3 Motion in a Straight Line

TOPICWISE QUESTIONS

Distance, Displacement, Average Speed and 2

Average Velocity cm min 2) 21
cm min"

1. A car moving on a straight road covers one third of the

distance with 20 km/h and the rest with 60, km/h. The
cm min (4)cm min
average speed of the car is
6. A car starts from P and follows the path as shown in
(1) 40 km/h (2) 80 km/h
the figure. Finally the car stops at R. Find the distance
(3) 46 km/h (4) 36 km/h travelled by the car and its displacementifa =7m, b=8 m
and =m? (Take t=
2. A particle is constrained to move on a straight line
path. It returns to the starting point after 10 s. The total R
distance covered by the particle during this time is 30 m. 2r 4r
Which of the following statements about the motion of b
the particle is false?
(1) The displacement of the particle is zero.
(2) The average speed of the particle is 3 m/s.
(1) 48, 36 (2) 64, 48
(3) The displacement of the particle is 30 m. (3) 56, 42 (4) None of these
(4) Both (1) and (2) are correct.
7. A person travels along a straight road for the first half
3. The numerical ratio of time with a velocity v, and the second half time with a
displacement to the distance
covered is always velocity v,. Then the mean velocity is given by
(1) less than one
(2) equal to one (1) = t (2)=,1

(3) equal to or less than one

(4) equal to or greater than one
(4)
4. A car covers a distance of 2 km in 2.5 minutes. If it
covers half of the distance with speed 40 km/h, the rest 8. A body covers one-third of the distance with a velocity
of the distance it shall cover with a speed of v, the second one-third of the distance with a velocity v,
and the last one-third of the distance with a velocity
(1) 56 km/h (2) 60 km/h V
The average velocity is
(3) 48 km/h (4) 50 km/h
5. A clock has a minute-hand 10 cm long. Find the average (1)* ty (2) 3vv,
velocity between 6.00 AM to 6.30 AM for the tip of
minute-hand. (3) y+ (4)
3 3
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at 72 km/h is to
be brought to rest at
9. A train covers the first half of the distance between 16. If a train travelling
retardation should be
a distance of
200 m, then its
two stations at a speed of 40 km/h and the other half at
m/s? (3) 10 (4) I m/s*
m/s
60 km/h. Then its average speed is (1) 20 m/s2 (2) 2
applying breaks, it stops
(1) 50 kmh (2) 48 km/h 17. When a train is stopped by
3) 52 km/h 50 m. If the speed of train is
(4) 100 km/h after travelling a distance of
force is applied, then it
10. A particle moving in a straight line covers half of the doubled and the same retarding
distance of
distance with speed of 3 m/s. The other half of the stops after travelling a
distanceis covered in two equal time intervals with (1) 50 m (2) 100 mn 200 m
(3) (4) 400 m
speed of 4.5 m/s and 7.5 m/s, respectively. The average m, and m,
are dropped from
18. Two particles of masses

speed of the particle during this motion is reach the earth's surface after ,
heights h, and h,. They
(1) 4.0 m/s (2) 5.0 m/s (3) 5.5 m/s (4) 4.8 m/s and 1, time, respectively. Then
11. A boy walks to his school at a distance of 6 km with a
speed of 2.5 km/h, and walks back with a constant speed
of 4 km/h. His average speed for the entire trip expressed
in km/h is
(4) none of these

(2)3 (3) 3 4) 4.8

19. A body is falling from height h. It takes 1, time to reach
12. In 1.0 sa particle goes from point A to point B as shown the ground. The time taken to cover the first half of
in the figure below. The magnitude of average velocity height is
of the particle is
(1) 2
(4) of these
(3)1,=3, none

200 in the first 2 and 220 cm in the

20. A body travels cm s

next 4 s with same acceleration. The velocity of the body

at the end of the 7th second is
10 cm/s (3) 15 cm/s. (4) 20 cm/s
(1) 5 cm/s (2)
21. A car moving with a spèed of 40 km/h can be stopped

