SECTION-I

LEVEL - I

Multiple Choice Questions with Only One Correct Answer :

2 2 2
1. The value of a  i  a  j  a  k is
(A) a2 (B) 2a2 (C) 3a2 (D) none of these
1
2. Let P = 3i + 4j , q = 5i, r = ( p  q ) and 2s = p - 1. Then
4
(A) |p + r| = |q + s| (B) | r  s| | r  s|,   R
(C) |p + q| = |p - q| (D) r is  to s

   
3. Distance of P ( p) from the plane r  a  b is
     
  (( p  a ). b) b
  (( p  a ). b) b
(A) (a  p)   (B) ( b  p)  
| b|2 | b|2
   
  (( p  a ). b) b
(C) (a  p)   (D) none of these
| b|2

   
4. If the projection of point P ( p) on the plane r . n  q is the point S( s )
     
 (q  p. n) n   (q  p. n) n
(A) s   (B) s  p  
| n|2 | n|2
      
  ( p. n) n   (q  p. n) n
(C) s  p   2 (D) s  p  
| n| | n|2


5. Angle between i and the line of intersection of the planes r .( i  2 j  3k )  0 and
   
r .( 3i  3 j  k )  0 is equal to

F
G1I F1I F2 I
H3JK G
H3 JK G
H3 JK
1 1 1
(A) cos (B) cos (C) cos (D) none of these
   
6. a and b are mutually perpendicular unit vectors. r is a vector satisfying r . a  0, r . b  1 and
   
[ r , a , b]  1 then r is equal to
             
(A) a  ( a  b) (B) b  ( a  b) (C) a  b  ( a  b) (D) a  b  ( a  b)
  
7. A vector a  ( x, y, z) makes an obtuse angle with y-axis, equal angles with b  ( y,  2 z, 3x) and
    
c  (2 z, 3x,  y) and a is perpendicular to d  (1,  1, 2) . If | a|  2 2 , then vector a is
F2 2 , 2 2 , 2 2 I
(A) G
H 3 3 3 JK (B) (-2, -2, 2)

F2 ,  2 I
(C) (1, 1, 1) (D) G
H3 3
, 2 JK
  
8. Let   ai  bj  ck ,   bi  cj  ak and   ci  aj  bk be three coplanar vectors with a  b ,
 
and v  i  j  k . Then v is perpendicular to
  
(A)  (B) 2  (C) 5  (D) none of these

         
9. If a  2 b  3c  0 , then the value of a  b  b  c  c  a is
   
(A) 6b  c (B) 2( a  b) (C) c  a (D) 0

              
10. If | A|  2, | B|  4, | C|  5 and A ( B  C)  B(C  A )  C(A  B)  0 then | A  B  C| is equal
to
(A) 3/2 (B) 5 2 (C) 3 5 (D) 0
 LEVEL - II

Multiple Choice Questions with One or More Than One Correct Answer :
1. The vector î  xˆj  3k̂ is rotated through an angle  and doubled in magnitude, then it becomes

4î  (4 x  2)ˆj  2k̂ . The value of x are

(A) –2/3 (B) 2/3
(C) 1/3 (D) 2

2. If in a right angle triangle ABC, the hypotenious AB = p, then AB.AC  BC.BA  CA.CB is
equal to
(A) 2p2 (B) p2/2
2
(C) p (D) AC2 + BC2

   
3. If | a | = 2, | b | =3, | 2a  b | = 5, then
   
(A) a . b  1 (B) a . b  0
   
(C) | 2a  b | 5 (D) | 2a  b | 5

     
4. If a , b, c are any three vectors and ( c  a )  b = 0 then which of the following is/are possible?
  
(A) a , b or c may be zero vector
  
(B) b may be perpendicular to both a and c
(C) a and c may be collinear
 
(D) a and c are non collinear

     
5. The vector a  b , a  b and a  kb (k scalar) are collinear for
(A) k = 0 (B) k = 1
(C) k = –1 (D) k = 2

   
6. Let a = 2î  ˆj  k̂ , b = î  2ˆj  k̂ and c = î  ĵ  2k̂ be three vectors. A vector in the plane of b

  2
and c whose projection on a is of magnitude is
3
(A) 2î  3 ĵ  3k̂ (B) 2î  3ˆj  3k̂
(C)  2î  ĵ  5k̂ (D) 2î  ˆj  5k̂

