Complex Numbers

502 Questions
2013 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 2 Offline
Let $S = {S_1} \cap {S_2} \cap {S_3}$, where ${S_1} = \left\{ {z \in C:\left| z \right| < 4} \right\},{S_2} = \left\{ {z \in C:{\mathop{\rm Im}\nolimits} \left[ {{{z - 1 + \sqrt 3 i} \over {1 - \sqrt 3 i}}} \right] > 0} \right\}$ and ${S_3} = \left\{ {z \in C:{\mathop{\rm Re}\nolimits} z > 0} \right\}\,$.

Area of S =

A.
${{10\pi } \over 3}$
B.
${{20\pi } \over 3}$
C.
${{16\pi } \over 3}$
D.
${{32\pi } \over 3}$
2013 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 1 Offline
Let complex numbers $\alpha \,and\,{1 \over {\overline \alpha }}\,$ lie on circles ${\left( {x - {x_0}} \right)^2} + \,\,{\left( {y - {y_0}} \right)^2} = {r^2}$ and $\,{\left( {x - {x_0}} \right)^2} + \,\,{\left( {y - {y_0}} \right)^2} = 4{r^2}$ respextively. If ${z_0} = {x_0} + i{y_0}$ satisfies the equation $2{\left| {{z_0}} \right|^2}\, = {r^2} + 2,\,then\,\left| a \right| = $
A.
${1 \over {\sqrt 2 }}$
B.
${1 \over 2}\,$
C.
${1 \over {\sqrt 7 }}$
D.
${1 \over 3}$
2013 JEE Advanced MSQ
JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 2 Offline

Let $\omega=\frac{\sqrt{3}+i}{2}$ and $P=\left\{\omega^n: n=1,2,3, \ldots\right\}$. Further

$\mathrm{H}_1=\left\{z \in \mathrm{C}: \operatorname{Re} z<\frac{1}{2}\right\}$ and

$\mathrm{H}_2=\left\{z \in \mathrm{C}: \operatorname{Re} z<\frac{-1}{2}\right\}$, where C is the

set of all complex numbers. If $z_1 \in \mathrm{P} \cap \mathrm{H}_1, z_2 \in$ $\mathrm{P} \cap \mathrm{H}_2$ and O

represents the origin, then $\angle z_1 \mathrm{O} z_2=$

A.
${\pi \over 2}$
B.
${\pi \over 6}\,$
C.
${{2\pi } \over 3}$
D.
${{5\pi } \over 6}$
2012 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2012
If $z \ne 1$ and $\,{{{z^2}} \over {z - 1}}\,$ is real, then the point represented by the complex number z lies :
A.
either on the real axis or a circle passing through the origin.
B.
on a circle with centre at the origin
C.
either on real axis or on a circle not passing through the origin.
D.
on the imaginary axis.
2012 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2012 Paper 1 Offline
Let z be a complex number such that the imaginary part of z is non-zero and $a\, = \,{z^2} + \,z\, + 1$ is real. Then a cannot take the value
A.
- 1
B.
${1 \over 3}$
C.
${1 \over 2}$
D.
${3 \over 4}$
2011 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2011
If $\omega ( \ne 1)$ is a cube root of unity, and ${(1 + \omega )^7} = A + B\omega \,$. Then $(A,B)$ equals :
A.
(1 ,1)
B.
(1, 0)
C.
(- 1 ,1)
D.
(0 ,1)
2011 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2011
Let $\alpha \,,\beta $ be real and z be a complex number. If ${z^2} + \alpha z + \beta = 0$ has two distinct roots on the line Re z = 1, then it is necessary that :
A.
$\beta \, \in ( - 1,0)$
B.
$\left| {\beta \,} \right| = 1$
C.
$\beta \, \in (1,\infty )$
D.
$\beta \, \in (0,1)$
2011 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 1 Offline
If z is any complex number satisfying $\,\left| {z - 3 - 2i} \right| \le 2$, then the minimum value of $\left| {2z - 6 + 5i} \right|$ is
2011 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 2 Offline
Let $\omega = {e^{{{i\pi } \over 3}}}$, and a, b, c, x, y, z be non-zero complex numbers such that
$a + b + c = x$
$a + b\omega + c{\omega ^2} = y$
$a + b{\omega ^2} + c\omega = z$

Then the value of ${{{{\left| x \right|}^2} + {{\left| y \right|}^2} + {{\left| z \right|}^2}} \over {{{\left| a \right|}^2} + {{\left| b \right|}^2} + {{\left| c \right|}^2}}}$ is

2010 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2010
The number of complex numbers z such that $\left| {z - 1} \right| = \left| {z + 1} \right| = \left| {z - i} \right|$ equals :
A.
1
B.
2
C.
$\infty $
D.
0
2010 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 2 Offline
Match the statements in Column I with those in Column II.

