SESSION 2019-20

PRE-NURTURE COURSE
TARGET : IJSO
RACE #3-A TOPIC 3 : MOTION PHYSICS
SECTION - I 7. A particle moving in a straight line covers half of the
distance with a speed of 3 ms–1. The other half is
1. Statement (A) : A person appears to be at rest with covered in two equal time intervals with a speed of
respect to the co-passenger who is sitting beside him 4.5 ms–1 and 7.5 ms–1 respectively. The average speed
in a moving train. of the particle during its motion is
Statement (B) : The same person is in the motion (1) 4 ms–1 (2) 5 ms–1
with respect to the person who is standing on a (3) 5.5 ms –1
(4) 4.7 ms–1
platform.
8. A leap of 1m can be taken in 1s. After every 5 leaps
(1) A is correct, B is wrong
taken in the forward direction, 3 leaps in the
(2) A is wrong, B is correct
backward direction will be taken. In a journey of
(3) Both A and B are correct
13 m of displacement.
(4) Both A and B are wrong
(1) Average velocity is 2.5 ms –1
2. A particle starts from the origin, goes along the (2) Total time taken is 23 s
X-axis to the point (20 m, 0) and then returns the
(3) Total displacement required is 6 m
point (–20 m, 0) along the axis. The distance and
(4) total time taken is 37s
displacement of the particle during the trip are
9. A car travelling on a straight track moves with a
(1) 60 m, 20 m (2) 60 m, –20 m
uniform velocity V1 for half of the time and with a
(3) 20 m, 20 m (4) 0 m, 20 m
uniform velocity V2 for rest of the time. The average
3. A carrom board (40 cm × 40 cm) has the queen at velocity is
the centre. When the queen is hit by the striker, it
moves to the front edge, rebounds and goes into the V1 + V2
(1) V1 V2 (2)
hole behind the striking line. The displacement of 2
the queen is -1
æ 1 1 ö
-1
æ 1 1 ö
(1) 40 cm (2) 20 2 cm 2 +
(3) ç + ÷ (4) çè V1 V2 ÷ø
(3) 20 cm (4) 40 2 cm V
è 1 V2 ø

2 10. The seconds hand of a clock is 2.0 cm long. The

4. If a car covers first th of the total distance with
5 average speed and magnitude of average velocity of
3 the tip of the seconds hand in 15 s are
speed V1 and the remaining th of the total distance
5
with a speed V2, then its average speed is p -1
æ2 2 ö –1 p -1
æ 2ö –1
(1) 15 cms , çç 15 ÷÷ cms (2) 2 cms , çç 15 ÷÷ cms
1 5V1 V2 è ø è ø
(1) V1 V2 (2) 2V + 3V
2 1 2
2p -1
æ 2ö –1 p -1
æ 2ö –1
2V1 V2 5V1 V2 (3) 15 cms , çç 15 ÷÷ cms (4) 15 cms , çç 15 ÷÷ cms
(3) (4) 3V + 2V è ø è ø
V1 + V2 1 2
11. Figure shows a particle moving with a uniform speed
1 of 5ms–1 along a circular path. In its journey from A to B
5. A body has a speed V, 2V and 3V in the first ,
3 Statement (A): Change in speed is zero.
1 1 statement(B): Change in velocity is zero.
second and the remaining of the total distance
3 3 5 ms –1
respectively. Its average speed is
18 11
(1) V (2) 2V (3) V (4) V 5 ms –1 B
11 18 O
6. A train runs past a telegraph pole in 15 s and
through a tunnel of length 450 m in 45 s. The length
of the train is (1) A is true and B is false
(1) 225 m (2) 325 m (2) A sis false and B is true
(3) 425 m (4) 450 m (3) Both A and B are true
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12. Let vr and ar denote the velocity and accleration of 18. A car travels along the line OX with a uniform
acceleration. At times t1 and t2, its positions are x1
a body respectively. Then
r and x2 respectively. Then its acceleration is (assume
(1) ar can be non zero when v = 0
r r that at t = 0 the car is at O)
(2) a must be zero when v = 0
2(x1 t 2 - x2 t1 ) 2(x2 t1 - x1 t2 )
r r (1) (2)
(3) a may be zero when v ¹ 0 t1 t2 (t 2 - t1 ) t1 t2 (t 2 - t1 )
(4) ar must be zero when vr is constant
2(x1 t 2 - x2 t1 ) 2(x2 t1 - x1 t2 )
13. If a bus accelerates from rest for time t1, at a constant (3) (4) t t (t + t )
t1 t2 (t2 + t1 ) 1 2 2 1
rate 'a' and then retards at constant rate 'b' for time
19. A particle travels 10 m in the first 5s and 10m in the
t2 and comes to rest, then t1/t2 =
next 3s. Assuming constant acceleration, the distance
a b+a b+a b
(1) (2) (3) (4) a travelled in the next 2s is
b+a 2 a (1) 5.3 m (2) 8.3 m (3) 9.3 m (4) 10.3 m
14. The velocities of a body moving along a straight line 20. A train is travelling with a speed of 72 kmph. The
with a constant acceleration are 10 ms–1 at t = 4 s driver applies brakes so that a uniform retardation
and 20 ms–1 at t = 9s. The velocity of the body at of 0.2 ms–2 is produced. The distance travelled by
t = 1 s is the train before it comes to rest is
(1) 4 ms–1 (2) 6 ms–1 (3) 7 ms–1 (4) 8 ms–1 (1) 1 km (2) 10 km (3) 0.1 km (4) 0.01 km
15. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate a for 21. If the velocity of a car is increased by 20%, then the
sometime and reaches a maximum velocity. Then it minimum distance in which it can be stopped
increases by
decelerates at a constant rate b to come to rest. If
(1) 44% (2) 55% (3) 66% (4) 88%
the total time lapsed is 't', then the maximum velocity
22. A train stops at two stations which are at a distance
acquired by the car will be
'd' apart and takes time 't' to travel from one station
a +b ab ab a 2 + b2 to the other. Assume that it travels with a uniform
t t t t
(1) (2) (3) 2 (4) ab acceleration 'a' for a certain distance and then travels
ab a +b a + b2
with a uniform retardation 'b' to reach the next station.
16. Two cars leave the same point with 1 minute gap 1 1
and move with an acceleration of 0.2 ms–2. The time Then + is equal to
a b
after the departure of the second car at which the
t2 t2 t2 t2
distance between them becomes three times of its (1) (2) (3) (4)
2d 3d 4d d
initial value is
3 23. A particle is starting from rest and moves with a
(1) 2 minute (2) minute constant acceleration 'a'. The ratio of the distances
2
travelled in the first, second, third and fourth seconds
1
(3) 1 minute (4) 2 minute is
(1) 1 : 4 : 9 : 16 (2) 1 : 1 : 1 : 3
17. A bus starts from rest, moves with a uniform (3) 1 : 2 : 3 : 4 (4) 1 : 3 : 5 : 7
acceleration 'a'. Simultaneously a passenger at a 24. The distance travelled by a body in the 4th second is
distance X from the bus starts running to catch the twice the distance travelled in the 2nd second. If the
bus. The minimum velocity of the passenger to catch acceleration of the body is 3 ms–2, then its initial
the bus is velocity is
(1) 3/2 ms–1 (2) 5/2 ms–1
(1) 2aX (2) 2 aX (3) aX (4) aX (3) 7/2 ms –1
(4) 9/2 ms–1