   
7. If a  i  j  k , b  4 i  3j  4 k and c  i  j  k are linearly dependent vectors and | c|  3
then :
 (A)   1,   1 (B)   1,    1
(C)   1,   1 (D)   1,   1

  
8. For three vectors u, v, w which of the following expressions is not equal to any of the remaining
three ?

     
(A) u.( v  w ) (B) ( v  w ). u
     
(C) v( u  w ) (D) ( u  v). w

9. Which of the following expressions are meaningful ?

     
(A) u.( v  w ) (B) ( u. v). w
     
(C) ( u. v) w (D) u  ( v. w )

          
10. Let a and b be two non-collinear unit vectors. If u  a  ( a. b) b and v  a  b , then | v| is
  
(A) | u| (B) | u|| u. a|
      
(C) | u|| u. b| (D) u  u.( a  b)
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other competitive exams. :
1. If a, b and c are unit vectors, then |a – b|2 + |b – c|2 + |c – a|2 does not exceed
(A) 4 (B) 9
(C) 8 (D) 6
2. Let the value of p = (x + 4y)a + (2x + y + 1)b and q = (y – 2x + 2)a + (2x – 3y – 1)b, where a
and b are non-collinear vectors. If 3p = 2q, then the value of x and y will be
(A) – 1, 2 (B) 2, 1
(C) 1, 2 (D) 2, 1
15k
3. If a of magnitude 50 is collinear with the vector b  6i  8 j  , and makes an acute angle
2
with the positive direction of z-axis, then the vector a is equal to
(A) 24i – 32j + 30k (B) – 24i + 32j + 30k
(C) 16i – 16j – 15k (D) – 12i + 16j – 30k
4. Let the unit vector a and b be perpendicular and the unit vector c be inclined at an angle  to both
a and b. If c = a + b + (a × b), then
(A)  =  = cos , 2 = cos 2 (B)  =  = cos , 2 = cos2
(C)  = cos,  = sin, 2 = cos2 (D) None of these
5. If a = 2i + k, b = I + j + k and c = 4i – 3j + 7k. If d × b = c × b and d.a = 0, then d will be
(A) i + 8j + 2k (B) i – 8j + 2k
(C) – I + 8j – k (D) – i – 8j + 2k
6. The position vectors of the vertices of a quadrilateral ABCD are a, b, c and d respectively. Area of
the quadrilateral formed by joining the middle points of its sides is
1
(A) |a × b + b × d + d × a| (B) |b × c + c × d + a × d + b × a|
4
(C) |a × b + b × c + c × d + d × a| (D) |b × c + c × d + d × b|
7. The volume of the tetrahedron, whose vertices are given by the vectors –i + j + k, i– j + k and
I + j – k with reference to the fourth vertex as origin, is
5 2
(A) cubic unit (B) cubic unit
3 3
3
(C) cubic unit (D) None of these
5
8. The point of intersection of r × a = b × a and r × b = a × b, where a = i + j and b = 2i – k is
(A) 3i + j – k (B) 3i – k
(C) 3i + 2j + k (D) None of these
9. The projection of any line on co-ordinate axes be respectively 3, 4, 5 then its length is
(A) 12 (B) 50
(C) 5 2 (D) None of these
10. The co-ordinates of the foot of perpendicular drawn from point P(1, 0, 3) to the join of points
A(4, 7, 1) and B(3, 5, 3) is
 5 7 17  2 5 7 5 2 7
(A) (5, 7, 1) (B)  , ,  (C)  , ,  (D)  , , 
3 3 3  3 3 3 3 3 3
 SECTION - II

LEVEL - I

1. Points X and Y are taken on the sides QR and RS, repetitively of a parallelogram PQRS, so that
F
G21I
H25JKPR .
     
QX  4 XR and RY  4YS . The line XY cuts the line PR at Z. Prove that PZ 

   
R  
p  a  [(e  b)  (d  c )]
|q  b  [(e  c)  (d  a)] form the sides of a triangle, where a, b , c, d , e, p , q , r
2. Show that S
|Tr  c  [(e  a)  (d  b )]
are non zero vectors.

