Vectors 9

(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
 10 Vectors
(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 5 k will be [Pb. CET 2001]

(a) (3 i 6 j 2k ) (b) (3 i 6 j 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
 Vectors 11

(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 3j 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) 20i 5j 4k (b) 20i 5j 4k (d) C may be equal to | A B |
(c) 4i 5j 20k (d) 5i 4j 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
 12 Vectors
(c) (d) ( )
(c) A2 B2 2 AB sin (d) A2 B2 2 AB sin
32. Two forces, F1 and F2 are acting on a body. One force is double
22. Following sets of three forces act on a body. Whose resultant cannot
that of the other force and the resultant is equal to the greater
be zero [CPMT 1985]
force. Then the angle between the two forces is
(a) 10, 10, 10 (b) 10, 10, 20
(c) 10, 20, 23 (d) 10, 20, 40 (a) cos 1 (1 / 2) (b) cos 1 ( 1 / 2)
23. When three forces of 50 , 30 and 15 act on a body, then the (c) cos 1 ( 1 / 4 ) (d) cos 1 (1 / 4 )
body is
(a) At rest 33. Given that A B C and that C is to A . Further if
(b) Moving with a uniform velocity | A | | C |, then what is the angle between A and B
(c) In equilibrium
(d) Moving with an acceleration (a) radian (b) radian
4 2
24. The sum of two forces acting at a point is 16 If the resultant
force is 8 and its direction is perpendicular to minimum force 3
(c) radian (d) radian
then the forces are [CPMT 1997] 4
(a) 6 and 10 (b) 8 and 8 34. A body is at rest under the action of three forces, two of which are
(c) 4 and 12 (d) 2 and 14 F1 4 i , F2 6 j, the third force is [AMU 1996]
25. If vectors and have magnitude 5, 12 and 13 units and
P Q R, the angle between and is [CEET 1998] (a) 4 i 6j (b) 4i 6j

1 5 1 5 (c) 4i 6 j (d) 4i 6 j
(a) cos (b) cos
12 13 35. A plane is revolving around the earth with a speed of 100 at a
constant height from the surface of earth. The change in the velocity
121 7
(c) cos (d) cos 1 as it travels half circle is
13 13 [RPET 1998; KCET 2000]
26. The resultant of two vectors and is perpendicular to the vector (a) 200 (b) 150
and its magnitude is equal to half the magnitude of vector The
angle between and is (c) 100 2 km / hr (d) 0
(a) 120° (b) 150° 36. What displacement must be added to the displacement
(c) 135° (d) None of these 25 i 6 j m to give a displacement of 7.0 pointing in the
27. What vector must be added to the two vectors i 2 j 2k and direction

2i j k , so that the resultant may be a unit vector along - (a) 18 i 6j (b) 32i 13 j
axis [BHU 1990]
(c) 18 i 6j (d) 25 i 13 j
(a) 2i j k (b) 2i j k 37. A body moves due East with velocity 20 and then due
North with velocity 15 The resultant velocity
(c) 2i j k (d) 2i j k
[AFMC 1995]
28. What is the angle between P and the resultant of (P Q) and
(a) 5 (b) 15
(P Q) (c) 20 (d) 25
1
(a) Zero (b) tan (P / Q)
38. The magnitudes of vectors A, B and C are 3, 4 and 5 units
1 1
(c) tan (Q / P) (d) tan (P Q) /(P Q)
respectively. If A B C , the angle between A and B is
29. The resultant of P and Q is perpendicular to P . What is the [CBSE PMT 1990]
angle between P and Q
(a) (b) cos 1 (0 .6)
(a) 1
cos (P / Q) (b) 1
cos ( P / Q) 2

(c) sin 1
(P / Q) (d) sin 1
( P / Q) 1 7
(c) tan (d)
5 4
30. Maximum and minimum magnitudes of the resultant of two vectors
of magnitudes and are in the ratio 3 : 1 . Which of the 39. While travelling from one station to another, a car travels 75
following relations is true North, 60 North-east and 20 East. The minimum distance
(a) P 2Q (b) P Q between the two stations is [AFMC 1993]

(c) PQ 1 (d) None of these (a) 72 (b) 112

(c) 132 (d) 155
31. The resultant of two vectors P and Q is R. If is doubled, the
new resultant is perpendicular to Then equals 40. A scooter going due east at 10 turns right through an angle of
1

