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VECTOR
LEVEL−I

     
1. OA and OB are two vectors such that | OA  OB | = | OA  2 OB | . Then
(A) BOA = 90 (B) BOA > 90
(C) BOA < 90 (D) 60  BOA  90
    
2. If b and c are two non-collinear vectors such that a. b  c  4 and
    
 
   
a  b  c  x 2  2x  6 b  sin y c , then the point ( x, y) lies on
(A) x =1 (B) y =1
(C) y =  (D) x + y = 0
     
3.   
The scalar a . b  c  a  b  c  equals
 
(A) 0 (B) 2 a b c  
(C) a b c  (D) None of these

4. If â, b̂, ĉ are three unit vectors, such that â  b̂  ĉ is also a unit vector, and 1, 2, 3 are
angle between the vectors, â, b̂; b̂, ĉ and ĉ, â respectively then cos1 + cos2 + cos3
equals
(A) 3 (B) -3 (C) 1 (D) -1
    
5. If angle between a and b is , then angle between 2a and  3b is
3
(A) /3 (B) -/3 (C) 2/3 (D) -2/3

6. The vectors 2 î  m ĵ  3mk̂ and 1  m î  2m ĵ  k̂ include an acute angle for

(A) all real m (B) m < –2 or m > –1/2
(C) m = –1/2 (D) m  [–2, –1/2]
  
7. a  3, b  4, c  5 such that each is perpendicular to sum of the other two, then
  
abc =
5
(A) 5 2 (B) (C) 10 2 (D) 5 3
2

  1  
8. If x and y are two vectors and  is the angle between them, then x  y is equal to
2
  
(A) 0 (B) (C) sin (D) cos
2 2 2

   
9.  
If u  iˆ  a  iˆ  ˆj  ( a  ˆj )  kˆ  ( a  kˆ ) , then
(A) u is unit vector (B) u = a + i + j + k
(C) u = 2a (D) none of these

10. Let â and b̂ be two unit vectors such that â  b̂ is also a unit vector. Then the angle
between â and b̂ is
(A) 30 (B) 60
(C) 90 (D) 120
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 ˆ  
11. If a  î  ĵ  k̂ , b  4 î  3 ĵ  4k̂ and c  î   ĵ  k̂ are linearly dependent vectors and c =
3.
(A)  =1,  = -1 (B)  = 1,   1
(C)  = -1,   1 (D)  =  1,  = 1
       
12. Let a  2 î  ĵ  2k̂ and b  î  ĵ . If c is a vector such that a  c = c , c  a  2 2 and the
     
  
angle between a  b and c is 30, then a  b  c = 
2 3
(A) (B)
3 2
(C) 2 (D) 3

13.  
Let a  i  k , b  x i  j  1  x  k and b  y i  x j  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

14.  
If | a  b || a | , then b. 2a  b equals
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2a.b (D) none of these

15. If | a | = 3, | b | = 5, | c | = 7 and a  b  c = 0, then angle between a and b is

 
(A) (B)
4 3

(C) (D) none of these
2

16. Given that angle between the vectors a   î  3 ĵ  k̂ and b  2 î   ĵ  k̂ is acute, whereas
the vector b makes with the co-ordinate axes on obtuse angle then  belongs to
(A) (-, 0) (B) (0, )
(C) R (D) none of these
  
17. If a, b and c are unit coplanar vectors then the scalar triple product
     

2a  b, 2b  c, 2c  a = 
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C)  3 (D) 3

     
18. If a  b  a  b , then the angle between a and b is
(A) acute (B) obtuse
(C) /2 (D) none of these

 b c 
19. If the lines r  x 
|b| | c |
 
and r  2b  y c  b intersect at a point with position vector
 
 b c 
z  , then
| b | | c |
 
(A) z is the AM between | b | and | c | (B) z is the GM between | b | & | c |
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(C) z is the HM between | b | and | c | (D) z = | b | + | c |

      
20. Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon and AB  a , BC  b , CD  c then AE is

