Chapter 1

Motion in a Straight Line

1. Consider a rubber ball freely falling from a height 3. Two stones are thrown up simultaneously from the
h = 4.9 m onto a horizontal elastic plate. Assume edge of a cliff 240 m high with initial speed of
that the duration of collision is negligible and the 10 m/s and 40 m/s respectively. Which of the
collision with the plate is totally elastic. following graph best represents the time variation of
relative position of the second stone with respect
Then the velocity as a function of time and the
to the first? [JEE (Main)-2015]
height as a function of time will be [AIEEE-2009]
(Assume stones do not rebound after hitting the
 y ground and neglect air resistance, take g = 10 m/s2)
+1 (The figures are schematic and not drawn to scale)
h
(1) O t
–1
t (y2 – y1) m
240
 y
+1 (1)
h
(2) O t 2t t t (s)
1 1 4t1 t 8 12
–1
t
(y2 – y1) m
y
240
h
(3) t
t1 2t1 4t1 (2)
t
t (s)
12

y
1
h (y2 – y1) m
(4) O t 240

t
(3)
2. From a tower of height H, a particle is thrown
vertically upwards with a speed u. The time taken by t (s)
8 12
the particle, to hit the ground, is n times that taken
by it to reach the highest point of its path. The
relation between H, u and n is [JEE (Main)-2014]
(y2 – y1) m
(1) 2gH = n2u2 240

(2) gH = (n – 2)2u2
(3) 2gH = nu2 (n – 2) (4)

(4) gH = (n – 2)u2 t (s)

8 12
4. A body is thrown vertically upwards. Which one of 6. In a car race on straight road, car A takes a time
the following graphs correctly represent the velocity t less than car B at the finish and passes finishing
vs time? [JEE (Main)-2017] point with a speed ‘v’ more than that of car B. Both
the cars start from rest and travel with constant
v acceleration a1 and a2 respectively. Then ‘v’ is
equal to [JEE (Main)-2019]

(1) a1  a2 2a1a2
(1) t (2) t
2 a1  a2
t
(3) 2a1a2 t (4) a1a2 t
v 7. A particle starts from the origin at time t = 0 and
moves along the positive x-axis. The graph of
(2) t velocity with respect to time is shown in figure.
What is the position of the particle time t = 5 s?

v
v (m/s)

(3) 3
t
2
1
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 t(s)
v
[JEE (Main)-2019]
(4) t (1) 9 m (2) 6 m
(3) 10 m (4) 3 m

5. All the graphs below are intended to represent the 8. A passenger train of length 60 m travels at a
same motion. One of them does it incorrectly. speed of 80 km/hr. Another freight train of length
Pick it up. [JEE (Main)-2018] 120 m travels at a speed of 30 km/hr. The ratio of
times taken by the passenger train to completely
Velocity cross the freight train when : (i) they are moving in
the same direction, and (ii) in the opposite
(1) Position directions is [JEE (Main)-2019]

25 5
(1) (2)
11 2
Distance
11 3
(3) (4)
(2) Time 5 2
9. A particle starts from origin O from rest and moves
with a uniform acceleration along the positive
Position x-axis. Identify all figures that correctly represent
the motion qualitatively. (a = acceleration,
(3) Time v = velocity, x = displacement, t = time)
[JEE (Main)-2019]
Velocity

v
(4) Time (A) a (B)
O t O t
 speed of 1.8 km/hour. Speed (in ms–1) of this person
as observed from train B will be close to (take the
x x distance between the tracks as negligible)
(C) (D)
[JEE (Main)-2020]
O t O t
(1) 30.5 ms–1 (2) 29.5 ms–1
(1) (A) (2) (A), (B), (C)
(3) 31.5 ms–1 (4) 28.5 ms–1
(3) (A), (B), (D) (4) (B), (C)
14. A particle is moving unidirectionally on a horizontal
10. A ball is thrown vertically up (taken as + z-axis) plane under the action of a constant power
from the ground. The correct momentum-height supplying energy source. The displacement
(P-h) diagram is [JEE (Main)-2019] (s) - time (t) graph that describes the motion of the
particle is (graphs are drawn schematically and are
P P not to scale) [JEE (Main)-2020]

