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1. A person travelling on a straight line without changing direction moves with a uniform speed v 1 for
half distance and next half distance he covers with uniform speed v 2. The average speed v is given
by 2v v v +v
1 2 1 1 1
v= 1 2 v = v1v2 = 
a) v1+v2 b) c)
2 d)
v v1 v2
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2. A hall has the dimensions 10 m × 10 m × 10 m. A fly starting at one corner ends up at a farthest
corner. The magnitude of its displacement is

a) 5 3m b) 10 3m c) 20 3m d) 30 3m
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3. A stone is dropped into a well in which the level of water is ‘h’ below the top of the well. If ‘v’ is
velocity of sound, the time ‘T’ after which the splash is heard is given by :
2h h 2h h h 2h
a) T = 2h/ v b) T =  c) T =  d) T = 
g v g 2v 2g v
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4. The displacement of a particle as a function of time is shown in fig.

The fig. indicates that
a) The particle starts with a certain velocity, but the motion is retarded
and finally the particle stops
b) The velocity of particle is constant throughout
c) The acceleration of the particle is constant throughout
d) The particle starts with a constant velocity, the motion is accelerated
and finally the particle moves with another constant velocity
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5. A particle moves along a circular arc of radius R making an angle of q at centre. The magnitude of
displacement is
a) 2R sin q/2 b) 2R sin q c) R sin q/2 d) R sin q
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6. A rocket is fired vertically up from the ground. It moves upwards with a constant acceleration 10
m/s² from 30 second after which the fuel is consumed. After what time from the instant of firing, the
rocket will attain the maximum height? Take g = 10 m/s²
a) 30 s b) 45 s c) 60 s d) 75 s
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7. In the one-dimensional motion of a particle, the relation between position x and time t is given by
X² + 2x = t (here x > 0). Choose the correct statement.
1
a) The retardation of the particle is
(x+1)³
1
b) The uniform acceleration of the particle is
(x+1)³
1
c) The uniform velocity of the particle is
(x+1)³
d) The particle has a variable acceleration of 4t + 6
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8. In the figure is shown the position of a particle moving on the x-axis as a function of time. Then
a) The particle has come to rest for 6 times
b) The maximum speed is at t = 6s
c) The velocity remain positive for t = 0 to t = 6s
d) The average velocity for the total period shown is negative
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9. The variation of velocity of a particle moving along a straight line is shown in the figure. The
distance travelled by the particle in 4s is
a) 25 m b) 30 m c) 55 m d) 60 m
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10. The acceleration versus time graph of a particle is as shown in figure.

The respective v-t graph of the particle is
a) b)

c) d)
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11. A train starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 2.0 m/s² for half a minute. The
brakes are then applied and the train comes to rest in one minute after applying breaks. Find (a) the
total distance moved by the train. (b) the maximum speed attained by the train and (c) the position
(s) of the train at half the maximum speed. (Assume retardation to be constant)
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12. A toy plane P starts flying from point A along a straight horizontal line 20 m above ground level
starting with zero initial velocity and acceleration 2 m/s² as shown. At the same instant, a man P
throws a ball vertically upwards with initial velocity ‘u’. Ball touches (coming to rest) the base of the
plane at point B of plane’s journey when it is vertically above the man. ‘s’ is the distance of point B
from point A. Just after the contact of ball with the plane, acceleration of plane increases to 4 m/s².
Find :
(i) Initial velocity ‘u’ of ball.
(ii) Distance ‘s’
(iii) Distance between man and plane when the man catches the ball back. (g = 10 m/s²) (Neglect
the height of man)
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13. A particle moves along a straight line such that its displacement x from a fixed point on the line
at time t is given by

x² = at² + 2bt + c

Find acceleration as a function of displacement x.

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14. A point moves in a straight line so that its distance from the start in time t is equal to
14
s = t  4t ²  16t ²
4

a) At what times was the point at its starting position?

