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M.C.Q (1 Marks)

MCQ 1511 Mark
Let a unit vector which makes an angle of $60^{\circ}$ with $2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-\hat{k}$ and an angle of $45^{\circ}$ with $\hat{i}-\hat{k}$ be $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{C}}$. Then $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{C}}+\left(-\frac{1}{2} \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{2}} \hat{\mathrm{j}}-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{\mathrm{k}}\right)$ is :
  • A
    $-\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{i}+\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{j}+\left(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{2 \sqrt{2}}{3}\right) \hat{k}$
  • B
     $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{2}} \hat{\mathrm{j}}-\frac{1}{2} \hat{\mathrm{k}}$
  • C
     $\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}+\frac{1}{2}\right) \hat{i}+\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}-\frac{1}{3 \sqrt{2}}\right) \hat{j}+\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}+\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}\right) \hat{k}$
  • $\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \mathrm{i}-\frac{1}{2} \hat{k}$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3} \mathrm{i}-\frac{1}{2} \hat{k}$
d
$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{C}}=\mathrm{C}_1 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\mathrm{C}_2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\mathrm{C}_3 \hat{\mathrm{k}} $

$ \mathrm{C}_1^2+\mathrm{C}_2^2+\mathrm{C}_3{ }^2=1 $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{C}} \cdot(2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-\hat{\mathrm{k}})=|\mathrm{C}| \sqrt{9} \cos 60^{\circ} $

$ 2 \mathrm{C}_1+2 \mathrm{C}_2-\mathrm{C}_3=\frac{3}{2} $

$ \mathrm{C}_1-\mathrm{C}_3=1 $

$ \mathrm{C}_1+2 \mathrm{C}_2=\frac{1}{2} $

$ \mathrm{C}_1=\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}+\frac{1}{2} $

$ \mathrm{C}_2=\frac{-1}{3 \sqrt{2}} $

$ \mathrm{C}_3=\frac{\sqrt{2}}{3}-\frac{1}{2}$

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MCQ 1521 Mark
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}-\hat{\mathrm{k}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=((\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times(\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}})) \times \hat{\mathrm{i}}) \times \hat{\mathrm{i}}$.

Then the square of the projection of $\vec{a}$ on $\vec{b}$ is :

  • A
     $\frac{1}{5}$
  • $2$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{3}$
  • D
     $\frac{2}{3}$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$2$
b
$\vec{a} \times(\hat{i}+\hat{j})=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\hat{i} & \hat{j} & \hat{k} \\ 2 & 1 & -1 \\ 1 & 1 & 0\end{array}\right|$

$ =\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k} $

$ (\vec{a} \times(\hat{i} \times \hat{j})) \times \hat{i}=\hat{k}+\hat{j} $

$ ((\vec{a} \times(\hat{i} \times \hat{j})) \times i) \times \hat{i}=\hat{j}-\hat{k} $

projection of $ \vec{a} \text { on } \hat{b}=\frac{\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}}{|\vec{b}|} $

$ =\frac{1+1}{\sqrt{2}}=\sqrt{2}$

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MCQ 1531 Mark
The set of all $\alpha$, for which the vector $\vec{a}=\alpha t \hat{i}+6 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k} \quad$ and $\quad \vec{b}=t \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}-2 \alpha t \hat{k} \quad$ are inclined at an obtuse angle for all $t \in \mathbb{R}$ is :
  • A
    $[0,1)$
  • B
    $(-2,0]$
  •  $\left(-\frac{4}{3}, 0\right]$
  • D
     $\left(-\frac{4}{3}, 1\right)$
Answer
Correct option: C.
 $\left(-\frac{4}{3}, 0\right]$
c
$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\alpha t \hat{\mathrm{i}}+6 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-3 \hat{\mathrm{k}} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\mathrm{t}-2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-2 \alpha \mathrm{t} \hat{\mathrm{k}} $

$ \text { so } \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}<0, \forall \mathrm{t} \in \mathrm{R} $

$ \alpha \mathrm{t}^2-12+6 \alpha \mathrm{t}<0 $

$ \alpha \mathrm{t}^2+6 \alpha \mathrm{t}-12<0, \forall \mathrm{t} \in \mathrm{R} $

$ \alpha<0 \text {, and } \mathrm{D}<0 $

$ 36 \alpha^2+48 \alpha<0 $

$ 12 \alpha(3 \alpha+4)<0 $

$ \frac{-4}{3}<\alpha<0 $

$ \text { also for } \mathrm{a}=0, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}<0 $

$ \text { hence a } \alpha \in\left(\frac{-4}{3}, 0\right]$

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MCQ 1541 Mark
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\mathrm{k}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=3(\hat{\mathrm{i}}-\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\mathrm{k})$. Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be the vector such that $\vec{a} \times \vec{c}=\vec{b}$ and $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=3$. Then $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot((\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}})-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})$ is equal to :
  • A
    $32$
  • $24$
  • C
    $20$
  • D
    $36$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$24$
b
$ \vec{a} \cdot[(\vec{c} \times \vec{b})-\vec{b}-\vec{c}] $

$ \vec{a} \cdot(\vec{c} \times \vec{b})-\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}-\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}$            $........(i)$

given $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$

$\Rightarrow(\vec{a} \times \vec{c}) \cdot \vec{b}=\vec{b} \cdot \vec{b}=|\vec{b}|^2=27 $    $.......(ii)$

$ \Rightarrow \vec{a} \cdot(\vec{c} \times \vec{b})=\left[\begin{array}{lll} \vec{a} & \vec{c} & \vec{b} \end{array}\right]=(\vec{a} \times \vec{c}) \cdot \vec{b}=27$

Now $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=3-6+3=0$   $........(iii)$

$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=3$           $....(iv) (given)$.

By $(i), (ii), (iii) \& (iv)$

$27-0-3=24$

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MCQ 1551 Mark
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{OA}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{OB}}=12 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+4 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{OC}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$, where $\mathrm{O}$ is the origin. If $S$ is the parallelogram with adjacent sides $\mathrm{OA}$ and $\mathrm{OC}$, then area of the quadrilateral $\mathrm{OABC}$  /  area of   $S$  is equal to area of s____________.
  • A
    $6$
  • B
    $10$
  • C
    $7$
  • $8$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$8$
d
$ \text { Area of parallelogram, } S=|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}| $
$ \text { Area of quadrilateral }=\text { Area }(\triangle \mathrm{OAB})+\text { Area }(\triangle \mathrm{OBC}) $
$ =\frac{1}{2}\{|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times(12 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+4 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}})|+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \times(12 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+4 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}})|\} $
$ =8|(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}})| $

Ratio $=\frac{8|(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})|}{|(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})|}=8$

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MCQ 1561 Mark
Let $\quad \vec{a}=3 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-2 \hat{k}, \quad \vec{b}=4 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+7 \hat{k} \quad$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}-3 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+4 \hat{\mathrm{k}}$ be three vectors. If a vectors $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}}$ satisfies $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=0$, then $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}} \cdot(\hat{\mathrm{i}}-\hat{\mathrm{j}}-\hat{\mathrm{k}})$ is equal to
  • A
    $24$
  • B
    $36$
  • C
    $28$
  • $32$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$32$
d
$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\overrightarrow{0}$

$(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}) \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\overrightarrow{0}$

$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \Rightarrow \overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}+\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$

Now, $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}} . \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=0$ (given)

So, $\vec{c} . \vec{a}+\lambda \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=0$

$(3-3-8)+\lambda(12+1-14)=0$

$\lambda=-8$

$\vec{p}=\vec{c}-8 \vec{b}$

$\vec{p}=-31 \hat{i}-11 \hat{j}-52 \hat{k}$

So, $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}} \cdot(\hat{\mathrm{i}}-\hat{\mathrm{j}}-\hat{\mathrm{k}})$

$=-31+11+52 $

$=32$

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MCQ 1571 Mark
Let $\mathrm{ABC}$ be a triangle of area $15 \sqrt{2}$ and the vectors $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{AB}}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-7 \hat{k}, \quad \overrightarrow{B C}=a \hat{i}+b \hat{j}+c \hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{AC}}=6 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\mathrm{d} \hat{\mathrm{j}}-2 \hat{\mathrm{k}}, \mathrm{d}>0$. Then the square of the length of the largest side of the triangle $\mathrm{ABC}$ is....................
  • $54$
  • B
    $45$
  • C
    $49$
  • D
    $71$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$54$
a
Area $=\frac{1}{2}\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\hat{\mathrm{i}} & \hat{\mathrm{j}} & \hat{\mathrm{k}} \\ 1 & 2 & -7 \\ 6 & \mathrm{~d} & -2\end{array}\right|=15 \sqrt{2}$

$ (-4+7 d) \hat{i}-\hat{j}(-2+42)+\hat{k}(d-12) $

$ (7 d-4)^2+(40)^2+(d-12)^2=1800 $

$ 50 d^2-80 d-40=0 $

$ 5 d^2-8 d-4=0 $

$ 5 d^2-10 d-2 d-4 $

$ 5 d(d-2)+2(d-2)=0 $

$ d=2 \text { or } d=-\frac{2}{5} $

$ \because d>0, d=2 $

$ (a+1) \hat{i}+(b+2) \hat{j}+(c-7) \hat{k}=6 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-2 \hat{k} $

