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1) Find the unit vector in the direction of 4iˆ + ˆj − 3kˆ

4iˆ ˆj 3kˆ 4iˆ ˆj 3kˆ
(A) + − (B) + +
17 17 17 26 26 26
4iˆ ˆj 3kˆ 4iˆ ˆj 3kˆ
(C) + + (D) + −
17 17 17 26 26 26

2) Vector of length 5 units which is perpendicular to i + j + k and lie in the plane of

i + j + k and 2i − 3 j

(A)
5
57
(
2i − j − k ) (B)
5
57
(
i −2j +k )
(C)
5
114
(
7i − 8 j + k ) (D)
5
114
(
8i − 7 j − k )

3) Find a − b , if two vectors a and b are such that a = 2 , b = 3 and a  b = 4 .

(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 3

4) Find the vector parallel to the vector iˆ − 2 ˆj and has magnitude 10 units.
5iˆ 10 ˆj iˆ 2 ˆj
(A) − (B) − (C) 5iˆ + 2 5 ˆj (D) 2 5iˆ − 4 5 ˆj
5 5 5 5

5) Find the direction cosines of the vector a = 2iˆ + 3 ˆj − kˆ .

 2 3 −1 
(A)  , ,  (B) ( 2,3, − 1)
 14 14 14 
[

 2 3 −1 
(C)  , ,  (D) None of these
 13 13 13 
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6) Find the value of p for which the vectors a = 3iˆ + 2 ˆj + 9kˆ and b = iˆ + pjˆ + 3kˆ are parallel
3 2
(A) p = (B) p = 3 (C) p = (D) p = −3
2 3

7) If a and b are unit vectors such as a + 2b and 5a − 4b are perpendicular, find the angle
between a and b .

8) If two sides of a triangle are iˆ + 2 ˆj and −iˆ − kˆ , then find the length of the third side.
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6

9) If the sides of parallelogram are 4i + 2 j − 5k and 2i + j + 3k then the unit vector parallel to one of
the diagonal is

(A)
1
7
(6i + 3 j − 2k ) (B)
1
7
(6i − 3 j − 2k ) (C)
1
7
(−3i + 6 j − 2k ) (D)
1
7
(3i + 6 j + 2k )

10) The position vectors of the vertices A, B and C of triangle ABC are
i + j − 3k , 2i − j − 2k and 7i − 2 j − 6k respectively. The length of the bisector AD of BAC ,
where D is on the line segment BC is

11 10
(A)
2

15 5
(B)
4

5
(C)
4

9 2
(D)
4