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Daily Practice Problems

Target IIT-JEE
DPP # 1
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 r  a  l and r  b   m be two lines in space where a  5î  ˆj  2 k̂ , 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  2 k̂ (D) non existent as the lines are skew
  
3. 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 =
3   4   5   4  
(A)
2

ba  (B)
3
ab   (C)
6
ba  (D)
3
ba  
 
4. 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

5. 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
 
6. 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) 
7. 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.

8. 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
  
9. 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
10. Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect?
 
(A) a and  a are collinear..
(B) Two collinear vectors are always equal in magnitude.
(C) Two vectors having same magnitude are collinear.
(D) Two collinar vectors having the same magnitude are equal.

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Daily Practice Problems
Target IIT-JEE
DPP # 2
1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
 
4. If e1 & e 2 are two unit vectors and  is the angle between them , then cos  2 is
   
1   1   e1 . e2 e1  e2
(A) e1  e2 (B) e1  e2 (C) (D)  
2 2 2 2 e1 e2

5. 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

6. If the vectors 3p  q ; 5 p  3q and 2p  q ; 4 p  2 q are pairs of mutually perpendicular vectors then



sin ( p q ) is
(A) 55 4 (B) 55 8 (C) 3 16 (D) 247 16

7.   
Consider the points A, B and C with position vectors  2î  3ˆj  5k̂ , î  2ˆj  3k̂ and 7 î  k̂ respectively..

Statement-1: The vector sum, A B  B C  C A = 0
because
Statement-2: A, B and C form the vertices of a triangle.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
8. 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)
    
9. 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
10. 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

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Daily Practice Problems
Target IIT-JEE
DPP # 3
       
1. 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


     
2. The lengths of the diagonals of a parallelogram constructed on the vectors p  2 a  b & q  a  2 b ,
 
where a & b are unit vectors forming an angle of 60º are :
(A) 3 & 4 (B) 7 & 13 (C) 5 & 11 (D) none
         
3. 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


    
4. 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
 
5. 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
  15 
6. If a vector a of magnitude 50 is collinear with vector b  6 i  8 j  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
   
7. 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
    
8. Let A & B be two non parallel unit vectors in a plane. If ( A  B) bisects the internal angle between A

& B , then  is equal to
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) – 1
9. 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

10. 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
8
11. A tangent is drawn to the curve y = at a point A (x1 , y1) , where x1 = 2. The tangent cuts the x-axis at
x2  
point B. Then the scalar product of the vectors AB & OB is
(A) 3 (B)  3 (C) 6 (D)  6

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DPP # 4
       
1. Cosine of an angle between the vectors a  b and a  b if | a | = 2, | b | = 1 and a ^ b = 60° is

(A) 37 (B) 9 21 (C) 3 7 (D) none

2. 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 & OB  b , then the vector OC in terms of a & b , is
       
(A) 3 a  2 b (B) – 3 a  2b (C) 2 a  3 b (D) – 2 a  3 b
     
3. For two particular vectors A and B it is known that A  B = B  A . What must be true about the two
vectors?
(A) At least one of the two vectors must be the zero vector.
   
(B) A  B = B  A is true for any two vectors.
(C) One of the two vectors is a scalar multiple of the other vector.
(D) The two vectors must be perpendicular to each other.

 
  
  

4. 'P' is a point inside the triangle ABC , such that BC  PA + CA  PB + AB  PC = 0 , then for the triangle
     
ABC the point P is its :
(A) incentre (B) circumcentre (C) centroid (D) orthocentre
5. The vector equations of two lines L1 and L2 are respectivly
 
r  17 î  9ˆj  9k̂   (3î  ˆj  5k̂ ) and r  15î  8ˆj  k̂   ( 4î  3ˆj )
I L1 and L2 are skew lines
II (11, –11, –1) is the point of intersection of L1 and L2
III (–11, 11, 1) is the point of intersection of L1 and L2
IV  
cos–1 3 35 is the acute angle between L1 and L2
then , which of the following is true?
(A) II and IV (B) I and IV (C) IV only (D) III and IV
       
6.  
Given three vectors a , b & c each two of which are non collinear. Further if a  b is collinear with c , b  c  
         
is collinear with a &  a  =  b  =  c  = 2 . Then the value of a . b + b . c + c . a :
(A) is 3 (B) is  3 (C) is 0 (D) cannot be evaluated
  
7. For some non zero vector V , if the sum of V and the vector obtained from V by rotating it by an angle 2

equals to the vector obtained from V by rotating it by  then the value of , is
  2 2
(A) 2n ± (B) n ± (C) 2n ± (D) n ±
3 3 3 3
where n is an integer.
        
