Motion in one dimension 33

Problems based on distance and displacement

 Basic level
1. A body moves 6 m north. 8 m east and 10m vertically upwards, what is its resultant displacement from initial
position [DCE 2000]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

2. An athlete completes one round of a circular track of radius R in 40 seconds. What will be his displacement at
the end of 2 minutes 20 seconds
[NCERT 1990]

(a) Zero (b) 2R (c) (d)

3. A boy stops after travelling 3 km towards east and then goes 4 km towards north along a plane road. The
resultant displacement of the boy is
(a) 7 km (b) 4 km (c) 5 km (d) 15 km
4. If the displacement of a particle is zero, then what can we say about its distance covered
(a) It must be zero (b) It cannot be zero (c) It is negative (d) It may or may not be
zero
5. The location of a particle has changed. What can we say about the displacement and the distance covered by
the particle
(a) Both cannot be zero (b) One of the two may be zero
(c) Both must be zero (d) If one is positive, the other is negative and vice
versa
 Advance level
6. A particle moves along a circular arc of radius R making an angle of at centre. The magnitude of displacement
is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Problems based on speed and velocity

 Basic level
7. The ratio of the numerical values of the average velocity and average speed of a body is always
[MP PET 2002]
(a) Unity (b) Unity or less (c) Unity or more (d) Less than unity
8. A particle moves along a semicircle of radius 10m in 5 seconds. The velocity of the particle is
[Kerala (Engg.) 2001]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

 34 Motion in one dimension
9. A 150 m long train is moving with a uniform velocity of 45 km/h. The time taken by the train to cross a bridge of
length 850 meters is
[CBSE PMT 2001]
(a) 56 sec (b) 68 sec (c) 80 sec (d) 92 sec
10. A car moves for half of its time at 80 and for rest half of time at 40 Total distance covered is 60
What is the average speed of the car
[RPET 1996]

(a) 60 (b) 80 (c) 120 (d) 180

11. A particle moves along x-axis in such a way that its coordinate x varies with time t according to the equation
m. The initial velocity of the particle is [MNR 1987; MP PET
1996]
(a) – 5 m/s (b) 6 m/s (c) – 3 m/s (d) 3 m/s
12. A car travels a distance of 2000 m. If the first half distance is covered at 40 and the second half with
speed v and the average speed is 48 then the value of v is
[CBSE PMT 1989]

(a) 56 (b) 60 (c) 50 (d) 48

13. A car travels a distance S on a straight road in two hours and then returns to the starting point in the next three
hours. Its average velocity is
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of the above
14. When a particle moves with uniform velocity, which of the following relations are correct
(I) Average speed = average velocity
(II) Instantaneous speed = instantaneous velocity
(III) Distance covered = magnitude of displacement
(a) I, II, III (b) I, II (c) II, III (d) I, III
15. When a particle moves with variable velocity, which of the following statements are not correct
(I) Average speed = average velocity
(II) Instantaneous speed = instantaneous velocity
(III) Distance covered = magnitude of displacement
(a) I, II,III (b) I, II (c) II, III (d) I, III

16. A particle moves along the sides AB, BC, CD of a square of side 25 m with a velocity of 15 Its average
velocity is
C B

D A

(a) 15 (b) 10 (c) 7.5 (d) 5

17. A body has speed V, 2V and 3V in first 1/3 of distance S, seconds 1/3 of S and third 1/3 of S respectively. Its
average speed will be

(a) V (b) 2V (c) (d)

 Advance level
 Motion in one dimension 35

18. A particle moving in a straight line covers half the distance with speed of 3 m/s. The other half of the distance is
covered in two equal time intervals with speed of 4.5 and 7.5 respectively. The average speed of the
particle during this motion is [IIT-JEE 1992]

(a) 4.0 (b) 5.0 (c) 5.5 (d) 4.8

19. If the body covers one-third distance at speed v1, next one third at speed v2 and last one third at speed v3, then
average speed will be

(a) (b) (c) (d)

20. The displacement of the particle varies with time according to the relation . Then the velocity of

the particle is

(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these

21. The displacement of a particle is given by Which of the following statements about its velocity is true
(a) It is zero (b) It is constant but not zero (c) It increases with time (d) It decreases with time

Problems based on acceleration

 Basic level
22. A particle moves along a straight line such that its displacement at any time t is given by
.The velocity when the acceleration is zero is
[CBSE PMT 1994; JIPMER 2001, 02]

