LEVEL – I
1. The greatest acceleration or deceleration that a train may have is a. The minimum time in which the train can go from one station to the next at a distance S is
A) a
S B)
a S
2 C) 2
a
s D)
a 2
s
2. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate α for sometime and attains a velocity of 20 m/s. Afterwards it decelerates with a constant rate α /2 and comes to a halt. If the total time taken is 10s, the distance travelled by the car is
A) 200m B) 100m C) 10m D) 20m
3. A particle starts from the position of rest under a constant acceleration. It travels a distance x in the first 10 seconds and distance y in the next 20 seconds. Then
A) y = x B) y = 2x C) y = 8x D) y = 4x
4. A body is projected vertically upwards. If t1 and t2 be the times at which it is at height h above the point of projection while ascending and descending respectively, then h is
A) gt1t2 2
1 B) g t1 t2 C) 2 g t1 t2 D) 4 g t1 t2
5. From a 20m high tower one ball is thrown upward with speed of 10m/s and another is thrown vertically downward at the same speed simultaneously. The time difference of their reaching the ground will be (take g = 10m/s2)
A) 12s B) 6s C) 2s D) 1s
6. A particle X moving with a constant velocity u crosses a point O. At the same instant another particle F starts from rest from O with a constant acceleration a. The maximum separation between them before they meet is
A) 2a
u2 B)
a
u2 C)
a u
2 2 D)
a 4 u2
7. A bird flies in straight line for 4s with a velocity v = (2t-4) m/s. What is the distance covered by the bird in returning to the place from where it started its journey ?
A) 0 B) 8m C) 4m D) 2m
8. A ball is thrown vertically upwards. Which of the following plots represents the speed-time graph of the ball during its flight if the air resistance is not ignored
A) B) C) D)
9. If a ball is thrown vertically upwards with speed 'u', the distance covered during the last t second of its ascent is
A) (u+gt)s B) ut C)
2
1 gt2 D) ut - 2 1 gt2
10. A particle has an initial velocity of 9m/s due east and a constant acceleration of 2m/s2 due west. The distance covered by the particle in the fifth second of its motion is
A) 0 B) 0.5m C) 2m D) none of these
11. Two particles are projected simultaneously in the same vertical plane from the same point, with different speeds u1 and u2, making angles θ 1 and θ 2
respectively with the horizontal , such that u1 cosθ 1 = u2cosθ 2. The path followed by one, as seen by the other (as long as both are in flight), is :
A) a horizontal straight line B) a vertical straight line C) a parabola D) a straight line making an angle |θ 1 - θ 2| with the horizontal
12. A particle starts from the origin of coordinates at time t = 0 and moves in the xy plane with a constant acceleration α in the y-direction. Its equation of motion is y =β x2. Its velocity component in the x-direction is
A) variable B) 2βα C) 2αβ D) 2αβ
13. A train starts from station A with uniform acceleration α for some distance and then goes with uniform retardation β for some more distance to come to rest at station B. The distance between station A and B is 4 km and the train takes 4 minute to complete this journey. If α and β are in km (min)-2 then
A) α1 +β1=2 B) α1 +β1=4 C) α1 +β1=21 D) α1 +1β=41
14. The driver of a train moving with a speed v1 sights another train at a distance d, ahead of him moving in the same direction with a slower speed v2. He applies the breaks and gives a constant de-acceleration 'a' to his train. For no collision, d is
A) =
( )
a 2
v
v1− 2 2 B) >
( )
a 2
v
v1− 2 2 C) <
( )
a 2
v
v1− 2 2 D) <
a 2
v v1− 2
15. In the case of a moving body, pick the correct statement
A) if speed changes with change in direction, velocity does not change
B) if velocity changes, speed may or may not change but acceleration does change
C) if velocity changes, speed also changes with same acceleration
D) if speed changes without change in direction, the velocity may remain constant.
16. Particle 1 is in one dimensional motion with uniform velocity whereas particle 2 is accelerating in a straight line. The graph representing path of 2 with respect to 1 is
A) B) C) D)
17. Person A walking along a road at 3ms-1 sees another person B walking on another road at right angles to his road. Velocity of B is 4ms-1when he is 10m off. They are nearest to each other when person A has covered a distance of
A) 3.6m B) 8m C) 6.3m D)
0.8m
18. The given graph shows the variation of velocity with displacement. Which one of the graphs given below correctly represents the variation of acceleration with displacement.
