Vector Algebra

619 Questions
2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Evening Shift

The points in the argand plane represented by the complex numbers $4 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, 6 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ form

A.

a right-angled triangle

B.

a right-angled isosceles triangle

C.

an equilateral triangle

D.

an isosceles triangle

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Evening Shift

If the vector $\hat{\mathbf{i}}-7 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ is along the internal bisector of the angle between the vectors $\mathbf{a}$ and $-2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and the unit vector along $\mathbf{a}$ is $x \hat{\mathbf{i}}+y \hat{\mathbf{j}}+z \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ then, $x=$

A.

0

B.

$\frac{7}{9}$

C.

$-\frac{1}{9}$

D.

$\frac{5}{3}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Evening Shift

If $\mathbf{a}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+6 \hat{\mathbf{k}} ; \mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{c}=3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then $\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{c}+\mathbf{c} \times \mathbf{a}=$

A.

$20 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}$

B.

$20 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}$

C.

$3 \hat{i}+20 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}$

D.

$4 \hat{i}+20 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Evening Shift

Let $\mathbf{a}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}$ be two vectors. If $\mathbf{c}^{\text {is }}$ 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 $30^{\circ}$, then $|(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}) \times \mathbf{c}|=$

A.

$\frac{2}{3}$

B.

$\frac{3}{2}$

C.

2

D.

3

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Evening Shift

$ (\mathbf{a}+2 \mathbf{b}-\mathbf{c}) \cdot(\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}) \times(\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}-\mathbf{c})= $

A.

[abc]

B.

$3[\mathrm{abc}]$

C.

$[\mathrm{abc}]^2$

D.

$2[a b c]$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift

Points $P$ and $Q$ are given by $\mathbf{O P}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{O Q}=-\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$. A line along the vector $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}$ passes through the point $P$ and another line along the vector $\mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ passes through the point $Q$. If a line along the vector $\mathbf{c}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ intersects both the lines along the vectors $\mathbf{a}$ and $\mathbf{b}$ at $L$ and $M$, respectively, then $\mathbf{P M}=$

A.

$\hat{i}-\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$

B.

$4 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}$

C.

$-2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+10 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-6 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$

D.

$3 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift

For $a \in R$, if the vectors $\mathbf{p}=(a+1) \hat{\mathbf{i}}+a \hat{\mathbf{j}}+a \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, $\mathbf{q}=a \hat{\mathbf{i}}+(a+1) \hat{\mathbf{j}}+a \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{r}=a \hat{\mathbf{i}}+a \hat{\mathbf{j}}+(a+1) \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are coplanar and $3(\mathbf{p} \cdot \mathbf{q})^2-\lambda|\mathbf{r} \times \mathbf{q}|^2=0$, then the value of $\lambda$ is

A.

$\frac{2}{3}$

B.

$\frac{3}{2}$

C.

2

D.

1

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift

If $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=-2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+5 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{c}=3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are three vectors such that $(\mathbf{b} \times \mathbf{c}) \times \mathbf{a}=x \hat{\mathbf{i}}+y \hat{\mathbf{j}}+z \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, then $x+y-z=$

A.

75

B.

-89

C.

125

D.

-389

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 22nd May Morning Shift

If $A=(0,4,-3), B=(5,0,12)$ and $C=(7,24,0)$, then $\sqrt{B A C}=$

A.

$60^{\circ}$

B.

$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{16}{\sqrt{13}}\right)$

C.

$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{13}{38}\right)$

D.

$90^{\circ}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Evening Shift

Let the position vectors of the vertices of a $\triangle A B C$ be $\mathbf{a , b}, \mathbf{c}$. If on the plane of the triangle, $P$ is a point having position vector $\mathbf{x}$ such that $\mathbf{x} \cdot(\mathbf{c}-\mathbf{b})=\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{c}-\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b}$ and $\mathbf{x} \cdot(\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{c})=\mathbf{a b}-\mathbf{b} \mathbf{c}$, then for the $\triangle A B C, P$ is the

A.

Centroid

B.

Circumcentre

C.

Incentre

D.

Orthocentre

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Evening Shift

$\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$ are three vectors such that $|\mathbf{a}|=2,|\mathbf{b}|=3$, $|\mathbf{c}|=5,|\mathbf{a}+\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c}|=\sqrt{69}$. If $(\mathbf{a} \cdot \mathbf{b})=(\mathbf{b} \cdot \mathbf{c})=\frac{\pi}{3}$, then $(\mathbf{c}, \mathbf{a})=$

A.

