INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

EXERCISE – 1: Basic Subjective Questions

1
Section–A (1 Mark Questions) 15. If 2 tan  cos    tan 1  2 cos ec  , then show

1 that   .
1. Find the principal value of tan 3. 4
16. Find the value of
1  3
2. Find the principal value of the sin   .  5  13 
2 1 1 
  tan  tan   cos  cos .
 6   6 
3. The value of 
sin tan
1 1
x  tan 1 / x for x  0  17. Find the domain of cos
1
2 x  sin
1
x.

is…………… 1 1 
18. If cos x  cos y , find the value of
4
1      1 1
4. Evaluate tan  sin  2   . sin x  sin y.
  
19. Prove that
1
5. Find the domain of sin 2x . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
tan  tan  tan  tan  .
5 7 3 8 4
Section–B (2 Marks Questions)
1  1  4 
20. Show that 2 tan  3     tan  .
6.
1 1
If 3 tan x + cot x =  , then find x . 2  3 
 2a  1  b2  2x 
1   33  21. If sin 1    cos1 2
 tan 1  2
Find the value of sin cos  2
7.  . 1 a  1 b  1 x 
  5 
then prove that x 
a  b .
1
8. Find the domain of the function cos  2 x  1 . 1  ab 
1 1 4 22. Prove that:
9. If tan x  tan y , then find
5  1  x2  1  x2   1
tan 1  1 2
   cos x
2 2
 1  x  1  x  4 2
cot 1 x  cot 1 y .
1 1 1 1
  2  
1 23. Find the value of 4 tan  tan .
10. Find the value of tan  2 cos   . 5 239
  3 
 1 
24. Prove that cot   2 cot 3   7.
 1 3 1  4    4 
11. Evaluate: cot  sin    sec    .
 4  3 
Section–D (5 Marks Questions)
1 1 1  1  1  2 
12. Prove that: tan    tan    tan   . 
1 1
7  13  9 25. If sin x  sin y
3
13. Which is greater, tan1 or tan 1 1 ?
1 1 
and cos x  cos y , find the values of x
Section–C (3 Marks Questions) 6
and y .
1  1  x  1 1  1 1 3  4  7
14. Solve for x > 0: tan    tan x. Show that tan  sin
1 x  2
26.  and justify
2 4 3

4 7
why the other value is ignored.
3
 2
2 2 17
27. 
If sin
1
x    cos x
1

16
, find x .

28. Prove that

 1  sin x  1  sin x  x  
cot 1    , x   0, 
 1  sin x  1  sin x  2  4
29. If a1 , a2 , a3 ,....an is an arithmetic progression with
common difference d, then evaluate the following
expression:

  d  1  d  1  d 
tan  tan 1    tan    tan  
  1  a1a2   1  a2 a3   1  a3 a 
 d 
....  tan 1  
 1  an 1  an  

1      
30. Show that: 2 tan tan . tan   
 2  4 2 
1  sin  cos  
 tan  cos   sin   .
 
EXERCISE – 2: Basic Objective Questions
Section–A (Single Choice Questions)  1  k
6. If sin 1  1
  cosec  2  has the value , then
 2 12
1  1 
1. Principal value of sin   is equal to value of k is
 2
(a) 1 (b) 2
  (c) 3 (d) 4
(a) (b) 
3 2 7. The principal value of the expression
  cos
1
cos  680 is
(c) (d) 
6 6
1 2 2
2. Principal value of sec  2 is equal to (a) (b)
9 9
 
(a) (b) 34 
6 3 (c) (d)
9 9
2 5
(c)
3
(d)
3
8. 
The value cot sin 1 x is 
3. Principal value of
1  x2 x
(a) (b)
1  1   1  1  x
tan
1
1  cos    sin   is 1  x2
 2 2
2
1 1 x
2 3 (c) (d)
(a) (b) x x
3 4
 9. Let   sin 1 sin  600 , then value of  is
(c) (d) 6
2
 
