PRACTICE PROBLEMS FOR MODULUS AND LOGARITHM

Section-I
2
1. The number or real solution of the equation x  3 x  2  0 is
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) infinite
2. Number of solution of x  2 is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) infinite
3. Value of x if x  1  1
(A) x   ,0   2,   (B)  0,2  (C) x  1,2 (D) x  0,2

4. Solution of the inequality x  4  5 is

(A) x   5,  (B) 9,   , 1 (C) x  real (D) none of these

5. The solution set of the equation x  3  x  3

(A)  3,  (B) 3,  (C)  (D) all Real number
2log9 3
6. The value of 4 is
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1
7. If log7 2   , then log49 28 is equal to
1  2 1  2 1  2
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
4 2 3
1
2 ln e
8. If 4 x  , then x =
2
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) -1 (D) 3

9. If a2  4b2  12ab, then log(a+2b) =

1 a b
(A)  loga  logb  log 2  (B) log  log  log 2
2 2 2
1 1
(C)  loga  logb  4 log 2  (D) loga  logb  4 log 2 
2 2
10. If loga (ab)  x, then logb (ab) is equal to
1 x x x
(A) (B) (C) (D)
x 1 x x 1 1 x

11. If log7  
x  5  x  0 , then x is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

12.  
log4 log2 log2  log2 log3 81   
 
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) -1 (D) not defined

loge a loge b loge c

,then a y  yz z b z zx x c x xy y is equal to
2 2 2 2 2 2
13. If  
yz zx x y
(A) 2 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) none of these
 1  4
 
81 5 
log 3
14. The value of  27 log9 36
3 log7 9
is equal to
(A) 49 (B) 625 (C) 216 (D) 890

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15. The equation log3 (3 x  8)  2  x has the solution
(A) x = 1 (B) x = 2 (C) x = 3 (D) x = 4

16. Solve for x:

x2  6
(i) x  1  x  2  x  3  6 (ii) 1
5x
x 2  12
(iii) 1 (iv) x 2  3 x  2  0
7x
(v) x 2  5 x  4  0 (vi) x 2  5 x  6  0

(vii) x  1  x  2  1/ 2 (viii) x  1  x  2  1

(ix) |x2 - x| = x2 – x (x) |x2 x  6| = x + 2

(xi) x  1  x  3  2 (xii) 2x  3  2x  4  1

2
(xiii) 2 x  1  x  1  3 (xiv) x  1  x  2  x  3  2

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ANSWERS

1. A 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B

6. A 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. C

11. D 12. D 13. C 14. D 15. B

16. (i) {0,4} (ii) x   3, 2  2,3

(iii) x     4   3,0  0,3  4,   (iv) x  2, 1,1,2
(v) x   (vi) x  6,6
(vii) 7/4 (viii)  2, 
(ix)  ,0   1,   (x) 2, 2,4
3 
(xi) [1,3] (xii)  ,2
2 
1 5
(xiii) , (xiv) 2
2 2

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 Section-II

1. The equation
1
2
 
log x 2  2x  log x  2  0 has the solution
(A) x = 1 (B) x = -2 (C) x = -2, 1 (D) none of these

1
2. Solution of log3  x  1  log9 1  x   log9  2x  3  is
2
(A)
1
2

5 1 
(B)
1
2
5 1  
(C) ,
1 1
2 3
(D) none of these

3. aloga blogb clogc d is equal to

(A) b (B) c (C) d (D) none

 x y  1
4. If log   (log x + log y) then
 2  2
(A) x  y = 0 (B) x + y = 0 (C) x  y = 0 (D) none

5. log5 5 log4 9 log3 2 simplifies to

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 5 (D) none of these
1
6. log8 [log2 {log3 (4x + 17)}] = then x is
3
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) -1 (D) 3

Value of k for which  log16 x   log16 x  log16 k  0 has exactly one solution is
2
7.
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) none of these

8. The value of log5 log2 log3 log2 512 is

(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 5 (D) 3

9. The value of log9 27  log27 9 is k/6, then k is equal to

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

2 ln e2
10. ln e2lne equals
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 16
11. The solution set of the equation ln(2x – 1) + ln(3x – 2) = ln 7, is
1 5 1 5 1 5
(A) x  or (B) x  or (C) x  or (D) none
2 3 2 3 2 3

12. Solve for x:

2x  1
(i) 2 (ii) 3x  1  1
x 1

(iii) x  1  3 (iv) x  2  1

x
(v) 3x  7  4 (vi) 1 1
5

13. Solve for x:

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 x2
(i). 0
x2
2
(ii). 1
x4
2x  1
(iii). 2
x 1
x 2  3x  1
(iv). 3
x2  x  1
3x
(v). 1
x 4
2

x 2  5x  4
(vi). 1
x2  4
(vii). Find the number of solution of the equation x  1  x  2  9 .

(viii). Find the number of solution of the equation x  3  x  1  0 .

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ANSWERS

1. A 2. A 3. C 4. A
5. B 6. D 7. A 8. A
9. D 10. C 11. D

12.
3   2
(i) x   , 1  1,   (ii) 0, 
4   3

(iii) [-2,4] (iv) (-3,-1)

 11 
(v)  1,  (vi)  ,0   10, 
 3

13.

