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CLASSICAL MECHANICS
Assignment - 1. Kinematics

1. A particle moves in two dimensions on the ellips x2+4y2 = 8. At a particular instant it is at the point (x, y) = (2,1)
and the x-component of its velocity is 6 (in suitable units). Then the y-component of its velocity is
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(a) -3 (b) -2 (c) 1 (d) 4

2. A particle is moving on a plane. At some instant of time radial velocity of particle is 3 times transverse
velocity. If speed of particle is 8 m/s then transverse speed is
(a) 3 m/ s (b) 2 3 m/ s (c) 4 m/s (d) 2 m/s

3.  
In planar polar co-ordinates, an object’s position at time t is given as  r ,    e m, 8 t rad . The magni-
t

tude of its acceleration in m/ s 2 at t = 0 ( to the nearest interger) is __________________[JAM 2017]

4. If transverse acceleration is zero then
1 1
(a) ar  r (b) vr  (c) v  r (d) v 
r r
5. A particle is moving on a plane equation of its path is r = constant. Its transverse acceleration is
zero.Radial acceleration of the planet varies with r as
(a) 1/ r (b) 1/ r 2 (c) 1 / r 3 (d) 1 / r 4
6. If radial and transverse acceleration are both zero then
(a) radial and transverse velocities must be constant
(b) radial velocity must be constant
(c) transverse velocity must be constant
(d) both radial and transverse velocity may not be constant

7. A particle moving in two dimension has equation of path r  Aet and   t , where A and  are con-
stants. Radial acceleration of particle is
(a) A 2 (b)  A 2 (c) A 2 eet (d) zero
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8. Equation of path of a particle is r  e12 . If magnitude of its speed is 13 t then magnitude of radial speed is
(a) 12 t (b) 5 t (c) 2 t (d) 6 t

9. A particle is moving in a circle with constant speed v0 . At the moment shown in the figure, x- component of
its acceleration is

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y
v 2
0
v0
(a) 0 (b) r
r x
v2 v2
(c)  0 sin  (d)  0 cos 
r r

10. A particle is moving in a circle of radius ‘r’ with constant speed ‘v’ . Rate of change of acceleration of the
particle is
v v2 v3
(a) 0 (b) (c) 2 (d) 2
r r r
11. A particle is moving on x-y plane. At t = 0, x = y = 0, and x  0, y    constant  . If particle moves with
constant acceleration  x̂ then equation of the path of the particle is
 y2  y2  y2  y2
(a) x  (b) x  (c) x  (d) x 
2 2  2 2
12. A particle is moving with constant speed v0 along a curve y   x 2 , y-component of acceleration of the
particle when it is at (x = y = 0) is
 v02
(a)  v 2
0 (b) (c) 2 v02 (d) 4 v02
2
13. If the displacement of a particle varies with time as x  t  7 , the
(a) Velocity of the particle is inversely proportional to t.
(b) Velocity of the particle is proportional to t.
(c) Velocity of the particle is proportional to t .
(d) The particle moves with a constant acceleration.
14. The displacement x of a particle along a straight line at t is given by

x  a0  a1t  a2t 2
The acceleration of the particle is
(a) a 0 (b) a1 (c) 2 a 2 (d) a 2

15. The displacement of a particle undergoing rectilinear motion along the x-axis is given by
x  2t 3  21t 2  60t  6 metre
The acceleration of the particle when its velocity is zero will be
(a) 36 m/ sec 2 (b) 9 m/ sec 2 (c) 9 m/ sec 2 (d) 18 m/ sec 2 .
16. In 1.0 s, a particle goes from point A to point B , moving in a semicircle (see figure). The magnitude of the
average velocity is
A

(a) 3.14 m/s

(b) 2.0 m/s 1.0
(c) 1.0 m/s m

(d) zero
B

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17. A particle starts from rest. Its accelration (a) versus time (t) is as shown in the figure. The maximum speed of
the particle will be
a

(a) 110 m/s (b) 550 m/s

10 m/ s 2

(c) 55 m/s (d) 660 m/s

t(s)
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18. A small block slides without friction down an inclined plane starting from rest. Let sn be the distance travelled
sn
from t = n-1 to t = n. Then s is
n 1

2 n-1 2 n1 2 n1 2n

(a) (b) (c) (d)
2n 2 n1 2 n1 2 n+1
19. The given graph shows the variation of velocity with displacement. Which one of the graph given below
correctly represents the variation of acceleration with displacement.
v

V0

x
X0

a a a a

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

20. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate  for some time after which it decelerates at a constant rate 
to come to rest. If the total time elapsed is t, the maximum velocity acquired by the car is given by the car is
given by
2  2  2  2        
(a)  t (b)  t (c)  t (d)  t
  2
   2
       

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MECHANICS
Assignment-1 Kinematics

1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (9) 4. (d) 5. (c)

6. (d) 7. (d) 8. (b) 9. (c) 10. (d)
11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (b,d) 14. (c) 15. (d)
16. (b) 17. (b) 18 (c) 19. (a) 20. (d)

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