VECTORS

DAY–2
INTEGER
1. If b is a vector whose initial point divides the line joining 5iˆ and 5 ˆj in ratio k : 1 and terminal point
is origin. Also b  37 . Find the least positive integral value of ‘k’

MATCH THE FOLLOWING

2. If O ' is orthocentre and O is circumcentre and G is cetnroid of ABC

Column – I Column – II
SA  SB  SC (p) 4
(A) If S be any point in plane of ABC. Then
SG
OA  OB  OC (q) 3
(B) is
OO1

O1 A  O1 B  O1C (r) 2
(C) is
OO1
(s) 1
AO1  O1B  O1C
(D) where AP is diameter of circumcircle is
AP1

COMPREHENSION
Let ABC be a triangle, AD, BE and CF be the angular bisectors of its interior angles. These bisectors are
BD AB
concurrent at a point I called incentre of the triangle. We know from geometry that  .
DC AC
  
If BC = , CA =  and AB =  and with reference to some origin let a,b,c be position vectors of A, B and C
respectively, then
3. The position vector of I must be
        
abc a  b  c a   b  c
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
3 3 
  
4. The value of IA  IB  IC must be
(A) zero (B) one (C)  +  +  (D) none of these

5. If bisectors of exterior angles B and C meet at a point I1 outside the triangle ABC, then position
vector of I1 must be
       
a  b  c a   b  c bc
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
         

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DAY–3
SUBJECTIVE

1. The vector iˆ  ˆj  kˆ bisects angle between the vectors c and 3iˆ  4 ˆj . Find unit vector along c

2. Prove by the vector methods or otherwise, that the point of intersection of the diagonals of a
trapezium lies on the line passing through the midpoints of the parallel sides. (You may assume that
the trapezium is not a parallelogram).

3. In a triangle ABC, D and E are points on BC and AC respectively, such that BD = 2DC and AE = 3
EC. Let P be the point of intersection of AD and BE. Find BP/PE using vector methods.

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COMPREHENSION
In parallelogram OABC, vectors a , b , c are respectively the position vectors of vertices A, B, C with
respect ‘O’ as origin. A point E is taken on the side BC which divides it in which divides it in the ratio
2 : 1. Also the line segment AE intersects line bisecting angle O internally in point P. If CP when
extended meets AB in point F. Then

4. Which of the following is correct?

a c 
3a c
(A) The position vector of point P is   
3 c  2 a  a c 
a c a c 
(B) The position vector of point P   
3 c  2 a  a c 
1 a
(C) The position vector of point F is a  c
3 c
2a
(D) Position vectors of point F is a c
c

5. The ratio in which F divides AB

a a c a
(A) (B) (C) (D)
a 3 c 3a c a 3 c 3c  a

DAY–4
T/F
     
1. The points with position vectors a  b,a  b , and a  kb are collinear for all real values of k.

SUBJECTIVE:
2. Find all values of  such that (x, y, z)  (0, 0, 0) and
       
ˆi  ˆj  3kˆ x  3iˆ  3ˆj  kˆ y  4iˆ  5ˆj z   xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ , where ˆi, ˆj, kˆ are unit vectors along

coordinate axes.

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3. The position vectors of the points A, B, C and D are

3iˆ  2ˆj  k,
ˆ 2iˆ  3ˆj  4k,
ˆ  ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ and 4iˆ  5ˆj  kˆ respectively. If the points A, B, C and D lie on a
plane, find the value of .

OBJECTIVE:
 
4. If a  ˆi  ˆj  k,b ˆ   ˆi  ˆj  kˆ are linearly dependent and c  3 , then
ˆ  4iˆ  3ˆj  4k,c
(A)  = 1,  = –1 (B)  = 1,  = 1 (C)  = –1,  = 1 (D)  = 1,  = 1

MULTI CORRECT
5. If the vectors  bc, b 2
 bc, c 2  bc  ,  a 2  ac,  ac, c 2  ac  and  a 2  ab, b 2  ab,  ab  are
coplanar (where none of a, b or c is zero) Then
(A) a b  c 1
2 2 2
(B) a  b  c  0
a 2  b2  c 2   a  b  c 
2
(C) ab  bc  ca  0 (D)

DAY–5
SUBJECTIVE
1. The position vector of the points P and Q are 5iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ and 3iˆ  3 ˆj  6kˆ respectively. The
vector A  3iˆ  ˆj  kˆ passes through the point P and vector B  3iˆ  2 ˆj  4kˆ passes through the
point Q. A third vector 2iˆ  7 ˆj  5kˆ intersects vector A and B . Find the position vector of the point
of intersection.

