Complex Numbers 49

(c) 1 (d) 1
11. If i   1 , then 1  i  i  i  i 8 is equal to
2 3 6 [RPET
1995]
(a) 2i (b) 1
(c) 3 (d) 1
200

Integral power of iota, Algebraic operations 12. If i 2  1 , then the value of i n

is [MP PET 1996]
and Equality of complex numbers n 1

(a) 50 (b) – 50
1. 2 3  [Roorkee 1978] (c) 0 (d) 100
13
(a)
(c) i 6
6 (b)  6
(d) None of these
13. The value of the sum  (i
n 1
n
 in 1 ) , where i  1 ,

2. If n is a positive integer, then which of the following equals

[IIT 1998]
relations is false
(a) i (b) i1
(a) i4 n  1 (b) i4 n 1  i (c) i (d) 0
4 n 1 4 n
(c) i i (d) i 1  i 1 
n

4 n 1 14. The least positive integer n which will reduce   to

1i  i1 
3. If n is a positive integer, then   =
1i a real number, is [Roorkee 1998]
(a) 1 (b) – 1 (a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 5
(c) i (d) i
15. The value of i1  3  5  ... ( 2 n 1) is
m
1i [AMU 1999]
4. If    1, then the least integral value of m is
(a) i if n is even, – i if n is odd
1i
(b) 1 if n is even, – 1 if n is odd
[IIT 1982; MNR 1984; UPSEAT 2001; MP PET 2002]
(c) 1 if n is odd, – 1 if n is even
(a) 2 (b) 4
(d) i if n is even, – 1 if n is odd
(c) 8 (d) None of these
1
5. If (1  i)n  2 n , then n 16. If x  2 cos  , then x is equal to [RPET 2001]
x
[RPET 1990]
(a) 1 (b) 0 (a) cos   i sin  (b) cos   i sin 

1 (c) cos   i sin  (d) sin   i cos 

(c) (d) None of these
n n 1 n2 n3
6. The value of (1  i)5  (1  i)5 is 17. The value of i  i i i , (n  N ) is [RPET
[Karnataka CET 1992] 2001]
(a) – 8 (b) 8i (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 8 (d) 32 (c) 2 (d) None of these
2 2 18. The value of (1  i)8  (1  i)8 is [RPET 2001; KCET 2001]
1i 1i
7.     is equal to (a) 16 (b) – 16
1i 1i
(c) 32 (d) – 32
(a) 2i (b) 2i 19. (1  i)10 , where i 2  1, is equal to [AMU 2001]
(c) 2 (d) 2
(a) 32 i (b) 64 + i
i 592  i 590  i 588  i 586  i 584 (c) 24 i – 32 (d) None of these
8. The value of 1 
i 582  i 580  i 578  i 576  i 574 20. The value of (1  i)6  (1  i)6 is
[RPET 2002]
(a) 1 (b) – 2
(a) 0 (b) 27
(c) 3 (d) – 4
(c) 26 (d) None of these
9. 1  i 2  i 4  i 6  .....  i 2 n is 21. If i  1 , then sum i  i  i3  ... to 1000 terms is equal
2 2
[EAMCET 1980] to
(a) Positive (b) Negative [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
(c) Zero (d) Cannot be determined (a) 1 (b) – 1
(c) i (d) 0
10. i 2  i 4  i 6  ...... upto (2n  1) terms =
22. If x  3  i , then x 3  3 x 2  8 x  15  [UPSEAT
[EAMCET 1980; Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
2003]
(a) i (b) i (a) 6 (b) 10
 50 Complex Numbers
(c) – 18 (d) – 15 (c) 0 i (d) 1  i
23. The smallest positive integer n for which 1  b  ia
(1  i)2 n  (1  i)2 n is 33. If a 2  b 2  1, then 
1  b  ia
[Karnataka CET 2004] (a) 1 (b) 2
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) b  ia (d) a  ib
(c) 3 (d) 4
24. The values of x and y satisfying the equation 3  2i sin 
34. will be purely imaginary, if  
(1  i)x  2i (2  3 i) y  i 1  2i sin 
  i are [IIT 1976; Pb. CET 2003]
3i 3 i
 
[IIT 1980; MNR 1987] (a) 2n   (b) n  
(a) x  1, y  3 (b) x  3, y  1 3 3
(c) x  0, y  1 (d) x  1, y  0 
(c) n   (d) None of these
25. If z 1 and z 2 be two complex number, then Re (z1 z 2 )  3
a (a) Re (z1 ). Re( z 2 ) (b) Re (z 1 ) . Im (z 2 )
[Where n is an integer]
35. The real part of (1  cos   2i sin  ) 1 is [IIT 1978, 86]
(c) Im (z1 ). Re (z 2 ) (d) None of these
1 1
 1 3   3  4i  (a) (b)
26.     3  5 cos  5  3 cos 
 1  2i 1  i   2  4 i 
1 1
[Roorkee 1979; RPET 1999; Pb. CET 2003] (c) (d)
1 9 1 9 3  5 cos  5  3 cos 
(a)  i (b)  i x y
2 2 2 2 36. If ( x  iy)1 / 3  a  ib, then  is equal to
1 9 1 9 a b
(c)  i (d)  i [IT 1982; Karnataka CET 2000]
4 4 4 4 2 2
27. Additive inverse of 1  i is
(a) 4 (a  b ) (b) 4 (a 2  b 2 )
(a) 0  0 i (b) 1  i (c) 4 (b 2  a 2 ) (d) None of these
(c) 1  i (d) None of these  2i 
2

2 37.    [BIT Ranchi 1992]

(1  i) 1  i 
28. Re =
3 i (a) 1 (b) 2i
(a) 1 / 5 (b) 1/5

29.
(c) 1/10
If (1  i) x  (1  i)y  1
(d) –1/10
 3 i, then ( x , y ) 
(c) 1  i (d)
1  2i
(a) (2, 1) (b) (2, 1) 38. The real values of x and y for which the equation is
(x  iy) (2  3 i) = 4  i is satisfied, are
(c) (2, 1) (d) (2, 1)
[Roorkee 1978]
3  2i sin  5 8 8 5
30. will be real, if  = [IIT 1976; EAMCET (a) x  ,y  (b) x  ,y 
1  2i sin  13 13 13 13
2002]
 5 14
(c) x  ,y  (d) None of these
(a) 2n  (b) n   13 13
2
(c) n (d) None of these 39. The real values of x and y for which the equation
[Where n is an integer] (x 4  2 xi)  (3 x 2  yi)  (3  5 i)  (1  2 yi) is
satisfied, are
5  12 i  5  12 i
31.  [Roorkee 1984]
5  12 i  5  12 i
1
3 3 (a) x  2, y  3 (b) x  2, y 
(a) 
i (b) i 3
2 2
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
3 3
(c)  (d) (1  i) 2
2 2 40. The imaginary part of is
(2  i)
32. If z and z are complex numbers such that z .z '  z , then
z'  1 3
(a) (b)
(a) 0  i0 (b) 1  0i 5 5
 Complex Numbers 51
4 (c) x  1, y  3
(c) (d) None of these
5 (d) x  1, y  3 or x  1, y  3
100
41. If z  0 is a complex number, then
(a) 2
Re(z )  0  Im(z )  0 (b)
51. If i
k 0
k
 x  iy , then the values of x and y are

Re( z 2 )  0  Im(z 2 )  0 (a) x  1, y  0 (b) x  1, y  1

2
(c) Re( z )  0  Re( z )  0 (d) (c) x  1, y  0 (d) x  0, y  1
None of these 52. If z (1  a)  b  ic and a 2  b 2  c 2  1 , then
5(8  6 i) 1  iz
42. If  a  ib , then (a, b ) equals [RPET 
(1  i)2 1  iz
1986] a  ib b  ic
(a) (b)
(a) (15, 20) (b) (20, 15) 1c 1a
(c) (15 , 20 ) (d) None of these a  ic
43. The true statement is [Roorkee 1989] (c) (d) None of these
1b
(a) 1  i  1  i (b) 2i  1  2i  1
53. Let z 1 , z 2 be two complex numbers such that z 1  z 2 and
(c) 2i  1 (d) None of these
z 1 z 2 both are real, then [RPET 1996]
1  2i 4 i
44.   [RPET 1987] (a) z 1  z 2 (b) z1  z 2
2i 3  2i
24 10 24 10 (c) z1   z 2 (d) z1  z 2
(a)  i (b)  i
13 13 13 13 54. If ( x  iy)( p  iq)  ( x 2  y 2 )i , then
10 24 10 24 (a) p  x, q  y (b) p  x 2 , q  y 2
(c)  i (d)  i
13 13 13 13 (c) x  q, y  p (d) None of these
45. a  ib  c  id can be explained only when (cos x  i sin x )(cos y  i sin y )
(a) b  0, c  0 (b) b  0, d  0 55. A  iB form of is
(cot u  i)(1  i tan v)
(c) a  0, c  0 (d) a  0, d  0 [Roorkee 1980]
3 (a)
46. If x  iy  , then x 2  y 2 is equal to sin u cos v [cos( x  y  u  v)  i sin( x  y  u  v)]
2  cos   i sin 
(a) 3 x  4 (b) 4 x  3 (b)
sin u cos v [cos( x  y  u  v)  i sin(x  y  u  v )]
(c) 4x  3 (d) None of these
(c)
2
( p  i) sin u cos v [cos( x  y  u  v )  i sin( x  y  u  v )]
47. If    i, then  2  2 is equal to
2p  i (d) None of these
( p 2  1)2 ( p 2  1)2 56. If x , y  R and (x  iy)(3  2i)  1  i , then
(a) (b) ( x , y ) is
4 p2  1 4 p2 1
 1  1 1 
( p 2  1)2 ( p 2  1)2 (a)  1,  (b)  , 
(c) (d)  5  13 13 
4 p2  1 4 p2  1
 5 1  1 1
48. If z  3  4 i , then z 4  3 z 3  3 z 2  99 z  95 is (c)  ,  (d)  , 
equal to  13 13  5 5
(a) 5 (b) 6 100
1i
(c) – 5 (d) – 4 57. If    a  ib , then
1i
z z  [MP PET 1998]
49. If z1  1  i and z 2  2  4 i , then Im 1 2 
 (a) a  2, b  1 (b) a  1, b  0
 z1 
(c) a  0, b  1 (d) a  1, b  2
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4 z1
58. If z 1  (4 ,5 ) and z 2  (3, 2) then equals [RPET
3 x  2iy 15 z2
50. If  , then
5i  2 8 x  3 iy 1996]
(a) x  1, y  3  23 2   2 23 
(a)  ,  (b)  , 
(b) x  1, y  3  12 13   13 13 
 52 Complex Numbers
 2 23   2 23   1
(c)  ,  (d)  ,  (a) x  n (b) x   n  
 13 13   13 13   2
59. If z  1  i, then the multiplicative inverse of z2 is (where i = (c) x 0 (d) No value of x
1 ) [Karnataka CET 1999] 2. If z is a complex number, then (z 1 )(z ) 
(a) 2 i (b) 1 – i
(a) 1 (b) –1
(c) – i/2 (d) i/2
6i  3i 1 (c) 0 (d) None of these
60. If 4 3i  1 = x  iy , 3. If z is a complex number such that z 2  (z )2 , then
20 3 i

