Most Important PYQs Vector Algebra

Questions JEE Main Crash Course

Algebra of Vectors

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1. Let ABCD be a quadrilateral. If E and F are the mid points of the diagonals AC and BD respectively and (AB − BC)+(AD − DC)= k F E , then k is

equal to
(1) 4 (2) −2

(3) 2 (4) −4

2. Let a, b, c be three distinct real numbers, none equal to one. If the vectors aˆi + ˆj + k,
ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
i + bj + k and ˆi + ˆj + ck
ˆ
are coplanar, then 1

1−a
+
1

1−b
+
1

1−c
is equal
to
(1) 2 (2) −1

(3) −2 (4) 1

3. If the points with position vectors ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ

α i + 10 j + 13k̂, 6 i + 11 j + 11k̂,
9

2
ˆ ˆ
i + β j − 8k̂ are collinear, then (19α − 6β) is equal to 2

(1) 36 (2) 25

(3) 49 (4) 16

4. If (1, 5, 35),(7, 5, 5),(1, λ, 7) and (2λ, 1, 2) are coplanar, then the sum of all possible values of λ is:
(1) 44

5
(2) −
44

(3) 39

5
(4) −
39

5. Let the vectors (2 + a + b)ˆi +(a + 2b + c)ˆj −(b + c)k,

ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
(1 + b) i + 2b j − bk and (2 + b)ˆi + 2bˆj +(1 − b)k,
ˆ
∀a, b, c ∈ R be co-planar. Then which of the
following is true?
(1) 2b = a + c (2) 3c = a + b

(3) a = b + 2c (4) 2a = b + c

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6. Let
→ →
α =(λ − 2) a + b and β
→
=(4λ − 2) a + 3 b , be two given vectors where vectors
→
a and b are non-collinear. The value of λ for which vectors
→
α and
→
β are collinear, is:
(1) −4 (2) −3

(3) 4 (4) 3

7. Let S be the set of all (λ, μ) for which the vectors ˆ ˆ ˆ

λ i − j + k, ˆ
ˆ ˆ
j + 2 j + μk and 3ˆi − 4ˆj + 5k
ˆ
, where λ − μ = 5, are coplanar, then ∑ ( λ, μ ) ∈S
80(λ
2 2
+ μ )

is equal to
(1) 2210 (2) 2130

(3) 2290 (4) 2370

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8. If the points P and Q are respectively the circumcenter and the orthocentre of a ΔABC , then P A + P B + P C is equal to _______
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−→ −
−→
(1) 2QP
(2) 2P Q

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−→ −
−→
(3) PQ
(4) QP

→ →
9. If
→
ˆ ˆ ˆ
a = 2 i + j + 3k, b
ˆ ˆ ˆ
= 3 i + 3j + k and
→
ˆ ˆ ˆ
c = c1 i + c2 j + c3 k are coplanar vectors and
→ → →
a ⋅ c = 5, b ⊥ c , then 122(c 1 + c2 + c3 ) is equal to ______.

Product of 2 vectors
→ → → →
10. Let →
a = i + 2 j + 3k and
ˆ ˆ ˆ
b
ˆ ˆ ˆ
= i + j − k . If
→
c is a vector such that
→ → → →
a ⋅ c = 11, b ⋅( a × c )= 27 and b
→ ∣ ∣
⋅ c = −√3∣ b ∣
→
, then ∣∣ a
→ 2
× c
∣
is equal to
∣
∣ ∣

→ → → → →
11. If →
a and b are unit vectors and ( a
→
+ 3 b ) is perpendicular to (7 a
→
− 5 b ) and ( a
→
− 4 b ) is perpendicular to (7 a
→
− 2 b ), then the angle between
→
a

→
and b (in degrees) is _________.
12. → →
→
→
→
→ ∣
→
∣
2
∣
∣
→
→∣
2
∣
Let ˆ ˆ
a = 3 i + j − k̂ and ˆ ˆ
c = 2 i − 3 j + 3k̂. If b is a vector such that a = b × c and ∣ b ∣ = 50, then ∣72 − ∣ b + c ∣ ∣ is equal to __________.
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣

