ABHINAV ACADEMY

UDUPI

VECTORS 3-D GEOMETRY

Class 12 - Mathematics
Time Allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes Maximum Marks: 75

1. What is the vector perpendicular to both the vectors ^i - ^j and ^i ? [1]

a) k
^
b) ^
j

c) − ^j d) ^
i

2. The scalar product of two nonzero vectors a⃗ and b

⃗
is defined as [1]

a) a⃗. b ⃗ = ∣ ∣⃗
|a⃗| b cos θ
∣ ∣
b) ⃗ ∣ ∣⃗
a⃗. b = 2 |a⃗| b cos θ
∣ ∣

c) a⃗. b ⃗ = ∣ ∣⃗
2 |a⃗| b sin θ
∣ ∣
d) ⃗ ∣ ∣⃗
a⃗. b = |a⃗| b sin θ
∣ ∣

3. The scalar product of the vector ^i + ^j + k

^
with a unit vector along the sum of vectors 2^i + 4^j − 5k
^
and [1]
^ ^ ^
λ i + 2j + 3k is equal to one. Find the value of λ .

a) λ = 1 b) λ = -2

c) λ = 2 d) λ = -1
4. The vectors 3^i − ^j + 2k
^
, 2^i + ^j + 3k
^
and ^i + λ^j − k
^
are coplanar if the value of λ is: [1]

a) -2 b) 0

c) 2 d) Any real number

5. What is the value of p for which the vector p(2^i − ^j + 2k
^
) is of 3 units length? [1]

a) 3 b) 6

c) 1 d) 2
6. The area of the parallelogram whose adjacent sides are ^i + k
^
and 2^i + ^j + k
^
is [1]
–
a) √2 b) 3
–
c) 4 d) √3

– –
7. Find the angle between two vectors a⃗ and b ⃗ with magnitudes √3 and 2, respectively, having a⃗ . b ⃗ = √6 [1]

a) b)
π π

5 3

c) π

2
d) π

–
8. Let |a⃗ | = 7, |b| = 11 and
⃗ ⃗
|a⃗ + b| = 10√3 . [1]
What is |a⃗ - b|⃗ equal to?
– −−
a) 2√2 b) 2√10

c) 5 d) 10
9. If θ is the angle between any two vectors a⃗ and b,⃗ then ∣∣a⃗. b∣∣⃗ = ∣ ⃗
∣
a × b
∣⃗
∣
when θ is equal to [1]

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 a) π b) π

c) π

10. The unit vector normal to the plane containing a⃗ = ^ ^ ^

( i − j − k) and b ⃗ = ^ ^ ^
( i + j + k) is [1]

a) 1 ^ ^
(− j + k) b) 1 ^ ^
(− i + k)
√2 √2

c) (^j − k
^
) d) ^ ^
(− j + k)

11. If a⃗ ⋅ b ⃗ = 0 and a⃗ × b
⃗
= 0, then which one of the following is correct? [1]

a) a⃗ is parallel to b ⃗ b) a⃗ = 0 or b ⃗ = 0

c) a⃗ is perpendicular to b ⃗ d) None of these

12. If ^i , ^j , k
^
are unit vectors, then [1]

a) ^i × (^j × k
^
) = 1 b) ^ ^
i ⋅ j = 1

c) ^i . ^i = 1 d) ^ ^
i × j = 1

→ →
13. What is the area of △OAB, where O is the origin, OA = 3^i − ^j + k
^
and OB = 2^i + ^j − 3k
^
? [1]

−−
a) √30 sq units b) 5√6
sq units
2

– –
c) 5√6 sq units d) √6 sq units
14. The position vectors of the points A, B, C are 2^i + ^j − k
^
,
^ ^ ^
3 i − 2j + k and ^i + 4^j − 3k
^
respectively. These [1]
points-

a) are collinear b) form a scalene triangle

c) form an isosceles triangle d) form a right triangle

15. The adjacent sides AB and AC of a △ABC are represented by the vectors −2^i + 3^j + 2k
^
and [1]
^ ^ ^
−4 i + 5j + 2k , respectively. The area of the △ABC is

a) 3 sq units b) 4 sq units

c) 5 sq units d) 6 sq units

16. Let the vectors a⃗ and b ⃗ be such that |a⃗| = 3 and |b| =
√2
, then a⃗ × b
⃗
is a unit vector if the angle between [1]
3

