Vector Algebra

386 Questions
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th August Morning Shift
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + 5\widehat j + \alpha \widehat k$, $\overrightarrow b = \widehat i + 3\widehat j + \beta \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c = - \widehat i + 2\widehat j - 3\widehat k$ be three vectors such that, $\left| {\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c } \right| = 5\sqrt 3 $ and ${\overrightarrow a }$ is perpendicular to ${\overrightarrow b }$. Then the greatest amongst the values of ${\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|^2}$ is _____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th August Evening Shift
If the projection of the vector $\widehat i + 2\widehat j + \widehat k$ on the sum of the two vectors $2\widehat i + 4\widehat j - 5\widehat k$ and $ - \lambda \widehat i + 2\widehat j + 3\widehat k$ is 1, then $\lambda$ is equal to __________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Evening Shift
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i - \alpha \widehat j + \beta \widehat k$,   $\overrightarrow b = 3\widehat i + \beta \widehat j - \alpha \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c = -\alpha \widehat i - 2\widehat j + \widehat k$, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are integers. If $\overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow b = - 1$ and $\overrightarrow b \,.\,\overrightarrow c = 10$, then $\left( {\overrightarrow a \, \times \overrightarrow b } \right).\,\overrightarrow c $ is equal to ___________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 27th July Morning Shift
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c = \widehat j - \widehat k$ be three vectors such that $\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b = \overrightarrow c $ and $\overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow b = 1$. If the length of projection vector of the vector $\overrightarrow b $ on the vector $\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow c $ is l, then the value of 3l2 is equal to _____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th July Evening Shift
If $\left( {\overrightarrow a + 3\overrightarrow b } \right)$ is perpendicular to $\left( {7\overrightarrow a - 5\overrightarrow b } \right)$ and $\left( {\overrightarrow a - 4\overrightarrow b } \right)$ is perpendicular to $\left( {7\overrightarrow a - 2\overrightarrow b } \right)$, then the angle between $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ (in degrees) is _______________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th July Morning Shift
Let $\overrightarrow p = 2\widehat i + 3\widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow q = \widehat i + 2\widehat j + \widehat k$ be two vectors. If a vector $\overrightarrow r = (\alpha \widehat i + \beta \widehat j + \gamma \widehat k)$ is perpendicular to each of the vectors ($(\overrightarrow p + \overrightarrow q )$ and $(\overrightarrow p - \overrightarrow q )$, and $\left| {\overrightarrow r } \right| = \sqrt 3 $, then $\left| \alpha \right| + \left| \beta \right| + \left| \gamma \right|$ is equal to _______________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 20th July Evening Shift
For p > 0, a vector ${\overrightarrow v _2} = 2\widehat i + (p + 1)\widehat j$ is obtained by rotating the vector ${\overrightarrow v _1} = \sqrt 3 p\widehat i + \widehat j$ by an angle $\theta$ about origin in counter clockwise direction. If $\tan \theta = {{\left( {\alpha \sqrt 3 - 2} \right)} \over {\left( {4\sqrt 3 + 3} \right)}}$, then the value of $\alpha$ is equal to _____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 20th July Morning Shift
Let $\overrightarrow a $, $\overrightarrow b $, $\overrightarrow c $ be three mutually perpendicular vectors of the same magnitude and equally inclined at an angle $\theta$, with the vector $\overrightarrow a $ + $\overrightarrow b $ + $\overrightarrow c $. Then 36cos22$\theta$ is equal to ___________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 20th July Morning Shift
If the shortest distance between the lines $\overrightarrow {{r_1}} = \alpha \widehat i + 2\widehat j + 2\widehat k + \lambda (\widehat i - 2\widehat j + 2\widehat k)$, $\lambda$ $\in$ R, $\alpha$ > 0 and $\overrightarrow {{r_2}} = - 4\widehat i - \widehat k + \mu (3\widehat i - 2\widehat j - 2\widehat k)$, $\mu$ $\in$ R is 9, then $\alpha$ is equal to ____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 17th March Evening Shift
Let $\overrightarrow x $ be a vector in the plane containing vectors $\overrightarrow a = 2\widehat i - \widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow b = \widehat i + 2\widehat j - \widehat k$. If the vector $\overrightarrow x $ is perpendicular to $\left( {3\widehat i + 2\widehat j - \widehat k} \right)$ and its projection on $\overrightarrow a $ is ${{17\sqrt 6 } \over 2}$, then the value of $|\overrightarrow x {|^2}$ is equal to __________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 17th March Morning Shift
If $\overrightarrow a = \alpha \widehat i + \beta \widehat j + 3\widehat k$,

