PHYSICS 20 MCQS for QUESTION-AND-ANSWER COMPITANT STUDENTS (2017)

1. The angle between rectangular component of a vector is____

A. 450 B. 600 C. 900 D. 1800
2. Mathematically, a unit vector is described as
̂ =u𝑢
A. 𝑈 ⃗ ̂ =𝑢
B. 𝑈 C. 𝑈 ̂ = 𝑢⃗ ̂ =𝑢
D. 𝑈 ⃗𝑢
⃗
𝑢 |𝑢
⃗|
3. A force vector of magnitude 7N is added to a force vector of magnitude 10N. The magnitude of
the resultant vector can never be?
A. 5N B. 7N C. 17N D. 20N
⃗ ⃗
4. Use the given vectors to find the specified scalar. 𝑨 = 6𝑖̂+ 5𝑗̂, 𝑩= 6𝑖̂ - 9𝑗̂ and 𝑪 = 7𝑖̂ - 3𝑗̂; Find A · (B + C)?
⃗⃗
A. -7 B. -9 C. 27 D. 18
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5. Which one is true two about two vectors 𝐴 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 orthogonal?
A. Their vector product is equal to zero C. Their dot product is equal to 1
B. Their dot product is equal to zero D. Their vector product is equal to -1
6. What does a dimensionless quantity indicate about the relationship between two physical
quantities?
A) It has no physical significance. C) It can only be used in theoretical calculations.
b) It allows for comparison regardless of units. D) It cannot be measured directly.
7. If 𝐴 = (2, 3, 4) and 𝐵 = (1, 0, -1), what is the dot product 𝐴 ⋅ 𝐵?
A) 5 B) 2 C) 1 D) -1
8. If 𝐶 = 𝐴 × 𝐵, what can be said about the vector 𝐶?
A) It is parallel to both 𝐴 and 𝐵. C) It has a magnitude equal to the sum of magnitudes of 𝐴 and 𝐵
B) It is perpendicular to both 𝐴 and 𝐵. D) It is equal to zero if 𝐴 = 𝐵.
9. What geometric figure is formed by taking the cross product of two non-parallel vectors?
A. Triangle B. Rectangle C. Parallelogram D. Sector
10. If 𝑛̂ is the unit vector indication of 𝒂 ⃗
⃗ × 𝒃 ,then 𝑛̂ is_____
⃗
⃗𝒂 ×𝒃 ⃗
⃗𝒂 .𝒃 |𝒂 ⃗|
⃗ ×𝒃 ⃗
⃗𝒂 ×𝒃
A. |𝑎||𝑏|
B. |𝑎||𝑏| C. |𝑎||𝑏| sin 𝜃 D. ⃗|
|𝒂⃗ ×𝒃
11. Which condition will yield a maximum value for the dot product between two non-zero vectors?
A. When they are perpendicular. C)When they form a right angle.
B. When they are parallel or anti-parallel. D)When they have different magnitudes.
12. If |𝐴| = 3√(2) , |𝐵| = 3√(2) , and they are at an angle of 45 degrees, what is 𝐴 ⋅ 𝐵 ?
A) 9 B) 18 C) 27 D) 36
13. Which property does not hold for the dot product?
A) Distributive property C) Commutative property
B) Associative property D) None of the above
14. If you multiply a vector by a scalar, how does it affect its dot product with another vector?
A) It doubles. C)It scales by that scalar.
B) It remains unchanged. D)It becomes zero.
15. What geometric interpretation can be given to the dot product in terms of projections?
A) It has no geometric interpretation.
B) It represents area formed by two vectors.
C)It represents volume formed by three vectors.
D)It represents how far one vector extends along another
16. The direction of the resultant vector from a cross product is determined by:
A) Right-hand rule C) Dot product rule
B) Left-hand rule D) dot chain rule
17. What does it mean if two vectors have a dot product that equals one?
A) They are orthogonal. C) They are parallel
B) They are perpendicular. D) They are unit vectors in the same direction.
18. What will be the cross product of the vectors 2i + 3j + k and 3i + 2j + k?
A) 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ B) 2𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂+ 𝑘̂ C) 𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ – 5𝑘̂ D) 2𝑖̂ – 𝑗̂ – 5𝑘̂
19. The unit vector in the direction of a vector 𝐴= 2x𝑖̂ - 4y𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂ is ___
̂)
(2x𝑖̂ −4y𝑗̂ + 4𝑘 ̂)
(2x𝑖̂ −4y𝑗̂ + 4𝑘 ̂)
(2x𝑖̂ −4y𝑗̂ + 4𝑘
A. 2x𝑖̂ -4y𝑗̂ +4 𝑘̂ B. C. D.
6 3 10
20. When analyzing forces in physics, what does the resultant vector indicate?
A) The individual forces acting on an object. C) The average force over time.
B) The net force acting on an object. D) The maximum force applied.