Vectors assignment
Vectors assignment
1. How many minimum number of coplanar vectors having different magnitudes can be added to give zero resultant
(a) 2 (b) 3
(b) 4 (d) 5
2. 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 m (b) 26 m (c) 36 m (d) 21 m
4. 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
5. 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
6. The angles which a vector ˆi ˆj 2 kˆ makes with X, Y and Z axes respectively are
(a) 60°, 60°, 60° (b) 45°, 45°, 45° (c) 60°, 60°, 45° (d) 45°, 45°, 60°
1 ˆ 1 ˆ
7. The expression i j is a
2 2
(a) Unit vector (b) Null vector (c) Vector of magnitude 2 (d) Scalar
8. Given vector A 2ˆi 3ˆj , the angle between A and y-axis is [CPMT 1993]
1 1 1 1
(a) tan 3/2 (b) tan 2/ 3 (c) sin 2/ 3 (d) cos 2/ 3
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 [CBSE PMT 1995]
12. The angle made by the vector A ˆi ˆj with x- axis is [EAMCET (Engg.) 1999]
14. 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
16. If a vector P making angles , , and respectively with the X, Y and Z axes respectively. Then sin2 sin2 sin2
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
Problems based on addition of vectors
17. Two forces, each of magnitude F have a resultant of the same magnitude F. The angle between the two forces is [CBSE PMT 1990]
(a) 45° (b) 120° (c) 150° (d) 60°
18. 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°
19. A particle is simultaneously acted by two forces equal to 4 N and 3 N. The net force on the particle is [CPMT 1979]
(a) 7 N (b) 5 N (c) 1 N (d) Between 1 N and 7 N
20. Two vectors A and B lie in a plane, another vector C lies outside this plane, then the resultant of these three vectors i.e., A B C
(c) Lies in the plane containing A B (d) Lies in the plane containing A B
21. 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
22. Forces F1 and F2 act on a point mass in two mutually perpendicular directions. The resultant force on the point mass will be
[CPMT 1991]
23. Find the resultant of three vectors OA, OB and OC shown in the following figure. Radius of the circle is R.
(a) 2R C
B
(b) R(1 2 )
45o
(c) R 2 45o
A
O
(d) R( 2 1)
x 2 y 2 2( x 2 y 2 ) x 2 y2 x 2 y2
(a) cos 1 (b) cos1 2 (c) cos 1 (d) cos 1
2( x 2 y 2 ) x y 2 x 2 y2 x 2 y2
26. Let the angle between two nonzero vectors A and B be 120° and resultant be C
(a) AO
(b) 2 AO
(c) 4 AO
(d) 6 AO
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
[CPMT 1997]
(a) 0 (b) (c) /2 (d) / 4
29. Magnitude of vector which comes on addition of two vectors, 6ˆi 7ˆj and 3ˆi 4 ˆj is [BHU 2000]
30. A particle has displacement of 12 m towards east and 5 m towards north then 6 m vertically upward. The sum of these displacements is
(a) 12 (b) 10.04 m (c) 14.31 m (d) None of these
31. The three vectors A 3ˆi 2ˆj kˆ , B ˆi 3ˆj 5kˆ and C 2ˆi ˆj 4kˆ form
(a) An equilateral triangle (b) Isosceles triangle (c) A right angled triangle (d) No triangle
(a) A B C
(b) BC A
(c) C A B
(d) A BC 0
34. The value of the sum of two vectors A and B with as the angle between them is [BHU 1996]
35. Following forces start acting on a particle at rest at the origin of the co-ordinate system simultaneously
F1 4ˆi 5ˆj 5kˆ , F 2 5ˆi 8 ˆj 6kˆ , F 3 3ˆi 4 ˆj 7kˆ and F 4 2ˆi 3ˆj 2kˆ then the particle will move
(a) In x – y plane (b) In y – z plane (c) In x – z plane (d) Along x -axis
36. Following sets of three forces act on a body. Whose resultant cannot be zero [CPMT 1985]
(a) 10, 10, 10 (b) 10, 10, 20 (c) 10, 20, 20 (d) 10, 20, 40
37. When three forces of 50 N, 30 N and 15 N act on a body, then the body is
(a) At rest (b) Moving with a uniform velocity (c) In equilibrium (d) Moving with an
acceleration
38. The sum of two forces acting at a point is 16 N. If the resultant force is 8 N and its direction is perpendicular to minimum force then the
forces are [CPMT 1997]
(a) 6 N and 10 N (b) 8 N and 8 N (c) 4 N and 12 N (d) 2 N and 14 N
39. If vectors P, Q and R have magnitude 5, 12 and 13 units and P Q R, the angle between Q and R is [CEET 1998]
5 5 12 7
(a) cos 1 (b) cos 1 (c) cos 1 (d) cos 1
12 13 13 13
40. The resultant of two vectors A and B is perpendicular to the vector A and its magnitude is equal to half the magnitude of vector B. The
angle between A and B is
(a) 120° (b) 150° (c) 135° (d) None of these
41. What vector must be added to the two vectors ˆi 2ˆj 2kˆ and 2ˆi ˆj kˆ , so that the resultant may be a unit vector along x-axis
[BHU 1990]
43. The resultant of P and Q is perpendicular to P . What is the angle between P and Q
44. 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) PQ (c) PQ 1 (d) None of these
45. The resultant of A B is R1 . On reversing the vector B, the resultant becomes R 2 . What is the value of R12 R22
46. The resultant of two vectors P and Q is R. If Q is doubled, the new resultant is perpendicular to P. Then R equals
(a) P (b) (P+Q) (c) Q (d) (P–Q)
47. Two forces, F1 and F2 are acting on a body. One force is double that of the other force and the resultant is equal to the greater force.