(1) h (2) h s s
O O
(1) (2)
t t

P P
s s

(3) h (4) h (3) (4)

O O
t t

15. A helicopter rises from rest on the ground vertically

11. The position of a particle as a function of time t, is upwards with a constant acceleration g. A food
given by packet is dropped from the helicopter when it is at
x(t) = at + bt2 – ct3 a height h. The time taken by the packet to reach
the ground is close to [g is the acceleration due to
where a, b and c are constants. When the particle
gravity] [JEE (Main)-2020]
attains zero acceleration, then its velocity will be
[JEE (Main)-2019] h
h t  1.8
(1) t  3.4   (2)
g  g
b2 b2
(1) a  (2) a
4c 3c
2h 2 h
(3) t  (4) t  
b2 b2 3g 3 g 
(3) a  (4) a
2c c
16. The velocity (v) and time (t) graph of a body in a
12. A particle is moving with speed v  b x along straight line motion is shown in the figure. The point
positive x-axis. Calculate the speed of the particle S is at 4.333 seconds. The total distance covered
at time t =  (assume that the particle is at origin by the body in 6 s is [JEE (Main)-2020]
at t = 0). [JEE (Main)-2019]
v (m/s) 4 A B
2
b  2
(1) b2 (2) S D t (in s)
4 0
1 2 3 4 5 6
–2
C
b2 b2
(3) (4)
2 2 37
(1) m (2) 11 m
13. Train A and train B are running on parallel tracks in 3
the opposite directions with speeds of 36 km/hour
and 72 km/hour, respectively. A person is walking in 49
(3) 12 m (4) m
train A in the direction opposite to its motion with a 4
17. A ball is dropped from the to of a 100 m high tower
a
1
on a planet. In the last s before hitting the
2
ground, it covers a distance of 19 m. Acceleration
due to gravity (in ms–2) near the surface on that
planet is _______. JEE (Main)-2020] (3) t
18. The distance x covered by a particle in one
dimensional motion varies with time t as
x2 = at2 + 2bt + c. If the acceleration of the particle
depends on x as x–n, where n is an integer, the value a
of n is _____. [JEE (Main)-2020]
19. The speed versus time graph for a particle is
shown in the figure. The distance travelled (in m) (4) t
by the particle during the time interval t = 0 to
t = 5 s will be ___________. [JEE (Main)-2020]
10
21. An engine of a train, moving with uniform
8 acceleration, passes the signal-post with velocity u
u 6 and the last compartment with velocity v. The
(ms–1)
4 velocity with which middle point of the train passes
2 the signal post is: [JEE (Main)-2021]

1 2 3 4 5
time v 2  u2 v u
(s)
(1) (2)
2 2
20. If the velocity-time graph has the shape AMB,
what would be the shape of the corresponding
acceleration-time graph? [JEE (Main)-2021] v 2  u2 u v
(3) (4)
2 2

V 22. A stone is dropped from the top of a building.

W hen it crosses a point 5 m below the top,
A B another stone starts to fall from a point 25 m below
the top. Both stones reach the bottom of building
simultaneously. The height of the building is
time (t) [JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) 35 m
M (2) 45 m
a
(3) 25 m
(4) 50 m

(1) t 23. A scooter accelerates from rest for time t 1 at

constant rate a1 and then retards at constant rate
a2 for time t2 and comes to rest. The correct value
t
a of 1 will be [JEE (Main)-2021]
t2

a1  a2 a1
(1) (2)
a1 a2
(2) t

a2 a1  a2
(3) (4)
a1 a2
24. The velocity-displacement graph describing the 25. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate 
motion of a bicycle is shown in the figure. for some time after which it decelerates at a
[JEE (Main)-2021] constant rate  to come to rest. If the total time
elapsed is t seconds, the total distance travelled
v(ms–1) is: [JEE (Main)-2021]
50
2 2 
(1) t (2) t2
(   ) 2(  )

 4 2
10 (3) t2 (4) t
4(  ) (   )
0
200 400 x(m)
26. The velocity of a particle is v = v0 + gt + Ft2. Its
The acceleration-displacement graph of the bicycle’s position is x = 0 at t = 0; then its displacement
motion is best described by : after time (t = 1) is : [JEE (Main)-2021]
a(ms–1)
g
(1) v 0  F (2) v 0  g  F
2

