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4.MOTION IN A
PLANE

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MOTION IN A PLANE
Motion with uniform acceleration in a plane
Consider a point object moving in XY plane with an uniform acceleration . Let us
suppose ‘O’ be the origin for measuring time and position of the object. Let the
object be at positions A and B at times t 1 and t2 respectively, where
.
y
B
A

x
O

Let be the velocities of object at instants t 1 and t2 respectively,

then constant acceleration is given by

If t1 = 0, t2 = t, then

The above equation can be expressed in terms of rectangular components in XY

plane as follows.

where

where

where

Also, vx = ux + axt and vy = uy + ayt

Displacement in x-direction is given by

And displacement in y-direction is given by

 Projectile
Projectile is the name given to a body thrown with some initial velocity making an
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dimensions under the action of gravity alone, without being propelled by any
engine or fuel.

The path followed by a projectile is called its ‘trajectory’. Examples of projectile

are:

(i) A ball hit by a bat

(ii) A bullet fired from a gun or pistol

(iii) A javelin thrown by an athlete

(iv) A shot-put sphere thrown by an athlete

(v) A body dropped from an aeroplane in flight / bus / train

In the above examples, we find that a projectile moves under the combined effect
of two velocities:
1. A uniform velocity in the horizontal direction, which would not change provided
there is no air resistance.
2. A uniformly changing velocity in the vertical direction due to gravity.
To study the motion of a projectile, the following assumptions are made.
(i) There is no resistance of air.
(ii) The effect due to rotation of earth and curvature of the earth is neglected.
(iii) The acceleration due to gravity (g) is constant in magnitude and in direction
at all points of the motion of projectile.

 Horizontal Projectile
When a body is projected horizontally with a velocity from a point above the
ground level, it is called a “horizontal projectile”. When a stone is projected
horizontally with a velocity ‘u’ from the top of a tower of height ‘h’ it describes a
parabolic path as shown in figure.
u
Parabolic path
h

 u

R
gt v

(i) Time of descent, (independent of ‘u’)

(ii) Horizontal displacement (or) range is

(iii) The speed with which it hits the ground is

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(iv) The angle at which it strikes the ground is

(v) If  is angle of elevation of point of projection from the point where the body

hits the ground, then 

 Oblique Projectile
y

u u cos 
uy
 H Parabola
x
ux R

Any body projected into air with some velocity at an angle  [ 90 and 0] with the
horizontal is called an “oblique projectile”.
(i) Horizontal component of velocity is u x = u cos , remains constant throughout
the journey.
(ii) Vertical component of velocity ux = u sin , varies at the rate of ‘g’.
(iii) After a time ‘t’:
(a) Horizontal component of velocity is v x = u cos  (= ux)
(b) Vertical component of velocity is vy = uy  gt = u sin   gt

(c) Resultant velocity is

(d) Direction of velocity is given by

where  is the angle that makes with horizontal.

(e) Horizontal displacement in a time ‘t’ is x = u xt = (u cos ) t

(f) Vertical displacement in a time ‘t’ is

(g) Net displacement of the body is

(h) Equation of trajectory (which is a parabola) of an oblique projectile is

From the above equation,

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o  = tan (A)
1

o Range of projectile is

o Maximum height is

(i) Time of ascent = Time of descent

Time of flight,

(j) Maximum height is

 At the maximum height, the vertical component of velocity becomes zero.

 The velocity of oblique projectile is minimum at the highest point and is equal to
u cos .
 The angle between minimum velocity and acceleration is 90.

(k) Horizontal range is

 Range is maximum when  = 45

 Maximum range is

 When R is maximum,

If  = 45, then
(l) When two bodies are projected with same initial speed but at two different angles
of projection, which are
(i)  and (90  ) or
(ii) (45 + ) and (45  ) or
(iii)  with horizontal and  with vertical
Then R1 and R2 the horizontal ranges, H1 and H2 the maximum heights and T1 and T2
the times of flight are given by

 R1 = R 2 = R

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 H1H2 = tan  2




(m)
when R = H then  = tan1 (4) ~ 76
(h) The angle between velocity and acceleration during the rise of projectile is
90 <  < 180.
The angle between velocity and acceleration during the fall of projectile is 0 <  <
90.
(o) At maximum height:

 Kinetic energy

 Potential energy

 Total energy
 If KE = PE then  = 45

(p) In terms of range, equation of trajectory is given by

(q) If the body is projected at an angle  with horizontal in the upward direction
from a height h, then

 u
 x = (u cos ) T
I 
 The velocity with which it strikes the ground is
h

F
[ 
x v

 ]

 The angle at which it strikes the ground is

 vy = (u sin ) + ( g) T
vy = gT  u sin 
F vx


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vx = u cos 

 (OR)

 In the above discussion, T is total time taken during the flight to reach point ‘F’
from point ‘I’.

(r) If the body is projected at an angle  from top of the tower in downward direction,
then

I
 
 x = (u cos )T u
h
 The velocity with which it strikes the ground is
F
x

 The angle at which it strikes the ground is

vy = u sin  + gT and vx = u cos 

F vx
Also and vx = u cos  

v
vy


 In the above discussion, ‘T’ is the total time of flight i.e., time taken to reach
point ‘F’ from point ‘I’.
(s) Two bodies are projected horizontally from top of a tower of height ‘h’ in opposite
directions with velocities u1 and u2.

 The time after which their velocity vectors are perpendicular is .

 The distance between them when their velocity vectors are perpendicular is

x .
(t) Two tall towers having heights h1 and h2 are separated by a distance ‘d’. A person
throws a ball horizontally with velocity ‘u’ from the top of the first tower to reach
the top of the second tower, then:
u

h1  h2

 Time taken, . h1
 Horizontal distance travelled, d = ut h2

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 Projectile motion on an inclined plane

(i) Up the plane

ux = u cos (  ), uy = u sin y x (  )

ax =  g sin , ay =  g cos  B
A
u g sin 

 g cos 
Time of flight is  g

Range (= OB) is

Range is max when

And

 when R is maximum, if corresponding time of flight is T, then

(ii) Down the plane

y
ux = u cos ( + ), uy = u sin ( + ),

ax = g sin , ay =  g cos   x
A  B
g sin 
Time of flight is 
g cos 
 g
Range (= BO) is O

R is max when

 when R is maximum, if corresponding time of flight is T, then

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 Relative velocity in 2 dimensions
Man walking in rain

Suppose a man is standing in a rain pouring vertically downwards. He has to hold

the umbrella vertically not to get wet, as shown in the figure.

If he starts moving with a certain speed, the rain appears to him falling at a
different speed, and at a different angle. So he has to alter the direction of
umbrella not to get wet. The formula that we use in such types of problems, is

where = velocity of rain with respect to man

= velocity of rain with respect to ground, and

= velocity of man with respect to ground

Illustrations
1. A person in a stationary vehicle on a road has to hold his umbrella at 60 with the
vertical to keep the rain away. He throws the umbrella and drives the vehicle at 20
m s1. He finds that rain drops are falling vertically on him. Find the speed of the
rain drops with respect to
(i) the road, and (ii) the moving vehicle
Solution
VR
VM VM
(i) 20 ms1
20 ms1
60 60
VR VRM

20 ms1

When the man moves at 20 m s1, to find VRM, VM is drawn and diagonal of the
parallelogram with sides VR and VM, gives VRM (see second figure).
In the second figure,

(ii) From the second figure,

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 Speed of rain with respect to road

and speed of rain with respect to moving vehicle =

 Motion of boat in a river

Consider a boat moving with a velocity v B relative to the water in a river. If the
water is still, vB is also the velocity of the boat as measured by an observer on the
shore (or we say w.r.t ground).
If the velocity of water current is vW and the boat is moving downstream, then
velocity of boat w.r.t ground (vBG) is
vBG = vB + vW
If the boat is moving upstream, velocity of boat w.r.t. ground is
vBG = vB  vW
Suppose a boat starts at point P in the direction making an angle  with the
straight course as shown in the figure. Suppose Y-axis is taken along straight
course i.e., along PQ and X-axis is along the velocity of river.

