Advanced Problem Package Complex Numbers

SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONLY ONE Choice is Correct.

1. If z1, z2, z3 be three complex numbers such that z1 1  1, z2  2  2 and z3  4  4 , then the maximum

value of z1  z2  z3 is :
(A) 7 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14

2.  
The value of ilog  x  i   i2  i3 log  x  i   i 4 2tan 1 x , (where, x > 0 and i  1 ) , is :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
 3π
3. The complex number satisfying arg (z + i) = and arg 2z 32i  simultaneously, is :
4 4
1 3 1 3 1 3
(A)  i (B)  i (C)   i (D) None of these
4 4 4 4 4 4
4. Equation of tangent drawn to the circle |z| = r at the point A (z0), is :
 z z   z z 
(A) Re    1 (B) Re  0   1 (C) Im    1 (D) Im  0   1
 z0   z   z0   z 
5. Consider a square OABC in the Argand plane, where ‘O’ is origin and A  A  z0  . Then the equation
of the circle that can be inscribed in this square is : (vertices of square are given in anti-clockwise order)
z 1  i 
(A) z  z0 1  i   z0 (B) 2 z 0  z0
2
z0 1  i 
(C) z  z0 (D) None of the above
2
z  z1
6. If  3 , where z1 and z2 are fixed complex numbers and z is a variable complex number, then z
z  z2
lies on a :
(A) Circle with z1 as its interior point (B) Circle with z2 as its interior point
(C) Circle with z1 and z2 as its interior points (D) Circle with z1 and z2 as its exterior points

7. Let z1 and z2 be the non-real roots of the equation 3z2 + 3z + b =0. If the origin together with the points
represented by z1 and z2 form an equilateral triangle, then the value of b is :
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of the above
2 2 2 2
8. The equation 1  a  x  2a x  a  b  1  0 has roots of opposite sign, if a + ib lies, (a  1) :
(A) On straight line x + y = 1
(B) Inside a circle of centre (0, 0) and radius ‘1’
(C) On a parabola of vertex (0, 0) and focal length ‘1’
(D) None of the above
9. The roots of zn= (z + 1)n
(A) Lie on the vertices of a regular n-polygon (B) Lie on a circle
(C) Are collinear (D) None of the above
10. If z  4  3i  1 and  and  be the least and greatest values of |z| and K be the least value of
x4  x 2  4
on the interval  0, , then K is equal to :
x
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) None of the above
11. The complex numbers sin x + i cos 2x and cos x – i sin 2x are conjugate to each other for :
 1
(A) x  n (B) x  n   (C) x=0 (D) No value of x
 2
 3  z1  2  z2 
12. If     K , then points A  z1  ,B z2  ,C  3,0 and D  2,0 (taken clockwise) will :
 2  z1  3  z 2 
(A) lie on a circle only for K> 0 (B) lie on a circle only for K< 0
(C) lie on a circle K  R (D) be the vertices of a square K   0,1
13. Let ‘z’ be a complex number and ‘a’ be a real parameter such that z2 + az +a2 = 0, then:
(A) locus of z is a pair of straight lines (B) locus of z is a circle
5
(C) arg(z) =  (D) | z| = 2 |a|
3
14. The locus represented by the equation z 1  z 1  2 is :
(A) an ellipse with foci (1, 0) and (–1, 0)
(B) one of the family of circles passing through the points of intersection of the circles
z 1  1 and z  1  1 .
(C) the radical axis of the circles z 1  1 and z  1  1 .
(D) the portion of the real axis between the points (1, 0) (-1, 0) including both.
15. If z  2  min  z 1 , z  5  , where z is a complex number, then :
3 7 3 7 
(A) Re  z   (B) Re  z   (C) Re  z    ,  (D) None of the above
2 2 2 2 
16. If z1, z2, z3, ….,, zn-1 are the roots of the equation zn1  zn2  zn 3  ...  z 1  0 , where n  N , n > 2
and  is the cube root of unity, then :
(A) ωn ,ω2n are also the roots of the given equation
(B) 1/n , 2/n are also the roots of the given equation
(C) z1, z2, z3, ….,, zn-1 form a geometric progression
z r 1
zr
(D) a is variable for a > 0 and r = 1, 2, ….., n – 2
17. If A (z1), B(z2), C(z3) are the vertices of a triangle ABC inscribed in the circle |z| = 2. Internal angle
bisector of the angle A, meet the circumcircle again at D(z4), then :
z z zz zz
(A) z24  z2z3 (B) z4  2 3 (C) z4  1 2 (D) z4  1 3
z1 z3 z2

