Roots of Unity

Comprehensive quiz covering nth roots of unity including product formulas, series sums, geometric interpretations, and trigonometric relationships

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Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $1,\alpha, \alpha^2,.....,\alpha^{n - 1}$ be the $n^{th}$ roots of unity, then $(1-\alpha)(1-\alpha^2).....(1-\alpha^{n-1}) $

  1. $3$
  2. $0$
  3. $n$
  4. $1$
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Find the number of values of complex numbers $\omega$ satisfying the system of equations ${ z }^{ 3 }=-{ \left( \overline { \omega  }  \right)  }^{ 7 }$ and ${ z }^{ 5 }.{ \omega  }^{ 11 }=1$

  1. $2$
  2. $4$
  3. $6$
  4. $8$
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

For positive integers ${ n } _{ 1 },{ n } _{ 2 }$ the value of the expression; ${ (1+i) }^{ { n } _{ 1 } }+{ (1+i) }^{ { n } _{ 1 } }+{ (1+i) }^{ { n } _{ 2 } }+{ (1+i) }^{ { n } _{ 2 } }$, where $i=\sqrt { -1 } $, is a real number if :

  1. ${ n } _{ 1 }={ n } _{ 2 }+1$
  2. ${ n } _{ 1 }={ n } _{ 2 }-1$
  3. ${ n } _{ 1 }={ n } _{ 2 }$
  4. ${ n } _{ 1 }>0,{ n } _{ 2 }>0$
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The value of $\sum _{ n=1 }^{ 10 }{ \left( sin\frac { 2n\pi  }{ 11 } -icos\frac { 2n\pi  }{ 11 }  \right)  } $

  1. $i$
  2. $-i$
  3. $0$
  4. none of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The value of the expression $1+(2-\omega )+(2-{ \omega  }^{ 2 })+2+(3-\omega )+(3-{ \omega  }^{ 2 })+..........+(n-1)(n-\omega )(n-{ \omega  }^{ 2 })$ where $\omega $ is an imaginary cube root of unity is-

  1. ${ (\frac { n(n+1) }{ 2 } ) }^{ 2 }$
  2. ${ (\frac { n(n+1) }{ 2 } ) }^{ 2 }-n$
  3. ${ (\frac { n(n+1) }{ 2 } ) }^{ 2 }+n$
  4. None of above
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If 1,${ a } _{ 1 }{ a } _{ 2,........, }{ a } _{ n-1 }$ are the ${ n }^{ th }$ roots of unity, then $\left( 1-{ a } _{ 1 } \right) \left( 1-{ a } _{ 2 } \right) ....\left( 1-{ a } _{ n-1 } \right) $ is equal to

  1. n
  2. 0
  3. 1
  4. none of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Let the four roots of unity be $z _1, z _2, z _3$, and $z _4$, respectively.
Statement 1: $z _1^2+z _2^2+z _3^2+z _4^2=0$
Statement 2: $z _1+z _2+z _3+z _4=0$.

  1. Both the statements are true, and Statement 2 is the correct explanation for Statement 1.
  2. Both the statements are true, but Statement 2 is not the correct explanation for Statement 1.
  3. Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
  4. Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true.
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha _1, \alpha _2, \alpha _3, \alpha _4$ be the roots of $x^5 - 1 = 0$ then find $\displaystyle \frac{\omega - \alpha _1}{\omega^2 - \alpha _1} \cdot \frac{\omega - \alpha _2}{\omega^2 - \alpha _2} \cdot \frac{\omega - \alpha _3}{\omega^2 - \alpha _3} \cdot \frac{\omega - \alpha _4}{\omega^2 - \alpha _4} $

  1. $\omega^2$
  2. $1$
  3. $\omega$
  4. $(\omega-\alpha _1)(\omega-\alpha _2)(\omega-\alpha _3)(\omega-\alpha _4)$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha$ is the n$^{th}$ root of unity, then $1+2\alpha+3\alpha^2+.... $ to $n$ terms equal to

  1. $\displaystyle \frac {-n}{(1-\alpha)^2}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac {-n}{1-\alpha}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac {-2n}{1-\alpha}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac {-2n}{(1-\alpha)^2}$
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\displaystyle\ \alpha$ is nonreal and $\displaystyle\ \alpha=\sqrt[5]{1}$ then the value of $\displaystyle\ 2^{|1+\alpha+\alpha^{2}+\alpha^{3} +\alpha^{-1}|}$ is equal to

  1. $\displaystyle\ 4$
  2. $\displaystyle\ 2$
  3. $\displaystyle\ 1$
  4. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If n is an odd positive integer and $ I,\alpha _{1},\alpha _{2},....\alpha _{n-1}$ are the $n,n^{th}$ roots of unity, then $\left ( 3+\alpha ^{1} \right )\left ( 3+\alpha ^{2} \right )....\left ( 3+\alpha ^{n-1} \right )$ equals

