13-07-2025

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PHYSICS

1) Which of the following statement is true :-

(1) When the co-ordinate axes are translated the component of a vector changes.
When the co-ordinate axes are rotated through some angle (except 2π) components of the vector
(2)
change.
(3) Sum of and is . If the magnitude of alone is increased angle between and decrease.
(4) The cross product of and is 12.

2) Column-I shows vector diagram relating three vectors and . Match the vector equation in
column-II, with vector diagram in column-I :

Column-I Column-II

(A) (P)

(B) (Q)

(C) (R)

(D) (S)

(1) A→R, B→S, C→P, D→Q

(2) A→R, B→S, C→Q, D→P
(3) A→R, B→Q, C→P, D→S
(4) A→Q, B→P, C→S, D→R

3) Which of the following sets of vectors cannot have a zero resultant ?

(a) 20, 20, 20 (b) 20, 20, 50
(c) 30, 30, 50 (d) 30, 30, 70
(1) a, b
(2) b, c
(3) a, d
(4) b, d

4) Assertion : Sum of three non coplanar vectors cannot be zero

Reason : Minimum number of non coplanar vectors to have zero resultant is four.

(1) Both assertion and Reason are correct and reason is correct explanation of assertion
(2) Both assertion and Reason are correct But reason is not correct explanation of assertion
(3) Assertion is true and reason is false
(4) Assertion and reason both are false

5)

Three forces and are represented as shown. Each of them is of equal magnitude.

Column-I Column-II
(Combination) (Approximate Direction)

(i) (p)

(ii) (q)

(iii) (r)

(iv) (s)

Now match the given columns and select the correct option from the codes given below. (i)
(ii) (iii) (iv)
(1) p q r s
(2) s r q p
(3) q r p s
(4) r s p q
(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4

6) θx and θy are the angles made by a vector with positive x and positive y-axis respectively. Which
set of θx and θy is /are not possible?
(I) 60°, 60° (II) 45°, 60°
(III) 30°, 45° (IV) 30°, 30°

(1) Only III

(2) Only IV
(3) Only II and III
(4) Only III and IV

7) If a vector makes angle α = 60° with x–axis; β = 60° with y–axis and γ with z–axis then value of γ
will be :

(1) 30°

(2)

(3)

(4) 45°

8) The x and y component of the vector when it is rotated by 15° about its tail in anticlock wise
direction :

(1) 1, 1

(2)

(3)

(4)

9) Three forces acting on body are shown in figure. Find out the value of force F such that resultant

force is only along y axis.

(1)

(2) N
(3) 3 N
(4) 1.5 N

10) When a vector is added to we get a unit vector along z-axis find the value
of and also find the unit vector along ?
(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

11) If θ is the angle between unit vectors and , then is equal to -

(1) tan2θ/2
(2) sin2θ/2
(3) cot2θ/2
(4) cos2θ/2

12)

If and are unit vector such that than is :-

(1) 1
(2) 3
(3) 3/2
(4) –3/2

13) Component of vector along vector :-

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

14) If and are perpendicular to each other, find angle between and :-

(1) 60°
(2) 90°
(3) 45°
(4) None
15) Figure shows a cube of edge length a. The angle between and is -

(1) 0°
(2) 30°
(3) 60°
(4) 45°

16)

Here are coplanner, then find 'α'.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4) None of these

17) If then :-

(1) is a unit vector

(2)
(3)
(4)

18) Unit vector perpendicular to both the vectors and is :

(1)

(2)

(3)
(4) Both (1) and (2)

19) If and then the vector whose magnitude is equal

to and parallel to is :
(1)

(2)

(3)
(4)

20) The three vectors , and may form :-

(1) An equilateral triangle

(2) Isosceles triangle
(3) A right angled triangle
(4) No triangle

21) How many minimum number of non-zero vectors in different planes can be added to give zero
resultant.

(1) 2
(2) 3
(3) 4
(4) 5

22) Vector makes angle with x-axis, y-axis and z-axis respectively.

