VECTOR

PART – A
Single Correct Choice Type

1. In a triangle ABC, D and E are points on BC and AC respectively such that BD = 2DC
and AE = 3EC. Let P be the point of intersection of AD and BE then the ratio BP : PE is
equal to
(A) 8 : 3 (B) 7 : 4 (C) 3 : 2 (D) None of these
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2. If a  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ, b  4iˆ  3 jˆ  4kˆ and c  iˆ   jˆ   kˆ are linearly dependent vectors and
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| c | 3 , then
(A)   1,   1 (B)   1,   1 (C)   1,   1 (D)   1,   1

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3. If r .a  r .b  r .c  for some non-zero vector r , then the area of triangle whose
2
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vertices are A(a ), B(b ) and C (c ) is ( a, b, c are non-coplanar)
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(A) | [abc ] | (B) | r | (C) | [abc ]r | (D) None of these
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4. If b is not perpendicular to c , then the vector r satisfying the equation r  b  a  b
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and r .c  0 is
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  a.b     a.c  
  a.c     a.b  
(A) a      b (B) a      c (C) b      a (D) b      a
 b.c   a.c   a.c   b.c 

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5. If a and b are two vectors such that | a  b | 2 then [a b a  b ] 
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 0

6. A tetrahedron has vertices at O(0, 0, 0), A(1, 2, 1), B(2, 1, 3) and C(-1, 1, 2). Then the
angle between faces OAB and ABC will be
 19   17 
(A) cos1   (B) cos1   (C) 300 (D) 900
 35   31 
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      bc
7. If a, b, c are non-coplanar unit vectors such that a  (b  c )  , then the angle
2
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between a and b is
  3
(A) (B) (C)  (D)
4 2 4
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8. Let a and b be non-collinear vectors of which a is a unit vector. The angles of the
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triangle whose two sides are represented by 3(a  b ) and b  (a.b )a are
        
(A) , , (B) , , (C) , , (D) None of these
2 3 6 2 4 4 3 3 3

Multiple Correct Choice Type

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9. Let a  iˆ  xjˆ  3kˆ be the position vector of a point A. If vector OA (where O is origin) is
rotated in anticlockwise direction through an angle  and doubled in magnitude, then it
becomes 4iˆ  (4 x  2) ˆj  2kˆ . The values of x are
 (A) –2/3 (B) 1/3 (C) 2/3 (D) 2
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10. The vectors a, b, c are of same length and the angle between any two of them is the
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same. If a  iˆ  ˆj , b  ˆj  kˆ then c is
1 1
(A)  (iˆ  4 jˆ  kˆ ) (B) iˆ  kˆ (C) ( iˆ  4 ˆj  kˆ ) (D) iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ
3 3
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11. Let r be a unit vector satisfying r  a  b , where | a | 3 and | b | 2 . Then
 2     1     2     1   
(A) r  (a  a  b ) (B) r  (a  a  b ) (C) r  (a  a  b ) (D) r  ( a  a  b )
3 3 3 3
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12. If side AB of an equilateral triangle ABC lying in x-y plane is 3iˆ , then side CB can be
3 3 3 3
(A)  (iˆ  3 ˆj ) (B) (iˆ  3 ˆj ) (C)  (iˆ  3 ˆj ) (D) (iˆ  3 ˆj )
2 2 2 2
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13. The vector C directed along the bisectors of the angle between the vectors
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a  7iˆ  4 ˆj  4kˆ and b  2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ if | c | 3 6 is given by
(A) iˆ  7 jˆ  2kˆ (B) iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ (C) iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ (D) iˆ  7 jˆ  2kˆ

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14. Let u, v , w be three unit vectors such that u  v  w  a, a.u  , a.v  and | a | 2 ,
2 4
then
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(A) u.v  (B) v .w  0 (C) u.w   (D) None of these
4 4
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15. The vectors AB  3iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ and BC  iˆ  2kˆ are the adjacent sides of a
parallelogram. The angle between its diagonals is
  3 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 3 4 3
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16. Let a, b and c be three vectors having magnitude 1, 1 and 2 respectively. If
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a  (a  c )  b  0 , then
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(A) c.b  1 (B) Angle between a and c is
6
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(C) a.b  0 (D) a  (b  c )  3b

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17. If 2a,  3b, 2(a  b ) are position vectors of the vertices A, B, C of ABC respectively and
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| a | 1, | b | 1 , [Link]  3 (where O is origin), then
(A) ABC is right angled triangle
(B) Angle B is 900
 7 
(C) A  cos1  
 19 
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(D) The position vector of orthocentre of ABC is 2(a  b )

