Vector Algebra

113 Questions
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
Let $\overrightarrow a \,,\,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ be unit vectors such that ${\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow 0 .}$ Which one of the following is correct ?
A.
$\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b = b \times \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a = \overrightarrow 0 $
B.
$\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b = b \times \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a \ne \overrightarrow 0 $
C.
$\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b = b \times \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow c \ne \overrightarrow 0 $
D.
$\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b ,b \times \overrightarrow c ,\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a $ are muturally perpendicular
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
Let the vectors $\overrightarrow {PQ} ,\,\,\overrightarrow {QR} ,\,\,\overrightarrow {RS} ,\,\,\overrightarrow {ST} ,\,\,\overrightarrow {TU} ,$ and $\overrightarrow {UP} ,$ represent the sides of a regular hexagon.

STATEMENT-1: $\overrightarrow {PQ} \times \left( {\overrightarrow {RS} + \overrightarrow {ST} } \right) \ne \overrightarrow 0 .$ because
STATEMENT-2: $\overrightarrow {PQ} \times \overrightarrow {RS} = \overrightarrow 0 $ and $\overrightarrow {PQ} \times \overrightarrow {ST} \ne \overrightarrow 0 \,\,.$

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.
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
The minimum of distinct real values of $\lambda ,$ for which the vectors $ - {\lambda ^2}\widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k,$ $\widehat i - {\lambda ^2}\widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\widehat i + \widehat j - {\lambda ^2}\widehat k$ are coplanar, is
A.
zero
B.
one
C.
two
D.
three
2025 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2025 Paper 1 Online

Let $\vec{w} = \hat{i} + \hat{j} - 2\hat{k}$, and $\vec{u}$ and $\vec{v}$ be two vectors, such that $\vec{u} \times \vec{v} = \vec{w}$ and $\vec{v} \times \vec{w} = \vec{u}$. Let $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$, and $t$ be real numbers such that

$\vec{u} = \alpha \hat{i} + \beta \hat{j} + \gamma \hat{k},\ \ \ - t \alpha + \beta + \gamma = 0,\ \ \ \alpha - t \beta + \gamma = 0,\ \ \ \alpha + \beta - t \gamma = 0.$

Match each entry in List-I to the correct entry in List-II and choose the correct option.

List – I List – II
(P) $\lvert \vec{v} \rvert^2$ is equal to (1) 0
(Q) If $\alpha = \sqrt{3}$, then $\gamma^2$ is equal to (2) 1
(R) If $\alpha = \sqrt{3}$, then $(\beta + \gamma)^2$ is equal to (3) 2
(S) If $\alpha = \sqrt{2}$, then $t + 3$ is equal to (4) 3
(5) 5
A.

(P) $\to$ (2)   (Q) $\to$ (1)   (R) $\to$ (4)   (S) $\to$ (5)

B.

(P) $\to$ (2)   (Q) $\to$ (4)   (R) $\to$ (3)   (S) $\to$ (5)

C.

(P) $\to$ (2)   (Q) $\to$ (1)   (R) $\to$ (4)   (S) $\to$ (3)

D.

(P) $\to$ (5)   (Q) $\to$ (4)   (R) $\to$ (1)   (S) $\to$ (3)

2023 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 2 Online
Let the position vectors of the points $P, Q, R$ and $S$ be $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}+6 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$, $\vec{c}=\frac{17}{5} \hat{i}+\frac{16}{5} \hat{j}+7 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{d}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}$, respectively. Then which of the following statements is true?
A.
The points $P, Q, R$ and $S$ are NOT coplanar
B.
$\frac{\vec{b}+2 \vec{d}}{3}$ is the position vector of a point which divides $P R$ internally in the ratio $5: 4$
C.
$\frac{\vec{b}+2 \vec{d}}{3}$ is the position vector of a point which divides $P R$ externally in the ratio $5: 4$
D.
The square of the magnitude of the vector $\vec{b} \times \vec{d}$ is 95
2017 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 2 Offline
Let O be the origin and let PQR be an arbitrary triangle. The point S is such that

$\overrightarrow{OP}$ . $\overrightarrow{OQ}$ + $\overrightarrow{OR}$ . $\overrightarrow{OS}$ = $\overrightarrow{OR}$ . $\overrightarrow{OP}$ + $\overrightarrow{OQ}$ . $\overrightarrow{OS}$ = $\overrightarrow{OQ}$ . $\overrightarrow{OR}$ + $\overrightarrow{OP}$ . $\overrightarrow{OS}$

