Chapter 7.

Vectors
a
A)
1) The triangle law for vector addition is equivalent to the 3a
a
A) Commutative law B)
3
B) Associative law
C) Parallelogram law a
C)
D) First law 3
Answer: C a
D)
2
2) The position vector of a point P(x, y, z) is denoted by
Answer: C
A) PQ
9) The vectors a  i  2 j  3k and b  2i  4 j  6k are
B) OP
C) P A) Perpendicular
D) AP B) Parallel
Answer: B C) Not parallel
D) None of these
3) If Cos, Cos, Cos are the directions Cosines of a vector Answer: B
then
10) The join of the mid points of the consecutive sides of any
A) Cos + Cos + Cos  = 1 quadrilateral is
B) Cos2 + Cos2 + Cos2  = 0
C) Cos2 + Cos2 + Cos2  = 1 A) a square
D) Cos + Cos + Cos  = 0 B) a rectangle
Answer: C C) a parallelogram
D) none of these
4) The numbers proportional to the direction cosines of a Answer: C
vector are called
11) If A (1, 2, 3) and B (3, 4, 5) are two points then the mid
A) Vector numbers pint of AB is
B) Scalar numbers
C) Direction numbers A) (4, 3, 5)
D) Rational numbers B) (4, 6, 8)
Answer: C C) (4, 5, 6)
D) (2, 3, 4)
5) Two or more vectors are said to be collinear if they are Answer: D
12) The direction Cosines of i are
A) perpendicular to the same line A) 0, 0, 1
B) parallel to the same line B) 0, 1, 0
C) intersecting the same line C) 1, 0, 0
D) not parallel to the same line D) 1, 1, 0
Answer: B Answer: C
13) The direction cosines of the vector a  i  j are
6) Two or more vectors are said to be coplanar if they
A) 1, 1, 0
A) are perpendicular to the same plane 1 1
B) are not parallel to the same plane B) , ,1
C) lie in the same plane 2 2
D) do not lie in the same plane 1 1
Answer: C C) 1, ,
2 2
7) The component of a  3i  4 j in the direction o f 1 1
z-axis is D) , ,0
2 2
A) 3 Answer: D
B) 4 14) The Norm of the vector a  i  j is
C) 0
D) 7 A) 0
B) 2
Answer: C C) 2
D) 1
8) the unit vector in the direction o f the vector a  i  j  k Answer: C
is
15) If a  3i  j  k and b  i  4 j  4k are parallel
then the value of  is 7) The equation 2x + 3y + 6z = 35 represents

A) 4 A) a line
B) 8 B) a circle
C) 12 C) a plane
D) – 12 D) a parabola
Answer: D Answer: C

11. Products of Vectors 8) If a is the position vector of a given point (1, 2, 3) and
 is the position vector of any point (x, y, z) such that
  a  2 then the locus of  describes
1) If a is a unit vector then the value of a.b is

A) 1 A) a circle
B) a cos  B) an ellipse
cos 
C) a plane
C) b
D) a sphere
D) 0 Answer: D
Answer: C
9) the equation
2) The projection of a in the direction of b is (x – 1)2 + (y – 3)2 + (z – 5)2 = 25 represents

A) b cos  A) a circle
B) ab Cos B) a sphere
C) ab C) a plane
D) a cos  D) an ellipse
Answer: D Answer: B

3) If a  i  j and b  i  k are two vectors then inner 10) The coordinates of the center of the sphere x2 + y2 + z2 = 9
is
product of a and b are
A) (0, 0)
A) 1
B) (3, 3, 0)
B) –1
C) (0, 0, 0)
C) 0
D) (0, 0, 3)
D) 2
Answer: C
Answer: A

4) The inner product of i and j is

A) 1
B) –1
C) 0
D) 2
Answer: C
11) If a is the position vector of a given point (1, 1, 1) and
5) If l1l2  m1m2  n1n2  0 then the angle between the two  is the position vector of any point (x, y, z) such that
vectors is   a . a  0 then the locus of  describes.

A) 45o A) a sphere
B) 60o B) a circle
C) 90o C) an ellipse
D) 180o D) a plane
Answer: C Answer: D
6) If the right bisectors of the two sides of a triangle pass 12) The distance from the origin to the plane
through the origin then the right bisector of the third side
will pass through the point A) 7
B) 0
A) (1, 1) C) 1
B) (1, 2) D) 2
C) (1, 3) Answer: C
D) (0, 0)
Answer: D
13) The contact in which the point coordinates are all positive is
called

A) 1st octant
B) 2nd octant
C) 4th octant
D) 8th octant
Answer: A

14) The point (3, 5, 8) lies in the

A) 3rd octant
B) 5th octant
C) 8th octant
D) 1st octant
Answer: D

15) The three coordinate’s planes divide all space into

A) 3 cells
B) 4 cells
C) 8 cells
D) 6 cells
Answer: C

16 If
a  i  2 j  k, b  3i  j  k and c  i  2 j  k
are the co-terminus edges of a parallelepiped then its
volume is
A) 0
B) 8
C) 27
D) 1
Answer: A
17) If a  i  2 j  3k , b  2i  4 j  6k and
c  3i  j  k then the value of a . b  c is

A) 28
B) 26
C) 0
D) 24

Answer: C

18) If volume of a parallelepiped with a , b , c as co-

A) 48
B) 12
C) 6
D) 4

Answer: D

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