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OBJECTIVE
       
2. The liens r   6  6s  a   4s  4  b   4  8s  c and r   2t  1 a   4t  2  b   2t  3  c intersect at
   
(A) 4c (B) 4c (C) 3c (D) 2c

MULTI CORRECT
3. A line passes through the points whose position vectors iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ . Then the
position vector of a point on it at a unit distance from the first point is

(A)
5

1 ˆ ˆ
5i  j  7 kˆ  (B)
1 ˆ
5

5i  9 ˆj  13kˆ  (C) iˆ  4 ˆj  3kˆ  (D) iˆ  4 ˆj  3kˆ 
4. The value of  for which the straight line 
r  3iˆ  2 ˆj  4kˆ  1 iˆ  ˆj   kˆ and 
 
r  5iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ  2 iˆ   ˆj  2kˆ are coplanar is/are
5  33 5  33 5  33 5  33
(A) (B)  (C) (D)
4 4 4 4

5. Ifa , b , c , d are position vectors of the points A,B,C and D respectively in three dimensional space
and satisfy the relation 3a  2b  c  2d  0 . Then
(A) A, B, C, D are coplanar
(B) The line joining the points B & D divides the line segment joining points A and C in 2 : 1
(C) The line joining the points A and C divides line joining points B and D in ratio of 1 : 1
(D) Four vectors a , b , c , d are linearly dependent

DAY–6
SUBJECTIVE
1. A vectors A has components A1, A2, A3 in a right handed rectangular Cartesian coordinate system

oxyz. The coordinate system is rotated about the x-axis through an angle . Find the components
2
of A in the new coordinate system, in terms of A1, A2, A3.

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2. Determine the values of c so that for all real x, the vectors cxiˆ  6ˆj  3kˆ and xiˆ  2ˆj  2cxkˆ make an
obtuse angle with each other.

 
3. Let b  4iˆ  3ˆj and c be two vectors perpendicular to each other in x – y plane. Find all vectors in
 
the same plane having projections 1 and 2 along b and c respectively.

   
4. Let A, B, C, D be four points in a plane with position vectors a,b,c,d respectively such that
       
    
a  d  b  c  b  d   c  a  = 0 show that the point D is the orthocenter of ABC.

OBJECTIVE

5. Unit vectors â and b̂ are inclined at an angle 2 and â  bˆ  1 . If 0  <  then  may belong to
(A) [0, /6) (B) (/6, 5/6) (C) [/6, /2] (D) none of these
     
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
is equal to
(A)
1
2

ˆj  kˆ  (B)
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
3

i  jk  (C)
1 ˆ
5
i  2ˆj  (D)1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
3
i  jk  
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7. A vector a has components 2p and 1 with respect to a rectangular Cartesian system. This system is
rotated through a certain angle about the origin in the counter – clockwise sense. If, with respect to

the new system a has components p + 1 and 1, then
(A) p = 0 (B) p = 1 or p = –1/3 (C) p = –1 (D) p = 1 or p = –1
   
8. If a and b are unit vectors inclined at an angle ,   [0, ] to each other and a  b < 1, then  

  2   2      3 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,   (C)  0,  (D)  , 
2 3   3   3 4 4 
  
9. Let a,b,c be three non coplanar vectors such that
                   
p  a  b  c, q  b  c  a, r  c  a  b, d  2a  3b  4c , if d  p  q   r , then
(A)  = 7 (B)  +  = 3 (C)  +  +  = 3 (D)  +  = 2

