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Q.6 A force of 6 kg and another of 8 kg can be

applied together to produce the effect of a single
force of-
(A) 10kg (B) 11kg
Q.1 A child pulls a box with a force of 200 N at an (C) 15 kg (D) 20 kg
angle of 60º above the horizontal. Then the
horizontal and vertical components of the force Q.7 Which of the sets given below may represent
are- the magnitudes of three vectors adding to zero ?
(A) 2, 4, 8 (B) 4, 8, 16
(C) 1, 2, 1 (D) 0.5, 1, 2

Q.8 Two vectors have magnitudes 3 unit and 4 unit

respectively. What should be the angle between
them if the magnitude of the resultant is -
(i) 1 unit (ii) 5 unit
(A) 100 N, 175 N (B) 86.6 N, 100 N (iii) 7 unit
(C) 100 N, 86.6 N (D) 100 N, 0 N (A) 180º, 90º, 0º (B) 80º, 70º, 0º
(C) 90º, 170º, 50º (D) None of these

Q.2 A boy wants to hold a 50 kg box at rest on a Q.9 In a two dimensional motion of a particle, the
snow covered hill. The hill makes an angle of particle moves from point A, position vector r 1 to
30º with the horizontal. What force the boy point B position vector r2. If the magnitude of
must exert parallel to the slope ? these vector are respectively r1 = 3 and r2 = 4 and
(A) 25 N (B) 245 N the angle they make with the x-axis are 1 = 75º,
(C) 424 N (D) 490 N
2 = 15º respectively, then magnitude of the
displacement vector is-
Q.3 The value of a unit vector in the direction of
(A) (B) (C) (D)
vector A = 5 – 12 , is -
(A) (B) Q.10 A blind person after walking each 10 steps in
one direction, each of length 80 cm, turns
(C) / 13 (D) (5 – 12 )/13 randomly to the left or to the right by 90º. After
walking a total of 40 steps the maximum
Q.4 For the figure – possible displacement of the person from his
starting position could be -
(A) 320 m (B) 32 m
(C) 16/ m (D) 16 m

Q.11 The resultant of two vectors A and B is

perpendicular to the vector A and its magnitude
(A) A + B = C (B) B + C = A
is equal to half the magnitude of vector B. The
(C) C + A = B (D) A + B + C = 0 angle between A and B is -

Q.5 Two forces of 4 dyne and 3 dyne act upon a body.

The resultant force on the body can only be –
(A) more than 3 dynes
(B) more than 4 dynes
(C) between 3 and 4 dynes
(A) 120º (B) 150º
(D) between 1 and 7 dynes
(C) 135º (D) None of these

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Q.12 If the angle between vector a and b is an acute Q.19 A truck travelling due north with 20 m/s turns
angle, then the difference a – b is - towards west and travels at the same speed.
(A) the main diagonal of the parallelogram Then the change in velocity is -
(B) the minor diagonal of the parallelogram (A) 40 m/s north-west
(C) any of the above (B) 20 m/s north-west
(D) none of the above (C) 40 m/s south-west
(D) 20 m/s south-west
Q.13 What is the resultant of three coplanar forces:
300 N at 0°, 400 N at 30º and 400 N at 150º ? Q.20 The three vectors OA, OB and OC have the
(A) 500 N (B) 700 N same magnitude R. Then the sum of these
(C) 1100N (D) 300 N vectors have magnitude –

Q.14 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) (A) R (B) R
(C) 3R (D) (1+ )R
Q.15 If the magnitudes of the vectors A, B and C are
6, 8, 10 units respectively and if A + B = C, Q.21 What displacement must be added to the
then the angle between A and C is - displacement 25 – 6 m to give a displacement
(A) /2 (B) cos–1(0. 6) of 7.0 m pointing in the x-direction ?
(C) tan–1(0.75) (D) /4 (A) 18 – 6 (B) 32 – 13
(C) –18 + 6 (D) –25 + 13
Q.16 Angle between (P + Q) and (P – Q) will be-
(A) 0º only
(B) 90º only
(C) 180º only Q.22 Two constant forces F1 = 2 – 3 + 3 (N) and
(D) between 0º and 180º (both the values F2 = + – 2 (N) act on a body and displace
inclusive)
it from the position r1= + 2 – 2 (m) to the

Q.17 If A = B + C and magnitudes of A, B and C are position r2 = 7 + 10 + 5 (m). What is the

5, 4, and 3 units respectively, the angle between work done ?
A and C is - (A) 9 Joule (B) 41 Joule
(C) –3 Joule (D) None of these
(A) sin–1 (3/4) (B) cos–1 (4/5)
(C) cos–1 (3/5) (D) /2 Q.23 Two vectors A and B lie in X-Y plane. The
vector B is perpendicular to vector A. If
Q.18 A particle is moving in a circle of radius r centre at A = + , then B may be -
O with constant speed v the change in velocity (A) (B)
moving from A to B (AOB = 40º) is - (C) –2 + 2 (D) Any of the above
(A) 2v cos 40º (B) 2v sin 40º
Q.24 The two vectors A = and
(C) 2v cos 20º (D) 2v sin 20º
B= are -

