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1 log x
1. If cos 1     , then tan  = 9. lim 
x x 1 x 1
1 (a) 1 (b) –1
(a) (b) x2  1
x 12 (c) 0 (d) 
 x2  4x  3
(c) 1  x2 (d) x2  1  , for x  1
10. If f (x)   x 2  1 , then
2. sin(cot 1 x)  2 , for x  1

(a) 1  x2 (b) x (a) lim f (x)  2
x  1
2 3 / 2 2 1 / 2
(c) (1  x ) (d) (1  x )
(b) lim f ( x)  3
x 1
 5 
3. cos  sin 1 
 13  (c) f (x) is discontinuous at x  1
12 12 (d) None of these
(a) (b) 
13 13 11. Let [x ] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal
5 to x. If f (x)  [ x sinx] , then f (x) is
(c) (d) None of these
12
(a) Continuous at x  0 (b) Continuous in (1,0)
4. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a
point A due south of the tower is  and from a point (c) Differentiable in (–1,1) (d) All the above
B due east of the tower is  . If AB =d, then the | x  3 |; x 1

12. The function defined by f (x)   1 2 3 13
height of the tower is 4 x  2 x  4 ;x  1

d d
(a) (b) is
2 2
tan   tan  tan   tan 2 
2

(a) Continuous at x  1 (b) Continuous at x  3

d d
(c) (d) (c) Differentiable at x  1 (d) All the above
2 2
cot   cot  cot   cot 2 
2
13. The maximum distance from the origin of
5. A person standing on the bank of a river observes coordinates to the point z satisfying the equation
that the angle subtended by a tree on the opposite 1
bank is 60°. When he retires 40 meters from the bank, z  a is
z
he finds the angle to be 30°. The breadth of the river is
1 1
(a) 20 m (b) 40 m (a) ( a 2  1  a) (b) ( a 2  2  a)
2 2
(c) 30 m (d) 60 m 1
x f (a) (c) ( a 2  4  a) (d) None of these
6. If f ( x)  , then  2
x 1 f (a  1)
14. Find the complex number z satisfying the equations
1
(a) f (a) (b) f   z  12 5 z4
 , 1
a z  8i 3 z8
 a  (a) 6 (b) 6  8i
(c) f (a 2 ) (d) f  
 a 1 (c) 6  8i, 6  17i (d) None of these
7. If f (x)  cos(log x) , then
15. If z1 , z 2 , z 3 are complex numbers such that
2 21   x 2   x 2 
1 1 1
f ( x ) f (y )   f   f  2  has the value | z1 || z 2 | | z 3 |  1, then
2   2   y 
 
z1 z 2 z 3
(a) –2 (b) –1 | z1  z 2  z 3 | is
(c) 1/2 (d) None of these (a) Equal to 1 (b) Less than 1
 x, when 0  x  1 (c) Greater than 3 (d) Equal to 3
8. If f (x)   , then lim f (x) 
2  x, when 1  x  2 x 1
16. If z1  10  6i, z2  4  6i and z is a complex number
(a) 1 (b) 2  z  z1  
(c) 0 (d) Does not exist such that amp   ,
 then the value of
 z  z2  4
| z  7  9i | is equal to
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(a) (b) 3
2
(c) 3 2 (d) 2 3
8 3
17. The term independent of y in the expansion of (c) (d)
3 2
(y 1 / 6  y1 / 3 )9 is
x 2 y2
(a) 84 (b) 8.4 26. For the ellipse   1 , the eccentricity is
64 28
(c) 0.84 (d) – 84
3 4
18. The coefficient of the term independent of x in the (a) (b)
4 3
9
3 1  2 1
expansion of (1  x  2 x 3 ) x 2   is (c) (d)
2 3x 
7 3
1 19 27. The length of transverse axis of the parabola
(a) (b)
3 54
3 x 2  4 y 2  32 is
17 1
(c) (d) 8 2 16 2
54 4 (a) (b)
18. In a train five seats are vacant, then how many ways 3 3
can three passengers sit 3 64
(c) (d)
32 3
(a) 20 (b) 30
(c) 10 (d) 60 x2 y2
28. The directrix of the hyperbola is  1
9 4
19. The product of any r consecutive natural numbers is
always divisible by (a) x  9 / 13 (b) y  9 / 13
(a) r ! (b) r 2 (c) x  6 / 13 (d) y  6 / 13
n 2
(c) r (d) None of these 3at 3at dy
29. If x  3
,y  , then =
21. Centre of circle (x  x1 )(x  x 2 ) (y  y1 )(y  y2 )  0 is 1 t 1  t3 dx

