PHYSICS

BOOKS - CP SINGH PHYSICS (HINGLISH)

MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE

Example

1. A partical moves 5M towards east and then 12m towards north. Find

the displacement and distance covered.

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2. A particle moves in a circle of radius R. In half the period of revolution

its displacement is ………… and distance covered is ………. .

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3. A particle moves in a of radius R from A to B , as shown in the figure.

Find the distance and displacement covered.

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4. A partical moves in a straifgt line from A to B for the first 30km with

speed 10km / h and the next 60km with speed 20km / h . Find the
average speed and average velocity.

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5. A particle moves in a straight line from A to B

(a) for the first half of distance with speed v1 and the next half of

distance with speed v .

2

(b) for the first one-third distance with speed v1 and the next two-third

distance with speed v .

2

(c ) for the first one-fourth distance with speed v0 , the next half of

distance with speed 2v and the last one-fourth distance with speed 3v .
0 0

Find the average speed in each case.

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6. A particle moves in a straight line from A to B with speed v and then

1

from B to A with speed v . Find the average velocity and average speed.
2

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7. A partical moves from A to B for the first one-third with speed v1 and

the next two-third time with speed v . Find the average speed.
2

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8. A point traversed half the distance with a velocity v0 . The remaining

part of the distance was covered with velocity v1 for half the time, and

with velocity v for the other half of the time. Find the mean velocity of
2

the point averaged over the whole time of motion.

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9. A partical is moving in a straight line under constant acceletation. If

the motion starts from rest, Find the ratio of displacement in n second

to that in the n second.

th

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10. A particle is moving in a straight line under constant acceleration. It

travels 15m in the 3 rd

second and 31m in the 7
th
second. Find the initial

velocity and constant acceleration.

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11. In the pervious problem, find the displacement in 10s and 10 second.
th

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12. A particle starts from rest and moves under constant acceleration in a

straight line. Find the ratio of displacement (a) in successive second and

(b) in successive time interval t .

0

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13. A particle starts from rest and moves under constant acceleration in a

straight line. Find the ratio of time in successive displacement d.

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14. two particles A and B are at separation of 100m. They move towards

each other with uniform speed, A with 5m / s and B with 15m / s . When

and where the two particle meet?

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15. If in the previous problem, particle A moves with constant

acceleration 4m / s with initial speed

2
5m / s and B moves with uniform

speed 12m / s, when and where the particle meet?

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16. A bus starts from rest and moves with constant acceleration 8m / s
2
.

At the same time, a car traveling with a constant velocity 16m / s

overtakes and passes the bus. After how much time and at what distance

the bus overtakes the car?

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17. A boy is moving with constant velocity 12m / s . When he is 32m

behind a cyclist, the cyclist starts from rest and moves under constant

acceleration 2m / s
2
. After how much time the boy meets the cyclist?

Explain reason for two answers.

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18. A boy is moving with constant velocity v on a straight road. When he

0

is at a distance d behind the bus, the bus starts from rest and moves

with a constant acceleration α. Find the minimum value of v so that the

0

boy catches the bus.

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19. Car A starts from a point O and moves with constant velocity 9m / s.

After 2s , another car B begins its journey from O and follows car A . If

car B starts from rest and moves under constant acceleration 4m / s

2
,

after how much time and at what distance from O the cars meet?

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20. (a) If a train traveling at 72km / h is to be brought to rest in a

distance of 200m, find the deceleration.

(b) The velocity of a bullet is reduced from 200m / s to 100m / s while

traveling through a wooden block of thickness 10cm . Find the

retardation (assuming it ti be uniform).

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21. A car is moving with constant speed 15m / s . Suddenly the driver sees

an obstruction on the road and takes 0.40s to apply the brake, the brake

causes a deceleration of 5m / s
2
. Find the distance traveled by the car

before it stops.

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22. A car is moving with speed 20m / s . Suddenly the driver sees the sign

of danger at a distance of 50m , after a certain reaction time t0 , he

applies breaks to cause deceleration 5m / s

2
. What is the maximum

allowable reaction time t to avoid accident and distance traveled by the

0

car during reaction time?

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23. (a) A particle moving with constant acceleration from A to B in a

straight line AB has velocities u and v at A and B respectively. Find the

velocity of the particle at the midpoint of AB.

(b) If the time taken by the particle to go from A to the midpoint of AB

is two times that from the midpoint of AB to B then find the value of

v/u .

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24. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate α for some time after

which it decelerates at a constant rate β to come to rest. If the total time

lapse is t seconds , evauate.

(i) maximum velocity reached , and

(ii) the total distance travelled .

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25. A particle starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of

4m / s
2
for 10s , then it moves under constant seceleration and stops in

20s . Find (a) the maximum velocity attained by the particle (b) the total
distance traveled and (c ) the distance/distances from the origin, when

the particle is moving at half the maximum velocity.

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26. A train starts from station A with uniform acceleration a1 . For some

distance and then goes with uniform retardation a2 for some more

distance to come to rest at station B . The distance between stations A

and B is 4km and the train takes 1 / 5h to compete this journey. If

1 1
accelerations are in km per minute unit, then show that + = x .
a1 a2

Find the value of x.

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27. Between two points, a car accelerates uniformly at first, then moves

with constant speed and finally retards uniformly to rest. If the ratio of

time takes is 1: 4: 2 and the maximum speed is 70km / h , find the

average speed over the whole journey.

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28. A partical starts from rest and moves in a straight line. It travels a

distance L with uniform acceleration and then moves with constant

velocity a further distance 2L. Finally, it comes to rest after moving a

further distance 4L under uniform retardation. Find the ratio of average

speed to the maximum speed.

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29. A car starts moving rectilinearly first with acceleration α = 5ms

−2

(the initial velocity is equal to zero), then uniformly, and finally,

deceleration at the same rate α comes to a stop. The time of motion

equals t = 25s . The average velocity during this time is equal to

72kmh
−1
How long does the car move uniformly?

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30. The speed of a train increases at a constant rate α from zero to v and

then remains constant for an interval and finally decreases to zero at a

constant rate β . The total distance travelled by the train is l. The time

taken to complete the journey is t. Then,

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31. Two trains, each having a speed of 30km / h, are headed towards each

other

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32. In a car race, car A takes a time t less than car B at the finish and

passes the finishing point with speed v more than that of the car B.

Assuming that both the cars start from rest and travel with constant

acceleration a 1
and a2 respectively. Show that v = √a1 a2 t.

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33. A particle is dropped from the top of a tower of height 80m. Find the

time of jurney and the speed with which it strikes the ground.

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34. A particle is dropped the top of a tower. Its displacement in the first

three seconds and in the last second is the same. Find the height of the

tower.

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35. A particle is dropped from the top of a tower. If it falls half of the

height of the tower in its last second of journey, find the time of journey.

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36. If in the previous problem, the particle travels 9 / 25 of the distance in

its last second, find the time of fall and the height of the tower.

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37. A particle is dropped from the top of a tower.

(a) Find the ratio of displacement in successive time interval t .

0

(b) Find the ratio of time in falling successive distances h.

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38. Drops of water fall at regular intervals from the roof of a building of

height h = 16m . The first drop striking the ground at the same moment

as the fifth drop is ready to leave from the roof. Find the distance

between the successive drops.

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39. A ball is dropped from a height. If it takes 1s to cross the last 55m

before hitting the ground, find the height from which it was dropped.

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40. A particle is dropped from some height. After falling through height

h, the velocity of the particle becomes v0 . If it further falls through a

distance y(y < < h) , find the approximate increase in velocity in terms

of v
0
, y and h.