90°. If the speed of the scooter remains unchanged in taking turn,

(a) (b) ( + )
the change is the velocity of the scooter is
 Vectors 13

[BHU 1994]
(a) tan 1 (2) (b) tan 1 (1 / 2)
(a) 20.0 1
south eastern direction
(c) 45° (d) 0°
(b) Zero 50. Two forces of 12 and 8 act upon a body. The resultant force on
(c) 10.0 1
in southern direction the body has maximum value of [Manipal 2003]
(d) 14.14 1
in south-west direction (a) 4 (b) 0
(c) 20 (d) 8
41. A person goes 10 north and 20 east. What will be
displacement from initial point [AFMC 1994, 2003] 51. Two equal forces ( each) act at a point inclined to each other at an
angle of 120°. The magnitude of their resultant is
(a) 22.36 (b) 2
(a) P/2 (b) P/4
(c) 5 (d) 20
(c) P (d) 2
42. Two forces F1 5i 10 j 20k and F2 10 i 5 j 15 k act on 52. The vectors 5 i 8 j and 2i 7 j are added. The magnitude of the
a single point. The angle between F1 and F2 is nearly sum of these vector is [BHU 2000]

[AMU 1995] (a) 274 (b) 38

(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 238 (d) 560
(c) 60° (d) 90° 53. Two vectors A and B are such that A B A B . Then
43. Which pair of the following forces will never give resultant force of [AMU (Med.) 2000]
2 [HP PMT 1999]
(a) A.B 0 (b) A B 0
(a) 2 and 2 (b) 1 and 1
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 1 and 4 (c) A 0 (d) B 0
44. Two forces 3 and 2 are at an angle such that the resultant is
. The first force is now increased to 6 and the resultant become Multiplication of Vectors
2 . The value of is [HP PMT 2000]
1. If a vector 2i 3 j 8 k is perpendicular to the vector
(a) 30° (b) 60°
4 j 4i k . Then the value of is [CBSE PMT 2005]
(c) 90° (d) 120°
45. Three concurrent forces of the same magnitude are in equilibrium. 1
(a) 1 (b)
What is the angle between the forces ? Also name the triangle 2
formed by the forces as sides
1
[JIPMER 2000] (c) (d) 1
2
(a) 60° equilateral triangle
(b) 120° equilateral triangle 2. If two vectors 2i 3j k and 4i 6j k are parallel to
(c) 120°, 30°, 30° an isosceles triangle each other then value of be
(d) 120° an obtuse angled triangle (a) 0 (b) 2
46. If | A B| | A| | B| , then angle between A and B will be (c) 3 (d) 4
[CBSE PMT 2001] 3. A body, acted upon by a force of 50 is displaced through a
(a) 90° (b) 120° distance 10 in a direction making an angle of 60° with the
(c) 0° (d) 60° force. The work done by the force be
47. The maximum and minimum magnitude of the resultant of two (a) 200 (b) 100
given vectors are 17 and 7 respectively. If these two (c) 300 (d) 250
vectors are at right angles to each other, the magnitude of their
resultant is [Kerala CET (Engg.) 2000] 4. A particle moves from position 3i 2j 6 k to 14 i 13 j 9k
(a) 14 (b) 16
due to a uniform force of (4 i j 3k ) N . If the displacement in
(c) 18 (d) 13
meters then work done will be
48. The vector sum of two forces is perpendicular to their vector
differences. In that case, the forces [CBSE PMT 2003] [CMEET 1995; Pb. PMT 2002, 03]

(a) Are equal to each other in magnitude (a) 100 (b) 200
(b) Are not equal to each other in magnitude (c) 300 (d) 250
(c) Cannot be predicted
5. If for two vector A and B , sum ( A B) is perpendicular to the
(d) Are equal to each other
49. component of velocity is 20 and component of velocity is 10. The difference ( A B) . The ratio of their magnitude is
direction of motion of the body with the horizontal at this instant is (a) 1[Manipal 2003]
(b) 2
 14 Vectors
(c) 3 (d) None of these
15. If | V 1 V 2 | | V1 V 2 | and V2 is finite, then [CPMT 1989]
6. The angle between the vectors A and B is . The value of the (a) V1 is parallel to V2
triple product A . (B A ) is [CBSE PMT 1991, 2005]
(b) V1 V2
(a) A2B (b) Zero (c) V1 and V2 are mutually perpendicular

(c) A 2 B sin (d) A 2 B cos (d) | V 1 | | V 2 |

7. If A B B A then the angle between and is 16. A force F (5 i 3 j) Newton is applied over a particle which

[AIEEE 2004] displaces it from its origin to the point r (2i 1 j) . The
work done on the particle is [MP PMT 1995]
(a) /2 (b) /3 (a) 7 (b) +13
(c) (d) /4 (c) +7 (d) +11
17. The angle between two vectors 2i 3j k and i 2 j 4 k is
8. If A 3i j 2k and B 2i 2j 4k then value of
(a) 0° (b) 90°
| A B | will be (c) 180° (d) None of the above

(a) 8 2 (b) 8 3 18. The angle between the vectors (i j) and ( j k ) is

[EAMCET 1995]
(c) 8 5 (d) 5 8 (a) 30° (b) 45°
9. The torque of the force F (2i 3j 4 k )N acting at the point (c) 60° (d) 90°

r (3 i 2j 3k ) about the origin be 19. A particle moves with a velocity 6 i 4j 3k m / s under the
[CBSE PMT 1995] influence of a constant force F 20i 15 j 5 k N . The
(a) 6i 6 j 12k (b) 17i 6 j 13k instantaneous power applied to the particle is
[CBSE PMT 2000]
(c) 6i 6 j 12k (d) 17 i 6 j 13k (a) 35 (b) 45
10. If A B C, then which of the following statements is wrong (c) 25 (d) 195