then (x, y) is [MP PET 2000] (a) z is purely real

(a) (3, 1) (b) (1, 3)
(c) (0, 3) (d) (0, 0)
(b) z is purely imaginary

1a (c) Either z is purely real or purely imaginary

61. If a  cos   i sin  , then  (d) None of these
1a
[Karnataka CET 2000] 4. If z is a complex number, then z . z  0 if and only if
 (a) z 0 (b) Re( z )  0
(a) cot  (b) cot
2 (c) Im (z )  0 (d) None of these
  5. If (a  ib)(c  id)(e  if )(g  ih)  A  iB, then
(c) i cot (d) i tan
2 2 (a 2  b 2 )(c 2  d 2 )(e 2  f 2 )(g 2  h 2 ) = [MNR 1989]
x 2
62. Solving 3  2 yi  9  7 i , where i  1, for x and y 2 2 2 2
(a) A B (b) A B
real, we get [AMU 2000]
2
(a) x  0 . 5 , y  3 . 5 (b) x  5 , y  3 (c) A (d) B2
1 3  7i 6. The number of solutions of the equation z 2  z  0 is
(c) x , y 7 (d) x  0, y  (a) 1 (b) 2
2 2i
(c) 3 (d) 4
1  2i 7. For the complex number z , one from z  z and z z is
63. The complex number lies in which quadrant of the
1i [RPET 1987]
complex plane [MP PET 2001] (a) A real number
(a) First (b) Second (b) A imaginary number
(c) Third (d) Fourth (c) Both are real numbers
1 (d) Both are imaginary numbers
64. The real part of is equal to
1  cos   i sin  8. The values of x and y for which the numbers 3  ix 2 y
[Karnataka CET 2001, 05] and x 2  y  4 i are conjugate complex can be
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/2 (2, 1) or (2,1) (1, 2) or
(a) (b)
(c) tan /2 (d) 1/1– cos 
(2, 1)
65. The statement (a  ib)  (c  id) is true for [RPET 2002]
(c) (1, 2) or (1, 2) (d) None of these
(a) a2  b 2  0 (b) b 2  c 2  0
2  5i
9. The conjugate of the complex number is
(c) a2  c 2  0 (d) b 2  d 2  0 4  3i
66. The multiplication inverse of a number is the number itself, [MP PET 1994]
then its initial value is [RPET 2003] 7  26 i 7  26 i
(a) i (b) – 1 (a) (b)
25 25
(c) 2 (d) – i
7  26 i 7  26 i
x y (c) (d)
67. If z  x  iy, z 1 / 3  a  ib and   k (a 2  b 2 ) 25 25
a b
then value of k equals [DCE 2005]
10. (z  a)(z  a) , where a is real, is equivalent to
(a) 2 (b) 4 (a) | z  a | (b) z 2  a2
(c) 6 (d) 1 2
(c) | z  a | (d) None of these
z i
Conjugate, Modulus and Argument of 11. If (z  i) is a purely imaginary number, then z.z
z i
complex numbers is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 1
1. The complex numbers sin x  i cos 2 x and (c) 2 (d) None of these
cos x  i sin 2 x are conjugate to each other for
[IIT 1988]
 Complex Numbers 53
ci z 1
12. If  a  ib , where a, b, c are real, then 21. If z is a complex number such that is purely imaginary,
c i z 1
a2  b 2  then [MP PET 1998, 2002]
[MP PET 1996] (a) | z |  0 (b) | z |  1
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) | z |  1 (d) | z |  1
(c) c2 (d)  c 2 22. If z is a complex number, then which of the following is not
If the conjugate of ( x  iy)(1  2 i) be true [MP PET 1987]
13. 1  i , then
[MP PET 1996] (a) | z 2 | | z | 2 (b) | z 2 | | z | 2
1 3 (c) zz (d) z2  z2
(a) x  (b) y 
5 5 23. The maximum value of | z | where z satisfies the condition
1i 1i 2
(c) x  iy  (d) x  iy  z  2 is
1  2i 1  2i z

(2  i)2 (a) 3 1 (b) 3 1

14. The conjugate of , in the form of a + ib, is
3i (c) 3 (d) 2 3
[Karnataka CET 2001; Pb. CET 2001] 24. If z1 and z 2 are two complex numbers satisfying the
13  15  13  15  z1  z 2 z1
(a)  i  (b)  i 
2  2  10  2  equation =1, then is a number which is
z1  z 2 z2
13  9  13  9  (a) Positive real (b) Negative real
(c)  i  (d)  i 
10  10  10  10  (c) Zero or purely imaginary (d) None of these
25. The solution of the equation | z |  z  1  2i is [MP PET 1993]
15. If z  3  5 i, then z 3  z  198 
[EAMCET 2002] 3 3
(a) 2 i (b)  2i
(a) 3  5 i 3  5 i
(b) 2 2
(c) 3  5i 3  5i
(d) 3
 2i
3
(c) (d)  2  i
2  3i 2 2
16. The conjugate of complex number , is [MP PET 2003]
4 i 26. If z 1 and z 2 be complex numbers such that z1  z 2 and
3i 11  10 i | z1 | | z 2 | . If z1 has positive real part and z 2 has
(a) (b)
4 17 (z1  z 2 )
11  10 i 2  3i negative imaginary part, then may be [IIT 1986]
(c) (d) (z1  z 2 )
17 4i
(a) Purely imaginary (b) Real and positive
17. Conjugate of 1 + i is [RPET 2003]
(c) Real and negative (d) None of these
(a) i (b) 1
(c) 1 – i (d) 1 + i 27. The moduli of two complex numbers are less than unity, then
the modulus of the sum of these complex numbers
18. The inequality | z  4 |  | z  2 | represents the region
(a) Less than unity (b) Greater than unity
given by [IIT 1982;
(c) Equal to unity (d) Any
RPET 1995; AIEEE 2002]
28. The product of two complex numbers each of unit modulus is
(a) Re( z )  0 (b) Re( z )  0 also a complex number, of
(c) Re( z )  2 (d) None of these (a) Unit modulus (b) Less than unit modulus
(c) Greater than unit modulus (d) None of these
2 z1 z1  z 2
19. If is a purely imaginary number, then = 29. Let z be a complex number, then the equation
3z2 z1  z 2
z 4  z  2  0 cannot have a root, such that
[MP PET 1993]
(a) | z |  1 (b) | z |  1
(a) 3/2 (b) 1
(c) 2/3 (d) 4/9 (c) | z |  1 (d) None of these
20. If z1 and z2 are any two complex numbers then 30. If | z1 | | z 2 |  .......... | z n |  1, then the value of
| z1  z 2 | 2  | z1  z 2 | 2 is equal to [MP PET 1993; RPET | z1  z 2  z 3  .......... ...  z n | =
1997] (a) 1 (b)
(a) 2 | z1 | 2 | z 2 | 2 (b) 2 | z1 | 2  2 | z 2 | 2 | z1 |  | z 2 | .......  | z n |

