MOTION IN A PLANE

MOTION IN A PLANE
Ø Special Cases
SYNOPSIS ur ur
a) If P and Q are in the same direction i.e.
Addition of Vectors ur ur ur
ur ur ?=00 then R = P + Q
Ø Two Vectors A and B of same kind are added
ur ur
geometrically as shown. b) If P and Q are in opposite direction i.e.
ur ur ur
?=1800 then R = P − Q ; for P > Q
ur ur
R = A+B c) If P and Q are perpendicular to each other
B 0
ur 2 2
i.e. ?=90 then R = P +Q
ur ur ur ? ?
d) If P = Q then R = 2Pcos & a =β = .
A 2 2
i) If θ = 60 then R = 3P and α = 300
0
Resultant of number of vectors
Ø Resultant is a single vector that gives the total effect ii) If θ = 900 then R = 2 P and α = 450
of number of vectors. iii) If θ = 1200 then R = P and α = 600
Resultant can be found by using
Triangle Law of Vectors: If two given vectors of
a) Parallelogram law of vectors
same kind are represented both in magnitude and
b) Triangle law of vectors
direction by the two adjacent sides of a triangle,
c) Polygon law of vectors
taken in order then the closing side taken in the
Ø Parallelogram Law of vectors reverse order will give the resultant both in
P magnitude and direction.
B

R
Q Q (Q sin θ) R = P+Q
Q

O D O
P A
ur ur P
If P and Q are two vectors with angle θ between Law of equilibrium of forces:
ur ur ur If three forces represents the three sides of a
them, then the resultant vector R = P + Q . triangle taken in order then their resultant is zero.
Magnitude of resultant : If such forces acts on a particle simultaneously
ur then they keep that particle in equilibrium.
R = P 2 +Q 2 + 2PQcos?
Direction of resultant :
 Qsin? 
a = tan -1  r
 w.r.t P F3 F2
 P + Qcos? 
 Psin?  r
ß = tan -1   w.r.t Q
 Q + Pcos? 
The resultant of two vectors always lie in the plane O A
F1
containing the vectors, closer to vector of larger uur uur uur r
magnitude. F1 + F2 + F3 = 0

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Lami’s theorem E D
Ø If a body is in equilibrium under the action of three
coplanar concurrent forces P,Q,R at angles 2x x
3x
α , β , γ as shown in the figure. 0
Then the ratio of magnitude of one of the F 90 C
force to sine of angle between the other two 3x
vectors is always constant 0
60
P Q R
i.e: = = A B
sin α sin β sin γ
AB = x, AC = 3 x, AD = 2 x,AE = 3 x, AF = x
P Q
WE -1 : ABCDEF is a regular hexagon with point
‘O’ as centre. Find the value of
uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur
AB + AC + AD + AE + AF .

E D

O
R F C
Polygon Law of Vectors 3x
Ø " If number of vectors of same kind acting at a
point in the same plane in different directions are
represented both in magnitude and direction by A B
the adjacent sides of a polygon taken in order, Sol. From the diagram AB = − DE , uuu
uuur uuur r
BC = − EF
uuur
then the closing side taken in the reverse order uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur
will give the resultant both in magnitude and AB + AC + AD + AE + AF
uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur
= AB + ( AB + BC) + AD + ( AD + DE) + ( AD + DE + EF )
direction".
uuur uuur uuur
D D C
= 3 AD = 3 2 AO = 6 AO ( ) ( )
Applications of Polygon Law
E C Ø If 'n' equal forces act on a body such that each
A+B+C+D

2π
C
B+

E B force makes an angle with the previous one then

A+

n
B they form a closed polygon. So the resultant is zero.
A+
R B If each force of magnitude 'F' makes an angle θ
with previous one, then
O A A
a) the resultant is zero, if the number of forces is
OA + AB + BC + CD + DE = OE 2π
n=
θ
2π
If many vectors form a closed n sided polygon b) If the number of forces are n = − 1 , then
with all the sides in the same order then the resultant θ
r the resultant force is ‘F’.
is 0 .
Note :If x is the side of a regular hexagon
ABCDEF as shown in figure.

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Subtraction of Vectors: ur ur
ur ur Ø If two vectors P and Q represents adjacent sides
Ø Subtraction of a vector Q from vector P is the of a parallelogram both in magnitude and direction
ur ur ur ur ur ur ur
addition of P and -Q . ( )
S = P − Q = P + −Q then the two diagonals of parallelogram are
represented as
uur ur ur u ur ur ur
d1 = P + Q , d2 = P − Q
Q

θ P d1
Q 0 A Q
180-θ
−Q
S θ d2

P B C P
here S = P − Q ur 1 uur uur ur 1 uur uur
ur ur
The magnitude of P − Q is ( )
P = d1 + d 2 ; Q = d1 − d 2
2 2
( )
ur ur ur ur ur
S = P 2 + Q 2 + 2 PQ cos (1800 − θ ) Ø P, Q are two sides and R , S are two diagonals

S = P 2 + Q 2 − 2 PQ cos θ and of a parallelogram then R 2 + S 2 = 2 ( P 2 + Q 2 )

Q sin (1800 − θ )
tan α = W.E - 2: A particle is moving eastwards with a
P + Q cos (180 − θ )0
velocity of 5 m/s. In 10s the velocity changes
Q sin θ to 5 m/s northwards.Find the average
= ur acceleration in this time.
w.r.t P
P − Q cos θ uur uur uur
ur ur r
ur ur θ  Sol . a avg =
? v vf - vi
=
Ø Note: If P = Q then P − Q = 2 P sin   . ?t ?t
2
Ø Subtraction of vectors is used to find v f = 5m / s
i) change in velocity of a particle. ∆V N
5 2m/s
ii) the relative velocity of one body with respect W E
to another body. 450
S
iii) change in momentum. −V i = 5m / s V i = 5m / s
iv) acceleration of a particle etc.
Applications r 5 ˆj − 5iˆ 5 2 1
a avg = = = m / s2
Ø When a particle is performing uniform circular 10 10 2
motion with a constant speed v, then the Along north-west direction
magnitude of change in velocity when it describes
? ur ur
an angle θ at the centre is ? v = 2vsin   . W.E -3: Two vectors A and B have precisely equal
2 ur ur
magnitudes. For the magnitude of A + B to
v ur ur
be larger than the magnitude of A − B by a
factor of n, what must be the angle between
0 them?
θ ur ur ur ur
v uur uur Sol : A + B = n A− B
Ø If velocity of a particle changes from vi to vf in
θ θ
uur the
time ‘t’ then uur acceleration of the particle is given 2 A cos = n2 A sin (Q A = B )
r v -v 2 2
by a = f i . θ 1 θ −1  1  −1  1 
t ∴ tan = ; = tan   ⇒ θ = 2 tan  
2 n 2 n n
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W.E-4: The resultant of two forces whose AB
magnitudes are in the ratio 3:5 is 28 N. If Clearly, tan150 = or AB = OB tan150
OB
the angle of their inclination is 600 , then Thus, distance travelled by the aircraft in 10s,
find the magnitude of each force. AC=2AB=2(OB tan 150 ) = 2 × 3400 × 0.2679 = 1822m
speed of the aircraft
Sol . Let F1 and F2 be the two forces. 1822m
v= = 182.2m / s .
Then F1 = 3x; F2 = 5 x; R = 28 N and θ = 60 0
10s
R = F12 + F22 + 2 F1 F2 cos θ Position vector : Position vector of point A
with respect to O
⇒ 28 = ( 3x ) + ( 5x ) + 2 ( 3x )( 5 x ) cos 600
2 2

⇒ 28 = 9 x 2 + 25 x 2 + 15x 2 = 7 x A(x,y)

28
⇒x= = 4.
7
∴ F1 = 3 × 4 = 12 N , F2 = 5 × 4 = 20 N. O X
r
W.E - 5: What is the displacement of the point of a r = x iˆ + y ˆj
wheel initially in contact with the ground
when the wheel rolls forward half a Displacement vector in two dimensional Plane
revolution ? Take the radius of the wheel as
Y
R and the x-axis as the forward direction ?
Sol . From figure, during half revolution of the wheel,
the point A covers AC = π R in horizontal A
B
direction, and BC =2R in vertical direction r1
B
r2
y O X
θ → →
A x C If r1 , r2 are the initial and final position vectors
x = π R and y = 2 R; →
of a particle then AB represents the displacement
AB = x 2 + y 2 = (π R ) + (2 R ) 2
2
= R π +4
2
vector of a particle.
 y  2R  uuur r r uuur
and θ = Tan −1   = Tan −1   AB = r 2 − r1. ⇒ AB = ( x2 − x1 ) iˆ + ( y2 − y1 ) ˆj
x πR
The magnitude of the displacement vector is
2
= Tan −1   with x- axis.
AB = ( x2 − x1 ) + ( y2 − y1 )
2 2
π 
W.E -6: An aircraft is flying at a height of 3400 m Application : Condition for collision
above the ground.If the angle subtended at a Two particles 1 and 2 move with constant velocities
point on the ground by the aircraft positions r r
v1 and v2 . At ‘t = 0’ their position vectors are
10 s apart is 300 , then what is the speed of ur ur
the aircraft ? (tan 150 = 0.2679) r1 and r2 .If particles collide at the point `P’ after
time `t’.
A = (t = 0S ) B = (t = 5S ) C = (t = 10S ) Y

S2 = V2 t
1 P
3400m r2 r S2 = V1 t

2
0
15 150 r1
O X
30
0 From the diagram
ground
Sol . Let O be observation point on the ground, and
A,B,C be the positions of the aircraft at t=0s, t=5s
and t =10s respectively.

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r r ur ur uur
r = r1 + s1 = r2 + s 2 vA
v 2B = 2gd ⇒ = cosa
r r r r Along OB vB
r1 + v1 t = r 2 + v 2 t
r r r r
(
∴ r1 - r 2 = v 2 - v1 t ) W.E -9: Velocity and acceleration of a particle at
r
W.E 7 : A frictionless wire is fixed between A and
time t=0 are u = 2iˆ + 3 ˆj m / s and ( )
B inside a circle of radius R. A small bead r
a = (4iˆ + 2 ˆj ) m / s 2 respectively. Find the
slips along the wire.Find the time taken by
the bead to slip from A to B. velocity and displacement of particle at t=2s.
r r r r r 1r 2
A Sol. From v = u + at and s = ut + at
O 2
r
( ) ( ) ( )
g
α α v = 2iˆ + 3jˆ + ( 2 ) 4iˆ + 2jˆ = 10iˆ + 7jˆ m / s
gcosα
A d r
( ) (
s = 2 2 ˆi + 3jˆ + (2) 2  4 i + 2ˆj  = 1 2 ˆi + 1 0ˆj m
1
)
^
B
90° 2  
B
O W.E -10: A particle starts from origin at t = 0 with
a velocity 5 iˆ m/s and moves in x-y plane
1 2 under action of a force which produce a
Sol.: S = at
2 constant acceleration of ( 3$i + 2 $j ) m / s 2 .
1 a) What is the y -coordinate of the particle
i.e. AB = ( g cos α ) t 2 ......... (1) at the instant its x-coordinate is 84m?
2
b) what is speed of the particle at this time
From diagram AB = 2 R cosα ..........(2) Sol.: The position of the particle is given by
r uur 1 r
r ( t ) = v0 t + at 2
R 2
From eq (1) and eq (2) t = 2
g ( )
= 5 iˆ t + (1/ 2 ) 3 iˆ + 2 ˆj t 2

Note: Time is independent of inclination of the wire. = ( 5t + 1.5t 2 ) iˆ + t 2 ˆj

Therefore, x ( t ) = 5 t + 1.5 t 2 , y ( t ) = t
2
WE 8: Two particles 1 and 2 are allowed to descend
on the two frictionless chord OA and OB of
a vertical circle, at the same instant from point 5 t + 1.5 t 2 = 84 ⇒ t = 6 s
O. The ratio of the velocities of the particle 1 A t t = 6 s , y = ( 6 ) = 36 m
2
and 2 respectively, when they reach on the
r
circumference will be (OB is the diameter). r dr
v= = ( 5 + 3 t ) ˆi + 2t ˆj
O dt
Sol : r
O 1 2 At t = 6s, v = 23 ˆi + 12 ˆj
α r
speed = v = 23 2 +12 2 = 26ms -1
α

α d
os
gc

R g W.E -11: The coordinates of a body moving in a

A
B A plane at any instant of time t are x = α t 2 and
B
y = β t 2 . The speed of the body is.
OA = dcosa, a OA = gcosa dx
Sol. x = at ⇒ v x =
2
= 2at
dt
Along OA ⇒ v 2A = 2 ( gcosa )( dcosa )

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2) The relative velocity of body 'B' w.r.t. 'A' is given
dy r r r
y = ßt ⇒ v y =
2
= 2ßt by VBA = VB -VA
dt r r r r
3) Both VA -VB and VB -VA are equal in magnitude
∴ speed v = v 2x + v 2y = 2t a 2 + ß 2 but opposite in direction.
r r
W.E -12: Figure shows a rod of length l resting V AB = -V BA and
against a wall and the floor. Its lower end A r r
V AB = VBA = VA 2 +VB 2 -2VA V B cos?
is pulled towards left with a constant
velocity v. Find the velocity of the other end 4) For two bodies moving in same direction,
magnitude of relative velocity is equal to the
B downward when the rod makes an angle difference of magnitudes of their velocities.
θ with the horizontal.
(? = 00 , cos 0 = 1)
B r r
∴ VAB =VA -VB , VBA =VB − VA
5) For two bodies moving in opposite directions,
magnitude of relative velocity is equal to the sum
l of the magnitudes of their velocities.
(θ = 1800 ; cos 1800 = -1)
r r
v θ ∴ V AB = V BA = VB + VA
A 6) Relative displacement of A w.r.t. B is
Sol. In such type of problems, when velocity of one r r r
X AB = X AG − X BG
part of a body is given and that of other is required, r
first find the relation between the two displacement, Where X AG = displacement of ‘A’ w.r.t ground
then differentiate them with respect to time. Here r
and X BG = displacement of ‘B’ w.r.t ground
if the distance from the corner to the point A is x
7) Relative velocity of A w.r.t. B is
and upto B is y, then x 2 + y 2 = l 2 r r r
V AB = V AG − V BG
Differentiating with respect to time t 8) Relative acceleration of A w.r.t. B is
dx dy r r r
2x + 2y = 0 a AB = a AG − a BG
dt dt
9) Two trains of lengths l1 and l2 are moving on
dx dy
where vA = v = & vB = - parallel tracks with speeds v1 and v2 (v1 > v2 )
dt dt
(- sign denotes that y is decreasing) w.r.t ground. The time taken to cross each other
when they move in same direction is
x v = yv B
S l +l
x t1 = rel = 1 2
v B = (v ) = v c o t? Vrel v1 - v2
y
when they move in opposite direction is
Change in velocity S l +l
If Vi is the initial velocity of a particle, Vf is its t2 = rel = 1 2
uuur Vrel v1 + v2
final velocity, ∆V is the change in velocity, and Application:
Relative Motion on a moving train
? is the angle between Vi and Vf then
uuur ur
If a boy in a train is running with velocity V BT
∆V = Vf - Vi .
uuur relative to train and train is moving with velocity
ur
∆V = Vf 2 +Vi 2 -2Vf Vi cos? V TG relative to ground, then the velocity of the
ur
Relative Velocity boy relative to ground V BG will be given by
ur ur ur ur
Ø If body A is moving with a velocity VA w.r.t. V BG = V BT + V TG
ur So, if boy in a train is running along the direction
ground and body B is moving with velocity VB
of train.
w.r.t. ground then ur ur ur
1) The relative velocity of body 'A' w.r.t. 'B' is given
r r r V BG = V BT + V TG
by VAB = VA -VB
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If the boy in train is running in a direction opposite ur ur ur
Velocity of B relative to A is V BA = V B − V A
to the motion of train, then
ur ur ur ur
V BG = V BT − V TG V BA = ( 20 ) + ( 20 )
2 2
= 20 2km / h
W.E-13: When two objects move uniformly towards ur
each other, they get 4 metres closer each i.e., V BA is 20 2 km/h at an angle of 450 from
second and when they move uniformly in east towards north.
the same direction with original speed, they uuur
get 4 metres closer each 5s. Find their A is at rest and B is moving with VBA in the
individual speeds.
direction shown in Fig.
Sol. Let their speeds be v1 and v2 and
Therefore the minimum distance between ships
let v1 > v2 .
In First case :  1 
S min = AC = AB sin 450 = 10   km = 5 2km
4  2
Relative velocity, v1 + v 2 = = 4 m / s ....(1)
1 and time taken is
In Second case:
BC 5 2 1
4
Relative velocity = v1 - v 2 = = 0.8 m / s ...(2) t = ur = = h = 15min
5 V BA 20 2 4
solving eqns.(1) and (2), we get
v1 =2.4ms -1 ,v 2 =1.6ms -1 Rain umbrella Concept
uv
W.E - 14 : A person walks up a stationary escalator Ø If rain is falling with a velocity V R and man moves
in time t1 . If he remains stationary on the uv
escalator, then it can take him up in time t2. with a velocity V M relative to ground, he will
How much time would it take for him to walk observe the rain falling with a velocity
up the moving escalator? uv uuv uuv
Sol. Let L be the length of escalator . V RM = VR − VM .
L Case - I : If rain is falling vertically with a velocity
Speed of man w.r.t. escalator is v ME = t uv
1 V R and an observer is moving horizontally with
L uv
Speed of escalator v E = t velocity V M , then the velocity of rain relative to
2
Speed of man with respect to ground would be observer will be :
1 1
v M = v ME + v E = L  +  β
VR
 t1 t 2  V RM
L t1 t 2 VR
∴ The desired time is t = v = t + t .
M 1 2 α −V M
W.E -15: Two ships A and B are 10km apart on a VM VM
line running south to north. Ship A farther
north is streaming west at 20km/h and ship V RM = VR − VM
B is streaming north at 20km/h. What is their
distance of closest approach and how long The magnitude of velocity of rain relative to man is
do they take to reach it?
Sol. VRM = VR2 + VM2
VB = 20km / h If α is the angle made by the umbrella with
A C
V BA horizontal, then, tan α = VR
10km VM
0
45
V BA = 20 2km / h B If β is the angle made by the umbrella with vertical,

450 then, tan β = V M

−VA = 20 km / h VR

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Case - II : When the man is moving with a W.E-16: Rain is falling vertically with a speed of
velocity VM1 relative to ground towards 20ms −1 ., A person is running in the rain with
east(positive x-axis), and the rain is falling with a a velocity of 5 ms −1 and a wind is also
ur blowing with a speed of 15 ms −1 (both from
velocity V R relative to ground by making an angle
the west) The angle with the vertical at which
θ with vertical(negative z-axis). Then the velocity the person should hold his umbrella so that
r
of rain relative to man V RM is as shown in figure. he may not get drenched is :
r uur
r ( )
1

r Sol. V = V R = 20 -k
ˆ
VR = VRx iˆ − VR y kˆ ; V M 1 = V M 1 iˆ r
Rain
r r r
VR − VM
V Man = V M = 5 ˆ , VWind = VW = 15iˆ
i
and t a n β = x
...... ( 2 )1
Resultant velocity of rain and wind is
VR r
y
VRW = −20kˆ + 15 iˆ
N Now, velocity of rain relative to man is
θ r r
VR β
W E VRW − VM = −20kˆ + 15iˆ − 5iˆ ( ) ( )
VRy VR
M1 S = −20kˆ + 10iˆ
vertical
−VRM
1

