15 LOGARITHM

PRACTICE SHEET
1. The value of log40 is (1) 4/5 (2) 5/4
(1) 1.6020 (2) 1.2020 (3) 2/5 (4) 5/2
(3) 1.94 (4) 1.3256
1
12. What is the value of 2 log8 2  log3 9?
2. The value of log 8 is equivalent to 3
(1) log12 + log 4 − log 8 (a)0 (b)1
(2) log16 + log 6 − log 8 (c)2 (d)1/3
(3) log6 + log 4 − log 2
(4) log12 + log 4 − log 6
13. What is the value of log2 (log3 81)?
3. Which one of the following is not correct (a) 2 (b) 3
(1) log1= 0 (2) loge10 = 1 (c) 4 (d) 9
(3) log1010=1 (4) log0.10.1 = 1
14. What is log (a  a 2  1)  log  
1
4. In y = logex, value of x can never be  equal
 a  a 2
 1 
(1) 2 (2) 1/2
(3) −1 (4) 1.6 to?
(a) 1 (b) 0
5. The value of log 64 is 1
(c)2 (d)
(1) 1.7658 (2) 1.8060 2
(3) 1.2365 (4) 1.2546
15. What is the value of:
6. If log5 = k and log 125 = t , then which of
the following relation is correct ? 9  27  3
log10    log10    log10   ?
(1) k = t3 (2) k = 3t 8  32  4
(3) t = 3k (4) t = k3 (a)3 (b)2
(c)1 (d)0
16 25 81
7. The value of 7 log +5log + 3log is :
15 24 80 16. If log3 log3 [log3 x] = log3 3, then what is the
(1) 0.3010 value of x?
(b) 0.3512 (a)3a (b)27
(3) 0.412 (c)39 (d)327
(d) None of the above
17. What is the least integral value of 2log10
70 22 7 xlogx(0.01)?
8. The value of log  log  log is:
33 135 18 (1) 0 (2) 2
(given log 2 = 0.3010 , log 3 = 0.4771) (3) 4 (4) 8
(a) 0.0512 (b) 0.4213
(c) 0.3010 (d) None of these 18. What is the value of log a log c 1/3 b log a 1/4 c ?
b    
(1) 12 (2) 24
9. log 25 625  log 31 961  log 29 841  ?
(3) 1/12 (4) 1/2
(a) 2 (b) 6
(c) 0 (d) 4
19. The number of solutions of log2 (x1) = 2log2
10. If log x + log y = log (x + y) then : (x3):
(a) x = y (b) xy = 1 (a) 2 (b) 1
x 1 x (c) 6 (d) 7
(c) y  (d) y 
x x 1
e
log10 tan1 log10 tan 2........ log10 tan 89 
20. The value of
11. The value of 2 2  log 5 is equal to:
2
is equal to:

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 (a) 0 (b) 1 26. If log r p = 2, log r q = 3 then the value of log
1 p q is
(c) e (d)
e (1) 1/3 (2) 2/3
(3) 3/2 (4) 6
21. What is the value of log100 0.1?
(1) 1/2 (b) −1/2
27. If log8 x + log4 x + log2 x = 11, then the value
(3) −2 (4) 2
of x is
1 1 1 (1) 128 (2) 16
22. The value of   (3) 32 (4) 64
1  log c ab 1  log a bc 1  log b ca
(1) 0 ( 2) 1
(3) abc (4) a + b + c 28. 52 log5 4 is equal to
(1) 8 (2) 64
1 1 1 (3) 16 (4) 5
23. The value of  
log xy xyz log yz xyz log xz xyz
29. x triples every second. How will log2x change
(1) xyz (2) 2
every second?
(3) 0 (4) 1
(1) It will double every second
(2) It will triple every second
24. If log4 x + log2 x = 6, then the value of x is ? (3)It increases by constant amount every
(1) 16 (2) 4 second
(3) 2 (4) 1 (4) None of these

