PHYSICS

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MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
1. A blind person after walking 10 steps in (a) 4.0 m/s (b) 5.0 m/s
one direction each of length 80 cm, turns (c) 5.5 m/s (d) 4.8 m/s
randomly to the left or to right by 90◦ .
After walking a total of 40 steps, the max- 6. If a body travels half the distance with ve-
imum displacement of the person from its locity v1 and the next half with velocity
starting point can be v2 , its average velocity will be given by
√ √
(a) zero (b) 8 2 m (a) v = v1 × v2 (b) v = v1 +v
2
2

√ (c) v = vv12 (d) v2 = v11 + v12

(c) 16 2 m (d) 32 m

2. An athlete completes one round of a circu- 7. If a car covers 2/5th of the total distance
lar track of diameter 200 m in 40 s. What with v1 speed and 3/5th distance with v2
will be the distance covered at the end of then the average speed is
1√ v1 + v2
2 minutes 20 s ? (a) v1 v2 (b)
2 2
(a) 1100 m (b) 2200 m 2v1 v2 5v1 v2
(c) (d)
(c) 2000 m (d) 1000 m v1 + v2 3v1 + 2v2

3. A person moves 30 m north and then 20 m 8. A particle moving in a straight line cov-
√ ers half the distance with speed v0 . The
towards east and finally 30 2 m in south-
west direction. The displacement of the other half of the distance is covered in two
person from the origin will be equal time intervals with speed v1 and v2 ,
(1) 10 m along north respectively. The average speed of the par-
(2) 10 m along south ticle during this motion is
v0 (v1 + v2 ) 2v0 (v1 + v2 )
(3) 10 m along west (4) Zero (a) (b)
v0 + v1 + v2 v0 + v1 + v2
2v0 (v1 + v2 ) v0 (v1 + v2 )
4. An aeroplane flies 400 m north and 300 m (c) (d)
2v0 + v1 + v2 2v0 + v1 + v2
south and then flies 1200 m upwards then
net displacement is 9. The displacement of a body along the x-
√
(1) 1200 m (2) 1300 m axis depends on time as x = t + 2, then
(3) 1400 m (4) 1500 m the velocity of body
(a) increases with time
5. A particle moving in a straight line cov- (b) decreases with time
ers half the distance with speed of 3 m/s. (c) independent of time
The other half of the distance is covered (d) None of these
in two equal time intervals with speed of
√
4.5 m/s and 7.5 m/s respectively. The av- 10. The relation 3t = 3x + 6 describes the
erage speed of the particle during this mo- displacement of a particle in one direction
tion is where x is in meter and t in second. The
 displacement, when velocity is zero, is 16. An object moving with a speed of
(a) 24 m (b) 12 m 6.25 m/s, is decelerated at a rate is given
(c) 5 m (d) zero dv √
by : = −2.5 v where v is the instan-
dt
taneous speed. Find the time taken by the
11. A particle located at x = 0 at time
object, to come to rest.
t = 0, starts moving along the positive x-
(a) 1 s (b) 2 s
direction with a velocity v that varies as
√ (c) 3 s (d) 4 s
v = α x. The displacement of the parti-
cle varies with time as 17. If displacement x of particle moving in
1/2
(a) t (b) t straight line is given by x = t3 −12t, where
(c) t3 (d) t2 t is time in s and x is in metre. Find the
acceleration of the particle, when velocity
12. A 150 m long train is moving with a uni-
of the particle is zero.
form velocity of 45 km/h. The time taken
(a) 12 m s−2 (b) 9 m s−2
by the train to cross a bridge of length
(c) 15 m s−2 (d)5 m s−2
850 m is
(a) 56 s (b) 68 s 18. A point moves rectilinearly with decelera-
(c) 80 s (d) 92 s tion whose modulus depends on the veloc-
√
ity v of the particle as a = α v, where α
13. A car, starting from rest, accelerates at the
is a positive constant. At the initial mo-
rate α through a distance d, then contin-
ment, the velocity of the point is equal to
ues at a constant speed for time t and then
v0 . What distance will it traverse before it
decelerates at the rate of α/2 to come to
stops and what time will it take to cover
rest. If the total distance traveled is 15d,
that distance? √
then 3/2
2v0 2 v0
3/2
v0 (v0 )3/2
1 2 1 2 (a) , (b) ,
(a) d = αt (b) d = αt 3α α α α
2 4
1 2 1 2 3/2 1/2 √
(c) d = αt (d) d = αt v 3v0 2v 2 v0
72 6 (c) 0 , (d) 0 ,
2α 2α α 4α
14. When a bullet is fired at a target, its ve-
19. The acceleration ’ a ’ in m/s2 of a parti-
locity decreases by half after penetrating
cle is given by a = 3t2 + 2t + 2 where t
30 cm into it. The additional thickness it
is the time. If the particle starts out with
will penetrate before coming to rest is
a velocity u = 2 m/s at t = 0, then the
(a) 30 cm (b) 40 cm
velocity at the end of 2 seconds is
(c) 10 cm (d) 50 cm
(a) 12 m/s (b) 18 m/s
15. The acceleration of a particle is increas- (c) 27 m/s (d) 36 m/s
ing linearly with time t as bt. The particle
20. The position of a particle moving along the
starts from the origin with an initial ve-
x-axis at certain times is given below:
locity v0 . The distance travelled by the
particle in time t will be
1 1
(a) v0 t + bt2 (b) v0 t + bt3
3 3 Which of the following describes the mo-
1 3 1 2 tion correctly
(c) v0 t + bt (d) v0 t + bt
6 2
 (1) Uniform, accelerated interval when there is non-zero accelera-
(2) Uniform, decelerated tion and retardation is
(3) Non-uniform, accelerated
(4) There is not enough data for general-
ization

