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 m (b) 26 m
Fundamentals of Vectors (c) 36 m (d) 20 m
11. 100 coplanar forces each equal to 10 N act on a body. Each force
1. The vector projection of a vector 3ˆi  4 kˆ on y-axis is
makes angle  / 50 with the preceding force. What is the resultant
[RPMT 2004]
of the forces
(a) 5 (b) 4
(a) 1000 N (b) 500 N
(c) 3 (d) Zero
(c) 250 N (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) 3ˆi  5 ˆj  2kˆ (b) 3ˆi  2ˆj  5 kˆ
(a) 6 (b) 5 2
(c) 5ˆi  3ˆj  2kˆ (d) None of these
(c) 4 (d) 2 10
3. If a particle moves from point P (2,3,5) to point Q (3,4,5). Its
displacement vector be  1 ˆ 1 ˆ
13. The expression  i j  is a
(a) ˆi  ˆj  10 kˆ (b) ˆi  ˆj  5 kˆ  2 2 
(a) Unit vector (b) Null vector
(c) ˆi  ˆj (d) 2ˆi  4 ˆj  6kˆ
4. A force of 5 N 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  2ˆi  3 ˆj, the angle between A and y-axis is
(a) 10 N (b) 3 N
[CPMT 1993]
(c) 4 N (d) 2.5 N
1 1
(a) tan 3/2 (b) tan 2/3
5. If A  3ˆi  4 ˆj and B  7ˆi  24 ˆj, the vector having the same
magnitude as B and parallel to A is (c) sin1 2 / 3 (d) cos 1 2 / 3
(a) 5ˆi  20 ˆj (b) 15ˆi  10 ˆj 15. The unit vector along ˆi  ˆj is
(c) 20ˆi  15 ˆj (d) 15ˆi  20 ˆj (a) k̂ (b) ˆi  ˆj
6. Vector A makes equal angles with x, y and z axis. Value of its ˆi  ˆj ˆi  ˆj
(c) (d)
components (in terms of magnitude of A ) will be 2 2
A A
(a) (b) 16. A vector is represented by 3 ˆi  ˆj  2 kˆ . Its length in XY plane is
3 2
(a) 2 (b) 14
3
(c) 3A (d)
A (c) 10 (d) 5
17. Five equal forces of 10 N each are applied at one point and all are
7. If A  2ˆi  4 ˆj  5kˆ 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 N
4 4 3 2 5 (c) 20 N (d) 10 2 N
(c) , 0 and (d) , and
45 45 45 45 45 18. The angle made by the vector A  ˆi  ˆj with x- axis is
8. The vector that must be added to the vector ˆi  3 ˆj  2kˆ and [EAMCET (Engg.) 1999]
(a) 90° (b) 45°
3ˆi  6 ˆj  7kˆ so that the resultant vector is a unit vector along
(c) 22.5° (d) 30°
the y-axis is
19. Any vector in an arbitrary direction can always be replaced by two
(a) 4ˆi  2ˆj  5kˆ (b)  4ˆi  2ˆj  5kˆ (or three)
(a) Parallel vectors which have the original vector as their
(c) 3ˆi  4 ˆj  5kˆ (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
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(c) Arbitrary vectors which have the original vector as their
where ˆi , ˆj, kˆ are unit vectors, along the X, Y and Z-axis respectively.
resultant
(d) It is not possible to resolve a vector The unit vectors r̂ 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 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
(a) rˆ  (i  j  k ) (b) rˆ  (i  j  k )
(c) An axial vector (d) None of these 3 2
21. Which of the following is a vector
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
(a) Pressure (b) Surface tension (c) rˆ  (i  j  k ) (d) rˆ  (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  3ˆi  4 ˆj  5kˆ and
  
