KINEMATICS

1. A stone is projected from the ground with velocity 50 m/s at an angle of 30 o . It

crosses a wall after 3 sec. How far beyond the wall the stone will strike the ground
(g  10 m / sec 2 )

1) 90.2 m 2) 89.6 m 3) 86.6 m 4) 70.2 m

2. A particle starts from the origin at t=0 and moves in the x-y plane with constant

acceleration a in the Y direction. Its equation of motion is y=bx2. The X

component of its velocity is
2a a a
1) Variable 2) 3) 4)
b 2b 2b
3. A stone is projected horizontally with speed v from a height h above ground. A
horizontal wind is blowing in direction opposite to velocity of projection and gives
the stone a constant horizontal acceleration f( in a direction opposite to initial
velocity ) .As a result the stone falls on ground at a point vertically below the point
of projection . Then the value of height h in terms of f, g,v is (g is acceleration due
to gravity)
2gv 2 gv 2 gv 2 2gv 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
f2 2f 2 f2 f2
4. A bullet is fired from horizontal ground at some angle passes through the point
 3R R 
 ,  , Where R is the range of the bullet. Assuming point of the fire to be
 4 4
origin and the bullet moves in x- y plane with x-axis horizontal and y-axis
vertically upwards. Then angle of projection is
1) 300 2) 530 3) 370 4) None of these
5. A swimmer crosses a flowing stream of width ω to and fro in time t 1 . The time
taken to cover the same distance up and down the stream is t 2 . If t 3 is the time the
swimmer would take to swim a distance 2 ω in still water, then
1) t12  t2t3 2) t22  t1t3 3) t32  t1t2 4) t3  t1  t2
6. A particle is projected from the ground at an angle of 600 with horizontal with
speed u = 20m/s. The radius of curvature of the path of the particle, when its
velocity makes an angle of 300 with horizontal is  g  10m / s 2 

1) 10.6 m 2) 12.8 m 3) 15.4 m 4) 24.2 m

7. A boy of mass 60 kg is standing over a platform of mass 40 kg placed over a
smooth horizontal surface. He throws a stone of mass 1 kg with velocity
u  10m / s at an angle of 450 with respect to ground. The displacement of platform
(with boy) on the horizontal surface, when the stone land on the ground is
 g  10m / s 
2

1) 25 cm 2) 5 cm 3) 10 cm 4) 50 cm
8. A particle moves with a declaration k V where V in its velocity . Initial velocity
is V0 and is at the origin initially . The distance travelled by it before coming to
rest is ( k is a constant)
V0 2 V0 2V03/ 2
1) 2) 3) 4) V0 3/ 2
k 3k 3k
9. A ball is dropped from a great height and the velocity of the ball as a function of

time is given by v 
mg
K
 
1  e   , where m is mass of ball, K is a constant and g
 K /m t

m
is the acceleration due to gravity . Then, at a time when t    , the velocity of
K
the ball becomes
mg mg
1) v  gt 2) v  3) v  t 4) v = 0
K K
1
10. A rifle bullet loses th of its velocity in passing through a plank. The least
20
number of planks required just to stop the bullet:
1) 20 2) 11 3) 14 4) 8
11. A boy playing on the roof of a 10m high building throw a ball with a speed of
10 ms1 at an angle of 300 with the horizontal. How far away from the throwing

point will the ball be, at the same height of 10 m from the ground ?
 2 1 3
 g  10 ms ,sin 30  , cos 30 
0 0

