SECTION 1: MULTI CORRECT

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1. Let 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 be three vectors such that 𝑎.𝑎=𝑏.𝑏=𝑐.𝑐 =3 and 𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐 +
2
𝑏+𝑐−𝑎 + |𝑐 + 𝑎 − 𝑏|2 = 36, then
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A. 𝑎. 𝑏 + 𝑏. 𝑐 + 𝑐. 𝑎 = 2
B. 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are coplanar vectors
C. 𝑎 × 𝑏 = 𝑏 × 𝑐 = 𝑐 × 𝑎 ≠ 0
D. 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 represent the sides of triangle

𝑥−1 𝑦 𝑧+2
2. The equation of a plane which is equally inclined to the lines = −2 =
2 −1
𝑥+3 𝑦−4 𝑧
and = = and passing through origin is (are)
8 1 −4
A. 14𝑥 − 5𝑦 − 7𝑧 = 0
B. 2𝑥 + 7𝑦 − 𝑧 = 0
C. 3𝑥 − 4𝑦 − 𝑧 = 0
D. 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 5𝑧 = 0

3. Let first and second row vectors of matrix A be 𝑟1 = [1 1 3] and 𝑟2 = [2 1 1]

and let the third row vector be in the plane of 𝑟1 and 𝑟2 perpendicular to 𝑟2 with
magnitude 5, then which of the following is (are) true?
Note: 𝑇𝑟. (𝑃) denotes the trace of matrix P.
A. 𝑇𝑟. 𝐴 = 3
B. The volume of parallelepiped formed by 𝑟2 , 𝑟3 and 𝑟2 × 𝑟3 equals 30
C. Row vectors are linearly dependent
D. [𝑟1 × 𝑟2 𝑟2 × 𝑟3 𝑟3 × 𝑟1 ] = 0

4. If three planes 𝑃1 ≡ 2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 − 1 = 0, 𝑃2 ≡ 𝑥 − 𝑦 + 𝑧 − 2 = 0 and 𝑃3 ≡ 𝛼𝑥 −

𝑦 + 3𝑧 − 5 = 0 intersects each other at point P on XOY plane and at a point Q on
YOZ plane, where O is the origin then identify the correct statement(s)?
A. The value of 𝛼 is 4
𝑥−1 𝑦 +1
B. Straight line perpendicular to plane 𝑃3 and passing through 𝑃 is = =
4 −1
𝑧
3
C. The length of projection of 𝑃𝑄 on x-axis is 1
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1 −1 1
D. Centroid of the triangle OPQ is , ,2
3 2

5. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are three non-zero and non-coplanar vectors such that [𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 ] = 4,

then 𝑎 + 3𝑏 − 𝑐 . ( 𝑎 − 𝑏 × 𝑎 − 𝑏 − 𝑐 ) exceeds
A. -8
B. 16
C. 8
D. 4

6. Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?

A. If 𝑎and 𝑏 are two non-zero vectors such that 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 𝑎 − 𝑏 then
𝑎×𝑏 ≠0
1
B. Volume of tetrahedron OABC equals 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 where 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are position
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vectors of the points A, B, C respectively (where O is the origin).
C. If 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are three non-zero vectors then (𝑎 × 𝑏) × 𝑐 denotes a vector in
the plane of 𝑎 and 𝑏 and parallel to 𝑐
D. For a non-zero vector 𝑎 , if 𝑎. 𝑏 = 𝑎 . 𝑐 and 𝑎 × 𝑏 = 𝑎 × 𝑐 then𝑏 = 𝑐 .

7. The x-y plane is rotated about its line of intersection with the y-z plane by 45°, then
the equation of the new plane is/are
A. 𝑧 + 𝑥 = 0
B. 𝑧 − 𝑦 = 0
C. 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0
D. 𝑧 − 𝑥 = 0

SECTION 2: PARAGRAPH
Let P denotes the plane consisting of all points that’s are equidistant from the points A(-4, 2,
1) and B(2, -4, 3) and Q be the plane, 𝑥 − 𝑦 + 𝑐𝑧 = 1 where 𝑐 ∈ 𝑅.

8. The plane P is parallel to plane Q

A. For no value of c
B. If c = 3
C. If c = 1/3
D. If c = 1
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9. If the angle between the planes P and Q is 45° then the product of all the possible
values of ‘c’ is
A. -17
B. -2
C. 17
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D. 17

𝑥−1 𝑦+2 𝑧−7

10. If the line L with equation = = intersects the plane P at point r(𝑥0 , 𝑦0 , 𝑧0 )
1 3 −1
then the sum (𝑥0 + 𝑦0 + 𝑧0 ) has the value equal to
A. 12
B. -15
C. 13
D. -11

SECTION 3: MATRIX MATCH

11.

