Board Pattern Test-01 Arjuna JEE (2024)
PHYSICS
SECTION-A
Very Shory Answer Type (1-10) (1 × 10 = 10)
1. A car is moving along a straight line, shown in Fig.
It moves from O to P in 18 s and returns from P to
Q in 6.0s. What are the average velocity and
average speed of the car in going (a) from O to P?
and (b) from O to P and back to Q?
2. A cricket ball is thrown at a speed of 28 m s–1 in a
direction 30° above the horizontal. Calculate (a) the
maximum height, (b) the time taken by the ball to
return to the same level, and (c) the distance from
the thrower to the point where the ball returns to
the same level.
3. A cyclist starts from the centre O of a circular park
of radius 1 km, reaches the edge P of the park, then
cycles along the circumference, and returns to the
centre along QO as shown in figure. If the round
trip takes 10 min, what is the (a) net displacement,
(b) average velocity, and (c) average speed of the
cyclist?
4. Determine the maximum acceleration of the train
in which a box lying on its floor will remain
stationary, given that the co-efficient of static
friction between the box and the train’s floor is
0.15.
5. A rocket with a lift-off mass 20,000 kg is blasted
upwards with an initial acceleration of 5.0 m s–2.
Calculate the initial thrust (force) of the blast.
6. A man pushes a block kept on a horizontal surface
and fails to displace it. The nature of friction force
is ……. (Static friction /kinetic friction)
7. When a train stops suddenly, passengers in the
running train feel an instant jerk in the forward
direction due to inertia of rest or of motion?
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8. An athlete completes one round of a circular track
of radius R in 50 sec. What will be his displacement
at the end of 2 min 55 second?
9. Will the momentum remain constant if some
external force acts on the system?
10. Why does a cricket player lowers his hands while
catching a ball?
Assertion & Reasons Questions (11–14) (4 × 1 = 4)
11. Assertion: Newton's second law of motion is the
main law of motion.
Reason: Newton's first and second law are
contained in second law.
(1) Both assertion and reason are true and reason
is the correct explanation of assertion.
(2) Both assertion and reason are true but reason
is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(3) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(4) Assertion is false and reason is true.
12. Assertion (A): It is easier to pull a heavy object
than to push it on a level ground.
Reason (R): The magnitude of frictional force
depends on the nature of the two surfaces in
contact.
(1) Both assertion and reason are true and reason
is the correct explanation of assertion.
(2) Both assertion and reason are true but reason
is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(3) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(4) Assertion is false and reason is true.
13. Assertion (A): The time of flight of a body
becomes n times the original value if its speed is
made n times.
Reason (R): This due to the range of the projectile
which becomes n times.
(1) Both assertion and reason are true and reason
is the correct explanation of assertion.
(2) Both assertion and reason are true but reason
is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(3) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(4) Assertion is false and reason is true.
14. Assertion: A body with constant acceleration may
not speed up.
Reason: A body with constant acceleration always
moves along a straight line.
(1) Both assertion and reason are true and reason
is the correct explanation of assertion.
 (2) Both assertion and reason are true but reason
is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(3) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(4) Assertion is false and reason is true.
SECTION-B
Case Study Based Questions (15 – 16) (2 × 4 = 8)
15. An elevator without a ceiling is ascending up with
an acceleration of 5 ms–2. A boy on the elevator
shoots a ball in vertical upward direction from a
height of 2 m above the floor of elevator. At this
instant the elevator is moving up with a velocity of
10 ms–1, and floor of the elevator is at a height of
50 m from the ground. The initial speed of the ball
is 15 ms–1 with respect to the elevator. Consider the
duration for which the ball strikes the floor of
elevator in answering following questions.
(g = 10 ms–2).
(i) The time in which the ball strikes the floor of
elevator is given by
(1) 2.13 s (2) 2.0 s
(3) 1.0 s (4) 3.12 s
(ii) The maximum height reached by ball, as
measured from the ground would be
(1) 73.65 m (2) 116.25 m
(3) 82.56 m (4) 63.25 m
(iii) Displacement of ball with respect to ground
during its flight would be
(1) 16.25 m (2) 8.76 m
(3) 20.24 m (4) 30.56 m
(iv) The maximum separation between the floor of
elevator and the ball during its flight would be
(1) 12 m
(2) 15 m
(3) 9.5 m
(4) 7.5 m
16. A situation is shown in which two objects A and B
start their motion from same point in same
direction. The graph of their velocities against time
is drawn. uA and uB are the initial velocities of A
and B respectively. T is the time at which their
velocities become equal after start of motion. You
cannot use the data of one question while solving
another question of the same set. So, all the
questions are independent of each other.(Assume
magnitude of slope of both equal)
(i) If the value of T is 4s, then the times after
which A will meet B is
(1) 12 s (2) 6s
(3) 8s (4) data insufficient.
