2.

VECTORS
VECTORS PHYSICS

LEVEL - I
EXERCISE - I i
Addition and subtraction of vectors
   
1. If A = 3i – 4j and B =– i – 4j, calculate A + B and A + B .
1) 2i–8j, 8.1 2) 2i–4j, 4.2 3) 2i, 3 4) 4j, 6
   
2. If A = 3i – 4j and B = –i – 4j, calculate the direction of A + B .
1) tan–1(4) with + x– axis in clock wise 2) tan–1(4) with – x– axis in clock wise
3) tan–1(4) with + x– axis in anticlock wise 4) tan–1(4) with – x– axis in anticlock wise
3. A person runs along a circular path of radius 5 m. If he completes half of the circle. Find the
magnitude of the displacement vetor, How far the person ran ?
1) 10m, 5 p m 2) 5 p m 3) 5 p m , 19m 4) 14m, 10 p m
4. A car makes a displacement of 100 m towards east and then 200 m towards north. Find the magnitude
and direction of the resultant.
1) 223.7m, tan–1(2), N of E 2) 223.7m, tan–1(2), E of N
3) 300m, tan–1(2), N of E 4) 100m, tan–1(2), N of E
5. If the angle between two vectors of equal magnitude P is  , the magnitude of the resultant vector
is
 
1) 2P cos 2) 2P sin 3) 2P cos  4) 2P sin 
2 2
6. Maximum and minimum magnitudes of the resultant of two vectors of magnitudes P and Q are
found to be in the ratio 3 : 1. Which of the following relations is true ?
1) P = Q 2) P =2Q 3) P = 4Q 4) P = Q/3
7. The resultant of two equal forces is 141.4N when they are mutually perpendicular. When they are
inclined at an angle 120º, then the resultant force will be
1) 100 N 2) 141.4 N 3) 196 N 4) Zero
8. The magnitudes of two vectors P and Q differ by 1. The magnitude of their resultant makes an
angle of tan–1(3/4) with P. The angle between P and Q is
1) 450 2) 00 3) 1800 4) 900
      
9. If P - Q = R and P=Q=R, the ratio of angles between P & R to P & Q is
1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 1 3) 1 : 1 4) 1 : 3
10. The resultant of two forces 2P and 2 P is 10 P. The angle between the forces is
1) 300 2) 600 3) 450 4) 900
11. Eleven forces each equal to 5N act on a particle simultaneously. If each force makes an angle 30º
with the next one, the resultant of all forces is
1) 15N 2) 55 N 3) 5 N 4) zero

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12. Which of the following sets of forces acting simultaneously on a particle keep it in equilibrium?
1) 3N, 5N, 10N 2) 4N, 7N, 12N 3) 2N, 6N, 5N 4) 5N, 8N, 1N
13. The resultant of two forces 1 and P is perpendicular to ‘1’ and equal to 1. What is the value of ‘P’
and angle between the forces
1) 2 N , 1350 2) 2 N , 150 0 3) 2 N , 120 0 4) 2 N , 150 0

14. If the sum of two unit vectors is also a vector of unit magnitude, the magnitude of the difference of
the two unit vectors is
1) 1 unit 2) 2 units 3) 3 units 4) Zero
     
15. If P + Q = R and P - Q = S , then R2+S2 is equal to
1) P2+Q2 2) 2(P2-Q2) 3) 2(P2+Q2) 4) 4 PQ
16. The greater and least resultant of two forces are 7N and 3N respectively. If each of the force is
increased by 3N and applied at 60°. The magnitude of the resultant is
1) 7N 2) 3N 3) 10 N 4) 129
17. Two forces are such that the sum of their magnitudes is 18N, the resultant is 228 when they aree
at 1200. Then the magnitude of the forces are
1) 12N, 6N 2) 13N, 5N 3) 10N, 9N 4) 16N, 2N
     
18. Two vectors are given by a =-2i+j-3k and b =5i+3j-2k. If 3a + 2b - c = 0 then third vector c is
1) 4 î + 9 ĵ – 13 k̂ 2) –4 î – 9 ĵ + 13 k̂ 3) 4 î –9 ĵ –13 k̂ 4) 2 î –3 ĵ + 13 k̂
19. A body starts with a velocity 2i–3j+11k m/s and moves with an accelaration of 10i+10j+10k ms–2 .
What is its velocity after 0.25 s ?
1) 4.5iˆ + 0.5 ˆj - 13.5kˆ 2) 4.5iˆ - 0.5 ˆj - 13.5kˆ