(a) C A (b) C B 20. If P.Q PQ, then angle between P and Q is [AIIMS 1999]
(a) 0° (b) 30°
(c) C (A B) (d) C ( A B)
(c) 45° (d) 60°
11. If a particle of mass is moving with constant velocity parallel to
-axis in - plane as shown in fig. Its angular momentum with 21. A force F 5i 6j 4k acting on a body, produces a
respect to origin at any time will be
displacement S 6i 5k . Work done by the force is
(a) mvb k (b) mvb k [KCET 1999]
(a) 10 units (b) 18 units
(c) mvb i (d) mv i
(c) 11 units (d) 5 units
12. Consider two vectors F1 2i 5 k and F 2 3 j 4 k . The 22. The angle between the two vectors A 5i 5j and
magnitude of the scalar product of these vectors is
[MP PMT 1987] B 5i 5 j will be [CPMT 2000]
(a) 20 (b) 23 (a) Zero (b) 45°
(c) 5 33 (d) 26 (c) 90° (d) 180°

13. Consider a vector F 4i 3 j. Another vector that is 23. The vector P ai aj 3k and Q ai 2 j k are
perpendicular to each other. The positive value of is
perpendicular to F is [AFMC 2000; AIIMS 2002]
(a) 4i 3j (b) 6i (a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 9 (d) 13
(c) 7k (d) 3i 4j
24. A body, constrained to move in the -direction is subjected to a
14. Two vectors A and B are at right angles to each other, when [AIIMS
force 1987]
given by F ( 2i 15 j 6 k ) N . What is the work done by
(a) A B 0 (b) A B 0 this force in moving the body a distance 10 along the -axis
(c) A B 0 (d) A. B 0 (a) 20 (b) 150
(c) 160 (d) 190
 Vectors 15

25. A particle moves in the - plane under the action of a force F such 1 2 1 5
(c) sin (d) sin
that the value of its linear momentum (P ) at anytime is 3 3
Px 2 cos t, p y 2 sin t. The angle between F and P at a
34. A vector A points vertically upward and B points towards north.
given time will be [MNR 1991; UPSEAT 2000]
The vector product A B is [UPSEAT 2000]
(a) 0 (b) 30
(a) Zero (b) Along west
(c) 90 (d) 180 (c) Along east (d) Vertically downward
26. The area of the parallelogram represented by the vectors
35. Angle between the vectors (i j) and ( j k ) is
A 2i 3 j and B i 4 j is
(a) 90° (b) 0°
(a) 14 units (b) 7.5 units
(c) 180° (d) 60°
(c) 10 units (d) 5 units
36. The position vectors of points and are
27. A vector F 1 is along the positive axis. If its vector product with
A 3i 4j 5k , B 4i 5j 6k , C 7i 9j 3k and
another vector F 2 is zero then F 2 could be
D 4i 6 j then the displacement vectors and are
[MP PMT 1987]
(a) Perpendicular
(a) 4j (b) (i j) (b) Parallel
(c) Antiparallel
(c) ( j k) (d) ( 4i) (d) Inclined at an angle of 60°

28. If for two vectors A and B, A B 0, the vectors 37. If force (F) 4i 5 j and displacement (s) 3i 6 k then the
(a) Are perpendicular to each other work done is [Manipal 1995]
(a) 4 3 (b) 5 6
(b) Are parallel to each other
(c) 6 3 (d) 4 6
(c) Act at an angle of 60°
(d) Act at an angle of 30° 38. If | A B | | A . B |, then angle between A and B will be
[AIIMS 2000; Manipal 2000]
29. The angle between vectors (A B) and (B A) is
(a) 30° (b) 45°
(a) Zero (b) (c) 60° (d) 90°
(c) /4 (d) /2 39. In an clockwise system [CPMT 1990]

(a) j k i (b) i. i 0
30. What is the angle between ( P Q) and (P Q)
(c) j j 1 (d) k.j 1
(a) 0 (b)
2 40. The linear velocity of a rotating body is given by v r, where

(c) (d) is the angular velocity and r is the radius vector. The angular velocity
4 of a body is i 2j 2k and the radius vector r 4 j 3k ,
31. The resultant of the two vectors having magnitude 2 and 3 is 1.
What is their cross product then | v | is

