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(c) 3ˆi  4 ˆj  5 kˆ (d) Null vector

9. How many minimum number of coplanar vectors
having different magnitudes can be added to give
zero resultant
Fundamentals of Vectors (a) 2 (b) 3
1. The vector projection of a vector 3ˆi  4 kˆ on y-axis is (c) 4 (d) 5
[RPMT 2004] 10. A hall has the dimensions 10 m  12 m  14 m . A fly
(a) 5 (b) 4 starting at one corner ends up at a diametrically
(c) 3 (d) Zero opposite corner. What is the magnitude of its
displacement
2. Position of a particle in a rectangular-co-ordinate
system is (3, 2, 5). Then its position vector will be (a) 17 m (b) 26 m

(a) 3ˆi  5 ˆj  2kˆ (b) 3ˆi  2ˆj  5 kˆ (c) 36 m (d) 20 m

11. 100 coplanar forces each equal to 10 N act on a
(c) 5ˆi  3 ˆj  2kˆ (d) None of these body. Each force makes angle  / 50 with the
3. If a particle moves from point P (2,3,5) to point Q preceding force. What is the resultant of the forces
(3,4,5). Its displacement vector be (a) 1000 N (b) 500 N
(a) ˆi  ˆj  10 kˆ (b) ˆi  ˆj  5 kˆ (c) 250 N (d) Zero
(c) ˆi  ˆj (d) 2ˆi  4 ˆj  6 kˆ 12. The magnitude of a given vector with end points (4,
– 4, 0) and (– 2, – 2, 0) must be
4. A force of 5 N acts on a particle along a direction
making an angle of 60° with vertical. Its vertical (a) 6 (b) 5 2
component be (c) 4 (d) 2 10
(a) 10 N (b) 3 N
 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(c) 4 N (d) 2.5 N 13. The expression  i j  is a
2 2  
5. If A  3 i  4 j and B  7 i  24 ˆj, the vector having
ˆ ˆ ˆ
(a) Unit vector (b) Null vector
the same magnitude as B and parallel to A is
(a) 5ˆi  20 ˆj (b) 15ˆi  10 ˆj (c) Vector of magnitude 2 (d) S

(c) 20ˆi  15 ˆj (d) 15ˆi  20 ˆj 14. Given vector A  2ˆi  3 ˆj, the angle between A and y-
axis is
6. Vector A makes equal angles with x, y and z axis. [CPMT 1993]
Value of its components (in terms of magnitude of
(a) tan 1 3 / 2 (b) tan 1 2 / 3
A ) will be
A A (c) sin 1 2 / 3 (d) cos 1 2 / 3
(a) (b)
3 2 15. The unit vector along ˆi  ˆj is
3 (a) k̂ (b) ˆi  ˆj
(c) 3A (d)
A
ˆi  ˆj ˆi  ˆj
7. If A  2ˆi  4 ˆj  5 kˆ the direction of cosines of the (c) (d)
2 2
vector A are
16. A vector is represented by 3 ˆi  ˆj  2 kˆ . Its length in
2 4 5 1 2 3
(a) , and (b) , and XY plane is [EAMCET (Engg.) 1994]
45 45 45 45 45 45
(a) 2 (b) 14
4 4 3 2 5
(c) , 0 and (d) , and
45 45 45 45 45 (c) 10 (d) 5
8. The vector that must be added to the vector 17. Five equal forces of 10 N each are applied at one
ˆi  3 ˆj  2kˆ and 3ˆi  6 ˆj  7 kˆ so that the resultant point and all are lying in one plane. If the angles
between them are equal, the resultant force will be [
vector is a unit vector along the y-axis is
(a) Zero (b) 10 N
(a) 4ˆi  2ˆj  5 kˆ (b)  4ˆi  2ˆj  5 kˆ
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(b) His displacement is 700 m
18. The angle made by the vector A  ˆi  ˆj with x- axis (c) His displacement is 500 m
is [EAMCET (Engg.) 1999] (d) His velocity is not uniform throughout the walk
(a) 90° (b) 45° 27. The unit vector parallel to the resultant of the
 
