Vector Algebra

619 Questions
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th April Evening Slot
Let $\alpha $ $ \in $ R and the three vectors

$\overrightarrow a = \alpha \widehat i + \widehat j + 3\widehat k$, $\overrightarrow b = 2\widehat i + \widehat j - \alpha \widehat k$

and $\overrightarrow c = \alpha \widehat i - 2\widehat j + 3\widehat k$.

Then the set S = {$\alpha $ : $\overrightarrow a $ , $\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ are coplanar} :
A.
contains exactly two numbers only one of which is positive
B.
is singleton
C.
contains exactly two positive numbers
D.
is empty
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th April Morning Slot
Let $\overrightarrow a = 3\widehat i + 2\widehat j + 2\widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow b = \widehat i + 2\widehat j - 2\widehat k$ be two vectors. If a vector perpendicular to both the vectors $\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow a - \overrightarrow b $ has the magnitude 12 then one such vector is :
A.
$4\left( {2\widehat i - 2\widehat j - \widehat k} \right)$
B.
$4\left( { - 2\widehat i - 2\widehat j + \widehat k} \right)$
C.
$4\left( {2\widehat i + 2\widehat j + \widehat k} \right)$
D.
$4\left( {2\widehat i + 2\widehat j - \widehat k} \right)$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th April Morning Slot
If the volume of parallelopiped formed by the vectors $\widehat i + \lambda \widehat j + \widehat k$, $\widehat j + \lambda \widehat k$ and $\lambda \widehat i + \widehat k$ is minimum, then $\lambda $ is equal to :
A.
$ - {1 \over {\sqrt 3 }}$
B.
${\sqrt 3 }$
C.
$-{\sqrt 3 }$
D.
$ {1 \over {\sqrt 3 }}$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th April Evening Slot
The distance of the point having position vector $ - \widehat i + 2\widehat j + 6\widehat k$ from the straight line passing through the point (2, 3, – 4) and parallel to the vector, $6\widehat i + 3\widehat j - 4\widehat k$ is :
A.
6
B.
7
C.
$2\sqrt {13} $
D.
$4\sqrt 3 $
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th April Morning Slot
Let A (3, 0, –1), B(2, 10, 6) and C(1, 2, 1) be the vertices of a triangle and M be the midpoint of AC. If G divides BM in the ratio, 2 : 1, then cos ($\angle $GOA) (O being the origin) is equal to :
A.
${1 \over {\sqrt {15} }}$
B.
${1 \over {6\sqrt {10} }}$
C.
${1 \over {\sqrt {30} }}$
D.
${1 \over {2\sqrt {15} }}$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th April Evening Slot
If a unit vector $\overrightarrow a $ makes angles $\pi $/3 with $\widehat i$ , $\pi $/ 4 with $\widehat j$ and $\theta $$ \in $(0, $\pi $) with $\widehat k$, then a value of $\theta $ is :-
A.
${{5\pi } \over {6}}$
B.
${{5\pi } \over {12}}$
C.
${{2\pi } \over {3}}$
D.
${{\pi } \over {4}}$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th April Morning Slot
Let $\overrightarrow \alpha = 3\widehat i + \widehat j$ and $\overrightarrow \beta = 2\widehat i - \widehat j + 3 \widehat k$ . If $\overrightarrow \beta = {\overrightarrow \beta _1} - \overrightarrow {{\beta _2}} $, where ${\overrightarrow \beta _1}$ is parallel to $\overrightarrow \alpha $ and $\overrightarrow {{\beta _2}} $ is perpendicular to $\overrightarrow \alpha $ , then ${\overrightarrow \beta _1} \times \overrightarrow {{\beta _2}} $ is equal to
A.
$ 3\widehat i - 9\widehat j - 5\widehat k$
B.
${1 \over 2}$($ - 3\widehat i + 9\widehat j + 5\widehat k$)
C.
$ - 3\widehat i + 9\widehat j + 5\widehat k$
D.
${1 \over 2}$($ 3\widehat i - 9\widehat j + 5\widehat k$)
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 8th April Evening Slot
Let $\mathop a\limits^ \to = 3\mathop i\limits^ \wedge + 2\mathop j\limits^ \wedge + x\mathop k\limits^ \wedge $ and $\mathop b\limits^ \to = \mathop i\limits^ \wedge - \mathop j\limits^ \wedge + \mathop k\limits^ \wedge $ , for some real x. Then $\left| {\mathop a\limits^ \to \times \mathop b\limits^ \to } \right|$ = r is possible if :
A.
0 < r < $\sqrt {{3 \over 2}} $
B.
$3\sqrt {{3 \over 2}} < r < 5\sqrt {{3 \over 2}} $
C.
$ r \ge 5\sqrt {{3 \over 2}} $
D.
$\sqrt {{3 \over 2}} < r \le 3\sqrt {{3 \over 2}} $
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th January Evening Slot