(1) 3.14 ms-l (2) 2.0 ms-l by applying brakes after at least 2 m. If the same car
is moving with a speed of. 80 km/h, then what is the
(3) 1.0 m s-l (4) zero
minimum stopping distance?
13. A paticle moves with constane speed v along a regular (3) 6 m (4) 8 m
(1) 2 m (2) 4m
hexagon ABCDEF in the same order. Then the magnitude
of the average velocity for its motion from A to 22. A body falls freely from rest. It covers as much distance
in the last second of its motion as covered in the first
v
(1) Fis 2) Dis three seconds. The body has fallen for a time of
(1) 3 s 2) 5s (3) 7s (4) 9s
3) Cis V3 (4) Bis 23. The water drops fall at regular intervals from a tap 5 m
4 2 above the ground. The third drop is leaving the tap at the
instant the first drop touches the ground. How far above
Motion with Uniform Acceleration the ground is the second drop at that instant?
rest and under a constant (1) 1.25 m (2) 2.50 m
14. A body starts from moves

acceleration upto 20 If it moves s, distance in first

s. (3) 3.75 m (4) 4.00 m
10 s, and s, distance in next 10 s, then s, will be equal to 24. A body released froma height falls freely towards earth.
(1) s (2) 2s, (3) 3s, 4) 4s, Another body is released from the same height exactly
15. If a body starts from rest and travels 120 m in the 1s later. The separation between the two bodies 2 s after
8th second, then its acceleration is the release of the second body is
(1) 16 m/s (2) 10 m/s? (1) 9.8 m (2) 49 m
(3) 0.227 m/s2 (4) 0.03 m/s? (3) 24.5 m (4) 19.6 m
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25. A body is released from the top of the tower of height H. 32..A student is standing at a distance of 50 m behind a bus.
It takes t time to reach the ground. Where is the As soon as the bus begins its motion with an acceleration
body
time after its release? of I ms,the student starts running towards the bus with
H a uniform velocity u. Assuming the motion to be along
(1) At metres from the ground
2 straight road, the minimum value of u so that the student
is able to catch the bus is
(2) At metres from the ground (1) 5 ms (2) 8 ms (3) 10 ms-l (4) 12 ms -
4
33. From a tower of height H, a
particle is thrown vertically
(3) At 3i metres from the ground upwards with speed u. The time taken by the particle to
4
hit the ground is n times than that taken by it to reach the
(4) At metres from the ground highest point of its path. The relation between H, u and n is
(1) 2gH =nu? (2) gH = (n -2} u
26. A particle is thrown vertically upwards. Its (3) 2gH= uêtn - 2) (4) ghH= (n - 2)uë
velocity at
half of the maximum height is 10 m/s. The maximum
34. A bus starts from rest moving with an acceleration of 2 m s2,
height attained by the body is (g 10 m s) =
A cyclist 96 m behind the bus starts simultaneously towards
(1) 8m (2) 20 m (3) 10 m (4) 16 m the bus at 20 m/s. After what minimum time he will be
27. A body starts falling from height h and travels distance able to overtake the bus?
h/2 during last second of its motion. Then time of its (1) 8s (2) 10s (3) 12s (4) 14s
travel is (in secondds)
35. A body is projected vertically up at t 0 with a
=
velocity
(1)2-1 2) 2+2 of 98 m/s. Another body is projected from the same
point
(3) 2+ with same velocity after time 4 s. Both bodies will meet
(4) +2 after
28. A stone falls freely such that the distance
covered by it (1) 6s (2) 8s (3) 10s
in the last second of its motion is (4) 12 s
equal the distance
to
36. A
covered by it in the first 5 s. It remained in air for body is projected upwards with a velocity u. It passes
(1) 12 s (2) 13s (3) 25s (4) 26 s through a certain point above the ground after, seconds.
The time after which the body
29. When ball is thrown passes through the same
a
vertically up with velocity v it point during the return journey is
reaches a maximum height of h. If one wishes to triple
the maximum height, then the ball should be thrown with
velocity
(1) 3v, (2) 3v (3) 9v
4)
30. A bus accelerates from the
rest for time t, at constant
a 37. Abody dropped from the top of a tower covers a distance
rate a and then retards at a
constant rate ß for time 1, and 7x in the last second
comes to rest. Then of its journey, where x is the distance
1,/t, is covered in first second. How much time does
it take to
reach the ground?
) B+a ()
2 (1) 3s (2) 4s (3) 5 s (4) 6s
B+a 38. Two balls are
dropped from different heights at different
(3)
instants. Second ball is
If both balls reach the
dropped 2s after the first ball.
31. The engine of a train passes an electric pole with a ground simultaneously after 5 s
of dropping the first
velocity u and the last compartment of the train crosses ball, then the difference of initial
the same pole with a heights of the two balls will be (g 9.8 m/s*)
velocity v. Then the velocity with =