(c) 22.5° (d) 30° vectors A  4ˆi  3 ˆj  6 kˆ and B  ˆi  3 ˆj  8 kˆ is
19. Any vector in an arbitrary direction can always be [EAMCET 2000]
replaced by two (or three) 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(a) (3 i  6 ˆj  2kˆ ) (b) (3 i  6 ˆj  2kˆ )
(a) Parallel vectors which have the original vector 7 7
as their resultant 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(c) (3 i  6 ˆj  2kˆ ) (d) (3 i  6 ˆj  2kˆ )
(b) Mutually perpendicular vectors which have the 49 49
original vector as their resultant 28. Surface area is [J&K CET 2002]
(c) Arbitrary vectors which have the original (a) Scalar (b) Vector
vector as their resultant
(c) Neither scalar nor vector (d)Both scalar and
(d) It is not possible to resolve a vector
vector
20. Angular momentum is [MNR 1986]
29. With respect to a rectangular cartesian coordinate
(a) A scalar (b) A polar vector
system, three vectors are expressed as
(c) An axial vector (d) None of these   
a  4ˆi  ˆj , b  3ˆi  2 ˆj and c  kˆ
21. Which of the following is a vector
(a) Pressure (b) Surface tension where ˆi , ˆj, kˆ are unit vectors, along the X, Y and Z-
(c) Moment of inertia (d) None of these axis respectively. The unit vectors r̂ along the
  direction of sum of these vector is[Kerala CET
22. If P  Q then which of the following is NOT correct
  (Engg.) 2003]
(a) Pˆ  Qˆ (b) | P| | Q|
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
  (a) rˆ  (i  j  k ) (b) rˆ  (i  j  k )
(c) PQˆ  Q Pˆ (d) P  Q  Pˆ  Qˆ 3 2
23. The position vector of a particle is 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
 (c) rˆ  (i  j  k ) (d) rˆ  (i  j  k )
r  (a cos t)ˆi  (a sin t )ˆj . The velocity of the particle is 3 2
(a) Parallel to the position vector 30. The angle between the two
 
(b) Perpendicular to the position vector vectors A  3 i  4 j  5 k and B  3 i  4 j  5 kˆ is
ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
(c) Directed towards the origin [DPMT 2000]
(d) Directed away from the origin (a) 60° (b) Zero
24. Which of the following is a scalar quantity [AFMC
(c) 90° (d) None of these
1998]
(a) Displacement (b) Electric field 31. The position vector of a particle is determined by

the expression r  3 t 2ˆi  4 t 2 ˆj  7 kˆ
(c) Acceleration (d) Work
25. If a unit vector is represented by 0 .5ˆi  0 .8 ˆj  ckˆ , The distance traversed in first 10 sec is [DPMT 2002]
then the value of ‘c’ is [CBSE PMT 1999; EAMCET (a) 500 m (b) 300 m
1994]
(c) 150 m (d) 100 m
(a) 1 (b) 0 .11
32. Unit vector parallel to the resultant of vectors
 
(c) 0 .01 (d) 0 .39 A  4ˆi  3 ˆj and B  8ˆi  8 ˆj will be [BHU 1995]
26. A boy walks uniformally along the sides of a
24 ˆi  5 ˆj 12ˆi  5 ˆj
rectangular park of size 400 m× 300 m, starting from (a) (b)
one corner to the other corner diagonally opposite. 13 13
Which of the following statement is incorrect 6ˆi  5 ˆj
[HP PMT 1999] (c) (d) None of these
13
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(c) 0
(d) 2 m v
33. The component of vector A  2ˆi  3 ˆj along the vector
ˆi  ˆj is [KCET 1997] 7. Two forces, each of magnitude F have a resultant of
the same magnitude F. The angle between the two
5 forces is
(a) (b) 10 2
2 [CBSE PMT 1990]
(c) 5 2 (d) 5 (a) 45° (b) 120°
 (c) 150° (d) 60°
34. The angle between the two vectors A  3ˆi  4 ˆj  5 kˆ
 8. For the resultant of the two vectors to be maximum,
and B  3ˆi  4 ˆj  5 kˆ will be what must be the angle between them
[Pb. CET 2001] (a) 0° (b) 60°
(a) 90° (b) 0° (c) 90° (d) 180°
(c) 60° (d) 45° 9. A particle is simultaneously acted by two forces
equal to 4 N and 3 N. The net force on the particle is
[CPMT 1979]
Addition and Subtraction of Vectors (a) 7 N (b) 5 N
1. There are two force vectors, one of 5 N and other of (c) 1 N (d) Between 1 N and 7 N
12 N at what angle the two vectors be added to get
10. Two vectors A and B lie in a plane, another vector
resultant vector of 17 N, 7 N and 13 N respectively
C lies outside this plane, then the resultant of these
(a) 0°, 180° and 90° (b) 0°, 90° and 180°
(c) 0°, 90° and 90° (d) 180°, 0° and 90° three vectors i.e., A  B  C [CPMT 1983]
(a) Can be zero
2. If A  4ˆi  3 ˆj and B  6ˆi  8 ˆj then magnitude and (b) Cannot be zero
direction of A  B will be (c) Lies in the plane containing A  B