(a) 3 (b) – 12 (c) 42 (d) – 9

23. A body is moving according to the equation where displacement and and are
constants. The acceleration of the body is
[BHU 2000]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

24. The displacement is given by the acceleration at is [EAMCET (Engg.)1995]

(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 15

25. The velocity of a body depends on time according to the equation The body is undergoing

[MNR 1995; UPSEAT 2000]

(a) Uniform acceleration (b) Uniform retardation (c) Non-uniform acceleration (d) Zero acceleration
26. The displacement of a body is given to be proportional to the cube of time elapsed. The magnitude of the
acceleration of the body is
[NCERT 1990]

(a) Increasing with time (b) Decreasing with time (c) Constant but not zero (d) Zero
27. The correct statement from the following is [MP PET 1993]

(a) A body having zero velocity will not necessarily have zero acceleration
(b) A body having zero velocity will necessarily have zero acceleration
(c) A body having uniform speed can have only uniform acceleration
 36 Motion in one dimension
(d) A body having non-uniform velocity will have zero acceleration

28. A particle moves along a straight line such that its displacement at any time t is given by meter.
The displacement when the acceleration becomes zero is [MP PMT 2001]

(a) 0 meter (b) 2 meter (c) 3 meter (d) – 2 meter

29. What is the angle between instantaneous displacement and acceleration during the retarded motion

(a) Zero (b) (c) (d)

 Advance level
30. The acceleration of a particle starting from rest, varies with time according to the relation A = – a2 sint. The
displacement of this particle at a time t will be

(a) (b) (c) (d)

31. If the velocity of a particle is (10 + 2t2) m/s, then the average acceleration of the particle between and is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Problems based on position time graph

 Basic level
32. The displacement versus time graph for a body moving in a straight line in shown in figure. Which of the
following regions represents the motion when no force is acting on the body
[NCERT 1971] x e

b c
(a) ab

(b) bc
a t
(c) cd

(d) de
Displaceme

Displaceme

Displaceme

33. A car dealcelerates at a constant rate during a period commencing at t = 0. Which of the displacement time
graphs represents the displacement of the car
nt

nt

nt
Displaceme

(a) (b) (c) (d)

nt

Time Time Time

34. Which of the following can not be the distance time graph
Time
x x x
x
(a) (b) (c) (d)

t t t
t

35. Which of the following displacement time graphs is not possible

 Motion in one dimension 37

X X X
x X
x x x
(a) (b) (c) (d)

T
T T T O t
O t O t O t

36. The graph between the displacement x and time t for a particle moving in a straight line is shown in figure.
During the interval OA, AB, BC and CD, the acceleration of the particle is
[CPMT 1986]
x D
OA AB BC CD
C
(a) + 0 + + A B

(b) – 0 + 0

(c) + 0 – + O t

(d) – 0 – 0

37. The x–t graph in figure represents

(a) Constant velocity Displaceme

nt
(b) Velocity of the body continuously changing

(c) Instantaneous velocity

t1
(d) The body travels with constant speed upto time and then stops
Time (t)

Problems based on velocity time graph

 Basic level
38. An object is moving with a uniform acceleration which is parallel to its instantaneous direction of motion.
The displacement (s) –velocity (v) graph of this object is
[SCRA 1998; DCE 2000]

s s s s
(a) (b) (c) (d)

v v v v

39. The variation of velocity of a particle with time moving along a straight line is illustrated in the following figure.
The distance travelled by the particle in four seconds is
velocity

[NCERT 1973]
(m/s)

(a) 60 m 30

(b) 55 m 20
(c) 25 m
10
(d) 30 m
0 1 2 3 4
Time in
second
 38 Motion in one dimension
40. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate for some time, after which it decelerates at a constant rate and
comes to rest. If the total time elapsed in t, then the maximum velocity acquired by the car is
[IIT-JEE 1978; CBSE PMT 1994]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

41. A rocket is projected vertically upwards, whose velocity-time graph is shown in fig. The maximum height reached
by the rocket is

(a) 1 km

Velocity
(m/sec)
A
100
(b) 10 km 0

(c) 20 km C B
0
20 40 60 80 100 120 140
(d) 60 km
Time
42. In the above problem the mean velocity of rocket in reaching the maximum height will be
(sec)
(a) 100 m/s (b) 50 m/s (c) 500 m/s (d) 25/3 m/s