VM 1 α
−VM 1 VM 1
VR −20kˆ
x
Case - III : If the man speeds up, at a particular α
ur
velocity V M 2 , the rain will appear to fall vertically
ur ur ur uuur +10 iˆ
with V RM 2 , then V RM 2 = V R − VM 2 as shown in
1 1
figure. Tanα = ⇒α = Tan −1
2 2
VRM W.E -17: To a man walking at the rate of 3km/h
2 the rain appears to fall vertically.When he
VRM VR increases his speed to 6km/h it appears to
2 meet him at an angle of 450 with vertical.
VM Find the angle made by the velocity of rain
2
with the vertical and its speed.
Sol :
−VM VM
2
2

450 θ
Case - IV : If the man increases his speed further, VRM VR
he will see the rain falling with a velocity as shown
in figure. y
V RM VR
3 3
VRM β θ 6
3 −VM = 3kmph
VRM 3
From the diagram Tan45 =
0
3 VR y .........(1)
VR y
VM VR x
3 3
and Tanθ = y ..............(2)
VM 3
VM 3 1 3
From (1) and (2) θ = 450 ⇒ ∴ sin 45 = V , 2 = V
0
3
R R
ur ur ur VM − VR
V RM 3 = V R − V M 3 ; tan β = 3 x
VR = 3 2kmph
VR y

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W.E -18: Rain is falling, vertically with a speed Motion of a Boat in the River
of 1m/s .Wind starts blowing after sometime Boat motion is classified into three categories
with a speed of 1.732 m/s in east to west
direction.In which direction should a boy based on angle between VBR and VR they are
waiting at a bus stop hold his umbrella.? 1) Down stream( θ = 00 ):
vw N
VBR
VR
θ W E
Resultant velocity of the boat = VBR + VR
vr
R The time taken for the boat to move a distance
S `d’ along the direction of flow of water is.
Sol. If R is the resultant of velocity of rain ( Vr ) and d
t1 =
velocity of wind ( Vw ) then VBR + VR .............(1)
R = v 2r + v w2 = 12 + (1.732 ) ms-1 = 2ms -1 2) Up stream ( θ = 1800 ) :
2

The direction θ that R makes with the vertical is Resultant velocity of the boat = VBR − VR
The time taken for the boat to move a distance
vw 3
given by tan? = = = 600 `d’ opposite to the direction of flow of water is.
vr 1
d
Therefore, the boy should hold his umbrella in the t2 =
vertical plane at an angle of about 600 with the VBR − VR .......................(2)
vertical towards the east. t1 VBR − VR
W.E - 19 : Rain is falling vertically with a speed of From equation (1) and (2) t = V + V
1m/s . A woman rides a bicycle with a speed 2 BR R
of 1.732 m/s in east to west direction. What time taken by person to go down stream a
is the direction in which she should hold her distance `d’ and come back is
umbrella ? d d
Sol. In Fig. vr represents the velocity of rain and vb , T = t1 + t2 = +
VBR + VR VBR − VR
the velocity of the bicycle, the woman is riding.
Both these velocities are with respect to the 3) General approach :
ground.Since the woman is riding a bicycle, the Suppose the boat starts at point A on one bank with
velocity of rain as experienced by velocity VBR and reaches the other bank at point D
vb N
C VR B D
VBRcosθ

θ
W E
vr d V BR
v rb θ

-v b S
here is the velocity of rain relative to the velocity VBRsin θ A
of the bicycle she is riding. That is vrb = vr - vb The component of velocity of boat anti parallel to
This relative velocity vector as shown in Fig. the flow of water is V BR sin θ
makes an angle θ with the vertical.It is given by The component of velocity of boat perpendicular
v to the flow of water is V BR cos θ
3
Tan ? = b = ⇒ ? = 60o Ø The time taken by the boat to cross the river is,
v 1
r d
Therefore,the woman should hold her umbrella at an t=
angleofabout600 with the vertical towards the west. VBR cosθ
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Ø Along the flow of water, distance travelled by the

V 
boat (or) drift is x = (VR − VBR Sinθ )t ? = tan-1  R  with the normal.
 VBR 
 d 
x = (V R − V B R sinθ )  
iv)The distance (BC) travelled downstream
 V B R cosθ   d 
=VR   is called drift
Ø (a) The boat reaches the other end of the river to  vBR 
the right of B if VR >VBRsin θ
Motion of a Boat Crossing the River in
(b) The boat reaches the other end of the river to Shortest Distance
the left of B if V R < VBRsin θ
C VR B
(c) The boat reaches the exactly opposite point
on the bank if VR = VBRsin θ
Motion of a Boat Crossing the River in
Shortest Time
VBR d
B VR C
θ

VBR A
d
θ i) The boat is to be rowed upstream making some
angle ' ? with normal to the bank of the river which
V 
is given by ? = sin-1  R 
A  VBR 
ur ur
If V BR , V R are the velocities of a boat and river ii) The angle made by boat with the river flow (or)
flow respectively then to cross the river in shortest bank is = 900 +?

time, the boat is to be rowed across the river i.e., iii) Velocity of boat w.r.t. ground has a magnitude
along normal to the banks of the river.
of VB= VBR2 -VR2

d
i) Time taken to cross the river, t= V where d d
BR
iv) The time taken to cross the river is t = V 2 -V 2
= width of the river. This time is independent of BR R
velocity of the river flow
Note : VBR = Relative velocity of the boat w.r.t
ii) Velocity of boat w.r.t. ground has a magnitude river (or) velocity of boat in still water.
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W.E -20: A boat is moving with a velocity Sol : Let v be the river velocity and u be the velocity of
swimmer in still water. Then
v = 5 km/hr relative to water. At time
bw
 d 
t = 0. the boat passes through a piece of cork t1 = 2   .....(i )
 u −v 
2 2
floating in water while moving down
stream.If it turns back at time t1 = 30 min. d d 2ud
a) when the boat meet the cork again ? t2 = + = 2 2 ........(ii )
u +v u −v u −v
b) The distance travelled by the boat during
2d
this time. and t 3 = ..............(iii)
u
t=0
from equation (i) ,(ii) and (iii)
t12 = t2t3 ⇒ t1 = t2t3
W.E - 22: Two persons P and Q crosses the river
starting from point A on one side to exactly
Sol. opposite point B on the other bank of the
C river.The person P crosses the river in the
VW VW shortest path. The person Q crosses the river
in shortest time and walks back to point B.
Let AB =d is the distance travelled by boat along Velocity of river is 3 kmph and speed of each
down stream in ` t1 ’ sec and it returns back and person is 5kmph w.r.t river.If the two persons
reach the point B in the same time, then the
it meets the cork at point C after ` t2 ’ sec.
speed of walk of Q is.
∴ Let AC=x is the distance travelled by the cork Sol :
during ( t1 + t2 ) sec. For person (P) : For person(Q) :
d = (V B + VW ) t1................(1) C B B x C
d − x = (VB − Vw ) t2 .............( 2 )
and x = Vw ( t1 + t2 ) .............( 3) VB VB
Substitute (1) and (3) in (2) we get t1 = t2 A VW
∴ The boat meets the cork again after A VW
T = 2t1 = 60 min and the distance (AB+BC)
d d d
travelled by the boat before meets the cork is tP = = =
VB − V w
2 2
52 − 32 4
D = 2d − x
D = 2(VB + Vw ) t1 − Vw 2t1 d d
tQ = = , tP = tQ + ∆t
VB 5
D = 2VBt1 + 2Vw t1 − 2Vwt1
d d x d
D = 2VBt1 = 2 × 5 ×
30
= 5km = + , But x = VW
60 4 5 Vman VB
W.E- 21: A swimmer crosses a flowing stream of d d VW d d d 3d
= + , = +
width `d’ to and fro normal to the flow of the 4 5 VBVman 4 5 ( 5) Vman
river in time t1 . The time taken to cover the
1 1 3 1 3
same distance up and down the stream is t2. − = , =
4 5 5Vman 20 5Vman
If t3. is the time the swimmer would take to
Vman =
( 3)( 20 ) = 12kmph
swim a distance 2d in still water, then relation
5
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Ø When a body is moving in a plane Here vx = u cos? and

a) A body can have any angle between velocity
and acceleration v y = u y + a y t = usin? - gt
b) If the angle between velocity and r
Hence v = ucos? ˆi + ( usin? - gt) ˆj
acceleration is acute, velocity increases.
c) If the angle between velocity and acceleration magnitude of velocity is given by
is obtuse, velocity decreases. v = v2x +v2y = ( ucos?) + ( usin?-gt )
2 2

d) If the angle between velocity and

acceleration is a right angle, velocity remains direction of velocity is given by
constant.
e) A body can have constant speed and  vy   u sin θ - gt 
changing velocity α = tan -1   = tan -1  
f) A body cannot have constant velocity and  vx   u cos θ 
changing speed. r
Displacement vector ( s )
r
Projectiles : displacement s = x $i + y $j here
Oblique Projectile : horizontal displacement during a time t
Ø Any body projected into air with some velocity
x = u xt = ( u cos θ ) t
at an angle ‘ θ ’ [ θ ≠ (900 and 00)] with the
horizontal is called an oblique projectile. vertical displacement during a time t
1 1
y = u y t − gt 2 = ( u sin θ ) t − gt 2
y vy 2 2
Equation of projectile
 g  2
v y = ( tan θ ) x −  2  x = Ax − Bx
2

u sin θ  2u cos θ 
2
α
Where A and B are constants
u vx H
g
θ A = tan θ, B = 2
x 2u cos2 θ
u cos θ
R Time of flight (T)
Ø Horizontal component of velocity u x = u cos θ , Time of ascent ( ta ) = Time of descent ( td )
remains constant throughout the journey. uy u sin θ
Vertical component of velocity u y = u sin θ , = =
g g
gradually decreases to zero and then gradually
increases to u sin θ . It varies at the rate ‘g’.
2u y 2u sin θ
Time of flight T = t a + t d = =
g g
horizontal component of acceleration, ax = 0
Ø During time of flight
vertical component of acceleration , a y = − g 1) angle between velocity and acceleration
At the Point of Projection vectors changes from ( 900 + θ ) to ( 900 − θ ) .
(a) Horizontal component of velocity u x = u cosθ 2) change in momentum is 2 mu sin θ .
(b)Vertical component of velocity u y = u sin θ (In general, change in momentum ∆P = mgT ↓ )
r 3) vertical displacement is 0.
(c) velocity vector u = ( u cos θ ) $i + ( u sin θ ) $j 4) The angle between velocity and acceleration
(d) Angle between velocity and acceleration during the rise of projectile is 1800> θ >900
is ( 90 +θ ) 5) The angle between velocity and acceleration
Ø At any instant ‘t’ during the fall of projectile is 00< θ <900
r r
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Maximum height (H) are respectively x = at and y = bt − ct 2 then
u sin θ
2 2 2
u b
H = y
= 1) angle of projection θ = tan −1  
2g 2g a
Ø At maximum height 2) velocity of projection u = a 2 + b 2
1) The vertical component of velocity becomes 3) acceleration of projectile = 2c
zero.
2) The velocity of the projectile is minimum b2
4) maximum height reached =
at the highest point and is equal to u cos θ 4c
and is horizontal. ab
3) Acceleration is equal to acceleration due to 5) horizontal range =
gravity ‘g’, and it always acts vertically c
downwards. Ø In case of complimentary angles of projection
4) The angle between velocity and 1) If T1 and T2 are the times of flight then
acceleration is 900. T1 2R
Range (R): i) T = tanθ ii) T1T2 = T T αR
2u u 2 g ⇒ 1 2
Ø R = u xT = x y (or) 2)If H1 and H 2 are maximum heights then
g
2u sin θ u 2 sin 2θ H1 u2
R = ( u cos θ ) T = u cos θ × = i) H = tan 2
θ H
ii) 1 + H 2 =
g g 2 2g
1) Range is maximum when θ = 45 0
iii) R = 4 H1 H 2 iv) Rmax = 2 ( H1 + H 2 )
u2 Ø If a man throws a body to a maximum distance ‘R’
2) Maximum range, max R = then he can project the body to maximum vertical
g
height R/2.
R u2 If a man throws a body to a maximum distance ‘R’
3) When ‘R’ is maximum, H Max= 4Max = 4g Ø
then maximum height attained by it in its path is R/4.
4) For given velocity of projection range is same
for complimentary angles of projection At the point of striking the ground
1) Horizontal component of velocity = u cos θ
i.e (θ1 + θ 2 = 90 )
0

2) Vertical component of velocity = -u sin θ

Ø Relation between H, T and R
3) Speed of projection is equal to striking
H g H tan θ R g
1) = (b) = (c) 2 = speed of projectile.
T 2
8 R 4 T 2 tan θ 4) Angle of projection is equal to the striking
gT 2 angle of projectile
2) R = and if θ = 450 then 5) If the angle of projection with the horizontal is
2 tan θ
gT 2 2R
θ then angle of deviation is 2 θ
R= ⇒T = Ø The projectile crosses the points A, D in time
2 g
interval t1 seconds and B,C in time interval
Ø If y = Ax − Bx 2 represents equation of a
8h
t2 seconds then t1 − t2 =
projectile then 2 2

1) Angle of projection θ = tan-1(A) g

2) Initial velocity
r
u =
(
g 1 + A2 ) (h is the distance between BC and AD)
2B
A
3) Range of the projectile R =
B
A2
4) Maximum height H =
4B
B C
2A2
5) Time of flight ( T ) = h
D
Bg
A
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Ø A projectile is fired with a speed u at an angle θ ii) If u1 cos θ1 = u 2 cos θ 2 ( initial horizontal
with the horizontal. Its speed when its direction components)
of motion makes an angle α with the horizontal.
∆y
v = u cos θ sec α

∆y
Then slope =∞
u sin θ u ∆x
α v cos α ∆x
θ v The path is a vertical straight line
u cos θ 1
Ø For a projectile, ‘y’ component of velocity at
Q v cos α = u cos θ v = u cos θ sec α nth
Ø If a body is projected with a velocity u making an u sin θ
angle θ with the horizontal, the time after which of the maximum height is
n
direction of velocity is perpendicular to the initial
1
u cosec? u Ø Resultant velocity at a height of
velocity is t = g
=
g sin θ
nth
of maximum height
and its velocity at that instant is v = u cot θ
2
The path of projectile as seen from  usin? 
Ø ( ucos? )
2 2 2
v= v +v =
x y + 
another projectile  n 
Suppose two bodies A and B are projected
simultaneously from the same point with initial (n − 1) cos 2 θ + 1
=u
velocities u1 and u2 at angles θ1 and θ2 with n
horizontal. If n = 2, velocity of a projectile at half of maximum
The instantaneous positions of the two bodies 1 + cos 2 θ
are given by height = u
2
1 2
Body A : x1 = u1 cos θ1t , y1 = u1 sin θ1t − gt Ø For a projectile, w.r.t stationary frame path (or)
2 trajectory is a parabola.
1 2 Ø Path of projectile w.r.t frame of another projectile
Body B : x2 = u2 cos θ 2t , y2 = u2 sin θ 2t − gt is a straight line
2
Ø Acceleration of a projectile relative to another
(1
∆x = u cos θ − u cos θ t
1 2 2) projectile is zero
∆y = ( u1 sin θ1 − u2 sin θ 2 ) t Ø A body is projected vertically up from a topless
car relative to the car which is moving horizontally
∆y u1 sin θ1 − u2 sin θ 2 relative to earth
slope = ∆x = u cos θ − u cos θ a) If car velocity is constant, ball will be caught by
1 1 2 2
the thrower.
i) If u1 sin θ1 = u 2 sin θ 2 ( initial vertical b) If car velocity is constant, path of ball relative
∆y to the ground is a parabola and relative to this car
components) then slope =0 is straight up and then straight down
∆x
c) If the car accelerates, ball falls back relative to
∆y the car
d) If the car retards ball falls forward relative to
the car
Ø If a gun is aimed towards a target and the bullet is
fired, the moment when the target falls, the bullet
∆x will always hit the target irrespective of the velocity
The path is a horizontal straight line of the bullet if it is with in the range.
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Note : If air resistance is taken into consideration then g = 9.8ms −2 , α = ?
a) trajectory departs from parabola.
b) time of flight may increase or decrease. u02 sin 2α
R=
c) the velocity with which the body strikes the g
ground decreases Rg
d) maximum height may decrease. sin 2α = 2 ⇒ α = 300 or 600
e) striking angle increases u0
f) range decreases. 2u0 sinα
ur using, T =
Ø A particle is projected with a velocity u = ai$ + b $j g
then the radius of curvature of the trajectory of 2 × 240 × 0.5
the particle at the When α = 300 , T1 = = 24.5 s
9.8
(a +b2 )
3/2
2
2 × 240 × 0.867
When α = 600 , T2 = = 42.46s
(i) point of projection is r= 9.8
ga W.E -25: The ceiling of a long hall is 20 m high.
a 2 What is the maximum horizontal distance
(ii) Highest point is r= that a ball thrown with a speed of 40 ms −1
g
Expression for radius of curvature is can go without hitting the ceiling of the
Ø
hall ( g = 10ms ) ?
−2