$\overrightarrow b = - \beta \widehat i - \alpha \widehat j - \widehat k$ and

$\overrightarrow c = \widehat i - 2\widehat j - \widehat k$

such that $\overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow b = 1$ and $\overrightarrow b \,.\,\overrightarrow c = - 3$, then ${1 \over 3}\left( {\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \right)\,.\,\overrightarrow c } \right)$ is equal to _____________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 16th March Evening Shift
Let $\overrightarrow c $ be a vector perpendicular to the vectors, $\overrightarrow a $ = $\widehat i$ + $\widehat j$ $-$ $\widehat k$ and
$\overrightarrow b $ = $\widehat i$ + 2$\widehat j$ + $\widehat k$. If $\overrightarrow c \,.\,\left( {\widehat i + \widehat j + 3\widehat k} \right)$ = 8 then the value of
$\overrightarrow c $ . $\left( {\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b } \right)$ is equal to __________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th February Evening Shift
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + \alpha \widehat j + 3\widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow b = 3\widehat i - \alpha \widehat j + \widehat k$. If the area of the parallelogram whose adjacent sides are represented by the vectors $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ is $8\sqrt 3 $ square units, then $\overrightarrow a $ . $\overrightarrow b $ is equal to __________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 25th February Morning Shift
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + 2\widehat j - \widehat k$, $\overrightarrow b = \widehat i - \widehat j$ and $\overrightarrow c = \widehat i - \widehat j - \widehat k$ be three given vectors. If $\overrightarrow r $ is a vector such that $\overrightarrow r \times \overrightarrow a = \overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow r .\,\overrightarrow b = 0$, then $\overrightarrow r .\,\overrightarrow a $ is equal to __________.
2021 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2021 (Online) 24th February Morning Shift
Let three vectors $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ be such that $\overrightarrow c $ is coplanar
with $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $, $\overrightarrow a .\overrightarrow c $ = 7 and $\overrightarrow b $ is perpendicular to $\overrightarrow c $, where
$\overrightarrow a = - \widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow b = 2\widehat i + \widehat k$ , then the
value of $2{\left| {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c } \right|^2}$ is _____.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 6th September Evening Slot
If $\overrightarrow x $ and $\overrightarrow y $ be two non-zero vectors such that $\left| {\overrightarrow x + \overrightarrow y } \right| = \left| {\overrightarrow x } \right|$ and ${2\overrightarrow x + \lambda \overrightarrow y }$ is perpendicular to ${\overrightarrow y }$, then the value of $\lambda $ is _________ .
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 6th September Morning Slot
If $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ are unit vectors, then the greatest value of

$\sqrt 3 \left| {\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b } \right| + \left| {\overrightarrow a - \overrightarrow b } \right|$ is_____.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 5th September Evening Slot
Let the vectors $\overrightarrow a $, $\overrightarrow b $, $\overrightarrow c $ be such that
$\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right| = 2$, $\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right| = 4$ and $\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right| = 4$. If the projection of
$\overrightarrow b $ on $\overrightarrow a $ is equal to the projection of $\overrightarrow c $ on $\overrightarrow a $
and $\overrightarrow b $ is perpendicular to $\overrightarrow c $, then the value of
$\left| {\overrightarrow a + \vec b - \overrightarrow c } \right|$ is ___________.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 4th September Evening Slot
If $\overrightarrow a = 2\widehat i + \widehat j + 2\widehat k$, then the value of

