VECTOR

LEVELI

1.

OB and OA are two vectors such that | OB OA |

+ = | OB 2 OA |

+ . Then
(A) ZBOA =90 (B) ZBOA >90
(C) ZBOA <90 (D) 60 s ZBOA s 90

2. If c and b

are two non-collinear vectors such that ( ) 4 c b . a = +

and
( ) ( ) ( )c y sin b 6 x 2 x c b a
2

+ + = , then the point ( x, y) lies on

(A) x =1 (B) y =1
(C) y =t (D) x +y =0

3. The scalar ( ) ( ) { } c b a c b . a

+ + + equals
(A) 0 (B) 2| | c b a

(C) | | c b a

(D) None of these

4. If c , b

, a are three unit vectors, such that c b

a + + is also a unit vector, and u

1
, u
2
, u
3
are
angle between the vectors, a

, c

and c

, b

; b

, a
respectively then cosu
1
+ cosu
2
+ cosu
3

equals
(A) 3 (B) -3 (C) 1 (D) -1
5. If angle between
3
is b and a
t

, then angle between b 3 and a 2

is
(A) t/3 (B) -t/3 (C) 2t/3 (D) -2t/3

6. The vectors k

m 3 j

m i

2 + and ( ) k

m 2 i

m 1 + + include an acute angle for

(A) all real m (B) m <2 or m >1/2
(C) m =1/2 (D) m e [2, 1/2]

7. a 3, b 4, c 5 = = =

such that each is perpendicular to sum of the other two, then
a b c + +

=
(A) 5 2 (B)
2
5
(C) 10 2 (D) 5 3

8. If x

and y

are two vectors and | is the angle between them, then

1
x y
2


is equal to
(A) 0 (B)
2
t
(C)
2
sin
|
(D)
2
cos
|


9. If
( )

u i a i j ( a j ) k ( a k ) = + +

, then
(A) u is unit vector (B) u =a +i +j +k
(C) u =2a (D) none of these

10. Let b

and a
be two unit vectors such that b

+ is also a unit vector. Then the angle

between b

and a is
(A) 30 (B) 60
(C) 90 (D) 120

11. If k

a + + =

, k

4 j

3 i

4 b

+ + =

and k

c | + o + =

are linearly dependent vectors and c

=
3.
(A) o =1, | =-1 (B) o =1, | 1
(C) o =-1, | 1 (D) o = 1, | =1

12. Let k

2 j

2 a + =

and j

b + =

. If c

is a vector such that c a

= c

, 2 2 a c =

and the
angle between ( ) b a

and c

is 30, then ( ) c b a

=
(A)
3
2
(B)
2
3

(C) 2 (D) 3

13. Let k i a = , ( ) k x 1 j i x b + + = and ( ) k y x 1 j x i y b + + + = . Then | | c b a depends on
(A) only x (B) only y
(C) NEITHER x NOR y (D) both x and y

14. If | a | | b a | = + , then ( ) b a 2 . b + equals
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2a.b (D) none of these

15. If | a | =3, | b | =5, | c | =7 and c b a + + =0, then angle between a and b is
(A)
4
t
(B)
3
t

(C)
2
t
(D) none of these

16. Given that angle between the vectors k

3 i

a = and k

2 b + = is acute, whereas
the vector b makes with the co-ordinate axes on obtuse angle then belongs to
(A) (-, 0) (B) (0, )
(C) R (D) none of these

17. If c and b , a

are unit coplanar vectors then the scalar triple product

| | a c 2 , c b 2 , b a 2

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

18. If b a b a

> + , then the angle between a

and b

is
(A) acute (B) obtuse
(C) t/2 (D) none of these

19. If the lines
|
|
.
|

\
|
+ =
| c |
c
| b |
b
x r and ( ) b c y b 2 r + = intersect at a point with position vector
|
|
.
|

\
|
+
| c |
c
| b |
b
z , then
(A) z is the AM between | b | and | c | (B) z is the GM between | b | & | c |
(C) z is the HM between | b | and | c | (D) z = | b | + | c |

20. Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon and AB a b c

=

=

=

, , BC CD then AE

is

(A)

a b c + + (B)

a b +
(C)

b c + (D)

c a +

21. The number of unit vectors perpendicular to vectors ( ) ( )

a= 110 , , and b= 0,1,1 is

(A) One (B) Two
(C) Three (D) Infinite

22. If

p and dare two unit vectors and u is the angle between them, then
(A)
1
2 2
2

sin p d =
u
(B)

p d =sinu
(C)
( )
1
2
1
2

cos p d = u (D) ( ) 2 cos 1

2
1
2
= d p

23. The value of k for which the points A(1, 0, 3) , B(-1, 3,4) ,C(1, 2, 1) and
D(k, 2, 5) are coplanar is

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

24. If
a a a
b b b
c c c
2 3
2 3
2 3
1
1
1
0
+
+
+
= and the vectors A =(1, a, a
2
), B =(1, b, b
2
), C =(1,c,c
2
) are
non - coplanar, then the value of abc will be
(A) 1 (B) 1
(C) 0 (D) None of these
25. Let a, b, c be distinct non-negative numbers. If the vectors k

b j

c i

c , k

, k

c j

a i

a + + + + + lie in
a plane, then c is
(A) the arithmetic mean of a and b (B) the geometric mean of a and b
(C) the harmonic mean of a and b (D) equal to zero
`
26. The unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by P(1, -1, 2), Q(2, 0, -1), R(0, 2, 1) is
(A)
6
2 k j i + +
(B)
6
2k j i +

(C)
6
2 k j i + +
(D) None of these

27. If

C B A , , are non-coplanar vectors then

B A C
C A B
B A C
C B A
.
.
.
.
is equal to
(A) 3 (B) 0
(B) 1 (D) None of there

28. If the vector ,

k j i a + + k j b i

+ + and k c j i

+ + (a = b= c=1) are coplanar, then the value
of

c b a
+

+
1
1
1
1
1
1
is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 0
(C) 2 (D) None of these

29. If c b a

, , are vectors such that b a

. =0 and c b a

= + . Then
(A)
2
2
2
c b a

= + (B)
2
2
2
c b a

+ =
(C)
2 2
2
c a b

+ = (D) None of these

30. The points with position vector 60i +3j, 40i 8j and ai 52j are collinear if
(A) a =-40 (B) a =40 (C) a =20 (D) none of these .

31. Let b

and a
be two unit vectors such that b

+ is also a unit vector. Then the angle

between b

and a is
(A) 30 (B) 60 (C) 90 (D) 120

32. If vectors ax k

5 j

3 i

+ and x k

ax 2 j

2 i

+ + make an acute angle with each other, for all x e

R, then a belongs to the interval
(A) |
.
|

\
|
0 ,
4
1
(B) ( 0, 1) (C) |
.
|

\
|
25
6
, 0 (D) |
.
|

\
|
0 ,
25
3


33. A vector of unit magnitude that is equally inclined to the vectors j

+ , k

+ and k

+ is;
(A) ( ) k

3
1
(B) ( ) k

3
1
+
(C) ( ) k

3
1
+ + (D) none of these

34. Let a, b, c be three distinct positive real numbers. If r , q , p lie in plane, where
k

b j

a i

a p + = , k

q + = and k

b j

c i

c r + + = then b is
(A) A.M of a, c (B) the G.M of a, c
(C) the H.M of a, c (D) equal to c


85. The scalar ( ) ( ) { } C B A C B . A + + + is equal to ______________________

36. If c , b , a are unit coplanar vectors, then the scalar triple product | | a c 2 , c b 2 , b a 2 is
equal to _____________________

37. The area of a parallelogram whose diagonals represent the vectors k

2 j

3 + and
k

4 j

3 i

+ is
(A) 10 3 (B) 5 3
(C) 8 (D) 4

38. The value of | | a c c b b a + + + is equal to
(A) 2| | c b a (B) 3| | c b a
(C) | | c b a (D) 0




LEVELII

1. If a

is any vector in the plane of unit vectors c and b

, with c b

=0, then the

magnitude of the vector ( ) c

is
(A) | a |

(B) 2
(C) 0 (D) none of these .
2. If b and a

are two unit vectors and u is the angle between them, then the unit vector
along the angular bisector of b and a

will be given by
(A)
2
cos 2
b a
u

(B)
2
cos 2
b a
u
+

(C)
2
sin 2
b a
u
+

(D) none of these.

3. If a is a unit vector and projection of x along a is 2 units and ( ) x b x a = + , then xis
given by
(A) ( ) | | b a b a
2
1
+ (B) ( ) | | b a b a 2
2
1
+ +
(C) ( ) | | b a a + (D) none of these.

