Non-uniform Motion

1. A particle experiences a constant acceleration for 20 sec after starting from rest. If it travels a distance S 1 in the first
10 sec and a distance S 2 in the next 10 sec, then
(a) S1 = S 2 (b) S1 = S 2 / 3
(c) S1 = S 2 / 2 (d) S1 = S 2 / 4

2. The displacement x of a particle along a straight line at time t is given by x = a 0 + a1 t + a 2 t 2 . The acceleration of
the particle is
(a) a0 (b) a1
(c) 2a 2 (d) a 2

3. The coordinates of a moving particle at any time are given by x = at 2 and y = bt 2 . The speed of the particle at any
moment is

(a) 2 t(a + b) (b) 2t (a 2 − b 2 )

(c) t a2 + b 2 (d) 2t (a 2 + b 2 )

4. An electron starting from rest has a velocity that increases linearly with the time that is v = kt, where k = 2m / sec 2 .
The distance travelled in the first 3 seconds will be

(a) 9 m (b) 16 m
(c) 27 m (d) 36 m
5. The displacement of a body is given to be proportional to the cube of time elapsed. The magnitude of the acceleration
of the body is
(a) Increasing with time (b) Decreasing with time
(c) Constant but not zero (d) Zero
6. The instantaneous velocity of a body can be measured
(a) Graphically (b) Vectorially
(c) By speedometer (d) None of these
7. A body is moving from rest under constant acceleration and let S 1 be the displacement in the first ( p − 1) sec and S 2
be the displacement in the first p sec . The displacement in (p 2 − p + 1)th sec. will be
(a) S1 + S 2 (b) S 1 S 2
(c) S1 − S 2 (d) S 1 / S 2
8. A body under the action of several forces will have zero acceleration
(a) When the body is very light
(b) When the body is very heavy
(c) When the body is a point body
(d) When the vector sum of all the forces acting on it is zero
9. A body starts from the origin and moves along the X-axis such that the velocity at any instant is given by (4 t 3 − 2 t) , where
t is in sec and velocity in m / s . What is the acceleration of the particle, when it is 2 m from the origin
(a) 28 m / s 2 (b) 22 m / s 2

(c) 12 m / s 2 (d) 10 m / s 2

10. The relation between time and distance is t = x 2 + x , where  and  are constants. The retardation is

(a) 2v 3 (b) 2 v 3

(c) 2v 3 (d) 2  2 v 3

11. A point moves with uniform acceleration and v 1 , v 2 and v 3 denote the average velocities in the three successive
intervals of time t1 , t 2 and t 3 . Which of the following relations is correct
(a) (v1 − v 2 ) : (v 2 − v 3 ) = (t1 − t 2 ) : (t 2 + t 3 )
 (b) (v1 − v 2 ) : (v 2 − v 3 ) = (t1 + t 2 ) : (t 2 + t 3 )
(c) (v1 − v 2 ) : (v 2 − v 3 ) = (t1 − t 2 ) : (t1 − t 3 )
(d) (v1 − v 2 ) : (v 2 − v 3 ) = (t1 − t 2 ) : (t 2 − t 3 )
12. The acceleration of a moving body can be found from
(a) Area under velocity-time graph
(b) Area under distance-time graph
(c) Slope of the velocity-time graph
(d) Slope of distance-time graph
13. The initial velocity of a particle is u (at t = 0 ) and the acceleration f is given by at . Which of the following relation
t2
is valid (a) v = u + at 2 (b) v =u +a
2
(c) v = u + at (d) v = u
14. The initial velocity of the particle is 10 m / sec and its retardation is 2m / sec 2 . The distance moved by the particle
in 5 th second of its motion is
(a) 1 m (b) 19 m
(c) 50 m (d) 75 m
15. A motor car moving with a uniform speed of 20 m / sec comes to stop on the application of brakes after travelling a
distance of 10 m Its acceleration is

