VECTOR ADDITION S are respectively 2 i  4 k ,

5 i  3 3 j  4k ,  2 3 j  k

POSITION VECTOR,UNIT VECTOR PQ

AND EQUAL VECTORS: and 2 i  k , then is
1. The vector RS
(cos  cos  ) i  (cos  sin  ) j  sin  k is 2 3 1 3
1) Null vector 2) unit vector 1) 2) 3) 4)
3 2 3 4
3) parallel to (i  j  k ) 9. If the vectors a  2 i  3 j  6k and b aree
4) a vector parallel to (2i  j  k )
collinear and | b | 21 , then b equals to
2. If AB  2 i  3 j  k , CB  i  j  k ,
1) 2  2 i  3 j  6k  2)  3  2 i  3 j  6k 
CD  4 i  7 j then AD 
1) 5i  11 j  k 2) 5i 11 j 3) i  j  k 4)  21 2 i  3 j  6k 
3) 5i 11 j 4) 5i 11 j 10. If the vectors a  ( x, 2,5) and
3. The position vectors of the points A,B,C are b  (1, y, 3) are collinear then
i  2 j  k , i  j  k , 2 i  3 j  2k 5 6 5 6
respectively. If A is chosen as the origin then 1) x  ,y  2) x  ,y 
3 5 3 5
the position vectors of B and C are
5 6 5 6
1) i  2 k , i  j  3k 2) j  2k , i  j  3k 3) x  ,y  4) x  ,y 
3 5 3 5
3)  j  2k , i  j  3k
11. If p  i  a j  k and q  i  j  k , then
4)  j  2k , i  j  3k
4. The unit vector in the opposite direction of | p  q | | p |  | q | is true for
the vector a  6 i  3 j  2k is 1) a = -1 2) a = 1
3) all real values of ‘a’ 4) for no real values of ‘a’
1 1 COPLANAR AND NON COPLANAR
1) (6i  3 j  2k ) 2) (6i  3 j  2k )
7 7 VECTORS:
1 1
3) (6i  3 j  2k ) 4) (6i  3 j  2k ) 12. If 3i+3j+ 3k , i+ k ,
7 7
5. If a   2,1, 1 , b  1, 1, 0  , c   5, 1,1 3i+ 3 j+λk are coplanar then  is …
then the unit vector parallel to a  b  c , but 1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
in the opposite direction is 13. If the points   x,  ,   ,  ,   y,   ,
1 1
1)   2 i  j  2k  2)  2 i  j  2k   ,  ,   z  and   1,   1,   1 aree
3 3
1 coplanar,   R then
3)  2 i  j  2k 
1
4)   2 i  j  2k 
3 3 1 1 1
COLLINEAR, LIKE AND UNLIKE 1) xy  yz  zx  1 2)   1
x y z
VECTORS:
6. Let a , b be two noncollinear vectors .If 1 1 1
3)    1 4) x y z = 1
1 x 1 y 1 z
OA =(x+4y) a +(2x+y+1) b , OB =(y-2x+2)
14. Let a  i  j  k , b  i  j  2k and
a + (2x-3y-1) b and 3OA  2OB ,
then (x,y) = c  xi  ( x  2) j  k . If the vector c lies
1) (1,2) 2) (1,-2) 3) (2,-1) 4) (-2,-1) in the plane of a and b then x equals
7. If the vectors a  2 i  3 j  yk and [AIE-2007]
b  xi  6 j  2k are collinear, then the 1) 0 2) 1 3) –4 4) –2
value of x + y is …. TRIANGLE AND PARALLELOGRAM
1) 4 2) 5 3) -3 4) 3 LAW, VECTOR ADDITION
15. If the position vectors of the vertices of a
8. If the position vectors of the points P,Q,R and
 triangle are 2i  j  k , i  3 j  5k and 4 11 5 5
1) 2) 3) 4)
162 162 162 162
3i  4 j  4 k then the triangle is
23. If a vector a of magnitude 50 is collinear
1) Equilateral triangle 2) Isosceles triangle
3) Right angled isosceles triangle 15
with vector b  6 i  8 j  k and makes an
4) Right angled triangle 2
16. If the vectors 4 i  7 j  2k , i  5 j  3k and acute angle with positive z-axis then
1) a  4b 2) a  4b 3) b  4a 4) a  2b
3i   j  k form a triangle then  = SECTION FORMULA,MID POINT
1) 6 2) -6 3) 12 4) -1 24. If C is the mid point of AB and P is any point
17. Let ABC be a triangle and let D,E be the out side AB then (AIE-2005)
midpoints of the sides AB,AC 1) PA  PB  2PC  0 2) PA  PB  PC  0
respectively,then BE  DC 
3) PA  PB  2 PC 4) PA  PB  PC
1 3 3 25. If a and b are position vectors of A and B
1) BC 2) BC 3) BC 4) BC
2 2 4 respectively, then the position vector of a
18. Orthocentre of an equilateral triangle ABC point C in AB produced such that
is the origin O. If OA  a, OB  b , OC  c then AC  2015 AB is
AB  2 BC  3CA  1) 2014a  2015b 2) 2014b  2015a
1) 3c 2) 3a 3) 0 4) 3b 3) 2015b  2014a 4) 2015b  2014a
19. ABC is a triangle and P is any point on BC. 26. If 3a  4b  7 c  0 then the ratio in w h i c h
If PQ is the resultant of the vectors AP, PB C (c ) divides the join of A( a ) and B (b ) is
and PC then ACQB is 1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 3 3) 3 : 2 4) 4 : 3
1) rectangle 2) square 27. The ratio in which i  2 j  3k divides the join
3) rhombus 4) parallelogram of 2 i  3 j  5k and 7 i  k is
20. The adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 1) -3 : 2 2) 1 : 2 3) 2 : 3 4) -4 : 3
2 i+4 j-5k and i+2 j+3k then the unit 5 a+4b-5 c
vector parallel to a diagonal is 28. A point C = divides the line
3
i  2 j  8k 3i  6 j  2 k joining A = a-2 b + 3 c and B in the ratio 2:1,
1) 2)
69 7 then AB is
i  2 j  8k i  2 j  8k 1) a+3b-4c 2) 2a-3b+4c
3) 4)
69 69 3) a+5b-7c 4) 2a+3b-4c
SCALAR MULTIPLICATION AND 29. The position vectors of the points A,B,C are
THEIR PROPERTIES: respectively a , b,c . If P divides AB in the
21. The vector i  xj  3k is rotated through an ratio 3:4 and Q divides BC in the ratio 2:1
angle  and doubled in magnitude, then it both externally then PQ =
becomes 4 i   4 x  2  j  2k . The value of 1) b+c- 2a 2) 2( b+c- 2a)
x is
-2 a -b -c
 2  1  2  3) 4a-b- c 4)
1)   , 2  2)  , 2  3)  , 0  4) 2, 7 2
 3  3  3  LINEAR COMBINATION,LINEARLY
ANGLE BETWEEN TWO VECTORS INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT
22. If the position vectors of P and Q are VECTORS, DC’S & DR’S
i  2 j  7 k and 5i  3 j  4k respectively
 1 
then the cosine of the angle between PQ 30. If a straight line makes an angle cos 1  
 3
and z-axis is with each of the positive x, y and z-axis, a vector
 parallel to that line is angle between a and b , then  is
1) i 2) i  j 3) j  k 4) i  j  k 1) 1 2) 1/2 3) 2 4) 5
31. If e  li  m j  nk is a unit vector ,the
REGULAR HEXAGON
39. Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon and
maximum value of lm + mn + nl is
AB  a , BC  b , CD  c then AE is equal to
1 3
1)  2) 0 3) 1 4) 1) a  b  c 2) b  c
2 2
32. Given a  i  2 j  3k , b  2 i  3 j  k , 3) a  b 4) a  c
40. Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon. Then
c  8 i  13 j  9k , the linear relation among
them if possible is AB  AC  AD  EA  FA 
1) 2a  3b  c  0 2) 2a  3b  c  0 1) 2AB 2) 3AB 3) 4AB 4) AB
3) 2 a  3b  c  0 4) a  b  c  0 VECTOR EQUATION OF A LINE AND A
33. If the vectors a+1343 b+c,-a+b+c and
PLANE
41. A point on the line
a+μb+2c are linearly dependent then  
1) 2014 2) 2015 3) 2016 4) 0
  
