BASIC MATHEMATICS

SETS
1. Which of the following collections are sets? Justify your answer.
(i) The collection of all girls in your class.
(ii) The collection of all even integers.
(iii) The collection of beautiful girls of the world.

2. Write the following sets in set-builder form:

(i) A = {1, 4, 9, 16, …}
(ii) A = {5, 9, 13, 17, 21, …}
(iii) A = {14, 21, 28, 35, 42, …, 98}
(iv) A = {3, 6, 9, 12, …}

3. Write the following sets in tabular form (roster form) :

(i) A = {x : x is a natural number and 5 < x  26}
(ii) B = {x : x2 + x – 4 = 0}
(iii) C = {x : x = 2n – 1 < 20 and n  N}
 n 
(iv) D = x : x  , n  N
 n 1 

4. Match each of the sets on the left described in the roaster form with the same set on the right
described in the set-builder form:
(i) {H, A, R, Y, N } (a) {x : x is a natural number and a divisor of 18}
(ii) {L, I, T, E} (b) {x : x is a letter of the word HARYANA}
(iii) {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12} (c) {x : x is a letter of the word LITTLE }
(iv) {1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18} (d) {x : x is a natural number and is a divisor of 12}

5. Determine the empty sets and, singleton set in the following sets:
(i) A = {x : x2 = 2, x is a rational number}
(ii) B = {x : x > 0 and x2 = 25}

(iii) C = x : x 3  1  0 and x is an integer 
6. Find the number of subsets that can be formed from the set A  4, 5, 6 .

7. If A  {1, 2, {2, 3}, 4} , state which of the following statements are true?
(i)
(i) {2, 3}  A (iii) {2, 4}  A (v) {1, 2, 3}  A
(ii) {2, 3}  A (iv) {{2, 3}}  A

8. If S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {1, 2, 4, 6, 8}, B = {1, 3, 5, 7, 8}, C = {2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}. Then

verify that
(i) A – (B  C) = (A – B)  (A – C) (ii) A – C = A  C

9. If 63% of persons like orange where 76% like apples, what can be said about the % of persons
who like both oranges and apples?

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10. In a class of 25 students, 12 have taken mathematics, 8 have taken mathematics but not
biology. Find the number of students who have taken both mathematics and biology and the
number of those who have taken biology but not mathematics. Each student has taken either
mathematics or biology or both.

11. In a group of 1000 people, 750 can speak Hindi and 400 can speak Bengali. All the people
speak at least one of the two languages. How many can speak Hindi only?
(a) 400 (b) 500 (c) 600 (d) 300

12. A college awarded 38 medals in Football, 15 in Basketball and 20 in Cricket. If these medals
went to a total of 58 men and only three men got medals in all the three sports, how many
received medals in exactly two of the three sports?
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12

13. In a survey of 25 students, it was found that 15 had taken mathematics, 12 had taken
physics and 11 had taken chemistry, 5 had taken mathematics and chemistry, 9 had taken
mathematics and physics, 4 had taken physics and chemistry and 3 had taken all three
subjects. Find the number of students that had taken none of three subjects.
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 2

WAVY CURVE METHOD

14.  x  2 x  3  x  10   0 , holds for x 
(a) [2, 10] (b) [3, 1] [10, ) (c)  3, 2  [10,  ) (d) none of these

 x  1  0 , holds for x 
15.
 x  5  x  6 
(a)  , 5  (b)  , 6   5,1 (c) (5,1) (d) none of these

 x  1 x  2 x  3   0
16. If , holds for x 
 x  5  x  4 
(a)  ,5  (b) [2, 1)
(c)  2,1   4,5  (d) (, 3]  [2,1]   4,5 

17.  x  3 x  1 x  2 x  9   0 , holds for x 

(a) x   , 2   1,3  9,   (b) x   2,1
(c) x   3,9 (d) none of these

 x  1 x  4   0
18. , holds for x 
 x  3
(a) x   , 4  1,3  (b) 3,  (c)  4,1 (d) none of these

19. x2  16 , holds for x 

(a)  4,4 (b) x   , 4    4,   (c)  4,4 (d) none of these

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20.  x  1 2x  5   0 , holds for x 
5   5  5
(a)  ,1   ,  (b) 1,  (c) x  1,  (d) none of these
2   2  2

