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IIT – JEE: 2016 CRASH COURSE (M – 6 & 7) DATE: 20/11/2015

ASSIGNMENT - 1 TOPIC: VECTORS & 3D GEOMETRY

SECTION-I
This section contains 20 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C)
and (D) for its answer, out which ONLY ONE is correct.

1. Let A  a,0,0  , B  0, b, 0  , C  0, 0, c  and D  a, b, c  are 4 distinct points from origin. So that

 
p 2  a 2  b2  c 2 and q 2  a 2  b 2  c 2 . If  is angle between the line OD and plane ABC then
sin  is
3q 2q q q
(A) (B) (C) (D)
p p p 3p
2. If  is the angle between any edge and a face not containing the edge of a regular tetrahedron, then
the value of cos is
1 1 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3
3. P is a variable point on the plane lx  my  nz  p . A point Q is taken on the line OP such that
OP.OQ = p2 then the locus of ‘Q’ is (where ‘O’ is the origin)
(A) p  lx  my  nz   x  y  z (B) p  lx  my  nz   x 2  y 2  z 2

(C) p 2  l x  my  nz    x  y  z  (D) p 2  lx  my  nz    x 2  y 2  z 2 

4. If a , b, c are three non coplanar vectors and r is any arbitrary vector then
(a  b)  ( r  c )  ( b  c)  ( r  a )  (c  a )  ( r  b) equals
(A) [a b c]r (B) 2[a b c]r (C) 3[a b c]r (D) 4[a b c]r
        
5. a  (b  c) , b  (c  a) and c  (a  b) are
(A) Linearly dependent (B) equal vectors
(C) Parallel vectors (D) Linearly independent
       
6. Let a  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ , c  ˆj  kˆ . If b is a vector satisfying a  b  c and a.b  3 then b is
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1   
(A)
3
(5i  2j  2k) (B)
3
(5i  2j  2k) (C) 3iˆ  ˆj  kˆ (D)
5
i  j k 
1
2
7. The line of intersection of planes  f  t dt  0 (where, f(t) = x + 4ty + 9t z)
t 0
and 3x+2y+z = 0 is

equally inclined to axes of x and z, then this line make an angle with yaxis is
1 1 1 1 1
(A) sec 2 (B) sec1 3 (C) sec 1 4 (D) sec 1 2
3 2 2 4
8. If a, b, c are any three non–coplanar vectors, then the value of k for which the roots of the equation
[b  c c  a a  b]V 2  [a  b b  c c  a]V  k 1  [b  c c  a a  b]  0 Represents the volume of a
parallelopiped and a tetrahedron with same coterminous edges is
(A) 18/49 (B) 24/49 (C) 35/49 (D) 36/49

9. The value of the expression  a  (3b  2c) b  (c  2a) 2c  (a  3b) ;(where a, b, c are three vectors)
equals to
(A)  18 [a b c]2 (B) 18 [a b c]2 (C) 6[a b c]2 (D) 6[a b c]2

10. The shortest distance between the line of intersection of the plane x  y  z  2  0;
2x  3y  z  5  0 and the line of intersection of the plane x  3y  z  2  0; 2x  y  z  0 is
3 5 3 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
11 11 13 13

11. The range of , if origin lies in the acute angle between the planes
 x  2 y  6 z  8  0 & 2x   y  (  1) z  3  0 is
 3  3
(A)    ,  (B)    ,  
 5  4
 3
(C)    ,   (D) None
 5

12. The volume of the parallelopiped formed by the planes x  3y  z  2  0;x  3y  z  3  0

2x  y  z  0; 2x  y  z  3  0 and x  y  z  3  0; x  y  z  3 is
30 15 15
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
22 22 11

13. Points A (a, b, c) and B (b, c, a) are taken such that |OA|=10, then the length of the curve described
 
by A such that the vector OA and OB are perpendicular is
2 2 2
(A) 20 (B) 40 (C) 80 (D) none
3 3 3

14. If f(t) is continuous and differential function, such that the vector f (t)iˆ  f '(t)ˆj  f ''(t)kˆ is always
perpendicular to the vector ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ and f(0)=f '(0)=2 , then the maximum value of f(t) is
2 3 4 6
(A) (B) (C) (D)
e e e e

     ˆ
ˆ y  a ˆi  b ˆj  a.b
     
15. If x  a iˆ  2 b ˆj  2k;  
k and  x.y  2  2 a 2  4 b 2  x.y   a 4  4 b 4  0 , then-
 
(A) a and b must be parallel or anti parallel vectors
 
(B) a and b must be perpendicular vectors
 
(C) a and b must be equal magnitude
 
(D) One of a or b must be unimodular

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16. The length of the tangent drawn from (1, 0, 0) to the circle with centre (2, 3, 4) and touching the line
x 1 y  2 z  3
  is
2 3 6
4 78 2 78 3 78 78
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 7 7 7
         
17. Line of intersection of the planes r .a  c.a & r .b  c.b , ( a & b are linearly independent) is given by
           
   
(A) r  a  b  a  b  c  
(B) r  b  c  a  b  c  
              
   
(C) r  a  b  c  a  b    
(D) r  a  b  b  c  a  a  b  c  
          
18. The line  r  a1 b1 c1   0   r  a 2 b2 c2  and r  c  sd , where ‘s’ is a parameter, are
  
parallel then for any non-zero vector  (linearly independent with b1 &c1 )the value of
   
d. d .b 2 d.c2
     
b1 . b1.b 2 b1 .c2
     
c1. c1.b 2 c1 .c2
   is (all the vectors are nonzero)
  b1 c1 
 
           
(A) [  a1 a 2 ] (B) [d b2 c2 ] (C) [d  b1 ] (D) [a1 b1 c1 ]

