Diwali Vacation Assignment: Topic: Scalars and Vectors

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Diwali Vacation Assignment
Topic : Scalars And Vectors
ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF VECTORS 6. Four co-planar concurrent forces are acting on a
1. A man travels 1 mile due east, then 5 miles due body as shown in the figure to keep it in
south, then 2 miles due east and finally 9 miles equilibrium. Then the values of P and  are.
due north. His displacement is
a) 3 miles b) 5 miles
c) 4 miles d) between 5 and 9 miles
2. A person moves 30 m north, from there 20m east
and finally 30 2 m south-west from there His
displacement from initial position is.
a) 10 m west b) 10 m east
b) 5 m west d) 5 m east
3. A  6.00iˆ  8.00 ˆj units, B  8.00iˆ  3.00 ˆj units

and C  26.0iˆ  19.0 ˆj units. If a A  bB  C  0 ,
the values of a and b are
111 161 111 161 a) P = 4N b) P= 2N,  =900

a) and b) and
123 41 123 41
c) P = 1N d) P= 4N,  =900
111 161 37 161 7. Cosines of angles made by a vector with X, Y
c) and d) and
123 41 41 41 axes are 3/ 5 2 , 4 / 5 2 respectively. If the
4. Two vectors inclined at an angle  have magnitude of the vector is 10 2 then that vector
magnitude 3 N and 5 N and their resultant is of
is
magnitude 4 N. The angle  is
a) 8i  6 j  10k b) 6i  8 j  10k
4
a) 900 b) cos 1 c) 6i  8 j  10k d) 6i  8 j  10k
5
8. The resultant of displacements 2 m south, 4 m
3  3 west, 5 m north is of magnitude
c) cos 1 d) cos 1    a) 3 m b) 7 m
5  5
RESOLUTION OF A VECTOR INTO COMPONENTS c) 5 m d) 65m
____ _ _ _ 9. The unit vector parallel to the resultant of
5. A certain vector is given by OP  3 i  4 j  7 k . The __    __   
vectors A  4 i  3 j  6 k and B   i  3 j  8 k is
angle made by it with z-axis is
 3 
Cos 1  
1  4  1 _ _ _
1 _ _ _
a) b) Cos   a) (3 i  6 j  2 k ) b)  (3 i  6 j  2 k )
 94   74  7 7
1  7   7  1 _ _ _
1 _ _ _
c) Cos   d) Cos 1   c) (3 i  6 j  2 k ) d) (3 i  6 j  2 k )
 74   74 
49 47
Velocity Institute Of Physics 1

10. Two particles having position vectors 14. The greatest and least resultant of two forces
      acting at a point are 29 Kg wt. and 5 Kg wt.
r1  (3 i  5 j ) m and r2  ( 5 i  3 j ) m are
respectively. If each force is increased by 3 Kg
 
moving with velocities V1  (4 i  3 j )ms 1 and
 wt. the magnitude of the resultant of new forces
acting at right angles to each other is
  
V2  ( a i  4 j ) ms 1 . If they collide after 2 a) 45 kg wt. b) 35 kg wt.
seconds, the value of ‘a’ is c) 25 kg wt. d) 15 kg wt.
a) –2 b) –4 15. Two forces P and Q act at an angle of 1200 with

each other. If the resultant is at right angles to
c) –6 d) –8 P and P is equal to 4 kg-wt, then the value of Q
11. If a particle is displaced from (0,0,0) to a point is
in XY - plane which is at a distance of 4 units in a) 4 kg-wt b) 8 kg-wt
a direction making an angle clock wise 600 with c) 6 kg-wt d) 3 kg-wt
the negative x-axis. What is the final position   
16. The resultent of two vectors P& Q is R . If the
vector of the particle ?

a) 2i  2 3 j B) 2i  2 3 j magnitude of Q is doubled the new resultant

C) 2 j  2 3k D) 2 3 j  2k becomes perpendicular to P then magnituded

12. The displacement of the point of a wheel of R is
initially in contact with the ground when the
wheel rolls forward half a revolution where p2  Q2 PQ
radius of the wheel is 1m, is (Assume the a) b)
2PQ PQ
forward direction as x-axis)
P
a) 2m, tan 1 (2 /  ) with x - axis c) Q d)
Q
17. If the resultant of two vectors
b)  
 2  4 m, tan 1 (2 /  ) with x - axis    
A and B is C and if the direction of B is

reversed, and the resultant is D , then
c)  
 2  4 m, tan 1 (1/ 2) with x - axis
a) C 2  D 2  A2  B 2
b) A2  C 2  B 2  D 2
d)  
 2  4 m, tan 1 (1/ 2) with x - axis
2 2 2
c) C  D  2 A  B
2
 
PARALLELOGRAM LAW OF VECTORS
 d) C 2  D 2  A2  B 2
13. A vector Q has a magnitude of 8 is added to the 18. Four forces

vector P which lies along the X-axis. The

resultant of these two vectors is a third vector R
 5iˆ  3 ˆj  5kˆ  ,  2iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ  , iˆ  ˆj  3kˆ  and
which lies along the Y-axis and has a magnitude
   4iˆ  2 ˆj  2kˆ  act at a point simultaneously..
twice that of P . The magnitude of P is
Then magnitude of their resultant is
a) 6 / 5 b) 8 / 5 a) 3 b) 14
c) 12 d) 6
c) 12 / 5 d) 16 / 5

TRIANGLE LAW, POLYGON LAW OF VECTORS AND 25. A body of mass m is suspended by a string of
LAMI'S THEOREM length 'l' and pulled to a side through horizontal
19. If ABCD is quadrilateral whose sides represent
 a distance 'r' by means of horizontal force. Then
vectors in cyclic order, AB is equivalent is
   the tension in the string is
a) CA  CB b) CD
     mg l 2 - r 2 mgr
c) AD  DC  CB d) AD  BD a) b)
l l
20. An iron sphere of mass 100 kg is suspended
freely from a rigid support by means of a rope mgl mgl
of length 2m. The horizontal force required to c) d)
r l2  r2
displace it horizontally through 50cm is nearly
26. ABCDEF is a regular hexogon with point O as
a) 980 N b) 490 N
centre. The value of
c) 245 N d) 11b)5 N     
21. ABCDEF is a regular AB  AC  AD  AE  AF is
hexagon with point  
a) 2AO b) 4AO
O as centre. Find 
the value of c) 6AO d) 0
AB  AC  AD  AE  AF CONCEPT OF RELATIVE VELOCITY
27. A car starting from a point travels towards east
a) 6( AO ) b) 3( AO ) with a velocity of 36 kmph. Another car starting
c) 2( AO ) d) AO from the same point travels towards north with
a velocity of 24 kmph. The relative velocity of
22. Two light strings of length 4 cm and 3cm are one with respect to another is
tied to a bob of weight 500gm. The free ends of a) 12 13 kmph b) 30 kmph
the strings are tied to pegs in the same horizontal
c) 12 kmph d) 20 kmph
line and separated by 5cm. The ratio of tension 28. A ship is moving due east with a velocity of
in the longer string to that in the shorter string 12 m/sec, a truck is moving across on the ship
is with velocity 4m/sec. A monkey is climbing the
a) 4 : 3 b) 3 : 4 c) 4 : 5 d) 5 : 4 vertical pole mounted on the truck with a
23. ABCD is a velocity of 3m/sec. Find the velocity of the
monkey as observed by the man on the shore
parallelogram.
a) 10 m/sec b) 15 m/sec
The resultant
c) 13 m/sec d) 20 m/sec
of forces
29. A man is walking due east at the rate of 2Kmph.
represented by The rain appears to him to come down vertically
   
