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ASSIGNMENT # A (VECTOR) MATHEMATICS
One or more than one correct :
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1. If a parallelogram ABCD in which AB = a , AD = b , AC = c ,where a,b,c are sides of an acute angled
triangle, then which of the following is (are) true-
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(A) DB.AB is positive (B) DB.AB is negative
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(C) Angle between DB and AB is acute (D) Angle between DB and AB obtuse.
r r r r
2. A vector r is equally inclined with the vector a = ( sin q ) ˆi + ( cos q ) ˆj , b = ( - cos q ) ˆi + ( sin q ) ˆj and c = kˆ
r r
then the angle between r and a is-

-1 1 1 1 p
(A) cos
-1
(B) cos (C) cos -1 (D)
2 3 3 2
r r r
3. Let 2aˆ + b = aˆ ´ b (where â is a unit vector) then 3b + 4aˆ is equal to-

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

r r r r r r r r r r
4. If a, b, c, a + b, b + c and a + b + c are vectors of same magnitude , none of which is a null vector, then
which of the following is false -
r r
(A) Angle between b and c will always be obtuse
r r r
(B) a - c and b are mutually perpendicular vectors
r r r
(C) a + c will be perpendicular to b .
r r
(D) a and c are mutually perpendicular vectors
r r r r
5. Given the position vectors of the vertices of a triangle ABC, A º (a) ; B º (b) ; C º (c) . A vector r is
parallel to the altitude drawn from the vertex A, making an obtuse angle with the positive Y-axis.
r r r r r
If | r | = 2 34 ; a = 2î - ˆj - 3k̂ ; b = î + 2 ĵ - 4k̂ ; c = 3î - ˆj - 2k̂ , then r is

(A) - 6î - 8ˆj - 6k̂ (B) 6î - 8 ĵ + 6k̂ (C) - 6î - 8ˆj + 6k̂ (D) 6î + 8 ĵ + 6k̂
r r r
6. If the vectors a, b & c form the sides BC, CA & AB respectively of a triangle ABC, then
r r r r r r r r
(A) a.b + b.c + c.a = 0 (B) ar ´ b = b ´ cr = cr ´ ar
r r r r r r r r
(C) a.b = b.c = c.a (D) ar ´ b + b ´ cr + cr ´ ar = 0
r r r r r r r
7. Let a, b, c be unit vectors such that a + b + c = 0 . Which one of the following is correct?
r r r r r r r r r r r r r r
(A) a ´ b = b ´ c = c ´ a = 0 (B) a ´ b = b ´ c = c ´ a ¹ 0
r r r r r r r r r r r r r
(C) a ´ b = b ´ c = a ´ c ¹ 0 (D) a ´ b, b ´ c, c ´ a are mutually perpendicular

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8. Let two non-collinear unit vectors â and b̂ form an acute angle. A point P moves so that at any time
uuur
t the position vector OP (where O is the origin) is given by â cost + b̂ sint. When P is farthest from origin
uuur uuur
O, let M be the length of OP and û be the unit vector along OP . Then -
â + bˆ â - bˆ
(A) û = and M = (1 + ˆ )1/2
â.b (B) û = and M = (1 + â.bˆ )1/2
â + bˆ â - bˆ

â + bˆ â - bˆ
(C) û = and M = (1 + 2 â.bˆ )1/2 (D) û = and M = (1 + 2 â.bˆ )1/2
â + bˆ â - bˆ
r r
9. The number of vectors of unit length perpendicular to vectors a = (1, 1, 0) & b (0, 1, 1) is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) ¥
10. Image of the point P with position vector 7 $i - $j + 2 k$ in the line whose vector equation is,
r
r = 9î + 5ˆj + 5k̂ + l ( î + 3 ĵ + 5k̂ ) has the position vector
(A) (- 9, 5, 2) (B) (9, 5, - 2) (C) (9, - 5, - 2) (D) none
r r r r r r r r r
11. If a, b, c are non-zero vectors such that a ^ b = b ^ c = c ^ a = 60° , then choose the correct option(s) -
r r r r r r r r
(A) If a ´ ( b ´ c ) = ( a ´ b ) ´ c then a & c are collinear
r r r r r r r
(B) If a ´ ( b ´ c ) = ( a ´ b ) ´ c then ar & b are collinear
r r r r r r
(C) If a, b, c are non-coplanar then éë( ar ´ b ) ´ rc ( b ´ rc ) ´ ar ( cr ´ ar ) ´ b ùû = 0
r r r r
(D) a - b = a + b
r
12. A straight line, passing through a point P whose position vector is p , is parallel to the vector which is
r r r r
equally inclined to two unit vectors a & b , in the plane of a & b , then distance of point Q with
r
position vector q from the line is -

