Projectile Motion – Assignment
1. An object is projected at an angle of 45° with the horizontal. The horizontal range and maximum height
reached will be in the ratio
(a) 1:2 (b) 2:1 (c) 1:4 (d) 4:1
2. If a person can throw a stone to maximum height of ℎ metre vertically, then the maximum distance
through which it can be thrown horizontally by the same person is
ℎ
(a) 2 (b) ℎ (c) 2ℎ (d) 3ℎ
3. The angle of projection at which the horizontal range and maximum height of projectile are equal is
(a) 45° (b) 𝜃 = tan−1 (0.25) (c) 𝜃 = tan−1 4 or (𝜃 = 76°) (d) 60°
4. A body is projected with speed 𝑣 ms −1 at angle θ. The kinetic energy at the highest point is half of the
initial kinetic energy. The value of θ is
(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 90°
5. Two projectiles are thrown with the same initial velocity at angles α and (90° − α) with the horizontal. The
ℎ
maximum heights attained by them are ℎ1 and ℎ2 respectively. Then ℎ1 is equal to
2
(a) sin α2
(b) cos α 2
(c) tan α 2
(d) 1
6. Two bodies are projected from ground with equal speed 20 ms from the same position in the same
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vertical plane to have equal range but at different angles above the horizontal. If one of the angle is 30° the
sum of their maximum heights is (assume 𝑔 = 10 ms−2 )
(a) 400 m (b) 20 m (c) 30 m (d) 40 m
7. The range of particle when launched at an angle 15° with the horizontal is 1.5 km. What is the range of
projectile when launched at an angle of 45° to the horizontal?
(a) 3.0 km (b) 1.5 km (c) 6.0 km (d) 0.75 km
8. Countless bullets are fired from a point on the ground with a speed of 200 m/s in all possible directions.
The total area on the ground within which the enemy can be hit is:
(a) (4 × 106 𝜋) m2 (b) (8 × 106 𝜋) m2 (c) (1.6 × 107 𝜋) m2 (d) (3.2 × 107 𝜋) m2
9. A particle is projected with a velocity 200 ms−1 at an angle of 60°. At the highest point, it explodes into
three particles of equal masses. One goes vertically upwards with a velocity 100 ms−1, the second particle
goes vertically downwards. What is the velocity of third particle?
(a) 120 ms−1 making 60° angle with horizontal (b) 200 ms−1 making 60° angle with horizontal
(c) 300 ms −1 (d) 200 ms−1
10. A stone is projected with a velocity 20√2ms−1 at an angle of 45° to the horizontal. The average velocity of
stone during its motion from starting point to its maximum height is (g = 10ms−2 )