(1)
10 g F
(3) v 0   (4) v 0  2g  3F
2 3
2
0 27. The position, velocity and acceleration of a particle
200 400 x(m) moving with a constant acceleration can be
a(ms–2) represented by: [JEE (Main)-2021]

acceleration
)
v(t a(t)
velocity
position

)
x(t
(2) (1)
10
t t t
2
0
200 400 x(m)
acceleration

a(ms–2) a(t)
x(t) v (t
)
position

velocity

(2)
(3) t t t
10

2
acceleration

x(t)
position

0 ) a(t)
velocity

v(t
200 400 x(m) (3)
a(ms–2)
t t t

(4)
10
acceleration

v (t) a(t)
position

velocity

)
x(t
2
(4)
0
200 400 x(m) t t t
28. A butterfly is flying with a velocity 4 2 m/s in 33. The instantaneous velocity of a particle moving in a
straight line is given as v = t + t2, where  and 
North-East direction. Wind is slowly blowing at
are constants. The distance travelled by the particle
1 m/s from North to South. The resultant
between 1 s and 2 s is [JEE (Main)-2021]
displacement of the butterfly in 3 seconds is:
3 7  
[JEE (Main)-2021] (1)   (2) 
2 3 2 3
(1) 12 2 m (2) 3 m
3 7
(3)   (4) 3 + 7
(3) 20 m (4) 15 m 2 2
29. A boy reaches the airport and finds that the 34. A ball is thrown up with a certain velocity so that
escalator is not working. He walks up the it reaches a height ‘h’. Find the ratio of the two
stationary escalator in time t 1 . If he remains
h
stationary on a moving escalator then the different times of the ball reaching in both the
escalator takes him up in time t2. The time taken 3
by him to walk up on the moving escalator will be: directions. [JEE (Main)-2021]
[JEE (Main)-2021] 1 3 2
(1) (2)
3 3 2
t1 t2
(1) t2 – t1 (2)
t2  t1
3 1 2 1
(3) (4)
t1  t2 t1 t2 3 1 2 1
(3) (4)
2 t2  t1 35. A swimmer wants to cross a river from point A to
point B. Line AB makes an angle of 30° with the
30. Water droplets are coming from an open tap at a
flow of river. Magnitude of velocity of the swimmer
particular rate. The spacing between a droplet
is same as that of the river. The angle  with the
observed at 4th second after its fall to the next
droplet is 34.3 m. At what rate the droplets are line AB should be _____°, so that the swimmer
coming from the tap? (Take g = 9.8 m/s2) reaches point B. [JEE (Main)-2021]
B
[JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) 1 drop / 7 seconds
(2) 3 drops / 2 seconds 
(3) 2 drops / second 30°
A
(4) 1 drop / second 36. Two spherical balls having equal masses with
31. The relation between time t and distance x for a radius of 5 cm each are thrown upwards along the
moving body is given as t = mx2 + nx, where m same vertical direction at an interval of 3 s with the
and n are constants. The retardation of the motion same initial velocity of 35 m/s, then these balls
is: (Where v stands for velocity) collide at a height of ___ m. (take g = 10 m/s2)
[JEE (Main)-2021]
[JEE (Main)-2021]
37. If the velocity of a body related to displacement x
(1) 2 nv3 (2) 2 mv3
is given by v  5000  24 x m/s , then the
(3) 2 mnv3 (4) 2 n2v3
acceleration of the body is ______ m/s2
32. A balloon was moving upwards with a uniform velocity [JEE (Main)-2021]
of 10 m/s. An object of finite mass is dropped from
38. Water drops are falling from a nozzle of a shower
the balloon when it was at a height of 75 m from the
onto the floor, from a height of 9.8 m. The drops fall
ground level. The height of the balloon from the
at a regular interval of time. When the first drop
ground when object strikes the ground was around
strikes the floor, at that instant, the third drop begins
(take the value of g as 10 m/s2) to fall. Locate the position of second drop from the
[JEE (Main)-2021] floor when the first drop strikes the floor.
[JEE (Main)-2021]
(1) 250 m (2) 125 m
(1) 2.45 m (2) 7.35 m
(3) 300 m (4) 200 m (3) 2.94 m (4) 4.18 m
39. A particle is moving with constant acceleration ‘a’.
Following graph shows v2 versus x(displacement)
plot. The acceleration of the particle is _____ m/s2.
[JEE (Main)-2021]
42. Two buses P and Q start from a point at the same
time and move in a straight line and their positions
are represented by XP(t) = t + t 2 and XQ(t) =
ft - t2. At what time, both the buses have same
velocity? [JEE (Main)-2022]

