Complex Number Assignment

Compilation of Important Questions of WTA Papers

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1. Consider two complex numbers α and β as α = a−bi + a+bi , where a, b ∈ R and
z−1
β= z+1 , where |z| = 1, then find the correct statement:

a. both α and β are purely real

b. both α and β are purely imaginary
c. α is purely real and β is purely imaginary
d. β is purely real and α is purely imaginary
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2. Let α, β be any two distinct complex numbers, then α − α2 − β 2 + α + α2 − β 2 =

(A) |α + β| + |α − β|
(B) 2(|α + β| + |α − β|)
(C) α2 − β 2
(D) (|α + β| + |α − β|)2

3. Find the perimeter of the triangle whose vertices are the roots of the equation (z +
αβ)3 = α3 , where α, β are given complex numbers
√
(A) 3 3|β|
√
(B) 3|α|
(C) 3|α|
√
(D) 3 3|α|
√
4. If z1 , z2 are two complex numbers such that |z1 z2 | = 2 and arg(z1 ) − arg(z2 ) = π/4, then
z1 /z2 is equal to

(A) 1 + i
(B) −1 + i
(C) −1 − i
(D) 1 − i

5. If a, b, c, a1 , b1 , c1 are non zero complex numbers satisfying a/a1 + b/b1 + c/c1 = 1 + i and
a1 /a + b1 /b + c1 /c = 0, then a2 /a21 + b2 /b1 2 + c2 /c1 2 is equal to

(A) 2 + 2i
(B) 2i
(C) 2 − 2i
(D) 2
z̄−z
6. If z lies in 4th quadrant, then arg


2019 is

(A) 0
(B) π/2
(C) −π/2
(D) π

Complex Number Assignment 1

 7. It is given that complex numbers z1 and z2 satisfy |z1 | = 2 and |z2 | = 3. If the included
angle of their corresponding vectors is 60◦ then zz11 +z
−z2 =
2

√
(A) 133/7
√
(B) 131/7
√
(C) 19/7
√
(D) 134/7

8. Let A = {z : (1 + 2i)z + (1 − 2i)z̄ + 2 = 0} and B = {z : (3 + 2i)z + (3 − 2i)z̄ + 3 = 0}, then

(A) n(A ∩ B) = 0
(B) A ⊆ B
(C) n(A ∩ B) = 1
(D) B ⊆ A

9. Let z and w be two non zero complex numbers such that |z| = |w| and arg(z)+arg(w) = π,
then z equals

(A) w
(B) −w
(C) w̄
(D) −w̄

10. Let z and w be two complex numbers such that |z| ≤ 1, |w| ≤ 1 and |z + iw| = |z − iw| = 2,
then z equals

(A) 1 or i
(B) i or −i
(C) 1 or −1
(D) i or −1

11. For positive integers n1 and √ n2 the value of the expression (1 + i)n1 + (1 + i3 )n1 + (1 +
i5 )n2 + (1 + i7 )n2 where i = −1 is real if and only if

(A) n1 = n2 + 1
(B) n1 = n2 − 1
(C) n1 = n2
(D) n1 > 0, n2 > 0

12. If |z| = 1 and w = (z − 1)/(z + 1) where z ̸= −1, then Re(w) is

(A) 0
(B) −1/|z + 1|2
(C) |2/(z + 1)| − 1/|z + 1|2
√
(D) 2/|z + 1|2

13. For a given real number ’a’, a > 0 let z satisfy the equation z|z| + az + i = 0 then

(A) z is purely real

(B) z is purely imaginary
(C) number of values of z is 1
(D) number of values of z is 2

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14. The equation z 2 + αz + β = 0, where α, β are complex numbers has a

(A) real root, if (α − ᾱ)(αβ − ᾱβ̄) = (β − β̄)2

(B) real root if (α − ᾱ)(ᾱβ − αβ̄) = (β − β̄)2
(C) a purely imaginary root if (α + ᾱ)(αβ̄ + ᾱβ) + (β − β̄)2 = 0
(D) a purely imaginary root if (α + ᾱ)(ᾱβ − αβ̄) + (β − β̄)2 = 0

15. C is the centre of a given circle |z − c| = r. A is a point represented by the complex

number ’a’ inside the circle and B is a point represented by the complex number ’b’
outside the circle, such that C, A, B are collinear and (CA)(CB) = r2 . Then

(A) If C lies between A and B, then b = c − r2 /(ā − c̄)

(B) If C lies between A and B, then b = c + r2 /(ā − c̄)
(C) If A lies between C and B, then b = c − r2 /(ā − c̄)
(D) If A lies between C and B, then b = c + r2 /(ā − c̄)