21. The relation between time and distance is

t = αx2 + βx, where α and β constant. (a) 60 m (b) 50 m
The retardation is (c) 30 m (d) 40 m
3 3
(a) 2αv (b) 2βv
(c) 2αbv 3
(d) 2β 2 v 3 25. Match the situation given in List I with
the possible curves in List II.
22. A body A starts from rest with an acceler-
ation a1 . After 2 s, another body B starts
from rest with an acceleration a2 . If they
cover equal distances in the 5th second af-
ter the start of A, then the ratio a1 : a2 is
equal to
(a) 5 : 9 (b) 5 : 7
(c) 9 : 5 (d) 9 : 7

23. Refer to the given graph and fill in the

blanks by choosing an appropriate option.

26. All the graphs below are intended to rep-

The displacement of the particle from its resent the same motion. One of them does
initial position at the end of 15 s and 30 s it incorrectly. Pick it up.
is —(i)— and —(ii)— respectively. The
average velocity of the particle between
15 s and 25 s and 0 s to 30 s is —(iii)—
and —(iv)— respectively.

24. Velocity-time (v − t) graph for a moving 27. Which graph corresponds to an object
object is shown in the figure. Total dis- moving with a constant negative accel-
placement of the object during the time eration and a positive velocity?
 where a, b and c are positive numbers. The
velocity-time graph of the particle is

28. A particle starts from the origin at time

t = 0 and moves along the positive x-axis. 31. The graph below shows the velocity versus
The graph of velocity with respect to time time graph of a body.
is shown in figure. What is the position of
the particle at time t = 5 s ?
Which of the following graphs represents
the corresponding acceleration v/s time
graph?