Let $\overrightarrow a $, $\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ be three unit vectors, out of which vectors $\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ are non-parallel. If $\alpha $ and $\beta $ are the angles which vector $\overrightarrow a $ makes with vectors $\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ respectively and $\overrightarrow a $ $ \times $ ($\overrightarrow b $ $ \times $ $\overrightarrow c $) = ${1 \over 2}\overrightarrow b $, then $\left| {\alpha - \beta } \right|$ is equal to :
A.
90o
B.
30o
C.
45o
D.
60o
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 12th January Morning Slot
The sum of the distinct real values of $\mu $, for which the vectors, $\mu \widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k,$   $\widehat i + \mu \widehat j + \widehat k,$   $\widehat i + \widehat j + \mu \widehat k$  are co-planar, is :
A.
2
B.
$-$1
C.
0
D.
1
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 11th January Evening Slot
Let $\sqrt 3 \widehat i + \widehat j,$    $\widehat i + \sqrt 3 \widehat j$  and   $\beta \widehat i + \left( {1 - \beta } \right)\widehat j$ respectively be the position vectors of the points A, B and C with respect to the origin O. If the distance of C from the bisector of the acute angle between OA and OB is ${3 \over {\sqrt 2 }}$, then the sum of all possible values of $\beta $ is :
A.
4
B.
1
C.
2
D.
3
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 11th January Morning Slot
Let  $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + 2\widehat j + 4\widehat k,$ $\overrightarrow b = \widehat i + \lambda \widehat j + 4\widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c = 2\widehat i + 4\widehat j + \left( {{\lambda ^2} - 1} \right)\widehat k$ be coplanar vectors. Then the non-zero vector $\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow c $ is :
A.
$ - 10\widehat i - 5\widehat j$
B.
$ - 10\widehat i + 5\widehat j$
C.
$ - 14\widehat i + 5\widehat j$
D.
$ - 14\widehat i - 5\widehat j$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th January Evening Slot
If $\overrightarrow \alpha $ = $\left( {\lambda - 2} \right)\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b $  and  $\overrightarrow \beta = \left( {4\lambda - 2} \right)\overrightarrow a + 3\overrightarrow b $ be two given vectors $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ are non-collinear. The value of $\lambda $ for which vectors $\overrightarrow \alpha $ and $\overrightarrow \beta $ are collinear, is -
A.
4
B.
3
C.
$-$3
D.
$-$4
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 10th January Morning Slot
Let $\overrightarrow a = 2\widehat i + {\lambda _1}\widehat j + 3\widehat k,\,\,$   $\overrightarrow b = 4\widehat i + \left( {3 - {\lambda _2}} \right)\widehat j + 6\widehat k,$  and  $\overrightarrow c = 3\widehat i + 6\widehat j + \left( {{\lambda _3} - 1} \right)\widehat k$  be three vectors such that $\overrightarrow b = 2\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow a $ is perpendicular to $\overrightarrow c $. Then a possible value of $\left( {{\lambda _1},{\lambda _2},{\lambda _3}} \right)$ is :
A.
(1, 5, 1)
B.
(1, 3, 1)
C.
$\left( { - {1 \over 2},4,0} \right)$
D.
$\left( {{1 \over 2},4, - 2} \right)$
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th January Evening Slot
Let  $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + \widehat j + \sqrt 2 \widehat k,$   $\overrightarrow b = {b_1}\widehat i + {b_2}\widehat j + \sqrt 2 \widehat k$,    $\overrightarrow c = 5\widehat i + \widehat j + \sqrt 2 \widehat k$   be three vectors such that the projection vector of $\overrightarrow b $ on $\overrightarrow a $ is $\overrightarrow a $.
If   $\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b $   is perpendicular to $\overrightarrow c $ , then $\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right|$ is equal to :
A.
$\sqrt {32} $
B.
6
C.
$\sqrt {22} $
D.
4
2019 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2019 (Online) 9th January Morning Slot
Let $\overrightarrow a $ = $\widehat i - \widehat j$, $\overrightarrow b $ = $\widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c $

