Ȃ

334 365
 1 i 3  1 i 3
1. (a) If i = 1 , then 4 + 5     + 3     is equal to :
 2 2   2 2 
(A) 1  i 3 (B)  1 + i 3 (C) i 3 (D)  i 3
2 2
(b) For complex numbers z & , prove that, z    z = z   if and only if,
z =  or z  = 1 [JEE '99, 2 + 10 (out of 200)]

2__
i 20
2. (i) If  = e 7 and f(x) = A0 +  Ak xk, then find the value of,
k 1
f(x) + f( x) + ...... + f(6x) independent of  . [REE '99, 6]
(ii) Let  + i;    R, be a root of the equation x3 + qx + r = 0; q, r  R. Find a real cubic equation,
independent of  & , whose one root is 2. [REE '99, 3]
1 1 1
3.(a) If z1 , z2 , z3 are complex numbers such that z1 = z2 = z3 =   = 1, then
z1 z 2 z 3
z1 + z2 + z3 is :
(A) equal to 1 (B) less than 1 (C) greater than 3 (D) equal to 3

(b) If arg (z) < 0 , then arg ( z)  arg (z) =

 
(A)  (B)   (C)  (D)
2 2
[JEE 2000 (Screening) 1 + 1 out of 35 ]
2 2
4. Given , z = cos + i sin , 'n' a positive integer, find the equation whose roots are,
2n  1 2n  1
 = z + z3 + ...... + z2n  1 &  = z2 + z4 + ...... + z2n .
[REE 2000 (Mains) 3 out of 100]

5. Find all those roots of the equation z12 – 56z6 – 512 = 0 whose imaginary part is positive.
[REE 2000, 3 out of 100]

z1  z 3 1  i 3
6. (a) The complex numbers z1, z2 and z3 satisfying  are the vertices of a triangle which is
z2  z3 2
(A) of area zero (B) right-angled isosceles
(C) equilateral (D) obtuse – angled isosceles
(b) Let z1 and z2 be nth roots of unity which subtend a right angle at the origin. Then n must be of the form
(A) 4k + 1 (B) 4k + 2 (C) 4k + 3 (D) 4k
[JEE 2001 (Scr) 1 + 1 out of 35]

1 1 1
1 3
7.(a) Let     i . Then the value of the determinant 1 1    2 is
2

2 2
1 2 4
(A) 3 (B) 3 ( – 1) (C) 32 (D) 3(1 – )

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 (b) For all complex numbers z1, z2 satisfying |z1| = 12 and |z2 – 3 – 4i| = 5, the minimum value of
|z1 – z2| is
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 7 (D) 17
[JEE 2002 (Scr) 3+3]
(c) Let a complex number  ,   1, be a root of the equation
zp+q – zp – zq + 1 = 0 where p, q are distinct primes.
Show that either 1 +  + 2 + ...... + p–1 = 0 or 1 +  + 2 + ...... + q–1 = 0 , but not both together.
[JEE 2002, (5) ]
1  z1 z 2
8.(a) If z1 and z2 are two complex numbers such that | z1 | < 1 < | z2 | then prove that  1.
z1  z 2
1 n
(b) Prove that there exists no complex number z such that | z | <
3
and  a r zr = 1 where | ar | < 2.
r 1
[JEE-03, 2 + 2 out of 60]

9.(a)  is an imaginary cube root of unity. If (1 + 2)m = (1 + 4)m , then least positive integral value of m is
(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 3
[JEE 2004 (Scr)]
( z  )
(b) Find centre and radius of the circle determined by all complex numbers z = x + i y satisfying k,
(z  )
where  1  i 2 ,  1  i 2 are fixed complex and k  1. [JEE 2004, 2 out of 60]