         
3. Given that a , b, p, q are four vectors such that a  b  p, b. q  0 and ( b) 2  1, where  is a
      
scalar then prove that |( a. q ) p  ( p. q ) a| | p. q| .
          
4. Solve the following equation for the vector p ; p  a  ( p. b) c  b  c where a , b , c are
  
non zero non coplanar vectors and a is neither perpendicular to b nor to c , hence show

L
  [a b c ] 
M O
P  
that p  a    c is perpendicular to b  c .
N a. c Q
5. ABC is triangle and ‘O’ any point in the plane of the same AO, BO and CO meet the sides BC,
OD OE OF
CA and AB in D, E, F respectively, show that    1.
AD BE CF
6. A straight line '  ' cuts the lines AB, AC and AD of a parallelogram ABCD at points
B, C, D respectively. If AB1 = AB1  1.AB, AD1   2 .AD and AC1   3 .AC  , then prove
1 1 1
that   .
 3 1  2
7. The internal bisectors of the angles of a triangles of a triangle ABC meet the opposite sides in
(2abc) 
D, E, F ; the vectors to prove that the area of the triangle DEF is given by
(a  b)( b  c)(c  a )
where  is the area of the triangle.
  
8. The angles between three non zero vectors a , b , c which are not necessarily coplanar are 
       
between b and c,  between c and a ,  between a and b . Vectors ectors u and v are defined by ;
          
u  (a  b)  c , v  a  ( b  c) . If u is perpendicular to v then show that either a is
    
perpendicular to c or cos   cos .cos  . Hence show that a  b is perpendicular to b  c .
     
Now if vectors a , b , c are coplanar then show that [ u v a ]  [ u v b]  [ u v c ] .
9. The point D, E, F divide sides BC, CA, AB of a triangle ABC in the ratio 1 : 2. The pairs of lines
AD, BE ; BE, CF ; CF, AD meet at P, Q, R respectively. Show that the area of the triangle PQR
is (1/ 7) the area of triangle ABC.

10. Let u, v, w be t hree unit vectors such that u  v  w  a, u  (v  w )  b ,

3 7
(u  v)  w  c, a.u  , a.v  and | a | = 2. Find u, v and w in terms of a, b and c.
2 4
 LEVEL - II
  
1. Let a , b , c be non coplanar unit vectors, equally inclined to one another at an angle  . If
      
a  b  b  c  pa  qb  rc . Find scalars p, q and r in terms of  .
    
     p 2 b  ( b. a ) a  p( b  a )
2. If px  ( x  a )  b ; ( p  0) prove that x   .
p( p 2  a 2 )
  
3. Let x̂ , ŷ and ẑ be the unit vectors such that x̂  ŷ  ẑ  a , x̂  ( ŷ  ẑ )  b, ( x̂  ŷ)  ẑ  c ,
 3  7    
a.x̂  , a.y  and | a |  2 . Find x̂ , ŷ and ẑ in terms of a , b and c .
2 4
4. Show that the solution of the equation kr  r  a  b where k is a non-zero scalar and a and b

 1  a.b     
are two non-collinear vectors , is given by r  2  a  kb  a  b  .
k  a 2  k 
 
5. In a quadrilateral PQRS ; PQ  a , QR  b, SP  a  b , M is the midpoint of QR and x is a point
4
on SM such that SX = SM. Prove that P, X and R are collinear..
5
CM
6. In a triangle ABC, the median CM is perpendicular to the angle bisector AL, and  n . Using
AL
9  4n 2
vector method, show that cos A = .
9  4n 2
   
7. Consider the non zero vectors a , b , c and d such that no three of which are coplanar then prove
            
that a[ b c d ]  c[ a b d ]  b[ a c d ]  d[ a b c] . Hence prove that a , b , c and d represent
 
[ b c d ]  [a b d ]
the position vectors of the vertices of a plane quadrilateral if and only if        1.
[a c d ]  [a b c ]

8. Show that the circumcenter of the tetrahedron OABC is given by,

        
a 2 ( b  c)  b 2 ( c  a )  c 2 ( a  b)   
 , where a , b , c are the pv’s of the points A, B, C respectively
2[ a b c]
relative to the origin ‘O’.