(c) | z1 | 2 | z 2 | 2 (d) 2 | z1 | | z 2 | 1 1 1
(c)   .........  (d) None of these
z1 z2 zn
 54 Complex Numbers
1  3  2i 
31. For any complex number z , z    if and only if [RPET 1985] 40. Modulus of   is [RPET 1996]
z  3  2i 
(a) zis a pure real number (a) 1 (b) 1/2
(b) | z |  1 (c) 2 (d) 2
(c) z is a pure imaginary number  z 1 
41. If | z |  1, (z  1) and z  x  iy, then   is
(d) z 1  z 1 
32. If z 1 and z 2 are two complex numbers, then | z 1  z 2 | [RPET 1997]
is (a) Purely real (b) Purely imaginary
[MP PET 1994] (c) Zero (d) Undefined
(a) | z 1 |  | z 2 | (b) | z 1 |  | z 2 | 42. The minimum value of | 2 z  1 |  | 3 z  2 | is [RPET 1997]
(c) | z 1 |  | z 2 | (d) | z 2 |  | z 1 | (a) 0 (b) 1 / 2
33. The values of z for which | z  i | | z  i | are (c) 1 / 3 (d) 2/3
[Bihar CEE 1994] z 1
(a) Any real number (b) Any complex number 43. If | z |  1 and   (where z  1) , then
z 1
(c) Any natural number (d) None of these
Re( ) is
34. The value of | z  5 | if z  x  iy , is [RPET 1995]
[IIT Screening 2003]
(a) (x  5) 2
y 2 (b) x 2
 (y  5 ) 2
1
(a) 0 (b) 
(c) (x  y ) 2
5 2
(d) x 2
 (y  5 ) 2 | z  1| 2
(2  i) z 1 2
35. (1  i)  [MP PET 1995, 99] (c) . (d)
(3  i) z  1 | z  1| 2 | z  1| 2
1 1  3  4 ix 
(a)  (b) 44. A real value of x will satisfy the equation  
2 2  3  4 ix 
(c) 1 (d) 1   i ( ,  real), if [Orissa JEE 2003]
36. If z1 , z 2 are two complex numbers such that (a)  2
 2
 1 (b)  2
 2
1
z1  z 2 (c)  2
 2
1 (d)    2 2
2
 1 and iz1  kz 2 , where k  R , then the
z1  z 2 45. Let z 1 be a complex number with | z 1 |  1 and z 2 be any

angle between z 1  z 2 and z 1  z 2 is z1  z 2

complex number, then  [Orissa JEE 2004]
1  z1 z 2
1   2k 1  2k
(a) tan  2  (b) tan  2
 (a) 0 (b) 1
k 1 1 k  (c) – 1 (d) 2
(c) – 2 tan 1 k (d) 2 tan 1 k 46. If z1 and z 2 are two non-zero complex numbers such that
37. Let z be a complex number (not lying on X-axis of maximum | z1  z 2 | | z1 |  | z 2 |, then arg (z1 )  arg (z 2 ) is
1 equal to
modulus such that z   1 . Then
z [IIT 1979, 1987; EAMCET 1986;
RPET 1997; MP PET 2001; AIEEE 2005]
(a) Im(z )  0 (b) Re( z )  0

(c) amp (z )   (d) None of these (a)  (b) 
2
38. If z1, z2 are any two complex numbers, then | z1  z12  z 22 | 
(c) (d) 0
 | z1  z12  z 22 | is equal to 2
47. arg (5  3 i) 
(a) | z 1 | (b) | z 2 |
5  5 
(c) | z1  z 2 | (d) | z1  z 2 |  | z1  z 2 | (a) tan 1 (b) tan 1   
3  3 
1 1
39. (z 1  z 2 )  z1 z 2  (z 1  z 2 )  z1 z 2 = 
2 2 3 3 
(c) tan 1 (d) tan 1  
5  5 
(a) | z 1  z 2 | (b) | z 1  z 2 | 
1i
(c) | z 1 |  | z 2 | (d) | z 1 |  | z 2 | 48. Argument and modulus of are respectively
1i
[RPET 1984; MP PET 1987; Karnataka CET 2001]
 Complex Numbers 55
  (c) Greater than  (d) Less than 
(a) and 1 (b) and 2
2 2 58. Let z be a purely imaginary number such that Im (z )  0 .
 Then arg(z ) is equal to
(c) 0 and 2 (d) and 1
2 
(a)  (b)
49. If z be the conjugate of the complex number z , then which 2
of the following relations is false [MP PET 1987]

(a) | z | | z | (b) z . z | z | 2 (c) 0 (d) 
2
(c) z1  z 2  z1  z 2 (d) arg z  arg z
59. Let z
be a purely imaginary number such that Im(z )  0 .
5 Then arg (z ) is equal to
50. If | z |  4 and arg z  , then z = [MP PET 1987]
6 
(a) 2 3  2i (b) 2 3  2i
(a)  (b)
2
(c) 2 3  2i (d)  3 i 
(c) 0 (d) 
1i 3 2
51. If z  , then arg(z )  [Roorkee 1990; UPSEAT
1i 3 60. If z is a purely real number such that Re( z )  0 , then
2004]
arg(z ) is equal to
(a) 60 o (b) 120 o

(c) 240 o (d) 300 o (a)  (b)
2
52. If arg (z )   , then arg (z ) 

[MP PET 1995] (c) 0 (d) 
(a)  (b)  2
(c)    (d)    61. Let z be a complex number. Then the angle between vectors
53. The amplitude of the complex number z and iz is
z  sin   i(1  cos  ) is (a)  (b) 0
  
(a) 2 sin (b) (c)  (d) None of these
2 2 2
(c)  (d) None of these 62. For any two complex numbers z 1 , z 2 we have
1 3i 2 2
| z 1  z 2 |  | z1 |  | z 2 | then 2
54. The amplitude of is
3 1
z  z 
[Karnataka CET 1992; Pb CET 2001]
(a) Re 1 0
 (b) Im 1 0

(a)

(b) 
  z2   z2 
3 3 (c) Re( z 1 z 2 )  0 (d) Im(z 1 z 2 )  0
 
(c) (d)  63. If for complex numbers z 1 and z 2 , arg(z 1 / z 2 )  0,
6 6
then | z 1  z 2 | is equal to
55. The argument of the complex number  1  i 3 is
[MP PET 1994] (a) | z 1 |  | z 2 | (b) | z 1 |  | z 2 |
o o
(a)  60 (b) 60 (c) || z 1 |  | z 2 || (d) 0
(c) 120 o (d)  120 o
64. If | z 1  z 2 | | z 1  z 2 | , then the difference in the
 3 i 3 i amplitudes of z 1 and z 2 is
56. arg    is equal to [EAMCET 1985]
 2 i 2 i
 
  (a) (b)
(a) (b)  4 3
2 2

 (c) (d) 0
(c) 0 (d) 2
4
If z1 . z 2 ........ z n  z , then arg z1  arg z 2  .... +
z 
57. 65. If | z 1 | | z 2 | and arg  1    , then z 1  z 2 is

arg z n and arg z differ by a  z2 
 equal to
(a) Multiple of  (b) Multiple of (a) 0 (b) Purely imaginary
2
(c) Purely real (d) None of these
 56 Complex Numbers
66. If 0  amp (z)   , then amp (z ) – amp ( z )   
(a) (b) 
(a) 0 (b) 2 amp (z ) 6 6
(c)  (d)  
(c) (d) None of these
67. If z  1  cos   i sin  , then amp z = 3
75. The amplitude of 0 is [RPET 2000]
  (a) 0 (b)  / 2
(a) (b) 
2 2 (c)  (d) None of these
    76. If arg z  0 then arg ( z )  arg (z ) is equal to
(c)  (d) 
2 2 2 2 [IIT Screening 2000]
(a)  (b) 
z 
68. If z 1 , z 2  C , then amp  1   
 (c)  (d)
 z2  2 2
(a) amp (z1 z 2 ) (b) amp (z 1 z 2 ) 1 3i
77. The amplitude of is
3 i
z  z 
(c) amp  2 
 (d) amp  1 

[RPET 2001]
 z1   z2  (a) 0 (b)  / 6
(c)  / 3 (d)  / 2
13  5 i
69. The argument of the complex number is 2
4  9i 78. If z  then the value of arg (z ) is [ Orissa JEE
1 3i
[MP PET 1997]
2002]
  (a)  (b)  / 3
(a) (b)
3 4 (c) 2 / 3 (d)  / 4
   
(c) (d) 79. If z  cos  i sin then
5 6 6 6
70. If | z1 | | z 2 | and amp z 1  amp z 2  0 , then [AMU 2002]

[MP PET 1999] (a) | z |  1, arg z  (b)
z1  z 2 z1  z 2 4
(a) (b)

