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JEE Trigonometry PYQs with Solutions PDF, Download Now

JEE Trigonometry PYQs

JEE Trigonometry PYQs are an important part of the JEE Mathematics syllabus. They help you understand the kind of questions asked from this chapter and show how well you know the main topics, such as trigonometric ratios, identities, equations, inverse trigonometric functions, heights and distances, and trigonometric transformations.

In the exam, trigonometry questions usually come as direct numerical problems or simple concept-based questions. The good thing is that this chapter becomes much easier when your basics are clear. Once you understand the concepts properly and know which formula or method to use, solving questions feels much more manageable. You do not need to think of trigonometry as a very difficult chapter. With regular revision and smart practice, it can become one of the more scoring parts of JEE Mathematics.

In this blog, you will find a simple formula PDF, a section for important JEE Trigonometry PYQs in download format, a few practice questions with answers, and some extra questions to solve on your own. You will also learn about common mistakes students often make and a few easy tips to save time in the exam.

JEE Trigonometry Important PYQs PDF

This PDF can include the most important previous year questions from trigonometry. It may cover topics like basic trigonometric ratios, trigonometric identities, trigonometric equations, compound angles, multiple and submultiple angles, inverse trigonometric functions, and heights and distances.

Practicing these questions will help you understand the exam pattern better. It will also improve your speed, accuracy, and confidence before the exam.

Important Formulas for JEE Trigonometry PYQs

You only need a few important formulas and ideas to solve most trigonometry questions in JEE. These formulas help you understand angle-based problems, identity-based questions, and equation-based problems more clearly.

You can download the full formula PDF from the link above. Here is a quick look at some of the main formulas:

Concept

Formula

Fundamental Identity

sin²θ + cos²θ = 1

Tan Identity

1 + tan²θ = sec²θ

Cot Identity

1 + cot²θ = cosec²θ

sin(A + B)

sin A cos B + cos A sin B

cos(A + B)

cos A cos B − sin A sin B

tan(A + B)

(tan A + tan B) / (1 − tan A tan B)

sin 2A

2 sin A cos A

cos 2A

cos²A − sin²A

tan 2A

2 tan A / (1 − tan²A)

sin²(A/2)

(1 − cos A)/2

cos²(A/2)

(1 + cos A)/2

Distance Formula in Heights and Distances

tan θ = Perpendicular / Base

These formulas are commonly used in questions based on identities, equations, transformations, compound angles, and heights and distances. If you revise them properly, many JEE questions start to feel much easier.

Top 5 Common Mistakes to Avoid in JEE Trigonometry PYQs

Many students find trigonometry confusing at first because it has many formulas that look similar. But most mistakes happen because small details are missed while solving. Here are some common mistakes you should avoid:

Forgetting basic identities
Basic identities like sin²θ + cos²θ = 1 and 1 + tan²θ = sec²θ are used very often. If these are not clear, even simple questions can feel difficult.

Mixing up formulas of sin(A + B), cos(A + B), and tan(A + B)
These formulas are very important, but students often confuse their signs and terms. A small sign mistake can change the entire answer.

Making mistakes in angle conversion
Sometimes students forget whether the angle is in degrees or radians. This can create errors in calculations and final answers.

Ignoring the correct quadrant in inverse trigonometry
In inverse trigonometric functions, the principal value matters a lot. If you do not remember the correct range, the answer can become wrong.

Rushing through trigonometric equations
In trigonometric equations, students often find one solution and stop there. It is important to find the complete general solution whenever required.

List of JEE Trigonometry PYQs

Here is a short set of JEE-style trigonometry questions for practice. These include common question types from identities, equations, compound angles, and heights and distances. Solving them regularly can help you become faster and more confident.

