CPP - K INEMATICS

SECTION (A) : DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT

A-1. A hall has the dimensions 10 m × 10 m × 10 m. A fly starting at one corner ends up at a diagonally opposite
corner. The magnitude of its displacement is nearly
(A) 5 3 m (B) 10 3 m (C) 20 3 m (D) 30 3 m

SECTION (B) : AVERAGE SPEED AND AVERAGE VELOCITY

B-1. A car travels from A to B at a speed of 20 km h–1 and returns at a speed of 30 km h–1. The average speed of the
car for the whole journey is :
(A) 5 km h–1 (B) 24 km h–1 (C) 25 km h–1 (D) 50 km h–1
B-2. A person travelling on a straight line moves with a uniform velocity v1 for some time and with uniform velocity v2
for the next equal time. The average velocity v is given by
v 1 v 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
(A) v  (B) v v 1 v 2 (C) v  v  v (D) v  v  v
2 1 2 1 2

1 1
B 3. A body covers first part of its journey with a velocity of 2 m/s, next part with a velocity of 3 m/s and
3 3
rest of the journey with a velocity 6m/s. The average velocity of the body will be -
11 8 4
(A) 3 m/s (B)m/s (C) m/s (D) m/s
3 3 3
B 4. A car runs at constant speed on a circular track of radius 100 m taking 62.8 s on each lap. What is the
average speed and average velocity on each complete lap?
(A) velocity 10m/s, speed 10 m/s (B) velocity zero, speed 10 m/s
(C) velocity zero, speed zero (D) velocity 10 m/s, speed zero

SECTION (C) : VELOCITY, ACCELERATION, AVERAGE ACCELERATION

C 1. The displacement of a body is given by 2s = gt2 where g is a constant. The velocity of the body at any time t
is:
(A) gt (B) gt/2 (C) gt2/2 (D) gt3/6

SECTION (D) : EQUATIONS OF MOTION AND MOTION UNDER GRAVITY

D-1. A particle has a velocity u towards east at t = 0. Its acceleration is towards west and is constant, Let xA and xB
be the magnitude of displacements in the first 10 seconds and the next 10 seconds.
(A) xA < xB (B) xA = xB (C) xA > xB
(D) the information is insufficient to decide the relation of xA with xB.

D-2. A body starts from rest and is uniformly acclerated for 30 s. The distance travelled in the first 10 s is x1, next
10 s is x2 and the last 10 s is x3. Then x1 : x2 : x3 is the same as
(A) 1 : 2 : 4 (B) 1 : 2 : 5 (C) 1 : 3 : 5 (D) 1 : 3 : 9
D-3. A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The ball takes 0.5 s to fall past the 3 m length of a window some
distance from the top of the building. If the speed of the ball at the top and at the bottom of the window are vT
and vB respectively, then (g = 9.8 m/sec2)
vB
(A) vT + vB = 12 ms–1 (B) vT – vB = 4.9 m s–1 (C) vBvT = 1 ms–1 (D) v = 1 ms–1
T
D-4. A stone is released from an elevator going up with an acceleration a. The acceleration of the stone after the
release is -
(A) a upward (B) (g-a) upward (C) (g-a) downward (D) g downward
D5. The initial velocity of a particle is u (at t=0) and the acceleration f is given by (f = at). Which of the
following relations is valid?
at 2
(A) v = u + at 2 (B) v = u + (C) v = u + at (D) v = u
2
D6. A stone is dropped into a well in which the level of water is h below the top of the well. If v is velocity of
sound, the time T after which the splash is heard is given by -

2h h 2h h h 2h
(A) T = 2h/v (B) T  g

v (C) T  
g 2v (D)
T 
2g v

D7. A student determined to test the law of gravity for himself walks off a sky scraper 320 m high with a
stopwatch in hand and starts his free fall (zero initial velocity). 5 second later, superman arrives at the
scene and dives off the roof to save the student. What must be superman's initial velocity in order that
he catches the student just before reaching the ground ?
[Assume that the superman's acceleration is that of any freely falling body.] (g = 10 m/s 2)
(A) 67.23 m / s (B) 91.66 m / s (C) 102.91 m / s (D) It is not possible

D8. In the above question what must be the maximum height of the skyscraper so that even superman
cannot save him.
(A) 65 m (B) 85 m (C) 125 m (D) 145 m

SECTION (E) : GRAPHS RELATED QUESTION

x(m)
E-1. Figure shows position-time graph of two cars A and B.
A
(A) Car A is faster than car B. B
(B) Car B is faster than car A. 5
(C) Both cars are moving with same velocity. 0
(D) Both cars have positive acceleration.

