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1. A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground with a velocity 39.2 ms-1. Calculate :
(i) the maximum height to which the ball rises and
(ii) the time taken by the ball to reach the highest point.

2. A body standing near the edge of a cliff 125 m above a river throws a stone downward with a speed of 10
ms-1 Find :
(i) with what speed will the stone hit water and
(ii) how long will it take to descend ?
3. A stone is thrown vertically upward which takes time ‘t’ to reach to maximum height ‘h’. After next ‘t’ seconds it
reached the ground from the maximum height. Draw (i) distance-time graph and (ii) displacement time graph for the
motion of the stone.
4. A cheetah is the fastest land animal and it can achieve a peak velocity of 100 km per hour upto distances less than
500 metres. If the cheetah spots his prey at a distance of 100 metres what is the minimum time it will take to get its
prey?
5. A car moves with a speed of 30km/h for half an hour; 25km/h for 1 hr and 40km/hr for 2 hrs. Find average speed.
6. Two stones are thrown vertically upwards simultaneously with their initial velocities u1 and u2 respectively.
Prove that the heights reached by them would be in ratio (u1)2 : (u2) 2
7. Two boys A and B, travel along the same path. The displacement – time graph for their journey is given in the
following figure.
(a) How far down the road has B travelled when A starts the journey?
(b)Without calculation, the speed, state who is traveling faster A or B?
(c) What is the speed of A?
(d)What is the speed of B?
(e) Are the speed of A and B uniform?
(f) What dose point X on the graph represent?
(g) What is the speed of approach of A towards B?
(h)What is the speed of separation of A from B?