8. Let u , v, w be such thatu  1, v  2, w  3 . If the projection of v along u is equal to that of w
     
along u and vectors v , w are perpendicular to each other then u  v  w equals

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

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 
9. If a and b are non zero, non collinear, and the linear combination
   
(2x  y)a  4b  5a  ( x  2 y)b holds for real x and y then x + y has the value equal to
(A) – 3 (B) 1 (C) 17 (D) 3

10. | | | |
 
In the isosceles triangle ABC A B = BC = 8 , a point E divides AB internally in the ratio 1 : 3, then the

cosine of the angle between C E & CA is (where CA = 12)

| | 

3 7 3 8 3 7 3 8
(A)  (B) (C) (D)
8 17 8 17

           
11. If p  3 a  5 b ; q  2a  b ; r  a  4 b ; s   a  b are four vectors such that
       

sin p q  = 1 and sin r 
s = 1 then cos a  b   is :

19 19
(A)  (B) 0 (C) 1 (D)
5 43 5 43

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DPP # 5
 
1. If e1 & e 2 are two unit vectors and  is the angle between them , then sin  2 is :
   
1   1   e1 . e2 e1 x e2
(A) e1  e2 (B) e1  e2 (C) (D)  
2 2 2 2 e1 e2
        
2. If p & s are not perpendicular to each other and r x p  q x p & r . s = 0, then r =
   
    q . p    q . s   
(A) p . s (B) q      p (C) q      p (D) q   p for all scalars 
 p . s  p . s

         
3. If u  a  b ; v  a  b and | a |  | b | = 2 then | u  v | is equal to

(A) 
2 16  (a.b) 2  (B) 2 16  (a.b ) 
2 (C) 2 4  (a.b ) 
2 (D)  
2 4  (a.b) 2 
4. Four vertices O, A, B, C of a tetrahedron satisfy

O A  O B  î  ĵ  k̂ 

O B  O C  î  ' O' is the origin
O C  O A   î  ĵ 

then C A  C B has the value equal to

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


     
5. If A = (1, 1, 1) , C = (0, 1, 1) are given vectors, then a vector B satisfying the equation A x B = C and
 
A . B = 3 is :
 5 2 2  2 5 2  2 2 5
(A) (5, 2, 2) (B)  , ,  (C)  , ,  , ,  (D) 
 3 3 3  3 3 3  3 3 3
       
6. If a  i  j  k & b  i  2 j  k , then the vector c such that a . c = 2 & a  c = b is

(A)
1
3

3î  2ˆj  5k̂  (B)
1
3

 î  2ˆj  5k̂  (C)
1
3

î  2ˆj  5k̂  (D)
1
3

3î  2ˆj  k̂ 
  
7. 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

      
2 
   
2
8. Vectors a & b make an angle  = . If a = 1 , b = 2 then a  3 b x 3 a  b =
3
(A) 225 (B) 250 (C) 275 (D) 300

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   
 2
9. In a quadrilateral ABCD , A C is the bisector of the  A B A D which is ,
  3

| | | | | | then cos  BA 
    
15 AC = 3 A B = 5 A D C D is :

14 21 2 2 7
(A)  (B)  (C) (D)
7 2 7 3 7 14
     
10. If the two adjacent sides of two rectangles are represented by the vectors p  5a  3b ; q   a  2b and

       1   
r  4a  b ; s   a  b respectively, then the angle between the vectors x   p  r  s  and
3
 1  
y   r  s
5
 19   19 
(A) is –cos–1   (B) is cos–1  
 5 43   5 43 

 19 
(C) is – cos–1   (D) cannot be evaluated
 5 43 

 
11. If the vector product of a constant vector OA with a variable vector OB in a fixed plane OAB be a constant
vector, then locus of B is :
 
(A) a straight line perpendicular to OA (B) a circle with centre O radius equal to OA

(C) a straight line parallel to OA (D) none of these

12. If the distance from the point P(1, 1, 1) to the line passing through the points Q(0, 6, 8) and
(p  q )(p  q  1)
R(–1, 4, 7) is expressed in the form p q where p and q are coprime, then the value of
2
equals
(A) 4950 (B) 5050 (C) 5150 (D) none

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DPP # 6
        
1. 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
         
(C) a . c = 0, b . c = 0 (D) a . b = b . c = c . a = 0

  
2. The vectors a = i  2 j  3 k ; b = 2 i  j  k & c = 3 i  j  4 k are so placed that the end point of one
vector is the starting point of the next vector. Then the vectors are
(A) not coplanar (B) coplanar but cannot form a triangle
(C) coplanar but can form a triangle (D) coplanar & can form a right angled triangle

3. Given the vectors



u  2î  ˆj  k̂

v  î  ĵ  2k̂

w  î  k̂
  
If the volume of the parallelopiped having – c u , v and c w as concurrent edges, is 8 then 'c' can be equal to
(A) ± 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) can not be determined