16. Let z1 be a point lying on curve |z − 3 + 2i| = 4 and z2 be a point lying on curve |z + 3| = 1
such that |z1 − z2 | is minimum, then
√ √
(A) z1 = (−3 − 12/ 10) + i(2 + 4/ 10)
√ √
(B) z1 = (−3 + 12/ 10) − i(2 − 4/ 10)
√ √
(C) z2 = (−3 − 3/ 10) + i/ 10
√ √
(D) z2 = (−3 + 3/ 10) − i/ 10

17. If z = x + iy, x, y ∈ R and csc−1 (z/(1 + i)) be defined, then z may lie on

(A) 1st quadrant

(B) 3rd quadrant
(C) real axis
(D) imaginary axis
√
18. If z1 and z2 are complex numbers and u = z1 z2 , then prove that:

z1 + z2 z1 + z2
|z1 | + |z2 | = +u + −u
2 2

19. Find complex number satisfying the system of equations z 3 + w̄7 = 0 and z 5 w11 = 1.

20. The complex numbers satisfying the equation (3z + 1)(4z + 1)(6z + 1)(12z + 1) = 2 is/are
√
A) ( 33 − 5)/24
√
B) ( 33 + 5)/24
√
C) (−i 23 − 5)/24
√
D) (−i 23 + 5)/24
√
21. Let Z satisfies |Z + 2(1 + i)| = 2 then
√
A) max(|z|) = 4 2
√
B) If arg(Z) is least then |Z| = 6
C) max(arg Z) = 13π/12
D) | max(arg Z) − min(arg Z)| = π/3

22. f (x) = 2x3 + 2x2 − 7x + 72 then f ((3 − 5i)/2) =

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 A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
√
23. zr (1 ≤ r ≤ 4) be complex numbers such that |zr | = r + 1 and |30z1 + 20z2 + 15z3 + 12z4 | =
k|z2 z3 z4 + z3 z4 z1 + z4 z1 z2 + z1 z2 z3 |. Then the value of k equals

A) |z1 z2 z3 |
B) |z2 z3 z4 |
C) |z4 z1 z2 |
D) None of these

24. If 3iz2 /5z1 is purely real, then 5|3z1 + 7z2 |/|3z1 − 7z2 | is equal to

25. If z1 , z2 , z3 ∈ C satisfy the system of equation given by |z1 | = |z2 | = |z3 | = 1, z1 + z2 + z3 = 1

and z1 z2 z3 = 1 such that Im(z1 ) < Im(z2 ) < Im(z3 ), then the value of [|z1 + z22 + z33 |] where
[·] denotes the greatest integer function, is

26. If the equation z 4 +a1 z 3 +a2 z 2 +a3 z+a4 = 0 where a1 , a2 , a3 , a4 are real coefficients different
from zero has purely imaginary roots then the value of the expression a3 /(a1 a2 ) +
(a1 a4 )/(a2 a3 ) is

27. The sum of the real parts of the complex numbers satisfying the equations |(z −4i)/(z −
2i)| = 1 and |(z − 8 + 3i)/(z − 3i)| = 3/5 is k, then k/5 is

28. Let z be a complex number satisfying 12|z|2 = 2|z + 2|2 + |z 2 + 1|2 + 31. Then the absolute
value of z + 6/z is

29. Two lines z ī − z̄i + 2 = 0 and z(1 + i) + z̄(1 − i) + 2 = 0 intersect at a point P. There is a
complex number α = x + iy at a distance of 2 units from the point P which lies on line
z(1 + i) + z̄(1 − i) + 2 = 0 then [|x|] ([·] represents greatest integer function) is

30. Match the condition in List-I with the corresponding radius values in List-II:

List-I (Equation of circle) List-II (Radius)

A) |z − 1|2 + |z + 1|2 = 4 P) 3
B) Amp((z − 2i)/(z + 2i)) = π/2 Q) 4
C) z z̄ − z(1 − 2i) − z̄(1 + 2i) = 4 R) 2
D) |z + 3| = 2|z − 3| S) 1
√
T) 2

31. Match the properties in List-I with expressions in List-II:

List-I List-II
P) If z3 , z4 are conjugate, and z1 , z2 are also conjugate, then Arg(z3 /z2 ) = Arg(. . . ) 1) 2/3
Q) If 5z2 /7z1 is purely imaginary, then |2z1 + 3z2 |/|2z1 − 3z2 | = 2) 1
R) If Arg(z 1/3 ) = (1/2)Arg(z 2 + z 1/3 ) then |z| = 3) z1 /z4
S) One vertex of an equilateral triangle is at origin, others are 2z 2 + 2z + k = 0, then k is 4) 2
5) z4 /z1

