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1. A particle has an initial velocity of 9 m/s due east and a 9. The acceleration–time graph of a particle moving along a
constant acceleration of 2 m/s2 due west. The distance straight line is as shown in figure.
2
At what time, the particle a(m/ s )
covered by the particle in the fifth second of its motion is
(a) zero (b) 0.5 m acquires its initial velocity? 10
(c) 2 m (d) none of these (a) 12 sec
(b) 5 sec
2. A body starts from rest and is uniformly accelerated for 30 s. (c) 8 sec t(s)
The distance travelled in the first 10 s is x1, in the next 10 (d) 16 sec 4
s is x2 and in the last 10 s is x3. Then x1 : x2 : x3 is
(a) 1 : 2 : 4 (b) 1 : 2 : 5 10. For shown situation, in which interval is the average speed
greatest? (Given each interval is of equal duration)
(c) 1 : 3 : 5 (d) 1 : 3 : 9

3. A, B, C and D are points in a vertical line such that

AB = BC = CD. If a body falls from rest from A, then the times
of descend through AB, BC and CD are in the ratio
(a) 1 : 2 : 3 (b) 2 : 3 : 1
(c) 3 :1: 2 (d) 1 : ( 2 – 1) : ( 3 – 2)
(a) 1 (b) 2
4. A parachutist after bailing out falls 50 m without friction. (c) 3 (d) data insufficient
When parachute opens, it decelerates at 2 ms–2. He reaches
the ground with a speed of 3ms–1. At what height, did he bail 11. In the diagram shown, the displacement of particles is given
out? as a function of time.
(a) 91 m (b) 182 m Particle A is moving at
(c) 293 m (d) 111 m constant velocity of 9 m/s.
Particle B is moving with
5. A stone is dropped from a certain height which can reach the non uniform acceleration.
ground in 5 s. If is stopped after 3 s of its fall and then it is From time t = 0 s to t = 6 s,
again released. The total time taken by the stone to reach the the average velocity of
ground will be (Take g = 10 m/s2) particle B will be equal to
(a) 6 s (b) 6.5 s (a) less than 9 m/s
(c) 7 s (d) 7.5 s (b) greater than 9 m/s
(c) 9 m/s
6. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower of height h. After
(d) either greater or less than 9 m/s
1 s, another stone is dropped from the balcony 20 m below
the top. Both reach the bottom simultaneously. What is the
12. A particle of mass m is initially situated at point P inside a
value of h? (Take g = 10 m s–2).
hemispherical surface of radius r as shown in the figure. A
(a) 3125 m (b) 312.5 m
horizontal acceleration of magnitude a0 is suddenly produced
(c) 31.25 m (d) 25.31 m
on the particle in the horizontal direction. If gravitational
7 A parachutist drops freely from an aeroplane for 10 s before the acceleration is neglected, then time taken by the particle to
parachute opens out. Then he descends with a net retardation touch the sphere again is
of 2.5 m/s2. If he bails out of the plane at a height of 2495 m and 4r sin 
g = 10 m/s2, with what velocity will he hit the ground? (a) a0
(a) 5 m/s (b) 10 m/s
4r tan 
(c) 15 m/s (d) 20 m/s (b) a0
8. The velocity time graph of a linear motion is shown in figure. 4r cos 
The displacement and distance from the origin after 8 sec is (c) a0 (d) none of these
v(m/ s)
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2 13. A train 100 m long travelling at 40 m s–1, starts overtaking

t(s)
another traing 200 m long travelling at 30 m s–1. The time
0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 taken by the first train to pass the second train completely is
-2 (a) 30 s (b) 40 s
(c) 50 s (d) 60 s
(a) 5 m, 19m (b) 16 m, 22m
(c) 8 m, 19m (d) 6 m, 5m
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14. Between two stations, a train first accelerates uniformly from 21. A particle is moving on a straight line. Its acceleration as
rest, then moves with constant velocity and finally retards function of position is a  (2  100 / x 2 ) ms2 . If the velocity
uniformly to come to rest. If the ratio of the time taken is 1 : of particle is 5 ms–1 at x = 10 m, then the velocity of the
8 : 1 and the maximum speed attained is 60 km h– 1, then what particle at x = 25 m is
is the average speed over the whole journey? (a) 9.8 ms–1 (b) 10 ms–1
(a) 48 km h– 1 (b) 52 km h– 1 (c) 20 ms–1 (d) 8 ms–1
(c) 54 km h– 1 (d) 56 km h– 1

15.The position-time graph for a 22. Two cars A and B are moving in the same direction at speeds
culprit and police are shown in 20 ms–1 and 10 ms–1 respectively. Car A is following car B. At
the figure. Find the time for a certain instant AB = 150 m, when a deceleration a0 is applied
which police runs to catch the in car A to avoid collision. Then,
culprit. (a) a 0  1 ms2 (b) a 0  1 ms2
(a) 16 s (b) 9 s 1 2
(c) 3 s (d) 12 s (c) a 0  ms (d) a 0  0.5 ms2
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16. A point moves such that its displacement as a function of
time is given by x3 = t3 + 1. Its acceleration as a function of 23. A particle starts moving along a circle of radius (20 / ) m
time t will be with constant tangential acceleration. If the velocity of the
particle is 50 m/s at the end of the second revolution after
2 2t motion has began, the tangential acceleration in m/s2 is
(a) 5 (b)
x x5 (a) 1.6 (b) 4
2t 2t 2 (c) 15.6 (d) 13.2
(c) (d)
x4 x5
24. A car is moving horizontally along a straight line with a
17. A particle is moving along the x-axis whose instantaneous
unifrom velocity of 25 m s–1. A projectile is to be fired from
speed in given by v2 = 108 – 9x2 . The acceleration of the this car in such a way that it will return to it after it has moved
particle is 100 m. The speed of the projection must be
(a) – 9x (b) – 18x (a) 10 m s–1 (b) 20 m s–1
(c) – 9x / 2 (d) none of these (c) 15 m s –1
(d) 25 m s–1