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Ans. 3 2 2 4 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 1
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RACE #3-B TOPIC 3 : MOTION PHYSICS
SECTION - I 9. An elevator is moving upward with constant
1. When the speed of a car is u, the minimum distance acceleration. The dashed curve shows the position y
over which it can be stopped is s. If the speed of the ceiling of the elevator as a function of the time
becomes nu, what will be the minimum distance over t. At the instant indicated by the dot, a bolt breaks
which it can be stopped during the same time? loose and drops from the ceiling. Which curve best
(1) s/n (2) ns (3) s/n2 (4) n2s represents the position of the bolt as a function of
2. A body is released from the top of a tower of height time?
H m. After 2 s it is stopped and then instantaneously
released. What will be its height after next 2 s ? y
A
(1) (H – 5) m (2) (H – 10) m
(3) (H – 20) m (4) (H – 40) m
B
3. A train 100 m long travelling at 40 ms–1 starts C
overtaking another train 200 m long travelling at D
t
30 ms–1. The time taken by the first train to pass the
second trains completely is (1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D
(1) 30s (2) 40s (3) 50s (4) 60s
10. The diagram shows a velocity-time graph for a car
4. A person is throwing two balls in the air one after the
moving in a straight line. At point Q the car must be:
other. He throws the second ball when the first ball is
at the highest point. If he is throwing the balls every
second, how high do they rise ? v
(1) 5 m (2) 3.75 m (3) 2.50 m (4) 1.25 m P
5. A stone thrown upwards with speed u attains
maximum height h. Another stone thrown upwards
from the same point with speed 2u attains maximum t
Q
height H. What is the relation between h and H?
(1) 2h = H (2) 3h = H (3) 4h = H (4) 5h = H
6. A stone falls from a balloon that is descending at a (1) moving with zero acceleration
uniform rate of 12 ms–1. The displacement of the (2) traveling downhill
stone from the point of release after 10 sec is (3) traveling below ground-level
(1) 490 m (2) 510 m (3) 610 m (4) 725 m
(4) traveling in the reverse direction to that at point P
7. The relation between time t and distance x is
11. The diagram shows a velocity-time graph for a car
t = ax2 + bx where a and b are constants. The
moving in a straight line. At point P the car must be:
retardation is
v
(1) 2av3 (2) 2bv3 (3) 2abv3 (4) 2b2v3
P
8. The distances moved by a freely falling body (starting
from rest) during 1st, 2nd, 3rd,...., nth second of its
motion are proportional to t
(1) Even numbers (1) moving with zero acceleration
(2) Odd numbers (2) climbing the hill
(3) All integral numbers (3) accelerating
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12. A jet plane in straight horizontal flight passes over 16. A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a 20-m
your head. When it is directly above you, the sound high hill. It strikes the ground at an angle of 45°. With
seems to come from a point behind the plane in a what speed was it thrown?
direction 30° from the vertical. The speed of the
plane is:
(1) the same as the speed of sound
(2) half the speed of sound 20 m
(3) three-fifths the speed of sound 0.866 times the
speed of sound 45°
(4) 0.866 times the speed of sound
(1) 14 m/s (2) 20 m/s
13. Identical guns fire identical bullets horizontally at the
same speed from the same height above level planes, (3) 28 m/s (4) 32 m/s
one on the Earth and one on the Moon. Which of the 17. Which of the curves on the graph below best
following three statements is/are true? represents the vertical component vy of the velocity
versus the time t for a projectile fired at an angle of
I. The horizontal distance traveled by the bullet is
45° above the horizontal?
greater for the Moon.
vy F
II. The flight time is less for the bullet on the Earth.
A B
III. The velocity of the bullets at impact are the same.
(1) III only (2) I and II only C
O t
(3) I and III only (4) II and III only
14. A stone is thrown horizontally and follows the path D E
XYZ shown. The direction of the acceleration of the
stone at point Y is: (1) OC (2) DE (3) AB (4) AE
SECTION - II
X
18. A particle moving with uniform acceleration along a
Y straight line ABC crosses point A at t = 0 with a
velocity 12 ms–1. B is 40 m away from A and C is
64 m away from A. The particle passes B at t = 4 s.
(a) After what time will the particle be at C ?
Z
horizontal (b) What is its velocity at C ?
(1) ¯ (2) ® (3) ] (4) [ (c) When does the particle reach A again ?
15. A bomber flying in level flight with constant velocity (d) Locate the point where the particle reverses its
releases a bomb before it is over the target. direction of motion.
Neglecting air resistance, which one of the following (e) Find the distance covered by the particle in the
is NOT true? first 15 s.
(1) The bomber is over the target when the bomb 19. A balloon is ascending vertically with an acceleration
strikes of 1 ms–2. Two stones are dropped from it at an
(2) The acceleration of the bomb is constant interval of 2s. Find the distance between them 1.5 s
after the second stone is released.
(3) The horizontal velocity of the plane equals the
20. A rubber ball is released from a height about 1.5 m.
vertical velocity of the bomb when it hits the
It is caught after three bounces. Sketch graphs of its
target
position, velocity, and acceleration as functions of
(4) The bomb travels in a curved path time. Take positive y-direction as upward direction.

