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CHAPTER: KINEMATICS
2. A particle moves along a circular arc of radius R making an angle of θ at centre. The magnitude of displacement is
(A) 2R sin θ / 2 (B) 2R sin θ (C) R sin θ / 2 (D) R sin θ
3. A body has speed V, 2V and 3V in first 1/3 of distance S, seconds 1/3 of S and third 1/3 of S respectively. Its average
speed will be
18 11
(A) V (B) 2V (C) V (D) V
11 18
4. A particle moving in a straight line covers half the distance with speed of 3 m/s. The other half of the distance is covered in
two equal time intervals with speed of 4.5 m/s and 7.5 m/s respectively. The average speed of the particle during this
motion is
(A) 4.0 m/s (B) 5.0 m/s (C) 5.5 m/s (D) 4.8 m/s
5. If the body covers one-third distance at speed v 1 , next one third at speed v 2 and last one third at speed v 3 , then average
speed will be
υ1 υ2 + υ2 υ3 + υ3 υ1 υ1 + υ2 + υ3
(A) (B)
υ1 + υ2 + υ3 3
υ1 υ2 υ3 3υ1 υ2 υ3
(C) (D)
υ1 υ2 + υ2 υ3 + υ3 υ1 υ1 υ2 + υ2 υ3 + υ3 υ1
6. An athlete completes one round of a circular track of radius R in 40 seconds. What will be his displacement at the end of 2
minutes 20 seconds
(A) Zero (B) 2R (C) 2πR (D) 7πR
7. A boy stops after travelling 3km towards east and then goes 4km towards north along a plane road. The 8 resultant
displacement of the boy is
(a) 7km (b) 4km (c) 5km (d) 15km
8. If the displacement of a particle is zero, then what can we say about its distance covered
(A) It must be zero (B) It cannot be zero
(C) It is negative (D) It may or may not be zero
10. A particle moves along a semicircle of radius 10m in 5 seconds. The velocity of the particle is
(A) 2π ms −1 (B) 4π ms −1 (C) 2 ms −1 (D) 4 ms −1
11. A 150 m long train is moving with a uniform velocity of 45 km/h. The time taken by the train to cross a bridge of
length 850 meters is
(A) 56 sec (B) 68 sec (C) 80 sec (D) 92 sec
12. When a particle moves with uniform velocity, which of the following relations are correct
(I) Average speed = average velocity
(II) Instantaneous speed = instantaneous velocity
(III) Distance covered = magnitude of displacement
(A) I, II, III (B) I, II (C) II, III (D) I, III
ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A A C A D B C D A D
11 12
C A
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2. A particle moves along a straight line path. After some time it comes to rest. The motion is with constant
acceleration whose direction with respect to the direction of velocity is
(A) Positive throughout motion (B) Negative throughout motion
(C) First positive then negative (D) First negative then positive
−1 −1
3. The velocity acquired by a body moving with uniform acceleration is 30 ms in 2 seconds and 60 ms in four
seconds. The initial velocity is
−1 −1 −1 −1
(A) 4 ms (B) 0 ms (C) 2 ms (D) 10 ms
4. A point moves with uniform acceleration and v1,v 2 and v 3 denote the average velocities in the three successive
intervals of time t1,t 2 and t 3 . Which of the following relations is correct
(A) (v1 − v 2 ) : (v 2 − v 3 ) =(t1 − t 2 ) : (t 2 + t 3 ) (B) (v1 − v 2 ) : (v 2 − v 3 ) =(t1 + t 2 ) : (t 2 + t 3 )
(C) (v1 − v 2 ) : (v 2 − v 3 ) =(t1 − t 2 ) : (t1 − t 3 ) (D) (v1 − v 2 ) : (v 2 − v 3 ) =(t1 − t 2 ) : (t 2 − t 3 )
5. A body is moving from rest under constant acceleration and let S1 be the displacement in the first (p − 1)sec
and S2 be the displacement in the first p sec. The displacement in (p2 − p + 1)th sec will be
(A) S1 + S2 (B) S1S2 (C) S1 − S2 (D) S1 / S2
−1
6. A thief is running away on a straight road in jeep moving with a speed of 9 ms . A police man chases him on
−1
a motor cycle moving at a speed of 10 ms . If the instantaneous separation of the jeep from the motorcycle is