r r r r r r r r
r r r r r r (q - p) ´ (a + b) ( q - p) .( a + b )
(A) ( q - p ) ´ ( a + b ) (B) ( q - p ) . ( a + b ) (C) r r (D) r r
a+b a+b
r r r r r r
13. If a and b are perpendicular unit vectors and vector c is such that c = a + b , then
r r r r
( ar ´ b ) . ( b ´ cr ) + ( b ´ rc ) . ( cr ´ ar ) + ( cr ´ ar ) . ( ar ´ b ) is -
rr rr
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) –1 (D) b.c + c.a
r r r r r r r
14. Consider three vectors v1 , v 2 and v 3 such that v1 = v2 - v3 where v1 = ( ar ´ ˆi ) ´ ˆi ,
r r r r
v 2 = ( a ´ ˆj) ´ ˆj & v 3 = ( ar ´ kˆ ) ´ kˆ . ( a is non zero vector), then -
r rˆ 2
(A) a.jˆ = 0 rˆ
(B) a.i =0
rˆ
(C) a.k =0 (D) vr 1.vr 2 = ( a.j )
r r r
r r r r r r r r r éë a b q ùû
15. Consider two lines r = a + lb & r = p + mq . If b = 2a - 2p , then r r r is
éë p b q ùû
r r r
(where éë p b q ùû ¹ 0 ) -

1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 1
2
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r
16. If â and b̂ are unit vectors then the vector defined as V = ( â ´ b̂) ´ ( â + b̂) is collinear to the vector
(A) â + b̂ (B) b̂ - â (C) 2â - b̂ (D) â + 2b̂
r r
17. If â and b̂ are orthogonal unit vectors then for any non zero vector r , the vector ( r ´ â ) equals
r r r
(A) [ r â b̂] (â + b̂) (B) [ r â b̂] â + ( r ·â )(â ´ b̂)
r r r r
(C) [ r â b̂] b̂ + ( r ·b̂)( b̂ ´ â ) (D) [ r â b̂] b̂ + ( r ·â )(â ´ b̂)
r r r r
18. The value of the triple product [ (ar ´ b) ´ (b ´ cr) (b ´ cr) ´ (cr ´ ar ) (cr ´ ar ) ´ (ar ´ b) ] is equal to
r r r rrr
[ r r] [ r r] [ r r]
2 3 4
(A) a b c (B) a b c (C) a b c (D) [a b c ]
r r r
Where a , b, c are non- zero non coplanar vectors
r r r r r r r r r r r
19. Given | p | = 2 ; | q | = 3 and p · q = 0. If V = (p ´ (p ´ (p ´ (p ´ q) ))) then the vector V is
r r r r r r r
(A) collinear with p (B) V = 16p (C) V = 48q (D) V = 16q
r r r r r r
20. Let a = ˆi - kˆ , b = xiˆ + ˆj + (1 - x)kˆ and c = yiˆ + xjˆ + (1 + x - y)kˆ . Then [a, b, c] depends on
(A) only x (B) only y (C) neither x nor y (D) both x and y
r r r r r r r r
21. Let V = 2 i + j - k and W = i + 3k . If U is a unit vector, then the maximum value of the scalar triple
r r r
product [U V W] is -
(A) –1 (B) 10 + 6 (C) 59 (D) 60
22. The number of distinct real values of l, for which the vectors -l 2 ˆi + ˆj + kˆ , ˆi - l 2 ˆj + kˆ and
ˆi + ˆj - l 2 kˆ are coplanar, is :-