AB, BC , BD and CA is at the rate of 2kmph. The actual velocity and
    direction of rainfall with the vertical
a) 2DA b) DC c) BD d) CD respectively are
24. BC is divided into four equal parts by P, Q and
  1
R. The resultant of AB and 3AC is a) 2 2 kmph, 450 b) kmph,300
2
c) 2 kmph, 00 d) 1kmph, 900
30. To a man walking at the rate of 2 kmph the rain
appears to fall vertically, when he doubles his
speed, the rain appears to fall at 300 to the
vertical. The magnitude of actual velocity of
  the rain is
a) AR b) 4AR
a) 2 kmph b) 4 kmph
 
c) 4AP d) PQ c) 6 kmph d) 3 kmph

31. Two ships are 10 km apart on a line from south SCALAR PRODUCT OR DOT PRODUCT
to north. The one farther north is moving
towards west at 40 kmph and the other is 37. A force F  5iˆ  3 ˆj  2kˆ moves a particle from
moving towards north at 40 kmph. Then
distance of their closest approach is r1  2iˆ  7 ˆj  4kˆ to r2  5iˆ  2 ˆj  8kˆ then
workdone is
a) 10 km b) 10 2 km
a) 48 units b) 32 units
10 c) 38 units d) 24 units
c) km d) 20 km
2
38. If a and b are two non collinear unit vectors
32. Rain, pouring down at an angle  with the
vertical has a speed of 10ms 1 . A girl runs against and if | a  b | 3 , then the value of
the rain with a speed of 8ms 1 and sees that the (a  b ).(2a  b ) is
rain makes an angle  with the vertical, then
a) 3 b) 1
relation between  and  is
c) 2 d) 0.5
8  10sin  8  10sin  
a) tan   b) tan   39. A force F   K ( yiˆ  xjˆ ) (where K is a positive
10cos  10cos 
constant) acts on a particle moving in the x-y
c) tan   tan  d) tan   cot 
plane. Starting from the origin, the particle is
33. An aircraft is flying at a uniform speed of taken along the positive x-axis to the point (a,0)
200ms 1 . If the angle subtended at an and then parallel to the y-axis to the point (a,a).
observation point on the ground by two 
positions of the aircraft 10S apart is 300 , the the total work done by the force F on the
height of the aircraft above the ground is particle is
( tan150  0.26795 ) a) 2K a 2 b) 2K a 2
a) 3.73 Km b) 7.73 Km
c) 2.73 Km d) 1.73 Km c)  K a 2 d) K a 2
MOTION OF A BOAT IN A RIVER VECTOR PRODUCT OR CROSS PRODUCT
34. A boat takes 2 hours to travel 8km and back in
still water lake.With water velocity of 4 kmph, 40. The unit vector perpendicular to A  2iˆ  3 ˆj  kˆ
the time taken for going upstream of 8km and
and B  iˆ  ˆj  kˆ is
coming back is
a) 160 minutes b) 80 minutes
c) 320 minutes d) 180 minutes 4iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ 4iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ
35. A motion boat goint down stream comes over a a) b)
42 42
floating body at a point A. 60 minutes later it
turned back and after some time passed the
floating body at a distance of 12 km from the 4iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ 4iˆ  ˆj  5kˆ
c) d)
point A. Find the velocity of the stream 42 42
assuming constant velocity for the motor boat
in still water. 41. An electron is moving with speed 2x105 m / s
a) 2 Km/hr b) 3 Km/hr along the positive x-direction in the presence
c) 4 Km/hr d) 6 Km/hr
__
36. A man can swim directly a stream of width 100 _ _ __

of magnetic induction B   i  4 j  3 k  T . The
m in 4 minutes, when there in no current of  
water and in 5 minutes when there is current of
magnitude of the force experienced by the
water. The velocity of the current of water in
the stream is electron in N (e  1.6 x10 19 C )
a) 15ms 1 b) 5ms 1 a) 18 x 10-13 b) 1.28 x 10-13
c) 2.5ms 1 d) 0.25ms 1 c) 1.6 x 10-13 d) 1.73 x 10-13

42. A particle of mass 80 units is moving with a _
47. If position vector is given by R = (-6,-4,-1b) then
uniform speed V  4 2 units In XY plane,
_
along a line y  x  5 . The magnitude of the the unit vector parallel to R is
angular momentum of the particle about the 1 _
1 _ _
a) + (3i+2 j +6k) b)  [3i  2 j  6 k ]
origin is 7 7
a) 1600 units b) 160 2 units 1 _ _ 14
c)  [3i  2 j  6 k ] d) _ _
7 [6i  4 j  12 k ]
c) 152 2 units d) 16 2 units
  48. At a given instant of time the position vector of
43. Given A  4iˆ  6 ˆj and B  2iˆ  3 ˆj . Which of the
a particle moving in a circle with a velocity
following is correct?
     3iˆ  4 ˆj  5kˆ is iˆ  9 ˆj  8kˆ . Its angular velocity
a) A  B  0 b) A.B  24
at that time is:

A 1
c)   2
 
d) A and B are Parallel a)
13iˆ  29 ˆj  31kˆ 
b)
13iˆ  29 ˆj  31kˆ 
B 146 146
UNIT VECTOR AND POSITION VECTOR
44. A force of magnitude 20 N acts in the direction
c)
13iˆ  29 ˆj  31kˆ  d)
13iˆ  29 ˆj  31kˆ 

