Vector Algebra
Two adjacent sides of a triangle are represented by the vectors $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $2 \sqrt{3} \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \sqrt{3} \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\sqrt{3} \hat{\mathbf{k}}$. Then, the least angle of the triangle and perimeter of the triangle are respectively.
$\frac{\pi}{3} ; 3(3+\sqrt{3})$
$\frac{\pi}{12} ; 6+3 \sqrt{2}$
$\frac{\pi}{2} ; 12$
$\frac{\pi}{6} ; 9+3 \sqrt{3}$
A plane $\pi_1$ contains the vectors $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}$. Another plane $\pi_2$ contains the vectors $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}$ and $3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$. $\mathbf{a}$ is a vectors parallel to the line of intersection of $\pi_1$ and $\pi_2$. If the angle $\theta$ between $\mathbf{a}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is acute, then $\theta=$
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
$\frac{\pi}{4}$
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{4}{3 \sqrt{5}}\right)$
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{5}}\right)$
In a quadrilateral $A B C D, \mathbf{A}=\frac{2 \pi}{3}$ and $A C$ is the bisector of angle $\mathbf{A}$. If $15|\mathbf{A C}|=5|\mathbf{A D}|=3|\mathbf{A B}|$, then angle between $\mathbf{A B}$ and $\mathbf{B C}$ is
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{7}}\right)$
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{3 \sqrt{3}}{2 \sqrt{7}}\right)$
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{4 \sqrt{3}}{5 \sqrt{7}}\right)$
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{3 \sqrt{3}}{4 \sqrt{7}}\right)$
$\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$ are three non- coplanar and mutually perpendicular vectors of same magnitude $K . r$ is any vectors satisfying $\mathbf{a} \times((\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{b}) \times \mathbf{a})+\mathbf{b} \times((\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{c}) \times \mathbf{b})+\mathbf{c} \times((\mathbf{r}-\mathbf{a}) \times \mathbf{c})=\mathbf{0}$, then $\mathbf{r}=$
$\frac{K^2(\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c})}{3 K^2-1}$
$\frac{\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}}{2}$
$\frac{K(\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c})}{K+1}$
$\frac{\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}}{K^2+1}$
Consider the following
Assertion (A) The two lines $\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{a}+t(\mathbf{b})$ and $\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{b}+s(\mathbf{a})$ intersect each other.
Reason (R) The shortest distance between the lines $\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{p}+t(\mathbf{q})$ and $\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{c}+s(\mathbf{d})$ is equal to the length of projection of the vector ( $\mathbf{p}-\mathbf{c}$ ) on ( $\mathbf{q} \times \mathbf{d}$ )
The correct answer is
Both $(A)$ and $(R)$ are true and $(R)$ is the correct explanation of (A).
Both $(A)$ and $(R)$ are true and $(R)$ is not the correct explanation of (A).
(A) is true, but (R) is false.
(A) is false, but (R) is true.
$A B C D$ is a tetrahedron, $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}},-2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, $3 \bar{i}+2 \bar{j}-\bar{k}$ are the the position vectors of the points $A, B$ and $C$ respectively. $-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is the position vector of the centroid of the triangular face $B C D$. If G is the centroid of the tetrahedron, then $G D=$
$\frac{\sqrt{13}}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\sqrt{23}$
$\frac{\sqrt{213}}{\sqrt{2}}$
$\sqrt{46}$
If $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{c}=-4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+12 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are three vectors, then $\sqrt{(|\mathbf{a}|+|\mathbf{b}|+|\mathbf{c}|)+|\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}|}=$
13
$13 \sqrt{10}$
6
$10 \sqrt{3}$
Let $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ be two vectors such that $|\mathbf{a}|=|\mathbf{b}|$ and $|\mathbf{a}+2 \mathbf{b}|=|2 \mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}|$. If $\mathbf{c}$ is a vector parallel to $\mathbf{a}$, then the angle between $\mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{c}$ is
$0^{\circ}$
$30^{\circ}$
$60^{\circ}$
$90^{\circ}$
If $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ are two vectors such that $|\mathbf{a}|=|\mathbf{b}|=\sqrt{6}$ and $\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}=-1$, then $|\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}| \sin (\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b})=$
$\left(|\mathbf{a}|^2-1\right)\left(|\mathbf{b}|^2+1\right)$
$\frac{1}{6}$
$\left(|\mathbf{a}|^2-1\right)\left(1+\frac{1}{|\mathbf{b}|^2}\right)$
$\frac{\sqrt{35}}{6}$
If the volume of a tetrahedron having $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+p \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ as its coterminous edges is 2 , then the values of $\mathbf{p}$ are the roots of the equation
$x^2+4 x-12=0$
$x^2+8 x+12=0$
$x^2-4 x-12=0$
$x^2-8 x+12=0$
In a $\triangle A B C$, if $\mathbf{B C}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{C A}=6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then the perimeter of the triangle is
$5(2+\sqrt{3})$
$5(2+\sqrt{2})$
$\sqrt{10}(3+\sqrt{10})$
$10(2+\sqrt{5})$
$\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, a_1 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+b_1 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+c_1 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, a_2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+b_2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+c_2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, a_3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+b_3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+c_3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are the position vectors of the points $A, B, C, D$ respectively. $\frac{2}{3}(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})$ is the position vector of the centroid of the triangular face $B C D$ of the tetrahedron $A B C D$. If $\alpha \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\beta \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\gamma \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is the position vector of the centroid of the tetrahedron, then $2 \alpha+\beta+\gamma=$
3
2
$\frac{2}{3}$
$\frac{3}{4}$
If $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{b}=9 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-18 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are two vectors, then $\frac{\text { Projection of } \mathbf{b} \text { on } \mathbf{a}}{\text { Projection of } \mathbf{a} \text { on } \mathbf{b}}=$