(c) z1  z 2  0 (d) z1  z 2 | z |  1, arg z 
6
71. | z 1  z 2 | | z 1 |  | z 2 | is possible if 3 5
(c) | z |  , arg z  (d)
[MP PET 1999; Pb. CET 2002] 2 24
1 3 1
(a) z2  z1 (b) z2  | z|  , arg z  tan 1
z1 2 2
(c) arg (z 1 )  arg (z 2 ) (d) | z 1 | | z 2 |   
80. The amplitude of sin  i  1  cos 
5  5
1i
72. Amplitude of   is [RPET 1996] [Karnataka CET 2003]
1 i (a)  / 5 (b) 2 / 5
(a) –/2 (b) /2 (c)  / 10 (d)  / 15
(c) /4 (d) /6 81. Argument of  1  i 3 is [RPET 2003]
73. Which of the following are correct for any two complex
2 
numbers z1 and z 2 [Roorkee 1998] (a) (b)
3 3
(a) | z1 z 2 | | z1 || z 2 | (b)
 2
arg (z1 z 2 )  (arg z1 )(arg z 2 ) (c)  (d) 
3 3
(c) | z1  z 2 | | z1 |  | z 2 | (d) 82. If z and  are two non–zero complex numbers such that
| z1  z 2 | | z1 |  | z 2 | 
| z  |  1 and arg(z )  arg( )  , then z  is
2
1 3 i
74. The amplitude of is equal to
3 i [AIEEE 2003]
[DCE 1999; Karnataka CET 2005] (a) 1 (b) – 1
(c) i (d) – i
 Complex Numbers 57
83. The sum of amplitude of z and another complex number is  . (c) (b  ia) (d) None of these
The other complex number can be written [Orissa JEE 2004] 5. The square root of 3 – 4i is [RPET 1999]
(a) z (b)  z (a) (2  i) (b) (2  i)
(c) z (d)  z (1  2 i)
(c) (d) (1  2i)
1  2i 6. If
84. The modulus and amplitude of are a  ib  x  iy , then possible value of a  ib is
1  (1  i) 2 [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
[Karnataka CET 2005] (a) x2  y2 (b) x2  y2
 (c) x  iy (d) x  iy
(a) 2 and (b) 1 and 0
6 7. The number of non-zero integral solutions of the equation
  | 1  i | x  2 x is
(c) 1 and (d) 1 and
3 4 (a) Infinite (b) 1
z z  (c) 2 (d) None of these
85. If z 1  1  2i and z 2  3  5 i , and then Re  2 1 
 1  7i
 z2  8.  [Roorkee 1981]
(2  i)2
is equal to [J & K 2005]
31 17  3 3 
(a) (b) (a) 2  cos  i sin  (b)
17 22  4 4 
17 22   
(c) (d) 2  cos  i sin 
31 17  4 4
86. If (3  i)z  (3  i)z , then complex number z is [AMU
 3 3 
2005] (c)  cos  i sin  (d) None of these
 4 4 
x
(a) x (3  i), x  R (b) ,xR
3 i 9. If z  re i , then | e iz | = [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]

(c) x (3  i), x  R (d) x (3  i), x  R (a) r sin  (b)  r sin 

e e
 r cos 
(a  ib) then a 2  b 2 is e r cos 
50 49
87. If ( 8  i)  3 (c) e (d)
[Kerala (Engg.) 2005] 1i
(a) 3 (b) 8 10. is equal to [RPET 1984]
1i
(c) 9 (d) 8
   
(e) 4 (a) cos  i sin (b) cos  i sin
2 2 2 2
Square root, Representation and Logarithm  
(c) sin  i cos (d) None of these
of complex numbers 2 2
11. If  1   3  re i , then  is equal to
a  ib
1. If x  iy  , then (x 2  y 2 )2  [RPET 1989; MP PET 1999]
c  id
 
[IIT 1979; RPET 1997; Karnataka CET 1999] (a) (b) 
ab 3 3
a2  b 2
(a) (b) 2 2
c2  d 2 cd (c) (d) 
2 3 3
c2  d 2  a2  b 2 
(c) (d)   1
a2  b 2  c2  d 2  12. If y  cos   i sin  ,then the value of y  is [RPET
  y
2.  8  6i  [Roorkee 1979; RPET 1992] 1995]

(a) 1  3i (b) (1  3 i) (a) 2 cos  (b) 2 sin 

(c) (1  3 i) (d) (3  i) (c) 2 cosec  (d) 2 tan 
1/3
3. If (7  24 i)1 / 2  x  iy, then x 2  y 2  [RPET 13. The value of (i) is [Roorkee 1995]
1989]
1 3i 1 3i
(a) 15 (b) 25 (a) (b)
(c) – 25 (d) None of these 2 2
4. If x  iy  (a  ib), then  x  iy is equal to  3 i 3 i
(c) (d)
(a) (b  ia) (b) (a  ib) 2 2
 58 Complex Numbers
14. If (1  i 3 )9  a  ib, then b is equal to [RPET 1995] 7 i
24. If z  then z 14  [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
(a) 1 (b) 256 3  4i
(c) 0 (d) 93 (a) 27 (b) 27 i
15. Real part of e e i is [RPET 1995] (c) 214 i (d)  27 i
(a) e cos  [cos(sin  )] (b) e cos  [cos(cos  )] (e)  214
(c) e sin  [sin(cos  )] (d) e sin  [sin(sin  )]
Geometry of complex numbers
16. The amplitude of e e  i is equal to [RPET 1997]

(a) sin  (b)  sin  1. Length of the line segment joining the points 1  i and
2  3 i is
(c) e cos  (d) e sin 
(a) – 5 (b) 15
1i 3 100 (c) 5 (d) 25
17. If z  , then (z ) lies in
3 i
2. The points z 1 , z 2 , z 3 , z 4 in the complex plane are the
[AMU 1999]
(a) I quadrant (b) II quadrant vertices of a parallelogram taken in order, if and only if
(c) III quadrant (d) IV quadrant [IIT 1981, 1983; UPSEAT 2004]

1 (a) z 1  z 4  z 2  z 3 (b) z1  z 3  z 2  z 4
18. If x   3 , then x = [RPET 2002]
x (c) z1  z 2  z 3  z 4 (d) None of these
   
(a) cos  i sin (b) cos  i sin 3. The equation z z  a z  a z  b  0, b  R represents a
3 3 2 2 circle if
    (a) | a | 2  b (b) | a | 2  b
(c) sin  i cos (d) cos  i sin
6 6 6 6
(c) | a | 2  b (d) None of these
20
19. (1  i 3 ) is equal to [RPET 2003]
4. Let the complex numbers z1 , z 2 and z 3 be the vertices of
(a) 2 20 (1  i 3 ) 20 (b) 2 20 (1  i 3 ) 20
an equilateral triangle. Let z 0 be the circumcentre of the
20 20
(c) 2 (1  i 3 ) (d) None of these triangle, then z12  z 22  z 32  [IIT 1981]
1  5 i 
20. The imaginary part of tan   is [RPET 1997] (a) z 02 (b)  z 02
 3 
(c) 3 z 02 (d)  3 z 02
(a) 0 (b) 
(c) log 2 (d) log 4 5. The equation bz  b z  c, where b is a non-zero
complex constant and c is real, represents
21. The real part of (1  i)  i is [RPET 1999] (a) A circle (b) A straight line
1  (c) A parabola (d) None of these
(a) e  / 4 cos  log 2  (b) 6. If three complex numbers are in A.P., then they lie on
 2  [IIT 1985; DCE 2001; Pb. CET 2003]
 / 4 1  (a) A circle in the complex plane
e sin log 2 
 2  (b) A straight line in the complex plane
(c) A parabola in the complex plane
1  1 
(c) e  / 4 cos  log 2  (d) e
 / 4
sin log 2  (d) None of these
 2   2  7. If a and b are real numbers between 0 and 1 such that the
 x i points z1  a  i, z 2  1  bi and z 3  0 form an
22. i log   is equal to [RPET 2000]
 x i equilateral triangle, then [IIT 1989]
(a) a  b  2  3 (b) a  b  2  3
(a)   2 tan 1 x (b)   2 tan 1 x
(c) a2 3,b  2  3 (d) None of these
(c)    2 tan 1 x (d)    2 tan 1 x
8. If | z |  2 , then the points representing the complex numbers
23. If e i  cos   i sin  , then in ABC value of 1  5 z will lie on a
e iA .e iB .e iC is (a) Circle (b) Straight line
[AMU 2005] (c) Parabola (d) None of these
(a) –i (b) 1
(c) –1 (d) None of these
 Complex Numbers 59
9. If the vertices of a quadrilateral be A  1  2i, 16. The vertices B and D of a parallelogram are 1  2i and
B  3  i, C  2  3 i and D  2  2i , then the 4  2i , If the diagonals are at right angles and
quadrilateral is AC  2 BD , the complex number representing A is
(a) Parallelogram (b) Rectangle
5 3
(c) Square (d) Rhombus (a) (b) 3i 
10. In the Argand plane, the vector z  4  3 i is turned in the
2 2
clockwise sense through 180 o and stretched three times. The
(c) 3i  4 (d) 3i  4
complex number represented by the new vector is 17. If z 1 , z 2 , z 3 , z 4 are the affixes of four points in the Argand
[DCE 2005] plane and z is the affix of a point such that
(a) 12  9 i (b) 12  9 i | z  z 1 | | z  z 2 | | z  z 3 | | z  z 4 | , then
(c) 12  9 i (d) 12  9 i
z 1 , z 2 , z 3 , z 4 are
1
11. If  is a complex number satisfying   2 , then (a) Concyclic
 (b) Vertices of a parallelogram
maximum distance of  from origin is (c) Vertices of a rhombus
(a) 2 3 (b) 1  2 (d) In a straight line