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{3^{n}+1}{4}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{3^{n}-1}{2}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{3^{n}-1}{4}$
  4. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$(1-\omega +\omega^{2})(1-\omega^{2}+\omega^{4})(1-\omega^{4}+\omega^{8})......$to 2n factors =

  1. 2
  2. $2^{2n}$
  3. 2n
  4. none of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha$ is the $n^{th}$ root of unity, then $1+2\alpha+3\alpha^{2}+...$ to $n$ terms is equal to

  1. $\displaystyle -\frac { n }{ { \left( 1-\alpha \right) }^{ 2 } } $
  2. $\displaystyle -\frac { n }{ { \left( 1-\alpha \right) }} $
  3. $\displaystyle -\frac { 2n }{ { \left( 1-\alpha \right) } } $
  4. $\displaystyle -\frac { 2n }{ { \left( 1-\alpha \right) }^{ 2 } } $
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

if $\displaystyle\ z _{\gamma }=\cos \frac{2\gamma \pi}{5}+i\sin \frac{2\gamma \pi}{5}=0$, $\displaystyle\ \gamma = 0,1,2,3,4.....$ then $\displaystyle\ z _{1}z _{2}z _{3}z _{4}z _{5}$ is equal to

  1. $\displaystyle\ -1$
  2. $\displaystyle\ 0$
  3. $\displaystyle\ 1$
  4. $none\ of\ these$
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If the fourth roots of unity are $\displaystyle\ z _{1},z _{2},z _{3},z _{4}$ then $\displaystyle\ z _{1}^{2}+z _{2}^{2}+z _{3}^{2}+z _{4}^{2}$ is equal to

  1. $\displaystyle\ 1$
  2. $\displaystyle\ 0$
  3. $\displaystyle\ i$
  4. None of these
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $a = cos \dfrac{2\pi}{7}+i  sin\dfrac{2\pi}{7}$, then find the quadratic equation whose roots are $a = a + a^2 + a^4$ and $\beta = a^3 + a^5 + a^6$.

  1. $x^2 + x - 1=0$
  2. $x^2 + x - 2=0$
  3. $x^2 + x + 1=0$
  4. $x^2 + x + 2=0$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\displaystyle z=\cos \frac{8\pi }{11}+i\sin\frac{8\pi }{11},$ then Real $\displaystyle \left ( z+z^{2}+z^{3}+z^{4}+z^{5} \right )$ is

  1. $\displaystyle -\frac{1}{2}$
  2. 0
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}$
  4. none
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\displaystyle \omega $ is fifth root of unity, then $\displaystyle \log _2 \mid 1+\omega +\omega ^{2}+\omega ^{3}-\omega ^{-1}\mid $ is equal to

  1. $1$
  2. $0$
  3. $-1$
  4. $2$
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $w$ be complex $n^{th}$ root of unity and $r$ is an integer not divisible by $n$, then the sum of the $r$th powers of the nth roots of unity is

  1. $0$
  2. $1$
  3. $w$
  4. $n$
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $1,\alpha,\alpha^ 2......\alpha^{n}$ are the $n^{th}$ roots of unity then $^nC _1+ ^nC _2.\alpha + ^nC _3.\alpha^2 ........+^nC _n.\alpha^{n}$ is equal to

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\alpha}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\alpha} (2^n -1)$
  3. $\alpha$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\alpha} \left[ (1+\alpha)^n - 1\right]$
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\alpha $ is a non-real root of $x^6=1$, then $\displaystyle \frac{\alpha ^5+\alpha ^3+\alpha +1}{\alpha ^2+1}=$

  1. $\alpha ^2$
  2. $0$
  3. $-\alpha ^2$
  4. $\alpha $
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

lf $\alpha$ be the $n^{th}$ root of unity then the sum of the series $1+2\alpha+3\alpha^{2}+\ldots.+n\alpha^{n-1}$ equals?

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{-n}{1-\alpha}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{-n}{(1-\alpha)^{2}}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{n}{(1-\alpha)}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{n}{(1-\alpha)^{2}}$
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $(2 + i \sqrt 3)$ is a root of the equation $x^2 + px + q = 0$, where p and q are real, then (p, q) equals to

  1. $(4, 7)$
  2. $(-4, -7)$
  3. $(-4, 7)$
  4. $(4, -7)$
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In the multiplicative group of $n^{th}$ roots of unity the inverse of ${ \omega  }^{ k },\left( k<n \right) $ is

  1. ${ \omega }^{ { 1 }/{ k } }$
  2. ${ \omega }^{ -1 }$
  3. ${ \omega }^{ n-k }$
  4. ${ \omega }^{ { n }/{ k } }$
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The 4th roots of unity in the argand plane form a

  1. Square
  2. Rectangle
  3. Parallelogram
  4. Rhombus
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\omega, \omega^2, \omega^3, ........ \omega^{n - 1}$ are nth roots of unity then $(1- \omega) (1- \omega^2) ....... (1 - \omega^{n  -1})$ equals:

  1. $0$
  2. $1$
  3. $n$
  4. $n^2$
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is incorrect regarding $n^{th}$ roots of unity?

