Practice Sheet 1 Subject : Physics

Topic :
1. The distance travelled by a freely falling body is proportional to
(A) the mass of the body (B) the square of the acceleration due to gravity
(C) the square of the time of fall (D) the time of fall

2. The graph shown in the figure shows the velocity v versus time t of a body. Which of the graphs shown in
figure represents the corresponding acceleration versus time graphs?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

3. The acceleration–time graph of a particle moving on a straight line is as shown in figure. The velocity of the
particle at time t = 0 is 2m/s. The velocity after 2 seconds will be

(A) 6 m/s (B) 4 m/s (C) 2 m/s (D) 8 m/s

4. A parachutist drops freely from an aeroplane for 10 s before the parachute opens out. Then he descends
with a net retardation of 2.5 ms–2. If he bails out of the plane at a height of 2495 m and g = 10 ms –2, his
velocity on reaching the ground will be
(A) 2.5 ms–1 (B) 7.5 ms–1 (C) 5 ms–1 (D) 10 ms–1

Comprehension
Mr. Shyam drives his car at uniform speed from bottom of a mountain to the top in 20 minutes along a
helical path as shown. Car starts from point A.

mountain

4km

A
3km
 At the beginning the speedometer of his car shows 8315 km, while on reaching the top it reads 8335
km.(Take upward as positive y-axis and positive x-axis towards right)

5. The total distance covered is :

(A) 10 km (B) 20 km
(C) 25 km (D) can not be determine
6. His displacement vector during the journey is :
(A) ( 3 ˆi  4 ˆj) km (B) 3 km (C) 5 km (D) none of these

7. The average speed during the journey is :

(A) 60 km/s (B) 50/3 km/hr (C) 60 km/hr (D) 50/3 m/s

8. The average velocity during the journey is :

(A) ( 9 ˆi  12 ˆj) km/hr (B) ( 2.5iˆ  3.3 ˆj) m/s (C) (25/8) m/s (D) None of these

ANSWER KEY

1. C 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. CD 8. AB
Practice Sheet 2 Subject : Physics
Topic :
1. A body goes 30 km south and then 40 km east. What will be the displacement from initial point ?
(A) 50 km (B) 30 km (C) 40 km (D) 70 km

2. The displacement of a body is given by r = a 2  t 2 + t cos t2, where t is the time and a is constant. Its
velocity is:
t t
(A) + cos t2  t sin 2t (B) + cos t2  2 t2 sin t2
a t
2 2
a t
2 2

a
(C) 2 + 2 t cos t2 sin t + sin t (D) a  t2  t sin t2
(a  t 2 )

3. One car moving on a straight road covers one third of the distance with 20 km/h and the rest with 60
km/h. The average speed of the car is
2
(A) 40 km/h (B) 80 km/h (C) 46 km / h (D) 36 km/h
3

4. A car covers a distance of 2 km in 2.5 minutes. If it covers half of the distance with speed 40 km/hr, the rest
distance it shall cover with a speed of:
(A) 56 km/hr (B) 60 km/hr (C) 48 km/hr (D) 50 km/hr

MCQ
5. The velocity-time plot for a particle moving on a straight line is shown in fig.
(A) The particle has constant acceleration
(B) The particle has never turned around.

(C) The particle has zero displacement

(D) The average speed in the interval 0 to 10s is the same
as the average speed in the interval 10s to 20s.

Subjective
6. Find the horizontal & vertical components of force in each case.

7. Find the component of vector along and at right angles to the vector ˆi  2 ˆj  2kˆ .

ANSWER KEY
1. A 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. AD 6. (a) 10cos30°, 10 sin 30° (b) 20cos60°, 20 sin 60°
7.
10 ˆ
9
(i  2 ˆj  2k)
9
 
ˆ parallel component, 1 62 ˆi  11 ˆj  20 kˆ perpendicular component.
Practice Sheet 3 Subject : Physics
Topic :
SCQ

1. The position vector of a particle is given as r  ( t 2  – 4t  6)iˆ  (t 2 )ˆj . The time after which the velocity
vector and acceleration vector becomes perpendicular to each other is equal to
(A) 1sec (B) 2 sec (C) 1.5 sec (D) not possible

