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KINEMATICS
1. Two bodies begin a free fall from rest, from the same height, 1 second apart. How long after the first body begins to fall
will the two bodies be 10 m apart ?
(A) 2 s (B) 3.5 s (C) 0.5 s (D) 1.5 s

2. A bus is moving with a velocity 10 ms–1 on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the bus in 100 s. If, the bus
is at a distance of 1 km from the scooterist, with what constant velocity should the scooterist chase the bus ?
(A) 50 ms–1 (B) 40 ms–1 (C) 30 ms–1 (D) 20 ms–1

3. Car A and car B move on a straight road and their velocity versus time graphs are as shown in figure. Comparing the
motion of car A in between t = 0 to t = 8 sec. and motion of car B in between t = 0 to t = 7 sec, pick up the correct
statement :
v (m/s) v (m/s)

10 m/s 10 m/s

t(s) t(s)
t = 2s t = 8s t = 3s t = 7s
Car A Car B
(A) Distance travelled by car A is less than distance travelled by car B.
(B) Distance travelled by car A is greater than distance travelled by car B.
(C) Average speed of both cars are equal.
(D) Average speed of car A is less than average speed of car B.

4. A thief is running away on a straight road in a jeep moving with a speed of 9 ms–1. A police man chases him on a motor
cycle moving at a speed of 10 m s–1. If the instantaneous separation of the jeep from the motorcycle is 100 m, how
long will it take for the police man to catch the thief ?
(A) 1 s (B) 19 s (C) 90 s (D) 100 s

5. A child left his home and started walking at a constant velocity. After some time he stopped for a while and then
continued on with a velocity greater than he originally had. All of a sudden he turned around and walked very
quickly back home. Which of the following graphs best represents the displacement versus time for his walk :
s s

(A) (B)

t t
s s

(C) (D)

t t

6. A car starts moving rectilinearly first with an acceleration of 5 ms–2 then uniformly and finally decelerating at the same
rate till it stops. Total time of journey is 25 s and average velocity during the journey is 72 kmh–1. Then :
(A) Total distance travelled by the car is 500 m
(B) Maximum speed attained during the journey is 25 ms–1
(C) Car travels with uniform speed for 15 s
(D) Car acceleration for 5 s and decelerates also for 5 s

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7. A frictionless wire AB is fixed on a ring of radius R. A very small spherical ball slips on this wire. The time taken by this
ball to slip from A to B is :
A
2 gR cos 
(A) (B) 2 gR  
g cos  g
R gR O
(C) 2 (D)
g g cos  B
R

8. Which of the following v – t graphs represents the motion of a ball falling freely from rest under gravity and
rebounding from a metallic surface ?
v
v v v

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

t
t

9. The cone falling with a speed v0 strikes and penetrates the block of packing material. The acceleration of the cone
after impact is a = g – cx2, where c is a positive constant and x is the penetration distance. If the maximum penetration
depth is xm. Then c equals :
2 gxm  v02 2 gxm  v02 v0
(A) (B)
xm2 xm2
x
6 gxm  3v02 6 gxm  3v02
(C) (D)
2 xm3 2 xm3

10. Two fixed points A and B are 20 metres apart. At time t = 0, the distance between a third point C and A is 20 metres and
the distance between C and B is 10 metres. The component of velocity of point C along both CA and CB at any
instant is 5 m/s. What will be the distance(in meters) between A and C at the instant when all the three points are
collinear?

ANSWER KEY (CPP-1)

1. (D) 2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (A,B,C,D) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. (D) 10..15 m