4iˆ  3 ˆj . The force F is 146 146
49. Three particles A,B & C start from the origin at
20 ˆ ˆ
a) 8i  10 ˆj b)
5

ij  the same time; A with a velocity ‘a’ along
x - axis, B with a velocity ‘b’ along y-axis and C
20 ˆ ˆ
c)
5
ij  d) 16i  12 ˆj with velocity ‘c’in XY planealong the line x = y.
The magnitude of ‘c’ so that the three always
45. A particle moves in the XY plane under the
 remain collinear is :
action of a force such that the value of its
F
 
a y
linear momentum  P  at any time 't' is a) b) ab
 
2
Px  2 cos t , Py  2 sin t . The angle '  ' ab 2ab
between

and

at a given time 't' will be c) d)
F P a b a b
a)   0 b)   30
c)   90 d)   180 ANSWER KEY
1. b 2. a 3. d 4. d 5. d
46. The resultant of the
6. b 7. d 8. c 9. a 10. d
three displacement 11. a 12. b 13. b 14. c 15. b
vectors OP, PQ and 16. c 17. c 18. d 19. c 20. c
21. a 22. b 23. c 24. b 25. d
 0 4 26. c 27. a 28. c 29. a 30. b
QR is  cos 37  
 5 31. c 32. b 33. a 34. a 35. d
a) 15 cm b) 17 cm 36. d 37. c 38. d 39. c 40. a
41. c 42. a 43. a 44. d 45. c
c) 149 cm d) 107 cm 46. c 47. b 48. b 49. d

Topic : Electrostatics
ELECTRIC CHARGES AND CONSERVATION 8. A charge q is placed at the centre of the line
OF CHARGE joining two equal charges Q. The system of three
1. One million electrons are added to a glass rod. charges will be in equilibrium if q is equal to
The total charge on the rod is Q Q Q Q
a)  b)  c)  d)
a) 1013 C b) 1.6 1013 C 2 4 4 2
9. Two charges of 200  C and 200 C are
c) 1.6 1012 C d) 1012 C placed at the corners B and C of an equilateral
2. A body has a charge of 9.6 1020 coulomb. It is triangle ABC of side 0.1 m. The force on a charge
a) possible of 5 C placed A is
b) not possible a) 1800 N b) 1200 3N
c) may (or) may not possible
d) Data not sufficient c) 600 3N d) 900N
COULOMB'S LAW 10. Three charges -q, +q and -q are placed at the
3. A force of 4N is acting between two charges in corners of an equilateral triangle of side ‘a’. The
air. If the space between them is completely filled resultant electric force on a charge +q placed at
with glass   r  8 , then the new force will be the centroid O of the triangle is
a) 2N b) 5N c) 0.2 N d) 0.5N 3q 2 q2 q2 3q 2
a) b) c) d)
4. There are two charges  1c and  2 c kept 4 0 a 2 4 0 a 2 2 0 a 2 2 0 a 2
at certain seperation . The ratio of electro static 11. A charge of 2C is placed at x=0 and a charge
forces acting on them will be in the ratio of of 32C at x=60 cm. A third charge –Q be placed
a) 1 : 2 b) 2 : 1 on the x-axis such that it experiences no force.
c) 1 : 1 d) 1 : 4
The distance of the point from 2C is(in cm)
5. Two identical metal spheres possess +60C and
a) -20 b) 20 c) 15 d) 10
–20C of charges. They are brought in contact 12. Two equally charged pith balls 3 cm apart repel
and then separated by 10 cm.The force between
each other with a force of 4 105 newton. The
them is
charge on each ball is
a) 36 1013 N b) 36  1014 N a) 2  109 C b) 2 109 C
3) 36 1012 N d) 3.6 1012 N 2 2
c)  109 C d)  10 9 C
6. A charge Q is divided into two parts q1 and q2 3 3
13. Two equally charged identical metal spheres A
such that they experience maximum force of
and B repel each other with a force F. Another
repulsion when separated by certain distance.
identical uncharged sphere C is touched to A
The ratio of Q, q1 and q2 is and then placed midway between A and B. The
a) 1 : 1 : 2 b) 1 : 2 : 2 net force on C is in the direction
c) 2 : 2 : 1 d) 2 : 1 : 1 a) F towards A b) F towards B
   c) 2F towards A d) 2F towards B
7. 
Two charges each 1c are at p 2i  3 j  k m  14. Two charges when kept at a distance of 1m apart
in vacuum has some force of repulsion. If the
  
 
and Q i  j  k m . Then the force between force of repulsion between these two charges
be same, when placed in an oil of dielectric
them is _____ constant 4, the distance of separation is
a) 100N b) 10N a) 0.25m b) 0.4m
c) 10 dyne
4 d) 100 dyne c) 0.5m d) 0.6m
15. The excess (equal in number) number of 21. Two particles each of mass ' m ' and carrying
electrons that must be placed on each of two
small spheres spaced 3 cm apart with force of charge ' Q ' are seperated by some distance.If
repulsion between the spheres to be 1019 N is they are in equilibrium under mutual
a) 25 b) 225 c) 625 d) 1250 gravitational and electro static forces, then Q / m
16. Two charged balls of the same radius and weight (in c/Kg) is of the order of
suspended on threads of equal length are a) 105 b) 10 10
immersed into a liquid having density of d1
c) 10 15 d) 10 20
and a dielectric constant ‘K’. The density ‘d’ of
22. Electrical force between two point charges is
the material of the balls for the angles of
200N. If we increase 10% charge on one of the
divergene of the threads in the air and in the charges and decrease 10% charge on the other,
dielectric to be the same is then electrical force between them for the same
Kd1 K 1 distance becomes
a) b) Kd a) 198 N b) 100 N
K 1 1
c) 200 N d) 99 N
d1 K 1
c) d) 23. There point charges Y
K 1 d1
+ q, – q and + q are
17. Three charges each equal to 10 9 C are placed
placed at the vertices
at the corners of equllateral triangle of side 1m. P
P, Q and R of an X
The force on one of the charges is
equilateral triangle
a) 9  109 N b) 9 3  10 9 N
as shown. If
c) 27 109 N d) 18  109 N
R
18. Two small conducting spheres each of mass 1 q2 Q
F , where 'r' is the side of the
9  10 4 kg are suspended from the same point by 40 r 2
non conducting strings of length 100 cm. They triangle, the force on charge at 'P' due to charges
are given equal and similar charges until the
at Q and R is
strings are equally inclined at 450 each to the
vertical. The charge on each sphere is ..... a) F along positive x–direction
coulomb b) F along negative x–direction
a) 1.4  106 b) 1.6 10
6 c) 2 F along positive x–direction
6 d) 2 F along negative x–direction
c) 2 106 d) 1.96 10
19. Two point charges of magnitude 4  C and -9 24. Three point charges +q, +q and –q are placed at
 C are 0.5m apart. The electric intensity is zero the corners of an equilateral triangle of side 'a'.
Another charge +Q is kept at the centroid. Force
at a distance ‘x’ m from ‘ A’ and ‘y’ m from ‘B’.
exerted on Q is:
‘x’ and ‘y’ are respectively
1 2qQ 1 6qQ
a) b)
4o a 2 4o a 2
1 8qQ 1 14qQ
c) d)
4o a 2 4o a 2
a) 1 m 1.5 m b) 1.0 m, 1.5m
c) 2.0m, 1.5 m d) 1.5 m, 2.0m 25. N fundamental charges each of charge ‘q’ are to
20. A charge +q is fixed to each of three corners of be distributed as two point charges seperated by
a fixed distance, then the maximum to minimum
a square. On the empty corner a charge Q is
force bears a ratio (N is even and greater than b)
placed such that there is no net electrostatic force
acting on the diagonally opposite charge. Then N  12 4N 2
a) b)
4N 2 N  1
a) Q  2q b) Q  2 2q
N2 2N 2
c) d)
c) Q   2q d) Q  4q 4N  1 N  1
26. A particle A having a charge of 2  10  6 c and a 33. A proton of mass ‘m’ charge ‘e’ is released from
mass of 100g is placed at the bottom of a smooth rest in a uniform electric field of strength ‘E’.
inclined plane of inclination 300. The distance The time taken by it to travel a distance ‘d’ in
of another particle of same mass and charge, be the field is
placed on the incline so that it may remain in
equilibrium is 2de 2dm 2dE 2Ee
a) b) c) d)
a) 27 cm b) 16 cm c) 30 cm d) 45 cm mE Ee me dm
ELECTRIC FIELD
34. Two electric charges of 109 C and 109 C are
27. An electron  mass  9.1  10 kg  is sent into an
31
placed at the corners A and B of an equilateral
electric field of intensity 9.1106 newton/ triangle ABC side 5cm.The electric intensity at
coulomb. The acceleration produced is C is
a) 1.6 10 m s 2
18
b) 1.6  10 m s 2
6
a) 1800N/C b) 3600 N/C
c) 900N/C d) 2700 N/C
c) 1.6  10 m s 2 d) 1.6  10 m s 2
18 6
35. An infinite number of charges each of