18. If z  2  i  z sin   arg z  , then locus of z is/an :
4 
(A) ellipse (B) circle (C) parabola (D) pair of straight lines
 z1  z 3 z  2
19. If z  2 and  , then z1, z2, z3 will be vertices of a/an :
z 2  z3 z  2
(A) equilateral triangle (B) acute angled triangle
(C) right angled triangle (D) None of the above
20. For the complex number z, the minimum value of z  z  cos   isin  is :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) None of the above
Paragraph for Questions 21 - 23
4 3 2
Let f ( x)  x  6 x  26 x  46 x  65. All the roots of f ( x)  0 are of the form ak  ibk for k  1, 2, 3, 4,
where i   1. Further ak and bk are all integers. Also   b1  b2  b3  b4 and   a1  a2  a3  a4 . If
set S is formed whose elements are all ai ' s and bi 's, then :
21. The value of    is equal to :
(A) 16 (B) 4 (C) 10 (D) 6.
22. Roots of the equation are :
(A)  1  2 i,  2  3 i (B) 2  2 i , 1  3 i (C)  2  2 i,  1  3 i (D) 1  2 i, 2  3 i .
23. Number of functions from set S  C , where C has 8 distinct element is :
(A) 84 (B) 88 (C) 85 (D) 86 .
MULTIPLE CORRECT ANSWERS TYPE
Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONE or MORE Choices may be Correct:
24. Let α  ei 2π / 11 , λ  α 6 , μ  α 7 ,β  α 2 . Then :
1
(A) 
Re    2   3   4   5    2
(B)      2   3  .....  9   10   0
(C)  i   i 2  i 3  ..... i 10   i (D) None of these

  αiα j  , is :
5
25. 1,  2 , 3 ,....100 are all the 100th roots of unity. The numerical value of
1i j100
100
(A) 20 (B) 0 (C) (20)1/20 (D)  αi
i1
26. If A and B respresent complex numbers z1 and z2 . P( z) is any complex number satisfying
z1  z2
z  k , (k  0) , then:
2
1
(A) Maximum area of (PAB )  k | z1  z2 |
2
(B) There are two possible positions of P on argand plane when area of PAB is maximum
1
(C) Area of PAB = constant   k | z1  z2 |  , for 4 possible positions of P.
 2 
(D) PAB is equilateral triangle of maximum area if 4k 2  3 | z1  z2 |2
  3
 4 , when z  z  2
27. Locus of z, if arg[z – (1+i)] =  , is :
  , when z  z  2
 4
(A) a pair of straight lines passing through (2, 0)
(B) a pair of straight lines passing through (2, 0), (1, 1)
(C) a line segment (D) a set of two rays

28. Let z  C and if A   z : arg  z     and B   z : arg  z  3  3i   2  . Then n  A  B is equal to :

 4  3 
99
(A) 1 (B)  ir (C) 3 (D) 0
r0
2 2 2
29. If z1, z2, z3 are complex numbers such that z1  z2  z3 1 then z1  z 2  z 2  z3  z3  z1 cannot
exceed :
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 5

30. Let f ( z ) be a polynomial function of a complex number z. On division by z  i, z  i and z 2  1 we

obtain remainder as ,  and g ( z ) , (,  C ) . Then :
z  1  1  iz
(A)   i and   1  i  g ( z )  i   1  (B)   i and   1  i  g ( z )   z   
2  2  2 2
 1 1  1  iz
(C)   i and   1  i  g ( z )  i  z    (D)   i and   1  i  g ( z )   z   
 2 2  2 2