10.(a) The locus of z which lies in shaded region is best represented by

(A) z : |z + 1| > 2, |arg(z + 1)| < /4
(B) z : |z - 1| > 2, |arg(z – 1)| < /4
(C) z : |z + 1| < 2, |arg(z + 1)| < /2
(D) z : |z - 1| < 2, |arg(z - 1)| < /2
(b) If a, b, c are integers not all equal and w is a cube root of unity (w  1), then the minimum value of
|a + bw + cw2| is
3 1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) (D)
2 2
[JEE 2005 (Scr), 3 + 3]
(c) If one of the vertices of the square circumscribing the circle |z – 1| = 2 is 2  3 i . Find the other vertices
of square. [JEE 2005 (Mains), 4]
w  wz
11. If w =  + i where   0 and z  1, satisfies the condition that is purely real, then the set of values
1 z
of z is [JEE 2006, 3]
(A) {z : | z | = 1} (B) {z : z = z) (C) {z : z  1} (D) {z : | z | = 1, z  1}
12.(a) A man walks a distance of 3 units from the origin towards the North-East (N 45° E) direction. From there, he
walks a distance of 4 units towards the North-West (N 45° W) direction to reach a point P. Then the position
of P in the Argand plane is
(A) 3ei 4 + 4i (B) (3  4i )e i 4 (C) (4  3i )e i 4 (D) (3  4i )e i 4
z
(b) If | z | = 1 and z  ± 1, then all the values of lie on
1 z2
(A) a line not passing through the origin (B) | z | = 2
(C) the x-axis (D) the y-axis [JEE 2007, 3+3]

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13.(a) A particle P starts from the point z0 = 1 + 2i, where i =  1 . It moves first horizontally away from origin by
5 units and then vertically away from origin by 3 units to reach a point z1. From z1 the particle moves 2

units in the direction of the vector î  ˆj and then it moves through an angle in anticlockwise direction on
2
a circle with centre at origin, to reach a point z2. The point z2 is given by
(A) 6 + 7i (B) – 7 + 6i (C) 7 + 6i (D) – 6 + 7i
(b) Comprehension (3 questions together)
Let A, B, C be three sets of complex numbers as defined below [JEE 2008, 3 + 4 + 4 + 4]
A= z : Im z  1
B = z :| z  2  i | 3


C = z : Re((1  i ) z ) 
2 
(i) The number of elements in the set A  B  C is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 
(ii) 2 2
Let z be any point in A  B  C. Then, | z + 1 – i | + | z – 5 – i | lies between
(A) 25 and 29 (B) 30 and 34 (C) 35 and 39 (D) 40 and 44
(iii) Let z be any point in A  B  C and let w be any point satisfying | w – 2 – i | < 3.
Then, | z | – | w | + 3 lies between
(A) –6 and 3 (B) –3 and 6 (C) –6 and 6 (D) –3 and 9
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14. Let z = cos + i sin . Then the value of Im( z2m1) at  = 2° is [JEE 2009]
m 1
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
sin 2 3 sin 2 2 sin 2 4 sin 2
15. Let z = x + iy be a complex number where x and y are integers. Then the area of the rectangle whose vertices
3 3
are the roots of the equation zz  zz = 350 is [JEE 2009]
(A) 48 (B) 32 (C) 40 (D) 80
16. Let z1 and z2 be two distinct complex numbers and let z = (1 – t) z1 + tz2 for some real number t with 0 < t
< 1. If Arg (w) denotes the principal argument of a non-zero complex numbers w, then [JEE 2010]
(A) |z – z1| + |z – z2| = |z1 – z2| (B) Arg (z – z1) = Arg (z – z2)
z  z1 z – z1
(C) =0 (D) Arg (z – z1) = Arg (z2 – z1)
z 2  z1 z2  z1
2 2
17. Let  be the complex number cos + i sin . Then the number of distinct complex numbers z satisfying
3 3
z 1  2
 z  2 1 = 0 is equal to [JEE 2010]
2
 1 z
18. [Note : Here z takes the values in the complex plane and Im z and Rez denote, respectively, the imaginary
part and the real part of z] [JEE 2010]
Column-I Column-II
4
(A) The set of points z satisfying |z – i|z|| = |z + i|z|| (P) an ellipse with eccentricity
5
is contained in or equal to
(B) The set of points z satisfying |z + 4| + |z – 4| = 10 (Q) the set of points z satisfying Im z = 0
is contained in or equal to
(C) If |w| = 2, then the set of points z = w – 1/w is (R) the set of points z satisfying |Im z|  1
contained in or equal to
(D) If |w| = 1, then the set of points z = w + 1/w is (S) the set of point z satisfying |Re z|  2
contained in or equal to
(T) the set of points z satisfying |z|  3

