Class:1st year

Chap#:2 Vectors and Equilibrium

Objective Type

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1) A physical quantity which is completely described by both its magnitude and direction is called
a) Vector b) Scalar c) Constant d) Variable

2) Which one of the following is a scalar quantity

a) Force b) Power c) Velocity d) Acceleration

3) Which one of the following is a vector quantity

a) Speed b) Temperature c) Torque d) Density

4) Vector are usually denoted by

a) Capital alphabets only b) Bold face characters c) Small alphabets only d) All of these

5) For a vector the length of the line according to scale gives its
a) Directions b) Magnitude c) Units d) Origin

6) Two mutually perpendicular lines in plane from a systemof coordinate axes called
a) Cartesian coordinate system b) Rectangular coordinate c) Both a&b d) All of these
system

7) The vector in space has components:

a) Two b) Three c) Five d) Four

8) The direction of a vector in space specified by

a) One angle b) Two angles c) Three angles d) Four angles

9) If a vector is represented in space it has

a) Two coordinates b) Three coordinates c) four coordinates d) fivecoordinates

10) Vector can be added graphically by a method known as:

a) Right hand rule b) Left hand rule c) Head to tail rule d) Addition rule

11) The vector addition holds

a) Commutative law b) Law of vector addition c) both a&b d) None of these

12) Reverse process of vector addition is called

a) Negative of a vector b) Subtraction of a vector c) Resolution of a vector d) All of these

13) A single vector which have the same affects as all the original vectors taken together is called
a) Unit vector b) Equal vector c) Resultant vector d) Null vector

14) The magnitude of a vector is always

a) Positive b) Negative c) zero d) Infinite

15) When a vector is multiplied by a positive number its direction

a) Dose not change b) Change by 270° c) Change by 180º d) Change by 90o

16) A unit vector is obtained by dividing the vector with

a) Its direction b) Its magnitude c) `Null vector d) Resultant vector

17) A vector having zero magnitude and arbitrary directions is called

a) Equal vector b) Null vector c) Unit vector d) Resultant vector

18) Two vector having same magnitude and directions are called
a) Rectangular component b) Equal vectors c) Additions of vector d) All of these

19) The minimum number of vector of un-equal magnitudes whose vector sum can be zero is

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 a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

20) The components of a vector mutually perpendicular to each other are called
a) Equal vector b) Rectangular components c) Opposite vectors d) resultant vector
of a vector

21) If a vector A makes an angle θ with x-axis then its x- component is

a) A sinθ b) A cosθ c) A tanθ d) zero

22) If a vector A makes an angle θ with x- axis then its y-component is

a) A sinθ b) A cosθ c) A tanθ d) zero

23) If a vector A makes an angle 90o with x-axis then its y- components is
a) A b) Zero c) A cosθ d) None of these

24) The direction of a vector A can be found by the relation

a) sin θ b) tan θ = A c) cos θ d) tan θ

25) If a vector of 10N is acting along x-axis its y component is given by

a) Zero b) 5N c) 10N d) 15N

26) If a vector of 10 N makes an angle of 300 with x-axis its x-component is given by
a) 0.866N b) 0.0866N c) 8.66N d) 8.69N

27) A vector which describes the location of a particle with respect to fixed origin is called
a) Resultant vector b) Position vector c) Null vector d) Unit vector

28) In three dimensional coordinates system the position vector of a point P(a,b,c) can be written as
a) r= a+b+c b) r= a î + b ĵ+ c c) r = a.b.c d) r=a-b-c

29) If the position of a vector given by the point A(2,-3,9) then its position vector is given by
a) r= 2 î + 2ĵ+ 2 b) r= 3 î + 2 ĵ+2 c) r= 3 î + 2 ĵ+3 d) r= 2î -3 ĵ+9

30) The magnitude of a vector r= a î + b ĵ+ c can be written as

a) b) c) r= d) None of these

31) The magnitude of a vector r= 3 î + 6 ĵ+2 is

a) -1 b) 3 c) -7 d) 7

32) If a vector A= î + ĵ+ then its magnitude will be

a) 3 b) 4 c) d) 5

33) If r= -2 î + 3 , then vector is in

a) xy-plane b) xz-plane c) yz- plane d) All of these

34) Unit vector is used to describe

a) Direction of a vector b) Angle of a vector c) Position of a vector d) Magnitude of a vector