13.
2
→ → → →
∣ →∣ ∣ ∣ → ∣ → → ∣
Let ∣ a ∣ = 2, ∣ b ∣ = 3 and the angle between the vectors a and b be π
. Then ∣( a + 2 b ) × (2 a − 3 b )∣ is equal to
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ 4 ∣ ∣

(1) 441 (2) 482

(3) 841 (4) 882

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→ −
−→ −
−→
14. Let for a triangle ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
ABC AB = −2 i + j + 3kCB = α i + β j + γ kCA = 4 i + 3 j + δk If δ > 0 and the area of the triangle ABC is 5√6 then CB ⋅ CA is equal
to
(1) 60 (2) 54

(3) 108 (4) 120

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15. Let →
a = 2 i + j + k, and
ˆ ˆ ˆ
b and
→
c be two nonzero vectors such that ∣ a
∣→
+ b
→∣ ∣→
+ c ∣=∣ a + b
→∣
− c ∣ and b
→
⋅ c = 0 . Consider the following two statement:
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣
→ → →
(A)
∣
∣
∣ ∣
a + λ c ≥ a
∣ ∣
∣
∣
for all λ ∈ R.
→ →
(B) a and c are always parallel
(1) only (B) is correct (2) neither (A) nor (B) is correct
(3) only (A) is correct (4) both (A) and (B) are correct.
→ ∣ →∣ → → →
16. Let →
a , b and
→
c
→
be three vectors such that ∣∣ a ∣∣= √3, ∣ b ∣= 5, b
→
∙ c = 10 and the angle between b and
→
c is π
. If
→
a is perpendicular to the vector b
→
× c ,
∣ ∣ 3

∣→ →
→ ∣
then ∣ a ×( b × c )∣ is equal to ____________.
∣ ∣

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17. Let →
α = 3 i + j and
ˆ ˆ
β
ˆ ˆ ˆ
= 2 i − j + 3k. If β = β1 − β2 , where β is parallel to →
1 α and β is perpendicular to2
→
α , then β 1 × β2 is equal to:
(1) 1
ˆ ˆ ˆ
(−3 i + 9 j + 5k) (2) ˆ ˆ ˆ
3 i − 9 j − 5k
2

(3) ˆ ˆ ˆ
−3 i + 9 j + 5k (4) 1
ˆ ˆ ˆ
(3 i − 9 j + 5k)
2

18.
2
→ → → → → → →
→ → → → ∣ ∣
Let ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
a = i + 4 j + 2k̂, b = 3 i − 2 j + 7k̂ and ˆ ˆ
c = 2 i − j + 4k̂ . If a vector d satisfies d × b = c × b and d ⋅ a = 24, then ∣ d ∣ is equal to
∣ ∣

(1) 323 (2) 423

(3) 313 (4) 413

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19. Let λ ∈ Z, →
ˆ ˆ ˆ
a = λi + j − k and b
ˆ ˆ ˆ
= 3 i − j + 2k . Let
→
c be a vector such that ( a
→
+ b
→ → → → →
+ c )× c = 0 , a ⋅ c = −17 and b
→
⋅ c = −20 . Then
2
∣→ ˆ ∣
∣
ˆ ˆ
c ×(λ i + j + k)
∣
is equal to
(1) 46 (2) 53

(3) 62 (4) 49

20. Let O be the origin and the position vector of the point P be ˆ ˆ
− i − 2 j + 3k . If the position vectors of the points A, B and C are −2ˆi + ˆj − 3k, ˆ ˆ
2 i + 4 j − 2k

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and −4ˆi ^ +2ˆj − k respectively, then the projection of the vector OP on a vector perpendicular to the vectors AB and AC is
(1) 3 (2) 8