21
7
$\frac{7}{3}$
3
Let $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{c}=3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be three vectors. If $\mathbf{r}$ is a vector such that $\mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{a}=0$, $\mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{b}=-2$ and $\mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{c}=6$, then $\mathbf{r} \cdot(\beta \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})=$
0
1
2
3
Let $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{c}=6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be three vectors. If $\mathbf{d}$ is a vector perpendicular to both $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ and $|\mathbf{d} \times \mathbf{c}|=14$, then $|\mathbf{d} \cdot \mathbf{c}|=$
35
70
140
105
If $\mathbf{a}=(x+2 y-3) \hat{\mathbf{i}}+(2 x-y+3) \hat{\mathbf{j}}$ and $\mathbf{b}=(3 x-2 y) \hat{\mathbf{i}} +(x-y+1) \hat{\mathbf{j}}$ are two vectors such that $\mathbf{a}=2 \mathbf{b}$, then $y-5 x=$
10
-10
8
-8
$7 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+7 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+10 \hat{\mathbf{k}},-\hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, 5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are the position vectors of the points $A, B, C$ and $D$ respectively. If $p \hat{\mathbf{i}}+q \hat{\mathbf{j}}+r \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is the position vector of the point of intersection of the diagonals of the quadrilateral $A B C D$, then $p+q+r=$
4
5
0
1
If $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\sqrt{11} \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\sqrt{11} \hat{\mathbf{j}}-10 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are two vectors, then the component of $\mathbf{b}$ perpendicular to $\mathbf{a}$ is
$3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\sqrt{11 \hat{\mathbf{j}}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\sqrt{11 \hat{\mathbf{j}}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$-(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\sqrt{11 \hat{\mathbf{j}}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$-5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\sqrt{11} \mathbf{j}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
Let $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{b}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+p \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be two vectors.
If $(\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b})=60^{\circ}$, then $p=$
$\frac{\sqrt{7}}{3 \sqrt{2}}$
$\frac{3 \sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{7}}$
$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{\sqrt{7}}$
$\frac{\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{7}}$
$A, B, C$ and $D$, are any four points. If $E$ and $F$ are mid-points of $A C$ and $B D$ respectively, then $\mathbf{A B}+\mathbf{C B}+\mathbf{C D}+\mathbf{A D}=$
EF
$2 E F$
3 EF
$4 E F$
The four points whose position vectors are given by $2 a+3 b-c, a-2 b+3 c, 3 a+4 b-2 c$ and $a-6 b+6 c$ are
collinear
coplanar
Vertices of a square
Vertices of a rectangle
If $a=|\mathbf{a}| ; b=|\mathbf{b}|$, then $\left(\frac{\mathbf{a}}{a^2}-\frac{\mathbf{b}}{b^2}\right)^2$
$\left(\frac{a-b}{a^2 b^2}\right)^2$
$\left(\frac{\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}}{\mathbf{a b}}\right)^{\mathbf{2}}$
$\left(\frac{b \mathbf{a}-a \mathbf{b}}{a b}\right)^2$
$\left(\frac{a \mathbf{a}-b \mathbf{b}}{a^2 b^2}\right)^2$
$\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$ are three unit vectors such that $x \mathbf{a}+y \mathbf{b}+z \mathbf{c}= p(\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{c})+q(\mathbf{c} \times \mathbf{a})+r(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b})$. If $(\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b})=(\mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c})=(\mathbf{c}, \mathbf{a})=\frac{\pi}{3}$, $(\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{c})=\frac{\pi}{6}$ and $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$ form a right-handed system, then $\frac{x+y+z}{p+q+r}=$
$\frac{3}{4}$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
$2 \sqrt{2}$
$\frac{3}{8}$
$O(0,0,0), A(3,1,4), B(1,3,2)$ and $C(0,4,-2)$ are the vertices of a tetrahedron. If $G$ is the centroid of the tetrahedron and $G_1$ is the centroid of its face $A B C$, then the point which divides $G G_1$ in the ratio $1: 2$ is
$\left(\frac{10}{3}, \frac{20}{3}, \frac{10}{3}\right)$
$\left(\frac{20}{9}, \frac{10}{9}, \frac{10}{9}\right)$
$\left(\frac{10}{9}, \frac{20}{9}, \frac{10}{9}\right)$
$\left(\frac{20}{3}, \frac{10}{3}, \frac{10}{3}\right)$
The position vectors of two points $A$ and $B$ are $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $7 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ respectively. The point $P$ with position vector $-2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is on the line $A B$. If the point $Q$ is the harmonic conjugate of $P$, then the sum of the scalar components of the position vector of $Q$ is
6
4
2
0
$\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$\frac{1}{7}(3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$\hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$\frac{1}{7}(15 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-10 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-9 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
If $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ are two vectors such that $|\mathbf{a}|=5,|\mathbf{b}|=12$ and $|\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}|=13$, then $|2 \mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}|=$
$2 \sqrt{61}$
15
$61 \sqrt{2}$
17
If $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{b}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are two vectors, then $(\mathbf{a}+2 \mathbf{b}) \times(3 \mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b})$
$2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$14 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+7 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$14 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+42 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-35 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$\mathbf{a}$ is a vector perpendicular to the plane containing non zero vectors $\mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{c}$. If $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$ are such that
$|\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}|=\sqrt{|\mathbf{a}|^{2}+|\mathbf{b}|^{2}+|\mathbf{c}|^{2}}$, then
$|(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}) \cdot \mathbf{c}|+|(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}) \times \mathbf{c}|=$