4. Given a  x î  yˆj  2 k̂ , b  i  j  k
 , c  i  2j ; (a b ) = /2, a  c  4 then
(A) [a b c] 2 = | a | (B) [a b c] = | a | (C) [a b c] = 0 (D) [a b c] = | a | 2

5.  
The set of values of m for which the vectors i  j  m k , i  j  (m 1) k & i  j  mk are non-coplanar :
(A) R (B) R  {1} (C) R  {2} (D) 

6. Let a, b, c be distinct non-negative numbers. If the vectors a i  a j  ck , i  k & c i  c j  b k lie in a


plane, then c is :
(A) the A.M. of a & b (B) the G. M. of a & b
(C) the H. M. of a & b (D) equal to zero.
  
7. Let a  a 1 i  a 2 j  a 3 k ; b  b1 i  b 2 j  b 3 k ; c  c1 i  c2 j  c3 k be three non-zero vectors such

2
a1 b1 c1
     
that c is a unit vector perpendicular to both a & b . If the angle between a & b is then a 2 b2 c2 =
6
a3 b3 c3
(A) 0 (B) 1
1 3
(C) (a 2 + a22 + a32) (b12 + b22 + b32) (D) (a 2 + a22 + a32) (b12 + b22 + b32) (c12 + c22 + c32)
4 1 4 1
  
8. For three vectors u ,
v , w which of the following expressions is not equal to any of the remaining three?
           
(A) u . ( v x w ) (B) ( v x w ) . u (C) v . ( u x w ) (D) ( u x v ) . w

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  
9. The vector c is perpendicular to the vectors a = (2,  3, 1) , b = (1,  2, 3) and satisfies the

  

condition c . i  2 j  7 k = 10. Then the vector c =

(A) (7, 5, 1) (B) ( 7,  5, 1) (C) (1, 1, 1) (D) none

     
10. Let a  i  j , b  j  k & c   a   b . If the vectors , i  2 j  k , 3 i  2 j  k & c are coplanar then

is :

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D)  3

11. A rigid body rotates about an axis through the origin with an angular velocity 10 3 radians/sec.

If  points in the direction of i  j  k then the equation to the locus of the points having tangential speed
20 m/sec. is :
(A) x2 + y2 + z2  x y  y z  z x  1 = 0
(B) x2 + y2 + z2  2 x y  2 y z  2 z x  1 = 0
(C) x2 + y2 + z2  x y  y z  z x  2 = 0
(D) x2 + y2 + z2  2 x y  2 y z  2 z x  2 = 0

12. A rigid body rotates with constant angular velocity  about the line whose vector equation is,

 
r = i  2 j  2 k . The speed of the particle at the instant it passes through the point with p.v.. 2 î  3ˆj  5k̂
is :
(A)  2 (B) 2 (C)  2 (D) none

13. Given 3 vectors


  
V1  aî  bĵ  ck̂ ;V2  bî  cĵ  ak̂ ; V3  cî  aĵ  bk̂
  
In which one of the following conditions V1 , V2 and V3 are linearly independent?
(A) a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2  ab + bc + ca
(B) a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca
(C) a + b + c  0 and a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca
(D) a + b + c  0 and a2 + b2 + c2  ab + bc + ca

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1. The altitude of a parallelopiped whose three coterminous edges are the vectors, A  î  ĵ  k̂ ;
   
B  2î  4ˆj  k̂ & C  î  ˆj  3k̂ with A and B as the sides of the base of the parallelopiped, is

(A) 2 19 (B) 4 19 (C) 2 38 19 (D) none

2. ()
Consider  ABC with A  ( a ) ; B  b & C  ( c) . If b . (a  c) = b . b  a . c ; b  a = 3; c  b = 4

 
then the angle between the medians A M & B D is

 1   1   1   1 
(A) – cos1   (B)  cos1   (C) cos1   (D) cos1  
 5 13   13 5   5 13   13 5 

3. Given 3 vectors
  
V1  aî  bĵ  ck̂ ; V2  bî  cĵ  ak̂ ; V3  cî  aĵ  bk̂
where a, b, c are distinct positive real numbers.
  