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32. Match the conditions in List-I with the corresponding number of solutions or absolute
limits in List-II:

List-I List-II
P) If z1 , z2 , z3 are unimodular such that |z1 − z2 + z3 | = 4 then |1/z1 − 1/z2 + 1/z3 | is 1) 3
Q) If |z − 2i| ≤ 3 then the maximum value of |iz + 3| is 2) 2
R) If |z1 | = 12 and |z2 − 3 − 4i| = 5 then the minimum value of |z1 − z2 | is 3) 4
S) If z is satisfying z z̄ − 2(z + z̄) + 3 = 0 then the greatest value of |z| is 4) 5
5) 1

33. Let Ak = cos(kπ/20) + i sin(kπ/20) then evaluate the expression:

P2024
|Ak−1 − Ak |
P675k=0
k=1 |A2k+1 − A2k+2 |

34. If z1 , z2 are complex numbers such that z12 +z22 is real. If z1 (z12 −3z22 ) = 2 and z2 (3z12 −z22 ) =
11, then find the value of z12 + z22 .

35. A is the region of the complex plane defined by P (z) such that complex numbers z/40
and 40/z have real and imaginary parts in (0,1), then find the area of region A (use
π = 3.142).

36. Let z1 , z2 be complex numbers with |z1 | = |z2 | = 1, then find min(|z1 +1|+|z2 +1|+|z1 z2 +1|)

37. Let z be a complex number such that z ∈ C − R and (1 + z + z 2 )/(1 − z + z 2 ) ∈ R then

determine |z|.

38. Let N be the number of complex numbers z with the properties that |z| = 1 and z 6! −z 5!
is a real number. Find the remainder when N is divided by 1000.
 2 
39. If log√3 |z| |z|+2
−|z|+1
< 2 then find the locus of z:

A) A circle
B) A straight line
C) Interior of the circle
D) Ellipse
√
40. If |kz/(k + 1) + 2i| = 2, k > 0 and z is in 1st quadrant, then find the range of arg(z):

A) (−π/8, 0)
B) (−π/6, 0)
C) (−π/2, −π/4]
D) (−π/3, 0)

41. If |z1 | = 1, |z2 | = 2, |z3 | = 3, then |z1 + z2 + z3 |2 + | − z1 + z2 + z3 |2 + |z1 − z2 + z3 |2 + |z1 + z2 − z3 |2

is equal to

A) 56
B) 58
C) 54
D) 52

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42. If z1 and z2 be two distinct complex numbers satisfying |z12 − z22 | = |z12 + z22 − 2z1 z2 | and if
(arg z1 − arg z2 ) = aπ/b then find the least possible value of |a + b| where a, b are integers.
43. Match the statements in Column-I with those in Column-II.
[Note: Here z takes values in the complex plane, and Im z and Re z denote, respectively, the imaginary part
and the real part of z.]

Column-I Column-II
(A) The set of points z satisfying |z − i|z|| = |z + i|z|| (P) an ellipse with eccentricity 4/5
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
is contained in or equal to Im z = 0
(C) If |w| = 2, then the set of points z = w − 1/w is (R) the set of points z satisfying
contained in or equal to |Im z| ≤ 1
(D) If |w| = 1, then the set of points z = w + 1/w is (S) the set of points z satisfying
contained in or equal to |Re z| ≤ 2
(T) the set of points z satisfying
|z| ≤ 3

44. Let α and 1/α lie on the curves (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 determine the value of α.

45. If |z 2 + z + 1| = 1 , find the minimum possible value of |z + 1/2|.

46. Let z1 and z2 be any two non-zero complex numbers such that 3|z1 | = 4|z2 |. If z = 3z1 /2z2 +
2z2 /3z1 , then find the true statement:

(a) Re(z) = 0
p
(b) |z| = 5/2
p
(c) |z| = (1/2) 17/2
(d) Im(z) = 0

Complex Number Assignment 6

 ANSWER KEY (FULL)
1. C 24. 5
2. D 25. 2
3. A 26. 1
4. D 27. 5
5. B 28. 2
6. B 29. 1
7. A 30. A→T, B→R, C→P, D→Q
8. C 31. P→3, Q→2, R→2, S→1
9. D 32. P→3, Q→3, R→2, S→1
10. C 33. 3
11. D 34. 5
12. A 35. 571.60
13. B, C 36. 2
14. A, C 37. 1
15. A, D 38. 440
16. B, D 39. C
17. A, B 40. C
18. — 41. A
19. +i 42. 1
20. A, C 43. A→S,R; B→P; C→P,S,T; D→Q,R,S,T
21. B, D
44. 5 / √7
22. 4
45. 1/2
23. C
46. D