MOTION IN STRAIGHT LINE-MPS

1. A Body moves 6 m north. 8 m east and 10m 8. A 150 m long train is moving with a uniform
vertically upwards, what is its resultant velocity of 45 km/h. The time taken by the train
displacement from initial position to cross a bridge of length 850 meters is
(a) 10√2𝑚 (b) 10𝑚 (a) 56 sec (b)68 sec
10 (c) 80 sec (d)92 sec
(c) 𝑚 (d) 10 × 2𝑚
√2
9. A particle moves along a semicircle of radius 10m
2. An athlete completes one round of a circular track
in 5 seconds. The average velocity of the particle
of radius R in 40 sec. What will be his
is
displacement at the end of 2 min. 20 sec
(a) Zero (b) 2R (a) 2 ms −1 (b) 4 ms −1
(c) 2 R (d) 7 R (c) 2 ms −1 (d) 4 ms −1
3. A wheel of radius 1 meter rolls forward half a 10. If a car covers 2/5th of the total distance with v1
revolution on a horizontal ground. The magnitude speed and 3/5th distance with v2 then average
of the displacement of the point of the wheel speed is
initially in contact with the ground is 1 v +v
(a) v1v2 (b) 1 2
(a) 2 (b) 2 2 2
(c) 2 +4 (d) 2v1v2 5v1v2
(c) (d)
v1 + v2 3v1 + 2v2
4. A person travels along a straight road for half the
distance with velocity v1 and the remaining half 11. The correct statement from the following is
(a) A body having zero velocity will not
distance with velocity v2 The average velocity is
necessarily have zero acceleration
given by (b) A body having zero velocity will necessarily
v22 have zero acceleration
(a) v1v2 (b)
v12 (c) A body having uniform speed can have only
v1 + v2 2v1v2 uniform acceleration
(c) (d)
2 v1 + v2 (d) A body having non-uniform velocity will
5. The displacement-time graph for two particles A have zero acceleration
and B are straight lines inclined at angles of 30o 12. A bullet fired into a fixed target loses half of its
velocity after penetrating 3 cm. How much
and 60o with the time axis. The ratio of velocities
further it will penetrate before coming to rest
of VA : VB is
assuming that it faces constant resistance to
(a) 1: 2 (b) 1: 3 motion?
(c) 3 :1 (d) 1: 3 (a) 1.5 cm (b)1.0 cm
6. A car travels the first half of a distance between (c) 3.0 cm (d)2.0 cm
two places at a speed of 30 km/hr and the second 13. A particle experiences a constant acceleration for
half of the distance at 50 km/hr. The average 20 sec after starting from rest. If it travels a
speed of the car for the whole journey is distance S1 in the first 10 sec and a distance S 2
(a) 42.5 km/hr (b)40.0 km/hr in the next 10 sec, then
(c) 37.5 km/hr (d)35.0 km/hr (a) S1 = S2
7. A train has a speed of 60 km/h. for the first one (b) S1 = S 2 / 3
hour and 40 km/h for the next half hour. Its
(c) S1 = S2 / 2
average speed in km/h is
(a) 50 (b) 53.33 (d) S1 = S2 / 4
(c) 48 (d) 70
14. The displacement x of a particle along a straight (d) The direction of the velocity of a body can
line at time t is given by x = a0 + a1t + a2t 2 . The change when its acceleration is constant
acceleration of the particle is 21. The position of a particle moving in the xy-plane
(a) a0 (b) a1 at any time t is given by x = (3t 2 − 6t ) metres,

