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MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
NET-JRF / GATE (PH)
ASSIGNMENT-1A : VECTOR ALGEBRA
     
1. The angle between the vectors 2iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ and 6. If A  ( B  C )  ( A  B )  C ,then
     
6iˆ  3 ˆj  2kˆ is equal to (a) A.( B  C )  0 (b) ( A  C )  B  0
  
(a) cos 1 (4 /11) (b) sin 1 (4 /11)

(c) C  B  A  0  (d)none
(c) cos 1 (4 / 21) (d) sin 1 (4 / 21) 
 7. If A  0 and both of the conditions

2. ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
Given a  3i  2 j  k , b  i  3 j  5k and ˆ        
A.B  A.C and A  B  A  C satisfies, then

c  2iˆ  ˆj  4kˆ are the sides of    
(a) B  C (b) A  C
(a) an isosceles triangle    
(b) a right angled triangle (c) A  B (d) A  B  C
(c) an equilateral triangle  
8. If a and b are solenoidal in nature,then the value
(d)none of these   
3. The value of the constant ‘m’ for which


of   a  b is equal to 
A  miˆ  ˆj  5kˆ subtends an angle of 600 with  
 (a)  a.b   (b) 0
B  4iˆ  5 ˆj  5kˆ is equal to   
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 
(c) . a  b (d) none of these
(a) (b) 9. The necessary and sufficient condition for a vec-
3 3 
tor r to have constant magnitudeis
41 17 
(c) (d)  dr dr
3 3 (a) r .  0 (b) r 0
dt dt
        
4. If a  b  c  0 and a  3, b  5, c  7, then dr  dr
(c) 0 (d) r 0
  dt dt
the angle between a and b is
  
10. If a , b and c are non-coplaner unit vectors such
(a) cos 1 (15 / 22) (b) cos 1 (225 / 2)
 
   b c
(c)

(d)
 that a  b  c   2

,then the angle between
2 3  
   a and b is
5. If a , b , c be three vectors such that
    
a  b  c  0 ,then (a) (b) 
2
     
(a) a  b  b  c (b) b  c  c  a  3
 
(c) a  b  b  c  c  a (d)none
(c) (d)
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   
11. a  b can be written as 16. The ˆ component of the expression r   in
spherical co-ordinate is
 
   
2 2
(a) a 2b2  a.b (b) a 2b 2  a.b 1  1 
(a)  (b)
sin   sin  
 2 
 
(c) a 2b 2  a.b (d) a b  a.b
2 2
   
  (c) (d) 
12. Suppose m and n are any arbitrary three  

dimentional vectors such that 17. If r  t   2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ, when t  2
  
dm   dn       dr 
 u  n ,then d  m
3

dt
 u  m and
dt dt
n  4iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ, when t  3 , then 2  dt  dt
r .
will be equal to
will be
     

(a) u  m  n  (b) m   u  n  (a) 0 (b) 5
   (c) 10 (d) -9
(c) m.  u  n  (d) none of these 18. A particle moves along the curve
13. A person traveling eastward at a rate of 3km/hr x  2t 2 , y  t 2  4t , z  3t  5 . the component of
finds that wind seems to blow from the north. On its acceleration at t= 1sec in the direction
doubling the speed it apperes to come from north-
east. find the true velcity of the wind? iˆ  3 ˆj  2kˆ , is equal to
(a) 3 2km / hr (b) 3km / hr 2 2
(a) (b) 
14 14
3 16 16
(c) km / hr (d) 2 3km / hr
2 (c) (d) 
14 14
14. If rˆ, ˆ and ˆ are the unit vectors in spherical co- 19. Which of the following relations is true?
     
ordinates then ˆ may be expressed in terms of    
(a) ( A  B ). B  C  C  A  0
        
iˆ, ˆj and kˆ as (b) ( A  B ).  B  C    C  A   ( A.B  C )
2

(a) ˆ   sin  iˆ  cos  ˆj         

(c) ( A  B ).  B  C    C  A   ( A  ( B  C ))
2

(b) ˆ  cos  iˆ  sin  ˆj  sin  sin  kˆ         

(c) ˆ  cos  cos  iˆ  cos  sin  ˆj  sin  kˆ (d) ( A  B ).  B  C    C  A  ( A  ( B  C ))
 