31. If z1 = a1 + ib1 and z2 = a2 + ib2 are complex numbers such that z1  1, z2  2 and Re  z1z2   0 , then
ia 2
the pair of complex numbers 1  a1  and 2  2b1  ib 2 satisfy :
2
(A) 1  1 (B) ω2  2 (C) Reω1ω2   0 (D) Imω1ω2   0

32. If from a point P representing the complex number z1 on the curve |z| = 2, pair of tangents are drawn to
the curve |z| =1, meeting at point Q(z2) and R(z3), then :
z z z
(A) complex number 1 2 3 will lie on the curve |z| = 1
3
 4 1 1  4 1 1 
(B)          9
 z1 z2 z3   z1 z2 z3 
 z  2
(C) arg  2  
 z3  3
(D) orthocentre and circumcentre of PQR will coincide

33. The complex number satisfying z  z  z  z  2 and z  i  z  i  2 is / are :

(A) i (B) –i (C) 1+i (D) 1 –i
  z  3 3  π
34. If z is a complex number such that arg    , then the locus of z is :
 z  3 3  3
(A) |z – 3i| = 6 (B) |z – 3i| = 6, Im z> 0
(C) |z – 3i| = 6, Imz< 0 (D) Major arc of a circle
3 3
35.      cos  log i 
Value of sin log ii i
is :
8

ei
2πk
(A) 1 (B) –1 (C) (D) 2i
k1
9
1
36. If x6 = (4 – 3i)5, then the product of all of its roots is : (where θ  tan 3/ 4
(A) 55 cos π  5θ  sin  π  5θ (B) 55 cos5θ  isin5θ
(C) 55 cos5θ isin5θ (D) 55 cos5θ  isin5θ
37. If |z – 1| + |z + 3|  8, then the possible values of |z – 4| belongs to :
(A) (–9, 0) (B) [–9, –1] (C) [1, 9] (D) [5, 9]
2 
38. The possible values of parameter  for which | z  (  7  11 i) |  1 and arg z  is satisfied
2
for at least one z are :
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
5 2
39. If   1,   1, then log 3
1    2  3  is equal to :

1
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) min  x   , ( x  0)
 x
2
3n1
2 2 2r
40. If   cos
7
 i sin
7
and 
r 0
 32 then n is :
6 2πk

e
8 i
(A) 8 (B) 4 (C) loge e (D) 4 7

k 1
41. The number of roots of the equation z15 = 1 satisfying |arg z| < π / 2 are :
97

 ir
7
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D)
i r1
2 2
42. If z is a complex number satisfying z  z  2  0, then the possible value(s) of z  zsinθ . for all
values of θ, is(are) :
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 7
π π
43. If z n  cos  i sin for n = 1, 2, 3, …,k, then the value of lim z1z2 ....zk  is :
n  n  1n  2  n  n  1n  2  k
2πk 2 πk
98 98
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C)  e i 99 (D) e i 99

k 1 k 0
44. Complex number whose real and imaginary parts x and y are integers and satisfy the equation
3 x 2  | xy | 2 y 2  7  0
(A) do not exist (B) exist and have equal modulus
(C) form two conjugate pairs (D) do not form conjugate pairs

45. If all the three roots of az 3  bz 2  cz  d  0 have negative real parts, (a, b, c  R ) then
(A) ab  0 (B) bc  0 (C) ad  0 (D) bc  ad  0
46. If z1 , z2 and z3 are three complex numbers such that
| z1 |  | z2 |  | z3 | 1, then | z1  z2 |2  | z2  z3 |2  | z3  z1 |2 is strictly less than
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 12 (D) 18
47. If z1  a1  ib1 and z2  a2  ib2 are complex numbers such that | z1 | 1, | z2 | 2 and Re  z1 z2   0 then the pair
ia2
of complex numbers w1  a1  and w2  2b1  ib2 satisfy
2
(A) | w1 | 1 (B) | w2 | 2 (C) Re  w1w2   0 (D) Im  w1w2   2
48. For complex number z and w, if | z |2 w | w |2 z  z  w then
(A) z=w (B) zw  1 (C) z  w (D) zw  1
49. If z 3   3  2i  z    1  ia   0 has one real root, then the value of a lies in the interval  a R 
(A) (–2, 1) (B) (–1, 0) (C) (0, 1) (D) (–2, 3)

