DPT Vector - 01

   11. Two vertices of a triangle have position vectors

1. The position vector of A is 2i  3 j  4 k ,
3i  4 j  k and 2i  3 j  4k . If the position vector of
AB  5i  7 j  6k then position vector of B is :

   
its centroid is i  2 j  3k then the position vector
(a) 7i  10 j  10k (b) 7i  10 j  10k
of the third vertex is :
(c) 7i  10 j  10k  (d)  7i  10 j  10k  (a)  2i  j  6k

(b)  2i  j  6k


a  1, 0, 1, b  0, 1, 1, c  , 1, 1 are linearly depen-

2.  
(c) 2i  j  6k (d)  2i  i  6k
dent if:
12. If the initial point of the vector  2i  3 j is at
(a)   0 (b)   1 (c)   1 (d) None
(–1, 5, 8) then the terminal point is :
3. Which of the following is not an example of a sca-
lar : (a) 3i  2 j  8k (b)  3i  2 j  8k
(a) work (b) force (c) power (d) time
(c)  3i  2 j  8k (d) 3i  2 j  8k
4. Two vectors a and b are parallel and have same            
13. Vectors a  2i  j  k ; b  i  3 j  5k ; c  3i  4 j  4k
magnitude. Then :
represents the sides of :
(a) they have the same direction
(a) equilateral triangle
(b) they are equal
(b) triangle with unequal sides
(c) they are not equal
(c) isosceles triangle
(d) their magnitude as well as direction is same.
(d) right angled triangle
5. If the points with position vectors
           
10i  3 j , 12i  5 j and λi  11 j are collinear, then  is
14. If a  i  j  2k , b  i  2 j  k , c  i  2 j  2k , then a

equal to : unit vector parallel to a  b  c is :
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 22      
i 2j k i  j k
6. If G is the centroid of triangle ABC, G' is the cen- (a) (b)
6 3
troid of triangle A' B' C' , then AA'  BB'  CC' =      
2i  j  k i  j k
(a) GG' (b) 3GG ' (c) 2GG ' (d) None (c) (d)
6 3
7. In a parallelogram ABCD, E is the point of inter-
15. Which of the following vectors has the direction
section of diagonals. Then OA  OB  OC  OD   
opposite to the vector 2i  6k :
(a) 2OE (b) 3OE (c) 4OE (d) OE    
(a) i  3k (b)  i  3k
8. If a line makes angle ,  ,  with the coordinate    
(c)  i  3k (d) i  3 j
axis then sin 2   sin 2   sin 2    
16. Let the two vectors a and b be represented by two
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 0
adjacent sides OA, AB respectively of a regular
9. If c is the middle point of AB, P is any point out
hexagon OABCDE. Then the side BC represents
side AB, then :
the vector :
(a) PA  PB  PC (b) PA  PB  2PC  
(a) b  a (b) a  b
(c) PA  PB  PC  0 (d) None of these  
(c)  b (d)  a
10. If a force applied on an object moving along a
 
17. If a . b are position vectors of A and B respec-
vector 3iˆ  2 ˆj  5kˆ is 2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ . Then the work done
tively, the position vector of point C in AB, pro-
by the object is :
(a) 7 (b) 8 duced such that AC  3 AB :
   
(c) 9 (d) 10 (a) 3a  b (b) 3b  a (c) 3a  2b (d) 3b  2a

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18. If the position vector of A, B are  i  6 j  6k , 24. If Position vectors P and Q are
        
 4i  9 j  6k . The centroid of triangle 2i  3 j -7k , 4i -3 j  4k then direction cosines of PQ
5  22  22  are:
 i j k then triangle is :
3 3 3 2 6 11 2 6 11
(a) , , (b) , ,
(a) right angled 161 161 161 161 161 161
(b) right angled isosceles triangle
(c) 2, –6, 11 (d) None of these
(c) isosceles triangle
 
(d) equilateral triangle 25. a , b are vectors AB, BC determined by two adja-
  cent sides of a regular hexagon ABCDEF. The vec-
19. If | a |  0 , then a is a :
(a) free vector tor represented by EF is:
   
(b) localised vector (a) a  b (b) a  b (c) 2a (d)  b
(c) position vector   
26. The projection of the vector a  3i  j  2k on the
(d) null vector
   
20. The magnitude of a vector can never be : vector b  i  2 j  3k is :
(a) negative (b) zero
(a) (b) 14 2
14 / 2 (c) 14 (d) 7
(c) positive (d) None of these
  27. The sum of three vectors which are represented
21. Let A and B be two non parallel unit vectors in a by direction medians of a triangle from the vertices
  

plane. If the vectors  A  B bisects the internal is :
  (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) –1 (d) 1/3
angle between A and B , then  is : 28. Which of the following vectors has the same direc-
 
1 tions as the vector i  2 j :
(a) (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
2       
(a)  i  2 j (b) 2i  4 j (c)  3i  6 j (d) 3i  6 j
 
22. If a  2i  j  8k and b  i  3 j  4k , then the magni- 29. Let a, b, c are distinct non negative numbers. If
        
tude of a  b  the vectors ai  aj  ck , i  k and ci  cj  bk lie on a
(a) 13 (b) 13/3 (c) 3/13 (d) 4/13 plane then c is :
23. If the position vectors of four points P, Q, R, S are (a) the arithmetic mean of a and b
         (b) the geometric mean of a and b
2a  4c , 5a  3 3b  4c ,  2 3b  c and 2a  c re-
(c) the harmonic mean of a and b
spectively, then :
(d) equal to 0.
(a) PQ is parallel to RS 30. The position vector of A and B are respectively
 
(b) PQ in not parallel to RS by a and b , P divides AB in the ratio 3 : 1, Q is
the mid point of AP. The position vector of Q is :
(c) PQ is equal to RS        
5a  3b 3a  5b a  3b 3a  b
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(d) PQ is parallel and equal to RS 8 2 4 4

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a b c d a b c d a b c d a b c d a b c d
1 7 13 19 25
2 8 14 20 26
3 9 15 21 27
4 10 16 22 28
5 11 17 23 29
6 12 18 24 30
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