80 C f f
(1) (2)
1  2(  1)
60 B
2
v (m/s)

40 A f f 
(3) (4)
2

20
0 10 20
x (m)
40. The velocity-displacement graph of a particle is
shown in the figure. [JEE (Main)-2021]
2(1  ) 2(1  )
43. A ball of mass 0.5 kg is dropped from the height of
10 m. The height, at which the magnitude of velocity
30
becomes equal to the magnitude of acceleration due
to gravity, is ___ m. [Use g = 10 m/s2]
[JEE (Main)-2022]

44. When a ball is dropped into a lake from a height

v 4.9 m above the water level, it hits the water with a
velocity v and then sinks to the bottom with the
v0
constant velocity v. It reaches the bottom of the lake
4.0 s after it is dropped. The approximate depth of
the lake is : [JEE (Main)-2022]

(1) 19.6 m (2) 29.4 m

O x0 x
(3) 39.2 m (4) 73.5 m

The acceleration-displacement graph of the same 45. A car covers AB distance with first one-third at
particle is represented by: velocity 1 ms–1, second one-third at 2 ms–1 and
last one-third at 3 ms–1. If 3  31, 2  21 and
a a 1  11 ms–1 then the average velocity of the car is
____ ms–1. [JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) (2)
O x O x 1 2 3
A B

46. Two balls A and B are placed at the top of 180 m tall
tower. Ball A is released from the top at t = 0 s.
a Ball B is thrown vertically down with an initial
a
velocity u at t = 2 s. After a certain time, both balls
O x meet 100 m above the ground. Find the value of
(3) (4) u in ms–1 [use g = 10 ms–2] [JEE (Main)-2022]
O x
(1) 10 (2) 15

(3) 20 (4) 30
41. From the top of a tower, a ball is thrown vertically 47. A small toy starts moving from the position of rest
upward which reaches the ground in 6 s. A second under a constant acceleration. If it travels a distance
ball thrown vertically downward from the same of 10 m in t s, the distance travelled by the toy in
position with the same speed reaches the ground the next t s will be : [JEE (Main)-2022]
in 1.5 s. A third ball released, from the rest from
(1) 10 m (2) 20 m
the same location, will reach the ground in ____ s
[JEE (Main)-2022] (3) 30 m (4) 40 m
48. A bullet is shot vertically downwards with an initial 50. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of
velocity of 100 m/s from a certain height. Within 10 s, 19.6 ms–1 from the top of a tower. The ball strikes the
the bullet reaches the ground and instantaneously ground after 6 s. The height from the ground up to

comes to rest due to the perfectly inelastic collision. k 

which the ball can rise will be   m . The value of
The velocity-time curve for total time t = – 20 s will be 5
k is ______ (use g = 9.8 m/s2) [JEE (Main)-2022]
(Take g = 10 m/s2) [JEE (Main)-2022]
51. A ball is thrown up vertically with a certain velocity so
that, it reaches a maximum height h. Find the ratio
h
of the times in which it is at height while going up
3
(1)
and coming down respectively [JEE (Main)-2022]

2 1 3 2
(1) (2)
2 1 3 2

3 1 1
(3) (4)
3 1 3
(2)
52. A juggler throws balls vertically upwards with same
initial velocity in air. When the first ball reaches its
highest position, he throws the next ball. Assuming
the juggler throws n balls per second, the maximum
height the balls can reach is [JEE (Main)-2022]
(1) g/2n (2) g/n
(3)
(3) 2gn (4) g/2n2

