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1. The resultant of P and Q is R. If P is reversed, Q 7. A rigid wire, without weight, in the form of the arc of
remaining the same, the resultant becomes R . If R is a circle subtending an angle  at its centre and
perpendicular to R , then having two weights P and Q at its extremities rests
(a) 2P  Q (b) P  Q with its convexity downwards upon a horizontal
(c) P  2Q (d) None of these plane. If  be the inclination to the vertical of the
radius to the end at which P is suspended, then tan 
2. ABC is an equilateral triangle. E and F are the
=
middle- points of the sides CA and AB respectively.
Q sin  P sin 
Forces of magnitudes 4N, PN, 2N, P N and Q N act (a) (b)
P  Q cos  Q  P cos 
at a point and are along the lines BC, BE, CA, CF
and AB respectively. If the system is in equilibrium, Q cos  P cos 
(c) (d)
then P  Q sin  Q  P sin 

(a) P  2 3 N , Q  6 N (b) P  6 N , Q  2 3 N x 1 x2 x4

8. x3 x5 x8 
(c) P  3 N , Q  6 N (d) P  2 3 N , Q  3 N x  7 x  10 x  14
3. A uniform rod of weight W rests with its ends in (a) 2 (b) – 2
contact with two smooth planes, inclined at angles  2
(c) x  2 (d) None of these
and  respectively to the horizon, and intersecting in
1 a b
a horizontal line. The inclination  of the rod to the
9. a 1 c 
vertical is given by b c 1
2 tan  tan 
(a) 2 cot   cot   cot  (b) tan  
(tan   tan  )
sin(   )
(c) cot   (d) All of these (a) 1  a 2  b 2  c 2 (b) 1  a 2  b 2  c 2
2 sin  sin 
(c) 1  a 2  b 2  c 2 (d) 1  a 2  b 2  c 2
4. Three forces P, Q and R acting along IA, IB and IC ,
10. If the system of equations, x  2y  3 z  1 ,
where I is the incentre of a ABC , are in equilibrium .
(k  3)z  3, (2k  1)x  z  0 is inconsistent, then the
Then P : Q : R
value of k is
A B C (a) – 3 (b) 1/2
(a) cosec : cosec : cosec
2 2 2
(c) 0 (d) 2
A B C
(b) sec : sec : sec i 0  0 i 
2 2 2 11. If A   , B    , where i   1 , then the
0  i   i 0
A B C
(c) sin : sin : sin
correct relation is
2 2 2
A B C (a) A  B  O (b) A 2  B 2
(d) cos : cos : cos
2 2 2 (c) A  B  O (d) A 2  B 2  O
5. What will be that force when applying along any 1 3   2
inclined plane will stop 10 kilogram weight, it is given 12. If the matrix  2 4 
8  is singular, then  
that force, reaction of plane and weight of body are  3 5 10 
in arithmetic series (a) – 2 (b) 4
(a) 4 kg-wt (b) 6 kg-wt (c) 2 (d) – 4
(c) 8 kg-wt (d) 7 kg-wt 13. If R  A  B and S  B  C be two relations, then
6. Forces P, 3P, 2P and 5P act along the sides AB,
(SoR)1 
BC, CD and DA of the square ABCD. If the resultant
meets AD produced at the point E, then AD : DE is (a) S 1 oR 1 (b) R 1oS 1
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 3 (c) SoR (d) RoS
(c) 1 : 4 (d) 1 : 5
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14. If R be a relation < from A = {1,2, 3, 4} to B = {1, (a) 2 (b) 3

