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ASSIGNMENT VECTOR JEE ADVANCED PYQS
1. For any two points M and N in the XY-plane, let MN denote the vector from M to N, and 0 denote
the zero vector. Let P, Q and R be three distinct points in the XY-plane. Let S be a point inside the
triangle PQ such that
SP 5SQ 6SR 0
Let E and F be the mid-points of the sides PR and QR, respectively. Then the value of
length of the line segment EF
length of the line segment ES
is _________. [JEE(Advanced) 2025]
2. Let ⃗⃗ ˆ ˆ ˆ , and ⃗ and be two vectors, such that ⃗ ⃗⃗ and ⃗⃗ ⃗ . Let ,
and be real numbers such that [JEE(Advanced) 2025]
⃗ ˆ ˆ ˆ nd
Match each entry in List-I to the correct entry in List-II and choose the correct option.
List-I List-II
(P) is equal to (1) 0
(Q) If √ , then is equal to (2) 1
(R) If √ , then is equal to (3) 2
(S) If √ , then is equal to (4) 3
(5) 5
(A) (P) (2) (Q) (1) (R) (4) (S) (5)
(B) (P) (2) (Q) (4) (R) (3) (S) (5)
(C) (P) (2) (Q) (1) (R) (4) (S) (3)
(D) (P) (5) (Q) (4) (R) (1) (S) (3)
3. Consider the vectors [JEE(Advanced) 2025]
x ˆi 2ˆj 3k,
ˆ y 2iˆ 3jˆ k,
ˆ and z 3iˆ ˆj 2k,
ˆ
For two distinct positive re l numbers α nd β, define
X x y z, Y y z x, and Z z x y
If the vectors X, Y, and Z lie in pl ne, then the v lue of α + β – 3 is
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4. Let OP i j k, OQ ˆi j k and OR ˆi ˆj kˆ be three vectors, where , 0
2
and O denotes the origin. If OP OQ .OR 0 and the point (α, β, 2) lies on the pl ne
3x + 3y – z + l = 0, then the value of l is ______. [JEE(Advanced) 2024]
5. Let p 2iˆ ˆj 3kˆ and q ˆi ˆj kˆ . If for some re l numberse α, β nd , we have
15iˆ 10jˆ 6kˆ 2p q p 2q p q then the value of is ______.
[JEE(Advanced) 2024]
6. Let P be the plane
3x 2y 3z 16 and let S ˆi ˆj kˆ : 2 2 2 1 and the distance of
7
(α, β, ) form the plane P is .
2
Let u, v and w be three distinct vectors in S such that u v v w w u .
80
Let V be the volume of the parallelepiped determined by vectors u, v and w . Then the value of V is
3
[JEE(Advanced) 2023]
7. Let the position vectors of the points P, Q, R and S be a ˆi 2jˆ 5k,
ˆ b 3iˆ 6jˆ 3k,
ˆ
17 ˆ 16 ˆ ˆ
c i j 7k, and d 2iˆ ˆj kˆ , respectively. Then which of the following statements is true?
