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Time : TW TEST ( VECTORS ) Max. Marks :

1. Forces 3N , 4N and 12N act at a point in mutually perpendicular directions. The magnitude of resultant force in
Newton is
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) 19

2. The scalar product of two vectors is 6 3 and the magnitude of their vector product is 6, then the angle between
the two vectors is
(a) 900 (b) 600 (c) 450 (d) 300

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3. If A  4 î  2 ĵ  6k̂ & B  î  2 ĵ  3k̂ , the angle, which A  B makes with x-axis, is
3 5 4 12
(a) cos-1( ) (b) cos-1 ( ) (c) cos-1( ) (d) cos-1( )
50 50 50 50

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4. Given A  3 î  4 ĵ & B̂  6 î  8 ĵ which of the following statement is incorrect
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  A 1   
(a) A  B  0 (b)   (c) A = 15 (d) A  B = 40
B 2

5. The resultant of two forces 5 Newton and 10 Newton can never be

(a) 12 N (b) 5 N (c) 10 N (d) 4 N

6. If the magnitude of resultant of two forces F and F acting at a point is also F, then the angle between
the two forces is
(a) 0 o (b) 60 o (c) 120o (d) 90 o

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7. If a  b | a x b |, then the value of | a  b | is
(a) a 2  b 2 (b) a + b
 2 ab 
(c) a 2  b2  2ab (d) 2
a  b  
 2

8. 0.4iˆ  0.8 ˆj  ckˆ represents a unit vector when c is

(a) -0.2 (b) 0.20 (c) 0.80 (d) 0

9. The vectors (iˆ  ˆj  kˆ) and 3 iˆ form two sides of a triangle. The area of the triangle is
3
(a) 3 (b)2 3 (c) (d) 3 2
2
10. Two forces of magnitudes P and 3 P act at right angles to each other. Their resultant makes an angle
 with P; which of the following gives the correct value of ?
(a) 30o (b) 45 o (c) 60o (d) none of the above

11. Three sets of forces act on a particle whose resultant can non be zero
(a) 10. 10. 10 (b) 10,10, 20 (c) 10, 20, 20 (d) 10, 20, 40

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12. ABCDEF is a regular hexagon. What is the value of AB  AC  AD  AE  AF ?

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(a) 0 (b) 2AO (c) 4AO (d) 6AO

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13. Two vectors A and B are inclined at an angle 450 have resultant R which makes an angle 30owith A .
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If the direction of A and B are interchanged, then the resultant will have the same.
(a)magnitude (b)direction
(c)bothmagnitude and direction (d) none

14. Given P  A  Band Q  A  B. If the magnitudes of P and Q are equal, the angle between vectors A
and B is
(a)zero (b) 450 (c) 900 (d) 1800

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15. If a  3 î  4 ĵ and b  7 î  24 ĵ , the vector having the same magnitude as b and parallel to a , is
(a) 4 î  17 ĵ (b) 15 î  20 ĵ (c) 16 î  15 ĵ (d) 10 î  20 ĵ

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16. If A + B + C = O and | A | = 2; | B | = 4, Which of the following can’t be correct?
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(a) | C | = 2 (b)| C | = 6 (c) | C | = 8 (d) | C | = 4

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17. The direction cosines of A = î + 2 ĵ + 3 k̂ are
1 2 3 1 2 3
(a) , , (b) 1, 2, 3 (c) , , (d) none of these.
14 14 14 4 4 4

18. A person moves 30m north, then 40m east and then 50m south-west. His displacement from the original
position is nearly
(a) 120 m (b) 100 m (c) 70 m (d) zero

19. A particle moves from A (-2, -4, 0) to B (4, 5, 6), the displacement vector of point is
(a) 9iˆ  6ˆj  6kˆ (b) 6iˆ  9ˆj  6kˆ (c) 6iˆ  9ˆj (d) 9iˆ  6ˆj

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20. The resultant of A & B makes an angle  with A and  with B then
(a)<always (b)> if A < B
(c)< if A = B (d)< if A <B .
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21. If | A | 2 and | B | = 4, angle between them is 600, | A  B | is
(a) 13 (b) 3 3 (c) 3 (d) 2 3

22. If three vectors along co–ordinate axis represent the adjacent sides of a cube of side “b”, then the unit vector
along its diagonal passing through the origin will be
î  Ĵ  k̂ î  Ĵ  k̂ î  Ĵ  k̂
(a) (b) (c) î  Ĵ  k̂ (d)
2 3b 3

23. If A, B, C represent unit vectors in each case, which vector combination(s) result in a unit vector ?
(1) C V
(2)
V C
B
V

V B

V A A
V

(3) (4)
V B V B

V
C V
A V A
V C
(a)1, 2,3 (b) 1, 3 (c) 1, 2, 4 (d) 4

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24. A particle undergoes three successive displacements given by s1 = 2 m North-East s2 = 2m due south and
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s3 = 4m, 300 north of west, then magnitude of net displacement is