( velocity )2
r= Sol. : Here, H =20 m, u = 40ms −1.
normalacceleration
Suppose the ball is thrown at an angle θ with the
u 2 cos2 θ horizontal.
r=
( 40) sin 2 θ
2
g cos3 α u 2 sin 2 θ
r Now H = ⇒ 20 =
a is anglemade by v with horizontal 2g 2 × 10
W.E - 23 : A bullet fired at an angle of 300 with the or, sin θ = 0.5 ⇒ θ = 30 0

horizontal hits the ground 3.0 km away. By u 2 sin 2θ ( 40 ) × sin 60

2 0

adjusting its angle of projection, can one Now R = =

hope to hit a target 5.0 km away? Assume g 10
( 40 ) × 0.866 = 138.56m
2
the muzzle speed to be fixed, and neglect air
resistance. =
10
Sol . We are given that angle of projection with the W.E -26: A ball projected with a velocity of 10m/s
horizontal, θ = 300 , horizontal range R = 3km. at angle of 300 with horizontal just clears two
vertical poles each of height 1m. Find
u 2 sin 2 θ
R = 0 separation between the poles.
g Y
2 0 2
u sin 6 0 u 3
3= 0
= 0
×
g g 2 P R
u02
or = 2 3km
g 0
30
Since the muzzle speed (u0 ) is fixed X
O Q S
2
u
h = uyt + gt 2 = (10sin300 ) t + ( −10) t 2
Rmax = 0
= 2 3 = 2 ×1.732 = 3.464km 1 1
Sol.
g 2 2
so, it is not possible to hit the target 5km away. 1 = 5t − 5t 2 ⇒ t = 0.72 s, 2.76s are the
W.E -24: A cannon and a target are 5.10 km instants at which projectile crosses the poles.
apart and located at the same level. How soon
will the shell launched with the initial ∴ separation between poles = OS - OQ
velocity 240 m/s reach the target in the = u cos θ ( t2 − t1 )
absence of air drag ?
= 10 cos300 ( 2.76 − 0.72 ) = 17.7m
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W.E -27 : A body is projected with velocity u at an
 x
angle of projection θ with the horizontal.The But equation of trajectory is y = x tan θ 1 − 
 R
body makes 300 with horizontal at t = 2
second and then after 1 second it reaches  yR 
tan θ =   − − − − − −(ii )
 x(R − x)
the maximum height. Then find
a) angle of projection b) speed of projection.
Sol. During the projectile motion, angle at any instant From Eqs. (i) and (ii), tan θ = tan α + tan β
t is such that
usin?-gt W.E -29: The velocity of a projectile at its greatest
tana=
ucos? 2
height is times its velocity, at half of itss
For t = 2 seconds, α = 300 5
1 usin?-2g greatest height, find the angle of projection.
= --------- (1)
3 ucos?
For t = 3 seconds, at the highest point α = 0o 2 1 + cos2 θ
Sol.: u cosθ = ×u
5 2
usin?-3g
0= Squaring on both sides
ucos?
usin?=3g ------------(2) 2  1 + cos 2 θ 
u 2 cos 2 θ = u 2  
using eq. (1) and eq. (2) 5  2 
ucos?= 3g......................(3) 10 cos 2 θ = 2 + 2 cos2 θ
Eq. (2) ÷ eq.(3) give θ = 600 squaring and 1
adding equation (2) and (3) ⇒ 8cos2 θ = 2 ⇒ cos2 θ = ⇒ θ = 600
4
u = 20 3 m / s .
W.E-28: A particle is thrown over a triangle from W.E -30: A foot ball is kicked off with an initial
one end of horizontal base and grazing the speed of 19.6 m/s to have maximum range. Goal
vertex falls on the other end of the base.If α keeper standing on the goal line 67.4 m away
and β are the base angles and θ be the angle in the direction of the kick starts running
of projection, prove that opposite to the direction of kick to meet the ball
at that instant. What must his speed be if he is
tan θ = tan α + tan β . to catch the ball before it hits the ground?
Sol.: The situation is shown in figure.From figure,we have
u 2 sin 2θ (19.6 ) × sin 90
2

Y Sol.: R = =
g 9.8
or R= 39.2 metre.
Man must run 67.4 m -39.2m=28.2m in the time
taken by the ball to come to ground Time taken
A(x,y) by the ball.
2u sin θ 2 ×19.6 × sin 450 4
y t= = =
θ α
g 9.8 2
β
x R-x x t = 2 2 = 2 × 1.41 = 2.82sec.
O
28.2m
y y Velocity of man = = 10m / sec.
tan α + tan β = + 2.82sec
x R−x
yR
tan α + tan β = _______(1)
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W.E -31: A body projected from a point `0’ at an ∆t = = = 1s
g 10
angle θ , just crosses a wall `y’ m high at a W.E - 33: A projectile of 2 kg has velocities
distance `x’ m from the point of projection 3 m/s and 4 m/s at two points during its flight
and strikes the ground at `Q’ beyond the wall in the uniform gravitational field of the
as shown, then find height of the wall earth. If these two velocities are ⊥ to each
Y other then the minimum KE of the particle
during its flight is
Sol. v1 cos α = v2 cos (90 − α )
-1
3 ms

3 cos α = 4 sin α
α
3
tan α =
y 4
θ 90 -α
0
1
x (R - x) KE min = mv12 cos 2 α -1
X 2 4 ms
O Q
R=range
 4  9 × 16
2
Sol . We know that the equation of the trajectory is 1
= × 2 × 32 ×   = = 5.76 J
2 5 25
gx 2
y = x tan θ − can be written as
2u 2 cos 2 θ
W.E-34: In the absence of wind the range and
 gx 2  sin θ maximum height of a projectile were R and
y = x tan θ −  2 
 2u cos θ  sin θ
2
H. If wind imparts a horizontal acceleration
x 2 tan θ
a =g/4 to the projectile then find the
gx 2 tan θ ⇒ y = x tan θ − 2 maximum range and maximum height.
y = x tan θ − 2 u sin 2θ
u (2sin θ cos θ ) g Sol : H 1 = H (∴ u sin θ remains same )
 x
⇒ y = x tan θ 1 −  [Q R =
u 2 sin 2θ
]
T1 = T
 R g 1 1g 2
R1 = u xT + aT 2 = R + T
W.E - 32: A particle is projected with a velocity of 10 2 2 24
m/s at an angle of 450 with the horizontal . Find 1
= R + gT = R+H
2

the interval between the moments when speed is 8

125 m/s ( g = 10m / s ) R1 = R + H H1 = H

2

Sol.
Ø If a body is projected with a velocity

r uur uur uur

∆t u = ai + bj + ck

v = 125 m / s ·
( $i − east $j − north k − vertical ) then
u x = 10 2 cos 450 = 10m / s, u y = 10 2 sin 450 = 10m / s
v 2 = v 2x + v 2y
125 = 100 + v y2 ⇒ v y = 5m / s (Q vx = ux ) ux = a 2 + b2 ; u y = c

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e) The angle at which it strikes the ground
2 2 a 2 + b2 c
T=
2c
;H =
c
,R =  2 gh 
g 2g g θ = tan −1  
 u 
W.E-35: A particle is projected from the ground f) If α is angle of elevation of point of projection
from the point where body hits the ground then
with an initial speed v at an angle θ with
horizontal.The average velocity of the h gt 2 /2 gt
tana = = =
particle between its point of projection and R ut 2u
highest point of trajectory is [EAM 2013] tan?
⇒ tana =
Y 2
θ is the angle with which body reaches the
ground
Case (i) : If the body is projected at an angle θ
in upward direction from the top of the tower,then
Sol. u
H θ
θ X
R/2
h
r r
r v + u ucos? ˆi + (ucos? ˆi + usin?j)
ˆ
v avg = =
2 2
v x
v av = 1 + 3cos 2 ? a) The time taken by projectile to reach same level
2 2u sin θ
Ø Horizontal projectile as point of projection is T =
g
When a body is projected horizontally with a
b) The time taken by projectile to reach ground is
velocity from a point above the ground level, it is
1 2
calculated from h = ( −u sin θ ) t + gt
called a Horizontal Projectile.
Ø Path of the Horizontal Projectile is parabola 2
u c) The horizontal distance from foot of the tower
h where the projectile lands is given by
x = u cosθ × t
α d) The velocity with which it strikes the ground
R
v = u 2 + 2 gh
2h
a) Time of descent t = (is independent ofu) e) The angle at which it strikes the ground
g
b) The horizontal displacement (or) range
 -usin? + gt 
a = tan -1 
R=u
2h  ucos? 
g  u 2 sin 2 ? + 2gh 
c) The velocity of projectile at any instant of time (or) a = tan -1
 
 ucos? 
is v = u 2 + g 2 t 2
Case (ii) : If the body is projected at angle θ
−1  gt  from top of the tower in the downward direction,
The direction of velocity θ = tan  
u then
d) The velocity with which it hits the ground
v = u 2 + 2gh
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θ with each other is

u
2 u1u2 θ
h x = ( u1 + u2 ) cot
g 2
Ø Two tall towers having heights h1 and h2 are
separated by a distance d. A person throws a ball
x
a) The time taken by projectile to reach ground horizontally with velocity u from the top of the first
tower to reach the top of the second tower then
1 2
is calculated from h = ( u sin θ ) t + gt u
2
b) The horizontal distance from foot of the (h1 − h2 )
tower where the projectile lands is given by
h1
x = u cosθ × t
c) The velocity with which it strikes the ground h2

v = u 2 + 2 gh d

d) The angle at which it strikes the ground 2 ( h1 − h2 )

a) Time taken t =
 u 2 sin 2 θ + 2 gh  g
α = tan −1   b) Horizontal distance travelled d = ut
 u cosθ 
Ø A ball rolls off from the top of a stair case with a
Ø When an object is dropped from an aeroplane horizontal velocity u. If each step has a height ‘h’
moving horizontally with constant velocity and width “b” then the ball will just hit the nth step,
a) Path of the object relative to the earth is directly if n equal to
parabola
1 2
b) Path of the object relative to pilot is a straight nb = ut and nh = gt
line vertically down. 2
Ø Two bodies are projected horizontally from top
of the tower of height h in opposite directions u

with velocities u1 and u2 then b

h
a) The time after which their velocity vectors 1
are making an angle θ with each other 2
u1u2 θ
t=
n
cot
g 2 R
b) The distance between them when their
velocity vectors are making an angle θ with
2hu 2
u1u 2 θ n=
gb 2
each other x = ( u1 + u2 ) cot
g 2 Ø From the top of the tower of height h , one stone
c) The time after which their position vectors is thrown towards east with velocity u 1 and
are making an angle θ with each other another is thrown towards north with velocity u 2 .
The distance between them after striking the
2 u1u2 θ
= cot ground,
g 2
2h
d = t u12 + u22 , t =
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W.E -36: A ball is thrown from the top of a tower of W.E - 38: A golfer standing on the ground hits a
61 m high with a velocity 24.4 ms −1 at an ball with a velocity of 52 m/s at an angle θ
elevation of 300 above the horizontal . What 5
is the distance from the foot of the tower to above the horizontal if tan θ = find the
12
the point where the ball hits the ground? time for which the ball is at least 15m above
Sol. :
the ground?
u sin θ
u ( g = 10m / s 2 )
θ
u cos θ Sol. v y = u y 2 - 2gy , u y = usin?

5× 5
vy = 52 × 52 × − 2 ×10 ×15
h 13 ×13

= 16× 25 - 300 = 10
2v y
2×10
1 ?t= = = 2s
h = gt 2 − ( u sin θ ) t ⇒ t = 5 sec onds 10 10
2
W.E - 39: Two paper screens A and B are separated
Also, d = ( u cos θ ) t = 105.65m by a distance of 100m. A bullet pierces A and
W.E -37: A particle is projected from a tower as B. The hole in B is 10 cm below the hole in
shown in figure, then find the distance from A. If the bullet is travelling horizontally at
the foot of the tower where it will strike the the time of hitting the screen A, calculate
ground. ( g = 10m / s 2 ) the velocity of the bullet when it hits the
screen A. Neglect resistance of paper and air.
37 0 Sol. : The situation is shown in Fig.

1500 m 500 P u Q
m/s
3
0.1 m

R
Sol.:
500 100 m B
A
u y = u sin θ = sin 37 0
3
2 ( h1 − h2 ) 2 × 0.1
1
s = ut + at 2
d =u
g ⇒ 100 = u 9.8 ⇒ u = 700m / s .
2
W.E -40: A boy aims a gun at a bird from a point,
 500  1
1500 =  sin 37  t + 10t 2 at a horizontal distance of 100m. If the gun
 3  2 can impart a velocity of 500m/sec to the
500  3  bullet, at what height above the bird must he
1500 =   t + 5t
2

3 5 aim his gun in order to hit it?

300 = 20t + t 2 ⇒ t = 20 s Sol : x = vt or 100 = 500× t ; t = 0.2sec.
∴ horizontal distance = ( u cosθ ) t 1
Now h = 0 + × 10 × ( 0.2 ) = 0.20m = 20cm.
2

500  4  4000 2
=   10 = m
3 5 3
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W.E - 41:An enemy plane is flying horizontally at WE- 43: From points A and B, at the respective
an altitude of 2 km with a speed of 300 ms-1. heights of 2m and 6m, two bodies are thrown
An army man with an anti - aircraft gun on simultaneously towards each other, one is
the ground sights enemy plane when it is thrown horizontally with a velocity of 8m/s
directly overhead and fires a shell with a and the other, downward at an angle 450 to
-1
muzzle speed of 600ms . At what angle with the horizontal at an initial velocity v0 such
the vertical should the gun be fired so as to that the bodies collide in flight. The
hit the plane? horizontal distance between points A and B
Sol. Let G be the position of the gun and E that of the equal to 8m . Then find
enemy plane flying horizontally with speed. a) The initial velocity V0 of the body thrown
E P at an angle 450
u b) The time of flight t of the bodies before
colliding
v0 c) The coordinate (x,y) of the point of
collision (consider the bottom of the tower A
vy as origin) is
B
θ 450

4m
V0

A
(90 -θ)
0
Sol : 2m 2m

θ Ground
a) From diagram
8m
G 4 1
vx tan θ = ⇒ tan θ = .................(1)
8 2
r r r
-1
u = 300ms , when the shell is fired with a speed
v0 , vx = v0 cos θ v A = 8i, v B = -v 0cos450 ˆi - v0sin450 ˆj
ˆ
The shell will hit the plane, if the horizontal distance r  v  v
EP travelled by the plane in time t = the distance v BA =  - 0 - 8  i - 0 j
 2  2
travelled by the shell in the horizontal direction in r
the same time, i.e. Direction of vBA
u × t = v x × t or u = v x ⇒ u = v0 cos? v0 2
tan? =
or cos? = =
u 300
v0 600
= 0.5 or θ = 600 (
2 v0 + 8 2 .................(2) )
From eq (1) and eq (2)
Therefore, angle with the vertical = 900 − θ = 300.
W.E -42: From the top of a tower, two balls are 2v0 = v0 + 8 2 , v0 = 11.28m / s
thrown horizontally with velocities u1 and u2
in opposite directions. If their velocities are r  v0  v
perpendicular to each other just before they b) v BA =  - - 8  iˆ - 0 ˆj
strike the ground, find the height of tower.  2  2
r
2h Qv0 = 8 2 Þ v BA = -16iˆ - 8jˆ
Sol. Time taken to reach ground t = r
g | v BA | t = SBA
at time of reaching ground respective velocities
uur uur
are v1 = u1 $i + gt $j, v 2 = -u 2 $i + gt $j ( ( −16 )
2
+ ( −8 )
2
)t = 82 + 42

uur uur 80 1
u1u2 t= = ⇒ t = 0.5s
Given v1.v 2 = 0 , t = 320 4
g c)
2h uu uu x = v x t = ( 8)( 0.5 ) = 4
∴ = 1 2 ⇒h= 1 2
g g 2g 1 2 1 1
is the height of the tower. y' = gt = ×10× = 1.25
2 2 4
y = 2 - y' = 0.75
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Motion of a Projected Body on an inclined Down the plane : Here, x and y-directions are
plane : down the plane and perpendicular to plane
Ø A body is projected up the inclined plane from respectively
y
the point O with an initial velocity v0 at an angle
θ with horizontal. x
x u
v 0
x
A θ g sin α
α α
g g cos α
θ α α
α O
u x = u cos(α + θ ), ax = g sin α
O B
x' u y = u sin(α + θ ), a y = − g cos α
y' Proceeding in the similar manner , we get the
x following results
y 2u sin(α + θ )
g sin α T= ,
g cos α
g cos α
u2
α R= sin ( 2θ + α ) + sin α 
α g cos 2 α 
O g B W.E -44: A particle is projected horizontally with a
x1 speed “u” from the top of plane inclined at
y1 an angle “θ ” with the horizontal. How far
a) Acceleration along x − axis , a x = -gsin a from the point of projection will the particle
strike the plane ?
b) Acceleration along y − axis , a y = - g c o s a u
c) Component of velocity along x − axis θ
u x = v0cos ( ? - a )
d) Component of velocity along y − axis y
u y = v0sin ( ? - a )
R

2v0sin ( ? - a ) θ
e) Time of flight T = x
gcosa
x
f) Range of projectile (OA) y 
R = x2 + y 2  = tan θ 
v 20 x 
R= sin ( 2? - a ) - sina  . (or)
gcos2a 
= x 2 + ( x tan θ ) = x 1 + tan 2 θ = x sec θ
2

