VECTOR

LEVELI

1.

2.

5.

6.

7.

The scalar a . b c a b c

9.

equals

(B) 2 a b c

(C) a b c

(D) None of these

The vectors 2i mj 3mk and 1 m i 2mj k include an acute angle for

(A) all real m
(B) m < 2 or m > 1/2
(C) m = 1/2
(D) m [2, 1/2]

a 3, b 4, c 5 such that each is perpendicular to sum of the other two, then

abc =
(B)

5
2

(C) 10 2

(D) 5 3

1
If x and y are two vectors and is the angle between them, then
x y is equal to
2

(A) 0
(B)
(C) sin
(D) cos
2
2
2

If u i a i j ( a j ) k ( a k ) , then

(A) u is unit vector

(C) u = 2a
10.

If a, b, c are three unit vectors, such that a b c is also a unit vector, and 1, 2, 3 are
angle between the vectors, a, b; b, c and c, a respectively then cos1 + cos2 + cos3
equals
(A)
3
(B)
-3
(C)
1
(D)
-1

If angle between a and b is , then angle between 2a and 3b is

3
(A)
/3
(B)
-/3
(C)
2/3
(D)
-2/3

(A) 5 2

8.

(A) 0
4.

If b and c are two non-collinear vectors such that a. b c 4 and

a b c x 2 2x 6 b sin y c , then the point ( x, y) lies on

(A) x =1
(B) y =1
(C) y =
(D) x + y = 0

3.

OA and OB are two vectors such that | OA OB | = | OA 2 OB | . Then

(A) BOA = 90
(B) BOA > 90
(C) BOA < 90
(D) 60 BOA 90

(B) u = a + i + j + k
(D) none of these

Let a and b be two unit vectors such that a b is also a unit vector. Then the angle
between a and b is
(A) 30
(C) 90

(B) 60
(D) 120

If a i j k , b 4i 3j 4k and c i j k are linearly dependent vectors and c =

11.

3.
(A) =1, = -1
(C) = -1, 1

(B) = 1, 1
(D) = 1, = 1

Let a 2i j 2k and b i j . If c is a vector such that a c = c , c a 2 2 and the

angle between a b and c is 30, then a b c =

12.

2
3
(C) 2

3
2
(D) 3

(A)

(B)

13.

Let a i k , b x i j 1 x k and b y i x j 1 x y k . Then a b c depends on

(A) only x
(B) only y
(C) NEITHER x NOR y
(D) both x and y

14.

If | a b || a | , then b. 2a b equals
(A) 0
(C) 2a.b

(B) 1
(D) none of these

15.

If | a | = 3, | b | = 5, | c | = 7 and a b c = 0, then angle between a and b is

(A)
(B)
4
3

(C)
(D) none of these
2

16.

Given that angle between the vectors a i 3j k and b 2 i j k is acute, whereas

the vector b makes with the co-ordinate axes on obtuse angle then belongs to
(A) (-, 0)
(B) (0, )
(C) R
(D) none of these

17. If a, b and c are unit coplanar vectors then the scalar triple product


2a b, 2b c, 2c a =
(A) 0
(B) 1

(C) 3
18. If

(D)

a b a b , then the angle between a and b is

(A) acute
(C) /2

(B) obtuse
(D) none of these

b
c
19. If the lines r x
and r 2b y c b intersect at a point with position vector

|b| | c |

b
c
, then
z

| b | | c |

(A) z is the AM between | b | and | c |

(B) z is the GM between | b | & | c |

(C) z is the HM between | b | and | c |

(D) z = | b | + | c |

20.

(B) Two
(D) Infinite

If p and d are two unit vectors and is the angle between them, then
2
1

p d sin
2
2
2
1
(C)
p d 1 cos
2

(B) p d = sin
(D)

1
p d
2

1 cos 2

The value of k for which the points A(1, 0, 3) , B(-1, 3,4) ,C(1, 2, 1) and
D(k, 2, 5) are coplanar is
(A) 1
(C) 0

24.

The number of unit vectors perpendicular to vectors a 1,1,0 and b = 0,1,1 is

(A)

23.

(B) a b

(D) c a

(A) One
(C) Three
22.

(A) a b c

(C) b c
21.

Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon and AB a , BC b , CD c then AE is

(2)2
(D) -1

a2

1 a3

If b

b2

1 b 3 0 and the vectors A = (1, a, a2), B = (1, b, b2), C = (1,c,c2) are

c2

1 c3

non - coplanar, then the value of abc will be

(A) 1
(B) 1
(C) 0
(D) None of these
25.

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26.

Let a, b, c be distinct non-negative numbers. If the vectors ai aj ck, i k, ci cj bk lie in

a plane, then c is
(A) the arithmetic mean of a and b
(B) the geometric mean of a and b
(C) the harmonic mean of a and b
(D) equal to zero
The unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by P(1, -1, 2), Q(2, 0, -1), R(0, 2, 1) is

i2jk
6
2i j k
(C)
6
(A)

(B)

(D) None of these

27.

If A, B, C are non-coplanar vectors then

i j 2k
6

A . B C

C A. B
(A) 3
(B) 1

B . A C

C . A B

(B) 0
(D) None of there

is equal to

28.
of

If the vector ai j k, i bj k and i j ck (a b c1) are coplanar, then the value

1
1
1
is equal to

1 a 1 b 1 c
(A) 1
(C) 2
29.

(B) 0
(D) None of these

If a , b , c are vectors such that a . b =0 and a b c . Then

(A) a b

(C) b

2
c

(B) a b c

2 2
a c

(D) None of these

30.

The points with position vector 60i + 3j, 40i 8j and ai 52j are collinear if
(A) a = -40
(B) a = 40
(C) a = 20
(D) none of these .

31.