Statement-1: V1 , V2 and V3 are linearly dependent vectors.
because
  
Statement-2: [V1 V2 V3 ]  0.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
4. If A (– 4, 0, 3) ; B (14, 2, –5) then which one of the following points lie on the bisector of the angle between

OA and OB ('O' is the origin of reference)


(A) (2, 1, –1) (B) (2, 11, 5) (C) (10, 2, –2) (D) (1, 1, 2)
5. Position vectors of the four angular points of a tetrahedron ABCD are A(3, – 2, 1); B(3, 1, 5); C(4, 0, 3) and
D(1, 0, 0). Acute angle between the plane faces ADC and ABC is
(A) tan–1 5 2 (B) cos–1 2 5 (C) cosec–1 5 2 (D) cot–1 3 2
  
6. The volume of the tetrahedron formed by the coterminus edges a , b, c is 3. Then the volume of the parallelepiped
     
formed by the coterminus edges a  b, b  c, c  a is
(A) 6 (B) 18 (C) 36 (D) 9

7.
    
Given unit vectors m , n & p such that angle between m & n = angle between p and

m  n    6 then
 
 n p m =

(A) 3 4 (B) 3/4 (C) 1/4 (D) none

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8. a , b and c be three vectors having magnitudes 1, 1 and 2 respectively. If
     
a x ( a x c ) + b = 0, then the acute angle between a & c is :
(A) /6 (B) /4 (C) /3 (D) 5 12
   
9. If a  i  j  k
 , b  4 i  3j  4 k and c  i  j  k are linearly dependent vectors & c  3 , then

(A)  = 1,  = 1 (B)  = 1,  = ±1 (C)  = 1,  = ±1 (D)  = ±1,  = 1


  
10. The angles of a triangle, two of whose sides are represented by the vectors 3 a  b and b  a . b a ;    
 
where b is a non-zero vector and a is a unit vector in the direction of a , are :

 32
(A) tan 1 
 1 
 3
 1
 ; tan 1   ; tan 1 
 2

1  2 3
(B) tan 1  3 ; tan 1  1 
  ; cot 1 (0)
 3

 32
(C) tan 1  3 ; tan 1(2) ; tan 1  
 2 3  1
(D) tan 1(1); tan 1(1); cot1(0)

11. A vector of magnitude 5 5 coplanar with vectors î 2ˆj & ˆj 2k̂ and the perpendicular vector 2î ˆj 2k̂ is


(A) ± 5 5î  6ˆj  8k̂  (B) ± 
5 5î 6ˆj8k̂ 
(C) ± 5 
5 5î  6ˆj  8k̂  
(D) ± 5î 6ˆj8k̂ 
  
12. Given the following information about the non zero vectors A , B and C
     
(i) ( A  B)  A  0 (ii) B·B  4
   
(iii) A · B  6 (iv) B·C  6
Which one of the following does not hold good?
         
(A) AB  0 (B) A · ( B  C)  0 (C) A · A  8 (D) A · C  9

Paragraph for Question Nos. 13 to 15


   
Consider three vectors p  î  ˆj  k̂ , q  2î  4 ĵ  k̂ and r  î  ˆj  3k̂ and let s be a unit vector, then
  
13. p, q and r are
(A) linearly dependent
(B) can form the sides of a possible triangle
  
(C) such that the vectors (q  r ) is orthogonal to p
(D) such that each one of these can be expressed as a linear combination of the other two

     
14. if ( p  q ) × r = up  vq  w r , then (u + v + w) equals to
(A) 8 (B) 2 (C) – 2 (D) 4

           
15. the magnitude of the vector (p · s )(q  r ) + (q · s )( r  p) + ( r · s )(p  q ) is
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 18 (D) 2

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     
1. Consider three vectors p  î  ˆj  k̂ , q  2î  4 ĵ  k̂ and r  î  ˆj  3k̂ . If p, q and r denotes the

position vector of three non-collinear points then the equation of the plane containing these points is
(A) 2x – 3y + 1 = 0 (B) x – 3y + 2z = 0
(C) 3x – y + z – 3 = 0 (D) 3x – y – 2 = 0
 
2. The intercept made by the plane r . n  q on the x-axis is

q 
q
(A) 
î . n
(B)
î . n
q
 

(C) î . n q (D) 
|n|

3. If the distance between the planes


8x + 12y – 14z = 2
and 4x + 6y – 7z = 2

1 N ( N  1)
can be expressed in the form where N is natural then the value of is
N 2
(A) 4950 (B) 5050 (C) 5150 (D) 5151

4. A plane passes through the point P(4, 0, 0) and Q(0, 0, 4) and is parallel to the y-axis. The distance of the
plane from the origin is

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 2 2

5. If from the point P (f, g, h) perpendiculars PL, PM be drawn to yz and zx planes then the equation to the plane
OLM is

x y z x y z x y z x y z
(A)   0 (B)   0 (C)   0 (D)    0
f g h f g h f g h f g h

6. If the plane 2x – 3y + 6z – 11 = 0 makes an angle sin–1(k) with x-axis, then k is equal to

(A) 3 2 (B) 2/7 (C) 2 3 (D) 1

7. The plane XOZ divides the join of (1, –1, 5) and (2, 3, 4) in the ratio  : 1 , then  is
(A) – 3 (B) – 1/3 (C) 3 (D) 1/3

