PART-A

SINGLE ANSWER TYPE:

1. Let a and b be mutually perpendicular unit vectors and if r is any vector such that r  b  a  r then the
 
value of r  b  b equals

A) a B) r C) r D) 2b
   
2. Let AB  2 i  4k , AC  5i  2 j  4k are the sides of triangle ABC and AP and AQ represent respectively
 
 
median and angular bisectors through A and if AP  AQ equals xi  yz  zk then z =

A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8

3. A, B, C are non-collinear point with position vectors a , b , c . H is the foot from A to BC. If origin O is in
k a b  b c  c  a
space such that OA  AH , and area of OAH  then k=
b c

1 1
A) a B) a C) 2 a D) a
2 4
x2 y2 z6
4. Let P  1, 0, 3 ,  : x  y  z  9 , L :   A lies on   0 such that PA parallel to the line
2 3 6
L and B lies on L=0 such that PB parallel to the plane  then area of PAB equals

5 7
A) 34 B) 34 C) 5 34 D) 34
2 2

x 7 y5 z3 x 1 y 1 z 1
5. If a line with direction ratios 2 : 2: 1 intersects the line   and   at A
3 2 1 2 4 3
and B then AB=.

A) 2 B) 2 C) 3 D) 3

   
6. The equation of the plane containing the line r  a  kb and perpendicular to the plane r.n  q are
intersect at
        
1) ( r  b).( n  a)  0 
2) ( r  a). n  (a  b)  0 
        
3) ( r  a ).( n  b)  0 
4) (r  b). n  (a  b)  0 
7. If  is the angle between any edge and a face not containing the edge of a regular tetrahedron, then the
value of cos is

1 1 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3
8. Through a point p(h,k,l) a plane is drawn at right angle to OP to meet the coordinate axes in A, B, C.If OP = p
then the area of  le ABC is (where ‘O’ is the origin) (in square units)
p p5 2 p5 p5
A) B) C) D)
hkl 2hkl hkl 4hkl
9. The angle between the lines whose direction cosines are given by 2l  m  2n  0, lm  mn  nl  0 is

   
A) B) C) D)
6 4 3 2

MULTIPLE ANSWER TYPE:


10.  
The distance of the point (1, 2, 3) from the plane r . 2iˆ  ˆj  2 kˆ  5  0 measured parallel of the line

  
r  3iˆ  2 ˆj   iˆ  ˆj  kˆ is
(A) 3 3 (B) 5 2 (C) 3 5 (D) 5 6

11. The equation of three planes are x  2 y  z  3, 5 x  y  z  8, and x  y  z  7 then

a) they form a triangular prism

b) all three plane have a common line of intersection

x y z
 
c) line 1 2 3 is parallel to each plane

x y z
 
d) line 1 3 4 intersect all three plane

12. Consider a pyramid OPQRS located in the first octant  x  0, y  0, z  0  with O as origin and OP and OR
along the x-axis and the y-axis respectively. The base OPQR of the pyramid is a square with OP=3. The point S
is directly above the midpoint T of diagonal OQ such that TS=3. Then


a) the acute angle between OQ and OS is
3
b) the equation of the plane containing the triangle OQS is x  y  0

3
c) the length of the perpendicular from P to the plane containing the triangle OQS is
2

15
d) the perpendicular distance from O to the straight line containing Rs is
2

PASSAGE-1
   
A tetrahedron is a triangular pyramid. If position vector of all the vertices of tetrahedron are a, b, c and d ,
   
abcd   
then position vector of centroid of .If AB, AC , AD are adjacent sides of tetrahedron. Then
4
volume of tetrahedron is
1   
 AB AC AD 
6
13. In a regular tetrahedron angle between two opposite edges is
  2 
A) B) C) D)
3 6 3 2
14. 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

PASSAGE-2
 
a  6 i  7 ˆj  7 k , b  3 i  2 ˆj  2 k , P 1,2,3
  
15. The position vector of L, the foot of the perpendicular from P on the line r  a   b is
A) 6 i  7 j  7 k B) 3 i  2 j  2 k C) 3 i  5 j  9 k D) 9 i  9 j  5 k
  
16. The image of the point P in the line r  a   b is
A) 11,12,11 B)  5, 2,  7  C)  5,8,15  D) 17,16, 7 

17. If A is the point with position vector a then area of the triangle  PLA in sq. units is equal to
7 17 7
A) 3 6 B) C) 17 D)
2 2

