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Class XI
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(B.T ECH . IIT R OORKEE )
Vectors-1
[2] displacement
[2] displacement
[3] acceleration
[4] work
[2] ( i j kk )
3 . j
[3]
( i j kk )
[4]
( i j kk )
3
If | A B | | A . B | , then angle between A and B will be [2] 45º
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[1] 30º
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[4] force
[1]
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[3] velocity
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[3] 60º
[4] 90º
Two vector A and B are acting in the same plane and the vector C is perpendicular
to the plane. The resultant
ant
of these vectors [1] may be zero
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Q.8
Addition of which of the following will not be equal to zero [1] 10, 10, 10
Q.7
The resultant of three vectors 1, 2 and 3 units whose directions are those of the
side of an equilateral triangle
at an angle of is [1] 30 with the Ist vector
Which of the following vector can’t be equal to the resultant of 5 and 10 [1] 2
[2] 5
[3] 7
[4] 8
Class (XI)
Q.9
[2] 1 m and 2m
[3] 1 m and 3m
[4] 1 m and 4m
Q.10 How many minimum number of coplanar vectors having different magnitude can be
added to given zero resultant[1] 2
[2] 3
[3] 4
[4] 5
Q.11 How many minimum number of vector in different planes can be added to give
zero resultant [1] 2
[2] 3
[3] 4
[4] 5
Q.12 If the magnitude of vector A, B and C are 12, 5 and 13 units respectively and
A B C , the angle between
A and B is -
[2]
[3] /2
[4]/4
m
[1] 0
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[3] cos–1(4/5)
[4] /2
[3] V and V are perpendicular to each other [4] none of the above
1
2
Q.15 If the magnitude of the cross product of two vector is
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[1]
[3] /3
[4] /6
k
Q.16 What will be the angle between two vectors A 3 i 4 j 5kk and B 3 i
4 j 5kk [1] zero
[2] 45º
[3] 90º
[4] 180º
Q.17 If A and B are two perpendicular vectors what will be the value of ‘a’
kA 5 i 7ˆj 3kk ,
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[1] 8
kB 2 i 2 j a kk
[2] –8
[3] 7
[4] –7
Q.18 A particle is moving in XY-plane under the effect of force F such that the
component of its linear momentum
P at any instant t, Px = 2 cos t and Py = 2 sin t. What will be the angle between F
and P at time t [1] 0º
[2] 30º
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[3] 90º
[4] 180º
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Q.19 Two vector A and B are such that A B C and A2 + B2 = C 2. What will be
the angle between them [1] 0º
[2] 90º
[3] 120º
[4] 180º
Q.21 The resultant of two vectors A and B is perpendicular to the vector A and its
magnitude is equal to half of
the magnitude of vector B . The angle between A and B is-
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[1] 120°
[2] 30°
[3] 135°
[4] 150°
Q.22 Two forces of magnitude 10 N and 6N respectively are acting on a body . The
direction of the forces is unknown.