 2 2 

1) 8.66 m 2) 5.20 m 3) 4.33 m 4) 2.60 m

12. A ship is travelling due east at 10 kmph. Second ship travelling 600 east of north is
always due north for the first ship. Then the speed of second ship is
1) 10 kmph
2) 10 3 kmph
3) 20 kmph
4) 20 3 kmph
3 25 2
13. A particle moves in a projectile given by y  x  x . The angle at which the
4 16
particle is projected, is
4 4 3 3
1) cos 1   2) sin 1   3) cos 1   4) tan 1  
5 5 5 5
14. In the figure shown, the heavy ball of mass 2kg rests on the horizontal surface and
the lighter ball of mass m is dropped from a height h>2l. At the instant the string
gets taut, the upward velocity of the heavy ball will be
2
1) gl
3
4
2) gl
3
1
3) gl
3
1
4) gl
2
15. If a particle is projected with speed u from ground at an angle  with horizontal,
then radius of curvature of a point where velocity vector is perpendicular to initial
velocity vector is given by
u 2 cos 2  u 2 cot 2  u2 u 2 tan 2 
1) 2) 3) 4)
g g sin  g g cos 
16. A particle A of mass 10/7 kg is moving in the positive direction of x. Its initial
position is x  0 & initial velocity is 1 m/s. The velocity at x  10 is: (use the graph
given)

Power (in watts)

4

10 x
(in m)

1) 4 m/s 2) 2 m/s 3) 3 2 m/s 4) 100/3 m/s

17. The ceiling of a tunnel is 5 m high. What is the maximum horizontal distance that
a ball thrown with a speed of 20 m s 1 can go without hitting the ceiling of the

tunnel ? (Take g  10 m s 2 )

1) 10 3 m 2) 40 m 3) 20 3 m 4) 40 3 m
18. Two trains traveling on the same track are approaching each other with equal
speeds of 40 m s 1 . The drivers of the trains begin to decelerate simultaneously
when they are just 2 km apart. If the decelerations are both uniform and equal,
then the value of deceleration to barely avoid collision should be
1) 0.8 m s 2 2) 2.1 m s 2 3) 11.0 m s 2 4) 13.2 m s 2
19. Choose the wrong statement from the following.
1) Zero velocity of a particle does not necessarily mean that its acceleration is
zero.
2) Zero acceleration of a particle does not necessarily mean that its velocity is
zero.
3) If speed of a particle is constant, its acceleration must be zero.
4) All the above
20. The displacement x of a particle varies with time according to the relation

x
a
b
 
1  e bt . Then

1) At t  1/ b , the displacement of the particle is nearly  4 / 3 a / b 

2) The velocity and acceleration of the particle at t  0 are a and ab respectively.
3) The particle cannot reach a point at a distance ' x ' from its starting position if
xa/b
4) The particle will come back to its starting point as t  
21. The horizontal distance x and the vertical distance y of a projectile at time t w.r.t

point of projection are given by x  at and y  bt 2  ct where a, b and c are

constants. Then

1) The speed of the projectile 1 second after it is fired is  a 2  b 2  c 2 

1/2

c
2) The angle with the horizontal at which the projectile is fired is sin 1  
a
3) The acceleration due to gravity is 2c

4) The initial speed of the projectile is  a 2  c 2 

1/2

22. A ball is dropped downwards to hit the ground at time t=0. After 1 second another
ball is dropped downwards from the same point. The distance between them after
3 seconds is
1) 25 m 2) 20 m 3) 50 m 4) 9.8 m
23) A ball of mass m is thrown upwards with a velocity v. If air exerts an average
resisting force F, the velocity with which the ball returns to the thrower is
mg F mg - F mg + F
1) v 2) v 3) v 4) v
mg + F mg + F mg + F mg

24) A particle is projected vertically upwards from a point A on the ground. It takes
time t1 to reach a point B but still continues to move up. If it takes further t2 time
to reach the ground from point B, then height of point B from ground is
1 1 1
1) g(t1  t 2 ) 2 2) gt1t 2 3) gt1t 2 4) g(t1  t 2 ) 2
2 2 8
25) A particle of mass m is projected with velocity v making an angle of 45° with the
horizontal. The magnitude of the angular momentum of the projectile about the
point of projection when the particle is at its maximum height h is
mv 3 mv 3 mv 3
1) Zero 2) 3) 4)
4 2g 2g 5 2g

