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Daily Practice Problem Sheet

TOPIC : VECTOR DPPS No. - 01

1. There are two force vectors, one of 5 N and other of 12 N. At what angle the two vectors be added to get
resultant vector of 17 N, 7 N and 13 N respectively
(A) 0°, 180° and 90° (B) 0°, 90° and 180° (C) 0°, 90° and 90° (D) 180°, 0° and 90°
2. If A  4î  3ˆj and B  6î  8ˆj then magnitude and direction of A  B will be
(A) 5, tan 1 (3 / 4) (B) 5 5 , tan1 (1 / 2) (C) 10, tan1 (5) (D) 25, tan 1 (3 / 4)
3. If the sum of two unit vectors is a unit vector, then magnitude of difference is
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 1 / 2 (D) 5
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4. A  2iˆ  ˆj, B  3jˆ  kˆ and C  6iˆ  2kˆ . Value of A  2B  3C would be
(A) 20î  5ˆj  4k̂ (B) 20î  5ˆj  4k̂ (C) 4î  5ˆj  20k̂ (D) 5î  4 ĵ  10k̂
5. Two forces, each of magnitude F have a resultant of the same magnitude F. The angle between the two
forces is
(A) 45° (B) 120° (C) 150° (D) 60°
6. 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°
7. A particle is simultaneously acted by two forces equal to 4 N and 3 N. The net force on the particle is
(A) 7 N (B) 5 N (C) 1 N (D) Between 1 N and 7 N
8. 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
(A) Can be zero (B) Cannot be zero
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(C) Lies in the plane containing A  B (D) Lies in the plane containing C
9. 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
10. Forces F1 and F2 act on a point mass in two mutually perpendicular directions. The resultant force on the
point mass will be
(A) F1  F2 (B) F1  F2 (C) F12  F22 (D) F12  F22

11. If | A  B |  | A |  | B |, the angle between A and B is

(A) 60° (B) 0° (C) 120° (D) 90°
12. Let the angle between two non zero vectors A and B be 120° and resultant be C

(A) C must be equal to | A  B | (B) C must be less than | A  B |

(C) C must be greater than | A  B | (D) C may be equal to | A  B |

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13. 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
(A) 0 (B)  (C)  / 2 (D)  / 4
14. Magnitude of vector which comes on addition of two vectors, 6î  7 ĵ and 3î  4ˆj is
(A) 136 (B) 13.2 (C) 202 (D) 160

15. The three vectors A  3î  2ˆj  k̂, B  î  3 ĵ  5k̂ and C  2î  ĵ  4k̂ form
(A) An equilateral triangle (B) Isosceles triangle
(C) A right angled triangle (D) No triangle
16. For the figure

(A) A  B  C (B) B  C  A C
B

(C) C  A  B (D) A  B  C  0
A

17. The value of the sum of two vectors A and B with  as the angle between them is

(A) A 2  B2  2AB cos  (B) A 2  B2  2AB cos 

(C) A 2  B2  2AB sin  (D) A 2  B2  2AB sin 
18. Following sets of three forces act on a body. Whose resultant cannot be zero
(A) 10, 10, 10 (B) 10, 10, 20 (C) 10, 20, 23 (D) 10, 20, 40
19. The sum of two forces acting at a point is 16 N. If the resultant force is 8 N and its direction is perpendicu-
lar to minimum force then the forces are
(A) 6 N and 10 N (B) 8 N and 8 N (C) 4 N and 12 N (D) 2 N and 14 N
20. If vectors P, Q and R have magnitude 5, 12 and 13 units and P  Q  R , the angle between Q and R is

5
1 1 5 1 12 1 7
(A) cos (B) cos (C) cos (D) cos
12 13 13 13
21. 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
22. What vector must be added to the two vectors î  2ˆj  2k̂ and 2î  ĵ  k̂ , so that the resultant may be a unit
vector along x-axis
(A) 2î  ˆj  k̂ (B)  2î  ĵ  k̂ (C) 2î  ˆj  k̂ (D)  2î  ĵ  k̂

23. The resultant of P and Q is perpendicular to P . What is the angle between P and Q

(A) cos1 (P / Q) (B) cos1 ( P / Q) (C) sin 1 (P / Q) (D) sin 1 ( P / Q)

ANSWER KEY
1. (A) 2. (B) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (B) 6. (A) 7. (D) 8. (B)
9. (D) 10. (C) 11. (A) 12. (C) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (C)
17. (A) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (C) 21. (B) 22. (B) 23. (B)
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Daily Practice Problem Sheet

