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Worksheet 1
1. A particle is projected with a velocity v so that its (a) The one with the farthest range.
range on a horizontal plane is twice the greatest (b) The one which reaches the maximum height.
height attained. If g is acceleration due to gravity, (c) The one with the greatest initial velocity.
then its range is
4g (d) The one leaving the bat at 45° with respect to
4v2
(a) ___
​   ​   (b) ___
​  2  ​  the ground.
5g 5v
2
8. Two particles A and B are thrown simultaneously
4v 4v
(c) ___
​  2   ​ (d) ​ ___2  ​  from two different floors of a tower having distance
5g 5g d between them. Velocity
2. A shot is fired from a point at a distance of of particle A is vA at an
200 m from the foot of a 100 m high tower so that angle a from the horizon-
it just passes over it while moving horizontally. The tal while velocity of par-
direction of the shot with horizontal is ticle B is vB at an angle b
(a) 30° (b) 45° from the horizontal. If two
particles collide in mid-air,
(c) 60° (d) 70°
then vA/vB.
3. A gun fires two bullets at 60° and 30° with the
cos b sin a
horizontal. The bullets strike the ground at the same (a) ​ _____    
​ (b) ​ _____   ​
horizontal distance. The ratio of maximum height for cos a sin b
the two bullets is in the ratio tan a cot a
(c) _____
​    
​ (d) _____
​    
​
(a) 2:1 (b) 3:1 tan b cot b
(c) 4:1 (d) 1:1 9. A hose lying on the
4. A ball rolls off from the top of a staircase with a ground at position O
horizontal velocity u ms–1. If the steps are h metre shoots a stream of
high and b metre wide, the ball will hit the edge on water at an angle 30°
the nth step, if to the horizontal. The
speed of water is 20
2hu 2hu2 ms–1 as it leaves the
(a) n = ____
​  2 ​   (b) n = ____
​     
​
 
gb gb hose. How high __will
2hu2 hu2    m
it strike a wall 8​÷3 ​
(c) n = ____
​  2 ​   (d) n = ___
​  2 ​  away from the hose
gb gb
( g = 10 ms–2)?
5. A stone is projected from ground level. At a height (a) 4 m (b) 4.8 m
of
​_›
0.4 m above the ground, its velocity is found to be
(c) 9.6 m (d) 2.4 m
​v   ​= (2 + 2 ) ms–1. (x-axis is along the horizontal and
y-axis is vertically upwards.) The angle of projection 10. A car starts with a constant acceleration a = 2 ms–2
with the vertical is at t = 0. Two coins are released from the car at
t = 3 s and t = 4 s. Each coin takes 1 s to fall on
(a) 45° (b) 30° the ground. Then the distance between the two coins
1 will be (assume the coins stick to the ground).
(c) 60° ​ ​ ​ __  ​
(d) ta​n–1
4 (a) 9 m (b) 7 m
6. Two projectiles A and B are thrown with the same (c) 15 m (d) 2 m
speed such that A makes an angle q with the horizon- 11. A ball is thrown from a point on the ground at some
tal and B makes an angle q with the vertical, then angle of projection. At the same time a bird starts
(a) Both must have the same time of flight from a point directly above this point of projection
(b) Both must achieve the same maximum height at a height h horizontally with speed u. Given that in
(c) A must have more horizontal range than B its flight the ball just touches the bird at one point,
find the horizontal range of the ball.
(d) Both may have the same time of flight

÷  ÷ 
__ ___
h 2h
7. Suppose a player hits several baseballs. Which (a) 2u ​ __
​ g ​ ​   (b) u ​ ___
​  g ​ ​  
baseball will be in the air for the longest time?