$ a+1=6 \& b+2=2, c-7=-2 $

$ a=5 \quad b=0 \quad c=5 $

$ |A B|=\sqrt{1+4+49}=\sqrt{54} $

$ |B C|=\sqrt{25+25}=\sqrt{50} $

$ |A C|=\sqrt{86+4+4}=\sqrt{44} $

Ans. 54

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MCQ 1581 Mark
Consider three vectors $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$. Let $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=2,|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|=3$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$. If $\alpha \in\left[0, \frac{\pi}{3}\right]$ is the angle between the vectors $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$, then the minimum value of $27|\overrightarrow{c}-\overrightarrow{a}|^2$ is equal to :
  • A
    $110$
  • B
    $105$
  • $124$
  • D
    $121$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$124$
c
$ |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2+|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|^2-2 \overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{c}} $

$ =|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2+4-0 $

$ \because \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} $

$ |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|=|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}| $

$ 2=3|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}| \sin \alpha $

$ |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|=\frac{2}{3} \operatorname{cosec} \alpha \quad \alpha \in\left[0, \frac{\pi}{3}\right] $

$ |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|_{\min }=\frac{2}{3} \times \frac{2}{\sqrt{3}} \quad \operatorname{cosec} \alpha \in\left[\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}, \infty\right) $

$ \Rightarrow 27|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}|_{\min }^2=27\left(\frac{16}{27}+4\right)=124$

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MCQ 1591 Mark
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-3 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+4 \hat{\mathrm{k}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=3 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+4 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-5 \hat{\mathrm{k}}$, and a vector $\vec{c}$ be such that $\vec{a} \times(\vec{b}+\vec{c})+\vec{b} \times \vec{c}=\hat{i}+8 \hat{j}+13 \hat{k}$. If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=13$, then $(24-\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c})$ is equal to ...........
  • A
    $31$
  • $46$
  • C
    $30$
  • D
    $47$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$46$
b
$ \vec{a} \times \vec{b}+\vec{a} \times \vec{c}+\vec{b} \times \vec{c}=(1,8,13) $

$ \vec{a} \times(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})+\vec{a} \times(\vec{a} \times \vec{c})+\vec{a} \times(\vec{b} \times \vec{c}) $

$ =\vec{a} \times(\hat{i}+8 \hat{j}+13 \hat{k})$

$ (\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}) \vec{a}-a^2 \vec{b}+(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}) \vec{a}-a^2 \vec{c}+(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}) \vec{b}-(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}) \vec{c}=\vec{a} \times(\hat{i}+8 \hat{j}+13 \hat{k}) $

$ \Rightarrow-26 \vec{a}-29 \vec{b}+13 \vec{a}-29 \vec{c}+13 \vec{b}+26 \vec{c}=\vec{a} \times(\hat{i}+8 \hat{j}+13 \hat{k})$

$ \Rightarrow \quad-13 \vec{a}-16 \vec{b}-3 \vec{c}=\vec{a} \times(\hat{i}+8 \hat{j}+13 \hat{k}) $

$ \Rightarrow \quad-13 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}-16 b^2-3 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}=\{\vec{a} \times(\hat{i}+8 \hat{j}+13 \hat{k})\} \cdot \vec{b}$

$\Rightarrow \quad(-13)(-26)-16(50)-3 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}2 & -3 & 4 \\ 1 & 8 & 13 \\ 3 & 4 & -5\end{array}\right|$

$\Rightarrow \quad-462-3 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}=-396$

$\Rightarrow \quad \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}=-22$

Hence $24-\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}=46$

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MCQ 1601 Mark
Let three vectors $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\alpha \hat{\mathrm{i}}+4 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{k}}$, $\vec{b}=5 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}, \vec{c}=x \hat{i}+y \hat{j}+z \hat{k}$ from a triangle such that $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$ and the area of the triangle is $5 \sqrt{6}$. if $\alpha$ is a positive real number, then $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2$ is :
  • A
    $16$
  • $14$
  • C
    $12$
  • D
    $10$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$14$
b
$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} $

$ \Rightarrow(\mathrm{x}, \mathrm{y}, \mathrm{z})=(\alpha-5,1,-2) $

$ \Rightarrow \mathrm{x}=\alpha-5, \mathrm{y}=1, \mathrm{z}=-2$           .............($1$)

$Image$

Area of $\Delta=5 \sqrt{6}$ (given)

$\frac{1}{2}|\vec{a} \times \vec{c}|=5 \sqrt{6}$

$\left\|\begin{array}{ccc}\hat{i} & \hat{j} & \hat{k} \\ \alpha & 4 & 2 \\ x & 1 & -2\end{array}\right\|=10 \sqrt{6}$

$ \Rightarrow|-10 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-\hat{\mathrm{j}}(-2 \alpha-2 \mathrm{x})+\hat{\mathrm{k}}(\alpha-4 \mathrm{x})|=10 \sqrt{6} $

$ \Rightarrow(2 \alpha+2 \alpha-10)^2+(\alpha-4 \alpha+20)^2=500 $

$ \Rightarrow(4 \alpha-10)^2+(20-3 \alpha)^2=500 $

$ \Rightarrow 25 \alpha^2-80 \alpha-120 \alpha=0 $

$ \Rightarrow \alpha(25 \alpha-200)=0 $

$ \Rightarrow \alpha=8(\text { given } \alpha \text { is +ve number) } $

$ \Rightarrow \mathrm{x}=\alpha-5=3 $

$ |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2=\mathrm{x}^2+\mathrm{y}^2+\mathrm{z}^2 $

$ =9+1+4 $

$ =14$

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MCQ 1611 Mark
Let $\quad \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\alpha \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}, \quad \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=-\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}, \quad \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\beta \hat{\mathrm{j}}-\hat{\mathrm{k}}$, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are integers and $\alpha \beta=-6$. Let the values of the ordered pair $(\alpha, \beta)$ for which the area of the parallelogram of diagonals $\vec{a}+\vec{b}$ and $\vec{b}+\vec{c}$ is $\frac{\sqrt{21}}{2}$, be $\left(\alpha_1, \beta_1\right)$ and $\left(\alpha_2, \beta_2\right)$. Then $\alpha_1^2+\beta_1^2-\alpha_2 \beta_2$ is equal to
  • A
    $17$
  • B
    $24$
  • C
    $21$
  • $19$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$19$
d
$ \text { Area of parallelogram } \left.=\frac{1}{2} \right\rvert\, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}_1 \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}_2 $

$ \mathrm{~A}=\frac{1}{2}|(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \times(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})|=\frac{\sqrt{21}}{2} $

$ \text { so, } \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\alpha \hat{\mathrm{j}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{k}} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=-\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\beta \hat{\mathrm{j}}$

$(\vec{a}+\vec{b}) \times(\vec{b}+\vec{c})=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\hat{i} & \hat{j} & \hat{k} \\ 1 & \alpha & 2 \\ -1 & \beta & 0\end{array}\right|$

$ =\hat{\mathrm{i}}(-2 \beta)-\hat{\mathrm{j}}(2)+\hat{\mathrm{k}}(\beta+\alpha) $

$ |(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \times(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})|=\sqrt{4 \beta^2+4+(\alpha+\beta)^2}=\sqrt{21} $

$ 4 \beta^2+4+\alpha^2+\beta^2+2 \alpha \beta=21 $

$ \alpha^2+5 \beta^2-12=17 $

$ \alpha^2+5 \beta^2=29$

and $ \alpha \beta=-6$

and given $\alpha_i \beta$ are integers

so,

$\alpha=-3, \beta=2$

or

$ \alpha=3, \beta=-2 $

$ \left(\alpha_1, \beta_1\right)=(-3,2) $

$ \left(\alpha_2, \beta_2\right)=(3,-2) $

$ \alpha_1^2+\beta_1^2-\alpha_2 \beta_2=9+4+6=19$

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MCQ 1621 Mark
Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \vec{b}=2 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}-5 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=x \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, x \in \mathbb{R}$. If $\vec{d}$ is the unit vector in the direction of $\vec{b}+\vec{c}$ such that $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{d}=1$, then $(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \cdot \vec{c}$ is equal to
  • A
    $9$
  • B
    $6$
  • C
    $3$
  • $11$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$11$
d
$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}=\lambda(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}) $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}=\lambda(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}})$

$ 1=\lambda(1+\mathrm{x}+5) $

$ 1=\lambda(\mathrm{x}+6) $

$ |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{d}}|=1 \quad \frac{1}{\lambda}=\mathrm{x}+6 $

$ |\lambda(\vec{b}+\vec{c})|=1 $

$ |\lambda((\mathrm{x}+2) \hat{\mathrm{i}}+6 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-2 \hat{\mathrm{k}})|=1 $

$ \lambda^2\left((\mathrm{x}+2)^2+6^2+2^2\right)=1 $

$ x^2+4 x+4+36+4=(x+6)^2 $

$ \mathrm{x}^2+4 \mathrm{x}+44=\mathrm{x}^2+12 \mathrm{x}+36 $

$ 8 \mathrm{x}=8, \mathrm{x}=1 $

$\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & 1 & 1 \\ 2 & 4 & -5 \\ x & 2 & 3\end{array}\right|=(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \cdot \vec{c}$

$\left|\begin{array}{ccc}0 & 0 & 1 \\ -2 & 9 & -4 \\ x-2 & -1 & 3\end{array}\right|=2-9(x-2)$

$ =20-9 x $

$ \text { at } x=1 $

$ 20-9=11$

Option $4$ is correct

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MCQ 1631 Mark
Let $\vec{a}=-5 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-3 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}=(((\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \times \hat{i}) \times \hat{i}) \times \hat{i}$. Then $\vec{c} \cdot(-\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})$ is equal to
  • $-12$
  • B
    $-10$
  • C
    $-13$
  • D
    $-15$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$-12$
a
$\vec{a}=-5 \hat{i}+j-3 \hat{k}$