(a) Pˆ  Q ˆ (b) | P| | Q| B  3ˆi  4 ˆj  5kˆ is [DPMT 2000]
  (a) 60° (b) Zero
(c) PQ ˆ  QP ˆ (d) P  Q  P ˆ Q ˆ
 (c) 90° (d) None of these
23. The position vector of a particle is r  (a cos t)ˆi  (a sint)ˆj .
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 2ˆi  4 t 2ˆj  7kˆ
(b) Perpendicular to the position vector The distance traversed in first 10 sec is [DPMT 2002]
(c) Directed towards the origin
(a) 500 m (b) 300 m
(d) Directed away from the origin
24. Which of the following is a scalar quantity [AFMC 1998] (c) 150 m (d) 100 m
(a) Displacement (b) Electric field 
32. Unit vector parallel to the resultant of vectors A  4ˆi  3 ˆj and
(c) Acceleration (d) Work 
B  8ˆi  8 ˆj will be [BHU 1995]
25. If a unit vector is represented by 0.5ˆi  0.8 ˆj  ckˆ , then the value
of ‘c’ is [CBSE PMT 1999; EAMCET 1994] 24ˆi  5 ˆj 12ˆi  5 ˆj
(a) (b)
(a) 1 (b) 0.11 13 13

(c) 0.01 (d) 0.39 6ˆi  5 ˆj

(c) (d) None of these
26. A boy walks uniformally along the sides of a rectangular park of size 13
400 m× 300 m, starting from one corner to the other corner
diagonally opposite. Which of the following statement is incorrect 33. The component of vector A  2ˆi  3 ˆj along the vector ˆi  ˆj is
[HP PMT 1999] [KCET 1997]
(a) He has travelled a distance of 700 m
5
(b) His displacement is 700 m (a) (b) 10 2
2
(c) His displacement is 500 m
(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  4ˆi  3ˆj  6kˆ and B  ˆi  3ˆj  8 kˆ is [EAMCET 2000] 34. The angle between the two vectors A  3ˆi  4 ˆj  5kˆ and

1 ˆ 1 ˆ B  3ˆi  4 ˆj  5kˆ will be [Pb. CET 2001]
(a) (3i  6 ˆj  2kˆ ) (b) (3i  6 ˆj  2kˆ )
7 7
(a) 90° (b) 0°
1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(c) (3i  6 ˆj  2kˆ ) (d) (3i  6 ˆj  2kˆ ) (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 N and other of 12 N at what
(c) Neither scalar nor vector (d) Both scalar and vector angle the two vectors be added to get resultant vector of 17 N, 7 N
and 13 N 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  4ˆi  ˆj , b  3ˆi  2ˆj and c  kˆ 2. If A  4ˆi  3 ˆj and B  6ˆi  8 ˆj then magnitude and direction of
A  B will be
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(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 m/s 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 m/s N–W (b) 20 2 m/s N–W 13. If | A  B | | A | | B |, the angle between A and B is

(c) 40 m/s S–W (d) 20 2 m/s S–W (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  2ˆi  ˆj, B  3 ˆj  kˆ and C  6ˆi  2kˆ . (b) C must be less than | A  B |

Value of A  2 B  3C would be (c) C must be greater than | A  B |

(a) 20ˆi  5 ˆj  4 kˆ (b) 20ˆi  5 ˆj  4 kˆ (d) C may be equal to | A  B |
(c) 4ˆi  5 ˆj  20kˆ (d) 5ˆi  4 ˆj  10kˆ 15. The magnitude of vector A, B and C are respectively 12, 5 and 13
6. An object of m kg with speed of v m/s 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
6ˆi  7 ˆj and 3ˆi  4 ˆj is [BHU 2000]
(c) 0 
v1   
v2 (a) 136 (b) 13.2
(d) 2mv
(c) 202 (d) 160
7. Two forces, each of magnitude F have a resultant of the same
magnitude F. The angle between the two forces is 17. 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
[CBSE PMT 1990]
(a) 12 (b) 10.04 m
(a) 45° (b) 120° (c) 14.31 m (d) None of these
(c) 150° (d) 60°
18. The three vectors A  3ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ , B  ˆi  3ˆj  5kˆ and
8. For the resultant of the two vectors to be maximum, what must be
the angle between them C  2ˆi  ˆj  4 kˆ 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 N and 3 19. For the figure
N. The net force on the particle is [CPMT 1979]
(a) AB C
(a) 7 N (b) 5 N
(c) 1 N (d) Between 1 N and 7 N (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 i.e., 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) C is always equal to A + B
(a) Different both in magnitude and direction (d) C is never equal to A + B
(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) A 2  B 2  2 AB cos (b) A 2  B 2  2 AB cos
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(c) Q (d) (P–Q)
(c) A 2  B 2  2 AB sin (d) A 2  B 2  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
be zero [CPMT 1985]
that of the other force and the resultant is equal to the greater
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 N, 30 N and 15 N 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 N. If the resultant
force is 8 N and its direction is perpendicular to minimum force 3
(c) radian (d)  radian
then the forces are [CPMT 1997] 4
(a) 6 N and 10 N (b) 8 N and 8 N 34. A body is at rest under the action of three forces, two of which are
(c) 4 N and 12 N (d) 2 N and 14 N  
F  4ˆi , F  6 ˆj, the third force is
1 2 [AMU 1996]
25. 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] (a) 4ˆi  6 ˆj (b) 4ˆi  6 ˆj

