VECTORS

ASSIGNMENT 1
(TOPICS- DEFINITION, TYPES, ANGLE BETWEEN VECTORS, TRIANGLE LAW)

1. Two vectors, each of magnitude A have a resultant of same magnitude A. The angle between
the two vectors is
(a) 30° (b) 60° (c) 120° (d) 150°

2. 𝐴⃗ is a vector of magnitude 2.5 units due east. What is the magnitude and direction of vector
4𝐴⃗ ?

3. Two forces of magnitude 8 N and 15 N respectively act at a point. If the resultant force is 17
N, the angle between the forces has to be
(a) 60° (b) 45° (c) 90° (d) 30°

4. Two forces of 10 N and 6 N act upon a body. The direction of the forces are unknown. The
resultant force on the body may be:
(a) 15 N (b) 3 N (c) 17 N (d) 2 N

5. If the sum of two unit vectors is also a unit vector, then magnitude of their difference and
angle between the two given unit vectors is:
(a) √3, 60˚ (b) √3, 120˚ (c) √2, 60˚ (d) √2, 120˚

6. A car moves towards north at a speed of 54 km/h for 1 h. Then it moves eastward with same
speed for same duration. The average speed and velocity of car for complete journey is:
15 54
(a) 54 km/h; 0 (b) 15 m/s; m/s (c) 0; 0 (d) 0; km/h
√2 √2

7. Six vectors, 𝑎⃗ to 𝑓⃗ have the magnitudes and

direction as indicated in the figure.
Which of the following statements is true?
(a) 𝑏⃗⃗ + 𝑐⃗ = 𝑓⃗
(b) 𝑑⃗ + 𝑐⃗ = 𝑓⃗
(c) 𝑑⃗ + 𝑒⃗ = 𝑓⃗
(d) 𝑏⃗⃗ + 𝑒⃗ = 𝑓⃗

8. The resultant of two vectors at an angle 150° is 10 units and is perpendicular to one vector.
The magnitude of the smaller vector is:
(a) 10 units (b) 10 √3 units (c) 10 √2 units (d) 5 √3 units
9. If θ is the angle between two vectors 𝐴⃗ and 𝐵
⃗⃗. Which of the following figures correctly
represents the angle θ?

10. It is found that |𝐴⃗ + 𝐵⃗⃗| = |𝐴⃗|. This necessarily implies:

(a) B = 0 (b) 𝐴⃗ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵
⃗⃗ are parallel
(c) 𝐴⃗ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵⃗⃗ are anti-parallel (d) 𝐴⃗ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵
⃗⃗ are perpendicular

11. Two vectors 𝐴⃗ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 ⃗⃗ are such that 𝐴⃗ + 𝐵

⃗⃗ = 𝐶⃗ and 𝐴2 + 𝐵2 = 𝐶 2 . If θ is the angle between
𝐴⃗ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵⃗⃗, then the correct statement is:
𝜋 2𝜋
(a) θ = π (b) θ = 2 (c) θ = 0 (d) θ = 3

12. The sum of magnitudes of two forces acting at a point is 16 N and their resultant 8 √3 N is at
90° with the force of smaller magnitude. The two forces (in N) are
(a) 11, 5 (b) 9, 7 (c) 6, 10 (d) 2, 14

⃗⃗, then which of the following is not correct:

13. If 𝑃⃗⃗ = 𝑄
(a) 𝑃̂ = 𝑄̂ ⃗⃗|
(b) |𝑃⃗⃗| = |𝑄 (c) P𝑄̂ = Q𝑃̂ ⃗⃗ = 𝑃̂ + 𝑄̂
(d) 𝑃⃗⃗ + 𝑄

14. There are two force vectors, one of 5 N and other of 12 N at what angle the two vectors be
added to get resultant vector of 17 N, 7 N and 13 N respectively
(a) 0°, 180° and 90° (b) 0°, 90° and 180° (c) 0°, 90° and 90° (d) 180°, 0° and 90°

15. If the sum of two unit vectors is a unit vector, then magnitude of difference is
1
(a) √2 (b) √3 (c) 2 (d) √5
√

16. Forces F1 and F2 act on a point mass in two mutually perpendicular directions. The resultant
force on the point mass will be:
(a) F1 + F2 (b) F1 - F2 (c) √𝐹1 2 + 𝐹2 2 (d) 𝐹1 2 + 𝐹2 2

17. The magnitude of vector 𝐴⃗, 𝐵

⃗⃗ and 𝐶⃗ are respectively 12, 5 and 13 units and 𝐴⃗ + 𝐵
⃗⃗ = 𝐶⃗ then
the angle between A and B is
𝜋 𝜋
(a) 0 (b) π (c) 2 (d) 4

18. If 𝐴⃗ + 𝐵
⃗⃗ = 𝐶⃗, then
(a) |𝐶 | is always greater than |𝐴⃗|
⃗
(b) It is possible to have |𝐶⃗| < |𝐴⃗| and |𝐶⃗| < |𝐵
⃗⃗|
(c) C is always equal to A + B
(d) C is never equal to A + B

19. Following sets of three forces act on a body. Whose resultant cannot be zero
(a) 10, 10, 10 (b) 10, 10, 20 (c) 10, 20, 23 (d) 10, 20, 40
20. The sum of two forces acting at a point is 16 N. If the resultant force is 8 N and its direction is
perpendicular to minimum force then the forces are:
(a) 6 N and 10 N (b) 8 N and 8 N (c) 4 N and 12 N (d) 2 N and 14 N

