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1. Consider the motion of the tip of the minute hand of a clock. In one hour
(a) the displacement is zero (b) the distance covered is zero
(c) the average speed is zero (d)none
2. A particle moves along a circular path of diameter 40m. The distance and displacement of the particle in
completing one rotation is :
(a) 40m, 40m (b) 40m, 0 (c) 40m, 20m (d) 20m,0
3. A carrom board (4 ft × 4 ft square) has the queen at the centre. The queen hit by the
striker moves to the front edge, rebounds and goes in the hole behind the striking line.
The displacement of the queen from the centre to the front edge is :
2 4
10 ft 10 ft
(a) 3 (b) 3 (c) 2 2 ft (d) 4ft
4. A sail boat sails 2 km due East, 5 km 37° south of East and finally an unknown
displacement. If the final displacement of the boat from the starting point is 6 km due
East, determine the third displacement.
(a) 2 km towards east (b) 2 km towards south
(c) 4 km towards east (d) 3 km towards north
5. Figure shows the displacement-time graph of a particle moving on the X-axis.

x
t0 t
(a) the particle is continuously going in positive x direction
(b) the particle is at rest
(c) the velocity increases up to a time t0, and then becomes constant
(d) the particle moves at a constant velocity up to a time t0, and then stops.
6. The velocity - time graph of a linear motion is shown in figure. The displacement from the origin after 8
sec. is :
V(m/s)
4
2
t(sec.)
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
-2
(a) 5 m (b) 16 m (c) 8 m (d) 6 m.
7. On a displacement-time graph two straight lines make 30º and 60º with the time-axis. The ratio of the
velocities represented by them is :
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 3 :1 (d) 3 : 1.

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8. The velocity-time graph of a body moving along a straight line is as follows:
The displacement of the body in 5 s is :
2
m/s
1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 time in s
-1
-2
(a) 5 m (b) 2 m (c) 4 m (d) 3 m.
9. A particle moving on a straight line moves half a distance with a velocity of 10m/s and next half
distance with a constant velocity 5m/s. What is the average velocity of the particle during the entire
journey?
(a) 7.5 m/s (b) 3.33 m/s (c) 2.5 m/s (d) 6.67 m/s
10. A particle moving on a straight line moves with a velocity of 10m/s fo

forr some time interval and with a
velocity of 5 m/s for the same time interval. What is the average velocity of particle during the whole
journey?
(a) 7.5 m/s (b) 3.33 m/s (c) 2.5 m/s (d) 1.67 m/s
11. A bird flies for 6 seconds with a velocity of |t – 3| ms –1 in a straight line, where t is time
in seconds. It covers a distance of :
(a) 9 m (b)6m (c) 18 m (d)12m
12. Figure gives the speed-time graph of motion of a car. What the ratio of the distance travelled by the car
during the last two seconds to the total distance travelled in seven seconds?
25
A B
Speed (ms )
–1
20
15
10
5
E D C
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Time(s)
(a) 1/9 (b) 2/9 (c) 1/3 (d) 4/9
13. The position of a particle moving along x - axis is given by x = 3t 2 – t 3 where x is in

m and t is in s . Then which of the following is correct?
(a) Displacement of the particle after 4 sec is 16 m.
(b) Distance traveled by the particle upto 4s is 20 m.
(c) Displacement of the particle after 4 s is –16 m.
(d) Distance covered by the particle upto 4 s is 22 m.
14. The position time graph for two objects A and B is shown in figure :
(a) both have same velocities

(b) velocity of A is greater than that of B
(c) velocity of B is greater than that of A
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(d) initially velocity of A is greater and after some time velocity of B is greater
15. In the figure is shown the position of a particle moving on the X -axis as a function of
time.
(a) the particle has come to rest 6 times.

(b) the maximum speed is at t = 6 s.
(c) the velocity remains positive for t = 0 to t = 6 s.
(d) the average velocity for the total period shown is negative.
16. A truck travels with speed v 1 for (1/3) rd of its total journey time and with speed v 2 for
rest, then average speed of the truck is :
v1  v 2 v1  2 v 2 3v1v 2 2 v1  v 2
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 2 v1  v 2 (d) 3
17. The variation of velocity of a particle moving along a straight line is illustrated in the
following figure . The distance traversed by the particle in 4 seconds is :
(a) 60 m (b) 25 m (c) 55 m (d) 30 m
18. Which of these possibly represent one-dimensional motion of the particle ?

speed
x x velocity
t t t
(a) t (b) (c) (d)
19. Choose the wrong statement .

(a) Zero velocity of a particle does not necessarily mean that its acceleration is zero.
(b) Zero acceleration of a particle does not necessarily mean that its velocity is zero.
(c) If speed of a particle is constant, its acceleration must be zero.
(d) none of these.
20. A train moving with a constant speed along a straight track takes a bend in a curve with the same speed.
Due to this :
(a) its velocity is changed in magnitude (b) its velocity is not changed
(c) its speed only is changed (d) its velocity is changed.
21. If the angle () between velocity vector and the acceleration vector is 90 <  < 180, the body is moving
on a :
(a) Straight path with retardation (b) Straight path with acceleration
(c) Curvilinear path with acceleration (d) Curvilinear path with retardation.
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22. A body starts from rest moves along a straight line with constant acceleration. The variation of speed v
with distance s is given by graph :
v v v
v
s s s s
(a) O (b) O (c) O (d) O
23. The acceleration-time graph of a particle moving along a straight line is as shown in figure. At what
time the particle acquires its initial velocity?
a(m/s2)
10
t(sec.)
4
(a) 12 sec. (b) 5 sec. (c) 8 sec. (d) 16 sec.
24. A car travelling at 36 km/h due south turns west in 5 second and maintains the same speed. The
acceleration of the car is :
(a) 2 m/s2 (b) 50 m/s2 (c) 25 m/s2 (d) 22 m/s2
25. Velocity- time graph for a moving object is shown in the figure. Total displacement of
the object during the time interval when there is non zero acceleration and retardation is
(a) 60 m (b) 50 m (c) 30 m (d) 40 m
26. If the velocity of a particle is given by v = 180  16x . Its acceleration will be :
(a) – 16 m/s 2 (b) – 8 m/s 2 (c) 4 m/s 2 (d) 32 m/s 2
27. Given the graph of velocity of an point object as a function of time. The plot of
acceleration of the particle as a function of time is given as
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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28. The displacement x of particle along a straight line at time t is given by x = a 0 + a 1 t +
a 2 t 2 . The acceleration of the particle is :
(a) a 0 (b) a 1 (c) 2a 2 (d) a 2
29. The displacement of a particle is proportional to the first power of time s  t , then acceleration of the
article is :
(a) infinite (b) zero (c) small finite value (d) large finite value
30. The acceleration of a particle travelli

travelling
ng along a straight line is shown in the figure. The
maximum speed of the particle is :
(a) 20 m/s (b) 30 m/s (c) 40 m/s (d) 60 m/s
31. A particle has an initial velocity of (3î  4 j) m/s and a constant acceleration of (4î  3 ĵ) m/s2. The speed of
the particle after one second will be equal to :
(a) 0 (b) 10 m/sec (c) 5 2 m/sec (d) 25 m/sec.
32. A train was moving at a rate of 36 km/h. When the brakes were applied, it came to rest at a distance
200m. The retardation produced in the train is :
(a) 0.20 m/s2 (b) 0.3 m/s2 (c) 0.25 m/s2 (d) 0.50 m/s2
33. A body starts from rest and is uniformly accelerated for 30s. The distance travelled in the first 10s is x1,
next 10s is x2 and the last 10s is x3. Then x1 : x2 : x3 is the same as :
(a) 1 : 2 : 4 (b) 1 : 2 : 5 (c) 1 : 3 : 5 (d) 1 : 3 : 9
34. A particle is moving in a straight line with initial velocity u and uniform acceleration f. If the sum of the
distance travelled in tth and (t + 1)th seconds is 100 cm, then its velocity after t seconds, in cm/s is :
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 50 (d) 30
35. A body is moving in a straight line with uniform acceleration. It covers distance of 10 m and 12 m in
third and fourth seconds respectively. Then the initial velocity in m/sec is :
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
36. If the displacement of a particle varies with time as x  t  7 , then the :

(a) velocity of the particle is inversely proportional to t
(b) velocity of the particle is proportional to t
(c) velocity of the particle is proportional to t
(d ) the particle moves with a variable acceleration
37. A particle moves along x  axis in such a way that its coordinate x varies with time t
according to the expression , x = 2 – 5 t + 1.25 t 2 . The initial velocity of the particle is :
(a) – 5 m/s (b) – 3 m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) 6 m/s
38. In above question, distance travelled by particle in 0 to 4 sec is :