18. The velocity of a particle moving along x–axis is given as 25. A body is projected with velocity v1 from the point A as
v = x2 – 5x + 4 (in m/s) where x denotes the x–coordinate shown in fig. At the same time, another body is projected
of the particle in metres. Find the magnitude of acceleration vertically upwards from B with velocity v2. Point B lies verti-
of the particle when the velocity of particle is zero? cally below the highest point of first particle. For both the
(a) 0 m/s2 (b) 2 m/s2 bodies to collide, v2/v1 should be
(c) 3 m/s 2 (d) None of these (a) 2 (b) 3/ 2
(c) 0.5 (d) 1
19. A point moves in a straight line under the retardation av2.
If the initial velocity is u, the distance covered in t sec is 26. A particle is moving in x-y plane. At certain instant of time,
1 1 the componets of its velocity and acceleration are as
(a) ln(1  aut) (b) ln(aut) 2
a a follows. ν x  3 m/s, ν y  4 m/s, a x  2 m/s and
1 a y  1m / s 2 . The rate of cange of speed at this moment is
(c) ln(1  aut) (d) aln(aut)
a (a) 10 m / s 2 (b) 4m/s2
20. The position vector of a particle is given as (c) 10m/s2 (d) 2m/s2
 2
r =(t – 4t + 6) î + (t2) ˆj . 27. A ball is thrown at different angles with the same speed u
The time after which the velocity vector and acceleration and from the same point and it has the same range in both
vector becomes perpendicular to each other is equal to the cases. If y1 and y2 are the heights attained in the two
(a) 1 sec (b) 2 sec cases, then y1 + y2 is equal to
(c) 1.5 sec (d) Not possible (a) u 2 / g (b) 2u 2 / g
(c) u 2 / 2 g (d) u 2 / 4g

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28. A projectile is projected at an angle (  45o ) with an initial 35. A body has an initial velocity of 3 m s– 1 and has a constant
velocity u. The time t at which its magnitude of horizontal acceleration of 1 m s– 2 normal to the direction of the initial
velocity will equal the magnitude of vertical velocity is velocity. Then its velocity 4 s after the start is
(a) 7 m s– 1 along the direction of initial velocity
u u
(a) t  (cos   sin  ) (b) t  (cos   sin  ) (b) 7 m s– 1 along the normal to the direction of initial velocity.
g g (c) 7 m s– 1 midway between the two directions
u u (d) 5 m s– 1at an angle tan– 1(4/3) with the direction of initial
(c) t  (sin   cos  ) (d) t  (sin 2   cos2  ) .
g g velocity.

29.A particle is dropped from a height h . Another particle 36. A projectile is fired from level ground at an angle  above the
which was initially at a horizontal distance 'd' from the horoizontal. The elevation angle  of the highest point as
first, is simultaneously projected with a horizontal veloc- seen from the launch point is related to  by the relation
ity u towards the first particle and the two particles just (a) tan   2 tan  (b) tan   tan 
collide on the ground . The three quantities h, d and u are
related as 1 1
(c) tan   tan  (d) tan   tan 
u2 h 2 u2 h 2 4
(a) d2 = (b) d2 =
2g g 37. The speed of a projectile at its maximum height is 3 / 2
(c) d = h (d) gd2 = u2h
times its initial speed. If the range of the projectile is n times
30. A ball is projected from ground. After 2 s, the velocity of ball the maximum height attained by it, then n is equal to
makes 45o angle with horizontal and after next 2 s, it moves (a) 4/3 (b) 2 3
horizontal. The velocity of projection of ball is (c) 4 3 (d) 3/4
(Take g = 10 ms–2)
(a) 10 ms–1 (b) 20 ms–1 38. Two balls A and B are thrown with speed u and u/2, respec-
(c) 10 5 ms1 (d) 20 5 ms1 tively. Both the balls cover the same horizontal distance be-
fore returning to the plane of projection. If the angle of pro-
jection of ball B is 15o with the horizontal, then the angle of
31. The distance between a frog and an insect on a horizontal projection of A is
plane is 10 m. Frog can jump with a maximum speed of
1  1  1 1  1 
10 ms1. Minimum number of jumps required by the frog (a) sin   (b) sin  
8 2 8
to catch the insect is (Take g = 10 ms–2)
1 1  1  1 1  1 
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) sin   (d) sin  
(c) 20 (d) 30 3 8 4 8

32. A particle is projected with a velocity v so that its range on a 39. A body of mass m is projected horizontally with a velocity v
horizontal plane is twice the greatest height attained. If g is from the top of a tower of height h and it reaches the ground
acceleration due to gravity, then its range is at a distance x from the foot of the tower. If a second body of
mass 2 m is projected horizontally from the top of a tower of
4v 2 3v 2
(a) (b) height 2 h, it reaches the ground at a distance 2x from the
5g 5g foot of the tower. The horizontal velocity of the second
2 v2 5 v2 body is
(c) (d) (a) v (b) 2v
3g 6g
(c) 2v (d) v/2
33. A particle is projected from ground at some angle with the
horizontal. Let P be the point at maximum height H. At what
height above the point P should the particle be aimed to 40. A ball is thrown from the ground to clear a wall 3 m high at a
have range equal to maximum height? distance of 6 m and falls 18 m away from the wall, the angle of
(a) H (b) 2H projection of ball is
(c) H/2 (d) 3H 3 2
(a) tan–1   (b) tan–1  
34. A projection has a time of flight T and range R. If the time of 2 3
flight is doubled, keeping the angle of projection same, what 1 3
happens to the range? (c) tan–1   (d) tan–1  
2 4
(a) R/4 (b) R/2
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41. A truck is moving with a constant velocity of 54 km h– 1. In
which direction (angle with the direction of motion of truck)
should a stone be projected up with a velocity of 20 m s– 1,
from the floor of the truck, so as to appear at right angles to
the truck, for a person standing on earth?
(a) cos1 (3 / 4) (b) cos 1 (1 / 4)
(c) cos1 (2 / 3) (d) cos1 (3 / 4)

42. In a village game, three boys A, B, and C are in motion. The

velocity of boy A seen by boy B is 1 ms–1 towards the North-
East direction. The velocity of the boy B seen by boy C is
1 ms–1 towards the North-West direction. The direction of
velocity of boy C seen by boy A is
(a) 1 ms–1 towards South
(b) 1 ms–1 towards East
(c) 2 ms 1 towards South
(d) 2 ms 1 towards North

43. A bird is flying in a direction 30o East of North with a speed

of 5 kmh–1 and a cyclist is going on the road towards East at
a speed of 10 kmh–1 . The velocity of bird observed by cyclist
is
1
(a) 5 3 kmh in a direction at 60o West of North
(b) 5 kmh–1 in North direction
(c) 5 3 kmh 1 in a direction at 60o
(d) 5 3 kmh 1 in a direction at 30o West of North