Then the triangle PQR has S as its
A.
centroid
B.
orthocentre
C.
incentre
D.
circumcentre
2017 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 2 Offline
|$\overrightarrow{OX}$ $ \times $ $\overrightarrow{OY}$| = ?
A.
sin(P + Q)
B.
sin(P + R)
C.
sin(Q + R)
D.
sin2R
2015 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 1 Offline
Match the following :

$\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ Column $I$
(A)$\,\,\,\,$ In ${R^2},$ If the magnitude of the projection vector of the vector $\alpha \widehat i + \beta \widehat j$ on $\sqrt 3 \widehat i + \widehat j$ and If $\alpha = 2 + \sqrt 3 \beta ,$ then possible value of $\left| \alpha \right|$ is/are
(B)$\,\,\,\,$ Let $a$ and $b$ be real numbers such that the function $f\left( x \right) = \left\{ {\matrix{ { - 3a{x^2} - 2,} & {x < 1} \cr {bx + {a^2},} & {x \ge 1} \cr } } \right.$ if differentiable for all $x \in R$. Then possible value of $a$ is (are)
(C)$\,\,\,\,$ Let $\omega \ne 1$ be a complex cube root of unity. If ${\left( {3 - 3\omega + 2{\omega ^2}} \right)^{4n + 3}} + {\left( {2 + 3\omega - 3{\omega ^2}} \right)^{4n + 3}} + {\left( { - 3 + 2\omega + 3{\omega ^2}} \right)^{4n + 3}} = 0,$ then possible value (s) of $n$ is (are)
(D)$\,\,\,\,$ Let the harmonic mean of two positive real numbers $a$ and $b$ be $4.$ If $q$ is a positive real nimber such that $a, 5, q, b$ is an arithmetic progression, then the value(s) of $\left| {q - a} \right|$ is (are)

$\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ Column $II$
(p)$\,\,\,\,$ $1$
(q)$\,\,\,\,$ $2$
(r)$\,\,\,\,$ $3$
(s)$\,\,\,\,$ $4$
(t)$\,\,\,\,$ $5$

A.
$\left( A \right) \to p, q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to p,q;\,\,\left( C \right) \to p,q,s,t;\,\,\left( D \right) \to q,t$
B.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to q;\,\,\left( C \right) \to p,q,s,t;\,\,\left( D \right) \to q,t$
C.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to p,q;\,\,\left( C \right) \to p,t;\,\,\left( D \right) \to q,t$
D.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to p,q;\,\,\left( C \right) \to p,q,s,t;\,\,\left( D \right) \to q$
2013 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 2 Offline
match List $I$ with List $II$ and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

$\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ List $I$
(P.)$\,\,\,\,$ Volume of parallelopiped determined by vectors $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ is $2.$ Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by vectors $2\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \right),3\left( {\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c } \right)$ and $\left( {\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a } \right)$ is
(Q.)$\,\,\,\,$ Volume of parallelopiped determined by vectors $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ is $5.$ Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by vectors $3\left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right),\left( {\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right)$ and $2\left( {\overrightarrow c + \overrightarrow a } \right)$ is
(R.)$\,\,\,\,$ Area of a triangle with adjacent sides determined by vectors ${\overrightarrow a }$ and ${\overrightarrow b }$ is $20.$ Then the area of the triangle with adjacent sides determined by vectors $\left( {2\overrightarrow a + 3\overrightarrow b } \right)$ and $\left( {\overrightarrow a - \overrightarrow b } \right)$ is
(S.)$\,\,\,\,$ Area of a parallelogram with adjacent sides determined by vectors ${\overrightarrow a }$ and ${\overrightarrow b }$ is $30.$ Then the area of the parallelogram with adjacent sides determined by vectors $\left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right)$ and ${\overrightarrow a }$ is

$\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ List $II$
(1.)$\,\,\,\,$ $100$
(2.)$\,\,\,\,$ $30$
(3.)$\,\,\,\,$ $24$
(4.)$\,\,\,\,$ $60$

