Vectors : Maths Unplugged

1. Let ⃗a and ⃗b be two vectors such that |⃗b| = 1 and |⃗b × ⃗a| = 2. Then |(⃗b × ⃗a) − ⃗b|2 is equal to:
[JEE Main 300124 S2]

a) 3 b) 5 c) 1 d) 4

2. Let ⃗a = a1 î + a2 ĵ + a3 k̂ and ⃗b = b1 î + b2 ĵ + b3 k̂ be two vectors such that |⃗a| = 1, ⃗a · ⃗b = 2 and |⃗b| = 4. If

⃗c = 2(⃗a × ⃗b) − 3⃗b, then the angle between ⃗b and ⃗c is: [JEE Main 300124 S1]
     √   
2 1 3 2
a) cos−1 √ b) cos−1 − √ c) cos−1
− d) cos−1
3 3 2 3
3. Let ⃗a = 2î + ĵ − k̂ and ⃗b = ((⃗a × (î + ĵ)) × î) × î. Then the square of the projection of ⃗a on ⃗b is:
[JEE Main 060424 S2]
1 1 2
a) b) 2 c) d)
5 3 3
⃗ ◦ ◦
4. Let C
 be a unit vector  makes an angle of 60 with 2î + 2ĵ − k̂ and an angle of 45 with î − k̂. Then
√ which
⃗ + − 1 î + √
C
1
ĵ −
2
k̂ is: [JEE Main 040424 S1]
2 3 2 3
√ √  √  √
2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1
a) − î + ĵ + + k̂ b) î + √ ĵ − k̂
3 3 2 3 √  √ 3 3 2 2
    
1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
c) √ + î + √ − √ ĵ + √ + k̂ d) î − k̂
3 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 2
5. Let ⃗a = −5î + ĵ − 3k̂, ⃗b = î + 2ĵ − 4k̂ and ⃗c = (((⃗a × ⃗b) × î) × î) × î. Then ⃗c · (−î + ĵ + k̂) is equal to:
[JEE Main 010224 S1]

a) −12 b) −10 c) −13 d) −15

−→ −−→ −−→
6. Let OA = ⃗a, OB = 12⃗a + 4⃗b and OC = ⃗b, where O is the origin. If S is the parallelogram with adjacent sides
area of quadrilateral OABC
OA and OC, then is equal to: [JEE Main 290124 S2]
area of S
a) 6 b) 10 c) 7 d) 8

7. Let ⃗a = 3î + ĵ − 2k̂, ⃗b = 4î + ĵ + 7k̂ and ⃗c = î − 3ĵ + 4k̂. If a vector p⃗ satisfies p⃗ × ⃗b = ⃗c × ⃗b and p⃗ · ⃗a = 0, then
p⃗ · (î − ĵ − k̂) is equal to: [JEE Main 310124 S1]

a) 24 b) 36 c) 28 d) 32

8. Let ⃗a = 4î + 3ĵ and ⃗b = 3î − 4ĵ + 5k̂ and ⃗c be a vector such that ⃗c · (⃗a × ⃗b) + 25 = 0, ⃗c · (î + ĵ + k̂) = 4 and
projection of ⃗c on ⃗a is 1. Then the projection of ⃗c on ⃗b equals: [JEE Main 290123 S2]

1
 5 1 1 3
a) √ b) c) √ d) √
2 5 2 2
9. Let ⃗a be a non-zero vector parallel to the line of intersection of the planes î + ĵ, î + k̂ and î − ĵ, ĵ − k̂. If θ is
the angle between vector ⃗a and the vector ⃗b = 2î − 2ĵ + k̂ and ⃗a · ⃗b = 6, then the ordered pair (θ, |⃗a × ⃗b|) is equal
to: [JEE Main 110423 S1]
π √  π √  π  π 
a) ,3 6 b) ,3 6 c) ,6 d) ,6
4 3 3 4
10. Let â and b̂ be two unit vectors such that |(â + b̂) + 2(â × b̂)| = 2. If θ ∈ (0, π) is the angle between â and b̂, then
among the statements:

(S1) : 2|â × b̂| = |â − b̂|

1
(S2) : The projection of â on (â + b̂) is
2
[JEE Main 240622 S2]

a) Only (S1) is true b) Only (S2) is true

c) Both (S1) and (S2) are true d) Both (S1) and (S2) are false
√
11. Let ⃗a and ⃗b be the vectors along the diagonal of a parallelogram having area 2 2. Let the angle between ⃗a and
√
⃗b be acute. |⃗a| = 1 and |⃗a · ⃗b| = |⃗a × ⃗b|. If ⃗c = 2 2(⃗a × ⃗b) − 2⃗b, then the angle between ⃗b and ⃗c is:

[JEE Main 270622 S2]

