VECTORS
1. The vector projection of a vector 3ˆi 4 kˆ on y-axis is
(a) 5 (b) 4
(c) 3 (d) Zero
2. If a particle moves from point P (2,3,5) to point Q (3,4,5). Its displacement vector be
(a) ˆi ˆj 10 kˆ (b) ˆi ˆj 5 kˆ
(c) ˆi ˆj (d) 2ˆi 4 ˆj 6 kˆ
3. A force of 5 N acts on a particle along a direction making an angle of 60° with vertical. Its
vertical component be
(a) 10 N (b) 3 N
(c) 4 N (d) 2.5 N
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4. If A 3i 4 j and B 7 i 24 j, the vector having the same magnitude as B and parallel to A is
(a) 5ˆi 20 ˆj (b) 15ˆi 10 ˆj
(c) 20ˆi 15 ˆj (d) 15ˆi 20 ˆj
5. How many minimum number of coplanar vectors having different magnitudes can be added to
give zero resultant
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 5
6. 100 coplanar forces each equal to 10 N act on a body. Each force makes angle / 50 with the
preceding force. What is the resultant of the forces
(a) 1000 N (b) 500 N
(c) 250 N (d) Zero
7. The magnitude of a given vector with end points (4, – 4, 0) and (– 2, – 2, 0) must be
(a) 6 (b) 5 2
(c) 4 (d) 2 10
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8. Given vector A 2i 3 j, the angle between A and y-axis is
(a) tan 1 3 / 2 (b) tan 1 2 / 3
(c) sin 1 2 / 3 (d) cos 1 2 / 3
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9. The unit vector along i j is
(a) kˆ (b) ˆi ˆj
ˆi ˆj ˆi ˆj
(c) (d)
2 2
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10. A vector is represented by 3 i j 2 k . Its length in XY plane is
(a) 2 (b) 14
(c) 10 (d) 5
11. Five equal forces of 10 N each are applied at one point and all are lying in one plane. If the
angles between them are equal, the resultant force will be
(a) Zero (b) 10 N
(c) 20 N (d) 10 2 N
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12. The angle made by the vector A i j with x- axis is
(a) 90° (b) 45°
(c) 22.5° (d) 30°
13. Any vector in an arbitrary direction can always be replaced by two (or three)
(a) Parallel vectors which have the original vector as their resultant
(b) Mutually perpendicular vectors which have the original vector as their resultant
(c) Arbitrary vectors which have the original vector as their resultant
(d) It is not possible to resolve a vector
14. Which of the following is a vector
(a) Pressure (b) Surface tension
(c) Moment of inertia (d) None of these
15. If P Q then which of the following is NOT correct
(a) Pˆ Qˆ (b) | P| | Q|
(c) PQˆ QPˆ ˆ
ˆ Q
(d) P Q P
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16. The angle between the two vectors A 3i 4 j 5k and B 3iˆ 4 ˆj 5kˆ is
(a) 60° (b) Zero
(c) 90° (d) None of these
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17. Unit vector parallel to the resultant of vectors A 4 i 3 j and B 8 i 8 j will be
24 ˆi 5 ˆj 12ˆi 5 ˆj
(a) (b)
13 13
6ˆi 5 ˆj
(c) (d) None of these
13
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18. The component of vector A 2i 3 j along the vector i j is
5
(a) (b) 10 2
2
(c) 5 2 (d) 5
19. There are two force vectors, one of 5 N and other of 12 N at what angle the two vectors be added
to get resultant vector of 17 N, 7 N and 13 N respectively
(a) 0°, 180° and 90° (b) 0°, 90° and 180°
(c) 0°, 90° and 90° (d) 180°, 0° and 90°
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20. If A 4 i 3 j and B 6 i 8 j then magnitude and direction of A B will be
(a) 5, tan 1 (3 / 4 ) (b) 5 5 , tan 1 (1 / 2)
(c) 10 , tan 1 (5) (d) 25, tan 1 (3 / 4 )
21. If the sum of two unit vectors is a unit vector, then magnitude of difference is
