Vector Algebra

273 Questions
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}=2 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-\hat{k}, \vec{b}=2 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}$ be three vectors such that $(\vec{c}+\hat{i}) \times(\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\hat{i})=\vec{a} \times(\vec{c}+\hat{i})$. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=-29$, then $\vec{c} \cdot(-2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})$ is equal to:

A.
15
B.
10
C.
5
D.
12
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Evening Shift

Consider three vectors $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$. Let $|\vec{a}|=2,|\vec{b}|=3$ and $\vec{a}=\vec{b} \times \vec{c}$. If $\alpha \in\left[0, \frac{\pi}{3}\right]$ is the angle between the vectors $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$, then the minimum value of $27|\vec{c}-\vec{a}|^2$ is equal to:

A.
124
B.
110
C.
121
D.
105
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Morning Shift

If $\mathrm{A}(1,-1,2), \mathrm{B}(5,7,-6), \mathrm{C}(3,4,-10)$ and $\mathrm{D}(-1,-4,-2)$ are the vertices of a quadrilateral ABCD, then its area is :

A.
$24 \sqrt{7}$
B.
$48 \sqrt{7}$
C.
$24 \sqrt{29}$
D.
$12 \sqrt{29}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

For $\lambda>0$, let $\theta$ be the angle between the vectors $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+\lambda \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=3 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$. If the vectors $\vec{a}+\vec{b}$ and $\vec{a}-\vec{b}$ are mutually perpendicular, then the value of (14 cos $\theta)^2$ is equal to

A.
25
B.
50
C.
20
D.
40
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \vec{b}=2 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=x \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, x \in \mathbb{R}$. If $\vec{d}$ is the unit vector in the direction of $\vec{b}+\vec{c}$ such that $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{d}=1$, then $(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \cdot \vec{c}$ is equal to

A.
3
B.
9
C.
11
D.
6
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift

Let a unit vector which makes an angle of $60^{\circ}$ with $2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-\hat{k}$ and an angle of $45^{\circ}$ with $\hat{i}-\hat{k}$ be $\vec{C}$. Then $\vec{C}+\left(-\frac{1}{2} \hat{i}+\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{2}} \hat{j}-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{k}\right)$ is:

A.
$-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{i}+\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{j}+\left(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{2 \sqrt{2}}{3}\right) \hat{k}$
B.
$\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}+\frac{1}{2}\right) \hat{i}+\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}-\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{2}}\right) \hat{j}+\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}+\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}\right) \hat{k}$
C.
$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{i}-\frac{1}{2} \hat{k}$
D.
$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{i}+\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{2}} \hat{j}-\frac{1}{2} \hat{k}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=-5 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-3 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}$ and

$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=(((\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \times \hat{i}) \times \hat{i}) \times \hat{i}$. Then $\vec{c} \cdot(-\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})$ is equal to :
A.
-12
B.
-10
C.
-13
D.
-15
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

Let $\vec{a}=3 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=4 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+7 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=\hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}$ be three vectors. If a vectors $\vec{p}$ satisfies $\vec{p} \times \vec{b}=\vec{c} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{p} \cdot \vec{a}=0$, then $\vec{p} \cdot(\hat{i}-\hat{j}-\hat{k})$ is equal to

A.
24
B.
32
C.
36
D.
28
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

The distance of the point $Q(0,2,-2)$ form the line passing through the point $P(5,-4, 3)$ and perpendicular to the lines $\vec{r}=(-3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{k})+\lambda(2 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}), \lambda \in \mathbb{R}$ and $\vec{r}=(\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+\hat{k})+\mu(-\hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}), \mu \in \mathbb{R}$ is :

A.
$\sqrt{74}$
B.
$\sqrt{86}$
C.
$\sqrt{54}$
D.
$\sqrt{20}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+\alpha \hat{j}+\beta \hat{k}, \alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R}$. Let a vector $\vec{b}$ be such that the angle between $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{\pi}{4}$ and $|\vec{b}|^2=6$. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=3 \sqrt{2}$, then the value of $\left(\alpha^2+\beta^2\right)|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}|^2$ is equal to

A.
85
B.
90
C.
75
D.
95
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be two vectors such that $|\vec{b}|=1$ and $|\vec{b} \times \vec{a}|=2$. Then $|(\vec{b} \times \vec{a})-\vec{b}|^2$ is equal to