29. A body is thrown vertically upwards.

Which one of the following graphs cor-
rectly represent the velocity vs time?
32. Look at the graphs (1) to (4) carefully and
indicate which of these possibly represents
onedimensional motion of a particle

30. The position-time relation of a particle

moving along the x-axis is given by
33. The given graph shows the variation of
x = a − bt + ct2 velocity with displacement. Which one of
the graph given below correctly represents
 the variation of acceleration with displace- a tower and cover half the height of the
ment tower in the last second of its journey.
Find the time taken by the stone to reach
the foot of the tower.
√ √
(a) (2 + 2)s (b) (2 − 2)s
√ √
(c) (2 2 − 2)s (d) (2 + 2 2)s

38. A balloon is ascending at the rate of

20 m s−1 at a height of 105 metre above
the ground when a package is dropped.
How long does it take the package to reach
the ground? (g = 10 m s−2 )
(a) 7 s (b) 5 s
(c) 2 s (d) 10 s

39. A parachutist after bailing out falls 80 m

without friction. When the parachute
34. A body thrown vertically upwards with an opens, it decelerates at 2 m/s2 . He reaches
initial velocity u reaches maximum height the ground with a speed of 20 m/s. At
in 6 seconds. The ratio of the distances what height, did he bail out?
travelled by the body in the first second (a) 180 m (b) 280 m
and the seventh second is (c) 380 m (d) 480 m
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 11 : 1
(c) 1 : 2 (d) 1 : 11 40. A robot shoots a ball vertically upwards at
an initial speed of 30 m s−1 . What is the
35. Two particles are released from the same distance travelled by the ball 5 s after the
height at an interval of 1 s. How long after shoot? (Take g = 10 m s−2 )
the first particle begins to fall will the two (a) 25 m (b) 45 m
particles be 10 m apart? (c) 65 m (d) 75 m
(Take, g = 10 m/s2 )
(a) 1.5 s (b) 2 s 41. The water drop falls at regular intervals
(c) 1.25 s (d) 2.5 s from a tap 5 m above the ground. The
third drop is leaving the tap at instant
36. From the top of a tower, a particle is the first drop touches the ground. How
thrown vertically downwards. with a ve- far above the ground is the second drop at
locity of 10 m/s. The ratio of the dis- that instant?
tances, covered by it in the 3rd and (a) 3.75 m (b) 4.00 m
nd (c) 1.25 m (d) 2.50 m.
2 seconds of the motion is (Take g =
2
10 m/s )
(a) 5 : 7 (b) 7 : 5 42. A juggler maintains four balls in the air
(c) 3 : 6 (d) 6 : 3 with air with throwing speed 20 m/s up-
wards in regular time intervals. When one
37. A stone is allowed to fall from the top of ball is about to leave his hand the height
 of balls in air from the ground will be: The initial speed of the second ball is
(a) 60 m, 80 m, 60 m, 0 m (a) 10 m/s (b) 20 m/s
(b) 30 m, 40 m, 30 m, 0 m (c) 30 m/s (d) 40 m/s
(c) 15 m, 20 m, 15 m, 0 m
(d) 10m, 20m, 10m, 0m 48. A ball is released from the top of a tower
of height h meters. It takes T seconds to
43. A balloon carrying a stone is moving with reach the ground. What is the position of
uniform speed 5 m/s vertically upward. the ball in T /3 seconds
At some instant, stone is dropped from the (a) h/9 meters from the ground
balloon and it strikes the ground after 10 s (b) 7h/9 meters from the ground
of its release. The height from which stone (c) 8 h/9 meters from the ground
was dropped is (d) 17 h/18 meters from the ground
(a) 250 m (b) 350 m
(c) 450 m (d) None 49. A stone dropped from a building of height
h and it reaches after t second on the
44. A rocket is fired upward from the earth’s earth. From the same building if two
surface such that it creates an accelera- stones are thrown (one upwards and other
2
tion of 20 m/s . If after 5 s its engine is downwards) with the same speed and they
switched off, the maximum height of the reach the earth surface after t1 and t2 sec-
rocket from the earth’s surface would be onds, respectively, then
t1 + t2
(a) 250 m (b) 500 m (a) t = t1 − t2 (b) t =
2
(c) 750 m (d) 1000 m
√
(c) t = t1 t2 (d) t = t21 t22
45. A man in a balloon, rising vertically with
an acceleration of 5 m/s2 , releases a ball 50. Two particles A and B are projected in air
10 s after the balloon is let go from the as shown. Find the time when they will
ground. The greatest height above the collide.
ground reached by the ball is
(a) 125 m (b) 250 m
(c) 375 m (d) 500 m

