Important Questions - 2018-19

Class - XI (Mathematics)
Unit - 1 and 2

CH.– 1
1. Two finite sets have m and n elements. The total number of subsets of the first set is 56 more than the total
number of subsets of the second set. Find the values of m and n.
2. By taking an arbitrary element prove that :
(i) A(BC) = (AB)  (AC)
(ii) (AB)/ = A/ B/
3. If A, B and C are three sets, then prove that
A  BC) = (A–B)  (B–C)
4. Prove that :
(i) (A–B) (B–A) = (AB) – (AB)
(ii) A  B <==> B/  A/
(iii) n (ABC) = n(A) + n(B) + n(C) – n (A B) – n (B C) – n (C A) + n (A B C)
5. There are 40 students in a chemistry class & 60 students in a physics class. Find the no of students which are
either in physics class or chemistry class in the following cases :
(i) The two classes meet at the same hour.
(ii) The two classes meet at different hours and 20 student are enrolled in both the subject.
6. A survey shows that 76% of the Indians like oranges, whereas 62% like bananas what percentage of the indians
like both oranges and bananas?
7. Let A and B be two sets such that n(A) = 20, n (AB) = 42, n (A B) =4, find
(i) n (B) (ii) n(A–B) (iii) n (B – A)
8. In a survey of 25 students, it was found that 15 had taken maths, 12 had taken physics & 11 had taken chemistry,
5 had taken maths and chemistry, 9 had taken maths and physics, 4 had taken physics and chemistry and 3 had
taken all three subjects. Find the number of students that had taken :
(i) Only Chemistry (ii) only Maths (iii) only Physics (iv) Physics and Chemistry but not Maths
(v) Maths and Physics but not Chemistry (vi) only one of the subjects
(vii) atleast one of the three subjects (viii) none of the subjects.
9. In a town of 10,000 families it was found that 40% families buy newspaper A, 20% families buy newspaper B,
10% families buy newspaper C, 5% families buy A and B, 3% buy B and C and 4% buy A and C. If 2% buy all
the three newspaper, find the number of families which buy (i) A only (ii) B only (iii) none of A, B and C.
10. In a group of 50 persons, 14 drink tea but not coffee and 30 drink tea, find
i) how many drink tea and coffee both.
ii) how many drink coffee but not tea.
11. Find domain and range of following functions :
1 x2
(i) f(x)  (vi) f(x) 
x 5 1 x 2

x 1
(ii) f(x)  (vii) f(x) 
1 x 2 2  Sin 3x

1
(iii) f(x)  16  x 2 (viii) f(x) 
1 x 2

x2  9 4 x
(iv) f(x)  (ix) f(x) 
x -3 x 4
3
(v) f(x)  (x) f(x)  x2  9
2  x2
 1 x 
12. If f(x)  log   then f  2 x  is equal to :
 1 x   1 x 2 
 
1 1
13. If f(x)  x  , prove that [f(x)]3 = f(x )  3f  
3

x x
ax - b
14. If y = f(x)  , show that x = f(y)
bx - a
2x
15. If f(x)  , show that f(tan ) = sin 2
1 x 2

2x  2 x
16. If f(x)  , then f(x+ y) . f(x – y) is equal to
2
17. Find the value of :
(i) Sin (30600) (v) Cos (7500)
 13 π 
(ii) Sin (3000) (vi) Cot  
 4 
(iii) tan (2400) (vii) Sin (9000)
 11 π 
(iv) Cos (–14400) (viii) tan   
 4 
m 1 π
18. If  and  are acute angles such that tan  = and tan  = , prove that  + =
m 1 2m1 4
19. Prove that :
(i) Cos2A – Sin2B = Cos (A+B) Cos (A–B)
π A π A 1
(ii) Sin 2     Sin 2     Sin A.
8 2 8 2 2
20. If 2 tan  + cot  = tan , prove that cot = 2 tan (– )
 24 3 3π 3π
21. If Cos A = and Cos B = , where π  A  ,  B  2π find the following :
25 5 2 2
(i) Sin (A+B) (ii) Cos (A+B)
3 9 3π π
22. If tan A = , Cos B = , where π  A  & 0  B find tan (A+B)
4 41 2 2
23. Find the value of tan .
Cos α  β  1  k
24. If tan = Ktan, then prove that 
Cos α  β  1  k
3
25. Prove that Sin200 Sin400 Sin600Sin800 =
16
π  π 
26. Prove that : Cos   x   Cos   x   2 cos x
4  4 
tan A  B λ  1
27. If Sin 2A =  Sin 2B, prove that tan A  B  λ  1

28. Show that : 2  2  2  2 cos 8θ  2 cos θ

29. If tan2 = 2tan2 + 1, prove that cos 2  + Sin2 =0

30. If three angles A,B,C are in A.P., prove that

Sin A  Sin C
 Cot B
Cos C  Cos A

31. If  +  = 900, find the maximum and minimum values of Sin Sin and Cos Cos.
32. If  and  are the solution of a cos + bsin = C, then show that :