35) If both Rx and Ry components are positive then resultant lies in

a) 1st quadrant b) 2nd quadrant c) 3rd quadrant d) 4th quadrant

36) If Rx is positive and Ry is negative then the resultant lies in

a) 1stt quadrant b) 2nd quadrant c) 3rd quadrant d) 4th quadrant

37) If both Rx and Ry components are negative then resultant lies in

a) 1st quadrant b) 2nd quadrant c) 3rd quadrant d) 4th quadrant

38) If Rx is negative and Ry is positive then the resultant lies in

a) First quadrant b) 2nd quadrant c) 3rd quadrant d) 4th quadrant

39) If the resultant vector lies in first quadrant then its direction is
a) θ = Ø b) θ = 1800 -Ø c) θ = 1800+Ø d) θ = 3600+Ø

40) If the resultant vector lies in 2nd quadrant then its direction is
a) θ =2700 b) θ =1800-Ø c) θ =1800+Ø d) θ =900+Ø

41) If the resultant vector lies in 3rd quadrant then its direction is

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 a) θ = Ø b) θ = 1800+Ø c) θ = 2700+Ø d) θ =3600+ Ø

42) If the resultant vector lies in 4th quadrant then its direction is
a) θ = 1800+Ø b) θ = 3600+Ø c) θ =2700+ Ø d) θ =3600- Ø

43) Two forces act together on an object then magnitude of their resultant is maximum when the angle between the forces is
a) 00 b) 450 c) 900 d) 1800

44) The magnitude of resultant magnitude of two forces 6N and 8N acting at right angle to each other
a) 10N b) 2N c) 5N d) 14N

45) If the magnitude of resultant of two vectors each of magnitude F is also of magnitude F, the angle between them will be
a) 300 b) 400 c) 500 d) 1200

46) The resultant of two forces 3N and 4N making an angle 900 with each other is
a) 1.0N b) 5N c) 6N d) 7N

47) Two forces of magnitude F1 and F2 act on a body at an angle θ to each other the magnitude of their resultant force is

a) b) c) F1 + F2 d)

48) A vector has components that are equal in magnitude if the angle of the vector with x-axis is
a) 900 b) 450 c) 700 d) 1800

49) When two vectors are multiplied then result will be

a) scalar quantity b) vector quantity c) either a or b d) none of these

50) In scalar product the product of two vector is

a) scalar quantity b) vector quantity c) Both a&b d) All of these

51) The scalar product of two vector and is written as

a) . =ABcosθ b) . =ABsinθ c) . =ABtanθ d) . =A+Bcosθ

52) The example of scalar product is

a) Torque b) Work c) Force d) All of these

53) The projection of vector in the direction of is

a) B cosθ b) A cosθ c) B sinθ d) A sinθ

54) The scalar product of two mutually perpendicular vector is

a) Maximum b) Zero c) Negative d) Minimum

55) In case of unit vector .= = . is equal to

a) 1 b) -1 c) -2

56) The self scalar product of vector is equal to the

a) Product of square its b) Square of its magnitude c) Magnitude d) None of these
magnitude

57) Which of them can be expressed in terms of scalar product

a) work b) power c) both a&b d) none of these

58) If =-AB then angle between and will be

a) 00 b) 900 c) 1800 d) 3600

59) Which of them is commutative

a) Vector addition b) scalar product of vectors c) vector product of vectors d) both a&b

60) Scalar product of two vectors and in terms of rectangular components can be written as

a) b) c) d) All of these

61) If θ is the angle between two vectors and then θ is given by the expression

d) None of these
a) cosθ= b) sinθ= c) tanθ=

62) The projection of vector =2 -8 + in the direction of the vector =3 -4 -

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 a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

63) Magnitude of cross product of two vectors represent

a) area of circle b) area of triangle c) area of parallelogram d) area of square

64) The scalar product of two vectors is negative when

a) They are parallel vector b) They are anti parallel c) They are parallel with same d) They are of negative
vector magnitude magnitude

65) If =AÎ and =B then

a) b) c) =AB d) =0

66) The angle between the vectors -3 - and -- is

a) 00 b) 450 c) 900 d) 1200

67) If the angle between two vectors with magnitude 4 and 5 is 600 then their scalar product is
a) 5 b) 9 c) 10 d) 15

68) =2 -3 + and =6 - then is equal to

a) 9 b) 8 c) 11 d) 12

69) Which of them does not obey commutative property

a) Vectors addition b) Vectors subtraction c) Scalar product d) All of these

70) In vector product, the product of two vectors result into a

a) Scalar quantity b) vector quantity c) Both a & b d) None of these

71) Vector product is also called as

a) Cross product b) Dot product c) Scalar product d) Physical product

72) The example of vector product is

a) Torque b) Angular momentum c) Magnetic force on charge d) All of these

73) In =AB sinθ . is a unit vector

a) Perpendicular to the plane containing and b) c) Anti Parallel to the plane containing and d) All of