(d) ˆ  cos  cos  ˆj 20.  a  b    a  c   .d is equal to
 
15. If ê is a unit vector making an angle  with the x-   
     
axis, then (a)  a.d   abc  (b)  a  d   abc 
deˆ (c) 0 (d) none
(a) is a unit vector in the direction of ê
d 21. The vector function grad  r n  is solenoidal for the
deˆ values of n
(b) is a uniit vector in the direction of increas
d (a) 0 and 2 (b) -1 and 1
ing  (c) 0 and -1 (d) 0 and -2

deˆ 1  y 
(c) is a uniit vector making sme arbitrary angle 22. If f  tan   ,then the valeue of
d x
with ê div( grad f ) at the point (1,1) is
deˆ (a) 1 (b) -1
(d) is a constant (c) 0 (d) -2
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23. The equation of tangent plane to the surface 31. The temprature T on a surface is given by
xz  x y  z  1 at the point (1,-3,2) is
2 2
T  x 2  y 2  z . In which direction a mosquito
(a) x  3 y  2 z  1 (b) x  3 y  2 z  0 at the point
(4,4,2) on the surface will fly so that it cools fast-
(c) 2 x  y  3 z  1  0 (d) 2 x  y  3 z  1
est?
24. The unit vector normal to the
(a) 8iˆ  8 ˆj  kˆ (b) 8iˆ  8 ˆj  kˆ
surface x 2  y 2  z  1 at the point p 1,1,1 is
      (c) 2iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ (d) 2 iˆ  2 ˆj  kˆ
i  j k 2i  j  k
(a) (b) 32. Scalar potential function f for
3 6 
      F  y 2iˆ  2 xyjˆ  z 2 kˆ is
i 2j k 2i  2 j  k
(c) (d)
6 3 z3 z3
(a) x y   c (b) x y   c
2 2 2
  3 3
25. For a solenoidal vector F , curlcurlcurlcurl F is
equal to z3 z3
(c) xy   c (d) xy   c
2 2
(a) 0 (b)  4 F 3 3
(c) 3 F (d)  2 F 33. A particle moves along the curve x  2t 2  3t ,
 
26. f  r   r is equal to y  3t 3  2t 2  1 and z  t  1 where t is the time,
 then the velocity and acceleration of the particle
r
(a) 0 (b) at t= 2sec are
r  
  (a) v  5iˆ  44 ˆj  kˆ, a  4iˆ  40 ˆj
r r
(c) 2 (d) 3  
r r (b) v  5iˆ  44 ˆj  kˆ, a  4iˆ  40 ˆj
27. The unit tangent vector on the curve  
(c) v  5iˆ  44 ˆj  kˆ, a  4iˆ  40 ˆj
x  t 2  1, y  4t  3, z  2t 2  6t at the point  
(d) v  5iˆ  40 ˆj  kˆ, a  40iˆ  4 ˆj
where t=2 is
34. The equation of a surface of revolution is
2ˆ 2 ˆ 1 ˆ 2ˆ 2 ˆ 1 ˆ
(a) i  j  k (b) i  j  k 3 2 3 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 z  x  y . The unit normal to the sur-
2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2
(c) iˆ  ˆj  kˆ (d) iˆ  ˆj  kˆ  2 
3 3 3 3 3 3
 face at the point A  3 , 0,1 is
28. The curl of a vector field F is 2xˆ . identify the  
 3ˆ 2 ˆ 3ˆ 2 ˆ
appropriate vector field F from the choises given (a) i k (b) i j
below 5 10 5 10
  3ˆ 2 ˆ 3ˆ 2 ˆ
(a) F  2 zxˆ  3 xyˆ  5 yzˆ (b) F  3 zyˆ  5 yzˆ i k i k
(c) (d)
  5 5 5 10
(c) F  3 xyˆ  5 yzˆ (d) F  2 xˆ  5 yzˆ 35. The angle between the two surfaces
29. The equation of the plane that contains the points x 2  y 2  z 2  9 and x 2  y 2  z  3 at the point
P(2,-1,1), Q(3,2,-1), R(-1,3,2) is equal to (2,-1,2) is
(a) 11x  5 y  13 z  30 (b) 11x  6 y  9 z  25 1  8  1  8 