5 5 (c)  4ˆi  6 ˆj (d)  4ˆi  6 ˆj

(a) cos 1 (b) cos 1
12 13 35. 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
12 7
(c) cos 1 (d) cos 1 as it travels half circle is
13 13 [RPET 1998; KCET 2000]
26. The resultant of two vectors A and B is perpendicular to the vector (a) 200 km/hr (b) 150 km/hr
A and its magnitude is equal to half the magnitude of vector B. The
angle between A and B 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 25ˆi  6 ˆj m to give a displacement of 7.0 m pointing in the x-
27. What vector must be added to the two vectors ˆi  2ˆj  2kˆ and direction

2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ , so that the resultant may be a unit vector along x- (a) 18ˆi  6 ˆj (b) 32ˆi  13ˆj
axis
 18ˆi  6 ˆj  25ˆi  13ˆj
[BHU 1990]
(c) (d)
(a) 2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ (b)  2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ 37. A body moves due East with velocity 20 km/hour and then due
North with velocity 15 km/hour. The resultant velocity
(c) 2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ (d)  2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ
[AFMC 1995]
28. What is the angle between P and the resultant of (P  Q) and
(a) 5 km/hour (b) 15 km/hour
(P  Q ) (c) 20 km/hour (d) 25 km/hour
(a) Zero (b) tan 1 (P / Q)   
38. The magnitudes of vectors A, B and C are 3, 4 and 5 units
(c) tan 1 (Q / P) (d) tan 1 (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

sin1 (P / Q) sin1 ( P / Q) 7  
(c) (d) (c) tan 1   (d)
30. Maximum and minimum magnitudes of the resultant of two vectors 5 4
of magnitudes P and Q are in the ratio 3 : 1. Which of the 39. While travelling from one station to another, a car travels 75 km
following relations is true North, 60 km North-east and 20 km 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 km (b) 112 km

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

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

(a) P (b) (P+Q)
the change is the velocity of the scooter is
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[BHU 1994]
(a) tan 1 (2) (b) tan 1 (1 / 2)
(a) 20.0 ms south eastern direction
–1

(c) 45° (d) 0°

(b) Zero 50. Two forces of 12 N and 8 N act upon a body. The resultant force on
(c) 10.0 ms in southern direction
–1 the body has maximum value of [Manipal 2003]
(d) 14.14 ms in south-west direction
–1
(a) 4 N (b) 0 N
(c) 20 N (d) 8 N
41. A person goes 10 km north and 20 km east. What will be
displacement from initial point [AFMC 1994, 2003] 51. 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) 22.36 km (b) 2 km
(a) P/2 (b) P/4
(c) 5 km (d) 20 km
  (c) P (d) 2P
42. Two forces F1  5ˆi  10 ˆj  20kˆ and F2  10ˆi  5 ˆj  15kˆ act on 52. The vectors 5i  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]
2N [HP PMT 1999]    
(a) A. B  0 (b) AB  0
(a) 2 N and 2 N (b) 1 N and 1 N

(c) 1 N and 3 N (d) 1 N and 4 N (c) A0 (d) B0
44. 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 Multiplication of Vectors
2R. The value of  is [HP PMT 2000]
1. If a vector 2ˆi  3ˆj  8 kˆ is perpendicular to the vector
(a) 30° (b) 60°
4 ˆj  4ˆi  kˆ . 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 2ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ and  4ˆi  6 ˆj  kˆ 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 N is displaced through a
(a) 90° (b) 120° distance 10 meter 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 J (b) 100 J
given vectors are 17 units and 7 unit respectively. If these two (c) 300 (d) 250 J
vectors are at right angles to each other, the magnitude of their
resultant is [Kerala CET (Engg.) 2000] 4. A particle moves from position 3ˆi  2ˆj  6kˆ to 14ˆi  13ˆj  9kˆ
(a) 14 (b) 16
due to a uniform force of (4ˆi  ˆj  3kˆ ) 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 J (b) 200 J
(b) Are not equal to each other in magnitude (c) 300 J (d) 250 J
(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. y component of velocity is 20 and x 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 [Manipal 2003]
(a) 1 (b) 2
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(c) 3 (d) None of these
15. If | V 1  V 2 | | V 1  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  V 2
2
(a) A B (b) Zero (c) V1 and V2 are mutually perpendicular