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41. A body is dropped from a large height h in time t0 second. Find the

time taken to cover the last meter of fall in terms of t 0

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42. Two particles begin to fall freely from the same height but the second

falls t0 second after the first. Find the time (after the dropping of first)

when separation between the particles is h . 0

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43. A ball is dropped from the top of a tower. After 2s another ball is

thrown vertically downwards with a speed of 40m / s . After how much

time and at what distance below the top of tower the balls meet?

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44. A ball is dropped from the top of an 80 m high tower After 2 s

another ball is thrown downwards from the tower. Both the balls reach

the ground simultaneously. The initial speed of the second ball is

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45. A particle is thrown vertically upward with speed 40m / s.

(a) After how much time attains maximum height?

(b) Find (i) the maximum height attained by the particle.

(ii) the velocity at half of the maximum height.

(c ) Find (i) the ratio of distances in the first half and the next half of

time.

the ratio of the time in the first half and the second half of the distance

(consider only upward journey)

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46. A ball is thrown vertically up with a velocity u. It passes three points

u u u
A, B and C in its upward journey with velocities , and ,
s 3 4

AB
respectively. Find .
BC

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47. If a ball is thrown vertically upwards with speed u , the distance

covered during the last t second of its ascent is

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48. A ball is thrown vertically upward with speed 40m / s. Simultaneously,

another ball is dropped from a height 200m in the same verticle line.

When and where the balls meet?

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49. A ball is thrown vartically upward with speed 70m / s . After 1 s,

another ball is dropped from a height 185m in the same vertical line.

When and where the balls collide?

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50. From the foot of a tower 80m high, a stone is thrown up so as to

reach the top of a tower. After 2s, another stone is dropped from the top

of the tower. When and where the two stones meet?

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51. A ball is thrown vertically upward with velocity 20m / s from a tower

of height 60 m. After how much time and with what velocity will it strike

the ground?

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52. In the previous problem, find the magnitude and direction of velocity

after 1s, 3s and 5s . Also find the distance of the ball from the ground at

these instances.

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53. A balloon carring a stone is moving vartically upward with velocity

12m / s . When the balloon is at height 64m , the stone is dropped. After

how much time and with what velocity will it strike the ground?

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54. Two balls are projected simultaneously with the same speed from the

top of a tower, one vertically upwards and the other vertically

downwards. They reach the ground in 9 s and 4 s, respectively. The height

of the tower is (g 2
= 10m / s )

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55. A body is thrown vertically upwards from A . The top of a tower . It

reaches the ground in time t1 . It it is thrown vertically downwards from

A with the same speed it reaches the ground in time t , If it is allowed to

2
fall freely from A. then the time it takes to reach the ground.

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56. A body is vertically upwards. If t1 and t2 are the times at which it is

height h above the point of projection while ascending and descending,

respectively, find (a) the velocity of projection and height h, (b) the
maximum height reached by the body and (c ) the velocity of the body at

height h / 2.

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57. A particle is projected vertically upwards from a point O on the

ground. It takes time t1 to reach a point A at a height h above the

ground, it continues to move and takes a time t2 to reach the ground.

Find (a) h, (b) the maximum height reached and (c ) the velocity of the

partical at the half of maximum height.

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58. two particals are thrown vertically upward with the same initial

velocity of 50m / s but 2s apart. How long after the first one thrown, will

they meet?

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59. A particle is thrown vertically upward with speed 45m / s . Find the

distance covered by the particle in the 5 second of its journey.

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60. A parachutist after bailing out falls 80m without friction. When the

parachute opens, he decelerates downward with 5m / s and reaches the

2

ground with a speed of 10m / s. (a) How long is the parachutist in air? (b)

At what height did bail out?

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61. A rocket is fired vertically upward from the ground with a resultant

vertical acceration of 5m / s . The fuel is finished in 100s and it continues

2

to move up. After how much time from then will the maximum height be

reached and what is the maximum height?

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62. A balloon rises from rest on the ground with constant acceleration g

//8. A stone is dropped from the balloon when the balloon has risen to a

height of (H). Find the time taken by the stone to reach the ground.

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63. A roket fired vertically ascends with a constant acceleration g/3 for

1 min . Its fuel is then all used and it continues to rise as a free body.

What is the maximum height reached? What is the total time elapsed

from the take off until the rocket strikes the earth?

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64. A partical is moving in a straight line such that its displacement at

any time t is given by s = 4t

3 2
+ 3t . Find the velocity and acceleration in

terms of t.

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65. A partical moves along a straight line such that its displacement

s = αt
3
+ βt
2
+ γ , where t is time and α, β and γ are constant. Find the

initial velocity and the velocity at t = 2 .

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66. A partical is moving in a straight line such that ita velocity is given by

v = t
4
+ 3t
2
+ 8m / s . Find acceleration at time t = 1s .

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67. The displacement of a partical as a function of time t is given by

s = α + βt + γt
2
+ δt
4
, where α,β ,γ and δ are constants. Find the ratio

of the initial velocity to the initial acceleration.

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68. A partical is moving in a straight line such that s = t
3 2
− 3t ,
+ 2

where s is the displacement in meters and t is in seconds. Find the

(a) velocity at t = 2s , (b) acceleration at t = 3s ,

( c) velocity when acceleration is zero and

(d) acceleration when velocity is zero.

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69. The displacement of a particla moving in straight line is given by

s = t
4 3
+ 2t + 3t
2
+ 4 , where s is in meters and t is in seconds. Find the

(a) velocity at t = 1s , (b) acceleration at t = 2s ,

(c ) average velocity during time interval t = 0 to t = 2s and

(d) average acceleration during time interval t = 0 to t = 1s .

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70. The displacement x of a particle moving in one dimension under the

action of a constant force is related to time t by the equation

t = √x + 3 , where x is in meter and t is in second. Find the

displacement of the particle when its velocity is zero.

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71. A particle is moving such that the velocity is given by v = √2γs ,

where γ is constant and s is diplacement. Find the acceleration.

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72. A particle moves in a straight line as s = α(t − 4) + β(t − 4)

2
. Find

the initial velocity and acceleration.

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73. The displacement of a particle varies as s = (1 − e
− αt
) , where k
α

and α are constants. Find the velocity and acceleration in terms of t and

their initial values.

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74. A partical moves in a straight line as ,

3 4
s = α(t − 2) + β(2t − 3)

where α and β are constants. Find velocity and acceleration as a function

of time.

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75. If the time and displacement of the particle along the positive x-axis

are related as t , find the acceleration in terms of x.

1/2
2
= (x − 1)

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76. The relation between time t and displacement x is t = αx

2
+ βx,

where α and β are constants. The retardation is

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77. The position of particle moving along the x-axis veries with time t as

x = 6t − t
2
. Find the time-interval during which the particle is
+ 4

moving along the positive x-direction.

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78. A particle is moving such that s = t

3
− 6t
2
+ 18t + 9 , where s is in

meters and t is in meters and t is in seconds. Find the minimum velocity

attained by the particle.

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79. A particle is moving with velocity v = t

3
− 6t
2
, where v is in
+ 4 m /s

and t is in seconds. At what time will the velocity be maximum//minimum

and what is it equal to?

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80. A particle is moving along the x-axis such that s 2
= 6t − t , where s in

meters and t is in second. Find the displacement and distance traveled

by the particle during time interval t = 0 to t = 5s .

