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1 A train is travelling at a speed on 25 5. The average speed of an airliner on a

ms-1 along a straight track. A boy domestic flight is 220 ms-1 . How long
walks along the corridor in a carriage will it take to fly between two airports
towards the rear of the train at a on a flightpath 700 km long?
speed of 1 ms-1 relative to the train. A. 50 min approx
B. little more than an hour
What is his speed relative to earth?
C. 0.88 seconds
A. 25 ms-1
D. 3.18 seconds
B. 24 ms-1
C. 1ms-1 6. A sports car accelerates along a
D. can't be calculated straight test track from rest to 70
kmh-1 in 6.3 s. What is its average
2. How far does a cyclist travel in 11 acceleration?
minutes if his average speed is 22kmh- A. 3 m/s2
1
? B. 11 m/s2
A. 22 metres C. 40 m/s2
B. 4km D. 19m/s2
C. 400 m
D. 6.1 km 7. A railway train travelling along a
straight track takes 1.5 minutes to
3. The radius of earth is 6.4 (106) come to rest from a speed of 115
kmh-1. What is its average
metres. One revolution about its axis
acceleration while braking?
takes 24 hours. Calculate the average A. 0.35m/s2
speed of a point on the equator B. 76.66 m/s2
relative to the centre of the Earth. C. 1.27 m/s2
A. 4(107) ms-1 D. -0.35 m/s2
B. 8.6(104) ms-1
C. 4.7(102) ms-1 8. A sprinter starting from the blocks
D. zero reaches his full speed of 9m/s in 1.5 s.
What is his average acceleration?
4. The speed of an electron in orbit is A. 6 m/s2
about 2.2(106) ms-1 and it takes 1.5(10- B. 13.5 m/s2
16
) s for it to complete one orbit. Find C. 9 m/s2
the radius of the orbit. D. none of these
A. 0.525 angstrom
B. 0.518 nm
C. 0.0525 angstrom
D. 0.0518 nm
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9. A car is travelling at a speed of 25 14. The distance travelled by a body is
m/s. At this speed it is capable of proportional to the square of time.
accelerating at 1.8 m/s2. How long The body is moving with
would it take to accelerate from 25m/s A. uniform acceleration
to a speed limit of 31 m/s? B. non-uniform acceleration
A. 3.33 seconds C. increasing acceleration
B. 10.8 seconds D. decreasing acceleration
C. 17 seconds
D. 13.8 seconds 15. Which of the following sets of
displacements have equal resultants
10. Which one of the following statements when performed in the order given:
is true? (a) 6m east, 9m north, 12m west (b)
A. the average speed of a car in a circular 6m north, 9m west, 12m east (c) 6m
path is zero east, 12m west, 9m north (d) 9m
B. the average velocity of a car in a north, 6m east, 12m west
circular path is non-zero A. A&B
C. a freely falling body is never at B. A&C
equilibrium if it is falling with terminal C. B,C & D
velocity D. A, C & D
D. all of the statements are wrong
16. A shell initially at rest explodes into
11. A car travels 2m with a speed 20 m\s two pieces of equal masses.
and 2m further with a speed 40 m\s. A. both pieces should have the same
What is its average speed during the momenta
entire course? B. both pieces should have the same
A. 30m\s velocities
B. 26.7m\s C. both pieces should have the same speeds
C. 15m\s D. both A and C
D. 27m\s
17. A bomb of mass 12 kg, initially at
12. A body is falling freely. What is the rest, explodes into two pieces of
distance covered by it during the 2nd masses 4 kg and 8 kg.
second of its free fall? Speed of the 8 kg mass is 6 ms–1. The
A. 20 m kinetic energy of the 4 kg mass is
B. 10m A. 32 J
C. 15m B. 48 J
D. 25m C. 114 J
D. 288 J
13. Two bodies are moving towards each
other with constant speeds. The 18. Two masses of 1 g and 4 g are moving
distance between them is decreasing with equal kinetic energies. The ratio
at the rate of 6m\s. When they start of the magnitudes of their linear
moving in the same direction the momenta is
distance between them is now A. 4:1
increasing at the rate of 4m\s. What B. 2 :1
are their speeds? C. 1:2
A. 5m\s and 1m\s D. 1 : 16
B. 3m\s and 3m\s
C. 6m\s and 1m\s
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19. A train of 150 m length is going 24. Two trollies X and Y moving towards
toward north direction at a speed of each other with momenta 20 N s and
10 ms–1 and a parrot is flying 12 N s respectively. They collide and
towards south direction parallel to their direction of motion is reverseD.
the railway track with a speed of 5 The trolly X has a final momentum of
ms–1. The time taken by the parrot to 2 N s. Find the momentum of the
cross the train is equal to trolly Y.
A. 12 s A. 8Ns
B. 8s B. 30 N s
C. 15 s C. 10 N s
D. 10 s D. none of these