(c) A B sin
2
(d) A B cos 
2
(d) | V 1 | | V 2 |
   
7. If A  B  B  A then the angle between A and B is 16. A force F  (5ˆi  3 ˆj) Newton is applied over a particle which

[AIEEE 2004] displaces it from its origin to the point r  (2ˆi  1ˆj) metres. The
work done on the particle is [MP PMT 1995]
(a)  / 2 (b)  / 3 (a) – 7 J (b) +13 J
(c)  (d)  / 4 (c) +7 J (d) +11 J
17. The angle between two vectors  2ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ and ˆi  2ˆj  4 kˆ is
8. If A  3ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ and B  2ˆi  2ˆj  4 kˆ 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 (ˆi  ˆj) and (ˆj  kˆ ) is
[EAMCET 1995]
(c) 8 5 (d) 5 8 (a) 30° (b) 45°
9. The torque of the force F  (2ˆi  3ˆj  4 kˆ )N acting at the point (c) 60° (d) 90°

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

(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 m is moving with constant velocity v parallel to
x-axis in x-y plane as shown in fig. Its angular momentum with 21. A force F  5ˆi  6 ˆj  4 kˆ acting on a body, produces a
respect to origin at any time t will be
displacement S  6ˆi  5kˆ . Work done by the force is
(a) mvb kˆ (b)  mvb kˆ [KCET 1999]
(a) 10 units (b) 18 units
(c) mvb ˆi (d) mv ˆi
(c) 11 units (d) 5 units
12. Consider two vectors F1  2ˆi  5kˆ and F 2  3 ˆj  4 kˆ . The 22. The angle between the two vectors A  5ˆi  5 ˆj and
magnitude of the scalar product of these vectors is
[MP PMT 1987] B  5ˆi  5 ˆj 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  4ˆi  3 ˆj. Another vector that is 23. The vector P  aˆi  aˆj  3kˆ and Q  aˆi  2ˆj  kˆ are
perpendicular to each other. The positive value of a is
perpendicular to F is [AFMC 2000; AIIMS 2002]
(a) 4ˆi  3 ˆj (b) 6 î (a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 9 (d) 13
(c) 7 k̂ (d) 3ˆi  4 ˆj
24. A body, constrained to move in the Y-direction is subjected to a
14. Two vectors A and B are at right angles to each other, when [AIIMS
force by F  (2ˆi  15 ˆj  6kˆ ) N . What is the work done by
1987]
given
(a) AB 0 (b) AB 0 this force in moving the body a distance 10 m along the Y-axis
(c) AB  0 (d) A. B  0 (a) 20 J (b) 150 J
(c) 160 J (d) 190 J
 Vectors 15

25. A particle moves in the x-y plane under the action of a force F such  2   5
(c) sin1  
 (d) sin1  
that the value of its linear momentum (P ) at anytime t 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 t. 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 (ˆi  ˆj) and (ˆj  kˆ ) is
A  2ˆi  3 ˆj and B  ˆi  4 ˆj 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 A, B, C and D are
27. A vector F 1 is along the positive X-axis. If its vector product with
A  3ˆi  4 ˆj  5kˆ , B  4ˆi  5 ˆj  6kˆ , C  7ˆi  9 ˆj  3kˆ and
another vector F 2 is zero then F 2 could be
D  4ˆi  6 ˆj then the displacement vectors AB and CD are
[MP PMT 1987]
(a) Perpendicular
(a) 4 ˆj (b)  (ˆi  ˆj) (b) Parallel
(c) Antiparallel
(c) (ˆj  kˆ ) (d) (4ˆi ) (d) Inclined at an angle of 60°