(c) 2a2 (d) a 2 y = (t 2 − 2t ) metres. Select the correct statement

15. The coordinates of a moving particle at any time about the moving particle from the following
(a) The acceleration of the particle is zero at t = 0
are given by x = at 2 and y = bt 2 . The speed of
second
the particle at any moment is
(b) The velocity of the particle is zero at t = 0
(a) 2t (a + b) (b) 2t (a 2 − b 2 ) second
(c) t a 2 + b 2 (d) 2t (a 2 + b 2 ) (c) The velocity of the particle is zero at t = 1
second
16. An electron starting from rest has a velocity that
(d) The velocity and acceleration of the particle
increases linearly with the time that is v = kt ,
are never zero
where k = 2m / sec2 . The distance travelled in the 22. An alpha particle enters a hollow tube of 4 m
first 3 seconds will be length with an initial speed of 1 km/s. It is
(a) 9 m (b) 16 m accelerated in the tube and comes out of it with a
(c) 27 m (d) 36 m speed of 9 km/s. The time for which it remains
17. The relation between time and distance is inside the tube is
t =  x 2 +  x , where  and  are constants. The (a) 8 10−3 s (b) 80 10−3 s
retardation is (c) 800 10−3 s (d) 8 10−4 s
(a) 2 v3 (b) 2  v 3 23. A car moving with a speed of 40 km/h can be
(c) 2 v 3
(d) 2  v 2 3 stopped by applying brakes after atleast 2 m. If
18. The initial velocity of the particle is 10 m / sec the same car is moving with a speed of 80 km/h,
what is the minimum stopping distance
9
and its retardation is = 8  = 36 m . The distance (a) 8 m (b) 2 m
2
(c) 4 m (d) 6 m
moved by the particle in 5th second of its motion
24. The x and y coordinates of a particle at any time
is
(a) 1 m (b) 19 m t are given by x = 7t + 4t 2 and y = 5t , where x
(c) 50 m (d) 75m and y are in metre and t in seconds. The
19. A motor car moving with a uniform speed of acceleration of particle at t = 5 s is
20 m / sec comes to stop on the application of (a) Zero (b) 8 m / s 2
brakes after travelling a distance of 10m Its (c) 20 m / s 2 (d) 40 m / s 2
acceleration is 25. If the velocity of a particle is given by
(a) 20 m / sec 2 (b) −20m / sec2 v = (180 −16 x)1/2 m/s, then its acceleration will
(c) −40 m / sec2 (d) +2m / sec2 be
(a) Zero (b) 8 m/s2
20. Which of the following four statements is false
(a) A body can have zero velocity and still be (c) – 8 m/s2 (d) 4 m/s2
accelerated 26. A stone falls from a balloon that is descending at
(b) A body can have a constant velocity and still a uniform rate of 12 m / s . The displacement of
have a varying speed the stone from the point of release after 10 sec is
(c) A body can have a constant speed and still (a) 490 m (b) 510 m
have a varying velocity (c) 610 m (d) 725 m
27. A body falls freely from rest. It covers as much 34. A body sliding on a smooth inclined plane
distance in the last second of its motion as requires 4 seconds to reach the bottom starting
covered in the first three seconds. The body has from rest at the top. How much time does it take
fallen for a time of [MNR 1998] to cover one-fourth distance starting from rest at
(a) 3 s (b) 5s the top
(c) 7 s (d) 9 s (a) 1 s (b) 2 s
28. An object is projected upwards with a velocity of (c) 4 s (d) 16 s
100 m / s . It will strike the ground after 35. A body freely falling from the rest has a velocity
(approximately) ‘v’ after it falls through a height ‘h’. The distance
(a) 10 sec (b) 20 sec it has to fall down for its velocity to become
(c) 15 sec (d) 5 sec double, is
29. A stone dropped from the top of the tower (a) 2h (b) 4h
touches the ground in 4 sec. The height of the (c) 6h (d) 8h
tower is about 36. A particle is thrown vertically upwards. If its
(a) 80 m velocity at half of the maximum height is 10 m/s,
(b) 40m then maximum height attained by it is
(Take g = 10 m/s2)
(c) 20 m
(a) 8 m (b) 10 m
(d) 160 m
