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 EXERCISE-I
Part-I
(Single Correct type Questions)
Section-A
(Motion Parameters)
1. The position coordinate of a particle that is confined to move along a straight
line is given by x = 2t3 – 24t + 6 where x is measured from a convenient origin
and t is in seconds. Determine the distance travelled by the particle during the
interval from t = 1 sec to t = 4 sec.
(A) 70 m (B) 64 m (C) 74m (D) 78m

1 1
2. A body covers first part of its journey with a velocity of 2 m/s, next part
3 3
with a velocity of 3m/s and rest of the journey with a velocity 6m/s. The
average velocity of the body will be
11 8 4
(A) 3 m/s (B) m/s (C) m/s (D) m/s
3 3 3

3. A particle moves along a straight line and its position as function of time is
given by
x = t3 – 3t2 + 3t + 3
then particle
(A) Stops at t = 1s and reverses its direction of motion
(B) Stops at t = 1s and continues further without change of direction
(C) Stops at t = 2s and reverses its direction of motion
(D) Sops at t = 2s and continues further without change of direction

4. A body starts from the origin and moves along the X-axis such that the velocity
at any instant is given by (4t3 – 2t), where t is in second and velocity is in m/s.
What is acceleration of the particle, when it is at distance 2m from the origin.
(A) 28 m/s2 (B) 22 m/s2 (C) 12 m/s2 (D) 10 m/s2

5. The motion of a point like mass can be split into two parts. In the first part its
average speed is v1, and in the second its average speed is v2. For the whole
motion, the average speed is the geometric mean of the speeds v1 and v2, which
is v = v1v 2 . Then the ratio of the covered distance in the first part and second
part is
v v v v
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 2
v2 v1 v2 v1

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 6. An object is moving along the x axis with position as a function of time given by
x = x(t). Point O is at x = 0. The object is definitely moving toward O when
(A) dx/dt < 0 (B) dx/dt > 0 (C) d(x)2/dt < 0 (D) d(x2)/dt > 0

7. A particle starts moving rectilinearly at time t = 0 such that its velocity ‘v’
change with time ‘t’ according to the equation v = t2 – t where t is in seconds
and v is in m/s. The time interval for which the particle retards is
1
(A) t < 1/2 (B) < t < 1
2
1
(C) t > 1 (D) t < and t > 1
2

8. A particle moving along a straight line travels one third of the total distance
with a speed of 3.0 m/s. The remaining distance is covered with a speed of
4.0 m/s for half the time and 5.0 m/s for the other half of the time. The
average speed during the motion is
(A) 4.0 m/s (B) 6.0 m/s (C) 3.8 m/s (D) 2.4 m/s

9. A particle moves along a horizontal path, such that its velocity is given by
v = (3t2 – 6t) m/s, where t is the time in seconds. If it is initially located at the
origin O, determine the particle’s average velocity and average speed during the
time interval t = 0 to t = 3.5 seconds.
(A) 2.75 m/s, 3.01 m/s (B) 1.75 m/s, 4.03 m/s
(C) 1.25 m/s, 2.03 m/s (D) 1.75 m/s, 5.0 m/s

10. A body starts from origin and moves along x axis such that at any instant
velocity is vt = 4t3 – 2t where t is in second and vt is in m/s. Find the
acceleration of the particle (in m/s2) when it is 2m from the origin
(A) 11 (B) 22 (C) 25 (D) 33

Section-B
(Motion with uniform acceleration)
11. The displacement (x) of a particle depends on time (t) as :
x = 2t2 – 3t3
Then choose the incorrect statement about motion of the particle
(A) The particle will return to its starting point after time 2/3 sec
(B) The particle will come to rest after time 4/9 sec
(C) The initial velocity of the particle was zero but its initial acceleration was not
zero.
(D) No net force will act on the particle at t = 1/3 sec

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12. An object start from rest at the origin and moves along the x axis with a
constant acceleration of 4m/s2. Its average velocity as it goes from x = 2m to
x = 8m is:
(A) 1m/s (B) 2m/s (C) 3m/s (D) 6m/s

