SECTION-I

OBJECTIVE
LEVEL-I

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1. If a  b  c = 0 , a = 3 , b = 5 , c = 7 , then the angle between a & b is :

 2 5 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 3 3 3

2. Given the points A (2, 3, 4) , B (3, 2, 5) , C (1, 1, 2) & D (3, 2, 4) . The projection of
 
the vector AB on the vector CD is :
22 21 47
(A) (B)  (C)  (D) none of these
3 4 7

3. Given the vertices A (2, 3, 1) , B (4, 1, 2) , C (6, 3, 7) & D (5, 4, 8) of a tetrahedron.
The length of the altitude drawn from the vertex D is :
(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) none of these

4. Four coplanar forces are applied at a point O . Each of them is equal to k , & the angle
between two consecutive forces equals 45º . Then the resultant has the magnitude equal to :
(A) k 2  2 2 (B) k 3  2 2 (C) k 4  2 2 (D) none of these

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5. The force determined by the vector r = (1, 8, 7) is resolved along three mutually

perpendicular directions , one of which is the direction of the vector a  2 i  2 j  k . Then
 
the vector component of the force r in the direction of the vector a is :
14  14  7 
(A)  14 i  14 j  7 k (B)  i j k
3 3 3
2 2 1
(C)  i  j  k (D) none of these
3 3 3

6. A point taken on each median of a triangle divides the median in the ratio 1 : 3 , reckoning from
the vertex . Then the ratio of the area of the triangle with vertices at these points to that of the
original triangle is :
(A) 5 : 13 (B) 25 : 64 (C) 13 : 32 (D) none of these

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7. If a , b , c represents the vectors BC , CA , AB respectively , then which one is correct
                 
(A) a x b  b x c (B) b x c  cx a (C) cx a  a x b (D) a x b  b x c  cx a

8. The volume of the parallelepiped whose edges are represented by the vectors
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a  2 i  3 j  4 k , b  3 i  j  2 k , c  i  2 j  k is :
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) none of these
    
9. If e1 & e2 are two unit vectors and  is the angle between them , then sin   is :
 2
   
1   1   e .e e1 x e 2
(A) e1  e 2 (B) e1  e 2 (C) 1 2 (D)  
2 2 2 2 e1 e2

10. Constant forces 2 i  5 j  6 k , î  2ˆjk̂ & 2 i  7 j act on a particle which is displaced from
the position 4 i  3 j  2 k to the position 6 i  j  3 k . Then the total work done is :
(A) 15 units (B) 17 units (C) 20 units (D) none of these
 LEVEL-II
Multiple Choice Questions with One or More Than One Correct Answer
1. The vector î  xˆj  3k̂ is rotated through an angle  and doubled in magnitude, then it becomes

4î  (4 x  2)ˆj  2k̂ . The value of x are

(A) –2/3 (B) 2/3 (C) 1/3 (D) 2

2. If in a right angle triangle ABC, the hypotenious AB = p, then AB.AC  BC.BA  CA.CB is
equal to
(A) 2p2 (B) p2/2 (C) p2 (D) AC2 + BC2

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3. If | a | = 2, | b | =3, | 2a  b | = 5, then
       
(A) a . b  1 (B) a . b  0 (C) | 2a  b | 5 (D) | 2a  b | 5

     
4. If a , b, c are any three vectors and ( c  a )  b = 0 then which of the following is/are possible?
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(A) a , b or c may be zero vector
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(B) b may be perpendicular to both a and c
 
(C) a and c may be collinear
 
(D) a and c are non collinear

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5. The vector a  b , a  b and a  kb (k scalar) are collinear for
(A) k = 0 (B) k = 1 (C) k = –1 (D) k = 2
Multiple Choice Questions with Single Answer from other competitive exams:
 SECTION-II
SUBJECTIVE
LEVEL-I
1. Points X and Y are taken on the sides QR and RS, repetitively of a parallelogram PQRS, so that
F
G21I
H25JKPR .
     
QX  4 XR and RY  4YS . The line XY cuts the line PR at Z. Prove that PZ 

   
R  
p  a  [(e  b)  (d  c )]
|q  b  [(e  c)  (d  a)] form the sides of a triangle, where a, b , c, d , e, p , q , r
2. Show that S
|Tr  c  [(e  a)  (d  b )]
are non zero vectors.

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3. Given that a , b, p, q are four vectors such that a  b  p, b. q  0 and ( b) 2  1, where  is a
      
scalar then prove that |( a. q ) p  ( p. q ) a| | p. q| .

