LEVEL - II

SINGLE CORRECT CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS:

I. FREELY FALLING BODY
1. The distance travelled by a freely falling body in first 6 seconds is ___
1) 44.1m 2) 28.4 m 3) 122.5 m 4) 176.4m
2. A body falls from 80m. Its time of descent is [ g = 10 ms-2]
1) 3s 2) 4 s 3) 5 s 4) 6 s
3. The final velocity of body which falls from 122.5 m is ___ ms-1
1) 19.6 2) 39.2 3) 49 4) 98
4. A body is allowed to fall freely. The ratio of its displacements in 1 , 2 and 3rd seconds is
st nd

1) 1:2:3 2) 1:4:9 3) 1:3:5 4) 1:9:25

5. A body is allowed to fall freely. The ratio of its displacements in 1 , 2 and 3 seconds is
1) 1:2:3 2) 1:4:9 3) 1:3:5 4) 1:9:25
6. The ratio of times taken by freely falling body to cover first metre, second metre, .... is __
1) 1: 2 : 3 2) 1: 2  1: 3  2 3) 2: 4: 8 4) 2:3:4
7. Two stones are falling at a place from heights in the ratio 2:3. Their velocities on reaching the ground
are in the ratio
1) 3: 2 2) 2: 3 3) 2 : 3 4) 3 : 2
8. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower of height 125m. The distance travelled by it during last
second of its fall is(g=10ms–2)
1) 22.5 m 2) 45 m 3) 75 m 4) 90 m
9. Two bodies whose masses are in the ratio 2:1 are dropped simultaneously at two places A and B
where the accelerations due to gravity are gA and gB respectively. If they reach the ground
simultaneously, the ratio of the heights from which they are dropped is
1) gA : gB 2) 2gA : gB 3) gA : 2gB 4) gA: gB
10. A body dropped freely from certain height reaches the ground in ‘t’ seconds. The average velocity
during its fall is
1) ½ gt 2) gt 3) 2gt 4) gt2
11. A body is dropped freely from a height h. The average velocity during its free fall is
gh
1) 2 gh 2) gh 3) 4) zero
2
12. The average velocity of freely falling body is 7 ms-1. Then it is released from a height of
1) 5m 2) 10 m 3) 15 m 4) 20 m
13. A body dropped from certain height travels 36% of total distance in the last second of its free fall.
Then the time of its free fall is
1) 3.6 sec 2) 2 sec 3) 4 sec 4) 5 sec
14. If the distance travelled by a freely falling body in the last second of its journey is equal to the
distance travelled in the first 2s, the time of descent of the body is
1) 5 s 2) 1.5 s 3) 2.5 s 4) 3 s
15. The distance travelled by a freely falling body in the first three seconds is equal to the distance
travelled in the last second of its free fall. The time of its free fall is
1) 3 sec 2) 4 sec 3) 5 sec 4) 6 sec
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16. The sum of the distances travelled by a freely falling body in 1 , 3 and 5 seconds is equal to the
distance travelled in the last second of its free fall. The time of its free fall is
1) 2 sec 2) 4 sec 3) 6 sec 4) 8 sec
17. The ratio of the distance travelled by a freely falling body in the last second of its motion and that in
the last but one second of its motion are in the ratio of 3:2. The total time taken by the body to reach
the ground is
1) 5 sec 2) 1 sec 3) 2.5 sec 4) 3.5 sec
18. For a freely falling body, if the velocity acquired is numerically equal to the displacement suffered,
the velocity acquired by the body is
1) g 2) 2g 3) 3g 4) g/2
19. A body released from the top of a tower of height h takes T seconds to reach the ground. The
position of the body at T / 4 seconds is
h h
1) at from the ground 2) at from the top of the tower
16 4
15h 3h
3) at from the ground 4) at from the top of the tower
16 16
20. A body falls for 5s from rest. If the acceleration due to gravity of earth ceases to act, the distance it
