Trigonometric Ratio and Identites

64 Questions
2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 28th January Morning Shift

If $\frac{\tan (\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{B})}{\tan \mathrm{A}}+\frac{\sin ^2 \mathrm{C}}{\sin ^2 \mathrm{~A}}=1, \mathrm{~A}, \mathrm{~B}, \mathrm{C} \in\left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$, then

A.

$\tan \mathrm{A}, \tan \mathrm{C}, \tan \mathrm{B}$ are in A.P.

B.

$\tan \mathrm{A}, \tan \mathrm{C}, \tan \mathrm{B}$ are in G.P.

C.

$\tan A, \tan B, \tan C$ are in G.P.

D.

$\tan A, \tan B, \tan C$ are in A.P.

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

The value of $\frac{\sqrt{3} \operatorname{cosec} 20^{\circ}-\sec 20^{\circ}}{\cos 20^{\circ} \cos 40^{\circ} \cos 60^{\circ} \cos 80^{\circ}}$ is equal to

A.

32

B.

64

C.

12

D.

16

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 24th January Morning Shift

If $\cot x=\frac{5}{12}$ for some $x \in\left(\pi, \frac{3 \pi}{2}\right)$, then $\sin 7 x\left(\cos \frac{13 x}{2}+\sin \frac{13 x}{2}\right)+\cos 7 x\left(\cos \frac{13 x}{2}-\sin \frac{13 x}{2}\right)$ is equal to

A.

$\frac{5}{\sqrt{13}}$

B.

$\frac{6}{\sqrt{26}}$

C.

$\frac{4}{\sqrt{26}}$

D.

$\frac{1}{\sqrt{13}}$

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift

Let $\frac{\pi}{2}<\theta<\pi$ and $\cot \theta=-\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{2}}$. Then the value of

$ \sin \left(\frac{15 \theta}{2}\right)(\cos 8 \theta+\sin 8 \theta)+\cos \left(\frac{15 \theta}{2}\right)(\cos 8 \theta-\sin 8 \theta) $

is equal to :

A.

$\frac{\sqrt{2}-1}{\sqrt{3}}$

B.

$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3}}$

C.

$\frac{1-\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3}}$

D.

$-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{3}}$

2026 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 21st January Morning Shift

The value of $\operatorname{cosec} 10^{\circ}-\sqrt{3} \sec 10^{\circ}$ is equal to :

A.

2

B.

6

C.

8

D.

4

2026 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 22nd January Evening Shift

Let $\cos (\alpha+\beta)=-\frac{1}{10}$ and $\sin (\alpha-\beta)=\frac{3}{8}$, where $0<\alpha<\frac{\pi}{3}$ and $0<\beta<\frac{\pi}{4}$. If $\tan 2 \alpha=\frac{3(1-r \sqrt{5})}{\sqrt{11}(s+\sqrt{5})}, r, s \in N$, then $r+s$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$ .

2026 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2026 (Online) 22nd January Morning Shift

$ \text { If } \frac{\cos ^2 48^{\circ}-\sin ^2 12^{\circ}}{\sin ^2 24^{\circ}-\sin ^2 6^{\circ}}=\frac{\alpha+\beta \sqrt{5}}{2} \text {, where } \alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{N} \text {, then } \alpha+\beta \text { is equal to ___________} $

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 7th April Morning Shift

If for $\theta \in\left[-\frac{\pi}{3}, 0\right]$, the points $(x, y)=\left(3 \tan \left(\theta+\frac{\pi}{3}\right), 2 \tan \left(\theta+\frac{\pi}{6}\right)\right)$ lie on $x y+\alpha x+\beta y+\gamma=0$, then $\alpha^2+\beta^2+\gamma^2$ is equal to :

A.
75
B.
96
C.
80
D.
72
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift

If $10 \sin ^4 \theta+15 \cos ^4 \theta=6$, then the value of $\frac{27 \operatorname{cosec}^6 \theta+8 \sec ^6 \theta}{16 \sec ^8 \theta}$ is

A.
$\frac{2}{5}$
B.
$\frac{3}{5}$
C.
$\frac{1}{5}$
D.
$\frac{3}{4}$
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

If $\sin x + \sin^2 x = 1$, $x \in \left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$, then

$(\cos^{12} x + \tan^{12} x) + 3(\cos^{10} x + \tan^{10} x + \cos^8 x + \tan^8 x) + (\cos^6 x + \tan^6 x)$ is equal to:

A.
3
B.

4

C.