28. Two charges of 50 C and 100 C are separated
magnitude q are placed on x - axis at distances
by a distance of 0.6 m. The intensity of electric
field at a point midway between them is of 1,2, 4, 8, ... meter from the origin. The
intensity of the electric field at origin is
a) 50 10 V m b) 5 10 V m
6 6
c) 10 10 V m
6
d) 10 10 V m
6 q q q q
a) b) c) d)
29. Two point charges Q and -3Q are placed some 3 0 6 0 2 0 4 0
distnace apart. If the electic field at the location 36. In the figure shown, the electric field intensity

of Q is E , the field at the location of -3Q is at r  1m, r  6m, r  9m in Vm 1 is
 
  E E
a) E b)  E c)  d) 
3 3
30. The electric field at (30, 30) cm due to a charge
of -8 nC at the origin in NC-1 is

a) 400 i  j  
b) 400 i  j  a) -5, -1.67, +5 b) -5, 0, +5
c) 0,1.67,0 d) +5, 1.67, -5
c) 200 2 i  j   d) 200 2 i  j   37. The breakdown electric intensity for air is
3  10 6 V/m. The maximum charge that can be
31. A mass m carrying a charge q is suspended from held by a sphere of radius 1 mm is
a string and placed in a uniform horizontal a) 0.33 C b) 0.33 nC c) 3.3 C d) 3.3 C
electric field of intensity E. The angle made by 38. There is a uniform electric field of strength
the string with the vertical in the equilibrium 103V / m along y-axis. A body of mass 1 g and
position is charge 106 C is projected into the field from
origin along the positive x-axis with a velocity
1 mg 1 m 10 m/s. Its speed in m/s after 10s is (neglect
a)   tan Eq b)   tan Eq gravitation)
a) 10 b) 5 2
Eq 1 Eq c) 10 2 d) 20
d)   tan mg
1
c)   tan
m 39. Point charges of 3 109 C are situated at each
32. Two charges of 10  C and -90  C are separated of three corners of a square whose side is 15
by a distance of 24 cm. Electrostatic field cm. The magnitude and direction of electric field
at the vacant corner of the square is
strength from the smaller charge is zero at a
a) 2296 V/m along the diagonal
distance of b) 9622 V/m along the diagonal
a) 12 cm b) 24 cm c) 22.0 V/m along the diagonal
c) 36 cm d) 48 cm d) zero
40. A large flat metal surface has uniform charge 44. Two point
density  . An electron of mass m and charge charges
e leaves the surface at point A with speed v , q1  2 C and
and return to it at point B. The maximum value
of AB is ____ q2  1 C are
placed at
vm0 v 2 m 0
a) b) distances b=1 cm
e e
and a=2 cm from
v 2e v 2 e the origin on the y and x axes as shown in figure.
c)   m d) The electric field vector at point (a, b) will
0 0 m
subtend an angle  with the x - axis given by
41. The point charges 1C , 1C and 1C are placed a) tan   1 b) tan   2
at the vertices A, B and C of an equilateral
c) tan   3 d) tan   4
triangle of side 1m. Then
(A) The force acting on the charge at A is ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND POTENTIAL
ENERGY
9  109 N
45. The p.d. between two plates separated by a
(B) The electric field strength at A is 9  109 NC 1
distance of 1 mm is 100 V. The force on an
a) A is correct but B is wrong electron placed in between the plates is
b) B is correct but A is wrong a) 105 N b) 1.6 10 24 N
c) Both A and B are wrong
c) 1.6 10 14 N d) 1.6 10 19 N
d) Both A and B are correct
42. A pendulum bob of mass m carrying a charge 46. If 41020 eV is required to move a charge of 0.25
q is at rest in a unifrom horizontal electric field coulomb between two points, the potential
of intensity E. The tension in the thread is difference between these two points is
1
a) T   Eq 2   mg 2 a) 256 volt b)
256
volt
2 c) 256 1019 volt d) 250 volt

E 2
b) T      mg  47. An infinite number of charges each equal to 'q'
q are placed along the X-axis at x = 1,
x = 2, x = 4, x = 8 ..... The potential at the point x
2 2 = 0 due to this set of charges is
E m
c) T      
q g Q 2Q
a) 4  b) 4 
o o
d) T  mg  Eq
43. ‘n’ charges Q, 4Q, 9Q, 16Q ..... are placed at 3Q Q
c) 4  d)  
distances of 1, 2, 3 ..... metre from a point ‘0’ on o o
the same straight line. The electric intensity at

48. Four charges 3C ,  1C ,  5C and 7 C are
‘0’ is
arranged on the circumference of a circle of
Q Q
a) 4  n2 b) 4  n radius 0.5 m. The potential at the centre is
0 0
a) Zero b) 18 104 V
nQ
c) Infinity d) 4 
0 c) 18  104 V 4) 288  103V