(a) (b)
1 1
4. cos 1    sin 1 1  tan 1 is equal to 3 2
2 3
2 2
(c) (d) 
 3 3
(a)  (b)
3
4 3
10. The domain of the function y  sin 1  x 2 is  
(c) (d)
3 4 (a) 0,1 (b)  0,1
5. The value of (c) 1,1 (d) 
 5  1  5 
cos
1
 cos   sin  sin  is
 3   3 
11. The domain of y  cos1 x 2  4 is 
 5 (a) 3,5
(a) (b)
2 3 (b)  5,  3   3, 5 
10
(c) (d) 0 (c)  5,  3   5, 3
3
(d) none of these
12. The domain of the function defined by 1  1   tan 1  1   ...
1 19. If tan    
f  x   sin x  cos x is  1  1 2  1 2 3 
(a) 1,1 (b) 1,   1 1  1 
....  tan  
(c)  ,   (d)   1  n   n  1 
1
13. The value of the expression is equal to tan  , then  is equal to

  
sin cos 1 cos tan 1 1  is
  (a) n (b)
n
2
(a) 0 (b) 1
n2 n
1 3 (c) (d)
(c) (d) n n2
2 2
1 1 1 1
14.  
The value of tan 2 sec1 2  cot 2 cosec1 2 is   20. 2 tan
5
 tan
8
 _____ .

10 1 4 1 3
(a) 1 (b) (a) tan (b) tan
3 7 7
(c) 6 (d) 0 1
1
(c) tan (d) None of these
3 7
15. The value of cos 1  cos  is equal to
 2 
1 x  
21. If tan 1  1
   tan x, 0  x  1 , then x is
 3 1 x  4
(a) (b) equal to
2 2
(a) (0, 1) (b) (0, 1]
5 7
(c) (d) (c) [0, 1] (d) [0, 1)
2 2
22. cot 1  1 x 2

 x is equal to
 12  4  63 
16. sin    cos 1    tan 1   is equal to
1

 13  5  16   1  1 1
(a)  cot x (b)  cot x
(a)  (b) 2 2 2 2

(c) 3 (d) None of these 1 1 1

(c)   cot x (d)   cot x
2

17. 
sin 1 2 x 1  x 2  _____ .  Section–B (Assertion & Reason Type Questions)
23. Assertion: The value of
1 1 x
(a) sin x (b) sin   3 
2  
sin tan 1  3  cos 1    is 1.
  2 
1 1 x
(c) 2 sin x (d) 2 sin Reason: tan 1   x   tan x and
2
cos 1 (  x )  cos 1 x.
 1  sin x  1  sin x 
18. tan 1   is equal. (a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and
 1  sin x  1  sin x  Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
x (b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct but
(a) x (b)
2 Reason is not the correct explanation for
Assertion
  x
(c) x (d)  (c) Assertion is correct but reason is incorrect
2 4 2
(d) Assertion is incorrect but reason is correct.
 2 27. Assertion: The principal value of
24. Assertion: If 2  sin 1 x   5  sin 1 x   2  0, then
  1  
x has only 1 solution. tan 1 2 cos  2sin 1  is .
  2  4
Reason: The domain of sin 1 x is x  R.

Reason: The principal value of cos 1   cos  is
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and  3
Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion 2
.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct but 3
Reason is not the correct explanation for
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct Reason is
Assertion
the correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) Assertion is correct but reason is incorrect
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct; Reason is
(d) Assertion is incorrect but reason is correct. not the correct explanation of Assertion
(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
25. Assertion: The domain of cos (2  x ) is 1, 2 .
1
(d) Assertion is incorrect but reason is correct

Reason: The domain of cos1   1,1 . Section–C (Case Study Questions)

(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Case Study–1
Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion 28. Following table gives domain of inverse
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct but trigonometric functions
Reason is not the correct explanation for
Function Domain
Assertion
(c) Assertion is correct but reason is incorrect 1 [-1, 1]
sin x
(d) Assertion is incorrect but reason is correct.
1 [-1, 1]
cos x

26. Assertion: The principal value of tan

1
x R

tan 1  3  sec 1
(2) is 
3
.

1 Based on above information answer the following

Reason: The principal value branch of tan x is
    and principal value branch of sec 1 x is
(i) Domain of sin 1 2x is
  2 , 2  (a) [-1, 1] (b) [-2, 2]

0,     
2
.
1 1
(c)  , 
 2 2
(d) None of these

(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct Reason is (ii) Domain of cos1  x  1 is
the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct; Reason is (a) [-1, 1] (b) [0, 2]
not the correct explanation of Assertion. (c) [-2, 0] (d) None of these
(c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect. (iii) Domain of tan 1 x 2 is
(d) Assertion is incorrect but reason is correct
(a)  0,   
(b) 0,  

(c)  ,   (d) None of these

1 1
(iv) Domain of sin x  tan x is
(a)  ,   (b) [-1, 1]

