Arjunaa Academy for Achievers

VJN CET (TEST-4)

Date: 24-06-2024 Class: PU2

Time: 30 Minutes Topic: Vector Algebra & Vector & 3D Geometry

MATHEMATICS
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1. The points having position vectors 6 i  j  2 k , 6 i  j  2 k ,  6 i  5 j  k , 14 i  5 j  4 k are
a) collinear b) coplanar c) non coplanar d) none of these

2. If a line makes 450 with each of x and y axis, then the angle with the z  axis is
   
a) b) c) d)
4 3 6 2

3. If a  11, b  23, a  b  20, then the value of a  b is

a) 25 b) 30 c) 35 d) 40

4. Let piˆ  3 ˆj  4kˆ and qiˆ  5kˆ be two vectors where p, q  0 are two scalars. If  p, q  is a pair of values
for which their lengths are equal, then
a)  p, q  is unique b) there can be infinitely many such pairs
c) there is only a finite number of such pairs d) there exists no such pair

5. If the vectors AB  3iˆ  4kˆ and AC  5iˆ  2 ˆj  4kˆ represent the sides of a triangle ABC , then the
length of the median through A is
a) 2 2 b) 3 2 c) 4 2 d) 5 2

6. If the area of the parallelogram with a and b as two adjacent sides is 15 sq. units, then the area of the
parallelogram having 3a  2b and a  3b as two adjacent sides in sq. units is
a) 45 b) 75 c) 105 d) 120

7. If a and b are unit vectors and a  b  1 then a  b is equal to

a) 5 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1

8. If a  2b  3c  O, then a  b  b  c  c  a 


a) 6 b  c  
b) 2 b  c  c) 3  c  a  d) O

9. If a, b and c are unit vectors, such that If a  b  c  0, then 3a . b  2b . c  c . a  ______________

a) 3 b) 3 c) 1 d) 1
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10. The vectors
a  xiˆ   x  1 ˆj   x  2  kˆ, b   x  3 iˆ   x  4  ˆj   x  5  kˆ, c   x  6  iˆ   x  7  ˆj   x  8  kˆ are co-
planar for
a) all values of x b) x  0 c) x  0 d) none of the above

11. If A, B, C , D are 4 points and AB  DC then AC  BD 

a) 2 AD b) 2CB c) 2AC d) none of these

12. If u  a  b , v  a  b , and a  b  2, then u  v is

       
2 2 2 2
a) 2 16  a . b b) 2 4  a . b c) 16  a . b d) 4  a .b

13. If the points with position vectors 10iˆ  3 ˆj, 12iˆ  5 ˆj and xiˆ  11 ˆj are collinear, then x 
a) 8 b) 4 c) 8 d) 4

14. If the triangle with vertices at 2iˆ  ˆj, 2 ˆj  kˆ, mkˆ  iˆ has centroid at iˆ  ˆj  kˆ, then m 
a) 1 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3

15. If a  2, b  7, and a  b  3iˆ  2 ˆj  6kˆ, then the angle between a and b is

   
a) b) c) d) \
3 6 2 4

16. If D , E , F are points on co-ordinate axes respectively at distances a, b, c from the origin O , then the co-
ordinates of the point equidistant from O, D, E and F is
a b c a b c
a)  a, b, c  b)  , ,  c)  , ,  d)  2a, 2b, 2c 
2 2 2  3 3 3

17. Which of the following triplets are direction cosines of a line?

1 1 1  1 1 1   1 1 1 
a) 1,  1, 1 b)  , ,  c)  , ,  d)  , , 
2 2 2  2 2 2  3 3 3

18. If  ,  ,  are the angles made by a line with the co-ordinate axes. Then sin
2
  sin 2   sin2  
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 1

x 1 y  2 z  5 x 1 y  2 z  5
19. The lines   and   are
2 3 7 4 6 3
a) perpendicular b) intersecting c) skew d) parallel

20. The lines r  a1   b1 and r  a2   b2 are parallel if

a) b2  kb2 for some real number k b) b2 is parallel to a2  a1

c) b1 is parallel to a1  a2 d) none of these

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 x 2 y 3 z 4
21. The line  
3 4 5
a) is parallel to 2 x  y  2 z  11 b) passes through  2,  3,  4 
c) lies in the plane 3x  2 y  6 z  12  0 d) is perpendicular to 4 x  7 y  6 z  0

22. The angle between the lines 2 x  3 y   z and 6 x   y   4 z , is

a) 0 0 b) 30 0 c) 450 d) 90 0

23. The ratio in which the line joining the points  a, b, c  and  a,  c,  b  is divided by the z  coordinate
of a point dividing the join of given points is
a) a : b b) b : c c) c : a d) c : b

24. The number of straight lines that are equally inclined to three dimensional coordinates axes, is
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 8

25. Perpendicular distance of the point  3, 4, 5  from the y  axis, is

a) 34 b) 41 c) 4 d) 5

26. If the line through the points  4,1, 2  and  5, k , 0  is parallel to the line through the points  2, 1, 1 and

 3, 3, 1 , then k is equal to

a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) none of these

27. Direction ratios of the line x  y  z  0, x  3 y  0 are

3 1 2 2 4 1
a) 3,1,  2 b) 2,  4, 1 c) , , d) , ,
14 14 14 41 41 41

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28. The shortest distance the lines r   5 i  7 j  13 k     5 i  16 j  7 k  and
   
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r   9 i  13 j  15 k     3 i  8 j  5 k  is
   
a) 14 units b) 12 units c) 10 units d) 8 units

29. Three lines with direction cosines 1, 1, 2; 3  1,  3  1, 4 and  3  1, 3  1, 4 enclose

a) an isosceles triangle b) a right angled triangle
c) an equilateral triangle d) a right angled isosceles triangle

x 2 y 3 z 4 x 1 y  4 z  5
30. Lines   and   are coplanar if
1 1 K K 2 1
a) K  2 b) K  0 c) K  3 d) K  1

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