be a vector such that $\overrightarrow a $ × $\overrightarrow c $ + $\overrightarrow b $ = $\overrightarrow 0 $

and $\overrightarrow a $ . $\overrightarrow c $ = 4, then |$\overrightarrow c $|2 is equal to :
A.
8
B.
$19 \over 2$
C.
9
D.
$17 \over 2$
2019 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2019 Paper 2 Offline
Let $\overrightarrow a = 2\widehat i + \widehat j - \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow b = \widehat i + 2\widehat j + \widehat k$ be two vectors. Consider a vector c = $\alpha $$\overrightarrow a$ + $\beta $$\overrightarrow b$, $\alpha $, $\beta $ $ \in $ R. If the projection of $\overrightarrow c$ on the vector ($\overrightarrow a$ + $\overrightarrow b$) is $3\sqrt 2 $, then the
minimum value of ($\overrightarrow c$ $-$($\overrightarrow a$ $ \times $ $\overrightarrow b$)).$\overrightarrow c$ equals ................
2018 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2018 (Online) 16th April Morning Slot
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k,\overrightarrow c = \widehat j - \widehat k$ and a vector $\overrightarrow b $ be such that $\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b = \overrightarrow c $ and $\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b = 3.$ Then $\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right|$ equals :
A.
${{11} \over 3}$
B.
${{11} \over {\sqrt 3 }}$
C.
$\sqrt {{{11} \over 3}} $
D.
${{\sqrt {11} } \over 3}$
2018 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2018 (Offline)
Let $\overrightarrow u $ be a vector coplanar with the vectors $\overrightarrow a = 2\widehat i + 3\widehat j - \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow b = \widehat j + \widehat k$. If $\overrightarrow u $ is perpendicular to $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow u .\overrightarrow b = 24$, then ${\left| {\overrightarrow u } \right|^2}$ is equal to
A.
336
B.
315
C.
256
D.
84
2018 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2018 (Online) 15th April Evening Slot
If the position vectors of the vertices A, B and C of a $\Delta $ ABC are respectively $4\widehat i + 7\widehat j + 8\widehat k,$    $2\widehat i + 3\widehat j + 4\widehat k,$ and $2\widehat i + 5\widehat j + 7\widehat k,$ then the position vectors of the point, where the bisector of $\angle $A meets BC is :
A.
${1 \over 2}\left( {4\widehat i + 8\widehat j + 11\widehat k} \right)$
B.
${1 \over 3}\left( {6\widehat i + 11\widehat j + 15\widehat k} \right)$
C.
${1 \over 3}\left( {6\widehat i + 13\widehat j + 18\widehat k} \right)$
D.
${1 \over 4}\left( {8\widehat i + 14\widehat j + 19\widehat k} \right)$
2018 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2018 (Online) 15th April Morning Slot
If $\overrightarrow a ,\,\,\overrightarrow b ,$ and $\overrightarrow C $ are unit vectors such that $\overrightarrow a + 2\overrightarrow b + 2\overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow 0 ,$ then $\left| {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow c } \right|$ is equal to :
A.
${{\sqrt {15} } \over 4}$
B.
${{1} \over {4}}$
C.
${{15} \over {16}}$
D.
${{\sqrt {15} } \over 16}$
2018 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2018 Paper 1 Offline
Let a and b be two unit vectors such that a . b = 0. For some x, y$ \in $R, let $\overrightarrow c = x\overrightarrow a + y\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b $. If | $\overrightarrow c $| = 2 and the vector c is inclined at the same angle $\alpha $ to both a and b, then the value of $8{\cos ^2}\alpha $ is ..............
2017 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2017 (Online) 9th April Morning Slot
If the vector $\overrightarrow b = 3\widehat j + 4\widehat k$ is written as the sum of a vector $\overrightarrow {{b_1}} ,$ paralel to $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + \widehat j$ and a vector $\overrightarrow {{b_2}} ,$ perpendicular to $\overrightarrow a ,$ then $\overrightarrow {{b_1}} \times \overrightarrow {{b_2}} $ is equal to :
A.
$ - 3\widehat i + 3\widehat j - 9\widehat k$
B.
$6\widehat i - 6\widehat j + {9 \over 2}\widehat k$
C.
$ - 6\widehat i + 6\widehat j - {9 \over 2}\widehat k$
D.
$3\widehat i - 3\widehat j + 9\widehat k$
2017 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2017 (Online) 8th April Morning Slot
The area (in sq. units) of the parallelogram whose diagonals are along the vectors $8\widehat i - 6\widehat j$ and $3\widehat i + 4\widehat j - 12\widehat k,$ is :
A.
26
B.
65
C.
20
D.
52
2017 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2017 (Offline)
Let $\overrightarrow a = 2\widehat i + \widehat j -2 \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow b = \widehat i + \widehat j$.

