Motion in A Straight Line: Chapter Three
Motion in A Straight Line: Chapter Three
Motion in A Straight Line: Chapter Three
MOTION IN A
STRAIGHT LINE
MCQ I
3.1 Among the four graphs (Fig. 3.1), there is only one graph for which
average velocity over the time intervel (0, T ) can vanish for a
suitably chosen T. Which one is it?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
Fig. 3.1
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V1 + V2
(a)
2
2V1 + V2
(b)
V1 + V2
2V1V2
(c)
V1 + V2
L (V1 + V2 )
(d)
V1V2
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her up in time t2. The time taken by her to walk up on the moving
escalator will be
(a) (t1 + t2)/2
(b) t1t2/(t2–t1)
(c) t1t2/(t2+t1)
(d) t1–t2
MCQ II
3.7 The variation of quantity A with quantity B, plotted in
Fig. 3.2 describes the motion of a particle in a straight
A
line.
(a) Quantity B may represent time.
(b) Quantity A is velocity if motion is uniform.
(c) Quantity A is displacement if motion is uniform.
B
(d) Quantity A is velocity if motion is uniformly Fig. 3.2
accelerated.
3.8 A graph of x versus t is shown in Fig. 3.3. Choose
x
correct alternatives from below. B
A
(a) The particle was released from rest at t = 0. C E
(b) At B, the acceleration a > 0.
(c) At C, the velocity and the acceleration vanish.
(d) Average velocity for the motion between A and D is D t
positive.
Fig. 3.3
(e) The speed at D exceeds that at E.
3.9 For the one-dimensional motion, described by x = t–sint
(a) x (t) > 0 for all t > 0.
(b) v (t) > 0 for all t > 0.
(c) a (t) > 0 for all t > 0.
(d) v (t) lies between 0 and 2.
3.10 A spring with one end attached to a mass and the other to a rigid
support is stretched and released.
(a) Magnitude of acceleration, when just released is maximum.
(b) Magnitude of acceleration, when at equilibrium position, is
maximum.
(c) Speed is maximum when mass is at equilibrium position.
(d) Magnitude of displacement is always maximum whenever speed
is minimum.
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3.17 A ball is dropped and its displacement vs time graph is
as shown Fig. 3.4 (displacement x is from ground and
all quantities are +ve upwards).
(a) Where does the particle start and with what velocity?
(b) Find maximum and minimum values of x (t), v (t), a (t). Show that
x (t) and a (t) increase with time and v (t) decreases with time.
3.19 A bird is tossing (flying to and fro) between two cars moving
towards each other on a straight road. One car has a speed of 18
m/h while the other has the speed of 27km/h. The bird starts
moving from first car towards the other and is moving with the
speed of 36km/h and when the two cars were separted by 36 km.
What is the total distance covered by the bird? What is the total
displacement of the bird?
3.20 A man runs across the roof-top of a tall building and jumps
horizontally with the hope of landing on the roof of the next
building which is of a lower height than the first. If his speed is 9
m/s, the (horizontal) distance between the two buildings is 10 m
and the height difference is 9 m, will he be able to land on the next
building ? (take g = 10 m/s2)
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3.23 It is a common observation that rain clouds can be at about a
kilometre altitude above the ground.
(a) If a rain drop falls from such a height freely under gravity, what
will be its speed? Also calculate in km/h. ( g = 10m/s2)
(b) A typical rain drop is about 4mm diameter. Momentum is mass
x speed in magnitude. Estimate its momentum when it hits
ground.
(c) Estimate the time required to flatten the drop.
(d) Rate of change of momentum is force. Estimate how much force
such a drop would exert on you.
(e) Estimate the order of magnitude force on umbrella. Typical
lateral separation between two rain drops is 5 cm.
(Assume that umbrella is circular and has a diameter of 1m
and cloth is not pierced through !!)
3.24 A motor car moving at a speed of 72km/h can not come to a stop
in less than 3.0 s while for a truck this time interval is 5.0 s. On a
higway the car is behind the truck both moving at 72km/h. The
truck gives a signal that it is going to stop at emergency. At what
distance the car should be from the truck so that it does not bump
onto (collide with) the truck. Human response time is 0.5s.
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