2

D.

1

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 28th January Evening Shift
If $\sum\limits_{r=1}^{13}\left\{\frac{1}{\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+(r-1) \frac{\pi}{6}\right) \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{r \pi}{6}\right)}\right\}=a \sqrt{3}+b, a, b \in Z$, then $a^2+b^2$ is equal to :
A.

10

B.

4

C.

8

D.

2

2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Evening Shift

Let the range of the function $f(x)=6+16 \cos x \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\pi}{3}-x\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\pi}{3}+x\right) \cdot \sin 3 x \cdot \cos 6 x, x \in \mathbf{R}$ be $[\alpha, \beta]$. Then the distance of the point $(\alpha, \beta)$ from the line $3 x+4 y+12=0$ is :

A.
11
B.
10
C.
8
D.
9
2025 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2025 (Online) 23rd January Morning Shift

The value of $\left(\sin 70^{\circ}\right)\left(\cot 10^{\circ} \cot 70^{\circ}-1\right)$ is

A.
0
B.
2/3
C.
1
D.
3/2
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

If the value of $\frac{3 \cos 36^{\circ}+5 \sin 18^{\circ}}{5 \cos 36^{\circ}-3 \sin 18^{\circ}}$ is $\frac{a \sqrt{5}-b}{c}$, where $a, b, c$ are natural numbers and $\operatorname{gcd}(a, c)=1$, then $a+b+c$ is equal to :

A.
54
B.
52
C.
50
D.
40
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 8th April Morning Shift

If $\sin x=-\frac{3}{5}$, where $\pi< x <\frac{3 \pi}{2}$, then $80\left(\tan ^2 x-\cos x\right)$ is equal to

A.
109
B.
108
C.
19
D.
18
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Morning Shift

Suppose $\theta \in\left[0, \frac{\pi}{4}\right]$ is a solution of $4 \cos \theta-3 \sin \theta=1$. Then $\cos \theta$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{6-\sqrt{6}}{(3 \sqrt{6}-2)}$
B.
$\frac{4}{(3 \sqrt{6}+2)}$
C.
$\frac{6+\sqrt{6}}{(3 \sqrt{6}+2)}$
D.
$\frac{4}{(3 \sqrt{6}-2)}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift
If $\tan \mathrm{A}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x\left(x^2+x+1\right)}}, \tan \mathrm{B}=\frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}}$ and

$\tan \mathrm{C}=\left(x^{-3}+x^{-2}+x^{-1}\right)^{1 / 2}, 0<\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}, \mathrm{C}<\frac{\pi}{2}$, then $\mathrm{A}+\mathrm{B}$ is equal to :
A.
$\mathrm{C}$
B.
$\pi-C$
C.
$2 \pi-C$
D.
$\frac{\pi}{2}-\mathrm{C}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 31st January Evening Shift

The number of solutions, of the equation $e^{\sin x}-2 e^{-\sin x}=2$, is :

A.
0
B.
1
C.
2
D.
more than 2
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift

For $\alpha, \beta \in(0, \pi / 2)$, let $3 \sin (\alpha+\beta)=2 \sin (\alpha-\beta)$ and a real number $k$ be such that $\tan \alpha=k \tan \beta$. Then, the value of $k$ is equal to

