JEE-Mathematics

Straight Objective Type

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1. Let a , b , c be vectors of length 3, 4, 5 respectively. Let a be perpendicular to b  c , b to c  a & c to
    
a  b . Then a  b  c is :

(A) (B) 2 2 (C) 10 5 (D) 5 2

2 5
2. L1 and L2 are two lines whose vector equations are



L1 : r   cos   3 î     
2 sin  ĵ  cos   3 k̂ 


L2 : r   aî  bˆj  ck̂ , 
where  and  are scalars and  is the acute angle between L1 and L2.
If the angle '' is independent of  then the value of '' is
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 4 3 2
  
3. For some non zero vector V , if the sum of V and the vector obtained from V by rotating it by an angle

2 equals to the vector obtained from V by rotating it by  then the value of , is
  2 2
(A) 2n ± (B) n ± (C) 2n ± (D) n ±
3 3 3 3
where n is an integer.
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   
 2
4. In a quadrilateral ABCD, A C is the bisector of the  A B A D which is ,
  3

| | | | | |  
    
15 AC = 3 A B = 5 A D then cos  BA C D is
 

14 21 2 2 7
(A)  (B)  (C) (D)
7 2 7 3 7 14
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5. If the two adjacent sides of two rectangles are represented by the vectors p  5a  3b ; q   a  2b and
      1   
r  4a  b ; s   a  b respectively, then the angle between the vectors x   p  r  s  and

3
 1  
y   r  s
5
 19   19 
(A) is –cos–1   (B) is cos–1  
 5 43   5 43 

 19 
(C) is – cos–1   (D) cannot be evaluated
 5 43 

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6. Let a  a 1 i  a 2 j  a 3 k ; b  b1 i  b 2 j  b 3 k ; c  c1 i  c2 j  c3 k be three non-zero vectors such that c
2
a1 b1 c1
    
is a unit vector perpendicular to both a & b . If the angle between a & b is , then a 2 b2 c2 =
6
a3 b3 c3
(A) 0 (B) 1
1 3
(C) (a 2 + a22 + a32) (b12 + b22 + b32) (D) (a 2 + a22 + a32) (b12 + b22 + b32) (c12 + c22 + c32)
4 1 4 1

7. A rigid body rotates about an axis through the origin with an angular velocity 10 3 radians/sec.
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If  points in the direction of i  j  k then the equation to the locus of the points having tangential
speed 20 m/sec. is
(A) x2 + y2 + z2  x y  y z  z x  1 = 0 (B) x2 + y2 + z2  2 x y  2 y z  2 z x  1 = 0
(C) x2 + y2 + z2  x y  y z  z x  2 = 0 (D) x2 + y2 + z2  2 x y  2 y z  2 z x  2 = 0
8. A variable plane forms a tetrahedron of constant volume 64 K 3 with the coordinate planes and the
origin, then locus of the centroid of the tetrahedron is
(A) x3 + y3 + z3 = 6K3 (B) xyz = 6k3
(C) x2 + y2 + z2 = 4K2 (D) x–2 + y–2 + z–2 = 4K–2
9. Let ABCD be a tetrahedron such that the edges AB, AC and AD are mutually perpendicular. Let the
area of triangles ABC, ACD and ADB be 3, 4 and 5 sq. units respectively. Then the area of the triangle
BCD, is
(A) 5 2 (B) 5 (C) 5 2 (D) 5/2
10. A parallelopiped is formed by planes drawn through the points (1, 2, 3) and (9, 8, 5) parallel to the
coordinate planes then which of the following is not the length of an edge of this rectangular parallelopiped
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8
11. Given planes P1 : cy + bz = x
P2 : az + cx = y
P3 : bx + ay = z
P1, P2 and P3 pass through one line, if
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(C) a2 + b2 + c2 = 1 (D) a2 + b2 + c2 + 2ab + 2bc + 2ca + 2abc = 1

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12. If x & y are two non collinear vectors and a, b, c represent the sides of a  ABC satisfying
   
(a  b) x + (b  c) y + (c  a) x  y = 0 then  ABC is
(A) an acute angle triangle (B) an obtuse angle triangle
(C) a right angle triangle (D) a scalene triangle
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13. Let r1 , r2 , r3 ........rn be the position vectors of points P1, P2, P3,.....Pn relative to the origin O. If the vector
  
equation a1 r1  a 2 r2  ..........  a n rn  0 holds, then a similar equation will also hold w.r.t. to any other
origin provided
(A) a1+ a2+....+ an= n (B) a1+ a2+....+ an = 1 (C) a1+ a2+....+ an= 0 (D) none