26) If a particle is projected with speed u from ground at an angle  with horizontal,
then radius of curvature of a point where velocity vector is perpendicular to initial
velocity vector is given by
u 2 cos 2  u 2 cot 2  u2 u 2 tan 2 
1) 2) 3) 4)
g g sin  g g cos 
27) The ceiling of a tunnel is 5m high. What is the maximum horizontal distance that
a ball thrown with a speed of 20 ms–1 can go without hitting the ceiling of the
tunnel? (Take g = 10 ms–2)
1) 10 3 m 2) 40m 3) 20 3 m 4) 40 3 m

28) A particle of mass 5 units is moving with a uniform speed   3 2 in the XOY
plane along the line y = x + 4. The magnitude of the angular momentum of the
particle about the origin is
1) 60 units 2) 40 2 units 3) 7.5 units 4) Zero
29) Two trains traveling on the same track are approaching each other with equal
speeds of 40 ms–1. The drivers of the trains begin to decelerate simultaneously
when they are just 2 km apart. If the decelerations are both uniform and equal,
then the value of deceleration to barely avoid collision should be
1) 0.8 ms–2 2) 2.1ms–2 3) 11.0 ms–2 4) 13.2 ms–2
30) Choose the wrong statement from the following.
1) Zero velocity of a particle does not necessarily mean that its acceleration is
zero.
2) Zero acceleration of a particle does not necessarily mean that its velocity is
zero.
3) If speed of a particle is constant, its acceleration must be zero.
4) All the above
31) The displacement x of a particle varies with time according to the relation

x
a
b
 
1  e bt . Then

1) At t  1/ b , the displacement of the particle is nearly  4 / 3 a / b 

2) The velocity and acceleration of the particle at t  0 are a and –ab respectively.
3) The particle cannot reach a point at a distance ‘x’ from its starting position if
x<a/b
4) The particle will come back to its starting point as t  
32) The horizontal distance x and the vertical distance y of a projectile at time t w.r.t

point of projection are given by x  at and y  bt 2  ct where a, b and c are

constants. Then

1) The speed of the projectile 1 second after it is fired is  a 2  b 2  c 2 

1/2

2) The angle with the horizontal at which the projectile is fired is sin 1  
c
a
3) The acceleration due to gravity is 2c

4) The initial speed of the projectile is  a 2  c 2 

1/2

33) A ball is dropped downwards to hit the ground at time t=0. After 1 second another
ball is dropped downwards from the same point. The distance between them after
3 seconds is
1) 25 m 2) 20 m 3) 50 m 4) 9.8 m
34) In 1.0 sec. a particle goes from point A to point B, moving in a semicircle of
radius 1.0 m as shown in the fig. The magnitude of the average velocity is
1) 3.14 m/sec
2) 2.0 m/sec
3) 1.0 m/sec
4) Zero
35) Acceleration – time – graph of a body is shown. The corresponding velocity–time
graph of the same body is:

v v
v v

t
1) t
2) t
3) t 4)
36) A gun is fired from a moving platform and ranges of shot are observed to be R1

and R2 when the platform is moving forwards and backward respectively with
velocity v p . The angle of elevation of the gun is , then tan is

g  R1  R2  
2
4v p2  R1  R2  2v p2 4R1R2 2
1)   2)   3) R1R2 4) .v p
4v p2  R1  R2  g  R1  R 2  g g
 

37) At the moment t = 0, a particle leaves the origin and moves in the positive
 t
direction of x-axis. Its velocity at any instant of time is v  v 0 1  , where
  

v0  10cms1 , and   5 sec . The distance covered by the particle during first 20 sec

is
1) 50 cm 2) –50 cm 3) 250 cm 4) Zero
38) A fort is at the top of a hill of height 'h ' above sea level. The greatest horizontal
distance from which a gun in the ship can hit the fort, if the muzzle velocity is
2gk , will be

1) 2k  k  h  2) 2 k h 3) 2 k k  h 4) 2h
39) A particle of mass m starts from rest moving down the inclined plane AB and
rises up to point C on the inclined plane BC. Assuming no losses of energy, the
time period of the to and fro motion of the particle is

1) 2 2h
9 g

2h
2) 2  sin37  sin53 
g

24 2h
3)
25 g

35 2h
4)
6 g

40) A particle is projected vertically upwards from the ground at time t = 0 and
reaches a height h at t = T. The greatest height reached by the particle will be

 2h  gT 
2
 2h  gT 
2 2
2
1) 2) gT 3) 4) 2h
8gT 2 8 6g

41) Read the following statements and select correct options

(i) If the range of a projectile is 'R' , then its kinetic energy is maximum after
moving a distance equals to R

(ii) If the range of a projectile is 'R' , its potential energy is maximum after

covering a distance equals to R .