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81. A particle moves along the x-axis according to

15
s = t
3
−
2
t , where the symbols have their usual meaning.
+ 12t + 5
2

(a) Determine the time when speed is increasing//decreasing.

(b) At what time, the velocity changes its direction?

(c ) Find the distance traveled in the first six seconds.

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82. Refer to Example 30, if the time of journey is minimum, find the value

of v in terms of given quantities and also the minimum time.

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83. A particle is moving under constant acceleration a = kt . The motion

starts from rest. The velocity and displacement as a function of time t is

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84. if a 2
= 3t + 2t , initial velocity is 5m / s . Find the velocity at t=4s. The

motion is in straight line, a is acceleration in m /s

2
and t is time in

seconds.

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85. A particle in moving in a straight line such that its velocity is given by

v = 12t − 3t
2
, where v is in m//s and t is in seconds. If at =0, the particle

is at the origin, find the velocity at t = 3s .

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86. A particle is moving under constant acceleration a = αt + βt
2
,

where alpha beta constants. If the position and velocity of the partical at

start, i.e. t = 0 are x0 and v0 , find the displacement and velocity as a

function of time t.

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87. The deceleration exerienced by a moving motor blat, after its engine

is cut-off is given by dv / dt = − kv
3
, where k is constant. If v0 is the

magnitude of the velocity at cut-off, the magnitude of the velocity at a

time t after the cut-off is.

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88. A particle moves with an initial velocity v0 and retardation alphav,

where alpha is a constant and v is the velocity at any time t. If the

particle is at the origin at t = 0 , find

(a) (i) velocity as a function of time t.

(ii) After how much time the particle stops?

(iii) After how much time velocity decreases by 50 % ?

(b) (i) Velocity as a function of displacement s.

(ii) The maximum distance covered by the particle.

(c ) Displacement as a function of time t.

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89. The motion of a body is given by the equation ,

dv / dt = 6 − 3v

where v is in m//s. If the body was at rest at t = 0

(i) the terminal speed is 2m / s

(ii) the magnitude of the initial acceleration is 6m / s 2

(iii) The speed varies with time as v = 2(1 − e

− 3t
)m / s

(iv) The speed is 1m / s, when the acceleration is half initial value

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90. A particle is moving in sand under acceleration a = g − λy
2
, where

lambda is a positive constant and y is the distance traveled on the y-axis.

If the initial velocity is v0 and after traveling a distance ym , the particle

stops, find λ (the motion is along the y-axis).

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91. The velocity of a particle moving in the x direction varies as

V = α √x where α is a constant. Assuming that at the moment t = 0

the particle was located at the point x = 0 . Find the acceleration.

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92. A point moves linearly with deceleration which is given by

dv / dt = − α √v , where alpha is a positive constant. At the start v = v0 .

The distance traveled by particle before it stops will be

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93. The velocity of a particle moving along the xaxis is given by

v = v0 + λx , where v0 and lambda are constant. Find the velocity in

terms of t.

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94. (a) At the moment t , a particle leaves the origin and moves in the
= 0

positive direction of the x-axis. Its velocity is given by . Find

v = 10 − 2t

the displacement and distance in the first 8s.

(b) If v = t − t
2
, find the displacement and distamce in first 2s.

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95. A particle is moving in a straight line such that its velocity varies as

v = v0 e
− λt
, where λ is a constant. Find average velocity during the time
v0
interval in which the velocity decreases from v to 0
.
2

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96. The velocity of a particle is given by v = v0 sin ωt, where v0 is

constant and ω = 2π / T . Find the average velocity in time interval t = 0

to t = T / 2.

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97. The displacement-time graph for two particles is as shown. Find the

ratio of their velocities.

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98. For a particle moving in a straight line, the position-time graph is as

shown in the figure. Find the velocity of the particle at time t = 1s and
t = 4s . Also sketch the v-t graph.

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99. The displacement-time graph for a particle moving in a straight line is

as shown in the figure. Determine the velocity of the particle at

t = 1s, 3s and 6s. Sketch the velocity-time graph.

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100. Consider the following st graph. What conclutions can be drawn

regarding the velocity of the particle.

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101. For a particle moving in a straight line, the velocity-time graph is as

shown in the figure. Find the acceleration at time t = 1s2.5s and 5s .

Sketch the acceleration time graph.

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102. A particle is moving in a straight line. Its v-t graph in different cases

are as shown below. Find the diplacement and distance in time interval

t=0 to t=10 s for the following cases:

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103. From the following v-t graph, find the displacement for time interval

t = 3 to t = 12s .
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104. Study the following velocity-time graph. Determine the displacement

and distance in the time interval t = 0 to t = 12s . Sketch the

acceleration-time graph.

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105. A partical is moving along the x-axis and its velocity-time graph is

shown in following diagrams. Sketch displacement-time graph.

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106. A particle is moving along the x-axis and its velocity-time graph ia as

shown in the following diagrems. Sketch the displacement-time graph.

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107. The acceleration-time graph of a patticle moving in a straight line is

as shown below. Sketch the v-t graph. The initial velocity of the particle is
zero.

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108. Consider the following a-t graph for a particle moving along the x-

axis. If the initial velocity is zero, sketch the v-t graph.

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109. A particle is moving along the x-axis. Consider it’s a-t graph. If initial

velocity is 10 m//s, sketch the v-t graph and calculate the displacement in

the time interval t=0 to 12 s.

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110. A particle is moving in a straight line and its acceleration-time graph

is shown below. At t = 0 , the particle is at rest. Find the velocity of the

particle at t = 3s, 6s and 8s. Also sketch the v-s graph.

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111. A particle is moving along the x-axis and its position-time graph is

shown. Determine the sign of acceleration.

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112. A particle is moving in a straight line along the xaxis. Its velocity-time

graph is as shown. Sketch the displacement-time and distance-time

grapgs.

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113. A partical is moving in a straight line under constant acceleration

4m / s
2
. The motion starts from rest. Sketch v-t and s-t graph for the

duration t = 0 to t = 5s .

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114. A particle is moving in a straight line under constant acceleration

alpha. If the intial velocity is v , sketch the v-t and s-t graphs. (v
0 0
> 0) .

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115. A particle is dropped from the top of a tower of height 80 m.

Assuming the dropping point as the origin and the downward direction

position, sketch v-t, s-t and a-t graph. (g 2

= 10m / s )

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116. A particle is projected upwards with velocity 40m / s. Taking the

value of g = 10m / s
2
and upward direction as positive, plot a-t,v-t and s-

t graphs of the particle from the starting point till it further strikes the

ground.

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117. From the top of a toward of height 60m , a ball is thrown vertically

upward with speed 20m / s . After some time, the ball strikes the ground.

Sketch the v-t and s-t graph.

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118. In the previous problem, assuming the foot of the tower as the

origin, sketch the s-t graph.

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119. a particle is moving in a straight line such that its velocity varies is

given by v = 10 − 2t, where v isin the first 8 second.

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120. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate α for some time after

which it decelerates at a constant rate β to come to rest. If the total time

lapse is t seconds , evauate.

(i) maximum velocity reached , and

(ii) the total distance travelled .

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121. A car starts moving rectilinearly first with acceleration α = 5ms

−2

(the initial velocity is equal to zero), then uniformly, and finally,

deceleration at the same rate α comes to a stop. The time of motion

equals t = 25s . The average velocity during this time is equal to

72kmh
−1
How long does the car move uniformly?

