PREVIOUS EXAMS QUESTIONS EXERCISE–I

1. A ball whose kinetic energy is E, is thrown at an 8. The number of bullets are fired in all possible
angle of 45° with the horizontal, its kinetic energy directions with the same initial velocity u. The
at the highest point of its flight will be :–
maximum area of ground covered by bullets is :–
[AIPMT 1997, 2000]
[RPMT 2004]

E 2 2
(1)E (2)  u 2  u
2 (1)    (2) 3   
 g  g
E 2 2
(3) (4) zero  u   u2 
2 (3) 5    (4)   
 2g   g 
2. A body is projected at such an angle that the hori-
zontal range is three times the greatest height. The 9. Three particles A, B and C are projectied from
angle of projection is :– the same point with the same initial speeds mak-
[AIIMS 1998, DPMT 2000]
ing angles 30°, 45° and 60° respectively with the
horizontal. Which of the following statements is
(1) 25° (2) 33°
correct ? [JEE [ORISSA] 1994, KCET 2005]
(3) 42° (4) 53°
(1) A, B and C have unequal ranges
3. A body is thrown with some velocity from the
ground. Maximum height when it is thrown at 60° (2) Ranges of A and C are equal and less than that
to horizontal is 90 m. What is the height reached of B
when it is thrown at 30° to the horizontal :– (3) Ranges of A and C are equal and greater than
(1) 90 m (2) 45 m [BHU 2000]
that of B
(3) 30 m (4) 15 m
(4) A, B and C have equal ranges
4. A body is thrown with a velocity of 9.8 ms– 1 making
an angle of 300 with the horizontal. It will hit the 10. For angles of projection of a projectile at angles
ground after a time :– (45° – ) and (45° + ), the horizontal ranges
[JEE [ORISSA] 1991, JIPMER 2001] described by the projectile are in the ratio of :-
(1)3 s (2)2 s
(1) 1 : 1 (2) 2 : 3 [AIPMT 2006]
(3) 1.5 s (4)1 s
(3) 1 : 2 (4) 2 : 1
5. The maximum range of a gun or horizontal range
is 16 km. If g = 10 ms– 2. The muzzle velocity of the 11. A particle starting from the origin (0,0) moves in a
shell must be :– [AIPMT 1990, AIIMS 2002] straight line in the (x, y) plane. Its coordinates at a
(1) 1600 ms –1
(2) 400 ms –1

(3) 200 2 ms– 1 (4) 160 10 ms– 1

later time are e3 ,3 j. The path of the particle
makes with the x - axis an angle of :-
6. Two projectiles of same mass and with same veloc-
ity are thrown at an angle 60° and 30° with the (1)0° (2) 30° [AIPMT 2007]
horizontal, then which quantity will remain same :–
[AIPMT 2000, JIPMER 2002] (3) 45° (4) 60°
(1)timeofflight 12. A projectile can have the same range R for two
(2) range of projectile angles of projection. If t1 and t2 be the times of
(3) max height acquired flight in the two cases :–
(4) all of them
[AIPMT 1999, UP PMT 2001, KCET 2003, RPMT 2008]
7. At the uppermost point of a projectile its velocity
and acceleration are at an angle of :– (1) t1 t 2  R2 (2) t1 t 2  R

(1) 180° (2) 90° [AIIMS 2002]

1 1
(3) 60° (4) 45° (3) t1 t 2  (4) t1 t 2 
R R2

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13. A monkey is sitting on the tree. A hunter fires a 16. A ball is projected vertically upwards with a certain
bullet to kill him. At the same time monkey falls initial speed. Another ball of the same mass is
downward. Will the bullet strike him ? projected at an angle of 60° with the vertical with
the same initial speed. At highest points of their
(1) Yes (2) No [RPMT 2008]
journey, the ratio of their potential energies will be :
(3) Depends upon luck (4) Data insufficient
[AMU 2009]
14. A particle of mass m is projected with velocity v
(1) 1 : 1 (2) 2 : 1
making an angle of 45° with the horizontal. When
(3) 3 : 2 (4) 4 : 1
the particle lands on the ground level, the magnitude
of the change in its momentum will be :- 17. The speed of a projectile at its maximum height is
half of its initial speed. The angle of projection is:-
(1) mv 2 (2) zero [AIPMT 2008]
(1) 15° (2) 30° [AIPMT 2010]
(3) 2 mv (4) mv/ 2 (3) 45° (4) 60°
15. Two projectiles are fired from the same point with 18. A missile is fired for maximum range with an initial
the same speed at angles of projection 60° and velocity of 20 m/s. If g = 10 m/s2, the range of the
30° respectively. Which one of the following is true:– missileis:- [AIPMT 2011]
[AIIMS 2009] (1) 40 m (2) 50 m
(1) Their horizontal range will be the same (3) 60 m (4) 20 m
19. The horizontal range and the maximum height of
(2) Their maximum height will be the same
a projectile are equal. The angle of projection of
(3) Their landing velocity will be the same
the projectile is :- [AIPMT Pre.-2012]
(4) Their time of flight will be the same
(1)  = tan (2)
–1
(2)  = 45°