Let $\overrightarrow c $ be a vector such that $\left| {\overrightarrow c - \overrightarrow a } \right| = 3$,

$\left| {\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \right) \times \overrightarrow c } \right| = 3$ and the angle between $\overrightarrow c $ and $\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b$ is $30^\circ $.

Then $\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow c $ is equal to :
A.
2
B.
5
C.
${1 \over 8}$
D.
${{25} \over 8}$
2017 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 2 Offline
Let O be the origin and let PQR be an arbitrary triangle. The point S is such that

$\overrightarrow{OP}$ . $\overrightarrow{OQ}$ + $\overrightarrow{OR}$ . $\overrightarrow{OS}$ = $\overrightarrow{OR}$ . $\overrightarrow{OP}$ + $\overrightarrow{OQ}$ . $\overrightarrow{OS}$ = $\overrightarrow{OQ}$ . $\overrightarrow{OR}$ + $\overrightarrow{OP}$ . $\overrightarrow{OS}$

Then the triangle PQR has S as its
A.
centroid
B.
orthocentre
C.
incentre
D.
circumcentre
2017 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2017 Paper 2 Offline
|$\overrightarrow{OX}$ $ \times $ $\overrightarrow{OY}$| = ?
A.
sin(P + Q)
B.
sin(P + R)
C.
sin(Q + R)
D.
sin2R
2016 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2016 (Online) 10th April Morning Slot
Let ABC be a triangle whose circumcentre is at P. If the position vectors of A, B, C and P are $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ and ${{\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \over 4}$ respectively, then the position vector of the orthocentre of this triangle, is :
A.
${\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c }$
B.
$ - \left( {{{\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \over 2}} \right)$
C.
$\overrightarrow 0 $
D.
$\left( {{{\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \over 2}} \right)$
2016 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2016 (Online) 9th April Morning Slot
In a triangle ABC, right angled at the vertex A, if the position vectors of A, B and C are respectively 3$\widehat i$ + $\widehat j$ $-$ $\widehat k$,   $-$$\widehat i$ + 3$\widehat j$ + p$\widehat k$ and 5$\widehat i$ + q$\widehat j$ $-$ 4$\widehat k$, then the point (p, q) lies on a line :
A.
parallel to x-axis.
B.
parallel to y-axis.
C.
making an acute angle with the positive direction of x-axis.
D.
making an obtuse angle with the positive direction of x-axis.
2016 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2016 (Offline)
Let $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ be three unit vectors such that $\overrightarrow a \times \left( {\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c } \right) = {{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}\left( {\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right).$ If ${\overrightarrow b }$ is not parallel to ${\overrightarrow c },$ then the angle between ${\overrightarrow a }$ and ${\overrightarrow b }$ is:
A.
${{2\pi } \over 3}$
B.
${{5\pi } \over 6}$
C.
${{3\pi } \over 4}$
D.
${{\pi } \over 2}$
2016 JEE Advanced MSQ
JEE Advanced 2016 Paper 2 Offline
Let $\widehat u = {u_1} \widehat i + {u_2}\widehat j + {u_3}\widehat k$ be a unit vector in ${{R^3}}$ and
$\widehat w = {1 \over {\sqrt 6 }}\left( {\widehat i + \widehat j + 2\widehat k} \right).$ Given that there exists a vector ${\overrightarrow v }$ in ${{R^3}}$ such that $\left| {\widehat u \times \overrightarrow v } \right| = 1$ and $\widehat w.\left( {\widehat u \times \overrightarrow v } \right) = 1.$ Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct?
A.
There is exactly one choice for such ${\overrightarrow v }$
B.
There are infinitely many choices for such ${\overrightarrow v }$
C.
If $\widehat u$ lies in the $xy$-plane then $\left| {{u_1}} \right| = \left| {{u_2}} \right|$
D.
If $\widehat u$ lies in the $xz$-plane then $2\left| {{u_1}} \right| = \left| {{u_3}} \right|$
2015 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2015 (Offline)
Let $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ be three non-zero vectors such that no two of them are collinear and

