Adventure IIT

VECTOR & 3D

SINGLE OPTION CORRECT

1. The vector xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ makes with the plane of the two vectors (2, 3, –1) and (1, –1, 2) an acute angle
cot 1 2 . Then

(A) y(x + z) = zx (B) z(x + y) = xy (C) x(y + z) = yz (D) (x + y + z) = xyz

2. Let b   iˆ  4 ˆj  6 kˆ and c  2iˆ  7 ˆj  10 kˆ . If a be a unit vector and the scalar triple product  a b c 
has the greatest value, then a is equal to

(A)
3

1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
i  jk  (B)
1
5
 2iˆ  ˆj  2 kˆ  (C)
3

1 ˆ
2 i  2 ˆj  kˆ  (D)
1
59

3iˆ  7 ˆj  kˆ 
1
x
3. If ( , β, γ) be intersection point of lines x – 3y + 2z + 4 = 0 = 2x + y + 4z + 1 and 3  y  z , then
8 3 6

( + β + γ) is-

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

4. If r  3iˆ  2 ˆj  5kˆ , a  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , b  iˆ  3 ˆj  2 kˆ and c  2 iˆ  ˆj  3 kˆ such that r  λ a  μb  γ c , then-

λ μ
(A) μ , , γ are in A.P. (B) 2 μ , λ , γ are in A.P. (C) μ , λ , γ are in A.P. (D) λ , , γ are in G.P.
2 3

iˆ ˆj kˆ
5. If a, b, c are pth, qth, rth terms of an H.P. and u   q  r  iˆ   r  p  ˆj   p  q  kˆ , v    , then:
a b c

(A) u, v are parallel vectors (B) u, v are orthogonal vectors

(C) u  v  1 (D) u  v  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ

x1 y3 z2

6. The image of the point (1, 2, –1), on the plane containing the line   and the point
3 2 1
 0,7,  7  is.

 1 7 1   1 2 7   1 7   1 2 7 
(A)  ,  ,  (B)  , ,  (C)  ,0,  (D)  , , 
 3 3 3  3 3 3   3 3   3 3 3

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7.  a  b    b  c    a  b  b  c  c  a  is

  
(A)  a b c   b  a  a  c b  b  b  c a 

2

     
(B)  a b c   b  a  a  c b  b  b  c a 

2



  
(C)  a b c   b  a  a  c b  b  b  c a 

2

     
(D)  a b c   a  c  b  a b  b  b  c a 

2



2
8. Let V  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , W  iˆ  3kˆ , U  2 . If U is a vector in x-y plane, then greatest value of U V W  is -

(A) 232 (B) 340 (C) 236 (D) 312

x2 y1 z1

9. The line L given by   passes through the point (1, 2, 3). Another line K is parallel to
2 b c
x2 y3 z4
line L and has the equation   . Then the distance between line L and K is
a 2 d

297 243 272 291

(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 9 9

10. If the plane 2x + y + 2z = 9 intersects the co-ordinate axes in A, B and C and the co-ordinates of
orthocenter of triangle ABC be ( , β, γ), then the value of + β + γ is

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 7

x3 y1 za x2 y4 z5

11. If lines   and   are perpendicular coplanar lines, then value of a + p
2 3 p 2 4 2
is -

(A) 3/5 (B) - 2/7 (C) 4/7 (D) - 3/5

12. If the vectors  1  x  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , iˆ   1  y  ˆj  kˆ and iˆ  ˆj   1  z  kˆ are coplanar vectors, then value of

1 1 1
  is (x, y, z are non-zero numbers)
x y z

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

x y z x2 y 1 z2
13. Equation of the line of shortest distance between the lines   &   is -
2 3 1 3 5 2

(A) 3(x – 21) = (3y – 92) = (3z – 32) (B) 3x – 62 = 3y – 93 = 3z + 31

 92   32 
 y   z 
(C)
 x  21   3    3  (D) x 
62  31 
 y  31   z  
3 3 3 3  3 

14. A variable plane passes through the point (1, 2, 3) and meets the coordinate axis is P, Q, R. Then, the
locus of the point common to the planes through P, Q, R parallel to coordinate planes

(A) contains point (3, 6, 9) (B) passes through (0, 0, 0)

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1 1 1 x1 y 2 z6
(C) is   1 (D) contains line  
x y z 2 4 15

π π π
15. If 𝑎⃗, 𝑏⃗⃗, 𝑐⃗ are three non-coplanar unit vectors, the angle between them pair wise are , & , then the
6 4 3
value of  a b c  is

3 1 3 1 2 6 6 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2 2 2

x3 y1 z2

16. A plane containing the line   and it is passing through the point (4, 3, 7). The equation
2 4 5
of the plane is

(A) 4x + 8y + 8z = 4 (B) 4x – 8y – 8z = 4 (C) 4x – 2y – 10 = 0 (D) 4x – 8y + 8z = 4

1
  
17. If vectors aˆ , bˆ , cˆ are in space such that aˆ  bˆ  bˆ  cˆ  cˆ  aˆ  , then aˆ  bˆ  aˆ  bˆ  cˆ
2
 is equal to
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) - (C) (D) -
2 2 2 2 2 2

18. Equation of plane perpendicular to x = 0 and passing through (2, –1, 0) can be

(A) x + 3y + z + 1 = 0 (B) 2y – z + 2 = 0 (C) y = - 1 (D) 2y + z + 1 = 0

x2 y 2 x2 3 y z1
19. Let P(x, y, 1) and Q(x, y, z) lies on the curve   4 and   respectively. Then
9 4 1 3 2
minimum distance between P and Q is

