Vector Algebra

2010 Q251 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat j - \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c = \widehat i - \widehat j - \widehat k.$ Then the vector $\overrightarrow b $ satisfying $\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow 0 $ and $\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b = 3$ :
A.
$2\widehat i - \widehat j + 2\widehat k$
B.
$\widehat i - \widehat j - 2\widehat k$
C.
$\widehat i + \widehat j - 2\widehat k$
D.
$-\widehat i +\widehat j - 2\widehat k$
2009 Q252 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $\overrightarrow u ,\overrightarrow v ,\overrightarrow w $ are non-coplanar vectors and $p,q$ are real numbers, then the equality $\left[ {3\overrightarrow u \,\,p\overrightarrow v \,\,p\overrightarrow w } \right] - \left[ {p\overrightarrow v \,\,\overrightarrow w \,\,q\overrightarrow u } \right] - \left[ {2\overrightarrow w \,\,q\overrightarrow v \,\,q\overrightarrow u } \right] = 0$ holds for :
A.
exactly two values of $(p,q)$
B.
more than two but not all values of $(p,q)$
C.
all values of $(p,q)$
D.
exactly one value of $(p,q)$
2008 Q253 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The vector $\overrightarrow a = \alpha \widehat i + 2\widehat j + \beta \widehat k$ lies in the plane of the vectors
$\overrightarrow b = \widehat i + \widehat j$ and $\overrightarrow c = \widehat j + \widehat k$ and bisects the angle between $\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $.Then which one of the following gives possible values of $\alpha $ and $\beta $ ?
A.
$\alpha = 2,\,\,\beta = 2$
B.
$\alpha = 1,\,\,\beta = 2$
C.
$\alpha = 2,\,\,\beta = 1$
D.
$\alpha = 1,\,\,\beta = 1$
2008 Q254 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The non-zero vectors are ${\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b }$ and ${\overrightarrow c }$ are related by ${\overrightarrow a = 8\overrightarrow b }$ and ${\overrightarrow c = - 7\overrightarrow b \,\,.}$ Then the angle between ${\overrightarrow a }$ and ${\overrightarrow c }$ is :
A.
$0$
B.
${\pi \over 4}$
C.
${\pi \over 2}$
D.
$\pi $
2007 Q255 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $\widehat u$ and $\widehat v$ are unit vectors and $\theta $ is the acute angle between them, then $2\widehat u \times 3\widehat v$ is a unit vector for :
A.
no value of $\theta $
B.
exactly one value of $\theta $
C.
exactly two values of $\theta $
D.
more than two values of $\theta $
2007 Q256 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k,\overrightarrow b = \widehat i - \widehat j + 2\widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c = x\widehat i + \left( {x - 2} \right)\widehat j - \widehat k\,\,.$ If the vectors $\overrightarrow c $ lies in the plane of $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $, then $x$ equals :
A.
$-4$
B.
$-2$
C.
$0$
D.
$1.$
2006 Q257 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \right) \times \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow a \times \left( {\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c } \right)$ where ${\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b }$ and ${\overrightarrow c }$ are any three vectors such that $\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b \ne 0,\,\,\overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c \ne 0$ then ${\overrightarrow a }$ and ${\overrightarrow c }$ are :
A.
inclined at an angle of ${\pi \over 3}$ between them
B.
inclined at an angle of ${\pi \over 6}$ between them
C.
perpendicular
D.
parallel
2006 Q258 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The values of a, for which the points $A, B, C$ with position vectors $2\widehat i - \widehat j + \widehat k,\,\,\widehat i - 3\widehat j - 5\widehat k$ and $a\widehat i - 3\widehat j + \widehat k$ respectively are the vertices of a right angled triangle with $C = {\pi \over 2}$ are :
A.
$2$ and $1$
B.
$-2$ and $-1$
C.
$-2$ and $1$
D.
$2$ and $-1$
2005 Q259 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $a, b$ and $c$ 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 Geometric Mean of $a$ and $b$
B.
the Arithmetic Mean of $a$ and $b$
C.
equal to zero
D.
the Harmonic Mean of $a$ and $b$
2005 Q260 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $\overrightarrow a \,\, = \,\,\widehat i - \widehat k,\,\,\,\,\,\overrightarrow b \,\,\, = \,\,\,x\widehat i + \widehat j\,\,\, + \,\,\,\left( {1 - x} \right)\widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c \,\, = \,\,y\widehat i + x\widehat j + \left( {1 + x - y} \right)\widehat k.$ Then $\left[ {\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c } \right]$ depends on :
A.
only $y$
B.
only $x$
C.
both $x$ and $y$
D.
neither $x$ nor $y$
2005 Q261 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ are non coplanar vectors and $\lambda $ is a real number then

