Genius Series Maths 11 173 Unit-3 ETEA MCQs

UNIT No. 3 ETEA MCQs

1. If the scalar product of two non-zero vectors ⃗⃗⃗
A and ⃗⃗⃗
B is zero then the magnitude
of their vector product will be: 2010-65 (Eng.)
(a) AB (b) Zero (c) ABsin 𝜃 (d) ABcos 𝜃
⃗⃗ ⃗⃗
2. If the vectors ma⃗⃗ + nb and pa⃗⃗ + qb are parallel, then: 2010-66 (Eng.)
𝐦 𝐧
(a) m = p, n = q (b) m + n = p + q (c) 𝐩 = 𝐪 (d) None
3. The vector product of vector a⃗⃗ by itself is: 2010-19 (Eng.)
(a) 1 (b) Zero (c) −1 (d) Null vector
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
4. Let OP = a⃗⃗ and OQ = b , then PQ = _______ ⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 2010-129 (Eng.)
(a) a⃗⃗ − b ⃗⃗ (b) 𝐛 ⃗⃗⃗ − 𝐚 ⃗⃗ ⃗⃗
(c) a⃗⃗ + b (d) None
5. Let A ⃗⃗⃗ = î + k̂ and B ⃗ = î + ĵ , then the angle between ⃗⃗⃗ A and ⃗⃗⃗
B is: 2011-13 (Eng.)
𝟎 0 0 0
(a) 𝟔𝟎 (b) 75 (c) 45 (d) 30
6. If A ⃗⃗⃗ . B
⃗⃗⃗ = 0 , then A ⃗⃗⃗ × B ⃗⃗⃗ will be equal to: 2011-16 (Eng.)
(a) AB 𝐧 ̂ (b) Zero (c) AB sin 𝜃 n̂ (d) AB cos 𝜃
7. Cosine of the angle between two non- zero vector a⃗⃗ and ⃗b⃗ is: 2011-101 (Eng.)
⃗⃗⃗
⃗⃗⃗ .𝒃
𝒂 |𝑎 ⃗⃗⃗ |
⃗⃗⃗ ||𝑏 ⃗⃗⃗
𝑎 ×𝑏 ⃗⃗⃗
(a) (b) (c) (d) 𝑎 ⃗⃗⃗
⃗⃗⃗ . 𝑏
|𝒂 ⃗⃗⃗ |
⃗⃗⃗ ||𝒃 ⃗⃗⃗
⃗⃗⃗ .𝑏
𝑎 |𝑎 ⃗⃗⃗ |
⃗⃗⃗ ||𝑏
8. ĵ. (k̂ × î) = _________ 2011-107 (Eng.)
(a) 1 (b) î (c) ĵ (d) k̂
9. Magnitude of the vector a⃗⃗ = (î − ĵ) + (ĵ − î) + (k̂ − î) is ____ 2011-144 (Eng.)
(a) √3 (b) √𝟐 (c) 2√2 (d) 2√3
10. Two or more vectors are said to be collinear if they are: 2012-25 (Eng.)
(a) Intersecting the same line (b) Parallel to the same line
(c) Perpendicular to the same line (d) Both (a) and (c)
11. Which one of the following is scalar quantity? 2012-42 (Eng.)
(a) Mass (b) Acceleration (c) Momentum (d) Electric Intensity
12. If a⃗⃗ and b ⃗⃗ are non-collinear vectors then pa⃗⃗ + qb ⃗⃗ = 0⃗⃗ Implies: 2012-101 (Eng.)
(a) p ≠ 0 , q ≠ 0 (b) 𝐩 = 𝐪 = 𝟎 (c) p ≠ 0 , q = 0 (d) p = 0 , q ≠0
⃗⃗
13. Let a⃗⃗ and b be any two vectors and θ be the angle between them, then |b ⃗⃗ | cos θ
is projection of: 2012-122 (Eng.)
⃗⃗⃗
(a) 𝐛 in the direction of 𝐚 ⃗⃗ (b) a⃗⃗ in the direction of ⃗b⃗ (c) ⃗b⃗ is in the
direction of x-axis (d) a⃗⃗ is in the direction of y-axis
14. Which of the following pairs contains one vector and one scalar quantity?
2013-35 (Eng.)
(a) Displacement, Acceleration (b) Force, Kinetic energy
(c) Momentum, Velocity (d) Power, Speed
15. If a⃗⃗ . (b ⃗⃗ + c⃗ ) = a⃗⃗ . ⃗b⃗ + a⃗⃗ . c⃗ , then: 2013-176 (Eng.)
(a) Vector product is distributive over multiplication
(b) Scalar product is distributive over multiplication
(c) vector product is associative over addition
(d) Scalar product is distributive over addition.
16. If a⃗⃗ and ⃗b⃗ are parallel vectors but opposite in direction and θ = 1800 , then
⃗⃗ = __________
a⃗⃗ . b 2013-196 (Eng.)
(a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −𝐚𝐛 (d) ab
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⃗⃗ | = 4 and θ = 600 , then a⃗⃗ . b
17. If |a⃗⃗ | = 3, |b ⃗⃗ = ____ 2013-199 (Eng.)
1 √3
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 2
18. A vector which is used to represent the direction of a given vector is called:
2014-145 (Eng.)
(a) Position vector (b) Unit vector (c) Null vector (d) Zero vector
19. A vector is called zero vector if: 2014-166 (Eng.)
(a) It has magnitude and no arbitrary direction.
(b) It has no magnitude but has arbitrary direction.
(c) It has only magnitude and direction. (d) It has direction only.
⃗⃗
20. Let a⃗⃗ and b be the position vectors of the points A and B. If C divides AB ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ internally
in the ratio p: q, then the position vector 𝑐⃗⃗ of C is given by 2014-174 (Eng.)
⃗⃗⃗ +pa
qb ⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗ +pa
qb ⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗ −pa
qb ⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝐩
⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝐪+𝐛
𝐚
(a) c⃗ = (b) c⃗ = (c) c⃗ = (d) 𝐜⃗⃗ =
q+p q−p q+p 𝐪+𝐩
21. If a⃗⃗ . (b⃗⃗ + c⃗ ) = a⃗⃗ . ⃗b⃗ + a⃗⃗ . c⃗ , then: 2014-175 (Eng.)
(a) Scalar product is distributive over addition.
(b) Scalar product is distributive over multiplication
(c) Vector product is distributive over multiplication.
(d) Vector product is associative over addition.
22. Gives the vectors a⃗⃗ = a1 î + a 2 ĵ + a 3 k̂ and ⃗b⃗ = b1 î + b2 ĵ + b3 k̂, the vector
product a⃗⃗ × b ⃗⃗ , can be written in determinant form as: 2014-176 (Eng.)
î ĵ k̂ î ĵ ̂
k 𝐢̂ 𝐣̂ ̂
𝐤 î ĵ k̂
(a) |a1 b1 a 3 | (b) |a1 b1 b2 | (c) |𝐚𝟏 𝐚𝟐 𝐚𝟑 | (d) |b1 b3 b2 |
a 2 b2 a 3 a 2 b1 b3 𝐛𝟏 𝐛𝟐 𝐛𝟑 a 1 b3 b2

