SUBJECT: IIT-PHYSICS COURSE: GROWTH (XI) ELP No.

-05

Note: (*) → Multiple Correct Type Question

Total Marks: 35 Max. Time: 25 min.

Single Correct Questions ('–1' negative marking) Q.1 to Q.5 (3 marks, 2 min.)
Multiple Correct Questions (‘-2’ negative marking) Q.6 to Q.10 (4 marks, 3 min.)
(There is partial marking in multiple correct questions)

1. A vector is not changed if:

(A) it is displaced parallel to itself
(B) it is rotated through an arbitrary angle
(C) it is multiplied by an arbitrary scalar
(D) None of these

2. Vectors A,B and C are shown in figure. Find angle between A and B

(A) 105° (B) 150° (C) 65° (D) 135°

3. The vector below represents the resultant of two forces acting on a particle P.

Which of the following pair of vectors best represents two forces that combine to produce this
resultant force vector?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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4. A vector A is directed along 30° west of north direction and another vector B along 15° south of
east. Their resultant cannot be in _____________ direction.
(A) North (B) East (C) North-East (D) South

5. Vector A is 2cm long and is 60° above the x–axis in the first quadrant. Vector B is 2cm long and
is 60° below the x–axis in the fourth quadrant. The sum A + B is a vector of magnitude:
(A) 2 cm along + y–axis
(B) 2cm along +x–axis
(C) 2 cm along –y– axis
(D) 2 cm along – x– axis

6*. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about a vector quantity:
(A) A physical quantity having magnitude & direction is a vector only if it obeys law of vector addition
(B) Two vector quantities are equal if they have same direction and magnitude even if they represent
two different physical quantities
(C) A scalar and a vector quantity can be added through vector law of addition
(D) Similar to scalar addition, the order of the terms in vector addition does not affect the result

7*. Two vectors of the same physical quantity are unequal if:
(A) they have different magnitudes and different directions
(B) they have different magnitudes and same directions
(C) they have same magnitudes and different directions
(D) they have same magnitudes and same directions

8*. Which of the following sketches satisfies the vector equation A = B − C ?

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

9*. If | A + B |2 = A2 + B2 , then:
(A) A and B must be parallel and in the same direction
(B) A and B must be parallel and in opposite directions
(C) either A or B may be zero
(D) the angle between A and B may be 90°

10*. The resultant vector of the two vectors (having angle  between them) of equal magnitude is at an
angle  from either vector. Then:
 
(A)  = tan−1   (B)  =
2 2

 
(C)  = tan−1  tan  (D)  is any possible value between 0° to 
 2

(BC) 10. (CD) (ACD) 9. 8.

(ABC) 7. (AD) 6. (B) (D) 5. 4. (C) 3. (A) (A) 2. 1.
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ANSWER KEY

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