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11TH VECTORS
Class 11 - Physics
Time Allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes Maximum Marks: 45

1. A physical quantity which has a direction: [1]

a) maybe a vector b) must be a vector

c) none of these d) may be both scalar and vector

2. Consider the quantities; pressure, power, energy, impulse, gravitational potential, electrical charge, temperature, [1]
area. Out of these, the only vector quantities are:

a) impulse and area b) impulse, pressure and area

c) area and gravitational potential d) impulse and pressure

3. The velocity of a projectile at the initial point A is (^i + 4^j ) m/s. Its velocity (in m/s) at point B is [1]

a) ^i - 2^j b) -^i + 4^j

c) ^i - 4^j d) ^
i + 2^j

4. Given that A = B. What is the angle between A⃗ + B⃗ and A⃗ − B⃗ ? [1]

a) 60 b) 180

c) 30 d) 90
5. If AB
^ ^
= BA , then which of the following relations is wrong? [1]

a) A
^
=
^
B b) ⃗
A = B
⃗

c) A⃗ ⋅ B⃗ = ^ ^
A ⋅B d) A = B
6. If the magnitude of sum of two vectors is equal to the magnitude of the difference of the two vectors, the angle [1]
between these vectors is:

a) 45° b) 180°

c) 90° d) 0°
7. The flight of a bird can be an example of: [1]

a) composition of vectors b) triangle law of vector addition

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 c) dot product of vectors d) cross product of vectors
8. What is the maximum number of components into which a vector can be split? [1]

a) Infinite b) 3

c) 4 d) 2
9. What is the projection of 3^i + 4k
^
on the y-axis? [1]

a) None of these b) 4

c) 5 d) 3
10. If 0.4^i + 0.7^j + ck
^
is a unit vector, then the value of c is: [1]
−
− −
− −−−−
a) √1.44 b) √0.12

−
− −
− −−−−
c) √0.67 d) √0.35

11. Let A⃗ = ^i A cos θ + ^j A sin θ , be any vector. Another vector B⃗ which is normal to A⃗ is: [1]

a) ^i B cos θ + ^j B sin θ b) ^i B sin θ - ^j B cos θ

c) ^i A cos θ + ^j A sin θ d) ^i B sin θ + ^j B cos θ

12. The resultant of A⃗ × 0 will be equal to [1]

a) zero vector b) unit vector

c) 1 d) A
13. Which of the following is not essential for the three vectors to produce zero resultant? [1]

a) They should act along the sides of a b) The resultant of any two vectors should be
parallelogram equal and opposite to the third vector

c) It should be possible to represent them by d) They should lie in the same plane
the three sides of triangle taken in order

14. The magnitudes of vectors A⃗, B⃗ and C ⃗ are 3, 4 and 5 units respectively. If A⃗ + B⃗ = C
⃗
, the angle between A⃗ [1]
and B⃗ is
−1

a) cos-10.6 b) ta n 7

c) π

4
d) π

15. The angle between ⃗ ^ ^

A = i + j and ⃗ ^ ^
B = i − j is: [1]

a) 45° b) 90°

c) 180° d) -45°
16. The angle between the vectors (^i + ^j ) and (^j + k
^
) is: [1]

a) 45° b) 30°

c) 90° d) 60°

17. The angle between the two vectors A⃗ = ^ ^

5 i + 5j and B⃗ = ^ ^
5 i − 5j will be [1]

a) 90o b) 45o

c) zero d) 0o

18. If two numerically equal forces P and P acting at a point produce a resultant force of magnitude P itself, then the [1]

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 angle between the two original forces is:

a) 60° b) 90°

c) 120° d) 0°

19. Resultant of two vectors A⃗ and B⃗ is inclined at 45o to either of them. What is the magnitude of resultant? [1]
−−− −−−−
a) √A 2
− B
2
b) A + B
−−−−−−−
c) A - B d) √A2 + B2

20. What can be the angle between P ⃗ + Q⃗ and P ⃗ − Q⃗ ? [1]

a) Between 0o and 180o b) 180o

c) 90o d) 0o

21. In the cube of side a shown in the figure, the vector from the central point of the face ABOD to the central point [1]
of the face BEFO will be

a) 1

2
^ ^
a( j − i ) b) 1

2
^ ^
a( k − i )

c) 1

2
^ ^
a( j − k) d) 1

2
^ ^
a( i − k)

