SINGLE ANSWER TYPE VECTORS & 3D

1. If each of a, b,c is orthogonal to the sum of the other two vectors and
a  3, b  4, c  5 then which of the following statement(s) is/are true

A) If a makes angles of equal measures with x,y,z axes, then tangent of this
angle is  2 B) range of | a  b | is 1, 7 
C) range of | b  c | is 1, 9 D) | a  b  c | =2 5
2. The position vectors of the vertices A,B,C of a tetrahedron ABCD are
i  j  k , i and 3i respectively and the altitude from the vertex D to the opposite
face ABC meets the face at E. If the length of the edge AD is 4 and the volume
2 2
of the tetrahedron is ,then the length of DE is
3
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
3. The value of p for which the straight lines r   2i  9 j  13k   t  i  2 j  3k  and

   
r  3i  7 j  pk  s i  2 j  3k are coplanar is
A) – 1 B) 1 C) -2 D) 2
4. a and b are non–collinear vectors such that | a | = 2, a . b = 1 and angle

between a and b is . If r is any vector satisfying r . a = 2, r . b = 8,
3
( r + 2 a – 10 b ) . ( a × b ) = 6 and is equal to r + 2 a – 10 b =  ( a  b ) then
=
1 4
(A) (B) 2 (C) (D) 3
2 3
5. Let a and b be vectors with a  2, b  3 and a. b  0 . Define

    . Then c
c =a  a  a  a  b equals
(A) 32 (B) 48 (C)96 (D) 24
6. A line is drawn from the point P(1, 1, 1) and perpendicular to a line with
direction ratios (1,1,1) to intersect the plane x  2 y  3 z  4 at Q. The locus of
point Q is
x y 5 z  2 x y 5 z  2
A)   B)  
1 2 1 2 1 1
x y z
C) x  y  z D)  
2 3 5
ONE OR MORE ANSWER TYPE
7. ˆ when x, y, z  N and
The position vector of a point P is r  xiˆ  yjˆ  zk,
a  ˆi  ˆj  k.
ˆ If r.a  10, the number of possible position of P is
(A) 36 (B) 72 (C) 66 (D) 9 C2
8. Consider the planes P1 : 2x  y  z  4  0 P2 : y  z  4  0 and
P3 : 3x  2 y  z  8  0
Let L1 , L2 , L3 be the lines of intersection of the planes P2 and P3,P3 and P1,and
P1 and P2 respectively. Then,
A) At least two of the lines L1,L2 and L3 are non-parallel
B) At least two of the lines L1,L2 and L3 are parallel
C) The three planes intersect in a line D) The three planes form a triangular
prism
9. The equation of the plane which is equally inclined to the lines
x 1 y z2 x3 y4 z
  and   and passing through the origin is (are)
2 2 1 8 1 4
A) 14x – 5y – 7z =0 B) 2x+ 7y – z = 0 C) 3x – 4y – z =0 D)
x+2y-5z=0
10. If a is not parallel to b and r  r  a  b then
(a.b)a  b  a  b (a.b)a  b  a  b
A) r  B) r 
1  a.a 1  a.a
2 2
(a.b) 2  b (a.b) 2  b
C) r  D) r 
1 a 1 a
2 2

INTEGER ANSWER TYPE

  
11. If a, b, c be non-coplanar unit vectors equally inclined to one another at an
      
acute angle  , and if a  b  b c  p a  q b  r c then p  r =__ (p, q, r  R)
12. Let A be a point on the line r   3i  6 j  3k   t  2i  3 j  2k  and B be a point on

the line r  6 j  s  2i  2 j  k  . The least value of the distance AB is

13. If a  2b  3c  0 and a  b  b  c  c  a is equal to   b  c  then  is equal to
14. Shortest distance between the z-axis and the line x  y  2z  3  0
 2x  3y  4z  4 is
15. The point P (1,2,3) is reflected in the xy – plane, then its image Q is rotated
by 180o about the x – axis to produce R , and finally R is translated in the
 direction of the positive y – axis through a distance d to produced S (1,3,3).
The value of d is

MATHS VECTORS & 3D KEY SHEET

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A B C B B A AD BC AB AC
11 12 13 14 15
0 3 6 2 5

1) The lengths of two opposite edges of a tetrahedron are a , b . Their shortest distance
is d and the angle between them is  . Then its volume is
1 1
A) a b d sin  B) a b d cos 
2 3
1 1
C) a b d sin  D) a b d cos 
6 6
2) Let two non collinear unit vectors a and b form an acute angle. A point P moves
so that at any time ' t ' the position vector OP (where O is the origin) is given by
aˆ cos t  b sin t . When P is farthest from origin O, let M be the length of OP and
u be the unit vector along OP . Then,
a  bˆ a  bˆ
   
12 12
A) u  and M  1  a.b B) u  and M  1  a.b
a  bˆ a  bˆ

a  bˆ a  bˆ
   
12 12
C) u  and M  1  2 a.b D) u  and M  1  2 a.b
a  bˆ a  bˆ

3) Let a  2 iˆ  3 j and b be any vector in xy – plane perpendicular to a . If a vector c in

5 3
the same plane have lengths of projections along a and b equal to and , then
13 13
c
2 3 9 19 19 9 19 8
A) i j B) i j C) i j D) i j
13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
4) A mirror and a source of light are situated at the origin O and a point on OX
respectively. A ray of light from the source strikes the mirror and is reflected. If
the D.R.s of normal to the plane of mirror are 1,  1,1, then D.C.s for the reflected ray
are
 1 2 2
, ,
3 3 3
1 2 2  1 2 2 1 2 2
A) , , B) , , C) , , D)
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