A.
$P = 4,Q = 2,R = 3,S = 1$
B.
$P = 2,Q = 3,R = 1,S = 4$
C.
$P = 3,Q = 4,R = 1,S = 2$
D.
$P = 1,Q = 4,R = 3,S = 2$
2013 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 1 Offline
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PR}}=3 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k}$ and $ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{SQ}}=\hat{i}-3 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}$ determine diagonals of a parallelogram $P Q R S$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PT}}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$ be another vector. Then the volume of the parallelopiped determined by the vectors $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PT}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{PQ}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PS}}$ is :
A.
5 units
B.
20 units
C.
10 units
D.
30 units
2012 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2012 Paper 2 Offline
If $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ are vectors such that $\left| {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right| = \sqrt {29} $ and $\,\overrightarrow a \times \left( {2\widehat i + 3\widehat j + 4\widehat k} \right) = \left( {2\widehat i + 3\widehat j + 4\widehat k} \right) \times \widehat b,$ then a possible value of $\left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right).\left( { - 7\widehat i + 2\widehat j + 3\widehat k} \right)$ is
A.
$0$
B.
$3$
C.
$4$
D.
$8$
2011 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 1 Offline
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k,\,\overrightarrow b = \widehat i - \widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c = \widehat i - \widehat j - \widehat k$ be three vectors. A vector $\overrightarrow v $ in the plane of $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b ,$ whose projection on $\overrightarrow c $ is ${{1 \over {\sqrt 3 }}}$ , is given by
A.
$\widehat i - 3\widehat j + 3\widehat k$
B.
$-3\widehat i - 3\widehat j - \widehat k$
C.
$3\widehat i - \widehat j + 3\widehat k$
D.
$\widehat i + 3\widehat j - 3\widehat k$
2011 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 2 Offline
Match the statements given in Column -$I$ with the values given in Column-$II.$

$\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ Column-$I$
(A) $\,\,\,\,$If $\overrightarrow a = \widehat j + \sqrt 3 \widehat k,\overrightarrow b = - \widehat j + \sqrt 3 \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c = 2\sqrt 3 \widehat k$ form a triangle, then the internal angle of the triangle between $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ is
(B)$\,\,\,\,$ If $\int\limits_a^b {\left( {f\left( x \right) - 3x} \right)dx = {a^2} - {b^2},} $ then the value of $f$ $\left( {{\pi \over 6}} \right)$ is
(C)$\,\,\,\,$ The value of ${{{\pi ^2}} \over {\ell n3}}\int\limits_{7/6}^{5/6} {\sec \left( {\pi x} \right)dx} $ is
(D)$\,\,\,\,$ The maximum value of $\left| {Arg\left( {{1 \over {1 - z}}} \right)} \right|$ for $\left| z \right| = 1,\,z \ne 1$ is given by

$\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ Column-$II$
(p)$\,\,\,\,$ ${{\pi \over 6}}$
(q)$\,\,\,\,$ ${{2\pi \over 3}}$
(r)$\,\,\,\,$ ${{\pi \over 3}}$
(s)$\,\,\,\,$ $\pi $
(t) $\,\,\,\,$ ${{\pi \over 2}}$

A.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to p;\,\,\left( C \right) \to s;\,\,\left( D \right) \to t$
B.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to p;\,\,\left( C \right) \to t;\,\,\left( D \right) \to s$
C.
$\left( A \right) \to p;\,\,\left( B \right) \to q;\,\,\left( C \right) \to s;\,\,\left( D \right) \to t$
D.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to s;\,\,\left( C \right) \to p;\,\,\left( D \right) \to t$
2010 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 2 Offline
Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram $ABCD$ are given by
$\overrightarrow {AB} = 2\widehat i + 10\widehat j + 11\widehat k$ and $\,\overrightarrow {AD} = -\widehat i + 2\widehat j + 2\widehat k$
The side $AD$ is rotated by an acute angle $\alpha $ 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 $\alpha $ is given by
A.
${{8 \over 9}}$
B.
${{{\sqrt {17} } \over 9}}$
C.
${{1 \over 9}}$
D.
${{{4\sqrt 5 } \over 9}}$
2010 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline
Let $P,Q,R$ and $S$ be the points on the plane with position vectors ${ - 2\widehat i - \widehat j,4\widehat i,3\widehat i + 3\widehat j}$ and ${ - 3\widehat i + 2\widehat j}$ respectively. The quadrilateral $PQRS$ must be a
A.
parallelogram, which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle
B.
square
C.
rectangle, but not a square
D.
rhombus, but not a square
2009 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline

If $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ and $\overrightarrow d $ are unit vectors such that $(\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b )\,.\,(\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow d ) = 1$ and $\overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow c = {1 \over 2}$, then