Now = velocity of boat with which boatman steers it (sometimes this is also
called velocity of boat w.r.t. water or velocity of boat in still water)
Q
= velocity of water current of the river (w.r.t. ground) y
vBW x
vBG = absolute velocity of boat i.e., velocity of boat w.r.t. groundb 
vW

Velocity of boat w.r.t. water is P

So, (vBG)x = (vBW)x + (vW)x = vBW sin  + vW

(vBG)x = vW  vBW sin  and
(vBG)y = (vBW)y  (vW)y = vBW cos  + 0
(vBG)y = vBW cos 
Now, time taken by the boat to cross the river is

 … (1)
and the drift (i.e., displacement along x-axis when he reaches the other bank) is

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 Drift … (2)
Special cases
drift
Case (i) The boat crosses the river in the shortest time.
From Eq. (1) for t to be minimum,
vBW
b

 … (3) vW

In this case, drift, … (4)

Case (ii) The boat crosses the river in the shortest path.
When the boat reaches the opposite shore, the path length is given by

where b = width of the river and d = drift.

For S to be minimum |d| should be minimum, as b is constant.
(a) When vW < vBW (which is usual)

In this case, drift, d = 0 and Smin = b ; | X component of vBW | = vW and ,

and the boat can reach the point Q which is exactly opposite P.
Q


vBW vW
P

 time,
(b) When vW > vBW
Q
In this case, the boat cannot reach the point Q.
vBW

For d to be minimum, vW
P

From eq. (2)

or

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or,

or,
From eq. (2)

So,

Illustrations
2. Two swimmers leave point A on one bank of the river to reach point B lying straight
across on the other bank. The first swimmer reaches point B by swimming at an
angle with the straight course. The second one swims at right angles to the steam
and then walks the distance that he has been carried away by the stream to get to
point B. What was the velocity u of his walking if both the swimmers reached the
destination simultaneously? The steam velocity, v 0 = 2 km h1 and velocity v of
each swimmer with respect to water equals 2.5 km h 1?
B B C

VSW VSW

VW VW
A A
1st swimmer 2nd swimmer

Solution

In the following diagram, swimmer is substituted by boat.

In the case of 1st swimmer,

In the case of 2nd swimmer,

BC = drift,

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 time taken for walking from C to B is

Total time taken by the 2nd swimmer to reach point B is

From the problem, t1 = t2


3. A boat moves relative to water with a velocity which is 2 times less than the river
flow velocity. At what angle to the stream direction must the boat move to
minimize drifting?
Solution B

VBW
Here vW > vBW. So, 
VW

 = 30
Given,


This is the angle that vBW makes with the straight course.
The desired angle is 90 + 30 = 120
The boat must be steered at an angle 120 with the direction of river flow to
minimize drifting. The situation is shown in the figure.

 Circular motion
 Angular displacement () y
It is the angle through which the radius vector
pl
representing the position of a particle that moves along a r circle, has

rotated. O x
r P

Small angular displacements (d) are vectors because they obey laws of vector
addition. Large angular displacement are not vectors because they do not
 obey the laws of vector addition S.I. unit of angular displacement is radian
(= rad).

Angular velocity (): It is the rate of change of angular displacement of a

particle that moves on a circle.

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S.I. Unit: radian second1 (= rad s1).

Angular acceleration (): It is the rate of change of angular velocity of a particle
that moves along a circle.

S.I. Unit: radian second2 (= rad s2)

 When a particle moves along a circle of radius r, then it possesses both linear
velocity and angular velocity . The relation between them is

The direction is along the tangent in the plane of circle. The direction of is
along the axis of rotation and the direction of is along the radius away from the
centre (or) radially outwards. The directions of are mutually perpendicular.

 If a particle is moving along a circle with uniform speed and completes ‘n’
revolutions in ‘t’ second, its angular velocity is

 If T is time period of revolution and f is frequency then

Other units of  are revolutions per minute (rpm), revolutions per second (rps).
1 rps = 60 rpm


1 rps = 2 rad s1
But the standard unit (i.e., S.I. unit) of  is rad s1 only.

 Uniform circular motion

If a particle moves on a circle with constant speed, its motion is called “uniform
circular motion” (UCM). In UCM, speed, KE, time period, frequency, angular

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velocity, magnitude of centripetal acceleration, magnitude of centripetal force,
magnitude of linear momentum are constants. But, velocity, centripetal
acceleration, centripetal force, linear momentum in UCM are changing (due to
change in their direction).

 Centripetal acceleration (ar)

ar

A particle executing uniform circular motion, due to change in direction of velocity,

possesses an acceleration called centripetal acceleration (a r). ar is in a direction
towards the centre of circle (or) radially inwards.

 The directions of are mutually perpendicular.

Centripetal force : To revolve a particle of mass ‘m’ at a speed ‘v’ along a

circle of radius ‘r’, a force must act on the particle in a direction perpendicular to
the direction of velocity and towards the centre of the circle. This force is called
centripetal force.

The workdone by centripetal force is zero because

displacement of revolving particle is zero in the direction of
centripetal force (OR) the instantaneous direction of O F
c
centripetal force is perpendicular to instantaneous direction of
velocity of particle.
When a particle is moving along a circle, if the centripetal force ceases to act then
the particle tends to move along the direction of tangent.
If a body of mass ‘m’ is rotated along a circle of radius ‘r’ in horizontal plane at a
uniform speed ‘v’ by means of light horizontal string then tension in the string is

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Students are often confused over the centripetal force. They think that
this force acts on a particle moving in a circle. This force does not act but
required for moving in a circle which is being provided by the other forces
acting on the particle. Let us take an example. Suppose a particle of mass
‘m’ is moving in a vertical circle with the help of a string of length ‘l’ fixed
at point ‘O’. Let ‘v’ be the speed of the particle at the lowest position.
When the students are asked, what forces are acting on the particle in this
position? They immediately would say, three forces are acting
on the particle (i) tension (ii) weight, mg and (iii) centripetal l
 T
force, . v
m
However, they are wrong. Only first two forces T and mg are
mg

acting on the particle. Third force is required for circular

motion and is provided by T and mg. Thus the resultant of these two

forces is towards ‘O’ or, we can write .

 Centrifugal force
Centrifugal force has a tendency to pull the body along radially outward direction.
Centrifugal force is a “pseudo force” with respect to “inertial frame of reference”.
But with respect to rotating frame of reference (or non-inertial frame of reference)
it is a real force. Centrifugal force and centripetal force are NOT the action reaction
pair according to Newton’s third law.

Magnitude of centrifugal force

Illustrations

4. A particle is projected with initial velocity at θ = 45°. The range (R),

maximum height (H) and Time of flight (T), respectively are (g = 10 ms−2)
(A) 80 m, 20 m, 4 s (B) 100 m, 40 m, 6 s
(C) 80 m, 40 m, 3 s (D) 90 m, 50 m, 4 s
Ans (A)

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5. A particle is thrown from a tower of height 40 m as shown in the
figure. The time when the particle strikes the ground and the
distance of this point from foot of tower, respectively, are (g = 10
ms−2)
(A) 6.235 s, 123.5 m (B) 5.46 s, 109.2 m
(C) 4.45 s, 98.8 m (D) 7.015 s, 143.7 m
Ans (B)
Let us take upward direction as + ve and downward direction as − ve
sy = −40 m, ay = −g = −10 ms−2,

5T2 − 20 T − 40 = 0  T2 − 4T − 8 = 0  T = 5.46 s

6. A boy whirls a stone of small mass in a horizontal circle of radius 1.5 m and at
height 2.9 m above level ground. The string breaks and the stone flies off
horizontally and strikes the ground after travelling a horizontal distance of 10 m.
The magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the stone while in circular motion
is [g = 9.8 ms−2]
(A) 33 ms–2 (B) 43 ms–2 (C) 23 ms–2 (D) 52 ms–2
Ans (B)
Let the speed of stone in circular motion is u.
When the string is cut, stone becomes a horizontal projectile.

h = 2.9 m, R = 10 m,

Centripetal acceleration

7. Two particles revolve concentrically in a horizontal plane in the same direction. The
time required to complete one revolution for particle A is 3 min, while for particle B
is 1 min. The time required for A to complete one revolution relative to B is
(A) 2 min (B) 1 min (C) 1.5 min (D) 1.25 min
Ans (C)
,

8. Two particles A and B are placed as shown in the figure. The

particle A, on the top of tower, is projected horizontally with a

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velocity u and the B is projected along the surface towards the tower
simultaneously. If particles meet each other, then the speed of projection of
particle B is [Ignore friction]

