Test of motion under gravity (a) (h/9) metre from the ground

(b) (7h/9) metre from the ground

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(c) (8h/9) metre from the ground
1. A ball is thrown upwards from the top of a (d) (17h/18) metre from the ground
tower 40 m high with a velocity of 10 m/s. 10. Two bodies, A (of mass 1 kg) and B (of mass 3
Find the time when it strikes the ground. Take kg), are dropped from heights of 16 m and 25
g = 10 m/s². m respectively. The ratio of the time taken by
a. 4 s b. 6s c. 2s d. 8 s them to reach the ground is :-
2. A ball is thrown upwards from the ground with (a) 5/4 (b) 12/5 (c) 5/12 (d) 4/5
an initial speed of u. The ball is at a height of 11. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower of
80 m at two times, the time interval being 6 s. height h. After 1 second another stone is
Find u. Take g = 10 dropped from the balcony 20 m below the top
a. 40 m/s b. 50 m/s c. 60 m/s d. 35 m/s of the tower. Both reach the bottom
3. A particle is projected vertically upwards with simultaneously. What is the value of h? take g
velocity 40m/s Find the displacement and = 10 m/s²:
distance travelled by the particle in 6s (a) 3125 m (b) 312.5 m (c) 31.25 m (d) 25.31 m
12. A balloon rises from the ground with an
(a)60 m (b) 80 m (c) 100 m (d) 120 m acceleration of 1.25 m/s². After 8s, a stone is
4. Two identical balls are shot upward one after released from the balloon. The stone will -
another at an interval of 2s along the same (taking g = 10 m/s²)
vertical line with same initial velocity of 40 (a) have a displacement of 50 m
ms¹. The height at which the balls collide is (b)cover a distance of 40m in reaching the
(a) 50 m (b) 75 m (c) 100 m (d) 125 m ground
5. When a ball is thrown up vertically with (c) reach the ground in 4s
velocity V0 , it reaches a maximum height of h. (d) begin to move downwards after released
If one wishes to triple the maximum height 13. A parachutist after bailing out falls 50 m
then the ball should be thrown with velocity without friction. When parachute opens, it
(a) √3V0 b) 3 V0 (c) 9 V0 (d) 1.5 V0 decelerates at 2 ms -2. He reaches the ground
6. A stone is released from a rising balloon with a speed of 3 ms -1 At what height, did he
accelerating upward with acceleration a. The bail out?
acceleration of the stone just after the release (A) 91 m (B) 182 m (C) 293 m (D) 111 m
is 14. A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the
(a) a upward (b) g downward top of a tower at 4.9 ms¹ It strikes the pond
(c) (g -a )Downward (d) ( g+ a) downward near the base of the tower after 3 seconds.
The height of the tower is
7. Water drops fall at regular intervals from a tap (A) 73.5 m (B) 44.1 m (C) 29.4 m (D) None of
5 m above the ground. The third drop is these
leaving the tap, the instant the first drop 15. A rocket is fired upward from the earth's
touches the ground. How far above the ground surface such that it creates an acceleration of
is the second drop at that instant. 19.6 ms -2 . If after 5 sec its engine is switched
(a) 1.25 m (b) 2.50 m (c)3.75 m (d)4.00 m off, the maximum height of the rocket from
8. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower and earth's surface would be
one second later, a second stone is thrown (A) 245 m (B) 490 m (C) 980 m (D) 735 m
vertically downward with a velocity 20 m/s. 16. With what velocity a ball be projected
The second stone will overtake the first after vertically so that the distance covered by it in
travelling a distance of 5th second is twice the distance it covers in its
(a) 13m (b) 11.25 m (c) 15 m (d) 19.5 m 6th second (g = 10 m/s²)
9. A ball is released from the top of a tower of (A) 58.8 m/s (B) 49 m/s (C) 65 m/s (D) 19.6 m/s
height h metre. It takes T second to reach the 17. Particle A is thrown with a velocity of 20 m/s
ground. What is the position of the ball in T/3 from a building of height 100 m and particle
second? B is thrown vertically upwards from the
 ground with a velocity of 30 m/s. At what (D) The average velocity for round trip is non
time do they meet? zero
(a). 2 s (b) 3s (c) 3 s (d) 4 sec 24. A particle is thrown with any velocity vertically
upward, the distance travelled by the particle
in first second of its decent is
(A) g (B) g/2 (C) g/4 (D) Cannot be calculated
18. A particle is dropped vertically from rest from 25. When a particle is thrown vertically upwards,
a height. The time taken by it to fall through its velocity at one third of its maximum height
successive distances of 1 m each will then be: is 10√2 m / s ,The maximum height attained
1. All equal, being equal to √g
2 by it is
(A) 20 √2 m (B) 30m (C) 15m (D) 12.8 m
2.In the ratio of the square roots of the
integers 1, 2, 3....
3. In the ratio of the difference in the square
roots of the integers √1, √2-√1,√3-√2,
√4-√3. . . ..
4. In the ratio of the reciprocal of the square
roots of the integers
19. A body falling from a high Minaret travels 40
meters in the last 2 seconds of its fall to
ground. Height of Minaret in meters is
(A) 60 (B) 45 (C) 80 (D) 50
20. A body is released from a great height and falls
freely towards the earth. Another body is
released from the same height exactly one
second later. The separation between the two
bodies, two seconds after the release of the
second body is
(A) 4.9 m (B) 9.8 m (C) 19.6 m (D) 24.5 m
21. A body is released from the top of a tower of
height h. It takes t sec to reach the ground.
Where will be the ball after time t/2sec
(A) At h/2 from the ground
(B) At h/4 from the ground
(C) Depends upon mass and volume of the
body
(D) At 3h/4 from the ground
22. A stone thrown upward with a speed u from
the top of the tower reaches the ground with
a velocity 3u. The height of the tower is
(A) 3u²/g 2 (B) 4u²/g
(C) 6u²/g (D) 9u²/g
23. A ball is thrown vertically up with a certain
velocity. It attains a height of 40 m and comes
back to the thrower. Then choose the incorrect
options: (g = 10 m/s²)
(A) The average speed of the ball for the round
trip is zero.
(B) Total displacement is 80 m
(C) Total displacement is zero