43. In the above problem the acceleration of rocket will be

(a) 50 m/s2 (b) 100 m/s2 (c) 500 m/s2 (d) 250 m/s2

44. A lift is going up. The variation in the speed of the lift is as given in the graph. What is height to which the lift
takes the passenger
[IIT-JEE 1970]
Velocity
(m/sec)

(a) 3.6 m

(b) 28.8 m
3.6
(c) 36.0 m

(d) Cannot be calculated from the above graph

45. The figure shows the velocity of a particle plotted against time t 
2 10 12
Time
(a) The displacement of the particle is zero (sec)
(b) The particle changes its direction of motion at some point O t
T 2T
(c) The initial and final speeds of the particle are same
(d) All of the above statements are correct

46. The plot of a moving object is shown in the figure. The average velocity of the object during the
first 10 seconds is
Velocity (ms-

(a) 0
1
)

5
(b) 2.5 ms–1
Time
(c) 5 ms–1 (sec)
0
5 10
(d) 2 ms–1
47. Which of the following velocity time graphs is possible. –5

v v v v
Velocit

Velocit

Velocit

Velocit

(a) (b) (c) (d)

y

t t t t
O Time O Time O Time O Time
 Motion in one dimension 39

 Advance level
48. A particle starts from rest, accelerates at 2 m/s2 for 10s and then goes for constant speed for 30s and then
decelerates at 4 m/s2 till it stops. What is the distance travelled by it
[DCE 2001; AIIMS 2002]

(a) 750 m (b) 800 m (c) 700 m (d) 850 m

49. The graph below shows the velocity versus time graph for a body


Which of the following graphs represents the corresponding acceleration versus time graphs
a a a a

t t t t
(a) (b) (c) (d)

50. The acceleration-time graph for a body is shown in the following graph. Which of the following graphs would
probably represent the velocity of the body plotted against time

(a)  (b)  (c)  (d) 

t t t t

51. A particle is moving in such a way that its displacement is related with time by the equation
m. The diagram showing variation of velocity of particle with time is
Velocity

Velocity

Velocity

Velocity

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Time Time Time Time

Problems based on equation of kinematics (Uniform acceleration)

 40 Motion in one dimension

 Basic level
52. A body of 5 kg is moving with a velocity of 20 m/s. If a force of 100 N is applied on it for 10s in the same
direction as its velocity, what will now be the velocity of the body
[MP PMT 2000; RPET 2001]

(a) 200 m/s (b) 220 m/s (c) 240 m/s (d) 260 m/s
53. A particle is constrained to move on a straight line path. It returns to the starting point after 10 sec. The total distance
covered by the particle during this time is 30 m. Which of the following statements about the motion of the particle is
false [CBSE PMT 2000; AFMC 2001]

(a) Displacement of the particle is zero (b) Average speed of the particle is 3 m/s

(c) Displacement of the particle is 30 m (d) Both (a) and (b)

54. A constant force acts on a body of mass 0.9 kg at rest for 10s. If the body moves a distance of 250 m, the
magnitude of the force is
[EAMCET (Engg.) 2000]

(a) (b) (c) (d)

55. Two cars A and B are at rest at same point initially. If A starts with uniform velocity of 40 m/sec and B starts in
the same direction with constant acceleration of , then B will catch A after how much time
[RPET 1999]

(a) 10 sec (b) 20 sec (c) 30 sec (d) 35 sec

56. If a train travelling at 72 kmph to be brought to rest in distance of 200 metres, then its retardation should be
[SCRA 1998]

(a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 1

57. If a body starts from rest and travels 120 cm in the 6th second, then what is the acceleration
[AFMC 1997]

(a) 0.20 (b) 0.027 (c) 0.218 (d) 0.03

58. A car moving with a speed of 40 can be stopped by applying brakes after at least 2 m. If the same car is
moving with a speed of 80 what is the minimum stopping distance
[CBSE PMT 1998, 99; AFMC 2000; JIPMER 2001, 02]

(a) 8 m (b) 2 m (c) 4 m (d) 6 m

59. A particle moving with a uniform acceleration travels 24 m and 64 m in the first two consecutive intervals of 4
sec each. Its initial velocity is
[MP PET 1995]

