MATHS - ASSIGNMENT

1. a, b and c be three vectors having magnitudes 1,1 and 2, respectively. If

a   a  c   b  0 , then the acute angle between a & c is:

(A)  /6 (B)  /4 (C)  /3 (D) 5 / 12

2. Let   2iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ and   iˆ  ˆj. If  is a unit vector, then the maximum value
of           is equal to
 

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 9

3.   
Let L1 : r  iˆ  ˆj  10kˆ   2iˆ  3 ˆj  8kˆ and L2 : r  4iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ   iˆ  4 ˆj  7kˆ 
3
represents two lines in R , then which one of the following is incorrect?

(A) L1 is parallel to the vector 4iˆ  6 ˆj  16kˆ. (B) L2 is parallel to the vector
iˆ  4 ˆj  7kˆ.

(C) L1 and L2 are coplanar.

(D) Angle between the lines L1 and L2 is cos 1  70  .

 11 7 

4. Given planes

P1 : cy  bz  x P2 : az  cx  y P3 : bx  ay  z

P1 , P2 and P3 pass through one line, if

(A) a2  b2  c2  ab  bc  ca (B) a 2 + b 2 + c 2 + 2abc = 1

(C)a 2  b2  c 2  1 (D)
a  b  c  2ab  2bc  2ca  2abc  1
2 2 2

r r r
5. If a, b,c are three unit vectors and a , b, g are the angles between the vectors
r r r r r r
a, b;b,c and c,a respectively and also a , b, g are the angles which the unit vector
li$ + m$j + nk
$ makes with the positive x-axis, y-axis and z-axis respectively, then
r r r r r r
the value of axb + bxc + cxa equals

1) å l- 1 2) 2å (lm - 1)

3) - 2å lm + 2å l + 2 4) 2 (1- å lm)
6. Let a  1, b  2 and c  3 and a, b, c be three non-coplanar vectors. If d  4 , then

 dbc  a   d ca  b   d ab  c
      is equal to
a b c 
 
a) 2 b) 4 c) 1 d) none of these
7. Let v1  f (x)iˆ  f '(x)ˆj and v 2 = g ( x) iˆ + g ' ( x) ˆj be any two non-zero vectors and h(x)
be anti-derivative of f(x).g(x). If h(1)=2, h(2)=6, h(4)=14 then vectors v1 and v 2 are
linearly dependent for
(a) atleast one x  (1, 2) (b) atleast one x  (2, 4)
(c) atleast one x  (1, 4) (d) atleast two x  (1, 4)
8.   
a, b, c are three unit vectors. If a, b, c   1 and a  x b  c  y  c  a   z a  b then, 
x+y+z is
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) -1 (d) 0
MULTIPLE
9. Given three vectors

U  2iˆ  3 ˆj  6kˆ; V  6iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ; W  3iˆ  6 ˆj  2kˆ

Which of the following hold good for the vectors U ,V and W ?
(A) U ,V and W are linearly dependent
(B) U V  W  0
(C) U ,V and W form a triplet of mutually perpendicular vectors
(D) 
U  V W  0 
A   ,3,   , B  1,3, 2  C  7,5,10 
10. Consider a plane P Passing through and and a
straight line L with positive direction cosines passing through A, bisecting BC
and makes equal angles with the coordinate axes. Let L1 be a line parallel to L
and passing through origin. Which of the following is(are) correct?

(A) The value of

     is equal to 5.
x 1 y 1 z 1
(B) Equation of straight Line L1 is   .
1 1 1
(C) Equation of the plane perpendicular to the plane P and containing line L1 is
x  2 y  z  0.
(D) Area of triangle ABC is equal to 3 2.
11. Four points with position vectors a, b,c,d are coplanar if there exists scalars x, y,
z, w (not all zero) satisfying xa + yb + zc + wd = 0 and x + y + z + w = 0. Then which
of the following is/are true
1) If exactly one of x, y, z, w is zero then the four points are coplanar as two
points coincide.
2) If exactly two of x, y, z, w are zero then the four points are coplanar as two
points coincide
3) If exactly one of x,y , z, w is zero then the four points are coplanar as three
points an collinear
4) If exactly two of x, y, z, w are zero then the four points are coplanar as three
points are collinear
    