$\vec{b}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-4 \hat{k}$

$(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \times \hat{i}=(\vec{a} \cdot \hat{i}) \vec{b}-(\vec{b} \cdot \hat{i}) \vec{a}$

$=-5 \vec{b}-\vec{a}$

$=(((-5 \vec{b}-\vec{a}) \times \hat{i}) \times \hat{i})$

$=((-11 \hat{j}+23 \hat{k}) \times \hat{i}) \times \hat{i}$

$\Rightarrow(11 \hat{k}+23 \hat{j}) \times \hat{i}$

$\Rightarrow(11 \hat{j}-23 \hat{k})$

$\vec{c} \cdot(-\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})=11-23=-12$

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MCQ 1641 Mark
Let $\vec{a}=6 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}$. If $\vec{c}$ is a is vector such that $|\vec{c}| \geq 6, \vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=6|\vec{c}|,|\vec{c}-\vec{a}|=2 \sqrt{2}$ and the angle between $\vec{a} \times \vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is $60^{\circ}$, then $|(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \times \vec{c}|$ is equal to:
  • A
     $\frac{9}{2}(6-\sqrt{6})$
  • B
    $\frac{3}{2} \sqrt{3}$
  • C
    $\frac{3}{2} \sqrt{6}$
  • $\frac{9}{2}(6+\sqrt{6})$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$\frac{9}{2}(6+\sqrt{6})$
d
$ |(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})|=|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}||\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}| \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $

$ |\overrightarrow{c}-\overrightarrow{a}|=2 \sqrt{2} $

$ |\mathrm{c}|^2+|\mathrm{a}|^2-2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=8 $

$ |z|^2+38-12|z|=8 $

$ |z|^2-12|z|+30=0 $

$ |z|=\frac{12 \pm \sqrt{144-120}}{2} $

$ =\frac{12 \pm 2 \sqrt{6}}{2} $

$ |z|=6+\sqrt{6} $

$\vec{a} \times \vec{b}=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\hat{\ell} & \hat{j} & \hat{k} \\ 6 & 1 & -1 \\ 1 & 1 & 0\end{array}\right|$

$ \hat{\ell}-\hat{\mathrm{j}}+5 \hat{\mathrm{k}} $

$ |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|=\sqrt{27} $

$ |(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \mathrm{b}) \times \mathrm{z}|=\sqrt{27}(6+\sqrt{6}) \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} $

$ \frac{9}{2}(6+\sqrt{6})$

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MCQ 1651 Mark
Let the position vectors of the vertices $A, B$ and $C$ of a triangle be $2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}, \quad \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ and $2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ respectively. Let $l_1, l_2$ and $l_3$ be the lengths of perpendiculars drawn from the ortho center of the triangle on the sides $\mathrm{AB}, \mathrm{BC}$ and $\mathrm{CA}$ respectively, then $l_1^2+l_2^2+l_3^2$ equals:
  • A
     $\frac{1}{5}$
  •  $\frac{1}{2}$
  • C
     $\frac{1}{4}$
  • D
    $\frac{1}{3}$
Answer
Correct option: B.
 $\frac{1}{2}$
b
$\triangle \mathrm{ABC}$ is equilateral

Orthocentre and centroid will be same

$\mathrm{G}\left(\frac{5}{3}, \frac{5}{3}, \frac{5}{3}\right)$

 Mid-point of $ \mathrm{AB} \text { is } \mathrm{D}\left(\frac{3}{2}, 2, \frac{3}{2}\right) $

$ \therefore \ell_1=\sqrt{\frac{1}{36}+\frac{1}{9}+\frac{1}{36}} $

$ \ell_1=\sqrt{\frac{1}{6}}=\ell_2=\ell_3 $

$ \therefore \ell_1^2+\ell_2^2+\ell_3^2=\frac{1}{2}$

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MCQ 1661 Mark
Let $\vec{a}=a_i \hat{i}+a_2 \hat{j}+a_3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=b_1 \hat{i}+b_2 \hat{j}+b_3 \hat{k}$ be two vectors such that $|\vec{a}|=1 ; \quad \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=2$ and $|\vec{b}|=4$. If $\vec{c}=2(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})-3 \vec{b}$, then the angle between $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is equal to :
  • A
     $\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
  • B
     $\cos ^{-1}\left(-\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
  •  $\cos ^{-1}\left(-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)$
  • D
     $\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{3}\right)$
Answer
Correct option: C.
 $\cos ^{-1}\left(-\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)$
c
Given $|\vec{a}|=1,|\vec{b}|=4, \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=2$

$\vec{c}=2(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})-3 \vec{b}$

Dot product with $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}$ on both sides

$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} . \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=-6$

Dot product with $\vec{b}$ on both sides

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=-48 $

$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=4|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|^2+9|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|^2 $

$ |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2=4\left[|\mathrm{a}|^2|\mathrm{~b}|^2-(\mathrm{a} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}})^2\right]+9|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}|^2 $

$ |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2=4\left[(1)(4)^2-(4)\right]+9(16) $

$ |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2=4[12]+144 $

$ |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2=48+144 $

$ |\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2=192 $

$ \therefore \cos \theta=\frac{\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}}{|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}||\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|} $

$ \therefore \cos \theta=\frac{-48}{\sqrt{192} \cdot 4} $

$ \therefore \cos \theta=\frac{-48}{8 \sqrt{3} \cdot 4} $

$ \therefore \cos \theta=\frac{-3}{2 \sqrt{3}} $

$ \therefore \cos \theta=\frac{-\sqrt{3}}{2} \Rightarrow \theta=\cos ^{-1}\left(\frac{-\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)$

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MCQ 1671 Mark
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}+\alpha \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\beta \hat{\mathrm{k}}, \alpha, \beta \in \mathrm{R}$. Let a vector $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$ be such that the angle between $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{\pi}{4}$ and $|\vec{b}|^2=6$, If $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=3 \sqrt{2}$, then the value of $\left(\alpha^2+\beta^2\right)|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}|^2$ is equal to
  • $90$
  • B
    $75$
  • C
    $95$
  • D
    $85$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$90$
a
$|\vec{b}|^2=6 ;|\vec{a}||\vec{b}| \cos \theta=3 \sqrt{2}$

$|\vec{a}|^2|\vec{b}|^2 \cos ^2 \theta=18$

$|\vec{a}|^2=6$

Also $1+\alpha^2+\beta^2=6$

$\left(\alpha^2+\beta^2\right)|\vec{a}|^2|\vec{b}|^2 \sin ^2 \theta$
$=(5)(6)(6)\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)$

$=(5)(6)(6)\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)$

$=90$

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MCQ 1681 Mark
Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=3 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}, \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-\hat{\mathrm{j}}+3 \hat{\mathrm{k}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be a vector such that $(\vec{a}+\vec{b}) \times \vec{c}=2(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})+24 \hat{j}-6 \hat{k}$ and $(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\hat{\mathrm{i}}) \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=-3$. Then $|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2$ is equal to_______.
  • A
    $30$
  • $38$
  • C
    $35$
  • D
    $40$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$38$
b
$\begin{aligned} & (\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=2(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}})+24 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-6 \hat{\mathrm{k}} \\ & (5 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+4 \hat{\mathrm{k}}) \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=2(7 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-7 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-7 \hat{\mathrm{k}})+24 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-6 \hat{\mathrm{k}}\end{aligned}$

$\left|\begin{array}{lll}\hat{i} & \hat{j} & \hat{k} \\ 5 & 1 & 4 \\ x & y & z\end{array}\right|=14 \hat{i}+10 \hat{j}-20 \hat{k}$

$\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow \hat{i}(z-4 y)-\hat{j}(5 z-4 x)+\hat{k}(5 y-x)=14 \hat{i}+10 \hat{j}-20 \hat{k} \\ & z-4 y=14,4 x-5 z=10,5 y-x=-20 \\ & (a-b+i) \cdot \vec{c}=-3 \\ & (2 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}-2 \hat{k}) \cdot \vec{c}=-3 \\ & 2 x+3 y-2 z=-3 \\ & \therefore x=5, y=-3, z=2 \\ & |\vec{c}|^2=25+9+4=38\end{aligned}$

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MCQ 1691 Mark
Let $\quad \vec{a}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \quad \vec{b}=-\hat{i}-8 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k} \quad$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=4 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\mathrm{c}_2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\mathrm{c}_3 \hat{\mathrm{k}}$ be three vectors such that $\vec{b} \times \vec{a}=\vec{c} \times \vec{a}$. If the angle between the vector $\vec{c}$ and the vector $3 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}+\hat{k}$ is $\theta$, then the greatest integer less than or equal to $\tan ^2 \theta$ is :
  • $38$
  • B
    $55$
  • C
    $35$
  • D
    $32$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$38$
a
$ \vec{a}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+k $

$ \vec{b}=-\hat{i}-8 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=4 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\mathrm{c}_2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\mathrm{c}_3 \mathrm{k} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} $

$ (\vec{b}-\vec{c}) \times \vec{a}=0 $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\lambda \vec{\alpha} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}+\lambda \vec{\alpha} $

$ -\hat{i}-8 \hat{j}+2 k=\left(4 \hat{i}+c_2 \hat{j}+c_3 k\right)+\lambda(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+k) $