A. 𝑝. 𝑞 + 𝑟 + 𝑞 . 𝑟 + 𝑝 + 𝑟. 𝑝 + 𝑞 = 0 P. 2
and 𝑝 = 1, 𝑞 = 4, 𝑟 = 8 then
|𝑝 + 𝑞 + 𝑟| is equal to
𝑥+3 𝑦 −6
B. Let A be a point on the line 2 = 3 = Q. 3
𝑧−3 𝑥−0
and B be a point on the line =
−2 2
𝑦 −6 𝑧−0
= . The least distance AB is equal to
2 −1
C. A point (𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾) lies on the plane R. 4
𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 𝑧 = 4. The value of 𝛽 such that
the vector 𝑣 = 𝛼𝑖 + 𝛽𝑗 + 𝛾𝑘 satisfies
𝑗 × 𝑗 × 𝑣 = 0 is equal to
D. A variable plane at distance of 2 unit S. 6
from the origin cuts the co-ordinate axes at
A, B and C. If the centroid D(x, y, z) of T. 9
tetrahedron OABC satisfies the relation
1 1 1
2
+ 2
+ = 𝑘, then the value of k is
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧2
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12.
2𝜋
A. If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 𝛼𝑑 , 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑑 = 𝛽𝑎 and 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are non- P. 3
coplanar then the value of 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑑 is
3𝜋
B. If 𝑎 and 𝑏 are unit vectors inclined at an angle 𝜃 to each Q.
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other and |𝑎 + 𝑏| < 1, then 𝜃 can be equal to
C. If 𝑎 is a unit vector perpendicular to another unit vector R. 5𝜋
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𝑏 then 𝑎 × 𝑎 × 𝑎 × 𝑎 × 𝑏 is equal to
D. Let 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 be three unit vectors such that 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = S. 0
0, then the angle between 𝑎 and 𝑏 is equal to
T. 1

SECTION 4: NUMERICAL TYPE

13. Let 𝐺1 , 𝐺2 and 𝐺3 be the centroids of the triangular faces OBC, OCA and OAB respectively
of a tetrahedron OABC (where ‘O’ is the origin). If 𝑉1 denotes the volume of the tetrahedron
OABC and 𝑉2 that of the parallelepiped with 𝑂𝐺1 , 𝑂𝐺2 and 𝑂𝐺3 as three concurrent edges,
9𝑉2
then find the value of .
𝑉1

14. Let P and Q are two points in xy-plane on the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 7 − 2𝑥 5 + 5𝑥 3 + 8𝑥 + 5 such
that 𝑂𝑃. 𝑖 = 2 and 𝑂𝑄 . 𝑖 = −2 and the magnitude of 𝑂𝑃 + 𝑂𝑄 = 2𝑀,(where O is the origin)
then find the value of M.

15. Suppose in a tetrahedron ABCD, AB = 1; CD = 3; the distance and angle between the
𝜋
lines AB and CD are 2 and 3 respectively. If the volume of the tetrahedron is V find the value
of (60V).

16. Let 𝑢 and 𝑣 be two unit vectors. If 𝑤 be any vector such that 𝑤 + 𝑤 × 𝑢 = 𝑣, then the
least value of 𝑢 × 𝑣 . 𝑤 −1 is equal to

17. P is a point and PM, PN are perpendiculars from P to the ZX and XY planes respectively. If
OP makes angles 𝜃, 𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾 with the plane OMN and the XY, YZ, ZX plane respectively then
𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃(𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝛼 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝛽 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝛾) is equal to
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18. If 𝜃 be the angle between a diagonal of a cube and an edge of the cube intersecting the
diagonal then tan𝜃 is equal to

SECTION 5: SINGLE CORRECT

19. If 𝑥, 𝑦 and 𝑧 are three unit vectors in the three-dimensional space, then the minimum
value of 𝑥 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 2 + 𝑧 + 𝑥 2
3
A. 2
B. 3
C. 3 3
D. 6

20. Let 𝑝 = 𝑎𝑖 + 𝑏𝑗 + 𝑐𝑘and 𝑞 = 𝑏𝑖 + 𝑐𝑗 + 𝑎𝑘, where 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 ∈ 𝑅. If ′𝜃′ be the angle

between 𝑝 and 𝑞 , then
𝜋
A. 𝜃 ∈ 0, 2
2𝜋
B. 𝜃 ∈ 0, 3
2𝜋
C. 𝜃 ∈ ,𝜋
3
𝜋
D. 𝜃 ∈ ,𝜋
2

ANSWERS:
1-(A, B, C, D) 2-(A, B) 3- (B, C, D) 4-(A, B, C, D) 5- (A, C, D) 6- (A, D) 7- (A, D)
8- (C) 9- (B) 10- (A) 11- A(T), 12- 13- 4 14- 5
B(Q), C(P), A(S),B(Q,R),
D(R) C(T), D(P)
15- 30 16- 2 17- 1 18- 2 19- (B) 20- (B)