SRI GURU JUNIOR COLLEGE
MATHEMATICS ASSINGMENT
VECTORS
Assignment-1
1. The sum of the distinct real values of for which the vectors, iˆ ˆj kˆ, iˆ ˆj kˆ, iˆ ˆj kˆ are
co – planar is :
1) 0 2) 1 3) -1 4) 2
2. Let a iˆ 2 ˆj 4kˆ, b iˆ ˆj 4kˆ, and c 2 iˆ 4 ˆj 2 1 kˆ, be coplanar vectors.
the non zero vector a c is :
1) 10 iˆ 5 ˆj 2) 14 iˆ 5 ˆj 3) 10 iˆ 5 ˆj 4) 14 iˆ 5 ˆj
3. Let a 2iˆ 1 ˆj 3kˆ, b 4iˆ 3 2 ˆj 6kˆ and c 3iˆ 6 ˆj 3 1 kˆ be three vectors
such that b 2a and a is perpendicular to c . Then a possible value of 1 , 2 , 3 is :
1 1
1) 1,5,1 2) , 4, 0 3) 1,3,1 4) , 4, 2
2 2
4. Let A be a point on the line r 1 3 iˆ 1 ˆj 2 5 kˆ and B(3, 2, 6) be a point
in the space. Then the value of for which the vector AB is parallel to the plane x 4 y 3z 1 is :
1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 4 2 8
5. Let a iˆ ˆj 2kˆ, b b1iˆ b2 ˆj 2kˆ, and c 5iˆ ˆj 2kˆ, be three vectors such that the
projection vector of b on a is a . If a b is perpendicular to c , then b is equal to :
1) 32 2) 22 3) 6 4) 4
6. Let 3iˆ ˆj , iˆ 3 ˆj , and iˆ 1 ˆj 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
3
is , then the sum of all possible values of is :
2
1) 3 2) 1 3) 4 4) 2
7. Let a iˆ ˆj , b iˆ ˆj kˆ, and c be a vector such that a b c 0 and a. c 4 , then c is equal to :
2
19 17
1) 2) 9 3) 4) 8
2 2
8. Let 2 a b and (4 2)a 3b be given vectors where vectors a and b are non – collinear.
Thevalue of for which vectors and are collinear, is :
1) 3 2) -3 3) -4 4) 4
9. Let a , b and c be three unit vectors, out of which vectors b and c are non – parallel. If and are the
1
angles which vector a makes with vectors b and c respectively and a b c b , then is
2
equal to :
1) 900 2) 300 3) 450 4) 600
10. Let a and b be two unit vectors such that a b 3. If c a 2 b 3 a b , then 2 c is equal to
1) 55 2) 51 3) 43 4) 37
11. If the vector b 3 j 4k is written as the sum of a vector b1 , parallel to a i j and a vector b 2 ,
perpendicular to a, then b1 b 2 is equal to
9 9
1) 3i 3 j 9k 2) 3i 3 j 9k 3) 6i 6 j k 4) 6i 6 j k
2 2
12. Let a 2i j 2k and b i j. Let c be a vector such that c a 3, a b c 3 and the angle
between c and a b be 300 . Then a.c is equal to
1 25
1) 2 2) 5 3) 4)
8 8
13. Let a, b and c be three unit vectors such that a b c 2
3
b c . If b is not parallel to c , then the
angle between a and b is
5 3 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
6 4 2 3
14. G is the centroid of ABC ; if AB i 2 j k , AG 2i 4 j , then BC
1) 8i 8 j 2k 2) 8i 8 j 2k 3) 8i 8 j 2k 4) 8i 8 j 2k
15. If a, b, c are three mutually r vectors of each magnitude ' 3 ' units. If satisfies
a x b a b x c b c x a c 0 then x
6 18 3
1) 2) 3) 4) 3
2 2 2
16. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram ABCD are given by AB 2i 10 j 11k and AD i 2 j 2k .
The
side AD is rotated by an acute angle in the plane of the parallelogram so that AD becomes AD1. If
AD1
makes a right angle with the side AB, then cosine of the angle is given by
8 17 1 4 5
1) 2) 3) 4)
9 9 9 9
17. Let P, Q, R and S be points on the plane with position vectors 2i j , 4i, 3i 3 j and 3i 2 j
respectively. The quadrilateral PQRS must be a
1) Parallelogram with which is neither a rhombus nor a rectangle
2) Square
3) Rectangle but not a square
4) Rhombus but not a square
18. the vectors a and b are not perpendicular and c and d are two vectors satisfying
b c b d and a . d 0. Then the vectors d is equal to
a.c b.c a.c b.c
1) c b 2) b c 3) c b 4) b c
a. b a. b a. b a. b
19. Let a i j k , b i j k and c i j k be three vectors. A vectors v in the plane of
a and b ,
1
whose projection on c is , is given by
3
1) i 3 j 3k 2) 3i 3 j k 3) 3i j 3k 4) i 3 j 3k
20. If a and b are two unit vectors inclined at an angle to each other and
a b 3, then lies in the int erval
1) 0, 2) , 3) , 4) ,
6 3 2 6 2 3
21. If a and b are vectors such that a b 29 and a 2i 3 j 4k 2i 3 j 4k b, then a
possible
value of a b . 7i 2 j 3k is
1) 0 2) 3 3) 4 4) 8
22. Let PR 3i j 2k and SQ i 3 j 4k determine diagonals of a parallelogram PQRS and
PT i 2 j 3k be another vector. Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by the vectors
PT , PQ and PS is
1) 5 2) 20 3) 10 4) 30
23. The edges of a parallelepiped are of unit length and are parallel to non – coplanar unit vectors a, b, c are
such
1
that a. b b. c c. a. a . Then the volume of the parallelepiped is
2
1 1 3 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 2 2 3
24. ai , 1 i 9, are real numbers in A. P. Then the vectors x a1i a2 j a3k , y a4i a5 j a6k ,
z a7i a8 j a9k are
1) Coplanar vectors 2) Mutually perpendicular
3) Sides of a cube 4) Collinear
25. If a b 6i k , a c 4 j k and a b c 4i j , then the volume of the parallelepiped with
a , b, c
as coterminal edges is
1) 10 2) 11 3) 16 4) 22
26. If u , v, w are non – coplanar vectors and p, q are real numbers, then the equality
3u pv pw pv w qu 2w qv qu 0 holds for
1) Exactly one value of (p, q) 2) Exactly two value of (p,q) exist
3) More than two but not all values of (p,q) 4) All values of (p,q)
27. Let A be a vector parallel to the line of intersection of the planes P1 and P2 through origin. P1 is
parallel to
the vectors 2 j 3k and 4 j 3k and P2 is parallel to j k and .3i 3 j. Then the angle between the
vector A and 2i j 2k is
5
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 4 6 4
28. If a . a 9. b . b 16, the angle between a and b is 600 and the vectors a b and a b are
orthogonal, then 16 6
1) 9 2) – 9 3) 5 4) 4
29. Let D, E, F be the mid points of the sides BC, CA and AB respectively of a ABC . Then
1 2 1
AC BE CF AD where
2 3 3
1 1
1) 0 2) 1 3) 4)
2 3
30. Let a i j , b i j 2k and c 2i j k be the coterminal edges of a parallelepiped with the base
formed by the vectors b and c . Then its altitude is
4 2 2 8
1) 2) 3) 4)
3 5 3 5 5 3 5
1-10 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 2 1
11-20 4 1 1 2 3 2 1 3 3 4
21-30 3 3 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 1
