VECTORS

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Two forces, each of magnitude F have a resultant of the same magnitude F. Find the angle between the
two forces ?
2. There are two vectors having magnitude 3 units and 4 units respectively
(a) What should be the resultant if angle between them is 60°
(b) What should be the angle between them if the magnitude of resultant is (i) 1 unit (ii) 5 units?
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3. The magnitude of vector A, B and C are respectively 12, 5 and 13 units and A  B  C then find the
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angle between A and B ?
4. 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
5. If two vectors magnitudes are in ratio 3:5,angle b/w them is 60° and their resultant is 28 units.find the
magnitudes of these vectors?
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6. If A  B  A  B , find the angle between A and B ?
7. The magnitude of a vector A is 10 units and it makes an angle of 30º with the X-axis. Find the
components of the vector if it lies in the X-Y plane.
8. A body of mass 5kg is attached vertically to a string .Find the force exerted on a body horizontally if it
comes to at rest at an angle of 60° with the vertical?
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9. Two vector are given by A  ˆi  2jˆ  2kˆ and B  3iˆ  6jˆ  2kˆ . Another vector C has the same
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magnitude as B but has the same direction as A. Find C ?
10. What vector must be added to the vector ˆi  3jˆ  2kˆ and 3iˆ  6ˆj  7kˆ so that the resultant vector is a
unit vector along the y-axis.
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11. If the sum of two unit vectors A and B is also equal to a unit vector, find the magnitude of the vector
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A  B.
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12. Find the angle between two vectors A  2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ and B  ˆi  kˆ .
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13. The vector P  aiˆ  ajˆ  3kˆ and Q  aiˆ  2ˆj  kˆ are perpendicular to each other. Find the positive value
of a ?
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14. The angle subtended by the vector A  4iˆ  3jˆ  12kˆ with the x-axis is
 3  4  4  3
(a) sin 1   (b) sin 1   (c) cos1   (d) cos1  
 13   13   13   13 
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15. If A  3iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ and B  2iˆ  2ˆj  4kˆ then Find the value of A  B ?

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16. If A  B = A  B , then angle between A and B will be?
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17. If A  B , then the value of A  B is
1/2
 AB  1/2 1/2
(a)  A 2  B2   (b) A = B (c)  A 2  B2  3AB  (d)  A 2  B2  AB 
 3
18. Find the unit vector of 3iˆ  4ˆj  k.
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19.    
What is the angle between ˆi  ˆj and ˆi  ˆj ?
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20. What should be the angle  between two vectors A and B for their resultant R to be maximum?
21. Two forces 5 and 10 kg wt are acting with an inclination of 120° between them. What is the angle
which the resultant makes with 10 kgwt?
22. If 0.4iˆ  0.8ˆj  kˆ is a unit vector, then find the value of ?
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23. A vector A has magnitude 2 and another vector B have magnitude 3 and is perpendicular to each
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other. By vector diagram find the magnitude of 2A  B and show its direction in the diagram.

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24. Find a unit parallel to the resultant of the vectors A  2iˆ  3jˆ  4kˆ and B  3iˆ  5jˆ  k.
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25. Prove that the vectors A  3iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ , B  iˆ  5jˆ  kˆ and C  4iˆ  2ˆj  6k,
ˆ can form a triangle.
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26. For a point P (2, 4, –5) in a three dimensional co-ordinate system, find (a) the position vector r of point
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P. (b) r
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27. The x and y components of vector A are 4 m and 6 m, respectively. If the x and y components of
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vector A  B are 10 m and 9 m, respectively, calculate
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(a) x and y components of vector B .
(b) its length and
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(c) the angle made by vector B with the x-axis.
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28. r and Q are two perpendicular vectors, having the magnitudes of 5 and 7 units. Find the magnitudes
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and directions of P  Q and P  Q by graph.
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29. The magnitudes of two mutually perpendicular vectors P and Q are 2 and 3 respectively. Draw vector
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diagram of 2P  Q and find its magnitude.
30. S N and 12 N forces are acting at a point, perpendicular to each other. Draw vector diagram and find
the magnitude of their resultant.
31. Prove that the rectangular components of two equal vectors must be equal to each other.
32. Two vectors acting on opposites directions have a resultant of 10 units. If they act at right angle to each
other, the resultant is 50 units. Calculate the magnitude of two vectors.
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33.    
At what angle two forces a  b and a  b act, so that their resultant is 3a 3  b2 .

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

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1. If A  iˆ  ˆj and B  ˆi  k,
ˆ the angle between A and B is
(a) zero (b) 180° (c) 60° (d) 90°
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2. If A  3iˆ  4ˆj  kˆ and B  4ˆj  piˆ  kˆ for what value of p, A and B will be collinear?
(a) 3 (b) – 3
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(c)  (d) A and B cannot be collinear
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3. If A  B  A . B , then angle between A and B will be
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
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4. If A and B are perpendicular vectors and vector A  5i  7 j  3k and B  2iˆ  2ˆj  akˆ . The value of a
is
(a) – 2 (b) 8 (c) – 7 (d) – 8
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5. 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
6. If A  3iˆ  4ˆj and B  7iˆ  24ˆj, the vector having the same magnitude as B and parallel to A is
(a) 5iˆ  20ˆj (b) 15iˆ  10ˆj (c) 20iˆ  15jˆ (d) 15iˆ  20ˆj
7. The vector that must be added to the vector ˆi  3jˆ  2kˆ and 3iˆ  6ˆj  7kˆ so that the resultant vector is a
unit vector along the y-axis is
(a) 4iˆ  2ˆj  5kˆ (b) 4iˆ  2ˆj  5kˆ (c) 3iˆ  4ˆj  5kˆ (d) Null vector
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8. The magnitude of vector A, B and C are respectively 12, 5 and 13 units and A  B  C then the angle
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between A and B is
(a) 0 (b)  (c) / 2 (d) / 4
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9. Given that A  B  C and that C is  to A . Further if | A | = | C |, then what is the angle between A
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and B
  3
(a) radian (b) radian (c) radian (d)  radian
4 2 4
10. 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
11. 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 (c) 60 3 , 30 (d) None of these

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12. 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

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(a) PW tan  (b) T  P  W = 0 (c) T 2  P 2  W 2 (d) T P  W

ANSWERS
SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
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18. Direction 19. 6 20. tan 1   21. 1
x
22. a = b 23. a 2  b2  c2 24. null vector 25. Coplanar
Q sin 
26. tan 1 27. 37° 28. 8.6 units 29. 5 units.
P  Q cos 
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30. OC  6.5 cm 32. 40 units 33. 60°

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (d)
5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (c)
9. (c) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (d)

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