Assignment -Projectile and Kinematics

SHORT QUESTIONS
Projectile Motion
Q.1 At which point on its path a projectile has the smallest speed?
Q.2 An airplane on flood relief mission has to drop a sack of rice exactly in the center of a circle on the
ground while flying at a predetermined height and speed. What is so difficult about that? Why doesn't
it just drop the sack when it is directly above the circle.
Q.3 Is the acceleration of a projectile equal to zero when it reaches the top of its trajectory? If not, why
not?
Q.4 A child is playing on the floor of a recreational vehicle (RV) as it moves along the highway at a
constant velocity. He has a toy cannon, which shoots a marble at a fixed angle and speed with respect
to the floor. The cannon can be aimed toward the front or the rear of the RV. Is the range toward the
front the same as, less than, or greater than the range toward the rear? Answer this question (a) from
the child's point of view and (b) from the point of view of an observer standing still on the ground.
Justify your answers.
Relative Motion
Q.1 Water is collecting in a bucket during a steady downpour. Will the rate at which the bucket is filling
change if a steady horizontal wind starts to blow?
Q.2 On a riverboat cruise, a plastic bottle is accidentally dropped overboard. A passenger on the boat
estimate that the boat pulls ahead of the bottle by 5 meters each second. Is it possible to conclude that
the boat is moving at 5 m/s with respect to the shore? Account for your answer.
Q.3 A wrench is accidentally dropped from the top of the mast on a sailboat. Will the wrench hit at the
same place on the deck whether the sailboat is at rest or moving with a constant velocity? Justify
your answer.
Q.4 Three swimmers can swim equally fast relative to the water. They have a race to see who can swim
across a river in the least time. Swimmer A swims perpendicular to the current and lands on the far
shore downstream, because the current has swept him in that direction. Swimmer B swims upstream
at an angle to the current and lands on the far shore directly opposite the starting point. Swimmer C
swims downstream at an angle to the current in an attempt to take advantage of the current. Who
crosses the river in the least time? Account for your answer.
SECTI ON (A) : DEFI NI TI ON, PROJECTI LE ON A HORI ZONTAL PLANE
A 1. A ball is thrown upwards. It returns to ground describing a parabolic path. Which of the following remains
constant?
(A) speed of the ball (B) kinetic energy of the ball
(C) vertical component of velocity (D) horizontal component of velocity.
A 2. A bullet is fired horizontally from a rifle at a distant target. Ignoring the effect of air resistance, which of the
following is correct?
Horizontal Vertical
Acceleration Acceleration
(A) 10 ms
2
10 ms
2
(B) 10 ms
2
0 ms
2
(C) 0 ms
2
10 ms
2
(D) 0 ms
2
0 ms
2
.
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A 3. A point mass is projected, making an acute angle with the horizontal. If angle between velocity
v

and accel-
eration g

is u, then u is given by
(A) 0 < u < 90 (B) u = 90 (C) u = 90 (D) 0 < u < 180
A 4. It was calculated that a shell when fired from a gun with a certain velocity and at an angle of elevation
36
5t
rad
should strike a given target. In actual practice, it was found that a hill just prevented the trajectory. At what
angle of elevation should the gun be fired to hit the target.
(A)
36
5t
rad (B)
36
11t
rad (C)
36
7t
rad (D)
36
13t
rad.
A 5. A projectile is thrown with a speed v at an angle u with the vertical. Its average velocity between the instants it
crosses half the maximum height is
(A) v sin u, horizontal and in the plane of projection
(B) v cos u, horizontal and in the plane of projection
(C) 2v sin u, horizontal and perpendicular to the plane of projection
(D) 2v cos u, vertical and in the plane of projection.
A 6 A particle moves along the parabolic path y = ax
2
in such a way that the x component of the velocity
remains constant, say c. The acceleration of the particle is
(A) ac k