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KINEMATICS
1. If a = (4t3 + 2t + 5) m/s2 is the expression according to which the acceleration of a particle varies. Then the expression
for instantaneous velocity at any time 't' will be (if the particle was initially at rest) :
(A) t3 + 2t + 1 (B) t3 + t + 1 (C) t4 + t2 + 5 t (D) t3 + t2 + t + C
2. The velocity of an object moving rectilinearly is given as a function of time by v = 4t – 3t2, where v is in m/s and t is
in seconds. The average velocity of particle between t = 0 to t = 2 seconds is :
(A) 0 (B) – 2 m/s (C) – 4 m/s (D) None of these
3. A body is moving along a straight line. Its distance xt from a point on its path at a time t after passing that point is given
by xt = 8t2 – 3t3, where xt is in metre and t is in second :
(A) Average speed during the interval t = 0 s to t = 4 s is 20.21 ms–1
(B) Average velocity during the interval t = 0 s to t = 4 s is – 16 ms–1
16
(C) The body starts from rest and at t = s it reverses its direction of motion at xt = 8.43 m from the start
–2
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(D) It has an acceleration of – 56 ms at t = 4 s
4. A particle moves along the parabolic path y = ax2 in such a way that the y-component of the velocity remains
constant, say c. The x and y coordinates are in meters. Then acceleration of the particle at x = 1 m is :

c2 ˆ c ˆ
(A) ac iˆ (B) 2ac2 iˆ (C)  i (D)  i
4a 2 2a
dv (t )
5. The motion of a body is given by the equation = 6.0 – 3v(t), where v(t) is speed in m/s and t in sec. If body was
dt
at rest at t = 0 :
(A) The terminal speed is 2.0 m/s
(B) The speed varies with the time as v(t) = 2(1 – e–3t) m/s
(C) The speed is 0.1 m/s when the acceleration is half the initial value
(D) The magnitude of the initial acceleration is 6.0 m/s2

6. A particle moves in a straight line so that its displacement x metre at time t second is given by : t = x 2  1 . Its
acceleration in ms–2 at time t second is :
1 2
t2 2
1
(A) 3
(B) t (C) 1 – 3 (D) t 3 – 2
x x 3 x x x x
7. The two ends of a train moving with constant acceleration pass a certain point with velocities u and v. The velocity
with which the middle point of the train passes the same point is :

uv u2  v2 u2  v2
(A) (B) (C) (D) u  v
2 2 2
8. A lift starts from the top of a mine shaft and descends with a constant speed of 10 m/s. 4 s later a boy throws a stone
vertically upward from the top of the shaft with a speed of 30 m/s. Find after what time stone hits the lift from the
moment lift starts descending. [Take: g = 10 m/s2 ]
(A) 3 sec (B) 7.2 sec (C) 12.9 sec (D) 15.1 sec

9. Starting from rest a particle moves in a straight line with acceleration

a = {2 + | t – 2 |} m/s2
What will be the velocity(in m/s) of particle at the end of 4 s ?

ANSWER KEY (CPP -2)

1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (A,B,C,D)4. (C) 5. (A, B,D) 6. (A,C) 7. (C) 8. (C) 9. 12m/s

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CPP-3 Class - XI

KINEMATICS
1. In a projectile motion let vx and vy are the horizontal and vertical components of velocity at any time t, x and y are
displacements along horizontal and vertical from the point of projection at any time t. Then :
(A) vy-t graph is a straight line with negative slope and positive intercept
(B) x-t graph is a straight line passing through origin
(C) y-t graph is a straight line passing through origin
(D) vx-t graph is a straight line

2. B C

P
D
A large rectangular box ABCD falls vertically with an acceleration a. A toy gun fixed at A and aimed towards C fires
a particle P.
(A) P will hit C if a = g
(B) P will hit the roof BC if a > g.
(C) P will hit the wall CD or the floor AD if a < g
(D) May be either (a), (b) or (c), depending on the speed of projection of P.

3. Choose the correct alternative (s) :

(A) If the greatest height to which a man can throw a stone is h, then the greatest horizontal distance upto which he
can throw the stone is 2h.
(B) The angle of projection for a projectile motion whose range R is n times the maximum height H is tan–1 (4/n).
(C) The time of flight T and the horizontal range R of a projectile are connected by the equation gT 2 = 2R tan  where
 is the angle of projection.
(D) A ball is thrown vertically up. Another ball is thrown at an angle  with the vertical. Both of them remain in air for
the same period of time. Then the ratio of heights attained by the two balls is 1 : 1.

