ADDITION OF VECTORS

4) vertices of an isosceles triangle

C.U.Q 6. If the points A, B, C, D have the position
1. Which of the following diagram graphically vectors a , b , c and d respectively such that
represents a displacement of 40 km, 300 east
of north        a  b   c   d then which of
N N the following is incorrect.
P
P 1) Lines AC and BD are parallel
30O 30O 40km
40km
2) Points A, B, C, D are collinear
1) E 2) E 3) Points A, B, C, D are non collinear
4) Lines AB&CD are parallel
7. Let  ,  ,  be distinct real numbers. The
N N points with position vectors  i   j   k ,

40km
P  i   j   k,  i   j   k
30 O
1) are collinear
3) E 4) 30
O E

40km
2) form an equilateral triangle
P
3) form a scalene triangle
4) form a rightangled triangle
2. Which of the following is true 8. If AD, BE , CF are medians of an equilateral
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1) a and  a are collinear

triangle ABC, then AD  BE  CF 
2) Two collinear vectors are always equal in
magnitude 1) AB  BC  CA 2) a zero vector
3) Two vectors having same magnitude are 3) both 1 and 2 4) 2 AF  3BF
collinear 9. In a trapezium, the straight line joining the
4) Two collinear vectors having the same mid points of the diagonals is half the
magnitude are equal 1) difference of parallel sides
3. If a and b are two non-collinear vectors 2) sum of parallel sides
3) difference of non parallel sides
and xa  yb  0 , Then 4) sum of non parallel sides
1) x  0 , but y is not neccessarily zero 10. If ABCD is a Rhombus whose diagonals cut
2) y  0 , but x is not necessarily zero at the origin O then O A + O B + O C + O D =
3) x  0, y  0 4) x  0, y  0 1) AB 2) O 3) AD 4) BC
11. If the parallelogram ABCD with AC as the
4. If a and b are two collinear vectors then
diagonal is completed, then the position
which of the following is incorrect ? vector of the point D is
1) xa  yb  0 and x  y  0 1 1
1)  C  A  B  2)  A  B  C 
2) b  a ,  is a scalar 2 3
3) both the vectors have the same direction, 3) A  C  B 4) A  B  C
but different magnitudes 12. Three non-zero, non-parallel coplanar
4) the respective components of a and b are vectors are always
1) linearly dependent 2) linearly independent
proportional
3) either of (1) or (2) 4) cannot be determined
5. If the points A(a ), B(b ), C (c ) satisfy the 13. If OABC is a parallelogram with
relation 3 a - 8 b + 5 c = 0 then the points are OB = a , AB = b then OA =
(EAM- 2000)
1) vertices of an equilateral triangle
2) collinear 1) a  b 2) a  b
3) vertices of a right angled triangle

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1 1 20. If a , b are non-collinear vectors, then

3) (b  a ) 4) (a  b )
2 2 1) a  b represents the bisector of the angle
14. If A(a ), B (b ) and C (c ) be the vertices of a between a and b
triangle whose circumcentre is the origin then
orthocentre is given by 2) If a  b , then a  b bisects the angles
a b c between a and b
1) a  b  c 2)
3
3) a , b, a  b from an equilateral triangle
a b c a b c
3) 4) 4) a  b, a  b are other two sides of the
2 4
15. Let a , b , c be three unit vectors such that parallelogram for which a , b are two adjacent sides.
3 a + 4 b + 5 c = 0 Then 21. If point O is the centre of a circle
circumscribed about a triangle ABC. Then
1) a , b , c are collinear
OA sin 2 A  OB sin 2B  OC sin 2C 
2) a , b , c are pair wise orthogonal 1) (OA  OB  OC ) sin 2 A
3) a , b , c are linearly independent 2) (OA  OB  OC ) cos 2 A
4) a , b , c are linearly dependent
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3) 0 4) (OA  OB  OC ) tan 2 A
16. If a and b are two non-collinear vectors, 22. The vector equation of the plane passing
then the points l1 a  m1b , l 2 a  m 2 b and through a,b,c is r=αa+βb+γc provided
l3 a  m3b are collinear if 1)       0 2)       1
3)      4)  2   2   2  1
1) l1 (m2  m3 )  0 2)  l1 (m1  m3 )  0
C.U.Q-KEY
3) l1 (m1  m3 )  0 4) l1 (m2  m3 )  0 01) 2 02) 1 03) 3 04) 3 05) 2 06) 3
17. If  is an angle given by 07) 2 08) 3 09) 1 10) 2 11) 3 12) 1
13) 2 14) 1 15) 4 16) 1 17) 4 18) 1
cos 2   cos 2   cos 2  19) 1 20) 2 21) 3 22) 2
cos   where
sin 2   sin 2   sin 2 
 ,  ,  are the angles made by a line with the LEVEL - I (C.W)
positive directions of the axes of reference then
POSITION VECTOR,UNIT VECTOR
the measure of  is AND EQUAL VECTORS:
    1. The vector
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 6 2 3 (cos cos  ) i  (cos  sin  ) j  sin  k is
18. The direction cosines of two lines are 1) Null vector 2) unit vector
 l1 , m1 , n1  and  l2 , m2 , n2  .Then the value of 3) parallel to (i  j  k )
2
(l1l2  m1m2  n1n2 ) 2   (m1n2  m2 n1 ) = 4) a vector parallel to (2i  j  k )
1) 1 2) 0 3) 4 4) 2 2. If AB  2 i  3 j  k , CB  i  j  k ,
19. If I is the centre of a circle inscribed in a CD  4 i  7 j then AD 
triangle ABC, then BC IA CA IB AB IC is 1) 5 i  11 j  k 2) 5i 11 j
1) 0 2) IA  IB  IC 3) 5i 11 j 4) 5i 11 j
3. The position vectors of the points A,B,C are
IA  IB  IC IA  IB  IC
3)
3
4)
2
i  2 j  k , i  j  k , 2 i  3 j  2k
respectively. If A is chosen as the origin then
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the position vectors of B and C are
3) i  j  k 4)  21 2 i  3 j  6 k 
1) i  2 k , i  j  3k 2) j  2k , i  j  3k
10. If the vectors a  ( x, 2,5) and
3)  j  2k , i  j  3k
b  (1, y , 3) are collinear then
4)  j  2k , i  j  3k
4. The unit vector in the opposite direction of 5 6 5 6
1) x  ,y  2) x  ,y 
the vector a  6 i  3 j  2k is 3 5 3 5
1 1 5 6 5 6
1) (6i  3 j  2k ) 2) (6i  3 j  2k ) 3) x  ,y  4) x  ,y 
7 7 3 5 3 5
1 1 11. If p  i  a j  k and q  i  j  k , then
3) (6i  3 j  2k ) 4) (6i  3 j  2k )
7 7 | p  q | | p |  | q | is true for
5. If a   2,1, 1 , b  1, 1, 0  , c   5, 1,1 1) a = -1 2) a = 1
then the unit vector parallel to a  b  c , but 3) all real values of ‘a’ 4) for no real values of ‘a’
in the opposite direction is COPLANAR AND NON COPLANAR
1 1 VECTORS:
1)   2 i  j  2k  2)  2 i  j  2k  12. If 3i+3j+ 3k , i+ k ,
3 3
1 1 3i+ 3 j+λk are coplanar then  is …
3)  2 i  j  2k  4)   2 i  j  2k 
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3 3
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
COLLINEAR, LIKE AND UNLIKE
VECTORS: 13. If the points   x,  ,   ,  ,   y,   ,
6. Let a , b be two noncollinear vectors .If  , ,   z  and  1,   1,   1 are
OA =(x+4y) a +(2x+y+1) b , OB =(y-2x+2) coplanar,   R then
a + (2x-3y-1) b and 3OA  2OB , 1 1 1
then (x,y) = 1) xy  yz  zx  1 2)   1
x y z
1) (1,2) 2) (1,-2) 3) (2,-1) 4) (-2,-1)
7. If the vectors a  2i  3 j  yk and 1 1 1
3)    1 4) x y z = 1
1 x 1 y 1 z
b  xi  6 j  2k are collinear, then the
value of x + y is …. 14. Let a  i  j  k , b  i  j  2k and
1) 4 2) 5 3) -3 4) 3 c  xi  ( x  2) j  k . If the vector c lies
8. If the position vectors of the points P,Q,R and in the plane of a and b then x equals
S are respectively 2 i  4 k , [AIE-2007]

