Kinematics:

01. The position of a particle moving along X-axis varies with time as x ut Asin t . At t 0 ,
x 0 between t 0 and t t0 , average velocity of particle is u . Then values of t0 can be
A 2 4
a) b) c) d)
u
Ans. B, C, D
Hint : A sin t 0

02. A stone is dropped from a cliff (tall) and after n secs, another stone is thrown down with speed
u . The 2nd stone overtakes 1st stone after traveling distance
2
gn
nu
g 2
Ans.
2 u gn

03. A 2m wide truck is moving with a constant speed 8 m/s along a st. horizontal road. A pedestrian
starts to cross the road with uniform speed when truck is 4m away from him. Find minimum
value of , so that he can cross the road safely.
Ans. 3.57 m/s
Sol. AB BC 8t , AB 4
4 2cot 8t (1)
2
CD t (2)
sin
8 d
, for min 0.
2sin cos d
04. An ant has to reach the diagonally opposite corners of a room of dimensions 3m 4m 5m . If
it moves with a uniform speed 2 m / s , the shortest time in which it can reach destination is :
Ans. 2 5 sec .
05. Two identical rods of length l lie in x y plane, 1st rod along x-axis and 2nd one along x y
. They intersect each other at their mid point at origin. Now the 1st rod is moved with vi v j

and 2nd one with v2 i j . The magnitude of velocity of point of intersection of the
2 2
rods is
Ans. 4 2 2 .

06. In the figure, B 2 m / s . Then speed of c , a point on the string as shown is :

Ans. 3B 4 A A 1.5 m / s
C 2 A B 1 m / s

07. In the figure shown, a cylinder remains in contact with both wedges. Then speed of cylinder is
Ans. 4 7
Sol. constraints at two contacts, xi y j
08. A balloon is ascending up at 4 m/s. An object is dropped from it when it is at a height of 100m
from ground. The distance between object and balloon after 2sec is
Ans. 20 m

09. Acceleration position graph of a particle moving along a straight line is shown in figure. At t 0
, 0 . Its velocity at x 12 m is :

Ans. 4 3 m / s
v2 u 2 d
Sol. Area under a x graph a
2 dx
1
10. The accelerator of a train produces constant acceleration of m / s 2 and its brakes produce
4
constant retardation of 0.5 m / s 2 . The shortest time in which train can reach from station A to
B, stopping at both stations is : ____ AB = 8 km
Ans. 50 s
11. A particle is moving in X Y plane that x 2t and y 5sin 2t . Then maximum speed is :
Ans. 2 26
3a a
12. A particle move in X Y plane with velocity ai btj . At t , find r ?
b aN
Ans. 3

1
13. A particle starts from rest at A and moves with uniform acceleration ' a ' m / s 2 . After sec,
a
2nd particle starts from A along same direction with constant velocity u. If u 2 m / s , the
during entire motion, the 2nd particle is ahead of 1st for a duration of :
2
Ans. u u 2
a
1 1
Sol. S1 at 2 and S2 u t , S2 S1 and solve
2 a

14. A particle is moving x y plane. At an instance, x 3 m / s , y 4 m / s , ax 2 m / s 2 and

a y 1 m / s 2 . Rate of change of speed at that instant is :
Ans. 2 m/s
Sol. Rate of change of speed is at i.e., component of a and .
15. A particle is dropped from a high tower at t 0 . At the same time another particle is projected
vertically up from same point. The graph between distance between particles and time can be
(before either of them hits ground is)
Ans.
16. The position of particle moving along X-axis with constant acceleration varies with time as
shown in fig. Then
t2
a) x t
4
b) maximum X-coordinate is 1m
c) total distance traveled is 2m
d) all of the above
Ans. D

17. A rod of length 2m is sliding down against a vertical wall as shown. At an instant, A 5 m / s
and 300 . At that instance,
a) B ____

Ans. 5 / 3 m / s

b) rate of change of w.r.t time is :