4. A particle is ejected from the tube at A with a velocity v at an angle  with the vertical y-axis. A strong horizontal wind
gives the particle a constant horizontal acceleration a in the x-direction. If the particle strikes the ground at a point
directly under its released position and the downward y-acceleration is taken as g then :
y
2v 2 sin  cos 
(A) h =
a 
A
2v 2 sin cos  x
(B) h =
g v

a h
2v 2  a 
(C) h = sin   cos   sin  
g  g 

2v 2  g 
(D) h = sin   cos   sin  
a  a 

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5. A shot is fired with a velocity u at an angle ( + ) with the horizon from the foot of an incline plane of angle  through
the point of projection. If it hits the plane horizontally then :
tan  2 tan  sin  cos 
(A) tan  = (B) tan  = 2 tan  (C) tan  = (D) tan  =
1  2 tan 2  1  2 tan 2  1  sin 2 

6. A projectile aimed at a mark which is in the horizontal plane through the point of projection falls a cm short of it when
the angle of elevation is  with horizontal and goes b cm too far when angle of elevation is  with horizontal. If the
velocity of projection is same in all the cases and the proper angle of elevation for the projectile to hit the mark is 
then :
(A) (a + b) sin (2) = b sin (2) + a sin (2) (B) a sin (2) = a sin (2) + b sin (2)
(C) (a + b) tan (2) = a tan (2) + b tan (2) (D) a tan (2) = a tan (2) + b tan (2)

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7. A particle moves in xy plane. The position vector of particle at any time t is r = {(2t) iˆ + (2t2) ĵ }m. The rate of change
of  at time t = 2 second (where  is the angle which its velocity vector makes with positive x-axis) is :
2 1 4 6
(A) rad/s (B) rad/s (C) rad/s (D) rad/s
17 14 7 5

8. Two particles projected from the same point with same speed u at angles of projection  and  strike the horizontal
ground at the same point. If h1 and h2 are the maximum heights attained by projectiles, R be the range for both and t1
and t2 be their time of flights respectively then :

 t1 h1
(A)  +  = (B) R = 4 h1 h2 (C) = tan  (D) tan  =
2 t2 h2

9. A stone is projected from horizontal ground. It attains maximum height ‘H’ and strikes a stationary smooth wall and
falls on the ground vertically below the maximum height. Assuming the collision to be elastic, the time interval
between the stone striking the wall and subsequently striking the ground is
2H 4H
(A) g (B) g
H
H
(C) 2g (D) None of these

10. A particle is released at rest from a certain height H = 80 m. Due to the wind the particle gathers the horizontal velocity
3 –1
component vx = ay where a = s and y is the vertical displacement of the particle from point of release. What will
8
be the speed(in m/s) with which particle strikes the ground ? (Take g = 10 m/s2)

ANSWER KEY (CPP -3)

1. (A,B,D) 2. (A,B,C) 3. (A,B,C,D) 4. (D) 5. (A, D) 6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (A,B,C,D) 9. (C) 10. 50m/s

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30 m/s

1. A ball is projected from a building of height 20 m at a speed of 30º

30 m/sec making an angle of 30º with the horizontal. Then :
(A) Time after which ball strike the ground is 4 sec
(B) Ball comes to a height of 20 m again after 3 sec
20 m
5 3
(C) Value of  is tan–1  
 9 
(D) Value of D is 60 3 m.
D 

2. A ball is projected with velocity u at right angle to the slope which is inclined at an angle  with the horizontal. The
distance 'x' along the inclined plane that it will travel before again striking the slope is :
2 2 2 2
(A) 2u cos  (B) 2u tan  (C) 2u tan  (D) 2u tan 
g g g cos  g sin 
vt
1
v0 v0
3. Two balls are thrown from an inclined plane at angle of
projection  with the plane, one up the incline and the 
h1
vt
other down the incline as shown in figure : 2 h2

v02
sin 2
2v0 sin  R1 R2
(A) h1 = h2 = (B) T1 = T2 =
g cos  
2 g cos   
(C) R2 – R1 = g sin  T12 (D) vt = vt
2 1