2v02sin ( ? - a ) cos?
R= 1 2 y 1 gt 2
gcos 2 a x = ut ; y= gt ; =
2 x 2 ut
π gt 2u
For maximum range ( 2θ − α ) = tan θ = ; t = tan θ
2 2u g
v 20 (1-sina ) 2u 2
∴ R max = x = ut = tan θ ;
gcos 2 a g
g) T 2 g = 2 R max 2u 2
∴R = tan θ sec θ
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W.E 45: A projectile has the maximum range of ∆θ
500m. If the projectile is now thrown up on Average angular velocity ωav =
∆t
an inclined plane of 300 with the same instantaneous angular velocity is
speed , what is the distance covered by it  ∆ θ  dθ
ω = Lt  =
along the inclined plane? ∆t →0 ∆t 
  dt
Sol:
SI unit rad S−1
2
u −1
R max = Ø Dimensional Formula T 
g
Angular velocity is an axial vector.
u2 Its direction is given by right hand screw rule
∴ 500 = or u = 500g
g Its direction is along axis of rotation
v 2 - u 2 = 2as Note:
Ø When a body makes ‘N’ revolutions in ‘t’ sec then
0 - 500g = 2× ( -gsin300 ) x
2pN
x = 500m. its average angular velocity is ? =
t
Circular Motion Ø If a particle makes ‘n’ rotations per sec its angular
Ø Radius Vector : The line joining the centre velocity is ω = 2π n
of rotation to position of particle in circular path is 2π
Ø ω= = 2π n
called radius vector T
Ø Angular displacement : The angle turned by the Angular velocity of hands of a clock:
radius vector in a given time interval is called angular Ø Angular velocity of seconds hand
displacement θ 2π 2π π
ω= = = rad S −1
T 60 30
Ø Angular velocity of minutes hand
arc length 2π π
dθ = ω= = rad S −1
radius 60 × 60 1800
dθ Angular velocity of hours hand
B Ø
A 2π π
SI unit : Radian ω= = rad S −1
Ø Small angular displacements are vectors 12 × 3600 21600
Large angular displacements are scalars as they Ø In case of self rotation of earth about its own axis
Ø
do not obey commutative law 2π
ω= rad / sec
Ø The direction of angular displacement is along the axis 24 × 60 × 60
of rotation and it is given by right hand screw rule. P
Ø When a particle completes one revolution the
θ
angular displacement is θ = 2π radian
θ 2θ
Ø When a particle completes N revolutions in a circle A
O
the angular displacement is θ = N ( 2π ) Ø
Ø When an object moves in circular path at a
constant speed, the motion is uniform circular
motion In the above fig, let the angular velocity of particle
(P) about the point ‘O’ is ω0 , Let the angular
Angular Velocity (ω )
The time rate of change of angular displacement velocity of particle about A is ω A then ω0 = 2ω A
of particle is called angular velocity
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ωA of angular velocity.
Ø If a particle rotates with uniform angular velocity
then α = 0
ωB Ø If the particle has constant angular acceleration
Ø O
( α = constant ), then we use following equations
of motion
In the above fig. if two particles A and B are 1 2
moving in same circular path in the same direction, ω = ω0 + αt , θ = ω0 t + αt
2
for a person at the centre of the circle
ω − ω0 = 2αθ
2 2
ωBA = ωB − ωA
Time taken by one particle to complete one WE 46: When a motor cyclist takes a U-turn in 4s
rotation with respect to another particle is what is the average angular velocity of the
motor cyclist.
2π 2π TT
T= = = A B Sol. When the motor cyclist takes a U-turn, angular
ωrel ω B − ω A TA − TB displacement,θ = π rad and t = 4 s.
vB The average angular velocity,
vA θ π
ω = = = 0.7855rad s −1
r t 4
A
rB Note:In general we can also use the following
Ø
equations to solve the problems
∆θ ∆ω
If two particles A and B are moving in concentric ωav = , α av =
∆t ∆t
circles as shown in the fig. , if they are nearer to
dθ dω d 2 θ dω
each other. ω= ,α = = 2 =ω
dt dt dt dθ
rrel = rB − rA , vrel = vB - vA
v v -v
? rel = rel = B A
∫ dθ = ∫ ωdt , ∫ dω = ∫ αdt , ∫ α dθ = ∫ ω dω
rrel rB - rA Relation between linear and angular
Angular acceleration ( α ) variables
The time rate of change of angular velocity of a Ø Relation between linear and angular displacement
particle is called angular acceleration is ds = rdθ
If ∆ω be the change in angular velocity of the Ø Relation between linear and angular velocities is
r ur r
particle in time interval ‘ ∆t ’ while moving v = rω , v = ω× r
on a circular path, then Ø Relation between tangential and angular
∆ω uur r r
Average angular acceleration α av = acceleration is a t = ra , a t = a × r
∆t
Ø Linear acceleration of a particle moving in a circle.
Instantaneous angular acceleration r ur r
∆ω d ω We know v = ω × r diff. w.r.t time, we get
α inst = Lt = r ur r
∆t →0 ∆t dt d v d ω r ur d r
= ×r +ω×
dω d 2θ dω dt dt dt
Ø Note: α= = 2 =ω r r r ur r
Ø
dt
SI units rad.sec
dt
-2
dθ
( ) (
a = a× r + ? × v )
ur r uur
Ø Dimensional formula T −2  but α × r = a t , it is tangential acceleration
ur r uur
Ø Its direction is in the direction of change in angular ω × v = a c , it is centripetal acceleration
velocity and it is given by right hand screw rule. Due to change in direction of velocity there is an
When angular velocity increases the direction of Ø acceleration and is always directed towards the
angular acceleration is in the direction of angular centre. This is called centripetal or radial
velocity acceleration and the corresponding force acting
Ø When angular velocity decreases the direction of towards the centre is called centripetal force
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W.E -47: What is the linear velocity of a person at If φ is the angle made by ‘a’ with a c
equator of the earth due to its spinning
at
motion? ( Radius of the earth = 6400km). then Tanφ = a
Sol. The earth completes one rotation in 24 hour. Its c
angular velocity.
Net force F = Fc2 + Ft 2
2π N 2π ×1 π Uniform circular motion:
ω= = = rad s −1 In the above case if a c ≠ 0 , a t = 0 , then the
t 24 × 60 × 60 43, 200
particle under go uniform circular motion (or)
The linear velocity , When a particle moves in a circular path with
π constant speed then it is said be in uniform circular
v = Rω = 6.4 × 106 × = 465.5m / s motion. in this case the acceleration of the particle
43, 200
Centripetal Acceleration ( a r or a c ) is a = v (ω ) = v 2 / r = rω 2 ,
When a particle is moving along a circle of radius In uniform circular motion
Ø
r with a uniform speed v, then the centripetal (a) magnitude of velocity does not change
acceleration is a r . (b) direction of velocity changes
ur ur r ur ur r (c) velocity changes
(
ar = ω × v = ω × ω × r ) (d) angular velocity is constant
v2 (e) centripetal acceleration changes (only in
a r = ωv = rω2 = = 4π f r
2 2

r direction)
ur ur r (f) linear momentum changes
Ø The directions of a r , ω and v are mutually
(g) angular momentum w.r. to centre does not
perpendicular.
change
Ø Position vector is always perpendicular to velocity
rr
vector. i.e, r.v = 0 Non Uniform Circular motion:
Ø Velocity vector is always perpendicular to the In a circular motion if a c ≠ 0 , a t ≠ 0 then the
r uur particle undergo non uniform circular motion, in
centripetal acceleration vector is v.a c = 0
r this case the acceleration of particle is given by
Ø ( )
Position vector r and centripetal acceleration
a = a c2 + a t2
ur
( )
a r are always antiparallel. If φ is the angle made by ‘a’ with ac then
Tangential acceleration a
Ø Due to change in magnitude of velocity (speed) Tanφ = t
of a particle in circular motion, it has tangential ac
acceleration and the corresponding force is called For a particle in non uniform circular motion, the
tangential force
resultant force on the particle is F = Fc2 + Ft 2
dv uur r r
at = also at = rα ( a t = a × r ) In non uniform circular motion
dt (a) both magnitude and direction of velocity
dv changes
Ft = ma t = m = mra
dt (b) angular velocity ω changes
Net linear acceleration of particle in circular motion (c) linear momentum and angular momentum are
not conserved
a = a 2c + a t2 Note: In circular motion
at a c → is towards centre
a v, a t → are along tangential direction
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1) North - East 2) North - West
C.U.Q 3) South - West 4) South - East
r r r r 9. A bus moves over a straight level road with a
1. If A + B = C and the angle between A and constant acceleration a. A boy in the bus drops
r r a ball out side. The acceleration of the ball
B is 1200, then the magnitude of C
r r w.r.t the bus and the earth are respectively
1) must be equal to A − B
r r 1) a 2 + g 2 ,g 2) g, a 2 + g2
2) must be less than A − B
r r 3) a, g 4) g, a
3) must be greater than A − B 10. A particle P moves with speed ‘v’ along AB and
r r
4) may be equal to A − B BC, sides of a square ABCD. Another particle
r r Q also starts at A and moves with the same
2. When two vectors A and B of magnitudes‘a’ speed but along AD and DC of the same square
and ‘b’ respectively are added, the magnitude
ABCD. Then their respective changes in
of resultant vector is always
velocities are
1) Equal to (a+b) 2) Less than (a+b)
3) Greater than (a+b) 4) Not greater than (a+b) 1) equal in magnitude but different in directions
r r r 2) different in magnitude but same in directions
3. If C = A + B then 3) different both in magnitude and direction
r r
1) C is always greater than A 4) same both in magnitude and direction
2) C is always equal to A+B 11. A river is flowing from west to east at a speed
3) C is never equal to A+B of 5 m/s. A man on the south bank of the river
r r r r capable of swimming at 10 m/s in a still water
4) It is possible to have C < A and C < B
wants to swim, across the river in a shortest
4. Three forces start acting simultaneously on a
ur time. He should swim in a direction
particle moving with velocity V . The forces 1) Due north 2) 300 east of west
are represented in magnitude and direction by 0
3) 30 west of north 4) 600 east of north
the three sides of a triangle ABC (as shown). 12. A hunter aims his gun and fires a bullet directly
The particle will now move with velocity at a monkey on a tree. At the instant the bullet
leaves the gun, the monkey drops. The bullet
A B 1) cannot hit the monkey
2) may hit the monkey it its weight is more than 30
C kg.wt
ur ur 3) may hit the monkey if its weight is less than 30
1) less than V 2) greater than V
ur kg.wt
3) V in the direction of largest force 4) hits the monkey irrespective of its weight.
ur 13. Keeping the speed of projection constant, the
4) V remaining unchanged angle of projection is increased from 0º to 90º.
5. The minimum number of forces of equal Then the horizontal range of the projectile
magnitude in a plane that can keep a particle 1) goes on increasing up to 900
in equilibrium is 2) decreases up to 90º
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 5
3) increases up to 450 and decreases afterwards
6. The minimum number of unequal forces in a
4) decreases up to 450 and increases afterwards
plane that can keep a particle in equilibrium is
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 6 14. Keeping the speed of projection constant, the
7. The minimum number of non coplanar forces angle of projection is increased from 0° to 90º.
that can keep a particle in equilibrium is Then the maximum height of the projectile
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 1) goes on increasing upto 900
8. A train is moving due east and a car is moving 2) decreases upto 900
due north with equal speeds. A passenger in 3) increases upto 450 and decreases beyond it
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15. The path of one projectile as seen from another 1) equal horizontal and equal vertical ranges
projectile is a ( if horizontal components of 2) equal vertical ranges but different horizontal
velocities are equal ) ranges
1) straight line 2) parabola 3) different vertical ranges but equal horizontal
3) hyperbola 4) circle ranges
16. Two particles are projected with same speed 4) different vertical and different horizontal ranges
but at angles of projection ( 45 − θ ) and 22. For body thrown horizontally from the top of a
0

tower,
( 450 + θ ) . Then their horizontal ranges are in 1 ) the time of flight depends both on h and v
the ratio of 2 ) the horizontal Range depends only on v but not
1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 1 3) 1 : 1 4) none of the above on h
17. The acceleration of a projectile relative to 3) the time of flight and horizontal Range depend
another projectile is on h but not on v
1) -g 2) g 3) 2g 4)0
4) the horizontal Range depends on both v and h
18. A stone is just dropped from the window of a
23. A body is projected from a point with different
train moving along a horizontal straight track
with uniform speed. The path of the stone is angles of projections 200, 350, 450, 600 with the
1) a parabola for an observer standing by the side horizontal but with same initial speed. Their
of the track respective horizontal ranges are R1, R2, R3 and
2) a horizontal straight line for an observer inside R4. Identify the correct order in which the
the train horizontal ranges are arranged in increasing order
3) both (1)&(2) are true 1) R1, R4, R2, R 3 2) R2, R1, R4, R 3
4) (1) is true but (2) is false 3) R 1 , R 2 , R ,
4 3R 4) R 4, R 1, R 2, R 3
19. A bomb is dropped from an aeroplane flying 24. Two particles are projected from the same
horizontally with uniform speed. The path of point with the same speed at different angles
the bomb is
θ1 and θ2 to the horizontal. If their respective
1) a vertical straight line for a stationary observer
on the ground times of flights are T1 and T2 and horizontal
2) a parabola for the pilot of the aeroplane ranges are same then
3) a vertical straight line for the pilot and parabola a) θ1 + θ2 = 900 b) T1 = T2 tan θ1
for a stationary observer on the ground
4) a horizontal straight line for the pilot and c) T1 = T2 tan θ2 d) T1 sin θ2 = T2 sin θ1
parabola for a stationary observer on the ground 1) a, b, d are correct 2) a, c, d are correct
20. A and B are two trains moving parallel to each 3) b, c, d are correct 4) a, b, c are correct
other. If a ball is thrown vertically up from the 25. Two bodies are projected at angles 300 and 600
train A, the path of the ball is to the horizontal from the ground such that the
1) parabola for an observer standing on the ground maximum heights reached by them are equal.
2) vertical straight line for an observer in B when Then
B is moving with the same speed in the same
direction of A a) Their times of flight are equal
3) a parabola for an observer in B when B is b) Their horizontal ranges are equal
moving with same speed but in opposite c) The ratio of their initial speeds of projection
direction is 3 : 1
4) all the above are true d) Both take same time to reach the maximum
21. A ball is thrown from rear end to the front end height.
of a compartment of a train which is moving at 1) a, b, c and d are correct
constant horizontal velocity. An observer
sitting in the compartment and another 2) only a, b and c are correct
observer standing on the ground draw the 3) only a and c are correct
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26. A body is projected with an initial speed of 4) none of the above is correct
−1 at an angle of 60 0 above the Answer 31 to 33 based on following information
100 3ms
-2
horizontal. if g = 10ms then velocity of the ur ur ur ur ur ur
A, B , C , D , E and F are coplanar vectors
projectile
having the same magnitude each of 10 units
a) Is perpendicular to it's acceleration at the
instant t = 15 sec. and angle between successive vectors is 600
b) Is perpendicular to initial velocity of 31. The magnitude of resultant is
projection at t = 20 sec. 1) 0 units 2) 1 units 3) 2 units 4) 3 units
ur
c) Is minimum at the highest point 32. If A is reversed the magnitude of resultant is
d) Changes both in magnitude and direction, 1) 10 units 2) 20 units 3) 30 units 4) 40 units
during its flight. ur ur ur
33. If A , B & C are reversed magnitude of
1) a, b, c and d are correct
resultant is
2) only a, c and d are correct
1) 10 units 2) 20 units 3) 30 units 4) 40 units
3) only b, c and d are correct
Answer 34 to 36 based on following information
4) only a, b and d are correct
27. A particle is moving along a circular path with On an open ground, a motorist follows a track
uniform speed . Through what angle does its that turns to his left by an angle of 60° after
angular velocity change when it completes every 500 m. Starting from a given turn, The
half of the circular path ? path followed by the motorist is a regular
1) 00 2) 450 3)1800 4)3600 hexagon with side 500 m, as shown in the given
28. A car of mass m moves in a horizontal circular
path of radius r metre. At an instant its figure specify the displacement of the motorist
speed is V m / s and is increasing at a rate of
a m / sec2 . then the acceleration of the car is T 600 S
V2 V 2 
2
V2 600
2) a 3) a +   4) a +
2
1)
r  r  r
29. Consider the following two statements A and 600
B and identify the correct choice U V R
A)When a rigid body is rotating about its own 60
0

axis, at a given instant all particles of body

possess same angular velocity. 600
β 600
B)When a rigid body is rotating about its own
P Q
axis, the linear velocity of a particle is directly 34. at the end of third turn.
proportional to its perpendicular distance
1) 500 m 2) 250 m 3) 1000 m 4) 1500 m
from axis
35. at the end of sixth turn.
1) A is true but B is false
1) 3000 m 2) 1500 m 3) 0m 4) 1000 m
2) A is false but B is true
36. at the end of eighth turn.
3) Both A and B are true
4) Both A and B are false 1) 3000 m 2) 1500 m 3) 0 4) 866 m
30. Suppose a disc is rotating counter clockwise
in the plane of the paper then C.U.Q-KEY
1) It’s angular velocity vector will be perpendicu- 01)2 02) 4 03) 4 04) 4 05) 2 06) 3
lar to the page pointing up out of the page 07)4 08) 2 09) 1 10) 1 11) 1 12) 4
2) It’s angular velocity vector will be perpendicu- 13)3 14) 1 15) 1 16) 3 17) 4 18) 3
lar to the page pointing in wards 19)3 20) 4 21) 2 22) 4 23) 1 24) 1
3) It’s angular velocity vector acts along the tan- 25)4 26) 1 27) 1 28) 3 29) 3 30) 1
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8. Five equal forces each of 20N are acting at a
LEVEL - I (C.W) point in the same plane. If the angles between
them are same, the resultant of these forces
is
PARALLELOGRAM LAW
1) 0 2) 40N 3) 20N 4) 20 2 N
1. The maximum resultant of two concurrent
forces is 10N and their minimum resultant is 9. A boy is hanging from a horizontal branch of
4N. The magnitude of large force is a tree. The tension in the arms will be maxi-
1) 5N 2) 7N 3) 3N 4) 14N mum when the angle between the arms is
2. The resultant of two vectors of magnitudes3 1) 00 2) 300 3) 600 4) 1200
units and 5 units is perpendicular to 3 units.
The angle between the vectors is 10. A 10 kg body is suspended by a rope is pulled
1) 127 0 2) 1200 3) 750 4) 1500 by means of a horizontal force to make 600
3. The sum of two unit vectors is also a vector by rope to vertical. The horizontal force is
of unit magnitude, then the magnitude of the 1) 10 kgwt 2) 30 kgwt
difference of the two unit vectors is
3) 10 3 kgwt 4) 30 3 kgwt
1) 1 unit 2) 2 units 3) 3 units 4) zero
4. Which of the following sets of forces acting T1
11. If ‘P’ is in equilibrium then T is
simultaneously on a particle keep it in 2
equilibrium?
1) 3N, 5N, 10N 2) 4N, 5N, 12N T1 T2
3) 2N, 6N, 5N 4) 5N, 8N, 1N
r r 300 600
5. The magnitude of two vectors P and Q dif-
P
fer by 1. The magnitude of their resultant
−1  3  ur
makes an angle of tan   with P . The
4
ur ur
angle between and Q isP
900 N
1) 450 2) 00 3) 1800 4) 900 1 1
6. Two vectors inclined at an angle θ have mag- 1) 3 2) 2 3) 4)
3 2
nitude 3 N and 5 N and their resultant is of
MOTION IN A PLANE
magnitude 4 N. The angle θ is
12. A body starts with a velocity
−1  3
−1 3
( 2iˆ + 3 ˆj + 11kˆ ) m / s and moves with an accel-
4
4) cos  − 5 
−1
1) 900 2) cos 3) cos
5 5  

eration ( 5iˆ + 5 ˆj − 5kˆ ) m / s . What is its ve-

TRIANGLE LAW, POLYGON LAW 2

&LAMI’S THEOREM
locity after 0.2 sec?
7. The plane which can be formed with the ) )
1) 7iˆ + 8 ˆj + 6k 2) 2iˆ − 3 ˆj + 11k
) )
_ _ _
vectors a = 3 i − 4 j + 2 k ,
3) 3iˆ − 4 ˆj − 10k 4) 3iˆ + 4 ˆj + 10k
_ _ _ _ _ _ 13. The position vector of a particle is given by
b = 2 i − j − 6 k , c = 5 i − 5 j − 4 k is. r
1) Quadrilateral 2) Triangle ( )
r = 3t 2iˆ + 4t 2 ˆj + 7kˆ m at a given time t . The

3) Circle 4) Hyperbola net displacement of the particle after 10 s is

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CONCEPT OF RELATIVE stream. The ratio of times taken are