5 5
[JEE(Advanced) 2023]
(A) The points P, Q, R and S are NOT coplanar
b 2d
(B) is the position vector of a point which divides PR internally in the ratio 5 : 4
3
b 2d
(C) is the position vector of a point which divides PR externally in the ratio 5 : 4
3
(D) The square of the magnitude of the vector b d is 95
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8. Let ˆi, ˆj and k̂ be the unit vectors along the three positive coordinate axes. Let
a 3iˆ ˆj k,ˆ
b ˆi b 2 ˆj b3k,
ˆ b 2 , b3
c c ˆi c ˆj c k,
1 2 3
ˆ c1 , c 2 , c3
be three vectors such that b 2 b 3 0, a.b 0 and
0 c 3 c 2 1 3 c1
c3 0 c1 b 2 1 c 2
c 0 b3 1 c3
2 c1
Then, which of the following is/are TRUE ? [JEE(Advanced) 2022]
(A) a.c 0 (B) b.c 0 (C) b 10 (D) c 11
9. Let u, v and w be vectors in three-dimensional space, where u and v are unit vectors which are not
perpendicular to each other and u.w 1, v.w 1, w.w 4
If the volume of the parallelopiped, whose adjacent sides are represented by the vectors u.v and w , is
2 , then the value of 3u 5v is _______. [JEE(Advanced) 2021]
10. Let O be the origin and OA 2iˆ 2ˆj k,
2
ˆ OB ˆi 2ˆj 2kˆ and OC 1 OB OA for some λ > 0. If
9
OB OC , then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE? [JEE(Advanced) 2021]
2
3
(A) Projection of OC on OA is
2
9
(B) Area of the triangle OAB is
2
9
(C) Area of the triangle ABC is
2
(D) The acute angle between the diagonals of the parallelogram with adjacent sides OA and OC is
3
11. In a triangle PQR, let a QR, b RP and c PQ. If | a | 3,| b | 4 and
a , then the
a. c b
c. a b a b
2
value of a b is______. [JEE(Advanced) 2020]
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12. Let a and b be positive real numbers. Suppose PQ aiˆ bjˆ and PS aiˆ bjˆ are adjacent sides of a
parallelogram PQRS. Let u and v be the projection vectors of w ˆi ˆj along PQ and PS ,
respectively. If u v w and if the area of the parallelogram PQRS is 8, then which of the
following statements is/are TRUE ? [JEE(Advanced) 2020]
(A) a + b = 4
(B) a – b = 2
(C) The length of the diagonal PR of the parallelogram PQRS is 4
(D) w is an angle bisector of the vectors PQ and PS
13. Three lines
L1 : r ˆi, ,
L 2 : r k ˆj, and
L3 : r ˆi ˆj k,
ˆ
are given. For which point(s) Q on L2 can we find a point P on L1 and a point R on L3 so that P, Q and
R are collinear? [JEE(Advanced) 2020]
1 1
(A) kˆ ˆj (B) k̂ (C) kˆ ˆj (D) kˆ ˆj
2 2
14. Let a 2iˆ ˆj kˆ and b ˆi 2ˆj kˆ be two vectors. Consider a vector c a b, , If the
projection of c on the vector a b is 3 2 , then the minimum value of c a b .c equals
[JEE(Advanced) 2019]
15. Let a and b be two unit vectors such that a.b 0 . For some x, y , let
c xa yb a b .If c 2 and the vector c is inclined t the s me ngle α to both a and b then the
value of 8cos2 α is ______. [JEE(Advanced) 2018]
16. Let O be the origin and let PQR be an arbitrary triangle. The point S is such that
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Then the triangle PQR has S as its [JEE(Advanced) 2017]
(A) incentre (B) orthocenter (C) circumcentre (D) centroid
Paragraph for Question No. 17 and 18
Let O be the origin, and OX, OY, OZ be three unit vectors in the directions of the sides QR, RP, PQ
respectively, of a triangle PQR.
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17. OX OY [JEE(Advanced) 2017]
(A) sin(Q + R) (B) sin(P + R) (C) sin 2R (D) sin(P + Q)
18. If the triangle PQR varies, then the minimum value of cos(P + Q) + cos(Q + R) + cos(R + P) is
[JEE(Advanced) 2017]
3 3 5 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 3 3
19. Let û u1ˆi u 2 ˆj u 3kˆ be a unit vector in 3
and ŵ
6
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
i j 2k . Given that there exists a vector
in 3
such that uˆ v 1 and w.
ˆ uˆ v 1. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?
