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Practice Sheet (Physics)

MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE

Single Correct Type Questions (1 to 15) 7. Two particles held at different heights a and b
1. A hall has the dimensions 10 m × 10 m × 10 m. A above the ground are allowed to fall from rest.
fly starting at one corner ends up at a farthest The ratio of their velocities on reaching the
corner. The magnitude of its displacement is: ground is:
(A) 5 3 m (B) 10 3 m (A) a : b
(C) 20 3 m (D) 30 3 m (B) a : b
(C) a2 : b2
2. A person travelling on a straight line without (D) a3 : b3
changing direction moves with a uniform speed v1
for half distance and next half distance he covers
with uniform speed v2. The average speed v is 8. Figure shows the position time graph of a particle
given by moving on the X-axis.
2v 1 v 2
(A) v = (B) v = v1v2
v1 + v 2
v + v2 1 1 1
(C) 1 (D) = +
2 v v1 v 2
3. A particle starts from rest with uniform
acceleration a. Its velocity after n seconds is v.
The displacement of the particle in the last two
seconds is : (A) the particle is continuously going in positive
2v(n − 1) v(n − 1) x direction
(A) (B)
n n (B) area under x–t curve shows the displacement
v(n + 1) 2v(2n + 1) of particle
(C) (D)
n n (C) the velocity increases up to a time to, and
then becomes constant.
4. The displacement (s) of a body is given by
2s = gt2 where g is a constant. The velocity of the (D) the particle moves at a constant velocity up to
body at any time t is: a time to, and then stops.
(A) gt (B) gt/2
(C) gt2/2 (D) gt3/6 9. A student determined to test the law of gravity for
himself walks off a sky scraper 320 m high with a
5. A body starts from rest and is uniformly stopwatch in hand and starts his free fall (zero
accelerated for 30 s. The distance travelled in the
first 10 s is x1, next 10 s is x2 and the last 10 s is initial velocity). 5 second later, superman arrives
x3. Then x1 : x2 : x3 is the same as at the scene and dives off the roof to save the
(A) 1 : 2 : 4 student. What must be superman's initial velocity
(B) 1 : 2 : 5 in order that he catches the student just before
(C) 1 : 3 : 5 reaching the ground? [Assume that the superman's
(D) 1 : 3 : 9 acceleration is that of any freely falling body.]
(g = 10 m/s2)
6. A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The
ball takes 0.5 s to fall past the 3 m height of a (A) 98 m/s
window some distance from the top of the 275
(B) m/s
building. If the speed of the ball at the top and at 3
the bottom of the window are vT and vB 187
respectively, then (C) m/s
2
(g = 9.8 m/sec2)
(D) It is not possible
(A) vT + vB = 12 ms–1 (B) vT – vB = 4.9 m s–1
v
(C) vBvT = 1 m2 s–2 (D) B = 1
vT
10. In the displacement–time graph of a moving 13. The displacement time graphs of two particles A
particle is shown, the instantaneous velocity of the and B are straight lines making angles of
particle is negative at the point: respectively 30° and 60° with the time axis. If the
x
velocity of A is vA and that of B is vB, then the
D
v
value of A is
E F vB
C 1 1
t (A) (B)
2 3
(A) C (B) D
1
(C) E (D) F (C) 3 (D)
3
11. A particle starts from rest and moves along a
14. A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the top
straight line with constant acceleration. The
of a tower of height h with velocity v. The ball
variation of velocity v with displacement S is :
v strikes the ground after time.
v 2gh 
(A) 1 + 1 + 2 
(A) g v 

v 2gh 
(B) 1 − 1 + 2 
S g v 
v
1/2
v  2gh 
(C) 1 + 2 
(B) g v 
1/2
v  2gh 
(D) 1 − 2 
g v 
S
v
15. A balloon is moving upwards with velocity
(C) 10 ms–1. It releases a stone which comes down to
the ground in 11 s. The height of the balloon from
the ground at the moment when the stone was
S
v dropped is :
(A) 495 m (B) 592 m
(D) (C) 460 m (D) 500 m

More Than One Choice Correct (16 & 17)

