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KEY CONCEPTS
1. DEFINITIONS:
A VECTOR may be described as a quantity having both magnitude & direction. A vector is generally

represented by a directed line segment, say AB . A is called the initial point & B is called the terminal
 
point. The magnitude of vector AB is expressed by  AB .
ZERO VECTOR a vector of zero magnitude i.e.which has the same initial & terminal point, is called a
ZERO VECTOR. It is denoted by O.
 
UNIT VECTOR a vector of unit magnitude in direction of a vector a is called unit vector along a and is

a
denoted by â symbolically â   .
a
EQUAL VECTORS two vectors are said to be equal if they have the same magnitude, direction & represent
the same physical quantity.
COLLINEAR VECTORS two vectors are said to be collinear if their directed line segments are parallel
disregards to their direction. Collinear vectors are also called PARALLEL VECTORS. If they have the same
direction they are named as like vectors otherwise unlike vectors.
   
Symbolically, two non zero vectors a and b are collinear if and only if, a  K b .
COPLANAR VECTORS a given number of vectors are called coplanar if their line segments lies on the same
plane. Note that “Two parallel or intersecting vectors always lies in the same plane”.

POSITION VECTOR let O be a fixed origin, then the position vector of a point P is the vector OP . If
 
a & b are position vectors of two point A and B, then ,
  
AB = b  a = pv of B  pv of A .
2. VECTOR ADDITION :
     
 If two vectors a & b are represented by OA & OB , then their sum a  b is a vector represented

by OC , where OC is the diagonal of the parallelogram OACB.
         
 a  b  b  a (commutative) (a  b)  c  a  ( b  c) (associativity)
         
 a  0a 0  a  a  (  a )  0  (  a )  a
3. MULTIPLICATION OF VECTOR BY SCALARS :
  
If a is a vector & m is a scalar, then m a is a vector parallel to a whose modulus is m times that of
  
a . This multiplication is called SCALAR MULTIPLICATION. If a & b are vectors & m, n are scalars, then:
     
m ( a )  ( a )m  m a m ( n a )  n ( m a )  ( mn ) a
      
( m  n )a  m a  n a m (a  b )  m a  m b
4. SECTION FORMULA :
 
If a & b are the position vectors of two points A & B then the p.v. of a point which divides AB in the
   
 na  m b ab
ratio m : n is given by : r  . Note p.v. of mid point of AB = .
mn 2
5. DIRECTION COSINES :
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
Let a  a1î  a 2 ĵ  a 3k̂ the angles which this vector makes with the +ve directions OX,OY & OZ are
called DIRECTION ANGLES & their cosines are called the DIRECTION COSINES .
a a a
cos   1 , cos   2 , cos   3 . Note that, cos² + cos²  + cos²  = 1
a a a
6. VECTOR EQUATION OF A LINE :

Parametric vector equation of a line passing through two point
     
A (a ) & B( b) is given by, r  a  t (b  a ) where t is a

parameter. If the line passes through the point A (a ) & is
   
parallel to the vector b then its equation is, r  a  t b
Note that the equations of the bisectors of the angles between
     
the lines r = a +  b & r = a +  c is :
   
r = a + t b  c   & r = a + p c  b .  
7. TEST OF COLLINEARITY :
  
Three points A,B,C with position vectors a , b, c respectively are collinear, if & only if there exist scalars
  
x , y , z not all zero simultaneously such that ; xa  yb  zc  0 , where x + y + z = 0.
8. SCALAR PRODUCT OF TWO VECTORS :

  
 a.b  a b cos (0    ) ,
 
note that if  is acute then a.b > 0 & if  is obtuse then a.b < 0
  2          
 a.a  a a 2 ,a.bb.a (commutative)  a . ( b  c)  a . b  a . c (distributive)
    
 a.b  0  a  b ( a  0 b  0)
 î . î  ˆj. ˆj  k̂ . k̂  1 , î . ˆj  ĵ. k̂  k̂ . î  0

  a.b
 projection of a on b   .
b
  a  b  
  
    a  b 
Note: Vector component of a along b =    b and perpendicular to b = a –  2 b.
 b2   b 
  
 a .b
 the angle  between a & b is given by cos     0 
ab
  
 if a  a1î  a 2 ĵ  a 3k̂ & b  b1î  b 2 ĵ  b3k̂ then a .b = a1b1 + a2b2 + a3b3
 
a  a 12  a 2 2  a 3 2 , b  b12  b 2 2  b 3 2
Note :
   
(i) Maximum value of a . b =  a  b 
   
(ii) Minimum value of a . b =   a  b 
    
(iii) Any vector a can be written as a = a . i i  a . j j  a . k k .      
 
  a b
(iv) A vector in the direction of the bisector of the angle between the two vectors a & b is    . Hence
a b
 
bisector of the angle between the two vectors a & b is  a  b , where  R+. Bisector of the
 
 
exterior angle between a & b is  a  b ,  R+ .
 
9. VECTOR PRODUCT OF TWO VECTORS :
     
(i) If a & b are two vectors &  is the angle between them then a  b  a b sin  nˆ ,
   
where n̂ is the unit vector perpendicular to both a & b such that a , b & nˆ forms a
right handed screw system .
   
    2  2  2   2 a .a a .b
(ii) Lagranges Identity : for any two vectors a & b , | a  b |  a b  (a .b)     
a .b b.b
(iii) Formulation of vector product in terms of scalar product:
  
The vector product a x b is the vector c , such that
      
(i) | c | = a 2 b 2  (a  b) 2 (ii) c  a = 0; c  b =0 and
  
(iii) a , b, c form a right handed system
       
(iv) a  b  0  a & b are parallel (collinear) ( a  0 , b  0 ) i.e. a  K b , where K is a scalar..
 
 a  b  b  a (not commutative)
     
 (ma )  b  a  ( mb)  m(a  b) where m is a scalar .
      
 a  (b  c)  (a  b)  (a  c) (distributive)
 î  î  ˆj  ˆj  k̂  k̂  0
 î  ˆj  k̂ , ˆj  k̂  î , k̂  î  ˆj
î ĵ k̂
   
(v) If a  a1î  a 2 ĵ  a 3k̂ & b  b1î  b 2 ĵ  b3k̂ then a  b  a1 a 2 a3
b1 b 2 b3
 
(vi) Geometrically a  b = area of the parallelogram whose two adjacent sides are
 
represented by a & b .
 
  ab
(vii) Unit vector perpendicular to the plane of a & b is n̂    
ab
 

  r ab
A vector of magnitude ‘r’ & perpendicular to the plane of a & b is   
 
ab
 
  ab
 If  is the angle between a & b then sin    
a b
(viii) Vector area
  
 If a , b & c are the pv’s of 3 points A, B & C then the vector area of triangle ABC =
1       . The points A, B & C are collinear if a  b  b  c  c  a  0
a  b  b  c  c  a 
2  
  1  
 Area of any quadrilateral whose diagonal vectors are d 1 & d 2 is given by d1 xd 2
2
10. SHORTEST DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO LINES :
If two lines in space intersect at a point, then obviously the shortest distance between them is zero. Lines
which do not intersect & are also not parallel are called SKEW LINES. For Skew lines the direction of
the shortest distance would be perpendicular to both the lines. The magnitude of the shortest distance

vector would be equal to that of the projection of AB along the direction of the line of shortest distance,
        
LM is parallel to p x q i.e. LM  Pr ojection of AB on LM = Pr ojection of AB on px q
      
AB . (p x q) (b  a ) . (p xq)
=     
pxq pxq
 
1. The two lines directed along p & q will intersect only if shortest distance = 0 i.e.
          
    
(b  a ).(p x q)  0 i.e. b  a lies in the plane containing p & q .  b  a p q  0 .
  
      b x(a 2  a 1 )
2. If two lines are given by r1  a 1  Kb & r2  a 2  Kb i.e. they are parallel then , d  
b
11. SCALAR TRIPLE PRODUCT / BOX PRODUCT / MIXED PRODUCT :
  
 The scalar triple product of three vectors a , b & c is defined as :
      
a x b .c  a b c sin  cos  where  is the angle between a & b &  is the angle between a  b & c .


It is also defined as [ a b c ] , spelled as box product .
 Scalar triple product geometrically represents the volume of the parallelopiped whose three
   
coterminous edges are represented by a , b & c i . e . V  [ a b c ]
 In a scalar triple product the position of dot & cross can be interchanged i.e.
        
a . ( b x c )  ( a x b ) .c OR [ a b c ]  [ b c a ]  [ c a b ]
       
 a . (b x c)   a .( cx b) i. e. [ a b c ]   [ a c b ]
a a a
   
1 2 3
 If a  a1î  a 2 ĵ  a 3k̂ ; b  b1î  b 2 ĵ  b3k̂ & c  c1î  c 2 ĵ  c3k̂ then [a b c]  b1 b 2 b 3 .

c1 c2 c3
           
In general , if a  a1   a 2 m  a 3 n ; b  b1   b 2 m  b 3n & c  c1   c 2 m  c3n
a1 a 2 a 3
    
then a b c  b1 b2 b3   mn  ; where  , m & n are non coplanar vectors .
c1 c2 c3
   
 If a , b , c are coplanar  [ a b c ]  0 .

 Scalar product of three vectors, two of which are equal or parallel is 0 i.e. [ a b c ]  0 ,
   
Note : If a , b , c are non  coplanar then [ a b c ]  0 for right handed system &

[ a b c ]  0 for left handed system .
      
 [i j k] = 1  [ Ka b c ]  K[ a b c ]  [(a  b) c d ]  [ a c d ]  [ b c d ]
  
 The volume of the tetrahedron OABC with O as origin & the pv’s of A, B and C being a , b & c
1 
respectively is given by V  [a b c]
6
   
 The positon vector of the centroid of a tetrahedron if the pv’s of its angular vertices are a , b , c & d are
1    
given by [a  b  c  d].
4
Note that this is also the point of concurrency of the lines joining the vertices to the centroids of the
opposite faces and is also called the centre of the tetrahedron. In case the tetrahedron is regular it is
equidistant from the vertices and the four faces of the tetrahedron .
            

Remember that : a  b b  c c  a = 0  &   
a  b b  c ca = 2 a b c . 
*12. VECTOR TRIPLE PRODUCT :
     
Let a , b , c be any three vectors, then the expression a  ( b  c ) is a vector & is called a vector
triple product .
  
GEOMETRICAL INTERPRETATION OF a  ( b  c )
  
Consider the expression a  ( b  c ) which itself is a vector, since it is a cross product of two vectors
          
a & ( b x c ) . Now a x ( b x c ) is a vector perpendicular to the plane containing a & ( b x c ) but b x c
    
is a vector perpendicular to the plane b & c , therefore a x ( b x c ) is a vector lies in the plane of
       
b & c and perpendicular to a . Hence we can express a x ( b x c ) in terms of b & c
    
i.e. a x ( b x c ) = xb  yc where x & y are scalars .
                 
 a x ( b x c ) = (a . c) b  (a . b) c  (a x b) x c = (a . c) b  (b . c) a
     
 (a x b) x c  a x (b x c)
13. LINEAR COMBINATIONS / Linearly Independent and Dependent of Vectors :
      
Given a finite set of vectors a , b , c ,...... then the vector r  x a  y b  z c  ........ is called a linear
  
combination of a , b , c ,...... for any x, y, z ...... R. We have the following results :
 
(a) FUNDAMENTALTHEOREM IN PLANE : Let a ,b be non zero , non collinear vectors . Then any vector r
 
coplanar with a ,b can be expressed uniquely as a linear combination of a ,b
  
i.e. There exist some unique x,y  R such that x a  yb  r .
  
(b) FUNDAMENTAL THEOREM IN SPACE : Let a , b , c be nonzero, noncoplanar vectors in space. Then any
   
vector r , can be uniquily expressed as a linear combination of a , b , c i.e. There exist some unique x,y
   
 R such that x a  y b  z c  r .
  
(c) If x 1 , x 2 ,...... x n are n non zero vectors, & k1, k2, .....kn are n scalars & if the linear combination
     
k 1 x 1  k 2 x 2  ........ k n x n  0  k 1  0 ,k 2  0 ..... k n  0 then we say that vectors x 1 , x 2 ,...... x n
are LINEARLY INDEPENDENT VECTORS .
  
(d) If x 1 , x 2 ,...... x n are not LINEARLY INDEPENDENT then they are said to be LINEARLY DEPENDENT
  
vectors . i.e. if k 1 x 1  k 2 x 2  ........  k n x n  0 & if there exists at least one kr  0 then
  
x 1 , x 2 ,...... x n are said to be LINEARLY DEPENDENT .
Note :
  
 If a = 3iˆ + 2jˆ + 5kˆ then a is expressed as a LINEAR COMBINATION of vectors î , ˆj, k̂ . Also , a , î , ˆj, k̂
form a linearly dependent set of vectors. In general , every set of four vectors is a linearly dependent
system.
 î , ˆj , k̂ are LINEARLY INDEPENDENT set of vectors. For
K1î  K 2 ĵ  K 3k̂  0 K1 = 0 = K2 = K3.
     
 Two vectors a & b are linearly dependent  a is parallel to b i.e. a x b  0 linear dependent of
     
a & b . Conversely if a x b  0 then a & b are linearly independent .
     
 If three vectors a , b , c are linearly dependent, then they are coplanar i.e. [ a b c ]  0 , conversely, if
  
[ a b c ]  0 , then the vectors are linearly independent.
14. COPLANARITY OF VECTORS :
   
Four points A, B, C, D with position vectors a , b , c , d respectively are coplanar if and only if there exist
   
scalars x, y, z, w not all zero simultaneously such that x a+ y b + z c + w d = 0 where, x + y + z + w = 0.
15. RECIPROCAL SYSTEM OF VECTORS :
           
If a , b , c & a ' ,b ' ,c ' are two sets of non coplanar vectors such that a . a '= b . b '= c . c '= 1 then the
two systems are called Reciprocal System of vectors.
     
bx c cx a axb
Note : a'=    ; b'     ; c'  
 
abc  
abc  
abc
16. EQUATION OF A PLANE :

    
(a) The equation ( r  r0 ).n  0 represents a plane containing the point with p.v. r0 where n is a
 
vector normal to the plane . r . n  d is the general equation of a plane.
(b) Angle between the 2 planes is the angle between 2 normals drawn to the planes and the angle between
a line and a plane is the compliment of the angle between the line and the normal to the plane.
17. APPLICATION OF VECTORS :

(a) Work done against a constant force F over a
 
displacement s is defined as W F.s

(b) The tangential velocity V of a body moving in a
   
circle is given by V  w  r where r is the pv of the
point P.
    
(c) The moment of F about ’O’ is defined as M  r  F where r

is the pv of P wrt ’O’. The direction of M is along the
  
normal to the plane OPN such that r , F & M form a
right handed system.
    
(d) Moment of the couple = ( r1  r2 )  F where r1 & r2 are pv’s of the
 
point of the application of the forces F &  F .
3 -D COORDINATE GEOMETRY
USEFUL RESULTS
A General :
(1) Distance (d) between two points (x1 , y1 , z1) and (x2 , y2 , z2)
d= ( x 2  x1 ) 2  ( y 2  y1 ) 2  (z 2  z1 ) 2
(2) Section Fomula
m 2 x1  m1 x 2 m 2 y1  m1 y 2 m 2 z1  m1 z 2
x= ; y= ; z= m1  m 2
m1  m 2 m1  m 2
( For external division take –ve sign )
Direction Cosine and direction ratio's of a line
(3) Direction cosine of a line has the same meaning as d.c's of a vector.
(a) Any three numbers a, b, c proportional to the direction cosines are called the direction ratios i.e.
l m n 1
  
a b c a 2  b2  c2
same sign either +ve or –ve should be taken through out.
note that d.r's of a line joining x1 , y1 , z1 and x2 , y2 , z2 are proportional to x2 – x1 , y2 – y1 and z2 – z1
(b) If  is the angle between the two lines whose d.c's are l1 , m1 , n1 and l2 , m2 , n2
cos = l1 l2 + m1 m2 + n1 n2
hence if lines are perpendicular then l1 l2 + m1 m2 + n1 n2 = 0
l1 m1 n1
if lines are parallel then  
l2 m 2 n 2
l1 m1 n1
note that if three lines are coplanar then l2 m2 n2 = 0
l3 m3 n3
(4) Projection of the join of two points on a line with d.c's l, m, n are
l (x2 – x1) + m(y2 – y1) + n(z2 – z1)
B PLANE
(i) General equation of degree one in x, y, z i.e. ax + by + cz + d = 0 represents a plane.
(ii) Equation of a plane passing through (x1 , y1 , z1) is
a (x – x1) + b (y – y1) + c (z – z1) = 0
where a, b, c are the direction ratios of the normal to the plane.
x y z
(iii) Equation of a plane if its intercepts on the co-ordinate axes are x1 , y1 , z1 is x  y  z  1 .
1 1 1
(iv) Equation of a plane if the length of the perpendicular from the origin on the plane is p and d.c's of the
perpendicular as l , m, , n is l x + m y + n z = p
(v) Parallel and perpendicular planes – Two planes
a1 x + b1 y + c1z + d1 = 0 and a2x + b2y + c2z + d2 = 0 are perpendicular if a1 a2 + b1 b2 + c1 c2 = 0
a1 b1 c1
parallel if   and
a 2 b2 c2
a1 b1 c1 d1
coincident if   
a 2 b2 c2 d 2
(vi) Angle between a plane and a line is the compliment of the angle between the normal to the plane and the
    
Line : r  a   b  then b.n
line . If cos(90  )  sin     .
Plane : r . n  d  | b | .| n |
where  is the angle between the line and normal to the plane.
(vii) Length of the perpendicular from a point (x1 , y1 , z1) to a plane ax + by + cz + d = 0 is
ax1  by1  cz1  d

p=
a 2  b2  c2
(viii) Distance between two parallel planes ax + by + cz + d1 = 0 and ax + by + cz + d2 = 0 is
d1  d 2
a 2  b2  c2
(ix) Planes bisecting the angle between two planes
a1x + b1y + c1z + d1 = 0 and a2x + b2y + c2z + d2 = 0 is given by
a1x  b1y  c1z  d1 a 2 x  b 2 y  c2z  d 2

=
a12  b12  c12 a 22  b 22  c 22
Of these two bisecting planes , one bisects the acute and the other obtuse angle between the given
planes.
(x) Equation of a plane through the intersection of two planes P1 and P2 is given by P1 + P2 = 0
C STRAIGHT LINE IN SPACE

(i) Equation of a line through A (x1 , y1 , z1) and having direction cosines l ,m , n are
x  x1 y  y1 z  z1
 
l m n
and the lines through (x1 , y1 ,z1) and (x2 , y2 ,z2)
x  x1 y  y1 z  z1
 
x 2  x1 y 2  y1 z 2  z1
(ii) Intersection of two planes a1x + b1y + c1z + d1 = 0 and a2x + b2y + c2z + d2 = 0
together represent the unsymmetrical form of the straight line.
x  x1 y  y1 z  z1
(iii) General equation of the plane containing the line   is
l m n
A (x – x1) + B(y – y1) + c (z – z1) = 0 where Al + bm + cn = 0 .
LINE OF GREATEST SLOPE

AB is the line of intersection of G-plane and H-plane is the
horizontal plane. Line of greatest slope on a given plane, drawn
through a given point on the plane, is the line through the point
'P' perpendicular to the line of intersetion of the given plane with
any horizontal plane.
Solved Examples
Q.1 If ABCDEF is a regular hexagon and AB + AC + AD + AE + AF = k AD , then k equals-

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 5
Sol.  AB = ED and AF = CD ,
E D
so AB + AC + AD + AE + AF
F C
= ED + AC + AD + AE + CD
= ( AC + CD ) + ( AE + ED ) + AD A B
= AD + AD + AD = 3 AD
 k=3 Ans.[B]
Q.2 The length of diagonal AC of a parallellogram ABCD whose two adjacent sides AB and AD are represented
respectively by 2î  4ˆj  5k̂ and î  2ˆj  3k̂ is-
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 7
Sol.  AC = AB + AD D C
= 3î  6ˆj  2k̂ i + 2j + 3k
 Length of the diagonal AC = | AC | A 2i + 4j – 5k B
= 32  62   22 = 7 Ans.[D]
Q.3 If the middle points of sides BC, CA & AB of triangle ABC are respectively D,E,F then position vector
of centre of triangle DEF, when position vector of A,B, C are respectively î  ˆj , ˆj  k̂ , k̂  î is-
1 2
(A) ( î  ĵ  k̂ ) (B) ( î  ĵ  k̂ ) (C) 2 ( î  ĵ  k̂ ) (D) ( î  ĵ  k̂ )
3 3
Sol. The position vector of points D, E, F are respectively
î  ˆj k̂  ˆj î  k̂ ˆ
+ k̂ , î + and + j
2 2 2
So, position vector of centre of DEF
1  î  ˆj k̂  ˆj î  k̂  2
=   k̂  î    ĵ = [ î  ĵ  k̂ ] Ans.[D]
3  2 2 2  3
Q.4 Let position vectors of points A,B,C and D are respectively 3 î  2 ˆj  k̂ , 2 î  3 ˆj  4 k̂ ,  î  ˆj  2 k̂
and 4 î  5 ĵ   k̂ . If the points are coplanar, then the value of  is-
146 146
(A) – (B) (C) 0 (D) None of these
17 17
Sol. AB =  î  5 ˆj  3 k̂
AC =  4 î  3 ˆj  3 k̂ and AD = î  7 ˆj  (  1) k̂
If A,B,C,D are coplanar, then vectors AB , AC and AD are coplanar, then
1 5  3
 AB AC AD  = 0 or 4 3 3 =0
1 7  1
 146
 = Ans.[A]
17
Q.6 The vector c, directed along the internal bisector of the angle between the vectors 7î  4ˆj  4k̂ and
 2î  ˆj  2k̂ with | c | = 5 6 is-
5 5 5
(A) î  7ˆj  2k̂ (B) ( 5î  5ˆj  2k̂ ) (C) ( î  7ˆj  2k̂ ) (D) None of these
3 3 3
 
Sol. Let a  7 î  4ˆj  4k̂ and b  2î  ˆj  2k̂
b
 7 î  4ˆj  4k̂  2î  ˆj  2k̂   î  7ˆj  2k̂  c
c =  (â  b̂) =     =  
9 3   9 
    a
 5
c =5 6   = ± 15  c = ±
3

î  7ˆj  2k̂  Ans.[A]
      
Q.7 If moduli of vectors a , b, c are 3,4 and 5 respectively and a and b  c , b and c  a , c and a  b are
  
perpendicular to each other, then modulus of a  b  c is -
(A) 5 2 (B) 2 5 (C) 50 (D) 20
     
Sol.  a  ( b  c )  a .b + a .c = 0
           
Similarly b  ( c  a )  b . c + b . a = 0 and c  ( a  b )  c . a  c . b = 0
     
 a . b + b . c + c .a = 0
        
Now | a  b  c |2 = | a |2 + | b|2 + | c |2 + 2( a . b  b . c  c . a ) = 9 + 16 + 25 = 50
  
|a  b  c | = 5 2 Ans.[A]

   
Q.8 If | a  b | = | a  b | then angle between a and b is -
(A) 60º (B) 30º (C) 90º (D) 180º
 
Sol. |a + b | = | a  b |
   
 | a  b |2 = | a  b |2
 | a |2 + | b|2 + 2 a . b = | a |2 + | b|2 – 2 a . b
 4 a.b = 0
 a.b = 0  a  b Ans.[C]
  
Q.9 If a , b, c are three vectors such that a  b  c = 0, then-
       
(A) a  b = b  c (B) b  c = c  a
     
(C) a  b = b  c = c  a (D) None of these
    
Sol.  a bc = 0  c = – (a  b)
          
 b  c =  b  (a  b) =  b  a  b  b = a  b
   
Similarly c  a = a  b
     
 ab = bc = ca Ans.[C]
Q.10 If  î  mˆj  nk̂ is a unit vector which is perpendicular to vectors 2 î  ˆj  k̂ and 3 î  4ˆj  k̂ then || is
equal to-
3 3 3
(A) – (B) (C) (D) None of these
155 155 155
Sol. Vector 2 î  ˆj  k̂ and 3 î  4ˆj  k̂
2î  ĵ  k̂   (3î  4 ĵ  k̂) = î (1  4)  ĵ (2  3)  k̂ (8  3)  3î  5 ĵ  11 k̂

| 2î  ĵ  k̂   (3î  4 ĵ  k̂ ) |
= =
9  25  121 155
3 3
 | | = = Ans.[C]
155 155
Q.11 The unit vector perpendicular to the plane passing through points P ( î  ˆj  2 k̂ ), Q( 2 î  k̂ ) and
R( 2 ˆj  k̂ ) is-
1 1
(A) 2 î  ĵ  k̂ (B) 6 ( 2 î  ĵ  k̂ ) (C) ( ) (D) ( 2 î  ĵ  k̂ )
6 2 î  ĵ  k̂ 6
Sol. PQ = ( 2 î  k̂ ) – ( î  ˆj  2k̂ ) = î  ˆj  3k̂
PR = ( 2ˆj  kˆ ) – ( î  ˆj  2k̂ ) =  î  3 ˆj  k̂
î ĵ k̂
Now PQ × PR = 1 1  3 = 8 î  4 ˆj  4 k̂  PQ PR = 64  16  16 = 4 6
1 3 1
4 (2î  ˆj  k̂ ) 1
 reqd. unit vector = = ( ) Ans.[C]
4 6 6 2 î  ĵ  k̂
Q.12 The area of parallelogram whose diagonals are respectively 3î  ˆj  2k̂ and î  3ˆj  4k̂ is-
(A) 5 2 (B) 5 3 (C) 2 5 (D) 3 5

