VIDYAPEETH

VECTOR AND 3D
ASSIGNMENT
SECTION-A [VECTORS]
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Q.1(a) Show that the points a  2 b  3 c ; 2 a  3 b  4 c &  7 b  10 c are collinear .
(b) Prove that the points A = (1,2,3), B (3,4,7), C (3,2,5) are collinear & find the ratio in which B
divides AC.

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Q.2 If a&b are non collinear vectors such that , p  ( x  4 y)a  ( 2x  y  1) b &
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q  ( y  2 x  2) a  ( 2 x  3y  1) b , find x & y such that 3p  2q .

Q.3 Let OACB be paralelogram with O at the origin & OC a diagonal. Let D be the mid point of OA.
Using vector method prove that BD & CO intersect in the same ratio. Determine this ratio.

Q.4 Find out whether the following pairs of lines are parallel, non-parallel & intersecting, or non-parallel &
non-intersecting.
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r1  i  j  2 k   3 i  2 j  4 k
  r1  i  j  3 k   i  j  k
 
(i)  (ii) 
r2  2 i  j  3 k    6 i  4 j  8 k
  r2  2 i  4 j  6 k   2 i  j  3 k
 
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r1  i  k   i  3 j  4 k
 
(iii) 
r  2 i  3 j   4 i  j  k
2  
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Q.5 Let u be a vector on rectangular coordinate system with sloping angle 60°. Suppose that u  î is
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geometric mean of u and u  2î where î is the unit vector along x-axis then find the value of u .

AE AF
Q.6 In a ABC, points E and F divide sides AC and AB respectively so that = 4 and = 1.
EC FB
Suppose D is a point on side BC. Let G be the intersection of EF and AD and suppose D is situated so
AG 3 BD a
that = . If the ratio = , where a and b are in their lowest form, find the value of (a + b).
GD 2 DC b
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Q.7 Let V1 and V2 are two vectors such that
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V1 = 2(sin  + cos ) î  ĵ and V2 = sin  î + cos  ˆj where  and  satisfy the relation
2(sin  + cos )sin  = 3 – cos , find the value of (3 tan2 + 4 tan2).

Q.8 (a) Find a unit vector â which makes an angle (/4) with axis of z & is such that â  î  ˆj is a unit vector..
  2   2
 a b   ab 
(b) Prove that          
 a 2 b2   | a | | b | 
   
 
  3 ab  
(c) If a and b are any two unit vectors, then find the range range of +2 a b .
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Q.9(a) Find the minimum area of the triangle whose vertices are A(–1, 1, 2); B(1, 2, 3) and C(t, 1, 1) where t is
a real number.
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(b) Let OA = a ; OB = 100 a  2 b and OC = b where O, A, and C are non collinear points. Let P
denotes the area of the parallelogram with OA and OC as adjacent sides and Q denotes the area of the
quadrilateral OABC. If Q = P. Find the value of .

Q.10 Given three points on the xy plane on O(0, 0), A(1, 0) and B(–1, 0). Point P is moving on the plane
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satisfying the condition P A ·P B + 3 O A ·O B = 0 
If the maximum and minimum values of P A P B are M and m respectively then find the value of
M2 + m2.

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Q.11 Let a  3 i  2 j  4 k ; b  2 i  k and c  4 i  2 j  3 k .
 
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If the equation x a  y b  z c =  x i  y j  z k has a non trivial solution, then find the sum of all
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distinct possible values of 

Q.12 (a) Determine vector of magnitude 9 which is perpendicular to both the vectors:
4î  ĵ  3k̂ &  2î  ˆj  2k̂
(b) A triangle has vertices (1, 1, 1) ; (2, 2, 2), (1, 1, y) and has the area equal to csc  4 sq. units. Find
the value of y.

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Q.13 The vector OP = î  2ˆj  2k̂ turns through a right angle, passing through the positive x-axis on the way..
Find the vector in its new position.

Q.14 The position vectors of the points A, B, C are respectively (1, 1, 1) ; (1, 1, 2); (0, 2, 1). Find a unit
vector parallel to the plane determined by ABC & perpendicular to the vector (1, 0, 1) .

Q.15 The pv's of the four angular points of a tetrahedron are: A j  2 k ; B 3 i  k ; C 4 i  3 j  6 k

     
& D 2 i  3 j  2 k . Find :
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(i) the perpendicular distance from A to the line BC.
(ii) the volume of the tetrahedron ABCD.
(iii) the perpendicular distance from D to the plane ABC.
(iv) the shortest distance between the lines AB & CD.

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Q.16 If a and b are two vectors such that | a | 1 , | b | 4 , a ·b  2 . If c  ( 2a  b)  3b then find the angle
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between b and c .

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Q.17 Let r  a  b sin x  b  c cos y  2  c  a  , where a , b, c are non-zero and non-coplanar vectors.
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If r is orthogonal to a  b  c , then find the minimum value of 2 (x2 + y2).
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Q.18 If a  a1î  a 2 ĵ  a 3k̂ ; b  b1î  b 2 ĵ  b3k̂ and c  c1î  c 2ˆj  c 3k̂ then show that the value of the
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  a ·î a · ĵ a ·k̂
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scalar triple product [ na  b nb  c nc  a ] is (n3 + 1) b ·î b ·ˆj b ·k̂
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c ·î c ·ˆj c ·k̂

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Q.19 Find the scalars  &  if a x (b x c)  (a . b) b  ( 4  2  sin ) b  ( 2  1) c & ( c . c) a  c while b & c
are non zero non collinear vectors.

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Q.20 If A , B & C are vectors such that | B|  | C | , Prove that: A  B x A  C x Bx C . B  C  0 .    
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Q.21 Suppose V1  î  ˆj  2k̂ , V2  î  2 ĵ  k̂ and V3   2î  2 ĵ  k̂ are three vectors. Let V be a
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vector such that it can be expressed as a linear combination of V1 and V2 . Also V ·V3 = 0
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and the projection of the vector V on î  ˆj  k̂ is 6 3 . Find the vector V .

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Q.22 Let a   i  2 j  3 k , b  i  2  j  2 k and c  2 i   j  k . Find the value(s) of , if any, such that
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a  b   b  c  c  a  = 0. Find the vector product when  = 0.
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Q.23 Let A  î  2ˆj  3k̂ , B  2î  ˆj  k̂ , C  ĵ  k̂
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If the vector B  C can be expressed as a linear combination B  C = x A  y B  z C
where x, y, z are scalars, then find the value of (100x + 10y + 8z).

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Q.24 Let A(t ) = f1 (t )i  f2 (t )j and B( t )  g1 ( t ) i  g 2 ( t ) j , t  [0, 1], where f1, f2, g1, g2 are continuous
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functions. If A(t ) and B( t ) are nonzero vectors for all t and A(0) = 2i  3j ,
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A(1) = 6 i  2j , B(0) = 3i  2j and B(1) = 2i  6 j , then show that A(t ) and B(t ) are parallel for
some t.

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Q.25 Let a 3 dimensional vector V satisfies the condition, 2V  V  ( î  2 ĵ) = 2î  k̂ .
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If 3 V = m where m  N, then find m.

  1    2   1      2
Q.26 Let a   0  ; b  1  ; c   1 . Find the numbers , ,  such that  a   b   c    5 .
  3  0  1   6 

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Q.27 Let a , b, c be three vectors of magnitude 1,
1
, 2 respectively, satisfying a b c  = 1.
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If 2a  b  c · a  c   a  c   b = , then find the value of k.
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Q.28 If x , y are two non-zero and non-collinear vectors satisfying
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[(a – 2)2 + (b – 3) + c] x + [(a – 2)2 + (b – 3) + c] y + [(a – 2)2 + (b – 3) + c] (x  y) = 0
where , ,  are three distinct real numbers, then find the value of (a2 + b2 + c2).