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RACE #3-C TOPIC 3 : MOTION PHYSICS
1. A ball whose kinetic energy is E, is thrown at an 7. The diagram below shows the height versus time of
angle of 45° with the horizontal, its kinetic energy at tides in Sydney.
the highest point of its flight will be :–

E E
(1) E (2) (3) (4) zero
2 2

2. A body is projected at such an angle that the

horizontal range is three times the greatest height.
The angle of projection is :– The type of motion that this graph best represents is

(1) 25° (2) 33° (3) 42° (4) 53° (1) projectile motion.

3. A body is thrown with some velocity from the ground. (2) a bouncing ball.
Maximum height when it is thrown at 60° to
horizontal is 90 m. What is the height reached when (3) simple harmonic motion.
it is thrown at 30° to the horizontal :– (4) uniformly accelerated motion
(1) 90 m (2) 45 m (3) 30 m (4) 15 m
8. A car moves round a horizontal circular track with a
4. A body is thrown with a velocity of 9.8 ms – 1 making
constant speed. Points X and Y are on opposite sides
an angle of 300 with the horizontal. It will hit the
of the track.
ground after a time :–
(1) 3 s (2) 2 s (3) 1.5 s (4) 1 s
5. A dart is thrown horizontally toward X at 20m/s as
shown. It hits Y 0.1 s later. The distance XY is: X Y

One of the statements below is incorrect.

X
Choose the statement that is NOT correct.
Y
(1) 2m (2) 1m (3) 0.5 m (4) 0.05 m (1) At point X on the track, the acceleration of the
car is zero.
6. An object, tied to a string, moves in a circle at constant
speed on a horizontal surface as shown. The direction of (2) Over one complete revolution of the circuit (from
the displacement of this object, as it travels from W to X is: X to Y and back again to X ) the average velocity
W of the car is zero.

(3) Over one complete revolution of the circuit (from

X to Y and back again to X ) the displacement of
X Z
the car is zero.

