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1551.

What is the slope of the tangent to the curve\[y={{\sin }^{-1}}({{\sin }^{2}}x)at\,\,x=0\]?

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. None of these
Answer» B. 1
1552.

The range of the function\[f(x)=2\sqrt{x-2}+\sqrt{4-x}\] is

A. \[\left( \sqrt{2},\sqrt{10} \right)\]
B. \[\left[ \sqrt{2},\sqrt{10} \right)\]
C. \[\left( \sqrt{2},\sqrt{10} \right]\]
D. \[\left[ \sqrt{2},\sqrt{10} \right]\]
Answer» E.
1553.

If at any instant t, for a sphere, r denotes the radius, S denotes the surface area and V denotes the volume, then what is \[\frac{dV}{dt}\] equal to?

A. \[\frac{1}{2}S\frac{dr}{dt}\]
B. \[\frac{1}{2}r\frac{dS}{dt}\]
C. \[r\frac{dS}{dt}\]
D. \[\frac{1}{2}{{r}^{2}}\frac{dS}{dt}\]
Answer» C. \[r\frac{dS}{dt}\]
1554.

If \[x\text{ }cos\theta +y\text{ }sin\text{ }\theta =2\] is perpendicular to the line\[x-y=3\], then what is one of the value of\[\theta \]?

A. \[\pi /6\]
B. \[\pi /4\]
C. \[\pi /2\]
D. \[\pi /3\]
Answer» C. \[\pi /2\]
1555.

The radius of a circle is uniformly increasing at the rate of 3 cm/s. What is the rate of increase in area, when the radius is 10 cm?

A. \[6\pi \,c{{m}^{2}}/s\]
B. \[10\pi \,c{{m}^{2}}/s\]
C. \[30\pi ;c{{m}^{2}}/s\]
D. \[60\,\pi \,c{{m}^{2}}/s\]
Answer» E.
1556.

The straight line \[\frac{x}{a}+\frac{y}{b}=2\] touches the curve \[{{\left( \frac{x}{a} \right)}^{n}}+{{\left( \frac{y}{b} \right)}^{n}}=2\] at the point (a, b) for

A. n = 1, 2
B. n = 3, 4, -5
C. n = 1, 2, 3
D. Any value of n
Answer» E.
1557.

The number of tangents to the curve \[{{x}^{3/2}}+{{y}^{3/2}}=2{{a}^{3/2}},\,\,\,a>0,\] which are equally inclined to the axes, is

A. 2
B. 1
C. 0
D. 4
Answer» C. 0
1558.

The maximum area of a right angled triangle with hypotenuse h is:

A. \[\frac{{{h}^{2}}}{2\sqrt{2}}\]
B. \[\frac{{{h}^{2}}}{2}\]
C. \[\frac{{{h}^{2}}}{\sqrt{2}}\]
D. \[\frac{{{h}^{2}}}{4}\]
Answer» E.
1559.

The distance of the point on \[y={{x}^{4}}+3{{x}^{2}}+2x\] which is nearest to the line \[y=2x-1\] is

A. \[\frac{2}{\sqrt{5}}\]
B.  \[\sqrt{5}\]
C. \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{5}}\]
D. \[5\sqrt{5}\]
Answer» D. \[5\sqrt{5}\]
1560.

If \[a=2i+j+2k\] and \[b=5i-3j+k,\] then the projection of b on a is [Karnataka CET 2002]

A.             3
B.             4
C.             5
D.             6
Answer» B.             4
1561.

The projection of a along b is                          [RPET 1995]

A.             \[\frac{\mathbf{a}\,.\,\mathbf{b}}{|\mathbf{a}|}\]
B.             \[\frac{\mathbf{a}\,\times \,\mathbf{b}}{|\mathbf{a}|}\]
C.             \[\frac{\mathbf{a}\,.\,\mathbf{b}}{|\mathbf{b}|}\]
D.             \[\frac{\mathbf{a}\,\times \,\mathbf{b}}{|\mathbf{b}|}\]
Answer» D.             \[\frac{\mathbf{a}\,\times \,\mathbf{b}}{|\mathbf{b}|}\]
1562.