50.       
If p(x), q(x), r(x) and s(x) are polynomials such that p x 3  xq x 3  x 2 r x3  1  x  x 2 s  x  then 
(A) p(1) = s(1) (B) p(1) = r(1) (C) p(1) = 3s(1) (D) p(1) = 2r(1)

51. If the roots of the equation z 4   z 3    36  15i  z 2  mz  0 are the vertices of a square then    m can be
equal to
(A) 35  45i (B) 35  45i (C) 35  45i (D) 35  45i
52. Complex numbers z1 , z2 , z3 and z4 correspond to the points A, B, C and D, respectively, on a circle |z| = 1. If
z1  z2  z3  z4  0 , Then ABCD is necessarily
(A) a triangle (B) a square (C) a rhombus (D) a parallelogram
53. Two triangles having vertices as z1 , z2 , z3 and a, b, c are similar. Then
z1 z2 z3
(A) az1  bz2  cz3  0 (B)   0
a b c
(C) z1  b  c   z2  c  a   z3  a  b  0 (D) a  z2  z3   b  z3  z1   c  z1  z2   0
54. If k  R  0 , z is a complex number and k  | k  z 2 |  | z 2 | then the value (s) of arg z is/are
 
(A)  (B)  (C) (D) 
2 2
55. Let z1 and z2 be two complex numbers represented by points on the circle | z1 | 1 and | z2 | 2 , respectively.
Then
(A) max | 2 z1  z 2 |  4 (B) max | z1  z2 |  1
1
(C) z2  3 (D) None of these
z1
56. Equation of line through a and ib such that a, b  R and a, b  0 is
 1 1   1 1   1 i   1 i 
(A) z   z    1 (B) z    z    1
 2 a 2 ib   2 a 2ib   2 a 2 b   2 a 2 b
 1 i   1 i   1 i   1 i 
(C) 1 z   z    1 (D) z   z    1
 2a 2b   2a 2b   2a 2b   2a 2b 
57.  
w1 , w2 be roots of  a  c  z 2  b  b z   a  c   0 If | z1 |  | z2 |  1 , then
(A) | w1 | 1 (B) | w1 | 1 (C) | w2 | 1 (D) | w2 | 1
58. A complex number z satisfies the equation | Z 2  9 |  | Z 2 | 41 , then the true statements among the following are
(A) | Z  3 |  | Z  3 |  10 (B) | Z  3 |  | Z  3 | 8
(C) Maximum value of |Z| is 5 (D) Maximum value of |Z| is 6

59. Let a, b, c be distinct complex numbers with |a| = |b| = |c| = 1 and z1 , z2 be the roots of the equation
az 2  bz  c  0 with | z1 | 1 . Let P and Q represent the complex numbers z1 and z2 in the Argand plane with
POQ  , 0    180 (where O being the origin). Then
2 2
(A) b 2  ac;   (B) 
; PQ  3
3 3

(C) PQ  2 3; b2  ac (D)   ; b 2  ac
3
60. Let Z1  x1  iy1 , Z 2  x2  iy2 be complex numbers in fourth quadrant of argand plane and | Z1 |  | Z 2 |  1 ,
Re  Z1Z2  = 0. The complex number
Z 3  x1  ix2 , Z 4  y1  iy2 , Z5  x1  iy2 , Z 6  x2  iy1 , will always satisfy