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Q.29 Let a  î  ˆj  2k̂ ; b  3î  4 ĵ  k̂ , c  î  ĵ  k̂ ,
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  
then find the value of a  2b ·   c  2a   b  2c  .
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SECTION-B [THREE DIMENSION GEOMETRY]

Q.1 The plane denoted by 1 : 4x  7 y  4z  81  0 is rotated through a right angle about its line of
intersection with the plane  2 : 5x  3y  10z  25 . If the plane in its new position be denoted by ,
and the distance of this plane from the origin is k where k  N, then find k.

Q.2 Find the angle between the two straight lines whose direction cosines l, m, n are given by
2l + 2m – n = 0 and mn + nl + lm = 0.

x 3 y 3 z
Q.3 Find the equations of the two lines through the origin which intersect the line   at an
2 1 1

angle of .
3

Q.4 Find the equations of the straight line passing through the point (1, 2, 3) to intersect the straight line
x + 1 = 2 (y – 2) = z + 4 and parallel to the plane x + 5y + 4z = 0.

Q.5 Find the equation to the line passing through the point (1, –2, –3) and parallel to the line
2x + 3y – 3z + 2 = 0 = 3x – 4y + 2z – 4.

Q.6 Let  : x + y – z – 4 = 0 be the equation of a plane and A be the point with position vector
î  2ˆj  3k̂ . L is a line which passes through the point (1, 2, 3) with direction ratios 3, – 1 and 4.
If the distance of the point A from the line L measured parallel to the plane  is d1 and the distance
of the point A from the plane  measured parallel to the line L is d2 , then find the value of

d12  d 2 2 .

Q.7 Find the point where the line of intersection of the planes x – 2y + z = l and x + 2y – 2z = 5, intersects
the plane 2x + 2y + z + 6 = 0.

Q.8 Let P = (1, 0, – 1) ; Q = (1, 1, 1) and R = (2, 1, 3) are three points.

(a) Find the area of the triangle having P, Q and R as its vertices.
(b) Give the equation of the plane through P, Q and R in the form ax + by + cz = 1.
(c) Where does the plane in part (b) intersect the y-axis.
(d) Give parametric equations for the line through R that is perpendicular to the plane in part (b).

Q.9 Find the equations to the line which can be drawn from the point (2, –1, 3) and perpendicular to the lines
x 1 y  2 z  3 x4 y z3
  and   .
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Q.10 Feet of the perpendicular drawn from the point P (2, 3, –5) on the axes of coordinates are A, B and C.
Find the equation of the plane passing through their feet and the area of ABC.

x 1 y  p z2 x y7 z7

Q.11 Find the value of p so that the lines   and   are in the same
3 2 1 1 3 2
plane. For this value of p, find the coordinates of their point of intersection and the equation of the plane
containing them.

x 1 y  2 z
Q.12 Find the equation of the plane containing the straight line   and perpendicular to the
2 3 5
plane x – y + z + 2 = 0.

x 1 y  2 z  3
Q.13 Find the equation of the line which is reflection of the line   in the plane
9 1 3
3x – 3y + 10z = 26.

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Q.14 Let L be the line given by r =   2 +   0  and let P be the point (2, – 1, 1). Also suppose that E be
  1   1 
the plane containing three non collinear points A = (0, 1, 1); B(1, 2, 2) and C = (1, 0, 1)
Find
(a) Distance between the point P and the line L.
(b) Equation of the plane E.
(c) Equation the plane F containing the line L and the point P.
(d) Acute between the plane E and F.
(e) Volume of the parallelopiped by A, B, C and the point D(– 3, 0, 1).

x 1 y z 1 x 1 y z 1
Q.15 If the distance between the lines = = and = = when they are
1 2 1 1 1 1

m
nearest to each other is where m and n are relatively prime positive integers then find the value
n
of (n – 5m).

x 1 y z x 3 y z  2
Q.16 Find the equation of the plane containing the line   and parallel to the line   .
2 3 2 2 5 4
Find also the S.D. between the two lines.

x 1 y  3 z  4
Q.17 Let image of the line   in the plane 2x – y + z + 3 = 0 be L.
3 5 2
A plane 7x + py + qz + r = 0 (p, q, r  R) is such that it contains the line L and perpendicular to the
plane 2x – y + z + 3 = 0. Find the value of (p + 3q + r).

Q.18 Let P be the plane containing the line y + z = 2, x = 0 and parallel to the line x – z = 2, y = 0.
If the distance of the plane P from origin is d, then find the value of 3d2.

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 JEE ADVANCED PYQ
Q.1
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(a) If a , b and c are unit vectors, then a  b  b  c  c  a 2 does NOT exceed
2

(A) 4 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 6

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(b) Let a  î  k̂ , b  x î  ˆj  (1  x )k̂ and c  yî  x ĵ  (1  x  y)k̂ . Then [a , b, c] depends on
(A) only x (B) only y
(C) NEITHER x NOR y (D) both x and y
[ JEE '2001 (Screening) 1 + 1 out of 35]
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Q.2 Let A(t ) = f1( t )î  f 2 ( t )ˆj and B( t )  g1 ( t ) î  g 2 ( t ) ĵ , t  [0, 1], where f1, f2, g1, g2 are continuous
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functions. If A(t ) and B( t ) are nonzero vectors for all t and A(0) = 2i  3j , A(1) = 6 i  2j ,
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B(0) = 3i  2j and B(1) = 2i  6 j , then show that A(t ) and B(t ) are parallel for some t.
[JEE '2001 (Mains) 5 out of 100]
Q.3
(a) If a and b are two unit vectors such that a + 2 b and 5 a – 4 b are perpendicular to each other
then the angle between a and b is
1 2
(A) 45° (B) 60° (C) cos1  (D) cos1 
3 7
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(b) Let V  2î  ˆj  k̂ and W  î  3k̂ . If U is a unit vector, then the maximum value of the scalar triple
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
product U V W is 
(A) –1 (B) 10  6 (C) 59 (D) 60
[JEE 2002(Screening), 3 + 3]
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Q.4 Let V be the volume of the parallelopiped formed by the vectors a  a1î  a 2 ˆj  a 3k̂ ,
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b  b1î  b 2 ˆj  b 3k̂ , c  c1î  c 2 ĵ  c 3k̂ . If ar , br , cr , where r = 1, 2, 3, are non-negative real
3
numbers and  a r  b r  c r  = 3L, show that V  L3. [JEE 2002(Mains), 5]
r 1
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Q.5 If a = î  aˆj  k̂ , b = ˆj  ak̂ , c = aî  k̂ , then find the value of ‘a’ for which volume of
parallelopiped formed by three vectors as coterminous edges, is minimum, is
1 1 1
(A) (B) – (C) ± (D) none
3 3 3
[JEE 2003(Scr.), 3]

Q.6
(i) Find the equation of the plane passing through the points (2, 1, 0) , (5, 0, 1) and (4, 1, 1).
(ii) If P is the point (2, 1, 6) then find the point Q such that PQ is perpendicular to the plane in (i) and the mid
point of PQ lies on it. [JEE 2003, 4 out of 60]
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Q.7 If u , v , w are three non-coplanar unit vectors and , ,  are the angles between u and v ,
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v and w , w and u respectively and x , y, z are unit vectors along the bisectors of the angles , , 
      1    2 2   
respectively. Prove that x  y y  z z  x   u v w  sec sec 2 sec 2 .
16 2 2 2
[JEE 2003, 4 out of 60]

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Q.8
x 1 y  1 z 1 x 3 yk z
(a) If the lines   and   intersect, then k =
2 3 4 1 2 1
(A) 2/9 (B) 9/2 (C) 0 (D) – 1
(b) A unit vector in the plane of the vectors 2î  ˆj  k̂ , î  ˆj  k̂ and orthogonal to 5î  2 ĵ  6k̂
6î  5k̂ 3 ĵ  k̂ 2î  5k̂ 2 î  ĵ  2k̂
(A) (B) (C) (D)
61 10 29 3
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(c) If a  î  j  k̂ , a ·b  1 and a  b  ˆj  k̂ , then b =
(A) î (B) î  ˆj  k̂ (C) 2ˆj  k̂ (D) 2î
[ JEE 2004 (screening)]