53. A ball is released from a height h. If t1 and t2 be the

time required to complete first half and second half
of the distance respectively. Then, choose the correct
relation between t1 and t2. [JEE (Main)-2022]

(4)
(1) t1   2 t 2 (2) t1   
2  1 t2

(3) t2   2  1 t1  (4) t2   
2  1 t1

49. A NCC parade is going at a uniform speed of 9 km/h 54. A particle is moving in a straight line such that its
under a mango tree on which a monkey is sitting at a velocity is increasing at 5 ms–1 per meter. The
acceleration of the particle is _______ms–2 at a point
height of 19.6 m. At any particular instant, the monkey
where its velocity is 20 ms–1. [JEE (Main)-2022]
drops a mango. A cadet will receive the mango whose
distance from the tree at time of drop is 55. A ball is projected vertically upward with an initial
velocity of 50 ms–1 at t = 0 s. At t = 2 s, another ball
(Given g = 9.8 m/s2) [JEE (Main)-2022]
is projected vertically upward with same velocity.
(1) 5 m (2) 10 m At t = _____s, second ball will meet the first ball
(3) 19.8 m (4) 24.5 m (g = 10 ms–2) [JEE (Main)-2022]


1. Answer (2) 3. Answer (3)
From v = u + at Till both are in air (From t = 0 to t = 8 second)
v=0–g×t x = x2 – x1 = 30t
 v = –gt  x  t
And just after collision velocity is upwarded then When second stone hits ground and first stone is
after some time it becomes zero and then negative. in air x decreases.
Same process repeats.
4. Answer (3)
1 2 Acceleration is constant and negative
From S  ut  at
2 v
1 2
h  4.9  gt
2
t

4.9 m
5. Answer (2)
Options (1), (3) and (4) correspond to uniformly
accelerated motion in a straight line with positive
initial velocity and constant negative acceleration,
So, graph will be downward parabola. whereas option (2) does not correspond to this
2. Answer (3) motion.
6. Answer (4)
tA = tB – t
u vA = a1(tB – t) = a2tB + v ...(i)

1 1
H S a1(tB  t )2  a2 tB2
2 2

 a 
u2 + 2gH  tB 1  2   t ...(ii)
 a1 
u
Time taken to reach highest point is t1  Solving (i) and (ii) v  t a1a2
g
Speed on reaching ground  u 2  2gh 7. Answer (1)

Now, v = u + at Displacement = Area under v - t graph

 1
u 2  2gh  –u  gt Area =  2  2  2  2  3 1 = 9 m
2
u  u 2  2gH nu 8. Answer (3)
 t 
g g l1  l2
t1  (when moving in same direction) and,
 2gH  n(n – 2)u 2 v1 – v 2
 l1  l2 14. Answer (3)
t2  (when moving in opposite direction)
v1  v 2 1
mv 2  p  t
t1 v1  v 2 80  30 11 2
   
t 2 v1 – v 2 80 – 30 5
v t
9. Answer (3)
ds
a = Constant  t
dt
v = at
3
1 2 s  t2
x = at [Particle starts from the origin]
2 15. Answer (1)
A, B and D are correct graphs.
2h
10. Answer (4) t0 =
g
V  V02  2gh
2h
Direction of velocity changes at top most point  V0 =  g = 2gh
g
11. Answer (2)
x = at + bt2 – ct3 v0 2h
 t1 = time to reach top = 
g g
x = a + 2bt – 3ct2
x = 2b – 6ct  H = h + h = 2h

For x  0 t

b 2   2h  h
3c  t2 = time of fall = 2
g g
 b   b 2 
 v  x  a  2b    3c    Total time = t1 + t2
 3c   3c  3c 

 v 
b 2 2b 2
 aa
b2 
= 2 2  h
g
3c 3c 3c
12. Answer (3)
h
= 3.4
dx g
v b x (i)
dt
16. Answer (1)
x
dx
 Distance = |A1| + |A2|
    bdt
x 0
0 1  13  1 5
= 1  4   2
2 3  2 3
 2 x = b (ii)
37
= m
b b 2  3
 v  b 
2 2
17. Answer (08.00)
13. Answer (2)
1 2
VP = (10 – 0.5) h gt
2
A B
 200  gt 2 ...(i)
10 m/s 20 m/s
= 9.5 m/s 200
 t
VPB = 29.5 m/s g
 2
1  1 a
Also g  t    81
2  2