(c) 12 m (d) 16 m
30. A body is released from the top of a tower of
37. A body, thrown upwards with some velocity,
1 2
height h . It takes v = bt + v0 sec to reach the reaches the maximum height of 20m. Another
2
body with double the mass thrown up, with
ground. Where will be the ball after time t / 2 sec
double initial velocity will reach a maximum
(a) At h / 2 from the ground
height of
(b) At h / 4 from the ground
(a) 200 m (b) 16 m
(c) Depends upon mass and volume of the body
(c) 80 m (d) 40 m
(d) At 3h / 4 from the ground
38. A particle when thrown, moves such that it passes
31. A stone thrown upward with a speed u from the
from same height at 2 and 10s, the height is
top of the tower reaches the ground with a (a) g
velocity 3u . The height of the tower is
(b) 2g
(a) 3u 2 / g (b) 4u 2 / g
(c) 5g
(c) 6u 2 / g (d) 9u 2 / g
(d) 10g
32. A stone is dropped from a certain height which
39. A very large number of balls are thrown vertically
can reach the ground in 5 second. If the stone is
upwards in quick succession in such a way that
stopped after 3 second of its fall and then allowed
the next ball is thrown when the previous one is
to fall again, then the time taken by the stone to
at the maximum height. If the maximum height is
reach the ground for the remaining distance is
5m, the number of ball thrown per minute is
(a) 2 sec (b) 3 sec
(Take g = 10 ms −2 )
(c) 4 sec (d) None of these
(a) 120
33. With what velocity a ball, be projected vertically
(b) 80
so that the distance covered by it in 5th second is
(c) 60
twice the distance it covers in its 6th second
(d) 40
( g = 10 m / s 2 )
40. The acceleration due to gravity on the planet A is
(a) 58.8 m/s (b) 49 m/s
9 times the acceleration due to gravity on planet
(c) 65 m/s (d) 19.6 m/s
 B. A man jumps to a height of 2m on the surface
of A. What is the height of jump by the same
person on the planet B
(a) 18m (b) 6m
2 2
(c) m (d) m
3 9 (a) 60 m (b) 55 m
41. A body, thrown upwards with some velocity (c) 25 m (d) 30 m
reaches the maximum height of 50 m. Another 46. A ball is thrown vertically upwards. Which of the
body with double the mass thrown up with double following graph/graphs represent velocity-time
the initial velocity will reach a maximum height graph of the ball during its flight (air resistance is
of neglected)
(a) 100 m (b) 200 m
(c) 300 m (d) 400 m
42. A parachutist after bailing out falls 50 m without
friction. When parachute opens, it decelerates at
2 m/s2. He reaches the ground with a speed of 3
m/s. At what height, did he bail out?
(a) 293 m (b) 111 m
(c) 91 m (d) 182 m
43. From the top of a tower two stones, whose masses
are in the ratio 1:2 are thrown one straight up with
an initial speed u and the second straight down (a) A (b) B
with the same speed u. Then, neglecting air (c) C (d) D
resistance 47. The v − t graph of a moving object is given in
(a) The heavier stone hits the ground with a figure. The maximum acceleration is
higher speed
(b) The lighter stone hits the ground with a higher
speed
(c) Both the stones will have the same speed
when they hit the ground.
(d) The speed can't be determined with the given
data. (a) 1cm / sec c2 (b) 2cm / sec2
44. When a ball is thrown up vertically with velocity
(c) 3 cm / sec 2 (d) 6 cm / sec2
Vo , it reaches a maximum height of 'h'. If one
48. The velocity-time graph of a body moving in a
wishes to triple the maximum height then the ball straight line is shown in the figure. The
should be thrown with velocity displacement and distance travelled by the body
(a) 3Vo (b) 3Vo in 6 sec are respectively
(c) 9Vo (d) 3 / 2Vo
45. The variation of velocity of a particle with time
moving along a straight line is illustrated in the
following figure. The distance travelled by the
particle in four seconds is