(c)  0,   (d) None of these

Case Study–2 Case Study–3
29. Two men on either side of a temple of 30 meters 30. In the school project Sheetal was asked to construct
high observe its top at the angles of elevation  and a triangle and name it as ABC. Two angles A and B
 respectively (as shown in the figure). The 1 1 1 1
were given to be equal to tan and tan
distance between the two men is 40 3 meters and 2 3
the distance between the person at A and the temple respectively.

is 30 3 meters. Based on the above information

answer the following:

Based on the above information answer the

Based on the above information, Answer the
Questions that follow:
following Questions:
(i) CAB    _______. (i) The value of sin A is _______.
1 1
 2  1 1 (a) (b)
(a) sin 1   (b) sin   2 3
 3 2
1 2
(c) (d)
1 1  3  5 5
(c) sin  2 (d) sin  
 2  (ii) The principal value of sin
1
cos( A  B  C ) 
(ii) CAB    _______. ______.

1 1 1 2  
(a) cos   (b) cos   (a) (b) 
5 5 2 2
(c)  (d) None of these
 3
1 4
1
(c) cos   (d) cos   1
5 (iii) If B  cos x, then x  ______.
 2 
(iii) BCA    ______. 1 3
(a) (b)
5 10
1  1  1
(a) tan   (b) tan  2 (c)
1
(d)
2
2 10 5
 1  
(c) tan
1
 
 3
(d) tan
1
 3 (iv) If A + B =
4
, Then the third angle, C  ______.

(iv) ABC  ________.  

(a) (b)
  4 2
(a) (b)
4 6  3
(c) (d)
  3 4
(c) (d)
2 3
EXERCISE – 3: Previous Year Questions
1. Write the principal value of 1  3
12. Write the value of sin   .
 1
1 1  1   2 
cos     2 sin   . (Foreign 2014)
 2 2 (Delhi 2009)
1     13. Find the principal value of
2. Write the principal value of tan sin   2  .
  1  1  1  1 
sin    cos   . (Delhi 2010)
(AI 2014 C) 2 2
 1  14. Find the principal value of sec
1
 2 .
3. Find the value of cot   2 cot 3 .
2  (AI 2010)
(AI 2014 C)
1 12 1 4 1 56
4. Write the principal value of 15. Prove that cos  cos  tan .
13 5 33

1  cos1  
1 1 (AI 2013 C, Foreign 2019)
tan . (Delhi 2013)
 2 16. Prove that:

1   1 3   1  4  1  12  1  33 
5. Write the value of tan 2 sin  cos  . cos    cos    cos  
  2  5  13   65 
(AI 2013) (AI 2012, Delhi 2010 C, 2009 C)
6. Write the principal value of 17. Prove that:
 1 3 1  1   1  12  1  3  1  56 
cos 2  cos   2  . cos    sin    sin   .
    13  5  65 
(Delhi 2013 C) (AI 2012, Delhi 2010)
7. Write the principal value of
 1 1 1 
  
tan 1  3  tan 1 1 .

18. If sin  sin
 3
 cos x   1, then find x .

(AI 2013)
(Delhi 2014)
8. Write the principal value of
1 1 
1  1 19. If tan x  tan y , xy  1, then write the value
cos    2sin 1    .
1
(Delhi 2012) 4
2  2
of x  y  xy . (AI 2008)
9. Using principal values, write the value of
1  1  1  1   1
cos    2 sin   . (AI 2012 C) Write the value of tan  2 tan
1
2 2
20. . (Delhi 2013)
 5
 1  1   21. Write the principal value of
10. Evaluate: sin   sin   .
3  2  tan
1
 3   cot   3  .1
(AI 2013, 2018)
(Delhi 2011, Delhi 2020) 3
 
22. Evaluate sin 1  sin . (AI 2013 C, Delhi 2009)
 1 1  5 
11. Write the principal value of sin    .
 2 23. Find the principal value of tan
1
3  sec
1
 2 .
(Delhi 2011C) (AI 2018 C)
  3  36. Solve for x :
1
24. Find the value of tan  tan  .
 4  1  x2 1  x  2  
tan    tan   .
(Delhi 2011)  x 1   x 1  4
(Foreign 2016)
1  7 
25. Write the principal value of cos  cos  . 37. Prove that:
 6 
(Delhi 2011, AI 2009) 1  1  sin x  1  sin x  x  
cot    , x   0,  .
 1  sin x  1  sin x  2  4
1  2  1  2 
26. Evaluate: cos  cos   sin  sin  . (Foreign 2016, Delhi 2014, 2011)
 3   3 
(AI 2011, 2009 C, 2008) 38. If sin cot
1
 x  1  cos  tan 1 x  , then find x .