49. A, B, C are three points on a circle of radius 1 55. A charge ‘Q’ is placed at each corner of a cube of
cm. These points form the corners of an side ‘a’. The potential at the centre of the cube is
equilateral triangle. A charge 2C is placed at
the centre of the circle. The work done in
8Q 4Q
carrying a charge of 0.1 C from A to B is a) b)
 0 a 4 0 a
a) Zero b) 18  1011 J
4Q 2Q
c) 1.8 1011 J d) 54 1011 J c) d)
3 0 a  0 a
50. A positive point charge ‘q’ is carried from a
point ‘B’ to a point ‘A’ in the electric field of a 56. An insulated charged conducting sphere of
point charge +Q. If the permittivity of free space radius 5 cms has a potential of 10V at the surface.
is 0 , the work done in the process is given by What is the potential at centre?
a) 10V
b) zero
c) same as that at 5 cms from the surface
d) same as that at 25 cms from the surface
qQ  1 1 qQ  1 1 57. A positive charge 'Q' is fixed at a point.A
a) 4   a  b  b) 4   a  b 
0   0   negatively charged particle of mass 'm' and
charge 'q' is revolving in a circular path of radius
qQ  1 1 qQ  1 1
c) 4   a 2  b 2  d) 4   a 2  b 2  'r1' with 'Q' as the centre. The work to be done
0   0   to change the radius of the circular path from r1
51. An electric cell does 5 joules of work in carrying to r2 in Joules is
10 Coulomb’s of charge around a closed circuit.
The emf of the cell is Qq  1 1 
a) 2V b) 0.5V a) 0 b)   
4o  r1 r2 
c) 4V d) 1V
52. Charges +q, -4q and +2q are arranged at the 1 Qq  1 1  Qq  1 1 
corners of an equilateral triangle of side 0.15m. c)    d)   
4o 4o  r1 r2  4o  r2 r1 
If q=1  C, their mutual potential energy is
a) 0.4J b) 0.5J 58. Figure bellow shows a square array of charged
c) 0.6J d) 0. 8J perticles, with distance d between adjacenet
particle. What is the electric potential at point
53. Two positive charges 12 C and 8 µC are P at the centre of the square if the electric
initially separated by 10cm. The work done in potential is zero at infinity ?
bringing the two charges 4cm closer is
a) 7.2J b) 3.6 J
c) 8.4J d) 12.4 J
54. An electron of mass ‘M’ kg and charge ‘e’
coulomb travels from rest through a potential
difference of ‘V’ volt. The final velocity of the
electron is (in m/s)
2eV 2MV - 2q
a) b) a) Zero b)
M e 4 0 d
2eV 2MV - 4q q
c) d) c) d) .
M e 4 0 d 4 0 d

59. A uniform electric field pointing in positive x- 65. An electric charge 103  C is placed at the origin
direction exists in a region let A be the orgin B (0, 0) of X-Y coordinate system. Two points A
be the point on the x-axis at x = +1 cm and C be
the point on the Y axis at y = +1cm. Then the and B are situated at 
2, 2 and (2, 0)
potentials at the points A, B and C satisfy respecitvely. The potential difference between
a) VA < VB b) VA > VB the points A and B will be:
c) VA < VC d) VA > VC. a) 9 V b) zero
60. Three charges +q, -q and -q are kept at the c) 2 V d) 4)5 V
vertices of an equilaterial triangle of 10cm side. 66. A body of mass one gram and carrying a charge
The potential at the mid point in between -q, - 10 8 C passes through two points P and Q. The
q, if q = 5  C is electrostatic potential at Q is OV. The velcoity
a) 6.4  105V b) 12.8  10 4 V of the body at Q is 0.2ms 1 and at P is
c) 6.4  10 4 V d) 12.8  105 V 0.028ms 1 . The potential at P is

a) 150V b) 300V
61. Two metal spheres of radii R1 and R2 are c) 600V d) 900V
charged to the same potential. The ratio of the 67. Three charges each 20 C are placed at the
charge on the two spheres is
corners of equilateral triangle of side of 0.4m .
1
a) 1 b) The potential energy of the system is
2
R1 a) 18  106 J b) 9J
c) R1  R2 d) R
2 c) 9 106 J d) 27J
62. Two charges each ‘Q’ are released when the 68. A charge 2  C at the origin, 1 C at 7cm
distance between is ‘d’. Then the velcoity of each
charge of mass ‘m’ each when the distance and 1 C at 7cm are placed on X  axis. The
between them is ‘2d’ is mutual potential energy of the system is
Q Q a) 0.051J b) 0.045J
a) 8 0 dm b) 4 0dm c) 0.045J d) 0.064J
69. Four equal charges Q are placed at the four
Q Q
c) 4  dm d) 2 0 dm corners of a square of side ' a ' each. Work done
0
63. Two concentric, thin metallic spherical shells of in removing a charge Q from its centre to
radii R1 and R2  R1  R2  bear charges Q1 and Q2 infinity is
respectively. Then the potential at radius ‘r’ 2Q 2
a) zero b) 4 0 a
1
between R1 and R2 will be 4  times
0 2Q 2 Q2
c)  0 a d) 2 0 a
Q Q Q1 Q2
a) 1 2 b) R  r 70. The electrostatic potential V at any point (x,y,z)
r 1
in space is given by V  4 x 2
1Q 2 Q 1Q 2Q a) The y - and z - components of the electrostatic
c) R  R d) R  R
1 2 2 2 field at any point are not zero
64. An oil drop carrying charge ‘Q’ is held in b) The x - component of electric field intensity at
equilibrium by a potential difference of 600V 
between the horizontal plates. In order to hold 
any point is given by  8 xi 
another drop of twice the radius in equilibrium c) The x - component of electric field intensity
a potential drop of 1600V had to be maintained. 
The charge on the second drop is  
at a point (2, 0,b) is  8i
Q 3Q d) The y - and z - components of the field are
a) b) 2Q c) d) 3Q
2 2 constant in magnitude.

DIPOLE 77. An electric dipole is formed two particles fixed
71. An electric dipole is along a uniform electric eld. at the ends of a light rigid rad of length l. The
I f i t i s def l ected by 600, work done by gent is mass of each particle is m and charges are -q
2 1019 J. Then the work done by an agent if it and +q The system is suspended by a torsionless
is deflected by 300 further is thread in an electric filed of intensity E such
a) 2.5  10 19 J b) 2  10 19 J that the dipole axis is parallel to the filed if it is
c) 4 10 19 J d) 2  10 16 J slightly displaced, the period of angular motion
72. The dipolemoment of the given system is is
1 2qE ml
a) b) 2
2 ml qE
a) 3ql along perpendicular bisector of q - q line ml 1 ml

c) 2 d)
b) 2 ql along perpendicular bisector of q - q line 2qE 2 4qE
c) ql 2 along perpendicular bisector of q - q
78. Two equal charges ‘q’ of opposite sign are
line separated by a small distance ‘2a’. The electric
d) 0 intensity ‘E’ at a point on the perpendicular
73. An electric dipole of moment P is placed in the bisector of the line joining the two charges at a
position of stable equilibrium in uniform very large distance ‘r’ from the line is
electric field of intensity E. It is rotated through 1 qa 1 2qa
an angle  from the intial position. The a) 4 r 2 b) 4 r 3
0 0
potential energy of electric dipole in the position
is 1 2qa 1 qa
c) 4 r 2 d) 4 r 3
a) pE cos  b) pE sin  0 0
c) pE 1  cos   d)  pE cos  ANSWER KEY