(a) 8 m, 16 m (b) 16 m, 8 m
(c) 16 m, 16 m (d) 8 m, 8 m
49. Figures (i) and (ii) below show the displacement-
time graphs of two particles moving along the x-
axis. We can say that

(a)

(a) Both the particles are having a uniformly (b)

accelerated motion
(b) Both the particles are having a uniformly
retarded motion
(c) Particle (i) is having a uniformly accelerated
motion while particle (ii) is having a uniformly (c)
retarded motion
(d) Particle (i) is having a uniformly retarded
motion while particle (ii) is having a uniformly
accelerated motion
50. Which graph represents the uniform acceleration
(d)
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1. A man goes 10m towards North, then 20m 8. Which of the following is a one-dimensional
towards east then displacement is motion
(a) 22.5m (b) 25m (a) Landing of an aircraft
(c) 25.5m (d) 30m (b) Earth revolving around the sun
2. A person moves 30 m north and then 20 m (c) Motion of wheels of a moving train
towards east and finally 30 2 m in south-west (d) Train running on a straight track
direction. The displacement of the person from 9. A particle is constrained to move on a straight-
the origin will be line path. It returns to the starting point after 10
(a) 10 m along north sec. The total distance covered by the particle
(b) 10 m long south during this time is 30 m. Which of the following
(c) 10 m along west statements about the motion of the particle is false
(d) Zero (a) Displacement of the particle is zero
3. An aeroplane flies 400 m north and 300 m south (b) Average speed of the particle is 3 m/s
and then flies 1200 m upwards then net (c) Displacement of the particle is 30 m
displacement is (d) Both (a) and (b)
(a) 1200 m (b)1300 m 10. A man walks on a straight road from his home to
(c) 1400 m (d)1500 m a market 2.5 km away with a speed of 5 km/h.
4. A car travels from A to B at a speed of 20 km / hr Finding the market closed, he instantly turns and
and returns at a speed of 30 km / hr . The average walks back home with a speed of 7.5 km/h. The
average speed of the man over the interval of time
speed of the car for the whole journey is
0 to 40 min. is equal
(a) 25 km / hr (b) 24 km / hr
(a) 5 km/h
(c) 50 km / hr (d) 5 km / hr
25
5. A boy walks to his school at a distance of 6 km (b) km/h
4
with constant speed of 2.5 km/hour and walks 30
back with a constant speed of 4 km/hr. His (c) km/h
4
average speed for round trip expressed in 45
km/hour, is (d) km/h
8
(a) 24/13 (b) 40/13 11. Which of the following options is correct for the
(c) 3 (d) 1/2 object having a straight-line motion represented
6. One car moving on a straight road covers one by the following graph
third of the distance with 20 km/hr and the rest D
with 60 km/hr. The average speed is C

(a) 40 km/hr (b) 80 km/hr B

t
2
(c) 46 km/hr (d) 36 km/hr
3 A
O
7. A car moves for half of its time at 80 km/h and for s