b) At what times is its velocity equal to zero?
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15. Two bodies move in a straight line towards each other at initial velocities v 1 and v2 and with
constant acceleration a1 and a2 directed against the corresponding velocities at the initial instant.
What must be the maximum initial separation lmax between the bodies for which they meet during
the motion? Motion in which the point mass returns to the initial position.
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16. The graph of x versus t (see fig.) is for a particle in straight line motion. State for each interval
whether the velocity vx is +, -, or 0, and whether the acceleration a x is +, -, or 0. The intervals are
OA, AB, BC and CD. For the curve is there any interval over which the acceleration is obviously not
constant? (Ignore the behavior at the end points of the intervals.)
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17. A cart started at t = 0, its acceleration varies with time as shown in figure. Find the distance
travelled in 30 seconds and draw the position-time graph.
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18. A point P is located above an inclined plane. It is possible to reach the plane by sliding under
gravity down a straight frictionless wire, joining P to some point P’ on the plane. How should P’ be
chosen so as to minimize the time taken? If PA is H calculate the minimum time taken.
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19. A person standing on the floor of an elevator drops a coin. The coin reaches the floor of the
elevator in a time t1 if the elevator is stationary and in time t 2 if it is moving with constant velocity.
Then
a) t1 = t2
b) t1 < t2
c) t1 > t2
d) t1 < t2 or t1 > t2 depending whether lift is going up or down
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20. A particle initially at ‘t = 0’ moving with a velocity ‘u’ is subjected to a retarding force, as a result
of which it decelerates at a rate ‘a =k v ’ where ‘v’ is the instantaneous velocity and ‘k’ is a positive
constant. The time taken by the particle to come to rest will be?
a) 2u / k b) 2u/k c) 2 u / k d) u / k
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21. A parachutist jumps out of an airplane and accelerates with gravity for 6 seconds. He then pulls
the parachute cord and after a 4s deceleration period, descends at 10 m/s for 60 seconds, reaching
the ground. From what height did the parachutist jump? Assume acceleration due to gravity to be 10
m/s² throughout the motion.
a) 840 m b) 920 m c) 980 m d) 1020 m
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22. A train moving with a speed of 60 km/hr is slowed down uniformly to 30 km/hr for repair
purposes during running. After this it was accelerated uniformly to reach to its original speed. If the
distance covered during constant retardation be 2 km and that covered during constant acceleration
be 1 km, find the time lost in the above journey.
a) 1 min b) 2 min c) 4 min d) 5 min
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23. The position-time (x-t) graphs for two children A and B returning from their school O to their
homes P and Q respectively along straight line path (taken as x axis) are shown in figure below.
Choose the CORRECT statement(s).
a) A lives closer to the school than B
b) A starts from the school earlier than B
c) A and B have equal average velocities from 0 to t0.
d) B overtakes A on the way.
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24. Acceleration of a particle is defined as a = (75 V² - 30 V + 3) (m/s²). If the constant speed

achieved by the particle is given by VC, then find the value of 10 VC.
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25. Two particle A and B are moving in same direction on same straight line. A is ahead of B by 20m.
A has constant speed 5 m/sec and B has initial speed 30 m/sec and retardation of 10 m/sec². Then if
x (in m) is total distance travelled by B as it meets A for second time. Then value of x will be.
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26. A boy throws a ball with speed u in a well of depth 14 m as shown. On bounce with bottom of the
well the speed of the ball gets halved. What should be the minimum valued of u (in m/s) such that
the ball may be able to reach his hand again? It is given that his hands are at 1 m height from top of
the well while throwing and catching.
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27. A taxi leaves the Kanpur station for Lucknow station every 10 minutes. Simultaneously a taxi
also leaves the Lucknow station for Kanpur station every 10 minutes. The taxis move at the same
constant speed and go form Kanpur to Lucknow or vice versa in 2 hours. How many taxis coming
from the other side will meet each taxi enroute from Lucknow to Kanpur?
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28. A particle starts from rest from origin such that its acceleration is given as a = 5x. Find out its
position at t = 1 sec.
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29. If initial velocity of particle is 2 m/s, the maximum velocity of particle from t = 0 to t = 20 sec is
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30. A train travelling at 72 km/h is checked by track repairs. It retards uniformly for 200 m covering
the next 400 m at constant speed and accelerates uniformly to 72 km/h in a further 600 m. If the
time at constant lower speed is equal to the sum of the times taken in retarding and accelerating.
Find the total time taken (in min).
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31. A ball is dropped vertically from a height d above the ground, hits the ground and bounces up
vertically to a height d/2. Neglecting subsequent motion and air resistances, its velocity v varies with
the height h above the ground is
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32. A block is released from rest at t = 0 on a frictionless inclined plane. The distance travelled by
the S n

