Fundamentals of Vectors (8.

) The vector that must be added to the vector

(1.) The vector projection of a vector 3ˆ i  4k ˆ on y-axis is ˆ
i  3ˆj  2k ˆ and 3ˆ i  6ˆj  7k ˆ so that the resultant
[RPMT 2004] vector is a unit vector along the y-axis is
(a) 5 (a) 4ˆ i  2ˆj  5k ˆ
(b) 4 ˆ
(b)  4ˆ
i  2ˆj  5k
(c) 3
(d) Zero (c) 3ˆ ˆ
i  4ˆj  5k
(2.) Position of a particle in a rectangular-co-ordinate system (d) Null vector
is (3, 2, 5). Then its position vector will be (9.) How many minimum number of coplanar vectors having
(a) 3ˆ i  5ˆj  2k ˆ different magnitudes can be added to give zero resultant
ˆ (a) 2
(b) 3ˆ
i  2ˆj  5k
(b) 3
(c) 5ˆ ˆ
i  3ˆj  2k (c) 4
(d) None of these (d) 5
(3.) If a particle moves from point P (2,3,5) to point Q (3,4,5).
(10.) A hall has the dimensions 10 m �12 m �2 39 m. A fly
Its displacement vector be
ˆ starting at one corner ends up at a diametrically opposite
(a) ˆ i ˆ j  10k
corner. What is the magnitude of its displacement
(b) ˆ ˆ
i  ˆj  5k (a) 17 m
(c) ˆ
i  ˆj (b) 26 m
ˆ (c) 36 m
(d) 2ˆ
i  4ˆj  6k
(d) 20 m
(4.) A force of 5 N acts on a particle along a direction making
an angle of 60° with vertical. Its vertical component be (11.) 100 coplanar forces each equal to 10 N act on a body.
(a) 10 N Each force makes angle  / 50 with the preceding force.
(b) 3 N What is the resultant of the forces
(c) 4 N (a) 1000 N
(d) 2.5 N (b) 500 N
(5.) If A  3ˆ i  4ˆj and B  7ˆ i  24ˆ j, the vector (c) 250 N
having the same magnitude as B and parallel to A is (d) Zero
(a) 5ˆ i  20ˆ j (12.) The magnitude of a given vector with end points (4, – 4,
0) and (– 2, – 2, 0) must be
(b) 15ˆ
i  10ˆ
j (a) 6
(c) 20ˆ
i  15ˆ
j (b) 5 2
(d) 15ˆ
i  20ˆ
j (c) 4
(6.) Vector A makes equal angles with x, y and z axis. Value (d) 2 10
of its components (in terms of magnitude of A ) will be
 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
A (13.) The expression  i j  is a
(a)  2 2 
3
(a) Unit vector
A (b) Null vector
(b)
2 (c) Vector of magnitude 2
(c) 3A (d) Scalar
3 (14.) Given vector A  2ˆ
i  3ˆ
j, the angle between A and
(d)
A y-axis is
If A  2ˆ ˆ the direction of cosines of the [CPMT 1993]
(7.) i  4ˆ
j  5k
vector A are (a) tan1 3 / 2
2 4 5 (b) tan1 2 / 3
(a) , and
45 45 45 (c) sin1 2 / 3
1 2 3 (d) cos1 2 / 3
(b) , and
45 45 45
(15.) The unit vector along ˆ
iˆ
j is
4 4
(c) , 0 and (a) k̂
45 45
(b) ˆ
i ˆ
j
3 2 5
(d) , and ˆ
45 45 45 i  ˆj
(c)
2
 ˆi  ˆj (a) Displacement
(d) (b) Electric field
2
(c) Acceleration
(16.) A vector is represented by 3ˆ
i ˆ ˆ . Its length in
j  2k
(d) Work
XY plane is [EAMCET (Engg.)
(25.) If a unit vector is represented by 0.5ˆ
i  0.8ˆ ˆ,
j  ck
1994]
(a) 2 then the value of ‘c’ is [CBSE PMT 1999; EAMCET 1994]
(a) 1
(b) 14
(b) 0.11
(c) 10
(c) 0.01
(d) 5
(d) 0.39
(17.) Five equal forces of 10 N each are applied at one point
and all are lying in one plane. If the angles between them (26.) A boy walks uniformally along the sides of a rectangular
are equal, the resultant force will be park of size 400 m× 300 m, starting from one corner to the
[CBSE PMT 1995] other corner diagonally opposite. Which of the following
(a) Zero statement is incorrect [HP PMT 1999]
(b) 10 N (a) He has travelled a distance of 700 m
(c) 20 N (b) His displacement is 700 m
(d) 10 2N
(c) His displacement is 500 m
(d) His velocity is not uniform throughout the walk
(18.) The angle made by the vector A  ˆ
i  ˆj with x- axis is
(27.) The unit vector parallel to the resultant of the vectors
[EAMCET (Engg.) 1999]  
A  4ˆ ˆ
i  3ˆj  6k and B  ˆ
i  3ˆ ˆ
j  8k is
(a) 90°
[EAMCET 2000]
(b) 45°
1 ˆ ˆ)
(c) 22.5° (a) (3i  6ˆj  2k
(d) 30° 7
(19.) Any vector in an arbitrary direction can always be 1 ˆ ˆ)
replaced by two (or three) (b) (3i  6ˆj  2k
7
(a) Parallel vectors which have the original vector as their
1 ˆ ˆ)
resultant (c) (3i  6ˆj  2k
(b) Mutually perpendicular vectors which have the original 49
vector as their resultant 1 ˆ
(d) ˆ)
(3i  6ˆj  2k
(c) Arbitrary vectors which have the original vector as their 49
resultant
(28.) Surface area is [J&K CET 2002]
(d) It is not possible to resolve a vector
(20.) Angular momentum is [MNR 1986] (a) Scalar
(a) A scalar (b) Vector
(b) A polar vector (c) Neither scalar nor vector
(c) An axial vector (d) Both scalar and vector
(d) None of these
(29.) With respect to a rectangular cartesian coordinate system,
(21.) Which of the following is a vector three vectors are expressed as
(a) Pressure   
a  4ˆ
i ˆ
j , b  3ˆ
i  2ˆ
j and ˆ
c  k
(b) Surface tension
(c) Moment of inertia where ˆ
i, ˆ ˆ are unit vectors, along the X, Y and Z-axis
j, k
(d) None of these
  respectively. The unit vectors r̂ along the direction of sum
(22.) If P  Q then which of the following is NOT correct of these vector is [Kerala CET (Engg.) 2003]
(a) P ˆ
ˆ Q
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
  ˆ
(a) r (i  j  k)
(b) | P| | Q| 3
(c) PQˆ  QP ˆ
1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
  ˆ
(b) r (i  j  k)
ˆQ
(d) P  Q  P ˆ
2
(23.) The position vector of a particle is
1ˆ ˆ ˆ
 ˆ ˆ
r  (a cost)i  (a sint) j . The velocity of the (c) rˆ  (i  j  k)
3
particle is [CBSE PMT 1995]
(a) Parallel to the position vector 1 ˆ ˆ ˆ
(d) ˆ
r (i  j  k)
(b) Perpendicular to the position vector 2
(c) Directed towards the origin 
(30.) The angle between the two vectors A  3ˆ ˆ and
i  4ˆj  5k
(d) Directed away from the origin 
B  3ˆ ˆ is
i  4ˆj  5k [DPMT 2000]
(24.) Which of the following is a scalar quantity [AFMC 1998]
 (a) 60°
(b) Zero
(c) 90°
(d) None of these
(31.) The position vector of a particle is determined by the
 ˆ
expression r  3t2ˆ
i  4t2ˆ
j  7k