A) B) C) D)
19. v2 versus s-graph of a particle moving in a straight line is as shown in figure.
From the graph some conclusions are drawn. State which statement is wrong :
A) the given graph shows a uniformly accelerated motion.
B) initial velocity of particle is zero
C) corresponding s-t graph will be a parabola D) none of the above
20. A body dropped from the top of the tower covers a distance 7x in the last second of its journey, where x is the distance covered in first second. How much time does it take to reach the ground ?
A) 3s B) 4s C) 5s D) 6s
21. A body is projected with a velocity u. It passes through a certain point above the ground after t1 sec. The time interval after which the body passes through the same point during the return journey is
A) −t12 g
u B) 2 −t1 g
u C) 3
2 −t1 g
u D) 3
22 −t1 g u
22. The area of the acceleration-displacement curve of a body gives : A) impulse B) change in momentum per unit mass
C) change in KE per unit mass D) total change in energy
23. A body thrown vertically up from the ground passes the height 10.2m twice at an interval of 10s. What was its initial velocity (g = 10m/s2)
A) 52m/s B) 26 m/s C) 35 m/s D) 60 m/s
24. An insect crawls a distance of 4m along north in 10 seconds and then a distance of 3m along east in 5 seconds. The average velocity of the insect is : A) 7/15 m/sec B) 1/5 m/sec C) 1/3 m/sec D) 4/5 m/sec
25. A particle returns to the starting point after 10s. If the rate of change of velocity during the motion is constant in magnitude, then its location after 7 seconds will be same as that after :
A) 1 second B) 2 seconds C) 3 seconds 4) 4 second
26. Two particles P and Q simultaneously start moving from point A with velocities 15m/s and 20m/s respectively. The two particles move with accelerations equal in magnitude but opposite in direction. When P overtakes Q at B then its velocity is 30m/s. The velocity of Q at point B will be
A) 30m/s B) 5m/s C) 20m/s D) 15m/s
27. Let v and a denote the velocity and acceleration respectively of a particle in one dimensional motion:
A) the speed of the particle decreases when v•a<0
B) the speed of the particle increases when v•a>0
C) the speed of the particle increases when v•a=0
D) the speed of the particle decreases when v <a
28. The displacement-time graph of a moving particle is shown in figure. The instantaneous velocity of the particle is negative at the point :
A) C B) D
C) E D) F
29. A ball A is thrown vertically upward with speed u. At the same instant another ball B is released from rest at height h. At time t the speed of A relative to B is :
A) u B) u-2gt C) u2 −2gh D) u-gt
30. The velocity of a projectile at any instant is u making an angle α to the horizon. The time after which it will be moving at right angle to this direction is :
A) ucosgecα B) 2using α C) ucosg α D) utang α
31. A ball is thrown up with a certain velocity at an angle θ to the horizontal. The kinetic energy KE of the ball varies with horizontal displacement x as :
A) B) C) D)
32. A ball of mass m is projected from the ground with an initial velocity u making an angle of θ with the horizontal. What is the change in velocity between the point of projection and the highest point :
A) u cos2 θ downward B) u cos θ upward C) u sin2θ upward D) u sin θ downward
33. Read the following statements and state whether they are True or False.
i) If u and a both are negative, motion is only retarded.
ii) If u is negative but a is positive, then displacement of the particle can never be positive.
iii) If u is positive but a is negative particle comes to rest for a moment at some time but if u is negative and a positive it never comes to rest.
A) T, T, T B) F, F, F C) T, F, T D) F, T, F 34. Suppose in the absence of air resistance, R = OB, H = AC,
t1 = tOA and t2 = tOB. If air resistance is taken into consideration and the corresponding values are R', H', t1'
and t2' then
A) R' < R, H' < H, t1' > t1 and t'2 > t2 B) R' < R, H' < H, t1' > t1 and t'2 < t2
C) R' < R, H' > H, t1' > t1 and t'2 < t2 D) R' < R, H' < H, t1' < t1 and t'2 > t2
35. Speed of a particle moving in a circle varies with time as, v = 2t. Then :
A) angle between velocity vector and acceleration vector is increasing with time.
B) a is constant while ar is increasing with time.
C) both A and B are correct D) both A and B are wrong.
36. Initial velocity and acceleration of two particles are as shown in fig. Assuming the shown direction as the positive, vBA versus time graph is as :
A) B) C) D)
37. A graph is plotted between velocity (v) and displacement (s) of particle moving in a straight line. Here v is plotted along y-axis and 's' along x-axis.