2. The position vectors of four points A,B,C and D are ˆi  ˆj  kˆ , 2iˆ  5jˆ , 3iˆ  2 ˆj  3kˆ , ˆi  6 ˆj  kˆ then select the
correct relation :
1 2 1
(A) AB = CD (B) AB = CD (C) AB = CD (D) AB = CD
2 3 4

3. A point moves rectilinearly. Its position x at time t is given by, x2 = t2 + 1. Its acceleration at time t is:
1 1 1 t
(A) (B)  2 (C)  (D) none of these
x3 x x x2

4. A particle is moving along a straight line with constant acceleration. At the end of tenth second its velocity
becomes 20 m/s and in tenth second it travels a distance of 10 m. Then the acceleration of the particle will
be-
1
(A) 10 m/s2 (B) 20 m/s2 (C) m/s2 (D) 3.8 m/s2
5

5. True or False :
Acceleration increases speed when acceleration and velocity have opposite direction.

Subjective
6. Ball A is rolled in a straight line with a speed of 5 ms–1 towards a bigger ball B lying 20 m away. After
collision with ball B, ball A retraces the path and reaches its starting point with a speed of
4 ms–1. Find the magnitude of the average velocity of ball A and its average speed during the time interval
(i) 0 to 4s (ii) 0 to 9s, and (iii) 0 to 6s.

7. A boy start towards east with uniform speed 5m/s. After t = 2 second he turns right and travels 40 m with
same speed. Again he turns right and travels for 8second with same speed. Find out the displacement;
average speed, average velocity and total distance travelled.

ANSWER KEY
1. A 2. B 3. A4. B 5. False
dis tan ce 20 displacement 20
6. (i) Average speed = = = 5 ms–1 ; Average velocity = = = 5 ms–1
time 4 time 4
dis tan ce 40
(ii) Average speed = = = 4.44 ms–1 ; Average velocity = zero
time 9
28
(iii) Average speed = = 4.67 ms–1; Average velocity = 12/6 = 2 m/s 7. 50m, 5m/s, 25/9 m/s, 90 m
6
Practice Sheet 4 Subject : Physics
Topic :
SCQ
        
1. If none of the vectors a, b and c are zero, and if a  b  0 and b  c  0 , then the value of a  c is :
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) b2 (D) ac cos

     
2. If a  3iˆ  7 ˆj  4kˆ , b  ˆi  5ˆj  8kˆ and c  6iˆ  2 ˆj  12kˆ , then the direction cosines of a  b  c is :
(A) 1,1,1 (B) 1,1,0 (C) 1,0,0 (D) 10,1,0

3. A car starts from rest and moves with constant acceleration. The ratio of the distance covered in the nth
second to that covered in n seconds is :
2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1
(A) 2 – (B) 2 + (C) – 2 (D) + 2
n n n n n n n n

4. An ant is at a corner of a cubical room of side ' a '. The ant can move with a constant speed u. The
minimum time taken to reach the farthest corner of the cube is:

(A)
3a
(B)
3a
(C)
5a
(D)
 2  1 a
u u u u
MCQ
5. Two particles, one with constant velocity 50m/s and the other start from rest with uniform acceleration
10m/s2, start moving simultaneously from the same position in the same direction. They will be at a
distance of 125m from each other after
(A) 5 sec. (B) 5(1 + 2) sec. (C) 10sec. (D) 10(2 + 1)sec.

6. Pick the correct statements:

(A) Average speed of a particle in a given time is never less than the magnitude of the average velocity.

d d 
(B) It is possible to have a situation in which  0 but  0.
dt dt
(C) The average velocity of a particle is zero in a time interval. It is possible that the instantaneous velocity
is never zero in the interval.
(D) The average velocity of a particle moving on a straight line is zero in a time interval. It is possible that
the instantaneous velocity is never zero in the interval. (Infinite acceleration are not allowed)

7. Each of the following changes in velocity takes place during 10 s interval. What are the magnitude, the
algebraic sign, and the direction of the average acceleration in each interval?
(a) At the beginning of the interval a body is moving toward the right at 5ms–1, and at the end of the
interval it is moving toward the right at 20 ms–1
(b) At the beginning it is moving toward the right at 20 ms–1, and at the end it is moving toward the right
at 5 ms–1.
(c) At the beginning it is moving toward the left at 5ms–1, and at the end it is moving toward the left at 20
ms–1.
(d) At the beginning it is moving toward the left at 20 ms–1, and at the end it is moving toward the left at 5
ms–1.
 (e) At the beginning it is moving toward the right at 20 ms–1, and at the end it is moving toward the left at
20 ms–1.
(f) At the beginning it is moving toward the left at 20 ms–1, and at the end it is moving toward the right at
20 ms–1.
(g) In which of these cases is the particle speeding up? In which cases is it slowing down?