(ii) Let vA and vB be the velocities of the particles
A and B respectively at the moment A and B
meet after start of the motion. If uA = 5 ms–1
and uB = 15ms-1, then the magnitude of the
difference of velocities vA and vB is
(1) 5 ms–1 (2) 10 ms–1
(3) 15 ms–1 (4) data insufficient
(iii) After 10 s of the start of motion of both objects
A and B, find the value of velocity of A if
uA = 6 ms–1, uB = 12ms–1 and at T velocity of A
is 8 ms–1 and T = 4 s
(1) 12 ms–1 (2) 10 ms–1
(3) 15 ms–1 (4) None of these
(iv) After 10 s of the start of motion of both objects
A and B, find the value of velocity of B if
uA = 6 ms–1, uB = 12 ms–1 and at T velocity of A
is 8 ms–1 and T = 4 s
(1) 07 ms–1 (2) 10 ms–1
–1
(3) 15 ms (4) None of these
SECTION-C
Short Answer Questions (17 – 25) (9 × 2 = 18)
17. If a body starts from rest and travels 120m in the 8th
second, then find its acceleration.
18. Two trains each of length 50 m are approaching
each other on parallel rails. Their velocities are 10
m/sec and 15 m/sec. Find the time taken by them
to cross each other completely.
19. A body falling from a high Minaret travels 45
meters in the last second of its fall to ground. Find
the height of Minaret in meters.
20. The acceleration- time graph for a body is shown
in the given figure. Plot the corresponding velocity-
time graph.
21. What is the maximum height reached by an oblique
projectile if its time of flight is T?
22. Two blocks of mass 3 kg and 2 kg are in contact
with each other on a frictionless table. Find the
force exerted by the smaller block on bigger block
if a force of 5 N is applied on the bigger block.

23. The position of particle is given by
S(t) = 5tiˆ + 6t ˆj − 10kˆ
2
Where t is in second, and S is in meter. Find the
velocity v(t) and acceleration a(t) of the particle at
t = 1s
24. A ball is dropped from a height. If it takes 0⋅200 s
to cross the last 6.00 m before hitting the ground,
find the height from which it was dropped.
(Take g = 10 m/s2).
25. A ball is projected from a point on the floor with a
speed of 15 m/s at an angle of 60° with the
horizontal. Will it hit a vertical wall 5 m away from
the point of projection and perpendicular to the
plane of projection without hitting the floor? Will
the answer differ if the wall is 22 m away?
SECTION-D
Short Answer Questions (26 – 30) (5 × 3 = 15)
26. Two bodies A and B of masses 5 kg and 10 kg in
contact with each other rest on a table against a
rigid wall (shown in figure). The coefficient of
friction between the bodies and the table is 0.15. A
force of 200 N is applied horizontally to A. What
are (a) the reaction of the partition (b) the action-
reaction forces between A and B? What happens
when the wall is removed? Does the answer to (b)
change, when the bodies are in motion? Ignore the
difference between µs and μk.
27. A particle starts from the origin at t = 0 s with a
velocity of 10.0 ĵ m/s and moves in the x-y plane
with a constant acceleration of (8.0 iˆ + 2.0 ˆj )ms−2
(a) At what time is the x-coordinate of the particle
16 m? What is the y-coordinate of the particle at
that time? (b) What is the speed of the particle at
the time?
28. A ball is dropped from a height of 45 m on a floor.
At each collision with the floor, the ball loses one
tenth of its speed. Plot the speed-time graph of its
motion between t = 0 to 12 s.
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29. A bullet going with speed 350 m/s enters a concrete
wall and penetrates a distance of 5.0 cm before
coming to rest. Find the deceleration.
30. A police jeep is chasing a culprit going on a
motorbike. The motorbike crosses a turning at a
speed of 72 km/h. The jeep follows it at a speed of
90 km/h, crossing the turning ten seconds later than
the bike. Assuming that they travel at constant
speeds, how far from the turning will the jeep catch
up with the bike?
SECTION-D
Long Answer Questions (31 – 33) (5 × 3 = 15)
31. Two inclined frictionless tracks, one gradual and
the other steep meet at A from where two stones are
allowed to slide down from rest, one on each track
in figure. Will the stones reach the bottom at the
same time? Will they reach there with the same
speed? Explain. Given 1 = 30°, 2 = 60°, and
h = 10 m, what are the speeds and times taken by
the two stones?
32. A man of mass 70kg stands on a weighing scale in
a lift which is moving
(a) Upwards with a uniform speed of 10ms–1,
(b) Downwards with a uniform acceleration of
5ms–2,
(c) Upwards with a uniform acceleration of 5ms–2.
What would be the readings on the scale in
each case?
(d) What would be the reading if the lift
mechanism failed and it hurtled down freely
under gravity?
33. What is a projectile? Derive the expressions for the
time of flight, and maximum height for the
projectile thrown upwards at an angle θ with the
horizontal direction.
The ceiling of a long hall is 25m high. What is the
maximum horizontal distance that a ball thrown
with a speed of 40 ms–1 can go without hitting the
ceiling of the hall?