Kinematics

A point traversed 3/ 4th of the circle of radius in time . The magnitude of the average velocity
of the particle in this time interval is
π 3π
(a) (b)
2
2
(c) (d)
2
A point traversed half of the distance with a velocity 0. The remaining part of the distance was
covered with velocity 1 for half the time and with velocity 2 for the other half of the time. The
mean velocity of the point averaged over the whole time of motion is
0 + 1 + 2 2 0 +
1 + 2
(a) (b)
3 3
0 +2 1+2 2 2 0 ( 1 + 2)
(c) (d)
3 (2 0 + 1 + 2)

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. ( = 10 ms−2 )
(a) 1.25 m (b) 2.50 m (c) 3.75 m (d) 4.00 m
A stone is dropped from the top of a tower and one second later, a second stone is thrown
vertically downward with a velocity 20 ms−1. The second stone will overtake the first after
travelling a distance of ( = 10 ms−2 )
(a) 13 m (b) 15 m
(c) 11.25 m (d) 19.5 m
A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the ground and a student gazing out of the window
sees it moving upward past him at 10 ms−1. The window is at 15 m above the ground level. The
velocity of ball 3 s after it was projected from the ground is [Take = 10 ms−2 ]
(a) 10 m/s, up (b) 20 ms −1, up
(c) 20 ms −1, down (d) 10 ms −1, down
A particle is projected vertically upwards and reaches the maximum height in time . The
height of the particle at any time (< ) will be
(a) ( − )2 (b) − ( − )2
1 1
(c) ( − )2 (d) − ( − )2
2 2
A stone is thrown vertically upwards. When stone is at a height half of its maximum height, its
speed is 10 ms−1; then the maximum height attained by the stone is ( = 10 ms−2 )
(a) 25 m (b) 10 m
(c) 15 m (d) 20 m
A body dropped from the top of a tower covers a distance 7 in the last second of its journey
where is the distance covered in first second. How much time does it take to reach the ground?
(a) 3 s (b) 4 s
(c) 5 s (d) 6 s

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A stone is dropped from a height . Simultaneously, another stone is thrown up from the
ground which reaches a height 4 . The two stones will cross each other after time
(a) (b) 8 (c) 2 (d)
8 2

A lift performs the first part of its ascent with uniform acceleration and the remaining with
uniform retardation 2 . If is the time of ascent, find the depth of the shaft.
2 2
(a) (b)
4 3
2 2
(c) (d)
2 8
Two objects are moving along the same straight line. They cross a point with an
acceleration , 2 and velocity 2 , at time = 0. The distance moved by the object when one
overtakes the other is
2 2
6 2
(a) (b)
2 2
4 8
(c) (d)

A body starts from rest with uniform acceleration , its velocity after seconds is . The
displacement of the body in last 3 s is (assume total time of journey from 0 to second)
(6 − 9) 2 (6 − 9)
(a) (b)
2
2 (2 + 1) 2 ( − 1)
(c) (d)

Two bodies and start from rest from the same point with a uniform acceleration of 2 m/ s2. If
starts one second later, then the two bodies are separated, at the end of the next second, by
(a) 1 m (b) 2 m
(c) 3 m (d) 4 m
A ball is dropped on the floor from a height of 80 m rebounds to a height of 20 m. If the ball is in
contact with the floor for 0.1 s, the average acceleration during contact is
(a) 400 m/s 2 (b) 500 m/s 2
(c) 600 m/s 2 (d) 800 m/s 2
Two points move in the same straight line starting at the same moment from the same point in
it. The first moves with constant velocity and the second with constant acceleration . During
the time elapses before the second catches the first greatest distance between the particle is
2
(a) (b)
2
(c) 2
(d) 2
2