          
4. Solve the following equation for the vector p ; p  a  ( p. b) c  b  c where a , b , c are
  
non zero non coplanar vectors and a is neither perpendicular to b nor to c , hence show

L
  [a b c ] 
M O
P  
that p  a    c is perpendicular to b  c .
N a. c Q
5. ABC is triangle and ‘O’ any point in the plane of the same AO, BO and CO meet the sides BC,
OD OE OF
CA and AB in D, E, F respectively, show that    1.
AD BE CF

6. A straight line '  ' cuts the lines AB, AC and AD of a parallelogram ABCD at points
B, C, D respectively. If AB1 = AB1  1.AB, AD1   2 .AD and AC1   3 .AC  , then prove
1 1 1
that   .
 3 1  2

7. The internal bisectors of the angles of a triangles of a triangle ABC meet the opposite sides in
(2abc) 
D, E, F ; the vectors to prove that the area of the triangle DEF is given by
(a  b)( b  c)(c  a )
where  is the area of the triangle.
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8. The angles between three non zero vectors a , b , c which are not necessarily coplanar are 
       
between b and c,  between c and a ,  between a and b . Vectors ectors u and v are defined by ;
          
u  (a  b)  c , v  a  ( b  c) . If u is perpendicular to v then show that either a is
    
perpendicular to c or cos   cos .cos  . Hence show that a  b is perpendicular to b  c .
     
Now if vectors a , b , c are coplanar then show that [ u v a ]  [ u v b]  [ u v c ] .
9. The point D, E, F divide sides BC, CA, AB of a triangle ABC in the ratio 1 : 2. The pairs of lines
AD, BE ; BE, CF ; CF, AD meet at P, Q, R respectively. Show that the area of the triangle PQR
is (1/ 7) the area of triangle ABC.

10. Let u, v, w be t hree unit vectors such that u  v  w  a, u  (v  w )  b ,

3 7
(u  v)  w  c, a.u  , a.v  and | a | = 2. Find u, v and w in terms of a, b and c.
2 4
 LEVEL-II
  
1. Let a , b , c be non coplanar unit vectors, equally inclined to one another at an angle  . If
      
a  b  b  c  pa  qb  rc . Find scalars p, q and r in terms of  .
    
     p 2 b  ( b. a ) a  p( b  a )
2. If px  ( x  a )  b ; ( p  0) prove that x   .
p( p 2  a 2 )
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3. Let x̂ , ŷ and ẑ be the unit vectors such that x̂  ŷ  ẑ  a , x̂  ( ŷ  ẑ )  b, ( x̂  ŷ)  ẑ  c ,
 3  7  
a.x̂  , a.y  and | a |  2 . Find x̂ , ŷ and ẑ in terms of a , b and c .
2 4
4. Show that the solution of the equation kr  r  a  b where k is a non-zero scalar and a and b

 1  a.b     
are two non-collinear vectors , is given by r  2  a  kb  a  b  .
k  a 2  k 
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5. In a quadrilateral PQRS ; PQ  a , QR  b, SP  a  b , M is the midpoint of QR and x is a point
4
on SM such that SX = SM. Prove that P, X and R are collinear..
5
CM
6. In a triangle ABC, the median CM is perpendicular to the angle bisector AL, and  n . Using
AL
9  4n 2
vector method, show that cos A = .
9  4n 2
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7. Consider the non zero vectors a , b , c and d such that no three of which are coplanar then prove
            
that a[ b c d ]  c[ a b d ]  b[ a c d ]  d[ a b c] . Hence prove that a , b , c and d represent
 
[ b c d ]  [a b d ]
the position vectors of the vertices of a plane quadrilateral if and only if        1.
[a c d ]  [a b c ]

8. Show that the circumcenter of the tetrahedron OABC is given by,

        
a 2 ( b  c)  b 2 ( c  a )  c 2 ( a  b)   
 , where a , b , c are the pv’s of the points A, B, C respectively
2[ a b c]
relative to the origin ‘O’.

9. Find the po sition vecto r of the point o f intersection o f the three planes
r . n1 = q1, r . n2 = q2, r . n3 = q3 where n1, n2 and n3 are non-coplanar vectors.
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10. If the point R ( r ) is on the line, which is parallel to the vector, ai  bj  ck (where a, b, c  0 ) and

passing through the point S( s ) , then prove that, r  ( ai  bj  ck ) = s  ( ai  bj  ck ). Further
 
if, T( t ) is a point outside the given line then show that the distance of the line from the point T( t ) is
      
given by,
c he j c he j c he j 2 2
t  s . cj  bk  t  s . ak  ci  t  s . bi  aj
2

.
a 2  b2  c2
 SECTION-III-A
Matrix–Match Type p q r s
This section contains 2questions. Each question contains statements A p q r s
given in two column which have to be matched. Statements (A, B, C, D)
in Column I have to be matched with statements (p, q, r, s) in Column II. B p q r s
The answers to these questions have to be appropriately bubbles
C p q r s
as illustrated in the following example.
If the correct matches are A–p, A–s, B–q, B–r, C–p, C–q and D–s, p q r s
D
then the correctly bubbled 4 × 4 matrix should be as follows :
1. Column I Column II
 
(A) a . b are mutually perpendicular unit vectors then (p) 1
      
[a  b, a  (a  b), b  a] is

(B) (x2 – 3x + 2) a + b (x2 – 1) = c ln (2 – x2). (q) 2
   
If a , b , c are non zero vectors [ a, b, c]  0 ,
then x is
  
(C) If a, b, c are mutually perpendicular unit vectors (r) 0
  
then [a b c]  [b c a]  [c a b] is equal to

(D) If the vectors a , b represents sides of parallelogram(s) 3

 
whose area = /2 | a  b | then  is

2. Column I Column II
(a) The value of  for which the vectors 2î  ˆj  k̂ , î  2ˆj  k̂
and 3î  4ˆj  5k̂ are coplanar is (P) 4