100 m, how long will it take for the police to catch the thief
(A) 1 s (B) 19 s (C) 90 s (D) 100 s
9. The speed of a body moving with uniform acceleration is u. This speed is doubled while covering a distance S.
When it covers an additional distance S, its speed would become
(A) 3u (B) 5u (C) 11u (D) 7u
10. Two trains one of length 100 m and another of length 125 m, are moving in mutually opposite directions along
2 2
parallel lines, meet each other, each with speed 10 m / s . If their acceleration are 0.3 m / s and 0.2 m / s
respectively, then the time they take to pass each other will be
(A) 5 s (B) 10 s (C) 15 s (D) 20 s
11. Two trains, one travelling at 90 m/s and the other travelling at 120 m/s, are moving towards each other on the
same track. When they are 11 km apart, both drivers simultaneously apply brakes. If the brakes decelerate
each train at the rate of 3m/s2 , then the distance travelled by the first train is.
(A) 1350 m (B) 2400 m (C) 4740 m (D) 8870 m
12. In the above problem, the distance travelled by the second train is
(A) 1350 m (B) 2400 m (C) 3740 m (D) 8870 m
13. In the above problem whether a collision will take place or not
(A) Collision will take place (B) There shall be no collision
(C) Collision may not take place (D) None of these
14. A body starts from rest with uniform acceleration. If its velocity after n second is υ, then its displacement in the
last two seconds is
2υ ( n + 1) υ ( n + 1) υ ( n − 1) 2υ ( n − 1)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n n n n
15. Two particles move in a straight line towards each other with initial velocities υ1 and υ2 and retardation
a1 and a2 towards each other. The maximum initial separation between the two particles so that they may meet
must be
( υ1 + υ2 )
2
1 v12 v 22
(A) + (B)
2 a1 a2 2 ( a1 + a2 )
(C) ( υ1 + υ2 ) (D)
(v1 + v 2 )
2a1 a2 2(a1 + a2 )2
17. A particle is moving in a straight line and passes through a point O with a velocity of 6 ms−1. The particle
moves with a constant retardation of 2 ms−2 for 4 s and there after moves with constant velocity. How long
after leaving O does the particle return to O
(A) 3s (B) 8s (C) Never (D) 4s
ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A B B B A D C C D B
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
A B B D A B B
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2. A ball is dropped from top of a tower of 100m height. Simultaneously another ball was thrown upward from bottom of the
tower with a speed of 50 m/s ( g = 10m / s2 ) . They will cross each other after
(A) 1s (B) 2s (C) 3s (D) 4s
2
3. A balloon starts rising from the ground with an acceleration of 1.25 m/s after 8s, a stone is released from the balloon. The
stone will ( g = 10 m/s )
2
(A) Reach the ground in 4 second (B) Begin to move down after being released
(C) Have a displacement of 50 m (D) Cover a distance of 40 m in reaching the ground
4. A body thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity u reaches maximum height in 6 seconds. The ratio of the distances
travelled by the body in the first second and the seventh second is
(A) 1:1 (B) 11 : 1 (C) 1:2 (D) 1 : 11
5. A rocket is fired upward from the earth’s surface such that it creates an acceleration of 19.6 m / sec 2 . If after 5 sec its
engine is switched off, the maximum height of the rocket from earth’s surface would be
(A) 245 m (B) 490 m (C) 980 m (D) 735 m
6. A ball is dropped on the floor from a height of 10 m. It rebounds to a height 2.5 m. If the ball is in contact with the floor for
0.01 sec, the average acceleration during contact is
(A) 2100 m/s2 downwards (B) 2100 m/s2 upwards
7. Two particles one 0.98 m vertically above the other are released simultaneously. They fall under gravity (g = 9.8 m / s 2 ).
