ASSIGNMENTS

Exercise - 01
CBSE FLASH BACK
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1. Define a  b and prove that | a  b |  (a . b) tan , where  is angle between a and b [1998]

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2. Find , if the vectors a  ˆi – ˆj  3kˆ ;b  4iˆ – 5ˆj  2kˆ , are perpendicular to each other.. [1999]

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3. If a ,b and c are three mutually perpendicular vectors of equal magnitude, prove that the angle which
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(a  b  c) makes with any of the vectors a, b or c is cos–1   [2000]
 3

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4. If | a |  5, | b |  13, | a  b |  25 , find a .b . [2002]

5. Show that the area of a parallelogram having diagonals 3iˆ  ˆj – 2kˆ and ˆi – 3ˆj  4kˆ is 5 3 sq. units.
[2004]

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6. ˆ b  2iˆ  ˆj – kˆ and c  ˆi – 2ˆj  2kˆ , then show that (a  b)  c  a  ( b  c ) .
If a  3iˆ – ˆj  2k,
[2004]

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7. If a  5iˆ – ˆj  7k,
ˆ b  ˆi – ˆj – kˆ , find the  such that a  b and a – b are orthogonal. [2005]

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8. For vector a, b and c a  (b  c)  b  (c  a)  c  (a  b)  0 [2005]

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9. Find the angle between the vectors a  b and a – b if a  2iˆ – ˆj  3kˆ and b  3iˆ  ˆj – 2kˆ . [2006]

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10. Find the projection of b  c on a , where a  2iˆ – 2ˆj  kˆ , b  ˆi  2ˆj – 2kˆ and c  2iˆ – ˆj  4kˆ .
[2007]
 Exercise - 02
OBJECTIVE
2 2 2
1. The value of a  i  a  j  a  k is
(A) a2 (B) 2a2 (C) 3a2 (D) none of these

2.
  ˆ r  1 (p  q)
Let p  3iˆ  4ˆj, q  5i,
   
and 2s  p  q . Then
4
(A) |p + r| = |q + s| (B) | r  s| | r  s|,   R
(C) |p + q| = |p - q| (D) r is  to s

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3. Distance of P ( p) from the plane r  a  b is
     
  (( p  a ). b) b
  (( p  a ). b) b
(A) (a  p)   (B) ( b  p)  
| b|2 | b|2
   
  (( p  a ). b) b
(C) (a  p)   (D) none of these
| b|2

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4. If the projection of point P ( p) on the plane r . n  q is the point S( s )
     
 (q  p. n) n   (q  p. n) n
(A) s   (B) s  p  
| n|2 | n|2
      
  ( p. n) n   (q  p. n) n
(C) s  p   2 (D) s  p  
| n| | n|2

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5. Angle between i and the line of intersection of the planes r .( i  2 j  3k )  0 and r .(3i  3j  k )  0
is equal to

1 1 1 1 1 2
(A) cos (B) cos (C) cos (D) none of these
3 3 3
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6. a and b are mutually perpendicular unit vectors. r is a vector satisfying r . a  0, r . b  1 and
   
[ r , a , b]  1 then r is equal to
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(A) a  ( a  b) (B) b  ( a  b) (C) a  b  (a  b) (D) a  b  (a  b)
 
7. A vector a  ( x, y, z) makes an obtuse angle with y-axis, equal angles with b  ( y ,  2 z, 3x) and
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c  ( 2 z, 3x,  y) and a is perpendicular to d  (1,  1, 2) . If | a|  2 2 , then vector a is
2 2 2 2 2 2
(A)  , , (B) (-2, -2, 2)
3 3 3

2 2
(C) (1, 1, 1) (D) , , 2
3 3
8. Let   ai  bj  ck ,   bi  cj  ak and   ci  aj  bk be three coplanar vectors with a  b ,
 
and v  i  j  k . Then v is perpendicular to
  
(A)  (B) 2  (C) 5  (D) none of these

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9. If a  2 b  3c  0 , then the value of a  b  b  c  c  a is
   
(A) 6b  c (B) 2( a  b ) (C) c  a (D) 0

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10. If | A|  2, | B|  4, | C|  5 and A ( B  C)  B(C  A )  C(A  B)  0 then | A  B  C| is equal to

(A) 3/2 (B) 5 2 (C) 3 5 (D) 0

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11. If the nonzero vectors a and b are perpendicular to each other, then the solution of the equation
  
r  a  b is given by
  1     1  
(A) r  xa    (a  b) (B) r  xb    ( a  b)
a. a b. b
  
(C) r  xa  b (D) none of these

1
12. If a, b, c are three unit vectors, b || c and a  ( b  c)  b , then angle between a and c is
2
(A)  / 6 (B)  / 2 (C)  / 3 (D) none of these

13. The vector a = xi - 3j - k and b = 2xi + xj - k include an acute angle, and b and positive y-axis include
an obtuse angle. Then values of x may be
(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) all x < 0 (D) all x > 0

14. The straight lines whose direction cosines are given by a  bm  cn  0, fmn  gn  hm  0 are
perpendicular if
f g h
(A)   0 (B) (a / f )  ( b / g)  (c / h)  0
a b c

(C) ( af )  ( bg)  (ch) (D) (a / f )  ( b / g)  (c / h)

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15. The area of the parallelogram constructed on the vectors a  p  2 q & b  2 p  q where
 
p & q are unit vectors forming an acute angle of 30º is :
(A) 3/2 (B) 5/2 (C) 7/2 (D) none of these
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16. If the vector b is collinear with the vector a  2 2 ,  1, 4 & b = 10 , then :
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(A) a  b = 0 (B) a  2 b = 0 (C) 2 a  b = 0 (D) none of these

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17. If a x b = c x d & a  c = b x d then the vectors a  d & b  c are :
(A) collinear (B) linearly independent
(C) perpendicular (D) parallel

18. The point B divides the arc AC of the quadrant of a circle with centre 'O' as the origin in the ratio
      
1 : 2 . If OA  a and OB  b , then the vector OC in terms of a & b is :
     
(A) 2 b  3 a (B) 3 b  2 a (C) 2 b  3 a (D) none of these

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19. The angle between the vectors a  b & a  b , given  a  = 2 ,  b  = 1 , and angle between a

& b is /3, is :
2 2 3
(A) tan1 (B) tan1 (C) tan1 (D) none of these
3 3 7

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20. For nonzero vectors a , b , c , a x b . c = a b c holds if and only if ;
       
(A) a . b = 0 , b . c = 0 (B) c . a = 0 , a . b = 0
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(C) a . c = 0 , b . c = 0 (D) a . b = b . c = c . a = 0
 Exercise - 03
SUBJECTIVE
Evaluate the following :
1. The straight line joining the mid-points of two non-parallel sides of a trapezium is parallel to the
parallel sides and half their sum.
2. Points X and Y are taken on the sides QR and RS, repetitively of a parallelogram PQRS, so that
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QX  4 XR and RY  4YS . The line XY cuts the line PR at Z. Prove that PZ  PR .
25

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p  a  [( e  b)  (d  c )]
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3. Show that q  b  [( e  c )  (d  a )] form the sides of a triangle, where a , b, c , d , e , p, q , r
     
r  c  [( e  a )  (d  b)]

are non zero vectors.

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4. Given that a , b, p, q are four vectors such that a  b  p, b. q  0 and ( b) 2  1 , where  is a
      
scalar then prove that |( a. q ) p  ( p. q )a| | p. q| .

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5. Solve the following equation for the vector p ; p  a  ( p. b) c  b  c where a , b , c are
  
non zero non coplanar vectors and a is neither perpendicular to b nor to c , hence show

  [a b c]   
that p  a    c is perpendicular to b  c .
a. c

6. ABC is triangle and ‘O’ any point in the plane of the same AO, BO and CO meet the sides BC,
OD OE OF
CA and AB in D, E, F respectively, show that    1.
AD BE CF

7. A straight line ' ' cuts the lines AB, AC and AD of a parallelogram ABCD at points
B, C, D respectively. If AB1 = AB1  1.AB, AD1   2 .AD and AC1   3 .AC  , then prove

1 1 1
that   .
 3 1  2

8. The internal bisectors of the angles of a triangles of a triangle ABC meet the opposite sides in
(2abc) 
D, E, F ; the vectors to prove that the area of the triangle DEF is given by
(a  b)( b  c)(c  a )
where  is the area of the triangle.
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9. The angles between three non zero vectors a , b , c which are not necessarily coplanar are 
       
between b and c,  between c and a ,  between a and b . Vectors ectors 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 is
    
perpendicular to c or cos   cos .cos  . Hence show that a  b is perpendicular to b  c .
     
