TARGET : GATE 2023/24

Engineering Mathematics
Topic : Basic of Vectors DPP - 05
Date : 17/04/2022 Daily Practice Problem for Mind Map

Question 1
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The angle between two vectors A and B . Given in the figure below

Question 2
The magnitude of C  C  ?

(A) A2  B 2  2 AB sin  (B) A2  B 2  2 AB cos 

(C) A2  B 2  2 AB cos  (D) A2  B 2  2 AB sin 

Question 3
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a  b  c  0, the value of a.b  b.c  c.a  ? . If a, b, c are unit vector.

Question 4
The area of triangle with vertices A(2, 3, 5), B(3, 5, 8) and C(2, 7, 8).
Question 5
The area of parallelogram when adjacent sides are given by the vectors
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A  iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ and B  2iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ
Target : GATE 2023/24 : DPP-05 2 GATE ACADEMY ®
Question 6
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P  3iˆ  4 ˆj  5kˆ , Q  2iˆ  7 ˆj  zkˆ . If P  Q , then the value of Z is

Question 7
Which of the options are correct for vector product of three vector
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(A) a  (b  c )  ( a  c )b  ( a  b )c (B) a  (b  c )  ( a  b )  c  (b  c ) a
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(C) a  (b  c )  ( a  b )  c  (c  a )b (D) a  (b  c )  ( a  b )  a  (c  a )  b

Question 8
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a  iˆ  4 ˆj  2kˆ , b  3iˆ  2 ˆj  7 kˆ and c  2iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ .
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Find a vector d which is perpendicular to both ( a and b ) and c. d = 15
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(A) (32iˆ  ˆj  14kˆ) (B) (32iˆ  ˆj  14kˆ)
2
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(C) (32iˆ  ˆj  14kˆ) (D) (32iˆ  ˆj  14kˆ)
3 5
Question 9
For the parallelogram OPQR shown in the figure OP  5iˆ  ˆj and OR  2iˆ  6 ˆj . The area of
parallelogram is

(A) 28 (B) 29 (C) 30 (D) 25

Question 10
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If a and b are two unit vector and  be the angle between them, then the value of  such that a  b is a
unit vector

(A) 600 (B) 1200 (C) 300 (D) 400

Answer Key :
1. 60 2. B 3. – 1.5 4. 61 / 2 5. 13.82
6. – 6.8 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B

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