46. A body is projected vertically upwards.

If t1 and t2 be the times at which it is (a) 4 s (b) 2 s
at height h above the point of projec- (c) 1 s (d) 3 s
tion while ascending and descending re-
spectively, then h is 51. Two trains A and B have lengths 100 m
(a) 1/2gt1 t2 (b) gt1 t2 and 75 m respectively. They move in
(c) 2 gt1 t2 (d) 4 gt1 t2 opposite directions along parallel tracks
at 72 km h−1 and 54 km h−1 respectively.
47. A ball is dropped from the top of an What is the time taken by one train to
80 m high tower. After 2 s another ball is cross the other?
thrown downwards from the tower. Both (a) 20 s (b) 5 s
the balls reach the ground simultaneously. (c) 15 s (d) 35 s
52. A coin is released inside a lift at a height of constant velocity. Calculate the distance
2 m from the floor of the lift. The height of travelled by the policeman before he over-
the lift is 10 m. The lift is moving with an takes the car.
2
acceleration of 11 m/s downwards. Find (1) 250 m (2) 300 m
the time after which the coin will strike (3) 270 m (4) 280 m
with the lift.
(a) 1 s (b) 2 s 56. A police jeep is chasing with, velocity of
(c) 4 s (d) 3 s 45 km/h a thief in another jeep moving
with velocity 153 km/h. Police fires a bul-
53. When two bodies move uniformly towards let with muzzle velocity of 180 m/s. The
each other, the distance between them di- velocity it will strike the car of the thief is
minishes by 16 m in every 10 s. If bodies (1) 150 m/s (2) 27 m/s
move with velocities of the same magni- (3) 450 m/s (4) 250 m/s
tude and in the same direction as before
the distance between them will decrease 57. A burglar’s car had a start with an accel-
3 m in every 5 s. Find the velocity of two eration of 2 m/s2 . A police vigilant party
bodies. came after 5sec and continued to chase the
10 1 burglar’s car with a uniform velocity of
(a) 3 m/s, 16 m/s (b) m/s, m/s
11 2 20 m/s. Find the time in which the po-
11 3 i1 1 lice van overtakes the burglar’s car.
(c) m/s, m/s (d) m/s, m/s
10 2 10 2 (1) 10sec (2) 5sec
54. . (3) 20sec (4) 25sec

58. A train of 150 m length is going towards

north direction at a speed of 10 ms−1 .
A parrot flies at a speed of 5 ms−1 to-
wards south direction parallel to the rail-
way track. The time taken by the parrot
to cross the train is equal to
(a) A and B are moving with same veloc-
(a) 12 s (b) 8 s
ity in opposite directions
(c) 15 s (d) 10 s
(b) velocity of B is more than A in same
direction 59. A boat takes 2 hours to travel 8 km and
(c) velocity of A is more than B in same back in still water lake. With water veloc-
direction ity of 4 km h−1 , the time taken for going
(d) velocity of A and B is equal in same upstream of 8 km and coming back is
direction (a) 160 minutes (b) 80 minutes
(c) 100 minutes (d) 120 minutes
55. Robbers in a car travelling at 20 ms−1
pass a policeman on a motor cycle at rest. 60. A bus is moving with a velocity of 10 ms−1
The policeman immediately starts chasing on a straight road. A scootorist wishes to
the robbers. The policeman accelerates at overtake the bus in one minute. If the bus
−2
3 ms for 12 s and thereafter travels at is at a distance of 1.2 km ahead, then the
 velocity with which he has to chase the bus (a) xk0 (b) x0 k
k
is (c) x0 (d) 2x0 k
−1 −1
(a) 20 ms (b) 25 ms
(c) 60 ms −1
(d) 30 ms−1 66. The velocity of the particle at any time t
is given by v = 2t(3 − t)ms−1 . At what
61. A ship travels downstream from point A time is its velocity maximum?
to point B in two hours and upstream in (a) 2 s (b) 3 s
2
three hours. Then the time that it will (c) 3 s (d) 23 s
take a log of wood to cover the distance
from point A to point B is 67. The position x of a particle with respect to
(a) 12 h (b) 7 h time t along x-axis is given by x = 9t2 − t3
(c) 5 h (d) 1 h. where x is in metres and t is in seconds.
What will be the position of this particle
62. When two bodies move uniformly towards when it achieves maximum speed along the
each other, the distance decreases by +x direction ?
−1
6 m s . If both bodies move in the same (a) 54 m (b) 81 m
direction with the same speeds (as above), (c) 24 m (d) 32 m
the distance between them increases by
4 m s−1 . Then the speeds of the two bod- 68. The position-time (x − t) graphs for two
ies are children A and B returning from their
(a) 3 m s−1 and 3 m s−1 school O to their homes P and Q respec-
(b) 4 m s−1 and 2 m s−1 tively are as shown in the figure. Choose
(c) 5 m s−1 and 1 m s−1 the incorrect statement regarding these
(d) 7 m s−1 and 3 m s−1 graphs.