2

1) Both (i) & (ii) are correct 2) (i) is correct, (ii) wrong
3) (i) is wrong, (ii) is correct 4) Both (i) & (ii) are wrong
42) Two particles are projected simultaneously from two points O and O such that d
is the horizontal distance and h is the vertical distance between them as shown in
the figure. They are projected at the same inclination  to the horizontal with the
same velocity . The time after which their separation becomes minimum is
d 2d
1) 2)
 cos   cos 

d d
3) 4)
2 cos  
43) Time taken by the projectile to reach from A to B is t. Then the distance AB is
equal to
ut u
1)
3 B

60o
3ut
2) 30o
2 A C

3) 3 ut
4) 2ut

44) An object of mass 3kg is at rest. If a force F = (6t 2 ˆi  4tj)
ˆ N is applied on the object,
then the velocity of the object at t = 3 seconds is
1) 18iˆ  3ˆj 2) 18iˆ  6ˆj 3) 3iˆ  18ˆj 4) 18iˆ  4ˆj

45) The velocity of a particle moving in a straight line varies with time in such a
manner that v versus t graph is represented by one–half of an ellipse. The
maximum velocity is vm and the total time of motion is t0;

(i) Average velocity of the particle is vm;
4
v
(ii) Such motion cannot be realized in practical terms
vm
1) Only (i) is correct
2) Only (ii) is correct t0
t

3) Both (i) and (ii) are correct

4) Both (i) and (ii) are wrong
46) Depict the shown v – x graph in a – x graph
y

v0
v

x0 x
O
x

y
y
a a
x x
x
x

1) 2)
y y
a
a
x x
x
x
3) 4)
47) If a stone is to hit at a point which is at a distance d away and at a height h above
the point from where the stone starts, then what is the value of initial speed u if
u
the stone is launched at an angle ?
h

1) g d
2) d g
cos  2(dtan   h) cos  2(dtan   h) d

gd2 gd2
3) 4)
hcos2  (d  h)
 KEY
1) 3 2) 4 3) 1 4) 2 5) 1 6) 3 7) 3 8) 3 9) 2 10) 2

11) 1 12) 3 13) 1 14) 1 15) 2 16) 1 17) 3 18) 1 19) 3 20) 2

21) 4 22) 1 23) 3 24) 3 25) 2 26) 2 27) 3 28) 1 29) 1 30) 3

31) 2 32) 4 33) 1 34) 2 35) 3 36) 1 37) 3 38) 3 39) 4 40) 1

41) 1 42) 3 43) 1 44) 2 45) 3 46) 2 47) 2

 SOLUTION
1. 3
2u sin  2  50  1
Sol; (3)Total time of flight   5s
g 2  10

Time to cross the wall = 3 sec (given)

Time in air after crossing the wall = (5 – 3) = 2 sec
 Distance travelled beyond the wall  (u cos  )t

3
 50   2  86 .6 m
2

2. 4
y  bx 2
2
dy dx d2y  dx  d2 x
 2bx.  2  2b    2b x 2
dt dt dt  dy  dt

a
a  2bV 2  0  V=
2b

3. 1

Then taken to reach the ground is given by

1 2
h gt …..(1)
2
Since horizontal displacement in time t is zero
2v
t  …..(2)
f
From eq .(1) and (2)
2gv 2
h
f2
4. 2
 x R 3R  3R 
y  tan  x 1     tan  1  
 R 4 4  4R 

