SINGLE CORRECT ANSWER TYPE

Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONLY ONE Choice is Correct.
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1. If aˆ, bˆ, cˆ are three non-coplanar, mutually perpendicular unit vectors, then  aˆ p q  aˆ  bˆ p q  bˆ   cˆ p q  cˆ is equal to :

(A)    
aˆ  bˆ  cˆ   p  q  (B)
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aˆ  bˆ  cˆ  p  q
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(C) pq (D) pq
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 i  j  i  j    2
2. If vectors a  , b and c  k then the value of  r  a 2   r  b    r  c 2 is equal to :
2 2
2 
(A) r (B) 2r (C) 0 (D) None of these
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3. If a is a unit vector and projection of x along a is 2 units and  a  x   b  x , then x is given by :

2a  b   a  b 
1 1
(A)  a  b  (a  b ) (B)
2 2 
(C) a   a  b  (D) None of these

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4. A vector   aiˆ  bjˆ  ckˆ is said to be rational vector, if a, b, c are all rational. If a rational vector with magnitude as
positive integer makes an angle  4 with vector β = 2iˆ 3 2 ˆj  4kˆ , then α :
(A) Surely lies in xy plane (B) Surely lies in xz plane
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(C) Surely lies in yz plane (D) Nothing can be said
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5. Let a , b and c be three non-coplanar vectors and d be a non-zero vector, which is perpendicular to ( a  b  c ).
Now if d  sin x  a  b   cos y  b  c   2  c  a  , then minimum value of x2 + y2 is equal to :
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2 52
(A) 2 (B) 0 (D)(C)
4 4
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6. Let ABCD be a tetrahedron in which position vectors of A, B, C and D are i  j  k , 2i  j  2k ,
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3i  2 j  k and 2i  3 j  2 k . If ABC be the base of tetrahedron then height of tetrahedron is :

3 3 1 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these
2 5 3 3
7. The position vectors of the vertices A, B and C of a triangle are three unit vectors aˆ , bˆ and cˆ . A vector d is such that
d  aˆ  d  bˆ  d  cˆ and d  (bˆ  cˆ) , then triangle ABC is :
(A) Acute angled (B) Obtuse angled (C) Right angled (D) None of these
8. If a , b , c and d are four non-coplanar unit vectors, a , b , c are mutually perpendicular, such that d makes equal
angles with all the three vectors a , b , c , then :
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(A) a b b c c a (B) a b  b c  c  a
(C) [d a b ]  [d b c ]  [d a c ] (D) [d a b ]  [d b c ]  [d c a ]
9. Let the vectors a , b , c and d be such that c  3d  b  a . Then the points with position vectors as a , b , c and d
are :
(A) coplanar (B) collinear (C) non-coplanar (D) None of these
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10. Let α  aiˆ  bjˆ  ckˆ and β  biˆ  cjˆ  akˆ , where a, b, c  R. If ‘’ be the angle between α and β then :
(A)  (0, /2) (B)  [0, 2/3] (C)  (2/3, ] (D) None of these
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11.
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If the lines r  a  t b  c , and r  b  s  c  a  intersect (t and s are scalars) then :
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(A) a c  0 (B) a c  b c (C) b c  0 (D) None of these

12. If 4a  5b  9c  0 , then (a  b ) [ (b  c )  (c  a ) ]is equal to :

(A) A vector perpendicular to plane of a , b and c (B) A scalar quantity
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(C) 0 (D) None of these
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13. Given that a is perpendicular to b and p is a non-zero scalar, if p r   r . b  a  c then r = :
c c .b c c .b c c .b
(A) r 2
 a (B) r  a (C) r  a (D) None of these
p p p p2 p p2
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14. If the plane faces of a tetrahedron are represented by the equations r  (liˆ  mjˆ )  0, r  (nkˆ  mjˆ )  0, r  (nkˆ  liˆ)  0
and r  (liˆ  mjˆ  nkˆ)  p , then the volume of the tetrahedron is :
lmn 3lmn lmn
(A) (B) (C) (D) None of these