3, 5} i.e., (a, b)  R  a  b, then RoR1 is (c) 6 (d) 5
(a) {(1, 3), (1, 5), (2, 3), (2, 5), (3, 5), (4, 5)} 1
23. The value of 2  is
1
(b) {(3, 1) (5, 1), (3, 2), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4)} 2
2  .......... .
(c) {(3, 3), (3, 5), (5, 3), (5, 5)}
(a) 1  2 (b) 1  2
(d) {(3, 3) (3, 4), (4, 5)}
(c) 1  2 (d) None of these
15. A relation from P to Q is
24. The roots of the equation 2 x  2 27 x /( x 1)  9 are given
(a) A universal set of P × Q
by
(b) P × Q
 2
(c) An equivalent set of P × Q (a) 1  log 2 3, 2 (b) log 2   , 1
3
(d) A subset of P × Q
log 3
16. If A and B are disjoint, then n( A  B) is equal to (c) 2,2 (d)  2, 1 
log 2
(a) n(A) (b) n(B) 25. Let  and  be the roots of the equation
(c) n( A)  n(B) (d) n( A). n( B) x 2  x  1  0 The equation whose roots are  19 ,  7
17. If A and B are not disjoint sets, then n( A  B) is equal is
to (a) x 2  x  1  0 (b) x 2  x  1  0
(a) n( A)  n(B) (b) n( A)  n(B)  n( A  B) (c) x 2  x  1  0 (d) x 2  x  1  0
(c) n( A)  n(B)  n( A  B) (d) n( A) n( B) 26. If  and  are roots of ax 2  2bx  c  0 , then
(e) n( A)  n(B)  
 is equal to
18. In a battle 70% of the combatants lost one eye, 80%  
an ear, 75% an arm, 85% a leg, x% lost all the four 2b 2b
(a) (b)
limbs. The minimum value of x is ac ac
(a) 10 (b) 12 2b b
(c)  (d)
(c) 15 (d) None of these ac 2
19. Out of 800 boys in a school, 224 played cricket, 240 27. The quadratic equation with real coefficients whose
played hockey and 336 played basketball. Of the one root is 7  5i , will be
total, 64 played both basketball and hockey; 80
(a) x 2  14 x  74  0 (b) x 2  14 x  74  0
played cricket and basketball and 40 played cricket
and hockey; 24 played all the three games. The (c) x 2  14 x  74  0 (d) x 2  14 x  74  0
number of boys who did not play any game is 1 1 1
28. If the roots of the equation   are
xp xq r
(a) 128 (b) 216
equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, then the
(c) 240 (d) 160
product of the roots will be
20. A survey shows that 63% of the Americans like cheese
whereas 76% like apples. If x% of the Americans like p2  q2 (p 2  q 2 )
(a) (b) –
2 2
both cheese and apples, then
(a) x  39 (b) x  63 p2  q 2 (p 2  q 2 )
(c) (d) –
2 2
(c) 39  x  63 (d) None of these
29. If the roots of the equation ax 2  bx  c  0 are
21. If the product of the roots of the equation 2x 2  6 x 
reciprocal to each other, then
 2  1  0 is  , then the value of  will be
(a) a  c  0 (b) b  c  0
(a) –1 (b) 1
(c) a  c  0 (d) b  c  0
(c) 2 (d) –2
22. If 3 x 2  7 x  30  2 x 2  7 x  5  x  5 ,then x is
equal to
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30. If the (m  1)th, (n  1)th and (r  1)th terms of an A.P. are 37. A balloon is observed simultaneously from three
in G.P. and m, n, r are in H.P., then the value of the points A, B and C on a straight road directly under it.
The angular elevation at B is twice and at C is thrice
ratio of the common difference to the first term of the
that of A. If the distance between A and B is 200
A.P. is
metres and the distance between B and C is 100
2 2
(a)  (b) metres, then the height of balloon is given by
n n
n n (a) 50 metres (b) 50 3 metres
(c)  (d)
2 2 (c) 50 2 metres (d) None of these
31. If G.M. = 18 and A.M. = 27, then H.M. is
38. In ABC , a (cos B  cos C)  b 2 (cos 2 C  cos 2 A) 
2 2 2