20. The momentum of particle is 25. Two objects 3kg and 2kg are in
numerically equal to its kinetic contact such that they move togethe
energy. What is the velocity of the when a force is applied on them. A
particle? force of 10 N is applied on the body of
A. 9m\s mass 3kg. Find out the acceleration of
B. 4m\s each and the force experienced by
C. 1m\s each.
D. 2m\s A. 10 N each , 2 m\s² each
B. 6 N on 3kg mass, 4N on 2 kg mass ,
21. If the momentum of a body changes a=3m\s² each
from 100 N s to 200 N s in 10 s then C. 4N on 3kg mass, 6N on 2 kg mass,
the unbalanced external force a=2m\s² each
responsible to change the momentum D. 6N on 3kg mass, 4N on 2kg mass,
is a=2m\s² each
A. 5N
B. 2.5 N 26. A force can
C. 2N A. change the state of rest or of uniform
D. 10N motion
B. change the velocity of a body
22. A force 2F acts on a particle of mass C. both
10 kg and produces an acceleration of D. none
60 m\s². A force of 5F acts on a
particle of mass M and produces an 27. A body moving in rectilinear motion
acceleration of 50 m\s. What is the has
value of M? A. constant velocity
A. 3.3 kg B. variable force
B. 4.8kg C. constant position vector
C. 21kg D. none of these
D. 30kg
28. A stone is thrown from the top of a
23. The ratio of distance to magnitude of vertical cliff 45m high above level of
displacement when the body covers a the ground with an initial velocity of
semi-circle. 15 m/s in a horizontal direction. How
A. π\2 long does it take to reach the ground?
B. π\4 A. 3s
C. 1\π B. 4s
D. πR C. 6s
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29. In the above question, calculate how 34. The ratio of range to height of
far from the base of the cliff is it when projectile when projected at angle θ
it reaches the ground? is
A. 15 m A. 4\ tanθ
B. 25 m B. Tanθ\4
C. 35 m C. 4 tanθ
D. 45 m D. Tanθ + 4