21.  x  1 3x  1  0 , holds for x 

 1 1   1
(a)  1,  (b) x   , 1   ,   (c)  1,  (d) none of these
 3 3   3

22.  2x  3 x  1 x  5   0 , holds for x 

 3  3  3
(a) 1,   5,   (b) 1,    3,   (c) x  1,   5,   (d) none of these
 2  2  2

23. x  x  3  x  1  0 , holds for x 

(a) x   , 3   0,1 (b)  3,0 (c) 1,  (d) none of these

24. x  x  1 x  3   0 , holds for x 

(a)  1,0   3,   (b)  1,0  3,   (c) x   1,0  3,   (d) none of these

25. x  2x  5  3x  2 x  9   0 , holds for x 

 2  5   2  5   2  5 
(a) x    ,0    ,9  (b)   ,0   ,9 (c)   ,0   ,9 (d) none of these
 3  2   3  2   3  2 

x  x  1 x  2 
26.  0 , holds for x 
x 5
(a)  , 5    1,0  2,   (b)  , 5   1,0    2,  
(c) x   , 5    1,0    2,   (d) none of these

27. x2  17  0 , holds for x 


(a) x  ,  17    17,   
(b) x   17, 17 
(c) x    17, 17  (d) none of these

 
28. x x 2  5x  6  0 , holds for x 
(a) x   , 1  2,3  (b) x   ,0   2,3 (c) x   ,0    2,3  (d) none of these

  
29. x2  5x  6 x2  3x  2  0 , holds for x 

 5  5
(a) x   ,    1,2   6,   (b) x   ,    1,2  6,  
 2  2
 5 
(c) x   ,  1,2   6,   (d) none of these
 2 

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30. x3  5x2  4x  0 , holds for x 
(a)  4, 1   0,   (b) x   4, 1   0,   (c) x   4, 1  0,   (d) none of these

31.  x  2 3  x   0 , holds for x 

(a) x   2,3 (b) x   2,3 (c)  2,3 (d) none of these

 x  1 x  25  x   0
32. , holds for x 
 2x  5 
 5  5 
(a)  ,   5,   (b) x   ,   1,2  5,  
 2  2 
 5
(c)  ,    5,   (d) none of these
 2
 2x  3 7x  25  3x   0 , holds for x 
33.
3  x 
 2   3 5   2 3
(a) x   ,    ,    3,   (b) x    , 
 7  2 3  7 2
5 
(c) x   ,3  (d) none of these
3 

 x  1 x  x 2  4 
34.  0 , holds for x 
x7
(a)  , 7    2,0   1,2 (b) x   , 7   2,0  1,2
(c) x   , 7    2,0  1,2 (d) none of these

x 2  5x  6
35.  0 , holds for x 
x 2  3x  2
(a) x   2, 1  2,3 (b) x   , 2   1,2  3,  
(c)  2,3  (d) none of these

x 1
36.  2 , holds for x 
x4
(a) x   9, 4 (b)  9, 4  (c) (, 9) (d)  , 9
1 3
37.  , holds for x 
x 2 x 3
 9   9   9 
(a)  , 2  3,   (b) x    , 2    3,   (c)  , 2   3,   (d) none of these
 2   2   2 

x 2  3x  2
38.  1 , holds for x 
x 2  3x  2
(a)  2, 1 (b)  2, 1 (c) x   , 2   1,0 (d) none of these

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39. 3x2  7x  4  0 , holds for x 
4   4  4
(a) x   ,   (b) x  1,  (c)  ,1 (d) x  1, 
3   3  3

40. 3x2  7x  6  0 , holds for x 

 2   2
(a) x    ,3  (b) x   ,   (c) x  3,   (d) none of these
 3   3

41. x2  3x  5  0 , holds for x 

(a) x   (b) x   ,    5 (c) x   ,   or x  R (d) none of these

3
42. 2
 1 , holds for x 
x  x 1
(a) x   1,2 (b) x   1,2 (c) x   , 1 (d) x   2,  

43. x2  4x  3  0 , holds for x 

(a) x   ,1   3,   (b) x  1,3  (c) x   ,1  3,   (d) none of these

44. x3  6x2  11x  6  0 , holds for x 

(a) x   ,1   2,3  (b) x  1,2 (c) x   3,   (d) none of these

3x  2
45.  2, x  1 , holds for x 
x 1
(a) x   ,0  1,   (b) x  0,1 (c) x   0,1 (d) none of these

x 2  x  12
46.  2 , holds for x 
x 2  3x  3
(a) x   , 1  6,   (b) x   , 1   6,   (c) x   1,6 (d) none of these

x 2  6x  11
47.  1 , holds for x 
x3
(a) x  1,   (b) x   8, 3 (c) x   , 8    3,1 (d) none of these
x 1 x 3
48.  , holds for x 
4x  5 4x  3
 5 3  5 3  5 3
(a) x    ,  (b) x    ,  (c) x    ,  (d) none of these
 4 4  4 4  4 4
49. 3x2  11x  2  0 , holds for x 