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14. If â and b̂ are orthogonal unit vectors then for any non zero vector r , the vector ( r  â ) equals

  
(A) [ r â b̂] (â  b̂) (B) [ r â b̂] â  ( r ·â )(â  b̂)

   
(C) [ r â b̂] b̂  ( r ·b̂)(b̂  â ) (D) [ r â b̂] b̂  ( r ·â )(â  b̂)

15. (a) A unit vector in the plane of vectors 2iˆ  ˆj  k,

ˆ ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and orthogonal to 5iˆ  2 ˆj  6kˆ -

6iˆ  5kˆ 3ˆj  kˆ 2iˆ  5kˆ 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ

(A) (B) (C) (D)
61 10 29 3

    
(b) If a  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ , a.b  1 and a  b  ˆj  kˆ , then b = [JEE 2004 (Scr.)]

(A) î (B) ˆi  ˆj  kˆ (C) 2 ˆj  kˆ (D) 2 î

 
16. ˆ b  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and c  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ . A vector in the plane of a and b whose
(a) Let a  ˆi  2 ˆj  k,

 1
projection on c has the magnitude equal to is -
3

(A) 4iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ (B) 3iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ (C) 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ (D) 4iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ

(b) Let A be vector parallel to line of intersection of planes P 1 and P2 through origin. P1 is parallel
to the vectors 2 ˆj  3kˆ and 4 ˆj  3kˆ and P2 is parallel to ˆj  kˆ and 3iˆ  3ˆj , then the angle

between vector A and 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ is -

   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 6 3

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17. (a) The number of distinct real values of , for which the vectors  2 ˆi  ˆj  kˆ , ˆi   2 ˆj  kˆ and
ˆi  ˆj   2 kˆ are coplanar, is :-

(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) three

      
(b) Let a, b, c be unit vectors such that a  b  c  0 . Which one of the following is correct?

             
(A) a  b  b  c  c  a  0 (B) a  b  b  c  c  a  0
            
(C) a  b  b  c  a  c  0 (D) a  b, b  c, c  a are mutually perpendicular

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18. (a) The edges of a parallelopiped are of unit length and are parallel to non-coplanar unit vectors

ˆ ˆ  c.a 1
â , b̂ , ĉ such that â . b̂ = b.c ˆ ˆ  . Then, the volume of the parallelopiped is :-
2

1 1 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2 3

(b) Let two non-collinear unit vectors â and b̂ form an acute angle. A point P moves so that at any

time t the position vector OP (where O is the origin) is given by â cost + b̂ sint. When P is farthest
 
from origin O, let M be the length of OP and û be the unit vector along OP . Then -
â  bˆ â  bˆ
(A) û  and M = (1 + â.bˆ )1/2 (B) û  and M = (1 + â.bˆ )1/2
â  bˆ â  bˆ

â  bˆ â  bˆ
(C) û  and M = (1 + 2 â.bˆ )1/2 (D) û  and M = (1 + 2 â.bˆ )1/2
â  bˆ â  bˆ
[JEE 2008]

19. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram ABCD are given by AB  2iˆ  10 ˆj  11kˆ and

AD   ˆi  2 ˆj  2kˆ . The side AD is rotated by an acute angle  in the plane of the parallelogram
so that AD becomes AD'. If AD' makes a right angle with the side AB, then the cosine of
the angle  is given by - [JEE 2010]

8 17 1 4 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 9 9
   and  are unit vectors such that a  b . c  d  1 and a.c  1
20. If a, b,c d     , then -
2
   
(A) a, b,c are non-coplanar (B) b,c,d are non-coplanar [JEE 2009]
    
(C) b,d are non-parallel (D) a,d are parallel and b,c are parallel

21.
 ˆ b  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and c  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ be three vectors. A vector v in the plane of a
(a) Let a  ˆi  ˆj  k,

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  1
and b , whose projection on c is , is given by [JEE 2011]
3

(A) ˆi  3ˆj  3kˆ (B) 3iˆ  3ˆj  kˆ (C) 3iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ (D) ˆi  3ˆj  3kˆ