[Note : Here z takes value in the complex plane and Im z and Re z denotes, respectively, the imaginary part and the real part of z.]

Column I


(A) The set of points z satisfying $\left| {z - i} \right|\left. {z\,} \right\|\,\, = \left| {z + i} \right|\left. {\,z} \right\|$ is contained in or equal to
(B) The set of points z satisfying $\left| {z + 4} \right| + \,\left| {z - 4} \right| = 10$ is contained in or equal to
(C) If $\left| w \right|$= 2, then the set of points $z = w - {1 \over w}$ is contained in or equal to
(D) If $\left| w \right|$ = 1, then the set of points $z = w + {1 \over w}$ is contained in or equal to.

Column II


(p) an ellipse with eccentricity ${4 \over 5}$
(q) the set of points z satisfying Im z = 0
(r) the set of points z satisfying $\left| {{\rm{Im }}\,{\rm{z }}} \right| \le 1$
(s) the set of points z satisfying $\,\left| {{\mathop{\rm Re}\nolimits} \,\,z} \right| < 2$
(t) the set of points z satisfying $\left| {\,z} \right| \le 3$
A.
(A) - q, s ; (B) - p ; (C) - p, t ; (D) - q, r, s, t
B.
(A) - q, r ; (B) - p ; (C) - p, s, t ; (D) - q, r, s, t
C.
(A) - p, r ; (B) - p ; (C) - p, t ; (D) -q, r, s, t
D.
(A) - p ; (B) - q ; (C) - r, s ; (D) -q, r, s, t
2010 JEE Advanced MSQ
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline
Let ${{z_1}}$ and ${{z_2}}$ be two distinct complex number and let z =( 1 - t)${{z_1}}$ + t${{z_2}}$ for some real number t with 0 < t < 1. IfArg (w) denote the principal argument of a non-zero complex number w, then
A.
$\left| {z - {z_1}} \right| + \left| {z - {z_2}} \right| = \left| {{z_1} - {z_2}} \right|$
B.
Arg $(z - {z_1})$ = Arg$(z - {z_2})$
C.
$\left| {\matrix{ {z - {z_1}} & {\overline z - {{\overline z }_1}} \cr {{z_2} - {z_1}} & {{{\overline z }_2} - {{\overline z }_1}} \cr } } \right|$ = 0
D.
Arg $(z - {z_1})$ = Arg$({z_2} - {z_1})$
2010 JEE Advanced MSQ
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline

Let $z_1$ and $z_2$ be two distinct complex numbers let $z=(1-t) z_1+t z_2$ for some real number t with $0 < t < 1$.

If $\operatorname{Arg}(w)$ denotes the principal argument of a nonzero complex number $w$, then :

A.
$\left|z-z_1\right|+\left|z-z_2\right|=\left|z_1-z_2\right|$
B.
$\operatorname{Arg}\left(z-z_1\right)=\operatorname{Arg}\left(z-z_2\right)$
C.
$\left|\begin{array}{cc}z-z_1 & \bar{z}-\bar{z}_1 \\ z_2-z_1 & \bar{z}_2-\bar{z}_1\end{array}\right|=0$
D.
$\operatorname{Arg}\left(z-z_1\right)=\operatorname{Arg}\left(z_2-z_1\right)$
2009 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2009
If $\,\left| {z - {4 \over z}} \right| = 2,$ then the maximum value of $\,\left| z \right|$ is equal to :
A.
$\sqrt 5 + 1$
B.
2
C.
$2 + \sqrt 2 $
D.
$\sqrt 3 + 1$
2009 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline

Let $z = x + iy$ be a complex number where x and y are integers. Then the area of the rectangle whose vertices are the roots of the equation $\overline z {z^3} + z{\overline z ^3} = 350$ is

