CBSE Test Paper 01

Chapter 4 Motion in A Plane

1. The speed of a projectile when it is at its greatest height is times its speed at half

the max height. What is the angle of projection? 1

a. 60o

b. 90o

c. 15o

d. 45o
2. if particles A and B are moving with velocities and (each with respect to some
common frame of reference, say ground.). Then, velocity of particle A relative to that
of B is: 1
a. = +
b. = -
c. =- +
d. =- -
3. An airplane’s compass indicates that it is headed due north, and its airspeed indicator
shows that it is moving through the air at 240 km/h. If there is a 100-km h wind from
west to east. In what direction should the pilot head to travel due north? What will be
her velocity relative to the earth? 1

a. 35o W of N, 198 km/h

b. 28o W of N, 210 km/h

c. 25o W of N, 218 km/h

d. 29o W of N, 200 km/h

4. The path of a projectile is 1
a. cubic
b. straight line
c. hyperbola
d. a parabola
5. Which of the following algebraic operations on vectors not permissible? 1
a. adding a scalar component of the vector to the same vector

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 b. multiplying any vector by any scalar,
c. adding any two vectors
d. multiplying the sum of vectors A and B by a scalar

6. What will be the net effect on maximum height of a projectile when its angle of
projection is changed from 30° to 60°, keeping the same initial velocity of projection?
1

7. If , what is the angle between A and B? 1

8. Three vectors not lying in a plane can never end up to give a null vector. Justify. 1

9. A man can swim with a speed of 4 km/h in still water. How long does he take to cross
a river 1 km wide, if the river flows steadily, 3 km/h and he makes his strokes normal
to the river current? How far down the river does he go when he reaches the other
bank? 2

10. On a certain day, rain was falling vertically with a speed of 35 m/s. A wind started
blowing after sometime with a speed of 12 m/s in East to West direction. In which
direction should a boy waiting at a bus stop hold his umbrella? 2

11. What is the angle of projection at which horizontal range and maximum height are
equal? 2

12. A boy stands at 78.4 m from a building and throws a ball which just enters a window
39.2 m above the ground. Calculate the velocity of projection of the ball. 3

13. Find the angle between the vectors A = and B = .3

14. An aircraft is flying at a height of 3400 m above the ground. If the angle subtended at
a ground observation point by the aircraft positions 10.0 s apart is 30°, what is the
speed of the aircraft? 3

15. On an open ground, a motorist follows a track that turns to his left by an angle of 60o
after every 500 m. Starting from a given turn, specify the displacement of the motorist
at the third, sixth and eighth turn. Compare the magnitude of the displacement with
the total path length covered by the motorist in each case. 5

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 CBSE Test Paper 01
Chapter 4 Motion in A Plane

Answer

1. a. 60o
Explanation: Time taken to reach the maximum height

Maximum height

Half the maximum height

Horizontal velocity at half the maximum height =
Vertical velocity at half the maximum height =

Velocity at half the maximum height =

According to question,

Squaring both sides,

2. b. = -
Explanation: The relative velocity of an object A with respect to another object
B is the velocity that object A would appear to have to an observer situated on
object B moving along with it.
In simple words relative velocity of A with respect to Be is the vector difference
between the velocities of A and B.
It is represented as

3. c. 25o W of N, 218 km/h

Explanation: This is a relative velocity problem with vectors. Image given is a

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 scale drawing of the situation. Again the vectors form a right triangle:

As shown in image, The pilot points the nose of the airplane at an angle into
the wind to compensate for the crosswind. This angle, which tells us the
direction of the vector (the velocity of the airplane relative to the air), is
one of our target variables. The other target variable is the speed of the airplane
over the ground, which is the magnitude of the vector (the velocity of the
airplane relative to the earth). The known and unknown quantities are:
magnitude unknown due North
= 240 km/h due north
= 100 km/h due east
We’ll solve for the target variables by using iimage and trigonometry.
=218km/h

= 25°

The pilot should point the airplane 25° west of north, and her ground speed is
then 218 km/h.