44.A, B and C are three objects each moving with constant

velocity. The speed of A is 10 m/s in a direction PQ .
The velocity of B relative to A is 6 m/s at an angle of cos
-1
(15/24) to PQ . The velocity of C relative to B is 12 m/s in a
direction QP. Then the magnitude of the velocity of C is
(a) 5 m/s (b) 2 10 m/s
(c) 3 m/s (d) 4 m/s

45. The river velocity is 5 ms–1. A swimmer starts from point A

and reaches point B after 2 s. The distance AB is
(8  6 3 )m. Find the velocity of swimmer with respect to
river.
(a) 3 3 ms 1
(b) 6 ms–1
(c) 6 3 ms1
(d) 4 3 ms 1

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1. A particle has an initial velocity of 9 m/s due east and a 8. A bird is flying in a direction 30o East of North with a speed
constant acceleration of 2 m/s2 due west. The distance of 5 kmh–1 and a cyclist is going on the road towards East at
covered by the particle in the fifth second of its motion is a speed of 10 kmh–1 . The velocity of bird observed by cyclist
(a) zero (b) 0.5 m is
1
(c) 2 m (d) none of these (a) 5 3 kmh in a direction at 60o West of North
(b) 5 kmh–1 in North direction
2. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower of height h. After
1 s, another stone is dropped from the balcony 20 m below (c) 5 3 kmh 1 in a direction at 60o
the top. Both reach the bottom simultaneously. What is the (d) 5 3 kmh 1 in a direction at 30o West of North
value of h? (Take g = 10 m s–2).
(a) 3125 m (b) 312.5 m 9. The river velocity is 5 ms–1. A swimmer starts from point A
(c) 31.25 m (d) 25.31 m and reaches point B after 2 s. The distance AB is
(8  6 3 )m. Find the velocity of swimmer with respect to
3. Between two stations, a train first accelerates uniformly from river.
rest, then moves with constant velocity and finally retards
(a) 3 3 ms1
uniformly to come to rest. If the ratio of the time taken is 1 :
8 : 1 and the maximum speed attained is 60 km h– 1, then what (b) 6 ms–1
is the average speed over the whole journey? (c) 6 3 ms1
(a) 48 km h– 1 (b) 52 km h– 1
(d) 4 3 ms1
(c) 54 km h –1
(d) 56 km h– 1

4. A point moves in a straight line under the retardation av2. 10. A particle moves along a straight line. The relation between
If the initial velocity is u, the distance covered in t sec is the position of particle and time is x2 = (8t2 +8t + 4) m2
1 1 Find acceleration of particle (in ms–2) at x = 2m.
(a) ln(1  aut) (b) ln(aut) (a) 2 ms–2 (b) 4 ms–2
a a
(c) Zero (d) 8 ms–2
1
(c) ln(1  aut) (d) aln(aut)
a 11. A particle is moving along a
straight line whose velocity
5. A particle is thrown upwards from ground. It experiences
displacement graph is shown
a constant resistance force which can produce retardation
in fig. What is the acceleration
2 m/s2. The ratio of time of ascent to the time of descent
is (g = 10 m/s2) when displacement is 3 m?
2 (a)  4 3 m s 2
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 2
3 (b)  3 3 m s
2 3 (c)  3 m s 2
(c) (d)
3 2
(d)  4 / 3 m s 2
6. A body is projected with velocity v1 from the point A as
shown in fig. At the same time, another body is projected 12. A boat moving towards east with velocity 4 m/s with respect
vertically upwards from B with velocity v2. Point B lies verti- to still water and river is flowing towards north with velocity
cally below the highest point of first particle. For both the 2 m/s and the wind is blowing towards north with velocity 6
bodies to collide, v2/v1 should be m/s. The direction of the flag blown over by the wind hoisted
(a) 2 (b) on the boat is
3/ 2
(a) North–west (b) South–east
(c) 0.5 (d) 1 (c) tan–1(1/2) with east (d) North
7. A person sitting in the rear end of a compartment throws a
13. A butterfly is at point A(4, – 1, 5) m and sees two points
ball towards the front end. The ball follows a parabolic path.
B(–1, – 1, 0)m and C(3, – 1, –3)m. At t = 0, it starts flying in a
The train is moving with the uniform velocity of 20 m s– 1. A
plane of three points with constant speed 2 ms–1 in a direction
person standing outside on the ground also observes the
perpendicular to the straight line BC till it sees B and C
ball. How will the maximum heights (hm) attained and the
collinear at time t0. The value of t0 is
ranges (R) seen by the thrower and the outside observer
(a) 2 s (b) 3.5 s
compare each other?
(c) 5.57 s (d) 8.75 s
(a) same hm, different R (b) same hm and R
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14. A particle is thrown up with a certain velocity and at an 19. The velocity of swimmer A and B in still water is 5 ms–1.
angle  with the horizontal. The variation of kinetic energy Swimmer A decides to cross the river in minimum time and
with time is given by swimmer B decides to cross the river through shortest path.
They start from the same point simultaneously and at t = t0,
the distance of swimmer A from the bank is 25 m and that of
B is 20 m. Find speed of stream of river (in ms–1). (Assume
the velocity of steam is lesser than the velocity of swimmer
in water).

20. A body is thrown with speed v0 at an angle  .to the hori-

zon. Determine the value of v0 /4 in m s–1 if the maximum
height attained by the body is 16 m and at the highest point
of its trajectory, the radius of curvature is 8 m. Neglect air
resistance. [Take g = 10 m s–2]
15. The trajectory of a projectile in a vertical plane is
y = ax – bx2, where a and b are constants and x and y are,
respectively, horizontal and vertical distance of the projec- 21. A stone is thrown with a velocity 10 7 ms1, strikes
tile from the point of projection. The maximum height at- perpendicularly on an inclined plane through the point of
tained by the particle and the angle of projection from the projection as shown in the figure. (Take g = 10 ms–2)
horizontal are
b2 a2
(a) , tan 1 (b) (b) , tan 1 (2b)
2a b
a2 2a 2
(c) , tan 1 (a ) (d) , tan 1 (a ) The time of flight of stone is
4b b
(a) 1 s (b) 2 s
16. A body is projected at an angle of 60o with the horizontal (c) 3 s (d) 4 s
and with a speed of 40 m s– 1. After how much time (during
upward motion) will its angle with the horizontal be 30o? 22. In the above question the height of striking point is
(g = 10 m s– 2) (a) 10 m (b) 20 m
(a) 4 / 3 s (b) 2 s (c) 30 m (d) 40 m
(c) 2 3 s (d) 3s

