Vector Exercises for JEE Advanced
Vector Exercises for JEE Advanced
EXERCISE (O-1)
[STRAIGHT OBJECTIVE TYPE]
1. A (1, -1, -3), B (2, 1, -2) & C (-5, 2, -6) are the position vectors of the vertices of a triangle ABC.
The length of the bisector of its internal angle at A is :
(A) 10 4 (B) 3 10 4 (C) 10 (D) none
VT0001
r r
2. Let p is the p.v. of the orthocentre & g is the p.v. of the centroid of the triangle ABC wheree
r r
circumcentre is the origin. If p = K g , then K =
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1/3 (D) 2/3
VT0002
r
3. A vector a has components 2p & 1 with respect to a rectangular cartesian system. The system is
rotated through a certain angle about the origin in the counterclockwise sense. If with respect to
r
the new system, a has components p + 1 & 1 then ,
(A) p = 0 (B) p = 1 or p = - 1/3 (C) p = - 1 or p = 1/3 (D) p = 1 or p = - 1
VT0003
r r
4. The number of vectors of unit length perpendicular to vectors a = (1, 1, 0) & b (0, 1, 1) is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) ¥
VT0004
5. Four points A(+1, –1, 1) ; B(1, 3, 1) ; C(4, 3, 1) and D(4, – 1, 1) taken in order are the vertices of
(A) a parallelogram which is neither a rectangle nor a rhombus
(B) rhombus
(C) an isosceles trapezium
(D) a cyclic quadrilateral.
VT0005
6. Let a, b & g be distinct real numbers. The points whose position vector's are a $i + b $j + g k$ ;
b $i + g $j + a k$ and g $i + a $j + b k$
(A) are collinear (B) form an equilateral triangle
(C) form a scalene triangle (D) form a right angled triangle
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VT0006
r r r
7. If the vectors a = 3î + ˆj- 2 k̂ , b = - $i + 3 $j + 4 k$ & c = 4 i$ - 2 $j - 6 k$ constitute the sides of a D ABC,
r
then the length of the median bisecting the vector c is
(A) 2 (B) 14 (C) 74 (D) 6
VT0007
8. Let A(0, –1, 1), B(0, 0, 1), C(1, 0, 1) are the vertices of a DABC. If R and r denotes the circumradius
r
and inradius of DABC, then has value equal to
R
3p 3p p p
(A) tan (B) cot (C) tan (D) cot
8 8 12 12
VT0008
E
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r r r r r
9. a, b, c are three non-zero vectors, no two of which are collinear and the vector a + b is collinear
r r r r r r r
with c , b + c is collinear with a , then a + b + c is equal to -
r r r
(A) a (B) b (C) c (D) none of these
VT0009
10. If the three points with position vectors (1, a, b) ; (a, 2, b) and (a, b, 3) are collinear in space, then
the value of a + b is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) none
VT0010
11. Consider the following 3 lines in space
r
L1 : r = 3î - ĵ + 2k̂ + l ( 2 î + 4 ĵ - k̂ )
r
L2 : r = î + ˆj - 3k̂ + m( 4î + 2ˆj + 4k̂ )
r
L3 : r = 3î + 2 ĵ - 2k̂ + t (2î + ĵ + 2k̂ )
Then which one of the following pair(s) are in the same plane.
(A) only L1L2 (B) only L2L3 (C) only L3L1 (D) L1L2 and L2L3
VT0011
12. The acute angle between the medians drawn from the acute angles of an isosceles right angled
triangle is:
(A) cos-1 (2 3) (B) cos-1 (3 4 ) (C) cos-1 (4 5) (D) none
VT0012
13. The vectors 3 $i - 2 $j + k$ , $i - 3 $j + 5 k$ & 2 $i + $j - 4 k$ form the sides of a triangle. Then triangle is
(A) an acute angled triangle (B) an obtuse angled triangle
(C) an equilateral triangle (D) a right angled triangle
VT0013
14. If the vectors 3p + q ; 5p - 3q and 2p + q ; 4 p - 2q are pairs of mutually perpendicular vectors
Ù
then sin ( p q ) is
(A) 55 4 (B) 55 8 (C) 3 16 (D) 247 16
VT0014
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15. ( ) ( )
Consider the points A, B and C with position vectors - 2î + 3ˆj + 5k̂ , î + 2ˆj + 3k̂ and 7 î - k̂
respectively.
