Vector Algebra

116 Questions
2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 14th September Evening Shift
$\mathbf{x}, \mathbf{y}, \mathbf{z}$ are three vectors each of magnitude $\sqrt{2}$ and each making an angle $60^{\circ}$ with one another. If $\mathbf{a}=\mathbf{x} \times(\mathbf{y} \times \mathbf{z}), \mathbf{b}=\mathbf{y} \times(\mathbf{z} \times \mathbf{x}), \mathbf{c}=\mathbf{x} \times \mathbf{y}$, then $\mathbf{x}=$
A.

$\frac{1}{2}[(\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b}) \times \mathrm{c}-(\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b})]$

B.

$\frac{1}{2}[c+a-b]$

C.

$\frac{1}{2}[(\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}) \times \mathbf{c}+(\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b})]$

D.

$\frac{1}{2}[(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}) \times \mathbf{c}-\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}]$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 14th September Evening Shift

Let $\mathbf{a}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$. If $\mathbf{c}$ is a vector such that $\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{c}=|\mathbf{c}|,|\mathbf{c}-\mathbf{a}|=2 \sqrt{2}$ and the angle between $\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{c}$ is $\frac{\pi}{3}$, then $|(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}) \times \mathbf{c}|=$

A.

$3 \sqrt{3}$

B.

$\frac{3}{2}$

C.

$\frac{3 \sqrt{3}}{2}$

D.

0

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 14th September Evening Shift

If $\mathbf{a , b , c}$ are three independent vectors and there exists a non zero scalar traid $(l, m, n)$ such that $l(3 \mathbf{a}+2 \mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c})+m(2 \mathbf{a}+2 \mathbf{b}+3 \mathbf{c})+n(\mathbf{a}+2 \mathbf{b}+5 \mathbf{c})=\mathbf{0}$, then

A.

$I=m=n$

B.

$I=n$

C.

$I=n, m+2 n=0$

D.

$m+2 n=0, I+n=0$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 14th September Evening Shift

If $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ represent two non collinear vectors, the equation $\mathbf{r}=t \mathbf{a}+(1-t) \mathbf{b}$ represents

A.

a point on the third side of a triangle for which $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ are two sides, only when $0 \leq t \leq 1$

B.

a point on the line joining the points whose position vectors are $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$

C.

a vector in the plane of $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ only whent $>1$

D.

a vector in the plane parallel to the plane of $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$, only when $-1 \leq t \leq 1$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 14th September Evening Shift

Let $\mathbf{a , b , c}$ be three vectors such that the magnitude of $\mathbf{b}$ is twice that of $\mathbf{a}$ and magnitude of $\mathbf{c}$ is three times that of $\mathbf{a}$. If the angle between each pair of vectors is $\frac{\pi}{3}$ and $|\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}|=5$, then $|\mathbf{c}|+|\mathbf{a}|+|\mathbf{b}|=$

A.

6

B.

12

C.

$3 \sqrt{2}$

D.

3

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 14th September Evening Shift

If $\mathbf{a , b , c}$ are three mutually perpendicular vectors such that the magnitudes of $\mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{c}$ are $1 / 2$ times and $\sqrt{3} / 2$ times that of $\mathbf{a}$, respectively, then the angle between the vectors $\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ is

A.

$45^{\circ}$

B.

$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{2}}\right)$

C.

$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{6}}{4}\right)$

D.

$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 14th September Evening Shift

The locus of the point $P(\mathbf{r})$ which encloses a triangle $A B P$ of area 1 sq. unit with the fixed points $A(\hat{\mathbf{i}})$ and $B(\hat{\mathbf{j}})$ is

A.

$x^2+y^2+z^2=4$

B.

$(x+2)^2+x^2+y^2=1$

C.

$(x+y-1)^2+2 z^2=4$

D.

$(x+y-1)^2+y^2+z^2=1$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Evening Shift

If $12 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-12 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-18 \hat{\mathbf{k}},-3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-9 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-24 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be the position vectors of the vertices $A, B$ and $C$ respectively of $\triangle A B C$, then the position vector of the incentre of $\triangle A B C$ is

A.

$12 \hat{i}-15 \hat{j}-51 \hat{k}$

B.

$6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\frac{15}{2} \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\frac{51}{2} \hat{\mathbf{k}}$

C.