which the mid-point of the train () 58.8 m (2) 78.4 m (3) 98.0 m (4) 117.6 m
passes the pole is
(1) u (2) v 39. Drops water fall from the roof of a building 9m high
of
at regular intervals
of time. The first drop reaches the
(3) ground at the same instant the fourth drop starts to fall.
What are the distances of the second and third
drops
from the roof, respectively?
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with a velocity
12 m s-
46. A balloon is going upwards of 65 m from the
(1) 6 m and 2 m (2) 6 m and 3 m when it is at a height
(3) 4 m and I m It releases a packet will take to reach the
(4) 4 m and 2 m much time the packet
ground. How
40. Two balls, A and B, are thrown simultaneously. A is 10 m s-2?
ground ifg
=

(4) 5s
thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 20 m/s from (2) 2s (3) 4s
(1) 1s
the ground and B vertically downwards from a tower of

height 40 m with the same speed and along the same

Acceleration
line of motion as that of A. At which point the balls will Motion with Variable
collide? (Take g = 10 m/s) the displacement of
47. The relation
3/= V3x +6 describes
metres and tin
(1) 15 m above from the ground
particle in one direction, x is in where
(2) 15 m below from the top of the tower a
when its velocity is zero is
seconds. The displacement
(3) 20 m above from the ground (3) 5 m (4) zero
(1) 24 m (2) 12 m
(4) 20 m below from the top of the tower
relation of a particle starting from
48. The velocity-time
41. A particle falling with constant acceleration
covers
where k=2 m s The distance
distance restis given by u
=
kt,
3 m distance in third second of its motion. The is
travelled by it in 3 s
covered in first five second shall be (3) 27 m (4) 36 mn
(1) 9 m (2) 16 m
(2) 15 m (3) 30 m (4) 45 m
(1) 5m x-axis is given as
particle moving along
49. The velocity of a
42. A body is thrown vertically upwards from the point A on wherex denotes the x-coordinate of
v=?-5x+4 (in m/s),
the top of a tower. It reaches the ground in t, seconds. Find the magnitude of acceleration
the particle in metres.
If it is thrown vertically downwards from A with the the of the particle is zero?
velocity
seconds. If it is of the particle when
same speed, it reaches the ground in t, (2) 2 m/s2
from 4, then the time it takes to (1) 0
allowed to fall freely (3) 3 m/s? (4) None of these
reach the ground is given by
particle moving along
x-axis is given by
50. Position of a
is in seconds.
(1) ) -2 x = 2+8t- 4P, wherex is in
metres and t
from t= 0
The distance travelled (in m) by the particle
(3) =V t (4) f=+ tot=2 s is
(3) 12 (4) 16
43. A balloon starts rising from the ground with an (1) 0 (2) 8
released 51. The relation between time t
and distance x for a particle
acceleration of 1.25 m/s'. After 8 s, a stone is
from the balloon. The stone will (Take g = 10 ms) line is ax+ Bx, where a and Baret
moving in straight
constants. The retardation is
(1) have displacement of 50
a m

cover a distance of 40 m in reaching

the ground
(2)
(3) reach the ground in 4s (1) 2a 20r+B ) 2P 2ax+p)
released
(4) begin to move down after being
from a point A
44. A particle is projected vertically upwards 6) 24B
on the ground. It takes ,
time to reach a point B but it

still continues to move up. If it takes

further t, time to 52. The acceleration of a particle increases linearly with
reach the ground from point B, then height of point
B time () as 6t. If the initial velocity of the particle is zero
from the ground is and the particle starts from the origin, then the distance
travelled by the particle in time t will be
2) 814
(1) (2) P (3) P 4)
53. For a particle moving in a straight line, the displacement
) +4) ofthe particle at time t is given by S= P 6f + 31+7. -