 
12. If a and b unequal unit vectors such that a  b   b  a  2a  b   a  b , then

smaller angle  between a and b is
 
a) b) 0 c)  d)
2 4
13. A line L passing through the point P(1,4,3) is perpendicular to both the lines
x 1 y  3 z  2 x  2 y  4 z 1
  and   . If the position vector of point Q on L is
2 1 4 3 2 2
(a1 , a 2 , a 3 ) such that (PQ) 2  357 , then (a1  a 2  a 3 ) can be
(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 2 (d) 1
PASSAGE-1
There are two planes P1 : x – 2y + 3z = 15 and plane P2 : x – 2y + 3z = 30. Lines
x 1 y  2 z  6 x 1 y  2 z  6 x 1 y  2 z  6
  ,   and   passes through point P
1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2
on the plane P1 and intersects plane P2 at A, B, C respectively. Then
14. Area of ABC is
1) 45 square units 2) 55 square units 3) 65 square units 4) none of these
15. Volume of tetrahedron PABC is
1) 110 cubic units 2) 112 cubic untis 3) 115 cubic units 4) none of these
PASSAGE-2
In the below shown cuboid (AB = 4, AE = 3, AD=5) an insect can only crawl along the
wall and it
cannot fly.

16. Find out the length of the shortest path if an insect has to travels from A to G
a) 8 b) 74 c) 10 d) 90
17. The direction ratios of a line followed by the insect during its jorney from A to G
along the shortest path. Are
a) (3,4,5) b) (0,4,5) c) (7,0,5) d) (0,0,1)
MATRIX MATCHING
18. Consider the planes P1  x  y  z  0 and P2  x  y  z  2 and the point Q(1,1,1)
Column – I Column – II
(a) Plane through line of intersection of (p) x+z-1=0
P1 , P2 and at maximum distance from Q
is
(b) Plane through Q making equal (q) x+z-2=0
angles with P1 , P2 is
(c) If plane P2 is rotated by an angle (r) x  4y  z  3  0
90 o about its intersection with P1 , then
its new position is given by
(d) Bisector plane of P1 , P2 , of the angle (s) x  2y  z  1  0
containing Q is
(t) x  2y  z  4  0
19.
LIST-I LIST-II
P) Area of a triangle with adjacent sides 1. 6
determined by vectors a and b is 1. Then
the area of the triangle with adjacent

sides determined by 3a  4 b and a  3b   
is
Q) Volume of parallelopiped determined 2. 9
1
by vectors a , b, c is . Then the volume of
4
the parallelopiped determined by vectors
   
3 ab , b c ,4 c  a  is
R) Area of a parallelogram with adjacent 3. 13
sides determined by vectors a and b is 8.
Then the area of the parallelogram with
adjacent sides determined by vectors
 2a  b and b is
S) Volume of tetrahedron determined by 4. 16
1
vectors a, b and c is . Then the volume
2
of the tetrahedron determined by vectors
    
2 a  b ,3 b  c and c  a is 
Codes:
P Q R S
A) 2 1 4 3
B) 3 1 4 2
C) 2 1 3 4
D) 3 1 2 4
20. Consider the following four pairs of lines in Column-I and match them with one
or more entries in column-II.

Column I Column II
A) L1 : x  1  t , y  t , z  2  5t
P) Non coplanar lines
L2 : r   2,1, 3    2, 2, 10 
x 1 y  3 z  2
B) L1 :  
2 2 1 Q)
Lines lie in a unique
x2 y 6 z 2 plane
L2 :  
1 1 3
Infinite planes
L1 : x  6t , y  1  9t , z  3t
C) R) containing both the
L2 : x  1  2s, y  4  3s, z  s
lines
x y 1 z  2
D) L1 :  
1 2 3 Lines do not intersect
S)
x  3 y  2 z 1
L2 :  
4 3 2

MATHS KEY SHEET – 17-11-2015

1 A 2 B 3 D 4 B 5 A 6 B
7 C 8 C 9 BCD 10 BCD 11 BC 12 AC
13 BD 14 D 15 D 16 B 17 C 18 A-R,B-
Q,C-S,D-
P
19 B 20 A  R;
B  Q;
C  QS;
D  PS