9. Find the po sition vecto r of the point o f intersection o f the three planes
r . n1 = q1, r . n2 = q2, r . n3 = q3 where n1, n2 and n3 are non-coplanar vectors.

10. If the point R ( r ) is on the line, which is parallel to the vector, ai  bj  ck (where a, b, c  0 ) and

passing through the point S( s ) , then prove that, r  ( ai  bj  ck ) = s  ( ai  bj  ck ). Further
 
if, T( t ) is a point outside the given line then show that the distance of the line from the point T( t ) is
      
given by,
c he j c he j c he j 2 2
t  s . cj  bk  t  s . ak  ci  t  s . bi  aj
2

.
a 2  b2  c2
 SECTION-III-A
Matrix–Match Type p q r s
This section contains 2questions. Each question contains statements A p q r s
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II. B p q r s
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles
C p q r s
as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s, p q r s
D
then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :

1. Column-I Column-II
(A) The value of  for which the vectors 2î  ˆj  k̂ , î  2ˆj  k̂
and 3î  4ˆj  5k̂ are coplanar is (p) 4

(B) The area of a parallelogram having diagonals a = 3î  ĵ  2k̂

and b = î  3ˆj  4k̂ is (q) –3
      
(C) r . a  0 , r . b  0 and r . c  0 for some non zero vector r ,

then the value of [a b c] is (r) 10 3
(D) The volume of parallelopiped whose sides are given
OA = 2î  3 ĵ , OB = î  ĵ  k̂ and OC = 3î  k̂ is (s) 0

2. Column-I Column-II
    4 
(A) For given vectors a (2, 1, –1), b (1, 2, 1, ) c (2, –1, 3) (p)   , 0
 3 
  
and d (3, –1, 2) the projection of the vector a  c on the
  
vector ( b  d)  c is
     
(B) If a, b and c are unit vectors satisfying a  b  c = 0 (q) 6
  
and a.b  b.c  c.a is equal to
         
3
(C) If ( a  b) . ( b  c) × ( c  a) = [ a.( b  c)]k , then k is (r)
2

(D) The value of c for which the vector p = (c log2 x, – 6, 3) (s) 2

and q = (log2 x, 2, 2c log2 x) make an obtuse angle for
any x (0, ) are
 SECTION-III-B
Linked Comprehension Type
This section contains 3 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

  
I. In a rhombus OABC, vector a , b, c are respectively the position vectors of vertices A, B, C
with reference to O as origin. A point E is taken on the side BC which divides it in the ratio of
2 : 1. Also, the line segment AE intersects the line bisecting the angle O internally in point P.
If CP, when extended meets AB in point F, then

1. The position vector of point P, is

3   1  
(A) (a  c ) (B) (a  c )
5 5
 
(C) (a  c) (D) none of these
2. The position vector of point F, is
 1  
(A) a  c (B) a  c
3
 1
(C) a  c (D) none of these
3
3. The vector AF , is given by
1 
(A) c (B) c
3
1
(C) c (D) none of these
2
II. A new operation * is defined between two non antiparallel vectors  and  as


 *   |  | |  | tan  , where  is the angle between  and  .
2
4. The condition for which  and  are perpendicular is

*
(A)  *   0 (B) 1
|  ||  |

*
(C)  1 (D) none of these
|  ||  |
5.  *  is
(A) |  |2 (B) not define
(C) 0 (D) none of these
6. For  *  = .
(A) |  | 0 is a necessary condition
(B) |  | . |  | 0 is a necessary condition
(C) t 3 + t 2 + t = 1 is a sufficient condition, where t = tan 2
(D) none of these