Q.9
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(a) Let a , b , c , d are four distinct vectors satisfying a  b = c  d and a  c  b  d . Show that
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a ·b  c ·d  a ·c  b ·d .
(b) Let P be the plane passing through (1, 1, 1) and parallel to the lines L1 and L2 having direction ratios
1, 0, –1 and –1, 1, 0 respectively. If A, B and C are the points at which P intersects the coordinate axes,
find the volume of the tetrahedron whose vertices are A, B, C and the origin.
[JEE 2004, 2 + 2out of 60]

Q.10
(a) A variable plane at a distance of 1 unit from the origin cuts the co-ordinate axes at A, B and C. If the
1 1 1
centroid D (x, y, z) of triangle ABC satisfies the relation 2  2  2 = k, then the value of k is
x y z
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 1/3 (D) 9 [JEE 2005 (Scr), 3]

(b) Find the equation of the plane containing the line 2x – y + z – 3 = 0, 3x + y + z = 5 and at a distance of
1 6 from the point (2, 1, – 1).
(c) Incident ray is along the unit vector v̂ and the reflected ray is along the unit vector ŵ . The normal is
along unit vector â outwards. Express ŵ in terms of â and v̂ .[ JEE 2005 (Mains), 2 + 4 out of 60]

Q.11
(a) A plane passes through (1, –2, 1) and is perpendicular to two planes 2x – 2y + z = 0 and
x – y + 2z = 4. The distance of the plane from the point (1, 2, 2) is
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 2 2
    
(b) Let a  î  2ˆj  k̂ , b  î  ˆj  k̂ and c  î  ˆj  k̂ . A vector in the plane of a and b whose projection

on c has the magnitude equal to 1 3 , is
(A) 4î  ˆj  4k̂ (B) 3î  ĵ  3k̂ (C) 2î  ˆj  2k̂ (D) 4î  ˆj  4k̂
[JEE 2006,3 marks each]

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 
(c) Let A be vector parallel to line of intersection of planes P1 and P2 through origin. P1 is parallel to the

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


vector A and 2 î + ˆj – 2 k̂ is
   
(A) (B) (C) (D) [JEE 2006, 5]
2 4 6 3
(d) Match the following
Column-I Column-II
1 1
2 2
(A)  ( y  1) dy +  (1  y ) dy (P) 2
0 0

(B) A point (, , ) lies on the plane x + y + z = 2.

0 1
 1  x dx +
The value of  such that the vector a   î   ĵ   k̂ (Q)   1  x dx
1 0

satisfies k̂  ( k̂  a )  0
4
(C) In a triangle ABC, if cos A cosB + sinA sinB sinC = 1, (R)
3
then the value of sin C is
(D) The set of values of a for which the lines (S) 1
x + y = | a |,
ax – y = 4
intersect in the region x > 0, y > 0, is the interval (a0, ).
Then the value of a0 is [JEE 2006, 6]
(e) Match the following
5
(A) Let P be the plane passing through the point (2, 1, – 1) and perpendicular (P)
3
to the line of intersection of the planes 2x + y – z = 3 and x + 2y + z = 2.
Then the distance from the point  
3 , 2, 2 to the plane P is
n
 1 
(B) If Lim  tan 1  2   t , then tan t is (Q) 1
n
i 1  2i 
a 2
(C) The sides a, b, c of a triangle ABC are in A.P. If cos 1  , (R)
bc 3
b c  
cos  2  , cos 3  , then tan 2 1  tan 2 3 = (S) 0
ac ab 2 2
(D) Let L be the line passing through the point (0, 1, 0) and perpendicular to the plane
x + 2y + 2z = 0. Then the distance from the point (0, 0, 0) to the line L is [JEE 2006, 6]

Q.12
(a) The number of distinct real values of , for which the vectors  2 î  ĵ  k̂ , î  2 ĵ  k̂ and î  ĵ  2 k̂
are coplanar, is
(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) three

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       
(b) Let a , b, c be unit vectors such that a  b  c  0 . Which one of the following is correct?
             
(A) a  b  b  c  c  a  0 (B) a  b  b  c  c  a  0
            
(C) a  b  b  c  a  c  0 (D) a  b, b  c, c  a are mutually perpendicular..

(c) Let the vectors P Q , Q R , R S , S T , T U and U P represent the sides of a regular hexagon.


Statement-1: P Q × R S  S T  0 
because
 
Statement-2: P Q  R S = 0 and P Q  S T  0
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.
(D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
(d) Consider the planes 3x – 6y – 2z = 15 and 2x + y – 2z = 5.
Statement-1: The parametric equations of the line of intersection of the given planes are
x = 3 + 14t, y = 1 + 2t, z = 15t.
because
Statement-2: The vector 14î  2ˆj  15k̂ is parallel to the line of intersection of given planes.
(A) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement-1.
(B) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true; statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for statement-1.
(C) Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false. (D) Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.
MATCH THE COLUMN:
(e) Consider the following linear equations
ax + by + cz = 0
bx + cy + az = 0
cx + ay + bz = 0
Match the conditions/ expressions in Column I with statements in Column II.
Column I Column II
(A) a + b + c  0 and (P) the equation represent planes
2 2 2
a + b + c = ab + bc + ca meeting only at a single point.
(B) a + b + c = 0 and (Q) the equation represent the line
2 2 2
a + b + c  ab + bc + ca x=y=z
(C) a + b + c  0 and (R) the equation represent identical planes
a2 + b2 + c2  ab + bc + ca
(D) a + b + c = 0 and (S) the equation represent the whole of
2 2 2 =
a + b + c ab + bc + ca the three dimensional space.
[JEE 2007, 3+3+3+3+6]
Q.13
(a) The edges of a parallelopiped are of unit length and are parallel to non-coplanar unit vectors â , b̂, ĉ
1
such that â ·b̂  b̂ ·ĉ  ĉ ·â  . Then the volume of the parallelopiped is
2
1 1 3 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2 3

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 (b) Let two non-collinear unit vector â and b̂ form an acute angle. A point P moves so that at any time t the
position vector O P (where O is the origin) is given by â cos t  b̂ sin t . When P is farthest from origin
O, let M be the length of O P and û be the unit vector along O P . Then,
1 1
â  b̂ â  b̂
(A) û  and M  (1  â ·b̂) 2 (B) û  and M  (1  â ·b̂) 2
| â  b̂ | | â  b̂ |
1 1
â  b̂ â  b̂
(C) û  and M  (1  2â ·b̂) 2 (D) û  and M  (1  2â ·b̂) 2
| â  b̂ | | â  b̂ |
(c) Consider three planes
P1 : x – y + z = 1
P2 : x + y – z = –1
P3 : x – 3y + 3z = 2
Let L1, L2, L3 be the lines of intersection of the planes P2 and P3, P3 and P1, and P1 and P2, respectively.
Statement-1 : At least two of the lines L1, L2 and L3 are non-parallel.
and
Statement-2 : The three planes do not have a common point.
(A) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; statement-2 is a correct explanation for statement-1
(B) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for statement-1
(C) Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is False
(D) Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True
Paragraph for Question Nos. (i) to (iii)
x 1 y  2 z 1 x 2 y2 z3
(d) Consider the lines L1 :   ; L2 :  
3 1 2 1 2 3
(i) The unit vector perpendicular to both L1 and L2 is
 î  7ˆj  7 k̂  î  7ˆj  5k̂  î  7 ĵ  5k̂ 7 î  7 ĵ  k̂
(A) (B) (C) (D)
99 5 3 5 3 99
(ii) The shortest distance between L1 and L2 is
17 41 17
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)
3 5 3 5 3
(iii) The distance of the point (1, 1, 1) from the plane passing through the point (–1, –2, –1) and
whose normal is perpendicular to both the lines L1 and L2 is
2 7 13 23
(A) (B) (C) (D)
75 75 75 75
[JEE 2008, 3+3+3+4+4+4]

Q.14

(a) Let P(3, 2, 6) be a point in space and Q be a point on the line r  ( î  ĵ  2k̂ )   ( 3î  ˆj  5k̂ )
Then the value of  for which the vector PQ is parallel to the plane x – 4y + 3z =1 is
(A) 1/4 (B) – 1/4 (C) 1/8 (D) – 1/8
          1
  
