TOPIC: VECTORS

    
1. If a  2 , b  5 and a  b  8 then a.b is equal to _______
1) 6 2) 4 3) 3 4) 5
       
2.     
If a and b are unit vectors such that a  3b is perpendicular to 7a  5b and a  4b is perpendicular
   
 
to 7a  2b , then angle between a & b is ______(in degrees)
1) 300 2) 450 3) 600 4) 750
3. If the projection of the vector iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ on the sum of the two vectors 2iˆ  4 ˆj  5kˆ and  iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ is
1, then  is equal to ______
1) 4 2) 5 3) 6 4) 7
 ˆ 
4. ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
Let a  i   j  3k and b  3i   j  k . If area of parallelogram whose adjacent sides are represented
  
by the vectors a & b is 8 3 square units, than a.b is equal to ____
1) 8 2) 6 3) 4 4) 2
5. In a triangle ABC , If BC  3 , CA  5 and BA  7 then projection of vector BA on BC is equal to
______
11 13 15 17
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 2 2
       
6. Given that A  B  C . If A  4 , B  5 , C  61 then angle between A and B is ______
1) 300 2) 600 3) 900 4) 1200
7. What is the angle between two vector forces of equal magnitude such that their resultant is one – third
of either of original forces
 17   1 
1) cos 1   2) cos 1   3) 450 4) 1200
 18   3 
   
8. Two vectors A and B have precisely equal magnitudes. For the magnitude of A  B to be larger than the
 
magnitude of A  B by a factor n . What must be the angle between them is
1 1
1)   2 cot 1   2)   2 Tan 1   3) 600 4) 1200
n n
 
9. If A is perpendicular to B then
          
1) A  B  0  
2) A. A  B  A2 3) A.B  AB 
4) A. A  B  A2  AB 
      
10. The resultant C of A and B is perpendicular to A .Also A  C . The angle between A and B is _____in
rad
 5 7 3
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 4 4 4
11. The vector sum of the two forces is perpendicular to their vector differences. In that case, the forces
are
1) Cannot be predicted 2) Always perpendicular
3) Are equal to each other in magnitude 4) Are not equal to each other in magnitude
12. ˆ
If 0.5 iˆ  0.8 ˆj  ck is a unit vector, then ' c ' is_____
1) 0.89 2) 0.2 3) 0.3 4) 0.11
13. A point P is moving in uniform circular motion with radius 3m . Let at some instant the acceleration of
  
the point is a  6iˆ  4 ˆj m / s 2 , the position vector is r and velocity vector v .Choose correct statement
           
1) v.a  0 & r  a  0 2) v.a  0 & r  a  0 3) v.a  0 & r  a  0 4) v.a  0 & r  a  0
A
14. Let A1  A2  5 A3 , A1  A2  3 A3 , A3  2iˆ  4 ˆj then 1 =_______
A2
1) 4 2) 5 3) 6 D) 7

15. A box of mass m is in equilibrium under the application of three forces as shown below. If magnitude
of f1 is 10 N ,what is the magnitude of f3 _______

1) 5 N 2) 15 N 3) 20 N 4) 30 N
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16. The position vector of a particle moving in a plane is given by r  a cos t iˆ  b sin t ˆj where a, b and
 are constant. The acceleration of particle is directed along the vector

 d r
1)  aiˆ  bjˆ 2) biˆ  ajˆ 3)  r 4)
dt
17. If the angle between vectors A and B is  then the value of product  B  A  . A is______
1) BA2 cos  2) BA2 sin  3) Zero 4) None of these
18. The square of the resultant of two equal forces is three times of their product. The angle between the
forces is ____
  2
1)  2) 3) 4)
3 4 3
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19. Two vectors A and B have equal magnitude of A  B is equal to 2 times of magnitude of A  B , then
 
angle between A and B is ______
3 1 3 1
1) sin 1 2) sin 1 3) cos 1 4) cos 1
5 3 5 3
 
20. What will be the projection of vector A  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ on vector B  iˆ  ˆj

1) 2 iˆ  ˆj  kˆ  
2) 2 iˆ  ˆj  kˆ  
3) 2 iˆ  ˆj  
4) iˆ  ˆj 
21. The resultant of two forces 2P and 2P is 10P then angle between forces is_____
1) 300 2) 600 3) 450 4) 900
 4 1 3 
22. The direction cosines of a vector A are cos   , cos   , cos   ,then vector A is______
5 2 2 5 2
ˆ ˆ
1) 4i  j  2kˆ ˆ ˆ
2) 4i  5 j  3k ˆ 3) 0 4) None of these
23. If projection of 2iˆ  4 ˆj  2kˆ on iˆ  2 ˆj   kˆ is zero then value of  will be
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 5
 
24. ˆ ˆ
If vectors a1  xiˆ  ˆj  k and a2  iˆ  yˆj  zk are collinear, then a possible unit vector parallel to vector
xiˆ  yˆj  zkˆ is _____

1)
1
2
 
 ˆj  kˆ 2)
1 ˆ ˆ
2
ij   3)
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
3

i  jk 
4)
1 ˆ
3
i  
ˆj  kˆ
 
25. In a triangle ABC , If BC  8 , CA  7 , AB  10 then projection of vector AB on AC is equal to____
25 85 127 115
1) 2) 3) 4)
4 14 20 16
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26. If b  3iˆ  4 ˆj , a  iˆ  ˆj . The vector having the same magnitude as that of b and parallel to a is _____
5 ˆ ˆ 5 ˆ ˆ
1)
2

ij  2)
2
 ij  
3) 5 iˆ  ˆj  4) 5 iˆ  ˆj  
  
27. Two vectors a and b are at an angle of 600 with each other their resultant makes an angle of 450 with a .
 
If b  2 units then a is _____
3
1) 3 2) 3 1 3) 3 1 4)
2
28. Find at least one vector perpendicular to 3iˆ  4 ˆj  7 kˆ
5
1) iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ 2) iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ 3) iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ 4) Zero
7
29. Two vectors have magnitude 5 units and 12 units respectively, find their cross product if the angle
between them is 300
1) 30units 2) 40units 3) 50units 4) 60units
30. The sum and difference of two perpendicular vectors of equal lengths are ____
1) Perpendicular to each other and of equal lengths
2) Perpendicular to each other and of different lengths
3) Of equal lengths and have an acute angle between them
4) Of equal lengths and have an obtuse angle between them