74. An electric dipole of moment p is placed normal 1. b 2. b 3. d 4. c 5. a
 6. d 7. d 8. b 9. d 10. d
to the lines of force of electric intensity E , then
the work done in deflecting it through an angle 11. b 12. b 13. a 14. c 15. c
of 1800 is 16. a 17. b 18. a 19. a 20. b
a) pE b) 2 pE 3) 2 pE d) zero 21. b 22. a 23. b 24. b 25. c
75. An electric dipole consists of two opposite 26. a 27. a 28. b 29. b 30. d
charges of magnitude 1 C separated by a
31. d 32. a 33. b 34. b 35. a
distance of 2cm. The dipole is placed in an
36. b 37. b 38. c 39. a 40. b
electric filed 105 Vm 1 . The maximum torque
does the field exert on the dipole is 41. d 42. a 43. d 44. b 45. c
a) 10 3 Nm b) 2  1013 Nm 46. a 47. b 48. a 49. a 50. a
c) 3  10 Nm
3 d) 4  10 Nm3
51. b 52. c 53. b 54. c 55. c
76. The self potential energy of hydrogen chloride 56. a 57. b 58. c 59. b 60. d
whose dipole moment is 3.44  10 30 C - m and
separation between hydrogen and chlorine 61. d 62. a 63. b 64. d 65. b
atoms is 1.01 10 10 m is 66. c 67. d 68. d 69. c 70. b
a) 1.036  10 19 J b) 3.2  105 J 71. b 72. a 73. d 74. d 75. b
c) 4.5  107 J d) 1.65  10 6 J 76. a 77. c 78. b

Topic : Motion In A Straight Line
DISPLACEMENT AND DISTANCE 6. A particle is moving in a circle of radius 'r' with

a consatnt speed ' v ' . Then change in velocity
1. A body is moving along the circumference of a
after the particle has travelled a distance equal
circle of radius ‘R’ and completes half of the
revolution. Then, the ratio of its displacement 1
to   of the circumference of the circle is:
to distance is 8
a) b) 2 : 1 a) Zero b) 0.500 v
:2
c) 0.785 v d) 0.125 v
c) 2: d) 1 : 2 7. The displacement of a particle, starting from rest
2. A body moves from one corner of an equilateral (at t=0) is given by s  6t 2  t 3 . The time in
triangle of side 10 cm to the same corner along second at which the particle will obtain zero
the sides. Then the distance and displacement velocity again is
are respectively a) 2 b) 4
a) 30 cm & 10 cm b) 30 cm & 0 cm c) 6 d) 8
8. A car is moving along a straight line, say OP in
c) 0 cm & 30 cm d) 30 cm & 30 cm. figure. It moves from O ot P in 18 s and return
3. A body completes one round of a circle of radius from P to Q in 6 s. What are the average velocity
‘R’ in 20 second. The displacement of the body and average speed of the car in going from O to
after 45 second is P and back to Q?
R
a) b) 2R
2
a) 10 ms -1 , 20 ms -1 b) 20 ms -1 ,10 ms -1
c) 2 R d) 2R c) 10 ms -1 ,10 ms -1 d) 20 ms -1 , 20 ms -1
SPEED OF VELOCITY MOTION IN 1 D - ACCELERATION
4. If the distance between the sun and the earth is 9. A body moves with a velocity of 3m/s due east
1)5x1011 m and velocity of light is 3x108 m/s, then and then turns due north to travel with the same
the time taken by a light ray to reach the earth velocity. If the total time of travel is 6s, the
from the sun is acceleration of the body is
a) 500 s b) 500 minute a) 3 m/s2 towards north west
c) 50 s d) 5  103s 1
b) m/s2 towards north west
5. If a body covers first half of its journey with
2
uniform speed v1 and the second half of the c) 2 m/s2 towards north east
journey with uniform speed v2, then the average d) all the above
speed is 10. Two cars are travelling towards each other on a
straight road at velocities 15 m/s and 16 m/s
2 v1v 2 respectively. When they are 150m apart, both the
a) v1  v2 b)
v1  v 2 drivers apply the brakes and the cars decelerate
at 3 m/s2 and 4 m/s2 until they stop. Separation
v1v 2 between the cars when they come to rest is
c) d) v1v2 a) 86.5 m b) 89.5 m
v1  v 2 c) 85.5 m d) 80.5 m

11. If a body travels 30m in an interval of 2s and 18. A body starting from rest moving with uniform
50m in the next interval of 2s, then the acceleration has a displacement of 16 m in first
acceleration of the body is 4 s and 9 m in first 3 s. The acceleration of the
a) 10 m/s2 b) 5 m/s2 body is
2
c) 20 m/s d) 25 m/s2 a) 1 ms–2 b) 2 ms–2
12. A bullet travelling horizontally looses 1/20th of c) 3 ms–2 d) 4 ms–2
its velocity while piercing a wooden plank. 19. A body starts from rest and moves with an
Number of such planks required to stop the uniform acceleration. The ratio of distance
bullet is covered in the nth second to the distance covered
a) 6 b) 9 in ‘n’ second is
c) 11 d) 13
2 1   1 1
13. A body is moving with velocity 30ms 1 a)   2 b)  2
 
towards east. After 10s its velocity becomes n n  n n
40ms1 towards north. The average  2 1