(c) 1  3 (d) None of these

18. ABCD is a rhombus. Its diagonals AC and BD
intersect at the point M and satisfy BD  2 AC . If the
12. The vector z  3  4 i is turned anticlockwise through an
points D and M represents the complex numbers 1  i
angle of 180 o and stretched 2.5 times. The complex number
and 2  i respectively, then A represents the complex
corresponding to the newly obtained vector is number
15 15 1 3 3 1
(a)  10 i (b)  10 i 3 i or 1  i  i or  3i
2 2 (a) (b)
2 2 2 2
15
(c)  10 i (d) None of these 1 1
2 (c)  i or 1  i (d) None of these
2 2
13. POQ is a straight line through the origin O, P and Q
19. The complex numbers z 1 , z 2 , z 3 are the vertices of a
represent the complex numbers a  ib and c  id
respectively and OP  OQ , then triangle. Then the complex numbers z which make the
triangle into a parallelogram is
(a) | a  ib | | c  id | (b) a  c  b  d
(a) z1  z 2  z 3 (b) z1  z 2  z 3
(c) arg(a  ib)  arg(c  id) (d)
None of these (c) z 2  z 3  z1 (d) All the above
14. Let a be a complex number such that | a |  1 and 20. The equation z z  (2  3 i)z  (2  3 i)z  4  0
z 1 , z 2 ,...... be vertices of a polygon such that represents a circle of radius [Kurukshetra CEE 1996]

z k  1  a  a 2  .....  a k 1 . Then the vertices of the (a) 2 (b) 3

(c) 4 (d) 6
polygon lie within a circle
21. A rectangle is constructed in the complex plane with its sides
1 parallel to the axes and its centre is situated at the origin. If one
(a) | z  a |  a (b) z | 1  a |
1a of the vertices of the rectangle is a  ib 3 , then the area of
1 1 the rectangle is
(c) z  (d)
1a | 1  a| (a) ab 3 (b) 2ab 3
| z  (1  a) | | 1  a | (c) 3ab 3 (d) 4 ab 3
15. The centre of a regular polygon of n sides is located at the point 22. If the points P1 and P2 represent two complex numbers
z  0 and one of its vertex z 1 is known. If z 2 be the vertex z 1 and z 2 , then the point P3 represents the number
adjacent to z 1 , then z 2 is equal to Y
 2 2  P3
(a) z 1  cos  i sin  (b)
 n n  P2 P1
  
z 1  cos  i sin  O
X
 n n (a) z1  z 2 (b) z1  z 2
    (c) z1  z 2 (d) z1  z 2
(c) z 1  cos  i sin  (d) None of these
 2 n 2 n 23. If | z  2 | / | z  3 |  2 represents a circle, then its radius is
equal to [Kurukshetra CEE 1998]
 60 Complex Numbers
(a) 1 (b) 1 / 3 31. If z 1 , z 2 , z 3 are three collinear points in argand plane, then
(c) 3/4 2/3 (d)
z1 z1 1
24. If complex numbers z 1 , z 2 and z 3 represent the vertices z2 z2 1  [Orissa JEE 2004]
A, B and C respectively of an isosceles triangle ABC of which
z3 z3 1
C is right angle, then correct statement is [RPET 1999]
(a) 0 (b) – 1
(a) z1 2  z 2 2  z 3 2  z1 z 2 z 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
(b) (z 3  z 1 ) 2  z 3  z 2 32. If z is a complex number in the Argand plane, then the equation
| z  2 |  | z  2 |  8 represents [Orissa JEE 2004]
(c) (z 1  z 2 ) 2  (z 1  z 3 )(z 3  z 2 ) (a) Parabola (b) Ellipse
(c) Hyperbola (d) Circle
(d) (z 1  z 2 ) 2  2(z 1  z 3 ) (z 3  z 2 )
33. The points 1  3 i, 5  i and 3  2i in the complex plane
25. If centre of a regular hexagon is at origin and one of the vertex are
on argand diagram is 1 + 2i, then its perimeter is [MP PET 1987]
[RPET 1999]
(a) Vertices of a right angled triangle
(a) 2 5 (b) 6 2 (b) Collinear
(c) 4 5 (d) 6 5 (c) Vertices of an obtuse angled triangle
26. In the argand diagram, if O, P and Q represents respectively the (d) Vertices of an equilateral triangle
origin, the complex numbers z and z + iz, then the angle 34. If z1 and z 2 are two complex numbers, then | z1  z 2 | is
OPQ is [MP PET 2000] [RPET 1985; MP PET 1987, 2004; Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
  (a) | z1 |  | z 2 | (b) | z1 |  | z 2 |
(a) (b)
4 3 (c) | z1 |  | z 2 | (d) | z1 |  | z 2 |
 2 35. If z  x  iy, then area of the triangle whose vertices are
(c) (d)
2 3 points z, iz and z  iz is
[MP PET 1997; IIT 1986; AMU 2000; UPSEAT 2002]
27. z
A circle whose radius is r and centre 0 , then the equation of
1
the circle is [RPET 2000] (a) 2| z | 2 (b) | z|2
2
(a) zz  zz0  z z0  z 0 z 0  r 2
3
(c) | z | 2 (d) | z|2
(b) zz  zz 0  z z 0  z 0 z 0  r 2 2
(c) zz  z z 0  z z 0  z 0 z 0  r 2 36. If A, B, C are represented by 3  4 i, 5  2i , 1  16 i ,
then A, B, C are [RPET 1986]
(d) None of these (a) Collinear
28. Let z 1 , z 2 , z 3 be three vertices of an equilateral triangle (b) Vertices of equilateral triangle
(c) Vertices of isosceles triangle
1 1 3i
circumscribing the circle | z | = . If z 1   and (d) Vertices of right angled triangle
2 2 2 37. If z 1 , z 2  C, then [MP PET 1995]
z1 , z 2 , z 3 are in anticlockwise sense then z 2 is
(a) | z 1  z 2 | | z 1 |  | z 2 | (b)
[Orissa JEE 2002]
| z 1  z 2 | | z 1 |  | z 2 |
(a) 1  3 i (b) 1  3 i
(c) 1 (d) – 1 (c) | z1  z 2 |  | z1 |  | z 2 | (d)
29. For all complex numbers z1 , z 2 satisfying | z 1 |  12 | z1  z 2 |  | z1 |  | z 2 |
and | z 2  3  4 i|  5, the minimum value of 38. If z 1 , z 2 , z 3 are affixes of the vertices A, B and C
| z 1  z 2 | is respectively of a triangle ABC having centroid at G such
[IIT Screening 2002] that z  0 is the mid point of AG , then
(a) 0 (b) 2 (a) z1  z 2  z 3  0 (b) z1  4 z 2  z 3  0
(c) 7 (d) 17 (c) z1  z 2  4 z 3  0 (d) 4 z 1  z 2  z 3  0
30. If P, Q, R, S are represented by the complex numbers
4  i, 1  6 i,  4  3 i,  1  2i respectively, then 39. Let z 1 and z 2 be two complex numbers such that
PQRS is a z1 z 2
[Orissa JEE 2003]   1 . Then
(a) Rectangle (b) Square
z 2 z1
(c) Rhombus (d) Parallelogram (a) z 1 , z 2 are collinear
(b) z 1 , z 2 and the origin form a right angled triangle
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(c) z 1 , z 2 and the origin form an equilateral triangle 49. The region of Argand plane defined by
| z  1 |  | z  1 |  4 is
(d) None of these
(a) Interior of an ellipse
40. If the area of the triangle formed by the points z , z  iz and
(b) Exterior of a circle
iz on the complex plane is 18, then the value of | z | is
(c) Interior and boundary of an ellipse
[MP PET 2001]
(d) None of these
(a) 6 (b) 9
(c) 3 2 (d) 2 3 z 1
50. The locus of the points z which satisfy the condition arg  
41. If z 1  1  i, z 2  2  3 i and z 3  ai / 3 , where z 1
i 2
 1, are collinear then the value of a is

= is
[AMU 2001] 3
(a) – 1 (b) 3 (a) A straight line (b) A circle
(c) 4 (d) 5 (c) A parabola (d) None of these
42. Which one of the following statement is true [RPET 2002]
2z  1
(a) | x  y | | x | | y | (b) | x  y | | x | | y | 51. If the imaginary part of is –2, then the locus of the
iz  1
(c) | x  y | | x | | y | (d) | x  y | | x | | y |
point representing z in the complex plane is [DCE 2001]
43. The area of the triangle whose vertices are represented by the
(a) A circle (b) A straight line
complex numbers 0, z, ze i , (0     ) equals
(c) A parabola (d) None of these
[AMU 2002]
52. If z  (  3)  i 5  2 , then the locus of z is a
1 1
(a) | z | 2 cos  (b) | z | 2 sin  (a) Circle (b) Straight line
2 2
(c) Parabola (d) None of these
1 1
(c) | z | 2 sin  cos  (d) | z| 2 53. A point z moves on Argand diagram in such a way that |z –3i|
2 2  2, then its locus will be [RPET 1992; MP PET 2002]
44. If z 1  1  2i, z 2  2  3 i, z 3  3  4 i, then (a) y  axis (b) A straight line
z 1 , z 2 , z 3 represent the vertices of a/an (c) A circle (d) None of these
[Orissa JEE 2004] 54. If z  x  iy and | z  zi |  1, then
(a) Equilateral triangle (b) Isosceles triangle [RPET 1988, 91]
(c) Right angled triangle (d) None of these (a) z lies on x -axis (b) z lies on y -axis
45. The complex numbers z  x  iy which satisfy the equation (c) z lies on a circle (d) None of these
z  5i z 1
 1 lie on [IIT 1982]
z  5i 55. The locus of z given by
z i
 1 , is [Roorkee 1990]