The distance traversed in first 10 sec is [DPMT 2002]

(a) 500 m
(b) 300 m
(c) 150 m
(d) 100 m
(32.) Unit vector parallel to the resultant of vectors
 
A  4ˆ
i  3ˆ
j and B  8ˆ
i  8ˆ
j will be [BHU 1995]

24ˆ
i  5ˆ
j
(a)
13

12ˆ
i  5ˆ
j
(b)
13

6ˆ
i  5ˆj
(c)
13
(d) None of these
(33.) The component of vector A  2ˆ
i  3ˆ
j along the vector
ˆ
i ˆ
j is [KCET 1997]

5
(a)
2
(b) 10 2

(c) 5 2
(d) 5

(34.) The angle between the two vectors A  3ˆ ˆ
i  4ˆj  5k

and B  3ˆ ˆ will be
i  4ˆj  5k
[Pb. CET 2001]
(a) 90°
(b) 0°
(c) 60°
(d) 45°
Fundamentals of Vectors

1 d 2 b 3 c 4 d 5 d
6 a 7 a 8 b 9 b 10 d
11 d 12 d 13 a 14 b 15 c
16 c 17 a 18 b 19 c 20 c
21 d 22 d 23 b 24 d 25 b
26 b 27 a 28 a 29 a 30 d
31 a 32 b 33 a 34 a

(1.) d
(2.) b
(3.) c
(4.) d
(5.) d
(6.) a
(7.) a
(8.) b
(9.) b
(10.) d
(11.) d
(12.) d
(13.) a
(14.) b
(15.) c
(16.) c
(17.) a
(18.) b
(19.) c
(20.) c
(21.) d
(22.) d
(23.) b
(24.) d
(25.) b
(26.) b
(27.) a
(28.) a
(29.) a
(30.) d
(31.) a
(32.) b
(33.) a
(34.) a
Fundamentals of Vectors

(1.) As the multiple of ĵ in the given vector is zero therefore

this vector lies in XZ plane and projection of this vector on
y-axis is zero.
 102  122  142
(2.) If a point have coordinate (x, y, z) then its position vector
 xˆ
i  yˆ ˆ.
j  zk  100 144 196