E-2. Fig. shows the displacement time graph of a particle moving on the X-axis. x

(A) the particle is continuously going in positive x direction

(B) the particle is at rest
(C) the velocity increases up to a time to, and then becomes constant. to t
(D) the particle moves at a constant velocity up to a time to, and then stops.
x
D
E-3. The displacement–time graph of a moving particle is shown below. The instantaneous
E F
velocity of the particle is negative at the point :
C
t
(A) C (B) D (C) E (D) F
E-4. The variation of velocity of a particle moving along a straight line is shown in the
figure. The distance travelled by the particle in 4 s is :

(A) 25 m (B) 30 m (C) 55 m (D) 60 m

E-5. A particle starts from rest and moves along a straight line with constant
acceleration. The variation of velocity v with displacement S is :
v v v v

(A) (B) C) (D)

S S S S
E-6. The displacement time graphs of two particles A and B are straight lines making angles of respectively 300 and
vA
600 with the time axis. If the velocity of A is vA and that of B is vB, then the value of v is
B

1 1 1
(A) (B) (C) 3 (D)
2 3 3
SECTION (F) : DEFINITION, PROJECTILE ON A HORIZONTAL PLANE
F 1. A ball is thrown upwards. It returns to ground describing a parabolic path. Which of the following remains
constant?
(A) speed of the ball (B) kinetic energy of the ball
(C) vertical component of velocity (D) horizontal component of velocity.

F 2. A bullet is fired horizontally from a rifle at a distant target. Ignoring the effect of air resistance, which of the
following data is correct for horizontal and vertiacal acceleration ?
(A) 10 ms–2 , 10 ms–2 (B) 10 ms–2 , 0 ms–2
(C) 0 ms–2 , 10 ms–2 (D) 0 ms–2 , 0 ms–2.
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F 3. A point mass is projected, making an acute angle with the horizontal. If angle between velocity v and acceleration

g is , then  is given by
(A) 0º <  < 90º (B)  = 90º (C)  = 90º (D) 0º <  < 180º

5
F 4. It was calculated that a shell when fired from a gun with a certain velocity and at an angle of elevation rad
36

should strike a given target. In actual practice, it was found that a hill just prevented the trajectory. At what
angle of elevation should the gun be fired to hit the target.

5 11 7 13
(A) rad (B) rad (C) rad (D) rad.
36 36 36 36

F 5. A projectile is thrown with a speed v at an angle  with the vertical. Its average velocity between the instants it
crosses half the maximum height is
(A) v sin , horizontal (B) v cos , horizontal
(C) 2v sin , horizontal (D) 2v cos , vertical

F 6. A particle moves along the parabolic path y = ax 2 in such a way that the x component of the velocity
remains constant, say c. The acceleration of the particle is

(A) ac k̂ (B) 2ac 2 ĵ (C) ac2 k̂ (D) a2c ĵ

F 7. During projectile motion acceleration of a particle at the highest point of its trajectory is :
(A) g (B) zero (C) less than g (D) depends upon velocity

F 8. The velocity at the maximum height of a projectile is half of its initial velocity u. Its range on the horizontal
plane is :

2u2 3 u2 u2 u2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3g 2g 3g 2g

SECTION (G) : PROJECTILE FROM A TOWER

G 1. One stone is projected horizontally from a 20 m high cliff with an initial speed of 10 ms–1. A second stone is
simultaneously dropped from that cliff. Which of the following is true?
(A) Both strike the ground with the same velocity.
(B) The ball with initial speed 10 ms–1 reaches the ground first.
(C) Both the balls hit the ground at the same time.
(D) One cannot say without knowing the height of the building.
G 2.* Particles are projected from the top of a tower with same speed at different angles
as shown. Which of the following are True ?
(A) All the particles would strike the ground with (same) speed.
(B) All the particles would strike the ground with (same) speed simultaneously.
(C) Particle 1 will be the first to strike the ground.
(D) Particle 1 strikes the ground with maximum speed.

G 3_ An object is thrown horizontally from a point 'A' from a tower and hits the
ground 3s later at B. The line from ‘A’ to ‘B’ makes an angle of 30º with the
horizontal. The initial velocity of the object is : (take g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 15 3 m/s (B) 15 m/s (C) 10 3 m/s (D) 25 / 3

m/s
G 4_ A body is projected horizontally from the top of a tower with initial velocity 18 ms–1. It hits the ground at angle
45º. What is the vertical component of velocity when it strikes the ground?