A.
48
B.
32
C.
40
D.
80
2009 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline
Let $z = \,\cos \,\theta \, + i\,\sin \,\theta $ . Then the value of $\sum\limits_{m = 1}^{15} {{\mathop{\rm Im}\nolimits} } ({z^{2m - 1}})\,at\,\theta \, = {2^ \circ }$ is
A.
${1 \over {\sin \,{2^ \circ }}}$
B.
${1 \over {3\sin \,{2^ \circ }}}$
C.
${1 \over {2\sin \,{2^ \circ }}}$
D.
${1 \over {4\sin \,{2^ \circ }}}$
2008 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2008
The conjugate of a complex number is ${1 \over {i - 1}}$ then that complex number is :
A.
${{ - 1} \over {i - 1}}$
B.
${1 \over {i + 1}}\,$
C.
${{ - 1} \over {i + 1}}$
D.
${1 \over {i - 1}}$
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline
A particle P stats from the point ${z_0}$ = 1 +2i, where $i = \sqrt { - 1} $. It moves horizontally away from origin by 5 unit and then vertically away from origin by 3 units to reach a point ${z_1}$. From ${z_1}$ the particle moves $\sqrt 2 $ units in the direction of the vector $\hat i + \hat j$ and then it moves through an angle ${\pi \over 2}$ in anticlockwise direction on a circle with centre at origin, to reach a point ${z_2}$. The point ${z_2}$ is given by
A.
6 + 7i
B.
-7 + 6i
C.
7 + 6i
D.
- 6 + 7i
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 1 Offline

Let z be any point in $A \cap B \cap C$

Then, ${\left| {z + 1 - i} \right|^2} + {\left| {z - 5 - i} \right|^2}$ lies between :

A.
25 and 29
B.
30 and 34
C.
35 and 39
D.
40 and 44
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 1 Offline

Let z be any point $A \cap B \cap C$ and let w be any point satisfying $\left| {w - 2 - i} \right| < 3\,$. Then, $\left| z \right| - \left| w \right| + 3$ lies between :

A.
- 6 and 3
B.
- 3 and 6
C.
- 6 and 6
D.
- 3 and 9
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 1 Offline

The number of elements in the set $A \cap B \cap C$ is

A.
0
B.
1
C.
2
D.
$\infty $
2007 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2007
If $\,\left| {z + 4} \right|\,\, \le \,\,3\,$, then the maximum value of $\left| {z + 1} \right|$ is :
A.
6
B.
0
C.
4
D.
10
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
If $\left| z \right|\, =1\,and\,z\, \ne \, \pm \,1,$ then all the values of ${z \over {1 - {z^2}}}$ lie on
A.
a line not passing through the origin
B.
$\left| z \right|\, = \,\sqrt 2 $
C.
the x-axis
D.
the y-axis
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
A man walks a distance of 3 units from the origin towards the north-east ($N\,{45^ \circ E }$) direction. From there, he walks a distance of 4 units towards the north-west $\left( {N\,{{45}^ \circ }\,W} \right)$ direction to reach a point P. Then the position of P in the Argand plane is
A.
$3{e^{i\pi /4}} + 4i$
B.
$\left( {3 - 4i} \right){e^{i\pi /4}}$
C.
$\left( {4 + 3i} \right){e^{i\pi /4}}$
D.
$\left( {3 + 4i} \right){e^{i\pi /4}}$
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007 Paper 2 Offline

If $|z|=1$ and $z \neq \pm 1$, then all the values of $\frac{z}{1-z^{2}}$ lie on

A.
a line not passing through the origin
B.
$|z|=\sqrt{2}$
C.
the X-axis
D.
the Y-axis
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007 Paper 1 Offline

A man walks a distance of 3 units from the origin towards the north-east (N 45$^\circ$E) direction. From there, he walks a distance of 4 units towards the north-west (N 45$^\circ$W) direction to reach a point P. Then the position of P in the Argand plane is

A.
$3{e^{i\pi /4}} + 4i$
B.
$(3 - 4i){e^{i\pi /4}}$
C.
$(4 + 3i){e^{i\pi /4}}$
D.
$(3 + 4i){e^{i\pi /4}}$
2006 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2006
If ${z^2} + z + 1 = 0$, where z is complex number, then value of ${\left( {z + {1 \over z}} \right)^2} + {\left( {{z^2} + {1 \over {{z^2}}}} \right)^2} + {\left( {{z^3} + {1 \over {{z^3}}}} \right)^2} + .......... + {\left( {{z^6} + {1 \over {{z^6}}}} \right)^2}$ is :
A.
18
B.
54
C.
6
D.
12
2006 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2006
The value of $\sum\limits_{k = 1}^{10} {\left( {\sin {{2k\pi } \over {11}} + i\,\,\cos {{2k\pi } \over {11}}} \right)} $ is :
A.
i
B.
1
C.
- 1
D.
- i
2006 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2006

