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Vidyamandir Classes
VMC/Vectors 125 HWT-6/Mathematics

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This test contains a total of 10 Objective Type Questions. Each question carries 1 mark. There is NO NEGATIVE marking.
Choose the correct alternative. Only one choice is correct.
1. If 2 and 3 and 0 | a | | b| a . b = = =

, then
, , ,
a a a a b
| |

|
\

is equal to :
(A) 16 b
(B) 16 b

(C) 48a
(D) 48a

2. Let a b c , ,

be three unit vectors such that 3 4 5 0 a b c + + =

. Then which of the following statements is true ?
(A) a
is parallel to b
(B) a
is perpendicular to b
(C) a
is neither parallel nor perpendicular to b
(D) None of the above

3. The values of x for which the angle between the vectors
2
2 4 x i x j k + +
and

7 2 i j xk +
are obtuse and the angle between the

Z-axis and

7 2 i j xk +
is acute and less than

6
is given by :
(A)
1
0
2
x < < (B)
1
or 0
2
x x > <
(C)
1
15
2
x < < (D) No such value for x
4. A unit tangent vector at t = 2 on the curve
2 2
2, 4 5, 2 6 x t y t z t t = + = = is :
(A)
,
1
3

i j k + + (B)
,
1
2 2
3

i j k + + (C)
,
1
2 2 2
6

i j k + + (D) None of these
5. When a right handed rectangular Cartesian system OXYZ is rotated about the Z-axis through an angle
4
in the counter-clockwise
direction it is found that a vector a
has the component 2 3, 3 2 and 4 . The components of a
in the OXYZ coordinate system

are :
(A) 5, 1, 4 (B) 5, 1, 4 2 (C) 1, 5, 4 2 (D) None of these
6. Given three vectors 6 3 , 2 6 and 2 21 such that

a i j b i j c i j a b c = = = + = + +

. Then the resolution of the vector
into components with respect to and a b

is given by :
(A) 3 2 a b

(B) 2 3 a b

(C) 3 2 b a

(D) None of these
7. For any four points P, Q, R, S ; PQ RS QR PS RP QS +

is equal to 4 times the area of the triangle :
(A) PQR (B) QRS (C) PRS (D) PQS
8. If
1
0 where 1
n
i
i
i
a a i
=
= =

, then the value of
1
i j
i j n
a . a
s < s

is :
(A) n/2 (B) n (C) n/2 (D) n
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9. Let , , a b c

be three non-coplanar vectors and r
be any vector in space such that 1, 2 and 3 r .a r . b r . c = = =

.
If 1 then a b c , r
(
=

is equal to :
(A) 2 3 a b c + +

(B) 2 3 b c c a a b + +

(C)
, , ,
2 3 b . c a c . a b a . b c + +

(D) None of the above
10. The two vectors
, ,
2 3 , 4 6

a i j k b i j k = + + = +

are parallel if is equal to :
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 3 (D) 2
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1. If and and a b , , + + = + + =

are non-coplanar and
is not parallel to
, then + + +

equals :
(A) a
(B) b
(C) 0
(D) , a b +

2. If unit vector c
makes an angle with

3

i j
+ , then minimum and maximum values of

,

i j . c

respectively are :
(A)
3
0,
2
(B)
3 3
,
2 2
(C)
3
1,
2
(D) None of these
3. A parallelogram is constructed on 3 and 4 , where 6 and 8 and and a b a b a b a b + = =

are anti-parallel, then the length of
the longer diagonal is :
(A) 40 (B) 54 (C) 32 (D) 48
4. Vectors and a b

are inclined at an angle 120 =

. If 1 and 2, then a b = =

, , , ,
2
3 3 a b a b +

is equal to :
(A) 225 (B) 275 (C) 325 (D) 300
5. If , , a b c

are non-coplanar vectors, then
,
,
,
,
,
,
a. b c b . c a c . b a
b. c a c . a b a . b c

+ +

is equal to :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
6. The value of c so that for all real x, the vectors 6 3 , 2 2

cxi j k xi j cxk + + + make an obtuse angle are :
(A) 0 c < (B) 0 4 3 c / < < (C) 4 3 0 / c < < (D) 0 c >
7. For non-zero vectors
,
, , a b c a b .c a b c =

holds iff.:
(A) 0, 0 a . b b . c = =

(B) 0 0 b . c , c . a = =

(C) 0, 0 c . a a . b = =

(D) 0 a . b b . c c . a = = =

8. If 2 3 0 and a b c a b b c c a + + = + +

is equal to
,
then b c

is equal to :
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6
9. If a
any vector, then

