Exercise - I

1.
The acceleration of free fail is determined by timing the fall of a steel
P
Point of Release
ball photo-electricity. The ball passes X and Y at times t x and tr after
X
release from P. The acceleration of free fall is given by
Light Beam
h
2h
h
(a)
(b) 2 2
tx ty
t y tx
Light Beam
h2
(c)
tx ty
2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Photoelectric
cell

2h

Ground

(d) 2 2
t y tx

The path of a projectile in the absence of air drag is shown in the figure by
dotted line. If the air resistance is not ignored then which one of the path
shown in the figure is appropriate for the projectile?
(a) B
(b) A
(c) D
D
A B C
(d) C
An object is projected at an angle to the horizontal in a gravitational field and it follows a parabolic path, PORST.
These points are the positions of the object after successive equal time intervals. T being the highest point reached.
The displacement PQ, QR and ST
(a) are equal
(b) decrease at a constant rate.
(c) have equal horizontal components.
(d) increase at a constant rate.
In the ascent of a projectile
(a) the magnitude of tangential acceleration of normal acceleration increases while magnitude of normal acceleration
decreases
(b) the magnitude of tangential acceleration decreases while magnitude of normal acceleration increases
(c) both increases
(d) both decreases
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) u cos2 downward
(b) u cos upward
(c) u sin2 upward
(d) u sin downward
At a certain moment of time the angle between velocity vector v and the acceleration a of a particle, is greater than
90. What can be inferred about its motion at that moment?
(a) It is curvilinear and decelerated
(b) It is rectilinear and accelerated
(c) It is curvilinear and accelerated
(d) It is rectilinear and decelerated
A body thrown vertically up from the ground passes the height of 25 m twice in an interval of 4 s. The initial
velocity of the ball is
(a) 30 ms-1
(b) 40 ms-1
(c) 50 ms-1
(d) 35 ms-1
The acceleration versus time graph of a particle is as shown in figure. The respective v t a
graph of the particle is

(a)

(b)
O

(c) O
O

(d)
t

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A ball is dropped vertically from a height d above the ground. It hits the ground and bounces up vertically to a
height d/2. Neglecting subsequent motion and air resistance, its velocity v varies with the height h above the ground
as

(a)

10.

h (b)

(c)

12.

13.

14.

15.

17.

12
4

16

t(sec)

-5

The velocity of a particle moving in the x y plane is given by

dx
dy
8t;
5 cos 2t. At t = 0, x = 8 and y = 0.
dt
dt

The path of the particle is

(a) a straight line
(c) an ellipse
A projectile is thrown into air from a point on the horizontal ground at an angle with the horizontal. If the air exerts a
resistive force proportional to the speed of the projectile.
(a) the path of the projectile will be symmetrical about the vertical line through its highest position
(b) at the highest point, the velocity is horizontal
(c) the time for ascent equals the time for descent
(d) the time for ascent is less than that for descent
A particle move in the XY plane according to the law x = a sin w t and y = a (1-cos wt) where a and w are constants.
Then, the trajectory of the particle is
(a) a parabola
(b) a straight line equally inclined at x and y-axes
(c) a circle
(d) an ellipse.
The instantaneous velocity v of a particle is related to its displacement x according to the relation v = ax+b, where
a> O and b a/7. Which of the following statements(s) is (are) true if x = O at t = O.
b
(a) The displacement of the particle at time t is x = (eat 1)
a
(b) The particle will experience a retardation if b<O
(c) The particle will be at rest at time t = O
(d) The acceleration of the particle is constant.
Three particles starts their motion from the origin at the same time, the first moves with a velocity u 1 along the xaxis, the second moves along the y-axis with a velocity u 2 and the third along the straight line y = x. Then, the
velocity of the third particle so that all the three may always lie on the same line is
u u2
(a) 1
2

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(d)

The acceleration of a particle travelling along a straight line is a(m/s)

shown in the figure. The maximum speed of the particle is
+5
(a) 20 ms-1
(b) 30 ms-1
(c) 40 ms-1
(d) 60 ms-1

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(b)

u1 u2

(c)

u1u2
u1 u2

(d)

2u1u2
u1 u2

An moving body may have

(a) varying sped without having varying velocity
(b) varying velocity without having varying speed
(c) nonzero acceleration without having varying velocity (d) nonzero acceleration without having varying speed.
Mark the incorrect statement(s) for a particle moving along a straight line.
(a) If the velocity and acceleration have opposite sign, the particle is slowing down.