ANSWER KEY
1. B 2. C 3. C 4. C 5. AB 6. ABC 7. (a) 1.5 ms–2 ; right (b) –1.5 ms–2 ; left
(c) –1.5 ms–2 ; left (d) 1.5 ms–2 ; right (e) –4 ms–2 ; left (f) 4 ms–2 ; right (g) a, c; b, d
Practice Sheet 5 Subject : Physics
Topic :
 
1. A particle of mass 2 kg moves in the xy plane under the action of a constant force F where F  ˆi  ˆj
. Initially the velocity of the particle is 2 ˆj . The velocity of the particle at time t is -

(A)
1
2
1
(t + 4) î – tjˆ
2

(B) t ˆi  ˆj  (C)
1 ˆ ˆ
2

t ij  (D)
1 ˆ 1
2
ti   t  4  ˆj
2

2. A particle moves rectilinearly with a constant acceleration 1 m/s2. Its speed after 10 seconds is
5 m/s. The distance covered by the particle in this duration is (Initial & final velocities are in opposite
directio)
(A) 20 m (B) 25 m (C) 30 m (D) 50 m

3. A lift starts from rest. Its acceleration is plotted against time in the following graph. When it comes to rest
its height above its starting point is :

(A) 20 m (B) 64 m (C) 32 m (D) 128 m

4. A particle moves through the origin of an xy-cordinate system at t = 0 with initial velocity u = 4i - 5 j m/s.
The particle moves in the xy plane with an acceleration a = 2i m/s2. Speed of the particle at t = 4 second is :
(A) 12 m/s (B) m/s (C) 5 m/s (D) 13 m/s

5. The velocity at the maximum height of a projectile is half of its initial velocity u. Its range on the horizontal
plane is :
2u 2 3 u2 u2 u2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3g 2g 3g 2g

6. A cricket ball is hit for a six leaving the bat at an angle of 45º to the horizontal with kinetic energy k. At the
top of trajectory the kinetic energy of the ball is :
k k
(A) zero (B) k (C) (D)
2 2

7. A body is projected with a speed u at an angle to the horizontal to have maximum range. At the highest
point the velocity is :
u
(A) zero (B) u 2 (C) u (D)
2
8. A particle is projected with a velocity 10 2 m/s making an angle 45º with the horizontal. Neglect the
effect of air friction. Then after 1 second of projection. Take g=10 m/s2
(A) the height of the particle above the point of projection is 5 m.
(B) the height of the particle above the point of projection is 10 m.
(C) the horizontal distance of the particle from the point of projection is 5 m.
(D) the horizontal distance of the particle from the point of projection is 15 m.

9. The equation of motion of a projectile is y = 12 x – 3/4 x2. Given that g = 10 ms–2. What is the range of the
projectile?
(A) 36m (B) 30.6 m (C) 16 m (D) 12.4 m

ANSWER KEY

1.A 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. D 8. A 9. C
Practice Sheet 6 Subject : Physics
Topic :

1. The instantaneous velocity of a particle is equal to time derivative of its position vector and the
instantaneous acceleration is equal to time derivative of its velocity vector. Therefore:
(A) the instantaneous velocity depends on the instantaneous position vector
(B) instantaneous acceleration is independent of instantaneous position vector and
instantaneous velocity
(C) instantaneous acceleration is independent of instantaneous position vector but depends on the
instantaneous velocity
(D) instantaneous acceleration depends both on the instantaneous position vector and the
instantaneous velocity.