A.
5
B.
$-$2/3
C.
$-$5
D.
2/3
2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Morning Shift
Let the set of all $a \in \mathbf{R}$ such that the equation $\cos 2 x+a \sin x=2 a-7$ has a solution be $[p, q]$ and $r=\tan 9^{\circ}-\tan 27^{\circ}-\frac{1}{\cot 63^{\circ}}+\tan 81^{\circ}$, then pqr is equal to ____________.
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Morning Shift

$96\cos {\pi \over {33}}\cos {{2\pi } \over {33}}\cos {{4\pi } \over {33}}\cos {{8\pi } \over {33}}\cos {{16\pi } \over {33}}$ is equal to :

A.
4
B.
2
C.
1
D.
3
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

The value of $36\left(4 \cos ^{2} 9^{\circ}-1\right)\left(4 \cos ^{2} 27^{\circ}-1\right)\left(4 \cos ^{2} 81^{\circ}-1\right)\left(4 \cos ^{2} 243^{\circ}-1\right)$ is :

A.
18
B.
36
C.
54
D.
27
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 30th January Morning Shift

If $\tan 15^\circ + {1 \over {\tan 75^\circ }} + {1 \over {\tan 105^\circ }} + \tan 195^\circ = 2a$, then the value of $\left( {a + {1 \over a}} \right)$ is :

A.
$5 - {3 \over 2}\sqrt 3 $
B.
$4 - 2\sqrt 3 $
C.
2
D.
4
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

The set of all values of $\lambda$ for which the equation ${\cos ^2}2x - 2{\sin ^4}x - 2{\cos ^2}x = \lambda $ has a real solution $x$, is :

A.
$\left[ { - 2, - 1} \right]$
B.
$\left[ { - {3 \over 2}, - 1} \right]$
C.
$\left[ { - 2, - {3 \over 2}} \right]$
D.
$\left[ { - 1, - {1 \over 2}} \right]$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

Let $f(\theta ) = 3\left( {{{\sin }^4}\left( {{{3\pi } \over 2} - \theta } \right) + {{\sin }^4}(3\pi + \theta )} \right) - 2(1 - {\sin ^2}2\theta )$ and $S = \left\{ {\theta \in [0,\pi ]:f'(\theta ) = - {{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}} \right\}$. If $4\beta = \sum\limits_{\theta \in S} \theta $, then $f(\beta )$ is equal to

A.
$\frac{9}{8}$
B.
$\frac{3}{2}$
C.
$\frac{5}{4}$
D.
$\frac{11}{8}$
2023 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift

The value of $\tan 9^{\circ}-\tan 27^{\circ}-\tan 63^{\circ}+\tan 81^{\circ}$ is __________.

2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift

$2 \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{22}\right) \sin \left(\frac{3 \pi}{22}\right) \sin \left(\frac{5 \pi}{22}\right) \sin \left(\frac{7 \pi}{22}\right) \sin \left(\frac{9 \pi}{22}\right)$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{3}{16}$
B.
$\frac{1}{16}$
C.
$\frac{1}{32}$
D.
$\frac{9}{32}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 28th June Evening Shift

If cot$\alpha$ = 1 and sec$\beta$ = $ - {5 \over 3}$, where $\pi < \alpha < {{3\pi } \over 2}$ and ${\pi \over 2} < \beta < \pi $, then the value of $\tan (\alpha + \beta )$ and the quadrant in which $\alpha$ + $\beta$ lies, respectively are :

A.
$ - {1 \over 7}$ and IVth quadrant
B.
7 and Ist quadrant
C.
$-$7 and IVth quadrant
D.
$ {1 \over 7}$ and Ist quadrant
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Evening Shift

$\alpha = \sin 36^\circ $ is a root of which of the following equation?