(B) 2ac
2
j

(C) ac
2
k

(D) a
2
c j

A 7 During projectile motion acceleration of a particle at the highest point of its trajectory is :
(A) g (B) zero
(C) less than g (D) dependent upon projection velocity
A 8 The velocity at the maximum height of a projectile is half of its initial velocity u. Its range on the horizontal
plane is :
(A)
g 3
u 2
2
(B)
g 2
u 3
2
(C)
g 3
u
2
(D)
g 2
u
2
A 9. The velocity of projection of a projectile is (6
i

+ 8 j

) ms
1.
. The horizontal range of the projectile is
(A) 4.9 m (B) 9.6 m (C) 19.6 m (D) 14 m
A 10 A particle is projected with velocity 20 m/s at an angle of 45with horizontal. Find out the [take g = 10 m/s]
(a) horizontal Range
(b) Maximum Height
(c) Time of flight
(d) For which angle is T maximum, T
max
= ?
(e) For which angle is R maximum , R
max.
= ?
A 11. Two bodies are projected at angles u and (90 u) to the horizontal with the same speed. Find the ratio of their
times of flight?
A 12. In above question find the ratio of the maximum vertical heights ?
A 13. A body is so projected in the air that the horizontal range covered by the body is equal to the vertical height
attained by the body. Find the angle of projection ?
A 14. A projectile can have the same range R for two angles of projections. If t
1
& t
2
be the times of flight in two
cases, then find out relation between t
1
, t
2
and R ?
A 15. A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of 100 m. How much high should above the
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ground can the cricketer throw the same ball.
SECTI ON (B) : PROJECTI LE FROM A TOWER
B 1. One stone is projected horizontally from a 20 m high cliff with an initial speed of 10 ms
1
. A second stone is
simultaneously dropped from that cliff. Which of the following is true?
(A) Both strike the ground with the same velocity.
(B) The ball with initial speed 10 ms
1
reaches the ground first.
(C) Both the balls hit the ground at the same time.
(D) One cannot say without knowing the height of the building.
B 2. Particles are projected from the top of a tower with same speed at different angles
as shown. Which of the following are True ?
(A) All the particles would strike the ground with (same) speed.
(B) All the particles would strike the ground with (same) speed simultaneously.
(C) Particle 1 will be the first to strike the ground.
(D) Particle 1 strikes the ground with maximum speed.
B 3 An object is thrown horizontally from a point 'A' from a tower and hits the ground 3s later at B. The line from A
to B makes an angle of 30 with the horizontal. The initial velocity of the object is : (take g = 10 m/s
2
)
(A)
3 15
m/s (B) 15 m/s (C) 10
3
m/s (D)
3 / 25
m/s
B 4 A body is projected horizontally from the top of a tower with initial velocity 18 ms
1
. It hits the ground at angle
45. What is the vertical component of velocity when it strikes the ground?
(A) 18
2
ms
1
(B) 18 ms
1
(C) 9
2
ms
1
(D) 9 ms
1
B 5. A projectile is fired horizontally with a velocity of 98 m/s from the top of a hill 490 m high. Find :
(take g = 9.8 m/s
2
)
(i) the time taken to reach the ground
(ii) the distance of the target from the hill
(iii) the velocity with which the particle hits the ground
B 6 From the top of a tower of height 50m a ball is projected upwards with a speed of 30 m/s at an angle of 30to
the horizontal then calculate -
(i) maximum height from the ground (ii) at what distance from the foot of the tower does the projectile hit the
ground. (iii) Time of flight.
SECTI ON (C) : EQUATI ON OF TRAJECTORY
C 1. A ball is projected from a certain point on the surface of a planet at a certain angle with the horizontal surface.
The horizontal and vertical displacement x and y vary with time t in second as:
x = 10 t 3 and y = 10t t
2
The maximum height attained by the ball is
(A) 100 m (B) 75 m (C) 50 m (D) 25 m.
C 2 A ball is thrown upward at an angle of 30 with the horizontal and lands on the top edge of a building that
is 20 m away. The top edge is 5m above the throwing point. The initial speed of the ball in metre/second
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is (take g = 10 m/s
2
) :
(A) 10 m/s (B) 20 m/s (C) 25 m/s (D) 30 m/s
C 3. The equation of a projectile is y =
3
x
2
gx
2
find the angle of projection also find the speed of projection.
SECTION (D) : PROJECTILE FROM A MOVI NG OBJECT
D 1 Consider a boy on a trolley who throws a ball with speed 20 m/s at an angle 37
0
w.r.t. trolley which moves
horizontally with speed 10 m/s.
(a)
(i) If ball is projected in direction of motion of trolley. Find horizontal and vertical components of initial
velocity of ball.
(ii) Find horizontal range w.r.t. boy.
(iii) Find range w.r.t. ground.
(iv) Find time of flight & maximum height.
(b)
(i) If ball is projected opposite to direction of motion of trolley, find horizontal and vertical components of
initial velocity of ball
(ii) Find horizontal range w.r.t. boy.
(iii) Find range w.r.t. ground.
(iv) Find time of flight & maximum height.
D 2. A person is standing on a truck moving with a constant velocity of 15 m/s on a horizontal road. The man throws
a ball in such a way that it returns to his hand after the truck has moved 60 m. Find the speed and the angle of
projection (a) as seen from the truck , (b) as seen from the road. (g = 10 m/s
2
)
SECTI ON (E) : PROJECTILE ON AN I NCLI NED PLANE
E 1. A plane surface is inclined making an angle u with the horizontal. From the bottom of this inclined plane, a
bullet is fired with velocity v. The maximum possible range of the bullet on the inclined plane is
(A)
g
v
2
(B)
) sin 1 ( g
v
2
u +
(C)
) sin 1 ( g
v
2
u
(D)
) cos 1 ( g
v
2
u +
E 2. A ball is horizontally projected with a speed v from the top of a plane inclined at an angle 45 with the horizontal.
How far from the point of projection with the ball strike the plane?
(A)
g
v
2
(B)
2
g
v
2
(C)
g
v 2
2
(D)
2
(
(