Question 1

Let the maximum value of $$\left(\sin^{-1}x\right)^2+\left(\cos^{-1}x\right)^2$$ for $$x\epsilon \left[-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2},\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right]$$ be $$\frac{m}{n}\pi^{2}$$, where gcd
(m, n) = l. Then m + n is equal to ____________

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Question 2

If the domain of the function $$f(x)=\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{2x-5}{11-3x}\right)+\sin^{-1}(2x^{2}-3x+1)$$ is the interval $$[\alpha, \beta]$$, then $$\alpha+2\beta$$ is equal to:

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Question 3

The number of solutions of $$ \tan^{-1}4x + \tan^{-1}6x = \frac{\pi}{6} $$, where $$ -\frac{1}{2\sqrt{6}}<x<\frac{1}{2\sqrt{6}}, $$ is equal to

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Question 4

If the domain of the function f(x) = $$\sin^{-1}\frac{1}{x^{2}-2x-2}$$, is $$\left[-\infty, \alpha\right] \cup \left[\beta,\gamma\right]\cup \left[\delta,\infty\right],$$ then $$\alpha+\beta+\gamma+\delta$$ is equal to

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Question 5

If $$K=\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{1}{2}\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)\right)+\tan\left(\frac{1}{2}\sin^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)\right)$$, then the number of solutions of the equation $$\sin^{-1}(kx-1)=\sin^{-1} x-\cos^{-1} x$$ is______.

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Question 6

Using the principal values of the inverse trigonometric functions, the sum of the maximum and the minimum values of $$16\left(\left(\sec^{-1}x\right)^{2}\left(\cosec^{-1}x\right)^{2}\right) \text{is :} $$

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Question 7

$$ \text{If for some } \alpha,\beta;\; \alpha\le\beta,\; \alpha+\beta=8$$ and  $$\sec^2(\tan^{-1}\alpha)+\cosec^2(\cot^{-1}\beta)=36,$$ $$\alpha^2+\beta^2$$  is:_______

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Question 8

$$\text{If } \alpha > \beta > \gamma > 0,\text{ then the expression}\cot^{-1}\!\left\{\beta+\frac{(1+\beta^2)}{(\alpha-\beta)}\right\} + \cot^{-1}\!\left\{\gamma+\frac{(1+\gamma^2)}{(\beta-\gamma)}\right\} + \cot^{-1}\!\left\{\alpha+\frac{(1+\alpha^2)}{(\gamma-\alpha)}\right\}\text{ is equal to:}$$

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Question 9

$$\cos \left(\sin^{-1}\frac{3}{5}+\sin^{-1}\frac{5}{13}+\sin^{-1}\frac{33}{65}\right)$$ is equal to:

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Question 10

Let $$S = \left\{x : \cos^{-1} x = \pi + \sin^{-1} x+\sin^{-1}(2x+1)\right\}$$. Then $$\sum_{x \in S}^{}(2x-1)^{2}$$ is equal to_________.

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Question 11

If $$\frac{\pi}{2}\leq x\leq \frac{3\pi}{4}$$, then $$\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{12}{13}\cos x+\frac{5}{13}\sin x\right)$$ is equal to

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Question 12

Let $$[x]$$ denote the greatest integer less than or equal to $$x$$. Then the domain of $$f(x)=sec^{-1}(2[x]+1)$$ is:

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Question 13

Let $$\{x\}$$ denote the fractional part of $$x$$ and $$f(x) = \frac{\cos^{-1}(1-\{x\}^2)\sin^{-1}(1-\{x\})}{\{x\} - \{x\}^3}$$, $$x \neq 0$$. If $$L$$ and $$R$$ respectively denotes the left hand limit and the right hand limit of $$f(x)$$ at $$x = 0$$, then $$\frac{32}{\pi^2}(L^2 + R^2)$$ is equal to:

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Question 14

Considering only the principal values of inverse trigonometric functions, the number of positive real values of $$x$$ satisfying $$\tan^{-1}(x) + \tan^{-1}(2x) = \frac{\pi}{4}$$ is :

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Question 15

For $$\alpha, \beta, \gamma \neq 0$$. If $$\sin^{-1}\alpha + \sin^{-1}\beta + \sin^{-1}\gamma = \pi$$ and $$(\alpha + \beta + \gamma)(\alpha - \gamma + \beta) = 3\alpha\beta$$, then $$\gamma$$ equal to

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Question 16

If $$a = \sin^{-1}(\sin 5)$$ and $$b = \cos^{-1}(\cos 5)$$, then $$a^2 + b^2$$ is equal to

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Question 17

Given that the inverse trigonometric function assumes principal values only. Let $$x, y$$ be any two real numbers in $$[-1, 1]$$ such that $$\cos^{-1} x - \sin^{-1} y = \alpha$$, $$\frac{-\pi}{2} \leq \alpha \leq \pi$$. Then, the minimum value of $$x^2 + y^2 + 2xy \sin \alpha$$ is

