Physics Test

1. A balloon is moving up in air vertically above a point A on the ground. When it is at a height h1 , a girl
standing at a distance d (point B) from A (see figure) sees it at an angle 45° with respect to the vertical.
When the balloon climbs up a further height h2, it is seen at an angle 60° with respect to the vertical if the
girl moves further by a distance 2.464 d (point C). Then the height h2 is (given tan30° = 0.5774)

(a) 1.464 d (b) 0.732 d (c) 0.464 d (d) d

2. A plane is inclined at an angle  = 30 with respect to the horizontal. A particle is projected with a speed
u = 2 m s −1 , from the base of the plane, making an angle  = 15 with respect to the plane as shown in the
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figure. The distance from the base, at which the particle hits the plane is close to (Take g = 10 m s )

(a) 26 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 14 cm (d) 18 cm

3. A shell is fired from a fixed artillery gun with an initial speed u such that it hits the target on the ground at a
distance R from it. If t1 and t 2 are the values of the time taken by it to hit the target in two possible ways,
the product t1t 2 is
(a) R/g (b) R/4g (c) R/2g (d) 2R/g
4. The trajectory of a projectile near the surface of the earth is given as y = 2x − 9x . If it were launched at an
2

angle 0 with speed v 0 then ( g = 10 ms −2 )

 1  5 −1  1  5 −1
(a) 0 = cos−1   and v0 = 3 ms (b) 0 = sin −1   and v0 = 3 ms
 5  5
 2  3  2  3
(c) 0 = cos−1   and v0 = ms −1 (d) 0 = sin −1   and v0 = ms−1
 5 5  5 5
5. Two particles are projected from the same point with the same speed u such that they have the same range
R, but different maximum heights, h1 and h 2 . Which of the following is correct ?
(a) R 2 = 16h1h 2 (b) R 2 = h1h 2 (c) R 2 = 4h1h 2 (d) R 2 = 2h1h 2
6. Two guns A and B can fire bullets at speeds 1 km/s and 2 km/s respectively. From a point on a horizontal
ground, they are fired in all possible directions. The ratio of maximum areas covered by the bullets fired by
the two guns, on the ground is
(a) 1:2 (b) 1 : 16 (c) 1:4 (d) 1:8
7. A body is projected at t = 0 with a velocity 10 m s-1 at an angle of 60° with the horizontal. The radius of
curvature of its trajectory at t = 1 s is R. Neglecting air resistance and taking acceleration due to gravity
g = 10 m s −2 , the value of R is
(a) 2.5 m (b) 2.8 m (c) 10.3 m (d) 5.1 m
8. ( )
A projectile is given an initial velocity of ˆi + 2jˆ m / s, where î is along the ground and ĵ is along the
−2
vertical. If g = 10 m / s , the equation of its trajectory is
(a) 4y = 2x − 25x 2 (b) y = x − 5x 2 (c) y = 2x − 5x 2 (d) 4y = 2x − 5x 2
9. A boy can throw a stone up to a maximum height of 10 m. The maximum horizontal distance that the boy
can throw the same stone up to will be
(a) 10 m (b) 10 2 m (c) 20 m (d) 20 2 m

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10. A water fountain on the ground sprinkles water all around it. If the speed of water coming out of the
fountain is v, the total area around the fountain that gets wet is
v2 v4  v4 v2
(a)  (b)  (c) (d) 
g g2 2 g2 g2
11. A projectile can have the same range R for two angles of projection. If t1 and t 2 be the time of flights in the
two cases, then the product of the two time of flights is proportional to
(a) 1 / R (b) R (c) R 2 (d) 1 / R 2
12. A ball is thrown from a point with a speed v0 at an angle of projection . From the same point and at the
same instant a person starts running with a constant speed v0/2 to catch the ball. Will the person be able to
catch the ball? If yes, what should be the angle of projection?
(a) yes, 60° (b) yes, 30° (c) no (d) yes, 45°. (2004)
13. A boy playing on the roof of a 10 m high building throws a ball with a speed of 10 m/s at an angle of 30°
with the horizontal How far from the throwing point will the ball be at the height of 10 m from the ground ?
g = 10 m / s2 , sin 30 = 1/ 2, cos30 = 3 / 2 
 
(a) 5.20 m (b) 4.33 m (c) 2.60 m (d) 8.66 m.
14. A large number of bullets are fired in all directions with the same speed v. The maximum area on the ground
on which these bullets will spread is:
v 2 v 4 2 v 4 2 v 2
(a) (b) (c) (d)
g g2 g2 g2
15. A piece of marble is projected from earth’s surface with velocity of 50 m/s. 2 seconds later, it just clears a
well 5 m high. What is the angle of projection?
(a) 45 (b) 30 (c) 60 (d) None of these
16. Two stones having different masses m1 and m 2 are projected at an angle  and ( 90 −  ) with same velocity
from same point. The ratio of their maximum heights is:
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 1: tan  (c) tan  :1 (d) tan 2  :1
17. A stone of mass 2 kg is projected with velocity 20 m/s at an angle 60 with the horizontal, its momentum at
the highest point is:
(a) 20 kg ms −1 (b) 20 3 kg ms−1 (c) 40 kg ms −1 (d) None of these
18. Three balls of same masses are projected with equal speeds at angle 15, 45, 75 and their ranges are
respectively R1 , R 2 and R 3 then:
(a) R 2  R 2  R 3 (b) R1  R 2  R 3 (c) R1 = R 2 = R 3 (d) R1 = R 3  R 2
19. A projectile can have the same range R for two angles of projection  and ( 90 − ). If t1 and t 2 are the
times of flight in the two cases then:
1
(a) R t1t 2 (b)  t1 t 2 (c) R t1t 2 (d) None of these
R
20. Two stones are projected with same velocity v at an angle  and ( 90 − ). If H and H1 are greatest heights
in the two paths, what is the relation between R, H and H1 ?
(a) R − 4 HH1 (b) R = HH1 (c) R = 4HH1 (d) None of these
21. A bullet fired from gun at sea level rises to a maximum height 10m. When fired at a ship 40 m away, the
muzzle velocity should be:
(a) 20 m/s (b) 15 m/s (c) 16 m/s (d) None of these
22. An aeroplane is flying horizontally with velocity 150 m/s at a height 100 m from the ground. How long must
the distance from the plane to target be, if a bomb is released from the plane to hit the target?
(a) 671 m (b) 67 m (c) 335 m (d) 1.34 m
23. For the same horizontal range, in how many projections can an object be projected?
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
24. The range of projectile projected at an angle 15 is 10 3 m. If it is fired with the same speed at angle of 30,
its range will be:
(a) 60 m (b) 45 m (c) 30 m (d) 15 m

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25. ( )
A body is projected with initial velocity of 8iˆ + 6jˆ m / s. The horizontal range is;
(a) 9.6 m (b) 14 m (c) 50 m (d) None of these

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