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MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
IIT-JAM (PH) PREVIOUS YEAR QUESTIONS
ASSIGNMENT-1C : VECTOR ALGEBRA

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1. The work done by a force in moving a particle of 4. If F is a constant vector and r is the position
mass m from any point (x, y) to a neighbouring  
point ( x + dx, y + dy) is given by  
vector, then  F .r would be [ IIT-JAM 2012]
  
dw  2 xydx  x 2 dy . The work done for a com-  
(a) .r F (b) F
plete cycle around a unit circle is [IIT-JAM 2008]
    
(a) 0 (b) 1  
(c) .F r (d) r F
(c) 3 (d) 2
5. For vector
2. The equation of a surfaacce of revolution is   
a  ˆj  kˆ, b  2iˆ  3 ˆj  5kˆ and c  ˆj  kˆ , the
3 2 3 2   
z
2
x  y . The unit normal to the sur-
2 
ptoduct a  b  c is  [ IIT-JAM 2014 ]
(a) in the same direction as c
 2 
face at the point A  3 ,0,1 is IIT-JAM 2010] (b) in the direction opposite to c
  
(c) in the same direction as b
3ˆ 2 ˆ 3ˆ 2 ˆ 
i k i k (d) in the direction opposite to b
(a) (b)
5 10 5 10 6. If the surface integral of the field
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3ˆ 2 ˆ 3ˆ 2 ˆ A  x, y, z   2 xiˆ   yjˆ  3 zkˆ over the closed
(c) i k (d) i k
5 5 10 10 surface of an arbitrary unit sphere is to be zero,
B   then the relationship between  ,  and  is
3. The line integral  F .dl , where
A [ IIT-JAM 2014 ]
 x y    
F xˆ  yˆ along the semicir- (a)     0 (b)   0
x2  y2 x2  y 2 6 3 6 2

cular path as shown in the figure, is   2


1

3
0
(c)   0 (d)
2 3   
 
7. The line integral  .dl of a vector field
A
 1
 
A  x, y   2  yiˆ  xjˆ , where r 2  x 2  y 2 , is
r
taken around a square of side unit lenght and
1 1
(a) - 2 (b) 0 centred at  x0 , y0  with x0  and y0  . If
(c) 2 (d) 4 [ IIT-JAM 2011 ] 2 2

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the value of the integral is L, then
[ IIT-JAM 2014 ]

 
4 4
x0 , y0

12. A hemisphere shell is placed on the x-y plane

centred at the origin for a vector field

(a) L depends on  x0 , y0     yeˆx  xeˆy 

E , the value of the integral
x2  y 2
(b) L is independent of  x0 , y0 
  
(c) L is independent of  x0 , y0  and its value is 0  
   E .da over the hemispherical surface is
S

(d) L is independent of  x0 , y0  and its value is 2 ............................  . [ IIT-JAM 2016 ]

 13. The volume integral of the function
8. Concider a vector field F  yiˆ  xz 3 ˆj  zykˆ . Let
f  r ,  ,    r 2 cos  over the region
C be the circle x  y  4 on the plane z = 2,
2 2

oriented counterclockwise. The value of the con-   

   0  r  2, 0    , 0    2 
tour integral   3 
 F .dr is [ IIT-JAM 2015 ]
C
is.......................( specify your answer to two digits
after the decimal point). [ IIT-JAM 2017]
(a) 28 (b) 4
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The integral of the vector   ,  , z   cos ˆ
(c) 4 (d) 28 A
14.
9. A particle of mass ‘m’ is moving in x-y plan. At 
any given time t, its position vector is given by ( standard notation for cylindrical co-ordinate is
 used) over the volume of a cylinder of height L
r  t   A cos tiˆ  B sin tjˆ , where A, B and 
and radius R0 is [ IIT-JAM 2017 ]
are constant with A  B . Which of the following
statements are TRUE? [ IIT-JAM 2015 ] (a) 20 R0 L (b) 0
(a) orbit of the particle is an ellipse
(b) speed of the particle is costant (c) 40 R0 Ljˆ (d) 40 R0 Liˆ
(c) at any given time t, the particle experiences a 15. Let f  x, y   x3  2 y 3 . The curve along which
force towards origin
(d) the angular momentum of the particle is  2 f  0 , is [ IIT-JAM 2018 ]
m ABkˆ (a) x  2 y (b) x  2 y
10. The tangent line to the curve x  xy  5  0 at
2
y
(1,1) is represented by [ IIT-JAM 2016 ] (c) x  6 y (d) x 
2
(a) y  3 x  2 (b) y  3 x  4 
16. A curve is given by r  t   tiˆ  t 2 ˆj  t 3kˆ . The unit
(c) x  3 y  2 (d) x  3 y  4
vector of the tangent to the curve at t = 1 is
11. Consider a closed triangular contour traversed in [ IIT-JAM 2018 ]
counter clock-wise direction as shown in the fig-
  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ
ure. The value of the integral  F .dl evaluated (a) (b)
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along this contour for a vector field

F  yeˆx  xeˆy , is ................[ IIT-JAM 2016 ] iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ
(c) (d)
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SUBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
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17. (a) Consider a constant vector field V  V0 kˆ . Find
any one of the many possible vectors u , for which
  
u  V .
(b) Using Stok’s theorm, evaluate the flux associ-
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ated with the field V through the curved hemi-
spherical surface defined by
21. A vector field is given by [ IIT-JAM 2009 ]
x  y  z  r , z  0 [ IIT-JAM 2005 ]
2 2 2 2

18. (a) Determine whether the force represented by

  
 
a xjˆ  yiˆ for  x 2  y 2   r0 2  region- I 
 F r   
F  x, y, z   k  x 2  y 2  iˆ  2 xyjˆ  is conserva- ˆ ˆ
2  xj  yi 
ar0  2 2 
for  x 2  y 2   r0 2  region- II 
  x  y 
tive or not. Here k  1N  m 2
(b) Calculate the work done by this force in mov- here a and r0 are two constants.
ing a particle from the origin O  0,0,0  to the point (a) Find the curl of this field in both the region
 
D 1,1, 0  on the z = 0 plane along the paths (b) Find the line integral  F .dl along the colsed
OABD as shown in the figure, where the co-ordi- semicircular path of radius 2r0 as shown in fig.
nates are measured in meter [ IIT-JAM 2005]

2r0
r0
19. For the vector field
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V  xz 2iˆ  yz 2 ˆj  z  x 2  y 2  kˆ ,
(a) Calculate the volume integral of the divrgence ANSWER KEY
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of V out of the region defined by 1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b)
 a  x  a ,  b  y  b, 0  z  c . 4. (a) 5. (b)
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(b) Calculate the flux of V out of the region through 9. (a,c,d) 10. (b) 11. (-1)
the surface at z = c. Hence deduce the net flux 12. (2) 13. (14.95 to 15.10) 14. (d)
through the rest of the boundary of the region. 15. (b) 16. (d) 17. (*)
[ IIT-JAM 2006 ] 18. (*) 19. (*) 20. (*)
20. How much work is done when an object moves 21. (*)
from O  P  Q  R  O in a force field
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given by F  x, y    x 2  y 2  iˆ  2 xyjˆ along the
rectangular path as shown. Find the answer by
evaluating the line integral and also by using the
Stok’s therom. [ IIT-JAM 2007 ]

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