Now if vectors a , b , c are coplanar then show that [ u v a ]  [ u v b]  [ u v c] .

10. The point D, E, F divide sides BC, CA, AB of a triangle ABC in the ratio 1 : 2. The pairs of lines
AD, BE ; BE, CF ; CF, AD meet at P, Q, R respectively. Show that the area of the triangle PQR
is (1/ 7) the area of triangle ABC.

11. Let u, v, w be three unit vectors such that u  v  w  a, u  (v  w )  b ,

3 7
(u  v)  w  c, a.u  , a.v  and | a | = 2. Find u, v and w in terms of a, b and c.
2 4

12. If D, E, F are three points on the sides BC, CA, AB respectively of a triangle ABC such that the
BD CE AF
points D, E, F are collinear, then prove that . .  1 and conversely..
CD AE BF
 Exercise - 04
OBJECTIVE
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1. If a  b  c = 0 , a = 3 , b = 5 , c = 7 , then the angle between a & b is :

 2 5 
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 3 3 3

2. Given the points A (2, 3, 4) , B (3, 2, 5) , C (1, 1, 2) & D (3, 2, 4) . The projection of the
 
vector AB on the vector CD is :

22 21 47
(A) (B)  (C)  (D) none of these
3 4 7

3. Given the vertices A (2, 3, 1) , B (4, 1, 2) , C (6, 3, 7) & D (5, 4, 8) of a tetrahedron. The
length of the altitude drawn from the vertex D is :
(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 11 (D) none of these

4. Four coplanar forces are applied at a point O . Each of them is equal to k , & the angle between
two consecutive forces equals 45º . Then the resultant has the magnitude equal to :

(A) k 2  2 2 (B) k 3  2 2 (C) k 4  2 2 (D) none of these

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5. The force determined by the vector r = (1, 8, 7) is resolved along three mutually perpendicular

directions , one of which is the direction of the vector a  2 i  2 j  k . Then the vector
 
component of the force r in the direction of the vector a is :
14  14  7 
(A)  14 i  14 j  7 k (B)  i j k
3 3 3

2 2 1
(C)  i  j  k (D) none of these
3 3 3

6. A point taken on each median of a triangle divides the median in the ratio 1 : 3 , reckoning from the
vertex . Then the ratio of the area of the triangle with vertices at these points to that of the original
triangle is :
(A) 5 : 13 (B) 25 : 64 (C) 13 : 32 (D) none of these

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7. If a , b , c represents the vectors BC , CA , AB respectively , then which one is correct
                 
(A) a x b  bx c (B) b x c  cxa (C) cx a  a x b (D) a x b  b x c  cxa
8. The volume of the parallelepiped whose edges are represented by the vectors
  
a  2 i  3 j  4 k , b  3 i  j  2 k , c  i  2 j  k is :
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) none of these

   
9. If e1 & e 2 are two unit vectors and  is the angle between them , then sin   is :
 2
   
1   1   e1 . e2 e1 x e2
(A) e1  e2 (B) e1  e2 (C) (D)  
2 2 2 2 e1 e 2

10. Constant forces 2 i  5 j  6 k , î  2ˆj k̂ & 2 i  7 j act on a particle which is displaced from the

position 4 i  3 j  2 k to the position 6 i  j  3 k . Then the total work done is :

(A) 15 units (B) 17 units (C) 20 units (D) none of these
      
11. Let a , b , c be vectors of length 3, 4, 5 respectively . Let a be perpendicular to b  c , b to
       
c  a & c to a  b . Then a  b  c is :

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

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12. Given the vectors a & b the angle between which equals 120º . If a = 3 & b = 4 , then the

 3 
length of the vector , 2 a  b is :
2

(A) 6 3 (B) 7 2 (C) 4 5 (D) none of these

 2 
 
2
13. The scalar a x b  a . b =
     
(A) a 2  b 2 (B) a 2  b 2 (C) a 2 b 2 (D) none of these
14. The acute angle between the medians drawn from the acute angles of an isosceles right angled
triangle is :
2 3 4
(A) cos1 (B) cos1 (C) cos1 (D) none of these
3 4 5

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15. Given a parallelogram ABCD. If AB = a , AD = b & AC = c, then DB . AB has the value:

3 a 2  b 2  c2 a 2  3 b 2  c2 a 2  b 2  3 c2
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
2 2 2
  
16. Given a parallelogram OACB . The lengths of the vectors OA , OB & AB are a, b & c
 
respectively . The scalar product of the vectors OC & OB is :

a 2  3 b 2  c2 3 a 2  b 2  c2 3 a 2  b 2  c2 a 2  3 b 2  c2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
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17. Given three vectors a , b , c which satisfy the condition a  b  c = 0 . If a = 3 , b = 1 and
      
c = 4 , then a . b  b . c  c . a =
(A)  11 (B)  13 (C)  15 (D) none of these
    


18.
  

If a , b , c be the unit vectors such that b is not parallel to c and a x 2 b x c  b then the angle
  
that a makes with b & c are respectively :

   2  2  
(A) & (B) & (C) & (D) &
3 4 3 3 2 3 2 3

  
19. P, Q have position vectors a & b relative to the origin 'O' & X, Y divide PQ internally and

externally respectively in the ratio 2 : 1 . Vector XY =
4  
(A)
3  
2

ba  (B)
3
ab  (C)
5  
6

ba  (D)
4  
3

ba 

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20. The vectors p & q satisfy the system of equations , 2pq a , p 2q b and the angle between
   
p & q is  . If it is known that in the rectangular system of coordinates the vectors a & b have
 
the forms a = (1, 1) & b = (1, 1) , then cos  =

4 4 3
(A) (B)  (C)  (D) none of these
5 5 5
 Exercise - 05
SUBJECTIVE
Evaluate the following :

1. The position vectors of the points P and Q are 5î  7ˆj  2k̂ and  3î  3ˆj  6k̂ respectively. A line

1 is parallel to A  3î  ˆj  k̂ and passes through the point P and a line  2 is parallel to

B  3î  2ˆj  4k̂ and passes through the point Q. A third line  parallel to 2î  7ˆj  5k̂ intersects

lines 1 and  2 . Find the position vectors of the points of intersection.

  
2. Let a , b , c be non coplanar unit vectors, equally inclined to one another at an angle  . If
      
a  b  b  c  pa  qb  rc . Find scalars p, q and r in terms of  .

    
     p 2 b  ( b. a ) a  p( b  a )
3. If px  ( x  a )  b ; ( p  0) prove that x   .
p( p 2  a 2 )
  
4. Let x̂ , ŷ and ẑ be the unit vectors such that x̂  ŷ  ẑ  a , x̂  ( ŷ  ẑ )  b, ( x̂  ŷ)  ẑ  c ,
 3  7   
a.x̂  , a.y  and | a |  2 . Find x̂ , ŷ and ẑ in terms of a , b and c .
2 4

5. Show that the solution of the equation kr  r  a  b where k is a non-zero scalar and a and b

 1  a.b     
are two non-collinear vectors , is given by r  2  a  kb  a  b  .
k  a 2  k 
   
6. In a quadrilateral PQRS ; PQ  a , QR  b, SP  a  b , M is the midpoint of QR and x is a point

4
on SM such that SX = SM. Prove that P, X and R are collinear..
5
CM
7. In a triangle ABC, the median CM is perpendicular to the angle bisector AL, and  n . Using
AL
9  4n 2
vector method, show that cos A = .
9  4n 2

   
8. Consider the non zero vectors a , b , c and d such that no three of which are coplanar then prove
            
that a[ b c d ]  c[ a b d ]  b[a c d ]  d[ a b c ] . Hence prove that a , b , c and d represent
 
[ b c d ]  [a b d ]
the position vectors of the vertices of a plane quadrilateral if and only if        1.
[a c d ]  [a b c]
9. Show that the circumcenter of the tetrahedron OABC is given by,
        
a 2 ( b  c)  b 2 ( c  a )  c 2 ( a  b)   
 , where a , b , c are the pv’s of the points A, B, C respectively
2[ a b c ]
relative to the origin ‘O’.

10. Find the position vector of the point of intersection of the three planes
r . n1 = q1, r . n2 = q2, r . n3 = q3 where n1, n2 and n3 are non-coplanar vectors.