a⃗ and b ⃗ is

a) π

4
b) π

c) π

6
d) π

−
−→ −
−→ −
−→
17. If OACB is a parallelogram with OC = a⃗ and AB = b,⃗ then OA =
[1]

a) (a⃗ + b)⃗ b) ⃗
( a⃗ − b)

c) 1 ⃗
( a⃗ − b) d) 1 ⃗
( b − a⃗)
2 2

–
18. What is the angle which the vector (^i + ^j + √2k
^
) makes with the z- axis? [1]

a) 2π

3
b) π

c) d)
π π

4 6

19. A unit vector perpendicular to both ^i + ^j and ^ ^

j + k is [1]

a) 1 ^ ^ ^
( i − j + k) b) ^ ^ ^
i + j + k
√3

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 c) ^i − ^j + k
^
d) 1 ^ ^ ^
( i + j + k)
√3

20. If ^i , ^j , k
^
are unit vectors along with three mutually perpendicular directions, then: [1]

a) ^i ⋅ k
^
= 0 b) ^ ^
i × k = 0

c) ^i ⋅ ^j = 1 d) ^ ^
i × j = 1

21. If |a⃗ + b|⃗ = |a⃗ - b|,⃗ then which one of the following is correct? [1]

a) a⃗ is parallel to b ⃗ b) a⃗ is a unit vector

c) a⃗ is perpendicular to b ⃗ d) a⃗ = λ b
⃗
for some scalar λ
22. If the vectors 4^i + 11^j + mk
^
,
^ ^ ^
7 i + 2j + 6k and ^i + 5^j + 4k
^
are coplanar, then m = [1]

a) 38 b) -10

c) 0 d) None of these

23. Find the value of x for which x (^i + ^j + k

^
) is a unit vector. [1]

a) ± 1
b) ±
1

√2 √3

c) ± 1
d) ±
1

√7 √5

24. What is a vector of unit length orthogonal to both the vectors ^i + ^j + k

^
and 2i + 3^j − k
^
? [1]

a) ^ ^ ^
−4 i +3 j −k
b) ^ ^ ^
−4 i +3 j +k

√26 √26

c) ^ ^ ^
−3 i +2 j −k
d) ^ ^ ^
−3 i +2 j +k

√14 √14

25. The projection of the vector ^ ^ ^

i + j + k along the vector of ^
j is [1]

a) -1 b) 2

c) 0 d) 1
26. If a⃗ ⋅ ^i = ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
a⃗ ⋅ ( i + j ) = a⃗ ⋅ ( i + j + k) = 1, then a⃗ = [1]
→
a) ^i b) 0

c) ^j d) ^ ^ ^
i + j + k

27. The unit vector perpendicular to the vectors ^i − ^j and ^i + ^j forming a right-handed system is [1]
^ ^
a) i −j
b) ^
−k
√2

^ ^
c) i +j
d) ^
k
√2

→
28. If a⃗ + b ⃗ + c ⃗ = ⃗
0 , |a⃗| = 3, |b| = 5, |c |⃗ = 7 , then the angle between a⃗ and bis
⃗ [1]

a) b)
π 5π

3 3

c) d)
2π π

3 6

29. If ⃗
|a⃗| = 8, |b| = 3 and ⃗
|a⃗ × b| = 12,
⃗
then value of a⃗ .b is [1]
– –
a) 12√3 b) 8√3

–
c) 6√3 d) none of these
30. If |a⃗| = 10, b ⃗ = 2 and a⃗ ⋅ b ⃗ = 12, then what is the value of ∣a⃗ × b|⃗ ? [1]

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 a) 20 b) 24

c) 16 d) 12

31. Find a unit vector perpendicular to each of the vector a⃗ + b ⃗ and a⃗ − b ⃗, where a⃗ = ^ ^ ^
3 i + 2j + 2k and [1]
⃗ ^ ^ ^
b = i + 2j − 2k .