$\left[ {\lambda \left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right)\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,{\lambda ^2}\overrightarrow b \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\lambda \overrightarrow c } \right] = \left[ {\overrightarrow a \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\overrightarrow b } \right]$ for :
A.
exactly one value of $\lambda $
B.
no value of $\lambda $
C.
exactly three values of $\lambda $
D.
exactly two values of $\lambda $
2005 Q262 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $C$ is the mid point of $AB$ and $P$ is any point outside $AB,$ then :
A.
$\overrightarrow {PA} + \overrightarrow {PB} = 2\overrightarrow {PC} $
B.
$\overrightarrow {PA} + \overrightarrow {PB} = \overrightarrow {PC} $
C.
$\overrightarrow {PA} + \overrightarrow {PB} = 2\overrightarrow {PC} = \overrightarrow 0 $
D.
$\overrightarrow {PA} + \overrightarrow {PB} = \overrightarrow {PC} = \overrightarrow 0 $
2005 Q263 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
For any vector ${\overrightarrow a }$ , the value of ${\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \widehat i} \right)^2} + {\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \widehat j} \right)^2} + {\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \widehat k} \right)^2}$ is equal to :
A.
$3{\overrightarrow a ^2}$
B.
${\overrightarrow a ^2}$
C.
$2{\overrightarrow a ^2}$
D.
$4{\overrightarrow a ^2}$
2004 Q264 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ be non-zero vectors such that $\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \right) \times \overrightarrow c = {1 \over 3}\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right|\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right|\overrightarrow a \,\,.$ If $\theta $ is the acute angle between the vectors ${\overrightarrow b }$ and ${\overrightarrow c },$ then $sin\theta $ equals :
A.
${{2\sqrt 2 } \over 3}$
B.
${{\sqrt 2 } \over 3}$
C.
${2 \over 3}$
D.
${1 \over 3}$
2004 Q265 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ be three non-zero vectors such that no two of these are collinear. If the vector $\overrightarrow a + 2\overrightarrow b $ is collinear with $\overrightarrow c $ and $\overrightarrow b + 3\overrightarrow c $ is collinear with $\overrightarrow a $ ($\lambda $ being some non-zero scalar) then $\overrightarrow a + 2\overrightarrow b + 6\overrightarrow c $ equals to :
A.
$\overrightarrow{0}$
B.
$\lambda \overrightarrow b $
C.
$\lambda \overrightarrow c $
D.
$\lambda \overrightarrow a $
2004 Q266 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
A particle acted on by constant forces $4\widehat i + \widehat j - 3\widehat k$ and $3\widehat i + \widehat j - \widehat k$ is displaced from the point $\widehat i + 2\widehat j + 3\widehat k$ to the point $\,5\widehat i + 4\widehat j + \widehat k.$ The total work done by the forces is :
A.
$50$ units
B.
$20$ units
C.
$30$ units
D.
$40$ units
2004 Q267 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $\overrightarrow u ,\overrightarrow v ,\overrightarrow w $ be such that $\left| {\overrightarrow u } \right| = 1,\,\,\,\left| {\overrightarrow v } \right|2,\,\,\,\left| {\overrightarrow w } \right|3.$ If the projection ${\overrightarrow v }$ along ${\overrightarrow u }$ is equal to that of ${\overrightarrow w }$ along ${\overrightarrow u }$ and ${\overrightarrow v },$ ${\overrightarrow w }$ are perpendicular to each other then $\left| {\overrightarrow u - \overrightarrow v + \overrightarrow w } \right|$ equals :
A.
$14$
B.
${\sqrt {7} }$
C.
${\sqrt {14} }$
D.
$2$
2004 Q268 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If ${\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c }$ are non-coplanar vectors and $\lambda $ is a real number, then the vectors ${\overrightarrow a + 2\overrightarrow b + 3\overrightarrow c ,\,\,\lambda \overrightarrow b + 4\overrightarrow c }$ and $\left( {2\lambda - 1} \right)\overrightarrow c $ are non coplanar for :
A.
no value of $\lambda $
B.
all except one value of $\lambda $
C.
all except two values of $\lambda $
D.
all values of $\lambda $
2003 Q269 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
$\overrightarrow a \,,\overrightarrow b \,,\overrightarrow c $ are $3$ vectors, such that

$\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c = 0$ , $\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right| = 1\,\,\,\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right| = 2,\,\,\,\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right| = 3,$,

then ${\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c + \overrightarrow c .\overrightarrow a }$ is equal to :
A.
$1$
B.
$0$
C.
$-7$
D.
$7$
2003 Q270 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
A tetrahedron has vertices at $O(0,0,0), A(1,2,1) B(2,1,3)$ and $C(-1,1,2).$ Then the angle between the faces $OAB$ and $ABC$ will be :
A.
${90^ \circ }$
B.
${\cos ^{ - 1}}\left( {{{19} \over {35}}} \right)$
C.
${\cos ^{ - 1}}\left( {{{17} \over {31}}} \right)$
D.
${30^ \circ }$
2003 Q271 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $\overrightarrow u \,,\overrightarrow v $ and $\overrightarrow w $ are three non-coplanar vectors, then $\,\left( {\overrightarrow u + \overrightarrow v - \overrightarrow w } \right).\left( {\overrightarrow u - \overrightarrow v } \right) \times \left( {\overrightarrow v - \overrightarrow w} \right)$ equals :
A.
$3\overrightarrow u .\overrightarrow v \times \overrightarrow w $
B.
$0$
C.
$\overrightarrow u .\overrightarrow v \times \overrightarrow w $
D.
$\overrightarrow u .\overrightarrow w \times \overrightarrow v $
2003 Q272 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $\left| {\matrix{ a & {{a^2}} & {1 + {a^3}} \cr b & {{b^2}} & {1 + {b^3}} \cr c & {{c^2}} & {1 + {c^3}} \cr } } \right| = 0$ and vectors $\left( {1,a,{a^2}} \right),\,\,$

