Vectors

1.

( )

a b + a.b

2

2
(A) a + b

2
(C) a

2.

3.

5.

(D) None of these

(A) 13

(B)

(C) 6

(D)

(A) 2 OO

(B) 2 O O

(C)

(D) O O

(
a . b) a



(D)
a .a

If a + b + c = 0, then which relation
is correct .




(A) a = b = c = 0







(B) a . b = b . c = c . a







(C) a b = b c = c a
(D) None of these

If ABCDEF is a regular hexagon and

If O be the circumcentre and O be

the orthocentre of a triangle ABC, then

= b

= a,

If in the given fig.

and AP : PB = m : n, then

13

AB + AC + AD + AE + AF = AD ,
then =
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 6
6.

7.

6




If a & b are two non - zero vectors,


is
then the component of b along




(a
. b
) b
(A)
(B)
a .a

2

2
(B) a - b

The area of a triangle whose vertices

are, A (1, - 1, 2), B (2, 1, - 1) and
C (3, - 1, 2) is :

OA + OB + OC =

2
b

a . b) b
(
(C)



a.b

4.

ma + n b
(A)
m+n

na + mb
(B)
m+n

(C) m a - n

(D)

8.
If
a = 2 i + 2 j + 3 k ,

ib)i
in+a+3bj2
aabc(ma
+j +24 kk
a=. 3
OP
OO
OA
OB


nand
c = 3 i + j , then
+ t
m
b.b
if t =
perpendicular to
(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8

9.

is

The area of the parallelogram whose

and

diagonals are,
is :

(A) 10 3
(B) 5 3
(C) 8
(D) 4


10. a . {( + ) ( + + )} =
(A) 0
(B) [

]+[

(C) [

]
(D) None of these

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, i + j k and

11. If the vectors

3 i k form three concurrent edges

of a parallelopiped, then the volume
of the parallelopiped is :
(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 4
(D) 14






12. (a b) . c = a , if :

(A)

(B)

=0

(C)

=0

(D)

13. If
+

=0

=0

are unit vectors such that

= 0, then

. +
(A) 1

(C) -

. =
(B) 3
(D)

14. If the position vectors of the points

A, B, C be , , 3 2 respectively
then the points A, B, C are :
(A) Collinear
(B) Non collinear
(C) Form a right angled triangle
(D) None of these
15. If
&
are the position vectors of
A & B respectively, then the position
vector of a point C on AB produced

such that


(A) 3 a (C) 3

-2

B & C are
, j + k and k + i
respectively . The vector area of the
ABC = 12

(B) 3

(D) 3

-2

(A)

(B) i j + k

(C) i + j k

(D) i + j + k

17. If a = (1, 1, 1) &

= ( 1, 1, 0),

then the vector

satisfying,




= c &
. = 1, is :
a
(A) (1, 0, 0)
(B) (0, 0, 1)
(C) (0, 1, 0)
(D) None of these






= b c 0, then for some
18. If a
scalar k :




+ =k
(B) a + = k c
(A)


+c =k
(C)
(D) None of these
P is the point of intersection of the


19.

ci3i+i +j 3jj+ k

a2

b
diagonals
of the parallelogram
AC
OA
+ OC + OD
2 + OB
ABCD. If O is any point, then
is :

(A) OP

(B) 2 OP

(C) 3 OP

(D) 4 OP

20. A unit vector in the xy plane which

is perpendicular to 4 i 3 j + k is :
(A)

= 3 AB is :

, where

i + j
2

(C) 1 ( 3 i 4 j )
5

(B) 1 ( 3 i + 4 j )
5
(D) None of these

21. If the position vectors of the points

16. The position vectors of the points A,
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is equal to :
(A) 0
(C) 2

A, B, C, D be 2 i + 3 j + 5 k ,
i + 2 j + 3 k , 5 i + 4 j 2 k and
i + 10 j + 10 k respectively, then :

(B) AB CD

(A) AB = CD

(D) None of these

(C) AB


be a vector which makes
22. Let a =
an angle of 120 with a unit vector
. Then the unit vector (