[JEE(Advanced) 2016]
(A) There is exactly one choice for such v (B) There are infinitely many choice for such v
(C) If û lies in the xy-plane then u1 u 2 (D) If û lies in the xz-plane then 2 u1 u 3
20. Let ΔPQR be tri ngle. 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(Advanced) 2015]
2 2
c c
(A) a 12 (B) a 30 (C) a b c a 48 3 (D) a.b 72
2 2
21. Column-I Column-II
(A) In tri ngle ΔXYZ, let ,b nd c be the lengths of the sides opposite to the (P) 1
sin X Y
angles X,Y and Z, respectively. If 2(a2 – b2) = c2 and then
sin Z
possible v lues of n for which cos(nπλ) = 0 is ( re)
(B) In tri ngle ΔXYZ, let ,b nd c be the lengths of the sides opposite to the (Q) 2
angles X,Y and Z, respectively. If 1 + cos2X – 2cos2Y = 2sinX sinY,
a
then possible value(s) of is (are)
b
(C) In 2
, Let 3i ˆj, ˆi 3jˆ and ˆi 1 ˆj be the position vectors of X, Y (R) 3
and Z with respect to the origin O, respectively. If the distance of Z from the
3
bisector of the acute angle of OX and OY is then possible v lue(s) of |β| is ( re)
2
(D) Suppose that F(α) denotes the re of the region bounded by (S) 5
2
x = 0, x = 2, y = 4x nd y = |αx – 1| + |αx – 2| + αx,
8
where α {0,1}. Then the value(s) of F 2, when α = 0 nd α = 1, is( re)
3
(T) 6
[JEE(Advanced) 2015]
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22. Suppose that p, q and r are three non-coplanar vectors in . Let the components of a vector s along
p, q and r be 4, 3 and 5, respectively. If the components of this vector r along
p q r , p q r and p q r are x,y and z, respectively, then the value of 2x + y + z is
[JEE(Advanced) 2015]
23. Let x, y and z be three vectors each of magnitude 2 and the angle between each pair of them is . If a is
3
a nonzero vector perpendicular to x and y z and b is nonzero vector perpendicular to y and z x ,
then [JEE(Advanced) 2015]
(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
24. Let a, b and c be three non-coplanar unit vectors such that the angle between every pair of them is .
3
p2 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]
25. List-I List-II
Let y x cos 3cos 1 x , x 1,1 , x
3
P. . 1. 1
2
1 2 d2 y x dy x
Then x 1 x equals
y x dx 2 dx
Q. Let A1, A2, ......, An (n > 2) be the vertices of a regular polygon 2. 2
of n sides with its centre at the origin. Let a k be the position
vector of the point Ak, k = 1, 2, ..... n. If
a a .a , then the minimum value of n is
n 1 n 1
k 1 k a k 1 k 1 k k 1
x 2 y2
R. If the normal from the point P(h, 1) on the ellipse 1 3. 8
6 3
is perpendicular to the line x + y = 8, then the value of h is
S. Number of positive solutions satisfying the equation 4. 9
1 1 1 1 2
tan 1 tan tan 2 is
2x 1 4x 1 x
[JEE(Advanced) 2014]
Codes :
P Q R S P Q R S
(A) 4 3 2 1 (B) 2 4 3 1
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(C) 4 3 1 2 (D) 2 4 1 3
26. Let PR 3iˆ ˆj 2kˆ and SQ ˆi 3jˆ 4kˆ determine diagonals of a parallelogram PQRS and
PT ˆi 2jˆ 3kˆ be another vector. Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by the vectors
PT, PQ and PS is [JEE(Advanced) 2013]
(A) 5 (B) 20 (C) 10 (D) 30
27.
Consider the set of eight vectors V aiˆ bjˆ ckˆ : a, b,c 1,1 . Three non-coplanar vectors can be
chosen from V in 2P ways. Then p is [JEE(Advanced) 2013]
28. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I List-II [JEE(Advanced) 2013]
(P) Volume of parallelepiped determined by vectors a, b and c is 2. 1. 100
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, b and c is 5. 2. 30
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 a 3. 24
and b is 20. Then the area of the triangle with adjacent 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 P Q R S
(A) 4 2 3 1 (B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 3 4 1 2 (D) 1 4 3 2
ANSWER KEY
1. (1.2) 2.(A) 3.(-2) 4.(5) 5.(2) 6. (45) 7. (B)
8. (B, C, D) 9. (7) 10. (A, B, C) 11. (108.00) 12. (A, C) 13. (C, D) 14. (18.00)
15. (3) 16. (B) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (B, C) 20. (A, C, D)
21. (A) → (P,R,S); (B) → (P); (C) → (P,Q); (D) → (S,T) 22. (Bonus) 23. (A, B, C) 24. (4)
25. (A) 26. (C) 27. (5) 28. (C)
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