ACADEMIC INSTITUTE FOR MATHS AND SCIENCE

DAILY PRACTICE TEST –Motion in a Plane

Maximum Marks: 120 Duration: 30 minutes

1. A ball rolls of the top of stair-way with a horizontal velocity of magnitude 1.8 ms!" . The
steps are 0.20 m high and 0.20 m wide. Which step will the ball hit first?
a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth

2. A body of mass 100 𝑔 is rotating in a circular path of radius 𝑟 with constant velocity. The
work done in one complete revolution is
a) 100 𝑟𝐽 b) (𝑟/100)𝐽 c) (100/𝑟)𝐽 d) Zero

3. In uniform circular motion of a particle

a) Velocity is constant but acceleration is variable
b) Velocity is variable but acceleration in constant
c) Both speed and acceleration are constant
d) Speed is constant but acceleration is variable

4. A small sphere is attached to a cord and rotates in a vertical circle about a point 𝑂. If the
average speed of the sphere is increased, the cord is most likely to break at the orientation
when the mass is at

a) Bottom point 𝐵 b) Top point 𝐴 c) The point 𝐷 d) The point 𝐶

5. "#
A stone of mass 1 kg tied to a light inextensible string of length 𝐿 = is whirling in a
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circular path of radius 𝐿 in vertical plane. If the ratio of the maximum tension to the
minimum tension in the string is 4. What is the speed of stone at the highest point of the
circle? (Taking g = 10ms!% )
a) 10 ms!" b) 5√2 ms!" c) 10√3 ms!" d) 20 ms!"

6. A proton in a cyclotron changes its velocity from 30kms!" north to 40kms!" east in 20 s.
what is the average acceleration during this time
a) 2.5 kms!% at 37° E of S b) 2.5 kms!% at 37° N of E
c) 2.5 kms!% at 37° N of S d) 2.5 kms!% at 37° E of N
7. A man can throw a stone to a maximum distance of 80 m. The maximum height to which it
will rise in metre, is
a) 30 m b) 20 m c) 10 m d) 40 m

8. The bob of a pendulum of mass 𝑚 and length 𝐿 is displaced, 90° from the vertical and gently
released. In order that the string may not break upon passing through the lowest point, its
minimum strength must be
a) 𝑚g b) 2 𝑚g c) 3 𝑚g d) 4 𝑚g

9. An aeroplane is flying horizontally with a constant velocity of 100 kmh!" at a height of 1 km

from the ground level. At 𝑡 = 0, it starts dropping packets at constant time intervals of 𝑇# . If
𝑅 represents the separation between two consecutive points of impact on the ground, then
for the first three packets, 𝑅" /𝑅% is
a) 1 b) >1
c) <1 d) Sufficient data is not given

10. A particle is acted upon by a force of constant magnitude which is always perpendicular to
the velocity of the particle. The motion of the particle takes place in a plane it follows that
a) Its velocity is constant b) Its acceleration is constant
c) Its kinetic energy is constant d) It moves in a straight line

11. A stone is just released from the window of a train moving along a horizontal straight track.
The stone will hit the ground following
a) Straight path b) Circular path c) Parabolic path d) Hyperbolic path

12. A cyclist riding the bicycle at a speed of 14√3 𝑚𝑠 !" takes a turn around a circular road of
radius 20√3 𝑚 without skidding. Given 𝑔 = 9.8 𝑚𝑠 !% , what is his inclination to the vertical

a) 30& b) 90& c) 45& d) 60&

13. When a projectile is projected at a certain angle with the horizontal, its horizontal range is 𝑅
and time of flight is 𝑇" . When the same projectile is throwing with the same speed at some
other angle with the horizontal, its horizontal range is 𝑅 and time of flight is 𝑇% . The product
of 𝑇" and 𝑇% is
𝑅 2𝑅 3𝑅 4𝑅
a) b) c) d)
g g g g

14. The equation of a projectile is 𝑦 = √3𝑥 − '( ! . The angle of projection is given by
%
1 π d) Zero
a) tan θ = b) tan θ = √3 c)
√3 2

15. A cyclist is moving on a circular track of radius 80 m with a velocity𝑣 = 36kmh!" . He has to
lean from the vertical approximately through an angle
(take 𝑔 = 10 ms!%
 1 1 1
a) tan!" (4) b) tan!" M N c) tan!" M N d) tan!" M N
3 4 8

16. A particle of mass 𝑚 is fixed to one end of a light spring of force constant 𝑘 and unstretched
length 𝑙. The system is rotated about the other end of the spring with an angular velocity 𝜔,
in gravity free space. As shown in figure the increase in length of the spring will be
𝑚 𝜔% 𝑙 𝑚 𝜔% 𝑙 𝑚 𝜔% 𝑙 d) None of these
a) b) c)
𝑘 𝑘−𝑚𝜔 % 𝑘+𝑚𝜔 %