1
Sol. Area of parallelogram = |a × b |
2
where a = 3î  ˆj  2k̂ and b = î  3ˆj  4k̂
î ĵ k̂
 
now a  b = 3 1  2 =  2î  14ˆj  10 k̂
1 3 4
 Area of parallelogram
1
= |  2î  14ˆj  10 k̂ | = 1  49  25 = 5 3 Ans.[B]
2
Q.13 If î  ˆj  2 k̂ , 2î  ˆj  k̂ and 3î  ˆj  2 k̂ are position vectors of vertices of a triangle, then its area is-
(A) 26 (B) 13 (C) 2 13 (D) 13

Sol. If A,B,C are given vertices, then
AB = î  2ˆj  3 k̂ , AC = 2 î
 AB × AC = ( î  2ˆj  3 k̂ ) × 2 î =  4 k̂  6ˆj  AB AC = 16  36 = 2 13
1
 Area of ABC = AB AC = 13 Ans.[D]
2
Q.14 If A,B,C,D are any four points, then | AB  CD  BC  AD  CA  BD | equals-

(A) Area of ABC (B) 2(Area of ABC)
(C) 3(Area of ABC) (D) 4 (Area of ABC)
Sol. Let a, b, c and d be position vectors of points A,B,C and D respectively, then
     
AB × CD = ( b  a )  (d  c ) = b × d – b × c – a × d + a × c
Similarly
 
BC × AD = c × d – c × a – b × d + b × a
 
CA  BD = a × d – a × b – c × d + c × b
Therefore given expression
= |2 ( b × a – b × c + a × c )| = 2 |( a × b + b × c + c × a )|
= 4 (Area of ABC) Ans.[D]
Q. 15 a,b,c,d are the position vectors of four coplanar points A, B, C and D respectively. If
       
(a  d ) . ( b  c ) = 0 = ( b  d ) . ( c  a ) , then for the ABC,D is-
(A) incentre (B) orthocentre (C) circumcentre (D) centroid
       
Sol. (a  d ) . ( b  c ) = 0  (a  d )  ( b  c )  AD  BC
   
Similarly ( b  d ) . ( c  a ) = 0  BD  AC
 D is the orthocentre of ABC. Ans.[B]
Q.16 For any vector a , u = î × ( a × î ) + ˆj × ( a × ˆj ) + k̂ × ( a × k̂ ) equals-
(A) 2 a (B) – 2 a (C) a (D) – a
Sol. u = ( î . î ) a – ( î . a ) î + ( ˆj . ˆj ) a – ( ˆj . a ) ˆj + ( k̂ . k̂ ) a – ( k̂ . a ) k̂
= a – a1 î + a – a2 ˆj + a – a3 k̂ [ a = a1i + a2 ˆj + a3 k̂ (say)]
 u = 3a – a = 2a Ans.[A]
  
Q.17 Let a  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , b  î  2ˆj  kˆ and c  î  ˆj  2kˆ be three vectors. A vector in the plane of b and
 
c whose projection on a is 2 / 3 will be-
(A) 2 î  3ˆj  3 k̂ (B) 2 î  3ˆj  3 k̂ (C)  2 î  ˆj  5 k̂ (D) 2 î  ˆj  5 k̂

  
Sol. Let the required vector r = b  t c
 r = (1 + t) î + (2 + t) ˆj – (1 + 2t) k̂
 
Also projection of r on a = 2 / 3
 
r. a 2 (1  t )  2  t   1  2 t  2
  = 2 / 3  =  –t–1=2  t=–3
|a| 6 3

 r =  2î  ˆj  5 k̂ Ans.[C]
DPP-1
1. A (1, 1, 3), B (2, 1, 2) & C (5, 2, 6) are the position vectors of the vertices of a triangle ABC. The
length of the bisector of its internal angle at A is :
(A) 10 4 (B) 3 10 4 (C) 10 (D) none

       
2. Let r  a  l and r  b   m be two lines in space where a  5î  ˆj  2k̂ , b   î  7ˆj  8k̂ ,
 
l  4î  ˆj  k̂ and m  2î  5 ĵ  7 k̂ then the p.v. of a point which lies on both of these lines, is
(A) î  2ˆj  k̂ (B) 2î  ˆj  k̂ (C) î  ĵ  2k̂ (D) non existent as the lines are skew
  
3. P, Q have position vectors a & b relative to the origin 'O' & X, Y divide PQ internally and externally

respectively in the ratio 2 : 1. Vector XY =
3   4   5   4  
(A)
2

ba  (B)
3

ab  (C)
6

ba  (D)
3

ba 
 
4. Let p is the p.v. of the orthocentre & g is the p.v. of the centroid of the triangle ABC where circumcentre
 
is the origin. If p = K g , then K =
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1/3 (D) 2/3

5. A vector a has components 2p & 1 with respect to a rectangular cartesian system. The system is rotated

through a certain angle about the origin in the counterclockwise sense. If with respect to the new system, a
has components p + 1 & 1 then ,
(A) p = 0 (B) p = 1 or p =  1/3
(C) p =  1 or p = 1/3 (D) p = 1 or p =  1
 
6. The number of vectors of unit length perpendicular to vectors a = (1, 1, 0) & b (0, 1, 1) is:
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 
7. Four points A(+1, –1, 1) ; B(1, 3, 1) ; C(4, 3, 1) and D(4, – 1, 1) taken in order are the vertices of
(A) a parallelogram which is neither a rectangle nor a rhombus
(B) rhombus
(C) an isosceles trapezium
(D) a cyclic quadrilateral.
8. Let ,  &  be distinct real numbers. The points whose position vector's are  i   j   k ;
 i   j   k and  i   j   k
(A) are collinear (B) form an equilateral triangle
(C) form a scalene triangle (D) form a right angled triangle
  
9. If the vectors a  3î  ˆj 2 k̂ , b   i  3 j  4 k & c  4 i  2 j  6 k constitute the sides of a  ABC,

then the length of the median bisecting the vector c is
(A) 2 (B) 14 (C) 74 (D) 6
10. P be a point interior to the acute triangle ABC. If P A  P B  P C is a null vector then w.r.t. the triangle
ABC, the point P is, its
(A) centroid (B) orthocentre (C) incentre (D) circumcentre
11. A vector of magnitude 10 along the normal to the curve 3x2 + 8xy + 2y2 – 3 = 0 at its point
P(1, 0) can be
(A) 6î  8ˆj (B)  8î  3ˆj (C) 6î  8ˆj (D) 8î  6ˆj
12.   
Consider the points A, B and C with position vectors  2î  3ˆj  5k̂ , î  2ˆj  3k̂ and 7 î  k̂ 
respectively.

Statement-1 : The vector sum, A B  B C  C A = 0
Statement-2 : A, B and C form the vertices of a triangle.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2 is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
DPP-2
1. If the three points with position vectors (1, a, b) ; (a, 2, b) and (a, b, 3) are collinear in space, then the
value of a + b is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) none
2. Consider the following 3 lines in space

L1 : r  3î  ˆj  2k̂   ( 2î  4 ĵ  k̂ )

L2 : r  î  ĵ  3k̂  (4î  2 ĵ  4k̂ )

L3 : r  3î  2 ĵ  2k̂  t (2î  ĵ  2k̂ )
Then which one of the following pair(s) are in the same plane.
(A) only L1L2 (B) only L2L3 (C) only L3L1 (D) L1L2 and L2L3
3. The acute angle between the medians drawn from the acute angles of an isosceles right angled triangle is:
(A) cos1 2 3 (B) cos1 3 4 (C) cos1 4 5 (D) none
 
4. If e1 & e 2 are two unit vectors and  is the angle between them , then cos  2 is
   
1   1   e1 . e2 e1  e2
(A) e1  e2 (B) e1  e2 (C) (D)  
2 2 2 2 e1 e2
5. The vectors 3 i  2 j  k , i  3 j  5 k & 2 i  j  4 k form the sides of a triangle. Then triangle is
(A) an acute angled triangle (B) an obtuse angled triangle
(C) an equilateral triangle (D) a right angled triangle
6. If the vectors 3p  q ; 5 p  3q and 2p  q ; 4 p  2q are pairs of mutually perpendicular vectors then

sin ( p q ) is
(A) 55 4 (B) 55 8 (C) 3 16 (D) 247 16
7.   
Consider the points A, B and C with position vectors  2î  3ˆj  5k̂ , î  2ˆj  3k̂ and 7 î  k̂ 
respectively.

Statement-1 : The vector sum, A B  B C  C A = 0
Statement-2 : A, B and C form the vertices of a triangle.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false. (D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
8. The set of values of c for which the angle between the vectors cx i  6 j  3 k & x i  2 j  2 cx k is
acute for every x  R is
(A) (0, 4/3) (B) [0, 4/3] (C) (11/9, 4/3) (D) [0, 4/3)
 
Let u  î  ĵ , v  î  ĵ and w

9.  î  2 ĵ  3k̂ . If n̂ is a unit vector such that u ·n̂  0 and v ·n̂  0 , then

| w ·n̂ | is equal to
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0
10.   
If the vector 6 i  3 j  6 k is decomposed into vectors parallel and perpendicular to the vector i  j  k
then the vectors are :
(A)  i  j  k & 7 i  2 j  5 k
  (B)  2 i  j  k & 8 i  j  4 k
 
(C) + 2 i  j  k & 4 i  5 j  8 k
  (D) none
DPP-3
       
1. If a  b  c = 0 , a = 3 , b = 5 , c = 7 , then the angle between a & b is :
(A)  6 (B) 2 3 (C) 5 3 (D)  3
     
2. The lengths of the diagonals of a parallelogram constructed on the vectors p  2 a  b & q  a  2 b ,
 
where a & b are unit vectors forming an angle of 60º are :
(A) 3 & 4 (B) 7 & 13 (C) 5 & 11 (D) none
         
3. Let a , b , c be vectors of length 3, 4, 5 respectively. Let a be perpendicular to b  c , b to c  a & c
    
to a  b . Then a  b  c is :
(A) 2 5 (B) 2 2 (C) 10 5 (D) 5 2
    
4. Given a parallelogram ABCD. If | AB | = a , | AD | = b & | AC | = c , then DB . AB has the value
3 a 2  b 2  c2 a 2  3 b 2  c2 a 2  b 2  3 c2
(A) (B) (C) (D) none
2 2 2
 
5. The set of values of x for which the angle between the vectors a  x î  3ˆj  k̂ and b  2 x î  x ˆj  k̂

acute and the angle between the vector b and the axis of ordinates is obtuse, is
(A) 1 < x < 2 (B) x > 2 (C) x < 1 (D) x < 0
 
6. If a vector a of magnitude 50 is collinear with vector b  6 i  8 j  15 k and makes an acute angle with
2
positive z-axis then :
     
(A) a  4 b (B) a   4 b (C) b  4 a (D) none
   
7. A, B, C & D are four points in a plane with pv's a , b , c & d respectively such that
       
    
a  d · b  c  b  d ·c a  = 0. Then for the triangle ABC, D is its
(A) incentre (B) circumcentre (C) orthocentre (D) centroid
   
8. Let A & B be two non parallel unit vectors in a plane. If ( A  B) bisects the internal angle between
 
A & B , then  is equal to
(A) 1/2 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) – 1
9. Image of the point P with position vector 7 i  j  2 k in the line whose vector equation is,

r = 9î  5ˆj  5k̂   (î  3 ĵ  5k̂ ) has the position vector
(A) ( 9, 5, 2) (B) (9, 5,  2) (C) (9,  5,  2) (D) none
10. Let a , b , c are three unit vectors such that a  b  c is also a unit vector. If pairwise angles between
a , b , c are 1, 2 and 3 rexpectively then cos 1 + cos 2 + cos 3 equals
(A) 3 (B)  3 (C) 1 (D)  1
8
11. A tangent is drawn to the curve y = at a point A (x1 , y1) , where x1 = 2. The tangent cuts the x-axis
x2  
at point B. Then the scalar product of the vectors AB & OB is
(A) 3 (B)  3 (C) 6 (D)  6
12. L1 and L2 are two lines whose vector equations are

    
L1 : r   cos   3 î  2 sin  ĵ  cos   3 k̂ 


L2 : r   aî  bˆj  ck̂ , 
where  and  are scalars and  is the acute angle between L1 and L2.
If the angle '' is independent of  then the value of '' is
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 4 3 2
DPP-4
       
1. Cosine of an angle between the vectors a  b and a  b if | a | = 2, | b | = 1 and a ^ b = 60° is
(A) 3 7 (B) 9 21 (C) 3 7 (D) none
2. An arc AC of a circle subtends a right angle at the centre O. The point B divides the arc in the ratio 1 : 2.
      
If OA  a & OB  b , then the vector OC in terms of a & b , is
       
(A) 3 a  2b (B) – 3 a  2b (C) 2 a  3 b (D) – 2 a  3 b
     
3. For two particular vectors A and B it is known that A  B = B  A . What must be true about the two
vectors ?
(A) At least one of the two vectors must be the zero vector.
   
(B) A  B = B  A is true for any two vectors.
(C) One of the two vectors is a scalar multiple of the other vector.
(D) The two vectors must be perpendicular to each other.
  
     
4. 'P' is a point inside the triangle ABC , such that BC  PA + CA  PB + AB  PC = 0 , then for the
     
triangle ABC the point P is its :
(A) incentre (B) circumcentre (C) centroid (D) orthocentre
5. The vector equations of two lines L1 and L2 are respectivly

 
r  17 î  9ˆj  9k̂   (3î  ˆj  5k̂ ) and r 15î  8ˆj  k̂   ( 4î  3ˆj )
I L1 and L2 are skew lines
II (11, –11, –1) is the point of intersection of L1 and L2
III (–11, 11, 1) is the point of intersection of L1 and L2
IV  
cos–1 3 35 is the acute angle between L1 and L2
then , which of the following is true?
(A) II and IV (B) I and IV (C) IV only (D) III and IV
    
6. Given three vectors a , b & c each two of which are non collinear. Further if a  b is collinear with  
            
 
c , b  c is collinear with a &  a  =  b  =  c  = 2 . Then the value of a . b + b . c + c . a :
(A) is 3 (B) is  3 (C) is 0 (D) cannot be evaluated
  
7. For some non zero vector V , if the sum of V and the vector obtained from V by rotating it by an angle

2 equals to the vector obtained from V by rotating it by  then the value of , is
  2 2
(A) 2n ± (B) n ± (C) 2n ± (D) n ±
3 3 3 3
where n is an integer.
        
8. Let u , v, w be such that u  1, v  2, w  3 . If the projection of v along u is equal to that of w
     
along u and vectors v , w are perpendicular to each other then u  v  w equals
(A) 2 (B) 7 (C) 14 (D) 14
 
9. If a and b are non zero, non collinear, and the linear combination
   
(2x  y)a  4b  5a  ( x  2 y)b holds for real x and y then x + y has the value equal to
(A) – 3 (B) 1 (C) 17 (D) 3
10. | | | |
 
In the isosceles triangle ABC A B = BC = 8 , a point E divides AB internally in the ratio 1 : 3, then the
 
cosine of the angle between C E & CA is (where CA = 12) | |

3 7 3 8 3 7 3 8
(A)  (B) (C) (D)
8 17 8 17
           
11. If p  3 a  5 b ; q  2a  b ; r  a  4 b ; s   a  b are four vectors such that
     
sin p  q = 1 and sin r  s = 1 then cos a 
     
b is :
19 19
(A)  (B) 0 (C) 1 (D)
5 43 5 43
12. Given an equilateral triangle ABC with side length equal to 'a'. Let M and N be two points respectively
AB
on the side AB and AC much that A N = K A C and A M = . If B N and C M are orthogonal
3
then the value of K is equal to
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 4 3 2
DPP-5
 
1. If e1 & e 2 are two unit vectors and  is the angle between them , then sin  2 is :
   
1   1   e1 . e2 e1 x e2
(A) e1  e2 (B) e1  e2 (C) (D)  
2 2 2 2 e1 e2
        
2. If p & s are not perpendicular to each other and r x p  q x p & r . s = 0, then r =
   
    q . p    q . s   
(A) p . s (B) q      p (C) q      p (D) q   p for all scalars 
 p . s  p . s
         
3. If u  a  b ; v  a  b and | a |  | b | = 2 then | u  v | is equal to
   
(A) 2 16  (a.b) 2
 (B) 2 16  (a.b) 2
  (C) 2 4  (a.b) 2
 (D)   
2 4  (a.b) 2 
     
4. If u and v are two vectors such that | u |  3 ; | v |  2 and | u  v | 6 then the correct statement is
         
(A) u ^ v (0, 90°) (B) u ^ v (90°, 180°) (C) u ^ v = 90° (D) (u  v)  u  6v
     
5. If A = (1, 1, 1) , C = (0, 1, 1) are given vectors, then a vector B satisfying the equation A x B = C and
 
A . B = 3 is :
5 2 2  2 5 2  2 2 5
(A) (5, 2, 2) (B)  , ,  (C)  , ,  (D)  , , 
 3 3 3  3 3 3  3 3 3
  
6. Given a parallelogram OACB. The lengths of the vectors OA , OB & AB are a, b & c respectively. The
 
scalar product of the vectors OC & OB is :
a 2  3 b 2  c2 3 a 2  b 2  c2 3 a 2  b 2  c2 a 2  3 b 2  c2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
  2       2
7. Vectors a & b make an angle  =
3
. If a = 1 , b = 2 then a  3 b x 3 a  b =    
(A) 225 (B) 250 (C) 275 (D) 300

   
 2
8. In a quadrilateral ABCD , A C is the bisector of the  A B A D which is ,
  3
   

| | | | | |
  
15 AC = 3 A B = 5 A D then cos  BA

C D is :

14 21 2 2 7
(A)  (B)  (C) (D)
7 2 7 3 7 14
     
9. If the two adjacent sides of two rectangles are represented by the vectors p  5a  3b ; q   a  2b
       1   
and r  4a  b ; s   a  b respectively, then the angle between the vectors x   p  r  s  and
3
 1  
y   r  s
5
 19   19   19 
(A) is –cos–1   (B) is cos–1   (C) is – cos–1   (D) cannot be evaluated
 5 43   5 43   5 43 
 
10. If the vector product of a constant vector OA with a variable vector OB in a fixed plane OAB be a
constant vector, then locus of B is :
 
(A) a straight line perpendicular to OA (B) a circle with centre O radius equal to OA

(C) a straight line parallel to OA (D) none of these
11. If the distance from the point P(1, 1, 1) to the line passing through the points Q(0, 6, 8) and
R(–1, 4, 7) is expressed in the form p q where p and q are coprime, then the value of
( p  q )(p  q  1)
equals
2
(A) 4950 (B) 5050 (C) 5150 (D) none
DPP-6
        
1. For non-zero vectors a , b , c , a x b . c = a b c holds if and only if ;
       
(A) a . b = 0, b . c = 0 (B) c . a = 0, a . b = 0
         
(C) a . c = 0, b . c = 0 (D) a . b = b . c = c . a = 0
  
2. The vectors a = i  2 j  3 k ; b = 2 i  j  k & c = 3 i  j  4 k are so placed that the end point of one
vector is the starting point of the next vector. Then the vectors are
(A) not coplanar (B) coplanar but cannot form a triangle
(C) coplanar but can form a triangle (D) coplanar & can form a right angled triangle
3. Given the vectors

u  2î  ˆj  k̂

v  î  ĵ  2k̂

w  î  k̂
  
If the volume of the parallelopiped having – c u , v and c w as concurrent edges, is 8 then 'c' can be
equal to
(A) ± 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) can not be determined

4. Given a  x î  yˆj  2k̂ , b  i  j  k , c  i  2j ; (a b) = /2, a  c  4 then
(A) [a b c] 2 = | a | (B) [a b c] = | a | (C)[a b c] = 0 (D)[a b c] = | a | 2
5. The set of values of m for which the vectors i  j  m k , i  j  (m 1) k & i  j  mk are
 
non-coplanar :
(A) R (B) R  {1} (C) R  {2} (D) 
6. Let a, b, c be distinct non-negative numbers. If the vectors a i  a j  c k , i  k & c i  c j  b k lie in a

plane, then c is :
(A) the A.M. of a & b (B) the G. M. of a & b
(C) the H. M. of a & b (D) equal to zero.
  
7. Let a  a 1 i  a 2 j  a 3 k ; b  b1 i  b 2 j  b 3 k ; c  c1 i  c2 j  c3 k be three non-zero vectors such
2
a1 b1 c1
     
that c is a unit vector perpendicular to both a & b . If the angle between a & b is then a 2 b2 c2 =
6
a3 b3 c3
(A) 0 (B) 1
1 3
(C) (a 2 + a22 + a32) (b12 + b22 + b32) (D) (a12 + a22 + a32) (b12 + b22 + b32) (c12 + c22 + c32)
4 1 4
  
8. For three vectors u , v , w which of the following expressions is not equal to any of the remaining three?
           
(A) u . ( v x w ) (B) ( v x w ) . u (C) v . ( u x w ) (D) ( u x v ) . w
  
9. The vector c is perpendicular to the vectors a = (2,  3, 1) , b = (1,  2, 3) and satisfies the
 
condition c . i  2 j  7 k = 10. Then the vector c =
 
(A) (7, 5, 1) (B) ( 7,  5, 1) (C) (1, 1, 1) (D) none
     
10. Let a  i  j , b  j  k & c   a   b . If the vectors , i  2 j  k , 3 i  2 j  k & c are coplanar

then is :

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D)  3
11. A rigid body rotates about an axis through the origin with an angular velocity 10 3 radians/sec.

If  points in the direction of i  j  k then the equation to the locus of the points having tangential
speed 20 m/sec. is :
(A) x2 + y2 + z2  x y  y z  z x  1 = 0
(B) x2 + y2 + z2  2 x y  2 y z  2 z x  1 = 0
(C) x2 + y2 + z2  x y  y z  z x  2 = 0
(D) x2 + y2 + z2  2 x y  2 y z  2 z x  2 = 0
12. A rigid body rotates with constant angular velocity  about the line whose vector equation is,

r = i  2 j  2 k . The speed of the particle at the instant it passes through the point with p.v..
 
2î  3ˆj  5k̂ is :
(A)  2 (B) 2 (C)  2 (D) none
13. Given 3 vectors
  
V1  aî  bĵ  ck̂ ; V2  bî  cĵ  ak̂ ; V3  cî  aĵ  bk̂
  
In which one of the following conditions V1 , V2 and V3 are linearly independent?
(A) a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2  ab + bc + ca
(B) a + b + c = 0 and a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca
(C) a + b + c  0 and a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca
(D) a + b + c  0 and a2 + b2 + c2  ab + bc + ca
       
14. If a  i  j  k & b  i  2 j  k , then the vector c such that a . c = 2 & a  c = b is
1 1 1 1
(A)
3

3î  2ˆj  5k̂  (B)
3

 î  2ˆj  5k̂  (C)
3

î  2ˆj  5k̂  (D)
3

3î  2ˆj  k̂ 
One or more than one is/are correct
        
15. If a , b , c be three non zero vectors satisfying the condition a  b  c & b  c  a then which of the
following always hold(s) good ?
    
(A) a , b , c are orthogonal in pairs (B) a b c = b  
   

(C) a b c = c  2
(D) b = c
DPP-7

1. The altitude of a parallelopiped whose three coterminous edges are the vectors, A  î  ĵ  k̂ ;
   
B  2î  4ˆj  k̂ & C  î  ˆj  3k̂ with A and B as the sides of the base of the parallelopiped, is
(A) 2 19 (B) 4 19 (C) 2 38 19 (D) none
2. Consider  ABC with A  ( a ) ; B  (b) & C  ( c) . If b . (a  c) = b . b  a . c ; b  a = 3;

 
c  b = 4 then the angle between the medians A M & B D is
 1   1 
(A)  cos1   (B)  cos1  
 5 13   13 5 
 1   1 
(C) cos1   (D) cos1  
 5 13   13 5 
3. If A (– 4, 0, 3) ; B (14, 2, –5) then which one of the following points lie on the bisector of the angle
between OA and OB ('O' is the origin of reference)
(A) (2, 1, –1) (B) (2, 11, 5) (C) (10, 2, –2) (D) (1, 1, 2)
4. Position vectors of the four angular points of a tetrahedron ABCD are A(3, – 2, 1); B(3, 1, 5); C(4, 0, 3)
and D(1, 0, 0). Acute angle between the plane faces ADC and ABC is
(A) tan–1 5 2  (B) cos–1 2 5 (C) cosec–1 5 2  (D) cot–1 3 2
  
5. The volume of the tetrahedron formed by the coterminus edges a , b, c is 3. Then the volume of the
     
parallelepiped formed by the coterminus edges a  b, b  c, c  a is
(A) 6 (B) 18 (C) 36 (D) 9
       
6. Given unit vectors m , n & p such that angle between m & n = angle between p and m  n    6
 
then  n p m =
(A) 3 4 (B) 3/4 (C) 1/4 (D) none
  
7. a , b and c be three vectors having magnitudes 1, 1 and 2 respectively. If
     
a x ( a x c ) + b = 0, then the acute angle between a & c is :
(A) /6 (B) /4 (C) /3 (D) 5 12
   
8. If a  i  j  k , b  4 i  3j  4 k and c  i  j  k are linearly dependent vectors & c  3 , then
(A)  = 1,  = 1 (B)  = 1,  = ±1 (C)  = 1,  = ±1 (D)  = ±1,  = 1
9. A vector of magnitude 5 5 coplanar with vectors î 2ˆj & ˆj 2k̂ and the perpendicular vector 2î ˆj 2k̂ is

(A) ± 5 5î  6ˆj  8k̂  (B) ± 5 5î 6ˆj8k̂ 

(C) ± 5 5 5î  6ˆj  8k̂  
(D) ± 5î 6ˆj8k̂ 
Paragraph for questions nos. 10 to 12
   
Consider three vectors p  î  ˆj  k̂ , q  2î  4 ĵ  k̂ and r  î  ˆj  3k̂ and let s be a unit vector, then
  
10. p, q and r are
(A) linearly dependent
(B) can form the sides of a possible triangle
  
(C) such that the vectors (q  r ) is orthogonal to p
(D) such that each one of these can be expressed as a linear combination of the other two
     
11. if ( p  q ) × r = up  vq  w r , then (u + v + w) equals to
(A) 8 (B) 2 (C) – 2 (D) 4
           
12. the magnitude of the vector (p · s )(q  r ) + (q · s )( r  p) + ( r ·s )(p  q ) is
(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 18 (D) 2
One or more than one is/are correct

  
13. Given the following information about the non zero vectors A, B and C
     
(i) ( A  B)  A  0 (ii) B ·B  4
   
(iii) A · B  6 (iv) B ·C  6
Which one of the following holds good ?
         