 x  y1 x 2  y 2   x  y x  y2  t (2  t 3 ) t (2  t 3 )
(a)  1 , (b)  1 1 , 2 (a) (b)
2 2  2 2  1  2t 3 1  2t 3
   
 x  x 2 y1  y 2  x  x 2 y1  y 2 t (2  t 3 ) t (2  t 3 )
(c)  1 ,

 (d)  1 ,

 (c) (d)
2 2 2 2 1  2t 3 1  2t 3
   
2
1 1 d y
22. ABC is a triangle in which angle C is a right angle. If 30. If x  t  , y  t  , then is equal to
t t dx 2
the coordinates of A and B be (–3, 4) and (3, –4)
respectively, then the equation of the circumcircle of (a)  4 t(t 2  1)2 (b)  4 t 3 (t 2  1)3
triangle ABC is (c) (t 2  1)(t 2  1)1 (d)  4 t 2 (t 2  1)2
(a) x 2  y 2  6 x  8y  0 d 2y
31. If x  t 2 , y  t 3 , then =
(b) x 2  y 2  25 dx 2
3 3
(c) x 2  y 2  3 x  4 y  5  0 (a) (b)
2 (4 t)
(d) None of these 3 3t
(c) (d)
23. Vertex of the parabola y 2  2y  x  0 lies in the 2(t) 2
quadrant [MP PET 1989] d 2y
32. If x  a sin  and y  b cos , then is
(a) First (b) Second dx 2
(c) Third (d) Fourth (a)
a
sec 2  (b)
b
sec 2 
2 2
24. The equation x  2 xy  y  3 x  2  0 represents b2 a
b b
(a) A parabola (b) An ellipse (c) sec 3  (d) sec 3 
a2 a2
(c) A hyperbola (d) A circle
d 2y
25. For the ellipse 3 x 2  4 y 2  12 , the length of latus 33. Let y  t 10  1 and x  t 8  1, then is
dx 2
rectum is
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(a) t (b) 20t 8
2
(c) 2PC (d) None of these
5
(c) (d) None of these 41. A particle is acted upon by three forces P, Q and R. It
16t 6
cannot be in equilibrium, if P : Q : R =
dy
34. If 3 sin(xy)  4 cos(xy)  5 , then 
(a) 1 : 3 : 5 (b) 3 : 5 : 7
dx
y 3 sin( xy)  4 cos( xy) (c) 5 : 7 : 9 (d) 7 : 9 : 11
(a)  (b)
x 3 cos( xy)  4 sin( xy) 42. Forces of 7 N, 5N and 3N acting on a particle are in
3 cos( xy)  4 sin( xy) equilibrium, the angle between the pair of forces 5
(c) (d) None of these
4 cos( xy)  3 sin( xy) and 3 is
35. If x 2 e y  2 xye x  13  0 , then dy/dx = (a) 30 o (b) 60 o
2 xe y x  2y(x  1) 2 xe x  y  2y(x  1) (c) 90 o (d) 120 o
(a) (b)
x(xe y  x  2) x( xe y  x  2) cos   sin   cos   sin  
43. If A    and B    , then
2 xe y x
 2y( x  1)  sin  cos    sin  cos  
(c)  (d) None of these
x( xe y  x  2) the correct relation is
36. If A, B ,C are three forces in equilibrium acting at a (a) A 2  B 2 (b) A  B  B  A
o o o
point and if 60 , 150 and 150 respectively denote (c) AB  BA (d) None of these
the angles between A and B, B and C and C and A, 1 0 1 
then the forces are in proportion of 44. If A  0 1 1 , then A is
(a) 3 :1:1 (b) 1 : 1 : 3 1 0 0 

