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Course : Fresher(XL) Batch Subject : Mathematics DPPS 3

Topic : Vector
Q.1 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 AM & BD is -
1 1 1 1
(A) cos1 (B) cos1 (C) cos1 (D) cos1
5 13 13 5 5 13 13 5

Q.2 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)
r r
Q.3 The intercept made by the plane r . n = q on the x-axis is -
q i.nr r q
(A) r (B) (C) ( i . n )q (D) r
i.n q |n|

r
Q.4 Vector equation of the plane r = i j + ( i + j + k ) + ( i 2 j + 3 k ) in the scalar dot product form is -
r r
(A) r .(5 i 2 j + 3 k ) = 7 (B) r .(5 i + 2 j 3 k ) = 7
r r
(C) r .(5 i 2 j 3 k ) = 7 (D) r .(5 i + 2 j + 3 k ) = 7

Q.5 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) 3 / 2 (D) 2 / 3

Q.6 If a , b , c are three non-coplanar & p , q , r are reciprocal vectors to a , b & c respectively, then

(l a + m b + n c ).(l p + m q + n r ) is equal to : (where l, m, n are scalars)
(A) l2 + m2 + n2 (B) lm + mn + nl (C) 0 (D) None of these

Q.7 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

Q.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 + a2 r2 + .... + an 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 of these

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Passage (Ques No. 9 to 11)
r r r r
Consider three vectors p = i + j + k , q = 2 i + 4 j k and r = i + j + 3 k and let s be a unit vector, then
r r r
Q.9 p , q and r is -
(A) linearly dependent
(B) can form the sides of a possible triangle
r r r
(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
r r r r r r
Q.10 If ( p q ) r = u p + vq + w r , then (u + v + w) equals to -
(A) 8 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 4
r r r r r r r r r r r r
Q.11 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

Q.12 Match the column:

Column -I Column-II
r r r rr rr rr
(A) If the vectors a , b , c form sides BC , CA , AB of ABC, then (P) a.b = b.c = c.a 0
r r r rr rr rr
(B) If a , b , c are forming three adjacent sides of a regular tetrahedron, then (Q) a.b = b.c = c.a = 0
r r r r r r r r r r r r
(C) If a b = c , b c = a then (R) a b = b c = c a
r r r r r r
(D) a , b , c are unit vectors and a + b + c = 0 then rr rr rr 3
(S) a.b + b.c + c.a =
2
rr rr rr 3
(T) a.b + b.c + c.a =
2

Q.13 Column-I Column-II

(A) Let O be an interior point of ABC such that (P) 0

OA +2 OB + 3 OC = 0 , then the ratio of the area of ABC
to the area of AOC, is
(B) Let ABC be a triangle whose centroid is G, orthocenter is H (Q) 1
and 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
collinear satisfying the relation AD + BD + CH + 3 HG = HD
then the value of the scalar '' is

(C) If a , b , c and d are non zero vectors such that no three of them (R) 2
are in the same plane and no two are orthogonal then the value

( b c ).( a d ) + ( c a ).( b d )
of the scalar
is (S) 3
( a b ).( d c )

ANSWERS :
1. (A) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (A)
8. (C) 9. (C) 10. (B) 11. (A) 12. A R; B P; C Q; D S
13. A S; B R; C Q

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