TRIGONOMETRIC RATIO

Total No. of questions in Trigonometric Ratio are :

Level # 1 .....................................................................34

Level # 2 ....................................................................22

Level # 3 .................................................................... 28

Level # 4 .................................................................... 22

Total no. of questions .............................................106

 LEVEL - 1
Questions
based on Trigonometrical ratios or function
Q.10 If A lies in the second quad. and
5 sin   3 cos  3 tan A + 4 = 0, the value 2 cot A – 5
Q.1 If 5 tan = 4, then =
sin   2 cos  cos A + sin A is equals to-
(A) 5/9 (B) 14/5 (A) 23/11
(C) 9/5 (D) 5/14 (B) 22/10
(C) 23/10
Q.2 tan2  sec2 (cot2  – cos2 ) = (D) None of these
(A) 0 (B) –1
Q.11 cos 24º + cos 5º + cos 175º + cos 204º +
(C) 1 (D) 2 cos 300º =
Q.3 If sin  + cosec  = 2 then the value of (A) 1/2 (B) – 1/2
sin8  + cosec8  is equal to- 3
(C) (D) 1
(A) 2 (B) 28 2
(C) 2 4 (D) None of these
Questions
Sum and difference formulae
Q.4 If sin x + sin2 x = 1, then based on

cos8 x + 2cos6 x + cos4 x = ....

(A) 0 (B) – 1 Q.12 tan20º + 2 tan50º =
(C) 2 (D) 1 (A) tan 70º (B) cot 70º
(C) sin 70º (D) tan 30º
2 4
Q.5 x = y cos = z cos , then
3 3 sin (B  A )  cos (B  A )
xy + yz + zx = Q.13 =
sin (B  A )  cos ( B  A )
(A) – 1 (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) 2 cos B  sin B cos A  sin A
(A) (B)
cos B  sin B cos A  sin A
Q.6 If cos23 + cos4= 16 cos6 + 9 cos2is
cos A  sin A
an identity then- (C) (D) None of these
cos A  sin A
(A)  = 1,  = 18 (B)  = 1,  = 24
(C)  = 3,  = 24 (D)  = 4,  = 2

Q.14 If A – B = , then (1 + tan A) (1 – tan B)=
Questions 4
based on
Sign & Allied angle of T. Ratios
(A) 1 (B) 2
Q.7 sin2 5º + sin2 10º + sin2 15º + ............... (C) –1 (D) –2
....sin2 85º + sin2 90º=
Q.15 tan 5x tan 3x tan 2x = ......
(A) 7 (B) 8
(A) tan 5x – tan 3x – tan2x
1
(C) 9 (D) 10 sin 5 x  sin 3 x  sin 2x
2 (B)
cos 5 x  cos 3 x  cos 2x
Q.8 cosA + sin (270º+ A) – sin (270º – A)
+ cos (180º + A) = (C) 0
(D) None of these
(A) – 1 (B) 0
(C) 1 (D) None of these Q.16 If A + C = B, then tan A tan B tan C is-
1 (A) tan A tan B + tan C
Q.9 If sin  = – and tan = 1, then  lies in (B) tan B – tan C – tan A
2
which quadrant- (C) tan A + tan C – tan B
(A) First (B) Second (D) – (tan A tan B + tan C)
(C) Third (D) Fourth
 Formulae for product into sum or Trigonometrical ratio of multiple
difference conversion angle
F
G5 I F IJ = sin   sin 2
Q.17 2 sin
H12 JKsin G
H12 K Q.24
1  cos   cos 2
=

1 1 1 1
(A) – (B) (A) tan  (B) cot 
2 2 2 2
1 1 (C) tan  (D) cot 
(C) (D)
4 6
F
G I
Q.18 cos2 48° – sin2 12° = Q.25 1  2 sin 2
H4  JK=
5 1 5 1
(A) (B) (A) cos 2 (B) – cos 2
4 8
3 1 (C) sin 2 (D) – sin 2
3 1
(C) (D)
4 2 2
Q.26 2  2  2 cos 4  ;  0 <  < /4 is
Q.19 2 sin 2  + 4 cos(  )sin  sin  +
cos 2 (  ) = (A) cos  (B) sin 

