REVISION CYCLE 1

KINEMATICS-2D
Day:02
SINGLE ANSWER TYPE:

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7. A man is coming down an incline of angle 300. When he walks with speed 2 3ms he has to keep him umbrella
vertical to protect himself from rain. The actual speed of rain is 5ms–1. At what angle with vertical should he keep
him umbrella when he is at rest so that he does not get drenched?

a) 370 b) 530 c) 450 d) 600

MULTIPLE ANSWER TYPE:

8. A fixed re-coilless cannon fires a shell with a speed v0 . At the same instant a man falls from rest from point O.
The shell hits a point on the wall. Initially shell is aimed towards a point P as shown in figure. Mark the correct
option(s)

a) The falling man sees the shell move along straight line directed along initial velocity
 b 
b) Time taken to reach wall is  
 v0 cos 0 
c) For a stationary man shell will strike below P
1 b2 tan 2 0
d) Man falls through y = g till the shell hits wall
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9. If T is the total time of flight, h is the maximum height and R is the range for horizontal motion, the x and y co-
ordinates of projectile motion and time t are related as
 t  t  x  x  T  T   R  R 
a) y = 4h  1 −  b) y = 4h  1 −  c) y = 4h  1 −  d) y = 4h  1 − 
 T  T   R  R   t  t  x  x
10. A stationary person observes that rain is falling vertically down at 30 kmh–1. A cyclist is moving up on an inclined
plane making an angle 300 with horizontal at 10 kmh–1. In which direction should the cyclist hold him umbrella to
prevent himself from the rain?
3 3 
−1 3 3

a) At an angle tan −1   with inclined plane b) At an angle tan   with horizontal
 5 5
   
−1
 3 −1
 3
c) At an angle tan  with inclined plane d) At an angle tan 
 7   7  with vertical
   
11. Suppose two particles 1 and 2 projected in vertical plane simultaneously. Their angles of projection are 300 and 
, respectively, with the horizontal. Let they collide after a time t in air. Then

a)  = sin ( 4 / 5 ) and they will have same speed just before the collision
−1

b)  = sin ( 4 / 5 ) and they will have different speed just before the collision
−1

c) x  1280 3 − 960 m
d) It is possible that the particles collide when both of them are at their highest point
12. All the particles thrown with same initial velocity would strike the ground

a) With same speed b) simultaneously

c) time would be least for the particle thrown with velocity v downward i.e., particle 1
d) time would be maximum for the particles 2
13. A particle is dropped from a tower in a uniform gravitational field at t=0. The particle is blown over by a
horizontal wind with constant velocity. The slope (m) of the trajectory of the particle with horizontal and its
kinetic energy vary according to curves. Here, x is the horizontal displacement and h is the height of particle from
ground at time t.

a) b)

c) d)
14. A body is projected with velocity u at an angle of projection  with the horizontal. The direction of velocity of
the body makes an angle 300 with the horizontal at t=2s and then after 1s it reaches the maximum height. Then
−1 −1
a) u = 20 3ms b)  = 600 c)  = 300 d) u = 10 3ms
NUMERICAL ANSWER TYPE:

15. A river is flowing with a speed of 1 kmh–1. A swimmer wants to go to point C starting from A. He swims with a
speed of 5 kmh–1 at an angle  w.r.t. the river flow. If AB=BC=400m, at what angle with the river bank should the
swimmer swim? (In degree)

16. Hailstones falling vertically with a speed of 10 ms–1, hit the wind screen (wing screen makes an angle 300 with the
horizontal) of a moving car and rebound elastically. Find the velocity of the car if the driver finds the hailstones
rebound vertically after striking.

17. ( )
In figure, find the horizontal velocity u in ms −1 of a projectile so that it hits the inclined plane
perpendicularly. Given H=6.25 m. (In m/s)

18. Two particles P and Q are launched simultaneously as shown in figure. Find the minimum distance between
particles in meters. (In m)
  4   4 
19. The velocity of water current varies as v =   y for y  250m , v = 80 −   y for y  250m , where y is
 25   25 
the perpendicular distance from one bank. The width of the river is 500m. A swimmer is crossing the river with
constant velocity 5 m/s relative to water and heading perpendicular to the current. Find the drift of the
swimmer (in km)

20. Two particles P and Q are moving on x-axis such that their v-t graphs look like as shown in diagram. In the graph
of P, the initial part upto t=1 is a parabola of type y=ax2, and there after a straight line. The graph of Q is a
straight line throughout and having slope equal to that of the straight part of P. If the two particles P and Q start
from same point, find the separation between them (in meter) 2 second after the particle Q starts motion.
(In m)

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(In h)

MISCELLANEOUS ANSWER TYPE:

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24. A helicopter flies horizontally with constant velocity in a direction  east of north between two points A and B,
at distance d apart. Wind is blowing from south with constant speed u ; the speed of helicopter relative to air is
nu , where n  1 . Find the speed of the helicopter along AB. The helicopter returns from B to A with same speed
nu relative to air in same wind. Find the total time for the journeys.
25. A person, intending to cross a river by the shortest path, starts at an angle  with the downstream. If the speed of
the person be less than that of water current, show that  must be obtuse.
 ANSWER KEY
1. A 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. A 8. ABC 9. AB 10. AD
11. BCD 12. ACD 13. BC 14. AB 15. 53 16. 17.32 17. 5 18. 6 19. 2 20. 7
21. 0.66
lv l 2d n 2 − sin 2  v
22. t = 23. x = 24. t = 25. cos  = −
2
v − u2 n2 − 1 u ( n 2 − 1) u