(a) 2 m (b) 5 m (c) 10 m (d) 12 m
39. A car , moving with a speed of u km/h can be stopped by brakes after at least 6 m . If the
same car is moving at a speed of 2 u km/h , the minimum stopping distance is :
[ assuming retardation remain same ]
(a) 12 m (b) 18 m (c) 24 m (d) 6 m
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40. A, B, C and D are points in a vertical line such that AB = BC = CD. If a body falls from rest at A, then
the times of descent through AB, BC and CD are in the ratio :
(a) 1 : 2 : 3 (b) 2 : 3 : 1 (c) 3 : 1 : 2 (d) 1 : ( 2 – 1) : ( 3 – 2 )
41. A body released from the top of a tower falls through a height of 5m during the first
second of its fall and 35m during the last second of its fall. The height of the tower is :
(a) 80 m (b) 60 m (c) 40 m (d) 20 m
42. Body 1 of mass 2 kg is dropped from a height h and body 2 of mass 6 kg is dropped from
a height 4 h . Ratio of time taken by the b odies 1 and 2 is :
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 3
43. A body is slipping from an inclined plane of height h and length . If the angle of
inclination is  , the time taken by the body to come from the top to the bottom of this
inclined plane is :
2h 2 1 2h 2h
sin 
(a) g (b) g (c) sin  g (d) g
44. A boy throws a ball with velocity 10 m/s in vertically upward direction. If g = 10
m/sec 2 the ball rises to a height :
(a) 5 m (b) 2 m (c) 10 m (d) 25 m
45. A body is thrown vertically upward. Which of the following graphs represent the velocity
of the body with time correctly ?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
46. A stone is released from an elevator going up with acceleration 5 m/s2. The acceleration of the stone
after the release is :
(a) 5 ms-2 (b) 4.8 ms-2 upward
(c) 4.8 down ward (d) 9.8 ms-2 down ward.
47. Two particles start moving along the same straight line at the same moment from the same point. The
first moves with constant velocity u and the second with ini
initial
tial velocity zero and constant acceleration f.
The greatest distance between the particles before they meet once again is :
u u2 f u2
(a) f (b) 2f (c) 2u 2 (d) f
48. A particle is projected vertically upward from A with a speed of 50 m/s and another is dropped
simultaneously from B, which is 200 m vertically above A. They cross each other after :
(a) 4 s (b) 5 s (c) 6 s (d) 8 s.
49. A body is thrown up in a lift with velocity u relative to lift and time of flight is t. The acceleration with
which the lift is moving will be :
u2  g t 2u  t g 2u u2
(a) t (b) t (c) t (d) gt
50. A ball ‘A’ is thrown up vertically with speed u. At the same instant another ball ‘B’ is released from rest
from a height h. At time t, the velocity of A relative to B is :
u 2  2gh u  gt
(a) u (b) u – 2gt (c) (d)
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51. Three elephants A, B and C are moving along a straight line with constant speed in same direction as
shown in the figure. Spedd of A is 5 m/s and speed of C is 10 m/s. Initially separation between A & B is
‘d’ and between B and C is also d. When B catches C separation between A and C becomes 3d. Then
the speed of B will be :
u
5 m/s 10 m/s
A B C
d d
(a) 7.5 m/s (b) 15 m/s (c) 20 m/s (d) 5 m/s
52. One body is dropped while a second body is thrown downwards with an initial
velocity of 1 m/s simultaneously . The separation between these two bodies is 18 m after a
time :
(a) 18 s (b) 9 s (c) 4.5 s (d) 36 s
53. Two trains A and B 100 m and 60 m long are moving in opposite directions on parallel
tracks. The vel ocity of shorter train is 3 times that of the longer one. If the trains take 4
seconds to cross each other, the velocities of the trains are :
(a) V A = 10 m/s, V B = 30 m/s (b) V A = 2.5 m/s, V B = 7.5 m/s
(c) V B = 20 m/s, V B = 60 m/s (d) V A = 5 m/s, V B = 15 m/s
54. During a rainstorm, raindrops are observed to be striking the ground at an angle of  with
the vertical. A wind is blowing horizontally at the speed of 5.0 m/s. The speed of raindrop
is (in m/s):
(a) 5 sin (b) 5/sin  (c) 5 cos (d) 5/c os
55. A person standing on the floor of an elevator drops a coin . The coin reaches the floor
of the elevator in a time t 1 if the elevator is stationary and in time t 2 , if it is moving
uniformly. Then :
(a) t 1 = t 2 (b) t 1 < t 2 (c) t 1 > t 2
(d) t 1 < t 2 or t 1 > t 2 depending on whether the lift is going up or down.
56. The co-ordinates of a moving particle at any time t are given by x = ct2 and y = bt2. The speed of the
particle is given by:
2 t (c 2  b 2 ) t (c 2  b 2 ) (c 2  b 2 )
(a) 2 t (c  b ) (b) (c) (d) 2t .
57. Two men P and Q are standing at corners A and B of square ABCD of side 8m. They start moving along
the track with constant speed 2 m/s and 10 m/s respectively. Find the time when they will meet for the
first time .
B 10m/s
C
Q
2m/s
A D
P
(a) 2sec (b) 3 sec (c) 1sec (d) 6 sec
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58. The co ordinates of a moving particle at a time t , are given by , x = 5 sin 10 t , y = 5
cos 10 t . The speed of the particle is :
(a) 25 (b) 50 (c) 10 (d) None
59. A particle moves in the X- Y plane according to the equation :


r  (2iˆ  4 ˆj )sin  t .The
motion of the particle is :
(a) parabolic (b) circula (c) straight line (d)None of these

60. The position vector of a particle is r  (a cos t )î  (a sin t ) ĵ . The velocity vector is :
(a) perpendicular to position vector (b) parallel to position vector
(c) always directed towards origin (d) always directed away from the origin
61. A ball of mass m is projected from the ground with an initial velocity u making an angle
of  with the horizontal. What is the change in velocity between the point of projection
and the highest point ?
(a) ucos 2  downward (b) ucos upward
2
(c) usin  upward (d) usin downward
62. The greatest height to which a man can throw a stone is h. Th

Thee greatest distance to which he can throw it
will be :
(a) h/2 (b) h (c) 2 h (d) 4 h.
63. If the maximum horizontal range for a projectile is R, the greatest height attained by it is :
(a) 4R (b) R/2 (c) 2R (d) R/4.
64. Galileo writes that for angles of projection of a projectile at angle (45 + ) and (45 – ) the horizontal
ranges described by the projectile are in the ratio of (if   45 ) :
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 1 : 1 (d) 2 : 3
65. The time of flight of a projectile on an upward in

inclined
clined plane depends upon :
(a) angle of projection (b) angle of inclination of the plane
(c) air resistance (d) (a) and (b) both
66. Two bullets are fired at angle  and (90º-), the ratio of their time of flights is :
(a) 1 : 1 (b) tan : 1 (c) 1 : tan (d) tan2 : 1
67. A ball rolls off the top of a staircase with a horizontal velocity u m/s. If the steps are h metre high and b
metre wide, the ball will hit the edge of the nth step, if :
2hu 2hu 2 2hu 2 hu 2
n n n n
(a) gb 2 (b) gb (c) gb 2 (d) gb 2
68. A particle is projected from a horizontal plane with 8 2 m/s at an angle. At highest point its velocity is
found to be 8 m/s. Its range will be :
(a) 64 m (b) 12.8 m (c) 128 m (d) 64.4 m
1
y  3x  gx 2
69. The equation of the trajectory of an oblique projectile is : 2
Here, x and y are in metre and g is in m/s2. The angle of projection is :

(a) 0º (b) 90º (c) 45º (d) tan 1 3
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70. Three particle A, B and C are thrown from the top of building with some speed. B is
thrown straight up, A is thrown straight down and C is thrown horizontally. They hit on
the ground with speed V A , V B and V C respectively
(a) V A = V B = V C (b) V B > V C > V A (c) V B = V A > V C (d) V A > V B =
VC
71. A particle moves in a parabolic path whose equation is y = 4ax 2 , with a constant x
component of velocity equal to A . The acceleration of the particle is :
2ˆ 2ˆ 2
(a) 4aAk̂ (b) 8aA j (c) 4aA j (d) 8aA k̂
72. Trajectories are shown in figure for three kicked footballs. Ignoring air resistance, order
the trjectories according to figure. Order of time of flight of the tragectory is given by :
(a) t a = t b = t c (b) t a > t b > t c (c) t a < t b < t c (d) none of these
73. A stone projected with a velocity u at an angle  with the horizontal reaches maximum height H1. When
it is projected with velocity u at an angle (/2 – ) with the horizontal reaches maximum height H2. The
relation between horizontal range R of the projectile, H1 and H2 is :
H12
R
(a) R  4 H 1H 2 (b) R  4( H 1  H 2 ) (c) R  4 ( H1  H 2 ) (d) H 22
74. Suppose a player hits several baseballs. W

Which
hich baseball will be in the air for the longest time ?
(a) The one with the farthest range.
(b) The one which reaches maximum height.
(c) The one with the greatest initial velocity.
(d) The one leaving the bat at 45º with respect to the ground.
75. A projectile is fired with a speed u at angle  with the horizontal. Its speed when its direction of motion
makes an angle ‘  ’ with the horizontal is :
(a) u sec cos  (b) u sec sin  (c) u cos  sec  (d) u sin  sec
76. A swimmer wishes to reach directly opposite bank of a river, flowing with velocity 8 m/s. The swimmer
can swim 10 m/s in still water. The width of the river is 480 m. Time taken by him to do so:
(a) 60 sec (b) 48 sec (c) 80 sec (d) none of these.
77. A helicopter is flying south with a speed of 50 km/

km/h.
h. A train is moving with the same speed towards
east. The relative velocity of the helicopter as seen by the passengers in the train will be 502 km/h
towards:
(a) north east (b) south east (c) north west (d) south west
78. Two particles are moving with velocities v1 and v2. Their relative velocity is the maximum when the
angle between their velocities is :
(a) zero (b) /4 (c) /2 (d) 
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79. A car is going eastwards with a velocity of 8 m/s. To the passengers in the car, a train appears to be
moving northwards with a velocity 15 m/s. What is the actual velocity of the train ?
(a) 7 m/s (b) 17 m/s (c) 23 m/s (d) None of these
80. A man who can swim at the rate of 2 km/h crosses a river to an exactly opposite point on the other bank
by swimming in a direction of 120º to the flow of the water in the river. The velocity of the water
current in km/h is :
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 1/2 (d) 3/2
81. A river is flowing from west to east at a speed of 5 meters per minute. A man on the south bank of the
river, capable of swimming at 10 meters per minute in still water, wants to swim across the river in
shortest time. He should swim in a direction :
(a) due north (b) 30º east of north (c) 30º north of west (d) 60º east of north
82. P is a point moving with constant speed 10 m/s such that its velocity vector always maintains an angle
60º with line OP as shown in figure ( 0 is a fixed point in space). The initial distance between O and P is
100 m. After what time shall P reach O ?
P
m
10 0
(
60º
O v = 10 m/s
(a) 10 sec (b) 15 sec (c) 20 sec (d) 203 sec
83. Raindrops are falling vertically with a velocity of 10 m/s. To a cyclist moving on a straight road the
raindrops appear to be coming with a velocity of 20 m/s. The velocity of cyclist is:
(a) 10 m/s (b) 10 3 m/s (c) 20 m/s (d) 10 2 m/s
84. A river flows at 3 metres per second and is 300 meters wide. A man swims across the river with a
velocity of 2 meters per second directed always perpendicular to the flows of current. How long does it
take the man to cross the river?
(a) 150 second (b) 2 minute (c) 90 second (d) None
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1. A drunkard walking in a narrow lane takes 5 steps forward and 3 steps backward, followed again 5 steps
forward and 3 steps backward and so on. Each step is 1 m long and requires 1 second. The time of fall
of drunkard in a pit 13m away from the start is :
(a) 52 sec (b) 48 sec (c) 37 sec (d) 26 sec
  2
2. The position vector of a particle is given by the relation r  a (1  t  t ) . What will be its
displacement
 
during its first
 
2 seconds of motion
 
?  
(a) r  a (1  2   4) (b) r  a (  2   4) (c) r  a (    4) (d) r  a (2  2  4)
3. A particle moves in a straight line with the velocity as shown in the figure. At t = 0, x = –16m. Then :
v 2
30 40
O
10 18 24 t(sec)
–2
–6
(a) the maximum value of the position coordinate of the particle is 54 m.

