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) kˆ (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 [EAMC
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 [CPMT 1997
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 [AIIMS 1998
[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)
1 1 2
(a) cos (P / Q) (b) cos ( P / Q)
1
sin1 ( P / Q) 7  
(c) sin (P / Q) (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 [Karnataka
(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
(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 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 [EAMCET 19
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 kˆ (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 [CBSE PMT

(c) AB  0 (d) A. B  0 (a) 20 J (b) 150 J

(c) 160 J (d) 190 J
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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
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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. ˆ ˆ
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  (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