(c) 1 : 3 : 1 (d) 1 : 2.5 : 2.5 (a) Symmetric (b) Skew-symmetric

37. If the angle  between two forces of equal (c) Non-singular (d) Singular
 1 0  0
magnitude is reduced to   , then the magnitude
3 45. If A  0 1  , then A 2 
 0
of their resultant becomes 3 times of the earlier a b  1
one. The angle  is (a) Unit matrix (b) Null matrix
(a)  / 2 (b) 2 / 3 (c) A (d) – A
(c)  / 4 (d) 4 / 5 1 x 1 1
38. The resultant of two forces P and Q is R. If one of the 46. The roots of the equation 1 1 x 1  0 are
forces is reversed in direction, the resultant becomes 1 1 1 x
R , then
(a) 0, – 3 (b) 0, 0, – 3
(a) R  2  P 2  Q 2  2PQ cos 
(c) 0, 0, 0, – 3 (d) None of these
(b) R 2  P 2  Q 2  2PQ cos  47. One of the roots of the given equation
(c) R 2  R 2  2(P 2  Q 2 ) xa b c
(d) R  2  R 2  2(P 2  Q 2 ) b xc a  0 is
c a xb
39. Forces proportional to AB, BC and 2CA act along
the sides of triangle ABC in order, their resultants (a) (a  b) (b) (b  c )
represented in magnitude and direction is (c) a (d) (a  b  c )
(a) CA (b) AC 48. If three geometric means be inserted between 2 and
(c) BC (d) CB 32, then the third geometric mean will be
40. ABCD is a parallelogram. A particle P is attracted (a) 8 (b) 4
towards A and C by forces proportional to PA and (c) 16 (d) 12
PC respectively and repelled from B and D by forces 49. If five G.M.’s are inserted between 486 and 2/3 then
proportional to PB and PD . The resultant of these fourth G.M. will be
forces is (a) 4 (b) 6
(c) 12 (d) – 6
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50. The G.M. of roots of the equation x 2  18 x  9  0 is 58. In a class of 100 students, 55 students have passed in
(a) 3 (b) 4 Mathematics and 67 students have passed in Physics.
(c) 2 (d) 1 Then the number of students who have passed in
Physics only is
51. Let
R  {(3, 3), (6, 6), (9, 9), (12, 12), (6, 12), (3, 9), (3, 12), (3, 6)} (a) 22 (b) 33
(c) 10 (d) 45
be a relation on the set A  {3, 6, 9, 12} . The relation
59. If l , m, n are real and l  m , then the roots of the
is
equation (l  m)x 2  5(l  m)x  2(l  m)  0 are
(a) An equivalence relation
(a) Complex (b) Real and distinct
(b) Reflexive and symmetric only
(c) Real and equal (d) None of these
(c) Reflexive and transitive only
60. If the roots of the equation x 2  8 x  (a 2  6a)  0 are
(d) Reflexive only
real, then
52. x 2  xy is a relation which is
(a) 2  a  8 (b) 2  a  8
(a) Symmetric (b) Reflexive (c) 2  a  8 (d) 2  a  8
(c) Transitive (d) None of these
61. The roots of the equation x 2  2 3 x  3  0 are
53. Let R = {(1, 3), (4, 2), (2, 4), (2, 3), (3, 1)} be a
(a) Real and unequal (b) Rational and equal
relation on the set A = {1, 2, 3, 4}. The relation R is
(c) Irrational and equal (d) Irrational and unequal
(a) Reflexive (b) Transitive
62. The roots of the quadratic equation
(c) Not symmetric (d) A function
(a  b  2c)x 2  (2a  b  c)x  (a  2b  c)  0 are
54. The number of reflexive relations of a set with four
1
elements is equal to (a) a  b  c and a  b  c (b) and a  2b  c
2
(a) 216 (b) 212 1
(c) a  2b  c and (d) None of these
(c) 28 (d) 24 ab x
55. Let S be the set of all real numbers. Then the relation 63. If ,  are the roots of ax 2  bx  c  0 , then the
R = {(a, b) : 1 + ab > 0} on S is equation whose roots are 2   , 2   is
(a) Reflexive and symmetric but not transitive
(a) ax 2  x(4a  b)  4 a  2b  c  0
(b) Reflexive and transitive but not symmetric
(b) ax 2  x(4a  b)  4a  2b  c  0
(c) Symmetric, transitive but not reflexive
(d) Reflexive, transitive and symmetric (c) ax 2  x(b  4 a)  4a  2b  c  0
(e) None of the above is true (d) ax 2  x(b  4a)  4a  2b  c  0
56. If A is the set of even natural numbers less than 8 and 64. If the ratio of the roots of x 2  bx  c  0 and
B is the set of prime numbers less than 7, then the x 2  qx  r  0 be the same, then
number of relations from A to B is (a) r 2 c  b 2 q (b) r 2 b  c 2 q
9 2
(a) 2 (b) 9
(c) rb 2  cq 2 (d) rc 2  bq 2
2 9 1
(c) 3 (d) 2
65. If one root of x 2  x  k  0 is square of the other,
57. Of the members of three athletic teams in a school 21 then k =
are in the cricket team, 26 are in the hockey team
(a) 2  3 (b) 3  2
and 29 are in the football team. Among them, 14
play hockey and cricket, 15 play hockey and football, (c) 2  5 (d) 5  2
and 12 play football and cricket. Eight play all the 66. If S is a set of P(x) is polynomial of degree  2 such
three games. The total number of members in the that P(0)  0, P(1)  1 , P ' (x)  0 x  (0, 1) , then
three athletic teams is (a) S  0
(a) 43 (b) 76 (b) S  ax  (1  a)x 2 a  (0, )
(c) 49 (d) None of these
(c) S  ax  (1  a)x 2 a  R
(d) S  ax  (1  a)x 2 a  (0,2)
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67. If  and  ,  and  ,  and  are the roots of 76. 1  cos 2 x  cos 4 x  cos 6 x 
2 2
the equations ax  2bx  c  0 , 2bx  cx  a  0 and (a) 2 cos x cos 2 x cos 3 x (b) 4 sin x cos 2 x cos 3 x
2
cx  ax  2b  0 respectively, where a, b and c are (c) 4 cos x cos 2 x cos 3 x (d) None of these
positive real numbers, then    2 = sin A  sin C
77. If  cot B, then A,B,C are in
cos C  cos A
(a) – 1 (b) 0
(c) abc (d) a  2b  c (a) A.P. (b) G.P.
(e) abc (c) H.P. (d) None of these
2 4 8 16
68. If ST and SN are the lengths of the subtangent and 78. cos cos cos cos =
15 15 15 15