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 1 a b
 
19. Let   1 be a cube root of unity and S be the set of all non-singular matrices of the form   1 c  , where
2  1
each of a, b, and c is either  or 2. Then the number of distinct matrices in the set S is
(A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 8
[JEE 2011]

20. If z is any complex number satisfying |z – 3 – 2i|  2, then the minimum value of |2z – 6 + 5i| is
[JEE 2011]

21. Let  = ei/3, and a, b, c, x, y, z be non-zero complex numbers such that [JEE 2011]
a+b+c=x
a + b + c2 = y
a + b2 + c = z.
2 2 2
x y z
Then the value of 2 2 2
is
a b c
22. Match the statements given in Column I with the values given in Column II [JEE 2011]
Column-I Column-II
   _

(A) If a  – ĵ  3k̂ and c  2 3k̂ form a triangle, then
ĵ  3k̂, b  (P)
6
 
the internal angle of the triangle between a and b is
b

__ 2
__
 (f ( x ) – 3x ) dx  a
2
(B) If – b 2 , then the value of f   is (Q)
6 3
a

5/6
2 _
(C) The value of
ln 3  sec ( x ) dx is
7/6
(R)
3

 1 
(D) The maximum value of Arg  for
 | z | 1, z  1 is given by (S) 
 1– z 
(T) /2
23. Match the statements given in Column I with the intervals/union of intervals given in Column II
[JEE 2011]
Column-I Column-II

  2iz  
(A) The set Re 2
 : z is a complex number
 ,| z | 1, z  1 (P) (–, –1)  (1, )
  1– z  

 8(3) x – 2 
(B) The domain of the function f(x) = sin–1   is (Q) (–, 0)  (0, )
 1 – 3 2( x –1) 
 

1 tan  1
 
__
(C) If f() = – tan  1tan  , then the set f () : 0    2  is (R) [2, )
 
–1 – tan  1
(D) If f(x) = x3/2 (3x – 10), x  0, then f(x) is increasing in (S) (–, –1]  [1, )
(T) (–, 0]  [2, )

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24. Let z be a complex number such that the imaginary part of z is nonzero and a = z2 + z + 1 is real. Then a
cannot take the value [JEE 2012]
1
__ 1
__ 3
__
(A) –1 (B) (C) (D)
3 2 4
 1 z 
25. If z is a complex number of unit modulus and argument , then arg  ____ equals :
 1 z 


__
(A)  –  (B) –  (C) – (D) 
2
[IIT JEE Main 2013]
1
26. Let complex numbers  and lie on circles (x – x0)2 + (y – y0)2 = r2 and (x – x0)2 + (y – y0)2 = 4r2,

respectively. If z0 = x0 + iy0 satisfies the equation 2|z0|2 = r2 + 2, then || = [IIT JEE Advance 2013]
1 1
__ 1 1
__
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 7 3
27. Let  be a complex cube root of unity with   1 and P = [pij] be a n × n matrix with pij = i+j. Then P2  0,
when n = [IIT JEE Advance 2013]
(A) 57 (B) 55 (C) 58 (D) 56
3 i  1
__  – 1
28. Let w = and P = {wn : n = 1, 2, 3, ....}. Further H1 = z  C : Re z   and H2 = z  C : Re z  ,
2  2  2 
where C is the set of all complex numbers. If z1  P  H1, z2  P  H2 and O represents the origin, then
z1Oz2 = [IIT JEE Advance 2013]