π π 5π 3π
a) b) − c) d)
4 4 6 4
1
12. Let ⃗a be a vector which is perpendicular to the vector 3î + ĵ + 2k̂. If ⃗a × (2î + k̂) = 2î − 13ĵ − 4k̂, then the
2
projection of the vector ⃗a on the vector 2î + 2ĵ + k̂ is: [JEE Main 280622 S2]
1 5 7
a) b) 1 c) d)
3 3 3
13. Let A, B, C be three points whose position vectors respectively are ⃗a = î + 4ĵ + 3k̂, ⃗b = 2î + αĵ + 4k̂, α ∈

R, ⃗c = 3î − 2ĵ + 5k̂. If α is the smallest positive integer for which ⃗a, ⃗b, ⃗c are non-collinear, then the length of
the median in △ABC through A is: [JEE Main 290622 S2]
√ √ √ √
82 62 69 66
a) b) c) d)
2 2 2 2
14. Let ⃗a = î − ĵ + 2k̂ and let b be a vector such that ⃗a × b = 2î − k̂ and ⃗a · b = 3. Then the projection of ⃗b on the
⃗ ⃗ ⃗

vector ⃗a − ⃗b is: [JEE Main 250722 S2]

r r
2 3 2 7 2
a) √ b) 2 c) d)
21 7 3 3 3
15. Let ⃗a = αî + ĵ + β k̂ and ⃗b = 3î − 5ĵ + 4k̂ be two vectors such that ⃗a × ⃗b = −î + 9ĵ + 12k̂. Then the projection
of ⃗b − 2⃗a on ⃗b + ⃗a is equal to: [JEE Main 270722 S1]
39 46
a) 2 b) c) 9 d)
5 5
16. Let the vectors ⃗a = (1 + t)î + (1 − t)ĵ + k̂, ⃗b = (1 − t)î + (1 + t)ĵ + 2k̂, ⃗c = tî + tĵ + k̂, t ∈ R be such that for
α, β, γ ∈ R, α⃗a + β⃗b + γ⃗c = ⃗0 ⇒ α = β = γ = 0. Then the set of all values of t is: [JEE Main 280722 S1]

2
 a) a non-empty finite set b) equal to N c) equal to R − {0} d) equal to R

17. Let S be the set of all a ∈ R for which the angle between the vectors ⃗u = a(loge b)î − 6ĵ + 3k̂ and ⃗v =
(loge b)î + 2ĵ + 2a(loge b)k̂, (b > 1) is acute. Then S is equal to: [JEE Main 280722 S2]
4 4 12
a) (−∞, − ) b) ∅ c) (− , 0) d) ( , ∞)
3 3 7
18. Let ⃗a = a1 î + a2 ĵ + a3 k̂, ai > 0, i = 1, 2, 3 be a vector which makes equal angles with the coordinate axes
OX, OY and OZ. Also, let the projection of ⃗a on the vector 3î + 4ĵ be 7. Let ⃗b be a vector obtained by rotating
⃗a with 90◦ . If ⃗a, ⃗b and the x-axis are coplanar, then the projection of vector ⃗b on 3î + 4ĵ is equal to:
[JEE Main 250622 S1]
√ √
a) 7 b) 2 c) 2 d) 7

19. Let ⃗a = î + ĵ + 2k̂, ⃗b = 2î − 3ĵ + k̂ and ⃗c = î − ĵ + k̂ be three given vectors. Let ⃗v be a vector in the plane of ⃗a
2
and ⃗b whose projection on ⃗c is √ . If ⃗v · ĵ = 7, then ⃗v · (î + k̂) is equal to: [JEE Main 260622 S2]
3

a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9

20. Let ⃗a = î + ĵ − k̂ and ⃗c = 2î − 3ĵ + 2k̂. Then the number of vectors ⃗b such that ⃗b × ⃗c = ⃗a and |⃗b| ∈ {1, 2, . . . , 10}
is: [JEE Main 270622 S1]

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3

21. Let ⃗a and ⃗b be two non-zero vectors perpendicular to each other and |⃗a| = |⃗b|. If |⃗a × ⃗b| = |⃗a|, then the angle
between the vectors (⃗a + ⃗b + (⃗a × ⃗b)) and ⃗a is equal to: [JEE Main 180321 S2]
       
−1 1 −1 1 1 −1 1
a) sin √ b) cos √ c) cos−1 √ d) sin √
3 3 2 6
22. If |⃗a| = 2, |⃗b| = 5 and |⃗a × ⃗b| = 8, then |⃗a · ⃗b| is equal to: [JEE Main 250721 S2]

a) 6 b) 4 c) 3 d) 5

23. A hall has a square floor of dimension

 10 m × 10 m (see the figure) and vertical walls. If the angle GP H between
1
the diagonals AG and BH is cos−1 , then the height of the hall (in meters) is: [JEE Main 260821 S2]
5
E F