(a) 6 (b) 3 (a) 29 units (b) 31 units

(c) 1 (d) 0
(c) 37 units (d) 41 units
32. Let A i A cos jA sin be any vector. Another vector B 41. Three vectors a, b and c satisfy the relation a .b 0 and
which is normal to is [BHU 1997]
a. c 0 . The vector a is parallel to [AIIMS 1996]
(a) i B cos j B sin (b) i B sin j B cos
(a) b (b) c
(c) i B sin j B cos (d) i B cos j B sin (c) b.c (d) b c
33. The angle between two vectors given by 6 i 6 j 3k and 42. The diagonals of a parallelogram are 2 i and 2 j. What is the area
7i 4j 4 k is [EAMCET (Engg.) 1999] of the parallelogram
(a) 0.5 units (b) 1 unit
1 1 1 5 (c) 2 units (d) 4 units
(a) cos (b) cos
3 3 43. What is the unit vector perpendicular to the following vectors
2i 2 j k and 6 i 3j 2k
 16 Vectors
51. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are represented by the two
i 10 j 18 k i 10 j 18 k
(a) (b) vectors i 2 j 3k and 3i 2 j k . What is the area of
5 17 5 17
parallelogram
i 10 j 18 k i 10 j 18 k [AMU 1997]
(c) (d)
5 17 5 17
44. The area of the parallelogram whose sides are represented by the (a) 8 (b) 8 3
vectors j 3k and i 2 j k is (c) 3 8 (d) 192
(a) 61 sq.unit (b) 59 sq.unit
52. The position vectors of radius are 2i j k and 2i 3j k
(c) 49 sq.unit (d) 52 sq.unit
while those of linear momentum are 2i 3 j k . Then the angular
45. The position of a particle is given by r (i 2 j k ) momentum momentum is [BHU 1997]

P (3i 4 j 2k ). The angular momentum is perpendicular to (a) 2(Engg.)

[EAMCET i 4 k1998] (b) 4 i 8 k

(a) -axis (c) 2i 4 j 2k (d) 4 i 8 k

(b) -axis 53. What is the value of linear velocity, if 3i 4j k and
(c) -axis
r 5i 6 j 6k [CBSE PMT 1999; CPMT 1999, 2001;
(d) Line at equal angles to all the three axes Pb. PMT 2000; Pb. CET 2000]
46. Two vector and have equal magnitudes. Then the vector +
(a) 6i 2j 3k (b) 6 i 2j 8k
is perpendicular to

(a) A B (b) (c) 4 i 13 j 6k (d) 18 i 13 j 2k

(c) 3 3 (d) All of these 54. Dot product of two mutual perpendicular vector is
[Haryana CEET 2002]
47. Find the torque of a force F 3i j 5 k acting at the point (a) 0 (b) 1
r 7i 3j k (c) (d) None of these
[CPMT 1997; CBSE PMT 1997; CET 1998; DPMT 2004] 55. When A.B | A || B |, then [Orissa JEE 2003]

(a) 14 i 38 j 16k (b) 4i 4 j 6k (a) A and B are perpendicular to each other

(c) 21i 4 j 4k (d) 14 i 34 j 16k (b) A and B act in the same direction

(c) A and B act in the opposite direction

48. The value of ( A B) ( A B) is
(d) A and B can act in any direction
[RPET 1991, 2002; BHU 2002]
56. If | A B| 3 A.B, then the value of| A B | is
(a) 0 (b) A2 B2
[CBSE PMT 2004]
(c) B A (d) 2(B A) 1/ 2
AB
(a) A2 B2 (b) A B
49. If A and B are perpendicular vectors and vector 3
A 5 i 7 j 3k and B 2i 2 j ak . The value of is (d) ( A 2
(c) (A 2 B2 3 AB)1 / 2 B2 AB)1 / 2
[EAMCET 1991]
57. A force F 3i cj 2k acting on a particle causes a
(a) 2 (b) 8
displacement S 4 i 2 j 3 k in its own direction. If the work
(c) 7 (d) 8
done is 6 , then the value of will be [DPMT 1997]
50. A force vector applied on a mass is represented as (a) 12 (b) 6
2
F 6 i 8 j 10k and accelerates with 1 m /s . What will be the (c) 1 (d) 0
mass of the body in kg.
58. A force F (5 i 3 j) N is applied over a particle which displaces it
[CMEET 1995]
from its original position to the point s (2i 1 j) . The work done
(a) 10 2 (b) 20 on the particle is [BHU 2001]
(a) + 11 (b) + 7
(c) 2 10 (d) 10
(c) + 13 (d) 7
 Vectors 21

Relative Velocity
1 b 2 b 3 c 4 c 5 d
6 a 7 c 8 c 9 d 10 ac
11 b 12 b 13 d 14 b
Fundamentals of Vectors
Critical Thinking Questions
1 d 2 b 3 c 4 d 5 d
1 c 2 c 3 c 4 c 5 b
6 a 7 a 8 b 9 b 10 d
6 b 7 d 8 d 9 b 10 c
11 d 12 d 13 a 14 b 15 c
11 a 12 d 13 b 14 d
16 c 17 a 18 b 19 c 20 c
21 d 22 d 23 b 24 d 25 b
Assertion and Reason
26 b 27 a 28 a 29 a 30 d
1 a 2 a 3 d 4 b 5 c
31 a 32 b 33 a 34 a
6 b 7 a 8 b 9 a 10 c
Addition and Subtraction of Vectors 11 b 12 e 13 a 14 c 15 a