1) 1 : 1 2) 1 : 2 3) 1 : 4 4) 4 : 1
VELOCITY 20. The velocity of water in a river is 2 kmph,
14. A particle is moving eastwards with a velocity while width is 400 m. A boat is rowed from a
5 ms-1, changes its direction northwards in 10 point rowing always aiming opposite point at
seconds and moves with same magnitude of 8 kmph of still water velocity. On reaching
velocity. The average acceleration is the opposite bank the drift obtained is
1 1) 93 m 2) 100.8 m 3) 112.4 m 4) 100 m
1) zero 2) ms −2 towards N-E
2 21. A man can swim in still water at a speed of 4
kmph. He desires to cross a river flowing at
1
3) ms −2 towards S-E a speed of 3 kmph in the shortest time inter-
2 val. If the width of the river is 3km time taken
1 to cross the river (in hours) and the horizon-
4) ms −2 towards N-W
2 tal distance travelled ( in km) are respec-
15. A man is going due east with a velocity of tively
5 ms-1. It is vertically raining downwards with 3 9 3 1 15 3
a velocity of 4 ms-1. At what angle should he 1) , 2) ,3 3) , 4) ,7
4 4 5 4 4 7
hold the umbrella to the vertical so as to
protect him self from the rain? OBLIQUE PROJECTILE
−1 5 22. A particle is projected in xy plane with y-axis
1) tan  
4
in anti-clockwise direction along vertical, the point of projection is origin.
5
2) tan −1
  in clock-wise direction g 2
4 The equation of the path is y = 3x − x .
4
2
3) tan − 1   North of East where y and x are in m. Then the speed of
5
4 projection in m s −1 is
4) tan −1  5  East of North
16. Rain drops are falling down ward vertically 3
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4)
at 4kmph. For a person moving forward at 2
3kmph feels the rain falling at 23. If a body is thrown with a speed of 19.6m/s
1)7 kmph 2)1 kmph 3)5 kmph 4)25 kmph making an angle of 300 with the horizontal,
17. A man travelling at 10.8 kmph in topless car then the time of flight is
on a rainy day. He holds an umbrella at angle 1) 1 s 2) 2 s 3) 2 3 s 4) 5 s
of 370 with the vertical so that he does not 24. A particle is projected with an initial velocity
wet.If rain drops falls vertically downwards of 200 m/s in a direction making an angle of
what is rain velocity. 300 with the vertical. The horizontal distance
1) 1 m/s 2) 2 m/s 3) 3 m/s 4) 4 m/s. covered by the particle in 3s is
MOTION OF A BOAT IN A RIVER 1) 300 m 2) 150 m 3) 175 m 4) 125 m
18. A man can row a boat in still water with a 25. A body is projected with an initial velocity
velocity of 8 kmph. Water is flowing in a river 20 m/s at 600 to the horizontal. Its initial
with a velocity of 4 kmph. At what angle velocity vector is ____(g=10 m / s 2 )
should he row the boat so as to reach the
exact opposite point 1) 10iˆ − 20 ˆj 2) 10 3 iˆ + 10 ˆj
1) 1500 to flow of water
3) 10iˆ + 10 3 ˆj 4) 5iˆ + 5 3 ˆj
2) 1200 to flow of water.
3) 300 to flow of water. 26. A body is projected at an angle of 30° with the
0
4) 90 to flow of water. horizontal with momentum P. At its highest
19. A person can swim in still water at 5 m/s. He point the magnitude of the momentum is:
moves in a river of velocity 3 m/s, first down 2 P
3 P
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27. The potential energy of a projectile at its HORIZONTAL PROJECTILE
maximum height is equal to its kinetic energy
35. A body projected horizontally with a velocity ‘v’
there. If the velocity of projection is 20 ms −1 , from a height ‘h’ has a range ‘R’. With what
its time of flight is (g=10 ms −2 ) velocity a body is to be projected horizontally
1 from a height h/2 to have the same range ?
1
1) 2s 2) 2 2 s 3) s 4) s
2 2 1) 2 v 2) 2v 3) 6v 4) 8v
28. From a point on the ground a particle is 36. A stone is thrown horizontally with velocity g
projected with initial velocity u , such that its ms-1 from the top of a tower of height g metre.
horizontal range is maximum. The magnitude The velocity with which it hits the ground is
of average velocity during its ascent. (in ms-1)
1) g 2) 2g 3) 3g 4) 4g
5u 5u 3
1) 2) 3) 4) none 37. A body is thrown horizontally from the top of
2 2 4 2 2 a tower. It reaches the ground after 4s at an
29. The horizontal and vertical displacements of angle 450 to the ground. The velocity of
a projectile are given as x = at & projection is
y = b t − ct 2 . Then velocity of projection is 1)9.8ms-1 2)19.6ms-1 3)29.4ms-1 4) 39.2ms-1
38. Two cliff of heights 120 m and 100.4 m are
1) a 2 + b2 2) b 2 + c2 separated by a horizontal distance of 16 m if a
car has to reach from the first cliff to the second
3) a 2 + c2 4) b 2 − c 2 the horizontal velocity of car should be
30. Two bodies are thrown from the same point with 1) 16 m/s 2) 4 m/s 3) 2 m/s 4) 8 m/s
the same velocity of 50ms-1. If their angles of
projection are complimentary to each other and
CIRCULAR MOTION
the difference of maximum heights is 30m, the 39. A circular disc is rotating about its own axis
minimum and maximum heights are(g=10 m/s2) at the rate of 200 revolutions per minute. Two
1) 50 m & 80 m 2) 47.5 m & 77.5 m particles P,Q of disc are at distances 5cm,
3) 30 m & 60 m 4) 25 m & 55 m 10cm from axis of rotation. The ratio of
31. A missile is fired for maximum range with an angular velocities of P and Q is
1) 1:2 2) 1:1 3) 2:1 4) 4:1
initial velocity of 20 m s −1 , the range of the 40. A stationary wheel starts rotating about its
missile is ( g = 10 m / s 2 ) [AIPMT 2011] own axis at uniform angular acceleration 8rad/
1) 50m 2) 60 m 3) 20m 4) 40 m s2. The time taken by it to complete 77
r rotations is
32. If u = a $i + b $j + c k$ with $i, $j , k$ are in east, 1) 5.5 sec 2) 7 sec 3) 11 sec 4) 14 sec
north and vertical directions, horizontal 41. A circular disc is rotating about its own axis at
component of velocity of projectile is uniform rate completes 30 rotations in one
1) a 2) b 3) a 2 + b 2 4) b 2 + c2 minute.The angular velocity of disc in rad s–1 is
p p
33. If the time of flight of a projectile is doubled, 1) 2p 2) p 3) 4)
what happens to the maximum height at- 2 4
tained? 42. A particle is moving at uniform speed
1) halved 2) remains unchanged 2 ms–1 along a circle of radius 0.5m. The
3) doubled 4) become four times centripetal acceleration of particle is
r 1) 1ms-2 2) 2ms-2 3) 4ms-2 4) 8ms-2
34 If u = a $i + b $j + c k$ with $i, $j , k$ are in east,
north and vertical directions, the maximum 43. A particle P is moving in a circle of radius
height of the projectile is ' a ' with a uniform speed v . C is the centre
of the circle and AB is a diameter. when
a2 b2 c2 b 2 c2 passing through B the angular velocity of P
1) 2) 3) 4) about A and C are in the ratio
2g 2g 2g 2g
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LEVEL -I (C.W) - KEY 10.

01)2 02)1 03)3 04)3 05)4 06)4 ///////////////////////////////////
θ
07)2 08)1 09)4 10)3 11)3 12)4
13)1 14)4 15)2 16)3 17)4 18)2 T
19)3 20)4 21)1 22)1 23)2 24)1
25)3 26)1 27)2 28)1 29)1 30)2 F
31)4 32)3 33)4 34)3 35)1 36)3
37)4 38)4 39)2 40)3 41)2 42)4
43)2
LEVEL -I (C.W) - HINTS
1. F1 + F2 = 10 , F1 − F2 = 4 mg
F = mgTanθ
11. T1 cos 300 = T2 cos 600 12. V¼ ) )
= u + a .t
r r
5 13. At t = 0 , r1 = 7 k
r r r r r r r
4 At t = 10, r2 = 300i + 400 j + 7k ; s = r2 − r1
2. aavg N
1 θ vf
θ N-W ) )
3 ) v f − vi
14. a=
θ = 53 ; θ = 180 − θ 1
1 0
t
θ θ -vi O v i
3. R = 2 P cos , S = 2 P sin O
2 2
-Vm Vm
4. f − f < f <f + f θ
1 2 3 1 2 v
15. Tanθ = m (clockwise)
r r 3 −1
vr
5. P − Q = 1; α = tan   Vrm V
4 R

6. R = P + Q + 2 PQ cos θ
2 2 2 16. VRM = VR − V M
) ) ) O
7. a + b + c = 0 (triangle law) -Vm Vm
8. If polygon is closed, resultant becomes zero. If
r
0
37
Tan ( 370 ) =
VM
resultant of 5 forces is Q and magnitude of each 17.
r r r r r r Vrm
VR
vector is P then Q + P = 0 ⇒ P = Q VR
18.
9.
B
VR
T cos θ
Vb
T T cos θ T θ
θ
0
θ 90
VR
A
T sin θ T sin θ Vriver
sin θ =
Vboat ; α = 90 + θ with stream
d d
19. t1 = and t2 =
v+u v−u
mg
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B x C
Vb LEVEL - I (H.W)
d θ x = VW .
d
20. VB PARALLELOGRAM LAW,
Vw TRIANGLE LAW & POLYGON LAW
A 1. Two forces each of 20N act on a body at 1200.
d d
21. t= ; x = VW . The magnitude and direction of resultant is
VB VB
1) 20N;φ =60 0 2) 20 2N;φ =600
22. Compare the equation with
y = x tan θ −
g
x2
3) 10 2N;φ =00 4) 10 2N;φ =1200
2u cos2 θ
2
2. Two forces whose magnitudes are in the ratio
2u sin θ 3:5 give a resultant of 35N. If the angle
23. T= g
24.x = ( u cos θ ) t between them is 600, the magnitude of each
r force is
25. u = u cos θ ˆi + usin θ ˆj 26. Px = P cos θ , Py = 0 1) 3N, 5N 2) 9N, 25N
1 2 2 1 2 2 3) 15N, 25N 4) 21N, 35N
27. P.E = K .E ⇒ 2 mu sin θ = 2 mu cos θ
3. The resultant of two forces 2P and 2P is
2u sin θ
use T = 10P . The angle between the forces is
g
1) 300 2) 600 3) 450 4) 900
u
28. avg velocity = 1 + 3cos2 θ 4. Which one of the following cannot be
2 represented by the three sides of a triangle?
dx dy 1) 5,9,11 2) 5,7,13 3) 7,10,13 4) 3,8,9
29. ux = , u y = and u = u x2 + u y2 r r r
dt dt 5. Figure shows three vectors a, b and c where
u2
30. H 2 − H1 = 30 ; 2
H + H 1 = = 125 R is the mid point of PQ. then which of the
2g following relations is correct.
P
u2
31. Rmax = 32.East and north are taken as ground.
g
gT 2 a R
33. H= 34. u x = a 2 + b 2 , u y = u sin θ = c c
8
2h
35. R=u ; given R is same
g O Q
b
gt r r r r r r
36. V = u 2 + 2 gh 37. Tanα = 1) a + b = 2c 2) a + b = c
u r r uur r r r
u. 2 ( h1 − h2 ) 3) a − b = 2c 4) a − b = c
38. R=
g 6. Eleven forces each equal to 5N act on a par-
39. Angular velocity ω = Constant ticle simultaneously. If each force makes an
2θ angle 300 with the next one, the resultant of
40. θ = 2π N ; t = all forces is
α
1) 15 N 2) 55 N 3) 5 N 4) zero
41. ω = 2π n ;where n = no.of revolutions per sec
7. A body of mass 3 kg is suspended by a
v2
42. Centripetal acceleration a = string to rigid support.The body is pulled
r horizontally by a force F until the string
v makes an angle of 300 with the vertical. The
43. Angular velocity of P about A , ω A = value of F and tension in the string are
2a
1) 9.8 N,9.8N 2) 9.8 N, 19.6 N
v
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8. Two light strings of length 4cm and 3 cm are which angle he should hold the umbrella with
tied to a bob of weight 500 gm. The free ends vertical if he moves forward, if it is raining
of the strings are tied to pegs in the same vertically downwards
horizontal line and separated by 5 cm.The 1) 300 2) 450 3) 600 4) 900
ratio of tension in the longer string to that in
the shorter string is 15. When it is raining vertically down, to a man
1) 4:3 2) 3:4 3) 4:5 4) 5:4 walking on road the velocity of rain appears
to be 1.5 times his velocity . To protect
MOTION IN A PLANE himself from rain he should hold the umbrella
9. A force 2iˆ + ˆj − kˆ newton acts on a body at an angle θ to vertical. Then tanθ =
which is initially at rest. If the velocity of the 2
body at the end of 20seconds is 5 2 3
1) 2) 3) 4)
5 2 3 2
4iˆ + 2 ˆj + 2kˆ ms −1 , the mass of the body
16. A motor car A is travelling with a velocity of
1) 20kg 2) 15kg 3) 10kg 4) 5kg
20m/s in the north - west direction and another
10. The position vector of a moving particle at t
r motor car B is travelling with a velocity of
seconds is given by r = 3iˆ + 4t ˆj − t kˆ. Its
2 3
15 m/s in the north-east direction. The
displacement during an interval of 1s to 3s is magnitude of relative velocity of B with
1) ĵ − kˆ 2) 3iˆ + 4 ˆj − kˆ respect to A is.
1) 25 m/s 2) 15 m/s 3) 20 m/s 4) 35 m/s
3) 9iˆ + 36 ˆj − 27 kˆ 4) 32 ˆj − 26kˆ
r r r r
11. If initial velocity of a body is u = 2i − 2 j + 3k MOTION OF A BOAT IN A RIVER
r r r r
and the final velocity is v = 2i − 4 j + 5k and 17. A man can swim in still water at a speed of 6
kmph and he has to cross the river and reach
it is changed in time of 10 sec. Find the just opposite point on the other bank. If the
acceleration vector? river is flowing at a speed of 3 kmph, and the
r r r r r r width of the river is 2km, the time taken to
3i − 2 j + 2k −3i + j + 2k
1) 2) cross the river is (in hours)
10 10
r r r r r 1)
2
2)
2
3)
2
4)
2
−3i − 2 j + 2k −j+k 27 27 3 45
`3) 4)
10 5 18. A boat moves perpendicular to the bank with
a velocity of 7.2 km/h. The current carries it
CONCEPT OF RELATIVE VELOCITY
150m downstream, find the velocity of the
12. A particle is moving eastwards with a current(The width of the river is 0.5 km).
−1
velocity 15 ms . Suddenly it moves towards 1) 0.4 m s − 1 2)1.2 ms −1
north and moves with the same speed in a 3) 0.5ms −1 4) 0.6 ms −1
time 10 sec. The average acceleration dur--
ing this time is 19. A swimmer is capable of swimming 1.65 ms −1
in still water. If she swims directly across a
1) 3 / 2 NE 2) 3 2 NE
180m wide river whose current is 0.85 ms −1 ,
3) 3 / 2 NW 4) 3 2 NW how far downstream(from a point opposite her
13. A Person crossing a road with a certain starting point) will she reach?
velocity due north, sees a car moving 1) 92.7m 2) 40m 3) 48m 4)20m
towards east. The relative velocity of the car 20. A person swims at
1350 to current of river, to
w.r.t the person is 2 times that of the ve- meet target on reaching opposite point. The
locity of the person . The angle made by the ratio of person’s velocity to river water ve-
relative velocity with the east is locity is
1) 30 0 2) 45 0 3) 60 0 4) 90 0
1. 3 :1 2. 2 :1 3. 1: 2 4. 1: 3
14. A Person is walking in rain feels the
velocity of rain as twice to his velocity . At
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OBLIQUE PROJECTILE 29. A stone is thrown with a velocity v at an

21. The parabolic path of a projectile is angle θ with the horizontal. Its speed when it
x x2 makes an angle β with the horizontal is
represented by y = − in MKS units :
3 60 v
Its angle of projection is (g = 10ms-2) 1) v cos θ 2)
cos β
1) 300 2) 450 3) 600 4) 900
22. A body is projected at angle 300 to horizontal v cos θ
3) v cos θ cos β 4) cos β
with a velocity 50 ms −1 . Its time of flight is
1) 4 s 2) 5 s 3) 6 s 4) 7 s 30. A body is projected with a certain speed at
23. A body is projected with velocity 60 m / s at angles of projection of θ and 90– θ . The maxi-
mum heights attained in the two cases are 20
300 to the horizontal. The velocity of the body
m and 10 m respectively. The maximum pos-
after 3 seconds is
sible range is
1) 20iˆ + 20 3 ˆj 2) 30iˆ 1) 60 m 2) 30 m 3) 20 m 4) 80 m
3) 10 3 ˆj 4) 30 3iˆ 31. The launching speed of a certain projectile is
24. A body is projected with velocity u such that five times the speed it has at its maximum
in horizontal range and maximum vertical height. Its angle of projection is
heights are same.The maximum height is 1) θ = cos-1(0.2) 2) θ = sin-1(0.2)
u2 3u 2 16u 2 8u 2 3) θ = tan-1(0.2) 4) θ = 00
1) 2) 3) 4) 32. A person throws a bottle into a dustbin at the
2g 4g 17 g 17 g
25. A cricket ball is hit for a six leaving the bat at same height as he is 2m away at an angle of
an angle of 600 to the horizontal with kinetic 450 . The velocity of thrown is
energy ‘k’. At the top, K.E. of the ball is 1) g 2) g 3) 2g 4) 2g
[JEE MAIN-2007]
HORIZONTAL PROJECTILE
k k
1) Zero 2) k 3) 4) 33. A body projected horizontally from the top of
4 2
a tower follows y = 20 x 2 parabola equation
26. A bomb at rest is exploded and the pieces
where x , y are in m ( g = 10 m s ) .Then the
−2
are scattered in all directions with a maximum
velocity of 20ms-1. Dangerous distance from velocity of the projectile is (ms-1)
that spot is (g = 10 m/s2) 1) 0.2 2) 0.3 3) 0.4 4) 0.5
1) 10 m 2) 20 m 3) 30 m 4) 40 m 34. A bomb is dropped from an aeroplane flying
27. A boy can throw a stone up to a maximum horizontally with a velocity of 720 kmph at
height of 10 m. The maximum horizontal an altitude of 980m. Time taken by the bomb
distance that the boy can throw the same to hit the ground is
stone up to will be [JEE MAIN-2012] 1) 1 s 2) 7.2 s 3) 14.14 s 4) 0.15 s
1) 20 2 m 2) 10 m 3) 10 2 m 4) 20 m 35. A body is projected horizontally from a height
28. A grass hopper can jump a maximum of 78.4 m with a velocity 10 ms −1 . Its velocity
horizontal distance of 0.3 m. If it spends after 3 seconds is (g=10 ms −2 )(Take direction
negligible time on the ground, its horizontal
component of velocity is (g=10 m/s2) of projection as i and vertically upward
direction as j)
3
1) 3/2 m/s 2)
2
m/s 1) 10$i − 30 $j 2) 10$i + 30 $j