(4) In moving from point X to point Y, the change of

speed of the car is zero.
Y
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9. At midday the Sun shines directly down onto a Ferris- 11. An air traffic controller observes two aeroplanes
wheel ride as shown below. The children on the ride travelling horizontally. She measures the velocity of the
are undergoing uniform circular motion. Their first plane as 200 m s–1 north and the velocity of the
shadows appear on the ground directly beneath the second plane as 150 m s–1 east. The velocity of the
Ferris wheel. first aeroplane, relative to the second, is closest to
Sunlight
(1) 250 m s–1 N37°E (2) 250 m s–1 N37°W
(3) 350 m s–1 N37°E (4) 350 m s–1 N37°W
B
C 12. A stone is thrown upwards from the top of a cliff at
an angle of 45° to the horizontal. Which graph of
the vertical component (vy) of the stone’s velocity as
A a function of time best describes its motion? (Ignore
air resistance.)
vy
D +

(1) time

Ground –
At the instant shown above, the child whose shadow
has the greatest linear speed is
(1) A (2) B (3) C (4) D vy
10. A projectile follows a parabolic arc from point A to +
point B as sketched in the diagram below. The
displacement of the projectile is measured from the
launch point. time
(2)
–

vy
A
+

time
(3)
–
B
If air resistance is neglected, which statement is
correct?
(1) The total time of flight is twice the time to reach vy
maximum height. +
(2) The velocity has maximum magnitude when the
displacement is zero.
time
(3) The vertical component of the acceleration
depends on the direction of the initial velocity. (4)
–
(4) The horizont al compon ent of th e final
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13. A car is moving at a constant speed along a circular
path, as shown in the diagram.
N Path
W E Note
to
scale
S if the instant at which the ball was thrown is
At the instant shown, the car is moving south. Which
statement best describes the acceleration at this
instant?
(1) The acceleration is directed to the south.
(2) The acceleration is directed to the west.
(3) The acceleration is directed to the east.
(4) The acceleration is zero.
SECTION - II
14. A bullet fired at an angle of 30° with the horizontal
hits the ground 3.0 km away. By adjusting its angle
of projection, can one hope to hit a target 5.0 km
away ? Assume the muzzle speed to be fixed, and
neglect air resistance.
15. A fighter plane flying horizontally at an altitude of
1.5 km with speed 720 km/h passes directly
overhead an anti-aircraft gun. At what angle from
the vertical should the gun be fired for the shell with
muzzle speed 600 ms–1 to hit the plane ? At what
minimum altitude should the pilot fly the plane to
avoid being hit ? (Take g = 10 ms ) –2
16. (a) Show that for a projectile the angle between the
velocity and the x-axis as a function of time is
given by
æ v OY - gt ö
q(t) = tan–1 ç v ÷ sight is 1.0 s, find the height above the window that
è OX ø
(b) Shows that the projection angle q0 for a projectile
launched from the origin is given by
æ 4hm ö
q0 = tan–1 ç ÷
è R ø
where the symbols have their usual meaning.
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17. A man is sitting in an open car which is travelling
along a road at a speed of 30 ms–1. The man stands
up and throws a ball at a speed of 15 ms–1 relative
to himself at an angle q to the horizontal. The moment
the man throws the ball, the driver of the car begins
to accelerate at a constant rate of 17.32 ms–2 , in
the direction in which it was initially travelling.
(a) Find the value of q if the man in the car catches
the ball.
(b) Find the time at which the man catches the ball
t = 0.
18. From an elevated point A, a stone is projected
vertically upward. When the stone reaches a distance
h below A, its velocity is double of what it was at a
height h above A. Show that the greatest height
obtained by the stone above A is 5h/3.
19. A boy stands at A in a field at a distance 600m from
the road BC. In the field he can walk at 1m/s while
on the road at 2m/s. He can walk in the field along
AD and on the road along DC so as to reach the
destination C figure. What should be his route so
that he can reach the destination in the least time
and determine the time.
A
Field
D
C
B
20. Cars A and B are travelling in adjacent lanes along a
straight road figure. At time, t = 0 their positions
and speeds are as shown in the diagram. If car A has
a constant acceleration of 0.6m/s2 and car B has a
constant deceleration of 0.46m/s2, determine when
A will overtake B
(VA)0 =13 ms–1 (VB)0 =20 ms –1
A B
21. A boy observes a cricket ball move up and down
past a window 2m high. If the total time the ball is in
the ball rises.
22. A man travelling west at 4 km/h finds that the wind
appears to blow from the south. On doubling his
speed he finds that it appears to blow from the
southwest. Find the magnitude and direction of the
wind’s velocity.
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23. A car and a truck are both travelling with a constant 25.
speed of 20 m/s. The car is 10m behind the truck.
The truck driver suddenly applies his brakes, causing
the truck to decelerate at the constant rate of
2m/s2. Two seconds later the driver of the car applies
his brakes and just manages to avoid a rear-end
26.
collision. Determine the constant rate at which the
car decelerated.
24. Ship A is 10 km due west of ship B. Ship A is heading
directly north at a speed of 30 km/h, while ship B is
heading in a direction 60° west of north at a speed
of 20 km/h.
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A stone is thrown from ground level over horizontal
ground. It just clears three walls, the successive
distances between them being r and 2r . The inner
wall is 15/7 times as high as the outer walls which
are equal in height. The total horizontal range is nr,
where n is an integer. Find n.
A boy wishes to throw a ball through a house via two
small openings, one in the front and the other in the
back window, the second window being directly
behind the first. If the boy stands at a distance of 5m
in front of the house and the house is 6m deep and if
the opening in the front window is 5m above him
and that in the back window 2m higher, calculate
the velocity and the angle of projection of the ball
that will enable him to accomplish his desire.

