of sin8 + cosec8  is equal to-
(A) 2 (B) 28 (C) 24 (D) None of these
Q.4 If sin x + sin2 x = 1, then cos8 x+ 2cos6 x+ cos4 x = ....
(A) 0 (B) – 1 (C) 2 (D) 1
2 4
Q.5 x = y cos = z cos , then xy + yz + zx =
3 3
(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
Q.6 If cos23 + cos4= 16 cos6 + 9 cos2is an identity then-
(A)  = 1,  = 18 (B)  = 1,  = 24 (C)  = 3,  = 24 (D)  = 4,  = 2

Sign & Allied angle of T. Ratios

Q.7 sin2 5º + sin2 10º + sin2 15º + ............... ....sin2 85º + sin2 90º=
1
(A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10
2
Q.8 cosA + sin (270º+ A) – sin (270º – A) + cos (180º + A) =
(A) – 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) None of these

1
Q.9 If sin  = – and tan = 1, then  lies in which quadrant-
2
(A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth
Q.10 If A lies in the second quad. and 3 tan A + 4 = 0, the value 2 cot A – 5 cos A + sin A is equals to-
(A) 23/11 (B) 22/10 (C) 23/10 (D) None of these
Q.11 cos 24º + cos 5º + cos 175º + cos 204º + cos 300º =
3
(A) 1/2 (B) – 1/2 (C) (D) 1
2

Sum and difference formulae

Q.12 tan20º + 2 tan50º =
(A) tan 70º (B) cot 70º (C) sin 70º (D) tan 30º
sin(B  A)  cos(B  A)
Q.13 =
sin(B  A)  cos(B  A)
cosB  sinB cos A  sin A cos A  sin A
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
cosB  sinB cos A  sin A cos A  sin A

Q.14 If A – B = , then (1 + tan A) (1 – tan B)=
4
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) –1 (D) –2
Q.15 tan 5x tan 3x tan 2x = ......
sin 5x  sin 3x  sin 2x
(A) tan 5x – tan 3x – tan2x (B)
cos 5x  cos 3x  cos 2x
(C) 0 (D) None of these
Q.16 If A + C = B, then tan A tan B tan C is-

(A) tan A tan B + tan C (B) tan B – tan C – tan A

(C) tan A + tan C – tan B (D) – (tan A tan B + tan C)

Formulae for product into sum or difference conversion

 5    
Q.17 2 sin   sin   =
 12   12 
1 1 1 1
(A) – (B) (C) (D)
2 2 4 6
Q.18 cos2 48° – sin2 12° =
5 1 5 1 3 1 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 8 4 2 2
Q.19 2 sin2 + 4 cos()sin  sin + cos 2 (  ) =
(A) sin 2 (B) cos 2 (C) cos 2 (D) sin 2

Formulae for sum or difference into product conversion

sin3  sin5  sin7  sin9
Q.20 =
cos3  cos5  cos7  cos9
(A) tan 6 (B) tan 3 (C) cot 2 (D) cot 6
Q.21 If cos A = m cos B, then-
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
A B m 1 A B
(C) cot = tan (D) None of these
2 m 1 2
Q.22 If cos + cos = 0 = sin + sin, then cos2 + cos2 is equal to -
(A) –2sin ( + ) (B) –2cos ( + ) (C) 2sin ( + ) (D) 2cos ( + )

cos(A  C)
Q.23 If cos2B = , then-
cos(A  C)
(A) tanA, tanB, tanC are in A.P. (B) tanA, tanB, tanC are in G.P.
(C) tanA, tanB, tanC are in H.P. (D) None of these

Trigonometrical ratio of multiple angle

sin   sin2
Q.24 =
1  cos   cos2
1 1
(A) tan  (B) cot  (C) tan  (D) cot 
2 2
 
Q.25 1  2sin2     =
4 
(A) cos 2 (B) – cos 2 (C) sin 2 (D) – sin 2

Q.26 2  2  2cos 4 ;  0 <  < /4 is

(A) cos  (B) sin  (C) 2 cos  (D) 2 sin 

Q.27 cos2 A (3 – 4 cos2 A)2 + sin2 A(3 – 4 sin2 A)2 is equal to-
(A) cos 4A (B) sin 4A (C) 1 (D) None of these
The Greatest & least value of expression
Q.28 The maximum value of sin(+ /6) + cos( + /6) is attained at
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 6 3 2

Q.29 The maximum value of 12 sin  – 9 sin2is-

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) None of these
Q.30 Minimum value of 5 sin2 +4 cos2  is -
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
Q.31 The minimum value of cos  + sin  is -
(A) 0 (B) – 2 (C) 1/2 (D) 2

Miscellaneous point
 2 4 8
Q.32 cos cos cos cos =
5 5 5 5
1 1 1
(A) (B) 0 (C) – (D) –
16 8 16

