Trigonometry PYQ
JEE Main Mathematics — Trigonometry previous year questions with solutions.
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Trigonometry at a glance
Questions per year
224 across 24 yearsDifficulty mix
224 total- easy62 · 28%
- medium124 · 55%
- hard38 · 17%
Subtopic-wise weightage
Breakdown of the 214 Trigonometry questions tagged to a subtopic, by year — darker cells mean more questions.
| Subtopic | Weightage | Total | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverse Trigonometric Functions | 42.5% | 91 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Ratios & Identities | 30.8% | 66 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Trigonometric Equations | 26.6% | 57 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| All subtopics | 214 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 27 | 27 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
All Trigonometry Questions (224)
If $A = \dfrac{\sin 3^\circ}{\cos 9^\circ} + \dfrac{\sin 9^\circ}{\cos 27^\circ} + \dfrac{\sin 27^\circ}{\cos 81^\circ}$ and $B = \tan 81^\circ - \tan 3^\circ$, then $\dfrac{B}{A}$ is equal to _____.
Let $\alpha = 3\sin^{-1}\left(\dfrac{6}{11}\right)$ and $\beta = 3\cos^{-1}\left(\dfrac{4}{9}\right)$, where inverse trigonometric functions take only the principal values. Given below are two statements: Statement I: $\cos(\alpha+\beta) > 0$. Statement II: $\cos(\alpha) < 0$. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Let $S = \{x \in [-\pi, \pi] : \sin x (\sin x + \cos x) = a, a \in \mathbb{Z}\}$. Then $n(S)$ is equal to :
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
If $\dfrac{\pi}{4} + \displaystyle\sum_{p=1}^{11} \tan^{-1}\left(\dfrac{2^{p-1}}{1 + 2^{2p-1}}\right) = \alpha$, then $\tan\alpha$ is equal to __________.
Considering the principal values of inverse trigonometric functions, the value of the expression $\tan \left(2 \sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{13}}\right)-2 \cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{3}{\sqrt{10}}\right)\right)$ is equal to :
The value of sin²30° + cos²30° is:
If $\frac{\cos ^{2} 48^{\circ}-\sin ^{2} 12^{\circ}}{\sin ^{2} 24^{\circ}-\sin ^{2} 6^{\circ}}=\frac{\alpha+\beta \sqrt{5}}{2}$, where $\alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{N}$, then $\alpha+\beta$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_\_$
Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ respectively be the maximum and the minimum values of the function $f(\theta)=4\left(\sin ^{4}\left(\frac{7 \pi}{2}-\theta\right)+\sin ^{4}(11 \pi+\theta)\right)-2\left(\sin ^{6}\left(\frac{3 \pi}{2}-\theta\right)+\sin ^{6}(9 \pi-\theta)\right), \theta \in \mathbf{R}$. Then $\alpha+2 \beta$ is equal to :
Number of solutions of $\sqrt{3} \cos 2 \theta+8 \cos \theta+3 \sqrt{3}=0, \theta \in[-3 \pi, 2 \pi]$ is:
The number of elements in the set $\left\{x \in\left[0,180^{\circ}\right]: \tan \left(x+100^{\circ}\right)=\tan \left(x+50^{\circ}\right) \tan x \tan \left(x-50^{\circ}\right)\right\}$ is $\_\_\_\_$.
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
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
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 $\sin ^{-1}(k x-1)=\sin ^{-1} x-\cos ^{-1} x$ is $\_\_\_\_$
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
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
If $\sin(\tan^{-1}(x\sqrt{2})) = \cot(\sin^{-1}\sqrt{1-x^2})$, $x \in (0,1)$, then the value of $x$ is :
If $\sin\left(\dfrac{\pi}{18}\right) \sin\left(\dfrac{5\pi}{18}\right) \sin\left(\dfrac{7\pi}{18}\right) = K$, then the value of $\sin\left(\dfrac{10K\pi}{3}\right)$ is :
Let the maximum value of $\left(\sin ^{-1} x\right)^{2}+\left(\cos ^{-1} x\right)^{2}$ for $x \in\left[-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\right]$ be $\frac{\mathrm{m}}{\mathrm{n}} \pi^{2}$, where $\operatorname{gcd}(\mathrm{m}, \mathrm{n})=1$. Then $\mathrm{m}+\mathrm{n}$ is equal to $\_\_\_\_$.
The value of $\operatorname{cosec} 10^{\circ}-\sqrt{3} \sec 10^{\circ}$ is equal to :
If the domain of the function $f(x)=\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{2 x-5}{11-3 x}\right)+\sin ^{-1}\left(2 x^{2}-3 x+1\right)$ is the interval $[\alpha, \beta]$, then $\alpha+2 \beta$ is equal to :
Let $0 < \alpha < 1$, $\beta = \dfrac{1}{3\alpha}$ and $\tan^{-1}(1-\alpha) + \tan^{-1}(1-\beta) = \dfrac{\pi}{4}$. Then $6(\alpha + \beta)$ is equal to:
Let $S = \{\theta \in (-2\pi, 2\pi) : \cos\theta + 1 = \sqrt{3}\sin\theta\}$. Then $\sum_{\theta \in S}\theta$ is equal to:
If $S = \left\{\theta \in [-\pi, \pi] : \cos\theta \cos\dfrac{5\theta}{2} = \cos 7\theta \cos\dfrac{7\theta}{2}\right\}$, then $n(S)$ is equal to _______.