A.
1
B.
3
C.
5
D.
4
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Morning Shift

Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\mathrm{a}_1 \hat{i}+\mathrm{a}_2 \hat{j}+\mathrm{a}_3 \hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\mathrm{b}_1 \hat{i}+\mathrm{b}_2 \hat{j}+\mathrm{b}_3 \hat{k}$ be two vectors such that $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=1, \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=2$ and $|\vec{b}|=4$. If $\vec{c}=2(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})-3 \vec{b}$, then the angle between $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is equal to:

A.
$\cos ^{-1}\left(-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
B.
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)$
C.
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
D.
$\cos ^{-1}\left(-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

Let a unit vector $\hat{u}=x \hat{i}+y \hat{j}+z \hat{k}$ make angles $\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{3}$ and $\frac{2 \pi}{3}$ with the vectors $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{i}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{k}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{j}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{k}$ and $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{i}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{j}$ respectively. If $\vec{v}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{i}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{j}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{k}$ then $|\hat{u}-\vec{v}|^2$ is equal to

A.
$\frac{11}{2}$
B.
$\frac{5}{2}$
C.
7
D.
9
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

Let $\overrightarrow{O A}=\vec{a}, \overrightarrow{O B}=12 \vec{a}+4 \vec{b} \text { and } \overrightarrow{O C}=\vec{b}$, where O is the origin. If S is the parallelogram with adjacent sides OA and OC, then $\mathrm{{{area\,of\,the\,quadrilateral\,OA\,BC} \over {area\,of\,S}}}$ is equal to _________.

A.
7
B.
6
C.
8
D.
10
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

Let $\vec{a}, \vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ be three non-zero vectors such that $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ are non-collinear. If $\vec{a}+5 \vec{b}$ is collinear with $\vec{c}, \vec{b}+6 \vec{c}$ is collinear with $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{a}+\alpha \vec{b}+\beta \vec{c}=\overrightarrow{0}$, then $\alpha+\beta$ is equal to

A.
30
B.
$-$30
C.
$-$25
D.
35
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Evening Shift

Let the position vectors of the vertices $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}$ and $\mathrm{C}$ of a triangle be $2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}, \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ and $2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ respectively. Let $l_1, l_2$ and $l_3$ be the lengths of perpendiculars drawn from the ortho center of the triangle on the sides $\mathrm{AB}, \mathrm{BC}$ and $\mathrm{CA}$ respectively, then $l_1^2+l_2^2+l_3^2$ equals:

A.
$\frac{1}{4}$
B.
$\frac{1}{5}$
C.
$\frac{1}{3}$
D.
$\frac{1}{2}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Evening Shift

The position vectors of the vertices $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}$ and $\mathrm{C}$ of a triangle are $2 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, 2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$ and $-\hat{i}+\hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$ respectively. Let $l$ denotes the length of the angle bisector $\mathrm{AD}$ of $\angle \mathrm{BAC}$ where $\mathrm{D}$ is on the line segment $\mathrm{BC}$, then $2 l^2$ equals :

A.
45
B.
50
C.
42
D.
49
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Morning Shift
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}, $
$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=3(\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k})$.
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be the vector such that $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$ and $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=3$.
Then $\vec{a} \cdot((\vec{c} \times \vec{b})-\vec{b}-\vec{c})$ is equal to :
A.
32
B.
36
C.
24
D.
20
2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 8th April Morning Shift

Let $\vec{a}=9 \hat{i}-13 \hat{j}+25 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}+7 \hat{j}-13 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=17 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}$ be three given vectors. If $\vec{r}$ is a vector such that $\vec{r} \times \vec{a}=(\vec{b}+\vec{c}) \times \vec{a}$ and $\vec{r} \cdot(\vec{b}-\vec{c})=0$, then $\frac{|593 \vec{r}+67 \vec{a}|^2}{(593)^2}$ is equal to __________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

Let $\vec{a}=2 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}$ and a vector $\vec{c}$ be such that $\vec{a} \times(\vec{b}+\vec{c})+\vec{b} \times \vec{c}=\hat{i}+8 \hat{j}+13 \hat{k}$. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=13$, then $(24-\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c})$ is equal to _______.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Morning Shift

Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+7 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=2 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be a vector such that $(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=3(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}})$. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=130$, then $\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}$ is equal to __________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift

Let $\mathrm{ABC}$ be a triangle of area $15 \sqrt{2}$ and the vectors $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{AB}}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-7 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{BC}}=\mathrm{a} \hat{i}+\mathrm{b} \hat{j}+\mathrm{c} \hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{AC}}=6 \hat{i}+\mathrm{d} \hat{j}-2 \hat{k}, \mathrm{~d}>0$. Then the square of the length of the largest side of the triangle $\mathrm{ABC}$ is _________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=-\hat{i}-8 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=4 \hat{i}+\mathrm{c}_2 \hat{j}+\mathrm{c}_3 \hat{k}$ be three vectors such that $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}$. If the angle between the vector $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ and the vector $3 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}+\hat{k}$ is $\theta$, then the greatest integer less than or equal to $\tan ^2 \theta$ is _______________.
2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 31st January Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}=3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}, \vec{b}=2 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}$ be a vector such that $(\vec{a}+\vec{b}) \times \vec{c}=2(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})+24 \hat{j}-6 \hat{k}$ and $(\vec{a}-\vec{b}+\hat{i}) \cdot \vec{c}=-3$. Then $|\vec{c}|^2$ is equal to ________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

Let $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be two vectors such that $|\vec{a}|=1,|\vec{b}|=4$, and $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=2$. If $\vec{c}=(2 \vec{a} \times \vec{b})-3 \vec{b}$ and the angle between $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is $\alpha$, then $192 \sin ^2 \alpha$ is equal to ________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Morning Shift
The least positive integral value of $\alpha$, for which the angle between the vectors $\alpha \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ and $\alpha \hat{i}+2 \alpha \hat{j}-2 \hat{k}$ is acute, is ___________.
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 15th April Morning Shift
Let $S$ be the set of all $(\lambda, \mu)$ for which the vectors $\lambda \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\mu \hat{k}$ and $3 \hat{i}-4 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}$, where $\lambda-\mu=5$, are coplanar, then $\sum\limits_{(\lambda, \mu) \in S} 80\left(\lambda^2+\mu^2\right)$ is equal to :
A.
2370
B.
2130
C.
2210
D.
2290
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 15th April Morning Shift
Let $\mathrm{ABCD}$ be a quadrilateral. If $\mathrm{E}$ and $\mathrm{F}$ are the mid points of the diagonals $\mathrm{AC}$ and $\mathrm{BD}$ respectively and $(\overrightarrow{A B}-\overrightarrow{B C})+(\overrightarrow{A D}-\overrightarrow{D C})=k \overrightarrow{F E}$, then $k$ is equal to :
A.
-2
B.
4
C.
-4
D.
2
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 13th April Evening Shift

Let $|\vec{a}|=2,|\vec{b}|=3$ and the angle between the vectors $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be $\frac{\pi}{4}$. Then $|(\vec{a}+2 \vec{b}) \times(2 \vec{a}-3 \vec{b})|^{2}$ is equal to :

A.
441
B.
482
C.
841
D.
882
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 13th April Evening Shift

Let for a triangle $\mathrm{ABC}$,

$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{AB}}=-2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$

$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{CB}}=\alpha \hat{i}+\beta \hat{j}+\gamma \hat{k}$

$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{CA}}=4 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+\delta \hat{k}$

If $\delta > 0$ and the area of the triangle $\mathrm{ABC}$ is $5 \sqrt{6}$, then $\overrightarrow{C B} \cdot \overrightarrow{C A}$ is equal to

A.
60
B.
54
C.
120
D.
108
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 13th April Morning Shift

Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+4 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+7 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=2 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+4 \hat{k}$. If a vector $\vec{d}$ satisfies $\vec{d} \times \vec{b}=\vec{c} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{d} \cdot \vec{a}=24$, then $|\vec{d}|^{2}$ is equal to :

A.
313
B.
413
C.
423
D.
323
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 12th April Morning Shift

Let $a, b, c$ be three distinct real numbers, none equal to one. If the vectors $a \hat{i}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}, \hat{\mathrm{i}}+b \hat{j}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+c \hat{\mathrm{k}}$ are coplanar, then $\frac{1}{1-a}+\frac{1}{1-b}+\frac{1}{1-c}$ is equal to :

A.
$-$2
B.
1
C.
$-$1
D.
2
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 12th April Morning Shift

Let $\lambda \in \mathbb{Z}, \vec{a}=\lambda \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=3 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$. Let $\vec{c}$ be a vector such that $(\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}) \times \vec{c}=\overrightarrow{0}, \vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=-17$ and $\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}=-20$. Then $|\vec{c} \times(\lambda \hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})|^{2}$ is equal to :