(b) The area of a parallelogram having diagonals a = 3î  ĵ  2k̂

and b = î  3ˆj  4k̂ is (Q) –3
      
(c) r . a  0 , r . b  0 and r . c  0 for some non zero vector r ,

then the value of [a b c] is (R) 10 3
(d) The volume of parallelopiped whose sides are given
OA = 2î  3 ĵ , OB = î  ĵ  k̂ and OC = 3î  k̂ is (S) 0
 SECTION-III-B
Linked Comprehension Type
This section contains 3 paragraphs. Based upon each paragraph, 3 multiple choice questions have to be
answered. Each question has 4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

    
I. If a and b are two vectors then a.b = | a | | b | cos. The length of projection p of a along b ,
   
is | a | cos. Resolved part of a along b is pbˆ and perpendicular to b is a  pbˆ .

a


b
      
1. If | a | = 2 | b | and angle between a and b is 60° then projection of a  b on a  2b is
3  2 
(A) |a| (B) |a |
5 5

3  
(C) |a| (D) 3 | a |
2

 = ai + bj + abk,  = ai + bj + 1 k  
2. If   (a, b  0, ab  4) then .  is greater than equal to
ab
(A) 1 (B) 8
(C) 9 (D) 0

      
3. If a  2b  c ( a, b, c are unit vectors and b is perpendicular to c ) then projection of a on
 
b  c is
3 5
(A) (B)
2 2
1 1
(C) (D)
2 2

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II. Let a, b, c be any three vectors then

     
4. [a  b b  c c  a] is equal to
 
(A) [a b c] (B) 2[a b c]
(C) [abc]2 (D) 0
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5. a  (b  c)  b  (c  a)  c  (a  b) is equal to

(A) 0 (B) [a b c]a
 
(C) [a b c) b (D) 2c

     
6. [a  b b  c c  a] is equal to
    
(A) [a b c] (B) 2[a b c]
  
(C) 3[a b c] (D) 0
 SECTION-III-C
(Assertion – Reason Type)
Each question contains STATEMENT – 1 (Assertion) and STATEMENT – 2 (Reason). Each question has
4 choices (A), (B), (C) and (D) out of which ONLY ONE is correct.

Instructions:
(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 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.

9. Assertion (A) : In  ABC AB  BC  CA  0

 
Reason (R) : If OA  a . OB  b , then AB  a  b (triangle law of addition)

10. Assertion (A) : If I is the incentre of  ABC then BC IA  CA IB  AB IC  0

OA  OB  OC
Reason (R) : The position vector of centroid of  ABC is .
3
  3
11. Assertion (A) : a  i  pj  2k and b  2i  3 j  qk are parallel vectors if p  , q  4
2
  a a a
Reason (R) : If a  a 1i  a 2 j  a 3 k and b  b1i  b 2 j  b 3k are parallel 1  2  3
b1 b 2 b 3

     
12. Assertion (A) : If a  2i  k , b  3 j  4k and c  8i  3 j are coplanar then c  4a  b
   
Reason (R) : A set vectors a1 , a 2 , a 3 ...a n is said to be linearly independent if every
   
relation of the form  1 a 1   2 a 2   3 a 3  ...   n a n  0 implies that
1   2   3...   n  0 (scalar).
 PROBLEMS
OBJECTIVE
A. Fill In the blanks

1. Let A, B, C be vectors of length 3, 4, 5 respectively. Let A be perpendicular to B  C , B to

C  A and C to A  B . Then the length of vector A  B  C is.............

a a 2 1  a3
b b 2 1  b3  2
 2

2. If = 0 and vectors A = (1, a, a ), B = (1, b, b ), C (1, c, c2) are non coplanar,,
c c 2 1  c3

then the product abc = ............ .

     
   A.B  C B.A  C
3. If A B C are three non coplanar vectors, then    +    = . . .
C  A.B C.A  B

4. If A  (1, 1, 1), C  (0, 1,  1) are given vectors, than a vector B satisfying the equations A  B  C

and A.B  3 ........

5. If the vectors al̂  ĵ  k̂, î  bĵ  k̂ and î  ĵ  ck̂ (a  b  c  1) are coplanar, then the value of
1 1 1
   ........
(1  a ) (1  b) (1  c)


6. Let b  4î  3ˆj and c be two vectors perpendicular to each other in the xy-plane. All vectors in
 
the same plane having projection 1 and 2 along b and c , respectively, are given by.......

 
7. The components of a vector a along and perpendicular to a non-zero vector b are ....... and
.......... respectively.

    
8. Given that a  (1,1, 1), c  (0,1,  1), a.b  3 and a  b  c , then b  .......
9. A unit vector coplanar with î  ĵ  2k̂ and î  2ˆj  k̂ and perpendicular to î  ˆj  k̂ is ......... .

