Exercise-3 (PYQ’s) Multiple Correct

6. The coordinates of a particle moving in a plane are given by

POSITION, DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT x(t) = acos(pt) and y(t) = bsin(pt) where a, b(< a) and p are
positive constants of appropriate dimensions. Then, (IIT-JEE
Subjective 1999)
1. On a frictionless horizontal surface, assumed to be the x – y plane, a (a) The path of the particle is an ellipse
small trolley A is moving along a straight line parallel to the y-axis (b) The velocity and acceleration of the particle are normal to
(see figure) with a constant velocity of ( 3 − 1)m/s . At a particular each other at t = π/2p
(c) The acceleration of the particle is always directed towards a focus
instant when the line OA makes an angle of 45° with the x-axis,
(d) The distance traveled by the particle in time interval t = 0 to
a ball is thrown along the surface from the origin O. Its velocity t = π/2p is a
makes an angle f with the x-axis and it hits the trolley.
(a) The motion of the ball is observed from the frame of the CONSTANT ACCELERATION
trolley. Calculate the angle q made by the velocity vector of
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the ball with the x-axis in this frame.
7. A particle is moving Eastwards with a velocity of 5 m/s. In 10 s,
y the velocity changes to 5 m/s Northwards. The average acceleration
A in this time is (IIT-JEE 1982)
(a) Zero
45° 1
x (b) m/s2 towards North-East
O 2
(b) Find the speed of the ball with respect to the surface, if 1
(c) m/s2 towards North-West
f = 4q/3. (IIT-JEE 2002) 2
Fill in the Blanks (d)
1
m/s2 towards North
2. Spotlight S rotates in a horizontal plane with constant angular 2
velocity of 0.1 rad/s. The spot of light P moves along the wall at a Subjective
distance of 3m. The velocity of the spot P when q = 45° (see fig.) 8. An object A is kept fixed at the point x = 3 m and y = 1.25 m on
is….… m/s. (IIT-JEE 1987) a plank P raised above the ground. At time t = 0, the plank starts
S moving along the + x-direction with an acceleration 1.5 m/s2. At
q the same instant, a stone is projected from the origin with a velocity
u as shown. A stationary person on the ground observes the stone
3m hitting the object during its downward motion at an angle of 45°
to the horizontal. All the motions are in x – y plane. Find u and the
P time after which the stone hits the object. (Take g = 10 m/s2 ).
y
A
3. Four persons K, L, M, N are initially at the four corners of a square P
1.25 m
of side d. Each person now moves with a uniform speed v in such a
way that K always moves directly towards L, L directly towards M, 
u
M directly towards N and N directly towards K. The four persons x
will meet at a time …… (IIT-JEE 1984) O 3.0 m  (IIT-JEE 2000)
4. A particle moves in a circle of radius R. In half the period of
revolution , its displacement is … and distance covered is …. MOTION UNDER GRAVITY
 (IIT-JEE 1983) Single Correct
SPEED AND VELOCITY 9. A ball is dropped vertically from a height d above the ground. It hits
the ground and bounces up vertically to a height d/2. Neglecting
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subsequent motion and air resistance, its velocity v varies with
5. In the arrangement shown in the figure, the ends P and Q of an height h above the ground as  (IIT-JEE 2000)
unstretchable string move downwards with uniform speed U. v
v
Pulleys A and B are fixed. Mass M moves upwards with a speed
(a) d h (b)
A B

q q h
d
v v
P Q
M (c) d h (d) d
 (IIT-JEE 1982) h
U
(a) 2Ucosq (b) (c) 2Ucosθ (d) Ucosθ
cos θ