(b) If a , b, c and d are unit vectors such that a  b · c  d  1 and a ·c  , then
2
     
(A) a , b, c are non-coplanar (B) b, c, d are non-coplanar
     
(C) b, d are non-parallel (D) a , d are parallel and b, c are parallel

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 (c) A line with positive direction cosines passes through the point P(2, – 1, 2) and makes equal angles with
the coordinate axes. The line meets the plane 2x + y + z = 9 at point Q. The length of the line segment
PQ equals
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 2
(d) Match the statements/expressions given in Column I with the values given in Column II.
Column I Column II

(A) Root(s) of the equation 2 sin2 + sin22 = 2 (P)
6
 6x   3x  
(B) Points of discontinuity of the function f(x) =   cos   , (Q)
  4
where [y] denotes the largest integer less than or equal to y

(C) Volume of the parallelopiped with its edges represented by the vectors (R)
3
î  ˆj, î  2ˆj and î  ˆj  k̂

     
(D) Angle between vectors a and b where a , b and c are unit (S)
2
   
vectors satisfying a  b  3 c  0 (T) 
(e) Let (x, y, z) be points with integer coordinates satisfying the system of homogeneous equations :
3x – y – z = 0 ; – 3x + z = 0 ; – 3x + 2y + z = 0
Then the number of such points for which x2 + y2 + z2  100 is [JEE 2009, 3+3+3+8+4]

Q.15
x y z
(a) Equation of the plane containing the straight line   and perpendicular to the plane containing
2 3 4
x y z x y z
the straight lines   and   , is
3 4 2 4 2 3
(A) x + 2y – 2z = 0 (B) 3x + 2y – 2z = 0 (C) x – 2y + z = 0 (D) 5x + 2y – 4z = 0
(b) Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram ABCD are given by
AB  2î  10 ĵ  11k̂ and AD   î  2ˆj  2k̂
The side AD is rotated by an acute angle  in the plane of the parallelogram so that AD becomes AD.
If AD makes a right angle with the side AB, then the cosine of the angle  is given by
8 17 1 4 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 9 9
(c) If the distance of the point P(l, – 2, 1) from the plane x + 2y - 2z =  , where  > 0. is 5, then the foot
of the perpendicular from P to the plane is
8 4 7 4 4 1  1 2 10  2 1 5
(A)  , ,   (B)  ,  ,  (C)  , ,  (D)  ,  , 
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3  3 3 2

   î  2 ĵ  2î  ˆj  3k̂
(d) If a and b are vectors in space given by a  and b  , then the value of
5 14
     
   
2a  b · a  b  a  2b , is 
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 x 1 y  2 z  3
(e) If the distance between the plane Ax – 2y + z = d and the plane containing the lines  
2 3 4
x 2 y 3 z  4
and   is 6 , then | d | is
3 4 5
(f ) Match the statements in Column-I with the values in Column-II.
Column I Column II
(A) A line from the origin meets the lines (p) – 4
8
x
x  2 y 1 z 1 3  y  3  z 1
  and
1 2 1 2 1 1
at P and Q respectively. If length PQ = d, then d2 is
1  3
(B) The values of x satisfying tan–1 (x +3) – tan–1 (x – 3) = sin   are (q) 0
5
    
(C) Non-zero vectors a , b and c satisfy a ·b  0
       
  
b  a  b  c  0 and 2 | b  c |  | b  a | (r) 4
  
If a  b  4c , then the possible values of  are
(D) Let f be the function on  ,  given by (s) 5
 9x  x
f(0) = 9 and f(x) = sin   / sin   for x  0
 2  2

2
The value of   f x  dx is

(t) 6

[JEE 2010, 3+5+5+3+3+(2+2+2+2)]

Q.16
   
(a) Let a  î  ĵ  k̂ , b  î  ˆj  k̂ and c  î  ˆj  k̂ be three vectors. A vector v in the plane
   1
of a and b , whose projection on c is , is given by
3
(A) î  3 ĵ  3k̂ (B)  3î  3 ĵ  k̂ (C) 3î  ĵ  3k̂ (D) î  3 ĵ  3k̂
(b) The vector(s) which is/are coplanar with vectors î  ĵ  2k̂ and î  2ˆj  k̂ and perpendicular to the
vector î  ˆj  k̂ is/are
(A) ĵ  k̂ (B)  î  ĵ (C) î  ˆj (D)  ĵ  k̂
   
(c) Let a   î  k̂ , b   î  ĵ and c  î  2 ĵ  3k̂ be three given vectors. If r is a vector such that
       
r  b  c  b and r · a  0 , then the value of r · b , is
[JEE 2011, 3+4+4]

Q.17
(a) The point P is the intersection of the straight line joining the points Q (2, 3, 5) and R (1, – 1, 4) with the
plane 5x – 4y – z = 1. If S is the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point T (2, 1, 4) to QR, then
the length of the line segment PS is
1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 2 2
2

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 (b) The equation of a plane passing through the line of intersection of the planes x + 2y + 3z = 2 and
2
x – y + z = 3 and at a distance from the point (3, 1, – 1) is
3
(A) 5x – 11y + z = 17 (B) 2x+ y= 3 2 –1
(C) x + y + z = 3 (D) x – 2 y = 1 – 2
     
(c) If a and b are vectors such that a  b  29 and a  ( 2î  3ˆj  4k̂ ) = ( 2î  3ˆj  4k̂ )  b , then a
 
 
possible value of a  b ·  7 î  2 ĵ  3k̂ is 
(A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 8
x 1 y  1 z x 1 y 1 z
(d) If the straight lines   and   are coplanar, then the plane(s) containing
2 k 2 5 2 k
these two lines is(are)
(A) y + 2z = – 1 (B) y + z = – 1 (C) y – z = – 1 (D) y – 2z = – 1
     2  2  2   
(e) If a , b and c are unit vectors satisfying a  b  b  c  c  a  9 , then 2a  5b  5c is
[JEE 2012, 3+3+3+4+4]

x  2 y 1 z
Q.18 Perpendiculars are drawn from points on the line   to the plane x + y + z = 3. The feet
2 1 3
of perpendiculars lie on the line
x y 1 z  2 x y 1 z  2
(A)   (B)  
5 8  13 2 3 5
x y 1 z  2 x y 1 z  2
(C)   (D)  
4 3 7 2 7 5
[JEE (Advanced) 2013, 2]

Q.19 Let PR = 3î  ˆj  2k̂ and SQ = î  3ˆj  4k̂ determine diagonals of a parallelogram PQRS and

PT = î  2 ĵ  3k̂ be another vector. Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by the vectors
PT, PQ and PS is
(A) 5 (B) 20 (C) 10 (D) 30
[JEE (Advanced) 2013, 2]

Q.20 A line l passing through the origin is perpendicular to the lines

l1 : (3  t ) î  ( 1  2 t ) ĵ  ( 4  2t ) k̂ , –  < t < 
l2 : (3  2s ) î  (3  2s) ˆj  ( 2  s) k̂ , –  < s < 
Then, the coordinate(s) of the point(s) on l2 at a distance of 17 from the point of intersection of l and
l1 is (are)
7 7 5 7 7 8
(A)  , ,  (B) (– 1, – 1, 0) (C) (1, 1, 1) (D)  , , 
 3 3 3 9 9 9
[JEE (Advanced) 2013, 4]

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 y z y z
Q.21 Two lines L1 : x = 5, = and L2 : x = , = are coplanar. Then  can take value(s)
3 2 1 2  
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
[JEE (Advanced) 2013, 3]

 
Q.22 Consider the set of eight vectors V  a î  bĵ  ck̂ : a , b, c{1,1} . Three non-coplanar vectors can
be chosen from V in 2p ways. Then p, is
[JEE (Advanced) 2013, 4]

Q.23 Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I List II
  
P. Volume of parallelepiped determined by vector a , b and c is 2. 1. 100
Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by vectors
     
   
2 a  b , 3 b  c and c  a  is
  
Q. Volume of parallelepiped determined by vectors a , b and c is 5. 2. 30
Then the volume of the parallelepiped determined by vectors
     