rest half of time at 40 km/h. Total distance (a) The object moves with constantly increasing
covered is 60 km. What is the average speed of velocity from O to A and then it moves with
the car constant velocity.
(a) 60 km / h (b) Velocity of the object increases uniformly
(b) 80 km / h (c) Average velocity is zero
(c) 120 km / h (d) The graph shown is impossible
(d) 180 km / h
12. A particle moves for 20 seconds with velocity 3 14. A body is moving from rest under constant
m/s and then velocity 4 m/s for another 20 acceleration and let S1 be the displacement in the
seconds and finally moves with velocity 5 m/s for first ( p − 1) sec and S 2 be the displacement in the
next 20 seconds. What is the average velocity of
first p sec. The displacement in ( p 2 − p + 1)th
the particle
(a) 3 m/s (b) 4 m/s sec. will be
(c) 5 m/s (d) Zero (a) S1 + S 2 (b) S1S 2
13. The displacement of a body is given to be (c) S1 − S 2 (d) S1 / S 2
proportional to the cube of time elapsed. The 15. The acceleration of a moving body can be found
magnitude of the acceleration of the body is from
(a) Increasing with time (a) Area under velocity-time graph
(b) Decreasing with time (b) Area under distance-time graph
(c) Constant but not zero (c) Slope of the velocity-time graph
(d) Zero (d) Slope of distance-time graph
 MOTION IN STRAIGHT LINE-RPS-02
1. The initial velocity of a particle is u (at t = 0 ) 8. The acceleration ' a ' in m / s 2 of a particle is
and the acceleration nth is given by at . Which of given by a = 3t 2 + 2t + 2 where t is the time. If
the following relation is valid the particle starts out with a velocity u = 2 m / s
t2 at t = 0 , then the velocity at the end of 2 second
(a) v = u + at 2
(b) v = u + a
2 is
(c) v = u + at (d) v = u (a) 12 m/s (b) 18 m/s
2. The velocity of a body moving with a uniform (c) 27 m/s (d) 36 m/s
acceleration of 2 m. / sec2 is 10 m / sec . Its 9. If a car at rest accelerates uniformly to a speed of
velocity after an interval of 4 sec is 144 km/h in 20 s. Then it covers a distance
(a) 12 m / sec (b) 14 m / sec (a) 20 m (b) 400 m
(c) 16 m / sec (d) 18 m / sec (c) 1440 m (d) 2880 m
10. The position x of a particle varies with time t
3. The velocity of a body depends on time according
as x = at 2 − bt 3 . The acceleration of the particle
to the equation v = 20 + 0.1t 2 . The body is
will be zero at time t equal to
undergoing
(a) Uniform acceleration a
(a) (b) 7.5 km / h
(b) Uniform retardation b
(c) Non-uniform acceleration a
(c) (d) Zero
(d) Zero acceleration 3b
4. A particle moving with a uniform acceleration 11. If a train travelling at 72 kmph is to be brought to
travels 24 m and 64 m in the first two consecutive rest in a distance of 200 metres, then its
intervals of 4 sec each. Its initial velocity is retardation should be
(a) 1 m/sec (b) 10 m / sec (a) 20 ms −2 (b) 10 ms −2
(c) 5 m/sec (d) 2 m/sec (c) 2 ms −2 (d) 1 ms −2
5. A car moving with a velocity of 10 m/s can be 12. Two cars A and B at rest at same point initially. If
stopped by the application of a constant force F A starts with uniform velocity of 40 m/sec and B
in a distance of 20 m. If the velocity of the car is starts in the same direction with constant
30 m/s, it can be stopped by this force in acceleration of 4 m / s 2 , then B will catch A after
20 how much time
(a) m (b) 20 m
3 (a) 10 sec (b) 20 sec
(c) 60 m (d) 180 m (c) 30 sec (d) 35 sec
6. The displacement is given by x = 2t 2 + t + 5 , the 13. A body travels for 15 sec starting from rest with
acceleration at t = 2s is constant acceleration. If it travels distances S1 , S2
2 2
(a) 4 m / s (b) 8 m / s and S 3 in the first five seconds, second five
(c) 10 m / s 2 (d) 15 m / s 2 seconds and next five seconds respectively the
7. A body starts from rest. What is the ratio of the relation between S1 , S2 and S 3 is
distance travelled by the body during the 4th and (a) S1 = S2 = S3
3rd second
(b) 5S1 = 3S2 = S3
7 5
(a) (b) 1 1
5 7 (c) S1 = S2 = S3
3 5
7 3
(c) (d) 1 1
3 7 (d) S1 = S2 = S3
5 3
14. A particle travels 10m in first 5 sec and 10m in 15. The relation 3t = 3x + 6 describes the
next 3 sec. Assuming constant acceleration what displacement of a particle in one direction where
is the distance travelled in next 2 sec x is in metres and t in sec. The displacement,
(a) 28.3 m (b) 9.3 m when velocity is zero, is
(c) 10.3 m (d) None of above (a) 24 metres (b) 12 metres
(c) 5 metres (d) Zero
 MOTION IN STRAIGHT LINE-RPS-03
1. The position of a particle moving along the x-axis (d) None of these
at certain times is given below: 7. A body starting from rest moves with constant
t (s) 0 1 2 3 acceleration. The ratio of distance covered by the
x (m) –2 0 6 16 body during the 5th sec to that covered in 5 sec is
Which of the following describes the motion (a) 9/25 (b) 3/5
correctly (c) 25/9 (d) 1/25
(a) Uniform, accelerated 8. A stone is dropped into water from a bridge 44.1
(b) Uniform, decelerated m above the water. Another stone is thrown
(c) Non-uniform, accelerated vertically downward 1 sec later. Both strike the
(d) There is not enough data for generalization water simultaneously. What was the initial speed
2. A body A starts from rest with an acceleration a1 of the second stone
. After 2 seconds, another body B starts from rest (a) 12.25 m / s (b) 14.75 m / s
with an acceleration a 2 . If they travel equal (c) 16.23 m / s (d) 17.15 m / s