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(b) If the position vector and velocity vector have opposite sign, the particle is moving towards the origin.
(c) If the velocity is zero at an instant, the acceleration should also be zero at that instant.
(d) If the velocity is zero for a time interval, the acceleration is zero at any at that instant within the time interval
A particle is moving along the positive y-axis at a speed of ms -1. Then it turns by 90 in the anticlockwise sense
without changing the speed. The change in the velocity of the particle is about.
y

7 m/s

7 m/s

(a)

5 m/s
O

x (b)

45

(c)

45
O

45

(d)

7 m/s

19.

20.

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

x
(a) the particle is continuously moving along the positive x direction
(b) the particle remains at rest
(c) the velocity increases up to a time t0 and, then becomes constant
t
to
(d) the particle moves at a constant velocity up to a time t 0 and then stops.
A particle moving along a straight line moves with a uniform velocity v 1 for some time and with uniform velocity v 2
for the next equal time. The average velocity v for the total time of travel is given by
v1v2
2v1v2
v v2
(a) v 1
(b) v v1v2
(c) v
(d) v
v1 v2
v1 v2
2

21.

A particle moving along a straight line moves with a uniform velocity v 1 for a distance x and with a uniform velocity
v2 for the next equal distance. The average velocity v is given by
v1v2
2v1v2
v v2
(a) v 1
(b) v v1v2
(c) v
(d) v
v1 v2
v1 v2
2

22.

Two cars A and B are initially 40 m apart, A is behind B. The car A is moving with uniform velocity of 10 m/s
towards B. And, the car B starts moving away from A with constant acceleration of 0.2 m/s 2.
(i) The time at which minimum distance between the two occurs is
(a) 20 s
(b) 40 s
(c) 50 s
(d) 60 s
(ii) The minimum distance between the two is
(a) 20 m
(b) 15 m
(c) 25 m
(d) 30 m
To a stationary main, rain appears to be failing at his back at an angle 30 with the vertical. As he starts moving
formed with a speed of 0.5 ms -1, he finds that the rain is failing vertically.
(i) The speed of rain with respect to stationary man is

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25.

(c) 0.5 3 ms 1
(d) 0.43 ms-1
The velocity-time graph of a particle moving along a straight line is given by the rate of acceleration and
deceleration is constant and it is equal to 5ms -1. If the average velocity during the motion is 20 ms -1, then
(i) the value of t is
(a) 0.5

(b) 1.0 ms-1

(a) 5s

(b) 10s

(c) 20s

(ii) the maximum velocity of the particles is

(a) 20ms-1
(b) 25ms-1
(c) 30ms-1
(iii) the distance traveled with uniform velocity is
(a) 375m
(b) 125m
(c) 300ms-1
Two particles move towards each other with same initial velocity but one moves
with constant acceleration and, the other moves wit the same constant
deceleration. Choose the correct statement(s).
(a) The distance between the two particles remains constant
(b) The distance between the two particles decreases at a constant rate

(d) 5 2s
(d) 40ms-1
(d) 450ms-1
v(m/s)

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(c) The distance between the two particles decreases with an increasing rate
(d) None of these
Exercise-II
1.
The graph below describes the motion of a ball rebounding from a horizontal surface
V
being released from a point above the surface. The quantity represented on the yaxis is the balls
(a) displacement
(b) velocity
(c) acceleration
(d) momentum.

2.

3.