Let a and b be two unit vectors such that a b is also a unit vector. Then the angle
between a and b is
(A) 30

(B) 60

(C) 90

(D) 120

32.

If vectors ax i 3j 5k and x i 2j 2axk make an acute angle with each other, for all x
R, then a belongs to the interval
1
6
3
(A) ,0
(B) ( 0, 1)
(C) 0,
(D)
,0

4
25
25

33.

A vector of unit magnitude that is equally inclined to the vectors i j , j k and i k is;
1
1
i jk
i jk
(A)
(B)
3
3
1
i jk
(C)
(D) none of these
3

34.

Let a, b, c be three distinct positive real numbers. If p, q, r lie in plane, where

p a i aj bk , q i k and r c i cj b k then b is
(A) A.M of a, c
(B) the G.M of a, c
(C) the H.M of a, c
(D) equal to c

85.

The scalar A . B C A B C is equal to ______________________

36.

If a, b, c are unit coplanar vectors, then the scalar triple product 2a b, 2b c, 2c a is

equal to _____________________

37.

The area of a parallelogram whose diagonals represent the vectors 3i j 2k and

i 3j 4k is

(A) 10 3
(C) 8

(B) 5 3
(D) 4

38.

The value of a b b c c a is equal to

(C) a b c

(A) 2 a b c

(B) 3 a b c
(D) 0

LEVELII
1.

If a is any vector in the plane of unit vectors b and c , with b c = 0, then the

magnitude of the vector a b c is

(A) | a |
(B) 2
(C) 0
(D) none of these .

If a and b are two unit vectors and is the angle between them, then the unit vector

along the angular bisector of a and b will be given by

ab
ab
(A)
(B)

2 cos
2 cos
2
2

ab
(C)
(D) none of these.

2 sin
2
If a is a unit vector and projection of x along a is 2 units and a x b x , then x is
given by
1
1
a b ab
(A)
(B) 2a b a b
2
2
(C) a a b
(D) none of these.

2.

3.

4.

6.

(B)

A scalar quantity

(D)

None of these

The shortest distance of the point (3, 2, 1) from the plane, which passes through a(1, 1, 1)

and which is perpendicular to vector 2i 3k , is

4
1
(A)
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D)
3
13

Let a 2i j k , b i 2j k and a unit vector

a then c =
1
1
(A)
(B)
j k
2
3
1
1
(C)
i 2 j
(D)
5
2

7.

If 4 a 5 b 9c 0 , then ( a b ) [ ( b c ) ( c a ) ]is equal to

(A) A vector perpendicular to plane of a, b and c

(C) 0

5.

Let a and

(A) u

(C) u u

c be coplanar. If c is perpendicular to

i j k
i j k

b be the two noncollinear unit vector. If u a a b b and v a b , then v is

(B) u u a

ab
(D) none of these

8.

(A) 4
(C) 8
9.

If a, b and c are unit vectors, then a b b c c a does NOT exceed

(B) 9
(D) 6

If a r b ta and a.r 3, where a 2i j k and b i 2j k then r equals

7
2
7
1
(A) i j
(B) i j
6
5
6
3
7 2 1
(C) i j k
(D) none of these
6
3
3

10. If a b b c c a = 0 and at least one of the numbers , and is non-zero,

then the vectors a, b and c are

(A) perpendicular
(B) parallel
(C) co-planar
(D) none of these

11. The vectors a and b are non-zero and non-collinear. The value of x for which vector

c = (x 2) a + b and d = (2x +1) a b are collinear.

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

12

13.

14.

15.

a b c ,

(A) a = 1,

(C) b = 2,

b c a , then

b c

b 2a

(D) b = 1, b a

If a , b , c are three non - coplanar vectors and p, q, r are vectors defined by the

b c
ca
ab
relations p , q , r then the value of expression
a b c
a b c
a b c

(a + b).p + (b + c).q + (c + a).r is equal to
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3

2
The value of |a i |2 + |a j|2 + |a k|
(A) a2
(C) 3a2

is
(B) 2a2
(D) None of these

If a i j, b 2j k and r a b a, r b a b , then a unit vector in the direction of r is;

1
1
i 3j k
i 3j k
(A)
(B)
11
11
1
i jk
(C)
(D) none of these
3

16.

(B) c = 1, a = 1

a.i a i a.ja j a.k a k is equal to;

(A) 3 a

(B) r

(C) 2 r

(D) none of these

17.

If the vertices of a tetrahedron have the position vectors 0, i j, 2j k and i k then the
volume of the tetrahedron is
(A) 1/6
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) none of these

18.

A = (1, -1, 1), C = (-1, -1, 0) are given vectors; then the vector B which satisfies A B C

and A.B 1 is ___________________________________

19.

If a, b, c are given non-coplanar unit vectors such that a (b c )

bc
, then the angle
2

between a and c is ________________________________

20.

Vertices of a triangle are (1, 2, 4) (3, 1, -2) and (4, 3, 1) then its area is_______________

21.

A unit vector coplanar with i j 2k and i 2 j k and perpendicular to i j k

_______________________

is

LEVELIII

1. If a, b, c are coplanar vectors and a is not parallel to b then c b a b a a c a b b is

equal to
(A) a b a b c
(B) a b a b c

(C) a b a b c

(D) none of these

2.

The projection of i j k on the line whose equation is r = (3 + ) i + (2 -1) j + 3 k ,

being the scalar parameter is;
1
(A)
(B) 6
14
6
(C)
(D) none of these
14

3.

If p, q are two non-collinear and non-zero vectors such that (b c) p q +(c a) p + (a b) q = 0

where a, b, c are the lengths of the sides of a triangle, then the triangle is
(A) right angled
(B) obtuse angled
(C) equilateral
(D) isosceles

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