⃗⃗ | = 4 and θ = 600 , then a⃗⃗ . b

23. If |a⃗⃗ | = 3, |b ⃗⃗ = _____ 2014-185 (Eng.)
1 √3
(a) (b) (c) 2 (d) 6
2 2
24. Two vectors A and B are such that A + ⃗⃗⃗
⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗ B = ⃗⃗C⃗ and A2 + B 2 = C 2. If θ is the
angle between positive direction of A ⃗⃗⃗ and B ⃗⃗⃗ , then θ is: 2015-69 (Eng.)
𝝅 𝜋
(a) 0 (b) 𝟐 (c) 3 (d) 𝜋
25. If n̂ is a unit vector in the direction of ⃗⃗⃗
A , then 2015-103 (Eng.)
⃗⃗⃗
𝐀 ⃗⃗⃗ |
|A
̂ = ⃗⃗⃗
(a) 𝐧 (b) ⃗⃗⃗ |A
n̂ = |A ⃗⃗⃗ (c) n̂ = (d) ⃗⃗⃗
n̂ = n̂A
|𝐀 | ⃗⃗⃗
A
26. The initial point of the vector ⃗⃗𝑟 = (−2, −1,2) for the terminal point (4, −1, −2) is:
2015-113 (Eng.)
(a) (2, 1, −2) (b) (−4,1,2) (c) (𝟔, 𝟎, −𝟒) (d) (−6,0,4)
27. Area of triangle having vertices A (2,2,0) , B(−1,0,2) , C(0,4,3) is: 2015-114 (Eng.)
𝟏𝟓
(a) 30 (b) 15 (c) 𝟐
(d) 16
28. For any two vectors a⃗⃗ and b ⃗⃗ making an angle θ between them, then a⃗⃗ . b
⃗⃗ = 0, if
and only if: 2015-146 (Eng.)
π
(a) a⃗⃗ ⊥ ⃗b⃗ (b) θ = 2 (c) Either a⃗ = 0 or ⃗b⃗ = 0 (d) All of the above
29. In three dimensional space, two vectors are said to be collinear if they lie:
2015-129 (Eng.)
(a) Along the same line (b) Along different lines
(c) Above the line (d) Below the line
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30. If |A ⃗⃗⃗ | = |B ⃗⃗⃗ |, then what is the angle between A ⃗⃗⃗ + B⃗⃗⃗ and A ⃗⃗⃗ − B
⃗⃗⃗ ?
2016-3 (Eng.)
(a) 00 (b) 450 (c) 600 (d) 𝟗𝟎𝟎
31. Speed of a vector function v ̂
⃗⃗ = 2î − 3ĵ + 4k, is: 2016-24 (Eng.)
(a) 5 (b) 29 (c) 1 (d) √𝟐𝟗
⃗⃗
32. Two vectors a⃗⃗ and b are called collinear if: 2016-46 (Eng.)
(a) 𝐚⃗⃗ = 𝐤𝐛 ⃗⃗⃗ (for any scalar k) (b) Parallel to each other (c) a⃗⃗ + b ⃗⃗ = 0
⃗ (d)
a⃗⃗ ≠ kb ⃗⃗
33. Let n̂ be the unit vector orthogonal to both a⃗⃗ and b ⃗⃗ ,then n
⃗ =? 2016-74 (Eng.)
⃗⃗⃗
⃗⃗⃗ × 𝐛
𝐚
(a) a⃗⃗ × ⃗b⃗ (b) a⃗⃗ . ⃗b⃗ (c) (d) a⃗⃗ − ⃗b⃗
⃗⃗⃗ × ⃗⃗⃗
|𝐚 𝐛 |

