VECTORS

SINGLE CHOICE

1. Three unit vectors a,  c are such that a  b  c , then a  b  c is equal to

 b,

(A) 3 (B) 2
(C) 2 (D) 1

2. Consider a right angled ABC right angled at B. If side AC and BC are collinear with vectors
ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and 2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , then vector collinear with AB can be
(A) 2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ (B) ˆi  4ˆj  2kˆ
(C) ˆi  2jˆ  5kˆ (D) none of these

 ˆi 4ˆj  1 10
3. Let a, b > 0 and     bkˆ and   biˆ  ajˆ  kˆ , then the maximum value of   is
a b b 5   
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 4 (D) 8
  
4. Let a, b and c are three unit vectors in a plane such that they are equally inclined to each
           
other then the value of  a  b    b  c   b  c   c  a    c  a    a  b  can be
9 9
(A) (B) –
4 4
3 3
(C) (D) –
4 4

5. Let A, B, C, D be distinct points on a circle with centre O. if there exists non zero real
       
numbers x and y such that xOA  yOB  xOB  yOC  xOC  yOD  xOD  yOA , then
which of the following is always true
(A) ABCD is a trapezium (B) ABCD is a rectangle
(C) ACBD is a rhombus (D) ABCD is a square
   
6. The perpendicular distance of the line r  a  1 , r  b  1 from origin, is
 2  
ab ab
(A)   (B)   2
ab ab
   
ab ab
(C)   (D)  
ab ab

7. Given that 8x2 + y2 + z2 = 1 and 4x + 4y + 5z = c then the value of [c]max is, (where [.] denote
greatest integer function)
(A) 5 (B) 6
(C) 7 (D) 8

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MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPES

1.    
Consider a circle with centre O O ABC is inscribed in it such A  a  , B b , C  c  . P  p  is
any point on the circle (excluding the vertices) and H is orthocentre. M is mid-point of the line
segment PH and D is mid-point of BC. Then, smallest angle between DM and AP lies in
     
(A)  ,  (B)  , 
 3 2  4 2
  
(C)  ,  (D) none of these
 6 2
     
2. Vectors a, b, c are three unit vectors and c is equally inclined to both a and b .
         
Let a   b  c   b   c  a    4  x 2  b   4x cos 2   a , then ( a and b are non-collinear vectors,
x > 0)
(A) x = 2 (B)  = 0
(C)  =  (D) x = 4
  
3. a, b and c are three non-zero non-coplanar vectors with fixed magnitudes. Angles between
any of the vector with the normal of the plane containing other two is . Volume of
parallelepiped formed is V and its surface area is S. Which of the following is/are true?
1
V cos   1 
(A)     1 1
   
S 2  a b c 
 
  
(B) Vmax  a b c
  
(C) a, b and c are equally inclined to each other
    
(D) if angle between a , b is , then angle between c and plane of a and b is 90° – 
   
4. Let a, b and c are three mutually perpendicular unit vectors and a unit vector r satisfying
            
the equation  b  c    r  a    c  a    r  b    a  b    r  c   0 , then r is
1    1    
(A) abc (B)  2a  3b  c 
3 14
1     
(C) 2a  3b  c  (D) 
1  a  b  c 
14 3

 
5. Consider two lines r  ˆi  ˆj  1  ˆi  kˆ  and r  ˆj  kˆ  2  ˆi  ˆj  . If PQ is the shortest distance
between these two lines then
(A) their shortest distance is 26 (B) their point of intersection is ˆj  kˆ

(C) their shortest distance is zero (D) the length of projection of OP on
ˆi  ˆj  kˆ is 2
3
  
6. If a, b, c x, y, z  R and r1  aiˆ  bjˆ  ckˆ , r 2  xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ are two vectors such that r1  5 ,
  
r2  6 and r1  r2  30 , then
x y x z
(A)  (B) 
a b a c
abc 5
(C) x = y = z = a = b = c (D) 
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7. If a, b, c are non-coplanar unit vectors also b, c are non-collinear and 2a   b  c   b  c ,
then
   