(c) 11x  7 y  9 z  30 (d) 4 x  11 y  3 z  30 (a) sin   (b) cos  

 3 21   21 
30. The unit vector perpendicular to the surface 1  8  1  8 
(c) sin   (d) cos  
x 2  y 2  z 2  11 at the point (4,2,3) is equal to  21   3 21 
(a) 4iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ / 29 (b) 4iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ / 29 36. If the surface ax 2  byz   a  2  x is orthogonal
(c) 4iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ (d) 4iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ to the surface 4 x 2 y  z 3  4 at the point (1,-

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1,2).Then which of the following relations is true mass ‘m’ from any point (x,y)to a neigbhouring
for ‘a’ and ‘b’. point (x+dx,y+dy) is given by
(a) a - b = 4 (b) 2a -b = 4 dW  2 xydx  x 2 dy . The work done for a com-
(c) a = 3b (d) 3a + b = 9
plete cycle around a unit circle,centered at origin,
37. Suppose the temperature at the point (x,y,z) is
is
given by T  xyz . In what direction can you go (a) 0 (b) 1
from the point (1,1,1) to maintain the same tem- (c) 3 (d) 2
perature. 
43. When a force F   2 x  y 2  iˆ   3 y  4 x  ˆj is
(a) iˆ  ˆj  kˆ (b) 2iˆ  ˆj  kˆ
applied on a particle, then it starts to move along a
(c) 2iˆ  ˆj  2kˆ (d) iˆ  ˆj  kˆ right angled triangle PQR having vertices
38. The directon along which there is no change in the P(0,0),Q(2,0),R(2,1) respectively. The amount of
work done by the force is equal to
value of the function f  x, y   e  at the point
x 2  xy
(a) 14/3 (b) -14/3
(3,-2) are equal to (c) 22/3 (d) -22/3
(a) 0.6iˆ  0.8 ˆj , 0.6iˆ  0.8 ˆj 44. Value of the intgral

(b)  0.6iˆ  0.8 ˆj , 0.6iˆ  0.8 ˆj s

x 2 dydz  y 2 dzdx  2 z ( xy  x  y )dxdy ,

(c)  0.6iˆ  0.8 ˆj , 0.6iˆ  0.8 ˆj where ‘s’ is the surface of the cube 0  x  1,

(c) 0.6iˆ  0.8 ˆj , 0.6iˆ  0.8 ˆj 0  y  1 , 0  z  1 is

  (a) 0 (b) 1/2
39. The value of the integral  .dr , where
F (c) 1/3 (d) 1/4
C 45. The value of
  
y2 ˆ x2 ˆ  2 xiˆ  2 yjˆ  2 zkˆ , and ‘S’ is
F i  j and 
S
F . ˆ
nds where F
x2  y 2 x2  y 2
the surface of the sphere x 2  y 2  z 2  a 2 above
C : y  a 2  x 2 is the x-y plane , is
4 4 (a) 2 a 3 (b) 3 a 3
(a)  a (b) a
3 3 (c) 4 a 3 (d) 5 a 3
(c) 4a 3 (d) 4a 3 
46. If A  4 xziˆ  y 2 ˆj  yzkˆ ,then the value of the in-
40. Consider a moving object that can be described  
by the position function tegral  A.ds (where S is the surface of a unit

r (t )  (8t  4.5t )i  ( 2t  10) ˆj ,where t is the
3 ˆ 2 S

time in second. Determine the tangent vector to cube with two opposite corners at (0,0,0) and
the curve at t=2sec . (1,1,1) respectively) is equal to
(a) 1.5 (b) 2
(a) 46iˆ  8 j (b) 46iˆ  8 j (c) -1.5 (d) -2
 