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III. Let a, b are nonzero non-parallel vectors then there is a plane containing a and b . In some plane
  
any other vector is always of the form r  a   b where ,  are scalars and this is unique
  
representation. In a similar way if a, b, c are non-zero, non coplanar vectors then any fourth
    
vector is r  a   b  c when , ,  are scalars and it is also unique. Let a  a1i  a 2 j + a3k,

a1 a 2 a 3
      b1 b 2 b3
b  b1i  b2 j  b3k and c  c1i  c 2 j  c3k then a.(b  c) is scalar triple product
c1 c 2 c3
      
7. a, b, c are non zero vectors such that a is perpendicular to b, c and. There is a vector r coplanar
  
with a  b and 2b  c and r.a  1 then

minimum value of | r | is

6 5 4 6
(A) 2 (B) (C) (D)
5 2 13 5
8. ˆi, ˆj, kˆ are unit vectors along the coordinate axes and   i(i.( j  k))  j (j.(i×k)) + k(k.(i×j)) makes
 
angle  with j  k then  is
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 4 3 2
  
9. If the vectors r1  xi  j, r2  2i  j  k and r3 = 2i + j + xk ( > 0) are coplanar vectors for only
one real x then  is
3
(A) R (B) 2 (C) 4 (D)
4

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10. If a, b, c are unit vectors such that a  mb  nc  0, m, n  R  then
        
a.(b  c) + b.(c  a)  c.(a  b) is equal to
      
(A) a.(b  c) (B) b(a  2c) (C) a.b (D) none of these
 SECTION-III-C
(Assertion – Reason Type)
Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT – 2 (Reason). Each question has
4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
Instructions:
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for
Statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement–2 NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1.
(C) Statement–1 is True, Statement–2 is False
(D) Statement –1 is False, statement–2 is True.

1. Statement–1: In  ABC AB  BC  CA  0
 
Statement–2: If OA  a . OB  b , then AB  a  b (triangle law of addition)

2. Statement–1: If I is the incentre of  ABC then BC IA  CA IB  AB IC  0

OA  OB  OC
Statement–2: The position vector of centroid of  ABC is .
3
  3
3. Statement–1: a  i  pj  2k and b  2i  3 j  qk are parallel vectors if p  , q  4
2
  a a a
Statement–2: If a  a 1i  a 2 j  a 3 k and b  b1i  b 2 j  b 3k are parallel 1  2  3
b1 b 2 b 3
     
4. Statement–1: If a  2i  k , b  3 j  4k and c  8i  3 j are coplanar then c  4a  b
   
Statement–2: A set vectors a1 , a 2 , a 3 ...a n is said to be linearly independent if every relation of
   
the form  1 a 1   2 a 2   3 a 3  ...   n a n  0 implies that 1   2   3...   n  0 (scalar).
 PROBLEMS

OBJECTIVE

1. The points with position vectors 60i + 3j, 40i – 8j, ai – 52j are collinear if
(A) a = – 40 (B) a = 40
(C) a = 20 (D) none of these

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2. Let a , b, c be three non-coplanar vectors and p, q, r are vectors defined by the relations
     
 b c  c a  a  b
p     , q     , r     , then the value of the expression
[a b c ] [ a b c] [a b c ]
        
(a  b).p  ( b  c ).q  ( c  a ). r is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

3. Let a, b, c be distinct nonnegative numbers. If vectors ai + aj + ck, i + k and ci + cj + bk lie in a

plane, then c is :
(A) the AM of a and b (B) the GM of a and b
(C) the HM of a and b (D) equal to zero

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4. Let a = î  ˆj , b = ĵ  k̂ , c = k̂  î . If d is a unit vector such that a.d = 0 = ( b c d) , then d
equals
î  ĵ  2k̂ î  ˆj  k̂ î  ĵ  k̂
(A) ± (B) ± (C)  (D)  k̂
6 3 3

