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Prayas JEE 3.0 (2024)

Basic Maths + Vectors DPP-07

1. 100 coplanar forces each equal to 10 N act on a 6. The maximum and minimum magnitude of the
 resultant of two given vectors are 17 units and 7
body. Each force makes angle with the
50 unit respectively. If these two vectors are at right
preceding force. What is the resultant of the forces angles to each other, the magnitude of their
(1) 1000 N (2) 500 N resultant is
(3) 250 N (4) Zero (1) 14 (2) 16
(3) 18 (4) 13
2. A person goes 10 km north and 20 km east. What
will be displacement from initial point? 7. If A = 3i + 4 j and B = 7i + 24 j , then vector
(1) 22.36 km (2) 2 km having the same magnitude as B and parallel to A
(3) 5 km (4) 30 km is
(1) 5iˆ + 20 ˆj (2) 15iˆ + 10 ˆj
3. A car travels 6 km towards north at an angle of 45°
to the east and then travels distance of 4 km (3) 20iˆ + 15 ˆj (4) 15iˆ + 20 ˆj
towards north at an angle of 135° to the east. How
far is the point from the starting point? What angle 8. The unit vector parallel to the resultant of the
does the straight line joining its initial and final
vectors A = 4i + 3 j + 6k and B = −i + 3 j − 8k is
position makes with the east?
(1) 50 km and tan −1 (5) (1)
1
7
(
3i + 6 j − 2k )
(2) 10 km and tan
−1
( 5) (2)
1
(
3i + 6 j + 2k )
7
(3) 52 km and tan−1 (5)
(4) 52 km and tan −1 ( 5)
(3)
1
49
(
3i + 6 j − 2k )
(4)
1
49
(
3i − 6 j + 2k )
4. The resultant of P and Q is perpendicular to P .
9. The three vectors A = 3iˆ − 2 ˆj + kˆ , B = iˆ − 3 ˆj + 5kˆ
What is the angle between P and Q ?
and C = 2iˆ + ˆj − 4kˆ form
P  −P 
(1) cos−1   (2) cos−1   (1) An equilateral triangle
Q  Q  (2) Isosceles triangle
P  −P  (3) A right angled triangle
(3) sin −1   (4) sin −1  
Q  Q  (4) No triangle

5. Maximum and minimum magnitudes of the 10. A person moves 30 m north and then 20 m towards
resultant of two vectors of magnitudes P and Q are east and finally 30 2 m in south-west direction.
in the ratio 3 : 1. Which of the following relations The displacement of the person from the origin
is true? will be
(1) P = 2Q (2) P = Q (1) 10 m along north (2) 10 m long south
(3) PQ = 1 (4) None of these (3) 10 m along west (4) Zero
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11. If a particle moves from point P (2, 3, 5) to point Q 14. What happens, when we multiply a vector by (–2)?
(3, 4, 5). Its displacement vector be (1) Direction reverses and unit changes
(1) iˆ + ˆj + 10kˆ (2) iˆ + ˆj + 5kˆ (2) Direction reverses and magnitude is doubled
(3) Direction remains unchanged and unit
(3) iˆ + ˆj (4) 2iˆ + 4 ˆj + 6kˆ changes
(4) None of these
12. A = 2iˆ + ˆj, B = 3 ˆj − kˆ and C = 6iˆ − 2kˆ.
15. If the sum of two unit vectors is a unit vector, then
Value of A − 2B + 3C would be
the magnitude of their difference is:
(1) 20iˆ + 5 ˆj + 4kˆ (2) 20iˆ − 5 ˆj − 4kˆ (1) 2
(3) 4iˆ + 5 ˆj + 20kˆ (4) 5iˆ + 4 ˆj + 10kˆ (2) 3
(3) 1 / 2
13. Following forces starts acting on a particle at rest (4) 5
at the origin of the co-ordinate system
simultaneously
F1 = −4iˆ − 5 ˆj + 5kˆ, F2 = 5iˆ + 8 ˆj + 6kˆ,
F3 = −3iˆ + 4 ˆj − 7kˆ and F4 = 2iˆ − 3 ˆj − 2kˆ
then the particle will move
(1) In x–y plane
(2) In y–z plane
(3) In x–z plane
(4) Along x-axis
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Answer Key
1. (4) 8. (1)
2. (1) 9. (3)
3. (3) 10. (3)
4. (2) 11. (3)
5. (1) 12. (2)
6. (4) 13. (2)
7. (4) 14. (2)
15. (2)

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