VECTOR

SECTION – I
STRAIGHT OBJECTIVE TYPE
Level: I (Easy/Moderate)
23.1 Vectors 4(iˆ  ˆj  kˆ),7iˆ  6 ˆj  kˆ and 3iˆ  2 ˆj  5kˆ form
(A) Right angled triangle (B) Equilateral triangle
(C) Isosceles triangle (D) Scalene triangle
23.2 Number of integer values x for which vector a  xiˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ and b  xiˆ  3xjˆ  2kˆ contain the
obtuse angle between them.
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 3 (D) 4
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23.3 A, B, C are unit vectors, suppose A.B  AC
.  0 and angle between B and C is then find k is
6
A  k (B  C)
1 1
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C)  (D) 
3 2
23.4 Let A  2iˆ  kˆ, B  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and C  4iˆ  3 ˆj  7kˆ A vector R satisfying R  B  C  B and R. A  0
would be
(A) iˆ  8 ˆj  2kˆ (B) iˆ  8 ˆj  2kˆ (C) 2iˆ  16 ˆj  4kˆ (D) 2iˆ  16 ˆj  4kˆ
23.5 If a , b , c are three vectors such that x  b  c , b  c  a, c  a  b then
(A) a  b  c (B) a  2 b  c (C) a  b  c (D) a  b  c

23.6 Vector a  4iˆ  3kˆ

b  14iˆ  2 ˆj  5kˆ.
The vector d which is bisecting the angle between the vectors a and b and is having magnitude
6 is
(A) iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ (B) iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ (C) iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ (D) None
23.7 If P is any point within aABC, then PA  CP 
(A) AC  CB (B) BC  BA (C) CB  AB (D) CB  BA
23.8 If ABCDEF is a regular hexagon and
AB  AC  AD  AE  AF   AD then  
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6
23.9 If a  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ, b  iˆ  ˆj, c  iˆ and (a  b )  c  a  b then   
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
 b
23.10 If three unit vectors a , b , c are such that a  (b  c )  then vector a makes angles with b & c
2
respectively
(A) 60 ,90 (B) 45 , 45 (C) 30 , 60 (D) 90 , 60
23.11 If p & s are not perpendicular to each other and r  p  q  p & r .s  0 then r 
 q.s   q. p 
(A) p.s (B) q   p (C) q   p (D) q   p for all scalars 
 p.s   p.s 
23.12 If a , b , c are three non – coplanar & p, q, r are reciprocal vectors, then :
       
 a  mb nc . p  mq  nr  is equal to :

(A) 2
 m2  n 2 (B) m  m n  n (C) 0 (D) None of these
23.13 If a is vector whose initial point divides the join of 5iˆ and 5 ˆj in the ratio  :1 and terminal point is
origin and a  17, then the set of exhaustive values of  is
 1  1 1   1 
(A)  6,   (B)  ,   [4, ] (C)  , 4  (D)   ,  
 6  4 4   6 
23.14 The vector equation of the plane containing the lines r  (iˆ  ˆj )   (iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ) and
r  (iˆ  ˆj )  (iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ)
(A) r .(iˆ  ˆj  kˆ)  0 (B) r .(iˆ  ˆj  kˆ)  0 (C) r .(iˆ  ˆj  kˆ)  3 (D) None
23.15 Angle between line r  (iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ)   (iˆ  ˆj  kˆ) and the normal of plane r .(2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ)  4
2 2  2 2 2 2 2 2
(A) sin 1 (B) cos 1   (C) tan 1 (D) cot 1
3  3  3 3

23.16 The line of intersection of the planes r .(iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ)  1 and r .(2iˆ  5 ˆj  3kˆ)  2 is parallel to vector
(A) 4iˆ  5 ˆj  11kˆ (B) 4iˆ  5 ˆj  11kˆ (C) 4iˆ  5 ˆj  11kˆ (D) 4iˆ  5 ˆj  11kˆ
(a  b )2  (ab ) 2
23.17 The value of 
2a 2b 2
1 3 5 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 3
23.18 If  (a  b )   (b  c )   (c  a )  0 and atleast one of the number  ,  and  is non-zero, then
vectors a , b , c are
(A) Perpendicular (B) Parallel (C) Coplanar (D) None
Level: II (Tough)
a.b  c b .a  c
23.19 If a, b, c are three non-coplanar vector then  
c  a.b c .a  b
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) – 2 (D) 4
23.20 If the non-zero vectors a and b are perpendicular to each other, then solution of the equation
r  a  b is
1 1
(A) r  xa  (a  b ) (B) r  xb  (a  b )
a.a b .b
(C) r  xa  b (D) r  xb  a
23.21 Image of the point ‘P’ with position vector 7iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ in the line whose vector equation is
r  3 ˆj  10kˆ   (4iˆ  3 ˆj  5kˆ) has the position vector
(A) 9iˆ  5 ˆj  2kˆ (B) 9iˆ  5 ˆj  2kˆ (C) 9iˆ  5 ˆj  2kˆ (D) 9iˆ  5 ˆj  2kˆ
23.22 Let a , b , c are three non-coplanar vectors such that
r1  a  b  c , r2  b  c  a, r3  c  a  b
r  2a  3b  4c , If r  1r1  2r2  3r3 then l1  2  3 
(A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 2
23.23 Let a  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ
b  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ
and c be a unit vector  to a and coplanar with a and b then c is
1 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ (2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ)
(A)  (i  2 ˆj  kˆ) (b) (i  2 ˆj  kˆ) (C) (2i  j  k ) (D) 
6 6 6 6
23.24 A new tetrahedron is formed by joining the centroid of the faces of a given tetrahedron. The ratio
of the volume of given tetrahedron to that of new tetrahedron is
(A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 27 (D) 81
23.25 A, B and C are three non collinear points with position vectors a , b and c respectively and plane
ABC not passing through origin, then vectors a  b , b  c , c  a are
(A) Parallel vectors (B) Non coplanar vector
(C) Coplanar vector (D) Linearly dependent vectors
SECTION – II
ASSERTION & REASONING TYPE
23.26 Statement-1 : If a is any vector in space then
a  (a.iˆ)iˆ  (a. ˆj ) ˆj  (a.kˆ)kˆ
Statement-2 : iˆ.iˆ  ˆj. ˆj  kˆ.kˆ  1; iˆ. ˆj  ˆj.kˆ  kˆ.iˆ  0
(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
23.27 Statement-1 : If A, B, C, D are any four points in space then AB  CD  BC  AD  CA  BD is
equal to 4( area of triangle ABC)
Statement-2 : Area of triangle formed by a and b is a  b
(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
23.28 Statement-1 : Vector (bc, b2  bc, c2  bc),(a 2  ac, ac, c 2  ac) and (a 2  ab, b2  ab, ab) are
coplanar where a, b, c are non-zero then ab + bc + ca = 0
Statement-2 : a , b , c are coplanar then [abc ]  0
(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

ANSWERS
23.1 (A) 23.2 (B) 23.3 (A) 23.4 (A) 23.5 (A)
23.6 (A) 23.7 (D) 23.8 (B) 23.9 (A) 23.10 (D)
23.11 (B) 23.12 (A) 23.13 (C) 23.14 (B) 23.15 (B)
23.16 (B) 23.17 (A) 23.18 (C) 23.19 (A) 23.20 (A)
23.21 (B) 23.22 (A) 23.23 (C) 23.24 (C) 23.25 (B)
23.26 (A) 23.27 (C) 23.28 (A)