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Vectors

Er. Vineet Loomba, B.Tech. IIT Roorkee

Mathematics for JEE Main and Advanced Plus Code: VINEETLIVE

26. The angle between the vectors i  j  k and i  2 j  k is

 1   4  4  
(a) cos 1  
 (b) cos 1  
 (c) cos 1   (d)
 15   15  15
  2

27. If a  b  a and | b |  2 | a | then

(a) (2a  b ) || b (b) (2a  b )  b (c) (2a  b )  b (d) (2a  b )  a
28. If a is any vector in space, then
(a) a  (a . i ) i  (a . j )j  (a . k )k (b) a  (a  i )  (a  j )  (a  k )
(c) a  j (a . i )  k (a . j )  i (a . k ) (d) a  (a  i )  i  (a  j )  j  (a  k )  k

29. If a and b are two non-zero vectors, then the component of b along a is
(a . b ) a (a . b ) b (a . b ) b (a . b ) a
(a) (b) (c) (d)
b .b a .a a .b a .a

30. If â is a unit vector and b, a non-zero vector not parallel to â , then the vector b  (aˆ . b ) aˆ is
(a) Parallel to b (b) At right angles to â
(c) Parallel to â (d) At right angles to b
31. Let a  2i  j  k , b  i  2j  k and c  i  j  2k be three vectors. A vector in the plane of b and c whose
projection on a is of magnitude 2 / 3 is [IIT]
(a) 2i  3 j  3k (b) 2i  3 j  3k (c) 2i  j  5 k (d) 2i  j  5 k
32. If  be the angle between the vectors a and b and | a  b | a . b , then  

 
(a)  (b) (c) (d) 0
2 4
33. For any vectors a, b, c. a  (b  c )  b  (c  a )  c  (a  b )  [IIT JEE]
(a) 0 (b) a  b  c (c) [a b c] (d) a  b  c
34. If the vectors a, b and c are represented by, the sides BC, CA and AB respectively of the ABC , then
[IIT JEE]
(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
35. a  b  b  c  0 , where a, b and c are coplanar vectors, then for some scalar k [IIT JEE]
(a) a  c  kb (b) a  b  kc (c) b  c  ka (d) None
36. If the diagonals of a parallelogram are represented by the vectors 3i  j  2k and i  3 j  4 k , then its area in
square units is
(a) 5 3 (b) 6 3 (c) 26 (d) 42
37. The area of a parallelogram whose adjacent sides are given by the vectors i  2 j  3 k and 3i  2 j  k (in
square units) is
(a) 180 (b) 140 (c) 80 (d) 40
38. The area of the triangle whose two sides are given by 2i  7 j  k and 4 j  3k is
17 17 1
(a) 17 (b) (c) (d) 389
2 4 2
39. A unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by the points (1, –1, 2), (2, 0, –1) and (0, 2, 1) is
1 1 1 1
(a)  (2i  j  k ) (b) (i  2j  k ) (c) (i  j  k ) (d) (2i  j  k )
6 6 6 6

Er. Vineet Loomba B.Tech. IIT Roorkee. 10+ yrs IIT JEE Teaching Experience
Mathematics for JEE Main and Advanced Plus Code: VINEETLIVE

40. The area of the triangle having vertices as i  2j  3k ,  2i  3 j  k , 4 i  7 j  5 k is

(a) 26 (b) 11 (c) 36 (d) 0

ANSWER KEY

26d 27b 28a 29d 30b 31c 32c 33a 34b

35a 36d 37a 38d 39a 40d

Er. Vineet Loomba B.Tech. IIT Roorkee. 10+ yrs IIT JEE Teaching Experience