TOPIC: MOTION IN A PLANE

1. Three vectors each of a acting at a point simultaneously are represented by the closed triangle in the
same order. If one of the vectors is reversed in order, the magnitude of their resultant vector is
1) a 2) 2a 3) 3a 4) zero
2.   3 i  j , the correct statement is
Three vectors are given as P  3i  4 j , Q  6i  8 j and R
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1) P, Q and R are equal vectors
2) P and Q are parallel but R is not parallel
3) P, Q and R are parallel
4) R is the resultant of P and Q
3. Two vectors A and B have equal magnitudes. The magnitude of ( A  B ) is ‘n’ times the magnitude
of ( A  B ) . The angle between A and B is
 n2  1  n  1  n2  1  n  1
1
1) sin  2  2) sin 1  1
3) cos  2  4) cos 1 
 n  1  n  1  n  1  n  1
4. If the magnitudes of A, B and C are 12,5 and 13 units respectively and A  B  C , then the angle
between A and B is
1) 0 2)  / 2 3)  4)  / 4
5. Two vectors A and B are inclined at an angle ' ' and R is their resultant keeping the magnitudes
and angle between the vectors same, if the direction of A and B is inter changed, then there is a
change with regard R in
1) Magnitude
2) Direction
3) Both magnitude and direction
4) None of the above
6. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 35ms 1 . A woman rides a bicycle with a speed of 12ms 1 in
east to west direction. The direction in which she would hold her umbrella is
1) at cos1 (0.343) with vertical towards east
2) at tan 1 (0.343) with vertical towards west
3) at cos1 (0.343) with vertical towards west
4) at tan 1 (0.343) with vertical towards east
7. Buses A and B are moving with velocities 20i m / s and 15i m / s respectively. Then, relative
velocity of A w.r.t. B is
1) 5i m / s 2) 5 j m / s 3) 5i m / s 4) 5 j m / s
8. A river is flowing from west to east at a speed of 5m / s . A man on the South bank of the river,
capable to swim at 10m / s in still water, wants to swim at 10m / s in still water, wants to swim
across the river in shortest time. He should swim in a direction
1) due north 2) 300 east of north 3) 300 west of north 4) 600 east of north
9. Person aiming to reach the exactly opposite point on the bank of a stream is swimming with a speed
of 0.5m/s. at an angle of 1200 with the direction of flow of water, the speed of water in the stream is
1) 1m/s 2) 0.67m/s 3) 0.433m/s 4) 0.25m/s
10. A man moves on a cycle with a velocity of 4Kmph the rain appears to fall on him with a velocity of
3Kmph vertically. The actual velocity of the rain is
4 3
1) 7Kmph 2) 5Kmph 3) Kmph 4) Kmph
3 4
1
11. A ball is projected with velocity 10ms in a direction making an angle 300 with the horizontal, what
is the position coordinate (in metres) of the ball after 1s?
1) (8.66,0.1) 2) (9.8,1.0) 3) 4.26,5.29) 4) (0.4,8.66)
12. A projectile is given an initial velocity of (i  2 j )ms 1 where i is along the ground and j is along
vertical. If g  10ms 2 , the equation of its trajectory is
1) y  x  5 x2 2) y  2 x  5x2 3) 4 y  2x  5x2 4) 4 y  2 x  25x2
13. At what angle with the horizontal should a ball be thrown so that its range ‘R’ is related to the time
flight as R  5T 2 take g  10m / s 2
1) 300 2) 450 3) 600 4) 900
14. A ball is thrown with a velocity of 20m/s making an angle 300 with the horizontal. Its velocity
vector will be normal to its initial velocity vector after a time interval of  g  10m / s 2 
1) 4S 2) 1S 3) 1.5S 4) 0.25S

15. The path of projectile is given by the equation y  3 x  0.8 x 2 . its velocity of projection is
 g  10m / s 2 
1) 5m/s 2) 2.5m/s 3) 7.5m/s 4) 4m/s
16. A ball is projected upwards from the top of a tower with a velocity 50m/s making an angle 300 with
the horizontal. The height of the tower is 70m. after how many seconds from the instant of throwing
will the ball reach the ground?
1) 2s 2) 5s 3) 7s 4) 9s
17. The x and y - coordinates of the particle at any time are x  5t  2t 2 and y  10t respectively,
where x and y are in metres and t in seconds. The acceleration of the particle at t  2s is
1) 0 2) 5ms 2 3) 4ms 2 4) 8ms 2
18. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 5ms 1 . Winds starts blowing after sometime with a speed of
12ms 1 in east to west direction. In which direction from vertical should boy waiting at a bus stop
hold his umbrella?
1) tan 1 (0.45), west 2) tan 1 (0.343), west
3) tan 1 (2.4) west 4) tan 1 (0.24), east
19. The position of a particle is given by r  3ti  2t 2 j  5k , then the direction of v(t ) at t  1s in
1) 450 with X-axis 2) 630 with Y-axis
3) 300 with Y-axis 4) 530 with X-axis
20.` Two stones were projected simultaneously in the same vertical plane from same point obliquely,
with different speeds and angles with the horizontal. The trajectory of path followed by one, as seen
by the other, is
1) parabola 2) straight line 3) circle 4) hyperbola

