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EXERCISE # 3

IJSO STAGE-I (PREVIOUS YEARS QUESTIONS)

1. A body is moving with constant acceleration from A to B in a straight line. C is the mid-point of AB. If
u and v are the speeds at A and B respectively. The speed at C is : (KVPY/2007)
u+v v−u u 2 + v2 v2 − u 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2 2 2 2

2. A man throws a ball making an angle of 60º with the horizontal . He runs on a level ground and catches
the ball. If he had thrown the ball with speed v, then his speed must be : (IJSO/Stage-I/2007)
(A) v (B) v/2 (C) 2v (D) v

3. The rear wheels of a car are turning at an angular speed of 60 rad/s. The brakes are applied for 5s,
causing a uniform angular retardation of 8 rads –2. The number of revolutions turned by the rear wheels
during the braking period is about : (KVPY/2007)
(A) 48 (B) 96 (C) 32 (D) 12

4. A car starts from point A. travels on a straight road and stops at its destination B. The distance - time
graph of this journey has nature : (IJSO/Stage-I/2008)

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

5. According to the quantum theory, a photon of electromagnetic radiation of frequency v has energy
E = hv where h is known as planck’s constant. According to the theory of relativity, a particle of mass
m has equivalent energy E = mc2, where c is speed of light. Thus a photon can be treated as a particle
hv
having effective mass m = 2 . If a flash of light is sent horizontally in earth’s gravitational field, then
c
photons while traveling a horizontal distance d would fall through a distance given by : (KVPY/2008)
gd2 h mcd2
(A) (B) (C) (D) zero
2c2 mc h

6. An observer in a car P moving towards north with speed v observes that another car Q is moving
towards east with the same speed v. The true velocity of Q is : (IJSO/Stage-I/2009)
(A) v towards east (B) 2 v towards north-east
(C) v towards south-east (D) v 2 towards south-west

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7. A body describes uniform. accelerated motion along a straight line. Which of the following
displacement time graphs shown represent the motion correctly ? (IJSO/Stage-I/2009)

(I) (II) (III) (IV)

(A) (I) only (B) (I) and (IV) only

(C) (I), (III) and (IV) only (D) (I), (II), (III) and (IV) all

8. A body traveling along a straight line with a uniform acceleration has velocities 5m/s at a point A and
15 m/s at a point B respectively. If M is the midpoint of AB, then : (IJSO/ Stage-I/2009)
 5 − 1
(A) the ratio of times taken by the body to cover distance MB and AM is  
 2 
(B) the velocity at M is 5 5 m/s
5 ( 5 − 1)
(C) average velocity over AM is m/s
2
(D) the product of the acceleration and the distance AB is 100 m2/s2

9. An arrow shot vertically upwards loses its initial speed by 60% in 3 seconds. The maximum height
reached by the arrow is (g = 9.8 ms–2 ) : (IJSO/Stage-I/2011)
(A) 122.5 m (B) 44.1 m (C) 100 m (D) 45 m

10. A ball is dropped from a height of 7.2 m. It bounces back to 3.2 m after striking the floor. the ball
remains in contact with the floor for 20 ms. Given that g = 10 ms –2, the average acceleration of the ball
during the contact is : (IJSO/Stage-I/2011)
–2 –2 –2
(A) 100 ms (B) 200 ms (C) 600 ms (D) 1000 ms–2

11. A vibrator is generating a wave on the surface of water. An object x is floating on the surface. Which of
the following graphs, of the floating object is/are correct ?

(A) i, ii and iv (B) only ii (C) only iii (D) ii and iii

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12. A juggler tosses a ball up in the air with initial speed u. At the instant it reaches its maximum height H,
he tosses up a second ball with the same initial speed. The two balls will collide at a height :
(KVPY/2011)
H H 3H 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) H
4 2 4 4

13. A ball is released from rest above a horizontal surface. The graph shows the variation with time of its
velocity (not to scale). The scale on this graph is changed at every impact. A, B, C, D and E represent
areas. Which of the following are correct? (IJSO/Stage-I/2011)

(A) A = B & B = C (B) A = C & C = E (C) B = C & D = E (D) all of the above

14. A ball is thrown up vertically in still air with a velocity of 20ms –1. It comes back to ground. The
velocity – Time graph is (g = 10ms–2). (IJSO/Stage-I/2012)

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

15. A 100 m sprinter increases her speed from rest uniformly at the rate of 1 m/s 2 upto 40 m and covers the
remaining distance with uniform speed. The sprinter covers the first half of the run in t1 s and the
second half in t2 s. Then :
(A) t1 > t2
(B) t1 < t2
(C) t1 = t2
(D) information given is incomplete