A.
$\overrightarrow a \,,\,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ are non-coplanar
B.
$\overrightarrow b \,,\,\overrightarrow c ,\overrightarrow d $ are non-coplanar
C.
$\overrightarrow b \,,\overrightarrow d $ are non-parallel
D.
$\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow d $ parallel and $\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ are parallel
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline

The unit vector perpendicular to both ${L_1}$ and ${L_2}$ is :

A.
${{ - \widehat i + 7\widehat j + 7\widehat k} \over {\sqrt {99} }}$
B.
${{ - \widehat i - 7\widehat j + 5\widehat k} \over {5\sqrt 3 }}$
C.
${{ - \widehat i + 7\widehat j + 5\widehat k} \over {5\sqrt 3 }}$
D.
${{7\widehat i - 7\widehat j - \widehat k} \over {\sqrt {99} }}$
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline
Let two non-collinear unit vectors $\widehat a$ and $\widehat b$ form an acute angle. A point $P$ moves so that at any time $t$ the position vector $\overrightarrow {OP} $ (where $O$ is the origin) is given by $\widehat a\cos t + \widehat b\sin t.$ When $P$ is farthest from origin $O,$ let $M$ be the length of $\overrightarrow {OP} $ and $\widehat u$ be the unit vector along $\overrightarrow {OP} $. Then :
A.
$\widehat u = {{\widehat a + \widehat b} \over {\left| {\widehat a + \widehat b} \right|}}\,\,and\,\,M = {\left( {1 + \widehat a.\,\widehat b} \right)^{1/2}}$
B.
$\widehat u = {{\widehat a - \widehat b} \over {\left| {\widehat a - \widehat b} \right|}}\,\,and\,\,M = {\left( {1 + \widehat a.\,\widehat b} \right)^{1/2}}$
C.
$\widehat u = {{\widehat a + \widehat b} \over {\left| {\widehat a + \widehat b} \right|}}\,\,and\,\,M = {\left( {1 + 2\widehat a.\,\widehat b} \right)^{1/2}}$
D.
$\widehat u = {{\widehat a - \widehat b} \over {\left| {\widehat a - \widehat b} \right|}}\,\,and\,\,M = {\left( {1 + 2\widehat a.\,\widehat b} \right)^{1/2}}$
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline

The shortest distance between ${L_1}$ and ${L_2}$ is :

A.
$0$
B.
${17 \over {\sqrt 3 }}$
C.
${41 \over {5\sqrt 3 }}$
D.
${17 \over {5\sqrt 3 }}$
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 1 Offline
The edges of a parallelopiped are of unit length and are parallel to non-coplanar unit vectors $\overrightarrow a \,,\,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ such that $\widehat a\,.\,\widehat b = \widehat b\,.\,\widehat c = \widehat c\,.\,\widehat a = {1 \over 2}.$ Then, the volume of the parallelopiped is :
A.
${1 \over {\sqrt 2 }}$
B.
${1 \over {2\sqrt 2 }}$
C.
${{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}$
D.
${1 \over {\sqrt 3 }}$
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007 Paper 2 Offline

Let $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$ be unit vectors such that $\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=\overrightarrow{0}$. Which one of the following is correct?

A.
$\vec{a} \times \vec{b}=\vec{b} \times \vec{c}=\vec{c} \times \vec{a}=\overrightarrow{0}$
B.
$\vec{a} \times \vec{b}=\vec{b} \times \vec{c}=\vec{c} \times \vec{a} \neq \overrightarrow{0}$
C.
$\vec{a} \times \vec{b}=\vec{b} \times \vec{c}=\vec{a} \times \vec{c} \neq \overrightarrow{0}$
D.
$\vec{a} \times \vec{b}, \vec{b} \times \vec{c}, \vec{c} \times \vec{a}$ are mutually perpendicular
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007 Paper 1 Offline

The number of distinct real values of $\lambda$, for which the vectors $ - {\lambda ^2}\widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k,\widehat i - {\lambda ^2}\widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\widehat i + \widehat j - {\lambda ^2}\widehat k$ are coplanar, is :

A.
zero
B.
one
C.
two
D.
three
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007 Paper 1 Offline

Let the vector $\overrightarrow {PQ} ,\overrightarrow {QR} ,\overrightarrow {RS} ,\overrightarrow {ST} ,\overrightarrow {TU} $ and $\overrightarrow {UP} $, represent the sides of a regular hexagon.