(A) sin 2  (B) cos 2  (C) 2 cos  (D) 2 sin 

(C) cos 2  (D) sin 2  Q.27 cos2 A (3 – 4 cos2 A)2 + sin2 A(3 – 4 sin2 A)2
is equal to-
Formulae for sum or difference
into product conversion (A) cos 4A (B) sin 4A
(C) 1 (D) None of these
sin 3  sin 5  sin 7  sin 9
Q.20 =
cos 3  cos 5  cos 7  cos 9 The Greatest & least value of
(A) tan 6 (B) tan 3 expression
(C) cot 2 (D) cot 6
Q.21 If cos A = m cos B, then- Q.28 The maximum value of
A B m1 BA sin(+ /6) + cos( + /6) is attained at
(A) cot = tan
2 m1 2  
(A) (B)
A B m1 BA 12 6
(B) tan = cot
2 m1 2  
(C) (D)
A B m1 A B 3 2
(C) cot = tan
2 m1 2 Q.29 The maximum value of 12 sin  – 9 sin2  is-
(D) None of these
(A) 3 (B) 4
Q.22 If cos + cos = 0 = sin + sin, then (C) 5 (D) None of these
cos2 + cos2 is equal to - Q.30 Minimum value of 5 sin2  + 4 cos2  is -
(A) –2sin ( + ) (B) –2cos ( + ) (A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 2sin ( + ) (D) 2cos ( + )
(C) 3 (D) 4
cos(A  C)
Q.23 If cos2B = , then- Q.31 The minimum value of cos  + sin  is -
cos(A  C)
(A) tanA, tanB, tanC are in A.P.
(A) 0 (B) – 2
(B) tanA, tanB, tanC are in G.P.
(C) tanA, tanB, tanC are in H.P. (C) 1/2 (D) 2
(D) None of these
Questions Q.33 The value of tan 6º tan 42º tan 66º tan 78º
based on
Miscellaneous point
is-
 2 4 8 (A) 1 (B) 1/2
Q.32 cos cos cos cos =
5 5 5 5 (C) 1/4 (D) 1/8
1
(A) (B) 0 Q.34 A quadratic equation whose roots are cosec2
16
and sec2, can be -
1 1
(C) – (D) – (A) x2 – 2x + 2 = 0 (B) x2 – 3x + 3 = 0
8 16
(C) x2 – 5x + 5 = 0 (D) x2 + 4x – 4 = 0
 LEVEL - 2
 2 3
Q.1 Which of the following is correct- Q.8 The value of cos
+ cos + cos +
7 7 7
(A) sin 1º > sin 1 (B) sin1º< sin 1 4 5 6 7
 cos + cos + cos + cos is-
7 7 7 7
(C) sin 1º= sin 1 (D) sin 1º = sin 1
180 (A) 1 (B) – 1
3 A (C) 1/2 (D) 0
5A
Q.2 If cos A = then the value of sin sin
4 2 2 F
GI F IJare the roots of the
is- Q.9 If tan
H2 JKand tan G
H2 K
1 11
(A)
32
(B)
8 equation 8x – 26x + 15 = 0 then cos b
2   g

11 11 is equal to-
(C) (D)
32 16 627 627
(A) – (B)
725 725
2 sin  1  sin   cos  725
Q.3 If =  then (C) – (D) – 1
1  sin   cos  1  sin  627
is equal to-
Q.10 If sin 1 + sin 2 + sin 3 = 3, then
1 cos 1 + cos 2 + cos 3 =
(A) (B) 
 (A) 3 (B) 2
(C) 1 –  (D) 1 +  (C) 1 (D) 0

