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( Answers at the end of all questions ) (1) If C is the midpoint of AB and P is any point outside AB, then ( a ) PA + PB = 2 PC ( c ) PA + PB + 2 PC = 0

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( b ) PA + PB = PC

( d ) PA + PB + PC = 0

[ AIEEE 2005 ]

(2)

For any vector (a) 3 a

a , the value of ( a i )
2

^ 2

+ ( a k ) (d) 4a
2

is equal to [ AIEEE 2005 ]

(b) a

(c) 2a

(3)

Let a, b and c be distinct non-negative numbers. If the vectors a i + a j + k ,

i + k

and c i + c j + b k

lie in a plane, then c is ( b ) the Arithmetic Mean of a and b ( d ) the Harmonic Mean of a and b [ AIEEE 2005 ]

( a ) the Geometric Mean of a and b ( c ) equal to zero

(4)

If

a , b , c

are non-coplanar vectors and is a real number , then

( a + b ) [ b c ] = a [ ( b + c ) b ] for
( a ) exactly one value of ( c ) exactly three values of ( b ) no value of ( d ) exactly two values of [ AIEEE 2005 ]

(5)

Let

a = i - k,

b = xi + j + (1 - x) k

and

c = yi + x j + (1 + x - y) k.

Then [ a b c ] depends on ( a ) only y ( b ) only x ( c ) both x and y ( d ) neither x nor y [ AIEEE 2005 ]

(6)

Let a, b,

c,

be three non-zero vectors such that no two of these are collinear. If the is collinear with a , then

vector a + 2b is collinear with c , and b + 3c a + 2b + 6c , for some non-zero scalar equals ( a ) a ( b ) b ( c ) c (d) 0

[ AIEEE 2004 ]

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(7)

A particle is acted upon by constant forces

4 i + j - 3k
^

and
^

3i + j - k

which

displace it from a point i + 2 j + 3 k standard units by the forces is given by ( a ) 40 ( b ) 30 ( c ) 25

to the point

5i + 4 j + k.

The work done in

( d ) 15

[ AIEEE 2004 ]

(8)

If

a, b, c

are non-coplanar vectors and is a real number, then the vectors b + 4c and ( 2 - 1 ) c are non-coplanar for

a + 2b + 3c ,

( a ) all values of ( c ) all except two values of

( b ) all except one value of ( d ) no value of

[ AIEEE 2004 ]

(9)

Let u,

v,

be such that l u l = 1, l v l = 2 and l w l = 3. If the projection of v

along u is equal to that of then l u - v + w l equals (a) 2 (b) 7 (c)

and

v, w

are perpendicular to each other,

14

( d ) 14

[ AIEEE 2004 ]

( 10 ) Let a, b, c

be non-zero vectors such that

(a b)

c =

1 l b l l c l a . If is 3

the acute angle between the vectors b and c , then sin equals (a) 1 3 a ( 11 ) If b c a2 b2 c2 (b) 2 3 (c) 2 3 (d) 2 2 3 [ AIEEE 2004 ]

1 + a2 1 + b2 1 + c2 = 0 and vectors ( 1, a, a ), ( 1, b, b ) and ( 1, c, c ) are

non-coplanar, then the product abc equals (a) 2

(b) -1

(c) 1

(d) 0

[ AIEEE 2003 ]

( 12 )

a , b , c are three vectors, such that a + b + c = 0, l a l = 1, l b l = 2, l c l = 3,

then

ab

is equal to (d) 1 [ AIEEE 2003 ]

(a) 0

(b) -7

(c) 7

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( Answers at the end of all questions ) ( 13 ) A particle acted on by constant forces displaced from the point ( a ) 20 units

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4 i + j - 3 k

and

3 i +

j - k

is

5 i + 4 j + k . The total work done by the forces is (c) 40 units ( d ) 50 units [ AIEEE 2003 ]

( b ) 30 units

( 14 ) If

u,

and

are three non-coplanar vectors, then

( u + v - w ). ( u - v ) ( v - w ) equals (a) 0 (b)

u . v w

(c)

u .w v

(d) 3 u . v w

[ AIEEE 2003 ]

( 15 )

The vectors AB = 3 i + 4 k and AC = 5 i - 2 j triangle ABC. The length of a median through A is (a)
18

+ 4k

are the sides of a

(b)

72

(c)

33

(d)

288

[ AIEEE 2003 ]

