DPP-3

[MOTION IN ONE D]
PHYSICS JEE A.K.S.

Q.1 The velocity-time graph of a linear motion is shown below. The displacement from the origin after
8 seconds is

4
2
5 6 7 8
u m/s 0 1 2 3 4 t(sec)
-2
-4

[1] 18 m [2] 16 m [3] 6 m [4] 6 cm

Q.2 A train is moving in the north at a speed 10 m/sec. Its length is 150 m. A parrot is flying parallel
to the train in the south with a speed of 5 m/s. The time taken by the parrot to cross the train
will be
[1] 12 sec [2] 8 sec [3] 15 sec [4] 10 sec

Q.3 A particle is moving in a plane with velocity given by u  u0i   a cos t  j , where i and j are unit
vectors along x and y axes respectively. If particle is at the origin at t = 0. Calculate the trajectory
of the particle

 u0   x  1 u  1  x 
[1] y  a sin   [2] y  a sin   [3] y  .sin  0  [4] y  .sin  
 x   u0  a  x  a  u0 

Q.4 In the following velocity-time graph of a body, the distance and displacement travelled by the body
in 5 second in meters will be
40
30
20
10
4 5 t
0
1 2 3 (sec)
-10
-20
-30

[1] 70, 110 [2] 110, 70 [3] 40, 70 [4] 90, 50

Q.5 A runner completes one round of a circular path of radius r in 40 sec. His displacement after 2
minutes 20 sec. will be -
[1] zero [2] 2 r [3] 2r [4] 7 r
Q.6 The displacement is given by x = 2t 2 + t + 5, the acceleration at t = 5 sec will be
[1] 8 m/s2 [2] 12 m/s2 [3] 15 m/s2 [4] 4 m/s2
Q.7 A particle moves along the x-axis in such a way that its x-coordinate varies with time as
x = 2 – 5t + 6t 2. The initial velocity and accleration of particle will respectively be
[1] –5 m/s, 12 m/s [2] 5 m/s, –12 m/s [3] –5 m/s, –12 m/s [4] 5 m/s, 12 m/s
Q.8 Two trains each of length 50 m, are approaching each other on parallel rails. Their velocities are 10
m/s and 15 m/s. They will cross each other in
[1] 2 sec [2] 4 sec [3] 10 sec [4] 6 sec
Q.9 A car travels a distance of 2000m. If the first half distance is covered at 40 km/hour and the second
half at velocity v and if the average velocity is 48 km/hour then the value of v is
[1] 56 km/hour [2] 60 km/hour [3] 50 km/hour [4] 48 km/hour
Q.10 The following figures show some velocity V versus time t curves. But only some of these can be
realised in practice. These are
V V V V

O t O t O t O t

(a) (b) (c) (d)

[1] Only a,b and d [2] only a,b,c [3] only b and c [4] all of them
Q.11 At an instant t, the coordinates of a particle x = at 2, y = bt 2 and z = 0, then its velocity at the instant t
will be

[1]t t a2  b2 [2] 2t
t  a2  b2 [3] a2  b2 [4] 2t 2 a2  b2

Q.12 Figure shows the position of a particle moving on the x-axis as a function time
[1] the particle has come to rest 6 times
[2] the maximum speed is at t = 6 sec
[3] the velocity remains positive for t = 0 to t = 6 sec
[4] the average velocity for the total period show in negative
Q.13 A rocket is projected vertically upwards and its time velocity graph is shown in the figure. The maximum
height attained by the rocket is

1000

20 t(sec)120
V
(M/sec)

[1] 1 km [2] 10 km [3] 100 km [4] 60 km

Q.14 A stone is dropped into a well and the sound of impact of stone on the water is heard after 2.056
sec of the release of stone fro the top. If acceleration due to gravity is 980 cm/sec 2 and velocity
of sound in air is 350 m/s, calculate the depth of the well
 [1] 1.96 m [2] 19.6 m [3] 6.91 m [4] 69.1 m
Q.15 A body is dropped from a height h under acceleration due to gravity g. If t 1 and t 2 are time intervals
for its fall for first half and the second half distance, the relation between them is
[1] t 1 = t 2 [2] t 1 = 2t 2 [3] t 1 = 2.414 t 2 [4] t 1 = 4t 2
Q.16 A rocket is launched from the earth surface so that it has an acceleration of 19.6 m/s 2. If its engine
is switched off after 5 seconds of its launch, then the maximum height attained by the rocket will
be
[1] 245 m [2] 490 m [3] 980 m [4] 735 m