(a) 1 (b) 10 (c) 5 (d) 2

60. A particle moves along a straight line path. After some time it comes to rest. The motion is with constant
acceleration whose direction with respect to the direction of velocity is
(a) Positive throughout motion (b) Negative throughout
motion
(c) First positive then negative (d) First negative then positive
61. A bus is moving with a velocity 10 on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the bus in 100 s. If,
the bus is at a distance of 1 from the scooterist, with what velocity should the scooterist chase the bus

(a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 20

62. The velocity acquired by a body moving with uniform acceleration is 30 in 2 seconds and 60 in four
seconds. The initial velocity is
 Motion in one dimension 41

(a) 4 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 10

63. An engine of a train moving with uniform acceleration passes an electric pole with velocity u and the last
compartment with velocity v. The middle point of the train passes past the same pole with a velocity of

(a) (b) (c) (d)

64. A uniformly accelerated body passes two points P and Q with speeds of 10 and 20 respectively. If O is
mid-point of P and Q then speed of O will be
(a) 15.0 (b) 15.8 (c) 16.5 (d) 14.2

65. A particle starts from rest and moving with constant acceleration covers a distance in the 3rd second and in
the 5th second. The ratio

(a) 3/5 (b) 5/9 (c) 9/25 (d) 25/81

66. A particle starts moving along a straight line path with a velocity . After 5 seconds, the distance of the
particle from the starting point is 50 m. Which of the following statements about the nature of motion of the
particle are correct?
I. The motion may be with constant acceleration.
II. The motion is continuously with constant velocity.
III. The motion is continuously retarded
IV. The motion may be first accelerated and then retarded
(a) I, III (b) II, IV (c) I, II (d) III, IV
67. A bullet moving with a velocity of 200 cm/s penetrates a wooden block and comes to rest after traversing 4 cm
inside it. What velocity is needed for travelling distance of 9 cm in same block
(a) 100 cm/s (b) (c) (d) 250 cm/s

 Advance level
68. A point moves with uniform acceleration and and denote the average velocities in the three successive

intervals of time and Which of the following relations is correct

[NCERT 1982]

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

69. A body is moving from rest under constant acceleration and let be the displacement in the first

and be the displacement in the first p sec. The displacement in will be

(a) (b) (c) (d)

70. A thief is running away on a straight road in jeep moving with a speed of 9 A police man chases him on a
motor cycle moving at a speed of 10 If the instantaneous separation of the jeep from the motorcycle is 100
m, how long will it take for the police to catch the thief
(a) 1 s (b) 19 s (c) 90 s (d) 100 s
71. A car A is travelling on a straight level road with a uniform speed of 60 It is followed by another car B
which is moving with a speed of 70 When the distance between them is 2.5 km, the car B is given a
deceleration of 20 After how much time will B catch up with A
(a) 1 hr (b) 1/2 hr (c) 1/4 hr (d) 1/8 hr
 42 Motion in one dimension
72. Two cars A and B are travelling in the same the direction with velocities and v2 When the car A is at a
distance d ahead of the car B, the driver of the car A applies the brake producing a uniform retardation a there
will be no collision when

(a) (b) (c) (d)

73. The displacement x of a particle in time t is given by Where x is in metre and t in second. The
distance covered by the body in 4th second of motion
[Pb. PMT 1989]
(a) 31 m (b) 39.5 m (c) 66 m (d) 75 m
74. The speed of a body moving with uniform acceleration is u. This speed is doubled while covering a distance S.
When it covers an additional distance S, its speed would become
(a) (b) (c) (d)
75. Two trains one of length 100 m and another of length 125 m, are moving in mutually opposite directions along
parallel lines, meet each other, each with speed 10 . If their acceleration are 0.3 and 0.2
respectively, then the time they take to pass each other will be
(a) 5 s (b) 10 s (c) 15 s (d) 20 s

76. If the distances covered by an accelerated body during the , and seconds are a, b and c respectively,
then the correct relation is
(a) (b)
(c) (d) None of these is true
77. Two trains, one travelling at 90 m/s and the other travelling at 120 m/s, are moving towards each other on the
same track. When they are 11 km apart, both drivers simultaneously apply brakes. If the brakes decelerate each
train at the rate of then the distance travelled by the first train is.
(a) 1350 m (b) 2400 m (c) 4740 m (d) 8870 m
78. In the above problem, the distance travelled by the second train is
(a) 1350 m (b) 2400 m (c) 3740 m (d) 8870 m
79. In the above problem whether a collision will take place or not
(a) Collision will take place (b) There shall be no collision
(c) Collision may not take place (d) None of these

