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Vectors and Scalars MCQs

1. Magnitude of the vector 2i – 2j – k is:

(A) 4


(B) 3


(C) 2


(D) 1




2. Unit vector of i + j + k is:

(A) i + j + k


(B) (1/3)(i + j + k)


(C) 1/3 (i + j + k)


(D) 1/2 (i + j + k)




3. Unit vector of i – 2j – 2k is:

(A) i – 2j – 2k


(B) 1/3 (i – 2j – 2k)


(C) 1/3 (i – 2j – 2k)


(D) 1/2 (i – 2j – 2k)




4. If i, j and k are orthogonal unit vectors, then j × i is:

(A) k


(B) –k


(C) 1


(D) –1




5. Magnitude of vector i – 3j + 5k is:

(A) 3


(B) 25


(C) 35


(D) √35




6. If l, m and n are direction cosines, then:

(A) l² + m² + n² = 1


(B) m² + n² – l² = 1


(C) l + m + n = 1


(D) l² + m² + n² = 0




7. If θ is the angle between vectors a and b, then cosθ is:

(A) a·b


(B) (a·b)/(|a||b|)


(C) (a·b)/|a|


(D) (a·b)/|b|




8. If a = a₁i + a₂j + a₃k, b = b₁i + b₂j + b₃k, then a·b is:

(A) a₁b₁i + a₂b₂j + a₃b₃k


(B) a₁b₁ + a₂b₂ + a₃b₃


(C) a₁b₂ + a₂b₃ + a₃b₁


(D) None of these




9. a·b = 0 implies that a and b are:

(A) Perpendicular


(B) Parallel


(C) Non-parallel


(D) Oblique




10. If a = i + j + k and b = i – j – mk are perpendicular then m =

(A) 1


(B) –2


(C) ±1


(D) ±3




11. a·b is a:

(A) Vector quantity


(B) Scalar quantity


(C) Unity


(D) None of these




12. a·a is equal to:

(A) 1


(B) a²


(C) a


(D) None of these




13. If a = 2i – 3j + k and b = –i + 2j + 7k then a·b is:

(A) –1


(B) –2


(C) –3


(D) –4




14. If a × b = 0 then a and b are:

(A) Non-parallel


(B) Parallel


(C) Perpendicular


(D) None of these




15. The cross product of two vectors a and b is:

(A) ab cosθ


(B) ab sinθ


(C) ab sinθ n̂


(D) ab cosθ n̂




16. If n̂ is unit vector in direction of a × b then n̂ =

(A) (a × b)/|a||b|


(B) (a · b)/|a||b|


(C) (a × b)/(|a||b| sinθ)


(D) (a × b)/|a × b|




17. a × b is area of:

(A) Triangle


(B) Rectangle


(C) Parallelogram


(D) Sector




18. a × b is equal to:

(A) –(b × a)


(B) b × a


(C) a × b


(D) b × a (same)




19. If a and b are collinear vectors, then:

(A) a × b = 0


(B) a · b = 0


(C) a – b = 0


(D) a + b = 0




20. a × b is a:

(A) Vector quantity


(B) Scalar quantity


(C) Unity


(D) None of these




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