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Sc Part 2
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Unit 7: Vectors

1) The triangle law for vector addition is 6) Two or more vectors are said to be
equivalent to the coplanar if they

A) Commutative law A) are perpendicular to the same plane

B) Associative law B) are not parallel to the same plane
C) Parallelogram law C) lie in the same plane
D) First law D) do not lie in the same plane

2) The position vector of a point P(x, y, z) is 7) The component of a = 3i + 4 j in the

denoted by direction of z-axis is

A) PQ A) 3
B) OP B) 4
C) 0
C) P D) 7
D) AP

3) If Cosα, Cosβ, Cosχ are the directions 8) the unit vector in the direction o f the
Cosines of a vector then vector a = i + j + k is

A) Cosα + Cosβ + Cos χ = 1

a
B) Cos2α + Cos2β + Cos2 χ = 0 A)
3a
C) Cos2α + Cos2β + Cos2 χ = 1
D) Cosα + Cosβ + Cos χ = 0 a
B)
3
4) The numbers proportional to the direction a
C)
cosines of a vector are called 3
a
A) Vector numbers D)
B) Scalar numbers 2
C) Direction numbers
D) Rational numbers 9) The vectors
a = i + 2 j + 3k and b = 2i + 4 j + 6k are
5) Two or more vectors are said to be
collinear if they are A) Perpendicular
B) Parallel
A) perpendicular to the same line C) Not parallel
B) parallel to the same line D) None of these
C) intersecting the same line
D) not parallel to the same line
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10) The join of the mid points of the Products of Vectors
consecutive sides of any quadrilateral is
1) If a is a unit vector then the value of a.b
A) a square is
B) a rectangle
C) a parallelogram A) 1
D) none of these
B) a cos θ
11) If A (1, 2, 3) and B (3, 4, 5) are two points C) b cos θ
then the mid pint of AB is
D) 0
A) (4, 3, 5)
B) (4, 6, 8) 2) The projection of a in the direction of b
C) (4, 5, 6) is
D) (2, 3, 4)
A) b cosθ
12) The direction Cosines of i are B) ab Cosθ
A) 0, 0, 1 C) ab
B) 0, 1, 0
C) 1, 0, 0 D) a cos θ
D) 1, 1, 0
3) If a = i + j and b = i + k are two vectors
13) The direction cosines of the vector
then inner product of a and b are
a = i + j are
A) 1
A) 1, 1, 0 B) –1
1 1 C) 0
B) , ,1
2 2 D) 2
1 1
C) 1, ,
2 2 4) The inner product of i and j is
1 1
D) , ,0 A) 1
2 2
B) –1
14) The Norm of the vector a = i − j is C) 0
D) 2
A) 0
B) 2
C) 2 5) If l1l2 + m1m2 + n1n2 = 0 then the angle
D) 1 between the two vectors is

A) 45o
15) If a = 3i + j − k and b = λi − 4 j + 4k are B) 60o
parallel then the value of λ is C) 90o
D) 180 o
A) 4
B) 8
C) 12
D) – 12

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6) If the right bisectors of the two sides of a 11) If a is the position vector of a given point
triangle pass through the origin then the
(1, 1, 1) and χ is the position vector of
right bisector of the third side will pass
through the point any point (x, y, z) such that χ − a . a = 0
then the locus of χ describes.
A) (1, 1)
B) (1, 2)
C) (1, 3) A) a sphere
D) (0, 0) B) a circle
C) an ellipse
7) The equation 2x + 3y + 6z = 35 represents D) a plane

A) a line 12) The distance from the origin to the plane

B) a circle
C) a plane A) 7
D) a parabola B) 0
C) 1
D) 2
8) If a is the position vector of a given point
(1, 2, 3) and χ is the position vector of 13) The contact in which the point coordinates
any point (x, y, z) such that χ − a = 2 are all positive is called

then the locus of χ describes A) 1 st octant

B) 2 nd octant
A) a circle C) 4th octant
B) an ellipse D) 8th octant
C) a plane
D) a sphere 14) The point (3, 5, 8) lies in the

9) the equation A) 3 rd octant

(x – 1)2 + (y – 3)2 + (z – 5)2 = 25 B) 5th octant
represents C) 8th octant
D) 1 st octant
A) a circle
B) a sphere 15) The three coordinate’s planes divide all
C) a plane space into
D) an ellipse
A) 3 cells
10) The coordinates of the center of the sphere B) 4 cells
x2 + y2 + z2 = 9 is C) 8 cells
D) 6 cells
A) (0, 0)
B) (3, 3, 0) 16 If a = i + 2 j + k , b = 3i + j − k and
C) (0, 0, 0)
D) (0, 0, 3) c = i + 2 j + k are the co-terminus edges of
a parallelepiped then its volume is
A) 0
B) 8
C) 27
D) 1

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17) If a = i + 2 j + 3k , b = 2i + 4 j + 6k and 18) If volume of a parallelepiped with a , b , c

c = 3i − j + k then the value of a . b × c is as co-terminus edges is 24 the volume of
the tetrahedron with the same edges is
A) 28
B) 26 A) 48
C) 0 B) 12
D) 24 C) 6
D) 4

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(nomi255@yahoo.com)
FSc (Session: 2007-09)
ICMS College System Hayatabad, Peshawar

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