Vector Algebra
Let $\vec{a}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}=\vec{a} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$. If $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ is a vector such that $\vec{a} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|$, $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-2 \vec{a}|^2=8$ and the angle between $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ is $\frac{\pi}{4}$, then $|10-3 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2$ is equal to _________.
Explanation:
$\begin{aligned} & \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}} \\ & \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~b}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}} \\ & \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~d}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \\ & =-\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}} \\ & |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|^2=8 \\ & |\mathrm{c}|^2+4|\mathrm{a}|^2-4(\mathrm{a} \cdot \mathrm{c})=8 \\ & \mathrm{c}^2+12-4 \mathrm{c}=8 \\ & \mathrm{c}^2-4 \mathrm{c}+4=0 \\ & |\mathrm{c}|=2 \\ & \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~d}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \\ & \overrightarrow{\mathrm{~d}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}})^2 \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \\ & \left(|\mathrm{~d}||\mathrm{c}| \sin \frac{\pi}{4}\right)^2=((\mathrm{a} \cdot \mathrm{c}) \cdot \mathrm{b}-(\mathrm{b} \cdot \mathrm{c}) \cdot \mathrm{a})^2 \\ & 4=4 \mathrm{~b}^2+(\mathrm{b} \cdot \mathrm{c})^2 2(\mathrm{a})^2-2(\mathrm{~b} \cdot \mathrm{c})(\mathrm{a} \cdot \mathrm{~b}) \end{aligned}$
$\begin{aligned} &\text { Let } \mathrm{b} . \mathrm{c}=\mathrm{x}\\ &\begin{aligned} & 4=36+3 x^2-20 x \\ & 3 x^2-20 x+32=0 \\ & 3 x^2-12 x-8 x+32=0 \\ & x=\frac{8}{3}, 4 \\ & \text { b.c }=\frac{8}{3}, 4 \\ & \text { b.c }=\frac{8}{3} \\ & \text { Now }|10-3 \mathrm{~b} . \mathrm{c}|+|\mathrm{d} \times \mathrm{c}|^2 \\ & |10-8|+(2)^2 \\ & \Rightarrow 6 \text { Ans. } \end{aligned} \end{aligned}$
Let $\vec{c}$ be the projection vector of $\vec{b}=\lambda \hat{i}+4 \hat{k}, \lambda>0$, on the vector $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$. If $|\vec{a}+\vec{c}|=7$, then the area of the parallelogram formed by the vectors $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is _________.
Explanation:
To find the projection vector $\vec{c}$ of $\vec{b} = \lambda \hat{i} + 4 \hat{k}$ (where $\lambda > 0$) onto vector $\vec{a} = \hat{i} + 2 \hat{j} + 2 \hat{k}$, we use the formula for the projection of a vector:
$ \vec{c} = \left(\frac{\vec{b} \cdot \vec{a}}{|\vec{a}|^2}\right) \vec{a} $
Calculate the dot product $\vec{b} \cdot \vec{a}$:
$ \vec{b} \cdot \vec{a} = (\lambda \hat{i} + 4 \hat{k}) \cdot (\hat{i} + 2 \hat{j} + 2 \hat{k}) = \lambda \cdot 1 + 4 \cdot 2 = \lambda + 8 $
Calculate the magnitude of $\vec{a}$:
$ |\vec{a}| = \sqrt{1^2 + 2^2 + 2^2} = \sqrt{9} = 3 $
Now substitute to find $\vec{c}$:
$ \vec{c} = \left(\frac{\lambda + 8}{9}\right)(\hat{i} + 2 \hat{j} + 2 \hat{k}) $
We know that the magnitude $|\vec{a} + \vec{c}| = 7$. Thus, substituting $\vec{c}$ in this equation, we resolve it to find $\lambda$:
$ |\vec{a} + \vec{c}| = 7 \Rightarrow (\lambda = 4) $
This indicates that $\lambda$ has a value of 4.