5
Ans. / 3 rad / s .
2
18. A particle projected vertically upward with 16 m / s , returns with 8 m / s . If work done by air
resistance during upward and downward motion is same, find maximum height reached.
Ans. 8m
1
Sol. 0 m12 mgh W1
2
1
m22 mgh W2
2
19. A uniform rod is sliding against an inclined wall as shown. A _____

Ans. A B cos / cos

20. A particle of mass m is moving along X-axis with a constant acceleration. Its average kinetic
energy between instances of velocities u and v is :
Ans.
1
2

m u 2 2 u
21. Two rods AC and BC are hinged at C. A 8 m / s and B 4 3 m / s . Then velocity of
hinge C is :

Ans. 2 13 m / s , 3 3 2 i 3 2 3 j
Let C xi y j components of velocities along rod are same.
22. A train passes an observer standing on platform. The 1st carriage passes in 1st and 2nd one in 1.5s.
If the length of each carriage passes is 12m. Find its constant retardation?
Ans. 3.2 m / s 2

23. A particle moves in X Y plane according to x at and y at 1 bt . At what time angle

between a and is .
4
1
Ans.
b

24. A B C A and B are rotated through same angle to get A1 and B1 . Then
A) A1 B1 C B) A1 B1 C C) A1.B1 A. B D)
A1 B1 C
Ans. B, C, D

25. A block of mass m moves down the smooth inclined surface of a wedge of mass M and
inclination placed on a smooth horizontal surface. If the acceleration of wedge makes an
angle with horizontal, find the value of ?
m
Ans: tan (1 ) tan
M
26. A particle starting from rest moves vertically upward from the surface of earth under an
external (variable) force F 2 z mg k . H is maximum height reached by particle.
1 2
A) H B) H

H 3mg H g
C) work done by F upto is D) speed of particle at is
2 2 2
Ans. B, C, D
d
Sol. Net force, m . 2 z mg mg
dz
27.
Projectiles:
01. A projectile falls 6m short when projected at 300 and 9m ahead of target when projected at 450
. Then correct angle of projection of hit the target is
1 1 1 3 2
Ans. sin 2
2 5 2
2
02. Speed of a projectile at its greatest height is of its speed at half of greatest height. Then
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angle of projection is :
Ans. 60
x
03. Equation of trajectory of a projectile is y x 1 tan
R
04. A particle projected with 2 gh from ground just clear two walls of height ' h ' , separated by
horizontal distance 2h . The time spent by particle between two walls is
 h
Ans. 2
g
1 t 2 4ac
Sol. 2h ux t , y u yt gt 2 , t
2 a
ux u y 4 gh
2 2

Solve the above equations.

05. A particle is projected horizontally from the top of a tower of height H, with a speed u along east.
g
Wind provides constant acceleration along west (constant). If the particle strikes the ground
2
vertically.
2u 2
A) H
g
2u
B) T
g
C) particle strikes the ground with a speed 2u
1
D) work done by wind force is : mu 2
2
Ans. All
2H g 2u
Sol. T , Ou t t
g 2 g

06. A ball is projected vertically up from ground at 40 m/s, At the same time another particle is
dropped from a height 100m. At what time, their speeds are equal ?
Ans. 2s
07. A body is projected with a speed u at angle with horizontal. The magnitude of rate of change
of speed of projectile when it is at half of maximum height is
g tan
Ans.
2 tan 2
d
Sol. x2 y2 .2 y.g
dt 2
08. A projectile of mass 2 kg has speeds of 3 m / s and 4 m / s at some instants of time. If there two
velocities are perpendicular to each other, minimum kinetic energy of particle during its flight is
Ans. 5.76 J
3
Sol. 2 1 cos 2 sin tan , 370
4
12
x 3.cos 37 0
5
09. A particle is projected from origin with minimum possible speed so that it is able to pass through
(30m, 40m). The range of particle is :
Ans. 54 m
Hint : Equation of trajectory