The separation between the two particles after 2 s will be
(A) 0.49 m (B) 4.9 m (C) 0.98 m (D) 19.6 m
8. A balloon is moving upwards with a constant velocity of 5 m / s. A stone is dropped from it. If at the moment of dropping
the stone the balloon is at height of 50 m, then when the stone will hit the ground, at that time the height of the balloon will
be (g = 10 m / s 2 )
(A) 68.3 m (B) 63.5 m (C) 75.5 m (D) 88.7 m
9. A person throws balls into the air one after the other at an interval of one second. The next ball is thrown when the velocity
of the ball thrown earlier is zero. To what height the ball rise
(A) 5m (B) 10 m (C) 25 m (D) 40 m
11. Four marbles are dropped from the top of a tower one after the other with an interval of one second. The first one reaches
the ground after 4 seconds. When the first one reaches the ground the distances between the first and second, the second
and third and the third and forth will be respectively
(A) 35, 25 and 15 m (B) 30, 20 and 10 m (C) 20, 10 and 5 m (D) 40, 30 and 20 m
12. A body is dropped from height h. If t1 and t 2 be the times in covering first half and next half distances respectively, then the
correct relation is
t2
(A) t1 = t 2 (B) t1 = 2t 2 (C) t1 = (D) t1 = 4t 2 .
2 −1
13. A balloon rises from rest with a constant acceleration g / 8 . A stone is released from it when it has risen to height h. The
time taken by the stone to reach the ground is
h h 2h g
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) (D) .
g g g h
14. A ball is projected upwards from a height h above the surface of the earth with velocity v. The time at which the ball strikes
the ground is
v 2g v 2g v 2gh v 2hg
1 + v + 1 − 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 +
2
(A) (B) (C) (D) .
g h g h g v g 2
15. Two bodies are thrown simultaneously from a tower with same initial velocity v 0 : one vertically upwards, the other
vertically downwards. The distance between the two bodies after time t is
1 2 1 2
(A) 2v 0t + gt (B) 2v 0t (C) v 0t + gt (D) v 0t .
2 2
16. A body falls freely from the top of a tower. It covers 36% of the total height in the last second before striking the ground
level. The height of the tower is
(A) 50 m (B) 75 m (C) 100 m (D) 125 m
17. A particle is projected upwards. The times corresponding to height h while ascending and while descending are t 1 and t 2
respectively. The velocity of projection will be
g ( t1 + t 2 )
(A) gt1 (B) gt 2 (C) g ( t1 + t 2 ) (D)
2
18. A projectile is fired vertically upwards with an initial velocity u. After an interval of T seconds a second projectile is fired
vertically upwards, also with initial velocity u.
u u 2 gT 2
(A) They meet at time t = and at a height + .