g
v 2
2
E 3 A particle is projected at angle 37with the incline plane in upward direction with speed 10 m/s. The angle of
incline plane is given 53. Then the maximum height above the incline plane attained by the particle will be -
(A) 3m (B) 4 m (C) 5 m (D) zero
E 4. On an inclined plane of inclination 30, a ball is thrown at an angle of 60 with the horizontal from the foot of the
incline with a velocity of 10
3
ms
1
. If g = 10 ms
2
, then the time in which ball will hit the inclined plane is -
(A) 1.15 sec. (B) 6 sec. (C) 2 sec. (D) .92 sec.
E 5. A particle is projected at an angle u with an inclined plane making an angle | with the horizontal as shown in
figure, speed of the particle is u, after time t find :
(a) x component of acceleration ?
(b) y component of acceleration ?
(c) x component of velocity ?
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(d) y component of velocity ?
(e) x component of displacement ?
(f) y component of displacement ?
(g) y component of velocity when particle is at maximum distance
from the incline plane ?
ANSWERS
PROJECTI LE MOTION
SECTI ON (A) :
A1. D A 2. C A 3. D A4. D
A5. A A6. B A7. A A 8. B
A 9. B
A10. (a) 40 m (b) 10 m (c)
2 2
sec.
(d) u = 90 , 4 sec. (e) u = 45 , 40 m
A 11. sin u : cos u A 12. sin
2
u : cos
2
u
A 13. tanu = 4 A 14. t
1
t
2
= 2R/g
A 15. 50 m
SECTI ON (B) :
B1. C B2. AC B 3. A B 4. B
B 5. (i) 10 sec. (ii) 980 m (iii) 2 98 m/s
B 6. (i) 61.25 m (ii) 75 3 m ~ 130 m (iii) 5 sec.
SECTI ON (C) :
C1. D C 2. B
C3. u = 60, 2 m/s
SECTI ON (D) :
D1. (a) (i) 26, 12 (ii) 38.4 m (iii) 62.4 m
(iv) 2.4 s , 7.2 m
(b) (i) 6, 12 (ii) 38.4 m (iii) 14.4 m
(iv) 2.4 s , 7.2 m
D2. (a) 20 m/s upward
(b) 25 m/s at 53 with horizontal
SECTION (E)
E1. B E2. D E 3. A E 4. C
E 5. (a) g sin|, (b) g cos|,
(c) u cosu g sin| t, (d) u sinu gcos| t,
(e) u cosu t
2
1
g sin| t
2
,
(f) u sinu t
2
1
g cos| t
2
, (g) zero.
Assignment -Projectile and Kinematics
SECTI ON : (A) RELATI VE MOTION I N ONE DI MENSI ON
A 1. A stone is thrown upwards from a tower with a velocity 50 ms
1
. Another stone is simultaneously thrown
downwards from the same location with a velocity 50 ms
1
. When the first stone is at the highest point, the
relative velocity of the second stone w.r.t. the first stone is (assume that second stone has not yet reachead
the ground) :
(A) Zero (B) 50 ms
1
(C) 100 ms
1
(D) 150 ms
1
A 2. A thief is running away on a straight road in a jeep moving with a speed of 9 m s
1
. A police man chases him on
a motor cycle moving at a speed of 10 m s
1
. If the instantaneous separation of the jeep from the motorcycle
is 100m, how long will it take for the police man to catch the thief ?
(A) 1s (B) 19s (C) 90s (D) 100s
A 3. Shown in the figure are the displacement time graph for two children going home from the school. Which of
the following statements about their relative motion is true after both of them started moving ?
Their relative velocity :
(A) first increases and then decreases
(B) first decreases and then increases
(C) is zero
(D) is non zero constant.
A 4. Shown in the figure are the velocity time graphs of the two particles P