11. If the point R ( r ) is on the line, which is parallel to the vector, ai  bj  ck (where a, b, c  0 ) and

passing through the point S( s ) , then prove that, r  ( ai  bj  ck ) = s  ( ai  bj  ck ). Further
 
if, T( t ) is a point outside the given line then show that the distance of the line from the point T( t ) is
   2   2   2
t  s cj  bk  t  s . ak  ci  t  s . bi  aj
given by, .
a 2  b 2  c2

12. Prove that [a  p, b  q, c  r ]  [a  q, b  r , c  p]  [a  r , b  p, c  q ]  0 .

 Exercise - 06
IIT NEW PATTERN QUESTIONS
Section I Fill in the blanks
   
1. The system reciprocal to a , b and a × b is ............... .

   
2. For given vectors a (2, 1, –1), b (1, 2, 1, ) c (2, –1, 3) and d (3, –1, 2) the projection of the vector
    
a  c on the vector ( b  d )  c is ................. .

        
3. If a, b and c are unit vectors satisfying a  b  c = 0 and a.b  b.c  c.a is equal to ......... .

        
4. If ( a  b) . ( b  c ) × ( c  a ) = [ a.( b  c )]k , then k is ........... .

 
5. The value of c for which the vector p = (c log2 x, – 6, 3) and q = (log2 x, 2, 2c log2 x) make an obtuse
angle for any x (0, ) are .............. .

Section II More than one correct :

1. The vector î  xˆj  3k̂ is rotated through an angle  and doubled in magnitude, then it becomes
4î  ( 4 x  2)ˆj  2k̂ . The value of x are
(A) –2/3 (B) 2/3 (C) 1/3 (D) 2

2. If in a right angle triangle ABC, the hypotenious AB = p, then AB.AC  BC.BA  CA.CB is equal
to
(A) 2p2 (B) p2/2 (C) p2 (D) AC2 + BC2

   
3. If | a | = 2, | b | =3, | 2a  b | = 5, then
       
(A) a . b  1 (B) a . b  0 (C) | 2a  b | 5 (D) | 2a  b | 5

     
4. If a , b, c are any three vectors and ( c  a )  b = 0 then which of the following is/are possible?
  
(A) a , b or c may be zero vector
  
(B) b may be perpendicular to both a and c
 
(C) a and c may be collinear
 
(D) a and c are non collinear

     
5. The vector a  b , a  b and a  kb (k scalar) are collinear for
(A) k = 0 (B) k = 1 (C) k = –1 (D) k = 2
Section III Assertion/Reason
(A) Statement  1 is True, Statement  2 is True, Statement  2 is a correct explanation for
Statement  1
(B) Statement  1 is True, Statement  2 is True ; Statement  2 is NOT a correct explanation
for Statement  1
(C) Statement  1 is True, Statement  2 is False
(D) Statement  1 is False, Statement  2 is True

1. Assertion (A) : In  ABC AB  BC  CA  0

   
Reason (R) : If OA  a . OB  b , then AB  a  b (triangle law of addition)

2. Assertion (A) : If I is the incentre of  ABC then BC IA  CA IB  AB IC  0

OA  OB  OC
Reason (R) : The position vector of centroid of  ABC is .
3
  3
3. Assertion (A) : a  i  pj  2k and b  2i  3 j  qk are parallel vectors if p  , q  4
2
  a a a
Reason (R) : If a  a1i  a 2 j  a 3k and b  b1i  b 2 j  b 3k are parallel 1  2  3
b1 b 2 b 3

     
4. Assertion (A) : If a  2i  k , b  3 j  4k and c  8i  3 j are coplanar then c  4a  b
   
Reason (R) : A set vectors a1 , a 2 , a 3 ...a n is said to be linearly independent if every
   
relation of the form  1 a 1   2 a 2   3 a 3  ...   n a n  0 implies that
 1   2   3 ...   n  0 (scalar).

Section IV Comprehensions
Write Up I
  
In a rhombus OABC, vector a , b, c are respectively the position vectors of vertices A, B, C with
reference to O as origin. A point E is taken on the side BC which divides it in the ratio of
2 : 1. Also, the line segment AE intersects the line bisecting the angle O internally in point P.
If CP, when extended meets AB in point F, then

1. The position vector of point P, is

3   1    
(A) (a  c) (B) (a  c) (C) (a  c ) (D) none of these
5 5

2. The position vector of point F, is

 1    1
(A) a  c (B) a  c (C) a  c (D) none of these
3 3

3. The vector AF , is given by

1  1
(A) c (B) c (C) c (D) none of these
3 2
Write Up II
A new operation * is defined between two non antiparallel vectors  and  as


 *   |  | |  | tan   , where  is the angle between  and  .
2

1. The condition for which  and  are perpendicular is

* *
(A)  *   0 (B) 1 (C)  1 (D) none of these
|  ||  | |  ||  |
2.  *  is
(A) |  |2 (B) not define (C) 0 (D) none of these

3. For  *  = .
(A) |  | 0 is a necessary condition
(B) |  | . |  | 0 is a necessary condition
(C) t3 + t2 + t = 1 is a sufficient condition, where t = tan 2
(D) none of these
4. Let  and  be two linearly independent vector such that |    |  |  *  | , then
(A)    (B)  || 
(C)  and  are inclined at 4 (D) at least one of the  and  is null vector

5. Projection of  on  is

* *
(A) (B)
|| ||

 |  |2 |  |2  ( *  ) 2   |  |2 |  |2  ( *  ) 2 
(C) |  |  2 2 2  (D) |  |  2 2 2
 |  | |  |  ( *  )   |  | |  |  ( *  ) 

Section V Subjectives
      
1. If a  2b  3c  0 , then prove that a  b  b  c  c  a  2(a  b)

  OP
2. In the triangle OAB, OA = a and OB = b . A point P is taken on OA such that =3 and a point
PA
OQ 1
Q is taken on OB such that = . If the lines AQ and BP are perpendicular then
QB 2

show that 9a2 + 4b2 = 15 a.b .
      
3. If a , b and c are three non-coplanar vectors and d.a  d.b  d.c  0 , then show that d is a zero
vector.
Section VI Match the Column
1. Column - I Column - II
(a) The value of  for which the vectors 2î  ˆj  k̂ , î  2ˆj  k̂
and 3î  4ˆj  5k̂ are coplanar is (P) 4

(b) The area of a parallelogram having diagonals a = 3î  ˆj  2k̂

and b = î  3ˆj  4k̂ is (Q) –3
      
(c) r . a  0 , r . b  0 and r . c  0 for some non zero vector r ,

then the value of [a b c ] is (R) 10 3
(d) The volume of parallelopiped whose sides are given
OA = 2î  3ˆj , OB = î  ˆj  k̂ and OC = 3î  k̂ is (S) 0

2. Column - I Column - II
(a) If A, B, C and D are four points in space, then (P) 3 3
     
| AB  CD  BC  AD  CA  BD | = k (area of ABC)
then the value of k is
  
(b) If a, b and c and non coplanar, then the value of (Q) 3
     
[a  2 b b  3 c c  2 a ]
   is equal to
[a b c]
  
(c) If a, b, c are mutually perpendicular vector each of magnitude (R) 4
  
3, then | a  b  c | is equal to
(d) If the sum of the two unit vectors is a unit vector, then the magnitude (S) 9
of the their difference is
 Exercise - 07
AIEEE FLASH BACK
     
1. If | a |  4, | b |  2 and the angle between a and b is /6 then (a  b) 2 is equal to.
[AIEEE-2002]

(A) 48 (B) 16 (C) a (D) none of these

           
2. If a , b, c are vectors such that [a b c] = 4 then [a  b b  c c  a ] = [AIEEE-2002]
(A) 16 (B) 64 (C) 4 (D) 8

        
3. If a , b, c are vectors such that a  b  c = 0 and | a |  7, | b |  5,| c |  3 then angle between

 
vector b and c is [AIEEE-2002]
(A) 60° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 90°

           
4. If | a |  5, | b |  4,| c |  3 , then what will be the value of | a . b  b . c  c . a | , given that a  b  c
=0 [AIEEE-2002]
(A) 25 (B) 50 (C) –25 (D) –50

     
5. If the vectors c, a  xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ and b  ˆj are such that a, c and b form a right handed system


then c is : [AIEEE-2002]

(A) ziˆ – xkˆ (B) 0 (C) yjˆ (D) – ziˆ  xkˆ

     
6. a  3iˆ – 5jˆ and b  6iˆ  3jˆ are two vectors and c is a vector such that c  a  b then

  
| a |:| b |:| c | [AIEEE-2002]