(b) The vector(s) which is/are coplanar with vectors ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ and ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ , and perpendicular
to the vector ˆi  ˆj  kˆ is/are [JEE 2011]

(A) ˆj  kˆ (B) ˆi  ˆj (C) ˆi  ˆj (D) ˆj  kˆ

     
22. If a and b are vectors such that | a  b |  29 and a  (2iˆ  3jˆ  4k)
ˆ  (2iˆ  3jˆ  4k)
ˆ  b , then a possible
 
value of (a  b).( 7iˆ  2ˆj  3k)
ˆ is

(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 8 [JEE 2012]

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23. Let PR  3iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and SQ  ˆi  3jˆ  4kˆ determine diagonals of a parallelogram PQRS and PT  ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ
  
be another vector. Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by the vectors PT, PQ and PS is
[JEE-Advanced 2013, 2M]
(A) 5 (B) 20 (C) 10 (D) 30
x 1 y 1 z 1 x 3 y  k z
24. If the lines   and   intersect, then k = [JEE 2004 (Scr.)]
2 3 4 1 2 1
2 9
(A) (B) (C) 0 (D) –1
9 2
25. A variable plane at a distance of 1 unit from the origin cuts the coordinate axis at A, B & C. If
1 1 1
the centroid of triangle ABC is D(x, y, z) satisfy the relation 2  2  2  k , then value of k is -
x y z
[JEE 2005 (screening) 3]
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 1/3 (D) 9
26. A plane passes through (1, –2, 1) and is perpendicular to two planes 2x – 2y + z = 0 and
x – y + 2z = 4. The distance of the plane from the point (1, 2, 2) is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 2 2
 ˆ ˆ ˆ  µ( 3iˆ  ˆj  5k)
ˆ .
27. (a) Let P(3, 2, 6) be a point in space and Q be a point on the line r  (i  j  2k)

Then the value of µ for which the vector PQ is parallel to the plane x – 4y + 3z = 1 is -

1 1 1 1
(A) (B) – (C) (D) – [JEE 2009]
4 4 8 8
(b) A line with positive direction cosines passes through the point P (2, –1, 2) and makes equal
angles with the coordinate axes. The line meets the plane 2x + y + z = 9 at point Q. The length
of the line segment PQ equals -

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 2 [JEE 2009]

x y z
28. (a) Equation of the plane containing the straight line   and perpendicular to the plane
2 3 4
x y z x y z
containing the straight lines   and   is [JEE 2010]
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3 4 2 4 2 3

(A) x + 2y – 2z = 0 (B) 3x + 2y – 2z = 0

(C) x – 2y + z = 0 (D) 5x + 2y – 4z = 0

(b) If the distance of the point P(1,–2,1) from the plane x + 2y – 2z = , where  > 0, is 5, then
the foot of the perpendicular from P to the plane is- [JEE 2010]

8 4 7 4 4 1  1 2 10  2 1 5
(A)  , ,   (B)  ,  ,  (C)  , ,  (D)  ,  , 
3 3 3  3 3 3 3 3 3  3 3 2

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29. (a) The point P is the intersection of the straight line joining the points Q(2,3,5) and R(1,–1,4)
with the plane 5x – 4y – z = 1. If S is the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point T(2,1,4)
to QR, then the length of the line segment PS is - [JEE 2012]

1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2 2
2
(b) The equation of a plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes x + 2y + 3z = 2 and
2
x – y + z = 3 and at a distance from the point (3, 1, –1) is [JEE 2012]
3

(A) 5x – 11y + z = 17 (B) 2x  y  3 2  1

(C) x + y + z = 3 (D) x  2y  1  2

x  2 y 1 z
30. Perpendiculars are drawn from points on the line   to the plane x + y + z = 3. The
2 1 3
feet of perpendiculars lie on the line [JEE-Advanced 2013, 2]
x y 1 z  2 x y 1 z  2
(A)   (B)  
5 8 13 2 3 5

x y 1 z  2 x y 1 z  2
(C)   (D)  
4 3 7 2 7 5
Multiple Correct Answer Type
        
31. If a , b , c be three non zero vectors satisfying the condition a  b  c & b  c  a then which of
the following always hold(s) good?