distances in the 5th second, after the start of A, 9. An iron ball and a wooden ball of the same radius
then the ratio a1 : a2 is equal to are released from the same height in vacuum.
They take the same time to reach the ground. The
(a) 5 : 9 (b) 5 : 7
reason for this is
(c) 9 : 5 (d) 9 : 7
(a) Acceleration due to gravity in vacuum is same
3. The velocity of a bullet is reduced from 200m/s
irrespective of the size and mass of the body
to 100m/s while travelling through a wooden
(b) Acceleration due to gravity in vacuum
block of thickness 10cm. The retardation,
depends upon the mass of the body
assuming it to be uniform, will be
(c) There is no acceleration due to gravity in
(a) 10 104 m/s2 (b) 12 104 m/s2
vacuum
(c) 13.5 104 m/s2 (d) 15 104 m/s2 (d) In vacuum there is a resistance offered to the
4. A particle starts from rest, accelerates at 2 m/s2 motion of the body and this resistance depends
for 10s and then goes for constant speed for 30s upon the mass of the body
and then decelerates at 4 m/s2 till it stops. What is 10. A body is released from a great height and falls
the distance travelled by it freely towards the earth. Another body is released
(a) 750 m (b) 800 m from the same height exactly one second later.
(c) 700 m (d) 850 m The separation between the two bodies, two
5. A body is moving with uniform acceleration seconds after the release of the second body is
describes 40 m in the first 5 sec and 65 m in next (a) 4.9m (b) 9.8m
5 sec. Its initial velocity will be
(c) 19.6 m (d) 24.5m
(a) 4 m/s
11. A body is slipping from an inclined plane of
(b) 2.5 m/s
height h and length l . If the angle of inclination
(c) 5.5 m/s
is  , the time taken by the body to come from the
(d) 11 m/s
top to the bottom of this inclined plane is
6. A particle moves along x-axis as
2h 2l
x = 4(t − 2) + a(t − 2)2 (a) (b)
g g
Which of the following is true?
(a) The initial velocity of particle is 4 1 2h 2h
(c) (d) sin 
(b) The acceleration of particle is 2a sin  g g
(c) The particle is at origin at t = 0
12. A particle is projected up with an initial velocity 14. A particle is dropped under gravity from rest from
of 80 ft / sec . The ball will be at a height of 96 ft a height h( g = 9.8 m / sec2 ) and it travels a
from the ground distance 9h / 25 in the last second, the height h
(a) 2.0 and 3.0 sec is
(b) Only at 3.0 sec (a) 100 m (b) 122.5 m
(c) Only at 2.0 sec (c) 145 m (d) 167.5 m
(d) After 1 and 2 sec 15. A balloon is at a height of 81 m and is ascending
13. A body thrown with an initial speed of 96 ft / sec upwards with a velocity of 12 m/s. A body of 2kg
reaches the ground after ( g = 32 ft / sec2 ) weight is dropped from it. If g = 10 m / s 2 , the
(a) 3 sec body will reach the surface of the earth in
(b) 6 sec (a) 1.5 s (b) 4.025 s
(c) 12 sec (c) 5.4 s (d) 6.75 s
(d) 8 sec
 MOTION IN STRAIGHT LINE-RPS-04
1. Water drops fall at regular intervals from a tap 7. A body projected vertically upwards with a
which is 5 m above the ground. The third drop is velocity u returns to the starting point in 4
leaving the tap at the instant the first drop touches seconds. If g = 10 m/sec2, the value of u is
the ground. How far above the ground is the (a) 5 m/sec (b) 10 m/sec
second drop at that instant (c) 15 m/sec (d) 20 m/sec
(a) 2.50 m (b) 3.75 m 8. A body is thrown vertically up from the ground.
(c) 4.00 m (d) 1.25 m It reaches a maximum height of 100m in 5sec.
2. A rocket is fired upward from the earth's surface After what time it will reach the ground from the
such that it creates an acceleration of 19.6 m/sec2. maximum height position
If after 5 sec its engine is switched off, the (a) 1.2 sec
maximum height of the rocket from earth's (b) 5 sec
surface would be (c) 10 sec
(a) 245 m (d) 25 sec
(b) 490 m 9. A body thrown vertically upwards with an initial
(c) 980 m velocity u reaches maximum height in 6
(d) 735 m seconds. The ratio of the distances travelled by
3. A body starts to fall freely under gravity. The the body in the first second and the seventh
