Chapter 9

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

1. If x, y, z are in A.P. and tan–1x, tan–1y and tan–1z

are also in A.P., then [JEE (Main)-2013] 146 145
(1) (2)
12 12
(1) x = y = z (2) 2x = 3y = 6z
(3) 6x = 3y = 2z (4) 6x = 4y = 3z 145 145
(3) (4)
10 11
dy
2. If y  sec(tan1 x ), then at x = 1 is equal to 6. If x = sin –1(sin10) and y = cos –1(cos10), then
dx y – x is equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]
[JEE (Main)-2013]
(1) 7 (2) 10
1 1 (3) 0 (4) 
(1) (2)
2 2
 19  n 
(3) 1 (4) 2 7. The value of cot   cot –1  1   2 p   is
 n 1  p 1  
  
 2x 
3. Let tan1 y  tan1 x  tan1  2 [JEE (Main)-2019]
 1 x 
1 19 23
where | x |  . Then a value of y is (1) (2)
3 21 22
[JEE (Main)-2015]
22 21
(3) (4)
3x  x3 3x  x3 23 19
(1) (2)
1  3x 2 1 3x 2 8. All x satisfying the inequality (cot–1x)2 – 7 (cot–1x)
+ 10 > 0, lie in the interval [JEE (Main)-2019]
3x  x3 3x  x3
(3) 2 (4) (1) (cot 2, )
1  3x 1 3x2
(2) (cot 5, cot 4)
  (3) (–, cot 5)  (cot 4, cot 2)
4. Consider f  x   tan1  1  sin x  
 , x  0,  .
 1  sin x   2 (4) (–, cot 5)  (cot 2, )

A normal to y = f(x) at x  also passes 3  1
6 9. If  = cos–1   ,  = tan–1   , where 0 < ,
5 3
through the point [JEE (Main)-2016]

< , then  –  is equal to
 2     2
(1)  0,  (2)  ,0 
 3   6 
[JEE (Main)-2019]
    9 
(3)  , 0  (4) (0, 0) 1  9  cos1 
 4  (1) tan   (2) 
 14   5 10 
–1  2  –1  3   3
5. If cos    cos     x   , then x is 1  9   9 
 3x   4x  2  4 (3) sin   (4) tan1  
equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]  10 
5  5 10 

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y 15. If S is the sum of the first 10 terms of the series

10. If cos–1x – cos–1 =, where –1  x  1, –2  y
2
 1  1  1  1
y tan1   + tan–1   + tan–1   + tan–1   +...,
 2, x  , then for all x, y, 4x2 – 4xy cos + y2  3 7 13   21
2 then tan(S) is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020]
is equal to : [JEE (Main)-2019]
(1) 2 sin2 (2) 4 sin2– 2x2y2 6 5
(1) – (2)
5 11
(3) 4 cos2 + 2x2y2 (4) 4 sin2
10 5
–1  12  –1  3  (3) (4)
11. The value of sin   – sin   is equal to 11 6
13
  5
[JEE (Main)-2019]  1 x 2  1
16. The derivative of tan1   with respect to
  56   63   x 
– sin–1    – sin–1    
(1) (2)
2  65   65 
 2x 1  x 2  1
 tan1   at x  is
–1  33   9   1  2x 2  2
(3)  – cos   (4) – cos –1    
 65  2  65 
[JEE (Main)-2020]
 
12. If f(x) = (secx + tanx),   x  , and
tan –1
2 2 2 3 2 3
f(0) = 0, then f(1) is equal to [JEE (Main)-2020] (1) (2)
3 5

 1 1
(1) (2) 3 3
4 4 (3) (4)
10 12
2  1
(3) (4) 6
3 4 
4 4 17. If y   k cos–1  5 cos kx – 5 sin kx , then
k =1
13. The domain of the function
dy
x | 5  at x = 0 is ________. [JEE (Main)-2020]
1  |
f  x   sin  2  is
dx
 x 1 
 n  1  
 , a]  [a,   . Then a is equal to 18. lim tan   tan –1   is equal to
n r 1  1 r  r2  
[JEE (Main)-2020] ______. [JEE (Main)-2021]

1  17 17 1 1 63 
(1) (2) 1 19. A possible value of tan  sin  is :
2 2  4 8 
[JEE (Main)-2021]
17  1 17
(3) (4) (1) 2 2  1 (2)
2 2 7 1

 4 5 16  1 1
14. 2   sin1  sin1  sin1  is equal to (3) (4)
 5 13 65  7 2 2
 4 
[JEE (Main)-2020] 20. cosec  2 cot 1  5   cos 1    is equal to :
  5 
 7 [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) (2)
2 4
65 65
(1) (2)
3 5 56 33
(3) (4)
2 4 75 56
(3) (4)
56 33
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26. The number of solutions of the equation