DAY–7
OBJECTIVE
SINGLE CORRECT

 e f  2e  
1. If in a triangle ABC BC     and AC   ; e  f , then the value of cos 2A + cos 2B + cos 2C
e f e

must be
3
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 
2

2. In a cube of a side a the distance of a corner from a diagonal not passing through it, is
a a 2
(A) (B) (C) a (D) none of th
3 2 3

     
3. Let a,b and c the vector of magnitude 3, 4, 5 respectively, if a is perpendicular to b  c,b is
       
perpendicular to c  a and c is perpendicular to a  b , then the magnitude of the vector a  b  c is
(A) 5 (B) 5 2 (C) 5 3 (D) 12
   
4. Non-zero vectors a and b are equally inclined to vector c , if c is equal to
   
b  a  a  b 
(A)   a    b (B)   a    b
ab ab ab ab
 
a  b 
(C)   a   b (D) none of these
a 2b a 2b

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 
5. The vectors AB  3iˆ  2ˆj  2kˆ and BC  ˆi  2kˆ are the adjacent sides of a parallelogram. The angle
between its diagonals is
  3 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 3 4 3

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       
6.            
If a  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and b  ˆi  ˆj , then the vectors a  ˆi ˆi  a  ˆj ˆj  a  kˆ kˆ and b  ˆi ˆi  b  ˆj ˆj  b  kˆ kˆ

and ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ
(A) are mutually perpendicular (B) are coplanar
(C) form a parallelepiped of volume 6 units (D) form a parallelepiped of volume 3 units
   
7. If the unit vectors a and b are inclined at an angular and a  b  1 , then 0    ,  lies in the
interval
   5      5 
(A) 0,  (B)  ,   (C)  ,  (D)  , 
 6 6  6 2 2 2 

8. If the side AB of an equilateral ABC lying in the xy-plane is 3iˆ , then the side CB can be
3

(A)  ˆi  3 ˆj
2

(B)
3 ˆ
2
i  3 ˆj  3
(C)  ˆi  3 ˆj
2

(D)
3 ˆ
2

i  3 ˆj  
9. The vector ˆi  xjˆ  3kˆ is rotated through an angle  and doubled in magnitude, then it becomes
4iˆ  (4x  2)jˆ  2kˆ . The value of x are
2 2 1
(A)  (B) (C) (D) 2
3 3 3
 
10.
 ˆ b  ˆi  2ˆj  2kˆ and c  ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ there vectors. A vector in the plane of b and c
Let a  2iˆ  ˆj  k,
 2
where projection on a is of magnitude is
3
(A) 2iˆ  3ˆj  3kˆ (B) 2iˆ  3ˆj  3kˆ (C) 2iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ (D) 2iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ

11. The vector

1 ˆ
3

2i  2ˆj  kˆ is 
(A) a unit vector (B) makes an angle

3

with the vector 2iˆ  4ˆj  3kˆ 
 1 
(C) parallel to the vector   ˆi  ˆj  kˆ  (D) perpendicular to the vector 3iˆ  2ˆj  2kˆ
 2 

DAY–8
SUBJECTIVE
1. (i) If a,b,c are unit vectors such that a.b  a.c  0 and the angle between b and c is /6, prove that

a  2 b  c . 

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
(ii) If a,b,c are vectors such that a.b  a.c and a  b  a  c a  O , then show that b  c . 

      

2. Let OA  a, OB  10a  2b and OC  b , where O, A and C are non-collinear points. Let P denote the
 
are of the quadrilateral OABC, and let q denote the area of the parallelogram with OA and OC as
adjacent sides. If p = kq, then k is ________

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
3. Let A be a vector parallel to the line of intersection of planes P1 and P2. Plane P1 is parallel to the
vectors 2ˆj  3kˆ and 4ˆj  3kˆ and that P2 is parallel to ˆj  kˆ and 3iˆ  3ˆj , then the angle between the

vectors A and a given vector 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ is
   3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 6 4

4. A vector of magnitude 5 perpendicular to the vectors 2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ and ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ is