÷​  g ​ ​  ÷​  g ​ ​
___ __
2h h
(c) 2u ​ ___   (d) u ​ __  

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12. A projectile is fired with a speed u at an angle q with vA > vB but have the same horizontal component of
the horizontal. Its speed when its direction of motion velocity. Which of the follow-
makes an angle a with the horizontal is ing cannot be correct?
(a) u sec q cos a (b) u sec q sin a (a) TA > TB
(c) u cos q sec a (d) u sin q sec a (b) HA > HB
13. A projectile is fired with a velocity u making an angle (c) RA > RB
q with the horizontal. What is the magnitude of the (d) RB > RA
change in velocity when it is at the highest point?
18. A stone projected at an angle of 60° from the ground
(a) u cos q (b) u level strikes the roof of a building h meter high, mak-
(c) u sin q (d) u cos q – u ing an angle of 30° with the roof. Then the speed of
14. Two similar guns simultaneously fire two projection of the stone is
identical bullets at target 1 and 2 as shown in the
figure. If the bullets
have identical initial
speeds, which of the
following statements
is true?
(a) Target 2 is hit
____ ____
before target 1   ​  
(a) ​÷2gh    ​ 
(b) ​÷6gh 
(b) Target 1 is hit before target 2 ____ ___
  ​  
(c) ​÷3gh    ​ 
(d) ​÷gh 
(c) Both are hit at the same time
19. A particle is projected from
(d) information is insufficient
the top of a tower of height
15. A ball is projected from a point at two different 1,500 m and at a velocity v
angles with the same speed u and lands at the same making an angle of 37° with
point. in both the cases the horizontal and its verti-
(a) the difference between the two angles of projec- cally downward component
tion is 90°. is 100 ms–1 as shown in the
(b) the maximum height attained by the ball in both figure. The distance from
the cases is equal. the foot of the tower where it strikes the ground
(c) the sum of maximum heights for the two cases will be ( g = 10 ms–2)
is u2/(2g). (a) 986.4 m (b) 1,700 m
(d) the maximum height attained by the ball in (c) 2,000 m (d) 3,000 m
one case must be twice of the maximum height 20. Two particles A and B are placed as shown in the
attained by the ball in the second case. figure. particle A, on the top of a tower, is pro-
16. A tennis ball is hit from a height h = 1 m above the jected horizontally
ground level at an angle A = 45° towards a wall that with a velocity u
is at a horizontal and particle B is
distance D = 15 m. projected along the
The ball hits the surface towards the
wall after 1.50 s. tower, simultaneously. B moves with a constant
At what height speed. If both the particles meet each other, then
above the ground the speed of projection of particle B is

÷  ÷ 
___ ___
does the ball hit g g
the wall (in m)? (a) d ​ ___
​    ​ ​  – u (b) d ​ ___
​    ​ ​  
2H 2H

÷ 
___
(a) 4.75 m (b) 3 m g
(c) d ​ ___
​    ​ ​  + u (d) u
(c) 2.25 m (d) 0 2H
17. Two projectiles are projected with velocity vA, vB 21. A body is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower
at angles qA (from the horizontal) and qB (from the and strikes the ground after three seconds at an angle
vertical) as shown in the figure below, such that 45° with the horizontal. The height of the tower and
the speed with which the body was projected will be,
respectively ( g = 9.8 ms–2).