__ 
__ 2
___ 5
___
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 6 3 6
Comprehension (Q.29 to Q.30) [IIT JEE Advance 2013]
Let S = S1  S2  S3, where

  z – 1 3 i  
S1 = {z  C : |z| < 4}, S2 = z  C : Im    0 and S3 = {z  C : Re z > 0}.
  1 – 3 i  

29. min 1 – 3i – z =
zS

2– 3 2 3 3– 3 3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

30. Area of S =

10 20 16 32

(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3

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31. If z is a complex number such that |z|  2, then the minimum value of z  [IIT JEE Main 2014]
2

3
__ 5
__ 5
__
(A) Is strictly greater than but less than (B) Is equal to
2 2 2

5
__
(C) Lies in the interval (1, 2) (D) Is strictly greater than
2
2k 
___  2k 
32. Let zk = cos   + i sin   ; k = 1, 2, ....9. [IIT JEE Advanced 2014]
 10   10 
List-I List-II
(P) For each zk there exists a zj such that zk . zj = 1 (1) True
(Q) There exists a k {1, 2, ......, 9} such that z1 . z = zk has no solution z (2) False
in the set of complex numbers
| 1  z1 || 1  z2 | ............. | 1  z 9 |
(R) equals (3) 1
10
9
2k 
___
(S) 1–  cos  10  equals
k 1
(4) 2

Codes :
P Q R S
(A) 1 2 4 3
(B) 2 1 3 4
(C) 1 2 3 4
(D) 2 1 4 3
33. A complex number z is said to be unimodular if |z| =1. Suppose z1 and z2 are complex numbers such that

z1  2z 2
is unimodular and z2 is not unimodular. Then the point z1 lies on a: [JEE Mains 2015]
2  z1 z2
(A) circle of radius 2 (B) straight line parallel to x-axis
(C) straight line parallel to y-axis (D) circle of radius 2
 k   k 
34. For any integer k, let ak  cos   i sin  , where
i  1 . The value of the expression
7
   7 
12

| a
k 1
k 1 – ak |

3
is [JEE Advanced 2015]
| a
k 1
4k –1 – a 4k – 2 |

2  3i sin 
35. A value of  for which is purely imaginary, is : [JEE Mains 2016]
1  2i sin 

   3  1 
 
(A) (B) (C) sin–1  4  (D) sin–1  

3 6    3

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  1 
36. Let a, b  R and a2 + b2  0. Suppose S z  C : z  , t  R, t  0  , where i  – 1 . If z = x + iy and
 a  ibt 
z  S, then (x, y) lies on [JEE Advanced 2016]
1
__ __1 
(A) The circle with radius and centre  , 0  for a > 0, b  0
2a  2a 

1
__  __1 
(B) The circle with radius – and centre  – , 0  for a < 0, b  0
2a  2a 
(C) The x-axis for a  0, b = 0
(D) The y-axis for a = 0, b  0
 1 3i ( z )r z 2s 
37. Let z = , where i = 1 , and r, s  {1, 2, 3}. Let P =  2s  and I be the identity matrix of
2  z zr 

order 2. Then the total number of ordered pairs(r, s) for which P2 = –I is : [JEE Advanced 2016]

38. Let  be a complex number such that 2 + 1 = z where z = –3.

1 1 1
2 2
If 1 –  – 1  = 3k, then k is equal to : [JEE Mains 2017]
1 2 7

(A) –1 (B) 1 (C) – z (D) z

39. Let a, b, x and y be real numbers such that a – b = 1 and y  0. If the complex number z = x + iy satisfies
 az  b 
m  y , then which of the following is(are) possible value(s) of x? [JEE Advanced 2017]
 z 1 