 
2 1
acceleration of the body is c)  2 d) 
n n n n2
a) 7 ms 2 b) 7 ms 2 20. Velocity of a particle moving in a straight line
varies with its displacement as
c) 5 ms 2 d) 1ms 2
14. A body starting with a velocity ‘v’ returns to its
initial position after ‘t’ second with the same
v  
4  4s m / s. Displacement of particle
at time t = 0 is s = 0. The displacement of particle
speed, along the same line. Acceleration of the
at time t  2s.
particle is
 2v a) 2 m b) 4 m
a) b) zero c) 6 m d) 8 m
t 21. A particle starts moving from rest under
v t
c) d) uniform acceleration. It travels a distance ‘x’ in
2t 2v the first two seconds and a distance ‘y’ in the
15. A point moves in a straight line so that its
next two seconds. If y = nx, then n=
displacement ‘x’ metre at a time ‘t’ second is such
a) 1 b) 2
that t = (x2-1)1/b) Its acceleration in m/s2 at time
c) 3 d) 4
‘t’ second is
22. A bus accelerates uniformly from rest and
1 1 acquires a speed of 36kmph in 10s. The
a) b) 3
x x acceleration is
t t a) 1 m/s2 b) 2 m/s2
2
c) 2 d) 2 c) 1/2 m/s d) 3 m/s2
x x 23. Speeds of two identical cars are U and 4U at a
16 The distances travelled by a body starting from specific instant. The ratio of the respective
rest and travelling with uniform acceleration, distances in which the two cars are stopped from
in successive intervals of time of equal duration that instant is
will be in the ratio a) 1 : 1 b) 1 : 4
a) 1 : 2 : 3 b) 1 : 2 : 4 c) 1 : 8 d) 1 : 16
c) 1 : 3 : 5 d) 1 : 5 : 9 24. A particle moves along the X-axis as
17. The position x of a particle varies with time t as 2
x  u  t  2  a  t  2 
x  at 2  bt 3 . The acceleration of the particle will
a) the initial velocity of the particle is u
be zero at time t equal to
b) the acceleration of the particle is a
2a 1 a
a) b)
3b b c) the acceleration of the particle is
2
a d) at t=2 particle is at the origin.
c) d) c
3b
25. Which one of the following represents 31. Two bodies are projected simultaneously with
uniformly accelerating motion? the same velocity of 19.6 m/s from the top of a
tower, one vertically upwards and the other
ta ta vertically downwards. As they reach the
a) x  b) x 
b b ground, the time gap is
a) 0 s b) 2 s
xa c) 4 s d) 6 s
b) t  d) x  ta
b 32. The time taken by a vertically projected body
26. A car moving along a straight highway with before reaching the ground is
a) directly proportional to initial velocity.
speed of 126Kmh1 is brought to a stop with b) directly proportional to square of initial
in a distance of 200m. what is the retardation of velocity.
the car c) inversely proportional to square of initial
a) 3.06ms 2 b) 4ms 2 velocity.
d) inversely proportional to initial velocity.
c) 5.06ms 2 d) 6ms 2
33. Two bodies begin to fall freely from the same
27. For the one-dimensional motion, described height. The second one begins to fall  s after
by x  t  sin t the first. The time after which the 1st body
a) x(t )  0 for all t>0 begins to fall, the distance between the bodies
equals to l is
b) u  t   0 for all t>0
l  g
a)  b) 
c) a  t   0 for all t>0 g 2 l
d) u  t  lies between 0 and 2  2 g 

c)  d) 
28. Give example of a motion where x>0, u<0, a>0 lg  l 2
at a particular instant. 34. A balloon starts from rest, moves vertically
 t  t upwards with an acceleration g/8 ms-b) A stone
a) x  t   A  Be b) x  t   A  Be
falls from the balloon after 8 s from the start.
c) x  t   A  Bt
3
d) x  t   A  Bt
3 The time taken by the stone to reach the ground
(g = 9.8 ms-b) is
29. A particle, moving with uniform speed v,
a) 4 s b) 8 s
changes direction by an angle  in time t.
Magnitude of its average acceleration during c) 2 s d) 12 s
this time is 35. A balloon is going upwards with velocity
12 m/sec. It releases a packet when it is at a
2v 
a) zero b) sin height of 65 m from the ground. How much time
t 2 the packet will take to reach the ground
v 2
c)
t
4) V/2  g  10m / sec 
2
a) 5 sec b) 6 sec
MOTION UNDER GRAVITY c) 7 sec d) 8 sec
30. Two balls are projected simultaneously with the 36. A body thrown up with some initial velocity
same velocity ‘u’ from the top of a tower, one
reaches a maximum height of 50m. Another
vertically upwards and the other vertically
body with double the mass thrown up with
downwards. Their respective times of the
journeys are t1 and tb) At the time of reaching double the initial velocity will reach a maximum
the ground, the ratio of their final velocities is height of
a) 1 : 1 b) 1 : 2 a) 100m b) 200m
c) 2 : 3 d) 2 : 1 c) 400m d) 50m

37. The distance moved by a freely falling body 43. A parachutist after bailing out falls 50m without
(starting from rest) during the 1st, 2nd and 3rd friction. When parachute opens, it decelerates
... nth second of its motion, are proportional to at 2m / s 2 . He reaches the ground with a speed
a) (n-1) b) (2n-1) of 3m / s . At what height, did he bail out ?

c) (n2-1) d) (2n-1)/n2 a) 91 m b) 182m
38. A ball released from a height ‘h’ touches the c) 293 m d) 111m
ground in ‘t’s. After t/2s since dropping, the 44. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a speed
height of the body from the ground of 10 m/s from the top of a tower 200m height
h h and another is thrown vertically downwards
a) b) with the same speed simultaneously. The time
2 4
difference between them on reaching the
3h 3h ground is (g=10m/s2)
c) d)
4 2 a) 12 s b) 6 s
39. A boy standing at the top of a tower of 20 m c) 2 s d) 1 s
2 45. A stone is dropped from a height h.
height drops a stone Assuming g  10 ms , the
velocity with which it hits the ground is Simultaneously another stone is thrown up
from the ground which reaches the height 4h.
a) 20 ms 1 b) 40 ms 1 The two stones cross each other after a time.
c) 5 ms 1 d) 10 ms 1 h h
40. A ball thrown vertically upwards with an initial a) b)
2g 8g
velocity of 1)4 m/s returns in 2 s. The total
displacement of the ball is c) 8hg d) 2hg
a) 22.4 cm b) zero
46. A body is thrown vertically upwards with an
c) 44.8 m d) 33.6m
initial velocity ‘u’ reaches a maximum height
41. A stone projected vertically up from the ground in 6s. The ratio of the distance travelled by the
reaches a height y in its path at t1 seconds and body in the first second to the seventh second
after further t 2 seconds reaches the ground. The is
height y is equal to a) 1 : 1 b) 11 : 1
1 1 c) 1 : 2 d) 1 : 11
a) gt1  t 2  b) gt1  t 2 2
2 2 47. A loose nut from a bolt on the bottom of an
elevator which is moving up the shaft at 3m/s
1 falls freely. The nut strikes the bottom of the
c) g t1 t 2 d) g t1t 2
2 shaft in 2s. Distance of the elevator from the
bottom of the shaft when the nut fell off is
42. A person standing on the edge of a well throws
a stone vertically upwards with an initial a) 19.6 m d) 13.6 m
velocity 5 ms-1) The stone gone up, comes down c) 9.8 m d) 3.8m
and falls in the well making a sound. If the 48. A body falls freely from the top of a tower. It
person hears the sound 3 second after throwing, covers 36% of the total height in the last second
then the depth of water (neglect time travel for before striking the ground level. The height of
the sound and take g = 10ms-2) the tower is
a) 1.25 m b) 21.25 m a) 50 m b) 75 m
c) 30 m d) 32.5 m c) 100 m d) 125 m

49. A body is thrown vertically up to reach its 54. A particle falls from a height h and rebounds
maximum height in t seconds. The total time
from the time of projection to reach a point at toa height h1  h1  h  , then which of the graph
half of its maximum height while returning( in
represents the motion correct?
seconds ) is
 1 
a) 2t b)  1  t
 2
3t t a) b)
c) d)
2 2
50. A body is projected vertically upwards with a
velocity ' u ' . It crosses a point in its journey at
a height ' h ' twice , just after 1 and 7 seconds
1