(A) 34 : 45 : 39 (B) 34 : 45 : 39
(C) 34 : 39 : 45 (D) 39 : 35 : 34

        
7. If a  b  b  c  c  a then a  b  c  [AIEEE-2002]
(A) abc (B) –1 (C) 0 (D) 2
     
8. Let u  ˆi  ˆj, v  ˆi – ˆj and w  ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ . If n̂ is a unit vector such that u.nˆ  0 and v .nˆ  0 , then

| w.nˆ | is equal to [AIEEE-2003]
(A) 3 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

9. A particle acted on by constant forces 4iˆ  ˆj – 3kˆ and 3iˆ  ˆj – kˆ to then point 5iˆ  4ˆj – kˆ . Then total
work done by the forces is. [AIEEE-2003]
(A) 50 units (B) 20 units (C) 30 units (D) 40 units

 
10. The vectors AB  3iˆ  4kˆ & AC  5iˆ – 2ˆj  4kˆ are the sides of a triangle ABC. The length of the me-
dian through A is. [AIEEE-2003]
(A) 288 (B) 18 (C) 72 (D) 33

              
11. a,b,c are 3 vectors, such that a  b  c  0 , | a |  1, |b |  2, | c |  3 , then a.b  b. c  c .a is equal

to [AIEEE-2003]
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) –7 (D) 7

12. A tetrahedron has vertices at O(0, 0, 0), A (1, 2, 1) B (2, 1, 3) and C(–1, 1, 2). Then the angle
between the faces OAB and ABC will be [AIEEE-2003]
 19   17 
(A) 90° (B) cos–1  35  (C) cos–1  31  (D) 30°

13. Consider points A, B, C and D with position vectors 7iˆ – 4ˆj  7k,
ˆ ˆi – 6ˆj  10k,
ˆ – ˆi – 3ˆj  4kˆ and

5iˆ – ˆj  5kˆ repectively. Then ABCD is a. [AIEEE-2003]

(A) parallelogram but not a rhombus (B) square
(C) rhombus (D) rectangle
         
14. If u, v and w are three non-coplanar vectors, then (u  v – w).(u – v)  (v – w) equals.
[AIEEE-2003]
        
(A) 3 u. v  w (B) 0 (C) u. v  w (D) u. w  v

    
15. Let a,b and c be three non-zero vectors such that no two of these are collinear. If the vector a  2 b
      
is collinear with c and b  3 c is collinear with a ( being some non-zero scalar) then a  2 b  6 c
equals [AIEEE-2004]

(A) 0 (B)  b (C)  c (D)  a
16. A particles is acted upon by constant forces 4iˆ  ˆj – 3kˆ and 3iˆ  ˆj – kˆ which displace it from a point

ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ to the point 5iˆ  4ˆj  kˆ . The work done in standard units by the foces is given by

[AIEEE-2004]
(A) 15 (B) 30 (C) 25 (D) 40

       
17. If a, b, c are non-coplanar vectors and  is a real number, then the vectors a  2 b  3 c ,  b  4 c

and (2 – 1) c are non coplanar for [AIEEE-2004]
(A) no value of  (B) all except one value of 
(C) all except two value of  (D) all values of 

        
18. Let u, v, w be such that | u |  1,| v |  2, | w |  3 . If the projection v along u is equal to that of w
     
along u and v , w are perpendicular to each other then | u – v  w | equals [AIEEE-2004]

(A) 14 (B) 7 (C) 14 (D) 2

     
1   
19. Let a, b and c be non-zero vectors such that (a  b)  c  | b | | c | a . If  is the acute angle be-
3

 
tween the vectors b and, c , then sin  equals [AIEEE-2004]

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

20. If C is the mid point of AB and P is any point outside AB, then [AIEEE-2005]
     
(A) PA  PB  2PC (B) PA  PB  PC

       
(C) PA  PB  2PC  0 (D) PA  PB  PC  0

   
21. For any vector a , the value of (a ˆi)2  (a ˆj)2  (a  k)
ˆ 2 is equal to [AIEEE-2005]
2 2 2 2
(A) 3 a (B) a (C) 2 a (D) 4 a

22. Let a, b and c be distinct non-negative numbers, If the vectors aiˆ  ajˆ  ck,
ˆ ˆi  kˆ and ciˆ  cjˆ  bkˆ lie in

a plane, then c is [AIEEE-2005]

(A) the Geometric Mean of a and b (B) the Arithmetic Mean of a and b
(C) equal to zero (D) the Harmonic Mean of a and b
          
23. If a,b,c are non coplanar vectors and  is a real number then [(a  b)  2 b  c] [a b  c b] for

[AIEEE-2005]
(A) exactly one value of  (B) no value of 
(C) exactly three values of  (D) exactly two values of 
      
24. ˆ b  xiˆ  ˆj  (1 – x)kˆ and c  yiˆ  xjˆ  (1  x – y)kˆ . Then [a , b, c] depends on
Let a  ˆi – k,
[AIEEE-2005]
(A) only y (B) only x (C) both x and y (D) neither x nor y
            
25. If (a  b)  c  a  (b  c) where and a, b and c are any three vectors such that a.b  0, b.c  0 then
 
a and c are [AIEEE-2006]

 
(A) inclined at an angle of between them (B) inclined at an angle of between them
3 6

(C) perpendicular (D) parallel

26. The values of a, for whcih point A, B, C with position vectors 2iˆ – ˆj  k,
ˆ ˆi – 3ˆj – 5kˆ and aiˆ – 3ˆj  kˆ


respectively are the vertices of a right angled triangle with C = are [AIEEE-2006]
2

(A) 2 and 1 (B) –2 and –1 (C) –2 and 1 (D) 2 and –1

27. If û and v̂ are unit vectors and  is the actue angle between them, then 2uˆ  3vˆ is a unit vector for
[AIEEE-2007]
(A) no value of  (B) exactly one value of 
(C) exactly two values of  (D) more than two values of 
     
28. ˆ b  ˆi – ˆj  2kˆ and c  xiˆ  (x – 2) ˆj – kˆ . If the vector c lies in the plane of a and b
Let a  ˆi  ˆj  k,
then x equals [AIEEE-2007]
(A) –4 (B) –2 (C) 0 (D) 1
       
29. The non-zero vectors a, b and c are related by a  8 b and c  – 7 b . Then the angle between a


and c is [AIEEE-2008]

 
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 0
4 2

  
30. The vector a   ˆi  2ˆj   kˆ lies in the plane of the vectors b  ˆi  ˆj and c  ˆj  kˆ and bisects

 
the angle between b and c . Then which one of the following gives possible values of  and  ?
[AIEEE-2008]
(A)  = 1,  = 2 (B)  = 2,  = 1 (C)  = 1,  = 1 (D)  = 2,  = 2
  
31. If u, v, w are non-coplanar vector and p, q are real numbers, then the equality
        
[3u pv pw]  [pv w qu]  [2w qv qu] = 0 holds for [AIEEE-2009]
(A) all values of (p, q) (B) exactly one value of (p, q)
(C) exactly two values of (p, q) (D) more than two but not all values of (p, q)
32. Let a = ˆj  kˆ and c = ˆi  ˆj  kˆ . Then the vector b satisfying a × b + c = 0 and a . b = 3 is
[AIEEE-2010]
(A)  ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ (B) 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ (C) ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ (D) ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ

33. b = 2iˆ  4 ˆj  kˆ and c =  ˆi  ˆj  µkˆ are mutually othogonal, then (, µ) = [AIEEE-2010]
(A) (–3, 2) (B) (2, –3) (C) (–2, 3) (D) (3, – 2)
       
34. The vectors a and b are not perpendicular and c and d are two vectors satisfying b  c  b  d and
  
a . d  0 . Then the vector d is equal to [AIEEE-2011]

     
  b . c    a.c    b . c    a.c 
(A) b      c (B) c      b (C) b      b (D) c      b
a.b a.b a.b a.b

 
35. Let â and b̂ be two unit vectors. If the vectors c  aˆ  2bˆ and d  5aˆ  4bˆ are perpendicular to
 
each other, thenthe angle between a and b is : [AIEEE-2012]