TOPIC : VECTOR DPPS No. - 02

1. 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) P  Q (C) PQ  1 (D) None of these
2. 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)
3. 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) cos1 (1 / 2) (B) cos1 (1 / 2) (C) cos1 (1 / 4) (D) cos1 (1 / 4)

4. 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
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5. A body is at rest under the action of three forces, two of which are F1  4î , F2  6ˆj, the third force is

(A) 4î  6 ĵ (B) 4î  6 ĵ (C)  4î  6 ĵ (D)  4î  6ˆj

     
6. The magnitudes of vectors A, B and C are 3, 4 and 5 units respectively. If A  B  C , the angle between
 
A and B is
 1  7  
(A) (B) cos1 (0.6) (C) tan   (D)
2 5 4
   
7. Two forces F1  5î  10 ĵ  20k̂ and F2  10î  5ˆj  15k̂ act on a single point. The angle between F1 and F2
is nearly
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90°
8. Which pair of the following forces will never give resultant force of 2 N
(A) 2 N and 2 N (B) 1 N and 1 N (C) 1 N and 3 N (D) 1 N and 4 N
9. Two forces 3N and 2 N are at an angle  such that the resultant is R. The first force is now increased to 6N
and the resultant become 2R. The value of  is
(A) 30° (B) 60° (C) 90° (D) 120°
10. Three concurrent forces of the same magnitude are in equilibrium. What is the angle between the forces ?
Also name the triangle formed by the forces as sides
(A) 60° and equilateral triangle (B) 120° and equilateral triangle
(C) 120°, 30°, 30° and isosceles triangle (D) 120° and obtuse angled triangle
11. The maximum and minimum magnitude of the resultant of two given vectors are 17 units and 7 units
respectively. If these two vectors are at right angles to each other, the magnitude of their resultant is
(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 13

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12. The vector sum of two forces is perpendicular to their vector differences. In that case, the forces
(A) Are equal to each other in magnitude (B) Are not equal to each other in magnitude
(C) Cannot be predicted (D) Are equal to each other
13. Two forces of 12 N and 8 N act upon a body. The resultant force on the body has maximum value of
(A) 4 N (B) 0 N (C) 20 N (D) 8 N
14. Two equal forces (P each) act at a point inclined to each other at an angle of 120°. The magnitude of their
resultant is
(A) P / 2 (B) P / 4 (C) P (D) 2P
15. The vectors 5iˆ  8jˆ and 2iˆ  7ˆj are added. The magnitude of the sum of these vector is
(A) 274 (B) 38 (C) 238 (D) 560
     
16. Two vectors A and B are such that A  B  A  B . Then
    
(A) A . B  0 (B) A  B  0 (C) A  0 (D) B  0
17. If a vector 2î  3 ĵ  8k̂ is perpendicular to the vector 4 ĵ  4î  k̂ . Then the value of  is
1 1
(A) –1 (B) (C)  (D) 1
2 2

18. If two vectors 2î  3 ĵ  k̂ and  4î  6 ĵ  k̂ are parallel to each other then value of  be
(A) 0 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
19. A body, acted upon by a force of 50 N is displaced through a distance 10 meter in a direction making an
angle of 60° with the force. The work done by the force be
(A) 200 J (B) 100 J (C) 300 J (D) 250 J
20. A particle moves from position 3î  2 ĵ  6k̂ to 14î  13 ĵ  9k̂ due to a uniform force of ( 4î  ˆj  3k̂ ) N. If
the displacement in meters then work done will be
(A) 100 J (B) 200 J (C) 300 J (D) 250 J
21. If for two vector A and B , sum (A  B) is perpendicular to the difference (A  B) . The ratio of their magni-
tude is
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) None of these
   
22. If A  B  B  A then the angle between A and B is
(A)  / 2 (B)  / 3 (C)  (D)  / 4
23. If A  3î  ĵ  2k̂ and B  2î  2ˆj  4k̂ then value of | A  B | will be

(A) 8 2 (B) 8 3 (C) 8 5 (D) 5 8

24. The torque of the force F  (2î  3 ĵ  4k̂ ) N acting at the point r  (3î  2 ĵ  3k̂ ) m about the origin be

(A) 6î  6ˆj  12k̂ (B) 17 î  6 ĵ  13k̂ (C)  6î  6 ĵ  12k̂ (D)  17 î  6 ĵ  13k̂

ANSWER KEY
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (D)
9. (D) 10. (A) 11. (D) 12. (A) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (A) 16. (D)
17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (D) 20. (A) 21. (A) 22. (C) 23. (B) 24. (B)

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TOPIC : VECTOR DPPS No. - 03