13. A particle starts from the origin with a velocity 10m/s and moves with a
constant acceleration till the velocity increases to 50 m/s. At that instant, the
acceleration is suddenly reversed. What will be the velocity of the particle, when
it returns to the starting point?
(A) zero (B) 10 m/s (C) 50 m/s (D) 70 m/s

14. A body P starts from rest with an acceleration a 1. After 2 seconds, another body
Q starts from rest with an acceleration a2 from the same point. If they travel
equal distances in the fifth second after starting of the motion of the P, then the
ratio a1 : a2 is equal to
(A) 5 : 9 (B) 5 : 7 (C) 9 : 5 (D) 9 : 7

15. A train moving at 30m/s reduces its speed to 10m/s due to breaking in a
1
distance of 240 m. Now the braking force is increased by 12 %. Find the
2
stopping distance in the new situation if the train is moving with the same
initial speed 30m/s.
(A) 120m (B) 240m (C) 360 m (D) 420m

16. A particle starts from rest with uniform acceleration a. Its velocity after n
seconds is v. The displacement of the particle in the last two seconds is :
2v(n -1) v(n -1) v(n +1) 2v(2n +1)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n n n n

17. A particle is moving in a straight line with initial velocity u and uniform
acceleration f. if the sum of the distances travelled in tth and (t + 1)th seconds is
100cm, then its velocity after t seconds, in cm/s, is
(A) 20 (B) 30 (C) 50 (D) 80

18. Two friends start bikes from one corner of a square field of edge L towards the
diagonally opposite corner in the same time t. They both start from the same
place and take different routes. One travels along the diagonal with constant
acceleration a, and the other accelerates momentarily and then travels along
the edge of the field with constant speed v. What is the relationship between a
and v?
v2 v2 v2 v2
(A) a = (B) a = (C) a = (D) a =
2L 3L 5L 4L

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19. Two cars traveling towards each other on a straight road at velocity 10 m/s and
12 m/s respectively. When they are 150 m apart, both drivers apply their
brakes and each car decelerates at 2 m/s2 until it stops. How far apart will they
be when they have both come to a stop?
(A) 59 (B) 89 m (C) 29 (D) 79

20. A body starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration. The ratio of
distance covered in the nth second to the distance covered in n second is
2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
(A) − 2 (B) 2 − (C) 2 − (D) + 2
n n n n n n n n

Section-C
(Motion under Gravity of Earth)
21. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower. When it crosses a point 5 m below
the top, another stone is let fall from a point 25 m below the top. Both stones
reach the bottom of the tower simultaneously. Find the height of the tower.
(A) 25 m (B) 35m (C) 45m (D) 55m

22. A particle is dropped from the top of a tower of height h and at the same
moment, another particle is projected upward from the bottom. They meet
when the upper one has descended one third of the height of the tower. Find
the ratio of their velocities when they meet and the initial velocity of the tower.
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 4 : 1

23. Two balls are projected simultaneously with the same speed from the top of a
tower, one vertically upwards and the other vertically downwards. They reach
the ground in 9s and 4s, respectively. The height of the tower is (g = 10 m/s 2)
(A) 90m (B) 180m (C) 270 m (D) 360m

24. A person throws vertically up n balls per second with the same velocity. He
throws a ball whenever the previous one is at its highest point. The height to
which the balls rise is:
(A) g/n2 (B) 2gn (C) g/2n2 (D) 2gn2

25. The acceleration of gravity can be measured by projecting a body upward and
measuring the time that it takes to pass two given lines in both directions
(upward motion & downward motion). If the time the body takes to pass a
horizontal line A in both direction (from A1 to A2) is TA, and the time to go by a
second line B in both directions is (from B1 to B2) TB, then assuming that the
acceleration due to gravity to be constant, its value is

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 8h 8h 8h 8hTA TB
(A) (B) (C) (D)
TA2 - TB2 TA2 + TB2 TA2 TB2 TA2 TB2

26. A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The ball takes 0.5 s to fall past the
3 m height of a window some distance from the top of the building. If the speed
of the ball at the top and at the bottom of the window are v T and vB respectively,
then (g = 9.8 m/sec2)