Next, calculating the area of the parallelogram formed by vectors $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ involves finding the cross product $|\vec{b} \times \vec{c}|$:
$ \vec{b} = 4\hat{i} + 4\hat{k}, \quad \vec{c} = \left(\frac{12}{9}\right)(\hat{i} + 2\hat{j} + 2\hat{k}) = \left(\frac{4}{3}\right)\hat{i} + \left(\frac{8}{3}\right)\hat{j} + \left(\frac{8}{3}\right)\hat{k} $
The cross product is:
$ \vec{b} \times \vec{c} = \left|\begin{array}{ccc} \hat{\imath} & \hat{\jmath} & \hat{k} \\ \frac{4}{3} & \frac{8}{3} & \frac{8}{3} \\ 4 & 0 & 4 \end{array}\right| $
Solving the determinant:
$ \vec{b} \times \vec{c} = \left( \left( \frac{8}{3} \times 4 - 0 \times \frac{8}{3} \right)\hat{i} - \left(\frac{4}{3} \times 4 - 4 \times \frac{8}{3} \right)\hat{j} + \left( \frac{4}{3} \times 0 - \frac{8}{3} \times 4 \right)\hat{k} \right) $
$ = \left(\frac{32}{3}\hat{i} + 0\hat{j} + (-\frac{32}{3})\hat{k}\right) $
Then, the magnitude is calculated as:
$ |\vec{b} \times \vec{c}| = \sqrt{\left(\frac{32}{3}\right)^2 + 0 + \left(-\frac{32}{3}\right)^2} = \sqrt{\left(\frac{32}{3}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{32}{3}\right)^2} = \sqrt{\frac{2048}{9}} $
$ = \frac{\sqrt{2048}}{3} = \frac{16}{3} \times 3 \approx 16 $
Therefore, the area of the parallelogram formed by $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is 16.
Let $\vec{w} = \hat{i} + \hat{j} - 2\hat{k}$, and $\vec{u}$ and $\vec{v}$ be two vectors, such that $\vec{u} \times \vec{v} = \vec{w}$ and $\vec{v} \times \vec{w} = \vec{u}$. Let $\alpha, \beta, \gamma$, and $t$ be real numbers such that
$\vec{u} = \alpha \hat{i} + \beta \hat{j} + \gamma \hat{k},\ \ \ - t \alpha + \beta + \gamma = 0,\ \ \ \alpha - t \beta + \gamma = 0,\ \ \ \alpha + \beta - t \gamma = 0.$
Match each entry in List-I to the correct entry in List-II and choose the correct option.
| List – I | List – II |
|---|---|
| (P) $\lvert \vec{v} \rvert^2$ is equal to | (1) 0 |
| (Q) If $\alpha = \sqrt{3}$, then $\gamma^2$ is equal to | (2) 1 |
| (R) If $\alpha = \sqrt{3}$, then $(\beta + \gamma)^2$ is equal to | (3) 2 |
| (S) If $\alpha = \sqrt{2}$, then $t + 3$ is equal to | (4) 3 |
| (5) 5 |
(P) $\to$ (2) (Q) $\to$ (1) (R) $\to$ (4) (S) $\to$ (5)
(P) $\to$ (2) (Q) $\to$ (4) (R) $\to$ (3) (S) $\to$ (5)
(P) $\to$ (2) (Q) $\to$ (1) (R) $\to$ (4) (S) $\to$ (3)
(P) $\to$ (5) (Q) $\to$ (4) (R) $\to$ (1) (S) $\to$ (3)
Consider the vectors
$ \vec{x}=\hat{\imath}+2 \hat{\jmath}+3 \hat{k}, \quad \vec{y}=2 \hat{\imath}+3 \hat{\jmath}+\hat{k}, \quad \text { and } \quad \vec{z}=3 \hat{\imath}+\hat{\jmath}+2 \hat{k} $
For two distinct positive real numbers $\alpha$ and $\beta$, define
$ \vec{X}=\alpha \vec{x}+\beta \vec{y}-\vec{z}, \quad \vec{Y}=\alpha \vec{y}+\beta \vec{z}-\vec{x}, \quad \text { and } \quad \vec{Z}=\alpha \vec{z}+\beta \vec{x}-\vec{y} . $
If the vectors $\vec{X}, \vec{Y}$, and $\vec{Z}$ lie in a plane, then the value of $\alpha+\beta-3$ is ____________.
