Worksheet-II

1. The solution set of the equation |2x + 3| – |x – 1| = 6, is

(A) x(–10, 2) (B) x [–10, 2)
(C) x [–10, 2] (D) x  (–10, 2}

2. The product of all the solutions of the equation (x – 2)2 –3|x – 2| + 2 = 0 is

(A) 2 (B) – 4 (C) 0 (D) None of these
45  45  45  4 5 65  6 5  65  6 5  6 5  65
3. Let N = . then the value of log2 N =
35  35  35 25  2 5
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 12 (D) 14
4. If log3x = a and log7x = b, then which of the following is equal to log21x ?
ab 1 1
(A) ab (B) 1 1
(C) (D) 1
a b ab a  b 1
5. If log7 log2 logx vanishes, then x equals.
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 49 (D) None of these

6. If log155 = a then log159 in terms of 'a' equals

(A) 1 + a (B) 2(1 + a) (C) 2(1 – a) (D) 1 – a

7. Given log102 = a and log103 = b. if 3x+2 = 45. The value of x in terms of a and b is
a –1 1– a 1 a b
(A) (B) (C) (D)
b b b 1– a

8. If log3(x) = p and log7(x) = q, which of the following yields log21(x)

1 1 pq
(A) pq (B) (C) (D)
pq p –1
q –1
p –1
 q –1

9. The value of p which satisfies the equation 122p–1 = 5 (3p7p) is

n 5 – n12 n12  n 5
(A) (B)
n 21 – n12 n12 – n 21
n 5  n12 n12
(C) (D)
n144 – n 21 n12 – 5n 21
 1 1 1
10. + + has the value equal to
log bc
abc log ca
abc log ab
abc

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

1 1 1
11. + + =
1  log b a  log b c 1  log c a  log c b 1  log a b  log a c
1
(A) abc (B) (C) 0 (D) 1
abc
 1  4
 
 log 3  log 9 36 log 7 9
12. The value of 81 5  + 27 +3
(A) 49 (B) 625 (C) 216 (D) 890

13. If a2 + 4b2 = 12ab, then log (a + 2b) =

1
(A) (log a + log b – log 2) (B) log a/2 + log b/2 + log 2
2
1 1
(C) (log a + log b + 4 log 2) (D) (log a – log b + 4log 2)
2 2

1 3
 2

log 6 3  
 7
log 5 9 log 25 7
81 3  log 25 6

14. Let N=  125
409  
 
 
Then log2N has the value –
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) None of these
x 2 (3x  4) 3 ( x  2) 4
15. The number of positive integral solutions of the inequation 0 is –
( x  5) 5 (2 x  7) 6

(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 3 (D) 4

16. If | x – 1 | + | x – 2 | + | x – 3 |  6 then.
(A) 0  x  4 (B) x  – 2 or x  4
(C) x  0 or x  4 (D) None of these

17. The set of real values of x satisfying ||x – 1| – 1|  1 is-

(A) [–1, 3] (B) [0, 2] (C) [–1, 1] (D) None of these
18. If logpq + logqr + logrp vanishes where p, q and r are positive real different than unity then
the value of (logpq)3 + (logqr)3 + (logrp)3 is
 (A) an odd prime (B) an even prime
(C) an odd composite (D) an irrational number
3 x
19. If log16x = and logy 0.125 = –3, then the value of log0.25   is-
4 y
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) 2 (D) 4
2
x 1 ( x  1)
20. The solution set of +|x+1|= is
x |x|

(A) {x | x  0} (B) {x | x > 0} {–1}

(C) {–1, 1} (D) {x | x  1 or x  – 1}
21. The solution set of the equation |2x + 3| – |x – 1| = 6, is
(A) x (–10, 2) (B) x  [–10, 2)
(C) x [– 10, 2] (D) x  {– 10, 2}

22. If |x| > 5, then

(A) 0 < x < 5 (B) x < – 5 or x > 5
(C) – 5 < x < 5 (D) x < 5

23. If x2 > 4, then

(A) x > 2 (B) |x| > 2
(C) – 2 < x < 2 (D) None of these

24. |3x + 7| < 5, then x belongs to

2 5 5
(A) (– 4, –3) (B) (– 4, ) (C) (– 5, 5) (D)  , 
3  3 3
x x
25. Value of x satisfying = is/are
|x| |x|

(A) x  R (B) x  R – {0} (C) x  R+ (D) x  R–

26. The expression,  6 9  4 5  3 2  5  . 3 5 – 2 simplifies to:

 

(A) 2 (B) 21/ 3 (C) 2 2 (D) 2

2x  1
27. If S is set of all real x such that is positive, then S contains -
2 x  3x 2  x
3

(A) (–, –3/2) (B) (–1/2, 0) (C) (1/2, 3) (D) All the above
28. Number of integral values of x satisfying the inequation (x + 4)(4 – x)(x – 2) x 0 are
 (A) infinite (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) None of these

( x  1) x ( x  4)
29. Greatest integral value of x satisfying the inequation 0
( x  8)( x  4)

(A) 8 (B) 7 (C) 4 (D) 5

30. If log1227 = a, then log616 is equal to
3a  3a  3a  3a 
(A) 2   (B) 3   (C) 4   (D) 5  
 3 a  3a   3a   3 a 

31. Value of the expression log2 5 2  3 2 2 is

(A) 0.1 (B) 0.2 (C) 0.3 (D) does not exist
n
1
32.  log a
is equal to-
n 1 3n
n (n  1) n (n  1)
(A) log3a (B) loga3
2 2
( n  1) 2 2
(C) n log3a (D) None of these
4
x2 1
33. The number of integral solutions of 2
> is -
x 1 2

(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) none of these

34. If 3 < | x | < 6, then x belongs to :
(A) (–6, –3) (3, 6)   (B) (–6, 6)
(C) (–3, –3)  (3, 6) (D) none of these

ANSWERS

1. D 2. C 3. C 4. D
5. A 6. C 7. B 8. C
9. C 10. B 11. D 12. D
13. C 14. A 15. C 16. C
17. A 18. A 19. B 20. B
21. D 22. B 23. B 24. B
25. C 26. D 27. D 28. C
29. B 30. C 31. C 32. B
33. C 34. A