$\frac{\pi}{6}$

B.

$\frac{\pi}{4}$

C.

$\frac{\pi}{3}$

D.

$\frac{\pi}{2}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Evening Shift

If the points $A, B, C, D$ with positions vectors $\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \hat{\mathbf{i}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, 2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ respectively form a tetrahedron, then the angle between the faces $A B C$ and $A B D$ of the tetrahedron is

A.

$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{-4}{\sqrt{29}}\right)$

B.

$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{-4}{5}\right)$

C.

$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{3}{5}\right)$

D.

$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{29}}{\sqrt{33}}\right)$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Evening Shift

$\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$ are unit vectors. If $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ are perpendicular vectors, $(\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{c}) \cdot(\mathbf{b}+\mathbf{c})=0$ and $\mathbf{c}=l \mathbf{a}+m \mathbf{b}+n(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}) ;$ ( $l, m, n$ are scalars), then $n^2=$

A.

$I^2+m^2$

B.

$-21 m$

C.

$2 l-2 m$

D.

$l m+l+m$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Evening Shift

If $O(0,0,0), A(1,2,1), B(2,1,3)$ and $C(-1,1,2)$ are the vertices of a tetrahedron, then the acute angle between its face $O A B$ and edge $B C$ is

A.

$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{6 \sqrt{2}}{5 \sqrt{7}}\right)$

B.

$\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{6 \sqrt{2}}{5 \sqrt{7}}\right)$

C.

$\tan ^{-1}\left(\frac{6 \sqrt{2}}{5 \sqrt{7}}\right)$

D.

$\frac{\pi}{2}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Evening Shift

If the angles between the sides of the $\triangle A B C$ formed by $A(2,3,5), B(-1,3,2)$ and $C(3,5,-2)$ are $\alpha, \beta$ and $\gamma$, then $\sin ^2 \alpha+\sin ^2 \beta+\sin ^2 \gamma=$

A.

1

B.

2

C.

$\frac{3}{2}$

D.

$\frac{1}{2}$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

Let $2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}, 5 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}-2 \hat{\mathbf{k}},-13 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-11 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ be the position vectors of three points. $A, B$ and $C$, respectively. If $\mathbf{A B}=\lambda \mathbf{B C}$ and $\mathbf{A C}=\mu \mathbf{C B}$, then $\lambda+\mu=$

A.

1

B.

-1

C.

2

D.

-2

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

$\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}$ are position vectors of the point $A$ and $B$ respectively, $C$ and $D$ are points on the line $A B$ such that $\mathbf{A B}, \mathbf{A C}$ and $\mathbf{B D}, \mathbf{B A}$ are two pairs of like vectors. If $\mathbf{A C}=3 \mathbf{A B}$ and $\mathbf{B D}=2 \mathbf{B A}$, then $\mathbf{C D}$

A.

$3 b-4 a$

B.

$4 \mathbf{a}-4 \mathbf{b}$

C.

$4 a-3 b$

D.

$3 b-3 a$

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

If $\mathbf{a}, \mathbf{b}, \mathbf{c}$ are three unit vectors such that $|\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}|^2+|\mathbf{b}-\mathbf{c}|^2+|\mathbf{c}-\mathbf{a}|^2=15$, then $|\mathbf{a}-\mathbf{b}-\mathbf{c}|^2-4(\mathbf{b} \cdot \mathbf{c})=$

A.

6

B.

15

C.

12

D.

10

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

If $\mathbf{a}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+p \hat{\mathbf{j}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{b}=p \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{c}=-3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are three vectors such that $|\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}|=\mid \mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{c}$, then $p=$

A.

-2

B.

-1

C.

1

D.

2

2025 AP-EAPCET MCQ
AP EAPCET 2025 - 21st May Morning Shift

If $\mathbf{a}=2 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-3 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+4 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$, $\mathbf{b}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{j}}-\hat{\mathbf{k}}, \mathbf{c}=3 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+2 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$ and $\mathbf{d}=\hat{\mathbf{i}}+\hat{\mathbf{j}}+\hat{\mathbf{k}}$ are four vectors, then $(\mathbf{a} \times \mathbf{b}) \times(\mathbf{c} \times \mathbf{d})=$

A.

$17 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-15 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+9 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$

B.

$31 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\mathbf{j}+23 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$

C.