(a) Real axis

(a) A circle (b) An ellipse
(b) The line y  5 (c) A straight line (d) A parabola
(c) A circle passing through the origin
56. R(z 2 )  1 is represented by
(d) None of these
z i (a) The parabola x 2  y 2  1
46. When is purely imaginary, the locus described by the
z2 (b) The hyperbola x 2  y 2  1
point z in the Argand diagram is a (c) Parabola or a circle
5 (d) All the above
5
(a) Circle of radius (b) Circle of radius 57. The locus represented by | z  1 | | z  i | is [EAMCET
2 4
1991]
(c) Straight line (d) Parabola
(a) A circle of radius 1
47. If | z  1 |  2 | z  1 |, then the locus described by the
(b) An ellipse with foci at (1, 0 ) and (0, – 1)
point z in the Argand diagram is a
(c) A straight line through the origin
(a) Straight line (b) Circle
(d) A circle on the line joining (1, 0 ), (0, 1) as
(c) Parabola (d) None of these
diameter
z a
48. The region of the complex plane for which 1 | z | 2  | z | 1 
z a 58. If log    2 , then the locus of z is
3 
[ R (a)  0 ] is  2 | z | 
(a) x  axis (b) y  axis (a) | z |  5 (b) | z |  5
(c) The straight line x a (d) None of these (c) | z |  5 (d) None of these
 62 Complex Numbers
 [RPET 2002]
59. If arg (z  a)  , where a  R , then the locus of (a) A straight line (b) A circle
4
(c) A parabola (d) An ellipse
z  C is a
[MP PET 1997] z
(a) Hyperbola (b) Parabola
w
69. If 1 and | w |  1 , then z lies on [AIEEE 2005]
(c) Ellipse (d) Straight line z i
3
60. If z  x  iy and | z  2  i | | z  3  i |, then locus of
(a) A straight line (b) A parabola
z is
[RPET 1999]
(c) An ellipse (d) A circle
(a) 2x  4y  5  0 (b) 2x  4y  5  0 70. If | 8  z |  | z  8 |  16 where z is a complex number, then
the point z will lie on [J & K 2005]
(c) x  2y  0 (d) x  2y  5  0
(a) A circle (b) An ellipse
61. Locus of the point z satisfying the equation | iz  1 | +
(c) A straight line (d) None of these
| z  i |  2 is [Roorkee 1999]
71. PQ and PR are two infinite rays. QAR is an arc. Point lying in
(a) A straight line (b) A circle the shaded region excluding the boundary satisfies
(c) An ellipse (d) A pair of straight lines [IIT Screening 2005]
2 
62. If z  x  iy is a complex number satisfying z 
i
 (a) | z  1 |  2;| arg( z  1)|  (1  2 , 2 i)
2 4 Q
2 
z
i
, then the locus of z is [EAMCET 2002]
(b) | z  1 |  2;| arg( z  1)|  P (1,0) A
2 2
(–1,0)
y x 
(a) 2y  x (b) (c) | z  1 |  2;| arg( z  1)| 
4 R
(c) y-axis (d) x-axis
 (1  2 ,  2 i)
 z 1 (d) | z  1 |  2;| arg( z  1)| 
63. The locus of the point z satisfying arg    k , (where 2
 z 1 72. Which of the following equations can represent a triangle
k is non zero) is [Orissa JEE 2002] [Orissa JEE 2005]
(a) Circle with centre on y–axis (a) | z  1 | | z  2 | (b)
(b) Circle with centre on x–axis | z  1 | | z  2 | | z  i |
(c) A straight line parallel to x–axis
(c) | z  1 |  | z  2 |  2 a (d) | z  1 | 2  | z  2 | 2  4
(d) A straight line making an angle 60 o with the x–axis
73. The number of solutions for the equations
64. If the amplitude of z  2  3 i is  / 4 , then the locus of | z  1 | | z  2 |  | z  i | is
z  x  iy is [EAMCET 2003] [Orissa JEE 2005]
(a) One solution (b) 3 solutions
(a) x  y 1  0 (b) x  y 1  0
(c) 2 solutions (d) No solution
(c) x  y 1  0 (d) x  y 1  0 74. If | z  2  3 i |  | z  2  6 i |  4 , where i   1 , then
65. If | z 2
 1 | | z | 2
1 , then z lies on [AIEEE 2004] locus of P (z ) is [DCE 2005]

(a) An ellipse (b) The imaginary axis (a) An ellipse

(c) A circle (d) The real axis (b) 
(c) Line segment joining of point 2  3 i and 2  6 i
66. If z  x  iy and 
1  iz
z i
than |  |  1 shows that in (d) None of these
complex plane [RPET 1985, 97; IIT 1983; 75. If z  2  i 2 is rotated through an angle 45° in the anti-
DCE 2000, 01; UPSEAT 2003; MP PET 2004] clockwise direction about the origin, then the coordinates of its
new position are [Kerala (Engg.) 2005]
(a) z will be at imaginary axis(b) z will be at real axis
(c) z will be at unity circle (d) None of these (a) (2, 0) (b) ( 2, 2 )

67. The equation | z  5 i |  | z  5 i |  12, where (c) ( 2,  2 ) (d) ( 2 ,0 )

z  x  iy, represents a/an [AMU 1999] (e) (4, 0)
(a) Circle (b) Ellipse
(c) Parabola (d) No real curve De Moivre's theorem and Roots of unity
z2  1.
68. If z  x  iy and arg   , then locus of z is i 
z 2 6
 Complex Numbers 63
1i 1i (a) a 1i (b) a 1i
(a) (b) 
2 2 (c) a  ( 2 )i (d) None of these
1i 9. If (cos   i sin  )(cos 2  i sin 2 )........
(c)  (d) None of these
2 (cos n   i sin n  )  1 , then the value of  is
[Karnataka CET 1992; Kurukshetra CEE 2002]
   
2. If x r  cos  r
  i sin r  , then x 1 . x 2 ......  is 2m 
 
2 2  (a) 4m  (b)
n(n  1)
[RPET 1990, 2000; BIT Mesra 1996; Karnataka CET 2000]
(a) 3 (b) 2 4m m
(c) (d)
(c) 1 (d) 0 n(n  1) n(n  1)
n
(cos   i sin  ) 4  1  cos   i sin  
3. is equal to [MNR 1985; UPSEAT 10.   
(sin   i cos  )5  1  cos   i sin  
2000] (a) cos n   i sin n  (b) cos n   i sin n 
(a) cos   i sin  (c) sin n   i cos n  (d) sin n   i cos n 
(b) cos 9  i sin 9  1  cos   i sin  
4

(c) sin   i cos 

11. If    cos n   i sin n  , then n is
 i  sin   i cos  
(d) sin 9  i cos 9 equal to
5 5 [EAMCET 1986]
 3 i  3 i (a) 1 (b) 2
4. If z        , then [MP PET 1997]
 2 2   2 2  (c) 3 (d) 4
   
(a) Re( z )  0 (b) Im(z )  0   
12. The value of expression  cos  i sin 
(c)Re(z )  0, Im(z )  0 (d)  2 2
Re( z )  0, Im(z )  0    
 cos 2  i sin 2  ........to  is [Kurukshetra CEE
5. The roots of (2  2i) 1/3
are  2 2 
(a) 1998]
        (a) 1 (b) 1
2  cos  i sin , 2   sin  i cos ,1  i
 12 12   12 12  (c) 0 (d) 2
4
(b)  cos   i sin  
13.   equals [RPET 1996]
         sin   i cos  
2  cos  i sin , 2   sin  i cos ,1  i
 12 12   12 12  (a) sin 8  i cos 8 (b) cos 8  i sin 8
(c) 1  2 i,1  i,2  2i (c) sin 8  i cos 8 (d) cos 8  i sin 8
(d) None of the above
14. If sin   sin   sin   0  cos   cos   cos  ,
4 (cos 75 o  i sin 75 o ) then the value of sin 2   sin 2   sin 2  is [RPET 1999]
6. The value of o o
is
0 .4 (cos 30  i sin 30 ) (a) 2/3 (b) 3/2
2 2 (c) 1/2 (d) 1
(a) (1  i) (b) (1  i)
10 10 15. If cos   cos   cos   0  sin   sin   sin 
10 10 then cos 2  cos 2   cos 2 equals
(c) (1  i) (d) (1  i) [RPET 2000]
2 2
(a) 2 cos(     ) (b) cos 2(     )
7. The following in the form of A  iB
(c) 0 (d) 1
(cos 2  i sin 2 )5 (cos 3  i sin 3 )6
16. ( 3  i) 53
where i 2  1 is equal to [AMU 2000]
(sin   i cos  )3 in the form of A  iB is
[MNR 1991] (a) 2 53 ( 3  2i) (b) 2 52 ( 3  i)
(a) (cos 25  i sin 25 ) (b)
 3 1 
i(cos 25  i sin 25 ) (c) 2 53   i (d) 2 53 ( 3  i)
 2 2 

(c) i (cos 25  i sin 25 ) (d)
(cos 25  i sin 25 )
8. If a  2 i then which of the following is correct
[Roorkee 1989]
 64 Complex Numbers
10 (c) sin(4  5  )  i cos( 4  5  )
   
 1  cos 10  i sin 10  (d) None of these
17. The value of    24. The value of i1/3 is [UPSEAT 2002]
 1  cos   i sin   3i 3 i
 10 10  (a)
2
(b)
2
[Karnataka CET 2001]
1i 3 1i 3
(a) 0 (b) – 1 (c) (d)
2 2
(c) 1 (d) 2
18. We express Re( z )
25. Given z  (1  i 3 )100 , then equals [AMU
4
(cos 2  i sin 2 ) (cos 4  i sin 4 ) 5 Im(z )
in the 2002]
(cos 3  i sin 3 )  2 (cos 3  i sin 3 ) 9 (a) 2100 (b) 250
form of x  iy , we get [Karnataka CET 2001] 1
(c) (d) 3
(a) cos 49  i sin 49 (b) 3
cos 23  i sin 23 n
 1  sin   i cos  
cos 49  i sin 49 (d) cos 21  i sin 21 26.   = [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
(c)  1  sin   i cos  
19. (sin   i cos  )n is equal to  n   n 
[RPET 2001] (a) cos   n    i sin  n 
 2   2 
(a) cos n   i sin n 
 n   n 
(b) sin n   i cos n  (b) cos   n    i sin  n 
 2   2 
   
