VECTORS

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REVISION-DAILY PRACTICE
PROBLEMS Date: 20/12/24
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JEE 2025 Revision Sub.: MATHEMATICS
Course: JP Revision Topic: VECTORS
1. A (1, 1, 3), B (2, 1, 2) & C (5, 2, 6) are the position vectors of the vertices of a triangle ABC. The length
of the bisector of its internal angle at A is :
(A) 10 4 (B) 3 10 4 (C) 10 (D) none
 
2. Let p is the p.v. of the orthocentre & g is the p.v. of the centroid of the triangle ABC where circumcentre is
 
the origin. If p = K g , then K =
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1/3 (D) 2/3

3. A vector a has components 2p & 1 with respect to a rectangular cartesian system. The system is rotated

through a certain angle about the origin in the counterclockwise sense. If with respect to the new system, a
has components p + 1 & 1 then ,
(A) p = 0 (B) p = 1 or p =  1/3 (C) p =  1 or p = 1/3 (D) p = 1 or p =  1
 
4. The number of vectors of unit length perpendicular to vectors a = (1, 1, 0) & b (0, 1, 1) is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 
5. Four points A(+1, –1, 1) ; B(1, 3, 1) ; C(4, 3, 1) and D(4, – 1, 1) taken in order are the vertices of
(A) a parallelogram which is neither a rectangle nor a rhombus
(B) rhombus
(C) an isosceles trapezium
(D) a cyclic quadrilateral.
6. Let ,  &  be distinct real numbers. The points whose position vector's are  i   j   k ;  i   j   k
and  i   j   k
(A) are collinear (B) form an equilateral triangle
(C) form a scalene triangle (D) form a right angled triangle
  
7. If the vectors a  3î  ˆj 2 k̂ , b   i  3 j  4 k & c  4 i  2 j  6 k constitute the sides of a  ABC, then the

length of the median bisecting the vector c is
(A) 2 (B) 14 (C) 74 (D) 6
8. Let A(0, –1, 1), B(0, 0, 1), C(1, 0, 1) are the vertices of a ABC. If R and r denotes the circumradius and
r
inradius of ABC, then has value equal to
R
3 3  
(A) tan (B) cot (C) tan (D) cot
8 8 12 12
9. 2 2
A vector of magnitude 10 along the normal to the curve 3x + 8xy + 2y – 3 = 0 at its point P(1, 0) can be
(A) 6î  8ˆj (B)  6î  8ˆj (C) 6î  8ˆj (D)  6î  8ˆj
10. If the three points with position vectors (1, a, b) ; (a, 2, b) and (a, b, 3) are collinear in space, then the value
of a + b is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) none

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11. Consider the following 3 lines in space

L1 : r  3î  ˆj  2k̂   ( 2î  4 ĵ  k̂ )
L2 : r  î  ĵ  3k̂  (4î  2 ĵ  4k̂ )

L3 : r  3î  2 ĵ  2k̂  t (2î  ĵ  2k̂ )
Then which one of the following pair(s) are in the same plane.
(A) only L1L2 (B) only L2L3 (C) only L3L1 (D) L1L2 and L2L3
12. The acute angle between the medians drawn from the acute angles of an isosceles right angled triangle is:
(A) cos1 2 3 (B) cos1 3 4 (C) cos1 4 5 (D) none
13. The vectors 3 i  2 j  k , i  3 j  5 k & 2 i  j  4 k form the sides of a triangle. Then triangle is
(A) an acute angled triangle (B) an obtuse angled triangle
(C) an equilateral triangle (D) a right angled triangle
14. If the vectors 3p  q ; 5 p  3q and 2p  q ; 4 p  2q are pairs of mutually perpendicular vectors then

sin ( p q ) is
(A) 55 4 (B) 55 8 (C) 3 16 (D) 247 16
15. The set of values of c for which the angle between the vectors cx i  6 j  3 k & x i  2 j  2 cx k is acute for
every x  R is
(A) (0, 4/3) (B) [0, 4/3] (C) (11/9, 4/3) (D) [0, 4/3)
     