2. A man moves on his motorbike with 54 km/h and then takes a u turn (180°) and continues to move with
same speed. The time of u turn is 10 s. Find the average acceleration during u turn.
(A) 0 (B) 3 ms–2 (C) 2 1.5ms–2 (D) none of these

3. Ratio of the ranges of the bullets fired from a gun at angle , 2 & 4 is found in the ratio x : 2 : 2, then the
value of x will be (Assume same speed of bullets)
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) none of these
4. The displacement of a body from a reference point is given by, x = 2 t  3, where ' x ' is in metres and it is
non negative number, t in seconds. This shows that the body :
(A) is at rest at t = 3/2 (B) is accelerated
(C) is decelerated (D) is in uniform motion

5. A bullet is fired with speed 50 m/s at 45° angle with horizontal. Find the height of the bullet when its
direction of motion makes angle 30° with the horizontal.

6. In the column-, the path of a projectile (initial velocity 10 m/s and angle of projection with horizontal 60°
in all cases) is shown in different cases. Rangle 'R' is to be matched in each case from column-. Take g = 10
m/s2. Arrow on the trajectory indicates the direction of motion of projectile.
 Column-I Column-II

15 3
(A) (p) R = m
2

40
(B) (q) R = m
3

(C) (r) R = 5 3 m

20
(D) (s) R = m
3

ANSWER KEY

125
1. B 2. B 3. D 4. AB 5. h= m above point of projection
3
6. (A) r (B) p (C) s (D) q
Practice Sheet 7 Subject : Physics
Topic :
1. The velocity of a particle moving on the x-axis is given by v = x2 + x where v is in m/s and x is in m. Find
its acceleration in m/s2 when passing through the point x = 2m

(A) 0 (B) 5 (C) 11 (D) 30

2. A stone is projected from point A with speed u making an angle 60° with horizontal as shown. The fixed
inclined surface makes an angle 30° with horizontal. The stone lands at B after time t. Then the distance AB
is equal to

ut 3ut
(A) (B) (C) 3ut (D) 2 ut
3 2

3. A particle is resting over a smooth horizontal floor. At t = 0, a horizontal force starts acting on it.
Magnitude of the force increases with time according to law F = t, where  is a positive constant and t is
time. For the figure shown which of the following statements is/are correct?

(A) Curve 1 shows acceleration against time (B) Curve 2 shows velocity against time
(C) Curve 2 shows velocity against acceleration (D) none of these

4. A train stopping at two stations 2 kms apart on a straight line takes 4 minutes for the journey. Assuming
1 1
that its motion is first uniformly accelerated and then uniformly retarded, prove that + = 4, where ' x '
x y
and ' y ' are the magnitude of the acceleration and retardation respectively in (km/min2).

5. A person starts from origin and for his linear motion velocity is given as shown in figure. Draw
displacement and acceleration graph with respect to time. Also find maximum displacement of the person.
  
6. Velocity of a particle moving along a straight line at any time ‘t’ is given by V = cos  t  . Find out the
3 
distance travelled by the particle in the first two seconds.

7. Match the following.

The projectile collides perpendicularly with the inclined plane. (Refer the figure)




(a) Maximum height attained by the (P) zero

projectile from the ground

(b) Maximum height attained by (Q) g

the projectile from Inclined plane
u 2 sin 2 
(c) Acceleration of the projectile before (R)
2 g cos 
striking the inclined plane
u 2 sin 2 (  )
(d) Horizontal component of acceleration of the projectile. (S)
2g

ANSWER KEY
3 3
1. D 2. A 3. ABC 4. 4 5. 212.5 m. 6. x = 2  
 2 
7. (a)  S, (b) R, (c)  Q, (d)  P
Practice Sheet 8 Subject : Physics
Topic :
1. A clock has a minute-hand 10 cm long. Find the average velocity between 6.00 AM to 6.30 AM for the tip of
minute-hand.
22 2 12 2
(A) cm min–1 (B) cm min–1 (C) cm min–1 (D) cm min–1
21 21 21 3

2. The velocity of a car moving on a straight road increases linearly according to equation,
v = a + b x, where a & b are positive constants. The acceleration in the course of such motion: (x is the
distance travelled)
(A) increases (B) decreases (C) stay constant (D) becomes zero

COMPREHENSION (3 - 5)
The velocity 'v' of a particle moving along straight line is given in terms of time t as v = 3(t2 – t) where t is
in seconds and v is in m/s.