( 16 ) Consider points A, B, C and D with position vectors 7 i

- 4 j + 7k ,

- 6 j + 10 k , - i - 3 j + 4 k and 5 i ( b ) rhombus ( c ) rectangle

+ 5 k respectively. Then ABCD is a [ AIEEE 2003 ]

( a ) square

( d ) parallelogram

( 17 ) Let

i + j ,
^

i - j

and

w =

i + 2 j

+ 3 k . If

is a unit vector

such that (a) 0

u n = 0 and

v n = 0, then (d) 3

w n [ AIEEE 2003 ]

(b) 1

(c) 2

( 18 ) The angle between any two diagonals of a cube is ( a ) 45 ( 19 ) If vector value of (a)

( b ) 60 a =

( c ) 90

( d ) tan

2 2 and

[ AIEEE 2003 ] c =

i + j - k ;

b =

i - j + k

i - j - k , then the

a ( b c)

is (b) 2 i

i - j + k

- 2 j

(c) 3 i - j + k

(d) 2 i +2 j - k

[ AIEEE 2002 ]

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i + j - 2k ;

= - i + 2 j + k

and

i - 2 j + 2 k , then a

unit vector parallel to

a + b + c

is

(a)

i + j + k 3

(b)

i - 2 j + k 6

(c)

i - j + k 3

(d)

2 i + j + k 6 and

[ AIEEE 2002 ]

( 21 ) If on

2 i + j + 2k is

5 i - 3 j + k , the orthogonal projection of

(a) 5 i - 3 j + k

( b ) 9 (5 i - 3 j + k ) (d) 9(5 i - 3 j + k) 35

(c)

5 i - 3 j + k 35

[ AIEEE 2002 ]

( 22 ) If the angle between two vectors of a is (a) 2

i + k

and

i -

j + ak

is

, then the value 3 [ AIEEE 2002 ]

(b) 4

(c) -2

(d) 0

( 23 ) If

a =

i + 2 j - 3k

and

b = 3 i - j + 2 k , then angle between ( a + b ) and

( a - b ) is ( a ) 0 ( b ) 30 ( c ) 60 ( d ) 90 [ AIEEE 2002 ]

( 24 ) The value of sine of the angle between the vectors i - 2 j + 3 k is 5 5 5 5 (b) (c) (d) (a) 21 7 14 2 7

and

2 i + j + k [ AIEEE 2002 ]

( 25 ) If vectors a i + j + k , (a) a + b + c = 0 ( c ) a + b + c = abc + 2

i + b j + k

and

i + j + ck

are coplanar, then

( b ) abc = - 1 ( d ) ab + bc + ca = 0

[ AIEEE 2002 ]

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( 26 )

If

a, b, c

are three non-zero, noncoplanar vectors

and

l a l2

a a ,

b2

= b +

c2

l a l2 c b1 c a c a b1 , 2 2 la l l b1 l

a a ,

c1 = c

l a l2 and
c3 =

a a -

l b l2

b b ,

c -

l a l2

a a -

c b2 b2 , 2 l b2 l

then the set of orthogonal vectors is ( a ) ( a , b1 c1 ) ( c ) ( a , b1 c 3 )

( b ) ( a , b1 c 2 ) ( d ) ( a , b2 c2 )
^ ^

[ IIT 2005 ]

( 27 ) If

a = i + j + k,
^

b = 1 (c)

and
^

a b = (d)
^

j - k,
^

then

is equal to [ IIT 2004 ]

(a) 2 i

(b)

i - j + k

2j - k

( 28 ) A unit vector is orthogonal to

5 i + 2 j + 6k

and is coplanar to

2i + j + k

and

i - j + k , then the vector is 3j - k 10

(a )

(b)

2i + 5j 29

(c)

6 i - 5k 61

2i + 2j - k (d) 3

[ IIT 2004 ]
^ ^ ^

( 29 ) The value of a so that the volume of parallelopiped formed by vectors

i + a j + k,

j + ak

and a i + k (b) 2

becomes minimum is (c) 1 3 (d) 3

(a)

[ IIT 2003 ]

( 30 )

If

and

are two unit vectors such that

+ 2b and 2 7

and is

5a

- 4 b are

perpendicular to each other, then the angle between a ( a ) 45 ( b ) 60 ( c ) cos 1

1 3

( d ) cos

-1

[ IIT 2002 ]

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( 31 ) If

V = 2 i + j - k,

W =

i + 3k

and

U is a unit vector, then the maximum

value of the scalar triple product [ U V W ] is (a) -1 (b)

