Explore topic-wise MCQs in Mathematics.

This section includes 133 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Mathematics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

101.

cos(α + β)-cos(α - β) =

A. 2sinαcosβ
B. 2cosαsinβ
C. 2cosαcosβ
D. −2sinαsinβ
Answer» E.
102.

cosec(-α) =

A. −cosα
B. −secα
C. cosecα
D. −cosecα
Answer» E.
103.

tan(α + β) =

A. tanα-tanβ/1 + tanαtanβ
B. tanα+tanβ/1 - tanαtanβ
C. cotα+cotβ/1-cotαcotβ
D. cotα-cotβ/1 + cotαcotβ
Answer» C. cotα+cotβ/1-cotαcotβ
104.

cot(π+α) =

A. tanα
B. −tanα
C. cotα
D. −cotα
Answer» D. −cotα
105.

If tanθ < 0, sinθ < 0, then the terminal arm of the angle lies in the quadrant

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» B. 2
106.

Cos(α - β) =

A. cosαcosβ+sinαsinβ
B. cosαcosβ+sinαsinβ
C. sinαcosβ-cosαsinβ
D. sinαcosβ+cosαsinβ
Answer» B. cosαcosβ+sinαsinβ
107.

Sin(α - β) =

A. cosαcosβ+sinαsinβ
B. cosαcosβ+sinαsinβ
C. sinαcosβ-cosαsinβ
D. sinαcosβ+cosαsinβ
Answer» D. sinαcosβ+cosαsinβ
108.

If \[\sin x+\sin y=3(\cos y-\cos x),\] then the value of \[\frac{\sin 3x}{\sin 3y}\] is

A. 1
B. -1
C. 0
D. None of these
Answer» C. 0
109.

If \[\text{cosec }A+\cot A=\frac{11}{2},\] then \[\tan A=\] [Roorkee 1995]

A. \[\frac{21}{22}\]
B. \[\frac{15}{16}\]
C. \[\frac{44}{117}\]
D. \[\frac{117}{43}\]
Answer» D. \[\frac{117}{43}\]
110.

If \[x+\frac{1}{x}=2\,\cos \theta ,\] then \[{{x}^{3}}+\frac{1}{{{x}^{3}}}=\] [MP PET 2004]

A. \[\cos \,\,3\theta \]
B. \[2\,\cos \,3\theta \]
C. \[\frac{1}{2}\cos \,3\theta \]
D. \[\frac{1}{3}\cos \,3\theta \]
Answer» C. \[\frac{1}{2}\cos \,3\theta \]
111.

If \[\sin A=n\sin B,\] then \[\frac{n-1}{n+1}\tan \,\frac{A+B}{2}=\]

A. \[\sin \frac{A-B}{2}\]
B. \[\tan \frac{A-B}{2}\]
C. \[\cot \frac{A-B}{2}\]
D. None of these
Answer» C. \[\cot \frac{A-B}{2}\]
112.

The value of \[\frac{\tan x}{\tan \,3x}\]whenever defined never lie between [Kurukshetra CEE 1998; IIT 1992]

A. 1/3 and 3
B. 1/4and 4
C. 1/5 and 5
D. 5 and 6
Answer» B. 1/4and 4
113.

\[{{\left( \frac{\cos A+\cos B}{\sin A-\sin B} \right)}^{n}}+{{\left( \frac{\sin A+\sin B}{\cos A-\cos B} \right)}^{n}}\](n even or odd) =

A. \[2{{\tan }^{n}}\frac{A-B}{2}\]
B. \[2{{\cot }^{n}}\frac{A-B}{2}\]
C. \[0\]
D. None of these
Answer» C. \[0\]
114.

\[\sin 15{}^\circ +\cos 105{}^\circ =\]    [MP PET 1992]

A. 0
B. \[2\sin 15{}^\circ \]
C. \[\cos 15{}^\circ +\sin 15{}^\circ \]
D. \[\sin 15{}^\circ -\cos 15{}^\circ \]
Answer» B. \[2\sin 15{}^\circ \]
115.

