Scalars and Vectors
Scalars and Vectors: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Physical Quantity, Scalar Quantity, Parallelogram Law of Addition of Vectors & Head-to-Tail Method of Addition of Vectors etc.
Important Questions on Scalars and Vectors
A bus is moving on a straight road towards north with a uniform speed of turns through anticlockwise. If the speed remains unchanged after turning , the increase in the velocity of bus in the turning process is:


Convert the vector into a unit vector.

When two right-angled vectors of magnitude combine, what is the magnitude of their resultant?

The magnitude of the vector sum of two vectors is found to be equal to the sum of their magnitudes.


Vector has a magnitude of units and makes an angle of with the positive x-axis. Vector has a magnitude of units and makes an angle of with the negative x-axis. What is the magnitude of the resultant between these two vectors?

and are two non-zero vectors inclined at an angle , and are unit vectors along and respectively. The component of in the direction of is

Which of the following Cartesian coordinate systems is not followed in physics?

and are two vectors in a plane and is third vector perpendicular to the plane. Their resultant

The splitting of vectors into components is called

Two forces and act along the lines and , respectively. Then the resultant of forces would be


The unit vector is perpendicular to The value of is

The position vector of a particle is . The velocity vector of the particle is:

Select the correct alternative. The coordinates of a particle moving in a plane are given by and , where and are positive constants of appropriate dimensions. Then:

The coordinates of a particle at time are and , where and are in metre and is in second. The acceleration of the particle at is :

A unit vector is represented as . The value of must be,


The value of x for which is a unit vector is
