Class 11

Educellence Institute VECTOR - ASSIGNMENT

LEVEL 1
8. Two vectors have magnitudes 3 unit and 4
1. A force of 6 kg and another of 8 kg can be unit respectively. What should be the angle
applied together to produce the effect of a single between them if the magnitude of the resultant
force of- is -
(A) 1kg (B) 11kg (i) 1 unit (ii) 5 unit (iii) 7 unit
(C) 15 kg (D) 20 kg (A) 180º, 90º, 0º
(B) 80º, 70º, 0º
2. If the magnitudes of the vectors A, B and C (C) 90º, 170º, 50º
are 6, 8, 10 units respectively and if A + B = (D) None of these
C, then the angle between A and C is -
(A) /2 (B) arc cos (0. 6) 9. In a two dimensional motion of a particle, the
particle moves from point A, position vector r1
(C) arc tan (0.75) (D) /4
to point B position vector r2. If the magnitude
of these vector are respectively r1 = 3 and r2 =
3. Angle between (P + Q) and (P – Q) will be-
4 and the angle they make with the x-axis are
(A) 0º only
1=75º,2=15º respectively, then magnitude of
(B) 90º only the displacement vector is-
(C) 180º only
(A) 3 (B) 13 (C) 5 (D) 1
(D) between 0º and 180º
(both the values inclusive)
10. A blind person after walking 10 steps in one
4. What is the resultant of three coplanar forces: direction, each of length 80 cm, turns randomly
to the left or to the right by 90º. After walking
300 N at 0°, 400 N at 30º and 400 N at 150º ?
a total of 40 steps the maximum possible
(A) 500 N (B) 700 N
displacement of the person from his starting
(C) 1100N (D) 300 N
position could be -
(A) 320 m (B) 32 m
5. A child pulls a box with a force of 200 N at an
(C) 16/ 2 m (D) 16 2 m
angle of 60º above the horizontal. Then the
horizontal and vertical components of the force 11. If the angle between vector a and b is an
are- acute angle, then the difference a – b is -
F
(A) 100 N, 175 N 60º (A) the main diagonal of the parallelogram
(B) 86.6 N, 100 N (B) the minor diagonal of the parallelogram
(C) 100 N, 86.6 N (C) any of the above
(D) 100 N, 0 N (D) none of the above

12. For the figure –

6. The value of a unit vector in the direction of
(A) A + B = C
(B) B + C = A
C B
vector A = 5 î – 12 ĵ , is -
(C) C + A = B
(A) î (B) ĵ (D) A + B + C = 0 A
(C) ( î  ˆj) / 13 (D) (5 î – 12 ĵ )/13 13. The resultant of two vectors A and B is
perpendicular to the vector A and its magnitude
is equal to half the magnitude of vector B.
7. Two forces of 4 dyne and 3 dyne act upon a body.
The angle between A and B is -
The resultant force on the body can only be –
(A) 120º
(A) more than 3 dynes (B) 150º R
(B) more than 4 dynes (C) 135º B
(C) between 3 and 4 dynes (D) None of these
A
(D) between 1 and 7 dynes

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14. Which of the sets given below may represent  

22. The vector sum of two vectors A and B is
the magnitudes of three vectors adding to zero?
maximum, then the angle  between two vectors is
(A) 2, 4, 8 (B) 4, 8, 16
(A) 0º (B) 30º
(C) 1, 2, 1 (D) 0.5, 1, 2
(C) 45º (D) 60º
15. The forces, each numerically equal to 5 N, are
   
acting as shown in the Figure. Find the angle 23. If P  Q  P  Q and  is the angle between
between forces?  
(A) 60 P and Q , then
(B) 120 5N
(A)  = 0º (B)  = 90º
(C) 30 (C) P = 0 (D) Q = 0
(D) 150 60º
5N
24. The sum and difference of two perpendicular
16. Rain is falling vertically down wards with a speed vectors of equal lengths are
5 m/s. If unit vector along upward is defined (A) of equal lengths and have an acute angle
as ĵ , represent velocity of rain in vector form. between them
(A) –5 ĵ (B) 5 ĵ (B) of equal lengths and have an obtuse angle
between them
(C) 5 î (D) –5 î (C) also perpendicular to each other and are
of different lengths
  (D) also perpendicular to each other and are
17. Two forces F1 and F2 are acting at right angles
of equal lengths
to each other, find their resultant ?