S 16. The acceleration time plot for a particle (starting
from rest) moving on a straight line is shown in
12. In the one-dimensional motion of a particle, the figure. For given time interval,
relation between position x and time t is given by
x2 + 2x = t (here x > 0). Choose the correct
statement :
1
(A) The retardation of the particle is
4(x + 1)3
(B) The uniform acceleration of the particle is
1
(A) The particle has zero average acceleration
(x + 1)3
(B) The particle has never turned around.
(C) The uniform velocity of the particle is (C) The particle has zero displacement
1 (D) The average speed in the interval 0 to 10s is
(x + 1)3 the same as the average speed in the interval
(D) The particle has a variable acceleration of 10s to 20s.
4t + 6.
17. A particle is resting over a smooth horizontal Integer Type Questions (22 to 24)
floor. At t = 0, a horizontal force starts acting on 22. Two objects moving along the same straight line
it. Magnitude of the force increases with time are leaving point A with an acceleration a, 2 a &
according to law F = t, where  is a positive velocity 2 u, u respectively at time t = 0. The
constant. From figure, which of the following distance moved by the object with respect to point
statements are correct ? (F = m(dv/dt)) u 2
Y A when one object overtakes the other is .
2
a
1
Here  is an integer. Find :

23. A police jeep is chasing a culprit going on a moter

O X bike. The motor bike crosses a turn at a speed of
(A) Curve 1 can be plot of acceleration against 72 km/h. The jeep follows it at a speed of 108
time km/h, crossing the turn 10 seconds later than bike
(B) Curve 2 can be plot of velocity against time (keeping constant speed). After crossing the turn,
(C) Curve 1 can be plot of velocity against jeep accelerates with constant acceleration 2 m/s2.
acceleration Assuming bike travels at constant speed, after
(D) None of the above are correct travelling a distance 20 m. from the turn, the
jeep catches the bike. Where  is an integer. Find
Passage Type Questions (18 to 21) .
Read the following write up and answer the questions
based on that. 24. A healthy youngman standing at a distance of 6 m
The graph below gives the coordinate of a particle
from a 11.5 m high building sees a kid slipping
travelling along the X-axis as a function of time. AM is
the tangent to the curve at the starting moment and BN is from the top floor. With what uniform
tangent at the end moment (1 = 2 =120°). acceleration in m/s 2 (starting from rest) should he
run to catch the kid at the arms height (1.5 m) ?
Take g = 10 m/s2.

Match Matrix Type Questions (25)

25. The equation of one-dimensional motion of
particle is described in column I. At t = 0, particle
is at origin and at rest. Match the column I with
the statements in column II.
Column-I Column-II
18. The average velocity during the first 20 seconds is (1) x = (3t2) m (P) velocity of particle at
(A) – 10 m/s (B) 10 m/s t = 1 s is 8 m/s
(C) zero (D) 20 m/s
(2) v = 8t m/s (Q) particle moves with
uniform acceleration
19. The average acceleration during the first 20 2
(3) a = 16 t m/s (R) particle moves with
seconds is
(A) – 1 m/s2 (B) 1 m/s2 variable acceleration
(C) zero (D) 2 m/s2 (4) v = (6t – 3t2) m/s (S) particle will change its
direction some time
20. The direction ( î or – î ) of acceleration during the
first 10 seconds is _____________. 1 2 3 4
(A) î (B) – î (A) Q P, Q P, R R, S
(C) Both (D) None of these (B) R P P, R R, S
(C) P Q P, R R, S
21. Time interval during which the motion is retarded. (D) R Q R, S P, Q
(A) 0 to 20sec. (B) 10 to 20sec.
(C) 0 to 10sec. (D) None of these
 ANSWER KEY

1. (B) 6. (A) 11. (B) 16. (A, B, D) 21. (C)

2. (A) 7. (B) 12. (A) 17. (A, B) 22. (6)
3. (A) 8. (D) 13. (D) 18. (A) 23. (20)
4. (A) 9. (B) 14. (A) 19. (C) 24. (6)
5. (C) 10. (C) 15. (A) 20. (A) 25. (A)

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