        
19. Vectors a , b , c and d are coplanar and  sin   a   2 sin 2  b   3sin 3  c  d  0. Then the least
value of sin 2   sin 2 2  sin 2 3 is
(A) 1/14 (B) 14 (C) 6 (D) 1/ 6

20. Let f  t   t  iˆ   t  t   ˆj   t  i  kˆ , where [.] denotes the greatest integer function. Then the vectors
5 
f   and f  t  ,0  t  1 , are
4
(A) parallel to each other (B) perpendicular to each other
2 8t
(C) inclined at an angle cos 1 (D) inclined at cos 1
7 1  t 2
9 1 t2

SECTION-II
This section contains 28 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C)
and (D) for its answer, out which ONE OR MORE is/are correct.
(+3, –1)

21. If l1 , m1 , n1 and l2, m2, n2 are D.C.'s of the two lines inclined to each other at angle , then the
D.C.'s of the internal and external bisectors of the angle between those lines are
l1  l2 m  m2 n  n2 l1  l2 m1  m 2 n1  n 2
(A) , 1 , 1 (B) , ,
2 sin( / 2) 2 sin( / 2) 2 sin(  / 2) 2 cos(  / 2) 2 cos( / 2) 2 cos(  / 2)
l1  l2 m  m2 n  n2 l1  l2 m1  m 2 n1  n 2
(C) , 1 , 1 (D) , ,
2 sin( / 2) 2 sin( / 2) 2 sin(  / 2) 2 cos(  / 2) 2 cos( / 2) 2 cos(  / 2)

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22. If the planes r.n1  p1 , r.n 2  p 2 and r.n 3  p3 have a common line of intersection then
(A) ( n 1  n 2 )  ( n 2  n 3 )  ( n 3  n1 )  0 (B) p1 (n 2  n 3 )  p 2 (n 3  n1 )  p 3 (n1  n 2 )  0
(C) [ n1 n 2 n 3 ]  0 (D) n 1  n 2 , n 2  n 3 , n 3  n 1 are collinear

23. The equation of the plane containing the lines r  i  t ( j  2 k ) and r  3i  j  s (i  j  k ) is

(A) r  2i  k   (i  2 j  3k )   (i  k ) (B) ( r  i)  (i  2 j  k )  0
(C) [r 2i  j i  2 j  k]  0 (D) [ r  ( j  2k )].( i  j  k )  0
      
24. If x  b  c  b and x  a then x is equal to
           
b  (a  c) (b  c)  a a  (c  b) (a  b)  c
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
b.c b.a a.b b.c

b c c a ab
25. If a, b, c are vectors forming right hand triad. Let p  , q , r , then-
[a , b , c] [a, b, c] [a, b, c]
(A) Least value of  tan 2 x  .  a, b, c    cot 2 x   p, q, r  is 2.
4 2  3 
2
 
(B) The range of  sin x   a, b, c   cosec x  p,q, r  is  2 / 3 ,  
2 
(C) The locus of the point in a plane given by (x, y, z) where x  [p, q, r ], y  a, b,c ,z  xy is a
hyperbola.
(D) [p, q, r ] is always positive

26. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?  

 
 
    |[a  c ].[b  d] |
(A) The shortest distance between the skew lines r  a   b and r  c   d is 
| bd |
x 1 y  3 z  2 x  2 y 1 z  3
(B) The two straight line are   and   are coplanar
2 1 3 1 3 2
(C) The equation 2x  y  z, x  3y  4z,3x  2y  5z are consistent and has a unique solution
(D) Minimum distance between two coplanar lines is always zero.

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27. If a, b, c,d are 4 vectors such that |a  b | 5; c  d  8; and b  d  10 , c 2  b.d  (b  d).c
     
(A) |b  c | 6  
(B) b  c . b  d  36 
   
(C) Maximum value of  a  c   97 (D) Minimum value of a  d  5  
28. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
      
    
(A) a  a  a  b  a  b a 2 
         
(B) If a , b, c are nonzero non coplanar vectors and v . a  v . b  v . c  0 then v must be a null
vector
     
(C) If a and b lie in a plane normal to the plane containing the vector c and d . If a and b are not
          
parallel, c and d are not parallel, a , b , c , d are non zero vectors, then a  b  c  d  0  
           
(D) If a , b, c and a , b, c  are reciprocal system of vectors then a b  b. c  c . a   0

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29. Let P1  x  y  z  4 and P2  x  2y  3z  0 be two planes and A (1, 2, -3) and B (1, -2, 3) then-
2
(A) Minimum distance of A from a line passing through B and parallel to P1 is
3
2
(B) Minimum distance of A from a line passing through B and parallel to P2 is
14
(C) Minimum distance of A from a line passing through B and parallel to P1 measured parallel to the
7
plane P2 is 2 (D) None
3

30. The lines given by x  ay  b;z  cx  d and y  pz  q; z  rx  s ; a, b,c,d,p,q, r,s  R are

(A) Mutually perpendicular if and only if a  pr  acr  0
(B) Mutually perpendicular if and only if ac  pr  0
(C) Parallel if and only if c  r  p;a  R  {0}
(D) Parallel if and only if apc  apr  1;a  R  {0}

x 3 yp z r
31. The plane containing the line   passes through the points  q, 3, 2  ,  2,1, 4  ,  2,1,1 ,
1 3 4
then
(A) Infinite such planes exists (B) Possible plane(s) is/are parallel to z axis
(C) point (p, q, r) lies on the plane (D) p  6q  20

   
32.  
A variable point R( r ) moves in x-y plane such that 2 r  iˆ . r  ˆj  r  ˆj     r  iˆ  and another
    
     
point Q( q ) moves such that 2 r  iˆ x r  ˆj  r  ˆi r  ˆj then-
8 2
(A) Length of the path described by R is
3 3