If vector \[\mathbf{a}=2\mathbf{i}-3\mathbf{j}+6\mathbf{k}\] and vector \[\mathbf{b}=-2\mathbf{i}+2\mathbf{j}-\mathbf{k},\] then \[\frac{\text{Projection of vector }\mathbf{a}\text{ on vector }\mathbf{b}}{\text{Projection of vector }\mathbf{b}\text{ on vector }\mathbf{a}}=\]        [MP PET 1994, 99; Pb. CET 2000]

A.             \[\frac{3}{7}\]
B.             \[\frac{7}{3}\]
C.             3
D.             7
Answer» C.             3
1563.

The projection of vector \[2\mathbf{i}+3\mathbf{j}-2\mathbf{k}\] on the vector \[\mathbf{i}+2\mathbf{j}+3\mathbf{k}\] will be      [RPET 1984, 90, 97, 99; Karnataka CET 2004]

A.             \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{14}}\]
B.             \[\frac{2}{\sqrt{14}}\]
C.             \[\frac{3}{\sqrt{14}}\]
D.             \[\sqrt{14}\]
Answer» C.             \[\frac{3}{\sqrt{14}}\]
1564.

Let \[\mathbf{b}=3\mathbf{j}+4\mathbf{k},\,\,\mathbf{a}=\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}\] and let \[{{\mathbf{b}}_{1}}\] and \[{{\mathbf{b}}_{2}}\] be component vectors of b parallel and perpendicular to a. If \[{{\mathbf{b}}_{1}}=\frac{3}{2}\mathbf{i}+\frac{3}{2}\mathbf{j}\], then \[{{\mathbf{b}}_{2}}=\] [MP PET 1989]

A.             \[\frac{3}{2}\mathbf{i}+\frac{3}{2}\mathbf{j}+4\mathbf{k}\]
B.             \[-\frac{3}{2}\mathbf{i}+\frac{3}{2}\mathbf{j}+4\mathbf{k}\]
C.             \[-\frac{3}{2}\mathbf{i}+\frac{3}{2}\mathbf{j}\]
D.             None of these
Answer» C.             \[-\frac{3}{2}\mathbf{i}+\frac{3}{2}\mathbf{j}\]
1565.

The component of \[\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}\] along \[\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\] will be

A.             \[\frac{\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}}{2}\]
B.             \[\frac{\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}}{2}\]
C.             \[\frac{\mathbf{k}+\mathbf{i}}{2}\]
D.             None of these
Answer» C.             \[\frac{\mathbf{k}+\mathbf{i}}{2}\]
1566.

A vector of magnitude 14 lies in the xy-plane and makes an angle of \[{{60}^{o}}\] with x-axis. The components of the vector in the direction of x-axis and y-axis are

A.             \[7,\,\,7\sqrt{3}\]
B.             \[7\sqrt{3},\,\,7\]
C.             \[14\sqrt{3},\,\,14/\sqrt{3}\]
D.             \[14/\sqrt{3},\,\,14\sqrt{3}\]
Answer» B.             \[7\sqrt{3},\,\,7\]
1567.

If a and b are two non-zero vectors, then the component of b along a is [MP PET 1991]

A.             \[\frac{(\mathbf{a}\,.\,\mathbf{b})\,\mathbf{a}}{\mathbf{b}\,.\,\mathbf{b}}\]
B.             \[\frac{(\mathbf{a}\,.\,\mathbf{b})\,\mathbf{b}}{\mathbf{a}\,.\,\mathbf{a}}\]
C.             \[\frac{(\mathbf{a}\,.\,\mathbf{b})\,\mathbf{b}}{\mathbf{a}\,.\,\mathbf{b}}\]
D.             \[\frac{(\mathbf{a}\,.\,\mathbf{b})\,\mathbf{a}}{\mathbf{a}\,.\,\mathbf{a}}\]
Answer» E.
1568.

If a has magnitude 5 and points north-east and vector b has magnitude 5 and points north-west, then \[|\,\,\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}\,\,|\,=\]                                     [MNR 1984]

A.             25
B.             5         
C.             \[7\sqrt{3}\]
D.             \[5\sqrt{2}\]
Answer» E.
1569.

If the vectors \[3i+\lambda \,j+k\] and \[2i-j+8k\] are perpendicular, then \[\lambda \] is [Kerala (Engg.) 2002]

A.             ? 14
B.             7
C.             14
D.             1/7      
Answer» D.             1/7      
1570.

If \[4i+j-k\] and \[3i+mj+2k\] are at right angle, then \[m=\]                                     [Karnataka CET 2002]