block in tn-1 sec to tn sec is represented by Sn. ThenS n+1 is

2n+1 2n-1 2n 2n
2n-1 2n+1 2n-1 (2n+1)
a) b) c) d)
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33. A particle moves in rectilinear motion such that acceleration – displacement curve is as shown in
figure. If initially, s = 0 and v = 4 m/s. What is the velocity when position is
(i) 8m (ii) 12m
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34. A particle moves along a straight line x. At time t = 0, its position is at x = 0. The velocity V, of
the object changes as a function of time t, as indicated in the figure; t is in seconds, V in m/sec and x
in meters.
a) What is x at t = 3 sec?
b) What is the instantaneous acceleration (in m/sec²) at t = 2 sec?
c) What is the average velocity (in m/sec) between t = 0 and t = 3 sec?
d) What is the average speed (in m/sec) between t = 1 and t = 3 sec?
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35. The velocity of a particle moving in the position direction of the x-axis varies as v= x , where
a is a positive constant. Assuming that at the moment t = 0 the particle was located at the point x =
0, find
a) The time dependence of the velocity and the acceleration of the particle
b) The mean velocity of the particle averaged over the time that the particle takes to cover the first
s metre of the path
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36. A particle covers each 1/3 of the total distance with speed v 1, v2 and v3 respectively. Find the
average speed of the particle?
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37. The graph below describes the motion of a ball rebounding from a horizontal surface being
released from a point above the surface. The quantity represented on the y-axis is the ball’s
a) Displacement b) Velocity
c) Acceleration d) Distance
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38. A man in a balloon rising vertically with an acceleration of 4.9 m/sec², releases a ball 2 seconds
after the balloon is let go from the ground. The greatest height above the ground reached by the ball
is
a) 14.7 m b) 19.6 m c) 9.8 m d) 24.5 m
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Passage :
An auto-mobile and a truck starts from rest at the same instant, with the automobile initially at some
distance behind the truck. The truck has a constant acceleration of 2.1 m/s² and the automobile has
acceleration 3.4 m/s². The auto-mobile overtakes the truck after the truck has moved 40 m

39. How far was the automobile behind the truck initially?
a) 24.8 m b) 30 m c) 50 m d) 60 m
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Passage :
An auto-mobile and a truck starts from rest at the same instant, with the automobile initially at some
distance behind the truck. The truck has a constant acceleration of 2.1 m/s² and the automobile has
acceleration 3.4 m/s². The auto-mobile overtakes the truck after the truck has moved 40 m

40. The distance moved by automobile before it overtakes the truck

a) 54.8 m b) 64.8 m c) 74.8 m d) 68.8 m
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Passage :
An auto-mobile and a truck starts from rest at the same instant, with the automobile initially at some
distance behind the truck. The truck has a constant acceleration of 2.1 m/s² and the automobile has
acceleration 3.4 m/s². The auto-mobile overtakes the truck after the truck has moved 40 m

41. Which is the best possible graph?

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Passage :
Two cars A and B travel in a straight line from same point. The distance of A from the starting point is
given by xA = at + bt² where a = 2.6 m/s and b = 1.2 m/s². The distance B from the staring point is
xB = gt² - dt³, where g = 2.8 m/s² and d = 0.2 m/s³.

42. Which car is ahead just after they leave the staring point?
a) A b) B
c) Both are with same velocity
d) Cannot be determined
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Passage :
Two cars A and B travel in a straight line from same point. The distance of A from the starting point is
given by xA = at + bt² where a = 2.6 m/s and b = 1.2 m/s². The distance B from the staring point is
xB = gt² - dt³, where g = 2.8 m/s² and d = 0.2 m/s³.

43. At what times are the car at same point?

a) 2.7 sec b) 2.27 sec and 5.73 sec
c) 5.73 sec and 2.6 sec d) 0.2.27 sec and 5.73 sec
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Passage :
Two cars A and B travel in a straight line from same point. The distance of A from the starting point is
given by xA = at + bt² where a = 2.6 m/s and b = 1.2 m/s². The distance B from the staring point is
xB = gt² - dt³, where g = 2.8 m/s² and d = 0.2 m/s³.

44. At wat times is the distance from A to B neither increasing nor decreasing?
a) 1.66 sec b) 4.33 sec
c) 1.66 sec and 1 sec d) 1 sec and 4.3 sec
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45. At an instant t, the coordinates of a particle are x = at², y = bt² and z = 0, then its velocity at the
instant t will be
a) t a ²  b ² b) 2t a ²  b² c) a ²  b² d) 2t ² a ²  b²
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46. The acceleration of a particle as a function of time is given by a = 1.5t – 0.15 t² (m/s²). The
particle starts motion from rest at time t = 0 sec. Then the maximum velocity in the forward
direction is
a) 10 m/s b) 25 m/s c) 50 m/s d) none of the above
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47. For a particle moving along a straight line, the displacement x depends on time t as x = at³ + bt²
+ gt + d. The ratio of its initial acceleration to its initial velocity depends
a) Only on a and b b) only on b and g c) only on a and g d) only on a
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48. A particle starts from rest and moves along a straight line with constant acceleration. The
variation of velocity v with displacement S is
a) b) c) d)
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49. A particle is confined to move along the x-axis between reflecting walls at x = 0 and x = a.
Between these two limits it moves freely at constant velocity v. If the walls are perfectly reflecting,
then its displacement time graph is
a) b) c) d)