34. For what value of m the angle between a⃗⃗ = mî + ĵ − k̂ and b ⃗⃗ = î + mĵ − k̂ is 𝜋?
3
2016-106(Eng.)
1
(a) 1 (b) (c) 0 (d) 2
4
35. For Two vectors a⃗⃗ and b it holds that a⃗⃗ . ⃗b⃗ = |a⃗⃗ ||⃗b⃗ | cos θ, then it holds that
⃗⃗
|a⃗⃗ | = √a⃗⃗ . ⃗b⃗ for a⃗⃗ = ⃗b⃗ if and only if: 2017-138 (Eng.)
(a) When 𝐚 ⃗⃗ and 𝐛 are parallel (b) When a⃗⃗ and ⃗b⃗ are perpendicular
⃗⃗⃗
(c) When a⃗⃗ and b ⃗⃗ are in opposite direction
(d) When a⃗⃗ and ⃗b⃗ are parallel but opposite in direction
36. If |a⃗⃗ + b ⃗⃗ | = |a⃗⃗ − b ⃗⃗ | for two non-zero vectors a⃗⃗ and b ⃗⃗ , then it holds that:
2017-195 (Eng.)
(a) 𝐚 ⃗⃗ and ⃗⃗⃗ 𝐛 are perpendicular (b) a⃗⃗ and ⃗b⃗ are parallel
(c) a⃗⃗ and ⃗b⃗ are coplanar (d) a⃗⃗ and ⃗b⃗ are non-coplanar
37. If a, b, c are the three non-zero vectors, then the expression a.(b.c) is:
2018-130 (Eng.)
(a) Scalar triple product (b) Volume of parallelepiped
(c) Dot product (d) Meaningless
38. A vector can be multiplied by a number. The number may be: 2019-72 (Eng.)
(a) Dimensionless (b) Dimension scalar
(c) Negative (d) All (a),(b),(c) are correct
39. The scalar triple product of î − ĵ, ĵ − k̂ and k̂ − î is: 2019-149 (Eng.)
(a) 1 (b) 0 (c) −1 (d) 3
40. Which of the following statement is incorrect for vectors? 2019-119 (Eng.)
(a) |AB ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ | = |BA ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ | (b) AB ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = AB
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
(c) AB⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = −AB ⃖⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ (d) 𝐀𝐁⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 = 𝐀𝐁 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡
⃗ ⃗ ⃗
41. For three vectors a⃗, b and c, if a⃗. (b + c) = b. (a⃗ − c), then? 2019-150 (Eng.)
(a) a⃗. (b ⃗ + c) = 0 (b) 𝐜. (𝐚⃗ + 𝐛) = 𝟎 (c) ⃗b. (a⃗ + c) = 0 (d) c. (a⃗ − ⃗b) = 0
42. For non-collinear vectors a⃗ and b ⃗ , the correct result is: 2019-151 (Eng.)
⃗
(a) pa⃗ + qb = 0, p ≠ 0, q ≠ 0 (b) 𝐩𝐚 ⃗ + 𝐪𝐛 = 𝟎, 𝐩 = 𝟎, 𝐪 = 𝟎
⃗
(c) pa⃗ + qb ≠ 0, p = 0, q = 0 (d) pa⃗ + qb ⃗ ≠ 0, p ≠ 0, q ≠ 0