CH 3 – MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE

PRACTICE SHEET
No. Questions Answers
(Take g = 10
ms-2 unless specified)
When the speed of a car is 𝑣, the minimum distance in which it can be stopped
1 𝑛2 𝑆
is S. If the speed becomes 𝑛𝑣, what is the minimum stopping distance?
A particle accelerates from rest at a constant acceleration for some time and
2 attains a velocity of 8m/s. After that it decelerates at the same rate and comes 16 m
to rest. If the total time is 4s, find the distance traveled.
A particle experiences constant acceleration for 20s after starting from rest. If
3 it travels a distance S1 in the first 10s and a distance S2 in the next 10s. Find 1:3
S1:S2.
The velocity of a particle at an instant is 10m/s. After 5s, the velocity of the
4 particle is 20m/s. What was the velocity of the particle 3s before the instant 4 m/s
when velocity was 10m/s ?
A stone thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 5m/s attains a height H1.
5 Another stone thrown from the same point with 10m/s attains a height H2. 1:4
Find the ratio H1:H2
A particle covers half of a circle of radius R. Find the displacement and distance
6 2R, πR
traversed.
A ball released from a height falls 5m in the 1st second. What distance does it
7 80m
fall in 4s?
A food packet is dropped by a helicopter rising steadily at a speed of 2m/s. 18 m/s,
8
Find the velocity of the packet after 2s. downwards
A bus starts moving with acceleration 2m/s2. A cyclist 96m behind the bus
9 moving in the same direction has a constant velocity of 20m/s, at that instant. 8s, 12s
After what time will the a) cyclist overtake the bus b) bus overtake the cyclist ?
If you throw a ball up with an initial velocity 50m/s, how long will it take the
10 10 s
ball to return to your hand?
A ball is dropped downwards, after 1s another ball is dropped downwards
11 25 m
from the same point. What is the distance between them after 3s?
Two trains each 500m long are moving on parallel tracks towards each other
12 at speeds 10m/s and 15m/s respectively. In how much time will they pass 40 s
each other?
13 A ball is thrown up with a velocity 40m/s. What is its velocity after 2s? 20 m/s
A car moving with a speed of 40km/h can be stopped by applying brakes after
14 at least 2m. If the same car is now moving at 8km/h, what is the minimum 8 cm
stopping distance?
A stone is thrown vertically upwards. When the particle is at a height half of its
15 maximum height, its speed is 10m/s. What is the maximum height attained by 10 m
the particle?
From a 10m high building, stone A is dropped and simultaneously another
16 stone B is thrown horizontally with an initial speed of 5m/s. If the time taken 1:1
by A and B to reach the ground is t1 and t2 respectively, find t1 : t2
A body starts from rest at time t = 0. The acceleration-time graph is as shown.
What is the maximum velocity attained by the body.
a(m/s2)
10
17 55 m/s

11 t(s)