17. A particle starts from origin and is moving in XY-plane whose

velocity is v  by î  v 0 ĵ. The trajectory of particle is
(a) straight line (b) circle
(c) parabola (d) hyperbola

18. A train is moving on straight track with velocity

v0 = 13.5 ms–1. To stop the train at a particular station, driver
applies brakes at t = 0. The retardation is proportional to
velocity of the train. The speed of train reduces to 50% in
time t0 = (4 ln 2)s. Find the velocity of train (in ms–1) at
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SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 7. A body is thrown at an angle  with the horizontal such that it
attains a speed equal to 2 / 3 times the speed of projection
1. A point moves rectilinearly with a resisting acceleration that
when the body is at half to its maximum height. Find the angle 
depends on the velocity v of the particle as a   v1 2 where
 is a positive constant. At t = 0, the velocity is v . What 8. A body falls freely from some altitude H. At the moment the
0
distance will it traverse before it stops? What time will it take to first body starts falling, another body is thrown from the
cover that distance? ground which collides with the first at an altitude h = H/2.
The horizontal distance covered by the second body is l.
2. A stone is projected from the point on a ground in such a
Find the initial velocity and the angle at which it was thrown.
direction so as to hit a bird on the top of a telegraph post of
height h and then attain the maximum height 2h above the ground.
If at the instant of projection, the bird were to fly away horizontally
with a uniform speed, find the ratio between the horizontal v
velocities of the bird and the stone, if the stone still hits the bird H
while descending. h

3. Two inclined planes OA and OB having inclination (with hori- 

zontal) 30o and 60o 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 direction perpendicular to plane OA. If the
particle strikes plane OB perpendicularly at Q, calculate the
(a) time of flight.
(b) speed with which particle strikes the plane OB.
(c) vertical height h of P from O.
(d) distance PQ.
(e) maximum height from O, attained by the particle.
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9. At what angle  above the horizon should a stone be thrown
from a steep bank for it to fall into the water as far as possible
from the bank? The height of the bank h = 20 m and the initial
velocity of the stone u = 15 ms–1. (Take g = 10 ms–2)
10. Two swimmers start a race. One who reaches point C first on
the other bank wins the race. A makes his strokes in a direction
of 37o to the river flow with velocity 5km/hr relative to water. B
makes his strokes in a direction 127o to the river flow with same
relative velocity. River is flowing with speed of 2km/hr and is
100m wide. Who will win the race? Compute the time taken by A
and B to reach the point C if the speeds of A and B on the ground
are 8 km/hr and 6 km/hr respectively.

4. A particle is projected with a velocity of 30 m/s at an angle 60°

above the horizontal on a slope of inclination 30°. Find its range,
time of flight and angle of hit. (Take fg = 10 m/s2)
5. Two guns, situated on the top of a tower, fire one shot each
with the same speed 5 3 m s– 1 at some interval of time. The first
gun fires upward at an angle of 60o with the horizontal and the
second gun fires horizontally. The shots collide in air at point P.
Find
(a) the coordinates of point P.
(b) the time interval between the firings.
Take the origin of the coordinate system at the point of the
firing and trajectories in the x-y plane.
6. The speed of the particle when it is at greatest height is
2 / 5 times the speed when it is at half of its greatest height.
Find the angle of projection.
11. During a rainy day, rain is falling vertically with a velocity 2 m
s– 1. A boy at rest starts his motion with a constant acceleration of
2 m s– 2.along a straight road. Find the rate at which the angle of the
axis of umbrella with vertical should be changed so that the rain
always falls parallel to the axis of the umbrella.
12. An aircraft is flying horizontally with a constant velocity u
= 200m/s, at a height = 1km above the ground. At the moment
shown, a bomb is released from the aircraft and the cannon-gun
below fires a shell with initial speed of 200 m/s, at some angle  .
(a) For what value of ' ' will the projectile shell destroy the
bomb in mid-air?
(b) If the value of  is 53o, find the minimum distance between
the bomb and the shell as they fly past each other.
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19. Time after which the separation between A and B is minimum is
(a) 2.7 s (b) 1.35 2 s
(c) 2 s (d) 3 s

Paragraph for Question 20 to 22

A river of width d is flowing with
velocity u. A boat starts from rest
13. A balloon moves up vertically such that if a stone is thrown and with respect to water, moves
from it with a horizontal velocity v0 relative to it, the stone perpendicular to the river with an
always hits the ground at a fixed point 2 v 02 g horizontally away acceleration of a = 5t, where t is
from it. Find the height of the balloon as a function of time. time. The boat starts from point
(1, 0) of the coordinate system as
PARAGRAPH TYPE shown in fig.
20. Find the equation of trajectory of the boat.
Paragraph for Question 14 to 16 3 3
6x 5x
From a tower of height 40 m, two bodies are simultaneously (a) y    (b) y   
projected horizontally in opposite directions, with velocities 5u 6u
2 m s–1 and 8 m s–1, respectively. (g = 10 m s–2) 5  x 1
3
6  x 1 
3
14. The time taken for the velocity vectors of two bodies to (c) y    (d) y   
become perpendicular to each other, is 6 u  5 u 
(a) 0.1 s (b) 0.2 s
21. Find the drift of the boat when it is in the middle of the river.
(c) 0.4 s (d) 0.8 s 1/ 3 1/ 3
 3d   3d 
(a) u  (b) u   1
15. The horizontal distance between two bodies, when their ve-  5   5 
locity are perendicular to each other, is 1/ 3 1/ 3
(a) 1 m (b) 0.5 m  5d   5d 
(c) u  (d) u   1
(c) 2 m (d) 4 m  6   6 
16. The time taken for the displacement vectors of two bodies to
become perpendicular to each other is 22. Obtain the total time taken to cross the river.
(a) 0.1 s (b) 0.2 s (a) (3d/5)1/3 (b) (6d/5)1/3
(c) 0.8 s (d) 0.6 s (c) (5d/3)1/3 (d) (5d/6)1/3

Paragraph for Question 17 to 19 Paragraph for Question 23 to 25

Two particles are thrown simultaneously from points A and A projectile is projected with some initial velocity and some
B with velocities u1 = 2 m s–1 and u2 = 14 m s–1, respectively, initial angle of projection. Wind is also blowing, due to which
constant horizontal retardation a is imparted to the particle in
as shown in fig.
the plane of motion. It is found that the particle is at same
height at two different time t1 and t2 and particle is at same
horizontal distance at two different time t3 and t4
23. Angle of projection of particle is