(c)

59

(d)

60

[ IIT 2002 ]

( 32 )

If a , b and c does not exceed (a) 4

are unit vectors, then l a

- b l2 + l b - c l2 + l c - a l2
[ IIT 2001 ]

(b) 9

(c) 8

(d) 6

( 33 ) If

a =

^ ^ i - k,

b = xi

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ j + ( 1 - x ) k and c = y i + x j + ( 1 + x - y ) k ,

then

[a b c ]

depends on ( c ) neither x nor y ( d ) both x and y [ IIT 2001 ]

( a ) only x

( b ) only y

( 34 )

Let the vectors a, b, c and d be such that ( a b ) ( c d ) = 0. Let P1 and P2 be planes determined by the pairs of vectors a, b and c, d respectively, then the angle between P1 and P2 is (a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2 [ IIT 2000 ]

( 35 ) If a, b and c are [ 2a - b, 2b - c, 2c - a ] = (a) 0 (b) 1

unit

coplanar

vectors,

then

the

scalar

triple

product

(c) -

(d)

[ IIT 2000 ]

( 36 ) If the vectors a , b and c form the sides BC , CA (a) (c)

and

AB of a triangle ABC, then

ab + bc + ca = 0 ab = b

(b) (d)

ab + bc + ca = 0 ab + bc a = 0

c = ca

[ IIT 2000 ]

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( Answers at the end of all questions ) ( 37 ) Let
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a = 2 i + j - 2k

and 2

b = i + j.

If

is

vector and c

such

that 30,

a c = l c l,

lc - al = 2 l(a b )

and the angle between

(a b )

is

then (a) 2 3

c l = (d) 3
^ ^ ^

(b)
^

3 2
^ ^

(c) 2

[ IIT 1999 ]

( 38 )

Let

a = 2i + j + k,

b = i + 2j - k

and

a unit vector

be coplanar. If

is perpendicular to (a)
1 2 1 5

a , then (b)

c =
(- i - j - k)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

(- j + k)
^ ^

1 3 1 3

(c)

( i -2j )

(d)

(i - j - k)

[ IIT 1999 ]

( 39 )

Let

a and b

be two non-collinear unit vectors.

If

a - (ab)b

and

v = a b , then

is
(b) l u l + l u a l

(a) l u l
(c) l u l + l u b l

(d) l u l + u ( a + b )

[ IIT 1999 ]

( 40 )

If

a = i + j + k,

b = 4 i + 3j + 4 k

and

c = i + j + k

are linearly

dependent vectors and l c l = ( a ) 1, - 1 ( b ) 1, 1

3 , then and respectively are

( c ) - 1, 1

( d ) 1, 1

[ IIT 1998 ]

( 41 )

For three vectors u , v w of the remaining three ? ( a ) u ( v w )

which of the following expressions is not equal to any

( b ) ( v w ) u

(c)

v ( u w ) ( d ) ( u v ) w

[ IIT 1998 ]

( 42 ) Which of the following expressions are meaningful questions ? (a) u ( v w) (b)

( u v ) w

(c) ( u v )w

(d) u ( v w)

[ IIT 1998 ]

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Let p, q, r be three mutually perpendicular vectors of the same magnitude. If a vector x satisfies the equation p [ ( x - q ) p ] + q [ ( x - r ) q ] + r [ ( x - p ) r ] = 0, then x is given by (a) (c) 1 ( p + q - 2r ) 2 1 (p + q + r ) 3

(b) (d)
^

1 (p + q + r ) 2 1 ( 2p + q r ) 3
^

[ IIT 1997 ]
^ ^ ^

( 44 ) Let

a = i - j,

b = j - k

and
^

c = k - i . If

is a unit vector such that

a d = 0 = [ b , c , d ] , then d equals
^

(a)

i + j - 2k 6

(b)

i + j - k 3

(c)

i + j + k 3

(d)

[ IIT 1995 ]

( 45 )

Let

u , v and w be vectors such that u + v + w = 0 .