   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 4 6 2
   
36. Let ABCD be a paral lelogram such that AB  q, AD  p and BAD be an acute angle. If r is the
vector that coincides with the altitude directed from the vertex B to the side AD, then r is given by :
[AIEEE-2012]
   
  p . q   3(p . q) 
(A) r  q      p (B) r   3q  (p . p)
 p
p . p
   
  3(p . q)     p . q
(C) r  3q    p (D) r   q     p
(p . p) p . p
 Exercise - 08
IIT FLASH BACK (OBJECTIVE)

A. Fill In the blanks

1. Let A, B, C be vectors of length 3, 4, 5 respectively. Let A be perpendicular to B  C , B to

C  A and C to A  B . Then the length of vector A  B  C is............. [IIT - 81]

a a2 1 a3
b b 2 1  b3   
2. If = 0 and vectors A = (1, a, a2), B = (1, b, b2), C (1, c, c2) are non coplanar, then
c c2 1  c3

the product abc = ............ . [IIT - 85]

     
   A.B  C B.A  C
3. If A B C are three non coplanar vectors, then    +    = . . . [IIT - 85]
C  A.B C.A  B

4. If A  (1, 1, 1), C  (0, 1,  1) are given vectors, than a vector B satisfying the equations A  B  C

and A.B  3 ........ [IIT - 85]

5. If the vectors a l̂  ˆj  k̂ , î  bˆj  k̂ and î  ˆj  ck̂ (a  b  c  1) are coplanar, then the value of
1 1 1
   ........ [IIT - 87]
(1  a ) (1  b) (1  c)

 
6. Let b  4î  3ˆj and c be two vectors perpendicular to each other in the xy-plane. All vectors in
 
the same plane having projection 1 and 2 along b and c , respectively, are given by.......
[IIT - 87]

 
7. The components of a vector a along and perpendicular to a non-zero vector b are ....... and ..........
respectively. [IIT - 88]

    
8. Given that a  (1,1, 1), c  (0,1,  1), a.b  3 and a  b  c , then b  ....... [IIT - 91]

9. A unit vector coplanar with î  ĵ  2k̂ and î  2ˆj  k̂ and perpendicular to î  ĵ  k̂ is ......... .
[IIT - 92]

10. The unit vector perpendicular to the plane determined by P(1, –1, 2), Q(2, 0, –1) and
R(0, 2, 1) is ......... [IIT - 94]
 
11. A non zero vector a is parallel to the line of intersection of the plane determined by the vectors

î , î + ˆj and the plane determined by the vectors î - ˆj , î + k̂ . The angle between a and the vector
î - 2 ˆj + 2 k̂ is ......... [IIT - 96]

  
12. If b, c are any two non collinear unit vector and a is any vector, then
  
      a.( b  c )  
( a. b) b  ( a. c ) c    ( b  c ) = ..................... [IIT - 96]
| b  c|
       
13. 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 ................. . [IIT - 97]
      
14. Let OA  a , OB  10a  2 b and OC  b where O, A and C are non-collinear points. Let p denote
the area 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 = ................. . [IIT - 97]

B. True/False
        
1. Let A , B and C be unit vectors suppose that A.B = A.C = 0 and that the angle between B and C
   
is . Then A = ±2 ( B  C) . [IIT - 81]
6

2. If X . A = 0, X . B = 0, X . C = 0 for some non-zero vector X, then [A B C] = 0.

[IIT - 83]

3. The points with position vectors a + b, a – b and a + kb are collinear for all real values of k.
[IIT - 84]
           
4. For any three vectors a , b and c , (a  b) . ( b  c ) × ( c  a ) = 2a . b  c . [IIT - 89]

C. Multiple Choice Questions with One or More than One Correct Answer
  
1. Let a  a 1i  a 2 j  a 3 k, b  b1i  b 2 j  b 3k, c  c1i  c 2 j  c 3k be three non-zero vectors such that
     
c is a unit vector perpendicular to both the vectors a and b . If the angle between a and b is ,
6
2
a1 a 2 a3
then b1 b 2 b3 is equal to [IIT - 86]
c1 c 2 c3
1 2
(A) 0 (B)
4

a1  a 2 2  a 3 2  b
1
2
 b 2 2  b32 
(C) 1 (D)
4

3 2 2 3 2
 2 3 2 2

a 1  a 2  a 3 b1  b 2  b 3 c1  c 2  c 3
3

 
2. The numbers of vectors of unit length perpendicular to vectors a =(1, 1,0) and b = (0, 1, 1) is
(A) one (B) two (C) three (D) infinite [IIT - 87]
   
3. Let a = 2î  ˆj  k̂ , b = î  2ˆj  k̂ and c = î  ĵ  2k̂ be three vectors. A vector in the plane of b and

  2
c whose projection on a is of magnitude is [IIT - 93]
3
(A) 2î  3ˆj  3k̂ (B) 2î  3ˆj  3k̂ (C)  2î  ˆj  5k̂ (D) 2î  ˆj  5k̂

   
4. If a  i  j  k , b  4 i  3j  4 k and c  i  j  k are linearly dependent vectors and | c|  3
then : [IIT - 98]
(A)   1,   1 (B)   1,   1
(C)   1,   1 (D)   1,   1

  
5. For three vectors u, v, w which of the following expressions is not equal to any of the remaining three
? [IIT - 98]
           
(A) u.( v  w ) (B) ( v  w ). u (C) v( u  w ) (D) ( u  v). w

6. Which of the following expressions are meaningful ? [IIT - 98]

           
(A) u.( v  w ) (B) ( u. v). w (C) ( u. v) w (D) u  ( v. w )

          
7. Let a and b be two non-collinear unit vectors. If u  a  (a. b) b and v  a  b , then | v| is
         
(A) | u| (B) | u|| u. a| (C) | u|| u. b| (D) u  u.(a  b)
[IIT - 98]
8. The vector(s) which is/are coplanar with vectors ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ and ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ , and perpendicular to the

vector ˆi  ˆj  kˆ is/are [IIT-2011]

(A) ˆj  kˆ (B) ˆi  ˆj (C) ˆi  ˆj (D)  ˆj  kˆ

D. Multiple Choice Questions with One Correct Answer
     
1. The scalar A.( B  C)  ( A  B  C) equals [IIT - 81]
    
(A) 0 (B) [ A B C]  [B C A ]
  
(B) [ A B C] (D) none of these

        
2. For non-zero vectors a , b, c , | (a  b).c |  | a | b | c | holds if and only if [IIT - 82]
   
(A) a.b  0, b.c  0 (B) b.c  0, c.a  0
     
(C) c.a  0, a.b  0 (D) a.b  b . c  c . a  0

3. The volume of the parallelepiped whose sides are given by

  
OA  2i  2j, OB  i  j  k, OC  3i  k is [IIT - 83]
4 2
(A) (B) 2 (C) (D) none of these
13 7
4. The points with position vectors 60i + 3j, 40i – 8j, ai – 52j are collinear if [IIT - 83]
(A) a = – 40 (B) a = 40
(C) a = 20 (D) none of these
     
5. Let a , b, c be three non-coplanar vectors and p, q, r are vectors defined by the relations
     
 bc  ca  a b
p     , q     , r     , then the value of the expression
[a b c ] [a b c ] [a b c ]
        
(a  b).p  ( b  c).q  ( c  a ).r is equal to [IIT - 88]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
6. Let a, b, c be distinct nonnegative numbers. If vectors ai + aj + ck, i + k and ci + cj + bk lie in a plane,
then c is : [IIT - 93]
(A) the AM of a and b (B) the GM of a and b
(C) the HM of a and b (D) equal to zero
       
7. Let a = î  ˆj , b = ˆj  k̂ , c = k̂  î . If d is a unit vector such that a.d = 0 = ( b c d ) , then d equals
[IIT - 95]
î  ĵ  2k̂ î  ĵ  k̂ î  ĵ  k̂
(A) ± (B) ± (C)  (D)  k̂
6 3 3

      1  
8. If a , b , c are non coplanar unit vectors such that a  ( b  c )  ( b  c ) then the angle between
2
 
a and b is : [IIT - 95]
(A) 3 / 4 (B)  / 4 (C)  / 2 (D) 
        
9. Let u, v, w be the vectors such that u  v  w  0 , if | u|  3, | v|  4 and | w|  5 then the value of
     
u. v  v. w  w. u is : [IIT - 95]
(A) 47 (B) -25 (C) 0 (D) 25
         
10. If A , B, C are three non coplanar vectors, then (A  B  C).[(A  B)  (A  C)] equals
     
(A) 0 (B) [A BC] (C) 2 [A BC] (D) – [A BC] [IIT - 95]
   