10. The unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by P(1, –1, 2), Q(2, 0, –1) and
R(0, 2, 1) is .........


11. A non zero vector a is parallel to the line of intersection of the plane determined by the vectors

î , î + ˆj and the plane determined by the vectors î - ˆj , î + k̂ . The angle between a and the
vector î - 2 ˆj + 2 k̂ is .........

  
12. If b, c are any two non collinear unit vector and a is any vector, then
  
      a.( b  c )  
( a. b) b  ( a. c) c    ( b  c ) = .....................
| b  c|

      
13. Let a , b and c be three vectors having magnitudes 1, 1 and 2 respectively. If a  (a  c ) + b =
  
0 , then the acute angle between a and c is ................. .

      
14. Let OA  a , OB  10a  2 b and OC  b where O, A and C are non-collinear points. Let p
denote the area of the quadrilateral OABC, and let q denote the area of the parallelogram with OA
and OC as adjacent sides. If p = kq, then k = ................. .

B. True/False
       
1. Let A , B and C be unit vectors suppose that A.B = A.C = 0 and that the angle between B and
    
C is . Then A = ±2 ( B  C) .
6

2. If X . A = 0, X . B = 0, X . C = 0 for some non-zero vector X, then [A B C] = 0.

3. The points with position vectors a + b, a – b and a + kb are collinear for all real values of k.

           
4. For any three vectors a , b and c , (a  b) . ( b  c) × ( c  a ) = 2a . b  c .

C. Multiple Choice Questions with One or More than One Correct Answer
  
1. Let a  a 1i  a 2 j  a 3k , b  b1i  b 2 j  b 3k , c  c1i  c 2 j  c3 k be three non-zero vectors such that
      
c is a unit vector perpendicular to both the vectors a and b . If the angle between a and b is ,
6
2
a1 a 2 a3
then b1 b 2 b3 is equal to
c1 c 2 c3
1 2
(A) 0 (B)
4

a1  a 2 2  a 3 2  b 1
2
 b 22  b32 
3 2
(C) 1 (D)
4
 2 3 2
 2 3 2 2

a 1  a 2  a 3 b 1  b 2  b 3 c1  c 2  c 3
3

 
2. The numbers of vectors of unit length perpendicular to vectors a =(1, 1,0) and b = (0, 1, 1) is
(A) one (B) two (C) three (D) infinite

   
3. Let a = 2î  ˆj  k̂ , b = î  2ˆj  k̂ and c = î  ĵ  2k̂ be three vectors. A vector in the plane of b

  2
and c whose projection on a is of magnitude is
3

(A) 2î  3 ĵ  3k̂ (B) 2î  3ˆj  3k̂ (C)  2î  ĵ  5k̂ (D) 2î  ˆj  5k̂

   
4. If a  i  j  k , b  4 i  3j  4 k and c  i  j  k are linearly dependent vectors and | c|  3
then :

(A)   1,   1 (B)   1,    1
(C)   1,   1 (D)   1,   1

  
5. For three vectors u, v, w which of the following expressions is not equal to any of the remaining
three ?

           
(A) u.( v  w ) (B) ( v  w ). u (C) v( u  w ) (D) ( u  v). w

6. Which of the following expressions are meaningful ?

           
(A) u.( v  w ) (B) ( u. v). w (C) ( u. v) w (D) u  ( v. w )

          
7. Let a and b be two non-collinear unit vectors. If u  a  ( a. b) b and v  a  b , then | v| is
         
(A) | u| (B) | u|| u. a| (C) | u|| u. b| (D) u  u.( a  b)
D. Multiple Choice Questions with One Correct Answer
     
1. The scalar A.( B  C)  ( A  B  C) equals

    
(A) 0 (B) [ A B C]  [ B C A]
  
(B) [ A B C] (D) none of these

        
2. For non-zero vectors a , b, c , | (a  b).c |  | a | b | c | holds if and only if

   
(A) a.b  0, b.c  0 (B) b.c  0, c.a  0
     
(C) c.a  0, a.b  0 (D) a.b  b . c  c . a  0

3. The volume of the parallelepiped whose sides are given by

  
OA  2i  2j, OB  i  j  k, OC  3i  k is
4 2
(A) (B) 2 (C) (D) none of these
13 7

4. The points with position vectors 60i + 3j, 40i – 8j, ai – 52j are collinear if

(A) a = – 40 (B) a = 40
(C) a = 20 (D) none of these

     
5. Let a , b, c be three non-coplanar vectors and p, q, r are vectors defined by the relations
     
 b c  c a  a  b
p     , q     , r     , then the value of the expression
[a b c ] [ a b c] [a b c ]
        
(a  b).p  ( b  c ).q  ( c  a ). r is equal to

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

6. Let a, b, c be distinct nonnegative numbers. If vectors ai + aj + ck, i + k and ci + cj + bk lie in a

plane, then c is :

(A) the AM of a and b (B) the GM of a and b

(C) the HM of a and b (D) equal to zero

       
7. Let a = î  ˆj , b = ĵ  k̂ , c = k̂  î . If d is a unit vector such that a.d = 0 = ( b c d) , then d
equals
 î  ĵ  2k̂ î  ˆj  k̂ î  ĵ  k̂
(A) ± (B) ± (C)  (D)  k̂
6 3 3