travels in the next 3s is
1) 73.5m 2) 294m 3) 147m 4) 49m
21. A body is allowed to fall from a height of 100 m. After 2 seconds if acceleration due to gravity
vanishes, the total time of its fall is (g = 10 ms-2)
1) 2 sec 2) 4 sec 3) 6 sec 4) 10 sec
22. A body is allowed to fall from a tower 320 m high. When the ball reaches half the way acceleration
due to gravity suddenly disappears. The velocity of the body after two seconds is
(g = 10 ms-2)
1) 80 ms-1 2) 100 ms-1 3) 60 ms-1 4) 56 ms-1
23. A body is dropped from a height 122.5 m. If its stopped after 3 seconds and again released the further
time of descent is __
1) 2 s 2) 3 s 3) 4 s 4) 5 s
24. A splash is heard 5.35 seconds after a stone is dropped into a well 122.5 m deep. The velocity of
sound in air is
1) 300 ms-1 2) 350 ms-1 3) 330 ms-1 4) 425 ms-1
25. A stone is dropped into a well 44.1 m deep. After how much time the sound will be heard if the
velocity of sound is 330 ms-1 is,
1) 1.56 sec 2) 3.13 sec 3) 6.26 sec 4) 6 sec
26. A stone is dropped from a height of 10 cm above the top of a window of 80 cm high (top to bottom of
the window). Then time taken by the stone to cross from the top to bottom of the window is
1 2 3 4
1) sec 2) sec 3) sec 4) sec
7 7 7 7
27. A stone is dropped from the top of a multistored building. If it crosses 2 floors in the first second of
its free fall the no.of floors it can cross in 4th second of fall is
1) 7 2) 4 3) 2 4) 14
28. A body is projected down with velocity 5ms-1 from a height of 60 m. Its time of descents is
1) 2 s 2) 3 s 3) 4 s 4) 5 s
29. A stone is dropped into water from a bridge 44.1 m above the water. Another stone is thrown
vertically downward 1 second later. Both strike the water simultaneously. The initial speed of the
second stone is
1) 12.25 ms-1 2) 24.5 ms-1 3) 49 ms-1 4) 10 ms-1
30. A body is projected vertically down from the top of the tower. If it travels a distance 30m in the first
second, the velocity of projection is
1) 34.0 m/s 2) 25.1 m/s 3) 30 m/s 4) zero
31. A ball is dropped from a tall building. After 1sec is another ball is dropped from the same point.
Their distance of separation after next 2s is
1) 24.5 m 2) 49 m 3) 98 m 4) 19.6 m
32. Two bodies are dropped freely from two points separated by a distance of 10m, one vertically below
the other. After 10 sec of free fall, the distance of their separation is,
1) 10 m 2) 40 m 3) 20 m 4) 20 2 m
33. A body is dropped freely. After 2 seconds another body is dropped from the same height. The
distance of separation between them after 10 more seconds is(g=10ms-2)
1) 140 m 2) 100 m 3) 220 m 4) 110 m
34. A parachutist drops freely from an aeroplane for 10 sec and then the parachute opens out. Then he
descends with a net retardation of 12 ms-2. If he strikes the ground with a velocity of 20 ms-1, then the
height at which he gets out of the plane is, (g = 10 ms-2)
1) 400 m 2) 500 m 3) 900 m 4) 1300 m
35. A parachutist drops freely from an aeroplane for 10 seconds before the parachute opens out. Then he
descends with a net retardation of 2.5 ms-2. If he bails out of the plane at a height of 2495 m and g =
10 ms-2, the velocity on reaching the ground will be
1) 5 ms-1 2) 10 ms-1 3) 15 ms-1 4) 20 ms-1
KEY
LEVEL – II
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 3 5) 2 6) 2 7) 2 8) 2 9) 1 10) 1
11) 3 12) 2 13) 4 14) 3 15) 3 16) 4 17) 4 18) 2 19) 3 20) 3
21) 3 22) 4 23) 3 24) 2 25) 2 26) 2 27) 4 28) 2 29) 1 30) 2
31) 1 32) 1 33) 3 34) 3 35) 1