If $w=\alpha+\mathrm{i} \beta$, where $\beta \neq 0$ and $z \neq 1$, satisfies the condition that $\left(\frac{w-\bar{w} z}{1-z}\right)$ is purely real, then the set of values of $z$ is:

A.
$\{z:|z|=1\}$
B.
$\{z: z=\vec{z}\}$
C.
$\{z: z \neq z\}$
D.
$\{z:|z|=1, z \neq 1 \mid\}$
2006 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2006

If $P$ is a point on $C_1$ and $Q$ in another point on $\mathrm{C}_2$, then $\frac{\mathrm{PA}^2+\mathrm{PB}^2+\mathrm{PC}^2+\mathrm{PD}^2}{\mathrm{QA}^2+\mathrm{QB}^2+\mathrm{QC}^2+\mathrm{QD}^2}$ is equal to :

A.

0.75

B.

1.25

C.

1

D.

0.5

2005 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2005
If the cube roots of unity are 1, $\omega \,,\,{\omega ^2}$ then the roots of the equation ${(x - 1)^3}$ + 8 = 0, are :
A.
$ - 1, - 1 + 2\,\,\omega , - 1 - 2\,\,{\omega ^2}$
B.
$ - 1, - 1, - 1$
C.
$ - 1,1 - 2\omega ,1 - 2{\omega ^2}$
D.
$ - 1,1 + 2\omega ,1 + 2{\omega ^2}$
2005 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2005
If $\,\omega = {z \over {z - {1 \over 3}i}}\,$ and $\left| \omega \right| = 1$, then $z$ lies on :
A.
an ellipse
B.
a circle
C.
a straight line
D.
a parabola
2005 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2005
If ${z_1}$ and ${z_2}$ are two non-zero complex numbers such that $\,\left| {{z_1} + {z_2}} \right| = \left| {{z_1}} \right| + \left| {{z_2}} \right|$, then arg ${z_1}$ - arg ${z_2}$ is equal to :
A.
${\pi \over 2}\,$
B.
$ - \pi $
C.
0
D.
${{ - \pi } \over 2}$
2005 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2005 Screening
$a,\,b,\,c$ are integers, not all simultaneously equal and $\omega $ is cube root of unity $\left( {\omega \ne 1} \right),$ then minimum value of $\left| {a + b\omega + c{\omega ^2}} \right|$ is
A.
0
B.
1
C.
${{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}$
D.
${1 \over 2}$
2005 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2005 Mains

If one of the vertices of the square circumscribing the circle $|z-1|=\sqrt{2}$ is $(2+\sqrt{3 i})$. Find the other vertices of square.

A.
$\left( {1 - 2\sqrt 3 } \right) + i,\left( {1 + \sqrt 3 } \right) - i, - \sqrt 3 i$
B.
$\left( {1 - \sqrt 3 } \right) + i,\left( {2 + \sqrt 3 } \right) - i, - i$
C.
$\left( {1 - \sqrt 3 } \right) + i,\left( {1 + 2\sqrt 3 } \right) - i, - \sqrt 5 i$
D.
$\left( {1 - \sqrt 3 } \right) + i,\left( {1 + \sqrt 3 } \right) - i, - \sqrt 3 i$
2005 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2005
If one the vertices of the square circumscribing the circle $\left| {z - 1} \right| = \sqrt 2 \,is\,2 + \sqrt {3\,} \,i$. Find the other vertices of the square.
2004 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2004
Let z and w be complex numbers such that $\overline z + i\overline w = 0$ and arg zw = $\pi $. Then arg z equals :
A.
${{5\pi } \over 4}$
B.
${{\pi } \over 2}$
C.
${{3\pi } \over 4}$
D.
${{\pi } \over 4}$
2004 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2004
If $\,\left| {{z^2} - 1} \right| = {\left| z \right|^2} + 1$, then z lies on :
A.
an ellipse
B.
the imaginary axis
C.
a circle
D.
the real axis
2004 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2004
If $z = x - iy$ and ${z^{{1 \over 3}}} = p + iq$, then