r
Statement-1: The vector sum, A B + B C + C A = 0
because
Statement-2: A, B and C form the vertices of a triangle.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for
statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
VT0015
E
ALLEN Vector 81
16. The set of values of c for which the angle between the vectors cx $i - 6 $j + 3 k$ & x $i - 2 $j + 2 cx k$ is
acute for every x Î R is
(A) (0, 4/3) (B) [0, 4/3] (C) (11/9, 4/3) (D) [0, 4/3)
VT0016
r r
17. Let ur = î + ˆj , vr = î - ĵ and w
r
= î + 2ˆj + 3k̂ . If n̂ is a unit vector such that u · n̂ = 0 and v · n̂ = 0 ,
r
then | w · n̂ | is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0
VT0017
18. If the vector 6 $i - 3 $j - 6 k$ is decomposed into vectors parallel and perpendicular to the vector
$i + $j + k$ then the vectors are :
( )
(A) - $i + $j + k$ & 7 $i - 2 $j - 5 k$ ( )
(B) - 2 $i + $j + k$ & 8 $i - $j - 4 k$
( )
(C) + 2 $i + $j + k$ & 4 $i - 5 $j - 8 k$ (D) none
VT0018
r r r r r r r r
19. Let r =a + ll and r = b + m m be two lines in space where a = 5î + ĵ + 2k̂ , b = - î + 7 ĵ + 8k̂ ,
r r
l = -4î + ˆj - k̂ and m = 2î - 5ˆj - 7 k̂ then the p.v. of a point which lies on both of these lines, is
r r
(A) r = - î + ˆj + k̂ + p(3î - 2k̂ ) (B) r = - î + ˆj + k̂ + p(3î + 2k̂ )
r r
(C) r = - î + ˆj + k̂ + p( -3î + 2k̂ ) (D) r = - î + ˆj + k̂ + p(3î + 2 ĵ)
(iii) The area (DABC) is equal to
9 17 17 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
VT0020
r r r r r r r r
21. If a + b + c = 0 , a = 3 , b = 5 , c = 7 , then the angle between a & b is :
E
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r
22. ( )
A line passes through the point A ˆi + 2ˆj + 3kˆ and is parallel to the vector V ˆi + ˆj + kˆ . The ( )
shortest distance from the origin, of the line is -
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
VT0022
r r r r r r r r r
23. Let a , b , c be vectors of length 3, 4, 5 respectively. Let a be perpendicular to b + c , b to c + a &
r r r r r r
c to a + b . Then a + b + c is :
æ p 2p ö æ 2p ö æ pö æ p 3p ö
(A) ç , ÷ (B) ç , p ÷ (C) ç 0, ÷ (D) ç , ÷
è3 3 ø è 3 ø è 3ø è4 4 ø
VT0027
28. Image of the point P with position vector 7 $i - $j + 2 k$ in the line whose vector equation is,
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r
r = 9î + 5ˆj + 5k̂ + l ( î + 3 ĵ + 5k̂ ) has the position vector
(A) (- 9, 5, 2) (B) (9, 5, - 2) (C) (9, - 5, - 2) (D) none
VT0028
29. Let a$ , b$ , c$ are three unit vectors such that a$ + b$ + c$ is also a unit vector. If pairwise angles between
a$ , b$ , c$ are q1, q2 and q3 respectively then cos q1 + cos q2 + cos q3 equals
(A) 3 (B) - 3 (C) 1 (D) - 1
VT0029
8
30. A tangent is drawn to the curve y = at a point A (x1 , y1) , where x1 = 2. The tangent cuts the
x2 ® ®
x-axis at point B. Then the scalar product of the vectors AB & OB is
(A) 3 (B) - 3 (C) 6 (D) - 6
VT0030
E
ALLEN Vector 83
r r r r r r r r
31. Cosine of an angle between the vectors a + b ( ) ( )
and a - b if | a | = 2, | b | = 1 and a ^ b = 60° is
(C) One of the two vectors is a scalar multiple of the other vector.
(D) The two vectors must be perpendicular to each other.