If \[\tan \theta -\cot \theta =a\] and \[\sin \theta +\cos \theta =b,\] then \[{{({{b}^{2}}-1)}^{2}}({{a}^{2}}+4)\] is equal to [WB JEE 1979]

A. 2
B. -4
C. ± 4
D. 4
Answer» E.
116.

\[\cot x-\tan x=\]   [MP PET 1986]

A. \[\cot \,2x\]
B. \[2{{\cot }^{2}}x\]
C. \[2\,\,\cot \,2x\]
D. \[{{\cot }^{2}}\,2x\]
Answer» D. \[{{\cot }^{2}}\,2x\]
117.

If \[\tan A+\cot A=4,\]then \[{{\tan }^{4}}A+{{\cot }^{4}}A\] is equal to   [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]

A. 110
B. 191
C. 80
D. 194
Answer» E.
118.

The radius of the circle whose arc of length \[15cm\] makes an angle of 3/4 radian at the centre is [Karnataka CET 2002]

A. \[10cm\]
B. \[20\,cm\]
C. \[11\frac{1}{4}cm\]
D. \[22\frac{1}{2}cm\]
Answer» C. \[11\frac{1}{4}cm\]
119.

If \[\sin \theta +\text{cosec}\theta =2,\] the value of \[{{\sin }^{10}}\theta +\text{cose}{{\text{c}}^{10}}\theta \] is [MP PET 2004]

A. 10
B. \[{{2}^{10}}\]
C. \[{{2}^{9}}\]
D. 2
Answer» E.
120.

If \[\sin x+\text{cosec}\,x=2,\] then \[4\sin A\,\,\sin B\,\,\sin C\] is equal to [UPSEAT 2002]

A. 2
B. \[{{2}^{n}}\]
C. \[{{2}^{n-1}}\]
D. \[{{2}^{n-2}}\]
Answer» B. \[{{2}^{n}}\]
121.

If \[\left| \cos \,\theta \,\left\{ \sin \theta +\sqrt{{{\sin }^{2}}\theta +{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha } \right\}\, \right|\,\le k,\] then the value of k is

A. \[\sqrt{1+{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha }\]
B. \[\sqrt{1+{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha }\]
C. \[\sqrt{2+{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha }\]
D. \[\sqrt{2+{{\cos }^{2}}\alpha }\]
Answer» C. \[\sqrt{2+{{\sin }^{2}}\alpha }\]
122.

If \[A+C=B,\] then \[\tan A\,\tan B\,\tan C=\] [EAMCET 1986]

A. \[\tan A\,\tan B+\tan \,C\]
B. \[\tan \,B-\tan \,C-\tan \,A\]
C. \[\tan A+\tan C-\tan B\]
D. \[-\,(\tan A\tan B+\tan C)\]
Answer» C. \[\tan A+\tan C-\tan B\]
123.

If \[A+B+C=\pi \] and \[\cos A=\cos B\,\cos C,\] then \[\tan B\,\,\tan C\] is equal to [AMU 2001]

A. \[\frac{1}{2}\]
B. 2
C. 1
D. \[-\frac{1}{2}\]
Answer» C. 1
124.

If \[f(x)={{\cos }^{2}}x+{{\sec }^{2}}x,\] then[MNR 1986]

A. \[f(x)<1\]
B. \[f(x)=1\]
C. \[1<f(x)<2\]
D. \[f(x)\ge 2\]
Answer» E.
125.

The value of \[\sin \theta +\cos \theta \] will be greatest when [MNR 1977, 1983; RPET 1995]

A. \[\theta ={{30}^{o}}\]
B. \[\theta ={{45}^{o}}\]
C. \[\theta ={{60}^{o}}\]
D. \[\theta ={{90}^{o}}\]
Answer» C. \[\theta ={{60}^{o}}\]
126.

\[2\,{{\sin }^{2}}\beta +4\,\,\cos \,(\alpha +\beta )\,\,\sin \,\alpha \,\sin \,\beta +\cos \,2\,(\alpha +\beta )=\] [MNR 1993; IIT 1977]

A. \[\sin \,\,2\alpha \]
B. \[\cos \,\,2\beta \]
C. \[\cos \,\,2\alpha \]
D. \[\sin \,\,2\beta \]
Answer» D. \[\sin \,\,2\beta \]
127.