distances covered by it in first, second and third second is
second are in ratio (a) 1 : 1
(a) 1: 3: 5 (b) 11 : 1
(b) 1: 2 : 3 (c) 1 : 2
(c) 1: 4 : 9 (d) 1 : 11
(d) 1: 5: 6 10. A body is thrown vertically upwards with a
4. A ball of mass m1 and another ball of mass m2 velocity u . Find the true statement from the
are dropped from equal height. If time taken by following
the balls are t1 and t2 respectively, then (a) Both velocity and acceleration are zero at its
highest point
t2
(a) t1 = (b) t1 = t2 (b) Velocity is maximum and acceleration is zero
2
at the highest point
t2
(c) t1 = 4t2 (d) t1 = (c) Velocity is maximum and acceleration is g
4
downwards at its highest point
5. A stone is thrown with an initial speed of 4.9 m/s
(d) Velocity is zero at the highest point and
from a bridge in vertically upward direction. It
falls down in water after 2 sec. The height of the maximum height reached is u 2 / 2 g
bridge is 11. A man throws a ball vertically upward and it rises
(a) 4.9 m (b) 9.8 m through 20 m and returns to his hands. What was
(c) 19.8 m (d) 24.7 m the initial velocity (u) of the ball and for how
6. A stone is shot straight upward with a speed of 20 much time (T ) it remained in the air
m/sec from a tower 200 m high. The speed with [ g = 10m / s 2 ]
which it strikes the ground is approximately
(a) u = 10 m/s, T = 2s
(a) 60 m/sec (b) 65 m/sec
(b) u = 10 m/s, T = 4s
(c) 70 m/sec (d) 75 m/sec
(c) u = 20 m/s, T = 2s
(d) u = 20 m/s, T = 4s
12. Two balls A and B of same masses are thrown 14. A body falling from a high Minaret travels 40
from the top of the building. A, thrown upward meters in the last 2 seconds of its fall to ground.
with velocity V and B, thrown downward with Height of Minaret in meters is
velocity V, then (take g = 10m / s 2 )
(a) Velocity of A is more than B at the ground (a) 60 (b) 45
(b) Velocity of B is more than A at the ground (c) 80 (d) 50
(c) Both A & B strike the ground with same 15. A body falls from a height h = 200m (at New
velocity Delhi). The ratio of distance travelled in each 2
(d) None of these sec during t = 0 to t = 6 second of the journey is
13. A cricket ball is thrown up with a speed of 19.6 (a) 1 : 4 : 9 (b) 1 : 2 : 4
ms–1. The maximum height it can reach is (c) 1 : 3 : 5 (d) 1 : 2 : 3
(a) 9.8 m (b) 19.6 m
(c) 29.4 m (d) 39.2 m
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1. Two balls are dropped from heights h and 2h
respectively from the earth surface. The ratio of (a) 110 m/s
time of these balls to reach the earth is (b) 55 m/s
(a) 1: 2 (c) 550 m/s
(d) 660 m/s
(b) 2 : 1
8. The displacement
(c) 2 : 1
of a particle as a function of time is shown in the
(d) 1 : 4
figure. The figure shows that
2. A body falls from rest in the gravitational field of
the earth. The distance travelled in the fifth
second of its motion is ( g = 10m / s 2 )
(a) 25m (b) 45m
(c) 90m (d) 125m
3. A ball is released from the top of a tower of height
h meters. It takes T seconds to reach the ground.
(a) The particle starts with certain velocity but the
What is the position of the ball in T/3 seconds
motion is retarded and finally the particle stops
(a) h/9 meters from the ground
(b) The velocity of the particle is constant
(b) 7h/9 meters from the ground
throughout
(c) 8h/9 meters from the ground
(c) The acceleration of the particle is constant
(d) 17h/18 meters from the ground
throughout.
4. A packet is dropped from a balloon which is
(d) The particle starts with constant velocity, then
going upwards with the velocity 12 m/s, the
motion is accelerated and finally the particle
velocity of the packet after 2 seconds will be
moves with another constant velocity
(a) –12 m/s (b) 12 m/s
9. The displacement versus time graph for a body
(c) –7.6 m/s (d) 7.6 m/s
moving in a straight line is shown in figure.
5. If a freely falling body travels in the last second a
Which of the following regions represents the
distance equal to the distance travelled by it in the
motion when no force is acting on the body
first three second, the time of the travel is X e