1  4  (Delhi 2015)
27. Find the principal value of sin  sin  .
 5  2 2 5
2

(AI 2010)
39. 
If tan
1
x   cot x 1

8
, then find x .

1 1 1  (Delhi 2015)

28. If sin    cos  x   , then find x .
3 2 40. For  0  xy , yz , zx  1 , Prove that:
(Delhi 2010 C)
1  xy  1  1  yz  1  1  zx  1 

cot    cot  y  z   cot  z  x   0 .
1 1  1   x  y     
29. If sin  x   cos    , then find x .
2 2 (AI 2015)
(Delhi 2010 C) 1 8
41. If tan  x  1  tan 1  x  1  tan 1 then find x.
30. Using principal value, find the value of 31
1  13  (AI 2015, Foreign 2008)
cos  cos . (AI 2010 C)
 6  1 
42. Solve for x : tan  2 x   tan 1 3x   .
 4
31. If tan
1
 3   cot 1
 x 
2
, then find x .
(Delhi 2015 C, 2013 C, AI 2012 C, 2019)
(AI 2010 C) 1 63 1 5 1 3
43. Prove that tan  sin  cos .
32. Solve for x : 16 13 5

2 tan
1
 cos x   tan 1  2 cos ecx  . (Delhi 2015 C)
44. Prove that
(Delhi 2016, 2014 C, Foreign 2015)
33. Prove that: 1  1  1  1  1  31 
2 tan    tan    sin  .
 2 7  25 2 
1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1 
tan    tan    tan    tan   
 3 5 7 8 4 (AI 2015)
(Delhi 2016, AI 2010) 1  1  x  1 1
45. Solve for x : tan    tan x, x  0 .
34. Solve the equation for x : 1 x  2
1 1 (AI 2015 C, 2014 C, 2010 C)
sin x  sin 1  x   cos1 x . (AI 2016)
46. Prove that
1 x 1 y
35. If cos  cos  , prove that 1 1 1  5 2  1  1  
a b 2 tan    sec    2 tan    .
2 2 5  7  8 4
x xy y 2
2
2 cos   2
 sin  . (AI 2016) (Delhi 2014)
a ab b
47. Prove that 1 8 1 3 1 77
58. Prove that: sin  sin  tan .
 1  x  1  x   1 1 1
1 17 5 36
tan     cos x, 2  x  1 .
 1 x  1 x  4 2 (Delhi 2013 C)
(AI 2014, 2011, 2010 C) 59. Solve for x:

1  x2 1  x  2   1 
48. If tan    tan    ; find the sin 1  x   2 sin 1 x  . (Delhi 2012)
 x4  x4 4 2
value of x. 60. Prove that
(AI 2014)  cos x   x   
tan 1     , x   .
 1  sin x  4 2  2 2
 3
49. Find x if cos tan  1

x  sin  cot

1

4
. (Delhi 2012)
61. Prove the following:
(Foreign 2014, AI 2013)
 1 3 1 3 6
50. Prove that: cos  sin  cot  . (AI 2012)
1 1 1 1
 5 2  5 13
cot 7  cot 8  cot 18  cot 3 .
62. Solve for x :
(Foreign 2014)
1  x 1  1  x  1  
51. Prove that: tan    tan   .
 x2  x2 4
 x 3  3x2  
cos 1  x   cos 1    . (Delhi 2012 C, AI 2010)
 2 2  3
63. Prove that:
(AI 2014 C)
3 3  8  
tan 1    tan 1    tan 1    .
1 1 2 4 5  19  4
52. Solve for x : tan x  2 cot x .
3 (Delhi 2012 C, AI 2009 C)
(AI 2014 C, Delhi 2009 C) x
1 1  x  y 
64. Find the value of tan  y   tan  x  y  .
1 3 1 8 1 36    
53. Prove that: sin  sin  cos .
5 17 85 (Delhi 2011)
(AI 2014 C, Delhi 2012, 2010 C) 65. Prove that:
54. Find the value of the following: 1 1  31 
2 tan 1    tan 1    tan 1   .
2 2 7  17 
1  1 2 x 1 1  y 
tan sin  cos 2
, x  1, y  0 (AI 2011, Delhi 2009)
2 2 1 y 
1 x
66. Prove that:
and xy  1 . (Delhi 2013)
3 17 
55. Prove that: 2 tan 1  tan 1  . (Delhi 2011 C)
4 31 4
1 1 1  67. Solve for x , 1  x  1
tan 1    tan 1    tan 1    .
2
  5
  8 4 2
1  2x  1  1  x  
(Delhi 2013, 2012 C, 2008, AI 2011) tan  2 
 cot    .
1 x   2x  3
56. Show that:
(Delhi 2011 C)
 1 1 3  4  7 68. Prove that:
tan  sin  . (AI 2013)
2 4 3 1 2 1 4
tan 1  tan 1  tan 1 . (AI 2011 C)
4 9 2 3
57. Write the value of the following:
1
a
1 1  a  b 
tan    tan 
69. Solve for x : cos 2 sin  1

