MATHEMATICS – XII 1

CHAPTER – 10
VECTOR ALGEBRA
MCQ Assignment – 1
LEVEL – 1

1) Point A is a + 2b, P is a and P divides AB in the ratio 2:3. The position vector B is
(a) 2a - b (b) b - 2a (c) a -3b (d) b
2) The position vectors of the points A and B are respectively, 3ˆ ˆ i  ˆj  kˆ . What is
i  5ˆj  2k and ˆ
the length of AB?
(a) 11 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 6
ˆ 
3) If the angle between the vectors ˆ ˆ
i  mj and ĵ  k is 3 , then what is the value of m ?
(a) 0 (b)2 (c) -2 (d) None of these
4) If a is a non-zero vector of modulus a and  is a non- zero scalar and  , a is a unit vector, then
1 1
(a)  =  1 (b) a =  (c) a  (d) a 
 

i  2ˆj  3kˆ , b  3ˆ
5) The area of parallelogram whose adjacent sides are a  ˆ i  2ˆj  kˆ is
(a) 5 2 (b) 8 3 (c) 6 (d) None of these
6) If a = 3, b = 4 and c = 5 such that each is perpendicular to sum of the other two, then
a  b  c is
5
(a) 5 2 (b) (c) 10 2 (d) 5 3
2
ˆ ˆ ˆ
7) The adjacent sides AB and AC of a ABC are represented by the vectors 2i  3 j  2k and
i  5ˆj  2kˆ , respectively. The area of the ABC is
4ˆ
(a) 6 sq units (b) 5 sq units (c) 4 sq units (d) 3 sq units
2 2
and b  3 , then a  b  a.b is equal to
8) If a  2
(a) 72 (b) 64 (c) 48 (d) 36

9) What is the area of

OAB i  ˆj  kˆ
3ˆ i  ˆj  3kˆ
2ˆ
, where O is the origin, OA = and OB = ?
5 6
5 6 6 30
(a) sq units (b) 2 sq units (c) sq units (d) sq units
3 , then the magnitude of sum of the two
10) If the magnitude of difference of two unit vectors is
vectors is
(a) 1 2 unit (b) 1 unit (c) 2 units (d) 3 units
11) If  is the angle between vectors a and b and a  b  a.b , then  is equal to
(a) 0 (b) 180° (c) 135° (d) 60°

12) For what value of

 i  (1   ) ˆj  (1  2 )kˆ
ˆ (1   )iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ
are the vectors and perpendicular
?
1 1 2

(a) 3 (b) 3 (c) 3 (d) 1
13) If a  2 b  5 a b  8 a.b
, and , then what is equal to?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 1

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i  ˆj  kˆ , then a  b  a  b , holds for

i  ˆj  pkˆ and b  ˆ
14) If a  ˆ
(a) all real p (b) no real p (c) p = – 1 (d) p = 1
15) If a.b = 0 and a  b = 0, then which one of the following is correct ?
(a) a is parallel to b (b) a is perpendicular to b (c) a =0 or b = 0 (d) None of these
16) The magnitude of the scalar p for which the vector p( 3ˆ i  2ˆj  13kˆ ) is of unit length is
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 182 (d) 1
8 64 182
i  ˆj  kˆ )  (3ˆ
17) What is the value of  for which ( ˆ i  2ˆj  4kˆ )  (2ˆ
i  11ˆj  7kˆ ) ?
(a) 2 (b) -2 (c) 1 (d) 7
18) Consider the following :
4ˆ
i 4
I. 4 ˆ
i 3ˆ
i 0 II. 
ˆ
3i 3
Which of the above statement (s) is / are correct ?
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
19) If θ is the angle between the vectors 4(iˆ  kˆ ) and ˆ
i  ˆj  kˆ , then what is (sin   cos  ) to ?
(a) 0 (b) 1 2 (c) 1 (d) 2
i  ˆj  kˆ ?
20) Which one of the following vectors is normal to the vector ˆ
i  ˆj  kˆ
(a) ˆ i  ˆj  kˆ
(b) ˆ i  ˆj  kˆ
(c) ˆ (d) None of these
21) If a  2 , b  3 and a  b  6 , then what is a  b equal to ?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
22) For any vector  , what is ( .i )i  ( .j) j  ( .k )kˆ equal to ?
ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
(a)  (b) 3  (c) - (d) 0
i  3ˆj  4kˆ , then what is 
23) If  is perpendicular to both  and  , where   k̂ and   2ˆ
equal to ?
(a) 3ˆ
i  2ˆj (b) 3ˆ
i  2ˆj (c) 2ˆ
i  3ˆj (d) 2ˆ
i  3ˆj
i  ˆj  2kˆ ) is of 3 units length ?
24) What is the value of p for which the vector p(2ˆ
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 6
25) If a  2ˆ i  2ˆj  kˆ and c  3ˆ
i  2ˆj  3kˆ , b  ˆ i  ˆj are three vectors such that a  tb is
perpendicular to c , then what is t equal to ?
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2
26) If a  b  a  b
, then which one of the following is correct ?
a  b 
(a) for some scalar (b) a is parallel to b
(c) a is perpendicular to b (d) a = b = 0