(A) vT + vB = 12 ms–1 (B) vT – vB = 4.9 ms–1

V
(C) vBvT = 1 ms–1 (D) B = 1ms −1
VT

27. A student determined to test the law of gravity for himself walks off a sky
scraper 320 m high with a stopwatch in hand and starts his free fall (zero
initial velocity). 5 second later, superman arrives at the scene and dives off the
roof to save the student. What must be superman's initial velocity in order that
he catches the student just before reaching the ground ? [Assume that the
superman's acceleration is that of any freely falling body.] (g = 10 m/s 2)
275
(A) 98 m/s (B) m/s
3
187
(C) ,m/s (D) it is not possible
2
28. In the above question 27, what must be the maximum height of the skyscraper
so that even superman cannot save him
(A) 65 m (B) 85 m (C) 125 m (D) 145 m

29. A balloon is moving upwards with velocity 10 ms–1. It releases a stone which
comes down to the ground in 11 s. The height of the balloon from the ground at
the moment when the stone was dropped is :
(A) 495 m (B) 592 m (C) 460 m (D) 500 m

30. A lift whose cage is 3 m high is moving up with an acceleration of

2 ms−2. A piece of stone is dropped from the top of the cage of the lift when its
velocity 8 ms−1. If g = 10 ms−2, then the stone will reach the floor of the lift after
(A) 0.7 s (B) 0.5 s (C) 0.4 s (D) 0.3 s
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 Section-D
(Non uniform Acceleration)
31. A street car start to move rectilinearly from station A to the next stop B with an
acceleration varying according to the law a = α – βx where α and β are positive
constant and x is its distance from station A. The distance AB is then equal to
(A) 2α/β (B) α/β (C) α/2β (D) 2α

32. A particle undergoes a one-dimensional motion such that its velocity caries
according to v(x) = βx–2n, where β and n are constants and x is the position of
the particle. The acceleration of the particle as function of x is given by
(A) –2nβ2x – 2n–1 (B) –2nβ2x – 4n–1
(C) –2nβ2x – 2n+1 (D) –2nβ2x – 4n + 1

33. The retardation experienced by a moving motorboat, after its engine is cut off,
is given by dv/dt = −kv3, where k is a constant. If v0 is the magnitude of the
velocity at cut-off, the magnitude of the velocity at time t after the cut-off is
v v0
(A) v0 (B) 0 (C) v0e−kt (D)
2 2v 2kt +1
0

Section-E
(Rectilinear Motion Graph Problems)
34. A Trolley is moving away from a stop with an acceleration a = 0.2 m/s 2. After
reaching the velocity u = 36 km/h, it moves with a constant velocity for the
time of 2 min. Then, it uniformly slows down, and stops after further travelling
a distance of 100 m. Find the average speed all the way between stops.
76 208 85 155
(A) m/s (B) m/s (C) m/s (D) m/s
17 21 12 19

35. The figure shows the v–t graph of a particle moving in straight line. Find the
time when particle returns to the starting point.

(A) 30 sec (B) 36.2 sec (C) 38 sec (D) 40.2 sec

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36. Two particles A and B starts from the same point and move in the positive x-
direction. Their velocity time relationships are shown in the following figures.
What is the maximum separation between them during the time interval
shown?

(A) 1.00m (B) 1.25m (C) 1.50 m (D) 2.00m

37. A particle starts from rest with constant acceleration a and it is then
decelerated with a constant value b till it is brought to rest. If the total time
taken between these two rest positions is t. What is the maximum speed
acquired by the particle?
a +b t  ab   a +b 
(A) t (B) (a - b) (C)  t (D)  t
2 2  a +b   ab 

38. The velocity-time graph of the particle moving along a straight line is shown.
The rate of acceleration and deceleration is constant and it is equal to 5 ms –2. If
the average velocity during the motion is 20 ms–1, then find the value of t.

