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PHYSICS JUNIOR IPE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS BANK

PHYSICS

MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE

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1. Derive the equation x  ut  at using graphical method where the terms have usual meaning. (June-
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2011)
2. Explain the terms the average velocity and instantaneous velocity. When are they equal ?
3. A particle moves rectillinearly with uniform acceleration. Its velocity at time t = 0 is V1 and at time
t = t is V2 . The average velocity of the particle in this time interval is  V1  V2  / 2 . Is this correct?
Substantiate your answer.
4. A ball is dropped from the roof of a tall building and simultaneously another ball is thrown horizontally
with some velocity from the same roof. Which ball lands first?
Explain your answer.
5. A parachutist flying in an aeroplane jumps when it is at a height of 3 km above ground. He opens his
parachute when he is about 1 km above ground. Describe his motion.
6. Can the velocity of an object be in a direction other than the direction of acceleration of the object? If so,
give an example.
Q. A car travels the first third of a distance with a speed of 10kmph , the second third at
20kmph and the last third at 60kmph . What is its mean speed over the entire distance?
Q. Can the equations of kinematics be used when the acceleration varies with time? If not,
what form would these equations take?
Q. A motorist drives north for 30 min at 85km/h and then stops for 15min. He continues travelling north and
covers 130 km in 2 hours. What is his total displacement and average velocity?
MOTION IN PLANE
Short Answer Questions :
7. State Parallelogram law of vectors. Derive an expression for the magnitude and direction of the resultant
vector.(Mar- -05, -9, 10, May-05,06,09, June -2010)
8. Show that the maximum height reached by a projectile launched at an angle of 450 is one quarter of its
range.
U 2 sin 2  U 2 sin 2
9. Show that the maximum height and range of a projecticle are and respectively.
2g g
Where the terms have their regular meanings.(MAR-2012)
10. Define unit vector, null vector and position vector.(MAR-08, MAY-97,SEP-2000)
     
11. If a  b  a  b prove that the angle between a and b is 900 .
12. Show that the trajectory of an object thrown at certain angle with the horizontal is a parabola.(MAR-09)
13. Show that a boat must move at an angle with respect to river water in order to cross the river in minimum
time?
14. A bird holds a fruit in its beak and flies parallel to the ground. It lets go of the fruit at some height.
Describe the trajectory of the fruit as it falls to the ground as seen by
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 a) the brid b) a person in the ground
15. What is relative motion. Explain it ?
LAW OF MOTION
Long Answer Questions :

1. a) State Newton’s second law of motion. Hence derive the equation of motion F = ma from it.(MAR-13
b) A body is moving along a circular path such that its speed always remains constant. Should there be a
force acting on the body?
Short Answer Questions :
16. Explain advantages and disadvantages of friction.(MAR-06)
17. Mention the methods used to decrease friction.(MAR-09,MAY-08, JUNE-11)
18. Why is pulling the lawn roller preferred to pushing it?(MAR-06,-8,10,JUNE-10)
19. Why are shock absorbers used in motor cycles and cars?
20. Define the terms momentum and impulse. State and explain the law of conservation of linear momentum.
Give examples.
21. State the laws of rolling friction.
22. Explain the terms limiting friction, dynamic friction and rolling friction.
Work, Energy and Power
Long answer Questions :
1. a) State and prove law of conservation of energy in case of freely falling body.
(MAR-05,06,09,11,13,May-09,June-2011)
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b) A machine gun fires 360 bullets per minute and each bullet travels with a velocity of 600ms . If the
mass of each bullet is 5gm. Find the power of the machine gun.
2. a) Develop the notions of work and kinetic energy and show that it leads to work –energy theorem.
b) State the conditions under which a force does no work
3. What are collissions? Explain the possible types of collisions ? Develop the theory of one dimentional
elastic collision.
The relative velocity of approach of two colliding bodies collision is equal to the relative velocity of
separation after collision. A body freely falling from a certain height ‘h’ after striking a smooth floor
rebounds to a height h/2. What is coefficient of restitution between the floor and the body?
Short Answer Questions:
23. Show that in the case of one dimensional elastic collision, the relative velocity of approach of two
colliding bodies before collisions is equal to the relative velocity of separation after collision.
(MAR-05,06)
24. What is potential energy ? Derive an expression for the gravitational potential energy.
25. Distinguish between conservative and non-conservative forces with one example each.
26. Explain the law of conservation of energy?

VSAQ
Motion in a Straight line
1. The states of motion and rest are relative explain ?
2. How is the average velocity different from instantaneous velocity ? (MAR-2013)
3. Give an example where the velocity of an object is zero but the acceleration is not zero. (MAR-2013)
4. A vehicle travels half the distance L with speed V1 and the other half with speed V 2.
What is the average speed ?

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5. The vertical component of a vector is equal to its horizontal component. What is the angle made by the
vector with x-axis.
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6. A vector v makes an angle with the horizontal. The vector is rotated through an angle . Does this rotation
change the vector v ?
7. Two forces of magnitudes 3 units and 5 units act at 600 with each other. What is the magnitude of their
resultant ?
  
8. A  i  j , What is the angle between the vector and x-axis. (MAR-2013)
9. If P  2iˆ  4 ˆj  14kˆ and Q  4iˆ  4 ˆj  10kˆ and find the magnitude of P  Q
10 What is the acceleration of a projectile at the top of its trajectory ?
11 Can vectors of magnitude zero have a nonzero components?
Laws of Motion
12. What is inertia ? What gives the measure of inertia ?
13. When a bullet is fired from a gun, the gun gives a kick in the back ward direction. Explain
14. Why does a heavy rifle not recoil as strongly as a light rifle using the same cartridges?
15. If a bomb at rest explodes into two pieces, the pieces must travel in opposite directions. Explain.
16. Define force. What are the basic forces in nature ?
17. Can the coefficient of friction be greater than one ?
18. Why does the car with a flattened tyre stop sooner than the one with inflated tyres?(MAY-11)
19. A horse has to pull harder during the start of the motion than later. Explain ?(MAR-13, MAY-09)
20. What happens to coefficient of friction if weight of the body is doubled ?
Work, Energy And Power
21. State the conditions under which a force does no work ?
22. Define : Work, Power and Energy. State their SI units. (MAR-2011)
23. State the relation between the kinetic energy and momentum of a body
24. State the sign of work done by a force in the following
a) work done by a man in lifting a bucke out of a well by means of a rope tied to the bucket.
b) work done by gravitational force nt he above case
25. State the sign of work done by a force in the following
a) work done by friction on a body sliding down an inclined plane.
b) work done by gravitational force in the above case
26. Which physical quantity remains constant
i) In an elastic collision ii) In an inelastic collision ?
Q. A body freely falling from a certain height ‘h’, after striking a smooth floor rebounds and rises to a
height h/2. What is the coefficient of restitution between the floor and the body?

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