   
3 a  b , b  c and 2 c  a  is

R. Area of a triangle with adjacent sides determined by vectors 3. 24

 
a and b is 20. Then the area of the triangle with adjacent sides
   
 
determined by vectors 2a  3b and a  b is 
S. Area of a parallelogram with adjacent sides determined by vectors 4. 60
 
a and b is 30. Then the area of the parallelogram with adjacent
  
 
sides determined by vectors a  b and a is
Codes:P Q R S
(A) 4 2 3 1
(B) 2 3 1 4
(C) 3 4 1 2
(D) 1 4 3 2 [JEE (Advanced) 2013, 3]

x 1 y z3 x 4 y3 z3

Q.24 Consider the lines L 1 :   , L2 :   and the planes
2 1 1 1 1 2
P1 : 7x + y + 2z = 3, P2 : 3x + 5y – 6z = 4. Let ax + by + cz = d be the equation of the plane passing
through the point of intersection of lines L1 and L2, and perpendicular to planes P1 and P2.
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I List II
P. a= 1. 13
Q. b= 2. –3
R. c= 3. 1
S. d= 4. –2
Codes: P Q R S
(A) 3 2 4 1
(B) 1 3 4 2
(C) 3 2 1 4
(D) 2 4 1 3 [JEE (Advanced) 2013, 3]

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Q.25 From a point P (, , ), perpendiculars PQ and PR are drawn respectively on the lines y = x, z = 1
and y = – x, z = – 1. If P is such that QPR is a right angle, then the possible value(s) of  is(are)
(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) – 1 (D) – 2
[JEE (Advanced) 2014, 3]

   
Q.26 Let x , y and z be three vectors each of magnitude 2 and the angle between each pair of them is .
3
     
If a is a nonzero vector perpendicular to x and y  z and b is a nonzero vector perpendicular to y
 
and z  x , then
         
(A) b  ( b · z ) ( z  x ) (B) a  ( a · y) ( y  z )
          
(C) a · b   ( a · y) ( b · z) (D) a  ( a · y) ( z  y)
[JEE (Advanced) 2014, 3]

  
Q.27 Let a , b and c be three non-coplanar unit vectors such that the angle between every pair of them is

        p 2  2q 2  r 2
. If a  b  b  c = pa  qb  rc , where p, q and r are scalars, then the value of is
3 q2
[JEE (Advanced) 2014, 3]

Q.28 In R3, consider the planes P1 : y = 0 and P2 : x + z = 1. Let P3 be a plane, different from P1 and P2,
which passes through the intersection of P1 and P2. If the distance of the point (0, 1, 0) from P3 is 1 and
the distance of a point (, , ) from P3 is 2, then which of the following relations is(are) true?
(A) 2 +  + 2 + 2 = 0 (B) 2 –  + 2 + 4 = 0
(C) 2 +  – 2 – 10 = 0 (D) 2 –  + 2 – 8 = 0
[JEE (Advanced) 2015, 4]

Q.29 In R3, let L be a straight line passing through the origin. Suppose that all the points on L are at a constant
distance from the two planes P1 : x + 2y – z + 1 = 0 and P2 : 2x – y + z – 1 = 0. Let M be the locus
of the feet of the perpendiculars drawn from the points on L to the plane P1. Which of the following
points lie(s) on M?
 5 2   1 1 1 
(A)  0, ,  (B)  , , 
 6 3   6 3 6

 5 1  1 2
(C)  , 0,  (D)  , 0, 
 6 6  3 3
[JEE (Advanced) 2015, 4]

      
Q.30 Let PQR be a triangle. Let a  QR , b  RP and c  PQ . If | a | = 12, | b | = 4 3 and b · c = 24,
then which of the following is (are) true?
 
| c |2  | c |2 
(A)  | a | = 12 (B)  | a | = 30
2 2
     
(C) | a  b  c  a |  48 3 (D) a · b = – 72
[JEE (Advanced) 2015, 4]

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Q.31 Column-I Column-II
(A) In a triangle XYZ, let a, b and c be the lengths of the sides (P) 1
opposite to the angles X, Y and Z respectively. If 2 (a2 – b2) = c2
sin ( X  Y )
and  = , then possible values of n for which
sin Z
cos (n) = 0 is (are)
(B) In a triangle XYZ, let a, b and c be the lengths of the sides opposite (Q) 2
to the angles X, Y and Z respectively.
a
If 1 + cos 2X – 2cos 2Y = 2sin X sin Y, then possible value(s) of is (are)
b
(C) In R2, let 3 î  ˆj , î  3 ĵ and  î  (1  ) ĵ be the position vectors (R) 3
of X, Y and Z with respect to the origin O, respectively. If the distance of
3
Z from the bisector of the acute angle of OX with OY is ,
2
then possible value(s) of |  | is (are)
(D) Suppose that F() denotes the area of the region bounded by x = 0, (S) 5
x = 2, y2 = 4x and y = | x – 1 | + | x – 2 | + x, where  {0, 1}.
8 2
Then the value(s) of F() + , when  = 0 and  = 1, is (are) (T) 6
3
[JEE (Advanced) 2015, 2 + 2 + 2 + 2]

   
Q.32 Suppose that p, q and r are three non-coplanar vectors in R3. Let the components of a vector s along
   
p, q and r be 4, 3 and 5 respectively. If the components of this vector s along
        
(  p  q  r ), ( p  q  r ) and (  p,  q  r ) are x, y and z respectively, then the value of 2x + y + z is
[JEE (Advanced) 2015, 4]

Q.33 In R2, if the magnitude of the projection vector of the vector  î   ĵ on 3 î  ˆj is 3 and if
 =2 + 3 , then possible value(s) of |  | is (are)
(A*) 1 (B*) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
[JEE (Advanced) 2015, MTC, 2]

Q.34 Consider a pyramid OPQRS located in the first octant (x  0, y  0, z  0) with O as origin, and OP and
OR along the x-axis and the y-axis, respectively. The base OPQR of the pyramid is a square with
OP = 3. The point S is directly above the mid-point T of diagonal OQ such that TS = 3. Then

(A) the acute angle between OQ and OS is
3
(B) the equation of the plane containing the triangle OQS is x – y = 0
3
(C) the length of the perpendicular from P to the plane containing the triangle OQS is
2

15
(D) the perpendicular distance from O to the straight line containing RS is
2
[JEE (Advanced) 2016, 4]

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Q.35 Let P be the image of the point (3, 1, 7) with respect to the plane x – y + z = 3. Then the equation of the
x y z
plane passing through P and containing the straight line   is [JEE (Advanced) 2016, 3]
1 2 1
(A) x + y – 3z = 0 (B) 3x + z = 0 (C) x – 4y + 7z = 0 (D) 2x – y = 0

1
Q.36 Let û  u1î  u 2 ĵ  u 3k̂ be a unit vector in R3 and ŵ  (î  ˆj  2k̂ ) . Given that there exists a vector
6
  
v in R3 such that | û  v | 1 and ŵ ·(û  v)  1 . Which of the following statement(s) is (are) correct ?

(A) There is exactly one choice for such v

(B) There are infinitely many choices for such v
(C) If û lies in the xy-plane then | u1 | = | u2 |
(D) If û lies in the xz-plane then 2| u1 | = | u3 | [JEE (Advanced) 2016, 4]
Q.37 The equation of the plane passing through the point (1, 1, 1) and perpendicular to the planes
2x + y – 2z = 5 and 3x – 6y – 2z = 7, is [JEE (Advanced) 2017, 3]
(A) – 14x + 2y + 15z = 3 (B) 14x + 2y – 15z = 1
(C) 14x + 2y + 15z = 31 (D) 14x – 2y + 15z = 27

Q.38 Let O be the origin and let PQR be an arbitrary triangle. The point S is such that
OP · OQ  OR · OS = OR · OP  OQ · OS = OQ · OR  OP · OS .
Then the triangle PQR has S as its
(A) circumcentre (B) orthocenter (C) incentre (D) centroid
[JEE (Advanced) 2017, 3]
Paragraph for question 39 & 40
Let O be the origin, and OX , OY , OZ be three unit vectors in the directions of the sides QR , RP ,
PQ , respectively, of a triangle PQR.