the subnormal at the point   on the curve
2 (a) 1/2 (b) 1/4
x  a(  sin  ), y  a(1  cos  ), a  1 , then (c) 1/8 (d) 1/16
(a) ST  SN (b) ST  2 SN   5
79. The value of cos 2  cos 2  cos 2 is
12 4 12
2 3 3
(c) ST  a SN (d) ST  a SN
3 2
(a) (b)
69. The equation of the tangent to the curve x  2 cos3  2 3
and y  3 sin 3  at the point    / 4 is 3 3 2
(c) (d)
2 3 3
(a) 2 x  3y  3 2 (b) 2 x  3y  3 2
 3 5 7
(c) 3 x  2y  3 2 (d) 3 x  2y  3 2 80. The value of sin sin sin sin is
16 16 16 16
70. The curve given by x  y  e xy has a tangent parallel
1 2
to the y-axis at the point (a) (b)
16 16
(a) (0, 1) (b) (1, 0)
1 2
(c) (1, 1) (d) (–1, –1) (c) (d)
8 8
71. sin 15  cos 105  81. Point of intersection of the diagonals of square is at
(a) 0 (b) 2 sin 15 origin and coordinate axis are drawn along the
(c) cos15  sin 15 (d) sin 15  cos15 diagonals. If the side is of length a, then one which is
72. The value cos 105  sin 105 is not the vertex of square is
1  a 
(a) (b) 1 (a) (a 2 ,0) (b)  0, 
2 
 2
1
(c) 2 (d)  a   a 
2 (c)  ,0  (d)   ,0 
2   2 
   
