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Q1 - Dot and Cross Product

Let a, b, c be vectors of lengths 3, 4, 5 respectively and a be perpendicular to (b + c), b to (c + a) and c to

(a + b) , then the value of (a + b + c) is

(1) 2√5

(2) 2√2

(3) 10√5

(4) 5√2

Q2 - Dot and Cross Product

Let b = 4^i + 3^j and c be a vector perpendicular to b and it lies in the XY -plane. A vector in the XY -plane

having projections 1 and 2 along b and c is

(1) 2^i + ^j

(2) ^i − 2^j
(3) 1

5
(−2^
i + 11^
j)

(4) None of these

Q3 - Dot and Cross Product

Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram ABCD are given by AB = 2^i + 10^j + 11k
^ and

AD = −^
i + 2^ ^
j + 2k . The side AD is rotated by an acute angle α in the plane of parallelogram so that AD
becomes AD . If AD makes a right angle with the side AB, then the cosine of angle α is
′ ′

(1)
8

√17
(2) 9

(3) 1

4 √5
(4) 9

Q4 - Dot and Cross Product

If vectors a, b and c represent sides BC, CA and AB of △ABC , then

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(1) a ⋅ b + b ⋅ c + c ⋅ a = 0
(2) a × b = b × c = c × a
(3) a ⋅ b = b ⋅ c = c ⋅ a

(4) a × b + b × c + c × a = 0

Q5 - Dot and Cross Product

Let OA = a, OB = 10a + 2b and OC = b, where O, A and C are non-collinear points, p denotes the area
of quadrilateral OABC and q denotes the area of the parallelogram with OA and OC as adjacent sides. If
p = kq , then k is equal to

(1) 5
(2) 6
(3) 4
(4) 3

Q6 - Dot and Cross Product

Let a = ^i + ^j and b = 2^i − k

^ . The point of intersection of the lines r × a = b × a and r × b = a × b is

(1) −^i + ^j + k
^

(2) 3^i + ^j − k
^

(3) 3^i − ^j + k
^

(4) ^i − ^j + k
^

Q7 - Dot and Cross Product

Unit vector perpendicular to the plane of △ABC with position vectors a, b, c of the vertices A, B, C is

(1) a×b+b×c+c×a

(2) a×b+b×c+c×a

2Δ

(3) a×b+b×c+c×a

4Δ

(4) None of these

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Q8 - Scalar Triple Product and Vector Triple Product

The volume of parallelopiped whose sides are given by OA = 2^i − 2^j , OB = ^i + ^j − k,

^ OC = 3^ ^ is
i − k

(1) 2
(2) 3
(3) 2

(4)
4

13

Q9 - Scalar Triple Product and Vector Triple Product

For three vectors a, b, c, the value of [a + bb + cc + a] is

(1) [a b c]
(2) 0
(3) [abc] 2

(4) 2[abc]

Q10 - Scalar Triple Product and Vector Triple Product

Let a = a 1
^
i + a2 ^ ^ b = b ^
j + a3 k, ^ ^
1 i + b2 j + b3 k and c = c 1
^
i + c2 ^ ^
j + c3 k be three non-zero vectors such that
c is a unit vector perpendicular to both the vectors a and b. If the angle between a and b is π

6
, then
2
∣ a1 a2 a3 ∣
∣ ∣
∣
b1 b2 b3
∣
is
∣ c1 c2 c3 ∣

(1) 0

(2)
1 2 2 2 2 2 2
(a + ap + a ) (b + b + b )
4 1 3 1 2 3

(3) 1

(4)
3 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3
(a + a + a ) (b + b + b ) (c + c + c )
4 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

