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Equations of Motion
1) A ball moves 40m in last second of its journey & 10m in the 1 st second of its journey.
If it starts from rest find the total distance moved by the ball. [62.5 m]
2) A particle is projected vertically upward from the top of a tower of height ‘h’ with
velocity u. it takes 6 sec to reach the maximum height and 20 sec to reach the
ground. Find the values of ‘h’ & ‘u’. [60 m/sec, 800 m]
3) A ball is dropped from the top of a tower of height 39.2m. At the same time another
ball is projected from the bottom with a velocity of 19.6 m/sec. When & where the
two balls meet each other? [Mid air collision is not possible]
4) Can the speed of a particle vary if its velocity is constant? Can reverse be true?
5) A ball is thrown vertically up with velocity u 0. Find its velocity at the moment it
reaches half the maximum height. What time it will take to reach that height.
6) A ball is dropped from a balloon going up with a velocity of 40 m/sec at t = 5sec from
start. Find the time taken by the ball to reach the ground and the velocity just
before it strikes the ground. [(4 + 2 √14) sec, 20 √14 m/sec.]
7) A body falls from rest. In the last two seconds it covers half of the total distance. Find
the total time of the journey and total distance.[2 (2 + √2) sec, 246 m]
8) A ball is thrown vertically up with an initial velocity u m/sec. Another ball is thrown
upward with the same velocity ‘n’ seconds later. When and where do they meet
u n 2u
each other? What is the limiting value of ‘n’ for this to happen? [ t   , n  ]
g 2 g

9) A body takes ‘t1’ seconds to reach the ground if projected upward from the top of a
tower and ‘t2’ sec when projected vertically downward with the same velocity.
Prove that if it is dropped from the same height it will take t =  t1 t2 sec. to reach
the ground.
10) The driver and the guard of a train of length ‘l’ crosses a pole with velocities ‘u’ &
‘v’ respectively. Find the velocities with which the mid point of the train will cross
the same pole. [√v2 + u 2 )
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11) What is a frame of reference? Differentiate between the inertial and non inertial
frames?
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12) A parachutist bails out from an aeroplane and after dropping through a distance of
40 m, he opens the parachute, and decelerates at 2 ms–2. If he reaches the ground
with a speed 2 ms–1, for how long is he in the air? At what height did he bail out
from the plane? [2 6 s, 235m]
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13) A rifle bullet loses 1/20 of its velocity in passing through a plank what is the least
no. of planks required to stop the bullet. [11]
14) A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate ∝ for some time and then it decelerates
at a constant rate β to come to rest. If the total time elapsed is t sec, find–
(i) the maximum velocity reached
∝β ∝β t2 ]
(ii) the total distance traveled. [ t,
∝ + β 2 (∝ + β)
15) A stone falling freely under the influence of gravity for 1 sec strikes a glass pane
held horizontally. In breaking through the glass pane the stone loses half the
velocity. How far will it travel in next two sec. [29.4 m]
16) From the top of a tower 98 m high, a stone is projected vertically upward with a
velocity of 39.2 ms–1. On its return, it misses the tower and finally strikes the
ground. Calculate –
(i) The greatest elevation
(ii) Velocity with which it strikes the ground
(iii) The time it take to reach the ground [176.4 m, 58.8 m, 10 s]
17) The position time variation of a particle is given by x = 3t 2 + t + 4. What is the –
(i) Average velocity of the particle from t = 0 to t = 2s.
(ii) Instantaneous velocity at t = 2s. [7 m/s, 13 m/s]
18) A stone is dropped from a height of 490 m and 2 s later, another similar stone is
thrown from the same height with a velocity v. if the two stones reach the ground
simultaneously, what is the value of f v. [22.05 m/s]
19) A rocket is made to accelerate at 25 m/s 2 for 5 s and after that the engine is shut
off. The rocket continues to move up. To what approximate maximum height the
rocket will go? (g = 10 ms –2) [1100 m]
20) An object having initial velocity of 15 ms–1 is accelerated at a constant rate of
3 ms–2 for t sec. If the average velocity for this duration is twice the initial
velocity. What is the value of t? [10 s]
21) The coordinates of a moving particle are x = at 2, y = bt 2, where a and b are
constants. What is the velocity of the particle at any instant? [2t √a2+ b 2]
22) With what velocity a ball be projected vertically upward so that the distance
covered by it in 5th sec is twice the distance covered by it in its 6th sec. [65 m/s]
23) The position ‘x’ of a particle varies with time ‘t’ as x = at 2
– bt3. At what time the
acceleration of the particle will be zero. [a/3b]
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24) A body starts from rest and travels 120 cm in the 6th sec. Then what is its
acceleration. [0.218 m/s2]
25) A bus starts from rest with a constant acceleration of 5 ms–2. At the same time a car
travelling with a constant velocity of 50 ms–1 overtakes the bus. Find –
(i) At what instant will bus overtake the car?
(ii) How fast will the bus be travelling then?
26) An electron is shot with a constant speed 5 × 10 6 ms–1 into a region where an
electric field produces a deceleration of magnitude 1.25 × 10 14 ms–2. How far will it
travel before coming to rest? [10 cm]
27) In fig, ball 1 is released from rest at the top of a smooth inclined plane and at the
same instant ball 2 is projected upward form the foot of the plane with such a
velocity that they meet half way-up the plane. Determine –
(i) The velocity of projection

