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EXERCISE–III
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1. If (tan–1 x)2 + (cot–1 x)2 = , then x equals :
8
(A) –1 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) None of these
   2 3  
1  12 
2. The value of sin–1 cot  sin 1     cos    sec
1
2  is :
   4    4  
  
  
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
4 6 2

3. Statement-I The equation sec–1 x + cot–1 x < has no solution.
2

Statement-II sec x is not defined at
2
(A) If both Statement-I and 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
4. Statement-I The equation sin–1 x = cos–1 x has one and only one solution.
Statement-II The equation tan–1 x = 1 has only one solution.
(A) If both Statement-I and 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
5. Statement-I sin–1 sin x  sin sin–1 x, if –1  x  1.
Statement-II sin  and sin–1  are different functions.
(A) If both Statement-I and 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
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6. Statement-I The maximum value of sin–1 x + cosec–1 x + cos–1 x + sec–1 x + tan–1 x is .
2
 
Statement-II sin–1 x + cos–1 x = and sec–1 x + cosec–1 x =
2 2
(A) If both Statement-I and 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

 xy   yz   xz 
7. If x2 + y2 + z2 = r2, then tan–1   + tan–1   + tan–1   =
 zr   xr   yr 

(A) (B) (C) 0 (D) None of these
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 1   1 
8. tan   cos 1 x  + tan   cos 1 x  , (x  0) is equal to
4 2  4 2 
2 1
(A) x (B) 2x (C) (D)
x x
xy  1 yz  1 zx  1
9. cot–1 + cot–1 + cot–1
xy yz zx
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) cot–1 x + cot–1 y + cot–1 z (D) None of these

10. sin cot–1 tan cos–1 x is always equal to

1
(A) x (B) 1  x 2 (C) (D) None of these
x

a(a  b  c) b(a  b  c) c(a  b  c)

11. tan–1 + tan–1 + tan–1 is equal to :
bc ca ab
(where a, b, c are positive real numbers)
(A) /4 (B) /2 (C)  (D) 0

12. If a1, a2, a3,....., an is an A.P. with common difference d, then

 d d d 
tan  tan 1  tan 1  ....  tan 1  equals :
 1  a1a 2 1  a 2a 3 1  a n 1a n 

(n  1)d (n  1)d nd (n  1)d

(A) (B) (C) (D)
a1  a n 1  a1a n 1  a1a n 1  a1a n

2 3 
13. Statement-I tan–1 + tan–1 
5 7 4
x  yx  
Statement-II tan–1   + tan–1    (x, y > 0)
y  yx 4
(A) If both Statement-I and 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

14. If cos–1(x/a) + cos–1(y/b) = , Then x2/a2 + y2/b2 is equal to :

(A) (2xy/ab) cos  + sin2  (B) (2xy/ab) sin  + cos2 
(C) (2xy/ab) cos2  + sin  (D) (2xy/ab) sin2  + cos 
15. The number k is such that tanarc tan(2)  arc tan(20k ) = k. The sum of all possible values of k is
19 21 1
(A) – (B) – (C) 0 (D)
40 40 5

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16. The sum of the infinite terms of the series
 3  3  3
cot–1 12   + cot–1  22   + cot–1  32   + ..... is equal to
 4  4  4
–1
(A) tan (1) –1
(B) tan (2) (C) tan–1(3) (D) tan–1(4)

1 
17. The value of tan1  tan 2A + tan 1(cot A) + tan 1(cot3A) for 0 < A < (/4) is
2 
(A) 4 tan1 (1) (B) 2 tan1 (2) (C) 0 (D) none

 1  50  1  31  
18. The value of sec sin   sin   cos cos     is equal to
  9   9 
10 
(A) sec (B) sec (C) 1 (D) –1
9 9

19.  
1
 = sin 1 cos sin x    1
and  = cos 1 sin cos x  , then :
(A) tan  = cot  (B) tan  =  cot  (C) tan  = tan  (D) tan  =  tan 

20. Which one of the following statement is meaningless ?

  2e  4  
(A) cos–1  l n  –1    
(C) cot–1   (D) sec–1()
  (B) cosec  3 
  3    2

 2x 2  1 
21. Which of the following is the solution set of the equation 2 cos–1(x) = cot–1   ?
2
 2x 1  x 
(A) (0, 1) (B) (–1, 1) – {0} (C) (–1, 0) (D) [–1, 1]

If x = sin (2 tan–1 2), y = sin  tan 1  , then

1 4
22.
2 3
(A) x = 1 – y 2
(B) x = 1 – y (C) x2 = 1 + y (D) y2 = 1 – x
 1  7 2  
23. cos–1   cos  sin  is equal to
 2 5 5 
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(A) (B) (C) (D)
20 20 20 20
 x2 
24. There exists a positive real number x satisfying cos(tan–1 x) = x. The value of cos–1   is
 2 
  2 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
10 5 5 5

25. The range of values of p for which the equation sin cos–1 cos(tan 1 x) = p has a solution is:

 1 1   1 
(A)   ,  (B) [0, 1) (C)  , 1 (D) (– 1, 1)
 2 2  2 

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