(B) Length of the path described by R is 4 2 2  6 
8 2
(C) Length of the path described by Q is
3 3

(D) Length of the path described by Q is 4 2 2  6 
33. If ax  by  cz  d  0 are such that a, b, c,d are in G.P such that it passes through the point (1, -2, 0),
then the direction Ratios of the lines perpendicular to the plane can be
1 1 1 5 1 3  5
(A) , , (B) 1, ,
3 3 3 2 2
 5 1 3  5 5 1 1 5 1
(C) 1, , (D) , ,
2 2 4 2 4
34. If ax  by  cz  d  0 are such that a, b,c,d are in A.P, then
x 1 y z  1
(A) The plane must contain the line  
1 2 1
5
(B) The largest perpendicular distance of the plane from origin is
3
(C) If a  b  c  d  0 , then the equation of plane is 3x  y  z  3
(D) If (1, -1, -1) lies on the plane, then there are exactly 2 such planes possible.

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35. Let r  xa  yb , where a & b are linearly independent and x & y are nonzero scalars, then
x + y is equal to
         
r a  b a  b  r a  b b  a 
(A)   (B)  
  2   2
ab  ab  
         
 r a  b b  a  r b  a a  b 
(C)   (D)  
  2   2

b a  ab  
         
36. Let the equations of two lines be r  b  a  b & r  c  a  c , where a  i  j  k, b  2i  2j  k
    
& c  i  2j  2k . If the equation of the bisector of acute angle between these lines is r  e  d  e ,

then d may be
(A) 2i  9j  5k (B) 3j  4k (C) 3i  13j  8k (D) i  7j  7k
            
37. If the system of equations r  a  c  a, r  b  c  b & r.c  1 is consistent for r and a, b, c are
linearly independent, then
     
(A) c  a  b  0 (B) a b c   a b c
 
 
(C) c.b   c.a   0 (D) none of these

38. If a tetrahedron ABCD is such that the mid-points of its six edges lie on a sphere of radius r,
Then which of the following is correct?
(A) The skew edges of the tetrahedron are perpendicular
(B) Center of the sphere is the centroid of the tetrahedron
(C) Sum of squares of skew edges is constant
(D) GA 2  GB2  GC 2  GD 2  12r 2

x  y  z    l   m 
39. The line   intersects the curve xy  c 2 , z  0 , then        
l m n  n  n 
  
(A) c2 (B) 1 (C)   (D) l  m  n
l m n

   3 
40.  

If vectors b  tan , 1,2 sin  / 2 and c   tan , tan ,   are orthogonal and vector
sin  / 2 

a  1,3,sin 2  makes an obtuse angle with the z-axis, then the value of  is
(A)    4n  1   tan 1 2 (B)    4n  1   tan 1 2
(C)    4n  2    tan 1 2 (D)    4n  2    tan 1 2

     
41. a  b c  d e  f  is equal to
 
            
(A) a b c  c e f   a b c  d e f  (B) a b e   f c d   a b f  e c d 
            
(C) c d a  b e f   a d b  a e f  (D)  a c e  b d f 

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42. If vectors a , b and c are non-coplanar and l , m and n are distinct scalars, then
  
 l a  m b  n c l b  m c  n a l c  m a  n b   0 implies
   
 
(A) l  m  n  0
(B) roots of the equation lx 2  mx  n  0 are real
(C) l 2  m 2  n 2  0
(D) l 3  m 3  n 3  3lmn

43. Let PM be the perpendicular from the point P 1, 2, 3 to the x-y plane. If OP makes an angle  with

the positive direction of the z-axis and OM makes an angle  with the positive direction of x-axis,
where O is the origin and  and  are acute angles, then
(A) cos  cos   1/ 14 (B) sin  sin   2 / 14
(C) tan   2 (D) tan   5 / 3

44. Consider the planes 3x  6 y  2 z  5  0 and 4 x  12 y  3 z  3 . The plane 67 x  162 y  47 z  44  0

bisects that angle between the given planes which
(A) contains the origin (B) is acute
(C) is obtuse (D) none of these

45. The equations of the plane which passes through (0, 0, 0) and which is equally inclined to the planes
x  y  z  3  0 and x  y  z  4  0 is/are
(A) y  0 (B) x  0 (C) x  y  0 (D) x  z  0

x 1 y z  2
46. The equation of the plane which is equally inclined to the lines   and
2 2 1
x 3 y 4 z
  and passing through the origin is/are
8 1 4
(A) 14 x  5 y  7 z  0 (B) 2 x  7 y  z  0
(C) 3 x  4 y  z  0 (D) x  2 y  5 z  0

x y 1 x  2
47. Consider a set of points in the space which is at a distance of 2 units from the line  
1 1 2
between the planes x  y  z  3  0 and x  y  2  0 .
 
(A) The volume of the bounded figure by points R and the planes is 10 / 3 3  cube units.

 
(B) The area of the curved surface formed by the set of points R is 4 / 3  sq. units.


(C) The volume of the bounded figure by the set of points R and the planes is 20 / 3 (  cubic
units).
 