5 i  3 3 j  4k ,  2 1) 0 2) 1 3) –4 4) –2
3 j  k
TRIANGLE AND PARALLELOGRAM
PQ LAW, VECTOR ADDITION
and 2 i  k , then is 15. If the position vectors of the vertices of a
RS
triangle are 2i  j  k , i  3 j  5k and
2 3 1 3
1) 2) 3) 4) 3i  4 j  4k then the triangle is
3 2 3 4
9. If the vectors a  2 i  3 j  6k and b are 1) Equilateral triangle 2) Isosceles triangle
3) Right angled isosceles triangle
collinear and | b | 21 , then b equals to 4) Right angled triangle
1) 2  2 i  3 j  6k  2)  3  2 i  3 j  6k  16. If the vectors 4 i  7 j  2k , i  5 j  3k and

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23. If a vector a of magnitude 50 is collinear
3i   j  k form a triangle then  =
1) 6 2) -6 3) 12 4) -1 15
with vector b  6 i  8 j  k and makes an
17. Let ABC be a triangle and let D,E be the 2
midpoints of the sides AB,AC acute angle with positive z-axis then
respectively,then BE  DC  1) a  4b 2) a  4b 3) b  4a 4) a  2b
SECTION FORMULA,MID POINT
1 3 3 24. If C is the mid point of AB and P is any point
1) BC 2) BC 3) BC 4) BC
2 2 4 out side AB then (AIE-2005)
18. Orthocentre of an equilateral triangle ABC 1) PA  PB  2 PC  0 2) PA  PB  PC  0
is the origin O. If OA  a, OB  b, OC  c then 3) PA  PB  2 PC 4) PA  PB  PC
AB  2 BC  3CA  25. If a and b are position vectors of A and B
1) 3c 2) 3a 3) 0 4) 3b respectively, then the position vector of a
19. ABC is a triangle and P is any point on BC. point C in AB produced such that
If PQ is the resultant of the vectors AP, PB AC  2015 AB is

and PC then ACQB is 1) 2014 a  2015b 2) 2014b  2015a

1) rectangle 2) square 3) 2015b  2014a 4) 2015b  2014a
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3) rhombus 4) parallelogram 26. If 3a  4b  7 c  0 then the ratio in which

20. The adjacent sides of a parallelogram are
C (c ) divides the join of A( a ) and B(b ) is
2 i+4 j-5k and i+2 j+3k then the unit 1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 3 3) 3 : 2 4) 4 : 3
vector parallel to a diagonal is 27. The ratio in which i  2 j  3k divides the join
i  2 j  8k 3i  6 j  2 k of 2 i  3 j  5k and 7 i  k is
1) 2)
69 7 1) -3 : 2 2) 1 : 2 3) 2 : 3 4) -4 : 3
i  2 j  8k i  2 j  8k 5 a+ 4b-5 c
3) 4) 28. A point C = divides the line
69 69 3
SCALAR MULTIPLICATION AND joining A = a-2 b + 3 c and B in the ratio 2:1,
THEIR PROPERTIES: then AB is
21. The vector i  xj  3k is rotated through an 1) a+3b-4c 2) 2a-3b+ 4c
angle  and doubled in magnitude, then it 3) a+5b-7c 4) 2a+3b-4c
becomes 4 i   4 x  2  j  2k . The value of 29. The position vectors of the points A,B,C are
x is respectively a , b,c . If P divides AB in the
 2  1  2  ratio 3:4 and Q divides BC in the ratio 2:1
1)   , 2  2)  , 2  3)  ,0  4) 2, 7
 3  3  3  both externally then PQ =
ANGLE BETWEEN TWO VECTORS 1) b+c- 2a 2) 2( b+c- 2a)
22. If the position vectors of P and Q are
i  2 j  7 k and 5 i  3 j  4k respectively -2 a -b -c
3) 4a-b - c 4)
2
then the cosine of the angle between PQ
LINEAR COMBINATION,LINEARLY
and z-axis is INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT
4 11 5 5 VECTORS, DC’S & DR’S
1) 2) 3) 4)
162 162 162 162

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 1  p q p q p q
30. If a straight line makes an angle cos 1     
 3 p q p q p q
pq
with each of the positive x, y and z-axis, a 1) p q 2) p q 3) p q 4)
   2
vector parallel to that line is p q p q p q
1) i 2) i  j 3) j  k 4) i  j  k
38. If a and b are two non-parallel unit vectors
31. If e  li  m j  nk is a unit vector ,the and the vector  a  b bisects the internal
maximum value of lm + mn + nl is
angle between a and b , then  is
1 3 1) 1 2) 1/2 3) 2 4) 5
1)  2) 0 3) 1 4)
2 2 REGULAR HEXAGON
32. Given a  i  2 j  3k , b  2 i  3 j  k , 39. Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon and
c  8 i  13 j  9 k , the linear relation among AB  a , BC  b , CD  c then AE is equal to
them if possible is 1) a  b  c 2) b  c
1) 2 a  3b  c  0 2) 2 a  3b  c  0 3) a  b 4) a  c
3) 2 a  3b  c  0 4) a  b  c  0 40. Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon. Then
33. If the vectors a+1343 b+c,-a+b+c and AB  AC  AD  EA  FA 
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1) 2014 2) 2015 3) 2016 4) 0 VECTOR EQUATION OF A LINE
LH & RH SYSTEMS-GEOMETRICAL AND A PLANE
APPLICATIONS 41. A point on the line
34. The incentre of the triangle formed by the r  1  t   2i  3 j  4 k   t  3i  2 j  2k 
points i+j+k , 4i+j+k and 4i+5j+k is
1)  i  5 j  2k 2) i  6 j  8k
i+ j+k
1) 2) i+2 j+3k 3) i  8 j  6k 4) i  j  k
3
42. The point of intersection of
3) 3 i+2 j+k 4) i+ j+k
bc  c a 
35. If the vectors a  3i  j  2k , r  a  s  a  , r  b  t  b
 2   2 
b   i  3 j  4k , c  4 i  2 j  6k form the
where a,b ,c, are position vectors of the
sides of the triangle then length of the median
bisecting the vector c is vertices of a triangle
1) 12 units 2) 6 units a+b+c
1) a +b+ c 2)
3) 2 6 units 4) 2 3 units 2
36. If O is the circumcentre and O| is the a bc a bc
3) 4)
orthocentre of a triangle ABC and if AP is 3 8
the circumdiameter then 43. Cartesian equation of the plane
AO '  O ' B  O ' C  r  (1   ) i  (2   ) j  (3  2  2  )k is
1) OA 2) O ' A 3) AP 4) AO 1) 2 x  y  5 2) 2 x  y  5
ANGULAR BISECTORS 3) 2 x  z  5 4) 2 x  z  5
37. Let O be the origin and A, B be two points. LEVEL-I (C.W)-K E Y
and p , q are vectors represented by OA and 01) 2 02) 2 03) 4 04) 3 05) 2 06) 3
07) 4 08) 2 09) 2 10) 3 11) 2 12) 1
OB and their magnitudes are p, q . The unit
vector bisecting the angle AOB is
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13) 2 14) 1 15) 4 16) 3 17) 3 18) 2 15. | BC | 6,| CA | 35,| AB | 41
19) 4 20) 4 21) 1 22) 2 23) 2 24) 3
25) 4 26) 4 27) 2 28) 3 29) 2 30) 4 16. a b c
31) 3 32) 3 33) 2 34) 3 35) 2 36) 3 b c
37) 3 38) 1 39) 2 40) 3 41) 3 42) 3 17. A  0, OD  , OE 
43) 3 2 2
18. For an equilateral triangle, centroid = orthocentre.
LEVEL-I (C.W)-HINTS
19. PQ  AP  PB  PC ,
1. cos 2  cos 2   cos 2  sin 2   sin 2 
 CP  PQ  AP  PB  CQ  AB
 cos 2   sin 2 
20. a  2 i  4 j  5k , b  i  2 j  3k
2. AD  AB  CB  CD
3. AB  OB  OA and , AC  OC  OA AC  a  b BD  b  a
21. 2 i  xj  3k  4 i   4 x  2  j  2k
a
4. Required vector   2
|a| 4  x 2  10   20   4 x  2 
5. a  b  c  2 i  j  2 k 2
 3x2  4x  4  0 , x  2,
a  b  c  3 , Required vector   a  b  c 3
a b c
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22. PQ  4 i  5 j  11k direction cosines of