g 2g 8
u T u 2 gT 2
(B) They meet at time =
t + and at a height +
g 2 2g 8
u T u 2 gT 2
(C) They meet at time =
t + and at a height − (D) They never meet
g 2 2g 8
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2. The displacement of a particle is given by x = t + 1. Which of the following statements about its velocity is true
(A) It is zero (B) It is constant but not zero
(C) It increases with time (D) It decreases with time
2
3. The acceleration of a particle starting from rest, varies with time according to the relation A = – aω sinωt. The
displacement of this particle at a time t will be ( ω is constant)
(A) −
1
2
( )
aω2 sin ω t t 2 (B) aω sin ω t (C) aω cos ω t (D) a sin ω t
2
4. If the velocity of a particle is (10 + 2t ) m/s, then the average acceleration of the particle between 2s and 5s is
(A) 2 m /s 2 (B) 4 m /s 2 (C) 12 m /s 2 (D) 14 m /s 2
5. A bird flies for 4 s with a velocity of | t − 2 | m / s in a straight line, where t = time it seconds. It covers a distance of
(A) 2m (B) 4m (C) 6m (D) 8m
6. υ k ( t − 1) where =
The velocity of a particle is dependent on the time as = k 2 m/s2 . the distance covered in first three
seconds will be
(A) 18 m (B) 5m (C) 3m (D) 6m
7. A particle is projected with velocity υ0 along x − axis . The deceleration on the particle is proportional to the square of the
distance from the origin i.e., a = αx 2 . The distance at which the particle stops is
1 1
3υ0 3v o 3 3υ 02 3υ 02 3
(A) (B) 2α (C) (D)
2α 2α 2α
8. A particle moves along x-axis in such a way that its coordinate x varies with time t according to the equation
( )
x = 2 − 5t + 6t 2 m. The initial velocity of the particle is
10. The Initial velocity of a particle is u (at t = 0) and the acceleration f is given by a t . Which of the following relation is valid
t2
(A) υ= u + a t 2 (B) v= u + a (C) υ= u + a t (D) v =u
2
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TOPIC: GRAPHS
Objective Questions May have ONE or MORE THAN ONE Answers:
1. The x–t graph in figure represents
t1 t
2. An object is moving with a uniform acceleration which is parallel to its instantaneous direction of motion. The displacement
(s) –velocity (v) graph of this object is
s s s s
(A) (B) (C) (D)
v v v v
3. The graph below shows the velocity versus time graph for a body. Which of the following graphs represents the
corresponding acceleration versus time graphs υ
a a a a
t
(A) (B) t (C) t (D) t
4. A particle is moving in such a way that its displacement is related with time by the equation x = (10 − 4t + 6t 2 ) m. The
diagram showing variation of velocity of particle with time is
Velocity
Velocity
(A) (B)
Time Time
Velocity
(C) (D)
Time Time
x e
5. The displacement versus time graph for a body moving in a straight line in shown in figure. d
Which of the following regions represents the motion when no force is acting on the body b c
(A) ab (B) bc
(C) cd (d) de
a t
6. A car dealcelerates at a constant rate during a period commencing at t = 0. Which of the displacement time graphs
represents the displacement of the car
Displacement
Displacement
Displacement
Displacement
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(C) + 0 – +
(D) – 0 – 0 O t
8. A rocket is projected vertically upwards, whose velocity-time graph is shown in fig. The maximum height reached by the
rocket is A
Velocity (m/sec)
1000
(A) 1 km
(B) 10 km
C B
(C) 20 km 0
20 40 60 80 100 120 140
(D) 60 km
Time
(
9. In the above problem the mean velocity of rocket in reaching the maximum height will be
(A) 100 m/s (B) 50 m/s (C) 500 m/s (D) 25/3 m/s
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2. From the top of a tower of height h a body of a mass m is projected in the horizontal direction with a velocity v. It falls on
the ground at a distance x from the tower. If a body of mass 2 m is projected from the top of another tower of height 2 h in
the horizontal direction so that it falls on the ground at a distance 2x from the tower, the horizontal velocity of the second
body is
v v
(A) 2v (B) 2v (C) (D) .
2 2
3. From the top of a tower 19.6 m high, a ball is thrown horizontally. If the line joining the point of projection to the point where
o
it hits the ground makes an angle of 45 with the horizontal, then the initial velocity of the ball is
–1 –1 –1 –1
(A) 9.8 ms (B) 4.9 ms (C) 14.7 ms (D) 2.8 ms
4. When a particle is thrown horizontally with speed u, the resultant velocity of the projectile at any time t is given by
1 2
(A) gt (B) gt (c) u 2 + g 2t 2 (d) u 2 − g 2t 2 .
