SECTION-A : (Maximum Marks: 80)

This section contains 20 questions. Each question has 4 options for correct answer. Multiple-Choice Questions
(MCQs) Only one option is correct. For each question, marks will be awarded as follows:
Full Marks : +4 If correct answer is selected.
Zero Marks : 0 If none of the option is selected.
Negative Marks : –1 If wrong option is selected.

1. What displacement must be added to the displacement  9ˆi  3ˆj  m to produce net displacement of 6 m
pointing in the negative x–direction?
(A) 3ˆi  3ˆj (B) 3ˆi  3ˆj (C) 3ˆi  3ˆj (D) 3ˆi  3ˆj

2. A particle moves 14 m along the vector 6ˆi  2ˆj  3kˆ , then 7 m along the vector 3ˆi  2ˆj  6kˆ . Its total
displacement (in meters) is
(A) 15ˆi  2ˆj  12kˆ (B) 9ˆi  12kˆ (C) 9ˆi  6ˆj (D) 12iˆ  ˆj  12kˆ

3. Two particles A and B move along the straight lines x+2y +3 = 0 and 2x + y –3 = 0 respectively. Their
position vector, at the time of meeting will be
ˆi ˆj
(A) 3ˆi  3ˆj (B) 3ˆi  3ˆj (C)  (D) Particles never meet
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4. The angle between two vectors R  ˆi  ˆj  kˆ and S  xiˆ  3ˆj  (x  1)kˆ
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(A) Is obtuse angle (B) Is acute angle
(C) Is lies between 60° and 120° (D) Depends on x

5. Work of a constant force is defined as scalar product of force and displacement. A particle is when acted


upon by a force of magnitude 100 N in the direction of vector 6 3iˆ  8 3 ˆj  10kˆ , displaces from 
 
point 6 3,  5 3, 0 to point 2 3,  3, 0 . All coordinates are in meter. Work done by the force
is
(A) 720 J (B) 1440 J (C) 28800 J (D) zero

6. A force of 10N is acting opposite to velocity vector of a particle. At an instant velocity vector is

v  2iˆ  2ˆj m/s. The force vector F can be written as
 
(A) 10iˆ  10 ˆj  N  
(B) 5 2 ˆi  ˆj N  
(C) 5 2 ˆi  ˆj N 
(D) 6iˆ  8ˆj N 
7. An object is moving initially in the +x direction. Which of the following accelerations, all acting for the
same time interval, will cause the greatest change in its direction ?

(A) 10iˆ  m / s 2
(B) 10ˆj m / s 2
(C) 10iˆ  5jˆ  m / s 2
(D)  2iˆ  8jˆ  m / s 2

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8. The site from which an airplane takes off is the origin. The x-axis points east; the y-axis points straight
up. The position and velocity vectors of the plane at a later time are given by

r  (1.61  10 6 ˆi  9.14  10 3 ˆj) m and
 m
v  224 ˆi
s
The plane is most likely
(A) just touching down. (B) in level flight in the air.
(C) ascending. (D) descending.

9. A particle starts from origin at t = 0 with a velocity 10 î m/s and moves in x-y plane under action of a
force which produces a constant acceleration of ( 3iˆ  4 ˆj ) m/s2. Choose the correct statement :-


(A) The position of particle at any time t is given by 10t ˆi  2t ˆj m
2

(B) The speed of particle at time 1 sec is 185 m/sec
(C) The time at which the particle crosses x-axis is 3 sec.
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(D) The time at which the velocity and acceleration are perpendicular is sec
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10. A 5 Newton force is acting in direction of 3iˆ  4 ˆj  12kˆ . Then force in vector form will be :
 15 ˆ 20 ˆ 60 ˆ 
(A) F  i j k (B) F  15iˆ  20 ˆj  60kˆ
13 13 13
 3 ˆ 4 ˆ 12 ˆ 
(C) F  i  j k (D) F  3iˆ  4 ˆj
13 13 13
11. A 26 Newton force is acting in direction of 3iˆ  4 ˆj  12kˆ . Then force in vector form will be :
 
(A) F  6iˆ  8ˆj  24kˆ (B) F  6iˆ  8ˆj  24kˆ
 
(C) F  3iˆ  4 ˆj  12kˆ (D) F  3iˆ  4 ˆj  12kˆ

12. A bird moves from point (1, –2) to (4, 2). If the speed of the bird is 20 m/s, then the velocity vector of the
bird is

(A) 5 iˆ  2 ˆj  (B) 6iˆ  8 ˆj (C) 0.6i  0.8 ˆj (D) 12iˆ  16 ˆj

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13. If c  a  b , which of the following relations among magnitudes cannot be achieved by any choice of a
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and b .
(A) c = a – b (B) c > a; c > b (C) c = a + b (D) c < a – b
1 ˆ 1 ˆ
14. The expression i j is a :-
2 2
(A) unit vector (B) null vector
(C) vector of magnitude 2 (D) Vector in y z plane
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15. Four particles A, B, C & D the velocities of one with respect to other are given as VDC is
 