10. A particle is projected from a height h with a speed 2ag . Maximum range on ground is :
Ans. 2 a a h
11. In the above problem 104 angle of projection for minimum speed is :
Ans. tan 1 3
12. A very broad elevator is going up vertically with constant a 2 m / s 2 . At an instant, when its
velocity is 4 m / s , a ball is projected from floor of elevator is 16 m / s (w.r.t ground) at 300
with horizontal. The time taken by the ball to return to floor is
2
Ans. s
3
2u y
Sol. T , u y w.r.t elevator
g
13. A point moves in X Y plane according to x at and y at 1 bt , where a and b are positive

constants. At what time angle between and a is
4
1
Ans. t
b
14. Instantaneous velocity of a particle starting from origin and moving X Y plane is
V ay i v0 j . v0 is positive and a is negative constant. Then its trajectory is

Ans. 1
15. For a particle projected from origin, its velocity at a height of 0.4 m is 6i 2 j 2 m / s . (X-
axis horizontal and Y-axis vertical). Then angle of projection is :
Ans. 300
16. A particle is projected vertically with speed u from O. At the same time, another particle is
projected from P at an angle as shown. The time when the distance between them is minimum
is

Ans. h / 2u
17. A particle is projected from 0,1 aiming at 4,9 taking X axis as ground and Y axis as
vertically upward, coordinates at point where it strikes ground.

Ans. 2, 0
18. A peanut is projected from a point on ground in such a direction that it could have reached a
bird on top of a telegraph pole of height h and reach a maximum height of 2h. However at the
 instant of projection, the bird starts moving horizontally away from the observer with a constant
velocity. For what ratio of horizontal velocities of bird and peanut, the peanut is still able to
reach the bird?
2
Ans:
2 1
19. A man is standing on a truck moving with a constant acceleration 10 m/s2 on a horizontal road.
When the speed of the truck is 10 m/s, the man throws a particle at angle of 450 with horizontal
at a speed of 5 2 m/s w.r.t truck in the direction of motion of truck. Find the displacement of
the particle w.r.t man?
Ans: 0
20.

Relative motion:
01. Two particles are simultaneously projected from A and B such that d is horizontal and h is
vertical distance between them, as shown. The time after which their separation is minimum is :

d
Ans. t
2 cos

Sol. relative velocity

02. At t 0 two particles (A and B) are separated by 32 m. Relative velocity of A w.r.t. B is 8 m / s
and its component along the line joining them 4 m / s . Then at what time, they are closest to
each other.

Ans. 2 sec
16
Sol. t 2s
8
03. Two cars A and B are at rest at reference line of straight two lane road. A starts at t 0 with
constant acceleration of 1 m / s 2 and attains a maximum velocity of 8 m / s and moves with
constant velocity. Car B starts at t 4s and wants to overtake A in minimum time. Maximum
speed and acceleration of B are 12 m/s and 3 m / s 2 .
A) Maximum lead of A over B is 8m B) Maximum lead of A over B is 12 m
C) Car B over takes A at t 10 sec D) Car B over takes A at t = 6 sec
Ans. B, C
Sol. Lead increases till A B i.e., till t 6s .
04. A farmer is standing just outside of the corner A of a muddy square field. His speed outside field
2 times his speed is muddy field. He reaches corner C in minimum time if walks.
AB
A) till outside field and in straight line to C
2
AB
B) till outside field and in straight line to A
2
C) from A to B and then B to C outside the field
D) directly from A to C in the field
Ans. All
05. From the top of two towers of heights 29m and 20m, two balls are projected towards each other
at 2 2 m / s and 14 2 m / s at an angle 450 with horizontal. If distance (horizontal) between
towers is 22 m, distance of closest of approach between them is :
Ans. 6 m
06. A river of width a with straight parallel banks is flowing due north (Y axis) with a speed

u x a x , where speed of boat w.r.t river. If the boat is started due to east (X aixs),
a2
starting from origin, the equation of trajectory of boat is :
x 2 x3
Ans. y
2a 3a 2
dx
Sol. x
dt
dy
y u x a x 2

a dt
dy x a x
, on integrating
dx a2
07.