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Single Answer Type Vectors & 3D: A, B, C A 3, B 4, C 5
Single Answer Type Vectors & 3D: A, B, C A 3, B 4, C 5
1. If each of a, b,c is orthogonal to the sum of the other two vectors and
a 3, b 4, c 5 then which of the following statement(s) is/are true
A) If a makes angles of equal measures with x,y,z axes, then tangent of this
angle is 2 B) range of | a b | is 1, 7
C) range of | b c | is 1, 9 D) | a b c | =2 5
2. The position vectors of the vertices A,B,C of a tetrahedron ABCD are
i j k , i and 3i respectively and the altitude from the vertex D to the opposite
face ABC meets the face at E. If the length of the edge AD is 4 and the volume
2 2
of the tetrahedron is ,then the length of DE is
3
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
3. The value of p for which the straight lines r 2i 9 j 13k t i 2 j 3k and
r 3i 7 j pk s i 2 j 3k are coplanar is
A) – 1 B) 1 C) -2 D) 2
4. a and b are non–collinear vectors such that | a | = 2, a . b = 1 and angle
between a and b is . If r is any vector satisfying r . a = 2, r . b = 8,
3
( r + 2 a – 10 b ) . ( a × b ) = 6 and is equal to r + 2 a – 10 b = ( a b ) then
=
1 4
(A) (B) 2 (C) (D) 3
2 3
5. Let a and b be vectors with a 2, b 3 and a. b 0 . Define
. Then c
c =a a a a b equals
(A) 32 (B) 48 (C)96 (D) 24
6. A line is drawn from the point P(1, 1, 1) and perpendicular to a line with
direction ratios (1,1,1) to intersect the plane x 2 y 3 z 4 at Q. The locus of
point Q is
x y 5 z 2 x y 5 z 2
A) B)
1 2 1 2 1 1
x y z
C) x y z D)
2 3 5
ONE OR MORE ANSWER TYPE
7. ˆ when x, y, z N and
The position vector of a point P is r xiˆ yjˆ zk,
a ˆi ˆj k.
ˆ If r.a 10, the number of possible position of P is
(A) 36 (B) 72 (C) 66 (D) 9 C2
8. Consider the planes P1 : 2x y z 4 0 P2 : y z 4 0 and
P3 : 3x 2 y z 8 0
Let L1 , L2 , L3 be the lines of intersection of the planes P2 and P3,P3 and P1,and
P1 and P2 respectively. Then,
A) At least two of the lines L1,L2 and L3 are non-parallel
B) At least two of the lines L1,L2 and L3 are parallel
C) The three planes intersect in a line D) The three planes form a triangular
prism
9. The equation of the plane which is equally inclined to the lines
x 1 y z2 x3 y4 z
and and passing through the origin is (are)
2 2 1 8 1 4
A) 14x – 5y – 7z =0 B) 2x+ 7y – z = 0 C) 3x – 4y – z =0 D)
x+2y-5z=0
10. If a is not parallel to b and r r a b then
(a.b)a b a b (a.b)a b a b
A) r B) r
1 a.a 1 a.a
2 2
(a.b) 2 b (a.b) 2 b
C) r D) r
1 a 1 a
2 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A B C B B A AD BC AB AC
11 12 13 14 15
0 3 6 2 5
1) The lengths of two opposite edges of a tetrahedron are a , b . Their shortest distance
is d and the angle between them is . Then its volume is
1 1
A) a b d sin B) a b d cos
2 3
1 1
C) a b d sin D) a b d cos
6 6
2) Let two non collinear unit vectors a and b form an acute angle. A point P moves
so that at any time ' t ' the position vector OP (where O is the origin) is given by
aˆ cos t b sin t . When P is farthest from origin O, let M be the length of OP and
u be the unit vector along OP . Then,
a bˆ a bˆ
12 12
A) u and M 1 a.b B) u and M 1 a.b
a bˆ a bˆ
a bˆ a bˆ
12 12
C) u and M 1 2 a.b D) u and M 1 2 a.b
a bˆ a bˆ
f g h r2 r2 r2
A) , , B) 2, 2
, 2
3r 3r 3r 3 f 3 g 3h
r2 r2 r2 f 2 g 2 h2
C) , , D) 2, 2, 2
3 f 3 g 3h 3r 3r 3r
6) The plane l x m y 0 is rotated about its line of intersection with the x O y plane
through an angle . Then the equation of the plane is l x m y n z 0, where ' n '
is
A) l 2 m2 cos B) l 2 m2 sin
C) l 2 m2 tan D) l 2 m2 sec
7) Consider the line x y z and the line 2 x y z 1 0 3 x y 2 z 2 then
1
A) The shortest distance between the two lines is
2
B) The shortest distance between the two lines is 2
C) Plane containing 2 line parallel to 1 line is y z 1 0
nd st
3
D) The shortest distance between the two lines is
2
8) The angle between the lines x 2 y 3 z 0, 3 x 2 y z 0 and the y – axis is
1 2
D) 2sec 4
1 1
A) sec 1 3 B) 2sec 1 3 C) cos
2 6
9) a and c are unit vectors and b 4 with a b 2 a c .
