PRACTICE PROBLEMS

Problems based on fundamentals of vector

1) How many minimum number of coplanar vectors having different magnitudes can be added to
give zero resultant
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
2) A hall has the dimensions 10 m  12 m  14 m. A fly starting at one corner ends up at a diametrically
opposite corner. What is the magnitude of its displacement
(a) 17 m (b) 26 m (c) 36 m (d) 21 m
3) 0 .4ˆi  0 .8 ˆj  ckˆ represents a unit vector when c is
(a) – 0.2 (b) 0 .2 (c) 0.8 (d) 0
4) 100 coplanar forces each equal to 10 N act on a body. Each force makes angle  / 50 with the
preceding force. What is the resultant of the forces
(a) 1000 N (b) 500 N (c) 250 N (d) Zero
5) The magnitude of a given vector with end points (4, – 4, 0) and (– 2, – 2, 0) must be
(a) 6 (b) 5 2 (c) 4 (d) 2 10

6) The angles which a vector ˆi  ˆj  2 kˆ makes with X, Y and Z axes respectively are
(a) 60°, 60°, 60° (b) 45°, 45°, 45° (c) 60°, 60°, 45° (d) 45°, 45°, 60°
 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
 
7) The expression  2 i  2 j is a
 

(a) Unit vector (b) Null vector (c) Vector of magnitude 2 (d)Scalar
8) Given vector A  2ˆi  3 ˆj, the angle between A and y-axis is
(a) tan 1 3 / 2 (b) tan 1 2 / 3 (c) sin 1 2 / 3 (d) cos 1 2 / 3

9) The unit vector along ˆi  ˆj is

ˆi  ˆj ˆi  ˆj
(a) kˆ (b) ˆi  ˆj (c) (d)
2 2

10) A vector is represented by 3 ˆi  ˆj  2 kˆ . Its length in XY plane is

(a) 2 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 5

11) Five equal forces of 10 N each are applied at one point and all are lying in one plane. If the angles
between them are equal, the resultant force will be
(a) Zero (b) 10 N (c) 20 N (d) 10 2 N

12) The angle made by the vector A  ˆi  ˆj with x- axis is

(a) 90° (b) 45° (c) 22.5° (d) 30°
13) The value of a unit vector in the direction of vector A  5ˆi  12 ˆj, is
(a) î (b) ˆj (c) (ˆi  ˆj) / 13 (d) (5ˆi  12 ˆj) / 13

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14) Any vector in an arbitrary direction can always be replaced by two (or three)
(a) Parallel vectors which have the original vector as their resultant
(b) Mutually perpendicular vectors which have the original vector as their resultant
(c) Arbitrary vectors which have the original vector as their resultant
(d) It is not possible to resolve a vector
15) Angular momentum is
(a) A scalar (b) A polar vector (c) An axial vector (d) None of these
16) If a vector P making angles , , and  respectively with the X, Y and Z axes respectively. Then
sin 2   sin 2   sin 2  

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3

PROBLEMS BASED ON ADDITION OF VECTORS

17) Two forces, each of magnitude F have a resultant of the same magnitude F. The angle between
the two forces is (a)45° (b) 120° (c) 150° (d) 60°
18) For the resultant of the two vectors to be maximum, what must be the angle between them
(a) 0° (b) 60° (c) 90° (d) 180°
19) A particle is simultaneously acted by two forces equal to 4 N and 3 N. The net force on the
particle is (a) 7 N (b) 5 N (c)1 N (d) Between 1N and 7 N
20) Two vectors A and B lie in a plane, another vector C lies outside this plane, then the resultant of
these three vectors i.e., A  B  C
(a) Can be zero (b) Cannot be zero
(c) Lies in the plane containing AB (d) Lies in the plane containing AB

21) If the resultant of the two forces has a magnitude smaller than the magnitude of larger force, the
two forces must be
(a) Different both in magnitude and direction (b) Mutually perpendicular to one another
(c) Possess extremely small magnitude (d) Point in opposite directions
22) Forces F1 and F2 act on a point mass in two mutually perpendicular directions. The resultant force
on the point mass will be
(a) F1  F2 (b) F1  F2 (c) F12  F22 (d) F12  F22

23) Find the resultant of three vectors OA, OB and OC shown in the following figure. Radius of the
circle is R.
C
(a) 2R B
45o
(b) R(1  2 ) 45o
A
O
(c) R 2