1. If A  B  C, then which of the following statements is wrong

(A) C  A (B) C  B (C) C  ( A  B) (D) C  ( A  B)

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2. Consider two vectors F1  2ˆj  5kˆ and F 2  3 ĵ  4k̂. The magnitude of the scalar product of these vectors
is
(A) 20 (B) 23 (C) 5 33 (D) 26

3. Consider a vector F  4î  3 ĵ. Another vector that is perpendicular to F is

(A) 4î  3ˆj (B) 6î (C) 7 k̂ (D) 3î  4 ĵ

4. Two vectors A and B are at right angles to each other, when

(A) A  B  0 (B) A  B  0 (C) A  B  0 (D) A . B  0

5. A force F  (5î  3 ĵ) Newton is applied over a particle which displaces it from its origin to the point

r  (2î  1ĵ) metres. The work done on the particle is

(A) – 7 J (B) +13 J (C) +7 J (D) +11 J
6. The angle between two vectors  2î  3 ĵ  k̂ and î  2ˆj  4k̂ is
(A) 0° (B) 90° (C) 180° (D) None of the above
7. The angle between the vectors (î  ĵ) and ( ĵ  k̂ ) is
(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90°
8. A particle moves with a velocit y 6î  4ˆj  3k̂ m / s under the influence of a constant force

F  20î  15ˆj  5k̂ N. The instantaneous power applied to the particle is

(A) 35 J/s (B) 45 J/s (C) 25 J/s (D) 195 J/s

9. If P.Q  PQ, then angle between P and Q is

(A) 0° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 60°

10. A force F  5î  6 ĵ  4k̂ acting on a body, produces a displacement S  6î  5k̂. Work done by the force is
(A) 10 units (B) 18 units (C) 11 units (D) 5 units

11. The angle between the two vectors A  5î  5 ĵ and B  5î  5 ĵ will be
(A) Zero (B) 45° (C) 90° (D) 180°

12. The vector P  aî  aˆj  3k̂ and Q  aî  2ˆj  k̂ are perpendicular to each other. The positive value of a is
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 9 (D) 13
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13. A body, constrained to move in the Y-direction is subjected to a force given by F  (2î  15 ĵ  6k̂ ) N.
What is the work done by this force in moving the body a distance 10 m along the Y-axis
(A) 20 J (B) 150 J (C) 160 J (D) 190 J
14. A vector F1 is along the positive X-axis. If its vector product with another vector F2 is zero then F2 could
be
(A) 4 ĵ (B)  (î  ĵ) (C) ( ĵ  k̂ ) (D) (4î )

15. If for two vectors A and B, A  B  0, the vectors

(A) Are perpendicular to each other (B) Are parallel to each other
(C) Act at an angle of 60° (D) Act at an angle of 30°
16. The angle between vectors (A  B) and (B  A ) is
(A) Zero (B)  (C)  / 4 (D)  / 2

17. What is the angle between ( P  Q) and (P  Q)

 
(A) 0 (B) (C) 4
(D) 
2
18. The angle between two vectors given by 6i  6 j  3k and 7i  4 j  4k is

1  1  1  5  1  2  1
 5
(A) cos   (B) cos   (C) sin   (D) sin  

 3  3  3  3 

19. The position vectors of points A, B, C and D are A  3î  4ˆj  5k̂, B  4î  5ˆj  6k̂ , C  7î  9ˆj  3k̂ and

D  4î  6ˆj then the displacement vectors AB and CD are

(A) Perpendicular (B) Parallel
(C) Antiparallel (D) Inclined at an angle of 60°

20. If | A  B |  | A . B |, then angle between A and B will be

(A) 30° (B) 45° (C) 60° (D) 90°
21. In an clockwise system
(A) ĵ  k̂  î (B) î. î  0 (C) ĵ  ˆj  1 (D) kˆ  ˆj  1

22. The area of the parallelogram whose sides are represented by the vectors ĵ  3k̂ and î  2ˆj  k̂ is

(A) 61 [Link] (B) 59 [Link] (C) 49 [Link] (D) 52 [Link]

23. Find the torque of a force F  3î  ĵ  5k̂ acting at the point r  7î  3ˆj  k̂

(A) 14î  38ˆj  16k̂ (B) 4î  4 ĵ  6k̂ (C) 21î  4ˆj  4k̂ (D)  14î  34 ĵ  16k̂

ANSWER KEY
1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (B)
9. (A) 10. (A) 11. (C) 12. (A) 13. (B) 14. (D) 15. (B) 16. (B)
17. (B) 18. (D) 19. (B) 20. (B) 21. (A) 22. (B) 23. (A)
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TOPIC : VECTOR DPPS No. - 04

