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JEE Main · Maths · Vector Algebra

Independence of Three Vectors

JEE Main asked Independence of Three Vectors once in the 108 shifts Lumi analysed, on 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1. It belongs to Linear Independence, in Vector Algebra (Maths).

Updated 2026-10-24

Times asked
1
in 1 shift
Years
1 of 8
First asked
2022
the only year
Pattern
Occasional
asked once so far

Questions on this idea a shift, by year

2017–2026. Asked in 2022. Years differ in how many shifts Lumi analysed, so each year is scaled to one shift of 25 Maths questions.

00.050.10’170’200’210.04’220’230’240’250’26

Raw count: 2017: 0 in 1 shift · 2020: 0 in 12 shifts · 2021: 0 in 24 shifts · 2022: 1 in 24 shifts · 2023: 0 in 12 shifts · 2024: 0 in 18 shifts · 2025: 0 in 8 shifts · 2026: 0 in 9 shifts.

Shift by shift

Each square is one analysed shift, in date order. Open a filled one for that paper.

  • 20260 of 9
  • 20250 of 8
  • 20240 of 18
  • 20230 of 12
  • 20221 of 24
  • 20210 of 24
  • 20200 of 12
  • 20170 of 1

Asked in that shift More than once Not asked

How JEE Main framed it

Single correct is the usual form. Skill tested: calculation.

  • Parameter set for independent vectors

Difficulty

Easy 1Medium 0Hard 0

The question was multiple choice.

Every question

The question

From the official JEE Main shift papers, newest first. Open one for the full question, the options and the official answer.

  1. 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1 · Q3Let the vectors a⃗=(1+t)i^+(1−t)j^+k^, b⃗=(1−t)i^+(1+t)j^+2k^\vec{a}=(1+t)\hat{i}+(1-t)\hat{j}+\hat{k},\ \vec{b}=(1-t)\hat{i}+(1+t)\hat{j}+2\hat{k} and…EasySingle correct

Shift: 28 Jul 2022, Shift 1.

Same topic

Other ideas in Linear Independence

Linear Independence has 5 ideas JEE Main has asked; 1 of them came up in more than one question.

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