(A) angle between a and c is 60 (B) angle between b and c is 30
   
(C) angle between a and b is 120 (D) b is perpendicular to c

    2  2  2
8. Let a , b and c are three unit vectors such that a  b  b  c  c  a  3 , then
3    5    
(A)  abc  (B) a  b  b  c
2 2
  
(C) a  2b  3c  20
  
(D) a , b , c form a system of orthogonal vectors

COMPREHENSION TYPE
Paragraph for Question Nos. 01 to 02

Read the following write up carefully and answer the following questions:
  
OA   , OB  m , OC  n . O is origin, A, B, C lie in the plane x + 2y – z = 0 and
2 2 2
AB  BC  CA is maximum

1. If   4 and m = n = 2 2 , then |AB| is equal to

(A) 6 (B) 2
(C) 2 10 (D) none of these
 
2. If OA  2i  j and OB  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ , then position vector of C is
(A) 3iˆ  3ˆj (B) 2iˆ  2ˆj  6kˆ
(C) ˆi  ˆj (D)  ˆi  kˆ

Paragraph for Question Nos. 03 to 04

Read the following write up carefully and answer the following questions:
Consider a ABC with A  a  , B b , C  c   
3. If AD represents altitude from A onto side BC, then vector collinear with AD can be
 
(A)  a  b  b  c  c  a   b  a (B)  a  b  b  c  c  a    c  a 

(C)  a  b  b  c  c  a    b  c  (D) none of these

4. If ABC is an equilateral triangle with side  . D is mid-point of BC. ABC is rotated about AD,
then position vector of B or C can be

(A)
a  b  b  c    b  c  (B)
a  b  c  a   b  c
 
  2   2

(C)
b  c  c  a   b  c (D) none of these
 2

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 Paragraph for Question Nos. 05 to 06

Read the following write up carefully and answer the following questions:
Consider points P1, P2, P3 ..... Pn all lying on the same side of a line through O [such that P1, P2, …..,
Pn are in anticlockwise order], such that OP1 , OP2 , ..... OPn be unit vectors lying in a plane (O is
origin)

5.  
OPv . OP3  OP4  .....  OPk 1 is where, OPv  OP2  OPk (1  k  n)
(A) > 0 (B) < 0
(C) zero (D) can’t be determined

5. If, n is odd then, OP1  OP2  .....  OPn is

(A) < 1 (B) zero
(C)  1 (D) none of these

MATRIX MATCH TYPE

1. Match the following Column-I with Column-II

Column – I Column – II
(A) If x and y are two integers such that 289 – x2 + y4 = 0 then the
(P) 1
possible value(s) of unit digit of x + 12y + 4 is/are

(B) If P, Q, R, S be four points in space satisfying PQ  3 ,
 
   PS  QR (Q) 2
QR  7 , RS  11 , SP  9 , then the value of is less
9
than
(C) The sum of three positive integer is 20. If the probability that
(R) 3
they form the sides of a triangle is P then 19P is equal to
(D) The first term of an infinite geometric series is 21. The second
term and the sum of the series are both positive integers. If the
(S) 4
value of second term is k then the possible value(s) of |k – 15|
is/are
(T) 5

2. Match the following

Column – I Column – II
(A) If a1 and a2 are two values of a for which the unit vector (p) 4
a ˆi  bjˆ  kˆ is linearly dependent with ˆi  2ˆj and ˆj  2kˆ then
1 1
 is equal to
a1 a2
(B) Let A  m ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ , B  ˆi  3ˆj  and minimum length of projection of (q) 0
8
AB on ˆi  ˆj  kˆ is then least value of |q| for which y = x2 – (m
3
+ 1)x + q2 does not intersect x-axis at two distinct points is
  
