Vector Algebra

10. The unit vector parallel to the resultant of the

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1. If A  4iˆ  3 ˆj and B  6iˆ  8 ˆj then magnitude and vectors A  4iˆ  3 ˆj  6kˆ and B  iˆ  3 ˆj  8kˆ is
direction of A  B will be 1 ˆ 1
(a) (3i  6 ˆj  2kˆ) (b) (3iˆ  6 ˆj  2kˆ)
1 1 7 7
(a) 5, tan (3 / 4) (b) 5 5 , tan (1 / 2)
1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(c) 10, tan 1 (5) (d) 25, tan 1 (3 / 4) (c) (3i  6 ˆj  2kˆ) (d) (3i  6 ˆj  2kˆ)
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2. A  2iˆ  ˆj, B  3 ˆj  kˆ and C  6iˆ  2kˆ . 11. The vector that must be added to the vector
iˆ  3 ˆj  2kˆ and 3iˆ  6 ˆj  7kˆ so that the resultant
Value of A  2B  3C would be
vector is a unit vector along the y-axis is
(a) 20iˆ  5 ˆj  4kˆ (b) 20iˆ  5 ˆj  4kˆ
(a) 4iˆ  2 ˆj  5kˆ (b)  4iˆ  2 ˆj  5kˆ
(c) 4iˆ  5 ˆj  20 kˆ (d) 5iˆ  4 ˆj  10 kˆ
(c) 3iˆ  4 ˆj  5kˆ (d) Null vector
3. Following sets of three forces act on a body. Whose
resultant cannot be zero 12. If for two vector A and B , sum ( A  B) is
(a) 10, 10, 10 (b) 10, 10, 20 perpendicular to the difference ( A  B) . The ratio of
(c) 10, 20, 23 (d) 10, 20, 40 their magnitude is
4. Five equal forces of 10 N each are applied at one (a) 1 (b) 2
point and all are lying in one plane. If the angles
(c) 3 (d) None of these
between them are equal, the resultant force will be
13. What is the angle between P and the resultant of
(a) Zero (b) 10 N (c) 20 N (d) 10 2 N
( P  Q) and ( P  Q )
5. How many minimum number of coplanar vectors
having different magnitudes can be added to give (a) Zero (b) tan 1 ( P / Q)
zero resultant
(c) tan 1 (Q / P) (d) tan 1 ( P  Q) /( P  Q)
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
14. A body is at rest under the action of three forces,
6. 100 coplanar forces each equal to 10 N act on a  
two of which are F1  4iˆ, F2  6 ˆj, the third force is
body. Each force makes angle  / 50 with the
preceding force. What is the resultant of the forces (a) 4iˆ  6 ˆj (b) 4iˆ  6 ˆj
(a) 1000 N (b) 500 N (c)  4iˆ  6 ˆj (d)  4iˆ  6 ˆj
(c) 250 N (d) Zero
15. If | A  B |  | A |  | B |, the angle between A and B
7. Given vector A  2iˆ  3 ˆj, the angle between A and is
y-axis is (a) 60° (b) 0° (c) 120° (d) 90°
(a) tan 1 3 / 2 (b) tan 1 2 / 3 16. The three vectors A  3iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ, B  iˆ  3 ˆj  5kˆ
(c) sin 1 2 / 3 (d) cos 1 2 / 3 and C  2iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ form
(a) An equilateral triangle
8. The vector projection of a vector 3iˆ  4kˆ on y-axis (b) Isosceles triangle
is (c) A right angled triangle
(a) 5 (b) 4 (d) No triangle
(c) 3 (d) Zero 17. A truck travelling due north at 20 m/s turns west
9. A force of 5 N acts on a particle along a direction and travels at the same speed. The change in its
making an angle of 60° with vertical. Its vertical velocity be
component be (a) 40 m/s N–W (b) 20 2 m/s N–W
(a) 10 N (b) 3 N (c) 40 m/s S–W (d) 20 2 m/s S–W
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18. Two forces F1  5iˆ  10 ˆj  20kˆ and 27. Three vectors a, b and c satisfy the relation
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F2  10iˆ  5 ˆj  15kˆ act on a single point. The angle a .b  0 and a . c  0. The vector a is parallel to
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between F1 and F2 is nearly (a) b (b) c (c) b. c (d) b  c
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90° 
28. A force F  3ˆi  cˆj  2kˆ acting on a particle causes a
19. A body moves due East with velocity 20 km/hour 
displacement S  4ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ
in its own direction.
and then due North with velocity 15 km/hour. The
resultant velocity If the work done is 6J, then the value of c will be
(a) 5 km/hour (b) 15 km/hour (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 1 (d) 0
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(c) 20 km/hour (d) 25 km/hour 29. A force F  (5ˆi  3ˆj) N is applied over a particle which
20. A person goes 10 km north and 20 km east. What displaces it from its original position to the point
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will be displacement from initial point s  (2iˆ  1 ˆj ) m. The work done on the particle is
(a) 22.36 km (b) 2 km (a) + 11 J (b) + 7 J (c) + 13 J (d) – 7 J
(c) 5 km (d) 20 km 30. The area of the parallelogram represented by the
21. A particle moves from position 3iˆ  2 ˆj  6kˆ to vectors A  2iˆ  3 ˆj and B  iˆ  4 ˆj is
14iˆ  13 ˆj  9kˆ due to a uniform force of (a) 14 units (b) 7.5 units
(c) 10 units (d) 5 units
(4iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ) N . If the displacement in meters then
work done will be 31. If for two vectors A and B, A  B  0, the vectors
(a) 100 J (b) 200 J (c) 300 J (d) 250 J (a) Are perpendicular to each other
(b) Are parallel to each other
22. If a vector 2iˆ  3 ˆj  8kˆ is perpendicular to the
(c) Act at an angle of 60°
vector 4 ˆj  4iˆ  kˆ . Then the value of  is
(d) Act at an angle of 30°
1 1    
(a) –1 (b) (c)  (d) 1 32. If A  B  B  A then the angle between A and B is
2 2