${\left| {\widehat i \times \left( {\overrightarrow a \times \widehat i} \right)} \right|^2} + {\left| {\widehat j \times \left( {\overrightarrow a \times \widehat j} \right)} \right|^2} + {\left| {\widehat k \times \left( {\overrightarrow a \times \widehat k} \right)} \right|^2}$ is equal to____
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 2nd September Evening Slot
Let the position vectors of points 'A' and 'B' be
$\widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k$ and $2\widehat i + \widehat j + 3\widehat k$, respectively. A point 'P' divides the line segment AB internally in the ratio $\lambda $ : 1 ( $\lambda $ > 0). If O is the origin and
$\overrightarrow {OB} .\overrightarrow {OP} - 3{\left| {\overrightarrow {OA} \times \overrightarrow {OP} } \right|^2} = 6$, then $\lambda $ is equal to______.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 2nd September Morning Slot
Let $\overrightarrow a $, $\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ be three unit vectors such that
${\left| {\overrightarrow a - \overrightarrow b } \right|^2}$ + ${\left| {\overrightarrow a - \overrightarrow c } \right|^2}$ = 8.

Then ${\left| {\overrightarrow a + 2\overrightarrow b } \right|^2}$ + ${\left| {\overrightarrow a + 2\overrightarrow c } \right|^2}$ is equal to ______.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 9th January Evening Slot
Let $\overrightarrow a $, $\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ be three vectors such that $\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right| = \sqrt 3 $, $\left| {\overrightarrow b } \right| = 5,\overrightarrow b .\overrightarrow c = 10$ and the angle between $\overrightarrow b $ and $\overrightarrow c $ is ${\pi \over 3}$. If ${\overrightarrow a }$ is perpendicular to the vector $\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c $ , then $\left| {\overrightarrow a \times \left( {\overrightarrow b \times \overrightarrow c } \right)} \right|$ is equal to _____.
2020 JEE Mains Numerical
JEE Main 2020 (Online) 9th January Morning Slot
If the vectors, $\overrightarrow p = \left( {a + 1} \right)\widehat i + a\widehat j + a\widehat k$,

$\overrightarrow q = a\widehat i + \left( {a + 1} \right)\widehat j + a\widehat k$ and

$\overrightarrow r = a\widehat i + a\widehat j + \left( {a + 1} \right)\widehat k\left( {a \in R} \right)$

are coplanar and $3{\left( {\overrightarrow p .\overrightarrow q } \right)^2} - \lambda \left| {\overrightarrow r \times \overrightarrow q } \right|^2 = 0$, then the value of $\lambda $ is ______.
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
Let $\overrightarrow a \,,\,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ be unit vectors such that ${\overrightarrow a + \overrightarrow b + \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow 0 .}$ Which one of the following is correct ?
A.
$\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b = b \times \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a = \overrightarrow 0 $
B.
$\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b = b \times \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a \ne \overrightarrow 0 $
C.
$\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b = b \times \overrightarrow c = \overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow c \ne \overrightarrow 0 $
D.
$\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b ,b \times \overrightarrow c ,\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow a $ are muturally perpendicular
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
Let the vectors $\overrightarrow {PQ} ,\,\,\overrightarrow {QR} ,\,\,\overrightarrow {RS} ,\,\,\overrightarrow {ST} ,\,\,\overrightarrow {TU} ,$ and $\overrightarrow {UP} ,$ represent the sides of a regular hexagon.