Choose the correct option.
A) slope of this graph at any point always gives us the ratio of velocity and displacement at that point.7
B) slope represents a/v under all the conditions. (a = acceleration) C) both A and B are correct D) both A and B are wrong.
38. In a projectile motion if a person wants to increase the maximum height to 2 times but simultaneously want to decrease the range same number of time.
He can achieve it by increasing tan of angle of projection by ... times.
A) 2 B) 4 C) 3 D) 2
39. The velocity of a particle moving in a straight line varies with time in such a manner that v versus t graph is represented by one half of an ellipse. The maximum velocity is ν m and total time of motion is t0
i) Average velocity of particle is π /4 ν m ii) Such motion can not be realized in practical terms
A) Only (i) is correct B) Only (ii) is correct
C) Both (i) and (ii) are correct D) Both (i) and (ii) are wrong
40. Starting from rest, a particle rotates in a circle of radius R = 2 m with an angular acceleration α = π /4 rad/ s2. The magnitude of average velocity of the particle over the time it rotates quarter circle is
A) 1.5 m/s B) 2 m/s C) 1 m/s D) 1.25m/s
41. In a car race car A takes t0 time less to finish than car B and passes the finishing point with a velocity v0 more than car B. The cars start from rest and travel with constant accelerations a1 and a2. Then the ratio ν 0/t0 is equal to A)
2 12
a
a B)
2 a
a1+ 2 C) a1a2 D)
1 22
a a
42. A rod of length 1 leans by its upper end against a smooth vertical wall, while its other end leans against the floor. The end that leans against the wall moves uniformly downward.
Then
A) The other end also moves uniformly
B) The speed of other end goes on decreasing C) The speed of other end goes on increasing
D) The speed of other end first decreases and then increases
43. A particle is moving along a circular path of radius 5 m and with uniform speed 5 m/s. What will be the average acceleration when the particle completes half revolution?
A) zero B) π m/s2 C) 10 π m/s2 D) 10/π m/s2 44. The velocity displacement graph of a particle moving along a
straight line is shown
The most suitable acceleration-displacement graph will be
A) B)
C) D)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1
0 1
1 1
2 1
3 1
4 1
5 1
6 1
7 1
8 1
9 2
0
C B C A C A B C C B B D A B B A A A B B
2
1 2
2 2
3 2
4 2
5 2
6 2
7 2
8 2
9 3
0 3
1 3
2 3
3 3
4 3
5 3
6 3
7 3
8 3
9 4
0
B C A C C B A C A A C D B D C A B B C C
4
1 4
2 4
3 4
4
C A
LEVEL – II
1. A particle starts from rest at time t = 0 and moves on a straight line with an acceleration which varies with time as shown in fig. The speed of the particle will be maximum after how many seconds
A) 4s B) 6s
C) 8s D) 10s
2. Due to air a falling body faces a resistive force proportional to square of velocity v, consequently its effective downward acceleration is reduced and is given by a = g - kv2 where k = 0.002m-1. The terminal velocity of the falling body is
A) 49m/s B) 70m/s C) 9.8m/s D) 98m/s
3. A balloon is rising with a constant acceleration of 2m/s2. At a certain instant when the balloon was moving with a velocity of 4m/s, a stone was dropped from it in a region where g = 10m/s2. The velocity and acceleration of stone as it comes out from the balloon are respectively.
A) 0, 10m/s2 B) 4m/s, 8m/s2 C) 4m/s, 12m/s2 D) 4m/s, 10m/s2
4. A stone is thrown vertically up from the top of a tower with some initial velocity and it arrives on the ground after t1 seconds. Now if the same stone is thrown vertically down from the top of the same tower with the same initial velocity, it arrives on ground after t2 seconds. How much time will the stone take to reach the ground if it is dropped from the same tower ?
A) 2 t t1+ 2
B) 2 t t1− 2
C) t1+t2 D) t1t2
5. Two particles A and B start from the same point and slide down through straight smooth planes inclined at 300 and 600 to the vertical and in the same vertical plane and on the same side of vertical drawn from the starting point.