5) Through a point P  f , g , h  a plane is drawn at right angles to OP , to meet the

axes in A, B, C . If OP  r , the centroid of the triangle ABC is

 f g h   r2 r2 r2 
A)  , ,  B)  2, 2
, 2
 3r 3r 3r   3 f 3 g 3h 
 r2 r2 r2   f 2 g 2 h2 
C)  , ,  D)  2, 2, 2
 3 f 3 g 3h   3r 3r 3r 
6) The plane l x  m y  0 is rotated about its line of intersection with the x O y plane
through an angle  . Then the equation of the plane is l x  m y  n z  0, where ' n '
is

A)   l 2  m2  cos  B)   l 2  m2  sin 
C)   l 2  m2  tan  D)   l 2  m2  sec 
7) Consider the line x  y  z and the line 2 x  y  z  1  0  3 x  y  2 z  2 then
1
A) The shortest distance between the two lines is
2
B) The shortest distance between the two lines is 2
C) Plane containing 2 line parallel to 1 line is y  z  1  0
nd st

3
D) The shortest distance between the two lines is
2
8) The angle between the lines x  2 y  3 z  0, 3 x  2 y  z  0 and the y – axis is

1  2 
D) 2sec  4 
1 1
A) sec 1 3 B) 2sec 1 3 C) cos  
2  6
9) a and c are unit vectors and b  4 with a  b  2 a  c .
1
The angle between a and c is cos 1   . Then b  2 c   a, if  is
4
1 1
A) 3 B) C)  4 D)
4 4
10) A parallelogram is constructed on the vectors a  3  , b    3, If     2

and angle between  and  is , then the length of diagonal(s) of the
3
parallelogram is

A) 4 5 B) 4 3 C) 4 7 D) 4 2

11) e f 2e
Statement 1: If in a  ABC , BC   and AC  ; e  f , then the value
e f e
of cos 2 A  cos 2 B  cos 2 C is 1
Statement 2: If in  ABC , C  900 then cos 2 A  cos 2 B  cos 2 C   1
A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct Explanation
for Statement-1
B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1
C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True
12) STATEMENT -1: If u & v are unit vectors inclined at an angle  and x is a
uv
unit vector bisecting the angle between them, then x 

2cos
2
STATEMENT-2: If  ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB  AC  1, then
AB  AC
vector representing bisector of angle A is given by AD 
2
A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct Explanation
for Statement-1
B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1
C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True
13) Consider the planes 3 x  6 y  2 z  15 and 2 x  y  2 z  5
Statement 1 : The parametric equations of the line of intersection of the given
planes are x  3  14 t , y  1  2 t , z  15 t because
Statement 2: The vector 14 i  2 j  15 k is parallel to the line of intersection of the given
planes.
A) Statement-1 is true, statement 2 is true, statement 2 is a correct explanation for statement
1
B) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is true, statement 2 is not correct explanation for
statement 1
C) Statement -1 is true, statement – 2 is false
 D) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
14)
 
Statement 1: If r  xi  y j  z k , then equation r  2 i  j  3 k  3 i  k represents
a straight line.
 
Statement 2: If r  xi  y j  z k , then equation r  i  2 j  3 k  2 i  j represents
a straight line.
A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct Explanation
for Statement-1
B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1
C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

Let a point P where position vector is r  xi  y j  z k is called Lattice point if

x, y , z  N . If atleast two of x, y, z are equal then this Lattice point is called
isosceles Lattice point. If all x, y, z are equal then this Lattice point is called
equilateral Lattice point.
15)
 
The number of Lattice points on the plane r. i  j  k  10 are

A) 36 B) 45 C) 84 D) 120
16) If a Lattice point is selected at random from Lattice points which satisfy
 
r. i  j  k  11, then the probability that the selected Lattice point is equilateral
given that it is isosceles Lattice point is
1 1 2 5
A) B) C) D)
22 23 33 22
17)

Area of triangle formed by the isosceles Lattice points lying on the plane r. i  j  k  4 
is

3 3
A) 2 2 B) 2 C) D) 2
2 2

A new operation * is defined between two non antiparallel vectors  and  as


 *     tan   , where  is the angle between  and  .
2
18) The condition for which  and  are perpendicular is

 *  *  *
A)  *   0 B) 1 C)  1 D) 1
    
19)  *  is
2 2
A)  B) Not defined C) 0 D)   3

20) For  *   .

A)   0 is a necessary condition

B)  .   0 is a necessary condition

C) t 3  t 2  t  1 is a sufficient condition, where t  tan   / 2 

D)    is a necessary condition
A tetrahedron is a triangular pyramid. If position vector of all the vertices of
abcd
tetrahedron are a, b, c and d , then position vector of centroid of .
4
If AB, AC, AD are adjacent sides of tetrahedron. Then volume of tetrahedron is
1
 AB AC AD 
6
21) In a regular tetrahedron angle between two opposite edges is
  2 
A) B) C) D)
3 6 3 2
22) In a regular tetrahedron if the distance between centroid and midpoint of any edge
of tetrahedron is equal to
1 1
A) (edge of tetrahedron) B) (edge of tetrahedron)
3 2 2
1 1
C) (edge of tetrahedron) D) (edge of tetrahedron)
2 3 3 2
23) If vector a, b, c, d are four vectors whose magnitudes are equal to area of the faces
of a tetrahedron and directions perpendicular and outward directions to the faces
respectively then the volume of tetrahedron is
1 1 1 1
A) a3 B) a3 C) a3 D) a3
6 2 3 2 4 2 8 2

1) C 2) A 3) C 4) B 5) C 6) C
7) A,C 8) A,C 9) A,C 10) B,C 11) B 12) A
13) D 14) D 15) A 16) B 17) C 18) B
19) C 20) C 21) D 22) B 23) A