(A) (B) (C) (D) u

Ans (A)
Let the speed of B is v, which is constant
In the horizontal direction
Let the time at which they meet is t

In the same time, in the vertical direction

Aliter:

Let the time taken is t. Then

Range of A is

Distance moved by B is

Total distance d = Range + Distance moved by B = R + vt

∴ ⇒

9. Two boys stationed at A and B fire bullets

simultaneously at a bird stationed at C. The
bullets are fired from A and B at angles of 53° and
37° with the vertical. Both the bullets fire the bird
simultaneously. If vA = 60 units the value of
vA is
(A) 80 units (B) 70 units
(C) 100 units (D) 110 units
Ans (A)
The vertical components must be equal.

units

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10. A boy wants to throw a ball from a point A so as to
just reach point B as shown. The minimum velocity
with which the boy should throw the ball is
[g = 10 ms2]
(A) 2.4 ms1 (B) 23.8 ms1
(C) 238 ms1 (D) 47.4 ms1
Ans (B)
h = 20  12 = 8 m

11. Two bodies A and B are thrown simultaneously from the different
floors of a tower having distance d between them. Velocity of A is uA
at an angle a with horizontal and velocity of B is uB at an angle b

with horizontal. If the two particles collide in mid air

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Ans (A)
For collision to occur

12. A particle is moving along a circular path with uniform speed. The angle by which
its angular velocity changes when it completes half of the circular path is
(A) 0° (B) 45° (C) 180° (D) 360°
Ans (A)
Angular velocity is perpendicular to plane of rotation.
13. A body is projected at angles of 30° and 60° with the
same speed. The horizontal ranges are R 1 and R2 and
maximum heights are H1 and H2 respectively. Then

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Ans (D)

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14. For a projectile projected at an acute angle to the horizontal, among the graphs
shown, the graph that depicts the variation of slope of the trajectory traced out by
the projectile with height h risen (Max. height = H) is

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Ans (C)
Let the angle of projection be α

Then slope

Let slope = y and h = x. Then

Aliter

substituting this,
… (1)

Substituting this in equation (i), we get

Slope =

or slope =

Let slope = y and then

15. A projectile is projected at an angle of 45° to the horizontal. The slope of trajectory
of the body varies with time t as

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Ans (D)

Slope is

[similar to ]

Aliter

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Slope =

But

So slope =

16. A block of mass m is revolving in a smooth horizontal plane with a constant speed
v. If the radius of the circular path is R, the total contact force received by the
block is

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Ans (A)
FBD of block:
N2 = mg
N1 supplies centripetal force

Net contact force, or,

17. A stone is projected from a horizontal plane. It attains maximum height H and
strikes a stationary smooth wall and falls on the ground vertically below the
maximum height. Assume the collision to be elastic. The height of the point on the
wall where ball strikes is
(A) (B)

(C) (D) none of these

Ans (C)
Due to collision, vertical component of velocity of stone does not change. So, time
to reach the ground here is equal to time of flight of oblique projectile i.e.

. Because collision is elastic, even horizontal component remains

same except for getting reversed.

If the time taken from B to C is t, then time taken from O to A is 2t and from A to B
is t.
From A to B and to C:-

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In the figure,

NCERT LINE BY LINE

1. Two vectors are said to be equal, if [NCERT Pg.
66)
(a) They have equal magnitude only
(b) Same direction only
(c) They have equal magnitude and same direction
(d) They have unequal magnitude and same direction
2. A null vector has [NCERT Pg.
68)
(a) Zero magnitude, specified direction
(b) Zero magnitude, arbitrary direction
(c) Non-zero magnitude, no direction
(d) Non-zero magnitude, arbitrary direction
3. To a person moving with a speed of 5 m/s towards east, rain appears to be falling
vertically downward with speed m/s. The actual velocity of rain is
[NCERT
Pg. 69)
(a)10 m/s at 30° with vertical
(b) 20 m/s at 30° with vertical
(c) 10 m/s at 60° with vertical
(d) 20 m/s at 60° with vertical
4. A vector can be resolved [NCERT Pg.
70)
(a) Only in two components
(b) Only in three components
(c) In any number of components
(d) Either two or three components
5. The magnitude of component of a vector [NCERT
Pg. 70)
(a) Is always less than magnitude of vector
(b) Is always equal to magnitude of vector
(c) May be greater than magnitude of vector
(d) Is always greater than magnitude of vector
6 A motor boat is racing towards north at 25 km/h and the water current in that
region
is 10 km/h in the direction of 60° east of south. The resultant velocity of the boat is
nearly [NCERT Pg.
72]
(a) 22 km/h (b) 12 km/h (c) 35 km/h (d) 26 km/h
7 In uniform circular motion, the centripetal acceleration is [NCERT Pg.
79]
(a) Due to change in magnitude of velocity only

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(b) Due to change in direction of velocity only
(c) Due to change in both magnitude and direction of velocity
(d) Neither due to change in magnitude of velocity nor due to change in direction
8. In circular motion, the direction of angular velocity is [NCERT Pg.
80]
(a) In the plane of circle (b) Perpendicular to plane of circle
(c) In the direction of velocity (d) In the direction of acceleration
9. The shape of the trajectory of an object is determined by [NCERT Pg.
85]
(a) Acceleration only (b) Velocity of projection
only
(c) Initial position and initial velocity only
(d) Initial position, initial velocity and acceleration
10. Which of the following vector operation is meaningful? [NCERT Pg.
85)
(a) Multiplication of any two vectors (b) Adding any two vectors
(c) Adding a component of vector to the same vector
(d) Both (b) and (c)
11. Which of the following quantities is/are vector? [NCERT Pg.
85]
(a) Angular frequency (b) Angular velocity
(c) Number of moles (d) Both (a) and (b)
12. Which of the following option is correct? [NCERT
Pg. 86]
(a) Each component of a vector is always scalar
(b) Three vectors not lying in a plane can never add up to give null vector
(c) Two vectors of different magnitude can be add up to give null vector
(d) Minimum number of vectors to give null vector is five

13. A particle A is moving with velocity m/s and particle 6 is moving with

velocity m/s. The magnitude of velocity of B w.r.t A is [NCERT

Pg. 76]
(a) 6 m/s (b) 8 m/s (c) 10 m/s (d) 5 m/s

14. If two vectors and are equal then correct options for value of a,
6
and c is [NCERT Pg.
66]
(a)a = 4 (b)a = c (c)c = 6 (d) Both (a) and (c)

15. Equation of trajectory of projectile is , Then angle of projection with

vertical is (Assume x-axis as horizontal and y-axis as vertical) [NCERT
Pg. 78]
(a) 45° (b) 30° (c) 60° (d) 53°

16. A projectile is projected with initial velocity m/s from the ground. The
velocity of the body just before hitting the ground is [NCERT Pg.
79]

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(a) (b) (c) (d)

17. The component of in the direction of is [NCERT Pg.

87]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

18. The correct statement for a scalar quantity is [NCERT
Pg. 87]
(a) It is conserved in a process
(b) It can never take negative values
(c) It does not vary from one point to another in space
(d) It has the same value for the observers with different orientations of axis
19. A man can swim with a speed of 5 km/h in still water. How long does he take to
cross a river 1.0 km wide, if the river is flowing steadily at 3 km/h and he makes his
strokes normal to the river current? [NCERT
Pg. 86]
(a) 20 min (b) 30 min (c) 12 min (d) 15 min

20. A particle starts from origin at t=0 s with a velocity 4.0 m/s and moves in x-y

plane with a constant acceleration of m/s2 - The time after which y-

coordinate of particle will be 48 m, will be
[NCERT Pg. 87]
(a) 6s (b) 4s (c) 8s (d) 5s

NCERT BASED PRACTICE QUESTIONS

21 Two vectors of same magnitude inclined at an angle θ the resultant will make
angle from on vector is
θ θ θ
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) θ (d) 6
22 A particle is projected at an angle θ with the horizontal then at the top point of
trajectory the angle between acceleration and velocity is
(a) 900 (b) 450
(c) 1800 (d) 00
23 A ball is dropped from the top of a tower in a high speed wind. The wind exerts a
steady force on the ball. The path followed by the ball will be
(a) Parabola (b) circular are
(c) elliptical (d) straight line
24 A boy throws a ball with a velocity v0 at an angle α to the horizontal. At the same
instant he starts running with uniform velocity to catch the ball before it hits the
ground. To achieve this he should run the velocity of