80. A body starts from rest with uniform acceleration. If its velocity after n second is then its displacement in the
last two seconds is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

81. Two particles move in a straight line towards each other with initial velocities and retardation
towards each other. The maximum initial separation between the two particles so that they may meet must be

(a) (b) (c) (d)

82. A point starts moving in a straight line with a certain acceleration. At a time after beginning of motion the
acceleration suddenly becomes retardation of the same value. The time in which the point returns to the initial
point is

(a) (b)
 Motion in one dimension 43

(c) (d) Cannot be predicted unless acceleration is given

83. A particle is moving in a straight line and passes through a point with a velocity of The particle moves
with a constant retardation of for 4 s and there after moves with constant velocity. How long after
leaving does the particle return to

(a) (b) (c) Never (d)

84. A bird flies for 4 s with a velocity of in a straight line, where t = time it seconds. It covers a distance
of

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Problems based on equation of kinematics (variable acceleration)

 Basic level
85. A particle, initially at rest, starts moving in a straight line with an acceleration The distance
covered by it in 3 s is
(a) 30 m (b) 60 m (c) 45 m (d) 15 m

86. The Initial velocity of a particle is and the acceleration f is given by . Which of the following
relation is valid

(a) (b) (c) (d)

 Advance level
87. The velocity of a particle is dependent on the time as the distance covered in
first three seconds will be
(a) 18 m (b) 5 m (c) 3 m (d) 6 m

88. A particle is projected with velocity along . The deceleration on the particle is proportional to the
square of the distance from the origin i.e., The distance at which the particle stops is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

Problems based on motion under gravity

 Basic level
89. The acceleration due to gravity on the planet A is 9 times the acceleration due to gravity on planet B. A man jumps
to a height of on the surface of A. What is the height of jump by the same person on the planet B
[CBSE PMT 2003]

(a) 18m (b) 6m (c) (d)

90. Two balls are dropped from heights h and 2h respectively from the earth surface. The ratio of time of these balls
to reach the earth is
[CPMT 2003]

(a) (b) :1 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 4

 44 Motion in one dimension
91. A body falling from a high Minaret travels 40 meters in the last 2 seconds of its fall to ground. Height of Minaret
in meters is (take )
[MP PMT 2002]
(a) 60 (b) 45 (c) 80 (d) 50
–1
92. A cricket ball is thrown up with a speed of 19.6 ms . The maximum height it can reach is
[Kerala PMT 2002]
(a) 9.8 m (b) 19.6 m (c) 29.4 m (d) 39.2 m
93. A ball is dropped from top of a tower of 100m height. Simultaneously another ball was thrown upward from
bottom of the tower with a speed of 50 m/s ( . They will cross each other after
[Orissa JEE 2002]
(a) 1s (b) 2s (c) 3s (d) 4s
94. From the top of a tower, a particle is thrown vertically down wards with a velocity of 10 m/s. The ratio of the
distances covered by it in the 3rd and 2nd seconds of the motion is (Take g = 10 m/s2)
[AIIMS 2000; CBSE PMT 2002]
(a) 5: 7 (b) 7 : 5 (c) 3 : 6 (d) 6 : 3

95. Three different objects of masses and are allowed to fall from rest and from the same point ‘O’ along
three different frictionless paths. The speeds of the three objects, on reaching the ground, will be in the ratio of
[AIIMS 2002]

(a) (b) (c) 1 : 1 : 1 (d)

96. A particle when thrown, moves such that it passes from same height at 2 and 10s, the height is
[UPSEAT 2001]

(a) g (b) 2g (c) 5 g (d) 8 g

97. A man throws a ball vertically upward and it rises through 20 m and returns to his hands. What was the initial
velocity of the ball and for how much time it remains in the air
[MP PET 2001]

(a) u = 10 m/s, T = 2s (b) u = 10 m/s, T = 4s (c) u = 20 m/s, T = 2s (d) u = 20 m/s, T = 4s