(A)
3

5 3 ˆ ˆ ˆ
i  jk  (B)
5 3 ˆ ˆ ˆ
3

i  jk  (C)
3

5 3 ˆ ˆ ˆ
i  j k  (D)
3

5 3 ˆ ˆ ˆ
i  jk 
           
5. If a,b,c are non coplanar vectors such that b  c  a,c  a  b and a  b  c , then
     
(A) a  1 (B) b  1 (C) c  1 (D) a  b  c  3

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DAY–9
SUBJECTIVE

1. ABC is a triangle. E and F are the mid points of AC and AB respectively. CP is drawn parallel to AB
1
to meet BE produced in P. Show that FEP = FCE = ABC.
4

  
2. Let a,b,c are three non-coplanar unit vectors equally inclined to one another at an angle . If
      
a  b  b  c  pa  qb  rc , find the scalars p, q and r is terms of .

3. The position vectors of the points P and Q are 5iˆ  7 ˆj  2kˆ and  3iˆ  3ˆj  6kˆ respectively. The vector
 
A  3iˆ  ˆj  kˆ pass through the point P and the vector B  3iˆ  2ˆj  4kˆ passes through the point Q.
 
A third vector 2iˆ  7ˆj  5kˆ intersects vectors A and B . Find the position vector of point of
intersection.

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        
4. If a,b,c be three vectors such that a  b  c and b  c  a , then
     
(A) a,b,c are orthogonal pairs (B) a  b  c  1
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(C) a  b  c  1 (D) a  b  c

5. The acute angle that the vectors 2iˆ  2ˆj  kˆ makes with the plane contained by the two vectors
2iˆ  3ˆj  kˆ and ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ is given by
 1   1 
(A) cos1 
 3
 (B) sin1 
 3
 (C) tan1  2 (D) cot 1  2
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6. If c  a  b and b  c  a , then
  2   2     
(A) a  b  c (B) c  a  b (C) a  b (D) a || b  c  
  ˆ   p  q
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7. If the unit vectors ˆi and ˆj are at right angles to each other and p  3iˆ  4ˆj, q  5i,4r and
  
2s  p  q , then
     
(A) r  ks  r  ks for all real k (B) r  s
       
(C) r  s is perpendicular to r  s (D) r  s  p  q
     
8. If in a right angle triangle ABC, the hypotenuse AB = p, then AB  AC  BC  BA  CA  CA is equal to
2 p2 2 2 2
(A) 2p (B) (C) p (D) AC + BC
2
9. The vector(s) equally inclined to the vectors ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and ˆi  ˆj  kˆ in the plane containing them, is
(are)
ˆi  ˆj  kˆ
(A) ˆj  kˆ (B) ˆj  kˆ (C) (D) î
3
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10. Let a and b  
be two non-collinear unit vectors. If u  a  a  b b and v  a  b , then v is
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(A) u (B) u  u  a (C) u  u  b (D) u  u  a  b  
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11. If a and b be two unit vectors perpendicular to each other c  1a   2b   3 a  b , then the  
following is (are) true
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(A) 1  a  c (B)  2  b  a
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
(C)  3  a  b  c  
(D) 1 + 2 + 3 = a  b  a  b  c 

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DAY–10
SUBJECTIVE
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1. Show that the four points a,b,c,d are coplanar if b c d  c a d  a b d   a b c
       

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2.  
From point A(1, 2, 0) perpendicular is drawn to the plane r  3iˆ  ˆj  kˆ = 2 meeting it at the point P.
Find the coordinates of the point P and the distance AP.

MORE THAN ONE

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3. Three points whose position vectors are a,b,c will be collinear if
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(A) a b c   0 (B) a  b       c (C) a  b  b  c  c  a  0 (D) none of these
 
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4. If a,b,c are non coplanar vectors and r is any vector in space, then b c r  a  c a r  b  a b rc =
   
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(A) a b c  r (B) b c a  r (C) 2 a b c  r (D) 3 a b c  r
       

COMPREHENSION
Let ABC be a triangle, AD, BE and CF be the angular bisectors of its interior angles. These bisectors are
BD AB
concurrent at a point I called incentre of the triangle. We know from geometry that  .
DC AC
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If BC = , CA =  and AB =  and with reference to some origin let a,b,c be position vectors of A, B and C
respectively, then
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5. If r is perpendicular distance of I from the side BC, then IB  IC must be
B C B C A
(A) r 2 cosec cosec (B) r 2 cosec cosec sin
2 2 2 2 2
B C A
(C) r cosec cosec sin
2
(D) none of these
2 2 2