(b) the maximum value of the position coordinate of the particle is 36 m.
(c) the particle is at the position of 36 m at t = 18 sec
(d) the particle is at the position of 36 m at t = 30 sec.
4. The vt plot of a particle in motion over a time period t3 seconds is shown in figure . What would
be the distance travelled ‘s’ vs time ‘t’ plot like ?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
5. Three particles starts from the origin at the same time, one with a velocity v1 along the positive
direction of x-axis, the second along the positive direction of y-axis with a velocity v2 and the third
along the line y = x in the first quadr
quadrant.
ant. The velocity of the third particle so that the three are always
collinear is :
v1  v 2 v1v 2 2 v1v 2
(a) 2 (b) v1v 2 (c) v1  v 2 (d) v1  v 2
6. The x and y- coordinates of a particle in motion, as functions of time t, are given by :

x = 7t 2 – 4t + 6, y = 3t 3 – 3t 2 – 12t – 5 (x and y are in m and t is in sec.)
The x and y- components of the average velocity, in the interval from t = 0 sec to t = 5 s
are:
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(a) v x = 32.2 ms –1 , v y = 47 ms –1 (b) v x = –32.2 ms –1 , v y = –47 ms –1
(c) v x = 31 ms –1 , v y = 48 ms –1 (d) v x = –31 ms –1 , v y = – 48 ms –1
7. A body, moving in a straight line, covers half the distance with a speed V, the remaining part of the
distance was covered with a speed V1 for half of the time and with a speed V2 for the other half of the
time. What is the average speed of the body?
V (V1  V2 ) 2V (V1  V2 ) 2V1V2 V1V2
(a) (2V  V1  V2 ) (b) (2V  V1  V2 ) (c) (V  V1  V2 ) (d) (V  V1  V2 )
2
8. The relation between time t and distance x is t  x  x where  and  are constants. The retardation is:
2 2 2 3
(a) 2v 3 (b) 2v (c) 2v (d) 2 v .
9. A particle is moving along the positive y - axis at a speed of 5 m/s. Then it turns by 90° in
the anticlockwise sense without changing the speed. The change in the velocity of the
particle is about
(a) (b) (c) (d)
10. Shown here are the velocity and acceleration vectors for an object in several different
types of motion. In which case is the object slowing down and turning to the left ?
(a) (b) (c) (d)
11. The velocity-time plot for a particle moving on a straight line is shown in figure. Then:
m/s
10
v O t(sec)
10 20 30
–10
–20
(a) the particle has a constant acceleration
(b) the particle has never turned around
(c) the particle has zero displacement
(d) the average speed in the interval 0 to 10s is the same as the average speed in interval 10 s to 20 s.
12. The greatest acceleration or decceleration that a train may have is a. The minimum time in which the
train may reach from one station to the other separated by a distance d is :
d 2d 1 d d
2
(a) a (b) a (c) 2 a (d) a
dv
 8  4v
13. The equation of the motion of a body initially at rest is given by dt , where v is
velocity of the body at the time. Check the wrong statement .
(a) terminal velocity of the body is 2 m/s
(b) initial acceleration of the body is 8 m/s
(c) the velocity of the body when acceleration is half the initial value is 1 m/s
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(d) velocity is related to time by the equation v = at + bt 2 where a and b are constant.
14. The acceleration of a particle is given by a  kx where k is positive constant and x is displacement. If
the speed of the particle is 10 m/s at x = 0 and zero at x = 2 meters. Find the value of k.
(a) 25 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 15
15. The initial velocity of a particle at t = 0 is u . The particle is subjected to an acceleration

which increases linearly with time i.e., a = c t , where c is a constant . The velocity v at
any time is given by :
(a) v = u + at (b) v = u + ct 2 (c) v = u + 𝑐𝑡 (d) v = ut + 𝑐𝑡
16. The initial velocity of a particle is 3 î  4 ĵ and it is subjected to an acceleration 2 î  ĵ . What

is the speed of the particle after 3 seconds ?
(a) 5 5 m/s (b) 130 m/s (c) 50 m/s (d) 16 m/s
17. A particle starts from rest at the origin and moves along X  axis with acceleration a = 12
– 2 t . The time after which the particle arrives at th e origin is :
18. The graph between the displacement x and time t for a particle moving in a straight line
is shown in figure . During the interval OA , AB , BC and CD, the acceleration of the
particle is :
OA AB BC
(a) + 0 +
(b) – 0 +
(c) + 0 –
(d) – 0 –
19. Pick out the correct statement :

(a) Position vector is independent of the choice of origin of coordinate axis
(b) It is possible to have a situation in which magnitude of acceleration is not equal to zero. But time
rate of change of acceleration is zero.
(c) The acceleration of a particle which is in uniform circular motion is constant.
(d) For a particle moving in a straight line, if the velocity and accele
acceleration
ration have opposite sign, then the
object is not slowing down.
20. A body is moving along a straight line. Its distance xt from a point on its path at a time t after passing
that point is given by xt = 8t2 – 3t3, where xt is in metre and t is in second :
(a) Average speed during the interval t = 0s to t = 4 s is 22.21 ms–1.
(b) Average velocity during the interval t = 0 s to t = 4s is 16ms–1.
(c) The body starts from rest and at t = 16/9 s it reverses its direction of motion at xt = 8.43 m from the
start.
(d) It has an acceleration of 56 ms–2 at t = 4s.
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The position vector of a particle is given as r  (t  4t  6) i  t j . The time after which the velocity vector
2 2
21.
and acceleration vector becomes perpendicular to each other is equal to :
(a) 1 sec (b) 2 sec (c) 1.5 sec (d) not possible
22. A particle is moving with a constant speed V on a circular path of radius R. Magnitude of average
acceleration of particle in time t will be :
V2 2V  Vt  2V  Vt  2V  Vt 
sin   cos  tan 
(a) R (b) t  2R  (c) t  2R  (d) t  2R 
23. A particle has a velocity u towards east at t = 0. Its acceleration is towards west and is
constant. Let x A and x B be the magnitude of displacement in the first 10 seconds and the
next 10 seconds :
(a) x A < x B (b) x A = x B (c) x A > x B
(d) the information is insufficient to decide the relation of x A and x B .
24. A particle moving with constant acceleration from A to B in a straight line AB has velocities u and v at
A and B respectively. The velocity of the particle at a point C, the midpoint of AB is :
1 2uv 1 2 1
( u  v) (u  v 2 ) ( u  v)
(a) 2 (b) uv (c) 2 (d) 2
25. A car starts moving along a straight line, first with an acceleration a = 5 m/s2, then uniformly and finally
decelerating at the same rate a (= 5 m/s2) to come to rest. The total time of motion is 25 s. The average
speed during the time is 20 m/s. How long does the particle move uniformly?
(a) 10 s (b) 12 s (c) 20 s (d) 15 s
26. A rocket is fired upwards. Its velocity versus time graph is shown in the figure. The
maximum height reached by the rocket is :
(a) 7.1 km (b) 79.2 km (c) 72 km (d) infinite
27. A particle is moving with uniform acceleration along a straight line AB. Its velocity at A and B are 2m/s
and 14 m/s respectively. Then, select the wrong option :
(a) its velocity at the midpoint of AB is 10 m/s
(b) its velocity at P (such that AP : PB = 1 : 5) is 6 m/s
(c) The time to go from A to the mid point M of AB is double that to go from M to B
(d) The time to go from P to B is half that to go from A to P
28. The displacement- time graph of a moving particle with constant acceleration is shown in
the figure. The velocity- time graph is given by :
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(c) (d)
29. A train accelerates from rest at a constant rate  and then retards to rest at a constant r ate
 . If the total distance covered by the train is s, then the maximum velocity attained by
the train is :
        2s   2s 
       
 2   2        
(a)   s (b)  s (c)   (d)  
30. A stone falls from rest. The total distance covered by it in the last second of its motion is equal to the
distance covered in the first three seconds. What is the height from which the stone was dropped? Take
g = 10 m/s2.
(a) 25 m (b) 100 m (c) 125 m (d) 200 m
31. A stone falls freely from rest and the total distance covered by it in the last second of its motion equals
the distance covered by it in the first three seconds of its motion. The stone remains in the air for :
(a) 5 s (b) 8 s (c) 10 s (d) 15 s
32. A parachutist drops freely from an aeroplane for 10 s before the pparachute
arachute opens out. Then he descends
with a net retardation of 2.5 m/s2. If he falls out of the plane at a height of 2495 m and g = 10 m/s2, hit
velocity on reaching the ground will be :
(a) 5 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 15 m/s (d) 20 m/s
33. A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the ground. It crosses a point at the height of 25 m twice at an
interval of 4 seconds. The ball was thrown with the velocity of :
(a) 20 m/s (b) 25 m/s (c) 30 m/s (d) 35 m/s
34. A body is projected vertically upwards. If t 1 and t 2 be the times at which it is at height h
above the point of projection while ascending and descending respectively, then h is :
(a) gt 1 t 2 /2 (b) gt 1 t 2 (c) 2gt 1 t 2 (d) 4gt 1 t 2
35. In the above question, the velocity of projection is