STATEMENT-1: $\overrightarrow {PQ} \times \left( {\overrightarrow {RS} + \overrightarrow {ST} } \right) \ne \overrightarrow 0 .$ because
STATEMENT-2: $\overrightarrow {PQ} \times \overrightarrow {RS} = \overrightarrow 0 $ and $\overrightarrow {PQ} \times \overrightarrow {ST} \ne \overrightarrow 0 \,\,.$

A.
Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1.
B.
Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1.
C.
Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
D.
Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True.
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007
The minimum of distinct real values of $\lambda ,$ for which the vectors $ - {\lambda ^2}\widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k,$ $\widehat i - {\lambda ^2}\widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\widehat i + \widehat j - {\lambda ^2}\widehat k$ are coplanar, is
A.
zero
B.
one
C.
two
D.
three
2025 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2025 Paper 1 Online

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
A.

(P) $\to$ (2)   (Q) $\to$ (1)   (R) $\to$ (4)   (S) $\to$ (5)

B.

(P) $\to$ (2)   (Q) $\to$ (4)   (R) $\to$ (3)   (S) $\to$ (5)

C.

(P) $\to$ (2)   (Q) $\to$ (1)   (R) $\to$ (4)   (S) $\to$ (3)

D.

(P) $\to$ (5)   (Q) $\to$ (4)   (R) $\to$ (1)   (S) $\to$ (3)

2023 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2023 Paper 2 Online
Let the position vectors of the points $P, Q, R$ and $S$ be $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}+6 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$, $\vec{c}=\frac{17}{5} \hat{i}+\frac{16}{5} \hat{j}+7 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{d}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}$, respectively. Then which of the following statements is true?
A.
The points $P, Q, R$ and $S$ are NOT coplanar
B.
$\frac{\vec{b}+2 \vec{d}}{3}$ is the position vector of a point which divides $P R$ internally in the ratio $5: 4$
C.
$\frac{\vec{b}+2 \vec{d}}{3}$ is the position vector of a point which divides $P R$ externally in the ratio $5: 4$
D.
The square of the magnitude of the vector $\vec{b} \times \vec{d}$ is 95
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
2015 JEE Advanced MCQ
JEE Advanced 2015 Paper 1 Offline
Match the following :

$\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ Column $I$
(A)$\,\,\,\,$ In ${R^2},$ If the magnitude of the projection vector of the vector $\alpha \widehat i + \beta \widehat j$ on $\sqrt 3 \widehat i + \widehat j$ and If $\alpha = 2 + \sqrt 3 \beta ,$ then possible value of $\left| \alpha \right|$ is/are
(B)$\,\,\,\,$ Let $a$ and $b$ be real numbers such that the function $f\left( x \right) = \left\{ {\matrix{ { - 3a{x^2} - 2,} & {x < 1} \cr {bx + {a^2},} & {x \ge 1} \cr } } \right.$ if differentiable for all $x \in R$. Then possible value of $a$ is (are)
(C)$\,\,\,\,$ Let $\omega \ne 1$ be a complex cube root of unity. If ${\left( {3 - 3\omega + 2{\omega ^2}} \right)^{4n + 3}} + {\left( {2 + 3\omega - 3{\omega ^2}} \right)^{4n + 3}} + {\left( { - 3 + 2\omega + 3{\omega ^2}} \right)^{4n + 3}} = 0,$ then possible value (s) of $n$ is (are)
(D)$\,\,\,\,$ Let the harmonic mean of two positive real numbers $a$ and $b$ be $4.$ If $q$ is a positive real nimber such that $a, 5, q, b$ is an arithmetic progression, then the value(s) of $\left| {q - a} \right|$ is (are)