The acceleration of B with respect to A is
A) g/2 in vertical direction B) g 3/2 at 450 to vertical C) g/ 3 at 600 to vertical D) g in vertical direction
6. A particle starts from rest at the origin and moves along X-axis with acceleration a = 12-2t. The time after which the particle arrives at the origin is
A) 6s B) 18s C) 12s D) 4s
7. Figure represents position (x) versus time (t) graph for 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 ?
A) a = +b B) a = -c C) a = b + ct D) a = b-ct
8. Two particles instantaneously at A and B are 5m, apart and they are moving with uniform velocities, the former towards B at 4m/s and the latter perpendicular to AB at 3m/s. They are nearest at the instant
A) 2/5s B) 3/5s C) 1s D) 4/5s
9. Three particles start from the origin at the same time, one with a velocity 'u1', alone X-axis, the second along the Y-axis with a velocity u2 and the third alogn x = y line. The velocity of third particle so that the three may always lie on the same plane is
A) 2 u u1+ 2
B) u1u2 C)
2 1
2 1
u u
u u
+ D)
2 1
2 1
u u
u u 2
+
10. A ball is shot vertically upwards from the surface of a planet in a distant solar system. A plot of the y versus t for the ball is
shown in fig. The magnitude of the free fall in m/s2 on the planet is
A) 4 B) 8 C) 12 D) 16
11. The horizontal range of a projectile is R and the maximum height attained by it is H. A strong wind now begins to blow in the direction of the motion of the projectile, giving it a constant horizontal acceleration = g/2. Under the same conditions of projection, the horizontal range of the projectile will now be
A) R + 2
H B) R + H C) R +
2 H
3 D) R + 2H
12. A particle moves int he xy plane with a constant acceleration g in the negative y-direction. Its equation of motion is y = ax - bx2, where a and b are constants. Which of the following are correct ?
A) The x-component of its velocity is constant
B) at the origin, the y-component of its velocity is a
b 2
g
C) At the origin, its velocity makes an angle tan-1(a) with the x-axis.
D) the particle moves exactly like a projectile.
13. Two bodies are projected simultaneously from the same point, in the same vertical plane, one towards east and other towards west with velocities 8 ms-1 and 2 ms-1 respectively. The time at which their velocities are perpendicular to each other is
A) 2/5 s B) 5/2s C) 1/5 s D) 5 s
14. Two stones are projected so as to reach the same distance from the point of projection on a horizontal surface. The maximum height reached by one exceeds the other by an amount equal to half the sum of the heights attained by them. Then the angles of projection for the stones are
A) 450, 1350 B) 00, 900 C) 300, 600 D) 200, 700
15. Velocity and acceleration of a particle at some instant of time are v=
(
3iˆ+4ˆj)
m/s and a =−
(
6iˆ+8ˆj)
m/s2 respectively. At the same instant particle is at origin. Maximum x-co-ordinate of particle will beA) 1.5m B) 0.75m C) 2.25m D) 4.0m
16. a-t graph for a particle moving in a straight line is as shown in figure. Change in velocity of the particle from t=0 to t=6s is :
A) 10m/s B) 4m/s
C) 12m/s D) 8m/s
17. Speed time graph of two cars A and B approaching towards each other is shown in figure. Initial distance between them is 60m. The two cars will cross each other after time.
A) 2sec B) 3sec
C) 1.5sec D) 2sec
18. The position of a particle along x-axis at time t is given by x = 2 + t - 3t2. The displacement and the distance travelled in the interval t = 0 to t = 1 are respectively
A) 2, 2 B) -2, 2.5 C) 0, 2 D) -2, 2.16
19. 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) 12s B) 5s C) 8s D) 16s
20. A graph between the square of the velocity of a particle and the distance s moved by the particle is shown in the figure. The acceleration of the particle in kilometre per hour square is :
A) 2250 B) 225 C) -2250 D) -225
21. A particle starts from rest and traverses a distance l with uniform acceleration, then moves uniformly over a further distance 2l and finally comes to rest after moving a further distance 3l under uniform retardation.
Assuming entire motion to be rectilinear motion the ratio of average speed over the journey to the maximum speed on its way is :
A) 1/5 B) 2/5 C) 3/5 D) 4/5
22. Two stones are thrown up simultaneously with initial speeds of u1 andu2 (u2 >
u1). They hit the ground after 6s and 10s respectively. Which graph in figure correctly represents the time variation of ∆ x = (x2 - x1), the relative position of the second stone with respect to the first upto t = 10s ? Assume that the stones do not rebound after hitting the ground.
