BASARA SARASWATHI CAMPUS

Sec: Star (A & B) Test on Vectors Date: 04-11-2022

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SINGLE ANSWER TYPE
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1. A vector a has components 2p and 1 with respect to a rectangular Cartesian system.
This system is rotated through a certain angle about the origin in the counter
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clockwise sense. If, with respect to the new system, a has components p+1 and 1, then
1 1
a) p = 0 b) p  1or p   c) p  1or p  d) p  1or p  1
3 3
2. Let P, Q, R and S be the points on the plane with position vectors 2iˆ  ˆj , 4iˆ,3iˆ  3 ˆj
and 3iˆ  2 ˆj respectively. The quadrilateral PQRS must be
a) parallelogram, which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle
b) square
c) rectangle, but not a square d) rhombus, but not a
square
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3. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram ABCD are given by AB  2iˆ  10 ˆj  11kˆ and

AD  iˆ  2 ˆj  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
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4. Let a  a1i  a 2 j  a 3 k,
 b  b i  b j  b k and c  c ˆi  c ˆj  c kˆ be three non-zero vectors
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1 2 3 1 2
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3
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such that c is a unit vector perpendicular to both a and b . If the angle between a and
c12 a1b2  a2b1  c1c2 a1b3  a3b1  c1c3
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b is  / 6 , then the value of a2b1  a1b2  c1c2 c2 2 a2b3  a3b2  c3c2 is
a3b1  a1b3  c1c3 a3b2  a2b3  c3c2 c32

A) 0 B) 1 C)
4
 a1  a 2  a 3  b12  b 22  b32 
1 2 2 2
D)
4
 a1  a 2  a 3  b12  b 22  b32 
3 2 2 2

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5. If vectors aˆ , bˆ, cˆ are unit vectors form RHS in space such that a .b  b .c  c .a 
2
  
then a  b . a  b  c  is equal to
1 1 1 1
A) B)  C) D) 
2 2 2 2 2 2
MULTIPLE ANSWER TYPE
         2  2  2
6. If a, b & c are three vectors such that a.a  b.b  c.c  3& a  b  b  c  c  a  27
Then
     
A) a, b & c are necessarily coplanar B) a, b & c represent sides of triangle
   9
C) a.b  b.c  c.a has the least value
2
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D) a, b & c represent orthogonal triad of vectors
7. Let û  u1ˆi  u 2 ˆj  u 3kˆ be a unit vector in R 3 and ŵ 
6

1 ˆ ˆ ˆ

i  j  2k Given that there exists
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a vector v in R3 such that | uˆ  vˆ | 1 and wˆ .  uˆ  v   1 . Which of the following
statement(s) is (are) correct?
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A) There is exactly one choice for such v
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B) There are infinitely many choices for such v
C) If û lies in the XY-plane then | u1 || u2 |
D) If û lies in the XZ-plane then 2 | u1 || u3 |
8. Let x and y be unit vectors. If r is a vector such that r   r  x   y , then
1
A) maximum value of r .x is 1 B) maximum value of r .x  y is
2
1
C) maximum value of r is 1 D) minimum value of r is
2
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9. If a , b , c be non coplanar unit vectors equally inclined to one another at an angle  and
      
if a  b  b  c  pa  qb  rc then which of the following is /are true
1 1 2 cos  1
A) p = B) r  C) q  D) r 
1  2 cos 1  2 cos 1  2 cos  1  2 cos 
10. Identify the statement(s) which is/are incorrect?
      2  
A) a  [ a  (a  b)]  (a  b) (a ) ( a , b Are non -zero vectors.)
       
B) If a , b , c are non-zero, noncoplanar vectors and v.a  v.b  v.c  0 then v must be a
null vector.  
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C) If a and b lie in a plane normal to the plane containing the vectors c and d then
        
(a  b)  (c  d)  o ( a , b , c , d Are non -zero vectors.)
           
D) If a , b , c and a ', b ', c ' are reciprocal system of vectors then a . b '  b .c '  c . a '  3
           1
11. Three vectors a( a  0) , b and c are such that a  b  3a  c . Also a  b  1 and c  .
 3
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If the
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angle between b and c is 60 , which of the following
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can be true
       