$\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ $\,\,\,\,$ Column $II$
(p)$\,\,\,\,$ $1$
(q)$\,\,\,\,$ $2$
(r)$\,\,\,\,$ $3$
(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.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to p,q;\,\,\left( C \right) \to p,q,s,t;\,\,\left( D \right) \to q$
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 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.
$8$
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.
$\left( A \right) \to q;\,\,\left( B \right) \to s;\,\,\left( C \right) \to p;\,\,\left( D \right) \to t$
2010 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 2 Offline
Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram $ABCD$ are given by
$\overrightarrow {AB} = 2\widehat i + 10\widehat j + 11\widehat k$ and $\,\overrightarrow {AD} = -\widehat i + 2\widehat j + 2\widehat k$
The side $AD$ is rotated by an acute angle $\alpha $ in the plane of the parallelogram so that $AD$ becomes $AD'.$ If $AD'$ makes a right angle with the side $AB,$ then the cosine of the angle $\alpha $ is given by
A.
${{8 \over 9}}$
B.
${{{\sqrt {17} } \over 9}}$
C.
${{1 \over 9}}$
D.
${{{4\sqrt 5 } \over 9}}$
2010 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2010 Paper 1 Offline
Let $P,Q,R$ and $S$ be the points on the plane with position vectors ${ - 2\widehat i - \widehat j,4\widehat i,3\widehat i + 3\widehat j}$ and ${ - 3\widehat i + 2\widehat j}$ respectively. The quadrilateral $PQRS$ must be a
A.
parallelogram, which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle
B.
square
C.
rectangle, but not a square
D.
rhombus, but not a square
2009 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2009 Paper 1 Offline

If $\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ and $\overrightarrow d $ are unit vectors such that $(\overrightarrow a \times \overrightarrow b )\,.\,(\overrightarrow c \times \overrightarrow d ) = 1$ and $\overrightarrow a \,.\,\overrightarrow c = {1 \over 2}$, then

A.
$\overrightarrow a \,,\,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ are non-coplanar
B.
$\overrightarrow b \,,\,\overrightarrow c ,\overrightarrow d $ are non-coplanar
C.
$\overrightarrow b \,,\overrightarrow d $ are non-parallel
D.
$\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow d $ parallel and $\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ are parallel
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline

The unit vector perpendicular to both ${L_1}$ and ${L_2}$ is :

A.
${{ - \widehat i + 7\widehat j + 7\widehat k} \over {\sqrt {99} }}$
B.
${{ - \widehat i - 7\widehat j + 5\widehat k} \over {5\sqrt 3 }}$
C.
${{ - \widehat i + 7\widehat j + 5\widehat k} \over {5\sqrt 3 }}$
D.
${{7\widehat i - 7\widehat j - \widehat k} \over {\sqrt {99} }}$
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline
Let two non-collinear unit vectors $\widehat a$ and $\widehat b$ form an acute angle. A point $P$ moves so that at any time $t$ the position vector $\overrightarrow {OP} $ (where $O$ is the origin) is given by $\widehat a\cos t + \widehat b\sin t.$ When $P$ is farthest from origin $O,$ let $M$ be the length of $\overrightarrow {OP} $ and $\widehat u$ be the unit vector along $\overrightarrow {OP} $. Then :
A.
$\widehat u = {{\widehat a + \widehat b} \over {\left| {\widehat a + \widehat b} \right|}}\,\,and\,\,M = {\left( {1 + \widehat a.\,\widehat b} \right)^{1/2}}$
B.
$\widehat u = {{\widehat a - \widehat b} \over {\left| {\widehat a - \widehat b} \right|}}\,\,and\,\,M = {\left( {1 + \widehat a.\,\widehat b} \right)^{1/2}}$
C.
$\widehat u = {{\widehat a + \widehat b} \over {\left| {\widehat a + \widehat b} \right|}}\,\,and\,\,M = {\left( {1 + 2\widehat a.\,\widehat b} \right)^{1/2}}$
D.
$\widehat u = {{\widehat a - \widehat b} \over {\left| {\widehat a - \widehat b} \right|}}\,\,and\,\,M = {\left( {1 + 2\widehat a.\,\widehat b} \right)^{1/2}}$
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 2 Offline

The shortest distance between ${L_1}$ and ${L_2}$ is :

A.
$0$
B.
${17 \over {\sqrt 3 }}$
C.
${41 \over {5\sqrt 3 }}$
D.
${17 \over {5\sqrt 3 }}$
2008 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2008 Paper 1 Offline
The edges of a parallelopiped are of unit length and are parallel to non-coplanar unit vectors $\overrightarrow a \,,\,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ such that $\widehat a\,.\,\widehat b = \widehat b\,.\,\widehat c = \widehat c\,.\,\widehat a = {1 \over 2}.$ Then, the volume of the parallelopiped is :
A.
${1 \over {\sqrt 2 }}$
B.
${1 \over {2\sqrt 2 }}$
C.
${{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}$
D.
${1 \over {\sqrt 3 }}$
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007 Paper 2 Offline

Let $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$ be unit vectors such that $\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}=\overrightarrow{0}$. Which one of the following is correct?

