CPP KINEMATICS

REVISION (MAINS) ` KKP / MYP CEN TRE

SINGLE CORRECT

1. A ball is dropped vertically from a height h above the ground. It hits the ground and bounces up vertically
to a height h/2. Neglecting subsequent motion and air resistance, its velocity  varies with the height h as

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

2. A projectile is thrown in to space so as to have the maximum possible horizontal range equal to 400m.
Taking the point of projection as the origin, the co-ordinate of the point where the velocity of the projectile is
minimum are
(A) (400, 200) (B) (200, 200) (C) (400, 100) (D) (200, 100)

3. A point traversed half of the distance with a velocity v 0 . The half of remaining part of the distance was
convered with velocity v1 and second half of remaining part by v 2 velocity. The mean velocity of the point,
averaged over the whole time of motion is
v  v1  v 2 2v 0  v1  v 2 v  2v1  2v 2 2v 0 (v1  v 2 )
(A) 0 (B) (C) 0 (D)
3 3 3 (2v 0  v1  v 2 )
4. A ball is thrown vertically upwards. It was observed at a height h twice with a time interval t . The initial
velocity of the ball is
2
 g2 t  1
(A) 8gh  g ( t)
2 2
(B) 8gh    (C) 8gh  g2 ( t)2 (D) 8gh  4g2 ( t)2
 2  2

5. Two bodies begin a free fall from the same height at a time interval of Ns. If vertical separation between the
two bodies is 1 after n second from the start of the first body, then n is equal to
1 1 N 1 N
(A) nN (B) (C)  (D) 
gN gN 2 gN 4

6. Between the two stations, a train accelerates uniformly at first, then moves with constant velocity and finally
retards uniformly. If the ratio of the time, taken by 1 : 8 :1 and the maximum speed attained be 60 km/h,
then what is the average speed over the whole journey?
(A) 52 km/h (B) 48 km/h (C) 54 km/h (D) 56 km/h

7. Two roads cross at right angles at O. A person A walking along one of them at 3 m/s sees another person B
walking at 4 m/s along the other road at O, when he is 10 m off. The nearest distance between the two
persons is
(A) 10 m (B) 9 m (C) 8 m (D) 7.2 m

8. A particle moves according to the equation x  5t 2  2t  5 where x is displacement and t is time. Its
average velocity in first 3 seconds is
(A) 17ms1 (B) 32ms1 (C) 16ms1 (D) None of these

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 9. A gun is fired from a moving platform and ranges of shot are observed to be R1 and R2 when the platform
is moving forwards and backward respectively with velocity v p . The angle of elevation of the gun is , then
tan  is
g  R1  R2  
2
4v p2  R1  R 2  2v p2 4R1R2 2
(A) 2   (B)   (C) R1R 2 (D) .v p
4v p  R1  R2  g  R1  R2  g g
 
10. At the moment t  0, a particle leaves the origin and moves in the positive direction of x  axis. Its velocity
   t
at any instant of time is v  v 0 1   , where v 0  10 cms1 , and   5 sec . The distance covered by the
 
particle during first 20 sec is
(A) 50 cm (B) –50 cm (C) 250 cm (D) zero
11. A fort is at the top of a hill of height 'h' above sea level. The greatest horizontal distance from which a gun
in the ship can hit the fort, if the muzzle velocity is 2gk , will be

(A) 2k  k  h  (B) 2 k  h (C) 2 k  k  h  (D) 2h

12. A particle of mass m starts from rest moving down the C

inclined plane AB and rises up to point C on the inclined
A
plane BC. Assuming no losses of energy, the time period of
the to and fro motion of the particle is
2 2h 2h h
(A) (B) 2  sin37  sin53 
9 g g
24 2h 35 2h 370 530
(C) (D)
25 g 6 g B
13. A particle is projected vertically upwards from the ground at time t  0 and reaches a height h at t  T . The
greatest height reached by the particle will be
 2h  gT 
2
 2h  gT 
2 2
gT 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2h
8gT 2 8 6g

14. Read the following statements and select correct options

(i) If the range of a projectile is 'R' , then its kinetic energy is maximum after moving a distance equals to R
R
(ii) If the range of a projectile is 'R' , its potential energy is maximum after covering a distance equals to .
2
(A) Both (i) & (ii) are correct (B) (i) is correct, (ii) wrong
(C) (i) is wrong, (ii) is correct (D) Both (i) & (ii) are wrong

