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1. The document contains 38 multiple choice questions related to vectors and forces. The questions cover topics such as resultant forces, scalar and vector products of vectors, direction cosines, displacement, work done by forces, and relationships between vectors. 2. The questions have multiple possible answers for each numbered item and include concepts like magnitude, direction, angles between vectors, parallel and perpendicular vectors, and vector operations. 3. The document is a practice test containing technical questions to assess knowledge of vector and force concepts and calculations.

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Vectors

1. The document contains 38 multiple choice questions related to vectors and forces. The questions cover topics such as resultant forces, scalar and vector products of vectors, direction cosines, displacement, work done by forces, and relationships between vectors. 2. The questions have multiple possible answers for each numbered item and include concepts like magnitude, direction, angles between vectors, parallel and perpendicular vectors, and vector operations. 3. The document is a practice test containing technical questions to assess knowledge of vector and force concepts and calculations.

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MUMBAI / DELHI / AKOLA / LUCKNOW / KOLKATA / NASHIK

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) 90
0
(b) 60
0
(c) 45
0
(d) 30
0



3. If k

6 j

2 i

4 A + =

& k

3 j

2 i

B =

, the angle, which B A



+ makes with x-axis, is
(a) cos
-1
(
50
3
) (b) cos
-1
(
50
5
) (c) cos
-1
(
50
4
) (d) cos
-1
(
50
12
)

4. Given j

8 i

6 B

& j

4 i

3 A + = + =

which of the following statement is incorrect


(a) 0 B A =

(b)
2
1
B
A
=

(c) A

=15 (d) B A

=40

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) 120
o
(d) 90
o


7. If | x |, a b a b - =


then the value of |a b +

| is
(a)
2 2
a b + (b) a +b
(c)
2 2
2ab a b + + (d)
2 2
2
ab
a b

+ +
`
)


8.


0.4 0.8 i j ck + + represents a unit vector when c is
(a) -0.2 (b) 0.20 (c) 0.80 (d) 0

9. The vectors

( ) i j k + + and 3

i form two sides of a triangle. The area of the triangle is


(a) 3 (b)2 3 (c)
3
2
(d) 3 2
10. Two forces of magnitudes P and 3P act at right angles to each other. Their resultant makes an angle
u with P; which of the following gives the correct value of u?
(a) 30
o
(b) 45
o
(c) 60
o
(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

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

?

(a)0

(b)2AO

(c)4AO

(d) 6AO



13. Two vectors and A B

are inclined at an angle 45
0
have resultant R

which makes an angle 30


o
with A

.
If the direction of and A B

are interchanged, then the resultant will have the same.
(a)magnitude (b)direction
(c)bothmagnitude and direction (d) none

14. Given P A BandQ A B. = + = If the magnitudes of P and Q are equal, the angle between vectors A
and B is
(a)zero (b) 45
0
(c) 90
0
(d) 180
0

15. If j

4 i

3 a + =

and j

24 i

7 b + =

, the vector having the same magnitude as b

and parallel to a

, is
(a) j

17 i

4 + (b) j

20 i

15 + (c) j

15 i

16 + (d) j

20 i

10 +

16. If A

+B

+C

=O

and |A

| =2; |B

| =4, Which of the following cant be correct?


(a) |C

| =2 (b)|C

| =6 (c) |C

| =8 (d) |C

| =4

17. The direction cosines of A

=i

+2j

+3k

are
(a)
14
1
,
14
2
,
14
3
(b) 1, 2, 3 (c)
4
1
,
4
2
,
4
3
(d) none of these.

