North Kolkata Relative motion-1

1. A train moves in north direction with a speed of 54 km/hr A monkey is running on the roof of the train,
against its motion with a velocity of 18 km/hr, with respect to train. The velocity of monkey as
observed by a man standing on the ground is:

(a) 5 m/s due south (b) 25 m/s due south

(c) 10 m/s due south (d) 10 m/s due north

2. A lift is moving downwards with acceleration a. A man in the lift drops a ball with in the lift. The
acceleration of the ball as observed by the man in the lift and a man standing stationary on the ground
are respectively:

(a) g, g (h) g – a, g – a (c) g – a, g (d) a , g

3. Four persons P, Q, R and S travel with same speed u along a square of side ‘d’ such that one always
faces the other. After what time will they meet each other?
u
P Q
u

u
S R
u
d 2d 2d d
(a) (b) (c) (d)
u 3u u 3u

4. A person walks up a stalled escalator in 90 sec. He is carried in 60s, when standing on the same
escalator moving. The time he would take to walk up the moving escalator will be :

(a) 27 s (b) 72 s (c) 18 s (d) 36 s

5. A train of 150 m length is running towards north at a speed of 10 m/s. A parrot flies at a speed of 5
m/s towards south parallel to the railway track. The time taken by the parrot to cross the train is equal
to :
(a) 12 s (b) 8 s (c) 15 s (d) 10 s

6. Two cars are moving in the same direction with the same speed of 30 km/h. They are separated by 5
km. What is the speed of a car moving in the opposite direction if it meets the two cars at an interval
of 4 minute?

(a) 45 km/h (b) 60 km/h (c) 105 km/h (d) None

7. A bus starts from rest moving with an acceleration of 2m/s2. A cyclist, 96 m behind the bus starts
simultaneously towards the bus at 20 m/s. After what time will he be able to overtake the bus:

(a) 8 s (b) 10 s (c) 12 s (d) 1 s

8. Two balls are thrown simultaneously, (A) vertically upwards with a speed of 20 m/s from the ground
and (B) vertically downwards from a height of 40 m with the same speed and along the same line of
motion. At which point will the balls collide? (take g = 10 m/s2)

(a) 15 m above from the ground (b) 15 m below from the top of the tower
(c) 20 m above from the ground (d) 20 m below from the top of the tower

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9. A body A is thrown up vertically from the ground with velocity v0 and another body B is
H
simultaneously dropped from a height H. They meet at a height if v0 is equal to
2
1 2g
(a) 2gH (b) gH (c) gH (d)
2 H

10. A body is running on a levelled road with velocity (v) with along hollow tube in his hand. Water falling
vertically downwards with velocity (u). At what angle to the vertical, should he incline the tube so that
the water drops without touching its side:

−1 v −1 v −1 u −1 v

(a) tan   (b) sin   (c) tan   (d) cos  
u u v u

11.
( )
A boat is sailing with a velocity 3iˆ + 4ˆj with respect to ground and water in river is flowing with a

( )
velocity −3iˆ − 4ˆj . Relative velocity of the boat with respect to water is :

(a) 8jˆ (b) 5 2 (c) 6iˆ + 8jˆ (d) −6iˆ − 8jˆ

12. Two particles are separated by a horizontal distance x as shown in figure. They are projected as shown
in figure with different initial speeds. The time after which the horizontal distance between them
becomes zero is :
u
3 u

300 600
x

x u 2u
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these
u 2x x

13. A coin is dropped in an elevator from a height of 1m from the floor if elevator is going upward with
decreasing speed at the rate of 2m/s2 , then time taken by the coin to strike the floor of elevator :
1 1 1
(a) 1 sec (b) sec (c) sec (d) sec
5 2 2

14. In above question find the distance travelled by the coin in given time relative to ground if initial speed
of lift was 10 m/s
5 15 5
(a) m (b) m (c) m (c) 5 m
4 4 2

15. A platform moving upward with constant acceleration of 2 m/s2 starting from rest. A ball is thrown at
t = 1 sec in upward direction with speed of 8 m/s relative to platform. Find the maximum height taken
by the ball above ground assuming platform starts from ground? (g = 10m/s)

(a) 4m (b) 5 m (c) 6 m (d) 8 m

16. In above question find the time from t = 0 at which ball strikes the platform back and also find speed
of ball relative to ground at that instant?

4 10 5 7 10
(a) 2 sec, 8m/s (b) sec, m/s (c) , 10 m/s (d) m / s, m / s
3 3 3 3 3

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17. Two road intersect at right angles, car A is situated at P which is 500m from the intersection O on one
of the roads. Car B situated at Q which is 400m from O on the other road. They start out at the same
time and travel towards O with 20 m/s & 15 m/s respectively. Shortest distance between them is:

(a) 10 m (b) 20 m (c) 30 m (d) 40 m

18. Car A and car B are moving in same direction along same line with A ahead of B. If their speeds are
20 m/s & 40 m/s and acceleration 4 m/s2 & 2 m/s2 respectively. If their initial separation is 125 m.
Find the minimum separation between them during journey?

(a) 100 m (b) 25 m (c) 75 m (d) 50 m

19. A bus starts from rest 1 m/s2. A boy 32 m behind bus wants to catch bus. Which what minimum speed
by must run to catch the bus:

(a) 4 m/s (b) 6 m/s (c) 8 m/s (d) 12 m/s

20. B
C
600

u
30 m
A

20 m
d

Two are thrown simultaneous from A and B with same speed, Find ‘d” if they collide in a is:

(a) 5 3 m (b) 5 m (c) 10 m (d) 10 3 m

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Answer Key
of
Relative motion in one demensin
1. D 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. D
6. A 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. A
11. C 12. A 13 C 14 B 15 C
16 D 17 B 18 B 19 C 20 D

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