Statement 1 : $\overrightarrow {PQ} \times \left( {\overrightarrow {RS} + \overrightarrow {ST} } \right) \ne \overrightarrow 0 $

Statement 2 : $\overrightarrow {PQ} \times \overrightarrow {RS} = \overrightarrow 0 $ and $\overrightarrow {PQ} \times \overrightarrow {ST} \ne \overrightarrow 0 $

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
2006 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2006
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + 2\widehat j + \widehat k,\,\overrightarrow b = \widehat i - \widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c = \widehat i + \widehat j - \widehat k.$ A vector in the plane of $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ whose projection on $\overrightarrow c $ is ${1 \over {\sqrt 3 }},$ is
A.
$4\widehat i - \widehat j + 4\widehat k$
B.
$3\widehat i + \widehat j - 3\widehat k$
C.
$2\widehat i + \widehat j - 2\widehat k$
D.
$4\widehat i + \widehat j - 4\widehat k$
2006 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2006
(i) Two rays in the first quadrant $x+y=|a|$ and $a x-y=1$ Intersects each other in the interval $a \in\left(a_0, \infty\right)$, the value of $a_0$ is (A) 2
(ii) Point $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ lies on the plane $x+y+z=2$.
Let $\vec{a}=\alpha \hat{i}+\beta \hat{j}+\gamma \hat{k}, \hat{k} \times(\hat{k} \times \vec{a})=0$, then $\gamma=$
(B) 4/3
(iii) $
\left|\int_0^1\left(1-y^2\right) d y\right|+\left|\int_1^0\left(y^2-1\right) d y\right|
$
(C) $
\left|\int_0^1 \sqrt{1-x} d x\right|+\left|\int_1^0 \sqrt{1+x} d x\right|
$
(iv) If $\sin A \sin B \sin C+\cos A \cos B=1$, then the value of $\sin C=$ (D) 1
A.

$ \begin{aligned} & \text { (i)-(D); (ii)-(B); (iii)-(B),(C); } \text { (iv)-(A) } \end{aligned} $

B.

$ \begin{aligned} & \text { (i)-(D); (ii)-(A); (iii)-(B); } \text { (iv)-(D) } \end{aligned} $

C.

$ \begin{aligned} & \text { (i)-(A); (ii)-(D); (iii)-(B),(C); } \text { (iv)-(D) } \end{aligned} $

D.

$ \begin{aligned} & \text { (i)-(D); (ii)-(A); (iii)-(B),(C); } \text { (iv)-(D) } \end{aligned} $

2005 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2005 Screening
If $\overrightarrow a \,,\,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ are three non-zero, non-coplanar vectors and
$\overrightarrow {{b_1}} = \overrightarrow b - {{\overrightarrow b .\,\overrightarrow a } \over {{{\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|}^2}}}\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow {{b_2}} = \overrightarrow b + {{\overrightarrow b .\,\overrightarrow a } \over {{{\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|}^2}}}\overrightarrow a ,$
$\overrightarrow {{c_1}} = \overrightarrow c - {{\overrightarrow c .\,\overrightarrow a } \over {{{\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|}^2}}}\overrightarrow a + {{\overrightarrow b .\,\overrightarrow c } \over {{{\left| c \right|}^2}}}{\overrightarrow b _1},\,\,\overrightarrow {{c_2}} = \overrightarrow c - {{\overrightarrow c .\,\overrightarrow a } \over {{{\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|}^2}}}\overrightarrow a - {{\overrightarrow b \,.\,\overrightarrow c } \over {{{\left| {{{\overrightarrow b }_1}} \right|}^2}}}{\overrightarrow b _1},$
$\overrightarrow {{c_3}} = \overrightarrow c - {{\overrightarrow c .\,\overrightarrow a } \over {{{\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right|}^2}}}\overrightarrow a + {{\overrightarrow b .\,\overrightarrow c } \over {{{\left| c \right|}^2}}}{\overrightarrow b _1},\,\,\overrightarrow {{c_4}} = \overrightarrow c - {{\overrightarrow c .\,\overrightarrow a } \over {{{\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right|}^2}}}\overrightarrow a - {{\overrightarrow b \,.\,\overrightarrow c } \over {{{\left| {{{\overrightarrow b }_1}} \right|}^2}}}{\overrightarrow b _1},$
then the set of orthogonal vectors is
A.
$\left( {\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow {{b_1}} ,\overrightarrow {{c_3}} } \right)$
B.
$\left( {\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow {{b_1}} ,\overrightarrow {{c_2}} } \right)$
C.
$\left( {\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow {{b_1}} ,\overrightarrow {{c_1}} } \right)$
D.
$\left( {\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow {{b_2}} ,\overrightarrow {{c_2}} } \right)$
2005 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2005 Mains

Incident ray is along the unit vector $\hat{v}$ and the reflected ray is along the unit vector $\widehat{w}$. The normal is along unit vector $\hat{a}$ outwards. Express $\hat{w}$, in terms of $\hat{a}$ and $\hat{v}$.