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Question 18

For $$n \in \mathbb{N}$$, if $$\cot^{-1}3 + \cot^{-1}4 + \cot^{-1}5 + \cot^{-1}n = \frac{\pi}{4}$$, then $$n$$ is equal to _____

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Question 19

If the domain of the function $$f(x) = \sin^{-1}\left(\frac{x-1}{2x+3}\right)$$ is $$\mathbb{R} - (\alpha, \beta)$$, then $$12\alpha\beta$$ is equal to :

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Question 20

Let $$\lim_{n \to \infty} \left(\frac{n}{\sqrt{n^4+1}} - \frac{2n}{(n^2+1)\sqrt{n^4+1}} + \frac{n}{\sqrt{n^4+16}} - \frac{8n}{(n^2+4)\sqrt{n^4+16}} + \ldots + \frac{n}{\sqrt{n^4+n^4}} - \frac{2n \cdot n^2}{(n^2+n^2)\sqrt{n^4+n^4}}\right)$$ be $$\frac{\pi}{k}$$, using only the principal values of the inverse trigonometric functions. Then $$k^2$$ is equal to ________

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Question 21

Let the inverse trigonometric functions take principal values. The number of real solutions of the equation $$2\sin^{-1} x + 3\cos^{-1} x = \frac{2\pi}{5}$$, is ________

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Question 22

Let $$S$$ be the set of all solutions of the equation $$\cos^{-1}(2x) - 2\cos^{-1}(\sqrt{1-x^2}) = \pi, x \in \left[-\frac{1}{2}, \frac{1}{2}\right]$$. Then $$\sum_{x \in S} \left(2\sin^{-1}(x^2) - 1\right)$$ is equal to

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Question 23

Let $$f(x) = 2x + \tan^{-1}(x)$$ and $$g(x) = \log_e(\sqrt{1+x^2} + x), \quad x \in [0, 3]$$. Then

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Question 24

Let $$S = \left\{x \in R : 0 \lt x \lt 1 \text{ and } 2\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{1-x}{1+x}\right) = \cos^{-1}\left(\frac{1-x^2}{1+x^2}\right)\right\}$$. If $$n(S)$$ denotes the number of elements in $$S$$ then :

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Question 25

$$\tan^{-1}\frac{1+\sqrt{3}}{3+\sqrt{3}} + \sec^{-1}\sqrt{\frac{8+4\sqrt{3}}{6+3\sqrt{3}}} =$$

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Question 26

The value of $$\operatorname{cosec}10°-\sqrt{3}\sec10°$$ is equal to :


Question 27

Let $$\cos(\alpha+\beta)= -\frac{1}{10} \text{and} \sin (\alpha -\beta)= \frac{3}{8}$$, 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 __________.

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Question 28

Number of solutions of $$\sqrt{3}\cos2\theta+8\cos\theta+3\sqrt{3}=0,\theta\epsilon[-3\pi,2\pi]$$ is:


Question 29

Let $$\alpha$$ and $$\beta$$ respectively be the maximum and the minimum values of the function $$f(\theta)=4\left(\sin^4\left(\frac{7\pi}{2}-\theta\right)+\sin^4(11\pi+\theta)\right)-2\left(\sin^6\left(\frac{3\pi}{2}-\theta\right)+\sin^6(9\pi-\theta)\right),\ \ \theta\in\ R$$. Then $$\alpha+2\beta$$ is equal to:


Question 30

If $$\dfrac{\cos^{2}48^{o}-\sin^{2}12^{o}}{\sin^{2}24^{o}-\sin^{2}6^{o}}=\dfrac{\alpha+\beta\sqrt{5}}{2}$$, where $$\alpha, \beta \text{ }\epsilon \text{ }N$$, then $$\alpha + \beta $$ is equal to ________


Question 31

The value of $$\dfrac{\sqrt{3}  \operatorname{cosec} 20^{\circ}-\sec20^{\circ}}{\cos20^{\circ}\cos40^{\circ}\cos60^{\circ}\cos80^{\circ}}$$ is equal to:


Question 32

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

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Question 33

The number of elements in the set $$\left\{x \in [0,180^{\circ}]:\tan (x+100^{\circ}) = \tan (x+50^{\circ}) \tan x \tan(x-50^{\circ})\right\}$$ is ___________.

