PART -I

Section (E) : Logarithmic Properties

E-1. Find the value of
log 2
(i) log105.log1020 + (log102)2 (ii) 5 5
 9log3 7  8log2 5
1
1 1
(iii) 3 5 log7 5
 (iv) log0.75 log2
(  log10 0.1) 0.125
1log7 2
 1  log3 5 log5 7 log3 7 log5 3
(v)  49  + 5– log1/ 5 7 (vi) 7 3 5 7
 

E-2. Which of the following numbers are positive/negative

(i) log 3
2 (ii) log1/7(2) (iii) log1/3(1/5)

(iv) log3(4) (v) log7(2.11) (vi) log3 ( 7  2)

 2  1  2· 3 3 
log4 
 2  1 
(vii) (viii) log3   (ix) log10 (log10 9)
 3
   
E-3. Let log102 = a and log103 = b then determine the following logarithms in terms of a and b.
 
(i) log10  sin2  (ii) log1004 + 2 log10027
 3
(iii) log29 + log38 (iv) log 45
144

4 3 2 1
E-4. (i) Let n = 75600, then find the value of   
log2 n log3 n log5 n log7 n

(ii)  
If log2 log3 log4 (x)  0 and log3 log4 log2 (y)  0    
and log4 log2 log3 (z)  0 then find
the sum of x, y and z is
1
(iii) Suppose n be an integer greater than 1. let a n = . Suppose b = a2 + a3 + a4 + a5 and
logn 2002
c = a10 + a11 + a12 + a13 + a14. Then find the value of (b – c)

E-5. Show that the number log27 is an irrational number.

loga logb logc
E-6. If   , show that aa. bb. cc = 1.
bc c a ab
Section (F) : Logarithmic Equation
F-1. Solve the following equations :
(i) logx(4x – 3) = 2 (ii) log2(log3(x2 – 1)) = 0
(iii) 4log2 x  2x  3  0 (iv) log4 (log2x) + log2 (log4x) = 2.
 1 
(v) log3  log9 x   9x  = 2x. (vi) 2log4 (4 – x) = 4 – log2 (– 2 – x).
 2 
(log 2x) (x2  x)
(vii) x x 4 (viii) x
0.5log x
 3log9 4 .
F-2. (i) Find the product of roots of the equation
(log3x)2 – 2(log3x) – 5 = 0
(ii) Find sum of roots of the equation 4x – 7.2x + 6 = 0
(iii) Solve for x : xlog10 x 2  10log10 x 2
log10 x  5
(iv) Solve for x : x 3 = 105log10 x
Section (G) : Logarithmic inequalities
G-1. Solve the following inequalities
 3
(i) log 5  2x 2  x    1 (ii) log 1 ( x2  5 x  6)  1
8 
8 2

2x  6  2 
(iii) log7 0 (iv) log1/4(2 – x) > log1/4  
2x  1
 x  1
(v) log1/3(2x+2 – 4x)  – 2

PART -II

Section (E) : Logarithmic Properties

E-1. If a4 · b5 = 1 then the value of loga(a5b4) equals
(A) 9/5 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 8/5
1 1 1
E-2. + + has the value equal to
1  logb a  logb c 1  logc a  logc b 1  loga b  loga c
1
(A) abc (B) (C) 0 (D) 1
abc

1 1 1
E-3. + + has the value equal to :
log abc log abc log abc
bc ca ab

(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

E-4. (log210) . (log280) – (log25) . (log2160) is equal to :

(A) log25 (B) log220 (C) log210 (D) log216

log27 a2 1

3
log a
2 21/ 4 3  2a
E-5. The ratio simplifies to :
4log49 a
7  a 1
(A) a2  a  1 (B) a2 + a  1 (C) a2  a + 1 (D) a2 + a + 1

E-6. If loga(ab) = x, then logb(ab) is equal to

1 x x x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
x 1 x 1 x x 1
  = 1 and log log (log x) = 0 then 'p' equals
q 
logp logq (logr x)
E-7. 10 r p

(A) rq/r (B) rq (C) 1 (D)rr/q

E-8. Which one of the following is the smallest?

