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Subject: Physics Topic: Vectors

Maximum Marks: 160 Time: 2 Hrs. Date: 15/05/2017

This test paper contains 40 questions.


1. Q(1-30) are single choice. Marking scheme ( +4 for right, -1 for wrong)
2. Q(31-40) are more than one correct options. ( +4 for right, -1 for wrong)

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) 0 . 4ˆi  0 . 8 ˆj  ckˆ represents a unit vector when c is
(a) – 0.2 (b) 0.2 (c) 0 .8 (d) 0
3) 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
4) 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

5) 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°
6) 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

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


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

8) Find the resultant of three vectors OA, OB and OC shown in the following figure. Radius of the circle is R.

(a) 2R
(b) R(1  2 )

(c) R 2

(d) R ( 2  1)

9) 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 )    2   x2  y2   x2  y2 
   x y     

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

(a) AO

(b) 2 AO

(c) 4 AO

(d) 6 AO
11) 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) A right angled triangle (d) No triangle
12) For the fig.
(a) AB C
C
(b) BC  A B

(c) CAB
A
(d) ABC  0

13) 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
14) 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
15) 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

16) 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)

17) 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 )

18) 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
19) 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

20) 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
21) The angle between two vectors  2ˆi  3 ˆj  kˆ and ˆi  2 ˆj  4 kˆ is
(a) 0° (b) 90° (c) 180° (d) None of the above
ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
22) Two constant forces F1  2i  3 j  3k (N) and F2  i  j  2k (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
ˆ ˆ
23) The area of the parallelogram represented by the vectors A  2i  3 j and B  i  4 j is ˆ ˆ

(a) 14 units (b) 7.5 units (c) 10 units (d) 5 units


24) 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
25) 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°
26) What is the angle between ( P  Q) and (P  Q )
 
(a) 0 (b) (c) (d) 
2 4

27) The position vectors of points A, B, C and D are A  3ˆi  4 ˆj  5kˆ , B  4ˆi  5 ˆj  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°

28) 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

29) 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
(b) 2  
(c) 1
1
(d)
2

30) 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
(b)   
cos  cos  cos 
 
P Q R
(c)  
tan  tan  tan 
P Q R
(d)  
sin  sin  sin 

Multiple Correct Questions-

31) Which of the following represent vector


a) (b) (c) (d)
32) If resultant of two non-zero vectors then
a) can lie in a plane perpendicular to the plane containing
b) must be perpendicular to
c) must lie in the plane containing
d) can’t be resolved in terms of
33) 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
34) Two vectors P  2ˆi  bˆj  2kˆ and Q  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ will be
(a) parallel if b=2 (b) parallel if b= - 4 (c) perpendicular if b= -2 (d) perpendicular if b= -4

35) A particle is simultaneously acted by two forces equal to 4 N and 2 N. The net force on the particle can be
(a)6 N (b) 4 N (c) 2 N (d) 1 N
36) Let the angle between two nonzero vectors be 1200 and its resultant be .
(a) | | must be equal to | | (b) | | must be less than | |
(b) | | must be greater than | | (d) if | |=| | then
37) 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 can never be equal to A + B


38) Consider three vectors:

A  3iˆ  3 ˆj  2kˆ

B  2iˆ  4 ˆj  2kˆ

C  2iˆ  3 ˆj  1kˆ
  
(a) A ( B  C )  0
  
(b) A( B C )  52 .
  
(c) A( B  C )  23
  
(d) A(B  C) 11î  9ĵ 3k̂ .

39) The dot product of two vector may be


a)Greater than AB b) equal to AB (c)less than AB (d) equal to zero

40) The x-component of the resultant of several vectors


a)is equal to the sum of the x-components of the vectors
b) may be smaller than the sum of the magnitudes of the vectors
c)may be greater than the sum of the magnitudes of the vectors
d) may be equal to the sum of the magnitudes of the vectors

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