(a) 20 m / sec 2 (b) − 20m / sec 2

(c) − 40 m / sec 2 (d) + 2m / sec 2

16. The velocity of a body moving with a uniform acceleration of 2 m . / sec 2 is 10 m / sec . Its velocity after an interval
of 4 sec is
(a) 12 m / sec (b) 14 m / sec
(c) 16 m / sec (d) 18 m / sec
17. A particle starting from rest travels a distance x in first 2 seconds and a distance y in next two seconds, then
(a) y=x (b) y = 2 x
(c) y = 3x (d) y = 4 x
18. The initial velocity of a body moving along a straight line is 7 m / s . It has a uniform acceleration of 4 m / s 2 . The
distance covered by the body in the 5th second of its motion is
(a) 25 m (b) 35 m
(c) 50 m (d) 85 m
19. The velocity of a body depends on time according to the equation v = 20 + 0.1t 2 . The body is undergoing
(a) Uniform acceleration
(b) Uniform retardation
(c) Non-uniform acceleration
(d) Zero acceleration
20. Which of the following four statements is false
(a) A body can have zero velocity and still be accelerated
(b) A body can have a constant velocity and still have a varying speed
(c) A body can have a constant speed and still have a varying velocity
(d) The direction of the velocity of a body can change when its acceleration is constant
21. A particle moving with a uniform acceleration travels 24 m and 64 m in the first two consecutive intervals of 4 sec each.
Its initial velocity is
(a) 1 m/sec (b) 10 m / sec
(c) 5 m/sec (d) 2 m/sec
22. The position of a particle moving in the xy-plane at any time t is given by x = (3 t 2 − 6 t) metres, y = (t 2 − 2 t) metres.
Select the correct statement about the moving particle from the following
(a) The acceleration of the particle is zero at t = 0 second
 (b) The velocity of the particle is zero at t = 0 second
(c) The velocity of the particle is zero at t = 1 second
(d) The velocity and acceleration of the particle are never zero
23. If body having initial velocity zero is moving with uniform acceleration 8 m / sec 2 the distance travelled by it in fifth
second will be
(a) 36 metres (b) 40 metres
(c) 100 metres (d) Zero
24. An alpha particle enters a hollow tube of 4 m length with an initial speed of 1 km/s. It is accelerated in the tube and
comes out of it with a speed of 9 km/s. The time for which it remains inside the tube is
(a) 8  10 −3 s (b) 80  10 −3 s
(c) 800  10 −3 s (d) 8  10 −4 s
25. Two cars A and B are travelling in the same direction with velocities v1 and v 2 (v1  v 2 ) . When the car A is at a
distance d ahead of the car B , the driver of the car A applied the brake producing a uniform retardation a There
will be no collision when
(v 1 − v 2 ) 2 v 12 − v 22
(a) d (b) d 
2a 2a
(v 1 − v 2 ) 2 v 12 − v 22
(c) d (d) d 
2a 2a
26. A body of mass 10 kg is moving with a constant velocity of 10 m/s. When a constant force acts for 4 seconds on it, it
moves with a velocity 2 m/sec in the opposite direction. The acceleration produced in it is
(a) 3 m / sec 2 (b) − 3m / sec 2

(c) 0 . 3 m / sec 2 (d) − 0 . 3 m / sec 2

27. A body starts from rest from the origin with an acceleration of 6 m / s 2 along the x-axis and 8 m / s 2 along the y-axis.
Its distance from the origin after 4 seconds will be
(a) 56 m (b) 64 m
(c) 80 m (d) 128 m
28. A car moving with a velocity of 10 m/s can be stopped by the application of a constant force F in a distance of 20 m. If
the velocity of the car is 30 m/s, it can be stopped by this force in
20
(a) m (b) 20 m
3
(c) 60 m (d) 180 m
29. The displacement of a particle is given by y = a + bt + ct 2 − dt 4 . The initial velocity and acceleration are respectively

(a) b, − 4 d (b) −b, 2c

(c) b, 2c (d) 2c, − 4 d
30. A car moving with a speed of 40 km/h can be stopped by applying brakes after atleast 2 m. If the same car is moving
with a speed of 80 km/h, what is the minimum stopping distance
(a) 8 m (b) 2 m
(c) 4 m (d) 6 m
1 b 2 c 3 d 4 a 5 a

6 ac 7 a 8 d 9 b 10 a

11 b 12 c 13 b 14 a 15 b

16 d 17 c 18 a 19 c 20 b

21 a 22 c 23 a 24 d 25 c

26 b 27 c 28 d 29 c 30 a