HOLY CROSS COLLEGE(AUTONOMOUS)TIRUCHIRAPPALLI-2

B.Sc.DEGREE EXAMINATION, SEMESTER -II-,APRIL 2015

MATHEMATICS MAJOR CORE 3: ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY OF THREE
DIMENSIONS AND VECTOR
CALCULUS
MODEL QUESTION PAPER
TIME : 3 HOURS

CODE : U08MA2MCT03
MAX.MARKS : 100
SECTION A
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS:

20 x 1 =20

Choose the correct answer:

1.

If two lines having direction ratios a1,b1,c1 and a2,b2,c2 are parallel, then
a. a1 a2+b1 b2+c1 c2
=0
b. a1 a2+b1 b2+c1 c2
=1

a1 b1 c1

a2 b2 c2
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

c. a1 a2+b1 b2+c1 c2
= -1
d.
The shortest distance between coplanar lines will be
a. 1
b.-1
c.0
d.
The radius of the sphere x2+y2+z2 + 2x - 4y + 6z + 5 = 0
a.6 units
b. 5 units
c. 4 units
d. 3 units
The plane section of a sphere is
a. circle
b. sphere
c. plane
d. straight line
The divergence of a vector function is a
a.vector
b.0
c.constant
d.scalar

r
r

If (t ) = 2sint
a.5
If

ur
F

r
j

r
i

+ 2 cos 3t + 8t
b.190

is conservative field then

ur
F

ur
.F

ur
V

r
k

ur
F

,then
c.15

is
d. 20

is

ur
F

a.
b.
c.0
d.
Which one of the following is the relation between line integral and surface integral of
curl of a vector function?
a.Gausss divergence theorem
b.Stokes theorem
c.Greens theorem
d.Cauchys theorem
Match the following types of vectors with a suitable definition and choose the correct
answer.
1. Vector field

A.

2.Solenoidal vector

B.

3. Unit normal vector

C.

ur
.F

ur
F

=0
=0

4.Irrotational vector

D.

a.1C,2A,3E,4B

10.

b.1A,2B,3C,4D

E.
c. 1C,2A,3D,4B

d.1D,2E,3B,4C

Of the following pair of statements one is an assertion and the other is a possible reason.
Read them carefully and mark your answer according to the key.
Assertion:3x +7y -4z = 17 and 6x +14y -8z =13 are perpendicular planes.
Reason: Perpendicular planes have proportional direction ratios.
a.Both assertion and reason are true statement and the reason explains the assertion.
b.Both assertion and reason are true statement and the reason does not explain the
assertion.
c.Assertion is true but the reason is false.
d.Both are false statements.

Answer in a sentence or two:

11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

Write the intercept form of equation to a plane.

State the condition for two lines in symmetrical form to be perpendicular.
If (a,b,c) is the centre of a sphere and its radius is r write the equation.
What is a great circle?
Define a vector point function.

16.

is the position vector of a moving particle then what is the value of div

17.
18.
19.
20.

r
r

Write the equation of the tangent plane to a surface

Define Laplacian operator.
Give an example for a surface integral.
State Gausss divergence theorem.

r
r

at a given point (x0,y0,z0)

SECTION B
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS SELECTING ONE FROM EACH SET:
21.a.
21.b.
22.a.
22.b.

5 x 7 = 35

Find the equation of the plane through ( 1 -2, 2 ) and ( -3, 1 2) and perpendicular to
the plane 2x + y z + 6 = 0.
(OR)
Find the symmetrical form of the equations of the line of intersection of the
planes x + 5y z -7 = 0 , 2x -5y + 3z + 1 = 0.
Find the equation of a sphere through the points (2,3,1) ,(5, -1, 2),(4,3, -1) and (2,5,3).
(OR)
Find the equation of the sphere which touches the sphere x2+ y2+ z2 - 6x +2z +1 = 0 at
the point (2, -2, 1) and passes through the origin.

23.a.

Find the directional derivative of

= x2yz + 4xz2 at the point ( 1 ,1 ,1) in the direction of

r r r
i jk

23.b.

24.a.

Show that the vector

ur
A

ur
B

(OR)

r
j

r
i
= (6xy +z3)

+ (3x2 z)

is irrotational.

If
= ( x y) + (x + y) , evaluate
by the equation y = x2 and x= y2
(OR)

uu
r
$
A
.ndS

+ (3xz2 y )

uu
r r
Ad
.r

r
j

r
i

r
k

ur
A

r
j

r
i

,if
= (x +y2)
24.b. Evaluate
2x + y + 2z = 6 in the first octant.

around the closed curve C which is given

r
k

- 2x

+ 2yz

and S is the surface of the plane

y(2 xy 1)dx x(2 xy 1)dy

c

25.a.

where C is the circle x2 +y2=1 using Greens

Evaluate
Theorem

(OR)

25.b

Use Stokes theorem to prove curl grad

=0

SECTION C
ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS:
26a.

b.

3 x 15 = 45

Find the image of ( 5, 3, 2) in the plane x + y z = 5. Find also the equation of the plane
which bisects perpendicularly the join of the image obtained for the above point.
(7)
Prove that the lines

x +1
3

y +10
8

z1
2

and

x +3 y +1
=
=
4
7

z4
1

are coplanar. Find also the point of intersection and the plane through them. (8)
27a.
b.
28.a.

Find the equation of the sphere having the circle x2 +y2 +z2 -2x +4y -6z +7 = 0,
2x y +2z = 5 as a great circle.
(7)
Show that the plane 2x y -2z = 16 touches the sphere x2 +yz+z2 -4x + 2y +2z -3 = 0
and find the point of contact.
(8)
Find the angle between the normals to the surface xy =z2 at the points (1,4 ,-2) and
(-3, -3,3) on it.
(7)

ur
2 ( r n r )

b.

Prove that

= n (n+3)

ur

FdV

29.

Evaluate

, where

ur
F

r
r n 2 r

i
= xy -zx

(8)

k
+

and V is the octant of the sphere

x2 + y2 + z2 = 4, x 0,y
30.

0,z

ur
A 2 x 2 yi y 2 j 4 xz 2k

Verify Gausss divergence theorem for the function

taken

y z 9
2

over the region bounded by the cylinder

lying in the first octant.
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and the planes x =0, x =2,y = 0, z=0