8. The velocity time graph of runner is given in the graph.

9. Derive the second equation of motion S= u t +1/2at2 graphically?

10. What is represented by the area under acceleration time graph?

4. A bus driver slows down bus from 60kmph to 30kmph in 5s. find acceleration.
5. Make a formula cheat sheet for ch 8 and 9.
6. Brakes produce accl. Of 6ms-2 . if car takes 2s to stop, find distance travelled by it.
7. Prove that ucm is accl. Motion.
8. A motorcyclist A, riding motorbike travelling at 36 km/hr applies the brakes and stops the
motorcycle in 10s. Another motorcyclist B, travelling at 18 km h", applies the brakes and stops
the motorcycle in 20s. Plot speed-time graphs for the two motorcycles. Which of the two
motorcycles travelled farther before it came to a stop?
9. A satellite revolves around the earth in a circular orbit of radius 6400 km and completes one
revolution 84 minutes. Calculate its linear speed in km h as well as m s¹.
10. . An aeroplane requires a minimum speed of 360 km h for its take off from a runway. If the
aeroplane engine can produce a maximum acceleration of 10 m s during its motion on
runway, what should be the minimum length of runway for a successful take off by the
aeroplane?
11. A charged particle travels longitudinally inside a straight hollow tube of 2 m length with a
uniform acceleration. If the particle enters the tube with a velocity of 1000 ms and leaves at
 9000 ms, what is the acceleration of the particle? For how long is the charged particle in the
tube?
12. . Ramesh can bring his car running at 30 km h to a halt by applying brakes within a distance of
10 m. What distance would the same car cover before coming to rest if its initial velocity be 60
km h?
13. A particle, starting from rest, is being uniformly accelerated at a rate of 0.5 m s. The particle
covers a distances in first 2 s, 5 in the next two seconds and s, in subsequent 2 s. Calculate the
ratio s1:s2:s3.
14. Two cars started simultaneously towards each other from towns A and B, which are 480 km
apart from each) other. The first car started from town A and reached the town B in 8 hours.
The second car started from town B and reached the town A in 12 hours. If both the cars
moved with uniform velocities without any break, find out when the two cars cross each other
after starting and at what distance from the town A?
15. An object starts motion with an initial velocity a and uniform acceleration 'a' Find an
expression for distance covered by the object in nth second of its motion
16. . An uniformly accelerated object covers 6.5 m during 2nd second and 8.5 m during 4th second
of its motion. Find its initial velocity as well as uniform acceleration
17. An athlete starts running from rest and accelerates uniformly at a rate of ms along a straight
path for 10 s. For next 15 s, he runs with a constant velocity. Finally, he decelerates at a
uniform rate of 2 ms and stops. Plot a -1 graph for his motion. Also, find (i) the maximum
velocity acquired by the athlete, and (ii) total displacement of athlete.
18. A boy is running with a uniform speed of 5 m s-1 to catch a bus standing on the road ahead of
him. Whe the boy is 12 m behind the bus, the bus starts moving with a constant acceleration
of 1 m s². When doe the boy catch the bus? What distance is covered by the bus during this
time?
19. . A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate A for some time and then decelerates at a
constant rate 8 come to rest again. If the total time elapsed is t, then
(a) find the maximum velocity attained by the car.
b) total distance covered by the car.
20. A lorry accelerates from rest at a constant rate 'a' covering some distance and then
decelerates at a constant rate 'B' to come to rest again. If the total distance covered by the
lorry is s, then
(a) find the maximum velocity attained by the lorry.
(b) total time taken by the lorry to cover the distance s.
21. aeroplane moves 400 m towards the north, 300 m towards the west and then 1200 m
vertically upwards. What is the magnitude of its total displacement?
22. . A vehicle travelling with uniform acceleration crosses two points A and B with speeds of 20 m
s¹ and 30 m s¹ respectively. With what speed does the vehicle cross the mid point of A and B?
23. . A person traversed half of the distance with a speed to. The remaining part of the distance
was covered with speed v, for half the time and with speed v2 for the other half of the time.
Calculate the average speed of the person for his entire journey.
24. A ball of mass 0.15 kg strikes a smooth wall with a speed of 10 m s¹ and rebounds back with
the same speed along the same straight line. What is the change in momentum of the ball?
25. A bullet of mass 0.02 kg moving with a velocity of 100 m s enters a heavy wooden block and is
stopped within a distance of 50 cm. What is the acceleration of bullet while penetrating the
wooden block? What time does it take before coming to rest? What is the average resistive
force exerted by the block on the bullet?
26. X In a X-ray tube, electrons are ejected from the cathode with degligible speed and acquire a
speed of 6x 10 m just before reaching the torpet Ange har motion, calentate the constant
force being exerted on an electron. Given that mase of an electron 9' 10" kg and distence
between cathode and target plate is 18 cm.
27. A uniform force acts on a ball of mass 0.05 kg for 10's and then ceases to act. The ball arveted
a distance of 80 m in the next 5 seconds. Find the magnitude of the force. Neglect ale
resistance.
28. A 10-gram bullet acquires a speed of 200 mw in a gun barrel which 6.3 m long. What is the
average force everted by the gun on the bullet? If the mass of the gun is 2.5 kg, what is the
recoil speed of the gun.
29. fielder caught a cricket ball of mass 0.15 kg moving at a rate of 40 m . The catching process is
completed in 0.1 Calculate the force of the blow exerted by the ball on the hands of the fielder
30. 7. A machine gum is mounted on a 2 tonne vehicle on a smooth horizontal road. The machine
gun fires per second with a velocity of 250 ms. If the mass of each shell be 0.2 kg, then what is
the acceleration produced in the vehicle? In which direction does this acceleration take place?
Assume that there is no force of friction between the machine gun and the vehicle?
31. A body of mass 5 kg moving on a horizontal surface with an initial velocity of 6 ms comes to
rest after 2.4s. Calculate the force needed so as to keep the body moving on the given surface
at a uniform rate of 6m/s.
32. A football of mass 0.5 kg is lying at rest on the ground. A player kicks the football and gives it
a velocity of 12 m s. If the contact between the foot of the player and the football lasts for
0.02s, then calculate the average force of player's kick.
33. An object of mass 5 kg is moving with a velocity of 20 m s. A force of 80 N is applied on the
object for 15s in the same direction as its velocity. What will be the final velocity of the
object? What in its final momentum?
34. A hose of fire brigade directs a horizontal jet of water moving with a velocity of 20 ms on a
vertical wall. The cross-sectional area of water jet is 5 cm. If the water comes to rest after
striking the wall then, what is the force exerted by water jet on the wall? Given that the
density of water is 1000 kg/m3.
35. A ball weighing 100 g and moving with a velocity of 1.2 mshits a rigid wall normally and
bounces back with the same speed. If the ball remained in contact with the wall for 1
millisecond only, then find the average force exerted by the wall on the ball.
36. A wooden box of mass 40 kg rests on a rough horizontal surface. When a force of 140 N is
applied on the box, it acquires a speed of 4 m sl in 2 s. Find the value of force of friction acting
on the box due to the rough surface .
37. . A car having a mass of 800 kg is moving at a speed of 90 km h. Brakes are applied to bring the
car to rest. If the frictional force between the car tyres and the road surface, caused by
application of brakes, is 4000 N, then find the time taken by the car to come to rest. What
distance will the car cover after applying the brakes?
38. An object of mass 2.5 kg moving with a velocity of 3.0 ms collides head on with another object
of mass 1.0 kg moving in opposite direction with a velocity of 1.5 ms. After collision, the two
objects stick together and move with a common velocity. What is this common velocity?
39. Look at the diagram given alongside and answer the following questions; (a) When a force is
applied through the free end of the spring balance A, the reading on the spring balance A is 15
g wt. What will be the measure of the reading shown by spring balance B?
(b) Write reasons for your answer.
(c) Name the force which balance A exerts on balance B and the force of balance B on
balance A.
40. Draw s-t graph for uniform and non uniform acceleration.
41. Define displacement of a particle in linear motion.
42. A bus moves from Stop A to Stop B with a speed of 50 km/h travelling a distance 10 km. Then
the driver increases the speed upto 60 km/h. One of the passengers asks the driver to
decrease the speed of the bus because as per motor vehicle rule maximum speed limit for
heavy vehicles is 40 km/h. After 6 minutes moving with the speed of 60 km/h, it reaches Stop
C. Then driver decreases the speed of the bus and reaches Stop D, which is 12 km from Stop C.
a) Calculate the distance covered by the bus from Stop B to Stop C.
(b) If the average speed of the bus is 40 km/h, what is the speed of the bus between Stop C
and Stop D?
(c) What value is shown by the passenger who asks the driver to decrease the speed of the
bus?
43. 3. A student travelling in a bus asked the driver to stop the bus on the next stop as he had to
debow driver did not stop the bus but only slowed the speed, and asked the student to get
down. In ord down the bus, the student ran a short distance in moving direction.
(a) Why did student run a short distance while getting down the bus?
b) Which law of motion describes this phenomenon?
(c) Which values did the driver not possess?
44. Find relation between linear and angular displacement and linear and angular speed.
45. Why is space left above oil tankers while filling?
46. Why we take small steps while walking on ice?