KINEMATICS ( class xi )

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Q.1 A body sliding down on a smooth inclined planeslides down 1/4 th distance in 2 s . It will slide down
the complete plane in

(i) 4s (ii) 5s (iii) 2s (iv) 3s

Q.2 A ball falls from 20 m height on floor and rebounds to 5m. Time of contact is 0.02 s. Find
acceleration during impact.

(i) 1200 m/s2 (ii) 1000 m/s2 (iii) 2000 m/s2 (iv) 1500 m/s2

Q.3A particle starts from rest at t=o and undergoes an acceleration ‘a’ in m/s 2 with time ‘t’ in seconds as
shown in figure.

Which one of the following plots represents velocity in m/s verses time graph.

Q.4 A cyclist moves in such a way that he takes 60o turn after every 100 metres . What is the
displacement when he takes seventh turn?

(i) 100 m (ii) 200 m (iii) 100 √3 m (iv) 200 √3 m

(i) then A and B are perpendicular to each other

(ii) then A and B act in same direction

(iii)then A and B act in opposite direction

(iv)then A and B can act in any direction

Q6. Two bullets are fired simultaneously , horizontally and with different speeds from the same
place. Which bullet will hit the ground first?

(i) The faster one (ii) depends on their mass

Q.7 One projectile moving with velocity ν in space gets burnt into two parts of masses in the
ratio of 1:2. The smaller part becomes stationary , the velocity of other part is

(i) uν (ii) 3ν/2 (iii) 4ν/3 (iv) 2ν/3

Q.8 A bomb is fired from a canon with a velocity of 1000 m/s making an angle of 30 o with the
horizontal ( g = 9.8 m/s2 ) . Time taken by bomb to reach the highest point is

(i) 40 s (ii) 30 s (iii) 51 s (iv) 25 s

Q.9 A car is circulating on the path of radius r and at any time its velocity is ‘v’ and rate of
increase of velocity is ‘a’. The resultant acceleration of car will be

(i) √( v /a ) + r
2 2
(ii) √( v2/r2) + a (iii)√( v4/r2) + a2(iv)√( v2/r) + a

Q.10 A particle is projected at 60o to the horizontal with a kinetic energy K . The kinetic energy at the
highest point is

(i) K/2 (ii) K (iii) zero (iv) K/4

Answers 1. 4 s 2. 1500m/s2 3. Option (a ) 4. 100 m 5. Option (iii) 6. Option (iv)

7. 3v/2 8. 51 s 9. Option (iii) 10. K/4

Q.1 Displacement – time graph is a parabola corresponding to straight line v-t graph. (F)

Q.2 Speed of a particle may decrease , even if acceleration is increasing. (T)

Q.3 If velocity of a particle is zero then acceleration of particle will always be zero.(F)

Q.4 Average velocity can’t be zero in case of uniform acceleration.(F)

Q.5 Two bodies of unequal masses m1 and m2 are dropped from the same height if the resistance
offered by air to the motion of both bodies is the same .the bodies will reach the Earth at the same time.
(F)

Q.6 If time of flight in a projectile motion is made two times , its maximum height will become four times
. (T)

Q. 7 A particle has a constant acceleration in x-y plane but neither of its acceleration component is zero.
Under this condition particle can not have parabolic path. (F)

Q. 8 Two projectiles have maximum heights 4 H and H respectively. The ratio of the horizontal
components of velocity should of 1:2 for their horizontal ranges to be same. (T)

Q.9 A particle follows only a parabolic path if acceleration is zero. (F)

Q.10 In projectile motion, at any position , rate of change of velocity always remains constant.( T)

Fill in the blanks

Q.1 A packet is released from a rising balloon accelerating upwards with acceleration ‘a’. The
acceleration of the stone just after the release is…………………….

Q.2 A particle moves along a straight line . Its position at any instant is given by x= 32 t – 8t 3/3 where x is
in meters and t is in seconds. The acceleration of particle at the instant when particle is at rest is……….

Q.3 The acceleration of the particle is increasing linearly with time as bt. The particle starts from the
origin with velocity u . The distance travelled by the particle in time t will be …………

Q.4 A body starts moving with a velocity 10 m/s. It experiences a retardation equal to 0.2 v 2. Its velocity
after 2 s is given by…………………………….

Q.5 If the displacement of a particle varies with time t as √x = t+3 , the velocity of the particle varies as
…………………………….

Q.6 Two bodies are thrown with the same initial velocity at angles θ and ( 90 – θ) respectively with the
horizontal, then their maximum heights are in the ratio………………………………..
Q.7 A body is projected at an angle 60 o with the horizontal with kinetic energy K. When the velocity
makes an angle 30o with the horizontal the kinetic energy of the body will be………………….

Q.8 A body when released from the top of a tower of height h reaches the ground in t sec. Time at which
it is at a height h/2 above the ground………….

Q.9The distance x covered by a particle varies with time t as x 2 = 2t2 + 6t +1. Its acceleration varies with x
as………………….

Q.10 If the displacement of a body varies as the square of elapsed time, then its …………………. is constant.

Answers 1.g downwards 2. - 32 m/s 2 3. ut + bt3/6 4. 2 m/s 5.linearly with t6.

Match the following

Q.1 A particle is moving along x-axis . Its x- co-ordinate varies with time as x= - 20 + 5 t 2 . For the given
equation match the following two columns

Column 1 Column 2
a) particle will cross the origin at p) zero second
b) at what time velocity and acc. are equal q) one second
c) at what time particle changes its direction of r) two seconds
motion
d) at what time velocity is zero s) five seconds
t) none of these

Answer: a - r , b – q , c – t , d – p

Q.2 X and Y co-ordinates of a particle moving in x-y plane are x= 1- 2t + t 2 and y = 4-4t + t2 . For the given
situation , match the following two columns.

Column 1 Column 2
a)y- component of velocity when it crosses the y- p) +2 ( S.I. units)
axis
b) x- component of velocity when it crosses the q) -2 ( S.I. units)
x-axis
c) initial velocity of particle r) +4 ( S.I. units)
d) initial acceleration of particle s)+2√5 ( S.I. units)
t) none of these

Answer: a - q , b – p , c – s , d – t
Q.3 Particle 1 is just dropped from a tower one second later particle 2 is thrown from the same tower
horizontally with velocity 10 m/s. Taking g= 10 m/s 2 , match the following two columns at t= 2 s.

Column 1 Column 2
a) horizontal displacement between two p) 10 m
b) vertical displacement between two q) 10 m/s
c) magnitude of relative horizontal component of r) 10√2 m/s
velocity
d) magnitude of relative velocity s) 5 m
t) none of these

Answer: a-p, b-t , c-q, d-r

Q.4 In a projectile motion , given H( Max. height)= R ( H. range)/2 = 20 m . For the given condition match
the following two columns

Column 1 Column 2
a) Time of flight in sec. p) 1
b) ratio of vy to vx q) 2
c) horizontal component of velocity ( v x) in m/s r) 10
d)vertical component of velocity (vy) in m/s s)4
t) none of these
Answer: a-s, b-q, c-r, d-t

Q.5 A particle can be thrown at a constant speed at different angles. When it is thrown at 15 o with
horizontal, it falls at a distance of 10m from point of projection. For this speed of particle match the
following two columns

Column 1 Column 2
a)Maximum horizontal range which can be taken p) 10 m
with this speed
b) Maximum height which can be taken with this q)20 m
speed
c) Range at 600 r) 15 m
d) Height at 300 s)10√3 m
t) none of these
Answer: a-q, b-p, c-s, d-t