(A) A  B  0 (B) A ·( B  C)  0 (C) A ·A  8 (D) A ·C  9
            
14. Let a , b, c are non zero vectors and V1  a  (b  c) and V2  (a  b)  c . If V1  V2 then which of
the following hold(s) good ?
   
(A) a and b are orthogonal (B) a and c are collinear
    
(C) b and c are orthogonal (D) b   (a  c ) when  is a scalar..
   
15. If A, B, C and D are four non zero vectors in the same plane no two of which are collinear then which
of the following hold(s) good ?
       
(A) ( A  B) ·(C  D)  0 (B) ( A  C) ·( B  D)  0
         
(C) ( A  B)  (C  D)  0 (D) ( A  C)  ( B  D)  0
DPP-8
     
1. Consider three vectors p  î  ˆj  k̂ , q  2î  4 ĵ  k̂ and r  î  ˆj  3k̂ . If p, q and r denotes the
position vector of three non-collinear points then the equation of the plane containing these points is
(A) 2x – 3y + 1 = 0 (B) x – 3y + 2z = 0 (C) 3x – y + z – 3 = 0 (D) 3x – y – 2 = 0
 
2. The intercept made by the plane r . n  q on the x-axis is
q 
î . n  q
(A) 
î . n
(B)
q
 
(C) î . n q (D) | n |
3. If the distance between the planes 8x + 12y – 14z = 2 and 4x + 6y – 7z = 2 can be expressed in the
1 N ( N  1)
form where N is natural then the value of is
N 2
(A) 4950 (B) 5050 (C) 5150 (D) 5151
4. A plane passes through the point P(4, 0, 0) and Q(0, 0, 4) and is parallel to the y-axis. The distance of
the plane from the origin is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 2 2
5. If from the point P (f, g, h) perpendiculars PL, PM be drawn to yz and zx planes then the equation to the
plane OLM is
x y z x y z x y z x y z
(A)   0 (B)   0 (C)   0 (D)    0
f g h f g h f g h f g h
6. If the plane 2x – 3y + 6z – 11 = 0 makes an angle sin–1(k) with x-axis, then k is equal to

(A) 3 2 (B) 2/7 (C) 2 3 (D) 1
7. The plane XOZ divides the join of (1, –1, 5) and (2, 3, 4) in the ratio  : 1 , then  is
(A) – 3 (B) – 1/3 (C) 3 (D) 1/3
8. A variable plane forms a tetrahedron of constant volume 64 K3 with the coordinate planes and the origin,
then locus of the centroid of the tetrahedron is
(A) x3 + y3 + z3 = 6K3 (B) xyz = 6K3
(C) x2 + y2 + z2 = 4K2 (D) x–2 + y–2 + z–2 = 4K–2
9. Let ABCD be a tetrahedron such that the edges AB, AC and AD are mutually perpendicular. Let the
area of triangles ABC, ACD and ADB be 3, 4 and 5 sq. units respectively. Then the area of the triangle
BCD, is
(A) 5 2 (B) 5 (C) 5 2 (D) 5/2
10. Equation of the line which passes through the point with p. v. (2, 1, 0) and perpendicular to the plane
containing the vectors î  ˆj and ˆj  k̂ is
(A) r = (2, 1, 0) + t (1, –1, 1) (B) r = (2, 1, 0) + t (–1, 1, 1)

(C) r = (2, 1, 0) + t (1, 1, –1) (D) r = (2, 1, 0) + t (1, 1, 1)
where t is a parameter
11. Which of the following planes are parallel but not identical ?
P1 : 4x – 2y + 6z = 3
P2 : 4x – 2y – 2z = 6
P3 : –6x + 3y – 9z = 5
P4 : 2x – y – z = 3
(A) P2 & P3 (B) P2 & P4 (C) P1 & P3 (D) P1 & P4
12. A parallelopiped is formed by planes drawn through the points (1, 2, 3) and (9, 8, 5) parallel to the
coordinate planes then which of the following is not the length of an edge of this rectangular parallelopiped
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

13. Vector equation of the plane r  î  ˆj   ( î  ĵ  k̂ )   ( î  2ˆj  3k̂ ) in the scalar dot product form is
 
(A) r .(5î  2ˆj  3k̂ )  7 (B) r .(5î  2ˆj  3k̂ )  7
 
(C) r .(5î  2ˆj  3k̂ )  7 (D) r .(5î  2ˆj  3k̂ )  7
14. The vector equations of the two lines L1 and L2 are given by
 
L : r  2î  9 ĵ  13k̂   ( î  2ˆj  3k̂ ) ; L : r   3î  7ˆj  pk̂   ( î  2ˆj  3k̂ )
1 2
then the lines L1 and L2 are
(A) skew lines for all p R
(B) intersecting for all p R and the point of intersection is (–1, 3, 4)
(C) intersecting lines for p = – 2
(D) intersecting for all p R
15. Consider the plane (x, y, z) = (0, 1, 1) + (1, – 1, 1) + (2, – 1, 0). The distance of this plane from the
origin is
(A) 1/3 (B) 3 2 (C) 32 (D) 2 3
DPP-9
x  2 y  9 z  13 x a y7 z2
1. The value of 'a' for which the lines =  and   intersect, is
1 2 3 1 2 3
(A) – 5 (B) – 2 (C) 5 (D) – 3
2. Given A (1, –1, 0) ; B(3, 1, 2) ; C(2, –2, 4) and D(–1, 1, –1) which of the following points neither lie on
AB nor on CD ?
(A) (2, 2, 4) (B) (2, –2, 4) (C) (2, 0,1) (D) (0, –2, –1)
x 1 y  2 z  3
3. For the line   , which one of the following is incorrect ?
1 2 3
x y z
(A) it lies in the plane x – 2y + z = 0 (B) it is same as line  
1 2 3
(C) it passes through (2, 3, 5) (D) it is parallel to the plane x – 2y + z – 6 = 0
4. Given planes
P1 : cy + bz = x
P2 : az + cx = y
P3 : bx + ay = z
P1, P2 and P3 pass through one line, if
(A) a2 + b2 + c2 = ab + bc + ca (B) a2 + b2 + c2 + 2abc = 1
(C) a2 + b2 + c2 = 1 (D) a2 + b2 + c2 + 2ab + 2bc + 2ca + 2abc = 1
x  x1 y  y1 z  z1
5. The line   is
0 1 2
(A) parallel to x-axis (B) perpendicular to x-axis
(C) perpendicular to YOZ plane (D) parallel to y-axis
x 2 y3 z4 x 1 y  4 z  5
6. The lines   and   are coplanar if
1 1 k k 2 1
(A) k = 0 or – 1 (B) k = 1 or – 1 (C) k = 0 or – 3 (D) k = 3 or – 3
x  2 y  1 z 1
7. The line   intersects the curve xy = c2, in xy plane if c is equal to
3 2 1
(A) ± 1 (B) ± 1/3 (C) ± 5 (D) none
8. The line which contains all points (x, y, z) which are of the form (x, y, z) = (2, –2, 5) + (1, –3, 2)
intersects the plane 2x – 3y + 4z = 163 at P and intersects the YZ plane at Q. If the distance PQ is a b
where a, b  N and a > 3 then (a + b) equals
(A) 23 (B) 95 (C) 27 (D) none
 
9. Let L1 be the line r1  2î  ĵ  k̂  (î  2k̂ ) and let L2 be the line r2  3î  ĵ  (î  ĵ  k̂ ) .
Let  be the plane which contains the line L1 and is parallel to L2. The distance of the plane  from the
origin is
(A) 1/7 (B) 27 (C) 6 (D) none
10. The value of m for which straight line 3x – 2y + z + 3 = 0 = 4x – 3y + 4z + 1 is parallel to the plane
2x – y + mz – 2 = 0 is
(A) –2 (B) 8 (C) – 18 (D) 11

11. A straight line is given by r  (1  t ) î  3t ˆj  (1  t ) k̂ where t  R. If this line lies in the plane
x + y + cz = d then the value of (c + d) is
(A) – 1 (B) 1 (C) 7 (D) 9
x  2 y 1 z  2
12. The distance of the point (–1, –5, – 10) from the point of intersection of the line = =
2 4 12
and the plane x – y + z = 5 is
(A) 2 11 (B) 126 (C) 13 (D) 14
  
13. P(p) and Q(q ) are the position vectors of two fixed points and R ( r ) is the position vector of a variable
   
point. If R moves such that ( r  p)  ( r  q )  0 then the locus of R is
(A) a plane containing the origin 'O' and parallel to two non collinear vectors O P and O Q
(B) the surface of a sphere described on PQ as its diameter.
(C) a line passing through the points P and Q
(D) a set of lines parallel to the line PQ.
MATCH THE COLUMN
14. Consider the following four pairs of lines in column-I and match them with one or more entries in
column-II.
Column-I Column-II
(A) L1 : x = 1 + t, y = t, z = 2 – 5t (P) non coplanar lines

L2 : r  (2,1,3) + (2, 2, – 10)
x 1 y  3 z  2
(B) L1 : = = (Q) lines lie in a unique plane
2 2 1
x2 y6 z2
L2 : = =
1 1 3
(C) L1 : x = – 6t, y = 1 + 9t, z = – 3t (R) infinite planes containing both the lines
L2 : x = 1 + 2s, y = 4 – 3s, z = s
x y 1 z2
(D) L1 : = = (S) lines are not intersecting
1 2 3
x 3 y2 z 1
L2 : = =
4 3 2
15. P(0, 3, – 2); Q(3, 7, – 1) and R(1, – 3, – 1) are 3 given points. Let L1 be the line passing through P and

Q and L2 be the line through R and parallel to the vector V  î  k̂ .
Column-I Column-II
(A) perpendicular distance of P from L2 (P) 7 3
(B) shortest distance between L1 and L2 (Q) 2
(C) area of the triangle PQR (R) 6
19
(D) distance from (0, 0, 0) to the plane PQR (S)
147
DPP-10
        
1. If a , b, c are three non-coplanar & p, q, r are reciprocal vectors to a , b & c respectively, then
     
 
a  mb  nc  p  mq  n r  is equal to : (where l, m, n are scalars)
(A) l2 + m2 + n2 (B) l m + m n + n l (C) 0 (D) none of these
         
2. If A, B & C are three non-coplanar vectors, then (A  B  C) ·[(A  B)  ( A  C)] equals
     
(A) 0 (B) [ A B C ] (C) 2 [ A B C ] (D)  [ A B C ]
3. A plane P1 has the equation 2x – y + z = 4 and the plane P2 has the equation x + ny + 2z = 11. If the angle

between P1 and P2 is then the value(s) of 'n' is (are)
3
(A) 7/2 (B) 17, –1 (C) –17, 1 (D) – 7/2
4. The three vectors i  j , j  k , k  i taken two at a time form three planes. The three unit vectors
drawn perpendicular to these three planes form a parallelopiped of volume :
(A) 1/3 (B) 4 (C) 3 3 4 (D) 4 3 3
 
5. If x & y are two non collinear vectors and a, b, c represent the sides of a  ABC satisfying
   
(a  b) x + (b  c) y + (c  a) x  y = 0 then  ABC is
(A) an acute angle triangle (B) an obtuse angle triangle
(C) a right angle triangle (D) a scalene triangle
          
6. Given three non – zero, non – coplanar vectors a , b, c and r1  pa  qb  c and r2  a  pb  qc if
   
the vectors r1  2 r2 and 2 r1  r2 are collinear then (p, q) is
(A) (0, 0) (B) (1, –1) (C) (–1, 1) (D) (1, 1)
  
7. If the vectors a , b , c are non-coplanar and l, m, n are distinct scalars, then
  
  a  m b  n c  b  m c  n a   c  ma  n b  = 0 implies :
(A) l m + m n + n l = 0 (B) l + m + n = 0
(C) l 2 + m 2 + n 2 = 0 (D) l 3 + m 3 + n 3 = 0
   
8. Let r1 , r2 , r3 ........rn be the position vectors of points P1, P2, P3,.....Pn relative to the origin O. If the
  
vector equation a1 r1  a 2 r2  ..........  a n rn  0 holds, then a similar equation will also hold w.r.t. to any
other origin provided
(A) a1 + a2 + ..... + an = n (B) a1 + a2 + ..... + an = 1
(C) a1+ a2 +...+ an= 0 (D) none
9. The orthogonal projection A' of the point A with position vector (1, 2, 3) on the plane 3x – y + 4z = 0 is
 1 5  1 5 
(A) (–1, 3, –1) (B)   , ,1 (C)  , , 1 (D) (6, –7, –5)
 2 2  2 2 
Paragraph for Question Nos. 10 to 11

Consider a plane
x + y – z = 1 and the point A(1, 2, –3)
A line L has the equation
x = 1 + 3r
y=2–r
z = 3 + 4r
10. The co-ordinate of a point B of line L, such that AB is parallel to the plane, is
(A) 10, –1, 15 (B) –5, 4, –5 (C) 4, 1, 7 (D) –8, 5, –9
11. Equation of the plane containing the line L and the point A has the equation
(A) x – 3y + 5 = 0 (B) x + 3y – 7 = 0 (C) 3x – y – 1 = 0 (D) 3x + y – 5 = 0

Consider a triangular pyramid ABCD the position vectors of whose angular points are A(3, 0, 1) ;
B(–1, 4, 1); C(5, 2, 3) and D(0, –5, 4). Let G be the point of intersection of the medians of the triangle BCD.
12. The length of the vector A G is
(A) 17 (B) 51 3 (C) 51 9 (D) 59 4
13. Area of the triangle ABC in sq. units is
(A) 24 (B) 8 6 (C) 4 6 (D) none
14. The length of the perpendicular from the vertex D on the opposite face is
(A) 14 6 (B) 2 6 (C) 3 6 (D) none
15. Equation of the plane ABC is
(A) x + y + 2z = 5 (B) x – y – 2z = 1 (C) 2x + y – 2z = 4 (D) x + y – 2z = 1

x  x ' y  y' z  z '
The equation of line: = =
a' b' c'
The equation of plane : a(x – x1) + b(y – y1) + c(z – z1) = 0
Equation of plane through the intersection of the two planes
a1x + b1y + c1z + d1 = 0 and a2x + b2y + c2z + d2 = 0 :
(a1x + b1y + c1z + d1) + k(a2x + b2y + c2z + d2) = 0
16. The distance of the point (1, – 2, 3) from the plane x – y + z = 5 measured parallel to the line
x y z 3
  is
2 3 4
(A) 21 5 (B) 29 5 (C) 13 5 (D) 2 5
x  3 y 1 z  2
17. The equation of the plane through (0, 2, 4) and containing the line = = is
3 4 2
(A) x – 2y + 4z – 12 = 0 (B) 5x + y + 9z – 38 = 0
(C) 10x – 12y – 9z + 60 = 0 (D) 7x + 5y – 3z + 2 = 0
18. The plane x – y – z = 2 is rotated through 90° about its line of intersection with the plane x + 2y + z = 2.
Then equation of this plane in new position is
(A) 5x + 4y + z – 10 = 0 (B) 4x + 5y – 3z = 0
(C) 2x + y + 2z = 9 (D) 3x + 4y – 5z = 9

  
Consider the three vectors p, q and r such that
 
p  î  ˆj  k̂ ; q  î  ˆj  k̂
    
p  r = q  cp and p · r = 2
 
19. The value of p q r  is
5 2c 8
(A) –  (B) – (C) 0 (D) greater then zero
|r| 3
     
20. If x is a vector such that p q r  x = p  q   r , then x is
(A) c ( î  2ˆj  k̂ ) (B) a unit vector
 1
(C) indeterminate, as p q r  (D) – (î  2ˆj  k̂ )
2
       
21. If y is a vector satisfying (1 + c) y = p  (q  r ) then the vectors x, y, r
(A) are collinear
(B) are coplanar
(C) represent the coterminus edges of a tetrahedron whose volume is c cubic units.
(D) represent the coterminus edges of a parallelepiped whose volume is c cubic units
[REASONING TYPE]
x  4 y  5 z 1 x  2 y 1 z
22. Given lines   and  
2 4 3 1 3 2
Statement-1 : The lines intersect.
Statement-2 : They are not parallel.
  
23. Consider three vectors a , b and c
       
     
Statement-1 : a  b  ( î  a ) ·b î  (ˆj  a ) ·b ˆj  ( k̂  a ) ·b k̂
   
Statement-2 : c  ( î ·c ) î  (ˆj ·c ) ˆj  ( k̂ ·c ) k̂
MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE TYPE

Select the correct alternative(s): (More than one are correct)
24. If A(a ) ; B( b ) ; C ( c ) and D(d ) are four points such that
a   2î  4ˆj  3k̂ ; b  2î  8ˆj ; c  î  3ˆj  5k̂ ; d  4î  ˆj  7 k̂
d is the shortest distance between the lines AB and CD, then which of the following is True?
[ AB CD BD]
(A) d = 0, hence AB and CD intersect (B) d =
| AB  CD |
23 [ AB CD AC]
(C) AB and CD are skew lines and d = (D) d =
13 | AB  CD |
25. Consider four points A(a ) ; B( b ) ; C( c ) and D(d ) , such that

GA  GB  GC  GD  0 for a point G( g ), if
(A) G is the centroid of the tetrahedron ABCD
(B) G lies on the line joining each of A, B, C, D to the centroid of the triangle formed by the other three
(C) p.v. of G is collinear with the p.v. of the centroids of the triangle formed by any three of the four given
points.
(D) ABCD is parallelogram with G as the point of intersection of the diagonals AC and BD.
26. Given the equations of the line 3x – y + z + 1 = 0, 5x + y + 3z = 0.

Then which of the following is correct ?
1 5
y
z
(A) symmetical form of the equations of line is x  8 = 8
2 1 1
1 5
x y
8 = 8 = z
(B) symmetrical form of the equations of line is
1 1 2
(C) equation of the plane through (2, 1, 4) and prependicular to the given lines is 2x – y + z – 7 = 0
(D) equation of the plane through (2, 1, 4) and prependicular to the given lines is x + y – 2z + 5 = 0
27. Given three vectors

  
U  2î  3ˆj  6k̂ ; V  6î  2ˆj  3k̂ ; W  3î  6ˆj  2k̂
  
Which of the following hold good for the vectors U, V and W ?
  
(A) U, V and W are linearly depedent
   
(B) ( U  V )  W  0
  
(C) U, V and W form a triplet of mutually perpendicular vectors
   
(D) U  ( V  W )  0
28. Consider the family of planes x + y + z = c where c is a parameter intersecting the coordinate axes at P,
Q, R and , ,  are the angles made by each member of this family with positive x, y and z axis. Which
of the following interpretations hold good for this family.
(A) each member of this family is equally inclined with the coordinate axes.
(B) sin2 + sin2 + sin2 = 1
(C) cos2 + cos2 + cos2 = 2
(D) for c = 3 area of the triangle PQR is 3 3 sq. units.
MATCH THE COLUMN

29. Column-I Column-II
(A) Centre of the parallelopiped whose 3 coterminou s edges (P)   
   a b c
OA , OB and OC have position vectors a , b and c
respectively where O is the origin, is
  
a b c
(B) OABC is a tetrahedron where O is the origin. Positions (Q)
   3
vectors of its angular points A, B and C are a, b and c
respectively. Segments joining each vertex with the centroid
of the opposite face are concurrent at a point P whose p.v.' s are   
a b c
Let ABC be a triangle the positionvectors  of its angular points
(C)        (R)
4
are a, b and c respectively. If | a  b |  | b  c | | c  a | then the
p.v. of the orthocentre of the triangle is   
   a b c
(D) Let a, b , c be 3 mutually perpendicu  lar vectors of the same (S)
magnitude. If an unknown vector x satisfies the equation 2
           
   
a  (x  b )  a  b  (x  c )  b  c  (x  a )  c   0.
Then x is given by
30. Column-I Column-II

(A) Let O be an interior point of ABC such that O A  2 O B  3 O C  0 , (P) 0
then the ratio of the area of  ABC to the area of  AOC, is
with O is the origin
(B) Let ABC be a triangle whose centroid is G, orthocentre is H and (Q) 1
circumcentre is the origin 'O'. If D is any point in the plane of the
triangle such that no three of O, A, B, C and D are (R) 2
collinear satisfying the relation A D  B D  C H  3 H G   H D (S) 3
then the value of the scalar '' is
   
(C) If a , b, c and d are non zero vectors such that no three of them are in the
same plane and no two are orthogonal then the value of the scalar
       
(b  c) ·(a  d )  (c  a ) ·(b  d )
    is
(a  b) ·(d  c)
SUBJECTIVE TYPE
31. If the lattice point P(x, y, z), x, y, z  I with the largest value of z such that the P lies on the planes
7x + 6y + 2z = 272 and x – y + z = 16 (given x, y, z > 0), find the value of (x + y + z).
  
32. Given A  2î  3ˆj  6k̂ , B  î  ˆj  2k̂ and C  î  2ˆj  k̂ .
    

Compute the value of A  A  (A  B) ·C . 
EXERCISE–I
    
Q.1 If a&b are non collinear vectors such that, p  ( x  4 y)a  ( 2 x  y  1) b &
    
q  ( y  2x  2)a  (2 x  3y  1)b , find x & y such that 3p  2q .
       
Q.2 (a) Show that the points a  2 b  3 c ; 2 a  3 b  4 c &  7 b  10 c are collinear .
(b) Prove that the points A = (1,2,3), B (3,4,7), C (3,2,5) are collinear & find the ratio in which
B divides AC.
 
Q.3 Points X & Y are taken on the sides QR & RS , respectively of a parallelogram PQRS, so that QX  4 XR

   21  
& RY  4 YS . The line XY cuts the line PR at Z . Prove that PZ    PR .
 25 
Q.4 Find out whether the following pairs of lines are parallel, non-parallel & intersecting, or non-parallel &
non-intersecting.
     
r1  i  j  2 k   3 i  2 j  4 k
  r1  i  j  3 k   i  j  k
 
(i)  (ii) 
r2  2 i  j  3 k    6 i  4 j  8 k
  r2  2 i  4 j  6 k   2 i  j  3 k
 
  
r1  i  k   i  3 j  4 k
 
(iii) 
r2  2 i  3 j   4 i  j  k
 
Q.5 Let OACB be paralelogram with O at the origin & OC a diagonal. Let D be the mid point of OA.
Using vector method prove that BD & CO intersect in the same ratio. Determine this ratio.
AE AF
Q.6 In a ABC, points E and F divide sides AC and AB respectively so that = 4 and = 1.
EC FB
Suppose D is a point on side BC. Let G be the intersection of EF and AD and suppose D is situated so
AG 3 BD a
that = . If the ratio = , where a and b are in their lowest form, find the value of (a + b).
GD 2 DC b

Q.7 ‘O’is the origin of vectors and A is a fixed point on the circle of radius‘a’with centre O. The vector OA
   
is denoted by a . A variable point ‘P’ lies on the tangent at A & OP = r . Show that a . r  a 2 . Hence
if P  (x,y) & A  (x1,y1) deduce the equation of tangent at A to this circle.
 
Q.8 Let u be a vector on rectangular coordinate system with sloping angle 60°. Suppose that u  î is
  
geometric mean of u and u  2î where î is the unit vector along x-axis then u has the value equal
to a  b where a, b  N, find the value (a + b)3 + (a – b)3.

    
Q.9 The resultant of two vectors a & b is perpendicular to a . If b  2 a show that the resultant of
  
2a & b is perpendicular to b .
   
Q.10 a , b, c and d are the position vectors of the points A  (x, y, z) ; B  (y, – 2z, 3x) ; C  (2z, 3x, – y) and
 ^  
D(1,–1, 2) respectively. If | a | = 2 3 ; a b = a^c  ; a ^d = and a ^ĵ is obtuse, then find x, y,, z.
     
2
   
Q.11 If r and s are non zero constant vectors and the scalar b is chosen such that r  b s is minimum, then
   
show that the value of b s 2  | r  b s |2 is equal to | r |2 .
Q.12(a) Find a unit vector â which makes an angle (/4) with axis of z & is such that â  î  ˆj is a unit vector..
  2   2
   
(b) Prove that  a  b    a  b 
 a 2 b2   | a | | b | 
   
      
Q.13 Given four non zero vectors a , b , c and d . The vectors a , b & c are coplanar but not collinear pair by
       
pair and vector d is not coplanar with vectors a , b & c and (a b)  (b c)   , (da)  , (db)   then
 3
1
prove that ( d c)  cos (cos   cos  ) .
Q.14 Given three points on the xy plane on O(0, 0), A(1, 0) and B(–1, 0). Point P is moving on the plane
  
satisfying the condition P A ·P B + 3 O A ·O B = 0 
If the maximum and minimum values of P A P B are M and m respectively then find the value of
M2 + m2.
Q.15 In the plane of a triangle ABC, squares ACXY, BCWZ are described , in the order given, externally to
   
the triangle on AC & BC respectively. Given that CX  b , CA  a , CW  x , CB  y . Prove that
 
   
a.y  x.b  0 . Deduce that AW . BX  0 .
  