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6p 2p p3
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15. Let a  iˆ  ˆj and b  2iˆ  kˆ . The point of intersection of the lines r  a  b  a and r  b  a  b is :

(A) iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ (B) 3iˆ  ˆj  kˆ (C) 3iˆ  ˆj  kˆ (D) None of these

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16. If the non-zero vectors a and b are perpendiculars to each other then the solution of the equation r  a  b is given by:
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(A) r  xa    (a  b ) ; x  R (B) r  xb    (a  b ) ; x  R
a.a b .b
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r  xa b ; x  R
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(C) (D) None of these

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17. Let OPQR is a tetrahedron such that O is origin and p , q , r are position vectors of P, Q, R respectively and  is the
angle which OP makes with face PQR then :
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 p q r
(A) sin          (B) sin2 - cos2 = 3
q r  r  p  p q  p
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 pqr 
(C) tan =        (D) None of these
q r  r  p  pr  p
18. If r  l (b  c )  m(c  a )  n(a  b ) and [ a b c]  2 , then l + m + n is equal to :
(A) r  (b  c  c  a  a  b ) (B) 1/2 r  (a  b  c )
(C) (a b c ) (D) None of these

If vectors b = (tan, –1, 2 sin  ) and c = (tan, tan, 

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19. ) are orthogonal and vector a = (1, 3, sin2)
2 sin  / 2
makes an obtuse angle with the z-axis, then :
(A) α  tan 1 ( 2) (B) α  tan 1 ( 3) (C) α  tan 1 (2) (D) None of these
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20. Let position vector of point A be iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and that of point B be  iˆ  kˆ , then the position vector of point R  r  such
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that AR is perpendicular to BR and r is not perpendicular to r  ˆj  2 kˆ is :  
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(A) r  iˆ  2 ˆj (B) r  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ (C) r  kˆ  2iˆ (D) None of these
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21. If three coterminous edges of a tetrahedron are a , b , c such that | a | = 2, | b | = 3, | c | = 4, angle between a and b is
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, b and c is and c and a is . The area of the base is 2 sq. units, then the height of the tetrahedron is :
3 4 6
 6 2 
   
3
(A) 3 3 2 (B) 3 62 (C) (D) None of these
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22. If  (a  b )  (c  d )  .(c  b ) = 0 then which of the following is always true :
(A) a , b , c and d are necessary coplanar (B) at least one of a or d must lie in plane of b and c
(C) at least one of b or c must lie in plane of a and d
(D) at least one of a or b must lie in plane of c and d
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23. If α̂ and β̂ be two perpendicular unit vectors such that x = β̂  ( α̂  x ), then | x | is equal to :

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(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) (D) None of these
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24. If a , b , c , d are on a circle of radius R whose centre is at origin and c  a is perpendicular to d  b , then
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| d  a |2  | b  c |2 = (AC is diameter)
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(A) R2 (B) R2 2 (C) 2R 2
(D) 4R 2
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25. The vector, directed along the internal bisector of the angle between the vectors a  7 iˆ  4 ˆj  4 kˆ & b   2 iˆ  ˆj  2 kˆ
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with  c  = 5 6 is:
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(A)
5 ˆ
3
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i  7 ˆj  2kˆ  (B)
5 ˆ
3
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i  7 ˆj  2kˆ  (C)
3
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5 ˆ
 i  7 ˆj  2 kˆ  (D) None of these
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Passage for Questions 26 - 30

Unit vectors iˆ and ĵ are parallel to the adjacent edges of a large square table. The directions iˆ and ĵ are referred to as East and
North. An ant creeping on the table makes the following movements successively :
(i) 4 cm 30° East of North (ii) 12 cm South West
(ii) 6 cm East and (iv) 9 cm West North
26. The resultant displacement of the ant after first two steps is :
(A)  
2  12 2 iˆ  3 ˆj (B) 2  6 2  
iˆ  2 3  6 2 ˆj 
(C)  2  6 2  iˆ   2 
3  6 2 ˆj (D) None of these