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6. If r is same as in Q.3, then value of IB  IC must be
B C B C A
(A) r 2 coseccosec (B) r 2 coseccosec cos
2 2 2 2 2
2 B C A 2 B C A
(C) r cosec cosec cosec (D) r cosec cosec sin
2 2 2 2 2 2

DAY–11
SUBJECTIVE
1. Prove that [a  p bq c  r ]  [a  q b r c  p]  [a  r bp c  q] = 0

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2. Given a = ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ , b =  ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ , c = 3iˆ  ˆj , find a unit vector in the direction of the resultant of
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these vectors. Also find a vector r which is normal to both a and b . What is the inclination of r to c ?

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3. If A,B and C are vectors such that B  C , prove that  A  B   A  C  B  C  B  C  0 .

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OBJECTIVE
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4. Let v  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and w  ˆi  3kˆ , if u is a unit vector, then the maximum value of u v w  is
(A) –1 (B) 10  6 (C) 59 (D) 60

5. a, ˆ cˆ are three unit vectors, â and bˆ are perpendicular to each other and vectors ĉ is equally
ˆ b,

 
inclined to both â and bˆ at angle . If cˆ  aˆ  bˆ   aˆ  bˆ , where , ,  are constants, then
2 2
(A)  =  = –cos ,  = cos 2 (B)  =  = cos ,  = cos 2
2 2
(C)  =  = cos ,  = –cos 2 (D)  =  = –cos ,  = –cos 2

MATRIX MATCH
6. Match the following
Column – I Column – II
The vector component of ˆi  ˆj  kˆ perpendicular to the vector (p) ˆi  4ˆj  kˆ
(A)
2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ is 3

The vector c directed along the internal bisector of the angle (q) 7iˆ  5ˆj  kˆ
 
(B) between the vectors a  2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and b  2iˆ  2ˆj  kˆ with

c 3 2

The vector r which is perpendicular to both the vectors (r) 4iˆ  ˆj  kˆ

(C)  ˆ b  ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ and satisfies r  ˆi  2ˆj  7kˆ = 10 is
a  2iˆ  3ˆj  k,  
   (s)
The vectors a,b,c are of the same length and taken pair wise ˆi  4ˆj  kˆ
 
(D) they form equal angles, if a  ˆi  ˆj and b  ˆj  kˆ , then one of the 3

value of c is
(t) ˆi  4ˆj  kˆ

COMPREHENSION
The vector equation of a plane is a relation satisfied by position vectors of all the points on the plane. If P is a
plane and n̂ is a unit vector through origin which is perpendicular to the plane P, then vector equation of the

plane must be r  nˆ = d where d represents perpendicular distance of plane P from origin.
 
7. If A is a point with position vector a , then perpendicular distance of A from the plane r  nˆ = d must
be
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(A) d  a  nˆ (B) d  a  nˆ (C) a  d (D) none of these

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8. If b be the foot of the perpendicular from A to the plane r  nˆ = d, then b must be
     
(A) a   d  a  nˆ  nˆ (B) a   d  a  nˆ  nˆ (C) a  a  nˆ (D) none of these

 
9. The position vector of the image of the point a in the plane r  nˆ = d must be (d  0)
    
(A) a  nˆ (B) a  2  d  a  nˆ  nˆ (C) a  2  d  a  nˆ  nˆ (D) none of these

    
10. The distance of the point a from the plane r  nˆ = d measured parallel to the line r  b  tc must be
  
d  a  nˆ  d  a  nˆ  d  a  nˆ   
(A)  c (B)  c (C)  b (D) b c nˆ 
c  nˆ b  nˆ c  nˆ  

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11. The equation of the plane through the line of intersection of the planes r  n1  1, r  n2  1, r  n3 = 1
    
and perpendicular to the plane r  n3 = 1 must be ( n1,n2 ,n3 are not unit vectors necessarily) must be
         
