Rank Booster Questions – Vector

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1. If a, b, c are three real numbers not all equal and the vector
x  aiˆ  bˆj  ckˆ, y  biˆ  cˆj  akˆ, z  ciˆ  aˆj  bkˆ are coplanar then x.y  y .z  z.x is necessarily.

(a) positive (b) non-negative

(c) non positive (d) negative

2. If G is the centroid of a triangle ABC , then GA  GB  GC 

(a) 3GA (b) 3GB

(c) 3GC (d) none of these

3. A tetrahedron has vertices at A(0,0,0), B(1,2,1), C(2,1,3) and D(1,1,2) then the angle between the
faces ABC and BCD will be

 
(a) (b)
6 2

 19   31 
(c) cos1  (d) cos1 
 35   71 

4. The vector moment of three forces iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ, 2iˆ  3 ˆj  4kˆ and  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ acting an a particle at
a point P(0, 1, 2) about the point A(1,2, 0) is

(a) 4iˆ  5 ˆj  6kˆ (b)  8iˆ  4 ˆj  10kˆ

(c) 7iˆ  2kˆ (d) none of these

5. If G and G' are centroid of ABC and A' B' C' respectively, then AA'BB'CC' 

2
(a) GG' (b) GG'
3

(c) 2GG' (d) 3GG'

6. If | a | 5 and points north east and vector b has magnitude 5 and points north-west, then
| a  b |

(a) 25 (b) 5

(c) 7 3 (d) 5 2

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7. If a vector r of magnitude 3 6 is directed along the bisector of the angle between the vectors
a  7iˆ  4 ˆj  4kˆ and b  2iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ then r 

(a) iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ (b) iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ

(c) iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ (d) iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ

  
8. If vector a lies in the plane of vectors b and c , which of the following is correct?
  
 
(a) a  b  c  1
  
 
(b) a  b  c  0

a  b  c   1 a  b  c   2
     
(c) (d)

   1
9. If x and y are two unit vectors and  is the angle between them, then   | x  y | is equal to
2


(a) 0 (b)
2

 
(c) sin (d) cos
2 2
       
10. If a  b  c  0 , | a | 3 , | b | 5, | c | 7 , then angle between a and b is

 2
(a) (b)
6 3

5 
(c) (d)
3 3

11. The vector equally inclined to the vectors iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and iˆ  ˆj  kˆ in the plane containing them, is

iˆ  ˆj  kˆ iˆ
(a) (b)
3 2

(c) ˆj  kˆ (d) none of these

12. One of the diagonals of a parallelepiped is 4 ˆj  8kˆ . If the two diagonals of one of its faces are
6iˆ  6kˆ and 4 ˆj  2kˆ , then its volume is

(a) 60 (b) 80

(c) 100 (d) 120

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  
13. If  is the angle between unit vectors a and b , then sin  is
2

1   1  
(a) |ab| (b) |ab|
2 2

1    
(c) |ab | (d) 1 a  b
2
   
14. Unit vectors a, b and c are coplanar. A unit vector d is perpendicular to them. If
    1 1 1   
(a  b )  (c  d )  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , and the angle between a and b is 30°, then c is
6 3 3

(iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ ) (iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ )

(a) (b)
3 3

(c)
( 2iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ )
(d)
 iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ 
3 3
 
15. The vectors b and c are in the direction of north-east and north-west respectively and
    
| b || c | 4 . The magnitude and direction of the vector d  c  b , are

(a) 4 2 , towards north (b) 4 2 , towards west

(c) 4, towards east (d) 4, towards south

       
16. If 3a  b  2c ,  4a  2b  3c and 10a  7c are the position vectors of three points A, B and C,
then A, B and C are

(a) collinear (b) non-collinear

(c) vertices of triangle (d) non-coplanar

        
17. For non-zero vectors, a, b, c , | (a  b )  c || a | | b | | c | holds if and only if
       
(a) a  b  0, b  c  0 (b) b  c  0, c  a  0
         
(c) c  a  0, a  b  0 (d) a  b  b  c  c  a  0
  
18. Point A is a  2b , P is a and P divides AB in the ratio 2 : 3. The position vector of B is
   
(a) 2a  b (b) b  2a
  
(c) a  3b (d) b

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19. If the vectors, aiˆ  ˆj  kˆ, iˆ  bˆj  kˆ and iˆ  ˆj  ckˆ (a  b, c  1) are coplanar, then the value of
1 1 1
  is
1 a 1 b 1 c