1
and P
2
. Which of the following statements
about their relative motion is true?
Their relative velocity :
(A) is zero
(B) is non-zero but constant
(C) continuously decreases
(D) continuously increases
A 5. Two trains A & B 100 km apart are travelling towards each other on different tracks with starting speed of 50
km/h for both. The train A accelerates at 20 km/h
2
and the train B retards at the rate 20 km/h
2
. The distance
covered by the train A when they cross each other is :
(A) 45 km (B) 55 km (C) 65 km (D) 60 km
A 6. Two cars get closer by 8 m every second while travelling in the opposite directions. They get closer by 0.8 m
while travelling in the same directions. What are the speeds of the cars?
(A) 4 ms
1
and 4.4 ms
1
(B) 4.4 ms
1
and 3.6 ms
1
(C) 4 ms
1
and 3.6 ms
1
(D) 4 ms
1
and 3 ms
1
A 7. Two parallel rail tracks run north-south. Train A moves due north with a speed of 54 km h
1
and train B moves
due south with a speed of 90 km h
1
. A monkey runs on the roof of train A with a velocity of 18 km/h w.r.t. train
A in a direction opposite to that of A. Calculate the (a) relative velocity of B with respect to A (b) relative velocity
of ground with respect to B (c) velocity of a monkey as observed by a man standing on the ground. (d) velocity
of monkey as observed by a passenger of train B.
A 8. A train is moving at speed of 40 km/h. As soon as another train going in the opposite direction passes by the
window, the passenger of the first train started his stopwatch and noted that other train passed the window in
3 s. Find the speed of the train going in the opposite direction if its length is 75 m.
A 9. An elevator is descending at a constant speed. A passenger drops a coin on the floor. What acceleration
would (a) a passenger and (b) a person at rest with respect to the elevator, shall observe for the falling
coin.
A 10. An object A is moving with 10 m/s and B is moving with 5 m/s in the same
direction of positive x-axis. A is 100 m behind B as shown. Find time taken by
A to meet B
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SECTION : (B) RELATI VE MOTI ON I N TWO DI MENSI ON
B-1. A helicopter is flying south with a speed of 50 kmh
1
. 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 towards.
(A) north east (B) south east (C) north west (D) south west
B 2. Two particles are moving with velocities v
1
and v
2
. Their relative velocity is the maximum, when the angle
between their velocities is :
(A) zero (B) t/4 (C) t/2 (D) t
B 3. A ship is travelling due east at 10 km/h. A ship heading 30east of north is always due north from the first ship.
The speed of the second ship in km/h is -
(A) 20 2 (B) 20 2 / 3 (C) 20 (D) 20/ 2
B 4. Two billiard balls are rolling on a flat table. One has velocity components v
x
= 1m/s, v
y
=
3
m/s and the other
has components v
x
= 2m/s and v
y
= 2 m/s. If both the balls start moving from the same point, the angle
between their path is -
(A) 60 (B) 45 (C) 22.5 (D) 15
B 5 A particle a moves with a velocity 4
i
and another particle B moves with a velocity 3 j