1  t1  t 2  1
 a  t1  t 2  
(a) tan  t  t  (b) tan  g t  t 
3 4   3 4 

1
 g  t1  t 2  
(c) tan  a t  t  (d) None of these
17. The relative velocity of B as seen from A is   3 4

(a) 8 2 î  6 2 ĵ (b) 4 2 î  3 3 ĵ 24. Maximum height of the particle is

(c) 3 5î  2 3 ĵ (d) 3 2 î  4 3 ĵ g g
(a)  t1  t 2 2 (b)  t1  t 2  2
8 4
18. Minimum separation between A and B is
(a) 3 m (b) 6 m g
(c) 9 m (d) 12 m (c)  t1  t 2  2 (d) None of these
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1 1
(a) a(t1  t 2 ) 2 (b) a (t1  t 2 ) (t3  t 4  t1  t 2 )
2 2
1
(c) a (t3  t4  t1  t 2 ) 2
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1. A particle has an initial velocity of 9 m/s due east and a He reaches ground with velocity v = 3 ms –1 and his
constant acceleration of 2 m/s2 due west. The distance acceleration is a = –2 ms–2. Since, v 2  u 2  2as
covered by the particle in the fifth second of its motion is  32  (10 9.8 ) 2  2(2)(h  50)  h  293 m.
(a) zero (b) 0.5 m
(c) 2 m (d) none of these
5. A stone is dropped from a certain height which can reach the
1. (b) v = u + at = 9 – 2t  v  0 at t = 4.5 s
ground in 5 s. If is stopped after 3 s of its fall and then it is
5 4.5 5
again released. The total time taken by the stone to reach the
s   9  2 t dt   (9  2 t ) dt   (2t  9) dt  0.5 m
ground will be (Take g = 10 m/s2)
4 4 4.5
Alternatively, the graph of v vs t is as shown. (a) 6 s (b) 6.5 s
(c) 7 s (d) 7.5 s
1 2 1
5.(c) Distance covered in 5 sec is g t   10  5 2  125 m
2 2
1
Distance covered in 3 sec is 10  32  45 m .
2
1 1 If t is the time taken to cover balance distance,
Distance = shaded area = 2    1  0.5 m s = 125 – 45 = 80 m, then
2 2
1 2 2s 2  80
2. A body starts from rest and is uniformly accelerated for 30 s. s gt or t    4 sec .
2 g 10
The distance travelled in the first 10 s is x1, in the next 10
The total time taken to reach the ground will be 3 + 4 = 7 sec.
s is x2 and in the last 10 s is x3. Then x1 : x2 : x3 is
(a) 1 : 2 : 4 (b) 1 : 2 : 5 6. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower of height h. After
(c) 1 : 3 : 5 (d) 1 : 3 : 9 1 s, another stone is dropped from the balcony 20 m below
2 (c) The distances travelled in the first 10s, first 20s and first 30s the top. Both reach the bottom simultaneously. What is the
are respectively value of h? (Take g = 10 m s–2).
1 (a) 3125 m (b) 312.5 m
a 102  50a, 1 a  20 2  200a and 1 a  302  450a
2 2 2 (c) 31.25 m (d) 25.31 m
 x1  50a, x2  200a  50a  150a and 6.(c)
u v a s t
x3  450a  200a  250a
Stone A 0 – 10 h t+1
 x1 : x2 : x3  50a : 150a : 250a  1 : 3 : 5 Stone B 0 – 10 h – 20 t

3. A, B, C and D are points in a vertical line such that The equations the two stones are
AB = BC = CD. If a body falls from rest from A, then the times h = 5 (t + 1)2 and
of descend through AB, BC and CD are in the ratio h – 20 = 5 t2
(a) 1 : 2 : 3 (b) 2 : 3 : 1  20  5[(t  1) 2  t 2 ]  5 (2t  1)

(c) 3 : 1 : 2 (d) 1 : ( 2 – 1) : ( 3 – 2 )  t  1.5 sec .

3 (d) Let AB = BC = CD = h and the times of descend through  h  5 (1.5  1) 2  31.25 m
AB, BC and CD be respectively t1, t2 and t3.
7 A parachutist drops freely from an aeroplane for 10 s before the
Then, for A  B, h  (1 / 2) g t12  t1  2h / g
parachute opens out. Then he descends with a net retardation
Similarly, t1  t 2  4h / g and t1  t 2  t3  6h / g of 2.5 m/s2. If he bails out of the plane at a height of 2495 m and
 t 2  4 h / g  2h / g and t3  6 h / g  4 h / g g = 10 m/s2, with what velocity will he hit the ground?
(a) 5 m/s (b) 10 m/s
 t1 : t 2 : t3  1 : 2  1 : 3  2 (c) 15 m/s (d) 20 m/s
7 (a) Distance travelled in first 10 s is
4. A parachutist after bailing out falls 50 m without friction. 1
When parachute opens, it decelerates at 2 ms–2. He reaches g  10 2  500 m
2
the ground with a speed of 3ms–1. At what height, did he bail
Velocity attained at t = 10s is g 10  100 m/s
out?
(a) 91 m (b) 182 m From v 2  u 2  2as , we have
(c) 293 m (d) 111 m v 2  (100) 2  2 (2.5) (2495  500)
 v  5 m/s
4 (c) Let the parachutist bail out at height h. Then, velocity after
50 m drop is u  2  9.8  50  10 9.8 ms1 .
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8. The velocity time graph of a linear motion is shown in figure. (a) less than 9 m/s
The displacement and distance from the origin after 8 sec is (b) greater than 9 m/s
v(m/ s) (c) 9 m/s
4
(d) either greater or less than 9 m/s
2
t(s) Final position  Initial position
0 11 (c) Average velocity 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Time taken
-2 96  0
  9 m/s
6
(a) 5 m, 19m (b) 16 m, 22m
(c) 8 m, 19m (d) 6 m, 5m 12. A particle of mass m is initially situated at point P inside a
1 hemispherical surface of radius r as shown in the figure. A
8 (a) Area above t axis  (4  2)  4  12 horizontal acceleration of magnitude a0 is suddenly produced
2
on the particle in the horizontal direction. If gravitational
1
Area below t axis  (4  3)  2  7 acceleration is neglected, then time taken by the particle to
2 touch the sphere again is
Displacement = 12 – 7 = 5m
Distance = 12 + 7 = 19m 4r sin 
(a) a0
9. The acceleration–time graph of a particle moving along a 4r tan 
straight line is as shown in figure. (b)
2
a(m/ s ) a0
At what time, the particle
acquires its initial velocity? 10 4r cos 
(a) 12 sec (c) a0 (d) none of these
(b) 5 sec
12 (c) Distance travelled = 2 R cos .
(c) 8 sec t(s)
(d) 16 sec 4 1 2 1
From, s  at , we have 2 R cos   a0 t 2
9 (c) The area under a - t graph is the change in velocity. It is clear 2 2
from the graph that area above t-axis in first four seconds is 4 R cos 
equal to the area below t-axis in next four seconds. At t  t
a0
= 8s, change in velocity is zero.
13. A train 100 m long travelling at 40 m s–1, starts overtaking
10. For shown situation, in which interval is the average speed another traing 200 m long travelling at 30 m s–1. The time
greatest? (Given each interval is of equal duration) taken by the first train to pass the second train completely is
(a) 30 s (b) 40 s
(c) 50 s (d) 60 s
13.(b)