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(a) 30.2 m, 29.4 ms–1 (b) 44.1 m, 29.4 ms–1 28. A particle is at the origin of coordinates at time t = 0
(c) 44.1 m, 10.2 ms–1 (d) 30.2 m, 15 ms–1 and moves in the xy plane with a constant accelera-
22. A bullet fired at an angle of 30° with the horizontal tion a in the y-direction. Its equation of motion is
hits the ground 3 km away. By adjusting its angle of y = bx2 where b is constant. Its velocity component
projection, what is the maximum horizontal range in the x-direction is
one can achieve. Assume the muzzle speed to be (a) Variable
_____
(b) a /2b
fixed and neglect air resistance. (c) ​÷ a /2b  
​ (d) None of these
(a) 3.10 km (b) 4.2 km 29. A boy throws a ball
(c) 4.354 km (d) 3.464 km upwards with velocity
23. A ball is projected with a velocity 20 ms–1 at an v0 = 20 ms–1. The wind imparts
angle to the horizontal. In order to have the maxi- a horizontal acceleration of
mum range its velocity at the highest position must 4 ms–2 towards left to the
be close to ball. Angle q with verti-
cal at which the ball must
(a) 10 ms–1 (b) 14 ms–1
be thrown so that the ball
(c) 18 ms–1 (d) 16 ms–1 returns to the boy’s hand is
24. Three particles, A, B and C are projected from the ( g = 10 ms–2)
same point with the same initial speeds making angles (a) tan–1(1.2) (b) tan–1(0.2)
30°, 45° and 60°, respectively, with the horizontal. –1
(c) tan (2) (d) tan–1(0.4)
Which of the following statement is correct?
30. A point moves in the xy-plane according to the equa-
(a) A, B and C have equal ranges tion x = at, y = at (1 – bt), where a and b are positive
(b) ranges of A and C are equal and less than that constants and t is time. The time at which velocity
of B vector is at an angle p /4 with the acceleration vector
(c) ranges of A and C are equal and greater than is given by
that of B (a) 1/a (b) 1/b
(d) A, B and C have equal ranges (c) 1/a + 1/b (d) (a + b)/(a2 + b2)
25. A boy throws a ball with a velocity v0 at an angle 31. A small marble is
a to the horizontal. At the same instant, he starts projected with a
running with a uniform velocity to catch the ball velocity of 10 ms–1
before it hits the ground. To achieve this, he should in a direction 45°
run with a velocity of from the y-direc-
(a) v0 cos a (b) v0 sin a tion on the smooth
_______
inclined plane.
(c) v0 tan a (d) ​÷​v  2​0​​  tan a  
​
The magnitude of
26. It was calculated that a shell when fired from a gun its velocity after
5p 2 s will be (take
with a certain velocity and at an angle of elevation ___
​   ​ 
36 g = 10 ms–2)
rad should strike a given target. In actual practice, it (a) 5 ms–1 (b) 6.5 ms–1
was found that a hill just prevented the trajectory. At
(c) 10 ms–1 (d) 12.5 ms–1
what angle of elevation should the gun be fired to hit
the target? 32. The instantaneous ​_›
velocity of a particle moving in
the xy-plane is ​v   ​ = (ay) + (v0) , where y is the
5p 11p
(a) ​ ___ ​ rad (b) ​ ____ ​ rad instantaneous y coordinate of the particle and v0 is
36 36 a positive constant and a is a negative constant. If
7p 13p
(c) ​ ___ ​ rad (d) ​ ____ ​ rad the particle starts from the origin then its trajectory is
36 36
27. A particle is projected from a point (0, 1) on y-axis
(assume + y-direction vertically upwards) aiming (a) (b)
towards a point (4, 9). It fell on the ground on x-axis
in 1 s. Taking g = 10 ms–2 and all coordinate in
metres, find the x-coordinate of the point where it
fell.
(a) (3, 0) (b) (4, __ 0) (c) (d)
(c) (2, 0) (d) (2 ​÷5 ​    , 0)

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33. Find the time of flight of a projectile thrown 38. A projectile is projected with a velocity of 20 ms–1
horizontally with a speed of 10 ms–1 from a long making an angle 60° with the horizontal. Its aver-
inclined plane which makes an angle of q = 45° with age velocity between the instant it crosses half the
the horizontal. maximum height is
__ __
(a) ​÷ 2 ​  s    s
(b) 2 ​÷2 ​ (a) 10 ms–1 (b) 12 ms–1
–1
(c) 2 s (d) none (c) 9 ms (d) 4.5 ms–1
34. A projectile is fired with a 39. A particle is pro-
velocity v at right angle to the jected from__ a point
slope which is inclined at an     veloc-
A with u ​÷2 ​
angle q with the horizontal. The ity at an angle of
expression for the range R along 45° with the hori-
the incline is zontal as shown
in the figure. It
2v2 2v2
(a) ​ ___
g   ​  sec q (b) ​ ___
g   ​  tan q strikes the plane BC at right angles. The speed of
the particle at the time of collision is
2v2 v2 __
(c) ​ ___
g   ​  tan q sec q (d) __
​ g ​  tan2 q ÷    u
​ 3 ​ u
(a) ____
​   ​    (b) ​ __ ​ 
2 2
35. A ball thrown down 2u
___
(c) ​  __  ​   (d) u
the incline strikes
÷   
​ 3 ​
at a point on the
40. A cricket player while standing still, throws a ball
incline 25 m below
upward at an angle of 60° above the horizontal. As
the horizontal as
soon as the ball is released, he starts running along
shown in the figure.
the ground level under the ball and 2 s later when he
If the ball rises to a
comes to rest he catches the ball at the same height at
maximum height of 20 m above the point of projec-
which he released it. Neglect the effects of air resis-
tion, the angle of projection a (with horizontal x-axis)
tance or wind on the ball. From the following graphs,
is
represent-
4 3
(a) tan–1 ​ __  ​ (b) tan–1 ​ __  ​ ing hori-
3 4
zontal posi-
3
–1 __ 2
–1 __
(c) tan  ​    ​ (d) tan  ​    ​ tion versus
2 3
time, choose the one that best represents the motion
36. A hunter tries to hunt a monkey with a small, very
of the player and of the ball.
poisonous arrow, blown from a pipe with an initial
speed v0. The monkey is hanging on a branch of a
tree at height H above the ground. The hunter is at a
distance X from the bottom of the tree. The monkey (a) (b)
sees the arrow leaving the blow pipe and immediately
loses the grip on the tree, falling freely down with
zero initial velocity. The minimum initial speed v0 of
the arrow for the hunter to succeed while the monkey
is in air is (c) (d)

