IIT ASHRAM

Common Practice Test-8

CLASS - XI MATHEMATICS SOLUTION 27-07-2014
1.

sin 2 sin 3 sin 4

If cos2 cos3 cos4 = tan k is an identity then the value k is equal to :

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 4

(d) 6

Sol.

2 sin 3 cos sin 3

sin 2 sin 4 sin 3
sin 3
= 2 cos 3 cos cos 3 =
cos 2 cos 4 cos 3
cos 3
K=3
= tan3 = tanK

2.

Three real numbers a, b, c satisfy 2b = a + c, then

(b)

(a) tan b

(b) tan a

sin a sin b sin c

cos a cos b cos c
(c) tan c
(d) none

a c
ac
ac
2 sin b cos
sin b
sin b
cos
2
2
2
(using 2b = a + c)
(a) LHS =
=
a c
ac
ac

cos b
cos b 2 cos b cos
2 cos
cos
2
2
2
2 sin

Sol.

a c

sin b 2 cos
1
2

=
= tan b hence proved.
a c

1
cos b 2 cos
2

3.

If A + B + C = & sin A
(a)

k1
k1

(b)

C
A
B
C
= k sin , then tan tan =
2
2
2
2

k1
k1

(c)

k
k1

Sol.

(a)

4.

Let a and b are two real numbers such that, sin a + sin b =

(d)

k 1
k

2
6
and cos a + cos b =
.Then value of cos(a
2
2

b) equals
Sol.

(a) 1
(b) 0
(b) squaring and adding
2 + 2 cos(a b) =

(c) 2

(d) 2 -

1
3
+ =2
2
2

cos(a b) = 0

5.

sin 24cos6sin 6sin 66

The exact value of sin 21cos39cos51sin 69 is

(a) 0

(b) 1

(c) 1

(d) 2
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6.

Sol.

sin 24 cos 6 sin 6 cos 24

sin 18
(b) sin 21 cos 39 cos 39 sin 21 =
=1
]
sin 18
If tan A & tan B are the roots of the quadratic equation, a x2 + b x + c = 0 then evaluate a sin2 (A + B) + b sin
(A + B). cos (A + B) + c cos2 (A + B).
(a) c
(b) a
(c) b
(d) none

(a) tan A + tan B =

Now
=

b
c
; tan A. tan B = ;
a
a

tan (A + B) =

ab
b
=
c
ca
1 a

E = cos2 (A + B) [a tan2 (A + B) + b tan (A + B) + c ]

b2 a
a b2

(c a )2
b2
c
1 c

2
2
2
ca

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

b2
( c a )2

b2 c

(c a )2
c
2
2
2
b (c a ) ( c a )

E=c ]

Sol.

cos A
cos B
cos C
+
+
sin B sin C sin C sin A sin A sin B
(a) is prime
(b) is composite
(c) is rational which is not an integer
(d) negative integer
(a) [(cos B cos C 1) + (cos C cosA 1) + (cos A cos B 1)] = 2

8.

If tanB =

7.

In a triangle ABC, the value of

(a)

n sin A cos A
1 n cos2 A

sin A
(1 n ) cos A

then tan(A + B) equals

(b)

( n 1) cos A
sin A

(c)

sin A
(n 1) cos A

(d)

sin A
(n 1) cos A

tan A

Sol.

n sin A cos A
sin A(1 n cos 2 A ) n sin A cos 2 A
tan A tan B
1 n cos2 A
(a)tan(A + B) =
=
=
1 tan A tan B 1 tan A n sin A cos A
cos A(1 n cos 2 A) n sin 2 A cos A
1 n cos2 A
=

9.

Sol.
10.

Sol.

sin A 0

cos A (1 n cos A n sin A)

The expression

tan 2 20 sin 2 20
simplifies to
tan 2 20 sin 2 20

sin A
]
(1 n ) cos A

(a) a rational which is not integral

(b) a surd
(c) a natural which is prime
(d) a natural which is not composite
(d) tan220 sin220 = tan220 (1 cos220) = tan220 sin220
Hence Nr = Dr
(D) ]
The value of tan27 + tan18 + tan27 tan18, is
(a) an irrational number
(b) rational which is not integer
(c) integer which is prime
(d) integer which is not a prime.
(d) Consider tan(27 + 18) =
1=

tan 27 tan 18
1 tan 27 tan 18

tan 27 tan 18
1 tan 27 tan 18

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1 tan27 tan18 = tan27 + tan18
tan27 + tan18 + tan27 tan18 = 1 ]

11.
Sol.

If cos( + ) + sin( ) = 0 and tan =

1
. Then tan equals
2006
(a) 3
(b) 1
(c) 1
(d) 2
(c) cos cos sin sin + sin cos cos sin = 0 [11th J-Batch (02-10-2005)]
cos (cos sin ) + sin (cos sin ) = 0
(cos sin ) (cos + sin ) = 0
if
cos sin = 0

tan = 1 which is not possible

sin + cos = 0

tan = 1 Ans. ]

Sol.

