ASSIGNMENT – 02 PHYSICS VECTOR

01. Pick out the two scalar quantities in the following list:
Force, angular momentum, time, linear momentum, electric field, temperature, average
velocity, magnetic moment, reaction as per Newton’s third law, relative velocity, power
02. Pick out the only vector quantities in the following list:
Temperature, pressure, momentum, time, power, displacement, energy, gravitational
potential, coefficient of friction, charge,
03. If a is a vector and x is a non-zero scalar, then
(A) x a is a vector in the direction of a
(B) x a is a vector collinear to a
(C) x a and a have independent directions
(D) none of these.
04. Addition of which of the following will not be equal to zero -
(A) 10, 10, 10 (B) 10, 10, 20
(C) 10, 20, 30 (D) 10, 20, 40
05. Given a  b  c  d  0 , which of the following statements is not correct ?
(A) a, b, c and d must each be a null vector
(B) The magnitude of  a  c  equals the magnitude of b  d  
(C) The magnitude of a can never be greater than the sum of the magnitudes of
b, c and d
(D) b  c must lie in the plane of a and d , if a and d are not collinear and in the
line a and d , if they are collinear
06. Six forces are acting on a particle. Angle between each of the two adjacent forces is 60°.
Five of the forces have magnitude F1 and the sixth has magnitude F2 . The resultant of
all the force will have magnitude of
(A) zero (B) F1  F2 (C) F1  F2 (D) F2
07. On an open ground, a motorist follows a track that turns on his left by an angle of 60°
after every 500 m. Starting from a given turn, specify the displacement of the motorist at
the third, sixth and eighth turn. Compare the magnitude of the displacement with the
total path length covered by the motorist in each case
08. The figure shows a parallelogram ABCD. Prove that AC  BD  2BC

09. The resultant of two forces acting at an angle of 120° is 10 kg wt and is perpendicular to
one of the forces. That force is
 10
(A) 10 3 kg wt (B) 20 3 kg wt (C) 10 kg wt (D) kg wt
3
10. If the resultant of two forces of magnitudes P and Q acting at a point at an angle of 60° is
7Q, then PIQ is :–
3
(A) 1 (B) (C) 2 (D) 4
2
11. A body placed in free space, is simultaneously acted upon by three forces, F1,F2 and F3 .
The body is in equilibrium and the forces F1 and F2 are known to be 36 N due north and
27N due east respectively. Which of the following best describes the force F3 ?
(A) 36 N due south. (B) 53 N due 60° south of east
(C) 45 N due 53° south of west (D) 45 N due 37° north of west
12. A force F of magnitude 12 N has non-rectangular components P and Q . The sum of
the magnitudes of P and Q is 18 N. The direction of Q is at right angles to F . Find
the magnitude of Q
13. Three forces of magnitudes 2 N, 3 N and 6 N act at corners of a cube along three sides
as shown in figure. Find the resultant of these forces in N.

14. The resultant A and B makes an angle  with A and  with B,

(A)  (B)    if A < B
(C)    if A > B (D)    if A = B
15. The resultant of two forces has magnitude 20 N. One of the forces is of magnitude
20 3N and makes an angle of 30° with the resultant. Then, the other force must be of
magnitude:
(A) 10 N (B) 10 3 N (C) 20 N (D) 20 3 N
16. ⃗ = ⃗F1 − ⃗F2 . The magnitude of F1 and F2 are 3 2N and 4 2N
If ⃗P = ⃗F1 + ⃗F2 andQ
respectively. Find the value of P 2  Q2 .
(A) zero (B) 6 2N (C) 10 N (D) 7 2N
17. The resultant of two forces F1 and F2 is P. If F2 is reversed, then resultant is Q. Then
the value of (P2 + Q2) in terms of F1 and F2 is
(A) 2(F12 + F22) (B) F12 + F22 (C) (F1 + F2)2 (D) none of these
 (R2  P2 )
18. Two forces P and Q act at a point and have resultant R. If Q is replaced by
Q
acting in the direction opposite to that of Q, the resultant
(A) remains same (B) becomes half
(C) becomes twice (D) none of these
19. Two vectors P and Q are added, the magnitude of resultant is 15 units. If Q is reversed
and added to P resultant has a magnitude 113 units. The resultant of P and a vector
perpendicular to P and equal in magnitude to Q has a magnitude
(A) 13 units (B) 17 units (C) 19 units (D) 20 units
20. A vector A of length 10 units makes an angle of 60° with the vector B of length 6 units.
Find the magnitude of the vector difference A  B & the angle it makes with vector A.
21. When two non-zero vectors a and b are perpendicular to each other, their magnitude
of resultant is R. When they are opposite to each other, their resultant is of magnitude
R a b
. The value of    . is…………
2 b a
22. The components of a vector along the x-and y-directions are (n + 1) and 1, respectively.
If the coordinate system is rotated by an angle   60, then the components change to
n and 3. The value of n is
(A) 2 (B) cos 60° (C) sin 60° (D) 3.5
23. A plumber steps out of his truck, walks 60 m east and 35 m south and then takes an
elevator, 12 m down to the basement of a building where a bad leak is occurring.
Assume x axis is east ; y-axis is north and z-axis is up, displacement of plumber is
expressed conventionally as
(A) 60iˆ  35 ˆj  12kˆ (B) 60iˆ  35 ˆj  12kˆ
(C) 60iˆ  35 ˆj  12kˆ (D) 60iˆ  35 ˆj  12kˆ
24. Two particles A and B move along the straight lines x+2y +3 = 0 and 2x + y –3 = 0
respectively. Their position vector, at the time of meeting will be
(A) 3iˆ  3 ˆj (B) 3iˆ  3 ˆj
iˆ ˆj
(C)  (D) Particles never meet
3 3
25. Which of the following sets of concurrent forces may be in equilibrium?
(A) F1=3N, F2=5N, F3=1N (B) F1=3N, F2=5N, F3=6N
(C) F1=3N, F2=5N, F3=9N (D) F1=3N, F2=5N, F3=16 N
26. Three forces A, B , C shown in fig. lie in the X-Y plane. Then the resultant force
F  A  B  C has magnitude-
 6N Y
C A 6N
90º
30º
X
O 45º