÷  ÷ 
_________ ________
g(H2 + X2) gH2
(a) ​ ​ _________
     
 
​ ​ (b) ​ ________
​  _______
   ​ ​
 
2H ÷​ H
  2 + X2 
 ​ 41. Salman is standing on a bridge above a road and

÷ 
his fans are getting too close for comfort. He spots

÷ 
_________ _______
g(H2 + X2) 2gH2 a flatbed truck loaded with mattresses approaching
(c) ​ ​ _________
      
​ ​   (d) ​  ​ _______
   ​ ​
 
H H2 + X2 at 30 ms–1 which he measures by knowing that the
telephones poles the truck is passing are 20 m apart
37. An object is moving in the xy plane​_ with the posi-
› in this country. The bed of truck is 20 m below
tion as a function​_ of time given by ​r ​   = x(t) + y(t)
› the bridge and Salman quickly calculates how many
. Point O is at ​r ​   = 0. The distance of object from
poles away the truck should be when he jumps down
O is definitely decreasing when
the bridge onto the truck making his escape. How
(a) vx > 0, vy > 0 (b) vx < 0, vy < 0 many poles is it?
(c) xvx + yvy < 0 (d) xvx + yvy > 0

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(a) 3 (b) 5 45. A particle moves
(c) 2 (d) 6 in the x–y plane,
42. A projectile is pro- starting from A,
jected as shown in the along the straight
figure. A proper light line paths AB and
arrangement makes a then BC, as shown
shadow of the ball on in the figure.
the wall as well as on When it is at point
the floor? Which of P, angle between
the following graphs the directions of
is incorrect: its average velocity and instantaneous velocity is
[tan 37° = 3/4]
(a) 90° (b) 82°
(a) (c) 98° (d) 74°
46. A ball of mass m is projected from
a point P on the ground as shown
in the figure. It hits a fixed vertical
(b) wall at a distance l from P such
that its speed remains unchanged
and angle of incidence is equal
to angle of reflection. Choose the most appropriate
option:
(c) (a) the ball will return to the point P directly if
l = half of the horizontal range.
(b) the ball will return to the point P directly if
l < half of the horizontal range.
(d) (c) the ball will return to the initial point directly
if l > half of the horizontal range.
(d) If l < half of the range, ball hits the ground
43. A ball is projected from the ground with a velocity between the foot of the wall and point P.
v at an angle q to the vertical. On its path, it makes 47. Three stones A, B and C are projected from the
an elastic collision (i.e., speed remains unchanged surface of a very long inclined plane with equal
and angle of incidence = angle of reflection) with speeds and different angles of projection as shown
a vertical wall and returns to the ground. The total in the figure. The incline makes an angle q with the
time of flight of the ball is horizontal. If HA, HB and HC are maximum distance
of A, B and C, respectively, from the inclined plane,
2v sin q 2v cos q
(a) ​ ______
g     
​ (b) ​ _______
g    ​  then

v sin 2q v cos q
(c) ​ ______
g     
​ (d) ​ ______
g     
​

44. A fighter plane is directly over an antiaircraft gun at

t = 0. The plane is moving horizontally at 500 km/h–1
at a height of 2 km above the gun. A shell is fired
at t = 0 to hit the plane. Speed of the fired shell
is 1,000 ms–1. At what angle to the horizontal the
muzzle of the gun shall be inclined so as to hit the
plane?
(a) HA + HC = HB
​  5  ​  
(a) sin–1___ ​  5  ​ 
(b) cos–1___ (b) ​H​2A ​​  + H
​ 2​C ​​  = ​H2​B ​​ 
36 36
(c) HA + HC = 2HB
​ 25 ​  
(c) sin–1 ___ ​ 3  ​
(d) cos–1 __
36 8 (d) ​H​2A ​​  + H
​ 2​C ​​  = 2​H2​B ​​ 