H G

A B
10 m
D
10 m C
√ √ √
a) 5 b) 2 10 c) 5 3 d) 5 2

3
 1
24. Let ⃗a and ⃗b be two vectors such that |2⃗a + 3⃗b| = |3⃗a + ⃗b| and the angle between ⃗a and ⃗b is 60◦ . If ⃗a is a unit
8
vector, then |⃗b| is equal to: [JEE Main 310821 S1]

a) 4 b) 6 c) 5 d) 8

Integer Type Questions

25. Let the line of the shortest distance between the lines L1 : ⃗r = (î + 2ĵ + 3k̂) + λ(î − ĵ + k̂) and L2 : ⃗r =
(4î + 5ĵ + 6k̂) + µ(î + ĵ − k̂) intersect L1 and L2 at P and Q respectively. If (α, β, γ) is the midpoint of the line
segment P Q, then 2(α + β + γ) is equal to . [JEE Main 010224 S1]

26. The least positive integral value of α, for which the angle between the vectors αî − 2ĵ + 2k̂ and αî + 2αĵ − 2k̂ is
acute, is . [JEE Main 270124 S1]
√
27. Let ⃗a, ⃗b, ⃗c be three vectors such that |⃗a| = 31, 4|⃗b| = |⃗c| = 2 and 2(⃗a × ⃗b) = 3(⃗c × ⃗a). If the angle between ⃗b
 2
2π ⃗a × ⃗c
and ⃗c is , then is equal to . [JEE Main 310123 S2]
3 ⃗a · ⃗b
28. Let ⃗b = î + ĵ + λk̂, λ ∈ R. If ⃗a is a vector such that ⃗a × ⃗b = 13î − ĵ − 4k̂ and ⃗a · ⃗b + 21 = 0, then
(⃗b − ⃗a) · (k̂ − ĵ) + (⃗b + ⃗a) · (î − k̂) is equal to . [JEE Main 250622 S2]

29. Let ⃗a, ⃗b, ⃗c be three non-coplanar vectors such that ⃗a ×⃗b = 4⃗c, ⃗b×⃗c = 9⃗a and ⃗c ×⃗a = α⃗b, α > 0. If |⃗a|+|⃗b|+|⃗c| = 36,
then α is equal to . [JEE Main 270722 S2]

30. Let ⃗a and ⃗b be two vectors such that |⃗a + ⃗b|2 = |⃗a|2 + 2|⃗b|2 , ⃗a · ⃗b = 3 and |⃗a × ⃗b|2 = 75. Then |⃗a|2 is equal to
. [JEE Main 290722 S2]
r
2
31. If the shortest distance between the lines ⃗r = (−î + 3k̂) + λ(î − aĵ) and ⃗r = (−ĵ + 2k̂) + µ(î − ĵ + k̂) is , then
3
the integral value of ”a” is equal to . [JEE Main 240622 S1]

32. Let ⃗a, ⃗b, ⃗c be three mutually perpendicular vectors of the same magnitude and equally inclined at an angle θ with
the vector ⃗a + ⃗b + ⃗c. Then 36 cos2 2θ is equal to . [JEE Main 200721 S1]
√
33. For p > 0, a vector ⃗v2 = 2î + (p + 1)ĵ is obtained by rotating
√ the vector ⃗v1 = 3pî + pĵ through an angle θ about
α 3−2
the origin in counter clockwise direction. If tan θ = √ , then the value of α is equal to .
4 3+3
[JEE Main 200721 S2]

34. Let p⃗ = 2î + 3ĵ + k̂ and ⃗q = î + 2ĵ + k̂ be two vectors. If a vector ⃗r = (αî + β ĵ + γ k̂) is perpendicular to each of
√
the vectors (⃗p + ⃗q) and (⃗p − ⃗q), and |⃗r| = 3, then |α| + |β| + |γ| is equal to . [JEE Main 250721 S1]

35. If the projection of the vector î + 2ĵ + k̂ on the sum of the two vectors 2î + 4ĵ − 5k̂ and −λî + 2ĵ + 3k̂ is 1, then
λ is equal to . [JEE Main 260821 S2]

36. Let ⃗a = 2î − ĵ + 2k̂ and ⃗b = î + 2ĵ − k̂. Let a vector ⃗v be in the plane containing â and b̂. If ⃗v is perpendicular
to the vector 3î + 2ĵ − k̂ and its projection on ⃗a is 19 units, then |2⃗v |2 is equal to . [JEE Main 010921 S2]

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Answer Key
1) b 2) c 3) b 4) d 5) a 6) d
7) d 8) a 9) d 10) c 11) d 12) c
13) a 14) a 15) d 16) c 17) b 18) b
19) d 20) a 21) b 22) a 23) d 24) c
25) 21 26) 5 27) 3 28) 14 29) 36 30) 14
31) 2 32) 4 33) 6 34) 3 35) 5 36) 1494