(D) The area of the curved surface formed by the set of points R is 10 / 3  sq. units

  
48. The equation of a line passing through the point a parallel to the plane r  n  q and perpendicular
  
to the line r  b  tc is
       
(A) r  a    n  c  (B)  r  a    n  c   0
   
(C) r  b    n  c  (D) none of these

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 SECTION-III (Paragraph Type)
This section contains 3 multiple choice questions relating to 4 paragraphs. Each question has
four choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.
(+3, -1)

PASSAGE FOR QUESTION NOS. 49 TO 51

         0
Let x , y , z be the vectors, such that | x || y || z | 2 and x , y , z make angles of 60 with each
          
other also x  (y  z)  a , y  (z  x)  b and x  y  c , then

49. The value of x is
         

(A) (a  b)  c  (a  b)  
(B) (a  b)  (a  b)  c 
1      1     
(C)
2

(a  b)  c  (a  b)  (D)
2

(a  b)  (a  b)  c 

50. The value of y is
1          
(A)
2
(a  b)  (a  b)  c 
(B) 2 (a  b)  (a  b)  c 
         
(C) 4 (a  b)  (a  b)  c 
(D) (a  b)  (a  b)  c 

51. The value of z is
1      1     
(A)
2

(b  a)  c  (a  b)  (B)
2

(b  a)  (a  b)  c 
         

(C) (b  a)  c  (a  b)  
(D) (b  a)  (a  b)  c 

PASSAGE FOR QUESTION NOS. 52 TO 54

   
If a , b , c are three given non-coplanar vectors and any arbitrary vector r in space where
            
r.a b.a c.a a.a r.a c.a a.a b.a r.a a.a b.a c.a
            
1  r.b b.b c.b ,  2  a.b r.b c.b ,  3  a.b b.b r.b ,   a.b b.b c.b
            
r.c b.c c.c a.c r.c c.c a.c b.c r.c a.c b.c c.c
Answer the following questions

52. The vector r is expressible in the form
 1   2  3  21  22  23 
(A) r  a b c (B) r  a b c
2 2 2   
             
(C) r  a  b c (D) r  1 a  2 b  3 c
1 2 3   

53. The vector r is expressible as:
     
 [r b c]  [r c a]  [r a b]   2[r b c]  2[r c a]  2[r a b] 
(A) r     a     b     c (B) r     a     b     c
2[a b c] 2[a b c] 2[a b c] [a b c] [a b c] [a b c]
       
    a b c    [r b c]a [r c a]b [r a b]c 
(C) r  [a b c]              (D) r              
 [r b c] [r c a] [r a b]   [a b c] [a b c] [a b c] 

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54. If vector r is expressible as r  xa  yb  zc , then
  
 a.a   a.b   c.a  
(A) a     (b  c)     (c  a)     (a  b)
[a b c] [a b c] [a b c]
         
(B) a  a.a(b  c)  a.b(c  a)  c.a(a  b)
            
(C) a  [a b c](b  c)  [a b c](c  a)  [a b c](a  b)
     
 (b  c) (c  a) (a  b)
(D) a            
[a b c] [a b c] [a b c]

PASSAGE FOR QUESTION NOS. 55 TO 57

Two straight lines in space are called coplanar if they are parallel or they intersect, other wise the
lines are called non-coplanar or skew lines. Let the equation of two skew lines in vector from be
     
r  a  tb and r  a1  sb1
  
The vector n  b  b1 is perpendicular to both lines and there fore parallel to their common
perpendicular PP1 as shown in the figure

A(a)
P


b


b1

P1

A 1 (a1 )

The length d of this common perpendicular equal to the length of the projection of AA 1 and n
          
| n.(a  a1 ) | | (b  b1 ).(a  a1 ) | [b b1.(a  a 1 )]
d       
|n| | b  b1 | | b  b1 |
This distance d represents the shortest distance between these lines. The condition that above lines as
   
intersecting if d  0  [b b1 (a  a 1 )]  0 .The equation of the plane containing the first line and the
    
common perpendicular to the two lines is  r  a, b, b  b1   0 . The point P1 is that in which the 2nd
 
the line meets this plane. Similarly the equation of the plane containing the 2 nd line and the common
    
perpendicular is (r  a1 ), b, b1  b1   0 . The point P is that in which the first line meets this plane.
 
These two planes simultaneously determine the PP1 .
Answer the following questions

55. A line is drawn through A(6,2,2) in the direction of the vector (iˆ  2ˆj  2k) ˆ and another line
through a point A (4, 0, 1) in the direction of the vector 3iˆ  2ˆj  2kˆ . Then a unit vector in
1

direction of the common perpendicular to two line is

1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1 1 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
(A) (i  j  k) (B) (2iˆ  2jˆ  k)
ˆ (C) (2iˆ  2jˆ  k)
ˆ (D) (i  j  k)
3 3 3 3

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56. A rectangular parallelepiped has sides of length a, b, c. The shortest distance of the edge of length ‘a’
from the diagonal not meeting it is
a2 a(b  c) bc a2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a 2  b 2  c2 a 2  b2  c2 b2  c2 b2  c2

57. The shortest distance between two opposite sides of a regular tetrahedron of edge length ‘d’ is
d
(A) d (B) 2d (C) (D) 3d
2
PASSAGE FOR QUESTION NOS. 58 TO 60
A
In the adjacent figure,
CE AF  LB 
Let   ; and  E
EA FB 1 BC 1 F
 
And FL  VFE then answer following questions L B C


58. AB Must be equal to
       
AC  AL AL  AC AC  AL AC  AL
(A) (B) (C) (D)
 1  1 2 2

59. AL must be equal to
(1   )  x  (1  )   
(A) AB  AC (B) AB  AC
 1  1  1  1
(1  )     (1  )   
(C) AB  AC (D) AB  AC
 1  1  1  1

60.  must be equal to

1 1  
(A) 2 (B) 2
(C) (D)
 1  1  1  1

SECTION-IV (Integer Answer Type)

This section contains 20 questions. The answer to each of the questions is a single digit integer,
ranging from 0 to 9. The correct digit below the question number in the ORS is be bubbled.
(+4, 0)

61. If two straight line having direction cosines l, m, n satisfy al  bm  cn  0 and fmn  gnl  hlm  0
f g h
are perpendicular, then the value of   is
a b c
   
62. If a, b, c , d , are position vectors of the vertices of a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD, then the value
           
a b  b  d  d  a b c  c  d  d  b
of  is
b 

a  .  d  
a  b 

c  .  d 
c 
   
     
63. Regular tetrahedron ABCD with unit length of its edges . Point E and F are taken on the edges
 
AD and BD respectively such that E divides DA and F divides BD in the ratio 2:1 each . Then
12 3
if  is area of triangle CEF then value of  is
5

   
64. Consider the non zero vectors a , b , c , d , such that no three of which are coplanar. Prove that

.
   
