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5. The slope of graph as shown in figure at points (1) 5 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 12
1, 2 and 3 is m1, m2 and m3 respectively then
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y 10. A particular straight line passes through origin
3 and a point whose abscissa is double of ordinate
2 of the point. The equation of such straight line is:
1
x x
(1) y = (2) y = 2x
2
(1) m1 > m2 > m3 (2) m1 < m2 < m3
(3) m1 = m2 = m3 (4) m1 = m3 > m2 x
(3) y = –4x (4) y = –
4
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6. A particle moves along the straight line y = 3x + BM0010
5. Which coordinate changes at a faster rate ? 11. The side of a square is increasing at the rate of
(1) x–coordinate 0.2 cm/s. The rate of increase of perimeter
w.r.t. time is :
(2) y–coordinate
(1) 0.2 cm/s (2) 0.4 cm/s
(3) Both x and y coordinates
(3) 0.6 cm/s (4) 0.8 cm/s
(4) Data insufficient. BM0011
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12. Frequency f of a simple pendulum depends on its 17. A physical quantity which has a direction :
length and acceleration g due to gravity (1) must be a vector
(2) may be a vector
1 g
according to the following equation f . (3) must be a scalar
2
(4) none of the above
Graph between which of the following quantities
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is a straight line ?
(1) f on the ordinate and on the abscissa 18. Which of the following physical quantities is an
axial vector ?
(2) f on the ordinate and on the abscissa (1) displacement (2) force
(3) f2 on the ordinate and on the abscissa (3) velocity (4) torque
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19. The forces, which meet at one point but their
BM0012 lines of action do not lie in one plane, are called :
(1) non-coplanar and non-concurrent forces
ALGEBRA (2) coplanar and non-concurrent forces
1 1 1 (3) non-coplanar and concurrent forces
13. The sum of the series 1 ....... (4) coplanar and concurrent forces
4 16 64
is VE0019
8 6 5 4 20. The direction of the angular velocity vector is
(1) (2) (3) (4) along :
7 5 4 EN 3
(1) Along the tangent of circular path
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(2) Along the direction of radius vector
14. In the given figure, each box represents a
function machine. A function machine illustrates (3) Opposite to the direction of radius vector
what it does with the input. (4) Along the axis of rotation
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Input (x) Double the Square root Output (z)
input and of
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23. The resultant of A and B makes an angle 32. Vector sum of two forces of 10N and 6N cannot
with A and with B , then : be :
(1) < (2) < if A < B (1) 4N (2) 8N (3) 12N (4) 2N
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VE0023 33. Which of the following pair of forces will never
give a resultant force of 2 N ?
24. Two vectors A and B are such that A B C
and A2 + B2 = C2. Which of the following (1) 2 N and 2 N (2) 1 N and 1 N
statements, is correct ? (3) 1 N and 3 N (4) 1 N and 4 N
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(2) A is anti-parallel to B
34. If A B C and A + B = C, then the angle
(3) A is perpendicular to B between A and B is :
(4) A and B are equal in magnitude
(1) 0 (2) (3) (4)
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25. The minimum number of vectors of equal VE0034
magnitude required to produce a zero resultant
is: 35. The resultant of A & B is R1 . On reversing the
(1) 2 (2) 3 vector B , the resultant becomes R2 . What is the
(3) 4 (4) more than 4 EN value of R12 +R22 ?
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(1) A2 + B2 (2) A2 – B2
26. How many minimum number of coplanar vectors
(3) 2(A2 + B2) (4) 2(A2 – B2)
having different magnitudes can be added to give
zero resultant ? VE0035
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5 36. Given that P Q P Q . This can be true
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27. How many minimum number of vectors in (1) P Q
different planes can be added to give zero
resultant ? (2) Q 0
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5
(3) Neither P nor Q is a null vector
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(4) P is perpendicular to Q
A
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39. What happens, when we multiply a vector by 47. If AB is a unit vector along x-axis and
(– 2) ?
A ˆi ˆj kˆ , then what is B ?
(1) direction reverses and unit changes
(2) direction reverses and magnitude is doubled (1) ĵ kˆ (2) ĵ kˆ
(3) direction remains unchanged and unit
changes (3) ˆi ˆj kˆ (4) ˆi ˆj kˆ
(4) none of these
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40. Two vectors of equal magnitude have a resultant 48. Forces 3N, 4N and 12N act at a point in
equal to either of them in magnitude . The angle mutually perpendicular directions. The magnitude
between them is : of the resultant force is :
(1) 60° (2) 90° (3) 105° (4) 120° (1) 19 N (2) 13 N
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41. If the sum of two unit vectors is a unit vector, VE0048
then the magnitude of their difference is :
1 49. The angle that the vector A 2iˆ 3jˆ makes with
(1) 2 (2) 3 (3) (4) 5
2 y-axis is :
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(2) tan–1 (2/3)
RESOLUTION OF VECTOR EN (3) sin–1 (2/3)
42. If a unit vector is represented by 0.5iˆ 0.8jˆ ckˆ (4) cos–1 (3/2)
then the value of 'c' is : VE0049
(1) 1 (2) 0.11 (3) 0.01 (4) 0.39
DOT PRODUCT
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50. What is the angle between A and the resultant
, & with
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43. Vector makes angles
P
of A Bˆ and A B ˆ ?