(a) g(t 1 + t 2 )/2 (b) g(t 1 + t 2 ) (c) 2g(t 1 + t 2 ) (d) 4g(t 1 + t 2 )
36. From a tap water drops are falling at a regular interval of one second. When the fourth
drop is released, first drop reaches the ground. Then distance between third and second
drop at th e instant of release of fourth drop is (g = 10 m/s 2 ) :
(a) 15 m (b) 20 m (c) 25 m (d) 5 m
37. A ball thrown vertically up from the top of a tower with speed of 20 m/s arrives at the
ground level in 6 sec . The height of the tower is : [ g = 10 m/s 2 ]
(a) 60 m (b) 120 m (c) 180 m (d) 300 m
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38. In projectile motion, the modulus of rate of change of speed :
(a) is constant (b) first increase then decrease
(c) first decrease then increase (d) None
39. A particle is dropped from height 'h' under gravity .It makes an inelastic collision with floor and rises to
height h' .The plot of 'h' is given by (take positive y-axis upward) :
A) a y
B) ay ay
h C) ay D)
h
h h
40. A swimmer crosses a flowing stream of breadth b to and fro in time T1. The time taken to cover the
same distance up and down the stream is T2. If T3 is the time the swimmer would take to swim a
distance 2b in still water, then :
(a) T3 = T1 + T2 (b) T12 = T2 T3 (c) T22 = T1 T3 (d) T32 = T1T2
41. A river is flowing with a velocity of 5 km/hr. A motorboat going downstream passes a piece of wood at
point P. The motorboat goes downstream for one hour. For the next 30 minutes, due to technical failure,
the engine of the motorboat stops working. After that the motorboat starts moving upstream for one
hour. Finally the motorboat meets the same piece of wood at point Q. The value of PQ is equal to :
(a) 10 km (b) 12.5 km (c) 15 km (d) None
42. Two bodies move along a straight line towards each-other at initial velocities v1 and v2 and with
constant accelerations a1 and a2 directed against the corresponding velocities at the initial instant. The
maximum initial separation between the bodies for which they will meet during the motion is :
v12 v 22 ( v1  v 2 ) 2 v1v 2 v12  v 22

(a) a1 a 2 (b) 2 (a 1  a 2 ) (c) a1a 2 (d) a1  a 2
43. A stone A is dropped from the top of a tower of height 40 m. At the same time another
stone B is projected from the bottom of the tower with an initial velocity such that the
stones collide midway. The initial speed of second stone B is (Take g = 10 m/ s 2 ) :
(a) 5 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 20 m/s (d) 15 m/s
44. A balloon starts rising from the ground with an acceleration of 1.25 m/s 2 . After 8
seconds, a stone is released from the balloon. The stone will :
(a) over a distance of 40 m (b) reach the ground in 4 sec
(c) have a displacement of 50 m (d) begin to move down after being released.
45. Two balls of same masses are shot upward one after another at an interval of 2 second
along the same vertical line and with same initial velocity of 40 m/s. The height at which
they collide :
(a) 50 m (b) 75 m (c) 100 m (d) 125 m
46. A particle is moving along the locus : y = k x (k > 0) with a constant speed ' v '. At t =
0, it is at the origin and about to enter the first quadrant of x - y axes. At so me later time
t > 0, v x = v y . At this moment , [a y – a x ] =
v2 v2
2
(a) k (b) zero (c) – k2 (d) none of these
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47. A projectile is projected at an angle (  45º ) with an initial velocity u. The time t, at which its
horizontal velocity will equal the vertical velocity.
u u u u
t (cos   sin ) t (cos   sin ) t (sin   cos ) t (sin 2   cos2 )
(a) g (b) g (c) g (d) g
.
 a iˆ  bˆj 
48. A projectile is thrown with an initial velocity of   m/s. If the range of projectile is twice the
maximum height reached by it, then
(a) b = a/2 (b) b = a (c) b = 2a (d) b = 4a
49. A body is thrown horizontally with a velocity 2gh from the top of a tower of height h. It strikes the
level ground through the foot of the tower at a distance x from the tower. The value of x is :
(a) h (b) h/2 (c) 2h (d) 2h/3
50. The trajectory of a projectile in a vertical plane is y = ax – bx2, where a and b are constants, and x and y
are respectively horizontal and vertical distance of the projectile from the point of projection. The
maximum height attained by the particle and the angle of projection from the horizontal are :
b2 a2 a2 2a 2
, tan 1 (b) , tan 1 (2a ) , tan 1 (a ) , tan 1 (a )
(a) 2a (b) b (c) 4b (d) b
51. The speed of a projectile when it is at its greatest height, is 2/5 times its speed at half the maximum
height. The angle of projection is :
(a) 30º (b) 60º (c) 45º (d) tan–1(3/4)
52. After one second the velocity of a pprojectile

rojectile makes an angle of 45° with the horizontal.
After another one second it is travelling horizontally. The magnitude of its initial velocity
and angle of projection are :[g = 10 m/s 2 ]
(a) 14.62 m/s, 60° (b) 14.62 m/s, tan –1 (2)
(c) 22.36 m/s, tan –1 (2) (d) 22.36 m/s, 60°
53. From the top of a tower of height 100 m , a ball is projected with a velocity of 10
m/sec, it takes 5 seconds to reach the ground . If g = 10 m/sec 2 , then the angle of
projection is :
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
54. A particle is projected with a speed 10 m/s at an angle 30° with horizontal from a
horizontal ground. Find the time after which the velocity is perpendicular to its initial
velocity : [ g = 10 m/s 2 ]
(a) 1 s (b) 2 s (c) 3 s (d) never
55. A particle is projected with a certain velocity at an angle  above the horizontal from the foot of an
inclined plane of inclination 30º. If the particle strikes the plane normally then  is equal to :
(a) 30º + tan–1√3/2 (b) b) 45º (c) 60º (d) 30º + tan
√
56. A plane surface is inclined making an angle  above the horizontal. A bullet is fired with the part of
projection at the bottom of the inclined plane with a velocity u, then the maximum range is given by :
u2 u2 u2 u2
(a) g (b) g (1  sin ) (c) g (1  sin ) (d) g (1  cos )

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57. A ball is projected from point A with a velocity 10 m/s perpendicular to the inclined plane as shown in
the figure. Range of the ball on the inclined plane is :
A
30º (
(a) 40/3 m (b) 20/3 m (c) 10/3 m (d) 5/3 m
58. A particle is projected up an inclined with initial speed v = 20 m/s at an angle  = 30º with the plane.
The component of its velocity perpendicular to the plane when it strikes the plane is :
(a) 10 3 m / s (b) 10 m/s (c) 5 3m/s (d) data is insufficient
59. Time taken by the projectile to reach from A to B is t. Then the distance AB is equal to
u
B
60º
) 30º
A C
ut 3ut
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 3ut (d) 2ut
60. A man standing on flat car under the shed of a small umbrella as shown in figure. Rainfall
starts at 30 m/s at an angle 30° with the vertical as shown. Find the speed and direction in
which flatcar should be moved in order to save man from rain fall .
(a) 15 m/s toward right (b) 15 m/s toward left

(c) 15 3 m/s toward right (d) 15 3 m/s toward left
61. A river is flowing with a speed of 1km/h. A swimmer wants to go to point C starting from A. He swims
with a speed of 5km/h at an angle  w.r.t. the river. If AB = BC = 400 m. Then the value of  is :
1km/h B C
)
A
(a) 37º (b) 30º (c) 53º (d) 45º
62. A particle P is projected from a point on the surface of smooth inclined plane (see figure).
Simultaneously another particle Q is released on the smooth inclined plane from the same position. P
and Q collide after t = 4 second. The speed of projection of P is

P
Q
60º (
(a) 5 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 15 m/s (d) 20 m/s
63. A man walking Eastward at 6 kmhr –1 finds that the wind seems to blow directly from
north. On doubling his velocity, the wind appears to come from N 30° E. The velocity of
wind is :
(a) 6 3 km/hr from N 30° E. (b) 12 km/hr at 30° E of S
(c) 6  3  1 km/hr 30° W of N (d) 12 km/hr N. W.
64. An aeroplane flies from P to Q with speed u and then from Q to P with same speed. If
wind blows normal to straight line PQ with speed V, the total time for to and fro motion is
:
L 2L 2L 2L
(a) (u 2  V 2 )1/ 2 (b) (u 2  V 2 )1/ 2 (c) uV (d) (u 2  V 2 )
65. Six person are initially at the six corner of a hexagon of side a. Each person now moves with a uniform
speed v in such manner that person 1st is always directed toward 2nd, 2nd toward 3rd, 3rd toward 4th
and so-on. The time after which they meet is
2a a a a
(a) V (b) V (c) V (d) V
66. A rod of length L leans by its upper end against a smooth vertical wall, while its other end leans against
the floor. The end A that leans against the wall moves uniformly downward. Now
(a) The end B moves uniformly along the floor
(b) The end B moves with acceleration along the floor
(c) The end B moves with retardation along the floor
(d) The end B moves on the floor, same distance with acceleration and the with retardation
67. A particle P moves in a circular papath

th with centre at O at uniform speed v as shown in
figure. At centre a bulb is glowing which forms a shadow S on coiling at a height h above
the ground. Find velocity of shadow when particle P is at an angle  with the vertical :
vh vh vh vh
tan  sec  cot 2  sec 2 
(a) R (b) R (c) R (d) R
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68. A weightless inextensible rope rests on a stationary wedge forming an angle  with the
horizontal. One end of the rope is fixed to the wall at the point A. When a small load is
attached to the rope at the point B, the wedge starts moving to the right due to some
internal mechanism with constant acceleration ‘a’. What is the acceler ation of the load
when it is still on the wedge ?
 