1 a 2 b 3 d 4 b 5 b 16 b 17 c 18 b 19 b 20 c

6 a 7 b 8 a 9 d 10 b 21 a 22 c

11 d 12 c 13 a 14 c 15 c
16 c 17 c 18 c 19 c 20 b
21 a 22 d 23 d 24 a 25 c
26 b 27 b 28 a 29 b 30 a
31 c 32 c 33 c 34 d 35 a
36 c 37 d 38 a 39 c 40 d Fundamentals of Vectors
41 a 42 b 43 d 44 d 45 a
1. (d) As the multiple of j in the given vector is zero therefore this
46 c 47 d 48 a 49 a 50 c
vector lies in plane and projection of this vector on -axis is
51 c 52 a 53 d zero.
2. (b) If a point have coordinate ( , ) then its position vector
Multiplication of Vectors xi yj zk .

1 c 2 b 3 d 4 a 5 a 3. (c) Displacement vector r xi yj zk

6 b 7 c 8 b 9 b 10 d (3 2)i (4 3) j (5 5)k i j
11 b 12 d 13 c 14 d 15 c 4. (d)
16 c 17 b 18 c 19 b 20 a
cos 60 o

21 a 22 c 23 a 24 b 25 c F
60o
26 d 27 d 28 b 29 b 30 b

31 d 32 c 33 d 34 b 35 d sin 60 o
The component of force in vertical direction
36 b 37 a 38 b 39 a 40 a
1
41 d 42 d 43 c 44 b 45 a = F cos F cos 60 5 2 .5 N
2
46 a 47 a 48 d 49 d 50 a
5. (d) | B | 72 (24 ) 2 625 25
51 b 52 b 53 d 54 a 55 c
3i 4j
56 d 57 a 58 b 59 c Unit vector in the direction of will be A
5

Lami's Theorem 3i 4j
So required vector = 25 15 i 20 j
5
1 c 2 a 3 b 4 c 5 b
6. (a) Let the components of A makes angles , and with
and axis respectively then
 22 Vectors

cos 2 cos 2 cos 2 1 23. (b) r (a cos t)i (a sin t) j

1 dr
3 cos 2 1 cos v a sin t i a cos tj
3 dt
A As r .v 0 therefore velocity of the particle is perpendicular
Ax Ay Az A cos
3 to the position vector.
24. (d) Displacement, electrical and acceleration are vector quantities.
7. (a) A 2i 4 j 5k | A| (2)2 (4 ) 2 ( 5) 2 45 25. (b) Magnitude of unit vector = 1
2 4 5
cos , cos , cos (0 .5)2 (0. 8 )2 c2 1
45 45 45
By solving we get c 0 .11
8. (b) Unit vector along axis j so the required vector
26. (b)
j [(i 3j 2k ) (3i 6 j 7k )] 4i 2j 5k

9. (b) F3 F1 F2 300
There should be minimum three coplaner 3 2
vectors having different magnitude which
should be added to give zero resultant 400
1
Displacement AC AB BC
10. (d) Diagonal of the hall = l2 b2 h2
AC ( AB)2 (BC)2 (400)2 (300)2 500m
10 2 12 2 14 2
Distance AB BC 400 300 700m
100 144 196
27. (a) Resultant of vectors A and B
400 20m
R A B 4i 3j 6k i 3 j 8k
11. (d) Total angle = 100 2
50 R 3i 6j 2k
So all the force will pass through one point and all forces will
be balanced. their resultant will be zero. R 3i 6j 2k 3i 6j 2k
R
| R| 3 2
6 2
( 2) 2 7
12. (d) r r2 r1 ( 2i 2 j 0 k ) (4 i 4 j 0k )
28. (a) B. A . In this formula A is a area vector.
r 6i 2j 0k
29. (a) r a b c 4i j 3i 2j k i j k
| r| ( 6)2 (2)2 02 36 4 40 2 10
r i j k i j k
2 2 r
1 1 1 1 | r| 2 2 2 3
13. (a) P i j | P| =1 1 1 ( 1)
2 2 2 2
A.B 9 16 25 50
It is a unit vector. 30. (d) cos = 1
| A || B | 9 16 25 9 16 25 50
14. (b)
cos 1 cos 1 (1)
R i j 1 1
15. (c) R i j
| R| 12 12 2 2 31. (a) r 3t 2i 4 t 2 j 7k

16. (c) R 3i j 2k at t 0 , r1 7k

Length in plane = R x2 Ry2 32 12 10 at t 10 sec , r2 300i 400 j 7 k ,

17. (a) If the angle between all forces which are equal and lying in one r r2 r1 300i 400 j
plane are equal then resultant force will be zero.
| r | | r2 r1 | (300)2 (400)2 500m
18. (b) A i j | A| 12 12 2
Ax 1 32. (b) Resultant of vectors A and B
cos cos 45 45
| A| 2 R A B 4i 3j 8i 8j 12i 5j
19. (c)
R 12i 5j 12i 5 j
20. (c) R
| R| (12) 2
(5 ) 2 13
21. (d) All quantities are tensors.