Q.39 OX OY =
(A) sin (P + R) (B) sin 2R (C) sin (Q + R) (D) sin (P + Q)

Q.40 If the triangle PQR varies, then the minimum value of cos (P + Q) + cos (Q + R) + cos (R + P) is
3 5 3 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 3 2 3
[JEE (Advanced) 2017, 3 + 3]
Q.41 Let P1 : 2x + y – z = 3 and P2 = x + 2y + z = 2 be two planes. Then, which of the following statement(s)
is (are) TRUE?
(A) The line of intersection of P1 and P2 has direction ratios 1, 2, – 1.
3x  4 1  3 y z
(B) The line   is perpendicular to the line of intersection of P1 and P2.
9 9 3
(C) The acute angle between P1 and P2 is 60°.
(D) If P3 is the plane passing through the point (4, 2, – 2) and perpendicular to the line of intersection of
2
P1 and P2, then the distance of the point (2, 1, 1) from the plane P3 is .
3
[JEE (Advanced) 2018, 4]

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         
Q.42 Let a and b be two unit vectors such that a · b = 0. For some x, y  R, let c  xa  yb  (a  b) .
   
If | c | = 2 and the vector c is inclined at the same angle  to both a and b , then the value of
8cos2 is _______. [JEE (Advanced) 2018, 3]
Q.43 Let P be a point in the first octant, whose image Q in the plane x + y = 3 (that is, the line segment PQ
is perpendicular to the plane x + y = 3 and the mid-point of PQ lies in the plane x + y = 3) lies on the
z-axis. Let the distance of P from the x-axis be 5. If R is the image of P in the xy-plane, then the length
of PR is______. [JEE (Advanced) 2018, 3]
Q.44 Consider the cube in the first octant with sides OP, OQ and OR of length 1, along the x-axis, y-axis and
1 1 1
z-axis, respectively, where O(0, 0, 0) is the origin. Let S , ,  be the centre of the cube and T be
2 2 2

the vertex of the cube opposite to the origin O such that S lies on the diagonal OT. If p  SP ,
      
q  SQ , r  SR and t  ST , then the value of ( p  q)  ( r  t ) is______.
[JEE (Advanced) 2018, 3]
  
Q.45 Let a  2i  ˆj  kˆ and b  iˆ  2ˆj  kˆ be two vectors. Consider a vector c  a  b, ,  R . If the
   
projection of c on the vector (a  b) is 3 2 , then the minimum value of (c  (a  b))  c equals
[IIT Advance - 2019, M, SC]
   
   
  
   a  (c  b) |a|
 , then the
Q.46 In a triangle PQR, let a  QR, b  RP and c  PQ. If | a | 3,| b | 4 and    = 
c  (a  b) | a |  | b |

value of | a  b |2 is: [JEE Advance 2020, M, SC]
 
Q.47 Let a and b be positive real numbers. Suppose PQ  aiˆ  bjˆ and PS  aiˆ  bjˆ are adjacent sides of a
   ˆ ˆ  
parallelogram PQRS, Let u and v be the projection vectors of w  i  j along PQ and PS , respectively..
  
If | u |  | v || w | and if the area of the parallelogram PQRS is 8, then which of the following statements is/
are TRUE? [JEE Advance 2020, M, SC]
(A) a + b = 4
(B) a – b = 2
(C) The length of the diagonal PR of the parallelogram PQRS is 4
  
(D) w is an angle bisector of the vectors PQ and PS

   1  

Q.48 Let O be the origin and OA  2i  2j  k,
 OB  i  2ˆj  2kˆ and OC  (OB  OA) for some   0 . If
2
  9
| OB  OC |  , then which of the following statements is/are TRUE?
2
[JEE Advance 2021, M, SC]
  3
(A) Projection of OC on OA is  VECTORS
2
9
(B) Area of the triangle OAB is
2
9
(C) Area of the triangle ABC is
2
  
(D) The acute angle between the diagonals of the parallelogram with adjacent sides OA and OC is
3

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     
Q.49 Let u, v and w be vectors in three-dimensional space, where u and v are unit vectors which are not
     
perpendicular to each other and u  w  1, v  w  1, w  w  4.
  
If the volume of the parallelepiped, whose adjacent sides are represented by the vectors u, v and w is
 
2, then the value of | 3u  5v | is _____ [JEE Advance 2021, M, SC]

Q.50 Let i, j and k be the unit vectors along the three positive coordinate axes. Let

a  3iˆ  ˆj  k,ˆ

b  i  b 2 j  b 3 k,
 b ,b R
2 3

c  c1 i  c 2 j  c3 k,
 c ,c ,c R
1 2 3

be the vectors such that b2 b3  0, a  b  0 and
 0 c3 c2   1   3  c1 
    
 c3 0 c1   b 2    1  c 2 
 c c1 0    
 2  b3   1  c3 
Then, which of the following is/are TRUE?
[JEE Advance 2022, T, SC]
 
(A) a c  0
 
(B) bc  0

(C) | b | 10

(D) | c | 11

 
Q.51 Let the position vectors of the points P, Q, R and S be a  ˆi  2jˆ  5k,
17 ˆ 16 ˆ
ˆ b  3iˆ  6ˆj  3k,
ˆ c i  j  7kˆ
5 5

and d  2iˆ  ˆj  k,
ˆ respectively. Then which of the following statements is true? [JEE Advanced 2023]
(A) The points P, Q, R and S are NOT coplanar
 
b  2d
(B) is the position vector of a point which divides PR internally in the ratio 5: 4
3
 
b  2d
(C) is the position vector of a point which divides PR externally in the ratio 5: 4
3
 
(D) The square of the magnitude of the vector b  d is 95

Q.52 Let L1 and L2 denote the lines

 ˆ ˆ   R and r  (2iˆ  ˆj  2k),
r  i   (ˆi  2ˆj  2k), ˆ R
respectively. If L3 is a line which is perpendicular to both L1 and L2 and cuts both of them then which of
the following options describe(s) L3? [IIT Advance – 2019, M]
 2
(A) r  (2iˆ  ˆj  2k)
ˆ  t(2iˆ  2ˆj  k),
ˆ t R
9
 2
(B) r  (4iˆ  ˆj  k)
ˆ  t(2iˆ  2jˆ  k),
ˆ t R
9

(C) r  t(2iˆ  2ˆj  k),
ˆ t R
 1
(D) r  (2iˆ  k)
ˆ  t(2iˆ  2jˆ  k),
ˆ tR
3

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Q.53 Three lines are given by

r  ˆi,   R

r  (iˆ  ˆj),   R and

r  v(iˆ  ˆj  k),
ˆ vR
Let the lines cut the plane x + y + z = 1 at the points A, B and C respectively. If the area of the triangle
ABC is  then the value of (6)2 equals [IIT Advance – 2019, M]
Q.54 Three lines

L1 : r  i,   R

L 2 : r  kˆ  j,   R and

L3 : r  i  j  vk,
ˆ vR
are given. For which point(s) Q on L2 can we find a point P on L1 and a point R on L3 so that P, Q and
R are collinear? [ [IIT Advance – 2019, M]

(A) k̂  1 j (B) k̂ (C) k̂  1 j (D) kˆ  ˆj

2 2

Q.55 Let L1 and L2 be the following straight lines.

x 1 y z 1 x 1 y z  1
L1 :   and L2 :  
1 1 3 3 1 1
x   y 1 z  
Suppose the straight line L :   lies in the plane containing L1 and L2, and passes
l m 2
through which of the following statements is/are TRUE? [JEE Advance 2020, T]
(A) a –  = 3 (B) l + m = 2 (C)  –  = 1 (D) l + m = 0

Q.56 Let , , ,  be real numbers such that 2 2  2  0 and     1. Suppose the point (3, 2, –1) is the
mirror image of the point (1, 0, –1) with respect to the plane x  y  z  . Then which of the following
statements is/are TRUE? [JEE Advance 2020, M]
(A) +  = 2 (B) –  = 3 (C)  +  = 4 (D)  +  = 