What is the velocity of the particle when its acceleration

that
45. Balls arethrown vertically upwards in such a way is zero?
the previous one is at the
the next ball is thrown when (1) -9 ms (2) -12 m s'(3) 3 m s (4) 42 ms
maximum If the maximum height is 5 m, the
height.
will be 54. A particle starts from the origin and moves along the
number of. balls thrown per minute
(2) 50 (3) 60 (4) 120 x-axis such that the velocity at any instant is given by
(1) 40
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(4-2/), where t is in second ánd velocity in ms-l. What 60. Initially car A is 10.5 m ahead of car B. Both start moving
is the acceleration of the particle when it is 2m from the at time t=0 in the same direction along a straight line. The
origin? velocity-time graph of the two cars is shown in the figure.
(1) 10 ms (2) 12 ms (3) 22 ms2 (4) 2 The time when the car B will catch the car A will be
55. The acceleration of a particle, starting from rest, varies
V(m/s) car B
with time according to the relation a=-So* cos ot. The
displacement of this particle at time t will be 10 car A

(1)(S sinar) (2) Sw sin ot

45°
(3) S cos ot (4) S(cos ot- 1)
(s)
56. Aparticle moves with an initial velocity v, andretardation
Bv, where vis its velocity at any time t and B is a positive (1) 21 s (2) -25s
constant. Then (3) 20 s 4) none of these
61. The acceleration-time graph of a particle moving along
(1) the particle will cover a total distance of
2 a straight line is as shown in the figure. At what time the
(2) the particle will continue to move for a very long time particle acquires its initial velocity?
(3) the particle will stop shortly a (m/s)

(4) the velocity ofthe particle will become after time 10

57. An object moving with speed of 6.25 m/s is

a 1(s)

decelerated at a rate given by=-2.5/v, where v is

(1) 12s 2) Ss (3) 8s (416s
the instantaneous speed. The time taken by the object to
come to rest would be 62. Which of the following situations is represented by the
velocity-time graph shown in the diagram?
(1) 1s (2) 2s (3) 4s (4) 8 s
58. An object may have
() varying speed without having varying acceleration
(1) varying velocity without having varying speed
(I1) non-zero acceleration without having varying velocity
(TV) non-zero acceleration without having varying speed
(1) A stone thrown up vertically, returning back to the
Which of the following option is correct?
ground.
(1) 1, IV (2) I1, III (3)1,1, III (4) L, II, IV
(2) A car decelerating at constant rate and then
accelerating at the same rate.
Graphs (3) A ball falling from a height and then bouncingg back.
59. The velocity ()-time () graph for the linear motion of (4) None of the above.
an object is shown in the figure. The displacement and 63. The velocity-time graph of a body moving in a straight
distance after 8 s, respectively, are line is shown. The displacement of the body in 10 s is

V(m/st V(ms-)

7.5 s
2 3 45 6/8 >1 (s)
8

(1).5 m, 19 m (2) 16 m, 22 m
(3) 8 m,19 m (4) 6 m, m (2) 6 m (3) 8 m (4) 10 mn
(1) 4 m
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64. The variation of velocity of a particle moving along a
straight line is shown in the figure. The distance travelled 30+
by the particle in 12 s is 20

10+
V (m s)
-10 -

-20

I (s) -30
246.8 1012 14 40
(2) 110, 70
(1) 75, 75
(4) 110, 40
(3) 110, 110

(1) 37.5 m (2) 32.5 m showsvelocity (v) versus

time () graphs for
68. The figure
(4) none of these along the same straight
3) 35.0 m
two cyclists, A and B, moving
from the same point. The second
65. Between two stations, a train accelerates unitormly segment of a highway
starts moving at 1 3 min. At what time do the
=

at first, then moves with constant velocity and finally cyclist

retards uniformly. Ifthe ratio ofthe time taken be 1:8:1 two cyclists meet?
and the maximum speed attained by it be 60 km/h, then
what is the average speed over the whole journey?
(1) 48 km/h (2) 52 km/h
(3) 54 km/h (4) 56 kmh
t (min)
66. Acceleration(a)-displacement(s) graph of a particle
(1) 4 min (2) 6 min 3) 8 min (4) 12 min
moving in a straight line is as shown in the figure.
The initial velocity of the particle is zero. The shows the variation of velocity of a rocket
69. The graph
Velocity(-time(s) graph particle would be
ofthe with time. Then the maximum height attained by the
rocket is
a

VA (m s)
1000

120,
0 10 110
V VA
(1) 1.1 km (2) 5 km
(3) 55 km (4) none of these
(1) (2)
70. The velocity-time graph of the particle moving along
S
a straight line is shown. The rate of acceleration and
s2. If the
deceleration is constant and it is equal to 5 m
average velocity during the motion is 20 ms', then the
VA value oft is

