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The document contains a series of questions related to vectors, including calculations of angles, magnitudes, and forces. It also includes multiple-choice answers for each question, covering topics such as displacement, torque, and work done by forces. Additionally, there is a key provided at the end with the correct answers to each question.

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Vectors

The document contains a series of questions related to vectors, including calculations of angles, magnitudes, and forces. It also includes multiple-choice answers for each question, covering topics such as displacement, torque, and work done by forces. Additionally, there is a key provided at the end with the correct answers to each question.

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VECTORS

1. If angle between and is , then angle between and is

1) 2) 3) 4)
2. A room has dimensions 4m 4m 5m. A fly starting at one corner ends up
at the diametrically opposite corner. The magnitude of the displacement
of the fly is
1) 12 m 2) 60 m 3) 2 m 4) 5 m
3. If a vector makes angles and with x, y and z-axes respectively
then is
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
4. If a vector makes angles 45 and 60 with x and y axis respectively
0 0

then the angle made by it with z-axis is


1) 300 2) 600 3) 900 4) 1200
5. The vector sum of two vectors of magnitudes 10 units and 15 units can
never be
1) 28 units 2) 22 units 3) 18 units 4) 8 units
6. If the sum of two unit vectors is also a vector of unit magnitude, the
magnitude of the difference of the two unit vectors is
1) 1 Unit 2) 2 Units 3) Units 4) Zero

7. A parallelogram is formed with and as the sides. Let and be the


diagonals of the parallelogram. Then a2+b2=……

1) 2) 3) 4)
8. A body of mass kg is suspended by a string to a rigid support. The
body is pulled horizontally by a force F until the string makes an angle
of 300 with the vertical. The value of F and tension in the string are
1) 9.8 N, 9.8 N 2) 9.8 N, 19.6 N 3) 19.6 N, 19.6 N 4) 19.6 N, 9.8 N

9. If is the angle between unit vectors and , then is equal to

1) 2) 3) 4)
10. The magnitude of scalar and vector products of two vectors are and
144 respectively. What is the angle between the two vectors?
1) 300 2) 450 3) 600 4) 900
11. The area of the triangle whose adjacent sides are represented by the

vectors and in sq. units is


1) 25 2) 12.5 3) 50 4) 45

12. The adjacent sides of a parallelogram are and .


What is the area of the parallelogram?
1) 4 units 2) 7 units 3) units 4) units
13. Find the torque of a force acting at the point
about origin

1) 2) 3) 4)
14. If the magnitude of sum of two vectors is equal to the magnitude of
difference of the two vectors the angle between these vectors is
1) 00 2) 900 3) 450 4) 1800
15. A particle moving with velocity is acted by three forces shown by
vector triangle PQR. The velocity of the particle will

1) Increase 2) decrease 3) remains constant 4) none of these

16. A particle moves from a point to when a force of

N is applied how much work has been done by the force?


1) 8 J 2) 11 J 3) 5 J 4) 2 J

17. A uniform force of newton acts on a particle of mass 2 kg. Hence

the particle is displaced from positon meter to positon


meter. The work done by the force on the particle is
1) 6 J 2) 13 J 3) 15 J 4) 9 J
18. If the system is in equilibrium (cos 53 =3/5), then the value of ‘P’ is
0

1) 16 N 2) 4 N 3) N 4) N
19. A car moves 40m due east and turns towards north and moves 30m. The
net displacement of car is (east is taken positive x-axis, north as
positive y-axis)

1) 2) 3) 4)
20. If , its magnitude in YZ-plane and ZX-plane are respectively
1) and 5 2) 5 and 3) and 4) and

KEY
1. 2 2. 4 3. 3 4. 2 5. 1 6. 3 7. 3 8. 2 9. 1 10. 3
11. 2 12. 3 13. 4 14. 2 15. 3 16. 3 17. 4 18. 3 19. 4 20. 2

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