4. d. a parabola
Explanation: A particle with a vertical and horizontal velocity travelling in a
gravitational field will trace out a parabola.

5. a. adding a scalar component of the vector to the same vector

Explanation: Although vectors and scalars represent different types of physical
quantities, it is sometimes necessary for them to interact. While adding a scalar

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 to a vector is impossible because of their different dimensions in space, it is
possible to multiply a vector by a scalar.

6. Maximum height H of a projectile is given by the equation H = v02sin2θ/2g

here,

or H2 = 3H1

The maximum height of the projectile for angle of projection 60° is three times more
than the maximum height at angle of projection 30°

7. As we know, = AB sin
and A.B = AB cos
It is given that the cross product of A and B is equal to its dot product, hence
AB sin = AB cos

8. As given three vectors are non coplanar vectors, therefore they cannot be represented
by the three sides of a triangle taken in the same order. Hence in no possible way it
can gives a sum of zero, i.e. null vector.

9. Given, speed of man(vm) = 4 km/h

Speed of river(vr) = 3 km/h

Width of the river(d) = 1 km

Time taken by the man to cross the river,

t=

= 15 min

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 Distance travelled along the river = vrt

= 750 m

10. As shown in the figure the velocity of rain, VR = OA = 35 m/s, and the velocity of wind,

Vw = OB =12 m/s. Here, OC represents the direction of resultant in which the boy

should hold his umbrella,

Hence, the magnitude of the resultant velocity is

= 37 m/s
Let the resultant velocity, v (=OC) make an angle with the vertical. Then,

with respect to the direction of rainfall.

11. Equating,

(Horizontal Range)

(Maximum Height)

12. Consider a boy standing at position P at a horizontal distance 78.4m from the window,
he throws a ball with a velocity u at an angle with the horizontal which just enters
window W at a height 39.2 m.

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 For the maximum Height of projectile we have the relation, H =
........(i)

and horizontal range,

...........(ii)
Dividing Equations (i) and (ii), we get

Substituting = 45° in Eq. (ii), we get

= 39.2 m/s
Hence, the ball should be projected at an angle 45° with an initial speed of 39.2 m/s.

13. Given two vectors A = and B =

From the expression of dot product or scalar product.
A.B = AB cos θ..........(i)
The magnitude of is given by
..........(ii)
The magnitude of is given by
........(iii)
Now solving LHS of Eq (i)
A.B =

A.B = -1
Substituting the values of A from Eq. (ii) and B from Eq. (iii) and A.B = -1 in Eq. (i), we
get

in the third quadrant

14. The positions of the observer and the aircraft are shown in the given figure. The
aircraft is following path PRQ and observer is at 'O'.

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 Height of the aircraft from ground, OR = 3400 m
Angle subtended between the position,
Time interval, t = 10 s
In

PR = OR tan 15o

is similar to

P Q = PR + RQ

Speed of the aircraft = 182.24 m/s

15.

The path followed by the motorist is a regular hexagon with side 500 m, as shown in
the given figure
Let the motorist start from point P.
The motorist takes the third turn at S.
Magnitude of displacement = PS = PV + VS = 500 + 500 = 1000 m

Total path length, d1 = PQ + QR + RS = 500 + 500 + 500 = 1500 m

The motorist take the sixth turn at point P, which is the starting point
Magnitude of displacement = 0

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Total path length, d2 = PQ + QR + RS + ST + TU + UP

d2 = 500 + 500 + 500 + 500 + 500 = 3000 m

The motorist takes the eight turn at point R

Magnitude of displacement = PR

Therefore, the magnitude of displacement is 866.03 m at an angle of 30o with PR.

Total path length = Circumference of the hexagon + PQ + QR
Total path length= 6 500 + 500 + 500 = 4000 m
The magnitude of displacement and the total path length corresponding to the
required turns is shown in the given table

Turn Magnitude of displacement (m) Total path length (m)

Third 1000 1500

Sixth 0 3000

Eighth 866.03; 30o 4000

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