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 A ball is thrown vertically downward with a velocity u from the top of a tower.
18 It strikes the ground with a velocity 3u. The time taken by the ball to reach the 2u/g
ground is given by
A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for 10s to a velocity of 8m/s. It
0.8 m/s2
then runs at a constant velocity and is finally brought to rest after moving a
19 0.5 m/s2
distance of 64m with constant retardation. The total distance covered by the
86s
car is 584m. Find the value of acceleration, retardation and total time taken.
A bus starts from rest with a constant acceleration 5ms-2. At the same time a
car traveling with a constant velocity of 50m/s overtakes the bus. Find 1000 m
20
(i) at what distance will the bus overtake the car ? 100 ms-1
(ii) How fast will the bus be traveling at this time ?
A body covers 20m in the 1st second and 40m in the 4th second its motion. If its
21 motion is uniformly accelerated, how much distance will it cover in the 7th 70 m
second from the start?
A body is thrown vertically up with a velocity of 40 m/s. After 2 second
22 another body is thrown vertically up from the same point and with the same 75 m
velocity. At what height from the ground will both the bodies collide ?
The height of a tower is h meter. A body is thrown from the tower vertically
upward and with some speed. It takes t1 sec to reach the ground. Another body
23 is thrown from the tower with same speed downwards takes t2 sec to reach the t = √𝑡1 𝑡2
ground. If the body is released from the point and takes t sec to reach the
ground, obtain the relation for t in terms of t1 and t2
A car initially at rest accelerates to a speed of 144km/h in 20s. What distance
24 400 m
does it cover?
A car accelerates from rest with a constant acceleration ‘a’ for some time after 𝑎𝑏
25 which it decelerates at a constant rate ‘b’ to come to rest. If the total time 𝑡
(𝑎 + 𝑏 )
elapsed is t, what is the maximum velocity attained by the car?
A person moves on a semi-circular track of radius 42m. H e starts at one end
26 132m, 84m
and moves to the other end. Find the distance and the displacement.
An object is moving with uniform acceleration. Its velocity after 5 seconds is
27 25m/s and after 8 seconds it is 34m/s. Find the distance traveled by the 44.5m
distance in 12th second.
A stone is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 4.9m/s. Calculate (i)
1.225m, 0.5,
28 the maximum height reached (ii) time taken to reach the maximum height (iii)
4.9 m/s, 1s
velocity with which it return to the ground (iv) time taken to reach the ground
A stone is dropped from the top of a tower 200m high and at the same time
77.5m
29 another is projected vertically upwards from the ground with a velocity of
5s
40m/s. Find when and where the two stones meet from the top of the building.
The distance traversed by a particle along a straight line is given by x = 180m/s
30 180t+50t2 m. Find (i) the initial velocity of the particle (ii) the velocity at the 580m/s
end of 4s (iii) acceleration of the particle. 100m/s2
Starting from rest a car moves with uniform acceleration and attains a velocity
of 20m/s in 4s. It then moves with uniform velocity of 20m/s for 6s. The
5ms-2
brakes are applied and the car is brought to rest in 10s under uniform
31 2ms-2
retardation. Draw the velocity time graph of the motion. Using this graph, find
260m
(i) the acceleration of the car during the first 4s (ii) its retardation during the
last 10s (iii) the total distance traveled by the car.
Four balls are dropped from the top of a tower at intervals of one second. The
first ball reaches the ground after 4s of dropping. What are the distances 34.3m
32 between first and second, second and third, third and fourth balls at this 24.5m
instant? 14.7m

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 The position of a particle moving along x-axis is given by x = 2t – 3t2 + t3, where
x is in metre and t in second.
33
(a) Find the velocity of the particle at t = 2 s. 2 ms–1
(b) Find the average speed of the particle in the time
interval from t = 2 s to t = 4 s.
If a person stands stationary on an escalator, it takes time t1 to take him from
34 the ground floor to the first floor. If the escalator is stationary and he walks up,
it takes time t2. How much time would it take him if he walks up the moving
escalator?
From the top of a tower 60 m tall, a body is thrown vertically down with a
velocity of 10 ms–1. At the same time, another body is thrown vertically
35 upward from the ground with a velocity of 20 ms –1. (a) After how long will the 2s, 20 m
two bodies meet? (b) At what height above the ground do they meet? Take g =
10 ms–2.
A ball is dropped from the top of a tower. In the last second of its motion, the
36 ball covers a distance of 9/25 times the height of the tower. Find the height of 122.5 m
the tower.
Figure shows the velocity – time graph of a body moving in a straight line. Find
(a) the distance travelled by the body in 20 s,
(b) the displacement of the body in 20 s and
(c) the average velocity in the time interval t = 0 to t = 20 s.

37 60m, 0, 0

A balloon is rising vertically upwards with a constant velocity of 10 ms–1. When

38 it is at a height of 45 m above the ground, a stone is dropped from it. Find the 3.7 s
height of the balloon when the stone hits the ground. Take g = 10 ms-2
A police van moving on a highway with a speed of 10 ms–1 fires a bullet at a
thief’s car speeding away in the same direction with a speed of 30 ms–1. If the
39 120 ms–1
muzzle speed of the bullet is 140 ms–1, with what speed will the bullet hit the
thief’s car?
From the top of a tower 60 m tall, a body is thrown vertically down with a
velocity of 10 ms–1. At the same time, another body is thrown vertically
40 upward from the ground with a velocity of 20 ms–1. (a) After how long will the 2s, 20m
two bodies meet? (b) At what height above the ground do they meet? Take g =
10 ms–2.
A particle starts from rest. Its acceleration at time t = 0 is 5 ms–2 which varies
with time as shown in the figure. The maximum speed of the particle will be

41 15 ms–1

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