Q.4 The least value of Q.11 If sin A, cos A and tan A are in G.P., then
cos2  – 6 sin . cos  + 3 sin2  + 2 is- cos3A + cos2A is equal to-
(A) 1 (B) 2
(A) 4 + 10 (B) 4 – 10
(C) 4 (D) None of these
(C) 0 (D) 4
1 1
Q.5 If sin  + sin = a and cos – cos = b, then Q.12 If x + = 2 cos , then x3 + 3 =
x x
F
  I
G (A) cos 3 (B) 2 cos 3
tan
H2 JKis equal to- 1 1
(C) cos 3 (D) cos 3
a b 2 3
(A) – (B) –
b a
Q.13 Exact value of tan 200º (cot 10º – tan 10º)
(C) a b2 2 (D) None of these is-
(A) 1 (B) 2
Q.6 If ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral, then the
(C) 0 (D) None of these
value of cos A – cos B + cos C – cos D-
(A) 0 (B) 1 cos 20 º  8 sin 70º sin 50º sin10 º
Q.14 is equal to -
(C) 2 (cos B – cos D) (D) 2(cos A – cos C) sin2 80 º
(A) 1 (B) 2
Q.7 If x = r sin .cos ; y = r sin .sin  and 3
z = r cos  then the value of x 2 + y2 + z2 is (C) (D) None of these
4
independent of-
Q.15 The sign of the product sin 2 sin 3 sin 5 is -
(A) ,  (B) r, 
(A) Negative (B) Positive
(C) r,  (D) r
(C) 0 (D) None of these
 3cosθ  cos3θ  2
Q.16 is equal to- Q.20 The numerical value of tan + 2tan +
3sinθ  sin3θ 3 3
(A) 1 + cot2 (B) cot4 4 8
4tan + 8tan is equal to-
3 3
(C) cot3 (D) 2 cot 
–5
(A) – 5 3 (B)
Q.17 If A = cos2+ sin4, then for all value of - 3
5
3 (C) 5 3 (D)
(A) 1  A  2 (B) A 1 3
4
13 10
(C) A 1 (D) None of these r
16 Q.21 The value of  cos3  3  is equal to-
r 0
1 1 –9 –7
Q.18 If tan = and sin = , where (A) (B)
7 10 2 2
 –9 –1
0 < ,  < , then 2 is equal to- (C) (D)
2 8 8

 3
(A) –  (B) –  Q.22 If (Sec A – Tan A) (Sec B – Tan B)
4 4
 3  (Sec C – Tan C) = (Sec A + Tan A)
(C)   (D) –
8 8 2
(Sec B + Tan B) (Sec C + Tan C), then every
Q.19 No. of solution in the equation x = 4 sinx
side is equal to -
when x  [0, 2]-
(A) 1 (B) 1
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) – 1 (D) None of these
(C) 3 (D) 4
 LEVEL - 3
Q.1 The value of sin 10° + sin 20° + sin 30° + ... A B
Q.9 If A + B + C = , then  tan tan is equal
+ sin 360° is equal to - 2 2
(A) 0 (B) 1 to -
(A) 0 (B) –1 (C) 1/2 (D) 1
(C) 3 (D) 2
Q.10 If a = sin 170° + cos 170°, then -
Q.2 The value of the expression ( 3 sin 75º – cos 75º) (A) a > 0 (B) a < 0
is - (C) a = 0 (D) a = 1

(A) 2 sin 15° (B) 1 + 3 Q.11 sin2A + sin2(A–B) + 2 sinA cosB sin(B – A)
is equal to -
(C) 2 sin 105° (D) 2 (A) sin2A (B) sin2B
2
(C) cos A (D) cos2B
Q.3 cos 52° + cos 68° + cos 172° =
Q.12 If Un = 2 cos n, then U1Un – Un–1 is equal
(A) 0 (B) 1 to -
(C) 2 (D) None of these (A) Un+2 (B) Un+1
(C) U2Un+1 (D) None of these
11
Q.4 If cosec A + cot A = , then tan A is - Q.13 The number of real solutions of the equation
2
sin (ex) = 2x + 2–x is -
21 15 (A) 1 (B) 0
(A) (B)
22 16 (C) 2 (D) Infinite
44 117 Q.14 If cos 5 = a cos5  + b cos3  + c cos  then
(C) (D)
117 43 c is equal to -
(A) –5 (B) 1
2
Q.5 If triangle ABC, C = , then the value of (C) 5 (D) None of these
3
cos2A + cos2B – cos A . cos B is equal to-
sin 3 x
Q.15 If f (x) = , x  n, then the range of
3 3 1 1 sin x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 2 4 values of f (x) for real values of x is -
(A) [–1, 3] (B) (–, –1]
  (C) (3, +) (D) [–1, 3)
Q.6 If f () = 5 cos  + 3 cos     + 3, then
 3
range of f () is- Q.16 If A = tan 6° tan 42° and B = cot 66° cot 78°,
then -
(A) [–5, 11] (B) [–3, 9]
(C) [–2, 10] (D) [–4, 10] 1
(A) A = 2B (B) A = B
3
3 4 (C) A = B (D) 3A = 2B
Q.7 cos 2  cos 2 is equal to -
5 5
Q.17 If sin  = n sin ( + 2), then tan ( + ) is
(A) 4/5 (B) 5/2 (C) 5/4 (D) 3/4 equal to -