11. If p , q , r be three mutually perpendicular vectors of the same magnitude. If a vector x satisfies the
             
equation p  ( x  q )  p   q  ( x  r )  q   r  ( x  p)  r   0 , then x is given by [IIT - 97]
1    1    1    1   
(A) (p  q  2 r ) (B) (p  q  r ) (C) (p  q  r ) (D) (2p  q  r )
2 2 3 3
          
12. Let a  2 i  j  2 k and b  i  j . If c is a vector such that a. c | c|, | c  a|  2 2 and the angle
     
between ( a  b ) and c is 300, then |( a  b)  c|  [IIT - 99]
(A) 2/3 (B) 3/2 (C) 2 (D) 3
          
13. Let a  2 i  j  k , b  i  2 j  k and a unit vector c be coplanar. If c perpendicular to a , then c =
[IIT - 99]
1 1
(A) (  j  k ) (B) (  i  j  k )
2 3
1   1   
(C) ( i  2 j) (D) ( i  j  k)
5 3
  
14. If the vectors a , b, c form the sides BC, CA and AB respectively of a triangle ABC, then
[IIT - 2000]
          
(A) a. b  b. c  c. a  0 (B) a  b  b  c  c  a
          
(C) a. b  b. c  c. a (D) a  b  b  c  c  a  0

        
15. Let the vectors a , b, c and d be such that (a  b)  (c  d)  o . Let P1 and P2 be planes determined
   
by the pairs of vectors a , b and c , d respectively. Then the angle between P1 and P2 is:
[IIT - 2000]
  
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
4 3 2
        
16. If a , b, c are unit coplanar vectors, then the scalar triple product [ 2a  b 2 b  c 2 c  a ] =
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C)  3 (D) 3 [IIT - 2000]

             
17. Let a  i  k , b  xi  j  (1  x) k and c  yi  xj  (1  x  y) k . Then [ a , b, c ] depends on
[IIT - 2001]
(A) only x (B) only y (C) Neither x Nor y (D) both x and y

        
18. If a , b, c are unit vectors, then | a  b|2 | b  c|2 | c  a |2 does NOT exceed [IIT - 2001]
(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6

     
19. If a and b are two unit vectors such that a  2 b and 5a  4 b are perpendicular to each other then the
 
angle between a and b is [IIT - 2002]

1 1 1 2
(A) 450 (B) 600 (C) cos (D) cos
3 7

       
20. Let V  2 i  j  k and W  i  3k . If U is a unit vector, then the maximum value of the
  
scalar triple product U V W is [IIT - 2002]

(A) -1 (B) 10  6 (C) 59 (D) 60

21. The value of ‘a’ so that the volume of parallelopiped formed by î  aˆj  k̂ , ˆj  ak̂ and aî  k̂ becomes
minimum is [IIT - 2003]
(A) –3 (B) 3 (C) 1/ 3 (D) 3

    
22. If a = ( î  ˆj  k̂ ) , a.b = 1 and a  b = ˆj  k̂ , then b is [IIT - 2004]
(A) î  ˆj  k̂ (B) 2 ĵ  k̂ (C) î (D) 2 î
23. The unit vector which is orthogonal to the vector 3î  2ˆj  6k̂ and is coplanar with the vectors 2î  ˆj  k̂

and î  ˆj  k̂ is [IIT - 2004]

2î  6 ĵ  k̂ 2î  3 ĵ 3î  k̂ 4î  3 ĵ  3k̂

(A) (B) (C) (D)
41 13 10 34

  
24. If a , b, c are non-coplanar vectors and
   
  a.b    a.b    c.a  b.c   
c.a  b.c 
b1  b  2 a , b 2  b  2 a , c1  c  2 a  2 b1 , c 4  2 a  2 b1 ,
a a a c c c
     
  c.a  b.c    c.a  b.c    c.a  b.c 
c2  c   2 a   2 b1 , c3  c   2 a   2 b1 , c4  c   2 a   2 b1
|a | | b1 | |c| |c| |c| |b|
then the triplet of pairwise orthogonal vectors is [IIT - 2005]
           
(A) (a , b1 , c3 ) (B) (a, b1 , c2 ) (C) (a , b1 , c1 ) (D) (a , b 2 , c 2 )

     
25. a  î  2ˆj  k̂ , b  î  ˆj  k̂ , c  î  ˆj  k̂ . A vector coplanar to a and b has a projection along c of
1
magnitude , then the vector is [IIT - 2006]
3
(A) 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ (B) 4î  ˆj  4k̂ (C) 2î  ˆj  k̂ (D) none of these
26. The edges of a parallelopiped are of unit length and are parallel to non-coplanar unit vectors
1
â, b̂, ĉ such that , â . b̂ = b̂ . ĉ = ĉ . â = . Then , the volume of the parallelopiped is :
2
[IIT - 2008]

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

27. Let two non-collinear unit vectors â and b̂ form an acute angle . A point P moves so that at any

time ‘ t ‘ the position vector OP (where O is the origin) is given by , â cos t  b̂ sin t . When P is
 
farthest from origin O , let M be the length of OP and û be the unit vector along OP . Then :
[IIT - 2008]

and M = 1  â . b̂  and M = 1  â . b̂ 
â  b̂ 1/ 2 â  b̂ 1/ 2
(A) û = (B) û =
â  b̂ â  b̂

and M = 1  2 â . b̂ and M = 1  2 â . b̂

â  b̂ 1/ 2 â  b̂ 1/ 2
(C) û = (D) û =
â  b̂ â  b̂
28. Let P, Q, R and S be the points on the plane with position vectors – 2iˆ  ˆj, 4i,
ˆ 3iˆ  3jˆ and  3iˆ  2ˆj
respectively. The quadrilateral PQRS must be a [IIT - 2010]
(A) parallelogram, which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle
(B) square
(C) rectangle, but not a square
(D) rhombus, but not a square

29. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram ABCD are given by AB  2iˆ  10ˆj  11kˆ and
AD   ˆi  2ˆj  2kˆ . The side AD is rotated by an acute angle  in the plane of the parallelogram so
that AD becomes AD'. If AD' makes a right angle with the side AB, then the cosine of the angle  is
given by
8 17 1 4 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 9 9

 
30. ˆ b  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and c  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ be three vectors. A vector v in the plane of
Let a  ˆi  ˆj  k,

   1
a and b , whose projection on c is , is given by [IIT - 2011]
3
(A) ˆi  3jˆ  3kˆ (B) 3iˆ  3jˆ  kˆ
(C) 3iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ (D) ˆi  3jˆ  3kˆ

     
31. If a and b are vectors such that | a  b | 29 and a  (2iˆ  3jˆ  4k)
ˆ  (2iˆ  3jˆ  4k)
ˆ  b , then a
 
possible value of (a  b).( 7iˆ  2ˆj  3k)
ˆ is [IIT - 2012]
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 8

(E) Assertion and Reason

(A) Statement - 1 is True , Statement - 2 is True ; Statement - 2 is a CORRECT explanation
for Statement - 1
(B) Statement - 1 is True , Statement - 2 is True ; Statement - 2 is a NOT CORRECT
explanation for Statement - 1
(C) Statement - 1 is True , Statement - 2 is False
(D) Statement - 1 is False , Statement - 2 is True

1. Consider three planes , P1 : x – y + z = 1 [IIT - 2008]

P2 : x + y – z = – 1
P3 : x – 3 y + 3 z = 2
Let L1 , L2 , L3 be the lines of intersection of the places P2 and P3 , P3 and P1 and P1 and P2
respectively
Statement - 1 : At least two of the lines L1 , L2 and L3 are non-parallel
Statement - 2 : The three planes do not have a common point .
(F) Integer Type

   ˆi  2ˆj  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ
1. If a and b are vectors in space given by a  and b  , then the value of
5 14
  
 2a  b  .  a  b    a  2b  is [IIT - 2010]
 
2. ˆ b   ˆi  ˆj and c  ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ be three given vectors. If r is a vector such that
Let a   ˆi  k,
       
r  b  c  b and r . a  0, then the value of r . b is [IIT - 2011]
           
3. If a, b and c are unit vectors satisfying | a  b |2  | b  c |2  | c  a |2  9, then | 2a  5b  5c | is
[IIT - 2012]
 Exercise - 09
IIT FLASH BACK (SUBJECTIVE)
1. A1, A2,........, An are the vertices of a regular plane polygon with n sides and O is its centre. Show that