6. Two vectors are equal then corresponding
components are equal. 4 5 11
PQ  i j k
x 6 2 162 162 162
7.  
2 3 y 15
23. a   (6 i  8 j  k);
2
8. PQ  9  27  6 , RS  4  12  4
225
9. b  t a  21 | t || a | a  50   36  64   50
4
x 2 5
10.    25 
1 y 3      50    4    4
 2 
11. Put a  1 , p  q  p  q a  4b ( a makes acute angle with z-axis)
24. C is mid point of AB
3 3 3
PA  PB
1 0 1 0  PC   PA  PB  2PC
12. 2
3 3 
25. AC  2015 AB , c  a  2015  b  a 
x y 0
3a  4b
x 0 z 0 26. c
13. 7
x 1 1 1
27.  1  2  : 1  7   3 : 6  1: 2
1 1 1 OA  2OB
28. OC 
1 1 2 0 3
14.
x ( x  2) 1 3OB  4OA 2OC  OB
29. OP  OQ 
 x (2  1)  ( x  2) {2  1}  1{1  1}  0 34 1
 3x  x  2  2  0  2 x  0  x  0

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1 2. Let OA = 2 i  4k ,
30. 
i  j  k is parallel to 3 i  j  k .  OB = 5i  3 3 j  4k , OC  2 3 j  k ,
31. l 2  m 2  n 2  lm  mn  nl  0 OD = 2 i  k .Then the value of CD in
32. 2 a  3b  c terms of AB is
1 2 1
1 1343 1 1) AB 2) AB 3) AB 4) AB
3 3 4
1 1 1 0 3. If the vectors a  xi  2 j  zk and
33.
1  2
b  2 i  yj  k are equal, then ( x, y , z ) 
OA BC  OB CA  OC AB 1) (2, 1, 2) 2) (2, 2, 1) 3) (1, 2, 2) 4) (2, 1, 1)
34. I 4. The unit vector in the direction of 2 i  3 j  k
BC  CA  AB
is
35. Length of the median through the vertex C= 1 1
1 1) 
14
 2 i  3 j  k  2) 
14
 2i  3 j  k 
2( a 2  b 2 )  c 2
2 1
1 1 3)
14
 2 i  3 j  k  4) 14  2 i  3 j  k 
 2(14  26)  56  24  6 units
2 2
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5. If a  3i  2 j  k and b  i  2 j  5k
36. AO '  O ' B  O ' C  2 AO '  AP then unit vector in the direction of a  b is
a b  1 1
37. r t  
a b 
1)
34
 2i  4 j  4k  2) 
i  2 j  2k 
3
 
1 1
a b  3)
6
  2 i  4 j  2 k  4)  i  2 j  2 k 
4
38. r t  
a b  COLLINEAR,LIKE AND UNLIKE
 
VECTORS
39. AE  AF  FE  b  c 6. The position vectors of the points A,B, C are
40. FA  AC  FC  2AB and respectively i  x j  3k , 3i  4 j  7 k and
EA  AD  ED  AB
yi  2 j  5k . If A,B, and C are collinear, then
41. If t  1 then r  i  8 j  6k
42. Point of intersection of medians is centroid xi  y j =
43. r  ( i  2 j  3k )   ( i  j  2k )   ( i  2k )
1) 13 2) 11 3) 3 4) 2 2
plane passing through A(1, 2, 3) and parallel to
7. Three points whose position vectors are
b  i  j  2k and c   i  2k
xi  yj  zk , i  zj and  i  j are
collinear, then relation between x, y, z is
LEVEL - I (H.W)
1) x  2 y  1, z  0 2) x  y  1, z  0
POSITION VECTOR,UNIT AND 3) x  y  1, z  0 4) x  2 y  1, z  0
EQUAL VECTORS 8. The position vectors of four points P,Q,R,S
1. a is a non zero vector and  is a scalar.. are 2 a  4c , 5a  3 3b  4c , 2 3b  c and
Then  a is a unit vector if 2a  c respectively, then
1 4 2 1) PQ is parallel to RS
1)   a 2)    a 3)   a 4)   a 2) PQ is not parallel to RS

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3) PQ is equal to RS 1) equilateral triangle 2) right angled triangle

3) right angled isosceles triangle
4) PQ is parallel and equal to RS 4) isosceles triangle
9. If the vectors 2i  3 j  6k , b are collinear 16. If 2 i  3 j  6k , 6 i  2 j  3k ,3 i  6 j  2k
and b  14 then b  represent the sides of a triangle,then the
perimeter of the triangle is
1 1) 6 2) 7 3) 14 4) 21
1)
7
 2 i  3 j  6k  2)   4i  6 j  12k 
17. Let ABCD is a parallelogram and AC ,
1
3) 6i  9 j  18k 4)  2 i  3 j  6 k  BD be its diagonals Then AC  BD is
7
10. The three points A,B,C have position 1) 2AB 2) 2BC 3) 3AB 4) 3BC
vectors (1,x,3),(3,4,7)and (y,-2,-5) are 18. If G is the centroid of ABC , GA + BG + GC =
collinear then (x,y) (EAM-2002)
1) (2,-3) 2) (-2,3) 3) (-2,-3) 4) (2,3) 1) 2 GB 2) 2 GA 3) O 4) 2 BG
11. Let a  i  j  k , b  5i  3 j  3k , 19. The vectors a , b , c , d are respectively the
c  3i  j  2k . If a vector r is collinear with c p.v’s of the points A, B, C, D and P, Q, R, S
are the points such that
and r  a  b , then r equals
AP  2 PB ; BQ  2QC ;
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1) 3c 2)  c 3) 2c 4)  c CR  2 RD; DS  2 SA . If PQRS is a
2 3
COPLANAR AND NON parallelogram, then a  b  c  d 
COPLANAR VECTORS 1) 0 2) 0 3) 3a 4) 2a
12. Let a  i  j , b  j  k and 20. If i  2 j  3k , 3i  2 j  k , are sides of
c   a   b . If the vectors i  2 j  k , a parallelogram, then a unit vector parallel
to one of the diagonals is

3i  2 j  k and c are coplanar then   1 1
1)
3
 i  j  k  2)
3
 i  j  k
1)1 2) 2 3) 3 4) -3
13. If the vectors 2 i  3 j  6k , 6 i  2 j  3k , 1 1
3)
3
 i  j  k  4)
3
 i  j  k 
3 i  6 j  2 k and i  j   2 k are coplanar
then 31  2  233 is SCALAR MULTIPLICATION AND
1) 0 2) 2 3) 1 4) 3
THEIR PROPERTIES
14. Let a,b and c be distinct non-negative 21. The vector i  2 xj  2k rotated through an
numbers. If the vectors ai  aj  ck , i  k angle  and doubled in magnitude then it
and ci  cj  bk lie in a plane , then c is becomes 2 i  (2 x  2) j  (6 x  2) k . Then
[AIE-2005] the values of x are
1) The harmonic mean of a and b 1) 1, 1/3 2) -1, 1/3 3) 1,-1/3 4) 0,3
2) equal to zero
3) the arithmetic mean of a and b ANGLE BETWEEN TWO VECTORS
4) the geometric mean of a and b   
22. Unit vector making angles , , with
TRIANGLE AND PARALLELOGRAM 6 6 3
LAW, VECTOR ADDITION i, j , k directions is
15. The points A(–1, 6, 6) B(–4, 9, 6) C(0, 7, 10)
form
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1 1 points of the sides BC,CA,AB respectively.If

1)
3

i jk  2)
3

i jk  P divides the median AD in the ratio 2:1 then
the position vector of P is
1 1) 0 2) a  b  c
3)
3

i jk 
a bc 2a  b  c
4) impossible to get such a vector 3) 4)
3 3
23. The non zero vectors a , b and c are LINEAR COMBINATION,LINEARLY
related by a  8b and c  7b angle INDEPENDENT AND
between a and c is [AIE-2007] DEPENDENT VECTORS,DC’S &
  DR’S
1) 2) 3)  4) 0 30. A straight line is inclined to the axes of Y and
4 2
SECTION FORMULA,MID POINT Z at angles 45 0 and 60 0 respectively. The
inclination of the line with the X-axis is
24. If AO  OB  BO  OC then
1) 60 0 2) 45 0 3) 30 0 4) 90 0
1) A is the midpoint of BC
31. If e  li  m j  nk is a unit vector and
2) B is the midpoint of CA
1
3) C is the midpoint of AB l  ,then maximum value of lmn is
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4) C divides AB in the ratio 1:2
25. The position vectors of P and Q are 4 8 3
1)1 2) 3) 4)
27 27 2
respectively a and b . If R is a point on PQ
32. If ( x , y , z )  0 and ( i  j  3k ) x
such that PR  5 PQ , then the position vector
of R is  (3i  3 j  k ) y  ( 4i  5 j ) z
  ( xi  yj  zk ) , then  
1) 5b  4a 2) 5b  4a 3) 4b  5a 4) 4b  5a
26. If A, B, C are collinear points whose position 1) 0, 1 2) –1, 0 3) 0, 2 4) –2, 0
33. If the vectors a  b  c , a   b  2c ,
vectors are a , b , c respectively satisfying
the condition 3a  2c  5b , then AB : BC =  a  b  c are linearly dependent then  =
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
1) 3 : 2 2) 5 : 3 3) 2 : 3 4) 3 : 5.
27. Let A =(-3,4,-8) ,B=(5,-6,4). Then the GEOMETRICAL APPLICATIONS
coordinates of the point in which the XY- plane 34. The position vectors of A,B,C are
or XOY plane divides the line segment AB is i  j  k , 4i  j  k , 4 i  5 j  k Then the
position vector of the circumcentre of the
7 8 
1) (7,-8,0) 2)  ,  ,0  triangle ABC is
3 3 
1
 7 8   7 8 1) 3i  2 j  k 2) (6 i  j  k)
3)  2 ,  2 , 0  4)  0 , 3 ,  3  2
   