(c) cos n     i sin n     n   n 
 2   2  (c) sin  n    i cos   n 
 2   2 
(d) None of these
   
(cos   i sin  ) (cos   i sin  ) (d) cos n  2   i sin n  2 
20. The value of is  2   2 
(cos   i sin  ) (cos   i sin  )
[RPET 2001] 27. If n is a positive integer, then (1  i)n  (1  i)n is equal to
cos(       )  i sin(       ) [Orissa JEE 2003]
(a)
 n   n 
(b) cos(       )  i sin(       ) (a) ( 2 )n  2 cos   (b) ( 2 )
n2
sin 
 4   4 
(c) sin(       )  i cos(       )
 n   n 
(d) sin(       )  i cos(       ) (c) ( 2 )n  2 cos   (d) ( 2 )
n 2
sin 
 4   4 
8
 1  cos( / 8 )  i sin( / 8 )  1 1
21.   is equal to [RPET 2001] 28. If  x  2 cos  , then x n  n is equal to [UPSEAT
 1  cos( / 8 )  i sin( / 8 )  x x
2001]
(a) – 1 (b) 0
(c) 1 (d) 2
(a) 2 cos n  (b) 2 sin n 
(c) cos n  (d) sin n 
   
22. If x n  cos  n   i sin  n , then 29. 4
If iz  1  0 , then z can take the value [UPSEAT 2004]
4  4 
1i  
x 1 . x 2 . x 3 ....   (a) (b) cos  i sin
2 8 8
[EAMCET 2002]
1
1i 3 1  i 3 (c) (d) i
(a) (b) 4i
2 2
30. The two numbers such that each one is square of the other, are
1i 3 1  i 3 [MP PET 1987]
(c) (d) i, i
2 2 (a) ,  3 (b)
(c) 1, 1 (d)  ,  2
(cos   i sin  ) 4
23. 
(sin   i cos  ) 5
[RPET 2002]
31. If  is a cube root of unity, then (1     2 )
(a) cos( 4  5  )  i sin(4  5  ) (1     2 ) =
[MNR 1990; MP PET 1993, 2002]
(b) cos(4  5  )  i sin(4  5  )
 Complex Numbers 65
(a) 1 (b) 0 3/4
  
(c) 2 (d) 4 42. The product of all the roots of  cos  i sin  is
1/3  3 3
32. (27 ) 
[MNR 1984; EAMCET 1985]
(a) 3 (b) 3, 3 i, 3 i2 (a) 1 (b) 1
(c) 3, 3 , 3 2 (d) None of these 3 1
(c) (d) 
33. If n is a positive integer not a multiple of 3, then 2 2
1   n   2n = [MP PET 2004] 43. If  is a cube root of unity, then a root of the equation
(a) 3 (b) 1 x 1  2
(c) 0 (d) None of these  x 2 1  0 is [MNR 1990; MP PET
34. Square of either of the two imaginary cube roots of unity will 2 1 x 
be
(a) Real root of unity 1999]
(b) Other imaginary cube root of unity (a) x 1 (b) x 
(c) Sum of two imaginary roots of unity (c) x  2 (d) x 0
(d) None of these 44. If x  a  b, y  a  b  and z  a  b  , where 
35. If  is a cube root of unity, then and  are complex cube roots of unity, then xyz =
(1   ) 3  (1   2 ) 3  [IIT 1978; Roorkee 1989; RPET 1997]
2 2 (b) a 3  b 3
(a) 0 (b)  (a) a b
(c) a 3 b 3 (d) a3  b 3
(c)  2 (d) None of these
45. If x  a  b, y  a  b  2 , z  a 2  b  , then the
36. If  and  are imaginary cube roots of unity, then
3 3 3
1 value of x  y  z is equal to [Roorkee 1977; IIT
4  4 +  [IIT 1977] 1970]

(a) a3  b 3 (b) 3(a 3  b 3 )
(a) 3 (b) 0
(c) 1 (d) 2 (c) 3(a 2  b 2 ) (d) None of these
37. If  is a complex cube root of unity, then a  b   c 2 a  b   c 2
(1   )(1   2 ) (1   4 )(1   8 )  46. The value of  will be
b  c  a 2 c  a  b  2
(a) 0 (b) 1 [BIT Ranchi 1989; Orissa JEE 2003]
(c) – 1 (d) 9 (a) 1 (b) – 1
38. If  is a cube root of unity, then the value of (c) 2 (d) – 2
47. The cube roots of unity when represented on the Argand plane
(1     2 ) 5  (1     2 ) 5  form the vertices of an [IIT 1988; Pb. CET 2004]
[IIT 1965; MP PET 1997; RPET 1997] (a) Equilateral triangle (b) Isosceles triangle
(a) 16 (b) 32 (c) Right angled triangle (d) None of these
(c) 48 (d) – 32 1000
 1 3 
39. If x  a, y  b  , z  c , where 2
 is a complex cube 48. 
 2

2
i


 
x y z
root of unity, then    1 3 1 3
a b c (a)  i (b)  i
[AMU 1983] 2 2 2 2
(a) 3 (b) 1 1 3
(c) 0 (d) None of these
(c)   i (d) None of these
2 2
40. If  is a complex cube root of unity, then 49. If  ,  ,  are the cube roots of p( p  0 ) , then for any
( x  y )( x   y ) ( x  2  y )  x  y   z
x, y and z, 
(a) x2  y2 x   y   z
[IIT 1989]
(b) x2  y2
1 1
(c) x 3  y3 (a) (1  i 3 ) (b) (1  i 3 )
2 2
(d) x 3  y3 1
(c) (1  i 3 ) (d) None of these
41. If  is a complex cube root of unity, then 2
(1   )(1   2 ) (1   4 )(1   8 )... to 2n factors 3 i
50. If z  , then the value of z 69 is [RPET 2002]
= [AMU 2000] 2
(a) 0 (b) 1 (a) i (b) i
(c) 1 (d) None of these
 66 Complex Numbers
(c) 1 (d) 1 (c) Re( z )  0 (d) None of these
51. The roots of the equation x 4
 1  0 , are [MP PET 1986] 61. If  th
is an n root of unity, other than unity, then the value of
(a) 1, 1, i, i (b) 1,  1, i, i 1     2  ...   n 1 is [Karnataka CET 1999]

(c) 1,1,  ,  2 (d) None of these (a) 0 (b) 1

(c) 1 (d) None of these
52. If  is a complex cube root of unity, then for positive
integral value of n , the product of  . 2 . 3 ........  n 62. If z 1 , z 2 , z 3 ...... n n are nth, roots of unity, then for
, will be k  1, 2,....., n
[Roorkee 1991] (a) | z k |  k | z k 1 | (b) | z k 1 |  k | z k |
1i 3 1i 3 (c) | z k 1 | | z k |  | z k 1 | (d) | z k | | z k 1 |
(a) (b) 
2 2
63. If 1,  ,  2 are three cube roots of unity, then
(c) 1 (d) (b) and (c) both
53. One of the cube roots of unity is [MP PET 1994, 2003]
(a  b   c ) 2 3
+ (a  b  2
 c ) 3
is equal to, if
ab c  0
1  i 3 1i 3
(a) (b) [West Bengal JEE 1992]
2 2 (a) 27 abc (b) 0
1i 3 3 i (c) 3 abc (d) None of these
(c) (d)
2 2 64. The common roots of the equations x 12  1  0 ,
54. If  ( 1) is a cube root of unity and x 4  x 2  1  0 are [EAMCET 1989]
(1   )  A  B  , then A and B are respectively,
7
(a)  (b) 2
the numbers [IIT 1995] (c)  ,   2
(d) None of these
(a) 0, 1 (b) 1, 0
65. If z 1 , z 2 z 3 , z 4 are the roots of the equation z 4  1 , then
(c) 1, 1 (d) 1, 1
4
55. If  ( 1) is a cube root of unity, then the value of z 3
i is [Kurukshetra CEE 1996]
1 1i 2
 2 i 1

1i 1  2  1 is equal to (a) 0 (b) 1

[IIT 1995]
(c) i (d) 1  i
i i 1 1
66. If  is an imaginary cube root of unity, then for nN ,
(a) 0 (b) 1 3 n 1 3n3 3n 5
the value of    is
(c)  (d) i [MP PET 1996; Pb. CET 2000]
56. The n th roots of unity are in [Orissa JEE 2004] (a) 1 (b) 0
(a) A.P. (b) G.P. (c) 1 (d) 3
20 20
(c) H.P. (d) None of these  1  i 3   1 i 3 
67.     
57. If 1,  ,  2
are the three cube roots of unity, then  2   2 
   
(3   2   4 )6  [MP PET 1995] (a) 20 3i (b) 1
(a) 64 (b) 729 1
(c) 2 (d) 0 (c) (d) 1
58. (1     )(1  
2 2
  )(1  
4 4
  )......... ..
8 2 19
68. If  and  are imaginary cube roots of unity, then the
to 2n factors is 1
value of    
[EAMCET 1988] 4 28
,is [MP PET 1998]