22. (d) P Q PP QQ
 Vectors 23

A.B (2i 3 j) (i j) 2 3 5 7. (b) R A2 B2 2 AB cos

33. (a)
| i j| 2 2 2 By substituting, A F, B F and R F we get

A.B (3 i 4j 5 k ) (3i 4 j 5k ) 1
34. (a) cos cos 120
| A || B | 9 16 25 9 16 25 2
8. (a)
9 16 25
0 9. (d) If two vectors A and B are given then the resultant Rmax =
50
A B 7 N and R min 4 3 1N
cos 0, 90
net force on the particle is between 1 and 7 .
Addition and Subtraction of Vectors 10. (b) If C lies outside the plane then resultant force can not be
zero.
1. (a) For 17 both the vector should be parallel angle between 11. (d)
them should be zero.
For 7 both the vectors should be antiparallel angle 12. (c) F F12 F22 2 F1 F2 cos 90 F12 F22
between them should be 180° 13. (a)
For 13 both the vectors should be perpendicular to each 14. (c)
other angle between them should be 90°

2. (b) A B 4i 3j 6i 8j 10i 5j 15. (c) C A2 B2

| A B| (10)2 (5)2 5 5 The angle between and is

2
5 1 1 90°
1
tan tan
10 2 2
3. (d) From figure
1 =20
16. (c) R A B = 6i 7j 3i 4 j = 9 i 11 j
v1 20 j and v 2 20 i
=20
v v2 v1 20(i j)
2
| R| 92 11 2 81 121 202

| v | 20 2 and direction 17. (c) R 122 52 62 144 25 36 205 14.31 m

tan 1 (1)
1
45 18. (c) A 3i 2j k , B i 3 j 5k , C 2i j 4k
4. (b) Let n1 and n 2 are the two unit vectors, then the sum is
| A| 32 ( 2)2 12 9 4 1 14
ns n1 n 2 or n s2 n12 n 22 2n1n 2 cos
| B| 12 ( 3) 2 52 1 9 25 35
1 1 2 cos
| A| 22 12 ( 4 )2 4 1 16 21
Since it is given that n s is also a unit vector, therefore
1 As B A2 C 2 therefore will be right angled
1 1 1 2 cos cos 120
2 triangle.
19. (c)
Now the difference vector is nd n1 n2 or
20. (b) C A B.
nd2 n12 n 22 2n1n 2 cos 1 1 2 cos(120 )
The value of lies between A B and A B
nd2 2 2( 1 / 2) 2 1 3 nd 3 | C| | A | or | C | | B|

5. (b) A 2B 3C (2i j) 2(3 j k ) 3(6i 2k ) 21. (a)

22. (d)
2i j 6j 2k 18 i 6 k = 20i 5j 4k 23. (d) Here all the three force will not keep the particle in equilibrium
so the net force will not be zero and the particle will move
6. (a) P1 m v sin i m v cos j with an acceleration.
24. (a) A B 16 (given)
and P 2 m v sin i m v cos j B sin
tan tan 90
So change in momentum A B cos
A
A B cos 0 cos
P P2 P1 2 m v cos j, | P| 2 m v cos B
 24 Vectors

8 A2 B2 2 AB cos 38. (a) C A2 B2

By solving eq. (i), (ii) and (iii) we get A 6 N, B 10 N
= 32 42 5
25. (c) | P | 5 , | Q| 12 and | R | 13
Angle between A and B is
Q 12 2
cos
R 13 39. (c)
12 40. (d) 1
1 1
cos
13
B
26. (b) A2 B2 2 AB cos
2 2

B sin
tan 90 A B cos 0
A B cos If the magnitude of vector remains same, only direction change
A by then
cos
B
v v2 v1 , v v2 ( v1 )
B2 B
Hence, from (i) A2 B2 2A2 A 3
4 2
Magnitude of change in vector | v | 2v sin
A 3 2
cos 150
B 2 90
| v| 2 10 sin = 10 2 = 14.14 m / s
27. (b) (i 2 j 2k ) (2i j k) R i 2
Required vector R = 2i j k Direction is south-west as shown in figure.
28. (a) Resultant R P Q P Q 2P 20
41. (a) AC AB BC
The angle between P and 2 P is zero.
AC ( AB) 2 (BC) 2 10
29. (b)
(10) 2 (20) 2

100 400 500 22.36 km

Q sin F1 .F2
tan 90 P Q cos 0 42. (b) cos
P Q cos | F1 || F2 |

P 1 P (5 i 10 j 20k ).(10i 5 j 15k ) 50 50 300

cos cos
Q Q 25 100 400 100 25 225 525 350
30. (a) According to problem P Q 3 and P Q 1 1
cos 45
P 2
By solving we get P 2 and Q 1 2 P 2Q
Q 43. (d) If two vectors and are given then Range of their resultant
31. (c) can be written as ( A B) R ( A B) .
32. (c) i.e. Rmax A B and Rmin A B
33. (c)
If = 1 and = 4 then their resultant will lies in between 3
34. (d) F1 F2 F3 0 4i 6j F3 0 and 5 . It can never be 2 .