A.
53
B.
62
C.
49
D.
46
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 11th April Evening Shift

If four distinct points with position vectors $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$ and $\vec{d}$ are coplanar, then $[\vec{a} \,\,\vec{b} \,\,\vec{c}]$ is equal to :

A.
$[\vec{d} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{b} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{a}]+[\vec{a} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{c} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{d}]+[\vec{d} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{b} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{c}]$
B.
$[\vec{b} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{c} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{d}]+[\vec{d} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{a} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{c}]+[\vec{d} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{b} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{a}]$
C.
$[\vec{a} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{d} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{b}]+[\vec{d} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{c} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{a}]+[\vec{d} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{b} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{c}]$
D.
$[\vec{d} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{c} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{a}]+[\vec{b} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{d} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{a}]+[\vec{c} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{d} \,\,\,\,\,\vec{b}]$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 11th April Morning Shift

For any vector $\vec{a}=a_{1} \hat{i}+a_{2} \hat{j}+a_{3} \hat{k}$, with $10\left|a_{i}\right|<1, i=1,2,3$, consider the following statements :

(A): $\max \left\{\left|a_{1}\right|,\left|a_{2}\right|,\left|a_{3}\right|\right\} \leq|\vec{a}|$

(B) : $|\vec{a}| \leq 3 \max \left\{\left|a_{1}\right|,\left|a_{2}\right|,\left|a_{3}\right|\right\}$

A.
Only (B) is true
B.
Only (A) is true
C.
Neither (A) nor (B) is true
D.
Both (A) and (B) are true
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 11th April Morning Shift

Let $\vec{a}$ be a non-zero vector parallel to the line of intersection of the two planes described by $\hat{i}+\hat{j}, \hat{i}+\hat{k}$ and $\hat{i}-\hat{j}, \hat{j}-\hat{k}$. If $\theta$ is the angle between the vector $\vec{a}$ and the vector $\vec{b}=2 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}$ and $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=6$, then the ordered pair $(\theta,|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}|)$ is equal to :

A.
$\left(\frac{\pi}{3}, 3 \sqrt{6}\right)$
B.
$\left(\frac{\pi}{3}, 6\right)$
C.
$\left(\frac{\pi}{4}, 3 \sqrt{6}\right)$
D.
$\left(\frac{\pi}{4}, 6\right)$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}=2 \hat{i}+7 \hat{j}-\hat{k}, \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}+5 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=\hat{i}-\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$. Let $\vec{d}$ be a vector which is perpendicular to both $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$, and $\vec{c} \cdot \vec{d}=12$. Then $(-\hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}) \cdot(\vec{c} \times \vec{d})$ is equal to :

A.
24
B.
42
C.
44
D.
48
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Evening Shift

If the points $\mathrm{P}$ and $\mathrm{Q}$ are respectively the circumcenter and the orthocentre of a $\triangle \mathrm{ABC}$, then $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PA}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PB}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PC}}$ is equal to :

A.
$\overrightarrow {QP} $
B.
$\overrightarrow {PQ} $
C.
$2\overrightarrow {PQ} $
D.
$2\overrightarrow {QP} $
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Morning Shift

Let O be the origin and the position vector of the point P be $ - \widehat i - 2\widehat j + 3\widehat k$. If the position vectors of the points A, B and C are $ - 2\widehat i + \widehat j - 3\widehat k,2\widehat i + 4\widehat j - 2\widehat k$ and $ - 4\widehat i + 2\widehat j - \widehat k$ respectively, then the projection of the vector $\overrightarrow {OP} $ on a vector perpendicular to the vectors $\overrightarrow {AB} $ and $\overrightarrow {AC} $ is :

A.
$\frac{7}{3}$
B.
3
C.
$\frac{10}{3}$
D.
$\frac{8}{3}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 10th April Morning Shift

An arc PQ of a circle subtends a right angle at its centre O. The mid point of the arc PQ is R. If $\overrightarrow {OP} = \overrightarrow u ,\overrightarrow {OR} = \overrightarrow v $, and $\overrightarrow {OQ} = \alpha \overrightarrow u + \beta \overrightarrow v $, then $\alpha ,{\beta ^2}$ are the roots of the equation :

A.
${x^2} + x - 2 = 0$
B.
$3{x^2} + 2x - 1 = 0$
C.
$3{x^2} - 2x - 1 = 0$
D.
${x^2} - x - 2 = 0$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