.The value of u in ms is g  10 ms
2
 c) d)
a) 50 b) 40 c) 30 d) 20
51. Water drops fall from a tap on to the floor 5.0m
below at regular intervals of time. The first drop 55. The displacement time graph of a moving
strikes the floor when the fifth drop beings to particle is shown in the figure. The
instantaneous velocity of the particle is zero at
fall. The height at which the third drop will be
the point
from ground, at the instant when the first drop
strikes the ground is (Take g = 10ms-2)
a) 1.25m b) 2.15m
c) 2.75m d) 3.75m
52. A stone thrown vertically up from the ground
reaches a maximum height of 50m in 10s. Time
taken by the stone to reach the ground from
maximum height is a) D b) F
a) 5 s b) 10 s c) 20s d) 25 s c) C d) E
56. Figure shows the
GRAPHS
velocity-time graph
53. Which of the following velocity time graphs is
NOT possible of a car moving on
a straight road.
Which one of the
diagrams shown
in figure will be the corresponding acceleration
time graph.
a) b)
a) b)
c) d) c) d)

57. The velocity-time plot for a particle moving on 60. A bicycle moves
a straight line is shown in the figure along a straight
road such that
its position is
described by
V m/s
10 the graph
shown. The v-t graph for 0  t  30s
10 20 30 t s
-10
-20 a) b)
a) the particle has a non uniform acceleration

b) the particle has never turned around
c) the particle has zero displacement c) d)
d) the average speed in the interval 0 to 10s is
the same as the average speed in the interval
61. The acceleration of a cart started at t = 0 varies
10s to 20s.
with time as shown in figure. Find the distance
58. Figure shows the position of a particle moving travelled in 30 seconds.
on tha x-axis as a function of time.
a) the particle has come to rest 6 times.

a) 1000ft b) 1500ft
b) the maximum speed is at t=6s
c) 900 ft d) 800ft
c) the velocity remains positive for t=0 to t=6s
62. A uniformly moving cricket ball is turned back
d) the average velocity for the total period shown by hitting it with a bat for a very short time
is negative. interval. Show the variation of its acceleration
59. A particle moves in a straight line with constant with time. (Take acceleration in the backward
velocity of 5ms 1 for 2 seconds. It then moves direction as positive).
with a constant acceleration of 2.5ms2 for 8
seconds. The velocity time graph for 10 seconds
of motion
a) b)
a) b)
c) d) c) d)

63. The velocity time graph of a body is as follows. 66. Figure shows the
What is the displacement in 5 sec? displacement-time
( x  t ) graph of a
body moving in a
straight line. Which
one of the graphs shown in figure represents
the velocity-time (v  t ) graph of the motion of
the body.
a) 2 m b) 3 m
c) 4 m d) 5 m
64. The velocity-time graph of a stone thrown
vertically upward with an initial velocity of
a) b)
30ms 1 is shown in the figure. The velocity in
the upward direction is taken as positive and
that in the downward direction as negative.
What is the maximum height to which the stone
rises ?
c) d)
67. The displacement-time graph of a motion is

shown in Fig. The ratio of the magnitudes of
the speeds during the first two seconds and the
next four seconds is
a) 30 m b) 45 m
c) 60 m d) 90 m
65. For the velocity-time graphs shown in figure,
the total distance covered by the particle in the
last two seconds of its motion is what fraction
of the total distance convered by it in all the
seven seconds ? a) 1 : 1 b) 1 : 2
c) 2 : 1 d) 1: 2
RELATIVE VELOCITY
68. At a metro station, a girl walks up a stationary
escalator in time t1. If she remains stationary
on the escalator then the escalator take her up
in time t2 . The time taken by her to walk up on
the moving escalator will be
a)  t1  t2  / 2 b) t1t2 /  t2  t1 
a) 1/8 b) 1/6
c) 1/4 d) 1/2 c) t1t2 /  t2  t1  d) t1  t2

69. A ball is dropped from a building of height 45m. 75. Two particles P and Q simultaneously start
Simultaneously another ball is thrown up with moving from point A with velocities 15m/s and
a speed 40m/s. The relative speed of the balls as 20 m/s respectively. The two particles move with
a function of time is accelerations equal in magnitude but opposite
a) 20 ms 1 b) 40 ms 1 in direction. When P overtakes Q at B then its
velocity is 30m/s. The velocity of Q at point B
c) 30 ms 1 d) 0 ms 1 will be
70. What are the speeds of two objects if, when they
a) 30 m / s b) 5 m / s
move uniformly towards each other, they get 4
m closer in each second and when they move c) 10 m / s d) 15 m / s
uniformly in the same direction with the
original speeds, they get 4 m closer each 10s? ANSWER KEY
a) 2.8 m/s and 12 m/s 1. c 2. b 3. b 4. d 5. b
b) 5.2 m/s and 4.6 m/s 6. c 7. b 8. a 9. b 10. d
c) 3.2 m/s and 2.1 m/s
11. b 12. c 13. c 14. a 15. b
d) 2.2 m/s and 1.8 m/s
71. Two trains are each 50m long moving parallel 16. c 17. c 18. b 19. a 20. d
towards each other at speeds 10 m/s and 15 m/s 21. c 22. a 23. d 24. d 25. c
respectively, at what time will they pass each other? 26. a 27. d 28. a 29. b 30. a
a) 8 s b) 4 s
31. c 32. a 33. a 34. c 35. a
c) 2 s d) 6 s
72. A ball is dropped from the top of a building 36. b 37. b 38. c 39. a 40. b
100 m high. At the same instant another ball is 41. c 42. c 43. c 44. c 45. b
1
thrown upwards with a velocity of 40 ms form 46. b 47. b 48. d 49. b 50. c
the bottom of the building. The two balls will
meet after. 51. d 52. b 53. a 54. d 55. a
a) 5 s b) 2.5 s 56. d 57. d 58. a 59. a 60. b
c) 2 s d) 3 s
61. a 62. a 63. b 64. c 65. c
73. Two cars 1 & 2 starting from rest are moving
with speeds V1 and V2 m/s (V1  V2 ) . Car 2 is 66. d 67. c 68. c 69. b 70. d
ahead of car ‘1’ by s meter when the driver of 71. c 72. b 73. d 74. c 75. b
the car ‘1’ sees car ‘2’. What minimum
retardation should be given to car ‘1’ to avoid
collision.
V1  V2 V1  V2
a) b)
S S
2 2
c)
V1  V2  d)
V1  V2 
2S 2S
74. Two cars are travelling in the same direction
with a velocity of 60 kmph. They are separated
by a distance of 5 km. A truck moving in
opposite direction meets the two cars in a time
interval of 3 minute. The velocity of the truck
is (in kmph)
a) 20 b) 30
c) 40 d) 60

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