(a) 2n (b) 2 2n
(c) 0 (d) 1 (a) 1 (b) 1
(c) 0 (d) None of these
1  2 2
69. If  is the cube root of unity, then (3  5  3 2 )2 +
59. Let   2 2 2 4 3 where  is the cube root of
(3  3  5 2 )2 = [MP PET 1999]
3 3 3 6 4
(a) 4 (b) 0
unity, then (c) – 4 (d) None of these
(a)   0 (b)  1 70. If  is an imaginary cube root of unity, then the value of
(c) 2 (d)   3  
sin ( 10   23 )    is [IIT Screening 1994]
60. If n is a positive integer greater than unity and z is a  4
complex number satisfying the equation z n  (z  1)n , then (a)  3 /2 (b) 1 / 2
(a) Re( z )  0 (b) Re( z )  0 (c) 1 / 2 (d) 3 /2
 Complex Numbers 67

 3  i 
6
i 3 
6
80. If z  z 1  1, then z 100  z 100 is equal to [UPSEAT
71.    is equal to
 2    2  2001]
  
(a) i (b) – i
[RPET 1997]
(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) – 1
(c) 2 (d) 1 1 3i
81. If is a root of equation x 4  x 3  x  1  0 then
72. If  is an imaginary cube root of unity, (1     2 )7 2
equals its real roots are [EAMCET 2002]
[IIT 1998; MP PET 2000]
(a) 1, 1 (b) – 1, – 1
(a) 128  (b) 128 
(c) 1, – 1 (d) 1, 2
(c) 128  2 (d)  128  2 n
1  i 3 
(1  i 3 ) 15
(1  i 3 ) 15 82. If   is an integer, then n is [UPSEAT 2002]
73.  is equal to [AMU 2000] 1  i 3 
20 20  
(1  i) (1  i)
(a) 1 (b) 2
(a) – 64 (b) – 32
(c) 3 (d) 4
1
(c) – 16 (d) 83. Find the value of (1  2   2 )3 n  (1    2 2 )3 n 
16
[UPSEAT 2002]
74. If  is a complex root of the equation z 3  1 , then (a) 0 (b) 1
1 3
  
9

27 
 ... 
(c)  (d)  2
is equal to
   2 8 32 128 
84. If  is a non real cube root of unity, then (a  b )
[Roorkee 2000; AMU 2005] (a  b  ) (a  b  2 ) is [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]
(a) – 1 (b) 0
3 3 (b) a  b 3
3
(c) 9 (d) i
(a) a b
 (c) a 2  b 2 (d) a 2  b 2
75. If cube root of 1 is , then the value of (3    3 2 ) 4
is 1 i 3
85. Which of the following is a fourth root of 
[MP PET 2001] 2 2
(a) 0 (b) 16 [Karnataka CET 2003]
(c) 16  (d) 16  2
    
(a) cis  (b) cis 
76. The value of (1     ) (1  2 2
 ) ,
6
where 2  12 
,  2
are cube roots of unity    
(c) cis  (d) cis 
[DCE 2001] 6 3
(a) 128  (b)  128  2 86. The value of (8)1/3 is [RPET 2003]

(c) 128  (d) 128  2 (a)  1  i 3 (b)  1  i 3

(c) 2 (d) All of these
If 1,  ,  2 are the cube roots of unity, then their product is If  is a complex cube root of unity, then
77. 87.
[Karnataka CET 1999, 2001]
225  (3  8 2 )2  (3 2  8 ) 2  [EAMCET
(a) 0 (b)  2003]
(c) – 1 (d) 1 (a) 72 (b) 192
(c) 200 (d) 248
3 i
78. If z  , then z 69 is equal to [RPET 2001] 88. If 1,  ,  are the cube roots of unity, then
2
2
(a) 1 (b) – 1 1 n  2n
(c) i (d) – i   n
 2n 1 =
 2   2  2  2n
1  n

79. Let  n  cos    i sin  , i  1 , then

 n   n  [AIEEE 2003]
(a) 0 (b) 1
2 2
(x  y  3  z 3 ) (x  y  3  z 3 ) is equal to [AMU
(c)  (d)  2
2001]
 1  3i
(a) 0 89. If   then (3    3 2 )4 =
2
(b) x2  y2  z2
[Karnataka CET 2004; Pb. CET 2000]
(c) x 2  y 2  z 2  yz  zx  xy (a) 16 (b) –16

(d) x 2 2 2
 y  z  yz  zx  xy
(c) 16  (d) 16  2
 68 Complex Numbers
90. If 1,  ,  2 are the roots of unity, then  2 
(c) tan 1  

(1  2   ) is equal to
2 6
 1   2
2 
[Pb. CET 2001]
(d) None of these
(a) 729 (b) 246
(c) 243 (d) 81 102. If  is a cube root of unity but not equal to 1 then minimum
91. If  is a complex cube root of unity, then the value of value of | a  b   c 2 | (where a, b, c are integers but not
 99   100   101 is [Pb. CET 2004] all equal) is [IIT Screening 2005]
(a) 1 (b) – 1 3
(c) 3 (d) 0 (a) 0 (b)
2
92. The real part of sin 1 (e i ) is
(c) 1 (d) 2
[RPET 1997]
103. If 1,  ,  2
are the cube roots of unity then
(a) cos 1 ( sin  ) (b) sinh 1 ( sin  )
 (1   )  (1   2 ) 
2 3
(c) sin 1 ( sin  ) (d) sin 1 ( cos  )
[Orissa JEE 2005]
93. sinh ix is [EAMCET 2002]
(a) 1 (b) –1
(a) i sin(ix ) (b) i sin x (c) i (d) 0
(c) i sin x (d) sin(ix ) 104. Let x     , y     2 , z   2   ,  is
94. If cos(u  iv)    i , then    2 2
 1 equals [RPET an imaginary cube root of unity. Product of xyz is
1999] [Orissa JEE 2005]
2 2 2 2
(a) cos u  sinh v (b) sin u  cosh v (a)    2 2

2 2 2 2
(c) cos u  cosh v (d) sin u  sinh v (b)  2   2
95. The value of sec h(i ) is [RPET 1999]
(c)  3   3
(a) – 1 (b) i
(c) 0 (d) 1 (d)  3   3
96. cosh(  i )  cosh(  i ) is equal to [RPET 2000]
(a) 2 sinh  sinh  (b) 2 cosh  cosh 
(c) 2i sinh  sin  (d) 2 cosh  cos 

97. The imaginary part of cosh(  i ) is [RPET 2000]

(a) cosh  cos  (b) sinh  sin 
(c) cos  cosh  (d) cos  cos 
1. The number of real values of a satisfying the equation
2
98. Which one is correct from the following [RPET 2001]
a  2 a sin x  1  0 is
(a) sin(ix )  i sinh x (b) cos(ix )  i cosh x (a) Zero (b) One
(c) Two (d) Infinite
(c) sin(ix )  i sinh x (d)
tan( ix )  i tanh x 2. For positive integers n 1 , n 2 the value of the expression

99. cos( x  iy) is equal to [RPET 2001] (1  i)n1  (1  i 3 )n1  (1  i 5 )n2  (1  i7 )n2 where
(a) sin x cosh y  i cos x sinh y i  1 is a real number if and only if
[IIT 1996]
(b) cos x cosh y  i sin x sinh y
(c) cos x cosh y  i sin x sinh y (a) n1  n 2  1 (b) n 1  n 2  1
(d) None of these (c) n1  n 2 (d) n1  0, n 2  0
100. If tan( u  iv)  i , then the value of v is [RPET 2001]
3. Given that the equation z 2  ( p  iq)z  r  i s  0,
(a) 0 (b)  p, q, r, s are real and non-zero has a real root, then
where
(c) 1 (d) None of these
101. If tan 1 (  i )  x  iy, then x = (a) pqr  r 2  p 2 s (b) prs  q 2  r 2 p
[RPET 2002] (c) qrs  p 2  s 2 q (d) pqs  s 2  q 2r
1  2 
(a) tan 1   4. If x  5  2  4 , then the value of the expression
 
1   
2 2
2 
x 4  9 x 3  35 x 2  x  4 is
1  2  [IIT 1972]
(b) tan 1  
2  1   2
  2  (a) 160 (b) 160
 
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(c) 60 (d) 60
b
5. If 3  i  (a  ib)(c  id) , then tan 1   
a
d 
tan 1   has the value
c
 
(a)  2n  , n  I (b) n   ,n I
3 6
 
(c) n  ,n  I (d) 2n   ,n  I
3 3
6. If a  cos   i sin  , b  cos   i sin  ,

b c a
c  cos   i sin  and    1, then
c a b
cos(    )  cos(   )  cos(   ) is equal to
[RPET 2001]
(a) 3/2 (b) – 3/2
(c) 0 (d) 1
7. If (1  i)(1  2i)(1  3 i).....(1  ni)  a  ib , then
2.5.10.... (1  n 2 ) is equal to
[Karnataka CET 2002; Kerala (Engg.) 2002]

(a) a2  b 2 (b) a 2  b 2

(c) a2  b 2 (d) a2  b 2
8. If z is a complex number, then the minimum value of
| z |  | z  1 | is [Roorkee 1992]

(a) 1 (b) 0
(c) 1/2 (d) None of these