(a) 5, tan 1 (3 / 4 ) (b) 5 5 , tan 1 (1 / 2) (d) Lies in the plane containing C
(c) 10 , tan 1 (5 ) (d) 25 , tan 1 (3 / 4 ) 11. If the resultant of the two forces has a magnitude
smaller than the magnitude of larger force, the two
3. A truck travelling due north at 20 m/s turns west forces must be
and travels at the same speed. The change in its
(a) Different both in magnitude and direction
velocity be [UPSEAT 1999]
(b) Mutually perpendicular to one another
(a) 40 m/s N–W (b) 20 2 m/s N–W (c) Possess extremely small magnitude
(c) 40 m/s S–W (d) 20 2 m/s S–W (d) Point in opposite directions
12. Forces F1 and F2 act on a point mass in two
4. If the sum of two unit vectors is a unit vector, then
magnitude of difference is [CPMT 1995; CBSE mutually perpendicular directions. The resultant
PMT 1989] force on the point mass will be [
(a) F1  F2 (b) F1  F2
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 1 / 2 (d) 5 (c) F12  F22 (d) F12  F22

5. A  2ˆi  ˆj, B  3 ˆj  kˆ and C  6ˆi  2kˆ . 13. If | A  B | | A | | B |, the angle between A and B is

Value of A  2 B  3 C would be (a) 60° (b) 0°

(c) 120° (d) 90°
(a) 20ˆi  5 ˆj  4 kˆ (b) 20ˆi  5 ˆj  4 kˆ
(c) 4ˆi  5 ˆj  20 kˆ (d) 5ˆi  4 ˆj  10 kˆ 14. Let the angle between two nonzero vectors A and
6. An object of m kg with speed of v m/s strikes a wall B be 120° and resultant be C
at an angle  and rebounds at the same speed and
(a) C must be equal to | A  B |
same angle. The magnitude of the change in
momentum of the object will be (b) C must be less than | A  B |
(a) 2m v cos  (c) C must be greater than | A  B |
(b) 2 m v sin  
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(d) C may be equal to | A  B | 24. The sum of two forces acting at a point is 16 N. If
the resultant force is 8 N and its direction is
15. The magnitude of vector A, B and C are perpendicular to minimum force then the forces are [
respectively 12, 5 and 13 units and A  B  C then (a) 6 N and 10 N (b) 8 N and 8 N
the angle between A and B is (c) 4 N and
[CPMT 1997] 12 N (d) 2 N and 14 N
(a) 0 (b)  25. If vectors P, Q and R have magnitude 5, 12 and 13
(c)  / 2 (d)  / 4 units and P  Q  R, the angle between Q and R is
16. Magnitude of vector which comes on addition of 5 5
(a) cos  1 (b) cos  1
two vectors, 6ˆi  7 ˆj and 3ˆi  4 ˆj is [BHU 2000] 12 13
(a) 136 (b) 13 .2 12 7
(c) cos  1 (d) cos  1
13 13
(c) 202 (d) 160
17. A particle has displacement of 12 m towards east 26. The resultant of two vectors A and B is
and 5 m towards north then 6 m vertically upward. perpendicular to the vector A and its magnitude is
The sum of these displacements is equal
[AIIMS to half the magnitude of vector B. The angle
1998]
(a) 12 (b) 10.04 m between A and B is
(c) 14.31 m (d) None of these (a) 120° (b) 150°
(c) 135° (d) None of these
18. The three vectors A  3ˆi  2 ˆj  kˆ , B  ˆi  3 ˆj  5 kˆ and
27. What vector must be added to the two vectors
C  2ˆi  ˆj  4 kˆ form ˆi  2 ˆj  2kˆ and 2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ , so that the resultant may be
(a) An equilateral triangle (b) Isosceles triangle
a unit vector along x-axis [
(c) A right angled triangle (d) No triangle
19. For the figure (a) 2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ (b)  2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ

(a) A  B  C (c) 2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ (d)  2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ

28. What is the angle between P and the resultant of
(b) B  C  A C
B (P  Q) and (P  Q )
(c) C  A  B
(a) Zero (b) tan 1 (P / Q )
(d) A  B  C  0
A (c) tan 1 (Q / P ) (d) tan 1 (P  Q) /(P  Q)
20. Let C  A  B then
29. The resultant of P and Q is perpendicular to P .
(a) | C | is always greater then | A |
What is the angle between P and Q
(b) It is possible to have | C | | A | and | C | | B |
(a) cos 1 (P / Q) (b) cos 1 ( P / Q)
(c) C is always equal to A + B
(c) sin 1 (P / Q) (d) sin 1 ( P / Q)
(d) C is never equal to A + B
30. Maximum and minimum magnitudes of the
21. The value of the sum of two vectors A and B with resultant of two vectors of magnitudes P and Q are
 as the angle between them is in[BHU 1996]3 : 1 . Which of the following relations is
the ratio
(a) A 2  B 2  2 AB cos  (b) A 2  B 2  2 AB cos  true
(a) P  2 Q (b) P  Q
(c) A 2  B 2  2 AB sin  (d) A 2  B 2  2 AB sin 
(c) PQ  1 (d) None of these
22. Following sets of three forces act on a body. Whose
resultant cannot be zero [CPMT 1985] 31. The resultant of two vectors P and Q is R. If Q is
(a) 10, 10, 10 (b) 10, 10, 20 doubled, the new resultant is perpendicular to P.
Then R equals
(c) 10, 20, 23 (d) 10, 20, 40
(a) P (b) (P+Q)
23. When three forces of 50 N, 30 N and 15 N act on a
(c) Q (d) (P–Q)
body, then the body is
32. Two forces, F1 and F2 are acting on a body. One
(a) At rest
force is double that of the other force and the
(b) Moving with a uniform velocity
resultant is equal to the greater force. Then the
(c) In equilibrium angle between the two forces is
(d) Moving with an acceleration
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(c) cos 1 (1 / 4 ) (d) cos 1 (1 / 4 ) remains unchanged in taking turn, the change is the
velocity of the scooter is
33. Given that A  B  C and that C is  to A . Further
if | A | | C |, then what is the angle between A and (a) 20.0 ms–1 south eastern direction

B
(b) Zero
  (c) 10.0 ms–1 in southern direction
(a) radian (b) radian
4 2 (d) 14.14 ms–1 in south-west direction
3
(c) radian (d)  radian 41. A person goes 10 km north and 20 km east. What
4
will be displacement from initial point
34. A body is at rest under the action of three forces,
  (a) 22.36 km (b) 2 km
two of which are F1  4ˆi , F2  6 ˆj, the third force is
(a) 4ˆi  6 ˆj (b) 4ˆi  6 ˆj (c) 5 km (d) 20 km
 
(c)  4ˆi  6 ˆj (d)  4ˆi  6 ˆj 42. Two forces F1  5ˆi  10 ˆj  20 kˆ and F2  10ˆi  5 ˆj  15 kˆ
 
