VECTORS BATCH : 11_CLASS

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CLASS 11 VECTORS

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION

1. What are scalar and vector quantities? Given examples.

2. With the help of a suitable example, explain how is a vector quantity represented
3. Distinguivsh between position vector and displacement vector.
4. What is meant by polar and axial vectors?
5. What do you mean by multiplication of a vector by a real number ? Illustrate it by some examples.
6. Prove that the vector addition is commutative.
7. Prove that vector addition is associative.

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE (II) QUESTION

8. What is a zero vector ? Give the importanat properties and physical examples of zero vectors.
9. How are the units of a vector affected when it is multiplied by a scalar having units or dimensions?
Give example.
10. What do you mean by resultant of two or more vectors? Mention the various laws of vector addi-
tion.
11. State and illustrate traingle law of vector addition.
12. State and illustrate parallelogram law of vector addition.
13. State and prove the polygon law of vector addition.
14. What are the different ways in which a vector can be multiplied by another vector?

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTION

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15. Two vectors A and B are inclined to each other at an angle  . Using parallelogram law of vector
addition, find the magnitude and direction of their resultant. Discuss the special cases, when (i)
  00 , (ii)   1800 and (iii)   900 .
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16. ABCD is a parallelogram AC and BD and are its diagonals. Prove that :
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(i) AC  BD  2 BC and (ii) AC  BD  2 AB

17. A body is simultaneously given two velocities, one 30 ms1 due east and other 40 ms1 due north.
Find the resultant velocity.

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18. A particle has a displacement of 12 m towards east and 5 m towards the north and then 6 m
vertically upward. Find the magnitude of the sum of these displacements.
19. What do you mean by rectangular components of a vector? Explain how a vector can be resolved
into two rectangular components in a plane.
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20. How can the position vector r of any point P (x, y) be expressed in terms of rectangular compo-
nents?
21. Explain how a vector can be resolved into its rectangular components in three dimensions.
22. Define scalar product of two vectors. Give its geometrical interpretation.
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23. Show that the scalar product of two vectors A and B is commutative.
24. Define and illustrate the following terms:
(i) Equal vectors
(ii) Negative of a vector
(iv) Unit vector
(vi) Free vector
(vii) Collinear vectors
(ix) Co-initial vectors
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25. If A  B  C and A 2  B 2  C 2 , then prove that A and B are perpendicular to each other.

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTION:

26. Show that the scalar product of two vectors is equal to the sum of the products of their correspond-
ing rectangular components.
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27. If |A  B||A  B|, find the angle between A and B .

28. Define vector or cross product of two vectors. How is its direction determined?
29. Show that the cross product of two vectors is not commutative but anticommutative.
30. Show how the vector product of two vectors can be expressed in terms of their rectangular compo-
nents as a determinant.

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