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ASSIGNMENT NO. 01

ASSIGNMENT NO. 01
RECTILINEAR MOTION
DEFINITIONS OF QUANTITIES
PART-I
* Marked Questions are having more than one correct option.
1.

A car travels from A to B at a speed of 20 km h1 and returns at a speed of 30 km h1. The average speed of
the car for the whole journey is :
(A) 5 km h1
(B) 24 km h1
(C) 25 km h1
(D) 50 km h1

2.

A body covers first

1
1
part of its journey with a velocity of 2 m/s, next
part with a velocity of 3 m/s
3
3
and rest of the journey with a velocity 6m/s. The average velocity of the body will be

(A) 3 m/s

(B)

11
m/s
3

(C)

8
m/s
3

(D)

4
m/s
3

3.*

Consider the motion of the tip of the minute hand of a clock. In one hour
(A) the displacement is zero
(B) the distance covered is zero
(C) the average speed is zero
(D) the average velocity is zero

4.

A car starts from P and follows the path as shown in figure. Finally car stops at R. Find the distance travelled
and displacement of the car if a = 7 m, b = 8 m and r =

11
22
m? [Take
]

5.

A man has to go 50 m due south, 40 m due west and 20 m due north to reach a field.
(a) What distance he has to walk to reach the field ?
(b) What is his displacement from his house to the field?

6.

When a person leaves his home for sightseeing by his car, the meter reads 12352 km. When he returns
home after two hours the reading is 12416 km. During journey he stay for 15 minute at midway.
(a) What is the average speed of the car during this period ?
(b) What is the average velocity?

7.

A particle covers each

1
of the total distance with speed v1, v2 and v3 respectively. Find the average speed of
3

the particle ?

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8.

The position of a body is given by x = At + 4Bt3, where A and B are constants. Find (a) acceleration as a
function of time, (b) velocity and acceleration at t = 5 s.

9.

Find the velocity as a function of time if x = At + Bt3 , where A and B are constants. ?

10.

Match the following :

(A) Rate of change of displacement
(B) Average speed is always greater than or equal to
(C) Displacement has the same direction as that of
(D) Motion under gravity is considered as the case of

(p) Magnitude of average velocity

(q) Initial to final position
(r) Velocity
(s) Uniform acceleration

PART-II
* Marked Questions are having more than one correct option.
1.

A hall has the dimensions 10 m 10 m 10 m. A fly starting at one corner ends up at a diagonally opposite
corner. The magnitude of its displacement is nearly
(A) 5 3 m

2.*

(B) 10 3 m

(C) 20 3 m

(D) 30 3 m

A person travelling on a straight line without changing direction moves with a uniform speed v1 for half
distance and next half distance he covers with uniform speed v2 . The average speed v is given by

2v 1v 2
(A) v v v
1
2

(B) v v 1 v 2

2
1
1
(C) v v v
1
2

1
1
1
(D) v v v
1
2

3.

A car runs at constant speed on a circular track of radius 100 m taking 62.8 s on each lap. What is the
average speed and average velocity on each complete lap? ( = 3.14)
(A) velocity 10m/s, speed 10 m/s
(B) velocity zero, speed 10 m/s
(C) velocity zero, speed zero
(D) velocity 10 m/s, speed zero

4.

The displacement of a body is given by 2s = gt2 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

5.

The displacement (from origin) of a body in motion is given by x = a sin (t + ). The time at which the
displacement is maximum is ( & are constants)
(A)

(B)
2

(C) / 2

2

(D)

6.

Mark the correct statements :

(A) Ideal speedometer shows the magnitude of the instantaneous velocity.
(B) The magnitude of displacement in an interval is equal to distance covered in that time interval.
(C) It is possible to have a situation in which the speed of a particle is some time zero some time non-zero
but the average speed is zero.
(D) It is possible to have a situation in which the speed of the particle is never zero but the average speed in
an interval is zero.

7.*

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.

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8.*

Mark the correct statements for a particle going on a straight line (xposition coordinate, vvelocity, a
acceleration) :
(A) If the v and a have opposite sign, the object is slowing down.
(B) If the x and v have opposite sign, the particle is moving towards the origin.
(C) If the v is zero at an instant, the a should also be zero at that instant.
(D) If the v is zero for a time interval, then a is zero at any instant within the time interval.

9.

Figure shows four paths along which objects move from a starting point to a final point (particle is
moving along the same straight line), all in the same time. The paths pass over a grid of equally spaced
straight lines. Rank the paths according to

(a) the magnitude of average velocity of the objects

(b) the average speed of the objects, greatest first.
10.

A point moving in straight line, traversed half the distance with a velocity v0. The remaining part of the
distance was covered with velocity v1 for half the time and with velocity v2 for the other half of the time.
Find the mean velocity of the point averaged over the whole time of motion.

11.

A man walking with a speed ' v ' constant in magnitude and direction passes under a lantern hanging at
a height H above the ground (consider lantern as a point source). Find the velocity with which the edge
of the shadow of the man's head moves over the ground, if his height is ' h '.

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