Q.8 If 1 and 2 are two values lying in [0, 2] for 1 n 1 n

(A) tan  (B) tan 
2n 1 n
1 
which tan  = , then tan . tan 2 is -
2 2 1 n
(C) tan  (D) tan 
(A) Zero (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 1 1 n
 Statement type Questions Passage based Questions
Each of the question given below consist Passage
of Statement -1 and Statement- II. Use Measurment of an angle by three ways. First is
the following key to choose the degree and others are grade and radian. The
appropriate answer. relation between them
(A) If both Statement- I Statement- II are
true, and Statement- II is the correct D G 2C
= =
explanation of Statement- I. 90 100 
(B) If both Statement- I and Statement-II
are true but Statement-II is not the Q.24 45º is equal to -
correct explanation of Statement- I (A) 50g (B)45g
(C) If Statement- I is true but Statement- II (C)40g (D)39g
is false
(D) If Statement- I is false but Statement- II 23 c
Q.25 is equal to -
is true. 4
(A) 675º (B) 1080º
Q.18 Statement- I : cos 36º > tan 36º
(C) 745º (D) 1035º
Statement- II : cos 36º > sin 36º
Q.26 200g is equal to -
Q.19 Statement- I : If A, B, C are the angles of
a triangle such that angle A is obtuse, then 3 c
tan B tan C > 1. (A) 180º and (B) 180º and c
2
Statement- II : In any triangle, tan A = (C) 200º and c (D) None
tan B  tan C Passage
tan B tan C  1
.
Increasing product series
Q.20 Statement- I : The number of roots of the cos.cos2.cos22.................... cos(2n–1)
5
equation sin px = x2 – x + is 2. sin 2n 
4 = if   n
2n sin 
1
Statement- II : In [0, 2], sin x = has = 1 if  = 2 k
2
exactly two solutions. = –1 if  = (2k + 1)
k 
Q.21 Statement- I : sin1 cos2 tan 3 having positive
where kI (Integer)
sign.
Statement- II : 1C = 57°17'45'' 2 4 8
Q.27 The value of cos . cos . cos is -
14 14 14
 3 
Q.22 Statement- I : log tan   = 0
1 1 1 1
 4 
(A) – (B) (C) (D) –
8 8 16 16
  
Statement- II : tan     = tan
 4 4    
Q.28 The value of 8 sin .cos .cos .cos
48 48 24 12
Q.23 Statement- I : sec2 . cosec2
is equal to -
= sec2 + cosec2
Statement- II : 1 + tan2 = sec2 & 1 1 1 1
1 + cot2 = cosec2 (A) (B) – (C) (D)
2 2 4 8
 LEVEL - 4
(Question asked in previous AIEEE & IIT-JEE )
SECTION-A Q.4 The expression
  3  
Q.1 If cos x + cos y + cos  = 0 and sin x + sin y + 3 sin 4      sin 4 (3   )
  2  
xy
sin  = 0, then cot  = (A) sin   
 2  – 2 sin 6       sin6 (5   ) is equal to
(B) cos   2  
(C) cot  (D) 2 sin 
(A) 0 (B) 1
Q.2 cos 1°. cos 2°. cos 3°.... cos 179° = (C) 3 (D) sin 4 + cos 6
Q.5 3(sin x – cos x)4 + 6(sin x + cos x)2 + 4
(A) 0 (B) 1 (sin6x + cos6x) =
(C) 2 (D) 3
(A) 11 (B) 12
Q.3 Let  be such that <  – < 3. If sin  + (C) 13 (D) 14
21 27
sin  = – and cos + cos  = – , then 4 xy
65 65 Q.6 sec2  =
  3 bx  yg is true, if and only if-
2

the value of cos is- (A) – (B)

2 130
(A) x + y  0 (B) x = y, x  0
3
(C) x = y (D) x  0, y  0
130
6 6 Q.7 The number of values of x where the function
(C) (D)
65 65 f(x) = cos x + cos ( 2 x) attains its maximum
is-
SECTION-B
(A) 0 (B) 1