      1  
8. If a , b , c are non coplanar unit vectors such that a  ( b  c)  ( b  c) then the angle between
2
 
a and b is :

(A) 3 / 4 (B)  / 4 (C)  / 2 (D) 

        
9. Let u, v, w be the vectors such that u  v  w  0 , if | u|  3, | v|  4 and | w|  5 then the value
of u . v  v . w
   is :
 w. u

(A) 47 (B) -25 (C) 0 (D) 25

         
10. If A , B, C are three non coplanar vectors, then (A  B  C).[(A  B)  (A  C)] equals
     
(A) 0 (B) [A BC] (C) 2 [A BC] (D) – [A BC]

   
11. If p , q , r be three mutually perpendicular vectors of the same magnitude. If a vector x satisfies
          
the equation p  ( x  q)  p   q  ( x  r )  q   r  ( x  p)  r   0 , then x is given by

1    1    1    1   
(A) (p  q  2 r ) (B) (p  q  r ) (C) (p  q  r ) (D) (2p  q  r )
2 2 3 3

          
12. Let a  2 i  j  2 k and b  i  j . If c is a vector such that a. c | c|, | c  a|  2 2 and the
     
angle between ( a  b) and c is 300, then |( a  b)  c| 

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

         
13. Let a  2 i  j  k , b  i  2 j  k and a unit vector c be coplanar. If c perpendicular to a , then

c=

1 1
(A) (  j  k ) (B) (  i  j  k )
2 3
1   1   
(C) ( i  2 j) (D) ( i  j  k)
5 3
   
14. If the vectors a , b, c form the sides BC, CA and AB respectively of a triangle ABC, then

        
(A) a. b  b. c  c. a  0 (B) a  b  b  c  c  a
        
(C) a. b  b. c  c. a (D) a  b  b  c  c  a  0

        
15. Let the vectors a , b, c and d be such that ( a  b)  ( c  a )  o . Let P1 and P2 be planes
   
determined by the pairs of vectors a , b and c , d respectively. Then the angle between P1 and
P2 is:

  
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
4 3 2
        
16. If a , b, c are unit coplanar vectors, then the scalar triple product [ 2a  b 2 b  c 2 c  a ] =
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C)  3 (D) 3

             
17. Let a  i  k , b  xi  j  (1  x) k and c  yi  xj  (1  x  y) k . Then [ a , b, c ] depends
on

(A) only x (B) only y (C) Neither x Nor y (D) both x and y

        
18. If a , b, c are unit vectors, then | a  b|2 | b  c|2 | c  a|2 does NOT exceed
(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6

     
19. If a and b are two unit vectors such that a  2 b and 5a  4 b are perpendicular to each other
 
then the angle between a and b is
F
G1I F2I
H3JK G
H7 JK
1 1
(A) 450 (B) 600 (C) cos (D) cos

       
20. Let V  2 i  j  k and W  i  3k . If U is a unit vector, then the maximum value of the
  
scalar triple product U V W is

(A) -1 (B) 10  6 (C) 59 (D) 60

21. The value of ‘a’ so that the volume of parallelopiped formed by î  aĵ  k̂ , ĵ  ak̂ and aî  k̂
 becomes minimum is
(A) –3 (B) 3 (C) 1/ 3 (D) 3
    
22. If a = ( î  ĵ  k̂ ) , a.b = 1 and a  b = ĵ  k̂ , then b is
(A) î  ĵ  k̂ (B) 2ˆj  k̂ (C) î (D) 2î

23. The unit vector which is orthogonal to the vector 3î  2 ĵ  6k̂ and is coplanar with the vectors

2î  ˆj  k̂ and î  ĵ  k̂ is

2î  6 ĵ  k̂ 2î  3 ĵ 3î  k̂ 4î  3 ĵ  3k̂

(A) (B) (C) (D)
41 13 10 34

  
24. If a , b, c are non-coplanar vectors and
   
  a.b    a.b    c.a  b.c   
c.a  b.c 
b1  b  2 a , b 2  b  2 a , c1  c  2 a  2 b1 , c 4  2 a  2 b1 ,
a a a c c c
       
  c.a  b.c    c.a  b.c    c.a  b.c 
c2  c   2 a   2 b1 , c3  c   2 a   2 b1 , c4  c   2 a   2 b1
|a | | b1 | |c| |c| |c| |b|
then the triplet of pairwise orthogonal vectors is
           
(A) (a , b1 , c3 ) (B) (a, b1 , c2 ) (C) (a , b1 , c1 ) (D) (a , b 2 , c 2 )

     
25. a  î  2ˆj  k̂ , b  î  ˆj  k̂ , c  î  ˆj  k̂ . A vector coplanar to a and b has a projection along c
1
of magnitude , then the vector is
3
(A) 4î  ˆj  4k̂ (B) 4î  ˆj  4k̂ (C) 2î  ˆj  k̂ (D) none of these
 SUBJECTIVE

1. A1, A2,........, An are the vertices of a regular plane polygon with n sides and O is its centre. Show
n 1
that  OA  OA
i 1
i i 1   (1  n ) OA 2 
 OA1 .