20 m/s towards north, VBC is 20 m/s towards east and VB/A is 20 m/s south. Then VDA is :-
(A) 20 m/s towards North (B) 20 m/s towards South
(C) 20 m/s towards East (D) 20 m/s towards West

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16. An object initially at position vector 2iˆ  5ˆj  kˆ is given a displacement 8iˆ  2ˆj  kˆ . The coordinates of
final position are
(A) (10, 3, 2) (B) (6, 3, 0) (C) (10, 7, 2) (D) (6, 3, 2)

17. A string is pulled with a force F = 100 N along AB as shown in figure. Write F as a vector.
y F
(4,5)
B
A
(1,1)
x


(A) 3iˆ  4 ˆj N 
(B) 60iˆ  80 ˆj N  
(C) 80iˆ  60 ˆj N   
(D) 40iˆ  50 ˆj N

18. A Car is moving in direction of vector (4i – 3j) with a speed of 10 m/s. Velocity vector (in m/s)
of Car can be :-
4 3
(A) 8iˆ  6jˆ (B)  iˆ  ˆj (C) 6iˆ  8jˆ (D) 40iˆ  30jˆ
5 5

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19. Figure shows two vectors a (in y-z plane) and b (in x-y plane) such that | a | = | b | = 5 units. What is angle
 
between a and b .
z


a
37° y
 37°
b
x

1 12 1 16 1 9
(A)   cos (B)   cos (C)   cos (D)  = 90°
25 25 25

20. A boat is moving in direction of vector  4î  3ˆj with a speed of 10 m/s. Velocity vector of boat can be
expressed as :
4 3
(A)  8î  6ˆj (B)  40î  30ˆj (C)  î  ĵ (D)  6î  8ˆj
5 5

SECTION-B : (Maximum Marks: 20)

This section contains 10 questions Candidates have to attempt any 5 questions out of 10. If more than 5
questions are attempted, then only first 5 attempted questions will be evaluated. The answer to each question
is an Integer Value Type questions. For each question, enter the correct integer value (the answer should be
rounded off to the nearest Integer). Answer to each question will be evaluated according to the following
marking scheme:
Full Marks : +4 If correct answer is selected.
Zero Marks : 0 If none of the option is selected.
Negative Marks : –1 If wrong option is selected.

1. A boy A is standing 3 m west and 4 m south to a boy B. Assume the east and the north towards the

positive x and y-axis of coordinate system. A starts moving along a vector a  1.5ˆi  2ˆj with a constant
speed of 2 m/s for 5 s and stops. Now how far in m the boy A is from the boy B?

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2. A girl running on a straight track at a speed of 9 m/s makes a turn 60° to her right without changing her
speed. What is her change in velocity in m/s.

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3. A force of 6 N acting parallel to vector A  2iˆ  2ˆj  kˆ displaces a particle from a point P to another
point Q of coordinates (1, 2, 3) and (5, 3, 7) respectively. The coordinates are specified in meters.

Find the work done  W  F  r  by this force.

4. The bottom of an electric pole of height 3m is situated at a distance of 3 3m from you due 60° North of
East. The magnitude of the position vector (in m) of a crow sitting on the top of the pole relative to you
is

5. A ball moving in free space with constant velocity v 1  (2ˆi  ˆj  3kˆ) m/s strikes a fixed surface and

bounces off with another constant velocity v 2 . Its average velocity in the time interval that is measured
from the instant 2.0 s before the ball strikes the wall to 3.0 s after it strikes the wall is
 7 4 
v av   ˆi  ˆj  m/s. Calculate magnitude in m/s of the velocity of the ball after it strikes the wall.
5 5 

6. A vector makes angle with +ve x-axis & +ve y-axis respectively 45° & 60°, if the angle made by the
vector with +ve z-axis is 15n. What is the value of n.

7. ABC is an isosceles triangle, right angled at A. Forces of magnitude 2 2 , 5 and 6N act along
  
BC, CA & AB respectively. The magnitude of their resultant force in N is.

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8. Given that P = Q = R. If P  Q  R then the angle between P and R is 1. If P  Q  R  0 then the
  2
angle between P and R is 2 then relation between 1 & 2 is given by 1  . Find the value of 3x.
x

9. If a1 and a 2 are two non-collinear unit vectors and if a1  a 2  3 , then the value of  a1  a2  .
1
 2a1  a 2  is . Find the value of x.
x
3c
10. A particle is moving from A to B as shown. If displacement is aiˆ  bjˆ  ckˆ then a  b  is.
2

1 B

x
2
3 A

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 ANSWER KEY
SECTION-A
1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (D)
6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (A)
11. (B) 12. (D) 13. (D) 14. (A) 15. (D)
16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (B) 20. (A)
SECTION-B
1. 5 2. 9 3. 20 4. 6 5. 3
6. 4 7. 5 8. 6 9. 2 10. 3