A
4. Two small balls A and B launched in the same vertical 20 m/s
plane simultaneously, with same speed of 20 m/s at
t = 0. Ball A has an initial horizontal velocity and ball
B has initial velocity at an angle  above the line
joining A and B as shown. If the projectiles collide in 100 m 20 m/s
mid-air at time t :
(A)  = 30º (B)  = 60º

B
20 10
(C) t = s (D) t = s 100 3
3 3
5. A projectile is fired at an angle  with the horizontal. Find the
condition under which it lands perpendicular on an inclined
plane of inclination  as shown in figure :
(A) sin  = cos (– ) (B) cos  = sin (– )
(C) tan  = cot (– ) (D) cot (– ) = 2 tan 
6. A stone is projected horizontally with speed v from a height h above ground. A horizontal wind is blowing in
direction opposite to velocity of projection and gives the stone a constant horizontal acceleration f (in direction
opposite to initial velocity). As a result the stone falls on ground at a point vertically below the point of projection.
n gv 2
Then the value of height h in terms of f, g, v is (g is acceleration due to gravity), the value of n is?
f2

ANSWER KEY (CPP -4)

1. (A,B,C,D) 2. (C) 3. (A,B,C) 4. (A,D) 5. (D) 6. 2

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KINEMATICS
1. A river flowing from west to east at a speed of 5 m per minute. A man on the south bank of the river, capable of
swimming at 10 m per minute in still water wants to swim across the river to a point directly opposite in the shortest
time. He should then swim in a direction :
(A) 60º west of north (B) 30º east of north (C) 30º west of north (D) 60º west of north
2. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 20 ms–1. A person is running in the rain with a velocity of 5 ms–1 and a wind
is also blowing with a speed of 15 ms–1 (both from the west). The angle with the vertical at which the person should
hold his umbrella so that he may not get drenched is :
1 1  4
(A) tan–1  2  (B) tan–1  3  (C) tan–1  3  (D) tan–1 (2)
     

3. A car with a vertical wind shield moves along in a rain storm at speed of 40 km h–1. The rain drops fall vertically with
a terminal speed of 20 m s–1. The angle at which the rain drops strike the wind shield is :
(A) tan–1 (2/3) (B) tan–1 (3/2) (C) tan–1 (5/9) (D) tan–1 (9/5)

4. 'n' numbers of particles are located at the vertices of a regular polygon of 'n' sides having the edge length 'a'. They
all start moving simultaneously with equal constant speed 'v' heading towards each other all the time. How long will
the particles take to collide.
a a a
(A) (B) (C) (D) Particles will never collide
2 2
v 1  cos
2 
 v cos
n
v 1  sin 

 n   n 

5. A swimmer crosses a river in minimum possible time of 10 second. And when he reaches the other end, he starts
swimming in a direction towards the point from where he initially started swimming. Keeping the direction of his
velocity relative to river current fixed, the swimmer crosses the river in 15 sec. The ratio of speed of swimmer with
respect to water and the speed of river flow is (Assume constant speed of river & swimmer) :
3 9 2 5
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 4 5 2
6. A railway compartment is 16 m long, 2.4 m wide and 3.2 m high. It is moving 2.4 m
with a velocity v. A particle moving horizontally with a speed u, perpendicular v
A
to the direction of v, enters through a hole at an upper corner A and strikes hole
the diagonally opposite corner B. Assume g = 10 m/s2 : B u
3.2 m
(A) v = 20 m/s
(B) u = 3 m/s 16 m
(C) To an observer inside the compartment, the path of the particle is a parabola
(D) To a stationary observer outside the compartment, the path of the particle is a parabola

7. A man can swim in still water with a speed of 3 m/s. x and y axis are drawn along y
and normal to the bank of river flowing to right with a speed of 1 m/s. The man V river = 1 m/s
starts swimming from origin O at t = 0 second. Assume size of man to be negligible. River Flow
The equation of locus of all the possible points where man can reach at time t =
1 sec is (x – A)2 + ( y-B)2 = C, the value of A,B and C are ? O
x