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Worksheet 2
1. Pick the correct statements:
(a) Average speed of a particle in a given time is
never less than the magnitude of the average
|  |
velocity. ​__›
​   
du​
___
(b) It is possible to have a situation in which ​ ​   ​  ​π 0
dt
d ​_›
but __​    ​ ​ | ​u   ​ |​ = 0.
dt
(c) The average velocity of a particle is zero in a
time interval. It is possible that the instantaneous
velocity is never zero in the interval.
(d) The average velocity of a particle moving on
a straight line is zero in a time interval. It is
possible that the instantaneous velocity is never
zero in the interval (infinite acceleration is not
allowed)
2. Which of the following statements are true for a
moving body?
(a) If its speed changes, its velocity must change
and it must have some acceleration.
(b) If its velocity changes, its speed must change
and it must have some acceleration.
(c) If its velocity changes, its speed may or may not
change and it must have some acceleration.
(d) If its speed changes but direction of motion does
not change, its velocity may remain constant.
3. Three point particles A,
B and C are projected
simultaneously from the
same point at the same speed
at t = 0 as shown in the fig-
ure. For this situation, select
correct statement(s).
(a) All of them reach the
ground at the same time.
(b) All of them reach the ground at different time.
(c) All of them reach the ground with the same
speed.
(d) All of them have same horizontal displacement
when they reach the ground.
4. A projectile is thrown with speed u into air from a
point on the horizontal ground at an angle q with
the horizontal. If the air exerts a constant horizontal
resistive force on the projectile then select the correct
alternative (s).
(a) At the farthest point, the velocity is horizontal.
(b) The time for ascent equals the time for
descent.
(c) The path of the projectile may be parabolic.
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(d) The path of the projectile may be a straight
line.
5. In the given figure, points A and C are on the
horizontal ground and points A and B are in the same
vertical plane. Bullets are fired simultaneously from
A, B and C. The bullet at B is fired horizontally with
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a speed of ___
​   ​   kmh–1 and the bullet at C is projected
5
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vertically upward at a velocity of ___ ​   ​   kmh–1.
5
(a) Collision of all the three bullets at the same time
is not possible.
(b) The three bullets can collide at D if velocity of
the bullet projected from A is 5 ms–1.
(c) If velocity of the bullet projected from A is 5
ms–1 then all three will collide irrespective of
the height from which B is projected.
(d) If bullets are fired only from A and C, then there
is a unique value of projection speed at A for
which it collides with the bullet fired from C.
6. A particle is projected from the ground with velocity
u at angle q with the horizontal. The horizontal range,
maximum height and time of flight are R, H and T
respectively. Now keeping u as fixed, q is varied from
30° to 60°. Then,
(a) R will first increase then decrease, H will
increase and T will decrease.
(b) R will first increase then decrease while H and
T both will increase.
(c) R will decrease while H and T will increase.
(d) R will increase while H and T will increase.
7. A particle moves in the xy plane with a constant
acceleration ‘g’ in the negative y-direction. Its
equation of motion is y = ax – bx2, where a and b are
constants. Which of the followings are correct?
(a) The x-component of the particle's velocity is
constant.
(b) At ___
the origin, the y-component of its velocity is
÷ 
g
___
a ​ ​    ​ ​   .
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(c) At the origin, its velocity makes an angle and at the moment of collision,
tan–1 (a) with the x-axis. velocity of ball I is horizontal.
(d) The particle moves exactly like a projectile. (a) speed u is 40/÷3 ms–1.
8. A stone is thrown at an angle of 45° above the (b) distance of point of pro-
horizontal x-axis in the + x-direction. If air resistance jection of ball I from the
is ignored, which of the velocity versus time graphs base of the tower (x) is
shown below best represents vx versus t and vy versus 40/÷3 m.
t, respectively? (c) height of the tower (h) is 40 m.
(d) the two balls cannot collide while the first one
is moving horizontally.
12. Two balloons are simultaneously released from two
buildings A and B. Balloon from building A rises
with constant velocity 10 ms–1, While the other one
vx versus t vx versus t vy versus t vy versus t rises with a constant velocity of 20 ms–1. Due to wind
the balloons gather horizontal velocity vx = 0.5y,
(a) I, IV (b) II, I
where y is the height from the point of release. The
(c) II, IV (d) II, III buildings are at a distance of 250 m and after some
9. Two particles A and B are projected along different time t the balloons collide.
directions from the same point P on the ground with
the same speed of 70 ms–1 in the same vertical plane.
They hit the ground at the same point Q such that
PQ = 480 m. Then (use g = 9.8 ms–2, sin–1 0.96 = 74°,
sin–1 0.6 = 37°)
(a) ratio of their time of flights is 4:5.
(b) ratio of their maximum heights is 9:16.
(c) ratio of their minimum speeds during flight is
4:3.
(d) the bisector of the angle between their directions
of projection makes an angle of 45° with the
horizontal. (a) t = 5 s
10. Two particles were projected one by one with the (b) difference in height of buildings is 100 m
same initial velocity from the same point on the (c) difference in height of buildings is 500 m
ground. They follow the same parabolic trajectory (d) t = 10 s
and are found to be on the same horizontal level,
13. Two particles are projected from the same point on
separated by a distance of 1 m, 2 s after the second
the ground in two mutually perpendicular planes with
particle was projected. Assume that the horizontal
same initial speed u at same angle of 60° above the
component of their velocities is 0.5 ms–1. Which
horizontal. If acceleration due to gravity be g, the
of the following statements will be true about their
time instant at which their velocities are inclined at
motion?
60° with each other is/are
(a) The horizontal range of the parabolic path is __
÷    u
​ 3 ​ __ u
3 m. (a) ​ ____ ​       – 1) ​ ___  ​ 
(b) (​÷3 ​
