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IIT-JEE (Mains/Adv)/AIIMS/NEET/XI/XII
ASHUTOSH CHATURVEDI
(B.Tech. IIT-BHU)
PROJECTILE MOTION
GROUND TO G ROUND P ROJECTILE 9. A particle is projected from ground with intial
1. A football is thrown in a parabolic path. Is there velocity 10 m/s at an angle of 60 o to the
any point at which the accin is  to it’s velocity. horizontal. If g = 10 m/s2 then calculate :
Ans. Maximum Ht. (a) Time of flight
2. Why does the direction of motion of a projectile (b) Maximum height
become horizontal at the highest pt of it’s (c) Horizontal range.
trajectory.
Ans. 3 sec, 3. 75m, 5 3m.
Ans. Vertical velocity become zero.
3. At what pts in it’s trajectory does a projectile 10. If the initial velocity of a projectile be doubled
have : (a) minimum speed. (b) maximum speed. keeping the angle of projection same, the maxi-
Ans. Highest pt P.O. P and at the pt. when it returns mum height reached by it will :
ot ground. (a) Be halved * (b) Be quadrupled
4. A stone is thrown upwards. It returns to ground (c) Be doubled (d) Remain the same
describing a parabolic path. Which of the fol- 11. A particle is projected such that the horizontal
lowing remains constant : range and vertical height are the same. Then the
(a) Speed of the ball. angle of projection is
(b) Kinetic energy of the ball * (a) tan–1 (4) (b) tan–1 (1/4)
(c) Vertical component of velocity.
(c ) /4 (d) / 3
* (d) Horizontal component of velocity.
12. A body is thrown at an angle of 30o to the
5. A projectile is projected with speed u. At highest
point speed remains u/2. What is the angle of horizontal with 30 m/s. Calculate it’s velocity
projection ? after 1 sec.
Ans. 60o. Ans. 10 7m / s
6. What are the angle of projection of a projectile 13. A body is projected at 30 o angle with the
projected with velocity 30 m/s so that the horizontal with the velocity of 30 ms-1. What is
horizontal range is 45 m. the angle with the horizontal after 1.5 s ? ( Take
Ans. 15o, 75o. g = 10 ms–2).
7. Four bodies P, Q, R and S are projected with
* (a) 0o (b) 30o
equal velocities having angles of projection 15o,
(c) 60o (d) 90o
30o, 45o and 60o with the horizontal respectively.
The body having shortest range is : 14. A ball is projected with kinetic energy K at an
* (a) P (b) Q angle of 45o to the horizontal. At the highest
(c) R (d) S point during flight, its kinetic energy will be :
8. Two projectile A and B are projected with angle (a) K (b) K 2
of projection 15o for the projectile A and 45o * (c) K/2 (d) Zero
for the projectile B. If R A and R B be the 15. An arrow is shot into air. Its range is 200 m and
horizontal range for the two projectiles, then : its time of fight is 5 second. If g = 10 ms–2 , then
(a) RA > RB the horizontal component of the velocity of arrow
(b) RA = RB
is :
(c) RA < RB
* (d) The information is insufficient to decide (a) 12.5 m s–1 (b) 25 m s–1
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the relation of RA with RB (c) 31.25 m s * (d) 40 m s–1

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16. If horizontal range of a projectile is 4 3 time
it’s maximum height then find out it’s angle of
projection.
Ans. 30o
17. Two stones are projected with same speed but
with different angles with horizontal such that
their ranges are equal. If angle of projection of
one is 60o and it’s maxium height is y then find
out maximum height of the other.
y high cliff with an initial speed of 10 ms-1. A
Ans.
3 second stone is simultaneously dropped from that
18. A particle is projected from ground with initial
velocity u at angle to the horizontal. Find out
velocity of the particle when the direction of
motion of the particle is at an angle  to the
horizontal.
u cos 
Ans.
cos 
19. Horizontal and vertical components of velocity
of a projectile at the time of projection are
20 m/s and 30 m/s respectively. Taking the value
of g = 10 m/s2, find time of flight, maximum
height and horizontal range of the projectile.
Ans. 6 s, 45 m, 120 m.
20. If the value of acceleration due to gravity is
10 m s –2 and the time of flight is 5 second, then
the maximum height reached by the projectile is
nearly :
* (a) 31 m (b) 69 m
(c) 46 m (d) 79 m
21. The height y and the distance x along the horizontal
plane of a projectile on a certain planet (with no
surrounding atmosphere) are given by
y  (8t  5t 2 ) m and x  6t m, where t is in second.
The velocity with which the projectile is projected
is :
(a) 8 m/sec
(b) 6 m/sec
* (c) 10 m/sec
(d) Not obtainable from the data
22. If equation of trajectory of a projetile is
y  x 3  gx 2 / 2 Calculate :
(a) Angle of projection.
(b) Velocity of projection.
(c) Time of flight. (g = 10 m/s2)
Ans. (a)   60o , (b) 2 m / s , (c) 3 / 5sec
23. The equation of motion of a projectile is :
3 2
y  12 x  x
4
What is the range of the projectile ?
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(a) 12 m * (b) 16 m
(c) 20 m (d) 24 m
24. A ball is projected from the ground with velocity
25 ms–1. Two second later, ball crosses a wall 5 m
high. What is the angle of projection of the stone ?