(A) 2s (B) 3s (C) 5s (D) 6s

39. A train travels in 3 minutes a distance of 3.15 Km from rest at one station to
rest at another station. It is uniformly accelerated for the Ist 30 seconds and
uniformly retarded for the last 15 seconds, the speed being constant for the
remaining time. Find the maximum velocity and retardation. Use v-t graph to
solve the problem.
(A) 10 m/s, 2.33 m/s2 (B) 25 m/s, 2.33 m/s2
(C) 20 m/s, 1.33 m/s 2 (D) 10 m/s, 1.33 m/s2

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

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

41. Position-time graph is shown which is a semicircle from t = 2 to t = 8 sec. Find

time t at which the instantaneous velocity, is equal to average velocity over first
t seconds

(A) 4.8 sec (B) 3.2 sec (C) 2.4 sec (D) 5 sec

42. The greatest acceleration or deceleration that a train may have is a. The
minimum time in which the train may reach from one station to the other
separated by a distance d is
d 2d 1 d d
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2
a a 2 a a

43. Acceleration versus velocity graph of a particle moving in a straight line starting
from rest is as shown in figure. The corresponding velocity-time graph would be

(A) (B)

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 (C) (D)

44. A car starting from rest accelerates at the rate f through a distance S, then
continues at a constant speed for time t and then decelerates at rate f/2 to
come to rest. If the total distance travelled is 15 S, then
1 1 1 2
(A) S = ft (B) S = ft2 (C) S = ft2 (D) S = ft
6 2 72

45. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate of 2 ms –2 for some time. Then, it
retards at a constant rate of 4 ms–2 and comes to rest. If the total time for
which it remain in motion is 3 s, then the total distance travelled is
(A) 2m (B) 3m (C) 4m (D) 6m

46. A particle starts from rest and traverses a distance 2x with uniform
acceleration, then moves uniformly over a further distance 4x and finally comes
to rest after moving a further distance 6x under uniform retardation. Assuming
entire motion to be rectilinear motion, the ratio of average speed over the
journey to the maximum speed on its way is
4 3 2 1
(A) (B) (C) (D)
5 5 5 5

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 Part-II
Previous Year’s JEE Main Questions (2006-2020)
1. A particle located at x = 0 at time t = 0, starts moving along the positive
x-direction with a velocity v that varies as v =  x . The displacement of the
particle varies with time as
(A) t1/2 (B) t3 (C) t2 (D) t
[AIEEE-2006]

2. The velocity of a particle is v = v0 + gt + ft2. If its position is x = 0 at t = 0, then

its displacement after unit time (t = 1) is
g f g
(A) v0 + 2g + 3f (B) v0 + + (C) v0 + g + f (D) v0 + + f
2 3 2
[AIEEE-2007]

3. An object moving with a speed of 6.25 m/s, is decelerated at a rate given by:
dv
= -2.5 v
dt
Where v is the instantaneous speed? The time taken by the object to come to
rest would be:
(A) 1s (B) 2s (C) 4s (D) 8s
[AIEEE-2011]

4. From a tower of height H, a particle is thrown vertically upwards with a speed

u. The time taken by the particle, to hit the ground, is n times that taken by it
to reach the highest point of its path. The relation between H, u and n is :
(A) 2gH = n2u2 (B) gH = (n – 2)2u2
(C) 2gH = nu2(n – 2) (D) gH =(n – 2)u2
[JEE (Main) 2014]

5. A body is thrown vertically upwards. Which one of the following graphs

correctly represent the velocity vs time ?

(A) (B)

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 (C) (D)
[JEE (Main) 2017]
6. All the graphs below are intended to represent the same motion. One of them
does it incorrectly. Pick it up.

(A) (B)

(C) (D)
[JEE Main 2018]

7. The velocity-time graphs of a car and scooter are shown in the figure.
(i) The difference between the distance travelled by the car and the scooter in
15 s and
(ii) the time at which the car will catch up with scooter are, respectively.