A.
$16{x^4} - 10{x^2} - 5 = 0$
B.
$16{x^4} + 20{x^2} - 5 = 0$
C.
$16{x^4} - 20{x^2} + 5 = 0$
D.
$4{x^4} - 10{x^2} + 5 = 0$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 27th June Morning Shift

The value of $\cos \left( {{{2\pi } \over 7}} \right) + \cos \left( {{{4\pi } \over 7}} \right) + \cos \left( {{{6\pi } \over 7}} \right)$ is equal to :

A.
$-$1
B.
$-$${1 \over 2}$
C.
$-$${1 \over 3}$
D.
$-$${1 \over 4}$
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th June Evening Shift

$16\sin (20^\circ )\sin (40^\circ )\sin (80^\circ )$ is equal to :

A.
$\sqrt 3 $
B.
2$\sqrt 3 $
C.
3
D.
4$\sqrt 3 $
2022 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th June Evening Shift

The value of 2sin (12$^\circ$) $-$ sin (72$^\circ$) is :

A.
${{\sqrt 5 (1 - \sqrt 3 )} \over 4}$
B.
${{1 - \sqrt 5 } \over 8}$
C.
${{\sqrt 3 (1 - \sqrt 5 )} \over 2}$
D.
${{\sqrt 3 (1 - \sqrt 5 )} \over 4}$
2022 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2022 (Online) 26th June Morning Shift

If ${\sin ^2}(10^\circ )\sin (20^\circ )\sin (40^\circ )\sin (50^\circ )\sin (70^\circ ) = \alpha - {1 \over {16}}\sin (10^\circ )$, then $16 + {\alpha ^{ - 1}}$ is equal to __________.

2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th August Evening Shift
The value of

$2\sin \left( {{\pi \over 8}} \right)\sin \left( {{{2\pi } \over 8}} \right)\sin \left( {{{3\pi } \over 8}} \right)\sin \left( {{{5\pi } \over 8}} \right)\sin \left( {{{6\pi } \over 8}} \right)\sin \left( {{{7\pi } \over 8}} \right)$ is :
A.
${1 \over {4\sqrt 2 }}$
B.
${1 \over 4}$
C.
${1 \over 8}$
D.
${1 \over {8\sqrt 2 }}$
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Evening Shift
If $\tan \left( {{\pi \over 9}} \right),x,\tan \left( {{{7\pi } \over {18}}} \right)$ are in arithmetic progression and $\tan \left( {{\pi \over 9}} \right),y,\tan \left( {{{5\pi } \over {18}}} \right)$ are also in arithmetic progression, then $|x - 2y|$ is equal to :
A.
4
B.
3
C.
0
D.
1
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Morning Shift
If $\sin \theta + \cos \theta = {1 \over 2}$, then 16(sin(2$\theta$) + cos(4$\theta$) + sin(6$\theta$)) is equal to :
A.
23
B.
$-$27
C.
$-$23
D.
27
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift
The value of $\cot {\pi \over {24}}$ is :
A.
$\sqrt 2 + \sqrt 3 + 2 - \sqrt 6 $
B.
$\sqrt 2 + \sqrt 3 + 2 + \sqrt 6 $
C.
$\sqrt 2 - \sqrt 3 - 2 + \sqrt 6 $
D.
$3\sqrt 2 - \sqrt 3 - \sqrt 6 $
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 18th March Evening Shift
If 15sin4$\alpha$ + 10cos4$\alpha$ = 6, for some $\alpha$$\in$R, then the value of