(a) x   ,

1  97 

  11  97 11  97 
(b) x   ,
 
 6   6 6 
 
11  97 
(c) x   ,   (d) none of these
 6 

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  3  x  2x  1 x  4 2  0 holds are given by:
50. All x for which
 x  12  x  23
 1
(a) x   ,    2,   (b) x   2,3  4,  
 2
 1  1
(c) x   ,    2,3 (d)  ,    2,3  4
 2  2
51. x 2  x  2 x  1
3
x 2

1  0 .
(a) x   , 2  1,   (b) x   2,1 (c) x   2,1 (d) none of these
x 2  x  1
3
 x  2  0
52. .
x 3
(a) x   2,1 (b) x   , 2  1,3  (c) x   3,   (d) none of these
53. x2  2x  1  0
(a) x   (b) x  R (c) all x  1 (d) none of these
54. x2  4  4x
(a) all x (b) x   (c) x  R; x  2 (d) none of these
2
55. x  9  6x
(a) x   (b) x  3 (c) x  R (d) none of these

56.  x  1 x  2 x  3  0

2

(a) x   ,   (b) x  1,2

(c) x   ,1   2,3    3,   (d) none of these
57.  x  1 x  3 x  4  0
2

(a) x   1,3 (b) x   , 1  3,  

(c) x   (d) none of these

58.
 x  1 x  2
2
0
 x  4
(a) x   4,1 (b) x   4,1 (c) x   4,1 (d) none of these

59.  x  1  x  54  x  113  x  2  0

3

(a) x  1,2 (b) x   , 1 (c) x   1,1   2,   (d) none of these

 x  1 x  8  x  6 2  x  5 4  0
60.
 x  32  x  1
(a) x   , 1  1,3    3,5   5,6    6,8  (b) x   1,8
(c) x   1,1 (d) none of these
x3  x2  x  1
61. 0.
x8
(a) x   8,1 (b) x   8,1 (c) x  1,   (d) none of these

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62.  x.
1 x
(a) x  1,2 (b) x   ,1   2,  (c) x  1,2 (d) none of these

x4
63. 2
 0.
4x  4x  3
 1 3  1 3  1 3 
(a) x    ,  (b) x    ,  (c) x   ,     ,4  (d) none of these
 2 2  2 2  2  2 

x 2  2x  3
64.  3 .
x2  4x  3
 3  3
(a) x  1,  (b) x  1, 
 2  2
3 
(c) x   ,1   ,2    3,   (d) none of these
2 
 x  1 x  1 x  2  0
65. .
 
x 2  3x  2  x  5 
(a) x   5, 1 (b) x   5,  2   2,  1   1,1
(c) x   5,1 (d) none of these

66. x 2  9  0 & x 2  3x  2  0
(a)  , 3   3,   (b) x   3,3 (c) x   (d) none of these

67. 2x  7  5  x & 11  5x  1
(a)  4,  (b)  4,  (c)  ,4 (d) none of these

68. 2x 1  3 & 3x  2  5 & 5x  4  10

 7  14   7 14 
(a) x   ,    ,   (b)  , 
 3  5  3 5 
 7 14 
(c) x   ,  (d) none of these
3 5 
x
69. x 2  3x  2  0 & 0
x 1
(a) x   (b)  1,0  (c)  1,0 (d) none of these

70. x 2  9  0 & x 2  6x  8  0
(a) 3,4 (b)  ,3   4,   (c)  3,4  (d) none of these
x 1 6x 1
71.  & 
2x  1 4 4x  1 2
 1
(a) x  R    (b)  (c) x  R (d) none of these
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(a) 2,3 (b)  0,2  3,4  (c) 0,2   3,4 (d) none of these

73. 6x 2  7x  3  0 & 2x 2  7x  4  0
1  1 
(a)  ,4  (b)  ,4 (c)  4,  (d) none of these
3  3 

LAWS OF INEQUALITY
74. If 4  x2  16 then x belongs to
(a) [4, –2) (2,4] (b) (2, 4] (c) [4, 4] (d) none of these