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122. A balloon carrying a stone rises from rest on the ground with a

constant acceleration 10m / s

2
. After 5 s, the stone is released and

ultimately it strikes the ground. Sketch a v-t graph for the stone and the

maximum height attained by it.

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123. A rocket is launched from the suface of the earth vertically upward

from rest. It moves under acceleration 8m / s

2
. After 15 s the fuel is

finished, the rocket moves under gravity and ultimately strickes the

ground. Assuming upward direction position and launching point as the

origin, sketch the v-t, s-t and a-t graph.

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124. A boy is moving with constant velocity 10m / s. A car starts from rest

as the boy passes and accelerates at 5m / s . After how much time and at
2

what distance the car meets the boy? Sketch v-t and s-t graphs for the

boy and car.

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125. Two balls are thrown up simultaneously from the top of a 400m high

tower with speed 10m / s and 55m / s . Sketch a graph showing the

separation between the balls versus time.

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126. A ball is dropped vertically from a height d above the ground . It hits

the ground and bounces up vertically to a height

(d) / (2). N eg ≤ ct ∈ g ⊂ sequentmotion and airresis tan ce, itsvelocity

vvarieswiththeheighth` above the ground as

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127. A ball is dropped from a height of 320m above the ground. After

every collision, the speed of ball decreases by 50 % . Taking dropping

point as origin, downward direction positive and collision time

negligible, sketch the v-t, s-t and a-t graphs. Also calculate the total

distance traveled by the ball and the total time of journey.

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128. A particle is moving in a straight line under acceleration

a = 54 − 18t . The particle starts from the origin.

(a) Sketch the a-t, v-t and s-t graph.

(b) Find the distance traveled in the first 9 s. (Acceleration is in m /s

2
,

time is in second)

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129. A particle is moving in a straight line such that dv / dt = − λv ,

where v is the velocity and λ is a constant. At t = 0, the particle is at the

origin and moves with velocity v . Sketch the following graphs:

0

(a)v − t(b)s − t(c)v − s(d)loge vv / st

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Exercises
1. The ratio of the numerical values of the average velocity and average

speed of a body is always.

A. Unity

B. Unity or lass

C. unity or more

D. Less than unity

Answer: B

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2. Which of the following is a one-dimensional motion ?

A. Landing of an aircraft

B. Earth revolving around the sun

C. Motion of wheels of moving train

 D. Train running on a straight track

Answer: D

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3. A point traversed half a circle of radius r during a time interval t0 , its

mean speed and magnitude of mean velocity are

πr r
A. ,
t0 t0

2πr 2r
B. ,
t0 t0

πr 2r
C. ,
t0 t0

2πr r
D. ,
t0 t0

Answer: C

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4. A particle moves 3m north, then 4m east, and then 12m vertically

upwards, its displacement is

A. 12m

B. 13m

C. 19m

D. 15m

Answer: B

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5. A person travelling on a straight line moves with a uniform velocity v 1

for some time and with uniform velocity v for the next equal time. The
2

average velocity v is given by

v1 + v2
A.
2

B. √v 1
v2
 v1 v2
C.
v1 + v2

2v1 v2
D.
v1 + v2

Answer: A

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6. A car moves from X to Y with a uniform speed vu and returns to Y

with a uniform speed v . The average speed for this round trip is :
d

v1 + v2
A.
2

B. √v 1
v2

v1 v2
C.
v1 + v2

2v1 v2
D.
v1 + v2

Answer: D

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7. A particle moves in a straight line from A to B

(a) for the first half of distance with speed v1 and the next half of

distance with speed v .

2

(b) for the first one-third distance with speed v1 and the next two-third

distance with speed v .

2

(c ) for the first one-fourth distance with speed v0 , the next half of

distance with speed 2v and the last one-fourth distance with speed 3v .
0 0

Find the average speed in each case.

v1 + v2
A.
2

B. √v 1
v2

v1 v2
C.
v1 + v2

2v1 v2
D.
v1 + v2

Answer: D

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 2 3
8. If a car covers of the total distance with v1 speed and
th th
(5) (5)

distance with v . Then average speed is

2

1
A. √v1 v2
2

v1 + v2
B.
2

2v1 v2
C.
v1 + v2

5v1 v2
D.
3v1 + 2v2

Answer: D

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9. A car travels half the distance with a constant velocity of 40m / s and

the remaining half with a constant velocity of 60m / s . The average

velocity of the car in m / s is

A. 42

B. 50
 C. 48

D. 45

Answer: C

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10. One car moving on a staright road covers one-third of the distance
km km
with 20 and the rest with 60 . The average speed is
hr hr

A. 40km / h

B. 80km / h

462
C. km / h
3

D. 39km / h

Answer: D

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11. A particle moving in a straight line covers half the distance with speed

v0 . The other half of the distance is covered in two equal time intervals

with speed v1 and v2 , respectively. The average speed of the particle

during this motion is

v0 (v1 + v2 )
A.
v0 + v1 + v2

2v0 (v1 + v2 )
B.
v0 + v1 + v2

2v0 (v1 + v2 )
C.
2v0 + v1 + v2

v0 (v1 + v2 )
D.
2v0 + v1 + v2

Answer: C

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12. A body starts from rest. What is the retio of the distance traveled by

the body during the 4 and 3 seconds

th rd

7
A.
5
 5
B.
7

7
C.
3

3
D.
7

Answer: A

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13. A partical is moving in a straight line under constant acceletation. If

the motion starts from rest, Find the ratio of displacement in n second

to that in the n second.

th

2n − 1
A.
2
n

1
B.
n

2
n
C.
n − 1

2
n
D.
2n − 1

Answer: D
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14. A particle is moving in a straight line under constant acceleration of

4m / s
2
. If its velocity at t=0 is 10 m//s, the displacement of particle in the

5
th
second of its motion is

A. 28m

B. 100m

C. 34m

D. 50m

Answer: A

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15. A body is moving with a uniform acceleration coverss 40m in the first

4 s and 120m in next 4s. Its initial velocity and acceleration are
 A. 0, 5m / s 2

B. 4m / s, 5m / s 2

C. 4m / s, 0

D. 4m / s, 5m / s 2

Answer: A

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16. A particle starts its motion from rest under the action of a constant

force. If the distance covered in first 10s is s1 and the covered in the first

20s is s , then.
2

A. y = 2x

B. y = 3x

C. y = 4x

D. y = x
Answer: C

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17. A body travels for 15s starting from rest with a constant acceleration.

If it travels distances x, y and z in the first 5s , second 5 s and the next 5

s, repectively, the ralation between x, y and z is

A. x = y = z

B. 5x = 3y = z

y z
C. x = =
3 5

y z
D. x = =
5 3

Answer: C

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18. A body moving with a uniform acceleration crosses a distance of 15 m

in the 3 second and 23m in the 5 second. The displacement in 10s will
rd th

be

A. 150m

B. 200m

C. 250m

D. 300m

Answer: C

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19. A 150m long train is moving with a uniform velocity of 45km / h. The

time taken by the train to cross a bridge of length 850 metres is.

A. 56s

B. 68s
 C. 80s

D. 92s

Answer: C

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20. Speeds of two identical cars are u and 4u at at specific instant. The

ratio of the respective distances in which the two cars are stopped from

that instant is

A. 1 : 1

B. 1 : 4

C. 1 : 8

D. 1 : 16

Answer: D

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21. A car moving with a speed of 40km / h can be stopped by applying

the brakes after at least 2 m. If the same car is moving with a speed of

80km / h , what is the minimum stopping distance?