II. VERTICALLY PROJECTED BODY :

1. A ball is projected vertically upward with a speed of 50 m/s, then (Take g = 10 m/s2).
1) the maximum height reached by the ball is 125 m
2) the time taken by a ball to reach the maximum height is 5 sec
3) the speed of a ball at half the maximum height is 35 m/s 4) all the above are correct
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2. A body is projected with a velocity 50ms-1.Distance travelled in 6 second is____ [g=10ms-2]
 1) 5m 2) 10 m 3) 15m 4) 20 m
3. A body is projected with a velocity 60ms -1 vertically upwards the distance travelled in last second of
its motion is [g = 10 ms-1]
1) 35 m 2) 45 m 3) 55m 4) 65 m
4. A body is thrown vertically upwards with initial velocity 'u' reaches maximum height in 6 seconds.
The ratio of distances traveled by the body in the first second and seventh second is
1) 1:1 2) 11:1 3) 1:2 4) 1:11
5. A body is projected vertically up with u. Its velocity at half its maximum height is
u u2 u
1) 2) 3) 2u 4)
2 2 2
6. The velocity of a body moving vertically up is 49ms-1 at half the maximum height. The height to
which it could further rise is
1) 245m 2) 122.5m 3) 61.25m 4) none
7. A body is thrown vertically up with certain velocity. If h is the maximum height reached by it, its
position when its velocity reduces to 1/3 of its velocity of projection is at
1) 8h/9 from the ground 2) 8h/9 from the top most point
3) 4h/9 from the ground 4) h/3 from the top most point
8. A body thrown vertically up with velocity u reaches the maximum height h after T seconds. Which of
the following statements is true?
1) At a height h/2 from the ground its velocity is u/2 2) At a time T its velocity is u
3) At a time 2T its velocity is u 4) none of the above.
9. Two bodies with masses in the ratio 1 : 2 are thrown vertically up with velocities in the ratio 2 : 1.
The maximum heights reached by them will be in the ratio
1) 1 : 1 2) 4 : 1 3) 1 : 4 4) 2 : 1
10. Two bodies projected vertically up reach maximum heights ‘a’ and ‘b’. Their velocities of projection
will be in the ratio
1) a2 : b2 2) b: a 3) a : b 4) a: b
11. A body is throw up with a velocity ‘u’ . It reaches maximum height ‘h’. If its velocity of projection is
doubled the maximum height it reaches is ___
1) 4h 2) h 3) 2h 4) 3h
12. A body thrown vertically up with some velocity reaches a maximum height of 100m. If another body
of twice the mass of the former is thrown with twice the velocity, the maximum height reached is
1) 400m 2) 200m 3) 100m 4) 25m
13. An object is thrown vertically up with velocity ‘u’ reaches maximum height in time ‘t’. The average
velocity during this time is
1) u/2 2) 2u/g 3) u/g 4) u2/4g
14. On a planet, a stone thrown vertically up with velocity 10 m/s returns to the ground in 4 second.
Acceleration due to gravity on the planet is
1) 20 m/s2 2) 10 m/s2 3) 5 m/s2 4) 40 m/s2
15. A stone thrown up with a velocity of 40 m/s from the surface of a planet comes back to the surface
after 20sec. Time taken by the same stone to reach the planet when allowed to fall from a height of
50m is
1) 5 sec 2) 10 sec 3) 20 sec 4) 0.8sec
16. A body is projected vertically up with velocity 98ms-1. After 2s if the acceleration due to gravity of
earth disappears, the velocity of the body at the end of next 3s is
1) 49ms-1 2) 49.6 ms-1 3) 78.4 ms-1 4) 94.7 ms-1
17. A boy throws n balls per second at regular time intervals when the first ball reaches the maximum
height he throws the second one vertically up. The maximum height reached by each ball is
g g g g
1) 2) 3) 4)
2(n  1)2 2n 2 n2 n
18. A juggle maintains four balls in motion, making each of the them to rise a height of 20m from his
hand The time interval that he should maintain, for the proper distance between them is (take
g=10m/s2)
1) 0.5s 2) 1s 3) 2s 4) 3s
19. A body projected up reaches a point A in its path at the end of 4th second and reaches the ground
after 5 seconds from the start. The height of A above the ground is (g = 10m/s2)
1) 19.6 m 2) 30.6 m 3) 11 m 4) 20 m
20. A bullet fired vertically up from the ground reaches a height 40m in its path from the ground and it
takes further time 2 seconds to reach the same point during descent. The total time of flight is
(g=10 ms-2)
1) 4 s 2) 3 s 3) 6 s 4) 8 s
21. A stone projected up vertically with a velocity 19.6m/s reaches certain height in its path at 1sec.
After how many more seconds it reaches the ground ?
1) 1 sec 2) 2 sec 3) 3 sec 4) 4 sec
22. A bullet fired vertically up from the ground reaches a height 40m in its path from the ground and it
takes further time 2 seconds to reach the same point during descent. The total time of flight is
(g=10 ms-2)
1) 4 s 2)6 s 3) 3 s 4) 8 s
23. The distance traveled by a body during last second of its upward journey is d when the body is
projected with certain velocity vertically up. If the velocity of projection is doubled, the distance
traveled by the body during last second of its upward journey is
1) 2d 2) 4d 3) d/2 4) d
-1
24. A stone is projected vertically up from the ground with velocity 40ms . The interval of time between
the two instants at which the stone is at a height of 60m above the ground is (g = 10ms-2)
1) 4s 2) 6s 3) 8s 4) 12s
25. A ball is thrown up with a velocity 9.8 m/s. After 1 second another ball is thrown up with a velocity
of 19.6 m/s. What will be the distance between them 1 sec after the second ball is thrown?
1) 4.9m 2) 9.8 m 3) 14.7 m 4) 19.6m
26. A stone is projected vertically up from the ground with velocity 40ms–1. The interval of time
between the two instants at which the stone is at a height of 60m above the ground is ( g=10ms-2)
1) 4 s 2) 6 s 3) 8 s 4) 12 s
27. A body is projected up with velocity u. It reaches a point in its path at times t 1 and t2 seconds from
the time of projection. Then (t1+t2) is