(C) If a and b are perpendicular vectors and c is such that (r) 6
    
   3c  a  3c  a 
a  2b  3c  0 , then the value of  is
 b 2
   (s) 8
(D) If a  b  c   1, then the value of
        
 a  2b  3c   b  c  c  a  b  a  is equal to

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3. Match the following:
Column – I Column – II
 ˆ ˆ ˆ  ˆ ˆ ˆ  ˆ
(A) If a  i  j  k, b  i  j  k, c  i  2ˆj  kˆ , then the value of (p) 3
     
a a a b a c
     
b  a b  b b  c equal to
     
c a c b c c
(B) If points P, Q and R have position vectors, (q) 28
 ˆ r  ˆi  3ˆj  4kˆ and r  2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ respectively,
r  3iˆ  2ˆj  k,
1 2 3
relative to an origin O, then the distance of P from the plane
OQR is
(C) A line with direction ratios (2, 1, 2) intersects the lines (r) 16
 
r  ˆj    ˆi  ˆj  kˆ  and r  ˆi    2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ  at A and B, then
l(AB) is equal to
(D) n a regular tetrahedron, the centres of the four faces are the (s) 3
vertices of a smaller tetrahedron. The ratio of the volume of the
m
smaller tetrahedron to that of the larger is , where m and n
n
are relatively prime positive integers. The value of (m + n) is

MM-II. Let position vectors of the point A, B, C are a  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ , b  2iˆ  2ˆj  kˆ , c  5iˆ  ˆj  kˆ
respectively, and let position vector of a variable point R be r
LIST–I LIST–II
(I) locus of point R  r  such that r  a  5 (P) pair of lines

(II) locus of point R  r  such that r  b  r  c  4 (Q) circle

(III) locus of point R  r  such that r  a  5 and r  b  r  c  4 (R) ellipse

area of the region formed by point R  r  such that r  a  5 and

(IV) (S) 
r b  r c  4

(T) 2

(U) 2

4. Which of the following is the only CORRECT combination?

(A) (I), (Q) (B) (I), (R)
(C) (III), (R) (D) (III), (Q)

5. Which of the following is the only CORRECT combination?

(A) (II), (Q) (B) (II), (P)
(C) (IV), (U) (D) (IV), (T)

INTEGER AND DECIMAL TYPE

 
1. Let p  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ , q  a ˆi  bjˆ  ckˆ , where a, b, c  {–3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2} if the number of possible
   R
vectors q such that p  q  0 is R, then is _____
5
   
2. If a, b, c are mutually perpendicular unit vectors and d is a unit vector which makes equal
      
angle with a, b and c , then the sum of squares of the possible values of a  b  c  d is
_____

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3. For a convex quadrilateral ABCD, AB + CD = AD + BC . If angle between AC and BD is ,
then number of integral values 5sin can take is _____
         
4. Let , ,  are non-zero, non-coplanar vectors such that     0 and          . If
    2 2
angle between  and  lies in  ,  then arithmetic mean of  max and  min is equal to
6 4

ASSERTION REASON TYPE

 
1. If x and y are two non collinear vectors and a, b, c represent the sides of a  ABC satisfying
   
 a  b  x  b  c  y  c  a   x  y   0 then
Statement 1: ABC
 is an acute
 angle triangle.
Statement 2: As x, y and x  y are non coplanar vectors  linearly independent therefore
a – b = 0 = b – c = c – a  a = b = c   is equilateral.
(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

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 ANSWERS KEY
VECTORS

SINGLE CHOICE
1. C 2. B 3. A 4. A
5. D 6. D 7. B

MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPES

1. A, B, C 2. A, B, C 3. A, B 4. A, D
5. B, C, D 6. A, B, D 7. A, C 8. A, C

COMPREHENSION TYPE
1. C 2. D 3. C 4. D
5. A 6. C

MATRIX MATCH TYPE

1. (A)  (P, R, T) (B)  (S, T) (C)  (S) (D)  (P, R, T)
2. (A)  (s) (B)  (p) (C)  (p) (D)  (r)
3. (A)  (r) (B) (s) (C)  (s) (D)  (q)
4. C 5. D

INTEGER AND DECIMAL TYPE

1. 5 2. 8 3. 1 4. 2

ASSERTION REASON TYPE

1. A

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