2
5. A body is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower of height 5 m. It touches the ground at a distance of 10 m from the
–2
foot of the tower. The initial velocity of the body is (g = 10 ms )
–1 –1 –1 –1
(A) 2.5 ms (B) 5 ms (C) 10 ms (D) 20 ms
6. An aeroplane is moving with a horizontal velocity u at a height h above the ground. If a packet is dropped from it the speed
of the packet when it reaches the ground will be
(u ) ( 2gh ) (u )
1/ 2 1/ 2 1/ 2
(A) 2
+ 2gh (B) (C) 2
− 2gh (D) 2gh
7. Two paper screens (A) and (B) are separated by a distance of 100 m. A bullet pierces (A) and (B) the hole in (B) is 10 cm
below the hole is (A). If the bullet is travelling horizontally at the time of hitting (A). Then velocity of the bullet at (A) is
(A) 100 m/sec (B) 200 m/sec (C) 600 m/sec (D) 700 m/sec
8. Two bullets are fired with horizontal velocities of 50 m/s and 100 m/s from two guns at a height of 19.6 m. Which bullet will
strike first
(A) First (B) Second (C) Simultaneously (D) None of these
10. A particle moves in the X-Y plane according to the law x = kt and y =kt (1 – αt), where k and α are positive constants and t
is time. What is the equation of trajectory of the particle
αx 2 αx 2
(A) y = kx (B) y= x − (C) y= (D) y = αx .
k k
11. A particle is moving in a plane with velocity given by u = u0iˆ + ( aω cos ωt ) jˆ where iˆ, jˆ are unit vectors along x and y axes
respectively. The trajectory of the particle if the particle starts from origin at t = 0 will be
ωx ωx
(A) y = a sin (B) y = a cos (C) y = tan x (D) y = cos tx .
u0 u0
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2. A ball is dropped from the top of a tower in a high speed wind. The wind exerts a steady force on the ball. The path
followed by the ball will be
(A) Parabola (B) Circular arc (C) Elliptical arc (D) Straight line
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3. A projectile is thrown in the upward direction making an angle of 60 with the horizontal direction with a velocity of 147ms .
o
Then the time after which its inclination with the horizontal is 45 is
(A) 15 s (B) 10.98 s (C) 5.49 s (D) 2.745 s
4. From the top of a tower of height 40 m a ball is projected upwards with a speed of 20 m/s at an angle of elevation of
o
30 . Then the ratio of the total time taken by the ball to hit the ground to its time of flight (time taken to come back to
2
the same elevation) is (take g = 10 ms )
(A) 2:1 (B) 3:1 (C) 3:2 (D) 4:1
5. A shell is fired vertically upwards with a velocity v 1 from the deck of a ship travelling at a speed of v 2 . A person on the
shore observes the motion of the shell as parabola whose horizontal range is given by
2v12 v 2 2v1v 22 2v1v 2 2v12 v 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
g g g g
v o
6. Two projectiles A and B thrown with velocities v and have the same range. If B is thrown at an angle of 15 to the
2
horizontal, A must have been thrown at an angle
1 1 1 1 −1 1
(A) sin−1 (B) sin−1 (C) 2 sin−1 (D) sin
16 4 4 2 8
7. A projectile fired with initial velocity u at some angle θ , has a range R. If the initial velocity be doubled at the same angle of
projection, then the range will be
(A) 2R (B) R/2 (C) R (D) 4R
9. A projectile thrown horizontally from a height of 10 m with velocity of 2m / s , the projectile will fall, from the foot of
2
projection, at distance (g = 10 m/s )
(A) 1m (B) 2m (C) 3m (D) 2m .