$\left( {1,b,{b^2}} \right)$ and $\left( {1,c,{c^2}} \right)\,$ are non-coplanar, then the product $abc$ equals :
A.
$0$
B.
$2$
C.
$-1$
D.
$1$
2003 Q273 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Consider points $A, B, C$ and $D$ with position

vectors $7\widehat i - 4\widehat j + 7\widehat k,\widehat i - 6\widehat j + 10\widehat k, - \widehat i - 3\widehat j + 4\widehat k$ and $5\widehat i - \widehat j + 5\widehat k$ respectively. Then $ABCD$ is a :
A.
parallelogram but not a rhombus
B.
square
C.
rhombus
D.
None
2003 Q274 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
Let $\overrightarrow u = \widehat i + \widehat j,\,\overrightarrow v = \widehat i - \widehat j$ and $\overrightarrow w = \widehat i + 2\widehat j + 3\widehat k\,\,.$ If $\widehat n$ is a unit vector such that $\overrightarrow u .\widehat n = 0$ and $\overrightarrow v .\widehat n = 0\,\,,$ then $\left| {\overrightarrow w .\widehat n} \right|$ is equal to :
A.
$3$
B.
$0$
C.
$1$
D.
$2$
2003 Q275 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
The vectors $\overrightarrow {AB} = 3\widehat i + 4\widehat k\,\,\& \,\,\overrightarrow {AC} = 5\widehat i - 2\widehat j + 4\widehat k$ are the sides of triangle $ABC.$ The length of the median through $A$ is :
A.
$\sqrt {288} $
B.
$\sqrt {18} $
C.
$\sqrt {72} $
D.
$\sqrt {33} $
2003 Q276 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b = \overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a $ then $\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c = $
A.
$abc$
B.
$-1$
C.
$0$
D.
$2$
2002 Q277 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $\overrightarrow a \,\,,\,\,\overrightarrow b \,\,,\,\,\overrightarrow c $ are vectors such that $\left[ {\overrightarrow a \,\overrightarrow b \,\overrightarrow c } \right] = 4$ then $\left[ {\overrightarrow a \, \times \overrightarrow b \,\,\overrightarrow b \times \,\overrightarrow c \,\,\overrightarrow c \, \times \overrightarrow a } \right] = $
A.
$16$
B.
$64$
C.
$4$
D.
$8$
2002 Q278 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If the vectors $\overrightarrow c ,\overrightarrow a = x\widehat i + y\widehat j + z\widehat k$ and $\widehat b = \widehat j$ are such that $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow c $ and $\overrightarrow b $ form a right handed system then ${\overrightarrow c }$ is :
A.
$z\widehat i - x\widehat k$
B.
$\overrightarrow 0 $
C.
$y\widehat j$
D.
$ - z\widehat i + x\widehat k$
2002 Q279 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If the vectors $\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}, \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}$ from the sides $B C, C A$ and $A B$ respectively of a triangle $A B C$, then :
A.
$\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}}=\overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}=\overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}}=0$
B.
$\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}}=\overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}=\overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}$
C.
$\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}}=\overrightarrow{\mathbf{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}=\overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}=0$
D.
$\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}}+\overrightarrow{\mathbf{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathbf{a}}=\overrightarrow{\mathbf{0}}$
2002 Q280 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right| = 4,\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right| = 2$ and the angle between ${\overrightarrow a }$ and ${\overrightarrow b }$ is $\pi /6$ then ${\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \right)^2}$ is equal to :
A.
$48$
B.
$16$
C.
$\overrightarrow a $
D.
none of these
2002 Q281 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
$\overrightarrow a = 3\widehat i - 5\widehat j$ and $\overrightarrow b = 6\widehat i + 3\widehat j$ are two vectors and $\overrightarrow c $ is a vector such that $\overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b $ then $\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|:\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right|:\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right|$ =
A.
$\sqrt {34} :\sqrt {45} :\sqrt {39} $
B.
$\sqrt {34} :\sqrt {45} :39$
C.
$34:39:45$
D.
$\,39:35:34$
2002 Q282 JEE Mains MCQ
14 Mar 2026
If $\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right| = 5,\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right| = 4,\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right| = 3$ thus what will be the value of $\left| {\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c + \overrightarrow c .\overrightarrow a } \right|,$ given that $\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c = 0$ :
A.
$25$
B.
$50$
C.
$-25$
D.
$-50$