1. Which of the sets given below may represent the magnitudes of three vectors adding to zero ?
(A) 2, 4, 8 (B) 4, 8, 16 (C) 1, 2, 1 (D) 0.5, 1, 2
2. Two vectors have magnitudes 3 unit and 4 unit respectively. What should be the angle between them if the
magnitude of the resultant is :
(i) 1 unit (ii) 5 unit (iii) 7 unit
(A) 180º, 90º, 0º (B) 80º, 70º, 0º (C) 90º, 170º, 50º (D) None of these
  
3. 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) 120º (B) 150º

(C) 135º (D) None of these

4. In the figure, the magnitude of a and b are 10 units and 6 units, respectively. The angle made by vector
  
(a  b) with a is

(A) 37º (B) 53º

 3 3  7 
(C) tan 1  (D) tan 1 
 7 
  3 3 
5. What vector must be added to the other vectors ˆi  2ˆj  2kˆ and 2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ , so that the resultant may be a
unit vector along Y-axis ?
(A) 2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ (B) 3iˆ  2ˆj  kˆ (C) 2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ (D) 3iˆ  2ˆj  kˆ
6. Two vectors of magnitudes 4 and 6 are acting through a point. If the magnitude of the resultant is R
(A) 4 < R < 6 (B) 4 < R < 10 (C) 2  R  10 (D) 2  R  10
 
7. Two vectors A and B lie in X-Y plane. The vector B is perpendicular to vector A. If A  ˆi  ˆj , then B may
be :
(A) ˆi  ˆj (B) ˆi  ˆj (C) 2iˆ  2ˆj (D) Any of the above
 
8. Two vectors P  2iˆ  bjˆ  2kˆ and Q  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ will be perpendicular if :
(A) b = 0 (B) b = 1 (C) b = 2 (D) b = – 4
  
9. If A  B  C , then which of the following statements is wrong
         
(A) C  A (B) C  B (C) C  (A  B) (D) C  (A  B)
 
10. An engine exerts a force F  (20iˆ  3jˆ  5k)
ˆ N and moves with velocity   (6iˆ  20ˆj  3k)
ˆ m/s. The power
of the engine (in watt) is :
(A) 45 (B) 75 (C) 20 (D) 10

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11. A force of (3iˆ  4ˆj) newton acts on a body and displaces it by (3iˆ  4ˆj) metres. The work done by the force is
(A) 10 J (B) 12 J (C) 16 J (D) 25 J
       
12. Three vectors A, B and C satisfy the relation A  B  0 and A  C  0 . The vector A is parallel to :
     
(A) B (B) C (C) B  C (D) B  C
13. Six forces, 9.81 N each, acting at a point are coplanar. If the angles between neighboring forces are equal,
then the resultant is
(A) 0 N (B) 9.81 N (C) 2 × 9.81 N (D) 3 × 9.81 N
        
14. For any two vectors A and B , if A  B  A  B , the magnitude of C  A  B is equal to :

AB
(A) A 2  B2 (B) A + B (C) A 2  B2  (D) A 2  B2  2AB
2
 
15. What is the value of linear velocity, if   3iˆ  4ˆj  kˆ and r  5ˆj  6ˆj  6kˆ :
(A) 6iˆ  2ˆj  3kˆ (B) 6iˆ  2ˆj  8kˆ (C) 4iˆ  13jˆ  6kˆ (D) 18iˆ  13jˆ  2kˆ
   
16. If A  B  B  A , then the angle between A and B is
(A)  (B)  / 3 (C)  / 2 (D)  / 4
   
17. Two vectors A and B have equal magnitudes. The magnitude of (A  B) is ‘n’ times the magnitude of
   
(A  B) . The angle between A and B is

1  n  1 
 2 
1 n  1
 2 
1 n  1 1  n  1 
(A) sin  n  1  (B) cos  2  (C) sin  2  (D) cos 
 n  1   n  1   n  1 
18. In the cube of side ‘a’ shown in the figure, the vector from the central point of the face ABOD to the central
point of the face BEFO will be :

1 ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ
(A) a(i  k) (B) a( j  i)
2 2

1 ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ
(C) a(k  i) (D) a( j  k)
2 2

19. Three forces acting on a body are shown in the figure have the resultant force only along the y-direction,
magnitude of the minimum additional force needed is

3
(A) N (B) 3N
4

(C) 0.5 N (D) 1.5 N

ANSWER KEY
1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (D)
9. (D) 10. (A) 11. (D) 12. (D) 13. (A) 14. (D) 15. (D) 16. (A)
17. (B) 18. (B) 19. (C)
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Daily Practice Problem Sheet

TOPIC : VECTOR DPPS No. - 05

1. If a unit vector is represented by 0.5iˆ  0.8ˆj  ckˆ , then the value of ‘c’ is :
(A) 1 (B) 0.11 (C) 0.01 (D) 0.39
2. What is the component of 3iˆ  4ˆj along ˆi  ˆj ?