73. The value of cos y cos   x   cos  y  cos x 82. ABC is an isosceles triangle. If the coordinates of the
2  2 
base are B (1,3) and C (– 2, 7), the coordinates of
   
 sin y cos   x   cos x sin   y  is zero, if vertex A can be
 2   2 
1
(a) x  0 (b) y  0 (a) (1, 6) (b)   , 5 
 2 

(c) x  y (d) x  n   y, (n  I ) 5 
(c)  , 6  (d) None of these
4
6 
    3 
74. sin   sin   83. If A(at 2 , 2at), B(a / t 2 ,  2a / t) and C(a, 0) , then 2a is
 10   10 
equal to
(a) 1/2 (b) – 1/2
(a) A.M. of CA and CB (b) G.M. of CA and CB
(c) 1/4 (d) 1
(c) H.M. of CA and CB (d) None of these
tan 2 60cosec 30
75. If x sin 45 cos 2 60  , then x  84. If coordinates of the points A and B are (2, 4) and (4,
sec 45 cot 2 30
2) respectively and point M is such that A–M–B also
(a) 2 (b) 4
AB = 3 AM, then the coordinates of M are
(c) 8 (d) 16
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8 10 10 14 1
(a)  ,  (b)  ,  

sin n   x
3 3   3 4   2
92.  dx , (n  N ) equals
 10 6   13 10  0
sin x
(c)  ,  (d)  , 
 3 3  4 4  
(a) n (b) (2n  1)
85. The point of trisection of the line joining the points 2
(0, 3) and (6, –3) are (c)  (d) 0
(a) (2, 0) and (4,  1) (b) (2,  1) and (4,1) 1 2
93. If  e x ( x   ) dx  0, then
0
(c) (3,1) and (4,1) (d) (2,1) and (4,1)
(a) 1    2 (b)   0
86. The sides AB, BC, CD and DA of a quadrilateral are
x  2y  3, x  1, x  3y  4, 5 x  y  12  0 (c) 0    1 (d) None of these
94. The degree of the differential equation
respectively. The angle between diagonals AC and
3/2
2
BD is d 2 y   dy  
3  1     is
(a) 45 o
(b) 60 o
dx 2   dx  
(c) 90 o (d) 30 o (a) 1 (b) 2
87. Given vertices A(1, 1), B(4,  2) and C(5, 5) of a triangle, (c) 3 (d) 6
then the equation of the perpendicular dropped from 95. The differential equation representing the family of
C to the interior bisector of the angle A is curves y 2  2c( x  c ), where c is a positive
(a) y  5  0 (b) x  5  0 parameter, is of
(c) y  5  0 (d) x  5  0 (a) Order 1 (b) Order 2
88. If the straight line through the point P(3, 4) makes an (c) Degree 3 (d) Degree 4
 96. The order of the differential equation whose general
angle with the x-axis and meets the line
6 solution is given by y  C1e 2 x  C2 
12x  5 y  10  0 at Q, then the length PQ is C3e x  C4 sin( x  C5 ) is
132 132
(a) (b) (a) 5 (b) 4
12 3  5 12 3  5
(c) 3 (d) 2
132 132
(c) (d) 97. The order and degree of the differential equation
5 3  12 5 3  12 2
 dy  3 d 3y
2x  3  5  1 1  3   4 3 are
89. If dx  log e (x  1) 2 (x 2  1)a   tan1 x  A , dx  dx
 2
(x  1)( x  1)   2