$ \lambda+4=-1 \Rightarrow \lambda=-5 $

$ \lambda+\mathrm{c}_2=-8 \Rightarrow \mathrm{c}_2=-3 $

$ \lambda+c_3=2 \Rightarrow c_3=7$

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=4 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-3 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+7 \mathrm{k} $

$ \cos \theta=\frac{12-12+7}{\sqrt{26} \cdot \sqrt{74}}=\frac{7}{\sqrt{26} \cdot \sqrt{74}}=\frac{7}{2 \sqrt{481}} $

$ \tan ^2 \theta=\frac{625 \times 3}{49} $

$ {\left[\tan ^2 \theta\right]=38} $

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MCQ 1701 Mark
Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+7 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=2 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}$ be a vector such that $(\vec{a}+2 \vec{b}) \times \vec{c}=3(\vec{c} \times \vec{a})$. If $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=130$, then $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ is equal to ....................
  • A
    $25$
  • B
    $46$
  • C
    $35$
  • $30$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$30$
d
$ (\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}) \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=3(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}) $

$ (2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+4 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}) \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=0 $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=\lambda(4 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+2 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}})=\lambda(8 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-14 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+30 \hat{\mathrm{k}}) $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=130 $

$ 8 \lambda+42 \lambda+210 \lambda=130 $

$ \lambda=\frac{1}{2} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=4 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-7 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+15 \hat{\mathrm{k}} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=8+7+15=30$

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MCQ 1711 Mark
Let $\vec{a}=2 \hat{i}+5 \hat{j}-\hat{k}, \vec{b}=2 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}$ be three vectors such that $(\vec{c}+\hat{i}) \times(\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\hat{i})=\vec{a} \times(\vec{c}+\hat{i}) \cdot \vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=-29$, then $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \cdot(-2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}})$ is equal to :
  • A
    $10$
  • $5$
  • C
    $15$
  • D
    $12$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$5$
b
Let's assume

$\overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}} $$ =\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\hat{\mathrm{i}} $

$ =5 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+3 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}$

and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}+\hat{\mathrm{i}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}}$

So,

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\overrightarrow{0} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}} \times(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}})=\overrightarrow{0} $

$ \Rightarrow \overrightarrow{\mathrm{p}}=\lambda(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{v}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}) $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}+\mathrm{i}=\lambda(7 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+8 \hat{\mathrm{j}}) $

$ \overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overline{\mathrm{c}}+\overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \hat{\mathrm{i}}=\lambda \overline{\mathrm{a}} \cdot(7 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+8 \hat{\mathrm{j}}) $

$ -29+2=\lambda(14+40) $

$ \lambda=-\frac{1}{2}$

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \cdot(-2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}})+\hat{\mathrm{i}} \cdot(-2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}})=\lambda(7 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+8 \hat{\mathrm{j}}) \cdot(-2 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+\hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}) $

$ \quad=-\frac{1}{2}(-14+8)+2=5$

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MCQ 1721 Mark
Let $\quad \vec{a}=9 \hat{i}-13 \hat{j}+25 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}+7 \hat{j}-13 \hat{k} \quad$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=17 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}}$ be three given vectros. If $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}$ is a vector such that $\vec{r} \times \vec{a}=(\vec{b}+\vec{c}) \times \vec{a}$ and $\vec{r} .(\vec{b}-\vec{c})=0$, then $\frac{|593 \vec{r}+67 \vec{a}|^2}{(593)^2}$ is equal to...........
  • A
    $105$
  • B
    $107$
  • C
    $570$
  • $569$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$569$
d
$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=9 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-13 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+25 \hat{\mathrm{k}} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}=3 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+7 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-13 \hat{\mathrm{k}} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=17 \hat{\mathrm{i}}-2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}+\hat{\mathrm{k}} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=20 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+5 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-12 \hat{\mathrm{k}} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=-14 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+9 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-14 \hat{\mathrm{k}} $

$ (\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}-(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})) \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=0 $

$ \mathrm{r}-(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})=\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} $

$ \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} $

$ B \mathrm{r} \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}} \cdot(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})=0 $

$ \Rightarrow(\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}) \cdot(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}})=0 $

$ \Rightarrow \lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-\lambda \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=0 $

$ \lambda=\frac{\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}}{\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}-\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}}=\frac{294-227}{-389=204}=\frac{-67}{593} $

$ \therefore \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}-\frac{67}{593} \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} $

$ \Rightarrow 593 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}+67 \overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=593(\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}) $

$ \Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}+\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2=569$

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MCQ 1731 Mark
Let $\vec{a}=4 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \vec{b}=11 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}$ be a vector such that $(\vec{a}+\vec{b}) \times \vec{c}=\vec{c} \times(-2 \vec{a}+3 \vec{b}) \text {. }$

If $(2 \vec{a}+3 \vec{b}) \cdot \vec{c}=1670$, then $|\vec{c}|^2$ is equal to :

  • A
    $1627$
  • $1618$
  • C
    $1600$
  • D
    $1609$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$1618$
b
$ (\vec{a}+\vec{b}) \times \vec{c}-\vec{c} \times(-2 \vec{a}+3 \vec{b})=0 $

$ (\vec{a}+\vec{b}) \times \vec{c}+(-2 \vec{a}+3 \vec{b}) \times \vec{c}=0 $

$ \Rightarrow(\vec{a}+\vec{b})-2 \vec{a}+3 \vec{b}) \times \vec{c}=0 $

$ \Rightarrow \vec{c}=\lambda(4 \vec{b}-\vec{a}) $

$ \Rightarrow=\lambda(44 \hat{i}-4 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}-4 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}) $

$ =\lambda(40 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k})$

Now

$ (8 \hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}+33 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}) \cdot \lambda(40 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k})=1670 $

$ \Rightarrow(41 \hat{i}-5 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}) \cdot(40 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}) \times \lambda=1670) $

$ \Rightarrow(1640+15+15) \lambda=1670 \Rightarrow \lambda=1 $

$ \text { so } \overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}=40 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k} $

$ \Rightarrow|\overrightarrow{\mathrm{c}}|^2=1600+9+9=1618$

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MCQ 1741 Mark
Between the following two statements :

Statement $-I$ : Let $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}}=\hat{\mathrm{i}}+2 \hat{\mathrm{j}}-3 \hat{\mathrm{k}}$ and $\vec{b}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k}$. Then the vector $\vec{r}$ satisfying $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \times \overrightarrow{\mathrm{b}}$ and $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{a}} \cdot \overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=0$ is of magnitude $\sqrt{10}$.

Statement $-II$ : In a triangle $A B C, \cos 2 A+\cos 2 B$ $+\cos 2 \mathrm{C} \geq-\frac{3}{2}$

  • A
     Both Statement $-I$ and Statement $-II$ are incorrect
  •  Statement $-I$ is incorrect but Statement $-II$ is correct
  • C
     Both Statement $-I$ and Statement $-II$ are correct
  • D
     Statement $-I$ is correct but Statement $-II$ is incorrect
Answer
Correct option: B.
 Statement $-I$ is incorrect but Statement $-II$ is correct
b
$ \bar{a}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k} $

$ \bar{a}=2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k} $

$ \bar{a} \times \bar{r}=\bar{a} \times \bar{b} ; \bar{a} \cdot \bar{r}=0 $

$ \Rightarrow \bar{a} \times(\bar{r}-\bar{b})=\overline{0} $

$ \Rightarrow \bar{a}=\lambda(\bar{r}-\bar{b}) $

$ \bar{a} \cdot \bar{a}=\lambda(\bar{a} \cdot \bar{r}-\bar{a} \cdot \bar{b}) $

$ 14=-7 \lambda \Rightarrow \lambda=-2 $

$ \frac{-\bar{a}}{2}=\bar{r}-\bar{b} \Rightarrow \bar{r}=\bar{b}-\frac{\bar{a}}{2} $

$ =\frac{2 \bar{b}-\bar{a}}{2}=\frac{3 \hat{i}+\hat{k}}{2}$

Statement ($I$) is incorrect

$ \cos 2 \mathrm{~A}+\cos 2 \mathrm{~B}+\cos 2 \mathrm{c} \geq-\frac{3}{2} $

$ 2 \mathrm{~A}+2 \mathrm{~B}+2 \mathrm{C}=2 \pi $

$ \cos 2 \mathrm{~A}+\cos 2 \mathrm{~B}+\cos 2 \mathrm{C} $

$ =-1-4 \cos \mathrm{A} \cdot \cos \mathrm{B} \cdot \cos \mathrm{C} $

$ \geq-1-4 \times \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{1}{2} \times \frac{1}{2} $

$ =-\frac{3}{2}$

Statement ($II$) is correct.