3. The distance travelled by particle from t = 0 to t = 2 seconds is :

(A) 2 m (B) 3 m (C) 4 m (D) 6 m

4. The displacement of particle from t = 0 to t = 2 seconds is

(A) 1 m (B) 2 m (C) 3 m (D) 4 m

5. The speed is minimum after t = 0 second at instant of time -

(A) 0.5 sec (B) 1 sec. (C) 2 sec. (D) None of these

ANSWER KEY
1. D 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. B
Practice Sheet 9 Subject : Physics
Topic :
SCQ
1. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower. When it has fallen by 5m from the top, another stone is
dropped from a point 25m below the top. If both stones reach the ground at the same moment, then height
of the tower from ground is : (take g = 10m/s2)
(A) 45 m (B) 50m (C) 60m (D) 65m

MCQ
2. A ball is thrown up with a certain velocity. It attains a height of 40 m and comes back to the thrower. Then
the : (g = 10m/s2)
(A) total distance covered by it is 40 m (B) total displacement covered by it is 80 m
(C) total displacement is zero (D) the average velocity for round trip is zero

3. Find the components of force F along and perpendicular to the incline.

4. A particle moving along a straight line with a constant acceleration of – 4 m/s2 passes through a point A
on the line with a velocity of + 8 m/s at some moment. Find the distance travelled by the particle in 5
seconds after that moment.

5. The position of a particle moving rectilinearly is given by x = t3 – 3t2 – 10. Find the distance travelled by
the particle in the first 4 seconds starting from t = 0.

ANSWER KEY

1. A 2. CD 3. Fcos30°, Fsin 30°. 4. 26 m 5. Distance Travelled = 24 units.

Practice Sheet 10 Subject : Physics
Topic :
1. The displacement of a body is given to be proportional to the cube of time elapsed. Acceleration of the
body is proportional to :
(A) t4 (B) t3 (C) t2 (D) t

2. From the top of a tower, a stone is thrown up and reaches the ground in time t1. A second stone is thrown
down with the same speed and reaches the ground in time t2. A third stone is released from rest and
reaches the ground in time t3.
1 1 1 1
(A) t3 = (t1 + t2) (B) t 3  t 1 t 2 (C) =  (D) t 23 = t 12  t 22
2 t3 t2 t1

3. A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the ground. It crosses a point at the height of 25 m twice at an
interval of 4 secs. The ball was thrown with the velocity of -
(A) 20 m/sec. (B) 25 m/sec. (C) 30 m/sec. (D) 35 m/sec.

4. The diagram shows the velocity time graph for a particle moving in a straight
line. The sum of the magnitudes of two shaded areas represents :
(A) displacement of the particle
(B) average velocity of the particle
(C) distance moved by the particle
(D) average speed of the particle.

5. Assertion : The distance covered can never be less than the magnitude of displacement
Reason : Distance covered can never decrease whereas displacement can
(A) If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is correct explanation of Assertion.
(B) If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation of Assertion.
(C) If Assertion is true but Reason is false.
(D) If both Assertion and Reason are false.

6. The velocity - time graph of a particle is as shown in figure

(A) It moves with a constant acceleration throughout

(B) It moves with an acceleration of constant magnitude but changing
direction at the end of every two second
(C) The displacement of the particle is zero
(D) The velocity becomes zero at t = 4 second

ANSWER KEY

1.D 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. A 6. B
Practice Sheet 11 Subject : Physics
Topic :
SCQ
1. Sign of acceleration tells us: (for rectilinear motion)
(A)whether the particle's speed is increasing or decreasing
(B)about change in speed depending on the choice of the positive direction of the velocity
(C)both of the above (A) & (B)
(D)none of the above (A) & (B)

2. For a particle undergoing rectilinear motion with uniform acceleration, the magnitude of displacement is
one third the distance covered in some time interval. The magnitude of final velocity is less than
magnitude of initial velocity for this time interval. Then the ratio of initial speed to the final speed for this
time interval is :
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 3