. Find
AB
V

,
BA
V

and
their magnitude.
B 6. A ship is steaming due east at 12 ms
1
. A woman runs across the deck at 5 ms
1
in a direction at right angles
to the direction of motion of the ship towards north. Calculate the velocity of the woman relative to sea.
B 7. Two perpendicular rail tracks have two trains A & B respectively. Train A moves north with a speed of 54 km h

1
and train B moves west with a speed of 72 km h
1
. Assume that both trains starts from same point. Calculate
the
(a) relative velocity of ground with respect to B
(b) relative velocity of A with respect to B.
(c) rate of separation of the two trains
B 8. A man is swimming in a lake in a direction of 30 East of North with a speed of 5 km/h and a cyclist is
going on a road along the lake shore towards East at a speed of 10 km/h. In what direction and with what
speed would the man appear to swim to the cyclist.
SECTI ON : (C) RELATI VE MOTI ON I N RI VER FLOW & AI R FLOW
C 1. A boat, which has a speed of 5 km/h in still water, crosses a river of width 1 km along the shortest possible path
in 15 minutes. The velocity of the river water in km/h is -
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 41
C 2. A boat can go across a lake and return in time T
0
at a speed V. On a rough day there is uniform current at
speed v to help the onward journey and impede the return journey. If the time taken to go across and return on
the rough day be T, then T/T
0
=
(A) 1
2
2
V
v
(B)
2
2
V
v
1
1

(C) 1 +
2
2
V
v
(D)
2
2
V
v
1
1
+
C 3. To cross the river in shortest distance, a swimmer should swim making angle u with the upstream. What is the
ratio of the time taken to swim across in the shortest time to that in swimming across over shortest distance.
[Assume speed of swimmer in still water is greater than the speed of river flow]
(A) cosu (B) sin u (C) tan u (D) cot u
C 4 A boat is rowed across a river at the rate of 4.5 km/hr. The river flows at the rate of 6 km/hr. The velocity
of boat in m/s is :
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(A) 3.1 (B) 2.1 (C) 2.9 (D) 5
C 5 A boat which can move with a speed of 5 m/s relative to water crosses a river of width 480 m flowing with
a constant speed of 4 m/s. What is the time taken by the boat to cross the river along the shortest path.
(A) 80 s (B) 160 s (C) 240 s (D) 320 s
C 6. A swimmers speed in the direction of flow of river is 16 km h
1
. Against the direction of flow of river; the
swimmers speed is 8 km h
1
. Calculate the swimmers speed in still water and the velocity of flow of the river.
C 7. A man can swim with a speed of 4 km h
1
in still water. How long does he take to cross a river 1 km wide if the
river flows steadily at 3 km h
1
and he makes his strokes normal to the river current ? How far down the river
does he go when he reaches the other bank ?
C 8. A river is flowing from west to east at a speed of 5 m/min. A man on the south bank of the river, capable of
swimming at 10 m/min in still water, swims across the shortest part distance. In what direction should he swim
?
C 9. An airplane pilot sets a compass course due west and maintains an air speed of 240 km/h. After flying for
2
1
h, he finds himself over a town that is 150 km west and 40 km south of his starting point. Find the wind velocity,
in magnitude and direction.
SECTI ON : (D) RELATI VE MOTI ON I N RAI N AND WI ND
D 1. It is raining vertically downwards with a velocity of 3 km h
1
. A man walks in the rain with a velocity of 4
kmh
1
. The rain drops will fall on the man with a relative velocity of ;
(A) 1 kmh
1
(B) 3 kmh
1
(C) 4 kmh
1
(D) 5 kmh
1
D 2. A man walks in rain with a velocity of 5 kmh
1
. The rain drops strike at him at an angle of 45with the horizontal.
Velocity of rain if it is falling vertically downward -
(A) 5 kmh
1
(B) 4 kmh
1
(C) 3 kmh
1
(D) 1 kmh
1
D 3. 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) 20 3 m/s
D 4. An aeroplane is to go along straight line from A to B, and back again. The relative speed with respect to
wind is V.. The wind blows perpendicular to line AB with speed u. The distance between A and B is . The
total time for the round trip is :
(A)
2 2
V v
2
(B) 2 2
V v
v