25. What is the value of [log10(5log10100)]2 ? 30. What is log81 243 equal to?
(1) 0.75 (2) 1.25
(1) 4 (2) 3
(3) 1.5 (4) 3
(3) 2 (4) 1

ANSWER KEY
1. (1) 2. (4) 3. (2) 4. (3) 5. (2) 6. (3) 7. (1) 8. (1) 9. (1) 10. (4)
11. (1) 12. (1) 13. (1) 14. (2) 15. (4) 16. (4) 17. (3) 18. (2) 19. (2) 20. (2)
21. (2) 22. (2) 23. (2) 24. (1) 25. (4) 26. (3) 27. (4) 28. (3) 29. (3) 30. (2)

CDS PYQ
1. The value of 1 log10 3125  4log10 2  log10 32 is 3. What is the value of the equation
x
5
[CDS 2016(I)] 2 x2.27 x 1
 9.
(a) 0 (b) 1 [CDS 2016(II)]
(c) 2 (d) 4
(a) 2,1  log  3  (b) 2,1  log  2 
   
2. What is the solution of 2 3
(c) 2,1  log 3 (d) 2,1   log 2 
1

 
1  2  
 
log10 1  1  1  x 
2 1
 1 log 2  log 3 
 
[CDS 2016(II)] 4. The number of digits in 330 in n and it is
(a) x = 100 (b) x = 10 given that log103 = 0.4771. What is the value
(c) x = 1 (d) x = 0 of n?
[CDS 2016(II)]
(a) 13 (b) 14
(c) 15 (d) 16

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 13. If log10 1995  3.3000 then what is the value of
5. What is the number of digits in 240? (Given 1
that log102 = 0.3010)  0.001995 8 ?
[CDS 2017(I)]
[CDS 2019(II)]
(a) 14 (b) 13
(c) 12 (d) 11 1 1
(a) 0.3475
(b) 0.3375
10 10
6. What is the solution of the equation xlog10 1 1
 10  + log10 3 = log10 (2 + 3x) + x ? (c) 0.3275
(d) 0.3735
  10 10
 3
[CDS 2017(I)] 14. Let XYZ be an equilateral triangle in which
(a) 10 (b) 3 XY = 7cm. If A denotes the area of the
(c) 1 (d) 0 triangle, then what is the value of Log 10A4?
(Given that log101050 = 3.0212 and log10 35
7. If log106 = 0.7782 and log108 = 0.9031, then = 1.5441)
what is the value of log10 8000 + log10 600? [CDS 2019(II)]
[CDS 2017(II)] (a) 4.75 cm (b) 5.50 cm
(a) 4.6813 (b) 5.5813 (c) 6.25 cm (d) 6.75 cm
(c) 1.5813 (d) 6.6813 15. What is the number of digits in 725, 823 and
920 respectively?
8. For 0 < m < 1, which one of the following is [Given log102 = 0.301, log103 = 0.477, log107=
correct? 0.845]
[CDS 2018(I)] [CDS 2019(II)
(a) log10 m < m2 < m < m−1 (a) 21, 20, 19 (b) 20, 19, 18
(b) m < m−1 < m2 < log10 m (c) 22, 21, 20 (d) 22, 20, 21
(c) log10 m < m < m−1 < m2
(d) log10 m < m−1 < m < m2 16. How many digits are there in (54) 10? (log102 =
0.3010 and log103 = 0.4771)
9. If log102 = 0.3010 and log103 = 0.4771, then [CDS 2020(I)]
what is the value of log100 (0.72) ? (a) 16 (b) 18
[CDS 2018(II)] (c) 19 (d) 27
(a) 0.9286 (b) 1 .9286
(c) 1.8572 (d) 1 .8572 17. If logx = 1.2500 and y = xlogx, then what is
the value of log y equal to?
10. There are n zeros appearing immediately [CDS 2020(I)]
after the decimal point in the value of (0.2) 25, (a) 40.2500 (b) 2.5625
It is given that value of log102 = 0.30103. The (c) 1.5625 (d) 1.2500
value of n is
[CDS 2018(II)] 18. Which one of the following is the largest
(a) 25 (b) 19 number among 22222, 22222, 22222, 22222?
(c) 18 (c) 17 [CDS 2020(I)]
(a) 22222 (b) 22222
11. It is given that log102 = 0.301 and log103 = (c) 22222 (d) 22222
0.477, How many digits are there in (108) 10?
[CDS 2019(I)] 19. If the roots of quadratic equation x2 − 4x
(a) 19 (b) 20 −log10N = 0 are real, then what is the
(c) 21 (d) 22 minimum value of N?
[CDS 2020(II)]
12. The sides of a triangle are 30cm, 28cm and (a) 1 (b) 1/10
16cm respectively. In order to determine its (c) 1/100 (d) 1/10000
area, the logarithm of which of the
quantities are required? 20. If 63−4x 4x+5 = 8 (log102 = 0.3010 and log103 =
[CDS 2019(II)] 0.4771), then which one the following is
(a) 37, 11, 28, 16 (b) 21, 30, 28, 7 correct?
(c) 37, 21, 11, 9 (d) 37, 21, 9, 7 [CDS 2020(II)]