(1) 0°, 45°,90°

(2) 0°, 45°,135°
(3) 45°, 90°,135°
(4) None of these

23) If and P, Q, R are 7, 24, 25 respectively, Then angle between and is :-

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

24) Let be any vector. What will be the unit vector in the direction of ?

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

25) Two forces act on a particle simultaneously as shown in the figure. Find net force (in milli
newton) on the particle. [Dyne is the CGS unit of force]

(1)
(2)
(3) 1
(4) 2

26) The ratio of maximum and minimum magnitudes of the resultant of two vector and is 3 : 1.
Now is equal to :

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)

27) For figure the correct relation is :-

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4) all of the above

28) A particle moves on a circular path of radius R. Find magnitude of its displacement during an
interval in which it covers angular displacement θ.

(1) Rθ
(2) R sinθ

(3)

(4)
29)

The position vectors of two balls are given by

What will be the distance between the two balls?

(1) 7 m
(2) 5 m
(3) 4 m
(4) 3 m

30) If & , then find a vector of same magnitude as and parallel to

vector :-

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

31) Two vector and are such that the component of perpendicular
to is zero. Then the value of x will be :-

(1) 8
(2) – 4
(3) + 4
(4) – 8

32) Two forces (shown in figure) act on a body simultaneously. Among the given options which force
when added will give resultant in North-East direction ?

(1) 1 N in North direction

(2) 1 N in East direction
(3) 3 N in West direction
(4) 1 N in North-East direction

33) For the given vector , the ratio of magnitude of its component on the x-y plane
and the component on z–axis is
(1) 2

(2)

(3) 1
(4) None of these

34) What is the length of projection of on xy plane?

(1) 5
(2) 3
(3)
(4) 4

35) A vector is rotated through an angle π/2, the magnitude of new vector is

(1) 2A
(2) A
(3) A/2
(4) Zero

36) If a vector makes angles α, β and γ respectively with the X, Y and Z axes respectively then
sin2α + sin2β + sin2γ =

(1) 0
(2) 1
(3) 2
(4) 3

37) Three concurrent forces of the same magnitude are in equilibrium. What is the angle between
the forces and the name of triangle formed by the forces as sides :-

(1) 60°, 60°, 60° & an equilateral triangle

(2) 120°, 120°, 120° & an equilateral triangle
(3) 120°, 30°, 30° & an isosceles triangle
(4) 90°, 60°, 30° & a right angled triangle

38) Refer the given figure and identify incorrect statement

(1) Distance of A from x-axis is cm.

(2) Distance of B from x-axis is 6 cm.
(3) Distance of A from y-axis is 5 cm.
(4) Distance of B from y-axis is 6 cm.

39) = 5 units due South-West

= 5 units due 53° North of East
= 10 units due 37° South of East
Then which of the following is incorrect :

(1)

(2)

(3)
(4)

40) The angle between two vectors and

(1) Is obtuse angle

(2) Is acute angle
(3) Is right angle
(4) Depends on x

41) If the angle between is 60°, then which of the following vector(s) have magnitude one :-

(A) (B)
(C) (D)

(1) Only C,D

(2) Only B,C,D
(3) Only A,C,D
(4) All

42) The dot product of two vectors of magnitudes 3 units and 5 units cannot be :-

(1) 2
(2) – 2
(3) 20
(4) zero

43) If and , find the magnitude of component of along :

(1) 4 unit
(2) 5 unit
(3) 6 unit
(4) 7 unit
44) The adjacent sides of a parallelogram are represented by vectors and . The area of
the parallelogram is-

(1) 5 units along z-axis

(2) 5 units in x-y plane
(3) 3 units in x-z plane
(4) 3 units in y-z plane

45) If a =2, b =5 and = 8 then is

(1) 6
(2) 12
(3) 9
(4) 4
 ANSWER KEYS

PHYSICS

Q. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
A. 2 1 4 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 2 1 3 2 3 4 2 3
Q. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
A. 3 3 2 1 3 2 1 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 4 1 3
Q. 41 42 43 44 45
A. 4 3 2 1 1
 SOLUTIONS

PHYSICS

1)
If is increase then angle between & will decrease .