(A) 18 2 ms –1 (B) 18 ms –1 (C) 9 2 ms–1 (D) 9 ms –1

SECTION (H) : EQUATION OF TRAJECTORY

H 1. A ball is projected from a certain point on the surface of a planet at a certain angle with the horizontal surface.

The horizontal and vertical displacement x and y vary with time t in second as:x = 10 3 t and y = 10t – t2
The maximum height attained by the ball is
(A) 100 m (B) 75 m (C) 50 m (D) 25 m.

H 2_ A ball is thrown upward at an angle of 30° with the horizontal and lands on the top edge of a building that
is 20 m away. The top edge is 5m above the throwing point. The initial speed of the ball in metre/second
is (take g = 10 m/s 2) :
(A) 10 m/s (B) 20 m/s (C) 25 m/s (D) 30 m/s

SECTION (I) : PROJECTILE ON AN INCLINED PLANE

I 1. A plane surface is inclined making an angle  with the horizontal. From the bottom of this inclined plane, a
bullet is fired with velocity v. The maximum possible range of the bullet on the inclined plane is

v2 v2 v2 v2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
g g(1  sin ) g(1  sin ) g(1  cos )

I 2. A ball is horizontally projected with a speed v from the top of a plane inclined at an angle 45º with the
horizontal. How far from the point of projection with the ball strike the plane?

v2 v2 2v 2  2v 2 
(A)
g
(B) 2 g (C)
g
(D) 2  g 
 

I 3_ A particle is projected at angle 37° with the incline plane in upward direction with speed 10 m/s. The angle of
incline plane is given 53°. Then the maximum height above the incline plane attained by the particle will be -
(A) 3m (B) 4 m (C) 5 m (D) zero

I 4. On an inclined plane of inclination 30º, a ball is thrown at an angle of 60º with the horizontal from the foot of the

incline with a velocity of 10 3 ms–1. If g = 10 ms–2, then the time in which ball will hit the inclined plane is -

(A) 1.15 sec. (B) 6 sec. (C) 2 sec. (D) .92 sec.
SECTION (J) : KINEMATICS OF CIRCULAR MOTION
J 1. Two racing cars of masses m 1 and m 2 are moving in circles of radii r 1 and r 2 respectively ; their speeds
are such that they each make a complete circle in the same time t. The ratio of the angular speed of
the first to the second car is :
(A) m 1 : m 2 (B) r 1 : r 2 (C) 1 : 1 (D) m 1r1 : m 2r2

J 2. A wheel is at rest. Its angular velocity increases uniformly and becomes 80 radian per second after 5 second.
The total angular displacement is :
(A) 800 rad (B) 400 rad (C) 200 rad (D) 100 rad

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J 3. A particle moves along a circle of radius   m with constant tangential acceleration. If the speed of the
  
particle is 80 m/s at the end of the second revolution after motion has begun, the
tangential acceleration is:
(A) 160  m/s2 (B) 40  m/s2 (C) 40 m/s2 (D) 640  m/
s 2

J 4. When a particle moves in a circle with a uniform speed

(A) its velocity and acceleration are both constant
(B) its velocity is constant but the acceleration changes
(C) its acceleration is constant but the velocity changes
(D) its velocity and acceleration both change

*J 5. An object follows a curved path. The following quantities may remain constant during the
motion
(A) speed (B) velocity (C) acceleration (D) magnitude of ac-
celeration

*J 6. Assume that the earth goes round the sun in a circular orbit with a constant speed of 30 km/s.
(A) The average velocity of the earth during first 6 months of the year is zero
(B) The average speed of the earth during a period of 1 year is zero.
(C) The average acceleration during the above period is zero
(D) The instantaneous acceleration of the earth points towards the sun.