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MCQ 1751 Mark
If the points $P$ and $Q$ are respectively the circumcentre and the orthocentre of a $\triangle ABC$, then $\overrightarrow{ PA }+\overrightarrow{ PB }+\overrightarrow{ PC }$ is equal to
  • A
    $2 \overrightarrow{ QP }$
  • B
    $\overrightarrow{Q P}$
  • C
    $2 \overrightarrow{ PQ }$
  • $\overrightarrow{ PQ }$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$\overrightarrow{ PQ }$
d
$\overline{ PA }+\overline{ PB }+\overline{ PC }=\overline{ a }+\overline{ b }+\overline{ c }$

$\overline{ PG }=\frac{\overline{ a }+\overline{ b }+\overline{ c }}{3}$

$\Rightarrow \overline{ a }+\overline{ b }+\overline{ c }=3 \overline{ PG }=\overline{ PQ }$

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MCQ 1761 Mark
Let $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be two vectors. Let $|\vec{a}|=1,|\vec{b}|=4$ and $\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=2$. If $\vec{c}=(2 \vec{a} \times \vec{b})-3 \vec{b}$, then the value of $\overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }$ is
  • A
    $-24$
  • $-48$
  • C
    $-84$
  • D
    $-60$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$-48$
b
$\overrightarrow{ c }=(2 \overrightarrow{ a } \times \overrightarrow{ b })-3 \overrightarrow{ b }$

$\overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }=\overrightarrow{ b } \cdot(2 \overrightarrow{ a } \times \overrightarrow{ b })-3 \overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ b }$

$=-3| b |^2$

$=-48$

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MCQ 1771 Mark
Let $|\vec{a}|=2,|\vec{b}|=3$ and the angle between the vectors $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be $\frac{\pi}{4}$. Then $|(\vec{a}+2 \vec{b}) \times(2 \vec{a}-3 \vec{b})|^2$ is equal to
  • A
    $482$
  • B
    $441$
  • C
    $841$
  • $882$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$882$
d
$|\vec{a}|=2,|\vec{b}|=3$

$|(\vec{a}+2 \vec{b}) \times(2 \vec{a}-3 \vec{b})|^2$

$|-3 \vec{a} \times \vec{b}+4 \vec{b} \times \vec{a}|^2$

$|-3 \vec{a} \times \vec{b}-4 \vec{a} \times \vec{b}|^2$

$|-7 \vec{a} \times \vec{b}|^2$

$\left(-7|\vec{a}| \times|\vec{b}| \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{4}\right)\right)^2$

$49 \times 4 \times 9 \times \frac{1}{2}=882$

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MCQ 1781 Mark
If the four points, whose position vectors are $3 \hat{ i }-4 \hat{ j }+2 \hat{ k }, \hat{ i }+2 \hat{ j }-\hat{ k },-2 \hat{ i }-\hat{ j }+3 \hat{ k } \quad$ and $5 \hat{ i }-2 \alpha \hat{ j }+4 \hat{ k }$ are coplanar, then $\alpha$ is equal to
  • $\frac{73}{17}$
  • B
    $-\frac{107}{17}$
  • C
    $-\frac{73}{17}$
  • D
    $\frac{107}{17}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$\frac{73}{17}$
a
Let $A:(3,-4,2)$ $C :(-2,-1,3)$ B : $(1,2,-1) \quad$ D : $(5,-2 \alpha, 4)$

$A, B, C, D$ are coplanar points, then

$\begin{array}{l}\Rightarrow\left|\begin{array}{ccc}1-3 & 2+4 & -1-2 \\ -2-3 & -1+4 & 3-2 \\ 5-3 & -2 \alpha+4 & 4-2\end{array}\right|=0\end{array}$

$\Rightarrow \alpha=\frac{73}{17}$

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MCQ 1791 Mark
The sum of all values of $\alpha$, for which the points whose position vectors $\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}, 2 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}$, $(\alpha+1) \hat{i}+2 \hat{k}$ and $9 \hat{i}+(\alpha-8) \hat{j}+6 \hat{k}$ are coplanar, is equal to
  • A
    $6$
  • B
    $4$
  • C
    $-2$
  • $2$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$2$
d
$\left[\begin{array}{ccc} OA & OB & OC \end{array}\right]=0$

$\begin{aligned} & \left|\begin{array}{ccc}1 & -1 & 1 \\ \alpha & 2 & -1 \\ 8 & \alpha-6 & 3\end{array}\right|=0 \\ & \Rightarrow \alpha^2-2 \alpha-8=0 \\ & \Rightarrow(\alpha-4)(\alpha+2)=0 \\ & \therefore \alpha=4,-2\end{aligned}$

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MCQ 1801 Mark
Let the vectors $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$ represent three coterminous edges of a parallelopiped of volume V. Then the volume of the parallelopiped, whose coterminous edges are represented by $\vec{a}, \vec{b}+\vec{c}$ and $\vec{a}+2 \vec{b}+3 \vec{c}$ is equal to $..........\,V$
  • A
    $3$
  • B
    $6$
  • $1$
  • D
    $2$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$1$
c
$\begin{aligned} & {[\vec{a}, \vec{b}+\vec{c}, \vec{a}+2 \vec{b}+3 \vec{c}]} \\ & =\left|\begin{array}{lll}1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 2 & 3\end{array}\right|[\vec{a} \vec{b} \vec{c}]=1(3-2) V=V \\ & \end{aligned}$
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MCQ 1811 Mark
If four distinct points with position vectors $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$ and $\vec{d}$ are coplanar; then $[\vec{a} \vec{b} \vec{c}]$ is equal to
  • $[\overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ c } \overrightarrow{ a }]+[\overrightarrow{ b } \overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ a }]+[\overrightarrow{ c } \overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ b }]$
  • B
    $[\overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ b } \overrightarrow{ d }]+[\overrightarrow{ a } \overrightarrow{ c } \overrightarrow{ d }]+[\overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ b } \overrightarrow{ c }]$
  • C
    $[\overrightarrow{ a } \overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ b }]+[\overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ c } \overrightarrow{ a }]+[\overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ b } \overrightarrow{ c }]$
  • D
    $[\overrightarrow{ b } \overrightarrow{ c } \overrightarrow{ d }]+[\overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ a } \overrightarrow{ c }]+[\overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ b } \overrightarrow{ a }]$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$[\overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ c } \overrightarrow{ a }]+[\overrightarrow{ b } \overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ a }]+[\overrightarrow{ c } \overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ b }]$
a
$\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}, \vec{d}$ are coplanar points. $\vec{b}-\vec{a}, \vec{c}-\vec{a}, \vec{d}-\vec{a}$ are coplanar vectors.

So, $[\overrightarrow{ b }-\overrightarrow{ a } \overrightarrow{ c }-\overrightarrow{ a } \overrightarrow{ d }-\overrightarrow{ a }]=0$

$(\overrightarrow{ b }-\overrightarrow{ a }) \cdot((\overrightarrow{ c }-\overrightarrow{ a }) \times(\overrightarrow{ d }-\overrightarrow{ a }))=0$

${[\overrightarrow{ b } \overrightarrow{ c } \overrightarrow{ d }]-[\overrightarrow{ b } \overrightarrow{ c } \overrightarrow{ a }]-[\overrightarrow{ b } \overrightarrow{ a } \overrightarrow{ d }]-[\overrightarrow{ a } \overrightarrow{ c } \overrightarrow{ d }]=0}$

$\Rightarrow[\overrightarrow{ a } \overrightarrow{ b } \overrightarrow{ c }]=[\overrightarrow{ c } \overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ b }]+[\overrightarrow{ b } \overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ a }]+[\overrightarrow{ d } \overrightarrow{ c } \overrightarrow{ a }]$

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MCQ 1821 Mark
Let $a, b$, c be three distinct real numbers, none equal to one. If the vectors $a \hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \hat{i}+b \hat{j}+\hat{k}$ and $\hat{i}+\hat{j}+ c \hat{k}$ are coplanar, then $\frac{1}{1-a}+\frac{1}{1-b}+\frac{1}{1-c}$ is equal to
  • $1$
  • B
    $-1$
  • C
    $-2$
  • D
    $2$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$1$
a
$\left|\begin{array}{lll}a & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & b & 1 \\ 1 & 1 & c\end{array}\right|=0$

$C _2 \rightarrow C _2- C _1, C _3 \rightarrow C _3- C _1$

$\left|\begin{array}{lll}a & 1-a & 1-a \\ 1 & b -1 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & c -1\end{array}\right|=0$

$a(b-1)(c-1)-(1-a)(c-1)+(1-a)(1-b)=0$

$a(1-b)(1-c)+(1-a)(1-c)+(1-a)(1-b)=0$

$\frac{a}{1-a}+\frac{1}{1-b}+\frac{1}{1-c}=0$

$\Rightarrow-1+\frac{1}{1-a}+\frac{1}{1-b}+\frac{1}{1-c}=0$

$\Rightarrow \frac{1}{1-a}+\frac{1}{1-b}+\frac{1}{1-c}=1$

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MCQ 1831 Mark
Let $\vec{a}, \vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ be three non zero vectors such that $\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}=0$ and $\vec{a} \times(\vec{b} \times \vec{c})=\frac{\vec{b}-\vec{c}}{2}$. If $\vec{d}$ be a vector such that $\vec{b} \cdot \vec{d}=\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}$, then $(\vec{a} \times \vec{b}) \cdot(\vec{c} \times \vec{d})$ is equal to
  • A
    $\frac{3}{4}$
  • B
    $\frac{1}{2}$
  • C
    $-\frac{1}{4}$
  • $\frac{1}{4}$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$\frac{1}{4}$
d
$(\overrightarrow{ a } \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }) \overrightarrow{ b }-(\overrightarrow{ a } \cdot \overrightarrow{ b }) \overrightarrow{ c }=\frac{\overrightarrow{ b }-\overrightarrow{ c }}{2}$

$\overrightarrow{ a } \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }=\frac{1}{2}, \overrightarrow{ a } \cdot \overrightarrow{ b }=\frac{1}{2}$

$\therefore \overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ d }=\frac{1}{2}$

$(\overrightarrow{ a } \times \overrightarrow{ b }) \cdot(\overrightarrow{ c } \times \overrightarrow{ d })=\overrightarrow{ a } \cdot(\overrightarrow{ b } \times(\overrightarrow{ c } \times \overrightarrow{ d }))$