 1  2
sin 1 x cos 1 x tan 1 y sin1  x2    cos1  x2    x 2 , for x  [  1,1]
21. If   ; 0 < x < 1, then the  3  3
a b c and [x] denotes the greatest integer less than or
 c  equal to x, is : [JEE (Main)-2021]
value of cos   is : [JEE (Main)-2021]
ab (1) Infinite (2) 2
(3) 4 (4) 0
1 y2
(1) 1 – y2 (2)
y y cos ec –1x
27. The real valued function f  x   , where [x]
x  x
1  y2 1 y2 denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x,
(3) (4) is defined for all x belonging to :
1  y2 2y
[JEE (Main)-2021]
 (1) all non-integers except the interval [–1, 1]
22. If 0 < a, b < 1, and tan–1a + tan–1 b = , then the
4 (2) all integers except 0, –1, 1
value of (3) all reals except integers

 a 2  b 2   a3  b 3   a4  b4  (4) all reals except the interval [–1, 1]

(a + b) –   + 
 
 – 
 
 +
 28. The number of real roots of the equation
 2   3   4  
... is : [JEE (Main)-2021] tan1 x(x  1)  sin1 x 2  x  1  is :
4
e [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) e2 – 1 (2) loge   (1) 2 (2) 1
2
(3) 4 (4) 0
(3) e (4) loge2
23. Given that the inverse trigonometric function take  3  5 
29. The value of tan  2 tan1    sin1    is equal to
principal values only. Then, the number of real  5
   13  
values of x which satisfy [JEE (Main)-2021]
 3x   4x 
sin1    sin1  1
  sin x is equal to : (1)
220
(2)
151
5
   5  21 63
[JEE (Main)-2021] 181 291
(3) (4)
(1) 3 (2) 1 69 76
(3) 0 (4) 2 1  1  x 
30. The domain of the function cosec   is :
24. If cot–1()
= + cot–12 + cot–18 cot–118 + cot–132  x 
+... upto 100 terms, then  is : [JEE (Main)-2021]
[JEE (Main)-2021]  1   1 
(1)   ,0   1,   (2)   ,    0
(1) 1.01 (2) 1.02  2   2 
(3) 1.03 (4) 1.00  1  1 
(3)  1,     0,   (4)   ,    0
25. The sum of
possible values of x for  2   2 
 1  8
 sin1 x   cos1 x 
1
tan (x  1)  cot 
–1
  tan1   is 2 2
 x  1  31  31. If  a; 0 < x < 1, a  0,
[JEE (Main)-2021] then the value of 2x2 – 1 is [JEE (Main)-2021]

30 31  2a   4a 
(1)  (2)  (1) cos   (2) sin  
4 4      

32 33  4a   2a 
(3)  (4)  (3) cos   (4) sin  
4 4      

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38. Considering only the principal values of inverse

1  1  sin x  1  sin x   
32. If y ( x )  cot   , x   ,   , functions, the set [JEE (Main)-2021]
 1  sin x  1  sin x  2 

then
dy
dx
at x 
5
6
is [JEE (Main)-2021] 
A  x  0: tan–1(2 x )  tan –1(3 x ) 

4 
1 (1) Is a singleton
(1)  (2) 0
2
(2) Contains two elements
1
(3) –1 (4) (3) Contains more than two elements
2
33. Let M and m respectively be the maximum and (4) Is an empty set
minimum values of the function f(x) = tan–1(sinx +
39. The set of all values of k for which
 
cosx) in 0, . Then the value of tan(M – m) is
2 
 tan1 x   cot1 x 
3 3
  k 3 , x  R , is the interval
equal to [JEE (Main)-2021]

(1) 2  3 (2) 2  3 [JEE (Main)-2022]

(3) 3  2 2 (4) 3  2 2
34. The domain of the function  1 7  1 13 
(1)  ,  (2)  24 , 16 
 32 8   
 3x 2  x – 1  x  1
f ( x )  sin–1    cos –1   is
 ( x – 1)2   x  1
   1 13   1 9
(3)  ,  (4)  , 
[JEE (Main)-2021]  48 16   32 8 

 1  1 40. The domain of the function

(1) 0,  (2) 0, 
 4  2
 x2 – 5x  6 
 1 1  1 1 cos–1  
(3)  ,   0 (4) [–2, 0]   ,   x2 – 9 
4 2 4 2 f (x)    is [JEE (Main)-2022]
loge ( x 2 – 3 x  2)
35. cos –1(cos(–5))  sin–1(sin(6)) – tan –1(tan(12))
is equal to (The inverse trigonometric functions take
the principal values) [JEE (Main)-2021] (1) (– , 1)  (2,  )
(1) 3 + 1 (2) 3 – 11
(2) (2, )
(3) 4 – 11 (4) 4 – 9

   1 
k
6r (3)  – , 1  (2,  )
36. Let Sk   tan  1
. Then lim Sk is  2 
 22r 1  32r 1  k 
r 1  
equal to : [JEE (Main)-2021]
3  1   3  5 3 – 5 
(1) tan–1(3) (2) tan1   (4)  – , 1  (2,  ) –  , 
2  2   2 2 