PASSAGE:4
Let r be the position vector of a variable point in Cartesian XOY plane such that r . 10 j  8 i  r   40 and

let a  2 i  3 j and if p1  max r  a  2

 and p 2 
 min r  a
2
 A tangent line is drawn to the curve
y  x2  x  2 at the point D with abscissa unity if p1  p2 is even other wise a normal line is drawn at the
same point. The drawn line cuts x-axis at point E. Then

18. The value of p1  p2 equals

A) 2 2 B) 4 2 C) 8 2 D) 4
 
19. The value of DE .OE equals

8 4 40 32
A) B) C) D)
9 9 9 9
  
20. If C  c   2i  3 j  k , then the volume of the tetrahedran OCDE equals

1 1 2 2
A) Cubic units B) Cubic units C) Cubic units D) Cubic units
9 3 3 9

MATRIX MATCHING TYPE:

21.
Column I Column II
P) ABC is a triangle and O is any point in the
plane ABC. AO , BO, CO meet the sides
BC , CA, AB in D,E,F respectively. Then 1) -3
OD OE OF
  
AD BE CF
Q) The distance of the point (1, -2, 3) from the
plane x – y + z – 5 = 0 measured parallel to
2) 1
x y z 1
  is equal to
2 3 6
 R) x 2 y3 4z
If the straight lines   and
1 1 k
x 1 y  4 z  5 3) 2
  intersect then k is
k 2 1
equal to
(k  0)

S)  ˆ b  ˆi  ˆj. If c is a vector
Let a  2iˆ  ˆj  2k,
    
such that a.c | c |and| c  a | 2 2 and angle
   4) 3/2
between a  b and c is 300, then
  
| (a  b)  c | equal.

P Q R S P Q R S
(A) 1 2 4 3 (B) 3 2 4 1
(C) 2 2 1 4 (D) 2 1 4 3

INTEGER & SUBJECTIVE TYPE:

22. If a  b  c, b  c  a, c  a  b. If vectors a, b and c are forming a righthanded system then the

volume of tetrahedron fromed by vectors 3a  2b  2c, a  2c and 2a  3b  4c is
23. Let A,B,C be vertices of a triangle having centroid G, orthocentre H, and circumcentre O (origin). If D is any
point in the plane of triangle ABC such that no three of O,A, B,C,D are collinear satisfying the relation
    
AD  BD  CH  3HG  xHD then x=…….

1
24. Let b and c are unit orthogonal vectors and b  c  a then the value of
2

 a  b  b  c  c  a a b b c b  c  c  a  
………
   
25. If A, B, C, D four points in space and satisfy AB  3, BC  7, CD  11 and DA  9 then the value of
 
AC .BD  ……..
26. Let L1 : x  y  z and the line L2 : 2 x  y  z  1  0  3x  y  2 z  2 and if the shortest distance between
the lines L1 and L2 is d then the value of 2d2 =…….

 
2
27. Let a , b , c be three unit vectors such that a  b  b  c then the least value of a  b  c 
…….

28. The vector OA  i  2 j  2k turns through a right angle while passing through the positive x-axis on the
 
way, the vector in the now position is OB . If the vector OA is turned through a right angle while passing

through the positive y-axis on the way, the vector in the new position is OC . If the volume of tetrahedron
  
formed by OA, OB, OC as coterminous edges is V then [V] equals ([ ] is GIF)……

29. Let a  i  j  k , b  cos  i  cos     j  cos       k

c  sin  i  sin     j  sin       k , where  ,   0,   and if a is parallel to b  c and

p q
     (HCF of P,Q is 1,P and Q are integers) then the absolute value of equals….
q pq
      
30. Suppose that p, q and r are three non-coplanar vectors in  . Let the components of a vector s along p, q
       
and r be 4, 3, and 5, respectively. If the components of this vector s along (  p  q  r), (p  q  r) and
  
(  p  q  r) are x,y and z, respectively, then the value of 2x  y  z is……….
31. The point P (1,2,3) is reflected in the xy – plane, then its image Q is rotated by 180o about the x – axis to
produce R , and finally R is translated in the direction of the positive y – axis through a distance d to
produced S (1,3,3). The value of d is

32. Number of planes equidistant from 4 non-coplanar points is …….

33. If P be any point of the plane lx  my  zn  p and Q be a point on the line OP such that OP.OQ= p 2 , then
find the locus of the point Q.

34. If a variable plane forms a tetrahedron of constant volume 65k 3 with the coordinate planes, find the locus
of the centroid of the tetrahedron.