27) If a and b are unit vectors and  is the angle between them, then sin is equal to
2
a b a b a b a b
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2
a  10 b 2 a.b  12 a b
, and , then what is the value of ?
28) If
(a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 18
29) Let ABCD is a parallelogram. If AB = a and BC = b, then what is BD equal to ?
(a) a + b (b) a – b (c) – a – b (d) – a + b
30) The vector 2 ĵ  kˆ lies

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(a) in the plane of XY (b) in the plane of YZ (c) in the plane of XZ (d) along the X-axis

31) Let a, b and c be unit vectors such that a  b =0= a  c . If the angle between b and c is ,
6
1 1
(a) 2(b  c) (b) 2(b  c) (c)  (b  c) (d)  (b  c)
2 2
32) If c is the unit vector perpendicular to both the vector a and b, then what is another unit vector
perpendicular to both the vectors a and b ?
(a  b) (a  b)
(a) c  a (b) c  d (c)  (d)
a b a b
33) ABCD is a quadrilateral. Forces AB, CB, CD and DA act along its sides. What is their resultant?
(a) 2 CD (b) 2DA (c) 2 BC (d) 2CB
34) What is the area of a triangle, whose vertices are at (3, -1,2), (1, -1, -3) and (4, -3,1)?
65 135
(a) 2 sq units (b) 2 sq units (c) 4 sq units (d) 2 sq units
35) If (a + b) is perpendicular to b and a.(a + 2a) = 0 then

(a) 2a = b (b)
a 2 b (c) a = 2b (d) a = b
36) If a  2ˆi  3ˆj  kˆ , b  ˆ
i  4ˆj  2kˆ , then what is (a + b) x (a - b) is equal to ?
(a) 2(a x b) (b) -2(a x b) (c) (a x b) (d) –(a x b)
ˆi  4
with ĵ and an acute angle  with k̂ .
 3
37) A unit vector a is making angle with ,
 3
I. The value of  is
1 1 1
, ,
II. The component of a are 2 2 2 .
Which of the above statement(s) is / are correct?
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
38) The line joining two points P(2a+b) and Q(a-3b) externally in the ratio 1:2
I. The position vector of point R which divides the given line is (3a+5b).
II. P is the mid- point of the line- segment RQ.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) Both
39) If a ,b and c are three mutually perpendicular vectors of equal magnitude, then the angle  which
a + b + c makes with any one of three given vectors is given by
 1  1  2 
(a) cos 1   (b) cos 1   (c) cos 1   (d) None of these
 3 3  3
40) If a and b represent the sides AB and BC of a regular hexagon ABCDEF, then FA is equal to
(a) b - a (b) a - b (c) a + b (d) None of these
2 2
41) If a be any vector, then a  ˆ
i  a  ˆj 2  a  kˆ is equal to

(a) a 2 (b) 2a2 (c) 3a2 (d) 0

ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
Directions : Consider the vectors a  i  2 j  k and b  4i  4 j  7k .
42) What is the scalar projection of a on b?
(a) 1 (b) 19 9 17 9 23 9
(c) (d)
43) What is the vector perpendicular to both the vectors?
i  3ˆj  4kˆ
(a) 10ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
(b) 10i  3 j  4k
ˆ ˆ
(c) 10i  3 j  4k
ˆ
(d) None of these

Directions: Let a vector r make angles 60°, 30° with X and Y-axes, respectively.

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44) What angle does r makes the Z- axis?
(a) 30° (b) 60° (c) 90° (d) 120°
45) What are the direction cosines of r ?
1 3 1 3 1 1 1 3
(a)  , ,0   , ,0   , ,0   , ,0 
2 2 (b 2 2 (c) 2 2 (d) 2 2

a  b  10 3
Directions : Let a  7 , b  11 and .
46) What is a  b
equal to ?
2 2 2 10
(a) (b) (c) 5 (d) 10
47) What is the angle between (a  b) (a  b)
and ?
 
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 10

Directions: Read the following information carefully and answer these question given below.
a 3 b 5 c 7
a + b + c = 0 such that , and
48) What is the angle between a and b ?
   
(a) 6
(b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
a.b  b.c  c.a
49) What is
equal to ?
83 75
 
(a) - 83 (b) 2 (c) 75 (d) 2
50) What is cosine of the angle between b and c ?
11 13 11 13
(a) 12
 
(b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 14

51) What is a  b
equal to ?
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 11

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Taught and compiled by : Yogesh Jangra

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