8. The equation of the right bisector plane of the segment joining (2, 3, 4) and (6, 7, 8) is
(A) x + y + z + 15 = 0 (B) x + y + z – 15 = 0
(C) x – y + z – 15 = 0 (D) None of these

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9. A variable plane forms a tetrahedron of constant volume 64 K3 with the coordinate planes and the origin, then
locus of the centroid of the tetrahedron is
(A) x3 + y3 + z3 = 6K2 (B) xyz = 6k3
(C) x2 + y2 + z2 = 4K2 (D) x–2 + y–2 + z–2 = 4K–2

10. Let ABCD be a tetrahedron such that the edges AB, AC and AD are mutually perpendicular. Let the area of
triangles ABC, ACD and ADB be 3, 4 and 5 sq. units respectively. Then the area of the triangle BCD, is

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

11. Equation of the line which passes through the point with p. v. (2, 1, 0) and perpendicular to the plane

containing the vectors î  ˆj and ˆj  k̂ is



(A) r = (2, 1, 0) + t (1, –1, 1)

(B) r = (2, 1, 0) + t (–1, 1, 1)

(C) r = (2, 1, 0) + t (1, 1, –1)

(D) r = (2, 1, 0) + t (1, 1, 1)
where t is a parameter

12. Which of the following planes are parallel but not identical?
P1 : 4x – 2y + 6z = 3
P2 : 4x – 2y – 2z = 6
P3 : –6x + 3y – 9z = 5
P4 : 2x – y – z = 3
(A) P2 & P3 (B) P2 & P4 (C) P1 & P3 (D) P1 & P4

13. A parallelopiped is formed by planes drawn through the points (1, 2, 3) and (9, 8, 5) parallel to the coordinate
planes then which of the following is not the length of an edge of this rectangular parallelopiped
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8


14. Vector equation of the plane r  î  ˆj   ( î  ĵ  k̂ )   ( î  2ˆj  3k̂ ) in the scalar dot product form is

 
(A) r .(5î  2ˆj  3k̂ )  7 (B) r .(5î  2ˆj  3k̂ )  7

 
(C) r .(5î  2ˆj  3k̂ )  7 (D) r .(5î  2ˆj  3k̂ )  7

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x  2 y  9 z  13 x a y7 z2
1. The value of 'a' for which the lines =  and   intersect, is
1 2 3 1 2 3
(A) – 5 (B) – 2 (C) 5 (D) – 3

2. Given A (1, –1, 0) ; B(3, 1, 2) ; C(2, –2, 4) and D(–1, 1, –1) which of the following points neither lie on AB nor
on CD?
(A) (2, 2, 4) (B) (2, –2, 4) (C) (2, 0,1) (D) (0, –2, –1)

x 1 y  2 z  3
3. For the line   , which one of the following is incorrect?
1 2 3
x y z
(A) it lies in the plane x – 2y + z = 0 (B) it is same as line  
1 2 3
(C) it passes through (2, 3, 5) (D) it is parallel to the plane x – 2y + z – 6 = 0

4. Given planes
P1 : cy + bz = x ; P2 : az + cx = y ; P3 : bx + ay = z
P1, P2 and P3 pass through one line, if
(A) a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca (B) a2 + b2 + c2 + 2abc = 1
(C) a2 + b2 + c2 = 1 (D) a2 + b2 + c2 + 2ab + 2bc + 2ca + 2abc = 1

x  x1 y  y1 z  z1
5. The line   is
0 1 2
(A) parallel to x-axis (B) perpendicular to x-axis
(C) perpendicular to YOZ plane (D) parallel to y-axis

x 2 y3 z4 x 1 y  4 z  5
6. The lines   and   are coplanar if
1 1 k k 2 1
(A) k = 0 or – 1 (B) k = 1 or – 1 (C) k = 0 or – 3 (D) k = 3 or – 3

x  2 y  1 z 1
7. The line   intersects the curve xy = c2, in xy plane if c is equal to
3 2 1

(A) ± 1 (B) ± 1/3 (C) ± 5 (D) none

8. The vector equations of the two lines L1 and L2 are given by


 
L1 : r  2 î  9 ĵ  13k̂   ( î  2ˆj  3k̂ ) ; L2 : r   3î  7 ˆj  pk̂   (  î  2ˆj  3k̂ )

then the lines L1 and L2 are


(A) skew lines for all p R

(B) intersecting for all p R and the point of intersection is (–1, 3, 4)


(C) intersecting lines for p = – 2
(D) intersecting for all real p R

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9. Consider the plane (x, y, z) = (0, 1, 1) + (1, – 1, 1) + (2, – 1, 0). The distance of this plane from the origin
is