21. A car driver is moving towards a fired rocket with a velocity of 8m/s. He observed the rocket to be
moving with a speed of 10m/s. A stationary observer will see the rocket to be moving with a speed
in m/s is
22. A man standing on a road has to hold his umbrella at 300 with the vertical to keep the rain away. He
throws the umbrella and starts running at 10 kmh1 . He finds that rain drops are hitting his head
vertically. The actual speed of raindrops in kmph is

23. A girl can swim with speed 5kmh1 in still water. She crosses a river 2km wide, where the river
flows steadily at 2kmh1 and she makes strokes normal to the river current. Find how far down
the river she go when she reaches the other bank in metre is

24. The speed of a boat is 5Kmph in still water. If it crosses a river of width 1 km along the shortest
possible path in 15 minutes. Then velocity of the river in Kmph is

25. To a person going east in a car with a velocity of 25 Kmph a train appears to move towards north of
25 Kmph a train appears to move towards north with a velocity of 25 3 Kmph. The actual velocity
of the train will be in Kmph
26. The equations of motion of a projectile are given by x  18t and 2 y  54t  9.8t 2 . The angle  of
projection is Tan 1 ( x). The value of x is
27. The path of projectile is given by the equation y  x  0.1x 2 . its time of flight is  g  10m / s 2 
28. A ball is projected from the top of a tower with a velocity i  2 j  5k m / s, where i, j and k are unit
vectors along east, north and vertically upwards respectively. If the height of the tower is 30m, its
time of flight in sec is ( g  10m / s 2 )
29. A particle is projected from the ground with an initial velocity 7 m / s at an angle 600 with
horizontal. The average velocity of the pariticle if it reaches the maximum height is
30. A particle is moving such that its position coordinates ( x, y ) are (2m,3m) at t  0 s, (6m, 7 m) at
times 2s and (13m,14m) at time t  5s. Average velocity vector (vav ) from t  0s to t  5 s is
x (i  j ) . The value of x is

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PHYSICS HINTS
1. Conceptual (Triangle of vectors)
y  co  ordinate
2. slope  tan  
x  co  ordinate
3. A B  n A B
 A2  B 2  2 AB cos    n 2  A2  B 2  2 AB cos  
4. 12,5 and 13 dimensions of right angle triangle (triangle law of vectors)
5. Conceptual
6.

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Tan  
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7. vAB  vA  vB
8. To reach the north bank within the shortest time, the man tries to swim normal to the direction of
flow of water.
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Vw
Sin 300 
Vp

10.

v-at actual velocity

11. Sx  x cos  t
1
S y  u sin  .t  gt 2
2
1 2
S y  u sin   t gt
2
g
12. y  tan  .x  2 .x 2
2u cos 2

2
u 2 sin 2  2u sin  
13.  5 
g  g 
Find the value of ' '
g
14. Time interval (t ) 
u sin 
g (1  A2 )
15. u  y  Ax  Bx 2
2B
1
16. h  u y t  gt 2
2
1 2
h  u y t  gt
2
u y  u sin 
d 2x d2y
17. ax  and a y 
dt 2 dt 2
18.

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Tan   ;   Tan 1 (2.4)
5
dr
19. V (t )   3i  4t j  0.k
dt
At t  1s, v(t )  3i  4 j
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Tan   ;   530 with x-axis
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20. Both stones are in relative motion in mutually perpendicular directions
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v  102  82  6m / s
velocity of the person
22. Sin 300 
actual velocity of rain
23. shift  velocity of water  short time
d
 Vw 
VG
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1 60
VBw    4kmph
15 / 60 15

25. V p  25 Kmph;
VR  25 3Kmph;
Vactual  252  (25 3) 2  50Kmph
26. x  u cos   t  18t
1 54 1
y  u sin  .t  gt 2  t   9.8  t 2
2 2 2
27 3
Tan   
18 2
2A2
27. T
Bg
y  Ax  Bx2  x  0.1x2
1
28. h  ut  gt 2
2
u  u g  5m / s
h  70m
u
29. Vave  1  3cos 2 
2
displacement
30. Vave 
total time taken
13  2 11 
Vx   i
5 5
14  3 11
Vy   j
5 5