(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) three

r
23. In tetrahedron OABC, if equation of altitude through O is r = l ( 2iˆ + ˆj - 2kˆ ) and position vector of
vertex A is 3iˆ + 2ˆj + kˆ then length of altitude through O is (where 'O' is origin) -
(A) 6 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1
24. The value of a for which the volume of parallelopiped formed by the vectors ˆi + ajˆ + kˆ and ĵ + akˆ and
aiˆ + kˆ as coterminous edge is minimum is -
(A) –3 (B) 3 (C) 1/ 3 (D) – 3
25. The edges of a parallelopiped are of unit length and are parallel to non-coplanar unit vectors
ˆ ˆ = c.a 1
â , b̂ , ĉ such that â . b̂ = b.c ˆ ˆ = . Then, the volume of the parallelopiped is :-
2
1 1 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2 3
r r r r r r r r r r r
26. Given three non – zero, non – coplanar vectors a , b, c and r1 = pa + qb + c and r2 = a + pb + qc if the
r r r r
vectors r1 + 2 r2 and 2 r1 + r2 are collinear then (p, q) is
(A) (0, 0) (B) (1, –1) (C) (–1, 1) (D) (1, 1)

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27. Let r1 , r2 , r3 ........ rn be the position vectors of points P1, P2, P3,.....Pn relative to the origin O. If the vector
r r r
equation a1 r1 + a 2 r2 + .......... + a n rn = 0 holds, then a similar equation will also hold w.r.t. to any other
origin provided
(A) a1+ a2+....+ an= n (B) a1+ a2+....+ an = 1 (C) a1+ a2+....+ an= 0 (D) none
r r r r r r r r r
28. Four vectors a , b, c and xr satisfy the relation (a · xr ) b = c + xr where b ·a ¹ 1 . The value of x in terms
r r r
of a , b and c is equal to
r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r
(a ·c )b - c(a ·b - 1) c 2(a ·c)b + c 2( a · c ) c + c
(A) r r (B) r r (C) r r (D) r r
(a ·b - 1) a ·b - 1 a ·b - 1 a ·b - 1
r r r r r r r r r
29. If a , b, c are three non-coplanar & p, q, r are reciprocal vectors to a , b & c respectively, then
r r r r r r
(la + mb + nc) × (lp + mq + nr) is equal to : (where l, m, n are scalars)
(A) l2 + m2 + n2 (B) l m + m n + n l (C) 0 (D) none of these
r r
30. If x & y are two non collinear vectors and a, b, c represent the sides of a D ABC satisfying
r r r r
(a - b) x + (b - c) y + (c - a) (x ´ y) = 0 then D ABC is
(A) an acute angle triangle (B) an obtuse angle triangle
(C) a right angle triangle (D) a scalene triangle
r r r
31. If the vectors a , b , c are non-coplanar and l, m, n are distinct scalars, then
r r r
[(r r
)( r r r
)(r
l a + m b + n c l b + m c + na l c + ma + n b = 0 implies :)]
(A) l m + m n + n l = 0 (B) l + m + n = 0 (C) l 2 + m 2 + n 2 = 0 (D) l 3 + m 3 + n 3 = 0
r r
32. Let ar = 2iˆ + ˆj + kˆ , b = ˆi + 2jˆ - kˆ and a unit vector cr be coplanar. If cr is perpendicular to a , then cr =

(A)
1
2
( - ĵ + kˆ ) (B)
1
3
( -ˆi - ˆj - kˆ ) (C)
5
(
1 ˆ ˆ
i - 2j ) (D)
3
(
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
i - j-k )
r ˆ , rr = ˆj + kˆ + m (kˆ - ˆi) ,
33. If sides of the triangle ABC are represented by the lines r = ˆi + ˆj + l ( ˆj - k)
r ˆ ˆ
r = k + i + t(iˆ - ˆj) , then (where l, m, t Î R) -

(A) vertices of triangle are (1,1,0), (1,0,1) and (0,1,1)

3
(B) area of triangle ABC is sq. units
2

(C) (0,0,0) lies in the plane of triangle ABC

(D) triangle ABC is an equilateral triangle
r r
34. ˆ b = ˆi - ˆj + kˆ and cr = ˆi + ˆj - kˆ . A vector in the plane of ar and b whose
Let ar = ˆi + 2 ˆj + k,
r 1
projection on c has the magnitude equal to is -
3

(A) 4iˆ - ˆj + 4kˆ (B) 3iˆ + ˆj - 3kˆ (C) 2iˆ + ˆj - 2kˆ (D) 4iˆ + ˆj - 4kˆ

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35. Let OA, OB, OC are sides of a rectangular parallelopiped whose diagonals are OO', AA', BB' and CC'
and D is centre of rectangle AC'O'B' and D' is centre of O'A'CB'. If sides OA,OB,OC are in the ratio 1
: 2 : 3, then angle ÐDOD' is-
A' O'