(A) | Z 4 | 1 (B) arg  Z1Z 4   
2
Z5 Z6 2
(C) 
cos  arg Z1  sin  arg Z1 
is purely real (D)  
Z 32  Z 6 is purely imaginary

z 3 e i
61. If the imaginary part of i
 is zero, then z can lie on
e z3
(A) a circle with unit radius (B) a circle with radius 3 units
(C) a straight line through the point (3, 0) (D) a parabola with the vertex (3, 0)
6  z z 
62. If z1 , z2 , z3 are any three roots of the equation z 6   z  1 then arg  1 3  can be equal to
 z2  z3 
 
(A) 0 (B)  (C) (D) 
4 4
z3  z2
63. Let z1 , z2 , z3 are the vertices of ABC , respectively, such that is purely imaginary number. A square on
z1  z2
side AC is drawn outwardly. P  z4  is the centre of square, then
 z z   z z  
(A) | z1  z2 |  | z2  z4 | (B) arg  1 2   arg  3 2  
z 
 4 2z  z4  z2  2
 z z   z z 
(C) arg  1 2   arg  3 2   0 (D) z1 , z2 , z3 and z4 lie on a circle.
 z4  z2   z4  z2 
 MATRIX MATCH TYPE
Each of the following question contains statements given in two columns, which have to be matched. Statements in
Column 1 are labelled as (A), (B), (C) & (D) whereas statements in Column 2 are labeled as p, q, r, s & t. More than one
choice from Column 2 can be matched with Column 1.

64. If z 1  z  1  k then locus of z is :

Column 1 Column 2
(A) If k = 2 (p) Ellipse of eccentricity 2/3
(B) If k = 5 (q) No locus
(C) if 0 < k< 2 (r) Line segment
(D) If k = 3 (s) Ellipse of eccentricity 2/5

 z  1  i  
65. If arg  Then locus of z is :
 z   3  4i    
 
Column 1 Column 2
(A) Line segment (p) If   2
3
(B) Line ray (q) If   
(C) Major arc of a circle (r) If  

3
(D) Minor arc of a circle (s) If   0

66. If an equilateral triangle ABC with vertices at z1, z2 and z3 be inscribed in the circle |z| = 2 and again a
circle is inscribed in the triangle ABC touching the sides AB, BC and CA at D(z4), E(z5) and F(z6)
respectively :

Column 1 Column 2
(A) Then value of Re ( z z  z z  z z ) is equal to (p) 2
1 2 2 3 3 1

4 z1 (q) – 6
(B) If is equal to a (1  i 3 ) , then a is
z3

(C) The value of | z  z |2  | z  z |2  | z  z |2 is (r) 12

1 2 2 3 3 1

(D) If P is any point on incircle the value of DP2 + EP2 + FP2 is (s) 6

(t) –2
 NUMERICAL VALUE TYPE
This section has Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is a NUMERICAL/INTEGER VALUE.
For each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer. If the answer is a decimal numerical value,
then round-off the value to TWO decimal places.

2 64
67. The number of solution(s) of the equation z 2  z  z  5
 0 is ____________.
z
10 zz
68. If arg(z) < 0, then  arg   is equal to ____________.
π  2 
69. Let w, w is complex cube root of unity and P(z) is point on a circle |z| = 4 such that |z – 1| is maximum
and centroid of triangle formed by z, – w, – w is  then -7 Re() is____________.

70. If z is a complex number and the minimum value of | z |  | z  1 |  | 2 z  3 | is  and if

1
y  2[ x ]  3  3[ x   ] then find the value of ([ x  y]). (where [.] denotes the greatest integer
5
function).
71. The area of the region bounded by curves.
(i) | z  z1 |  | z  z3 |
(ii) | Re( z)  Re( z1 ) |  | Re( z)  Re( z3 ) |
(iii) | z  z2 |  | z  z1 |  | z1  z2 |
p
(where z1  1  i, z2  2  i, z3  3  3i) is , (p, q are co-prime) then find p  q .
q
2 2 k 2k 3k 4k
72. Let   cos  i sin and let Ak  x  y  p  w  f where x, y, p, w, f are
5 5
| A0 | 2  | A1 | 2  | A2 | 2  | A3 |2  | A4 | 2
points on the circle |z| = 1, then is equal to _______.
5
73. Let A, B, C be the set of complex numbers defined as A = {z: ||z + 2| – |z – 2|| = 2},
  z  1 
B = z : arg    and C = {z: arg (z – 1) = }, then n (ABC) is ______.
  z  2
6
74. Let z = (cos12  i sin 12  cos 48  i sin 48) , then Im(z) is equal to ____________.