) is :

(A)

(B) 3 i + 1 j
2
2

(C) 12 i + 23 j

(D)

3 i 1 j
2
2

23. The points with position vectors,

60 i + 3 j , 40 i 8 j , a i 52 j are
collinear, if a =
(A) - 40
(B) 40
(C) 20
(D) None of these
24. If the scalar product of the vector,
i + j + k with a unit vector parallel
to the sum
2 i + 4 j 5 k &
then =
(A) 1
(C) 2

of the vectors,
i + 2 j + 3 k be 1,
(B) - 1
(D) - 2

25. If a ,
are three non-coplanar
,
are defined by
vectors and
the relations ,















a
b
c
a
b
c
p=

, q=

, r=


[a b c]
[a b c]
[a b c]












then, a + b . p + b + c . q + ( c + a ) . r

(B) 1
(D) 3

26. The unit normal vector to the line

joining i j & 2 i + 3 j and pointing
towards the origin is :
(A)

4 i j
17

4 i + j
17

(B)

2 i 3 j
2 i + 3 j
(D)
13
13
27. The position vector of a point C w.r.t.
B is i + j & that of B w.r.t. A is i j .

(C)

The position vector of C w.r.t. A is :

(B) 2 j
(A) 2 i
(C) - 2 j

(D) 2 i

28. A unit vector perpendicular to the

plane determined by the points,
ab
pci ,1qi ,+r (1,
3 j- 1, 2) , (2, 0, - 1) & (0, 2, 1) is :

CD
2
2
(A) 1 2 i + j + k
6

(B)

1
6

(C)

1
6

(D)

1
6

(i + 2 j + k )
(i + j + k )
(2 i j k )

29. If ABCD is a parallelogram,

AB = 2 i + 4 j 5 k and

AD = i + 2 j + 3 k , then the unit

vector in the direction of BD is :

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69

(A)
(B)

1 i + 2 j 8 k
69

(C)

1 i 2 j + 8 k
69

1 i 2 j + 8 k
69


30. Let b = 3 j + 4 k ,
(D)

(C) 15 a 7 b

33. If a & b are unit vectors making an



angle with each other then a b
is :
(A) 1
(B) 0
(D) 2 sin
(C) cos 2

and let


be component vectors of b

parallel and perpendicular to

= 23 i + 23 j , then b 2 =

. If

(A) 23 i + 23 j + 4 k
(B) 3 i + 3 j + 4 k
2
2
(C) 23 i + 23 j

(D) 15 a + 7 b

(D) None of these

31. If the points whose position vectors

are 3 i 2 j k , 2 i + 3 j 4 k ,

, i + b j + k

34. If the vectors,

and i + j + c k (a b c 1) are
coplanar, then the value of,
1 + 1 + 1
1 a 1 b 1 c =

(A) - 1

(B) - 12

(C)

(D) 1

35. If C is the middle point of AB and P

point outside AB, then :


1
17
a146
b 1i
=&
+bi bj+2+isj k=any
PA
PC
146
217 + PB
(A)

i + j + 2 k and 4 i + 5 j + k lie on
a plane, then =

(B) PA + PB = 2 PC

(A) - 146
17

(B)

(C) PA + PB + PC = 0

(C) -

(D)

32. A and B are two points . The position

vector of A is 6b 2a . A point P
divides the line AB in the ratio 1 : 2 .
is the position vector of P,
If
then the position vector of B is given
by :
(A) 7 a 15 b
(B) 7 a + 15 b

(D) PA + PB + 2 PC = 0




36. a , b , c are three non zero, non




coplanar vectors and p , q , r are three
other vectors such that,










b
c
ca
p=

q
=
,





and
a.b c
a.b c









a
b
r=


, then [ p , q , r ] equals
a.b c

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(A) a . b c

(B)