$17 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-\hat{\mathbf{j}}+23 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$

D.

$31 \hat{\mathbf{i}}-15 \hat{\mathbf{j}}+9 \hat{\mathbf{k}}$

2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 9th April Evening Shift

Between the following two statements:

Statement I : Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}$. Then the vector $\vec{r}$ satisfying $\vec{a} \times \vec{r}=\vec{a} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{r}=0$ is of magnitude $\sqrt{10}$.

Statement II : In a triangle $A B C, \cos 2 A+\cos 2 B+\cos 2 C \geq-\frac{3}{2}$.

A.
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct.
B.
Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect.
C.
Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect.
D.
Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct.
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 9th April Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}=2 \hat{i}+\alpha \hat{j}+\hat{k}, \vec{b}=-\hat{i}+\hat{k}, \vec{c}=\beta \hat{j}-\hat{k}$, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are integers and $\alpha \beta=-6$. Let the values of the ordered pair $(\alpha, \beta)$, for which the area of the parallelogram of diagonals $\vec{a}+\vec{b}$ and $\vec{b}+\vec{c}$ is $\frac{\sqrt{21}}{2}$, be $\left(\alpha_1, \beta_1\right)$ and $\left(\alpha_2, \beta_2\right)$. Then $\alpha_1^2+\beta_1^2-\alpha_2 \beta_2$ is equal to

A.
21
B.
24
C.
19
D.
17
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 9th April Morning Shift

Let three vectors ,$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\alpha \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=5 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=x \hat{i}+y \hat{j}+z \hat{k}$ form a triangle such that $\vec{c}=\vec{a}-\vec{b}$ and the area of the triangle is $5 \sqrt{6}$. If $\alpha$ is a positive real number, then $|\vec{c}|^2$ is equal to:

A.
14
B.
12
C.
16
D.
10
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 9th April Morning Shift

Let $\overrightarrow{O A}=2 \vec{a}, \overrightarrow{O B}=6 \vec{a}+5 \vec{b}$ and $\overrightarrow{O C}=3 \vec{b}$, where $O$ is the origin. If the area of the parallelogram with adjacent sides $\overrightarrow{O A}$ and $\overrightarrow{O C}$ is 15 sq. units, then the area (in sq. units) of the quadrilateral $O A B C$ is equal to:

A.
32
B.
38
C.
35
D.
40
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=4 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=11 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be a vector such that $(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times(-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+3 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}})$. If $(2 \vec{a}+3 \vec{b}) \cdot \vec{c}=1670$, then $|\vec{c}|^2$ is equal to:

A.
1600
B.
1618
C.
1627
D.
1609
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 8th April Evening Shift

Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=2 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=3 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\lambda \hat{k}$ be three vectors. Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}$ be a unit vector along $\vec{b}+\vec{c}$. If $\vec{r} \cdot \vec{a}=3$, then $3 \lambda$ is equal to:

A.
21
B.
25
C.
27
D.
30
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 8th April Morning Shift

The set of all $\alpha$, for which the vectors $\vec{a}=\alpha t \hat{i}+6 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=t \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}-2 \alpha t \hat{k}$ are inclined at an obtuse angle for all $t \in \mathbb{R}$, is

A.
$[0,1)$
B.
$\left(-\frac{4}{3}, 0\right]$
C.
$(-2,0]$
D.
$\left(-\frac{4}{3}, 1\right)$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}, \vec{b}=((\vec{a} \times(\hat{i}+\hat{j})) \times \hat{i}) \times \hat{i}$. Then the square of the projection of $\vec{a}$ on $\vec{b}$ is:

A.
$\frac{1}{3}$
B.
$\frac{1}{5}$
C.
2
D.
$\frac{2}{3}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Evening Shift

Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=6 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}$. If $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ is a is vector such that $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}| \geq 6, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=6|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|,|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=2 \sqrt{2}$ and the angle between $\vec{a} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is $60^{\circ}$, then $|(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \times \vec{c}|$ is equal to:

A.
$\frac{3}{2} \sqrt{6}$
B.
$\frac{9}{2}(6-\sqrt{6})$
C.
$\frac{9}{2}(6+\sqrt{6})$
D.
$\frac{3}{2} \sqrt{3}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}=2 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-\hat{k}, \vec{b}=2 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}$ be three vectors such that $(\vec{c}+\hat{i}) \times(\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\hat{i})=\vec{a} \times(\vec{c}+\hat{i})$. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=-29$, then $\vec{c} \cdot(-2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})$ is equal to:

A.
15
B.
10
C.
5
D.
12
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Evening Shift

Consider three vectors $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$. Let $|\vec{a}|=2,|\vec{b}|=3$ and $\vec{a}=\vec{b} \times \vec{c}$. If $\alpha \in\left[0, \frac{\pi}{3}\right]$ is the angle between the vectors $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$, then the minimum value of $27|\vec{c}-\vec{a}|^2$ is equal to:

A.
124
B.
110
C.
121
D.
105
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Morning Shift

If $\mathrm{A}(1,-1,2), \mathrm{B}(5,7,-6), \mathrm{C}(3,4,-10)$ and $\mathrm{D}(-1,-4,-2)$ are the vertices of a quadrilateral ABCD, then its area is :

A.
$24 \sqrt{7}$
B.
$48 \sqrt{7}$
C.
$24 \sqrt{29}$
D.
$12 \sqrt{29}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

For $\lambda>0$, let $\theta$ be the angle between the vectors $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+\lambda \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=3 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$. If the vectors $\vec{a}+\vec{b}$ and $\vec{a}-\vec{b}$ are mutually perpendicular, then the value of (14 cos $\theta)^2$ is equal to

A.
25
B.
50
C.
20
D.
40
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \vec{b}=2 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=x \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, x \in \mathbb{R}$. If $\vec{d}$ is the unit vector in the direction of $\vec{b}+\vec{c}$ such that $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{d}=1$, then $(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \cdot \vec{c}$ is equal to

A.
3
B.
9
C.
11
D.
6
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 4th April Morning Shift

Let a unit vector which makes an angle of $60^{\circ}$ with $2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-\hat{k}$ and an angle of $45^{\circ}$ with $\hat{i}-\hat{k}$ be $\vec{C}$. Then $\vec{C}+\left(-\frac{1}{2} \hat{i}+\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{2}} \hat{j}-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{k}\right)$ is:

A.
$-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{i}+\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{j}+\left(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{2 \sqrt{2}}{3}\right) \hat{k}$
B.
$\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}+\frac{1}{2}\right) \hat{i}+\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}-\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{2}}\right) \hat{j}+\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}+\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}\right) \hat{k}$
C.
$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{i}-\frac{1}{2} \hat{k}$
D.
$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{i}+\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{2}} \hat{j}-\frac{1}{2} \hat{k}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 1st February Morning Shift
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=-5 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-3 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}$ and

$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=(((\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \times \hat{i}) \times \hat{i}) \times \hat{i}$. Then $\vec{c} \cdot(-\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})$ is equal to :
A.
-12
B.
-10
C.
-13
D.
-15
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

Let $\vec{a}=3 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=4 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+7 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=\hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}$ be three vectors. If a vectors $\vec{p}$ satisfies $\vec{p} \times \vec{b}=\vec{c} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{p} \cdot \vec{a}=0$, then $\vec{p} \cdot(\hat{i}-\hat{j}-\hat{k})$ is equal to

A.
24
B.
32
C.
36
D.
28
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 31st January Morning Shift

The distance of the point $Q(0,2,-2)$ form the line passing through the point $P(5,-4, 3)$ and perpendicular to the lines $\vec{r}=(-3 \hat{i}+2 \hat{k})+\lambda(2 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}), \lambda \in \mathbb{R}$ and $\vec{r}=(\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+\hat{k})+\mu(-\hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}), \mu \in \mathbb{R}$ is :

A.
$\sqrt{74}$
B.
$\sqrt{86}$
C.
$\sqrt{54}$
D.
$\sqrt{20}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+\alpha \hat{j}+\beta \hat{k}, \alpha, \beta \in \mathbb{R}$. Let a vector $\vec{b}$ be such that the angle between $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{\pi}{4}$ and $|\vec{b}|^2=6$. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=3 \sqrt{2}$, then the value of $\left(\alpha^2+\beta^2\right)|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}|^2$ is equal to

A.
85
B.
90
C.
75
D.
95
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Evening Shift

Let $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be two vectors such that $|\vec{b}|=1$ and $|\vec{b} \times \vec{a}|=2$. Then $|(\vec{b} \times \vec{a})-\vec{b}|^2$ is equal to