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 fromA (-2, -4, 0) to B (4, 5, 6), the displacement vector of point is
(a)

9i 6j 6k + + (b)

6i 9j 6k + + (c)

6i 9j + (d)

9i 6j +

20. The resultant of B & A

makes an angle o with A

and | with B

then
(a)o<|always (b)o>| if A <B
(c)o<| if A =B (d)o<| if A <B .
21. If 2 | A | =

and | B |

=4, angle between them is 60
0
, | B A |

is
(a) 13 (b) 3 3 (c) 3 (d) 2 3

22. If three vectors along coordinate axis represent the adjacent sides of a cube of side b, then the unit vector
along its diagonal passing through the origin will be
(a)
2
k

+ +
(b)
b 3
k

+ +
(c) k

+ + (d)
3
k

+ +


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

(2)
V C
VB
V
A

(3)
V
C
VB
V
A

(4)
V C
V B
V A

(a)1, 2,3 (b) 1, 3 (c) 1, 2, 4 (d) 4

24. A particle undergoes three successive displacements given by
1
s

= 2 mNorth-East
2
s

=2m due south and


3
s

=4m, 30
0
north of west, then magnitude of net displacement is
(a) 3 4 14+ (b) 3 4 14 (c) 14 (d) none of these

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

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

27. Two vectors A

and B

are such that A B C + =



and
2 2 2
A B C + = .
If u is the angle between positive direction of A

and B

then the correct statement is


(a)u = t (b)
2
3
t
u = (c) 0 u = (d)
2
t
u =

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)
0 0 0
90 ,135,135 (b)
0 0 0
45,45,90
(c)
0 0 0
30 ,60,90 (d)
0 0 0
45,90,135

29. A force
( )

3i 4j + newton acts on a body and displace it by
( )

3i 4j + meter. The work done by the force
is
(a) 5 J (b) 25 J (c) 10 J (d) 30 J

30. Unit vector parallel to the resultant of vectors

A 4i 3j =

and

B 8i 8j = +

will be
(a)

24i 5j
13
+
(b)

12i 5j
13
+
(c)

6i 5j
13
+
(d) None of these

31. The value of n so that vectors

2i 3j 2k,5i nj k + + + and

i 2j 3k + + 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

33. The component of vector

A 2i 3j = +

along the vector



i j + is
(a)
5
2
(b) 10 2 (c)5 2 (d) 5

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)
0
60 (b)
0
120 (c)
0
70 (d)
0
180

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)
0
120 (b)
0
60 (c)
0
90 (d)
0
150

36. Three vectors satisfy the relation A B 0 =

and A C 0 =

, then A

is parallel to
(a)C

(b) B

(c)B C

(d)B C



37. If A B 3A B =

, then the value of A B +

is
(a)( )
12
2 2
A B AB + + (b)
12
2 2
AB
A B
3
| |
+ +
|
\ .

(c) (A +B) (d)
( )
12
2 2
A B 3AB + +

38. If the angle between the vectors A

and B

is u, the value of the product


( )
B A A

is equal to
(a)
2
BA cosu (b)
2
BA sinu (c)
2
BA sin cos u u (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)

2i 6j 4k + + (b)

2i 3j 3k + + (c)

2i 3j 5k + + (d)

2i 3j 5k

40. The sum of two vectors A

and B

is at right angles to their difference. Then


(a) A =B (b) A =2B
(c) B =2A (d)A

and B

have the same direction



41. If
1 2
a and a

are two non collinear unit vectors and if
1 2
a +a = 3

, then the value of
( ) ( )
1 2 1 2
a - a . 2a +a

is
(a) 1/2 (b) 2/3 (c) 2 (d) 1

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

Three vectors A

, B

and C

are given as 5k 4j 3i A + + =

, 25k - 24j 7i B + =

, 10k - 8j 6i C + =



43. A bird is flying along the vector A with speed 152 m/s then its velocity vector ( in m/s ) will be
(a) 15k 12j 9i + + (b) 5k - 4j 3i + (c) 15k - 3j 12i + (d) 3k - 12j 15i +

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

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)
30k 36j - 15i - +
(b)
30k 34j - 12i - +
(c)
24k 16j - 10i - +
(d) Not possible

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