Q11 - Scalar Triple Product and Vector Triple Product

Let a = ^i + ^j + k,
^ b = ^
i − ^ ^ and c = ^
j + k i − ^ ^ be three vectors. A vector v in the plane of a and b
j − k

whose projection on c is , is given by

1

√3

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(1) ^i − 3^j + 3k
^

(2) −3^i − 3^j − k

^

(3) 3^i − ^j + 3k
^

(4) None of these

Q12 - Scalar Triple Product and Vector Triple Product

Let a = ^i − ^j , b = ^j − k
^ and c = k i . If d is a unit vector such that a ⋅ d = 0 = (bcd) then d is equal to
^ − ^

^ ^ ^
( i + j −2k)
(1) ± √6

^ ^ ^
( i + j −k)
(2) ±
√3

^ ^ ^
( i + j +k)
(3) ±
√3

(4) ±k
^

Q13 - Scalar Triple Product and Vector Triple Product

If a, b and c are non-coplanar unit vectors such that a × (b × c) = , then the angle between a and
1
(b + c)
√2

b is

(1) 3π

(2) π

(3) π

(4) π

Q14 - Scalar Triple Product and Vector Triple Product

Let a = 2^i + ^j − 2k
^ and b = ^ j . If c is a vector such that a ⋅ c = |c||c − a| = 2√2 and angle between
i + ^

(a × b) and c is 30 , then |(a × b) × c| is equal to

∘

(1)
2

(2)
3

(3) 2

(4) 3

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Q15 - Line
x−1 y−2 z−3 x−2 y−3 z−1 x−2 y−3 z−1
If the straight lines k
=
2
=
3
and 3
=
k
=
2
intersect 3
=
k
=
2
intersect at a

point, then the integer k is

(1) -5

(2) 5
(3) -2

(4) 2

Q16 - Line

If a plane cuts off intercepts OA = a, OB = b, OC = c from the coordinate axes, then the area (in sq units) of
a △ABC is

(1)
1
√ b 2 c2 + c2 a 2 + a 2 b 2
2

(2) 1

2
(bc + ca + ab)

(3)
1
abc
2

(4) 1

2
√(b − c)
2
+ (c − a)
2
+ (a − b)
2

Q17 - Line

The cartesian form of the equation of a line whose vector form is given by

r = (2^
i − ^ ^ + λ(^
j + 4k) i + ^ ^
j − 2k)

x−2 y+1 z−4

(1) 1
=
1
=
−2

x+2 y−1 z+4

(2) 1
=
1
=
−2

x−2 y+1 z−4

(3) −1
=
1
=
−2

x+2 y−1 z+4

(4) 1
=
−1
=
−2

Q18 - Line

Let the points A(a, b, c) and B (a , b , c ) be at distances r and r from the origin. The line AB passes through
′ ′ ′ ′

the origin, when

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′ ′ ′

(1) a

a
=
b

b
=
c

(2) aa ′
+ bb + cc
′ ′
= rr
′

(3) aa ′
+ bb + cc
′ ′
= r
2 ′
+ (r )
2

(4) None of these

Q19 - Line

The vector equations of the two lines L and L are given 1 2

L1 : r = (2^
i + 9^ ^ + λ(^
j + 13k) i + 2^ ^
j + 3k)

L2 : r = (−3^
i + 7^ ^ + μ(−^
j + pk) i + 2^ ^
j − 3k)

then the lines L and L are 1 2

(1) skew lines for all p ∈ R

(2) intersecting for all p ∈ R and the point of intersection is (−1, 3, 4)

(3) intersecting lines for p = −2
(4) intersecting for all real p ∈ R

Q20 - Plane

The reflection of the point (2, −1, 3) in the plane 3x − 2y − z = 9 is

(1) (
26 15 17
, , )
7 7 7

(2) ( 26

7
,−
15

7
,
17

7
)

(3) ( 15

7
,
26

7
,−
17

7
)

(4) (
26 17 15
, ,− )
7 7 7

Q21 - Plane
x−2 y+1 z−2
The distance of the point (−1, −5, −10) from the point of intersection of the line, 3
=
4
=
12
and the
plane x − y + z = 5, is

