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MEDICAL TW TEST MARKS: 180 (+4,-1)

TIME: 45 min TOPIC: KINEMATICS DATE:

1. A particle is thrown with a speed U at an angle θ to the horizontal. When the particle makes an angle
ϕ with the horizontal, its speed is  . Then under free fall condition:

(A)   U cos  (B)   U cos  cos 

(C)   U cos  sec  (D)   U sec  cos 

2. A particle is projected from a horizontal plane (x-z plane) such that its velocity vector at time t is

given by V⃗ = a ^i + (b−ct ) ^j . Its range on the horizontal plane is given by

ba 2ba 3ba
(A) c (B) c (C) c (D) None

3. The velocity- time graph of a body falling from rest under gravity and rebounding from a solid
surface is represented by which of the following graphs (velocity is plotted along the vertical axis
and time is plotted along the horizontal axis)?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

4. A man moves in x-y plane along the path shown. At what point is it possible
that his average velocity vector is in the same direction as his instantaneous
velocity vector. The man starts from point P.

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

5. A ball is hit by a batsman at an angle of 37°with initial speed 15 m/s as shown

in figure. The man is initially standing at point 9 meters away from the point
where the ball is supposed to land. With what minimum speed should he run
so that he is able to catch the ball before it strikes the ground? Assume that
height of man is negligible in comparison to maximum height of projectile. (Take g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 3 m/s (B) 5 m/s (C) 9 m/s (D) 12 m/s

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6. Suppose a player hits several baseballs. Which baseball will be in the air for the longest time?

(A) The one with the farthest range.

(B) The one which reaches maximum height.
(C) The one with the greatest initial velocity.
(D) The one leaving the bat at 45 with respect to the ground.

7. A flag is mounted on a car moving due North with velocity of 20 km/hr. Strong winds are blowing
due East with velocity of 20 km/hr. The flag will point in direction

(A) East (B) North – East (C) South – East (D) South - West

8. A motorboat is crossing a river flowing with velocity of 5 m/s. It reaches a point directly across at a
distance of 60 m in 5 sec. It’s velocity in still water should be

(A) 12 m/s (B) 13 m/s (C) 5 m/s (D) 10 m/s

9. From the velocity time graph of a particle moving in straight line decide which of the following is an
INCORRECT statement?

(A) Particle crosses its initial position

(B) Speed of the particle increases continuously
(C) Force on the particle is constant
(D) Acceleration of the particle is constant.

10. Mark the INCORRECT statement for a particle going along a straight line

(A) if the velocity is zero at any instant, the acceleration should also be zero at that instant
(B) if the velocity is zero for a time interval, the acceleration is zero at any instant within the time
interval
(C) if the velocity and acceleration have opposite sign, the object is slowing down
(D) if the position and velocity have opposite sign, the particle is moving towards the origin

11. A particle moves in a circle of radius R, with a constant speed v. Then, during a time interval
 R 
 v  , which of the following is false?
2v
(A) | average acceleration | = 0 m/s2 (B) | average velocity | = 
(C) | average acceleration | = v2/πR (D) average speed = v

12. Assertion: A body can have an acceleration even if its velocity is zero at a given instant of time
Reason: A body is momentarily at rest when it reverses its direction of motion.

(A) If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is correct explanation of the Assertion
(B) If both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not correct explanation of the Assertion
(C) If Assertion is true, but the Reason is false

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 (D) If Assertion is false and Reason is true

13. From the top of a building, two balls A and B are thrown such that A is thrown upwards and B
downwards with same initial speeds. If vA and vB are their respective speeds on reaching the ground,
then (neglect resistance of air)

(A) vA> vB (B) vA = vB

(C) vA< vB (D) their velocities depend on their masses.

14. A bus starts moving with acceleration 2 m/s2. A cyclist 96 m behind the bus starts simultaneously
towards the bus at 20 m/s. After what minimum time will he be able to overtake the bus?(neglect the
sizes of bus and the cyclist)

(A) 4 sec (B) 8 sec (C) 12 sec (D) 16 sec

15. For a particle moving along a straight line, the displacement x as a function of time t is expressed as

x = t   t  t   . The ratio of the initial speed to initial acceleration of the particle

3 2

(A) depends only on ,  and  (B) depends only of 

(C) depends only on  and  (D) depends only on 

16. If the velocity of a car is increased by 20%, then the minimum distance in which it can be stopped
increases by (assume constant retarding force)