3) 1/2 m/s 4)
2
m/s 3) 20$i − 30 $j 4) 10$i + 10 3 $j
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36. Two thin wood screens A and B are separated

by 200 m a bullet travelling horizontally at speed LEVEL -I (H.W)-HINTS
of 600 m/s hits the screen A penetrates through θ
it and finally emerges out from B making holes 1. R = 2F cos 60 = F , α = 2
in A and B the resistance of air and wood are makes equal angle with both vectors
negligible the difference of heights of the holes P 3
2. = ( given) ;Let P = 3x and Q = 5x
in A and B is. Q 5
49 7 R = P 2 + Q 2 + 2 PQ cos θ
1) 5 m 2) m 3) m 4)zero
90 90 3. R 2 = P2 + Q 2 + 2 PQ cos θ
CIRCULAR MOTION 4. To get a closed ∆ le , the sum of any two vectors
in magnitude must be either equal or large in
37. A fly wheel is rotating about its own axis at magnitude of the third.
an angular velocity 11 rad s–1, its angular
velocity in revolution per minute is
1) 105 2) 210 3) 315 4) 420
38. A stationary wheel starts rotating about its own a c
axis at constant angular acceleration. If the 5.
wheel completes 50 rotations in first 2 seconds,
then the number of rotations made by it in next b
two seconds is r r r
∴ b + a = 2c
1) 75 2) 100 3) 125 4) 150
360
39. A point size body is moving along a circle at an 6. No. of forces = 11; n= = 12
θ
angular velocity 2.8rads-1 . If centripetal polygon formed with 1 side absent, resultant is
acceleration of body is 7ms-2 then its speed is closing side.
1) 1.25ms-1 2) 2.5ms-1 7. F = mgTanθ , T = F 2 + ( mg ) 2
5 cm
3) 3.5ms-1 4) 7ms-1
40. A circular plate is rotating about its own axis at θ2 θ1
an angular velocity 100 revolutions per minute. T1 4 cm 3 cm
The linear velocity of a particle P of plate at a T2
distance 4.2 cm from axis of rotation is
1) 0.22 m/s 2) 0.44 m/s 3) 2.2 m/s 4) 4.4 m/s θ2 θ1
41. An aircraft executes horizontal loop of radius 8.
1 km with steady speed of 900 kmph. The
ratio of centripetal acceleration with accel-
500 g
eration due to gravity is
1) 6.0 2) 6.4 3) 5 4) 7
θ2
LEVEL -I (H.W)-KEY 5
01) 1 02) 3 03) 3 04)2 05) 1 06) 3 4
07) 2 08) 2 09) 3 10)4 11) 4 12) 3
13) 2 14) 1 15) 1 16)1 17) 2 18) 4 θ1
19) 1 20) 2 21) 1 22)2 23) 4 24) 4 3
25) 3 26) 4 27) 4 28)2 29) 4 30) 1 T1 T2
=
31) 1 32) 4 33) 4 34)3 35) 1 36) 2 sin(90 + θ1 ) sin(90 + θ )
37) 1 38) 4 39) 2 40)2 41) 2 → → → →
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ur
10. Position vector at (t = 1 sec) is r1 d d Vw
ur 18. x = VW . 19. x = VW . V 20. sin θ = V
Position vector at (t = 3 sec) is r3 VB B b
r ur ur
Displacement s = r3 − r1 1
r r 2u sin θ
r v−u 21. y = Ax − Bx 2 , θ = tan −1 ( A ) 22. T =
11. a= g
t
N 23. V = u cos θ i + ( u sin θ − gt ) j
NW
v2 4H
r r Tanθ =
W E v 2 − v1 R 17
12. -v1 v1 a=
t R = H max 4
24.
S ∴ Tanθ = 4
N
vP 1
r r u sin θ
2 2

W H max =
13. vC E , v c − v p = 2v p 2g
θ
-vp u2
S 25. k = k cos θ
1 2 26. R=
O g
-vm vm
u2 u2
θ 27. H max = ; R max =
vm 2g g
14. sin θ =
vRm u 2
vRm 28. Rmax = & u x = u cos θ
vR g
O V cosθ
Vm ∴V 1 =
-Vm r 29. V cos θ = V 1 cos β
v Rm = 1.5 v m cos β

; tan θ = vm u2 u2
15. 30. = H1 + H 2 , Rmax =
Vrm vR 2g g
VR 1
16. 31. u = 5u cos θ ⇒ cos θ =
5
VA = 20 VB = 15 u 2 sin 2θ u2
32. R= ; 2= ; u = 2g
g g
g 2 2h
33. y= x 34. T =
2u 2 g
2h
35. Vx = U Vy = −gt 36. R = u , h = h1 − h2
g
ω
37. ω = 2π n ; n = ( rps); n( rps) = 60 × n (rpm)
2π

2θ1
θ = 2π n θ = 2π n , α =
uur −20 20 ˆ uur 15 ˆ 15 ˆ
38. ; 1 1
t12
VA = iˆ + j;VB = i+ j;
2 2 2 2 1 θ
uuur uur uur θ 2 = α t 2 ;θ = θ 2 − θ1 , n =
VAB = VA − VB 2 2π
a
d 39. Centripetal acceleration ; a = vω ⇒ v =
17. Vm = 6 kmph, Vw = 3 kmph , t = ω
v 2 −v m w
2
ac v 2
40. Linear velocity v = rω 41. =
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nearly
LEVEL - II (C.W) 1) 980 N 2) 490 N 3) 245 N 4) 112.5 N
r r
7. Three forces A = (iˆ + ˆj + kˆ ) , B = (2iˆ − ˆj + 3kˆ )
r
PARALLELOGRAM LAW and C acting on a body to keep it in
1. The greatest and least resultant of two forces r
equilibrium. Then C is ( 2008 - M)
acting at a point are 29 Kg wt. and 5 Kg wt.
1) −(3iˆ + 4kˆ ) 2) −(4iˆ + 3kˆ )
respectively. If each force is increased by 3
Kg wt. the magnitude of the resultant of new 3) (3iˆ + 4 ˆj ) 4) (2iˆ − 3kˆ )
forces acting at right angles to each other is
MOTION IN A PLANE
1) 45 kg wt. 2) 35 kg wt.
8. The displacement of the point of a wheel
3) 25 kg wt. 4) 15 kg wt.
initially in contact with the ground when the
2. Two forces P and Q act at an angle of 1200 wheel rolls forward quarter revolution where
with each other. If the resultant is at right perimeter of the wheel is 4π m, is (Assume
angles to P and P is equal to 4 kg-wt, then the the forward direction as x-axis)
value of Q is
−1 2
1) 4 kgwt 2) 8 kgwt 3) 6 kgwt 4) 3 kgwt 1) (π + 2) 2 + 4 along tan with x - axis
π
→ →→
3. The resultant of two vectors P&Q is R . If −1 2
2) (π − 2) 2 + 4 along tan with x - axis
→ π −2
the magnitude of Q is doubled the new
−1 2
3) (π − 2) 2 + 4 along tan with x - axis
resultant becomes perpendicular to → π
P then
→ −1 2
magnitude of R is 4) (π + 2)2 + 4 along tan with x - axis
π −2
P 2 − Q2 P+Q P 9. A particle starts from the origin at t = 0s with
1) 2) 3) Q 4)
2PQ P−Q Q a velocity of 10.0 ˆj m/s and moves in the
r r r r xy − plane with a constant acceleration of
4. P, Q, R, S are vector of equal magnitude. If
r r r r r
P + Q − R = 0 angle between P and Q is θ1 .
(8iˆ + 2 ˆj ) ms −2
. Then y − coordinate of the
r r r r r particle in 2 sec is
If P + Q − S = 0 angle between P and S is 1) 24 m 2) 16 m 3) 8 m 4) 12 m
10. A car moving at a constant speed of 36 kmph
θ2 . The ratio of θ1 to θ2 is moves north wards for 20 minutes then due
1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 1 3) 1 : 1
4) 1: 3 1
to west with the same speed for 8 minutes.
TRIANGLE LAW, POLYGON LAW OF 3
VECTORS AND LAMI’S THEOREM what is the average velocity of the car during
this run in kmph
5. If ABCD is quadrilateral whose sides
uuur 1) 27.5 2) 40.5 3)20.8 4) 32.7
represent vectors in cyclic order, AB is 11. Velocity of a particle at time t = 0 is 2ms −1 .
equivalent is
uuur uuur uuur A constant acceleration of 2 ms −2 acts on the
1) CA + CB 2) CD
uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur particle for 1 second at an angle of 600 with
3) AD + DC + CB 4) AD + BD
its initial velocity . Find the magnitude of
6. An iron sphere of mass 100 kg is suspended velocity at the end of 1 second.
freely from a rigid support by means of a rope
of length 2m. The horizontal force required 1) 3 m / s 2) 2 3 m / s
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RELATIVE VELOCITY 1) 5 m/s 2) 10 m/s 3) 20 m/s 4) 40 m/s

19. A particle is projected from ground at an
12. An aeroplane moving in a circular path
with a speed 250 km/h. The change in angle 45° with initial velocity 20 2 m s −1 .
velocity in half of the revolution is. The magnitude of average velocity in a
1) 500km/h 2) 250km/h time interval from t = 0 to t = 3 s in m s −1 is
3) 120 km/h 4) zero
13. A car starting from a point travels towards 1) 20.62 2) 10.31 3) 41.14 4) 5.15
east with a velocity of 36 kmph. Another car 20. A ball is thrown with a velocity of u making
starting from the same point travels towards an angle θ with the horizontal. Its velocity
north with a velocity of 24 kmph. The relative vector normal to initial vector (u) after a time
velocity of one with respect to another is interval of
1) 12 13 kmph 2)30 kmph u sin θ u u u cos θ
1) 2) 3) 4)
3) 12 kmph 4) 20 kmph g g cos θ g sin θ g
14. A ship is moving due east with a velocity of
21. A stone is projected with a velocity 20 2 m/
12 m/sec, a truck is moving across on the ship
s at an angle of 450 to the horizontal. The av-
with velocity 4m/sec. A monkey is climbing
erage velocity of stone during its motion from
the vertical pole mounted on the truck with a
starting point to its maximum height is
velocity of 3m/sec. Find the velocity of the
monkey as observed by the man on the shore 1) 10 5 m/s 2) 20 5 m/s
(m/sec) 3) 5 5 m/s 4) 20 m/s
1) 10 2) 15 3) 13 4)20
22. A player kicks a foot ball obliquely at a speed
15. A man is walking due east at the rate of
of 20 m/s so that its range is maximum.
2kmph. The rain appears to him to come down
Another player at a distance of 24m away in
vertically at the rate of 2kmph. The actual
the direction of kick starts running at that
velocity and direction of rainfall with the
instant to catch the ball. Before the ball hits
vertical respectively are (2008 M)
the ground to catch it, the speed with which
1 the second player has to run is (g=10 ms-2)
1) 2 2kmph, 450 2) kmph,30 0
2 1) 4 m/s 2) 4 2 m/s
0
3) 2 kmph, 0 4) 1kmph, 900
MOTION OF A BOAT IN A RIVER 3) 8 2 m/s 4) 8 m/s
23. A particle is fired with velocity u making
16. A boat takes 2 hours to travel 8km and back
in still water lake.With water velocity of 4 angle θ with the horizontal . What is the
kmph, the time taken for going upstream of change in velocity when it is at the highest
8km and coming back is point ?
1) 160 minutes 2) 80 minutes 1) u cos θ 2) u 3) u sin θ 4) ( u cos θ − u )
3) 320 minutes 4) 180 minutes 24. Two projectiles A and B are thrown from the
17. The velocity of water in a river is 2 kmph,
while width is 400 m. A boat is rowed from a v
same point with velocities v and respec-
point rowing always aiming opposite point at 2
8 kmph of still water velocity. On reaching tively. If B is thrown at an angle 45° with
the opposite bank the drift obtained is horizontal. What is the inclination of A. when
1) 93 m 2) 100.8 m 3) 112.4 m 4) 100 m their ranges are the same?
OBLIQUE PROJECTILE
−1  1  1 −1  1 
18. A particle is projected from ground with some 1) sin   2) sin  
4 2 4
initial velocity making an angle of 450 with
the horizontal. It reaches a height of 7.5 m −1  1  1 −1  1 
above the ground while it travels a horizontal 3) 2sin   4) sin  
 4 2 8
distance of 10 m from the point of projection.
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25. A particle is projected with a velocity v such 31. A ball is thrown horizontally from a cliff such
that its range on the horizontal plane is twice that it strikes the ground after 5s. The line of
the greatest height attained by it, The range sight makes an angle 37° with the horizontal.
of the projectile is (when it is acceleration due The initial velocity of projection in ms-1 is
to gravity is ‘g’) [PMT 2010] 100 100 100
1) 50 2) 3) 4)
4v 2 4g v2 4v 2 3 2 3
1) 2) 2 3) 4) 32. An object is launched from a cliff 20 m above
5g 5v g 5g
26. A number of bullets are fired in all possible the ground at an angle of 300 above the hori-
directions with the same initial velocity u. zontal with an initial speed of 30 m/s. How far
The maximum area of ground covered by does the object travel before landing on the
bullets is ground? (in metre)
2 2 1) 20 2) 20 3 3) 60 4. 60 3
u  u  u 
2
 u2 
2

1)  g  2) π  2 g  3) π   4) π 
π  33. A bomber flying upward at an angle of 53°
    g  2g  with the vertical releases a bomb at an altitude
27. A ball is projected from the ground with a of 800 m. The bomb strikes the ground 20 s
velocity ‘u’ such that its range is maximum.
after its release. If g = 10 m s −2 , the velocity
Then
at the time of release of the bomb in ms-1 is
3 1) 400 2) 800 3) 100 4) 200
1) Its velocity at half the maximum height is u
2 34. Two particles move in a uniform gravitational
2) Its velocity at the maximum height is ‘u’. field with an acceleration g. At the initial
3) Change in its velocity when it returns to the moment the particles were located at same
ground is ‘u’. point and moved with velocities u1 = 9 m s −1
4) all the above are true. and u2 = 4 m s −1 horizontally in opposite
HORIZONTAL PROJECTILE directions. The time between the particles at
28. A stair case contains ten steps each 10 cm the moment when their velocity vectors are
high and 20 cm wide. The minimum horizontal mutually perpendicular in s is (take
velocity with which the ball has to be rolled g = 10 m s−2 )
off the upper most step, so as to hit directly 1) 0.36 2) 3.6 3) 0.6 4) 6
the edge of the lowest step is (approximately) 35. An aeroplane is flying horizontally at a height
of 980 m with velocity 100 ms-1 drops a food
1) 42ms-1 2)4.2ms-1 3) 24ms-1 4)2.4ms-1 packet. A person on the ground is 414 m
29. From certain height 'h' two bodies are pro- ahead horizontally from the dropping point.
jected horizontally each with velocity v. One At what velocity should he move so that he
body is projected towards North and the other can catch the food packet.
body is projected towards east. Their sepa- 50 −1
ration on reaching the ground 1) 50 2ms −1 2) ms
2
2v2h 4v2 h v2 h 8v 2 h 3) 100ms −1 4) 200ms −1
1) 2) 3) 4)
g g g g
CIRCULAR MOTION
30. An object is projected horizontally from a top
of the tower of height h. The line joining the 36. A cyclist riding with a speed of 27kmph. As
point of projection and point of striking on he approaches a circular turn on the road of
the ground makes an angle 450 with radius 80m, he applies breaks and reduces
ground,Then with what velocity the object his speed at the constant rate of 0.50 m/s
strikes the ground every second. The net acceleration of
11gh 9gh 7gh 5gh cyclist on the circular turn is
1) 2) 3) 4) 1) 0.5m/s2 2)0.87m/s2 3)0.56m/s2 4)1m/s2
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37. The length of minute hand in a pendulum clock 43. A body is projected horizontally from the top
is 10cm the speed of tip of the hand is (in m/s) of a tower with a velocity of 10 m/s. If it hits
the ground at an angle 450 , the vertical
π π π π component of velocity when it hits ground in
1) 2) 3) 4)
6000 18000 3600 1200 m/s is (2014 - M)
PREVIOUS EAMCET QUESTIONS 1) 10 2) 10 2 3) 5 2 4)5
38. Equations of motion of a projectile are given 44. A body is projected with an angle θ . The
by x = 36t and 2 y = 96t − 98t 2 m .The angle of maximum height reached is h. If the time of
projection is equal to (2011 - M) flight is 4 sec and g = 10m / s 2 , then the value
−1 3 −1 4 of h is ( 2014 - M)
1) sin  4  2) sin  3  1) 10m 2)40m 3)20m 4)5m
   
45. A person reaches a point directly opposite on
4 −1  3 
3) sin −1   4) sin  5  the other bank of a river. The velocity of the
5   water in the river is 4 m/s and the velocity of
39. A and B are two vectors of equal magnitude and the person in still water is 5 m/s. If the width
of the river is 84.6m, time taken to cross the
'θ ' is the angle between them. The angle
river in seconds is ( 2013 -M )
between A or B with their resultant is(E - 2010) 1) 9.4 2) 2 3) 84.6 4) 28.2
θ θ LEVEL -II (C.W)-KEY
1) 2) 3) 2θ 4)0
4 2 01) 3 02) 2 03) 3 04) 2 05) 3 06)3
40. If a body is projected with an angle θ to the 07) 1 08) 2 09) 1 10) 1 11) 2 12) 1
horizontal then (E - 2008) 13) 1 14) 3 15) 1 16) 1 17) 4 18) 3
1) it’s velocity always perpendicular to its
19) 1 20) 3 21) 1 22) 2 23) 3 24) 2
acceleration
2) its velocity becomes zero at its maximum height 25) 1 26) 1 27) 1 28) 2 29) 2 30) 4
3) it’s velocity makes zero angle with the horizontal 31) 4 32) 4 33) 3 34) 3 35) 1 36) 3
at its maximum height 37) 2 38)3 39) 2 40)3 41)3 42)4
4) the body just before hitting the ground, the 43)1 44)3 45) 4
direction of velocity coincides with the LEVEL -II (C.W)-HINTS
acceleration.
1. a + b = 29; a − b = 5 ; a1 = a + 3, b1 = b + 3
41. A body is projected at an angle θ so that its
R ' = a1 + b1
2 2
range is maximum. If T is the time of flight
then the value of maximum range is
(acceleration due to gravity = g) ( 2014 - E) R
2 2 2 2
gT gT gT gT
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2 2 2
42. The path of projectile is given by the equation
300 900
y = ax − bx 2 , where ‘a’ and ‘b’ are constants 2. Q
and x and y are respectively horizontal and
vertical distances of projectile from the point P
of projection. The maximum height attained Q sin 30 = P
by the projectile and the angle of projection
are respectively. ( 2014 - E )
3. R 2 = P 2 + Q2 + 2PQ cosθ when Q is doubled
2Q sin θ
2a 2 b2 tan 90 =
1) , Tan −1 (a ) −1
2) , Tan (b) P + 2Q cos θ
b 2a ur ur ur ur ur ur
4. P+Q = R ; P+Q = S,
a2 a2 Q sin θ1 θ1
3) , Tan −1 (2b) 4) , Tan −1 (a ) θ2 = tan −1 ; θ =?
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uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur r
5. AB + BC = AC ; AC + CD = − AD 23. u = u cos θ iˆ + u sin θ ˆj
uuur uuur uuur uuur r uur r r
(
AB = − BC + CD + AD ) v = u cos θ iˆ ; Vv = v − u
F = mg Tan θ =
mgx v 2 v 2 sin 2θ
6. 24. =
ur ur ur ur l ur ur 4g g
7. A + B + C = 0 ; C = −( A + B )
Given R = 2 H ; Tanθ = 2 ; R = u 2Sinθ Cosθ
2
25.
P g
2
Max area π ( Rmax )
2
26.
r
8. θ
27. At half of max height
P
π cm 1 + cos 2 θ
−1  y 
velocity (V) = u
S= y 2 + x 2 and θ = tan  x  2
 