1
(3)  = tan–1   (4)  = tan–1(4)
4

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 BRAIN TEASERS EXERCISE–II
1. In the graph shown in fig. 6. A particle is projected with a velocity u making an
the time is plotted along x- angl e  with the horizontal. At any instant, its
axis. Which quantity velocity v is at right angles to its initial velocity u;
associated with the then v is:–
projectile motion is plotted (1) u cos  (2) u tan 
along the y - axis :– (3) u cot  (4) u sec 
(1) kinetic energy (2) momentum 7. The speed at the maximum height of a projectile
(3) horizontal velocity (4) none of the above
3
2. A particle of mass m is projected with a velocity is times of its inital speed 'u' of projection.
v making an angle 45° with the horizontal. The
2
magnitude of the angular momentum of the Its range on the horizontal plane :–
projectile about the point of projection when the
particle is at its maximum height h, is :– 3 u2 u2
(1) (2)
2g 2g
mv3
(1) zero (2) 3 u2 3 u2
4 2g
(3) (4)
2g g
mv3 8. What is the ratio of P.E. w.r.t. ground and K.E. at
(3) (4) m 2 2 gh 3 the top most point of the projectile motion :–
2g
(1) cos2 (2) sin2
3. In case of a projectile fired at an angle equally (3) tan2 (4) cot2
inclined to the horizontal and vertical with velocity
9. A ball is thrown at an angle  with the horizontal and
(u). The horizontal range is :–
the range is maximum. The value of tan is :–
u2 u2 (1) 1 (2) 3
(1) (2)
g 2g
1
(3) (4) 2
2u 2
u 2
3
(3) (4) 2
g g 10. A student is able to throw a ball vertically to
maximum height of 40 m. The maximum distance
4. A shell is fired vertically upwards with a velocity
to which the student can throw the ball in the
v1 from the deck of a ship travelling at a speed
horizontal direction :–
of v2. A person on the shore observes the motion
of the shell as parabola. Its horizontal range is given (1) 40 (2)1/2 m (2) 20(2)1/2m
by :– (3) 20 m (4) 80 m

2 v12 v2 2 v1 v22 11. Three projectile A, B and C

(1) (2) are thrown from the same point
g g
in the same plane. Their
trajectories are shown in the
2 v1 v2 2 v12 v22
(3) (4) figure. Then which of the O AB C
g g
following statement is true :–
5. The range of a projectile when fired at 75° with (1) The time of flight is the same for all the three
the horizontal is 0.5 km. what will be its range when (2) The launch speed is greatest for particle C
fired at 45° with same speed :–
(3) The horizontal velocity component is greatest for
(1) 0.5 km. (2) 1.0 km. particle C
(3) 1.5 km. (4) 2.0 km. (4) All of the above

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12. A projectile is thrown with an initial velocity of 19. A particle is projected with a velocity v, so that its
 range on a horizontal plane is twice the greatest
v = a i + b j , if the range of projectile is double height attained. If g is acceleration due to gravity,
of maximum height reached by it then :– then its range is :–
(1) a = 2 b (2) b = a 4 v2 4g
(3) b = 2a (4) b = 4a (1) (2)
5g 5 v2
gx2 4 v3 4v
13. The equation of a projectile is y = 3x– (3) (4)
2 5 g2 5 g2
the angle of projection is :– 20. A projectile is thrown into space so as to have the
(1) 30° (2) 60° maximum possible horizontal range equal to 400m.
(3) 45° (4) none Taking the point of projection as the origin, the
coordinates of the point where the velocity of the
x2
14. The equation of projectile is y = 16x – the projectile is minimum are :–
4
(1) (400, 100) (2) (200, 100)
horizontal range is :–
(1) 16 m (2) 8 m (3) (400, 200) (4) (200, 200)
(3) 64 m (4) 12.8 m 21. A particle is fired with velocity u making angle 
15. If a projectile is fired at an angle  with the vertical with the horizontal. What is the change in velocity
with velocity u, then maximum height attained is
when it is at the highest point ?
given by :–
(1) u cos  (2)u
2 2 2
u cos  u sin  (3) u sin  (4) (u cos– u)
(1) (2)
2g 2g
22. In the above, the change in speed is :–