2
98. A balloon starts rising from the ground with an acceleration of 1.25 m/s after 8s, a stone is released from the
balloon. The stone will ( m/s2)
[KCET (Engg.) 2001]
(a) Reach the ground in 4 second (b) Begin to move down after
being released
(c) Have a displacement of 50 m (d) Cover a distance of 40 m in
reaching the ground
99. A body thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity reaches maximum height in 6 seconds. The ratio of
the distances travelled by the body in the first second and the seventh second is
[EAMCET (Engg.) 2000]
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 11 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 (d) 1 : 11
100. Time taken by an object to reach the height of and is respectively and then the ratio of to is
[RPMT 1999]

(a) (b) (c) (d) 2h1 : h2

101. The time taken by a block of wood (initially at rest) to slide down a smooth inclined plane 9.8 m long (angle of
inclination is ) is
[JIPMER 1999]

(a) (b) 2 sec (c) 4 sec (d) 1 sec

 Motion in one dimension 45

102. A stone is thrown with an initial speed of 4.9 m/s from a bridge in vertically upward direction. It falls down in
water after 2 sec. The height of the bridge is
[AFMC 1999]
(a) 4.9 m (b) 9.8 m (c) 19.8 m (d) 24.7 m
103. A ball is dropped downwards. After 1 second another ball is dropped downwards from the same point. What is
the distance between them after 3 seconds
[BHU 1998]

(a) 25 m (b) 20 m (c) 50 m (d) 9.8 m

104. A body dropped from a height h with an initial speed zero, strikes the ground with a velocity 3 Another
body of same mass is dropped from the same height h with an initial speed Find the final
velocity of second body with which it strikes the ground
[CBSE PMT 1996; KCET 2002]

(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 12

105. A body is projected up with a speed ‘u’ and the time taken by it is T to reach the maximum height H. Pick out the
correct statement
[EAMCET (Engg.) 1995]

(a) It reaches in sec (b) It acquires velocity in

(c) Its velocity is at (d) Same velocity at 2T

106. P, Q and R are three balloons ascending with velocities U, and respectively. If stones of the same mass
be dropped from each, when they are at the same height, then
[ISM Dhanbad 1994]

(a) They reach the ground at the same time (b) Stone from P reaches the ground first
(c) Stone from R reaches the ground first (d) Stone from Q reaches the ground first
107. A particle is dropped vertically from rest from a height. The time taken by it to fall through successive distances
of 1m each will then be
[Kurukshetra CEE 1996]

(a) All equal, being equal to second

(b) In the ratio of square roots of the integers 1, 2, 3, ….

(c) In the ratio of the difference in the square roots of the integers i.e.

(d) In the ratio of the reciprocal of the square roots of the integers i.e.

108. A rocket is fired upward from the earth’s surface such that it creates an acceleration of If after 5
sec its engine is switched off, the maximum height of the rocket from earth’s surface would be
[MP PET 1995]

(a) 245 m (b) 490 m (c) 980 m (d) 735 m

109. A man in a balloon rising vertically with an acceleration of 4.9 releases a ball 2 sec after the balloon is let
go from the ground. The greatest height above the ground reached by the ball is
[MNR 1986]

(a) 14.7 m (b) 19.6 m (c) 9.8 m (d) 24.5 m

 46 Motion in one dimension
110. A body is slipping from an inclined plane of height h and length l. If the angle of inclination is the time taken
by the body to come from the top to the bottom of this inclined plane is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

111. A frictionless wire AB is fixed on a sphere of radius R. A very small spherical ball slips on this wire. The time
taken by this ball to slip from A to B is
A
(a)

O
(b)
B R

(c)

(d)

112. A body is released from the top of a tower of height h. It takes t sec to reach the ground. Where will be the ball
after time
[NCERT 1981]

(a) At from the ground (b) At from the ground

(c) Depends upon mass and volume of the body (d) At from the ground
113. A body is thrown vertically upwards. If air resistance is to be taken into account, then the time during which the
body rises is
[RPET 2000; KCET (Engg./Med.) 2001; DPMT 2001]
(a) Equal to the time of fall (b) Less than the time of fall
(c) Greater than the time of fall (d) Twice the time of fall
114. A body falls freely from rest. It covers as much distance in the last second of its motion as covered in the first
three seconds. The body has fallen for a time of
[MNR 1998]
(a) 3 s (b) 5 s (c) 7 s (d) 9 s
115. A ball is dropped on the floor from a height of 10 m. It rebounds to a height 2.5 m. If the ball is in contact with
the floor for 0.01 sec, the average acceleration during contact is
[BHU 1997; CPMT 1997]