2 2 2

a i a j a k + +

is equal to :
(A)
,
2
a
(B)
,
2
2 a
(C)
,
2
3 a
(D) 0
10. For any vector A
, the value of
, , ,

i A i j A j k A k + +

is equal to :
(A) 0
(B) 2A
(C) 2A

(D) None of these
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1. If , , and , , a b c p q r

are reciprocal system of vectors, then a p b q c r + +

equals :
(A) abc
(

(B) p q r + +

(C) 0
(D) a b c + +

2. If , and a b c

are unit coplanar vectors then the scalar triple product 2 2 2 a b b c c a
(

is equal to :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 3 (D) 3
3.
, , ,

, , ,

r . i r i r . j r j r . k r k + +

is equal to :
(A) 3r
(B) r
(C) 0
(D) None of these

4. , , a b c

are non-coplanar vectors and , , p q r

are defined as , ,
b c c a a b
p q r
b c a c a b a b c

= = =
( ( (

then
, , ,
a b . p b c .q c a . r + + + + +

is equal to :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
5. If 3 1 4 | a| | b | | c | = , = , =

and 0 a b c + + =

, find the value of a . b b . c c . a + +

.
(A) 13 2 / (B) 26 (C) 13 (D) None of these
6. Let

4 3 and i j = +

be two vectors perpendicular to each other in the XY-plane. Find all the vector in the same plane having
the projections 1 and 2 along and

respectively.
(A)

2i j +
(B)

2 i j +
(C)

2 i j
(D)

2i j
7. Which of the following expressions is not meaningful ?

(A)
,
u . v w

(B)
,
u . v . w

(C)
,
u . v w

(D)
,
u v w

8. If 4 4 a b = , =

and 5 c =
such that
, ,
a b c b c a + , +

and
,
c a b +

, then | a b c | + +

is :
(A) 7 (B) 5 (C) 13 (D) 57
9. The work done by the force

2 F i j k =
in moving an object along the vector

3 2 5 i j k +
is :
(A) 9 units (B) 15 units (C) 9 units (D) None of these
10. If a b c , ,

are vectors such that 0 a . b =

and a b c + =

then :
(A)
2 2
2
a b c + =

(B)
2 2
2
a b c = +

(C)
2 2
2
b a c = +

(D) None of these
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1. If
, , ,
1
and , then
8
d a b b c v c a a b c v
(
= + + = + +

is equal to :
(A)
,
d . a b c + +

(B)
,
2d . a b c + +

(C)
,
4d . a b c + +

(D)
,
8d . a b c + +

2. If and a b

are two vectors making angle with each other, then unit vectors along bisector of and a b

is :
(A)
2
a b +
(B)
2
a b
cos
+
(C)
2 2
a b
cos /
+
(D) None of these
3. If , , a b c

be three vectors such that and a b c b c a = =

then :
(A) , , a b c

are orthogonal in pairs (B) 1 a b c = = =

(C) 1 a b c = = =

(D) a b c = =

4. A vector a
has components 2p and 1 with respect to a rectangular Cartesian system. This system is rotated through a certain angle
about the origin in the clockwise sense. If with respect to new system, a
has components p + 1 and 1, then :

(A) p = 0 (B) 1 or 1 3 p p / = =
(C) 1 or 1 3 p p / = = (D) 1 or 1 p p = =
5. If and a b c ,

be three non-parallel unit vectors such that
,
1
2
a b c b =

, then the angle which vector a
makes with b
is :
(A)
3
(B)
4
(C)
2
(D)
6
6. If u a b v a b = , = +

and 2 |a| |b| = =

, then | u v |

is :
(A)
,
2
2 16 a . b

(B)
,
2
2 4 a . b

(C)
,
2
16 a . b

(D)
,
2
4 a . b

7. The moment of the couple formed by the forces

5 and 5 i k i k +

acting at the points (9, 1 , 2) and (3, 2 , 1) respectively, is:
(A)

5 i j k + +
(B)

11 5 i j k
(C)

