MATHEMATICS

F.Sc / ICS – 2nd Year

Practice Sheet Chapter 7
MCQs
(1) The angle between the vectors 2 i  3 j  k and 2i  j  k is:
(A) 90o (B) 45o (C) 60o (D) 30o

(2) j  k is equal to:

(A)  i (B) i (C) 0 (D) 1

(3) f  ,  ,  be the direction angles of a vector then cos2   cos2   cos2  equals:
(A) –1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2

(4) 2 i . j  2k :
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 4

(5) a b a  is equal to:

(A) 1 (B) a (C) 0 (D) b

(6) If vectors 2i  j  k and i  4 j   k are perpendicular then  =:

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4

(7) Length of the vector 2i  j  2k is:

(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 5

(8) The direction cosines of y-axis are:

(A)  0,1,0  (B) 1,0,0  (C)  0,0,1 (D)  0,0,0 

(9) Projection of vector u on vector v is:

u .v u .v u v u v
(A) (B) (C) (D)
v u v u
(10) If v is any vector then vector of magnitude 5 opposite to v is:
v v
(A) 5v (B) 5v (C) 5 (D) 5
v v

(11) If the dot product of two vectors is zero then the vectors will be:
(A) Perpendicular (B) Parallel (C) Collinear (D) None of these

(12) The triple scalar product of vectors, calculates the volume of:
(A) Triangle (B) Parallelogram (C) Tetrahedron (D) Parallelepiped

(13) The vector PQ through P  0,5  and Q  1, 6  is:

(A)  1,11 (B)  1, 11 (C)  0,11 (D) 1,1

(14) Magnitude of vector u  2 i  7j is:

(A) 53 (B) 55 (C) 48 (D) 52

(15) In vectors a  b :
(A) b  a (B) b  a (C) b (D) a  b

(16) An angle inscribed in a semi-circle is:


(A) 0 (B) (C)  (D) 2
2

(17) The unit vector in the direction of v  3, 4

(A) 5  3, 4 
1
(B) 3, 4 (C) i (D) j
5

(18) i  j :

(A) k (B) i (C) k (D) j

(19) If 2 and 2 are x and y components of a vector, then its angle with x-axis is:

(A) 30o (B) 60o (C) 45o (D) 90o

(20) A vector perpendicular to both vectors a and b is:

a.b
(A) a . b (B) a  b (C) (D) b . a
a

(21) If u, v and w are coterminous edges of a tetrahedron, then its volume is:

1 1 1
(A) u v w (B)  u v w (C)  u v w (D)  u v w
3 6 9

(22) If a and b are parallel vectors then a  b :

(A) 0 (B) −1 (C) 1 (D) 2

(23) The value of 3 j.k  i is:

(A) −1 (B) −3 (C) 3 (D) 0

(24) Cosine of the angle between two non-zero vectors a and b is:

a.b a.b ab

(A) a.b (B) (C) (D)
a.b a.b a b

EXERCISE 7.1
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. (i) Define Parallel vectors

(ii) Define equal vector, give an example. (GRW 24, G-I)

(iii) Define unit vector. Also give an example. (D.G.Khan 24, G-II)
 1 1 1
2. (i) If u  2 i  7 j , v  i  6 j and w   i  j , find u v w (LHR 24, G-II)
2 2 2

(ii) If u  2i  7 j , v  i  6 j and w  i  j , find 2u  3v  4w. (SWL 24, G-II)

3. If A(1, 1), B(2,0), C(1,3) and D(2, 2) are given points, find the sum of the vectors AB and CD.
(LHR 24, G-I), (SGD 24, G-II), (RWP 24, G-I)

4. Find the vector from the point A to the origin where AB  4i  2 j and B is the point (2,5) .
(MTN 24, G-II)

5. Find a unit vector in the direction of the vector given below:

3 1
(i) v  i j (FSD 24, G-II)
2 2

(ii) v  [3, 4] (GRW 24, G-II)

6. If O is the origin and OP  AB, find the point P when A and B are (3,7) and (1,0)
respectively. (FSD 24, G-I)
7. If AB  CD. Find the coordinates of point A when points B, C, D are (1, 2),(2,5),(4,11)
respectively.