Q.33 The value of tan 6º tan 42º tan 66º tan 78º is-
(A) 1 (B) 1/2 (C) 1/4 (D) 1/8

Q.34 A quadratic equation whose roots are cosec2and sec2, can be -

(A) x2 – 2x + 2 = 0 (B) x2 – 3x + 3 = 0 (C) x2 – 5x + 5 = 0 (D) x2 + 4x – 4 = 0

LEVEL - 2
Q.1 Which of the following is correct-

(A) sin 1º > sin 1 (B) sin1º< sin 1 (C) sin 1º= sin 1 (D) sin 1º = sin 1
180

3 A 5A
Q.2 If cos A = then the value of sin sin is-
4 2 2
1 11 11 11
(A) (B) (C) (D)
32 8 32 16

2 sin  1  sin   cos 

Q.3 If =  then is equal to-
1  sin   cos  1  sin 
1
(A) (B)  (C) 1 –  (D) 1 + 


Q.4 The least value of cos2 – 6 sin . cos + 3 sin2 + 2 is-
(A) 4 + 10 (B) 4 – 10 (C) 0 (D) 4

 
Q.5 If sin  + sin = a and cos – cos = b, then tan   is equal to-
 2 
a b
(A) – (B) – (C) a2  b2 (D) None of these
b a

Q.6 If ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral, then the value of cos A – cos B + cos C – cos D-
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (cos B – cos D) (D) 2(cos A – cos C)

Q.7 If x = r sin .cos ; y = r sin .sin  and z = r cos  then the value of x2 + y2 + z2 is independent of-
(A) , (B) r,  (C) r,  (D) r
  2 3 4 5 6 7
Q.8 The value of cos + cos + cos + cos + cos + cos + cos is-
7 7 7 7 7 7 7
(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) 1/2 (D) 0
 
Q.9 If tan   and tan   are the roots of the equation 8x2 – 26x + 15 = 0 then cos      is equal to-
2 2
627 627 725
(A) – (B) (C) – (D) – 1
725 725 627
Q.10 If sin 1 + sin 2 + sin 3 = 3, then cos 1 + cos 2 + cos 3 =
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 0

Q.11 If sin A, cos A and tan A are in G.P., then cos3A + cos2A is equal to-
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) None of these
1 1
Q.12 If x + = 2 cos , then x3 + 3 =
x x
1 1
(A) cos 3 (B) 2 cos 3 (C) cos 3 (D) cos 3
2 3

Q.13 Exact value of tan 200º (cot 10º – tan 10º) is-
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 0 (D) None of these

cos20º  8sin70º sin50º sin10º

Q.14 is equal to -
sin2 80º
3
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) (D) None of these
4
Q.15 The sign of the product sin 2 sin 3 sin 5 is -
(A) Negative (B) Positive (C) 0 (D) None of these

3cosθ  cos3θ
Q.16 is equal to-
3sinθ  sin3θ
(A) 1 + cot2 (B) cot4 (C) cot3 (D) 2 cot 

Q.17 If A = cos2+ sin4, then for all value of -

3 13
(A) 1  A  2 (B) A1 (C) A1 (D) None of these
4 16

1 1 
Q.18 If tan = and sin = , where 0 < ,  < , then 2 is equal to-
7 10 2
 3  3 
(A) – (B) – (C)   (D) –
4 4 8 8 2

Q.19 No. of solution in the equation x = 4 sinx when x  [0, 2]-

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

 2 4 8
Q.20 The numerical value of tan + 2tan +4tan + 8tan is equal to-
3 3 3 3
–5 5
(A) – 5 3 (B) (C) 5 3 (D)
3 3
10
 r 
Q.21 The value of  cos3   is equal to-
r 0 3
–9 –7 –9 –1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 8 8

Q.22 If (sec A – tan A) (sec B – tan B) (sec C – tan C) = (sec A + tan A) (sec B + tan B) (sec C + tan C),
then every side is equal to -
(A) ±1 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) None of these
 LEVEL – 3
Q.1 The value of sin 10° + sin 20° + sin 30° + ... + sin 360° is equal to -
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 2
Q.2 The value of the expression ( 3 sin 75º – cos 75º) is -
(A) 2 sin 15° (B) 1 + 3 (C) 2 sin 105° (D) 2
Q.3 cos 52° + cos 68° + cos 172° =
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None of these
11
Q.4 If cosec A + cot A = , then tan A is -
2
21 15 44 117
(A) (B) (C) (D)
22 16 117 43
2
Q.5 If triangle ABC, C = , then the value of cos2A + cos2B – cos A . cos B is equal to-
3
3 3 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 2 4
 
Q.6 If f () = 5 cos  + 3 cos     + 3, then range of f () is-
 3
(A) [–5, 11] (B) [–3, 9] (C) [–2, 10] (D) [–4, 10]