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16. A ball is projected at an angle of 45° with horizontal. In the absence of air resistance, the ball follows
(IJSO/Stage-I/2012)
(A) Elliptical orbit (B) sinusoidal path (C) parabolic path (D) linear path

17. Diagram shows trajectory of a cricket ball. The set of arrows which show the direction of the
acceleration of ball at points P and Q respectively is : (IJSO/Stage-I/2013)

(A) (B) (C) (D)

18. A particle starting from rest is moving with uniform acceleration in a straight line. The percentage
increase of the displacement of the particle in 9th second compared to that in the immediate previous
second is about : (IJSO/Stage-I/2014)
(A) 8.3% (B) 20.6% (C) 13.3% (D) 24.5%

19. A particle is moving along a straight line. Its velocity time graph is as shown in the adjacent figure.
Then Match the following : (IJSO/Stage-I/2014)

Physical quantity Remarks

(i) Acceleration at 4 second (p) Positive
(ii) Velocity at 4 second (q) Negative
(iii) Direction of motion at 2 second (r) Zero

(A) (i, is (p); (ii) is (q) and (iii) is (r) (B) (i) is (r) ; (ii) is (r) and (iii) is (p)
(C) (i) is (q) ; (ii) is (r) and (iii) is (p) (D) (i) is (q), (ii) is (p) and (iii) is (r)

20. Consider the following two statements :

Statement-1 : The direction of acceleration of a particle must be always same as that of velocity.
Statement-2 : Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity.
Choose the correct option (IJSO/Stage-I/2014)
(A) Statement-1 is correct while statement-2 is wrong
(B) Statement-1 and 2 are correct.
(C) Statement-1 and 2 are wrong .
(D) Statement-1 is wrong while statement-2 is correct.

21. A particle moves along the x-axis according to the equation x = 6t2 where x is displacement in meters
and t is time in seconds. Therefore : (IJSO/Stage-I/2015)
–2
(A) the acceleration of the particle is 6 ms
(B) the particle follows a parabolic path
(C) each second the velocity of the particle changes by 9.8 ms –1
(D) the velocity of the particle is 6 ms–1 at t = 0.5 s

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22. A stone is thrown horizontally and follows the XYZ path as shown in the adjacent figure. The direction
of the acceleration of the stone at point Y is : (IJSO/Stage-I/2015)

(A) (B) (C) (D)

23. The positions of two blocks at successive 0.20-second time intervals are represented by numbered
squares in the figure below. The blocks are moving towards right : (IJSO Stage-I/2017)

The accelerations of the blocks are related as follows :

(A) acceleration of 'a' is greater than acceleration of 'b'
(B) acceleration of 'a' equals acceleration of 'b'. Both accelerations are greater than zero.
(C) acceleration of 'b' is greater than acceleration of 'a'.
(D) acceleration of 'a' equals acceleration of 'b'. Both acceleration are zero.

24. If x, v and t represent displacement (m), velocity (m/s) and time (s) respectively for a certain particle
then which pair of the following figures can be best correlated to each other : (IJSO Stage-I/2017)

(A) I & II (B) I & III (C) I & IV (D) none of these

25. A boy throws a steel ball straight up. Consider the motion of the ball only after it has left the boy's hand
but before it touches the ground and assume that forces exerted by the air are negligible. For these
conditions, the force(s) acting on the ball is (are) : (IJSO Stage-I/2017)
(A) a downward force of gravity along with a steadily decreasing upward force.
(B) a steadily decreasing upward force from the moment it leaves the boy's hand until it reaches its
highest point; on the way down there is a steadily increasing downward force of gravity as the
object gets closer to the earth.
(C) constant downward force of gravity along with an upward force that steadily decreases until the ball
reaches its highest point; on the way down there is only a constant downward force of gravity.
(D) constant downward force of gravity only.

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26. The take-off speed of Airbus A340 is 288 km/hr. From the taxi track it comes to the main runway and
waits for a while for the final clearance from Air Traffic Control. The aircraft then achieves this speed
within 50 seconds. Neglecting the effect of the wind direction and friction; what should be the
minimum length of main runway decided by civil engineers for this aircraft for a take-off ?
(IJSO Stage-I/2017)
(A) 2400 m (B) 2200 m (C) 2000 m (D) 1800 m

27. Two particles P1 and P2 move towards origin O, along X and Y-axes at constant speeds u1 and u2
respectively as shown in the figure. At t = 0, the particles P1 and P2 are at distances a and b respectively
from O. Then the instantaneous distance s between the two particles is given by the relation:
(IJSO Stage-I/2018)