30. An electron travelling with a velocity 35: Which one of the following quantities
of 2(107) m/s in a horizontal direction of a projectile increases as a
enters a uniform magnetic fielD. This horizontal projectile moves away
field gives the electron a constant from its point of projection?
acceleration of 5(1015) m/s2 in a A. Horizontal acceleration
direction perpendicular to its original B. Vertical acceleration
velocity. The field extends for a C. Speed
horizontal distance of 60mm. What is D. None of these
the magnitude of the velocity of the
electron when it leaves the field? 36. A projectile launched at an angle of
A. 2.5 (107) m/s 60⁰ with the vertical has a range of
B. 3.5 (108) m/s 100 m. What might be it’s probable
C. the magnitude of the velocity will range when it is launched at angle 45⁰
remain constant with the horizontal?
D. 36.9 (109) m/s A. √3\200
B. 200\√3
31. A football is kicked on level ground at C. 200√2
a velocity of 15 m/s at an angle of 300 D. 200√3
with the horizon. How far away is the
first bounce? 37. The kinetic energy of a projectile at
A. 19 m the top is required to be the same as
B. 15 m it’s kinetic energy at the point of
C. 25 m projection. What must be the possible
D. 50 m way to a achieve this condition?
A. the projectile must be thrown at 45⁰
32. A ball is thrown horizontally from the with the horizontal
top of a tower 30 m high and lands 15 B. the projectile must be thrown
m in front of its base. What is the horizontally
ball's initial speed? C. the projectile must be thrown vertically
A. 5 m/s upwards
B. 6 m/s D. the projectile must be thrown at an
C. 10 m/s angle between 45⁰ and 0⁰
D. 20 m/s
38. Sum of two equal forces equals
33. Which of the following quantities double the magnitude of individual
remains the same during a projectile forces. What was the angle between
motion the two forces when place head to
A. vx tail?
B. ay A. 0⁰
C. ax B. 60⁰
D. all of these C. 120⁰
D. 45⁰
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39. Two balls projected with same 44. For which angle of projection, the
velocities with angles 30⁰ and 60⁰ will range and maximum height are equal
have their maximum heights in the A. tan-¹(4)
ratio: B. tan-¹(1\4)
A. 1\2 C. tan-¹(0.4)
B. 1\3 D. tan-¹(76⁰)
C. 1\4
D. 1\√2 45. If an iron ball and a wooden ball of
same radius are released from a
40. If R=4\√3× H then angle of projection height “h” then the time taken by
is them to reach the ground according
A. 30⁰ to Gallelio will be:
B. 60⁰ A. equal
B. unequal
C. 45⁰
C. slightly different
D. 76⁰ D. none of these
41. A projectile thrown with an initial 46. When two bodies stick together after
velocity v at an angle 30⁰ with the collison the collision is said to be
horizontal reaches a range of R and a A. perfectly elastic
maximum height of h. Another B. perfectly inelastic
projectile is thrown with the same C. slightly elastic
initial velocity at angle 30⁰ with the D. none of these
vertical and attains a maximum
height of h⁰ and range of R⁰. Which 47. Why does an object falling towards
one of the following is true? Earth's reach a steady velocity?
A. R=R⁰ A. because Earth's gravity is different at
B. h=h⁰ higher heights
C. R=2R⁰ B. because the speed of the object is
D. h=2h⁰ dependent of Earth's gravity which is
lower near the centre
42. In projectile motion, the acceleration C. air resistance increases as the velocity
increases
and velocity are in the following
D. weight of the object is relative
relation:
A. acceleration and velocity are
48. Newton's laws don't hold for
parallel/antiparallel to each other
particles:
B. acceleration and velocity are
A. moving with slow velocity
perpendicular to each other
B. moving with higher velocity
C. acceleration is vertical while the C. moving with velocities comparable to
velocity can be in any direction speed of light
D. acceleration is vertical and velocity is D. none of these
horizontal
49. Equations of motion are not
43. When a force is applied at the centre applicable to
of a body, it produces: A. circular motion with non-uniform
A. rotational acceleration only acceleration
B. tangential acceleration only B. linear motion with constant acceleration
C. translational acceleration only C. Freely falling bodies with constant
D. no acceleration acceleration
D. projectile motion (individually to
vertical and horizontal counterparts)
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50. In the presence of air friction the 55. Change in vertical component of
trajectory of a high speed projectile: momentum px for a projectile
A. will overshoot the normal parabola between it's point of projection and
B. will fall short of parabola point of landing is:
C. will be exactly an ideal parabola A. -2px
D. all are possible depending upone the B. -px/2
humidity of the atmosphere C. 1/px
D. 3px
51. A projectile shot at some angle x had
100 joules of kinetic energy at the 56. For a body at rest, v-t graph should
highest point. The potential energy at have
the same point (relative to the flat A. a horizontal line parallel to x axis
ground at the level of its point of B. a horizontal line coinciding with x-axis
projection) was 25 joules. What will C. a horizontal line with no area between it
be the value of x? and the x-axis
A. 0⁰ D. both B and C
B. 45⁰
C. 76⁰ 57. For a body at rest, v-t graph should
D. 90⁰ have
A. a horizontal line parallel to x axis
52. A body projected at an angle x and B. a horizontal line coinciding with x-axis
C. an inclined line passing through the
another projected at an angle 90⁰-x
origin
would have their maximum heights in
D. an inclined line intercepting the y-axis
the ratio
A. 1:1
58. For a body with constantly increasing
B. 1:tanx
acceleration:
C. tan²x:1
A. jerk is constant
D. tanx:1
B. slope of a-t graph is constant
C. slope of v-t graph is constant
53. If the initial speed of a projectile is v
D. both A and B
then the speed of a projectile at
highest point is (considering the
59. Which of the following is not an
projectile is projected at 45⁰ with the example of projectile motion
horizontal) A. A gas filled balloon
A. v/2 B. Bullet fired from gun
B. 2v/√2 C. A football kicked
C. v/√2 D. A baseball shot
D. 2/√v
60. A car is travelling with uniform
54. Crumple zones work by acceleration along a straight roaD.
A. increasing impulse The road has marker post lamps
B. increasing time for change of every 100 m. When the car passes
momentum and hence force past one post its speed is 10 m/s and
C. decreasing change in momentum and when it passes past next its speed is 20
hence force m/s. What is the acceleration of the
D. change the direction of motion to car?
decrease the impact A. 0.75 m/s²
B. 1.5 m/s²
C. 2.5 m/s²
D. 6.0 m/s²
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61. If R is the range of projectile the
kinetic energy of the projectile will be
maximum after covering a horizontal
distance of
A. R
B. R/2
C. R/4
D. 3R/4