    
(A) a  b  c (B) a  b
   
(C) b  c (D) c  a

 
21. The number of unit vectors perpendicular to vectors a  1,1,0 and b =  0,1,1 is

(A) One (B) Two

(C) Three (D) Infinite

22. If p and d are two unit vectors and  is the angle between them, then
1 2 
(A) p  d  sin (B) p  d = sin
2 2
1 1
(C)
2
2
p  d  1  cos
  (D)
2

pˆ  dˆ  2
 1  cos 2

23. The value of k for which the points A(1, 0, 3) , B(-1, 3,4) ,C(1, 2, 1) and
D(k, 2, 5) are coplanar is

(A) 1 (2)2
(C) 0 (D) -1

a a2 1  a3
24. If b b2 1  b 3  0 and the vectors A = (1, a, a2), B = (1, b, b2), C = (1,c,c2) are
c c2 1  c3
non - coplanar, then the value of abc will be
(A) –1 (B) 1
(C) 0 (D) None of these
25. Let a, b, c be distinct non-negative numbers. If the vectors aî  aĵ  ck̂, î  k̂, cî  cĵ  bk̂ lie in
a plane, then c is
(A) the arithmetic mean of a and b (B) the geometric mean of a and b
(C) the harmonic mean of a and b (D) equal to zero
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26. The unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by P(1, -1, 2), Q(2, 0, -1), R(0, 2, 1) is
i2jk i  j  2k
(A) (B)
6 6
2i  j  k
(C) (D) None of these
6

     
   A. B C B . A C
27. If A, B, C are non-coplanar vectors then   
   
is equal to
C  A. B C . A B
(A) 3 (B) 0
(B) 1 (D) None of there
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28. If the vector aiˆ  ˆj  kˆ, iˆ  bˆj  kˆ and iˆ  ˆj  ckˆ (a  b c1) are coplanar, then the value
of
1 1 1
  is equal to
1 a 1 b 1 c
(A) 1 (B) 0
(C) 2 (D) None of these

       
29. If a , b , c are vectors such that a . b =0 and a  b  c . Then
2 2 2 2 2 2
(A) a  b  c (B) a  b  c
2 2 2
(C) b  a c (D) None of these

30. The points with position vector 60i + 3j, 40i – 8j and ai –52j are collinear if
(A) a = -40 (B) a = 40 (C) a = 20 (D) none of these .

31. Let â and b̂ be two unit vectors such that â  b̂ is also a unit vector. Then the angle
between â and b̂ is
(A) 30 (B) 60 (C) 90 (D) 120

32. If vectors ax î  3 ĵ  5k̂ and x î  2 ĵ  2axk̂ make an acute angle with each other, for all x 
R, then a belongs to the interval
 1   6   3 
(A)   ,0  (B) ( 0, 1) (C)  0,  (D)   ,0 
 4   25   25 

33. A vector of unit magnitude that is equally inclined to the vectors î  ĵ , ĵ  k̂ and î  k̂ is;
1 1
(A) 
î  ĵ  k̂  (B) î  ĵ  k̂  
3 3
1
(C) 
î  ĵ  k̂  (D) none of these
3

34. Let a, b, c be three distinct positive real numbers. If p, q, r lie in plane, where
p  a î  a ĵ  bk̂ , q  î  k̂ and r  c î  c ĵ  b k̂ then b is
(A) A.M of a, c (B) the G.M of a, c
(C) the H.M of a, c (D) equal to c

85.   
The scalar A . B  C  A  B  C is equal to ______________________

36. 
If a, b, c are unit coplanar vectors, then the scalar triple product 2a  b, 2b  c, 2c  a is 
equal to _____________________

37. The area of a parallelogram whose diagonals represent the vectors 3 î  ĵ  2k̂ and
î  3 ĵ  4k̂ is
(A) 10 3 (B) 5 3
(C) 8 (D) 4
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38.  
The value of a  b b  c c  a is equal to
 
(A) 2 a b c  
(B) 3 a b c
(C) a b c  (D) 0

LEVEL−II

1. If a is any vector in the plane of unit vectors b̂ and ĉ , with b̂  ĉ = 0, then the


magnitude of the vector a  b̂  ĉ is


(A) | a | (B) 2
(C) 0 (D) none of these .
 
2. If a and b are two unit vectors and  is the angle between them, then the unit vector
 
along the angular bisector of a and b will be given by
   
ab ab
(A) (B)
 
2 cos 2 cos
2 2
 
ab
(C) (D) none of these.

2 sin
2
3. If a is a unit vector and projection of x along a is 2 units and a  x   b  x , then x is
given by
1 1
(A)
2
a b  ab   (B) 2a  b  a  b
2
  
 
(C) a  a  b  (D) none of these.

