ASSIGNMENT

SUBJECT: PHYSICS Topic: Kinematics

READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1. This assignment consists of two sections. (Section-I and Section-II).
2. In section-I each question has four alternatives, out of which only one is correct. Choose the
correct alternative.
3. In section-II each question has four alternatives out of which any number of alternative(s) (A,
B, C, or D) may be correct. You have to choose all correct alternative(s).
4. For section-I each correct answer carries 3 marks whereas 1 mark will be deducted for each
wrong answer.
5. For section-II you get 6 marks if all the correct alternatives are marked. No negative marks in
this part.

Section-I

Single Correct Type Questions

1. An observer stands on the platform at the front edge of the first bogie of a stationary train. The
train starts moving with uniform acceleration and the first bogie takes 5 seconds to cross the
observer. If all the bogies of the train are of equal length and the gap between them is negligible,
the time taken by the tenth bogie to cross the observer is:
(A) 1.07 s (B) 0.98 s (C) 0.91 s (D) 0.81 s

2. Two particles A and B are situated 10 m apart along X axis, B being farther right of A, at t = 0.
Particle A is moving at 0.75 m/s parallel to + Y axis while B at 1 m/s along –X axis. After a time t
they come closest to each other Therefore, t is:
(A) 4.8 s (B) 6.4 s (C) 6.0 s (D) 3.2 s

3. Vectors A, B, C lie in XY plane and their resultant is R. The magnitudes of A, B and R 100, 200 and
200 respectively. The angle made by these vectors with the positive direction of x axis 60°C 150°C
and 90° respectively. Therefore, the magnitude and the angle made by C with positive direction of
x axis respectively are
(A) 75, 315° (B) 110, 45° (C) 156, 240° (D) 124 6.2°

4. Two balls of equal masses are thrown upward, along the same vertical line at an interval of
2 seconds, with the same initial velocity of 40 m/s. Then these collide at a height of
(Take g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 120 m (B) 75 m (C) 200 m (D) 45 m

5. A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the top of a tower of height h with velocity v. The ball
strikes the ground after time.
v  2gh  v  2gh 
(A) 1 + 1 + 2  (B) 1 − 1 + 2 
g  v  g  v 
1/2 1/2
v 2gh  v 2gh 
(C)  1 + 2  (D)  1 − 2 
g v  g v 

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6. A balloon is moving upwards with velocity 10 ms–1. It releases a stone which comes down to the
ground in 11 s. The height of the balloon from the ground at the moment when the stone was
dropped is:
(A) 495 m (B) 592 m (C) 460 m (D) 500 m

7. Water drops fall at regular intervals from a tap which is 5m above the ground. The third drop is
leaving the tap at the instant the first drop touches the ground. How far above the ground is the
second drop at that instant ? (Take g = 10 ms–2)
5 5 15
(A) m (B) 4m (C) m (D) m
4 2 4

8. The displacement of a body is given by 2s = gt 2 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

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9. A body covers first part of its journey with a velocity of 2 m/s, next part with a velocity of
3 3
3 m/s and rest of the journey with a velocity 6m/s. The average velocity of the body will be
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(A) 3 m/s (B) m/s (C) m/s (D) m/s
3 3 3

10. A particle performs rectilinear motion in such a way that its initial velocity has opposite direction
with its uniform acceleration. Let xA and xB be the magnitude of displacements in the first
10 seconds and the next 10 seconds, then:
(A) xA < xB
(B) xA = xB
(C) xA > xB
(D) the information is insufficient to decide the relation of xA with xB.

11. A body starts from rest and is uniformly accelerated for 30 s. The distance travelled in the first
10s 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

12. 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 dropping the stone at which the splash is heard is given by
2h h 2h h h 2h
(A) T = 2h/v (B) T = + (C) T = + (D) T = +
g v g 2v 2g v

13. In the displacement–time graph of a moving particle is shown, the instantaneous velocity of the
particle is negative at the point :
x
D

E F
C
t
(A) C (B) D (C) E (D) F

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14. 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 speed.
(B) The stone with initial speed 10 ms–1 reaches the ground first.
(C) Both the stones hit the ground at the same time.
(D) The stone which is dropped from the cliff reaches the ground first.