(a) 6 sec (b) 5 sec d

c
(c) 4 sec (d) 3 sec b

6. A body is thrown vertically upwards with

velocity u. The distance travelled by it in the fifth a
Time Y
and the sixth seconds are equal. The velocity u is
(a) ab (b) bc
given by (g = 9.8 m/s2)
(c) cd (d) de
(a) 24.5 m/s
10. A lift is going up. The variation in the speed of
(b) 49.0 m/s
the lift is as given in the graph. What is the height
(c) 73.5 m/s
to which the lift takes the passengers
(d) 98.0 m/s
7. A particle starts from rest. Its acceleration (a)
Velocity

(a) 3.6 m
versus time (t) is as shown in the figure. The 3.
(b) 28.8 m 6
maximum speed of the particle will be
(c) 36.0 m 2 Time 1 1
(sec) 0 2
(d) Cannot be calculated from the above graph
11. Velocity-time (v-t) graph for a moving object is 1
(c) 3 m/s (d)
shown in the figure. Total displacement of the 3
object during the time interval when there is non- 14. The  − t plot of a moving object is shown in the
zero acceleration and retardation is figure. The average velocity of the object during
4
 (m/s) the first 10 seconds is
3
(a) 60 m 2
5
(b) 50 m

Velocity (ms-1)
1
Time (sec)
(c) 30 m 0
10 20 30 40 50 60 0
(d) 40 m t (sec) 5 10

12. For the velocity-time graph shown in figure –5

below the distance covered by the body in last
two seconds of its motion is what fraction of the (a) 0 (b) 2.5 ms–1
total distance covered by it in all the seven (c) 5 ms–1 (d) 2 ms–1
seconds 15. Acceleration-time graph of a body is shown. The
1 10 corresponding velocity-time graph of the same
(a)
2
Velocity (m/sec)

8 body is
1 6
a
(b)
4 4

1 2
(c)
3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
t
Time (sec)
2 v v
(d)
3
13. From the following displacement-time graph find
out the velocity of a moving body (a) t (b) t

v v
Time (sec)

(c) (d)
30o t t
O
Displacement (meter)

1
(a) m/s (b) 3 m/s
3