CHAPTER

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

PYQ'S (PAST YEAR QUESTIONS)

PROPERTIES OF ITF 8. cos–1(cos(–5)) + sin–1(sin(6)) – tan–1(tan(12)) is equal to:
(The inverse trigonometric functions take the principal
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1. For n ∈ N, if cot −13 + cot −1 4 + cot −15 + cot −1n = , then n is equal values) [1 Sep, 2021 (Shift-II)]
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(a) 3p –11 (b) 3p + 1
to _________. [06 April, 2024 (Shift-I)]
(c) 4p –11 (d) 4p – 9
2. Let the inverse trigonometric functions take principal values.
The number of real solutions of the equation 9. If (sin–1 x)2 – (cos–1 x)2 = a, 0 < x < 1, a ≠ 0, then the value
2π of 2x2 –1 is: [27 Aug, 2021 (Shift-I)]
2sin −1 x + 3cos −1 x = , is ________. [09 April, 2024 (Shift-II)]
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 2a   4a 
3. Let x * y = x2 + y3 and (x * 1) * 1 = x * (1 * 1). Then a value (a) cos   (b) cos  
 π  π
 x4 + x2 − 2   4a 
of 2sin −1   is: [24 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]  2a 
4 2 (c) sin   (d) sin  
 x + x +2  π π
π π π π 10. The sum of possible values of x for
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 2 6  1  8
4. The set of all values of k for which (tan–1 x)3 + (cot–1 x)3 tan −1 ( x + 1) + cot −1  =tan −1   is:
 x − 1   31 
= kp3, x ∈ R, is the interval: [24 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
 [17 March, 2021 (Shift-I)]
 1 7  1 13  32 33 31 30
(a)  ,  (b)  ,  (a) − (b) − (c) − (d) −
 32 8   24 16  4 4 4 4
 1 13   1 9 11. All x satisfying the inequality (cot–1 x)2 – 7(cot–1 x) +10 > 0,
(c)  ,  (d)  , 
 48 16   32 8  lie in the interval: [11 Jan, 2019 (Shift-II)]
5. For k ∈ R, let the solutions of the equation (a) (–∞, cot 5) ∪ (cot 4, cot 2)
1 (b) (cot 2, ∞ )
cos(sin −1 ( x cot(tan −1 (cos(sin −1 x))))) = k , 0 <| x |<
be
2 (c) (– ∞ , cot 5) ∪( cot 2, ∞)
a and b, where the inverse trigonometric functions take
(d) (cot 5, cot 4)
only principal values. If the solutions of the equation
y
1 1 α b 12. If cos–1 x – cos–1 = α, where – 1≤ x ≤ 1, –2 ≤ y ≤ 2,
x2 – bx – 5 = 0 are 2 + 2 and then 2 is equal 2
α β β k y
x≤ , then for all x, y, 4x2 – 4xy cos α + y2 is equal to:
to __________. [27 July, 2022 (Shift-I)] 2
[10 April, 2019 (Shift-II)]
 1 4
6. Let x = sin(2tan–1a) and y = sin  tan −1  . (a) 4 sin2 α – 2x2y2 (b) 4 cos2 α + 2x2y2
2 3
(c) 4 sin2 α (d) 2 sin2 α
If S = {a ∈ R : y2 = 1 – x}, then ∑ 16α3 is equal
α∈S
13. Considering only the principal values of inverse functions,
to _________. [25 July, 2022 (Shift-II)]  π
 x ≥ 0 : tan ( 2 x ) + tan ( 3 x ) =
–1 −1
7. If the inverse trigonometric functions take principal values, the set A = 
 4
−1  3  −1  4   2  −1  4     [12 Jan, 2019 (Shift-I)]
then cos  cos  tan    + sin  tan     is
 10   3  5   3  (a) Contains two elements
equal to: [26 June, 2022 (Shift-II)] (b) Contains more than two elements
π π π (c) Is a singleton
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d) (d) Is an empty set
4 3 6
 1 π 21. Given the inverse trigonometric function assumes principal
3
14. If α = cos–1   , β = tan–1   , where 0 < α, β < , then values only. Let x, y be any two real numbers in [1, – 1] such
5 3 2
α – β is equal to: [8 April, 2019 (Shift-I)] that cos −1 x − sin −1 y = α, −π ≤ α ≤ π .
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 9  9 Then, the minimum value of x2 + y2 + 2xy sina is
(a) sin–1   (b) tan–1    [04 April, 2024 (Shift-II)]
 5 10   14 
(a) –1 (b) 0
 9   9  −1
(c) cos–1   (d) tan–1   (c) (d) 1
 5 10   5 10  2 2