28. If for two vectors A and B, A  B  0, the vectors 37. If force (F)  4ˆi  5 ˆj and displacement (s)  3ˆi  6kˆ 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) ˆj  kˆ  ˆi (b) ˆi . ˆi  0
30. What is the angle between ( P  Q) and (P  Q)
(c) ˆj  ˆj  1 (d) kˆ . ˆj  1

(a) 0 (b)
2 40. 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
(c) (d) 
4 of a body is   ˆi  2ˆj  2kˆ and the radius vector r  4 ˆj  3kˆ ,
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  ˆi A cos   ˆjA 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 A is [BHU 1997]
a . c  0 . The vector a is parallel to [AIIMS 1996]
(a) ˆi B cos   j B sin (b) ˆi B sin  j B cos 
(a) b (b) c
(c) ˆi B sin  j B cos  (d) ˆi B cos   j B sin (c) b .c (d) bc
33. The angle between two vectors given by 6i  6 j  3k and 42. The diagonals of a parallelogram are 2 î and 2 ˆj. What is the area
7i  4 j  4 k is [EAMCET (Engg.) 1999] of the parallelogram
(a) 0.5 units (b) 1 unit
 1   5 
(a) cos 1  
 (b) cos 1  

(c) 2 units (d) 4 units
 3  3 43. What is the unit vector perpendicular to the following vectors
2ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ and 6ˆi  3 ˆj  2kˆ
 16 Vectors

ˆi  10 ˆj  18 kˆ ˆi  10 ˆj  18 kˆ 51. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are represented by the two

(a) (b) vectors ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ and 3ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ . What is the area of
5 17 5 17
parallelogram
ˆi  10 ˆj  18 kˆ ˆi  10 ˆj  18 kˆ
(c) (d) [AMU 1997]
5 17 5 17
44. The area of the parallelogram whose sides are represented by the (a) 8 (b) 8 3
vectors ˆj  3kˆ and ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ is (c) 3 8 (d) 192
(a) 61 [Link] (b) 59 [Link]
52. The position vectors of radius are 2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and 2ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ
(c) 49 [Link] (d) 52 [Link]
while those of linear momentum are 2ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ . 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
ˆ
ˆi  4 k1998] (b) 4ˆi  8 kˆ

(a) x-axis (c) 2ˆi  4 ˆj  2kˆ (d) 4ˆi  8 kˆ

(b) y-axis 
53. What is the value of linear velocity, if   3ˆi  4 ˆj  kˆ and
(c) z-axis 
r  5ˆi  6 ˆj  6kˆ [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 A and B have equal magnitudes. Then the vector A + B
(a) 6ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ (b) 6ˆi  2ˆj  8 kˆ
is perpendicular to
(a) AB (b) A – B (c) 4ˆi  13ˆj  6kˆ (d)  18ˆi  13ˆj  2kˆ

(c) 3A – 3B (d) All of these 54. Dot product of two mutual perpendicular vector is
[Haryana CEET 2002]
47. Find the torque of a force F  3ˆi  ˆj  5kˆ acting at the point (a) 0 (b) 1
r  7ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ (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) 14ˆi  38 ˆj  16kˆ (b) 4ˆi  4 ˆj  6kˆ (a) A and B are perpendicular to each other
 
(c) 21ˆi  4 ˆj  4 kˆ (d)  14ˆi  34 ˆj  16kˆ (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
 2 
  (a)  A  B 2  AB  (b) AB
 3 
49. If A and B are perpendicular vectors and vector 
 
A  5ˆi  7 ˆj  3kˆ and B  2ˆi  2ˆj  akˆ . The value of a is
(c) ( A 2  B 2  3 AB)1 / 2 (d) ( A 2  B 2  AB)1 / 2
[EAMCET 1991] 
57. A force F  3ˆi  cˆj  2kˆ acting on a particle causes a
(a) – 2 (b) 8 
displacement S  4ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ in its own direction. If the work
(c) – 7 (d) – 8 done is 6J, then the value of c will be [DPMT 1997]
50. A force vector applied on a mass is represented as (a) 12 (b) 6