 OA  OA   (1  n) OA 
n 1
i i 1 2  OA1 . [IIT - 82]
i 1

2. Find all values of  such that x , y, z  (0, 0, 0) and

             
( i  j  3k ) x  (3 i  3 j  k ) y  (4 i  5 j) z   ( i x  j y  kz) , where i , j, k are unit vectors
along the coordinate axes. [IIT - 82]

3. If c be a given non-zero scalar, and A and B be given non-zero vectors such that A  B , find the
vector X which satisfies the equations A.X  c and A  X  B . [IIT - 83]

4. A vector 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 and angle . Find the components
2
of A in the new coordinate system in terms of A1, A2, A3. [IIT - 83]

5. The position vectors of the points A, B, C and D are 3î  2ˆj  k̂ , 2î  3ˆj  4k̂ ,  î  ˆj  2k̂ and

4î  5ˆj  k̂ , respectively. If the points A, B, C and D lie on a plane, find the value of  .
[IIT - 86]

6. If A, B, C, D are any four points in space, prove that

AB  CD  BC  AD  CA  BD = 4 (Area of the triangle ABC). [IIT - 87]

7. Let OACB be a parallelogram with O at the origin and OC a diagonal. Let D be the midpoint of OA.
Using vector methods prove that BD and CO intersect in the same ratio. Determine this ratio.
[IIT - 88]
  
a b c
      
8. If vectors a , b, c are coplanar, show that a.a a.b a.c  0 . [IIT - 89]
  
b.a b.b b.c

9. In a triangle OAB, E is the midpoint of BO and D is a point on AB such that AD : DB = 2 : 1. If OD

and AE intersect at P, determine the ratio OP : PD using vector methods. [IIT - 89]

       
10. Let A  2 i  k, B  i  j  k and C  4 i  3 j  7 k . Determine a vector R . Satisfying
R  B  C  B and R.A  0 . [IIT - 90]
11. Determine the value of ‘c’ so that for all real x, the vector cxî  6ˆj  3k̂ and x î  2ˆj  2cxk̂ make an
obtuse angle with each other. [IIT - 91]

12. In a triangle ABC, D and E are points on BC and AC respectively, such that BD = 2DC and
BP
AE = 3 EC. Let P be the point of intersection of AD and BE. Find using vector method.
PE
[IIT - 93]

13. Find the distance of the point B(i + 2j + 3k) from the line which is passing through A(4i + 2j + 2k) and

which is parallel to the vector C  2i  3 j  6k . [IIT - 93]

14. A rigid body is rotating at 5 radians/sec. about an axis AB, where A and B are the points
(2i + j + k) and (8i - 2j + 3k) respectively. Find the velocity of the particle P of the body at the point
(5i - j + k). [REE-93]

  
xy  a
    
15. Solve the following simultaneous equations for vectors x, y x  y  b . [REE-94]
 
x .a  1

16. A rigid body is rotating about an axis through the point (3, -1, -2). If the particle at the point (4, 1, 0)
has velocity 4i - 4j + 2k and that at the point (3, 2, 1) has velocity 6i - 4j + 4k. Find the magnitude and
direction of the angular velocity of the body. [REE-94]

  
17. If the vectors b, c , d are not coplanar, then prove that the vector
            
( a  b)  ( c  d )  ( a  c )  ( d  b)  ( a  d )  ( b  c ) is parallel to a . [IIT - 94]

          
18. Find the scalars  ,  if a  ( b  c )  ( a. b ) b  ( 4  2  sin  ) b  ( 2  1) c and ( c. c) a  c while
 
b, c are non zero non collinear vectors. [REE-95]

      
19. A, B, C and D are four points such that AB  m(2 i  6 j  2 k ) , BC  ( i  2 j) and
   
CD  n( 6 i  15 j  3k ) . Find the conditions on the scalars m and n so that CD intersects AB at
some point E. Also find the area of the triangle BCE. [REE-95]

20. The position vectors of the vertices A, B and C of a tetrahedron ABCD are i + j + k, i and respectively.
The altitude from vertex D to the opposite face ABC meets the median line through A of the triangle
2 2
ABC at a point E. If the length of the side AD is 4 and the volume of the tetrahedron is. Find the
3
position vector of the point E for all its possible positions. [IIT - 96]

 
21. Let x, y and z be unit vectors such that x  y  z  a , x  ( y  z )  b, ( x  y )  z  c ,
 3  7 
a. x  , a. y  and | a|  2 . Find x, y and z in terms a , b , c . [REE-96]
2 4
22. The position vectors of two points of A and C are 9i - j + 2k and 7i - 2j + 7k respectively. The point
  
of intersection of vectors AB  4 i  j  3k and CD  2 i  j  2 k is P. If vector PQ is perpendicular
 
to AB and CD and PQ = 15 units. Find the position vector of Q. [REE-96]

    
23. If A , B and C are vectors such that | B| | C| , prove that ;
       
[(A  B)  (A  C)]  ( B  C).( B  C)  0 . [IIT - 97]

  
24. Vectors x, y, z each of magnitude 2 , make angles of 60 0 with each other. If
               
x  ( y  z )  a , y  ( z  x)  b and x  y  c then find x , y , z in terms of a , b, c . [IIT - 97]

     
25. The position vectors of the points P and Q are 5 i  7 j  2 k and 3 i  3 j  6k respectively. The
       
vector A  3 i  j  k passes through the point P and the vector B  3 i  2 j  4 k passes through
    
the point Q. A third vectors 2 i  7 j  5k intersects vectors A and B . Find the position vectors of the
points of intersection. [REE-97]

26. Prove, by vector methods or otherwise, that the point of intersection of the diagonals of a trapezium
lies on the line passing through the midpoints of parallel sides. (You may assume that the trapezium is
not a parallelogram). [IIT - 98]

 
27. For any two vectors u, v , prove that [IIT - 98]
     
(i) ( u. v) 2 | u  v|2 | u|2 | v|2 and
       
(ii) (1| u|2 )(1| v|2 )  (1  u. v|) 2 | u  v  ( u  v)|2

                
28. If x  y  a , y  z  b, x. b   , x. y  1 and y. z  1 then find x, y, z in terms of a , b,  .
[REE-98]
     
29. Vectors AB  3i  j  k and CD  3i  2 j  4 k are not coplanar. The position vectors of points A
   
and C are 6i  7 j  4 k and 9 j  2 k respectively. Find the position vectors of a point P on the line
  
AB and a point Q on the line CD such that PQ is perpendicular to AB and CD both.
[REE - 98]
      
30. Let u and v be unit vectors. If w is a vector such that w  ( w  u)  v , then prove that
   1
|( u  v). w|  and the equality holds if and only if u is perpendicular to v . [REE - 98]
2
31. An arc AC of a circle subtends a right angle at the centre O. The point B divides the arc in the ratio
      
1 : 2. If OA  a and OB  b , then calculate OC in terms of a and b . [IIT - 99]

   
32. If a , b, c are non-coplanar vectors and d is a unit vector, then find the value
           
of, |( a. d )( b  c )  ( b. d )( c  a )  ( c. d )( a  b)| independent of d . [REE - 99]
33. Show, by vector methods, that the angular bisectors of a triangle are concurrent and find an expression
for the position vector of the point of concurrency in terms of the position vectors of the vertices.
[IIT - 2001]

34. Let ABC and PQR be any two triangle in the same plane. Assume that the perpendiculars from the
points A, B, C to the sides QR, RP, PQ respectively are concurrent. Using vector methods or
otherwise, prove that the perpendiculars from P, Q, R to BC, CA, AB respectively are also
concurrent. [IIT - 2000]

  
35. If a  i  j  k , b   i  2 j  2 k and c   i  2 j  k , find a unit vector normal to the v e c t o r s
   
a  b and b  c . [REE-2000]

    
36. Given that vectors a , b are perpendicular to each other, find vector  in terms of a , b satisfying the
      
equations, . a  0, . b  1 and [ , a , b] = 1. [REE-2000]
      1    
37. a , b, c are three unit vectors such that a  ( b  c )  ( b  c ) . Find angle between vectors a , b
2
 
given that vectors b, c are nonparallel. [REE-2000]

38. A particle is placed at a corner P of a cube of side 1 meter. Forces of magnitudes 2, 3 and 5 kg weight
act on the particle along the diagonals of the faces passing through the point P. Find the moment of
these forces about the corner opposite to P. [REE-2000]

39. The diagonals of a parallelogram are given by vectors 2 i  3j  6k and 3i  4 j  k . Determine its
sides and also the area. [REE - 2001]