(A) 1/3 (B) 3 2 (C) 32 (D) 2 3


10. The line which contains all points (x, y, z) which are of the form (x, y, z) = (2, –2, 5) + (1, –3, 2) intersects

the plane 2x – 3y + 4z = 163 at P and intersects the YZ plane at Q. If the distance PQ is a b where a, b
 N and a > 3 then (a + b) equals
(A) 23 (B) 95 (C) 27 (D) none
 
11. Let L1 be the line r1  2î  ĵ  k̂   (î  2k̂ ) and let L2 be the line r2  3î  ĵ  (î  ĵ  k̂ ) . Let  be

the plane which contains the line L1 and is parallel to L2. The distance of the plane  from the origin is

(A) 1/7 (B) 27 (C) 6 (D) none

12. The value of m for which straight line 3x – 2y + z + 3 = 0 = 4x – 3y + 4z + 1 is parallel to the plane
2x – y + mz – 2 = 0 is
(A) –2 (B) 8 (C) – 18 (D) 11


13. A straight line is given by r  (1  t ) î  3t ˆj  (1  t ) k̂ where t  R. If this line lies in the plane
x + y + cz = d then the value of (c + d) is
(A) – 1 (B) 1 (C) 7 (D) 9

x  2 y 1 z  2
14. The distance of the point (–1, –5, – 10) from the point of intersection of the line = = and
2 4 12
the plane x – y + z = 5 is

(A) 2 11 (B) 126 (C) 13 (D) 14

Match the column:


15. Consider the following four pairs of lines in column-I and match them with one or more entries in column-II.
Column-I Column-II
(A) L1 : x = 1 + t, y = t, z = 2 – 5t (P) non coplanar lines

L2 : r  ( 2,1,3) + (2, 2, – 10)

x 1 y  3 z  2
(B) L1 : = = (Q) lines lie in a unique plane
2 2 1

x2 y6 z2


L2 : = =
1 1 3
(C) L1 : x = – 6t, y = 1 + 9t, z = – 3t (R) infinite planes containing both the lines
L2 : x = 1 + 2s, y = 4 – 3s, z = s

x y 1 z  2
(D) L1 : = = (S) lines are not intersecting
1 2 3

x 3 y2 z 1
L2 : = =
4 3 2
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16. P(0, 3, – 2); Q(3, 7, – 1) and R(1, – 3, – 1) are 3 given points. Let L1 be the line passing through P and Q and

L2 be the line through R and parallel to the vector V  î  k̂ .
Column-I Column-II

(A) perpendicular distance of P from L2 (P) 7 3


(B) shortest distance between L1 and L2 (Q) 2

(C) area of the triangle PQR (R) 6

19
(D) distance from (0, 0, 0) to the plane PQR (S)
147

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DPP # 10

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1. If a , b, c are three non-coplanar & p, q , r are reciprocal vectors to a , b & c respectively, then

a  mb  nc  p  mq  nr  is equal to : (where l, m, n are scalars)

(A) l2 + m2 + n2 (B) l m + m n + n l (C) 0 (D) none of these


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2. If A, B & C are three non-coplanar vectors, then (A  B  C) ·[(A  B)  ( A  C)] equals
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(A) 0 (B) [ A B C ] (C) 2 [ A B C ] (D)  [ A B C ]

3. A plane P1 has the equation 2x – y + z = 4 and the plane P2 has the equation x + ny + 2z = 11. If the angle
between P1 and P2 is  3 then the value(s) of 'n' is (are)
(A) 7/2 (B) 17, –1 (C) –17, 1 (D) – 7/2

4. The three vectors i  j , j  k , k  i taken two at a time form three planes. The three unit vectors drawn

perpendicular to these three planes form a parallelopiped of volume :

(A) 1/3 (B) 4 (C) 3 3 4 (D) 4 3 3

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5. If x & y are two non collinear vectors and a, b, c represent the sides of a  ABC satisfying
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(a  b) x + (b  c) y + (c  a) x  y = 0 then  ABC is
(A) an acute angle triangle (B) an obtuse angle triangle
(C) a right angle triangle (D) a scalene triangle

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6. Given three non – zero, non – coplanar vectors a , b, c and r1  pa  qb  c and r2  a  pb  qc if the
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vectors r1  2 r2 and 2 r1  r2 are collinear then (p, q) is
(A) (0, 0) (B) (1, –1) (C) (–1, 1) (D) (1, 1)

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7. If the vectors a , b , c are non-coplanar and l, m, n are distinct scalars, then

