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1.

What are the direction cosines of z-axis ?

  • < 1, 1, 1 >

  • < 1, 0, 0 >

  • < 0, 1, 0 >

  • < 0, 0, 1 >


D.

< 0, 0, 1 >

The direction cosines are given by l, m, n

The angles made by vectors with x, y and z axes are α, β and γ respectively.

 direction cosine of the vector with the x-axis is given by l = cosαThe direction cosine of the vector with y-axis is given by m = cosβThe direction cosine of the vector with z-axis is given by n = cosγwe can show the axis as follows

All the coordinate axes perpendicular to each other

We need to find the direction cosine of the z-axis

As the vector is along z-axis the angle made by x-axis is 900

Hence, the angles areα = 90°, β = 90°, γ = 0°

Taking the cosine of all angles we get,

l = cos90°, m = cos90°, n = cos0°

Finding the values we get,

l = 0, m = 0, n = 1

The direction cosines are (l, m, n) = (0, 0, 1)


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2.

What is the equation of the plane passing through the points (- 2, 6, - 6), (- 3, 10, - 9) and (- 5, 0, - 6) ?

  • 2x - y - 2z = 2

  • 2x + y + 3z = 3

  • x + y + z = 6

  • x - y - z = 3


3.

What is the equation to the sphere whose centre is at ( - 2. 3, 4) and radius is 6 units ?

  • x2 + y2 + z2 + 4x - 6y - 8z = 7

  • x2 + y2 + z2 + 4x - 6y - 8z = 4

  • x2 + y2 + z2 + 4x - 6y - 8z = 7

  • x2 + y2 + z2 + 4x + 6y + 8z = 4


4.

What is the distance of the point (2, 3, 4) from the plane 3x - 6y + 2z + 11 = 0 ?

  • 1 unit

  • 2 units

  • 3 units

  • 4 units


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5.

The line x - 12 = y - 23 = z - 34 is given by

  • x + y + z = 6, x + 2y - 3z = - 4

  • 3x + 2y - 3z = 0, 3x - 6y + 3z = - 2

  • 3x + 2y - 3z = - 2, 3x - 6y + 3z = - 2

  • 3x + 2y - 3z = -2, 3x - 6y + 3z = 0


6.

Consider the following statements:1. The angle between the planes2x - y + z = 1 and x + y + 2z = 3 is π32. The. distance between the planes6x - 3y + 6z + 2 = 0 and 2x - y + 2z + 4 = 0 is 109Which of the above statements is/are correct ?

  • 1 only

  • 2 only 

  • both 1 and 2

  • neither 1 nor 2


7.

The incentre of the triangle with vertices A(1, 3), B(0, 0) and C(2, 0) is

  • 1, 32

  • 23, 13

  • 23, 32

  • 1, 13


8.

The angle of elevation of a stationary cloud from a point 25 m above a lake is 15° and the angle of depression of its image in the lake is 45°. The height of the cloud above the lake level is :

  • 25m

  • 253

  • 50m

  • 503m


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9.

The point of intersection of the line joining the points ( - 3, 4, - 8) and (5, - 6, 4) with the XY-plane is

  • 73, - 83, 0

  •  - 73, - 83, 0

  •  - 73, 83, 0

  • 73, 83, 0


10.

If the angle between the lines whose direction ratios are (2, - 1, 2) and (x, 3, 5) is ,then the smaller value of x is :

  • 52

  • 4

  • 2

  • 1


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