Q.57 Let S be the reflection of a point Q with respect to the plane given by r  (t  p)iˆ  tjˆ  (1  p)kˆ where
t. p are real parameters and ˆi, ˆj, kˆ are the unit vectors along the three positive coordinate axes. If the
position vectors of Q and S are 10iˆ  15jˆ  20kˆ and ˆi  ˆj  kˆ respectively, then which of the following
is/are TRUE? [JEE Advance 2022, M]
(A) 3(  )  101 (B) 3(   )  71 (C) 3(   )  86 (D) 3(     )  121

Q.58 Let P1 and P2 be two planes given by

P1 : 10x  15y  12z  60  0,
P2 : 2x  5y  4z  20  0.
Which of the following straight lines can be an edge of some tetrahedron whose two faces lie on P1 and
P2? [JEE Advance 2022, M]
x 1 y 1 z 1 x6 y z
(A)   (B)  
0 0 5 5 2 3
x y4 z x y4 z
(C)   (D)  
2 5 4 1 2 3

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Question Stem(for question 59-60)
Let ,  and  be real numbers such that the system of linear equations
x  2y  3z   ; 4x  5y  6z   & 7x  8y  9z    1 is consistent. Let [M] represent the determiant
  2 
 
of the matrix M    1 0  Let P be the plane containing all those (, ,  ) for which the above system
1 0 1 
of linear equations is consistent, and D be the square of the distance of the point (0,1,0) from the plane P.
[JEE Advance 2021]
Q.59 The value of |M| is ____.

Q.60 The value of D is _____.

Q.61 Let Q be the cube with the set of vertices  x1 , x 2 , x 3   R 3 : x1 , x 2 , x 3 {0,1}. Let F be the set of all
twelve lines containing the diagonals of the six faces of the cube Q. Let S be the set of all four lines
containing the main diagonals of the cube Q; for instance, the line passing through the vertices (0, 0, 0)
and (1,1,1) is in S. For lines l1 and l2, let d  1 ,  2  denote the shortest distance between them. Then the
maximum value of d  1 ,  2  as 1 varies over F and l2 varies over S, is [JEE Advance 2023]
1 1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
6 8 3 12

Q.62 Let P be the plane 3x  2y  3z  16 and let

7   

S  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ :  2  2   2  1 and the distance of (a, b,g) from the plane P is  Let u,
2
v and w be
     
three distinct vectors in S such that | u  v || v  w || w  u | . Let V be the volume of the parallelepiped
  80
determined by vectors u, v and w Then the value of V. [JEE Advance 2023]
3

Q.63 Let 1 and  2 be the lines r1  (iˆ  ˆj  k)

ˆ and r  (ˆj  k)
2
ˆ  (iˆ  k),
ˆ respectively. Let X be the set of all
the planes H that contain the line 1. For a plane H, let d(H) denote the smallest possible distance
between the points of  2 and H. Let H0 be a plane in X for which d  H0  is the maximum value of d(H)
as H varies over all planes in X. [JEE Advance 2023]
Match each entry in List-I to the correct entries in List-II.
List-I List-II
(P) The value of d  H0  is (1) 3
1
(Q) The distance of the point (0, 1, 2) from H0 is (2)
3
(R) The distance of origin from H0 is (3) 0
(S) The distance of origin from the point of intersection (4) 2
of planes y = z, x = 1 and H0 is
1
(5)
2
The correct option is:
(A) (P)(2) (Q)(4) (R)(5) (S)(1)
(B) (P)(5) (Q)(4) (R)(3) (S)(1)
(C) (P)(2) (Q)(1) (R)(3) (S)(2)
(D) (P)(5) (Q)(1) (R)(4) (S)(2)

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  α  1  
ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ β 1 ˆ ˆ 1
Q.64 Let OP  α i  j  k,OQ  i  β j  k and OR  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ be three vectors, where α,β    0
2
  
and O denotes the origin. If  OP  OQ   OR  0 and the point  α,β,2  lies on the plane 3x  3y  z  l  0 ,
then the value of l is: [JEE Advance 2024]

Q.65 Let p  2i j 3k and q  i j k . If for some real numbers α,β , and , we have
ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ

ˆ ˆ ˆ      
15i  10 j 6 k  α  2p  q   β  p  2q   γ  p  q  , then the value of  is: [JEE Advance 2024]

Q.66 Let 3 denote the three-dimensional space. Take two points P  1,2,3 and Q   4, 2,7  . Let dist  X,Y 
denote the distance between two points X and Y in 3 . Let

   
S  X   3 : (dist  X, P ) 2  (dist  X,Q )2  50 and T  Y  3 : (dist  Y, Q ) 2  (dist  Y, P ) 2  50 .
Then which of the following statements is (are) TRUE? [JEE Advance 2024]
(A) There is a triangle whose area is 1 and all of whose vertices are from S.
(B) There are two distinct points L and M in T such that each point on the line segment LM is also inT.
(C) There are infinitely many rectangles of perimeter 48 , two of whosevertices are from S and the
other two vertices are from T.
(D) There is a square of perimeter 48, two of whose vertices are from S and the other two vertices are
from T.
x2 y4 z6
Q.67 A straight line drawn from the point P 1,3, 2  , parallel to the line   , intersects the
1 2 1
plane L1 : x  y  3z  6 at the point Q. Another straight line which passes through Q and is perpendicular
to the plane L1 intersects the plane L2 : 2x  y  z  4 at the point R. Then which of the following
statements is (are) TRUE? [JEE Advance 2024]
(A) The length of the line segment PQ is 6
(B) The coordinates of R are 1,6,3

 4 14 5 
(C) The centroid of the triangle PQR is  , , 
 3 3 3
(D) The perimeter of the triangle PQR is 2  6  11

x  11 y  21 z  29 x  16 y  11 z  4
Q.68 Let    be such that the lines L1 :   and L2 : 3  2   intersect.
1 2 3
Let R1 be the point of intersection of L1 and L2 . Let O  (0,0,0) , and n̂ denote a unit normal vector
to the plane containing both the lines I1 and L 2 . Match each entry in List-I to the correct entry in List-
II. [JEE Advance 2024]

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 The correct option is
(A) (P)(3); (Q)(4); (R)(1); (S)(2)
(B) (P)(5); (Q)(4); (R)(1); (S)(2)
(C) (P)(3); (Q)(4); (R)(1); (S)(5)
(D) (P)(3); (Q)(1); (R)(4); (S)(5)

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Q.1 Given non zero number x1, x2, x3 ; y1, y2, y3 and z1, z2 and z3

(i) Can the given numbers satisfy

x1 x2 x3 x1x 2  y1y 2  z1z 2  0

y1 y2 y3 = 0 and x 2 x 3  y 2 y 3  z 2 z 3  0
z1 z2 z3 x 3x1  y 3 y1  z 3z1  0

(ii) If xi > 0 and yi < 0 for all i = 1, 2, 3 and P = (x1, x2, x3) ; Q (y1, y2, y3) and O (0, 0, 0) can the triangle
POQ be a right angled triangle?

Q.2 The position vectors of the vertices A, B and C of a tetrahedron are (1, 1, 1), (1, 0, 0) and (3, 0, 0)
respectively. The altitude from the vertex D to the opposite face ABC meets the median line throughA of
the triangle ABC at a point E. If the length of side AD is 4 and volume of the tetrahedron is 2 2 3 then
find the all possible position vectors of the point E.

Q.3 Suppose in a tetrahedron ABCD, AB = 1; CD = 3 ; the distance and angle between the skew lines AB
and CD are 2 and  3 respectively. If the volume of the tetrahedron is V then find the value of (60V).

Q.4 If volume of a regular tetrahedron of edge length k is V and shortest distance between any pair of
d3
opposite edges of same regular tetrahedron is d, then find the value of .
V

Q.5 Find the equation of the line passing through the point (4, –14, 4) and intersecting the line of intersection
of the planes : 3x + 2y – z = 5 and x – 2y – 2z = –1 at right angles.