35. A plane is revolving around the earth with a speed act on a single point. The angle between F1 and F2
of 100 km/hr at a constant height from the surface of is nearly [AMU 1995]
earth. The change in the velocity as it travels half
(a) 30° (b) 45°
circle is [RPET 1998; KCET 2000]
(a) 200 km/hr (b) 150 km/hr (c) 60° (d) 90°
(c) 100 2 km / hr (d) 0 43. Which pair of the following forces will never give
36. What displacement must be added to the resultant force of 2 N [HP PMT 1999]
displacement 25ˆi  6 ˆj m to give a displacement of (a) 2 N and 2 N (b) 1 N and 1 N
7.0 m pointing in the x- direction (c) 1 N and 3 N (d) 1 N and 4 N
(a) 18ˆi  6 ˆj (b) 32ˆi  13 ˆj 44. Two forces 3N and 2 N are at an angle  such that
(c)  18 ˆi  6 ˆj (d)  25ˆi  13 ˆj the resultant is R. The first force is now increased to
6N and the resultant become 2R. The value of  is
37. A body moves due East with velocity 20 km/hour
and then due North with velocity 15 km/hour. The (a) 30° (b) 60°
resultant velocity [AFMC 1995] (c) 90° (d) 120°
(a) 5 km/hour (b) 15 km/hour 45. Three concurrent forces of the same magnitude are
(c) 20 km/hour (d) 25 km/hour in equilibrium. What is the angle between the forces
   ? Also name the triangle formed by the forces as
38. The magnitudes of vectors A, B and C are 3, 4 and 5 sides [JIPMER 2000]
  
units respectively. If A  B  C , the angle between (a) 60° equilateral triangle
 
A and B is [CBSE PMT 1990] (b) 120° equilateral triangle
 (c) 120°, 30°, 30° an isosceles triangle
(a) (b) cos 1 (0 . 6)
2 (d) 120° an obtuse angled triangle
     
7   46. If | A  B| | A|  | B| , then angle between A and B
(c) tan 1   (d)
5 4 will be [CBSE PMT 2001]
39. While travelling from one station to another, a car (a) 90° (b) 120°
travels 75 km North, 60 km North-east and 20 km (c) 0° (d) 60°
East. The minimum distance between the two
47. The maximum and minimum magnitude of the
stations is [AFMC 1993]
resultant of two given vectors are 17 units and 7 unit
(a) 72 km (b) 112 km respectively. If these two vectors are at right angles
(c) 132 km (d) 155 km to each other, the magnitude of their resultant is
(a) 14 (b) 16
40. A scooter going due east at 10 ms–1 turns right
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48. The vector sum of two forces is perpendicular to (a) 200 J (b) 100 J
their vector differences. In that case, the forces [CBSE PMT 2003]
(c) 300 (d) 250 J
(a) Are equal to each other in magnitude
4. A particle moves from position 3ˆi  2 ˆj  6 kˆ to
(b) Are not equal to each other in magnitude
14 ˆi  13 ˆj  9 kˆ due to a uniform force of
(c) Cannot be predicted
ˆ ˆ ˆ
(4 i  j  3 k ) N . If the displacement in meters then
(d) Are equal to each other
work done will be
49. y component of velocity is 20 and x component of
velocity is 10. The direction of motion of the body (a) 100 J (b) 200 J
with the horizontal at this instant is [Manipal
(c) 300 J 2003] (d) 250 J
1 1
(a) tan (2) (b) tan (1 / 2)
5. If for two vector A and B , sum ( A  B) is
(c) 45° (d) 0°
perpendicular to the difference ( A  B) . The ratio of
50. Two forces of 12 N and 8 N act upon a body. The their magnitude is
resultant force on the body has maximum value of
(a) 1 (b) 2
(a) 4 N (b) 0 N
(c) 20 N (d) 8 N (c) 3 (d) None of these
51. Two equal forces (P each) act at a point inclined to 6. The angle between the vectors A and B is  . The
each other at an angle of 120°. The magnitude of value of the triple product A . (B  A ) is
their resultant is [Karnataka CET 2004]
(a) P / 2 (b) P / 4 (a) A 2 B (b) Zero
(c) P (d) 2P (c) A 2 B sin  (d) A 2 B cos 
52. The vectors 5 i  8 j and 2i  7 j are added. The    
7. If A  B  B  A then the angle between A and B is
magnitude of the sum of these vector is [BHU 2000]
(a) 274 (b) 38 (a)  / 2 (b)  / 3

(c) 238 (d) 560 (c)  (d)  / 4

     
53. Two vectors A and B are such that A  B  A  B . 8. If A  3ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ and B  2ˆi  2 ˆj  4 kˆ then value of
Then [AMU (Med.) 2000] | A  B | will be
   
