Advanced Level

PHYSICS

Sisira Hettiarachchi
(B. Sc. Hon's)

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01)
A 20 ms-1 30 ms-1 B

A and B cars move towards each other find the velocity of B relative to "A"
1) 10 ms–1 2) 10 ms–1 3) 50 ms–1 4) 50 ms–1 5) 60 ms–1

02)
20 ms-1 A 30 ms-1 B

Velocity of A relative to B,

1) 10 ms–1 2) 10 ms–1 3) 50 ms–1 4) 50 ms–1 5) 60 ms–1

30 ms-1 10 ms-1
03)
A B

Velocity of B relative to A,

1) 20 ms–1 2) 20 ms–1 3) 40 ms–1 4) 40 ms–1 5) 30 ms–1

04)
A 40 ms-1 B

Velocity of A is 40 ms–1. But as seen by the driver in the Car B velocity of A is 50ms-1 away
from B. The actual velocity of B.

1) 100 ms–1 2) 85 ms–1 3) 95 ms–1 4) 80 ms–1 5) 90 ms–1

05)
A B 20 ms-1

Velocity of the Car "B" is 20 ms-1. Velocity of A is 30 ms-1 towards B as seen by the driver in
the Car B. Velocity of A.

1) 10 ms–1 2) 50 ms–1 3) 30 ms–1 4) 20 ms–1 5) 50 ms–1

06)
20 ms-1

The vehicle shown by the diagram moves with a velocity of 20 ms-1. A man in the vehicle
throws a ball along the floor of the vehicle with a velocity of 10 ms-1 relative to the vehicle.
The velocity of the ball relative to the earth.

1) 30 ms–1 2) 30 ms–1 3) 10 ms–1 4) 10 ms–1 5) 10 2 ms–1

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07)
A B 10 ms-1

A ball is thrown along the floor of a Car traveling with a velocity of 10 ms-1. It takes 3S to
travel from A to B. The velocity of the ball relative to the earth.
1) 5 ms–1 2) 160 ms–1 3) 5 ms–1 4) 15 ms–1 5) 15 ms–1

08) Distance traveled by the above ball relative to the earth when car goes from A to B.
1) 45 m 2) 15 m 3) 30 m 4) 60 m 5) 20 m

09) A branch of a tree drifts from A to B in 6 min and 40 s A

boat can travel in still water with a velocity of 20 ms–1.
Find the time taken by the boat to travel from A to B and
B to A. (5 ms–1, 80 s, 133.3 s)
A 2 km B

10) The driver of a train A runnings at 25 ms-1 sights a train B on the same track with 15 ms-1
relative to earth. The driver of train A applies brakes to produce a deceleration of 1 ms-2. If the
trains are 20 m apart will the trains collide.

11) 0 ms-1 6 ms-2 0 ms-1 4 ms-2

A B

25 m
A and B cars starting from rest travel to the right with a constant accelerations of 6 ms–2 and
4 ms–2. Find the time taken to meet each other.
A
u=0
12) The ball A is dropped from rest from A and at the same time B
is projected upwards with a velocity of 50 ms–1. Find the time
taken to meet each other. 40 m

B
50ms-1

13) 50 ms-1

10 ms-1
320 m

A bomb is dropped from rest from the fighter plane as shown by the diagram. To hit the bomb
to the truck traveling with a velocity of 10 ms-1, Find the initial distance between the truck and
the plane.
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14) A 150 m long train is moving to north at a speed of 10 ms-1. A parrot is flying towards south
with a speed of 5 ms-1 crosses the train. The time taken by the parrot to cross the train would
be.
1) 30 s 2) 15 s 3) 8 s 4) 10 s 5) 20 s

15) A motor boat going downstream over comes a raft at a point "A". After 1 hour, it turns back
and meats the raft again at a distance 6 km from A. Find the velocity of river in kmh-1.
-1
(3kmh-1)
100 2 ms
16) 450
20 ms-1

An enemy boat travels towards a cannon with a velocity of 20 ms-1. If the muzzle velocity of
the bullets 100 2 ms-1 and angle mode with the horizontal direction is 45, at what minimum
distance bullet should be find to blast the enemy boat.

17) The elevator shown by the diagram goes up with a

constant acceleration of 10 ms-2. Find the
minimum velocity that the object should have to 10 ms-1
reach the roof of the elevator. 10 m
u

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