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(c) 4 (d) 5
10. A hall has the dimensions 10 m 12 m 14 m. A fly starting at one
corner ends up at a diametrically opposite corner. What is the
magnitude of its displacement
(a) 17 (b) 26
Fundamentals of Vectors (c) 36 (d) 20
11. 100 coplanar forces each equal to 10 N act on a body. Each force
1. The vector projection of a vector 3 i 4 k on -axis is
makes angle / 50 with the preceding force. What is the resultant
[RPMT 2004]
of the forces
(a) 5 (b) 4
(a) 1000 (b) 500
(c) 3 (d) Zero
(c) 250 (d) Zero
2. Position of a particle in a rectangular-co-ordinate system is (3, 2, 5).
Then its position vector will be 12. The magnitude of a given vector with end points (4, 4, 0) and (
2, 2, 0) must be
(a) 3i 5j 2k (b) 3i 2j 5k
(a) 6 (b) 5 2
(c) 5i 3j 2k (d) None of these
(c) 4 (d) 2 10
3. If a particle moves from point (2,3,5) to point (3,4,5). Its
displacement vector be 1 1
13. The expression i j is a
(a) i j 10 k (b) i j 5k 2 2
(a) Unit vector (b) Null vector
(c) i j (d) 2i 4 j 6k
4. A force of 5 acts on a particle along a direction making an angle of (c) Vector of magnitude 2 (d) Scalar
60° with vertical. Its vertical component be
14. Given vector A 2i 3 j, the angle between A and -axis is
(a) 10 (b) 3
[CPMT 1993]
(c) 4 (d) 2.5
1 1
(a) tan 3/2 (b) tan 2/3
5. If A 3i 4 j and B 7 i 24 j, the vector having the same
magnitude as and parallel to is 1 1
(c) sin 2/3 (d) cos 2/3
(a) 5i 20 j (b) 15 i 10 j 15. The unit vector along i j is
(c) 20 i 15 j (d) 15 i 20 j (a) k (b) i j
6. Vector A makes equal angles with and axis. Value of its i j i j
(c) (d)
components (in terms of magnitude of A ) will be 2 2
A A
(a) (b) 16. A vector is represented by 3 i j 2 k . Its length in plane is
3 2
(a) 2 (b) 14
3
(c) 3A (d)
A (c) 10 (d) 5
17. Five equal forces of 10 each are applied at one point and all are
7. If A 2i 4j 5 k the direction of cosines of the vector A are
lying in one plane. If the angles between them are equal, the
2 4 5 1 2 3 resultant force will be [CBSE PMT 1995]
(a) , and (b) , and
45 45 45 45 45 45 (a) Zero (b) 10
4 4 3 2 5 (c) 20 (d) 10 2 N
(c) , 0 and (d) , and
45 45 45 45 45 18. The angle made by the vector A i j with axis is
8. The vector that must be added to the vector i 3 j 2k and [EAMCET (Engg.) 1999]
(a) 90° (b) 45°
3i 6 j 7k so that the resultant vector is a unit vector along
(c) 22.5° (d) 30°
the -axis is
19. Any vector in an arbitrary direction can always be replaced by two
(a) 4i 2j 5k (b) 4i 2 j 5k (or three)
(a) Parallel vectors which have the original vector as their
(c) 3i 4 j 5k (d) Null vector resultant
9. How many minimum number of coplanar vectors having different (b) Mutually perpendicular vectors which have the original vector
magnitudes can be added to give zero resultant as their resultant
(a) 2 (b) 3
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(c) Arbitrary vectors which have the original vector as their
where i , j, k are unit vectors, along the , and axis respectively.
resultant
(d) It is not possible to resolve a vector The unit vectors r along the direction of sum of these vector is
[Kerala CET (Engg.) 2003]
20. Angular momentum is [MNR 1986]
(a) A scalar (b) A polar vector 1 1
(a) r (i j k) (b) r (i j k)
(c) An axial vector (d) None of these 3 2
21. Which of the following is a vector
1 1
(a) Pressure (b) Surface tension (c) r (i j k) (d) r (i j k)
3 2
(c) Moment of inertia (d) None of these

22. If P Q then which of the following is NOT correct 30. The angle between the two vectors A 3i 4 j 5 k and

(a) P Q (b) | P| | Q| B 3i 4 j 5 k is [DPMT 2000]

(a) 60° (b) Zero

(c) PQ QP (d) P Q P Q
(c) 90° (d) None of these
23. The position vector of a particle is r (a cos t)i (a sin t) j .
The velocity of the particle is [CBSE PMT 1995] 31. The position vector of a particle is determined by the expression
(a) Parallel to the position vector r 3 t 2i 4 t 2 j 7k
(b) Perpendicular to the position vector The distance traversed in first 10 is [DPMT 2002]
(c) Directed towards the origin
(a) 500 (b) 300
(d) Directed away from the origin
24. Which of the following is a scalar quantity [AFMC 1998] (c) 150 (d) 100
(a) Displacement (b) Electric field
32. Unit vector parallel to the resultant of vectors A 4i 3 j and
(c) Acceleration (d) Work
B 8i 8 j will be [BHU 1995]
25. If a unit vector is represented by 0 .5 i 0.8 j ck , then the value
[CBSE PMT 1999; EAMCET 1994] 24 i 5 j 12i 5 j
(a) (b)
(a) 1 (b) 0 .11 13 13