A.
$\vec{a} \times \vec{b}=\vec{b} \times \vec{c}=\vec{c} \times \vec{a}=\overrightarrow{0}$
B.
$\vec{a} \times \vec{b}=\vec{b} \times \vec{c}=\vec{c} \times \vec{a} \neq \overrightarrow{0}$
C.
$\vec{a} \times \vec{b}=\vec{b} \times \vec{c}=\vec{a} \times \vec{c} \neq \overrightarrow{0}$
D.
$\vec{a} \times \vec{b}, \vec{b} \times \vec{c}, \vec{c} \times \vec{a}$ are mutually perpendicular
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007 Paper 1 Offline

The number of distinct real values of $\lambda$, for which the vectors $ - {\lambda ^2}\widehat i + \widehat j + \widehat k,\widehat i - {\lambda ^2}\widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\widehat i + \widehat j - {\lambda ^2}\widehat k$ are coplanar, is :

A.
zero
B.
one
C.
two
D.
three
2007 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2007 Paper 1 Offline

Let the vector $\overrightarrow {PQ} ,\overrightarrow {QR} ,\overrightarrow {RS} ,\overrightarrow {ST} ,\overrightarrow {TU} $ and $\overrightarrow {UP} $, represent the sides of a regular hexagon.

Statement 1 : $\overrightarrow {PQ} \times \left( {\overrightarrow {RS} + \overrightarrow {ST} } \right) \ne \overrightarrow 0 $

Statement 2 : $\overrightarrow {PQ} \times \overrightarrow {RS} = \overrightarrow 0 $ and $\overrightarrow {PQ} \times \overrightarrow {ST} \ne \overrightarrow 0 $

A.
Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True, Statement 2 is a CORRECT explanation for Statement 1
B.
Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True, Statement 2 is NOT a CORRECT explanation for Statement 1
C.
Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is False
D.
Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True
2006 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2006
Let $\overrightarrow a = \widehat i + 2\widehat j + \widehat k,\,\overrightarrow b = \widehat i - \widehat j + \widehat k$ and $\overrightarrow c = \widehat i + \widehat j - \widehat k.$ A vector in the plane of $\overrightarrow a $ and $\overrightarrow b $ whose projection on $\overrightarrow c $ is ${1 \over {\sqrt 3 }},$ is
A.
$4\widehat i - \widehat j + 4\widehat k$
B.
$3\widehat i + \widehat j - 3\widehat k$
C.
$2\widehat i + \widehat j - 2\widehat k$
D.
$4\widehat i + \widehat j - 4\widehat k$
2006 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2006
(i) Two rays in the first quadrant $x+y=|a|$ and $a x-y=1$ Intersects each other in the interval $a \in\left(a_0, \infty\right)$, the value of $a_0$ is (A) 2
(ii) Point $(\alpha, \beta, \gamma)$ lies on the plane $x+y+z=2$.
Let $\vec{a}=\alpha \hat{i}+\beta \hat{j}+\gamma \hat{k}, \hat{k} \times(\hat{k} \times \vec{a})=0$, then $\gamma=$
(B) 4/3
(iii) $
\left|\int_0^1\left(1-y^2\right) d y\right|+\left|\int_1^0\left(y^2-1\right) d y\right|
$
(C) $
\left|\int_0^1 \sqrt{1-x} d x\right|+\left|\int_1^0 \sqrt{1+x} d x\right|
$
(iv) If $\sin A \sin B \sin C+\cos A \cos B=1$, then the value of $\sin C=$ (D) 1
A.

