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1. a b + a.b = OA + OB + OC =
2 2
2 2
(A) a + b (B) a - b (A) 2 OO (B) 2 O O
2 2 (C) (D) O O
(C) a b (D) None of these
2. The area of a triangle whose vertices 7. If in the given fig. = a, = b
are, A (1, - 1, 2), B (2, 1, - 1) and
C (3, - 1, 2) is : and AP : PB = m : n, then =
(A) 13 (B) A P B
13
(C) 6 6 (D)
3. If a & b are two non - zero vectors,
O
then the component of b along is
ma + n b na + mb
(A) m+n (B) m+n
(a. b) b
(A) (B)
a .a
(C) m a - n (D)
(a . b) b (a . b) a
(C) (D)
a .a 8. If a = 2 i + 2 j + 3 k ,
a.b
a=. 3
aabc(ma ib)i
in+a+3bj2
+j +24 kk
OP
OO
OA
OB nand c = 3 i + j , then
m + t is
b.b
4. If a + b + c = 0, then which relation
perpendicular to if t =
is correct . (A) 2 (B) 4
(A) a = b = c = 0 (C) 6 (D) 8
(B) a . b = b . c = c . a 9. The area of the parallelogram whose
diagonals are, and
(C) a b = b c = c a
(D) None of these is :
5. If ABCDEF is a regular hexagon and (A) 10 3 (B) 5 3
(C) 8 (D) 4
AB + AC + AD + AE + AF = AD ,
then = 10. a . {( + ) ( + + )} =
(A) 2 (B) 3 (A) 0
(C) 4 (D) 6 (B) [ ]+[ ]
6. If O be the circumcentre and O be (C) [ ] (D) None of these
the orthocentre of a triangle ABC, then
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15. If & are the position vectors of 20. A unit vector in the xy plane which
A & B respectively, then the position is perpendicular to 4 i 3 j + k is :
vector of a point C on AB produced
i + j
such that = 3 AB is : (A) (B) 1 ( 3 i + 4 j )
2 5
(A) 3 a - (B) 3 -
(C) 1 ( 3 i 4 j ) (D) None of these
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(C) 3 -2 (D) 3 -2
21. If the position vectors of the points
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is equal to :
A, B, C, D be 2 i + 3 j + 5 k ,
(A) 0 (B) 1
i + 2 j + 3 k , 5 i + 4 j 2 k and (C) 2 (D) 3
i + 10 j + 10 k respectively, then : 26. The unit normal vector to the line
joining i j & 2 i + 3 j and pointing
(A) AB = CD (B) AB CD
towards the origin is :
(C) AB (D) None of these
4 i j 4 i + j
(A) (B)
22. Let a = be a vector which makes 17 17
an angle of 120 with a unit vector
2 i 3 j 2 i + 3 j
. Then the unit vector ( + ) is : (C) (D)
13 13
(A) (B) 3 i + 1 j 27. The position vector of a point C w.r.t.
2 2
B is i + j & that of B w.r.t. A is i j .