(A) 112.5 m and 15 s (B) 337.5 m and 25 s

(C) 222.5 m and 10 s (D) 112.5 m and 22.5 s
[JEE Main Online 2018]

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 8. An automobile, travelling at 40 km/h, can be stopped at a distance of 40 m by
applying brakes. If the same automobile is travelling at 80 km/h, the minimum
stopping distance, in meters, is (assume no skidding)
(A)100 m (B) 75 m (C) 160 m (D) 150 m
[JEE Main Online 2018]

9. A man in a car at location Q on a straight highway is moving with speed v. He

decides to reach a point P in a field at a distance d from the highway (point M)
as shown in the figure. Speed of the car in the field is half to that on the
highway. What should be the distance RM, so that the time taken to reach P is
minimum ?

d d d
(A) (B) (C) (D) d
2 3 2
[JEE Main Online 2018]

10. In a car race on straight road, car A takes a time t less than car B at the finish
and passes finishing point with a speed 'v' more than that of car B. Both the
cars start from rest and travel with constant acceleration a1 and a2 respectively.
Then 'v' is equal to
a + a2 2a1a 2
(A) 1 t (B) 2a1a 2 t (C) t (D) a1a 2 t
2 a1 +a 2
[JEE Main 2019]
11. A particle starts from the origin at time t = 0 and moves along the positive x-
axis. The graph of velocity with respect to time is shown in figure. What is the
position of the particle at time t = 5s ?

(A) 6 m (B) 9 m (C) 3 m (D) 10 m

[JEE Main 2019]

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12. A passenger train of length 60 m travels at a speed of 80 km/hr. Another
freight train of length 120 m travels at a speed of 30 km/hr. The ratio of times
taken by the passenger train to completely cross the freight train when:
(i) they are moving in the same direction, and
(ii) in the opposite directions is:
(A) 11/5 (B) 5/2 (C) 3/2 (D) 25/11
[JEE Main 2019]

13. A particle starts from origin O from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration
along the positive x– axis. Identify all figures that correctly represent the motion
qualitatively. (a = acceleration,  = velocity, x = displacement, t = time)

(A) ABC (B) ABD (C) BC (D) A

[JEE Main 2019]

14. The position of a particle as a function of time t, is given by x(t) = at + bt 2 – ct3

where a, b and c are constants. When the particle attains zero acceleration,
then its velocity will be:
b2 b2 b2 b2
(A) a + (B) a + (C) a + (D) a +
3c 2c c 4c
[JEE Main 2019]

15. A ball is thrown upward with an initial velocity V 0 from the surface of the earth.
the motion of the ball is affected by a drag force equal to m V2 where m is
mass of the ball v is its instantaneous velocity and  is a constant). Time taken
by the ball to rise to its zenith is:
1 -1  γ  1 -1  γ 
(A) sin  v 0 (B) ln 1+ v0 
γg  g  γg  g 
1  γ  1  2γ 
(C) tan-1  v0  (D) tan-1  v0 
γg  g  2γg  g 
[JEE Main 2019]

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16. A ball is dropped from the top of a 100 m high tower on a planet. In the last
1
s before hitting the ground, it covers a distance of 19 m. Acceleration due to
2
gravity (in ms–2) near the surface on that planet is ____
[JEE Main 2020]

17. The distance x covered by a particle in one dimensional motion varies with time
t as x2 = at2 + 2bt + c. If the acceleration of the particle depends on x as x –n,
where n is an integer, the value of n is …….
[JEE Main 2020]

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 EXERCISE-II
Part-I
(Multiple Correct type Questions)
Section-A
1. A particle moves with constant speed v along a regular hexagon ABCDEF in the
same order. Then the magnitude of the average velocity for its motion from A to
(A) F is v/5 (B) D is v/3 (C) C is v3/2 (D) B is v

2. A particle moving with a speed v changes direction by an angle , without

change in speed.
(A) The change in the magnitude of its velocity is zero
(B) The change in the magnitude of its velocity is 2vsin(/2)
(C) The magnitude of the change in velocity is 2vsing(/2)
(D) The magnitude of the change in its velocity is v(1 – cos)

3. A particle has initial velocity 10 m/s. It moves due to constant retarding force
along the line of velocity which produces a retardation of 5 m/s 2. Then
(A) The maximum displacement in the direction of initial velocity is 10m
(B) The distance travelled in first 3 seconds in 7.5 m
(C) The distance travelled in first 3 seconds in 12.5 m
(D) The distance travelled in first 3 seconds in 17.5 m