27. The final resultant displacement of the ant is :

 8 2  21   2 6 3  8 2  21   2 6 3
(A)   iˆ    ˆj (B)   iˆ    ˆj
 2   2   2   2 
 8 2  21   2 6 3  8 2  21   2 6 3
(C)   iˆ    ˆj (D)   iˆ    ˆj
 2   2   2   2 
28. Magnitude of the resultant displacement is given by :
(A) 301  186 2 (B) 301  168 2  6 6
(C) 301  6 6 (D) None of these

29. Direction of the ant’s resultant displacement is :

2 6 3 2 6 3 2 6 3
(A) tanθ  (B) tanθ  (C) tanθ  (D) None of these
8 2  21 8 2  21 8 2  21
30. Direction of the ant’s resultant displacement after first three steps is :
33 2 3 3 2 33 2
(A) tanθ  (B) tanθ  (C) tanθ  (D) None of these
43 2 43 2 43 2
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Paragraph for Questions 31 - 35
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Let two unit vectors along two lines OA and OB be â and b̂ respectively. Take their point of intersection as the origin and let
P be any point on the bisector of angle between the lines OA and OB. Draw PM parallel to AO cutting OB at M.
AOP  POM  OPM and hence OM  PM .
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But OM  tbˆ and MP  taˆ
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(Since OM || bˆ and MP || aˆ and their magnitudes are same).

Then
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OP  r  OM  MP  t (bˆ  aˆ ) …(i)
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For external bisector OP’, the angle between OB and OA is the same as the internal bisector of the angle between the unit vectors
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along them being bˆ and â and hence the equation of OP ' be
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OP '  r  t (aˆ  bˆ ) …(ii)
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For any two vectors a and b the equations (i) and (ii) reduce to r  t     
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31. A vector c , directed along the internal bisector of the angle between the vectors a  7iˆ  4 ˆj  4kˆ and
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b  2iˆ  ˆj  2 kˆ with | c | 5 6, is :
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5 ˆ ˆ 5 ˆ 5 ˆ ˆ 5
(A) (i  7 j  2kˆ) (B) (5i  5 ˆj  2kˆ) (C) (i  7 j  2kˆ) (D) ( 5iˆ  5 ˆj  2kˆ )
3 3 3 3
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32. Let ABC be a triangle and a , b , c be the position vectors of the point A, B, C respectively. External bisectors of B
and C meet at P with the sides of the triangle as a, b, c, the position vector of P becomes :
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(b)b  (c)c aa  ( b)b  (c)c
(A) (B)
(b  c) (a  b  c)
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 a  b  c  aa  bb  cc
(C)   (abc) (D)   
 3  (a  b  c )

33. If the interior and exterior bisectors of the angle A of a triangle ABC meet the base BC at D and E, then :
(A) 2BC  BD  BE (B) BC 2  BD  BE
2 1 1
(C)   (D) None of these
BC BD BE
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34. If ABC be a triangle of sides a, b, c with position vectors of A, B, C as a , b and c respectively, then the position vector
of its incentre is :
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(a  b  c )  a  b  b  c  c  a 
(A) (B)  
3  a2  b2  c2 
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 aa  bb  cc 
(C)   (D) None of these
 a bc 
35. ABC is a triangle. AD, AD’ are internal and external bisectors of angle A, meeting BC at D and D’ respectively. A’ is the
mid-point of DD’ and B’, C’ are similar points on CA and AB. Then A’, B’, C’
(A) Lie on a plane (B) Form an equilateral triangle.
(C) Form an isosceles triangle (D) None of these

Paragraph for Questions 36 - 38

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If a, b , c are cyclically permuted, the volume of the scalar triple product remains same. The change in scalar triple product
changes the sign of scalar triple product but not the magnitude. In scalar triple product, the position of the dot and cross can be
interchanged provided its cyclic nature is preserved. Also, the scalar triple product is ZERO if any two of them are equal.

