KINAMETICS, HOME WORK SHEET-1

Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration

1. A car starts from P and follows the path as shown in figure. Finally car stops at R. Distance travelled
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and displacement of the car if a = 7 m, b = 8 m and r  m? [Take   ]
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(A) 48m, 36m (B) 48m, 42m (C) 48m, 32m (D) 48m, 40m
2. A body covers first 1/3 part of its journey with a velocity of 2 m/s, next 1/3 part with a velocity of

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3 m/s and rest of the journey with a velocity 6m/s. The average velocity of the body will be

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(A) 3 m/s (B)
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m/s (C)
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m/s (D)
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m/s

A particle moves in straight line in same direction for 20 seconds with velocity 3 m/s and then moves
with velocity 4 m/s for another 20 sec and finally moves with velocity 5 m/s for next 20 seconds. What

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is the average velocity of the particle?
(A) 3m/s (B) 4 m/s (C) 5 m/s (D) Zero

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4. An athlete completes one round of a circular track of radius R in 40 sec. What will be his displacement
at the end of 2 min. 20 sec.

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(A) zero (B) 2R (C) 2 R (D) 7 R
5. 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
6. The displacement x of a particle along a straight line at time t is given by x = a0 + a1t + a2t2. The
acceleration of the particle is
(A) a0 (B) a1 (C) 2a2 (D) a2
7. The position of a particle moving in the xy-plane at any time t is given by x = (3t 2 – 6t) metres, y
= (t2 – 2t) metres. Select the correct statement about the moving particle from the following.
(A) The acceleration of the particle is zero at t = 0 second
(B) The velocity of the particle is zero at t = 0 second
(C) The velocity of the particle is zero at t = 1 second
(D) The velocity and acceleration of the particle are never zero
8. The acceleration a'a in m/s2 of a particle is given by a = 3t2 + 2t + 2 where t is the time. If the particle
starts out with a velocity u = 2 m/s at t = 0, then the velocity at the end of 2 second is
(A) 12 m/s (B) 18 m/s (C) 27 m/s (D) 36 m/s
9. The displacement of a particle starting from rest (at t = 0) is given by s = 6t2 – t3. The time in seconds
at which the particle will attain zero velocity again, is
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8

10. The relation 7 R3t  3  6 describes the position of a particle in one direction where x is in metres
and in sec. The displacement, when velocity is zero, is
(A) 24 metres (B) 12 metres (C) 5 metres (D) Zero

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ANSWERS
HOME WORK SHEET-1
1. A 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C
6. C 7. C 8. B 9. B 10. D