21. The resultant of two vectors A and B is perpendicular to the vector A and its magnitude is
equal to half the magnitude of vector B. The angle between A and B is
(a) 120° (b) 150° (c) 135° (d) None of these

22. Maximum and minimum magnitudes of the resultant of two vectors of magnitudes P and Q
are in the ratio 3: 1. Which of the following relations is true
(a) P = 2Q (b) P = Q (c) PQ = 1 (d) None of these

⃗⃗ is 𝑅⃗⃗. If Q is doubled, the new resultant is perpendicular

23. The resultant of two vectors 𝑃⃗⃗ and 𝑄
to P. Then R equals
(a) P (b) (P+Q) (c) Q (d) (P–Q)

24. Two forces, F1 and F2 are acting on a body. One force is double that of the other force and the
resultant is equal to the greater force. Then the angle between the two forces is
(a) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (1/2) (b) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (-1/2) (c) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (-1/4) (d) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 −1 (1/4)

25. Which pair of the following forces will never give resultant force of 2 N
(a) 2 N and 2 N (b) 1 N and 1 N (c) 1 N and 3 N (d) 1 N and 4 N

26. Two forces 3N and 2 N are at an angle such that the resultant is R. The first force is now
increased to 6N and the resultant become 2R. The value of is
(a) 30° (b) 60° (c) 90° (d) 120°

27. Two equal forces (P each) act at a point inclined to each other at an angle of 120°. The
magnitude of their resultant is
(a) P / 2 (b) P / 4 (c) P (d) 2P

28. Can the resultant of 2 vectors be zero

(a) Yes, when the 2 vectors are same in magnitude and direction
(b) No
(c) Yes, when the 2 vectors are same in magnitude but opposite in sense
2𝜋
(d) Yes, when the 2 vectors are same in magnitude making an angle of 3 with each other

29. The sum of the magnitudes of two forces acting at point is 18 and the magnitude of their
resultant is 12. If the resultant is at 90° with the force of smaller magnitude, what are the,
magnitudes of forces
(a) 12, 5 (b) 14, 4 (c) 5, 13 (d) 10, 8

⃗⃗ is 𝑅⃗⃗. On reversing the direction of 𝑄

30. The resultant vector of 𝑃⃗⃗ and 𝑄 ⃗⃗ the resultant vector
becomes 𝑆⃗. Then
(a) 𝑅 2 + 𝑆 2 = (𝑃2 + 𝑄 2 )
(b) 𝑅 2 + 𝑆 2 = 2(𝑃2 + 𝑄 2 )
(c) 𝑅 2 - 𝑆 2 = (𝑃2 + 𝑄 2 )
(d) 𝑅 2 - 𝑆 2 = 2(𝑃2 - 𝑄 2 )

31. Two equal forces have the square of their resultant equal to three times their product. The
angle between them is:
(a) 30˚ (b) 60˚ (c) 90˚ (d) None
 ⃗⃗|, the angle between the maximum resultant and the minimum resultant of 𝑃⃗⃗ and 𝑄
32. If |𝑃⃗⃗| > |𝑄 ⃗⃗
is:
(a) 90˚ (b) 0˚ (c) 180˚ (d) 60˚

33. Two vectors 𝐴⃗ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 ⃗⃗ are inclined at an angle θ have a resultant 𝑅⃗⃗ which makes an angle α
with 𝐴. If the directions of 𝐴⃗ and 𝐵
⃗ ⃗⃗ are interchanged, the resultant will have same
(a) direction
(b) magnitude
(c) direction as well as magnitude
(d) none

34. If 𝑛̂ is a unit vector in the direction of vector 𝐴⃗, then

𝐴⃗ |𝐴⃗|
(a) 𝑛̂ = (b) 𝑛̂ = (c) 𝑛̂ = |𝐴⃗|⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐴 (d) 𝑛̂ = 𝐴⃗
|𝐴⃗| 𝐴⃗

35. Two vectors 𝐴⃗ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 ⃗⃗ are inclined at an angle θ have a resultant 𝑅⃗⃗ which makes an angle α
with 𝐴 and β with 𝐵. Let the magnitudes of the vectors be 𝐴⃗, 𝐵
⃗ ⃗⃗ ⃗⃗ and 𝑅⃗⃗ be represented by A, B
and R respectively. Which of the following is then not correct?
𝑅 𝐴 𝐵
(a) = =
sin (𝛼+ 𝛽) sin 𝛼 sin 𝛽
(b) R sin α = B sin (α + β)
(c) A sin α = B sinβ
(d) R sin β = A sin (α + β)

36. Which of the following is true:

(a) A scalar quantity is the one that is conserved in a process
(b) A scalar quantity is the one that can never take negative values
(c) A scalar quantity is the one that does not vary from one point to another in space
(d) A scalar quantity is the one that has same value for observers with different orientations of
axes.

37. Two forces of magnitudes P and Q are inclined at an angle θ, the magnitude of their resultant
is 3Q. When the inclination is changed to (180˚ - θ) the magnitude of the resultant force
𝑃
becomes Q. The ratio of the forces 𝑄 is:
4 2 1 1
(a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2