(d) R( 2  1)

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24) If | A  B | | A | | B |, the angle between A and B is

(a) 60° (b) 0° (c) 120° (d) 90°

25) At what angle must the two forces (x + y) and (x – y) act so that the resultant may be (x 2  y 2 )

 x 2  y 2   2(x 2  y 2 )   x2  y2   x2  y2 
(a) cos 1   (b) cos 1   2  (c) cos 1    (d) cos 1   
 2(x 2  y 2 )   x  y 2   x2  y2   x2  y2 
      

26) Let the angle between two nonzero vectors A and B be 120° and resultant be C

(a) C must be equal to | A  B| (b) C must be less than | A  B|

(c) C must be greater than | A  B| (d) C may be equal to | A  B|

27) Fig. shows ABCDEF as a regular hexagon. What is the value of AB  AC  AD  AE  AF

E D

(a) AO
F C
(b) 2 AO O

(c) 4 AO A B

(d) 6 AO

28) The magnitude of vector A, B and C are respectively 12, 5 and 13 units and AB C then the angle
between A and B is
(a) 0 (b)  (c)  /2 (d)  /4

29) Magnitude of vector which comes on addition of two vectors, 6ˆi  7 ˆj and 3ˆi  4 ˆj is
(a) 136 (b) 13 .2 (c) 202 (d) 160

30) A particle has displacement of 12 m towards east and 5 m towards north then 6 m vertically
upward. The sum of these displacements is
(a) 12 (b) 10.04 m (c) 14.31 m (d) None of these
31) The three vectors A  3ˆi  2ˆj  kˆ , B  ˆi  3ˆj  5kˆ and C  2ˆi  ˆj  4 kˆ form
(a) An equilateral triangle (b) Isosceles triangle (c) Aright angled triangle (d) No triangle
32) For the fig.
(a) AB C C
B

(b) BC  A
A
(c) CAB

(d) ABC  0

33) Let C  AB then

(a) | C| is always greater then | A| (b) It is possible to have | C | | A| and | C | | B |

(c) C is always equal to A + B (d) C is never equal to A + B

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34) The value of the sum of two vectors A and B with  as the angle between them is
(a) A 2  B 2  2 AB cos  (b) A 2  B 2  2 AB cos  (c) A 2  B 2  2 AB sin  (d) A 2  B 2  2 AB sin 

35) Following forces start acting on a particle at rest at the origin of the co-ordinate system
simultaneously
F1  4ˆi  5 ˆj  5kˆ , F 2  5ˆi  8 ˆj  6 kˆ , F 3  3ˆi  4 ˆj  7 kˆ and F 4  2ˆi  3 ˆj  2kˆ then the particle will move
(a) In x – y plane (b) In y – z plane (c) In x – z plane (d) Along x -axis
36) Following sets of three forces act on a body. Whose resultant cannot be zero
(a) 10, 10, 10 (b) 10, 10, 20 (c) 10, 20, 20 (d) 10, 20, 40
37) When three forces of 50 N, 30 N and 15 N act on a body, then the body is
(a) At rest (b) Moving with a uniform velocity
(c) In equilibrium (d) Moving with an acceleration
38) The sum of two forces acting at a point is 16 N. If the resultant force is 8 N and its direction is
perpendicular to minimum force then the forces are
(a) 6 N and 10 N (b) 8 N and 8 N (c) 4 N and 12 N (d) 2 N and 14 N
39) If vectors P, Q and R have magnitude 5, 12 and 13 units and P  Q  R, the angle between Q and R
is
5 5 12 7
(a) cos  1 (b) cos  1 (c) cos  1 (d) cos  1
12 13 13 13

40) The resultant of two vectors A and B is perpendicular to the vector A and its magnitude is equal to
half the magnitude of vector B. The angle between A and B is
(a) 120° (b) 150° (c) 135° (d) None of these
41) What vector must be added to the two vectors ˆi  2 ˆj  2kˆ and 2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ , so that the resultant may be a
unit vector along x-axis
(a) 2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ (b)  2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ (c) 2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ (d)  2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ

42) What is the angle between P and the resultant of (P  Q ) and (P  Q )

(a) Zero (b) tan 1 P / Q (c) tan 1 Q / P (d) tan 1 (P  Q) /(P  Q)