SECTION (K) : RADIAL AND TANGENTIAL ACCELERATION

K 1. Two particles P and Q are located at distances r P and r Q respectively from the axis of a rotating disc
such that r P > r Q :
(A) Both P and Q have the same acceleration (B) Both P and Q do not have any acceleration
(C) P has greater acceleration than Q (D) Q has greater acceleration than P

K 2. Let ar and at represent radial and tangential acceleration. The motion of a particle may be circular if :
(A) ar = 0, at = 0 (B) ar = 0, at  0 (C) ar  0, at = 0 (D) none of these

K 3. The second’s hand of a watch has length 6 cm. Speed of end point and magnitude of difference of
velocities at two perpendicular positions will be :
(A) 2 & 0 mm/s (B) 2 2  & 4.44 mm/s
(C) 2 2  & 2 mm/s (D) 2 & 2 2  mm/s

K 4. A particle is going in a uniform helical and spiral path separately as shown in

figure with constant speed.
(A) The velocity of the particle is constant in both cases
(B) The acceleration of the particle is constant in both cases
(C) The magnitude of accleration is constant in (a) and decreasing in (b) (b)
(D) The magnitude of accleration is decreasing continuously in both the cases
SECTION (L) : RADIUS OF CURVATURE AND DYNAMICS OF CIRCULAR MOTION
L 1. A stone is projected with speed u and angle of projection is . Find radius of curvature at t = 0.
u sin  u cos  u2 u2 cos2 
(A) g (B) g (C) (D)
g cos g

 
L 2. A particle of mass m is moving with constant velocity v on smooth horizontal surface. A constant force F
starts acting on particle perpendicular to velocity v. Radius of curvature after force F start acting is :

mv 2 mv 2 mv 2
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
F F cos  F sin 

L 3. If the radii of circular paths of two particles of same masses are in the ratio of 1 : 2, then in order to have same
centripetal acceleration, their speeds should be in the ratio of :
(A) 1 : 4 (B) 4 : 1 (C) 1 : 2 (D) 2 :1
SECTION : (M) RELATIVE MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION
M 1. A stone is thrown upwards from a tower with a velocity 50 ms–1. Another stone is simultaneously thrown
downwards from the same location with a velocity 50 ms–1. When the first stone is at the highest point, the
relative velocity of the second stone w.r.t. the first stone is (assume that second stone has not yet reachead
the ground) :
(A) Zero (B) 50 ms–1 (C) 100 ms–1 (D) 150 ms–1

M 2. A thief is running away on a straight road in a jeep moving with a speed of 9 m s–1. A police man chases him on
a motor cycle moving at a speed of 10 m s–1. If the instantaneous separation of the jeep from the motorcycle
is 100m, how long will it take for the police man to catch the thief ?
(A) 1s (B) 19s (C) 90s (D) 100s

M 3. Shown in the figure are the displacement time graph for two children going home from the school. Which of the
following statements about their relative motion is true after both of them started moving ? Their relative
velocity :
(A) first increases and then decreases (B) first decreases and then increases
(C) is zero (D) is non zero constant.

M 4. Shown in the figure are the velocity time graphs of the two particles P1 and P2. Which of the following statements
about their relative motion is true? Their relative velocity :
(A) is zero (B) is non-zero but constant

(C) continuously decreases (D) continuously increases

M 5. Two trains A & B 100 km apart are travelling towards each other on different tracks with starting speed of 50
km/h for both. The train A accelerates at 20 km/h2 and the train B retards at the rate 20 km/h2 . The distance
covered by the train A when they cross each other is :
(A) 45 km (B) 55 km (C) 65 km (D) 60 km

M 6. Two cars get closer by 8 m every second while travelling in the opposite directions. They get closer by 0.8 m
while travelling in the same directions. What are the speeds of the cars?
(A) 4 ms–1 & 4.4 ms–1 (B) 4.4 ms–1 & 3.6 ms–1 (C) 4 ms–1 & 3.6 ms–1 (D) 4 ms–1 & 3 ms–1

SECTION : (N) RELATIVE MOTION IN TWO DIMENSION

N-1. A helicopter is flying south with a speed of 50 kmh–1. A train is moving with the same
speed towards east. The relative velocity of the helicopter as seen by the passengers
in the train will be towards.
(A) north east (B) south east
(C) north west (D) south west
N 2. Two particles are moving with velocities v1 and v2. Their relative velocity is the maximum, when the angle
between their velocities is :
(A) zero (B) /4 (C) /2 (D) 
N 3. A ship is travelling due east at 10 km/h. A ship heading 30° east of north is always due north from the first ship.
The speed of the second ship in km/h is -

(A) 20 2 (B) 20 3 / 2 (C) 20 (D) 20/ 2

N 4. Two billiard balls are rolling on a flat table. One has velocity components vx = 1m/s, vy = 3 m/s and the other
has components vx = 2m/s and vy = 2 m/s. If both the balls start moving from the same point, the angle
between their path is -
(A) 60° (B) 45° (C) 22.5° (D) 15°
SECTION : (O) RELATIVE MOTION IN RIVER FLOW
O 1. A boat, which has a speed of 5 km/h in still water, crosses a river of width 1 km along the shortest possible
path in 15 minutes. The velocity of the river water in km/h is -

