Basic Mathematics -Part 2
I. Multiple choice questions with one correct answer:
1. The value of log 2 3 1728
1) 6 2) 5 3) 9 4) 2
2. Find the value of a 2loga 10
1) 10 2) 100 3) 1000 4) 1
3. log 0 1
1) 0 2) 1 3) undefined 4) 10
4. The logarithms cannot be defined for
1) positive real numbers 2) non –positive real numbers
3) natural numbers 4) All the above
5. If x p q , then p
1) log q x 2) log x q 3) log q p 4) log p q
6. log 0.1 0.001
3 2
1) 2) 3) 4 4) 3
2 3
1
7. If log x 4 , then x
3
1 1
1) 2) 64 3) 81 4)
64 81
8. log a 10 exists for
1) a 1, a 0 2) a 0 3) a 0 4) a 0
9. log3 243
2 5 3 4
1) 2) 3) 4)
5 2 4 3
10. The value of log 9 27 log 27 9
5 5 5 5
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 3 6 7
3
x4 y
11. log
1
z5
1 1 1 1 1
1) log x log y log z 2) log x 4 log y log z
3 4 5 3 5
1 1 1 1 1
3) log x log y log z 4) 3log x log y log z
3 4 5 4 5
12. If log a b log a log b , then write ‘a’ in term of b
1 b 1 b b b 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
b b b 1 b
II. Multiple choice questions with more than one correct answer:
13. Which of the following is correct?
1) 26 64 6 log 2 64 2) 82 64 2 log 8 64
3) 43 64 3 log 4 64 4) 641 64 log 64 64 1
14. If log 5 x 2 9 2 , then x =
1) 3 2) 4 3) –3 4) –4
15. If log 10 x 5 log x 4 2, then x _____
9 5
1) 2) 3) 1.6 4) 4.5
2 3
16. If log2 = 0.3010 and log3 = 0.4771, then log 25 = _____________
1) 1.9380 2) 1.3980 3) 1.8930 4) log 1. 8340
III. Statement type questions:
Each question contains Statement-I and Statement-II and has the following choices
(1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
1. Statement-I is True, Statement-II is True; Statement-II is a correct explanation for
Statement-I.
2. Statement-I is True, Statement-II is True: Statement-II is NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-I.
3. Statement-I is True, Statement-II is False.
4. Statement-I is False, Statement-II is True.
Select the appropriate option for below given questions.
17. Statement-I: If log11 2 x 1 1 , then x 5 .
Statement-II: log a a 1 a 0; a 1 .
18. Statement-I: log 2 16 4 .
Statement-II: log a a a .
V. Paragraph/Comprehension type questions:
Passage-I:
m
(i) log a mn log a m log a n (ii) log a log a m log a n
n
(iii) log a mn n log a m
19. If a,b,c are three consecutive natural numbers, then logb 1 ac
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
21
20. If log 2 x log 4 x log16 x , then x
4
1) 2 2) 4 3) 8 4) 16
21. If log10 x 9 log10 x 1, then x
1) -1 2) 10 3) 10 or -1 4) 9
Passage-II:
1 log bm
If a 1, b 1 are positive real numbers, then log b a and log am .
log a b log ba
1 1
22. If log xy log xy is
x y
x y
1) 2) 3) 1 4) -1
y x
23. log a x log b y _____
1) log b x.log a y 2) log b x log y a 3) log x b log a y 4) log x b log y a
log10 8
24. If log 2 ____
10
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
Passage-III:
If a x N a 1 and a 0 , then x log a N
25. If log 2 x 3 , then x =
1) 8 2) 9 3) –8 4) 16
3
26. If log81 x , then x =
2
1) 243 2) 729 3) 81 4) 719
a–1
27. If log10 x a , then 10 in terms of x is
x 10
1) 2) 3) 10 x 4) x
10 x
VI. Matrix Matching type questions.
28. Column I Column II
1
a) log 5 125 i)
2
b) log8 2 = ii) 3
c) log 12 16 = iii) –4
1
d) log 0.01 10 = iv)
3
1) a-i; b-iv; c-ii; d-iii 2) a-ii; b-iv; c-iii; d-i 3) a-i; b-ii; c-iii; d-iv 4) a-i; b-ii; c-iv; d-i
I. Multiple choice questions with one correct answer:
1. log1 1
1) 1 2) 0 3) 2 4) cannot be defined
2. If log 1 4 2, then x
x
1) 2 2) –2 3) 2 4) 4
3. If log a b c , then log 1 a
b
1 1
1) –c 2) c 3) 4)
c c
4. The value of 23 log2 3
1) 24 2) 32 3) 2 4) 28
5. The value of log sin1.log sin 2........log sin179
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) undefined
6. log 5 2.log11 5.log 32 11
1 1
1) 5 2) 3) –5 4)
5 5
7. The value of 2log4 25 is
1) 3 2) 4 3) 6 4) 5
8. If ABC is a right angled triangle, right angled at ‘C’, AB = c, BC = a, CA = b, then
1 1
log c b a log c b a
1) 2 2) 3 3) 0 4) 1
1 1 1
9.