(A) 44% (B) 55% (C) 66% (D) 88%

17. The initial velocity of a body moving along a straight line is 7 m/s. It has a uniform acceleration of
4m/s2. The distance covered by the body in the 5th second of its motion is

(A) 25 m (B) 35 m (C) 50 m (D) 85 m

18. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20 m s-1 from the top of a multi-story building.
The height of the point from where the ball is thrown is 25.0 m from the ground. The maximum
height of the ball above the ground and time taken by the ball to reach the ground will be (Take g =
10 m s-2)

(A) 20 m, 4 s (B) 20 m, 5 s (C) 45 m, 4 s (D) 45 m, 5 s

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19. The position of a particle is given by r  3ti  3t j  4k , where t is in seconds and ⃗r is in meters.

Find out magnitude and direction of velocity ⃗v with horizontal at t  3 s .

 2 
−1 3 5 m/ s,   tan 1  
(A) 3 √5 m/s, θ=tan (2) (B)  3
1
−1 3 5 m/ s,   tan 1  
(C) 3 √2 m/s, θ=tan (3) (D) 2
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20. When a ball is thrown up vertically with velocity V0, it reaches a maximum height of h. If one wishes
to triple the maximum height then the ball should be thrown with velocity

(A) 3 V0 (B)
3V0 (C)
9V0 (D)
3 / 2V0

21. Figure gives the x-t plot of a particle in one-dimensional motion. Three different equal intervals of
time are shown. Choose the INCORRECT statement:

(A) The magnitude of average velocity in time interval 3 is maximum and in

interval- 2 it is minimum.
(B) The magnitude of average velocity in time interval 1 is maximum and
in interval -2 it is minimum.
(C) The sign of average velocity is negative in interval 3.
(D) The sign of average velocity is positive in interval 1 & 2.

22. The velocity-time graph of a particle in one- dimensional motion is

shown in the Figure. Which of the following formula is
INCORRECT for describing the motion of the particle over the time
interval t1 to t2?
(A) x(t2 ) = x(t1) + v (t1) (t2- t1) +(1/2) a (t2 - t1)2
(B) vaverage = (x(t2)- x(t1))/(t2 - t1)
(C) aaverage = (v(t2) - v(t1))/(t2 - t1)
(D) x(t2 ) - x(t1) = area under the v-t curve bounded by the t-axis and the dotted lines

23. A man holds an umbrella at 30º with the vertical to keep himself dry. He, then, runs at a speed of 10
ms–1 and finds the rain drops to be hitting vertically. Speed of the rain drops w.r.t. the running man
and w.r.t. earth are
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(A) 20ms ,10ms (B) 10ms , 20 3ms (C) 10 3ms , 20ms (D) 20ms ,10 3ms

t  2 m/s
24. A bird flies for 4 seconds with a velocity given as function of time by v = in a straight
line, where t is the time in seconds. The distance it covers during this interval is

(A) 2m (B) 4m (C) 6m (D) 8m

25. A balloon is moving vertically upward with a velocity of 4 m/s. When it is at a height of h, a stone is
dropped from it. If it reaches the ground in 4s, the height of the balloon from ground when the stone
was released would have been equal to: (Take g = 9.8 m/s2)

(A) 62.4 m (B) 42.4 m (C) 78.4 m (D) 82.2 m

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26. What is the average velocity during time interval t = 2 s to t = 5 s, in the following position time
curve?
x(m)

(A) 2 m/s 6
Q
(B) 2/3 m/s P
4
(C) 1.2 m/s
(D) 0.4 m/s 2
t(s)
2 1 3 4 5

27. The velocity-time curve of a body is shown in figure. The average speed of the body in first seven
seconds is v(ms–1)
6
(A) 1 ms–1 (B) 2 ms–1 4
11 1 19 1 2
ms ms t(s)
(C) 7 (D) 7 –2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
–4

28. Velocity of a particle moving along x-axis is proportional to square root of its displacement. The
acceleration of the particle is

(A) increasing (B) decreasing (C) zero (D) constant

29. Time - displacement (t-x) graph of two objects A and B is shown in figure. The ratio of their speeds
(vA/vB) is (tan 37 = 3/4) t A

3 4 53° B
30°
(A) 4 (B) 3 x
4 3 3
(C) 3 3 (D) 4

30. The magnitude of displacement is equal to the distance covered in a given internal of time if the
particle

(A) moves with constant acceleration (B) moves with constant speed
(C) moves with constant velocity (D) moves with non uniform acceleration