A. 8m

B. 2m

C. 4m

D. 6m

Answer: A

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22. A bullet fired into a fixed target loses half of its velocity after

penetrating 1cm . How much further it will penetrate before coming to

rest, assuming that it faces constant resistance to motion

 A. 1.5cm

B. 1.0cm

C. 3.0cm

D. 2.0cm

Answer: C

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23. A particle moves in a straight line with a constant acceleration. It

changes its velocity from 10ms

−1
to 20ms
−1
while passing through a

distance 135m in t seconds. The value of t is.

A. 12

B. 9

C. 10

D. 1.8
Answer: B

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24. Two cars A and B are at rest at the origin O. If A starts with a uniform

velocity of20m / s and B starts in the same direction with a constant

acceleration of 2m / s , then the cars will meet after time

2

A. 10s

B. 20s

C. 30s

D. 40s

Answer: B

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25. Two trains travelling on the same track are approaching each other

with equal speed of 40m / s . The drivers of the trains beging to

decelerate simultaneously when just ` 2.0 km apart. Assuming

deceleration to be uniform and equal the value to the deceleration to

barely avoid collision should be .

A. 0.2m / s 2

B. 0.6m / s 2

C. 0.4m / s 2

D. 0.8m / s 2

Answer: D

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26. A cyclist starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 1

m /s
2
. A boy who is 48 m behind the cyclist starts moving with a
constant velocity of 10m / s . After how much time the boy meets the

cyclist?

A. 8s

B. 12s

C. 10s

D. both 1 and (2)

Answer: D

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27. A man is d distance behind the bus when the bus starts accelerating

from rest with an acceleration a0 . With what minimum constant velocity

should the man start running to catch the bus

A. √4a 0
d

B. √3a 0
d
 C. √2a 0
d

D. √a 0
d

Answer: C

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28. A body A starts from rest with an acceleration a1 . After 2 seconds,

another body B starts from rest with an acceleration a2 . If they travel

equal distances in the 5

th
second, after the start of A , then the ratio

a1 : a2 is equal to :

A. 5 : 9

B. 5 : 7

C. 9 : 5

D. 9 : 7

Answer: A
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29. (a) A particle moving with constant acceleration from A to B in a

straight line AB has velocities u and v at A and B respectively. Find the

velocity of the particle at the midpoint of AB.

(b) If the time taken by the particle to go from A to the midpoint of AB

is two times that from the midpoint of AB to B then find the value of

v/u .

2
2 2
u + v
A. ( )
2

2 2
u + v
B.
2

v − u
C.
2

2 2
u + v
D. √
2

Answer: D

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30. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate α for some time, after

which it decelerates at a constant rate β, to come to rest. If the total

time elapsed is t seconds. Then evalute (a) the maximum velocity reached

and (b) the total distance travelled.

αβt
A.
(α + β)

αβt
B.
2(α + β)

2αβt
C.
(α + β)

4αβt
D.
(α + β)

Answer: A

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31. In the previous question, the total distance traveled is

2
αβt
A.
4(α + β)

2
αβt
B.
2(α + β)
 2
2αβt
C.
(α + β)

2
4αβt
D.
(α + β)

Answer: B

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32. The engine of a motoecycle can produce a maximum acceleration of

5m / s
2
. Its brakes can produce a maximum retardation of 10m / s . What
2

is the minimum time in which the motorcycle can cover a distance of

1.5km ?

A. (1)30s

B. (2)15s

C. (3)10s

D. (4)5s

Answer: A
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33. A train starting from rest accelerates uniformly for 100 s, then comes

to a stop with a uniform retardation in the next 200 s. During the

motion, it covers a distance of 3 km. Choose the wrong option

A. Its acceleration is 0.2m / s 2

B. Its retardation is 0.1m / s 2

C. The maximum velocity is 20m / s

D. The maximum velocity is 10m / s

Answer: D

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34. A particle starts from rest accelerates at 2m / s

2
for 10s and then

goes for constant speed for 30s and then decelerates at 4m / s

2
till it

stops. What is the distance travelled by it.

 A. 750m

B. 800m

C. 700m

D. 850m

Answer: A

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35. A car , starting from rest, accelerates at the rate f through a distance

S then continues at constant speed for time t and then decelerates at

f
the rate to come to rest . If the total distance traversed is 15S , then
2

1
A. d = αt
2

1
B. d = αt
2

1
C. d = αt
2

72

1
D. d = αt
2

6
Answer: C

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36. A ball of mass m1 and another ball of mass m2 are dropped from

equal height. If the time taken by the balls are t1 and t2 , respectively,

then

A. t 1
= t2

B. t 1
= 2t2

t1 m1
C. =
t2 m2

t1 m2
D. =
t2 m1

Answer: A

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37. The ratio of the distance through which a ball falls in the 2
nd rd
, 3 and

4
th
second is (the initial velocity of the ball is zero)

A. 3 : 5 : 7

B. 4 : 5 : 6

C. 4 : 9 : 16

D. 5 : 7 : 9

Answer: A

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38. A ball is released from the top of a tower of height hmeters . It takes

T seconds to reach the ground . What is the position of the ball at

T
sec ond
3

A. h / 9 meters from the ground

B. 7h / 9 meters from the ground

 C. 8h / 9 meters from the ground

D. 17h / 18 meters from the ground

Answer: C

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39. A body freely falling from the rest has velocity v after it falls through

a height h the distance it has to fall down for its velocity to become

double is

A. 2h

B. 4h

C. 6h

D. 8h

Answer: B

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40. From the top of a tower, a particle is thrown vertically downwards

with a velocity of 10m / s. The ratio of the distances, covered by it in the

3rd and 2nd seconds of the motion is (Takeg 2

= 10m / s ) .

A. 5 : 7

B. 7 : 5

C. 3 : 6

D. 6 : 3

Answer: B

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41. A stone from the top of a tower, travels 35 m in the last second of its

journey. The height of the tower is

A. 20m
 B. 40m

C. 60m

D. 80m

Answer: D

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42. A stone falls freely from rest from aheight h and it travels a distance

h /2 in the last second. The time of journey is

A. √2s

B. (2 − √2)s

C. (2 + √2)s

D. 2s

Answer: C

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43. A stone falls freely rest. The distance covered by it in the last second

is equal to the distance covered by it in the first 2 s. The time taken by

the stone to reach the ground is

A. 2.5s

B. 3.5s

C. 4s

D. 5s

Answer: A

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44. A stone falls freely from rest from aheight h and it travels a distance

9h / 25 in the last second. The value of h is

A. 145 m
 B. 100 m

C. 125 m

D. 200 m

Answer: C

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45. A body falls from a large height. The ratio of distance traveled in each

time interval t during t

0
= 0 to t = 3t0 of the journey is

A. 1 : 4 : 9

B. 1 : 2 : 4

C. 1 : 3 : 5

D. 1 : 2 : 3

Answer: C

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46. A particle is dropped from rest from a large height Assume g to be

constant throughout the motion. The time taken by it to fall through

successive distance of 1m each will be :

A. All equal, being to √2 / g second

B. In the ratio of the square roots of the integers 1,2,3,…

C. In the ratio of the difference in the square roots of the integers,

i.e., √1, (√2 − √1)(√3 − √2), (√4 − √3)…

D. In the retio of the reciprocal of the square roots of the integers,

1 1 1 1
i.e., , , ,
√1 √2 √3 √4

Answer: C

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47. A body, thrown upward with some velocity reaches the maximum

height of 50m . Another body with double the mass thrown up with

double the initial velocity will reach a maximum height of

A. 100 m

B. 200 m

C. 300 m

D. 400 m

Answer: B

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48. When a ball is thrown up vertically with velocity u , it attains a

maximum height H . What should be the velocity so that maximum

height becomes 2H ?