 4 5 16    1 − x2  
15. 2π −  sin −1 + sin −1 + sin −1  is equal to :  1− x 
 5 13 65  22. Let S =  x ∈ R : 0 < x < 1 and 2 tan −1   = cos −1 
 1 + x2   . If
  1+ x    
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n(S) denotes the number of elements in S then:
π 5π 3π 7π
(a) (b) (c) (d) [1 Feb, 2023 (Shift-II)]
2 4 2 4
1
  15π   (a) n(S) = 2 and only one element in S is less then .
 cos  4  − 1  2
  
16. The value of tan 
−1
is equal to 1
 π  (b) n(S) = 1 and the element in S is more than .
 sin  4   2
   
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(c) n(S) = 1 and the element in S is less than .
4π 2
π π 5π
(a) − (b) − (c) − (d) −
4 8 12 9 (d) n(S) = 0

−1  12  −1  3  23. Let (a, b) ⊂ (0, 2p) be the largest interval for which
17. The value of sin   − sin   is equal to:
 13  5
sin–1 (sinq) – cos–1 (sinq) > 0, q ∈ (0, 2p) holds. If
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 33  π  9  ax2 + bx + sin–1 (x2 – 6x + 10) + cos–1 (x2 – 6x + 10) = 0
−1
(a) π − cos   (b) − cos −1  
 65  2  65  and a – b = b – a, then a is equal to:

 63  π  56  [31 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]

(c) π − sin −1   (d) − sin −1  
 65  2  65  π π
(a) (b)
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π π
18. Considering only the principal values of inverse trigonometric (c) (d)
8 12
functions, the number of positive real values of x satisfying
 1+ 3   8+4 3 
π 24. tan −1  −1
tan–1 (x) + tan–1 (2x) = is: [27 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)]  + sec   is equal to
4  3+ 3   6+3 3 
 