2h
r r 1r2 28. R=u
9. r = v0t + at , y ( t ) = t 2 + 10t g
2
→ → 2h $ 2h $
Rx = v i; Ry = v
vavg = v1 t1 + v2t2 29. j ; R = Rx2 + Ry2
10. g g
t1 + t2
r h 2h
v = vx iˆ + v y ˆj : vx = u x + axt , v y = u y + a y t Tanθ = , R=u
g V = u + 2 gh
2
11. 30. ,
R
ax = a cos θ , a y = a sin θ
h 2h
θ 31. Tan θ = , T= and R = uT
12. ∆V = 2V sin 13. ∆v = v12 + v22 R g
2 1 2
32. − h = u sin θ t − g t , R = (u cos θ )t
V = Vx + Vy + Vz
2 2 2
14. 2
Vm 1 u1u2
15. VR = V 2 + Vm2 ; Tanθ = 33. − h = u sin θ t − g t 2 34. t =
V 2 g
8+8
16. VB = = 8kmph 2h 2h
2 35. T= ,R =u
g g
d d
t = t1 + t2 = + R − 414
v B + vr v B − v r Remaining distance = R − 414 ; v =
T
d g
17. Drift =  v  Vr 18. y = x tan θ − 2 x2 36. a = ac2 + ar2 37. v = lω
 b 2u cos θ
2
38. u cos θ = 36 − − − (1) ; u sin θ = 48 − − − (2)
19. u i = u xi + u y j
Asinθ sin θ
ui + u f 39. Tanα = =
u f = u x i + ( u y − gt ) j , Vavg = A + Acosθ 1 + cos θ
2 40. At maximum height of projectile velocity =
r horizontal component of velocity
20. u = (u cos θ )iˆ + (u sin θ ) ˆj
r 41. for max imum rangeθ = 450
v = (u cos θ )iˆ + (u sin θ − gt ) ˆj ; u .v = 0
u2 2u sin θ
u Rmax =
Vav = (Vav ) x + (Vav ) y ; v = 1 + 3cos 2 θ when θ = 450 , T =
2 2
21. g g
2
u2 a2
22. Rmax = ; distance = Rmax – x 42. Tanθ = a ⇒ θ = Tan (a) , H =
−1

g 4b
2u sin θ v d
Tan450 = y ; 44. h = gT 2 45. t = 2 2
1
T= ; Distance = V x T 43.
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LEVEL - II (H.W) 7. The position of a particle is given by

r
r = 3 t $i − 2 t 2 $j + 4 k$ m where t is in second
PARALLELOGRAM LAW and the co-efficients have proper units for r
1. The greatest and least resultant of two to be in m. The magnitude and direction of
forces are 7 N and 3N respectively. If each velocity of the particle at t = 2 s is
of the force is increased by 3 N and applied 1) 8.54 m s−1 , 20° with x - axis
at 600 .The magnitude of the resultant is 2) 10.54 m s −1 , 70° with x - axis
1) 7 N 2) 3 N 3) 10 N 4) 129N 3) 8.54 m s−1 , 70° with x - axis
TRIANGLE LAW, POLYGON LAW OF
4) 10.54 m s −1 , 20° with x - axis
VECTORS AND LAMI’S THEOREM 8. A particle starts from origin at t = 0 with a
2. In an equilateral triangle ABC, AL, BM and
CN are medians. Forces along BC and BA constant velocity 5 $i ms −1 and moves in xy
represented by them will have a resultant plane under action of a force which produces

( )
a constant acceleration of 3$i + 2 $j ms . The
represented by
uuur uuuur uuur uuur −2
1) 2 AL 2) 2BM 3) 2CN 4) AC
r r r y - coordinate of the particle at the instant its
3. Given that A + B + C = 0 , out of three vec-
x co-ordinate is 84 m in m is
tors two are equal in magnitude and the mag-
1) 6 2) 36 3) 18 4) 9
nitude of third vector is 2 times that of ei-
RELATIVE VELOCITY
ther of two having equal magnitude. Then
angle between vectors are given by 9. When two bodies approach each other with
the different speeds, the distance between
1) 300 , 600 ,90 0 2) 450 ,1350 ,150 0
them decreases by 120 m for every 1 min.
3) 900 ,1350 ,150 0 4) 900 ,1350 ,1350 The speeds of the bodies are
4. A and B are the two pegs separated by 1) 2 m/s and 0.5 m/s 2) 3m/s & 2m/s
13 cm. A body of 169 kgwt is suspended by 3) 1.75m/s & 0.25 m/s 4) 2.5m/s&0.5m/s
thread of 17 cm connecting to A & B, such 10. An aeroplane is flying with the velocity of
that the two segments of strings are perpen- V1 = 800kmph relative to the air towards
dicular. Then tensions in shorter and longer
parts of string are south. A wind with velocity of V2 = 15ms −1 is
1) 100 kgwt, 69 kgwt 2) 65 kgwt, 156 kgwt blowing from west to east. What is the veloc-
3) 156 kgwt, 65 kgwt 4) 69 kgwt, 100 kgwt ity of the aeroplane with respect to the earth.
MOTION IN A PLANE 1) 221.7ms −1 2) 150ms −1 3) 82ms −1 4) 40ms −1
5. Two particles having position vectors MOTION OF A BOAT IN A RIVER
ur r r ur r r
r1 = (3i + 5 j ) m and r2 = (−5i + 3 j )m are 11. A boat takes 4 hr upstream and 2 hr down
ur
moving with velocities V1 = (4$i − 4 $j )ms −1
the stream for covering the same
uur distance.The ratio of velocity of boat to the
and V2 = (ai$ − 3 $j )ms −1 . If they collide after water in river is.
2 seconds , the value of ‘ a’ is 1) 1:3 2) 3:1 3) 1: 3 4) 3 :1
1) 2 2) 4 3) 6 4) 8 12. The width of a river is 2 3km. A boat is rowed
6. A body is projected up such that its position in direction perpendicular to the banks of
vector varies with time as
r river. If the drift of the boat due to flow is 2
{ }
r = 3ti$ + ( 4t − 5t 2 ) $j m. Here t is in second.
km, the displacement of the boat is.
The time when its y-coordinate is zero is 1) 3 km 2) 6km 3) 5 km 4) 4 km
1) 3 s 2) 1 s 3) 0.8 s 4) 1.25 s

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13. Person aiming to reach the exactly opposite taken to reach the highest point of its path is
point on the bank of a stream is swimming
H 2H H 2H
with a speed of 0.5ms −1 at an angle of 1200 1) 2) 3) 4)
g g 2g g cos β
with the direction of flow of water. The speed
of water in the stream is 20. The maximum height attained by a projectile
is increased by 5%.Keeping the angle of pro-
1) 1ms −1 2) 0.25ms −1 3) 0.67ms −1 4) 3ms −1
jection constant, What is the percentage in-
OBLIQUE PROJECTILE crease in horizontal range?
14. A particle projected from the level ground just 1)5% 2)10% 3)15% 4)20%
clears in its ascent a wall 30 m high and 21. A gardener wants to wet the garden without
120 3 away measured horizontally. The time moving from his place with a water jet whose
since projection to clear the wall is two velocity is 20 m s −1 the maximum area that
he can wet ( g = 10 m s −2 ) ( in metre2 )
second. It will strike the ground in the same
horizontal plane from the wall on the other
side at a distance of (in metres) 1) 1600 π 2) 40 π 3) 40 0 π 4) 20 0 π
1)150 3 2)180 3 3) 120 3 4) 210 3 22. A particle is projected with speed u at angle
θ to the horizontal. find the radius of
15. A stone is projected with a velocity 20 2 m/ curvature at highest point of its trajectory
s at an angle of 450 to the horizontal. The av-
erage velocity of stone during its motion from u 2 cos2 θ 3u 2 cos 2 θ
1) 2)
starting point to its maximum height is (g=10 2g 2g
m/s2)
u 2 cos 2 θ 3u 2 cos 2 θ
1)10 5 m/s 2)20 5 m/s 3)5 5 m/s 4)20m/s 3) 4)
g g
16. A ball is thrown with velocity 8 ms −1 making HORIZONTAL PROJECTILE
an angle 60° with the horizontal. Its velocity 23. From the top of a tower of height 78.4 m two
will be perpendicular to the direction of initial stones are projected horizontally with 10 m/s
velocity of projection after a time of and 20 m/s in opposite directions. On reach-
1.6 4 ing the ground, their separation is
1) s 2) s 3) 0.6 s 4) 1.6 3 s 1) 120 m 2) 100 m 3) 200 m 4) 150 m
3 3
24. A body is projected vertically upwards. At its
17. The range of a projectile, when launched at
highest point it explodes into two pieces of
an angle of 150 with the horizontal is 1.5m. masses in the ratio of 2:3 and the lighter piece
The additional horizontal distance the flies horizontally with a velocity of 6 m s−1 .
projectile would cover when projected
The time after which the lines joining the point
with same velocity at 450 is of explosion to the position of particles are
1) 3 km 2) 4.5 km 3) 1.5 km 4) 2.5 km perpendicular to each other is
18. A body is projected obliquely from the ground
such that its horizontal range is maximum.If the 6 12 24
1) s 2) s 3) s 4) 2 s.
change in its linear momentum, as it moves from 25 15 25
half the maximum height to maximum height, 25. From the top of a building 80 m high, a ball is
is P, the change in its linear momentum as it thrown horizontally which hits the ground at
travels from the point of projection to the a distance. The line joining the top of the
landing point on the ground will be building to the point where it hits the ground
1) P 2) 2 P 3) 2 P 4) 2 2 P makes an angle of 450 with the ground. Initial
velocity of projection of the ball is
19. A projectile is thrown at angle β with vertical. (g =10 m/s2)
It reaches a maximum height H. The time 1) 10 m/s 2) 15 m/s 3) 20 m/s 4) 30 m/s
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26. A stone is thrown from the top of a tower of 31. An insect trapped in a circular groove of radius
height 50 m with a velocity of 30 ms −1 at an 12 cm moves along the groove steadily and
complete 7 revolutions in 100 seconds.The
angle of 300 above the horizontal . Find the linear speed of the motion in cm/s
time during which the stone will be in air 1) 5.3 2) 4 3) 3 4) 5
1) 2 sec 2) 3 sec 3) 4 sec 4) 5 sec
27. From the top of a tower 40 m high a ball is LEVEL - II (H.W) - KEY
projected upwards with a speed of 20 m s −1 01) 4 02) 2 03) 4 04) 2 05) 3 06) 3
at an angle 30° with the horizontal. The ratio 07) 3 08) 2 09) 3 10) 1 11) 2 12) 4
of the total time of flight to hit the ground to 13) 2 14) 2 15) 1 16) 1 17) 3 18) 4
the time taken by it to come back to the same 19) 2 20) 1 21) 1 22) 3 23) 1 24) 3
25) 3 26) 4 27) 1 28) 3 29) 2 30) 3
initial elevation is ( g = 10 m s −2 ) 31) 1
1) 2:1 2) 3:1 3) 3:2 4) 4 :1
28. A body is thrown horizontally with a velocity LEVEL - II (H.W) - HINTS
u from the top of a tower.The displacement
of the stone when the horizontal and vertical 1. P+Q=7,P-Q=3 ; P1 =P+3, Q1 = Q + 3
velocities are equal is
R = P1 + Q1 + 2 P1Q1 cos θ
2 2

u2 u2  u2  2u 2
1) 2) 3)  2g 
5 4) 2.
g 2g   g A
CIRCULAR MOTION
29. A ball is projected with 20 2 m/s at angle M
N
45 with horizontal. The angular velocity of
0

the particle at highest point of its journey

about point of projection is
1) 0.1 rad/s 2) 1 rad/s L
B C
3) 0.3 rad/s 4) 0.4 rad/s → → →
30. A particle is moving along a circular path in from figure AB + BC = 2 BM
xy − plane. When it crosses x − axis, it has
an acceleration along the path of 1.5m / s 2 ,
and is moving with a speed of 10 m/s in −ve θ2
y − direction. The total acceleration is C
B
y

3.
θ1
2m
A
→ → → → → → →
x A+ B = − C , A = B , 2 A = C
→ →
anglebetween A and B is 90 0
→ → → → →
10 m/s B + C = A anglebetween B and C is 135 0
1) 50iˆ − 1.5 ˆjm / s 2 2) 10iˆ − 1.5 ˆjm / s 2
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4.
1 2
A 13 cm
B 26. h= gt − u sin θ .t
2
T
x 1
T2 1 2u sin θ t1
17-x 27. h = gt12 − u sin θ .t1 ; t2 = , =?
2 g t2
w
169 kgwt u u2
2 T T T 28. s = x 2 + y 2 , x = u. , y =
132 = x 2 + (17 − x ) ; 1 = 2 = 3 g 2g
ur ur ur uur x 17 − x 13
ω = v ; 30. a = ar  − i  + at  − j 
^ ^
5. r1 + v1t = r2 + v2t ; 6. 4t − 5t 2 = 0 29.
r    
→  → s 2π rN
dr
v = 31. v= =
7.  dt  t t
 t = 2 s
→
8. r = ut + 1 at 2 LEVEL - III
2
equate x coordinate to 84 to find time t
120 1. BC is divided into four equal parts by P, Q
9. v1 + v2 = , verify options uuur uuur
60 and R. The resultant of AB and 3AC is
→ → 5 ^
10. v AW = v 1 = 800 × j B
P
18
→ → ^ → → →
v W = v 2 = 15 i ; v W = v AW + v W Q
AB
vB t1 + t2 vw R
= 2 13. sin 30 =
11. vR t1 − t2 12. s= d +x2
vm
1 2 A
14. x = u cos θ .t ; y = u sin θ t − 2 gt C
AC
2u cos θ .u sin θ uuur uuur uuur uuur
R= ; x1 = R − x 1) AR 2) 4AR 3) 4AP 4) PQ
g 2. A particle moves in the XY plane under the
u u
15. v= 1 + 3cos 2 θ 16. t = action of a force →
2 g sin θ F such that the value of its
u sin 2θ1
2
u sin 2θ 2
2
 →
17. R1 = , R2 = linear momentum  P  at any time 't' is
g g  
2
uy Px = 2 cos t , Py = 2 sin t . The angle ' θ '
R2 − R1 ; H =
2g
between → →
F and P at a given time 't' will be
mv sin θ 1 2H
18. p= , p = 2mv sin θ 19. t = 1) θ = 0° 2) θ = 30°
2 g
u2 3) θ = 90° 4) θ = 180°
21. A = π R , R =
2
20. Hα R g
3. Three particles A,B & C start from the origin
at the same time; A with a velocity ‘a’ along
u 2 cos 2 θ 2h x - axis, B with a velocity ‘b’ along y-axis and
22. r= 23. x = ( u1 + u2 ) C with velocity ‘c’in XY plane along the line
g g
x = y. The magnitude of ‘c’ so that the three
m1 v2 2 v1v2 2h
24. = , t= 25. h = R = u always remain collinear is :
m2 v1 g g
a +b ab 2ab
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4. Two forces F1 and F2 are acting at a point, 8. Resultant of two vectors of magnitude P and
Q is of magnitude `Q’. If the magnitude of
whose resultant is F . If F2 is doubled F is ur
Q is doubled now the angle made by new re-
also doubled. If F2 is reversed then also F ur
sultant with P is
is doubled. Then F1 : F2 : F is 1) 300 2) 900 3) 600 4) 1200
1) 2: 2: 3 2) 3: 3: 2 9. The two forces 2 2N and x N are acting at
3) 3 : 2 : 3 4) 2 : 3 : 2 a point their resultant is perpendicular to x̂N
5. Two vectors of equal magnitude P are and having magnitude of 6 N . The angle
inclined at some angle such that the differ- between the two forces and
ence in magnitude of resultant and magnitude magnitude of x are.
of either of the vectors is 0.732 times either
of the magnitude of vectors. If the angle be- 1) θ = 1200 , X = 2 N 2) θ = 300 , X = 2 N
tween them is increased by half of its initial 3) θ = 1500 , X = 3 N 4) θ = 1500 , X = 2 N
value then find the magnitude of difference 10. The square of the resultant of two forces 4 N
of the vectors and 3 N exceeds the square of the resultant
1) 2P 2) 2P 3) 3P 4) 3P of the two forces by 12 when they are mutu-
6. If ‘O’ is at equilibrium then the values of the ally perpendicular.The angle between the
vectors is.
tension T1 and T2 are, (20 N is acting
vertically downwards at O). 1) 300 2) 600 3) 900 4) 1200
11. An aeroplane flies along a straight line from
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| A to B with a speed v0 and back again with
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

0
60 the same speed v0 . A steady wind v is blowing.
If AB = l then
T1 2v0l
a) total time for the trip is v 2 − v 2 if wind
0
0
150 blows along the line AB
0
2l
O 60 b) total time for the trip is v 2 − v 2 , if wind
0

T2 blows perpendicular to the line AB

20 N
c) total time for the trip decrease because of
the presence of wind
d) total time for the trip increase because of the
presence of wind
1) 20N, 30N 2) 20 3N,20N 1) a , b , d are correct
3) 20 3N,20 3N 4) 10N, 30N 2) a , b , c are correct
3) only a , d are correct
7. A particle starts from the origin at t = 0 s with 4) only b , d are correct
a velocity of 10.0 ˆj m/s and moves in the xy − 12. Two particles A and B move with constant
ur uur
plane with a constant acceleration of velocity v1 and v2 along two mutually
(8.0iˆ + 2.0 ˆj ) ms −2
.What time is the x − coor-- perpendicular straight lines towards
intersection point O as shown in figure. At
dinate of the particle 16m? moment t = 0 particles were located at
1) t = 2s 2) t = 4s 3) t = 3s 4) t = 1s distance l1 and l2 respectively from O. Then

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minimum distance between the particles and 15. Two stones are projected from the top of a
time taken are respectively tower in opposite direction, with the same
1 velocity V but at 300 & 600 with horizontal
A Vt respectively.The relative velocity of first
1 stone relative to second stone is
2V V
S l1 1) 2v 2) 2v 3) 4)
3 2
16. A motor boat going down stream comes over
a floating body at a point A. 60 minutes later
2 B
l2 O it turned back and after some time passed
V 2t the floating body at a distance of 12 km from
the point A. Find the velocity of the stream
l1v2 − l2 v1 l1v1 + l2 v2 assuming constant velocity for the motor boat
1) , in still water.
v12 + v22 v12 + v22 1) 2 km/hr 2) 3 km/hr
3) 4 km/hr 4) 6 km/hr
l1v1 − l2v2 l1v2 + l2 v1 17. It is raining at a speed of 5 m / s −1 at an angle
2) ,
v +v
2
1
2
2
v +v
2
1
2
2 370 to vertical, towards east.A man is moving
to west with a velocity of 5 m / s −1 . The angle
l1v2 − l2v1 l1 ( l1v1 + l2 v2 ) l1 with the vertical at which he has to hold the
3)
v12 + v22 (
l2 , v12 + v22 l2 ) umbrella to protect himself from rain is.
1) tan −1 ( 2 ) to west 2) tan −1 ( 2 ) to east
l1v2 − l2 v1 l2 ( l1v1 + l2v2 ) l2
−1  1  −1  1 
4)
v +v
2
1
2
2
(
l1 , v12 + v22 l1 ) 3) tan   to south 4) tan   to east
2 2
13. The distance between two moving particles P 18. Rain, pouring down at an angle α with the
and Q at any time is a. If vr be their relative vertical has a speed of 10ms −1 . A girl runs
velocity and if u and v be the components of against the rain with a speed of 8ms −1 and
vr , along and perpendicular to PQ.The closest sees that the rain makes an angle β with the
distance between P and Q and time that vertical, then relation between α and β is
elapses before they arrive at their nearest
8 + 10sin β 8 + 10sin α
distance is 1) tan α = 2) tan β =
10 cos β 10 cos α
a ( v + vr )  vr 
2

