Unit: Kinematics

CHAPTER : MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. The V-t graphs of two objects make angle 30° and 60° with the time axis. What is the
ratio of their accelerations.

(a) 1:1 (b) 1:3 (c) 1:2 (d) 3:1

2. A car is moving along x-axis. As shown in figure it moves from O to P in 18 seconds and
return from P to Q in 6 second. What are the average velocity and average speed of the
car in going from O to P and back to Q?

(a) 10m/s & 20m/s (b) 20m/s & 20m/s (c) 10m/s &10m/s (d) 0 & 20m/s

3. The displacement x of a particle varies with time as x = (4t2-15t + 25) m. What is the
acceleration of the particle at t = 0?
(a) 25m/s2 (b) 0 (c) 15m/s2 (d) 8m/s2
4. A body covers 12 m in 2nd second and 20 m in 4th second. How much distance will it
cover in 4 seconds after the 5th second?
(a) 64 m (b) 136 m(c) 142 m (d) 100 m
5. A ball thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 19.6 ms-1 from the top of a tower
returns to the earth in 6s. Find the height of the tower (g = 9.8 m/s2)
(a) 48.8 m (b) 68.4 m (c) 58.8 m (d) 196 m
6. In which of the following examples of motion, can the body be considered
approximately a point object:
(a) a railway carriage moving without jerks between two stations.
(b) a monkey sitting on top of a man cycling smoothly on a circular track of
radius 1m.
(c) a spinning cricket ball that turns sharply on hitting the ground.
(d) a tumbling beaker that has slipped off the edge of a table.
7. Naveen went on his bike from Bangalore to Mysore at a speed of 60km/hr and came
back at a speed of 40km/hr. what is his average speed for entire journey?
(a) 50km/hr (b) 48km/hr (c) 45km/hr (d) 55km/hr
8. Figure. Shows displacement – time curves I and II. What conclusion do you draw from
these graphs?

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 (a) Both I and II have same velocity.
(b) I and II have same velocity only at the point of intersection.
(c) Uniform velocity of II is more than the velocity of I .
(d) Uniform velocity of I is more than the velocity of II.
9. A particle is thrown upwards. It attains a height (h) after 5 seconds and again after 9s
comes back to the same height h. What is the speed of the particle at the height h?
(a) 9.8 m/s (b) 19.6m/s (c) 0 (d) 29.4 m/s
10. A balloon is ascending at the rate of 4.9m/s. A packet is dropped from the balloon when
situated at a height of 245m. How long does it take the packet to reach the ground?
(a) 6.6s (b) 10.6s (c) 5.6s (d) 7.6 s

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11. The relative velocity of two bodies having equal velocities moving in the same direction
is ________.
12. The shape of the displacement time graph for uniform linear motion is _______.
13. Figure shows a displacements time graph. The sign of velocity at point R is___________.

14. The shape of the displacement time graph for uniform accelerated motion is _______.
15. A stone is dropped from the top of a cliff and is found to travel 44.1m diving the last
second before it reaches the ground. The height of the cliff is __________.
16. The displacement of a body is given to be proportional to the cube of the time elapsed.
The magnitude of the acceleration of the body ____________ with time.
17. A body starts from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration. The ratio of distance
covered in the nth second to the distance covered in n second is equal to _________.
18. A body is projected upwards with a velocity u. The velocity with which the body comes
back to the same point is ______.

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 19. When a ball is thrown up vertically with velocity u, it reaches a maximum height of h. If
one wishes to triple the maximum height, then the ball should be thrown with a velocity
_____.
20. Two bodies A (of mass 1kg) and B (of mass 2kg) are dropped from heights of 16 m and
25 m respectively. The ratio of the times taken by them to reach the ground is
________.
One mark questions
21. Under what condition is the relation S=vt correct?
22. Two balls of different masses are thrown vertically upward with same initial speed.
Which one will rise to a greater height?
23. A railway train 400m long is going from New Delhi railway station to Chennai. Can we
consider railway train as a point object?
24. Shilpa went from her home to school 2.5km away. On finding her home closed she
returned to her home immediately. What is her net displacement? What is the total
distance covered by her?
25. Can speed of an object be negative? Justify.
26. Under what condition the displacement and the distance of a moving object will have
the same magnitude?
27. Why can speed of a particle not be negative?
28. Is it possible in straight line motion a particle have zero speed and a non-zero velocity?
29. A car moving with velocity of 50 kmh-1 on a straight road is ahead of a jeep moving with
velocity 75 kmh-1. How would the relative velocity be altered if jeep is ahead of car?
30. Which of the two-linear velocity or the linear acceleration gives the direction of motion
of a body?
31. If the instantaneous velocity of a particle is zero, will Its instantaneous acceleration be
necessarily zero.
32. Can a body subjected to a uniform acceleration always move in the straight line?
33. A train is moving on a straight track with acceleration a. A passenger drops a stone.
What is the acceleration of stone with respect to passenger?