F  6ˆi  8 ˆj  10kˆ and accelerates with 1 m /s 2 . What will be the (c) 1 (d) 0
mass of the body in kg. 
58. A force F  (5ˆi  3 ˆj) N is applied over a particle which displaces it
[CMEET 1995] 
from its original position to the point s  (2ˆi  1ˆj) m. The work done
(a) 10 2 (b) 20 on the particle is [BHU 2001]
(a) + 11 J (b) + 7 J
(c) 2 10 (d) 10
(c) + 13 J (d) – 7 J
 Vectors 17
  (c) 30 km/hr (d) 15 km/hr
59. If a vector A is parallel to another vector B then the resultant of
 
the vector A  B will be equal to 2. A man standing on a road hold his umbrella at 30° with the vertical
to keep the rain away. He throws the umbrella and starts running at
[Pb. CET 1996] 10 km/hr. He finds that raindrops are hitting his head vertically, the
 speed of raindrops with respect to the road will be
(a) A (b) A
(a) 10 km/hr (b) 20 km/hr
(c) Zero vector (d) Zero
(c) 30 km/hr (d) 40 km/hr
Lami's Theorem 3. In the above problem, the speed of raindrops w.r.t. the moving man,
will be
1. P, Q and R are three coplanar forces acting at a point and are in (a) 10 / 2 km / h (b) 5 km/h
equilibrium. Given P = 1.9318 kg wt, sin1  0.9659, the value of R
is ( in kg wt) [CET 1998] (c) 10 3 km / h (d) 5 / 3 km / h
4. A boat is moving with a velocity 3i + 4j with respect to ground. The
(a) 0.9659 water in the river is moving with a velocity – 3i – 4j with respect to
(b) 2 P 150o Q ground. The relative velocity of the boat with respect to water is
(c) 1 (a) 8j (b) – 6i – 8j
2 1
1 R (c) 6i +8j (d) 5 2
(d)
2 5. A 150 m long train is moving to north at a speed of 10 m/s. A parrot
2. A body is in equilibrium under the action of three coplanar forces P, flying towards south with a speed of 5 m/s crosses the train. The
Q and R as shown in the figure. Select the correct statement time taken
[AFMC by the parrot the cross to train would be:
1994]
P Q R (a) 30 s (b) 15 s
(a)  
sin sin  sin  (c) 8 s (d) 10 s
Q  P 6. A river is flowing from east to west at a speed of 5 m/min. A man
P Q R
(b)     on south bank of river, capable of swimming 10m/min in still water,
cos  cos  cos  wants to swim across the river in shortest time. He should swim
R
P Q R (a) Due north
(c)  
tan  tan  tan  (b) Due north-east
P Q R (c) Due north-east with double the speed of river
(d)   (d) None of these
sin  sin  sin
7. A person aiming to reach the exactly opposite point on the bank of
3. If a body is in equilibrium under a set of non-collinear forces, then
a stream is swimming with a speed of 0.5 m/s at an angle of 120 0

the minimum number of forces has to be

with the direction of flow of water. The speed of water in the
[AIIMS 2000]
stream is [CBSE PMT 1999]
(a) Four (b) Three
(a) 1 m/s (b) 0.5 m/s
(c) Two (d) Five
(c) 0.25 m/s (d) 0.433 m/s
4. How many minimum number of non-zero vectors in different planes
can be added to give zero resultant 8. A moves with 65 km/h while B is coming back of A with 80 km/h.
The relative velocity of B with respect to A is
(a) 2 (b) 3
[AFMC 2000]
(c) 4 (d) 5
5. As shown in figure the tension in the horizontal cord is 30 N. The (a) 80 km/h (b) 60 km/h
weight W and tension in the string OA in Newton are (c) 15 km/h (d) 145 km/h
[DPMT 1992] 9. A thief is running away on a straight road on a jeep moving with a
speed of 9 m/s. A police man chases him on a motor cycle moving
(a) 30 3 , 30 A at a speed of 10 m/s. If the instantaneous separation of jeep from the
30o motor cycle is 100 m, how long will it take for the policemen to
(b) 30 3 , 60 catch the thief
30 N
(a) 1 second (b) 19 second
(c) 60 3 , 30 O (c) 90 second (d) 100 second
(d) None of these
W 10. A man can swim with velocity v relative to water. He has to cross a
river of width d flowing with a velocity u (u > v). The distance
Relative Velocity through which he is carried down stream by the river is x. Which of
the following statement is correct
1. Two cars are moving in the same direction with the same speed 30
km/hr. They are separated by a distance of 5 km, the speed of a car du
(a) If he crosses the river in minimum time x 
moving in the opposite direction if it meets these two cars at an v
interval of 4 minutes, will be
(a) 40 km/hr (b) 45 km/hr
 18 Vectors