(C) 12 i + 23 j (D) 3 i 1 j
2 2 The position vector of C w.r.t. A is :
23. The points with position vectors, (A) 2 i (B) 2 j
60 i + 3 j , 40 i 8 j , a i 52 j are (C) - 2 j (D) 2 i
collinear, if a =
28. A unit vector perpendicular to the
(A) - 40 (B) 40
plane determined by the points,
(C) 20 (D) None of these pci ,1qi ,+r (1,
ab
3 j- 1, 2) , (2, 0, - 1) & (0, 2, 1) is :
CD 2 2
( )
24. If the scalar product of the vector,
(A) 1 2 i + j + k
i + j + k with a unit vector parallel 6
to the sum of the vectors, (B) 1
6 (i + 2 j + k )
2 i + 4 j 5 k & i + 2 j + 3 k be 1,
then = (C) 1
6 (i + j + k )
(A) 1 (B) - 1
(C) 2 (D) - 2 (D) 1
6 (2 i j k )
25. If a , , are three non-coplanar 29. If ABCD is a parallelogram,
vectors and are defined by
the relations , AB = 2 i + 4 j 5 k and
b c c a a b AD = i + 2 j + 3 k , then the unit
p= , q= , r=
[a b c] [a b c] [a b c]
vector in the direction of BD is :
(
) ( )
then, a + b . p + b + c . q + ( c + a ) . r
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(A) (
1 i + 2 j 8 k
69 ) (C) 15 a 7 b (D) 15 a + 7 b
(B) (
1 i + 2 j 8 k
69 )
33. If a & b are unit vectors making an
(C) (
1 i 2 j + 8 k
69 ) angle with each other then a b
is :
(D) (
1 i 2 j + 8 k
) (A) 1 (B) 0
(C) cos 2
69
(D) 2 sin
30. Let b = 3 j + 4 k , and let
34. If the vectors, , i + b j + k
be component vectors of b
and i + j + c k (a b c 1) are
parallel and perpendicular to . If
coplanar, then the value of,
= 23 i + 23 j , then b 2 = 1 + 1 + 1
1 a 1 b 1 c =
(A) 23 i + 23 j + 4 k
(A) - 1 (B) - 12
(B) 3 i + 3 j + 4 k
2 2
(C) (D) 1
(C) 23 i + 23 j (D) None of these
35. If C is the middle point of AB and P
31. If the points whose position vectors
b 1i
a146
117=& point outside AB, then :
+bi bj+2+isj k=any
PA217 + PB
146 PC
are 3 i 2 j k , 2 i + 3 j 4 k , (A)
i + j + 2 k and 4 i + 5 j + k lie on
(B) PA + PB = 2 PC
a plane, then =
(A) - 146
17 (B) (C) PA + PB + PC = 0
(C) - (D) (D) PA + PB + 2 PC = 0
32. A and B are two points . The position 36. a , b , c are three non zero, non
vector of A is 6b 2a . A point P
divides the line AB in the ratio 1 : 2 . coplanar vectors and p , q , r are three
other vectors such that,
If is the position vector of P,
b c ca
then the position vector of B is given p= , q = and
by : a.b c a.b c
(A) 7 a 15 b (B) 7 a + 15 b
a b
r= , then [ p , q , r ] equals
a.b c
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= (y 2x + 2) a + (2x - 3y - 1) b ,
(A) a . b c (B) 1
a.b c
where & b are non-collinear
(C) 0 (D) None of these
vectors . If 3 = 2 q , then the value
of x & y, will be :
37. Let a = 2 i j + k , &
(A) - 1, 2 (B) 2, - 1
c = i + j 2 k be three vectors . A (C) 1, 2 (D) 2, 1
vector in the plane of b & c whose 41. If (x, y, z) (0, 0, 0) and
projection on a is of magnitude
(i + j + 3 k ) x + (3 i 3 j + k ) y +
is : ( 4 i + 5 j) z = (x i + y j + z k ) , then
the value of will be :
(A) 2 i 3 j + 3 k (B) 2 i + 3 j + 3 k
(A) - 2, 0 (B) 0 , - 2
(C) 2 i j + 5 k (D) 2 i + j + 5 k (C) - 1, 0 (D) 0, - 1
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(A)
4 (B)
47. If = 0 & a = (1, a, a 2) ,
(C) (D)
= (1, b, b 2) and = (1, c, c2) are 52. If , b = 2 i j + k &
non - coplanar vectors, then a b c is
equal to : , then a (b c) =
(A) - 1 (B) 0 (A) (B) 20 i 3 j 7 k
(C) 1 (D) 4
(C) 20 i + 3 j 7 k (D) None of these
48. If three vectors, ,
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53. If a , b , c are coplanar vectors, then 56. If a has magnitude 5 and points
(C) 7 (D) 5 2
a b c
(B) a . a a.b a.c = 0 57. In a regular hexagon ABCDEF, AE
is equal to :
b.a b.b b.c
(A) AC + AF + AB (B) AC + AF AB