(a) 0 < x < 1 (b) 1 < x < 2

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 (c) 2 < x < 3 (d) 3 < x <4 [CDS 2022 (II)]
(a) 12 (b) 11
21. What is the value of log10 31.25 equal to? (c) 10 (d) 9
[CDS 2021(I)]
(a) 3 −5log10 2 (b) 3 −2log10 2 28. What is the number of digits in the
(c) 5 −5log10 2 (d) 5 −3log10 2 expansion of 125100? (Given log10 2 = 0.301)
[CDS-2023 (2)]
22. If 5x−3 = 8, then what is x equal to? (a) 69 (b) 70
[CDS 2021(I)] (c) 209 (d) 210
3 3
(a) (b)
1  log10 2 1  log10 2 29. What is log10 2000  log10 400  4 log10 25  5 log10 20
2 5 equal to?
(c) (d) [CDS-2025 (1)]
1  log10 2 1  log10 2 (a) 10 (b) 16
(c) 18 (d) 20
23. If log10 x + log10 x2 = 2 log10 x + 1, then what
is the value of x?
[CDS 2021(II)]
 
30. If log10 100001  4  1 , then what is x equal
x

(a) 1 (b) 2
5 x
to?
(c) 5 (d) 10
[CDS-2025 (1)]
(a) 0 (b) 1
24. If the roots of the equation x2
– 4x – log10 N =
(c) 10 (d) 100
0 are real, then what is the minimum value
of N?
31. If log102 = 0.301 and log103 = 0.477, the
[CDS 2021(II)]
what is the number of digits in the
(a) 0.1 (b) 0.01
expansion of 6060 ?
(c) 0.001 (d) 0.0001
[CDS-2025 (2)]
(a) 105 (b) 106
25. If 5x–1 = 2.5 10 , then what is the value of
log 5
(c) 107 (d) 108
x?
[CDS 2021(II)] 32. If x4 + y4 = 14x2y2, then consider the
(a) 1 (b) log102 following :
(c) log10 5 (d) 2log105
 
I. log10 x  y  log10 x  log10 y  2 log10 2
2 2

26. If
log10 a log10 b log10 c
  , (a  b  c), then II. log10 x  y 
2 2

bc ca ab

what is the value of abc?  log10 x  log10 y  log10 2  0.5log10 3
[CDS 2022 (II)] [CDS-2025 (2)]
(a) –1 (b) 0 Which of the above is/are correct?
(c) 1 (d) 3 (a) I only (b) II only
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
27. If log10 995  x 2  12x  60  =3, then what is
 
the sum of the roots of the equation?

ANSWER KEY
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (d)
11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (d) 20. (b)
21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (d) 24. (d) 25. (d) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (d) 29. (c) 30. (a)
31. (c) 32. (c)
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