A.             ? 6
B.             ? 8
C.             ? 10
D.             ? 12
Answer» D.             ? 12
1571.

If \[\mathbf{a}=\mathbf{i}-2\mathbf{j}\] and \[\mathbf{b}=2\mathbf{i}+\lambda \mathbf{j}\] are parallel, then \[\lambda \] is                                                 [RPET 1996]

A.             4
B.             2
C.             ? 2
D.             ? 4
Answer» E.
1572.

If \[ai+6j-k\] and \[7i-3j+17k\] are perpendicular vectors, then the value  of a is [Karnataka CET 2001]

A.             5
B.             ? 5
C.             7
D.             \[\frac{1}{7}\]
Answer» B.             ? 5
1573.

The vector \[\frac{1}{3}\,(2\mathbf{i}-2\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k})\] is                                   [IIT Screening 1994]

A.             A unit vector   
B.             Makes an angle \[\frac{\pi }{3}\] with the vector \[2i-4\mathbf{j}+3\mathbf{k}\]
C.             Parallel to the vector \[-\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}-\frac{1}{2}\mathbf{k}\]
D.           Perpendicular to the vector \[3\mathbf{i}+2\mathbf{j}-2\mathbf{k}\]
Answer» E.
1574.

Which of the following is a true statement [Kurukshetra CEE 1996]

A.             \[(\mathbf{a}\times \mathbf{b})\times \mathbf{c}\] is coplanar with c         
B.             \[(\mathbf{a}\times \mathbf{b})\times \mathbf{c}\] is perpendicular to a
C.             \[(\mathbf{a}\times \mathbf{b})\times \mathbf{c}\] is perpendicular to b
D.             \[(\mathbf{a}\times \mathbf{b})\times \mathbf{c}\] is perpendicular to c
Answer» E.
1575.

If the vectors \[a\mathbf{i}+2\mathbf{j}+3\mathbf{k}\] and \[-\mathbf{i}+5\mathbf{j}+a\mathbf{k}\] are perpendicular to each other, then \[a=\]          [MP PET 1996]

A.             6
B.             ? 6
C.             5
D.             ? 5
Answer» E.
1576.

If the vectors \[a\mathbf{i}+b\mathbf{j}+c\mathbf{k}\] and \[p\mathbf{i}+q\mathbf{j}+r\mathbf{k}\] are perpendicular, then [RPET 1989]

A.             \[(a+b+c)\,(p+q+r)=0\]
B.             \[(a+b+c)\,(p+q+r)=1\]
C.             \[ap+bq+cr=0\]
D.             \[ap+bq+cr=1\]
Answer» D.             \[ap+bq+cr=1\]
1577.

If \[\mathbf{a}=2\mathbf{i}+4\mathbf{j}+2\mathbf{k}\] and \[\mathbf{b}=8\mathbf{i}-3\mathbf{j}+\lambda \mathbf{k}\] and \[\mathbf{a}\,\bot \,\mathbf{b},\] then value of \[\lambda \] will be [RPET 1995]

A.             2
B.             ? 1
C.             ? 2
D.             1
Answer» D.             1
1578.

The value of \[\lambda \] for which the vectors \[2\lambda \mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}-\mathbf{k}\] and \[2\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\] are perpendicular, is                               [MP PET 1992]

A.             None
B.             ? 1
C.             1
D.             Any value
Answer» B.             ? 1
1579.

If \[|\mathbf{a}|+|\mathbf{b}|\,=\,|\mathbf{c}|\] and \[\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}=\mathbf{c},\] then the angle between a and b is        

A.             \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]
B.             \[\pi \]
C.             0
D.             None of these
Answer» D.             None of these
1580.

The unit normal vector to the line joining \[\mathbf{i}-\mathbf{j}\] and \[2\,\mathbf{i}+3\,\mathbf{j}\] and pointing towards the origin is  [MP PET 1989]

A.             \[\frac{4\,\mathbf{i}-\mathbf{j}}{\sqrt{17}}\]
B.             \[\frac{-4\,\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}}{\sqrt{17}}\]
C.             \[\frac{2\,\mathbf{i}-3\,\mathbf{j}}{\sqrt{13}}\]
D.             \[\frac{-\,2\,\mathbf{i}+3\,\mathbf{j}}{\sqrt{13}}\]
Answer» C.             \[\frac{2\,\mathbf{i}-3\,\mathbf{j}}{\sqrt{13}}\]
1581.