(3) 4)

67. In the following velocity-time graph of a body, the

distance travelled by the body and its displacement
25 s Time (s)
during 5 s (in metres) will, respectively, be
(1) 3 s (2) 5s (3) 10 s (4) 12s
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71. A particle moves rectilinearly with a constant acceleration 74. The figure shows the velocity-time graph of a particle
of 1 m/s. Its speed after 10 s is 5 m/s. The distance which moves along a straight line starting with velocity
covered by the particle in this duration is (initial and at 5 m/s and coming to rest att=30 s. Then
final velocities are in opposite direction)

t (15,10)
(1) 20 m (2) 25 m (3) 30 m (4) 50 m (20, 10)
72. A lift starts from rest. Its acceleration is plotted against
time in the following graph. When it comes to rest, its o,5)
height above its starting point is
a (m/s) (30, 0)
4
(s)
12
4 (s) (1) distance travelledby the particle is 2155m
distance covered by the particle when it moves with
(2)
constant velocity is 100 m

(3) velocity of the particle at t =25 s is 5 mn/s

(1) 20 m (2) 64 m (3) 32 m (4) 128 m (4) velocity of the particle at t 9 s is 8 m/s
=

73. Acceleration versus velocity graph of a particle moving S with

75. A particle starts from rests and travels a distance
in a straight line starting from rest is as shown in the uniform acceleration, then it travels a distance 2S with
figure. The corresponding velocity-time graph would be uniform speed, and finally it travels a distance 3S with
uniform retardation and comes to rest. If the complete
motion of the particle is a straight line, then the ratio of
its average to maximum velocity is
velocity

(3)

Relative Motion
76. A train of 150 m length is going towards north direction
at a speed of 10 m s-.A parrot flies at a speed of 5 ms
(1)
towards south direction parallel to the railway track. The
time taken by the parrot to cross the train is equal to
(1) 12s (2) 8s (3) 15s (4) 10s

77. Two trains, each 50 m long, are.travelling in opposite

directions with velocity 10 m/s and 15 m/s. The time of
(2) crossing is
(1) 2s (2) 4s (3) 23s (4) 4/3
78. The distance between two is decreasing at the
particles
rate of 6 m/s. If these particles travel with same speeds
and in the same direction, then the separation increase at

(3) the rate of 4 m/s. The particles have speeds as

(1) 5 m/s, 1 m/s (2) 4 m/s, I m/s
(3) 4 m/s, 2 m/s (4) 5 m/s, 2 m/s

79. Two cars are moving in the same directions with the same
speed of 30 km/h. They are separated by 5 km. Whatis
the of car moving in the opposite direction, if it
speed
(4) meets the two cars at an interval of 4 minutes?
(1) 45 km/h (2) 60 km/h
(3) 105 km/h (4) None of these
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80. A person walks
up a stalled escalator in 90 s. When B and Cis also d. When Bcatches C, separation between
standing on the same escalator which is
A and C becomes 3d. Then the speed
of B will be
is carried in 60 s. The time he would
now
moving, he
take to walk up the 10 m/s
moving escalator will be 5 m/s U

(1) 27s (2) 72s (3) 18s (4) 36s

81. Two trains cach of
length 50 m are running with
constant speeds on parallel tracks. While
same direction one overtakes the other
moving in -d -d
in 40 s and while
moving in Opposite direction one crosses the other in 20s. (1) 7.5 m/s (2) 15 m/s (3) 20 m/s (4) 5 m/s
The speeds of trains will be
83. A jet airplane travelling from east to west at a speed of
(1) 2.25 ms' and 2.75 ms- S00 km h-' ejects out gases of combustion at a speed of
(2) 2.15 ms' and 2.85 m s- 1500 km h' with respect to the jet plane. What is the
(3) 3.75 ms' and 1.25 ms' velocity of the gases with respect to an observer on the
(4) 4.25 ms' and 0.75 m s-'
ground?
82. Three elephants A, B and C, are
moving along a
straight (1) 1000 kmh' in the direction west to east
line with constant speed in the same direction shown
as (2) 1000 km h' in the direction east to west
in the figure. Speed of is 5 m/s and
A speed of Cis 10 m/s. (3) 2000 km h-l in the direction west to east
Initially, separation between A and B is d and between (4) 2000 km h' in the direction east to west

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