(a) 2100 downwards (b) 2100 upwards

(c) 1400 (d) 700

116. Two particles one 0.98 m vertically above the other are released simultaneously. They fall under gravity
The separation between the two particles after 2 s will be
(a) 0.49 m (b) 4.9 m (c) 0.98 m (d) 19.6 m
117. Two balls are dropped from different heights. One ball is dropped 2 sec after the other ball. If both balls reach
the ground simultaneously after 5 sec of dropping the first ball the difference of initial heights of the two balls
will be
(a) 58.8 v (b) 78.4 m (c) 98 m (d) 117.6 m
118. A balloon is moving upwards with a constant velocity of 5 A stone is dropped from it. If at the moment of
dropping the stone the balloon is at height of 50 m, then when the stone will hit the ground, at that time the
height of the balloon will be
(a) 68.3 m (b) 63.5 m (c) 75.5 m (d) 88.7 m
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119. A stone thrown upwards with a velocity u reaches upto a height h. If the initial velocity is 2u the height attained
would be
(a) 2 h (b) 4 h (c) 8 h (d) 16 h
120. A person throws balls into the air one after the other at an interval of one second. The next ball is thrown when
the velocity of the ball thrown earlier is zero. To what height the ball rise (Take )
(a) 5 m (b) 10 m (c) 25 m (d) 40 m
121. A body is projected vertically up with a velocity v and after some time it returns to the point from which it was
projected. The average velocity and average speed of the body for the total time of flight are
(a) and (b) 0 and (c) 0 and 0 (d) and 0

122. Two balls A and B are simultaneously thrown. A is thrown from ground level with a velocity of 20 in the
upward direction and B is thrown from a height of 40 m in the downward direction with same velocity. Where will
the two balls meet
(a) 15 m (b) 25 m (c) 35 m (d) 45 m
123. A stone is dropped from a height h. Simultaneously, another stone is thrown up from the ground which reaches a
height 4 h. The two stones cross each other after time

(a) (b) (c) (d)

124. A body is released from a height towards the ground level. Just after one second another body is released from
same height. The distance between two bodies just after two seconds after the release of second body will be
(a) 4.9 m (b) 9.8 m (c) 19.6 m (d) 24.5 m
125. A stone falls from the top of the tower in 8 sec. How much time will it take to cover the first quarter of the
distance starting from the top
(a) 4 sec (b) 2 sec (c) 1 sec (d) None of these
126. Three particles A, B and C are thrown from the top of a tower with the same speed. A is thrown straight up, B is
thrown straight down and C is thrown horizontally. They hit the ground with speeds , and respectively,
then

(a) (b) (c) (d)

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127. Four marbles are dropped from the top of a tower one after the other with an interval of one second. The first
one reaches the ground after 4 seconds. When the first one reaches the ground the distances between the first
and second, the second and third and the third and forth will be respectively
(a) 35, 25 and 15 m (b) 30, 20 and 10 m (c) 20, 10 and 5 m (d) 40, 30 and 20 m
128. A ball is dropped from the top of the tower of height h. It covers a distance of h/2 in the last second of its motion.
How long does the ball remain in air (Take )

(a) (b) (c) (d) None of the above

129. A body is dropped form height h. If and be the times in covering first half and next half distances
respectively, then the correct relation is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

130. A balloon rises from rest with a constant acceleration . A stone is released from it when it has risen to height
h. The time taken by the stone to reach the ground is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

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131. A ball is projected upwards from a height h above the surface of the earth with velocity v. The time at which the
ball strikes the ground is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

132. Two bodies are thrown simultaneously from a tower with same initial velocity one vertically upwards, the
other vertically downwards. The distance between the two bodies after time t is

(a) (b) (c) (d)

133. A body falls freely from the top of a tower. It covers 36% of the total height in the last second before striking the
ground level. The height of the tower is
(a) 50 m (b) 75 m (c) 100 m (d) 125 m
134. A particle is projected upwards. The times corresponding to height h while ascending and while descending are
t1 and t2 respectively. The velocity of projection will be

(a) (b) (c) (d)

135. A projectile is fired vertically upwards with an initial velocity u. After an interval of T seconds a second projectile
is fired vertically upwards, also with initial velocity u.

(a) They meet at time and at a height (b) They meet at time and at a height

(c) They meet at time and at a height (d) They never meet