Hence If a , b , c , d , are position vectors of vertices of a plane quadrilateral, then evaluate

  
65. If a, b , c , are vertices of triangle ABC, then the vector perpendicular to the plane of the triangle
    
     
 a b c   a  b  b c  c  a 
 
ABC drawn from the origin 'O' is given by v    (where  is the area
k 2
of the triangle ABC.), then value of |k| is

66. The plane lx + my = 0 is rotated about its line of intersection with the plane z = 0 through an angle

. If the equation to the plane in new position is lx  my  kz l 2  m2  0
3
The value of k 2 is

67. Let ABCD be a tetrahedron such that the edges AB, AC and AD are mutually perpendicular.
Let the area of triangles ABC, ACD and ADB be denoted by 1, 2 and 2 sq. units respectively.
Find the area of the triangle BCD.

68. The position vectors of the four angular points of a tetrahedron OABC are (0, 0, 0); (0, 0, 2);
(0, 4, 0) and (6, 0, 0) respectively. A point P inside the tetrahedron is at the same distance 'r' from
the four plane faces of the tetrahedron. Find the value of '3r'

      
69. Let OA  a, OB  10 a  2 b, OC  b where O, A & C are non-collinear points . Let p
denote the area of the quadrilateral OABC, and let q denote the area of the parallelogram with
OA and OC as adjacent sides. If p = kq, then k is

70. An Alien organisation has 4 spaceships. They decided to place each satellite at a distance ‘k.r’ from
the surface of the earth in order to access information about the whole surface of the spherical earth
of radius r, then the minimum value of k must be

x4 y2 zk

71. If the line   lies exactly on the plane 2x  4y  z  7 the value of k  p is
1 1 p

72. If 3a  4b  5c  0, then the minimum value of a 2  b2  c 2  10b  12c  13 is

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ab 
73. If a, b, c are any three non–coplanar unit vectors such that  a, b, c   1; k1  ; k 2  c and
2
     
k i  2  k i 1 x k i , then the value of  k 2014 ,k 2013 ,k 2012  is


74. If a, b, c, d are four non zero vector and no three of them are coplanar and no two of them are
           
  
axd . bxc   cxa  . bxd  axb . dxc     
perpendicular to each other then the value of     is
axb xc . d     
  
75. Let 0 be an interior point of  ABC such that OA 2 OB  3 OC  0 . Then the ratio of the area of 
ABC to the area of  AOC is
    
76. Let p & q be any two orthogonal vectors of equal magnitude 4 each. Let a , b & c be any three
vectors of lengths 7, 15, 2 33 , mutually perpendicular to each other. Then find the distance of the
                     
vector  a . p  p   a . q  q   a .  p  q    p  q    b . p  p   b . q  q   b .  p  q    p  q 
                
     
  
   K 
  c . p  p   c . q  q   c .  p  q    p  q  from the origin is K. Then value of  
         50 

         
77. If e1 , e2 , e3 and E1 , E2 , E3 are two sets of vectors such that ei . E j  1 If i  j & ei . E j  0 If i  j
     
.Then the value of e1 e2 e3  .  E1 E2 E3  is
   

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
78. If cos  i  j  k , i  cos  j  k , i  j  cos  k are coplanar  ,  ,   2n  , then the value of
2 
 cos ec 2
is

  
 
79. a, b, c are three non coplanar vectors such that a b c   1 and d is a unit vector, then find the
   
value of  a . d                
 b c    b . d  c  a    c . d  a b  is
        

80. A Plane cuts sides AB, BC, CD, DA of a skew quadrilateral in P, Q, R, S respectively.

AP BQ CR DS
Then the value of . . . is
PB QC RD SA

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 SECTION – V (MATRIX MATCH TYPE)
This section contains 04 questions. Each question has contains two columns, Column – I &
Column – II. Match the entries in Column – I with the entries in Column – II. One or more
entries in Column – I may match with one or more entries in Column – II.

81. Column I Column II

(A) A plane parallel to the plane 3x – 7y + z = 5 (P) 2x  2y  4z  8
(B) A plane perpendicular to the plane 3x + 7y + 2z = 5 (Q) 6x  14y  2z  1  0
(C) A plane passing through (2, 2, 2) (R) 14x  6y  21z  42
(D) A plane making intercepts 3, 7, 2 on the coordinate axes. (S) 4x  2y  z  6

82. Column-I Column-II

(A) The distance of the point (1,-2,3) from the plane (P) 0
x y z 1
x-y+z-5=0 measured parallel to  
2 3 6
(B) x 2 y 3 4 z (Q) 1
If the straight lines   and
1 1 K
x 1 y  4 z  5
  intersect then K is equal to
K 2 1
(C) The shortest distance between any two opposite (R) -3
edges of the tetrahedron formed by the planes
y  z  0, z  x  0, x  y  0 and x  y  z  6 is
(D) If  is the angle between line x = y = z and the (S) 2

plane x + y + z = 4 then tan is
2

83. Column I Column II

(A) The distance between two points, one on each of (P) 1/3
x 3 y6 z
the lines   and
4 3 2

r  ( 2iˆ  7k)
ˆ +  ( 4iˆ  ˆj  k)
ˆ can be
(B) The distance of a point on the plane (Q) 0
2x + 3y + 6z = k from the point (3, 1, 1)
is 2, then the value of k can be
(C) If 2 a  3bˆ  5cˆ = 0 then the area of the triangle
ˆ (R) 9
whose sides are represented by the
  
vectors a , b and c is
      
(D) | a | = | b | = | c | = 1 and k = | a  b |2  | b  c |2 + (S) 29
 
| c  a |2 then value of k can be

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84. Match the following
Column I Column II
(A)      
(P) 1
a, b unit vectors and a  2b is perpendicular to 5a  4b
 
then 2(a .b) is equal to
(B) The point (1, 0, 3), (1, 4, 4) (1, 2, 1), (k, k-1, k+2) are (Q)
2
distinct co-planar points then k =
(C) The vectors i + j + mk, i + j + (m + 1)k and i – j + mk are
(R) 3
coplanar then the values that m cannot assume is
        
