CODE:

DAILY PRACTICE SHEET (DPS)

LESSONS: VECTORS-01 (PARALLELOGRAM)

SUBJECT: PHYSICS
DATE:

TARGET IIT-JEE

01.

On a body 2 equal forces are acting their resultant force is also equal to them in magnitude.
What must be the angle between 2 forces.
[Ans. 120o]

02.

On a body 3 N force is acting in the north and 4 N is acting in east direction. Find the magnitude
and direction of resultant force.
[Ans. 5, north of east]

03.

Resultant of forces two forces P + Q and P Q is

P 2 3Q 2 . Find the angle between two

forces.

[Ans. 120o]

04.

Two equal forces act on a particle find the angle between them when square of R is 3 times their
product.
[Ans. 60o]

05.

(a) Two forces of magnitudes 3P and 2P have a resultant R if the first is doubled without changing
the angle, the magnitude of resultant is doubled. Find the angle between the forces.
[Ans. 120o]
(b) If first force is tripled what will happen to the resultant.

[Ans. R 3 67P 2 ]

06.

The resultant of the forces P and 2P acting at a point is perpendicular to P. Find the angle.
[Ans. 120o]

07.

The resultant of two forces acts along a line perpendicular to one force and is in magnitude half
of the other. Find the angle.
[Ans. 150o]

08.

Two forces P and Q act at such an angle that the resultant is P. Show that if P is doubled the new
resultant is perpendicular to the force Q.

09.

Show that the resultant of two perpendicular forces P + Q and P Q is equal in magnitude the
resultant of two perpendicular forces P2 and Q2.

10.

Resultant of two forces P and Q is R if one of the force is reversed the magnitude of resultant did
not change. Show that given two vectors are perpendicular.

11.

With two forces acting at a point the maximum effect is obtained their resultant is 4 N. If they
act as right angles their resultant is 3 N. Find forces.

[Ans.

8 2 2 82 2
;
]
4
4

12.

The resultant of two forces P and Q is equal to P in magnitude and that of two forces 2P and Q act an
[Ans. 3P2 = Q2, 150o]

same angle is also P. Find Q in terms of P and angle.

13.

14.

The resultant of two forces acts along a line perpendicular to one force is in magnitude half the
other. Find the angle.
[Ans. 150o]

Resultant of two vectors A and B inclined at 45o to either of them. What is the magnitude of
resultant?

(A) A + B

15.

A 2 B2

(D)

A 2 B2

A
#(B) cos 1
B

A
(C) sin 1
B

A
(D) sin 1
B

If the sum of two unit vectors is a unit vector, then the magnitude of their difference is
(1)

17.

#(C)

The resultant of A and B is perpendicular to A . What is the angle between A and B ?

A
(A) cos 1
B

16.

(B) A B

#(B)

(C)

1
2

(D)

The vector P makes 120o with the x-axis and the vector Q makes 30o with the y-axis. What is

their resultant?
#(A) P + Q

18.

(B) P Q

(C)

P2 Q2

(D)

P 2 Q2

At what angle should the two unit vectors be inclined so that thier resultant is also a unit vector?
(A) 30o
(B) 60o
#(C) 120o
(D) 150o
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CODE:
LESSONS: VECTORS-02 (RESOLUTION)

02.
03.

SUBJECT: PHYSICS
DATE:

TARGET IIT-JEE

The x and y-components of A are 4 m and 6 m respectively. The x, y components of A B are

10 m and 9 m respectively. The length of B is .......... and the angle that B makes with x-axis is given
by ..........
[Ans.35, tan1()]
Four forces of magnitude P, 2P, 3P and 4P act along the 4 sides of square ABCD is cyclic order. Use
vector method to find the resultant force.
[Ans.22 P]
Resolve a vector into two perpendicular components such that
(a) the components are of equal magnitude
(b) the magnitude of one component is twice that of the other. [Ans.(a)

05.

Six forces F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6 of equal magnitude F are acting
along the sides of a regular hexagon as shown in figure. Find the

[Ans.23 F; =

30o

clockwise]

F6

<

F4

F5

>

resultant force and direction of F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6

<

06.

5 equal forces each of magnitude 10 N are applied at a point and all are lying in one plane. If the angle
between successive vectors are equal, the resultant force is ..........
[Ans.Zero]

ABCDEF is a regular hexagon in which AB represents a vector p and BC represents a vector q .

Find the vectors which the CD , DE , EF and FA represent in terms of p and q .

[Ans. q p; p; q; p q ]

<

04.

p p
p 2p
;
,
(b)
]
2 2
5
5

F3

>

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F1

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F2

07.

Forces 1 N and 2 N act along line x = 0 and y = 0. Equation of line along which the resultant lies
is given by ...........
[Ans.2y = x]

08.

ABC is an isosceles right angled at A. Forces of magnitude 22, 5 and 6 N act along BC , CA

09.

and AB respectively. The magnitude of resultant force is ..........

[Ans.5 N]

Vector A is 5 cm long and 53o above x-axis in first quadrant. Vector B is 13 cm long and makes
23o below x-axis in 4th quadrant. Find magnitude and direction of (a) A B ; (b) A B ;

10.

11.

(c) B A . Given tan 53o = 4/3; tan 23o = 5/12.

[Ans.(a) 15i j (b) 9i 9 j (c) 9i 9 j ]

A vector B with magnitude of 8 m is added to a vector A which lies along x-axis. The sum of

these two vectors is a third vector that lies along y-axis and has a magnitude twice that of A .

What is magnitude of A ?
[Ans.8/5]
An air conditioner unit is fastened to a roof that slopes upwards at . In order that the unit not slide
down roof, the component of units weight parallel to roof cannot exceed F Newton. What is maximum
allowed weight of unit?
[Ans.F/sin ]

10

12.

Find the magnitude of the unknown forces if the sum of all

the forces is zero.
[Ans.x = 10/3, y = 10/3]

53o

90o

x
10

13.

A boulder of weight w rests on a hill side that rises at a constant

angle a above the horizontal. Its weight is a force on the boulder
)
that has direction vertically downwards.
(a) What is the component of weight in a direction parallel to surface of hill?
(b) What is component perpendicular to surface of hill?
[Ans.(a) w sin (b) w cos ]
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