  
(A) a , b , c are orthogonal in pairs 

(B) a b c = b 
 
  2  
(C) a b c = c (D) b = c

32. Consider a plane P passing through A(,3,), B(–1,3,2) and C(7,5,10) and a straight line L with positive
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direction cosines passing through A, bisecting BC and makes equal angles with the coordinate axes. Let
L1 be a line parallel to L and passing through origin. Which of the following is(are) correct?
(A) The value of ( + ) is equal to 5.
x 1 y 1 z 1
(B) Equation of straight line L1 is   .
1 1 1
(C) Equation of the plane perpendicular to the plane P and containing line L1 is x – 2y + z = 0
(D) Area of triangle ABC is equal to 3 2 .

x 1 y 1 z x 1 y 1 z
33. If the straight lines   and   are coplanar, then the plane(s) containing
2 k 2 5 2 k
these two lines is(are) [JEE 2012]
(A) y + 2z = –1 (B) y + z = –1 (C) y – z = –1 (D) y – 2z = –1
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34. A line  passing through the origin is perpendicular to the lines
1 :  3  t  ˆi   1  2t  ˆj   4  2t  k,
ˆ   t  

 2 :  3  2s  ˆi   3  2s  ˆj   2  s  k,
ˆ   s  

Then , the coordinate(s) of the point(s) on 2 at a distance of 17 from the point of intersection of
 and 1 is(are) - [JEE-Advanced 2013, 4, (–1)]
7 7 5 7 7 8
(A)  , ,  (B) (–1,–1,0) (C) (1,1,1) (D)  , , 
3 3 3 9 9 9

y z y z
35. Two lines L1 : x  5,  and L 2 : x  ,  are coplanar. Then  can take value(s)
3   2 1 2  

[JEE-Advanced 2013, 3, (–1)]

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
  
36. Let x, y and z be three vectors each of magnitude 2 and the angle between each pair of them is
     
. If a is a nonzero vector perpendicular to x and y  z and b is nonzero vector perpendicular to
3
  
y and z  x , then [JEE(Advanced)-2014, 3]
         
(A) b  (b.z) (z  x) (B) a  (a .y) (y  z)
          
(C) a .b  (a.y)(b.z) (D) a  (a .y) (z  y)
37. From a point P(), perpendiculars PQ and PR are drawn respectively on the lines y = x, z = 1
and y = –x, z = –1. If P is such that QPR is a right angle, then the possible value(s) of  is(are)
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) – 2
[JEE(Advanced)-2014, 3]
        
38. Let PQR be a triangle. Let a  QR, b  RP and c  PQ . If | a | 12, | b | 4 3 and b.c  24 , then which
of the following is (are) true ? [JEE 2015, 4M, –2M]
 
| c |2  | c |2      
(A)  | a | 12 (B)  | a | 30 (C) | a  b  c  a | 48 3 (D) a.b  72
2 2
3
39. In  , consider the planes P1 : y = 0 and P2 : x + z = 1. Let P3 be a plane, different from P1 and
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P2, which passes through the intersection of P1 and P2. If the distance of the point (0,1,0) from P3
is 1 and the distance of a point () from P3 is 2, then which of the following relations is (are)
true ? [JEE 2015, 4M, –2M]
(A) 2 +  + 2 + 2 = 0 (B) 2 –  + 2 + 4 = 0
(C) 2 +  – 2 – 10 = 0 (D) 2 –  + 2 – 8 = 0
3
40. In  , let L be a straight line passing through the origin. Suppose that all the points on L are at a
constant distance from the two planes P 1 : x + 2y – z + 1 = 0 and P2 : 2x – y + z –1 = 0. Let M
be the locus of the feet of the perpendiculars drawn from the points on L to the plane P 1. Which of
the following points lie(s) on M ? [JEE 2015, 4M, –2M]

 5 2  1 1 1  5 1  1 2
(A)  0,  ,   (B)   ,  ,  (C)   , 0,  (D)   , 0, 
 6 3  6 3 6  6 6  3 3

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Paragraph for questions nos. 41 to 43
   
Consider three vectors p  î  ˆj  k̂ , q  2î  4 ĵ  k̂ and r  î  ˆj  3k̂ and let s be a unit vector, then
  
41. p, q and r are
(A) linearly dependent
(B) can form the sides of a possible triangle
  
(C) such that the vectors (q  r ) is orthogonal to p
(D) such that each one of these can be expressed as a linear combination of the other two
     