x 
9
,x  0.
. (Delhi 2013 C)
b ab (AI 2011 C)
 1 1 1  1  x  1 1 
70. Prove that: tan x cos   , x   0,1 . 79. Solve: tan 4 x  tan 6x 
4
. (Delhi 2019)
2 1 x 
(Delhi 2010)
1 1 1
71. Prove that: tan 1  tan  2  tan 3   . 1 1 1  1 
80. If tan x – cot x  tan   , x  0, find the
(Delhi 2010)  3
72. Prove that: 2
1
2 value of x and hence find the value of sec  .
1 x x
cos  tan

1
sin cot x 1

2 x
2
. (AI 2010)
(AI 2019)
73. Prove that:
3
1  2x  1  3 x  x
1   1 1 1  9
tan x  tan  2 
 tan  2 . 81. Prove that tan 2 tan   – cot 3  .
1 x   1  3x   2  13
(AI 2010) (Delhi 2020)
74. Solve for x :  1 3 1 3
82. Find the value of tan  sin  tan .
1 x 1 x   5 4
tan  tan  ;0  x  6 .
2 3 4 (AI 2020)
(Delhi 2010 C)   17 
1
75. Solve for x , x > 0: 83. Find the value of sin sin   8  .
 
 x  2  tan 1  x  2  tan 1  .
1 8
tan  (AI 2020)
 79 
(Delhi 2010 C)
1 1 1 1 
84. The principal value of cot
1
 – 3  is.
76. Prove that: 2 tan  tan  . (AI 2010 C) (AI 2020)
3 7 4
 1  cos x  3x 
1  x 
77. Solve for x : cos
1
x  sin    . (AI 2010 C) 85. Express tan  , –  x  in the
2 6  1 – sin x  2 2
simplest form. (AI 2020)
1 
3cos x  cos  4 x – 3 x  , x  ,1 .
1 1 3
78. Prove that
 2 
(2018 C)
 Answer Key

EXERCISE-1: EXERCISE-2:
Basic Subjective Questions Basic Objective Questions

  6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (c)

1. 2. 3. 1
3 3
 1 1 11. (d) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (c) 15. (b)
4. 5. x 6. 1
4 2 2
  16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (c)
7. 8. 0,1 9.
10 5
21. (a) 22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (c) 25. (d)

10. 11. 0
4 26. (b) 27. (c)
1 1
13. tan1  tan 1 14.
3 28. (i) (c) (ii) (b) (iii) (c) (iv) (b)
 1 1  3
16. 0 17.  ,  18. 29. (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (d) (iv) (c)
 2 2 4
 3 1 1 30. (i) (d) (ii) (b) (iii) (b) (iv) (d)
23. 25. x  ,y
4 2 2 2
1 an  a1
27. 29.
2 1  a1an
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (d)
EXERCISE-3:
Previous Year Questions

 11 7 1 1
1.  2. 3. 3 4. 36.  38. 39. 1 41.
4 12 2 2 4

 5  2 1 1 3
5. 6. 7. 8. 42. 45. 48.  2 49. 
3 6 12 3 6 3 4

2   x y 
9. 10. 1 11. 12. 52. 3 54. 57. 59. x  0
3 6 3 1 xy 4

 2 1 7 
13. 14. 18. 19. 1 62.  64. 67. 2  3
2 2 4
3 3
2 1
5  2  69. 74. x  1 75. x  77. 1
20. 21. 22. 23. 3 4
12 2 5 3

 5 
1 1  2  
79. 80. x  3 ; sec  
24. 25. 26.  27. 12  x 6
4 6 5

1 1  24    x
28. 29. 30. 31. 3 82. 83. 84. 85. 
3 2 6 7 8 6 4 2

 1
32. 34. 0,
4 2