C B'

6 4 C'
B

O 2 A

-1 24 æ 22 ö -1 æ 24 ö -1 æ 22 ö
(A) cos (B) cos -1 ç ÷ (C) sin ç ÷ (D) sin ç ÷
697 è 619 ø è 697 ø è 691 ø
r
36. If ar = ˆi + ajˆ + k, ˆ cr = aiˆ + kˆ , then find the value of 'a' for which volume of parallelopiped formed
ˆ b = ˆj + ak,
by three vectors as coterminous edges, is minimum, is -
1 1 1
(A) (B) - (C) ± (D) none
3 3 3
Comprehension Type :
Paragraph for Question 37 & 38
r r r r r r r r r r r
Let | a |=| b |= 2 and | c |= 1 . Also (a - c).(b - c) = 0 and | a - b |2 + | a + b |2 = 16 -
r r r r r
37. | a - b |2 +2c.(a + b) has the value equal to -
(A) 12 (B) 10 (C) 8 (D) 6
r r r
38. | a + b - c |2 equals -
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8
Subjective :
39. Prove, by vector methods of otherwise, that the point of intersection of the diagonals of a trapezium lies
on the line passing through the mid-points of the parallel sides. (You may assume that the trapezium is
not a parallelogram.)
40. Show by vector methods, that the angular bisectors of a triangle are concurrent and find an expression
for the position vector of the point of concurrency in terms of the position vectors of the vertices.
41. Find the value of l such that a,b,c are all non-zero and

(-4iˆ + 5ˆj)a + (3iˆ - 3 ˆj + k)b

ˆ + (iˆ + ˆj + 3k)c
ˆ = l(aiˆ + bjˆ + ck)
ˆ

r r r r r r r r r r
42. The base vectors a1 ,a 2 ,a 3 are given in terms of base vectors b1 , b2 , b3 as a1 = 2b1 + 3b 2 - b3 ;
r r r r r r r r r r r r r r r
a 2 = b1 - 2b2 + 2b3 & a 3 = -2b1 + b 2 - 2b3 . If F = 3b1 - b2 + 2b3 , then express F in terms of a1 ,a 2
r
& a3 .
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43. Let O be an interior point of DABC such that 2OA + 5OB + 10OC = 0 . If the ratio of the area of DABC
to the area of DAOC is t, where ‘O’ is the origin. Find [t].
(where [ ] denotes greatest integer function)

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44. Find a vector vr which is coplanar with the vectors ˆi + ˆj - 2kˆ & ˆi - 2ˆj + kˆ and is orthogonal to the
vector -2iˆ + ˆj + kˆ . It is given that the projection of vr along the vector ˆi - ˆj + kˆ is equal to 6 3 .
r r
45. For any two vectors u & v , prove that
r r 2 r r2 r2 r2 r2 r2 r r2 r r r r 2
(a) (u.v) + u ´ v = u v & (b) (1 + u )(1 + v ) = (1 - u.v) + u + v + (u ´ v)
r r r
46. Find the vector r which is perpendicular to a = ˆi - 2ˆj + 5kˆ and b = 2iˆ + 3ˆj - kˆ and
r ˆ ˆ ˆ
r.(2i + j + k) + 8 = 0 .
r r
47. Let u be a vector on rectangular coordinate system with sloping angle 60°. Suppose that u - ˆi is
r
geometric mean of ur and ur - 2iˆ where î is the unit vector along x-axis then find the value of u .
r r
48.
r ˆ b = 2ˆj - kˆ and vector cr satisfying the conditions (i) rc.b = 0 (ii) a.c
Let a = ˆi - ˆj + 2k,
rr
= 4 , if
r r r
c = aa + b b , then the value of [a + b] is (where [.] denotes greatest integer function)
r
49. Locus of all the points which are at a distance of 3 units from the line r = l ( ˆi + ˆj + kˆ ) is given by
k ækö
x2 + y2 + z2 – xy – yz – zx = then the value of ç ÷ is equal to
2 è3ø
r r r r rr r rr r
50. Let a, b, c be three vectors having magnitude 1,1,2 respectively. If b + ( a.c ) a = ( a.a ) c , then cosecant
r r
of acute angle between a and c is
r
51. If A is the area of triangle formed by the lines L 1,L 2,L3 where L1 : r = ˆi - ˆj + l ( ˆi - 2ˆj + kˆ ) ,
r r
L 2 : r = ˆi - ˆj + m ( ˆi + ˆj + kˆ ) & L3 : r = 2iˆ + kˆ + tjˆ then (4A ) is equal to
2