(D) ax (b  c)  b  (c  a )  c  (a  b) is equal to (S) 0

85. Column I Column II

(A) If a, b are any two perpendicular vectors of equal (P) 1
magnitude and | 3a  4b |  | 4a  3b | = 20, then
magnitude of vector a is
(B) x  2 y  3 z 1 (Q) 2
If the line   is parallel to the plane 2x –
3 5 k
3y + 9z – 7 = 0, then k =
(C) If a, b are any two non-zero vectors such that the roots of (R) 3

the equation | a |2 x2 – 2k  
| a.b |2  | a  b |2 x + 4

| b |2 = 0 are real and equal, then 0.5k + 2 can be

(D) (S) 2 2
If a, b are any two unit vectors, then the value of
2 2
 can be
| a b | | a b |

   
86.    
Consider the points A a , B b ,C c and D d , x is the distance of point A from plane BCD, y is
the distance of point D from plane ABC then match the following List – I with List – II.

List – I List – II
          
(A) b  c  c  d  d  b x  bcd equals (P) a b c  bd c  ba c
     
         
(B) a  b  b  c  c  a y  a bc equals (Q) a b c  a cd   a d b
     
   
(C) a bd  is equal to (when A, B, C and D (R) d a b  d bc  d ca 
       
are coplanar)
   
(D) d a b is equal to (when A, B, C, D are (S) d a c  d bc  d ca 
       
coplanar)

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TOPIC: VECTORS & 3D GEOMETRY

1. (A) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (A)

6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (C) 10. (A)
11. (C) 12. (A) 13. (A) 14. (C) 15. (B)
16. (A) 17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (A) 20. (D)
21. (BC) 22. (BCD) 23. (AB) 24. (BC) 25. (ABC)
26. (ABC) 27. (ABD) 28. (BD) 29. (AC) 30. (AD)
31. (BD) 32. (AD) 33. (ACD) 34. (BC) 35. (B)(D)
36. (ABCD) 37. (AC) 38. (ABCD) 39. (BCD) 40. (BD)
41. (ABC) 42. (ABD) 43. (BCD) 44. (AB) 45. (AC)
46. (AB) 47. (BC) 48. (AB) 49. (C) 50. (A)
51. (B) 52. (D) 53. (D) 54. (A) 55. (B)
56. (C) 57. (C) 58. (A) 59. (D) 60. (B)
61. (0) 62. (0) 63. (1) 64. (1) 65. (4)
66. (3) 67. (3) 68. (2) 69. (6) 70. (2)
71. (5) 72. (2) 73. (1) 74. (2) 75. 3
76. (4) 77. (1) 78. (2) 79. (1) 80. (1)
82. (A – Q, B – P, S, C – P, S, D – R)
83. (A-Q, B-P,R, C- S, D- Q)
84. (A-P, B- Q, R, S, C- P, Q, R, S, D- S)
85. (A- Q, B- P, C- P, R, D- R, S)
86. (A-Q, B-R, C-S, D-P)
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TOPIC: VECTORS & 3D GEOMETRY

1. (A)

2. (A)

3. B

4. B

5. A

6. A

7. (b)
1 1 1 1
Sol.  f  t  dt  x  dt  4y  tdt  9.z  dt
0 0 0 0

i j k
 x + 2y + 3z = 0 and 3x + 2y + z = 0 the factor along the line 1 2 3    i  2 j  k  the
3 2 1
1 2 1
direction cosines of line are , ,
6 6 6
2
 cos  
6
1
   sec 1 3 .
2

8. (b)

9. (c)

10. (a)

11. (c)

12. (a)

13. (a)

14. (c)

15. (b)
16. (a)
Sol. The tangent form (1, 0, 0) has length equal to (2  1)2  (3  1)2  (4  0)2  r2 = 26  r
2

n1 y2 z3

 root has the lines   .
2 3 6

n  2iˆ  3j ˆ
ˆ  6k a  (2  1)iˆ  (3  2)j ˆ
ˆ  (4  3)k
ˆ
ˆi  ˆj  k
2 2
2  a.n   2 3  6  147  2 26
r  a 
 n   = 3  = 
   7  7 7

26 48  26 4 78
So, length = 26   =
49 7 7

17. (C)
       
r .a  c.a & r .b  c.b   r  c  .a  0 &  r  c  .b  0


Hence the line of intersection of the two planes will pass through P c and will be directed parallel
 
to a  b .
Hence  r  c    a  b   0 .

18. (B)
    
   
Direction vector of first line is b1  c1  b2  c2 and that of second line is d .
    