F3 4i 6j 44. (d) A 3N , B 2 N then R A2 B2 2 AB cos

v 2v sin 2 v sin 90 R 9 4 12 cos

35. (a)
2 Now A 6N , B 2 N then
2 100 200 km/hr 2R 36 4 24 cos
36. (c) 1
from (i) and (ii) we get cos 120
2
37. (d) Resultant velocity 20 2 15 2
45. (a) In forces of equal magnitude works
= 400 225 625 25 km/hr on a single point and their resultant is
120°
120°
120°
 Vectors 25
zero then angle between any two forces is given
3. (d) W F.S FS cos
360 360
120 1
N 3 50 10 cos 60 50 10 250 J .
2
If these three vectors are represented by three sides of triangle
then they form equilateral triangle 4. (a) S r2 r1
46. (c) Resultant of two vectors A and B can be given by
W F.S (4 i j 3k ). (11i 11 j 15k )
R A B
(4 11 1 11 3 15) 100 J .
| R| | A B| A2 B2 2 AB cos
5. (a) (A B) is perpendicular to ( A B) . Thus
If 0 then | R | A B | A| | B|
47. (d) Rmax A B 17 when 0 (A B) . ( A B) = 0

Rmin A B 7 when 180 or A 2 B. A A. B B2 0

by solving we get A 12 and B 5
Because of commutative property of dot product A.B B. A
2 2
Now when 90 then R A B
A2 B2 0 or A B
2 2
R (12) (5) 169 13 Thus the ratio of magnitudes =1
48. (a) If two vectors are perpendicular then their dot product must 6. (b) Let A .( B A) A.C
be equal to zero. According to problem
(A B).( A B) 0 A. A A.B B. A B.B 0 Here C B A Which is perpendicular to both vector

A2 B2 0 A2 B2 A and B A. C 0
A B two vectors are equal to each other in
magnitude. 7. (c) We know that A B (B A) because the angle between
these two is always 90°.
49. (a) vy 20 and v x 10
But if the angle between A and B is 0 or . Then
velocity v 10 i 20 j
A B B A 0.
direction of velocity with axis
vy 20 i j k
tan 2
vx 10 8. (b) A B 3 1 2
2 2 4
tan 1 (2)
50. (c) Rmax A B when 0 Rmax 12 8 20 N (1 4 2 2)i (2 2 4 3) j (3 2 1 2)k

51. (c) R A2 B2 2 AB cos 8i 8j 8k

If A B P and 120 then R P
Magnitude of A B | A B | (8 ) 2 ( 8)2 ( 8) 2
52. (a) Sum of the vectors R 5i 8j 2i 7j 7i 15 j
8 3
magnitude of R | R | 49 225 274
53. (d) i j k
9. (b) r F 3 2 3
Multiplication of Vectors 2 3 4

1. (c) Given vectors can be rewritten as A 2i 3j 8 k and

(2 4 ) (3 3) i (2 3) (3 4 ) j
B 4i 4 j k
Dot product of these vectors should be equal to zero because (3 3) (2 2) k 17 i 6 j 13 k
they are perpendicular.
10. (d) From the property of vector product, we notice that C must
A.B 8 12 8 0 8 4 1/2
be perpendicular to the plane formed by vector A and B .
2. (b) Let A 2i 3 j k and B 4i 6j k Thus C is perpendicular to both A and B and
A and B are parallel to each other (A B) vector also, must lie in the plane formed by vector A
a1 a 2 a 3 2 3 1 and B . Thus C must be perpendicular to ( A B) also but
2.
b1 b 2 b 3 4 6
 26 Vectors

the cross product ( A B) gives a vector C which can not be F.P 0 90

perpendicular to itself. Thus the last statement is wrong.
26. (d) | A B | | (2i 3 j) (i 4 j)| | 5k | 5 units
11. (b) We know that, Angular momentum
27. (d)
L r p in terms of component becomes 28. (b) A B 0 sin 0 0
Two vectors will be parallel to each other.
i j k
L x y z v 29. (b) A B and B A are parallel and opposite to each other. So
the angle will be .
px py pz
30. (b) Vector (P Q) lies in a plane and vector (P Q) is
perpendicular to this plane the angle between given vectors
As motion is in - plane ( = 0 and Pz 0 ), so
is .
2
L k (xp y yp x )
Here = , , px m v and p y 0 31. (d) 22 32 2 2 3 cos 1

