Topic - Projectile Motion Physics Test Total Marks - 80

1. A player kicks a football at an angle of 45∘ with a velocity of 20 ms−1. A second player 60
m away along the direction of kick starts running to receive the ball at that instant. Find
the speed with which second player should run to reach the ball before it hits the
ground (g=10 ms−2)
2. From the top of a tower of height 50m a ball is projected upwards with a speed of 30 m/s at
an angle of 30" to the horizontal then calculate (1) maximum height from the ground (ii) at
what distance from the foot of the tower does the projectile hit the ground. (m) Time of

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3. During projectile motion, acceleration of a particle at the highest point of its
trajectory is

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4. The equation of motion of a projectile is y  12 x  x . Given that g =10 ms–2, what is
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(a) 12.4 m (b)16 m (c)30.6 m (d) 36.0 m
5. From the top of a tower 19.6 m high, a ball is thrown horizontally. If the line joining
the point of projection to the point where it hits the ground makes an angle of 45 o
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with the horizontal, then the initial velocity of the ball is
(a) 9.8 ms–1 (b) 4.9 ms–1 (c) 14.7 ms–1 (d) 2.8 ms–
6. A body is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower of height 5 m. It touches the
ground at a distance of 10 m from the foot of the tower. The initial velocity of the
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body is (g = 10 ms–2)
(a) 2.5 ms–1 (b) 5 ms–1 (c) 10 ms–1 (d) 20 ms–1
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7. A bomb is fired from a cannon with a velocity of 1000 m/s making an angle of 30o
with the horizontal. What is the time taken by the bomb to reach the highest point
(a) 11 sec (b) 23 sec (c) 38 sec (d) 51 sec
8. Two bullets are fired with horizontal velocities of 50 m/s and 100 m/s from two guns
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at a height of 19.6 m. Which bullet will strike first

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9. A hiker stands on the edge of a cliff 490 m above the ground and throws a stone
horizontally with a speed of 15 ms–1. The time taken by the stone to reach the
ground is
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(a) 10 s (b) 5 s (c) 12 s (d) 15 s

10. From the top of a tower of height 40 m a ball is projected upwards with a speed
of 20 m/s at an angle of elevation of 30 o. Then the ratio of the total time taken by
the ball to hit the ground to its time of flight (time taken to come back to the
same elevation) is (take g = 10 ms2)
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 3 : 1 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 4 : 1
 11. Three identical balls are thrown with same speed at angles of 15 o, 45o and 75o with
the horizontal respectively. The ratio of their distances from the point of projection
to the where they hit the ground will be
(a) 1 : 2 :1 (b) 1 : 2 :1 (c) 2:4:3 (d) 1:2: 3

12. A projectile thrown from a height of 10 m with velocity of 2 m/s , the projectile
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will fall, from the foot of projection, at distance (g = 10 m/s )

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(a) 1 m (b) 2 m (c) 3 m (d) 2 m
13. A body is projected with a speed u in such a direction that the maximum height
obtained is equal to its horizontal range. The horizontal range is

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(a) (b) (c) (d)

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14. A cricketer hits a ball with a velocity 25 m/s at 60o above the horizontal. How far
above the ground it passes over a fielder 50 m from the bat (assume the ball is struck

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very close to the ground)
(a) 8.2 m (b) 9.0 m (c) 11.6 m (d) 12.7 m
15. A person can throw a stone to a maximum distance of 100 m. the greatest height to
which he can throw the stone is
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(a) 100 m (b) 75 m (c) 50 m (d) 25 m
16. A ball is thrown from the top of a tower with an initial velocity of 10 m/s at an
angle of 30 o above the horizontal. It hits the ground at a distance of 17.3 m from
the base of the tower. The height of the tower (g = 10 m/s2) will be
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(a) 10 m (b) 12 m (c) 110 m (d) 100 m

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17. Which of the following does not affect the maximum height attained by the
projectile
(a) Magnitude of initial velocity (b) Acceleration of the projectile
(c) Angle of projection (d) Mass of the projectile
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18. Two projectiles A and B thrown with velocities v and have the same range. If B is
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thrown at an angle of 15o to the horizontal, A must have been thrown at an angle

(a)  1 
sin 1   (b) sin 1  1  (c) 2 sin 1  1  (d) 1 1
sin 1  
 16  4 4 2 8
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19. An aeroplane is flying horizontally with a velocity of 600 km/h and at a height of
1960m. When it is vertically at a point A on the ground, a bomb is released from it.
The bomb strikes the ground at point B. The distance AB is
(a) 1200 m (b) 0.33 m (c) 3.33 km (d) 33 km
20. A projectile thrown from a height of 10 m with velocity of 2 m/s , the projectile
will fall, from the foot of projection, at distance (g = 10 m/s2)
(a) 1 m (b) 2 m (c) 3 m (d) 2
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