(a) 1 (b) 2 We shall consider motion of A with respect to train B.

(c) 3 (d) data insufficient Considering Train B as stationary, the positions of Train A
10(c) Here, Average speed = | slope | immediately before and after overtaking is shown.
It is maximum in interval 3. Now, v AB = 40 – 30 = 10 m s–1 , sAB = 400 m
11. In the diagram shown, the displacement of particles is given  t  s AB / v AB  400 / 10  40 s .
as a function of time.
Particle A is moving at
constant velocity of 9 m/s.
Particle B is moving with
non uniform acceleration.
From time t = 0 s to t = 6 s,
the average velocity of
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14. Between two stations, a train first accelerates uniformly from particle is
rest, then moves with constant velocity and finally retards (a) – 9x (b) – 18x
uniformly to come to rest. If the ratio of the time taken is 1 : (c) – 9x / 2 (d) none of these
8 : 1 and the maximum speed attained is 60 km h– 1, then what
is the average speed over the whole journey? 17. (a) v  108  9 x 2
(a) 48 km h– 1 (b) 52 km h– 1 dv  9x dx 9 x
a    v  9 x
(c) 54 km h– 1 (d) 56 km h– 1 dt 108  9 x 2 dt v
14.(c)
18. The velocity of a particle moving along x–axis is given as
v = x2 – 5x + 4 (in m/s) where x denotes the x–coordinate
of the particle in metres. Find the magnitude of acceleration
of the particle when the velocity of particle is zero?
(a) 0 m/s2 (b) 2 m/s2
(c) 3 m/s 2 (d) None of these

Total distance dv
Average speed  18 (a) a  v  ( x 2  5x  4) (2 x  5)
Total time dx
(1 / 2)  t 0  60  8t 0  60  (1 / 2)  t 0  60  a  0 when v  x 2  5x  4  0
  54 km h 1
t 0  8t 0  t 0
19. A point moves in a straight line under the retardation av2.
15.The position-time graph for a If the initial velocity is u, the distance covered in t sec is
culprit and police are shown in 1 1
(a) ln(1  aut) (b) ln(aut)
the figure. Find the time for a a
which police runs to catch the 1
culprit. (c) ln(1  aut) (d) aln(aut)
a
(a) 16 s (b) 9 s v
dv t
dv   2    adt
(c) 3 s (d) 12 s 19 (c)  av 2
15 (d) The position of culprit and police at time t are respectively dt u v o
1 1 u
x1  (3 / 4)t  4 and x2  (4 / 3) (t  4)     at  v
u v 1  uat
The police catches the cnlprit when x1 = x2 x t
u 1

3 4
t  4  (t  4)  t  16 s .
  dx   1  uat
dt  x
a
ln (1  aut )
4 3 0 0

Therefore, the police runs for 16  4  12 s .

20. The position vector of a particle is given as
 2
r =(t – 4t + 6) î + (t2) ˆj .
16. A point moves such that its displacement as a function of
time is given by x3 = t3 + 1. Its acceleration as a function of The time after which the velocity vector and acceleration
time t will be vector becomes perpendicular to each other is equal to
(a) 1 sec (b) 2 sec
2 2t (c) 1.5 sec (d) Not possible
(a) (b)
x5
x5  
 dr  dv
2t 2t 2 20 (a) v   (2t  4)iˆ  2tˆj , a  2iˆ  2 ˆj , a.v  0
(c) (d) dt dt
x4 x5
 (2iˆ  2 ˆj ).[(2t  4)iˆ  2tˆj ]  4t  8  4t  8(t  1)  0
dx t2
16. (b) x 3  t 3  1  3x2  3t2  v  t  1s.
dt x2
dv x 2  2 t  t 2  2x dx / dt 21. A particle is moving on a straight line. Its acceleration as
 
dt x 4
function of position is a  (2  100 / x 2 ) ms2 . If the velocity
2t  t2  2t 3 3
 2t of particle is 5 ms–1 at x = 10 m, then the velocity of the
 x  t  (x  t )  5 particle at x = 25 m is
x 3  x2  x5
 x
(a) 9.8 ms–1 (b) 10 ms–1
(c) 20 ms–1 (d) 8 ms–1
17. A particle is moving along the x-axis whose instantaneous v 25
dv 100  100 
speed in given by v2 = 108 – 9x2 . The acceleration of the 21 (a)  v  2 2   v dv    2  x 2  dx
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v 2  52  1 1  vertically upwards from B with velocity v2. Point B lies verti-