du (a) 1 (b) 2
(b) x can not be less than
v (c) 3 (d) 4
(c) For x to be minimum he has to swim in a direction making an 3. Can the resultant of 2 vectors be zero [IIIT 2000]
 v 
angle of  sin1   with the direction of the flow of (a) Yes, when the 2 vectors are same in magnitude and direction
2 u
(b) No
water
(c) Yes, when the 2 vectors are same in magnitude but opposite in
(d) x will be max. if he swims in a direction making an angle of sense
 v
 sin1 with direction of the flow of water (d) Yes, when the 2 vectors are same in magnitude making an
2 u
2
angle of with each other
11. A man sitting in a bus travelling in a direction from west to east 3
with a speed of 40 km/h observes that the rain-drops are falling
4. The sum of the magnitudes of two forces acting at point is 18 and
vertically down. To the another man standing on ground the rain
will appear [HP PMT 1999]
the magnitude of their resultant is 12. If the resultant is at 90° with
the force of smaller magnitude, what are the, magnitudes of forces [Roorkee 199
(a) To fall vertically down
(a) 12, 5 (b) 14, 4
(b) To fall at an angle going from west to east
(c) 5, 13 (d) 10, 8
(c) To fall at an angle going from east to west
5. A vector a is turned without a change in its length through a small
(d) The information given is insufficient to decide the direction of
rain. angle d  . The value of | a | and a are respectively
12. A boat takes two hours to travel 8 km and back in still water. If the
(a) 0, a d (b) a d , 0
velocity of water is 4 km/h, the time taken for going upstream 8 km
and coming back is [EAMCET 1990] (c) 0, 0 (d) None of these
(a) 2h
6. Find the resultant of three vectors OA, OB and OC shown in the
(b) 2h 40 min following figure. Radius of the circle is R.
C
(c) 1h 20 min (a) 2R B
(d) Cannot be estimated with the information given 45o
(b) R(1  2 ) 45o
13. A 120 m long train is moving towards west with a speed of 10 m/s. A A
bird flying towards east with a speed of 5 m/s crosses the train. The O
(c) R 2
time taken by the bird to cross the train will be [Manipal 2002]

(a) 16 sec (b) 12 sec (d) R( 2  1)

(c) 10 sec (d) 8 sec 7. Figure shows ABCDEF as a regular hexagon. What is the value of
AB  AC  AD  AE  AF E D
14. A boat crosses a river with a velocity of 8 km/h. If the resulting
velocity of boat is 10 km/h then the velocity of river water is [CPMT
(a) AO2001]

(a) 4 km/h (b) 6 km/h F C

(b) 2 AO
O
(c) 8 km/h (d) 10 km/h
(c) 4 AO
A B
(d) 6 AO
8. 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]


(a) Zero (b) cm / sec
1. If a vector P making angles , , and  respectively with the X, Y 30 2
and Z axes respectively.
  2
(c) cm / sec (d) cm / sec
Then sin2   sin2   sin2   30 30

(a) 0 (b) 1 9. A particle moves towards east with velocity 5 m/s. After 10 seconds
its direction changes towards north with same velocity. The average
(c) 2 (d) 3 acceleration of the particle is
2. If the resultant of n forces of different magnitudes acting at a point [CPMT 1997; IIT-JEE 1982]
is zero, then the minimum value of n is [SCRA 2000]
 Vectors 19

1 (d) If the assertion and reason both are false.

(a) Zero (b) m / s2 N W (e) If assertion is false but reason is true.
2
1 1    
(c) m / s2 N  E (d) m / s2 S W 1. Assertion : A  B is perpendicular to both A  B as well as
2 2  
A  B.
   