1

a.b c

(C) 0

(D) None of these

&
37. Let a = 2 i j + k ,

 
c = i + j 2 k be three vectors . A



vector in the plane of b & c whose


projection on a is of magnitude

41. If (x, y, z) (0, 0, 0) and

(i + j + 3 k ) x + (3 i 3 j + k ) y +

( 4 i + 5 j) z = (x i + y j + z k ) , then

is :
(A) 2 i 3 j + 3 k

(B) 2 i + 3 j + 3 k

(C) 2 i j + 5 k

(D) 2 i + j + 5 k

38. The

= (y 2x + 2) a + (2x - 3y - 1) b ,


where
& b are non-collinear


vectors . If 3 = 2 q , then the value
of x & y, will be :
(A) - 1, 2
(B) 2, - 1
(C) 1, 2
(D) 2, 1

magnitudes

of mutually




perpendicular forces a , b & c are
2, 10 and 11 respectively . Then the
magnitude of its resultant is :
(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 9
(D) None of these


39. A vector a has components 2p & 1
with respect to a rectangular cartesian
system . The system is rotated through
a certain angle about the origin in the


anti-clockwise sense . If a has
components p + 1 & 1 w.r.t. the new
system, then :
(A) p = 0

(B) p = 1 or 1
3

(C) p = 1 or

(D) p = 1 or 1

40. Let the value of ,

= (x + 4y) a + (2x + y + 1) b and

the value of will be :

(A) - 2, 0
(B) 0 , - 2
(C) - 1, 0
(D) 0, - 1
42. If three non - zero are,


a = a 1i + a 2 j + a 3 k ,
and
. If is the unit
vector perpendicular to the vectors









a
&
ici +a+2&cbj2djj+b+kcband
kk the angle between a & b
aqp
bcc1a ,2=bacbi,11+
3 13 2 3 22 33
b1 b 2 b 3
c1 c2 is
c3 , then
is equal to :
6

(A) 0

(B)

(C) 1

(D)

3 ( a12 ) ( b12 ) ( c12 )

4

( a 12 ) ( b12 )
4

43. The position vector of coplanar

points A, B, C, D are
respectively in such a way that,







(a
d) . (b
c) = (b d) . (
c a
) = 0,
then the point D of the ABC is :
(A) Incentre
(B) Circumcentre

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(C) Orthocentre


44. If F1 = i j + k ,

(D) None of these

,

and
, then the scalar product

of
(A) 3
(C) 9

and AB will be :
(B) 6
(D) 12

45. If the moduli of the vectors, a , b , c




are 3, 4, 5 respectively and a & b + c ,








b & c + a , c & a + b are mutually
perpendicular , then the modulus of




a + b + c is :

12

(B) 12

(C) 5 2

(D) 50

(A)

46. If the moduli of a & b are equal and
angle between them is 120 and





a . b = 8, then a , is equal to :
(A) - 5
(B) - 4
(C) 4
(D) 5


= 0 & a = (1, a, a 2) ,

47. If

&
represents a cube, then its volume will
be :
(A) 616
(B) 308
(C) 154
(D) None of these
49. If



( a b )2



a.b
(A)


b.b

48. If three vectors,

equals :






a .a
a .a



(B)


b.a
b.a

a.b
(C)


b.a

a.b



b.b

(D) None of these

50. The position vector of vertices of a

ABC are 4 i 2 j , i + 4 j 3 k and
i + 5 j + k respectively . Then angle

3

c
2 2

ABC
12
3j4j27a
to :
A
aB
bF
c2a3132=
&
=+
i=a12

33
i86b4Fj3+
ii2iii1+j3
2+k+
F4
jj3k
3jk2k2is
+924
kkkk3equal
k
20
3 2 (A) 3 30
(B) 45
b b 1+ b
(C)
60
(D) 90
c c 2 1 + c3






51. If a & b are unit vectors and a b
is also a unit vector, then the angle



between a & b is :

(A)
4
(C)

= (1, b, b 2) and
= (1, c, c2) are
non - coplanar vectors, then a b c is
equal to :
(A) - 1
(B) 0
(C) 1
(D) 4

are two vectors, then

52. If

(B)
(D)