28. Let A  2 i  7 j , B  i  2 j  4k , 1 1
3) (5 i  6 j  2k) 4) (9 i  7 j  3k)
2 2
9 i  30 j  4k
C . Then the ratio in which 35. The vectors AB = 3i + 4k and
5
C divides AB internally is AC = 5i - 2 j + 4k are the sides of a triangle
1) 1 : 4 2) 2 : 3 3) 3 : 2 4) 5 : 1 ABC. The length of the median through A is
[EAM-2011][MAINS-2013]
29. Let A  a  , B  b  , C  c  be the vertices of
the triangle ABC and let D,E,F be the mid
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01) 2 02) 3 03) 2 04) 3 05) 2 06) 1
1) 72 2) 33 3) 288 4) 18
|
07) 1 08) 1 09) 2 10) 1 11) 3 12) 4
36. Let G and G be the centroids of the triangles 13) 1 14) 4 15) 3 16) 4 17) 2 18) 4
ABC and A| B| C| respectively.Then 19) 1 20) 1 21) 3 22) 4 23) 3 24) 2
AA'+BB'+CC'  25) 1 26) 3 27) 2 28) 1 29) 3 30) 1
3 31) 2 32) 2 33) 2 34) 3 35) 2 36) 3
1) 2GG 1 2) 3G 1G 3) 3GG 1 4) GG1 37) 3 38) 2 39) 3 40) 1 41) 1 42) 3
2 43) 1
ANGULAR BISECTORS LEVEL-I (H.W)-HINTS
37. The unit vector bisecting OY and OZ is 1
1. Given, | a | 1    
i jk jk jk jk |a|
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 2 2 2 2. AB  3i  3 3 j , CD  2 i  2 3 j
38. The vector ai + bj + ck is a bisector of the 3. Two vectors are equal then corresponding
components are equal.
angle between the vectors i + j and j + k if
a
1) a = b 2) a = c 3) a + b = c 4) a = b = c 4. Unit vector in the direction of a = a .
REGULAR HEXAGON
39. Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon and let a b
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AB = a, BC = b, then CD= | a b|
1) a  b 2) a  b 3) b  a 4) 2 a 6. A,B,C are collinear  AB   BC
40. Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon, If 1
    , x  4  6  2, y  3  6  3
AD  xBC and CF  yBA then 3
( x  y )2  8  Therefore | xi  yj | 22  (3) 2  13
1) 24 2) -4 3) 2 4) -24 7. OA  ( x , y , z ), OB  (1, z , 0), OC  ( 1,  1, 0)
VECTOR EQUATION OF A LINE
AB  (1  x , z  y ,  z )
AND A PLANE:
41. A point on the line AC  ( 1  x ,  (1  y ),  z )
r  2 i  3 j  4 k  t ( i  j  k ) is AB   AC  1  x   (1  x )
1) (2014,2015,2016) 2) (2013,2015,2017) z  y   (1  y) ,  z   z
3) (2013,2014,2017) 4) (0,0,0)
  0,  z  0  2 y  x  1
42. The point of intersection of the lines
r = a + s b + c  , r = b + t  a + c  8.  
PQ  3 a  3b and RS  2 a  3b  
PQ is parallel to RS
(where a , b , c are L.I.) is
1) 0 2) a+b 3) a+b+c 4) b+c 9. b  t  2 i  3 j  6k   b t7
43. The vector equation of the plane through the 10. x1  x2 : x2  x3  y1  y2 : y2  y3
points (1,-2,-3) and parallel to the vectors
 z1  z2 : z2  z3
(2,-1,3) and (2,3,-6) is r =
11. a  b  6 i  2 j  4k so that
1) (1  2t  2s) i  (2  t  3s) j  (3  3t  6s)k
a  b  56  56   14
2) (1  2t  2s) i  (2  t  3s) j  (3  3t  6s)k
12. We have c   ( i  j )   ( j  k )
3) (1  2t  2s) i  (2  t  3s) j  (3  3t  6s)k
4) (1  2t  2s) i  (2  t  3s) j  (3  3t  6s)k
LEVEL-I (H.W)-K E Y
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1 2 1 9 9
 28. x1  x3 : x3  x2  2  :  1
3 2 1  0   3 5 5

   2OD  OA
29. OP  or P is the centroid
4 5 9 3
1 9 4 0 30. cos 2   cos 2   cos 2   1
13. 2
1 2 6 1
14. Since, the given vectors lie in a plane, 31. l 2  m 2  n 2  1 and l  3 , for maxima m = n
a a c 32. Equating the components of i , j , k
2
1 0 1  0  c  ab 1  3 4
c c b  1 (  3) 5 0
15. Find AB , BC , CA 3 1 
16. AB=BC=CA=7  perimeter = 21 1 1 1
17. AC  a  b , BD  b  a 1  2  0
33.
18. Use GA  GB  GC  0 1 1 1
19. 3OP  OA  2OB; 3OQ  OB  2OC  x  x y  y2 
S  1 2 , 1
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3OR  OC  2OD , 3OS  OD  2OA and  2 2 
OP  OR OQ  OS AB  AC
 35. Median AD 
2 2 2
AC i  j k 36. AA '  BB '  CC ' 

20. AC  4i  4 j  4 k , AC 3
 OA '  OB '  OC '   OA  OB  OC 
21. 2| i  2x j  2k || 2i  (2x  2) j  (6x  2)k | 37. j , k are unit vectors along Y and Z axes
 4 1  4 x 2  4  4  (2 x  2) 2  (6 x  2) 2 j k
2
then unit vector bisecting OY and OZ is
 3x  2 x  1  0 2
22.    a b 
cos 2  cos 2  cos 2 1 r t  
6 6 3 38. a b 
 
23. a , b vectors are in same direction. b and c 39. CD  b  a
are in opposite direction  a and c are in 40. AD  2 BC  x  2
opposite directions.
CF  2 BA  y  2  ( x  y ) 2  8  24
24. AB  BC  B is the mid point of AC 41. Cartesian equation is
25. Given PR  5 PQ . It mean R divides PQ x2 y 3 z 4
externally in the ratio 5 : 4   t
1 1 1
5b  4a 42. a  s b  c   b  t  c  a 
 Position vector of R   5b  4a
5 4 43. r  a  tb  sc
26. 3a 2c
3a  2c  5b  b
5 LEVEL - II (C.W)
 B divides AC in the ratio 2 : 3.
27. XY plane devides AB in the ratio  z1 : z2 POSITION VECTOR,UNIT AND
EQUAL VECTORS:

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1. pi  3 j  4k and q i  5 k are two vectors coplanar for (AIE-2004)