2a sin 2a cos
(a) 2a sin  (b) 2a cos  (c) 2 (d) 2
69. A man walking with speed v constant in magnitude and direction passes under a lantern hanging at a
height H above the ground. Find the velocity with which the eedge
dge of the shadow of the man’s head
moves over the ground, if his height is ‘h’.
 H  H h Hh
 v v v  v
(a) Hh  (b) h (c) H (d)  H 

GRAVITY -3
1. A particle is thrown horizontally with velocity 10 m/s from an inclined plane which is also moving with
an acceleration 10 m/s2 vertically upward. The time after which it lands on the inclined plane (g = 10
m/s2) is :
1
s
(a) 1 s (b) 2 s (c) 1/2 s (d) 3
2. A particle is projected with a velocity u, an any angle  , with the horizontal . At what
time its vertical component of velocity becomes half of its net speed at the highest point ?
u u u u
(sin   cos ) (2 cos   sin ) (2 sin   cos )
(a) 2g (b) 2g (c) 2g (d) 2g
   
3. A particle moves in a plane xy with velocity v  ai  bxj where i and j are the unit vectors
of th e x and y axes and a and b are constants . At time t = 0 , the particle was at the
origin of coordinates . The trajectory y = f (x) of the particle will be :
(a) a parabola (b) an ellipse (c) a circle (d) straight line
4. A ball is thrown from a point on ground at some angle of projection . At the same time a
bird starts from a point directly above this point of projection at a height h
horizontally with speed u . Given that in its flight ball just touches the bird at one
point . Find the distance on ground where ball strikes :
h 2h 2h h
(a) 2u g (b) u g (c) 2u g (d) u g
5. A particle moves in such a way that its acceleration depends on its instantaneous
speed as a = c – kv. Find particle’s velocity as a function of time t. Gi ven that at t = 0, it
starts from rest.
c kt c c
e (1  e  kt ) (1  kt )
(a) k (b) k (c) k (d) none of these
6. An experiment on the take off performance of an aeroplane shows that the acceleration
varies as shown in the figure, and that it taken 12 s to take off from a rest posi tion. The
distance along the runway covered by the aeroplane is :
(a) 210 m (b) 2100 m (c) 21000 m (d) 1200 m
7. A body is thrown vertically upwards in air. When air resistance is taken into
consideration let the time of ascent be t 1 and time of descent be t 2 , then :
(a) t 1 = t 2 (b) t 1 < t 2 (c) t 1 > t 2 (d) t 1 > = < t 2
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8. The velocities in x and y direction of a particle moving in xy plane is given by v x = a 0 t,
vy  2 3 x
where a 0 is constant, t is time and x is the displacement in x direction at any
time t, then the speed of the particle at t = 1 sec is :[ if at t = 0 it was at (0, 0) ]
(a) 2a 0 (b) 4a 0 (c) a 0 /4 (d) 8a 0
9. In the above question , the trajectory of the particle will be :

22 2 92 2 92 2 22 3
y3  x y3  x y2  x y2  x
(a) 9a 0 (b) 2a 0 (c) 2a 0 (d) 9a 0
10. Particles are fired simultaneously from the top and bottom of a vertical tower with the
elevation  = 30° ,  = 60° respectively and strike the object simultaneoulsy at the same
point . If a = 30 3 m is the horizontal distance of the ob
object
ject from the tower , then time
of flight is :
(a) 2 sec (b) 3√2 sec (c) 2√3 sec (d) 6 sec
11. Find the speed of the intersection point O of the two wires if the wires starts moving perpendicular to
itself with speed v as shown in figure :
O 


vcosec   2  v cosec  v cos  2 v sec  2

(a) (b) (c) (d)
12. A particle moves with an initial velocity 0 and retardation , where  is its velocity at any time t.
20
(a) The particle will cover a total distance 
(b) The particle will come to rest after a time 1
(c) The particle will continue to move for a very long time
(d) The velocity of the particle will becom 0 2 e after a time 1
13. Two stones are thrown up vertically and simultaneously but with different speeds. Which graph
correctly represents the time variation of their relative positions x. Assume that stones do not bounce
after hitting ground.
x x x x
(a) t (b) t (c) t (d) t
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14. The graph of position x versus time t represents the motion of a particle. If b and c are both positive
constants, which of the following expressions best describes the acceleration a of the particle ?
x
t
(a) a = b – ct (b) a = + b (c) a = –c (d) a = b + ct
15. Particles A and B are moving with constant velocities along x and y axis respectively, the graph of
separation between them with time is :
s s s s
(a) t (b) t (c) t (d) t
16. A stone is thrown in such a manner that it would just hit a bird at the top of a tree and afterwards reach a
height double that of the tree. If at the moment of throwing the stone the bird flies away horizontally and
the stone hits the bird after some time, the ratio of horizontal velocity of stone to that of the bird is :
2 1 2 1 2 2
(a) 2 (b) 2 (c) 2 1 (d) 2 1
17. Displacement of a particle varies as S = t3 – 3t2 + 4t where t is in seconds and S in meters. The
displacement of the particle when the velocity of particle is minimum :
(a) 3m (b) 2m (c) 4m (d) 6m
18. An inclined plane makes an angle 30° with the horizontal. A groove OA = 5 m cut in the plane makes an
angle 30° with OX as shown in the figure. A short smooth cylinder is free to slide down the influence of
gravity. The time taken by the cylinder to reach from A to O is :
(a) 4 s (b) 2 s (c) 2 2 s (d) 1s
19. At a particular instant of time t, two moving cars A and B are separated by a distance x. Their relative
velocity V with component along AB being u and perpendicular to AB being v. The time that elapse
before they arrive at their nearest distance is :
xu xv (u  v) x Vx
(a) V 2 (b) V2 (c) V2 (d) ( u  v) 2
20. Two particles A and B are thrown simultaneously from two different floors of tower
having distance d between them. Velocity of part icle A is v A at an angle  from
particle
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horizontal while velocity of particle B is v B at an angle  from horizontal. If two particles
collide in mid air then v A /v B =

cos  sin  tan 
(a) cos  (b) sin  (c) tan  (d) 1 : 1
21. In the given figure, the angle of inclination of the inclined plane is 30°. Find the horizontal velocity V0
so that the particle hits the inclined plane perpendicularly.
V0
90°
H
90° 30°
2gH 2gH gH gH
V0  V0  V0  V0 
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 7
22. A vehicle of mass m starts moving along a horizontal circle of radius R such that its speed varies with
distance S covered by the vehicle as v  K S where K is a constant
K 2t 2
K 2t
(a) The speed of vehicle is 2 (b) The distance moved by particle is 4
(c) The speed of vehicle is K 2t 2 (d) The distance moved by particle is 2 K 2t
23. A particle is projected from a point P(2,0,0)m with a velocity 10m/s making an angle 45º with the
horizontal. The plane of projectile motion passes through a horizontal line PQ which makes an angle of
37º with positive x-axis, xy plane is horizontal. The coordinates of the point where the particle will
strike the line PQ is (take g = 10 m/s2) :
(a) (10,6,0)m (b) (8,6,0)m (c) (10,8,0)m (d) (6,10,0)m
24. A projectile is thrown on an inclined plane at an angle  with the inclined plane with
velocity V. At the same time a body is projected on the inclined plane from the foot of the
plane. The body is given initial velocity U and it moves up under con stant retardation
g sin  along the inclined plane. The condition for the two bodies to meet on the inclined
plane :
L 2V cos  L 2V
(a) U  V sin  = g cos  (b) U  V cos  = g cos 
L 2V sin 
(c) U  V cos  = g cos  (d) None of these
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25. Two particle are projected from a point at the same instant with velocities whose
horizontal and vertical components are u 1 , v 1 and u 2 and v 2 respectively. The interval
between their passing through the other common point of their path is :
2( v1u1  v 2 u 2 ) 2( v1u1  v 2 u 2 ) 2( v1u 2  v 2 u1 )
(a) g (u 1  u 2 ) (b) g( u 1  u 2 ) (c) g ( u1  u 2 ) (d) None
One or more than answer may be correct:
26. The velocity time graph of a particle moving along a straight line is shown in the figure. For this
situation mark the correct statement(s).
(a) The average velocity of the particle for 0 to 40 sec is zero.

(b) The distance travelled by the particle and magnitude of displacement for any time interval 0 to 20
sec are same.
(c) The distance travelled by the particle in 0 to 30 sec is 75m.
(d) The distance travelled by the particle in 0 to 30 sec is 25m.
27. A particle starts moving with initial velocity 3 m/s along X-axis from origin. Its acceleration and
displacement graph is shown in figure. At x = √3 m (point P marked on the graph) slope of tangent
=√3
drawn to a-x graph is √3. At x = √3 m
(a) 𝑣 = √3 + 9 m/s (b) a = 1.5 m/s2 (c) v = 2√3 m/s (d) a = 3m/s2
28. Oblique co-ordinate axes are considered as shown in figure. A particle is having velocity
𝑣⃗ at an angle 300 to the X – axis . For this situation mark the correct statement(s).
(a) Its component of velocity along Y – axis is vA sin300

(b) Its component of velocity along Y – axis is vA cos300
(c) Its component of velocity along Y – axis is vA tan300
(d) Its projection of velocity on Y – axis is vAsin300
29. Two particles A and B are initially 20m apart, A is behind B. Particle A starts moving with a uniform
velocity of 5 m/s towards B. Particle B starting from rest has an acceleration 1 m/s2 in the direction of
velocity A. Mark the correct statement(s).
(a) The minimum distance between the two particles is 10 m.
(b) The minimum distance between the particles is 7.5 m.
(c) The particle will be closest at t = 5s
(d) The particle will be closest at t = 10s
30. A particle is projected with velocity 10√2 m/s at an angle of 450 with horizontal. The angle between the
initial velocity and velocity at height 1.8 m is [take g = 10 m/s2 ]
(a) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (b) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 ( ) (c) 𝑐𝑜𝑠 ( ) (d) 300

√ √ √
31. A person when moving down with speed 10 m/s wrt ground along the incline OA observes that rain is
falling at an angle 450 with the vertical and when the person moves up the incline OB with velocity 20
m/s wrt ground then he observes that the rain drops ar
aree hitting him in vertical downward direction. The
speed of rain wrt ground is
(a) 5√2m/s (b) 20√3m/s (c) 10√2m/s (d) 10 4 − 2√2 m/s
32. A particle starts moving from rest along a straight line. Th

Thee velocity of the particle as function of time
2
is given by v = t – t where t is in second and v is in m/s. For this situation mark the correct statement.
(a) The particle first speed up, then slows down and then again speeds up forever.
(b) The particle slows down for < t < 1s.
(c) The particle speeds up for 0 < t < s.
(d) The acceleration of particle is +ve for < t < 1s.
33. A wedge is moving with constant speed as shown in figure. A particle is projected with speed u relative
to the wedge at an angle 𝛼 as shown. The time of flight of the particle is
(given 𝛼 + 𝜃 = 90°)
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(a) (b) (c) (d)
34. At time t = 0, a car moving along a straight line has a velocity of 16 m/s. It slows down with an
acceleration of – 0.5t m/s2, where t is in second. Mark the correct statement(s).
(a) The direction of velocity changes at t = 8s.
(b) The distance travelled in 4 s is approximately 59 m.
(c) The distance travelled in 10 s is approximately 94 m.
(d) The velocity at t = 10 s is 9 m/s.
35. An object moves in X-Y plane with an acceleration that has +ve Y component. At time t = 0, the object
has a velocity given by 𝑣⃗ = 3𝚤 + 4𝚥̂. Mark the correct statements. [take g = 10 m/s2 ]
(a) Magnitude of velocity of the particle is continuously increasing.
(b) X component of velocity is continuously increasing.
(c) Y component of velocity is continuously increasing.
(d) Y component of velocity is remains constant.
36. A projectile is projected with a n initial speed of 20 m/s at an angle 370 with horizontal it is just able to
clear to hurdles of height 2 m each. For this situation mark the correct statements. [take g = 10 m/s2]
(a) The time elapsed to cross the hurdles is 2.04 s.
(b) The horizontal separation between the hurdles is 32.64 m.
(c) The distance of 1st hurdle from point of projection is 2.88 m.
(d) The time taken by projectile to reach 2nd hurdle is 2.22 s.
Comprehension type question
Passage I
The velocity of a particle is varying with time according to the relation; 𝑣 = 𝑣 sin (𝜔𝑡) m/s ,
Where 𝑣 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝜔 are constants. Considering the motion from t = 0 to t = . For this situation answer the
following questions.
37. The acceleration of the particle varies
(a) linearly (b) sinusoidally (c) parabolically (d) none of the above