, b = 2 i j + k &





, then a (b c) =

(A)

(B) 20 i 3 j 7 k

(C) 20 i + 3 j 7 k

(D) None of these

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53. If a , b , c are coplanar vectors, then

b


c


a

a


(A) b

c


a

(B) a . a



b.a

a

(C) c . a



b.a


a

(D) a . b



c.a

a.b



b.b

b

c.b



b.c


b

a .a



c.c

c

a.c = 0



b.c

c

c.c = 0



b.b


c

a.c = 0



c.b

perpendicular to i + j + k , is :
i j
2

has magnitude

5 & points north-west, then

is equal to :
(A) 25
(B) 5

54. A unit vector which is coplanar to

vector, i + j + 2 k and i + 2 j + k and

(A)

If a has magnitude 5 and points

north-east & vector

c


a = 0


b


b

56.

j k
(B)

(C) 7

(D) 5 2

57. In a regular hexagon ABCDEF, AE

is equal to :

(A) AC + AF + AB

(B) AC + AF AB

(C) AC + AB AF

(D) None of these

58. OD + DA + DB + DC =

(A) OA + OB + OC (B) OA + OB BD
(C) OA + OB + OC

(D) None of these

ab 3

59. In a ABC, if 2 AC = 3 CB , then

2 OA + 3 OB equals :

(A) 5 OC

(B) - OC

(C) OC

i + j + k
k j
(C)
(D)
2
3









55. If x . a = 0 , x . b = 0 & x . c = 0 for


some non - zero vector x , then the true
statement is :








(A) [a b c] = 0
(B) [a b c] 0




(C) [a b c] = 1 (D) None of these

(D) None of these

60. If AO + OB = BO + OC , then
A, B, C form :
(A) Equilateral triangle
(B) Eight angled triangle
(C) Isosceles triangle
(D) Line
61. If the position vectors of A and B are
i + 3 j 7 k and 5 i 2 j + 4 k , then

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(B) r . (

the direction cosine of AB along y axis is :

4
(A)
162
(C) - 5

(B) - 5
162
(D) 11

62. The point B divides the arc AC of a

quadrant of a circle in the ratio 1 : 2.

If O is the centre and OA = a and


= b , then the vector
is :







(B) 2 a b
(A) b 2 a




(C) 3 b 2 a
(D) None of these
63. The points D, E, F divide BC, CA &
AB of the triangle ABC in the ratio
1 : 4, 3 : 2 & 3 : 7 respectively & the
point K divides AB in the ratio 1 : 3,

then

(AD + BE + CF) : CK =

(A) 1 : 1
(C) 5 : 2

(B) 2 : 5
(D) None of these

64. If vector a = 2 i 3 j + 6 k and vector

65. If

).(

)=0

(D) ( r a ) . (

)=0

(C) (

66. If a (b c) = 0, then :

(A)

=1

(B) b parallel to

67.

(C)

parallel to

(D)

perpendicular to

are three non-coplanar

If
vectors, then




(a
+ b + c
) . (a
+ b) (a
+ c
) =

(A) [ a b c ]
(B) 2 [ a b c ]




(C) - [ a b c ]
(D) 0

















cr3r7Pr
bi +j|ic.2+|kcof
jvector

k
a on vector b
,+
ojection

+
cab
|aaOC
jOB
b
a
&
=
|
b
=
i
b
&
|
+
2
j
2
+
|
k




324 68. If a , b , c
are non-coplanar
unit
Pr 2
ojection of vector b on vector a

vectors such that, a (b c) =



then the angle between a & b is :

, then

(A) 73
(C) 3

)=0

(B)

(A)
4

(B)

(C)

(D)

(D) 7

be position vector of any point

are respectively
on a sphere &
position vectors of the extremities of
a diameter, then :


(A) r . (
)=0

&
,
69. Given


c = i + 2 j k . A unit vector perpen





dicular to both a + b & b + c is :
(A) i

(B)