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 1 / 2 (d) 5
22. Two forces, each of magnitude F have a resultant of the same magnitude F. The angle between
the two forces is
(a) 45° (b) 120°
(c) 150° (d) 60°
23. For the resultant of the two vectors to be maximum, what must be the angle between them
(a) 0° (b) 60°
(c) 90° (d) 180°
24. A particle is simultaneously acted by two forces equal to 4 N and 3 N. The net force on the
particle is
(a) 7 N (b) 5 N
(c) 1 N (d) Between 1 N and 7 N
25. If the resultant of the two forces has a magnitude smaller than the magnitude of larger force,
the two forces must be
(a) Different both in magnitude and direction
(b) Mutually perpendicular to one another
(c) Possess extremely small magnitude
(d) Point in opposite directions
26. Forces F1 and F2 act on a point mass in two mutually perpendicular directions. The resultant
force on the point mass will be
(a) F1 F2 (b) F1 F2
(c) F12 F22 (d) F12 F22
27. If | A B | | A | | B |, the angle between A and B is
(a) 60° (b) 0°
(c) 120° (d) 90°
28. The magnitude of vector A, B and C are respectively 12, 5 and 13 units and A B C then the
angle between A and B is
(a) 0 (b)
(c) / 2 (d) / 4
29. Maximum and minimum magnitudes of the resultant of two vectors of magnitudes P and Q are
in the ratio 3 : 1. Which of the following relations is true
(a) P 2Q (b) P Q
(c) PQ 1 (d) None of these
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30. A body is at rest under the action of three forces, two of which are F1 4 i , F2 6 j, the third force
is
(a) 4ˆi 6 ˆj (b) 4ˆi 6 ˆj
(c) 4ˆi 6 ˆj (d) 4ˆi 6 ˆj
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31. What displacement must be added to the displacement 25 i 6 j m to give a displacement of 7.0
m pointing in the x- direction
(a) 18ˆi 6 ˆj (b) 32ˆi 13 ˆj
(c) 18ˆi 6 ˆj (d) 25ˆi 13 ˆj
32. A person goes 10 km north and 20 km east. What will be displacement from initial point
(a) 22.36 km (b) 2 km
(c) 5 km (d) 20 km
33. Which pair of the following forces will never give resultant force of 2 N
(a) 2 N and 2 N (b) 1 N and 1 N
(c) 1 N and 3 N (d) 1 N and 4 N
34. Three concurrent forces of the same magnitude are in equilibrium. What is the angle between
the forces ? Also name the triangle formed by the forces as sides
(a) 60° equilateral triangle
(b) 120° equilateral triangle
(c) 120°, 30°, 30° an isosceles triangle
(d) 120° an obtuse angled triangle
35. If | A B| | A| | B| , then angle between A and B will be
(a) 90° (b) 120°
(c) 0° (d) 60°
36. The vector sum of two forces is perpendicular to their vector differences. In that case, the forces
(a) Are equal to each other in magnitude
(b) Are not equal to each other in magnitude
(c) Cannot be predicted
(d) Are equal to each other
37. Two equal forces (P each) act at a point inclined to each other at an angle of 120°. The magnitude
of their resultant is
(a) P / 2 (b) P / 4
(c) P (d) 2P
A and B
38. Two vectors are such that A B A B . Then
(a) A . B 0 (b) A B 0
(c) A 0 (d) B 0
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39. If a vector 2i 3 j 8 k is perpendicular to the vector 4 j 4 i k . Then the value of is
(a) –1 (b) 1
2
(c) 1 (d) 1
2
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40. If two vectors 2i 3 j k and 4 i 6 j k are parallel to each other then value of be
(a) 0 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4
41. A body, acted upon by a force of 50 N is displaced through a distance 10 meter in a direction
