PHYSICS
Motion
Exercise
1. A rock is thrown (not dropped) straight down from a bridge into the river below. Then the rock has an
acceleration
(1) equal to ‘g’ immediately after the release.
(2) greater than ‘g’ immediately after the release.
(3) lesser than ‘g’ immediately after the release.
(4) equal to ‘g’ throughout its motion before hitting the water.
2. The figure below shows the position of a balls at t = 0 s, t = 1 s, t = 2 s, t = 3 s and t = 4 s
t=4 t=3 t=2 t=1 t=0
x=0 x
Which of the graph below is an appropriate plot of the position versus time for the above situation?
x x x x
t t t t
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3. An athlete completes one round of circular track of radius ‘r’ in 30 s with uniform speed. The ratio of
distance to the displacement traveled by the athlete at the end of 45 s is
2 3
(1) 2r (2) r (3) (4) 2
3 2
4. A balloon is at the height of 40 m and is ascending with a velocity of 10 ms1. A bag of 5 kg weight is
dropped from it. When will the bag reach the ground? [g = 10 ms2]
(1) 4 s (2) 2 s (3) 8 s (4) 10 s
5. A stone falls freely under gravity. It covers distances h1, h2 and h3 in the first 5 seconds, the next
5 seconds and the next 5 seconds respectively. The relation between h1, h2 and h3 is
h h
(1) h1 = 2h2 = 3h3 (2) h1 2 3
3 5
(3) h2 = 3h1 and h3 = 3h2 (4) h1 = h2 = h3
6. The graph shows position as a function of time for two trains A and B running on parallel tracks. For
times greater than t = 0, which of the following statement is true?
A
Position
B
(1) At time tB, both trains have the same velocity
(2) Both trains speed up all the time
o tB
(3) Both trains may have the same velocity at some time earlier than tB
(4) Graph indicates that both trains have the same acceleration at a given time
3
7. A particle starting from rest moves with a uniform acceleration for an interval t1. Further it moves with
constant velocity for an interval t2 and later it decelerates uniformly and finally comes to rest. The
v-t graph that best represents the motion of such a particle is
(1) (2) (3) (4)
8. Two bodies of masses m1 and m2 are allowed to fall freely from heights h1 and h2 respectively. The ratio
of the time taken by the bodies to fall through these heights is
h h2 h1
(1) 1 (2) 12 (3) (4) h1h2
h2 h2 h2
9. The water drops fall at regular intervals from a tap which is at 5 m 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)
(1) 5 m (2) 3.75 m (3) 2 m (4) 4 m
–2
10. A bus starts from rest with an acceleration of 1 ms . A man who is 48 m behind the bus starts to run
with a uniform velocity of 10 ms–1. The minimum time after which the man will catch the bus is
(1) 2s (2) 8s (3) 10 s (4) 12 s
11. A tourist being chased by an angry bear is running in a straight line towards his car at a speed of 4 ms1.
The car is at distance ‘d’ m away. The bear is 26 m behind the tourist and running at 6 ms1. The tourist
reaches the car safely. What is the maximum possible value for d?
(1) 52 m (2) 60 m (3) 30 m (4) 80 m
12. A body, starting from rest and moving with constant acceleration, covers a distance S1 in 4th second and
S
S2 in 6th second. The ratio 1 is
S2
2 4 6 7
(1) (2) (3) (4)
3 9 11 11
13. A body dropped from the top of a tower falls through 40 m during the last two seconds of its fall. The
height of the tower is
(1) 60 m (2) 45 m (3) 80 m (4) 50 m
14. A man is driving at 60 kmph in a 30 kmph speed zone. When he suddenly sees the police, he steps on the
brakes and slows to 30 kmph in 3s. How far does he travel while braking?
(1) 3.75 km (2) 0.0375 km (3) 3.75 mm (4) 0.375 m
15. One body is dropped while a second body is thrown downward with an initial velocity of 1 ms–1
simultaneously. The separation between them is 18 m after a time interval of
(1) 18 s (2) 9 s (3) 4.5 s (4) 36 s
4
16. A sphere ‘P’ is released from the top of a tower. ‘T’ seconds later, another identical sphere ‘Q’ is
released from the top of the tower such that they fall along the same vertical line. If air resistance is
neglected, then at any instant of time during their fall
(1) the difference in their displacements remains the same.
(2) the difference in their speeds remains the same.
(3) the difference in their speeds increases with time.
(4) the difference in their displacements decreases with time.
17. A dog runs back and forth between friends who are walking towards one another with a speed of
0.5 ms–1. The dog starts running when the friends were 15 m apart with a speed of 3 ms–1. How far has
the dog traveled when the friends meet?
(1) 60 m (2) 30 m (3) 15 m (4) 45 m
2
18. A car starts moving along a line, first with an acceleration a = 5 ms starting from rest, then it moves
uniformly and finally decelerates at the same rate, comes to rest in the total time of 25 s. Then average
velocity during this time is 72 km h1. How long does the particle move uniformly?
(1) 25 s (2) 2.5 h (3) 1.5 h (4) 15 s
–1
19. In a bicycle race, Ram is travelling with a constant velocity of 10 ms and is 15 m ahead of Shyam.
Shyam is travelling with a velocity of 8 ms–1 and with an acceleration of 2 ms–2. How much time elapses
before Shyam overtakes Ram?
(1) 5 s (2) 3 s (3) 10 s (4) 8 s
20. A car moving at a speed v is stopped in a certain distance when the brakes produce a deceleration a.
If the speed of the car was nv, what must be the deceleration of the car to stop it in the same distance and
in the same t?
(1) na (2) na (3) n2a (4) n3a