42. If ( p  q ) × r = up  vq  w r , then (u + v + w) equals to
(A) 8 (B) 2 (C) – 2 (D) 4
           
43. the magnitude of the vector (p · s )(q  r ) + (q · s )( r  p) + ( r ·s )(p  q ) is
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 18 (D) 2
44. Paragraph for Question (i) to (iii)
x 1 y  2 z 1 x2 y2 z3
Consider the lines L1 :   , L2 :  
3 1 2 1 2 3
(i) The unit vector perpendicular to both L1 and L2 is -
ˆi  7ˆj  7kˆ ˆi  7ˆj  5kˆ ˆi  7ˆj  5kˆ 7iˆ  7ˆj  kˆ
(A) (B) (C) (D)
99 5 3 5 3 99
(ii) The shortest distance between L1 and L2 is -
17 41 17
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
3 5 3 5 3
(iii) The distance of the point (1, 1, 1) from the plane passing through the point (–1, –2, –1)
and whose normal is perpendicular to both the lines L1 and L2 is -
2 7 13 23
(A) (B) (C) (D) [JEE 2008]
75 75 75 75
Matrix Match Type (8 Marks each)
45. Column-I Column-II
(A) Centre of the parallelopiped whose 3 coterminous edges (P)   
a bc
     
OA, OB and OC have position vectors a, b and c
respectively where O is the origin, is   
abc
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(B) OABC is a tetrahedron where O is the origin. Positions vectors (Q)
   2
of its angular points A,B and C are a, b and c respectively.
Segments joining each vertex with the centroid of the opposite
face are concurrent at a point P whose p.v.'s are   
abc
(C) Let ABC be a triangle the position vectors of its angular points (R)
         3
are a, b and c respectively. If |a  b|  |b  c|  |c  a|
then the p.v. of the orthocentre of the triangle is   
   abc
(D) Let a, b, c be 3 mutually perpendicular vectors of the same (S)
 4
magnitude. If an unknown vector x satisfies the equation
       

      
a  (x  b)  a  b  (x  c)  b  c   (x  a)  c   0 .

Then x is given by
(E) ABC is a triangle whose centroid is F, orthocentre is H and
circumcentre is the origin. If position vector of A,B,C,G and H are
        
a, b, c, g and h respectively, then h in terms of a, b and c is equal to
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46. Let â, bˆ and ĉ are three unit vectors mutually inclined to each other at an angle . d̂ is also a unit vector
ˆ ˆ  d.b
such that d.a ˆ ˆ  d.c
ˆ ˆ  cos  .
Match the entries for  given in column-I with their corresponding values for  given in column-II
Column-I Column-II
() ()

 
(A) (P)
2 4

  1 
(B) (Q) cos1  
3  3

1 2
(C) cos 1   (R) cos1
4 3

5 
(D) cos 1   (S)
8 6
47. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I List-II

 and
P. Volume of parallelepiped determined by vectors a, b 1. 100

c is 2. Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by
   
     
vectors 2 a  b ,3 b  c and  c  a  is

Q. Volume of parallelepiped determined by vectors a,   and  2. 30

b c
is 5. Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by
   
    
vectors 3 a  b , b  c and 2  c  a  is
R. Area of a triangle with adjacent sides determined by vectors 3. 24
 
a and b is 20. Then the area of the triangle with adjacent
   
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 
sides determined by vectors 2a  3b and a  b is  
S. Area of a parallelogram with adjacent sides determined by 4. 60
 
vectors a and b is 30. Then the area of the parallelogram
 

with adjacent sides determined by vectors a  b and a


is
Codes :
P Q R S
(A) 4 2 3 1
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 1 4 3 2 [JEE-Advanced 2013, 3, (–1)]
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48. Consider the following linear equations ax + by + cz = 0; bx + cy + az = 0; cx + ay + bz = 0
Match the conditions / expressions in column I with statements in column II.
Column-I Column-II
(A) a + b + c  0 and (P) the equation represent planes meeting only
2 2 2
a + b + c = ab + bc + ca at a single point
(B) a + b + c  0 and (Q) the equation represent the line x = y = z
2 2 2
a + b + c  ab + bc + ca
(C) a + b + c  0 and (R) the equation represent identical planes.
2 2 2
a + b + c  ab + bc + ca
(D) a + b + c = 0 and (S) the equation represent the whole of the three
2 2 2
a + b + c = ab + bc + ca dimensional space
[JEE 2007]
49. Match the statements in Column-I with the values in Column-II.
Column-I Column-II
(A) A line from the origin meets the lines (p) –4

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x
x  2 y 1 z 1
  3  y  3  z 1
and at P and Q
1 2 1 2 1 1
2
respectively. If length PQ = d, then d is
(B) The values of x satisfying (q) 0

3
tan 1 (x  3)  tan 1 (x  3)  sin 1   are
5

  and  satisfy  
(C) Non-zero vectors a, b c a.b  0 , (r) 4
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       
  
(b  a).(b  c)  0 and 2 b  c  b  a . 
  