Then the angle between the two forces is
(a) cos1 (1 / 2) (b) cos1 (1 / 2) (c) cos1 (1 / 4) (d) cos1 (1 / 4)
48. Given that A B C and that C is to A . Further if | A | | C |, then what is the angle between A and B
3
(a) radian (b) radian (c) radian (d) radian
4 2 4
Problems based on subtraction of vectors
49. Figure below shows a body of mass M moving with the uniform speed on a circular path of radius, R. What is the change in acceleration
in going from P1 to P2
(a) Zero
(b) v 2 / 2R
(c) 2v 2 / R
v2
(d) 2
R
50. A body is at rest under the action of three forces, two of which are F1 4ˆi , F2 6ˆj , the third force is [AMU 1996]
(a) 4ˆi 6ˆj (b) 4ˆi 6ˆj (c) 4ˆi 6ˆj (d) 4ˆi 6ˆj
51. A plane is revolving around the earth with a speed of 100 km/hr at a constant height from the surface of earth. The change in the
velocity as it travels half circle is [RPET 1998; KCET 2000]
52. What displacement must be added to the displacement 25ˆi 6ˆj m to give a displacement of 7.0 m pointing in the x- direction
(a) 18ˆi 6ˆj (b) 32ˆi 13ˆj (c) 18ˆi 6ˆj (d) 25ˆi 13ˆj
53. A body moves due East with velocity 20 km/hour and then due North with velocity 15 km/hour. The resultant velocity [AFMC 1995]
54. A particle is moving on a circular path of radius r with uniform velocity v. The change in velocity when the particle moves from P to Q is
(POQ 40)
P
r
(a) 2v cos 40
O 40o v
(b) 2v sin 40
55. The length of second's hand in watch is 1 cm. The change in velocity of its tip in 15 seconds is [MP PMT 1987]
2
(a) Zero (b) cm / sec (c) cm / sec (d) cm / sec
30 2 30 30
56. A particle moves towards east with velocity 5 m/s. After 10 seconds its direction changes towards north with same velocity. The
average acceleration of the particle is [CPMT 1997; IIT-JEE 1982]
1 1 1
(a) Zero (b) m / s2 N W (c) m / s2 N E (d) m / s2 S W
2 2 2
Problems based on scalar product of vectors
57. Consider two vectors F 1 2ˆi 5kˆ and F 2 3ˆj 4kˆ . The magnitude of the scalar product of these vectors is [MP PMT 1987]
59. Two vectors A and B are at right angles to each other, when [AIIMS 1987]
61. A force F (5ˆi 3ˆj ) Newton is applied over a particle which displaces it from its origin to the point r (2ˆi 1ˆj ) metres. The work
done on the particle is [MP PMT 1995]
(a) – 7 joules (b) +13 joules (c) +7 joules (d) +11 joules
62. The angle between two vectors 2ˆi 3ˆj kˆ and ˆi 2ˆj 4kˆ is [EAMCET 1990]
(a) 0° (b) 90° (c) 180° (d) None of the above
63. The angle between the vectors (ˆi ˆj ) and (ˆj kˆ ) is [EAMCET 1995]
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
64. A particle moves with a velocity 6ˆi 4 ˆj 3kˆ m / s under the influence of a constant force F 20ˆi 15ˆj 5kˆ N . The instantaneous
power applied to the particle is [CBSE PMT 2000]
(a) 35 J/s (b) 45 J/s (c) 25 J/s (d) 195 J/s
65. If P.Q PQ, then angle between P and Q is [AIIMS 1999]
(a) 0° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 60°
66. Two constant forces F1 2ˆi 3ˆj 3kˆ (N) and F2 ˆi ˆj 2kˆ (N) act on a body and displace it from the position r1 ˆi 2ˆj 2kˆ (m)
to the position r2 7ˆi 10ˆj 5kˆ (m). What is the work done
(a) 9 J (b) 41 J (c) – 3 J (d) None of these
67. A force F 5ˆi 6ˆj 4kˆ acting on a body, produces a displacement S 6ˆi 5kˆ . Work done by the force is [KCET 1999]
(a) 10 units (b) 18 units (c) 11 units (d) 5 units
68. The angle between the two vector A 5ˆi 5ˆj and B 5ˆi 5ˆj will be [CPMT 2000]
(a) Zero (b) 45° (c) 90° (d) 180°
69. The vector P aˆi aˆj 3kˆ and Q aˆi 2ˆj kˆ are perpendicular to each other. The positive value of a is [AFMC 2000]
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 9 (d) 13