If tanx tan2x = 1, then the value of tan4x 2tan3x tan2x + 2tanx + 1 is

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(D) tan4x 2 tan3 x tan2x + 2tanx + 1
tan4x + tan2x 2tan3x + 2tan x 2tan2x + 1
= (tan2 tanx)2 + 2(tan x tan2x) + 1= 4.

13.

If tan 25 = a then the value of

12.

(a)

1 a 2
1 a 2

(b)

1 a 2
1 a 2

tan 205 tan115

in terms of a is
tan 245 tan 335

(c)

1 a 2
1 a 2

Sol.

(a) tan205 = tan(180 + 25) ; tan115 = tan(90 + 25) and similarly]

14.

If cos25 + sin 25 = k, then cos20 is equal to

(a)

Sol.

15.
Sol.

16.

2
2
(A) cos 20= cos(45 - 25)
= (cos25 + sin25)

cos(1 2 )

(c)

k
2

(d) None of these

cos(3 4 )

If cos( ) cos( ) = 0, then tan 1 tan 2 tan 3 tan 4 equals to

1
2
3
4
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) - 1
(d) 2
(C) On expansion we get
cos ( 1 - 2) cos ( 3 - 4) + cos ( 1 + 2) cos ( 3 + 4) = 0
cos 1 . cos 2 cos 3 cos 4 + sin 1 sin 2 sin 3 sin 4 = 0
tan 1 tan 2 tan 3 tan 4 = - 1
The value of tan
(a) 1

Sol.

(b)

(d) none of these

2
4
tan
tan
is equal to
9
9
9

(b) 2
(c) 3
(C) tan20 tan40 tan80 =
tan20 tan(60 20) tan(60 + 20) =
tan3(20) = tan60 = 3 .

(d) 2

17. How many of the arrangements of the letter of the word LOGARITHM begin with a
vowel and end with a consonant?
(a) 90720
(b) 90820
(c) 80210
(d) 80270
Sol. (a)

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18. In a telephone system four different latter P, R, S, T and the four digits 3, 5, 7, 8 are
used. Find the maximum number of telephone numbers the system can have if each
consists of a letter followed by a four-digit number in which the digit may be repeated.
(a) 408
(b) 956
(c) 1024
(d) 1120
Sol. (c)
19. Find the number of ways in which 4 boys and 3 girls can be seated in a line if the
terminal seats are occupied by the boys.
(a) 1440
(b) 1540
(c) 1210
(d) 1105
Sol. (a)
20. How many 5-digit numbers can be formed from the digit 2, 3, 4, 5 and 9 assuming no
digit is repeated? How many of them will be divisible by 5?
(a) 120, 60
(b) 120, 24
(c) 100, 22
(d) 100, 24
Sol.
(b)
21. A new flag is to be designed with six vertical strips using some or all the colours
yellow, green, blue and red. Then, the number of ways this can be done such that no
two adjacent strips have the same colour is
(a) 12 81
(b) 16 192
(c) 20 125
(d) 24 216
Sol. (a)
22. The number of six digit numbers that can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
so that digits do not repeat and the terminal digits are even is:
(a) 144
(b) 72
(c) 288
(d) 720
Sol. (d)
23. Number of natural numbers less than 1000 and divisible by 5 can be formed with the
ten digits, each digit not occurring more than once in each number is
(a) 150
(b) 154
(c) 175
(d) 172
Sol. (b)
24. Number of numbers from 1 to 2010 having atleast one digit 4 is
(a) 541
(b) 542
(c) 543
(d) 544
Sol. (c)
25. How many numbers between 400 and 1000 (both exclusive) can be made with the
digits 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 0 if repertition of digits not allowed.
(a) 60
(b) 70
(c) 56
(d) 72
Sol. (a)
26. How many odd numbers less than 1000 can be formed by using the digits 0, 3, 5, 7
when repetition of digits is not allowed?
(a) 121
(b) 200
(c) 36
(d) 21
Sol.
(d) An odd number less than 1000 may be a one-digit number, two-digit number
or a three-digit number. So, required no. of numbers is
27. How many different numbers of six digits each can be formed from the digits 4, 5, 6, 7,
8, 9 when repetition of digits is not allowed?
(a) 530
(b) 567
(c) 720
(d) 610
Sol. (c) Required no. of numbers = 6 5 4 3 2 1.
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28. A coin is tossed 4 times and the outcomes are recorded. How many possible outcomes
are there?
(a) 8
(b) 16
(c) 32
(d) 64
Sol. (b) Required number of outcomes = 2 2 2
29. How many five digits telephone numbers can be constructed using the digits 0 to 9. If
each number starts with 67 and no digit appears more than once?
(a) 256
(b) 73
(c) 336
(d) 253
Sol. (c) Required number of telephone numbers = 8 7 6
30.

( n 3)!
11880 , find n.
( n 1)!

(a) 9
Sol. (a)

(b) 11

(c) 13

(d) 7

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