Explanation:
$ \begin{aligned} & {[\vec{x} \vec{y} \vec{z}]=0} \\ & \Rightarrow\left|\begin{array}{ccc} \alpha & \beta & -1 \\ -1 & \alpha & \beta \\ \beta & -1 & \alpha \end{array}\right| \underbrace{\left|\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 2 & 3 \\ 2 & 3 & 1 \\ 3 & 1 & 2 \end{array}\right|}_{\neq 0}=0 \\ & \Rightarrow\left(\alpha^3+\beta^3-1\right)-(-\alpha \beta-\alpha \beta-\alpha \beta)=0 \\ & \Rightarrow \alpha^3+\beta^3+3 \alpha \beta=1 \\ & \Rightarrow \alpha^3+\beta^3+(-1)^3=3(\alpha)(\beta)(-1) \\ & \Rightarrow \alpha+\beta-1=0 \end{aligned} $
So, $\alpha+\beta-3=-2$
For any two points $M$ and $N$ in the $XY$-plane, let $\overrightarrow{MN}$ denote the vector from $M$ to $N$, and $\vec{0}$ denote the zero vector. Let $P, Q$ and $R$ be three distinct points in the $XY$-plane. Let $S$ be a point inside the triangle $\triangle PQR$ such that
$\overrightarrow{SP} + 5\; \overrightarrow{SQ} + 6\; \overrightarrow{SR} = \vec{0}.$
Let $E$ and $F$ be the mid-points of the sides $PR$ and $QR$, respectively. Then the value of
$\frac{\text { length of the line segment } E F}{\text { length of the line segment } E S}$
is ________________.
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 $(\mathbf{a}+2 \mathbf{b}) \times(3 \mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b})$
$2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$14 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+7 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$14 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+42 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-35 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
Let $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be the position vectors of four points $A, B, C$ and $D$ respectively. If a point $P$ divides $A B$ in the ratio $2: 1$ internally and a point $Q$ divides $C D$ in the ratio $1: 2$ externally, then the ratio in which the point with position vectors $5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ divides $P Q$ is
$2: 1$
$-2: 1$
$2: 3$
$-2: 3$
If $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}, \mathbf{b}=2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are two vectors such that $\mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{a}=\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{b}=\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}$, then the unit vector in the direction of $\mathbf{r}$ is
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{11}}(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{11}}(\hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}})$
If $\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b} \cdot \mathbf{c}$ are three units vectors such that $\mathbf{a} \times(\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{c})=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \mathbf{b}+\frac{\mathbf{c}}{\mathbf{2}}$ and $\alpha, \beta$ are the angles between $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{c}$ and $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ respectively, then $\alpha+\beta=$
$\frac{\pi}{2}$
$\frac{7 \pi}{6}$
$\frac{\pi}{6}$
$\frac{5 \pi}{6}$
$P$ is the circumcentre of $\triangle A B C$. If the position vectors of $A, B, C$ and $P$ are $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}, \frac{\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}}{4}$ respectively, then the position vector of the orthocentre of this triangle is
$\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}$
$\frac{\mathbf{a + b + c}}{2}$
$-\left(\frac{\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}}{2}\right)$
0
If the position vectors of $A, B, C, D$ are $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ respectively, then the quadrilateral $A B C D$ is a
square
rectangle
rhombus
parallelogram
The set of all real values of $c$ so that the angle between the vectors $\mathbf{a}=c x \hat{\mathbf{i}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{b}=x \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 c x \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is an obtuse angle for all real $x$ is
$\left(0, \frac{4}{3}\right]$
$\left(0, \frac{2}{3}\right]$
$\left(-\frac{2}{3}, 0\right)$
$\left[\frac{-4}{3}, 0\right]$
Let $\mathbf{a}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{c}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be three vectors. If $\mathbf{r}$ is a vector such that $\mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{a}=\mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{c}=18$, then the magnitude of the orthogonal projection of $4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ on $\mathbf{r}$ is
4
6
12
24