(C) 2 (D) Infinite
Q.1 For 0 <  <  /2, if x =  cos 2n  ,
n 0 Q.8 Which of the following number(s) is rational-
 
2n 2n
y=  sin , z =  cos  sin 2n  , then
(A) sin 15º (B) cos 15º
n 0 n 0
(C) sin 15º cos 15º (D) sin 15º cos 75º

(A) xyz = xz + y (B) xyz = xy + z n

Q.9 Let n be an odd integer. If sin n =  br sinr  for
(C) xyz = yz + x (D) None of these r 0

every value of , then-

Q.2 b g b
If K = sin  / 18 sin 5  / 18 sin 7  / 18 , g b g (A) b0 = 1, b1 = 3
(B) b0 = 0,b1 = n
then the numerical value of K is- (A) 1/8
(C) b0 = –1, b1 = n
(B) 1/16 (D) b0 = 0, b1 = n2 + 3n + 3
(C) 1/2 (D) None of these
Q.10 The function f(x) = sin4 x + cos4 x increases
Q.3 If A > 0, B > 0 and A + B =  /3, then the if-
maximum value of tan A tan B is- (A) 1   3
(A) 0 < x < (B) < x <
(B) 1/3 8 4 8
3 5 5 3
(C) < x < (D) < x <
(C) 3 (D) 1/ 3 8 8 8 4
 F
P
G I
HJKand
 1
Q.11 In a triangle PQR,  R = . If tan Q.17 cos (  ) = , cos ( – ) =1 find no.
2 2 e
F
GQI of ordered pair of (, ) ,–    
tan H2 JKare the roots of the equation
ax2 + bx + c = 0 (a  0), then-(A) a + b = (A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4
c (B) b + c = a
Q.18 If t1 = (tan)tan, t2 = (tan)cot ,t3 = (cot)tan,
(C) a + c = b (D) b = c 
t4 = (cot)cot and let   (0, ) then-
F
G I
4
Q.12 For a positive integer n,let f n() = Htan 2 JK (A) t4 < t 2 < t 1 < t 3 (B) t4 < t 1 < t 3 < t 2
(1 + sec) (1+ sec 2) (1+ sec 4)....
(1+ sec 2n).Then- (C) t4 < t 3 < t 2 < t 1 (D) t2 < t 1 < t 3 < t 4

F
G I F I
H16 JK= 2
(A) f 2 (B) f 3 G
H32 JK= 1 sin 4 x cos 4 1
 
Q.19 If then
F I
(C) f G J= 0
2 3 5
H64 K
4 (D) None of these
2
Q.13 Let f () = sin (sin + sin3). Then f() (A) tan2x =
3

(A)  0 only when   0 sin8 x cos 8 x 1

(B)  
(B)  0 for all real  8 27 125
(C)  0 for all real 
1
(D)  0 only when   0 (C) tan2x =
3

Q.14 If  +  = and  +  = , then tan sin8 x cos 8 x 2
2 (D)  
equals- (A) 2(tan + tan) 8 27 125
(B) tan  + tan 
(C) tan + 2 tan (D) 2 tan  + tan 
Q.15 The maximum value of (cos 1).cos ( 2)...
(cos  n), under the restrictions

0  1.2.... n  and (cot 1).(cot 2).
2
(cot 3)....(cot n) = 1 is-
1 1 1
(A) n/ 2 (B) (C) (D) 1
2 2n 2n

1
Q.16 If  &  are acute angles such that sin =
2
1
and cos  = then  +  lies in-
3

     2 
(A)  ,  (B)  , 
3 2 2 3 

 2 5    
(C)  ,  (D)  ,  
3 6  6 
 ANSWER KEY

LEVEL - 1
Q .No . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
An s. D C A D B B C B C C A A B B A B B B C A

Q .No . 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

An s. A B B C D C C A B D B D A C

LEVEL - 2
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
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
Q .No . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
An s. A D A C A D D B D B B B B C D C D B D D

Q .No . 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

An s. A C A A D B A A

LEVEL - 4
SECTION-A
Q.No. 1 2 3
Ans. C A A

SECTION-B
Q.No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Ans. B A B B C B B C B B A B C C A B D D A, B