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5. Let u, v, w be the vectors such that u  v  w  0 , if | u|  3, | v|  4 and | w|  5 then the value
of u . v  v . w
   is :
 w. u
(A) 47 (B) -25 (C) 0 (D) 25

         
6. If A , B, C are three non coplanar vectors, then (A  B  C).[(A  B)  (A  C)] equals
     
(A) 0 (B) [A BC] (C) 2 [A BC] (D) – [A BC]

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7. If p , q , r be three mutually perpendicular vectors of the same magnitude. If a vector x satisfies
          
the equation p  ( x  q)  p   q  ( x  r )  q   r  ( x  p)  r   0 , then x is given by
1    1    1    1   
(A) (p  q  2 r ) (B) ( p  q  r ) (C) ( p  q  r ) (D) ( 2p  q  r )
2 2 3 3
          
8. Let a  2 i  j  2 k and b  i  j . 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 |( a  b)  c| 
(A) 2/3 (B) 3/2 (C) 2 (D) 3

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9. Let a  2 i  j  k , b  i  2 j  k and a unit vector c be coplanar. If c perpendicular to a , then

c =
1 1
(A) (  j  k ) (B) (  i  j  k )
2 3
1   1   
(C) ( i  2 j) (D) ( i  j  k)
5 3

  
10. If the vectors a , b, c form the sides BC, CA and AB respectively of a triangle ABC, then

        
(A) a. b  b. c  c. a  0 (B) a  b  b  c  c  a
        
(C) a. b  b. c  c. a (D) a  b  b  c  c  a  0

        
11. Let the vectors a , b, c and d be such that ( a  b)  ( c  a )  o . Let P1 and P2 be planes
   
determined by the pairs of vectors a , b and c , d respectively. Then the angle between P1 and
P2 is:
  
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
4 3 2
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12. If a , b, c are unit coplanar vectors, then the scalar triple product [ 2a  b 2 b  c 2 c  a ] =
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C)  3 (D) 3

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13. Let a  i  k , b  xi  j  (1  x) k and c  yi  xj  (1  x  y) k . Then [ a , b, c ] depends
on
(A) only x (B) only y (C) Neither x Nor y (D) both x and y

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14. If a and b are two unit vectors such that a  2 b and 5a  4 b are perpendicular to each other
 
then the angle between a and b is
F
G1I F2I
H3JK G
H7 JK
1 1
(A) 450 (B) 600 (C) cos (D) cos

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15. Let V  2 i  j  k and W  i  3k . If U is a unit vector, then the maximum value of the
  
scalar triple product U V W is
 (A) -1 (B) 10  6 (C) 59 (D) 60
16. The value of ‘a’ so that the volume of parallelopiped formed by î  aĵ  k̂ , ĵ  ak̂ and aî  k̂
becomes minimum is
(A) –3 (B) 3 (C) 1/ 3 (D) 3
    
17. If a = ( î  ĵ  k̂ ) , a.b = 1 and a  b = ĵ  k̂ , then b is
(A) î  ĵ  k̂ (B) 2ˆj  k̂ (C) (D) 2î
î
18. The unit vector which is orthogonal to the vector 3î  2 ĵ  6k̂ and is coplanar with the vectors

2î  ˆj  k̂ and î  ĵ  k̂ is

2î  6 ĵ  k̂ 2î  3 ĵ 3î  k̂ 4î  3 ĵ  3k̂

(A) (B) (C) (D)
41 13 10 34
  
19. If a , b, c are non-coplanar vectors and
   
  a.b    a.b    c.a  b.c   
c.a  b.c 
b1  b  2 a , b 2  b  2 a , c1  c  2 a  2 b1 , c 4  2 a  2 b1 ,
a a a c c c
       
  c.a  b.c    c.a  b.c    c.a  b.c 
c2  c   2 a   2 b1 , c3  c   2 a   2 b1 , c4  c   2 a   2 b1
|a | | b1 | |c| |c| |c| |b|
then the triplet of pairwise orthogonal vectors is
           
(A) (a , b1 , c3 ) (B) (a, b1 , c2 ) (C) (a , b1 , c1 ) (D) (a , b 2 , c 2 )
     