(c) 0 .01 (d) 0 .39 6i 5j

(c) (d) None of these
26. A boy walks uniformally along the sides of a rectangular park of size 13
400 × 300 , starting from one corner to the other corner
diagonally opposite. Which of the following statement is incorrect 33. The component of vector A 2i 3 j along the vector i j is
[HP PMT 1999] [KCET 1997]
(a) He has travelled a distance of 700
5
(b) His displacement is 700 (a) (b) 10 2
2
(c) His displacement is 500
(d) His velocity is not uniform throughout the walk
(c) 5 2 (d) 5
27. The unit vector parallel to the resultant of the vectors
A 4i 3 j 6 k and B i 3 j 8 k is [EAMCET 2000] 34. The angle between the two vectors A 3i 4 j 5k and
1 1 B 3i 4 j 5k will be [Pb. CET 2001]
(a) (3i 6 j 2k ) (b) (3i 6j 2k )
7 7
(a) 90° (b) 0°
1 1
(c) (3i 6 j 2k ) (d) (3i 6 j 2k ) (c) 60° (d) 45°
49 49
28. Surface area is [J&K CET 2002]
Addition and Subtraction of Vectors
(a) Scalar (b) Vector
1. There are two force vectors, one of 5 and other of 12 at what
(c) Neither scalar nor vector (d) Both scalar and vector angle the two vectors be added to get resultant vector of 17 , 7
and 13 respectively
29. With respect to a rectangular cartesian coordinate system, three (a) 0°, 180° and 90° (b) 0°, 90° and 180°
vectors are expressed as
(c) 0°, 90° and 90° (d) 180°, 0° and 90°
a 4i j, b 3i 2 j and c k 2. If A 4i 3 j and B 6i 8 j then magnitude and direction of
A B will be
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(a) 5, tan 1 (3 / 4 ) (b) 5 5 , tan 1 (1 / 2) 12. Forces F1 and F2 act on a point mass in two mutually
perpendicular directions. The resultant force on the point mass will
(c) 10, tan 1 (5) (d) 25, tan 1 (3 / 4 ) be [CPMT 1991]
3. A truck travelling due north at 20 turns west and travels at the (a) F1 F2 (b) F1 F2
same speed. The change in its velocity be
[UPSEAT 1999] (c) F12 F22 (d) F12 F22

(a) 40 (b) 20 2 13. If | A B | | A | | B |, the angle between A and B is

(c) 40 (d) 20 2 (a) 60° (b) 0°
(c) 120° (d) 90°
4. If the sum of two unit vectors is a unit vector, then magnitude of
difference is [CPMT 1995; CBSE PMT 1989] 14. Let the angle between two nonzero vectors A and B be 120° and
(a) 2 (b) 3 resultant be C

(c) 1/ 2 (d) 5 (a) C must be equal to | A B |

5. A 2i j, B 3 j k and C 6i 2k . (b) C must be less than | A B |

Value of A 2B 3C would be (c) C must be greater than | A B |

(a) 20 i 5j 4k (b) 20i 5j 4k (d) C may be equal to | A B |
(c) 4i 5j 20k (d) 5i 4 j 10k 15. The magnitude of vector A, B and C are respectively 12, 5 and 13
6. An object of with speed of strikes a wall at an angle
units and A B C then the angle between A and B is
and rebounds at the same speed and same angle. The magnitude of
the change in momentum of the object will be (a) 0 (b)
(c) /2 (d) /4
(a) 2m v cos
16. Magnitude of vector which comes on addition of two vectors,
(b) 2 m v sin
6 i 7 j and 3i 4 j is [BHU 2000]
(c) 0
1 2 (a) 136 (b) 13.2
(d) 2mv
(c) 202 (d) 160
7. Two forces, each of magnitude have a resultant of the same
magnitude The angle between the two forces is 17. A particle has displacement of 12 towards east and 5 towards
north then 6 vertically upward. The sum of these displacements is
[CBSE PMT 1990]
(a) 12 (b) 10.04
(a) 45° (b) 120° (c) 14.31 (d) None of these
(c) 150° (d) 60°
18. The three vectors A 3i 2 j k, B i 3 j 5k and
8. For the resultant of the two vectors to be maximum, what must be
the angle between them C 2i j 4 k form
(a) 0° (b) 60° (a) An equilateral triangle (b) Isosceles triangle
(c) 90° (d) 180° (c) A right angled triangle (d) No triangle
9. A particle is simultaneously acted by two forces equal to 4 and 3 19. For the figure
. The net force on the particle is [CPMT 1979]
(a) A B C
(a) 7 (b) 5
(c) 1 (d) Between 1 and 7 (b) B C A C
B
10. Two vectors A and B lie in a plane, another vector C lies outside (c) C A B
this plane, then the resultant of these three vectors A B C [CPMT
(d) A 1983]
B C 0
(a) Can be zero A
(b) Cannot be zero 20. Let C A B then

(c) Lies in the plane containing A B (a) | C | is always greater then | A |

(d) Lies in the plane containing C (b) It is possible to have | C | | A | and | C | | B |
11. If the resultant of the two forces has a magnitude smaller than the
magnitude of larger force, the two forces must be (c) is always equal to +
(a) Different both in magnitude and direction (d) is never equal to +
(b) Mutually perpendicular to one another 21. The value of the sum of two vectors A and B with as the
(c) Possess extremely small magnitude angle between them is [BHU 1996]
(d) Point in opposite directions
(a) A2 B2 2 AB cos (b) A2 B2 2 AB cos