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36. (a  b )  c  a  (b  c ) is a and c are :
(A) perpendicular (B) collinear (C) parallel (D) None of these

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37. The vector OP  5i  12 j  13kˆ turns through an angle of about O passing through the positive side of ĵ axis an iff
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way. The vector in the new position is:

(A)
2
97
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30iˆ  97 ˆj  78kˆ  (B)
2
98
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30iˆ  97 ˆj  78kˆ 
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(C)
3
97
 30iˆ  97 ˆj  78kˆ  (D) None of these

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38. If a, b and c are three non-parallel unit vectors such that a  (b  c )  b , the angle between b and c is:
2
(A) /2 (B) /3 (C) /4 (D) /6

Paragraph for Questions 39 - 40

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Let r is a position vector of a variable point in Cartesian OXY plane such that r  (10 ˆj  8iˆ  rˆ)  40 and

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  8
p1  max | r  2iˆ  3 ˆj |2 , p2  min | r  2iˆ  3 ˆj |2 . A tangent line is drawn to the curve y  2 at the point A with abscissa 2.
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The drawn line cuts x-axis at a point B.

39. p2 is equal to :
(A) 9 (B) 2 2 1 (C) 6 23 (D) 9 4 2

40. p1  p2 is equal to :
(A) 2 (B) 10 (C) 18 (D) 5
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Each of the following Question has 4 choices A, B, C & D, out of which ONE or M ORE Choices may be
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41. If a , b and c are three mutually perpendicular unit vectors and d is a unit vector which makes equal angles with
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a , b and c , then | a  b  c  d |2 is equal to :
(A) 4 3 (B) 4– 3 (C) 4+2 3 (D) 4–2 3
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42. Let a , b and c be three non-coplanar vectors and d be a non-zero vector which is perpendicular to  a  b  c  and is
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represented as d  x a  b  y b  c  z  c  a  . Then :

(A) 3 3 3
x  y  z  3xyz (B) xy  yz  xz  0
(C) xyz (D) x 2  y 2  z 2  xy  yz  zx
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43.
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Let a and b be two units vectors if u  a  a  b   b and 
v  a  b then v is :
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(A) u (B) u + ua (C) u + u b (D) u + u . a  b 

44.

(A)
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  
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If b and c are two non-collinear vectors such that a . b  c  4 and a  b  c  x 2  2 x  6 b   sin y  c , then :

x =1 (B) y = –1 (C) y
π
(D) x+y=0
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45. Let α  aiˆ  bjˆ  ckˆ , β  biˆ  cjˆ  akˆ and γ  ciˆ  ajˆ  bkˆ be three coplanar vectors, and v  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ . Then v may
be :
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(A)  to α,β, γ (B) || to α,β, γ (C) anti || to α,β, γ (D) None of these
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46. ˆ βˆ and γˆ be the unit vectors such that α̂ and βˆ are mutually perpendicular and γ̂ is equally inclined to
Let α,

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α̂ and βˆ at an angle . If ̂ = x αˆ  yβˆ  z αˆ βˆ , then :
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(A) z 2  1  2 x2 (B) z  1 2 y2
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(C) z 2  1  x2  y2 (D) x2  y 2

47. Unit vectors aˆ and bˆ are inclined at an angle 2 and aˆ  bˆ  1 . If 0   <  then  may belong to :

(A) [0, /6) (B) (5/6, ) (C) [/6, /2] (D) [/6, 5/6]

48. The position vectors of the vertices A, B and C of a triangle are iˆ  ˆj , ˆj  kˆ and iˆ  kˆ respectively. A unit vector r̂
lying in the plane of ABC and perpendicular to IA, where I is the incentre of the triangle is :
iˆ  ˆj  kˆ iˆ  ˆj ˆj  iˆ iˆ  ˆj  kˆ
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 2 2 3
49. A and B are two points in space with position vector a and b respectively. Then the value of  such that the system of
equations | 3r  2a  b | | a  b | and [r a  (1 )b ]  (a  b ) = 0 does not have any solution :
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) –2 (D) None of these
50. The position vectors of the vertices A, B, C of a triangle are a , b and c respectively, where c = a  b and a and b
are noncollinear vectors. If d , the position vector of the centroid of the triangle ABC, makes equal angles ‘’ with
the vectors a , b and c , then :
(A) | a | = | b |. (B) | a |  | b |.
1 2
(C) the value of  is cos1 if a .b = 0. (D) the value of  is cos1 if a .b = 0.
3 5
   