2
 1  t
 g  t    81 2 ...(ii)
 2

 1 81 2 21. Answer (3)

t   
 2 g v2 – u2 = 2ax
Let velocity of middle point be v1
1 1
  ( 200  81 2) v12  u 2  ax
2 g

u2  v 2
 g  2(10 2  9 2) v1 
2
 g 2 2 22. Answer (2)
 g=8 m/s2
1
18. Answer (3) 5  10  t12  t1  1 s v1
2
dx  v1 = gt1 = 10 m/s 20 m
2x  2at  2b
dt
Time of collision,
dx dx (at  b )
x  at  b   20
dt dt x t  2s
10
2
d 2x  dx   Total time of fall = 3 s
 x 2
  a
dt  dt 
1
 H  (10)  32  45 m
2 2 2
 dx   at  b 
2 a–  a– 
 d x  dt    x  23. Answer (3)

dt 2 x x
We have,
a1t1 = a2t2
ax 2 – (at  b )2 ac – b2
 
x3 x3 t1 a2
 
 ax–3 t 2 a1

19. Answer (20)

24. Answer (4)
Distance travelled = Area under the u-t graph
vdv
a
1 dx
 S   5  8  20
2
x
20. Answer (4) v = 10 +
5
From A to M,
 x  1  x
Acceleration is negative and constant a   10     2 
 5  5  25
From M to B a(x = 0) = 2 m/s2
Acceleration is positive and constant. a(x = 200) = 10 m/s2
25. Answer (2) l
t2 
t1 + t 2 = t v2
t1 = t2
l l
S = Area under v-t curve t 
v1  v 2 l l
v 
t1 t 2

t1t 2
t
t1  t 2

30. Answer (4)

t1 t2
Let N drop/sec
26. Answer (3)
1
v  v 0  gt  Ft 2 V1  ( g )
N
1 2
dx   (v 0  gt  Ft 2 )dt 1  1
H0  (g )  
0 2 N

1 At t = 4 s,
 t 2 Ft 3 
 v0 t  g  
 2 3 0  1 1
9.8   4    (4.9)  34.3  N1
 N  N2
g F
 v0   N=1
2 3
31. Answer (2)
27. Answer (1)
 Acceleration-time graph will be straight t = mx2 + nx
horizontal line.
 1 = m × 2x v + n × v
 Velocity-time graph will be straight inclined line.
1
 Position-time graph will be parabolic graph  v
2mx  n
opening upwards if both velocity and
acceleration are positive.
dv 1 2
28. Answer (4)     2m   v
dt  2mx  n 
N
Vx = 4 m/s
4 2  a   2m   v × v 2
Vy = 3 m/s
45° = 2 mv3
x = 4 × 3 = 12 m W E
32. Answer (2)
y=3×3=9m VW 1 m/s

S 1 10 m/s
75  10t   (10) t 2
D  x2  y2  15 m 2
29. Answer (4)  – 15 = 2t – t 2 balloon

Let l be the length of escalator, v1 be the velocity

 t2– 2t – 15 = 0
of man w.r.t. escalator, v 2 be the velocity of 75 m
escalator.  t=5s
l H = 75 + 10 × 5
t1 
v1
= 125 m
33. Answer (1) At the instant 2nd ball is thrown
v = t + tCorporate
2 Office : Aakash Tower, 8, Pusa Road, Ni-110005. Phone : 011-47623456
1
h = 35 × 3 – × 10 × 32 = 60 m
2 2
2
 dx   (t  t )dt Balls will collide after time interval
1
60
= = 2 second
2 2 2 35  5
t  3
   t 
2 1 3 1 1
h  35  2   10  22  50 m
2
3 7 37. Answer (12)
  