By solving we get 180 A B 0

L k vt 0 b mv mvb k
32. (c) Dot product of two perpendicular vector will be zero.
12. (d) F1 .F2 (2 j 5 k )(3 j 4 k )
AB 42 24 12 56
33. (d) cos
6 20 20 6 26 AB 36 36 9 49 16 16 9 71
13. (c) Force lie in the - plane so a vector along -axis will be
perpendicular to . 56 5 1 5
cos sin or sin
14. (d) A.B | A | . | B | . cos A. B. cos 90 0 9 71 3 3
15. (c) 1 34. (b) Direction of vector is along axis A ak
1
net

net Direction of vector is towards north B bj

Now A B ak b j ab( j)
2
2

According to problem | V1 V2 | | V1 V2 | The direction is A B is along west.

| Vnet | | Vnet | A.B 1 1

35. (d) cos 60
So V1 and V2 will be mutually perpendicular. | A || B | 2 2 2

16. (c) W F.r (5 i 3 j)(2i j) 10 3 7 . 36. (d) AB (4 i 5 j 6k ) (3i 4 j 5k ) = i j k

A.B 2 6 4 CD (4 i 6 j) (7 i 9 j 3k ) 3i 3 j 3k
17. (b) cos 0 90
| A || B | 14 21
AB and CD are parallel, because its cross-products is 0.
18. (c) (i j).( j k ) 0 0 1 0 1
37. (a) W FS (4 i 5 j)(3 i 6 j) 12
A.B 1 1
cos 60
| A || B | 2 2 2 38. (b) | A B | A.B AB sin AB cos tan 1

19. (b) P F.v 20 6 15 ( 4 ) ( 5) 3 45

120 60 15 120 75 45 39. (a)
P.Q
20. (a) cos 1 0 i j k
PQ
40. (a) v r 1 2 2 i (6 8 ) j( 3) 4 k
21. (a) W F .s (5i 6 j 4 k )(6i 5k ) 30 20 10
0 4 3
22. (c) A.B 0 90
23. (a) P .Q 0 a2 2a 3 0 a 3 2i 3j 4k

24. (b) W F.r ( 2i 15 j 6 k )(10 j) 150

| v| ( 2)2 (3)2 42 29 unit
25. (c) Px 2 cos t , Py 2 sin t P 2 cos t i 2 sin t j
41. (d) a .b 0 a and b will be perpendicular to each other
dP
F 2 sin t i 2 cos t j
dt a.c 0 a and c will be perpendicular to each other
 Vectors 27

b c will be a vector perpendicular to both b and c 36 64 100

= 10 2 kg
1
So a is parallel to b c
51. (a) Area of parallelogram A B
42. (d) Area 2i 2 j 4k 4 unit.
(i 2j 3k ) (3 i 2 j k)
43. (c) A 2i 2 j k and B 6i 3 j 2k
i j k
C A B 2i 2j k 6i 3 j 2k 1 2 3 (8 )i (8 ) j (8 )k
3 2 1
i j k
2 2 1 i 10 j 18 k
Magnitude 64 64 64 = 8 3
6 3 2
52. (b) Radius vector r r2 r1 (2i 3 j k ) (2i j k)
Unit vector perpendicular to both A and B
r 4j
i 10 j 18 k i 10 j 18 k
12 10 2 18 2 5 17 Linear momentum p 2i 3j k

44. (b) A j 3k , B i 2j k L r p ( 4 j) (2i 3 j k)

i j k i j k
C A B 0 1 3 7i 3j k 0 4 0 4i 8k
1 2 1 2 3 1

Hence area = | C | 49 9 1 59 sq unit i j k

53. (d) v r 3 4 1 18 i 13 j 2k
i j k 5 6 6
45. (a) L r p 1 2 1 j 2k
3 4 2 54. (a)

the angular momentum is perpendicular to axis. 55. (c) A.B AB cos

46. (a) A B is a vector perpendicular to plane A B and hence In the problem A.B AB i.e. cos 1 180

perpendicular to A B A and B acts in the opposite direction.

47. (a) r F (7i 3 j k )( 3 i j 5k )
56. (d) | A B | 3 ( A.B)

i j k AB sin 3 AB cos tan 3 60

7 3 1 14 i 38 j 16k
3 1 5 Now | R | | A B| A2 B2 2 AB cos

48. (d) ( A B) ( A B) A A A B B A B B 1
A2 B2 2 AB (A 2 B2 AB)1 / 2
2
0 A B B A 0 B A B A 2(B A)
57. (a) W F.s (3i cj 2k ).( 4 i 2 j 3k ) 12 2c 6
49. (d) For perpendicular vector A.B 0
Work done 6 J (given)
(5 i 7j 3k ).( 2i 2 j ak ) 0 12 2c 6 6 c 12

10 14 3a 0 a 8 58. (b) W F.s (5 i 3 j).( 2i j) 10 3 = 7 J

Force | F| 59. (c) A B AB sin n

50. (a) Mass
Acceleration a
for parallel vectors 0 or 180 , sin 0