PART-B
SINGLE ANSWER TYPE:

35. Consider the ellipse having its foci at A a  b   and B  a  b  in the Cartesian XOY plane. If the
eccentricity of the ellipse be ‘e’ and it is given that origin in an interior point of the ellipse then

 a b   a b   2b   2a 
A) e   0,  B) e   0,  C) e  0,  D) e  0, 
 a b  a b  a b  a b   a b  a b 

MULTIPLE ANSWER TYPE:

36. The plane ax + by + cz + d = 0 bisects an angle between a pair of planes of which one is lx + my + nz + p = 0,
then the equation of the other plane of pair is
(A) (lx + my + nz + p) (a2 + b2 + c2) + 2(al + bm + cn) (ax + by + cx + d) = 0
(B) (lx + my + nz + p) (a2 + b2 + c2) – 2 (al + bm + cn) (ax + by + cz + d) = 0
(C) (mx + my + nz + p) (a2 – b2 – c2) – 2(al + bm + cn) (ax + by + cz + d) = 0S
(D) (lx + my + nz + p) (a2 – b2 – c2) + 2(al + bm + cn) (ax + by + cz + d) = 0
x y z
  1
37. The plane a b c intersects the co-ordinate axes at points A, B and C respectively. If PQR has mid-
points A, B and C then

a) centroids of ABC and PQR coincide

b) foot of normal to ABC from O is circumcentre of PQR

2 2 2 2 2 2
ar  PQR   2 a b  b c  c a
c)

d) incentres of ABC and PQR coincide

38. Let u  u1 i  u2 j  u3 k be a unit vector in R 3 and w 

1
6
 
i  2 j  2k . Given that there exists a vector

v in R 3 such that  u  v   1 and w.  u  v   1 . Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?

a) There is exactly one choice for such v b) There are infinitely many choices for such v

c) If u lies in the xy-plane then u1  u2 d) If u lies in the xz-plane then 2 u1  u3

INTEGEER TYPE:

BP
39. The sides BC, CA, AB of ABC are divided by the points P, Q, R respectively in the ratios  1,
PC
CQ AR  
 cos  ,  sin   0     and if
QA RB  2

area of PQR p  sin 2

 then p+q equals……
area of ABC q 1  cos  1  sin  

PART-C
PASSAGE-3
        
If x  y  a , y  z  b , x .b   , x .y  1 and y .z  1

40. Vector x is

 a  a  b        
(a)
1
 2     (b)
 2   
a b  a  a b 
a b  a b  

 a  b  b  a  b 
(c)

 2    (d) none of these
a b

41. Vector y is
     
a b  a b   a b
(a) (b) a  ab (d) none of these
  

42. Vector z is

            
(a)
 2 
a  b a  b    (b)
 2   
a  b  a  a b 
a b   a b  

 a  b  b  a  b 
(c)

 2    (d) none of these
a b

INTEGEER TYPE:

43. Let OABC be tetrahedron with edges BC  2, CA  3, AB  4, OA  5, OB  6, OC  7 . G

be the centroid of the triangle ABC and M and N be the mid points of OB and CA then the value of
 OG 
2
 2MN = …….

44. Find the ar distance of the origin from the line r . a  1, r . b  1
 TRIGNOMETRIC Q’S

45. The Value of tan40° + 2tan10° equals

(A) cot50° (B) cot40°

(C) cot10° (D) none of these

46. The value of sin 12° sin48° sin54° is equal to

(A) 1/2 (B) 1/4

(C) 1/16 (D) 1/8

 3 5 7 9
47. The value of cos  cos  cos  cos  cos is
11 11 11 11 11

(A) 1/2 (B) - 1/2

(C) -1 (D) 0

48. If sinx = cosy, 6 siny = tanz and 2sinz = 3 cosx, then the value of the triplet (sin2x, sin2y, sin2z) is

(A) (1, 0, 0) (B) (0, 1, 0)

(C) (1/2, 1/2, 3/4) (D) (1/2, 3/4, 1/2)

sin 4  cos 4  1 sin 4n x cos 4n x 1

49. Given that   , prove that 2n 1  2n 1  , (nN)
a b ab a b (a  b) 2n 1

KEY:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B D B A D C A B D A
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
AC BCD D B C C B C B D
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
C 2 8 2 4 1 1 4 3 9
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
5 7 - - C B ABC BC 6 B
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
A C 0 - B D A A -

x  2 y 1 2 1 a b
33.   34. xyz  6k 3 44. A 
3 1 1 a b 
49. a = 3 (4n + 1) , nN, x = 6