A) b  3c  a B) b  3c  a C) a  6c  2b D) a  6c  2b
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12. Let first and second row vectors of matrix A be r1  1 1 3 and r2   2 1 1 and
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let the third row vector be in the plane of r1 and r2 and perpendicular to r2 with
magnitude 5 , then which of the following is/are true?
[Note : Tr. (P) denotes trace of matrix P.]
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A) Tr. (A) = 3 B) Volume of parallelopiped formed by r2 , r3 and r2  r3 equals 30 .
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C) Row vectors are linearly dependent. D)  r1  r2 r2  r3 r3  r1  = 0
13. Which of the following statement is/are correct   
A) Let O be an interior point of ABC such that OA  2OB  3OC  0 ,then the ratio of
the area of ABC to the area of AOC , is 3
B) Let ABC be a triangle whose centroid is G, orthocenter is H circum centre is the
origin ‘O’. if D is any point in the plane of
the triangle such that no
  
three of O,A,B,C

and D are collinear satisfying the relation AD  BD  CH  3HG HD then the value of
the scalar '' is 2
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C) IF a, b, c and d are non zero vectors such that no three of them are in the same
plane and no two are orthogonal then the value of the scalar
       
        is 1
bc . a  d  c a . b d
   
  
a b . d  c
D) centriod of triangle constructed by connecting the mid points of the original
triangle will coincide with the centriod of original triangle.
PASSAGE-1
In the adjacent figure,
CE AF  LB   
Let   ; and  And FL  VFE then answer following questions
EA FB 1 BC 1
A

E
F


L B C

14. AB Must be equal to

       
AC  AL AL  AC AC  AL AC  AL
(A) (B) (C) (D)
 1  1 2 2

15. AL must be equal to
(1  )  x  (1  )   
(A) AB  AC (B) AB  AC
 1  1  1  1
(1  )    (1  )   
(C) AB  AC (D) AB  AC
 1  1  1  1
16.  must be equal to
1 1  
(A) (B) (C) (D)
 1
2
 1
2
 1  1
PASSAGE-2
       ˆi ˆj  
a  b  c  a  b  1 , a.c  0 . If a   and a , k̂ and b are linearly dependent.
2 2
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17. If maximum and minimum value of b.c is M and m, then 4  M 2  m 2  is
A) 1 B) 5 C) 3 D) 6
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18. If for some c , b  c  a  c and c  piˆ  qjˆ  rkˆ , then 16  p  q  r 4  is
4 4

21
A) 8 B) 21 C) D) 4
3
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19. If b  siˆ  tjˆ  ukˆ , then 8  s 4  t 4  u 4  is
25 19
A) 4 B) 5 C) D)
21 4
INTEGER TYPE
 
20. In a triangle ABC, CAB  90 , AB  1, AC  3 and a point P inside the ABC
    
PA PB PC  PC  PB
satisfies       0 , then  is equal to………..
PA PB PC PA
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 2i  j 2i  j
21. A unit vector r has equal length of projections along the vectors , and 
k.
5 5
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
  
 
If . i  j  k is positive, then number of such vectors r will be
r
 
    b c
22. If vectors a, b & c are such that a    1, then the maximum value of
2 3
 2  2  2
a  b  b  c  c  a is 1 , then number of positive integral divisors for 1 is  2 and
 2 
the number of positive integral even divisor for 1  2 is 3 , then   ( [.]
1

 2 3 
 
denotes G.I.F )..............
23. Vectors AB = 3i  j  k and CD = 3i  2 j  4k are not coplanar. The position vectors
of the points A and C are 6i  7 j  4k and 9 j  2k respectively. Let P be a point on
the line AB and a point Q on the line CD , such that PQ is perpendicular to both AB
PQ 2
and CD then
54
24. The projection length of a variable vector xi  yj  zk on the vector P  i  2 j  3k is
6. Let k be the minimum projection length of the vector x 2 i  y 2 j  z 2 k on the vector
P then the value of k 2  152 is
3

25. Let ABCD is a trapezium such that AB  4, BC  DA  5 and CD  10 . MN is parallel to

CD (as shown in figure). If MN divides trapezium into two trapezium of same area,
1  175 
then value of   6 BN  , is ……….
10  BN 
A B

M N

D C
MATCHING TYPE
26. Match the following
Column – I Column- II
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Let P  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and q  iˆ  3kˆ . If r is an unit vector and  is
A)   P) 1
the maximum value of  p q r  . Then the value of  2  57 is
The value of t R for which the vectors
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B) a  1, 2,3 , b   2,3, 4  , c  1, 1, t  form a linearly Q) 2
dependent system
If the area of the parallelogram whose diagonals are 3iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ
C) R) 3
and iˆ  3 ˆj  4kˆ is  3 sq. unit, then the value of  is
   
Let p  iˆ  ˆj ; q  iˆ  ˆj and r  iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ if x is an unit vector
D)    S) 4
such that p.x  0 and q.x  0 then r .x is equal to
T) 5
 KEY
1 B 2 A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6 ABC 7 B 8 ABCD
9 ABC 10 ACD 11 AB 12 BCD 13 ABCD 14 A 15 D 16 B
17 D 18 A 19 D 20 2 21 4 22 7 23 5 24 9
25 4 26 A-Q,B-P,C-T,D-R