20. a  î  2ˆj  k̂ , b  î  ˆj  k̂ , c  î  ˆj  k̂ . A vector coplanar to a and b has a projection along c
1
of magnitude , then the vector is
3
(A) 4î  ˆj  4k̂ (B) 4î  ˆj  4k̂ (C) 2î  ˆj  k̂ (D) none of these
21. The edges of a parallelopiped are of unit length and are parallel to non–coplanar unit vectors
1
ˆ cˆ such that aˆ .bˆ  b.c
ˆ b,
a, ˆ ˆ  c.a
ˆ ˆ  . Then, the volume of the parallelopiped is
2
1 1 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2 3
22. Let Two non-collinear unit vector â and b̂ form an acute angle. A point P moves so that at any
 ˆ
time t the position vector OP (where O is the origin) is given by â cos t  bsin t . Where P is farthest
 
from origin O, let M be the length of OP and û be the unit vector along OP . Then,
â  bˆ â  bˆ
(A) û  | aˆ  bˆ | and M = (1 + â.b)
ˆ 1/ 2 (B) û  | aˆ  bˆ | and M = (1 + â.b)
ˆ 1/ 2

â  bˆ â  bˆ
(C) û  | aˆ  bˆ | and M = (1 + 2 â.b)
ˆ 1/ 2 (D) û  | aˆ  bˆ | and M = (1 + 2 â.b)
ˆ 1/ 2
 SUBJECTIVE

       
1. Let A  2 i  k , B  i  j  k and C  4 i  3 j  7k . Determine a vector R . Satisfying
R  B  C  B and R.A  0 .

2. Determine the value of ‘c’ so that for all real x, the vector cxî  6 ĵ  3k̂ and x î  2 ĵ  2cxk̂ make
an obtuse angle with each other.

3. In a triangle ABC, D and E are points on BC and AC respectively, such that BD = 2DC and
BP
AE = 3 EC. Let P be the point of intersection of AD and BE. Find using vector method.
PE

4. Find the distance of the point B(i + 2j + 3k) from the line which is passing through A(4i + 2j + 2k)

and which is parallel to the vector C  2i  3 j  6k .

  
5. If the vectors b, c , d are not coplanar, then prove that the vector
            
( a  b)  ( c  d )  ( a  c)  ( d  b)  ( a  d )  ( b  c) is parallel to a .

    
6. If A , B and C are vectors such that | B| | C| , prove that ;
       
[(A  B)  (A  C)]  ( B  C).( B  C)  0 .

  
7. Vectors x, y, z each of magnitude 2 , make angles of 60 0 with each other. If
               
x  ( y  z)  a , y  ( z  x)  b and x  y  c then find x, y, z in terms of a , b, c .

 
8. For any two vectors u , v , prove that
     
(i) ( u. v) 2 | u  v|2 | u|2 | v|2 and
       
(ii) (1| u|2 )(1| v|2 )  (1  u. v|) 2 | u  v  ( u  v)|2
9. An arc AC of a circle subtends a right angle at the centre O. The point B divides the arc in the ratio
      
1 : 2. If OA  a and OB  b , then calculate OC in terms of a and b .

10. The diagonals of a parallelogram are given by vectors 2 i  3j  6k and 3i  4 j  k . Determine
its sides and also the area.

11. Find the value of  such that a, b, c are all nonzero and
( 4 i  5j) a  ( 3i  3j  k ) b  ( i  j  3k ) c   ( ai  bj  ck ) .

 
12. Find the vector r which is perpendicular to a  i  2 j  5k and b  2 i  3j  k and
   
r .( 2 i  j  k )  8  0 .

13. Two vertices of a triangle are at  i  3j and 2 i  5j and its orthocenter is at i  2 j . Find the
position vector of third vertex.

14. Show by vector methods, that the angular bisectors of a triangle are concurrent and find an expression
for the position vector of the point of concurrence in terms of the position vectors of the vertices.