  2  ( 25  10)  100      36 cally below the highest point of first particle. For both the
2  10 25  bodies to collide, v2/v1 should be
 v 2  97  v  9.9 ms1
(a) 2 (b) 3/ 2
(c) 0.5 (d) 1
22. Two cars A and B are moving in the same direction at speeds 25.(c)
20 ms–1 and 10 ms–1 respectively. Car A is following car B. At
a certain instant AB = 150 m, when a deceleration a0 is applied
in car A to avoid collision. Then,
(a) a 0  1 ms2 (b) a 0  1 ms2 For the bodies to collide, the vertical components of both
must be same. i. e., v1 sin 30o  v 2
1 2
(c) a 0  ms (d) a 0  0.5 ms2  v 2 / v1  0.5
3
22 (c) u AB  u A  u B  20  10  10 ms1 26. A particle is moving in x-y plane. At certain instant of time,
a AB  a A  a B  (a0 )  0  a0 the componets of its velocity and acceleration are as
2
If vA = vB at t = t0, then to avoid collision, at t = t0, S AB  150m follows. ν x  3 m/s, ν y  4 m/s, a x  2 m/s and
a y  1m / s 2 . The rate of cange of speed at this moment is
(a) 10 m / s 2 (b) 4m/s2
(c) 10m/s2 (d) 2m/s2

v 2AB  u 2AB 0 2  102 50 26.(d) v  v 2x  v 2y

 150   
2a AB 2( a0 ) a0 dv 1
  (v x a x  v y a y )
1 dt v 2x  v 2y
 a0  ms 1
3
1
  (3  2  4  1)  2 m / s 2
23. A particle starts moving along a circle of radius (20 / ) m 3  42
2

with constant tangential acceleration. If the velocity of the

particle is 50 m/s at the end of the second revolution after 27. A ball is thrown at different angles with the same speed u
motion has began, the tangential acceleration in m/s2 is and from the same point and it has the same range in both
(a) 1.6 (b) 4 the cases. If y1 and y2 are the heights attained in the two
(c) 15.6 (d) 13.2 cases, then y1 + y2 is equal to
23 (c) Distance covered by the particle in two revolutions is (a) u 2 / g (b) 2u 2 / g
s  4 πR (c) u 2 / 2 g (d) u 2 / 4g
From v 2  u 2  2at s, we have 27.(c) The angles of projection in the two cases are complemen-
v2 50 2 tary. Let them be  and 90 o  
at    15.6 m/s 2
2( 4R ) 8( 20 / )
u 2 sin 2  u 2 sin 2 (90o  ) u 2 cos2 
y1  and y 2  
24. A car is moving horizontally along a straight line with a 2g 2g 2g
unifrom velocity of 25 m s–1. A projectile is to be fired from  y1  y 2  u 2 / 2g
this car in such a way that it will return to it after it has moved
100 m. The speed of the projection must be
(a) 10 m s–1 (b) 20 m s–1 28. A projectile is projected at an angle (  45o ) with an initial
(c) 15 m s –1
(d) 25 m s–1 velocity u. The time t at which its magnitude of horizontal
velocity will equal the magnitude of vertical velocity is
24.(b) Time of flight, T  100 m / 25 m s 1  4 s
u u
The projectile must be fired vertically w.r.t. car since its hori- (a) t  (cos   sin  ) (b) t  (cos   sin  )
g g
zontal velocity must be same as that of car.
u u
(c) t  (sin   cos  ) (d) t  (sin   cos  ) .
2 2
2u y g T 10  4 g g
T  u  uy    20 m s 1 .
g 2 2 28 (c) u x  u y  u cos   u sin   gt
25. A body is projected with velocity v1 from the point A as u
 t  (sin   cos )
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29.A particle is dropped from a height h . Another particle
v2 v 2 sin 2 
which was initially at a horizontal distance 'd' from the 32.(a) R = 2H   2 sin  cos   2 
first, is simultaneously projected with a horizontal veloc- g 2g
ity u towards the first particle and the two particles just v2 v2 2 tan  4 v2
collide on the ground . The three quantities h, d and u are  tan   2 R sin 2    
g g 1  tan 2  5 g
related as
u2 h 2 u2 h 33. A particle is projected from ground at some angle with the
(a) d2 = (b) d2 = horizontal. Let P be the point at maximum height H. At what
2g g
(c) d = h (d) gd2 = u2h height above the point P should the particle be aimed to
29 (b) For particle 2, t  2 h / g .....(1) have range equal to maximum height?
(a) H (b) 2H
For particle 1, t = d/u .....(2)
(c) H/2 (d) 3H
 d / u  2h / g 33.(a) R = H
2u 2 h u2 u 2 sin 2 
 d2    2 sin  cos  
g g 2g
30. A ball is projected from ground. After 2 s, the velocity of ball  tan   4
makes 45o angle with horizontal and after next 2 s, it moves Hh
horizontal. The velocity of projection of ball is Also, tan  
R/2
(Take g = 10 ms–2)
2(H  h )
(a) 10 ms–1 (b) 20 ms–1  4  hH
H
(c) 10 5 ms1 (d) 20 5 ms1
30 (d) As t BC  2 s, v y  20 ms 1 34. A projection has a time of flight T and range R. If the time of
flight is doubled, keeping the angle of projection same, what
v x  v y cot 45o  20 ms 1 happens to the range?
(a) R/4 (b) R/2
(c) 2 R (d) 4 R
2u sin  u2
34.(d) T and R sin 2
g g
For same  , if T is doubled, u is doubled, and R becomes 4
times.
As t AC  4 s, u y  40 ms 1 u x  v x  20 ms1
35. A body has an initial velocity of 3 m s– 1 and has a constant
1
 u u x2  u 2y 2 2
 20  40  20 5 ms acceleration of 1 m s– 2 normal to the direction of the initial
velocity. Then its velocity 4 s after the start is
31. The distance between a frog and an insect on a horizontal (a) 7 m s– 1 along the direction of initial velocity
plane is 10 m. Frog can jump with a maximum speed of (b) 7 m s– 1 along the normal to the direction of initial velocity.
10 ms1. Minimum number of jumps required by the frog (c) 7 m s– 1 midway between the two directions
to catch the insect is (Take g = 10 ms–2) (d) 5 m s– 1at an angle tan– 1(4/3) with the direction of initial
(a) 5 (b) 10 velocity.
(c) 20 (d) 30 35.(d) After 4s,
31. (b) For minimum number of jumps, the range should be v x  u x  a x t  3  0  4  3 m s 1
maximum. v y  u y  a y t  0  1  4  4 m s 1
Rmax  u 2 / g  ( 10 ) 2 / 10  1m .
Minimum number of jumps  10 / Rmax  10 / 1  10  v  v 2x  v2y  32  42  5m s 1

 vy 
  tan 1  
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32. A particle is projected with a velocity v so that its range on a   tan 1  
horizontal plane is twice the greatest height attained. If g is  vx   3
acceleration due to gravity, then its range is
36. A projectile is fired from level ground at an angle  above the
4v 2 3v 2
(a) (b) horoizontal. The elevation angle  of the highest point as
5g 5g seen from the launch point is related to  by the relation
2 v2 5 v2 (a) tan   2 tan  (b) tan   tan 
(c) (d)
3g 6g 1 1
(c) tan   tan  (d) tan   tan 
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36.(c) H  u 2 sin 2  / 2g 2h g
Ru  uR
g 2h
R  (u 2 / g )  2 sin  cos 
H tan  u2 R2 h1 2 x h
     2
R 4 u1 R 1 h2 x 2h
H 2H tan  1
 tan    2  tan   u 2  2 u1  2 v
R/2 R 4 2