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(a)
v 0 cos α (b)
v 0 sin α

(c)
v 0 tan α (d) √ v 20 tan α
25 When a particle is thrown horizontally, the resultant velocity of the particle at any
time t is given by
1 2
(a) g t (b)
2
gt
(c)
√ u2
+g 2 2
t (d)
√ u2
−g 2 2
t

26 When a particle is projected at an angle 300 the horizontal range is 120m if

particle is projected at an angle 1200 the horizontal range will be

(a) 60 m (b) 120 m (c) 180 m (d) 90 m

27 A particle is thrown upward with a speed u at an angle θ with horizontal. When the
particle makes an angle
φ with the horizontal its speed changes to υ then

(a)
υ=u cos θ cos φ (b)
υ=u cosθ sec φ

(c)
υ=u cos θ (d)
υ=u secθ cos φ

28 The particle attain maximum horizontal range when thrown at an angle θ with
horizontal value of θ must be

(a) 450 (b) 600 (c) 300 (d)

900

29 If a particle is thrown with initial velocity u then the maximum height attained by
the particle if horizontal range is maximum

u2 u2 u2 u2
2g 4g g 8g
(a) (b) (c) (d)

30 Maximum height attained by the particle if thrown with initial velocity u and at an
angle θ with horizontal

u2 sin2 θ u2 sin2 θ u2 sin 2θ u2 sin 2θ

2g g g 2g
(a) (b) (c) (d)

31 When a particle is thrown θ with inital velocity u and angle θ with horizontal then
time of flight of the particle is

2u sin θ u sinθ u cos θ 2u cosθ

g g g g
(a) (b) (c) (d)

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32 If a particle is moving with constant speed then which of the following can be
correct

(a) acceleration must be zero (b) velocity is constant

(c) acceleration is constant (d) none of these

33. If a body is moving in a curved path then

(a) acceleration may be zero (b) velocity may be constant

(c) acceleration must not be zero (d) None of these

34. If a body is moving with uniform acceleration with inital velocity u and final
velocity υ then average velocity of the particle is
u+υ u−υ
(a)
2 (b)
2 (c) u (d) υ

35. If a body travels with a uniform acceleration a1 for time t1 and uniform
acceleration a2 for time t2 then average acceleration is
a1 t 1 +a 2 t 2 a1 t 1 +a 2 t 2 a1 t 1 +a 2 t 2
t 1 +t 2 t1 t2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
a1 t 1−a2 t 2
t 1−t 2

36. In the following V-t graphs, identify the graph that represents a body moving with
uniform velocity and then with uniform retardation until it stops.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

37. The distance travelled by a body is directly proportional to the square of the time
taken. Its acceleration

(a) increases (b) decreases (c) become zero (d) remains

constant

38. If
|⃗A . B⃗|=|⃗A × ⃗B|,then resultant of Ā and B̄ is

(a) A + B (b) A – B
1 /2
(c) (A2 + B2 + 2AB)1/2 (d)
( A 2
+B 2
+ √ 2 AB )

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Ā+ B̄ )and ( Ā−B̄ )
39. What can be the angle between ( ?

(a) 00 only (b) 900 only (c) 1800 only (d)

between 00 to 1800

40 A particle is projected at angle θ from the horizontal with kinetic energy T. The
kinetic energy of the particle at the highest point of the path is

(a) 0 (b) T sin θ (c) T cos2θ (d) T sin2θ

41 A cricket ball is hit at 450 to the horizontal with a kinetic energy Ek the kinetic
energy at the highest point is

(a) Ek (b) Ek/2 (c) Ek / √2 (d) zero

^i+ ^j
42 The vector ( ) has magnitude
1
(a) 1 (b) √
2 (c) √2 (d) 2

43. The ceiling of a long hall is 25m high what is the maximum horizontal distance that
a ball thrown with a speed of 40m/s can go without hitting the ceiling of the ball?

(a) 150. 5m (b) 200.5m (c) 160.5m (d) 140.5m

44. A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance of 100m. Then the
night above the ground the cricketer can throw the ball is

(a) 50 m (b) 60 m (c) 80 m (d) 40 m

45. An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1.00 km with a constant speed of
900 km/h ratio of its centripetal acceleration to the acceleration due to gravity is

(a) 6.4 (b) 3.2 (c) 4.8

(d) 5.4

46. An aircraft is flying at a height of 3400m above the ground. If the angle subs
tended at a ground observation point by the aircraft positions 10s apart is 300.
Then speed of aircraft is

(a) 182 m/s (b) 152 m/s (c) 178 m/s (d) 148 m/s

47. An object while moving may not have

(a) variable speed but constant velocity

(b) variable velocity but constant speed

(c) Non- zero acceleration but constant speed

(d) Non-zero acceleration but constant velocity

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48. A stone is dropped from a height of 45m what will be the distance travelled by it
during last one second of its motion?

(a) 35 m (b) 25 m (c) 12.5 m (d) 10 m

49. The angle of projection at which the horizontal range and maximum height of
projectile are equal is

(a) 450 (b) 600 (c) θ = tan-1 4

(d) θ = tan-1 (0.25)

50. Which one is a vector quantity?

(a) energy (b) torque (c) both of these (d) none of these

51. The angular speed of a flywheel making 120 revolution per minute is

(a) 2π rad/s (b) 4π2 rad/s

(c) π rad/s (d) 4π rad/s

52. Two bodies A and B of masses 2M and M are dropped from heights 2H and H
respectively. The ratio of times tA / tB taken by them to reach the ground is
1
(a)
4 (b) 1 (c) √2 (d) 2

53. A man wants to hit a target he should point his riffle

(a) higher than target (b) lower than target

(c) in the same direction as target (d) nothing can be said

54. When a body is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower in air, it follows

(a) horizontal path (b) vertical path

(c) parabolic path (d) nothing can be said

55. If
Ā×B̄=C̄ which of the following statement is not correct?

C̄ ⊥ Ā C̄ ⊥ B̄ C̄ ⊥ ( Ā× B̄ ) C̄ ⊥ ( Ā + B̄ )
(a) (b) (c) (d)

56. The resultant of two forces 10N and 5N can never be

(a) 4N (b) 5N (c) 8 N

(d) 12N

57. If
Ā . B̄=AB ,then angle between Ā and B̄ is

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(a) zero (b) 900 (c)1800 (d) none of the
above

58. Which of the following operations with two vectors can not be defined in vector
algebra?

(a) addition (b) subtraction (c) multiplication (d) division

59. Cross product of two similar vector is

(a) zero (b) 1 (c) infinity (d) scalar

60. Two vectors

Ā and B̄ are such that | Ā+ B̄|=| Ā−B̄| then angle between the vectors
Ā and B̄ is

(a) 00 (b) 600 (c) 900 (d) 1800

TOPIC WISE PRACTICE

Topic 1: Relative Velocity

1. A person standing on a moving truck throws a stone vertically up relative to himself. To a person,
standing on the ground, the stone appears to: (immediately after being thrown).
1) Rise vertically up and come down 2) Rise towards the rear of the truck
3) Move along a parabolic path
4) Rise straight and forward but inclined to the direction of motion of truck.
2. Two particles are projected, between a certain time gaps. While both are in air, the velocity of one
particle relative to the other:
1) Varies linearly with time 2) Is always constant in magnitude and direction
3) Is always constant in magnitude only 4) is always constant in direction only
3. A man runs along a horizontal road holding his umbrella vertical in order to afford maximum protection
from rain. The rain is actually:
1) Falling vertical 2) Coming from front of the man
3) Coming from the back of the man 4) Either of 1), 2) or 3).
4. Two persons P and Q are flying in a helicopter horizontally at a constant speed. All of a sudden, P falls
down. During the fall of P, at any instant, Q locates P:
1) Vertically down 2) Down, at an angle (acute) to the front of vertical
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4) Whose position depends upon the speed of the helicopter

5. To the captain of a ship A travelling with velocity km/h, a second ship B appears to have

a velocity km/h. What is the true velocity of the ship B?

1) 2) 3) 4)

6. A boat is moving with a velocity 3 + 4 with respect to the ground. The water in the river is flowing
with a velocity -3 - 4 with respect to the ground. The velocity of the boat relative to the water is

1) 2) 3) 4) none of these

7. A car 'A' moves due north at a speed of 40 km/hr, while another car '13' moves due east at a speed of 30
km/ hr. Find the velocity of car B relative to car A (both in magnitude and direction).