A.
$\widehat{w}=\hat{v}-2(\hat{a} \cdot \hat{v}) \cdot \hat{a}$
B.
$\widehat{w}=\hat{v}+2(\hat{a} \cdot \hat{v}) \cdot \hat{a}$
C.
$\widehat{w}=\hat{v}-3(\hat{a} \cdot \hat{v}) \cdot \hat{a}$
D.
$\widehat{w}=5\hat{v}+3(\hat{a} \cdot \hat{v}) \cdot \hat{a}$
2004 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2004 Screening
If $\overrightarrow a = \left( {\widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k} \right),\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b = 1$ and $\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b = \widehat j - \widehat k,$ then $\overrightarrow b $ is
A.
$\widehat i - \widehat j + \widehat k$
B.
$2\widehat j - \widehat k$
C.
$\widehat i$
D.
$2\widehat i$
2004 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2004 Screening
The unit vector which is orthogonal to the vector $3\overrightarrow i + 2\overrightarrow j + 6\overrightarrow k $ and is coplanar with the vectors $\,2\widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\,\widehat i - \widehat j + \widehat k$$\,\,\,$ is
A.
${{2\widehat i - 6\widehat j + \widehat k} \over {\sqrt {41} }}$
B.
${{2\widehat i - 3\widehat j} \over {\sqrt {13} }}$
C.
${{3\widehat i - \widehat k} \over {\sqrt {10} }}$
D.
${{4\widehat i + 3\widehat j - 3\widehat k} \over {\sqrt {34} }}$
2003 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2003 Screening
The value of $'a'$ so that the volume of parallelopiped formed by $\widehat i + a\widehat j + \widehat k,\widehat j + a\widehat k$ and $a\widehat i + \widehat k$ becomes minimum is
A.
$-3$
B.
$3$
C.
$1/\sqrt 3 $
D.
$\sqrt 3 $
2002 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2002 Screening
Let $\overrightarrow V = 2\overrightarrow i + \overrightarrow j - \overrightarrow k $ and $\overrightarrow W = \overrightarrow i + 3\overrightarrow k .$ If $\overrightarrow U $ is a unit vector, then the maximum value of the scalar triple product $\left| {\overrightarrow U \overrightarrow V \overrightarrow W } \right|$ is
A.
$-1$
B.
$\sqrt {10} + \sqrt 6 $
C.
$\sqrt {59} $
D.
$\sqrt {60} $
2002 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2002 Screening
If ${\overrightarrow a }$ and ${\overrightarrow b }$ are two unit vectors such that ${\overrightarrow a + 2\overrightarrow b }$ and ${5\overrightarrow a - 4\overrightarrow b }$ are perpendicular to each other then the angle between $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ is
A.
${45^ \circ }$
B.
${60^ \circ }$
C.
${\cos ^{ - 1}}\left( {{1 \over 3}} \right)$
D.
${\cos ^{ - 1}}\left( {{2 \over 7}} \right)$
2001 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2001 Screening
If $\overrightarrow a \,,\,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ are unit vectors, then ${\left| {\overrightarrow a - \overrightarrow b } \right|^2} + {\left| {\overrightarrow b - \overrightarrow c } \right|^2} + {\left| {\overrightarrow c - \overrightarrow a } \right|^2}$ does NOT exceed
A.
$4$
B.
$9$
C.
$8$
D.
$6$
2001 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2001 Screening
Let $\overrightarrow a = \overrightarrow i - \overrightarrow k ,\overrightarrow b = x\overrightarrow i + \overrightarrow j + \left( {1 - x} \right)\overrightarrow k $ and
$\overrightarrow c = y\overrightarrow i - x\overrightarrow j + \left( {1 + x - y} \right)\overrightarrow k .$ Then $\left[ {\overrightarrow a \,\overrightarrow b \,\overrightarrow c } \right]$ depends on
A.
only $x$
B.
only $y$
C.
Neither $x$ Nor $y$
D.
both $x$ and $y$
2000 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2000 Screening
If $\overrightarrow a \,,\,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ are unit coplanar vectors, then the scalar triple product $\left[ {2\overrightarrow a - \overrightarrow b ,2\overrightarrow b - \overrightarrow c ,2\overrightarrow c - \overrightarrow a } \right] = $
A.
$0$
B.
$1$
C.
$ - \sqrt 3 $
D.
$ \sqrt 3 $
2000 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2000 Screening
If the vectors $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ form the sides $BC,$ $CA$ and $AB$ respectively of a triangle $ABC,$ then
A.
$\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c + \overrightarrow c .\overrightarrow a = 0$