(c) 46iˆ  8 j (d) 46iˆ  8 j 47. Value of the intgral  curlF .ds where
41. A particle moves on a given line parral to X-axis S

with a constant speed v. At a certain time t it is at 

F  2 yiˆ  3 xjˆ   z  x  kˆ and S is the portion
point p on its striaght line path. O is fixed point,then
  of y  11  3 x 2  3z 2 infront of y  5 with orien-
op  v is
(a) dependent on the position of particle tation in the positive y-axis direction.
(b) dependent only on x-cordinate of it’s motion (a) 2 (b) 2
(c)independent of position (c)  (d) 
(d) parallal to the velocity v 
42. The work done by a force in moving a particle of 48. If F  3 xyiˆ  y 2 ˆj , then the value of

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  
A  yiˆ  zjˆ  xkˆ and S is the upper half of the
C F .dr  .......... where C is the curve y  2 x 2 in
the x-y plane from (0,0) to (1,2). sphere x 2  y 2  z 2  1 ,is
 (a) 2 (b) 3
49. If A   3 x 2  6 y  iˆ  14 yzjˆ  20 xz 2 kˆ , then the
  (c) 4 (d) 
value of  A.dr from (0,0,0) to (1,1,1) along the 55. If S is the closed surface enclosing a volume V
following paths: and n̂ is the unit normal vector to the surface and

(i) x  t , y  t 2 , z  t 3 ,is r is the position vector , then the value of the inte-

(a) 5 (b) - 5 gral  r .nds
ˆ is
(c) 3 (d) -3 S

(ii) the straight llines from (a) V (b) 3V

 0, 0, 0   1, 0,0   1,1, 0   1,1,1 , is (c) 2V (d) 4V
(a) 7.65 (b) -7.65 56. Consider a cylinder of height h = 2m and radius a
(c) 0 (d) 2.15 = 1m closed at both ends, centered at the origin.

(iii) the straight line joining (0,0,0) and (1,1,1), is let r  xiˆ  yjˆ  zkˆ be the position vector and n̂
(a) 4.32 (b) -4.32 a unit normal to the surface. the surface integral
(c) 3.25 (d) -3.25 
50.
  
Value of  F .dr , where F  ziˆ  xjˆ  ykˆ and C  r .nds
S
ˆ over the closed surface of the cylinder is
C
(a) 2 (b) 3

is the arc of the curve r  cos t iˆ  sin t ˆj  t kˆ (c) 4 (d) 6

from t  0 to t  2 is 57. If r is the position vector field, then the value of
(a) 2 (b) 3  
surface integral  r .ds , where S is the surface
(c) 4 (d) 6 S

51. The value of   x  y 2  dx   x 2  y  dy  taken z  12, x 2  y 2  25 , is Ax100  , , then value of

C
A is
in the counter-clockwise sence along the closed (a) 2 (b) 3
curve C formed by y 3  x 2 and the straight line (c) 4 (d) 6
y  x , is 58. If the flux of the vector field
(a) 67 (b) - 67 
F  4 xiˆ  2 y 2 ˆj  z 2 kˆ through the surface
(c) 6.7 (d)- 6.7
52. If n̂ is the unit vector drawn outward normal to bounded by the region x 2  y 2  4, z  0, z  3 is
 Ax10  , then value of A is
any closed surface of area ‘S’ , then  .ndV
ˆ , (a) 8.4 (b) 84
V

where V is the volume enclosed by S, has the value (c) 48 (d) 4.8

(a) 5S (b) 2S 59 The flux of the vector field V  r 2 r over the re-
(c) S (d) 3S gion bounded by the surface S of a sphere of ra-
  dius ‘a’ centered at the origin is equal to
The value of 
r .ds 
53. S r 3 , where r is the position vec- (a) 4 a 5 (b) 2 a 5
(c) 2 a 4 (d) 4 a 4
tor and S is a closed surface enclosing the origin is
60. The volume of the portion of the cylinder
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 6 x 2  y 2  4 in the first octant betwee the planes
   z  0 and 3 x  z  0 is
54. Value of the integral  (  A).ds , where (a) 4 (b) 8
S
(c) 5 (d) 9

