MATHEMATICS SCHOLEIO

MATHS (IIT-JEE)
VECTORS WORK SHEET–3

Single Correct

Q.1 If a  i  j  k, b  4i  3j  4k, c  i   j  k be linearly dependent vectors and c  3

Then

(A)   1,    1 (B)   1,    1 (C)    1,    1 (D)    1,   1

1
Q.2 If a , b and c are non-coplanar vectors if d is such that d 
x
 
a  b  c and

1 1
a
y
 
b  c  b where x and y are non-zero real numbers, then
xy

abcd = 
(A) a (B) 0 (C) 2a (D) 3c

  
Q.3 Let a, b and c be three non-zero vectors such that no two of these are collinear. If the
     
vector a  2b is collinear with c and b  3c is collinear with a (  being some non-zero
  
scalar), then a  2b  6c equals
   
(A)  a (B)  b (C)  c (D) 0

Q.4 Let a, b and c be distinct non-negative numbers. If the vectors aiˆ  ajˆ  ck,
ˆ ˆi  kˆ , and

ciˆ  cjˆ  bkˆ lie in a plane, the c is

(A) the geometric mean of a and b (B) the arithmetic mean of a and b

(C) equal to zero (D) the harmonic mean of a and b

      
Q.5 Let a  iˆ  k,
ˆ b  xiˆ  ˆj  1  x  kˆ and c  yiˆ  xjˆ  1  x  y  kˆ . Then a, b and c are non-

coplanar for

(A) some values of x (B) some values of y

(C) no values of x and y (D) for all values of x and y

Q.6 The number of distinct real values of  , for which the vectors  2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ , ˆi   2 ˆj  kˆ and

ˆi  ˆj   2 kˆ are coplanar is

(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) three

  
Q.7 If a  ˆi  ˆj  k,
ˆ b  4iˆ  3jˆ  4kˆ and c  ˆi  ˆj   kˆ are linearly dependent vectors and


c  3 , then

(A)   1,    1 (B)   1,    1 (C)    1,    1 (D)    1,   1

Q.8 If the vectors a  1343b  c,  a  b  c and a  1 4 b  2c are linearly dependent then  

(A) 2014 (B) 2015 (C) 2016 (D) 0

Q.9 The values of  , for which there exist a triplet (x, y, z) such that (x, y, z)  (0, 0, 0) and

 i  j  3k  x   3i  3 j  k  y   4 i  5 j  z    x i  yj  zk  are
(A) 0, 1 (B) 0, –1 (C) 1, –1 (D) 0, 1, –1

One or More than one correct

Q.10 The vectors xiˆ   x  1 ˆj   x  2  kˆ ,  x  3  ˆi   x  4  ˆj   x  5  kˆ and  x  6  ˆi   x  7  ˆj   x  8  kˆ

are coplanar if x is equal to

(A) 1 (B) –3 (C) 4 (D) 0

Paragraph for Question Nos. 11 and 12

The position vectors of A, B, C of a ABC are

  
OA  3iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ ; OB  2ˆj  2kˆ ; OC  2iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ . Let D and E are points on line segments

AB, CA respectively. Let D & E divide AB & CA internally such that

AD : DB = CE : EA = 1: 2 respectively. F is point of intersection of lines CD and BE then


Q.11 OF = …………

(A) 2iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ (B) 2iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ (C) 2iˆ  4kˆ (D) 2iˆ  3jˆ  4kˆ

Q.12 If G is centroid of ABC


Then GF = …………

(A) 1 (B) 2/3 (C) 4/3 (D) 2

Paragraph for Question Nos. 13 to 15

ABCD is a parallelogram. L is a point on BC which divides BC in the ratio 1:2. AL

intersects BD at P.M is a point on DC which divides DC in the ratio 1:2 and AM intersects

BD in Q.

Q.13 Point P divides AL in the ratio

(A) 1:2 (B) 1:3 (C) 3:1 (D) 2:1

Q.14 Point A divides DB in the ratio

(A) 1:2 (B) 1:3 (C) 3:1 (D) 2:1

Q.15 PQ: DB is equal to

2 1 1 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 2 4
Matrix Match Type

Q.16 Match the following.

Column-I Column-II

(A) The possible value of a if (P) –4

 ˆ ˆ
  
r  i  j   ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ and
 ˆ ˆ
   
r  i  2 j   ˆi  ˆj  akˆ are not

constant, where  and  are scalars, is

(B) The angle between vectors (Q) –2

 
a  i  3j  k and b  2i   j  k

is acute, whereas vector b makes may be

an obtuse angle with the axes of

coordinates. Then 

(C) The possible value of a such that (R) 2

2i  j  k , i  2j  (1  a)kˆ and

3i  a j  5kˆ are coplanar is

 
(D) If A  2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ , B  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , (S) 3

  
C  3iˆ  ˆj and A  B is perpendicular

to C , then |2| is

Numerical Type
  
Q.17 If vectors a  ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ , b  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and c   ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ are coplanar, then find the value

of    4  …….
Q.18 If the vectors aiˆ  j  k, ˆi  bj  k and ˆi  j  ckˆ  a  b  c  1 are coplanar then the value of

1 1 1
  
1 a 1 b 1 c

Q.19 In ABC, BAC  30 and H is the orthocentre, M is the midpoint of BC. HM is

produced to the point T such that HM = MT. Then AT   BC , where  is

ANSWER KEY

Qus. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ans. D B D A D B D B B A,B,C,D

Qus. 11 12 13 14 15 16

Ans. (A)–P,Q,R,S; (B)–P,Q; (C)–P,R; (D)–R

Qus. 17 18 19

Ans. 9 1 2