51. The vector sum of a and b trisects the angle between them. If a  a ; b  b ; a  b, then 
  a 2  b2   a 2  b 2
= 3cos–1   (B) = 3cos–1  a  (C)
2b
(A) a b  (D) a b 
 a  
2b  b b
52. The position vectors of the points A, B, C are respectively (1,1,1), (1,–1,2), (0,2,–1). The unit vector parallel to the plane
determined by A, B, C and perpendicular to the vector (1,0,1) is/are :
5i  j  kˆ i  5 j  kˆ 5i  j  kˆ i  5 j  kˆ
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
     
53. A line passes through the points whose position vectors are i  j  2 k and i  3 j  k . The position vector of a point
on it at a unit distance from the first point is :

54.
(A)
1  
5


5 i  j  7 k (B) 1  
5

(5 i  9 j 13 k ) (C)
IR   
i  4 j  3k (D)
1
29
 2i


The volume of a right triangular prism ABC A1B1C1 is equal to 3. If the position vectors of the vertices of the base ABC
 
 4 j  3k 
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are A(1, 0, 1) ; B(2,0, 0) and C(0, 1, 0) the position vectors of the vertex A1 can be :
(A) (2, 2, 2) (B) (0, 2, 0) (C) (0, –2, 2) (D) (0, –2, 0)
        
55. For non-zero vectors a , b , c , | ( a  b ).c || a || b || c | holds then :
        
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(A) a .b  0, b .c  0 (B) b .c  0, c .a  0 (C) c .a  0, a .b  0 (D) a.b  b.c  c.a  0

  
56. Three points having position vectors a , b and c will be collinear if :
    
(A)  a  b  (    ) c (B) [a b c ]  0
        
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(C) a  b  b  c c a 0 (D) ac b

       
57. If a , b , c and d are any four vectors, then ( a  b )  (c  d ) is a vector:
   
(A) Perpendicular to a , b , c and d
   
(B) Along the line of intersection of two planes, one containing a , b other containing c , d
   
(C) Equally inclined to both a  b and c  d
(D) None of these
   
58. a and b are two unit vectors inclined at an angle (  [0, ]) to each other and | a  b |  1 then  can lie in :
  2     2  5   2 5 
(A)   ,  (B)   ,  (C)   ,  (D)  , 
3 3  3 2  3 6   3 7 
    
59. ˆ ˆ ˆ
If a  2iˆ  ˆj  k , b  iˆ  2 ˆj  k and c  iˆ  ˆj  2k be three vectors. A vector in the plane of the b and c whose
 2
projection on a is of magnitude is :
3
(A) 2iˆ  3 ˆj  3kˆ (B) 2iˆ  3 ˆj  3kˆ (C) 2iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ (D) 2iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ
60. The vector along the bisector of the angle between the two vectors 2iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ and iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ having magnitude of 2
units is:
(A)
2
10
3iˆ  kˆ  (B)
1
26
iˆ  4iˆ  3kˆ  (C) 2
26
iˆ  4iˆ  3 kˆ  (D) 1
26
iˆ  4iˆ  3 kˆ 
           
61. Let   a  (b  c ),   b  (c  a ) and v  c  ( a  b ) . Then :
     
(A)   v (B)  ,  and v are coplanar
      
(C)    v  0 (D)  v  
  
62. Let the position vectors of the points A, B, C be a  iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ, b   iˆ  ˆj  8kˆ and c   4iˆ  4 ˆj  6kˆ respectively,
then:
(A) ABC is equilateral (B) ABC is right angled
 2  2  2      
(C) | b  c | | c  a |  2 | a  b | (D) | b  c |2  | c  a |2 | a  b |2

M ATRIX M ATCH TYPE

Each of the following question contains statements given in two columns, which have to be matched.
Statements in Column 1 are labelled as (A), (B), (C) & (D) whereas statements in Column 2 are labeled as

63.
  