15. Two particles are projected simultaneously from two points O

and O such that d is the horizontal distance and h is the
vertical distance between them as shown in the figure. They
v
are projected at the same inclination  to the horizontal with

the same velocity . The time after which their separation O
v
becomes minimum is h
d 2d 
(A) (B) O
 cos   cos  d

d d
(C) (D)
2 cos  

16. Time taken by the projectile to reach from A to B is t. Then u

the distance AB is equal to B

ut 3ut
(A) (B) 60o
3 2
30o
(C) 3 ut (D) 2ut A C

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17. An object of mass 3 kg is at rest. If a force F = (6t 2 ˆi  4tj)
ˆ N is applied on the object, then the velocity of the
object at t = 3 seconds is
(A) 18iˆ  3ˆj (B) 18iˆ  6ˆj (C) 3iˆ  18ˆj (D) 18iˆ  4ˆj

18. The velocity of a particle moving in a straight line varies

with time in such a manner that v versus t graph is v
represented by one–half of an ellipse. The maximum vm
velocity is vm and the total time of motion is t0 ;

i) average velocity of the particle is vm; t
4 t0
(ii) such motion cannot be realized in practical terms
(A) only (i) is correct (B) only (ii) is correct
(C) both (i) and (ii) are correct (D) both (i) and (ii) are wrong

19. If a stone is to hit at a point which is at a distance d away and at a

height h above the point from where the stone starts, then what is u
the value of initial speed u if the stone is launched at an angle ?
g d d g h
(A) (B) 
cos  2(d tan   h) cos  2(d tan   h)
d
gd2 gd2
(C) (D)
hcos2  (d  h)

20. Two Cannons installed at the top of a cliff 10m high fire a shot each with speed 5 3 ms1 at some interval.
0
One cannon fires at 60 with horizontal whereas the second fires horizontally. The coordinates of point of
collision of the shots are
1 1 1 1
(A) m, m (B) 5 3m , 5m (C) 3 5 m , 3m (D) m, m
3 3 5 5 3 5

NUMERICAL BASED

21. A stone is dropped from a balloon ascending with velocity 5 m/s from a height of 60 m. The time of flight of
the stone is
2
22. A lift is moving upwards with an acceleration of 2 m/sec . When the upward velocity of the lift is 5m/sec, a
particle is projected vertically upwards with a velocity of 3 m/sec. with respect to the floor of the lift by a
1
passenger. The time after which it reaches the passenger again is sec .find the value of ‘n’?
n

2
23. A particle has an initial velocity of (12 m/s) î and a constant acceleration of (–2m/s ) î . The distance covered
th
by the particle in the 5 sec of its motion is

24. A ball is projected horizontally from an inclined plane with a velocity v0 as  V0

v
shown in the figure. It will strike the plane after a time 2 n 0 .calculate the
g 60

value of ‘n’

25. A swimmer wishes to reach directly opposite point on the other bank of a river, flowing with velocity
4 2 m/s. The swimmer can swim with 8 m/s in still water. The angle with the flow direction he should swim
0
to reach the directly opposite point is n(45 ) .find the value of ‘n’

26. A particle is projected vertically upwards from O with velocity v and a second particle is projected at the
same instant from P (at a height h above O) with velocity v at an angle of projection  . The time when the
h
distance between them is minimum is where K 
Kv

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27. From an elevated point P a stone is projected vertically upwards. When it reaches a distance d below P its
d
velocity is doubled. The greatest height reached by it above P is where k  ________
k

28. The V-S graph for an aeroplane travelling on a straight runway is shown.
The acceleration of the plane at S = 50 m is 4x m/s 2 ,
find x .

29. A body starts from rest with uniform acceleration. Its velocity after 2n second is vo . The displacement of

3 vo n
the body in last n second is . Determine the value of  ?


30. A projectile is projected from a point at the foot of a fixed inclined plane having angle of inclination 45 , at
an angle  with horizontal. The particle hits the inclined plane at right angles, if tan   _______

KEY

1. A 2. B 3. D 4. C 5. C
6. C 7. C 8. A 9. A 10. C
11. C 12. D 13. C 14. A 15. B
16. C 17. B 18. B 19. A 20. A
21. 4 22. 2 23. 3 24. 3 25. 3
26. 2 27. 3 28. 2 29. 4 30. 3

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