75. If 4  x 2  16 then x 
(a) [4, 2) (2,4] (b) (2, 4] (c) [4, 4] (d) none of these

76. If 4  x 2  1 then x 
(a) [2, 1] (b) [2, 1] (c) [2, 2] (d) 

77. If x2  16 then x 
(a)  4,  (b)  , 4  (c)    4    4,   (d) none of these

78. If x2  16 then x 
(a)  4,4 (b) (4, 4) (c) [0, 4] (d) none of these

79. If x2  0 then x 
(a)  ,   (b)  ,0    0,   (c)  0,  (d) 

80. If 2  x 4  16 then x 
(a) 21/4 ,2 (b)  2,2
 
(c)  21/4 ,21/4  (d)  2, 21/4   21/4 ,2
     

81. If 8  x3  5 then x 
(a)  (b)  2,2 (c)   2,51/3
  (d)  2,51/3 
 

82. If 27  x5  2 then x 

(a)  271/5 , 21/5  (b) 271/5 ,21/5  (c)  (d) none of these
   
1
83. If 3   2 then x 
x
 1 1   1  1   1   1 
(a)  ,  (b)   ,    ,   (c)  ,    ,   (d) none of these
 3 2  3  2   3  2 

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84. If  2 then x 
x2
 1 1 
(a)  ,  2    2,    1   1 
(b)  ,    ,  
 2  2 
(c)  ,
 2 2
 (d) 

1
85. If  3 then x 
x2
 1   1   1 1   1   1 
(a)  ,0    0,  (b)  ,  (c)  ,  ,  (d) none of these
 3   3  3 3  3  3 

1
86. If  8 then x 
x3
 1   1 
(a)  ,0  (b) (-2, 0) (c)  2,   (d)  , 
 2   2

1
87. If  27 then x 
x3
 1   1   1 
(a)  ,  (b)  0,  (c)  ,    0,   (d)  ,
 3  3  3 

1
88. If  27 then x 
x3
 1   1   1 
(a)  ,  (b)  0,  (c)  ,    0,   (d)  3 ,0 
 3  3  

MODULUS
89. If |x| 5 then x is equal to
(a) 0 (b) x   (c) 5 (d) none of these

90. If |x| 2 then x is equal to

(a) x  R (b)  (c) 2 (d) none of these

91. If |x  1| 3 then x is equal to

(a) –4, 2 (b) x   (c) 4, –2 (d) none of these

92. If |2x  5| 1 then x is equal to

(a) 2, 3 (b) 4, 1 (c)–2, –3 (d) none of these
2
93. If |2x  x  3| 1 then x is equal to
(a) x  R (b) x  1,2 (c)  (d) none of these
2
94. If |5x  3| 2 then x is equal to
2 1 1
(a) 2,  (b) 3,  (c) 1,  (d) none of these
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95. If |x| 2 then x is equal to
(a) (, 2)  (2, ) (b) x   (c) x   2,2 (d) none of these

96. If |x  1| 3 then x is equal to

(a) x   2,4 (b) x  2,4 (c) (, 2)  (4, ) (d) none of these

97. If |x  2| 1 then x is equal to

(a) x   ,1  3,   (b) x   (c) (1, 3) (d) none of these

98. If |4  3x| 1/2 then x is equal to

7 3  7 3  7 3
(a)  ,  (b) x   ,    ,   (c)  ,  (d) none of these
 6 2  6 2  6 2
x4
99. If  1 then x is equal to
x2
(a) (, 3] (b) x   (c) x   3,   (d) none of these
100. If |x 2  4x| 5 then x is equal to
(a) x   1,5 (b) x   1,5 (c) (1,5) (d) none of these

101. If |2x  7||5|then x 

(a)  6, 1 (b)  6,   (c)  , 6  (d)  6, 

102. If 2x  1  5 then x 
(a)  3, 2 (b)  3, 2 (c) R (d) 
103. |x| 3x  5 then x 
5 5
(a) (b)  (c) (d) none of these
2 2
104. x 2  |x  1| 1 then x 
(a) 0, 1 (b) 0 (c)1 (d) none of these
2
105. |x  x  6| x  2 then x 
(a) –2, 2, 4 (b) –2 (c) 4 (d) none of these

106. x 2  2|x| 3  0 then x 

(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) none of these
x 2  |x| 12
107.  2x then x 
x 3
(a) (,3) (b) 3 (c)  4,  (d) none of these
x 1
108. |x  1|
2
1  1  1
(a) x   ,3  (b) x  ,3 (c)  ,   3,   (d) none of these
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(a) (2, 5) (b) (2, 3) (c) (5, 5) (d) none of these

 
2
110. If x satisfies x2  5x  6  5|x2  5x  6| 6  0 , then x is

5  13 5  3
(a) x   (b) 1, 4, (c) 1, 4, (d) none of these
2 2

111. |x 2  4x  3| 2x  5  0
(a) 4,1  3 (b) 4, 1  3 (c) 4, 1  3 (d) none of these

112. |x 2  1|  x  1  0 then x =
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) none of these