$=\overrightarrow{ a } \cdot((\overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ d }) \overrightarrow{ c }-(\overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }) \overrightarrow{ d })$

$=(\overrightarrow{ a } \cdot \overrightarrow{ c })(\overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ d })=\frac{1}{4}$

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MCQ 1841 Mark
Let $\vec{a}=-\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k}, \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}=1$ and $\vec{a} \times \vec{b}=\hat{i}-\hat{j}$. Then $\vec{a}-6 \vec{b}$ is equal to
  • A
    $3(\hat{i}-\hat{j}-\hat{k})$
  • $3(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})$
  • C
    $3(\hat{i}-\hat{j}+\hat{k})$
  • D
    $3(\hat{i}+\hat{j}-\hat{k})$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$3(\hat{i}+\hat{j}+\hat{k})$
b
$\overrightarrow{ a } \times \overrightarrow{ b }=(\hat{ i }-\hat{ j })$

Taking cross product with $\overrightarrow{ a }$

$\Rightarrow \quad \vec{a} \times(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})=\vec{a} \times(\hat{i}-\hat{j})$

$\Rightarrow \quad(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}) \vec{a}-(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{a}) \vec{b}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$

$\Rightarrow \quad \vec{a}-3 \vec{b}=\hat{i}+\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$

$\Rightarrow \quad 2 \vec{a}-6 \vec{b}=2 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+4 \hat{k}$

$\Rightarrow \quad \quad \quad \vec{a}-6 \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$

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MCQ 1851 Mark
Let $\quad \overrightarrow{ a }=2 \hat{ i }-7 \hat{ j }+5 \hat{ k } \quad, \quad \overrightarrow{ b }=\hat{ i }+\hat{ k } \quad$ and $\overrightarrow{ c }=\hat{ i }+2 \hat{ j }-3 \hat{ k }$ be three given vectors. If $\overrightarrow{ r }$ is a vector such that $\overrightarrow{ r } \times \overrightarrow{ a }=\overrightarrow{ c } \times \overrightarrow{ a }$ and $\overrightarrow{ r } \cdot \overrightarrow{ b }=0$, then $|\overrightarrow{ r }|$ is equal to :
  • $\frac{11}{7} \sqrt{2}$
  • B
    $\frac{11}{7}$
  • C
    $\frac{11}{5} \sqrt{2}$
  • D
    $\frac{\sqrt{914}}{7}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$\frac{11}{7} \sqrt{2}$
a
$\overrightarrow{ a }=2 \hat{ i }-7 \hat{ j }+5 \hat{ k }$

$\overrightarrow{ b }=\hat{ i }+\hat{ k }$

$\overrightarrow{ c }=\hat{ i }+2 \hat{ j }-3 \hat{ k }$

$\overrightarrow{ r } \times \overrightarrow{ a }=\overrightarrow{ c } \times \overrightarrow{ a } \Rightarrow(\overrightarrow{ r }-\overrightarrow{ c }) \times \overrightarrow{ a }=0$

$\therefore \overrightarrow{ r }=\overrightarrow{ c }+\lambda \overrightarrow{ a }$

$\overrightarrow{ r } \cdot \overrightarrow{ b }=0 \Rightarrow \overrightarrow{ c } \cdot \overrightarrow{ b }+\lambda \quad \overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }=0$

$-2+\lambda(7)=0 \Rightarrow \lambda=\frac{2}{7}$

$\therefore \overrightarrow{ r }=\overrightarrow{ c }+\frac{2 \overrightarrow{ a }}{7}=\frac{1}{7}(11 \hat{ i }-11 \hat{ k })$

$|\overrightarrow{ r }|=\frac{11 \sqrt{2}}{7}$

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MCQ 1861 Mark
Let $\vec{a}$ and $\vec{b}$ be two vector such that $|\vec{a}|=\sqrt{14}$, $|\vec{b}|=\sqrt{6}$ and $|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}|=\sqrt{48}$. Then $(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b})^2$ is equal to $...........$.
  • $36$
  • B
    $35$
  • C
    $37$
  • D
    $39$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$36$
a
$|\vec{a}|=\sqrt{14},|\vec{b}|=\sqrt{6} \quad|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}|=\sqrt{48}$

$|\vec{a} \times \vec{b}|^2+|\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}|^2=|\vec{a}|^2 \times|\vec{b}|^2$

$\Rightarrow(\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b})^2=84-48=36$

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MCQ 1871 Mark
For any vector $\vec{a}=a_1 \hat{i}+a_2 \hat{j}+a_3 \hat{k}$, with $10\left|a_i\right|<1, i=1,2,3$, consider the following statements:

$(A)$: $\max \left\{\left|a_1\right|,\left|a_2\right|,\left|a_3\right|\right\} \leq|\vec{a}|$

$(B)$: $|\vec{a}| \leq 3 \max \left\{\left| a _1\right|,\left| a _2\right|,\left| a _3\right|\right\}$

  • A
    Only $(B)$ is true
  • B
    Only $(A)$ is true
  • C
    Neither $(A)$ nor $(B)$ is true
  • Both $(A)$ and $(B)$ are true
Answer
Correct option: D.
Both $(A)$ and $(B)$ are true
d
Without loss of generality

Let $\left|a_1\right| \leq\left|a_2\right| \leq\left|a_3\right|$

$|\vec{a}|^2=\left|a_1\right|^2+\left|a_2\right|^2+\left|a_3\right|^2 \geq\left(a_3\right)^2$

$|\vec{a}| \geq\left|a_3\right|=\max \left\{\left|a_1\right|,\left|a_2\right|,\left|a_3\right|\right\}$

$A$ is true

$|\vec{a}|^2=\left| a _1\right|^2+\left| a _2\right|^2+\left| a _3\right|^2 \leq\left| a _3\right|^2+\left| a _3\right|^2+\left| a _3\right|^2$

$|\overrightarrow{ a }|^2 \leq 3\left| a _3\right|^2$

$|\overrightarrow{ a }| \leq \sqrt{3}\left| a _3\right|=\sqrt{3} \max \left\{\left| a _1\right|,\left| a _2\right|,\left| a _3\right|\right\}$

$\leq 3 \max \left\{\left| a _1\right|,\left| a _2\right|,\left| a _3\right|\right\}$

$(2)$ is true

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MCQ 1881 Mark
Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral. If $E$ and $F$ are the mid points of the diagonals $AC$ and $BD$ respectively and $(\overrightarrow{ AB }-\overline{ BC })+(\overrightarrow{ AD }-\overrightarrow{ DC })= k \overline{ FE }$, then $k$ is equal to
  • A
    $2$
  • B
    $-2$
  • $-4$
  • D
    $4$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$-4$
c
$\overline{ AB }-\overline{ BC }+\overline{ AB }-\overrightarrow{ DC }= k \overline{ FE }$

$(\overrightarrow{ b }-\overrightarrow{ a })-(\overrightarrow{ c }-\overrightarrow{ b })+(\overrightarrow{ d }-\overrightarrow{ a })-(\overrightarrow{ c }-\overrightarrow{ d })= k \overline{ FE }$

$2(\overrightarrow{ b }+\overrightarrow{ d })-2(\overrightarrow{ a }-\overrightarrow{ c })= k \overrightarrow{ FE }$

$2(2 \overrightarrow{ f })-2(2 \overrightarrow{ e })= k \overline{ FE }$

$4(\overrightarrow{ f }-\overrightarrow{ e })= k \overline{ FE }$

$-4 \overline{ FE }= k \overrightarrow{ FE }$

$k=-4$

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MCQ 1891 Mark
The vector $\vec{a}=-\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\hat{k}$ is rotated through a right angle, passing through the $y$-axis in its way and the resulting vector is $\vec{b}$. Then the projection of $3 \vec{a}+\sqrt{2} \vec{b}$ on $\vec{c}=5 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$ is
  • $3 \sqrt{2}$
  • B
    $1$
  • C
    $\sqrt{6}$
  • D
    $2 \sqrt{3}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$3 \sqrt{2}$
a
$\overrightarrow{ b }=\lambda \overrightarrow{ a } \times(\overrightarrow{ a } \times \hat{ j })$

$\Rightarrow \overrightarrow{ b }=\lambda(-2 \hat{ i }-2 \hat{ j }+2 \hat{ k })$

$|\overrightarrow{ b }|=|\overrightarrow{ a }| \quad \therefore \sqrt{6}=\sqrt{12}|\lambda| \Rightarrow \lambda=\pm \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$

$\left(\lambda=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \text { rejected } \because \overrightarrow{ b } \text { makes acute angle with y axis }\right)$

$\overrightarrow{ b }=-\sqrt{2}(-\hat{ i }-\hat{ j }+\hat{ k })$

$\frac{(3 \overrightarrow{ a }+\sqrt{2} \overrightarrow{ b }) \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }}{|\overrightarrow{ c }|}=3 \sqrt{2}$

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MCQ 1901 Mark
Let $\vec{a}=4 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}$ and $\vec{b}=3 \hat{i}-4 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{c}$ is a vector such that $\overrightarrow{ c } \cdot(\overrightarrow{ a } \times \overrightarrow{ b })+25=0, \overrightarrow{ c } \cdot(\hat{ i }+\hat{ j }+\hat{ k })=4$ and projection of $\overrightarrow{ c }$ on $\overrightarrow{ a }$ is $1,$ then the projection of $\overrightarrow{ c }$ on $\overrightarrow{ b }$ equals:
  • $\frac{5}{\sqrt{2}}$
  • B
    $\frac{1}{5}$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
  • D
    $\frac{3}{\sqrt{2}}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$\frac{5}{\sqrt{2}}$
a
$\overrightarrow{ a } \times \overrightarrow{ b }=15 \hat{ i }-20 \hat{ j }-25 \hat{ k }$