2)

Explain : The question presents four vector diagrams (A, B, C, D) in Column-I, each showing
the relationship between three vectors a, b, and c. Column-II provides four vector equations
(P, Q, R, S). match each vector diagram with the correct vector equation involving these three
vectors.

Concept : The triangle law of vector addition states that if two vectors ( ) are represented
as two sides of a triangle in order of magnitude and direction, then the third side of the
triangle( ), taken in the reverse order, represents the resultant of the two vectors.

Formula :

Calculation :

A.

B.

(C)

(D)

Final Answer : Option (1)

3) In option(s) (b) and (d), sum of two vectors is less than the third vector. So they cannot form
a triangle to have zero resultant.

4)

Minimum number of non-coplanar vectors to have zero resultant is four.

5)

6)
If is in x – y plane then θx + θy = 90°
If is not in x–y plane then θx + θy > 90°
We know that
cos2θx + cos2θy + cos2θz = 1
for III, IV cos2θx + cos2θy > 1
So, III, IV are not possible.
7) cos2 α + cos2 β + cos2 γ = 1

8)

Magnitude of vector =
Angle from x axis = 45° + 15° = 60°

x component = =

y component = =

9)
FxNet = 0

2 = 0.5 +
F=3N

10)

and unit vector along

11)
= cos2/θ/2

12) + + = 0
| + + |=0
| + + |2 = 0
2
+ 2+ 2+2 ⋅ +2 ⋅ +2 ⋅ =0
1+1+1+2( ⋅ + ⋅ + ⋅ )=0

⋅ + ⋅ + ⋅ =–

13)

A cos θ =

14)
= 5 – 4 cos θ + 10 cos θ – 8 = 0

6 cos θ = 3 ⇒ cos θ = ⇒ θ = 60°

15)

16) 1. Explanation (30 words):

We are given three vectors , and need to find λ such that the vectors are coplanar. For
coplanarity, the scalar triple product must be zero.
2. Concept (20 words):
Three vectors are coplanar if their scalar triple product is zero. This is calculated by the
determinant of a 3x3 matrix
3. Formula:
For three vectors

4. Calculation (minimum steps):

Given vectors:

Scalar triple product:

Expanding the determinant along the first row:

Calculate each 2 x 2 determinant:

1.

2.

3.
Substitute

Set equal to zero:

17) Given
Let

So

18)

19)

Required vector

= =

=
20)

B2 = A2 + C2

21) 4 Vectors

22)
⇒ α = 45°

⇒ β = 90°

γ = 135°

23)

tan θ =

Cot θ =

θ=

24)

∴ =

25)
26) ⇒ a = 2b

27)

Using triangle law

28)

Displacement =

29) Distance = =
= =5m

30)

∴ Unit vector along

∴ Required vector =

31) and have to be parallel

= = ⇒ x = –4

32) ;

should be along North–East direction

⇒

33)

34) Length of projection on xy plane is =

35)

When vector is rotated, its magnitude remains same, only its direction changes.

36)
1–sin2α + 1–sin2β + 1 – sin2γ = 1
sin2α + sin2β + sin2γ = 2

37) If N forces of equal magnitude works on a single point and their resultant is zero then

angle between any two forces is given

If these three vectors are represented by three sides of triangle then they form equilateral
triangle

38)
Distance of A from x axis = Ay
⇒ Ay = 10 sin 60° =
distance of B from x axis = By
⇒ By = 10 sin 37° = 6
distance of A from y axis = Ax
⇒ Ax = 10 cos 60° = 5
distance of B from y axis = Bx
⇒ Bx = 10 cos 37° = 8

39)
40) Angle between two vectors is given by

41)

42)

a = 3 unit
b = 5 unit

= 15 cosθ

∴ 20 can not be the value of .

43)
=

magn. of component of along

44)

45) ⇒ 2 × 5 × sinθ = 8
⇒ sin θ = 8/10 = 4/5

Therefore