Vector Algebra

2024 Q51 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Between the following two statements:

Statement I : Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}$. Then the vector $\vec{r}$ satisfying $\vec{a} \times \vec{r}=\vec{a} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{r}=0$ is of magnitude $\sqrt{10}$.

Statement II : In a triangle $A B C, \cos 2 A+\cos 2 B+\cos 2 C \geq-\frac{3}{2}$.

A.
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
B.
Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
C.
Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
D.
Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
2024 Q52 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\vec{a}=2 \hat{i}+\alpha \hat{j}+\hat{k}, \vec{b}=-\hat{i}+\hat{k}, \vec{c}=\beta \hat{j}-\hat{k}$, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are integers and $\alpha \beta=-6$. Let the values of the ordered pair $(\alpha, \beta)$, for which the area of the parallelogram of diagonals $\vec{a}+\vec{b}$ and $\vec{b}+\vec{c}$ is $\frac{\sqrt{21}}{2}$, be $\left(\alpha_1, \beta_1\right)$ and $\left(\alpha_2, \beta_2\right)$. Then $\alpha_1^2+\beta_1^2-\alpha_2 \beta_2$ is equal to

A.
21
B.
24
C.
19
D.
17
2024 Q53 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let three vectors ,$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\alpha \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=5 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=x \hat{i}+y \hat{j}+z \hat{k}$ form a triangle such that $\vec{c}=\vec{a}-\vec{b}$ and the area of the triangle is $5 \sqrt{6}$. If $\alpha$ is a positive real number, then $|\vec{c}|^2$ is equal to:

A.
14
B.
12
C.
16
D.
10
2024 Q54 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\overrightarrow{O A}=2 \vec{a}, \overrightarrow{O B}=6 \vec{a}+5 \vec{b}$ and $\overrightarrow{O C}=3 \vec{b}$, where $O$ is the origin. If the area of the parallelogram with adjacent sides $\overrightarrow{O A}$ and $\overrightarrow{O C}$ is 15 sq. units, then the area (in sq. units) of the quadrilateral $O A B C$ is equal to:

A.
32
B.
38
C.
35
D.
40
2024 Q55 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=4 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=11 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be a vector such that $(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times(-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+3 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}})$. If $(2 \vec{a}+3 \vec{b}) \cdot \vec{c}=1670$, then $|\vec{c}|^2$ is equal to:

A.
1600
B.
1618
C.
1627
D.
1609
2024 Q56 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=2 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=3 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\lambda \hat{k}$ be three vectors. Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}$ be a unit vector along $\vec{b}+\vec{c}$. If $\vec{r} \cdot \vec{a}=3$, then $3 \lambda$ is equal to:

A.
21
B.
25
C.
27
D.
30
2024 Q57 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

The set of all $\alpha$, for which the vectors $\vec{a}=\alpha t \hat{i}+6 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=t \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}-2 \alpha t \hat{k}$ are inclined at an obtuse angle for all $t \in \mathbb{R}$, is

A.
$[0,1)$
B.
$\left(-\frac{4}{3}, 0\right]$
C.
$(-2,0]$
D.
$\left(-\frac{4}{3}, 1\right)$
2024 Q58 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\vec{a}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}, \vec{b}=((\vec{a} \times(\hat{i}+\hat{j})) \times \hat{i}) \times \hat{i}$. Then the square of the projection of $\vec{a}$ on $\vec{b}$ is:

A.
$\frac{1}{3}$
B.
$\frac{1}{5}$
C.
2
D.
$\frac{2}{3}$
2024 Q59 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=6 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}$. If $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ is a is vector such that $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}| \geq 6, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=6|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|,|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=2 \sqrt{2}$ and the angle between $\vec{a} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is $60^{\circ}$, then $|(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \times \vec{c}|$ is equal to:

A.
$\frac{3}{2} \sqrt{6}$
B.
$\frac{9}{2}(6-\sqrt{6})$
C.
$\frac{9}{2}(6+\sqrt{6})$
D.
$\frac{3}{2} \sqrt{3}$
2024 Q60 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q61 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q62 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q63 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q64 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q65 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q66 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
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 Q67 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q68 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q69 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q70 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q71 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q72 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q73 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q74 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q75 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q76 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q77 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
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 Q78 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

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 Q79 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

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 Q80 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

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 Q81 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

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 Q82 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026
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 Q83 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

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 Q84 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026

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 Q85 JEE Mains Numerical
14 Mar 2026
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 Q86 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
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 Q87 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
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 Q88 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q89 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q90 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q91 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q92 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q93 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q94 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q95 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q96 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q97 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q98 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q99 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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 Q100 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026

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