1 1
(a) (b) c 2 (cos 2 A  cos 2 B) 
18 12
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 12 (d) 9 6
2 2 2
(c) a  b  c (d) 2(a 2  b 2  c 2 )
32. If the A.M. is twice the G.M. of the numbers a and b
, then a : b will be 1  cos( A  B) cos C
39. In triangle ABC, 
1  cos( A  C) cos B
2 3 2 3
(a) (b) ab ab
2 3 2 3 (a) (b)
ac ac
3 2 32 a 2  b2 a2  b2
(c) (d) (c) (d)
32 3 2 a2  c2 a2  c 2
2 1
  1 3   cos (B  C)
33.  sin  tan   2
  4  40. In  ABC , 
1
sin A
3 5 2
(a) (b)
5 3 bc bc
(a) (b)
9 25 a a
(c) (d)
25 9 a a
(c) (d)
 5  bc bc
34. The principal value of sin 1  sin  is
 3 
cos 10o  sin 10o
41. 
5 5 cos 10 o  sin 10 o
(a) (b) 
3 3
(a) tan 55 o (b) cot 55 o
 4
(c)  (d)
3 3 (c)  tan 35 o (d)  cot 35o
35. The value of x which satisfies the equation tan 1 x  1 13
42. If cos P  and cos Q  , where P and Q both are
7 14
 3 
sin 1   is
 acute angles. Then the value of P  Q is
 10 
(a) 3 (b) –3 (a) 30 o (b) 60 o
1 1 (c) 45 o (d) 75o
(c) (d) 
3 3 43. sec 50 o  tan 50 o is equal to
36. From an aeroplane vertically over a straight
(a) tan 20 o  tan 50 o (b) 2 tan 20 o  tan 50 o
horizontally road, the angles of depression of two
(c) tan 20 o  2 tan 50 o (d) 2 tan 20 o  2 tan 50 o
consecutive mile stones on opposite sides of the
aeroplane are observed to be  and , then the 44. If tan   (1  2  x ) 1 , tan   (1  2 x 1 ) 1 , then   
height in miles of aeroplane above the road is equals
tan . tan  tan   tan  (a)  / 6 (b)  / 4
(a) (b)
cot   cot  tan . tan  (c)  / 3 (d)  / 2
cot   cot  tan . tan 
(c) (d)
tan . tan  tan   tan 
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45. The sum S  sin   sin 2  ....  sin n , equals (a) x  2 only (b) x  2
1 1  (c) x  2 (d) None of these
(a) sin (n  1)  sin n  / sin
2 2 2  5x  4 , if 0  x  1
54. If the function f (x)   2 is
1 1   4 x  3bx , if 1  x  2
(b) cos (n  1)  sin n / sin
2 2 2 continuous at every point of its domain, then the
1 1  value of b is
(c) sin (n  1) cos n / sin
2 2 2
(a) – 1 (b) 0
1 1  (c) 1 (d) None of these
(d) cos (n  1) cos n / sin
2 2 2
1 x  0
55. Let f (x)   , then what is the
46. The value of cot 70 o  4 cos 70 o is 1  sin x 0  x   / 2
1 value of f ' (x) at x  0
(a) (b) 3
3 (a) 1 (b) –1
1 (c)  (d) does not exist
(c) 2 3 (d)
2 56. If the lines x  y  6 and x  2y  4 be diameters of
 9 3 5 the circle whose diameter is 20, then the equation of
47. The expression 2 cos . cos  cos  cos is the circle is
13 13 13 13