1) all except two values of 
where p , q  0 are two scalars. Then the
2) all except one value of 
lengths of the vector are equal for
3) for all values of  4) no value of 
1) all values of ( p , q )
TRIANGLE AND PARALLELOGRAM
2) only finite number of values of ( p , q )
LAW, VECTOR ADDITION:
3) infinite number of values of ( p , q ) 7. The value of ‘a’, for which the points A, B, C
4) No value of ( p , q ) with position vectors
COLLINEAR,LIKE AND UNLIKE 2 i  j  k , i  3 j  5k and ai  3 j  k are
VECTORS: the vertices of a right angled triangle with
2. If the points a  b , a  b , a  kb are 
collinear, then C  are [ AIE-2006]
2
1) k has only one real value 1) –2 and 1 2) 2 and –1
2) k has two real value 3) k has all real values 3) 2 and 1 4) –2 and –1
4) k has finite number of real values
SCALAR MULTIPLICATION AND
3. Let f  t   t  i   t  t   j  t  1 k be a THEIR PROPERTIES
vector. Where . is a greatest integer 8. Let A and B be points with position vectors
a and b with respect to origin O. If the point
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function. If f   and i   j   k are ‘C’ on OA is such that 2 AC  CO, CD is
4
parallel vectors then   ,    parallel to OB and CD  3 OB then AD is
 1    1  a a a a
1) (1, 1) 2)  ,2 3)  , 2  4)  , 4  1) b  2) 3b  3) b  4) b 
4  2  4  9 3 3 3
4. The positions vector of three points are SECTION FORMULA,MID POINT
2a-b+3c , a-2b+xc and ya-5b where 5a  4b  5c
9. A point C  divides the line
a,b,c are non-coplanar vectors. If the 3
three points are collinear, then joining the points A=a-2b+3c and B in the
9 9 ratio 2:1, then the position vector of B is
1) x  2, y  2) x  ,y2 1) a+3b-4c 2) 2a-3b+ 4c
4 4
9 3) 2a+3b+4c 4) 2a+3b-4c
3) x  , y  2 4) x  2, y  2 10. In quadrilateral ABCD ,
4
5. If r = 3p+4q and 2r = p-3q then AB  a , BC  b , AD  b  a . If M is the mid
point of BC and N is a point on DM such that
1) r , q have same direction and r <2 q
4
2) r , q have opposite direction and r >2 q DN  DM , then AN 
5
3) r , q have opposite direction and r <2 q 1 2 3 4
1) AC 2) AC 3) AC 4) AC
4) r , q have same direction and r >2 q 5 5 5 5
COPLANAR AND NON COPLANAR 11. The median AD of  ABC is bisected at E
VECTORS and BE is produced to meet the side AC in F.
6. If a , b , c are non coplanar vectors and  is Then the ratio AF : FC =
1) 1 : 3 2) 2 : 1 3) 1 : 2 4) 3 : 1
a real number, then the vectors
LINEAR COMBINATION,LINEARLY
a  2b  3c ,  b  4c and (2  1)c are non
INDEPENDENT AND
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DEPENDENT VECTORS, DC’S & P is
DR’S: 1) centroid of  ABC 2) Orthocentre of  ABC
12. If r  3i  2 j  5k , a  2 i  j  k , 3) circumcentre of  ABC 4) incentre of  ABC
18. The position vectors of the vertices of a
b  i  3 j  2 k and c  2 i  j  3k
triangle are 3i+4j+5k,i+7k and
such that r = λa +μb + vc . Then
5 i+ 5 j The distance between the
λ
1) μ, , v are in A.P.. 2) λ, μ, v are in A.P circumcentre and orthocentre is
2
3
3) λ, μ, v are in H.P.. 4) λ, μ, v are in G.P.. 1) 0 2) 306 3) 2 306 4) 306
2
13. If OA  3i  j  k , | AB | = 2 6 and AB has 19. The position vectors A, B are a , b
the direction ratios 1,-1,2 then |OB| = respectively. The position vector of C is
1) 35 2) 41 3) 26 4) 55 5a
14. A vector e whose magnitude is 10 and making -b . Then
3
equal angles less than 900 with the 1) C is outside the OAB but inside the angle
coordinate axes is OBA
1 10 2) C is outside the OAB but inside the angle
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1)
3
 i  j k  2)
3
 i  j k  BOA
3) C is outside the OAB but inside the angle
10 10
3)
3
 i  j k  4)
3
 i  j k  COA
4) inside the triangle OAB
GEOMETRICAL APPLICATIONS 20. If (2, -1, 2) is the centroid of tetrahedron
15. A vector a has components a1 , a 2 , a 3 in a right OABC and G1 is the centroid of ABC then
handed rectangular cartesian coordinate OG1 
system OXYZ .The coordinate system is
1) 4 2) 1 3) 9/2 4) 3/2
rotated about z-axis through an angle  2 .The ANGULAR BISECTORS
components of a in the new system are 21. If 4 i  7 j  8k , 2i  3 j  4k and
1) (a1 , a 2 , a3 ) 2) (a 2 , a1 , a3 ) 2i  5 j  7k are the position vectors of the
3) (a 2 , a1 , a3 ) 4) (a 2 , a1 ,a3 ) vertices A,B and C of triangle ABC, the
position vector of the point where the bisector
16. Given three vectors a  6 i  3 j , b  2 i  6 j
of A meets BC is
and c  2 i  21 j such that 2 2
1) ( 6i  8 j  6k ) 2) (6i  8 j  6k )
  a  b  c .Then the resolution of the 3 3
vector  into components with respect to 1
3) (6i  13 j  18k ) 4) 2(i  j  k )
a and b given by 3
1) 3a  2b 2) 3b  2a 3) 2a  3b 4) a  3b 22. Let A (4,7,8) B (2,3,4) and C (2,5,7) be the
position vectors of the vertices of a  ABC.
17. If a , b , c are position vectors of vertices A,
Then the length of internal angular bisector
B, C of  ABC . If r is position vector of a of angle A is
point P such that  b c  c  a  a b r 1)
3
34 2)
2
34 3)
1
34 4)
1
34
2 3 2 3
 b  c a  c  a b  a  b c then the point

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REGULAR POLYGON 0 0 2  1
23. If A1 A2 ...... An is a regular polygon. Then the 6. 0  4  0  (2  1) 0    0
vector A1 A2  A2 A3  ...  An A1 is equal to 1 2 3

1) 0 
2) n A1 A2     0,  
1
, Vectors are coplanar for values
2
3) n  OA  (O is the centre ) 4)  n  1  A A 
1 1 2 1
of   0, , Vectors are non coplanar for all
VECTOR EQUATION OF A LINE 2
AND A PLANE except two values of  .
24. Line passing through the points 7. AB 2  BC 2  CA 2
2a  3b  c , 3a  4b  2c intersects the  1  4  36  ( a  1) 2  36  (a  2) 2  4
line passing through the points  41  2a 2  6a  45  2a 2  6a  4  0
a  2b  3c , a  6b  6c at P. Position vector
 a 2  3a  2  0
of P =
 ( a  1) ( a  2)  0  a  1, 2
1) 2a  b 2) a  2b 3) 3a  4b 4) a  2b
25. P is a point on the line through the point A 1 a
8. AC  AO   , CD  3OB  3b
3 3
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whose position vector is a and the line is

parallel to the vector b . If PA  6 , then the a
AD  3b 
position vector of P is 3
6 6 OA  2OB
1) a  6b 2) a  b 3) a  6b 4) b  a 9. OC 
b a 3
10. Let point A be taken as origin . Then the position
LEVEL-II (C.W)-K E Y
01) 3 02) 3 03) 2 04) 3 05) 2 06) 1
vectors of B,C and D are a , a  b and b  a
07) 3 08) 2 09) 4 10) 3 11) 3 12) 1
13) 1 14) 2 15) 3 16) 3 17) 4 18) 2 respectively .
19) 1 20) 1 21) 3 22) 2 23) 1 24) 2 a b a b
25) 2 P.V. of M  a
2 2
LEVEL-II (C.W)-HINTS  DN : NM  4 :1
1. p 2  9  16  q  25  p2 q  b
4a  ba 3
2 3 AN  AC
2. OA  a  b , OC  a  kb . . of N  
PV  a b ;
  5
5 5
OB  a  b , AB  2b
11. Take ‘A’ as origin and let AB  b and AC  c
AC  (k  1)b  k is any real number
b c b c
5 1 D  ,E , the equation of the line
3. f    i  j  2k 2 4
4 4
AC is r  t c .... (1) and the equation of the line
4. AB  a  b  ( x  3)c
b c 
AC  ( y  2) a  4b  3c BE is r  (1  s )b  s   ........(2)
 4 
y  2 4 3
Now,    y  2, x  9 / 4 s
1 1 x  3 At the common point F, 1  s   0 and
4
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s 4 1
t  s  and t  putting the value of t in
4 3 3 LEVEL - II (H.W)
1
(1), AF  AC  AF : FC  1: 2
3
12. r = λa + μb + vc
POSITION VECTOR,UNIT AND
Compare like vectors, μ = 1, v = 2, λ = 3 .
EQUAL VECTORS:
λ 1. Let us define, the length of a vector as
Hence , μ, , v are in A.P..
2
a  b  c . This definition coincides with the
13. 
AB  AB . D.C.s of AB  usual definition of the length of a vector
 2 6 t 6 t 2 ai  bj  ck iff
14. | e | 10 and      1) a  b  c  0 2) Any one of a, b, c is zero
15. Use transformation of axes 3) any two of a, b, c are zero 4) a  b  c  0
16.   a  b  c  6 i  12 j COLLINEAR,LIKE AND UNLIKE
let   xa  yb . Then VECTORS:
6 x  2 y  6 and  3 x  6 y  12 2. P,Q and R are three points with position
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BC a+ CA b+ AB c vectors i  j , i  j and ai  bj  ck
17. r=
BC + CA + AB respectively. If P,Q and R are collinear,
18. Origin is the circumcentre and the orthocentre is then
a + b + c = 9 i + 9 j +12k 1) a = b = c = 0
 The distance between circumcentre and 2) a = 1, b, c are any real numbers
3) a = b = c = 1
orthocentre is a + b + c .
4) a =1 , c = 0 and b is any real number
19. Follow synopsis
3. If 10i+3j , 12i-5j and λi+11j are the
20. Let G (2, 1, 2)  OG  1  4  4
position vectors of three collinear points. Then
| OG ' | 3  1  is
21. D ; BC  AB : AC 1) 4 2) 8 3)12 4) 22
22. AB  6, AC  3 , D divides BC the ratio 2:1 4. Let a=(1,1,-1), b=(5,-3,-3) and c=(3,-1,2). If
23. Let O be the centre. a b
A1 Ai1  OAi1  OAi r is collinear with c and has length ,
2
n1 n 1 then r equals
 A1 Ai1   OAi1  OAi   0
i 1 i 1 3 2
24. On verification a  2b common point to both the 1)  3 c 2)  c 3) c 4)  c
2 3
lines.
25. Equation of line r  a  tb 5. The vectors 2i + 3j, 5i + 6j and 8i + λ j have

