Unacademy Nexus Crash Course Vectors

Questions
1. If a = iˆ + 2 ˆj + 3kˆ and b = 2iˆ + ˆj + 3kˆ , then the value of a + b is _____.

(a) 6 (b) 2 6 (c) 3 6 (d) 4 6

2. If a = 2iˆ + 5 ˆj and b = 2iˆ − ˆj , then a unit vector in the direction of a + b is _____.

3. If ABCDE is a pentagon, then AB + AE + BC + DC + ED + AC equals _____.

4. In a triangle ABC, if 2AC = 3CB , then 2OA + 3OB is equal to _____.

(a) 5OC (b) −5OC (c) OC (d) −OC

5. If ABCD is a parallelogram such that AB = 2iˆ + 5 ˆj − 5kˆ and AD = iˆ + 2 ˆj + 3kˆ , then the unit
vector in the direction of BD is _____.

(a)
1
69
(iˆ + 2 ˆj − 8kˆ ) (b)
1 ˆ
69
(
i + 2 ˆj − 8kˆ )
(c)
1
69
( −iˆ − 2 ˆj + 8kˆ ) (d)
1 ˆ
69
(
−i − 2 ˆj + 8kˆ )
6. The position vectors of A and B are iˆ − ˆj + 2kˆ and 3iˆ − ˆj + 3kˆ . The position vector of the
midpoint of the line segment AB is _____.
1ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ 5 3ˆ 1 ˆ 3 ˆ
(a) i − j+k (b) 2iˆ − ˆj + kˆ (c) i − j+ k (d) None of these
2 2 2 2 2 2
7. The vectors AB = 3iˆ + 4kˆ and AC = 5iˆ − 2 ˆj + 4kˆ are the sides of a triangle ABC. If the length
of the median through A is  5 + 1 units, then  = _____.

8. Find a vector of magnitude 5 units which is parallel to the resultant of the vectors a = 2iˆ + 3 ˆj − kˆ
and b = iˆ − 2 ˆj + kˆ .

9. Find the position vector of the point C on the segment AB such that AC : CB = 1 : 4. The
position vectors of A and B are 3iˆ + 2 ˆj − kˆ and − 2iˆ + 7 ˆj − kˆ respectively.
10. If D, E and F are the mid points of the sides BC, CA and AB respectively of a triangle ABC,
and iˆ + ˆj , ĵ + kˆ and kˆ + iˆ are the position vector of the points A, B and C respectively, then
the position vector of the centroid of  DEF is _____.
11. If a , b are the position vectors of A and B respectively and C is a point on AB produced such
that AC = 4AB , then find the position vector of C.

12. If the position vectors of the vertices of triangle ABC are iˆ , ˆj , kˆ , then the position vector of its
orthocentre is _____.
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13. If a = 7iˆ − 4 ˆj − 4kˆ and b = −2iˆ − ˆj + 2kˆ , determine vector c along the internal bisector of the
angle between vectors a and b , such that c = 5 6 .

14. If AB and AC are given by 3iˆ + 4kˆ and 6 ˆj − 8kˆ respectively, then find AD , the external
angle bisector of  BAC , where D lies on CB produced.

(a) AD = 6 iˆ + 6 ˆj + 16 kˆ (b) AD = 6 iˆ − 6 ˆj + 16 kˆ
(c) AD = 6 iˆ + 6 ˆj − 14 kˆ (d) AD = 6 iˆ − 6 ˆj − 14 kˆ

15. A and B are two points. The position vector of A is 6b − 2a . A point P divides the line segment AB
in the ratio 1: 2 . If a − b is the position vector of P, then the position vector of B is given by _____.
(a) 7a − 15b (b) 7a + 15b (c) 15a − 7b (d) 15a + 7b

16. If the position vectors of A, B, C, D are respectively 2iˆ + 3 ˆj + 5kˆ , iˆ + 2 ˆj + 3kˆ , −5iˆ + 4 ˆj − 2kˆ
and iˆ + 10 ˆj + 10 kˆ , then _____.
(a) AB CD (b) DC AD
(c) A, B, C are collinear (d) B, C, D are collinear

17. If the points iˆ + 2kˆ , ĵ + kˆ and iˆ +  ˆj are collinear, then_____.

( ) ( ) ( )
18. If the points A 10iˆ + 3 ˆj , B 12iˆ − 5 ˆj + 6kˆ and C 21iˆ + ajˆ + bkˆ are collinear, then a 2 + b 2 = ___

19. Let a, b, c be three non-zero vectors which are pairwise non-collinear. If a + 3b is collinear with c

and b + 2 c is collinear with a , then a + 3b + 6 c is

(a) 0 (b) a + c (c) a (d) c

20. Find the angle between two vectors a and b with magnitudes 1 and 2 respectively and when a  b = 1.
21. Find a − b , if two vectors a and b are such that a = 2, b = 3 and a  b = 4.

(a) 5 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) None of these

( ) ( )
2 2
22. A + B + A − B equals_____.

(
(a) 2 A + B
2 2
) (b) 4A.B
2
(c) A + B
2
(d) none of these

(
23. Find a , if a = 2 b and a + b  a − b = 12. )( )
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

( )(
24. If a = iˆ + 3 ˆj − 2kˆ and b = 4iˆ − 2 ˆj + 4kˆ , then 2 a + b . a − 2b equals _____. )
(a) 14 (b) – 14 (c) 0 (d) none of these

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25. If the angle between the two vectors iˆ + kˆ and iˆ − ˆj + a kˆ is , then the value of a is _____.
3
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) -2 (d) 0