70. A body, constrained to move in the Y-direction is subjected to a force given by F (2ˆi 15ˆj 6kˆ ) N . What is the work done by this
force in moving the body a distance 10 m along the Y-axis [CBSE PMT 1994]
(a) 20 J (b) 150 J (c) 160 J (d) 190 J
71. A particle moves in the x-y plane under the action of a force F such that the value of its liner momentum (P) at anytime t is
Px 2 cost, py 2 sin t. The angle between F and P at a given time t. will be [UPSEAT 2000]
72. The area of the parallelogram represented by the vectors A 2ˆi 3ˆj and B ˆi 4 ˆj is
(a) 14 units (b) 7.5 units (c) 10 units (d) 5 units
AB
(a) A2 B2 (b) A B (c) A2 B2 (d) A 2 B 2 2 AB
2
74. A vector F 1 is along the positive X-axis. If its vector product with another vector F 2 is zero then F 2 could be [MP PMT 1987]
78. 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
80. Let A ˆi A cos ˆj A sin be any vector. Another vector B which is normal to A is [BHU 1997]
(a) ˆi B cos j B sin (b) ˆi B sin j B cos (c) ˆi B sin j B cos (d) ˆi B cos j B sin
81. The angle between two vectors given by 6i 6 j 3k and 7i 4 j 4k is [EAMCET (Engg.) 1999]
1 5 2 5
(a) cos1
(b) cos1
(c) sin1
(d) sin1
3
3 3 3
82. 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
85. The position vectors of points A, B, C and D are A 3ˆi 4 ˆj 5kˆ , B 4ˆi 5ˆj 6kˆ , C 7ˆi 9ˆj 3kˆ and D 4ˆi 6ˆj then the
displacement vectors AB and CD are
(a) Perpendicular (b) Parallel (c) Antiparallel (d) Inclined at an angle of
60°
86. Which of the following is not true ? If A 3ˆi 4 ˆj and B 6ˆi 8 ˆj where A and B are the magnitudes of A and B
A 1
(a) A B 0 (b) (c) A . B 48 (d) A = 5
B 2
87. If force (F) 4ˆi 5ˆj and displacement (s) 3ˆi 6kˆ then the work done is [Manipal 1995]
(a) 43 (b) 56 (c) 63 (d) 46
88. If | A B | | A . B |, then angle between A and B will be [AIIMS 2000; Manipal 2000]
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
89. In an clockwise system [CPMT 1990]
90. The linear velocity of a rotating body is given by v r , where is the angular velocity and r is the radius vector. The angular
velocity of a body is ˆi 2ˆj 2kˆ and the radius vector r 4 ˆj 3kˆ , then | v | is
91. Three vectors a, b and c satisfy the relation a . b 0 and a . c 0. The vector a is parallel to [AIIMS 1996]
92. The diagonals of a parallelogram are 2 î and 2ˆj . What is the area of the parallelogram
(a) 0.5 units (b) 1 unit (c) 2 units (d) 4 units
93. What is the unit vector perpendicular to the following vectors 2ˆi 2ˆj kˆ and 6ˆi 3ˆj 2kˆ
ˆi 10ˆj 18kˆ ˆi 10ˆj 18kˆ ˆi 10ˆj 18kˆ ˆi 10ˆj 18kˆ
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17
94. The area of the parallelogram whose sides are represented by the vectors ˆj 3kˆ and ˆi 2ˆj kˆ is
(a) 61 sq.unit (b) 59 sq.unit (c) 49 sq.unit (d) 52 sq.unit
95. The area of the triangle formed by 2ˆi ˆj kˆ and ˆi ˆj kˆ is
14
(a) 3 sq.unit (b) 2 3 sq. unit (c) 2 14 sq. unit (d) sq. unit
2
96. 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
[EAMCET (Engg.) 1998]
(a) x-axis (b) y-axis
(c) z-axis (d) Line at equal angles to all the three axes
97. Two vector A and B have equal magnitudes. Then the vector A + B is perpendicular to
(a) A B (b) A – B (c) 3A – 3B (d) All of these
98. Find the torque of a force F 3ˆi ˆj 5kˆ acting at the point r 7ˆi 3ˆj kˆ [CPMT 1997]
(a) 14ˆi 38ˆj 16kˆ (b) 4ˆi 4 ˆj 6kˆ (c) 21ˆi 4 ˆj 4kˆ (d) 14ˆi 34 ˆj 16kˆ
100. A particle of mass m = 5 is moving with a uniform speed v 3 2 in the XOY plane along the line Y X 4. The magnitude of the
angular momentum of the particle about the origin is [CBSE PMT 1990]