8. Find the position vector of the point of division of the line segments joining the following pair of
points, in the given ratio, point C with position vector 2i  3j and point D with position vector
3i  2 j in the ratio 4 : 3.

LONG QUESTIONS
1. Use vectors, to prove that the diagonals of a parallelogram bisect each other. (GRW 24, G-II)

2. Prove that the line segment joining the mid points of two sides of a triangle is parallel to the
third side and half as long.
3. Prove that the line segments joining the mid points of the sides of a quadrilateral taken in order
form a parallelogram. (SGD 24, G-I)

EXERCISE 7.2
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Define direction angles and direction cosines of a vector

2. Find the direction cosines for the given vector:

(i) v  6i  2 j  k (FSD 24, G-II), (D.G.Khan 24, G-II), (SGD 24, G-I)

(ii) v  4i  5 j (GRW 24, G-I)

(iii) r  xi  y j  zk (BWP 24, G-II)

(iv) PQ, where P(2,1,5) and Q(1,3,1) (RWP 24, G-II)

3. Find , so that i  (  1) j  2k  3 (RWP 24, G-I), (SGD 24, G-I), (MTN 24, G-II)

4. Find a vector whose magnitude is 4 and parallel to 2i  3j  6k .

(LHR 24, G-I), (LHR 24, G-II), (RWP 24, G-II), (MTN 24, G-I)

5. If u  2i  3 j  4k , v  i  3 j  k and w  i  6 j  zk represents the sides of a triangle. Find the

value of z.

6. The position vectors of the points A, B, C and D are 2i  j  k , 3i  j , 2i  4 j  2k and i  2 j  k

respectively. Show that AB is parallel to CD.

7. Find a vector of length 5 in the direction opposite that of v  i  2 j  3k (SWL 24, G-II)

8. Find a and b so that the vectors 3i  j  4k and ai  b j  2k are parallel.

EXERCISE 7.3
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Find the angle between the vectors u  2i  j  k and v  i  j
2. (i) Find cosine of the angle  between vectors u  3 i  j  k , v  2 i  j  k . (FSD 24, G-I)

(ii) Find cosine of the angle between u and v where u   3,5 and v   6, 2
(D.G.Khan 24, G-I)

3. Calculate the projection of a along b if a  3i  j  k, b  2i  j  k

(SWL 24, G-II), (BWP 24, G-II), (SGD 24, G-I)

4. (i) Find a scalar ‘  ’ so that vectors 2iˆ   ˆj  5kˆ and 3iˆ  ˆj   kˆ are perpendicular. (GRW 24, G-I)

(ii) If the vectors u  i  2 j  k and v  i   j  3k are perpendicular. Find the value of  .

(D.G.Khan 24, G-II), (RWP 24, G-II)

5. If v is a vector for which v . i  0, v . j  0, v . k  0, find v. (RWP 24, G-I), (SGD 24, G-II)

6. (i) Show that the vectors 3i  2 j  k, i  3j  5k and 2i  j  4k from a right angle. (MTN 24, G-II)
 (ii) Show that the set of points P(1,3, 2), Q(4,1, 4) and R(6,5,5) forms a right triangle. (FSD 24, G-II)

LONG QUESTIONS
1. Find the number z so that the triangle with vertices A(1, 1,0), B(2, 2,1) and C(0, 2, z) is a
right triangle with right angle at C.