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 10. A particle P is sliding down a frictionless hemispherical bowl. It Fill in the Blanks
passes the point A at t = 0. At this instant of time, the horizontal
component of its velocity is v. A bead Q of the same mass as P is 16. The trajectory of a projectile in a vertical plane is y = ax – bx2,
ejected from A at t = 0 along the horizontal string AB, with the speed v. where a, b are constants, and x and y are respectively, the horizontal
Friction between the bead and the string may be neglected. Let tp and vertical distances of the projectile from the point of projection.
and tQ be the respective times taken by P and Q to reach the point B. The maximum height attained is….. and the angle of projection
Q from the horizontal is…. (IIT-JEE 1997)
A B
True/False
P C 17. A projectile fired from the ground follows a parabolic path.
The speed of the projectile is minimum at the top of its path
Then (IIT-JEE 1993)
 (IIT-JEE 1984)
(a) tP < tQ (b) tP = tQ
t length of arc ACB
Comprehension Based/Statement Based
(c) tP > tQ (d) P =
tQ length of chord AB Question Stem for Question Nos. 22 and 23:
A projectile is thrown from a point O on the ground at an angle 45° from
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the vertical and with a speed 5 2 m/s. The projectile at the highest point
11. A body falling freely from a given height H hits an inclined plane in
of its trajectory splits into two equal parts. One part falls vertically down
its path at a height h. As a result of this impact the direction of the
velocity of the body becomes horizontal. For what value of (h/H), to the ground 0.5 s after the splitting. The other part, t seconds after the
the body will take maximum time to reach the ground?  (IIT-JEE splitting, falls to the ground at a distance x meters from the point O. The
1986) acceleration due to gravity g = 10 m/s2. (JEE Adv. 2021)
True/False 18. The value of t is ________. C-37 43W-50 49 UA-12 09
12. Two balls of different masses are thrown vertically upwards with
the same speed. They pass through the point of projection in their 19. The value of x is ________. C-18 78 W-68 69 UA-12 53
downward motion with the same speed (Neglect air resistance).
 (IIT-JEE 1983) PROJECTILE THROWN FROM
PROJECTILE MOTION: SOME HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND
GROUND TO GROUND PROJECTION Subjective
20. Two guns situated on the top of a hill of height 10 m fire one shot
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each with the same speed 5 3 m/s at some interval of time. One
13. A train is moving along a straight line with a constant acceleration
a. A boy standing in the train throws a ball forward with a speed of gun fires horizontally and other fires upwards at an angle of 60°
10 m/s, at an angle of 60° to the horizontal. The boy has to move with the horizontal. The shots collide in air at point P(g = 10 m/
forward by 1.15 m inside the train to catch the ball back at the initial s2).
height. The acceleration of the train, in m/s2, is. (IIT-JEE 2011) (a) Find the time interval between the firings and
(a) 2 m/s2 (b) 4 m/s2 (c) 3 m/s2 (d) 5 m/s2 (b) The coordinates of the point P. Take origin of the coordinate
system at the foot of the hill right below the muzzle and
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trajectories in x – y plane. (IIT-JEE 1996)
14. A projectile is fired from horizontal ground with speed v and
21. Two towers AB and CD are situated a distance d apart as shown
projection angle q. When the acceleration due to gravity is g, the
in figure. AB is 20 m high and CD is 30 m high from the ground.
range of the projectile is d. If at the highest point in its trajectory, the
An object of mass m is thrown from the top of AB horizontally
projectile enters a different region where the effective acceleration
g with a velocity of 10 m/s towards CD.
due to gravity is g′ = then the new range is d′ = nd. The value Simultaneously, another object of mass 2 m is thrown from the top
0.81
of n is_____________. of CD at an angle of 60° to the horizontal towards AB with the
same magnitude of initial velocity as that of the first object. The
 C 12.85 W 67.44 UA 19.71 (JEE Adv. 2022)
two objects move in the same vertical plane, collide in mid-air and
15. A ball is thrown from ground at an angle θ with horizontal and
stick to each other. (IIT-JEE 1994)
with an initial speed u0. For the resulting projectile motion, the 2m
magnitude of average velocity of the ball up to the point when it 60° C
hits the ground for the first time is V1. After hitting the ground,
ball rebounds at the same angle q but with a reduced speed of
u0/α. Its motion continues for a long time as shown in figure. If m
A
the magnitude of average velocity of the ball for entire duration of
motion is 0.8 V1, the value of α is___ C-17.79 W-62.13
UA-20.07 (JEE Adv. 2019) d
B D
(a) Calculate the distance d between the towers.
(b) Find the position where the objects hit the ground.