3) 4.5iˆ - 0.5 ˆj + 13.5kˆ 4) 4.5iˆ + 0.5 ˆj + 13.5kˆ

  
20. Figure shows three vectors a , b and c , where R is the midpoint of PQ. Then which of the
P
following relations is correct?

      a R
1) a + b = 2c 2) a + b = c 
c
     
3) a - b = 2c 4) a - b = c O  Q
b
ur u
r ur u
r
21. The resultant of two vectors P and Q is R . If the magnitude of Q is doubled, the new resultant
ur ur
becomes perpendicular to P , then the magnitude of R is

P2 - Q P+ Q P
1) 2) ! 3) Q 4)
2 PQ P- Q Q

Position vector, components of vectors, unit vectors

22. One of the rectangular components of a velocity of 20 ms–1 is 10 ms–1 . Find the other component.
1) 10 3 ms–1 2) 20 3 ms–1 3) 5 3 ms–1 4) 35 3 ms–1

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23. A car weighing 100kg is on a slope that makes an angle 30° with the horizontal. The component of
car’s weight parallel to the slope is (g=10ms–2)
1) 500N 2) 1000N 3) 15,000 N 4) 20,000N
24. The force acting on a particle makes an angle of 600 with the positive x - axis. If the magnitude of
the force is 10 N what are its x and y - components ?
1) 5N, 5 3 N 2) 2 3 N, 2N 3) 4 3 N, 5N 4) 3 3 N, 3N

25. To go from town A to town B a plane must fly about 1780 km at an angle of 300 West of north. How
far north of A is B ?
1) 1542km 2) 1452 km 3) 1254 km 4) 11 km
  
26. Displacement vectors A = ( 3i+3j)m, B = (i – 4j) m and C = ( –2i + 5j) m. Use the components method
   
to determine the magnitude and direction of E = - A - B + C .

1) 5 2 , 600 clockwise with + ve x – axis 2) 6 2 , 450 clockwise with + ve x – axis

3) 5 2 , 600 clockwise with – ve x – axis 4) 6 2 , 450 clockwise with – ve x – axis

27. An ant moves on the floor of a room making two displacements. One of magnitude 3 m and another of
magnitude 4 m . If the angle between the two displacements is 1200 what will be the magnitude of the
resultant displacement ?
1) 6.082m 2) 5.2m 3) 4.8 m 4) 3.606m
28. If A = 6.00i – 8.00j units, B = 8.00i + 3.00j units and C = 26.0i + 19.0j units, determine a and b when
a A + bB+C = 0
1) a = 0.9, b = –3.93 2) a = 0.9, b = 3.93 3) a = 0.6, b = –3 4) a = 0.4, b = 0.8
29. Two vectors a and b have equal magnitudes of 12 units. These vectors are making angles 300 and 1200
with the x axis respectively. Their sum is r . Find the x and y components of r .

1) (6 3 - 6),(6 + 6 3 ) 2) (6 3 + 6),(6 + 6 3 ) (
3) 6 3 - 6 , 6 - 6 3 )( ) ( )(
4) 6 3 + 6 , 6 - 6 3 )
30. The displacement of the point of a wheel initially in contact with the ground when the wheel rolls
forward half a revolution where radius of the wheel is 1m, is (Assume the forward direction as x - axis)

1) 2m, tan 1 1/   with x - axis 2)  

2  4 m, tan 1  2 /   with x - axis

3)  
2  4 m, tan 1 1/ 2  with x - axis 4)    4  m, tan
2 1
1/ 2  with x - axis

31. Angle (in rad) made by the vector 3iˆ  ˆj with the x-axis is (2005 M)
(1)  / 6 (2)  / 4 (3)  / 3 (4)  / 4
32. A bird moves in such a way that it has a displacement of 12 m towards east, 5 m towards north and
9 m vertically upwards. Find the magnitude of its displacement.
1) 5 2 m 2) 5 10 m 3) 5 5 m 4) 5m
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33. The position vector of a moving particle at ‘t’ sec is given by r = 3iˆ + 4t 2 ˆj- t 3kˆ .Its displacement
during an interval of t = 1s to 3 sec is
1) ˆj  kˆ 2) 3i  4j  k 3) 9iˆ  36ˆj  27kˆ 4) 32ˆj  26kˆ