63. The position of an object moving along

x-axis is given by x = a + bt2 , where
a = 8.5 m and b = 2.5 m s−2 and t is
measured in seconds. The instantaneous
velocity of the object at t = 2 s is
(a) A lives closer to the school than B.
(a) 5 m s−1 (b) 10 m s−1
(b) A starts from the school earlier than
(c) 15 m s−1 (d) 20 m s−1
B.
64. The motion of a particle is described by (c) A walks faster than B.
the equation x = at + bt2 , where a = (d) A and B reach home at the same time.
15 cm s−1 and b = 3 cm s−2 . Its instan-
69. In the given v - t graph the distance trav-
taneous velocity at t = 3 s will be
elled by the body in 5 seconds will be
(a) 33 cm s−1 (b) 18 cm s−1
(c) 16 cm s−1 (d) 32 cm s−1

65. The motion


of aparticle is described by
x = x0 1 − e−kt ; t ≥ 0, x0 > 0, k > 0.
With what velocity does the particle start?
(a) 100 m (b) 80 m
 (c) 40 m (d) 20 m speed of 144 km h−1 is brought to a stop
within a distance of 200 m. How long does
70. Figure shows the displacement (x)-time (t) it take for the car to stop?
graph of a particle moving on the x-axis. (a) 5 s (b) 10 s
(c) 15 s (d) 20 s

74. A girl standing on a stationary lift (open

from above) throws a ball upwards with
initial speed 50 m s−1 . The time taken by
(a) The particle is at rest. the ball to return to her hands is (Take
(b) The particle is continuously going g = 10 m s−2 )
along x-direction. (a) 5 s (b) 10 s
(c) The velocity of the particle increases (c) 15 s (d) 20 s
upto time t0 and then becomes constant.
(d) The particle moves at a constant ve- 75. A body sliding on a smooth inclined plane
locity up to a time t0 and then stops. requires 4 seconds to reach the bottom,
starting from rest at the top. How much
71. A particle moving along a straight line has time does it take to cover one-fourth the
a velocity v m s−1 , when it cleared a dis- distance starting from rest at the top?
tance of x m. These two are connected by (a) 1 s (b) 4 s
√
the relation v = 49 + x. When its veloc- (c) 2 s (d) 16 s
ity is 1 m s−1 , its acceleration is
(a) 2 m s−2 (b) 7 m s−2
(c) 1 m s−2 (d) 0.5 m s−2

72. The figure shows a particle The figure

shows a particle moving along x-axis sub-
jected to three intervals of acceleration
(a). Rank the intervals according to the
changes in velocity they produce in the
particle, greatest first.

73. A car moving along a straight road with