62. If we triple the speed of the car, “the

distance needed to stop it” will
increase by
A. 3 times
B. 9 times
C. 27 times
D. 2 times

63. A tennis ball is released from rest at

the top of a tall building. Which
graph best represents the variation
with time t of the acceleration a of the
ball as it falls, assuming that the
effects of air resistance are
appreciable?

64. A motorcycle stunt-rider moving

horizontally takes off from a point
1.25m above the ground, landing 10m
away as shown in the figure. Find out
what the speed was at the take off.

A. 5m/s
B. 10m/s
C. 15m/s
D. 20m/s

65. A ball falls vertically and bounces on

the grounD. The following statements
are about the forces acting while the
ball is in contact with the grounD.
Which statement is correct?
A. The force that the ball exerts on the
ground is always equal to the weight of
the ball.
B. The force that the ball exerts on the
ground is always equal in magnitude
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and opposite in direction to the force the
ground exerts on the ball.
C. The force that the ball exerts on the
ground is always less than the weight of
the ball.
D. The weight of the ball is always equal in
magnitude and opposite in direction to
the force that the ground exerts on the
ball.
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68. In the absence of air resistance, a
stone is thrown from P and follows a
parabolic path in which the highest
point reached is T. The stone reaches
point Q just before landing. The
vertical component of acceleration of
the stone is

66. The diagram shows a situation just

before a head-on collision. A lorry of
mass 20,000kg is travelling at 20.0ms– A. zero at T.
1 towards a car of mass 900kg B. greatest at T.
travelling at 30.0ms–1 towards the C. greatest at Q
lorry. D. the same at Q as at T.

69. A projectile is launched at point O

and follows the path OPQRS, as
shown. Air resistance may be
neglecteD. Which statement is true
for the projectile when it is at the
highest point Q of its path?