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(B) a b , b

(A) a , a x




(C) b , a b

(D)

(D) None of these

70. Force 3 i + 2 j + 5 k and 2 i + j 3 k

are acting on a particle and displace
it from the point 2 i j 3 k to the

74. Let , , be distinct real numbers .

The points with position vectors,
i + j + k , i + j + k and

point 4 i 3 j + 7 k , then work done

by the force is :
(A) 30 units
(B) 36 units
(C) 24 units
(D) 18 units

i + j + k :
(A) Are collinear
(B) Form an equilateral triangle
(C) Form a scalene triangle
(D) Form a right angled triangle



75. Let p & q be the position vectors of
P & Q respectively with respect to O




and p = p, q = q. The points R &
S divide PQ internally & externally
in the ratio 2 : 3 respectively . If

71.

The point having position vectors,

2 i + 3 j + 4 k , 3 i + 4 j + 2 k and
4 i + 2 j + 3 k are the vertices of :
(A) Right angle triangle
(B) Isosceles triangle
(C) Equilateral triangle
(D) Collinear

72.

The distance of the point,

B (i + 2 j + 3 k ) from the line which
is passing through A (4 i + 2 j + 2 k )
and which is parallel to the vector,


C = 2 i + 3 j + 6 k is :
(A) 10
(C) 100

73.

(B)
(D) None of these

OR and OS are perpendicular, then

(A)
9 p2 = 4 q2
(B) 4 p2 = 9 q2

y
4 



(D) 4 p = 9 q
bcri x+
ija+=k6(C)
bj + 3a9kp = 4 q
310
3


2


2


76. If a b + a . b = 144 & a = 4

) ( )

then =
(A) 16
(C) 3

(B) 8
(D) 12

77. The value of c so that for all real x,

the vectors

Given the following simultaneous

equations for vectors x & y .




........ (i)
x+y=a




........ (ii)
xy=b



........ (iii)
x.a = 1


= ______ .
Then x = ______ ,

and

x i + 2 j + 2 cx k
angle are :

78.

make an obtuse

(A) c < 0

(B) 0 < c < 43

(C) -

(D) c > 0

<c<0

; r b=a b ; a 0;

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0;

, then

(A)

(C)

is not perpen. to
(B)

(D)

determined by the vectors,

&

is :
2
3
(B) 4 or 4

3
or
(C)
(D) None of these
2
2



80. If b & c are any two non-collinear


unit vectors and a is any vector, then

=


(A) a
(C)

81.

(C) 2

(D)

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the plane determined by the vectors,

i j , i + k . The angle between a
&
3
or
(A)
4
4

(B)

79. A non-zero vector is parallel to the

line of intersection of the plane

the vector

(A)

1. C
7. B
13. C
19. D
25. D
31. A
37. C
43. C
49. B
55. A
61. B
67. C
73. D
79. A

2. B
8. D
14. A
20. B
26. B
32. A
38. B
44. C
50. D
56. D
62. C
68. C
74. B
80. A

3. D
9. B
15. D
21. B
27. A
33. D
39. B
45. C
51. B
57. B
63. B
69. C
75. A
81. B

4. C
10. B
16. D
22. C
28. A
34. D
40. B
46. C
52. A
58. C
64. B
70. C
76. C
82. B

abc
ir
,
x
+ji2j+
i +
2kx j
+ k

a . (b c)
2=i 2
(a . b) b + (a . c) c +


| b c|

(B)
(D) 0

The value of x for which the angle

between the vectors,
and

is acute & the

angle between b and x - axis lies
between /2 and satisfy :
(A) x > 0
(B) x < 0
(C) x > 1 only
(D) x < - 1 only
82.

If the sum of two unit vectors is a

unit vector, then the magnitude of
their difference is :

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5. B
11. C
17. B
23. A
29. C
35. B
41. D
47. A
53. B
59. A
65. D
71. C
77. C

6. C
12.D
18.A
24.A
30.B
36.B
42.D
48.D
54.B
60.C
66.B
72.B
78.B