3 2
75. If 8i z  12z  18z  27i  0, then 2 | z | is equal to ____________.

76. Given a, b, c are cube roots of q(q< 0), then for any value of x, y, z given by
a 2 x 2  b2 y 2  c 2 z 2
b2 x2  c 2 y 2  a2 z 2
   
 x12  2 y12    x 2    y 2    z 2   2  0, (where [.] denotes the greatest integer
     

function,  is cube root of unity, x1, y1 are positive integers and y1, is a prime number) then value of
[x2 + x1] + [y2 + y1] + [z2 + x12 + y12] – 10 is ____________.
 2  3  4 z 2
77. If   1 is a cube root of unity and z is a complex number such that |z| = 1 then = _____.
4  32 z  2 z
1
78. If z is a complex number such that z   2 then minimum value of | z | is____
z

79. If |z| = 1 and z 2 n  1  0 then

zn  z n is equal to _____.

z 2 n  1  z 2 n  1
80. Let A(z) and B  z1  be two variable points such that zz1  | z |2 .If the area enclosed by | z  z |  | z1  z1 |  10 is A
then the value of A / 8 is ____.
81. Sum of all the solutions of z  | z |  z 2 is ____.
2
82.
 
z i
 
Let z  x  iy and arg  e z  = arg e  . If y = f(x) is a function, then f(3) is equal to _____.
6
83. Let zi , i = 1, 2, …, 6 be the roots of z 6  z 4  2 then  | zi |4 is equal to____.
i 1
84. Difference between the square of the least and the square of the greatest values of |z|, where
z  ei 2  sin   cos    R  , is____.

85.  
The value of 4 4   4 , if   i,   0 is a root of z 5  1 , is____.

 1 
86. If zz  1 , then the value of  2   | 2  z |2  is ____.
 z 
| z  z  1 |
87. If 1  2| z 2 |  | z 2  1 |  2 | z  1 |2 , then the value of is ____.
2
2
88. Sum of all the solutions of z 2  | z |   z  is ____.
89. If the roots Z1 , Z 2 , Z3 of the equation Z 3  Z 2  mZ  1 = 0 lie on | Z | 1 and |  Z1  3  Z2  3  Z3  3 | 10
then  = ____.
 3 3z  1
90. Given | 3z1  2 z2  4 |2  | 3z1  1|2  | 2 z2  3 |2  z2    If cube roots of w  1 are w1 , w2 , w3 ; where
 2 2 z2  3
w22
(arg w1  arg w2  arg w3 ), then the value of is ____.
w1w3
91. Number of complex number z satisfying z 3  z is ____.
92. Let  and  be two complex numbers satisfying |   1  i | 1 and |   2  3i |  6 . Then the value of
6 |  |max  |  |max is ____.
1
93. Let z be a complex number such that 2 z   1 and arg(z) =  . Then minimum value of sin 2  is____.
z
94. Let AB and CD be parallel chords of the circle |z| = r. If z1 , z2 , z3 and z4 represent A, B, C and D, respectively,
75k
and z1 z2  kz3 z4 then equals ____.
4
95. The number of complex numbers which are conjugate of their own cube, is____.
96. If A z1  ; B  z2  ; C  z3  are the vertices of triangle such that
z2  iz1
z3  & | z1 |  3; | z2 |  4 & | z2  iz1 |  | z1 |  | z2 | then area of ABC is ___.
1 i