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  a  m b  n c  b  m c  n a   c  ma  n b  = 0 implies :
(A) lm + mn + nl = 0 (B) l + m + n = 0 (C) l 2 + m 2 + n 2 = 0 (D) l 3 + m 3 + n 3 = 0
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8. Let r1 , r2 , r3 ........rn be the position vectors of points P1, P2, P3,.....Pn relative to the origin O. If the vector
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equation a1 r1  a 2 r2  ..........  a n rn  0 holds, then a similar equation will also hold w.r.t. to any other
origin provided
(A) a1 + a2 + ..... + an = n (B) a1 + a2 + ..... + an = 1
(C) a1+ a2 +...+ an= 0 (D) none

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9. The orthogonal projection A' of the point A with position vector (1, 2, 3) on the plane 3x – y + 4z = 0 is

 1 5  1 5 
(A) (–1, 3, –1) (B)   , , 1 (C)  ,  ,  1 (D) (6, –7, –5)
 2 2  2 2 
Paragraph for Question Nos. 10 to 11
Consider a plane
x + y – z = 1 and the point A(1, 2, –3)
A line L has the equation
x = 1 + 3r ; y=2–r ; z = 3 + 4r

10. The co-ordinate of a point B of line L, such that AB is parallel to the plane, is
(A) 10, –1, 15 (B) –5, 4, –5 (C) 4, 1, 7 (D) –8, 5, –9

11. Equation of the plane containing the line L and the point A has the equation
(A) x – 3y + 5 = 0 (B) x + 3y – 7 =0 (C) 3x – y – 1 = 0 (D) 3x + y – 5 = 0

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Consider a triangular pyramid ABCD the position vectors of whose angular points are A(3, 0, 1) ;
B(–1, 4, 1); C(5, 2, 3) and D(0, –5, 4). Let G be the point of intersection of the medians of the triangle BCD.

12. The length of the vector A G is


(A) 17 (B) 51 3 (C) 51 9 (D) 59 4
13. Area of the triangle ABC in sq. units is

(A) 24 (B) 8 6 (C) 4 6 (D) none

14. The length of the perpendicular from the vertex D on the opposite face is

(A) 14 6 (B) 2 6 (C) 3 6 (D) none

15. Equation of the plane ABC is


(A) x + y + 2z = 5 (B) x – y – 2z = 1 (C) 2x + y – 2z = 4 (D) x + y – 2z = 1

Paragraph for Question Nos. 116 to 18


Given four points A(2, 1, 0) ; B(1, 0, 1) ; C(3, 0, 1) and D(0, 0, 2).
The point D lies on a line L orthogonal to the plane determined by the point A, B and C.
16. Equation of the plane ABC is
(A) x + y + z – 3 = 0 (B) y + z – 1 = 0 (C) x + z – 1 = 0 (D) 2y + z – 1 = 0

17. Equation of the line L is



(A) r  2 k̂   ( î  k̂ )
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(B) r  2 k̂   ( 2 ĵ  k̂ ) (C) r  2 k̂   (ˆj  k̂ ) (D) none

18. Perpendicular distance of D from the plane ABC, is

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

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Paragraph for Question Nos. 19 to 21

x  x ' y  y' z  z '


The equation of line: = =
a' b' c'
The equation of plane : a(x – x1) + b(y – y1) + c(z – z1) = 0
Equation of plane through the intersection of the two planes
a1x + b1y + c1z + d1 = 0 and a2x + b2y + c2z + d2 = 0 :
(a1x + b1y + c1z + d1) + k(a2x + b2y + c2z + d2) = 0

x y z 3
19. The distance of the point (1, – 2, 3) from the plane x – y + z = 5 measured parallel to the line   is
2 3 4

(A) 21 5 (B) 29 5 (C) 13 5 (D) 2 5

x  3 y 1 z  2
20. The equation of the plane through (0, 2, 4) and containing the line = = is
3 4 2
(A) x – 2y + 4z – 12 = 0 (B) 5x + y + 9z – 38 = 0
(C) 10x – 12y – 9z + 60 = 0 (D) 7x + 5y – 3z + 2 = 0

21. The plane x – y – z = 2 is rotated through 90° about its line of intersection with the plane x + 2y + z = 2. Then
equation of this plane in new position is
(A) 5x + 4y + z – 10 = 0 (B) 4x + 5y – 3z = 0
(C) 2x + y + 2z = 9 (D) 3x + 4y – 5z = 9

Paragraph for Question Nos. 22 to 24


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Consider the three vectors p, q and r such that

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p  î  ˆj  k̂ ; q  î  ˆj  k̂
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p  r = q  cp and p · r = 2
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22. The value of p q r  is

5 2c 8
(A) –  (B) – (C) 0 (D) greater then zero
|r| 3

23.