(a) 5√5 ms−1 (b) 10√5 ms −1 (c) 20 ms−1 (d) 20√5 ms−1
11. A stone is thrown at an angle θ to the horizontal reaches a maximum heights H. then the time of flight of
stone will be
2𝐻 2𝐻 2√2𝐻 sin θ √2𝐻 sin θ
(a) √ 𝑔 (b) 2√ 𝑔 (c) 𝑔
(d) 𝑔
12. The coordinates of a moving particle at any time ′𝑡′ are given by 𝑥 = 𝛼𝑡 3 and 𝑦 = 𝛽𝑡 3 . The speed of the
particle at time ′𝑡′ is given by
(a) √𝛼 2 + 𝛽 2 (b) 3𝑡√𝛼 2 + 𝛽 2 (c) 3𝑡 2 √𝛼 2 + 𝛽 2 (d) 𝑡 2 √𝛼 2 + 𝛽 2
13. For a projection, (range)2 is 48 times of (maximum height)2 obtained. Find angle projection.
(a) 60° (b) 30° (c) 45° (d) 75°
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Projectile Motion – Assignment
14. The maximum height attained by a projectile when thrown at an angle θ with the horizontal is found to be
half the horizontal range. Then θ is equal to
𝜋 𝜋 1
(a) tan−2 (2) (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) tan−1 (2)
15. A body of mass 1 kg thrown with a velocity of 10 ms −1 at an angle of 60° with the horizontal. Its
momentum at the highest point is
(a) 2 kg ms −1 (b) 3 kg ms−1 (c) 4 kg ms −1 (d) 5 kg ms−1
16. A ball is projected with velocity 𝑢 at an angle α with horizontal plane. Its speed when it makes an angle β
with the horizontal is
𝑢 𝑢 cos α
(a) 𝑢 cos α (b) cos β (c) 𝑢 cos α cos β (d) cos β
17. A cricketer hits a ball with a velocity 25 𝑚/𝑠 at 60° above the horizontal. How far above the ground it
passes over a fielder 50 𝑚 from the bat (assume the ball is struck very close th the groun(d)
(a) 8.2 𝑚 (b) 9.0 𝑚 (c) 11.6 𝑚 (d) 12.7 𝑚
18. A man projects a coin upwards from the gate of a uniformly moving train. The path of coin for the man will
be
(a) Parabolic (b) Inclined straight line
(c) Vertical straight line (d) Horizontal straight line
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19. The equation of motion of a projectile is 𝑦 = 12𝑥 − 𝑥 2 . The horizontal component of velocity is 3ms −1.
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What is the range of the projectile?
(a) 18 m (b) 16 m (c) 12 m (d) 21.6 m
20. Two particles are projected simultaneously in the same vertical plane, from the same point, both with
different speeds and at different angles with horizontal. The path followed by one, as seen by the other, is
(a) A vertical line
(b) A parabola
(c) A hyperbola
(d) A straight line making a constant angle (≠ 90°) with the horizontal
21. A projectile is thrown at angle β with vertical. It reaches a maximum height H. The time taken to reach the
highest point of its path is
𝐻 2𝐻 𝐻 𝐻
(a) √ 𝑔 (b) √ 𝑔 (c) √2𝑔 (d) √𝑔 cos β
22. A boy throws a cricket ball from the boundary to the wicket-keeper. If the frictional force due to air cannot
be ignored, the forces acting on the ball at the position X are respected by
(a) (b) (c) (d)
23. A particle is projected with velocity 2√gℎ so that it just clears two walls of equal height ℎ, which are at a
distance of 2ℎ from each other. What is the time interval of passing between the two walls?
2ℎ 2ℎ ℎ ℎ
(a) g
(b) √ g (c) √ g (d) 2√ g
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24. Figure shows four paths for a kicked football. Ignoring the effects of air on the flight, rank the paths
according to initial horizontal velocity component, highest first
y
1 2 3 4
x
0
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 2, 3, 4, 1 (c) 3, 4, 1, 2 (d) 4, 3, 2, 1
25. The coordinates of a moving particle at any time ′𝑡′ are given by 𝑥 = 𝛼𝑡 and 𝑦 = 𝛽𝑡 3 . The speed of the
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particle at time ′𝑡′ is given by
(a) √𝛼 2 + 𝛽 2 (b) 3𝑡√𝛼 2 + 𝛽 2 (c) 3𝑡 2 √𝛼 2 + 𝛽 2 (d) 𝑡 2 √𝛼 2 + 𝛽 2
𝑔𝑥 2
26. The trajectory of a projectile is given by 𝑦 = 𝑥 tan 𝜃 − . The area enclosed between the trajectory
2𝑢2 cos 2 𝜃
and the horizontal (x-axis) is:
𝑢4 sin 2 𝜃 2𝑢4 sin 3 𝜃cos 𝜃 𝑢4 sin 3 𝜃cos 𝜃 𝑢4 sin 2 𝜃cos 𝜃
(a) 2𝑔2
(b) 3𝑔2
(c) 3𝑔2
(d) 𝑔2
27. The maximum area bounded by the projectile trajectory and the horizontal for a given speed 𝑢is:
𝑢4 2𝑢4 𝑢4 𝑢4
(a) 3𝑔2 (b) 3 (c) 2𝑔2 (d)
√3𝑔2 √3𝑔2
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Projectile Motion – Assignment
KEYS
1 d 5 c 9 c 13 b 17 a 21 b 25 c
2 c 6 d 10 b 14 a 18 c 22 c 26 c
3 c 7 a 11 b 15 d 19 b 23 d 27 b
4 b 8 c 12 c 16 d 20 d 24 d
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