2. Prove that perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle are concurrent. (BWP 24, G-II)

3. Prove that the altitudes of a triangle are concurrent.

4. Prove that the angle in a semicircle is a right angle. (FSD 24, G-II)

5. Use vector method to prove that: cos       cos  cos   sin  sin  (D.G.Khan 24, G-II)
6. Prove that in any triangle ABC,

(i) c  a cos B  b cos A

(ii) b2  c2  a2  2ca cos B (GRW 24, G-I)

(iii) c2  a2  b2  2ab cos C (RWP 24, G-I)

EXERCISE 7.4
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. (i) Compute cross product b  a if a  3 i  2 j  k , b  i  j . (FSD 24, G-II), (MTN 24, G-I)

(ii) Find a vector perpendicular to each of the vectors a  2i  j  k , b  4i  2 j  k . (BWP 24, G-II)
 (iii) If a  4iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ and b  2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ, find | a  b | . (GRW 24, G-II)

2. If a  2i  2 j  4k and b  i  j  2k, find a unit vector perpendicular to the plane containing a and b.

3. Find the area of the triangle with vertices P(0,0,0),Q(2,3, 2) and R(1,1, 4). (RWP 24, G-I)

4. Find the area of parallelogram whose vertices are A(1, 2, 1); B(4, 2, 3); C(6, 5, 2); D(9, 5,0) .
(LHR 24, G-II)

5. Which vectors, if any, are parallel or perpendicular

 
u  i  2 j  k ; v  i  j  k ; w   i  j  k (GRW 24, G-I)
2 2

6. Prove that a  (b  c)  b  (c  a)  c  (a  b)  0 (SWL 24, G-II), (SGD 24, G-I), (SGD 24, G-II)
7. If a  b  c  0, then prove that a  b  b  c (MTN 24, G-I), (MTN 24, G-II), (D.G.Khan 24, G-I)

LONG QUESTIONS
1. Find a unit vector perpendicular to the plane containing a and b. Also find sine of the angle
between them.

(i) a  4i  3 j  k , b  2i  j  2k (RWP 24, G-II)

(ii) a i j , bi j

2. Prove that: sin( )  sin  cos   cos  sin 

(FSD 24, G-I), (LHR 24, G-II)L, (SGD 24, G-II), (D.G.Khan 24, G-I)
 EXERCISE 7.5
SHORT QUESTIONS
1. Find the volume of parallelepiped for which the given vectors are three edges.

(i) u  i  2 j  3k , v  2i  j  k and w  j  k (FSD 24, G-I), (RWP 24, G-II), (BWP 24, G-II)

(ii) u  i  2 j  k , v  i  2 j  3k , w  i  7 j  4k (FSD 24, G-I), (D.G.Khan 24, G-I)

2. Prove that the vectors i  2 j  3k, 2i  3j  4k and i  3j  5k are coplanar.

(FSD 24, G-II), (GRW 24, G-I)

3. Find the value of  such that i  j, i  j  3k and 2i  j  2k are coplanar.

(LHR 24, G-I), (D.G.Khan 24, G-II), (SGD 24, G-II)

4. (i) Find the value of 3i. k  i (MTN 24, G-I)

(ii) Find the value of 2i  2 j . k (RWP 24, G-I)

(iii) Find the value of  k i j  . (RWP 24, G-II)

5. Find the work done by a constant force F  2i  4 j, if its points of application to a body moves it
from A(1,1) to B(4,6). (LHR 24, G-I)

6. A force of magnitude 6 units acting parallel to 2i  2 j  k displaces, the point of application from
(1, 2,3) to (5,3,7). Find the work done.

7. A force F  4iˆ  3kˆ passes through A(2, 2,5). Find its moment about B(1, 3,1) .
(GRW 24, G-II), (SWL 24, G-II)

8. A force F  7i  4 j  3k is applied at P(1, 2,3). Find its moment about the point Q(2, 1, 1).
(FSD 24, G-I)

LONG QUESTIONS
1. Find the volume of the tetrahedron with vertices A  2,1,8  , B  3, 2,9  , C  2,1, 4  and D  3,3,10 
(MTN 24, G-II)

2. A Particle acted by constant forces 4i  j  3k and 3i  j  k , is displaced from A(1, 2,3) to

B(5, 4,1). Find the work done.