equal to (a) x 2  y 2  16 x  4 y  32  0
(a) – 1 (b) 0 (b) x 2  y 2  16 x  4 y  32  0
(c) 1 (d) None of these (c) x 2  y 2  16 x  4 y  32  0
12  3  3  (d) x 2  y 2  16 x  4 y  32  0
48. If sin   , (0    ) and cos    ,      .
13 2 5  2  57. The number of circles touching the lines x  0 , y  a
Then sin(   ) will be and y  b is
56 56 (a) One (b) Two
(a) (b) (c) Four (d) Infinite
61 65
1
58. The length of the latus rectum of the parabola
(c) (d) – 56 x 2  4 x  8 y  12  0 is
65
f (r  h)  f (r)
(a) 4 (b) 6
49. If f (r )  r 2 , then lim  (c) 8 (d) 10
h 0 h
59. The focus of the parabola y  2 x 2  x is
(a) r 2 (b) 2r
1 1
(c) 2 (d) 2r 2 (a) (0, 0) (b)  , 
2 4
50. lim x log(sin x)  1 1 1
x 0
(c)   , 0  (d)   , 
 4   4 8
(a) –1 (b) log e 1
2
(x  y  2) (x  y)2
(c) 1 (d) None of these 60. The centre of the ellipse   1 is
9 16
51. The period of f (x)  x  [ x] , if it is periodic, is
(a) (0, 0) (b) (1, 1)
1 (c) (1, 0) (d) (0, 1)
(a) f (x) is not periodic (b)
2 61. The equation of an ellipse whose focus (–1, 1),
(c) 1 (d) 2 whose directrix is x  y  3  0 and whose
52. If f (x) is periodic function with period T then the 1
eccentricity is , is given by
function f (ax  b) where a  0 , is periodic with 2
period (a) 7 x 2  2 xy  7 y 2  10 x  10 y  7  0
(a) T / b (b) aT (b) 7 x 2  2 xy  7 y 2  10 x  10 y  7  0
(c) bT (d) T / a
(c) 7 x 2  2 xy  7 y 2  10 x  10 y  7  0
x  2 , 1  x  2
 (d) 7 x 2  2 xy  7 y 2  10 x  10 y  7  0
53. The function f (x)  4 , x2 is continuous at
3 x  2 , x  2
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70. {(sin x) x } =
3 x 2  4 y 2  12 is dx
x cos x  sin x log sin x 
(a) (4, 3) (b) (3, 4) (a)  
(c) (4, –3) (d) None of these  sin x 
63. If the straight line x cos   y sin   p be a tangent to  x cos x  sin x log sin x 
(b) (sin x) x  
x2 y2  sin x 
the hyperbola   1 , then
a2 b2 x sin x  sin x log sin x 
(a) a 2 cos 2   b 2 sin 2   p 2 (c) (sin x) x  
 sin x 
(b) a 2 cos 2   b 2 sin 2   p 2
(d) None of these
(c) a 2 sin 2   b 2 cos 2   p 2
d 2u
(d) a 2 sin 2   b 2 cos 2   p 2 71. If u  x 2  y 2 and x  s  3t, y  2s  t, then 
ds 2
64. Let P(n) be a statement and let P(n)  p(n + 1) for
(a) 12 (b) 32
all natural numbers n, then P(n) is true
(c) 36 (d) 10
(a) For all n
(b) For all n > 1 dn
72. (log x) =
(c) For all n > m, m being a fixed positive integer dx n
(d) Nothing can be said (n  1)! n!
(a) n
(b)
65. (1  x )n  nx  1 is divisible by (where n  N ) x xn