ANSWER KEY (CPP - 5)

1. (C) 2. (A) 3. (C) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (A,B,C,D) 7. A=1, B=0, C=9

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KINEMATICS
1. The retardation experienced by a moving motor boat, after its engine is cut off, is given by
dv
= – kv3, where k is a constant
dt
If v0 is the magnitude of the velocity at cut-off, the magnitude of the velocity at time t after the cut-off is :
v0 v0
(A) v0 (B) (C) v0e–kt (D)
2 2v02 kt  1

2. A rod of length l leans by its upper end against a smooth

vertical wall, while its other end leans against the floor. The
end that leans against the wall moves uniformly downward.
y
Then the :
(A) Other end moves uniformly forward with speed v
v=vy
(B) Other end moves with a speed whose value decreases with l
increase in y and vanishes at y = 0
(C) Other end moves with speed whose value decreases with
vx
decrease in y and vanishes at y = 0
vx y O x
(D) Other end moves such that the ratio equals
v 2
l y 2

3. Ship A is moving with velocity 30 m/s due east and ship B with velocity 40 m/s
due north. Initial separation between the ships is 10 km as shown in figure. After
40 m/s
what time ships are closest to each other : 30 m/s
A B
(A) 80 sec (B) 120 sec 10 km
(C) 160 sec (D) None

4. Two stones A and B are projected from the same point with same speed but at different angles  and  of projection
with horizontal, such that the maximum height of A is 2/3 rd of the horizontal range of B then :
(A) 3(1 – cos2) = 4 sin2 (B) 3(1 – cos2) = 8sin2 (C) 3(1 + cos2) = 4 sin2 (D) 3(1 + cos2) = 7sin2

5. Two cannons installed at the top of a cliff 10 m high fire a shot, each in xy plane with speed 5 3 ms–1 at some interval.
One cannon fires at 60º with horizontal whereas the second fires horizontally (Assume bottom of the cliff as origin):
(A) The x co-ordinate of the point of collision of shots is 5 m and the time taken by first shot is 2 s
(B) The y co-ordinate of the point of collision of shots is 3 m and the time taken by second shot is 1 s

(C) The x co-ordinate of the point of collision of shots is 5 3 m and the time taken by second shot is 1 s
(D) The y co-ordinate of the point of collision of shots is 5 m and the time taken by first shot is 2 s

6. A particle move along the parabolic path x = y2 + 2y + 2 in such a way that the y-component of velocity vector remain
5 m/s during the motion. The magnitude of the acceleration of the particle is :
(A) 50 m/s2 (B) 100 m/s2 (C) 10 2 m/s2 (D) 0.1 m/s2

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7. Two ships A and B are stationary, facing away from each other. Ship A has a cannon at its back which fires shell's with
a speed of 10 m/s. Initially they are at a distance 5 3 m apart. Find the maximum and minimum angle with which the
shells should be projected from ship A to hit ship B. The ships are of equal length l = 10(5 – 2 ) m :
(A) 15º & 75º (B) 30º & 60º (C) 35º & 65º (D) 40º & 80º

8. The direction of motion of a projectile at a certain instant is inclined at an angle  to the horizon. After t seconds it
is inclined an angle . Find the horizontal component of velocity of projection in terms of g, t,  and  :
gt gt
(A) tan   tan  (B) gt (tan  – tan ) (C) cot   cot  (D) gt (cot  – cot )

9. Two cars A and B are racing along straight line. Car A is leading, such that their relative velocity is directly proportional
to the distance between the two cars. When the lead of car A is l1 = 10 m, it is running 10 m/s faster than car B.
Determine the time car A will take to increase its lead to l2 = 20 m from car B :
(A) 3 ln 2 (B) 2 ln 2 (C) ln 2 (D) None of these

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ANSWER KEY (CPP - 6)

1. (D) 2. (C,D) 3. (B) 4. (B) 5. (C,D) 6. (A) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (C)

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