4. A bead is free to slide down a smooth wire tightly stretched between points A
and B on a vertical circle. If the bead starts from rest at A, the highest point on
the circle

(A) Its velocity v on arriving at B is proportional to cos

(B) Its velocity v on arriving at B is proportional to tan
(C) Time to arrive at B is proportional to cos
(D) Time to arrive at B is independent of 

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5. The figure shows the velocity (v) of a particle plotted against time (t)

(A) The particle changes its direction of motion at some point

(B) The acceleration of the particle remains constant
(C) The displacement of the particle is zero
(D) The initial and final speeds of the particle are the same

6. Velocity-time graph for a car is semicircle as shown here. Which of the following
is correct:

(A) Car must move in circular path

(B) Acceleration of car is never zero
(C) Mean speed of the particle is /4 m/s
(D) The car makes a turn once during its motion

7. The displacement (x) of a particle depends on time (t) as:

x = t2 – t3
(A) The particle will return to its starting point after time /
(B) The particle will come to rest after time 2/3
(C) The initial velocity of the particle was zero but its initial acceleration was
not zero
(D) No net force will act on the particle at t = /3

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8. Which of the following speed-time graphs in not possible:

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

Section-B
(Comprehension type Questions)
Paragraph for Qus 1 to 5
The figure shows a velocity-time graph of a particle moving along a straight line

1. Choose the incorrect statement. The particle comes to rest at

(A) t = 0 s (B) t = 5 s
(C) t = 8 s (D) None of these
r
Δv
2. Identify the region in which the rate of change of velocity of the particle is
Δt
maximum
(A) 0 to 2s (B) 2 to 4s (C) 4 to 6s (D) 6 to 8s

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3. If the particle starts from the position x0 = –15 m, then its position at t = 2s will
be
(A) –5m (B) 5m (C) 10m (D) 15m

4. The maximum displacement of the particle is

(A) 33.3m (B) 23.3m (C) 18.3m (D) Zero

5. The total distance travelled by the particle is

(A) 66.7m (B) 51.6m (C) Zero (D) 36.6m

Section-C
[MATRIX TYPE]
1. Match the column
Column-I Column-II
(A) This can be a uniform linear (P) A body is moving along a
motion straight line and accelerating
uniformly
(B) This can be non-uniform (Q) A body is moving along a
linear motion straight line. It covers a
distance 72 m during the first
six second of its motion and
another 72 m during the next
six seconds.
(C) Position-time graph of the (R) A body is thrown vertically
motion can be a straight upward. It rises to some
line height and then falls down
along the same line
(S) A bullet is fired into air form a
gun

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2. The velocity time graph of a particle moving on a straight line is shown above.
Match the possible correct graph.

Column-I Column-II

(A) a-t graph (P)

(B) Position time graph (Q)

(C) Distance travelled-time graph (R)

(S)

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 PART-II
(Subjective type Questions)
1. At a distance L = 400m from the traffic light brakes are applied to a locomotive
moving at a velocity v = 54 km/hr. Determine the position of the locomotive
relative to the traffic light 1 minute after the application of the brakes if its
accelerations is –0.3m/sec2.

2. A particle moving in straight line, traversed half the distance with a velocity v 0.
The remaining part of the distance was covered with velocity v1 for half the time
and with velocity v2 for the other half of the time. Mean velocity of the particle
 v1 + v 2 
averaged over the whole time of motion comes out to be av 0  ,
 bv 0 + v1 + v 2 
where a and b are positive integers. Find a + b.

3. The displacement of a particle moving on a straight line is given by

x = 16t – 2t2. Distance traveled by the particle during the first 2 sec. is S1 and
3S2
during first 6 sec. is S2. Find
S1

4. An object moving with uniform acceleration has a velocity of 12.0 cm/s in the
positive x direction when its x coordinate is 3.00 cm. If its x coordinate 2.00 s
later is –5.00 cm, what is its acceleration?