(a) 2 x (b) x 2 (n  2)! (n  1)!

(c) (d) (1)n  1
xn xn
(c) 2x 3 (d) All of these
d 73. In [0, 1] Lagrange's mean value theorem is NOT
2 2
66. sec x  cosec x  applicable to
dx
(a) 4 cosec 2x. cot 2x (b) 4 cosec 2x. cot 2 x 1 1
 2  x, x
2  sin x
(c) 4 cosec x. cot 2x (d) None of these   , x0
(a) f ( x)   2 (b) f ( x )   x
d  sec x  tan x 
 1  x  , x  1  1 , x 0

67.    2  2
dx  sec x  tan x 
2 cos x cos x (c) f (x)  x | x | (d) f (x) | x |
(a) (b)
(1  sin x)2 (1  sin x)2 74. If the function f ( x )  x 3  6 ax 2  5 x satisfies the

(c)
2 cos x
(d) None of these conditions of Lagrange's mean value theorem for the
1  sin x interval [1, 2] and the tangent to the curve y  f (x) at
d  3 2 x 7
68.  x tan = x is parallel to the chord that joins the points of
dx  2 4
x x x intersection of the curve with the ordinates x  1 and
(a) x 3 tan . sec 2  3 x tan 2
2 2 2 x  2 . Then the value of a is
3 x 2 x 2 2 x
(b) x tan . sec  3 x tan 35 35
2 2 2 (a) (b)
16 48
3 2 x 2 x 2 2 x
(c) x tan . sec  3 x tan 7 5
2 2 2 (c) (d)
(d) None of these 16 16
dy  x  lnx, x  0 
69. If y  x sin x , then  75. Let f (x)   , Rolle’s theorem is
dx 0, x  0
x cos x. log x  sin x sin x
(a) .x applicable to f for x  [0,1] , if  
x
y[ x cos x. log x  cos x] (a) – 2 (b) – 1
(b)
x 1
(c) 0 (d)
(c) y[ x sin x. log x  cos x] 2

(d) None of these

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b c a  is a real number, represents a pair of straight lines.
c  cos   i sin  and    1, then
c a b If  is the angle between the lines, then cosec 2 =
cos(   )  cos(   )  cos(   ) is equal to (a) 3 (b) 9
(a) 3/2 (b) – 3/2 (c) 10 (d) 100
(c) 0 (d) 1 86. The centroid of a triangle is (2, 7) and two of its
77. If (1  i)(1  2i)(1  3i).....(1  ni)  a  ib , then vertices are (4, 8) and (–2, 6). The third vertex is
(a) (0,0) (b) (4,7)
2.5.10.... (1  n2 ) is equal to
(c) (7,4) (d) (7,7)
(a) a 2  b 2 (b) a 2  b 2
87. The points (1, 1) , (0, sec 2  ), (cosec 2 , 0) are collinear
2 2 2 2
(c) a b (d) a b for
78. If z is a complex number, then the minimum value n n
(a)   (b)  
of | z |  | z  1| is 2 2
(c)   n (d) None of these
(a) 1 (b) 0
88. The ends of a rod of length l move on two mutually
(c) 1/2 (d) None of these
perpendicular lines. The locus of the point on the rod
79. For any two complex numbers z1 and z2 and any real
which divides it in the ratio 1 : 2 is
numbers a and b; |(az1  bz 2 ) |2  | (bz1  az 2 ) |2  (a) 36 x 2  9 y 2  4 l 2 (b) 36 x 2  9 y 2  l 2
2 2 2 2 2 2
(a) (a  b )(| z1 |  | z 2 |) (b) (a  b )(| z1 |  | z 2 | ) (c) 9 x 2  36 y 2  4 l 2 (d) None of these
2 2 2 2
(c) (a  b )(| z1 |  | z 2 | ) (d) None of these 89. Two fixed points are A(a,0) and B(a,0) . If
n
1
n
r t A  B   , then the locus of point C of triangle
80. If Sn   and t n   , then n is equal to
n
Cr n
Cr Sn ABC will be
r 0 r 0

2n  1 1 (a) x 2  y 2  2 xy tan   a 2 (b) x 2  y 2  2 xy tan   a 2

(a) (b) n 1
2 2 (c) x 2  y 2  2 xy cot   a 2 (d) x 2  y 2  2 xy cot   a 2
1 90. Let A(2,3) and B(2,1) be vertices of a triangle ABC.
(c) n  1 (d) n
2
If the centroid of this triangle moves on the line
81. When 2301 is divided by 5, the least positive 2 x  3y  1 , then the locus of the vertex C is the line
remainder is
(a) 3 x  2y  3 (b) 2 x  3y  7
(a) 4 (b) 8
(c) 3 x  2y  5 (d) 2 x  3y  9
(c) 2 (d) 6
82. Out of 5 apples, 10 mangoes and 15 oranges, any 15 91. The number of integral values of m, for which the x-
fruits distributed among two persons. The total co-ordinate of the point of intersection of the lines
number of ways of distribution 3 x  4 y  9 and y  mx  1 is also an integer is