If \[\tan \,(A+B)=p,\,\,\tan \,(A-B)=q,\] then the value of \[\tan \,2A\] in terms of p and q is [MP PET 1995, 2002]

A. \[\frac{p+q}{p-q}\]
B. \[\frac{p-q}{1+pq}\]
C. \[\frac{p+q}{1-pq}\]
D. \[\frac{1+pq}{1-p}\]
Answer» D. \[\frac{1+pq}{1-p}\]
128.

\[\sqrt{2}+\sqrt{3}+\sqrt{4}+\sqrt{6}\] is equal to [IIT 1966, 1975]

A. \[\cot 7\frac{{{1}^{o}}}{2}\]
B. \[\sin 7\frac{{{1}^{o}}}{2}\]
C. \[\sin \,{{15}^{o}}\]
D. \[\cos \,\,{{15}^{o}}\]
Answer» B. \[\sin 7\frac{{{1}^{o}}}{2}\]
129.

If \[2\sec 2\alpha =\tan \beta +\cot \beta ,\]then one of the values of \[\alpha +\beta \]is [Karnataka CET 2000]

A. \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]
B. \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]
C. \[\pi \]
D. \[2\pi \]
Answer» B. \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]
130.

If \[\sin \alpha =1/\sqrt{5}\]and \[\sin \beta =3/5\],then \[\beta -\alpha \]lies in the interval [Roorkee Qualifying 1998]

A. \[[0,\,\pi /4]\]
B. \[[\pi /2,\,3\pi /4]\]
C. \[[3\pi /4,\,\pi ]\]
D. \[[\pi ,\,5\pi /4]\]
Answer» D. \[[\pi ,\,5\pi /4]\]
131.

If \[x=\sin {{130}^{o}}\,\cos {{80}^{o}},\,\,y=\sin \,{{80}^{o}}\,\cos \,{{130}^{o}},\,\,z=1+xy,\]which one of the following is true [AMU 1999]

A. \[x>0,\,\,y>0,\,\,z>0\]
B. \[x>0,\,\,y<0,\,\,0<z<1\]
C. \[x>0,\,\,y<0,\,\,z>1\]
D. \[x<0,\,\,y<0,\,0<z<1\]
Answer» C. \[x>0,\,\,y<0,\,\,z>1\]
132.

\[1+\cos \,{{56}^{o}}+\cos \,{{58}^{o}}-\cos {{66}^{o}}=\] [IIT 1964]

A. \[2\,\cos {{28}^{o}}\,\cos \,{{29}^{o}}\,\cos \,{{33}^{o}}\]
B. \[4\,\cos {{28}^{o}}\,\cos \,{{29}^{o}}\,\cos \,{{33}^{o}}\]
C. \[4\,\cos {{28}^{o}}\,\cos \,{{29}^{o}}\,\sin {{33}^{o}}\]
D. \[2\,\cos {{28}^{o}}\,\cos \,{{29}^{o}}\,\sin \,{{33}^{o}}\]
Answer» D. \[2\,\cos {{28}^{o}}\,\cos \,{{29}^{o}}\,\sin \,{{33}^{o}}\]
133.

\[\sqrt{3}\,\text{cosec}\,{{20}^{o}}-\sec \,{{20}^{o}}=\] [IIT 1988]

A. 2
B. \[\frac{2\,\sin {{20}^{o}}}{\sin {{40}^{o}}}\]
C. 4
D. \[\frac{4\,\sin {{20}^{o}}}{\sin {{40}^{o}}}\]
Answer» D. \[\frac{4\,\sin {{20}^{o}}}{\sin {{40}^{o}}}\]