Let $\quad \vec{c}=x \hat{i}+y \hat{j}+z \hat{k}$

$\Rightarrow 15 x-20 y-25 z+25=0$

$\Rightarrow 3 x-4 y-5 z=-5$

Also $x+y+z=4$

$\text { and } \frac{\vec{c} \cdot \vec{a}}{|\vec{a}|}=1 \Rightarrow 4 x+3 y=5$

$\Rightarrow \quad \vec{c}=2 \hat{i}-\hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$

Projection of $\overrightarrow{ c }$ or $\overrightarrow{ b }=\frac{25}{5 \sqrt{2}}=\frac{5}{\sqrt{2}}$

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MCQ 1911 Mark
Let $\overrightarrow{ a }=2 \hat{ i }+\hat{ j }+\hat{ k }$, and $\overrightarrow{ b }$ and $\overrightarrow{ c }$ be two nonzero vectors such that $|\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}|=|\vec{a}+\vec{b}-\vec{c}| \quad$ and $\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}=0$. Consider the following two statement:

$(A)$ $|\overrightarrow{ a }+\lambda \overrightarrow{ c }| \geq|\overrightarrow{ a }|$ for all $\lambda \in R$.

$(B)$ $\overrightarrow{ a }$ and $\overrightarrow{ c }$ are always parallel

  • A
    only $(B)$ is correct
  • B
    neither $(A)$ nor $(B)$ is correct
  • only $(A)$ is correct
  • D
    both $(A)$ and $(B)$ are correct.
Answer
Correct option: C.
only $(A)$ is correct
c
$|\vec{a}+\vec{b}+\vec{c}|^2=|\vec{a}+\vec{b}-\vec{c}|^2$

$2 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}+2 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}+2 \vec{c} \cdot \vec{a}=2 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}-2 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}-2 \vec{c} \cdot \vec{a}$

$4 \vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=0$

$B$ is incorrect

$|\overrightarrow{ a }+\lambda \overrightarrow{ c }|^2 \geq|\overrightarrow{ a }|^2$

$\lambda^2 c ^2 \geq 0$

True $\forall \lambda \in R$ $(A)$ is correct.

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MCQ 1921 Mark
Let : $\overrightarrow{ a }=\hat{ i }+2 \hat{ j }+3 \hat{ k }, \overrightarrow{ b }=\hat{ i }-\hat{ j }+2 \hat{ k }$ and $\vec{c}=5 \hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$ be there vectors. If $\vec{r}$ is a vector such that, $\overrightarrow{ r } \times \overrightarrow{ b }=\overrightarrow{ c } \times \overrightarrow{ b }$ and $\overrightarrow{ r } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }=0$. Then $25|\overrightarrow{ r }|^2$ is equal to
  • A
    $449$
  • B
    $336$
  • $339$
  • D
    $560$
Answer
Correct option: C.
$339$
c
$\overrightarrow{ a }=\hat{ i }+2 \hat{ j }+3 \hat{ k }$

$\overrightarrow{ b }=\hat{ i }-\hat{ j }+2 \hat{ k }$

$\overrightarrow{ c }=\hat{5 i }-3 \hat{ j }+3 \hat{ k }$

$(\overrightarrow{ r }-\overrightarrow{ c }) \times \overrightarrow{ b }=0, \overrightarrow{ r } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }=0$

$\Rightarrow \overrightarrow{ r }-\overrightarrow{ c }=\lambda \overrightarrow{ b }$

$\text { Also, }(\overrightarrow{ c }+\lambda \overrightarrow{ b }) \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }=0$

$\Rightarrow \overrightarrow{ a } \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }+\lambda(\overrightarrow{ a } \cdot \overrightarrow{ b })=0$

$\therefore \lambda=\frac{\overrightarrow{ a } \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }}{\overrightarrow{ a } \cdot \overrightarrow{ b }}=\frac{-8}{5}$

$\overrightarrow{ r }=\frac{5(5 \hat{ i }-3 \hat{ i }+3 \hat{ k })-8(\hat{ i }-\hat{ j }+2 \hat{ k })}{5}$

$\overrightarrow{ r }=\frac{17 \hat{ i }-7 \hat{ j }+\hat{ k }}{5}$

$|\overrightarrow{ r }|^2=\frac{1}{25}(289+50)$

$25|\overrightarrow{ r }|^2=339$

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MCQ 1931 Mark
Let $\vec{a}=5 \hat{i}-\hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$ and $\vec{b}=\hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}$ be two vectors. Then which one of the following statements is TRUE?
  • Projection of $\vec{a}$ on $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{17}{\sqrt{35}}$ and the direction of the projection vector is same to the direction of $\vec{b}$
  • B
    Projection of $\vec{a}$ on $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{-17}{\sqrt{35}}$ and the direction of the projection vector is Same to the direction of $\vec{b}$
  • C
    Projection of $\vec{a}$ on $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{17}{\sqrt{35}}$ and the direction of the projection vector is opposite to the direction of $\vec{b}$
  • D
    Projection of $\vec{a}$ on $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{-17}{\sqrt{35}}$ and the direction of the projection vector is opposite to the direction of $\vec{b}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
Projection of $\vec{a}$ on $\vec{b}$ is $\frac{17}{\sqrt{35}}$ and the direction of the projection vector is same to the direction of $\vec{b}$
a
$\vec{a}=5 \hat{i}-\hat{j}-3 \hat{k}$

$\vec{b}=\hat{i}-3 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}$

$\vec{a} \cdot \hat{b}=\frac{5-3-15}{\sqrt{35}}=-\frac{-13}{\sqrt{35}}$

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MCQ 1941 Mark
Let $O$ be the origin and the position vector of the point $P$ be $-\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$. If the position vectors of the points $A , B$ and $C$ are $-2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-3 \hat{k}, 2 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}-2 \hat{k}$ and $-4 \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-\hat{k}$ respectively then the projection of the vector $\overline{O P}$ on a vector perpendicular to the vectors $\overline{A B}$ and $\overline{A C}$ is $......$.
  • $3$
  • B
    $\frac{8}{3}$
  • C
    $\frac{10}{3}$
  • D
    $\frac{7}{3}$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$3$
a
$\overline{A B}=\overline{O B}-\overline{O A}$

$=(2 \hat{i}+4 \hat{j}-2 \hat{k})-(-2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}-3 \hat{k})$

$=4 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+\hat{k}$

$\overline{A C}=\overline{O C}-\overline{O A}=-2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$

$\overline{A B} \times \overrightarrow{A C}=5 \hat{i}-10 \hat{j}+10 \hat{k}$

$\overline{O P}=-\hat{i}-2 \hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$

Projection

$=\frac{(\overline{O P}) \cdot(\overline{A B} \times \overline{A C})}{|\overrightarrow{A B} \times \overrightarrow{A C}|}=3$

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MCQ 1951 Mark
Let for a triangle $ABC$,

$\overline{A B}=-2 \hat{i}+\hat{j}+3 \hat{k}$

$\overline{C B}=\alpha \hat{i}+\beta \hat{j}+\gamma \hat{k}$

$\overline{C A}=4 \hat{i}+3 \hat{j}+\delta \hat{k}$

If $\delta > 0$ and the area of the triangle $ABC$ is $5 \sqrt{6}$, then $\overline{C B} \cdot \overline{C A}$ is equal to

  • $60$
  • B
    $120$
  • C
    $108$
  • D
    $54$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$60$
a
Sol. $\overline{ AB }+\overline{ BC }+\overline{ CA }=\overrightarrow{0}$

$\alpha= 2 , \beta= 4 , \gamma-\delta= 3$

$\frac{1}{2}|\overline{ AB } \times \overline{ AC }|=5 \sqrt{6}$

$(\delta-9)^2+(2 \delta+12)^2+100=600$

$\Rightarrow \delta=5, \gamma=8$

Hence $\overline{ CB } \cdot \overline{ CA }=60$

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MCQ 1961 Mark
Let PQR be a triangle. The points $A , B$ and $C$ are on the sides $QR , RP$ and $PQ$ respectively such that $\frac{ QA }{ AR }=\frac{ RB }{ BP }=\frac{ PC }{ CQ }=\frac{1}{2}$. Then $\frac{\operatorname{Area}(\triangle PQR )}{\operatorname{Area}(\triangle ABC )}$ is equal to $........$
  • A
    $4$
  • $3$
  • C
    $2$
  • D
    $\frac{5}{2}$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$3$
b
Let $P$ is $\overrightarrow{0}, Q$ is $\overrightarrow{ q }$ and $R$ is $\overrightarrow{ r }$ $A$ is $\frac{2 \overrightarrow{ q }+\overrightarrow{ r }}{3}$, B is $\frac{2 \overrightarrow{ r }}{3}$ and $C$ is $\frac{\overrightarrow{ q }}{3}$ Area of $\triangle PQR$ is $=\frac{1}{2}|\overrightarrow{ q } \times \overrightarrow{ r }|$