2
where A is any arbitrary constant, then the value of (a) 1, (b) 3, 1
3
‘a’ is (c) 3, 3 (d) 1, 2
(a) 5/4 (b) – 5/3 98. The degree of the differential equation
(c) – 5/6 (d) – 5/4 2 2
d y  2
d y  dy 
 3    x 2 log  2  is
2
(2 x  1) dx  x  1  a  x  2  b  dx 2 dx
90. If    C, then
   dx 
 (x 2  4) (x 2  1)
 log   
 x  1   x  2   (a) 1 (b) 2
the values of a and b are respectively (c) 3 (d) None of these
(a) 1/2, 3/4 (b) –1, 3/2 99. The differential equation of the family of curves
(c) 1, 3/2 (d) –1/2, 3/4 y  Ae 3 x  Be 5 x , where A and B are arbitrary
91. The area bounded by the curves y  ln x , y  ln | x | , constants, is
y | ln x | and y | ln | x || is d 2y dy d 2y dy
(a) 8  15 y  0 (b) 8  15y  0
dx 2 dx dx 2 dx
(a) 4 sq. unit (b) 6 sq. unit
d 2 y dy
(c) 10 sq. unit (d) None of these (c)  y0 (d) None of these
dx 2 dx
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100. The probabilities that a student passes in 105. A purse contains 4 copper coins and 3 silver coins,
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry are m, p and c the second purse contains 6 copper coins and 2 silver
respectively. On these subjects, the student has a coins. If a coin is drawn out of any purse, then the
75% chance of passing in at least one, a 50% chance probability that it is a copper coin is
of passing in at least two and a 40% chance of (a) 4/7 (b) 3/4
passing in exactly two. Which of the following (c) 37/56 (d) None of these
relations are true 106. The points D, E, F divide BC, CA and AB of the
19 27 triangle ABC in the ratio 1 : 4, 3 : 2 and 3 : 7
(a) p  m  c  (b) p  m  c 
20 20 respectively and the point K divides AB in the ratio
1 1 1 : 3 , then ( AD  BE  CF ) : CK is equal to
(c) pmc  (d) pmc 
10 4
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 5
101. One bag contains 5 white and 4 black balls. Another
(c) 5 : 2 (d) None of these
bag contains 7 white and 9 black balls. A ball is
107. If two vertices of a triangle are i  j and j  k , then
transferred from the first bag to the second and then
a ball is drawn from second. The probability that the the third vertex can be
ball is white, is (a) i  k (b) i  2 j  k
8 40 (c) i  k (d) 2i  j
(a) (b)
17 153 (e) All the above
5 4 108. If a of magnitude 50 is collinear with the vector
(c) (d)
9 9 15 k
b  6i  8 j  , and makes an acute angle with
102. Two numbers are selected at random from the 2
numbers 1, 2, ...... n. The probability that the the positive direction of z-axis, then the vector a is
difference between the first and second is not less equal to
than m (where 0<m<n), is (a) 24 i  32 j  30 k (b) 24 i  32 j  30 k
(n  m) (n  m  1) (n  m) (n  m  1) (c) 16 i  16 j  15 k (d) 12 i  16 j  30 k
(a) (b)
(n  1) 2n
109. If three non-zero vectors are a  a1 i  a 2 j  a 3 k,
(n  m) (n  m  1) (n  m) (n  m  1)
(c) (d) b  b1 i  b 2 j  b 3 k and c  c1 i  c 2 j  c 3 k. If c is the
2n (n  1) 2n (n  1)
unit vector perpendicular to the vectors a and b and
103. Three groups A, B, C are competing for positions on
2
the Board of Directors of a company. The a1 a2 a3