(a) 1 (b) –1

(c) 2 (d) none of these

20. A particle is displaced from the point A(5,  5,  7) to the point B(6, 2,  2) under the action of
  
forces P1  10iˆ  ˆj  11kˆ , P2  4iˆ  5 ˆj  6kˆ , P3  2iˆ  ˆj  9kˆ , then the work done is

(a) 81 (b) 85

(c) 87 (d) none of these

   
21. a and b are two unit vectors and  is the angle between them. Then a  b is a unit vector if

(a)  = /3 (b)  = /4

(c)  = /2 (d)  = 2/3


22. A vector a has components 2p and 1 with respect to a rectangular Cartesian system. This
system is rotated through a certain angle about the origin in the counter-clockwise sense. If with

respect to new system, a has components p + 1 and 1, then

1
(a) p0 (b) p  1 or p  
3

1
(c) p  1 or p  (d) p  1 or p = –1
3
 
23. The vectors a  3iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ , b  iˆ  2kˆ are adjacent sides of parallelogram. Then angle
between its diagonals is

(a) / 4 (b) /3

(c)  (d) 2 / 3

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   
24. If a  4iˆ  6 ˆj and b  3 ˆj  4kˆ , then the vector form of component of a along b is

18 18 ˆ
(a) (3iˆ  4kˆ ) (b) (3i  4kˆ )
10 3 25

18
(c) (3iˆ  4kˆ ) (d) 3 ˆj  3kˆ
3
 
25. If a and b represent the sides AB and BC of a regular hexagon ABCDEF, then FA 
   
(a) b  a (b) a  b
 
(c) ab (d) none of these
        
26. If | a | 2 and | b | 3 and a  b  0 , then a  [a  {a  (a  b )}] is equal to
 
(a) 16a (b) 16b
 
(c)  16a (d)  16a
     
27. If a  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , a  b  1 and a  b  ˆj  kˆ , then b is

(a) iˆ  ˆj  kˆ (b) 2 ˆj  kˆ

(c) iˆ (d) 2 iˆ
     
28. Let a, b, c be three non-coplanar vectors and r be any vector in space such that r  a  1,
     
r  b  2 and r  c  3 . If [ a b c ]  1, then r is equal to
              
(a) (b  c )a  2(c  a )b  3(a  b )c (b) (b  c )  2(c  a )  3(a  b )
  
(c) a  2b  3c (d) none of these
      
29. If a, b, c are non-coplanar vectors and d  a  b  c , then  is equal to
 
[d b c ] [b c d ]
(a)  (b)  
[b a c ] [b c a ]
  
[b d c ] [c b d ]
(c)  (d)   
[a b c ] [a b c ]

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30. The axes of co-ordinates are rotated about z-axis through an angle of /4 is anticlockwise
direction and the component of a vector are 2 2, 3 2, 4 . Then the components of the same
vector in the original system are

(a) 5, –1, 4 (b) 5, –1, 4 2

(c) –1, –5, 4 2 (d) –1, 5, 4

x 3 y 6 z4
31. The plane which passes through the point (3, 2, 0) and the line   is
1 5 4