38. The distance travelled by the particle during this time is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
39. The acceleration of the particle at t = is

(a) 𝑣 𝜔 (b) zero (c) 2𝑣 𝜔 (d) 𝜋 𝑣 𝜔
Passage II
Two particles are projected simultaneously from two points A and B at t = 0. The stone from A is
projected horizontally with speed vA and stone from B is projected with a speed 90 m/s at an angle of
370 with the horizontal. During their course of motion, the particle collides in mid of air at t = 6 s and at
the time of collision the velocities of the two particles are mutually perpendicular. [take g = 10 m/s2]
Based on the above information, answer the following questions.
40. The value of l is

(a) 462 m (b) 324 m (c) 5 m (d) 825 m
41. The value of h is
(a) 462 m (b) 324 m (c) 5 m (d) 825 m
42. The value of vA is
(a) 10 m/s (b) 5 m/s (c) 15 m/s (d) 20 m/s
Passage III
When a particle is undergoing motion, the displacement of the particle has a magnitude that is equal to
or smaller than the total distance travelled by the particle. In many cases the displacement of the particle
may actually be zero, while the distance travelled by it is non-zero. Both these quantities, however
depend on the frame of reference in which motion of the particle is being observed. Consider a particle
which is projected in the earth’s gravitational field, close to its surface, with a speed of 100 2 m / s , at an
angle of 45º with the horizontal in the eastward direction. Ignore air resistance and assume that the
acceleration due to gravity is 10 m/s2.
43. The motion of the particle is observed in two different frames : one in the ground frame (a) and another
frame (b), in which the horizontal component of the displacement is always zero. Two observers located
in these frames will agree on :
(a) the total distance travelled by the particle (b) the horizontal range of the particle
(c) the maximum height risen by the particle (d) none of the above
44. “A third observer (c) close to the surface of the earth reports that particle is initially travelling at a speed
of 100 m/s making on angle of 45º with the horizontal, but its horizontal motion is northward”. The third
observer is moving in :
(a) the south-west direction with a speed of 100 2 m / s
(b) the south-east direction with a speed of 100 2 m / s
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(c) the north-west direction with a speed of 100 2 m / s
(d) the north-east direction with a speed of 100 2 m / s
45. There exists a frame (d) in which the distance travelled by the particle is a minimum. This minimum
distance is equal to :
(a) 2 km (b) 1 km (c) 0 km (d) 500 m
46. Consider an observer in frame D (of the previous question), who observes a body of mass 10 kg
accelerating in the upward direction at 30 m/s2 (w.r.t. himself). The net force acting on this body, as
observed from the ground is :
(a) 400 N in the upward direction (b) 300 N in the upward direction
(c) 200 N in the upward direction (d) 500 N in the upward direction
Passage IV
A particle moving with uniform acceleration along a straight line passes three
successive points A , B and C where the distances AB : BC is 3 : 5 and the time taken
from A to B is 40 sec. If the velocit
velocities
ies at A and C are 5 m/s and 15 m/s respectively.
47. The velocity of the particle at B is :

(a) 10 m/s (b) 12 m/s (c) 20 m/s (d) 22.5 m/s
48. Acceleration of the particle :

(a) 1/6 m/s 2 (b) 1/8 m/s 2 (c) 1/10 m/s 2 (d) 1/4 m/s 2
49. Time taken to cover B to C :

50. Total distance from A to C :

(a) 60 m (b) 80 m (c) 100 m (d) 120 m
Passage V
A particle is projected from O and is moving freely under gravity and strikes the
horizontal plane through O at a distance R from it . Then
51. The maximum height H and the range R are related to each other as,
(a) R = 4Hcot (b) R = 2Hcot (c) R = 4Htan (d) R = 2Htan
52. The angle of elevation  of the highest point of the projectile and the angle of projection 
are related to each other as
(a) tan = (tan)/2 (b) tan  = (tan)/4 (c) tan = 2tan (d) tan  = tan(
53. In the figure , B and C are at the same level, the time difference between these two
positions is t 1 , A and D are also at the same level, the time difference between these two
positions is t 2 . Then t 22  t12 is :

2h 4h 6h 8h
(a) g (b) g (c) g (d) g
54. The radius of curvature at the point of projection is :

u2 u2 u2
g g sin  g cos 
(a) (b) (c) (d) Can’t be determined
Integer Type Questions

55. An engine driven rocket rises from the ground vertically upwards with a uniform velocity of v m/s. The
engine stops functioning after some time and rocket falls back on the ground. If the total time of its
journey is t second. Find the height (in km) at which the engine stopped functioning? [Take g = 10m/s2,
v= 200m/s and t=50s, 5 = 2.25]
56. A body falling freely from a given height H hits an inclined plane in its path at a height h. As a result of
this impact the direction of the velocity the body becomes horizontal. For what value of H/h the body
will take minimum time to reach the ground.
57. A body starts from rest with uniform acceleration. Its velocity after 2 n second is v0. The displacement
of the body in last n second is . Determine the value of 𝛽?
58. Find the time after which A overtakes B.
vA = 10 m/s vB = 5 m/s
A B
2 2
a = 8 m/s aB = 2 m/s
100 m
59. In a car race, car A takes time t less than car B and passes the finishing point with a velocity v more than
the velocity with which car B passes the point. Assuming that the cars start from rest and travel with
constant accelerations 9 m/s2 and 4 m/s2 respectively. Then calculate the value of v/t.
Matrix Match Type
60. A particle is moving along a strai ght line. Its velocity varies with time as v = 2 –t where v is in m/s and t
straight
in seconds. In time from t = 0 to t = 4s, match the following .
Column (I) Column (II)
A Displacement (m) P 0
B Distance (m) Q 1
C Average velocity (m/s) R 2
D Average speed (m/s) S 4
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61. Two inclined planes OA and OB having inclination 30º and 60º with horizontal respectively, intersect
each other at 0 as shown in fig. A particle is projected from point 'P' with velocity m/s along a direction
perpendicular to plane OA. If the particle st
strikes
rikes plane OB perpendicularly at Q. Then.
u
A B
P Q
0 0
)60
)
30
O
A Vertical height 'h' of 'P' from 'O' P 10 (SI Units)
B Maximum height attained by particle from 'O' Q 5 (SI Units)
C Distance of PQ R 16.25(SI Units)
D Velocity with which particle strikes the plane S 20 (SI Uuits)

OB
62.
x2
y  x
Trajectory of a particle in projectile motion is given as : 80 . Here x and y are in meters. For this
projectile motion, with g  10m / s
2
A Angle of projection (in degree) P 20 m
B Angle of velocity with horizontal after 4s Q 80 m
C Maximum height R 450
D Horizontal range S 300
63. Match The Columns

A Area enclosed between graph P Average acceleration with proper

and time axis sign.
B Area enclosed between and time Q Instantaneous acceleration

axis considering
area in all quadrants positive
C Slope of a chord of graph with R Total distance