(b) The maximum height for the parabolic path is 2g 2g
45 m. __
    + 1) u
(​÷3 ​
(c) The total time of flight in the parabolic path for (c) ​ _________     
​ (d) never attained.
2g
each particle = 4 s.
14. A particle is projected at an angle q from the ground
(d) The horizontal range of the parabolic path is
with speed u (g = 10 ms–2):
6 m.
(a) if u = 10 ms–1 and q = 30°, then after 2 s velocity
11. Ball I is thrown towards a tower at an angle of
becomes perpendicular to initial velocity.
60° with the horizontal with unknown speed (u). __
–1
At the same moment ball II is released from the (b) if u = 10  ÷    ms and q = 60°, then after 3 s
​ 3 ​ 
top of the tower as shown. Balls collide after 2 s, velocity makes an angle larger than 90° with
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(c) if u = 10 ​÷ 3 ​  ms–1 and q = 60°, then after
0.5 s velocity becomes perpendicular to initial
velocity.
(d) if u = 10 ms–1 and q = 30°, then velocity never
becomes perpendicular to initial velocity during
its flight.
15. The direction of velocity of a par-
ticle at time t = 0 is as shown
in the figure and has magnitude
u = 20 ms–1. The acceleration of
particle is always constant and
has magnitude 10 ms–2. The angle
between its initial velocity and
acceleration is 127° (take sin 37° = 3/5).
(a) The instant of time at which acceleration and
velocity are perpendicular is 0.6 s.
(b) The instant of time at which speed of particle
is least is 1.2 s.
(c) The instant of time t at which acceleration of
particle is perpendicular to its displacement
(displacement from t = 0 till that instant t) is
2.4 s.
(d) None of these.
16. A person standing on the ground (x–y plane) proj-
ects two bodies A and B with velocities (30 + 40
+ 100 ) ms–1 and (60 + 80 + 50 ) ms–1. z-axis is
vertical. Select the correct statement.
(a) A has a greater range on ground than B.
(b) B has a greater range on ground than A.
(c) A spends more time in air than B.
(d) B spends more time in air than A.
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17. Two particles move in a uniform gravitational field
with an acceleration g. At the initial moment the
particles were located at one point and moved with
velocities 3 ms–1 and 4 ms–1 horizontally in the oppo-
site directions.
(a) their velocity vectors will become perpendicu-
lar at a moment when the two particles are not
on the same horizontal line.
(b) their velocity vectors will become perpendicular
at a moment when speed of the first particle is
larger than that of the second particle.
(c) after their velocity vectors become perpen-
dicular the separation between the particles
begins to decrease.
(d) Separation between the particles when their
velocities are perpendicular is nearly 2.4 m.
18. A rifle fires bullets with an initial speed of 550 ms–1.
The rifle is aimed directly at the centre of a target
(‘bull’s eye’) that is 50 m away and at the same height
as the rifle.
5
(a) the bullet misses the bull’s-eye by ​ ____    ​  m.
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(b) the bullet hits the bull’s eye.
(c) the angle q above the horizontal at which the
rifle should be aimed to hit the bull’s-eye exactly
is 0.046°.
(d) the angle q above the horizontal at which the
rifle should be aimed to hit the bull’s-eye exactly
is 0.44°.
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Worksheet 3
1. A ball is projected from the ground. 4s after its
projection, it passes through a point P and it falls
back on the ground 5s after crossing the point P.
Assuming acceleration due to gravity to be 10 ms–2,
find the height of the point P above the ground.
2. A stone is thrown from the top of a vertical column
at a certain angle above the horizontal. It strikes the
ground twice as far as it would have struck if it had Find
been thrown from the bottom of the column with (i) Y component of the initial velocity and
the same initial velocity. In this latter case the stone
(ii) X component of the initial velocity.
would fly for a time T = 2 s. Find the height of the
column. 7. AB is an inclined roof and a body is projected from
the origin towards the
3. A ball is fired from point P, with an initial speed roof as shown in the fig-
of 50 ms–1 at an angle of 53° with the horizontal. At ure. Find the value of h
the same time, a tall wall AB at 200 m from point for which body will just
P, starts moving towards P with a constant speed of touch the roof. (q = a
10 ms–1. = 45° and u = 10 ms–1,
g = 10 ms–2)
8. A particle is projected upwards with a velocity of
100 ms–1 at an angle of 60° with the vertical. Find
the time when the particle will move perpendicular
to its initial direction, taking g = 10 ms–2.
9. Two projectiles are fired simultaneously as shown
(a) Find the time when the ball collides with in the figure. The one thrown at 45° has an initial
wall AB. speed of 20 ms–1.
Another projec-
(b) Find the coordinate of point C, where the ball
tile is thrown at
collides taking point P as the origin.
60° to the hori-
4. A ball is thrown horizontally from a cliff such that it zontal and the
strikes the ground after 5 s. The line of sight from the two projectiles
point of projection to the point of hitting makes an collide in mid-air. Find the time when they collide.
angle of 37° with the horizontal. What is the initial
velocity of projection? 10. A projectile is thrown at a velocity of 50 ms–1 towards
an inclined plane from the ground such that it strikes
5. A rocket is launched at an angle of 53° to the the inclined plane
horizontal with an initial speed of 100 ms–1. It moves perpendicularly. The
along its initial line of motion with an acceleration angle of projection
of 30 m s–2 for 3 s. At this time, its engine fails and of the projectile is
the rocket proceeds like a free body under gravity. 53° with the hori-
Find zontal and the inclined plane is inclined at an angle
(i) the maximum altitude reached by the rocket. of 45° to the horizontal.
(ii) total time of the flight. (a) Find the time of flight.
6. Two graphs of the same projectile motion (in the xy (b) Find the distance between the point of projec-
plane) projected from the origin are shown. x-axis is tion and the foot of the inclined plane.
along the horizontal direction and y-axis is vertically 11. A hemispherical sprayer with many small holes is
upwards. Take g = 10 ms–2. placed in a lawn at a distance d from a wall. The
sprayer ejects water in every possible direction with