6 their initial point at 1,1 .The value of λ so that

PA  6  r  a  6  tb  6  t  
b the vectors terminate on one straight line is
1) 3 2) 6 3) 9 4) 12
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VECTORS: intersection of AD and BE then BP/PE =

6. If a is a non-zero scalar, then the vectors 9 3 8 8
1) 2) 3) 4)
  ai  2aj  3ak , p  (2a  1) i 8 8 3 9
LINEAR COMBINATION,LINEARLY
 (2a  3) j  ( a  1)k and
INDEPENDENT AND
r  (3a  5) i  (a  5) j  ( a  2) k are DEPENDENT VECOTORS,DC’S
1) coplanar if a < 0 2) coplanar if a > 0 & DR’S
3) always coplanar 4) never coplanar
12. If r  3i  2 j  5k , a  2i  j  k ,
7. Let A=2i+4j-k ; B=4i+5j+k . If the centroid
b  i  3 j  2 k and c  2i  j  3k such
G of the triangle ABC is 3i+5j-k then the
position vector of C is that r  la  mb  nc , then l-m-n =
1) 0 2) 2 3) 3 4) -2
1) 3i-6j+3k 2) 3i-6j-3k
13. If a  i  j  k, b  4 i  3j  4k
3) 3i-6j+2k 4) 3i+6j-3k
c  i   j   k be linearly dependent
8. a and b are non collinear vectors .
vectors and c  3 then
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u  xa  2 yb , v  2 ya  3xb and
w  4a  2b , are vectors such that 1)   1,   1 2)   1,   1
2u  v  w . Then 3)   1,   1 4)   1,   1
14. x-component of a is twice its y-component.
4 6 10 4
1) x  , y  2) x  ,y  If the magnitude of the vector is 5 2 and it
7 7 7 7
makes an angle of 1350 with z-axis then the
8 2 vector is
3) x  ,y 4) x  6, y  4
7 7 1) 2 3, 3,  3  2) 2 6, 6 ,  6
9. A point collinear with (1,-2,-3) and (2,0,0)
3)  2 5, 5,  5  4)  6 , 6 ,  6 
among the following is
1) (0,4,6) 2) (0,-4,-5) 3) (0,-4,-6) 4) (0,-4,6) GEOMETRICAL APPLICATIONS
SECTION FORMULA, MID POINT 15. A2  a2 cos   a3 sin   8,
10. In the OAB, M is the mid point of AB, C is A3   a2 sin   a3 cos   4 with respect to
a point on OM, such that 2OC  CM . X is rectangular coordinate system OXYZ, the
components of vector a  (2, 4,8) . The
a point on the side OB such that OX  2 XB .

The line XC is produced to meet OA in Y. Then system is rotated through an angle of about
2
OY X-axis. The components of a in the new
=
YA system are
1) (2, 8, 4) 2) (2, 8, -4)
1 2 3 2 3) (2, -8, 4) 4) (2, -8, -4)
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 7 2 5 16. A vector a has components 2p and 1 with
11. In triangle ABC, D and E are points on BC respect to a rectangular cartesian coordinate
and AC respectively such that BD  2 DC system. This system is rotated through a
certain angle about the origin in the counter
and AE  3EC Let P be the point of

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clock - wise sense. If, with respect to the new 22. If the vertices of a  ABC are A = (1,-1,-3),
system, a has components p + 1 and 1 then B = (2,1, -2) and C = (-5, 2,-6), then the length
1) p  0 2) p  0 or p  1/ 3 of the internal bisector of angle A is
3) p  1 or p  1/ 2 3 10 3 10 3 10 3 10
4) p  1 or p  1 /3 1) 2) 3) 4)
2 5 7 4
17. If a , b , c , d are the position vectors of four REGULAR POLYGON
points A, B, C, D in a plane such that 23. If ABCDE is a regular pentagon and
a  d  b  d  c  d then the point D is AB  AE  BC  DC  ED  (  1) ( AC )
the ... of ABC then  
1) centroid 2) circumcentre 1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
3) orthocentre 4) incentre VECTOR EQUATION OF LINE AND
18. If p is the position vector of the orthocentre PLANE
24. P, Q, R and S are four points with the
and g is the position vector of the centroid
of the triangle ABC when circumcentre is the position vectors 3i  4 j  5k , 4k ,
origin if p   g then   4 i  5 j  k and 3i  4 j  3k
1 2 respectively. Then the line PQ meets the
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3 3 line RS at the point [EAM-2013]
19. The position vectors of A,B are a , b
1) 3i  4 j  3k 2) 3i  4 j  3k
respectively and the position vector of C is
3)  i  4 j  k 4) i  j  k
a b
 .Then 25. A line passes through the points whose
2 3
position vectors are i  j  2k and
1) C is inside the OAB
2) C is outside the OAB but inside the angle i  3 j  k . The position vector of a point on
AOB it at unit distance from the first point is
3) C is outside the OAB but inside the angle 1 1
OAB 1)
5
5i  j  7k  2)
5
 4 i  9 j  15k 
4) can not be said
1
20. In a trapezium ABCD, BC   AD and 3) ( i  4 j  3k ) 4) ( i  4 j  3k )
5
x  AC  BD . If x  p AD then p  LEVEL - II (H.W)-KEY
1)   1 2)   1 01) 3 02) 4 03) 2 04) 3 05) 3 06) 4
07) 4 08) 2 09) 3 10) 2 11) 3 12) 1
3) 1   4) 2   1
13) 4 14) 3 15) 2 16) 4 17) 2 18) 1
ANGULAR BISECTORS 19) 1 20) 2 21) 2 22) 4 23) 3 24) 2
21. Taking ‘O’ as origin the position vectors of 25) 1
A,B are i  3 j  2k ,3i  j  2k The vector LEVEL - II (H.W)-HINTS:
OC is bisecting the angle AOB and ‘C’ is a 1. a 2  b2  c 2  a  b  c is possible only
point on line AB then OC is when any two of them are zero
1) 4( i  j  k ) 2) 2(i  j  k ) 2. AB  2 j , AC  ( a  1) i  (b  1) j  ck and

3) ( i  j  k ) 4) 6( i  j  k ) AB  t AC

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 11 1 find l , m, n
10 3 1  0 1 1 1
3. 2 2
12  5 1 4 3 4  0;     2
13.
1  
4. We have, r   c ,Given | a  b | 2 |  || c
14. Let a  2 xi  xj  zk
2 3 1