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RACE #3-D TOPIC 3 : MOTION PHYSICS
SECTION - I What is the speed of the light beam according to
an observer on spaceship Alpha?
1. The maximum range of a gun or horizontal range is
16 km. If g = 10 ms– 2. The muzzle velocity of the (1) The speed of the light beam is equal to c.
shell must be :– (2) The speed of the light beam is less than c.

(1) 1600 ms– 1 (2) 400 ms– 1 (3) The speed of the light beam is greater than c.
(4) More information is required about the relative
(3) 200 2 ms– 1 (4) 160 10 ms– 1
speed of the spaceships.
2. At the uppermost point of a projectile its velocity 6. A stone is thrown horizontally from the top of a cliff
and acceleration are at an angle of :–
and falls onto the beach below. Which acceleration–
(1) 180° (2) 90° (3) 60° (4) 45° time graph best describes the motion of the stone?
3. The number of bullets are fired in all possible a
a
directions with the same initial velocity u. The
maximum area of ground covered by bullets is :–
(1) 0 t (2)
2
æ 2u 2 ö æuö
2
æ u ö
2
æ u2 ö
2
0
(1) p ç ÷ (2) 3p ç ÷ (3) 5p ç ÷ (4) p ç ÷ t
è g ø ègø è 2g ø è g ø
a a
4. The picture shows a game of cricket.
The picture shows two consecutive shots by the
batsman. Both balls reach the same maximum height (3) (4)
0 t
above the ground but ball Q travels twice as far as t 0
ball P. Which of the following is DIFFERENT for balls
P and Q? 7. A device launches two identical balls (x and y)
Neglect air
simultaneously in a horizontal direction from the same
resistance
height. The results are shown.
Lunch device

Not
to
scale
P Q
x y
(1) Time of flight
(2) Initial velocity Which statement correctly describes what happens?
(3) Gravitational force (1) x hits the ground before y as it is closer to the
(4) Gravitational acceleration launch site.
5. Two spaceships are both travelling at relativistic (2) y hits the ground before x as it has a higher launch
speeds. Spaceship Beta shines a light beam forward velocity.
as shown.
(3) x and y hit the ground simultaneously with the
same velocity.
(4) x and y hit the ground simultaneously with
Beta Light beam Alpha
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8. An acceleration vs. time graph for an object moving 11. Which one of the following choices best represents
along a line is shown. The object starts from rest the instantaneous acceleration of the object at the
at time t = 0 s. At what time(s) does the object attain time of t = 5.0 s?
a maximum displacement from its starting position? (1) 0 m/s2 (2) –16 m/s2
10 (3) –4.0 m/s2 (4) –3.2 m/s2
12. Two cars travel to the right, each starting from rest,
acceleration (m/s )
2

along a straight road. Car A has twice the

acceleration of Car B. After traveling a distance
0
d, Car A has speed n. When Car B has traveled the
same distance d, what is its speed in terms of n?

–10 1 1 3 2
(1) n (2) n (3) n (4) n
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 2 2 2
Times (s)
13. Two objects both move and uniformly accelerate to
(1) At times t = 2.5 s and t = 7.5 s only
the right.
(2) At times t = 5.0 s and t = 10 s only
At time t 0 , the objects are at the same initial position
(3) At times t = 1.25 s, t = 3.75 s, t = 6.25 s but
and t = 8.75 s only • Object 1 has initial speed twice that of Object 2
(4) At times t = 10 s only • Object 1 has one-half the acceleration of Object 2.
9. A vehicle completes one lap around a circular track After some time T , the velocity of the two objects
at an average speed of 50m/s and then completes is the same.
a second lap at an average speed of V. The average What is the ratio of the distance traveled in this time
speed of the vehicle for the completion of both laps T by Object 2 to that traveled by Object 1?
was 80 m/s What was the average speed V of the (1) 5 : 6 (2) 4 : 5 (3) 3 : 4 (4) 2 : 3
second lap? 14. From a tower of height H, a particle is thrown
(1) 200 m/s (2) 110 m/s vertically upwards with a speed u. The time taken by
the particle to hit the ground, is n times that taken
(3) 125 m/s (4) 150 m/s
by it to reach the highest point of its path. The relation
Questions 10 – 11 deal with the following between H, u and n is
information: (1) 2gH = n2u2 (2) gH = (n – 2)2u2
The motion of an object moving along a straight line (3) 2gH = nu2 (n – 2) (4) gH = (n – 2)2 u2
is given by the velocity vs. time graph shown. 15. Two stone are thrown up simultaneously from the
10 edge of a cliff 240 m high with initial speed of
10 m/s and 40 m/s respectively. Which of the
Velocity (m/s)

following graph best represents the time variation of

relative position of he second stone with respect to
0
the first (Assume stones do not rebound after hitting
the ground and neglect air resistance, take after
hitting the ground and neglect air resistance, take
–10 g= 10 m/s2)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Times (s) (y2 – y1) m
240 (y2 – y1) m
10. Which one of the following choices best represents 240
(1) (2)
the average acceleration of the object during the t(s)
8 12 t(s)
time interval from ; t = 4.0 s to ; t =9.0 s ? 8 12

