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1. ADDTION AND SUBSTRACTION OF VECTORS

1. A vector remains unchanged if

(A) it is multiplied by a arbitrary scalar (B) it is rotated by an arbitrary angle
(C) it is translated parallel to itself (D) it is added to an identical vector

2. The resultant of A and B make an angle of 1 and with A and 2 with B . Then
(A) 1  2 (B) 1  2 if A  B (C) 1  2 if A  B (D) 1  2 if A = B

3. Which of the sets given below may represent magnitudes of three vectors which may add to zero?
(A) 4, 5, 12 (B) 2, 3, 8 (C) 2, 5, 3 (D) 4, 3, 10

4. Vector A points eastwards and B points north wards. Then direction of vector A + B may be
(A) 30o E of North (B) 20o S of West (C) 40o E of South (D) 80o North of West

5. If C = A + B , then
(A) C is always less than A (B) C may be greater than A

(C) C is always greater than A + B (D) C can never be equal to A + B

2. RESOLUTION OF VECTORS & UNIT VECTORS

1. Resultant of all the component of a vector gives rise to

(A) a vector twice in magnitude of the vector (B) a null vector
(C) a vector opposite to the vector considered (D) the vector itself

2. If angle between two vectors A and B is 130o and its resultant is 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

3. The y–component of resultant of several vectors

(A) is equal to sum of the y–component of the vectors
(B) is always smaller than the sum of magnitudes of the vectors
(C) is always greater than the sum of magnitudes of the vectors
(D) is always equal to sum of x–components of the vectors

4. a = 4 ˆi + 3 ˆj . Then unit vector in direction of a is

4 ˆi − 3 ˆj 3 ˆi − 4 ˆj 4 ˆi + 3 ˆj
(A) (B) î (C) (D)
5 5 5

5. If A and B are two vectors each of magnitude 5 units. If they are inclined with the x–axis at angles of 30o and 90o
respectively, their resultant will be
5 3 ˆ 5ˆ 5 3 ˆ 5ˆ 5 3 ˆ 15 ˆ 5 5 3 
(A) i+ j (B) i− j (C) i+ j (D) ˆi +  + 5  ˆj
2 2 2 2 2 2 
2  2 


6. If a = 3 ˆi − 4 ˆj and b = −4 ˆi + 3 ˆj then, a + b is equal to

(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12

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A y
7. Magnitude of y–component of vector OA is
5 5 5 3 5 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) 60
o
2 2 2 3
O x

8. Two vectors have magnitude of 4 units and 7 units respectively. If the magnitude of their resultant is 3 units then the
angle between them is
(A) 90o (B) 45o (C) 0o (D) 180o

9. If a is a vector of magnitude 4 units due East. Then vector −3a is

(A) 12 units due west (B) 4 units due west (C) 8 units due north (D) 8 units due west

10. An room has length and width as 4m and 3m and is 5m high. If an insect flies from a bottom corner of the room to the
diagonally opposite corner on the top of the room, then taking the bottom corner as origin and length as x–axis, width as
y–axis and vertical height as z–axis, the displacement vector of the insect will be
(A) 5 ˆi + 4 ˆj + 3kˆ (B) 5 ˆi − 4 ˆj + 5kˆ (C) 4 ˆi + 5 ˆj − 3kˆ (D) 4 ˆi + 3 ˆj + 5kˆ

3. POLYGON LAW

1. Two vector have magnitude of 4 unit and 6 unit. If their resultant has a magnitude of 8 units, then angle between the two
vectors is
 1 3 2
(A) 60o (B) cos−1   (C) cos−1   (D) cos−1  
 
4  
4 3

2. A man walks 4 km eastwards, then turns leftwards and walks 1 km and then makes a right turn and runs 2 km and then
stops. The displacement of the man will be
 1
(A) 37 km at tan−1   north of east (B) 6 km at north–east direction
6
 1  1
(C) 37 km at tan−1   east of north (D) 37 km at tan−1   north of east
3 2

3. Two vectors a and b have magnitude of 10 and 5 and angle between them is 60 o. a − b will be
10
(A) 7.5 (B) (C) 5 2 (D) 5 3
3
4. a and b are two vectors with magnitude of 20 and 25 respective. The angle between them is 37 o. The angle between
 3
a + b and a will be sin37o = 
 5
 3  3 2
(A) tan−1   (B) tan−1   (C) 45o (D) tan−1  
4 8 3

5. a, b and c are three vectors which form three sides of a rectangle when placed in the same order.
a = 12 and b = 8 . The magnitude of (a + b + c) will be
(A) 12 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 6