$\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \right) \times \overrightarrow c = {1 \over 3}\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right|\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right|\overrightarrow a .$ If $\theta $ is the angle between vectors $\overrightarrow b $ and ${\overrightarrow c }$ , then a value of sin $\theta $ is :
A.
${2 \over 3}$
B.
${{ - 2\sqrt 3 } \over 3}$
C.
${{ 2\sqrt 2 } \over 3}$
D.
${{ - \sqrt 2 } \over 3}$
2015 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 1 Offline

Match the following :

Column I Column II
(A) In $ \mathbb{R}^2 $, if the magnitude of the projection vector of the vector $ \alpha \hat{i} + \beta \hat{j} $ on $ \sqrt{3}\hat{i} + \hat{j} $ is $ \sqrt{3} $ and if $ \alpha = 2 + \sqrt{3}\beta $, then possible value(s) of $ |\alpha| $ is (are) $(P)\ 1$
(B) Let $ \alpha $ and $ b $ be real numbers such that the function

$ f(x)= \begin{cases} -3\alpha x^2-2, & x<1 \\[4pt] bx+\alpha^2, & x\ge 1 \end{cases} $ is differentiable for all $ x \in \mathbb{R} $. Then possible value(s) of $ \alpha $ is (are)
$(Q)\ 2$
(C) Let $ \omega \ne 1 $ be a complex cube root of unity. If $ (3-3\omega+2\omega^2)^{4n+3} +(2+3\omega-3\omega^2)^{4n+3} +(-3+2\omega+3\omega^2)^{4n+3}=0, $ then possible value(s) of $ n $ is (are) $(R)\ 3$
(D) Let the harmonic mean of two positive real numbers $ a $ and $ b $ be $ 4 $. If $ q $ is a positive real number such that $ a,\ 5,\ q,\ b $ is an arithmetic progression, then the value(s) of $ |q-a| $ is (are) $(S)\ 4$
$(T)\ 5$
A.
$\left( A \right) \to p, q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to p,q;\,\,\left( C \right) \to p,q,s,t;\,\,\left( D \right) \to q,t$
B.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to q;\,\,\left( C \right) \to p,q,s,t;\,\,\left( D \right) \to q,t$
C.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to p,q;\,\,\left( C \right) \to p,t;\,\,\left( D \right) \to q,t$
D.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to p,q;\,\,\left( C \right) \to p,q,s,t;\,\,\left( D \right) \to q$
2015 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 2 Offline
Suppose that $\overrightarrow p ,\overrightarrow q $ and $\overrightarrow r $ are three non-coplanar vectors in ${R^3}$. Let the components of a vector $\overrightarrow s $ along $\overrightarrow p ,$ $\overrightarrow q $ and $\overrightarrow r $ be $4, 3$ and $5,$ respectively. If the components of this vector $\overrightarrow s $ along $\left( { - \overrightarrow p + \overrightarrow q + \overrightarrow r } \right),\left( {\overrightarrow p - \overrightarrow q + \overrightarrow r } \right)$ and $\left( { - \overrightarrow p - \overrightarrow q + \overrightarrow r } \right)$ are $x, y$ and $z,$ respectively, then the value of $2x+y+z$ is
2015 JEE Advanced MSQ
JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 1 Offline
Let $\Delta PQR$ be a triangle. Let $\vec a = \overrightarrow {QR} ,\vec b = \overrightarrow {RP} $ and $\overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow {PQ} .$ If $\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right| = 12,\,\,\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right| = 4\sqrt 3 ,\,\,\,\overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c = 24,$ then which of the following is (are) true?
A.
${{{{\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right|}^2}} \over 2} - \left| {\overrightarrow a } \right| = 12$
B.
${{{{\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right|}^2}} \over 2} + \left| {\overrightarrow a } \right| = 30$
C.
$\left| {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a } \right| = 48\sqrt 3 $
D.
$\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b = - 72$
2014 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2014 (Offline)