Let the vectors $\vec{u}_{1}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+a \hat{k}, \vec{u}_{2}=\hat{i}+b \hat{j}+\hat{k}$ and $\vec{u}_{3}=c \hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}$ be coplanar. If the vectors $\vec{v}_{1}=(a+b) \hat{i}+c \hat{j}+c \hat{k}, \vec{v}_{2}=a \hat{i}+(b+c) \hat{j}+a \hat{k}$ and $\vec{v}_{3}=b \hat{i}+b \hat{j}+(c+a) \hat{k}$ are also coplanar, then $6(\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}+\mathrm{c})$ is equal to :

A.
12
B.
6
C.
0
D.
4
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

The area of the quadrilateral $\mathrm{ABCD}$ with vertices $\mathrm{A}(2,1,1), \mathrm{B}(1,2,5), \mathrm{C}(-2,-3,5)$ and $\mathrm{D}(1,-6,-7)$ is equal to :

A.
48
B.
$8 \sqrt{38}$
C.
54
D.
$9 \sqrt{38}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 8th April Morning Shift

If the points with position vectors $\alpha \hat{i}+10 \hat{j}+13 \hat{k}, 6 \hat{i}+11 \hat{j}+11 \hat{k}, \frac{9}{2} \hat{i}+\beta \hat{j}-8 \hat{k}$ are collinear, then $(19 \alpha-6 \beta)^{2}$ is equal to :

A.
16
B.
49
C.
36
D.
25
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift

Let the vectors $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$ represent three coterminous edges of a parallelopiped of volume V. Then the volume of the parallelopiped, whose coterminous edges are represented by $\vec{a}, \vec{b}+\vec{c}$ and $\vec{a}+2 \vec{b}+3 \vec{c}$ is equal to :

A.
3 V
B.
2 V
C.
6 V
D.
V
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift

The sum of all values of $\alpha$, for which the points whose position vectors are $\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, 2 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k},(\alpha+1) \hat{i}+2 \hat{k}$ and $9 \hat{i}+(\alpha-8) \hat{j}+6 \hat{k}$ are coplanar, is equal to :

A.
6
B.
4
C.
$-$2
D.
2
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

Let the position vectors of the points A, B, C and D be $5 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}+2 \lambda \hat{k}, \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k},-2 \hat{i}+\lambda \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}$ and $-\hat{i}+5 \hat{j}+6 \hat{k}$. Let the set $S=\{\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$ : the points A, B, C and D are coplanar $\}$.

Then $\sum_\limits{\lambda \in S}(\lambda+2)^{2}$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{37}{2}$
B.
25
C.
13
D.
41
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

Let $\vec{a}=2 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}-2 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=-\hat{i}+4 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$. If $\vec{d}$ is a vector perpendicular to both $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$, and $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{d}=18$, then $|\vec{a} \times \vec{d}|^{2}$ is equal to :

A.
680
B.
720
C.
760
D.
640
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}=5 \hat{i}-\hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=\hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}$ be two vectors. Then which one of the following statements is TRUE ?

A.
Projection of $\vec{a}$ on $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{-13}{\sqrt{35}}$ and the direction of the projection vector is opposite to the direction of $\vec{b}$.
B.
Projection of $\vec{a}$ on $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{13}{\sqrt{35}}$ and the direction of the projection vector is opposite to the direction of $\vec{b}$.
C.
Projection of $\vec{a}$ on $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{13}{\sqrt{35}}$ and the direction of the projection vector is same as of $\vec{b}$.
D.
Projection of $\vec{a}$ on $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{-13}{\sqrt{35}}$ and the direction of the projection vector is same as of $\vec{b}$.
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 1st February Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}=2 \hat{i}-7 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=\hat{i}+\hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$ be three given vectors. If $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}$ is a vector such that $\vec{r} \times \vec{a}=\vec{c} \times \vec{a}$ and $\vec{r} \cdot \vec{b}=0$, then $|\vec{r}|$ is equal to :

A.
$\frac{11}{7}$
B.
$\frac{11}{5} \sqrt{2}$
C.
$\frac{\sqrt{914}}{7}$
D.
$\frac{11}{7} \sqrt{2}$
2023 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2023 (Online) 31st January Evening Shift
Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=\hat{i}-\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=5 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$ be three vectors. If $\vec{r}$ is a vector such that, $\vec{r} \times \vec{b}=\vec{c} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{r} \cdot \vec{a}=0$, then $25|\vec{r}|^{2}$ is equal to :
A.
336
B.
449
C.
339
D.
560