${{\left( {{x \over p} + {y \over q}} \right)} \over {\left( {{p^2} + {q^2}} \right)}}$ is equal to :
A.
- 2
B.
- 1
C.
2
D.
1
2004 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2004 Screening
If $\omega $ $\left( { \ne 1} \right)$ be a cube root of unity and ${\left( {1 + {\omega ^2}} \right)^n} = {\left( {1 + {\omega ^4}} \right)^n},$ then the least positive value of n is
A.
2
B.
3
C.
5
D.
6
2004 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2004
Find the centre and radius of circle given by $\,\left| {{{z - \alpha } \over {z - \beta }}} \right| = k,k \ne 1\,$

where, ${\rm{z = x + iy, }}\alpha {\rm{ = }}\,{\alpha _1}{\rm{ + i}}{\alpha _2}{\rm{,}}\,\beta = {\beta _1}{\rm{ + i}}{\beta _2}{\rm{ }}$

2003 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2003
If $z$ and $\omega $ are two non-zero complex numbers such that $\left| {z\omega } \right| = 1$ and $Arg(z) - Arg(\omega ) = {\pi \over 2},$ then $\,\overline {z\,} \omega $ is equal to
A.
$- i$
B.
1
C.
- 1
D.
$i$
2003 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2003
Let ${Z_1}$ and ${Z_2}$ be two roots of the equation ${Z^2} + aZ + b = 0$, Z being complex. Further , assume that the origin, ${Z_1}$ and ${Z_2}$ form an equilateral triangle. Then :
A.
${a^2} = 4b$
B.
${a^2} = b$
C.
${a^2} = 2b$
D.
${a^2} = 3b$
2003 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2003
If ${\left( {{{1 + i} \over {1 - i}}} \right)^x} = 1$ then :
A.
x = 2n + 1, where n is any positive integer
B.
x = 4n , where n is any positive integer
C.
x = 2n, where n is any positive integer
D.
x = 4n + 1, where n is any positive integer.
2003 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2003 Screening
If $\,\left| z \right| = 1$ and $\omega = {{z - 1} \over {z + 1}}$ (where $z \ne - 1$), then ${\mathop{\rm Re}\nolimits} \left( \omega \right)$ is
A.
0
B.
$ - {1 \over {{{\left| {z + 1} \right|}^2}}}$
C.
$\left| {{z \over {z + 1}}} \right|.{1 \over {{{\left| {z + 1} \right|}^2}}}$
D.
$\,{{\sqrt 2 } \over {{{\left| {z + 1} \right|}^2}}}$
2003 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2003
If ${z_1}$ and ${z_2}$ are two complex numbers such that $\,\left| {{z_1}} \right| < 1 < \left| {{z_2}} \right|\,$ then prove that $\,\left| {{{1 - {z_1}\overline {{z_2}} } \over {{z_1} - {z_2}}}} \right| < 1$.
2003 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2003
Prove that there exists no complex number z such that $\left| z \right| < {1 \over 3}\,and\,\sum\limits_{r = 1}^n {{a_r}{z^r}} = 1$ where $\left| {{a_r}} \right| < 2$.
2002 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2002
z and w are two nonzero complex numbers such that $\,\left| z \right| = \left| w \right|$ and Arg z + Arg w =$\pi $ then z equals
A.
$\overline \omega $
B.
$ - \overline \omega $
C.
$\omega $
D.
$ - \omega $
2002 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2002
If $\left| {z - 4} \right| < \left| {z - 2} \right|$, its solution is given by :
A.
${\mathop{\rm Re}\nolimits} (z) > 0$
B.
${\mathop{\rm Re}\nolimits} (z) < 0$
C.
${\mathop{\rm Re}\nolimits} (z) > 3$
D.
${\mathop{\rm Re}\nolimits} (z) > 2$
2002 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2002
The locus of the centre of a circle which touches the circle $\left| {z - {z_1}} \right| = a$ and$\left| {z - {z_2}} \right| = b\,$ externally

($z,\,{z_1}\,\& \,{z_2}\,$ are complex numbers) will be :
A.
an ellipse
B.
a hyperbola
C.
a circle
D.
none of these