(1) 0.80 m/s2 (2) 0 m/s2 (y2 – y1) m (y2 – y1) m

240 240
(3) – 0.80 m/s2 (4) –16 m/s2 (3) (4)
t(s) t(s)
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16. A ball is dropped vertically from a height d above
the ground. It hits the ground and bounces up
vertically to height d/2. Neglecting subsequent motion
and air resistance, its velocity v varies height h above
the ground as.
v v
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19. A particle P is projected with velocity u1 at an angle
of 30° with the horizontal. Another particle Q is
thrown vertically upwards with velocity u2 from a point
vertically below the highest point of path of P.
Determine the necessary condition for the two
particles to collide at the highest point.
u1

d
(1)
h
(2) u2
30°
h
d P Q
20. Two paper screens A and B are separated by a
distance of 100 m. A bullet pierces A and then B.
The hole in B is 10 cm below the hole in A. If the
v
v bullet is travelling horizontally at the time of hitting
the screen A, calculate the velocity of the bullet when

d d it hits the screen A. Neglect the resistance of paper

h h
(3) (4)
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17. An object is thrown between two tall buildings
180 m from each other. the object thrown horizontally
from a window 55 m above the ground from one
building strikes a window 10 m above the ground in
another building. Find out the speed of projection.
10 cm
A B
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100 m
21. Two inclined plane OA and OB having inclination
(with horizontal) 30° and 60°, respectively, intersect
each other at O as shown in Fig. A particle is projected
from point P with velocity u = 10 3 ms–1 along a

45 m direction perpendicular to plane OA. If the particle

55 m
strikes plane OB perpendicularly at Q, calculate the
10 m B
u
180 m A Q
18. Two particles are separated at a horizontal distance
h P
x as shown in fig. They are projected at the same 30° 60°
time as shown in the figure with different initial speed. O
Find the time after which the horizontal distance (a) velocity with which particle strikes the plane OB.
between the particles becomes zero. (b) time of flight.
u/ 3 u (c) vertical height h of P from O.

(d) maximum height from O, attained by the particle.

30° 60°
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22. A ball is thrown from a height h above the ground.
The ball leaves the point located at distance d from
the wall, at 45. to the horizontal with velocity u. How
far from the wall does the ball hit the ground
y
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23. Four persons K, L, M,N are inittially at the four
corners of a square of side d. Each person now
moves with a uniform speed v in such a way that K
always moves direclty towards L, L direclty torwards
M, M direclty towards N, N directly towards K.The
four persons will meet at a time.

O
h

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RACE #3-E TOPIC : MOTION PHYSICS
SECTION - I 7. A particle starts from rest. Its acceleration (a) versus
time(t) is as shown in the figure. The maximum speed
1. A particle starting from the origin (0,0) moves in a of the particle will be
straight line in the (x, y) plane. Its coordinates at a a
later time are e j
3,3 . The path of the particle makes 10 m/s2
with the x - axis an angle of :-
(1) 0° (2) 30° (3) 45° (4) 60°
2. A projectile can have the same range R for two an-
t(s)
gles of projection. If t 1 and t2 be the times of flight in 11
the two cases :– (1) 110 m/s (2) 55 m/s
(1) t1t2 µ R 2
(2) t1 t 2 µ R (3) 550 m/s (4) 660 m/s
8. A small block slides without friction down an inclined
1 1 plane starting from rest Let s n be the distance
(3) t1t2 µ (4) t1t2 µ 2
R R sn
3. A particle of mass m is projected with velocity v making travelled from t = n – 1 to t = n. Then s is :
n +1
an angle of 45° with the horizontal. When the particle
lands on the ground level, the magnitude of the 2n - 1 2n + 1
change in its momentum will be :- (1) (2)
2n 2n - 1
(1) mv 2 (2) zero
(3) 2 mv (4) mv/ 2 2n - 1 2n
(3) (4)
4. A ball is projected vertically upwards with a certain 2n + 1 2n + 1
initial speed. Another ball of the same mass is
9. The given graph shows the variationof velocity with
projected at an angle of 60° with the vertical with the
displacement. Which one of the graph given below
same initial speed. At highest points of their journey,
correctly represents the variation of acceleration with
the ratio of their potential energies will be :
displacement.
(1) 1 : 1 (2) 2 : 1 (3) 3 : 2 (4) 4 : 1 v
5. In the arranagement shown in the figure the ends P
v0
and Q of an unstretchable string move downwards
with uniform speed U. Pulleys A and B are fixed.
Mass M moves upward with a speed.
x
x0
A B
a
a
q q
x
P M Q (1) (2)
x
(1) 2U cosq (2) U/cosq
(3) 2U/cosq (4) U cosq a a
6. A boat which has a speed of 5 km/h in still water
crosses a river of width 1 km along the shortest x x
possible path in 15 min. The velocity of the river water (3) (4)
in km/h is