113. x 2  |3x  2|  x  0
(a) (, 2  2]  [1  3, ) (b) x  

(c) x  2,  2,1  3  (d) none of these
1
114. If  x  1  x  1  then x is equal to
2
1 1 1 1 1
(a) (b) 1  (c) 1  (d) , 1 
2 2 3 2 2
115. If x2  5 x  4  0 then x is given by (x is real)
5  10
(a) x   3, 7  (b) x   (c) x  (d) x   3 or 7
  2
x 2  |x| 2
116. The inequality  2 holds only if
2|x|  x 2  2
2 2
(a) 1  x   (b)  x 1
3 3
2 2
(c) – 1 < x < 1 (d) 1  x   or  x  1
3 3

GREATEST INTEGER FUNCTION & FRACTIONAL PART OF x

117. If [x]=3.9 then
(a) x    3 (b) x   (c) x  R (d) none of these

118. If [x]  3.9 then

(a) x  4 (b) x   (c) x   4,   (d) none of these

119. If [x]  3.9 then

(a) x  4 (b) x   ,4  (c) x  4 (d) none of these
120. If 2.1  [x]  5 then
(a) 3  x  5 (b) x  3,5 (c) x   3,5 (d) none of these

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(a) x  9, 5 (b) 9  x  5 (c) x   8, 4  (d) none of these

122. If [ x ]  3 then
(a) 9  x  16 (b) x   ,9  16, 
(c) x   ,9   16,   (d) none of these

123. If [x 2 ]  5 then


(a) x   6,  5    5, 6  (b) x    6,  5   5, 6 

(c) x    6,  5  [ 5, 6) (d) none of these

124. If [x]  [x]  0 then

(a) x   (b) x  I (c) x  I (d) none of these

125. If  x2  3 x  2  0 then

(a) 1,3  (b) 1,3  (c) [1,3) (d) none of these

126. If [x]2  3[x]  2  0 then

(a) 1  x  3 (b)1  x  3 (c)1  x  3 (d) none of these

127. [x]2  9 then

(a) x  3  x  4 (b) x  3  x  4 (c) x  3  x  4 (d) none of these

128. [|x|]  3 then

(a)  4, 3   3,4  (b)  4, 3   3,4 (c) (4,  3]  [3,4) (d) none of these

129. If  x   x   x     3, where [ ] denotes greatest integer function, then x 

(a) x = 2 (b) x  [1,2) (c) x  1,2 (d) x

130. All the solutions to  x   x   x     9   x  , where [ ] & { } denote integral part & fractional
part of x respectively, are given by
(a) x  1,6  (b) x   1,4 (c) x   2,5  (d) x   2,3

131. The equation x    x   {  x}  0 is satisfied by ([ ] denotes greatest integer function

&   fraction part function)
(a) only non integral values of x (b) only integral values of x
(c) all the real values of x (d) no real value of x.

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132. Write the following in logarithmic form:
1
(i) 35  243 (ii) 82  (iii) 105  0.00001
64
1 1/3
(iv) 95/2  (v) 125  0.2 (vi) 43/2  8
243

133. Express each of the following in exponential form:

1
(i) log3 243  5 (ii) log2    3 (iii) log5 25  2
8
(iv) log2 64  6 (v) log10 1000  3 (vi) log10 0.0001  4
(vii) log10 .01  2
134. Find the value of each of the following:
(i) log6 216 (ii) log5 125 (iii) log 4 128
 1 
(iv) log9   (v) log10 .001 (vi) log 3 2
324
 243 
(vii) log 5 625 (viii) log10 1000000 (ix) log 2 0.015625
(x) log  tan  0.25  (xi) log 2  log 3 81
135. Find x, if
(i) log2 x  3 (ii) log x 0.001  3 (iii) log0.4 0.0256  x
 1 
(iv) log x 9  2 (v) log2    x (vi) log 2
x4
 16 
(vii) log 1 27 3  x (viii) log0.2 x  3
9
136. Which of the following is a valid logarithmic form:
(i) log 3 2 (ii) log 2  8  (iii) log1 25
(iv) log25 1 (v) log 10 100 (vi) log10 0.0001
(vii) log0 0 (viii) log 5  125
137. If the logarithm of 81 is 3, find the base of the logarithm.
log 2 2 512  a
138. If , find loga 216 .
139. If loga 32  10 , find log8 a .
140. If log10 y  x , find the value of 102x in terms of y.
141. If log3 y  x & log2 z  x , find 72x in terms of y & z.
log2 log2  log2 16  1
142. Show that .
 2

143. If log 2 x  4x  5  0 , then show that x  2.
144. Prove that log 2 3 is an irrational number.
145. Given log10 x  a , and log10 y  b ,
(i) Write down 10a 1 in terms of x.
(ii) Write down 102b in terms of y.