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the same speed. Prove that the portion of the wall that
is hit by water jets is bounded by a parabola whose
R2 – d2
height above the ground is ​ ______    
​ and breadth is
______ 2R
2 ​÷ R2 – d2 
 ​. R is the maximum range of water jet
ejected by the sprayer.
12. A particle is projected from the ground level. It just
passes through upper ends of vertical poles A, B
and C of height 20 m, 30 m and 20 m, respectively.
The time taken by the particle to travel from B to
C is double of the time taken from A to B. Find the
maximum height attained by the particle from the
ground level.
___
   ​ so that
13. A particle is projected with a velocity 2 ​÷gh  17. A body starts falling from height H. When it is at a
it just clears two walls of equal height h which are at
a distance of 2h from each other. Calculate the time
of passing between the walls.
14. A small squirrel jumps from pole 1 to pole 2 in the
horizontal direction. Squirrel is being observed by an
observer at the origin. What is the average velocity
vector of the squirrel? Express the average velocity
vector as vx  + vy  + vz  . of elevation q and 2q, where q < 45°. At what time
15. A particle is projected horizontally with speed u
from point A, which is 10 m above the ground. The
particle hits the inclined
plane perpendicularly at
point B [ g = 10 ms–2].
(a) Find the horizontal
speed with which
the particle was
projected.
(b) Find the length OB along the inclined plane.
16. Two towers AB and CD are situated a distance d
apart as shown in the figure. AB is 20 m high and
CD is 30 m high from the ground. An object of mass
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m is thrown from the top of AB horizontally with
a velocity of 10 ms–1 towards CD. Simultaneously
another object of mass 2 m is thrown from the top of
CD at an angle of 60° to the horizontal towards AB
with the same mag-
nitude of initial
velocity as that of
the first object. The
two objects move
in the same vertical
plane and collide in
midair calculate the
distance d between
the towers.
height h above the ground, it hits an inclined plane.
As a result of this impact the direction of velocity
of the body becomes horizontal. For what value of
h/H the body will take maximum time to reach the
ground?
18. Two particles are projected simultaneously with the
same speed v in the same vertical plane with angles
will their velocities be parallel.
19. Two particles are projected from the same point
with velocities v and 2v in making an equal angle
q = 30° with the hori-
zontal in directions as
shown in the figure. Find
the separation between
them when their velocity
vectors become mutually perpendicular. The accel-
eration due to gravity is g.
20. Two small balls A and B are launched in the same
vertical plane simultaneously, with the same speed
of 20 ms–1. Ball A is projected horizontally and ball
B has an initial velocity at an angle q above the line
joining A and B as shown. The projectiles collide in
mid-air at time t. Find t.
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Answers Sheet
Your Turn
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1. ​÷ 5 ​  ms–1 2. 5 m 3. Average speed = 3.14 ms–1, Average velocity = 2ms–1