Q. What is the magnitude of the total

momentum?
A. 373kNs
B. 427kNs
C. 3600kNs
D. 4410kNs

67. A ball is thrown vertically upwards. A. The horizontal component of the

Neglecting air resistance, which projectile's acceleration is zero.
statement is correct? B. The horizontal component of the
A. The kinetic energy of the ball is greatest projectile's velocity is zero.
at the greatest height attaineD. C. The kinetic energy of the projectile is
B. By the principle of conservation of zero.
energy, the total energy of the ball is D. The momentum of the projectile is zero.
constant throughout its motion.
C. By the principle of conservation of 70. A stone is dropped from the top of a
momentum, the momentum of the ball tower of height 40 m. The stone falls
is constant throughout its motion. from rest and air resistance is
D. The potential energy of the ball negligible. What time is taken for the
increases uniformly with time during stone to fall the last 10 m to the
the ascent. ground?
A. 0.38 s
B. 1.4 s
C. 2.5 s
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71. A supermarket trolley, total mass 30 75. A 15 g bullet moving at a speed of 350
kg, is moving at 3.0 m s–1. A m/s hits a wood block of mass M = 2
retarding force of 60 N is applied to kg and remains in it. How fast will the
the trolley for 0.50 s in the opposite block and bullet move after the
direction to the trolley's initial collision?
velocity. What is the trolley's new A. 2 m/s
velocity after the application of the B. 4 m/s
force? C. 2.6 m/s
A. 1.0 m s-1 D. 13.8 m/s
B. 1.5 m s-1
C. 2.0 m s-1
D. 2.8 m s-1

72. A 1500 kg car traveling at 7 m/s

strikes another car of mass 2000 m/s
at rest at a stop light. After colliding,
the cars get locked together. What is
the final velocity of the cars?

A. 3m/s
B. 10 m/s
C. 25 m/s
D. 15 m/s

73. A 77 kg man holds a 30 N rifle and

shoots a 4 g bullet with a speed of 450
m/s. With what speed does the rifle
recoil?
A. 1 m/s
B. 0.6 m/s
C. 3.8 m/s
D. 9 m/s

74. If the person holds the rifle firmly in

the above stated question, what will
be the speed of recoil of the rifle and
the man together?
A. 0.6 m/s
B. 0.06 m/s
C. 0.02 m/s
D. 0.9 m/s
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KEY
1: B 16: C 31: A 46: B 61: A
2: B 17: D 32: B 47: C 62: B
3: C 18: C 33: D 48: C 63: D
4: A 19: D 34: A 49: A 64: D
5: A 20: D 35: C 50: B 65: B
6: A 21: D 36: B 51: C 66: B
7: D 22: D 37: B 52: C 67: B
8: A 23: A 38: B 53: C 68: D
9: A 24: C 39: B 54: B 69: A
10: D 25: D 40: B 55: A 70: A
11: B 26: B 41: A 56: D 71: C
12: C 27: D 42: C 57: B 72: A
13: A 28: A 43: C 58: D 73: B
14: A 29: D 44: A 59: A 74: C
15: B 30: C 45: A 60: B 75: C