If $\left[ {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b \,\,\,\,\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c \,\,\,\,\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a } \right] = \lambda {\left[ {\overrightarrow a\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \overrightarrow b \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\overrightarrow c } \right]^2}$ then $\lambda $ is equal to :
A.
$0$
B.
$1$
C.
$2$
D.
$3$
2014 JEE Advanced Numerical
JEE Advanced 2014 Paper 1 Offline
Let $\overrightarrow a \,\,,\,\,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ be three non-coplanar unit vectors such that the angle between every pair of them is ${\pi \over 3}.$ If $\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c = p\overrightarrow a + q\overrightarrow b + r\overrightarrow c ,$ where $p,q$ and $r$ are scalars, then the value of ${{{p^2} + 2{q^2} + {r^2}} \over {{q^2}}}$ is
2014 JEE Advanced MSQ
JEE Advanced 2014 Paper 1 Offline
Let $\overrightarrow x ,\overrightarrow y $ and $\overrightarrow z $ be three vectors each of magnitude $\sqrt 2 $ and the angle between each pair of them is ${\pi \over 3}$. If $\overrightarrow a $ is a non-zero vector perpendicular to $\overrightarrow x $ and $\overrightarrow y \times \overrightarrow z $ and $\overrightarrow b $ is a non-zero vector perpendicular to $\overrightarrow y $ and $\overrightarrow z \times \overrightarrow x ,$ then
A.
$\overrightarrow b = \left( {\overrightarrow b \,.\,\overrightarrow z } \right)\left( {\overrightarrow z - \overrightarrow x } \right)$
B.
$\overrightarrow a = \left( {\overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow y } \right)\left( {\overrightarrow y - \overrightarrow z } \right)$
C.
$\overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow b = - \left( {\overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow y } \right)\left( {\overrightarrow b \,.\,\overrightarrow z } \right)$
D.
$\overrightarrow a = \left( {\overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow y } \right)\left( {\overrightarrow z - \overrightarrow y } \right)$
2013 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2013 (Offline)
If the vectors $\overrightarrow {AB} = 3\widehat i + 4\widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow {AC} = 5\widehat i - 2\widehat j + 4\widehat k$ are the sides of a triangle $ABC,$ then the length of the median through $A$ is :
A.
$\sqrt {18} $
B.
$\sqrt {72} $
C.
$\sqrt {33} $
D.
$\sqrt {45} $
2013 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 2 Offline
match List $I$ with List $II$ and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

$\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ List $I$
(P.)$\,\,\,\,$ Volume of parallelopiped determined by vectors $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ is $2.$ Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by vectors $2\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \right),3\left( {\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c } \right)$ and $\left( {\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a } \right)$ is
(Q.)$\,\,\,\,$ Volume of parallelopiped determined by vectors $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ is $5.$ Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by vectors $3\left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right),\left( {\overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right)$ and $2\left( {\overrightarrow c + \overrightarrow a } \right)$ is
(R.)$\,\,\,\,$ Area of a triangle with adjacent sides determined by vectors ${\overrightarrow a }$ and ${\overrightarrow b }$ is $20.$ Then the area of the triangle with adjacent sides determined by vectors $\left( {2\overrightarrow a + 3\overrightarrow b } \right)$ and $\left( {\overrightarrow a - \overrightarrow b } \right)$ is
(S.)$\,\,\,\,$ Area of a parallelogram with adjacent sides determined by vectors ${\overrightarrow a }$ and ${\overrightarrow b }$ is $30.$ Then the area of the parallelogram with adjacent sides determined by vectors $\left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right)$ and ${\overrightarrow a }$ is