4.

5.

The acceleration of a particle varies with displacement as a = 4x. At x = 4 m and t = 0, particle is at rest. Select the
correct alternative(s).
(a) The maximum speed of the particle is 8 m/s.
(b) The distance traveled by the particle in first three seconds is 20 m
(c) The velocity-time graph of the particle is a straight line
(d) The displacement-time graph of the particle is a parabola
N particle moving in a straight line have initial velocities of 1, 2, 3, .N m/s and accelerations of 1, 2, 3, .N m/s2
respectively. If the initial spacing between any two consecutive particles is same then, select the correct
alternative(s)
(a) The distance between any two particles remains constant throughout
(b) The distance between any two consecutive particles is same for all particles and increases with time
(c) The distance between any two consecutive particles is different and increases with time
(d) The distance between any two consecutive particles increases periodically with time.
Balls A and B are thrown from two points lying on the same horizontal plane separated by a distance 120 m. Which
of the following statement(s) is (are) correct.
50 m/s
(a) The balls can never meet
(b) The balls can meet if the ball B is thrown 1s later
30 m/s
(c) The balls can meet if the balls are thrown at the same time
B
(d) The two balls meet at a height of 45 m
A
120
m
A stone tied to a string of length l is whirled in a vertical circle with the
other end of the string at the centre. At a certain instant of time, the stone is at its lowest position, and has a speed u.
The magnitude of the change in the velocity as it reaches a position where the string is horizontal is
(a)

6.

7.

Time

u 2 - 2gl

(b)

2gl

(c)

u 2 - gl

(d)

2(u 2 - gl)

The acceleration of a particle as observed from two frames S 1 and S2 have equal magnitude of 3 ms- 2.
(a) The frames must be stationary with respect to each other
(b) The frames may be moving with respect to each other but their relative acceleration with respect to each other
should be zero.
(c) The relative acceleration may either be zero or 6m/s 2.
(d) Their relative acceleration may have any value between zero and 6m/s 2.
A ball is projected upwards from the foot of a tower. The ball crosses the top of the tower twice after an interval of
4s; and the ball reaches the ground after 8 s.
(i) The height of the tower is given by
(a) 35 m
(c) 75 m
(ii) The velocity with which the ball was thrown is given by
(a) 80 ms-1
(c) 50 ms-1

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13.

14.
15.

The velocity of a particle moving in the positive direction of x-axis varies as v = 5

x . Assuming that at t = 0, X =

0, then the acceleration of the particle at x = 1 m is

(a) 12.5 m/s2
(b) 3.3 m/s2
(c) 5.0 m/s2
(d) 2.5 m/s2.
A ball is projected with velocity v0 at an angle with the ground.
(i) The time after which the velocity of the ball is perpendicular to its initial direction of motion is
v0
v0
v0
v0
tan
cot
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
g cos
g sin
g
g
(ii) The velocity of the ball at the instant when its velocity is perpendicular to its initial direction of motion is
v
v
(a) 0
(b) 0
(c) V0 tan
(d) V0cot
cos
sin
For a particle rotating in a vertical circle with uniform speed, the maximum and minimum tension in the string are in
the ratio 5:3. If the vertical circle is 2m, the speed of the revolving body is
(a)

5ms 1

(a)

u 2 cos 2
g

(b) 4 5ms 1

(c) 5 ms 1
(d) 10 ms 1 .
A projectile thrown at an angle of 45 with the ground. At the highest position the radius of curvature of the
projectile is
(a) equal to its maximum height
(b) equal to two times its maximum height
(c) equal to half of its horizontal range
(d) equal to its horizontal range.
A particle is fired from a point on the ground with speed u making an angle with the horizontal. The radius of
curvature of the projectile at a point where the tangential acceleration becomes zero is
(b)

u2
2g

(c)

u 2 sin 2
2g

(d)