1
( )
(A) s = a 2 + b2 + u12 + u 22 t 2 − 2t ( au1 + bu 2 )  2
1
( )
(B) s = a 2 + b2 + u12 + u 22 t 2 − 2t ( bu1 + au 2 )  2
1
( )
(C) s = a 2 + b2 + u12 + u 22 t 2 + 2t ( au1 + bu 2 )  2
1
( )
(D) s = a 2 − b2 + u12 + u 22 t 2 − 2t ( au1 + bu 2 )  2

28. A tiny ball of mass m is initially at rest at height H above a cake of uniform thickness h. At some
moment the particle falls freely, touches the cake surface and then penetrates in it at such a constant rate
that its speed becomes zero on just reaching the ground (bottom of the cake). Speed of the ball at the
instant it touches the cake surface and its retardation inside the cake are respectively
(IJSO Stage-I/2018)
H 
(A) 2gh and g  − 1
h 
H 
(B) 2g(H − h) and g  − 1
h 
h 
(C) 2gh and g  − 1
H 
h 
(D) 2g(H − h) and g  − 1
H 

29. A particle is travelling with uniform acceleration of magnitude a. During successive time intervals
and its average velocities are , and respectively. Then (INJSO 2019)
(A)
(B)

(C)

(D)

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30. A river is flowing at from west to east. Two swimmers and can both swim at 2 in
still water. The minimum time in which it is possible for the swimmers to cross the river in . Both
of them start swimming from the same point on the bank of the river in different directions as shown.
The point is directly across from the point . (INJSO 2019)
X
river
Q
P

O
Choose the correct statement.
(A) will reach the point in time
(B) will reach the point in time
(C) will reach a point somewhere east of in time
(D) will reach a point somewhere east of in time

31. Refer to the adjacent figure. A variable force is applied to a body of mass at rest. The body
moves along -axis as shown. The speed of the body at and is and respectively.
(NSEJS 2019)
4
3
2
1
F(N)

0
–1
–2
0 2 4 6 8 10
x(m)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

32. A particle experiences constant acceleration for after staring from rest. If it travels a distance in
the first and distance in the next , the relation between and is: (NSEJS 2019)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

33. A train is move at a speed of towards a person standing just next to the rails. The train
blows a whistle for . What is the time duration for which the whistle is heard by this person?
Assume that the train does not reach or cross the person until the end of whistle. Speed of sound in air
is . (IJSO 2020)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

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34. Figures (i) to (v) show graphical representation of motion in one-dimension. Here , a and represent
the displacement, the velocity, the acceleration and the time respectively. (IJSO 2022)
s s v

t t t
(i) (ii) (iii)

v a

t t
(iv) (v )

Which of the above graphs represent uniform motion?

(A) (i) only
(B) (ii) only
(C) (i) (iv) and (v)
(D) (iv) and (v)

35. A particle, initially at rest at origin, starts moving under acceleration a along direction. The
acceleration versus time graph is shown in figure. The displacement and the velocity of the particle
after 6 second are (IJSO 2022)

(A) 51 meter, 6 m/s

(B) 33 meter, 6 m/s
(C) 42 meter, 18 m/s
(D) 27 meter, 24 m/s

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Answer Key

EXERCISE # 1

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

RECTILINEAR MOTION
1 B 2 B 3 B 4 D 5 B
6 C 7 A 8 A 9 A 10 D
11 B 12 A 13 B 14 C 15 B
16 C 17 D 18 D 19 A 20 D
21 A 22 A 23 C 24 B 25 B
26 D 27 A 28 C 29 D 30 A
31 B 32 B 33 C 34 B 35 A
36 C 37 C 38 D 39 D 40 C
41 B 42 D 43 B 44 D 45 B
46 A 47 D 48 B 49 D 50 B

PROJECTILE MOTION
1. D 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. B
6. D 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. B
11. D 12. B 13. C 14. B 15. A
16. A 17. A 18. D 19. A 20. A
21. B 22. A

RELATIVE MOTION
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5 D
6. C 7. A 8. C 9. A 10 B
11. A 12. C 13. B 14. A 15 B
16. A 17. A 18. D 19. A 20 B
21. A 22. A

EXERCISE # 2

RECTILINEAR MOTION

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. A B A C D A D B C B C C B A A B C A C A
Ques. 21 22 23 24 25
Ans. C A B A B

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PROJECTILE MOTION

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. D D D C D B B C D B B C B A C A B D D B
Ques. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Ans. D A A C B C C B C C

RELATIVE MOTION

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Ans. A B C A B C B B A A B B A

EXERCISE # 3

Ques. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Ans. C B C A A B A ABD A D B C C B A C B C C D
Ques. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
Ans. D A D B D C A B B D C A A B A

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