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MOTION IN ONE AND TWO DIMENSIONS

1.

A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate for some time after which it decelerates at a constant rate to come to rest. If the total time elapsed is t, the maximum velocity acquired by the car is given by a)

FG + IJ t H K
2 2

b)

FG IJ t H K
2 2

c)

FG + IJ t H K

d)

FG IJ t H + K

2. The numerical ratio of displacement to distance is a) always < 1 b) always = 1 c) always > 1 d) always 1

3. A person travels a straight road for the first half time with a velocity v1 and the second half time with a velocity v2. Then the mean velocity v is given by a) v =

v1 + v2 2

b)

2 1 1 = + v v1 v2

c)

v = v1 v2

d) v =

v2 v1

4. A passenger travels along the straight road for half the distance with velocity v1 and the remaining half distance with velocity v2. Then average velocity is given by a) v1 v2 b)
2 v2 / v12

(c) ( v1 + v2 ) / 2

d)

2 v1 v2 / ( v1 + v2 )

5. The displacement time graph for the two particles A and B are straight lines inclined at angles of 30 and 60 with the time axis. The ratio of the velocities v A : v B will be (a) 1 : 2 b) 1 :

c)

3 :1

d) 1 : 3

6. The displacement of a particle as a function of time is shown in figure. The figure indicates that a) b) c) d) the particle starts with a certain velocity, but the motion is retarded and finally the particle stops. the velocity of the particle is constant throughout the acceleration of the particle is constant throughout the particle starts with a constant velocity, the motion is accelerated and finally the particle moves with another constant velocity.

7. A body starts from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration. The ratio of the distance covered in the nth sec to the distance covered in n sec is a)

2 1 n n2

b)

1 1 n2 n

c)

2 1 n2 n

d)

1 1 n n2

8. The velocity time graph of a body is shown in figure. It amplies that at point B

a) the force is zero c) there is a force which opposes motion

b) there is a force towards motion d) none of the above

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9. The velocity-time graph of a linear motion is shown below. The displacement from the origin after 8 seconds is
v (m/sec.) +4 +2 0 -2 -4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (in sec.) t

a) 18 metres

b) 16 metres

c) 8 metres

d) 6 metres

10. A body is thrown vertically upwards. If air resistance is to be taken into account, then the time during which the body rises is a) equal to time b) less than the time of fall c) greater than the time of fall d) twice the time of fall 11. Two bodies of different masses ma and mb are dropped from two different heights a and b. The ratio of time taken by the two to drop through these distance is a) a : b b) a2 : b2 c)

a: b

d) M a / M b : b / a

12. A ball is thrown vertically upward. Which of the following graph/graphs represents velocity-time graph of ball during its flight, ionoring air resistance?

t (a)

t (b)
(c)

t (d)

13. A hydrogen balloon released on the moon will a) climb with an declaration 9.8 6 m/sec2 c) neither climb nor fall

b) climb with an acceleration 9.8/6 m/sec2 d) fall with an acceleration 9.8/6 m/sec2

14. One body is dropped while a second body is thrown downward with an initial velocity of 1m/sec simultaneously. The separation between these is 18 metres after a time a) 18 sec b) 9 sec c) 4.5 sec d) 36 sec 15. The distance travelled by a body falling from rest in the first, second and third seconds are in the ratio a) 1 : 2 : 3 b) 1 : 3 : 5 c) 1 : 4 : 9 d) none of these 16. A balloon is going vertically upwards with velocity 12 m/s. When it is at a height of 65 m above the ground, it gently releases a stone. In how much time the stone will reach the ground ? Take g = 10 m/s2 a)

13 sec

b) 5 sec

c) 6.5 sec

d) 10 sec

17. A stone is dropped into a well 44.1 m deep. After how much time, the sound will be heard if the velocity of sound is 330 m/s a) 6 sec b) 3.13 sec c) 6.26 sec d) 1.56 sec 18. A boy is throwing balls into the air, throwing one whenever the previous one is at its highest point. How high do the balls rise if he throws twice a second ? a) 2.45 m b) 1.225 m c) 19.6 m d) 4.9 m