2. Find all values of  such that x , y, z  ( 0, 0, 0) and

             
( i  j  3k ) x  (3 i  3 j  k ) y  ( 4 i  5 j ) z   ( i x  j y  kz ) , where i , j, k are unit vectors
along the coordinate axes.

3. If c be a given non-zero scalar, and A and B be given non-zero vectors such that A  B , find the
vector X which satisfies the equations A.X  c and A  X  B .

4. A vector A has components A1, A2, A3 in a right handed rectangular cartesian coordinate system

oxyz. The coordinate system is rotated about the x-axis through and angle . Find the components
2
of A in the new coordinate system in terms of A1, A2, A3.

5. The position vectors of the points A, B, C and D are 3î  2ˆj  k̂ , 2î  3 ĵ  4k̂ ,  î  ˆj  2k̂ and

4î  5 ĵ  k̂ , respectively. If the points A, B, C and D lie on a plane, find the value of  .

6. If A, B, C, D are any four points in space, prove that

AB  CD  BC  AD  CA  BD = 4 (Area of the triangle ABC).

7. Let OACB be a parallelogram with O at the origin and OC a diagonal. Let D be the midpoint of
OA. Using vector methods prove that BD and CO intersect in the same ratio. Determine this ratio.

  
a b c
      
8. If vectors a , b, c are coplanar, show that a.a a.b a.c  0 .
  
b.a b.b b.c
9. In a triangle OAB, E is the midpoint of BO and D is a point on AB such that AD : DB = 2 : 1. If OD
and AE intersect at P, determine the ratio OP : PD using vector methods.

       
10. Let A  2 i  k , B  i  j  k and C  4 i  3 j  7k . Determine a vector R . Satisfying
R  B  C  B and R.A  0 .

11. Determine the value of ‘c’ so that for all real x, the vector cxî  6 ĵ  3k̂ and x î  2 ĵ  2cxk̂ make
an obtuse angle with each other.

12. In a triangle ABC, D and E are points on BC and AC respectively, such that BD = 2DC and
BP
AE = 3 EC. Let P be the point of intersection of AD and BE. Find using vector method.
PE

13. Find the distance of the point B(i + 2j + 3k) from the line which is passing through A(4i + 2j + 2k)

and which is parallel to the vector C  2i  3 j  6k .

14. A rigid body is rotating at 5 radians/sec. about an axis AB, where A and B are the points
(2i + j + k) and (8i - 2j + 3k) respectively. Find the velocity of the particle P of the body at the point
(5i - j + k).

  
x y  a
    
15. Solve the following simultaneous equations for vectors x , y x  y  b .
 
x.a  1

16. A rigid body is rotating about an axis through the point (3, -1, -2). If the particle at the point (4, 1,
0) has velocity 4i - 4j + 2k and that at the point (3, 2, 1) has velocity 6i - 4j + 4k. Find the
magnitude and direction of the angular velocity of the body.

  
17. If the vectors b, c , d are no t co planar, then pro ve t hat the vect or
            
( a  b)  ( c  d )  ( a  c)  ( d  b)  ( a  d )  ( b  c) is parallel to a .
           
18. Find the scalars  ,  if a  ( b  c)  ( a. b) b  ( 4  2  sin  ) b  ( 2  1) c and ( c. c ) a  c while
 
b, c are non zero non collinear vectors.

      
19. A, B, C and D are four points such that AB  m(2 i  6 j  2 k ) , BC  ( i  2 j) and
   
CD  n( 6 i  15 j  3k ) . Find the conditions on the scalars m and n so that CD intersects AB at
some point E. Also find the area of the triangle BCE.

20. The position vectors of the vertices A, B and C of a tetrahedron ABCD are i + j + k, i and
respectively. The altitude from vertex D to the opposite face ABC meets the median line through A
of the triangle ABC at a point E. If the length of the side AD is 4 and the volume of the tetrahedron
2 2
is. Find the position vector of the point E for all its possible positions.
3

 
21. Let x, y and z be unit vectors such that x  y  z  a , x  ( y  z )  b, ( x  y )  z  c ,
 3  7 
a. x  , a. y  and | a|  2 . Find x, y and z in terms a , b , c .
2 4

22. The position vectors of two points of A and C are 9i - j + 2k and 7i - 2j + 7k respectively. The
  
point of intersection of vectors AB  4 i  j  3k and CD  2 i  j  2 k is P. If vector PQ is
 
perpendicular to AB and CD and PQ = 15 units. Find the position vector of Q.

    
23. If A , B and C are vectors such that | B| | C| , prove that ;
       
[(A  B)  (A  C)]  ( B  C).( B  C)  0 .

  
24. Vectors x, y, z each of magnitude 2 , make angles of 60 0 with each other. If
               
x  ( y  z)  a , y  ( z  x)  b and x  y  c then find x, y, z in terms of a , b, c
.
     