Q.17 If the relation between distance x and time t is denoted by t  x 2   x where  and  are constant
ant
quantities, the deceleration of the particle is

[1] 2v 3 [2] v 3 [3] 2v 3 [4] 22 v 3

Q.18 A particle is moving so that its displacements is given as s  t 3  6t 2  3t  4 meter. Its velocity
at the instant when its acceleration is zero will be
[1] 3 m/s [2] –12 m/s [3] 42 m/s [4] –9 m/s

Q.19 A car starts from rest and has an acceleration a  t . A truck is moving with a uniform velocity
o f
4 m/s. At what distance will the car overtake the truck? (at t = 0 both start their motion in the
same direction from the same position)
[1] 16 m [2] 8 m [3] 32 m [4] 4 m
Q.20 An object is released from some height. Exactly after one second, another object is released from
the same height. The distance between the two objects exactly after 2 secodns of the release of
second object will be
[1] 4.9 m [2] 9.8 m [3] 19.6 m [4] 24.5 m
Q.21 A ball is thrown from the ground with a velocity of 80 ft/sec. Then the ball will be at a height of
96 feet above the ground after time
[1] 2 and 3 sec [2] only 3 sec [3] only 2 sec [4] 1 and 2 sec
Q.22 A man standing on the edge of a cliff throws a stone straight up with initial speed u and then throws
another stone straight down with same initial speed u from the same position. Find the ratio of
speeds, the stone would have attained when they hit the ground at the base of the cliff?
[1] 2 : 1 [2] 1 : 2 [3] 1 : 1 [4] 3 : 1
Q.23 A stone is dropped from a bridge and it reaches the ground in 4 seconds. The height of the bridge
is
[1] 78.4 m [2] 64 m [3] 260 m [4] 2000 m
Q.24 A stone is dropped from the top of a tower and it strikes with 3 km/hr against the ground. Another
stone is thrown vertically downwards from the same top of the tower with a velocity 4 km/hr. Its
velocity when it strikes the ground will be
[1] 7.0 km/hr [2] 5.0 km/hr [3] 3.5 km/hr [4] 4.0 km/hr
Q.25 A stone is thrown vertically upwards from the top of a tower with a velocity u and it reaches the
ground with a velocity 3u. The height of the tower is

[1]
3u2 [2]
4u2 [3]
6u2 [4]
9u2
g g g g

Q.26 The displacement of a particle as a function of time is shown in fig.The fig. indicates that
y

Distance
t
x
0 1 2 3 4
Time
[1] the particle starts with a certain velocity, but the motion is retarded and finally the particle
stops
[2] the velocity of particle is constant throught
[3] the acceleration of the particle is constant throughout
[4] the particle starts with a constant velocity, the motion is accelerated and finally the particle moves
with another constant velocity.
Q.27 The acceleration of a particle, starting from rest, varies with time according to the relation
a = kt + c. Then the velocity v of the particle after a time t will be

1 2 1 2
[1] 2kt 2  ct [2]
2
kt  ct [3] kt 2  ct [4]
2

kt  ct 
Q.28 The velocity of a particle moving in the positive direction of x-axis varies as v   x where 
is positive constant. Assuming that at the moment t = 0, the particle was located at x = 0 the value
of time dependence of the velocity and the acceleration of the particle

t 1 2 t  2 2t 2
[1] , 2 [2] , [3] 2 , [4] None of these
2
2 2 2 2  2
Q.29 Three points are located at the vertices of an equilateral triangle whose side equals a. They all
start moving simultaneously with velocity V constant in magnitude. With the first point heading
continuously for the second, the second for the third and the third for the first. How soon will the
points coverage?

3V 2a a a
[1] [2] [3] [4]
a 3V 3V V
Q.30 Two bodies of masses m 1 and m 2 are dropped from height h 1 and h2 respectively. They reach the
ground after time t 1 and t 2 respectively. Which of the following relation is correct
1/ 2 1/ 2
t1  h1  t1  h1  t1  m1  t1 m1
[1]   [2]   [3]   [4] 
t 2  h2  t 2  h2  t 2  m2  t 2 m2
Q.31 Which of the following statements is wrong about a ball thrown vertically up?
[a] it is moving with constant acceleration
[b] it may have different velocities at the same position
[c] it may have two positions at the same time
[d] the angular momentum of the particle about origin remains conserved
[1] c only [2] c, d [3] b, c, d [4] a, b, c and d
Q.32 A particle is projected vertically upwards and it reaches the maximum height H in time T seconds.
The height of the particle at any time t will be