1) 40 km/hr, at an angle east of south 2) 50 km/hr, at an angle east of south

3) 40 km/hr, at an angle east of south 4) 50 km/hr. at an angle east of south

8. A moves with 65 km/h while B is coming back of A with 80 km/h. The relative velocity of B with
respect to A is
(1) 80 km/h (2) 60 km/h (3) 15 km/h (4) 145 km/h
9. A river flow with a speed more than the maximum speed with which a person can swim in the still
water. He intends to cross the river by shortest possible path (i.e., he wants to reach the point on the
opposite bank which directly opposite to the starting point). Which of the following correct?
(1) He should start normal to the river bank
(2) He should start in such a way that, he moves normal to the bank, relative to the bank.
(3) He should start in a particular (calculated) direction making an obtuse angle with the direction of
water current
(4) The man cannot cross the river, in that way
10. A ship A is moving Westwards with a speed of 10 km h-1 and a ship B 100 km south of A, is moving
Northwards with a speed of 10km h-1. The time after which the distance between them becomes
shortest, is”
1) 5h 2) 3) 4) 0 h
11. A boat is moving with a velocity 2i + 3j with respect to ground. The water in the river is moving with a
velocity –2i – 3j with respect to ground. The relative velocity of the boat with respect to water is
(1) 4 j (2) –4i + 6j (3) 4i + 6j (4) 6j
12. A boat which has a speed of 6 km/hr in still water crosses a river of width 1 km along the shortest
possible path in 20 minutes. The velocity of the river water in km/hr is
(1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 1
13. A boat B is moving upstream with velocity 3 m/s with respect to ground. An observer standing on boat
observes that a swimmer S is crossing the river perpendicular to the direction of motion of boat. If river
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(1) velocity of swimmer w.r.t ground is

(2) drift of swimmer along river is zero
(3) drift of swimmer along river will be 50 m
(4) velocity of swimmer w.r.t ground is 2 m/s
14. Two boys are standing at the ends A and B of a ground where AB = a. The boy at B starts running in a
direction perpendicular to AB with velocity v1. The boy at A starts running simultaneously with velocity
v and catches the other boy in a time t, where t is

1) 2) 3) 4)
15. A bus is moving on a straight road towards north with a uniform speed of 50 km/hour turns through 90°.
If the speed remains unchanged after turning, the increase in the velocity of bus in the turning process is
(1) 70.7 km/hour along south-west direction (2) zero
(3) 50 km/hour along west (4) 70.7 km/hour along north-west direction.
16. Two cars are moving in the same direction with the same speed 30 km/hr. They are separated by a
distance of 5 km, the speed of a car moving in the opposite direction if it meets these two cars at an
interval of 4 minutes, will be
(1) 40 km/hr (2) 45 km/hr (3) 30 km/hr (4) 15 km/hr
17. A car is going in south with a speed of 5 m/s. To a man sitting in car a bus appears to move towards
west with a speed of . What is the actual speed of the bus?
1) 4 ms-1 2) 3 ms-1 3) 7 ms-1 4) none of these
18. A flag is mounted on a car moving due North with velocity of 20 km/hr. Strong winds are blowing due
East with velocity of 20 km/hr. The flag will point in direction
1) East 2) North-East 3) South-East 4) South-West
19. Wind is blowing in the north direction at speed of 2 m/s which causes the rain to fall at some angle with
the vertical. With what velocity should a cyclist drive so that the rain appears vertical to him?
1) 2 m/s south 2) 2 rn/s north 3) 4 rn/s west 4) 4 m/s south
20. A car is moving along a road with a speed of 45 km/hr. In what direction must a body be projected from
it with a velocity of 25 m/s, so that its resultant motion is at right angles to the direction of car?
1) At an angle of 120° with the direction of motion of car.
2) At an angle of 60° with the direction of motion of car.
3) At an angle of 90° with the direction of motion of car.
4) At an angle of 135° with the direction of motion of car.
21. Three ships A, B & C are in motion. The motion of A as seen by B is with speed v towards north-east.
The motion of B as seen by C is with speed v towards the north west. Then as seen by A, C will be
moving towards
1) north 2) south 3) east 4) west
22. A boat travels from south bank to north bank of a river with a maximum speed of 8 km/h. To arrive at a
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1) 2)

3) 4)

23. A swimmer crosses a flowing stream of width to and fro in time t1. The time taken to cover the same
distance up and down the stream is t2. I f t3 is the time the swimmer would take to swim a distance 2
in still water, then

1) 2) 3) 4)

24. A boat having a speed of 5 km/hr. in still water, crosses a river of width I km long the shortest possible
path in 15 minutes. The speed of the river in Km/hr.

1) 1 2) 3 3) 4 4)
25. A man is crossing a river flowing with velocity of 5 m/s. He reaches a point directly across at a distance
of 60 m in 5 sec. His velocity in still water should be
(1) 12 m/s (2) 13 m/s 3) 5 m/s 4) 10 m/s
26. A river is flowing due east with a speed 3 ms-1. A swimmer can swim in still water at a speed of 4 ms-1.
If swimmer starts swimming due north, then the resultant velocity of the swimmer is
1) 3 ms-1 2) 5 ms-1 3) 7 ms-1 4) 2 ms-1
27. A boy can swim in still water at 1 m/s. He swims across a river flowing at 0.6 m/s which is 336 in wide.
If he travels in shortest possible time, then what time he takes to cross the river?
1) 250 s 2) 420 s 3) 340 s 4) 336 s
28. A man can swim in still water with a speed of 2m/s. If he wants to cross a river of water current speed
m/s along shortest possible path, then in which direction should he swim?
1)at an angle 120° to the water current
2)at an angle 150° to the water current
3)at an angle 90° to the water current
4)none of these
29. A river flows with a speed more than the maximum speed with which a person can swim in still water.
He intends to cross the river by shortest possible path. Which of the following, is correct?
1) He should start normal to the river hank.
(2) He should start in such a way that, he moves normal to the hank, relative to the bank
(3) He should start in a particular (calculated) direction making an obtuse angle with the direction of
water current.
4) The man cannot cross the river, in that way.

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30. A man wishes to cross a river in a boat. If he crosses the river in minimum time he takes 10 minutes
with a drift of 120 m. If he crosses the river taking shortest route, he takes 12.5 minutes. Find velocity of
the boat with respect to water.
1) 20 m/min 2) 12 m/min 3) 10 in/min 4) 8 m/min

31. A person walks at the rate of 3 km/hr. Rain appears to him in vertical direction at the rate of km/hr.
Find magnitude and direction of true velocity of rain.
1) 6 km/hr, inclined at an angle of 45° to the vertical towards the person's motion.
2) 3 km/hr, inclined at an angle of 30° to the vertical towards the person's motion.
3) 6 km/hr, inclined at an angle of 30° to the vertical towards the person's motion.
4) 6 km/hr, inclined at an angle of 60° to the vertical towards the person's motion.
32. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 35 m/s. Wind starts blowing after sometime with a speed of
12 m/s in east to west direction. At what angle with the vertical should a boy waiting at a bus stop hold
his umbrella to protect himself from rain?

1) 2) 3) 4)

33. Two cars A and B are moving as shown in figure. Calculate the relative velocity of A with respect to B.
Also draw the direction of motion of car A as seen from car B.

1) ,

2) ,

, 4) ,
3)

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34. A rat is moving down the slant of a wedge of angle of inclination , with a velocity , as shown in the
figure. If the wedge moves towards left with a velocity , find

1) velocity of the rat relative to ground,

2) Value of , if the rate moves vertically downward relative to an observer G fixed with the ground

1) , 2)

3) 4) ,
35. A truck is moving a constant velocity of u =54 km/hr. In what direction should a stone be projected up
with a velocity of v = 30 m/s, from the floor of the truck, so as to appear at right angles to the truck, for
a person standing on earth?

1) 2) 3) 4)
36. A block slips along an incline of a wedge. Due to the reaction of the block on the wedge, it slips
backwards. An observer on the wedge will see the block moving straight down the incline. To find the
absolute velocity of the block

1) 2) 3) 4)

37. A political party has to start its procession in an area where wind is blowing at a speed of km h-1
and party flags on the cars are fluttering along north-east direction. If the procession starts with a speed
of 40
kmph-1 towards north, find the direction of flags on the cars.