The resultant force on the body will be [1] between 6 to 10 N
[2] 14.1 N
[3] 17.3 N
[4] 20 N
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[2] 14.1 N
[3] 17.3 N
[4] 20 N
[2] 2y – x = 0
[3] y + x = 0
[4] y – x = 0
[2] 50 N, 40 N
[3] 30 N, 20 N
[4] 35 N, 25 N
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Q.27 The magnitude of two forces is in the ratio 3 : 5 and the angle between their
direction is 60º . If their resultant
force is 35N then their magnitude will be [1] 12 N, 20 N
[2] 15 N, 25 N
[3] 18 N, 30 N
[4] 21 N, 28 N
Q.28 Five forces of magnitude 10N each are acting on a point and they are in same
plane if the angle between them
is equal the resultant of those forces will be [1] zero
[2] 10 N
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[3] 20 N
[4] 10 2 N
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Q.29 A rope is tied between two poles and a weight of 40 N is suspended from its
middle point. The rope sags by
an angle of 1º, the tension in the rope will be [1] less than 40 N
[2] equal to 40 N
[4] none
Q.30 Three forces A, B , C shown in fig. lie in the X-Y plane. Then the resultant
force F = A + B + C has magnitude[1]
54 N
[2]
27 N
[3]
63 N
[4]
16 N
[3] 18 i 6 j
[4] 25 i 13 j
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[1] 18 i 6 j
k
Q.32 If vector A i 2 j 4kk and B 5 i represent the two consecutive sides
of a triangle, then the third side of the
triangle has length equal to [1]
56
[2]
21
[3] 5
[4] 6
[3] 5
[4] 2.5
[2] 5 5
k
Q.34 k
Two constant forces F1 2 i 3 j 3kk N and F2 i j 2kk N act on a
body and displace it from the position
kr1 i 2k j 2kk m to the position r2 7 i 10 j 5kk m . What is the work
done -
[2] 41 J
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[1] 9 J
[3] –3 J
Q.35 A proton is moving with a velocity of 5 × 105 m/s along the Y-direction. It is
acted upon by an electric field of
intensity 105 V/m along the X-direction and a magnetic field of 1 Wb/m2 along the
Z-direction. Then the Lorentz
force on the particle is [1] zero newton
Q.36 A 100 N force makes an angle of with the x-axis and has a y-component of
30N. Then the x-component of
the force is [1] 70 N
[2] 95.4 N
[3] 104.4 N
[4] zero N
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[2] 2 (1 + 4t) i 5 j
[3] 8 i
[4] 0 i 0 j
Q.38 In the above question, the acceleration of the particle [1] has magnitude 8
and directed along x-axis
[3] is zero
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Q.39 A force of 6 kgf and another of 8 kgf can be applied to produce the effect of
a single force equal to [1] 1 kgf
[2] 10 kgf
[3] 16 kgf
[4] 0 kgf
[2] /4
[3]
[4] /2
[3] 24 i 5 j 2kk
[4] 24 i 5 j 2kk
[1] 26 i 5 j 2kk
Q.42 The area of the parallelogram whose sides are represented by the vector j
3kk and i 2 j kk is -
61 sq. unit
[2]
59 sq. unit
[3]
49 sq. unit
[4]
52 sq. unit
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[1]
[4]
14
sq. unit
2
Q.44 The area of parallelogram formed by two adjacent sides of 2 i j 3kk and 3
i 2 j kk is (in square units)[1]
[2]
65
[3]
69
75
[4] 75
Q.45 What is the torque of the force F 2i 3 j 4k newton acting at the point
kr 3i 2 j 3k m about the origin[2] 17 i 6 j 13kk
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[1] 6 i 6 j 12kk
[3] 6 i 6 j 12kk
[4] 17 i 6 j 13kk
Q.46 Two forces of magnitude 8 newton and 15 newton respectively act at a point. If
the resultant force is 17 newton,
the angle between the force is [1] 30º
[2] 90º
[3] 45º
[4] 60º
Q.47 A force i 2 j 3kk N displaces a body from position vector of point (5, 2,
–4) m to the position vector
(2, 4, – 1) m. The work done is [1] 8J
[2] 9J
[3] 10J
[4] 7J
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[2] 5 W
[3] 2 W
[4] 4 W
k
Q.49 k
The three vectors A 3 i 2 j k, k B i 3 j 5kk and C 2 i j
4kk form [1] an equilateral triangle[2] isosceles triangle
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[4] no triangle
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[2] 75 J
[3] 84 J
[4] 60 J