If x is a vector such that p q r  x = p  q  r , then 
x is

(A) c ( î  2ˆj  k̂ ) (B) a unit vector

p q r 
1
(C) indeterminate, as (D) – (î  2ˆj  k̂ )
2

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24. If y is a vector satisfying (1 + c) y = p  (q  r ) then the vectors x , y, r
(A) are collinear
(B) are coplanar
(C) represent the coterminus edges of a tetrahedron whose volume is c cubic units.
(D) represent the coterminus edges of a parallelepiped whose volume is c cubic units

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Select the correct alternative(s): (More than one are correct)

25. If A(a ) ; B( b ) ; C ( c ) and D(d ) are four points such that

a   2î  4ˆj  3k̂ ; b  2î  8ˆj ; c  î  3ˆj  5k̂ ; d  4î  ˆj  7 k̂


d is the shortest distance between the lines AB and CD, then which of the following is True?

[ AB CD BD]
(A) d = 0, hence AB and CD intersect (B) d =
| AB  CD |

23 [ AB CD AC]
(C) AB and CD are skew lines and d = (D) d =
13 | AB  CD|

26. Given the equations of the line 3x – y + z + 1 = 0, 5x + y + 3z = 0. Then which of the following is correct?
1 5
y z
x 8 8
(A) symmetical form of the equations of line is  =
2 1 1
1 5
x y
(B) symmetrical form of the equations of line is
8
= 8 = z
1 1 2
(C) equation of the plane through (2, 1, 4) and prependicular to the given lines is 2x – y + z – 7 = 0

(D) equation of the plane through (2, 1, 4) and prependicular to the given lines is x + y – 2z + 5 = 0

27. Given three vectors


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U  2î  3ˆj  6k̂ ; V  6î  2ˆj  3k̂ ; W  3î  6ˆj  2k̂
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Which of the following hold good for the vectors U , V and W ?
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(A) U, V and W are linearly depedent (B) ( U  V)  W  0
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(C) U , V and W form a triplet of mutually perpendicular vectors
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(D) U  ( V  W )  0

28. Consider the family of planes x + y + z = c where c is a parameter intersecting the coordinate axes at P, Q,
R and , ,  are the angles made by each member of this family with positive x, y and z axis. Which of the
following interpretations hold good for this family.
(A) each member of this family is equally inclined with the coordinate axes.
(B) sin2 + sin2 + sin2 = 1
(C) cos2 + cos2 + cos2 = 2

(D) for c = 3 area of the triangle PQR is 3 3 sq. units.

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Match the column

29. Column-I Column-II


Centre of the parallelop iped whose 3 coterminou s edges   
(A) (P) a b c
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OA, OB and OC have position vectors a, b and c
respective ly where O is the origin, is
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OABC is a tetrahedro n where O is the origin. Positions
ab c
(B) (Q)
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vectors of its angular points A, B and C are a, b and c
respective ly. Segments joining each vertex wit h the centroid
of the opposite face are concurrent at a point P whose p.v.' s are
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ab c
(C) Let ABC be a triangle the position vectors of its angular points (R)
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are a, b and c respectively. If | a  b |  | b  c | | c  a | then the
p.v. of the orthocentre of the triangle is
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   ab c
(D) Let a, b, c be 3 mutually perpendicular vectors of the same (S)
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magnitude. If an unknown vector x satisfies the equation
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   
a  (x  b)  a  b  (x  c)  b  c  (x  a)  c   0.

Then x is given by

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ANSWER KEY
DPP-1
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. B
6. B 7. D 8. B 9. D 10. BCD

DPP-2
1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. D
6. B 7. C 8. D 9. C 10. A

DPP-3
1. D 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. D
6. B 7. C 8. B 9. B 10. D
11. A

DPP-4
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. A
6. B 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. C
11. D
DPP-5
1. B 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. B
6. B 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. B
11. C 12. A
DPP-6
1. D 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. A
6. B 7. C 8. C 9. A 10. D
11. C 12. A 13. D
DPP-7
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. A
6. C 7. A 8. A 9. D 10. B
11. D 12. C 13. C 14. B 15. A

DPP-8
1. D 2. A 3. D 4. D 5. A
6. B 7. D 8. B 9. B 10. A
11. A 12. C 13. B 14. C

DPP-9
1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B
6. C 7. C 8. C 9. C 10. A
11. B 12. A 13. D 14. C
15. (A) R, (B) Q, (C) Q, S, (D) P, S 16. (A) R; (B) Q; (C) P ; (D) S

DPP-10
1. A 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. A
6. D 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. D
11. B 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. D
16. B 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. C
21. A 22. B 23. D 24. C 25. BCD
26. BD 27. BCD 28. ABC 29. (A) S; (B) R; (C) Q; (D) S

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