(a) x  y  z 1 (b) xy z5

(c) x  2y  z  1 (d) 2x  y  z  5

   
32. The position vector of the centre of the circle | r | 5, r .(i  j  k )  3 3 is
     
(a) 3 (i  j  k ) (b) i  j  k
  
(c) 3(i  j  k ) (d) none of these
       
33. The lines r  a  (b  c ) and r  b  (c  a ) will intersect if
     
(a) a  c  b  c (b) a.c  b.c
   
(c) b a  c a (d) none of these

34. The straight lines whose direction cosines satisfy al  bm  nc  0, fmn  gnl  hlm  0 are
perpendicular if

a2 b2 c 2
(a) af  bg  ch  0 (b)   0
f g h

f g h
(c)   0 (d) a2f  b2g  c 2h  0
a b c

35. A, B, C and D are four points in space such that AB  BC  CD  DA. Then ABCD is a

(a) rectangle (b) rhombus

(c) skew quadrilateral (d) nothing can be said

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36. Equation of a plane parallel to x-axis is

(a) ax  by  cz  d  0 (b) ax  by  d  0

(c) by  cz  d  0 (d) ax  cz  d  0

37. If (2, 3, –1) is the foot of the  from (4, 2, 1) to a plane, then the equation of the plane is

(a) 2x  y  2z  3  0 (b) 2x  y  2z  9  0

(c) 2x  y  2z  5  0 (d) 2x  y  2z  1  0

x y z
38. The plane    1, cuts the axes in A, B, C. Then the area of the ABC is
2 3 4

(a) 29 (b) 41

(c) 61 (d) none of these

x 1 y 1 z 1 x 3 y k z
39. The lines   and   intersect if k equals
2 3 4 1 2 1

(a) 3/2 (b) 9/2

(c) –2/9 (d) –3/2

x 1 y 3 z 2
40. The equation of plane containing the line =  and the point (0, 7, –7) is
3 2 1

(a) x  y  z 1 (b) x + y + z = 2

(c) x + y + z = 0 (d) none of these

41. The image of the point (1, 3, 4) in the plane 2x  y  z  3  0 is

(a) (3, 5, –2) (b) (–3, 5, 2)

(c) (3, –5, 2) (d) (3, 5, 2)

42. Equation of a line passing through (–1, 2, –3) and perpendicular to the plane 2x  3y  z  5  0
is

x 1 y  2 z  3 x 1 y  2 z  3
(a)   (b)  
1 1 1 1 1 1

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x 1 y  2 z  3
(c)   (d) none of these
2 3 1

43. Equation of normal to the sphere 2x 2  2y 2  2z 2  x  4y  4z  5  0 at the point (1, 1, 1) is

x 1 y 1 z 1 4x  1 y  1 z  1
(a)   (b)  
4 2 3 3 2 0

x 1 y 1 z 1
(c)   (d) none of these
3 0 2

44. If a sphere of constant radius k passes through the origin and meets the axes in A,B, C then the
centroid of ABC lies on

(a) x 2  y 2  z2  k 2 (b) x 2  y 2  z 2  4k 2

(c) 9( x 2  y 2  z 2 )  4k 2 (d) 9( x 2  y 2  z 2 )  k 2

x y z
45. The plane    1 meets the coordinate axes at A, B, C respectively. The equation of the
a b c
sphere OABC is

(a) x 2  y 2  z 2  ax  by  cz  0

(b) x 2  y 2  z 2  2ax  2by  2cz  0

(c) x 2  y 2  z 2  ax  by  cz  0

(d) x 2  y 2  z 2  2ax  2by  2cz  0

46. The ratio in which the plane x + y + z = 1 divides the line joining the points P(–3, –2, –1) and Q
(2, 3, 4) is

(a) 7 : 8 (b) 1 : 8

(c) 7 : 1 (d) 2 : 3

x y 2 z 3
47. The distance of origin from the point of intersection of the line   and the plane
2 3 4
2x  y  z  2 is

(a) 120 (b) 83

(c) 2 19 (d) 78

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48. The equation of plane bisecting the acute angle between the planes x  y  z  1 0 and
x  y  z  2 is