making an angle of 60° with the force. The work done by the force be
(a) 200 J (b) 100 J
(c) 300 (d) 250 J
42. If for two vector A and B , sum ( A B) is perpendicular to the difference
( A B) . The
ratio of their magnitude is
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) None of these
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43. If A 3 i j 2k and B 2i 2 j 4 k then value of | A B | will be
(a) 8 2 (b) 8 3
(c) 8 5 (d) 5 8
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44. The torque of the force F (2i 3 j 4 k )N acting at the point r (3i 2 j 3k ) m about the origin
be
(a) 6ˆi 6 ˆj 12 kˆ (b) 17ˆi 6 ˆj 13 kˆ
(c) 6ˆi 6 ˆj 12 kˆ (d) 17ˆi 6 ˆj 13 kˆ
45. If A B C, then which of the following statements is wrong
(a) C A (b) C B
(c) C ( A B) (d) C ( A B)
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46. Consider two vectors F1 2i 5k and F 2 3 j 4 k . The magnitude of the scalar product of these
vectors is
(a) 20 (b) 23
(c) 5 33 (d) 26
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47. Consider a vector F 4 i 3 j. Another vector that is perpendicular to F is
(a) 4ˆi 3ˆj (b) 6 î
(c) 7 kˆ (d) 3ˆi 4 ˆj
48. Two vectors A and B are at right angles to each other, when
(a) A B 0 (b) A B 0
(c) A B 0 (d) A . B 0
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49. The angle between two vectors 2i 3 j k and i 2 j 4 k is
(a) 0° (b) 90°
(c) 180° (d) None of the above
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50. The angle between the vectors (i j) and ( j k ) is
(a) 30° (b) 45°
(c) 60° (d) 90°
51. If P .Q PQ, then angle between P and Q is
(a) 0° (b) 30°
(c) 45° (d) 60°
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52. A force F 5 i 6 j 4 k acting on a body, produces a displacement S 6ˆi 5kˆ . Work done by the
force is
(a) 10 units (b) 18 units
(c) 11 units (d) 5 units
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53. The angle between the two vectors A 5i 5 j and B 5i 5 j will be
(a) Zero (b) 45°
(c) 90° (d) 180°
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54. The area of the parallelogram represented by the vectors A 2i 3 j and B i 4 j is
(a) 14 units (b) 7.5 units
(c) 10 units (d) 5 units
55. A vector F 1 is along the positive X-axis. If its vector product with another vector F 2 is zero then
F2 could be
(a) 4 ˆj (b) (ˆi ˆj)
(c) (ˆj kˆ ) (d) (4ˆi )
56. The resultant of the two vectors having magnitude 2 and 3 is 1. What is their cross product
(a) 6 (b) 3
(c) 1 (d) 0
57. A vector A points vertically upward and B points towards north. The vector product A B
is [UPSEAT 2000]
(a) Zero (b) Along west
(c) Along east (d) Vertically downward
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58. Angle between the vectors (i j) and ( j k ) is
(a) 90° (b) 0°
(c) 180° (d) 60°
59. In an clockwise system
(a) ˆj kˆ ˆi (b) ˆi . ˆi 0
(c) ˆj ˆj 1 (d) kˆ . ˆj 1
60. The position of a particle is given by r (i 2 j k ) momentum P (3i 4 j 2k ). The angular
momentum is perpendicular to
(a) x-axis
(b) y-axis
(c) z-axis
(d) Line at equal angles to all the three axes
61. Two vector A and B have equal magnitudes. Then the vector A + B is perpendicular to
(a) AB (b) A – B
(c) 3A – 3B (d) All of these
62. The value of ( A B) ( A B) is
(a) 0 (b) A 2 B 2
(c) B A (d) 2(B A)
63. Dot product of two mutual perpendicular vector is
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) (d) None of these
64. If a vector A is parallel to another vector B then the resultant of the vector A B will be equal
to
(a) A (b) A
(c) Zero vector (d) Zero