22. The position vector of a particle changes with time according to the relation r (t)
⃗ = 15 t2 ^i + (4 - 20 t2)^j . What is [1]
the magnitude of the acceleration at t = 1?

a) 50 b) 25

c) 40 d) 100
23. A vector of length l is turned through the angle θ about its tail. What is the change in the position vector of its [1]
head?

a) l sin ( b) l cos (
θ θ
) )
2 2

c) 2l cos ( θ

2
) d) 2l sin ( θ

2
)

24. Assertion (A): If a physical quantity is a vector, it must have direction. [1]
Reason (R): Current has a direction therefore it is a vector quantity.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

25. Assertion (A): Adding a scalar to a vector of the same dimensions is a meaningful algebraic operation. [1]
Reason (R): The displacement cannot be distance.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

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26. Assertion (A): The minimum number of coplanar vectors whose sum can be zero is three. [1]
Reason (R): The three vectors must be coplanar.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

27. Assertion (A): The projection of (3^i − 4k
^
) on the y-axis is 3 units. [1]
Reason (R): The projection of A along y-axis is A ⋅ ^j .
⃗ ⃗

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

28. Assertion (A): The scalar product of two vectors will be zero if angle between them is 180o. [1]

Reason (R): The scalar product of two vectors A⃗ and B⃗ is given by A⃗ ⋅ B⃗ = AB cos θ .

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

29. Assertion (A): Angle between two vectors ^j + k
^
and ^j is 45°. [1]
Reason (R): Vector ^j + k
^
is equally inclined to both Y and Z axes and angle between ^j and k
^
is 90°.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

30. Assertion (A): If P ⃗ ⋅ Q⃗ = ⃗ ⃗
|P × Q| , then angle between P ⃗ and Q⃗ is π
. [1]
2

Reason (R): If angle between P ⃗ and Q⃗ is , then dot product is zero.

π

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

→ → → →
31. Assertion (A): A × B is perpendicular to 3 A − 4 B . [1]
→ → → →
Reason (R): The direction of A × B is perpendicular to the plane containing A and B .

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

32. Assertion (A): The division of a vector by another vector is not defined. [1]
Reason (R): The division of a vector by a direction is not possible.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

33. Assertion (A): If the sum of the two unit vectors is also a unit vector, then magnitude of their difference is root [1]
of three.

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 Reason (R): To find resultant of two vectors, we use square law.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

34. Fill in the blanks: [8]
a) Vectors which represent the rotational effect and acts along the axis of rotation are called _______.
b) If |A⃗ + B⃗ | = ⃗ ⃗
|A − B| , then angle between A⃗ and B⃗ is ________ degree.
c) The minimum number of forces which are numerically equal whose vector sum can be zero is ________.
d) If |A|⃗ = ⃗
10, |B| = 2 , and A⃗ ⋅ B⃗ = 12, then ∣A⃗ × B⃗ ∣ = ________
–
e) If the ratio of A⃗ ⋅ B⃗ , (A⃗ × B⃗ ) is √3, then the angle between the vectors A⃗ and B⃗ is ________ degree.
f) The angle between (A⃗ + B⃗ ) and (A⃗ + B⃗ ) is ________degree.
g) The resultant of two vectors is minimum when the angle between them is ________ degree.
h) The vector which tells how much and in which direction an object has changed its position in a given
interval of time is called ________.
35. Given four forces: [1]
⃗ ^ ^ ^
F 1 = 3 i − j + 9k , F⃗2
^ ^ ^
= 2 i − 2j + 16k , F⃗3
^ ^ ^
= 9 i + j + 18k and F ⃗
4
^ ^ ^
= i + 2j − 18k

If all these forces act on a particle at rest at the origin of a coordinate system, then identify the plane in which the
particle would begin to move?
36. A force is inclined at 50° to the horizontal. If its rectangular component in the horizontal direction be 50 N, find [1]
the magnitude of the force and its vertical component.
37. What is the dot product of two dissimilar unit vectors? [1]
38. Under a force of 10^i − 3^j + 6k
^
newton, a body of mass 5 kg is displaced from the position 6^i + 5^j − 3k
^
to [1]
the position ^ ^ ^
10 i − 2j + 7k . Calculate the work done.

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