u 2 tan
g

For a given velocity of projection from a point on the inclined plane, the maximum range down the plane is three
times the maximum range up the incline. Then, the angle of inclination of the incline is
(a) 30
(b) 45
(c) 60
(d) 90
Starting from rest a particle moving in a straight line is accelerated with an acceleration a = (16-t 2)1/2 m/s2 for
0 t 4s a = 2 m/s2 for t > 4s What is the velocity (in m/s) of the particle after 6 s ?
A particle travels along the arc of a circle of radius R. Its velocity depends on the arc co-ordinate s as v = k s ,
where k is a constant. The angle between the total acceleration vector and the velocity vector of the particle is
given by
2s
1 2s
1 2s
(b) cos
(c) tan

R
R
R
The displacement-time graph of a moving particle with constant
x(m)
acceleration is shown in the figure. The velocity-time graph is given
by

2s
.
R

1
(a) sin

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1
(d) cot

v(m/s)
10

(a)
-10

v(m/s)

v(m-s)
10

10

t(s)

(b)

-10

t(s)

(c)

O
-10

t(s)

v(m/s)
10

t(s)

(d)

O
-10

t(s)

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Sachin (S) hits a ball along the ground with a speed u in a direction
which makes an angle 30 with the line joining him and the fielder

2u
. At what
3
angle should he run to intercept the ball in the shortest time?

Rhodes (R). Rhodes runs to intercept the ball with a speed

2u/3

2
3
4
3
(b) sin 1
(c) sin 1
(d) sin 1
3
4
5
2
A ball attached with a string is released from a horizontal position. The angle made by the string with the vertical
when the acceleration vector of the ball is directed horizontally is
1 1
(a) tan 1 2
(b) cos
3
(a) sin 1

18.

1
5
The greatest acceleration or deceleration 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
1
(d) cos

(c) tan 1 2

19.

(a)

d
a

2d
a

(b)
(d) 2

20.

21.

d
.
a

A bird flies for 4s with a velocity v = [t - 2]ms-1 along a straight line, where t is the time in second. It travels a
distance equal to
(a) 2 m
(b) 4 m
(c) 6 m
(d) 8 m
The speed of a particle moving along a circular path is increasing at a constant rate a 0. Identify the correct graph,
which shows the variation of centripetal force F 0 with time t.
Fn

(a)

(b)
O

Fn

Fn

(c)

(d)
O

In the above problem, the variation ofOtangential forcet F t with time t is best represented by
Ft

Ft

(a)

(b)
O

23.

1 d
2 a

(c)

Fn

22.

Ft

(c)

Two cars A and B starts from rest and

O
move together for the same time interval.
Their acceleration graphs are as follows:
Choose the correct statement(s)
(a) Both the cars attain the same velocity
after 10s.

Ft

(d)
O

a(m/s)

a(m/s)

5
Car A

10

t(s)

5
Car B

10

t(s)

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(b) The velocity of car B is more than that of A after 10s.

(c) The distance traveled by the car B is more than that of A after 10s.
(d) Both the cars travel the same distance after 10s.
A projectile is thrown at an angle such that it is just able to cross a vertical wall as shown in the figure.
(i) The angle at which the projectile is thrown is given by
1

-1
(a) tan

vo

(b) tan -1 3

-1 2
(c) tan

(d) tan

-1

3H

(ii) The initial velocity v0 of projection is given by

(a)

2gH
cos

(b)

2gH cos

c(c)

2gH

(d)

sin2

7gH
2

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

d
a
c
b
d
a
a
a
a
b

11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

c
b,d
c
a,b
c
b,d
c
b
d
a

21
22
23
24
25

d
(i-c), (ii-b)
(i-b), (ii-c)
(i-a), (ii-b), (iii-a)
b

Exercise-2

Exercise I

ANSWERS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

a
a
b,d
c,d
d
d
i-b,ii-d
a
i-a,ii-c
a

11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

b,c
a
a
d
c
a
c
a,b
d
b

21
22
23
24

b
a
a,c
i-c,ii-d