(A) 2
F1  F2
2
(B) 2
F1  F2
2 25. Two vectors A and B lie in X-Y plane. The
vector B is perpendicular to vector A. If A = î
(C) F1 + F2 (D) F1 – F2
+ ĵ , then B may be -

18. Two forces, F1 and F2 are acting on a body. (A) î  ˆj (B)  î  ĵ

One force is double that of the other force (C) –2 î + 2 ĵ (D) Any of the above
and the resultant is equal to the greater force.
Then the angle between the two forces is -
26. Two constant forces F1 = 2 î – 3 ĵ + 3 k̂ (N)
(A) cos–1 (1/2) (B) cos–1 (–1/2)
(C) cos–1 (–1/4) (D) cos–1 (1/4)
and F2 = î + ĵ – 2 k̂ (N) act on a body and
 
19. Two force of F1  500 N due east and F2  250 N displace it from the position r1= î + 2 ĵ – 2 k̂
 
due north. Find magnitude of F2  F1 ? (m) to the position r2 = 7 î + 10 ĵ + 5 k̂ (m).

(A) 250 5N (B) 250 N What is the work done ?

(A) 9 Joule (B) 41 Joule
(C) 625 N (D) 750 N
(C) –3 Joule (D) None of these
20. The vector sum of the forces of 10 N and 6 N can
be 27. The two vectors A = 2î  ˆj  3k̂ and
(A) 2N (B) 8N
B = 7 î  5 ĵ  3k̂ are -
(C) 18N (D) 20N
(A) parallel (B) perpendicular
21. The vector sum of two force P and Q is minimum (C) anti-parallel (D) none of these
when the angle  between their positive directions, is
  28. Angle that the vector A = 2 î + 3 ĵ makes with
(A) (B)
4 3 y-axis is –
 (A) tan–1 3/2 (B) tan–1 2/3
(C) (D) 
2 (C) sin–1 2/3 (D) cos–1 3/2

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29. A vector perpendicular to ( 4î  3 ĵ) is –

LEVEL 2
(A) 4î  3ˆj (B) 7 k̂
1. A vector is not changed if -
(C) 6î (D) 3î  4 ĵ (A) It is rotated through an arbitrary angle
(B) It is multiplied by an arbitrary scale
(C) It is cross multiplied by a unit vector
30. Two vectors P = 2î  bĵ  2k̂ and Q  î  ˆj  k̂ will (D) It is a slide parallel to itself
be perpendicular if -
(A) b = 0 (B) b = 1 2. The component of a vector is -
(C) b = 2 (D) b = – 4 (A) always less than its magnitude
(B) always greater than its magnitude
(C) always equal to its magnitude
(D) none of these

3. If the resultant of two forces of magnitudes P

and Q acting at a point at an angle of 60º is
7 Q , then P/Q is
(A) 1 (B) 3/2 (C) 2 (D) 4

 
4. The resultant of A and B makes an angle 
 
with A and  with B , then -
(A)  <  (B) if A < B
(C) if A > B (D) if A = B

5. A person moves 30 m north, then 20 m east

then 30 2 m south-west . His displacement
from the original position -
(A) 14 m south-west (B) 28 m south
(C) 10 m west (D) 15 m East

6. A man moves towards 3m north then 4m

towards east and finally 5m towards 37º south
of west. His displacement from origin is
(A) 5 2 m (B) 0 m (C) 1 m (D) 12 m

7. I started walking down a road to day-break

facing the sun. After walking for some-time, I

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turned to my left, then I turned to the right

once again. In which direction was I going then? 17. A particle is moving on a circular path with
(A) East (B) North-west constant speed v. What is the change in its
velocity after it has described an angle of 60º?
(C) North-east (D) South (A) v 2 (B) v 3 (C) v (D) 2 v
8. How many minimum number of vectors in
different planes can be added to give zero
resultant ?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5

9. Minimum number of unequal forces whose

vector sum can equal to zero is -
(A) two (B) three (C) four (D) any

     
10. If | A  B |  | A |  | B | , the angle between A and B
is -
(A) 60º (B) 0º (C) 120º (D) 90º
 
11. The vector A and B are such that-
   
AB AB
   
(A) A  B  0 (B) A  B  0
 
(C) A  0 (D) B  0

12. The vector sum of N coplanar forces, each of

magnitude F, when each force is making an
2
angle of with that preceding it, is -
N
NF
(A) F (B) NF (C) (D) Zero
2

13. Three forces P, Q & R are acting at a point in

the plane. The angle between P & Q and Q & R
are 150º & 120º respectively, then for
equilibrium, forces P, Q & R are in the ratio
(A) 1 : 2 : 3 (B) 1 : 2 : 3
(C) 3 : 2 : 1 (D) 3 :2:1

14. In an equilateral ABC, AL, BM and CN are

medians. Forces alo ng BC and BA
represented by them will have a resultant
represented by -
(A) 2AL (B) 2BM (C) 2CN (D) AC
15. Two forces each of magnitude F have a
resultant of the same magnitude F. The angle
between the two forces is -
(A) 45º (B) 120º (C) 150º (D) 60º
16. The resultant of two forces, one double the
other in magnitude is perpendicular to the
smaller of the two forces. The angle between
the two forces is
(A) 150º (B) 90º (C) 60º (D) 120º

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