a) ± 2

3
^
i ∓
2

3
^
j ∓
1

3
^
k b) ±
2

3
^
i ±
2

3
^
j ±
2

3
^
k

c) ± 2

3
^
i ±
1

3
^
j ±
1

3
^
k d) ±
1

3
^
i ±
2

3
^
j ±
1

3
^
k

32. Find the value of λ such that the vectors a⃗ = ^ ^ ^

2i + λ j + k and b ⃗ = ^ ^ ^
i + 2j + 3k are orthogonal. [1]

a) b) 0
3

−5
c) 1 d) 2

33. If a = ^ ^ ^
2 i + 2j + 3k ,b= ^ ^ ^
− i + 2j + k and c = ^ ^
3i + j are three vectors such that a⃗ + tb ⃗ is perpendicular to c ,⃗ [1]
then what is t equal to?

a) 2 b) 6

c) 4 d) 8
34. Find the position vector of a point R which divides the line joining two points P and Q whose position vectors [1]
are (2a⃗ + b)
⃗
and(a⃗ − 3b)
⃗
externally in the ratio 1 : 2.

a) 5a⃗ + 3b ⃗ b) 3a⃗ + 5b
⃗

c) 5a⃗ + 5b ⃗ d) 3a⃗ + 3b
⃗

35. Find the angle between two vectors ^i − 2^j + 3k

^
and 3^i − 2^j + k
^
[1]

a) cos −1
(
4
) b) cos
−1
(
6
)
7 7

c) cos −1
(
5
) d) cos
−1
(
5
)
9 7

36. Let a
^ , b be two unit vectors and θ be the angle between them. What is cos(
^ θ
) equal to? [1]
2

^ ^
a) ^+b |
|a
b) ^ −b|
|a

2 4

^ ^
c) ^ −b|
|a
d) ^ +b|
|a

2 4

−
−→ −
−→ −
−→
37. Let G be the centroid of △ABC. If AB = a⃗, AC = b
⃗
, then the bisector AG , in terms of a⃗ and b ⃗ is [1]

a) 1

2
⃗
( a⃗ + b) b) 1

6
⃗
( a⃗ + b)

c) 2

3
⃗
( a⃗ + b) d) 1

3
⃗
( a⃗ + b)

38. If |a⃗| = 3 and −1 ≤ k ≤ 2 , then |ka⃗| lies in the interval. [1]

a) [- 3, 6] b) [3, 6]

c) [0, 6] d) [1, 2]
39. If a unit vector a⃗ makes angles π

3
^
with i
π

4
^ ^
with j and an acute angle θ with k , then find θ [1]

a) 2 b)
π π

3 10

c) d)
π π

3 5

−
−→ −
−→ −
−→
40. If ABCDEF is a regular hexagon, then AD + EB + F C equals. [1]

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 −
−→
a) 2AB b) −−−
→
4AB

−
−→ →
c) 3AB d) 0

41. Find the values of x and y so that the vectors 2^i + 3^j and x^i + y^j are equal. [1]

a) x = 3, y = 2 b) x = 2, y = 3

c) x = 3, y = 3 d) x = 2, y = 2
42. Let a⃗ = ^ ^ ^
i + 4j + 2k ,
⃗ ^ ^ ^
b = 3 i − 2j + 7k and ^ ^ ^
c ⃗ = 2 i − j + 4k . Find a vector d ⃗ which is perpendicular to [1]
both a⃗ and b
⃗
and c .⃗ d ⃗ = 15.

a) 1 ^ ^ ^
(−160 i − 5j + 70k) b) 1 ^ ^ ^
(160 i − 5j − 70k)
3 3

c) 1 ^ ^ ^
(160 i − 5j + 70k) d) 1 ^ ^ ^
(160 i + 5j − 70k)
3 3

43. If a⃗ = ^ ^ ^
( i + 2j − 3k) and b ⃗ = ^ ^ ^
(3 i − j + 2k) then the angle between (2a⃗ + b)⃗ and (a⃗ + 2b)⃗ is [1]

a) cos −1
(
31
) b) none of these
50

c) cos −1
(
21
) d) cos
−1
(
11
)
40 30

44. Find the area of the parallelogram whose adjacent sides are determined by the vectors a⃗ = ^ ^ ^
i − j + 3k and [1]
⃗ ^ ^ ^
b = 2 i − 7j + k .
– –
a) 11√2 b) 11√3