1 ˆ ˆ 3 ˆ ˆ 5 ˆ ˆ 7 ˆ ˆ
(A) (i  j) (B) (i  j) (C) (i  j) (D) (i  j)
2 2 2 2
   
3. The value of (A  B)  (A  B) is
   
(A) 0 (B) A2  B2 (C) B  A (D) 2(B  A)
   
4. A vector A points vertically upward and B points towards north. The vector product A  B is
(A) Zero (B) Along west (C) Along east (D) Vertically downward
       
5. The vectors A and B are such that A  B  A  B then the angle between the two vectors A and B
will be :
(A) 0º (B) 60º (C) 90º (D) 180º
6. Two forces P and Q, of magnitude 2F and 3F, respectively are at an angle  with each other. If the force
Q is doubled, then their resultant also gets doubled. Then, the angle  is :
(A) 30º (B) 60º (C) 90º (D) 120º
7. Vector which is perpendicular to (a cos iˆ  b sin  ˆj) is
1 1
(A) bsin  ˆi  a cos  ˆj sin  ˆi  cos  ˆj (C) 5kˆ
(B) (D) All of these
a b
8. One of the two rectangular components of a force is 20 N and it makes an angle of 30º with the force. The
magnitude of the other component is
(A) 10 / 3 (B) 20 / 3 (C) 15 / 3 (D) 40 / 3
  b
9. If resultant of two vectors a and b shown in the figure is 7b . The value of is
a
1
(A) (B) 1
2

(C) 2 (D) 3
10. A child pulls a box with a force of 200 N at an angle of 60º above the horizontal. Then the horizontal and
vertical components of the force are :

(A) 100 N, 173.2 N (B) 86.6 N, 100 N

(C) 100 N, 86.6 N (D) 100 N, 0 N

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11. Five forces 2N, 3 N , 5 N, 3 N and 2 N respectively act at a particle P as shown in the figure. The
resultant force on the particle P is
(A) 10 N making angle 60º with X-axis
(B) 10 N making angle 60º with Y-axis
(C) 20 N along Y-axis
(D) None of these

12. A body constrained to move in y direction is subjected to a force given by F  ( 2iˆ  15ˆj  6k) ˆ N . What is
the work done by this force in moving the body through a distance of 10 m along y-axis ?
(A) 190 J (B) 160 J (C) 150 J (D) 20 J
 
13. The magnitude of the vector product of two vectors A and B may be :
(a) Greater than AB (b) Equal to AB (c) Less than AB (d) Equal to Zero
(A) a, b, c (B) b, c, d (C) a, c, d (D) a, b, d
 
14. Find the torque of a force F  3iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ acting at the point r  7iˆ  3jˆ  kˆ about origin :
(A) 14iˆ  38jˆ  16kˆ (B) 4iˆ  4ˆj  6kˆ (C) 14iˆ  38jˆ  16kˆ (D) 21iˆ  3jˆ  5kˆ
        
15. Let A  (iˆ  ˆj) and B  (2iˆ  ˆj) . The magnitude of a coplanar vector C such that A  C  B  C  A  B is
given by

9 5 20 10
(A) (B) (C) (D)
12 9 9 9
16. The three vectors OA, OB and OC have the same magnitude R. Then the sum of these vectors have
magnitude

(A) R (B) 2R

(C) 3R (D) (1  2)R

    
17. The figure shows ABCDEF as a regular hexagon. What is the value of AB  AC  AD  AE  AF ?

 
(A) AO (B) 2AO

 
(C) 4 AO (D) 6 AO

18. What is the unit vector perpendicular to the following vectors 2iˆ  2ˆj  kˆ and 6iˆ  3jˆ  2kˆ

ˆi  10jˆ  18kˆ ˆi  10ˆj  18kˆ ˆi  10jˆ  18kˆ ˆi  10jˆ  18kˆ

(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17

19. If a vector A make angles  ,  and  , respectively, with the X, Y and Z axes, then sin 2   sin 2   sin 2  
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3

ANSWER KEY
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (B) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (B)
9. (A) 10. (A) 11. (A) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (B) 16. (D)
17. (D) 18. (C) 19. (B)
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