2 3
v  5000  24 x
34. Answer (2)
v2 = 5000 + 24x
u  2gh
dv
2v  24
1 2 dx
Now using, s  ut  at h
2
dv
h 1 h u v  12
 ut  gt 2 3 dx
3 2
38. Answer (2)
1 2 4
gt  ut   0
2 3 2H
T  T  2 sec
g
1 h
u  u2  4  g
2 3 at t = 0  1st drop
t
g at t = t  2nd drop
4 at t = 2t  3rd drop
2
t1 3  3 2
 1
t2 4 3 2  2t  2  t 
2 2
3
35. Answer (30) 1  1 1
h  g  ( t)2     9.8 
2  2 2
v
9.8 3
  HF  9.8    9.8  7.35 m
4 4

v 39. Answer (1)
For equal magnitude vs and vR v2 = u2 + 2ax

1
  = 30° a (slope of v 2 vs x graph)
2
36. Answer (50)
1  40 
  
5 m/s 2  20 
= 1 m/s2
40. Answer (4)
h
dv
av
35 m/s dx

dv
 0 and v is decreasing with x
dx
41. Answer (3) 45. Answer (18)
Based on the situation
3123
mean 
1 2 12  23  31
h  –ut1  gt  throwing up …(i)
2 1
3  11 22  33
1 
h  ut2  gt 22  throwing down …(ii) 11 22  22  33  33  11
2
= 18 m/sec
1
h  gt 2  dropping … (iii) 46. Answer (4)
2
Let us assume that they meet at t = t0
1
and 0  u  t1 – t 2  – g  t1 – t2 
2
…(iv) 1 2
2 A : 80  gt0 …(i)
2
solving above equations

t  t1 t2 1
B : 80  u(t0  2)  g (t0  2)2 …(ii)
2
 t  6  1.5  3 s From (i), t0 = 4
42. Answer (4)  80 = 2u + 5(2)2
XP = t + t2  u = 30 m/s
XQ = ft – t2 47. Answer (3)
 VP =  + 2t
1 2
VQ = f – 2t at  10 m
2
 VP = VQ
  + 2t = f – 2t 1
a(2t )2  40 m
2
f 
 t  Distance travelled in next t s
2(1  )
= 40 – 10 = 30 m
43. Answer (5)
gt = g 48. Answer (1)

 t = 1 sec |v10| = (100 + 10 × 10) m/s

1 2 1 v10 = – 200 m/s and v0 = – 100 m/s
h  gt   5  12  5 m
2 2
from 10 s to 20 s velocity remains zero
 h = H – h
= 10 – 5  from t = 0 s to 10 s velocity increases in magnitude
=5m linearly.

44. Answer (2)  graph given in option (1) fits correctly

2h 49. Answer (1)
t1 
g
1 2
H gt
2
2  4.9
  1s
9.8 19.6 = 4.9 t2
t = 4 – 1 = 3 s, t = 2 sec
v  2gh  2  9.8  4.9  9.8 m/s
5
D  9 2  5 m
 depth = 9.8 × 3 = 29.4 m 18
50. Answer (392)
u2 g
Hmax  
v = 19.6 m/s 2g 2n 2

t = 6s 53. Answer (4)

Time taken in upward motion above tower = 2 s H

2
2  H
 Time taken from top most point to ground = 4 s t1 
g g

2H
2h And t2   t1
 4 g
g

h
16  9.8
 8  9.8  t2 
2H
g

H
g

H
g
 
2 1
2
 k = 8 × 9.8 × 5 = 392 54. Answer (100)

51. Answer (2)

dv
 5 ms –1 / m
v  2gh dx

h 1 Acceleration of particle
 2gh t  gt 2
3 2 when v = 20 m/s
g 2 h
t  2gh t   0 dv
2 3 a v = 20 (5) m/s2 = 100 m/s2
dx
t1 2gh  2gh  2gh / 3 55. Answer (6)

t2 2gh  2gh  2gh / 3
At t = 2 s, v1 = 50 – 2 × 10 = 30 m/s
2 v2 = v2
2
3  3 2

2 3 2  arel = g – g = 0
2
3
u 2 – v 2 502 – 302 1600
S    80 m
52. Answer (4) 2g 2  10 20

u 1  vrel = 50 – 30 = 20 m/s
t 
g n 80
 t  4s
20
g
u  required time t = 2 + 4 = 6 s
n