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1. Identify which of the following quantities is not a vector:
(a) Force, (b) momentum, (c) acceleration (d) work, (e) weight.
Answer: d
2. Which of the following is not a scalar field?
(a) Displacement of a mosquito in space
(b) Light intensity in a drawing room
(c) Temperature distribution in your classroom
(d) Atmospheric pressure in a given region
(e) Humidity of a city
Answer: a
3. Which of these is correct?
(a) A X A = |A|2
(b) A X B + B X A = 0
(c) A • B • C = B • C • A
(d) ax..ay = az
(e) ak = ax - ay
where ak is a unit vector.
Answer: b
4. Which of the following identities is not valid?
(a) a(b + c) = ab + bc
(b) a X (b + c) = a X b + a X c
(c) a • b = b • a
(d) c • (a X b) = - b • (a X c)
(e) aA • aB = cos θAB
Answer: a
5. Let F = 2ax – 6ay + 10az and G = ax + Gy ay + 5az. If F and G have the same unit
vector, Gy is
(a) 6 (c) 0
(b) - 3 (d) 6
Answer: b
6. Given that A = ax + α ay + az and B = α ax + ay + az, if A and B are normal to
each other, α is
(a) - 2 (b) -1/2 (c) 0 (d) 1 (e) 2
Answer: b
7. The component of 6ax + 2ay -3az along 3ax — 4ay
(a) -12ax - 9ay - 3az
(b) 30ax - 40ay
(c) 10/7
(d) 2
Answer: d
Answer: c
Easy
11. Stokes's theorem is applicable only when a closed path exists and the
vector field and its derivatives are continuous within the path.
(a) True
(b) False
(c) Not necessarily
(d)
Answer: a
12. If a vector field Q is solenoidal, which of these is true?
Answer: b
13. The curl of a vector field A =2y ax
(a) -2 az
(b) 2ay
(c) 2ax
(d) 3ax
Answer: a
Answer: 2
15. If C= A-B, then dot product of C with itself
Answer: b
21. ( A) is
(a) A 2 A
(b) A 2 A
(c ) A . A
(d) A A
Answer: a
22. Laplacian of V, 2V is
(a) v
(b) .v
(c) v v
(d) v v
Answer: b
23. Given W = x2y2 + xyz, W at (2,-1,0)
(a) 4ax-8ay-2az
(b) 3ax-8ay-3az
(c ) 2ax-8ay-2az
(d) 3ax-8ay-2az
Answer: a
24. A position vector is given by A=3ax+4ay+5az, the unit vector in the direction of
the position vector is
(a) 0.424 ax+0.707 ay+0.566 az
(b) 0.566ax+0.707 ay+0.424 az
(c ) 0.707ax+0.424 ay+0.566az
(e) 0.424ax+0.566 ay+0.707az
Answer: d
25. A vector is given by A= 6ax+pay+8az, if the unit vector along A is
0.424ax+0.707ay+0.566az. What should be the value of P?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c ) 10 (d) 12
Answer: c
Difficult
26. Two vectors are given by A= 3ax+4ay and B= 5ax+12ay. The angle between the
vectors is nearest to
Answer: d
30. The divergence of A=xy(ax+ay) at (1,3) is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
Answer: b