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Ch—02 Kinematics
Daily Practice Problem 06

Q1. A 210-meter long train is moving due (d) 4 km/hr

North at a of 25𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠. A small bird is flying due
South a little above the train with speed
5𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠. The time taken by the bird to cross the Q4. A boat moves with a speed of 5 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/ℎ
train is [AMU (Med.) 2001] relative to water in a river flowing with a
speed of 3 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/ℎ and having a width of 1 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘.
(a) 6s
The minimum time taken around a round trip
(b) 7s is [J&K CET 2005]

(c) 9s (a) 5 min

(d) 10s (b) 60 min

(c) 20 min

Q2. A police jeep is chasing with, velocity of (d) 30 min

45 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/ℎ a thief in another jeep moving with
velocity 153 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/ℎ. Police fires a bullet with
muzzle velocity of 180 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠. The velocity it Q5. An express train is moving with a
will strike the car of the thief is velocity 𝑣𝑣1 . Its driver finds another train is
[BHU 2003; CPMT 2004] moving on the same track in the same
direction with velocity 𝑣𝑣2 . To escape
(a) 150 m/s
collision, driver applies a retardation 𝑎𝑎 on the
(b) 27 m/s train. the minimum time of escaping collision
will be [RPET 2002]
(c) 450 m/s
𝑣𝑣1 −𝑣𝑣2
(d) 250 m/s (a) 𝑡𝑡 =
𝑎𝑎

�𝑣𝑣12 −𝑣𝑣22 �
(b) 𝑡𝑡1 =
2
Q3. A boat is sent across a river with a (c) 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛
velocity of 8 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/ℎ𝑟𝑟. If the resultant velocity
of boat is 10 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/ℎ𝑟𝑟, then velocity of the river (d) Both
is: [Pb. PET 2004]

(a) 10 km/hr
Q6. It takes one minute for a passenger
(b) 8 km/hr standing on an escalator to reach the top. If
the escalator does not move it takes him 3
(c) 6 km/hr
minute to walk up. How long will it take for the
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passenger to arrive at the top if he walks up Q10. On a long horizontally moving belt, a
the moving escalator? child runs to and fro with a speed 9 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ−1
(with respect to the belt) between his father
(a) 30 sec
and mother located 50 m apart on the moving
(b) 45 sec belt. The belt moves with the speed of
4 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ−1 . For an observer on a stationary
(c) 40 sec
platform, the speed of the child running in the
(d) 35 sec direction of motion of the belt is:

(a) 4 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ−1

Q7. A swimmer’s speed in the direction of (b) 5 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ−1

flow of river is 16 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ℎ–1 . Against the
(c) 9 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ−1
direction of flow of river, the swimmer’s
speed is 8 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ℎ–1 . Calculate the swimmer’s (d) 13 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ−1
speed in still water and the velocity of flow of
the river.

(a) 12 km/h, 4 km/h Q11. A swimmer’s speed in the direction of

flow of river is 16 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ℎ–1 . Against the
(b) 10 km/h, 3 km/h direction of flow of river, the swimmer’s
(c) 10 km/h, 4 km/h speed is 8 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ℎ–1 . Calculate the swimmer’s
speed in still water and the velocity of flow of
(d) 12 km/h, 2 km/h the river.

(a) 12 km/h, 4 km/h

Q8. A balloon is ascending vertically with an (b) 10 km/h, 3 km/h

−2
acceleration of 0.2 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠 . Two stones are
(c) 10 km/h, 4 km/h
dropped from it at an interval of 2 sec. Find
the distance between them 1.5 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠 after the (d) 12 km/h, 2 km/h
second stone is released (use 𝑔𝑔 = 9.8 𝑚𝑚/
𝑠𝑠 2 ).
Q12. A swimmer swims in still water at a
speed = 5 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/ℎ𝑟𝑟. He enters a 200 𝑚𝑚 wide
river, having river flow speed = 4 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/ℎ𝑟𝑟 at
point 𝐴𝐴 and proceeds to swim at an angle of
Q9. A glass wind screen whose inclination
127° (𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠37° = 0.6) with the river flow
with the vertical can be changed is mounted
direction. Another point 𝐵𝐵 is located directly
on a car. The car moves horizontally with a
across 𝐴𝐴 on the other side. The swimmer
speed of 2 m/s. At what angle a with the
lands on the other bank at a point C, from
vertical should the wind screen be placed so
which he walks the distance 𝐶𝐶𝐶𝐶 with a speed
that the rain drops falling vertically
= 3 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/ℎ𝑟𝑟. The total time in which he
downwards with velocity 6 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠 strike the
reaches from 𝐴𝐴 to 𝐵𝐵 is
wind screen perpendicularly?
(a) 5 minutes
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(b) 4 minutes Q16. A jet airplane travelling from east to

west at a speed of 500 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ℎ−1 ejected out
(c) 3 minutes
gases of combustion at a speed of
(d) None 1500 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ℎ−1 with respect to the jet plane.
What is the velocity of the gases with respect
to an observer on the ground?
Q13. Rain is falling vertically with a velocity
(a) 1000 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ℎ−1 in the direction west to east
of 3 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ−1 . A man walks in the rain with a
velocity of 4 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ−1 . The rain drops will fall on (b) 1000 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ℎ−1 in the direction east to west
the man with a velocity of
(c) 2000 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ℎ−1 in the direction west to east
(a) 5 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ−1
(d) 2000 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘 ℎ−1 in the direction east to west
(b) 4 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ−1

(c) 3 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ−1
Q17. A river is flowing from east to west at a
(d) 1 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘ℎ −1
speed of 5 m/min. A man on south bank of
river, capable of swimming 10m/min in still
water, wants to swim across the river in
Q14. A boat is rowed across a river at the shortest time. He should swim
rate of 4.5 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/ℎ𝑟𝑟. The river flows at the rate (a) Due north
of 6 𝑘𝑘𝑘𝑘/ℎ𝑟𝑟. The velocity of boat in 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠 is:
(b) Due north-east
(a) 3.1
(c) Due north-east with double the speed of
(b) 2.1 river
(c) 2.9 (d) None of these 4.
(d) 5.

Q18. A person aiming to reach the exactly

Q15. A swimmer crosses the river along the opposite point on the bank of a stream is
line making an angle of 45° with the direction swimming with a speed of 0.5 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠 at an
of flow. Velocity of the river water is 5 𝑚𝑚/𝑠𝑠. angle of 120° with the direction of flow of
Swimmer takes 12 seconds to cross the river water. The speed of water in the stream is
of width 60 m. The velocity of the swimmer (a) 1 m/s
with respect to water will be:
(b) 0.5 m/s
(a) 10 m/s
(c) 0.25 m/s
(b) 5 m/s
(d) 0.433 m/s
(c) 5√5 m/s

(d) 5√2 m/s

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Q19. A boat crosses a river with a velocity of the water in the river. The velocity of the
8 km/h. If the resulting velocity of boat is 10 water current in km/hr is
km/h then the velocity of river water is
(a) 1
(a) 4 km/h
(b) 2
(b) 6 km/h 1
(c)
(c) 8 km/h 2
3
(d) 10 km/h (d)
2

Q20. A man who can swim at the rate of 2

km/hr (in still river) crosses a river to a point
exactly opposite on the other bank by
swimming in a direction of 120° to the flow of
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ANSWERS

1. b 8. 50 m 16. a

17. a
2. a 1
9. 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑛𝑛−1 � �
3

18. c
3. c
10. d
19. b
4. d 11. a
20. a
5. a 12. b

13. a`
6. b

14. b
7. a
15. b