r  1  t  2 i  3 j  4 k  t 3 i  2 j  2k is 
LH & RH SYSTEMS-GEOMETRICAL 1)  i  5 j  2k 2) i  6 j  8k
APPLICATIONS 3) i  8 j  6k 4) i  j  k
34. The incentre of the triangle formed by the 42. The point of intersection of
points i+j+k , 4i+j+k and 4i+5j+k is
bc  c a 
r  a  s  a  , r  b  t  b
i+ j+k  2   2 
1) 2) i+2 j+3k
3
where a,b ,c, are position vectors of the
3) 3 i+2 j+k 4) i+ j+k
vertices of a triangle
35. If the vectors a  3i  j  2k ,
a+b+c a bc
1) a +b+ c 2) 3)
b   i  3 j  4k , c  4 i  2 j  6k form the 2 3
sides of the triangle then length of the median
bisecting the vector c is a bc
4)
8
1) 12 units 2) 6 units
43. Cartesian equation of the plane
3) 2 6 units 4) 2 3 units r  (1    )i (2   ) j  (3  2  2 )k is
36. If O is the circumcentre and O| is the
1) 2 x  y  5 2) 2 x  y  5
orthocentre of a triangle ABC and if AP is
3) 2 x  z  5 4) 2 x  z  5
the circumdiameter then
KEY
AO '  O ' B  O ' C  01) 2 02) 2 03) 4 04) 3 05) 2 06) 3 07)
1) OA 2) O ' A 3) AP 4) AO 4 08) 2 09) 2 10) 3 11) 2 12) 1 13)
ANGULAR BISECTORS 2 14) 1 15) 4 16) 3 17) 3 18) 2 19)
37. Let O be the origin and A, B be two points. 4 20) 4 21) 1 22) 2 23) 2 24) 3 25)
4 26) 4 27) 2 28) 3 29) 2 30) 4
and p, q are vectors represented by OA and
31) 3 32) 3 33) 2 34) 3 35) 2 36) 3 37)
OB and their magnitudes are p, q . The unit 3 38) 1 39) 2 40) 3 41) 3 42) 3 43)
vector bisecting the angle AOB is 3

p q p q p q
  
p q p q p q
pq
1) p q 2) p q 3) p q 4)
   2
p q p q p q
38. If a and b are two non-parallel unit vectors
and the vector  a  b bisects the internal