A) B) C) D)
23. Figure shows the position-time (x-t) graph of the motion of two boys A and B returning from their school O to their homes P and Q
respectively. Which of the following statements is true ? A) A walks faster than B
B) Both A and B reach home at the same time C) B starts for home earlier than A
D) A overtakes B on his way to home
24. A ball is projected with a velocity 20 3m/s at angle 600 to the horizontal. The time interval after which the velocity vector will make an angle 300 to the horizontal is (take g = 10m/s2)
A) 4sec B) 2 sec C) 1 sec D) 3 sec
25. The equation of motion of a projectile is : y = 12x - 4 3 x2 Given that g = 10ms-2, what is the range of the projectile ?
A) 12m B) 16m C) 20m D) 24m
26. A projectile is thrown with an initial velocity of
(
aiˆ+bˆj)
ms −1. If the range of the projectile is twice the maximum height reached by it, then :A) a = 2b B) b=a C) b = 2a D) b = 4a
27. A particle moves along a parabolic path y = 9x2 in such a way that the x component of velocity remains constant and has a value ms 1
3
1 − . The acceleration of the particle is
A) jˆms 2 3
1 −
B) 3ˆjms −2 C) jˆms 2 3
2 −
D) 2ˆjms −2
28. Two projectiles are projected with the same velocity. If one is projected at an angle of 300 and the other at 600 to the horizontal. The ratio of maximum heights reached, is :
A) 1 : 3 B) 2 : 1 C) 3 : 1 D) 1 : 4
29. A particle is projected from the ground with velocity u at angle θ with horizontal. The horizontal range, maximum height and time of flight are R, H and T respectively. They are given by,
R = 2g
sin H u
g , 2 sin
u2 θ = 2 2θ and T = 2using θ
Now keeping u as fixed, θ is varied from 300 to 600. Then,
A) R will first increase then decrease, H will increase and T will decrease B) R will first increase then decrease, while H and T both will increase C) R will decrease while H and T will increase
D) R will increase while H and T will decrease
30. Velocity and acceleration of a particle at some instant of time are
(
2iˆ jˆ 2kˆ)
v= − + m/s and a=
(
iˆ+6jˆ−kˆ)
m/s2 . Then, the speed of the particle is ... at a rate of ... m/s2A) increasing, 2 B) decreasing ,2 C) increasing, 4 D) decreasing, 4 31. x and y coordinates of a particle moving in xy plane at some instant are :
x = 2t2 and y = t2 2 3
The average velocity of particle in a time interval from t = 1 second to t = 2 second is :
A)
(
8iˆ+5ˆj)
m/s B)( ) 1 2 iˆ + 9 jˆ m s/
C)(
6iˆ+4.5ˆj)
m/s D)( ) 1 0 iˆ + 6 jˆ m s/
32. A particle is projected upwards with some velocity. At what height from ground should another particle be just dropped at the same time so that both reach the ground simultaneously. Assume that first particle reaches to a maximum height H.
A) 6H B) 8H C) 4H D) 10H
33. Particle A moves with 4m/s along positive y-axis and particle B in a circle x2 + y2 = 4(anticlockwise) with constant angular velocity ω = 2 rad/s. At time t = 0 particle is at (2m, 0). Then :
A) magnitude of relative velocity between them at time t is 8 sin 2t
B) magnitude of relative velocity between them is maximum at t = π /4 second.
C) both A and B are correct D) both A and B are wrong
34. An armored car 2 m long and 3 m wide is moving at 10 ms-1 when a bullet hits it in a direction making an angle tan-1(3/4) which the length of the car as seen by a stationary observer. The bullet enters one edge of the car at the corner and passes out at the diagonally opposite corner. Neglecting any interaction between the car and the bullet, the time for the bullet to cross the car is
A) 0.20 s B) 0.15 s C) 0.10 s D) 0.50 s
35. The V - t graph for the rectilinear motion of a particle is represented by a parabola as shown in fig. Find the distance traveled by the particle in time T/2.
A) 3 mounted on a car. The car moves horizontally with a speed of 2 m/s. At what angle α with the vertical should the wind screen be placed so that the rain drops falling vertically downwards with velocity 6 m/s strike the wind screen perpendicularly.
A) tan-1 (1/3) B) tan-1 (3) C) cos-1(3) D) sin-1(1/3)
37. Two stones are thrown up simultaneously from the edge of a cliff with initial speeds v and 2 v. The relative position of the second stone with respect to first varies with time till both the stones strike the ground as
A) Linearly B) First linearly then parabolically
A) Linearly B) First linearly then parabolically