– –
c) 15√3 d) 15√2

45. If θ is the angle between two vectors a⃗ and b,⃗ then a⃗. b ⃗ ≥ 0 only when [1]

a) 0 < θ <
π

2
b) 0 ⩽ θ ⩽ π

c) 0 < d)
π
θ < π 0 ⩽ θ ⩽
2

46. If ^ ^ ^
a⃗ = (2 i − 3j + 4k),
⃗ ^ ^ ^
b = ( i + 2j − k) and ^ ^ ^
c ⃗ = (3 i − j − 2k) be the co-terminous edges of a [1]
parallelepiped then its volume is

a) none of these b) 21 cubic unit

c) 35 cubic unit d) 14 cubic unit

47. If a⃗ = ^ ^ ^ ⃗ ^ ^
( i − 2j + 3k) and b = ( i − 3k) and ⃗
then |b × 2a⃗| =? [1]
−− −−
a) 2√23 b) 5√17

– −−
c) 10√3 d) 4√19

48. Area of a rectangle having vertices A, B, C and D with position vectors − ^i + 1

2
^ ^
j + 4k , ^i + 1

2
^ ^
j + 4k , [1]
^ ^ ^
and − ^i − ^ ^
, respectively is
1 1
i − j + 4k j + 4k
2 2

a) 1 b) 2

c) 4 d) 1/2
49. The two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 2^i − 4^j + 5k
^
and ^i − 2^j − 3k
^
. Find the unit vector parallel to [1]
its diagonal. Also, find its area.
– –
a) 1 ^ ^ ^
(−3 i − 6j + 2k) ; 13√5 b) 1 ^ ^ ^
(3 i − 6j − 2k) ; 12√5
7 7

– –
c) 1 ^ ^ ^
(3 i − 6j − 7k) ; 15√5 d) 1 ^ ^ ^
(3 i − 6j + 2k) ; 11√5
7 7

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50. If a⃗ and b ⃗ are unit vectors, then which of the following values of a⃗ ⋅ b ⃗ is not possible? [1]
– –
a) √3 b) √3/2

– –
c) −1/√2 d) 1/√2

51. The lines l1 and l2 intersect. The shortest distance between them is [1]

a) infinity b) negative

c) positive d) zero
y y−2
52. The lines and are [1]
x z x−1 z−3
= = = =
1 2 3 −2 −4 −6

a) parallel b) intersecting

c) skew d) coincident

53. Find the equation of the line which passes through the point (1, 2, 3) and is parallel to the vector 3^i + 2^j − 2k
^
. [1]

a) r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^
i + 2j + 3k +λ (3^i + 2^j − 2k
^
.) , b) ˆ ^ ^
r ⃗ = 2i + 2j + 3k +λ (3^i + 2^j − 2k
^
.)

λ ∈ R λ ∈ R

c) r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^
4 i + 2j + 3k +λ (3^i + 2^j − 2k
^
.) d) ^ ^ ^
r ⃗ = 3 i + 2j + 3k +λ (3^i + 2^j − 2k
^
.)

λ ∈ R λ ∈ R

y+2
54. The Cartesian equations of a line are . Its vector equation is [1]
x−1 z−5
= =
2 3 −1

a) r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
( i − 2j + 5k) +λ(2 i + 3j − k) b) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
r ⃗ = (2 i + 3j − k) +λ( i − 2j + 5k)

c) r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
( i − 2j + 5k) +λ(2 i + 3j − 4k) d) none of these
55. The direction ratios of two lines are 3, 2, -6 and 1, 2, 2 respectively. The acute angle between these lines is [1]

a) cos −1
(
5
) b) cos
−1
(
8
)
18 21

c) cos −1
(
5
) d) cos
−1
(
3
)
21 20

y−3
[1]
x−2 z+1
56. The straight line 3
=
1
=
0
is

a) parallel to the y-axis b) perpendicular to the z-axis

c) parallel to the x-axis d) parallel to the z-axis

57. Find the shortest distance between the lines whose vector equations are r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^
i + 2j + 3k + λ (^i − 3^j + 2k
^
) [1]

and r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^
4 i + 5j + 6k + μ (2^i + 3^j + k
^
)

a) 3
b) 3

√17 √23

c) d)
3 3

√27 √19

58. The direction ratios of two lines are a, b, c and (b - c), (c - a), (a - b) respectively. The angle between these lines [1]
is

a) π

2
b) π

c) π

3
d) 3π

y−1 y−4
59. The angle between the lines
x−2
= =
z+3
and
x+2
= =
z−5
is [1]
2 7 −3 −1 2 4