If a  b  4c, then the possible values of  are

(D) Let f be the function on [–,] given by (s) 5

 9x  x
f(0) = 9 and f(x) = sin   sin   for x  0. (t) 6
 2 2


2
The value of  f(x)dx is
 
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x 1 y z  3 x4 y3 z3

50. Consider the lines L1 :   , L2 :   and the planes P1:7x+y + 2z = 3, P2
2 1 1 1 1 2
: 3x + 5y – 6z = 4. Let ax + by + cz = d be the equation of the plane passing through the point of intersection
of lines L1 and L2 and perpendicular to planes P1 and P2.
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists.
List-I List-II
P. a= 1. 13
Q. b= 2. –3
R. c= 3. 1
S. d= 4. –2
Codes :
P Q R S
(A) 3 2 4 1
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 2 4 1 3 [JEE-Advanced 2013, 3, (–1)]
51. Match the statements / expressions given in Column I with the values given in Column II.
Column-I Column-II

(A) Root(s) of the equation 2sin2 + sin22=2 (P)
6

 6x   3x  
(B) Points of discontinuity of the function f(x) =   cos   (Q)
  4
where [y] denotes the largest integer less than or equal to y

(C) Volume of the parallelepiped with its edges (R)
3

represented by the vectors ˆi  ˆj, ˆi  2 ˆj and ˆi  ˆj  kˆ (S)
2
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   and  are unit

(D) Angle between vectors a and b where a,b (T)
c 
   
vectors satisfying a  b  3c  0
[JEE 2009]
Subjective Type Questions (5 Marks each)
           
52. Let (p  q)  r  (q.r)q  (x 2  y 2 )q  (14  4x  6y)p and (r.r)p  r where p and q are two non-zero
non-collinear vectors and x and y are scalars. Find the value of (x + y).
 
53. Points X & Y are taken on the sides QR & RS, respectively of a parallelogram PQRS, so that QX  4XR
   21 
& RY  4YS . The line XY cuts the line PR at Z. Prove that PZ    PR .
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54. Let u be a vector on rectangular coordinate system with sloping angle 60°. Suppose that u  ˆi is geometric

mean of u and u  2iˆ where î is the unit vector along x-axis then find the value of u .
   
55. If r and s are non zero constant vectors and the scalar b is chosen such that r  bs is minimum, then
2  2 2
show that the value of bs  r  bs is equal to r .

56. (a) Find a unit vector â which makes an angle (/4) with axis of z & is such that â+ î + ĵ is a
unit vector.
  2    2
 a b  ab
(b) Prove that   2   2      
a b   a b 
 
 
  3ab  
(c) If a and b are any two unit vectors, then find the range of 2 ab .
2
      
57. Given four non zero vectors a, b, c and d . The vectors a, b and c are coplanar but not collinear pair
   
by pair and vector d is not coplanar with vectors a, b and c and

^ ^ ^ ^ ^
 a b    b c    ,  d a  ,  d b    , then prove that  d c  = cos–1(cos – cos)
3
58. Given three points on the xy plane on O(0, 0), A(1, 0) and B(–1, 0). Point P is moving on the plane
     
satisfying the condition  [Link]   3  [Link]   0 . If the maximum and minimum values of PA PB
are M and m respectively then find the values of M2 + m2.
59. In a unit cube. Find
(a) The angle between the diagonal of the cube and a diagonal of a face skew to it.
(b) The angle between the diagonals of two faces of the cube through the same vertex.
(c) The angle between a diagonal of a cube and a diagonal of a face intersecting it.
    1 
60. Given that a and b are two unit vectors such that angle between a and b is cos 1   . If c be a vector
4
     
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   
in the plane of a and b , such that c  4,c  b  2a  b and c  a  b then, find
(a) the value of , (b) the sum of values of  and (c) the product of all possible values of .
 ˆ ˆ
61. The vector OP = i  2 j  2kˆ turns through a right angle, passing through the positive x-axis on the way.
Find the vector in its new position.
            
