Vectors

Session Assignment – 1
Topics: Class: 11
Measurement

1. Select the quantity that is not a vector.

(a) Acceleration
(b) Velocity
(c) Volume
(d) Force
Answer: (c)
Solution:
Volume is a scalar quantity

2. Which of the following is a vector quantity?

(a) Work
(b) Power
(c) Momentum
(d) Pressure
Answer: (d)
Solution:
Direction need to be specified only for momentum (in these options)

3. If A  B then which of the following is correct?

(a) Aˆ  Bˆ
(b) A  – B
(c) A – Bˆ  Bˆ – A
(d) A  B  Aˆ  Bˆ
Answer: (a)
Solution:
Vectors are equal only when their magnitudes as well as directions are equal.

4. Position of a particle in a rectangular coordinate system is (1, –2, 7). Then its position
vector will be
(a) iˆ  2 ˆj  7 kˆ
(b) iˆ – 2 ˆj  7 kˆ
(c) 7iˆ – 2 ˆj  kˆ
(d) 3iˆ  3 ˆj  3kˆ
Answer: (b)
Solution:
1, –2 and 7 represent the x, y and z components respectively.
  1 ˆ 1 ˆj  is a
5. The expression  i– 
 2 2 
(a) Unit vector
(b) Null vector
(c) Vector of magnitude 2
(d) Scalar
Answer: (a)
Solution:
Magnitude of this vector is unity

6. A force of 100N is acting on a body and its component along X-axis is 50 N. Find the
vertical component of force
(a) 50 N
(b) 100 N
(c) 50 3 N
(d) 80 N
Answer: (c)
Solution:
100  502  x2  x2  7500  x  50 3

7. A force of 10 N acts on a particle placed on an incline along a direction making an angle

of 30° with the normal to the plane. The component of force along the normal is:
(a) 10 N
(b) 5 N
(c) 3 N
(d) 5 3 N
Answer: (d)
Solution:
F cos 30  10  cos 30  5 3N

8. The angle made by the vector A  iˆ – ˆj with x-axis is

(a) –90°
(b) –45°
(c) –22.5°
 (d) –30°
Answer: (b)
Solution:
Acute angle in the fourth quadrant.

9. If A  3iˆ – 4 ˆj  5kˆ the direction of cosines of the vector A are

3 2 1
(a) , – and
50 25 10
3 2 2 1
(b) ,– and
5 2 5 2
2 2 2 2
(c) , 0 and
5 5
3 2 2 1
(d) , and
5 2 5 2
Answer: (b)
Solution:
A  32  (–4) 2  52  50  5 2
Ax 3 Ay 4 2 2 Az 5 1
 ; – – ;  
A 5 2 A 5 2 5 A 5 2 2

10. If a body has a velocity such that, vx, vy and vz are respectively, 1 m/s, –1 m/s and 1 m/s,
then the angle made by its unit vector with the x – axis is:
1
(a) cos –1
3
(b) 0°
1
(c) cos –1
3
(d) 60°
Answer: (c)
Solution:
vx 1 1
cos    
vx2  v y2  vz2 12  (–1)2  12 3
11. A boy runs around a park and completes exactly 5 rounds. The track around the park is 400
m. The displacement of the boy is a:
(a) vector with magnitude 400 m
(b) null vector
(c) vector with magnitude 2000 m
(d) unit vector
Answer: (b)
Solution:
Displacement is zero as all the rounds are completed

12. The acceleration of a body in motion at an instant is 5 m/s2 making an angle 30° with the
y-axis. The instantaneous unit vector of this acceleration is:
(a) iˆ
(b) j
(c) k̂
(d) 1 m/s2, making an angle 30° with the y-axis
Answer: (b)
Solution:
Unit vector corresponding to a vector will be in the same direction as the vector