(a) 75o (b) 60o
(c) 45o * (d) 30o
H O R I Z O N TA L P R O J E C T I O N
1. One stone is projected horizontal from a 20 m
cliff. Which of the following is true ?
(a) Both strike the ground with the same
velocity.
(b) The ball with initial speed 10 ms-1 reaches.
the ground first
* (c) Both the stones hit the ground at the same
time .
(d) One can not say without knowing the. height
of the building
2. A bomb is released from a horizontal flying
aeroplane. The trajectory of bomb is
* (a) A parabola (b) A straight line
(c) A circle (d) A hyperbola
3. An aeroplane flying horizontally at a constant
speed releases a bomb. As the bomb moves away
from the aeroplane, it will :
(a) Always be vertically below the aeroplane
only if the aeroplane was flying
horizontally
(b) Always be vertically below the aeroplane
only if the aeroplane was flying at an angle
of 45o to the horizontal
* (c) Always be vertically below the aeroplane
(d) Gradually fall behind the aeroplane if the
aeroplane was flying horizontally.
4. A stone is projected horizontaly from a hight
20 m with a velocity of 10 m/s. Calculate :
(a) Time taken by stone to reach the ground.
(b) velocity with which it reaches the ground.
(c) Distance from base of the tower where it
strikes the ground. (g = 10 m/s2)
Ans. (a) 2 sec , (b) 10 5m / s , (c) 20 m
5. A ball is projected horizontally at 20 ms–1.The
approximate speed of the ball after 5 second is :
(Take g = 10 ms-2)
(a) 24 ms–1 (b) 34 ms–1
(c) 44 ms–1 * (d) 54 ms–1
6. Water is flowing from a horizontal pipe fixed at
a height of 2 m from the
ground. If it falls at a
horizontal distance of 3 m as
shown in figure, the speed of
water when it leaves the pipe
is : (Take : g = 9.8 m s–2)
(a) 2.4 m s–1 * (b) 4.7 m s–1
(c) 7.4 m s–1 (d) 6.2 m s–1
7. An aeroplane is flying horizontally with
144 km/hr at an altitude of 1000 m. How far
horizontally from a target should a bomb be
released from it to hit the target.
Ans. 400 2m.
8. A ball in thrown horizontally from a height of
20 m. It hits the ground with a velocity 3 times
it’s initial velocity find out initial velocity of the
ball. (g = 9.8 m/s2)
Ans. 7 m/s.
9. A stone is thrown horizontally with speed 2gh
from top of a wall of height. h. It strikes the
ground at a distance x from the wall. What is the
value of x.
Ans. 2h.
10. A ball is projected horizontally with velocity u
on a stair way as shown in figure. If the steps are
a m. high and b m wide and ball just hits the edge
of nth step. Then find out the value of n.
Ans. 2au2 / gb2
P ROJECTILE THROWN FROM HEIGHT
AT AN ANGLE WITH THE HORIZONTAL
1. A stone is thrown from top of a tower of height
50 m with a velocity of 30 m/s at an angle of 30o
above horizontal calculate :
(a) Time of flight
(b) Distance from base of tower where it strikes
the ground.
(c) Velocity when it strikes the ground.
Ans. (a) 5sec , (b) 75 3 , (c) 10 19 m / s
2. A ball is projected upwards from the top of a
tower with velocity 50 m s–1 making an angle
of 30o with the horizontal. If the height of the
tower is 70m, after what time from the instant
of throwing, will the ball reach the ground :
(g = 10 m s–2)
(a) 2 s (b) 5 s
* (c) 7 s (d) 9 s
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3. A particle is projected from a height of 15 m with
a velocity of 20 m/s at angle 30o below the
horizontal. If g = 10 m/s2. Then Find out :
(a) Time taken by the particle to reach ground.
(b) Horizontal range of the particle.
(c) Velocity When it strikes the ground.
Ans. (a) 1 sec, (b) 10 3m , (c) 10 7m / s
4. A body is thrown downward at an angle of 30o
with the horizontal from the top of a tower 160 m
high. If its initial speed is 40 m/s the time taken
to reach the ground will be :
(a) 2 s (b) 3 s
* (c) 4 s (d) 5 s
5. In the figures shown, three particles are thrown
from a tower
of height 40 m
as shown in
figure. In each
case find the
time when the
particles strike the ground and the distance of this
point from foot of tower.
Ans. 5.46 s, 2.83 s, 1.46 s, 109.2 m, 56.6 m, 29.2 m
6. Five particles are
projected with the
same velocity from
top of a tower in
different directions.
(a) Which of them will reach the ground first
(b) Which of them will reach with maximum
velocity.
Ans. (a) t2  t5  t3  t4  t1, (b) v1  v2  v3  v4  v5.
P ROJECTILE ON AN INCLINED P L A N E
1. A particle is projected from bottom of an inclined
plane of inclnation 30o with horizontal with initial
velocity 10 m/s at an angle of projection 60o to
the horizontal. Find :
(a) Time taken by the particle to strike the plane
(b) Distance of the point from the statring point
where it strikes the plane.
2 20
Ans. sec, m.
3 3
2. A particle is projected from bottom of inclined
plane with initial velocity 20 m/s and angle of
projection 45o. If inclination of plane is 30o then
Find out time of flight and range over the inclined
plane.
Ans. 1.17 sec, 19.52 m.