a) cos b)
3 π
−1
( )
8 3

c) d)
π π

6 2

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60. The line x−1
= =
z−3
meets the plane 2x + 3y - z = 14 in the point. [1]
2 4 4

a) (6, 5, 3) b) (5, 7, 3)

c) (2, 5, 7) d) (3, 5, 7)
61. A line makes equal angles with co-ordinate axis. Direction cosines of this line are [1]

a) ± ( 1
,
1
,
1
) b) ±(
1
,
1
,
1
)
√3 √3 √3 3 3 3

c) ±(1, 1, 1) d) ±(
1
,
−1
,
−1
)
√3 √3 √3

62. Find the shortest distance between the lines r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^

(1 − t) i + (t − 2) j + (3 − 2t) k and [1]
^ ^ ^
r ⃗ = (s + 1) i + (2s − 1) j − (2s + 1) k

a) 8
b) 8

√31 √35

c) d)
8 8

√29 √33

63. If the points A(-1, 3, 2), B(-4, 2, -2) and C(5, 5, λ ) are collinear then the value of λ is [1]

a) 5 b) 10

c) 8 d) 7
64. If the direction ratios of a line are proportional to 1, - 3, 2, then its direction cosines are [1]

a) b)
1 2 3 1 2 3
, , − ,− ,−
√14 √14 √14 √14 √14 √14

c) d)
1 3 2 1 3 2
,− , − , ,
√14 √14 √14 √14 √14 √14

65. An angle between two diagonals of a cube is [1]

a) None of these b) cos-1 ( 1

)
3

c) cos-1 ( 1
)
d) cos-1 ( 9
)
√2 5

66. A line passes through the point A (5, -2. 4) and it is parallel to the vector (2^i − ^j + 3k
^
) . The vector equation of [1]
the line is
−−
a) r ⃗ ⋅ (5^i − 2^j + 4k
^
) = √14 b) none of these

c) r ⃗ = ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
(5 i − 2j + 4k) +λ(2 i − j + 3k) d) ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
r ⃗ = (2 i − j + 3k) +λ(5 i − 2j + 4k)

67. If the directions cosines of a line are k,k,k, then [1]

a) k > 0 b) k = 1

c) 0 < k < 1 d) k =
1
or k = −
1

√3 √3

y−2
[1]
x−3 z−1
68. The straight line 3
=
1
=
0
is

a) perpendicular to z-axis b) parallel to z-axis

c) parallel to y-axis d) parallel to x-axis

69. If α, β, γ are the angles that a line makes with the positive direction of x, y, z axis, respectively, then the [1]
direction cosines of the line are

a) tan α, tan β, tan γ b) sin α, sin β, sin γ

c) cos α, cos β, cos γ d) cos2 α, cos2 β, cos2 γ

[1]

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70. Find the values of p so that the lines 3
=
2p
=
2
and
3p
=
1
=
5
are at right angles.

a) p = 70

11
b) p =
70

12

c) p = d)
72 71
p =
15 13

71. If O is the origin, OP = 3 with direction ratios proportional to - 1, 2, - 2 then the coordinates of P are [1]

a) (3, 6 , - 9 ) b) ( 1 , 2 , 2 )
−1 −2
c) ( - 1 , 2 , - 2 ) d) ( )
2
, ,
9 9 9

y−7
[1]
x−6 z−7
72. The perpendicular distance of the point P (1, 2, 3) from the line 3
=
2
=
−2
is

a) none of these b) 5

c) 7 d) 0
73. If (a1, b1, c1) and (a2, b2, c2) be the direction ratios of two parallel lines then [1]

a1 b1 c1
a) a 2
1
2
+ b
1
+ c
2
1
= a
2
2
+ b
2
2
+ c
2
2
b) a2
=
b2
=
c2

c) a1, = a2, b1 = b2, c1 = c2 d) a1a2 + b1b2 + c1c2 = 0

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74. The point of intersection of the line and the plane 2x - y + 3z -1 = 0, is [1]
x−1 z−3
= =
3 4 −2

a) (10, -10, -3) b) (10, 10, -3)

c) (10, -10, 3) d) (-10, 10, 3)

y−2
75. If the line lies
x−4
= =
z−k
in the plane 2x - 4 y + z = 7, then the value of k is [1]
1 1 2

a) 7 b) -4

c) -7 d) 4

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