$\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ List $II$
(1.)$\,\,\,\,$ $100$
(2.)$\,\,\,\,$ $30$
(3.)$\,\,\,\,$ $24$
(4.)$\,\,\,\,$ $60$

A.
$P = 4,Q = 2,R = 3,S = 1$
B.
$P = 2,Q = 3,R = 1,S = 4$
C.
$P = 3,Q = 4,R = 1,S = 2$
D.
$P = 1,Q = 4,R = 3,S = 2$
2013 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2013 Paper 1 Offline
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PR}}=3 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k}$ and $ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{SQ}}=\hat{i}-3 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}$ determine diagonals of a parallelogram $P Q R S$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PT}}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$ be another vector. Then the volume of the parallelopiped determined by the vectors $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PT}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{PQ}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{PS}}$ is :
A.
5 units
B.
20 units
C.
10 units
D.
30 units
2012 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2012
Let $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ be two unit vectors. If the vectors $\,\overrightarrow c = \widehat a + 2\widehat b$ and $\overrightarrow d = 5\widehat a - 4\widehat b$ are perpendicular to each other, then the angle between $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ is :
A.
${\pi \over 6}$
B.
${\pi \over 2}$
C.
${\pi \over 3}$
D.
${\pi \over 4}$
2012 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2012
Let $ABCD$ be a parallelogram such that $\overrightarrow {AB} = \overrightarrow q ,\overrightarrow {AD} = \overrightarrow p $ and $\angle BAD$ be an acute angle. If $\overrightarrow r $ is the vector that coincide with the altitude directed from the vertex $B$ to the side $AD,$ then $\overrightarrow r $ is given by :
A.
$\overrightarrow r = 3\overrightarrow q - {{3\left( {\overrightarrow p .\overrightarrow q } \right)} \over {\left( {\overrightarrow p .\overrightarrow p } \right)}}\overrightarrow p $
B.
$\overrightarrow r = - \overrightarrow q + {{\left( {\overrightarrow p .\overrightarrow q } \right)} \over {\left( {\overrightarrow p .\overrightarrow p } \right)}}\overrightarrow p $
C.
$\vec r = \vec q - {{\left( {\vec p.\vec q} \right)} \over {\left( {\vec p.\vec p} \right)}}\vec p$
D.
$\overrightarrow r = - 3\overrightarrow q - {{3\left( {\overrightarrow p .\overrightarrow q } \right)} \over {\left( {\overrightarrow p .\overrightarrow p } \right)}}$
2012 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2012 Paper 2 Offline
If $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ are vectors such that $\left| {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right| = \sqrt {29} $ and $\,\overrightarrow a \times \left( {2\widehat i + 3\widehat j + 4\widehat k} \right) = \left( {2\widehat i + 3\widehat j + 4\widehat k} \right) \times \widehat b,$ then a possible value of $\left( {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right).\left( { - 7\widehat i + 2\widehat j + 3\widehat k} \right)$ is
A.
$0$
B.
$3$
C.
$4$
D.
$8$
2012 JEE Advanced Numerical
IIT-JEE 2012 Paper 1 Offline
If $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ are unit vectors satisfying
${\left| {\overrightarrow a - \overrightarrow b } \right|^2} + {\left| {\overrightarrow b - \overrightarrow c } \right|^2} + {\left| {\overrightarrow c - \overrightarrow a } \right|^2} = 9,$ then $\left| {2\overrightarrow a + 5\overrightarrow b + 5\overrightarrow c } \right|$ is
2011 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2011
The vectors $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ are not perpendicular and $\overrightarrow c $ and $\overrightarrow d $ are two vectors satisfying $\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow d $ and $\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow d = 0\,\,.$ Then the vector $\overrightarrow d $ is equal to :
A.
$\overrightarrow c + \left( {{{\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow c } \over {\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b }}} \right)\overrightarrow b $
B.
$\overrightarrow b + \left( {{{\overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c } \over {\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b }}} \right)\overrightarrow c $
C.
$\overrightarrow c - \left( {{{\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow c } \over {\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b }}} \right)\overrightarrow b $
D.
$\overrightarrow b - \left( {{{\overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c } \over {\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow b }}} \right)\overrightarrow c $
2011 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2011
If $\overrightarrow a = {1 \over {\sqrt {10} }}\left( {3\widehat i + \widehat k} \right)$ and $\overrightarrow b = {1 \over 7}\left( {2\widehat i + 3\widehat j - 6\widehat k} \right),$ then the value