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1) 2)

3) 4)
38. A bird is flying due east with a velocity of 4 ms-1 . The wind starts to blow with a velocity of 3 ms-1 due
north. What is the magnitude of relative velocity of bird w.r.t wind? Find out its direction also

1) 2)

3) 4)
39. A river is flowing with a speed of 1 kmh-1 . A swimmer wants to go to point C starting from A . He
swims with a speed of 5 kmh-1at an angle w.r.t the river flow. If AB = BC = 400m, at what angle with
the river bank should the swimmer swim?

1) 2) 3) 4)
40. A person standing on a road has to hold his umbrella at 600 with the vertical to keep the rain away. He
throws the umbrella and starts running at 20 ms-1 . He find that rain drops are hitting his head vertically.
Find the speed of the rain drops with respect to (a) the road and (b) the moving person.

1) 2)

3) 4)
41. An aeroplane pilot wishes to fly due west. A wind of 100 kmh-1 is blowing towards south.
a) If the speed of the plane (its speed in still air) is 300 kmh-1, in which direction should the pilot head?
b) What is the speed of the plane with respect to ground? Illustrate with a vector diagram

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3) 4)
42. Ship A is travelling with a velocity of 5 km h-1 due east. A second ship is heading 300 east of north. What
should be the speed of second ship if it is to remain always due north with respect to the first ship?
1)10 km h-1 2) 9 km h-1 3) 8 km h-1 4) 7 km h-1
43. Rain, driven by the wind, falls on a railway compartment with a velocity of 20 ms-1 at an angle of 300 to
the vertical. The train moves, along the direction of wind flow, at a speed of 108 kmh-1. Determine the
apparent velocity of rain for a person sitting in the train?

1) 2) 3) 4)
44. The ratio of the distance carried away by the water current, downstream, in crossing a river, by a
persons, making same angle with downstream and upstream is2:1. The ratio of the speed of person to
the water current cannot be less than
1) 1/3 2) 4/5 3) 2/5 4) 4/3
45. Rain appears to fall vertically to a man walking at 3 km h-1 but when he changes his speed to double, the
rain appears to fall at 450 with vertical. Study the following statements and find which of them are
correct.

i. Velocity of rain is km h-1

ii. The angle of fall of rain (with vertical) is

iii. The angle of fall of rain (with vertical) is

iv. Velocity of rain is kmh-1

1) statements (i) and (ii) are correct 2) statements (i) and (iii)are correct
3) Statements (iii) and (iv)are correct 4) statements (ii) and (iv)are correct
46. Raindrops are hitting the back of a man walking at a speed of 5 km h-1 if he now starts running in the
same direction with a constant acceleration, the magnitude of the velocity of the rain with respect to him
will
1) Gradually increase 2) gradually decrease
3) first decrease then increase 4) first increase then decrease

Topic 2: Projectile Motion

47. Which one is the largest when the height attained by the projectile is the greatest?
(1) Range (2) Time of flight (3) Angle of projectile with the vertical (4) None of these
48. Two projectiles A and B are thrown with the same speed but angles are 40º and 50º with the horizontal.
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(1) A will fall earlier (2) B will fall earlier
(3) both will fall at the same time (4) None of these
49. A body is projected, making an acute angle with the horizontal. If angle between velocity and
acceleration is , then
1) 2) 3) 4)
50. A stone is thrown with a velocity u making an angle with the horizontal. The horizontal distance
covered by its fall to ground is maximum when the angle is equal to
1) 2) 3) 4)
51. If range is double the maximum height of a projectile, then is
1) tan-1 2) tan-11/4 3) tan-11 4) tan-12

52. For angles of projection of a projectile and , the horizontal ranges described by the
projectile are in the ratio of
1) 1:3 2) 1:2 3) 2:1 4) 1:1
53. A person can throw a stone to a maximum distance of h metre. The maximum distance to which he can
throw the stone is
1) h 2) h/2 3) 2h 4) 3h

54. Two balls are projected at an angle and to the horizontal with the same speed. The ratio of
their maximum vertical heights is
1) 1:1 2) 3) 4) :1
-1 0
55. A body is thrown with a velocity of 9.8 ms making an angle of 30 with the horizontal. It will hit the
ground after a time
1) 3.0s 2) 2.0s 3) 1.5s 4) 1s
56. The velocity of projection of a body is increased by 2%.Other factors remaining unchanged, what will
be the percentage change in the maximum height attained?
(1) 1% (2) 2 % (3) 4 % (4) 8 %
57. A particle moves in a plane with a constant acceleration in a direction different from the initial velocity.
The path of the particle is a/an
(1) straight line (2) arc of a circle (3) parabola (4) ellipse
58. A particle reaches its highest point when it has covered exactly one half of its horizontal range. The
corresponding point on the displacement-time graph is characterized by
(1) negative slope and zero curvature (2) zero slope and negative curvature
(3) zero slope and positive curvature (4) positive slope and zero curvature
59. The range of a particle when launched at an angle of 15º with the horizontal is 1.5 km. What is the range
of the projectile when launched at an angle of 45º to the horizontal?
(1) 1.5 km (2) 3.0 km (3) 6.3 km (4) 0.75 km

60. A body is thrown horizontally with a velocity from the top of a tower of height h. It strikes the
level ground through the foot of the tower at a distance x from the tower. The value of x is
1) gh 2) gh/2 3) 2h 4) 2gh/3
0
61. A projectile is thrown at an angle of 40 with the horizontal and its range is R1. Another projectile is
thrown at an angle 400 with the vertical and its range is R2 What is the relation between R1 and R2
1) 2) 3) 4)

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62. The equation of a projectile is the angle of projection is given by

1) 2) 3) 4) zero
0 0
63. A gun fires two bullets at 60 and 30 with horizontal. The bullets strike at some horizontal distance. The
ratio of maximum height for the two bullets is in the ratio
(1) 2 : 1 (2) 3 : 1 (3) 4 : 1 (4) 1 : 1
64. A projectile thrown with a speed v at an angle has a range R on the surface of earth. For same v and

, its range on the surface of moon will be

1) R/6 2) R 3) 6R 4) 36R
65. An object is projected with a velocity of 20m/s making an angle of 450 with horizontal. The equation for
the trajectory is h = Ax – Bx2 wher h is height, x is horizontal distance. A and B are constant. There
ration A:B is (g =10ms-2)
1) 1:5 2) 5:1 3) 1:40 4) 40:1
66. A particle is projected with a velocity v such that its range on the horizontal plane is twice the greatest
height attained by it. The range of the projectile is (where g is acceleration due to gravity)

1) 2) 3) 4)
67. A ball is thrown from the ground with a velocity of m/s making an angle of 60º with the
horizontal. The ball will be at a height of 40 m from the ground after a time t equal to(g = 10ms -2)
1) sec 2) sec 3) 2 sec 4) 3 sec
68. A bomb is dropped on an enemy post by an aeroplane flying horizontally with a velocity of 60 km h-1
and at a height of 490 m. At the time of dropping the bomb, how far the aeroplane should be from the
enemy post so that the bomb may directly hit the target ?

1) 2) 3) 4) 498m
69. A body is projected horizontally from a point above the ground and motion of the body is described by
the equation where x, and y are horizontal and vertical coordinates in metre after time t.
The initial velocity of the body will be
1) m/s horizontal (2) 5 m/s horizontal (3) 2 m/s vertical (4) 2 m/s horizontal
70. A projectile thrown with velocity v making angle with vertical, gains maximum height H in the time
for which the projectile remains in air, the time period is

1) 2) 3) 4)
71. A person aims a gun at a bird from a point at a horizontal distance of 100 m. If the gun can impact a
speed of 500 ms-1 to the bullet. At what height above the bird must he aim his gun in order to hit it? (g
= 10ms-2)
1) 10.4 cm 2) 20.35 cm 3) 50 cm 4) 100 cms
72. A man standing on the roof of a house of height h throws one particle vertically downwards and another
particle horizontally with the same velocity u. The ratio of their velocities when they reach the earth's
surface will be

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1) 2) 1:2 3) 1:1 4)
73. If V1 is velocity of a body projected from the point A and V2 is the velocity of a body projected from
point B which is vertically below the highest point C. if both the bodies collide, then

1) 2) 3) 4) Two bodies can’t collide

74. A projectile can have the same range R for two angles of projection. It t1 and t2 be the times of flight in
the two cases, then what is the product of two times of flight?