(a) A . B  0 (b) A  B  0

(a) 8 2 (b) 8 3
(c) A  0 (d) B  0
(c) 8 5 (d) 5 8
9. The torque of the force F  (2ˆi  3 ˆj  4 kˆ )N acting at
Multiplication of Vectors
the point r  (3ˆi  2 ˆj  3 kˆ ) m about the origin be
1. If a vector 2ˆi  3 ˆj  8 kˆ is perpendicular to the vector
4 ˆj  4ˆi  kˆ . Then the value of  is [CBSE PMT 2005] (a) 6ˆi  6 ˆj  12 kˆ (b) 17ˆi  6 ˆj  13 kˆ

1 (c)  6ˆi  6 ˆj  12 kˆ (d)  17ˆi  6 ˆj  13 kˆ

(a) –1 (b)
2 10. If A  B  C, then which of the following statements
1 is wrong
(c)  (d) 1
2
(a) C  A (b) C  B
2. If two vectors 2ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ and  4ˆi  6 ˆj  kˆ are (c) C  ( A  B) (d) C  ( A  B)
parallel to each other then value of  be
11. If a particle of mass m is moving with constant
(a) 0 (b) 2 velocity v parallel to x-axis in x-y plane as shown in
(c) 3 (d) 4 fig. Its angular momentum with respect to origin at
any time t will be
3. A body, acted upon by a force of 50 N is displaced
through a distance 10 meter in a direction making an (a) mvb kˆ (b)  mvb kˆ
angle of 60° with the force. The work done by the (c) mvb ˆi (d) mv ˆi
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12. Consider two vectors F1  2ˆi  5 kˆ and F 2  3 ˆj  4 kˆ . 21. A force F  5ˆi  6 ˆj  4 kˆ acting on a body, produces a
The magnitude of the scalar product of these displacement S  6ˆi  5 kˆ . Work done by the force is
vectors is [KCET 1999]
(a) 20 (b) 23
(a) 10 units (b) 18 units
(c) 5 33 (d) 26 (c) 11 units (d) 5 units
13. Consider a vector F  4ˆi  3 ˆj. Another vector that is 22. The angle between the two vectors A  5ˆi  5 ˆj and
perpendicular to F is B  5ˆi  5 ˆj will be [CPMT 2000]
(a) 4ˆi  3 ˆj (b) 6 î (a) Zero (b) 45°
(c) 7 k̂ (d) 3ˆi  4 ˆj (c) 90° (d) 180°
14. Two vectors A and B are at right angles to each 23. The vector P  aˆi  aˆj  3 kˆ
and Q  aˆi  2 ˆj  kˆ are
other, when [AIIMS 1987] perpendicular to each other. The positive value of a
(a) A  B  0 (b) A  B  0 is [AFMC 2000; AIIMS 2002]
(c) A  B  0 (d) A . B  0 (a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 9 (d) 13
15. If | V 1  V 2 | | V 1  V 2 | and V2 is finite, then
24. A body, constrained to move in the Y-direction is
(a) V1 is parallel to V2 subjected to a force given by F  (2ˆi  15 ˆj  6 kˆ ) N .
(b) V 1  V 2 What is the work done by this force in moving the
(c) V1 and V2 are mutually perpendicular body a distance 10 m along the Y-axis
(a) 20 J (b) 150 J
(d) | V 1 | | V 2 |
(c) 160 J (d) 190 J
16. A force F  (5ˆi  3 ˆj) Newton is applied over a
25. A particle moves in the x-y plane under the action of
particle which displaces it from its origin to the
a force F such that the value of its linear momentum
point r  (2ˆi  1ˆj) metres. The work done on the
(P ) at anytime t is Px  2 cos t, p y  2 sin t. The angle
particle is [MP PMT 1995]
(a) – 7 J (b) +13 J  between F and P at a given time t. will be
(c) +7 J (d) +11 J (a)   0  (b)   30 
17. The angle between two vectors  2ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ and (c)   90  (d)   180 
ˆi  2 ˆj  4 kˆ is [EAMCET 1990] 26. The area of the parallelogram represented by the
(a) 0° (b) 90° vectors A  2ˆi  3 ˆj and B  ˆi  4 ˆj is
(c) 180° (d) None of the above (a) 14 units (b) 7.5 units
18. The angle between the vectors (ˆi  ˆj) and (ˆj  kˆ ) is (c) 10 units (d) 5 units
[EAMCET 1995] 27. A vector F 1 is along the positive X-axis. If its vector
(a) 30° (b) 45° product with another vector F 2 is zero then F 2
(c) 60° (d) 90° could be [MP PMT 1987]
19. A particle moves with a velocity (a) 4 ˆj (b)  (ˆi  ˆj)
ˆ ˆ ˆ
6 i  4 j  3 k m / s under the influence of a constant
(c) (ˆj  kˆ ) (d) (4ˆi )
force F  20ˆi  15 ˆj  5 kˆ N . The instantaneous power
28. If for two vectors A and B, A  B  0, the vectors
applied to the particle is [CBSE PMT 2000]
(a) 35 J/s (b) 45 J/s (a) Are perpendicular to each other
(c) 25 J/s (d) 195 J/s (b) Are parallel to each other
(c) Act at an angle of 60°
20. If P.Q  PQ, then angle between P and Q is[AIIMS 1999]
(d) Act at an angle of 30°
(a) 0° (b) 30°
(c) 45° (d) 60° 29. The angle between vectors (A  B) and (B  A) is