43) The resultant of P and Q is perpendicular to P. What is the angle between P and Q

(a) cos 1 (P / Q) (b) cos 1 ( P / Q) (c) sin 1 (P / Q) (d) sin 1 (P / Q)

44) Maximum and minimum magnitudes of the resultant of two vectors of magnitudes P and Q are in
the ratio 3 : 1. Which of the following relations is true
(a) P  2Q (b) PQ (c) PQ  1 (d) None of these
45) The resultant of AB is R1. On reversing the vector B, the resultant becomes R 2 . What is the value
of R12  R 22

(a) A2  B2 (b) A2  B2 (c) 2( A 2  B 2 ) (d) 2( A 2  B 2 )

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46) The resultant of two vectors P and Q is R. If Q is doubled, the new resultant is perpendicular to
P. Then R equals
(a) P (b) (P+Q) (c) Q (d) (P–Q)
47) 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 )

48) Given that A  B  C and that C is  to A . Further if | A | | C |, then what is the angle between A and
B

  3
(a) radian (b) radian (c) radian (d)  radian
4 2 4

PROBLEMS BASED ON SUBTRACTION OF VECTORS

49) Figure below shows a body of mass M moving with the uniform speed on a circular path of
radius, R. What is the change in acceleration in going from P1 to P2
(a) Zero P2
v
(b) v2 / 2R
P1
(c) 2v 2 / R R

v2
(d)  2
R
 
50) A body is at rest under the action of three forces, two of which are F1  4ˆi, F2  6ˆj, the third force is
(a) 4ˆi  6 ˆj (b) 4ˆi  6 ˆj (c)  4ˆi  6 ˆj (d)  4ˆi  6 ˆj

51) A plane is revolving around the earth with a speed of 100 km/hr at a constant height from the
surface of earth. The change in the velocity as it travels half circle is
(a) 200 km/hr (b) 150 km/hr (c) 100 2 km / hr (d) 0

52) What displacement must be added to the displacement 25ˆi  6 ˆj m to give a displacement of 7.0 m
pointing in the x- direction
(a) 18 ˆi  6 ˆj (b) 32ˆi  13 ˆj (c)  18 ˆi  6 ˆj (d)  25ˆi  13 ˆj

53) A body moves due East with velocity 20 km/hour and then due North with velocity 15 km/hour.
The resultant velocity
(a) 5 km/hour (b) 15 km/hour (c) 20 km/hour (d) 25 km/hour
54) A particle is moving on a circular path of radius r with uniform velocity v. The change in velocity
when the particle moves from P to Q is (POQ  40 )
P
r
(a) 2v cos 40  (b) 2v sin 40 
O 40o v
(c) 2v sin 20  (d) 2v cos 20 
Q
v

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55) The length of second's hand in watch is 1 cm. The change in velocity of its tip in 15 seconds is
   2
(a) Zero (b) cm / sec (c) cm / sec (d) cm / sec
30 2 30 30

56) A particle moves towards east with velocity 5 m/s. After 10 seconds its direction changes towards
north with same velocity. The average acceleration of the particle is
1 1 1
(a) Zero (b) m / s2 N  W (c) m / s2 N  E (d) m / s2 S W
2 2 2

PROBLEMS BASED ON SCALAR PRODUCT OF VECTORS

57) Consider two vectors F1  2ˆi  5kˆ and F 2  3 ˆj  4 kˆ . The magnitude of the scalar product of these
vectors is
(a) 20 (b) 23 (c) 5 33 (d) 26
58) Consider a vector F  4ˆi  3 ˆj. Another vector that is perpendicular to F is
(a) 4ˆi  3 ˆj (b) 6 î (c) 7 kˆ (d) 3ˆi  4 ˆj

59) Two vectors A and B are at right angles to each other, when
(a) A  B  0 (b) A  B  0 (c) A  B  0 (d) A. B  0

60) If | V 1  V 2 | | V 1  V 2 | and V2 is finite, then

(a) V1 is parallel to V2 (b) V1  V 2 (c) V1 and V2 are mutually perpendicular (d) | V 1 | | V 2 |
61) A force F  (5ˆi  3 ˆj) Newton
is applied over a particle which displaces it from its origin to the point
r  (2ˆi  1ˆj) metres. The work done on the particle is
(a) – 7 joules (b) +13 joules (c) +7 joules (d) +11 joules
62) The angle between two vectors  2ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ and ˆi  2ˆj  4 kˆ is