7
(A) √2 (B) (C) 2 (D) None of these
2

20. The value of ‘a’ so that the volume of parallelepiped formed by iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , ˆj  a kˆ and aiˆ  kˆ becomes
minimum is

(A) 3 (B) - 1/3 (C) 1/2 (D) - 2

21. Let a , b & c be non-zero vectors such that a  b  c     1

3
b c a . If θ is the acute angle between the

vectors b & c , then sinθ equal to:

(A) 1/3 (B) √2/3 (C) 2/3 (D) 2√2/3

22. A square ABCD of a diagonal 2a is folded along the diagonal AC, so that the planes DAC, BAC are at
right angle. The shortest distance between DC and AB is

2 2a 2a
(A) a (B) (C) (D) None of these
3 3 3

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23. If the plane passing through the points (λ,1,1), (1,2,1) and (2,3,4) is parallel to the line r  μ iˆ  ˆj  2 kˆ  
,  μ  R  , then λ is equal to-

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

24. If for unit vectors aˆ , bˆ and non-zero c , aˆ  bˆ  aˆ  c and bˆ  c  0 , then volume of parallelepiped with
coterminous edges aˆ , bˆ and c will be (in cu.units)-

(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 1 (D) 1/2

MULTIPLE OPTIONS CORRECT

1
1. Let A  aiˆ  bjˆ  ckˆ be a unit vector and B is another vector in R3 such that A  B  1 , C  2iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ
3
 
 
and A  B  C  1 , then which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?

(A) If A lies in plane x + y + z = 10, then there are exactly 2 choices for A .

(B) If A lies in plane x + y + z = 10, then there are exactly 4 choices for A .

(C) If a, b, c ∈ I, then there is no such vector A .

(D) If a, b, c ∈ I, then there are infinitely many choices for A .

2. Consider a variable plane lx + my + nz = k (k > 0) and l, m, n are direction cosines of normal of the
plane. Let the given plane intersects co-ordinate axis at A, B, C, then area of ∆ABC may be -

3 3 k2 3 3 k2
(A) (B) (C) 3 3 k 2 (D) 12 3 k 2
2 4

x y z x2 y 1 z2
3. Consider the lines, L1 :   & L2 :   , then the line along shortest distance can be,
2 3 1 3 5 2
constituted by the line of intersection of planes

(A) 4x + y – 5z = 0 (B) x – 3y + 5z = 0 (C) 5x – 7y + 2z = - 1 (D) 7x + y – 8z = 31

4. p, q , r be vectors such that q  r  0 and p  q  0 . Let is real constant such that x  p  ; x  q  r , then
x  λ1q  λ 2  p  r  where

𝛼 1 1 𝛼
(A) λ1 = 𝑝⃗∙𝑞⃗⃗ (B) λ2 = 𝑝⃗∙𝑞⃗⃗ (C) λ2 = 𝑟⃗⃗⃗⃗∙𝑞⃗⃗ (D) λ1 = 𝑟⃗⃗⃗⃗∙𝑞⃗⃗

3 7
5. Let uˆ , vˆ , w
ˆ be three unit vectors such that uˆ  vˆ  w
ˆ  aˆ , aˆ  uˆ  , aˆ  vˆ  & aˆ  2 , then
2 4

3 1 1
(A) vˆ  uˆ  (B) uˆ  w
ˆ 0 (C) uˆ  vˆ  (D) uˆ  w
ˆ 
4 4 4

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6.  
a & b be two vectors such that a  1, b  4& a  b  2 . If c  2 a  b  3b , then which of the following
is/are correct?

(A) b  c  48 (B) b  c   48

5π π
(C) Angle between b & c is (D) Angle between b & c is
6 6

INTEGER TYPE

1. A plane P intersects 4 lines L1, L2, L3 and L4 (given below) at A, B, C, D.

x3 y3 z3 x3 y3 z x y3 z x y3 z3
L1 :   , L2 :   , L3 :   , L4 :   then the minimum
2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2
area of quadrilateral ABCD is ___

2. Let (x, y, z) is three-dimensional point which satisfies xyz4 = 16 where (x, y, z > 0) its minimum distance
from origin is λ, then λ2 is ___

 
3. If  a b c   2 and a  b  2, c  a  5 , then a is equal to xb  yc  z b  c (where b & c are two non-
coplanar orthogonal unit vectors) then (x + y – z) = ?

SUBJECTIVE PROBLEMS

1. If a  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and b  ˆj  kˆ , find a vector c such that a  c  b & a  c  3 .

x2 y1 z3

2. Find the points on the line   at a distance of 5 units from the point P(1, 3, 3).
3 2 2

x  2 2 y  3 3z  4
3. Find the distance of the point (–2, 3, –4) from the line   measured parallel to the
3 4 5
plane 4x + 12y – 3z + 1 = 0.

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ANSWER KEY & SOLUTION

SINGLE OPTION CORRECT
1. C 2. C 3. D 4. A
5. B 6. B 7. D 8. A
9. B 10. C 11. B 12. D
13. C 14. A 15. D 16. C
17. D 18. B 19. A 20. C
21. D 22. C 23. D 24. C

MULTI OPTIONS CORRECT

1. A, C 2. A, C, D 3. A, D 4. A, B
5. A, D 6. B, C

INTEGER TYPE
1. 3 2. 3. 5

SUBJECTIVE

1. c
3

1 ˆ
5i  2 ˆj  2 kˆ  2. (–2, –1, 3) or (4, 3, 7) 3. 17/2

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