10. Which of the following does not affect the maximum height attained by the projectile
(A) Magnitude of initial velocity (B) Acceleration of the projectile
(C) Angle of projection (D) Mass of the projectile
11. A person can throw a stone to a maximum distance of 100 m. the greatest height to which he can throw the stone is
(A) 100 m (B) 75 m (C) 50 m (D) 25 m
12. Which of the following is largest, when the height attained by the projectile is the largest
(A) Range (B) Time of flight
(C) Angle of projectile with vertical (D) None of these
o
13. A hose shoots a stream of water at an angle of 60 the horizontal with a velocity of 20 m/s. Water will strike a wall at a
distance of 10 m at a height
(A) 5.36 m (B) 10.22 m (C) 12.42 m (D) 16.84 m
14. A particle is projected at point A from an inclined plane with inclination angle θ as shown in figure. The magnitude of
projection velocity is u and its direction is perpendicular to the plane. After some time it passes from point B which is in the
same horizontal level of A, with velocity v . Then the angle between u and v will be
(A) π (B) 2π (C) π − 2θ (D) 90 + θ .
15. A shot is fired at an angle θ to the horizontal such that it strikes the hill while moving horizontally. Find initial angle of
projection θ .
2 3 3
(A) tan θ = (B) tan θ = (C) tan θ = (D) Any of these
5 8 2
16. A ball thrown down the incline strikes at a point on the incline 25m below the horizontal as shown in the figure. If the ball
rises to a maximum height of 20m above the point of projection, the angle of projection α (with horizontal x axis) is
Y
20m
α
X
25m
75m
4 −1 3−1 3 2
(A) tan (B) tan (C) tan−1 (D) tan−1
3 4 2 3
ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C D C A C D D A B D
11 12 13 14 15 16
C B C C C A
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–1
2. A thief is running away on a straight road in a jeep moving with a speed of 9 m s . A police man chases him on a motor
–1
cycle moving at a speed of 10 m s . If the instantaneous separation of the jeep from the motorcycle is 100m, how long will
it take for the police man to catch the thief?
(A) 1s (B) 19s (C) 90s (D) 100s
3. Shown in the figure are the displacement time graph for two children going home from the school. Which of the following
statements about their relative motion is true?
Their relative velocity:
(A) first increases and then decreases (B) first decreases and then increases
(C) is zero (D) is non zero constant.
4. Shown in the figure are the velocity time graphs of the two particles P 1 and P 2 . Which of the following statements about
their relative motion is true?
Their relative velocity :
5. Two identical trains take 3 sec to pass one another when going in the opposite direction but only 2.5 sec if the speed of
one is increased by 50 %. The time one would take to pass the other when going in the same direction at their original
speed is :
(A) 10 sec (B) 12 sec (C) 15 sec (D) 18 sec
7. A bucket is placed in the open where the rain is falling vertically. If a wind begins to blow at double the velocity of the rain,
how will be rate of filling of the bucket change?
(A) Remain unchanged (B) Doubled
(C) Halved (D) Become four times
8. A car with a vertical wind shield moves along in a rain storm at the speed of 40 km/hr. The rain drops fall vertically with a
terminal speed of 20 m/s. The angle with the vertical at which the rain drop strike the wind shield is -
–1 –1 –1 –1
(A) tan (5/9) (B) tan (9/5) (c) tan (3/2) (d) tan (3)
9. A river is flowing from east to west at a speed of 5 m/min. A man on south bank of river, capable of swimming 10m/min in
still water, wants to swim across the river in shortest time. He should swim
(A) Due north (B) Due north-east
(C) Due north-east with double the speed of river (D) None of these
10. A thief is running away on a straight road on a jeep moving with a speed of 9 m/s. A police man chases him on a motor
cycle moving at a speed of 10 m/s. If the instantaneous separation of jeep from the motor cycle is 100 m, how long will it
take for the policemen to catch the thief
(A) 1 second (B) 19 second (C) 90 second (D) 100 second
11. A man can swim with velocity v relative to water. He has to cross a river of width d flowing with a velocity u (u > v). The
distance through which he is carried down stream by the river is x. Which of the following statement is correct
du
(A) If he crosses the river in minimum time x = .