u 2 sin 2  u 2 cos 2  (1) u cos  (2)u

(3) (4) (3) u sin  (4) (u cos– u)
g 2g
16. If R is the maximum horizontal range of a particle, 23. An arrow is shot into the air. Its range is 200 me-
then the greatest height attained by it is :– tres and its time of flight is 5 s. If the value of g is
(1) R (2) 2R assumed to be 10 ms–2, then the horizontal
component of the velocity of arrow is :–
R R
(3) (4) (1) 25 m/s (2) 40 m/s
2 4
(3) 31.25 m/s (4) 12.5 m/s
17. Two stones are projected with the same speed but
making different angles with the horizontal. Their 24. In the Q.23, the maximum height attained by the
ranges are equal. If the angle of projection of one arrow is :–
(1) 25 m (2) 40 m

is and its maximum height is y1 then the (3) 31.25 m (4) 12.5 m
3
maximum height of the other will be :– 25. In the Q.23, the vertical component of the velocity
(1) 3y1 (2) 2y1 is:–
y1 y1 (1) 25 m/s (2) 40 m/s
(3) (4)
2 3 (3) 12.5 m/s (4) 31.25 m/s
18. A projectile is thrown from a point in a horizontal 26. In the Q.23, the angle of projection with the hori-
plane such that its horizontal and vertical velocity zontalis:–
component are 9.8 m/s and 19.6 m/s respectively.
its horizontal range is :– 1 4  1 5 
(1) tan 5  (2) tan 4 
(1) 4.9 m (2) 9.8 m    
(3) 19.6 m (4) 39.2 m 5  8 
1 1
(3) tan 8  (4) tan 5 
   
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27. The ceiling of a hall is 40m high. For maximum 33. At what angle with the horizontal should a ball be
horizontal distance, the angle at which the ball can thrown so that its range R is related to the time of
be thrown with a speed of 56ms–1 without hitting flight as R = 5T2. Take g = 10 ms–2 :–
the ceiling of the hall is (take g = 9.8 m/s2) :– (1) 30° (2) 45°
(1) 25° (2) 30°
(3) 60° (4) 90°
(3) 45° (4) 60°
34. A projectile is projected with initial velocity
28. A body is thrown horizontally with a velocity 2gh
(6 ˆi  8 ˆj)m/s. If g = 10 ms–2, then horizontal range
from the top of a tower of height h. It strikes the
is:–
level ground through the foot of the tower at a dis-
tance x from the tower. The value of x is :– (1) 4.8 metre (2) 9.6 metre

h (3) 19.2 metre (4) 14.0 metre

(1)h (2)
2 35. An aeroplane moving horizontally with a speed of
3 180 km/hr. drops a food packet while flying at a
(3) 2 h (4) m height of 490m. The horizontal range of the packet
4
29. When a particle is thrown horizontally, the resultant is:–
velocity of the projectile at any time t is given by :–
(1) 180 m (2) 980 m
1 2
(1)gt (2) gt (3) 500 m (4) 670 m
2
36. A plane is flying horizontally at 98 ms– 1 and re-
(3) u  g t2 2 2
(4) u  g t
2 2 2 leases an object which reaches the ground in 10 s.
The angle made by it while hitting the ground is :–
30. A ball is projected upwards from the top of a tower
with a velocity of 50 ms–1 making an angle of 300 (1) 55° (2) 45°
with the horizontal. The height of the tower is 70m.
(3) 60° (4) 75°
After how much time from the instant of throwing
will the ball reach the ground ? 37. If the range of a gun which fires a shell with muzzle
(1)2 s (2)5 s speed v, is R, then the angle of elevation of the gun
(3)7 s (4)9 s is:–
31. A ball is thrown at different angles with the same
1  v 
2
speed u and from the same point and it has the
cos 1  Rg 
same range in both the case. If y1 and y2 be the (1)   (2) cos  2 
 Rg  v 
heights attained in the two cases, then y1 + y2 =... :–

u2 2u2
1  v 
2
(1) (2) 1 1  Rg 
g g (3) sin   (4) sin 1  2 
2  Rg  2 v 
u2 u2
(3) (4) 38. A stuntman plans to run across a roof top and then
2g 4g
horizontally off it to land on the roof of next build-
u ing. The roof of the next building is 4.9 metre be-
32. Two balls A and B are thrown with speed u and low the first one and 6.2 metre away from it. What
2
respectively. Both the balls cover the same hori- should be his minimum roof top speed in m/s, so
zontal distance before returning to the plane of that he can successfully make the jump ?
projection. If the angle of projection of ball B is 15° (1) 3.1 (2) 4.0
with the horizontal, then the angle of projection of
A is :– (3) 4.9 (4) 6.2