  
As the lines are parallel, d  b1  c1  b 2  c 2  0
         

 
 d b 2 c2  b1  c1  d b1 c1  b 2  c2

 
Taking dot product with  on both the sides gives
           
d b2 c2   b1 c1   d b1 c1   b 2 c2 
     
   
d. d .b 2 d.c 2
           
Now b1 . b1 .b 2 b1.c 2  d b1 c1   b 2 c 2 
  
     
c1 . c1 .b 2 c1 .c 2

19. (A)
   
Vectors a , b , c and d are coplanar. Therefore,
sin   2 sin 2  3sin 3  1
Now sin   2 sin 2  3sin 3  1  4  9. sin 2   sin 2 2  sin 2 3 
1
 sin 2   sin 2 2  sin 2 3 
14

20. (D)
  5  5  5 5  5 
f      iˆ       ˆj    1 kˆ
 4  4  4 4  4 
5 
 iˆ    1 ˆj  2kˆ
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 iˆ  j  2kˆ
4 
    
When 0  t  1, f  t   0 i  t  0 j  k  t j  k
 5  t
f    f t   2 
4 4
t t
2 2 8t
So cos  4  4 
 1    1 2
i  j  2k t j  k 1  4 1 t2 9 1 t
4 16

21. (b, c)

22. BCD

23. AB

24. B, C

25. (A, B, C)
1
We have [ p , q, r ] =
[a, b , c]
 Both are of same sign
[p, q, r ]
(A)  x > 0 x[ a, b, c ] + 2
x

26. (abc)

27. (abd)

28. (bd)

29. (ac)

30. (ad)
31. (bd)

32. (ad)

33. (acd)

34. (bc)

35. (B)(D)
  
Given r  xa  yb , then
r.a   a.a  x   a.b  y & r.b   a.b  x   b.b  y
Solving for x & y gives

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 r.a  b.b    r.b  a.b    r  b  .  a  b  , y   r.b  a.a    r.a  a.b     r  a  .  a  b 
2 2
 a.a  b.b    a.b  a.b  a  b  a.a  b.b    a.b  a.b  a  b
xy
 r  b  r  a  .a  b    r   b  a  . a  b 
2 2
a  b a  b
xy
 r b  a a  b
2 .
 a  b
36. (A)(B)(C)(D)
      
rb  ab  r a b  0  
 

Hence this line passes through P a and along the direction of b .
Similarly
      
r c  a c  r  a c  0  


Hence this line passes through P a and along the direction of c .

Now b.c  0 , hence direction of bisector of acute angle will be given by b  c i.e.
 i  4j  3k .
 
Also the point of intersection of both the lines is P hence the angle bisector will also pass through P.

   
Equation of angle bisector is r  i  j  k  i  4j  3k  0 

 r  i  j  k   i  4j  3k .
 
Now any point on this line will be given by p.v. 1    i  1  4  j  1  3  k

37. (A)(C)

c  r  a  c c  a   r  c 
1   c.c  a
 c.a 
c   r  b  c  c  b   r  c 
1   c.c  b
 c.b 
1   c.c   a  1   c.c   b  c.b a  c.a b  0  c  a  b  0
      
 c.a   c.b 
38. (A)(B)(C)(D)
Take the center Oof the sphere through the six mid-points of the edges as the origin. Let
   
  
A a ,B b ,C c & D d . 
           
a b a c a d bc bd cd
The sphere passes through the points whose P.V. are , , , , , .
2 2 2 2 2 2
  2   2   2   2   2   2
        
Hence a  b  a  c  a  d  b  c  b  d  c  d  4r 2   
  2   2   2   2
       
 a b  cd  a d  bc
   

 a c . bd  0  
Hence the skew edges of the tetrahedron are perpendicular.
  2   2            
     
Further a  b  c  d  a  b  c  d . a  b  c  d  0  a  b  c  d  0 
Hence Center of the sphere is the centroid of the tetrahedron.
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 Rest is obvious.

39. (B)(C)(D)
 l  m  2
Eliminate x, y, z in the equation of line and curve to get       c .
 n  n 

40. (BD)

Since a  1,3,sin 2  makes an obtuse angle with the z-axis, its z-component is negative.
Therefore, 2  0
 1  sin 2  0
 
But b  c  0 ( orthogonal)
tan 2   tan   6  0
  tan   3 tan   2   0
 tan   3, 2
Now, tan   3 . Therefore,
2 tan  6 3
sin 2  2
  0
1  tan  1  9 5
Not possible a s sin 2  0
Now, if tan   2,
2 tan  4 4
 sin 2  2
  0
1  tan  1  4 5
 tan 2  0
 2 is the third quadrant. Also, sin  / 2 is meaningful. If 0  sin  / 2  1 , then
   4n  1   tan 1 2 and    4n  2    tan 1 2 .

41. (ABC)
        
Let A  a  b , B  c  d and C  e  f .
        
     
We know that A  B  C  B  C  A  C  A  B
     
     
 ab  c d  e  f 
 
          
     
 ab  c  d  f e  c d e f 
   
       
 c d f  a b e   c d e  a b f 
Similarly, other parts can be obtained.

42. (ABD)
   
V1  l a  m b  nc 
       
V2  n a  l b  mc  when a , b and c are non-coplanar. Therefore,
   
V3  m a  n b  lc 
1 m n
     
V1 V2 V3   n 1
  m  a b c   0
m n 1
1 m n

But  a b c   0  n 1 m  0 . Therefore ,
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 2 2 2
1  m  n  1  m   m  n    n  1 0

lmn  0
Obviously, lx 2  mx  n  0 is satisfied by x  1 due to (i).
P  m 3  n3  3lmn
  l  m  n   l2  m 2  n 2  lm  mn  l n   0 ,which is ture.

43. (BCD)
If P be  x, y, z  , then from the figure,
x  r sin  cos , y  r sin  sin  and z  r cos .
1  r sin  cos , 2  r sin  sin  and 3  r cos .
Dig.
 12  22  32  r 2  r   14
1 2 3
 sin  cos   ,sin  sin   and cos  
14 14 14
(neglecting negative sign as  and  are acute)
sin  sin  2
   tan   2
sin  cos  1
Also, tan   5 / 3

44. (AB)
3x  6 y  2 z  5  0 (i)
4 x  12 y  3 z  3  0 (ii)
3x  6 y  2 z  5 4 x  12 y  3 z  3
Bisectors are  .
9  36  4 16  144  9
The plane which bisects the angle between the planes that contains the origin.
13  3x  6 y  2 z  5   7  4 x  12 y  3 z  3  (iii)
67 x  162 y  47 z  44  0
Further, 3   4    6 12   2   3   0
Hence, the origin lies in the acute angle.