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 (A) parallel (B) perpendicular (C) zero
(C) anti-parallel (D) none of these (D) vertically downward

Q.25 Two vectors P = and Q.29 The linear velocity of a rotating body is given
by v =  × r, where  is the angular velocity
will be perpendicular if -
and r is the radius vector. The angular velocity
(A) b = 0 (B) b = 1
of a body  = and their radius
(C) b = 2 (D) b = – 4
vector r = 4 – 3 , |v| is -
Q.26 A vector perpendicular to is – (A) units (B) 31 units
(A) (B) (C) (D) units
(C) (D)

Q.27 Angle that the vector A = 2 + 3 makes with

y-axis is –
(A) tan–1 3/2 (B) tan–1 2/3
(C) sin–1 2/3 (D) cos–1 3/2

Q.28 A vector A points. vertically upward and, B points

towards north. The vector product A × B is-
(A) along west
(B) along east
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 LEVEL # 2

Q.1 0.4 + 0.8 + c represents a unit vector, when Q.8 Following forces start acting on a particle at rest
c is - at the origin of the co-ordinate system
simultaneously
(A) 0.2 (B)
=–
(C) (D) 0
=
Q.2 A vector is not changed if -
=–
(A) It is rotated through an arbitrary angle
(B) It is multiplied by an arbitrary scale =
(C) It is cross multiplied by a unit vector then the particle will move -
(D) It is a slide parallel to itself (A) In x - y plane (B) In y - z plane
(C) In x - z plane (D) Along x-axis
Q.3 If = + and the magnitudes and
are 5, 4 and 3 units, the angle between Q.9 If , the angle between
and is- and is -
(A) 60º (B) 0º (C) 120º (D) 90º
(A) cos–1 (B) cos –1

Q.10 The vector and are such that -

(C) (D) sin–1
(A) (B)

Q.4 The resultant of and makes an angle  (C) (D)

with and  with , then -

Q.11 In an equilateral ABC, AL, BM and CN are
(A)  <  (B) if A < B
medians. Forces along BC and BA
(C) if A > B (D) if A = B
represented by them will have a resultant
represented by -
Q.5 A person moves 30 m north, then 20 m east then
(A) 2AL (B) 2BM (C) 2CN (D) AC
30 m south-west . His displacement from the
original position - Q.12 Two forces each of magnitude F have a
(A) 14 m south-west (B) 28 m south resultant of the same magnitude F. The angle
(C) 10 m west (D) 15 m East between the two forces is -
(A) 45º (B) 120º (C) 150º (D) 60º
Q.6 I started walking down a road to day-break
facing the sun. After walking for some-time, I Q.13 A particle is moving on a circular path with
turned to my left, then I turned to the right once constant speed v. What is the change in its
again. In which direction was I going then ? velocity after it has described an angle of 60º ?
(A) East (B) North-west (A) v (B) v (C) v (D) 2 v
(C) North-east (D) South
Q.14 The magnitude of the vector product of two
Q.7 Following sets of three forces act on a body. vectors and may be -
Whose resultant cannot be zero ?
(a) Greater than AB (b) Equal to AB
(A) 10, 10, 10 (B) 10, 10, 20
(c) Less than AB (d) Equal to Zero
(C) 10, 20, 20 (D) 10, 20, 40
(A) a, b, c (B) b, c, d
(C) a, c, d (D) a, b, d
Q.15 Three vectors and satisfy the relation
= 0 and = 0. The vector is
parallel to - Q.21 For any two vectors and , if
, the magnitude of
(A) (B) (C) (D)
is equal to -
(A)
Q.16 The angle between the two vectors (B) A + B
and is -
(C)
(A) 0º (B) 90º (C) 180º (D) None
(D)
Q.17 A body constrained to move in y direction is
subjected to a force given by
Q.22 Which of the following is not true ? If
N. What is the
and where A and B
work done by this force in moving the body
are the magnitudes of and ?
through a distance of 10 m along y-axis ?
(A) 190 J (B) 160 J (C) 150 J (D) 20 J (A) =0 (B)

Q.18 What is the angle between and (C) (D) A = 5

?
Q.23 A unit vector along the direction has a
(A) 0 (B) (C) (D)  magnitude -
(A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 0
Q.19 A vector points vertically upward and points
towards north. The vector product is- Q.24 If vectors A = + 2 + 4 and B = 5
(A) along west represent the two consecutive sides of a triangle
(B) along east in the same order, then the third side of the
(C) zero triangle has length equal to -
(D) vertically downward (A) (B) (C) 5 (D) 6

Q.20 A vector is along the positive x-axis. If its

vector product with another vector is zero,
then could be -
(A) 4 (B)
(C) (D)
 LEVEL # 3

Q.1 For figure the correct relation is- Q.6 At what angle must the two forces (x + y) and
(x – y) act so that the resultant may be
?