1) 2) 3) 4)
75. A ball rolls off to the top of a staircase with a horizontal velocity u m/s. If the steps are h metre high and
b metre wide, the ball will hit the edge of the nth step, if

1) 2) 3) 4)
76. A water fountain on the ground sprinkles water all around it. If the speed of water coming out of the
fountain is v, the total area around the fountain that gets wet is

1) 2) 3) 4)
77. A ball projected from ground at an angle of 45° just clears a wall in front. If point of projection is 4 m
from the foot of wall and ball strikes the ground at a distance of 6 m on the other side of the wall, the
height of the wall is :
1) 4.4 m 2) 2.4 m 3) 3.6 m 4) 1.6 m
78. A boy can throw a stone up to a maximum height of 10 m. The maximum horizontal distance that the
boy can throw the same stone up to will be
1) 2) 10m 3) 4) 20m

79. The velocity of a projectile at the initial point A is its velocity (in m/s) at point B is
1) 2) 3) 4)
80. If is the time taken by a projectile to achieve the maximum height, then the total time of flight
related to as
1) 2) 3) 4) none of these

Topic 3: Circular Motion

81. In uniform circular motion
(1) both velocity and acceleration are constant
(2) acceleration and speed are constant but velocity changes
(3) both acceleration and velocity change
(4) both acceleration and speed are constant
82. The length of second’s hand in a watch is 1 cm. The change in velocity of its tip in 15 seconds is:

1) zero 2) 3) 4)

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83. An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1.00 km with a stedy speed of 900 km/h. The ratio of

centripetal acceleration to acceleration due to gravity is

1) 6.38 2) 9.98 3) 11.33 4) 12.13
84. A particle moves in a circle of radius 30 cm. Its linear speed is given by : V = 2t, where t in second and
v in m/s. Find out its radial and tangential acceleration at t = 3 sec respectively.
1) 2)
3) 4)
85. A particle P is moving in a circle of radius ‘a’ with a uniform speed v. C is the centre of the circle and
AB is a diameter. When passing through B the angular velocity of P about A and C are in the ratio:
(1) 1 : 1 (2) 1 : 2 (3) 2 : 1 (4) 4 : 1
86. A particle moves in a circle of radius 25 cm at two revolutions per second. The acceleration of the
particle in meter per second2 is
(1) (2) 8 (3) 4 (4) 2
2
87. A wheel rotates with constant acceleration of 2.0 rod/s , if the wheel starts from rest the number of
revolutions it makes in the first ten seconds will be approximately
(1) 32 (2) 24 (3) 16 (4) 8
88. A car is moving along a circular path of radius 500 m with a speed of 30 m/s. If at some instant, its
speed increases at the rate of 2 m/s2, then at that instant the magnitude of resultant acceleration will be:
(1) 4.7 m/s2 (2) 3.8 m/s2 (3) 3 m/s2 4) 2.7 m/s2
89. A car runs at a constant speed on a circular track of radius 100 m, taking 62.8 seconds in every circular
loop. The average velocity and average speed for each circular loop respectively, is
(1) 0, 10 m/s (2) 10 m/s, 10 m/s (3) 10 m/s, 0 (4) 0, 0
90. A particle describes uniform circular motion in a circle of radius 2 m, with the angular speed of 2 rad s -1.

The magnitude of the change in its velocity in s is

(1) 0 ms-1 (2) 2 2 ms-1 (3) 8 ms-1 (4) 4 ms-1

NEET PREVIOUS YEARS

1. The position vector of a particle as a function of time is given by
Where R is in meter, t in seconds and and denote unit vectors along x-and y-directions, respectively.
Which one of the following statements is wrong for the motion of particle? (2015)

(1) Magnitude of acceleration vector is , where v is the velocity of particle

(2) Magnitude of the velocity of particle is 8 meter/second
(3) Path of the particle is a circle of radius 4 meter. (4) Acceleration vector is along -
2. A particle is moving such that its position coordinate (x, y) are (2m, 3m) at time t = 0
(6m, 7m) at time t = 2 s and (13m, 14m) at time t = 5s.

Average velocity vector from t = 0 to t = 5s is (2014)

1) 2) 3) 4)

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3. The speed of a swimmer in still water is 20 m/s. The speed of river water is 10 m/s and is flowing due
east. If he is standing on the south bank and wishes to cross the river along the shortest path, the angle at
which he should make his strokes w.r.t. north is given by : [NEET-2019]
(1) 30° west (2) 0° (3) 60° west (4) 45° west
4. A particle starting from rest, moves in a circle of radius 'r'. It attains a velocity of V0 m/s in the nth round.
Its angular acceleration will be :- [NEET – 2019 (ODISSA)]

1) 2) 3) 4)
5. Two bullets are fired horizontally and simultaneously towards each other from roof tops of two
buildings 100 m apart and of same height of 200m with the same velocity of 25 m/s. When and where
will the two bullets collide. (g =10 m/s2) [NEET – 2019 (ODISSA)]
(1) after 2s at a height 180 m (2) after 2s at a height of 20 m
(3) after 4s at a height of 120 m (4) they will not collide
6. A particle moving in a circle of radius R with a uniform speed takes a time T to complete one
revolution. If this particle were projected with the same speed at an angle ‘ ’ to the horizontal, the
maximum height attained by it equals 4R . The angle of projection , is then given by : [NEET-2021]

1. 2. 3. 4.
2
7. A car starts from rest and accelerates at 5 m/s . At t = 4 s, a ball is dropped out of a window by a person
sitting in the car. What is the velocity and acceleration of the ball at t = 6s? [NEET-2021]
(Take g = 10 m/s2)

1) 20 m/s, 0 2) 20 m/s, 0 3) 20 m/s, 10 m/s2 4) 20 m/s, 5 m/s2

8. The angular speed of a fly wheel moving with uniform angular acceleration changes from 1200 rpm to
3120 rpm in 16 seconds. The angular acceleration in rad/s2 is [NEET-2022]
1) 2) 3) 4)
9. The displacement – time graphs of two moving particles make angles of 30 0 and 450 with the x – Axis as
shown in the figure. The ratio of their respective velocity is [NEET-2022]

1) 2) 3) 4)
-1
10. A ball is projected with a velocity, 10 ms , at an angle of 60° with the vertical direction. Its speed at the
highest point of its trajectory will be : [NEET-2022]

1) Zero 2) 3) 4)

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NCERT LINE BY LINE QUESTIONS – ANSWERS

1. 3 2. 2 3. 1 4. 3 5. 3 6. 1 7. 2 8. 2 9. 4 10. 1
11. 2 12. 2 13. 3 14. 4 15. 2 16. 3 17. 1 18. 4 19. 3 20. 2
21. a 22. a 23. d 24. a 25. c 26. b 27. b 28. a 29. b 30. A
31. a 32. c 33. c 34. a 35. a 36. a 37. d 38. d 39. b 40. c
41. b 42. c 43. a 44. a 45. a 46. a 47.a,d 48. b 49. c 50. B
51. d 52. c 53. a 54. c 55. c 56. a 57. a 58. d 59. a 60. c

TOPIC WISE PRACTICE QUESTIONS - ANSWERS

1) 3 2) 2 3) 2 4) 1 5) 4 6) 1 7) 4 8) 3 9) 4 10) 1
11) 3 12) 1 13) 1 14) 4 15) 1 16) 2 17) 3 18) 3 19) 2 20) 1
21) 2 22) 3 23) 1 24) 2 25) 2 26) 2 27) 4 28) 2 29) 4 30) 1
31) 3 32) 3 33) 1 34) 4 35) 1 36) 1 37) 2 38) 1 39) 1 40) 1
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51) 4 52) 4 53) 2 54) 4 55) 4 56) 3 57) 3 58) 3 59) 2 60) 3
61) 1 62) 2 63) 2 64) 3 65) 4 66) 1 67) 3 68) 2 69) 4 70) 4
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1) 2 2) 4 3) 1 4) 3 5) 1 6) 3 7) 3 8) 2 9) 4 10) 2

TOPIC WISE PRACTICE QUESTIONS - SOLUTIONS

1. 3) With respect to the an on ground, the stone has horizontal velocity (equal to that of the truck) as well
as vertical velocity. So, it would appear to move along a parabolic path.
2. 2) The relative acceleration of one particle w.r.t to the other is zero, so relative velocity is constant in
magnitude and direction.
3. (2) The horizontal component of rain should have same direction and magnitude as the velocity of man.
4. (1) Horizontal components of their velocities are equal so Q views P to be flitting vertically downwards.