23. The angle between two vectors  2iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ and (a)  / 2 (b)  / 3 (c)  (d)  / 4

iˆ  2 ˆj  4kˆ is 33. The angle between the vectors A and B is  . The

(a) 0° (b) 90° value of the triple product A . (B  A ) is
(c) 180° (d) None of the above (a) A2B (b) Zero
24. The angle between the vectors (ˆi  ˆj) and (ˆj  kˆ ) is (c) A B sin
2
(d) A 2 B cos 
(a) 30° (b) 45° 34. A vector F 1 is along the positive X-axis. If its
(c) 60° (d) 90° vector product with another vector F 2 is zero then
25. The vector P  aiˆ  aˆj  3kˆ and Q  aiˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ F 2 could be

are perpendicular to each other. The positive value (a) 4 ˆj (b)  (ˆi  ˆj) (c) (ˆj  kˆ ) (d) (4ˆi )
of a is 35. The angle between vectors (A  B) and (B  A) is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 9 (d) 13 (a) Zero (b)  (c)  / 4 (d)  / 2
26. A particle moves in the x-y plane under the action of
36. What is the angle between ( P  Q) and (P  Q)
a force F such that the value of its linear momentum
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(P ) at anytime t is Px  2 cos t , p y  2 sin t. The (a) 0 (b)
2
angle  between F and P at a given time t. will be 
(c) (d) 
(a)   0 (b)   30 4

(c)   90 (d)   180 

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37. If A  3ˆi  4 ˆj and B  7ˆi  24 ˆj, the vector having 44. Three vector A , B and C satisfy the relation
the same magnitude as B and parallel to A is
A  B = 0 and A  C = 0 . Then the vector A is
(a) 5ˆi  20 ˆj (b) 15 ˆi  10 ˆj
parallel to
(c) 20 ˆi  15 ˆj (d) 15 ˆi  20 ˆj
(a) B (b) C (c) B  C (d) B  C
38. The position vector of a particle is
 45. Unit vector perpendicular to vector
r  (a cost )iˆ  (a sint ) ˆj . The velocity of the  
ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
A  3 i  2 j  3k and B  2i  4 j  6k both is
particle is
3 ˆj  2kˆ 3kˆ  2 ˆj
(a) Parallel to the position vector (a) (b)
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(b) Perpendicular to the position vector
ˆj  2kˆ iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ
(c) Directed towards the origin (c) (d)
13 13
(d) Directed away from the origin
39. Find the torque of a force F  3iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ acting at 46. Vector P  6iˆ  4 2 ˆj  4 2kˆ Makes angle from z-
axis equal to
the point r  7iˆ  3 jˆ  kˆ
 2
(a) 14iˆ  38 ˆj  16kˆ (b) 4iˆ  4 ˆj  6kˆ (a) cos 1  
 (b) cos 1 (2 2 )
 5 
(c) 21iˆ  4 ˆj  4kˆ (d)  14iˆ  34 ˆj  16kˆ
2 2
  (c) cos 1  
 (d) None of these
40. If a vector A is parallel to another vector B then  5 
 