(a) 0° (b) 90° (c) 180° (d) None of the above

63) The angle between the vectors (ˆi  ˆj) and (ˆj  kˆ ) is
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
64) A particle moves with a velocity 6ˆi  4 ˆj  3kˆ m / s under the influence of a constant force
F  20ˆi  15 ˆj  5kˆ N . The instantaneous power applied to the particle is

(a) 35 J/s (b) 45 J/s (c) 25 J/s (d) 195 J/s

65) If P.Q  PQ, then angle between P and Q is
(a) 0° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 60°
66) Two constant forces F1  2ˆi  3ˆj  3kˆ (N) and F2  ˆi  ˆj  2kˆ (N) act on a body and displace it from the
position r1  ˆi  2ˆj  2kˆ (m) to the position r2  7ˆi  10 ˆj  5kˆ (m). What is the work done
(a) 9 J (b) 41 J (c) – 3 J (d) None of these
67) A force F  5ˆi  6 ˆj  4 kˆ acting on a body, produces a displacement S  6ˆi  5kˆ . Work done by the force
is (a)10 units (b) 18 units (c) 11 units (d) 5 units

68) The angle between the two vector A  5ˆi  5 ˆj and B  5ˆi  5 ˆj will be
(a) Zero (b) 45° (c) 90° (d) 180°

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69) The vector P  aˆi  aˆj  3kˆ and Q  aˆi  2ˆj  kˆ are perpendicular to each other. The positive value of a is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 9 (d) 13
70) A body, constrained to move in the Y-direction is subjected to a force given by F  (2ˆi  15 ˆj  6kˆ ) N.
What is the work done by this force in moving the body a distance 10 m along the Y-axis (a)20 J (b)
71) A particle moves in the x-y plane under the action of a force F such that the value of its liner
momentum (P ) at anytime t is Px  2 cos t, p y  2 sin t. The angle  between F and P at a given time t. will
be (a)   0 (b)   30  (c)   90  (d)   180 

PROBLEMS BASED ON CROSS PRODUCT OF VECTORS

72) The area of the parallelogram represented by the vectors A  2ˆi  3 ˆj and B  ˆi  4 ˆj is
(a) 14 units (b) 7.5 units (c) 10 units (d) 5 units
73) For any two vectors A and B if A . B  | A  B |, the magnitude of C  AB is equal to
AB
(a) A2  B2 (b) AB (c) A2  B2  (d) A 2  B 2  2  AB
2

74) A vector F 1 is along the positive X-axis. If its vector product with another vector F 2 is zero then
F 2 could be

(a) 4 ˆj (b)  (ˆi  ˆj) (c) (ˆj  kˆ ) (d) (4ˆi )

75) If for two vectors A and B, A  B  0, the vectors

(a) Are perpendicular to each other (b) Are parallel to each other
(c) Act at an angle of 60° (d) Act at an angle of 30°
76) The angle between vectors ( A  B) and (B  A) is
(a) Zero (b)  (c)  /4 (d)  /2

77) What is the angle between ( P  Q) and (P  Q )

 
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d) 
2 4

78) The resultant of the two vectors having magnitude 2 and 3 is 1. What is their cross product
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 0
79) Which of the following is the unit vector perpendicular to A and B
ˆ B
A ˆ ˆ B
A ˆ AB AB
(a) (b) (c) (d)
AB sin  AB cos  AB sin  AB cos 

80) Let A  ˆi A cos   ˆjA sin  be any vector. Another vector B which is normal to A is
(a) ˆi B cos   j B sin  (b) ˆi B sin   j B cos  (c) ˆi B sin   j B cos  (d) ˆi B cos   j B sin
81) The angle between two vectors given by 6 i  6 j  3k and 7i  4 j  4 k is
 1   5   2   5
(a) cos 1  
 (b) cos 1  
 (c) sin 1  
 (d) sin 1  
 3 
 3  3  3  