1 log a bc 1 log b ac 1 log c ab
1) 3 2) 2 3) 1 4) 0
10. log 3 x log 9 x 2 log 27 x 3 3, then x
1) 1 2) 9 3) 27 4) 3
11. If log 5 3 x log 5 27 , then x
1) 36 2) 37 3) 38 4) 39
12. If log a x 1 log a 5, then x 1
1) 3 2) –3 3) 2 4) –2
13. If a 1 and x1 x2 , then
1) log a x1 log a x2 2) log a x1 log a x2 3) log ax1 log ax2 4) log x1 a log x2 a
14. If log10 x 3 1, then x is
1) <13 2) >13 3) >10 4) <12
15. If a 1,log a x 2 log a 5 , then the last value of x is
1) 8 2) 6 3) 7 4) 5
16. Among the following, having a negative value is
1
1) log 0.2 0.5 2) log 0.2 5 3) log 2 5 4) log 1
2 5
17. Among the following, a correct statement is
3
1) log 0.7 0.5 1 2) log 0.7 0.5 1 3) log 1 1 4) All the above
2
2
18. If x, y are positive real numbers such that x y and 0 a 1, then
1) log a x log a y 2) log a y log a x 3) log a x log a y 4) log a x log a y
If log 2 x x 1 log 2 x 1 3, then x
2
19.
1 2
1) 9 3 2) 9 3 3) 9 4) Both a and b
20. The greatest among the following is
1) log 2 0.5 2) log 2 0.1 3) log 2 0.01 4) log 2 0.05
21. If log 0.5 x 2 log 0.5 25 , then the positive value of x is
1) 7 2) 4 3) 6 4) both (1) and (3)
1
22. If x log 0.1 3, y log 0.1 and z log 0.1 3 , then the correct statement is
3
1) x z y 2) y x z 3) z x y 4) x y z
2 5 1 7
23. The smallest among the following log 1 ,log 1 ,log 1 ,log 1 is
35 3 2 3 4 33
2 5 1 7
1) log 1 5 2) log 1 2 3) log 1 4 4) log 1 3
3 3 3 3
24. The characteristic of log 213.46 is
1) 2 2) 4 3) 3 4) 3
25. If a number has n 2 digits, then characteristic of logarithm of the number is
1) n 3 2) n 1 3) n 2 4) n 4
26. The logarithms should calculated to the base ‘e’ are called
1) Natural logarithm 2) Napierian logarithm
3) Briggs logarithm 4) Both (1) and (2)
27. The logarithms should calculated to the base “10” are called
1) Natural logarithm 2) Common logarithm
3) Briggs logarithms 4) Both (2) & (3)
28. If log 2a 3b log a log b, then a
3b 3b 3b 2 3b 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
2b 1 2b 1 2b 1 2b 1
29. If log 3 0.4770 , then the number of digits is 356 is
1) 25 2) 26 3) 27 4) 28
II. Multiple choice questions with more than one correct answer:
30. The value of 2log 2
15 is
1) 225 2) 3
2253 3) 225 4) 15
31. The value of log 448 is
1) log 2 2 2 log 7 2) log 26 log 7
2 3
3) 6 log 2 log 7 4) log 64 log 7
32. For 3 digit number logarithms lies between
1) 2 and 3 2) 1 and 3 3) 2 and 4 4) 3 and 4
III. Statement type questions:
Each question contains Statement-I and Statement-II and has the following choices
(1), (2), (3) and (4), out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
1. Statement-I is True, Statement-II is True; Statement-II is a correct explanation for
Statement-I.
2. Statement-I is True, Statement-II is True: Statement-II is NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-I.
3. Statement-I is True, Statement-II is False.
4. Statement-I is False, Statement-II is True.
Select the appropriate option for below given questions.
33. Statement-I: If 7log7 x 1 6, then x 5 .
Statement-II: a loga N N a 0; a 1 .
1 1
34. Statement-I: log 3 log3 .
3 2
Statement-II: a 1, x1 x2 , then log a x1 log a x2 .
35. Statement-I: log 572 1 0 .
Statement-II: log 312 312 1 .
36. Statement-I: If a 1 and x 1 , then log a x 0 .
Statement-II: If a 1 and 0 x 1 , then log a x 0 .
37. Statement-A: Integral part of logarithm of a number is characteristic.
Statement-B: Decimal part of logarithm of a number is mantissa.
Statement-C: Characteristic is always an integer.
Choose the correct option from the following:
1) Only A, B are true 2) Only A, C are true 3) Only B, C are true 4) A, B, C are true
V. Paragraph/Comprehension type questions:
Passage-I
(i) The logarithms which are calculated to the base “e” are called natural logarithms.
(ii) The logarithms which are calculated to the base “10” are called common logarithms.
(iii) The integral part of logarithm is called characteristic and the decimal part of logarithm
is called mantissa.
38. Among the following, the natural logarithm is
1) log10 x 2) log 2 x 3) log5 e 4) log e x
39. The mantissa of log 50 1.6990 is
1) 6990 2) 1 3) 0.6990 4) 699
40. If log 463.1 2.6657 , the mantissa of log 4.631 is
1) 1.6657 2) 2.6657 3) 3.6657 4) 0.6657
VI. Matrix Matching type questions.
41. Column I Column II
a) log3 0.2 log 20 3 is i) negative
1
b) log 5 5 log10 5 is ii) positive
2
2 1
c) log 3 3 log 10 2 is iii) Non–negative
2 3
5
d) log 1 2 log10 5 is iv) Non–positive
5
1) a-i; b-ii; c-iii; d-iii 2) a-i; b-iv; c-iv; d-ii 3) a-i; b-i; c-ii; d-ii 4) a-i; b-ii; c-iii; d-iv