11 5 i j k + +
(D)

5 i j k
8. If a . b . c

are three non-zero vectors such that 0 a b c + + =

and m a .b b c c . a = + + +

, then :
(A) 0 m < (B) 0 m > (C) m = 0 (D) m = 3
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9. ABCD is a parallelogram with

2 AC i j k = +
and

2 5 BD i j k = +
. Area of this parallelogram is equal to :

(A) 5 2 / sq. units (B) 2 5 sq. units (C) 4 5 sq. units (D) 5 sq. units
10. If the non-zero vectors and a b

are perpendicular to each other, then the solution of the equation, r a b =

is given by :
(where x is any scalar)
(A)
2
a b
r xa
| a |
= +

(B)
2
a b
r xb
| a |
=

(C)
,
r x a b =

(D)
,
r x b a =

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1. Let , , and r a b c

be four non zero vectors such that 0, , r .a r b r b r c r c = = =

then a b c
(

is equal to :
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
2. Given a cube ABCDA
1
B
1
C
1
D
1
with lower base ABCD, upper base A
1
B
1
C
1
D
1
and the lateral edges AA
1
, BB
1
, CC
1
and DD
1
; M and
M
1
are the centres of the faces ABCD and A
1
B
1
C
1
D
1
respectively. O is a point on the line MM
1
such that
1
, OA OB OC OD OM + + =

then
1
if OM OM =

is equal to :
(A) 1/16 (B) 1/8 (C) 1/4 (D) 1/2
3. Let , and a b c

be three non-zero and non-coplanar vectors and , and p q r

be three vectors given by
2 , 3 2 and 4 2 p a b c q a b c r a b c = + = + = +

If the volume of the parallelepiped determined by , and a b c

is V
1
and that of the parallelepiped determined by , and p q r

is V
2
then V
2
: V
1
is equal to:
(A) 3 : 1 (B) 7 : 1 (C) 11 : 1 (D) 15 : 1
4. Let , and A B C

be unit vectors. Suppose that 0 A. B A . C = =

and that the angle between and B C

is
6
, then
,
A k B C =

and k is equal to :
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 0
5. A vector a
has components a
1
, a
2
, a
3
, in a right handed rectangular cartesian system OXYZ. The coordinate system is rotated
about Z-axis through angle 2 / in anti-clockwise direction. The components of a
in the new system is :

(A) ,
2 1 3
a a a , , (B) ,
2 1 3
a a a , , (C) ,
2 1 3
a a a , , (D) ,
3 1 2
a a a , ,
6. If and a b

are unit vectors and is the angle between them, then
2
a b

is :
(A)
2
sin
(B) sin (C) 2sin (D) 2 sin

7. If and a b c ,

are unit vectors such that
, ,
0 0 a . b a c . b c = , + =

and
,
c a b w a b = + +

then : (where , and w
are scalars).
(A)
2 2
1 w + = (B)
2 2
2 1 w + =
(C) ,
2
2 1 0 w + + = (D) None of these
8. The volume of the tetrahedron whose vertices have position vectors

6 10 3 7 5 i j k i j k i j k + , + , +

and

7 4 7 i j k +
is 11 cubic units if equals :

(A) 3 (B) 3 (C) 7 (D) 1
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9. Let and b c

be non-collinear vectors. If a
is a vector such that

,
4 a . b c + =

and
, ,
2
2 6 a b c x x b sin y . c = + +

, then
(x, y) lies on the line :
(A) x + y = 0 (B) 0 x y = (C) x = 1 (D) y =
10. Let O be the centre of a regular pentagon ABCDE and OA a =

. Then 2 3 4 5 AB BC CD DE EA + + + +

equals :
(A) 6a
(B) 5a
(C) 4a
(D) 0
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1. If I be the incentre of the triangle ABC and a, b, c be the lengths of the sides then the force a IA bIB c IC + +

is equal to :
(A) AB AB CA + +

(B) aAB bBC cCA + +

(C) 0
(D) None of these

2. A vector , , , a x y z =
makes an obtuse angle with Y-axis, and make equal angles with , , 2 , 3 b y z x =
and
, 2 , 3 , and c z x y a =

is perpendicular to , 1, 1, 2 if 2 3 d | a| = =

then vector a
is :
(A) (1, 2, 3) (B) , 2, 2, 2 (C) , 1, 2, 4 (D) None of these
3. In a parallelogram ABCD, , and , then | AB| a | AD| b | AC | c DB . AB = = =

has the value :
(A)
2 2 2
3
2
a b c +
(B)
2 2 2
3
2
a b c +
(C)
2 2 2
3
2
a b c +
(D)
2 2 2
3
2
a b c + +
4. A vector a
has components a
1
, a
2
, a
3
in the right handed rectangular cartesian system OXYZ. The coordinate system is rotated
about the X-axis through an angle
4
in the anticlockwise direction. the components of a
in the new system are :