time axis
D slope of tangent of graph with S Net displacement

time axis
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64. A balloon starts rising up with constant net acceleration of . After 2s, a particle drops from the balloon.
After further 2s, match the following (Take )
A Height of the particle from ground P zero
B Speed of particle Q 10 SI units
C Displacement of particle(after leaving balloon) R 40 SI units
D Acceleration of particle at last moment S 20 SI units
GRAVITY -4
1. A ball is released from the top of a tower of height h metres. It takes T seconds to reach the ground.
What is the position of the ball in T/3 seconds?
(a) h/9 metre from the ground (b) 7h/9 metre from the ground
(c) 8h/9 metre from the ground (d) 17h/18 metre from the ground
2. A projectile can have the same range R for two angles of projection. If T1 and T2 be the time of
flights in the two cases, then the product of the two times of flights is directly proportional to:
(a) 1/R2 (b) 1/R (c) R (d) R2
3. An automobile travelling with a speed of 60 km/h, can brake to stop within a distance of 20 m.
If the car is going twice as fast, i.e. 120 km/h, the stopping distance will be:
(a) 20 m (b) 40 m (c) 60 m (d) 80 m
4. A ball is thrown from a point with a speed v0 at an angle of projection θ . From the same point and at the
same instant, a person starts running with a constant speed v0/2 to catch the ball. Will the person be able
to catch the ball? If yes, what should be the angle of projection?
(a) Yes, 600 (b) Yes, 300 (c) No (d) Yes, 450
5. A projectile can have the same range R for two angles of projection. If T1 and T2 be the times of flights
in the two cases, then the product of the two times of flights is proportional to
(a) R2 (b) R–2 (c) R–1 (d) R
6. The relation between time and distance x is 𝑡 = 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑥; where a and b are constants. The acceleration
is
(a) −2𝑎𝑏𝑣 (b) 2𝑏𝑣 (c) −2𝑎𝑣 (d) 2𝑎𝑣
7. A car starting from rest accelerates at the rate f through a distance S, then continues at constant speed for
time t and then decelerates at the rate f/2 to come to rest. If the total distance traversed is 5 S, then
(a) S = ft (b) S = ft2/6 (c) S = ft2/2 (d) S = ft2/4
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8. A particle is moving eastwards with a velocity of 5 m/s in 10 seconds the velocity changes to 5 m/s
northwards. The average acceleration in this time is
(a) m/s2 towards north east (b) m/s2 towards north
√
(c) zero (d) m/s2 towards north west
√
9. A parachutist after bailing out falls 50 m without friction. When parachute open, it decelerates at 2 m/s2.
He reaches the ground with a speed of 3 m/s. At what height, did he bail out?
(a) 91 m (b) 182 m (c) 293 m (d) 111 m
10. A particle located at x = 0 at time t = 0, starts moving along the positive x-direction with a velocity ‘v’
that varies as v = α√𝑥 . The displacement of the particle varies with time as
(a) t3 (b) t2 (c) t (d) t1/2
11. The velocity of the particle is 𝑣 = 𝑣 + 𝑔𝑡 + 𝑓𝑡 . If its position is x = 0 at t = 0, then its displacement
after unit time (t = 1) is
(a) 𝑣 + + 𝑓 (b) 𝑣 + 2𝑔 + 3𝑓 (c) 𝑣 + + (d) 𝑣 + 𝑔 + 𝑓
12. A body is at rest at x = 0. At t = 0, it starts moving in positive x-direction with a constant acceleration.
At the same instant another body passes through x = 0 moving in the positive x-direction with a constant
speed. The position of the first body is given by 𝑥 (𝑡) after time t and that of the second body by 𝑥 (𝑡)
after the same time interval. Which of the following graphs correctly describes (𝑥 − 𝑥 ) as a function
of time ‘t’?
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
13. A particle has an initial velocity 3𝚤̂ + 4𝚥̂ and an acceleration of 0.4𝚤̂ + 0.3𝚥̂. Its speed after 10 s is
(a) 10 units *(b) 7√2 units (c) 7 units (d) 8.5 units
14. Consider a rubber ball freely falling from a height h = 4.9 m onto a horizont
horizontal al elastic plate. Assume that
the duration of collision is negligible and the collision with the plate is totally elastic, then the velocity
as a function of time, the height as a function of time will be
(a) (b)
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15. A particle is moving with velocity 𝑣⃗ = 𝐾(𝑦𝚤̂ + 𝑥𝚥̂), where K is a constant. The general equation for its
path is
(a) 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 𝐶 (b) 𝑥 = 𝑦 + 𝐶 (c) 𝑥𝑦 = 𝐶 (d) 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 𝐶
16. Two fixed frictionless inclined plane making an angle 300 and 600 with the vertical are shown in the
figure. Two block A and B are placed on the two planes. What is the relative vertical acceleration of A
with respect to B?
(a) 4.9 m s–2 in horizontal direction (b) 9.8 m s–2 in vertical direction
(c) Zero (d) 4.9 m s–2 in vertical direction
17. An object moving with a speed of 6.25 m/s, is decelerated at a rate given by = − √𝑣, where v is the
instantaneous speed. The time taken by the object, to come to rest, would be
18. A water fountain on the ground sprinkles water all around it. If the speed of water coming out of the
fountain is v, then the total area around the fountain that gets wet is
(a) 𝜋 (b) 𝜋 (c) 𝜋 (d) 𝜋
19. A boy can throw a stone up to a maximum height of 10m. The maximum horizontal distance that the
boy can throw the same stone up to will be
(a) 20√2𝑚 (b) 10𝑚 (c) 10√2𝑚 (d) 20𝑚
20. A projectile is given an initial velocity of (𝚤̂ + 2𝚥̂) m/s, where 𝚤̂ is along the ground and 𝚥̂ is along the
vertical. If g = 10 m/s2, the equation of its trajectory is
(a) 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 5𝑥 (b) 4𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 5𝑥 (c) 4𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 25𝑥 (d) 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 5𝑥
21. A body starts from rest at time t = 0, the acceleration time graph is shown in the figure. The maximum
velocity attained by the body will be
(a) 110 m/s (b) 55 m/s (c) 650 m/s (d) 550 m/s
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22. A particle starts sliding down a frictionless inclined plane. If Sn is the distance traveled by it from time t
= n – 1 sec to t = n sec, the ratio Sn/ Sn+1 is
(a) (b) (c) (d)
23. Depict the shown v – x graph in a– x graph.
(a) (b) (c) (d)
24. STATEMENT-1
For an observer looking out through the window of a fast moving train, the nearby objects appear to
move in the opposite direction to the train, while the distant objects appear to be stationary.
and
STATEMENT-2
If the observer and the object are moving at velocities 𝑉⃗ and 𝑉⃗ respectively with reference to a
laboratory frame, the velocity of the object with respect to the observer is 𝑉⃗ − 𝑉⃗ .
(a) STATEMENT-1isTrue, STATEMENT-2 is True; STATEMENT-2 is a correct explanation for
STATEMENT-1
(b) STATEMENT-1 is True, STATEMENT-2 is True; STATEMENT-2 is NOT a correct explanation
for STATEMENT-1
(c) STATEMENT -1 is True, STATEMENT-2 is False
(d) STATEMENT -1 is False, STATEMENT-2 is True
25. A ball of mass (m) 0.5 kg is attached to the end of a string having length (L) 0.5 m. The ball is rotated
on a horizontal circular path about vertical axis. The maximum tension that the string can bear is 324 N.
The maximum possible value of angular velocity of ball (in radius/s) is
(a) 9 (b) 18 (c) 27 (d) 36
26. A train is moving along a straight line with a constant acceleration ‘a’. A boy standing in the train
throws a ball forward with a speed of 10 m/s, at an angle of 60º to the horizontal. The boy has to move
forward by 1.15 m inside the train to catch the ball back at the initial height. The acceleration of the
train, in m/s2, is
27. A rocket is moving in a gravity free space with a constant acceleration of 2 ms–2 along +x direction (see
figure). The length of a chamber inside the rocket is 4 m. A ball is thrown from the left end of the
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chamber in + x direction with a speed of 0.3 ms–1 relative to the rocket. At the same time, another ball is
thrown in - x direction with a speed of 0.2 ms–1 from its right end relative to the rocket. The time in
seconds when the two balls hit each other is
28. Airplanes A and B are flying with constant velocity in the same vertical plane at angles 300 and 600
with respect to the horizontal respectively as shown in the figure. The speed of A is 100√3 ms-1. At
time t = 0 s, an observer in A finds B at a distance of 500 m. This observer sees B moving with a
constant velocity perpendicular to the line of motion of A. If at t = t0, A just escapes being hit by B, t0
in seconds is
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1. A particle is moving in the plane with velocity given by U  U 0 î  a cos t j , where î & ĵ are unit
vectors along x & y axes respectively. If particle is at the origin at t = 0. Calculate
(a) the trajectory of the particle. (b) its distance from the origin at time .
2. A gun kept on a straight horizontal road is used to hit a car travelling along the same road away from
the gun with a uniform speed of 72 km/hr. The car is at a distanc distancee of 500 m from the gun which the
gun is fired at an angle of 45º with the horizontal. Find (i) the distance of the car from the gun where
the shell hits it and (ii) the speed of projection of the shell from the gun.
3. A particle is moving in a straight line and is observed to be at a distance ‘a’ from a marked point
initially, to be at a distance ‘b’ after an interval of n seconds, to be at a distance ‘c’ after 2n seconds
and to be at a distance ‘d’ after 3n seconds. Pr ove that if the acceleration is uniform, d – a = 3 (c – b)
Prove
c  a  2b
and that the acceleration is equal to n2 .
4. Two trains having a speed of 30 km/hr are headed at each other on the same straight track. A bird that
can fly at 60 km/hr files off one train when they are 60 km apart and heads directly for the other train.
On reaching the other train it files directly back to the first and sot forth. Find
(a) How many trips can the bird make from one train to the other before the trains collide?
(b) What is the total distance travelled by the bird?
5. An aeroplane flies horizontally at height h at a constant speed v. An anti-aircraft gun fires a shell at the
plane when it is vertically above the gun. Show that the minimum muzzle velocity of the shell required
v 2  2gh tan 1 ( 2gh / v)
to hit the plane is at an angle .

6. A particle projected with velocity u strikes at right angles a plane through the point of projection
inclined at an angle  to the horizon. Show that the height of the point struck above the horizontal
2u 2  sin 2  
 
g  1  3 sin 2  
plane through the point of projection is and that the time of flight up to that instant is,
2u
t
g 1  3 sin 2  .
7. A projectile is launched at an angle from a cliff of height H above the sea level. If it falls into the sea
at a distance D from the base of the cliff, show that its maximum height above the sea level is
 D 2 tan 2  
H  
4(H  D tan  ) 
 .
8. A stone is projected from the point of a ground in such a direction so as to hit a bird on the top of a
telegraph post of height h and then attain the maximum height 2h above the ground. If at the instant of
projection, the bird were to fly away horizontally with a uniform speed, find the ratio between the
horizontal velocities of the bird and the stone, if the stone still hhits
its the bird while descending.
9. A projectile crosses half its maximum height at a certain instant of time and again 10 s later. Calculate
the maximum height. If the angle of projection was 30º, calculate the maximum range of the projectile
as well as the horizontal distance it travelled in the above 10s.
10. A projectile is projected with a velocity u at an angle α to the horizontal, in the vertical plane. If after
time t, it is moving in a direction making an angle β with the horizontal, prove that
gt cos   u sin(  ) .
11. A cannon fires successively two shells with velocity 𝑣 = 250 m/s; the first at the angle 𝜃 = 60 and
the second at the angle 𝜃 = 45 to the horizontal, the azimuth being the same. Neglecting the air
drag, find the time interval between firings leading to the collision of the shells.
12. A balloon starts rising from the surface of the Earth. The ascent rate is constant and equal to 𝑣 . Due to
the wind the balloon gathers the horizontal velocity component 𝑣 = 𝑎𝑦, where a is a constant and y is
the height of ascent. Find how the following quantities depend on the height of ascent.
(a) The horizontal drift of the balloon x(y);
(b) The total, tangential, and normal accelerations of the balloon.
13. A particle is projected with a velocity 2 𝑎𝑔 so that it just clears two walls of equal height ‘a’. which
are at a distance 2a apart. Show that the time of passing between the walls is2 𝑎/𝑔.
14. Two particles start simultaneously from the same point and move along two straight lines, one with
uniform velocity u and the other with constant acceleration f. Show that their relative velocity is least
 u cos  
 