A. √2u
 B. 2u

C. 3u

u
D.
√2

Answer: A

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49. A particle is thrown vertically upwards. If its velocity is half of the

maximum height is 20m / s, then maximum height attained by it is

A. 25 m

B. 30 m

C. 35 m

D. 40 m

Answer: D

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50. Two balla A and B are thrown vertically upwards with their initial

velocity in the ratio 3:4.

(i) The ratio of the maximum height attained by them is 9 : 16

(ii) The ratio of the maximum height attained by them is 3 : 4

(iii) The ratio of their time taken by them to raturn back to the ground is

3: 4

(iv) The ratio of their time taken by them to raturn back to the ground is

9 : 16

A. (i), (ii)

B. (i),(iii)

C. (ii),(iii)

D. (ii),(iv)

Answer: B

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51. A particle is thrown vertically upward from the ground with some

velocity and it strikes the ground again in time 2 s. The maximum height

achieved by the particle is : (g 2

= 10m / s )

A. 2.50 m

B. 1.25 m

C. 6.25 m

D. 5 m

Answer: D

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52. A ball is dropped on the floor a height of 80m rebounds to a height

of 20m . If the ball is in contact with floor for 0.1 s, the average

acceleration during contact is

A. 400m / s 2
 B. 500m / s 2

C. 600m / s 2

D. 800m / s 2

Answer: C

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53. The acceleration due to gravity on the planet A is 9 times the

acceleration due to gravity on planet B . A man jumps to a height of 2m

on the surface of A. What is the height of jump by the same person on

the planet B ?

A. 18 m

B. 6 m

2
C. m
3

2
D. m
9
Answer: A

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54. If a ball is thrown vertically upwards with speed u , the distance

covered during the last t second of its ascent is

1
A. 2
gt
2

1
B. ut − 2
gt
2

C. (u − gt)t

D. ut

Answer: A

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55. A body thrown vertically upwards with an initial valocity u reaches

maximum height in 6 s. The ratio of the distances traveled by the body in

the first second the seventh second is

A. 1 : 1

B. 11 : 1

C. 1 : 2

D. 1 : 11

Answer: B

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56. A body is thrown vertically upward with velocity u . The distance

traveled by it in the fifth and the sixth second are equal. The velocity u is

given by

A. 25m / s

B. 50m / s

C. 75m / s
 D. 100m / s

Answer: B

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57. With what velocity a ball be projected vertically so that the distance

covered by it in 5 second is twice the distance it covers in its 6 second

th th

2
(g = 10m / s )

A. 58.8m / s

B. 49m / s

C. 65m / s

D. 19.6m / s

Answer: C

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58. In the previous problem, distance covered in the 7 second is
th

A. 1.25 m

B. 2.5 m

C. 3.75 m

D. 5.0 m

Answer: B

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59. A stone is dropped from the top of a 400m high tower. At the same

time another stone is projected vertically upwards from the ground with

a speed of 50m / s. The two stones will cross each other after a time

A. 2 s

B. 4 s

C. 6 s
 D. 8 s

Answer: D

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60. In the previous problem, the height at which the two stones will cross

each other is

A. 20 m

B. 40 m

C. 60 m

D. 80 m

Answer: D

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61. A ball is dropped from the top of an 80 m high tower After 2 s

another ball is thrown downwards from the tower. Both the balls reach

the ground simultaneously. The initial speed of the second ball is

A. 10m / s

B. 20m / s

C. 30m / s

D. 40m / s

Answer: C

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62. A ball falls from height h . After 1 s, another ball falls freely from a

point 25m below the point from where the first ball falls. Both of them

reach the ground at the same time. The value of h is

A. 30 m
 B. 45 m

C. 60 m

D. 75 m

Answer: B

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63. A healthy youngman standing at a distance of 7 m from 11.8 m high

building sees a kid slipping from the top floor. With what speed

(assumed uniform) should he run to catch the kid at the arms hieght

(1.8m)?

A. 2.5m / s

B. 5m / s

C. 7.5m / s

D. 10m / s
Answer: B

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64. Water drops fall at regular intervals from a tap 5 m above the

ground. The third drop is leaving the tap, the instant the first drop

touches the ground. How far above the ground is the second drop at

that instant. (g = 10ms

−2
)

A. 2.50 m

B. 3.75 m

C. 4.00 m

D. 1.25 m

Answer: B

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65. A man throws ball with the same speed vertically upwards one after

the other at an interval of 2 seconds. What should be the speed of the

throw so that more than two ball are in the sky at any time (Given
m
g = 10 )
2
2

A. At least 0.8m / s

B. Any speed less than 19.6m / s

C. Only with speed 19.6m / s

D. More than 19.6m / s

Answer: D

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66. Two balls A and B of same masses are thrown from the top of the

building A . Thrown upward with velocity V and B , thrown downward

with velocity V , then

 A. Velocity of A is more than B at the ground

B. Velocity of B is more than A at the ground

C. Both A and B strike the ground with same velocity

D. None if these

Answer: C

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67. A balloon is going vertically upwards with a velocity of 10m / s. When

it is 75m above the ground, a stone is gently relesed from it. The time

taken by the stone to reach the ground is (g 2

= 10m / s )

A. 3 s

B. 4 s

C. 5 s

D. 6 s
Answer: C

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68. A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the top of a tower of height

60 m with a speed of 20 m//s.

(i) The ball strikes the ground after 6 s

(ii) The ball strikes the ground with speed 40m / s

(iii) The distance of ball above the ground after 5s is 35m

The maximum height attained by ball above the ground is 80 m

A. (i), (ii)

B. (i),(ii),(iii)

C. (ii),(iv)

D. All option are correct

Answer: D

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69. A body is dropped from a balloon moving up with a velocity of 4m / s,

when the balloon is at a height of 120 m from the ground. The height of

the body after 5 s from the ground is:

A. 5 m

B. 10 m

C. 15 m

D. 20 m

Answer: C

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70. A balloon carrying a stone is moving with uniform speed 5m / s

vertically upward. At some instant, stone is dropped from the balloon

and it strikes the ground after 10 s of its release. The height from which

stone was dropped is

 A. 250 m

B. 350 m

C. 450 m

D. None

Answer: C

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71. Two balls are projected simultaneously with the same speed from the

top of a tower, one vertically upwards and the other vertically

downwards. They reach the ground in 9 s and 4 s, respectively. The height

of the tower is (g 2
= 10m / s )

A. 90 m

B. 180 m

C. 270 m

D. 360 m
Answer: B

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72. A stone dropped from a building of height h and it reaches after t

second on the earth. From the same building if two stones are thrown

(one upwards and other downwards) with the same speed and they

reach the earth surface after t and t seconds, respectively, then

1 2

A. t = t1 − t2

t1 + t2
B. t =
2

C. t = √t1 t2

D. t 2
= t t
1
2
2

Answer: C

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73. A body is projected verticallt upwards. If t1 and t2 be the times at

which it is at a height h above the point of projection while ascending

and descending respectively, then:

A. . 1/2
gt1 t2

B. gt 1
t2

C. 2gt 1
t2

D. 4gt 1
t2

Answer: A

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74. In the previous problem, the velocity of projection is

A. . 1/2
g(t1 + t2 )

B. g(t 1
+ t2 )

C. 2g(t 1
+ t2 )
 D. 4g(t 1
+ t2 )

Answer: A

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75. A ball is dropped from a height of 5m onto a sandy floor and

penetrates the sand up to 1 m before coming to rest. The retardation of

the ball in sand (assuming it to be uniform) will be

A. 25m / s 2

B. 50m / s 2

C. 75m / s 2

D. 100m / s 2

Answer: B

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76. A parachutist after bailing out falls 80m without friction. When the

parachute opens, it decelerates at 2m / s . He reaches the ground with a

2

speed of 20m / s. At what height, did he bail out?