the resultant of the vector A  B will be equal to 47. Which of the following is a unit vector ?
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(a) A (b) A (a) iˆ  ˆj (b) cos iˆ  sin  ˆj
(c) Zero vector (d) Zero
(c) sin  iˆ  2 cos  ˆj
1
(d) ( iˆ  ˆj )
41. P, Q and R are three coplanar forces acting at a 3
point and are in equilibrium. Given P = 1.9318 kg
48. If two vectors 2 iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ and  4 iˆ  6 ˆj   kˆ are
wt, sin 1  0.9659, the value of R is ( in kg wt)
parallel to each other then value of  is
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
(a) 0.9659 ˆ ˆ
P 150o Q 49. If A  a i  b j and B  a2i  b2 j the condition that
1 1
ˆ ˆ
(b) 2
2 1 they are perpendicular to each other is
(c) 1 a1 b
R (a)  2 (b) a1b1  a2b2
1 b1 b2
(d)
2 a1 b
42. The speed of a boat is 5 km/h in still water. It (c)  1 (d) None of these
a2 b2
crosses a river of width 1 km along the shortest
50. The value of x and y for which vectors A
possible path in 15 minutes. The velocity of the 
river water is A  (6iˆ  xjˆ  2kˆ ) and B  (5iˆ  6 ˆj  ykˆ )
(a) 1 km/h (b) 3 km/h may to parallel are
(c) 4 km/h (d) 5 km/h 2 36 5
(a) x  0, y  (b) x  ,y 
43. A man crosses a 320 m wide river perpendicular to 3 5 3
the current in 4 minutes. If in still water he can 15 23 36 15
(c) x   ,y  (d) x   , y 
swim with a speed 5/3 times that of the current, then 3 5 5 4
the speed of the current, in m/min is 51. The angle which the vector A A  3iˆ  5 ˆj  2kˆ
(a) 30 (b) 40 makes with the coordinate axes are
(c) 50 (d) 60. 3 6 2
(a) cos1 , cos1 and cos 1
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4 5 3 swimming 10m/min in still water, wants to swim
(b) cos1 , cos1 and cos 1
7 7 7 across the river in shortest time. He should swim
3 4 1 (a) Due north
(c) cos1 , cos1 and cos 1 (b) Due north-east
7 7 7
(d) None of the above (c) Due north-east with double the speed of river
(d) None of these
52. The direction cosines of vectors (A  B ) , 60. A person aiming to reach the exactly opposite point
A  2iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ , B  2 iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ are on the bank of a stream is swimming with a speed
1 2 2 1 of 0.5 m/s at an angle of 1200 with the direction of
(a) 0, , (b) 0, , flow of water. The speed of water in the stream is
5 5 5 5
(a) 1 m/s (b) 0.5 m/s
1 (c) 0.25 m/s (d) 0.433 m/s
(c) 0, 0, (d) None of these
5 61. A man can swim with velocity v relative to water.
53. The resultant of two vectors P and Q is R . If Q He has to cross a river of width d flowing with a
velocity u (u > v). The distance through which he is
doubled the new resultant is perpendicular to P .
carried down stream by the river is x.
Then R equals
(a) P (b) (P + Q) Which of the following statement is correct
(c) Q (d) (P – Q ) (Multiple answer Type)
54. The sum of the magnitudes of two forces acting at a du
(a) If he crosses the river in minimum time x 
point is 18 and the magnitude of their resultant is v
12. If the resultant is at 90° with the force of smaller du
(b) x can not be less than
magnitude what are the, magnitudes of forces ? v
(a) 12, 6 (b) 14, 4 (c) 5, 13 (d) 10, 8 (c) For x to be minimum he has to swim in a
 1  v 
direction making an angle of 2  sin  u 
55. The resultant of two force, one double the other in
magnitude, is perpendicular to the smallest of the  
two forces. The angle between the two forces with the direction of the flow of water
(a) 120° (b) 135° (c) 90° (d) 150° (d) x will be max. if he swims in a direction
 1 v
56. The velocity of a particle is v  6iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ . The making an angle of 2  sin u with direction
component of the velocity parallel to vector
of the flow of water
a  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ in vector form is 62. A man sitting in a bus travelling in a direction from
(a) 6 iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ (b) 2 iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ west to east with a speed of 40 km/h observes that
the rain-drops are falling vertically down. To the
(c) iˆ  ˆj  kˆ (d) 6 iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ
another man standing on ground the rain will appear
57. The angle between the vector A and B is  . The (a) To fall vertically down
value of the triple product A  ( B  A ) is (b) To fall at an angle going from west to east
(a) A 2 B (b) zero (c) To fall at an angle going from east to west
(d) The information given is insufficient to decide
(c) A B sin 
2
(d) A 2 B cos 
the direction of rain.
58. A 150 m long train is moving to north at a speed of
63. A boat takes two hours to travel 8 km and back in
10 m/s. A parrot flying towards south with a speed
of 5 m/s crosses the train. The time taken by the still water. If the velocity of water is 4 km/h, the
parrot the cross to train would be: time taken for going upstream 8 km and coming
(a) 30 s (b) 15 s back is
(c) 8 s (d) 10 s (a) 2h (b) 2h 40 min
59. A river is flowing from east to west at a speed of 5 (c) 1h 20 min
m/min. A man on south bank of river, capable of (d) Cannot be estimated with the information given

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