40. Find the value of  such that a, b, c are all nonzero and
( 4 i  5j)a  ( 3i  3j  k ) b  ( i  j  3k )c   ( ai  bj  ck ) . [REE - 2001]

 
41. Find the vector r which is perpendicular to a  i  2 j  5k and b  2 i  3j  k and
   
r .(2 i  j  k )  8  0 . [REE - 2001]

42. Two vertices of a triangle are at  i  3j and 2 i  5j and its orthocenter is at i  2 j . Find the position
vector of third vertex. `[REE - 2001]

43. Show by vector methods, that the angular bisectors of a triangle are concurrent and find an expression
for the position vector of the point of concurrence in terms of the position vectors of the vertices.
[IIT - 2001]
        
44. Find 3-dimension vectors v1 , v 2 , v 3 satisfying v1 . v1  4, v1 . v 2  2 , v1 . v 3  6 ,
     
v 2 . v 2  2, v 2 . v 3  5 , v 3 . v 3  29 . [IIT - 2001]
 
45. Let A ( t )  f1 ( t ) i  f 2 ( t ) j and B( t )  g1 ( t ) i  g 2 ( t ) j, t [ 0, 1] , where f1, f2, g1, g2 are continuous
  
functions. If A ( t ) and B( t ) are nonzero vectors for all t and A ( 0)  2 i  3j ,
    
A (1)  6i  2 j, B( 0)  3i  2 j and B(1)  2 i  6j , then show that A ( t ) and B( t ) are parallel for
some t. [IIT - 2001]
 
46. Let V be the volume of the parallelepiped formed by the vectors a  a1i  a 2 j  a 3 k ,
 
b  b1i  b 2 j  b 3 k , c  c1i  c 2 j  c 3 k . If ar, br, cr, where r = 1, 2, 3, are non negative real
3
numbers and  (a , b , c )  3L , show that V  L .
r r r
3
[IIT - 2002]
r 1

47. If â , b̂, ĉ are three non-coplanar unit vectors and  , ,  are the angles between â and b̂ , b̂ and ĉ ,
  
ĉ and â respectively and x, y, z are unit vectors along the bisectors of the angles  , , 
     1   
respectively. Prove that x  y y  z z  x  [ a b c]2 sec 2 sec 2 sec 2 . [IIT - 2003]
16 2 2 2
48. Find the equation of the plane passing through the points (2, 1, 0), (5, 0, 1) and (4, 1, 1). If P is the
point (2, 1, 6) then find the point Q such that PQ is perpendicular to the plane in (i) and mid-point of
PQ lies on it. [IIT - 2003]
    
49. If u , v, w are three non-coplanar unit vectors and , ,  are the angles between u and v and
      
v and w , w and u respectively and x , y, z are unit vectors along the bisectors of the , , 
     1   2  2  2 
respectively. Prove that [ x  y y  z z  x ]  [ u v w ] sec sec sec . [IIT - 2003]
16 2 2 2
           
50. If a , b, c and d are four distinct vectors satisfying a  b  c  d and a  c  b  d , then show that
   
a.b  a.c  d.b  d.c . [IIT - 2004]

51. A plane containing two lines with direction ratios (1, –1, 0) and (–1, 0, 1) passes through the point
(1, 1, 1). Find the volume of the tetrahedron whose vertices are origin and the points where the
coordinates axes meet the plane. [IIT - 2004]

52. û is incident on a plane whose unit vector normal to the plane is â . If v̂ is the reflected ray. Find v̂ in
terms of û and â . [IIT - 2004]

53. If the incident ray on a surface is along the unit vector v̂ , the reflected ray is along the unit vector ŵ
and the normal is along unit vector â outwards. Express ŵ in terms of â and v̂ . [IIT - 2005]
 ANSWER SHEET
Exercise - 01 CBSE FLASH BACK
2.  = –2 4. 60 7. ± 73

9. 90° 10. 2

Exercise - 02 OBJECTIVE
1. B 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. D

6. B 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. C

11. A 12. C 13. C 14. A 15. B

16. C 17. A 18. D 19. A 20. D

Exercise - 03 SUBJECTIVE
4 8 4
11. u  a  b  c , v = – 4c, w  (c  b)
3 3 3

Exercise - 04 OBJECTIVE
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. B

6. B 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. B

11. D 12. A 13. C 14. C 15. A

16. D 17. B 18. D 19. D 20. B

Exercise - 05 SUBJECTIVE
1. Position vectors are respectively 2î  8ˆj  3k̂ and ˆj  2k̂ .
1 2 cos  1 1
2. p =  ; q= ; r=  or p = ;
1  2 cos 1  2 cos  1  2 cos 1  2 cos

 
2 cos  1 1     4  
q=  ; r= 4. x̂  3a  4b  8c , ŷ  4c, ẑ  (c  b)
1  2 cos  1  2 cos 3 3

1
10. r  [q 3 (n 1  n 2 )  q1 (n 2  n 3 )  q 2 (n 3  n1 )]
[ n 1n 2 n 3 ]
 Exercise - 06 IIT NEW PATTERN
Section I Fill in the blanks
       
b  (a  b) (a  b)  a a  b 3
1.   .   2 .   2 2. 6 3. 
(a  b) 2 (a  b) (a  b) 2
 4 
4. 2 5.   , 0
 3 

Section II More than one correct

1. AD 2. CD 3. BC 4. ABC 5. ABCD

Section III Assertion/Reason

1. C 2. B 3. A 4. B

Section IV Comprehensions
Write Up I
1. A 2. A 3. C
Write Up II
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. C
Section VI Match the Column
1. a-Q, b-R, c-S, d-P 2. a-R, b-S, c-P, d-Q

Exercise - 07 AIEEE FLASH BACK

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

Exercise - 08 IITJEE FLASH BACK (OBJECTIVE)

(A)
5 2 2
1. 5 2 2. –1 3. 0 4. î  ˆj  k̂
3 3 3
 
 a.b     a.b  
5. 1 6. 2î  ĵ 7.   2 b, a    2 b
| b|  | b| 
   

5î  2 ĵ  2k̂ ĵ  k̂  ĵ  k̂  2î  ĵ  k̂ 

8. 9. or 10.   

3 2 2  6 
  3  
11. or 12. a 13. 14. 6
4 4 6

(B)
1. T 2. T 3. T 4. F

(C)
1. C 2. B 3. AC 4. D

5. C 6. AC 7. AC 8. AD
(D)
1. A 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. D

6. B 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. D

11. B 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. A

16. A 17. C 18. B 19. B 20. C

21. C 22. C 23. C 24. B 25. A

26. A 27. A 28. A 29 A 30. C
31. C

(E)
1. D
(F)
1. 5 2. 9 3. 3

Exercise - 09 IITJEE FLASH BACK (SUBJECTIVE)

2. {-1, 0} 3.

x
c
|A| 2
A
1
|A| 2
A  B 4. A  A 2 î   A1 ĵ  A 3 k̂ 

146     4
5.    8. 2 : 1 10. R   i  8 j  2k 11.  c0
13 3
 5  5 61
12. 8 : 3 13. 10 units 14. V  ( 4i  6 j  3k ) and | V|  units/sec
7 7
     
 a  ( a  b)   a  ( a  b)  4 2 4 
15. x   ya  16. w  i  j  k , | w|  2
( a. a ) ( a. a ) 3 3 3

( 1) n  1 1 6
18.   n  , n  I and   1 19. m  ; n  ; sq units
2 2 3 2


20. E  3i  j  k or  i  3j  3k 22. 6i  9 j  9 k or 4 i  11j  11k

          
24. x  a  c; y  b  c; z  b  a  c or b  c  a 25. (2, 8, -3) ; (0, 1, 2)
         
ab  ab a b ab
a   b
  ab  
28. x ;y= ; z  2
  2  
ab
ab
 

29. P  (3,8,3) and Q  ( 3,  7, 6)

  
    b ab
31. c   3a  2 b 32. abc 35.  i 36.    
b 2 ( a  b) 2
2 
37. 38. | M|  7
3
1   1 1
39. (5i  j  7 k ), (  i  7 j  5k ); 1274 sq. units
2 2 2
 5  17 
40.   2  29 41. r  13i  11j  7 k 42. i j  k where  R
7 7

  
44. v1  2 i , v 2   i  j, v 3  3i  2 j  4 k 48. x + y – 2z = 3; (6, 5, –2)

9
51. 53. 
ˆ  v̂  2(â , v̂)â
2