A. 180 m

B. 280 m

C. 380 m

D. 480 m

Answer: C

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77. A man in a balloon, rising vertically with an acceleration of 5m / s

2
,

releases a ball 10 s after the balloon is let go from the ground. The

greatest height above the ground reached by the ball is

A. 125 m
 B. 250 m

C. 375 m

D. 500 m

Answer: C

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78. A rocket is fired upward from the earth's surface such that it creates

an acceleration of 20m / s
2
. If after 5 s its engine is switched off, the

maximum height of the rochet from the earth's surface would be

A. 250 m

B. 500 m

C. 750 m

D. 1000 m

Answer: C
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79. The displacement of a particle is given by y = a + bt + ct

2
− dt
4
. The

initial velocity and acceleration are respectively.

A. β, 4s

B. − β, 2γ

C. β, 2γ

D. 2r, − 4δ

Answer: C

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80. The position x of a particle varies with time t as 2

x = at
3
− bt . The

acceleration at time t of the particle will be equal to zero, where (t) is

equal to .`
 α
A.
β

2α
B.
3β

α
C.
3β

D. zero

Answer: C

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81. A particle moves along a straight line such that its displacement s at

any time t is given by s = t

3 2
− 6t + 3t + 4m , t being is seconds. Find

the velocity of the particle when the acceleration is zero.

A. 3m / s

B. − 12m / s

C. 42m / s

D. − 9m / s
Answer: D

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82. The motion of a particle along a straight line is described by the

equation: x 3
= 8 + 12t − t , where x is inmeter and t in second.

(i) the initial velocity of particle is 12 m//s

(ii) the retardation of particle when velocity is zero is 12m / s 2

(iii) when acceleration is zero, displacement is 8 m

the maximum velocity of particle is 12m / s

A. (i), (ii)

B. (ii), (iii)

C. (i), (ii), (iii)

D. All option are correct

Answer: D

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83. The position x of a particle with respect to time t along the x-axis is

given by x = 9t
2
− t
3
where x is in meter and t in second. What will be

the position of this particle when it achieves maximum speed along the

positive x direction

A. 32 m

B. 54 m

C. 81 m

D. 24 m

Answer: B

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84. The position of a particle moving on the x-axis is given by

x = t
3 2
+ 4t − 2t + 5 where x is in meter and t is in seconds

(i) the velocity of the particle at t = 4s is 78m / s

(ii) the acceleration of the particle at t = 4s is 32m / s 2

(iii) the average velocity during the interval t = 0 to t = 4s is 30m / s

(iv) the average acceleration during the interval t = 0 to t = 4s is

2
20m / s

A. (i), (ii)

B. (ii), (iii)

C. (i), (ii), (iii)

D. All

Answer: D

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85. The displacement of a body along the x-axis depends on time as

√x = t + 2 , then the velocity of body

A. increases with time

B. decreases with time

 C. independent of time

D. None of these

Answer: A

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86. The relation 3t = √3x + 6 describe the displacement of a particle in

one direction where x is in metres and t in sec.

The displacement, when velocity is zero is

A. 24 m

B. 12 m

C. 5 m

D. zero

Answer: D

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87. The distance covered by a particle varies with as x = (1 − e
− bt
) .
b

The speed of particle at time t is

A. ke − bt

B. kbe − bt

k
C. ( )e
− bt

2
b

k
D. ( )e
− bt

Answer: A

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88. The displacement x of a particle varies with time t as

x = ae
− αt
+ be
βt
. Where a, b, α and β positive constant.

The velocity of the particle will.

A. go on decreasing with time

 B. be independent of α and β

C. drop to zero when α = β

D. go on increasing with time

Answer: D

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89. A particle moves along the X-axis as x .

2
= u(t − 2s) = at(t − 2)

A. (i), (ii)

B. (i), (iii)

C. (iii),(iv)

D. (i), (iii), (iv)

Answer: C

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90. If the velocity of a particle is given by v , then its
1

= (180 − 16x) 2

acceleration will be

A. Zero

B. 8m / s 2

C. − 8m / s 2

D. 4m / s 2

Answer: C

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91. A particle move a distance x in time t according to equation

. The acceleration of particle is alphaortional to.

−1
x = (t + 5)

A. (velocity)
2/3

B. (velocity) 3/2

C. (dis tan ce)

2
 D. (dis tan ce)
−2

Answer: B

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92. The relation between time t and displacement x is t = αx

2
+ βx,

where α and β are constants. The retardation is

A. 2αv 3

B. 2βv

C. 2αβv 3

D. 2β 2
v
3

Answer: A

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93. The velocity of a particle is v = v0 + gt + ft
2
. If its position is x = 0

at t = 0 , then its displacement after unit time (t = 1) is.

A. v 0
+ 2g + 3f

g f
B. v 0
+ +
2 3

C. v 0
+ g + f

g
D. v 0
+ + f
2

Answer: B

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94. A particle is moving with velocity v = 4t

3
+ 3t
2
− 1m / s .

The displacement of particle in time t = 1s to t = 2s will be

A. 21 m

B. 17 m

C. 13 m
 D. 9 m

Answer: A

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95. The acceleration a in ms −2

of a particle is given by a 2
= 3t + 2t + 2 ,

where t is the time. If the particle starts out with a velocity v = 2ms
−1

at t , then find the velocity at the end of 2s.

= 0

A. 12m / s

B. 18m / s

C. 27m / s

D. 36m / s

Answer: B

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96. A particle, initially at rest, starts moving in a straight line with an

acceleration a = 6t + 4m / s
2
. The distance covered by it in 3 s is

A. 15 m

B. 30 m

C. 45 m

D. 60 m

Answer: C

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97. The acceleration of particle is increasing linearly with time t as bt. The

particle starts from the origin with an initial velocity v0 . The distance

travelled by the particle in time t will be.

1
A. v0
+
2
bt
3

1
B. v0
+
3
bt
3
 1
C. v 0
+ bt
2

1
D. v 0
+ bt
2

Answer: C

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98. A particle is moving under constant acceleration a = kt . The motion

starts from rest. The velocity and displacement as a function of time t is

A. kt 2
, kt
3

2 3
kt kt
B. ,
2 3

3 2
kt kt
C. ,
2 3

2 3
kt kt
D. ,
2 6

Answer: D

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99. In the previous problem, if initial velocity is v0 , then velocity and

displacement will be

3
kt
A. v 0
2
t + kt , v0 +
6

2 3
kt kt
B. v 0
+ , v0 t +
2 6

3
kt
C. v 0
2
+ kt , v0 t +
6

2 3
kt kt
D. v 0
+ , v0 t +
2 6

Answer: B

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100. The deceleration exerienced by a moving motor blat, after its engine

is cut-off is given by dv / dt =
3
− kv , where k is constant. If v0 is the

magnitude of the velocity at cut-off, the magnitude of the velocity at a

time t after the cut-off is.

v0
A.
2
√1 + 2ktv
0
 v0
B.
2k

v0
C.
√1 + 2kt

v0
D.
√2kt

Answer: A

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101. An object , moving with a speed of 6.25m / s, is decelerated at a rate

given by :
dv
= − 2.5√v where v is the instantaneous speed . The time taken by
dt

the object , to come to rest , would be :

A. 1 s

B. 2 s

C. 4 s

D. 8 s
Answer: B

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102. The velocity of a particle moving in the positive direction of x-axis

varies as v = α √x where α is positive constant. Assuming that at the

moment t = 0 , the particle was located at x = 0 , find (i) the time

dependance of the velocity and the acceleration of the particle and (ii)

the mean velocity of the particle averaged over the time that the particle

takes to cover first s meters of the path.