3. A particle is projected from a horizontal floor with speed 10 m/s at an angle 30º with the floor and striking
the floor after sometime. State which is correct.
(A)Velocity of particle will be perpendicular to initial direction two seconds after projection.
(B)Minimum speed of particle will be 5 m/sec.
(C)Displacement of particle after half second will be 35/4 m.
(D)None of these

4. In the climax of a movie, the hero jumps from a helicopter and the villain chasing the hero also jumps from
the same level. After sometime when they come at same horizontal level, the villain fires bullet
horizontally towards the hero. Both were falling with constant acceleration 2 m/s2, because of parachute.
Assuming the hero to be within the range of bullet, which of the following is correct.
(A) bullet will hit the hero
(B) bullet will pass above the hero
(C) bullet will pass below the hero
(D) bullet will definitely hit the hero, if both were falling with constant acceleration ' g ' instead of 2 m/s2

Subjective
5. The velocity of a particle moving along positive direction of x  axis varies as, v =  x . where  is a
positive constant. Assuming that the particle is located at x = 0 initially (at t = 0). Find :
(i)how do the velocity and acceleration of the particle vary with time
(ii)the average velocity of the particle over the time, the particle takes to cover the first ‘s‘ meters of its
path.

Comprehension
A stone is projected from level ground with speed u and at an angle  with horizontal. Some how the
acceleration due to gravity (g) becomes double (that is 2g) immediately after the stone reaches the
maximum height and remains same thereafter. Assume direction of acceleration due to gravity always
vertically downwards.
6. The total time of flight of particle is :
3 u sin  u sin   1  2u sin  usin   1 
(A) (B)  1  (C) (D)  2 
2 g g  2 g g  2
7. The horizontal range of particle is -
3 u 2 sin 2 u 2 sin 2  1  u2 u 2 sin 2  1 
(A) (B)  1   (C) sin2  (D)  2 
4 g 2g  2 g 2g  2
8. The angle  which the velocity vector of stone makes with horizontal just before hitting the ground is given
by :

(A) tan  = 2 tan  (B) tan  = 2 cot  (C) tan  = 2 tan  (D) tan  = 2 cot 

ANSWER KEY
2 t  s
1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. (i) v = , acceleration is independent of time (ii) ]
2 2
6. B7. B8. C
Practice Sheet 12 Subject : Physics
Topic :
SCQ
1. A particle is moving in a circle of radius r with speed v as shown in the figure. The
magnitude of change in velocity in moving from P to Q is :

(A) 2 v cos 40º (B) 2 v sin 20º

(C) 2 v cos 20º (D) none of these

2. A particle travels according to the equation x = at3, y = bt3. The equation of the trajectory is
ax2 bx2 bx bx3
(A) y  (B) y  (C) y  (D) y 
b a a a

3. A man is sitting inside a moving train and observes the objects outside of the train. Then choose the single
correct choice from the following statements -
(A) all stationary objects outside the train will move with same velocity in opposite direction of the train
with respect to the man.
(B) stationary objects near the train will move with greater velocity & object far from train will move with
lesser velocity with respect to the man.
(C) large objects like moon or mountains will move with same velocity as that of the train.
(D) all of these.

4. A lift is moving in upward direction with speed 20 m/s and having acceleration 5 m/s2 in downward
direction. A bolt drops from the ceiling of lift at that moment. Just after the drop, the :
(A) velocity of bolt with respect to ground is zero
(B) velocity of bolt with respect to ground is 20 m/s in upward direction
(C) acceleration of bolt with respect to ground is 5 m/s2
(D) none of these

5. The vertical height of the projectile at time t is given by y = 4t – t2 and the horizontal distance covered is
given by x = 3t. What is the angle of projection with the horizontal?
(A) tan–1 3/5 (B) tan–1 4/5 (C) tan–1 4/3 (D) tan–1 3/4

6. A point moves in a straight line under the retardation a v2 , where ‘a’ is a positive constant and v is speed.
If the initial velocity is u , the distance covered in ' t ' seconds is :
1 1
(A) a u t (B) log (a u t) (C) log (1 + a u t) (D) a log (a u t)
a a
Subjective
7. Following is the cutting of a newspaper. Read it carefully and answer the question.

Car train mishap, one person dies.

