TRIPLE PRODUCT

1. The scalar triple product of vector 2iˆ , 3 ĵ , and 10. a   a   a  a 

(a)  a . a  b  a  (b)  b . b  b  a 
 5k̂ is :
(a) – 30 (b) – 25 (c) 0 (d) 11 (c)  a . a  a  b  (d) None of these

a   b   c  d  
2. If a  iˆ  2 kˆ , b  2iˆ  ˆj , c  ˆj  2kˆ then
11.
a. b c   (a) 0

 b . d  a  c   b . c  a d 
(a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 1
3. If 
ˆi  4 ˆj  6 kˆ , 2 iˆ  a ˆj  3 kˆ , iˆ  2 ˆj  3 kˆ = 18,  (b)
then a is equal to : (c)  b . c  a  d    b .d  a  c 
(a) 0 (b) 36 (c) +1 (d) 4
4. The volume of the parallelopiped with vectors (d) None of these
12. If the four vectors a , b , c , d are coplanar
a 2 b c, a  b,a  b c is equal to


k a b c ; then k =  then  a  b   c  d  
(a) 1/ 2 (b) 3/2 (c) 3 (d) None (a) 0 (b) a (c) 0 (d) None
5. For non zero vectors a , b , c 13.  a  2 b  c .  a  b   a  b  c  equals to:
 
| a  b . c |  | a || b| | c | holds , if and only if: (a)  a b c  (b)   a b c 
(a) a . b = 0, b . c = 0 (b) b . c  0, c . a  0 (c) 3  a b c  (d)  3  a b c 
(c) c . a  0, a . b  0 (d) a . b  b . c  c . a  0 14. The triple product  a  c . b  c    a  b  c 
6. If a , b , c are non-zero vectors such that equals to :

a  b  c  a  b  c  then a and c are:

(a) a  b c  
(b) 2 a b c 
(a) collinear (b)coinitial vectors (c) 0 (d) None of these
(c) perpendicular to one another (d) none of these 15. For any three vectors a , b, c ,  b  c  a
7. If a , b , c are three unit non parallel vectors equals :


a  b  c   1
b , then the angle
   
(a) a . b c  b . c a   
(b) a . b c  a . c b 
(c)  b . a  c   c . a  b
such that
2
(d) None of these
which a makes with b is : 16. The volume of a prism on a triangular base the
(a) 60° (b) 45° (c) 30° (d) 90° three sides of the prism meeting on a vertex are
8. The value  b  c  a where given by O A  3 î  4 ˆj  12 k̂ ,

a  2 î  3 ˆj  5 k̂ , b   i  j  k , OB  12 î  3 ˆj  4 k̂ , OC  4 î  12 ˆj  3 k̂ is:
c  4 î  2 ˆj  6 k̂ is (a)
1387
cubic units (b) 1387 cubic units
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(a) 32 iˆ  8 ˆj  8 kˆ (b)  32 iˆ  8 ˆj  8 kˆ
1387
(c) 32 î  8 ˆj  8 k̂ (d) None of these (c) – 1387 cubic units (d) cubic units
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9. If u  î   a  î   ˆj   a  ˆj  k̂   a  k̂  17. The volume of the parallelopiped whose edges are

given by O A  2 î  3 ˆj , OB  î  ˆj  k̂ ,
then :
(a) u is a unit vector 
(b) u  a i  j  k  OC  3 î  k̂ is :

(c) u  2 a (d) 
u 8 i  j  k  (a) 4/ 13 (b) 4 (c) 2/7 (d) None
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18. The volume of the parallelopiped whose edges are
(c) perpendicular to a
represented by  12 î   k̂ , 3ˆj  k̂ ,
(d) perpendicular to b
2 î  ˆj  15 k̂ is 546 then  =
(a) 1 (b) 12 (c) – 3 (d) 4 26. If a  2 i  3 j  k , b  –i  2 j  4k ,
19. Let a,b,c be three vectors from
c  i  j  k then the value of
a  (b  c )  ( a  b)  c , if
(a) b  ( a  c )  0
 a  b . a  c  is equal to:
(a) 60 (b) 64 (c) 74 (d) –74
(b) a  (b  c )  0
27. Let a , b and c be vectors of magnitudes 3, 4
(c) c a  ab
and 5 respectively. If a is perpendicular to
(d) cb  b a
20.  a  b  a  c . d equals :  b  c , b is perpendicular to  c  a  and c

(a)  a b c  b . d  (b)  a b c  a . d 
is perpendicular to  a  b  , then the magnitude
(c)  a b c . c . b  (d) None of these
of the vector a  b  c is :
(a) 5 (b) 5 2 (c) 5 3 (d) 12
21. if a  i  j  k , b  i  j, c  i and

a  b c  a  b , then  = ? 28. If  a  2 b , 2 b  c ,5 c  a k a  b c  then

k=
(a) 0 (b) 1
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) – 1 (d) 12
(c) 2 (d) 3
22. If a(bc) b(ca) c(ab) and
29. The value of a .   b  c   a  b  c  is :
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 2 ( abc)
c  7i  5 j  3k are the three coterminous edges
of parallelopiped, then its volume is:
30. If a 
b c = 4 , then the volume of the

(a) 108 (b) 210 (c) 272 (d) 308 parallelopiped with a  b , b  c , c  a as co-
23. a  (b  c )  b  ( c  a )  c  ( a  b )  terminous edges is :
(a) 0 (b) 2[abc] (c) a+b+c (d) 3[abc] (a) 4 (b) – 4 (c) 8 (d) – 8

24. Let a , b , c , d be any four vectors, then the

value of  a  b , c  d   b  c . a  d 

  c  a 
. b  d  is :
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 0
25. 
The vector a  b  a  is :
(a) a null vector
(b) perpendicular to both a and b

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 TRIPLE PRODUCT
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (a) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (d)
11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (d) 15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (b)
21. ( a) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (d) 25. (c) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (d) 29. (b) 30. (c)

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