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(a) Zero (b)  37. If force (F)  4ˆi  5 ˆj and displacement (s)  3ˆi  6 kˆ
(c)  / 4 (d)  / 2 then the work done is [Manipal 1995]
(a) 4  3 (b) 5  6
(c) 6  3 (d) 4  6
38. If | A  B | | A . B |, then angle between A and B will
be [AIIMS 2000; Manipal 2000]
(a) 30° (b) 45°
30. What is the angle between ( P  Q) and (P  Q) (c) 60° (d) 90°
 39. In an clockwise system [CPMT 1990]
(a) 0 (b)
2
(a) ˆj  kˆ  ˆi (b) ˆi . ˆi  0

(c) (d)  (c) ˆj  ˆj  1 (d) kˆ . ˆj  1
4
31. The resultant of the two vectors having magnitude 40. The linear velocity of a rotating body is given by
2 and 3 is 1. What is their cross product v    r, where  is the angular velocity and r is the

(a) 6 (b) 3 radius vector. The angular velocity of a body is

  ˆi  2 ˆj  2kˆ and the radius vector r  4 ˆj  3 kˆ , then
(c) 1 (d) 0
| v | is
32. Let A  ˆi A cos   ˆjA sin  be any vector. Another
(a) 29 units (b) 31 units
vector B which is normal to A is [BHU 1997]
(c) 37 units (d) 41 units
(a) ˆi B cos   j B sin  (b) ˆi B sin   j B cos 
41. Three vectors a, b and c satisfy the relation a . b  0
(c) ˆi B sin   j B cos  (d) ˆi B cos   j B sin  and a . c  0 . The vector a is parallel to [
33. The angle between two vectors given by 6 i  6 j  3 k (a) b (b) c
and 7 i  4 j  4 k is (c) b . c (d) b  c
 1   5  42. The diagonals of a parallelogram are 2 î and
(a) cos 1  
 (b) cos 1  

 3  3 2 ˆj. What is the area of the parallelogram
 2   5 (a) 0.5 units (b) 1 unit
(c) sin 1  
 (d) sin 1  
 3  (c) 2 units (d) 4 units
 3  
43. What is the unit vector perpendicular to the
34. A vector A points vertically upward and B points
following vectors 2ˆi  2 ˆj  kˆ and 6ˆi  3 ˆj  2kˆ
towards north. The vector product A  B is [UPSEAT 2000]
ˆi  10 ˆj  18 kˆ ˆi  10 ˆj  18 kˆ
(a) Zero (b) Along west (a) (b)
5 17 5 17
(c) Along east (d) Vertically
ˆi  10 ˆj  18 kˆ ˆi  10 ˆj  18 kˆ
downward (c) (d)
5 17 5 17
35. Angle between the vectors (ˆi  ˆj) and (ˆj  kˆ ) is
44. The area of the parallelogram whose sides are
(a) 90° (b) 0°
represented by the vectors ˆj  3 kˆ and ˆi  2 ˆj  kˆ is
(c) 180° (d) 60°
(a) 61 sq.unit (b) 59 sq.unit
36. The position vectors of points A, B, C and D are
(c) 49 sq.unit (d) 52 sq.unit
A  3ˆi  4 ˆj  5 kˆ , B  4ˆi  5 ˆj  6 kˆ , C  7ˆi  9 ˆj  3 kˆ and
D  4ˆi  6 ˆj then the displacement vectors AB and 45. The position of a particle is given by r  (i  2 j  k )
CD are momentum P  (3 i  4 j  2k ). The angular
(a) Perpendicular momentum is perpendicular to [
(b) Parallel (a) x-axis
(c) Antiparallel
(b) y-axis
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(c) z-axis 
53. What is the value of linear velocity, if   3ˆi  4 ˆj  kˆ