Q.16 Given that u  î  2ˆj  3k̂ ; v  2î  ˆj  4k̂ ; w  î  3ˆj  3k̂ and
      
(u ·R  10)î  ( v ·R  20) ĵ  ( w ·R  20)k̂ = 0. Find the unknown vector R .
Question nos. 17, 18, 19:

  
Suppose the three vectors a , b, c on a plane satisfy the condition that
        
| a |  | b |  | c | = | a  b | = 1; c is perpendicular to a and b ·c > 0, then
  
Q.17 Find the angle formed by 2a  b and b .
  
Q.18 If the vector c is expressed as a linear combination a  b then find the ordered pair (, ).
      
Q.19 For real numbers x, y the vector p  xa  yc satisfies the condition 0  p ·a  1 and 0  p ·b  1. Find
 
the maximum value of p ·c .
        
Q.20 (a) If a  b  c  0 , show that a x b  b x c  c x a . Deduce the Sine rule for a  ABC.
(b) Find the minimum area of the triangle whose vertices are A(–1, 1, 2); B(1, 2, 3) and C(t, 1, 1)
where t is a real number.
Q.21 (a) Determine vector of magnitude 9 which is perpendicular to both the vectors:
4î  ˆj  3k̂ &  2î  ˆj  2k̂
(b) A triangle has vertices (1, 1, 1) ; (2, 2, 2), (1, 1, y) and has the area equal to csc  4 sq. units.
Find the value of y.
Q.22 Consider a parallelogram ABCD. Let M be the centre of line segment BC and S denote the point of
intersection of the line segment AM and the diagonal BD . Find the ratio of the area of the parallelogram
to the area of the triangle BMS.
   
Q.23 If a , b , c ,d are position vectors of the vertices of a cyclic quadrilateral ABCD prove that :
           
a x b  bx d  dx a bx c  cx d  dx b
         0
(b  a ) . (d  a ) (b  c) . (d  c)
Q.24 The length of the edge of the regular tetrahedron D  ABC is 'a' . Point E and F are taken on the edges
 
AD and BD respectively such that E divides DA and F divides BD in the ratio 2:1 each . Then find the
area of triangle CEF.
  1    
j and x  a  (q 2  3) b , y   p a  qb . If x  y , then express p
3ˆ
Q.25 Let a  3 î  ˆj and b  î 
2 2
as a function of q, say p = f (q), (p  0 & q  0) and find the intervals of monotonicity of f (q).
EXERCISE–II

Q.1 The vector OP = î  2ˆj  2k̂ turns through a right angle, passing through the positive x-axis on the way..
Find the vector in its new position.
Q.2 The position vectors of the points A, B, C are respectively (1, 1, 1) ; (1, 1, 2) ; (0, 2, 1). Find a unit
vector parallel to the plane determined by ABC & perpendicular to the vector (1, 0, 1) .
( a1  a ) 2 ( a 1  b) 2 (a 1  c ) 2
 
Q.3 Let (b1  a ) 2 (b1  b) 2 (b1  c) 2 = 0 and if the vectors   î  aˆj  a 2 k̂ ;   î  bˆj  b 2 k̂ ;
(c1  a ) 2 (c1  b) 2 (c1  c) 2
  
  î  cˆj  c 2 k̂ are non coplanar, show that the vectors 1  î  a1ˆj  a1 k̂;1  î  b1ˆj  b1 k̂ and
2 2

1  î  c1 ĵ  c12k̂ are coplaner..
Q.4 Given non zero number x1, x2, x3 ; y1, y2, y3 and z1, z2 and z3
(i) Can the given numbers satisfy
x1 x2 x3 x1x 2  y1y 2  z1z 2  0

y1 y2 y 3 = 0 and x 2 x 3  y 2 y3  z 2 z 3  0
z1 z2 z3 x 3 x1  y3 y1  z 3z1  0
(ii) If xi > 0 and yi < 0 for all i = 1, 2, 3 and P = (x1, x2, x3) ; Q (y1, y2, y3) and O (0, 0, 0) can the triangle
POQ be a right angled triangle?
Q.5 The pv's of the four angular points of a tetrahedron are: A j  2 k ; B 3 i  k ; C 4 i  3 j  6 k

     
& D 2 i  3 j  2 k . Find :
 
(i) the perpendicular distance from A to the line BC.
(ii) the volume of the tetrahedron ABCD.
(iii) the perpendicular distance from D to the plane ABC.
(iv) the shortest distance between the lines AB & CD.
Q.6 Find the point R in which the line AB cuts the plane CDE where
    
a = î  2ˆj  k̂ , b = 2î  ˆj  2k̂ , c =  4 ˆj  4k̂ , d = 2î  2ˆj  2k̂ & e = 4î  ˆj  2k̂ .
  
Q.7 If a  a1î  a 2 ĵ  a 3k̂ ; b  b1î  b 2 ĵ  b3k̂ and c  c1î  c 2 ĵ  c3k̂ then show that the value of the
  
  a ·î a · ĵ a ·k̂
   
scalar triple product [ na  b nb  c nc  a ] is (n3 + 1) b ·î b · ĵ b ·k̂
  
c ·î c · ĵ c ·k̂
     
Q.8(a) Prove that a x b =  b  a x (a x b)  
      
(b) Given that a,b,p,q are four vectors such that a  b   p , b .q  0 & ( b ) 2  1 , where µ is a scalar then
       
prove that ( a .q ) p  ( p .q ) a  p .q .
Q.9 ABCD is a tetrahedron with pv's of its angular points as A(–5, 22, 5); B(1, 2, 3); C(4, 3, 2) and
D(–1, 2, – 3). If the area of the triangle AEF where the quadrilaterals ABDE and ABCF are parallelograms
is S then find the value of S.
            
 
Q.10 If A , B & C are vectors such that | B |  | C | , Prove that: A  B x A  C x Bx C . B  C  0 .    
Q.11 Given the points P (1, 1, –1), Q (1, 2, 0) and R (–2, 2, 2). Find
(a) PQP R
(b) Equation of the plane containing the points P, Q and R
(i) in scalar dot product form
(ii) in parametric form
(iii) in cartesian form
and if the plane through PQR cuts the coordinate axes at A, B, C then the area of the ABC.
             
Q.12 Find the scalars  &  if a x ( bx c)  (a . b) b  (4  2  sin  ) b  ( 2  1) c & ( c . c) a  c while b & c
are non zero non collinear vectors.
  
Q.13 Let a   i  2 j  3 k , b  i  2  j  2 k and c  2 i   j  k . Find the value(s) of , if any, such that
 
a  b  b  c  c  a  = 0. Find the vector product when  = 0.

Q.14 Find a vector v which is coplanar with the vectors i  j  2 k & i  2 j  k and is orthogonal to the

vector  2 i  j  k . It is given that the projection of v along the vector i  j  k is equal to 6 3 .
  
Q.15 If the vectors b , c ,d are not coplanar, then prove that the vector
            
(a  b)  ( c  d )  (a  c )  (d  b)  (a  d )  ( b  c ) is parallel to a .
  
Q.16 The figure shows non zero vector v, w and z with
 
orthogonal to the line L, and v and w making equal
 
angles  with the line L. Assuming | v | = | w | , if the

vector w is expressed as a linear combination of
    
v and z as w  xv  yz . Find the value of x and y.
   
Q.17 Consider the non zero vectors a , b , c & d such that no three of which are coplanar then prove that
           
       
a b cd  c a b d  b a cd  d a b c . Hence prove that if a , b , c & d represent the position vectors
   
 b cd   a b d
of the vertices of a plane quadrilateral then     1.
a cd  a b c
         
Q.18 The base vectors a1,a 2 ,a 3 are given in terms of base vectors b1,b 2 ,b3 as, a1  2b1  3b 2  b3 ;
            
a 2  b1  2b 2  2b3 & a 3  2b1  b 2  2b3 . If F  3b1  b 2  2b3 , then express F in terms of
  
a1, a 2 & a 3 .
  1   2    1       2
Q.19 Let a   0  ; b  1 ; c   1 . Find the numbers , ,  such that  a   b   c    5 .
 3 0  1   6 
     
     p 2 b  (b . a ) a  p(b xa )
Q.20 (a) If px  ( x  a )  b ; ( p  0) prove that x  2 2 .
p (p  a )
          
(b)  
Solve the following equation for the vector p ; px a  p . b c  b x c where a , b , c are non
  
zero non coplanar vectors and a is neither perpendicular to b nor to c , hence show that

 
   a bc  
 p  a    c  is perpendicular to b  c .
 a ·c 

  
Q.21 Let a , b & c be non coplanar unit vectors, equally inclined to one another at an angle . If
      
a x b  b x c  p a  q b  r c . Find scalars p, q & r in terms of .
 
Q.22 Solve the simultaneous vector equations for the vectors x and y .
        
x  c  y  a and y  c  x  b where c is a non zero vector..
   
Q.23 Consider the points A (a ); B( b); C( c ) and D(d ) . x is the distance of the point A from the plane BCD.
y is the distance of the point D from the plane ABC.
Column-I Column-II
           
(A) b  c  c  d  d  b x  [b c d] equals (P) [ a b c ]  [ b d c ]  [d a c ]
           
(B) a  b  b  c  c  a y  [a b c] equals (Q) [ a b c ]  [a c d ]  [a d b ]
    when the points A, B, C    

(C) [a b c] is equal to  and D are coplanar 

(R) [ d a b ]  [d b c ]  [ d c a ]
    when the points A, B, C    

(D) [d a b] is equal to  and D are coplanar 

(S) [ b c d ]  [ c a d ]  [d a b ]
EXERCISE–III
Q.1 Find the angle between the two straight lines whose direction cosines l, m, n are given by
2l + 2m – n = 0 and mn + nl + lm = 0.
Q.2 P is any point on the plane lx + my + nz = p. A point Q taken on the line OP (where O is the origin) such
that OP. OQ = p2. Show that the locus of Q is p( lx + my + nz ) = x2 + y2 + z2.
Q.3 Find the equation of the plane through the points (2, 2, 1), (1, –2, 3) and parallel to the x-axis.
Q.4 Through a point P (f, g, h), a plane is drawn at right angles to OP where 'O' is the origin, to meet the
r5
coordinate axes in A, B, C. Prove that the area of the triangle ABC is where OP = r..
2f g h
Q.5 The plane lx + my = 0 is rotated about its line of intersection with the plane z = 0 through an angle .
Prove that the equation to the plane in new position is lx + my + z l 2  m 2 tan  = 0
Q.6 Find the equations of the straight line passing through the point (1, 2, 3) to intersect the straight line
x + 1 = 2 (y – 2) = z + 4 and parallel to the plane x + 5y + 4z = 0.
x 3 y3 z
Q.7 Find the equations of the two lines through the origin which intersect the line   at an
2 1 1

angle of .
3
Q.8 A variable plane is at a constant distance p from the origin and meets the coordinate axes in points A, B
and C respectively. Through these points, planes are drawn parallel to the coordinates planes. Find the
locus of their point of intersection.
x  2 2 y  3 3z  4
Q.9 Find the distance of the point P (– 2, 3, – 4) from the line   measured parallel to
3 4 5
the plane 4x + 12y – 3z + 1 = 0.
Q.10 Find the equation to the line passing through the point (1, –2, –3) and parallel to the line
2x + 3y – 3z + 2 = 0 = 3x – 4y + 2z – 4.
Q.11 Find the equation of the line passing through the point (4, –14, 4) and intersecting the line of intersection
of the planes : 3x + 2y – z = 5 and x – 2y – 2z = –1 at right angles.
Q.12 Let P = (1, 0, – 1) ; Q = (1, 1, 1) and R = (2, 1, 3) are three points.

(a) Find the area of the triangle having P, Q and R as its vertices.
(b) Give the equation of the plane through P, Q and R in the form ax + by + cz = 1.
(c) Where does the plane in part (b) intersect the y-axis.
(d) Give parametric equations for the line through R that is perpendicular to the plane in part (b).
Q.13 Find the point where the line of intersection of the planes x – 2y + z = l and x + 2y – 2z = 5, intersects
the plane 2x + 2y + z + 6 = 0.
Q.14 Feet of the perpendicular drawn from the point P (2, 3, –5) on the axes of coordinates are A, B and C.
Find the equation of the plane passing through their feet and the area of ABC.
Q.15 Find the equations to the line which can be drawn from the point (2, –1, 3) perpendicular to the lines
x 1 y  2 z  3 x4 y z3
  and   at right angles.
2 3 4 4 5 3
x 1 y  2 z
Q.16 Find the equation of the plane containing the straight line   and perpendicular to the
2 3 5
plane x – y + z + 2 = 0.
x 1 y  p z2 x y7 z7
Q.17 Find the value of p so that the lines   and   are in the same
3 2 1 1 3 2
plane. For this value of p, find the coordinates of their point of intersection and the equation of the plane
containing them.
Q.18 Find the equations to the line of greatest slope through the point (7, 2 , –1) in the plane
x – 2y + 3z = 0 assuming that the axes are so placed that the plane 2x + 3y – 4z = 0 is horizontal.
2  1
Q.19 Let L be the line given by r =  2 +   0  and let P be the point (2, – 1, 1). Also suppose that E be
  1   1 
the plane containing three non collinear points A = (0, 1, 1); B(1, 2, 2) and C = (1, 0, 1)
Find
(a) Distance between the point P and the line L.
(b) Equation of the plane E.
(c) Equation the plane F containing the line L and the point P.
(d) Acute between the plane E and F.
(e) Volume of the parallelopiped by A, B, C and the point D(– 3, 0, 1).
Q.20 The position vectors of the four angular points of a tetrahedron OABC are (0, 0, 0); (0, 0, 2); (0, 4, 0)
and (6, 0, 0) respectively. A point P inside the tetrahedron is at the same distance 'r' from the four plane
faces of the tetrahedron. Find the value of 'r'.
x  6 y  10 z  14
Q.21 The line   is the hypotenuse of an isosceles right angled triangle whose opposite
5 3 8
vertex is (7, 2, 4). Find the equation of the remaining sides.
Q.22 Find the foot and hence the length of the perpendicular from the point (5, 7, 3) to the line
x  15 y  29 5  z
  . Also find the equation of the plane in which the perpendicular and the given
3 8 5
straight line lie.
x 1 y  2 z  3
Q.23 Find the equation of the line which is reflection of the line   in the plane
9 1 3
3x – 3y + 10z = 26.
x 1 y z x 3 y z 2
Q.24 Find the equation of the plane containing the line   and parallel to the line   .
2 3 2 2 5 4
Find also the S.D. between the two lines.
 1 1 1
 1
Q.25 Consider the plane E : r = +   + 0
2
 1   0   1 
Let F be the plane containing the point A (– 4, 2, 2) and parallel to E.
Suppose the point B is on the plane E such that B has a minimum distance from the point A.
If C (– 3, 0, 4) lies in the plane F. Find the area of the angle ABC.
EXERCISE–IV
       
Q.1 (a) Let a  2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ & b  î  ˆj . If c is a vector such that a .c | c | , | c  a | 2 2 and the angle
     
between (a  b) and c is 30°, then (a  b)  c =
2 3
(A) (B) (C) 2 (D) 3
3 2
     
(b) Let a  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , b  î  2ˆj  kˆ and a unit vector c be coplanar. If c is perpendicular to a , then c =
1 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
(A)
2

ˆj  kˆ  (B)
3

i  j  k  (C)
5
i  2j  (D)
3
i  j k 
          
(c)  
Let a & b be two non-collinear unit vector. If u  a  a .b b & v  a  b , then | v | is
          
(A) | u | (B) | u |  | u .a | (C) | u |  | u .b | (D) u  u. a  b  
          1
(d) Let u & v be unit vectors. If w is a vector such that w   w  u   v , then prove that  u  v  . w 
2
 
and the equality holds if and only if u is perpendicular to v .
[JEE '99, 2+2+3+10]
Q.2 (a) An arc AC of a circle subtends a right angle at the centre O. The point B divides the arc in the ratio
      
1 : 2. If OA  a & OB  b , then calculate OC in terms of a & b .
   
(b) If a , b , c are non-coplanar vectors and d is a unit vector, then find the value of,
           
       
a.d b  c  b.d  c  a   c.d a  b independent of d . [REE '99, 6+6]
Q.3(a) Select the correct alternative :

  
(i) If the vectors a , b & c form the sides BC, CA & AB respectively of a triangle ABC, then
           
(A) a . b  b . c  c . a = 0 (B) a  b  b  c  c  a
           
(C) a . b  b . c  c . a (D) a  b  b  c  c  a = 0
        
   
  
(ii) Let the vectors a , b , c & d be such that a  b  c  d = 0 . Let P1 & P2 be planes determined by
the pairs of vectors a , b & c , d respectively . Then the angle between P1 and P2 is :
(A) 0 (B) /4 (C) /3 (4) /2
  
(iii) If a , b & c are unit coplanar vectors, then the scalar triple product
  
 2 a  b  
2bc 2ca = 
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C)  3 (D) 3
[ JEE ,2000 (Screening) 1 + 1 + 1 out of 35 ]
(b) Let ABC and PQR be any two triangles in the same plane . Assume that the perpendiculars from the
points A, B, C to the sides QR, RP, PQ respectively are concurrent . Using vector methods or otherwise,
prove that the perpendiculars from P, Q, R to BC, CA, AB respectively are also concurrent .
[ JEE '2000 (Mains) 10 out of 100 ]
  
Q.4(i) If a = i  j  k , b =  i  2 j  2 k & c =  i  2 j  k , find a unit vector normal to the vectors
   
a + b and b  c .
    
(ii) Given that vectors a & b are perpendicular to each other, find vector v in terms of a & b satisfying
      
the equations, v ·a = 0 , v . b = 1 and [ v a b] = 1
      1  
(iii) a , b & c are three unit vectors such that a  b  c =  2
  
b  c . Find angle between vectors
   
a & b given that vectors b & c are non-parallel.
(iv) A particle is placed at a corner P of a cube of side 1 meter. Forces of magnitudes 2, 3 and 5 kg weight
act on the particle along the diagonals of the faces passing through the point P. Find the moment of these
forces about the corner opposite to P. [ REE '2000 (Mains) 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 out of 100]
Q.5(a) The diagonals of a parallelogram are given by vectors 2i  3j  6 k and 3i  4 j  k . Determine its sides
and also the area.
(b) Find the value of  such that a, b, c are all non-zero and
4 i  5j a  (3i  3j  k )b  (i  j  3k )c =  (ai  bj  ck )
  [ REE '2001 (Mains) 3 + 3]
   
 
Q.6(a) Find the vector r which is perpendicular to a = i  2j  5k and b  2i  3j  k and r  2î  ˆj  k̂ +8=0.
(b) Two vertices of a triangle are at  i  3j and 2i  5j and its orthocentre is at i  2j . Find the position
vector of third vertex. [ REE '2001 (Mains) 3 + 3]
    2  2  2
Q.7(a) If a , b and c are unit vectors, then a  b  b  c  c  a does NOT exceed
(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6
     
(b) Let a  î  k̂, b  x î  ĵ  (1  x )k̂ and c  yî  x ĵ  (1  x  y)k̂ . Then [a , b, c] depends on
(A) only x (B) only y
(C) NEITHER x NOR y (D) both x and y
[ JEE '2001 (Screening) 1 + 1 out of 35]
 
Q.8 Let A(t ) = f1 (t )i  f2 (t )j and B(t )  g1 (t )i  g 2 (t )j , t  [0, 1], where f1, f2, g1, g2 are continuous
   
functions. If A(t ) and B( t ) are nonzero vectors for all t and A(0) = 2i  3j , A(1) = 6 i  2j ,
   
B(0) = 3i  2j and B(1) = 2i  6 j , then show that A(t ) and B(t ) are parallel for some t.
[JEE '2001 (Mains) 5 out of 100]
     
Q.9(a) If a and b are two unit vectors such that a + 2 b and 5 a – 4 b are perpendicular to each other then
 
the angle between a and b is
(A) 450 (B) 600 (C) cos–1 1 3 (D) cos–1 2 7 
  
(b) Let V  2 î  ˆj  k̂ and W  î  3k̂ . If U is a unit vector, then the maximum value of the scalar triple
  

product U V W is 
(A) –1 (B) 10  6 (C) 59 (D) 60
[JEE 2002(Screening), 3 + 3]

Q.10 Let V be the volume of the parallelopiped formed by the vectors a  a1î  a 2 ĵ  a 3k̂ ,
 
b  b1î  b 2 ĵ  b3k̂ , c  c1î  c 2 ĵ  c3k̂ . If ar , br , cr , where r = 1, 2, 3, are non-negative real
3
numbers and  a r  b r  cr  = 3L, show that V  L3. [JEE 2002(Mains), 5]
r 1
  
Q.11 If a = î  aˆj  k̂ , b = ˆj  ak̂ , c = a î  k̂ , then find the value of ‘a’ for which volume of
parallelopiped formed by three vectors as coterminous edges, is minimum, is
1 1 1
(A) (B) – (C) ± (D) none
3 3 3
[JEE 2003(Scr.), 3]
Q.12 (i) Find the equation of the plane passing through the points (2, 1, 0) , (5, 0, 1) and (4, 1, 1).
(ii) If P is the point (2, 1, 6) then find the point Q such that PQ is perpendicular to the plane in (i) and
the mid point of PQ lies on it. [JEE 2003, 4 out of 60]
    
Q.13 If u , v , w are three non-coplanar unit vectors and , ,  are the angles between u and v ,
      
v and w , w and u respectively and x , y, z are unit vectors along the bisectors of the angles , , 
      1    2 2   
respectively. Prove that x  y y  z z  x   u v w  sec sec 2 sec 2 .
16 2 2 2
[JEE 2003, 4 out of 60]
x 1 y  1 z 1 x 3 yk z
Q.14(a) If the lines   and   intersect, then k =
2 3 4 1 2 1
(A) 2/9 (B) 9/2 (C) 0 (D) – 1
(b) A unit vector in the plane of the vectors 2î  ĵ  k̂ , î  ĵ  k̂ and orthogonal to 5î  2 ĵ  6k̂
6î  5k̂ 3 ĵ  k̂ 2î  5k̂ 2 î  ˆj  2 k̂
(A) (B) (C) (D)
61 10 29 3
      ˆ 
(c) If a  î  j  k̂ , a ·b  1 and a  b  j  k̂ , then b =
(A) î (B) î  ˆj  k̂ (C) 2 ĵ  k̂ (D) 2î
[ JEE 2004 (screening)]
           
Q.15(a) Let a , b, c, d are four distinct vectors satisfying a  b = c  d and a  c  b  d . Show that
       
a ·b  c ·d  a ·c  b ·d .
(b)Let P be the plane passing through (1, 1, 1) and parallel to the lines L1 and L2 having direction ratios
1, 0, –1 and –1, 1, 0 respectively. If A, B and C are the points at which P intersects the coordinate axes,
find the volume of the tetrahedron whose vertices are A, B, C and the origin.
[JEE 2004, 2 + 2out of 60]
 
     b.a    b.a 
Q.16 (a) If a, b, c are three non-zero, non-coplanar vectors and b1  b   2 a , b 2  b   2 a ,
|a| |a|
      
  c.a  b.c    c.a  b1.c    c.a  b.c 
c1  c   2 a   2 b1 , c 2  c   2 a   2 b1 , c3  c   2 a   2 b1 ,
|a| |c| |a| | b1 | |c| |c|
 
  c.a  b.c 
c4  c   2 a   2 b1 then the set of orthogonal vectors is
|c| |b|
           

(A) a, b1 , c3  
(B) a, b1 , c2  
(C) a, b1 , c1  
(D) a, b 2 , c2 
(b) A variable plane at a distance of 1 unit from the origin cuts the co-ordinate axes at A, B and C. If the
1 1 1
centroid D (x, y, z) of triangle ABC satisfies the relation 2  2  2 = k, then the value of k is
x y z
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 1/3 (D) 9 [JEE 2005 (Scr), 3]
(c) Find the equation of the plane containing the line 2x – y + z – 3 = 0, 3x + y + z = 5 and at a distance of
1 6 from the point (2, 1, – 1).
(d) Incident ray is along the unit vector v̂ and the reflected ray is along the
unit vector ŵ . The normal is along unit vector â outwards. Express
ŵ in terms of â and v̂ . [ JEE 2005 (Mains), 2 + 4 out of 60]
Q.17(a) A plane passes through (1, –2, 1) and is perpendicular to two planes 2x – 2y + z = 0 and
x – y + 2z = 4. The distance of the plane from the point (1, 2, 2) is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 2 2
    
(b) Let a  î  2ˆj  k̂ , b  î  ˆj  k̂ and c  î  ˆj  k̂ . A vector in the plane of a and b whose projection

on c has the magnitude equal to 1 3 , is
(A) 4î  ˆj  4k̂ (B) 3î  ˆj  3k̂ (C) 2î  ˆj  2k̂ (D) 4î  ˆj  4k̂
[JEE 2006,3 marks each]

(c) Let A be vector parallel to line of intersection of planes P1 and P2 through origin. P1 is parallel to the
vectors 2 ˆj + 3 k̂ and 4 ˆj – 3 k̂ and P2 is parallel to ˆj – k̂ and 3 î + 3 ˆj , then the angle between


vector A and 2 î + ˆj – 2 k̂ is
   
(A) (B) (C) (D) [JEE 2006, 5]
2 4 6 3
(d) Match the following
(i) Two rays in the first quadrant x + y = | a | and
ax – y = 1 intersects each other in the interval
a  (a0, ), the value of a0 is (A) 2
(ii) Point (, , ) lies on the plane x + y + z = 2.
 
