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Objective Questions Moderate Identify Which of The Following Quantities Is Not A Vector

This document contains 30 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of vector calculus concepts like vectors, scalars, vector operations, vector fields, and vector calculus identities and theorems. The questions range from moderate to difficult and cover topics such as identifying vectors vs scalars, vector operations, vector fields, gradient, divergence, curl, Laplacian, and applications of vector calculus theorems like Stokes' theorem.

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Objective Questions Moderate Identify Which of The Following Quantities Is Not A Vector

This document contains 30 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of vector calculus concepts like vectors, scalars, vector operations, vector fields, and vector calculus identities and theorems. The questions range from moderate to difficult and cover topics such as identifying vectors vs scalars, vector operations, vector fields, gradient, divergence, curl, Laplacian, and applications of vector calculus theorems like Stokes' theorem.

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Objective questions

Moderate
1. Identify which of the following quantities is not a vector:

(a) Force, (b) momentum, (c) acceleration (d) work, (e) weight.
Answer: d
2. Which of the following is not a scalar field?
(a) Displacement of a mosquito in space
(b) Light intensity in a drawing room
(c) Temperature distribution in your classroom
(d) Atmospheric pressure in a given region
(e) Humidity of a city
Answer: a
3. Which of these is correct?
(a) A X A = |A|2
(b) A X B + B X A = 0
(c) A • B • C = B • C • A
(d) ax..ay = az
(e) ak = ax - ay
where ak is a unit vector.
Answer: b
4. Which of the following identities is not valid?
(a) a(b + c) = ab + bc
(b) a X (b + c) = a X b + a X c
(c) a • b = b • a
(d) c • (a X b) = - b • (a X c)
(e) aA • aB = cos θAB
Answer: a
5. Let F = 2ax – 6ay + 10az and G = ax + Gy ay + 5az. If F and G have the same unit
vector, Gy is
(a) 6 (c) 0
(b) - 3 (d) 6
Answer: b
6. Given that A = ax + α ay + az and B = α ax + ay + az, if A and B are normal to
each other, α is
(a) - 2 (b) -1/2 (c) 0 (d) 1 (e) 2
Answer: b
7. The component of 6ax + 2ay -3az along 3ax — 4ay
(a) -12ax - 9ay - 3az
(b) 30ax - 40ay
(c) 10/7
(d) 2
Answer: d

8. Given A =- 6ax + 3ay + 2az, the projection of A along ay is


(a) -12
(b) - 4
(c) 3
(d) 7

Answer: c

9. Which of the following is a meaningless combination?


(a) grad div
(b) div curl
(c) curl divergence
(d) curl grad
(e) div curl
Answer: c
10. Which of the following is zero?
(a) grad div
(b) div grad
(c) curl grad
(d) curl curl
Answer:c

11 Given field A = 3x2yz ax + x3z ay + (x3y - 2z)az, it can be said that A is


(a) Harmonic
(b) Divergenceless
(c) Solenoidal
(d) Rotational
(e) Conservative
Answer: e

Easy

11. Stokes's theorem is applicable only when a closed path exists and the
vector field and its derivatives are continuous within the path.
(a) True
(b) False
(c) Not necessarily
(d)
Answer: a
12. If a vector field Q is solenoidal, which of these is true?

Answer: b
13. The curl of a vector field A =2y ax
(a) -2 az
(b) 2ay
(c) 2ax
(d) 3ax

Answer: a

14. The divergence of A=2x ax


(a) 3
(b) 2
(c ) 4
(e) 5

Answer: 2
15. If C= A-B, then dot product of C with itself

(a) C2 = A2+ B2-2ABcosθ


(b) C2 = A2- B2-2ABcosθ
(c) C2 = A2+ B2+2ABcosθ
(d) C2 = A2- B2+2ABcosθ
Answer: a

16. Find The gradient of r  x 2  y 2  z 2

(a) r  (b) 2 r  (c) 3 r  (d) 4 r  3 r^


Answer: a
17. A =-y ax + x ay, the curl of A
(a) 2 az (b) 3az (c) -2az (d) -3az
Answer: a

18. Laplacian of the scalar fields V = x2y + xyz


(a) 2x
(b) 2y
(c) 3z
(d) 3y

Answer: b

19. For solenoidal field A


(a)   A  0
(b) .A  0
(c)   (  A)  0
(d)  2 A  0
Answer: b
20. For irrotational field A
(a)   A  0
(b) .A  0
(c)   (  A)  0
(d)  2 A  0
Answer: a

21.   (  A) is
(a)   A   2 A
(b)   A   2 A
(c )   A   . A
(d)   A    A
Answer: a
22. Laplacian of V,  2V is
(a)   v
(b) .v 
(c)   v  v
(d)   v  v
Answer: b
23. Given W = x2y2 + xyz,  W at (2,-1,0)
(a) 4ax-8ay-2az
(b) 3ax-8ay-3az
(c ) 2ax-8ay-2az

(d) 3ax-8ay-2az
Answer: a
24. A position vector is given by A=3ax+4ay+5az, the unit vector in the direction of
the position vector is
(a) 0.424 ax+0.707 ay+0.566 az
(b) 0.566ax+0.707 ay+0.424 az
(c ) 0.707ax+0.424 ay+0.566az
(e) 0.424ax+0.566 ay+0.707az
Answer: d
25. A vector is given by A= 6ax+pay+8az, if the unit vector along A is
0.424ax+0.707ay+0.566az. What should be the value of P?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c ) 10 (d) 12

Answer: c

Difficult

26. Two vectors are given by A= 3ax+4ay and B= 5ax+12ay. The angle between the
vectors is nearest to

(a) 120 (b) 140 (c) 160 (d) 180


Answer: b
27. Two vectors are described by A=2ax+3ay+6az and B=pax+qay+9az. For the
vectors to be parallel the value of p and q should be
(a) p=3, q=3 (b) p=3, q=9 (c) p=4.5,q=3 (d) p=3, q=4.5
Answer: d
28. The angle between two vectors A= 3ax+4ay and B=pax+qay is 150, What is the
ratio of p to q?
(a) 1.732 (b) - 1.732 (c) 0.677 (d) -0.577
Answer: a
29. A scalar function is given by v=xyz. The magnitude of the gradient at (1,-1,1)
is equal to
(a) 2 3 (b) 3 / 2 (c) 1 / 3 (d) 3

Answer: d
30. The divergence of A=xy(ax+ay) at (1,3) is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2

Answer: b

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