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19. A stone is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity u from the top of a tower, reaches the ground with a velocity 3u. The height of the tower is a)

3u 2 g

b)

4u 2 g

c)

6u 2 g

d)

9u 2 g

20. The angle of projection, at which the horizontal range and maximum height of projectile are equal is a) 45 b)

= tan-1 ( 0.25 )

c)

= tan-1 4

d) 60

21. An aeroplane is moving with a velocity u. It drops a packet from a height h. The time t taken by the packet in reaching the ground will be

a)

FG 2 g IJ HhK

b)

FG 2u IJ HhK

c)

FG h IJ H 2g K

d)

FG 2h IJ H gK

22. At the top of the trajectory of a projectile, the directions of its velocity and acceleration are a) perpendicular to each other b) parallel to each other c) inclined to each other at an angle of 45 d) anti-parallel to each other 23. A passenger in a train drops a ball from the window of a train running at an acceleration 'a'. A pedstrain, on the ground, by the side of the rails, observes the ball falling along a) a vertical with an acceleration c) a parabola with an acceleration

g2 + a2 g2 + a2

b) a vertical with an acceleration

g2 a2

d) a parabola with an acceleration 'g'

24. The co-ordinates of a moving particle at any time t are given by x = c t2 and y = b t2. The speed of the particle is given by a) 2 t ( c + b ) b)

2t

(c

b2

c) t

(c

+ b2

d) 2t

(c

+ b2

25. A particle moves in a plane with a constant acceleration in a direction different from the initial velocity. The path of the particle is a) straight line b) arc of a circle c) parabola d) ellipse 26. The maximum range of a gun on horizontal terrain is 16 km. If g = 10 m/sec2, the muzzle velocity of the shell must be a) 400 m/sec b) 160

10 m/sec

c) 1600 m/sec

d) 200 2 m/sec

27. A gun fires two bullets at 60 and 30 with horizontal. The bullets strike at same horizontal distance. The ratio of maximum height for the two bullets is in the ratio a) 2 : 1 b) 3 : 1 c) 4 : 1 d) 1 : 1 28. A large number of bullets are fired in all directions with the same speed v. What is the maximum area on the ground on which these bullets will spread ?

v2 a) g

v4 b) g2

2 c)

v2 g2

2 v4 d) g2

29. What happens to the centripetal acceleration of a revolving body if you double the orbital speed v and halve the angular velocity w ? a) the centripetal acceleration remains unchanged b) the centripetal acceleration is halved. c) the centripetal acceleration is doubled. d) the centripetal acceleration is quadrupled.

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30. A car is travelling with linear velocity v on a circular road of radius r. If it is increasing its speed at the rate of 'a' metre/sec2, then the resultant acceleration will be a)

R v S Tr

2 2

a2

U V W
b)

b)

R v S Tr
2

4 2

+ a2

U V W
c)

c)

R v S Tr

4 2

a2

U V W
v2 u 2 2

d)

R v S Tr

2 2

+ a2

U V W

31. A engine of a train moving with uniform acceleration passes an electric pole with velocity u and the last compartment with velocity v. The middle point of the train passes past the same pole with a velocity of a)

u+v 2

u +v 2

u 2 + v2 2

d)

32. An elevator in which a man is standing is moving upwards with a speed of 10 m/sec. If the man drops a coin from a height of 2.45 metre, it reaches the floor of the elevator after a time (g = 9.8 m/sec 2 ) a)

2s

b) 1 / 2 s

c) 2 s

d) 1 / 2 s

33. A projectile is projected with a kinetic energy K. Its range is R. It will have the minimum kinetic energy, after covering a horizontal distance equal to a) 0.25 R b) 0.5 R c) 0.75 R d) 1.0 R 34. If the range of a gun which fires a shell with muzzle speed v is R, then the angle of elevation of the gun is
2 1 v cos a) Rg

1 Rg b) cos 2 v

2 1 1 v sin c) 2 Rg

d)

1 1 gR sin 2 2 v

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