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EXERCISE – II MULTIPLE CORRECT (OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS)

 6. If a, b, c are different real numbers and
1. If a line has a vector equation r  2 î  6 ĵ  ( î  3 ĵ) ,
then which of the following statements hold goods ? a î  b ĵ  ck̂, b î  c ĵ  ak̂ and c î  a ĵ  bk̂ are position
(A) the line is parallel to 2 î  6 ĵ vectors of three non-collinear points A, B, and C, then

(B) the line passes through the point 2 î  3 ĵ abc

(A) centroid of triangle ABC is ( î  ĵ  k̂ )
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(C) the line passes through the point î  9 ĵ
(D) the line is parallel to XY-plane (B) î  ĵ  k̂ is equally inclined to the three vectors
(C) perpendicular from the origin to the plane of triangle
1 ABC meet at centroid
2. The vector ( 2 î  2 ĵ  k̂ ) is (D) triangle ABC is an equilateral triangle.
3
(A) a unit vector
 
 7. If z1  a î  b ĵ and z 2  c î  d ĵ are two vectors in î and
(B) makes an angle with the vector 2 î  4 ĵ  3k̂
3    
ĵ system, where | z1 | = | z 2 | = r and z1 . z 2 = 0, then
1
(C) parallel to the vector  î  ĵ  k̂  
2 w1  a î  c ĵ and w 2  b î  d ĵ satisfy
 
(D) Perpendicular to the vector 3 î  2 ĵ  2k̂ (A) | w 1 | = r (B) | w 2 | = r
 
 (C) w 1 . w 2 = 0 (D) none of these
3. The vector c , directed along the external bisector

ˆ and 
of the angle between the vectors a  7iˆ  4j
ˆ  4k 8. A line passes through a point A with position vector
 
b  2 î  ĵ  2k̂ with | c | 5 6 , is 3 î  ĵ  k̂ and parallel to the vector 2 î  ĵ  2k̂ . If P is a
point on this line such that AP = 15 units, then the
5 5
(A) ( î  7 ĵ  2k̂ ) (B) ( î  7 ĵ  2k̂ ) position vector of the point P is/are
3 3
(A) 13 î  4 ĵ  9k̂ (B) 13 î  4 ĵ  9k̂
5 5
(C) (  î  7 ĵ  2k̂ ) (D) (  î  7 ĵ  2k̂ )
3 3 (C) 7 î  6 ĵ  11k̂ (D) 7 î  6 ĵ  11k̂

       
4. If a  b  c  d and a  c  b  d , then the vectors  
9. If a, b are two non-collinear unit vectors and
   
a  b and b  c are    
(A) collinear (B) linearly independent a, b, xa  yb form a triangle, then
(C) perpendicular (D) parallel
 
 a ^b 
  
(A) x = –1; y = 1 and | a + b | = 2 cos  2 

5. â and b̂ are two given unit vectors at right angle.  
The unit vector equally inclined with â , b̂ and â × b̂ (B) x=–1; y=1 and
 
cos ( a ^ b ) + | a + b | cos ( a ^ – ( a + b )) = – 1
will be     

1 1
(A) – ( â + b̂ + â × b̂ ) (B) ( â + b̂ + â × b̂ )  
 a ^b 
 
 a ^b 
3 3  
(C) | a  b | =– 2 cot  2  cos  2  and x =–1, y=1
  
   
1 1
(C) ( â + b̂ – â × b̂ ) (D) – ( â + b̂ – â × b̂ )
3 3 (D) none of these

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10. The volume of a right triangular prism ABCA1B1C1 15. The value(s) of  [0, 2] for which vector
is equal to 3. If the position vectors of the vertices of 
a  î  3 ĵ + (sin 2) k̂ makes an obtuse angle with
the base ABC are A(1, 0, 1), B(2, 0, 0) and C(0, 1, 0),
then position vectors of the vertex A1 can be  
the z-axis and the vectors b  (tan  ) î  ĵ  2 sin k̂
(A) (2, 2, 2) (B) (0, 2, 0) 2
(C) (0, –2, 2) (D) (0, –2, 0)
 
and c  (tan  ) î  (tan  ) ĵ  3 cos ec k̂ are orthogonal,
11. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true ? 2
      is/are
(A) If n . a  0, n . b  0 and n . c  0 for some non-zero n –1
(A) tan 3 (B)  – tan 2
–1
–1 –1
 (C)  + tan 3 (D) 2  – tan 2
then [ a b c ] = 0
(B) there exist a vector having direction angles   
16. If a  x î  y ĵ  zk̂, b  y î  z ĵ  xk̂ and c  z î  x ĵ  yk̂ ,
 = 30º and  = 45º
  
(C) locus of point for which x = 3 and y = 4 is a line then a  (b  c ) is
parallel to the Z-axis whose distance from the Z-axis
(A) parallel to (y – z) î + (z – x) ĵ + (x – y) k̂
is 5
(D) the vertices of a regular tetrahedron are OABC (B) orthogonal to î + ĵ + k̂
where 'O' is the origin. Then vector OA  OB  OC
(C) orthogonal to (y + z) î + (z + x) ĵ + (x + y) k̂
is perpendicular to the plane ABC
(D) orthogonal to x î + y ĵ + z k̂
 
12. If r  î  5 ĵ  5k̂   (2 î  ĵ  4k̂ ) and r  ( î  2 ĵ  k̂ )  3   
17. If a, b, c be three non-zero vectors satisfying the
are the equations of a line and plane respectively,
     
then which of the following is false ? condition a  b  c and b  c  a , then
(A) line is perpendicular to the plane        2
(A) a, b, c are orthogonal is pairs (B) [ a, b, c ] = [ a ]
(B) line lies in the plane
  2  
(C) line is parallel to the plane but does not lie in the plane (C) [ a b c ] = | c | (D) | b | = | c |
(D) line cuts the plane is one point only

  
13. Unit vectors a, b and c are coplanar. A unit vector
    
d is perpendicular to them. If ( a × b ) × ( c × d ) =

1 1 1  
î  ĵ  k̂ , and the angle between a and b is 30º,
6 3 3

then c is

(A) ( î  2 ĵ  2k̂ ) / 3 (B) ( î  2 ĵ  2k̂ ) / 3

(C) ( 2 î  2 ĵ  k̂ ) / 3 (D) (  î  2 ĵ  2k̂ ) / 3

  
14. Let p  2 î  3 ĵ  ak̂ , q  b î  5 ĵ  k̂ and r  î  ĵ  3k̂ .
    
If p, q, r are coplanar and p . q  20 , then a and b have
the values
(A) 1, 3 (B) 9, 7 (C) 5, 5 (D) 13, 9

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