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 (iii) If log P  2a  b , express P in terms of x & y.
146. Prove the followings:
1
(i) log 25  2log 3  log18  1
2
75
(ii) log  2log 5  log 3  2log 2  log 7
28
16 25 81
(iii) log 2  16 log  12log  7 log 1
15 24 80
35
(iv) log  log 7  log 5  log 2  log 3  log13
78
11 130 55
(v) 2log  log  log  log 2
13 77 91
42
(vi) log  log 2  log 3  log 7  log 5  log11
55
2 7 11 7 3
(vii) 5 log  4 log  5 log  log  4 log 0
7 3 2 11 11
9 35 15
(viii) log  log  log 0
14 24 16

147. Simplify the followings:

1 1 75 5 32
(i) log 9  2log 6  log 81  log12 (ii) log  2log  log
2 4 16 9 243
1 1 16 25 81
(iii) log 4  log 81  3 log 2  log 6  2 (iv) 7 log  5 log  3 log
2 4 15 24 80

148. Evaluate the followings:

1
(i) 2log 5  log 8  log 4 (ii) 2 log 15  log 36  log 9  2 log 3
2
10
(iii) log 15  2 log 0.5  3 log 2  log 3  log 5 (iv) log 3
10
(v) log 21  log 4  2log5  log 3  log 7 (vi) log4 log3 81 .

149. Solve the followings:

(i) 2log x  log  3x  2  0 (ii) log  3x  2  log  3x  2  5 log 2
(iii) log x 3  log x 9  log x 729  9
(iv) log 3  3  x   log 3  8  x   log 3  9x  8   2  log 3 9
3log x  2log x  2
log x  1
 3
log x  1
(v) log  2x  1  log  2x  1  1 (vi)

150. Find x if
1
2
 
log10 11  4 7  log10  2  x  .

151. If x  log2a a, y  log 3a 2a,z  log 4a 3a , show that xyz  1  2yz.

ab 1
152. If a3  b3  ab 8  3a  3b , show that log   log a  log b  .
2 3

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153. Given log 2  0.3010,log 3  0.4771 , find the value of:
2
(i) log (ii) log 0.5
27
154. If a  1  log10 2  log10 5, b  2log10 3 & c  log10 m  log5 5 , find the value of m if a  b  2c .

155. If a, b, c, d are any four positive numbers, prove that logb a  logc b  logd c  logd a .

log e x log e y log e z

156. If   , show that:
bc ca a b
(i) xyz  1 (ii) x a y b z c  1 (iii) x b  c y c  a z a  b  1
157. Show that x log y  log z y log z  log x z log x  log y  1

21
158. Solve: log 2 x  log 4 x  log16 x  .
4

159. If a, b, c are three consecutive natural numbers, then show that log 1  ac   2log b.

160. Prove that

(i) log3 11 log1113  log13 15  log15 27  3
1 1 1
(ii)    2.
log xy xyz log yz xyz log zx xyz

xy 1
161. If log     log x  log y  , show that x  y.
 2  2
n
162. If log  m  n   log m  log n , show that m  .
n 1
1 1 1
163. Given that log a x  ,log b x  ,log c x  find logabc x.
  
a
164. If a 2x 3b2x  a 6  x b5x , prove that 3 log a  x log .
b
165. Find the value of x if  log e 2  log x 625    log10 16  log e 10  .

166. Find the value of

2
(i) log10 5 log10 100  

(ii) log 2 log 2 log 2 log 2  65536  


(iii) log 4 log 2  log 2  log 3 81  
log 7 49 log 2401 49
167. Find the value of  .
log 6 17 log 36 17
1 1 1
168. If loga bc  x,logb ca  y,logc ab  z , prove that    1.
x 1 y 1 z 1
169. If x  1  loga bc, y  1  logb ca and z  1  logc ab prove that xyz  xy  yz  zx.
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170. The number of solution of log 4  x  1  log 2  x  3  is:
(a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 0
171. If 7

log 7 x2  4x  5 
 x  1 then x may have values:
(a) 2, 3 (b) 2, 3 (c) 0, 1 (d) none of these
 
172. If  log x 2 log x 16 2  log  x 64 2, then x is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) none of these

 
173. log 3 x 3  x 2  x  1  log 3  x  1  log 3  x  1  2, then x is equal to
(a) 1 (b) –1 (c) 10 (d) none of these