(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 41

O 2. A boat can go across a lake and return in time T0 at a speed V. On a rough day there is uniform current at
speed v to help the onward journey and impede the return journey. If the time taken to go across and return
on the rough day be T, then T/T0 =

2 2
v2 V v2 V
(A) 1 – (B) 2 2 (C) 1 + (D) 2 2
V2 V -v V2 Vv
O 3. To cross the river in shortest distance, a swimmer should swim making angle  with the upstream. What is the
ratio of the time taken to swim across in the shortest time to that in swimming across over shortest distance.
[Assume speed of swimmer in still water is greater than the speed of river flow]
(A) cos (B) sin  (C) tan  (D) cot 

O 4_ A boat is rowed across a river at the rate of 4.5 km/hr. The river flows at the rate of 6 km/hr. The velocity
of boat in m/s is :
(A) 3.1 (B) 2.1 (C) 2.9 (D) 5

SECTION : (P) RELATIVE MOTION IN RAIN AND WIND

P 1. It is raining vertically downwards with a velocity of 3 km h –1 . A man walks in the rain with a velocity of 4
kmh–1. The rain drops will fall on the man with a relative velocity of ;
(A) 1 kmh–1 (B) 3 kmh–1 (C) 4 kmh–1 (D) 5 kmh–1

P 2. A man walks in rain with a velocity of 5 kmh–1. The rain drops strike at him at an angle of 45° with the horizontal.
Velocity of rain if it is falling vertically downward -
(A) 5 kmh–1 (B) 4 kmh–1 (C) 3 kmh–1 (D) 1 kmh–1

P 3. Raindrops are falling vertically with a velocity of 10 m/s. To a cyclist moving on a straight road the
raindrops appear to be coming with a velocity of 20 m/s. The velocity of cyclist is :

(A) 10 m/s (B) 10 3 m/s (C) 20 m/s (D) 20 3 m/s

P 4_ An aeroplane is to go along straight line from A to B, and back again. The relative speed with respect to
wind is V.. The wind blows perpendicular to line AB with speed . The distance between A and B is .
The total time for the round trip is :

2 2 v 2V  2
(A) (B) 2 2 (C) 2 2 (D)
V 2 v 2 V v V v V 2 v 2
SECTION : (Q) VELOCITY OF SEPERATION & APPROACH
   
Q 1. For two particles A and B, given that rA = 2 î + 3 ĵ , rB = 6 î + 7 ĵ , v A = 3 î – ĵ and v B = x î – 5 ĵ . What

is the value of x if they collide.

(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) 2 (D) –2

Q 2_ Two particles A and B move with velocities v1 and v2 respectively along the x & y axis. The initial separation
between them is ‘ d ‘ as shown in the fig. Find the least distance between them during their motion.

d.v 12 d.v 22 d.v 1 d.v 2

(A) (B) (C) (D)
v 12  v 22 v 12  v 22 v 12  v 22 v 12  v 22
 ANSWERS
SECTION (A) : A 1. B

SECTION (B) :
B-1. B B-2. A B 3. A B 4. B

SECTION (C) : C 1. A

SECTION (D) :
D 1. D D 2. C D 3. A D 4. D
D 5. B D 6. B D 7. B D 8. C

SECTION (E) :
E 1. C E 2. D E 3. C E 4. C
E 5. B E 6. D

SECTION (F) :
F 1. D F 2. C F 3. D F 4. D
F 5. A F 6. B F 7. A F 8. B

SECTION (G) :
G 1. C G 2. AC G 3. A G 4. B

SECTION (H) : H 1. D H 2. B

SECTION (I) :
I 1. B I 2. D I 3. A I 4. C
SECTION (J) :
J 1. C J 2. C J 3. C J 4. D
J 5. ACD J 6. CD

SECTION (K) :
K 1. C K 2. C K 3. D K 4. C

SECTION (L) :
L 1. C L 2. A L 3. C
SECTION (M) :
M 1. C M 2. D M 3. D M 4. D
M 5. D M 6. B

SECTION (N) :
N-1. D N 2. D N 3. C N 4. D
SECTION (O) :
O 1. B O 2. B O 3. B O 4. B

SECTION (P) :
P 1. D P 2. A P 3. B P 4. A

SECTION (Q) :
Q 1. B Q 2. C