62. If A, B & C are vectors such that B  C , Prove that :  A  B   A  C     B  C  .  B  C   0 .
63. If volume of a regular tetrahedron of edge length k is V and shortest distance between any pair of
d3
opposite edges of same regular tetrahedron is d, then find the value of .
V
 
64. ˆ b  ˆi  2ˆj  2kˆ and c  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ . Find the value(s) of , if any, such that
Let a  ˆi  2 ˆj  3k,

 a  b    b  c   (c  a)  0 . Find the vector product when  = 0.

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65. Suppose in a tetrahedron ABCD, AB = 1; CD  3 ; the distance and angle between the skew lines AB
and CD are 2 and /3 respectively. If the volume of the tetrahedron is V then find the value of (60V).
 
66. Consider the non zero vectors a,b,c & d such that no three of which are coplanar then prove that
                
a[b c d]  c[a b d]  b[a c d]  d[a b c] . Hence prove that if a,b,c & d represent the position vectors of
 
[b c d]  [a b d]
the vertices of a plane quadrilateral then       1.
[a c d]  [a b c]
 
67. If x, y are two non-zero and non-collinear vectors satisfying
   
[(a – 2)2 + (b – 3) + c] x + [(a – 2)2 + (b – 3) + c] y + [(a – 2)2 + (b – 3) + c] (x  y)  0 where
,, are three distinct real numbers, then find the value of (a2 + b2 + c2).
 
68. Solve the simultaneous vector equations for the vectors x and y .
        
x  c  y  a and y  c  x  b where c is a non zero vector.
69. The plane denoted by 1 : 4x + 7y + 4z + 81 = 0 is rotated through a right angle about its line of
intersection with the plane 2 : 5x + 3y + 10z = 25. If the plane in its new position be denoted by , and
the distance of this plane from the origin is k where k  N, then find k.
70. Let  : x + y – z – 4 = 0 be the equation of a plane and A be the point with position vector ˆi  2 ˆj  3kˆ .
L is a line which passes through the point (1,2,3) with direction ratios 3,–1 and 4. If the distance of the
point A from the line L measured parallel to the plane  is d1 and the distance of the point A from the
plane  measured parallel to the line L is d2, then find the value of d12  d 22 .
71. Find the equation of the line passing through the point (4,–14,4) and intersecting the line of intersection
of the planes : 3x + 2y – z = 5 and x – 2y – 2z = –1 at right angles.
72. Find the equations to the line which can be drawn from the point (2, –1, 3) perpendicular to the lines
x 1 y  2 z  3 x  4 y z 3
  and   .
2 3 4 4 5 3
73. The three planes kx + y + z = 2, x + y – z = 3, x + 2z = 2 form a triangular prism and area of the normal
section (where normal section of the triangular prism is the plane parallel to the base of the triangular
prism) be k1. Then value of 2 14 (k.k1) is
x  6 y  10 z  14
 
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74. The line is the hypotenuse of an isosceles right angled triangle whose opposite
5 3 8
vertex is (7, 2, 4). Find the equation of the remaining sides.
75. (a) Consider a plane passing through three points A(a,0,0), B(0,b,0), C(0,0,c) with a > 0, b > 0,
c > 0. Let d be the distance between the origin O and the plane and m be the distance between the
origin O and the point M(a,b,c). If a,b,c vary in the range of any positive numbers, then find the
2
m
minimum value of   .
d

(b) Let A1,A2,A3,A4 be the areas of the triangular faces of a tetrahedron and h1,h2,h3,h4 be corresponding
altitudes of the tetrahedron. If volume of tetrahedron is 5 cubic units then find the minimum value
of (A1 + A2 + A3+A4)(h1+ h2 + h3 + h4) (in cubic units).