B 4N

(A) 54 N (B) 27 N (C) 63 N (D) 16 N

27. Let α, β,γ be distinct real numbers. The points with position vectors αî + βĵ + γk̂, βî +
γĵ + αk̂, γî + αĵ + βk̂
(A) are collinear (B) form an equilateral triangle
(C) form an isosceles triangle (D) form a right angled triangle.
28. The force determined by the vector F  ˆi  8ˆj  7 kˆ   is resolved along three mutually

perpendicular directions, one of which is the direction of the vector a  2 ˆi  2 ˆj  kˆ .  

Then the vector component of the force F in the direction of the vector a is :
14 ˆ 14 ˆ 7 ˆ
(A) 14 ˆi 14 ˆj  7kˆ (B)  i  j k
3 3 3
2 2 1
(C)  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ (D) none of these
3 3 3
29.    
Two constant forces F1  2iˆ  3jˆ  3kˆ N and F2  ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ N act on a body and displace it

  
from the position r1  ˆi  2jˆ  2kˆ m to the position r2  7iˆ  10jˆ  5kˆ m . What is the work 
done -
(A) 9J (B) 41 J (C) –3 J (D) none of the above
30. (A) Find a unit vector at an angle of 45° with x-axis.
(B) Resolve a vector R  2iˆ  3jˆ into two perpendicular components such that.
One of its components makes an angle of 45° with (+ x-axis).
31. Find the angle  between the body diagonal of a cube and one of its edges (fig.) using
the vector techniques of the scalar product.
Y
A


X
O

32. A  B  2iˆ and A  B  4 ˆj then what will be the angle between

A and B .
33. Let ⃗A,B
⃗ and ⃗C, be unit vectors. Suppose that ⃗A ⋅ ⃗B = ⃗A ⋅ ⃗C = 0 and the angle between ⃗B
and C⃗ is π then
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(A) ⃗A = (B
⃗ × ⃗C) (B) ⃗A = 2(B
⃗ × ⃗C) (C) ⃗A = 2(C ⃗ × ⃗C| = √3
⃗ × ⃗B) (D) |B
2
34. If 𝐀 ̂ , ⃗𝐁 = −𝐢̂ + 𝐣̂ + 𝟒𝐤
⃗ = 𝐢̂ + 𝟐𝐣̂ + 𝟑𝐤 ̂ ̂,
and 𝐂 = 𝟑𝐢̂ − 𝟑𝐣̂ − 𝟏𝟐𝐤 then find the angle
between the vectors (𝐀 ⃗ + ⃗𝐁 + 𝐂) and(𝐀
⃗ × ⃗𝐁) in degrees.
35. If a is perpendicular to b and c , then
(A) a  (b  c)  1 (B) a  (b  c)  0
(C) a  (b  c)  1 (D) None of these.
36.  A  B   A  B =
(A) 2  A  B (B)  A  B (C) 
2 A B  (D) 
2 B A 

37. If e1 & e2 are two unit vectors and  is the angle between them, then sin   is :
2  
1 1 e1 . e2 e1 x e2
(A) e1  e2 (B) e1  e2 (C) (D)
2 2 2 2 e1 e2

38.   
The value of ˆi x r x ˆi + ˆj x r x ˆj + kˆ x r x kˆ    is :
(A) r (B) 2 r (C) 3 r (D) 4 r
39. If | A  B | 3 A.B then the value of | A  B | is :
(A) (A 2  B2  3AB)1/ 2 (B) (A2  B2  AB)1/ 2
1/ 2
 
(C)  A 2  B2  AB  (D) A + B
 3
40. Let a  2 i  j  2kˆ and b  i  j . If c is a vector such that a.c | c |, | c  a | 2 2 and the
angle between (a  b) and c is 300, then | (a  b)  c |
(A) 2/3 (B) 3/2 (C) 2 (D) 3
41. If the vectors a, b, c form the sides BC, CA and AB respectively of a triangle ABC, then
(A) a.b  b.c  c.a  0 (B) a  b  b  c  c  a (C) a.b  b.c  c.a (D) a  b  b  c  c  a  0
42. If a is perpendicular to b and c , then
(A) a  (b  c)  1 (B) a  (b  c)  0 (C) a  (b  c)  1 (D) None of these.
43.  A  B   A  B =
(A) 2  A  B (B)  A  B (C) 
2 A B  (D) 
2 B A 
 ANSWER KEYS
01. Time, temperature, power 02. Momentum, displacement
03. (B) 04. (D) 05. (A) 06. (C)
07. 1000 m, 0, 866 m 08. …………
09. (D) 10. (C) 11. (C) 12. 13N
13. (7) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (C)
17. (A) 18. (A) 19. (A)
7 3 3
20. 2 19,cos1 or tan1 21. ……….. 22. (D)
2 19 7
23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (B) 26. (A)
27. (A) 28. (C) 29. (i)
1 1 1 1 5 5
30. (A) i j; (B)   i  j  ,  i  j 
2 2  2 2  2 2 
1
31. cos 1
3
32.   127
33. (B, C) 34. 90 35. (B) 36. (D)
37. (B) 38. (B) 39. (B) 40. (B)
41. (B) 42. (B) 43. (D)