(ii) The velocity of each ball when they meet [√gh, √gh, zero]
v1 = 0

h
v2

28) To stop a car, first you require a certain reaction time to begin braking then the car
slows at a constant rate. Suppose that the total distance moved by your car during
these two phases is 20.2 m, when its initial speed is 72 Kmh–1 and is 31.5m when
its initial speed is 90 Kmh–1. What are (a) your reaction time (b) magnitude of
acceleration.

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Graphs
1) Write the name of the motion of an object represented by following graphs.

(i) v (ii) v

t t
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2) Which of the graphs are not possible?

(i) v (ii)
s

t
t

(iii) v (iv) s

t t
3) In the following graphs find
(i) The distance and the displacement of the object at t = 20 sec
(ii) The velocity of the object at t = 5, 10, 15 and 20 sec

v (m/sec)
(i) v (ii)
20 30
m/sec v = 0.3t2
12 13 14
10 15 20
t(s) 20
5
t(s)
10 15

– 15 m/s
4) Convert the following a-t graphs into speed-time, velocity time, distance time and
displacement time graphs:

(i) a (ii) a
a1 a1

t2 t2 t3
t1 t t
t1

– a2 – a2
5) Represent the following events with the help of graphs
(i) Your wisdom level with your age
(ii) speed of your school bus with time
(iii) Speed time graph of a body in a uniform circular motion
(iv) Your attendance in your school against the time (in one academic your)
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6) Which of the following graph represents the K.E of a projectile plloted against its
height –
(i) (ii)
KE KE

h h
(iii) (iv)
KE
KE

h
h
7) The velocity time graph of an object is as shown below. Convert it into:
(i) Speed – time graph (ii) displacement – time graph
(iii) distance – time graph (iv) Acceleration time graph.
(a) v(m/s) (b) v(m/s)
10 10

9 10 12 15 20 25
8 t(s) 30 40 45 50 t(s)
O 4 O 10

8) A train moves from one station to another in two hours. Its speed during the motion is
shown in the graph.
Calculate: (i) maximum acceleration during the journey.
(ii) distance covered during the time interval from 0 – 15 Sec.

v
30
(m/sec)

O 10 20 40
t (sec)

9) Fig, shows position time graph for two vehicles A and B. Which of them travels
longer distance? Justify your answer in one line.
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B
x [Equal]
A

t
10) Draw position time graph for two cars moving with uniform equal speeds, one
following the other.
11) A ball is dropped vertically from a height h above the ground. It hits the ground
and bounces up vertically to a height d/2. Neglecting subsequent motion and air
resistance, Show variation of velocity v with height graphically