If \[l\,\mathbf{a}+m\,\mathbf{b}+n\,\mathbf{c}=\mathbf{0},\] where \[l,\,m,\,\,n\] are scalars and a, b, c are mutually perpendicular vectors, then

A.             \[l=m=n=1\]
B.             \[l+m+n=1\]
C.             \[l=m=n=0\]
D.             \[l\ne 0,\,\,m\ne 0,\,\,n\ne 0\]
Answer» D.             \[l\ne 0,\,\,m\ne 0,\,\,n\ne 0\]
1582.

A unit vector in the \[xy-\]plane which is perpendicular to \[4\mathbf{i}-3\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\] is                                  [RPET 1991]

A.             \[\frac{\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}}{\sqrt{2}}\]
B.             \[\frac{1}{5}(3\mathbf{i}+4\mathbf{j})\]
C.             \[\frac{1}{5}\,(3\mathbf{i}-4\mathbf{j})\]
D.             None of these
Answer» C.             \[\frac{1}{5}\,(3\mathbf{i}-4\mathbf{j})\]
1583.

The vectors \[2\,\mathbf{i}+3\,\mathbf{j}-4\,\mathbf{k}\] and \[a\,\mathbf{i}+b\,\mathbf{j}+c\,\mathbf{k}\] are perpendicular, when [MNR 1982; MP PET 1988; MP PET 2002]

A.             \[a=2,\,\,b=3,\,\,c=-4\]
B.             \[a=4,\,\,b=4,\,\,c=5\]
C.             \[a=4,\,\,b=4,\,\,c=-\,5\]
D.             None of these
Answer» C.             \[a=4,\,\,b=4,\,\,c=-\,5\]
1584.

The vector \[2\,\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}-\mathbf{k}\] is perpendicular to \[\mathbf{i}-4\mathbf{j}+\lambda \mathbf{k},\] if \[\lambda =\]              [MNR 1983; MP PET 1988]

A.             0
B.             ? 1
C.             ? 2
D.             ? 3
Answer» D.             ? 3
1585.

If \[\mathbf{a}=2\,\mathbf{i}+2\,\mathbf{j}+3\,\mathbf{k},\,\,\mathbf{b}=-\mathbf{i}+2\,\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\] and \[c=3\,\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j},\] then \[\mathbf{a}+t\,\mathbf{b}\] is perpendicular to c if \[t=\] [MNR 1979; MP PET 2002]

A.             2
B.             4
C.             6
D.             8
Answer» E.
1586.

The vector \[2\,\mathbf{i}+a\,\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\] is perpendicular to the vector \[2\,\mathbf{i}-\mathbf{j}-k,\] if \[a=\]                             [MP PET 1987]

A.             5
B.             ? 5
C.             ? 3
D.             3
Answer» E.
1587.

A vector of length 3 perpendicular to each of the vectors \[3\,\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{j}-4\,\mathbf{k}\] and \[6\,\mathbf{i}+5\,\mathbf{j}-2\,\mathbf{k}\] is

A.             \[2\,\mathbf{i}-2\,\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\]
B.             \[-\,2\,\mathbf{i}+2\,\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\]
C.             \[2\,\mathbf{i}+2\,\mathbf{j}-\mathbf{k}\]
D.             None of these
Answer» B.             \[-\,2\,\mathbf{i}+2\,\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\]
1588.

The angle between the vectors a + b and a ? b, when \[\mathbf{a}=(1,\,1,\,4)\] and \[b=(1,\,-1,\,4)\] is [Karnataka CET 2003]

A.             \[{{90}^{o}}\]
B.             \[{{45}^{o}}\]
C.             \[{{30}^{o}}\]
D.             \[{{15}^{o}}\]
Answer» B.             \[{{45}^{o}}\]
1589.

If a, b, c are mutually perpendicular unit vectors, then \[|\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}|\,\,=\]         [Karnataka CET 2002, 05; J & K 2005]

A.             \[\sqrt{3}\]
B.             3
C.             1
D.             0
Answer» B.             3
1590.

If \[\theta \] be the angle between the vectors \[12+m-2=0\] and \[\mathbf{b}=6\mathbf{i}-3\mathbf{j}+2\mathbf{k}\], then [MP PET 2001, 03]

A.             \[\cos \theta =\frac{4}{21}\]
B.             \[\cos \theta =\frac{3}{19}\]
C.             \[\cos \theta =\frac{2}{19}\]
D.             \[\cos \theta =\frac{5}{21}\]
Answer» B.             \[\cos \theta =\frac{3}{19}\]
1591.