PHYSICS
KEY:

PHYSICS

1-10 1 3 2 4 1 2 1 2 2 4

11-20 3 4 3 1 3 3 3 2 3 4

21-30 3 2 4 4 2 1 2 3 1 1

HINTS
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1. Given a  2 , b  5

a b  8
ab sin   8
2  5  sin   8
4
sin  
5

a.b  ab cos   6

   
2.   
Given a  3b  7 a  5b 
   
  
a  3b . 7 a  5b  0
 
7 a 2  15b 2  16 a. b  0 ………(1)
   
 a  4b  . 7a  2b  0

7 a 2  8b 2  30 a.b  0 ………..(2)
From 1 & 2 It is clear that a  b
b 1
 cos   
2a 2
  600
   
3. Let a  i  2 j  k

b  2i  4 j  kˆ   i  2 j  3kˆ
  2    i  6 j  2k

Given a.b  ab cos 

a.b
a cos     1
b
 
a.b  2    12  2
 2    10
 12  

 a.b  b

2     62   2 
2 2
12   
12      4   2  4  40 
2

 2  144  24   2  4  44
20  100
 5
i j k
 
4. Given area of parallelogram a  b  1  3
3  1
 
a  b  i  4   8 j  4 k
 
a  b  16 2  64  16 2
8 3  32 2  64
64  3  32 2  64
32 2  128
2  4
 2
5.

Projection of BA on BC
 BA cos ABC

=7
7 2
 32  52 
2 73
 49  9  25
 7
273
11

2
  
6. A B  C
     
 
A  B . A  B  C.C 
A2  B 2  2 AB cos   C 2
 
2
42  52  2  4  5  cos   61
41  40 cos   61
40 cos   20
1
cos    600
2
2
1
   1  1  2 1 1 cos 
2 2
7.
 3
1
 1  cos    2
9
1
 1  cos 
18
1 17
cos    1 = 
18 18
   
8. Given A  B  n A  B
 
2 A cos  n  2 A sin
2 2
 1
Tan 
2 n
 1
 Tan 1
2 n
   
9. A.B  0, A  B  0
10.

C
Tan  '   Tan 450
A

'
4
 3
   
4 4
11.
    
 A  B . A  B   0
A2  B 2  0
A2  B 2
 
A B
1 4
12. Let unit vector  iˆ  ˆj  ckˆ
2 5
2 2
1 4
     c 1
2

2 5
11
c2   c  0.11
100
13.

  
From fig v  a so v.a  0
a || r so r  a  0
  
14. Let A1  A2  5 A3 ……….(1)
  
A1  A2  3 A3 ………..(2)
 
Add eqn 1&2 subtract eqn 1&2 to get A1 , A2
15. From fig Resolve components
F2 cos 60  F1 cos 30
1 3
F2   10 
2 2
F2  10 3
Along vertical
F2 sin 60  F1 sin 30  F3
3 1
F3  10 3   10 
2 2
 20N
 
16. a   2 r 
so, acceleration is along  r
    
17.    
B  A . A  B  A A cos   0   90 
0

18. Given FR2  3 AB

A2  B 2  2 AB cos   3 AB
1
cos  
2
 

3
   
19. A B  2 A B
3  A2  B 2 
3  2 A2 3
cos    
10 AB 10 A2 5
 
20.
  A.B
Projection of A on B =  B  ˆ
 .

iˆ  ˆj  kˆ . iˆ  ˆj iˆ  ˆj
=

2 iˆ  ˆj  
 iˆ  ˆj

B 2 2 2

 
2
2 p
2
21. 10 p   2p  2  2 p. 2 p.cos 
1
cos   ,  450
2
4 1 5 3
22. Given cos   , cos   . , cos  
5 2 2 5 5 2

A  4iˆ  5 ˆj  3kˆ
 
23. Given projection of A on B is zero i.e A should be  to B
 
A.B  0
 
2iˆ  4 ˆj  2kˆ . iˆ  2 ˆj   kˆ  0 
  5  
24. Given a1 & a2 are collinear
x 1 1
 
1 y z
unit vector in direction of xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ 
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
3
i  jk  
25.

let a  8
b7
c  10
b2  c2  a2
cos  
2bc
7  10  82
2 2

2  7  10
85 17
 
140 28  
Projection of AB on AC
 17 85
 AB cos   10  
 28 14
26. Let, third vector c

 c  c cˆ  b aˆ (Given c  b )
 
a
b  b  32  42  5
a
5 i  j 

2
b sin 
27. We know that Tan  
a  b cos 
2 sin 60
1
a  2 cos 60
3
2
1 2
1
a 2
2
3
1
a 1
a  3 1
28. Let xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ is perpendicular to 3iˆ  4 ˆj  7 kˆ then their dot product should equal to zero .so
5 5
3 x  4 y  7 z  0 , option verification by taking x  1, y  2, z  . So required equation is iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ
7 7
  1
29. A  B  AB sin   5 12  sin 30  5  12   30 units
2
30. Conceptual

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