of $\left( {2\overrightarrow a - \overrightarrow b } \right)\left[ {\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \right) \times \left( {\overrightarrow a + 2\overrightarrow b } \right)} \right]$ is :
A.
$-3$
B.
$5$
C.
$3$
D.
$-5$
2011 JEE Mains MCQ
AIEEE 2011
Let $\overrightarrow a $, $\overrightarrow b $, $\overrightarrow c $ be three non-zero vectors which are pairwise non-collinear. If $\overrightarrow a+3 \overrightarrow b$ is collinear with $\overrightarrow c$ and $\overrightarrow b+2 \overrightarrow c$ is collinear with $\overrightarrow a$, then $\overrightarrow a+\overrightarrow b+6 \overrightarrow c$ is :
A.
$\overrightarrow a+\overrightarrow c$
B.
$\overrightarrow c$
C.
$\overrightarrow a$
D.
$\overrightarrow 0$
2011 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 1 Offline
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k,\,\overrightarrow b = \widehat i - \widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c = \widehat i - \widehat j - \widehat k$ be three vectors. A vector $\overrightarrow v $ in the plane of $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b ,$ whose projection on $\overrightarrow c $ is ${{1 \over {\sqrt 3 }}}$ , is given by
A.
$\widehat i - 3\widehat j + 3\widehat k$
B.
$-3\widehat i - 3\widehat j - \widehat k$
C.
$3\widehat i - \widehat j + 3\widehat k$
D.
$\widehat i + 3\widehat j - 3\widehat k$
2011 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2011 Paper 2 Offline
Match the statements given in Column -$I$ with the values given in Column-$II.$

$\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ Column-$I$
(A) $\,\,\,\,$If $\overrightarrow a = \widehat j + \sqrt 3 \widehat k,\overrightarrow b = - \widehat j + \sqrt 3 \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c = 2\sqrt 3 \widehat k$ form a triangle, then the internal angle of the triangle between $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ is
(B)$\,\,\,\,$ If $\int\limits_a^b {\left( {f\left( x \right) - 3x} \right)dx = {a^2} - {b^2},} $ then the value of $f$ $\left( {{\pi \over 6}} \right)$ is
(C)$\,\,\,\,$ The value of ${{{\pi ^2}} \over {\ell n3}}\int\limits_{7/6}^{5/6} {\sec \left( {\pi x} \right)dx} $ is
(D)$\,\,\,\,$ The maximum value of $\left| {Arg\left( {{1 \over {1 - z}}} \right)} \right|$ for $\left| z \right| = 1,\,z \ne 1$ is given by

$\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ Column-$II$
(p)$\,\,\,\,$ ${{\pi \over 6}}$
(q)$\,\,\,\,$ ${{2\pi \over 3}}$
(r)$\,\,\,\,$ ${{\pi \over 3}}$
(s)$\,\,\,\,$ $\pi $
(t) $\,\,\,\,$ ${{\pi \over 2}}$

A.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to p;\,\,\left( C \right) \to s;\,\,\left( D \right) \to t$
B.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to p;\,\,\left( C \right) \to t;\,\,\left( D \right) \to s$
C.
$\left( A \right) \to p;\,\,\left( B \right) \to q;\,\,\left( C \right) \to s;\,\,\left( D \right) \to t$
D.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to s;\,\,\left( C \right) \to p;\,\,\left( D \right) \to t$