2
(C) 2 2
V v
V

2
(D)
2 2
V v +
2
D 5. A pipe which can rotate in a vertical plane is mounted on a cart. The
cart moves uniformly along a horizontal path with a speed v
1
=
2 m/s. At what angle o to the horizontal should the pipe be placed
so that drops of rain falling with a velocity v
2
= 6m/s move parallel to
the walls of the pipe without touching them? Consider the velocity
of the drops as constant due to the resistance of the air.
D 6. To a man walking at the rate of 2 km/hour the rain appears to fall vertically, when he increases his speed
to 4 km/hour it appears to meet him at an angle of 45, find the real direction and speed of the rain.
SECTION : (E) VELOCI TY OF SEPERATI ON & APPROACH
E 1. For two particles A and B, given that
A
r

= 2
i
+ 3 j

,
B
r

= 6
i
+ 7 j

,
A
v

= 3
i
j

and
B
v

= x
i
5 j

. What
is the value of x if they collide.
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(A) 1 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 2
E 2. Two particles A and B move with velocities v
1
and v
2
respectively
along the x & y axis. The initial separation between them is

d

as shown in the fig. Find the least distance between them during
their motion.
(A)
2
2
2
1
2
1
v v
v . d
+
(B)
2
2
2
1
2
2
v v
v . d
+
(C)
2
2
2
1
1
v v
v . d
+
(D)
2
2
2
1
2
v v
v . d
+
E 3. A particle is kept at rest at origin. Another particle starts from (5, 0) with a velocity of 4
i
+ 3 j

. Find their
closest distance of approach.
E 4. Four particles situated at the corners of a square of side a move at a constant speed v. Each particle maintains
a direction towards the next particle in succession. Calculate the time the particles will take to meet each other.
ANSWER KEY
SECTION (A)
A 1. (C) A 2. (D) A 3. (D) A 4. (D) A 5. (D) A 6. (B)
A 7. (a) 144 km/h due south (b) 90 km/hdue north
(c) 36 km/h due north (d) 126 km/h due north
A 8. 50 km/h A 9. 9.8 m/s
2
downward in both cases. A 10. 20 sec.
SECTION (B)
B-1. (D) B 2. (D) B 3. (C) B 4. (D) B 5. 4
i

3 j

, 4 i

+ 3 j

, 5 unit, 5 unit.
B 6. 13 m/s, tan
1

|
.
|

\
|
12
5
= 2237' north of east
B 7. (a) 20 m/s or 72 km/h due east (b) 25 m/s or 90 km/h at 37N of E (c) 25 m/s or 90 km/h
B 8. 30 N of W at 3 5 km/h.
SECTI ON (C)
C 1. (B) C 2. (B) C 3. (B) C 4. (B) C 5. (B)
C 6. 12 km/h , 4km/h C 7.
4
1
h, , 0.75 km
C 8. At an angle 30west of north.( j