3 4
Q.7 cos2  cos2 is equal to -
5 5
(A) 4/5 (B) 5/2 (C) 5/4 (D) 3/4
 
Q.8 If 1 and 2 are two values lying in [0, 2] for which tan  = , then tan 1 . tan 2 is -
2 2
(A) Zero (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 1
A B
Q.9 If A + B + C = , then  tan tan is equal to -
2 2
(A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 1/2 (D) 1

Q.10 If a = sin 170° + cos 170°, then -

(A) a > 0 (B) a < 0 (C) a = 0 (D) a = 1

Q.11 sin2A + sin2(A–B) + 2 sinA cosB sin(B – A) is equal to -

(A) sin2A (B) sin2B (C) cos2A (D) cos2B

Q.12 If Un = 2 cos n, then U1Un – Un–1 is equal to -

(A) Un+2 (B) Un+1 (C) U2Un+1 (D) None of these

Q.13 The number of real solutions of the equation sin (ex) = 2x + 2–x is -
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) Infinite

Q.14 If cos 5 = a cos5  + b cos3  + c cos  then c is equal to -

(A) –5 (B) 1 (C) 5 (D) None of these
sin3x
Q.15 If f (x) = , x  n, then the range of values of f (x) for real values of x is -
sin x
(A) [–1, 3] (B) (–, –1] (C) (3, +) (D) [–1, 3)

Q.16 If A = tan 6° tan 42° and B = cot 66° cot 78°, then -
1
(A) A = 2B (B) A = B (C) A = B (D) 3A = 2B
3
Q.17 If sin  = n sin ( + 2), then tan ( + ) is equal to -
1 n 1 n 1 n
(A) tan  (B) tan  (C) tan  (D) tan 
2n 1 n 1 n
Statement type Questions
Each of the question given below consist of Statement -1 and Statement- II. Use the following
key to choose the appropriate answer.
(A) If both Statement- I Statement- II are true, and Statement- II is the correct explanation of
Statement- I.
(B) If both Statement- I and Statement-II are true but Statement-II is not the correct explanation of
Statement- I
(C) If Statement- I is true but Statement- II is false
(D) If Statement- I is false but Statement- II is true.

Q.18 Statement- I : cos 36º > tan 36º

Statement- II : cos 36º > sin 36º

Q.19 Statement- I : If A, B, C are the angles of a triangle such that angle A is obtuse, then tan B tan C > 1.
tanB  tanC
Statement- II : In any triangle, tan A = .
tan B tan C  1

5
Q.20 Statement- I : The number of roots of the equation sin px = x2 – x + is 2.
4
1
Statement- II : In [0, 2], sin x = has exactly two solutions.
2
Q.21 Statement- I : sin1 cos2 tan 3 having positive sign.
Statement- II : 1C = 57°17'45''

 3 
Q.22 Statement- I : log tan    =0
 4 
  
Statement- II : tan     = tan
 4 4

Q.23 Statement- I : sec2 . cosec2 = sec2 + cosec2

Statement- II : 1 + tan2 = sec2 & 1 + cot2 = cosec2

Passage based Questions

Passage
Measurment of an angle by three ways. First is degree and others are grade and radian. The relation
between them
D G 2C
 
90 100 

Q.24 45º is equal to -

(A) 50g (B)45g (C)40g (D)39g

23c
Q.25 is equal to -
4
(A) 675º (B) 1080º (C) 745º (D) 1035º

Q.26 200g is equal to -

3 c
(A) 180º and (B) 180º and c (C) 200º and c (D) None
2
Passage
Increasing product series
cos.cos2.cos22.................... cos(2n–1)
 sin2n 
= if   n
2n sin 
= 1 if  = 2 k
= –1 if  = (2k + 1)
k 
where kI (Integer)
2 4 8
Q.27 The value of cos . cos . cos is -
14 14 14
1 1 1 1
(A) – (B) (C) (D) –
8 8 16 16
   
Q.28 The value of 8 sin .cos .cos .cos is equal to -
48 48 24 12
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) – (C) (D)
2 2 4 8

LEVEL - 4
(Question asked in previous AIEEE & IIT-JEE )

SECTION-A

xy
Q.1 If cos x + cos y + cos  = 0 and sin x + sin y + sin  = 0, then cot   = [AIEEE-2002]
 2 
(A) sin  (B) cos  (C) cot  (D) 2 sin 

Q.2 cos 1°. cos 2°. cos 3°.... cos 179° = [AIEEE-2002]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
21 27
Q.3 Let  be such that <  – < 3. If sin  + sin  = – and cos + cos  = – , then the value of
65 65
 
cos is- [AIEEE-2004]
2
3 3 6 6
(A) – (B) (C) (D)
130 130 65 65

SECTION-B
  
Q.1 For 0 <  < /2, if x =  cos2n  , y =
n0
 sin2n  , z =
n0
 cos
n0
2n
 sin2n  , then [IIT-93]