 
174. If 2log  x  1  log x 2  1  log 2 , then x 
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 3

175. If log 1  x  1  log 2  2x  3  then x

2
 1   1   1 
(a)  ,0  (b)  ,   (c)  ,  (d) none of these
 2   2   2

176. If 1  log1/5 x  2 then x 

1   1   1 
(a) x   ,5  (b) x    ,5  (c) x   ,5  (d) none of these
5   5   25 

177. If log0.09 (x  2) > log0.3 (x  2), then x lies in the interval

1
(a) (3,  ) (b) (2, 3) (c) (–1, 0) (d) 
2

MISCELLANEOUS ASSIGNMENT
1. If n  A  B   60, n  A  B   10 and n  A   40 . Then n  B  .
(a) 30 (b) 60 (c)90 (d)120
2. If n  A   300, n  B   200 and n  A  B  400 . Then n  A  B  .
(a) 100 (b)200 (c)300 (d)400

3. If a set A contains n distinct elements, then the number of elements in power set A.
(a) 3n elements (b) 4n elements (c) 2n elements (d) none of these

4. If A and B are any two sets and n  A  B   n  A   n  B  . Then the value of n  A  B  .

(a) one (b) two (c)three (d) zero

5. Set A and set B have 3 and 6 elements respectively, then what would be the minimum number
of elements in A  B .
(a) 2 (b) 8 (c)6 (d)12
6. If A and B are two sets such that n  A   17, n  B   23 & n  A  B  38 . Find n  A  B  .

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 (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

7. Out of 800 boys in a school, 224 played cricket, 240 played hockey and 336 played basketball.
Out of the total, 64 played both basketball and hockey, 80 played cricket and basketball and
40 played cricket and hockey, 24 played all the three games. Find the number of boys who
did not play any game.
(a) 160 (b)170 (c)180 (d)190

8. In a group of people 50 speak both English and Hindi and 30 people speak English but not
Hindi. All the people speak at least one of the two language, then the number of people who
speak English.
(a) 20 (b) 60 (c) 40 (d) 80

9. In a group of 60 persons each takes at-least one of coffee or tea. If 20 of them take tea but not
coffee and 35 take tea, then the number of persons who take coffee but not tea.
(a) 25 (b) 50 (c) 75 (d)none of these

10. Two finite sets have m and n elements, the number of subsets of the first set is 112 more
than that of the second set, then the value of m, n.
(a) 7, 4 (b) 4, 7 (c) 3, 4 (d) 4, 3

11. A survey of 2000 people shows that 1720 people like Maruti car and 1450 people like
Hyundai car. Then the least number of people that must have liked both the cars.
(a) 1140 (b)1150 (c)1160 (d) 1170

 x  151  x  1 x  420  x  3400 0

12.
 x  8  2x  3 x  6 2
 8  8
(a) x   8, 4   4, 1  1,  (b) x   8, 4   4, 1  1, 
 2  2
 8
(c) x   8, 4   4, 1  1,  (d) none of these
 2
13. x3  7x2  14x  8  0 , holds for x 
(a)  8,1  2,4 (b) x   ,1  2,4  (c) x   ,1   2,4  (d) none of these
1 5
14.   1 , holds for x 
2 x 2 x
(a) x   , 2   2,   (b) x   8, 2   2,   (c) x   8, 2  2,   (d) none of these

x3  6x2  11x  6
15.  0 , holds for x 
x3  6x2  11x  6
(a) R (b) R  { 3,2,3}
(c)  , 3    2, 1  1,2   3,   (d)  , 3   2,2   3,  

x 2  4x  7 2
16. 2
 , holds for x 
x  7x  12 3
(a) x   3,1   3,4  (b) x   3,1   3,4 (c) x   3,1  3,4 (d) none of these

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17.  1  x , holds for x 
x3
(a) x   4, 3  1,   (b) x   4, 3  1,   (c) x   4, 3  1,   (d) none of these

18.  x  1 3  x  x  2  0 , holds for x 

2

(a) x   1,3 (b) x   1,3 (c) x   1,3 (d) none of these

2x  5 1
19. 2
 , holds for x 
x  6x  7 x  3
(a) x   , 1   3,7  (b) x   , 1  3,7
(c) x   8, 1   3,7  (d) none of these

x 3  2x 2  5x  6
20.  0 , holds for x 
x 2
(a) x   , 2  1,2   3,   (b) x   ,  2  1,2   3,  
(c) x   (d) none of these

x  x  1 x  3  5  x  x  2  0
21.  0&
 x  4  x  8
(a)  1,0    3,5    8,   (b)  1,0   3,5
(c)  1,0  3,5   8,   (d) none of these