EXPLANATION
1: The boy, if stationary would have a
speed of 25 m/s ( the same as that of the
train) relative to earth. Now the boy is
moving at 1m/s opposite to the direction
of motion of train so his speed relative
to earth would decrease by 1m/s.
2: Use SI units. Use S=vt.
3: Use 2(3.14)(R) to find the length of path
then use v=S/t.
4: Use S=vt to find the length of the path
covered by the electron. Then use
2(3.14)(r) to find the radius of the orbit.
5: S=vt
6: a=change in velocity / time taken
7: a=change in velocity / time taken
8: a=change in velocity / time taken
9: a=change in velocity / time taken
10: Freely falling body with terminal
velocity has no net force acting on it. Its
weight is balanced with the viscous drag
of air molecules. So it is in equilibrium.
The net displacement of a body in
circular path is zero so average velocity
which is total displacement/total time
taken will also be zero.
The net distance of a body in a circular
path is not zero hence its average speed
is also not zero.
11: Use the formula vav=2v1v2/v1+v2
because the distance interval is divided
into two equal halves. If the time was
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divided into two equal halves, we would
have used the formula vav=v1+v2/2.
12: Use the formula distance covered in nth
second=5(2n-1).
13: From the first conditon we infer that
v1+v2=6. From the second condition we
infer that v1-v2=4. Solving these two
equations we get the velocities.
14: According to 2nd equation of motion
S=vit + 1/2 at2, we can see that S is
directly proportional to t 2. Equations of
motion hold only for uniform
acceleration.
15: Trace the given displacements on a
plane using x-y coordinates and use
pythagorean theorem to find out the net
displacement.
16: After exploding the pieces of shell move
oppositely so they can't have equal
momenta and velocities because both
momentum and velocity are vector
quantities and if their direction is
different they will not be considered
equal. Speeds of the two pieces however
shall be equal. Use law of conservation
of linear momentum and take m1=m2.
17: Use law of conservation of momentum
to find out the speed of the 4kg
mass.Then use KE=1/2mv2.
18: Use the ratio p12/p22=m1/m2.
19: The relative velocity of the parrot to the
train will be 15m/s. Use t=S/v.
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20: Use the relation KE=pv/2.
21: F=change in momentum/ time taken.
22: For the first condition, 2F=10x60
For the second condition, 5F=Mx50
Divide both equations to get the value
of M.
23: In a semi-circle the displacement is
equal to 2r while distance is equal to πr.
24: Use the law of conservation of linear
momentum to form the expression as
20-12=-2+Y. Solve the expression to
find Y.
25: Both bodies move together so for
acceleration we'll treat them as a single
body of 5kg. Use F=mA. Take m=5
kg. Acceleration of each body is 2 m/s2.
The force experienced by each body
will be different depending upon there
mass. Use F=ma for each body
separately to find out the forces
experienced by them.
26: A force can change the state of rest to
motion and if the body is already in
state of motion a force can bring it to
rest. A force can also change the
velocity of a moving body in the
direction of its action.
27: A body in rectilinear motion is the one
moving in straight line with constant
acceleration.
28: Use h=gt2/2.
29: Use S=vt.
30: Since the electron is moving in a
magnetic field their is no change in the
magnitude of its velocity because
magnetic force acts perpendicular to the
direction of motion. It can alter the
direction of velocity but it can't change
the magnitude of the velocity.
31: Use the formula R=vi2 sin2 @/g
32: Use h=gt2/2 to find the time taken by the
projectile to hit the grounD. Then use
the formula x=vt to find out the initial
velocity.
33: Horizontal velocity in absence of
friction remains the same, horizontal
acceleration is always zero and stays
zero so this is also constant and vertical
acceleration is always equal to g and
remains g.
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34: Use the relation Rtanθ=4h
35: Speed (distance per unit time) increases
a the projectile moves farther because
the projectile gets accelerated under
gravity.
36: Use the formula for range to calculate
the value of v for the first condition
where angle with the vertical is 600(
with the horizontal it will be 300). Now
put that velocity again into the formula
of range and this time take angle of
projection as 450.
37: Use the relation KE f=KEi x cos2 @.
Take KEf=KEi and find out @.
38: If the sum of two forces is simply the
arithmetic sum of the magnitudes of the
individual forces the forces must be
parallel to each other and if they are
equal in magnitude the resultant force
will be two times the magnitude of each
of the two forces.
39: Use the relation h1/h2=sin2 @1/sin2 @2.
40: Use the relation Rtanθ=4h and we find
that by comparing this equation with the
equation given in the statement,
tanθ=√3.
41: The angles 30 and 60 degrees both have
the same difference with 45. Angles that
have same difference with 45 degrees
have the same ranges. The heights are in
the ratio 1/3.
42: Acceleration is g and is always directed
vertically downwards while the
direction of velocity is continuously
changing on the way.
43: A force applied at the centre of mass has
zero torque and it can't rotate the body
so can't produce any rotational