VT0035
r r r
36. For some non zero vector V , if the sum of V and the vector obtained from V by rotating it by an
r
angle 2a equals to the vector obtained from V by rotating it by a then the value of a, is
p p 2p 2p
(A) 2np ± (B) np ± (C) 2np ± (D) np ±
3 3 3 3
where n is an integer.
VT0036
E
84 JEE-Mathematics ALLEN
r r r r r r r r
37. Let u, v, w be such that u = 1, v = 2, w = 3 . If the projection of v along u is equal to that
r r r r r r r
of w along u and vectors v , w are perpendicular to each other then u - v + w equals
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a 2 - 3 b 2 + c2 3 a 2 + b 2 - c2 3 a 2 - b 2 + c2 a 2 + 3 b 2 - c2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
VT0042
r r r r r r r
2p r
{( ) ( )}
2
43. Vectors a & b make an angle q = . If a = 1 , b = 2 then a + 3 b x 3 a - b =
3
(A) 225 (B) 250 (C) 275 (D) 300
VT0043
® ®
44. If the vector product of a constant vector OA with a variable vector OB in a fixed plane OAB be a
constant vector, then locus of B is :
® ®
(A) a straight line perpendicular to OA (B) a circle with centre O radius equal to OA
®
(C) a straight line parallel to OA (D) none of these
VT0044
E
ALLEN Vector 85
r rr r r r r r r
45. For non-zero vectors a , b , c , a x b . c = a b c holds if and only if ;
r r r r r r r r
(A) a . b = 0, b . c = 0 (B) c . a = 0, a . b = 0
r r r r r r r r r r
(C) a . c = 0, b . c = 0 (D) a . b = b . c = c . a = 0
VT0045
r $ r r
46. The vectors a = i + 2 $j + 3 k$ ; b = 2 i$ - $j + k$ & c = 3 $i + $j + 4 k$ are so placed that the end point of one
vector is the starting point of the next vector. Then the vectors are -
(A) not coplanar (B) coplanar but cannot form a triangle
(C) coplanar but can form a triangle (D) coplanar & can form a right angled triangle
VT0046
47. Given the vectors
r
u = 2 î - ˆj - k̂
r
v = î - ĵ + 2k̂
r
w = î - k̂
r r r
If the volume of the parallelopiped having – c u , v and c w as concurrent edges, is 8 then 'c' can
be equal to
(A) ± 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) can not be determined
VT0047
Ù
48. Given a = x î + yĵ + 2k̂ , b = $i - $j + k$ , c = i$ + 2$j ; (a b ) = p/2, a × c = 4 then
(A) [a b c] 2 = | a | (B) [a b c] = | a | (C) [a b c] = 0 (D) [a b c] = | a | 2
VT0048
r r r
49. 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
2
a1 b1 c1
r r r r r p
that c is a unit vector perpendicular to both a & b . If the angle between a & b is , then a 2 b 2 c 2 =
6
a 3 b 3 c3
(A) 0
(B) 1
1
(C) (a 2 + a22 + a32) (b12 + b22 + b32)
4 1
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3
(D) (a12 + a22 + a32) (b12 + b22 + b32) (c12 + c22 + c32)
4
VT0049
r r r
50. For three vectors u , v , w which of the following expressions is not equal to any of the remaining
three?