Area of $\triangle ABC$ is $\frac{1}{2}|\overrightarrow{ AB } \times \overrightarrow{ AC }|$ $\overrightarrow{ AB }=\frac{\overrightarrow{ r }-2 \overrightarrow{ q }}{3}, \overrightarrow{ AC }=\frac{-\overrightarrow{ r }-\overrightarrow{ q }}{3}$

Area of $\triangle ABC =\frac{1}{6}|\vec{q} \times \overrightarrow{ r }|$

$\frac{\operatorname{Area}(\triangle PQR )}{\operatorname{Area}(\triangle ABC )}=3$

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MCQ 1971 Mark
Let $\vec{a}=\hat{i}+2 \hat{j}+\lambda \hat{k}, \vec{b}=3 \hat{i}-5 \hat{j}-\lambda \hat{k}, \vec{a} \cdot \vec{c}=7$, $2 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}+43=0, \vec{a} \times \vec{c}=\vec{b} \times \vec{c}$. Then $|\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}|$ is equal to
  • A
    $4$
  • B
    $2$
  • C
    $6$
  • $8$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$8$
d
$\overrightarrow{ a }=\hat{ i }+2 \hat{ j }+\lambda \hat{ k }, \quad \overrightarrow{ b }=3 \hat{ i }-5 \hat{ j }-\lambda \hat{ k }, \overrightarrow{ a } \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }=7$

$\overrightarrow{ a } \times \overrightarrow{ c }-\overrightarrow{ b } \times \overrightarrow{ c }=\overrightarrow{0}$

$(\overrightarrow{ a }-\overrightarrow{ b }) \times \overrightarrow{ c }=0 \Rightarrow(\overrightarrow{ a }-\overrightarrow{ b }) \text { is paralleled to } \overrightarrow{ c }$

$\overrightarrow{ a }-\overrightarrow{ b }=\mu \overrightarrow{ c } \text {, where } \mu \text { is a scalar }$

$-2 \hat{ i }+7 \hat{ j }+2 \lambda \hat{ k }=\mu \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }$

Now $\vec{a} \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }=7$ gives $2 \lambda^2+12=7 \mu$

And $\vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}=-\frac{43}{2}$ gives $4 \lambda^2+82=43 \mu$

$\mu=2$ and $\lambda^2=1$

$|\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}|=8$

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MCQ 1981 Mark
If $\overrightarrow{ a }=\hat{ i }+2 \hat{ k }, \overrightarrow{ b }=\hat{ i }+\hat{ j }+\hat{ k }, \overrightarrow{ c }=7 \hat{ i }-3 \hat{ k }+4 \hat{ k }$ $\overrightarrow{ r } \times \overrightarrow{ b }+\overrightarrow{ b } \times \overrightarrow{ c }=\overrightarrow{0}$ and $\overrightarrow{ r } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }=0$ then $\overrightarrow{ r } \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }$ is equal to :
  • $34$
  • B
    $12$
  • C
    $36$
  • D
    $30$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$34$
a
$\overrightarrow{ r } \times \overrightarrow{ b }-\overrightarrow{ c } \times \overrightarrow{ b }=0$

$\Rightarrow(\overrightarrow{ r }-\overrightarrow{ c }) \times \overrightarrow{ b }=0$

$\Rightarrow \overrightarrow{ r }-\overrightarrow{ c }=\lambda \overrightarrow{ b }$

$\Rightarrow \overrightarrow{ r }=\overrightarrow{ c }+\lambda \overrightarrow{ b }$

And given that $\overrightarrow{ r } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }=0$

$\Rightarrow(\overrightarrow{ c }+\lambda \overrightarrow{ b }) \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }=0$

$\Rightarrow \overrightarrow{ c } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }+\lambda \overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }=0$

$\Rightarrow \lambda=\frac{-\overrightarrow{ c } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }}{\overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }}$

Now $\overrightarrow{ r } \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }=(\overrightarrow{ c }+\lambda \overrightarrow{ b }) \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }$

$=\left(\overrightarrow{ c }-\frac{\overrightarrow{ c } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }}{\overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }}\right) \cdot \overrightarrow{ c }$

$=|\overrightarrow{ c }|-\left(\frac{\overrightarrow{ c } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }}{\overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ a }}\right)(\overrightarrow{ b } \cdot \overrightarrow{ c })$

$=74-\left[\frac{15}{3}\right] 8$

$=74-40=34$

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MCQ 1991 Mark
Let $\lambda \in R , \vec{a}=\lambda \hat{i}+2 \hat{j}-3 \hat{k}, \vec{b}=\hat{i}-\lambda \hat{j}+2 \hat{k}$ If $((\vec{a}+\vec{b}) \times(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})) \times(\vec{a}-\vec{b})=8 \hat{i}-40 \hat{j}-24 \hat{k}$, then $|\lambda(\vec{a}+\vec{b}) \times(\vec{a}-\vec{b})|^2$ is equal to
  • $140$
  • B
    $132$
  • C
    $144$
  • D
    $136$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$140$
a
$\overrightarrow{ a }=\lambda \hat{ i }+2 \hat{ j }-3 \hat{ k }$

$\overrightarrow{ b }=\hat{ i }-\lambda \hat{ j }+2 \hat{ k }$ $\Rightarrow(\overrightarrow{ b }-\overrightarrow{ a }) \times((\overrightarrow{ a }+\overrightarrow{ b }) \times(\overrightarrow{ a } \times \overrightarrow{ b }))=8 \hat{ i }-40 \hat{ j }-24 \hat{ k }$

$\Rightarrow((\overrightarrow{ a }-\overrightarrow{ b }) \cdot(\overrightarrow{ a }+\overrightarrow{ b }))(\overrightarrow{ a } \times \overrightarrow{ b })=8 \hat{ i }-40 j -24 \hat{ k }$

$\Rightarrow 8(\overrightarrow{ a } \times \overrightarrow{ b })=8 \hat{ i }-40 \hat{ j }-24 \hat{ k }$

$\text { Now, } \overrightarrow{ a } \times \overrightarrow{ b }=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\hat{ i } & \hat{ j } & \hat{ k } \\ \lambda & 2 & -3 \\ 1 & -\lambda & 2\end{array}\right|$

$=(4-3 \lambda) \hat{ i }-(2 \lambda+3) \hat{ j }+\left(-\lambda^2-2\right) \hat{ k }$

$\Rightarrow \lambda=1$

$\therefore \overrightarrow{ a }=\hat{ i }+2 \hat{ j }-3 \hat{ k }$

$\overrightarrow{ b }=\hat{ i }-\hat{ j }+2 \hat{ k }$

$\Rightarrow \lambda=1$

$\therefore \overrightarrow{ a }=\hat{ i }+2 \hat{ j }-3 \hat{ k }$

$\overrightarrow{ b }=\hat{ i }-\hat{ j }+2 \hat{ k }$

$\Rightarrow \overrightarrow{ a }+\overrightarrow{ b }=2 \hat{ i }+\hat{ j }-\hat{ k }, \overrightarrow{ a }-\overrightarrow{ b }=3 \hat{ j }-5 \hat{ k }$ $\Rightarrow(\overrightarrow{ a }+\overrightarrow{ b }) \times(\overrightarrow{ a }-\overrightarrow{ b })=\left|\begin{array}{ccc}\hat{ i } & \hat{ j } & \hat{ k } \\ 2 & 1 & -1 \\ 0 & 3 & -5\end{array}\right|=2$

$\hat{ i }+10 \hat{ j }+6 \hat{ k }$

$\therefore \text { required answer }=4+100+36=140$

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MCQ 2001 Mark
Let $\vec{a}, \vec{b}, \vec{c}$ be three vectors such that $|\overrightarrow{ a }|=\sqrt{31}, 4|\overrightarrow{ b }|=|\overrightarrow{ c }|=2$ and $2(\overrightarrow{ a } \times \overrightarrow{ b })=3(\overrightarrow{ c } \times \overrightarrow{ a })$. If the angle between $\vec{b}$ and $\vec{c}$ is $\frac{2 \pi}{3}$, then $\left(\frac{\vec{a} \times \vec{c}}{\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}}\right)^2$ is equal to $............$.
  • A
    $6$
  • B
    $9$
  • C
    $12$
  • $3$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$3$
d
$2(\vec{a} \times \vec{b})=3(\vec{c} \times \vec{a})$

$\vec{a} \times(2 \vec{b}+3 \vec{c})=0$

$\vec{a}=\lambda(2 \vec{b}+3 \vec{c})$

$|\vec{a}|^2=\lambda^2|2 \vec{b}+3 \vec{c}|^2$

$|\vec{a}|^2=\lambda^2\left(4|\vec{b}|^2+9|\vec{c}|^2+12 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{c}\right)$

$31=31 \lambda^2 \Rightarrow \lambda=\pm 1$

$\vec{a}=\pm(2 \vec{b}+3 \vec{c})$

$\frac{|\vec{a} \times \vec{c}|}{|\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}|}=\frac{2|\vec{b} \times \vec{c}|}{2 \vec{b} \cdot \vec{b}+3 \vec{c} \cdot \vec{b}}$

$|\vec{b} \times \vec{c}|^2=|\vec{b}|^2|\vec{c}|^2-(\vec{b} . \vec{c})^2=\frac{3}{4}$

$\frac{|\vec{a} \times \vec{c}|}{|\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}|}=\frac{2 \times \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}}{2 \cdot \frac{1}{4}-\frac{3}{2}}=-\sqrt{3}$

$\left(\frac{\vec{a} \times \vec{c}}{\vec{a} \cdot \vec{b}}\right)^2=3$

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