(3) 7

3
(4) 10

→ →
21. Let → ˆ ˆ
a = 2 i − 7 j + 5k̂ , b
ˆ
= i + k̂ and
→
ˆ ˆ
c = i + 2 j − 3k̂ be three given vectors. If
→
r is a vector such that
→ → → →
r × a = c × a and
→
r ⋅ b = 0 , then ∣∣
→∣
r is
∣

equal to:
(1) 11

7
√2 (2) 11

(3) 11

5
√2 (4) √914

→
22. The vector →
a = − i + 2 j + k is rotated through a right angle, passing through the y-axis in its way and the resulting vector is
ˆ ˆ ˆ
b . Then the projection of
→
→ →
3 a + √2 b on ˆ ˆ ˆ
c = 5 i + 4 j + 3k is
(1) 3√2 (2) 1

(3) √6 (4) 2√ 3

23. Let P QR be a triangle. The pointsA, B and C are on the sides QR, RP and P Q respectively such that
QA
=
RB
=
PC
=
1
. Then
Area ( ΔP QR )
is equal to
AR BP CQ 2 Area ( ΔABC )

(1) 4 (2) 1

(3) 2 (4) 5

→
24. Let → ˆ ˆ ˆ
a = α i + 3 j − k, b
ˆ ˆ ˆ
= 3 i − β j + 4k and
→
ˆ ˆ ˆ
c = i + 2 j − 2k where α, β ∈ R be three vectors. If the projection of
→
a on
→
c is 10
and
3
→
→
b
ˆ ˆ ˆ
× c = −6 i + 10 j + 7k , then the value of α + β equal to
(1) 3 (2) 4

(3) 5 (4) 6

25.
2
→ → → → → →
→ → → ∣ ∣ → → → → →
Let a , b , c be three vectors such that ∣∣ a ∣∣= √31, 4∣ b ∣=∣∣ c ∣
∣
= 2 and 2( a × b )= 3( c × a ) . If the angle between b and c is 2π
, then ( a × c

→
) is
∣ ∣ 3 →
a ⋅ b

equal to _____ .
26. Let â and ˆb be two unit vectors such that the angle between them is π
. If θ is the angle between the vectors (â + ˆb) and (â + 2ˆb + 2(â × ˆb)) then the value
4

of 164 cos 2
θ is equal to
(1) 90 + 27√2 (2) 45 + 18√2

(3) 90 + 3√2 (4) 54 + 90√2

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27. Let →
a = α i + 2 j − k and
ˆ ˆ ˆ
b
ˆ ˆ ˆ
= −2 i + α j + k , where α ∈ R. If the area of the parallelogram whose adjacent sides are represented by the vectors
→
a and b is
2 → → 2
∣ →∣ → ∣ ∣
√15(α
2
+ 4) , then the value of 2 a
∣ ∣
+( a ⋅ b )∣ b ∣ is equal to
∣ ∣

(1) 10 (2) 7

(3) 9 (4) 14

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28. Let → ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
→ → → →
ˆ ˆ ˆ
→
a = 2 i − 3 j + 4k and b = 7 i + j − 6k If r × a = r × b , r ⋅ ( i + 2 j + k) = −3, then r ⋅ (2 i − 3 j + k) is equal to:
ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ

(1) 12 (2) 8

(3) 13 (4) 10

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29. Let →
a and b be the vectors along the diagonal of a parallelogram having area 2√2. Let the angle between
→
a and b
→ ∣→
be acute. ∣∣ a ∣∣= 1 and ∣ a .
∣ ∣→
b ∣=∣ a ×
∣
b ∣
∣ ∣ ∣ ∣

→ → →
→ → →
. If c = 2√2( a × b )−2 b , then an angle between b and c is

(1) (2)
−π 5π

4 6

(3) π

3
(4) 3π

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30. Let ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
u = i − j − 2k, v = 2 i + j − k , v ⋅ w = 2 and v × w = u + λ v , then u ⋅ w is equal to
(1) 1 (2) 3

(3) 2 (4) −
2

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