$\frac{4}{3} \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\frac{5}{3} \hat{\mathbf{j}}-17 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$

D.

$4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-17 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Evening Shift

For non-coplanar vectors $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{c}$, if the point of intersection of the line $\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{a}+t(\mathbf{b}-\mathbf{c})$ and the plane $\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}+x(\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b})+y(\mathbf{c}+\mathbf{a})$ is $l \mathbf{a}+m \mathbf{b}+n \mathbf{c}$, then $3 l+4 m+2 n=$

A.

0

B.

$1 / 2$

C.

2

D.

1

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Evening Shift

If the orthocentre of the triangle whose vertices are $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, 5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is $x \hat{\mathbf{i}}+y \hat{\mathbf{j}}+z \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then

A.

$x=2 y=z$

B.

$x=y=2 z$

C.

$x=y=-z$

D.

$x=y=z$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Evening Shift

If the vectors $\mathbf{A B}=p \hat{\mathbf{i}}+q \hat{\mathbf{j}}+r \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{A C}=s \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, $\mathbf{C B}=3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ from $\triangle A B C$, then the values of $p, q, r$ and $s$ such that the area of that $\triangle A B C$ is $5 \sqrt{6}$ are

A.

$p=11, q=4, r=-2, s=8$

B.

$p=8, q=4, r=2, s=5$

C.

$p=-5, q=4, r=2, s=-8$

D.

$p=14, q=4, r=2, s=11$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Evening Shift

Let $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{c}$ be three unit vectors such that $\mathbf{a} \times(\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{c})=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}(\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c})$ and $\mathbf{b}$ is not parallel to $\mathbf{c}$. If $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are the angles between $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{c}$ respectively then $\alpha-\beta=$

A.

$\frac{3 \pi}{4}$

B.

$\frac{\pi}{4}$

C.

$\frac{\pi}{2}$

D.

0

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Morning Shift

Let $\mathbf{O A}=\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{O B}=\mathbf{b}$ be two non collinear vectors,

$\mathbf{O P}=x_1 \mathbf{a}+y_1 \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{O Q}=x_2 \mathbf{a}+y_2 \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{A}^{\prime} \mathbf{O}=\mathbf{O A}$,

$\mathbf{B}^{\prime} \mathbf{O}=\mathbf{O B}$. If $x_1=\frac{-3}{4}, x_2=\frac{1}{3}, y_1=\frac{7}{4}, y_2=\frac{5}{3}$, then

A.

$P$ lies inside the $\triangle A^{\prime} O B$ and $Q$ lies outside the $\triangle A O B$

B.

$P$ lies outside the $\triangle A O B^{\prime}$ and $Q$ lies on the $\triangle A^{\prime} O B^{\prime}$

C.

$P$ lies inside the $\triangle A O B$ and $Q$ lies outside the $\triangle A O B^{\prime}$

D.

$P$ lies on the $\triangle A^{\prime} O B$ and $Q$ lies outside the $\triangle A O B$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Morning Shift

In a quadrilateral $A B C D$, the point $P$ divides $D C$ in the ratio $1: 3$ internally and $Q$ is the mid-point of $A C$. If $\mathbf{A B}+\mathbf{A D}+\mathbf{B C}-2 \mathbf{D C}=\lambda \mathbf{P Q}$, then the value of $\lambda$ is

A.

-2

B.

2

C.

4

D.

-4

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Morning Shift

$\mathbf{p}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{q}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$. If the vectors $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ are the orthogonal projections of $\mathbf{p}$ on $\mathbf{q}$ and $\mathbf{q}$ on $\mathbf{p}$ respectively, then $\frac{\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}}{\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}}=$

A.

$\frac{2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}}{19 \sqrt{2}}$

B.

$\frac{2 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}}{\sqrt{38}}$

C.

$\frac{2 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}}{2}$

D.

$\frac{3 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}}{13}$

2020 TS-EAMCET MCQ
TS EAMCET 2020 (Online) 10th September Morning Shift

Let $\mathbf{a}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=7 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{c}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$. The vector $\mathbf{x}$ such that $\mathbf{x} \cdot \mathbf{c}=60$ and perpendicular to both $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ is

A.

$14 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-12 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$

B.

$\hat{\mathbf{i}}+34 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+25 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$

C.

$4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-21 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-12 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$

D.

$6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+28 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$