(A) – 1  1 – y 2 (B) 1 – 1  y 2 (C) 1  1  y 2 (D) – 1 – 1 – y 2

40. If ,   C are the distinct roots, of the equation x2 – x + 1 = 0, then 101 +  107 is equal to :
[JEE Main 2018]
(A) 2 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D) 1
41. For a non-zero complex number z, let arg(z) denote the principal argument with – < arg(z)   Then, which
of the following statement(s) is(are) FALSE? [JEE Advanced 2018]


(A) arg(–1 –i) = __, where i = –1
4
(B) The function f : R  (–, ], defined by f(t) = arg(–1 + it) for all t  R, is continuous at all points of R, where
i= –1
___
z1 
(C) For any two non-zero complex numbers z1 and z2, arg  z  – arg(z1) + arg(z2)
 2
is an integer multiple of 2
(D) For any three given distinct complex numbers z1, z2 and z3, the locus of the point z satisfying the

 ______________
( z – z1 )( z 2 – z 3 ) 
condition arg  ( z – z )(z – z )  = , lies on a straight line
 3 2 1 

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42. Let s, t, r be non-zero complex numbers and L be the set of solutions z = x + iy (x, y  , i  – 1 ) of the

equation sz  tz  r  0 , where z  x – iy . Then, which of the following statement(s) is (are) TRUE?

(A) If L has exactly one element, then |s|  |t| [JEE Advanced 2018]
(B) If |s| = |t|, then L has infinitely many elements
(C) The number of elements in L  {z : |z – 1 + i| = 5} is at most 2
(D) Let L has more than one element, then L has infinitely many elements
43. Let S be the set of all complex numbers z satisfying |z – 2 + i|  5 . If the complex number z0 is such that

1  1  4 – z0 – z0
is the maximum of the set  : z  S  , then the principal argument of
| z0 – 1|  | z – 1|  z0 – z0  2i is
[JEE Advanced 2019]

__  
_ 3
(A) (B) __ (C) – (D)
4 2 2 4
44. Let   1 be a cube root of unity. Then the minimum of the set
{|a + b + c2|2 : a, b, c distinct non-zero integers}
equals________ [JEE Advanced 2019]
45. Let S be the set of all complex numbers z satisfying |z2 + z + 1| = 1. Then which of the following statements
is/are TRUE ? [JEE Advanced 2020]

1 __
1
(A) z   for all z  S (B) |z|  2 for all z  S
2 2

1 __
1
(C) z   for all z  S (D) The set S has exactly four elements
2 2
46. For a complex number z, let Re(z) denote the real part of z. Let S be the set of all complex numbers z
satisfying z4 – |z|4 = 4 i z2, where i =  1 . Then the minimum possible value of |z1 – z2|2,
where z1, z2  S with Re(z1) > 0 and Re(z2) < 0, is _____. [JEE Advanced 2020]

47. Let 1,2,........10 be positive valued angles (in radian) such that
i1

1 + 2 + .....+ 10 = 2. Define the complex numbers z1 e , zk zk –1eik for k = 2,3, ...,10, where i  –1 .
Consider the statements P and Q given below :
P : |z2 – z1| + |z3 – z2| +.......+ |z10 – z9| + |z1 – z10|  2

Q : | z22 – z12 |  | z32 – z22 | ..... | z10

2
– z92 |  | z12 – z10
2
|  4
Then, [JEE Advanced 2021]
(A) P is TRUE and Q is FALSE (B) Q is TRUE and P is FALSE
(C) both P and Q are TRUE (D) both P and Q are FALSE

48. For any complex number w = c + id, let arg(w)  (–, ], where i  –1 . Let  and  be real numbers such
z 
that for all complex numbers z = x + iy satisfying arg    , the ordered pair (x, y) lies on the circle
 z 4
x2 + y2 + 5x – 3y + 4 = 0
Then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE ? [JEE Advanced 2021]
(A)  = –1 (B)  = 4 (C)  = –4 (D)  = 4

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