2 1 2 1 2
[1] g  t  T  [2] H  g  t  T [3] g t  T [4] H  g  t  T 
2 2
Q.33 A rocket is fired vertically upwards such that its engine takes 10 seconds in exploding fully. Its
velocity time curve is shown in the figure. The height reached by the rocket is

1000
Velocity in m/s

500

10 20 30 40 50
Time (in sec)
[1] 20 kms [2] 40 kms [3] 400 kms [4] 1000 kms

K
Q.34 If the displacement of a particle varies with time according to the relation x  [1  exp  bt ] , then
b
the velocity (V) of the particle is

K K2 K
[1] V  K exp  bt  [2] V  exp  bt  [3] V  exp(bt ) [4] V  exp  bt 
b b b2

Q.35 If velocity of a particle is given by V  10  2t 2 m / s . The average acceleration between 2 and

5 s is
[1] 2 m/s2 [2] 4 m/s2 [3] 12 m/s2 [4] 14 m/s2
Q.36 A body of mass 3 kg falls from the multistoreyed building 100 m high and buries itself 2 meters
deep in the sand. The time of penetration will be
[1] 9 sec. [2] 0.9 sec. [3] 0.09 sec. [4] 10 sec.
Q.37 A body travelling with uniform acceleration crosses two points A and B with velocities 20 m/sec and
30 m/sec respectively. Then the speed of the body at mid-point of A and B is

[1] 25 m/sec [2] 25.5 m/sec [3] 24 m/sec [4] 10 6 m/sec

Q.38 Two mirrors, mounted vertically, are made to move towards each other with a speed v m/s each. A particle
that can bounce back between the two mirrors starts from one mirror when the mirrors are d meters aprat.
On reaching the second mirror, it bounces back and so on. If the particle keeps on travelling at a constant
speed of 3 v m/s, how many trips can it make before the mirrors run into each other and what total distance
does it cover

[1] ,5.1d [2] ,1.5 d [3] 0,6.1d [4] 0,1.6 d

Q.39 Two trains each having a speed of 30 km/hour are headed at each other on the same straight track.
A bird that can fly at 60 km/hour flies off from one train when they are 60 km apart and heads
directly for the other train. On reaching the other train it flies directly back to the first, and so fourth
then the total distance travelling by the bird is
[1] 40 km [2] 60 km [3] 80 km [4] 100 km
Q.40 The distance covered by the body in time 't' is proportional to the square of the time 't'. The acceleration
of the body is

[1] increasing [2] decreasing [3] zero [4] constant

Q.41 If the displacement of a particle varies with time as x  t  7 , the

[1] velocity of the particle is inversely porportional to t [2] velocity of the particle is proportional to t

[3] velocity of the particle is proportional to t [4] the particle moves with a constant acceleration

Q.42 Between two stations a train accelerates uniformly at first, then moves with constant speed and
finally retards uniformly. If the ratios of time taken are 1 : 8 : 1 and the greatest speed is 60 km/
hour. Then the average speed over the whole journey
[1] 45 km/hr [2] 54 km/hr [3] 35 km/hr [4] 53 km/hr

Q.43 A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate  for some time after which it decelerates at a constant
rate  to come to rest. The maximum velocity V reached if total time taken (t seconds) is given
by

  2   2    
[1] V  t [2] V  t   [3] V  t   [4] V  t  
       
Q.44 The distance x travelled by the car in above problem in time 't' is given by

t 2    2    2   t 2   
[1] x    [2] x  t   [3] x  t   [4] x   
2      2 
Q.45 A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 30 m/s. If the acceleration due to gravity is
10 m/s2, what will be the distance travelled by it in the last second of motion.
[1] 5 m [2] 10 m [3] 25 m [4] 30 m
Q.46 Two balls are dropped from different heights. One ball is dropped 2 sec after the other but they
both strike the griound at the same time, 3 sec after the first is dropped. The difference in the
heights at which they were dropped is
[1] 7.8 m [2] 78 m [3] 15.6 m [4] 39.2 m
Q.47 If a body travels half its total path in the last second of its fall from rest then the time and height of its
fall are
[1] 3.41 sec, 57 m [2] 4.31 sec, 57 m [3] 1.34 sec, 57 m [4] 3.14 sec, 75 m
Q.48 From the foot of a tower 90 m high, a stone is thrown up so as to reach the top of the tower. Two
second later another stone is dropped from the top of the tower. The two stones will meet at
[1] 83.6 m [2] 38.6 m [3] 63.8 m [4] 68.3 m
Q.49 Two bodies are thrown vertically upward, with the same initial velocity of 98 m/s but 4 sec apart.
How long after the first one is thrown will they meet?
[1] 10 sec [2] 11 sec [3] 12 sec [4] 13 sec
Q.50 A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the top of a tower with a velocity of 10 m/sec. If the bal l
falls on the ground after 5 seconds, the height of the tower will be
[1] 25 m [2] 50 m [3] 75 m [4] 100 m
Q.51 In the above question, what height above the tower will the ball attain?