(A) cos–1
(A) A + B + E = 0 (B) C – D = – A
(C) B + E – C = – D (D) all of the above
(B) cos–1
Q.2 A proton is moving with a velocity of 5 × 10 5 m/s
along the Y-direction. It is acted upon by an
electric field of intensity 10 5 V/m along the (C) cos–1
X-direction and a magnetic field of
1Wb/m2 along the Z-direction. Then the
(D) cos–1
Lorentz force on the particle is -
(A) zero Newton
(B) 8.0 × 10–4 N along X-axis Q.7 The............of two vectors of unequal
(C) 9.6 × 10–14N along Z-axis magnitudes may be zero -
(D) 9.6 × 10–14 N along X-axis (A) Scalar product
(B) Addition or subtraction
Q.3 The position vectors of points A, B, C and D are (C) Scalar or vector product
A= ,B= , (D) None of the above
C= and D =
Then the displacement vectors AB and CD are - Q.8 The value of a unit vector in the direction of
(A) perpendicular vector A = 5 – 12 , is -
(B) parallel (A) (B)
(C) anti-parallel
(D) inclined at an angle of 60º (C) / 13 (D) (5 – 12 )/13

Q.4 Let Q.9 Three vectors A = 2 – + ,B= –3 –5

(a) | | is always greater than | | and C = 3 – 4 – 4 are sides of an-
(b) It is possible to have | | < | | and | | <| | (A) equilateral triangle
(c) C is always equal to A + B (B) right angled triangle
(d) C is never equal to A + B (C) isosceles triangle
then the correct statement is -
(D) none of the above
(A) c (B) b (C) a (D) d

Q.5 Let the angle between two non zero vectors Q.10 The area of a parallelogram formed from the
and be 120º and its resultant be - vectors A = and B =
(a) C must be equal to |A – B| as adjacent sides is -
(b) C must be less than |A – B| (A) 8 units (B) 64 units
(c) C must be greater than |A – B|
(C) 32 units (D) 4 units
(d) C may be equal to |A – B|
then the correct statement is -
(A) a (B) b (C) c (D) d
Q.11 Out of addition, subtraction, dot product and
cross product, the following operations are Assertion/Reason Type Questions:
commutative - Each of the questions given below consist of
(A) dot and cross products Statement – I and Statement – II. Use the
(B) addition and subtraction following Key to choose the appropriate
(C) subtraction and cross product answer.
(D) addition and dot product (A) If both Statement- I and Statement- II are
true, and Statement - II is the correct
Q.12 If A, B and C are three vectors, then the wrong explanation of Statement– I.
relation is - (B) If both Statement - I and Statement - II are
(A) A + (B + C) = (A + B) + C true but Statement - II is not the correct
(B) A . (B + C) = (A . B) + A. C explanation of Statement – I.
(C) A × (B + C) = A × B + A × C (C) If Statement - I is true but Statement - II is
(D) (A × B). C = A × (B . C) false.
(D) If Statement - I is false but Statement - II is
Q.13 Two vector A and B have equal magnitudes. true.
Then the vector A + B is perpendicular to -
(A) A × B (B) A – B Q.15 Statement I : and
(C) 3A – 3B (D) all of these Statement II : Cross product is commutative.

Q.14 The angle between two vector A and B is . Q.16 Statement I : When and P + Q =
Then the magnitude of the product A. (B × A) is – R, the angle between & must be 0º.
(A) A2 B (B) A2B sin  Statement II : Here  = 0º

(C) A2B sin  cos  (D) Zero R= = P + Q.

 LEVEL # 4
(Questions asked in previous AIEEE & IIT - JEE)

Q.1 When forces F1, F2, F3 are acting on a particle of

mass m such that F2 and F3 are mutually Q.3 If , then the angle between A
perpendicular, then the particle remains stationary. and B is – [AIEEE-2004]
If the force F1 is now removed then the
(A)  (B) /3
acceleration of the particle is – [AIEEE-2002]
(C) /2 (D) /4
(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Q.2 Two forces are such that the sum of their

magnitudes is 18 N, magnitude the resultant is
12 N and their resultant is perpendicular to the
smaller force. Then the magnitudes of the forces
are – [AIEEE-2002]
(A) 12 N, 6 N (B) 13 N, 5 N
(C) 10 N, 8 N (D) 16 N, 2 N

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