A.
1
B.
3
C.
5
D.
4
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 30th January Morning Shift

Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\mathrm{a}_1 \hat{i}+\mathrm{a}_2 \hat{j}+\mathrm{a}_3 \hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\mathrm{b}_1 \hat{i}+\mathrm{b}_2 \hat{j}+\mathrm{b}_3 \hat{k}$ be two vectors such that $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=1, \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=2$ and $|\vec{b}|=4$. If $\vec{c}=2(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})-3 \vec{b}$, then the angle between $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is equal to:

A.
$\cos ^{-1}\left(-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
B.
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)$
C.
$\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
D.
$\cos ^{-1}\left(-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

Let a unit vector $\hat{u}=x \hat{i}+y \hat{j}+z \hat{k}$ make angles $\frac{\pi}{2}, \frac{\pi}{3}$ and $\frac{2 \pi}{3}$ with the vectors $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{i}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{k}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{j}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{k}$ and $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{i}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{j}$ respectively. If $\vec{v}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{i}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{j}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \hat{k}$ then $|\hat{u}-\vec{v}|^2$ is equal to

A.
$\frac{11}{2}$
B.
$\frac{5}{2}$
C.
7
D.
9
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Evening Shift

Let $\overrightarrow{O A}=\vec{a}, \overrightarrow{O B}=12 \vec{a}+4 \vec{b} \text { and } \overrightarrow{O C}=\vec{b}$, where O is the origin. If S is the parallelogram with adjacent sides OA and OC, then $\mathrm{{{area\,of\,the\,quadrilateral\,OA\,BC} \over {area\,of\,S}}}$ is equal to _________.

A.
7
B.
6
C.
8
D.
10
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 29th January Morning Shift

Let $\vec{a}, \vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ be three non-zero vectors such that $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ are non-collinear. If $\vec{a}+5 \vec{b}$ is collinear with $\vec{c}, \vec{b}+6 \vec{c}$ is collinear with $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{a}+\alpha \vec{b}+\beta \vec{c}=\overrightarrow{0}$, then $\alpha+\beta$ is equal to

A.
30
B.
$-$30
C.
$-$25
D.
35
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Evening Shift

Let the position vectors of the vertices $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}$ and $\mathrm{C}$ of a triangle be $2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}, \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ and $2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ respectively. Let $l_1, l_2$ and $l_3$ be the lengths of perpendiculars drawn from the ortho center of the triangle on the sides $\mathrm{AB}, \mathrm{BC}$ and $\mathrm{CA}$ respectively, then $l_1^2+l_2^2+l_3^2$ equals:

A.
$\frac{1}{4}$
B.
$\frac{1}{5}$
C.
$\frac{1}{3}$
D.
$\frac{1}{2}$
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Evening Shift

The position vectors of the vertices $\mathrm{A}, \mathrm{B}$ and $\mathrm{C}$ of a triangle are $2 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, 2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$ and $-\hat{i}+\hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$ respectively. Let $l$ denotes the length of the angle bisector $\mathrm{AD}$ of $\angle \mathrm{BAC}$ where $\mathrm{D}$ is on the line segment $\mathrm{BC}$, then $2 l^2$ equals :

A.
45
B.
50
C.
42
D.
49
2024 JEE Mains MCQ
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 27th January Morning Shift
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}, $
$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=3(\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k})$.
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be the vector such that $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$ and $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=3$.
Then $\vec{a} \cdot((\vec{c} \times \vec{b})-\vec{b}-\vec{c})$ is equal to :
A.
32
B.
36
C.
24
D.
20
2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 8th April Morning Shift

Let $\vec{a}=9 \hat{i}-13 \hat{j}+25 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}+7 \hat{j}-13 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=17 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}$ be three given vectors. If $\vec{r}$ is a vector such that $\vec{r} \times \vec{a}=(\vec{b}+\vec{c}) \times \vec{a}$ and $\vec{r} \cdot(\vec{b}-\vec{c})=0$, then $\frac{|593 \vec{r}+67 \vec{a}|^2}{(593)^2}$ is equal to __________.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 6th April Morning Shift

Let $\vec{a}=2 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}$ and a vector $\vec{c}$ be such that $\vec{a} \times(\vec{b}+\vec{c})+\vec{b} \times \vec{c}=\hat{i}+8 \hat{j}+13 \hat{k}$. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=13$, then $(24-\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c})$ is equal to _______.

2024 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2024 (Online) 5th April Morning Shift

Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+7 \hat{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=2 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be a vector such that $(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=3(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}})$. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=130$, then $\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}$ is equal to __________.