5.
5 6 1 =0 5x2  z 2  5 2
8 λ 1 z z 1
Also cos1350   
a 2a 3a 5x2  z 2 5 2 2
(2a 1) 2a  3 a 1  0  z  5 x 5
6.
3a  5 a  5 a  2 Required vector  2 5 i  5 j  5k
7. C=3G-A-B 15. Use transformation of axes
8. 2( xa  2 yb)  ( 2 ya  3 xb )  4 a  2b 2
16. 4 p2  1   p  1 1
2 x  2 y  4  x  y  2 , 4 y  3 x  2
9. let P(x,y,z) be collinear with the given points.
17. AD  BD  CD
1  x  2  y 3  z
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Then  
x2 y z D is equidistant from the points A, B, C
18. Centroid G divides line joining orthocentre and
a b
10. OA  a , OB  b ,  OM  circumcentre in the ratio 2 : 1
2
1 5a  3b 5a  3b
 OC  a  b  19. OC    OP  say 
6 3 2
2 Then C lies internally in OP where P is a point
OX  b equation of CX is which divides AB in the ratio 3 : 5 externally
3
2 t 20. AC  BD  x  p AD
r  1  t  b   a  b  ..... (1)
3 6  b   d    d  b   pd  p   1
equation of the line OA is, r  sa ..... (2)
21. C ; AB  OA : OB
t 2 t
From (1) and (2) s  and   0 , 22. D ; BC  AB : AC
6 3 2
4 2 2 OY 2 23. AB  AE  BC  DC  ED
 t  or s  ,  OY  a ,  
3 9 9 YA 7
11. Let a , b , c , d and e be the position vectors of
 AB  BC  AE  ED  DC    
A,B,C,D and E points respectively. x 3 y  4 z 5
24. Eq. of the line PQ is   t
3d  2c  b .......(i), 4e  a  3b ....(ii) 0  3 0  4 4  5
From (i) & (ii) , we get x4 y  5 z 1
Eq. of RS is   s
9d  2a  6c  3b  2a  8e  3b  P.V of P.. 3  4 4  5 3  1
BP 8 AP 9 AB
Then  ,  25. OP  r  OA 
PE 3 PD 2 AB
12. 3 i  2 j  5k  l  2 i  j  k  

m  i  3 j  2 k   n  2 i  j  3k 

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LEVEL - III 8 9 11 4
1) 2) 3) 4)
17 17 17 17
1. A unit tangent vector at t = 2 on the curve 6. ‘O’ is the origin in the Cartesian plane. From
the origin ‘O’ take point A in the North-East
x  t 2  2; y  4t  5; z  2t 2  6t is
1 direction such that O A =5, B is a point in the
1
1)
3
i  j  k  2)  2 i  2 j  k 
3 North-West direction such that OB  5 .
1 1
3)
6
 2i  j  k  4)
3
i  j  k  Then OA  OB is
2. The vectors a  x   cos xi  sin xj , 1) 25 2) 5 2 3) 10 5 4) 5
b  x   xi  sin xj are collinear for : 7. Let O be the origin of the coordinate system
in the Cartesian plane, OP and OR be

1) Unique value of x such that 0  x  vectors making angles 45 0 and 135 0
6
  respectively with the positive directions of the
2) Unique value of x such that  x  X-axis (i.e., in the counter clock wise).
6 3
Rectangle OPQR is completed and M is the
3) No value of x
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
4) Infinitely many values of x in 0  x 
2 diagonal PR at T, and OP  3, OR  4, then
3. Let a line cut the sides PQ,PS and diagonal
PR of a parallelogram at Q1 , R1 and OT is
S1 respectively such that 1 2
1)
2
i  j  2)
3
i  5 j 
PQ1  1 PQ, PR1  3 PR and PS1  2 PS ,
then 2 2
1 1 1
3)
3
 i 5j  4)
3
i  5 j 
1 1 1
1)      2)     
1 2 3 1 2 3 8. If b is the vector whose initial point divides
1 1 1 1 1 1 the joining 5i and 5 j in the ratio  : 1 and
3)      4)     
1 2 3 1 2 3

4. The value of  so that the points P, Q, R, S terminal point is at origin. If b  37 then

on the sides OA, OB, OC and AB of a regular 
OP 1
tetrahedron are coplanar. When  ;  1 
OA 3 1) (  , 6]    ,  
 6 
OQ 1 OR 1 AS
 ,  and   is  1 
OB 2 OC 3 AB 2) (  ,  3)    ,  
 4 
1
1)   2)   1 3)   0 4)  2 1   1
2
3) (, 0)   ,   4)  6,  
5. If DA  a ; AB  b and CB  ka where k > 2   6
9. Let AC be an arc of a circle , subtending a
0 and X, Y are the midpoints of DB and AC
right angle at the centre O. The point B
respectively such that a  17 and XY  4 , divides the arc AC in the ratio 1:2 If OA  a
then k = and OB  b , then OC in terms of a and
b is
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16. A man starts at the origin of the coordinate
1) b  3 a 2) 2b  a 3) 2b  3 a 4) b  a axes and walks a distance of 3 units in the
10. In ΔOAB , E is the mid point of AB and F is North-East direction and then walks distance
a point on OA such that OF  2 FA . If C is of 4 units in the North-West direction to reach
the point of intersection of OE and BF, then the point P. Then OP equals
find the ratios OC : CE and BC : CF are i j 1
1) 1: 4; 3: 2 2) 4 :1; 3: 2 1)  i  j  2)
2 2
3) 4 :1; 1: 2 4) 4 :1; 2 :3 i j 1
11. ABCD is a parallelogram and P is a point on 3) 4) i  7 j 
2 2
the segment AD dividing it internally in the 17. ABCDEF be a regular hexagon in the xy
ratio 3:1 the line BP meets the diagonal AC plane and AB  4 i . Then CD 
in Q. Then the ratio AQ:QC is
1) 3:4 2) 4:3 3) 3:2 4) 2:3 1) 6 i  2 3 j 2) 2  i  3 j  
12. In ABC , P, Q, R are points on 3) 2 i  3 j 4) 2 i  3 j    
B C , C A , A B respectively, dividing them in the 18. OABCDE is a regular hexagon of side 2 units
ratio 1:4, 3:2 and 3 : 7. The point S divides in the xy-plane O being the origin and OA
AB in the ratio 1:3. taken along the x-axis. A point P is taken on
a line parallel to z-axis through the centre of
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AP  BQ  CR hexagon at a distance of 3 units from O. The

Then 
CS vector AP is
1)  i  3 j  5k 2) i  3 j  5k
1 2 5 7
1) 2) 3) 4) 3) i  3 j  5k 4)  i  3 j  5k
5 5 2 10
13. In a triangle ABC, if 19. The triangle ABC is defined by the vertices
A = (0,7,10), B = (-1,6,6) and C = (-4,9,6) let
A  (0, 0); B  (3,3 3); C  ( 3 3,3) then D be the foot of the altitude from B to the
the vector of magnitude 2 2 units directed side AC . Then BD is
along AO , where O is the circumcentre of 1) i  2 j  2k 2) i  2 j  2k
triangle ABC is 3) i  2 j  2 k 4) i  2 j  2k
20. The equation to the altitude of the triangle
  
1) 1  3 i  1  3 j 2) 3i  2 j formed by (1, 1, 1), (1, 2, 3), (2, -1, 1) through
3) i  3 j 4) i  2 j (1, 1, 1) is
1) r   i  j  k   t  i  3 j  2k 
14. Vectors a  4 i  3k; b  14 i  2 j  5k aree
laid off from one point.Vector d ,which is being 2) r   i  j  k   t  3i  j  2k 
laid off from the same point dividing theagle 3) r   i  j  k   t  i  j  2k 
between vectors a and b in equal halves and 4) r  5
having the magnitude 6 ,is 21. Image of the point P with position vector
1) i  j  2k 2) i  j  2k 7i  j  2k in the line whose vector equation
3) i  j  2k 4) 2 i  j  2k is r  9i  5 j  5k   i  3 j  5k has the  
15. 3 forces are applied to a vertex of a cube position vector
which are 1, 2 and 3 in magnitude and are
directed along the diagonals of the faces of 1) 9 i  5 j  2k 2) 9i  5 j  2k
the cube meeting in that vertex. The 3) 9i  5 j  2k 4) 9i  5 j  2k
magnitude of the resultant of these forces is
1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) 6 22. If A 2i  j 3k  , B 4i  j  k  , C  i 3 j  2k 

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and D  i  j  2k  then the vector equation  3   3  4