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82) A vector A points vertically upward and B points towards north. The vector product AB is
(a) Zero (b) Along west (c) Along east (d) Vertically
downward
83) Angle between the vectors (ˆi  ˆj) and (ˆj  kˆ ) is
(a) 90° (b) 0° (c) 180° (d) 60°
84) Two vectors P  2ˆi  bˆj  2kˆ and Q  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ will be parallel if
(a) b = 0 (b) b = 1 (c) b = 2 (d) b= – 4
85) The position vectors of points A, B, C and D are A  3ˆi  4 ˆj  5kˆ , B  4ˆi  5ˆj  6kˆ , C  7ˆi  9ˆj  3kˆ and
D  4ˆi  6 ˆj then the displacement vectors AB and CD are

(a) Perpendicular (b) Parallel (c) Antiparallel (d) Inclined at an angle

of 60°
86) Which of the following is not true ? If A  3ˆi  4 ˆj and B  6ˆi  8 ˆj where A and B are the magnitudes
of A and B
A 1
(a) AB  0 (b)  (c) A . B  48 (d) A = 5
B 2

87) If force (F)  4ˆi  5 ˆj and displacement (s)  3ˆi  6 kˆ then the work done is
(a) 43 (b) 5  6 (c) 63 (d) 4 6

88) If | A  B | | A . B |, then angle between A and B will be

(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
89) In an clockwise system
(a) ˆj  kˆ  ˆi (b) ˆi. ˆi  0 (c) ˆj  ˆj  1 (d) kˆ . ˆj  1

90) The linear velocity of a rotating body is given by v    r, where  is the angular velocity and r is
the radius vector. The angular velocity of a body is   ˆi  2ˆj  2kˆ and the radius vector r  4 ˆj  3kˆ , then
| v | is

(a) 29 units (b) 31 units (c) 37 units (d) 41 units

91) Three vectors a, b and c satisfy the relation a.b  0 and a . c  0. The vector a is parallel to
(a) b (b) c (c) b .c (d) bc

92) The diagonals of a parallelogram are 2 î and 2 ˆj. What is the area of the parallelogram
(a) 0.5 units (b) 1 unit (c) 2 units (d) 4 units
93) What is the unit vector perpendicular to the following vectors 2ˆi  2 ˆj  kˆ and 6ˆi  3 ˆj  2kˆ
ˆi  10 ˆj  18 kˆ ˆi  10 ˆj  18 kˆ ˆi  10 ˆj  18 kˆ ˆi  10 ˆj  18 kˆ
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5 17 5 17 5 17 5 17

94) The area of the parallelogram whose sides are represented by the vectors ˆj  3 kˆ and ˆi  2 ˆj  kˆ is
(a) 61 sq.unit (b) 59 sq.unit (c) 49 sq.unit (d) 52 sq.unit
95) The area of the triangle formed by 2ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and ˆi  ˆj  kˆ is
14
(a) 3 sq.unit (b) 2 3 sq. unit (c) 2 14 sq. unit (d) sq. unit
2

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96) The position of a particle is given by r  (i  2 j  k ) momentum P  (3i  4 j  2k ). The angular momentum
is perpendicular to
(a) x-axis (b) y-axis
(c) z-axis (d) Line at equal angles to all the three axes
97) Two vector A and B have equal magnitudes. Then the vector A + B is perpendicular to
(a) A  B (b) A – B (c) 3A – 3B (d) All of these
98) Find the torque of a force F  3ˆi  ˆj  5kˆ acting at the point r  7ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ

(a) 14 ˆi  38 ˆj  16 kˆ (b) 4ˆi  4 ˆj  6 kˆ (c) 21ˆi  4 ˆj  4 kˆ (d)  14 ˆi  34 ˆj  16 kˆ

99) The value of ( A  B) ( A  B) is

(a) 0 (b) A2  B2 (c) B A (d) 2(B  A)

100) A particle of mass m = 5 is moving with a uniform speed v  3 2 in the XOY plane along the line
Y  X  4. The
magnitude of the angular momentum of the particle about the origin is
(a) 60 units (b) 40 2 units (c) Zero (d) 7.5 units
PROBLEMS BASED ON LAMI'S THEOREM

101) P, Q and R are three coplanar forces acting at a point and are in equilibrium. Given P = 1.9318 kg
wt, sin 1  0.9659, the value of R is ( in kg wt)

(a) 0.9659 P 150o Q

2 1
(b) 2
R
(c) 1
1
(d)
2

102) A body is in equilibrium under the action the action of three coplanar forces P, Q and R as shown
in the figure. Select the correct statement
P Q R
(a)  
sin  sin  sin 