2
α t
A. , α
2

2
α t
B. α 2
t,
2

2 2
α t α
C. ,
2 2

D. α 2
t, α
2

Answer: C

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103. A particle located at x = 0 at time t = 0, starts moving along with

the positive x − direction with a velocity 'v' that varies as v = a √x . The

displacement of the particle varies with time as

A. t

B. t 1/2

C. t 3

D. t 2

Answer: D

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104. A point moves linearly with deceleration which is given by

dv / dt = − α √v, where alpha is a positive constant. At the start v = v0 .

The distance traveled by particle before it stops will be

 3/2
v
A.
0

3α

3/2
4v
B.
0

3/2
4v
C.
0

3α

3/2
2v
D.
0

3α

Answer: D

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105. At the moment t=0 particle leaves the origin and moves in the

positive direction of the x-axis. Its velocity varies with time as

v = 10(1 − t / 5) . The dislpacement and distance in 8 second will be

A. 16 m, 34 m

B. 16 m, 25 m

C. 16 m, 16 m

D. 16 m, 9m
Answer: A

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106. A particle moves with an initial v0 and retardation alphav, where v is

its velocity at any time t.

v0
(i) The particle will cover a total distance .
α

1
(ii) The particle will come to rest after time .
α

(iii) The particle will continue to move for a very long time.
v0 1n2
(iv) The velocity of the particle will become after time
2 α

A. (i), (ii)

B. (ii), (iii)

C. (i), (ii), (iv)

D. All

Answer: C

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107. The motion of a body is given by the equation ,
dv / dt = 6 − 3v

where v is in m//s. If the body was at rest at t = 0

(i) the terminal speed is 2m / s

(ii) the magnitude of the initial acceleration is 6m / s 2

(iii) The speed varies with time as v = 2(1 − e

− 3t
)m / s

(iv) The speed is 1m / s, when the acceleration is half initial value

A. (i), (ii)

B. (ii), (iii),(iv)

C. (i), (ii), (iii)

D. All

Answer: D

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108. The position-time graph of an object moving in a straight line is

shown below. The object has zero velocity at

A. O

B. C

C. D

D. F

Answer: C

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109. The displacement-time graph of moving particle is shown below

The instantaneous velocity of the particle in negative at the point

A. D

B. F

C. C

D. E

Answer: D

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110. The displacement-time graph for two particle A and B are straight

lines inclined at angles of and with the time axis. The ratio of
∘ ∘
45 60

velocities of v and v is
A B

A. 1 : 2

B. 1 : √3

C. √3 : 1

D. 2 : 1

Answer: B

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111. The displacement-time graph of a particle is as shown below. It

indicates that
 A. the particle starts with a certain velocity but the motion is

retarded and finally the particle stops

B. the velocity of the particle is constant throufgout

C. the acceleration of the particle is constant throughout

D. the particle starts with a velocity, the motion is accelerated and

finally the particle moves with a constant velocity

Answer: A

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112. The graph between the displacement x and time t for a particle

moving in a straight line is shown in the figure. During the interval

OA, AB, BC and CD the acceleration of the particle is

OA, AB, BC, CD

A. + , 0, + , +

B. − , 0, + , 0

C. + , 0, − , +

D. − , 0, − , 0
Answer: B

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113. The position-time relation of a particle moving along the x-axis is

given by

2
x = a − bt + ct

where a, b and c are positive numbers. The velocity-time graph of the

particle is

A.

B.
 C.

D.

Answer: C

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114. The velocity-time graph of a body moving in a straight line is shown

below:

Which one of the following represents its acceleration time graph?

 A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: A

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115. The graph below shws the velocity versus time graph for a body

Which of the following graph represents the corresponding acceleration

v//s time graph?

A.

B.

C.

D.
Answer: A

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116. The velocity time plot for a particle moving on straight line is shown

in the figure.

A. The particle has a constant acceleration

B. The particle has never turned around

C. The particle has a zero displacement

D. The average speed in the interval 0 to 10 s is the same as the

average speed in the interval 10 s to 30 s

Answer: A

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117. Which of the following velocity-time graphs shows a realistic

situation for a body in motion ?

A.

B.
 C.

D.

Answer: B

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118. Look at the graphs Fig. 2 (NCT) .5.(a) to (d) carefully and state, with

reasons, with of these connot possibly represent one dimensional

motion of a particle.

A.

B.
 C.

D.

Answer: B

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119. The variation of velocity of a particle with time moving along a

straight line is illustrated in the following figure. The distance travelled

by the particle in four seconds is.

A. 60 m

B. 55 m

C. 25 m

D. 30 m

Answer: B

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120. The velocit-time graph of a body moving in a straight line is shown

in Fig. 2 (d) . 32. Find the displacement and the distance travelled by the

body in 6 sec onds.

A. 8 m, 16 m

B. 16 m, 8m

C. 16 m, 16 m

D. 8 m, 8 m

Answer: A

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121. The velocity-time graph of a body moving in a straight line is given

below. The displacement of the body in 10 s is

A. 4 m

B. 6 m

C. 8 m

D. 10 m

Answer: B

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122. A particle starts from rest at t=0 and moves in a straight line with an

acceleration as shown below. The velocity of the particle at t=3 s is

A. 2m / s

B. 3m / s

C. 4m / s

D. 6m / s

Answer: B

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123. A particle starting from rest. Its acceleration (a) versus time (t) is as

shown in the figure.

The maximum speed of the particle will be.

A. 110m / s

B. 55m / s

C. 550m / s

D. 660m / s

Answer: B

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124. A ball is thrown vertically upwards. Which of the following

graph/graphs represent velocity time graph of the ball during its flight (

air resistance is neglected).

A.

B.

C.

D.
Answer: D

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125. An object is moving with a uniform acceleration which is parallel to

its instantaneous direction of motion. The dispalcement (s)-velocity (v)

graph of this object is.

A.

B.

C.
 D.

Answer: C

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126. The given graph shows the variation of velocity with displacement.

Which one of the graphs given below correctly represents the variation
of acceleration with displacement ?

A.

B.
 C.

D.

Answer: B

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127. A ball is dropped vertically from a height d above the ground . It hits

the ground and bounces up vertically to a height

(d) / (2). N eg ≤ ct ∈ g ⊂ sequentmotion and airresis tan ce, itsvelocity

vvarieswiththeheighth` above the ground as

 A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer: A

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128. A particle is moving such that its position coordinates (x, y) are

(2m, 3m) at time t = 0, (6m, 7m) at time t = 2s , and (13m, 14m) at

time t = 5s .
→
Average velocity vector(V av ) from t = 0 to t = 5s is

7
A. ( î + ĵ)
3

B. 2( î + ĵ)

11
C. ( î + ^)j
5

1
D. (13 î + 14 ĵ)
5

Answer: C

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