(A) xyz = xz + y (B) xyz = xy + z (C) xyz = yz + x (D) None of these

Q.2 If K = sin   /18  sin  5 /18  sin  7 /18  , then the numerical value of K is- [IIT-93]
(A) 1/8 (B) 1/16 (C) 1/2 (D) None of these

Q.3 If A > 0, B > 0 and A + B = /3, then the maximum value of tan A tan B is- [IIT-93]
(A) 1 (B) 1/3 (C) 3 (D) 1/ 3

 4  3      
Q.4 The expression 3 sin      sin4 (3   ) – 2 sin6      sin6 (5   ) is equal to
  2     2  
[IIT-94]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) sin 4 + cos 6

Q.5 3(sin x – cos x)4 + 6(sin x + cos x)2 + 4 (sin6x + cos6x) = [IIT-95]
 (A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14

4xy
Q.6 sec2 = is true, if and only if- [IIT-96]
x  y
2

(A) x + y  0 (B) x = y, x  0 (C) x = y (D) x  0, y  0

Q.7 The number of values of x where the function f(x) = cos x + cos ( 2 x) attains its maximum is-
[IIT-98]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) Infinite

Q.8 Which of the following number(s) is rational- [IIT-98]

(A) sin 15º (B) cos 15º (C) sin 15º cos 15º (D) sin 15º cos 75º

n
Q.9 Let n be an odd integer. If sin n =  br sinr  for every value of , then- [IIT-98]
r 0

(A) b0 = 1, b1 = 3 (B) b0 = 0,b1 = n

(C) b0 = –1, b1 = n (D) b0 = 0, b1 = n2 + 3n + 3

Q.10 The function f(x) = sin4 x + cos4 x increases if- [IIT-99]

  3 3 5 5 3
(A) 0 < x < (B) <x< (C) <x< (D) <x<
8 4 8 8 8 8 4

 P Q
Q.11 In a triangle PQR, R = . If tan   and tan   are the roots of the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0
2  
2 2
(a0), then- [IIT-99]
(A) a + b = c (B) b + c = a (C) a + c = b (D) b = c

 
Q.12 For a positive integer n,let fn() =  tan  (1 + sec) (1+ sec 2) (1+ sec 4)....(1+ sec 2n).Then-
 2
[IIT-99]
        
(A) f2   = 2 (B) f3   =1 (C) f4  = 0 (D) None of these
 16   32   64 

Q.13 Let f () = sin(sin + sin3). Then f() [IIT-2000]

(A)  0 only when  0 (B)  0 for all real 
(C)  0 for all real  (D)  0 only when  0


Q.14 If  +  = and  +  = , then tan equals- [IIT-2001]
2
(A) 2(tan + tan) (B) tan  + tan  (D) 2 tan  + tan 
(C) tan + 2 tan

Q.15 The maximum value of (cos 1).cos ( 2)...(cos n), under the restrictions 0  1.2.... n  and (cot
2
1).(cot 2).(cot 3)....(cot n) = 1 is- [IIT-2001]
1 1 1
(A) n/2
(B) (C) (D) 1
2 2n 2n

1 1
Q.16 If  &  are acute angles such that sin = and cos  = then  +  lies in- [IIT Scr-2004]
2 3
     2   2 5   
(A)  ,  (B)  ,  (C)  ,  (D)  ,  
 3 2 2 3   3 6 6 

1
Q.17 cos () = , cos (–) =1 find no. of ordered pair of (, ) ,–  [IIT Scr-2005]
e
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4
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Q.18 If t1 = (tan)tan, t2 = (tan)cot ,t3 = (cot)tan, t4 = (cot)cot and let   (0, ) then- [IIT -2006]
4
(A) t4 < t2 < t1 < t3 (B) t4 < t1 < t3 < t2 (C) t4 < t3 < t2 < t1 (D) t2 < t1 < t3 < t4

sin4 x cos4 1
Q.19 If   then [IIT -2009]
2 3 5
2 sin8 x cos8 x 1
(A) tan2x = (B)  
3 8 27 125
sin8 x cos8 x 2
(C) tan2x = (D)  
8 27 125
 ANSWER KEY
LEVEL – 1
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Ans. D C A D B B C B C C A A B B A B B B C A
[Link]. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Ans. A B B C D C C A B D B D A C

LEVEL – 2
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Ans. B C B B B A A B A D A B B B A C B A B A D A

LEVEL – 3
[Link]. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. A D A C A D D B D B B B B C D C D B D D
[Link]. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Ans. A C A A D B A A

LEVEL - 4
SECTION-A
[Link]. 1 2 3
Ans. C A A

SECTION-B
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Ans. B A B B C B B C B B A B C C A B D D A, B