  1. The number of distinct roots is $n$
  2. The roots are in G.P. with common ratio $c = \dfrac{2\pi}{n}$
  3. The arguments are in A.P. with common difference $\dfrac{2\pi}{n}$
  4. Product of the roots is $0$ and the sum of the roots is $\pm 1$
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $2 + i$ and $\sqrt {5} - 2i$ are the roots of the equation $(x^{2} + ax + b)(x^{2} + cx + d) = 0$, where $a, b, c, d$ are real constants, then product of all roots of the equation is

  1. $40$
  2. $9\sqrt {5}$
  3. $45$
  4. $35$
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

$1 , z _1, z _2, z _3, ..., z _{n-1}$ are the $n$th roots of unity, then the value of $\displaystyle\frac{1}{(3-z _1)} +\displaystyle\frac{1}{(3-z _2)} + ... +\displaystyle\frac{1}{(3-z _{n-1})}$ is equal to  

  1. $\displaystyle \frac { n{ 3 }^{ n-1 } }{ { 3 }^{ n }-1 } -\displaystyle \frac { 1 }{ 2 } $
  2. $\displaystyle \frac { n{ 3 }^{ n-1 } }{ { 3 }^{ n }-1 } +1$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac { n{ 3 }^{ n-1 } }{ { 3 }^{ n }-1 } -1$
  4. none of these
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $1,\omega,\omega^{2},...,\omega^{n-1}$ are $n^{th}$ roots of unity, then the value of $(5-\omega)(5-\omega^{2})...(5-\omega^{n-1})=$

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{5^{n}-2}{4}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{5^{n}+2}{4}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{5^{n}+1}{4}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{5^{n}-1}{4}$
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Value of $\displaystyle sin \frac{\pi}{2n + 1} sin \frac{2 \pi}{2n + 1} sin \frac{3 \pi}{2n + 1} ..... sin \frac{n\pi}{2n + 1}$.

  1. $\dfrac{\sqrt{2n+1}}{2^n}$
  2. 1
  3. $\dfrac{n(n+1)}{2}$
  4. None of these
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $ 1,\alpha ,\alpha ^{2} .....\alpha ^{n-1}$ are n roots of unity then ,$1.\alpha .\alpha ^{2}....\alpha ^{n-1}$ equals

  1. $\left ( -1 \right )^{n-1}$
  2. 0
  3. 1
  4. -1
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\displaystyle \alpha = \cos\frac{8\pi}{11}+i\sin\frac{8\pi }{11}$ then $\displaystyle Re(\alpha +\alpha^{2}+\alpha^{3}+\alpha^{4}+\alpha^{5})$ equals

  1. 0
  2. $\displaystyle -\frac{1}{2}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}$
  4. None of these
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\displaystyle \alpha  $ be the $\displaystyle n^{th}  $ root of unity then the sum of the series
$\displaystyle 1+2\alpha+3\alpha^{2}+...n\alpha ^{n-1}$ equals.

  1. $\displaystyle \dfrac{-n}{1-\alpha}$
  2. $\displaystyle \dfrac{-n}{1-\alpha}^{2}$
  3. $\displaystyle \dfrac{n}{1-\alpha}$
  4. None of these
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

State true or false:

$\displaystyle cos \frac{\pi}{2n + 1} cos \frac{2 \pi}{ 2n + 1} cos \frac{3 \pi}{2n + 1} ..... cos \frac{n \pi}{2n + 1}=\frac{1}{2^n}$.

  1. True
  2. False
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $r$ is non-real and $r=\sqrt [ 5 ]{ 1 } $, then the value of $ { 2 }^{ \left| 1+r+{ r }^{ 2 }+{ r }^{ -2 }-{ r }^{ -1 } \right|  }$ is equal to

  1. $2$
  2. $4$
  3. $8$
  4. None of these
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If $\displaystyle \alpha _{1}, \alpha _{2}, \cdots \alpha _{100}$ are all the 100th roots of unity, then $\displaystyle \sum \sum \left ( \alpha _{i}\alpha _{j} \right )^{5}$ is $\displaystyle 1\leq i< j\leq 100$

  1. $20$
  2. $\displaystyle \left ( 20 \right )^{1/20}$
  3. $0$
  4. none
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The value of $\displaystyle \sum _{k= 1}^{6}\left ( \sin \frac{2\pi k}{7}-i\cos \frac{2\pi k}{7} \right )$ is

  1. -1
  2. 0
  3. -i
  4. None
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Simplify the expressions of the sums

$\displaystyle cot^2 \frac{\pi}{2n + 1} + cot^2 \frac{2\pi}{2n + 1} + cot^2 \frac{3\pi}{2n + 1} + ...... + cot^2 \frac{n\pi}{2n + 1}=$

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{n (2n +1)}{3}$
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{n (2n + 1)}{6}$
  3. $\displaystyle \frac{n (2n - 1)}{3}$
  4. $\displaystyle \frac{n (2n - 1)}{6}$

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