ANSWERS

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1) (b) 1:3
2) (a) 10m/s &20m/s
3) (d) 8m/s2
4) (b) 136 m
5) (c) 58.8 m

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6) (a) a railway carriage moving without jerks between two stations.
7) (b) 48km/hr
8) (c) Uniform velocity of II is more than the velocity of I .
9) (b) 19.6m/s
10) (d) 7.6 s

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11) Zero
12) A straight line inclined to time axis (x – axis)
13) Negative
14) Parabola
15) 122.5m
16) Increases
17) 2/n -1/n2
18) u
19) u√3
20) 4:5
Very Short Answer Questions (1 mark each)
21) When the particle moves with uniform velocity and along a straight line.
22) Both the balls will rise to a greater height.
23) Yes, because length of the train is smaller as compared to the distance between New
Delhi and Chennai.
24) Displacement = 0
Distance = 2.5km + 2.5km = 5.0km.
25) No speed of an object can never be negative because distance is also always positive.
26) Distance and displacement have the same magnitude when the object moves in a
straight line.
27) Because speed is distance travelled per second and distance is never negative.
28) No. it is not possible.
29) No change
30) Linear velocity
31) No, (highest point of vertical upward motion under gravity)
32) No example. Projectile motion.
33)

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1. a = slope of v- t graph
2. average velocity =
average speed =
3. v = ,a=
4. Sn = u + (2n-1), S = ut + at2
5. S = ut + at2
7. vav =
9. S = ut + at2 (S=0, t=4s)
10. S = ut + at2
15. Sn = u + (2n-1)
n= 5
S = ut + at2 (take t=5s)
19. v2 = u2 + 2aS
20. S = ut + at2
CHAPTER : MOTION IN A PLANE

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1) Two balls of masses m and 2m are thrown vertically upward with same initial velocity.
Maximum heights attained by them are h1 and h2 respectively what is the ratio of
h1/h2?

(a) 1 :2 (b) 1:1 (c) 2:1 (d) 1:√2

2) What Is the angle between velocity and acceleration at the highest point of a projectile
motion?
(a) 0 0 (b) 1800 (c) 450 (d) 900
3) What should be the angle of projection for the horizontal range of a projectile to be
maximum?
(a) 90 0 (b) 1800 (c) 450 (d) 00
4) What is the angle between velocity vector and acceleration vector in uniform circular
motion?
(a) 180 0 (b) 00 (c) 450 (d) 900
5) What will be the effect on horizontal range of a projectile when its initial velocity Is
doubled keeping angle of projection same?
(a) becomes four times (b)remains the same (c) halved (d)becomes two times
6) The greatest height to which a man can throw a stone is h. What will be the greatest
distance up to which he can throw the stone?

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 (a) h (b) 2h (c) h/2 (d) 4h
7) If A = 3i + 4j and B =7i+ 24j, which vector given below have the same magnitude as
Band parallel to A.
(a) 15i + 20j (b) 20i+15j (c) 10i + 15j (d) 10i + 20j
8) What is the vector sum of n coplanar forces, each of magnitude F, if each force
makes an angle of 2Π/n , with the preceding one?
(a) nF (b) F/n (c) 0 (d) F
9) An aircraft is flying at a height of 3400 m above the ground. If the angle subtended at a
ground observation point by the aircraft position 10 second apart is 30°, what is the
speed of the aircraft?
(a) 122.2m/s (b)182.2 m/s (c) 102.8m/s (d) 204.6m/s
10) A hiker stands on the edge of a cliff 490 m above the ground and throws a stone
horizontal with an initial speed of 15 ms-1. Neglecting air resistance, what is the time
taken by the stone to reach the ground (g = 9.8 ms-2)
(a) 5s (b) 20s (c)10 s (d) 4s
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11) A particle is in clockwise uniform circular motion the direction of its acceleration is
radially inward. If direction of rotation of particle is changed to anticlockwise, then the
direction of Its acceleration _______.
12) What is the average value of acceleration vector in uniform circular motion over one
cycle?
13) The angular velocity of the hour hand of a clock ________.
14) The source of centripetal acceleration for earth to go round the sun is ________.
15) The unit vector perpendicular to the plane of vectors Aand B is ___________.
16) The angle between (A+B) and (AXB) is _______.
17) The angle of projection at which horizontal range and maximum height are equal is
________.
18) The angle made by vector A= 2i+ 2j with x-axisis ________.
19) A particle is projected at 600 to the horizontal with a kinetic energy K. The kinetic energy
at the highest point is _____.
20) At the highest point of a projectile, its velocity and acceleration are at an angle of
________.

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

21) Suggest a situation in which an object is accelerated and have constant speed .
22) Will the displacement of a particle change on changing the position of origin of the
coordinate system?

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23) Write an example of zero vector.
24) State the essential condition for the addition of vectors.
25) When is the magnitude of (A+B ) equal to the magnitude of (A-B)?
26) What is the maximum number of component into which a vector can be resolved?
27) A body projected horizontally moves with the same horizontal velocity though it moves
under gravity. Why?
28) Does displacement vector depend upon frame of reference chosen?
29) What will be the effect on horizontal range of a projectile when its angle of projection is
changed from Ѳ to 90- Ѳ by keeping initial velocity constant?
30) A stone tied to the end of a string is whirled in a circle. If the string breaks, the stone
flies away tangentially. Why?

ANSWERS

MCQ

1) (b) 1:1
2) (d) 900
3) (c) 450
4) (d) 900
5) (a) becomes four times
6) (b) 2h
7) (a) 15i + 20j
8) (c) 0
9) (b) 182.2m/s
10) (c) 10s
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11) Radial inward.
12) Null vector.
13) Π/6 rad/h
14) Gravitation force of sun.
15) 5.A X B/I A X BI
16) 900
0
17) 75.96
18) 450
19) K/4
20) 10. 90o
VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS
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21) Uniform circular motion.
22) Will not change.
23) The velocity vector of a stationary object is a zero vector.
24) They must represent the physical quantities of same nature.
25) When A is perpendicular to B
26) Infinite.
27) Because horizontal component of gravity is zero along horizontal direction.
28) No.
29) Remains same.
30) Due to tangential velocity

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