r r r r r r r r r r r r
(A) u . ( v x w ) (B) ( v x w ) . u (C) v . ( u x w ) (D) ( u x v ) . w
VT0050
r r r r r r
51. Let a = $i + $j , b = $j + k$ & c = a a + b b . If the vectors , $i - 2 $j + k$ , 3 $i + 2 $j - k$ & c are coplanar
a
then is
b
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) - 3
VT0051
E
86 JEE-Mathematics ALLEN
52. A rigid body rotates with constant angular velocity w about the line whose vector equation is,
r
( )
r =l $i + 2 $j + 2 k$ . The speed of the particle at the instant it passes through the point with
VT0054
uuur uuur uuur
55. Let AB = 3iˆ - ˆj, AC = 2iˆ + 3ˆj and DE = 4iˆ - 2 ˆj . The area of the shaded A
D
region in the adjacent figure, is-
(A) 5 (B) 6 B C
(C) 7 (D) 8
E
VT0055
r
56. The altitude of a parallelopiped whose three coterminous edges are the vectors, A = î + ˆj + k̂ ;
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r r r r
B = 2î + 4 ĵ - k̂ & C = î + ĵ + 3k̂ with A and B as the sides of the base of the parallelopiped, is
(A) 2 19 (B) 4 19 (C) 2 38 19 (D) none
VT0056
57. Consider D ABC with A º (a ) ; B º ( b) & C º ( c) . If b . (a + c) = b . b + a . c ; b - a = 3;
® ®
c - b = 4 then the angle between the medians AM & BD is
æ 1 ö æ 1 ö
(A) p - cos-1 ç ÷ (B) p - cos-1 ç ÷
è 5 13 ø è 13 5 ø
æ 1 ö æ 1 ö
(C) cos-1 ç ÷ (D) cos-1 ç ÷ VT0057
è 5 13 ø è 13 5 ø
E
ALLEN Vector 87
58. If A (– 4, 0, 3) ; B (14, 2, –5) then which one of the following points lie on the bisector of the angle
between OA and OB ('O' is the origin of reference)
(A) (2, 1, –1) (B) (2, 11, 5) (C) (10, 2, –2) (D) (1, 1, 2)
VT0058
59. Position vectors of the four angular points of a tetrahedron ABCD are A(3, – 2, 1); B(3, 1, 5);
C(4, 0, 3) and D(1, 0, 0). Acute angle between the plane faces ADC and ABC is
(A) tan–1 (5 2) (B) cos–1 (2 5) (C) cosec–1 (5 2) (D) cot–1 (3 2)
VT0059
r r r
60. The volume of the tetrahedron formed by the coterminus edges a , b, c is 3. Then the volume of
r r r r r r
the parallelepiped formed by the coterminus edges a + b, b + c, c + a is
(A) 6 (B) 18 (C) 36 (D) 9
VT0060
r r r rr r r r
61. If a = ˆi + ˆj + kˆ & b = ˆi - 2ˆj + kˆ , then the vector c such that a.c = 2 & a ´ c = b is -
(A)
3
(
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
3i - 2 j + 5k ) (B)
3
(
1 ˆ ˆ
- i + 2 j + 5kˆ )
(C)
3
(
1 ˆ ˆ
i + 2 j - 5kˆ ) (D)
3
(
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
3i + 2 j + k )
VT0061
r r r r r r r
62. a, b and c be three vectors having magnitudes 1,1 and 2 respectively. If a ´ ( a ´ c ) + b = 0 , then
r r
the acute angle between a & c is :
(A) p/6 (B) p/4 (C) p/3 (D) 5p/12
VT0062
r r r r
If a = $i + $j + k$ , b = 4 $i + 3$j + 4 k$ and c = $i + a$j + bk$ are linearly dependent vectors &
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63. c = 3,
then
(A) a = 1, b = -1 (B) a = 1, b = ±1 (C) a = -1, b = ±1 (D) a = ±1, b = 1
VT0063
64. A vector of magnitude 5 5 coplanar with vectors î+ 2 ĵ & ĵ+ 2k̂ and the perpendicular vector
(
(A) ± 5 5î + 6ˆj - 8k̂ ) (B) ± (
5 5î +6ˆj-8k̂ )
(
(C) ± 5 5 5î + 6ˆj - 8k̂ ) (
(D) ± 5î +6ˆj-8k̂ )
VT0064
E
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r r r
65. Let a = 2iˆ + 3jˆ - kˆ and b = ˆi + ˆj . If g is a unit vector, then the maximum value of
r r r r r r
é a ´ b b´ g g ´ a ù is equal to
ë û
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 9
VT0065
2
(A) Orthocentre of DABC. (P)
2
3
(B) Circumcentre of DABC. (Q)
2
3
(C) Area (DABC). (R)
3
3
(D) Distance between orthocentre (S)
6
and centroid.
(E) Distance between orthocentre (T) (0, 0, 0)
and circumcentre.
æ1 1 1ö
(F) Distance between circumcentre (U) ç , , ÷
è2 2 2ø
and centroid.