45. (AC)
The required plane is parallel to the bisector of the given planes.
x  y  z 3 x y z4
Bisectors are 
3 3
Or y  7  0 and 2 x  2 y  1  0 . Hence, the planes are y  0 and x  y  0 .

46. (AB)
The plane is equally inclined to the lines. Hence, it is perpendicular to the angle bisector of the
vectors 2 iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ and 8 iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ .
Vector along the angle bisectors of the vectors are
2iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ 8 iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ
 , or
3 9
14iˆ  5 ˆj  7kˆ 2 iˆ  7 ˆj  kˆ
 .
9 9
Hence, the equation of the planes is 14 x  5 y  7 z  0 or 2 x  7 y  z  0 .

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47. (BC)
Distance between the planes is h  5 / 3
Also the figure formed is cylinder, whose radius is r = 2 units.
 
Hence, the volume of the cylinder is r 2 h  20 / 3  cubic units.
Also the curved surface area is 2rh  4 3

48. (AB)
Dig.
 
Required line is parallel to n  c
   
The equation of line is r  a    n  c 
   
 r  a   n  c 
   
 r  a    n  c   0

49. C 50. A 51. B

  
x.y  1  y.z  z.x
    
x.x  y.y  z.z  2
       
x  (y  z)  a y  (z  a)  b
         
 (x.z)y  (x.y)z  a , (y.x)z  (y.z)x  b
  
 y  z  a …….. (1)
  
 z  x  b ……. (2)
   
 y  x  a  b ……… (3)
  
 x y  c
    
 x  (x  y)  x  c
     
 (x.y)x  (x.x)y  x  c
   
 x  2y  x  c …………. (4)
   
 2x  y  y  c ……….. (5)
From (4) & (5)
    
x  y  (a  b)  c ………… (6)
Solving (3) & (6)
 1     

y  (a  b)  (a  b)  c
2

 1     

x  (a  b)  c  (a  b)
2

   1      

z  x  b  (a  b)  c  (a  b)  b
2

1     
=
2
 
(a  b)  c  (b  a)

52. D 53. D 54. A

   
Let r  a  mb  nc ……… (1)
  
Taking dot products on both sides successively by a , b , c
   
r.a  a.a  mb.a  nc.a ………. (2)
   
r.b  a.b  mb.b  nc.b ………. (3)
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     
r.c  a.c  mb.c  nc.c ……….. (4)
On eliminating l, m, n
   
r a b c
     
r.a a.a b.a c.a
      0
r.b a.b b.b c.b
     
r.c a.c b.c c.c
On expanding with 1 st row
          
r   1 a   2 b   3 c
      
   
Again let r  xa  yb  zc
     
Taking dot product with b  c , c  a , a  b successively
We get
  
[r b c] [r c a] [r a b]
x    , y    , z   
[a b c] [a b c] [a b c]
     
[a b c]  0 since, a , b , c are non-coplanar
we know
       
[ a  b , b  c , c  a ] = [a b c]2  0
     
 a  b , b  c , c  a are non-coplanar
      
Let a   (b  c)  m(c  a)  n(a  b)
  
Taking dot product with a , b , c successively
We get
  
a.a a.b c.a
    , m    , n   
[a b c] [a b c] [a b c]

55. B
 
b  iˆ  2ˆj  2kˆ , b1  3iˆ  2ˆj  2kˆ
 
b  b1 1
Unit vector =      (2iˆ  2jˆ  k)
ˆ
| bb |1 3

56. C
Let the sides of the parallelepiped are along the axes. Let A(a, 0, 0), B(0, b, 0), C(0, 0, c) and D(a, o,
c)
 
OA  aiˆ , BD  aiˆ  bjˆ  ckˆ
  
OB.(OA  BD) bc
S.D =   
| OA  BD | b  c2
2

57. C
  
Let A(a) , B(b) , C(c) , O(0, 0, 0)
  
AC.(OA  BC) d
S.D =   
| (OA  BC) | 2
       
[| a || b || c || b  c || c  a | d]

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58. (A) A be the origin and
Let position vector of B, C & L are b, c and l
l + c
 b
 1
AC  AL
 AB 
 1

c b
59. (D) P.V. of E and f are , respectively
 1  1
c
l
  1 b
Also P.V. of F  
 1  1
(  1) 
 l  b c
 1  1
(  1) 
AL  AB  AC
 1  1

c b
60. (B) P.V. of E and F are and respectively
 1  1
(  1)  c
P.V. of L    (  1)b   c
 1  1 A(0)
As b and c are non-collinear vectors 1

(  1) E
   1 ….. (i) 1
 1 F
 
 1
 ….. (ii) L C( c )
 1  B( b ) 1
1
From (i) and (ii),   2
 1

61. (0)

62. (0)

63. (1)

64. (1)

65. (4)

66. (3)

67. (3)

68. (2)

69. (6)
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70. (2)

71. (5)

72. (2)

73. (1)

74. (2)
75. 3

76. 4

77. 1

78. 2

79. 1

80. 1 (use position of point wrt Plane, assume coordinates)

82. A – q, B – p, s, C – p, s, D – r

83. A-q, B-p,r, C- s, D- q

84. (a-p, b- q, r, s, c- p, q, r, s, d- s)

85. (a- q, b- p, c- p, r, d- r, s)

86. ANS P-2, Q-3,R-4, S-1

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