3 
(3) cot 1   (4) 41. Let x * y = x2 + y3 and (x * 1) * 1 = x * (1 * 1).
2 2
 x 4  x2  2 
50
1 Then a value of 2 sin1   is
 x4  x2  2 
37. If  tan–1  p, then the value of tan p is  
r 1 2r 2
[JEE (Main)-2021] [JEE (Main)-2022]

50  
(1) 100 (2) (1) (2)
51 4 3

101 51  
(3) (4) (3) (4)
102 50 2 6
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  15    n
 cos   –1   1  
–1   4   47. The value of lim 6 tan   tan–1  
42. The value of tan is equal to n  2
 r  3r  3  
   r  1
 sin   
 4  is equal to [JEE (Main)-2022]
[JEE (Main)-2022] (1) 1 (2) 2

  (3) 3 (4) 6
(1) – (2) –
4 8 48. The domain of the function

5 4  1 
(3) – (4) – 1 
12 9  2 sin  2 
cos 1   4 x  1 
is [JEE (Main)-2022]
  
43. Let f ( x )  2 cos –1 x  4 cot –1 x – 3 x 2 – 2 x  10,   –1, 1,  
If [a, b] is the range of the function f, then  
4a – b is equal to [JEE (Main)-2022]  1 1
(1) R    , 
(1) 11 (2) 11 –   2 2
(3) 11 +  (4) 15 –  (2)  ,  1  1,    0
44. If the inverse trigonometric functions take principal
 1   1 
(3)  ,  ,   0
2   2 
values, then

 3   4  2   4   1   1 
cos –1  cos  tan–1     sin  tan–1     (4)  ,  ,    0
 10   3  5   3   2  2 
is equal to [JEE (Main)-2022]   1  1 
49. 50 tan  3 tan1    2 cos 1  
  2  5 
(1) 0 (2)
4  1 1
 4 2 tan  tan
2

 
2 2  is equal to ______.

 
(3) (4)
3 6 [JEE (Main)-2022]

 2   7   3   1 5 1
45. sin1  sin   cos1  cos   tan1  tan  is 50. tan  2 tan1  sec 1  2 tan1  is equal to
 3   6   4   5 2 8 

equal to [JEE (Main)-2022]
[JEE (Main)-2022]
11 17 (1) 1 (2) 2
(1) (2)
12 12
1 5
(3) (4)
31 3 4 4
(3) (4) 
12 4 51. For k  R, let the solution of the equation

 50 
46. The value of cot   tan–1 
n 1 
1 
  is
     
cos  sin1 x cot tan1 cos sin1     
 1  n  n  
2
 1
 k,0  x 
[JEE (Main)-2022] 2
Inverse trigonometric functions take only principal
26 25
(1) (2) values. If the solutions of the equation x2 – bx – 5 =
25 26
1 1  b
0 are  and , then 2 is equal to ______.
50 52 2 2  k
(3) (4)
51 51 [JEE (Main)-2022]
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52. Considering only the principal values of the inverse

trigonometric functions, the domain of the function 1 sin–1 x cos –1 x
56. If 0  x  and  , then a value
2  
1
 x2  4x  2 
f ( x )  cos   is [JEE (Main)-2022]
 x2  3   2 
 
of sin   is

 1  1 
(1)   ,  (2)   ,  
 4   4 
 2
(1) 4 1  x 1  2 x
2
   2

(2) 4 x 1  x 1  2 x
2

 1   1
(3)  ,   (4)   , 
 3   3

53. Considering the principal values of the inverse


2
(3) 2 x 1  x 1  4 x
2
   2

(4) 4 1  x 1  4 x
2

trigonometric functions, the sum of all the solutions
[JEE (Main)-2022]
of the equation cos–1(x) – 2sin–1(x) = cos–1(2x) is equal
57. The domain of the function
to [JEE (Main)-2022]
 
(1) 0 (2) 1

f  x   sin1 2 x 2  3   log2  log 1 x 2  5 x  5
  
 ,
1 1  2 
(3) (4) 
2 2
where [t] is the greatest integer function, is
54. The sum of the absolute maximum and absolute
minimum values of the function [JEE (Main)-2022]
f  x   tan1  sin x  cos x  in the interval [0, ] is
 5 5 5   
(1)   ,  (2)  5  5 , 5  5 
 1    2 2   2 2 
 
(1) 0 (2) tan1  
 2 4

 1     5 5  5 5
(3) cos 1   (4) (3)  1,  (4)  1, 
 3 4 12  2   2 
 
[JEE (Main)-2022]

55. The domain of the function 1 1 4 

58. Let x = sin(2tan –1 ) and y  sin  tan . If
 2 3 
 x 2  3x  2 
f ( x )  sin–1   is
 x 2  2x  7 
  
S     : y 2  1  x , then   163
S
is equal to
(1) [1, ) (2) [–1, 2] _______.
(3) [–1, ) (4) (–, 2] [JEE (Main)-2022]
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