[1] 5 m [2] 5 m [3] 5 2 m [4] 10 m

Q.52 In the above question, the total distance travelled by the ball before it returns to the ground is
[1] 85 m [2] 75 m [3] 100 m [4] 175 m
Q.53 In the above question, in what time will it reach the maximum height

[1] 1 sec [2] 2 sec [3] 2 sec [4] 1/ 2 sec

Q.54 In the above question, with what velocity will the ball strike the ground
[1] zero [2] 40 m/s [3] 10 m/s [4] 60 m/s
Q.55 A stone is dropped from the top of the tower and travels 24.5 m in the last second of its journey.
The height of the tower is
[1] 44.1 m [2] 49 m [3] 78.4 m [4] 72 m
Q.56 Two balls are dropped from the same point after an interval of 1 s. If acceleration due to gravity
is 10 m/s2, what will be the separation 3 seconds after the release of first ball?
[1] 5 m [2] 10 m [3] 25 m [4] 30 m
Q.57 Two balls of equal masses are thrown upwards along the same vertical direction at an interval
of 2 seconds. With the same initial velocity of 39.2 m/sec. Then these collide at a height of
[1] 117.6 m [2] 73.5 m [3] 196.0 m [4] 44.1 m
Q.58 The speed v of a particle movign along a straight line, when it is at a distance x from a fixed point
on the line is given by v 2 = 108 x – 9x 2 . Then magnitude of its acceleration when it is at a distance
3 metre from the fixed point is
[1] 9 m/s2 [2] 18 m/s2 [3] 27 m/s2 [4] None of these
Q.59 A body is thrown up in a lift with a velocity u relative to the lift and the time of flight is found to
be 't'. The acceleration with which the lift is moving up will be

u  gt u  gt 2u  gt 2u  gt
[1] [2] [3] [4]
t t t t
Q.60 A body dropped from the top of a tower covers 7/16 of the total height in the last second of its
fall. The time of fall is

 50 
[1] 2 sec [2] 4 sec [3] 1 sec [4]   sec
 7 
Q.61 A person standing on the roof of a house of height h throws a particle vertically downwards and other
particle in a horizontal direction with the same speed u. The ratio of speeds of the particles on
reaching the earth is

[1] 2gh : u [2] 1 : 2 [3] 2 :1 [4] 1 : 1

Q.62 In the above question, the ratio of vertical components of the velocities will be

[1] one [2] more than one [3] less than one [4] will depend on mass

Q.63 In the above question the first particle instead of being thrown downwards, is thrown upwards with
the same velocity. The ratio of the velocities of the particles on reaching the earth, will be

[1] 1 : 1 [2] 2 :1 [3] 2 : 1 [4] 1 : 4

Q.64 Juggler keeps on moving four balls in the air continuously such that each ball attains 20 m height.
When the first ball leaves his hand, the position of the other balls ( in metre height) will be
[1] 10, 20, 10 [2] 15, 20, 15 [3] 5, 51, 20 [4] 5, 10, 20

dv
Q.65 The retardation of a motor boat after its engine is switched off, is given by = – kv 30, where k
dt
is a constant and v 0 is its velocity at the time of shutting off of the engine. The velocity of the motor
boat after time t will be

v0 v0
[1] [2] v 0 ekt [3] [4] v 0
2v 02kt  1 2

Q.66 A particle moves with constant speed v along a regular hexagon ABCDEF in same order
(ie., A to B, B to C, C to D, D to E, E to F, F to A....) Then magnitude of average velocity for its
motion from A to C

[1] V [2] V/2 [3] 3V / 2 [4] None of these

Q.67 The acceleration (a) of moving particle varies with displacement according to the following relation
a  x 2  3x . Then correct relation between velocity and displacement is (where C = constant)

x3 3x 2 2 3
[1] V   C [2] V  x  3x 2  C
3 2 3

2 3 
[3] V   x  3x 2  C  [4] V = 2x + 3
3 
Q.68 If a point moves in a straight line in such a manner that its retardation is proportional to its speed,
the distance covered (x) is assosciated with speed (V) is