P Q R Q 
(b)   P
cos  cos  cos 
 
P Q R R
(c)  
tan  tan  tan 

P Q R
(d)  
sin  sin  sin 

103) If a body is in equilibrium under a set of non-collinear forces, then the minimum number of forces
has to be (a) Four (b) Three (c) Two (d) Five
104) How many minimum number of non-zero vectors in different planes can be added to give zero
resultant
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

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105) A metal sphere is hung by a string fixed to a wall. The sphere is pushed away from the wall by a
stick. The forces acting on the sphere are shown in the second diagram. Which of the following
statements is wrong
(a) P  W tan 
 
(b) T  P W  0

(c) T 2  P2  W 2 P
W
(d) T  P W

106) As shown in figure the tension in the horizontal cord is 30 N. The weight W and tension in the
string OA in Newton are
(a) 30 3 , 30

(b) 30 3 , 60 A
30o
(c) 60 3 , 30
30 N

(d) None of these O

PROBLEMS BASED ON RELATIVE VELOCITY

107) A 150 m long train is moving to north at a speed of 10 m/s. A parrot flying towards south with a
speed of 5 m/s crosses the train. The time taken by the parrot the cross to train would be:
(a) 30 s (b) 15 s (c) 8 s (d) 10 s
108) A swimmer can swim in still water with speed  and the river is flowing with velocity v/2. To
cross the river in shortest time, he should swim making angle  with the upstream. What is the ratio
of the time taken to swim across the shortest time to that is swimming across over shortest distance
(a) cos  (b) sin  (c) tan  (d) cot 
109) The speed of a boat is 5 km/h in still water. It crosses a river of width 1 km along the shortest
possible path in 15 minutes. The velocity of the river water is
(a) 1 km/h (b) 3 km/h (c) 4 km/h (d) 5 km/h
110) A river is flowing from east to west at a speed of 5 m/min. A man on south bank of river, capable
of swimming 10m/min in still water, wants to swim across the river in shortest time. He should
swim
(a) Due north
(b) Due north-east
(c) Due north-east with double the speed of river
(d) None of these
111) A person aiming to reach the exactly opposite point on the bank of a stream is swimming with a
speed of 0.5 m/s at an angle of 1200 with the direction of flow of water. The speed of water in the
stream is (a) 1 m/s (b)0.5 m/s (c) 0.25 m/s (d) 0.433 m/s
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112) A moves with 65 km/h while B is coming back of A with 80 km/h. The relative velocity of B with
respect to A is
(a)80 km/h (b) 60 km/h (c) 15 km/h (d) 145 km/h
113) A man crosses a 320 m wide river perpendicular to the current in 4 minutes. If in still water he can
swim with a speed 5/3 times that of the current, then the speed of the current, in m/min is
(a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) 60.
114) A thief is running away on a straight road on a jeep moving with a speed of 9 m/s. A police man
chases him on a motor cycle moving at a speed of 10 m/s. If the instantaneous separation of jeep
from the motor cycle is 100 m, how long will it take for the policemen to catch the thief
(a) 1 second (b) 19 second (c) 90 second (d) 100 second
115) A bus is moving with a velocity 10 m/s on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the bus
in 100 s. If the bus is at a distance of 1 km from the scooterist, with what velocity should the
scooterist chase the bus
(a) 50 m/s (b) 40 m/s (c) 30 m/s (d) 20 m/s
116) A man can swim with velocity v relative to water. He has to cross a river of width d flowing with
a velocity u (u > v). The distance through which he is carried down stream by the river is x. Which
of the following statement is correct
du
(a) If he crosses the river in minimum time x
v
du
(b) x can not be less than
v
 v 
 sin 1  
(c) For x to be minimum he has to swim in a direction making an angle of 2 u  with the
direction of the flow of water
 v
 sin 1
(d) x will be max. if he swims in a direction making an angle of 2 u with direction of the
flow of water

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
b d b d d c a b c c
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
a b d c c c b a d b
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
d c b a a c d c c c
31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
c c b a b d d a c b
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
b a b a c c c c d d
51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60.
a c d b d b a c d c
61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.
c b c b a a a c a b
71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
c b d d b b b d c c
81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
d b d c c c a b a a
91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
d c c b d a a a d a
101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110.
c a b c d b d b b a
111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116.
c c a d d a, c

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