16. Let u  î  ĵ , v  î  ĵ and w  î  2 ĵ  3k̂ . If n̂ is a unit vector such that u ·n̂  0 and v ·n̂  0 , then | w ·n̂ |
is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0
17. If the vector 6 i  3 j  6 k is decomposed into vectors parallel and perpendicular to the vector i  j  k then
the vectors are :

 
(A)  i  j  k & 7 i  2 j  5 k  
(B)  2 i  j  k & 8 i  j  4 k

 
(C) + 2 i  j  k & 4 i  5 j  8 k (D) none
        
18. Let r  a  l and r  b   m be two lines in space where a  5î  ˆj  2k̂ , b   î  7ˆj  8k̂ , l  4î  ˆj  k̂

and m  2î  5 ĵ  7 k̂ then the p.v. of a point which lies on both of these lines, is

(A) î  2ˆj  k̂ (B) 2î  ˆj  k̂ (C) î  ĵ  2k̂ (D) nonexistent as the lines are skew
       
19. If a  b  c = 0 , a = 3 , b = 5 , c = 7 , then the angle between a & b is :

(A)  6 (B) 2 3 (C) 5 3 (D)  3


20.    
A line passes through the point A î  2ˆj  3k̂ and is parallel to the vector V  î  ˆj  k̂ . The shortest distance
from the origin, of the line is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
       
21.


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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22. 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
2 2 2
 
23. The set of values of x for which the angle between the vectors a  x î  3ˆj  k̂ and b  2 x î  x ˆj  k̂ acute

and the angle between the vector b and the axis of ordinates is obtuse, is
(A) 1 < x < 2 (B) x > 2 (C) x < 1 (D) x < 0
 
24. If a vector a of magnitude 50 is collinear with vector b  6 i  8 j  15 k and makes an acute angle with
2
positive z-axis then :
     
(A) a  4 b (B) a   4 b (C) b  4 a (D) none
   
25. A, B, C & D are four points in a plane with pv's a , b , c & d respectively such that
a  d ·b  c   b  d ·ca  = 0. Then for the triangle ABC, D is its
(A) incentre (B) circumcentre (C) orthocentre (D) centroid
   
26. a and b are unit vectors inclined to each other at an angle ,   (0, ) and a  b < 1. Then  

  2   2      3 
(A)  ,  (B)  ,   (C)  0,  (D)  , 
3 3   3   3 4 4 

27. Image of the point P with position vector 7 i  j  2 k in the line whose vector equation is, r
= 9î  5 ĵ  5k̂   (î  3 ĵ  5k̂ ) has the position vector
(A) ( 9, 5, 2) (B) (9, 5,  2) (C) (9,  5,  2) (D) none
28. Let a , b , c are three unit vectors such that a  b  c is also a unit vector. If pairwise angles between a , b , c
are 1, 2 and 3 rexpectively then cos 1 + cos 2 + cos 3 equals
(A) 3 (B)  3 (C) 1 (D)  1
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29. A tangent is drawn to the curve y = at a point A (x1 , y1) , where x1 = 2. The tangent cuts the x-axis at point
x2  
B. Then the scalar product of the vectors AB & OB is
(A) 3 (B)  3 (C) 6 (D)  6
30. L1 and L2 are two lines whose vector equations are


L1 : r   cos   3 î    2 sin  ĵ  cos   3 k̂ 
: r   aî  bˆj  ck̂  , where  and  are scalars and  is the acute angle between L

L2 1 and L2.
If the angle '' is independent of  then the value of '' is
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 4 3 2

1 6 11 16 21 26
2 7 12 17 22 27
OMR

3 8 13 18 23 28
4 9 14 19 24 29
5 10 15 20 25 30

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1 - 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ans 2 1 2 2 4 2 4 2 1 2

11 - 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Ans 4 3 4 2 4 3 1 1 4 1

21 - 30 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Ans 4 1 4 2 3 2 2 4 1 1

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