50 i

50 + ), where
i
north j

west
C 9. 100 km/h, 37 W of S
SECTION (D)
D 1. (D) D 2. (A) D 3. (B) D 4. (A) D 5. o = tan
-1
3 D 6. 2 2 m/s , 45
with vertically
SECTION (E)
E 1. (B) E 2. (C) E 3. 3 m E 4. a / v
Assignment -Projectile and Kinematics
ONLY ONE OPTION IS CORRECT.
Q.1 A particle is projected from a horizontal plane (x-z plane) such that its velocity vector at time t is
given by
j

) ct b ( i

a V + =

. Its range on the horizontal plane is given by

(A)
ba
c
(B)
2ba
c
(C)
3ba
c
(D) None
Q.2 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
(A) 2u
h
g
(B) u
2h
g
(C) 2u
2h
g
(D) u
h
g
Q.3 A ball is projected from top of a tower with a velocity of 5 m/s at an angle of 53
0
to horizontal. Its
speed when it is at a height of 0.45 m from the point of projection is :
(A) 2 m/s (B) 3 m/s (C) 4 m/s (D) data insufficient.
Q.4 Average velocity of a particle is projectile motion between its starting point and the highest point of
its trajectory is : (projection speed = u, angle of projection from horizontal= u)
(A) u cosu (B)
u +
2
cos 3 1
2
u
(C)
u +
2
cos 2
2
u
(D)
u +
2
cos 1
2
u
Q.5 Find time of flight of projectile thrown horizontally with speed 50 ms
1
from a long inclined plane
which makes an angle of u = 45 from horizontal.
(A)
2
sec (B)
2 2
sec (C) 2 sec (D) none
Q.6 Particle is dropped from the height of 20m from horizontal ground. There is wind blowing due to
which horizontal acceleration of the particle becomes 6 ms
2
. Find the horizontal displacement of
the particle till it reaches ground.
(A) 6 m (B) 10 m (C) 12 m (D) 24 m
Q.7 A ball is hit by a batsman at an angle of 37 as shown in figure. The man
standing at P should run at what minimum velocity so that he catches the
ball before it strikes the ground. Assume that height of man is negligible in
comparison to maximum height of projectile.
(A) 3 ms
1
(B) 5 ms
1
(C) 9 ms
1
(D) 12 ms
1
Q.8 A projectile is fired with a speed u at an angle u with the horizontal. Its speed when its direction of
motion makes an angle o with the horizontal is
(A) u secu coso (B) u secu sino (C) u cosu seco (D) u sin u seco
Q.9 A projectile is fired with a velocity at right angle to the slope which is inclined at an angle u with the
horizontal. The expression for the range R along the incline is
(A)
u sec
g
v 2
2
(B)
u tan
g
v 2
2
(C)
u usec tan
g
v 2
2
(D)
u
2
2
tan
g
v
Q.10 A particle is projected vertically upwards from O with velocity v and a second particle is projected at
the same instant from P (at a height h above O) with velocity v at an angle of projection u. The time
when the distance between them is minimum is
Assignment -Projectile and Kinematics
(A)
u sin v 2
h
(B)
u cos v 2
h
(C) h/v (D) h/2v
Q.11 A shell fired from the base of a mountain just clears it. If o is the angle of projection then the angular
elevation of the summit | is
(A)
2
1
o (B) tan
1
(1/2)
(C) tan
1
(1/2 tan o) (D) tan
1
(2 tan o)
Q.12 If time taken by the projectile to reach Q is T, than PQ =
(A) Tv sin u (B) Tv cos u (C) Tv sec u (D) Tv tan u
Question No. 13 to 18
A projectile crosses two walls of equal height H symmetrically as shown
Q.13 The time of flight T is given by
(A) 8 s (B) 9 s (C) 7 s (D) 10 s
Q.14 The height of each wall is
(A) 240 m (B) 120 m (C) 60 m (D) 30 m
Q.15 The maximum height of the projectile is
(A) 120 m (B) 80 m (C) 160 m (D) cannot be obtained