22. x 2  4x  3  2x  5  0 , holds for

(a) x  4,1  3 (b) x  4, 1  3 (c) x  4,1  3 (d) none of these

x2  5x  4
23.  1, holds for
x2  4
8 5 8 5 8 5
(a) x  0,  ,  (b) x  0, ,  (c) x  0, , (d) none of these
5 2 5 2 5 2

24. If 6x 2  5x  1  5x  6x 2  1 , then determine x.

(a) x  R (b) x  2 (c) x   (d) none of these

25. If [x  5]  1.1 , where [ ] denotes greatest integer function, then x 

(a)  , 4  (b)  , 1 (c)  , 3  (d) none of these

26. If 2x  3  3.1 , where [ ] denotes greatest integer function, then x 

(a) 0,  (b)  ,0  (c) 1,  (d) R

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(a) [6,0) (b) [6, 2] (c) (6, 2) (d) [6, 2)

28. If  x   x   x     3, where [ ] denotes greatest integer function, then x 

(a) x = 2 (b) x  [1,2) (c) x  1,2 (d) x  

29. log a x.log b y  log b x.log a y . The statement is:

(a) false (b) true (c) true iff a = b (d) true iff x = y

30. Logarithm of 325 4 to the base 2 2 is

(a) 5.6 (b) 5 (c) 3.6 (d) none of these

31. If log4 5  a & log5 6  b , then log 3 2 is equal to

1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) 2ab  1 (d)
2a  1 2b  1 2ab  1

32. If a 2  4b2  12ab , then log  a  2b  is

1 a b
(a) log a  log b  log 2 (b) log  log  log 2
2 2 2
1 1
(c) log a  log b  4 log 2 (d) log a  log b  4 log 2
2 2

33. If x  log a  bc  , y  log b  ca  ,z  log c  ab  , then which of the following is equal to 1

1 1 1
(a) x  y  z (b) 1  x   1  y   1  z 
(c) xyz (d) one of these

34. If log12 27  a , then log6 16 

3a 3a 3a
(a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (d) none of these
3a 3a 3a

35. If log 3
5  a and log 3
2  b , then log 3
300 
(a) 2  a  b  (b) 2  a  b  1 (c) 2  a  b  2 (d) a  b  4

 

36. The value of log P  log P
PPP
.................. P  is
PP

  
 n times 
(a) P n (b) P  n (c) n (d) n

37. If log 5
x  log 51/3 x  log 51/4 x  .... up to 7 terms = 35, then the values of x is equal to

(a) 5 (b) 5 2 (c) 5 3 (d) 5 4

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38. Solution set of log x 2.log2x 2  log 4x 2 is


(a) 2 2
,2 2
 1 
(b)  ,2
2 
1
4

(c)  ,22 

1 
(d)  ,3
4 
 log a b.log b c.log c d 
39. Value of a is:
(a) a (b) abcd (c) d (d) none of these

 16   256 1/3 
40. The simplified value of log  :
 6   448 1/4 
 
1 43
(a) log 2 (b) log 2 (c) 3log 2 (d) none of these
6 6
log 9 3 log 2 4 log x 83
41. The value of x satisfying the equation 4 9  10 is:
(a) 83 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) none of these

42. If loga x  0.3 & loga 3  0.4 , then log3 x is:

3 4
(a) 0.12 (b) 0.7 (c) (d)
4 3

43. If log7 2  m , then the value of log 49 28 is

1 2
(a) 2 1  2m  (b) 1  2m  (c) (d) 1  m
2 1  2m

1 1 1
44.   is equal to
log xy xyz log yz xyz log zx xyz
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) log x xyz

45. The value of log 3 2

5832 is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 5

46. xlog y log z  .ylog z log x  .zlog x log y  is equal to

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) none of these
47. The equation log e x  log e1  x   0 can be written as
(a) x2  x  e  0 (b) x2  x  1  0 (c) x2  x  e  0 (d) x2  x  1  0
log a x
48. is equal to
log ab x
(a) 1  log a b (b) 1  log b a (c) 1  log a b (d) 1  log b a

 
49. The value of log7 log7 7 7 7  is
 
(a) 3 log 2 7 (b)1  3 log7 2 (c)1  3 log 2 7 (d) 3 log7 2

 x2 
50. If x  2 , then the value of log 4 
 4 
 2log 4 4x 4 is  
 
(a) 2 (b) –4 (c) –6 (d)none of these
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