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TOPIC: VECTOR ALGEBRA

1. Let A (x1 , y1 ), B(x2 , y2 ), C (x3 , y3 ) and D (x4 , y 4 ) be points in a plane. Then the coordinates of
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the point X, where OX = AB + CD are
(A) (x2 - x1 + x4 - x3 , y2 - y1 + y4 - y3 )
(B) (x2 - x1 + x4 + x3 , y2 - y1 + y4 - y3 )
(C) (x2 - x1 + x4 - x3 , y2 - y1 + y4 + y3 )
(D) (x2 - x4 - x4 - x3 , y2 - y1 + y4 - y3 )

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2. If A (2, 2, 1), B (2, 3, 4), C (6, 2, 7) and D(2, 1, 0) are given points, then AB + CD is equal to
(A) 8i + 2 j + 2k (C) 8i - 2 j + 2k
(B) - (8i + 2 j + 2k) (D) 8i + 2 j - 2k
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3.
r cr = i + j - k . A vector coplanar with ar and b has a scalar
b = i - 2 j + k,
Let a = i + 2 j + k,
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projection along c equal to , than the vector is
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(A) 4i - j + 4k (B) 4i + j - 4k (C) 2i + j + k (D) None of these

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4. If a + b + c = 0 and |a|= 3,|b|= 5, |c|= 7, then the angle between a and b is
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(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 3 3 3

5. a x b b xc c x a is equal to

2
(A) a b c (B) a b c (C) 2 a b c (D) None of these

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6. If P, Q, R are points in a plane with a, b, c as their position vectors respectively. Then the position
vector of the centroid of the triangle PQR is
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a+ b+ c a + b- c a+ b+ c a- b+ c
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 3 3

7. If A (5, 1), B (2,1), C (4,2), D(3, 4) and P (2,4) are give given points in a plane, then the
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magnitude of the vector PX ,where OX = AB + CD is
(A) 3 30 (B) 3 20 (C) 3 (D) 4

8. The points A, B, C with position vectors respectively 60i + 3j,

40i - 8j,ai
- 52j are collinear if
(A) a = 40 (B) a = 40 (C) a = 20 (D) a = 15

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9. Given points 0 (0,0), P(1,2), Q(1,2) and R (2,4) the coordinates of X such that
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OX = OR - 2OP + 3OQ are
(A) (3,6) (B) (2,6) (C) (2,6) (D) (7,6)

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10. The point, which is at a distance equal to of AB from A towards B, where A is (5, 4) and B is
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(5, 4) is
(A) (5, 2) (B) (5, 3) (C) (5, 1) (D) (5, 2)
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11. If AB = 3i + 4j + 2k , CD = 5i + 2j + 3k and EF = 3i + 4j - 2k , then AB - 3CD + 3EF is equal
to
(A) 3i + 10j - 13k (B) - 3i + 10j + 13k
(C) - 3i + 10j - 13k (D) - 3i - 10j - 13k

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12. Let ABC be a triangle with OA = 2i - 3j + 2k , OB = i + 4j + 2k and OC = 3i - 2 j + 5k . Then
the triangle is
(A) scalene (B) isosceles (C) equilateral (D) None of these

13. Let ABCD be a quadrilateral with position vectors of the vertices A, B, C, D respectively are
4i - 5j + 2k , 5i - 2 j + 3k , 2i + 2 j + 4k , 4i + 8j + 6k . Then the quadrilateral is
(A) Rhombus (B) parallelogram (C) trapezium (D) rectangle

14. Let PQRS be a quadrilateral and the position vectors of the vertices P, Q, R, S respectively are
- 2i - j, 4i,
3i + 3j,
- 3i + 2j . Then the quadrilateral PQRS is
(A) parallelogram but neither rhombus nor rectangle
(B) square
(C) rhombus but not square
(D) rectangle but not square

15. The magnitude of vector

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2AB + 4CD - 3EF where AB = 2i + 3j + 3k , CD = - 3i + 2 j - k , EF = 3i + 2 j - 3k is
(A) 475 (B) 474 (C) 473 (D) 472

16. Let A, B and C be three points in a plane with their position vector 3 3i - 3j,
6j,
3 3i + 3j
respectively. These points are vertices of a
(A) scalene triangle (B) isosceles triangle
(C) equilateral triangle (D) right angled triangle
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17. A vector V is inclined at equal angles to OX, OY and OZ. If |V|= 6 , the vector V is

(A) 3(i + j + k)
(B) 6(i + j + k)

(C) 2(i + j + k)
(D) 2 3(i + j + k)

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18. Let a = 3i - 4j - 4k, and cr = i - 3j - 5k be the position vectors of three points A,
b = 2i - j + k,
B, C respectively. Then these points are
(A) collinear (B) vertices of a right angled triangle
(C) are vertices of an equilateral triangle (D) are vertices of an isosceles triangle

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19. The direction cosines of the vector AB , where point A is (4, 3, 6) and point B is (2,3,5) are
6 - 1 6 1
(A) - ,0, (B) ,0,
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- 6 - 1 6 1
(C) , 0, (D) , 0,
37 37 37 37

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20. Let a = 4i + 3 j and b be two vectors perpendicular to each other in the xy-plane. Then the vectors
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in the same plane having scalar projections 1 an d2 along a and b respectively are
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(A) - i + j, 2i - j (B) i - j, i - 2 j
6 5 5 5
2 11 2 11
(C) - i - j, - 2i - j (D) i - j, 2i + j
5 5 5 5

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21. b= -
If a = 2i - 3j + 4k, 3i + 4j - 2k and c = 4i - 2 j + k , then the value of p where a - pb is
r
perpendicular to c is
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(A) (B) (C) - (D) -
11 9 11 9
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22. The area of the parallelogram having diagonals d1 = 3i + j - 2k and d2 = i - 3j + 4k
(A) 5 3 (B) 10 3 (C) 20 3 (D) 15 3

23. Let a = 2i + j - k, b = i + j + k and c = 3i + 2j - 2k . Then the vector r such that rxa = axb and
r . a = 0 is
1 2 4 1 2 4
(A) i j k (B) i+ j k
3 3 3 3 3 3
1 2 4 1 2 4
(C) i j k (D) i + j k
3 3 3 3 3 3

24. It a 2b 3c 0 then value of a x b b x c c x a is

(A) 6 b x c (B) a x b (C) c x a (D) 0

+ a x j a x k
2 2 2
25. Let a be any vector. Then the value of a x i is
2 2 2
(A) a (B) 2 a (C) a (D) 4 a

26. If a point A with position vector a i + 4j 3k , point B with position vector b 3i + 2j 5k , point
C with position vector c 3i + 8j 5k and point D with position vector d 3i + 2j 5k are
coplanar, then value of is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

27. If a, b , c are three non zero unit vectors such that a b and angle between and is then
a a x b
a x b x c is equal to
(A) cos (B) cos (C) sin (D) 0

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28. If a and b are vector such that a , a , them the value of
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2a b . a x b x a x2 b is
(A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 4

bc
29. If a , b , c are non-coplanar unit vectors such that a x b x c 2
, then the angle between a and b

is
3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 4 2

30. If a , b and c are three unit vectors such that a x b x c 1

2
c and b is not parallel to c , then the

angles made by vector a with b and c respectively, are:

(A) 600 and 450 (B) 800 and 700 (C) 600 and 900 (D) 1200 and 900

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