25. The position vectors of the points P and Q are 5 i  7 j  2 k and 3 i  3 j  6k respectively..
       
The vector A  3 i  j  k passes through the point P and the vector B  3 i  2 j  4 k
    
passes through the point Q. A third vectors 2 i  7 j  5k intersects vectors A and B . Find the
 position vectors of the points of intersection.

26. Prove, by vector methods or otherwise, that the point of intersection of the diagonals of a trapezium
lies on the line passing through the midpoints of parallel sides. (You may assume that the trapezium
is not a parallelogram).

 
27. For any two vectors u , v , prove that

     
(i) ( u. v) 2 | u  v|2 | u|2 | v|2 and
       
(ii) (1| u|2 )(1| v|2 )  (1  u. v|) 2 | u  v  ( u  v)|2

               
28. If x  y  a , y  z  b, x. b   , x. y  1 and y. z  1 then find x, y, z in terms of a , b,  .

     
29. Vectors AB  3i  j  k and CD  3i  2 j  4 k are not coplanar. The position vectors of points
   
A and C are 6i  7 j  4 k and 9 j  2 k respectively. Find the position vectors of a point P on the
  
line AB and a point Q on the line CD such that PQ is perpendicular to AB and CD both.

      
30. Let u and v be unit vectors. If w is a vector such that w  ( w  u)  v , then prove that
   1
|( u  v). w|  and the equality holds if and only if u is perpendicular to v .
2

31. An arc AC of a circle subtends a right angle at the centre O. The point B divides the arc in the ratio
      
1 : 2. If OA  a and OB  b , then calculate OC in terms of a and b .

   
32. If a , b, c are non-coplanar vectors and d is a unit vector, then find the value
            
of, |( a. d )( b  c )  ( b. d )( c  a )  ( c. d )(a  b)| independent of d .

33. 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.

34. Let ABC and PQR be any two triangle in the same plane. Assume that the perpendiculars from the
 points A, B, C to the sides QR, RP, PQ respectively are concurrent. Using vector methods or
otherwise, prove that the perpendiculars from P, Q, R to BC, CA, AB respectively are also
concurrent.

  
35. If a  i  j  k , b   i  2 j  2 k and c   i  2 j  k , find a unit vector normal to the vectors
   
a  b and b  c .

    
36. Given that vectors a , b are perpendicular to each other, find vector  in terms of a , b satisfying
      
the equations, . a  0, . b  1 and [ , a , b] = 1.

      1  
37. a , b, c are three unit vectors such that a  ( b  c)  ( b  c ) . Find angle between vectors
2
   
a , b given that vectors b, c are nonparallel.

38. A particle is placed at a corner P of a cube of side 1 meter. Forces of magnitudes 2, 3 and 5 kg
weight act on the particle along the diagonals of the faces passing through the point P. Find the
moment of these forces about the corner opposite to P.

39. The diagonals of a parallelogram are given by vectors 2 i  3j  6k and 3i  4 j  k . Determine
its sides and also the area.

40. Find the value of  such that a, b, c are all nonzero and
( 4 i  5j) a  ( 3i  3j  k ) b  ( i  j  3k ) c   ( ai  bj  ck ) .

 
41. Find the vector r which is perpendicular to a  i  2 j  5k and b  2 i  3j  k and
   
r .( 2 i  j  k )  8  0 .

42. Two vertices of a triangle are at  i  3j and 2 i  5j and its orthocenter is at i  2 j . Find the
position vector of third vertex.

43. 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 concurrence in terms of the position vectors of the vertices.

        
44. Find 3-dimension vectors v1 , v 2 , v 3 satisfying v1 . v1  4, v1 . v 2  2 , v1 . v 3  6 ,
     
v 2 . v 2  2, v 2 . v 3  5 , v 3 . v 3  29 .
  
45. Let A ( t )  f1 ( t ) i  f 2 ( t ) j and B( t )  g1 ( t ) i  g 2 ( t ) j, t [ 0, 1] , where f1, f2, g1, g2 are
  
continuous functions. If A ( t ) and B( t ) are nonzero vectors for all t and A ( 0)  2 i  3j ,
    
A (1)  6i  2 j, B( 0)  3i  2 j and B(1)  2 i  6j , then show that A ( t ) and B( t ) are parallel
for some t.


46. Let V be the volume of the parallelepiped formed by the vectors a  a1 i  a 2 j  a 3 k ,
 
b  b1 i  b 2 j  b 3 k , c  c1 i  c 2 j  c 3 k . If ar, br, cr, where r = 1, 2, 3, are non negative real
3
numbers and  (a , b , c )  3L , show that V  L .
r 1
r r r
3

47. If â , b̂, ĉ are three non-coplanar unit vectors and  , ,  are the angles between â and b̂ , b̂ and
  
ĉ , ĉ and â respectively and x , y, z are unit vectors along the bisectors of the angles  , , 
     1   
respectively. Prove that x  y y  z z  x  [ a b c]2 sec 2 sec 2 sec 2 .
16 2 2 2

48. Find the equation of the plane passing through the points (2, 1, 0), (5, 0, 1) and (4, 1, 1). If P is the
point (2, 1, 6) then find the point Q such that PQ is perpendicular to the plane in (i) and mid-point
of PQ lies on it.