3
(a) xz  (b) 2y = 1
2

(c) xy z 3 (d) none of these

49. Equation of sphere through the circle x 2  y 2  z 2  16 , 3x  4y  5z  1  0 and the point (2, 3,
4) is

(a) x 2  y 2  z 2  3x  4y  5z  17 (b) 3x 2  3y 2  3z 2  3x  4y  5z  49  0

(c) x 2  y 2  z 2  3x  4y  5z  15 (d) none of these

 
50. The radius of the circle in which the sphere | r | 5 is cut by the plane r  (iˆ  jˆ  kˆ )  3 3 is

(a) 3 (b) 2

(c) 3 3 (d) 4

51. If a line is equally inclined with the coordinate axes, then the angle of inclination is

 1  1 
(a) cos 1   (b) cos 1  
2  2

 1   3
(c) cos 1   (d) cos 1  

 3  2 

52. The equation of plane passing through the points (1, 0, 0), (0, 2, 0) and (0, 0, 3) is given by

(a) x  2y  3z  1 (b) 3x  2y  z  2

(c) 6x  3y  2z  6 (d) 6x  3y  2z  8

53. The condition for the plane ax  by  cz  d  0 is perpendicular to xy-plane is

(a) a = 0 (b) b = 0

(c) c = 0 (d) a  b  c  0

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54. The two lines x = ay + b, z = cy + d and x  ay  b , z  cy  d  will be perpendicular, if and
only if

(a) aa  bb  cc  1 0 (b) aa  bb  cc  0

(c) aa  cc  1 0 (d) one of these

x 2 y 3 z 4 x 1 y  4 z  5
55. The lines   and   are coplanar if
1 1 k k 2 1

(a) k = 0 or –1 (b) k = 1 or –1

(c) k = 0 or –3 (d) k = 3 or –3

56. A tetrahedron has vertices at O(0, 0, 0), A(1, 2, 1), B (2, 1, 3) and C (–1, 1, 2). Then the angle
between the faces OAB and ABC will be

 19   17 
(a) cos 1   (b) cos 1  
 35   31 

(c) 30° (d) 90°

57. If the foot of perpendicular from the origin to the plane is (a, b, c) then the equation of the plane
is

x y z
(a)   1 (b) ax  by  cz  1
a b c

(c) ax  by  cz  0 (d) ax  by  cz  a 2  b 2  c 2

58. An equation of plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes x  y  z  6 and
2x  3y  4z  5  0 and passing through (1, 1, 1) is

(a) 2x  3y  4z  9 (b) xy z 3

(c) x  2y  3z  6 (d) 20 x  23y  26z  69


59. Equation of plane though (3, 4, –1) which is parallel to the plane r  (2iˆ  3 ˆj  5kˆ )  7  0 is
 
(a) r  (2iˆ  3 jˆ  5kˆ )  11  0 (b) r  (3iˆ  4 jˆ  kˆ )  11  0
 
(c) r  (3iˆ  4 ˆj  kˆ )  7  0 (d) r  (2iˆ  3 ˆj  5kˆ )  7  0

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60. If the sum of the reciprocals of the intercepts made by the plane ax  by  cz  1 on the three
axes is 1, then the plane always passes through the point

(a) (2, –1, 0) (b) (1, 1, 1)

1 1
(c) (–1, –1, –1) (d)  ,  1, 
2 2

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1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (d)

6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (d)

11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (a) 15. (b)

16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (c)

21. (d) 22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (b)

26. (b) 27. (c) 28. (b) 29. (b) 30. (d)

31. (a) 32. (a) 33. (b) 34. (c) 35. (d)

36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (b) 40. (c)

41. (b) 42. (c) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (c)

46. (a) 47. (d) 48. (a) 49. (b) 50. (d)

51. (c) 52. (c) 53. (c) 54. (c) 55. (c)

56. (a) 57. (d) 58. (d) 59. (a) 60. (b)

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