The angle between the vector \[2i+3j+k\] and \[2i-j-k\] is          [MNR 1990; UPSEAT 2000]

A.             \[\pi /2\]
B.             \[\pi /4\]
C.             \[\pi /3\]
D.             0
Answer» B.             \[\pi /4\]
1592.

If the sum of two unit vectors is a unit vector, then the magnitude of their difference is [Kurukshetra CEE 1996; RPET 1996]

A.             \[\sqrt{2}\]
B.             \[\sqrt{3}\]
C.             \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\]
D.             1
Answer» C.             \[\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\]
1593.

If three vectors a, b, c satisfy \[\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}=\mathbf{0}\] and \[|\mathbf{a}|\,\,=\,\,3,\,\] \[|\mathbf{b}|\,=5,\] \[|\mathbf{c}|\,\,=7,\]  then the angle between a and b is  [Kurukshetra CEE 1998; UPSEAT 2001; AIEEE 2002; MP PET 2002]

A.             \[{{30}^{o}}\]
B.             \[{{45}^{o}}\]
C.             \[{{60}^{o}}\]
D.             \[{{90}^{\text{o}}}\]
Answer» D.             \[{{90}^{\text{o}}}\]
1594.

If the angle between two vectors \[\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{k}\] and \[\mathbf{i}-\mathbf{j}+a\mathbf{k}\] is \[\pi /3,\] then the value of \[a=\]                            [MP PET 1997]

A.             2
B.             4
C.             ? 2
D.             0
Answer» E.
1595.

The angle between the vectors \[(2\mathbf{i}+6\mathbf{j}+3\mathbf{k})\] and \[(12\mathbf{i}-4\mathbf{j}+3\mathbf{k})\] is                                   [MP PET 1996]

A.             \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{10} \right)\]
B.             \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{9}{11} \right)\]
C.             \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{9}{91} \right)\]
D.             \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{9} \right)\]
Answer» D.             \[{{\cos }^{-1}}\left( \frac{1}{9} \right)\]
1596.

The value of x for which the angle between the vectors \[\mathbf{a}=-\,3\mathbf{i}+x\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\] and \[\mathbf{b}=x\mathbf{i}+2x\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\] is acute and the angle between b and x-axis lies between \[\pi /2\] and \[\pi \]satisfy                                     [Kurukshetra CEE 1996]

A.             \[x>0\]
B.             \[x<0\]
C.             \[x>1\] only
D.             \[x<-1\] only
Answer» C.             \[x>1\] only
1597.

If \[\mathbf{a}=\mathbf{i}+2\mathbf{j}-3\mathbf{k}\] and \[\mathbf{b}=3\mathbf{i}-\mathbf{j}+2\mathbf{k},\] then the angle between the vectors \[\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}\] and \[\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}\] is            [Karnataka CET 1994; Orissa JEE 2005]

A.             \[{{30}^{o}}\]
B.             \[{{60}^{o}}\]
C.             \[{{90}^{o}}\]
D.             x
Answer» D.             x
1598.

If q be the angle between two vectors a and b, then                     \[\mathbf{a}.\mathbf{b}\] \[\ge 0\]  if                                 [MP PET 1995]

A.             \[0\le \theta \le \pi \]
B.             \[\frac{\pi }{2}\le \theta \le \pi \]
C.             \[0\le \theta \le \frac{\pi }{2}\]
D.             None of these
Answer» D.             None of these
1599.

If a and b are unit vectors and \[\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}\] is also a unit vector, then the angle between a and b is [RPET 1991; MP PET 1995; Pb. CET 2001]

A.             \[\frac{\pi }{4}\]
B.             \[\frac{\pi }{3}\]
C.             \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]
D.             \[\frac{2\pi }{3}\]
Answer» C.             \[\frac{\pi }{2}\]
1600.

The position vector of vertices of a triangle ABC are \[4\mathbf{i}-2\mathbf{j},\,\mathbf{i}+4\mathbf{j}-3\mathbf{k}\] and \[-\mathbf{i}+5\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\] respectively, then \[\angle ABC=\] [RPET 1988, 97]

A.             \[\pi /6\]
B.             \[\pi /4\]
C.             \[\pi /3\]
D.             \[\pi /2\]
Answer» E.