17. If a person can throw a stone to maximum height of ℎ metre vertically, then the maximum
distance through which it can be thrown horizontally by the same person is
ℎ
a) b) ℎ c) 2ℎ d) 3ℎ
2

18. A particle is tied to 20𝑐𝑚 long string. It performs circular motion in vertical plane. What is
the angular velocity of the string when the tension in the string at the top is zero
a) 5 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠𝑒𝑐 b) 2 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠𝑒𝑐 c) 7.5 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠𝑒𝑐 d) 7 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠𝑒𝑐

19. The maximum and minimum tensions in the string whirling in a circle of radius 2.5 m are in
the ratio 5:3, then its velocity is
a) √98 ms!" b) 7 ms!" c) √490 ms!" d) √4.9 ms!"

20. Two bodies are projected from the same point with equal speeds in such directions that
they both strike the same point on a plane whose inclination is β. If α be the angle of
projection of the first body with the horizontal the ratio of their times of flight is
cos α sin(α + β) cos α sin(α − β)
a) b) c) d)
sin(α + β) cos α sin(α − β) cos α
21. The angle of projection at which the horizontal range and maximum height of projectile are
equal is
a) 45° b) 𝜃 = tan!" (0.25)
c) 𝜃 = tan!" 4 or (𝜃 = 76°) d) 60°

22. A body slides down a frictionless track which ends in a circular loop of diameter 𝐷. Then the
minimum height ℎ of the body in terms of 𝐷 so that it may just complete the loop, is
5 3 5
a) ℎ = 𝐷 b) ℎ = 𝐷 c) ℎ = 𝐷 d) ℎ = 2𝐷
2 2 4

23. A force F n⃗ = 2ı̂ + 2ȷ̂ N displaces a particle through nS⃗ = 2ı̂ + 2ku m in 16 s. The power developed
by nF⃗ is
a) 0.25 J s!" b) 25 J s!" c) 225 J s!" d) 450 J s!"

24. A sphere of mass 𝑚 is tied to end of a string of length 𝑙 and rotated through the other end along
a horizontal circular path with speed 𝑣. The work done in full horizontal circle is
a) 0 𝑚𝑣 % 𝑚𝑣 %
b) x y . 2𝜋𝑙 c) 𝑚𝑔. 2𝜋 d) x y . (𝑙)
𝑙 𝑙
25. Two projectile are thrown with the same initial velocity at angles α and (90° − α) with the
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horizontal. The maximum heights attained by them are ℎ" and ℎ% respectively. Then is equal
*!
% % % d) 1
a) sin α b) cos α c) tan α

26. A particle 𝑃 is at the origin starts with velocity 𝐯n⃗ = (2~̂ − 4•̂)ms!" with constant acceleration
(3~̂ − 5•̂)ms!% . After travelling for 2 s, its distance from the origin is
a) 10 m b) 10.2 m c) 9.8 m d) 11.7 m

27. A small sphere is hung by a string fixed to a wall. The sphere is pushed away from the wall by a
stick. The force acting on the sphere are shown in figure. Which of the following statements is
wrong?

a) 𝑃 = 𝑊𝑡𝑎𝑛θ n⃗ + P
b) T n⃗ + nW
nn⃗ = 0 c) 𝑇 % = 𝑃% + 𝑊 % d) 𝑇 = 𝑃 + 𝑊

28. A particle moves in a circle of radius 30cm. Its liner speed is given by 𝑣 = 2𝑡, where 𝑡 is in
second and 𝑣 in ms!" . Find out its, radial and tangential acceleration at 𝑡 = 3s, respectively,
a) 220 ms!% , 50 ms!% b) 100 ms!% , 5 ms!% c) 120 ms!% , 2 ms!% d) 110 ms!% , 10 ms!%

29. A small particle of mass 𝑚 is projected at an angle 𝜃 with the 𝑥-axis with an initial velocity 𝑣# in
+# ,-. /
the 𝑥-𝑦 plane as shown in the figure. At a time 𝑡 < , the angular momentum of the particle
0
is

1 1
a) −𝑚𝑔𝑣# 𝑡 % cos θ •̇Š Š
b) 𝑚𝑔𝑣# 𝑡 cos θ 𝐤 Š
c) − 𝑚𝑔𝑣# 𝑡 % cos θ 𝐤 d) 𝑚𝑔𝑣# 𝑡 % cos θ ~̇Š
2 2

30. A body is thrown upward from the earth surface with velocity 5 𝑚/𝑠 and from a planet surface
with velocity 3 𝑚/𝑠. Both follow the same path. What is the projectile acceleration due to
gravity on the planet
a) 2 𝑚/𝑠 % b) 3.5 𝑚/𝑠 % c) 4 𝑚/𝑠 % d) 5 𝑚/𝑠 %