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Question 34

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

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Question 35

Let $$ \frac{\pi}{2} < \theta < \pi $$ and $$\cot\theta=-\frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}.$$ Then the value of $$\sin\left( \frac{150}{2}\right)\left(\cos 80 + \sin 80\right)+\cos\left( \frac{150}{2}\right)\left(\cos 80 - \sin 80\right)$$ is equal to

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Question 36

The least value of $$(\cos^{2} \theta- 6\sin \theta \cos \theta + 3\sin^{2} \theta +2)$$ is

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Question 37

Considering the principal values of inverse trigonometric functions, the value of the expression $$ \tan\left( 2\sin^{-1} \left( \frac{2}{\sqrt{13}}-2\cos ^{-1}\left( \frac{3}{\sqrt{10}}\right)\right)\right) $$
is equal to:

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Question 38

The sum of all values of $$\theta \in [0,2\pi]$$ satisfying $$2\sin^{2}\theta =\cos2\theta \text{ and }2\cos^{2}\theta =3\sin\theta$$ is

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Question 39

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

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Question 40

If $$\sin x + \sin^2 x = 1$$, $$x \in (0, \tfrac{\pi}{2})$$ 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 :

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Question 41

If $$\sum_{r=1}^{13}\left\{\frac{1}{\sin(\frac{\pi}{4}+(r-1)\frac{\pi}{6})\sin(\frac{\pi}{4}+\frac{r\pi}{6})}\right\}=a\sqrt{3}+b,a,b \in Z$$ then $$a^{2}+b^{2}$$ is equal to:

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Question 42

If $$\tan A = \frac{1}{\sqrt{xx^2+x+1}}$$, $$\tan B = \frac{\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{x^2+x+1}}$$ and $$\tan C=x^{-3}+x^{-2}+x^{-11/2}$$, $$0 < A, B, C < \frac{\pi}{2}$$, then $$A + B$$ is equal to:

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Question 43

The number of solutions of the equation $$4\sin^2 x - 4\cos^3 x + 9 - 4\cos x = 0$$; $$x \in [-2\pi, 2\pi]$$ is:

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Question 44

Let the set of all $$a \in \mathbb{R}$$ such that the equation $$\cos 2x + a \sin x = 2a - 7$$ has a solution be $$[p, q]$$ and $$r = \tan 9° - \tan 27° - \frac{1}{\cot 63°} + \tan 81°$$, then $$pqr$$ is equal to _______.

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Question 45

If $$2\tan^2\theta - 5\sec\theta = 1$$ has exactly 7 solutions in the interval $$\left[0, \frac{n\pi}{2}\right]$$, for the least value of $$n \in \mathbb{N}$$ then $$\sum_{k=1}^{n} \frac{k}{2^k}$$ is equal to :

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Question 46

If $$\alpha$$, $$-\frac{\pi}{2} < \alpha < \frac{\pi}{2}$$ is the solution of $$4\cos\theta + 5\sin\theta = 1$$, then the value of $$\tan\alpha$$ is

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Question 47

The sum of the solutions $$x \in R$$ of the equation $$\frac{3\cos 2x + \cos^3 2x}{\cos^6 x - \sin^6 x} = x^3 - x^2 + 6$$ is

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Question 48

If $$2\sin^3 x + \sin 2x \cos x + 4\sin x - 4 = 0$$ has exactly $$3$$ solutions in the interval $$\left[0, \frac{n\pi}{2}\right]$$, $$n \in \mathbb{N}$$, then the roots of the equation $$x^2 + nx + (n - 3) = 0$$ belong to :

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Question 49

For $$\alpha, \beta \in \left(0, \frac{\pi}{2}\right)$$, 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

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Question 50

Let $$S = \{\sin^2 2\theta : (\sin^4 \theta + \cos^4 \theta)x^2 + (\sin 2\theta)x + (\sin^6 \theta + \cos^6 \theta) = 0$$ has real roots$$\}$$. If $$\alpha$$ and $$\beta$$ be the smallest and largest elements of the set $$S$$, respectively, then $$3((\alpha - 2)^2 + (\beta - 1)^2)$$ equals _____

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