OR  4cos  i  4sin  j  i  j 
 4   4  2
of the plane parallel to ABC and passing
through the centroid of the tetrahedron ABCD  2 2 i  j  Now
is
1
1) r   2 i  j  k   s  2 i  2 j  2k  t  i  k  OP  PQ  OP  OR   i  7 j 
2
2) r   2 i  j  3k   s  i  j  k   t  i  k  3 1
3) r   2 i  j  k   s  i  j  k   t  i  2 j  5k 
 i  j   i  7 j 
 OM  2 2
4) r   2 i  j  k   s  i  j  k   t  i  2 j  5k  2
LEVEL - III-KEY 2 i  10 j i 5 j
01) 2 02) 2 03) 2 04) 4 05) 2 06) 2  
2 2 2
07) 4 08) 1 09) 3 10) 2 11) 1 12) 2
13) 1 14) 1 15) 3 16) 4 17) 2 18) 1 2
19) 2 20) 3 21) 2 22) 3 Now PT : TR  1: 2  OT  i  5 j 
3
LEVEL - III-HINTS
5 i  5 j
dr 8. b and b  37
1. r   t  2  i   4t  5  j   2t  6t  k  find
2 2
 1
dt
 1 
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cosx sinx
2. For collinearity, = 6 1   6  0    ( ,  6]   ,  
x sinx  6 
 cos x  x
now, draw the graphs of y  cos x and y  x ,
then observe A
B
3. PR  PQ  PS ( parallelogram law)
P R1 P Q1 P S1
  O
3 1 2 30
9.
Since Q1 , R1 and S1 points are collinear,, 60
O

1 1 1 1 1 1
    0   O C
3 1 2 3 1 2
4. OA  a , OB  b , OC  c Given that OA, OB and OC are coplanar , then
1 OB can be written as the linear combination of
AB  b  a , OP  3 a two non-colinear vectors OA and OC . Let
1 1 a  b OC and OA be taken a long x and y axes
OQ  b , OR  c , OS 
2 3 1 
P, Q, R, S are coplanar points respectively , and OA  OB  OB  r
 PQ, PR, RS are coplanar vector    2 where r be the radius, then we can write
(1  k ) a 9 OC OA
5. XY 
2
 XY  4  k 
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OB  r  cos 60   r  cos 30 
OC OA
6. BA 2  OA 2  OB 2  25  25  50
1 3
Then OA  OB  5 2 b  OC  a  OC  2b  3a
2 2
    3
7. OP   3cos  i   3sin  j 
4 4
i  j 
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O i  j, j  k , k  i
i j  j k  k i 
2 Now  2   3  5
2  2   2 
16. Let O Q  3, Q P  4, Q R  4
F 3 4
10.
1  OQ   i  j  , QP   - i + j  ,
2 2

A 1 E 1 B P
3 4
11. Take AB  b and AD  d so that AP  d
4 Q
and AC  b  d . Equation of the line BP is
3
3 
r  1 t  b  t  d  and the equation of the
O
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 4 
line AC is r  s b  d  1
 OP  OQ  QP 
2
 i  7 j 
Equating the coefficients of b , d
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3t 4 3 17. Take A as origin then AB  4i

1 t  s   4  7 t or t  and s 
4 7 7 AC  6 i  6 3 j and AD  AC  CD
3 18. Let O ' be the centre of the hexagon
 AQ   b  d  and hence Let M be the mid point of OA
7
AQ : QC  3 : 4 OM = 1, MO '  3 and
OC  4OB 3OA  2OC O'P  9 4  5
12. OP  , OQ  ,
5 5
OP  i  3 j  5k and
3OB  7OA OB  3OA
OR  , OS  AP   i  3 j  5k
10 4
AP  BQ  CR  OP  OA  19. B divides AC in the ratio BA : BC

OQ  OB  OR  OC 20. LetA , A 1,1,1 , B 1, 2,3 , C  2, 1,1

3OA  OB  4OC 4OS  4OC 2 Then AB  AC  5
   CS
10 10 5 3 1 
13. Right angled triangle. Midpoint of BC is D   , , 2  and
2 2 
(3  3 3) (3 3  3) i j 1
AO  i j
2 2 AD  BC , AD    k  i  j  2k
2 2 2
 
3

2

(1  3) i  (1  3) j  Equation of AD is
r   i  j  k   t  i  j  2k 
Vector of magnitude 2 2 units along
21. Let (x, y, z) is image of (7, –1, 2) w.r.t. the given
AO  (1  3) i  (1  3) j line.Then ( x  7)1  ( y  1)3  ( z  2)5  0
14. a  A vector V bisecting the angle between ... (1)
2i  2 j  4k x  11 y  11 z  8
a andb is V  a  b  and 2  2  2 ....... (2)
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1 3 5
Required vector = 6 v
Solving (1) or (2)  ( x, y , z )  (9, 5, 2)
15. Let the diagonals of the faces of the cube are
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22. Centroid 2 i  j  k , AB  2 i  2 j  2k , then 5a  6b  7c , 7a  8b  9c ,

AC    i  2 j  5k  3a  20b  5c are coplanar..

Reason (R): The system of equations
Equation of plane is
5 x1  7 x2  3x3  0 , 6 x1  8x2  20 x3  0 ,
r   2i  j  k   s  i  j  k   t  i  2 j  5k 
7 x1  9 x2  5 x3  0 has non zero solutions.
1) a 2) b 3) c 4) d
LEVEL - IV 6. Statement-1: If
Assertion-Reason Type :    
r  3i  j  k  t 2i  j  2k be a line, then
Note : the point on the line such that its magnitude
a) Both A and R are true and R is a correct 15 units from the point (3, 1, -1) is
explanation of A
b) Both A and R are true and R is not a 13i  4 j  9k  .
correct explanation of A Statement-2: The vector equation of the
c) A is true but R is false. plane passing through (0, 0, 0), (0, 5, 0) and
d) A is false but R is true  
(2, 0, 1) is r  5t j  s 2i  k , s, t  R
1. Assertion (A): If a , b are collinear and c is 1) only I 2) only II
a non zero vector then a , b , c are coplanar.. 3) Both I and II 4) Neither I nor II
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Reason(R): Two vectors are always coplanar. 7. Statement-1: If OABC is a parallelogram

1) a 2) b 3) c 4) d and OA  a , OC  c then the equation of the
2. Observe the following statements side BC is r  c  ta , t  R
Assertion (A): Three vectors are coplanar if Statement-2: Vector equation of the median
one of them is expressible as a linear
combination of other two through A of triangle ABC with a , b, c aree
Reason(R): Any three coplanar vectors are respectively position vector of the vertices
linearly dependent then which of the
following is true A, B, C is r  1  t  a  t
b  c  .
1) a 2) b 3) c 4) d 2
Which of the above statements is/are true.
3. Assertion (A): If a = i + j+ k , 1) only I 2) only II
b=4i+3j+4k , 3) Both I and II 4) Neither I nor II
8. If D,E,F are the midpoints of sides BC, CA,
c=i+αj+βk are linearly dependent and c AB of triangle ABC and G is the centroid
then match the following
= 3 then   1,   1
1) AD  BE  CF a) CB
Reason(R): For coplanar vectors every
vector can be expressed as linear 2) GA  GB b) 3OG
combination of other. 3) AB  CA c) O
1) a 2) b 3) c 4) d
4. Assertion (A): If vectors a and c are non 2
4) OD  OE  OF d)  ( AD  BE )
collinear then the lines 3
r  6a  c   (2c  a ) , e) 3OE
r  (a  c )   (a  3c ) are coplanar.. 1) c,d,a,b 2) d,b,a,c 3) c,d,e,a 4) b,c,e,a
9. In  ABC , D, E , F are midpoints of the sides
Reason(R): There exist  and  such that
BC, CA and AB respectively. ‘O’ is the
the two values of r become same.
circumcentre ‘G’ is the centroid. ‘H’ is the
1) a 2) b 3) c 4) d orthocentre and P is any point.
5. Assertion (A): If a, b , c are non coplanar Match the following

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1) PA  PB  PC a) O

2) GA+GB+PC b) OH
2 1
3) AD  BE  CF c) PD  PE  PF
3 2
1
4) OA  OB  OC d) AC
2
1) a, b, c, d 2) c, a, b, d
3) c, a, d, b 4) a, b, d, c
LEVEL - IV-KEY
01) 1 02) 2 03) 1 04) 1 05) 2
06) 3 07) 3 08) 1 09) 3
LEVEL - IV-HINTS
1. If a , c are coplanar then b also lie on the same
plane.
2. Both A and R are true,
1 1 1
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4 3 4  0, 1   2   2  3
3.
1  
4. compare the coefficients of a and c . Find 
and  .
5 7 3
6 8 20  0
5. In both cases
7 9 5
6. A = (3, 1, -1) and OP  r
AP  t  2 i  j  2 k  , AP  15  t  5

  
and the point P = 3i  j  k  5 2i  j  2k 
for II, the equation of the plane passing through
origin, b & c is r  tb  sc
7. For I, the line BC parallel to OA and passing
through C  c  . For II, The medium passing
bc
through A  a  &
2
OC  OB OA  OC
8. OD  , OE 
2 2
OB  OA OA  OB  OC
OF  , OG 
2 3

9. Let P  0 , O D  OC  OB , OE  OA  OC
2 2
OB  O A
OF 
2

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