If

lu l

= 3,

l v l = 4

and l w l = 5, then the value of u . v + v . w + w . u ( a ) 47

is [ IIT 1995 ]

( b ) - 25

(c) 0

( d ) 25

( 46 ) If

A , B and C are three non-coplanar vectors, then

( A + B + C ) ( A + B ) ( A + C ) equals (a) 0 ( b ) [ A, B , C ]

( c ) 2 [ A, B , C ]

( d ) - [ A, B , C ]

[ IIT 1995 ]

( 47 )

If

a, b, c

are non-coplanar unit vectors such that

a (b c ) =

bc 2

, then the

angle between a (a) 3 4

and 4

is (c) 2 (d) [ IIT 1995 ]

(b)

( 48 ) Let a, b, c be distinct non-negative numbers. If the vectors a i + a j + c k, and c i + c j + b k ( a ) AM of a and b

i + k

lie in a plane, then c is ( b ) GM of a and b ( c ) HM of a and b (d) 0 [ IIT 1993 ]

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( Answers at the end of all questions ) ( 49 ) Let
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a = 2 i - j + k,

b =

i + 2j - k

and

c =

i + j - 2k

be three vectors. 2 3 is

A vector in the plane of

b and c whose projection on

is of magnitude

( a ) 2 i + j - 3k (c)
^ ^

( b ) 2 i + 3j + 3 k ( d ) 2 i + j + 5k
^ ^ ^

- 2 i - j + 5k

[ IIT 1993 ]

( 50 )

If

a, b, c

be three non-coplanar vectors and

p, q, r

are vectors defined by ,

the relations

p =

b c [ a b c ]

q =

c a [ a b c ]

a b [ a b c ]

then the value of the expression ( a + b ). p + ( b + c ). q + ( c + a ). r (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

is equal to [ IIT 1988 ]

( 51 ) The number of vectors of unit length perpendicular to vectors

a = ( 1, 1, 0 ) and b = ( 0, 1, 1 ) is ( b ) two ( c ) three ( d ) infinite ( e ) none of these [ IIT 1987 ]

( a ) one

( 52 ) Let

a = a1 i + a 2 j + a 3 k ,

b = b1 i + b 2 j + b 3 k

and

c = c 1 i + c 2 j + c 3 k be

three non-zero vectors such that vectors a1 b1 c1 a2 b2 c2

is a

unit vector perpendicular to both the

a and b . If the angle between a3 b3 c3 (b) 1 (c) is equal to

a and b

is

, then 6

(a) 0 (d)

3 ( a 12 + a 2 2 + a 3 2 ) ( b 12 + b 2 2 + b 3 2 ) ( c 12 + c 2 2 + c 3 2 ) 4 ( e ) none of these [ IIT 1986 ]

1 ( a 12 + a 2 2 + a 3 2 ) ( b 12 + b 2 2 + b 3 2 ) 4

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( 53 )

A vector a has components 2p and 1 with respect to a rectangular Cartesian system. This system is rotated through a certain angle about the origin in the counterclockwise sense. If, with respect to the new system, a and 1, then (a) p = 0 ( b ) p = 1 or p = 1 3 ( c ) p = - 1 or p = ( e ) none of these 1 3 [ IIT 1986 ]

has components p + 1

( d ) p = 1 or p = - 1

( 54 )

The volume of the parallelepiped whose OB = i + j - k, OC = 3i - k, is (a) 4 13 (b) 4 (c) 2 7

sides

are

given

by

OA

= 2i

- 3j,

( d ) none of these

[ IIT 1983 ]

( 55 ) The points with position vectors 60i + 3j, 40i - 8j, ai - 52j are collinear if ( a ) a = - 40 ( b ) a = 40 ( c ) a = 20 ( d ) none of these [ IIT 1983 ]

( 56 ) For non-zero vectors only if (a) (c)

a, b, c ,

l( a

b )

c l = l a l l b l l c l holds if and

b = 0, c = 0,

b c

c = 0 a = 0

(b) (d)

a = 0,

b = 0

b = b

c = c

a = 0

[ IIT 1982 ]

( 57 ) The scalar (a) 0

A ( B + C ) ( A + B + C ) equals

(b) [ A B C] + [ B C A]

(c) [ A B C]

( d ) none of these

[ IIT 1981 ]

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Answers
1 a 21 d 41 c 2 c 22 d 42 a,c 3 a 23 d 43 b 4 b 24 d 44 a 5 d 25 c 45 b 6 d 26 b 46 d 7 a 27 c 47 a 8 c 28 a 48 b 9 c 29 c 49 c 10 d 30 b 50 d 11 b 31 c 51 b 12 b 32 b 52 d 13 c 33 c 53 b 14 c 34 a 54 b 15 c 35 a 55 a 16 b 36 b 56 d 17 d 37 b 57 a 18 d 38 a 58 19 b 39 b,c 59 20 a 40 d 60