(A) r  n1  n1,n2 ,n3  (B) r  n2  n1,n2 ,n 3 
   
            
    
(C) r  n1  1 n2  n3  r  n2  1 n1  n3  (D) r  n3  n1,n2 ,n3 
 

12. Let OA, OB, OC be the co-terminal edges of a rectangular parallelopiped of volume V and let P be
  
the vertex opposite to O. Then  AP BP CP  =
 
(A) 2V (B) 12V (C) 3 3V (D) 0

DAY–12
SUBJECTIVE
1. The position vectors of the vertices A, B and C of a tetrahedron ABCD are ˆi  ˆj  k, ˆ ˆi and 3iˆ
respectively. The altitude from vertex D to the opposite face ABC meets the median line through A of
the triangle ABC at a point E. If the length of the side AD is 4 and the volume of the tetrahedron is
2 2
, find the position vector of the point E for all its possible positions.
3

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2. If the vectors b, c, d are not coplanar, then prove that the vector
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         
a  b  c  d   a  c   d  b  a  d  b  c is parallel to a .


3. Point (, , ) lies on the plane x + y + z = 2. Let a   ˆi  ˆj  k,  
ˆ kˆ  kˆ  aˆ  0 , then  = ____

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4. Let a,b and c be three vectors having magnitudes 1, 1 and 2 respectively. If a   a  c   b  0 , then
 
the acute angle between a and c is ______


5. A non-zero vector a is parallel to the line of intersection of the plane determined by the vectors
ˆi, ˆi  ˆj and the plane determined by the vectors ˆi  ˆj, ˆi  kˆ . The angle between a and the vector
ˆi  2ˆj  2kˆ is ________

6. A unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by the points P(1, –1, 2), Q(2, 0, –1) and
R(0, 2, 1) is ________

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7.      
State whether true or false: ˆi  a  ˆi  ˆj  a  ˆj  kˆ  a  kˆ  3a

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8. Let A  2iˆ  k,
ˆ B  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and C  4iˆ  3ˆj  7kˆ . Determine a vector R satisfying
     
R  B  C  B and R  A  0 .

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9. If c be a given non zero scalar, and A and B be given non-zero vectors such that A perpendicular
      
B . Find the vector X which satisfies the equations A  X  C and A  X  B .

OBJECTIVE:
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10. If c be given non-zero scalar and a,b be given non-zero vectors such that a is perpendicular to b ,
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then the vector x which satisfies the equations a  x  c and a  x  b is
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(A)

c a  ab  (B)
ca  a  b 
(C)

a  ab  
(D) none of these
2 2 2
a a a

DAY–13
SUBJECTIVE
     
aa ab ac
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1.
    
Show that  a  b  b  c   c  a    a b c   b  c
    
bb
 
bc
 
c a c b c c

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2. Show that the vectors p  a   e  b 
    d  c  ,q  b   e  c    d  a   
and r  c   e  a   d  b 

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form a triangle, where a,b,c,d,e,p,q and r are non zero and non collinear vectors.

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3. If the vectors b,c,d are non coplanar then prove that the vector
            
         
a  b  c  d   a  c   d  b  a  d  b  c is parallel to a .

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4. The angles between three non zero and non coplanar vectors a,b and c are  between b and c
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and  between c and a and  between a and b . The vector u and v are defined by
           
   
u  a  b  c; v  a  b  c . If u is perpendicular to v , then show that either a perpendicular c or
cos  = cos  . cos .

OBJECTIVE:
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5. ˆ b  ˆi  ˆj  k, c  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and d  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ . The line of intersection of the plane
Let a  ˆi  ˆj  k,
   
determined by a and b and the plane determined by c and d is parallel to
(A) x-axis (B) y-axis (C) z-axis (D) none of these

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6.    
Let the vector a,b,c,d be such that a  b  c  d = 0. Let P1 and P2 be planes determined by the
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vectors a,b and c,d respectively. Then the angle between P1 and P2 is
  
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
4 3 2

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7.   
If a,b,c,d are four vectors, then the value of a  b  c  d   a  c   d  b  a  d  b  c is       
        