(a) 66 (b) 36 (a) 2 (b) 0

(c) 60 (d) None of these (c) 4 (d) 1
6
1  cos 2 x
83. The value of 50
C4   56r
C3 is 92.  dx 
r 1
sin 2 x

(a) 56
C3 (b) 56
C4
(a)  cot x  2 x  c (b) 2 cot x  2 x  c
55 55
(c) 2 cot x  x  c (d) 2 cot x  x  c
(c) C4 (d) C3
1
93.  sin (cos x)dx 
84. The figure formed by the lines x  4 xy  y 2  0 and 2

x  y  4, is x x 2
(a) (b)
(a) A right angled triangle (b) An isosceles triangle 2 2
(c) An equilateral triangle (d) None of these x  x 2 x  x 2
(c) (d)
2 2
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94. The value of


sin 3 d is
102. The order of the differential equation of a family of
 0 curves represented by an equation containing four
(a) 0 (b) 3/8 arbitrary constants, will be
(c) 4/3 (d)  (a) 2 (b) 4
1  1 x  (c) 6 (d) None of these
95.  sin 2 tan 1  dx 
0  1 x  103. If P( A)  0.65, P(B)  0.15, then P ( A )  P ( B ) 
 
(a)  /6 (b)  /4 (a) 1.5 (b) 1.2
(c)  /2 (d)  (c) 0.8 (d) None of these
96. Area bounded by the curve y  log x , x  axis and 104. For any two independent events E1 and E 2 ,

the ordinates x  1, x  2 is P {( E1  E2 )  ( E1  E2 )} is

(a) log 4 sq. unit (b) (log 4  1) sq. unit 1 1

(a)  (b) 
4 4
(c) (log 4  1) sq. unit (d) None of these
1
97. The solution of the differential equation (c)  (d) None of these
2
dy
(1  x 2 )  x is 105. For independent events A1 , A2 ,.........., An ,
dx
1
(a) y  tan 1 x  c (b) y   tan 1 x  c P( Ai )  , i  1, 2, ......, n. Then the probability that
i 1
1 1 none of the event will occur, is
(c) y  log e (1  x 2 )  c (d) y   log e (1  x 2 )  c
2 2 n n 1
(a) (b)
98. The solution of the differential equation n1 n1
dy 1
 e x  cos x  x  tan x is (c) (d) None of these
dx n1
x2 106. 8 coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability of
(a) y  e x  sin x   log cos x  c
2 getting at least 6 heads is
x2 57 229
(b) y  e x  sin x   log sec x  c (a) (b)
2 64 256
7 37
x2 (c) (d)
(c) y  e x  sin x   log cos x  c 64 256
2
107. In a box containing 100 eggs, 10 eggs are rotten. The
x2 probability that out of a sample of 5 eggs none is
(d) y  e x  sin x   log sec x  c
2
rotten if the sampling is with replacement is
dy
99. The solution of differential equation  sin 2 y  0 is
dx 5 5
 1   1
(a) y  2 cos y  c (b) y  2 sin y  c (a)   (b)  
 10   5
(c) x  cot y  c (d) y  cot x  c 5 5
 9  9 
100. The solution of the differential equation (c)   (d)  
 5  10 
(sin x  cos x)dy  (cos x  sin x)dx  0 is
108. If the probability that a student is not a swimmer is
(a) e x (sin x  cos x )  c  0 (b) e y (sin x  cos x )  c 1/5, then the probability that out of 5 students one is
(c) e y (cos x  sin x )  c (d) e x (sin x  cos x)  c swimmer is
4 4
101. The order and degree of the differential equation 5 4 1 5 4 1
(a) C1     (b) C1  
2 5 5 5 5
dy  dy 
yx  a2 2
  b are 4
dx  dx  4 1
(c)   (d) None of these
55
(a) 1, 2 (b) 2, 1
(c) 1, 1 (d) 2, 2 109. The angle between two diagonals of a cube will be
(a) sin1 1 / 3 (b) cos 1 1 / 3
(c) Variable (d) None of these
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110. The equations of the line passing through the point 1 1 18 