1 1 1 1 39. The maximum range of a projectile fired with some
(1) sin  8  (2) sin 1  
2 8 initial velocity is found to be 1000 metre The maxi-
mum height (H) reached by this projectile is :–
1 1  1  1 1  1 
(3) sin   (4) sin   (1) 250 metre (2) 500 metre
3 8 4 8
(3) 1000 metre (4) 2000 metre
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40. The angle which the velocity vector of a projectile, x u
(1) (2)
thrown with a velocity v at an angle to the hori- u 2x
zontal, will make with the horizontal after time t of 2u
its being thrown up is :– (3) (4) none of these
x
42. A particle is projected at an angle of 45° from 8m
1    before the foot of a wall, just touches the top of the
(1) (2) tan  
t wall and falls on the ground on the opposite side at
a distance 4 m from it.The height of
wallis:–
1  v cos   1  v sin   gt 
(3) tan   (4) tan   2 4
 v sin   gt   v cos   (1) m (2) m
3 3
41. Two particles separated at a horizontal distance x 8 3
as shown in fig. they projected at the same line (3) m (4) m
3 4
as shown in fig. with different initial speeds. The 43. From the top of a tower 19.6 m high, a ball is
time after which the horizontal distance between thrown horizontally. If the line joining the point of
them become zero :– projection to the point where it hits the ground
u makes an angle of 450 with the horizontal, then the
3 u initialvelocity ofthe ballis:–
(1) 9.8 ms–1 (2) 4.9 ms–1
(3) 14.7 ms –1
(4) 2.8 ms–1
30° 60°
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 TARGET AIIMS EXERCISE–III
Directions for Assertion & Reason questions
These questions consist of two statements each, printed as Assertion and Reason. While answering
these Questions you are required to choose anyone of the following four responses.
A. If both Assertion &Reason are True &the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
B. If both Assertion &Reason are True but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.
C. If Assertion is True but the Reason is False.
D. If both Assertion &Reason are false.

1. Assertion : A body is dropped from a given height 5. Assertion : Path of projected ball becomes
and another body is projected horizontally from parabolic in gravitational field (  90°).
the same height strike the ground simultaneously.
Reason : Gravitational force always act
Reason : Horizontal velocity has no effect in the perpendicular to velocity during the motion.
vertical direction. (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D 6. Assertion: In projectile motion, the acceleration
2. Assertion : A projectile is thrown with an initial is constant in both magnitude and direction but the
velocity changes in both magnitude and direction.
velocity of (a i  bj )m/sec. If range of projectile
Reason : When a force or acceleration is acting
is maximum then a = b. in an oblique direction to the direction of velocity
Reason : In projectile motion, angle of then both magnitude and direction of the velocity
projection is equal to 45° for maximum range may be changed.
condition. (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D 7. Assertion : In projectile motion the projectile hits
the ground with the same velocity with which it
3. Assertion : If the position vector of a particle
was thrown.

Reason : In projectile motion horizontal velocity
moving in space is given by r  2 t i  4 t j, then
2

remains same but vertical velocity continously

the particle moves along a parabolic trajectory. change and particle strikes the ground with same
  vertical velocity with which the particle was thrown
Reason : r  x i  y j and r  2 t i  4 t 2 j in vertical direction.
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
 y = – x2.
8. Assertion : In projectile motion, the vertical
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
velocity of the particle is continuously decreased
4. Assertion : In projectile motion, when horizontal
during its ascending motion.
range is n times the maximum height, the angle
Reason : In projectile motion downward constant
4 acceleration is present in vertical directiion.
of projection is given by tan =
n (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

Reason : In the case of horizontal projection 9. Assertion: The path of one projectile as seen from
the vertical velocity increases with time. another projectile is a straight line.

(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D Reason : Two projectiles projected with same
speed at angles and (90° –  have same range.
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
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10. Assertion: In case of projectile motion, accel- 12. Assertion : Projectile motion is uniformly accelerated
eration, horizontal component of velocity and motion.(Neglecttheeffectofair.)
mechanical energy remains unchanged but speed,
Reason : In projectile motion, speed remains constant.
vertical component of velocity, momentum, K.E.
and P.E. change. (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
Reason : In the presence of air resistance, the
13. Assertion: Horizontal range is same for angle of
range and maximum height attained reduce, but
projection  and (90° – ), if speed of projection is
time of flight increases.
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D same.
11. Assertion: In the projectile motion projected body Reason : Horizontal range is independent of angle
behave just like a freely falling body. ofprojection.
Reason : There is no change in linear momentum
in projectile motion. (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D

ANSWER KEY EXERCISE - I

Que . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
An s . 3 4 3 4 2 2 2 4 2 1 4 2 1 1 1
Que . 16 17 18 19
An s . 4 4 1 4

ANSWER KEY EXERCISE - II

Q ue . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ans . 3 2 1 3 2 3 1 3 1 4 4 3 2 3 4
Q ue . 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans . 4 4 4 1 2 3 4 2 3 1 3 2 3 3 3
Q ue . 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43
Ans . 3 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 1 4 1 3 1

ANSWER KEY EXERCISE - III

Que. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Ans . 1 1 1 2 3 1 4 1 2 2 3 3 3

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