Let a   î   ˆj   k̂ , k̂  ( k̂  a ) = 0, then  = (B) 4/3
1 0 1 0
2 2
(iii)  (1  y ) dy +  ( y  1) dy (C)  1  x dx +  1  x dx
0 1 0 1
(iv) In a ABC, if sinA sinB sinC + cos A cosB = 1,

then the value of sin C = (D) 1 [JEE 2006, 6]
(e) Match the following

 1 
(i)  tan 1 2i 2   t , then tan t = (A) 0
i 1
(ii) Sides a, b, c of a triangle ABC are in A.P. (B) 1
a b c   5
and cos 1  , cos  2  , cos 3  , then tan 2 1  tan 2 3 = (C)
bc ac ab 2 2 3
(iii) A line is perpendicular to x + 2y + 2z = 0 and passes through (0, 1, 0). (D) 2/3
The perpendicular distance of this line from the origin is [JEE 2006, 6]
Q.18(a) The number of distinct real values of , for which the vectors  2 î  ˆj  k̂ , î  2ˆj  k̂ and î  ˆj  2 k̂
are coplanar, is
(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) three
      
(b) Let a , b, c be unit vectors such that a  b  c  0 . Which one of the following is correct?
             
(A) a  b  bc ca  0 (B) a  b  b  c  c  a  0
            
(C) a  b bc  a c  0 (D) a  b, b  c, c  a are mutually perpendicular..
(c) Let the vectors P Q , Q R , R S , S T , T U and U P represent the sides of a regular hexagon.


Statement-1: P Q × R S  S T  0 
because
 
Statement-2: P Q  R S = 0 and P Q  S T  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.
(d) Consider the planes 3x – 6y – 2z = 15 and 2x + y – 2z = 5.

Statement-1: The parametric equations of the line of intersection of the given planes are
x = 3 + 14t, y = 1 + 2t, z = 15t.
because
Statement-2: The vector 14î  2ˆj  15k̂ is parallel to the line of intersection of given planes.
(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.
MATCH THE COLUMN:

(e) Consider the following linear equations
ax + by + cz = 0
bx + cy + az = 0
cx + ay + bz = 0
Match the conditions/ expressions in Column I with statements in Column II.
Column I Column II
(A) a + b + c  0 and (P) the equation represent planes
2 2 2
a + b + c = ab + bc + ca meeting only at a single point.
(B) a + b + c = 0 and (Q) the equation represent the line
2 2 2
a + b + c  ab + bc + ca x=y=z
(C) a + b + c  0 and (R) the equation represent identical planes
2 2 2
a + b + c  ab + bc + ca
(D) a + b + c = 0 and (S) the equation represent the whole of
2 2 2
a + b + c = ab + bc + ca the three dimensional space.
[JEE 2007, 3+3+3+3+6]
Q.19(a) The edges of a parallelopiped are of unit length and are parallel to non-coplanar unit vectors â , b̂, ĉ
1
such that â ·b̂  b̂ ·ĉ  ĉ ·â  . Then the volume of the parallelopiped is
2
1 1 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2 3
(b) Let two non-collinear unit vector â and b̂ form an acute angle. A point P moves so that at any time t the
position vector O P (where O is the origin) is given by â cos t  b̂ sin t . When P is farthest from origin
O, let M be the length of O P and û be the unit vector along O P . Then,

1 1
â  b̂ â  b̂
(A) û  and M  (1  â ·b̂) 2 (B) û  and M  (1  â ·b̂) 2
| â  b̂ | | â  b̂ |
1 1
â  b̂ â  b̂
(C) û  and M  (1  2â ·b̂) 2 (D) û  and M  (1  2â ·b̂) 2
| â  b̂ | | â  b̂ |
(c) Consider three planes
P1 : x – y + z = 1
P2 : x + y – z = –1
P3 : x – 3y + 3z = 2
Let L1, L2, L3 be the lines of intersection of the planes P2 and P3, P3 and P1, and P1 and P2, respectively.
Statement-1 : At least two of the lines L1, L2 and L3 are non-parallel.
and
Statement-2 : The three planes do not have a common point.
(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
Paragraph for Question Nos. (i) to (iii)
(d) Consider the lines
x 1 y  2 z 1 x 2 y 2 z 3
L1 :   ; L2 :  
3 1 2 1 2 3
(i) The unit vector perpendicular to both L1 and L2 is
 î  7 ĵ  7k̂  î  7 ĵ  5k̂  î  7 ĵ  5k̂ 7 î  7 ĵ  k̂
(A) (B) (C) (D)
99 5 3 5 3 99
(ii) The shortest distance between L1 and L2 is
17 41 17
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
3 5 3 5 3
(iii) The distance of the point (1, 1, 1) from the plane passing through the point (–1, –2, –1) and
whose normal is perpendicular to both the lines L1 and L2 is
2 7 13 23
(A) (B) (C) (D)
75 75 75 75
[JEE 2008, 3+3+3+4+4+4]
          1
  
Q.20 If a , b, c and d are unit vectors such that a  b · c  d  1 and a ·c  , then
2
[JEE - 2009]
     
(A) a , b, c are non-coplanar (B) b, c, d are non-coplanar
     
(C) b, d are non-parallel (D) a , d are parallel and b, c are parallel
Q.21 Let P(3, 2, 6) be a point in space and Q be a point on the line

r  ( î  ˆj  2k̂ )   ( 3î  ˆj  5k̂ )
Then the value of  for which the vector PQ is parallel to the plane x – 4y + 3z =1 is [JEE - 2009]
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) – (C) (D) –
4 4 8 8
Q.22 A line with positive direction cosines passes through the point P(2, – 1, 2) and makes equal angles with
the coordinate axes. The line meets the plane
2x + y + z = 9
at point Q. The length of the line segment PQ equals [JEE - 2009]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 2
Q.23 Match the statements/expression given in Column I with the values given in Column II.
Column I Column II
(A) sin x
The number of solutions of the equation xe – cos x = 0 (P) 1
 
in the interval  0, 
 2
(B) Value(s) of k for which the planes (Q) 2
kx + 4y + z = 0, 4x + ky + 2z = 0 and 2x + 2y + z = 0
intersect in a straight line
(C) Value(s) of k for which (R) 3
|x – 1| + |x – 2| + |x + 1| + |x + 2| = 4k
has integer solution(s)
(D) If y' = y + 1 and y(0) = 1, (S) 4
then value(s) of y (ln 2)
(T) 5
Q.24 Match the statements/expressions given in Column I with the values given in Column II.
Column I Column II

(A) Root(s) of the equation 2 sin2 + sin22 = 2 (P)
6
 6x   3x  
(B) Points of discontinuity of the function f(x) =   cos   , (Q)
  4
where [y] denotes the largest integer less than or equal to y

(C) Volume of the parallelopiped with its edges represented by the vectors (R)
3
î  ˆj, î  2ˆj and î  ˆj  k̂
     
(D) Angle between vectors a and b where a , b and c are unit (S)
2
   
vectors satisfying a  b  3 c  0 (T) 
Q. 25 Let P, Q, R and S be the points on the plane with position vectors 2iˆ  ˆj , 4i,3i
ˆ ˆ  3jˆ and 3iˆ  2ˆj
respectively. [JEE 2010]
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
x y z
Q. 26 Equation of the plane containing the straight line   and perpendicular to the plane containing
2 3 4
x y z x y z
the straight lines   and   is [JEE 2010]
3 4 2 4 2 3
(A) x + 2y – 2z = 0 (B) 3x + 2y – 2z = 0
(C) x – 2y + z = 0 (D) 5x + 2y – 4z = 0
   î  2ˆj  2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ

Q. 27 If a and b are vectors in space given by a  and b  , then the value of
5 14
     
(2a  b).[(a  b)  (a  2b)] is [JEE 2010]
x 1 y  2 z  3
Q. 28 If the distance between the plane Ax – 2y + z = d and the plane containing the lines  
2 3 4
x 2 y3 z4
and   is 6 , then |d| is [JEE 2010]
3 4 5
Q. 29 If the distance of the point P(1, –2, 1) from the plane x + 2y – 2z = , where  > 0, is 5, then the foot
of the perpendicular form P to the plane is [JEE 2010]
8 4 7  4 4 1  1 2 10  2 1 5
(A)  , ,   (B)  ,  ,  (C)  , ,  (D)  ,  , 
3 3 3  3 3 3 3 3 3  3 3 2

Q. 30 Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram ABCD are given by AB = 2iˆ  10ˆj  11kˆ and

AD  î  2ˆj  2kˆ . The side AD is rotated by an actue angle  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  is given by
8 17 1 4 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) [JEE 2010]
9 9 9 9
Q.31 Column I Column II
x  2 y 1 z 1
(A) A line from the origin meets the lines   (P) –4
1 2 1
8
x
and 3  y  3  z  1 at P and Q respectively. If length PQ = d,
2 1 1
then d2 is
3
(B) The value of x satisfying tan–1(x + 3) – tan–1(x – 3) = sin–1   are (Q) 0
5
        
(C) Non-zero vectors a, b and c satisfy a .b  0 , (b  a).(b  c)  0 (R) 4
      
and 2 | b  c || b  a | . If a  b  4c , then the possible values of 
are
(D) Let f be the function on [–, ] given by f(0) = 9 and (S) 5


 9x  x 2
f(x) = sin   sin   for x  0. The value of  f (x) dx is
 2  2  
(T) 6
[JEE 2010]
     
Q.32 Let a  î  ˆj  kˆ , b  î  ˆj  kˆ and c  î  ˆj  kˆ be three vectors. A vector v in the plane of a and b ,
 1
whose projection on c is , is given by [JEE 2011]
3
(A) î  3jˆ  3kˆ (B) 3iˆ  3jˆ  kˆ (C) 3iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ (D) î  3jˆ  3kˆ
Q.33 The vectors which is/are coplanar with vectors î  ˆj  2kˆ , and î  2ˆj  kˆ , and perpendicular to the
vector î  ˆj  kˆ is/are [JEE 2011]
(A) ˆj  kˆ (B) î  ˆj (C) î  ˆj (D) ˆj  kˆ
   
Q.34 Let a  î  kˆ , b  î  ˆj and c  î  2ˆj  3kˆ be three given vectors. If r is a vector such that
       
r  b  c  b and r .a  0 , then the value of r .b is [JEE 2011]
Q.35 The point P is the intersection of the straight line joining the points Q(2, 3, 5) and R(1, –1, 4) with the
plane 5x – 4y – z = 1. If S is the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point T(2, 1, 4) to QR, then
the length of the line segment PS is [JEE 2012]
1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2 2
2
Q.36 The equation of a plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes x + 2y + 3z = 2 and
2
x – y + z = 3 and at a distance from the point (3, 1, –1) is [JEE 2012]
3
(A) 5x – 11y + z = 17 (B) 2x  y  3 2  1
(C) x + y + z = 3 (D) x  2y  1  2
     
Q.37 If a and b are vectors such that | a  b | 29 and a  (2iˆ  3jˆ  4k)
ˆ  (2iˆ  3jˆ  4k)
ˆ  b , then a
 
possible value of (a  b).( 7iˆ  2ˆj  3k)
ˆ is : [JEE 2012]
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 8
x 1 y 1 z x 1 y 1 z
Q.38 If the straight lines   and   are coplanar, then the plane(s) containing
2 k 2 5 2 k
these two lines is(are) [JEE 2012]
(A) y + 2z = – 1 (B) y + z = – 1 (C) y – z = – 1 (D) y – 2z = – 1
           
Q.39 If a, b and c are unit vectors satisfying | a  b |2  | b  c |2  | c  a |2  9 , then | 2a  5b  5c | is
[JEE 2012]
x 2 y3 z4 x 1 y  4 z  5
Q.40 If the lines   and   are coplanar, then k can have,
1 1 k k 2 1
(A) exactly three values (B) any value [IIT-Main 2013]
(C) exactly one value (D) exactly two values
 
Q.41 If the vectors AB  3iˆ  4kˆ and AC  5iˆ  2ˆj  4kˆ are the sides of a triangle ABC, then the length of
the median through A is : [IIT-Main 2013]
(A) 45 (B) 18 (C) 72 (D) 33
Q.42 Distance between two parallel planes 2x + y + 2z = 8 and 4x + 2y + 4z + 5 = 0 is :
 3 5 7
(A) (B) (C) (D) [IIT-Main 2013]
2 2 2 2
 
Q.43 Let PR  3iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and SQ  î  3jˆ  4kˆ determine diagonals of a parallelogram PQRS and

PT  î  2ˆj  3kˆ be another vector. Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by the vectors
  
PT, PQ and PS is : [IIT-Advance 2013]
(A) 5 (B) 20 (C) 10 (D) 30
x  2 y 1 z
Q.44 Perpendicular are drawn from points on the line   to the plane x + y + z = 3. The feet
2 1 3
of perpendicular lie on the line [IIT-Advance 2013]
x y 1 z  2 x y 1 z  2
(A)   (B)  
5 8 13 2 3 5
x y 1 z  2 x y 1 z  2
(C)   (D)  
4 3 7 2 7 5
Q.45 A line  passing through the origin is perpendicular to the lines [IIT-Advance 2013]
1 : (3 + t) î + (–1 + 2t) ˆj + (4 + 2t) k̂ , –  < t < 
2 : (3 + 2s) î + (3 + 2s) ˆj + (2 + s) k̂ , –  < s < 

Then, the coordinate(s) of the point(s) on 2 at a distance of 17 from the point of intersection of  and
1 is(are) :
7 7 5 7 7 8
(A)  , ,  (B) (–1, –1, 0) (C) (1, 1, 1) (D)  , , 
 3 3 3 9 9 9
y z y z
Q.46 Two lines L1 : x = 5,  and L2 : x = ,  are coplanar. Then  can take value(s)
3   2 1 2  
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 [IIT-Advance 2013]
Q.47 List-I List-II
  
(P) Volume of parallelepiped determined by vectors a, b and c is 2 (1) 100
Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by vectors
     
2(a  b),3(b  c) and (c  a) is
  
(Q) Volume of parallelepiped determined by vectors a, b and c is 5 (2) 30
Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by vectors
     
3(a  b),(b  c) and 2(c  a) is
(R) Area of a triangle with adjacent sides determined by vectors (3) 24
 
a and b is 20. Then the area of the triangle with adjacent sides
   
determined by vectors (2a  3b) and (a  b) is
(S) Area of a parallelogram with adjacent sides determined by (4) 60
 
vectors a and b is 30. Then the area of the parallelogram with
  
adjacent sides determined by vectors (a  b) and a is [IIT-Advance 2013]
(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
x 1 y z  3 x 4 y3 z3
Q. 48 Consider the lines L 1 :   , L2 :   and the planes
2 1 1 1 1 2
P1 : 7x + y + 2z = 3, P2 : 3x + 5y – 6z = 4. Let ax + by + cz = d be the equation of the plane passing
through the point of intersection of lines L1 and L2, and perpendicular to planes P1 and P2.
[IIT-Advance 2013]
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List-I List-II
(P) a= (1) 13
(Q) b= (2) –3
(C) c= (3) 1
(D) d= (4) –2
(A) P3;Q2;R4;S1
(B) P1;Q3;R4;S2
(C) P3;Q2;R1;S4
(D) P2;Q4;R1;S3
Q.49 Consider the set of eight vectors V = {aiˆ  bjˆ  ckˆ :a, b,c  {1,1}} . Three non-coplanar vectors can
be chosen from V in 2P ways. Then p is : [IIT-Advance 2013]
x 1 y  3 z  4
Q.50 The image of the line   in the plane 2x – y + z + 3 = 0 is the line
3 1 5
x 3 y5 z2 x 3 y5 z2

(A)   (B)   [IIT Main 2014]
3 1 5 3 1 5
x 3 y5 z 2 x 3 y5 z2

(C)   (D)  
3 1 5 3 1 5
     2
Q.51 If a  b b  c c  a     a b c  then  is equal to [IIT Main 2014]
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0
Q.52 The angle between the lines whose direction cosines satisfy the equations  + m + n = 0 and
2 = m2 + n2 is [IIT Main 2014]
   
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 4 6
   
Q.53 Let x, y and z be three vectors each of magnitude 2 and the angle between each pair of them is .
3
     
If a is a non-zero vector perpendicular to x and y  z and b is a non-zero vector perpendicular to y
 
and z  x , then [IIT Advance 2014]
         
(A) b  (b.z)(z  x) (B) a  (a .y)(y  z)
          
(C) a .b  (a .y)(b.z) (D) a  (a .y)(z  y)
   
Q.54 Let a, b and c be three non-coplanar unit vectors such that the angle between every pair of them is .
3
       p 2  2q 2  r 2
If a  b  b  c  pa  qb  rc , where p, q and r are scalar, then the value of is
q2
[IIT Advance 2014]
x–2 y +1 z–2
Q.55 The distance of the point (1, 0, 2) from the point of intersection of the line = = and the
3 4 12
plane x – y + z = 16, is [IIT Main 2015]
(A) 13 (B) 2 14 (C) 8 (D) 3 21
Q.56 The equation of the plane containing the line 2x – 5y + z = 3; x + y + 4z = 5, and parallel to the plane,
x + 3y + 6z = 1, is [IIT Main 2015]
(A) 2x + 6y + 12z = –13 (B) 2x + 6y + 12z = 13
(C) x + 3y + 6z = – 7 (D) x + 3y + 6z = 7
      1
Q.57 Let a, b and c be three non- zero vectors such that no two of them are collinear and ( a × b ) × c =
3
    
b c a . If  is the angle between vectors b and c , then a value of sin is : [IIT Main 2015]
–2 3 2 2 – 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3
Q.58 In R3, let L be a straight line passing through the origin. Suppose that all the points on
L are at a constant distance from the two planes P1 : x + 2y – z + 1 = 0 and P2 : 2x – y + z – 1 = 0. Let
M be the locus of the feet of the perpendiculars drawn from the points on L to the plane P1. Which of the
following points lie(s) on M ? [IIT Advance 2015]
 5 2  1 1 1  5 1  1 2
(A)  0, – , –  (B)  – , – ,  (C)  – , 0,  (D)  – , 0, 
 6 3  6 3 6  6 6  3 3
         

Q.59 Let PQR be a triangle. Let a = QR , b = RP and c = PQ . If | a | = 12, | b | = 4 3 and b . c = 24,
then which of the following is (are) true ? [IIT Advance 2015]
 
| c |2  | c |2 
(A) – | a | = 12 (B) + | a | = 30
2 2
     
(C) | a × b + c × a | = 48 3 (D) a . b = –72
Q.60 In R3, consider the planes P1 : y = 0 and P2 : x + z = 1, Let P3 be a plane, different from P1 and P2, which
passes through the intersection of P1 and P2. If the distance of the point (0, 1, 0) from P3 is 1 and the
distance of a point (, , ) from P3 is 2, then which of the following relations is (are) true?
(A) 2 +  + 2 + 2 = 0 (B) 2 –  + 2 + 4 = 0 [IIT Advance 2015]
(C) 2 +  – 2 + 10 = 0 (D) 2 –  + 2 – 8 = 0
   
Q.61 Suppose that p , q and r are three non-coplanar vectors in R3. Let the components of a vector s along
      
p , q and r be 4, 3 and 5, respectively. If the components of this vector s along ( –p + q + r ),
     
( p – q + r ) and ( –p – q + r ) are x, y and z, respectively, then the value of 2x + y + z is
[IIT Advance 2015]
Q.62 The distance of the point (1, –5, 9) from the plane x – y + z = 5 measured along the line x = y = z is :
10 20
(A) 3 10 (B) 10 3 (C) (D)
3 3
[IIT Main 2016]
x 3 y 2 z 4
Q.63 If the line,   lies in the plane, lx + my – z = 9, then 2 + m2 is equal to :
2 1 3
[IIT Main 2016]
(A) 5 (B) 26 (C) 18 (D) 2
      3    

Q.64 Let a, b and c be three unit vectors such that a  b  c 
2
  
b  c . If b is not parallel to c , then
 
the angle between a and b is : [IIT Main 2016]
3  2 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 3 6
Q.65 Consider a pyramid OPQRS located in the first octant (x  0, y  0, z  0) with O as origin, and OP and
OR along the x-axis and the y-axis, respectively. The base OPQR of the pyramid is a square with
OP = 3. The point S is directly above the mid-point T of diagonal OQ such that TS = 3. Then
(A) The acute angle between OQ and OS is /3 [IIT Advance 2016]
(B) The equation of the plane containing the triangle OQS is x – y = 0
3
(C) The length of the perpendicular from P to the plane containing the triangle OQS is
2
15
(D) The perpendicular distance from O to the straight line containing RS is
2
Q.66 Let P be the image of the point (3, 1, 7) with respect to the plane x – y + z = 3. Then the equation of the
x y z
plane passing through P and containing the straight line   is [IIT Advance 2016]
1 2 1
(A) x + y – 3z = 0 (B) 3x + z = 0 (C) x – 4y + 7z = 0 (D) 2x – y = 0
 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
Q.67 Let u  u1î  u 2ˆj  u 3kˆ be a unit vector in R3 and ŵ  (i  j  2k) . Given that there exists a vector
6
  
 in R3 such that û   = 1 and ŵ .  û    = 1. Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct ?

(A) There is exactly one choice for such  [IIT Advance 2016]

(B) There are infinitely many choices for such 
(C) If û lies in the xy-plane then |u1| = |u2|
(D) If û lies in the xy-plane then 2|u1| = |u3|
Q.68 If the image of the point P(1, –2, 3) in the plane, 2x + 3y – 4z + 22 = 0 measured parallel to the line
x y z
  is Q, then PQ is equal to [JEE Mains 2017]
1 4 5
(A) 3 5 (B) 2 42 (C) 42 (D) 6 5
       
Q.69 Let a  2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and b  î  ˆj . Let c be a vector such that | c  a | 3, (a  b)  c  3 and the angle
    
between c and a  b be 30°. Then a  c is equal to [JEE Mains 2017]
25 1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 5 (D)
8 8
Q.70 The distance of the point (1, 3, –7) from the plane passing through the point (1, –1, –1), having normal
perpendicular to both the lines [JEE Mains 2017]
x 1 y  2 z  4 x  2 y 1 z  7
  and   is
1 2 3 2 1 1
20 10 5 10
(A) (B) (C) (D)
74 83 83 74
Q.71 The equation of the plane passing through the point (1, 1, 1) and perpendicular to the planes
2x + y – 2z = 5 and 3x – 6y – 2z = 7, is [JEE Adv. 2017]
(A) 14x + 2y – 15z = 1 (B) 14x – 2y + 15z = 27
(C) –14x + 2y + 15z = 3 (D) 14x + 2y + 15z = 31
Q.72 Let O be the origin and let PQR be an arbitrary triangle. The point S is such that
           
OP  OQ  OR  OS  OR  OP  OQ  OS  OQ  OR  OP  OS [JEE Adv. 2017]
Then the triangle PQR has S as its
(A) circumcentre (B) incentre (C) centroid (D) orthocenter
Paragraph (Q.73 & Q.74)

     
Let O be the origin, and OX,OY,OZ be three unit vectors in the direction of the sides, QR, RP, PQ
respectively, of a triangle PQR. [JEE Adv. 2017]
Q.73 If the triangle PQR varies, then the minimum value of

cos(P + Q) + cos(Q + R) + cos(R + P) is
3 5 5 3
(A) (B) (C)  (D) 
2 3 3 2
 
Q.74 OX  OY 
(A) sin(P + R) (B) sin(Q + R) (C) sin(P + Q) (D) sin 2R
  
Q.75 Let u be a vector coplanar with the vectors a  2iˆ  3jˆ  kˆ and b  ˆj  kˆ if u is perpendicular
   
to a and u  b  24 , then u 2 is equal to : [JEE Mains 2018]
(A) 84 (B) 336 (C) 315 (D) 256
        
Q.76 Let a and b be two unit vectors such that a  b = 0. For some x, y  R, let c  xa  yb  (a  b) .
   
If | c | = 2 and the vector c is inclined at the same angle  to both a and b , then the value of 8 cos2 
is. [JEE Adv. 2018]
Q.77 Consider the cube in the first octant with sides OP, OQ and OR of length 1, along the x-axis, y-axis and
1 1 1
z-axis, respectively, where O(0, 0, 0) is the origin. Let S  , ,  be the centre of the cube and T be
2 2 2
the vertex of the cube opposite to the origin O such that S lies on the diagonal OT.
           