27sec6$\alpha$ + 8cosec6$\alpha$ is equal to :
A.
500
B.
400
C.
250
D.
350
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 16th March Morning Shift
If for x $\in$ $\left( {0,{\pi \over 2}} \right)$, log10sinx + log10cosx = $-$1 and log10(sinx + cosx) = ${1 \over 2}$(log10 n $-$ 1), n > 0, then the value of n is equal to :
A.
16
B.
9
C.
12
D.
20
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th February Evening Shift
If 0 < x, y < $\pi$ and cosx + cosy $-$ cos(x + y) = ${3 \over 2}$, then sinx + cosy is equal to :
A.
${{1 + \sqrt 3 } \over 2}$
B.
${{1 \over 2}}$
C.
${{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}$
D.
${{1 - \sqrt 3 } \over 2}$
2021 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 24th February Morning Shift
If ${e^{\left( {{{\cos }^2}x + {{\cos }^4}x + {{\cos }^6}x + ...\infty } \right){{\log }_e}2}}$ satisfies the equation t2 - 9t + 8 = 0, then the value of
${{2\sin x} \over {\sin x + \sqrt 3 \cos x}}\left( {0 < x < {\pi \over 2}} \right)$ is :
A.
$\sqrt 3 $
B.
${3 \over 2}$
C.
2$\sqrt 3 $
D.
${1 \over 2}$
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th February Morning Shift
The number of integral values of 'k' for which the equation $3\sin x + 4\cos x = k + 1$ has a solution, k$\in$R is ___________.
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 5th September Evening Slot
If L = sin2$\left( {{\pi \over {16}}} \right)$ - sin2$\left( {{\pi \over {8}}} \right)$ and
M = cos2$\left( {{\pi \over {16}}} \right)$ - sin2$\left( {{\pi \over {8}}} \right)$, then :
A.
L = $ - {1 \over {2\sqrt 2 }} + {1 \over 2}\cos {\pi \over 8}$
B.
M = ${1 \over {2\sqrt 2 }} + {1 \over 2}\cos {\pi \over 8}$
C.
M = ${1 \over {4\sqrt 2 }} + {1 \over 4}\cos {\pi \over 8}$
D.
L = ${1 \over {4\sqrt 2 }} - {1 \over 4}\cos {\pi \over 8}$
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 2nd September Evening Slot
If the equation cos4 $\theta $ + sin4 $\theta $ + $\lambda $ = 0 has real solutions for $\theta $, then $\lambda $ lies in the interval :
A.
$\left[ { - {3 \over 2}, - {5 \over 4}} \right]$
B.
$\left( { - {1 \over 2}, - {1 \over 4}} \right]$
C.
$\left( { - {5 \over 4}, - 1} \right]$
D.
$\left[ { - 1, - {1 \over 2}} \right]$
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 9th January Evening Slot
If $x = \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {{{\left( { - 1} \right)}^n}{{\tan }^{2n}}\theta } $ and $y = \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {{{\cos }^{2n}}\theta } $

for 0 < $\theta $ < ${\pi \over 4}$, then :
A.
x(1 + y) = 1
B.
y(1 – x) = 1
C.
y(1 + x) = 1
D.
x(1 – y) = 1
2020 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 9th January Morning Slot
The value of
${\cos ^3}\left( {{\pi \over 8}} \right)$${\cos}\left( {{3\pi \over 8}} \right)$+${\sin ^3}\left( {{\pi \over 8}} \right)$${\sin}\left( {{3\pi \over 8}} \right)$
is :
A.
${1 \over {\sqrt 2 }}$
B.
${1 \over 2}$
C.
${1 \over 4}$
D.
${1 \over 2{\sqrt 2 }}$
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 8th January Evening Slot
If ${{\sqrt 2 \sin \alpha } \over {\sqrt {1 + \cos 2\alpha } }} = {1 \over 7}$ and $\sqrt {{{1 - \cos 2\beta } \over 2}} = {1 \over {\sqrt {10} }}$

$\alpha ,\beta \in \left( {0,{\pi \over 2}} \right)$ then tan($\alpha $ + 2$\beta $) is equal to _____.
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th April Morning Slot
The equation y = sinx sin (x + 2) – sin2 (x + 1) represents a straight line lying in :
A.
first, second and fourth quadrants
B.
first, third and fourth quadrants
C.
second and third quadrants only
D.
third and fourth quadrants only
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th April Evening Slot
The value of sin 10º sin30º sin50º sin70º is :-
A.
${1 \over {36}}$
B.
${1 \over {16}}$
C.
${1 \over {32}}$
D.
${1 \over {18}}$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th April Morning Slot
The value of cos210° – cos10°cos50° + cos250° is
A.
${3 \over 2} + \cos {20^o}$
B.
${3 \over 4}$
C.
${3 \over 2}(1 + \cos {20^o})$
D.
${3 \over 2}$