31. A particle is moving east–wards with a velocity of 4 m/s. In 5 seconds the velocity changes to 3 m/s
northwards. The average acceleration in this time interval is

1
(A) 2 m/s2 towards north–east (B) 1 m/s2 towards north–west
1 1
(C) 2 m/s towards north–east
2
(D) 2 m/s2 towards north–west

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32. Figure shows the acceleration-time graph for a particle in rectilinear motion. The average
acceleration in first twenty second is a (m/s2)

(A) 45 m/s2 (B) 40 m/s2 40 A B

(C) 30 m/s2 (D) 20 m/s2 20

D E C t (s)
0 10 20 30

33. A particle moves along the sides AB, BC, CD of a square of side 25 m with a velocity of 15m/s. Its
average velocity is
C B

(A) 15 m/s (B) 10 m/s

(C) 7.5 m/s (D) 5 m/s
D A

34. A point initially at rest moves along x-axis. Its acceleration varies with time as a = (6 t + 5) m/sec2. If
it starts from origin, the distance covered in 1st second is

(A) 3 m (B) 3.5 m (C) 4 m (D) 4.5 m

35. In the graph shown, X-axis represents time, then the Y-axis could represent

(A) speed of a body projected under gravity Y

(B) velocity of a body projected under gravity
(C) acceleration of a body projected under gravity
(D) distance travelled by a body projected under gravity O X

36. A motor car can be stopped within a distance of s, when it moves with a speed v. If it moves with a
speed 4v, it can be stopped within a distance (assuming constant braking force)

(A) s (B) 4s (C) 2s (D) 16s

37. A stone is just released from the window of a train moving along a horizontal straight track. The
stone will hit the ground for an observer at the ground following a
(A) straight line path (B) circular path (C) parabolic path (D) hyperbolic path

38. The position of an object varies with time as x = (2.0m/s3) t3. At what instant of time is the speed of
the object same as the magnitude of average velocity of the object between time t = 1 and t = 2.
Express answer correct to two decimal places.

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(A) 3 secs (B) 2 secs (C) 3 secs (D) 6 secs

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39. A graph of x versus t is shown in Figure. Choose CORRECT alternatives.

(A) The particle was released from rest at t = 0.

(B) At B, the acceleration a > 0.
(C) The speed at D is less than that at E.
(D) Average velocity for the motion between A and D is positive.

40. A body is thrown up in a lift with an upward velocity u relative to the lift from its floor and the time
of flight is found to be t. The acceleration of the lift will be

u−g t u+g t 2 u−g t u

−g
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) t (D) t

41. A 150 m long train is moving to north at a speed of 10 m/s. A parrot is flying towards south with a
speed of 5 m/s crosses the train. The time taken by the parrot to cross the train would be

(A) 30 s (B) 15 s (C) 8 s (D) 10 s

42. A river is flowing from west to east with a speed of 10 km/hr. A man can swim in still water with a
velocity 20 km/hr. In which direction should the man swim, so as to take the shortest possible path to
go to the south?

(A) 30 with downstream (B) 60 with downstream

(C) 120 with downstream (D) towards south

A projectile’s time of flight T is related to the horizontal range R by the equation gT  2R . The
2
43.
angle of projection in degrees is

(A) 30 (B) 45 (C) 60 (D) 90

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44. A projectile is thrown with an initial velocity of ( x i+ y j)m/s . If the range of the projectile is
double the maximum height reached by it then
(A) x = 2y (B) y = 2x (C) x = y (D) y = 4x

45. A very broad elevator is going up vertically with a constant acceleration of 2 m/s2. At the instant
when its velocity is 4 m/s a ball is projected from the floor of the lift with a speed of
4 m/s relative to the floor at an elevation of 300. The time taken by the ball to return the floor is:
(g = 10 m/s2)

1 1 1
s s
(A) 2 s (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 1s

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TWT – (NCERT) - TOPIC: KINEMATICS (ANSWER KEY)

1. (C) 2. (B) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (B)

6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (A)
11. (A) 12. (A) 13. (B) 14. (B) 15. (C)
16. (A) 17. (A) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (A)
21. (B) 22. (A) 23. (C) 24. (B) 25. (A)
26. (B) 27. (D) 28. (D) 29. (A) 30. (C)
31. (B) 32. (C) 33. (D) 34. (B) 35. (A)
36. (D) 37. (C) 38. (A) 39. (A) 40. (C)
41. (D) 42. (C) 43. (B) 44. (B) 45. (B)

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