B.
$\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b = \overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a $
C.
$\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b = \overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow c .\overrightarrow a$
D.
$\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c + \overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a = \overrightarrow 0 $
2000 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2000 Screening
Let the vectors $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ and $\overrightarrow d $ be such that
$\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \right) \times \left( {\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow d } \right) = 0.$ Let ${P_1}$ and ${P_2}$ be planes determined
by the pairs of vectors $\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c .\overrightarrow d $ respectively. Then the angle between ${P_1}$ and ${P_2}$ is
A.
$0$
B.
${\pi \over 4}$
C.
${\pi \over 3}$
D.
${\pi \over 2}$
1999 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1999
Let $a=2i+j-2k$ and $b=i+j.$ If $c$ is a vector such that $a.$ $c = \left| c \right|,\left| {c - a} \right| = 2\sqrt 2 $ and the angle between $\left( {a \times b} \right)$ and $c$ is ${30^ \circ },$ then $\left| {\left( {a \times b} \right) \times c} \right| = $
A.
$2/3$
B.
$3/2$
C.
$2$
D.
$3$
1999 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1999
Let $a=2i+j+k, b=i+2j-k$ and a unit vector $c$ be coplanar. If $c$ is perpendicular to $a,$ then $c =$
A.
${1 \over {\sqrt 2 }}\left( { - j + k} \right)$
B.
${1 \over {\sqrt 3 }}\left( {- i - j - k} \right)$
C.
${1 \over {\sqrt 5 }}\left( {i - 2j} \right)$
D.
${1 \over {\sqrt 3 }}\left( {i - j - k} \right)$
1998 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1998
If $a = i + j + k,\overrightarrow b = 4i + 3j + 4k$ and $c = i + \alpha j + \beta k$ are linearly dependent vectors and $\left| c \right| = \sqrt 3 ,$ then
A.
$\alpha = 1,\,\,\beta = - 1$
B.
$\alpha = 1,\,\,\beta = \pm 1$
C.
$\alpha = - 1,\,\,\beta = \pm 1$
D.
$\alpha = \pm 1,\,\,\beta = 1$
1998 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1998
For three vectors $u,v,w$ which of the following expression is not equal to any of the remaining three?
A.
$\,u \bullet \left( {v \times w} \right)$
B.
$\left( {v \times w} \right) \bullet u$
C.
$\,v \bullet \left( {u \times w} \right)$
D.
$\left( {u \times v} \right) \bullet w$
1995 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1995 Screening
If $\overrightarrow a ,$ $\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ are three non coplanar vectors, then
$\left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right).\left[ {\left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right) \times \left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow c } \right)} \right]$ equals
A.
$0$
B.
$\left[ {\overrightarrow a \,\overrightarrow b \,\overrightarrow c } \right]$
C.
$2\left[ {\overrightarrow a \,\overrightarrow b \,\overrightarrow c } \right]$
D.
$-\left[ {\overrightarrow a \,\overrightarrow b \,\overrightarrow c } \right]$
1995 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1995 Screening
If $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ are non coplanar unit vectors such that $\overrightarrow a \times \left( {\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c } \right) = {{\left( {\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right)} \over {\sqrt 2 }},\,\,$ then the angle between $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ is
A.
${{3\pi } \over 4}$
B.
${{\pi } \over 4}$
C.
$\pi /2$
D.
$\pi $
1995 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1995 Screening
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i - \widehat j,\overrightarrow b = \widehat j - \widehat k,\overrightarrow c = \widehat k - \widehat i.$ If $\overrightarrow d $ is a unit vector such that $\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow d = 0 = \left[ {\overrightarrow b \overrightarrow c \overrightarrow d } \right],$ then $\overrightarrow d $ equals
A.
$ \pm {{\widehat i + \widehat j - 2k} \over {\sqrt 6 }}$
