CBSE Test Paper 02

Chapter 4 Motion in A Plane

1. A passenger arriving in a new town wishes to go from the station to a hotel located 10
km away on a straight road from the station. A dishonest cabman takes him along a
circuitous path 23 km long and reaches the hotel in 28 min. What is (a) the average
speed of the taxi, (b) the magnitude of average velocity? 1

a. 47.3 km/hr, 23.4 km/hr

b. 49.3 km/hr, 21.4 km/hr
c. 48.3 km/hr, 22.4 km/hr
d. 46.3 km/hr, 24.4 km/hr

2. A batter hits a baseball so that it leaves the bat at speed = 37.0 m/s at an angle a =

53.1o. Find the time when the ball reaches the highest point of its flight, and its height
h at this time. 1

a. 3.02 s, 44.7 m
b. 3.32 s, 41.7 m
c. 3.12 s, 43.7 m
d. 3.22 s, 42.7 m

3. A unit vector is a vector 1

a. having a magnitude of 1 and points in any chosen direction

b. having a magnitude of 1 and points in x-direction
c. having a magnitude of 1 and points in y-direction
d. having a magnitude of 1 and points in z-direction

4. The basic difference between a scalar and vector is one of 1

a. magnitude
b. direction
c. origin
d. polar angle

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 5. A man stands on the roof of a 15.0-m-tall building and throws a rock with a velocity of
magnitude 30.0 m/s at an angle of 33.0 above the horizontal. You can ignore air
resistance. Calculate the maximum height above the roof reached by the rock; 1

a. 12.6 m
b. 11.7 m
c. 13.6 m
d. 14.2 m

6. Write an example of zero vector. 1

7. Two vectors of magnitude 3 units and 4 units are inclined at angle 60° w.r.t each
other. Find the magnitude of their difference. 1

8. The magnitude of vectors A, B and C are 12, 5 and 13 units respectively and A + B = C,
find the angle between A and B. 1

9. In dealing with the motion of a projectile in the air, we ignore the effect of air
resistance on the motion. This gives trajectory as a parabola as you have studied.
What would the trajectory look like if air resistance is included? sketch such a
trajectory and explain why you have drawn it that way. 2

10. An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1 km with a steady speed of 900 kmh-
1. Compare its centripetal acceleration with the acceleration due to gravity. 2

11. A vector has magnitude 2 and another vector have magnitude 3 and is
perpendicular to each other. By vector diagram find the magnitude of and
show its direction in the diagram. 2

12. A projectile is projected with a certain velocity u at an angle with horizontal from
the ground. Find expression for its trajectory. 3

13. A projectile is fired with speed u making an angle with horizontal from the surface

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 of Earth. Prove that the projectile will hit the surface of earth with same speed and at
the same angle. 3

14. A cyclist starts from the centre O of a circular park of radius 1 km, reaches the edge P
of the park, then cycles along the circumference, and returns to the centre along QO
as shown in figure. If the round trip takes 10 min, what is the 3

i. net displacement,
ii. average velocity, and
iii. average speed of the cyclist?

15. a. What is the angle between and if and denote the adjacent sides of a
parallelogram drawn form a point and the area of the parallelogram is ?
b. State and prove triangular law of vector addition. 5

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 CBSE Test Paper 02
Chapter 4 Motion in A Plane

Answer

1. b. 49.3 km/hr, 21.4 km/hr

Explanation: (a) Total distance travelled = 23 km
Total time taken = 28 min = h
∴ Average speed of the taxi =

(b) Distance between the hotel and the station = 10 km = Displacement of the car

∴ Average velocity =

2. a. 3.02 s, 44.7 m
Explanation: The initial velocity of the ball has components

vox = v​o cos =

= 22.2 m/s
voy = vo​o sin =

= 29.6 m/s
At the highest point, the vertical velocity vy is zero. Call the time when this

happens t1; then

vy = voy - gt1 = 0

t1 = = = 3.02 s

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 The height at the highest point is the value of y at time t​1:

= 44.7 m

3. a. having a magnitude of 1 and points in any chosen direction

Explanation: A unit vector in a normed vector space is a vector (often a spatial
vector) of length 1. A unit vector is often denoted by a lowercase letter with a
circumflex, or "hat": (pronounced "i-hat"). The term direction vector is used to
describe a unit vector being used to represent spatial direction.
a unit vector directed along the positive x axis
= a unit vector directed along the positive y axis
= a unit vector directed along the positive z axis

4. b. direction
Explanation: Scalar quantity gives you an idea about how much of an object
there is, but vector quantity gives you an indication of how much of an object
there is and that also in which direction. So, the main difference between these
two quantities is associated with the direction, i.e. scalars do not have direction
but vectors do.

5. c. 13.6 m
Explanation: Let downward be the y direction.

= 25.2 m/s

= 16.3 m/s
At the maximum height, the velocity in the y direction vy is zero:

Using

= 13.6 m

6. The velocity vectors of a stationary object is a zero vector.

7. Let the vectors are A and B.

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 Given, |A| = 3 units, |B| = 4 units and = 60°
The magnitude of resultant of difference of A and B from parallelogram law of vector
addition for vectors A and (-B) is given by,

R= = 3.61 units

8. From the given values of vector A, B and C we know that C2 = A2 + B2

or 132 =122 + 52, this is possible when value of cos θ = zero, that is θ = 90°
Thus, the angle between A and B is 90°.

9. When air resistance acts on projectile then its vertical and horizontal both velocity
will decrease due to air resistance. Hence its maximum height becomes smaller than
when there is no force of friction (resistance) of air. By formula

But time of flight for both will remain same as the body in case of (with air resistance)
h1 < h2 takes smaller time to rise.

10. Here, radius of the horizontal circular loop traversed by the aeroplane r = 1 km = 1000
m,

with constant speed v = 900 km h-1 = = 250 ms-1

We know that Centripetal acceleration,

Now,
Hence ac is 6.4 times more than the g in this case.

11. Here

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12.

Consider a projectile projected from point O with an initial velocity u inclined at an

angle with horizontal. Here, the motion is two dimensional, where
x0 = 0, ux = u cos and ax = 0

and y0 = 0, uy = +u sin and ay = -g

If projectile reaches P at time t, then we have

x = ux t + axt2 ..............(i)

or

and y = uyt + a y t2

= u sin t - gt2 ..............(ii)

Substituting value of t from (i) in (ii), we get

y = u sin . -

y = x tan -
It is the equation of the trajectory of a projectile. Obviously, it is the equation of a
parabola.

13. Let any projectile fire with u velocity and inclination angle with the horizontal and
T is time of flight.
When a projectile is fired with speed u making an angle with horizontal, it describes
a parabolic path, where instantaneous velocity v of the projectile at time has a

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 magnitude equal to
v=
and is inclined at an angle from horizontal such that
tan =
When the projectile hits the surface of Earth, the time t = time of flight T =

Therefore, v =

= =u

and tan = = -tan = tan(- )

=- (it means magnitude of angle is same but direction is just opposite to each
other).
So, the projectile will hit the ground with same speed u at same angle , which is
downward.

14. i. Displacement is given by the minimum distance between the initial and final
positions of a body. In the given case, the cyclist comes to the starting point after
cycling for 10 minutes.
Hence, his net displacement is zero.
ii. Average velocity is given by the relation: Average velocity
Since the net displacement of the cyclist is zero, his average velocity will also be
zero.
iii. Average speed of the cyclist is given by the relation: Average speed

Total path length = OP + PQ + QO

Total path length = 3.570 km
Time taken
Average speed = 21.42 km/h

15. a. Area of a parallelogram

Area of parallelogram = ( Applying cross product)
Given, area of parallelogram

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 So,

b. Triangular law of vector addition states that if two vectors can be represented
both in magnitude and direction by the sides of a triangle taken in order then their
resultant is given by the third side of the triangle taken in opposite order.
Proof: in ADC

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