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15. Find 3-dimension vectors v1 , v 2 , v 3 satisfying v1 . v1  4, v1 . v 2  2 , v1 . v 3  6 ,
     
v 2 . v 2  2, v 2 . v 3  5 , v 3 . v 3  29 .

 
16. Let A ( t )  f1 ( t ) i  f 2 ( t ) j and B( t )  g1 ( t ) i  g 2 ( t ) j, t [ 0, 1] , where f1, f2, g1, g2 are
  
continuous functions. If A ( t ) and B( t ) are nonzero vectors for all t and A ( 0)  2 i  3j ,
    
A (1)  6i  2 j, B( 0)  3i  2 j and B(1)  2 i  6j , then show that A ( t ) and B( t ) are parallel
for some t.


17. Let V be the volume of the parallelepiped formed by the vectors a  a1 i  a 2 j  a 3 k ,
 
b  b1 i  b 2 j  b 3 k , c  c1 i  c 2 j  c 3 k . If ar, br, cr, where r = 1, 2, 3, are non negative real
3
numbers and  (a , b , c )  3L , show that V  L .
r 1
r r r
3

18. If â , b̂, ĉ are three non-coplanar unit vectors and  , ,  are the angles between â and b̂ , b̂ and
   
ĉ , ĉ and â respectively and x , y, z are unit vectors along the bisectors of the angles  , , 
     1   
respectively. Prove that x  y y  z z  x  [a b c]2 sec 2 sec 2 sec 2 .
16 2 2 2

    
19. If u, v, w are three non-coplanar unit vectors and , ,  are the angles between u and v and
      
v and w , w and u respectively and x , y, z are unit vectors along the bisectors of the , , 
     1   2  2  2 
respectively. Prove that [x  y y  z z  x ]  [u v w ] sec sec sec .
16 2 2 2

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20. If a , b, c and d are four distinct vectors satisfying a  b  c  d and a  c  b  d , then show that
   
a.b  a.c  d.b  d.c .
 ANSWERS
SECTION-I

LEVEL-I
1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (B) 5. (A) 6. (B)

7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (C)

LEVEL-II
1. (AD) 2. (CD) 3. (BC) 4. (ABC) 5. (ABCD) 6. (AC)

7. (D) 8. (C) 9. (AC) 10. (AC)

Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other competitive exams. :

1. (B) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (D) 6. (C)

7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (C)

SECTION-II

LEVEL-I
4 8 4
10. u  a  b  c , v = – 4c, w  (c  b)
3 3 3

LEVEL-II
1 2 cos  1
1. p=  ; q= ; r=  or
1  2 cos 1  2 cos  1  2 cos
1 2 cos  1
p= ; q=  ; r=
1  2 cos 1  2 cos  1  2 cos
1     4  
3.
3
 
x̂  3a  4b  8c , ŷ  4c, ẑ  ( c  b)
3

1
9. r [q 3 (n1  n 2 )  q1 (n 2  n 3 )  q 2 (n 3  n1 )]
[ n 1n 2 n 3 ]
SECTION-III-A
1. (A - Q), (B - R), (C - S), (D - P) 2. (A - Q), (B - R), (C - S), (D - P)
 SECTION-III-B

1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (C)

7. (C) 8. (D) 9. (B) 10. (D)

SECTION-III-C
1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (B)

PROBLEMS

OBJECTIVE

1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (C)

7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (B) 11. (A) 12. (A)
13. (C) 14. (B) 15. (B) 16. (C) 17. (C) 18. (C)
19. (B) 20. (A) 21. (A) 22. (A)

SUBJECTIVE
    4
1. R   i  8 j  2k 2.  c0
3
3. 8:3 4. 10 units
          
7. x  a  c; y  b  c; z  b  a  c or b  c  a
  
9. c   3a  2 b
1   1 1
10. (5i  j  7 k ), (  i  7 j  5k ); 1274 sq. units
2 2 2
11.   2  29
 5  17 
12. r  13i  11j  7 k 13. i j  k where  R
7 7
  
15. v1  2 i , v 2   i  j, v 3  3i  2 j  4 k