Chapter

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Motion in T'Wo ttnenstons

1. A ball is projected with kinetic energy E at an angle of 7. A ball is thrown from a point with a speed v0 at an
45 ° to the horizontal. At the highest point during its flight, elevation of angle 0. From the same point and at the same
its kinetic energy will be instant, a person starts running with a constant speed vof2
(a) Zero (b) E to catch the ball. Will the person be able to catch the ball?
2 If yes, what should be the angle of projection 0?
E (a) No (b) Yes, 30°
(c) - (d) E (AIEEE 2002)
Ji (c) Yes, 60 °
(d) Yes, 45 ° (AIEEE 2004)
2. In a projectile motion, velocity at maximum height is 8. For a given velocity, a projectile has the same range R for
ucos0 two angles of projection. If tI and t2 are the times of flight
(a) (b) u cos0
2 in the two cases then

(c) usin0 (d) None of these

2 (AIEEE 2002)
3. The coordinates of a moving particle at any time t are (AIEEE 2004)
given by x = at3 and y = f3t3 • The speed of the particle at 9. A particle is moving eastwards with a velocity of 5 m/s. In
time tis given by 10 s, the velocity changes to 5 mis northwards. The average
acceleration in this time is
(a) �a2+{32 (b) 3da2+/f
(a) 1/-/2 m/s2 towards north-west
(c) 3t2 �a2+{32 (d) t2�a2 +{32 (AIEEE 2003) (b) zero
4. A boy playing on the roof of a 10 m high building (c) 1/2 mls2 towards north
throws a ball with a speed of 10 mis at an angle of 30° (d) 1/-/2 mls2 towards north-east (AIEEE 2005)
with the horizontal. How far from the throwing point 10. For a particle in uniform circular motion the acceleration
will the ball be at the height of 10 m from the ground? -;1 at a point P(R, 0) on the circle of radius R is (here 0 is
g = 10 mls2 measured from the x-axis).
(a) 8.66 m (b) 5.20 m y
(c) 4.33 m (d) 2.60 m (AIEEE 2003)
5. A projectile can have the same range R for two angles
of projection. If T1 and T2 are the times of flight in the
two cases, then the product of the two times of flight is
directly proportional to
(a) R (b) 1/R
2
(c) l /R (d) R2 (AIEEE 2004)
v2 v2
6. Which of the following statements is false for a particle (a) --cos0 i+-sin0 j
A A

moving in a circle with a constant angular speed? R R

(a) The acceleration vector points to the centre of the v2 v2
(b) --sin0i+-cos0 j
A A

circle. R R
(b) The acceleration vector is tangent to the circle. v2 A
v2 A

(c) --cos0i--sin0j
(c) The velocity vector is tangent to the circle. R R
(d) The velocity and acceleration vectors are v2 v2
(d) -i+-j
A A

perpendicular to each other. (AIEEE 2004) (AIEEE 2010)

R R
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11. A point P moves in counter-clockwise direction on a (a) acv (b) -fj am

circular path as shown in the figure. The movement of
(c) hacv (d) 2acv
'P' is such that it sweeps out a lengths= t3 + 5, wheres is
in metres and tis in seconds. The radius of the path is 20 18. Two guns A and B can fire bullets at speeds 1 km/s and
m. The acceleration of 'P' when t = 2 s is nearly 2 km/s respectively. From a point on a horizontal ground,
y they are fired in all possible directions. The ratio of
maximum areas covered by the bullets fired by the two
/ P(x,y) guns, on the ground is (JEE Main 2019)
20'm,;
"/ (a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 4
(C) 1 : 8 (d) 1 : 16
"/
/
/