probabilities of their winning are 0.5, 0.3, 0.2 the angle between a and b is , then b1 b2 b3
6
respectively. If the group A wins, the probability of c1 c2 c3
introducing a new product is 0.7 and the is equal to
corresponding probabilities for group B and C are 3 (a12 ) (b12 ) (c12 )
(a) 0 (b)
0.6 and 0.5 respectively. The probability that the new 4
product will be introduced, is (a12 ) (b12 )
(c) 1 (d)
(a) 0.18 (b) 0.35 4
(c) 0.10 (d) 0.63 110. Let the unit vectors a and b be perpendicular and the
104. Consider two events A and B such that unit vector c be inclined at an angle  to both a and
1  B 1  A 1 b. If c   a   b   (a  b), then
P ( A)  , P   , P   . For each of the
4  A 2  B 4
(a)     cos  ,  2  cos 2
following statements, which is true
(b)     cos  ,  2   cos 2
3
I. P ( A c / Bc ) 
4 (c)   cos  ,   sin  ,  2  cos 2
II. The events A and B are mutually exclusive (d) None of these
III. P( A / B)  P( A / B c )  1 111. The vector a  b bisects the angle between the
(a) I only (b) I and II vectors a and b, if
(c) I and III (d) II and III (a) | a || b |
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(b) | a || b | or angle between a and b is zero 118. The distance between two points P and Q is d and
(c) | a |  m| b | the length of their projections of PQ on the co-
(d) None of these ordinate planes are d1 , d2 , d3 . Then d12  d 22  d32  kd 2
where ‘k’ is
112. The points O, A, B, C, D are such that OA  a,
(a) 1 (b) 5
OB  b, OC  2a  3b and OD  a  2b. If
(c) 3 (d) 2
| a | 3| b |, then the angle between BD and AC is 119. If P1 and P2 are the lengths of the perpendiculars
  from the points (2,3,4) and (1,1,4) respectively from
(a) (b)
3 4 the plane 3 x  6 y  2z  11  0 , then P1 and P2 are

(c) (d) None of these the roots of the equation
6
(a) P 2  23P  7  0 (b) 7 P 2  23P  16  0
113. If A  i  2j  3k, B  i  2j  k and C  3i  j, then
(c) P 2  17 P  16  0 (d) P 2  16 P  7  0
the value of t such that A  t B is at right angle to
vector C, is 120. The edge of a cube is of length ‘a’ then the shortest
(a) 2 (b) 4 distance between the diagonal of a cube and an edge
(c) 5 (d) 6 skew to it is
114. Let b  4 i  3 j and c be two vectors perpendicular to (a) a 2 (b) a
each other in the xy-plane. All vectors in the same
(c) 2/a (d) a / 2
plane having projections 1 and 2 along b and c
respectively, are given by
(a) 2i  j,
2
i
11
j (b) 2i  j, 
2
i
11
j ***
5 5 5 5
2 11 2 11
(c) 2i  j,  i  j (d) 2i  j,  i  j
5 5 5 5
115. The radius of the circle in which the sphere
x 2  y 2  z 2  2 x  2y  4 z  19  0 is cut by the plane
x  2y  2z  7  0 is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
116. The equation of motion of a rocket are:
x  2t, y  4 t, z  4 t where the time 't' is given in
seconds, and the co-ordinates of a moving point in
kilometers. What is the path of the rocket? At what
distance will be the rocket be from the starting point
0(0, 0, 0) in 10 seconds
(a) Straight line, 60 km (b) Straight line, 30 km
(c) Parabola, 60 km (d) Ellipse, 60 km
117. The plane lx  my  0 is rotated an angle  about its
line of intersection with the plane z  0 , then the
equation to the plane in its new position is
(a) lx  my  z (l 2  m 2 ) tan   0

(b) lx  my  z (l 2  m2 ) tan   0

(c) lx  my  z (l 2  m 2 ) cos   0

(d) lx  my  z (l 2  m 2 ) cos   0