1 4
 1  3 tan     tan      530
4 3

5. 1
Let v be the river velocity and u the velocity of swimmer in still water. Then
   42
t1  2    u 2
 v 2

 u v 
2 2
t12

  2u 2u t1 u
2
t2     
uv u v u v
2 2
42 2
t12

2
2
t
And t3   1
u t2
t12  t2t3

6. 3
Let v be the velocity of particle when it makes 300 with horizontal.
Then v cos 300  u cos 600
u cos 600
or v
cos 300

 20  
1

 2 
20
m/s
 3/2  3

v2
Now g cos 300 
R
2
 20 
2  
or R 
v
  3   15.4m
g cos 300  3
10   
 2 
7. 3
u 2 sin 2
Range of stone 
g

10 
2
sin 900
=  10m
10
Net force on system in horizontal direction is zero. Therefore, centre of mass will
Stationary in horizontal direction, Hence,
 60  40 x  110
Here, x = displacement of boy + platform
10
 x  0.1m  10cm
100
8. 3
dV
 k V
dt
dV dS
  k V
dt dt

V dV  kdS
V S


Vo
V dV  k  ds
0

9. 2
mg    
t
V 1  e
  k / m t
  mg 1  e e 
k   k
 
m t
Where   given t     
k 
mg mg
V  1  e   
k k
10. 2
n2 202
No.of planks= = = 10.25 11
2n - 1 39
11. 1

u 2 sin 2 10  sin 60

0 2

Here R    5 3  8.66m.
g 10
12. 3
Conceptual
13. 1
gx 2
Compare the given equation with Y  x tan  
2u 2 cos 2 
14. 1
Impulse is same on both the bodies when the mass m falls down and the string
becomes taut.
 mv|  mv  0  2mv|

3mv|  mv

v 2 g  2l 
v|  
3 3
15. 2
u cos   v cos(90   )
 V  u cot 
V 2 u 2 cot 2 
At P R  
ac g sin 

16. 1
 mdv 
Area under P  x graph   Pdx    dt  vdx

10  v3  1
V

 30   mv 2 dv 
1
7  3 
30  21
 v3  1   v3  64  v  4ms 1
10
17. 3
Given h  5m , u  20 ms 1 and g  10 ms 2

u 2 sin 2  1 1
h or sin    2gh   2 10  5  0.5
2g u 20

u 2 sin 2  20   sin 60
2 0
   30 0
 R   20 3 m
g 10
18. 1
Let us calculate relative deceleration by considering relative velocity u .
Using,  2  u 2  2as , 0 2  80 2  2  a  2000 or
80  80 64
a   m s 2  1.6 m s 2
4000 40
1.6
Deceleration of each train is m s 2 i.e., 0.8m s 2
2
19. 3
Even if speed is constant, direction of velocity can change and particle can have
non-zero acceleration.
20. 2
Conceptual
21. 4
Conceptual
22. 1
The ball A has fallen for 3 seconds, the distance travelled
1 2 1
S1  gt   10  3 2  45 m  u  0
2 1 2
The ball B has fallen for 2 seconds, then distance travelled,
1 2 1
S2  gt  10  2 2  20 m  u  0
2 2 2
Separation between the two balls  S1  S 2  45  20  25m

23) 3
V2 V2 mg - F
h= = ® V1 = V
æ Fö æ Fö mg + F
2 çç g + ÷
÷ 2 çç g - ÷
÷
è mø è mø

24) 3
2u
Time of flight  t1  t 2 and h=ut1-1/2gt12
g
25) 2
L= mvxh
v2 sin 2 45 mv3
 L  m  v cos 45   L
2g 4 2g
26) 2
u cos   v cos(90   )
 V  u cot 
V 2 u 2 cot 2 
At P R  
ac g sin 

27) 3
Given h  5m , u  20 ms 1 and g  10 ms 2

u 2 sin 2  1 1
h or sin    2gh   2 10  5  0.5
2g u 20

u 2 sin 2  20   sin 60
2 0
   30 0
 R   20 3 m
g 10
28) 1
Motion is along the line y  x  4 ;
Differentiating it w.r.t time, we have
dy dx
 i.e.  y   x
dt dt