(3.) Displacement vector r  xˆ

i  yˆ ˆ
j  zk
 400  20m

ˆ ˆ 
 (3  2)ˆ
i  (4  3)ˆj  (5  5)k i ˆ
j (11.) Total angle = 100  2
50
(4.)
So all the force will pass through one point and all
forces will be balanced. i.e. their resultant will be zero.
(12.)
   ˆ)  (4ˆ ˆ)
r  r2  r1  (2ˆ
i  2ˆj  0k i  4ˆj  0k
 ˆ
 r  6ˆ
i  2ˆj  0k

The component of force in vertical direction

| r | (6)2  (2)2  02  36 4  40  2 10
1
= F cos  F cos60  5   2.5 N 
2 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(13.) P i j
(5.) | B|  7 2  (24)2  625  25 2 2
2 2
Unit vector in the direction of A will be   1   1 
| P |    
ˆ ˆ  2  2 =1
ˆ  3i  4 j
A
   
5  It is a unit vector.
 3ˆ
i  4ˆj  (14.)
So required vector = 25 

ˆi  ˆj
 5  R 1 ˆ 1 ˆ
(15.) R̂    i j
ˆ | R| 2
1 1 2 2 2
 15i  20ˆ
j

R  3ˆ ˆ
i  ˆj  2k
(6.) Let the components of A makes angles  ,  and  (16.)
with x, y and z axis respectively then       Length in XY plane = Rx2  Ry2  32  12
2 2 2
cos   cos   cos   1  10
1 (17.) If the angle between all forces which are equal and lying
 3 cos2   1  cos  in one plane are equal then resultant force will be zero.
3

A (18.) Aˆ
i  ˆj  | A | 12  12  2
 A x  Ay  Az  A cos 
3 Ax 1
 cos    cos45    45
(7.) A  2ˆ ˆ
i  4ˆj  5k | A| 2
| A|  (2)2  (4)2  (5)2  45 (19.)
(20.)

(21.) All quantities are tensors.
2 4 5  
cos  , cos  , cos  (22.) ˆ  QQ
P  Q  PP ˆ
45 45 45 
(23.) r  (a cos t)ˆ
i  (a sin t)ˆ
j
(8.) Unit vector along y axis  ĵ so the required vector 
 dr
 ˆj  [(ˆ ˆ)  (3ˆ
i  3ˆj  2k ˆ)]
i  6ˆj  7k v  a sin tˆi  a cos t ˆj
ˆ
dt
  4ˆ
i  2ˆ
j  5k 
   As r .v  0 therefore velocity of the particle is
(9.) F3  F1  F2 perpendicular to the position vector.
There should be minimum three coplaner vectors having (24.) Displacement, electrical and acceleration are vector
different magnitude which should be added to give zero quantities.
resultant (25.) Magnitude of unit vector = 1
 (0.5)2  (0.8)2  c2  1

By solving we get c  0.11

(26.)

(10.) Diagonal of the hall = l 2  b2  h2

 Displacement AC  AB  BC

AC  (AB)2  (BC)2  (400)2  (300)2  500m

Distance  AB  BC  400 300 700m
(27.) Resultant of vectors A and B
R  A  B  4ˆ ˆˆ
i  3ˆj  6k ˆ
i  3ˆj  8k

R  3ˆ ˆ
i  6ˆj  2k
ˆ
3ˆi  6ˆj  2k ˆ
3ˆi  6ˆj  2k
ˆ R
R   
| R| 2 2
3  6  (2) 2 7

(28.)   B.A . In this formula A is a area vector.

    ˆ
(29.) r  a  b  c  4ˆi ˆj  3ˆ
i  2ˆjk
ˆ
i ˆ ˆ
jk
 ˆ
ˆi  ˆj  k ˆ
ˆi  ˆj  k
r
ˆ
r  
| r| 12  12  (1)2 3

A.B 9  16  25
(30.) cos   =
| A || B | 9  16  25 9  16  25
50
 1  cos  1    cos1(1)
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 ˆ
(31.) r  3t2ˆ
i  4t2ˆj  7k
 ˆ
at t  0 , r1  7k
 ˆ,
at t  10sec, r2  300ˆ
i  400ˆ
j  7k
  ˆ
r  r2  r1  300i  400ˆ
j

 
| r | | r2  r1 |  (300)2  (400)2  500m
(32.) Resultant of vectors A and B
R  A  B  4ˆ
i  3ˆj  8ˆ
i  8ˆj
ˆ
 12i  5 j ˆ

ˆ  R 12ˆ
i  5ˆj 12ˆ
i  5ˆ
j
R  
| R| (12)2  (5)2 13
A.B (2ˆ
i  3ˆj)(ˆ
i  ˆj)  2  3  5
(33.)   
| i  j| 2 2 2
(34.)

A.B (3ˆ ˆ)(3ˆ

i  4ˆj  5k ˆ)
i  4ˆj  5k
cos  
| A || B | 9  16  25 9  16  25
9  16  25
 0
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 cos  0 ,    90