1
The angle between a and c is cos 1 . Then b 2 c a, if is
4
1 1
A) 3 B) C) 4 D)
4 4
10) A parallelogram is constructed on the vectors a 3 , b 3, If 2
and angle between and is , then the length of diagonal(s) of the
3
parallelogram is
A) 4 5 B) 4 3 C) 4 7 D) 4 2
11) e f 2e
Statement 1: If in a ABC , BC and AC ; e f , then the value
e f e
of cos 2 A cos 2 B cos 2 C is 1
Statement 2: If in ABC , C 900 then cos 2 A cos 2 B cos 2 C 1
A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct Explanation
for Statement-1
B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1
C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True
12) STATEMENT -1: If u & v are unit vectors inclined at an angle and x is a
uv
unit vector bisecting the angle between them, then x
2cos
2
STATEMENT-2: If ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB AC 1, then
AB AC
vector representing bisector of angle A is given by AD
2
A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct Explanation
for Statement-1
B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1
C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True
13) Consider the planes 3 x 6 y 2 z 15 and 2 x y 2 z 5
Statement 1 : The parametric equations of the line of intersection of the given
planes are x 3 14 t , y 1 2 t , z 15 t because
Statement 2: The vector 14 i 2 j 15 k is parallel to the line of intersection of the given
planes.
A) Statement-1 is true, statement 2 is true, statement 2 is a correct explanation for statement
1
B) Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is true, statement 2 is not correct explanation for
statement 1
C) Statement -1 is true, statement – 2 is false
D) Statement -1 is false, statement -2 is true
14)
Statement 1: If r xi y j z k , then equation r 2 i j 3 k 3 i k represents
a straight line.
Statement 2: If r xi y j z k , then equation r i 2 j 3 k 2 i j represents
a straight line.
A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct Explanation
for Statement-1
B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for
Statement-1
C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True
A) 36 B) 45 C) 84 D) 120
16) If a Lattice point is selected at random from Lattice points which satisfy
r. i j k 11, then the probability that the selected Lattice point is equilateral
given that it is isosceles Lattice point is
1 1 2 5
A) B) C) D)
22 23 33 22
17)
Area of triangle formed by the isosceles Lattice points lying on the plane r. i j k 4
is
3 3
A) 2 2 B) 2 C) D) 2
2 2
* * *
A) * 0 B) 1 C) 1 D) 1
19) * is
2 2
A) B) Not defined C) 0 D) 3
A) 0 is a necessary condition
B) . 0 is a necessary condition
D) is a necessary condition
A tetrahedron is a triangular pyramid. If position vector of all the vertices of
abcd
tetrahedron are a, b, c and d , then position vector of centroid of .
4
If AB, AC, AD are adjacent sides of tetrahedron. Then volume of tetrahedron is
1
AB AC AD
6
21) In a regular tetrahedron angle between two opposite edges is
2
A) B) C) D)
3 6 3 2
22) In a regular tetrahedron if the distance between centroid and midpoint of any edge
of tetrahedron is equal to
1 1
A) (edge of tetrahedron) B) (edge of tetrahedron)
3 2 2
1 1
C) (edge of tetrahedron) D) (edge of tetrahedron)
2 3 3 2
23) If vector a, b, c, d are four vectors whose magnitudes are equal to area of the faces
of a tetrahedron and directions perpendicular and outward directions to the faces
respectively then the volume of tetrahedron is
1 1 1 1
A) a3 B) a3 C) a3 D) a3
6 2 3 2 4 2 8 2
1) C 2) A 3) C 4) B 5) C 6) C
7) A,C 8) A,C 9) A,C 10) B,C 11) B 12) A
13) D 14) D 15) A 16) B 17) C 18) B
19) C 20) C 21) D 22) B 23) A