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18. a and c are unit vectors and | b | 4 with a  b  2a  c . The angle between a and c is
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cos1(1/ 4) and b  2c   a then  is equal to
(A) 3 (B) 1/4 (C) –4 (D) –1/4
 PART – B
Matrix-Matching

1. Match the following

Column-I Column-II
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If a  b  c   d , b  c  d   a and a, b, c are non- 2
(A)     (P)
coplanar then | a  b  c  d | 3
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If a and b are unit vectors inclined at an angle  to each 3
(B)   (Q)
other and | a  b | 1, then  can be equal to 4
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If a is a unit vector perpendicular to another unit vector b
(C)      (R) 1
then | a  [a  {a  (a  b )}] |
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Let a, b, c be three unit vectors such that a  b  c  0 ,
(D)   (S) 0
then the angle between a and b is equal to
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2. Volume of parallelopiped formed by vectors a  b, b  c and c  a is 36 cubic units then
Column-I Column-II
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(A) Volume of parallelopiped formed by vectors a , b and c is (P) 0 cubic units
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(B) Volume of tetrahedron formed by vectors a , b and c is (Q) 12 cubic units
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Volume of parallelopiped formed vectors a  b, b  c and
(C)   (R) 6 cubic units
c  a is
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Volume of parallelopiped formed by vectors a  b, b  c
(D)   (S) 1 cubit units
and c  a is

3. Match the following

Column-I Column-II
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(A) If | a  b || a  2b | , then angle between a and b is (P) 900
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(B) If | a  b || a  2b | , then angle between a and b is (Q) Obtuse
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(C) If | a  b || a  b | , then angle between a and b is (R) 00
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Angle between a  b and a vector perpendicular to the
(D)    (S) Acute
vector c  (a  b ) is

4. Match the following

Column-I Column-II
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If a, b and c are three mutually perpendicular vectors
(A)          (P) -12
where | a || b | 2, | c | 1 then [a  b b  c c  a ] is
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If a and b are two unit vectors inclined at , then
(B)    3 (Q) 0
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16[a b  a  b b ] is
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If b and c are orthogonal unit vectors and b  c  a then
(C)        (R) 16
[a  b  c a  b b  c ] is
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If [ x y a ]  [ x y b ]  [a b c ]  0 , each vector being a non-
(D)    (S) 1
zero vector then [ x y c ] is
 PART – C
Numerical Based
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1. The work done by the force F  3iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ acting on a particle such that the particle is
displaced from point A(-3, -4, 1) to point B(-1, -1, -2) is________
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2. Let a vector v satisfying the condition 2v  v (iˆ  2 ˆj )  2iˆ  kˆ . If 3 | v | m , then value
of m is ________
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3. Let u and v be unit vectors such that u  v  u  w and w  u  v , then the value of
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[u v w ] is __________

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4. Let a   iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ, b  iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ and c  2iˆ   jˆ  kˆ . The value of 6 such that
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{(a  b )  (b  c )}  (c  a )  0 is _______

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5. If iˆ  3 jˆ  5kˆ bisects the angle between a and iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ where a is a unit vector
  iˆ   ˆj   kˆ
such that a  then |      | = __________
105

6. Two points A and B are given in the rectangular

 Cartesian
system of co-ordinates OXY
on curve y = x the points being such that OA . iˆ  1 and OB . iˆ  2 , then the value of
2
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| 2 OA  3OB |2
 __________
41
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7. Let a  iˆ  jˆ  kˆ, b  x1iˆ  x2 jˆ  x3 kˆ , where x1, x2 , x3  { 3,  2,  1, 0, 1, 2} . Number of
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possible vectors b such that a and b are mutually perpendicular is k2 then |k| = _____
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8. Let u and v be two unit vectors. If w be any vector such that w  (w  u )  v , then the
1
least value of    is __________
| [u v w ] |
 MATHEMATICS
PART – A

1. A 2. D 3. C 4. A
5. C 6. A 7. D 8. A
9. AD 10. AB 11. BD 12. AC
13. AC 14. ABC 15. AC 16. ABCD
17. ACD 18. AC

PART – B

1. A-S; B-Q; C-R; D-P 2. A-R; B-S; C-Q; D-P

3. A-Q; B-S; C-P; D-R 4. A-R; B-P; C-S; D-Q

PART – C
1. 9 2. 6 3. 1 4. 4
5. 7 6. 4 7. 5 8. 2