(1) 10
(2) 11

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(3) 12
(4) 13

Q22 - Plane
y
The distance of the point (1, −2, 3) from the plane x − y + z = 5 measured parallel to the line x

2
=
3
=
z

−6
,
is

(1) 1
(2) 7

(3) 6

(4) None of these

Q23 - Plane

The actue angle that the vector 2^i − 2^j + k

^ makes with the plane contained by the two vectors 2^
i + 3^ ^
j − k

and ^i − ^j + 2k
^ is given by

(1) cos −1
(
1
)
√3

(2) sin −1
(
1
)
√2

(3) tan −1
(√2)

(4) cot −1
(√2)

Q24 - Plane

A point moves so that the sum of the squares of its distance from the six faces of a cube given by
x = ±1, y = ±1, z = ±1 is 10 units. The locus of the point is

(1) x 2
+ y
2
+ z
2
= 1

(2) x 2
+ y
2
+ z
2
= 2

(3) x + y + z = 1
(4) x + y + z = 2

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Q25 - Plane

Two system of rectangular axes have the same origin. If a plane cuts them at distances a, b, c and a 1, b 1 , c1

from the origin, then

(1) 1

2
+
1

2
+
1

2
=
1

2
+
1

2
+
1

2
a b c (a1 ) (b1 ) (c1 )

(2) 1

2
−
1

2
+
1

2
=
1

2
−
1

2
+
1

2
a b c (a1 ) (b1 ) (c1 )

(3) a 2 2 2 2 2 2
+ b + c = (a1 ) + (b1 ) + (c1 )

(4) a 2
− b
2
+ c
2
= (a1 )
2
− (b1 )
2
+ (c1 )
2

Q26 - Plane
y x−1 y−2 z−3 y−1 z−2
If the lines x

1
=
2
=
z

3
,
3
=
−1
=
4
and x+k

3
=
2
=
h
are concurrent, then

(1) h = −2 and k = −6
(2) h = 1

2
and k = 2
(3) h = 6 and k = 2

(4) h = 2 and k =
1

Q27 - Plane

The equation of the plane containing the lines r = a 1 + λb and r = a 2 = μb is

(1) r ⋅ (a 1 − a2 ) × b = [a1 a2 a3 ]

(2) r ⋅ (a 2 − a1 ) × b = [a1 a2 b]

(3) r ⋅ (a 1 + a2 ) × b = [a2 a1 b]

(4) None of the above

Q28 - Sphere

The radius of circle in which the sphere x 2

+ y
2
+ z
2
+ 2x − 2y − 4z − 19 = 0 is cut by the plane
x + 2y + 2z + 7 = 0 , is

(1) 4

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(2) 1

(3) 2
(4) 3

Q29 - Sphere

The shortest distance from the plane 12x + 4y + 3z = 327 to the sphere x 2
+ y
2
+ z
2
+ 4x − 2y − 6z = 155

is

(1) 39
(2) 26
(3) 11 4

13

(4) 13

Q30 - Sphere

The equation of sphere passing through the point (1, 3, −2) and the circle x 2
+ y
2
+ z
2
= 25, x = 0 is

(1) x 2
+ y
2
+ z
2
+ 11x + 25 = 0

(2) x 2
+ y
2
+ z
2
− 11x + 25 = 0

(3) x 2
+ y
2
+ z
2
+ 11x − 25 = 0

(4) x 2
+ y
2
+ z
2
− 11x − 25 = 0

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Answer Key

Q1 (4) Q2 (3) Q3 (2) Q4 (2)

Q5 (2) Q6 (2) Q7 (2) Q8 (1)

Q9 (4) Q10 (2) Q11 (3) Q12 (1)

Q13 (1) Q14 (2) Q15 (1) Q16 (1)

Q17 (1) Q18 (1) Q19 (3) Q20 (2)

Q21 (4) Q22 (1) Q23 (4) Q24 (2)

Q25 (1) Q26 (4) Q27 (2) Q28 (4)

Q29 (4) Q30 (3)

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