Q.16 If the horizontal distance between the two walls is d = 120 m, then the range of the projectile is
(A) 240 m (B) 160 m (C) 300 m (D) cannot be obtained
Q.17 The angle of projection of the projectile is
(A) tan
1
(3/4) (B) tan
1
(4/3) (C) tan
1
(4/5) (D) tan
1
(3/5)
Q.18 The velocity of projection is
(A) 30 ms
1
(B) 40 ms
1
(C) 50 ms
1
(D) none of these
Question No. 19 to 21
A projectile is thrown with a velocity of 50 ms
1
at an angle of 53 with the horizontal
Q.19 Choose the incorrect statement
(A) It travels vertically with a velocity of 40 ms
1
(B) It travels horizontally with a velocity of 30 ms
1
(C) The minimum velocity of the projectile is 30 ms
1
(D) None of these
Q.20 Determine the instants at which the projectile is at the same height
(A) t = 1s and t = 7s (B) t = 3s and t = 5s (C) t = 2s and t = 6 s (D) all the above
Q.21 The equation of the trajectory is given by
(A) 180y = 240x x
2
(B) 180y = x
2
240x
(C) 180y = 135x x
2
(D) 180y = x
2
135x
Assignment -Projectile and Kinematics
Relative Motion
Q.1 A swimmer swims in still water at a speed = 5 km/hr. He enters a 200 m wide river, having river flow
speed = 4 km/hr at point A and proceeds to swim at an angle of 127 (sin 37 = 0.6) with the river
flow direction. Another point B is located directly across A on the other side. The swimmer lands on
the other bank at a point C, from which he walks the distance CB with a speed = 3 km/hr. The total
time in which he reachrs from A to B is
(A) 5 minutes (B) 4 minutes (C) 3 minutes (D) None
Q.2 A boat having a speed of 5 km/hr. in still water, crosses a river of width 1 km along the shortest
possible path in 15 minutes. The speed of the river in Km/hr.
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D)
41
Q.3 Two particles start simultaneously from the same point and move along two straight lines, one with
uniform velocity v and other with a uniform acceleration a. If o is the angle between the lines of
motion of two particles then the least value of relative velocity will be at time given by
(A) (v/a) sin o (B) (v/a) cos o (C) (v/a) tan o (D) (v/a) cot o
Q.4 A flag is mounted on a car moving due North with velocity of 20 km/hr. Strong winds are blowing
due East with velocity of 20 km/hr. The flag will point in direction
(A) East (B) North - East (C) South - East (D) South - West
Q.5 A man is crossing a river flowing with velocity of 5 m/s. He reaches a point
directly across at a distance of 60 m in 5 sec. His velocity in still water should be
(A) 12 m/s (B) 13 m/s
(C) 5 m/s (D) 10 m/s
Q.5 A man swimming down stream overcome a float at a point M. After travelling distance D he turned
back and passed the float at a distance of D/2 from the point M, then the ratio of speed of swimmer
with respect to still water to the speed of the river will be
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 2.5
Q.6 Wind is blowing in the north direction at speed of 2 m/s which causes the rain to fall at some angle
with the vertical. With what velocity should a cyclist drive so that the rain appears vertical to him :
(A) 2 m/s south (B) 2 m/s north (C) 4 m/s west (D) 4 m/s south
ANSWER KEY
Projectile Motion
Q.1 B Q.2 C Q.3 C Q.4 B Q.5 C Q.6 C Q.7 B
Q.8 C Q.9 C Q.10 D Q.11 C Q.12 D Q.13 A Q.14 C
Q.15 B Q.16 A Q.17 B Q.18 C Q.19 A Q.20 D Q.21 A
Relative Motion
Q.1 B Q.2 B Q.3 B Q.4 C Q.5 B Q.6 B Q.7 B