after time  f  and the least relative velocity is 𝑢 sin 𝛼 , where α is the angle between the lines.
15. Two ships are resting on sea at distance a & b from a fixed point O respectively. They start moving
towards the point O with constant velocities 𝑣 and 𝑣 respectively. If the ships subtend an angle θ at
O, find the shortest distance of their separation. (Find the result at 𝜃 = .
16. Two particles moves in a uniform gravitational field with an acceleration g. At the initial moment the
particles were located at one point in space and moved with velocities 𝑣 = 3.0 m/s and 𝑣 = 4.0 m/s
horizontally in opposite directions. Find the separation between the particles at the moment when their
velocity vectors become mutually perpendicular.
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17. Two ships A and B originally at a distance d from each other depart at the same time from a straight
coastline. Ship A moves along a straight line perpendicular to the shore while ship B constantly heads
for ship A, having at each moment the same speed as the latter. Af After
ter a sufficiently great interval of
time the second ship will obviously follow that first one at a certain distance. Find the distance.
18. Two boats A and B move away from buoy anchored at the middle of a river along mutually
perpendicular straight lines, the boat A along the river and the boat B across the river. Having moved
off an equal distance from the buoy the boat returned. Find the times of motion of boats if the
velocity of each boat with respect to water is n times greater than the sstream
tream velocity.
19. A point A moves uniformly with a velocity v = 5 m/s in such a way that the direction of
its velocity continually points at another point B, which in turn, moves along a straight
line with a uniform velocity u = 3 m/s. At the initial moment their velocities were at
right angles and the points were separated by a distance l = 16 m. How soon (in second)
will the points meet?
20. If a man in a boat crosses a river from point A and rows perpendicular to the banks then he will reach
point C lying at a distance 120 m downstream from point B in 10 minutes. If the man heads at a certain
angle  to the straight line AB, (perpendicular to banks) against the current he will reach point B after
12.5 minutes. Find the width of the river d, velocity of boat u relative to river the speed of the current v
and angle . Assume the velocity of boat relative to the water to be constant and same in both cases.
B C
 v
(
21. ‘n’ number of particles are located at the vertices of a regular polygon of n sides having the edge
length ‘a’. They all start moving simultaneously with equal constant speed ‘v’ heading towards each
other all the time. How long will the particles take to collide?
22. A particle is projected with a velocity u in horizontal direction as shown in the figure. Find ‘u’ so that
the particle collides orthogonally with the inclined plane of the fixed wedge.
Fixed h
wedge (
23. A particle moves in a straight line with acceleration − , where v is its velocity at time t. Initially the
particle is at O, a fixed point on the line, with velocity u. Find in terms of u the time at which the
velocity is zero and the displacement of the particle from O at this time.
24. A particle moving along a straight line starts at time t = 0 seconds with a velocity 4 m/s. At any
subsequent time t seconds the acceleration of the particle is (6t – 8) m/s2. Find
(a) the distance the particle moves before first coming to instantaneous rest,
(b) the total time T seconds taken by the particle to return to the starting point,
(c) the greatest speed of the particle for 0 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 𝑇.

25. The diagram shows a slopping embankment AB where OA is level ground. A particle is projected
towards the slope from O with initial velocity 30 m/s at 45° to the horizontal. Find the time of flight of
the particle and the distance from A of the point at whi
which
ch it hits the slope AB.
26. A vehicle is moving with constant acceleration kg up a slope of inclination , the floor of the vehicle
being parallel to the slope. A particle is projected inside the vehicle from a point A on the floor, its
initial velocity relative to the vehicle being V at an angle  with the floor, as shown in the diagram. It
strikes the ceiling at B, where AB is perpendicular to the floor. Find the time of flight and find length
AB.
27. A particle is projected from a po

point
int O with an initial velocity of 21 m/s at an angle of tan to the
horizontal and 1 second later another particle is projected from a point 0.3 m below O with an initial
velocity of 31.5 m/s at an angle tan to the horizontal. Prove that the particle collide and find
when this occurs. Find also the direction in which the particle is moving when they collide.
28. Two ports A and B are separated by a river of width D. Water in the river flows with speed VW. A
boat crosses the river from port A to port B. The speed of the boat relative to water is VB. Given VW
= √3𝑉 .
(a) Find the angle  with AB in which the boat should start relative to water so that it moves along AB.
(b) Find the time taken by the boat to reach the port B in terms of D and VB.
29. Taking y-axis along line of greatest slope of the given inclined plane and x-axis perpendicular to it as
shown in figure. A body is projected along the inclined plane with the speed 10 m/s at an angle 53°
with x-axis from origin O. Find
(a) speed after t = 2 sec.

(b) equation of trajectory
(c) time after which body is moving perpendicular to initial direction
(d) velocity of the body, when it crosses the x-axis.
30. In a car race, car A takes time t less than car B and passes the finishing point with a velocity v more
than the velocity with which car B passes the point. Assuming that the cars start from rest and travel
with constant accelerations 9 m/s2 and 4 m/s2 respectively. Then calculate the value of v/t.
31. A body is projected with velocity 50 m/s at an angle 600 with the horizontal in the gravitational field of
g = 10 ms-2. At what angle (in degree) to the horizontal is the acceleration of the body be directed at
the highest point of the trajectory if the mass of body m = 1 kg and resistance force at the point due to
air be 10N.
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Answer Key
GRAVITY -1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
a b a d a a b d a a
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
a b c c a b c a c dc
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
d b c d b b c c b a
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
c c c c d b a c c d
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
a b c a d d b a b a
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
b a a b a d b b c a
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
b c d c d b d b d a
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
b a a b c c d d b a
81 82 83 84
a c b a

GRAVITY -2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
a b acd d c c b a a b
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
acd d d a c b b b b c
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
a b d c d c d a b c
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
a a c a a a a a b b
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
b b c b b c c c c c
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
b d a d a b a b a b
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69
c b b b a c d c a
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GRAVITY -3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
d d a c b a b a d b
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
a c c a d b b b a a
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
a a a c c abc ab c bc ab
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
cd abcd cd abc ac adcd b b b a
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
b b c b c c a b d b
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
a a d b 1 2 4 5 6
60. 𝐴 → 𝑃; 𝐵 → 𝑆; 𝐶 → 𝑃; 𝐷 → 𝑄 61. 𝐴 → 𝑄; 𝐵 → 𝑅; 𝐶 → 𝑆; 𝐷 → 𝑃
62. 𝐴 → 𝑅; 𝐵 → 𝑅; 𝐶 → 𝑃; 𝐷 → 𝑄 63. 𝐴 → 𝑆; 𝐵 → 𝑅; 𝐶 → 𝑃; 𝐷 → 𝑄
64. 𝐴 → 𝑅; 𝐵 → 𝑃; 𝐶 → 𝑆; 𝐷 → 𝑄
GRAVITY - 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
a c d a d b c d c b
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
c b b c d d a a d a
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
b a a b d 5 2 5
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y  a sin  a2
1. (a) U0 , (b) 42 2. (i) 746.82 m, (ii) 85.55 m/s
2
4. (a) Infinity, (b) 60 km 8. 2 1
2 v 0 sin(1   2 )
t 
9. 245m, 1697.4m, 1200m 11. g (cos 1  cos  2 ) , 10.7 sec
 a  2 a 2 v0 y av 20
x    y
12. (a)  2v 0  , (b) anet = av0 a1 = v 02  a 2 y 2 , an = v 02  a ' y 2
av 2  bv1
15. v12  v 22 16. 2.5 m

n
17. d/2 18. n  1 2
19. 5 20. v = 1/5 m/s,  = 53º, u = 1/3 m/s width 200m

a
2
v(1  cos
23. t = u3 , x = 3u2/4
)
21. n
24. (a) 32/27 m (b) 2s (c) 4 m/s 29. (a) (b) (c) 5/6s (d) 6i – 8j
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A DIVISION

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5. Figure shows the displacement-time graph of a particle moving on the X-axis.

(a) 5 m (b) 16 m (c) 8 m (d) 6 m.

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10. A particle moving on a straight line moves with a velocity of 10m/s fo

13. The position of a particle moving along x - axis is given by x = 3t 2 – t 3 where x is in

(a) both have same velocities

(a) the particle has come to rest 6 times.

(a) 60 m (b) 25 m (c) 55 m (d) 30 m

18. Which of these possibly represent one-dimensional motion of the particle ?

(a) t (b) (c) (d)

19. Choose the wrong statement .

(a) 60 m (b) 50 m (c) 30 m (d) 40 m

(a) (b) (c) (d)

30. The acceleration of a particle travelli

36. If the displacement of a particle varies with time as x  t  7 , then the :

38. In above question, distance travelled by particle in 0 to 4 sec is :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

59. A particle moves in the X- Y plane according to the equation :

62. The greatest height to which a man can throw a stone is h. Th

65. The time of flight of a projectile on an upward in

(a) 1 : 1 (b) tan : 1 (c) 1 : tan (d) tan2 : 1

Here, x and y are in metre and g is in m/s2. The angle of projection is :

74. Suppose a player hits several baseballs. W

77. A helicopter is flying south with a speed of 50 km/

(a) the maximum value of the position coordinate of the particle is 54 m.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

6. The x and y- coordinates of a particle in motion, as functions of time t, are given by :

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(a) (b) (c) (d)

15. The initial velocity of a particle at t = 0 is u . The particle is subjected to an acceleration

16. The initial velocity of a particle is 3 î  4 ĵ and it is subjected to an acceleration 2 î  ĵ . What

19. Pick out the correct statement :

(a) 7.1 km (b) 79.2 km (c) 72 km (d) infinite

35. In the above question, the velocity of projection is

52. After one second the velocity of a pprojectile

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(a) 15 m/s toward right (b) 15 m/s toward left

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67. A particle P moves in a circular papath

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(a) 210 m (b) 2100 m (c) 21000 m (d) 1200 m

9. In the above question , the trajectory of the particle will be :

vcosec   2  v cosec  v cos  2 v sec  2

(b) The particle will come to rest after a time 1

(a) t (b) t (c) t (d) t

(a) t (b) t (c) t (d) t

(a) 4 s (b) 2 s (c) 2 2 s (d) 1s

collide in mid air then v A /v B =

One or more than answer may be correct:

(a) The average velocity of the particle for 0 to 40 sec is zero.

(c) The distance travelled by the particle in 0 to 30 sec is 75m.

(d) The distance travelled by the particle in 0 to 30 sec is 25m.

(a) Its component of velocity along Y – axis is vA sin300

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(c) Its component of velocity along Y – axis is vA tan300

(d) Its projection of velocity on Y – axis is vAsin300

(a) The minimum distance between the two particles is 10 m.

(b) The minimum distance between the particles is 7.5 m.