(d) Line at equal angles to all the three axes and r  5ˆi  6 ˆj  6 kˆ
46. Two vector A and B have equal magnitudes. Then Pb. PMT 2000; Pb. CET 2000]
the vector A + B is perpendicular to (a) 6ˆi  2 ˆj  3 kˆ (b) 6ˆi  2 ˆj  8 kˆ
(a) A  B (b) A – B
(c) 4ˆi  13 ˆj  6 kˆ (d)  18 ˆi  13 ˆj  2kˆ
(c) 3A – 3B (d) All of these 54. Dot product of two mutual perpendicular vector is
47. Find the torque of a force F  3ˆi  ˆj  5 kˆ acting at [Haryana CEET 2002]
the point r  7ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ (a) 0 (b) 1
(c)  (d) None of these
(a) 14 ˆi  38 ˆj  16 kˆ (b) 4ˆi  4 ˆj  6 kˆ  
55. When A.B   | A || B |, then [
(c) 21ˆi  4 ˆj  4 kˆ (d)  14 ˆi  34 ˆj  16 kˆ  
(a) A and B are perpendicular to each other
48. The value of ( A  B) ( A  B) is  
(b) A and B act in the same direction
[RPET 1991, 2002; BHU 2002]  
(c) A and B act in the opposite direction
 
(a) 0 (b) A 2  B 2 (d) A and B can act in any direction
     
(c) B  A (d) 2(B  A) 56. If | A  B |  3 A.B, then the value of| A  B | is
  [CBSE PMT 2004]
49. If A and B are perpendicular vectors and vector
  1/ 2
A  5ˆi  7 ˆj  3 kˆ and B  2ˆi  2 ˆj  akˆ . The value of a is  AB 
(a)  A 2  B 2   (b) A  B
[EAMCET 1991]  3

(a) – 2 (b) 8 (c) ( A 2  B 2  3 AB )1 / 2 (d) ( A 2  B 2  AB )1 / 2


(c) – 7 (d) – 8 57. A force F  3ˆi  cˆj  2kˆ acting on a particle causes a

50. A force vector applied on a mass is represented as displacement S  4ˆi  2 ˆj  3 kˆ in its own direction.
 If the work done is 6J, then the value of c will be
F  6ˆi  8 ˆj  10 kˆ and accelerates with 1 m /s 2 . What
will be the mass of the body in kg. (a) 12 (b) 6
(c) 1 (d) 0
[CMEET 1995] 
58. A force F  (5ˆi  3 ˆj) N is applied over a particle which
(a) 10 2 (b) 20
displaces it from its original position to the point

(c) 2 10 (d) 10 s  (2ˆi  1ˆj) m. The work done on the particle is
51. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are (a) + 11 J (b) + 7 J
represented by the two vectors ˆi  2 ˆj  3 kˆ and (c) + 13 J (d) – 7 J
 
3ˆi  2 ˆj  kˆ . What is the area of parallelogram 59. If a vector A is parallel to another vector B then
 
[AMU 1997] the resultant of the vector A  B will be equal to
[Pb. CET 1996]
(a) 8 (b) 8 3 
(a) A (b) A
(c) 3 8 (d) 192
(c) Zero vector (d) Zero
52. The position vectors of radius are 2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and
2ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ while those of linear momentum are
2ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ . Then the angular momentum is [BHU 1997]
(a) 2ˆi  4 kˆ (b) 4ˆi  8 kˆ
(c) 2ˆi  4 ˆj  2kˆ (d) 4ˆi  8 kˆ