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76. Let a, b, c and d are four distinct vectors satisfying the conditions a  b  c  d & a  c  b  d ,
       
then prove that a.b  c.d  a.c  b.d . [JEE 2004 (Mains) 2]

   ˆi  2ˆj  2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ

77. If a and b are vectors in space given by a  and b  , then the value of
5 14
  
 2a  b  .  a  b    a  2b  is [JEE 2010]
 
78. Let a  ˆi  k, ˆ b  ˆi  ˆj and c  ˆi  2 ˆj  3kˆ be three given vectors. If r is a vector such that
     
r  b  c  b and r.a  0 , then the value of r.b is [JEE 2011]
           
79. If a, b and c are unit vectors satisfying | a  b |2  | b  c |2  | c  a |2  9 , then | 2a  5b  5c | is
[JEE 2012]

80.  
Consider the set of eight vectors V  aiˆ  bjˆ  ckˆ : a, b,c  {1,1} . Three non-coplanar vectors can be
p
chosen from V in 2 ways. Then p is [JEE-Advanced 2013, 4, (–1)]
81. Let P be the plane passing through (1,1,1) and parallel to the lines L1 and L2 having direction ratios
1,0,–1 and –1,1,0 respectively. If A,B and C are the points at which P intersects the
coordinate axes find the volume of the tetrahedron whose vertices are A,B,C and the origin.
[JEE 2004 (Mains) 2]
82. Find the equation of the plane containing the line 2x – y + z – 3 = 0, 3x + y + z = 5 and at a

1
distance of from the point (2, 1, –1) [JEE 05 (Mains) 2]
6

83. Let (x,y,z) be points with integer coordinates satisfying the system of homogeneous equations :
3x – y – z = 0 ; – 3x + z = 0; –3x + 2y + z = 0

Then the number of such points for which x2 + y2 + z2 < 100 is [JEE 2009]

84. If the distance between the plane Ax – 2y + z = d and the plane containing the lines
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x 1 y  2 z  3 x2 y3 z4
  and   is 6 , then |d| is [JEE 2010]
2 3 4 3 4 5

85. Given f 2(x) + g2(x) + h2(x) < 9 and U(x) = 3f(x) + 4g(x) + 10h(x), where f(x),g(x) and h(x) are

continuous  x R. If maximum value of U(x) is N , then find N.

   
86. Let a,b , and c be three non-coplanar unit vectors such that the angle between every pair of them is .
3

       p 2  2q 2  r 2
If a  b  b  c  pa  qb  rc , where p,q and r are scalars, then the value of is
q2

[JEE(Advanced)-2014, 3]

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ANSWER KEY
1. D 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. C 7. C
8. B 9. A 10. B 11. B 12. A 13. C 14. C
15. (a) B, (b) A 16. (a) A; (b) B 17. (a) C; (b) B ;
18. (a) A; (b) A 19. B 20. C 21. (a) C; (b) A,D 22. C
23. C 24. B 25. D 26. D 27. (a) A; (b) C 28. (a) C; (b) A
29. (a) A; (b) A 30. D 31. A,C 32. B,C,D 33. B,C 34. B,D
35. A,D 36. A,B,C,D 37. C 38. A,C,D 39. B,D 40. A,B
41. C 42. B 43. A 44. (i) B; (ii) D; (iii) C
45. (A) Q; (B) S; (C) R; (D) Q ; (E) P 46. (A) Q; (B) R; (C) P; (D) S 47. C
48. (A) R; (B) Q, (C) P, (D) S 49. (A) t (B) p,r (C) q (D) r 50. A

51. (A) Q,S; (B) P,R,S,T; (C) T, (D) R 52. 5 54. 2 1

1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
56. (a) i  j k , (b) Range : [3,5] 57. C 58. 34
2 2 2

–1 1
59. (a) cot (0) ; (b) cot 1 ; (c) cot 1 2 60. (a) 2, (b) – 1, (c) –12
3

4 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
61. i j k 63. 3 64. = 2/3; if = 0 then vector product is 60(2iˆ  k)
ˆ
2 2 2

         
 a  (c.a)c  b  c b  (c.b)c  a  c
65. 30 67. 13 68. x   ,y  
1  c2 1  c2

x  4 y  14 z  4
69. 212 70. 10 71.  
3 10 4
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x  2 y 1 z  3 x7 y2 z4 x7 y2 z4

72.   73. 18 74.   ;  
11 10 2 3 6 2 2 3 6

75. (a) 9; (b) 240 77. 5 78. 9 79. 3 80. 5

81. 9/2 cubic units 82. 2x – y + z – 3 = 0 and 62x + 29y + 19z – 105 = 0
83. 7 84. 6 85. 1125 86. 4