3
 1   1 
(A) log10 (B) log10 2
(C)   (D)  
 log 
 log10    10  
E-9. log10(log23) + log10(log34) + log10(log45) + ........ + log10(log10231024) simplifies to
(A) a composite (B) a prime number
(C) rational which is not an integer (D) an integer
Section (F) : Logarithmic Equation
F-1. The sum of all the solutions to the equation 2 log10 x – log10(2x – 75) = 2
(A) 30 (B) 350 (C) 75 (D) 200
2
F-2. If the solution of the equation logx(125x) . log25 x = 1 are  and ( < ). Then the value of 1/is :
(A) 5 (B) 25 (C) 125 (D) 625
9 2
F-3. The positive integral solution of the equation logx 5 + logx5x = + logx 5 is :
4
(A) Composite number (B) Prime number
(C) Even number (D) Divisible by 3

F-4. The expression logp , where p  2, p  N ; n  N when simplified is

(A) independent of p (B) independent of p and of n

(C) dependent on both p and n (D) positive

F-5. If logx log18  2 8 =  1

3
. Then the value of 1000 x is equal to

(A) 8 (B) 1/8 (C) 1/125 (D) 125

F-6. Number of real solutions of the equation log10   x  = log10 x 2 is :

(A) zero (B) exactly 1 (C) exactly 2 (D) 4
x2
F-7. The correct graph of y = xlogx is

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Section (G) : Logarithmic inequalities

G-1. The solution set of the inequality log 

(x2  3x 2) 2 is
sin  
3

1   5 1   5
(A)  ,2  (B)  1,  (C)  , 1   2,  (D) 1, 2
2   2 2   2

G-2. If log0.3 (x  1) < log0.09 (x  1), then x lies in the interval

 3
(A) (2, ) (B) (1, 2) (C) ( 2,  1) (D)  1, 
 2
G-3. Solution set of the inequality 2  log2 (x2 + 3x)  0 is :
(A) [ 4, 1] (B) [ 4,  3)  (0, 1]
(C) (  3)  (1, ) (D) (  4)  [1, )

G-4. If log0.5 log5 (x2 – 4) > log0.51, then ‘x’ lies in the interval
(A) (– 3, – 5 )  ( 5 , 3) (B) (– 3, – 5 )  ( 5 , 2)
(C) ( 5 , 3 5 ) (D) 
2
2x
G-5. The set of all solutions of the inequality (1/ 2)x < 1/4 contains the set
(A) (– , 0) (B) (– , 1) (C) (1, ) (D) (3, )
G-6. The number of positive integers not satisfying the inequality log2(4x – 2.2x + 17) > 5.
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 1

G-7. The set of all the solutions of the inequality log1 – x (x – 2)  – 1 is

(A) (– , 0) (B) (2, ) (C) (– , 1) (D) 

ANSWER
PART -I
Section (E) :
1
E-1. (i) 1 (ii)–72 (iii) 2 (iv) 1 (v) 7+ (vi) 0
196
E-2. (i) +ve (ii) – ve (iii) +ve (iv) +ve
(v) +ve (vi) – ve (vii) +ve (viii) – ve (ix) – ve

2b2  3a2 4(2a  b)

E-3. (i) b – 2a (ii) a + 3b (iii) (iv)
ab 1  a  2b
E-4. (i) 1 (ii) 89 (iii) –1

Section (F) :
F-1. (i) 3 (ii) ±2 (iii) 3 (iv) 16
(v) {1/3} (vi) {– 4} (vii) no root (viii) (2)

1
F-2. (i) 9 (ii) log26 (iii) 10 or (iv) {10 5 , 103}
100

PART -II
Section (E) :
E-1. (A) E-2. (D) E-3. (B) E-4. (D) E-5. (D) E-6. (D) E-7. (A)
E-8. (A) E-9. (D)
Section (F) :
F-1. (D) F-2. (C) F-3. (B) F-4. (A) F-5. (D) F-6. (C) F-7. (B)
Section (G) :
G-1. (C) G-2. (A) G-3. (B) G-4. (A) G-5. (D) G-6. (A) G-7. (D)