5. 4)

6. 1)

7. 4)

8. 3)

9. 4)

10. 1)

Distance OB

Time taken to reach the shortest distance between A and B =

11. 3) Relative velocity = (2i + 3j) - (-2i - 3j) = 4i + 6j .

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12. 1) Speed along the shortest path =

Speed of water
13. 1)

Drift = 50 3 = 150m
14. 4)
15. 1) ;

Angle between
due south

change in velocity =
16. 2) The two cars (say A and B) are moving with same velocity, the relative velocity of one (say B) with
respect to the other A, So the relative separation between them (= 5 km)
always remains the same. Now if the velocity of car (say C) moving in opposite direction to A and B, is
r relative to ground then the velocity of car C relative to A and B will be But as is
opposite to vc
So,

So, the time taken by it to cross the cars A and B

17. 3)

18. 3) here we have to look for velocity of wind w.r.t car. So

This is in south-east direction

19. 2) Horizontal component of rain's velocity will be equal to velocity of wind which is 2 m/s in north
direction. If cyclist goes towards north with velocity 2 m/s, then w.r.t him rain's horizontal component of
velocity will be zero, and he will see only vertical component.

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20. 1)

For the resultant motion to be upwards.

21. 2)

Adding:
So C will be moving towards south as seen by A. or
22. 3) In order to arrive at the opposite bank, the boast should start at an angle with north such that sin

or . The real velocity of boat will be

23. 1) Let v be the river velocity and u the velocity of swimmer in still water. Then

Now we can see that

24. 2)

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25. 2)
26. 2)

Here, velocity of water flowing in river, nr=3ms-1 velocity of swimmer in still water, ns= 4ms-1 from
figure, The resultant velocity of the swimmer is

27. 4) Time to cross river

28. 2)
Hence 1500 with water current

29. 4)

In this case As
As sin cannot be greater than 1, he cannot reach directly opposite bank in this way.
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…………..(i)

From (i) and (ii)

31. 3)

32. 3)

as shown in the figure.

The velocity of the rain and the wind are represented by the vectors
To protect himself from the rain the boy should hold his umbrella in the direction of resultant
velocity . If is the angle which resultant velocity makes with the vertical, then

or

33. 1) Direction of motion of car A as seen from car B

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Velocity of car A as seen from car B

Magnitude :

Direction:

34. 4)

35. 1)

36. 1) We know that

Not that a single subscript implies absolute velocity .The absolute velocity of block is the vector sum of
its velocity relative to the wedge and velocity of wedge relative to ground. The absolute velocity of block
(ground reference frame) is shown in the vector diagram given in figure.

we can derive this result by resolving v into

its components .Sum of x-components
Sum of y-components

Resultant velocity

37. 2)When the procession is stationary, the flags flutter along the north-east direction. It means wind is
flowing along the north-east direction. The flags will start fluttering along the direction of the relative
velocity of wind w.r.t procession.

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So the flag will flutter in a direction at

38. 1)The velocity of bird with respect to wind can be given as

Here the direction of the relative velocity of the bird is

Hence, the relative velocity of the bird with respect to wind is and in the direction from
east toward south
39. 1)
40. 1)Given and velocity of person
This velocity is same as the velocity of person w.r.t ground. First of all let us see how the diagram works
out.
Velocity of rain w.r.t person
velocity of rain w.r.t person
Values of and can be obtained by using simple trigonometric relations
a) Speed of rain drops w.r.t Earth = =

From

b) Speed of rain w.r.t the person,

from
41. 3)Velocity of air (wind) =

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Velocity of plane w.r.t air =

The velocity of the plane will be the vector sum of two velocities. Velocity of air and velocity of plane
w.r.t air: if the plane is to move towards west finally, then the N-S component of velocity should be
zero. For this

So the pilot should head in direction

Speed of plane w.r.t ground,

42. 1) for B always to be north of A, the velocity components of both along east should be same

43. 2) Speed of train =

Let and represent the respective velocities of rain and train. Now, the relative velocity of rain w.r.t

person (train) is given by

Let and represent the vectors, respectively, in magnitude and direction

44. 1) Motion of the person making an angel (say ) with the downstream

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The time taken to cross the river =

The distance carried away downstream in the same time = speed time

Motion of the person making angle with upstream

The time taken to cross the river is equal to

Distance carried away downstream in the same time

given

From Eq. (iii), so v/u cannot be less than 1/3.

45. 3) case I : Let OP = 3 be the velocity of man. be the velocity of rain. PQ is the velocity of rain
relative to man.
Case II: is the new velocity of man
= new velocity of rain relative to an
OP = PR = PQ = 3 Now and

46. 3) The magnitude will decrease till the direction of the velocity with respect to man becomes vertical . It
will increase thereafter.
47. 2) ym is largest when from the horizontal. So, time of flight is largest.

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48. 1) , lesser is the value of , lesser is sin and hence lesser will be the time taken. Hence A
will fall earlier.
49. (4) Here velocity is acting upwards when projectile is going upwards and acceleration is downwards.
The angle between and is more than 0º and less than 180º.

50. (c) Since range on horizontal plane is so it is max. when sin =1

51. 4)

52. 4) are complementary angles as We know that if angle of

projection of two projectiles make complementary angles, their ranges are equal. In this case also, the
range will be same. So the ratio is 1 : 1.

53. 2) when

Height H is given by: H = when

54. 4)

55. 4) Time of flight =

56. 3) We know that,

given

57. 3) Only in case of parabolic motion, the direction and magnitude of the velocity changes, acceleration
remains same. Morever, in case of uniform circular motion, the direction changes.
58. 3) At the highest point, the slope is zero and curvature is positive.

59. 2)

60. 3)

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Velocity = x/t

61. 1) R is same for both and (90 – ). If angle w.r.t. vertical is 40º then w.r.t. horizontal direction it will
be 90º – 40º = 50º.

62. 2) Comparing the given equation with we get

63. 2) The bullets are fired at the same initial speed

=3/1
64. 3) On earth, on moon,
65. 4) Standard equation of projectile motion

Comparing with given equation

So

66. 1) We know, From triangle we can say that

Range of projectile

67. 3) As, or
Or t = 2 or 4.
The minimum time t = 2s.
68. 2) Time taken for vertical direction motion

The same time is for horizontal direction.

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69. 4) The horizontal velocity of the projectile remains constant throughout the journey. Since the body is
projected horizontally, the initial velocity will be same as the horizontal velocity at any point. Since,

Horizontal velocity = 2 m/s

Initial velocity = 2 m/s

70. 4) Max. Height = H =

Time of flight, T =

From

71. 2)
72. 3)
73. 2) Two bodies will collide at the highest point if both cover the same vertical height in the same time.

So
74. 2) The horizontal range is the same for the angles of projection and

where Hence (as R is constant)

75. 3)
76. 1)
77. 2) As ball is projected at an angle 45° to the horizontal therefore Range = 4H or

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78. 4)

79. 2) At point B the direction of velocity component of the projectile along Y - axis reverses.
Hence,

80. 3)

(time to reach the maximum height)

Total time of flight

81. 3) In circular motion with constant speed, acceleration is always inward, its magnitude is constant but
direction changes, hence acceleration changes, so does velocity

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83. 1)
84. 3) Given : r = 30 cm = 0.3 cm = 0.3 m and V = 2t Radial acceleration at t = 3 sec

and tangential acceleration

85. 2) From the geometry of the figure, the angle traverses about A and C are and 2 respectively. So

86. 3) Here sec the required centripetal acceleration for moving in a circle is

so
87. 3)
88. 4)
89. 1) Distance covered in one circular loop =

Speed =
Displacement in one circular loop = 0

Velocity =

90. 3) Given

Angular displacement,
Linear velocity,

change in velocity,
NEET PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS-EXPLANATIONS
1. 2) Here,

Squaring and adding equation (i) and (ii)

x2 + y2 = 42 R = 4 Motion of the particle is circular motion, acceleration vector is along – and its

magnitude=
Velocity of particle, V =

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v = 20 m/s ; u = 10 m/s

4. 3)
5. 1)
6. 3).

7. 3)

8.
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