(A)
3 2
1 2 3
2
a a
a a a

, + , (B)
2 3
1 3 2
2
a a
a a a
+
, ,
(C)
2 3 3 2
1
2 2
a a a a
a
+
, , (D) None of these
5. If
,
1 a i j k a . b = + + , =

and

then a b j k b =

is :
(A)

i j k +
(B)

2 j k (C) i
(D) 2i
6. If and a b c ,

are unit vectors, then
2 2 2
|a b| | b c| |c a| + +

does not exceed:
(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6
7. If
, ,
a b c a b c =

where and a b c ,

are any three vectors such that 0 0 a . b b . c = , =

then and a c

are :
(A) inclined at an angle of 6 / between them (B) Perpendicular
(C) Parallel (D) inclined at an angle of 3 / between them
8. Let and a b c ,

be non-zero vectors such that
,
1
2
a b c | b | | c | a =

. If is the acute angle between the vectors and b c

,
then sin equals :
(A)
1
3
(B)
2
3
(C)
3
2
(D)
2 2
3
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9. Let

u i j v i j = + , =

and

2 3 w i j k = + +
If

n is a unit vector such that

= 0 u . n v . n =

, then

| w . n|
is equal to :
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3
10. If and a b

are mutually perpendicular unit vectors, r
is a vector satisfying 0 1 r . a r . b = , =

and 1 then r a b r
(
= ,

:
(A)
,
a a b +

(B)
,
b a b +

(C)
,
a a b +

(D)
,
a b a b +

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1. The position vectors , , and a b c d

of four points A, B, C and D on a plane are such that
, , , ,
0 a d . b c b d . c a = =

, then
the point D is :
(A) Centroid of ABC (B) Orthocenter of ABC
(C) Circumcentre of ABC (D) None of these
2. Consider a tetrahedron with faces
1 2 3 4
F F F F , , , . Let
1 2 3 4
V V V V , , ,

be the vectors whose magnitudes are respectively equal to
areas of
1 2 3 4
F F F F , , , and whose directions are perpendicular to their faces in outward direction. Then
1 2 3 4
| V V V V | + + +

,
equals :
(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 0 (D) None of these
3.

and x y are two mutually perpendicular unit vectors, if the vectors

,

,
ax ay c x y x x y + + , + and

,
cx cy b x y + + ,
lie in a plane then c is :
(A) AM of a and b (B) GM of a and b (C) HM of a and b (D) Equal to zero
4. a b c , ,

be three non coplanar vector and r
be any arbitrary vector, then

, , , , , ,
a b r c b c r a c a r b + +

is equal to :
(A) a b c r
(

(B) 2 a b c r
(

(C) 3 a b c r
(

(D) None of these
5. If V is the volume of the parallelopiped having three coterminus edges as and a. b c

, then the volume of the parallelepiped
having three coterminus edge as
, , ,
a . a a a . b b a . c c = + + ,

, , ,
a . b a b . b b b . c c = + +

,
, , ,
a . c a b . c b c . c c = + +

, is :
(A)
3
V (B) 3V (C) V
2
(D) 2V
6. Let G
1
, G
2
, G
3
be the centroids of the triangular face OBC, OCA, OAB of a tetrahedron OABC. If V
1
denote the volume of the
tetrahedron OABC and V
2
that of the parallelopied with OG
1
, OG
2
, OG
3
as three concurrent edges, then:
(A)
1 2
4 9 V V = (B)
1 2
9 4 V V = (C)
1 2
3 2 V V = (D)
2 1
3 2 V V =
7. a b c , ,

are non-coplanar vectors and
1 1 1
a b c , ,

constitute the corresponding reciprocal system of vectors, then we have
, 1 1 1 1 1 1
a b b c c a a b c a b c
(
+ + = + +

where is equal to :
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2
8. If and a b c p q r , , , ,

is reciprocal system of vectors, then a p b q c r + +

equals :
(A) a b c
(

(B) p q r + +

(C) 0
(D) a b c + +

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9. For any four vectors a b c d , , ,