r r r
52. Given A = 2î + 3 ĵ + 6k̂ , B = î + ˆj - 2k̂ and C = î + 2ˆj + k̂ .
r r r r r
(
Compute the value of A ´ A ´ (A ´ B) ·C . )
r r r r r r r r r r r r r
53. If A,B & C are vectors such that B = C , Prove that : éë( A + B) ´ ( A + C )ùû ´ ( B ´ C ) .( B + C ) = 0 .
r r
54. Let a = aˆi + 2ˆj - 3k, ˆ b = ˆi + 2aˆj - 2kˆ and cr = 2iˆ - aˆj + kˆ . Find the value(s) of a, if any, such that
r r
{ ( ar ´ b ) ´ ( b ´ cr ) ´ (cr ´ a)r = 0 . Find the vector product when a = 0.
}
r r r r r r
55. Let a , b and c be three non zero non coplanar vectors and p, q and r be three vectors defined as
r r r r r r r r r r r r
p = a + b - 2c ; q = 3a - 2b + c and r = a - 4b + 2c
r r r
If the volume of the parallelopiped determined by a , b and c is V1 and that of the parallelopiped
r r
determined by p, q and rr is V2 then V2 = KV1 implies that K is equal to
56. In a tetrahedron OABC, G is the centre of the tetrahedron, P, Q and R are the mid points of OA, OB
1
and OC respectively. If the shortest distance between the line GR and PQ is , then the value of
2 k
uuur uuur uuur
k is (where O is origin, OA = ˆi, OB = ˆj and OC = kˆ )
57. In a tetrahedron OABC, the edges are of lengths, |OA| = |BC| = a, |OB| = |AC| = b, |OC| = |AB| = c. Let
G1 and G2 be the centroids of the triangle ABC and AOC (where AOC is not a right angled triangle)
a 2 + c2
such that OG1^ BG2, then the value of is
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58. Let volume of a tetrahedron ABCD is sq. unit and volume of parallelopiped whose three coterminous
2
edges are line segments joining centroid of any face of tetrahedron with centroids of its other three faces
is 3l, then l is
rrr r
59. Consider the non zero vectors a,b,c & d such that no three of which are coplanar then prove that
r r r r r r r r r r rr r r r r rrr r
a[b c d] + c[a b d] = b[a c d] + d[a b c] . Hence prove that if a,b,c & d represent the position vectors of
rrr rrr
[b c d] + [a b d]
the vertices of a plane quadrilateral then r r r r r r =1.
[a c d] + [a b c]
Match the column
60. Match the statements / expressions given in Column I with the values given in Column II.
Column-I Column-II
p
(A) Root(s) of the equation 2sin2q + sin22q = 2 (P)
6
é 6x ù é 3x ù p
(B) Points of discontinuity of the function f(x) = ê ú cos ê ú (Q)
ëpû ëpû 4
where [y] denotes the largest integer less than or equal to y
p
(C) Volume of the parallelepiped with its edges (R)
3
p
represented by the vectors ˆi + ˆj, ˆi + 2 ˆj and ˆi + ˆj + pkˆ (S)
2
r
(D) Angle between vectors ar and b where a,b r r and r are unit (T)
c p
r r r r
vectors satisfying a + b + 3c = 0

ANSWER KEY
1. A,C 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. A
6. B 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. B
11. C 12. C 13. C 14. A 15. D
16. B 17. C 18. C 19. D 20. C
21. C 22. C 23. C 24. C 25. A
26. D 27. C 28. A 29. A 30. A
31. B 32. A 33. A,B,D 34. A 35. A
36. D 37. B 38. C
r r r
41. l = 0, l = -2 ± 29 42. F = 2a1 + 5a 2 + 3a 3
r
43. 3 44. 9( -ˆj + k)
ˆ 46. r = -13iˆ + 11jˆ + 7kˆ

47. 2 -1 48. 2 49. 9 50. 2 51. 18

52. 343 54. a = 2/3; if a = 0 then vector product is -60(2iˆ + k)
ˆ

55. 15 56. 6 57. 3 58. 2 60.

(A) Q,S; (B) P,R,S,T; (C) T, (D) R
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