$ \begin{aligned} & \text { (i)-(D); (ii)-(B); (iii)-(B),(C); } \text { (iv)-(A) } \end{aligned} $

B.

$ \begin{aligned} & \text { (i)-(D); (ii)-(A); (iii)-(B); } \text { (iv)-(D) } \end{aligned} $

C.

$ \begin{aligned} & \text { (i)-(A); (ii)-(D); (iii)-(B),(C); } \text { (iv)-(D) } \end{aligned} $

D.

$ \begin{aligned} & \text { (i)-(D); (ii)-(A); (iii)-(B),(C); } \text { (iv)-(D) } \end{aligned} $

2005 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2005 Screening
If $\overrightarrow a \,,\,\overrightarrow b ,\overrightarrow c $ are three non-zero, non-coplanar vectors and
$\overrightarrow {{b_1}} = \overrightarrow b - {{\overrightarrow b .\,\overrightarrow a } \over {{{\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|}^2}}}\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow {{b_2}} = \overrightarrow b + {{\overrightarrow b .\,\overrightarrow a } \over {{{\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|}^2}}}\overrightarrow a ,$
$\overrightarrow {{c_1}} = \overrightarrow c - {{\overrightarrow c .\,\overrightarrow a } \over {{{\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|}^2}}}\overrightarrow a + {{\overrightarrow b .\,\overrightarrow c } \over {{{\left| c \right|}^2}}}{\overrightarrow b _1},\,\,\overrightarrow {{c_2}} = \overrightarrow c - {{\overrightarrow c .\,\overrightarrow a } \over {{{\left| {\overrightarrow a } \right|}^2}}}\overrightarrow a - {{\overrightarrow b \,.\,\overrightarrow c } \over {{{\left| {{{\overrightarrow b }_1}} \right|}^2}}}{\overrightarrow b _1},$
$\overrightarrow {{c_3}} = \overrightarrow c - {{\overrightarrow c .\,\overrightarrow a } \over {{{\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right|}^2}}}\overrightarrow a + {{\overrightarrow b .\,\overrightarrow c } \over {{{\left| c \right|}^2}}}{\overrightarrow b _1},\,\,\overrightarrow {{c_4}} = \overrightarrow c - {{\overrightarrow c .\,\overrightarrow a } \over {{{\left| {\overrightarrow c } \right|}^2}}}\overrightarrow a - {{\overrightarrow b \,.\,\overrightarrow c } \over {{{\left| {{{\overrightarrow b }_1}} \right|}^2}}}{\overrightarrow b _1},$
then the set of orthogonal vectors is
A.
$\left( {\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow {{b_1}} ,\overrightarrow {{c_3}} } \right)$
B.
$\left( {\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow {{b_1}} ,\overrightarrow {{c_2}} } \right)$
C.
$\left( {\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow {{b_1}} ,\overrightarrow {{c_1}} } \right)$
D.
$\left( {\overrightarrow a ,\overrightarrow {{b_2}} ,\overrightarrow {{c_2}} } \right)$
2005 JEE Advanced MCQ
IIT-JEE 2005 Mains

Incident ray is along the unit vector $\hat{v}$ and the reflected ray is along the unit vector $\widehat{w}$. The normal is along unit vector $\hat{a}$ outwards. Express $\hat{w}$, in terms of $\hat{a}$ and $\hat{v}$.

A.
$\widehat{w}=\hat{v}-2(\hat{a} \cdot \hat{v}) \cdot \hat{a}$
B.
$\widehat{w}=\hat{v}+2(\hat{a} \cdot \hat{v}) \cdot \hat{a}$
C.
$\widehat{w}=\hat{v}-3(\hat{a} \cdot \hat{v}) \cdot \hat{a}$
D.
$\widehat{w}=5\hat{v}+3(\hat{a} \cdot \hat{v}) \cdot \hat{a}$