(A) bcd a (B) bcd b (C) 2 bcd a (D) none of these
     

MORE THAN ONE

      
8. If x  b  c  b and x  a , then x is equal to
        
b  a  c 
 
bc a   a c b  
(A) (B)   (C)   (D) none of these
bc ab ab

             
9.    
a,b,c,d are non-zero vectors such that a  b  c  d  ha  kb  rc  sd where a and b are non-


collinear, c and d are also non-collinear, then we must have
           
(A) h = b c d (B) k = a c d (C) r = a b d (D) s = a b c 
       

MATCH THE FOLLOWING

10. Match the following
Column – I Column – II
    
If x =
ab  a ab     
, then  x a b  is equal to
(p) 3
(A)   2  

ab 
              
(B)  
a  b  c  a  b  b  c  c  a equals  (q)

a b c  a  b  c
  
              
(C)     
b  c   c  a    c  a   a  b  a  b  b  c equals   (r) 3 a b c 
 
     
 bc  ca  ab (s) 1
If p     ,q     , r     , then
a b c  a b c  a b c 
(D)      
        
   
a  b  p  b  c  q  c  a   r =
(t) 0

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ANSWERS

DAY–2
INTEGER
1. 1

MATCH THE FOLLOWING

. A q ; B s ; C r ; D s

COMPREHENSION
3. C 4. A 5. B

DAY–3
SUBJECTIVE
11i  10 ˆj  2kˆ 8
1. 3.
15 3
COMPREHENSION
4. A 5. A

DAY–4
T/F
1. True

SUBJECTIVE:
146
2.  = 0, –1 3. = 
17

OBJECTIVE:
4. D

MULTI CORRECT
5. CD

DAY–5
SUBJECTIVE
1. 2iˆ  8 ˆj  3kˆ .

OBJECTIVE
2. B

MULTI CORRECT
3. AB 4. AC 5. ACD

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DAY–6
SUBJECTIVE
 2iˆ  11jˆ 
1. A 2 ˆi  A1ˆj  A 3kˆ 2. c  (–4/3, 0) 3.  
 2iˆ  ˆj , 
5

OBJECTIVE
5. A 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. C

DAY–7
OBJECTIVE
SINGLE CORRECT
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. A

MORE THAN ONE

5. A, C 6. A, C 7. A, B 8. B, D
9. A, D 10. A, C 11. A, C, D

DAY–8
SUBJECTIVE
2. 6

MORE THAN ONE

3. B, D 4. A, D 5. A, B, C, D

DAY–9
SUBJECTIVE
 1 2cos  1 
2. p  ,q  ,r  
 1  2cos  1  2cos 1  2cos  
3. (0, 1, 2)

MORE THAN ONE

4. A, B 5. B, D 6. C, D 7. A, B, C
8. C, D 9. B, D 10. A, C 11. A, D

DAY–10
SUBJECTIVE
 14 ˆ 21 ˆ 1 ˆ 1 
2.  i j  k, 
 11 11 11 11 

MORE THAN ONE

3. B, C 4. A, B

COMPREHENSION
5. C 6. B

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DAY–11
SUBJECTIVE
3iˆ  5ˆj  4kˆ 1  4 
2. ,  4iˆ  4ˆj  4k,cos
ˆ
 
5 2  30 

OBJECTIVE
4. C 5. C

MATRIX MATCH
6. A  s; B  r; C  q; D  p

COMPREHENSION
7. B 8. A 9. C 10. A 11. C 12. A

DAY–12
SUBJECTIVE
1.  ˆi  3ˆj  3kˆ and  3iˆ  ˆj  kˆ are the position vector E
 
3. 2 4. 5.
6 4
 
PQ  PR
6. Hint :   ; where P = (1, –1, 2), Q = (2, 0, –1), R = (0, 2, 1),
PQ  PR

2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ
Ans :
6
c  1  
7. False 8. ˆi  8ˆj  2kˆ 9. X   2 A   2 A B  
A A
OBJECTIVE:
10. B

DAY–13
OBJECTIVE:
5. A 6. A 7. C

MORE THAN ONE

8. B, C 9. B, C

MATCH THE FOLLOWING

10. A  s; B  r; C  q; D  p

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