19. A body is projected at t= 0 with a velocity 10 ms-1 at an

A X
angle of 60° with the horizontal. The radius of curvature
(a) 13 m/s2 (b) 12 m/s2
of its trajectory at t = l s is R. Neglecting air resistance
(c) 7.2 m/s2 (d) 14 m/s2 (AIEEE 2010)
and taking acceleration due to gravity g = 10 ms- 2, the
12. A water fountain on the ground sprinkles water all around value of R is (JEE Main 2019)
it. If the speed of water coming out of the fountain is v, (a) 2.5 m (b) 10.3 m
the total area around the fountain that gets wet is (c) 2.8 m (d) 5.1 m
v2 v4 20. Two particles A, B are moving on two concentric circles
(a) re- (b) re-
g g2 of radii R 1 and R2 with equal angular speed cv. At t = 0,
their positions and direction of motion are shown in the
TC v4 v2
(c) (d) TC- (AIEEE 2011) figure (JEE Main 2019)
2 g2 g2
y
13. Two cars of masses m 1 and m2 are moving in circles of
radii r1 and r2, respectively. Their speeds are such that
they make complete circles in the same time t. The ratio
of their centripetal acceleration is
(a) m 1 r1 : m2 r2 (b) m 1 : m2
(c) r1 : r2 (d) 1 : 1 (AIEEE 2012)
14. A proj�ctile is given an initial vrlocity of (i + 2j) mis, ->
The relative velocity vA - vs at
-...), 7[
by
where i is along the ground and j is along thevertical. If t = lw
g = 10 m/s2, the equation of its trajectory is
(a) -m(R1 + R2 )i (b) (J)(R1 + R2 )i
(a) y=2x-5x2 (b) y=x-5x2
(c) 4y=2x-5x2 (d) y=2x+5x2 (c) cv(R1 -R2 )i (d) m(R2 -R1 )i
(JEE Main 2013) 21. ,S]iip A is sailing towards north-east with velocity
15. From a tower of height H, a particle is thrown vertically v = 30i + 50J km/hr where i points east and ) , north.
upwards with a speed u. The time taken by the particle, Ship Bis at a distance of 80 km east and 150 km north of
to hit the ground, is n times that taken by it to reach the Ship A and is sailing towards west at 10 km/hr. A will be
highest point of its path. The relation between H, u and n at minimum distance from B in (JEE Main 2019)
is: (a) 4.2 hr (b) 2.2 hr
(a) 2gH = nu2(n -2) (b) gH = (n -2)u2 (c) 3.2 hr (d) 2.6 hr
(c) 2gH = n2 u2 (d) gH = (n -2)2u2 22. The stream of a river is flowing with a speed of 2 km/h.
(JEE Main 2014) A swimmer can swim at a speed of 4 km/h. What should
be the direction of the swimmer with respect to the flow
16. A particle is moving with a velocity v = K(yi + x)), where of the river to cross the river straight? (JEE Main 2019)
K is a constant. The general equation for its path is
(JEE Main 2019) '
r _,.v,_=2km/h
(a) xy = constant (b) y2 = x2 + constant '
'
(c) y = x2 + constant (d) y2 = x + constant ''

v,.,, = 4 k�4 cos e

·-
17. The position coordinates of a particle moving in a 3-D
coordinate system is given by (JEE Main 2019)
x = a cos mt 4 sin 0
(a) 60 ° (b) 150°
y = a sin mt and z = amt (d) 120°
(c) 90°
The speed of the particle is
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23. A plane is inclined at an angle a= 30 ° with respect to the

horizontal. A particle is projected with a speed u =2 ms- 1 (c) 00 = sin- 1 ('J-s)andv0 = ¾ms- 1

}s)
from the base of the plane, making an angle 0= 15 ° with
respect to the plane as shown in the figure. The distance
from the base, at which the particle hits the plane is close (d) 00 = cos- 1 ( and v0 = ¾ms- 1
to (Take g = 10 ms-2) (JEE Main 2019)
25. A shell is fired from a fixed artillery gun with an initial
speed u such that it hits the target on the ground at a
distance R from it. If t1 and t2 are the values of the time
taken by it to hit the target in two possible ways, the
product t1 t2 is (JEE Main 2019)
(a) Rig (b) R/4g
(c) 2Rlg (d) R/2g
(a) 14 cm (b) 20 cm
26. Two particles are projected from the same point with
(c) 18 cm (d) 26 cm
the same speed u such that they have the same range R,
24. The trajectory of a projectile near the surface of the earth but different maximum heights, h 1 and h2 . Which of the
is given as y 2x - 9x 2 • If it were launched at an angle
=
following is correct? (JEE Main 2019)
00 with speed v0 then (g = 10 ms-2) (JEE Main 2019) (a) R 2 = 2�h2 (b) R 2 = 16�h2

(a) 00 = cos- 1 ( }s) and v0 =

% ms-
1 (c) R 2 = 4�h2 (d) R 2 =h1 h2

(b) 00 = sin- 1 ( }s) and v0 =¾ms- 1

1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8 (b) 9. (a) 10. (c)
11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (a) 15. (a) 16. (b) 17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (d)
21. (d) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (b)