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4. DOT PRODUCT

1. Two vectors have magnitude of 3 units and 4 units. The angle between them is 60 o. The scalar product of the two vectors
will be
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 1

2. Dot product of two vectors a and b is positive. Then the angle between the two vectors must be
(A) greater than 90o (B) less than 90o (C) equal to 90o (D) data insufficinet

3. Two vectors a and b are a = 2 ˆi + ˆj + 3k and b = ˆi + 2jˆ − 3k . The angle between the two vectors will be
 −5   −5   4   −2 
(A) cos −1   (B) cos−1   (C) cos −1   (D) cos−1  
 28   14   35   5 

4. If A and B are two vectors then, the value of a  (b  c) will be

(A) a  b + a  c (B) a  b − a  c (C) a  b + c
(D) the expression a  (b  c) is invalid

5. If two vectors a and b are a = 2 ˆi + ˆj + 4k and b = ˆi + 3jˆ + ck . The value of c such that a  b = 0 will be
5 4 5 3
(A) (B) (C) – (D) −
4 5 4 8

6. If a  b = a  c for 3 vectors a, b, c , then it implies that

(A) angle between a and c must be same as angle between a and b
(B) b must be equal to c
(C) b must be parallel to c (D) magnitude of a may be zero

7. If a = 2 ˆi + ˆj, b = 3 ˆi + 4jˆ and c = 2iˆ + 5jˆ , then a  (b + c) will be

(A) 16 (B) – 8 (C) 19 (D) 28

8. If a + b + c = 0 and c = 10 units. Then, (a + b)  c will be

(A) 80 (B) 200 (C) –100 (D) –40

9. If a = 2 ˆi + 4j,
ˆ and b = K ˆi − 6jˆ are two vectors which are perpendicular to each other, then value of K is
(A) 8 (B) –12 (C) 24 (D) –18

10. If a = 4 ˆi + 3j,
ˆ and b = 5 ˆi + 2jˆ then the magnitude of component of a along b will be
26 14 26 26
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 29 5 29

5. CROSS PRODUCT

1. A vector A is pointing vertically downwards and B is pointing towards north. The cross product A  B is
(A) along east (B) along west (C) zero (D) vertically upwards

2. The magnitude of cross product of two vectors A and B

(A) is always equal to A B (B) may be greater than A B

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(C) may be less than A B (D) can never be equal to A B

3. If a = 2 ˆi and b = −5 ˆj then a  b is
(A) 10 kˆ (B) 10 (C) – 10 kˆ (D) 10 ˆi

4. If a = 2 ˆi + 4jˆ + 3kˆ and b = 3 ˆi + 2jˆ + kˆ , then a  b is

(A) −2 ˆi + 7jˆ − 8kˆ (B) 4 ˆi − 7jˆ + 3kˆ (C) ˆi − 4jˆ + 8kˆ (D) 2 ˆi − 7jˆ + 3kˆ

5. For two vectors a and b , a  b may be equal to b  a when

(A) a and b are parallel to each other (B) angle between a and b is an acute angle
(C) a and b are mutually perpendicular (D) angle between a and b is an abtuse angle

6. The value of A  (A  B) for two vectors A and B will be

2
(A) (A  A)  B (B) 2 A  B (C) A  B + A (D) zero

7. If a, b and c are mutually perpendicular vectors, then C  (A  B) will be equal to

(A) C  A + C  B (B) (C  A)B + (C  B)A (C) C  (A  B) + C  (A  B) (D) zero

8. If a = 4 ˆi − 5jˆ and b = 2 ˆi + 3jˆ c = 7kˆ then c  (a  b) will be

(A) 2iˆ + ˆj − kˆ (B) 3iˆ − ˆj + 5kˆ (C) zero (D) 5iˆ + 2jˆ − 3kˆ

9. If two of the adjacent sides of a parallelogram are represented by vectors a = 2 ˆi + 3jˆ − kˆ and b = ˆi + 2jˆ + 4kˆ . The area
of the parallelogram will be
(A) 392 (B) 278 (C) 92 (D) 184

10. If two of the adjacent sides of a triangle are represented by vectors a = 2i + ˆj and b = i + 2jˆ . Then area of triangle will
be
(A) 5 units (B) 25 units (C) 1.5 units (D) 9 units

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ANSWERS

1. ADDTION AND SUBSTRACTION OF VECTORS

1. C
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. B

2. RESOLUTION OF VECTORS & UNIT VECTORS

1. D
2. B
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. D
9. A
10. D

3. POLYGON LAW
1. B
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. C

4. DOT PRODUCT

1. C
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. C

5. CROSS PRODUCT
1. A
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. A
6. D
7. D
8. C
9. B 10. C

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