(a) 14  4 3 (b) 14  4 3 (c) 14 (d) none of these

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25. Two vectors A and B are given as A = X i + 2j +2k , B = 2i – 4j + Xk. If A and B are perpendicular
then X is equal to
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4

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26.Two vectors A and B are given as A = X i + 2j + 2k , B = 2i – 4j + Y k, If A and B are parallel
then

(a) X = -1 , Y = - 4 (b) X = -1 , Y = - 2 (c) X = -2 , Y = - 1 ( d) X = 1 , Y = 4

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27. Two vectors A and B are such that A  B  C and A 2  B2  C 2 .
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If  is the angle between positive direction of A and B then the correct statement is
2 
(a)    (b)   (c)   0 (d)  
3 2
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28. Given that P  Q  R  0 . Two out of the three vectors are equal in magnitude of the third vector is 2
times that of the other two. Which of the following can be angles between these vectors?
(a) 900 ,1350 ,1350 (b) 450 , 450 ,90 0
(c) 300 , 600 , 900 (d) 450 ,900 ,1350
29.    
A force 3iˆ  4jˆ newton acts on a body and displace it by 3iˆ  4jˆ meter. The work done by the force
is
(a) 5 J (b) 25 J (c) 10 J (d) 30 J
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30. Unit vector parallel to the resultant of vectors A  4iˆ  3jˆ and B  8iˆ  8jˆ will be
24iˆ  5jˆ 12iˆ  5jˆ 6iˆ  5jˆ
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
13 13 13

31. The value of n so that vectors 2iˆ  3jˆ  2k,5i

ˆ ˆ  n ˆj  kˆ and ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ may be coplanar, will be
(a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 9 (d) 36

32. Maximum and minimum values of the resultant of two forces acting at a point are 7 N and 3 N
respectively. The smaller force will be equal to
(a) 5N (b) 4 N (c) 2 N (d) 1 N

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33. The component of vector A  2iˆ  3jˆ along the vector ˆi  ˆj is
5
(a) (b) 10 2 (c) 5 2 (d) 5
2

34. The resultant of two forces 3P and 2P is R. If the first force is doubled then the resultant is also
doubled. The angle between the two forces is
(a) 60 0 (b) 120 0 (c) 700 (d) 180 0

35. The resultant of two forces, one double the other in magnitude, is perpendicular to the smaller of the
two forces. The angle between the two forces is
(a) 120 0 (b) 600 (c) 900 (d) 150 0

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36. Three vectors satisfy the relation A B  0 and A C  0 , then A is parallel to
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(a) C (b) B (c) B  C (d) B C

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37. If A  B  3A B , then the value of A  B is
12
12  AB 
(a)  A 2  B2  AB  (b)  A 2  B2  
 3
12
(c) (A + B) 
(d) A 2  B2  3AB 
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38.  
If the angle between the vectors A and B is  , the value of the product B  A A is equal to
2 2 2
(a) BA cos  (b) BA sin  (c) BA sin  cos  (d) zero

39. The (x, y, z) co – ordinates of two points A and B are given respectively as (0, 3, -1) and (-2, 6, 4). The
displacement vector from A to B is given by
(a) 2iˆ  6ˆj  4kˆ (b) 2iˆ  3jˆ  3kˆ (c) 2iˆ  3jˆ  5kˆ (d) 2iˆ  3jˆ  5kˆ
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40. The sum of two vectors A and B is at right angles to their difference. Then
(a) A = B (b) A = 2B
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(c) B = 2A (d) A and B have the same direction

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41. If a1 and a 2 are two non collinear unit vectors and if a1 + a 2 = 3 , then the value of
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 a1 - a 2  . 2a1 + a 2  is
(a) 1/2 (b) 2/3 (c) 2 (d) 1

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42. The resultant of P and Q is R . If Q is doubled, R is doubled ; when Q is reversed, R is again
doubled, then P : Q : R is
(a) 2: 3 : 2 (b) 3: 2 : 3 (c) 1: 2 : 3 (d) 3: 2 : 3

For questions 43, 44 and 45

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Three vectors A , B and C are given as A  3i  4j  5k , B  7i  24j - 25k , C  6i  8j - 10k

43. A bird is flying along the vector A with speed 15√2 m/s then its velocity vector ( in m/s ) will be
(a) 9i  12j  15k (b) 3i  4j - 5k (c) 12i  3j - 15k (d) 15i  12j - 3k

44. A vector which is parallel to vector A and has magnitude equal to that of vector C is given by
(a) 6i  8j  10k (b) 6i  8j  10k (c) 9i  12j - 5k (d) 6i  8j - 10k

45. What vector should be added to sum of all three vectors A, B and C such that the resultant will be a
unit vector along positive x-axis ?
(a) - 15i - 36j  30k (b) - 12i - 34j  30k (c) - 10i - 16j  24k (d) Not possible