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æ1 1 1ö
(G) Incentre of DABC. (V) ç , , ÷
è 3 3 3ø
æ 1 2 1 ö
(H) Centroid of DABC (W) çç , , ÷
÷
è 1 + 2 + 3 1 + 2 + 3 1 + 2 + 3 ø
VT0066
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ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE (O-1)
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. B
9. D 10. B 11. D 12. C 13. D 14. B 15. C 16. D
17. C 18. A 19. A 20. (i) D, (ii) B, (iii) B 21. D 22. A 23. D
24. D 25. B 26. C 27. B 28. B 29. D 30. A 31. A
32. B 33. B 34. A 35. C 36. A 37. C 38. B 39. A
40. C 41. C 42. D 43. D 44. C 45. D 46. B 47. A
48. D 49. C 50. C 51. D 52. A 53. D 54. A 55. C
56. C 57. A 58. D 59. A 60. C 61. B 62. A 63. D
64. D 65. B 66. (A) T; (B) U ; (C) P; (D) R ; (E) Q; (F) S; (G) W; (H) V
EXERcISE (O-2)
1. A 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. A,C
9. A,B,D 10. B,C 11. A,C,D 12. A,C,D 13. B,C 14. C,D 15. A,B,D
16. A,B,C,D 17. A,D 18. A,C 19. B,C,D 20. A,B,D 21. B,C,D 22. A,B,C,D
23. A,B,C 24. C 25. B 26. A 27. (A) - S ; (B) - P ; (C) - R ; (D) - Q
EXERCISE (S-1)
1 ˆ ˆ
1. (9, 7) 2. -(i + j) 4. 13 5. 3 6. 4950 7. 7
2
8. 1125 9. x = 2, y = –1 10. (b) externally in the ratio 1 : 3
11. (i) parallel (ii) the lines intersect at the point p.v. -2iˆ + 2 ˆj (iii) lines are skew
p æ 1 2 ö
13. (a) cot (0) ; (b) cot -1 1 ; (c) cot -1 2 15. ç , ÷
–1
14. 16. 3
3 2 è 3 3ø
3 r r r
17. (a) , (b) 51 18. (a) 2, (b) – 1, (c) –12 19. 101 20. F = 2a1 + 5a 2 + 3a 3
2
4 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ 6 3
21. i- j- k 22. (i) 14 (ii) 6 (iii) 10 (iv) 6 23. 6 24. 13
2 2 2 7 5
r rr r r r r rr r r r
r a + (c.a)c + b ´ c b + (c.b)c + a ´ c
25. x = r ,y = r 26. 75 27. 488
1 + c2 1 + c2
EXERCISE (S-2)
1. 48 2. 12 3. 5 4. 9 5. 2 -1 6. x = 2, y = –2, z = –2
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2
5a
7.
12 3
sq. units 8.
3 3
1
(
ˆi + 5ˆj - kˆ
± 9. ) (–1,3,3) & (3,–1,–1) 10. NO, NO
-1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
12. 5 13. (a) i - j+ k , (b) Range : [3,5] 15. 34 16. 19
2 2 2
EXERCISE (JM)
1. 3 2. 1 3. 2 4. 3 5. 4 6. 4 7. 3 8. 3
9. 1 10. 1 11. 4 12. 3 13. 1 14. 3 15. 4 16. 1
17. 2 18. 3 19. 1 20. 1 21. 3 22. 1 23. 30 24. 1.00
25. 8.00
EXERCISE (JA)
1. (a) B; (b) 5 2. (a) C; (b) A,D; (c) 9 3. (a) 3; (b) C 4. C 5. 5
6. C 7. A,B,C 8. 4 9. A,C,D 10. Bonus 11. B,C 12. B
13. D 14. B 15. 3 16. 3,4 17. 18.00
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Decomposing vectors into parallel and perpendicular components aids in analyzing forces and motion along specific axes in physics or defining stability in structures. The document illustrates this by decomposing a vector like 6i - 3j - 6k into desired directional components against i + j + k, providing clear real-world applications like force decomposition .
Understanding angles between vectors and axes is fundamental for navigation and orientation tasks such as tracing paths or graphical representation. Document context denotes specific angles ensuring trigonometric identities and conditions for acute or obtuse angles are used efficiently in determining permissible movement directions or structural orientations involving vector manipulation .
Vectors being perpendicular means their dot product is zero, which simplifies consideration of components in vector analysis. In the document, mutually perpendicular vectors, such as 3p + q and 2p + q, assure orthogonality, which delivers the result sin(p, q) = 8/55 through trigonometric relation manipulations .