(a) More than 2 (b) 1 [24 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]
(c) 2 (d) 0 π π π π
(a) (b) (c) (d)
19. For α, β, γ ≠ 0. If sin– 1 α + sin – 1 β + sin– 1 γ = π and 4 2 3 6
(α + β + γ)(α – γ + β) = 3αβ, then γ equal to 25. If the sum of all the solutions of
 [31 Jan, 2024 (Shift-I)] 2
 2x  −1  1 − x  π
1 tan −1   + cot   =
3  1 − x2 2
(a) (b) 3 − 1 (d) 3
(c)   x  3
2 2 2 2 4
–1 < x < 1, x ≠ 0, is α − , then a is equal to
20. If a = sin (sin(5)) and b = cos (cos(5)), then a2 + b2 is equal
–1 –1
3
to  [25 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]
 [31 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)] 26. Considering the principal values of the inverse
trigonometric functions, the sum of all the solutions
(a) 4p2 + 25 (b) 8p2 – 40p + 50
of the equation cos–1(x) – 2sin–1(x) = cos–1(2x) is equal to:
(c) 4p2 – 20p + 50 (d) 25
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 (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 1 (d) − 1 
+….. + tan −1 
1 
2 2  is equal to
 1 + a2021a2022 
sin −1 x cos −1 x tan −1 y [30 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]
27. If = = ;0 < x < 1 ; 0 < x < 1, then the
a b c π π
(a) − cot −1 ( 2022 ) (b) cot −1 ( 2022 ) −
 πc  4 4
value of cos   is: [26 Feb, 2021 (Shift-I)]
 a+b π
1 − y2 π
(a) 1 − y 2 (b) (c) tan ( 2020 ) −
−1
(d) − tan −1 ( 2022 )
4 4
1 + y2
α 4 77
1 − y2 1− y 2 34. If sin −1 + cos −1 − tan −1 = 0, 0 < α < 13 , then
(c) (d) 17 5 36
2y y y
sin–1(sina) + cos–1(cosa)is equal to:
28. Given that the inverse trigonometric functions take
[31 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]
principal values only. Then, the number of real values of x
(a) p (b) 16
 3x  −1  4 x 
which satisfy sin −1   + sin   = sin −1 x is equal (c) 0 (d) 16 – 5p
 5   5 
to: [16 March, 2021 (Shift-II)]     x  π 
x +1
 x ∈  : sin  2  − sin −1  =
−1
(a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 3 (d) 1 35. If S = 
 x + 2x + 2   x2 + 1  4 
29. The number of solutions of the equation      
 1  2   π 
sin −1  x 2 +  + cos −1  x 2 −  =
 3   3 
x 2 , for x∈[–1,1], and
  2
( 
)
then ∑ x∈S  sin  ( x 2 + x + 5 )  − cos ( x 2 + x + 5 ) π  is

[x] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x, is: equal to ________. [13 April, 2023 (Shift-I)]
 [17 March, 2021 (Shift-II)]
 50 −1  1 
(a) 0 (b) Infinite (c) 2 (d) 4 36. The value of cot  ∑ tan  2   is:
 n =1 1+ n + n 
30. The number of real roots of the equation
 [27 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
π
tan −1 x ( x + 1) + sin −1 x 2 + x + 1 = is: 26 25
4 (a) (b) (c) 50 (d) 52
25 26
 [20 July, 2021 (Shift-I)]
π
(a) 4 (b) 1 37. If 0 < a, b < 1, and tan–1 a + tan–1 b = , then the value of
4
(c) 0 (d) 2
 a 2 + b 2   a 3 + b3   a 4 + b 4 
 1  ( a + b ) −   +   −   +… is
31. Let y = f(x) represent a parabola with focus  − , 0  and  2   3   4 
1  2 
directrix y = − . then  [26 Feb, 2021 (Shift-II)]
2 e
(a) loge2 (b) e (c) e2 – 1 (d) log e  

S =  x ∈  : tan −1

( ) π
f ( x) + sin −1 ( f ( x) + 1) = 
2 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1
2
38. If cot (a) = cot 2 + cot 8 + cot 18 + cot 32 + ..... upto
100 terms, then a is:
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(a) contains exactly two elements
(b) is an infinite set (a) 1.01 (b) 1.00

(c) contains exactly one element (c) 1.02 (d) 1.03

39. If S is the sum of the first 10 terms of the series,
(d) is an empty set
1 1  1  1 
32. For x∈ (–1, 1], the number of solutions of the equation sin–1x tan −1   + tan −1   + tan −1   + tan −1   + ........then
= 2 tan–1x is equal to 3 7  13   21 
JEE Main 2023 (13 Apr Shift II) tan(S) is equal to :

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SUMMATION OF SERIES 5 5 5
33. Let a1 = 1, a2,a3,a4, ..... be consecutive natural numbers. (a) (b) (c) − (d) 10
6 11 6 11
 1  −1  1 
Then tan −1   + tan  
 1 + a1a2   1 + a2 a3 

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 Answer Key

PYQ's (PAST YEAR QUESTIONS)

1. (47) 2. [0] 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. [12] 6. [130] 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (a)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (b)
21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. [2] 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (a) 30. (c)
31. (a) 32. [2] 33. (a) 34. (a) 35. [4] 36. (a) 37. (a) 38. (a) 39. (a)

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