5. Two objects moving along the same straight line are leaving point A with an
acceleration a, 2a & velocity 2u, u respectively at time t = 0. The distance
moved by the object with respect to point A when one object overtakes the other
u2
is . Here α is an integer. Find α:
a

6. A particle is thrown upwards from ground. It experiences a constant air

resistance which can produce a retardation of 2 m/s2 opposite to the direction

of velocity of particle. The ratio of time of ascent to the time of descent is .
β
Where α and β are integers. Find minimum value α + β.
[g = 10 m/s2]

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 7. The maximum possible acceleration of a train starting from the rest and moving
on straight track is 10 m/s2 and maximum possible retardation is 5 m/s 2. The
maximum speed that train can achieve is 85 m/s. Minimum time in which the
2
train can complete a journey of 1000 m ending at rest, is n sec .Where n is
3
integer. Find n.

8. The velocity of a particle moving in the positive direction of the x axis varies as
v =  x where α is a positive constant. Assuming that at the moment t = 0 the
particle was located at the point x = 0, find:
(a) the time dependence of the velocity and the acceleration of the particle;
(b) the mean velocity of the particle averaged over the time that the particle
takes to cover the first s metres of the path.

9. Position (in m) of a particle moving on a straight line varies with time (in sec) as
x = t3/3 – 3t2 + 8t + 4 (m). Consider the motion of the particle from t = 0 to t = 5
sec. s1 is the total distance travelled and s2 is the distance travelled during
s
retardation. Find 1 .
s2

10. The maximum possible acceleration of a train starting from the rest and moving
on straight track is 10m/s2 and maximum possible retardation is 5 m/s2. The
maximum speed that train can achieve is 70 m/s. Minimum time in which the
347
train can complete a journey of 1000m ending at rest is sec. Where α is an
2
integer. Find α.

11. A train stopping at two stations 2 kms apart on a straight line takes 4 minutes
for the journey. Assuming that its motion is first uniformly accelerated and
1 1
then uniformly retarded. Prove that + = 4, where ‘x’ and ‘y’ are the
x y
magnitude of the acceleration and retardation respectively in (km/min 2).

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 EXERCISE-III
JEE ADVANCED Previous Year’s Questions
1. A ball is dropped vertically from a height d above the ground. It hits the ground
and bounces up vertically to a height d/2. Neglecting subsequent motion and
air resistance, its velocity v varies with the height h above the ground as

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

[JEE 2000]

2. A small block slides, without friction, down an inclined plane starting from rest.
S
Let Sn be the distance travelled from t = (n – 1) to t = (n). Then n is
Sn+1
2n -1 2n +1 2n -1 2n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2n 2n -1 2n +1 2n +1
[JEE 2004]

3. A particle is initially at rest, It is subjected to a linear acceleration a, as shown

in the figure. The maximum speed attained by the particle is

(A) 605 m/s (B) 110 m/s (C) 55 m/s (D) 550 m/s
[JEE 2004]

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4. The velocity displacement graph of a particle moving along a straight line is
shown.

The most suitable acceleration-displacement graph will be

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

[JEE 2005]

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 ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE-I
Part-I
Section A to E

1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. B
11. D 12. D 13. D 14. A 15. B 16. A 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. A
21. C 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. A 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. A
31. A 32. B 33. D 34. D 35. B 36. B 37. C 38. C 39. C 40. C
41. B 42. D 43. D 44. D 45. D 46. B

Part-II
Previous Year’s Question (2006-2020)

1. C 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. D
11. B 12. A 13. B 14. A 15. C 16. 8.00 or 2888.00 17. 3

EXERCISE-II
PART-I
Section-A
1. ACD 2. AC 3. AC 4. AD 5. ABC 6. C 7. ABCD 8. CD

Section-B
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. A

Section-C
1. (A)-Q; (B)-PQRS; (C)-Q 2. (A)-P; (B)-Q; (C)-R

PART-II
1. 25m 2. 4 3. 5 4. –16 cm/s2 5. 6

 s
6. 5 7. 30 8. (a) v = α2t/2, a = α2/2; (b) <v> =
2
14
9. 10. 7
11

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 EXERCISE-III
JEE ADVANCED Previous Year’s Questions
1. A 2. C 3. C 4. A

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