Parallel to the plane containing and these

74) In vector product the direction can be determined by

a) Head to tail rule b) Right hand rule c) Left hand rule d) Fleming's rule

75) As × =- × hence the vector product is

a) commutative b) Associative c) Distributative d) Not commutative

76) The cross product of × is equal to

a) 1 b) c)

77) The cross product × is equal to

a) - b) + c) - d) +

78) The cross product of × is equal to

a) b) - c) d) -

79) The cross product of vector with itself is

a) 1 b) Null vector c) A d) A2

80) In case of unit vectors × = × = × is equal to

a) 1 b) Null vector c) A d) A2

81) The magnitude of × in equal to the areas of adjacent sides of

a) Square b) Parallelogram c) Triangle d) Rectangle

82) The cross product of two vectors is negative when the angle between the vector is
a) 00 b) 450 c) 2700 d) 1800

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83) The magnitude of .( × )is

a) 1 b) 2 c) 4

84) The magnitude of resultant of and is

a) b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

85) Moment of force depends upon

a) Moment arm b) Magnitude of force c) both a and b d) None of these

86) The perpendicular distance between the line of action of force and pivot point is called
a) Moment arm b) Linear distance c) Angular distance d) Position vector

87) When the line of action of applied force passes through the pivot point then its torque is
a) Maximum b) Minimum c) Zero d) 1

88) The torque is also called

a) Moment of force b) Moment arm c) Couple d) Moment of inertia

89) Mathematically torque can be defined as

a) b) c) d)

90) Torque has maximum value if angle between and is

a) 00 b) 450 c) 900 d) 1800

91) Torque acting on a body determines its

a) Angular acceleration b) Force c) Power d) Energy

92) If the body is at rest or moving with uniform angular velocity in this case torque acting on the body will be
a) Maximum b) Minimum c) Zero d) Infinite

93) In rotational motion the analogue of force is

a) Rotational motion b) Linear inertia c) force d) Torque

94) Conventionally Anti clock wise Torque is taken as

a) Positive b) Negative c) Zero d) All of these

95) Moment arm is a

a) Vector quantity b) Scalar quantity c) Tensor quantity d) Linear quantity

96) The direction of torque is

a) In the direction of b) Normal to the plane c) In the direction of d) Perpendicular to only
containing and

97) Moment of force of a body about its center of gravity due to its weight is
a) Minimum b) Maximum c) Zero d) mg

98) A body has zero acceleration when body is

a) At rest b) Moving with uniform c) Both A & B d) None of these
velocity

99) According to the first condition of equilibrium , the vector sum of all the fores acting on a body must be
a) Negative b) Positive c) Zero d) None of these

100) If the body is in equilibrium , then upward forces are taken as

a) Positive b) Negative c) Maximum d) Minimum

101) If the body is in equilibrium , then downward forces are taken as

a) Positive b) Negative c) Maximum d) Minimum

102) If the body is moving with uniform velocity or rotating with uniform angular velocity it is said to be in
a) Static equilibrium b) Dynamic equilibrium c) Both A & B d) None of these

103) According to 2nd condition , the vector sum of all the torque acting an a body about an arbitrary axis should be
a) Maximum b) Minimum c) Zero d) Negative

104) Two equal and opposite forces acting at different point on a body form
a) Pair b) Couple c) Impluse d) All of these

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105) The center of gravity of a body is
a) The point at which the b) The point at which the c) Both A & B d) None of these
whole weight of a body acts mass of the body acts

106) The center of gravity is also called

a) Center of mass b) Center of body c) Moment of inertia d) None of these

107) When first condition is satisfied, the body will be in

a) Translational equilibrium b) No linear equilibrium c) Both A & B d) None of these

108) When first condition is satisfied then there is

a) Linear acceleration b) No linear acceleration c) Angular acceleration d) Linear velocity

109) When second condition is satisfied , then there is

a) No angular acceleration b) Angular acceleration c) Translational acceleration d) Rotational acceleration

110) For complete equilibrium , linear acceleration and angular acceleration should be
a) Maximum b) Minimum c) Zero d) Positive

111) If vector sum of all the forces acting on a body is zero , then body is may be in
a) Static equilibrium b) Translational equilibrium c) Both A & B d) Dynamic equilibrium

112) In case of couple , following condition of equilibrium is satisfied

a) First condition b) Second condition c) Both A & B d) None of these

113) The angle of a vector with x-axis is:

a) 45o b) 135o c) 225o d) 315o

114) The first condition of equilibrium implies that.

a) F=0 b) Fx = 0 c) Fy = 0 d) Fx = ​Fy ​

115) When a force of 100 N is acting on an object along x-axis then its vertical component will be.
a) 50 N b) 25 N c) 10 N d) 0 N

116) The complete requirements for a body to be in equilibrium is.

a) F=0 b) P=0 c) F=0, ​ =0 d) =0

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