(i)  2,  (ii)  2,4    4,6 

3 
(iii)  ,1  1,   (iv)  ,  2    1,  
4 
 8 5 
(v)  ,  4   1, 1 4,  (vi) 0, 5    2 ,  
   
(vii) 2 (viii) 1

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 Section-III

1. If a = log 503 and c = log 5, then the value of log 2012 in terms of a and c, is
(A) a + 2c – 2 (B) a + 2c + 2 (C) a – 2c + 2 (D) a – 2c – 2

2. The product log32  log43  log54  …….  log256255, is equal to

1 1
(A) 8 (B) (C) 16 (D)
8 16
3. Let N = (log864  log11121  log10100  log12144)2 then which of the following is/are also equal to
N?
I. log8(8256) II. log4(2512) III. Log16(256)8
(A) I (but not II and III) (B) I and II (but not III) (C) II (but not I and III) (D) I, II and III

4. If log2A = log8B, log4B = C and log A = log2k, then the value of k is

3 3C 2 2C
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2C 2 3C 3
5. If log 3 5  p and log32 = q, then the value of log3300 is equal to
(A) p + 2q – 1 (B) 2p + q + 1 (C) p + 2q + 1 (D) 4p + 2q + 1
6. Number of real values of x satisfying the equation log2    
x  1  log3 1  x is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
7. For 2 < x < 5, the expression |2x – 1| + | 5 – 3x| + |x – 6| = Ax + B. The value of A + B, is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 10

8. Number of real values of x satisfying the equation log3  x 2  3x  5   log3  7  2x  is

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
1
9. log 8 b  3 , then b is equal to
3
(A) 2 (B) 8 (C) 32 (D) 64

If xlog3 4  27, then the value of x

log3 4 
2
10. is
(A) 16 (B) 64 (C) 81 (D) 4

 7
11. If log3 2, log3  2x  5  and log3  2x   are in arithmetic progression, then x is equal to
 2
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 8
12.  
If log7 log5 x 2  x  5  0, then x can be
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) –2

13. Match the following

1. Column-I Column-II
(A) (P) 4, 8
2x  5  7
(B)
x2  4x  4  6 (Q) 5, 9
(C) 7x 2 (R) 6,  1
(D) x2  7x  10  18 (S) 1, 8

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 2. Column-I Column-II
(A) x 3  2 (P)  1, 8 
(B) 2x  7  9 (Q) 1, 5 
(C) 2x  4  6 (R)  ,  1  8,  
(D) x2  7x  12  20 (S)  ,  1  5,  
(T)

3. Column-I Column-II
(A) x 3  3x (P) 12, 5 , 12,  5 
(B) 5x  6  x 2  x 2  5x  6 (Q)  , 3
(C) x2 2x (R)  , 2  3,  
 2
 x  3  x  4  x  7x  12
(D) x2  y2  169  x  12  0 (S)  , 2  3, 4 

4. Column-I Column-II
(A) x2  x4 8 (P) 5,  
(B) x 3  x 3  6 (Q) 1, 7
(C) x 1  x  3  1 (R)  3, 3
(D) x 3  x 5  2 (S) 

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ANSWERS

1. C 2. B 3. B 4. D
5. C 6. B 7. B 8. B
9. C 10. B 11. B 12. B

13. Match the Column

1. AR B P C Q D S

2. AQ B P C S D R

3. A Q B R C S D P

4. A Q B R C S D P

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 Section-IV

1. Prove that logab x 

loga x logb x 
loga x  logb x
2. Find the value of log3 2
5832 .
1 1 1
3. Find the value of  
logxy xyz logyz xyz logzx xyz

 1 
4. Find the value of log logab a  
 logb ab 
log8 17 log2 2 17
5. Find the value of 
log9 23 log3 23

6. Find the value of x which satisfy the equation log2 (x 2  3)  log2 (6x  10)  1  0

log2 a log2 b log2 c

7. If   and a3b4 c  1, a  1,b  1,c  1 then find the value of n.
3 4 5n
8. Find the product of all possible values of x which makes the following statement
4
true log6 54  logx 16  log 2 x  log36
9

9. MATCH THE COLUMN

Let S  0.5 then match the following
1.
Column A Column B

(A)  0.64  (P) 1

log0.25 (s)

9
(B) 5log2 (s) (Q) 0.8
(C)
log8 (S) (R) 0.2
2

(D)
log0.125 (S)3 (S) 1
27

2.
Column A Column B
log3  x 2 
(A) 3  log6  216  (P) {5}

(B) 2
log8  4x 
 log5  625  (Q) 

(C) 3 (R) {-16}

logx 3  log3 x  1 
4
(D) 1 (S) {25}
log5 x  log25 x  2
2

3. Column-I Column-II
(A) x  3  x  5  8  2x (P) 1, 1

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(B) x2  2x  3x  6  5x  6  x 2 (Q)  , 3  5,  

(C) x2  4  x2  9  2x 2  13 (R) 0, 

(D) x 1 (S)  ,  3  2, 2  3,  

1 
1 x 2

10.
Comprehension

Consider the equation p  5  2q  3

(i). Greatest set of all values of p for q  R is

(A)  , 5  (B)  , 5 
(C)  5, 5  (D) None of these

(ii). If p = 4, then possible values of q are

(A) 2, 1, –1 (B) –1, 1
(C) 1 (D) 2, 1
(iii). If p  r  5, then number of possible ordered pair (r, q) is/are
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) Infinite

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ANSWERS

2. 6 3. 2

4. 0 5. 0

6. 2 7. 2

8. 2

9. MATCH THE COLUMN

1. AQ BR CP D S

2. A P BR CQ D S

3. A Q B R C S D P

10. Comprehension

(i). A (ii). D (iii). A

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