acceleration.
44: Use the relation Rtanθ=4h. Take R=h
and find the angle.
45: Gravitational acceleration is
independant of mass.
46: The collision in which bodies stick
together after collision is called inelastic
collision.
47: Air has a viscous drag which depends
on how fast the object is moving
through it. As the body falls, its velocity
increases and so does the viscous drag
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which opposes its motion. A point
reaches where the viscous drag becomes
equal to the downward acting weight of
the body and the body at this point has
zero net force acting on it so the body
attains terminal velocity.
48: For particles moving with velocities as
high as that of light, Einstein's laws are
applicable.
49: For non-uniform acceleration the
equations of motion are not applicable.
50: Air friction will oppose the motion of a
projectile and therefore the trajectory
will fall short of the normal parabolic
pathway which the projectile follows in
absence of air friction.
51: Use the relation KE/PE=tan x, and find
the value of x.
52: (sin(90-x))2=cos2 x. Now find the ratio
of the two heights.
R1/R2=sin2 x/cos2 x =tan2 x
53: At the highest point, the velocity of the
projectile is equal to the x component of
the initial velocity with which the
projectile was thrown.
54: Crumple zones are compressible zones
of automobiles and other shock
absorbing surfaces and they work by
minimizing the rate of change in
momentum and dampen the impact
force.
55: The notation px is quite deceiving but in
this particular question it is being used
to represent the vertical component of
the momentum. The momentum
(vertical) at the point of landing is
opposite in direction to the momentum
at the point of projection. So pxf-pxi = -
pxi-pxi = -2pxi
56: A horizontal line coinciding with x axis
has no area between it and the x axis.
57: A horizontal line coinciding with x axis
will truly represent an object at rest.
58: Jerk is defined as change in
acceleration. If acceleration is
increasing constantly, jerk is constant
and the a-t graph will be a straight line
inclined to x axis with a constant slope.
59: A projectile motion is two dimensional
motion which in unguideD. A gas filled
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balloon is continuously acted upon by
force that is, the buoyancy of the air.
60: Use third equation of motion. Take
distance 100m, initial speed as 10m/s
and final speed as 20 m/s.
61: The kinetic energy of the projectile is
maximum at the point of projection after
which it starts decreasing and is
minimum at the highest point. It
continues to increase again until it
becomes maximum again at the point of
landing. So the kinetic energy of the
projectile after it has been launched
becomes maximum at the point of
landing when it has covered a distance
equal to its range.
62: Use the relation Fd=1/2 x mv2. The
distance d needed to stop the car is
directly proportional to the square of its
velocity.
63: With appreciable (not negligible) air
resistance, the accleration of a freely
falling body won't remain constant and
we won't get a graph with a horizontal
line parallel to x axis. Instead we get
decaying curve with a falling slope
which after some time becomes zero
when the air drag becomes equal to the
weight of the body.
64: Use h=gt2/2 to find out the time for
landing then use s=vt to find out speed
of take off.
65: Newton's 3rd law is in use here.
66: Total momentum=m1 v1+m2 v2
67: B option is simply the law of
conservation of energy. A option is
wrong because KE is zero at the highest
point. C option is zero because law of
conservation of momentum is applied
on a system of two or more than two
objects that interact with each other and
exchange momentA. D option is
incorrect too because the PE of the ball (
although increases) but doesn't increase
uniformly with time because the height
is not increasing at a constant rate ( the
height increases at a greater rate at first
and then as the ball slows down the rate
of ascent becomes lesser). In other
words if we plot a graph between time
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on x axis and PE of the ball of y axis we
will not get a straight line inclined to x
axis.
68: The vertical component is g which
remains constant throughtout the
trajectory.
69: The horizontal component of a
projectile remains zero throughout the
trajectory. The KE, p and horizontal
velocity remain non zero throughout the
trajectory.
70: Use the relation h=1/2gt 2
Find out the time taken by the ball to
fall through 40 m and then use the same
relation to find out the time taken by the
ball to fall through 30 m. Subtract the
second time from the first time to find
out the time taken by the ball to fall
through the last 10 m.
71: Force is equal to rate of change of
momentum. Use this principle to find
the final momentum of the trolley then
from momentum and mass, find out the
velocity of the trolley.
72: Use the relation m1v1+m2v2=mv where
m and v are the composite mass and
velocity of the two cars taken together
after collision respectively.
73: Use the law of conservation of linear
momentum.
74: Use the total mass of the rifle and the
man together in the expression for
conservation of momentum.
75: Consult MCQ 72. It is a similar
situation where after the collision the
bullet and the block move together and
have a composite velocity.

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