the X, Y and Z axes respectively, then
sin2 + sin2 + sin2 =
(1) 0°
(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 3
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(2) tan 1
B
44. The direction cosines of a vector ˆi ˆj 2 kˆ
A
are :- B
(3) tan 1
1 1 1 1 1 A
(1) , ,1 (2) , ,
2 2 2 2 2 AB
(4) tan 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 AB
(3) , , (4) , ,
2 2 2 2 2 2
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51. If n̂ aiˆ bjˆ is perpendicular to the vector
45. The unit vector along ˆi ˆj is :
ˆi ˆj ˆi ˆj ˆi ˆj , then the value of a and b may be :
(1) k̂ (2) ˆi ˆj (3) (4)
2 2 (1) 1, 0 (2) –2, 0
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(3) 3, 0 (4) ,
46. The unit vector parallel to the resultant of the 2 2
vectors A 4iˆ 3jˆ 6kˆ and B ˆi 3jˆ 8kˆ is : VE0051
1 ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ 52. Given that A = B. What is the angle between
(1) 3i 6 j 2kˆ (2) 3i 6 j 2kˆ
7 7 (A+B) and (A–B) ?
1 ˆ ˆ 1 ˆ ˆ (1) 300 (2) 600 (3) 900 (4) 1800
(3) 3i 6 j 2kˆ (4) 3i 6 j 2kˆ
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53. The vector sum of two forces is perpendicular to 60. What is the component of (3iˆ 4j)
ˆ along
their vector difference. In that case, the force :
(iˆ ˆj) ?
(1) Are equal to each other.
(2) Are equal to each other in magnitude. (1)
2
1 ˆ ˆ
ji (2)
2
3 ˆ ˆ
ji
(3) Are not equal to each other in magnitude.
(4) Cannot be predicted. (3)
2
5 ˆ ˆ
ji (4)
2
7 ˆ ˆ
ji
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54. The magnitudes of vectors A , B and C are
61. ˆ is perpendicular to
The vector B 5iˆ 2jˆ Sk
respectively 12, 5 and 13 units and A B C ,
ˆ if S =
then the angle between A and B is : the vector A 3iˆ ˆj 2k
(1) 0 (2) /3 (3) /2 (4) /4 (1) 1 (2) 4.7
(3) 6.3 (4) 8.5
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55. If vectors P , Q and R have magnitudes 5, 12
62. What is the projection of A on B ?
and 13 units and P Q R , the angle between
(1) A.B ˆ
(2) A.B
Q and R is :
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(4) A.B
5 5
(1) cos 1 (2) cos 1
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12
(3) cos 1
13
2
(4) cos 1
13
63.
The angle between vectors ˆi ˆj and ĵ kˆ is:
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56.
A vector perpendicular to 4iˆ 3jˆ may be : (3) 0° (4) 60°
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(1) 4iˆ 3 j (2) 7kˆ
64. The angle between the two vectors
(3) 6iˆ (4) 3iˆ 4jˆ
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A
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67. A force F 3iˆ 4jˆ N acts on a body and 73. Two vectors P and Q are inclined to each other
at angle . Which of the following is the unit
displaces it by S 3iˆ 4jˆ m . The work done
vector perpendicular to P and Q ?
W F S by the force is :
PQ P̂ Qˆ
(1) 10J (2) 12J (1) (2)
P.Q sin
(3) 19J (4) 25J
ˆ
P̂ Q P̂ Q
(3) (4)
VE0067 PQ sin PQ sin
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80. For a body, angular velocity ˆi 2jˆ 3kˆ and 83. A vector A points vertically upward and B
ˆ ˆ ˆ points towards north. The vector product A B
radius vector r i j k , then its velocity is
v r is: (1) zero
(2) along west
(1) 5iˆ 2jˆ 3kˆ (2) 5iˆ 2jˆ 3kˆ (3) along east
(3) 5iˆ 2jˆ 3kˆ (4) 5iˆ 2jˆ 3kˆ (4) vertically downward
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81. Area of a parallelogram, whose diagonals are 84. If A B A.B , then the angle between
3iˆ ˆj 2kˆ and ˆi 3jˆ 4kˆ will be : A and B will be :
(1) 30° (2) 45°
(1) 14 unit (2) 5 3 unit (3) 60° (4) 75°
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VE0081 85. Two vectors A and B are such that
82.
The angle between vectors A B and B A A B = A B . Then select incorrect atternative
(1) A.B 0 (2) A B 0
is:
(3) A 0 (4) B 0
(1) rad (2) rad
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(3) rad (4) zero 86. If three vectors satisfy the relation A.B 0 and
4 EN
A.C 0 , then A can be parallel to
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(1) C (2) B (3) B C (4) B.C
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(3) t (4) t
A B is : 2
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1/2
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(1) A 2 B2 (2) A + B
3
EN 5. If the magnitude of sum of two vectors is equal to
(3) (A2 + B2 + 3 AB)1/2 (4) (A2+B2+AB)1/2 the magnitude of difference of the two vectors,
d e
(1) b e f (2) b c f
(3) d c f (4) d e f
R Q
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(1) increase
(2) decrease
(3) remain constant
(4) change according to the smallest force QR
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x y
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VE0098 10. A unit radial vector r̂ makes angles of = 30°
relative to the x-axis, = 60° relative to the
5. A vector of length is turned through the angle
y-axis, and = 90° relative to the z-axis. The
about its tail. What is the change in the vector r̂ can be written as :
position vector of its head ?
1 3ˆ 3 ˆ 1ˆ
(1) cos (2) 2sin (1) ˆi j (2) i j
2 2 2 2
(3) 2cos (4) sin 2ˆ 1 ˆ
(3) i j (4) None of these
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