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10. A body falling freely from a given height H hits an
inclined plane in its path at a height h. As a result of
this impact the direction of the velocity of the body
becomes horizontal. For what value of (h/H) the body
will take maximum time to reach the ground?
11. A cart is moving along x-direction with a velocity of
4 m/s. A person on the cart throw a stone with a
velocoty of 6 m/s relative to himself. In the frame of
reference of the cart the stone is thrown in y-z plane
making an angle of 30° with vertical z-axis. At the 13.
highest point of tis trajectory the stone hits an object
of equal mass hung vertically from branch of a tree
by means of a string of length L. A comcpletely
inelastic collision occurs, in which the stone gets
embedded in the object. Determine (g = 9.8 m/s2)
(a) the speed of the combined mass immediately
after the collision with respect to an observer on
the ground.
(b) the length L of the string such that tension in the
string becomes zero when the string becomes
horizontal during the subsequent motion of the
combined mass.
12. A large heavy box is sliding without friction down a
smooth plane of inclination q. From a point P on the
bottom of the box, a particle is projected inside the
box. The initial speed of the particle with respect to
the box is u and the direction of projection makes an
angle a with the bottom as shown in the figure.
a Q
P
q
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(a) Find the distance along the bottom of the box
between the point of projection P and the point
Q where the particle lands (Assume that the
particle does not hit any other surface of the box.
Neglect air resistance).
(b) If the horizontal displacement of the particle as
seen by an objserver on the ground is zero, find
the speed of the box with respect to the ground
at the instant when the particle was projected.
An object A is kept fixed at the point x = 3 m and
y = 1.25 m on a plank P raised above the ground.
At time t = 0 the plank starts moving along the
+x-direction with an acceleration 1.5 m/s2. At the
same instant a stone is projected from the origin with
r
a velocity u as shown.
y
A
P
1.25 m
r
u
x
Q 3.0 m
A stationary person on the ground observes the stone
hitting the object during its downwards motion at an
angle of 45° to the horizontal. All the motions are in
r
x-y plane. find u and the time after which the stone
hits the object. (Take g = 10 m/s2).
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RACE #3-F TOPIC : MOTION PHYSICS
SECTION - I 6. A bird is flying towards north with a velocity 40 km
h–1 and a train is moving with velocity 40 km h–1
1. Rain is falling vertically downwards with a speed of 4
towards east. What is the velocity of the bird noted
km h–1. A girl moves on a straight road with a velocity
by a man in the train?
of 3 km h–1. The apparent velocity of rain with respect
to the girl is (1) 40 2 km h–1 N-E (2) 40 2 km h–1 S-E
(1) 3 km h–1 (2) 4 km h–1
(3) 40 2 km h–1 N-W (4) 40 2 km h–1 S-W
(3) 5 km h–1 (4) 7 km h–1
7. A river is flowing from west to east at a speed of 5 m
2. Ship A is travelling with a velocity of 5 km h–1 due
min–1. A man on the south bank of the river, capable
east. A second ship is heading 30° east of north.
of swimming at 10 m min–1 in still water, wants to
What should be the speed of second ship if it is to
swim across the river in the shortest time. Finally, he
remain always due north with respect to the first ship?
will move in a direction
(1) 10 km h–1 (2) 9 km h–1
(1) tan–1(2) E of N (2) tan–1(2) N of E
(3) 8 km h –1
(4) 7 km h –1

