Logarithms 5

Properties of Logarithms

Basic Level

1. log ab  log | b | 
(a) log a (b) log | a | (c)  log a (d) None of these

2. The value of (log 02.5 4 ) is

(a) –2 (b) (4 ) (c) 2 (d) None of these

3. The value of log 3 4 log 4 5 log 5 6 log 6 7 log 7 8 log 8 9 is [IIIT Allahabad 2000]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

4. log 7 log 7 7( 7 7 ) 
(a) 3 log 2 7 (b) 1  3 log 3 7 (c) 1  3 log 7 2 (d) None of these
log 9 36 4 / log 7 9
5. The value of 81(1 / log 5 3 )  27 3 is equal to
(a) 49 (b) 625 (c) 216 (d) 890
 16   25   81 
6. 7 log    5 log    3 log   is equal to [EAMCET 1990]
 15   24   80 
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) log 2 (d) log 3
7. If log 4 5  a and log 5 6  b, then log 3 2 is equal to
1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 2ab  1 (d)
2a  1 2b  1 2 ab  1
8. If log k x. log 5 k  log x 5, k  1, k  0, then x is equal to
1
(a) k (b) (c) 5 (d) None of these
5
9. If log 5 a. log a x  2, then x is equal to

(a) 125 (b) a 2 (c) 25 (d) None of these

10. If a  4 b  12 ab, then log( a  2b ) is
2 2

1 a b 1 1
(a) [log a  log b  log 2] (b) log  log  log 2 (c) [log a  log b  4 log 2] (d) [log a  log b  4 log 2]
2 2 2 2 2
11. If A  log 2 log 2 log 4 256  2 log 2
2, then A is equal to [WB JEE 1992]

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7

12. If log 10 x  y, then log 1000 x is equal to2

3y 2y
(a) y 2 (b) 2 y (c) (d)
2 3
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13. If x  log a (bc), y  log b (ca), z  log c (ab), then which of the following is equal to 1

(a) x  y  z (b) (1  x )1  (1  y)1  (1  z )1 (c) xyz (d) None of these

14. If a  log 24 12, b  log 36 24 and c  log 48 36, then 1+abc is equal to [SCRA 2000

(a) 2ab (b) 2ac (c) 2bc (d) 0

15. If a  b, b  c, c  a, then value of xyz is

x y z

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

16. If log x : log y : log z  (y  z) : (z  x ) : (x  y) then

(a) x y .y z .z x  1 (b) x x y y z z  1 (c) x

x y yz z 1 (d) None of these

17. log 4 2  log 8 2  log 16 2  .... to  is [MNR 1994; Roorkee 1994; MP PET
2000]

(a) e 2 (b) ln 2  1 (c) ln 2  1 (d) 1  ln 2

18. If log10 2  0.30103 , log10 3  0.47712 , the number of digits in 3 12  2 8 is

(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 10

89
19. log (tan r )
r 1
3
o

(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0

n

 log
1
20. 
n 1 2n
(a)

n(n  1) n(n  1) (n  1)2 n 2

(a) log a 2 (b) log 2 a (c) log 2 a (d) None of these
2 2 4
21. Which of the following is not true [UPSEAT 20

x
(a) log(1  x )  x for x  0 (b)  log(1  x ) for x  0 (c) e x  1  x for x  0 (d) e x  1  x for x  0
1 x

22. The solution of the equation log 7 log 5 ( x 2  5  x )  0 [UPSEAT 2000 (S.E.)]

(a) x  2 (b) x  3 (c) x  4 (d) x  2

Advance
Level
23. log 4 18 is

(a) A rational number (b) An irrational number (c) A prime number (d) None of these
log (0.1  0 .01  0.001 ......)
24. The value of (0.05 ) 20
is

1 1
(a) 81 (b) (c) 20 (d)
81 20

25. If a, b, c are distinct positive numbers, each different from 1, such that
[log b a log c a  log a a]  [log a b log c b  log b b]  [log a c log b c  log c c]  0, then abc =
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(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) None of these

26. If log12 27  a, then log 6 16  [EAMCET 1990]

3a 3a 3a

(a) 2 . (b) 3 . (c) 4 . (d) None of these
3a 3a 3a
1 1 1 1
27. If n  1983 ! , then the value of expression    .......  is equal to
log 2 n log 3 n log 4 n log 1983 n

(a) –1 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2

log x log y log z
28. If   , then which of the following is true
b c ca ab

(a) xyz  1 (b) x a y b z c  1 (c) x b  c y c  a z a  b  1 (d) xyz  x a y b z c

x1
If x n  x n 1  ...  x 2  x1  1 then the value of log x 1 log x 2 log x 3 ..... log x n x n n  1 is equal to
x
29.

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

30. The number of solution of log 2 (x  5)  6  x is

(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) None of these

31. The number of real values of the parameter k for which (log 16 x )  log 16 x  log 16 k  0 with real coefficients will
2

have exactly one solution is

(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) None of these
3 5
(log 3 x )2  log 3 x 
32. If x 4 4  3 then x has
(a) One positive integral value (b) One irrational value
(c) Two positive rational values (d) None of these

Logarithmic Inequalities

Basic Level

33. If x  log 5 (1000 ) and y  log7 (2058 ) then

(a) x  y (b) x  y (c) x  y (d) None of these

34. The number log 20 3 lies in

1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4
(a)  ,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  (d)  , 
4 3 3 2 2 4 4 5
1 1
35. If   x , then x be
log 3  log 4 

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 3.5 (d) 


36. If log 1 / 2
sin x  0, x  [0, 4 ], then the number of values of x which are integral multiples of , is
4

(a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 3 (d) None of these

37. The set of real values of x satisfying log 1 / 2 (x  6 x  12 )  2 is2

(a)  , 2 (b) [2, 4] (c) 4 , (d) None of these

log 2 ( x 1)
38. The set of real values of x for which 2  x  5 is
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(a) (,  1)  (4,) (b) (4 ,) (c) (1, 4 ) (d) None of these

Advance
Level

39. Solution set of inequality log 10 (x 2  2 x  2)  0 is

(a) [1, 1  3 ] (b) [1  3 ,3] (c) [1, 1  3 )  (1  3 , 3] (d) None of these

1
40. If  log 0 .1 x  2 then........
2

1 1 1
(a) The maximum value of x is (b) x lies between and
10 100 10

1 1 1
(c) x does not lie between and (d) The minimum value of x is
100 10 100

41. If log 0.04 (x  1)  log 0.2 (x  1) then x belongs to the interval

(a) 1, 2 (b)  , 2 (c) 2,  (d) None of these

x2
42. The set of real values of x for which log 0 .2  1 is
x

 5 5 
(a)   ,    (0,) (b)  ,   (c) (,  2)  (0, ) (d) None of these
 2  2 

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