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61. The work done in moving the particle once round 
V  r 2 cos  rˆ  r 2 cos ˆ  r 2 cos  sin ˆ
x2 y 2 through the surface of sphere x 2  y 2  z 2  R 2 ,
the ellipse   1 , z = 0 under the field of
25 16
 z  0, y  0 , x  0 is Ax  R 4 , then the value of
force given by F   2 x  y  z  iˆ A is
  x  y  z 2  ˆj  3 x  2 y  4 z  kˆ is (a) 1/2 (b) 1/3
(c) 1/4 (d) 1/5
(a) 22 (b) 2.2
  2 x  y 2  dx   x 2  y 2  dy  ,
2
(c) .22 (d) 0.022 68. The value of
C

  xy  x  dx  x dy , where C is the boundary of the surface enclosed

2 2
62. The value of the integral
by x-axis and the curve y  1  x 2  , is
C 1/ 2

where C is the closed curve of the region bounded

(a) 1.33 (b) 3.33
by y  x and x 2  4ay , is
(c) 4.33 (d) 5.33
(a) 5.33a 2 (b) 5.33a 3   
69. The value of  (  F ).ds for
(c) 3.33a 3 (d) 3.33a 2  S

F   3 x  2 y  iˆ  yz 2 ˆj  y 2 zkˆ , where S is up-

  2 xy  x  dx   x  y 2  dy ,
2 2
63. The integral per half surface of the sphere
C

where C is the boundary of the region enclosed x 2  y 2  z 2  1 , z  0 and C is its boundary, is

by y  x 2 and y 2  x described in positive (a) 2 (b) 3
sence, is (c) 4 (d) 5

(a) 2 (b) 0 70. If A    2  sin 2   ˆ   sin  cos ˆ  3zzˆ ,
(c) .2 (d) 1
   
then the value of  A.ds , where S is the portion of
64. The value of  F .dr ,where C is the curve S
C
the cylinder of height 5 and radius 2 in the first
bounded by x 2  y 2  9 , x 2  y 2  16 , x  0 octant is

and F  ziˆ  xjˆ  ykˆ is bx  , then the value of b (a) 10 (b) 30
is (c) 40 (d) 50
(a) 35 (b) 3.5
(c) - 3.5 (d) - 35
  yiˆ  xjˆ   
65. If A  2
x  y2
,then the value of S
( A).ds , ANSWER KEY
where ‘S’ is the surface of paraboloid 1. (c) 2. (b) 3. (a)
z  2   2 x 2  y 2  centered at origin, is
4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (b)
7. (a) 8. (*) 9. (a)
(a) 2 (b) 3 10. (d) 11. (b) 12. (a)
(c) 4 (d) 5 13. (a) 14. (c) 15. (b)
66. Let S be the part of the paraboloid z  9  x 2  y 2 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (b)
19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (c)
that lies above the plane z  5 and
 22. (c) 23. (c) 24. (d)
F  x, y, z    yz , x 2 z , xy  , then the value of 25. (b) 26. (a) 27. (a)
   28. (b) 29. (b) 30. (b)
 (  F ).ds is equal to
S 31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (a)
(a) 20 (b) 20 34. (a) 35. (d) 36. (b)
(c) 10 (d) 10 37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (a)
67. The flux of the vector field 40. (c) 41. (c) 42. (a)

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43. (b) 44. (b) 45. (c)

46. (a) 47. (b) 48. (-1.14 )
49. (a,a,a) 50. (b) 51. (d)
52. (c) 53. (c) 54. (d)
55. (b) 56. (d) 57. (b)
58. (a) 59. (a) 60. (b)
61. (c) 62. (b) 63. (b)
64. (c) 65. (a) 66. (b)
67. (c) 68. (a) 69. (a)
70. (c)

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