4. No 5. 2 ms–2 6. (i) y = 2x ; (ii) y2 + x2 = 1, circle

y2 x3
7. ​ __ ​  + y – __
​   ​  = 0 8. s 4m ; a = 37.8 ms–2 9. 60 m
2 3
u4
10. 15° or 75° 11. q = 45° 12. 8.36 m 13. p ​ __2 ​ 
__
g
14. 100 m, 250 m    m
15. 16 ​÷2 ​  16. (i) 11.8 m (ii) 18.9 m (iii) 16.4 ms–1
17. 3.16 ms–1 towards the coach 18. 4.5 m, 2.75 m 19. (i) 30° (ii) 10.8 m

÷ 
_________
__ a ____ __
21. ​ (1 + b2) ___
0
    ms–1; 60°
20. 20​÷3 ​ ​     ​ ​
     ms–1
22. u = ​÷182 ​    s
23. 4​÷2 ​
2c

÷ 
________
8(H – h) ___ __
24. (ii) ​ ​ _______
g     
 
​ ​ 25. 0.4 s     ms–1
   + 1)s, v = 10​÷3 ​
26. t = (​÷10 ​
27. h = 44.1 m, v = 29.4 ms–1 28. 60 ms–1 29. (i) 20 s (ii) 1125 m
–1
30. 25 m 31. (i) 12.8 ms (ii) 2.18 m 32. 4.26 m
33. b = 90° – a 34. T = 1s, R = 5 m

Worksheet 1
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (b)
10. (a) 11. (c) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (b) 15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (d) 18. (c)
19. (a) 20. (a) 21. (b) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (a) 26. (d) 27. (c)
28. (c) 29. (d) 30. (b) 31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (c) 35. (a) 36. (a)
37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (c) 41. (a) 42. (c) 43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (b)
46. (a) 47. (a)

Worksheet 2
1. (a,b,c) 2. (a,c) 3. (b,c) 4. (b,c,d) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (a,b,c,d) 8. (d) 9. (b,c,d)
10. (a,b) 11. (a,b,c) 12. (b.d) 13. (b,c) 14. (b,d) 15. (b,c) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (a,c)

Worksheet 3
1. 100 m 2. 40 m 3. (a) t = 5 s, (b) P(150, 75)
4. 100/3 ms–1 5. (i) 367.2 m (ii) 18.8 s 6. 5 ms–1, 4 ms–1 7. 10 m
__
÷   
​ 3 ​
8. 20 s 9. ​ _______
__  __   ​ s 10. (a) t = 7 s, (b) 175 m
   – ÷
​÷6 ​   
​ 2 ​ 

÷ 
__
125 h
12. ​ ____
 ​ m
 
  13. 2 ​ __
​ g ​ ​
  14. – 50 + 50 – 5 ms–1
4

÷ 
__ __
2   
20 ​÷2 ​
15. (a) u = 10  ​ ​ __ ​ ​   s,  (b) _____
​   ​  m
 
  16. 17.32 m 17. H/2
3 3
__
v sin q    )v2
(2 ​÷7 ​ 10
18. ​ ______________
        ​ 19. d = _______
​  g     
​ 20. t = ___
​  __  ​  s
g(cos q –  cos2 q) ÷   
​ 3 ​

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