If p  SP, q  SQ , r  SR and t  ST then the value of (p  q)  (r  t ) is. [JEE Adv. 2018]
Q.78 If L1 is the line of intersection of the plane 2x – 2y + 3z – 2 = 0, x – y + z + 1 = 0 and L2 is the line of

intersection of the plane x + 2y – z – 3 = 0, 3x – y + 2z – 1 = 0, then the distance of the origin from the
plane containing the lines L1 and L2 is : [JEE Mains 2018]
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 2 3 2 2 2
Q.79 The length of the projection of the line segment joining the points (5, –1, 4) and (4, –1, 3) on the
plane, x + y + z = 7 is : [JEE Mains 2018]
2 2 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 3 3 3
Q.80 Let P1 : 2x + y – z = 3 and P2 : x + 2y + z = 2 be two planes. Then, which of the following statement(s)
is (are) TRUE ?
(A) The line of intersection of P1 and P2 has direction ratios 1, 2, –1 [JEE Adv. 2018]
3x  4 1  3y z
(B) The line is   is perpendicular to the line of intersection of P1 and P2
9 9 3
(C) The acute angle between P1 and P2 is 60°
(D) If P3 is the plane passing through the point (4, 2, –2) and perpendicular to the line of intersection of
2
P1 and P2, then the distance of the point (2, 1, 1) from the plane P3 is
3
Q.81 Let P be a point in the first octant, whose image Q in the plane x + y = 3 (that is, the line segment PQ is
perpendicular to the plane x + y = 3 and the mid-point of PQ lies in the plane x + y = 3) lies on the z-axis.
Let the distance of P from the x-axis be 5. If R is the image of P in the xy-plane, then the length of PR is
_____ . [JEE Adv. 2018]
Q.82 The equation fo the line passing through (–4,3,1), parallel to the plane x + 2y – z – 5 = 0 and intersecting
x 1 y  3 z  2
the line   is : [JEE Main 2019 (09-01-2019-Shift-1)]
3 2 1
x  4 y  3 z 1 x  4 y  3 z 1
(A)   (B)  
2 1 4 3 1 1
x  4 y  3 z 1 x  4 y  3 z 1
(C)   (D)  
1 1 1 1 1 3
         2
Q.83 Let a  î  ˆj, b  î  ˆj  kˆ and c be a vector such that a  c  b  0 and a  c  4 , then c is equal to:
[JEE Main 2019 (09-01-2019-Shift-1)]
19 17
(A) (B) 8 (C) (D) 9
2 2
Q.84 The plane through the intersection of the planes x +y + z = 1 and 2x + 3y – z + 4 = 0 and parallel to
y-axis also passes through the point : [JEE Main 2019 (09-01-2019-Shift-1)]
(A) (–3,1,1) (B) (3,2,1) (C) (3,3, – 1) (D) (–3,0,–1)
Q.85 If the lines x = ay + b, z = cy + d and x = a'z + b', y = c'z + d' are perpendicular, then:
[JEE Main 2019 (09-01-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) bb' + cc' + 1 = 0 (B) cc' + a + a' = 0 (C) aa' + c + c' = 0 (D) ab' + bc' + 1 = 0
x y z
Q.86 The equation of the plane containing the straight line   and perpendicular to the plane contain-
2 3 4
x y z x y z
  and   is :
ing the straight lins [JEE Main 2019 (09-01-2019-Shift-2)]
3 4 2 4 2 3
(A) x – 2y + z = 0 (B) 3x + 2y – 3z = 0 (C) 5x + 2y – 4z = 0 (D) x + 2y – 2z = 0
  
Q.87 Let a  î  ˆj  2k,
ˆ b  b î  b ˆj  2kˆ and c  5iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ be three vectors such that the projec-
l 2
      
tion vector of b on a is a. If a  b is perpendicular to c , then b is equal to :
[JEE Main 2019 (09-01-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) 32 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 22
 
ˆ b  4iˆ   3    ˆj  6kˆ and c  3iˆ  6ˆj     1 kˆ be three vectors such that
Q.88 Let a  2iˆ  1ˆj  3k, 2 3
   
b  2a and a is perpendicular to c . Then a possible value of (l1, l2, l3) is :
[JEE Main 2019 (10-01-2019-Shift-1)]
1   1 
(A) (1,3,1) (B)  , 4, 2  (C) (1,5,1) (D)   , 4, 0 
2   2 
x  2 y  2 z 1
Q.89 The plane passing through the point (4, – 1,2) and parallel to the lines   and
3 1 2
x 2 y3 z4
  also passes through the point : [JEE Main 2019 (10-01-2019-Shift-1)]
1 2 3
(A) (1,1,–1) (B) (–1,–1,1) (C) (–1,–1,–1) (D) (1,1,1)

Q.90 Let A be a point on the line r  1  3  î     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 – 4y + 3z = 1 is :
[JEE Main 2019 (10-01-2019-Shift-1)]
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
8 2 4 4
Q.91 The plane which bisects the line segment joining the points (–3, –3, 4) and (3, 7, 6) at right angles, passes
through which one of the following points? [JEE Main 2019 (10-01-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) (4, –1, 7) (B) (–2, 3, 5) (C) (2, 1, 3) (D) (4, 1, – 2)
x 4 y5 z3
Q.92 On which of the following lines lies the point of intersection of the line,   and the
2 2 1
plane, x + y + z = 2? [JEE Main 2019 (10-01-2019-Shift-2)]
x 4 y5 z 5 x 2 y3 z3
(A)   (B)  
1 1 1 2 2 3
x  3 4  y z 1 x 1 y  3 z  4
(C)   (D)  
3 3 2 1 2 5
       
Q.93 Let   (  2)a  b and    41  2  a  3b be two given vectors where vectors a and b are non-
 
collinear. The value of l for which vectors  and  are collinear, is:
[JEE Main 2019 (10-01-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) – 4 (D) – 3
Q.94 The direction ratios of normal to the plane through the points (0,–1,0) and (0,0,1) and making an angle

with the plane y – z + 5 = 0 are : [JEE Main 2019 (11-01-2019-Shift-1)]
4
(A) 2, 2,  2 (B) 2, – 1, 1 (C) 2,1, 1 (D) 2 3,1, 1
x  3 y  2 z 1
Q.95 The plane containing the line   and also contiaining its projection on the plane
2 1 3
2x + 3y – z = 5, contains which one of the following points?
[JEE Main 2019 (11-01-2019-Shift-1)]
(A) (–2,2,2) (B) (0, – 2, 2) (C) (2,0,–2) (D) (2,2,0)
 
ˆ b  î  ˆj  4kˆ and c  2iˆ  4ˆj    2  1 kˆ be coplaner vectors. Then the non-
Q.96 Let a  î  2ˆj  4k,
 
zero vector a  c is : [JEE Main 2019 (11-01-2019-Shift-1)]
(A) 10iˆ  5ˆj (B) 14iˆ  5jˆ (C) 14iˆ  5ˆj (D) 10iˆ  5jˆ
Q.97 If the point  lies on the plane which passes through the points (3, 4, 2) and (7, 0, 6) and is
perpendicular to the plane 2x – 5y = 15, then  is equal to:
[JEE Main 2019 (11-01-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 17 (D) 12
Q.98 Let 3iˆ  ˆj, î  3jˆ and  î  1    ˆj respectively be the position vectors of the points A, B and C with
repect to the origin O. If the distance of C from the bisector of the acute angle between OA and OB is
3
then the sum of all possible values of b is : [JEE Main 2019 (11-01-2019-Shift-2)]
2
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 1
x  3 y 1 z  6 x 5 y2 z3
Q.99 Two lines   and   intersect at the point R. The reflection of R
1 3 1 7 6 4
in the xy-plane has coordinates: [JEE Main 2019 (11-01-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) (2, –4, –7) (B) (2, – 4, 7) (C) (–2, 4, 7) (D) (2, 4, 7)
Q.100 The sum of the distinct real values of , for which the vectors, î  ˆj  k,
ˆ î  ˆj  kˆ and î  ˆj  kˆ are
co-planar, is : [JEE Main 2019 (12-01-2019-Shift-1)]
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) –1
Q.101 A tetrahedron has vertices P(1,2,1), Q(2,1,3), R(–1,1,2) and O(0,0,0). The angle between the faces
OPQ and PQR is : [JEE Main 2019 (12-01-2019-Shift-1)]
 7  1  7   9   19 
(A) cos 1   (B) cos   (C) cos 1   (D) cos 1  
 31   31   35   35 
x2 y2 z5
Q.102 The perpendicular distance from the origin to the plane containing the two lines,  
3 5 7
x 1 y  4 z  4
and   is : [JEE Main 2019 (12-01-2019-Shift-1)]
1 4 7
(A) 11 (B) 11 6 (C) 11 / 6 (D) 6 11
x 1 y  2 z  3 2 2
Q.103 if an angle between the line,   and the plane, x - 2y - kz = 3 is cos 1   , then
2 1 2  2 
a value of k is: [JEE Main 2019 (12-01-2019-Shift-2)]
3 3 5 5
(A)  (B) (C) (D) 
5 5 3 3
    
Q.104 Let a, b and c be three unit vectors, out of which vectors b and c are non-parallel . If and  arethe angles which
      1
 
vector a makes with vectors b and c respectively and a  b  c  b , then |a–b| is equal to :
2
[JEE Main 2019 (12-01-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) 60º (B) 30º (C) 90º (D) 45º
Q.105 Let S be the set of all real values of  such that a plane passing through the points ,
and  also passes through the point (–1 , –1, 1). Then S is equal to:
[JEE Main 2019 (12-01-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) { 3,  3} (B) { 3} (C) {3, 3} (D) {1, 1}
Q.106 The magnitude of the projection of the vector 2i  3j  k on the vector perpendicular to the plane
containing the vector i  j  k and i  2j  3k , is : [JEE Main 2019 (08-04-2019-Shift-1)]
3 3
(A) (B) 6 (C) (D) 3 6
2 2
Q.107 The equation of a plane containing the line of intersection of the planes 2x-y-4= 0 and y+2z-4=0 and
passing through the point (1,1,0) is : [JEE Main 2019 (08-04-2019-Shift-1)]
(A) x-3y-2z= -2 (B) X+3y+z=4 (C) x-y-z=0 (D) 2x-z=2
x 3 y2 z
Q.108 The length of the perpendicular from the point  on the straight line,   is :
10 7 1
[JEE Main 2019 (08-04-2019-Shift-1)]
(A) greater than 3 but less than 4 (B) greater than 2 but less than 3
(C) less than 2 (D) greater than 4
Q.109 The vector equation of the plane through the line of intersection of the planes x + y + z =1 and
2x + 3y + 4z = 5 which is perpendicular to the plane x – y + z =0 is:
[JEE Main 2019 (08-04-2019-Shift-2)]
   
     
(A) r  î  kˆ  2  0 (B) r  î  kˆ  2  0 (C) r  î  kˆ  2  0 (D) r  î  kˆ  2  0  
Q.110 If a points R(4, y, z) lies on the line segment joining the points P (2, – 3, 4) and Q(8, 0, 10), then the
distance of R from the origin is : [JEE Main 2019 (08-04-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) 2 14 (B) 6 (C) 2 21 (D) 53
   
Q.111 Let a  3iˆ  2ˆj  xkˆ and b  î  ˆj  kˆ , for some real x. Then a  b  r is possible if:
[JEE Main 2019 (08-04-2019-Shift-2)]
3 3 3 3 3 3
(A) r  5 (B) 0  r  (C) 3 r5 (C) r3
2 2 2 2 2 2
x 1 y  1 z  2
Q.112 If the line,   meets the plane, x + 2y + 3z = 15 at a point P, then the distance of P
2 3 4
from the origin is : [JEE Main 2019 (09-04-2019-Shift-1)]
(A) 7/2 (B) 9/2 (C) 2 5 (D) 5 / 2
       
Q.113 Let   3iˆ  ˆj and   2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ . If   1  2 where 1 is parallel to  and 2 is perpendicualr to
  
 , then 1 2 is equal to : [JEE Main 2019 (09-04-2019-Shift-1)]
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1
(A)
2
3i  9i  5k  (B)
2

3iˆ  9ˆj  5kˆ  (C) 3iˆ  9ˆj  5kˆ (D) 3i  9ˆj  5kˆ

Q.114 A plane passing through the points (0,–1,0) and (0,0,1) and making an angle with the plane
4
y – z + 5 = 0, also passes through the point : [JEE Main 2019 (09-04-2019-Shift-1)]

(A) 0  2,1, 4  (B)  2, 1, 4  
(C)  2, 1, 4  (D)  2,1, 4 
x  2 y 1 z
Q.115 The vertices B and C of a DABC lie on the line,   such that BC = 5 units. Then the area
3 0 4
(in sq. units) of this triangle, given that the point A(1, – 1, 2), is :
[JEE Main 2019 (09-04-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) 6 (B) 34 (C) 2 34 (D) 5 17
Q.116 If a unit vector a makes angles /3 with î , /4 with ĵ and    0,   with k̂ , then a value of  is
[JEE Main 2019 (09-04-2019-Shift-2)]
2  5 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3 4 6 12
Q.117 Let P be the plane, which contains the line of intersection of the planes, x + y + z – 6 = 0 and
2x + 3y + z + 5 = 0 and it is perpendicular to the xy - plane. Then the distance of the point (0,0,256)
from P is equal to : [JEE Main 2019 (09-04-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) 205 5 (B) 11 / 5 (C) 63 5 (D) 17 / 5
Q.118 Let A(3, 0, – 1), B(2, 10, 6) and C(1, 2, 1) be the vertices of a triangle and M be the mid point of AC.
If G divides BM in the ratio, 2 : 1, then cos( GOA ) (O being the origin) is equal to:
[JEE Main 2019 (10-04-2019-Shift-1)]
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 10 15 30 2 15
x y 1 z 1 3
Q.119 If the length of the perpendicular from the point  to the line,   is ,
1 0 1 2
then b is equal to: [JEE Main 2019 (10-04-2019-Shift-1)]
(A) 1 (B) – 2 (C) 2 (D) – 1
Q.120 If Q(0, – 1, –3) is the image of the point P in the plane 3x – y + 4z = 2 and R is the point (3, – 1, – 2,)
then the area (in sq. units) of DPQR is : [JEE Main 2019 (10-04-2019-Shift-1)]
65 91 91
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2 13
2 4 2
Q.121 The distance of the point having position vector i  2j  6k from the straight line passing through the
point (2,3,-4) and parallel to the vector, 6i  3j – 4kˆ is: [JEE Main 2019 (10-04-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 2 13 (D) 4 3
1 2
Q.122 If the plane 2x-y+2z+3=0 has the distances and units from the planes 4x-2y+4z+  =0 and
3 3
2x-y+2z+  =0, respectively, then the maximum value of    is equal to:
[JEE Main 2019 (10-04-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) 15 (B) 5 (C) 9 (D) 13
x 1 y 1 z
Q.123 A perpendicular is drawn from a point on the line   to the plane x+y+z=3 such that the
2 1 1
foot of the perpendicular Q also lies on the plane x-y+z =3. Then the co-ordinates of Q are :
[JEE Main 2019 (10-04-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) (4,0,-1) (B) (-1,0,4)
(C) (1,0,2) (D) (2,0,1)
x  2 y  1 z 1
Q.124 If the line   intersects the plane 2x+3y-z+13=0 at a point P and the plane
3 2 1
3x+y+4z=16 at a point Q then PQ is equal to : [JEE Main 2019 (12-04-2019-Shift-1)]
(A) 14 (B) 2 7 (C) 14 (D) 2 14
Q.125 If the volume of parallelopiped formed by the vectors i   j  k,

 j   k and i  k is minimu, then  is
equal to : [JEE Main 2019 (12-04-2019-Shift-1)]
1 1
(A)  (B)  3 (C) 3 (D)
3 3
 
Q.126 Let a  3i  2j  2k and b  i  2j  2k be two vectors. If a vector perpendicular to both the vectors
   
a  b and a  b has the magnitude 12 then one such vector is :
[JEE Main 2019 (12-04-2019-Shift-1)]
(A) 4 2i  2j  k
  (B) 4 2i  2j  k
 
(C) 4 2i  2j  k
  (D) 4 2i  2j  k
 
 
ˆ b  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and c   î  2ˆj  3kˆ . Then the set
Q.127 Let a  R and the three vectors a   î  ˆj  3k,
  
S = {  : a, b and c are coplanar} [JEE Main 2019 (12-04-2019-Shift-2)]
(A) is empty
(B) contains exactly two numbers only one of which is positive
(C) is singleton
(D) contains exactly two positive numbers
Q.128 The length of the perpendicular drawn from the point (2,1,4) to the plane containing the lines
 ˆ ˆ 
       
r  i  j   î  2ˆj  kˆ and r  î  ˆj   î  ˆj  2kˆ is :
[JEE Main 2019 (12-04-2019-Shift-2)]
1 1
(A) (B) 3 (C) 3 (D)
3 3
Q.129 A palne which bisects the angle between the two given planes 2x-y+2z-4 = 0 and x+2y+2z-2 = 0,
passes through the point : [JEE Main 2019 (12-04-2019-Shift-2)]
(A)  (B) (2,4,1) (C)  (D) 
Q.130 Three lines

L1 : r  î,   
 
L 2 : r  k   ˆj,    and

L3 : r  î  ˆj  v k,
ˆ v
are given. For which point(s) Q on L2 can we find a point P on L1 and point R on L3 so that P, Q and R
are collinear? [JEE (advanced) 2019]
1 1
(A) kˆ  ˆj (B) k̂ (C) kˆ  ˆj (D) kˆ  ˆj
2 2
Q.131 Let L1 and L2 denotes the lines [JEE (advanced) 2019]
 ˆ
r  i   ( î  2ˆj  2k),
ˆ    and

r   (2iˆ  ˆj  2k),
ˆ 
respectively. If L3 is a line which is perpendicular to both L1 and L2 and cuts both of them, then which of
the following option(s) decribe(s) L3 ?
 1  2
(A) r  (2iˆ  k) ˆ  t(2iˆ  2ˆj  k),
ˆ t (B) r  (2iˆ  ˆj  2k)
ˆ  t(2iˆ  2ˆj  k),
ˆ t
3 9
  2
(C) r  t(2iˆ  2ˆj  k)
ˆ  t (D) r  (4iˆ  ˆj  k)
ˆ  t(2iˆ  2ˆj  k),
ˆ t
9
Q.132 Three lines are given by [JEE (advanced) 2019]

r  î,   

r  (iˆ  ˆj),    and

r   (iˆ  ˆj  k),
ˆ  .
Let the lines cut the plane x + y + z = 1 at the points A, B and C respectively. If the area of the triangle
ABC is  then the value of (6)2 equals _____
    
Q.133 Let a  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and b  î  2ˆj  kˆ be two vectors. Consider a vector c   a   b; ,   If the projection
      
 
of c on the vector  a  b  is 3 2 , then the minimum value of c   a  b   c equals
[JEE (advanced) 2019]
   
Q.134 A vector a   î  2ˆj   kˆ R) lies in the plane of the vectors, b  î  ˆj and c  î  ˆj  4kˆ . If a
 
bisects the angle between b and c , then: [JEE Main 2020 (07-01-2020-Shift-1)]
   
(A) a  î  1  0 (B) a  kˆ  2  0 (C) a  î  3  0 (D) a  kˆ  4  0
Q.135 Let P be a plane passing through the points (2, 1, 0), (4, 1, 1) and (5, 0, 1) and R be any point (2, 1, 6).
Then the image of R in the plane P is: [JEE Main 2020 (07-01-2020-Shift-1)]
(A)  (B) (4, 3, 2) (C) (6, 5, 2) (D) 
            
Q.136 Let a, b and c be three unit vectors such that a  b  c  0 . If   a  b  b  c  c  a and
       
d  a  b  b  c  c  a , then the ordered pair, (, d) is equal to:
[JEE Main 2020 (07-01-2020-Shift-2)]
 3    3    3    3  
(A)   ,3c  b  (B)  , 3a  c  (C)   ,3a  b  (D)  , 3b  c 
 2  2   2  2 
Q.137 If the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point (1, 0, 3) on a line passing through (, 7, 1) is
 5 7 17 
 , ,  , then  is equal to______. [JEE Main 2020 (07-01-2020-Shift-2)]
3 3 3 
x 3 y 8 z 3 x3 y7 z6

Q.138 The shortest distance between the lines   and   is :
3 1 1 3 2 4
[JEE Main 2020 (08-01-2020-Shift-1)]
7
(A) 30 (B) 3 30 (C) 3 (D) 2 30
2
 ˆ v  î  ˆj  3kˆ
Q.139 Let the volume of a parallelopiped whose coterminous edges are given by u  î  ˆj  k,
  
and w  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ be 1 cu. unit. If  be the angle between the edges u and w , then cos can be :
[JEE Main 2020 (08-01-2020-Shift-1)]
5 7 5 7
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 6 6 3 3 6 3
      
Q.140 Let a  î  2ˆj  kˆ and b  î  ˆj  kˆ be two vectors. If c is a vector such that b  c  b  a and
   
c .a  0 , then c  b is equal to : [JEE Main 2020 (08-01-2020-Shift-2)]
1 1 3
(A) (B)  (C)  (D) –1
2 2 2
 7 4 1
Q.141 The mirror image of the point (1,2,3) in a plane is   ,  ,   . Which of the following point lies on
 3 3 3
this plane? [JEE Main 2020 (08-01-2020-Shift-2)]
(A) (1,1,1) (B) (1,–1,1) (C) (–1,–1,–1) (D) (–1,–1,1)
  
Q.142 If the vectors, p   a  1 i  a j  ak,
 q  ai   a  1 j  ak and r  ai  a j   a  1 k (aR) are
  2  2
 
coplanar and 3 p.q   r  q  0 , then the value of  is
[JEE Main 2020 (09-01-2020-Shift-1)]
Q.143 The projection of the line segment joining the points  and  on the line joining the
points  and  is ______ [JEE Main 2020 (09-01-2020-Shift-1)]
        
Q.144 Let a, b and c be three vectors such that | a | 3, | b | 5, b  c  10 and the angle between b and c
      
 
is . If a is perpendicular to the vector b  c , then a  b  c is equal to _______.
3
[JEE Main 2020 (09-01-2020-Shift-2)]
Q.145 If the distance between the plane, 23x – 10y – 2z + 48 = 0 and the plane containg the lines
x 1 y  3 z 1 x  3 y  2 z 1 k
  and   ( R) is equal to , then k is equal to
2 4 3 2 6  633
[JEE Main 2020 (09-01-2020-Shift-2)]
Q.146 The plane passing through the points (1,2,1), (2,1,2) and parallel to the line, 2x = 3y, z = 1 also passes
through the point: [JEE Main 2020 (02-09-2020-Shift-1)]
(A)  (B)  (C)  (D) 
    2  2  2  2
Q.147 Let a, b and c be three unit vectors such that a  b  a  c  8 . Then a  2b  a  2c is equal
to : [JEE Main 2020 (02-09-2020-Shift-1)]
Q.148 A plane passing through the point (3, 1, 1) contains two lines whose direction ratios are (1, –2, 2) and
(2,3, –1) respectively. If this plane also passes through the point (  ,–3,5), then  is equal to:
[JEE Main 2020 (02-09-2020-Shift-2)]
(A) –5 (B) 10 (C) 5 (D) –10
Q.149 Let the position vectors of points ‘A’ and ‘B’ be î  ˆj  kˆ and 2iˆ  ˆj  3k,
ˆ respectively. A point ‘P’
divides the line segment AB internally in the ratio  :1   0  . If O is the origin and
    2
OB.OP  3 OA OP  6 , then  is equal to ____ [JEE Main 2020 (02-09-2020-Shift-2)]
Q.150 The foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point (4,2,3) to the line joining the points  and
(1,1,0) lies on the plane: [JEE Main 2020 (03-09-2020-Shift-1)]
(A) x  y  2z = 1 (B) x  2y + z = 1
(C) 2x + y  z = 1 (D) x + 2y  z = 1
 
      
Q.151 The lines r  î  ˆj  l 2iˆ  kˆ and r  2iˆ  ˆj  m î  ˆj  kˆ 
[JEE Main 2020 (03-09-2020-Shift-1)]
(A) do not intersect for any values of l and m
(B) intersect when l = 1 and m = 2
1
(C) intersect when l = 2 and m 
2
(D) intersect for all values of l and m
 2   4 
Q.152 Let a,b,c  R be such that a2 + b2 + c2 = 1, If a cos   b cos      c cos     , where
 3   3 

  , then the angle between the vectors aiˆ  bjˆ  ckˆ and biˆ  cjˆ  akˆ is

[JEE Main 2020 (03-09-2020-Shift-2)]
 2 
(A) (B) (C) (D) 0
2 3 9
Q.153 The plane which bisects the line joining the points (4,–2,3) and (2,4,–1) at right angles also passes
through the point: [JEE Main 2020 (03-09-2020-Shift-2)]
(A) (0,–1,1) (B) (4,0,1) (C) (4,0,–1) (D) (0,1,–1)
 
   
Q.154 Let a plane P contain two lines r  î   î  ˆj ,   R and r  ˆj   ˆj  kˆ ,   R . If Q (, ,  ) is
the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point M(1,0,1) to P,then 3 (     ) equals ____
[JEE Main 2020 (03-09-2020-Shift-2)]
Q.155 Let S be the set of all integer solutions, (x, y, z), of the system of equations
x – 2y + 5z = 0
–2x + 4y + z = 0 [JEE Main 2020 (03-09-2020-Shift-2)]
–7x + 14y + 9z = 0
such that 15  x 2  y 2  z 2  150 . Then, the number of elements in the set S is equal to ___
    
 
Q.156 Let x0 be the point of Local maxima of f  x   a. b  c , where a  xiˆ  2ˆj  3k,
ˆ b  2iˆ  xjˆ  kˆ and
      
c  7iˆ  2ˆj  xkˆ . Then the value of a  b  b  c  c  a at x = x0 is :
[JEE Main 2020 (04-09-2020-Shift-1)]
(A) 22 (B) 4 (C) 30 (D) 14
Q.157 If the equation of a plane P, passing through the intersection of the planes, x + 4y  z + 7 = 0
and 3x + y + 5z = 8 is ax + by + 6z = 15 for some a, b  R, then the distance of the point  from
the plane P is. ______ [JEE Main 2020 (04-09-2020-Shift-1)]
x y z
Q.158 The distance of the point (1, –2, 3) from the plane x – y + z = 5 measured parallel to the line  
2 3 6
is : [JEE Main 2020 (04-09-2020-Shift-2)]
1 7
(A) (B) 7 (C) (D) 1
7 5
  2  2  2
Q.159 If a  2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ , then the value of î   a  î   ˆj   a  ˆj  ˆk   a  ˆk  is equal to____
[JEE Main 2020 (04-09-2020-Shift-2)]
Q.160 If the volume of a parallelopiped, whose coterminus edges are given by the vectors
 