 
1/2
As,    x2   y2  3 2 and  x   y , therefore

x2  x2 
1/2
 3 2 or x  3   y

When x  0 , from the given equation, y  0  4  4

Magnitude of angular momentum of particle
 m r  m y  y  r

 5  3 4  60 units
29) 1
Let us calculate relative deceleration by considering relative velocity u .
Using,  2  u 2  2as , 0 2  80 2  2  a  2000 or
80  80 64
a   m s 2  1.6 m s 2
4000 40
1.6
Deceleration of each train is m s 2 i.e., 0.8m s 2
2
30) 3
Even if speed is constant, direction of velocity can change and particle can have
non-zero acceleration.
31) 2
Conceptual
32) 4
Conceptual
33) 1
The ball A has fallen for 3 seconds, the distance travelled
1 2 1
S1  gt1   10  3 2  45 m  u  0
2 2
The ball B has fallen for 2 seconds, then distance travelled,
1 2 1
S2  gt 2  10  2 2  20 m  u  0
2 2
Separation between the two balls  S1  S 2  45  20  25m

34) 2
displacement 2r 2 1
Average velocity     2m / s.
time t 1
35) 3
According to the acceleration time graph first velocity increases, then become
constant and thereafter it will increase.
36) 1
Let u and v be horizontal and vertical components of the velocity of the shot, then

R1 

2 u  vp v   1 plat form moving forward
g

R2 

2 u  vp v    2 plat form moving backward
g

4uv 4v p v
and R1  R2   3 R1  R2    4
g g

R1  R2  g  R1  R2  
2 2
4v p2  v  4v p2
   tan   tan    
R1  R2 g  u  g 4vp2  R1  R2 
 

37) 3

Given v  v 0  1 
t
. The vt is shown distance covered = area under vt graph
  

1 1
  5  10   15  30  250cm
2 2

v p  10
v

  5sec 20 sec
t
O

38) 3
Let  be angle of projection, then
gx2
h  x tan  
2u2 cos2 

h  x tan  
gx2
2u2

1  tan2   1 

Let tan   t, then h  xt 

gx2
2u2

1  t 2   2
gx 2 u2
For maximum ' x ' , dx
0  O x  2t   t 
dt 2u2 gx

 h
u2 gx 2

2g 2u2
 x  2 k k  h   u  2gk 
39) 4
Let t1 be time taken in moving for A to B
h 1

 gsin370 t12  t1 
sin37 2
 2h 1
g sin370
 1

2h 1
similarly t2    2 to travel from B to C
g sin530

2h  1 1  2h 7 35 2h
 Time period T  2  t1  t 2   2   0 
2 5 
g  sin370
sin53  g 12 6 g

40) 1
Let ‘u’ be the velocity of projection.

 
2
1 h gT 2h  gT 2 u2 2h  gT 2
h  uT  gT 2  u     H 
2 T 2 2T 2g 8 gT 2

41) 1
Let 'u ' be the velocity of projection.

 
2
1 h gT 2h  gT 2 u2 2h  gT 2
h  uT  gT 2  u     H 
2 T 2 2T 2g 8 gT 2

42) 3
The vertical separation will same ‘h’ at any time
 Let horizontal separation

x  d  2v cos t  1
d
 x will be minimum, when t
2v cos 

43) 1
2usin     
t
gcos 

and
2u2 sin      cos  ut
AB  =
gcos 
2
3



A C
44) 2
1
a F
m

dv 1 1 1 3
 F   dv   Fdt  v   Fdt u  0  = 18i  6j
dt m m m 0

45) 3
 t 
   vm  0 
Totaldisplacement 1  2  umax
Avg. velocity   
total time 2 t0 4

46) 2
v0
Equation of given v – x graph v .x  v 0  1
x0

dv dv dx  v 0  v 0  v 02 v 02
a  .     .x  v 0  a x 
dt dx dt  x0  x0  x 02 x0

47) 2
1 2
h  usin   gt  1 d  ucos t   2
2

gd2
solving (1) & (2) h  dtan    solve for u
2u cos2 
2