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 4 1 3
34. The direction cosines of a vector A are cos   , cos   and cos   , then the vector
5 2 2 5 2
A is
1) 4 iˆ + ĵ +3 k̂ 2) 4 iˆ +5 ĵ +3 k̂ 3) 4 iˆ -5 ĵ -3 k̂ 4) iˆ + ĵ – k̂

35. If P = i+2j+6k, its direction cosines are
1 2 6 1 2 6 3 8 7
1) , and 2) , and 3) , , 4) 1,2 and 6
41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 41

36. If A =2i-3j+4k, its components in yz plane and zx plane are respectively

1) 13 and 5 2) 5 and 2 5 3) 2 5 and 13 4) 13 and 29

 
37. If vectors
  A and B are 3i – 4j + 5k and 2i + 3j – 4k respectively find the unit vector parallel to
A+ B.
(5i - j + k ) (5i + j + k ) (5i + j + k ) (5i - j - k )
1) 2) 3) 4)
27 27 27 27
38. A vector 3iˆ + 4ˆj rotates about its tail through an angle 370 in anticlockwise direction then the
new vector is
1) - 3iˆ + 4ˆj 2) 3iˆ - 4ˆj 3) 5jˆ 4) 5iˆ
Lami’s Theorem
39. If ‘O’ is at equilibrium then the values of the tension T1 and T2 are x, y, if 20 N is vertically down.
Then x, y are
1) 20 N 30 N 600

T1
2) 20 3N, 20 N
1500
3) 20 3N , 20 3N O 600

T2
4) 10 N, 30 N 20N

40. A body of mass 3 kg is suspended by a string to a rigid support. The body is pulled horizontally
by a force F until the string makes an angle of 30° with the vertical. The value of F and tension in
the string are.
1) 9.8 N, 9.8 N 2) 9.8 N, 19.6 N 3) 19.6 N, 19.6 N 4) 19.6 N, 9.8 N
41. Two light strings of length 4cm and 3cm are tied to a bob of weight 500gm. The free ends of the
strings are tied to pegs in the same horizontal line and separated by 5cm. The ratio of tension in
the longer string to that in the shorter string is
1) 4:3 2) 3:4 3) 4:5 4) 5:4
42. A boy is hanging from a horizontal branch of a tree. The tension in the arms will be maximum when the
angle between the arms is
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Dot Product
57. If P = 2i +3j – 4k and Q = 5i +2j + 4k find the angle between the two vectors.
1) 300 2) 450 3) 600 4) 900
  
58. A force F = 5i – 3j + 2k moves a particle from r1 = 2i +7j+4k to r2 = 5i+2j+8k. Calculate the
workdone.
1) 38 units 2) 20 units 3) 30 units 4) 15 units
59. A vector perpendicular to the vector (i + 2j) and having magnitude 3 5 units is
1) 3 î + 6 ĵ 2) 6 î –3 ĵ 3) 4 î –2 ĵ 4) î –2 ĵ
 
60. If the vectors P  aiˆ  ajˆ  3kˆ and Q  aiˆ  2jˆ  kˆ are perpendicular to each other then the positive
value of 'a' is
1) Zero 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
61. A force of 2i + 3j + 2k N acts a body for 4 s and produces a displacement of 3i + 4j + 5k m
calculate the power ?
1) 5 W 2) 6 W 3) 7 W 4) 9 W

62. If A  2i  3j and B  2 j  3k the component of B along A is
1 6 6
1) 6 2) 3) 4)
6 13 13
   
63. The component of A along B is 3 times that of the component of B along A . Then A:B is
1) 1: 3 2) 3 :1 3) 2 : 3 4) 3:2
64. When a force (8i + 4j) newton displaces a particle through (3i - 3j) metre, the power is 0.6W. The
time of action of the force is
1) 20s 2) 7.2s 3) 72s   4) 2s
 
1  A.B
 

65. If  is the angle between unit vectors A and B , then 1  A.B  is equal to
1) tan2 (  / 2) 2) sin2 (  / 2) 2
3) cot (  / 2) 4) cos2 (  / 2)
Cross Product
66. The cross product of the vectors (2i -3j+ 4k) and (i + 4j - 5k) is
1) - iˆ - 14 ĵ + 11 k̂ 2) iˆ + 14 ĵ + 11 k̂ 3) - iˆ + 14 ĵ + 11 k̂ 4) - iˆ + 14 ĵ + 5 k̂
67. A particle of mass 0.2kg is moving with linear velocity (i-j+2k). If the radius vector r = 4i+j-k,
the angular momentum of the particle is
1) 2.14 units 2) 4.28 units 3) 107 units 4) 5 units
68. The magnitude of scalar and vector products of two vectors are 48 3 and 144 respectively. What is
the angle between the two vectors ?
1) 300 2) 450 3) 600 4) 900
69. The torque of force F  2 i  3 j  4 k newton acting at the point r  3 i  2 j  3 k metre about
the origin is
1) 6 i  6 j  12 k 2) 17 i  6 j  13 k 3)  6 i  6 j  12 k 4)  17 i  6 j  13 k