Q.51 0.4 i 0.8 j ckk represents a unit vector when c is [1] 0.2
[2]
[3]
0.2
[4] 0
0.8
Q.52 The x-component of the resultant of several vectors (a) is equal to the sum of
the x-components of the vectors
(b) May be smaller than the sum of the magnitudes of the vectors
(c) May be greater than the sum of the magnitudes of the vectors
[1] a, c, d
[2] a, b, c
[4] b, c, d
Q.53 Following forces start acting on a particle at rest at the origin of the co-
ordinate system simultaneously
kF2 5 i 8 j 6kk
kF3 3 i 4 j 7kk
kF4 2 i 3 j 2kk
[3] in x-z plane
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kF1 4 i 5 j 5kk
[2] In y - z plane
Q.54 The vector sum of N coplanar forces, each of magnitude F, when each force is
making an angle of
that preceeding it, is [1] F
[2] NF
[3]
NF
2
2
with
N
[4] zero
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[1] 0
Q.58 At what angle must the two forces (x + y) and (x – y) act so that the
resultant may be
1
[1] cos
2
2
x2 y2
1 2(x y )
cos
[2]
2
2
2
2
x y
2(x y )
x 2 y2
1
[3] cos 2 2
x y
Q.59 A body of 2kg is moving along north east direction with speed
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[4] cos
1
x2 y2 -
x2 y2
2
2
x y
m
due north
s
[2] 1
m
due east
s
[3] 2
m
due north
s
[4] 2
m
due east
s
Q.60 A vector is along the positive x-axis . If its vector product with another
vector F2 is zero then F2 could be[1] 4 j
[2] ( i j )
[3] ( j kk )
[4] (4 i )
A B
2
[2] A + B
A 2 B2
[3]
AB
A 2 B 2 2 AB
[4]
A and B -
[2]
A 1
B 2
[3] A . B 48
[4] A = 5
[1] A B 0
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Q.63 The magnitude of the vector product of two vectors A and B may be (a) Greater
than AB
(b) Equal to AB
[1] a, b, c
[2] b, c, d
[3] a, c, d
[4] a, b, d
Q.64 Let the angle between two non zero vectors A and B be 120º and its resultant
be C
[4] d
[3] 180º
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[1] 0º
[4] none
(3) A vector
[1] a, c, d
[2] a, b, d
[3] a, b, c
[4] b, c, d
Q.67 I started walking down a road to day-break facing the sun. After walking for
some-time, I turned to my left, then I
turned to the right once again. In which direction was I going then [1] East
[2] North-west
[3] North-east
[4] South
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Q.68 In a two dimensional motion of a particle, the particle moves from point A,
position vector r to point B, position
1
vector r2 . If the magnitudes of these vectors are, respectively, r1 = 3 and r2 = 4
and the angles they make with the
x-axis are 1 = 75º and 2 = 15º respectively, then the magnitude of the
displacement vector is r1
3
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B
4
15º
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8
[2]
13
[3]
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Q.69 A displacement vector r has magnitude of 25m and makes an angle of 210º with
the x-axis. Then its ycomponent is [1] 21.7 m
[2] –21.7 m
[3] 12.5 m
[4] –12.5 m
Q.70 What is the resultant of three coplanar force : 300N at 0º, 400 N at 30º and
400 N at 150º[1] 500 N
[2] 700 N
[3] 1100 N
[4] 300 N
Q.71 In the above question, the resultant force is directed at an angle equal to
[1] 37º
[2] 53º
[3] 90º
Q.72 Two forces F1 = 3N at 0º and F2 = 5N at 60º act on a body. Then a single force
that would balance the two forces
must have a magnitude of [1] 3N
[2] 5N
[3] 7N
[4] 8N
[4]
tan 1(5 3 / 11)
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Q.73 In the above question, the equilibrium (i.e. the single force that balances
the two forces) is directed at an angle of
Q.74 In the fig, A, B, C are strings and a 10 kg weight is suspended from string C.
Then the tension in the string B is 45º
90º
10kg
[1] zero
[2] 98N
[3] 98 2 N
[4] 98 / 2 N
Q.75 The three vector OA , OB and OC have the same magnitude R. Then the sum of
these vectors have magnitude
B
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[1] R
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2R
45 º
45 º
[3] 3R
[4] (1 +
2 )R
ANSWER KEY
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