, the expression
, , , , ,
b c . a d c a . b d a b + +

.
,
c d

is always equal to :
(A) a b c
(

(B) a b d
(

(C) b c d
(

(D) 0
10. If
,
a b c

is perpendicular to
,
a b c

, then we may have :
(A) 0 b . c =

(B) 0 a . b =

(C) 0 a . c =

(D) None of these
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1. Let and a b

are two vectors making angle with each
other, then unit vectors along bisector of and a b

is :
(A)
2
a b +

(B)
2
a b
cos
+

(C)
2
2
a b
cos

(D) None of these
2. Let a b c , ,

be three vectors such that
a b c b c a c a b = , = , =

then :
(A) | a | | b | | c | = =

(B) | a | | b | | c | = =

(C) | a | | b | | c| = =

(D) | a | | b | | c | = =

3. If S is the circumcentre, G the centroid, O the orthocente
of a triangle ABC, then SA SB SC + +

is :
(A) 3SG
(B) OS
(C) SG
(D) OG
4. Let and a b c ,

be mutually perpendicular vectors of the
same magnitude. If a vector x
satisfies the equation

, ,
a x b a b x c b c
( (
+ +
1 1

,
x a c
(

1

= 0, then x
is given by :
(A)
,
1
2
a b c + +

(B)
,
1
2
3
a b c + +

(C)
,
1
3
a b c + +

(D)
,
1
2
2
a b c +

5. If a b c , ,

are unit vectors then
2 2 2
| a b | | b c | | c a | + +

does not exceed.
(A) 4 (B) 9
(C) 8 (D) 6
6. a b c , ,

are three non-coplanar vectors, then
a b b c c a
(
, ,

is equal to :
(A) 0 (B) a b c
(
, ,

(C)
2
a b c
(
, ,

(D) 2 a b c
(
, ,

7. If

4 3 4 a i j k b i j k = + + , = + +

, and

c i j k = + +
are linearly dependent vectors and

3 |c| =
, then :
(A) 1 1 = , = (B) 1 1 = , =
(C) 1 1 = , = (D) 1 1 = , =
8. The volume of the tetrahedron whose vertices are with
position vectors

6 10 3 7 5 i j k i j k i j k + , + , +

and

7 4 7 +
i j k is 11 cubic unit if equals :

(A) 3 (B) 3
(C) 7 (D) 1
9. Let and a b

be non collinear vectors of which a
is a
unit vector. The angles of triangle whose two sides are
represented by
, ,
3 and a b b a. b a

are :
(A)
2 3 6

, , (B)
2 4 4

, ,
(C)
3 3 3

, , (D) Data insufficient
10. Let the unit vectors and a b

be perpendicular to each
other and the unit vector c
be inclined at an angle to
both a
and b
. If
,
c xa yb z a b = + +

, then :
(A)
2
2 x cos y sin z cos = , = , =
(B)
2
2 x sin y cos z cos = , = , =
(C)
2
2 x y cos z cos = = , =
(D)
2
2 x y cos z cos = = , =

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VMC/Vectors 125 HWT-6/Mathematics

is neither parallel nor perpendicular to b

(D) None of the above

are obtuse and the angle between the

is acute and less than

has the component 2 3, 3 2 and 4 . The components of a

in the OXYZ coordinate system

into components with respect to and a b

be any vector in space such that 1, 2 and 3 r .a r . b r . c = = =

makes an angle with

+ , then minimum and maximum values of

any vector, then

(D) None of these

7. Which of the following expressions is not meaningful ?

in moving an object along the vector

has components p + 1 and 1, then :

. Area of this parallelogram is equal to :

in the new system is :

(B) sin (C) 2sin (D) 2 sin

is 11 cubic units if equals :

is a vector such that

(D) None of these

in the anticlockwise direction. the components of a

in the new system are :

be any arbitrary vector, then

satisfies the equation

are linearly dependent vectors and

i j k is 11 cubic unit if equals :

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