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 
70. The adjacent sides of a parallelogram are P = 2i – 3j + k and Q = – 2i +4j – k. What is the area
of the parallelogram ?
1) 4 units 2) 7 units 3) 5 units 4) 8 units
71. What is the condition for the vectors 2i+3j – 4k and 3i – aj + bk to be parallel ?
1) a = –9/2, b = – 6 2) a = –6, b = –9/2 3) a = 4, b = 5 4) a = 8, b = 2
    
72. a, b are the magnitudes of vectors a & b . If a x b = 0 the value of a . b is
1) 0 2) ab 3) ab 4) a/b
     
73. If A = 4N, B = 3N the value of | A xB |2 + | A.B |2 then
1) 5 N 2) 25 N 3) 144 N 4) 169 N
   
74. If A = 2iˆ + 3jˆ + 6kˆ and B = 3iˆ - 6jˆ + 2kˆ then vector perpendicular to both A and B has
magnitude K times that of 6iˆ + 2jˆ - 3kˆ . Then K =
1) 1 2) 3 3) 7 4) 9
75. Vertices of a triangle are given by i  3j  2k , 2i  j  k and i  2j  3k , then area of triangle is
(in units)
107
1) 107 / 2 2) 107 / 6 3) 4) 207 / 3
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EXERCISE - II i
Addition and subtraction of vectors
1. Two vectors of equal magnitude P are inclined at some angle such that the difference in magnitude of
resultant and magnitude of either of the vectors is 0.732 times either of the magnitude of vectors. If
the angle between them is increased by half of its initial value then find the magnitude of difference
of the vectors
1) 2 P 2) 2P 3) 3 P 4) 3P

2. Resultant of two vectors of magnitudes P and Q is of magnitude ‘Q’. If the magnitude of Q is

doubled now the angle made by new resultant with P is
1) 300 2) 900 3) 600 4) 1200
3. The two forces 2 2N and xN are acting at a point their resultant is perpendicular to xN
 and having
magnitude of 6 N. The angle between the two forces and magnitude of x are
1)   120 0 , x  2N 2)   30 0 , x  2N 3)   150 0 , x  3N 4)   1500 , x  2N
4. Two forces F1 and F2 are acting at a point, having resultant as F. If F2 is doubled F is also doubled.
If F2 is reversed then also F is doubled. Then F1 : F2 : F is
1) 2: 2: 3 2) 3: 3: 2 3) 3: 2: 3 4) 2: 3: 2
5. When forces F1, F2, F3 are acting on a particle of mass m such that F2 and F3 are mutually
perpendicular, then the particle remains stationary, If the force F1 is now removed then acceleration
of the particle is
1) F1 / m 2) F1 F3 / mF1 3)  F2  F3  / m 4) F2 / m
6. The square of the resultant of two forces 4N and 3N exceeds the square of the resultant of the two
forces by 12 when they are mutually perpendicular. The angle between the vectors is
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7. The resultant of three vectors 1,2 and 3 units whose directions are those of the sides of an equilateral
triangle is at an angle of
1) 300 with the first vector 2) 150 with the first vector
3) 1000 with the first vector 4) 1500 with the first vector
8. A person moving on a motor cycle in a ground takes a turn through 600 on his left after every 50 m.
Then find the magnitude of displacement suffered by him after 9th turn
D 600 C
600
1) 100 m 2) 50 m 600
E
B
600

3) 50 3 m 4) 20 m O 600
600
A

*9. At what angle two vectors of magnitudes A + B and A – B act, so that their resultant is 3A2 + B 2 ?
1) 300 2) 450 3) 600 4) 900
Position vector, components of vectors, unit vectors & Lami’s theorem
 