    
49. If u, v, w are three non-coplanar unit vectors and , ,  are the angles between u and v and
      
v and w , w and u respectively and x , y, z are unit vectors along the bisectors of the , , 
     1   2  2  2 
respectively. Prove that [ x  y y  z z  x ]  [ u v w ] sec sec sec .
16 2 2 2

           
50. If a , b, c and d are four distinct vectors satisfying a  b  c  d and a  c  b  d , then show that
   
a.b  a.c  d.b  d.c .

51. A plane containing two lines with direction ratios (1, –1, 0) and (–1, 0, 1) passes through the point
(1, 1, 1). Find the volume of the tetrahedron whose vertices are origin and the points where the
coordinates axes meet the plane.
52. û is incident on a plane whose unit vector normal to the plane is â . If v̂ is the reflected ray. Find
v̂ in terms of û and â .
53. If the incident ray on a surface is along the unit vector v̂ , the reflected ray is along the unit vector
ŵ and the normal is along unit vector â outwards. Express ŵ in terms of â and v̂ .

 |  |2 |  |2  ( *  ) 2   |  |2 |  |2  ( *  ) 2 
(C) |  |  2 (D) |  |  2
2 2  2 2 
 |  | |  |  ( *  )   |  | |  |  ( * ) 
 ANSWERS

SECTION-I

LEVEL-I
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. B

6. B 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. B

LEVEL-II
1. AD 2. CD 3. BC 4. ABC
5. ABCD
SECTION-II

LEVEL-I
4 8 4
10. u  a  b  c , v = – 4c, w  (c  b)
3 3 3
LEVEL-II
1 2 cos  1 1
1. p =  ; q= ; r=  or p = ;
1  2 cos 1  2 cos  1  2 cos 1  2 cos

2 cos  1 1     4  
q=  ; r=
1  2 cos
3. x̂ 
3
 
3a  4b  8c , ŷ  4c, ẑ  ( c  b)
3
1  2 cos 

1
9. r  [q 3 (n1  n 2 )  q1 (n 2  n 3 )  q 2 (n 3  n1 )]
[ n 1n 2 n 3 ]

SECTION-III-A
1. (A–r), (B–p), (C–s), (D–q) 2. a-Q, b-R, c-S, d-P
SECTION-III-B
1. C 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. B
SECTION-III-C

9. C 10. B
11. A 12. B
PROBLEMS

OBJECTIVE
(A)
 5 2 2
1. 5 2 2. –1 3. 0 4. î  ĵ  k̂
3 3 3
 
 a.b     a.b  
5. 1 6. 2î  ˆj 7.   2  b, a    2 b
| b |  | b | 
   

5î  2 ĵ  2k̂ ĵ  k̂  ĵ  k̂  2î  ˆj  k̂ 

8. 9. or 10.  
 6 
3 2 2  
 3  
11. or 12. a 13. 14. 6
4 4 6

(B)
1. T 2. T 3. T 4. F

(C)
1. C 2. B 3. AC 4. D

5. C 6. AC 7. AC
(D)
1. A 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. D

6. B 7. A 8. A 9. C 10. D

11. B 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. A

16. A 17. C 18. B 19. B 20. C

21. C 22. C 23. C 24. B 25. A

SUBJECTIVE

2. {-1, 0} 3. x
c
|A| 2
A
1
| A |2
AB   4.

A  A 2 î   A1 ĵ  A 3 k̂ 
146     4
5.    8. 2 : 1 10. R   i  8 j  2k 11.  c0
13 3
 5  5 61
12. 8 : 3 13. 10 units 14. V  ( 4i  6 j  3k ) and | V|  units/sec
7 7
     
 a  (a  b)   a  (a  b)  4 2 4 
15. x   ya  16. w  i  j  k , | w|  2
( a. a ) ( a. a ) 3 3 3
 ( 1) n  1 1 6
18.   n  , n  I and   1 19. m  ; n  ; sq units
2 2 3 2


20. E  3i  j  k or  i  3j  3k 22. 6i  9 j  9 k or 4 i  11j  11k

          
24. x  a  c; y  b  c; z  b  a  c or b  c  a 25. (2, 8, -3) ; (0, 1, 2)

        
ab  ab a b ab
a   b
  ab  
28. x ; y = ; z 
 
F I2
 
ab
2
F I
ab
G
H JK  G
H JK
29. P  (3,8,3) and Q  ( 3,  7, 6)
  
    b ab
31. c   3a  2 b 32. abc 35.  i 36.    
b 2 (a  b) 2
2 
37. 38. | M|  7
3
1   1 1
39. (5i  j  7 k ), (  i  7 j  5k ); 1274 sq. units
2 2 2
 5  17 
40.   2  29 41. r  13i  11j  7 k 42. i j  k where  R
7 7

  
44. v1  2 i , v 2   i  j, v 3  3i  2 j  4 k 48. x + y – 2z = 3; (6, 5, –2)

9
51. 53. ˆ  v̂  2(â, v̂)â

2