[1] x  V [2] x  V 2 [3] x  V 3 [4] x   V

Q.69 A ball is dropped from a height of 20 m and rebounds with a velocity which is 3/4th of the velocity with
which it hits the ground. What is the time interval between the first and second bounces (g = 10 m/s2)

[1] 3 sec [2] 4 sec [3] 5 sec [4] 6 sec

Q.70 A river is flowing from west to east at a speed of 5 metres/minute. A man on the south bank of
the river, capable of swimming at 10 metres/min. in still water, wants to swim across the river in
shortest time. He should swim in a direction
[1] due north [2] 300 east of north [3] 300 west of north [4] 600 east of north
Q.71 A particle moves along a circle with a uniform speed v. After it has made an angle of 60 0, the change
in its speed will be

v
[1] v 2 [2] [3] v 3 [4] 0
2
Q.72 A boat moves relative to water a velocity which is 1/n times the river flow velocity. At what angle to
the stream direction must be boat move to minimize drifting?

 1  
[1]  / 2 [2] sin1   [3]  sin1 1/ n [4]  sin1 1/ n
n 2 2

Q.73 A particle moves with a v in a horizontal circular path. The change in its velocity for covering 60 0 will
be

[1] v 2 [2] v / 2 [3] v 3 [4] v

Q.74 A car A is goving north-east at 80 km/hr. and antoher car B is going south-east at 60 km/hr. Then the
direction of the velocity of A relative to B makes with the north an angle  such that tan  is
[1] 1/7 [2] 3/4 [3] 4/3 [4] 3/5

Q.75 The motion of particle is defined by x  a cos t and y  a sin t . The acceleration of particle is

[1] a [2] a 2 [3] –a2 [4] a2 2

Q.76 A boat man could row his boat with a speed 10 m/sec. He wants to take his boat from P to a point Q
just opposite on the other bank of the river flowing at a speed 4 m/sec. He should row his boat
[1] at right angle to the stream Q

1
[2] at an angle of sin  2 / 5  with PQ up the stream
Vs=4m/s
1
[3] at an angle of sin 2 / 5 with PQ down the stream
P
[4] at an angle of cos1  2 / 5  with PQ down the stream

Q.77 A particle is executing a circular motion of radius R with a uniform speed v. After completing half the
circle, the change in velocity and in speed will be respectively
[1] zero, zero [2] 2 v, zero [3] 2 v, 2 v [4] zero, 2 v
Q.78 A balloon is at a height of 81 metres and is ascending upwards with a velocity of 12 m/s. A body of 2
kg weight is dropped from it. If g = 10 m/s2, the body will reach the surface of the earth in
[1] 1.5 sec [2] 4.025 sec [3] 5.4 sec [4] 6.75 sec
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Q.79 If the position vector of a particle is r  3t î  4 ĵ  k̂ , the particle will be

[1] moving with uniform velocity [2] stationary

[3] moving with uniform acceleration [4] insufficient data

1
Q.80 A bullet loses of its velocity in passing through a plank. The least number of planks required to
20
stop the bullet is -
[1] 10 [2] 11 [3] 12 [4] 23

dv
Q.81 The motion of a body falling from rest in a resisting medium is described by the equation  a  bv ,
dt

where a and b are constants. The velocity at any time t is -

a b bt a b bt
[1] v t  (1  e bt ) [2] v t  e [3] v t  (1  e bt ) [4] v t  e
b a b a

Q.82 A ball is thrown vertically upwards. It was observed at a height h twice with a time interval t. The
initial velocity of the ball is -

2
 gt  1
[1] 2
8gh  g ( t) 2
[2] 8gh    [3] 8gh  g2 ( t)2 [4] 8gh  4g2 ( t)2
 2  2

Q.83 A stone falls freely from a point O. It passes through the points P, Q, R ....... such that OP, OQ, OR,....
are in geometric progression. Then velocities of stone at P, Q, R.... are in -

[1] arithmetic progression [2] geometric progression

[3] harmonic progression [4] logarithmic mean

Q.84 A ship of mass 3 × 107 kg, initially at rest, is pulled by a force of 5 × 10 4N through a distance of 3m.
Assuming that the resistance due to water is negligible, the speed of the ship is -

[1] 1.5 ms–1 [2] 60 ms–1 [3] 0.1 ms–1 [4] 5 ms–1

Q.85 An elevator whose floor to ceilling distance is l is ascending with uniform acceleration it. At some
instant (say t = 0), a loose bolt drops from its ceiling. The time taken by the bolt to hit the floor is -

2 2 2 2
[1] ga [2] [3] g a [4]
g a