4. If 4 a  5 b  9c  0 , then ( a  b ) [ ( b  c )  ( c  a ) ]is equal to

(A) A vector perpendicular to plane of a, b and c (B) A scalar quantity

(C) 0 (D) None of these

5. The shortest distance of the point (3, 2, 1) from the plane, which passes through a(1, 1, 1)

and which is perpendicular to vector   2 î  3k̂ , is
4 1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 3 (D)
3 13
   
6. Let a  2 î  ĵ  k̂ , b  î  2 ĵ  k̂ and a unit vector c be coplanar. If c is perpendicular to
 
a then c =
1 1
(A)
2

 ĵ  k̂  (B)
3
î  ĵ  k̂ 
1 1
(C)
5

î ˆ 2 j  (D)
2
î  ĵ  k̂ 
         
7. Let a and  
b be the two non–collinear unit vector. If u  a  a  b b and v  a  b , then v is
   
(A) u (B) u  u  a
   
(C) u  u  
ab  (D) none of these
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2 2 2
8. If a, b and c are unit vectors, then a  b  b  c  c  a does NOT exceed
(A) 4 (B) 9
(C) 8 (D) 6

9. If a  r  b  ta and a.r  3, where a  2 î  ĵ  k̂ and b   î  2 ĵ  k̂ then r equals

7 2 7 1
(A) î  ĵ (B) î  ĵ
6 5 6 3
7 2 1
(C) î  ĵ  k̂ (D) none of these
6 3 3
     
   
10. If  a  b   b  c  c  a = 0 and at least one of the numbers ,  and  is non-zero,
  
then the vectors a, b and c are
(A) perpendicular (B) parallel
(C) co-planar (D) none of these
 
11. The vectors a and b are non-zero and non-collinear. The value of x for which vector
     
c = (x –2) a + b and d = (2x +1) a – b are collinear.
(A) 1 (B) 1/2
(C) 1/3 (D) 2
     
12 a b  c , b  c  a , then
    
(A) a = 1, b  c (B) c = 1, a = 1
     
(C) b = 2, b  2a (D) b = 1, b  a

     
13. If a , b , c are three non - coplanar vectors and p, q, r are vectors defined by the
     
 b c  ca  ab
relations p     , q     , r     then the value of 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
   ˆ2
14. The value of |a  ˆi |2 + |a  ˆj|2 + |a  k| is
(A) a2 (B) 2a2
(C) 3a2 (D) None of these

15. If a  î  ĵ, b  2 ĵ  k̂ and r  a  b  a, r  b  a  b , then a unit vector in the direction of r is;

1 1
(A)  î  3 ĵ  k̂  (B) 
î  3 ĵ  k̂ 
11 11
1
(C) î  ĵ  k̂  (D) none of these
3

16. a.î a  î   a. ĵa  ĵ a.k̂ a  k̂  is equal to;
(A) 3 a (B) r
(C) 2 r (D) none of these
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17. If the vertices of a tetrahedron have the position vectors 0, î  ĵ, 2 ĵ  k̂ and î  k̂ then the
volume of the tetrahedron is
(A) 1/6 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) none of these

18. A = (1, -1, 1), C = (-1, -1, 0) are given vectors; then the vector B which satisfies A  B  C
and A.B  1 is ___________________________________

bc
19. If a, b, c are given non-coplanar unit vectors such that a  (b  c )  , then the angle
2
between a and c is ________________________________

20. Vertices of a triangle are (1, 2, 4) (3, 1, -2) and (4, 3, 1) then its area is_______________

21. A unit vector coplanar with i  j  2k and i  2 j  k and perpendicular to i  j  k is

_______________________
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LEVEL−III

    
1. If a, b, c are coplanar vectors and a is not parallel to b then c  b  a  b a  a  c  a  b b is 
equal to
   
(A) a  b  a  b c 
(B) a  b  a  b c  
(C) a  b   a  b c (D) none of these

2. The projection of î  ĵ  k̂ on the line whose equation is r = (3 + ) î + (2 -1) ĵ + 3 k̂ , 

being the scalar parameter is;
1
(A) (B) 6
14
6
(C) (D) none of these
14

3. If p, q are two non-collinear and non-zero vectors such that (b –c) p  q +(c –a) p + (a –b) q = 0
where a, b, c are the lengths of the sides of a triangle, then the triangle is
(A) right angled (B) obtuse angled (C) equilateral (D) isosceles

L−I

1. B 2. A
3. A 4. D
5. C 6. B
7. A 8.
9. C 10. D
11. B 12. B
13. C 14. A
15. B 16. A
17. A 18. A
19. C 20. C
21. B 22. C
23. D 24. A
25. B 26. C
27. B 28. A
29. A 30. A
31. D 32. C
33. C 34. C
35. O 36. O
37. B 38. A

L−II

1. A 2. B
3. B 4. C
5. A 6. A
7. A 8. B
9. D 10. C
11. C 12. D
13. D 14. B
15. A 16. D
17. A 18. K
19.   /3 20. 5 5/2
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   
J K J K
21. − ON
2 2

L−III

1. 2. C
3. C