(i) Cos (α  β) 
a 2  b2
(ii) Cos (α  β) 

2 c2  a 2  b2 
a 2  b2 a 2  b2

33. If Sin + Sin = a and Cos + Cos = b, show that

b2  a 2 2 ab
(i) Cos (α  β)  (ii) Sin (α  β) 
a 2  b2 a  b2
2

34. If  and  are the solution of the equation a tan + bsec = C, then show that :

2ac
tan (α  β) 
a  c2
2

 αβ 
35. If a tan + b tan = (a+b) tan   , where  , prove that a Cos  = b cos 
 2 
36. If Cos ( - ) + Cos ( - ) + Cos () = -3/2 prove that
cos  + Cos  + Cos = sin  + sin  + sin = 0

Sin (B  C) Sin (C  A) Sin (A  B)

37. Prove that   0
Cos B Cos C Cos C Cos A Cos A Cos B

38. Prove that :

tan 3A tan 2A tan A = tan 3A – tan 2A – tan A.
39. Find general solution of the following

1) tan  + tan 2 + 3 tan  tan 2 = 3

2) 2 Sin2x + Sin22x = 2
3) Sin + Sin 2 + Sin 3+ Sin 4 = 0
4) tan m + cot n = 0
Using P.M.I. Prove that
40. Prove that n < 2n.
41. Prove that 5n – 5 is divisible by 4.
42. Prove that

1 1 1 1 n
    
1.3 3.5 5.7 (2n - 1) (2n  1) 2n  1

nθ  n 1 
Sin Sin  θ
43. Sin θ  Sin 2θ              Sin nθ 
2  2 
θ
Sin  
2
44. Prove by mathematical Induction that 2.7n + 3.5n – 5 is divisible by 24.
45. a2n – b2n is divisible by a+b

46. 7  77  777              777.......7 

7
81

10 n 1  9n  10 
n digit
47. Prove that (1+x)n > (1 + nx) for all natural no. where x > – 1.
48. Write all subsets of set A = {, 1}
49. A and B are two sets such that A B. Find the value of AB.
50. If A = {1,2,4}, B = {2,4,5} and C = {2,5} then find (A–B) x (B – C)
51. If A = {1,2} & B = {3,4} then how many subsets will A x B have?
52. In a group of 65 people, 40 like nutrition food, 10 like both nutrition as well as fast food. How many like only fast
food? Which type of food is good for health?
53. If A and B are two sets such that n (A) = 20, n(AB) = 42 and n(AB) = 4, then find n (B–A).
54. In a survey of 60 people, it was found that 25 people read newspaper H, 26 read newspaper T, 26 read newspaper
Z, 9 read both H and Z, 11 read both H and T, 8 read both T and Z and 3 read all three newspapers. Find
i) The no. of people who read atleast one of the newspaper.
ii) The number of people who read exactly one newspaper.
55. Find x and y, if (x+6, y–2) = (0, 6)
56. Determine the domain & range of the relation R defined by R = {(x, x+5) : x 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
57. If A = {x, y, z} & B {1,2}, then find the number of relations from A to B
58. If A = {1, 2, 3} & B = {5, 6}, then show that A x B  B x A
59. If A = {1, 2}, B = {1, 2, 3, 4}, C = {5, 6} of D = {5, 6, 7, 8} then verify that A x C  B x D
60. Define Greatest Integer function.
61. Find the domain of the function f(x) = – Ix – 2I
1
62. Find domain of the function : f(x)  4 x 
x 2 1
63. For any four sets A, B, C & D, prove that (A x B)  (C x D) = (A  C) x (B D)
64. Let R be the relation on the set z of all integers defined by R = {(x, y) : x – y is divisible by n}. Prove that
a) (x, y) R  (y, x) R for all x, y z
b) (x, y) R and (y, z) R  (x, z) R for all x, y z
65. Solve : 2 Cos2x + 3 sinx = 0
Cos α  β  1
66. If cot cot = 2, show that 
Cos α  β  3
67. Solve tan2x + Cot2x = 2
Sec 8 θ  1 tan 8 θ
68. Prove that : 
Sec 4 θ 1 tan 2 θ

Sin 2β
69. If 2 tan = 3 tan, prove that : tan α  β  
5  cos 2β
70. Prove that a(CosB + CosC) = 2 (b+c) sin2 A/2
b2  c2
71. Prove that  a2
sin 2A  0

72. Find the value of Sin 180, Sin 360.

A B C A B C
73. In a triangle ABC, prove that Sin 2  Sin 2  Sin 2  1  2 Sin Sin Sin
2 2 2 2 2 2