B.
$ \pm {{\widehat i + \widehat j - k} \over {\sqrt 3 }}$
C.
$ \pm {{\widehat i + \widehat j + k} \over {\sqrt 3 }}$
D.
$ \pm \widehat k$
1995 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1995 Screening
Let $\overrightarrow u ,\overrightarrow v $ and $\overrightarrow w $ be vectors such that $\overrightarrow u + \overrightarrow v + \overrightarrow w = 0.$ If $\left| {\overrightarrow u } \right| = 3,\left| {\overrightarrow v } \right| = 4$ and $\left| {\overrightarrow w } \right| = 5,$ then $\overrightarrow u .\overrightarrow v + \overrightarrow v .\overrightarrow w + \overrightarrow w .\overrightarrow u $ is
A.
$47$
B.
$-25$
C.
$0$
D.
$25$
1993 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1993
Let $a, b, c$ be distinct non-negative numbers. If the vectors $a\widehat i + a\widehat j + c\widehat k,\widehat i + \widehat k$ and $c\widehat i + c\widehat j + b\widehat k$ lie in a plane, then $c$ is
A.
the Arithmetic Mean of $a$ and $b$
B.
the Geometric Mean of $a$ and $b$
C.
the Harmonic Mean of $a$ and $b$
D.
equal to zero
1988 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1988
Let $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c ,$ be three non-coplanar vectors and $\overrightarrow p ,\overrightarrow q ,\overrightarrow r,$ are vectors defined by the relations $\overrightarrow p = {{\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c } \over {\left[ {\overrightarrow a \overrightarrow b \overrightarrow c } \right]}},\,\,\overrightarrow q = {{\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a } \over {\left[ {\overrightarrow a \overrightarrow b \overrightarrow c } \right]}},\,\,\overrightarrow r = {{\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \over {\left[ {\overrightarrow a \overrightarrow b \overrightarrow c } \right]}}$ then the value of the expression $\left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right).\overrightarrow p + \left( {\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right).\overrightarrow q + \left( {\overrightarrow c + \overrightarrow a } \right),\overrightarrow r $ is equal to
A.
$0$
B.
$1$
C.
$2$
D.
$3$
1987 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1987
The number of vectors of unit length perpendicular to vectors $\overrightarrow a = \left( {1,1,0} \right)$ and $\overrightarrow b = \left( {0,1,1} \right)$ is
A.
one
B.
two
C.
three
D.
infinite
1986 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1986
Let $\overrightarrow a = {a_1}i + {a_2}j + {a_3}k,\,\,\,\overrightarrow b = {b_1}i + {b_2}j + {b_3}k$ and $\overrightarrow c = {c_1}i + {c_2}j + {c_3}k$ be three non-zero vectors such that $\overrightarrow c $ is a unit vector perpendicular to both the vectors $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b .$ If the angle between $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ is ${\pi \over 6},$ then
${\left| {\matrix{ {{a_1}} & {{a_2}} & {{a_3}} \cr {{b_1}} & {{b_2}} & {{b_3}} \cr {{c_1}} & {{c_2}} & {{c_3}} \cr } } \right|^2}$ is equal to
A.
$0$
B.
$1$
C.
${1 \over 4}\left( {a_1^2 + a_2^2 + a_2^3} \right)\left( {b_1^2 + b_2^2 + b_3^2} \right)$
D.
${3 \over 4}\left( {a_1^2 + a_2^2 + a_3^2} \right)\left( {b_1^2 + b_2^2 + b_3^2} \right)\left( {c_1^2 + c_2^2 + c_3^2} \right)$
1982 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 1982
For non-zero vectors ${\overrightarrow a ,\,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c },$ $\left| {\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \right).\overrightarrow c } \right| = \left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right|\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right|$ holds if and only if
A.
$\overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow b = 0,\overrightarrow b \,.\,\overrightarrow c = 0$
B.
$\overrightarrow b \,.\,\overrightarrow c = 0,\overrightarrow c \,.\,\overrightarrow a = 0$
C.
$\overrightarrow c \,.\,\overrightarrow a = 0,\overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow b = 0$
D.
$\overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow b = \overrightarrow b \,.\,\overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow c \,.\,\overrightarrow a = 0$