Question

Direction of zero vector

Answer 1

Hint : enerally, the vector can be defined as the quantity which has the direction as well as the magnitude which determines the position of one point in space that is relative to one another.

Complete step-by-step answer :
The direction of the vector can be defined as the measure of the angle it makes with the horizontal line.
A zero vector is denoted by zero $(0)$which has the vector length of zero and therefore it has all the components which are equal to zero. Zero vector is the additive identity for the additive group of vectors.
Direction of the zero vector has no particular direction since the fact that the zero vector is orthogonal to every other vector.
It can also be said that the direction of a zero vector is every direction. Every direction may have no specific direction.
Hence, we can say that the magnitude of the zero vector is zero and the direction of the zero vector is random.
So, the correct answer is “Option B”.

Note : Remember that there are two quantities. First scalar quantities and the other is vector quantities. Scalar quantities only deal with the magnitude while vector quantities deal with both the magnitude and the direction.