ˆ b  2iˆ  4ˆj  nkˆ and c  î  njˆ  3kˆ  n  0  , is 158 cu. units, then:
a  î  ˆj  nk,
[JEE Main 2020 (05-09-2020-Shift-1)]
   
(A) a  c  17 (B) b  c  10 (C) n = 9 (D) n = 7
x 1 y  3 z
Q.161 If (a, b, c) is the image of the point (1,2,-3) in the line,   , then a + b + c is
2 2 1
[JEE Main 2020 (05-09-2020-Shift-1)]
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 (D) 1
x  1 y  2 z 1 x  2 y 1 z 1
Q.162 If for some   R , the lines L1 :   and L 2 :   are coplanar,,
2 1 1  5 1
then the line L2 passes through the point: [JEE Main 2020 (05-09-2020-Shift-2)]
(A) (2, –10, –2) (B) (10, –2, –2)
(C) (10, 2, 2) (D) (–2, 10, 2)
       
Q.163 Let the vectors a, b, c be such that | a | 2,| b | 4 and | c | 4 . If the projection of b on a is equal to
      
the projection of c on a and b is perpendicular to c , then the value of | a  b  c | is_______
[JEE Main 2020 (05-09-2020-Shift-2)]
x –1 y  1 z
Q.164 The shortest distance between the lines   and x + y + z + 1 = 0, 2x – y + z + 3 = 0 is:
0 –1 1
[JEE Main 2020 (06-09-2020-Shift-1)]
1 1 1
(A) 1 (B) (C) (D)
2 3 2
     
Q.165 If a and b are unit vectors, then the greatest value of 3 a  b  a  b is_____.
[JEE Main 2020 (06-09-2020-Shift-1)]
Q.166 A plane P meets the coordinate axes at A, B and C respectively. The centroid of ABC is given to be
(1,1,2). Then the equation of the line through this centroid and perpendicular to the plane P is:
[JEE Main 2020 (06-09-2020-Shift-2)]
x 1 y 1 z  2 x 1 y 1 z  2
(A)   (B)  
2 1 1 2 2 1
x 1 y 1 z  2 x 1 y 1 z  2
(C)   (D)  
1 2 2 1 1 2
       
Q.167 If x and y be two non-zero vectors such that x  y  x and 2x  y is perpendicular to y , then the
value of  is ______ [JEE Main 2020 (06-09-2020-Shift-2)]
     

Q.168 In a triangle PQR, let a  QR, b  RP and c  PQ . If
   
  a  (c  b ) |a|  
| a | 3, | b | 4 and       ,then the value of | a  b |2 is____
c  (a  b ) | a |  | b |
[JEE Advanced 2020]
 
Q.169 Let a and b be positive real numbers. Suppose PQ  aiˆ  bjˆ and PS  aiˆ  bjˆ are adjacent sides of
  
a parallelogram PQRS .Let u and v be the projection vectors of w  iˆ  ˆj along PQ and PS ,
  
respectively. If | u |  | v || w | and if the area of the parallelogram PQRS is 8,
then which of the following statements is/are TRUE ? [JEE Advanced 2020]
(A) a + b = 4
(B) a – b = 2
(C) The length of the diagonal PR of the parallelogram PQRS is 4
  
(D) w is an angle bisector of the vectors PQ and PS
Q.170 Let  ,  ,  ,  be real numbers such that  2   2   2  0 and     1. Suppose the point
(3,2,-1) is the mirror image of the point (1,0,-1) with respect to the plane  x   y   z   . Then
which of the following statements is/are TRUE? [JEE Advanced 2020]
(A)     2 (B)     3 (C)     4 (D)       
x 1 y z 1 x 1 y z 1
Q.171 Let L1 and L2 be the following straight lines. L1 :   and L2 :  
1 1 3 3 1 1
x   y 1 z  
Suppose the straight line L :   lies in the plane containing L1 and L2, and passes
l m 2
through the point of intersection of L1 and L2. If the line L bisects the acute angle between the lines L1 and
L2, then which of the following statements is/are TRUE? [JEE Advanced 2020]
(A) (B) l + m = 2 (C)  (D) l + m = 0
Q.172 The equation of the plane passing through the point (1, 2, –3) and perpendicular to the planes
3x + y – 2z = 5 and 2x – 5y – z = 7, is [JEE Main 2021 (24-02-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) 3x – 10y – 2z + 11 = 0 (B) 6x – 5y – 2z – 2 = 0
(C) 11x + y + 17z + 38 = 0 (D) 6x – 5y + 2z + 10 = 0
x –3 y–4 z–5
Q.173 The distance of the point (1, 1, 9) from the point of intersection of the line = = and
1 2 2
the plane x + y + z = 17 is : [JEE Main 2021 (24-02-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) 2 19 (B) 19 2 (C) 38 (D) 38
        
Q.174 Let three vectors a, b and c be such that c is coplanar with a and b, a. c = 7 and b is perpendicular
     
to c, where a = – i + j + k and b = 2i + k,
 then the value of 2 | a + b + c |2 is ______.
[JEE Main 2021 (24-02-2021-Shift-1)]
x – 3 y – 2 z –1
Q.175 Let a, b  R. If the mirror image of the point P(a, 6, 9) with respect to the line = =
7 5 –9
is (20, b, –a –9), then |a + b| is equal to : [JEE Main 2021 (24-02-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) 88 (B) 86 (C) 84 (D) 90

Q.176 The vector equation of the plane passing through the intersection of the planes r.(iˆ + ˆj + k)
ˆ = 1 and
 ˆ ˆ ˆ 
.(i + j + k) = 1 and r.(iˆ – 2j)
ˆ = – 2 , and the point (1, 0, 2) is :
[JEE Main 2021 (24-02-2021-Shift-2)]
 
ˆ =7
(A) r.(iˆ + 7jˆ + 3k) (B) r.(3iˆ + 7jˆ + 3k)
ˆ =7
3
  ˆ =7
(C) r.(iˆ + 7jˆ + 3k)
ˆ =7 (D) r.(iˆ – 7jˆ + 3k)
3
Q.177 Let  be an integer. If the shortest distance between the lines x –  = 2y – 1 = –2z and x = y + 2l = z – 
7
is , then the value of || is _______. [JEE Main 2021 (24-02-2021-Shift-2)]
2 2
x -1 y +1 z – 1
Q.178 The equation of the line through the point (0,1,2) and perpendicular to the line = = is :
2 3 –2
[JEE Main 2021 (25-02-2021-Shift-1)]
x y –1 z – 2 x y –1 z – 2
(A) = = (B) = =
3 4 3 3 –4 3
x y –1 z – 2 x y –1 z – 2
(C) = = (D) = =
3 4 –3 –3 4 3
Q.179 Let  be the angle between the lines whose direction cosines satisfy the equations  + m – n = 0 and
2 2 2 4 4
 + m – n = 0. Then the value of sin  + cos  is : [JEE Main 2021 (25-02-2021-Shift-1)]
3 3 5 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 8 8 2

 ˆ b = î – ˆj and c = î – ˆj – kˆ be three given vectors. If r is a vector such that
Q.180 Let a = î + 2jˆ – k,
       
r × a = c × a and r × b = 0, then r  a is equal to _________.
[JEE Main 2021 (25-02-2021-Shift-1)]
Q.181 A plane passes through the points A(1, 2, 3), B(2, 3, 1) and C(2, 4, 2). If O is the origin and P is

(2, –1, 1), then the projection of OP on this plane is of length :
[JEE Main 2021 (25-02-2021-Shift-2)]
2 2 2 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
7 3 11 5
 
Q.182 Let a = î + αjˆ + 3kˆ and b = 3iˆ – αjˆ + kˆ . If the area of the parallelogram whose adjacent sides are
   
represented by the vectors a and b is 8 3 square units, then a  b is equal to ______:
[JEE Main 2021 (25-02-2021-Shift-2)]

Q.183 A line ‘’ passing through origin is perpendicular to the lines
[JEE Main 2021 (25-02-2021-Shift-2)]

1 : r = (3 + t)iˆ + (–1 + 2t)jˆ + (4 + 2t)kˆ

 2 : r = (3 + 2s)iˆ + (3 + 2s)jˆ + (2 + s)kˆ
If the co-ordinates of the point in the first octant on ‘2’ at a distance of 17 from the point of intersection
of ‘’ and ‘1’ are (a, b, c), then 18(a + b + c) is equal to ______.
      
    is equal to :
Q.184 If a and b are perpendicular, then a × a × a × a × b
[JEE Main 2021 (26-02-2021-Shift-1)]

 1  4    4 
(A) 0 (B) |a| b (C) a × b (D) | a | b
2
Q.185 If (1, 5, 35), (7, 5, 5), (1, , 7) and (2, 1, 2) are coplanar, then the sum of all possible values of  is :
[JEE Main 2021 (26-02-2021-Shift-1)]
39 39 44 44
(A) (B) – (C) (D) –
5 5 5 5
Q.186 Consider the three planes [JEE Main 2021 (26-02-2021-Shift-1)]

P1 : 3x + 15y + 21z = 9,
P2 : x – 3y – z = 5, and
P3 : 2x + 10y + 14z = 5
Then, which one of the following is true ?
(A) P1 and P2 are parallel (B) P1 and P3 are parallel
(C) P2 and P3 are parallel (D) P1, P2 and P3 all are parallel
Q.187 Let (, 2, 1) be a point on the plane which passes through the point (4, –2, 2). If the plane is perpendicular
2
 λ  4λ
to the line joining the points (–2, –21, 29) and (–1, –16, 23), then   – – 4 is equal to :
 11  11
[JEE Main 2021 (26-02-2021-Shift-1)]
 
Q.188 If vectors a1 = xiˆ – ˆj + kˆ and a 2 = î + yjˆ + zkˆ are collinear, then a possible unit vector parallel to the
vector xiˆ + yjˆ + zkˆ is [JEE Main 2021 (26-02-2021-Shift-2)]
1 1 ˆ ˆ
(A)
2
 – ˆj + kˆ  (B)
2

i–j 
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
(C)
3

i + j– k  (D)
3

i – j+ k 
Q.189 Let L be a line obtained from the intersection of two planes x + 2y + z = 6 and y + 2z = 4. If point
P(, , ) is the foot of perpendicular from (3, 2, 1) on L, then the value of 21( +  + ) equals :
[JEE Main 2021 (26-02-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) 142 (B) 68 (C) 136 (D) 102
Q.190 If the mirror image of the point (1, 3, 5) with respect to the plane 4x – 5y + 2z = 8 is (, , ), then
5( +  + ) equals : [JEE Main 2021 (26-02-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) 47 (B) 43 (C) 39 (D) 41
Q.191 Let a vector αiˆ + βjˆ be obtained by rotating the vector 3 î + ˆj by an angle 45º about the origin in
counterclockwise direction in the first quadrant. Then the area of triangle having vertices (, ), (0, )
and (0, 0) is equal to : [JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-1)]
1 1
(A) (B) 1 (C) (D) 2 2
2 2
Q.192 If for a > 0, the feet of perpendiculars from the points A(a, –2a, 3) and B(0, 4, 5) on the plane
lx + my + nz = 0 are points C(0, –a, –1) and D respectively, then the length of line segment CD is equal
to : [JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) 31 (B) 41 (C) 55 (D) 66
Q.193 Let the position vectors of two points P and Q be 3iˆ – ˆj + 2kˆ and iˆ + 2jˆ – 4kˆ , respectively. Let
R and S be two points such that the direction ratios of lines PR and QS are (4, –1, 2) and (–2, 1, –2),
  
respectively. Let lines PR and QS intersect at T. If the vector TA is perpendicular to both PR and QS

and the length of vector TA is 5 units, then the modulus of a position vector of A is :
[JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) 482 (B) 171 (C) 5 (D) 227
1– x y + 4 z + 2
Q.194 Let P be a plane lx + my + nz = 0 containing the line, = = . If plane P divides the line
1 2 3
segment AB joining points A(–3, –6, 1) and B(2, 4, –3) in ratio k : 1 then the value of k is equal to :
[JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) 1.5 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 4
Q.195 If (x, y, z) be an arbitrary point lying on a plane P which passes through the point (42, 0, 0), (0, 42, 0) and
(0, 0, 42), then the value of expression
x – 11 y – 19 z – 12 x+y+z
3+ 2 2
+ 2 2
+ 2 2
–
(y – 19) (z – 12) (x – 11) (z – 12) (x – 11) (y – 19) 14(x – 11)(y –19)(z – 12)
[JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 39 (D) – 45
x–a y–2 z–b

Q.196 If the foot of the perpendicular from point (4, 3, 8) on the line L1 : = = ,l  0 is
l 3 4
x –2 y–4 z–5
(3, 5, 7), then the shortest distance between the line L1 and line L 2 : = = is equal
3 4 5
to : [JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-2)]
1 1 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 6 3 3
    
Q.197 Let a = iˆ + 2jˆ – 3kˆ and b = 2iˆ – 3jˆ + 5kˆ . If r × a = b × r, r  αiˆ + 2jˆ + kˆ = 3 and
 
 
 
r × 2iˆ + 5jˆ – αkˆ = –1, α  R , then the value of α+ | r |2 is equal to :
[JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-2)]

(A) 9 (B) 15 (C) 13 (D) 11
Q.198 If the distance of the point (1, – 2, 3) from the plane x + 2y – 3z + 10 = 0 measured parallel to the line,
x –1 2 – y z + 3 7
= = is , then the value of |m| is equal to :
3 m 1 2
[JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-2)]
  
Q.199 Let c be a vector perpendicular to the vectors a = î + ˆj – kˆ and b = î + 2jˆ + kˆ . If c î + ˆj + 3kˆ = 8
 
  
 
then the value of c a × b is equal to ________. [JEE Main 2021 (16-03-2021-Shift-2)]
 
 ˆ If r × a = r × b, r  iˆ + 2jˆ + kˆ = – 3, then r  2iˆ – 3jˆ + kˆ
Q.200 Let a = 2iˆ – 3jˆ + 4kˆ and b = 7iˆ + ˆj – 6k.    
is equal to : [JEE Main 2021 (17-03-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) 12 (B) 8 (C) 13 (D) 10
Q.201 The equation of the plane which contains the y-axis and passes through the point (1, 2, 3) is :
[JEE Main 2021 (17-03-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) x + 3z = 10 (B) x + 3z = 0
(C) 3x + z = 6 (D) 3x – z = 0
   
ˆ b = – βiˆ – αjˆ – kˆ and c = î – 2jˆ – kˆ such that a  b = 1 and b  c = – 3 , then
Q.202 If a = αiˆ + βjˆ + 3k,
1   
3
  
a × b  c is equal to _______. [JEE Main 2021 (17-03-2021-Shift-1)]
Q.203 If the equation of the plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes 2x – 7y + 4z – 3 = 0,
3x – 5y + 4z + 11 = 0 and the point (–2, 1, 3) is ax + by + cz – 7 = 0, then the value of 2a + b + c – 7
is _____ . [JEE Main 2021 (17-03-2021-Shift-1)]
 
Q.204 Let O be the origin. Let OP = xiˆ + yjˆ – kˆ and OQ = –iˆ + 2jˆ + 3xk,
ˆ x, y  R , x > 0, be such that
   
PQ = 20 and the vector OP is perpendicular to OQ. If OR = 3iˆ + zjˆ – 7k, ˆ z  R , is coplanar with
  2 2 2
OP and OQ , then the value of x + y + z is equal to [JEE Main 2021 (17-03-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) 7 (B) 9 (C) 2 (D) 1
Q.205 If the equation of plane passing through the mirror image of a point (2, 3, 1) with respect to line
x +1 y – 3 z + 2 x – 2 1 – y z +1
= = and containing the line = = is x + y + z = 24, then
2 1 –1 3 2 1
 +  +  is equal to : [JEE Main 2021 (17-03-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) 20 (B) 19 (C) 18 (D) 21
  
Q.206 Let x be a vector in the plane containing vectors a = 2iˆ – ˆj + kˆ and b = î + 2jˆ – kˆ . If the vector x is
2
perpendicular to 3iˆ + 2jˆ – kˆ and its projection on a is 17 6 , then the value of x is equal
  2
to ________. [JEE Main 2021 (17-03-2021-Shift-2)]
Q.207 Let P be an arbitrary point having sum of the squares of the distance from the planes x + y + z = 0,
2 2 2
x – nz = 0 and x – 2y + z = 0, equal to 9. If the locus of the point P is x + y + z = 9, then the value of
 – n is equal to _______. [JEE Main 2021 (17-03-2021-Shift-2)]

Q.208 A vector a has components 3p and 1 with respect to a rectangular cartesian system. This system is
rotated through a certain angle about the origin in the counter clockwise sense. If, with respect to new
system, a has components p + 1 and 10 , then a value of p is equal to :
[JEE Main 2021 (18-03-2021-Shift-1)]
5 4
(A) 1 (B) – (C) (D) –1
4 5
Q.209 Let the plane ax + by + cz + d = 0 bisect the line joining the points (4,–3,1) and (2, 3, –5) at the right
2 2 2 2
angles. If a, b, c, d are integers, then the minimum value of (a + b + c + d ) is
[JEE Main 2021 (18-03-2021-Shift-1)]
Q.210 The equation of the planes parallel to the plane x – 2y + 2z – 3 = 0 which are at unit distance from the
point (1, 2, 3) is ax + by + cz + d =0. If (b – d) = K(c – a), then the positive value of K is
[JEE Main 2021 (18-03-2021-Shift-1)]
    

Q.211 In a triangle ABC, if | BC |= 8, | CA |= 7, | AB |= 10, then the projection of the vector AB on AC is
25 85 127 115
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 14 20 16
      
Q.212 Let a and b be two non-zero vectors perpendicular to each other and | a | = | b | . If | a × b | = | a | ,
    
  
then the angle between the vectors a + b + a × b and a is equal to :
[JEE Main 2021 (18-03-2021-Shift-2)]
–1  1  –1  1  –1  1  –1  1 
(A) sin   (B) cos   (C) cos   (D) sin  
 3  3  2  6

Q.213 Let the mirror image of the point (1, 3, a) with respect to the plane r.(2iˆ – ˆj + k)
ˆ – b = 0 be (–3, 5, 2).
Then the value of |a + b| is equal to _______. [JEE Main 2021 (18-03-2021-Shift-2)]
x –1 y + 6 z + 5 x –3 y – 2 z +5
Q.214 Let P be a plane containing the line = = and parallel to the line = = .
3 4 2 4 –3 7
If the point (1, –1, ) lies on the plane P, then the value of |5| is equal to ______.
[JEE Main 2021 (18-03-2021-Shift-2)]
       
Q.215 Let a  2i  j  2k and b  i  j .If c is a vector such that and a  c  c , c  a  2 2 the angle between
 
 a  b  and c is 6 , then the value of  a  b   c is : [JEE Main 2021 (20-07-2021-Shift-1)]
2 3
(A) (B) 3 (C) (D) 4
3 2
  
Q.216 If a, b, c be three mutually perpendicular vectors of the same magnitude and equally inclined at an angle
  
 with the vector a  b  c .Then 36 cos2 2 is equal to - [JEE Main 2021 (20-07-2021-Shift-1)]


Q.217 If the shortest distance between the lines r1  î  2jˆ  2kˆ  î – 2jˆ  2kˆ ,   R,   0 and

 
r2  – 4iˆ – kˆ  3iˆ – 2jˆ – 2kˆ ,   R is 9, then a is equal to –
[JEE Main 2021 (20-07-2021-Shift-1)]

Q.218 Let P be a plane passing through the points (1, 0, 1),(1, –2, 1) and (0, 1, –2). Let a vector a  i  j   k
 
be such that a is parallel to the plane P, perpendicular to i  2j  3k and a. i  j  2k  2,
   
2
then        equals – [JEE Main 2021 (20-07-2021-Shift-1)]
Q.219 The lines x = ay – 1 = z – 2 and x = 3y – 2 = bz – 2, (ab  0) are coplaner if :

[JEE Main 2021 (20-07-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) a = 1, b  R  {0} (B) a =2, b = 3
(C) b = 1, a  R – {0} (D) a = 2, b = 2
    

Q.220 In a triagnle ABC, if | BC | 3,| CA | 5 and | BA | 7 , then the projection of the vector BA on BC is
equal to [JEE Main 2021 (20-07-2021-Shift-2)]
11 13 15 19
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
x  3 y 1 z  2
Q.221 Consider the line L given by the equation   . Let Q be the mirror image of the
2 1 1
point (2,3,–1) with respect to L. Let a plane P be such that it passes through Q, and the line L is
perpendicular to P. Then which of the following points is on the plane P ?
[JEE Main 2021 (20-07-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) (1, 1, 1) (B) (–1, 1, 2)
(C) (1, 2, 2) (D) (1, 1, 2)
 
Q.222 For p > 0, a vector V2  2i  (p  1)j is obtained by rotating the vector V1  3pi  j by an angle  about
 32 ,
origin in counter clockwise direction. If tan   then the value of  is equal to ______.
4 3  3
[JEE Main 2021 (20-07-2021-Shift-2)]
Q.223 If the shortest distance between the straight lines 3 (x – 1) = 6 (y – 2) = 2 (z – 1) and
1
4(x – 2) = 2 (y – ) = (z – 3),   R is , then the integral value of  is equal to:
38
[JEE Main 2021 (22-07-2021-Shift-2)]

(A) 2 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) – 1
         
Q.224 Let three vectors a , b and c be such that a × b = c , b × c = a and | a | = 2. Then which one of
the following is not true ? [JEE Main 2021 (22-07-2021-Shift-2)]
     2
(A) Projection of a on ( b × c ) is 2 (B) 3a  b – 2c = 51
       
(C) a b c    c a b  = 8 (D) a ×   
bc  b–c  o 
 
Q.225 Let L be the line of intersection of planes r · ( î – ˆj + 2 k̂ ) = 2 and r · (2 î + ˆj – k̂ ) = 2. If P (,,)
is the foot of perpendicular on L from the point (1, 2, 0) then the value of 35 (    ) is equal to :
[JEE Main 2021 (22-07-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) 119 (B) 134 (C) 101 (D) 143

 
Q.226 Let a vector be coplanar with vectors b = 2iˆ + ˆj + k̂ and c = î – ˆj + k̂ . If is perpendicular to
    
d = 3iˆ + 2ˆj + 6kˆ , and a = 10 . Then a possible value of a b c  + a b d  + a c d  is equal to:
     
[JEE Main 2021 (22-07-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) – 42 (B) –38 (C) – 40 (D) – 29
Q.227 Let the vectors  2  a  b  i   a  2b  c  j   b  c  k,

 1  b  i  2bj  bk and
 2  b  i  2bj  (1  b)k,
 a, b,c  R be co-planar, Then which of the following is true ?
[JEE Main 2021 (25-07-2021-Shift-1)]

(A) 3c = a + b (B) 2b = a + c (C) a = b + 2c (D) 2a = b + c
x y z
Q.228 Let the foot of perpendicular from a point P(1, 2, –1) to the straight line L    be N. Let a line
1 0 1
be drawn from P parallel to the plane x + y + 2z = 0 which meets L at point Q. If  is the acute angle
between the lines PN and PQ, then cosa is equal to ________
[JEE Main 2021 (25-07-2021-Shift-1)]
3 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 2 3 5
  
 
Q.229 Let p  2iˆ  3jˆ  kˆ and q  2iˆ  3jˆ  kˆ be two vectors. If a vector r   î  ˆj  ykˆ is perpendicular
    
to each of the vectors (p  q) and (p – q) , and | r | 3, then |  |  |  |  |  | is equal to_______
[JEE Main 2021 (25-07-2021-Shift-1)]
     
Q.230 If | a | 2, | b | 5 and | a  b | 8 , then | a ·b | is equal to :
[JEE Main 2021 (25-07-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 4 (D) 3
Q.231 Let a, b and c be distinct positive number. If the vectors aiˆ  ajˆ  ck,
ˆ î  kˆ and ciˆ  cjˆ  bkˆ are
co-planar, then c is equal to : [JEE Main 2021 (25-07-2021-Shift-2)]
2
ab 1 1 1 1
(A) ab (B) (C)  (D) 
2 a b a b
       
Q.232 If (a  3b) is perpendicular to (7a – 5b) and (a – 4b) is perpendicular to (7a – 2b) , then the angle
 
between a and b (in degrees) is ……….. [JEE Main 2021 (25-07-2021-Shift-2)]
x –k y–2 z–3 x 1 y  2 z  3
Q.233 In the lines   and   are co-planar, then the value of
1 2 3 3 2 1
k is __________. [JEE Main 2021 (25-07-2021-Shift-2)]
Q.234 If a + b + c = 1, ab + bc + ca = 2 and abc = 3, then the value of a4 + b4 + c4 is equal to_______.

