BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI
First Semester, 2021-22
MATH F111 : Mathematics-I
Quiz-I
Max Time: 45 Min Max Marks: 45
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1. Which of the following differentiable vector-valued function ⃗r of t satisfy ⃗r · dt = 0 for all t:
(a) ⃗r = sin t ı̂ + cos t ȷ̂
(b) ⃗r = sin t ı̂ + cos 2t ȷ̂
(c) ⃗r = sin 2t ı̂ + cos t ȷ̂
(d) ⃗r = sin2 t ı̂ + cos2 t ȷ̂
Answer: (a)
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2. Consider a point (x0 , y0 ) on the curve y = 3 (x + 2)3/2 such that the arc length from (−2, 0) to (x0 , y0 ) is
√
2 3 − 23 . Then, the point (x0 , y0 ) is:
√
(a) 23 , 43 2
√
(b) 0, 4 3 2
√
(c) 43 2, 0
√
(d) 2 3 + 43 , 0
Answer: (b)
3. A variable force F⃗ = 30 cos t k̂ units acts on a mass of 6 units. If the mass moving with a velocity of î at
t = 0, the velocity and speed at t = π2 are respectively given by: (Assume that Newton’s second law of
motion is applicable and all units are S.I. units)
(a) ȷ̂ and 1
(b) ı̂ and 1
√
(c) 5 ı̂ + k̂ and 26
√
(d) ı̂ + 5k̂ and 26
Answer: (d)
4. The curvature of the path y = 1 + ex has a critical point at x =
√
(a) − ln 2
√
(b) ln 2
(c) − ln 2
(d) ln 2
Answer: (a)
5. A roller coaster heads down a hill that can be modelled by the vector-valued function ⃗r(t) = 20t î + 5t2 ĵ.
Then, aT for this curve at t = 2 is:
(a) 5 (b) √5
2
√ √
(c) 5 2 (d) 10 2
Answer: (c)
6. Let 0, π2 and −2, π2 be polar coordinates of points P and Q respectively. If C be the curve r = 2 sin θ
3 ,
then
(a) both P and Q lie on C
(b) P but not Q lies on C
(c) Q but not P lies on C
(d) neither P nor Q lies on C
Answer: (a)
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7. A point P has polar coordinate ( √ 74, tan−1 (7/5)), Q and R have
√ Cartesian coordinates (6, 8) and (7, 9)
respectively. If cos(tan (7/5)) = 5/ 74 and sin(tan−1 (7/5)) = 7/ 74 then points P, Q and R lies
−1
(a) on the vertex of a triangle
(b) on a straight line
(c) on a circle
(d) none of the other options
Answer: (b)
R π/2 p Rπp
8. Let l1 = 4a 0 1 − e2 sin2 θdθ and l2 = 2a 0 (1 − e2 ) + e2 cos2 θdθ, where e is the eccentricity of the
ellipse x = a sin θ and y = b cos θ, a > b > 0. Then the perimeter of the ellipse is
(a) l1 but not l2
(b) l2 but not l1
(c) both l1 and l2
(d) neither l1 nor l2
Answer: (c)
9. If the polar curve r = f (θ), a ≤ θ ≤ b has length L and encloses area A. Then for any constant c, the length
and enclosed area for the curve r = cf (θ), a ≤ θ ≤ b are:
(a) |c|L and c2 A respectively
(b) cL and c2 A respectively
(c) |c|L and c2 A2 respectively
(d) |c|L and |c|A respectively
Answer: (a)
10. How many points of intersection are there for the curves r = cos 2θ and r = cos θ?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) None of the other options
Answer: (c)
√
11. A sphere with radius
2 centered
at origin is intersected by a plane y = 1. The slope of the tangent to the
1 1
resultant curve at √
2
, 1, 2 is:
√
(a) 1. (b) 0.
(c) -1. (d) None of the other option.
Answer: (c)
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12. Consider a function f (x, y) = 2x2 + y 2 of two variables x and y. For the given set A = {(x, y)| f (x, y) ̸= 1},
which of the following is NOT TRUE ?
(a) Set A is not an open set.
(b) Set A is a not a closed set.
(c) Set A is an unbounded set.
(d) Set of interior points is {(x, y)| f (x, y) < 1} ∪ {(x, y)| f (x, y) > 1}.
Answer: (a)
13. Consider a function f : R2 → R defined by
( 3 3
x +y
f (x, y) = x−y , x ̸= y,
0, x = y.
Which of the following is TRUE ?
(a) Function is bounded.
(b) Function is discontinuous at (0, 0).
(c) Function is continuous at (0, 0).
(d) lim(x,y)→(0,0) f (x, y) exist.
Answer: (b)
14. For (x, y) ∈ R2 with (x, y) ̸= (0, 0),plet θ = θ(x, y) be the unique real number such that −π < θ ≤ π and
(x, y) = (r cos θ, r sin θ), where r = x2 + y 2 . Then the resulting function θ : R2 \{(0, 0)} → R is
(a) Bounded and continuous.
(b) Bounded but not continuous.
(c) Neither bounded nor continuous.
(d) Unbounded but continuous.
Answer: (b)
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15. Let f (x, y) = |xy| then
(a) fx and fy do not exist at (0, 0).
(b) fx (0, 0) = 1.
(c) fy (0, 0) = 0.
(d) lim(x,y)→(0,0) f (x, y) does not exist.
Answer: (c)
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