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Q.6 Solve the simultaneous vector equations for the vectors x and y .
        
x  c  y  a and y  c  x  b where c is a non zero vector..
Q.7 Let the equation of the plane containing the line x – y – z – 4 = 0 = x + y + 2z – 4 and is parallel to the
line of intersection of the planes 2x + 3y + z = 1 and x + 3y + 2z = 2 be x + Ay + Bz + C = 0.
Compute the value of | A + B + C |.

Q.8 Let P1 be a plane passing through two points A(1, 2, 0) and B(2, – 1, 1) and perpendicular to
r · (i  j  3k )  1 . Let L be a line through (1, 1, 1) and intersect at right angle to the line of intersection
of planes P1 and P2 where equation of plane P2 is r · (i  j  k )  5 . If the equation of line L is

x 1 y  y1 z  z1  2 y1  z1 
  , then find the value of   .
1 b c  bc 

Q.9(a) A ray of light emanating from the point source P( î  3ˆj  2k̂ ) and travelling parallel to the line
x  2 y z 1
  is incident on the plane x + y – 3z = 0 at the point Q. After reflection from the plane
1 3 2
the ray travels along the line QR. It is also known that the incident ray; reflected ray and the normal to the
plane at the point of incident are in the same plane.
(i) Find the position vector of Q.
(ii) Find the vector equation of line QR .
(iii) Find the equation of plane in Cartesian form.

Q.9(b) Let the equation of plane passing through the line of intersection of planes P1 : 2x – 5y + z – 3 = 0
and P2 : x + y + 4z – 5 = 0 and parallel to the plane P3 : x + 3y + 6z – 1 = 0 is P4 : x + 3y + 6z = k.
(i) Find the value of k.
(ii) Find the least distance between planes P3 and P4.
(iii) If the plane P 4 intersects x-axis, y-axis and z-axis at A, B and C respectively then
find the value of area of triangle ABC.

Q.10(a) Consider a plane passing through three points A(a, 0, 0), B(0, b, 0), C(0, 0, c) with a > 0, b > 0, c > 0.
Let d be the distance between the origin O and the plane and m be the distance between the
origin O and the point M(a, b, c). If a, b, c vary in the range of any positive numbers, then find the
2
m
minimum value of   .
d
(b) Let A1, A2, A3, A4 be the areas of the triangular faces of a tetrahedron, and h1, h2, h3, h4 be the
corresponding altitudes of the tetrahedron. If volume of tetrahedron is 5 cubic units, then find the minimum
value of (A1 + A2 + A3 + A4) (h1 + h2 + h3 + h4) (in cubic units).

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 ANSWER KEY
ASSIGNMENT
SECTION-A [VECTOR]
Q.1 (b) externally in the ratio 1 : 3 Q.2 x = 2, y = 1
Q.3 2:1
Q.4 (i) parallel (ii) the lines intersect at the point p.v.  2 i  2 j (iii) lines are skew

Q.5 2 1 Q.6 9

1 1 1
Q.7 35 Q.8 (a) i  j k , (c) Range: [3, 5]
2 2 2

3
Q.9 (a) , (b) 51 Q.10 34
2
Q.11 7 Q.12 (a) ± 3( î  2ˆj  2k̂ ), (b) y = 3 or y = – 1

4 1 1 1
Q.13 î  ĵ  k̂ Q.14  (î  5 ĵ  k̂ )
2 2 2 3 3

6 3 5
Q.15 (i) 14 (ii) 6 (iii) 10 (iv) 6 Q.16
7 5 6

Q.17 25 Q.18 p.v. of R = r = 3i + 3k
( 1) n 
Q.19  n   , n  I &  1
2

Q.21 
 3 î  3ˆj  4k̂  Q.22  = 2/3 ; if  = 0 then vector product is  60 2 i  k 
Q.23 101 Q.25 6
Q.26  = – 1,  = – 2,  = 3 Q.27 2 Q.28 13 Q.29 189

SECTION-B [THREE DIMENSION GEOMETRY]

x y z x y z
Q.1 212 Q.2  = 900 Q.3   or  
1 2 1 1 1  2

x 1 y  2 z  3 x 1 y  2 z  3
Q.4   Q.5  
2 2 3 6 13 17
Q.6 10 Q.7 (1, –2, – 4)
3 2x 2 y z  3 
Q.8 (a) ; (b)   = 1; (c)  0, , 0  ; (d) x = 2t + 2 ; y = 2t + 1 and z = – t + 3
2 3 3 3  2 

x  2 y 1 z 3 x y z 19
Q.9   Q.10    1 , Area = sq. units
11  10 2 2 3 5 2

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Q.11 p = 3, (2, 1, –3) ; x + y + z = 0 Q.12 2x + 3y + z + 4 = 0
x  4 y 1 z  7
Q.13   Q.14 (a) 3 ; (b) x + y – 2z + 1 = 0; (c) x – 2y + z = 5; (d) /3; (e) 4
9 1 3
Q.15 9 Q.16 x – 2y + 2z – 1 = 0; 2 units
Q.17 4 Q.18 4

JEE ADVANCED PYQ

Q.1 (a) B (b) C Q.3 (a) B ; (b) C Q.5 D
Q.6 (i) x + y – 2z = 3 ; (ii) (6, 5, –2)
Q.8 (a) B, (b) B, (c) A Q.9 (b) 9/2 cubic units
Q.10 (a) D; (b) 2x – y + z – 3 = 0 and 62x + 29y + 19z – 105 = 0, (c) ŵ = v̂ – 2( â · v̂ ) â
Q.11 (a) D; (b) A; (c) B ; (d) (A) Q, R; (B) P, (C) S, (D) P; (e) (A) Q, (B) Q, (C) R, (D) P
Q.12 (a) C; (b) B; (c) C; (d) D; (e) (A) R; (B) Q; (C) P; (D) S
Q.13 (a) A; (b) A; (c) D; (d) (i) B; (ii) D; (iii) C
Q.14 (a) A ; (b) C ; (c) C ; (d) (A) Q, S ; (B) P, R, S, T ; (C) T ; (D) R ; (e) 7
Q.15 (a) C ; (b) B ; (c) A ; (d) 5 ; (e) 6; (f) (A) t (B) p,r (C) q (D) r
Q.16 (a) C, (b) AD, (c) 9
Q.17 (a) A, (b) A, (c) C, (d) BC, (e) 3
Q.18 D Q.19 C Q.20 BD Q.21 AD Q.22 5
Q.23 C Q.24 A Q.25 C Q.26 ABC Q.27 4
Q.28 BD Q.29 AB Q.30 ACD
Q.31 (A) PRS ; (B) P ; (C) PQ ; (D) ST Q.32 BONUS Q.33 A Q.34 BCD
Q.35 C Q.36 BC Q.37 C Q.38 B Q.39 D
Q.40 A Q.41 CD Q.42 3.00 Q.43 8.00 Q.44 0.50
Q.45 18.00 Q.46 108 Q.47 AC Q.48 ABC Q.49 7
Q.50 BCD Q.51 B Q.52 ABD Q.53 0.75 Q.54 AC
Q.55 AB Q.56 ABC Q.57 ABC Q.58 ABD Q.59 1
Q.60 1.5 Q.61 A Q.62 45 Q.63 B Q.64 5
Q.65 2 Q.66 ABC Q.67 AC Q.68 C

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Q.1 NO, NO Q.2 (–1, 3, 3) and (3, – 1, – 1)
Q.3 30 Q.4 3
         
x  4 y  14 z  4  a  (c. a ) c  b  c b  ( c. b) c  a  c
Q.5   Q.6 x  , y 
3 10 4 1  c2 1 c2
Q.7 11 Q.8 9
Q.9 (a) (i)  3î  15 ĵ  6k̂ ; (ii) r  (12î  22 ĵ  4k̂ )   (15î  37 ĵ  10k̂ ) ; (iii) 11x – 5y + 2z = 30 ;

6 49 46
(b) (i) 7 ; (ii) ; (iii)
46 36
Q.10 (a) 9, (b) 240

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