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p, q, r, s & t. M ore than one choice from Column 2 can be matched with Column 1.
  
If a , b and c are the position vectors of the points A, B and C, where c  xa  yb , then match the position of the
point C according to the given conditions.
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Column 1 Column 2
(A) x  0, y  0, x  y  1 (p) Outside OAB

(B) x  0, y  0, x  y  1 (q) Inside OAB

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(C) x  0, y  0, x  y  1 (r) Inside OBA

(D) x  0, y  0, x  y  1 (s) Inside AOB

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64. MATCH THE FOLLOWING :

Column 1 Column 2
(A)       (p)
If a , b , c are three mutually perpendicular vectors where a  b  2, c  1 , then
–3/4
     
1 12[a  b b  c c  a ] is
      
(B) If a , b are two unit vectors inclined at π 3 , then [ a b  a  b b ] is (q) 0
           
(C) If b , c are orthogonal unit vectors and b  c  a , then [ a  b  c a  b b  c ] is (r) 4/3
           
(D) If [ x y a ]  [ x y b ]  [ a b c ]  0 each vector being a non-zero vector, then [ x y c ] is (s) 1

65. MATCH THE FOLLOWING :

 Column 1 Column 2
 
(A) The possible value of a if r  (iˆ  ˆj )   (iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ ) and r  (iˆ  2 ˆj )   ( iˆ  ˆj  akˆ ) (p) –4
are two skew lines
 
(B) The angle between the vectors a  iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ and b  2λiˆ  λˆj  kˆ is acute, (q) –2

whereas the vector b makes with axes of coordinates an obtuse angle, then  may be
(C)
   
The possible value of a such that 2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , iˆ  2 ˆj  1  a  kˆ and 3iˆ  ajˆ  5kˆ are  (r) 2

coplanar is
     
(D) If A  2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ , B  2iˆ   ˆj  kˆ , C  3iˆ  ˆj and A   B is perpendicular to C , (s) 3

then | 2 | is

66. MATCH THE FOLLOWING :

Column 1 Column 2
(A)   
      (p)
a and c are unit vectors and b  4 with a  b  2 a  c . The angle between a
 π

(B)




1
4
  

IR
and c is cos 1   . If b  2 c  λa , then  belongs to

 

If Vector a   x, y , z  makes equal angles with the vectors b   y ,  2 z , 3 x  and
c   2z, 3x,  y  and is perpendicular to the vector d  1,  1, 2  with a  2 3 and
(q)
 0, 
 2

 0, e 
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
the angle between a and the unit vector ĵ is obtuse then x + y – z belongs to
(C) Let ABC be a triangle whose centroid is G orthocentre is H and circumcentre is (r)
origin O. If D is any point in the plane of the triangle such that no three of O, A, B,
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     [0, π)

C, D are collinear satisfying the relation AD  BD  CH  3 HG   HD , then
scalar  belongs to

       e, π 
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(D)   (s)
If a , b , c be three vectors such that a  c  1, b  4 and b  c  15 if
  
b  2c  4a , then  belongs to

67. MATCH THE FOLLOWING :

Column 1 Column 2
        
(A) If a , b , c represents the sides of the triangle ABC, then (p) a .b  b .c  c . a
        
(B) If a , b , c represents three co-terminus edges of regular tetrahedron, then (q) a .b  b . c  c . a  0
           
(C) If a  b  c , b  c  a , then (r) a b  b c  c  a
(D)        (s)       3
a  b  c  0 , where a , b and c are unit vectors, then a .b  b . c  c . a  
2
NUM ERICAL VALUE TYPE
This section has Numerical Value Type Questions. The answer to each question is a NUM ERICAL/ INTEGER VALUE.
For each question, enter the correct numerical value of the answer. If the answer is a decimal numerical value, then
round-off the value to TWO decimal places.
 
x 2

68. Two given points P and Q in the rectangular cartesian coordinates lie on y  2 such that OP.iˆ  1 and OQ. iˆ  2
 
OQ  4 OP
where iˆ is a unit vector along the x-axis . The magnitude of is _______.
2


69. Line L1 is parallel to a vector α  3iˆ  2 ˆj  4kˆ and passes through a point A (7,6,2) and the line L2 is parallel to a

vector β  2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ and passes through a point B (5, 3,4). Now a line L3 parallel to a vector r  2iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ
intersects the lines L1 and L2 at points C and D respectively. then CD is_______.