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ONE DIMENSIONAL RELATIVE MOTION 26. A river is flowing from West to East at a speed of 5 m/min. A man
on the South bank of the river, capable of swimming at 10 m/min
Single Correct in still water, wants to swim across the river in the shortest time.
22. Statement-I: For an observer looking out through the window He should swim in a direction  (IIT-JEE 1983)
of a fast moving train, the nearby objects appear to move in the (a) Due North (b) 30° East of North
opposite direction to the train, while the distant objects appear to
(c) 30° West of North (d) 60° East of North
be stationary.
Statement-II : If the observer and the object are moving at velocities Multiple Correct
v1 and v2, respectively with reference to a laboratory frame, the 27. Starting at time t = 0 from the origin with speed 1ms–1, a particle
velocity of the object with respect to the observer is v2 – v1 follows a two-dimensional trajectory in the x-y plane so that
 (IIT-JEE 2008) x2
(a) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is true; Statement-II is the its coordinates are related by the equation y = . The x and
2
correct explanation for Statement-I y components of its acceleration are denoted by ax and ay.
(b) Statement-I is the, Statement-II is true; Statement-II is not a
correct explanation for Statement-I respectively. Then C-4.54 W-0 UA-33.55 PC-61.91 (JEE Adv.
(c) Statement-I is true; Statement-II is false 2020)
(d) Statement-I is false; Statement-II is the (a) ax = 1 ms–2 implies that when the particle is at the origin,
ay = 1 ms–2
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(b) ax = 0 implies ay = 1 ms–2 at all times
23. Airplanes A and B are flying with constant velocity in the same
(c) at t = 0. the particle’s velocity points in the x-direction
vertical plane at angles 30° and 60° with respect to the horizontal
(d) ax = 0 implies that at t = 1s, the angle between the particle’s
respectively as shown in the figure. The speed of A is 100 3 ms −1 .
At the time t = 0s, an observer in A finds B at a distance of 500 m. velocity and the x axis is 45°
This observer sees B moving with a constant velocity perpendicular Subjective
to the line of motion of A. If at t = t0, A just escapes being hit by 28. A large heavy box is sliding without friction down a smooth plane
B, t0 in seconds isC-28.28 W-59.26 UA-12.46 (JEE Adv. 2014) of inclination q. From a point P on the bottom of the box, a particle
A is projected inside the box. The initial speed of the particle with
respect to the box is u and the direction of projection makes an
B angle a with the bottom as shown in the figure. (IIT-JEE 1984)
30° 60°  (a) Find the distance along the bottom of the box between the
point of projection P and the point Q where the particle lands
Subjective (Assume that the particle does not hit any other surface of the
24. A cart is moving along x-direction with a velocity of 4 m/s. A person box. Neglect air resistance.)
on the cart throws a stone with a velocity of 6 m/s relative to himself. (b) If the horizontal displacement of the particle as seen by an
In the frame of reference of the cart, the stone is thrown in y – z observer on the ground is zero, find the speed of the box with
plane making an angle of 30° with vertical z-axis. At the highest respect to the ground at the instant when the particle was
point of its trajectory, the stone hits an object of equal mass hung projected.
vertically from branch of a tree by means of a string of length L.
A completely inelastic collision occurs, in which the stone gets a
embedded in the object. Determine (g = 9.8 m/s2) Q
P
(a) the speed of the combined mass immediately after the collision q
with respect to an observer on the ground.
(b) the length L of the string such that tension in the string
becomes zero when the string becomes horizontal during the
subsequent motion of the combined mass. (IIT-JEE 1997)

TWO DIMENSIONAL RELATIVE MOTION

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25. A boat which has a speed of 5 km/h in still water crosses a river of
width 1 km along the shortest possible path in 15 min. The velocity
of the river water in km/h is (IIT-JEE 1998)
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 41

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 Answer Key (Abhedya)
Exercise-1
1. (a, b, d) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (a)
11. (a) 12. (a,b,d) 13. (b,d) 14. (a,b) 15. (a,b,c,d) 16. (a,c,d) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (a,b)
21. (c, d) 22. (a, b) 23. (a,b,d) 24. (a,d) 25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (b) 37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (d) 40. (a)
41. (a) 42. (d) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (a) 46. (b) 47. (a) 48. (a) 49. (d) 50. (b)
51. (c) 52. (a) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (a) 56. (b) 57. (c) 58. [0.33] 59. [5.66] 60. [1.50]
61. [3.73] 62. [0.80] 63. [0005] 64. [0480] 65. [0053] 66. [0002] 67. (b) 68. (a) 69. (b) 70. (b)
71. (b) 72. (a) 73. (d) 74. (a) 75. (a) 76. (a)

Exercise-2
1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. [1 hour] 7. [30°] 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. [1]

Exercise-3 (PYQ’s)
1. (b) 2. (a, b, c) 5. (c) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. [1/2] 10. [True] 11. (d) 12. [0.95] 13. [4.00]
15. [True] 16. [0.5] 17. [7.5] 20. (b) 22. [5] 24. (b) 25. (a) 27. (a, b, c, d)

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