40. A ball is thrown from the ground to clear a wall 3 m high at a

37. The speed of a projectile at its maximum height is 3 / 2 distance of 6 m and falls 18 m away from the wall, the angle of
times its initial speed. If the range of the projectile is n times projection of ball is
the maximum height attained by it, then n is equal to
3 2
(a) 4/3 (b) 2 3 (a) tan–1   (b) tan–1  
2 3
(c) 4 3 (d) 3/4
1 3
37.(c) Let u be the initial velocity and  be the angle of projec- (c) tan–1   (d) tan–1  
2 4
tion. Then, the speed at maximum height is
40 (b) From equation of trajectory y = x tan  1   , we have
x
u cos   ( 3 / 2) u    30o
 R
u2 u 2 sin 2   6  2
R=nH   2 sin  cos   n  3  6 tan  1      tan 1  
g 2g  6  18  3
 n  4 cot   4 cot 30 o  4 3
41. A truck is moving with a constant velocity of 54 km h– 1. In
38. Two balls A and B are thrown with speed u and u/2, respec- which direction (angle with the direction of motion of truck)
tively. Both the balls cover the same horizontal distance be- should a stone be projected up with a velocity of 20 m s– 1,
fore returning to the plane of projection. If the angle of pro- from the floor of the truck, so as to appear at right angles to
jection of ball B is 15o with the horizontal, then the angle of the truck, for a person standing on earth?
projection of A is
(a) cos1 (3 / 4) (b) cos 1 (1 / 4)
1  1  1 1  1 
(a) sin   (b) sin   (c) cos1 (2 / 3) (d) cos1 (3 / 4)
8 2 8   
1 1  1  1 1 41 (a) vST  vS  v T
(c) sin   (d) sin 1     
3 8 4 8 vS  vT  vST
u 2 sin 2 1 cos   15 / 20  3 / 4
38.(b) R  For same R, sin 2 
g u2 cos   cos (   )  3 / 4
2
sin 22  u1   u 
2
  cos1 (3 / 4)
     4
sin 21  u 2   u / 2 
42. In a village game, three boys A, B, and C are in motion. The
sin 2 2 sin (2  15o ) 1 velocity of boy A seen by boy B is 1 ms–1 towards the North-
sin 21   
4 4 8 East direction. The velocity of the boy B seen by boy C is
1 ms–1 towards the North-West direction. The direction of
1 1 velocity of boy C seen by boy A is
 1  sin 1  
2 8 (a) 1 ms–1 towards South
(b) 1 ms–1 towards East
39. A body of mass m is projected horizontally with a velocity v (c) 2 ms 1 towards South
from the top of a tower of height h and it reaches the ground
(d) 2 ms 1 towards North
at a distance x from the foot of the tower. If a second body of
42 (c) Let x-axis be towards East and y-axis be towards North.
mass 2 m is projected horizontally from the top of a tower of
height 2 h, it reaches the ground at a distance 2x from the    1 ˆ ˆ
v AB  v A  v B  (i  j )
foot of the tower. The horizontal velocity of the second 2
body is    1
v BC  v B  vC  ( iˆ  ˆj )
(a) v (b) 2v 2
(c) 2 v (d) v/2     
vCA  vC  v A   (v AB  vBC )   2 ˆj
39.(c) For horizontal projection,
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45. The river velocity is 5 ms–1. A swimmer starts from point A
 2 ms 1 towards South
and reaches point B after 2 s. The distance AB is
43. A bird is flying in a direction 30o East of North with a speed (8  6 3 )m. Find the velocity of swimmer with respect to
of 5 kmh–1 and a cyclist is going on the road towards East at river.
a speed of 10 kmh–1 . The velocity of bird observed by cyclist (a) 3 3 ms1
is (b) 6 ms–1
1
(a) 5 3 kmh in a direction at 60o West of North
(c) 6 3 ms1
(b) 5 kmh–1 in North direction
(d) 4 3 ms1
(c) 5 3 kmh 1 in a direction at 60o
(d) 5 3 kmh 1 in a direction at 30o West of North 86 3
45 (b) vs   (4  3 3 ) ms 1
43(a) Let x-axis be towards East and y-axis be towards North. 2
From figure,
  
vbc  vb  vc  5(sin 30o iˆ  cos 30o ˆj ) vsr cos   vr  vs cos 37o
1
 10iˆ  (7.5iˆ  2.5 3 ˆj ) kmh and vsr sin   vs sin 37o

 | vbc |  (7.5) 2  (2.5 3 ) 2  5 3 kmh 1  vsr cos   (4  3 3 )  0.8  5  2.4 3  1.8 and
Its direction is vsr sin   (4  3 3 )  0.6  2.4  1.8 3
  tan 1 (7.5 / 2.5 3 )  60o 2
 vsr  (2.4 3  1.8) 2  (2.4  1.8 3 ) 2  36
West of North
 vsr  6ms 1
44.A, B and C are three objects each moving with constant
velocity. The speed of A is 10 m/s in a direction PQ .
The velocity of B relative to A is 6 m/s at an angle of cos
-1
(15/24) to PQ . The velocity of C relative to B is 12 m/s in a
direction QP. Then the magnitude of the velocity of C is
(a) 5 m/s (b) 2 10 m/s
(c) 3 m/s (d) 4 m/s
44 (a) Let PQ be along x-axis,
  cos 115 / 24
 cos   15 / 24 and sin   1  cos 2   3 39 / 24


vA  10 î m/s
   1
vBA  vB  vA  6(cos θ î  sin θ ĵ)  (15 î  3 3 9 ĵ) m/s
4
  
vCB  vC  vB  12 î m/s
On adding all three, we get
  15 3 39  1
vC  10 î   î  ĵ   12î  (7î  3 39 ĵ) m/s
 4 4  4
 
 1 2
 | vC |  7  (3 39 ) 2  5 m/s
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1. b
2. c
3. c
4. c
5. b
6. c
7. a
8. a
9. b
10. a
11. a
12. a
13. b
14. c
15. c
16. a
17. c
18. 5
19. 3
20. 5
21. d
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