15. A bomber plane moving at a horizontal speed of 20 m/s releases a bomb at a height of 80 m above
ground as shown. At the same instant a Hunter of negligible height starts running from a point below
it, to catch the bomb with speed 10 m/s. After two seconds he realized that he cannot make it, he
stops running and immediately holds his gun and fires in such direction so that just before bomb hits
the ground, bullet will hit it. What should be the firing speed of bullet. (Take g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 10 m/s (B) 20 10 m/s (C) 10 10 m/s (D) None of these

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

17. 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 will the ball strike the plane?
v2 2v 2 2v 2  2 2v 2 
(A) (B) (C) (D)  
g g g  g 

18. 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 distance from the incline plane attained
by the particle will be -
(A) 3m (B) 4 m (C) 5 m (D) zero

19. Shown in the figure are the velocity time graphs of the two particles P 1 and P2.
Which of the following statements about their relative motion is true? Magnitude
of their relative velocity : (consider 1-D motion)
(A) is zero (B) is non-zero but constant
(C) continuously decreases (D) continuously increases

20. A boat which can move with a speed of 5 m/s relative to water crosses a river of width 480 m
flowing with a constant speed of 4 m/s. What is the time taken by the boat to cross the river along
the shortest path.
(A) 80 s (B) 160 s (C) 240 s (D) 320 s

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21. 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

22. For two particles A and B, given that rA = 2 î + 3 ˆj , rB = 6 î + 7 ˆj , v A = 3 î – ˆj and vB = x î – 5 ˆj . What

is the value of x if they collide.
(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) 2 (D) –2

23. 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 figure. Find the least distance between them
during their motion.

d.v 21 d.v 22 d.v 1 d.v 2

(A) (B) (C) (D)
v 21 + v 22 v 21 + v 22 v 21 + v 22 v 21 + v 22

24. A bus is moving with a velocity 10 ms–1 on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the bus
in 100s. If, the bus is at a distance of 1 km from the scooterist, with what velocity should the
scooterist chase the bus? (Neglect size of the bus)
(A) 50 ms–1 (B) 40 ms–1 (C) 30 ms–1 (D) 20 ms–1

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 Section-II

Multiple Correct Type Questions

25. The acceleration time plot for a particle (starting from rest) moving on a
straight line is shown in figure. For given time interval :
(A) The particle has zero average acceleration
(B) The particle has never turned around.
(C) The particle has zero displacement
(D) The average speed in the interval 0 to 10s is the same as the average speed in the interval
10s to 20s.

26. The acceleration of a particle is zero at t = 0

(A) Its velocity must be constant.
(B) The speed at t = 0 may be zero.
(C) If the acceleration is zero from t = 0 to t = 5 s, the speed is constant in this interval.
(D) If the speed is zero from t = 0 to t = 5 s the acceleration is also zero in the interval.

27. A projectile is projected at an angle  (> 45°) with an initial velocity u. The time t at which its
horizontal component will equal the vertical component in magnitude:
u u
(A) t = (cos  – sin ) (B) t = (cos  + sin )
g g
u u
(C) t = (sin  – cos ) (D) t = (sin2  – cos2 )
g g

28. At what angle should a body be projected with a velocity 24 ms –1 just to pass over the obstacle
14m high at a distance of 24 m. [Take g = 10 ms–2]
(A) tan  = 19/5 (B) tan  = 1 (C) tan  = 3 (D) tan  = 2

29. 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.

30. A man in a lift which is ascending with an upward acceleration 'a' throws a ball vertically upwards
with a velocity ‘v’ with respect to himself and catches it after ‘t 1’ seconds. Afterwards when the
lift is descending with the same acceleration 'a' acting downwards the man again throws the ball
vertically upwards with the same velocity with respect to him and catches it after ‘t 2’ seconds.
(A) the acceleration of the ball with respect to ground is g when it is in air
g (t 1 + t 2 )
(B) the velocity v of the ball relative to the lift is
t 1 t2
g (t 2 − t 1 )
(C) the acceleration 'a' of the lift is
t 1 + t2
g t 1 t2
(D) the velocity ‘v’ of the ball relative to the man is
(t 1 + t 2 )

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