v
du
(B) x can not be less than
v
π v
(C) For x to be minimum he has to swim in a direction making an angle of + sin−1 with the
2 u
direction of the flow of water
π v
(D) x will be max. if he swims in a direction making an angle of + sin−1 with direction of the flow of water
2 u
ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
C D D D C D A A A D AC
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3. The ratio of an angular speed of hours hand and seconds hand of a clock is
(A) 1:1 (B) 1 : 60 (C) 1 : 720 (D) 3600 : 1
4. A point on the rim of a wheel of diameter 400 cm has a velocity of 16 m/sec. The angular velocity of the wheel is
(A) 2 rad/sec (B) 4 rad/sec (C) 6 rad/sec (D) 8 rad/sec
5. A racing car is travelling along a track at a constant speed of 40 m/s.. A T.V. camera men is recording the event from a
distance of 30 m directly away from the track as shown in figure. In order to keep the car under view in the position shown,
the angular speed with which the camera should be rotated, is Car
40 m/s
(A) 4 / 3 rad / sec .
(B) 3 / 4 rad / sec .
30 n
30o
(C) 8 / 3 3 rad / sec .
(D) 1 rad / sec . T.V. Camera
6. A particle is moving along a circular path with angular speed ω about the axis passing through the centre. What will be its
angular speed about a point on the other end of the diameter through the instantaneous position of the particle
(A) 2ω (B) ω (C) ω/2 (D) ω/4
7. The linear velocity of a point on the equator is nearly (radius of the earth is 6400 km)
(A) 800 km/hr (B) 1600 km/hr (C) 3200 km/hr (D) 6400 km/hr
8. The second’s hand of a watch has length 6 cm. Speed of end point and magnitude of difference of velocities at two
perpendicular positions will be
(A) 6.28 and 0 mm/s (B) 8.88 and 4.44 mm/s
(C) 8.88 and 6.28 mm/s (D) 6.28 and 8.88 mm/s
10. An object follows a curved path. The following quantities may remain constant during the motion
(A) speed (B) velocity
(C) acceleration (D) magnitude of acceleration
ANSWER KEY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A A C D D C B D D AD
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3. A stone, tied at the end of a string 80 cm long, is whirled in a horizontal circle with a constant speed. If the stone makes 14
revolutions in 25 sec, what is the magnitude of acceleration of the stone
2 2 2 2
(A) 680 cm/s (B) 720 cm/s (C) 860 cm/s (D) 990 cm/s
4. What happens to the centripetal acceleration of a revolving body if you double the orbital speed v and half the angular
velocity ω
(A) The centripetal acceleration remains unchanged
(B) The centripetal acceleration is halved
(C) The centripetal acceleration is doubled
(D) The centripetal acceleration is quadrupled
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5. A particle moves along a circle of radius m with constant tangential acceleration. It the velocity of the particle is 80
π
m/s at the end of the second revolution after motion has begun, the tangential acceleration is:
160 π m/s 40 π m/s 640 π m/s
2 2 2 2
(A) (B) (C) 40 m/s (D)
7. A car of mass m moves in a horizontal circular path of radius r metre. At an instant its speed is v m/s and is increasing at a
2
rate a m/s , then the acceleration of the car is :
2
v2 v2 v2
(A) a (B) a2 + (C) (D) a
r r r
9. A particle A moves along a circle of radius R = 50 cm so that its radius vector r relative to the point O (Fig.) rotates with the
constant angular velocity ω =0.40 rad/s. Then modulus of the velocity of the particle , and the modulus of its total
acceleration will be
2 2
(A) v = 0.4 m/s, w = 0.4 m/s (B) v = 0.32 m/s, w = 0.32 m/s
2 2
(C) v = 0.32 m/s, w = 0.4 m/s (D) v = 0.4 m/s, w = 0.32 m/s
10. A spot light S rotates in a horizontal plane with a constant angular velocity of 0.1 rad/s. The spot of light P moves along the
wall at a distance 3 m. What is the velocity of the spot P when θ= 45° ?
0
(A) 0.6 m/s (B) 0.5 m/s (C) 0.4 m/s (D) 0.3 m/s
ANSWER KEY
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B C D A C D B C D A