If $\mathbf{u}, \mathbf{v}, \mathbf{w}$ are non-coplanar vectors and $p, q$ are real numbers, then the equality $[3 \mathbf{u} p \mathbf{v} p \mathbf{w}]-[p \mathbf{v} \mathbf{w} q \mathbf{u}]-[2 \mathbf{w} q \mathbf{v} q \mathbf{u}]=0$ holds for
exactly one ordered pair of $(p, q)$
exactly two ordered pairs of $(p, q)$
all ordered pairs of $(p, q)$
no ordered pair of $(p, q)$
Let $(x, y) \in R \times R$ and $\mathbf{a}=x \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-y\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be two vectors. If
$ |\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}|^2+|\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}|^2=f(x) g(y), \text { then } f(x)+g(y)-46=0 $
represents
a pair of line
an ellipse
a hyperbola
a circle
$\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{c}$ are the position vectors of three non-collinear points on a plane. If
$ \alpha=[\mathbf{a b c}] \text { and } \mathbf{r}=\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}-\mathbf{c} \times \mathbf{b}-\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{c} \text {, then }\left|\frac{\alpha}{\mathbf{r}}\right| $
represents
Ratio of areas of the triangles formed by $\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ to $\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{b} \mathbf{c}$
Ratio of the numerical values of volume of the parallelopiped formed with $\mathbf{0}, \mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$ and its height
Ratio of lengths of the diagonals of the parallelopiped formed with $\mathbf{0 , a , b , c}$
Length of the perpendicular from origin to the plane
If $P=(\mathbf{a} \times \hat{\mathbf{i}})^2+(\mathbf{a} \times \hat{\mathbf{j}})^2+(\mathbf{a} \times \hat{\mathbf{k}})^2$ and $Q=(\mathbf{a} \cdot \hat{\mathbf{i}})^2+(\mathbf{a} \cdot \hat{\mathbf{j}})^2+(\mathbf{a} \cdot \hat{\mathbf{k}})^2$, then
$P=Q$
$P=2 Q$
$P=3 Q$
$P=4 Q$
$\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{c}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are three vectors. If $\mathbf{r}$ is a vector such that $\mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{a}=0, \mathbf{r} \cdot \mathbf{c}=3$ and $\left[\begin{array}{ll}\mathbf{r} & \mathbf{a} \\ \mathbf{b}\end{array}\right]=0$, then $|\mathbf{r}|=$
$\sqrt{2}$
$\sqrt{3}$
3
7
In a right angled triangle, if the position vector of the vertex having the right angle is $-3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and the position vector of the mid-point of its hypotenuse is $6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then the position vector of its centroid is
$3 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}$
$3 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$
$\frac{3 \hat{i}+7 \hat{j}+7 \hat{k}}{2}$
$4 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$
If the position vectors of the vertices $A, B, C$ of a triangle are $3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, 5(\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}})$ respectively, then the magnitude of the altitude drawn from $A$ on to the side $B C$ is
$\frac{4 \sqrt{5}}{3}$
$\frac{5 \sqrt{5}}{3}$
$\frac{7 \sqrt{5}}{3}$
$\frac{8 \sqrt{5}}{3}$
If the vectors $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}},-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $p \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are coplanar, then the unit vector in the direction of the vector $9 p \hat{\mathbf{i}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is
$\frac{1}{6}(2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{57}}(5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{68}}(6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
$\frac{1}{9}(-7 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}})$
Let $\mathbf{a}=4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ be two perpendicular vectors in the $X O Y$-plane. A vector $\mathbf{c}$ in the same plane and having projections 1 and 2 respectively on $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ is
$\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}$
$2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}$
$\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}$
$2 \hat{i}-\hat{j}$
If $\mathbf{a}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{b}=-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are two vectors, then the vector of magnitude 28 units in the direction of the vector $\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}$ is
$3 \hat{i}+6 \hat{j}-2 \hat{k}$
$12 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-24 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+8 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$
$12 \hat{i}+24 \hat{j}-8 \hat{k}$