(a) i  10 j  18k (b)  i  2j  k
(1,2,–4) and perpendicular to the two lines 17  5 5 
x  8 y  19 z  10 x  15 y  29 z  5 1
  and   , (c) (7i  10 j  18 k) (d) None of these
3  16 7 3 8 5
473
will be
x 1 y  2 z  4 x 1 y  2 z  4 118. If a  2i  k, b  i  j  kand c  4 i  3j  7k. If
(a)   (b)  
2 3 6 2 3 8 d  b  c  b and d . a  0, then d will be
x 1 y  2 z  4 (a) i  8 j  2k (b) i  8 j  2k
(c)   (d) None of these
3 2 8 (c) i  8 j  k (d) i  8 j  2k
111. If three mutually perpendicular lines have direction
119. If a  r  b  a and a . r  3, where a  2i  j  k
cosines (l1 , m1 , n1 ), (l 2 , m2 , n 2 ) and (l 3 , m3 , n3 ) , then the
and b  i  2j  k, then r and  are equal to
line having direction cosines l1  l 2  l 3 ,
7 2 6 7 2 5
m1  m2  m3 and n1  n2  n3 make an angle of ..... (a) r  i  j,   (b) r  i  j,  
6 3 5 6 3 6
with each other
6 2 6
(a) 0 (b) 30  (c) r  i  j,   (d) None of these
7 3 5
(c) 60 (d) 90
112. The straight lines whose direction cosines are given 120. Let the vectors a, b, c and d be such that
by al  bm  cn  0, fmn  gnl  hlm  0 are (a  b)  (c  d)  0 . Let P1 and P2 be planes
perpendicular, if determined by pair of vectors a, b and c, d
a b c
respectively. Then the angle between P1 and P2 is
f g h
(a)   0 (b)   0

a b c f g h (a) 0 o (b)
4
a b c
(c) af  bg  ch (d)    
f g h (c) (d)
3 2
113. If the straight lines x  1  s, y  3  s, z  1  s
and x  t / 2, y  1  t, z  2  t , with parameters s and
t respectively, are co-planar, then  equals
(a) 0 (b) –1
(c) –1/2 (d) – 2
114. The co-ordinates of the foot of perpendicular drawn
from point P(1, 0, 3) to the join of points A(4, 7, 1) and
B(3, 5, 3) is
5 7 17
(a) (5, 7, 1) (b)  , , 
3 3 3 
2 5 7 5 2 7
(c)  , ,  (d)  , , 
 3 3 3 3 3 3
115. Let a  2i  j  k, b  i  2j  k and c  i  j  2k be
three vectors. A vector in the plane of b and c whose
projection on a is of magnitude 2 / 3 is
(a) 2i  3 j  3k (b) 2i  3 j  3k
(c)  2i  j  5k (d) 2i  j  5k
116. A vector a has components 2p and 1 with respect to
a rectangular cartesian system. The system is rotated
through a certain angle about the origin in the anti-
clockwise sense. If a has components p+1 and 1 with
respect to the new system, then
1
(a) p  0 (b) p  1 or 
3
1
(c) p  1 or (d) p  1 or 1
3
117. If u  2 i  2j  k and v  6 i  3 j  2 k, then a unit
vector perpendicular to both u and v is