NDA Previous Years’ Trigonometry Questions

1.Consider the following statements :

1) for all positive integers n ≥ 2.

2) If x is any positive real number, then nx > 1 for all positive integers n ≥ 2.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

2.Consider the following statements :

1)

2)

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

3.Consider the following statements :

1) If 3θ is an acute angle such that sin 3θ = cos 2θ, then the measurement of θ in radian

equals to .

2) One radian is the angle subtended at the centre of a circle by an arc of the same circle
whose length is equal to the diameter of that circle.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both I and 2

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D. Neither 1 nor 2

4.Consider the following statements :

1) sin | x | + cos | x | is always positive.

2) sin(x2) + cos(x2) is always positive.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

5.What is equal to?

A. -cosec 88°
B. -cosec 2°
C. -cosec 44°
D. -cosec 46°

6.What is equal to?

A. 2
B. 1
C. 1/2
D. 0

7.Consider the following statements :

1) Value of sin θ oscillates between -1 and 1

2) Value of cos θ oscillates between 0 and 1.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

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8.If x and y are positive and xy >1, then what is tan-1 x + tan-1 y equal to?

A.

B.

C.

D.

9.Consider the following statements :

1) There exists no triangle ABC for which sin A + sin B = sin C

2) If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3, then its sides will be in the
ratio .

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

10.What is equal to?

A.

B.

C.
D. None of the above

11.The complete solution of 3 tan2x = 1 is given by

Where

A.

B. only
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C.

D. only

12.If A + B + C = π, then what is cos (A + B) + cos C equal to?

A. 0
B. 2 cos C
C. cos C – sin C
D. 2 sin C

13.What is equal to?

A. sec A - tan A
B. 2 sec A . tan A
C. 4 sec A . tan A
D. 4 cosec A . cot A

14.What is the value of cos 36o?

A.

B.

C.

D.

15.What is equal to?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

16.From an aeroplane above a straight road, the angles of depression of two positions at
a distance 20 m apart on the road are observed to be 30° and 45°. The height of the
aeroplane above the ground is :

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A.
B.
C.
D. 20 m

17.A ladder 9 m long reaches a point 9 m below the top of a vertical flagstaff. From the
foot of the ladder, the elevation of the flagstaff is 60o. What is the height of the flagstaff?

A. 9 m
B. 10.5 m
C. 13.5 m
D. 15 m

18.What is the length of the chord of a unit circle which subtends an angle θ at the
centre?

A.

B.

C.

D.

19.What is equal to?

A.

B.

C.

D.

20.What is cos80o + cos40o – cos20o equal to?

A. 2
B. 1
C. 0
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D. -19

21.If where 0 < θ < 90o. then what is the value of 4secθ + 4tanθ?

A. 5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 20

22.Consider the following statements:

1) cosθ + secθ can never be equal to 1.5

2) tanθ + cotθ can never be less than 2

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

23.If the angle of a triangle ABC are in AP and , then what is the measure
of angle A?

A. 30o
B. 45o
C. 60o
D. 75o

24.If tan A – tan B = x and cot B – cot A = y, then what is the value of cot(A - B)?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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25.If angle C of a triangle ABC is a right angle, then what is tanA + tanB equal to?

A.

B.

C.

D.

26.What is cot A + cosec A equal to ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

27.What is the minimum value of , where a > 0 and b > 0?

A. (a + b)2
B. (a - b)2
C. a2 + b2
D.

28.What is sin(α + β)- 2 sinα cosβ + sin (α - β) equal to?

A. 0
B. 2sinα
C. 2sinβ
D. sinα + sinβ

29.What is tan 25o tan 15o + tan 15o tan 50o + tan 25o tan 50o equal to?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2

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D. 4

30.If 2 tan A = 3 tan B = 1, then what is tan (A - B) equal to?

A.

B.

C.

D.

31.What is equal to?

A. tan A
B. cot A
C. 2tan A
D. 2cot A

32.A ladder 9 m long reaches a point 9 m below the top of a vertical flagstaff. From the
foot of the ladder, the elevation of the flagstaff is 60o. What is the height of the flagstaff?

A. 9 m
B. 10.5 m
C. 13.5 m
D. 15 m

33.Read the following information and answer the two items that follow :

Let where tan A ≠ 0 and

What is tan2 A equal to?

A.

B.

C.

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D.

34.Read the following information and answer the two items that follow :

Let where tanA ≠ 0 and

For real values of tan A, K cannot lie between

A. and 3

B. and 2

C. and 5

D. and 7

###COMMON###35###37###Direction: Read the following information and answer

ABC is a trapezium such that AB and CD are parallel and BC is perpendicular to them.
Let ∠ADB = θ, ∠ABD = α, BC = p and CD = q.

###DONE###

35.

Consider the following :

1) AD sin θ = AB sin α

2) BD sin θ = AB sin (θ + α)

Which of the above is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

36.What is AB equal to?

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A.

B.

C.

D.

37.If then what is the value of θ?

A. 0o
B. 28o
C. 38o
D. 52o

38.What is sin 3x + cos 3x + 4 sin3 x – 3 sin x + 3 cos x – 4 cos3 x equal to?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2 sin 2x
D. 4 cos 4x

39.The value of ordinate of the graph of y = 2 + cos x lies in the interval

A. [0, 1]
B. [0, 3]
C. [-1, 1]
D. [1, 3]

40.What is the value of 8 cos 10o . cos 20o . cos 40o?

A. tan 10o
B. cot 10o
C. cosec 10o
D. sec 10o

41.Consider the following statements :

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1) If ABC is a right-angled triangle, right-angled at A and if then cosec C = 3

2) If b cos B = c cos C and if the triangle ABC is not right-angled, then ABC must be
isosceles.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

42.Consider the following statements :

1) If in a triangle ABC, A = 2B and b = c, then it must be an obtuse-angled triangle.

2) There exists no triangle ABC with A = 40o. B = 65o and

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. Both 1 and 2
D. Neither 1 nor 2

###COMMON###43###45###Direction: Read the following information and answer

Let tn = sinn θ + cosn θ.

###DONE###

43.

What is equal to?

A.

B.

C.

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D.

44.What is equal to?

A. cos 2θ
B. sin 2θ
C. 2 cos θ
D. 2 sin θ

45.What is the value of t10 where θ = 45o?

A. 1

B.

C.

D.

46.If sin x + sin y = cos y – cos x, where then what is equal to?

A. 0

B.
C. 1
D. 2

47.A and B are positive acute angles such that cos 2B = 3 sin2 A and 3 sin 2A = 2 sin 2B .
What is the value of (A + 2B)?

A.

B.

C.

D.

48.What is the value of cos 48o – cos 12o?

B.

C.

D.

###COMMON###49###51###Direction: Read the following information and answer

Let a sin2x + b cos2x = c; b sin2y + a cos2y = d and p tan x = q tan y.

###DONE###

49.

What is tan2 x equal to?

A.

B.

C.

D.

50.What is equal to?

A. sin2y
B. cos2 y
C. tan2 y
D. cot2 y

51.What is equal to?

A.

B.
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D.

###COMMON###52###54###Direction: Read the following information and answer

Let α = β = 15o.

###DONE###

52.

What is the value of sin α + cos β?

A.

B.

C.

D.

53.What is the value of sin 7α - cos 7β?

A.

B.

C.

D.

54.What is sin(α + 1o) + cos(β + 1o) equal to?

A.

B.

C.

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