(3) 30° E of N (4) 60° E of N

3. A man swims from a point A on one bank of a river
of width 100 m. When he swims perpendicular to 8. A boat is moving with a velocity 3i$ + 4j$ with respect
the water current, he reaches the other bank 50 m
to ground. The water in the river is moving with a
downstream. The angle to the bank at which he should
swim, to reach the directly opposite point B on the velocity -3i$ - 4j$ with respect to ground. The relative
other bank is velocity of the boat with respect to water is
B
(1) 10° upstream
(1) 8j$ (2) -6i$ - 8j$ (3) 6i$ + 8j$ (4) 5 2
(2) 20° upstream 100 m
(3) 30° upstream 9. A car is moving towards east with a speed of 25 km
h–1. To the driver of the car, a bus appears to move
(4) 60° upstream A
towards north with a speed of 25 3 km h–1. What
4. Rain is falling vertically with a velocity of 25 m s –1. A
is the actual velocity of the bus?
woman rides a bicycle with a speed of 10 m s–1 in
(1) 50 km h–1, 30° E of N
the north to south direction. What is the direction
(angle with vertical) in which she should hold her (2) 50 km h–1, 30° N of E
umbrella to safe herself from rain ? (3) 25 km h–1, 30° E of N
(1) tan–1 (0.4) (2) tan–1 (1) (4) 25 km h–1, 30° N of E
10. A swimmer wishes to cross a 500 m river flowing at
(3) tan–1 ( 3 ) (4) tan–1 (2.6)
5 km h–1. His speed with respect to water is 3 km h–1.
5. A policeman moving on a highway with a speed of The shortest possible time to cross the river is
30 km h–1 fires a bullet at thief's car speeding away
(1) 10 min (2) 20 min (3) 6 min (4) 7.5 min
in the same direction with a speed of 192 km h –1. If
11. A train of 150 m length is going toward north
the muzzle speed of the bullet is 150 m s–1, with
direction at a speed of 10 m s–1. A parrot flies at a
what speed does the bullet hit the thief's car?
speed of 5 m s–1 towards south direction parallel to
(1) 120 m s–1 (2) 90 m s–1
the railway track. The time taken by the parrot to
(3) 125 m s–1 (4) 105 m s–1 cross the train is equal to
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12. A man can swim in still water witrh a speed of 18. A motor boat can travel at 10 km/h in still water. A
2 m s–1. If he wants to cross a river of water current river flows at 5 km/h west. A boater wishes to cross
speed 3 m s–1 along the shortest possible path, from the south bank to a point directly opposite on
then in which direction should he swim? the north bank. At what angle must the boat be headed?
(1) At an angle 120° to the water current (1) 27° E of N (2) 30° E of N
(2) At an angle 150° to the water current
(3) 45° E of N (4) 60° E of N
(3) At an angle 90° to the water current
19. A cannon fires a projectile as shown. The dashed line
(4) None of these shows the trajectory in the absence of gravity; points
13. A stone is tied to the end of a string and is swung MNOP correspond to the position of the projectile at
with constant speed around a horizontal circle with a one second intervals. If g = 10m/s2, the lengths X,Y,Z are:
radius of 1.5m. If it makes two complete revolutions
each second, the magnitude of its acceleration is :
(1) 0.24 m/s2 (2) 2.4 m/s2
(3) 24 m/s2 (4) 240 m/s2
14. A Ferris wheel with a radius of 8.0m makes 1 M X Y
revolution every 10 s. When a passenger is at the Z
N
top, essentially a diameter above the ground, he O
releases a ball. How far from the point on the ground
directly under the release point does the ball land?
P
(1) 0 (2) 1.0 m (3) 8.0 m (4) 9.1 m
15. A boat is able to move through still water at 20m/s.
It makes a round trip to a town 3.0 km upstream. If
the river flows at 5m/s, the time required for this
(1) 5m, 10m, 15m
round trip is:
(2) 5m, 20m, 45m
(1) 120 s (2) 150 s (3) 200 s (4) 320 s
(3) 10 m, 40 m, 90m
16. A boy wishes to row across a river in the shortest
possible time. He can row at 2m/s in still water and (4) 10 m, 20 m, 30m
the river is flowing at 1m/s. At what angle q should 20. With what minimum relative velocity should block be
he point the bow (front) of his boat? projected from left end A towards end B such that it
reaches the other end B of conveyer belt moving
1 m/s with constant velocity v. Friction coefficient between
block and belt is µ?
m
q A µ B
v

(1) 30° (2) 45° (3) 60 ° (4) 90°

17. Two projectiles are in flight at the same time. The
acceleration of one relative to the other:
(1) is always 9.8m/s2 (1) µgL (2) 2µgL
(2) can be as large as 19.8m/s2
(3) can be horizontal (3) 3µgL (4) 2 µgL

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21. A moves with constant velocity u along the x-axis. B A
always has velocity towards A. After how much time
will B meet A if B moves with constant speed V?
What distance will be travelled by A and B?

45°
A u x
O

l
B
22. A river has a width d. A fisherman in a boat crosses
the river twice. During the first crossing, his goal is to
minimize the crossing time. During the second
crossing, his goal is to minimize the distance that the
boat is carried downstream. In the first case, the
crossing time is T0. In the second case, the crossing
time is 3T0. What is the speed of the river flow? Find
all possible answers.
23. Two guns, situated on the top of a hill of height 10 m,
fire one shot each with the same speed 5 3 m s–1 at
some interval of time. One gun fires horizontally and
the other fires upwards at an angle of 60° with the
horizontal. The shots collide in air at point P. Find (a)
the time interval between the firings and (b) the
coordinates of point P. Take the origin of the
coordinate system at the foot of the hill right below
the muzzle and trajectories in the x-y plane.
24. On a frictionless horizontal surface, assumed to be
the x – y plane a small trolley A is moving along a
(a) The motion of the ball is observed from the frame
of the trolley. Calculate the angle q made by the
velocity vector of the ball with the x-axis in this
frame.
(b) Find the speed of the ball with respect to the
surface, if f = 4q/3.
25. A train is moving along a straight line with a constant
acceleration a. A boy standing in the train throws a
ball forward with a speed of 10 m/s, at an angle of
60° to the horizontal. the boy has to move forward
by 1.15 m inside the train to catch the ball back at
the intial height. The acceleration of the train in
m/s2, is.
26. A rocket is moving in a gravity free space with a
constant acceleration of 2 ms–2 along +x direction
(see figure). The length of a chamber inside the rocket
is 4m. A ball is thrown from the left end of the
chamber in +x direction with a speed of 0.3 ms–1
relative to the rocket. At the same time, another ball
is thrown in –x direction with a speed of 0.2 ms–1
from its right end relative to the rocket. The time in
seconds when the two balls hit each other is
a = 2 m/s
2

straight line parallel to the y -axis (see figure) with a 0.3 ms–1 0.2 ms –1

constant velocity of ( 3 - 1) m/s. At a particular

instant when the line OA makes an angle of 45° with 4m
the x-axis, a ball is thrown along the surface from
the origin O. Its velocity makes an angle f with the
x-axis and it hits the trolley.

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