2u u 2u u
1) 2) 3) 4)
g g g g
28. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower of height 490m. Simultaneously another stone is projected
up vertically with velocity 100ms-1 from the ground. The two stones meet after a time.
1) 4.9s 2) 9.8s 3) 10s 4) they cannot meet in air
29. A body is dropped from a high tower and simultaneously another is projected up with a speed of 19.6
m/s from the base. Two seconds later they meet. The height of the tower is
1) 19.6m 2) 89.9m 3) 39.2m 4) none of these
30. A particle is projected up from the ground. Simultaneously another is let fall to meet it, They meet if
they have equal velocities, dropped body has traveled …. Times that of the other

1) 1 2) 2 3) 1/3 4)3/2
KEY
1) 4 2) 1 3) 3 4) 2 5) 4 6) 1 7) 1 8) 3 9) 2 10) 4
11) 1 12) 1 13) 1 14) 3 15) 1 16) 3 17) 2 18) 2 19) 4 20) 3
21) 3 22) 2 23) 4 24) 1 25) 3 26) 1 27) 1 28) 1 29) 3 30) 3

III. BODY PROJECTED VERTICALLY UP FROM A TOWER

1. A body is thrown vertically up from the top of a tower with a velocity of 2 m/s. Its velocity after two
seconds
1) 17.6 m/s 2) 21.6 m/s 3) 20.6 m/s 4) 23.6 m/s
2. A body is thrown vertically up with a velocity of 8m / s from the top of a tower 20m high. The
ratio between this velocity and the velocity with which it touches the ground is
1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 3 3) 1 : 5 2 4) 1 : 3
3. A body is released from the top of a tower of height ‘h’ metres. It takes ‘t’ seconds to reach the
ground. The height of the ball above the ground at time t/2 seconds is
h h h 3h
1) m 2) m 3) m 4) m
2 4 3 4
4. A stone is projected vertically upwards from the foot of a tower with an initial velocity 2u. On
reaching the top its final velocity is found to be half of its initial velocity. The height of tower is
u 3u 2 u2 9u 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2g 4g 2g
5. A stone projected vertically up with velocity v from the top of a tower reaches the ground with
velocity 2v. The height of the tower is
v2 3v 2 3v 2 v2
1) 2) 3) 4)
2g 2g g g
6. A stone is projected vertically upward from the top of a tower with a velocity u and strikes the bottom
of the tower with a velocity 3u. The distance travelled by the stone is
4u 2 5u 2 3u 2 u2
1) 2) 3) 4)
g g g g
7. From the top of a tower a body is projected vertically up with a velocity of 4.9 ms -1. The time after
which it will pass through the point of projection is
1) 1 s 2) 2 s 3) 4 s 4) 6 s
-1
8. A stone is thrown vertically up from a bridge with velocity 3ms . If it strikes the water under the
bridge after 2s, the bridge is at a height of (g = 10ms-2)
 1) 26m 2) 14m 3) 7m 4) 20m
9. A packet is dropped from a balloon rising up with uniform velocity 9.8ms -1. If the balloon is at a
height of 39.2m from the ground at the time of dropping the stone, the stone reaches the ground after.
1) 2s 2) 6s 3) 4s 4) 8s
10. A food packet is dropped from a helicopter rising up with uniform velocity of 5ms -1. After 2s its
velocity is
1) 19.6 ms-1 downward 2) 14.6 ms-1 down ward 3) 14.6 ms-1 up ward 4) 5 ms-1 up ward
11. In the above problem the distance of separation between helicopter and packet 2s after dropping it is
1) 9.6m 2) 0.4m 3) 19.6m 4) 29.6m
12 A balloon is moving up with constant velocity of 12ms-1. It releases a stone when it is at a height of
65 m above the ground. The time taken by the stone to reach the ground is (g =10ms)
1) 13 s 2) 6.5 s 3) 5 s 4) 10 s
13. A ball is dropped from a balloon going up at a speed of 7 m/s. If the balloon was at a height 60 m at
the time of dropping the ball, how long will the ball take in reaching the ground ?
1) 2 s 2) 2.5 s 3) 3.5 s 4) 3 s
14. 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:
1) 2gH = nu2(n -2) 2) gH = (n -2)u2 3) 2gH = n2u2 4) gH = (n -2) 2u2
15. From the top of a tower a stone is projected vertically upward when it reaches a distance h below that
point, its velocity is double that of its velocity when it was at a height h above the top of the tower,
Then greatest height attained by the stone above the top of the tower is

1) 2h 2) h/3 3) 5h/3 4) 4h
KEY
1) 1 2) 3 3) 4 4) 2 5) 2 6) 2 7) 1 8) 2 9) 3 10) 2
11) 3 12) 3 13) 1 14) 1 15) 3