1) , a 1 +  3) tan α = tan β 4) tan α = cot β

v  u 19. A man can swim directly a stream of width
2 100 m in 4 minutes, when there in no current
av  u
2) ( v + v , a 1 +  of water and in 5 minutes when there is
r )  vr  current of water. The velocity of the current
of water in the stream is
avr avr av au
3) , 2 4) v , v 2 1) 15ms −1 2) 5ms −1 3) 2.5ms −1 4) 0.25ms −1
v u r r 20. The velocity of a boat in still water is 10 m/s. If
14. Two ships are 10 km apart on a line from south water flows in the river with a velocity of 6 m/s
to north. The one farther north is moving what is the difference in times taken to cross
towards west at 40 kmph and the other is the river in the shortest path and the shortest
moving towards north at 40 kmph. Then time. The width of the river is 80 m.
distance of their closest approach is
3
10 1) 1s 2) 10s 3) s 4) 2s
1) 10 km 2) 10 2 km 3) km 4) 20 km 2
2
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21. A boat takes 4 hrs to travel certain distance 26. A projectile has initially the same horizontal
in a river in down stream and it takes 6 hrs to velocity as it would acquire if it had moved
travel the same distance in upstream. Then from rest with uniform acceleration of 3ms −1
the time taken by the boat to travel
for 0.5 minutes. If the maximum height
the same distance in still water is reached by it is 80m then the angle of
1) 4.8 hrs 2) 9.8 hrs 3) 24 hrs 4) 10 hrs. projection is [ g = 10 ms −2 ]

22. A boats man finds that he can save 6 sec in

−1 3
crossing a river by quicker path, then by 1) tan −1 (3) 2) tan ( )
2
shortest path if the velocity of boat and river
be respectively 17 m/s and 8 m/s, then river
−1  4  −1  4 
width is 3) tan   4) sin  
9 9
1) 675 m 2) 765 m 3) 567 m 4) 657 m
23. A boy playing on the roof of a 10 m high build- 27. A ball is thrown from a point with a speed V0 ,
ing throws a ball with a speed of 10 m s −1 at an at an angle of projection θ . From the same
point and at the same instance a person starts
angle of 300 with the horizontal. How far from
V0
the throwing point will the ball be at a height of running with a constant speed to catch
2
10 m from the ground?
the ball will the person be able to catch the
1) 5.2 m 2) 4.33 m 3) 2.66 m 4) 8.66 m ball ? If yes, what should be the angle of
24. At a given instant of time the position vector projection
of a particle moving in a circle with a velocity 1) yes, 60° 2) yes, 30°
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
3 i − 4 j + 5 k is i + 9 j − 8 k .Its angular veloc- 3) No 4) yes, 45°
ity at that time is:
28. The coach throws a baseball to a player with
^ ^ ^ −1
^ ^ ^ an initial speed of 20 m s at an angle of 45°
(13i − 29 j − 31k ) (13i− 29 j− 31k ) with the horizontal. At the moment the ball is
1. 2.
146 146 thrown, the player is 50 m from coach. The
speed and the direction that the player has
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ to run to catch the ball at the same height at
(13i + 29 j − 31k ) (13i + 29 j+ 31k )
3. 4. which it was released in m s −1 is
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25. A projectile is given an initial velocity 5
1) away from coach
^ ^ 2
i + 2 j .The cartesian equation of its path is
5
−2
(g = 10ms ) (JEE MAIN - 2013) 2)
2
towards the coach

1) y = 2x − 5x 2 2) 9y = 12x − 5x 2
2
3) towards the coach
3) y = 9x − 5x 2 4) 5y = x − 9x 2 5

2
4) away from the coach
5
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29. If a stone is to hit at a point which is at a
distance d away and at a height h (see fig) u2 h 2u2h
2) d =
2 2
above the point from where the stone starts, 1) d =
2 g
then what is the value of initial speed u if the
3) d = h 4) gd2 = u2h
stone is launched at an angle θ ?
32. A ball is projected from the top of a tower
with a velocity 3i$ + 4 $j + 5 k$ m s −1 , where
$i, $j & k$ are unit vectors along east, north
and vertical upwards respectively. If the
height of the tower is 30 m, its range is
h (g = 10ms )−2

1) 12 m 2) 9 m 3) 15 m 4) 25 m
θ 33. A ball is projected from the top of a tower
d with a velocity 3i$ + 4 $j + 5 k$ m s −1 , where
$i, $j & k$ are unit vectors along east, north and
d g d g
2 ( d tan θ − h ) cosθ
1) sin θ 2) vertical upwards respectively. If the height
2(d tan θ − h)
of the tower is 30 m, its time of flight is

3)
gd 2
4)
gd 2 (g = 10ms )−2

h cos 2 θ ( d − h) 1) 5 2) 3 3) 0.3 4) 0.5

30. If a projectile crosses two walls of equal 34. A cricketer of height 2.5 m throws a ball at an
height h symmetrically as shown in the fig. angle of 300 with the horizontal such that it is
Choose the correct statement (s) received by another cricketer of same height
standing at distance of 50 m from the first one.
( g = 10m / s ) 2
Find the maximum height attained by the ball.
1) 10 m 2) 9 m 3) 10.7 m 4) 9.7 m
u 35. A particle when fired at an angle
θ = 600 along the direction of the breadth of
a rectangular building of dimension
t = 2s t = 6s 9m × 8 m × 4 m so as to sweep the edges. Find
h the range of the projectile.
θ 8 4
1) 8 3 2) 4 3 3) 4)
120 m 3 3
36. A hiker stands on the edge of a cliff 490 m above
1) The time of flight is 8 sec the ground and throws a stone horiozontally with
2) The height of each wall is 60 m an initialspeed of15m s-1 neglecting air resistance.
3) The maximum height of projectile is 80m The time taken by the stone to reach the ground in
4) All the above seconds is (g=9.8ms-2 )
31. A particle is dropped from a height h. Another 1) 5 2) 10 3) 1 4) 15
particle which is initially at a horizontal 37. A hiker stands on the edge of a cliff 490 m
distance ‘d’ from the first is simultaneously above the ground and throws a stone
projected with a horizontal velocity u and the horizontally with an initial speed of 15ms-1
two particles just collide on the ground. Then Neglecting air resistance, the speed with
which it hits the ground in ms-1 is (g=9.8ms-2 )
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38. The direction of projectile at certain instant the two fragments, when their displacement
is inclined at angle α to the horizontal after t
vectors is inclined at 600 relative to each
sec.If it is inclined at an angle β then the
horizontal component of velocity is other is ( g = 10ms −2 )

g gt 1) 40 3 2) 80 3 3) 120 3 4) 480 3
1) 2)
tan α − tan β tan α − tan β
43. An object in projected up the inclined at the
t gt
3) 4) angle shown in the figure with an initial
g(tan α − tan β ) (tan α + tan β )
velocity of 30ms −1 . The distance x up the
39. Two bodies are projected from the same point
with same speed in the directions making an incline at which the object lands is
angle α1 and α 2 with horizontal and strike A
at the same point in the horizontal plane
through a point of projection. If t1 and t2 30 ms-1
X
300
t −t
2
1
2
2
are their time of flights. Then 300
t +t
2
1
2
2

tan (α1 − α 2 ) sin (α1 + α 2 ) 1) 600 m 2) 104m 3) 60 m 4) 208 m

( 1 2)
1) tan α + α
( 1 2)
2) sin α − α
44. A projectile fired with velocity u at right
angle to the slope which is inclined at an angle
sin (α1 − α 2 ) sin 2 (α1 − α 2 )
θ with horizontal. The expression for R is
( 1 2)
3) sin α + α
( 1 2)
4) sin 2 α + α

40. At a certain height a body at rest explodes 2u 2 2u 2

into two equal fragments with one fragment 1. tan θ 2. sec θ
g g
receiving a horizontal velocity of 10 ms −1 The
time interval after the explosion for which the
velocity vectors of the two fragments become u2 2u 2
3. tan 2 θ 4. tan θ sec θ
perpendicular to each other is ( g = 10 ms −2 )
g g

1) 1s 2) 2s 3) 1.5s 4)1.7s 45. In figure shown below, the time taken by the
41. At a certain height a shell at rest explodes into projectile to reach from A to B is t then, the
two equal fragments one of the fragments distance AB is equal to
receives a horizontal velocity u.The time interval
after which the velocity vectors will be inclined B

at 1200 to each other is

u 3u 2u u
1) 2) 3) 4) 0
3g g 3g 2 3g 60 0
30
42. A bomb at rest at the summit of a cliff breaks A C
into two equal fragments.One of the
fragments attains a horizontal velocity of ut 3ut
1) 2) 3) 3ut 4) 2ut
20 3ms −1 .The horizontal distance between 3 2

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46. A particle moves on a circle of radius r with 2. p = 2 cos tiˆ + 2 sin tjˆ
centripetal acceleration as function of time r dpr
F= = −2 sin tiˆ + 2 cos tjˆ
as a c = k 2 rt 2 where k is a positive constant. dt
r r r r
Find the resultant acceleration. p.F = 0 ⇒ p ⊥ to F
1) kt 2 2) kr
3) kr k 2 t 4 + 1 4) kr k 2 t 2 − 1
B
47. A particle moves in a circular path such that (0,b)  c c 
 , 
its speed v varies with distance as v = α s  2 2
where α is a positive constant. Find the 3. C
acceleration of particle after traversing a 450 A
distance S? 0 (a, 0 )
1 S2 1 S2 c
1) α − 2) α + b−
2 2

4 R2 4 R2 2 = b−0
comparing the slopes
0−
c 0−a
1 S2 1 S2 2
3) α + 4) α +
2

2 R2 2 R2 4. F = F1 + F2 + 2 F1 F2 cos θ ...(1)
2 2 2

48. A particle moves in a circle of radius 20 cm. 4F 2 = F12 + 4F22 + 4F1F2 cosθ ...(2)
Its linear speed is given by v = 2t where t is 4 F 2 = F12 + F22 − 2 F1 F2 cos θ ...(3)
in s and v in m/s. Then
a) the radial acceleration at t = 2s is 80ms–2 5. R − P = 0.732 P ; R = 1.732 P = 3P
b) tangential acceleration at t = 2s is 2 ms–2 θ  θ
But 2 P.cos   = 3P ; θ = θ +
1
c) net acceleration at t = 2 s is greater than 2 2
80 ms–2 6. T1 sin 30 = T2 cos 30 ; T1 = 3T2 ...(1)
0 0

d) tangential acceleration remains constant in

magnitude. T1 cos 300 = 20 + T2 ...(2) ; solving (1) and (2)
r r 1r r r r
r ( t ) = v0t + at 2 ; r ( t ) = 4t 2 i + (10t + t 2 ) j
1) only a,b,c are correct 2) only a,b,d are correct
3) only a,c,d are correct 4) all a,b,c,d are correct 7.
2
LEVEL - III - KEY 4t = 16
2

01) 2 02) 3 03) 4 04) 4 05) 2 06) 2 8. Q 2 = P 2 + Q 2 + 2 PQ cos θ ;

07) 1 08) 2 09) 1 10) 2 11) 1 12) 1 P 2Q sin θ
13) 4 14) 3 15) 2 16)4 17) 1 18) 2 cosθ = − ;Tan α =
2Q P + 2Q cos θ
19)4 20) 4 21) 1 22) 2 23) 4 24) 2 9.
25) 1 26) 3 27) 4 28) 2 29) 2 30) 4 x
31) 2 32) 3 33) 2 34) 4 35) 1 36) 2
37) 2 38) 2 39) 3 40) 1 41) 1 42) 4
43) 3 44) 1 45) 1 46) 3 47) 2 48) 4
6
2 2
LEVEL - III - HINTS
uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur θ 900
1. AC + CB = AB ; AC + 4CR = AB
uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur uuur
(
uuur uuur uuur
)
AC + 4 AR − AC = AB ; 4 AR − 3 AC = AB x
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x Since OB = l2 − v 2t and OA = l1 − v 1t and

x 2 + 6 = 8;sin θ =
2 2
AB 2 = OB 2 + OA2 ⇒ s = ( l1 − v1t ) + ( l2 − v2t )
2 2 2

2 2
10.  4 + 3 + 24cos θ  = 12 +  4 + 3  ds d 2
( )
2 2 2 2
    For s to be minimum = 0 or s =0
11. a,b,d are correct dt dt
When wind blows along the line AB, ds
t = t A→ B + t B → A ⇒ 2s = 2(l1 − ν 1t ) −ν 1 + 2(l2 − ν 2 t ) −ν 2 = 0
dt
l l 2lv lv +l v
⇒t = + ⇒t = 2 02 −l1v1 + v12t − l2 v2 + v22t = 0 ⇒ t = 1 12 2 2 2
v + v0 v0 − v v0 − v v1 + v2

If wind blows perpendicular to AB

2 2
 l v +l v     l v + l v 
S 2
= l −  1 12 22 2  v1  + l2 − v2  1 12 22 2 
  v1 + v2     v1 + v2 
min
v0
v v v0
( l1v2 − l2v1 ) ⇒ S = l1v2 − l2 v1
2

B A B ⇒ S min =
2
min
A
v1 v1 v12 + v22 v12 + v22
t = t A→ B + t B → A 13. Assuming P to be at rest, particle Q is moving
v = v −v
t 2
0
2
v = v −v
t 2
0
2 with velocity vr , in the direction shown in
l l figure. components of vr along and perpendicular
t A→ B = t B→ A = to PQ are u and v respectively, In the figure
v02 − v 2 v02 − v 2
u v
2l sin α = , cos α =
Hence t = v 2 − v 2 vr vr
0
P
If the wind were not present then total time
2l α
taken for the trip would have been t = v
0
i.e. the total time for the trip increases because
of the presence of wind. a
u v1
12. Let the separation between the particles be
minimum at time t, Then
1
V1t
A α
Q
The closest distance between the particles is PR.
S
l1
v av
S min = PR = PQ cos α = ( a )  ⇒ Smin =
 vr  vr
B
2 Time after which they arrive at their nearest
O distance is
l2
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v
(a)  
QR ( PQ ) sin α  vr  = au β
t= = = VR − VG
vr vr vr vr2 α
VR=10
14. S min = d × sin θ y
15.
V V
x
−VG = 8
x
30
0 0
60 sin α = ; x = VR sin α
VR
y x + VG
cos α = ; y = VR cos α ; Tanβ =
VR y

d d
19. t1 =
VB , t2 = V 2 − V 2
B W

d d
20. t1 = , t2 =
ur VB − VW
2 2
VB
V 1 = V cos 30iˆ + V sin 30 ˆj
ur t1 =
d
t2 =
d
t3 =
d
V 2 = −V cos 60iˆ + V sin 60 ˆj 21. VB + VW , VB − VW , VB
ur ur ur
V 12 = V 1 − V 2 d d
22. Given t1 − t2 = 6 ; t1 = , t2 =
16. d = (v B
+ vW ) t1 − − (1) ; VB 2 − VW 2 VB
( B − v w ) t2 − − ( 2 ) ;
d − 12 = v
u 2 sin 2θ →
→
r× v
→

12 = v ( t + t ) − − − ( 3 ) 22. R= 24. ω = →2
w 1 2 g
r
solve above equations
25. u cos θ = 1 , u sin θ = 2
use equation of the projectile
θ u 2 sin 2 θ
0 VR-VM 26. V = at ; V = u cos θ ; H =
37 2g
VR=5 V 2 sin 2θ 2V0 sin θ
and T =
y R= 0
17. 27. for projectile
g g
S = Vt for the person
For angle, equate range of the projectile with the
x -VM=5 distance travelled by the person.
x 3 y x + VM u 2 sin 2θ
sin 37 = = ; cos 37 = ; Tanθ = 28. R ball = , s = vt
VR 5 VR y g
18.
1
29. h = (u sin θ )t − gt 2 , d = ( u c o s θ ) t
2

T = 6 + 2 = 8sec ; h = 8 ( 8 − 4 )
g 2 2
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39. α1 + α 2 = 900 ⇒ sin (α1 + α 2 ) = 1

H=
8
(8 )
g 2
2u sin α1 2u sin α 2
t1 = , t2 =
2h 2h g g
31. t= and R = u
g g
u1u2 u1u2
40. t= 41. t= cot(θ / 2)
u sin θ + ( u sin θ ) + 2 gH g g
2

32. T = ; R = u cos θ .T 2 u1u2 θ

g 42. x = ( u1 + u2 ) cot
g 2
u sin θ + ( u sin θ ) + 2 gH From figure α = 30 , θ = 600
2 0
43.
33. T=
g 2u 2 cos θ sin (θ − α )
R=
tan θ =
4H
, H max = H + hcrickter , R = 50m g cos 2 α
34.
R θ 1 = 900 + θ , θ 1 − θ = 900
35. 44. α =θ
2u 2 cos θ 1 sin (θ 1 − θ )
R=
g cos 2 θ
(x,h) (x+b,h) 45. u x = u cos θ = u cos 600
w AC
x = AC = u x .t; from figure cos 300 =
θ AB
AC
x b = 2h x AB =
cos 300
46. From given equation ω = kt;
R dω
gx 2 α= = k ; at = rα ; a = ac 2 + at 2
y = h = x tan θ − 2 , dt
2u cos 2 θ
2
 dv   v 
2 2
R u sin 2θ 2
a = a +a =   + 
2 2
R = x + x + 2h ⇒ x = − h and R = 47. t t
 dt   R 
2 g
using the above equations v2 (2t)2
2 48. v = 2t, a c = = = 20t 2 = 20 × 22 = 80 m / s 2
R  1R  r 0.2
h =  − h  tan θ −  − h  tan θ dv
2  R 2  at = = 2 m / s2
dt
θ 
⇒ R = 2h cot   Net acceleration : a = a 2c + a 2t > 80 m / s 2
2
putting θ = 600 , h = 4m then R = 8 3m
LEVEL-IV
2h
36. t= 37. V = Vx + Vy ; Vy = 2 gh
2 2 2
g
Matching Type Questions
Vy Vy − gt
38. Tanα = ; Tanβ = ;
1. The relations between the three vectors
u cos α u cos β → → →

gt A, B and C are given in column I. The angles

Tanα − Tanβ =
u cos β between the vectors are given in column II in
a random order.
gt
u cos β = u cos α ⇒ u cos β = Column - I Column - II
Tanα − Tanβ
→ → →
a) A − B = C and e) π

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