4. If 0 c 9 b 5 a 4 = + + , then ) b a ( [ ) c b ( ) a c ( ]is equal to
(A) A vector perpendicular to plane of c and b , a (B) A scalar quantity
(C) 0

(D) None of these

5. The shortest distance of the point (3, 2, 1) from the plane, which passes through a(1, 1, 1)
and which is perpendicular to vector k

3 i

2 + = o

, is
(A)
3
4
(B) 2 (C) 3 (D)
13
1


6. Let k

2 a + + =

, k

2 i

b + =

and a unit vector c

be coplanar. If c

is perpendicular to
a

then c

=
(A) ( ) k

2
1
+ (B) ( ) k

3
1

(C) ( ) j 2

5
1
(D) ( ) k

2
1


7. Let a

and b

be the two noncollinear unit vector. If ( )b b a a u

= and b a v


= , then v

is
(A) u

(B) a u u

+
(C) ( ) b a u u


+ + (D) none of these

8. If b , a and c are unit vectors, then
2 2 2
a c c b b a + + does NOT exceed
(A) 4 (B) 9
(C) 8 (D) 6

9. If k

2 a where , 3 r . a and a t b r a + = = + = and k

2 i

b + = then r equals
(A) j

5
2
i

6
7
+ (B) j

3
1
i

6
7
+
(C) k

3
1
j

3
2
i

6
7
+ + (D) none of these

10. If ( ) ( ) ( ) a c c b b a

+ | + o =0 and at least one of the numbers o, | and is non-zero,

then the vectors c and b , a

are
(A) perpendicular (B) parallel
(C) co-planar (D) none of these

11. The vectors a

and b

are non-zero and non-collinear. The value of x for which vector

c

=(x 2)a

+b

and d

=(2x +1)a

are collinear.
(A) 1 (B) 1/2
(C) 1/3 (D) 2

12 c b a

= , a c b

= , then
(A) a

=1, c b

= (B) c

=1, a

=1
(C) b

=2, a b

2 = (D) b

=1, a b

=

13. Ifa

, b

, c

are three non - coplanar vectors and p, q, r

are vectors defined by the
relations
b c
p
a b c

=
(

,
c a
q
a b c

=
(

,
a b
r
a b c

=
(

then the value of expression
(a + b).p + (b + c).q + (c + a).r


is equal to
(A) 0 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) 3

14. The value of
2 2 2

|a i | + |a j| + |a k|

is
(A) a
2
(B) 2a
2

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

15. If k

2 b , j

a = + = and b a b r , a b a r = = , then a unit vector in the direction of r is;

(A) ( ) k

3 i

11
1
+ (B) ( ) k

3 i

11
1
+
(C) ( ) k

3
1
(D) none of these

16. ( )( ) ( )( ) ( )( ) k

a k

. a j

a j

. a i

a i

. a + + is equal to;
(A) 3a (B) r
(C) 2r (D) none of these

17. If the vertices of a tetrahedron have the position vectors k

and k

2 , j

, 0 + + then the
volume of the tetrahedron is
(A) 1/6 (B) 1
(C) 2 (D) none of these

18. A =(1, -1, 1), C =(-1, -1, 0) are given vectors; then the vector B which satisfies C B A =
and 1 B . A = is ___________________________________

19. If c , b , a are given non-coplanar unit vectors such that
2
c b
) c b ( a
+
= , then the angle
between a and c is ________________________________

20. Vertices of a triangle are (1, 2, 4) (3, 1, -2) and (4, 3, 1) then its area is_______________


21. A unit vector coplanar with k 2 j i + + and k j 2 i + + and perpendicular to k j i + + is
_______________________

LEVELIII

1. If c , b , a are coplanar vectors and a is not parallel to b then( ) ( ) ( ) ( )b b a c a a b a b c + is
equal to
(A) ( ) ( ) | |c b a b a + (B) ( ) ( )c b a b a
(C) ( ) ( )c b a b a (D) none of these

2. The projection of k

+ + on the line whose equation is r =(3 +) i

+(2 -1) j

+3k

,
being the scalar parameter is;
(A)
14
1
(B) 6
(C)
14
6
(D) none of these

3. If q , p are two non-collinear and non-zero vectors such that (b c) q p +(c a)p+(a b)q=0
where a, b, c are the lengths of the sides of a triangle, then the triangle is
(A) right angled (B) obtuse angled (C) equilateral (D) isosceles


LI

1. B 2. A
3. A 4. D
5. C 6. B
7. A 8.
9. C 10. D
11. B 12. B
13. C 14. A
15. B 16. A
17. A 18. A
19. C 20. C
21. B 22. C
23. D 24. A
25. B 26. C
27. B 28. A
29. A 30. A
31. D 32. C
33. C 34. C
35. O 36. O
37. B 38. A

LII

1. A 2. B
3. B 4. C
5. A 6. A
7. A 8. B
9. D 10. C
11. C 12. D
13. D 14. B
15. A 16. D
17. A 18. K
19. / 3 u = t 20. 5 5/ 2
21.
J K
2
. .
+
ON
J K
2
. .

LIII


1. 2. C
3. C