a b c
(C) AC + AB AF (D) None of these
(C) c . a c.b c.c = 0
b.a b.c b.b
58. OD + DA + DB + DC =
a b c
(A) OA + OB + OC (B) OA + OB BD
(D) a . b a .a a.c = 0
c.a c.c c.b (C) OA + OB + OC (D) None of these
ab 3
54. A unit vector which is coplanar to
59. In a ABC, if 2 AC = 3 CB , then
vector, i + j + 2 k and i + 2 j + k and
2 OA + 3 OB equals :
perpendicular to i + j + k , is :
(A) 5 OC (B) - OC
i j j k
(A) (B)
2 2 (C) OC (D) None of these
k j i + j + k 60. If AO + OB = BO + OC , then
(C) (D)
2 3 A, B, C form :
(A) Equilateral triangle
55. If x . a = 0 , x . b = 0 & x . c = 0 for (B) Eight angled triangle
some non - zero vector x , then the true (C) Isosceles triangle
statement is : (D) Line
(A) [a b c] = 0 (B) [a b c] 0 61. If the position vectors of A and B are
i + 3 j 7 k and 5 i 2 j + 4 k , then
(C) [a b c] = 1 (D) None of these
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the direction cosine of AB along y - (B) r . ( )=0
axis is : (C) ( ).( )=0
4 (B) - 5
(A)
162 162 (D) ( r a ) . ( )=0
(C) - 5 (D) 11
66. If a (b c) = 0, then :
62. The point B divides the arc AC of a
quadrant of a circle in the ratio 1 : 2. (A) =1
If O is the centre and OA = a and (B) b parallel to
(C) parallel to
= b , then the vector is :
(D) perpendicular to
(A) b 2 a (B) 2 a b
(C) 3 b 2 a (D) None of these 67. If are three non-coplanar
vectors, then
63. The points D, E, F divide BC, CA &
[ ]
AB of the triangle ABC in the ratio (a + b + c) . (a + b) (a + c) =
1 : 4, 3 : 2 & 3 : 7 respectively & the
point K divides AB in the ratio 1 : 3, (A) [ a b c ] (B) 2 [ a b c ]
then (AD + BE + CF) : CK =
(C) - [ a b c ]
(D) 0
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 2 : 5 bcr3r7Pr
|aaOC
jOB a,+
+
=
|
& =
cab +
|
ojection
b ib&2bi +j|ic.2+|kcof
j2+
| k a on vector b
jvector
k
324 68. If a , b , c are non-coplanar unit
(C) 5 : 2 (D) None of these Pr 2 ojection of vector b on vector a
64. If vector a = 2 i 3 j + 6 k and vector vectors such that, a (b c) =
, then
then the angle between a & b is :
= (A)
4 (B)
(C) 3 (D) 7
69. Given , &
65. If be position vector of any point
c = i + 2 j k . A unit vector perpen-
on a sphere & are respectively
dicular to both a + b & b + c is :
position vectors of the extremities of
a diameter, then : (A) i (B)
(A) r . ( )=0
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(A) a , a x (B) a b , b
(C) k (D)
(C) b , a b (D) None of these
70. Force 3 i + 2 j + 5 k and 2 i + j 3 k 74. Let , , be distinct real numbers .
are acting on a particle and displace The points with position vectors,
it from the point 2 i j 3 k to the i + j + k , i + j + k and
point 4 i 3 j + 7 k , then work done i + j + k :
by the force is : (A) Are collinear
(A) 30 units (B) 36 units (B) Form an equilateral triangle
(C) 24 units (D) 18 units (C) Form a scalene triangle
(D) Form a right angled triangle
71. The point having position vectors,
2 i + 3 j + 4 k , 3 i + 4 j + 2 k and 75. Let p & q be the position vectors of
P & Q respectively with respect to O
4 i + 2 j + 3 k are the vertices of :
and p = p, q = q. The points R &
(A) Right angle triangle
S divide PQ internally & externally
(B) Isosceles triangle
in the ratio 2 : 3 respectively . If
(C) Equilateral triangle
(D) Collinear OR and OS are perpendicular, then
72. The distance of the point, (A) 9 p2 = 4 q2 (B) 4 p2 = 9 q2
y4
ija+=k6(C)
bcri x+ bj + 3a9kp = 4 q (D) 4 p = 9 q
B (i + 2 j + 3 k ) from the line which 310
3
is passing through A (4 i + 2 j + 2 k ) ( ) ( )
2 2
76. If a b + a . b = 144 & a = 4
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