        
70. Let a  2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and b  iˆ  ˆj . If c is a vector such that a.c  c , c  a = 2 2 and the angle between a  b and 
   
 
c is 300, then the value of a  b  2c is_______.

         
    
 
71.


72.
are scalars then β  _______.

   
IR
If a  b  c  a .b b   4  2β  sin α  b  β 2  1 c and  c .c  a  c where b and c are non-collinear and , 

  
Let u and v be unit vectors. if ω is a vector such that ω   ω  u   v , if the maximum volume of the parallelepiped
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  
formed by u , v and ω is p then 12p = _______.

73. Let u , v , w be such that u  1, v  2, w  3 . If the projection v along u is equal to that of w along u and v , w are
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2
u v w
perpendicular to each other, then equals _______.
2
  
74. Let a  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , b  x1iˆ  x2 ˆj  x3kˆ , where x1 , x2 , x3  {3,  2,  1,0,1, 2}. Number of possible vectors b such that

P

 p
a and b are mutually perpendicular, is p then 
5
 u 
v  2u  
75. If in a triangle ABC, BC     and AC   where | u || v | , then 1 + cos 2A + cos 2B + cos 2C =
|u | |v | |u |
76. Let u and v are unit vectors and w is a vector such that u  v  u  w and w  u  v , Then the value of
[uvw] =_______.

              
77. If | a |  | b |  | c |  2 and a  b  b  c  c  a  1 , then [ a  b b  c c  a ] is_______.

       
78. a and b are two non-collinear vectors then the points with position vectors l1a  m1b , l2 a  m2 b , l3 a  m3b are collinear
1 1 1
then find the value of l1 l2 l3 .
m1 m2 m3
79. Let A(2iˆ  3 ˆj  5kˆ), B (iˆ  3 ˆj  2kˆ) and C (iˆ  5 ˆj  kˆ) are vertices of a triangle and its median through A is equally
inclined to the positive directions of the axes. Find the value of 2  

80. Let A, B, C be points with position vectors r1  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ, r2  iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ and r3  3iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ relative to the origin
‘O’. Find the shortest distance between point B and plane OAC.

81. Volume of tetrahedron whose vertices are the points with position vectors iˆ  6 ˆj  10kˆ, iˆ  3 ˆj  7 kˆ, 5iˆ  ˆj  hkˆ and

7iˆ  4 ˆj  7kˆ is 11 cubic units then the value of h is _______ (h  1)

         
82. If a , b , c are unit vectors such that a  b  0  a  c and the angle between b and c is . Then the value of
3
   
a  b  a  c is ______.

       
83. Given that the vectors a , b and c (no two of them are collinear). Further if ( a  b ) is collinear with c , (b  c ) is
         
collinear with a and | a || b || c |  2. Then the value of | a  b  b  c  c  a | is _____.
      
84. Let a  iˆ  ˆj , b  iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ, c  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and d  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ, then the shortest distance between the lines r  a  tb

IR
   1
and r  c  pd is k, then the value of is _____.
k2
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VECTORS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
D A B A D C C D A B
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
B C C D C A A B A D
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
B B C D A C D B B A
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A B C C A B A B D C
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
CD AB AC AC ABC ABCD AB BC ABC AC
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
BD BD AB AD ABCD AC BC AB CD AC
61 62 63 64 65 66
[A-q, r, s] [B-p, s] [A-r] [B-p] [C-s] [A-p, q, r, s] [B-p, q] [A-r, s] [B-q, r]
BC AC
[C-p, r] [D-p, q] [D-q] [C-p, r] [D-r] [C-q, r] [D-p, q, r]
67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
[A-r] [B-p][C-p, q] [D-s] 5 9 3 1 6 7 5 0
76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84
1 4 0 2 2 5/7 7 1 3 2