[JEE Main 2021 (25-07-2021-Shift-2)]
 
Q.235 Let a  î  ˆj  2kˆ and b  î  2ˆj  3kˆ . Then the vector product
      
(a  b)  ((a  ((a – b)  b))  b) is equal to : [JEE Main 2021 (27-07-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) 7(30iˆ  5ˆj  7k)

ˆ (B) 5(34iˆ  5ˆj  3k)
ˆ
(C) 5(30iˆ  5ˆj  7k)

ˆ (D) 7(34iˆ  5ˆj  3k)
ˆ
Q.236 Let the plane passing through the point (–1, 0, –2) and perpendicular to each of the planes 2x+ y – z = 2
and x – y – z = 3 be ax + by + cz + 8 = 0. Then the value of a + b + c is equal to:
[JEE Main 2021 (27-07-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 4 (D) 3
x 2 y3 z2
Q.237 Let a plane P pass through the point (3, 7, –7) and contain the line,   . If distance
3 2 1
of the plane P from the origin is d, then d2 is equal to ………. .
[JEE Main 2021 (27-07-2021-Shift-1)]
   
ˆ b and c  ˆj  kˆ be three vectors such that a  b  c and a·b
Q.238 Let a  î  ˆj  k,  1 . If the length of
  
projection vector of the vector b on the vector a  c is , then the value of 32 is equal to ………. .
[JEE Main 2021 (27-07-2021-Shift-1)]
         
Q.239 Let a, b and c be three vectors such that a  b  (b  c) . If magnitudes of the vectors a, b and c are
   
2,1 and 2 respectively and the angle between b and c is   0     then the value of 1 + tan is
 2
(A) 2 (B) 1
3 1
(C) 3 1 (D)
3
Q.240 For real number  and  0, if the point of intersection of the straight lines
x –  y  1 z –1 x–4 y–6 z–7

  and   lies on the place x + 2y – z = 8, then  –  is equal
1 2 3  3 3
to : [JEE Main 2021 (27-07-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 7 (D) 9
Q.241 The distance of the point P (3, 4, 4) from the point of intersection of the line joining the points
Q (3, –4, –5) and R (2, –3, 1) and the plane 2x + y + z = 7, is equal to :
[JEE Main 2021 (27-07-2021-Shift-2)]
  
Q.242 Let a = î –  ĵ +  k̂ , b = 3 î +  ĵ –  k̂ and c = –  î – 2 ĵ + k̂ , where  and  are integers.
      
If a . b = – 1 and b . c = 10, then ( a × b ). c is equal to : [JEE Main 2021 (27-07-2021-Shift-2)]
          
 
Q.243 Let a  î  ˆj  kˆ and b  ˆj  kˆ . If c is a vector such that a  c  b and a  c  3 , then a  b  c is
equal to: [JEE Main 2021 (26-08-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) – 6 (B) 6 (C) – 2 (D) 2
Q.244 A plane P contains the line x  2y  3z  1  0  x  y  z  6 , and is perpendicular to the plane

2x  y  z  8  0 . Then which of the following point lies on P ?
[JEE Main 2021 (26-08-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) (1, 0, 1) (B) (0, 1, 1)
(C) (– 1, 1, 2) (D) (2, – 1, 1)
x 1 y  3 z  4
Q.245 Let the line L be the projection of the line   in the plane x  2y  z  3 . If d is the
2 1 2
distance of the point (0, 0, 6) from L, then d 2 is equal to ____.
[JEE Main 2021 (26-08-2021-Shift-1)]
Q.246 A hall has a square floor of dimension 10m  10m (see the figure) and vertical walls. If the angle GPH
1
between the diagonals AG and BH is cos 1 , then the height of the hall (in meters) is :
5
[JEE Main 2021 (26-08-2021-Shift-2)]
(A) 5 3 (B) 5 2 (C) 2 10 (D) 5
Q.247 Let P be the plane passing through the point (1,2, 3) and the line of intersection of the planes
 ˆ ˆ 
   
r  i  j  4kˆ  16 and r  î  ˆj  kˆ  6 . Then which of the following points does NOT lie on P  :
[JEE Main 2021 (26-08-2021-Shift-2)]

(A) (4, 2, 2) (B) (– 8, 8, 6) (C) (3, 3, 2) (D) (6, – 6, 2)
Q.248 If the projection of the vector î  2ˆj  kˆ on the sum of two vectors 2iˆ  4ˆj  5kˆ and î  2ˆj  3kˆ is 1,
then  is equal to ______. [JEE Main 2021 (26-08-2021-Shift-2)]
Q.249 Let Q be the foot of the perpendicular from the point P(7, –2, 13) on the plane containing the lines
x 1 y 1 z  3 x 1 y  2 z  3 2
  and   . The  PQ  , is equal to ______.
6 7 8 3 5 7
[JEE Main 2021 (26-08-2021-Shift-2)]
Q.250 The distance of the point (1, –2, 3) from the plane x – y + z = 5 measured parallel to a line, whose
direction ratios are 2, 3, – 6 is [JEE Main 2021 (27-08-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 2 (D) 1
2
Q.251 Equation of a plane at a distance from the origin, which contains the line of intersection of the
21
planes x – y – z – 1 = 0 and 2x + y – 3z + 4 = 0, is : [JEE Main 2021 (27-08-2021-Shift-1)]
(A) 3x – y – 5z + 2 = 0 (B) 3x – 4z + 3 = 0
(C) – x + 2y + 2z – 3 = 0 (D) 4x – y – 5z + 2 = 0
    
Q.252 Let a  î  5ˆj  kˆ , b  î  3jˆ   kˆ and c  î  2ˆj  3kˆ be three vectors such that, b  c  5 3 and
  2
a is perpendicular to b . Then the greatest amongst the values of a is ______.
[JEE Main 2021 (27-08-2021-Shift-1)]


 
Q.253 The equation of the plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes r  î  ˆj  kˆ  1 and
 ˆ ˆ ˆ
 
r  2i  3j  k  4  0 parallel to the x-axis is : [JEE Main 2021 (27-08-2021-Shift-2)]
 
 
(A) r  î  3kˆ  6  0  
(B) r  î  3kˆ  6  0
 
 
(C) r  ˆj  3kˆ  6  0  
(D) r  ˆj  3kˆ  6  0
Q.254 The angle between the straight lines, whose direction cosines are given by the equations 2  2m  n  0
and mn  n  m  0 , is : [JEE Main 2021 (27-08-2021-Shift-2)]
 
(A) (B)
3 2
1  8 
(C) cos   (D)   cos 1  4 
9  
9
Q.255 Let S be the mirror image of the point Q 1,3, 4  with respect to the plane 2x  y  z  3  0 and let
R  3,5,   be a point of this plane. Then the square of the length of the line segment SR is ______.
[JEE Main 2021 (27-08-2021-Shift-2)]
       
Q.256 Let a and b be two vectors such that 2a  3b  3a  b and the angle between a and b is 60° . If
1 
a is a unit vector, then b is equal to: [JEE Main 2021 (31-08-2021-Shift-1)]
8
(A) 5 (B) 4
(C) 8 (D) 6
Q.257 Let the equation of the plane, that passes through the point 1, 4, 3 and contains the line of intersection
of the planes 3x – 2y + 4z – 7 = 0 and x + 5y – 2z + 9 = 0, be x   y  z  3  0 , that      is

(A) 15 (B) 23 (C) – 23 (D) – 15
x 1 y  2 z 1
Q.258 The square of the distance of the point of intersection of the line   and the plane
2 3 6
2x  y  z  6 from the point  1, 1, 2  is ______. [JEE Main 2021 (31-08-2021-Shift-1)]
   
Q.259 Let a, b, c be three vector mutually perpendicular to each other and have same magnitude. If a vector r
            
satisfies a   r  b  a   b   r  c   b   c   r  a   c   0 then r is equal to
 
[JEE Main 2021 (31-08-2021-Shift-2)]
1    1   
(A)
2
a  b  2c  (B)
3
abc 
1    1   
(C)
2
abc  (D)
3
2a  b  c 
Q.260 Distance of point (–1, 2, –2) from the line of intersection of the planes 2x + 3y + 2z = 0 and
x – 2y + z = 0 is : [JEE Main 2021 (31-08-2021-Shift-2)]
1 42 34 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2
x2 y2 z2

Q.261 Suppose the line   lies on the plane x  3y  2z    0 . Then      is equal to
 5 2
[JEE Main 2021 (31-08-2021-Shift-2)]
Q.262 The distance of line 3y  2z  1  0  3x  z  4 from the point  2, 1, 6  is:
[JEE Main 2021 (01-09-2021-Shift-2)]

(A) 2 5 (B) 2 6 (C) 4 2 (D) 26
Q.263 Let the acute angle bisector of the two planes x  5y  4z  4  0 and x  2y  2z  1  0 be the plane
P. Then which of the following points lies on P ? [JEE Main 2021 (01-09-2021-Shift-2)]
 1  1
(A)  2, 0,   (B)  3,1,   (C)  4, 0, 2  (D)  0, 2, 4 
 2  2
   
Q.264 Let a  2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and b  î  2ˆj  kˆ . Let a vector v be in the plane containing a and b . If v is
 2
perpendicular to the vector 3iˆ  2ˆj  kˆ and its projection on a is 19 units, then 2v is equal to :
[JEE Main 2021 (01-09-2021-Shift-2)]

Q.265 Let and be vectors in three-dimensional space, where and are unit vectors which are not
   
perpendicular to each other and u, w  1, w.w  4 . If the volume of the parallelopiped, whose
   , is  
adjacent sides are represented by the vectors u, v and w 2 , then the value of | 3u  5v | is____
[Jee Advance 2021 (Paper 1)]
   1  

Q.266 Let O be the origin and OA  2iˆ  2ˆj  kˆ , OB  î – 2ˆj  2kˆ and OC   OB  OA  for
2
  9
some l > 0. If OB  OA  , then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE ?
2
  3
(A) Projection of OC on OA is 
2
9
(B) Area of the triangle OAB is
2
9
(C) Area of the triangle ABC is
2

(D) The acute angle between the diagonals of the parallelogram with adjacent sides OA and
 
OC is 3 [Jee Advance 2021 (Paper 2)]
ANSWER KEY
DPP-1
Q.1 B Q.2 A Q.3 D Q.4 A Q.5 B
Q.6 B Q.7 D Q.8 B Q.9 D Q.10 A
Q.11 A Q.12 C
DPP-2
Q.1 B Q.2 D Q.3 C Q.4 A Q.5 D
Q.6 B Q.7 C Q.8 D Q.9 C Q.10 A
DPP-3
Q.1 D Q.2 B Q.3 D Q.4 A Q.5 D
Q.6 B Q.7 C Q.8 B Q.9 B Q.10 D
Q.11 A Q.12 A
DPP-4
Q.1 A Q.2 B Q.3 C Q.4 A Q.5 A
Q.6 B Q.7 A Q.8 C Q.9 B Q.10 C
Q.11 D Q.12 A
DPP-5
Q.1 B Q.2 C Q.3 B Q.4 C Q.5 B
Q.6 D Q.7 D Q.8 C Q.9 B Q.10 C
Q.11 A
DPP-6
Q.1 D Q.2 B Q.3 A Q.4 D Q.5 A
Q.6 B Q.7 C Q.8 C Q.9 A Q.10 D
Q.11 C Q.12 A Q.13 D Q.14 B Q.15 A, C
DPP-7
Q.1 C Q.2 A Q.3 D Q.4 A Q.5 C
Q.6 A Q.7 A Q.8 D Q.9 D Q.10 C
Q.11 B Q.12 A Q.13 A, B, D Q.14 B, D Q.15 B, C
DPP-8
Q.1 D Q.2 A Q.3 D Q.4 D Q.5 A
Q.6 B Q.7 D Q.8 B Q.9 A Q.10 A
Q.11 C Q.12 B Q.13 C Q.14 C Q.15 C
DPP-9
Q.1 D Q.2 A Q.3 C Q.4 B Q.5 B
Q.6 C Q.7 C Q.8 A Q.9 B Q.10 A
Q.11 D Q.12 C Q.13 C
Q.14 (A) R, (B) Q, (C) Q, S, (D) P, S Q.15 (A) R; (B) Q; (C) P ; (D) S
DPP-10
Q.1 A Q.2 D Q.3 C Q.4 D Q.5 A
Q.6 D Q.7 B Q.8 C Q.9 B Q.10 D
Q.11 B Q.12 B Q.13 C Q.14 A Q.15 D
Q.16 B Q.17 C Q.18 A Q.19 B Q.20 D
Q.21 C Q.22 D Q.23 A Q.24 B, C, D Q.25 A, B, D
Q.26 B, D Q.27 B, C, D Q.28 A, B, C Q.29 (A) S; (B) R; (C) Q; (D) S
Q.30 (A) S; (B) R; (C) Q Q.31 66 Q.32 343
EXERCISE–I
Q.1 x = 2, y = 1 Q.2 (b) externally in the ratio 1 : 3
Q.4 (i) parallel (ii) the lines intersect at the point p.v.  2 i  2 j (iii) lines are skew
Q.5 2 : 1 Q.6 9 Q.7 xx1 + yy1 = a2 Q.8 28 Q.10 x = 2, y = – 2, z = – 2
1 1 1
Q.12 (a) i  j k Q.14 34 Q.16  î  2ˆj  5k̂
2 2 2
  1 2  3
Q.17 Q.18  ,  Q.19 3 Q.20 (b)
2  3 3 2
Q.21 (a) ± 3( î  2ˆj  2k̂ ), (b) y = 3 or y = – 1
5a 2 q (q 2  3)
Q.22 12 Q.24 sq. units Q.25 p = ; decreasing in q  (–1, 1), q  0
12 3 4
EXERCISE–II
4 1 1 1
Q.1 î  ĵ  k̂ Q.2  (î  5 ĵ  k̂ ) Q.4 (i) NO (ii) NO
2 2 2 3 3
6 3
Q.5 (i) 14 (ii) 6 (iii) 10 (iv) 6
7 5

Q.6 p.v. of R = r = 3i + 3k Q.9 110
 
Q.11 (a) 2î  3ˆj  3k̂ , (b) (i) r ·n  4 , (ii) r̂  î  ˆj  k̂ +  (ˆj  k̂ )  ( 3î  ˆj  3k̂ ) ,(iii) 2x–3y+3z+4=0,
4 22
area =
9
( 1) n 
Q.12  n  ,n  I &   1 Q.13  = 2/3 ; if  = 0 then vector product is  60 2 i  k
 
2

2 | v | sin    
Q.14 9  j  k
  Q.16 x = 1 and y =  Q.18 F = 2a1  5a 2  3a 3
|z|
      
Q.19  = – 1,  = – 2,  = 3
 a bc   
   b.c b b. b c 
Q.20 (b) p      a  c  b            
 a . c  a . b  
a .b a .b     
1 2 cos  1
Q.21 p =  ; q= ; r= 
1  2 cos 1  2 cos  1  2 cos
1 2 cos 1
or p= ; q= ; r=
1  2 cos  1  2 cos 1  2 cos 
         
 a  ( c. a ) c  b  c b  ( c. b) c  a  c
Q.22 x   , y  Q.23 (A) Q ; (B) R ; (C) S ; (D) P
1  c2 1  c2
EXERCISE–III
x 1 y  2 z  3
Q.1  = 900 Q.3 y + 2z = 4 Q.6  
2 2 3
x y z x y z 1 1 1 1 17
Q.7   or   Q.8 2
 2 2  2 Q.9
1 2 1 1 1  2 x y z p 2
x 1 y  2 z  3 x  4 y  14 z  4
Q.10   Q.11  
6 13 17 3 10 4
3 2x 2 y z  3 
Q.12 (a) ; (b)   = 1; (c)  0, , 0  ; (d) x = 2t + 2 ; y = 2t + 1 and z = – t + 3
2 3 3 3  2 
x y z 19 x  2 y 1 z3
Q.13 (1, –2, – 4) Q.14    1 , Area = sq. units Q.15  
2 3 5 2 11  10 2
x7 y2 z 1
Q.16 2x + 3y + z + 4 = 0 Q.17 p = 3, (2, 1, –3) ; x + y + z = 0 Q.18  
22 5 4
2
Q.19 (a) 3 ; (b) x + y – 2z + 1 = 0; (c) x – 2y + z = 5; (d) /3; (e) 4 Q.20
3
x7 y2 z4 x7 y2 z4
Q.21   ;  
3 6 2 2 3 6
x  4 y 1 z  7
Q.22 (9, 13, 15) ; 14 ; 9x – 4y – z = 14 Q.23  
9 1 3
Q.24 x – 2y + 2z – 1 = 0; 2 units Q.25 9/2
EXERCISE–IV
Q.1 (a) B , (b) A , (c) A, C
   
Q.2 (a) c   3a  2b (b) a b c 
  
b a xb 2 
Q.3 (a) (i) B (ii) A (iii) A Q.4 (i) + i ; (ii)  2    2 ; (iii) (iv) | M | 7
b (a  b ) 3
1   1 1
Q.5 (a) 5i  j  7k , ( i  7j  5k );
  1274 sq. units (b)  = 0,  = –2 + 29
2 2 2
 5 17
Q.6 (a) r  13i  11j  7k ; (b) î  ĵ Q.7 (a) B (b) C
7 7
Q.9 (a) B ; (b) C Q.11 D Q.12 (i) x + y – 2z = 3 ; (ii) (6, 5, –2)
Q.14 (a) B, (b) B, (c) A Q.15 (b) 9/2 cubic units
Q.16 (a) B (b) D; (c) 2x – y + z – 3 = 0 and 62x + 29y + 19z – 105 = 0, (d) ŵ = v̂ – 2( â · v̂ ) â
Q.17 (a) D; (b) A; (c) B ; (d) (i) D, (ii) A, (iii) B, C, (iv) D; (e) (i) B, (ii) D, (iii) C
Q.18 (a) C; (b) B; (c) C; (d) D; (e) (A) R; (B) Q; (C) P; (D) S
Q.19 (a) A; (b) A; (c) D; (d) (i) B; (ii) D; (iii) C

Q.20 C Q.21 A Q.22 C
Q.23 (A)  P ; (B)  Q, S ; (C)  Q, R, S, T ; (D)  R
Q.24 (A)  Q, S ; (B)  P, R, S,T ; (C)  T ; (D)  R
Q.25 A Q.26 C Q.27 5 Q.28 6 Q.29 A Q.30 B
Q.31 A  T ; B  P, R ; C  Q ; D  R Q.32 C Q.33 AD Q.34 9
Q.35 A Q.36 A Q.37 C Q.38 B, C Q.39 3 Q.40 D Q.41 D
Q.42 D Q.43 C Q.44 D Q.45 B, D Q.46 A, D Q.47 C Q.48 A
Q.49 5 Q.50 B Q.51 A Q.52 B Q.53 A, B, C Q.54 4 Q.55 A
Q.56 D Q.57 B Q.58 A, B Q.59 A, C, D Q.60 B, D Q.61 Bonus Q.62 B
Q.63 D Q.64 D Q.65 B, C, D Q.66 C Q.67 B, C Q. 68 B Q. 69 B
Q. 70 B Q.71 D Q.72 D Q.73 D Q.74 C Q. 75 B Q. 76 3
Q. 77 0.5 Q. 78 C Q. 79 A Q. 80 C, D Q. 81 8 Q.82 B Q.83 A
Q.84 B Q.85 C Q.86 A Q.87 B Q.88 D Q.89 D Q.90 C
Q.91 D Q.92 D Q.93 C Q.94 A,C Q.95 C Q.96 A Q.97 B
Q.98 D Q.99 A Q.100 D Q.101 D Q.102 C Q.103 C Q.104 B
Q.105 A Q.106 A Q.107 C Q.108 A Q.109 A Q.110 A Q.111 A
Q.112 B Q.113 B Q.114 D Q.115 B Q.116 A Q.117 D Q.118 B
Q.119 D Q.120 C Q.121 B Q.122 D Q.123 D Q.124 D Q.125 D
Q126 C Q.127 A Q.128 B Q.129 D Q.130 C, D Q.131 A,B,D Q.132 0.75
Q.133 18.00 Q.134 B Q.135 A Q.136 C Q.137 4 Q.138 B Q.139 D
Q.140 B Q.141 B Q.142 1 Q.143 8 Q.144 30 Q.145 3 Q.146 3
Q.147 2 Q.148 C Q.149 0.8 Q.150 C Q.151 A Q.152 A Q.153 C
Q.154 5 Q.155 8 Q.156 A Q.157 3 Q.158 D Q.159 18 Q.160 B
Q.161 A Q.162 A Q.163 6 Q.164 C Q.165 4 Q.166 B Q.167 1
Q.168 108.00 Q.169 AC Q.170 ABC Q.171 AB Q.172 C Q.173 D Q.174 75
Q.175 A Q.176 C Q.177 1 Q.178 D Q.179 C Q.180 12 Q.181 C
Q.182 2 Q.183 44 Q.184 D Q.185 C Q.186 B Q.187 8 Q.188 D
Q.189 D Q.190 A Q.191 A Q.192 D Q.193 B Q.194 C Q.195 B
Q.196 B Q.197 C Q.198 2 Q.199 28 Q.200 A Q.201 D Q.202 2
Q.203 4 Q.204 B Q.205 B Q.206 486 Q.207 0 Q.208 D Q.209 28
Q.210 4 Q.211 B Q.212 B Q.213 1 Q.214 38 Q.215 C
Q.216 4 Q.217 6 Q.218 81 Q.219 C Q.220 B Q.221 C Q.222 6
Q.223 C Q.224 B Q.225 A Q.226 A Q.227 B Q.228 B Q.229 03.00

Q.230 B Q.231 A Q.232 60 Q.233 1 Q.234 13 Q.235 D Q.236 C
Q.237 3 Q.238 2 Q.239 A Q.240 C Q.241 7 Q.242 9 Q.243 C
Q.244 B Q.245 26 Q.246 B Q.247 A Q.248 5 Q.249 96 Q.250 D
Q.251 D Q.252 90 Q.253 D Q.254 B Q.255 72 Q.256 A Q.257 C
Q.258 61 Q.259 C Q.260 C Q.261 7 Q.262 B Q.263 A Q.264 1496
Q.265 7 Q.266 ABC

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 Length of the diagonal AC = | AC | A 2i + 4j – 5k B

Q.4 Let position vectors of points A,B,C and D are respectively 3 î  2 ˆj  k̂ , 2 î  3 ˆj  4 k̂ ,  î  ˆj  2 k̂

and 4 î  5 ĵ   k̂ . If the points are coplanar, then the value of  is-

If A,B,C,D are coplanar, then vectors AB , AC and AD are coplanar, then

 2î  ˆj  2k̂ with | c | = 5 6 is-

Sol. Vector 2 î  ˆj  k̂ and 3 î  4ˆj  k̂

2î  ĵ  k̂   (3î  4 ĵ  k̂) = î (1  4)  ĵ (2  3)  k̂ (8  3)  3î  5 ĵ  11 k̂

Sol. PQ = ( 2 î  k̂ ) – ( î  ˆj  2k̂ ) = î  ˆj  3k̂

(A) 5 2 (B) 5 3 (C) 2 5 (D) 3 5

where a = 3î  ˆj  2k̂ and b = î  3ˆj  4k̂

(A) 26 (B) 13 (C) 2 13 (D) 13

 AB × AC = ( î  2ˆj  3 k̂ ) × 2 î =  4 k̂  6ˆj  AB AC = 16  36 = 2 13

Q.14 If A,B,C,D are any four points, then | AB  CD  BC  AD  CA  BD | equals-

Q.16 For any vector a , u = î × ( a × î ) + ˆj × ( a × ˆj ) + k̂ × ( a × k̂ ) equals-

(A) 2 a (B) – 2 a (C) a (D) – a

(A) 2 î  3ˆj  3 k̂ (B) 2 î  3ˆj  3 k̂ (C)  2 î  ˆj  5 k̂ (D) 2 î  ˆj  5 k̂

(A) 10 4 (B) 3 10 4 (C) 10 (D) none

5. The vector equations of two lines L1 and L2 are respectivly

6. Let a, b, c be distinct non-negative numbers. If the vectors a i  a j  c k , i  k & c i  c j  b k lie in a

2. Consider  ABC with A  ( a ) ; B  (b) & C  ( c) . If b . (a  c) = b . b  a . c ; b  a = 3;

One or more than one is/are correct

6. If the plane 2x – 3y + 6z – 11 = 0 makes an angle sin–1(k) with x-axis, then k is equal to

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25. Consider four points A(a ) ; B( b ) ; C( c ) and D(d ) , such that

26. Given the equations of the line 3x – y + z + 1 = 0, 5x + y + 3z = 0.

27. Given three vectors

MATCH THE COLUMN

to a  b where a, b  N, find the value (a + b)3 + (a – b)3.

Question nos. 17, 18, 19:

Q.5 The pv's of the four angular points of a tetrahedron are: A j  2 k ; B 3 i  k ; C 4 i  3 j  6 k

    when the points A, B, C    

    when the points A, B, C    

Prove that the equation to the plane in new position is lx + my + z l 2  m 2 tan  = 0

Q.12 Let P = (1, 0, – 1) ; Q = (1, 1, 1) and R = (2, 1, 3) are three points.

Q.3(a) Select the correct alternative :

vectors 2 ˆj + 3 k̂ and 4 ˆj – 3 k̂ and P2 is parallel to ˆj – k̂ and 3 î + 3 ˆj , then the angle between

(iv) In a ABC, if sinA sinB sinC + cos A cosB = 1,

(d) Consider the planes 3x – 6y – 2z = 15 and 2x + y – 2z = 5.

MATCH THE COLUMN:

O, let M be the length of O P and û be the unit vector along O P . Then,

   ˆi  2ˆj  2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ

(D) Let f be the function on [–, ] given by f(0) = 9 and (S) 5

vector ˆi  ˆj  kˆ is/are [JEE 2011]

(A) ˆj  kˆ (B) ˆi  ˆj (C) ˆi  ˆj (D) ˆj  kˆ