10. A force F   K(yˆi  xˆj) (where K is a positive constant) acts on Reason : A  B as well as A  B lie in the plane
   
a particle moving in the x-y plane. Starting from the origin, the containing A and B , but A  B lies
particle is taken along the positive x- axis to the point (a, 0) and  
then parallel to the y-axis to the point (a, a). The total work done by perpendicular to the plane containing A and B.

the forces F on the particle is 2. Assertion : Angle between ˆi  ˆj and ˆi is 45°

[IIT-JEE 1998] Reason : ˆi  ˆj is equally inclined to both î and ˆj and the
(a)  2 Ka 2 (b) 2 Ka 2 angle between î and ˆj is 90°
 
(c)  Ka 2 (d) Ka 2 3. Assertion : If  be the angle between A and B , then
 
11. The vectors from origin to the points A and B are AB
tan    
A  3ˆi  6 ˆj  2kˆ and B  2ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ respectively. The area of A.B
   
the triangle OAB be Reason : A  B is perpendicular to A.B
    
5 2 4. Assertion : If | A  B |  | A  B | , then angle between A
(a) 17 [Link] (b) 17 [Link]
2 5 
and B is 90°
3 5    
(c) 17 [Link] (d) 17 [Link] Reason : ABBA
5 3
5. Assertion : Vector product of two vectors is an axial vector
12. A metal sphere is hung by a string fixed to a wall. The sphere is  
pushed away from the wall by a stick. The forces acting on the Reason : If v = instantaneous velocity, r = radius vector and
   
sphere are shown in the second diagram. Which of the following  = angular velocity, then   v  r .
statements is wrong 6. Assertion : Minimum number of non-equal vectors in a plane
required to give zero resultant is three.
(a) P  W tan     
Reason : If A  B  C  0, then they must lie in one plane
(b) T  P W  0   7. Assertion : Relative velocity of A w.r.t. B is greater than the
velocity of either, when they are moving in opposite
(c) T 2  P2  W 2 directions.
P  
Reason : Relative velocity of A w.r.t. B  v A  v B
(d) T  P W W
 
13. The speed of a boat is 5 km/h in still water. It crosses a river of 8. Assertion : Vector addition of two vectors A and B is
width 1 km along the shortest possible path in 15 minutes. The commutative.
   
velocity of the river water is Reason : ABBA
[IIT 1988; CBSE PMT 1998, 2000]    
9. Assertion : A.B  B. A
(a) 1 km/h (b) 3 km/h Reason : Dot product of two vectors is commutative.
(c) 4 km/h (d) 5 km/h      
10. Assertion :   r  F and   F  r
14. A man crosses a 320 m wide river perpendicular to the current in 4
Reason : Cross product of vectors is commutative.
minutes. If in still water he can swim with a speed 5/3 times that of
11. Assertion : A negative acceleration of a body is associated with
the current, then the speed of the current, in m/min is [Roorkee 1998]
a slowing down of a body.
(a) 30 (b) 40 Reason : Acceleration is vector quantity.
(c) 50 (d) 60. 12. Assertion : A physical quantity cannot be called as a vector if
its magnitude is zero.
Reason : A vector has both, magnitude and direction.
13. Assertion : The sum of two vectors can be zero.
Reason : The vector cancel each other, when they are equal
and opposite.
14. Assertion : Two vectors are said to be like vectors if they have
same direction but different magnitude.
Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of Reason : Vector quantities do not have specific direction.
the options given below: 15. Assertion : The scalar product of two vectors can be zero.
(a) If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct Reason : If two vectors are perpendicular to each other, their
explanation of the assertion. scalar product will be zero.
(b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct 16. Assertion : Multiplying any vector by an scalar is a meaningful
explanation of the assertion. operations.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false. Reason : In uniform motion speed remains constant.
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17. Assertion : A null vector is a vector whose magnitude is zero
and direction is arbitrary.
Reason : A null vector does not exist.
 
18. Assertion : If dot product and cross product of A and B are
 
zero, it implies that one of the vector A and B
must be a null vector.
Reason : Null vector is a vector with zero magnitude.
19. Assertion : The cross product of a vector with itself is a null
vector.
Reason : The cross-product of two vectors results in a vector
quantity.
20. Assertion : The minimum number of non coplanar vectors
whose sum can be zero, is four.
Reason : The resultant of two vectors of unequal magnitude
can be zero.
    
21. Assertion : If A.B  B.C, then A may not always be equal to

C
Reason : The dot product of two vectors involves cosine of
the angle between the two vectors.
22. Assertion : Vector addition is commutative.
   
Reason : ( A  B)  (B  A).