10. A vector Q which has a magnitude of 8 is added to the vector P which lies along the X-axis. The

resultant of these two vectors is a third vector R which lies along the Y-axis and has a magnitude
 
twice that of P . The magnitude of P is (2004 M)
6 8 12 16
1) 2) 3) 4)
5 5 5 5

11. A vector makes angles with X, Y and Z axes that are in the ratio 1:2:3 respectively. The angle
made by the vector with Y–axis is
1) p / 3 2) p / 4 3) p / 6 4) p / 2
12. The rectangular components of a vector lying in xy plane are (n+1) and 1. If co.ordinate system is
turned by 600. They are n & 3 respectively the value of ‘n’
1) 2 2) 3 3) 2.5 4) 3.5
     
13. Two particles having position vectors r1  (3 i  5j )m and r2  ( 5 i  3 j)m are moving with velocities
      1
V1  (4i - 4 j)ms1 and V2  (ai  3 j)ms . If they collide after 2 seconds, the value of 'a' is (2003 E)
1) 2 2) 4 3) 6 4) 8
14. If three vectors act at a point ‘O’ as shown in the figure then the value of '  ' & ‘P’ are

1) 150, 10 2N 10N

2) 450, 10 N P


450 10 N
3) 750, 10 2 N
4) 900 , 20 N 10 2 N

15. A uniform rod of 3 kg and length 1m is suspended from a fixed point by means of two strings of
length 0.6m and 0.8m which are attached to the free ends of rod, such that rod is horizatal Find the
tensions in the string in kgwt are
1) 1.8, 2.4 2) 1.2, 1.6 3) 3, 1.8 4) 2.4, 3.6

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Dot Product
 
  ( )  
16. If A  2i  3j and B = i - j then component of A perpendicular to vector B and in the same
plane is

1)
2
 
5  
i j 2)
5  
2
i j   3)
2
5  
i j   4)
2
 
5  
ik
     
17. If A + B = R and 2A + B is perpendicular to B then
1) A = R 2) B = 2R 3) B = R 4) B = A
18. Velocity and acceleration vectors of charged particle
 moving perpendicular to the direction of
magnetic field at a given instant of time are J = 2i + cj and a  3i  4j respectively. Then the

value of ‘c’ is 2007 E
1) 3 2) 1.5 3) – 1.5 4) –3
Cross Product

19. A force of F = ˆi + ˆj + kˆ is acting at a point (–2,3,4) The moment of force about (1, 2, 3) is
1) -4jˆ + 4kˆ 2) - ˆj + kˆ 3) 4jˆ - 4kˆ 4) -4kˆ
20. A body of mass 2 kg is projected with a speed V at an angle 45° to the horizontal, When the body
is at the highest point in it's path, angular momentum of the body about the point of projection is,
( i, ˆj are unit vectors in vertical plane)

1)
V3
4g
k̂ 2)
V3 ˆ
4g
-k  3)
V3
4g

ĵ 4)
V3
4g
î 
 1 1 
21. If A  cos  ˆi  sin  ˆj , what will be the unit vector perpendicular to A
2 2
cos i  sin j
1) cos i  sin j 2)  cos i  sin j 3) 4) s in  i  co s  j
2
39. A particle of mass 80 units is moving with a uniform speed V  4 2 units In XY plane, along a
line y = x + 5. The magnitude of the angular momentum of the particle about the origin is
1) 1600 units 2) 160 2 units 3) 152 2 units 4) 16 2 units
 
40.
      
Find the value of a  b  a  b 
 
 
1) a  b 2) 2  a  b   
3) 2 a.b  
4) 2 a  b

LEVEL – I ANSWERS
1) 1 2) 1 3) 1 4) 1 5) 1 6) 2 7) 1 8) 4 9) 3 10) 3
11) 3 12) 3 13) 1 14) 3 15) 3 16) 4 17) 4 18) 1 19) 3 20) 1
21) 3 22) 1 23) 1 24) 1 25) 1 26) 4 27) 4 28) 1 29) 1 30) 2
31) 1 32) 2 33) 4 34) 2 35) 2 36) 2 37) 1 38) 3 39) 2 40) 2
41) 2 42) 4 57) 4 58) 1 59) 2 60) 4 61) 3 62) 4 63) 2 64) 1
65) 1 66) 3 67) 2 68) 3 69) 2 70) 3 71) 1 72) 3 73) 3 74) 3
75) 1
EXERCISE - II
1) 2 2) 2 3) 1 4) 4 5) 1 6) 2 7) 1 8) 1 9) 3 10) 2
11) 2 12) 4 13) 4 14) 4 15) 1 33) 1 34) 1 35) 3 36) 3 37) 2
38) 4 39) 1 40) 4

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