"EMU local departing at 9:15 AM on its way from Hazrat Nizammudin to Gaziabad meets with an accident
near Sahibabad at a manless railway crossing. The accident occured at 9:45 AM when the driver of the car
tried to cross a railway crossing even when he saw the train coming . The driver of the car died in this
accident. Without any delay the train continued for its destination , but due to damage in the engine , rest of
the journey was travelled at 1/3rd of its usual speed and it reached 2 hours late from its scheduled time even
though it didn't stop anywhere in its rest of the journey".
Assuming that it moves with constant speed everyday, find the time at which it reaches Gaziabad that day.

ANSWER KEY
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. C
7 . 10.45 + 2 hr at that day it had reached 2 hrs late thus at 12.45 PM.
Practice Sheet 13 Subject : Physics
Topic :
SCQ
1. A particle A is projected with speed VA from a point making an angle 60º with the horizontal. At the same
instant, a second particle B is thrown vertically upwards from a point directly below the maximum height
point of parabolic path of A , with velocity VB. If the two particles collide then the ratio of VA/VB should
be ;
(A) 1 (B) 2 / 3 (C) 3 /2 (D) 3

 
2. A particle has initial velocity, v  3iˆ  4 ˆj and a constant force F  4 ˆi  3 ˆj acts on the particle. The path of
the particle is :
(A) straight line (B) parabolic (C) circular (D) elliptical

3. The maximum height attained by a projectile thrown over a horizontal ground is increased by 5%, keeping
the angle of projection constant. What is the percentage increase in the horizontal range?

(A) 20% (B) 15% (C) 10% (D) 5%

4. Distance between a frog and an insect on a horizontal plane is 10 m. Frog can jump with a maximum speed
of 10 m/s. g =10 m/s2. Minimum number of jumps required by the frog to catch the insect is :
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 100 (D) 50

5. A stone projected at angle ‘’ with horizontal from the roof of a tall building falls on the ground after three
second. Two second after the projection it was again at the level of projection. Then the height of the
building is -
(A) 5 m (B) 25 m (C) 20 m (D) 15 m
MCQ
6. A particle moves with an initial velocity v 0 and retardation  v, where v is its velocity at any
time t (  is a positive constant).
(A) the particle will cover a total distance of v 0 /  
(B) the particle will continue to move for a very long time
(C) the particle will stop shortly
(D) the velocity of particle will become v 0 /2 after time 1/  .
COMPREHENSION
A bus is moving rightward with a velocity of 15 m/sec and on the bus a monkey is running
oppositely with a velocity of 5 m/sec (with respect to the bus). Nearby a helicopter is rising
vertically up with a velocity of 10 m/sec.

10m/s

5m/s

15m/s
7. Find out the direction of the helicopter as seen by the monkey.

8. Find out the direction of the bus as seen by t he helicopter's pilot.

ANSWER KEY

1. B 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. D 6. AB 7. ( ) 8. ( )
Practice Sheet 14 Subject : Physics
Topic :
SCQ
1. Initially car A is 10.5 m ahead of car B. Both start moving at time t = 0 in the
same direction along a straight line. The velocity time graph of two cars is
shown in figure. The time when the car B will catch the car A, will be

(A) t = 21 sec (B) t = 2 5 sec (C) 20 sec. (D) None of these

MCQ
a
2. The displacement ' x ' of a particle varies with time according to the relation, x = (1  e 
b
bt ), where a & b are positive constants. Then:
(A) at t = 1/b, the displacement of the particle is a/b
(B) the velocity and acceleration of the particle at t = 0 are a &  ab respectively
(C) the particle cannot reach a point whose distance is > a/b from its starting position
(D) the particle will never come back to its starting point.

Subjecitve
3. When two bodies move uniformly towards each other, the distance between them diminishes
by 16 m every 10 s. If bodies move with velocities of the sa me magnitude and in the same
direction as before the distance between them will decrease 3 m every 5 s. Calculate the
velocity of each body.

COMPREHENSION
A particle which is initially ( at t=0) at rest at the origin, is subjected to an acceleration with
x- and y-components as shown. After time t = 5 , the particle has no acceleration.

4. What is the magnitude velocity of the particle at t = 2 seconds ?

(A) 10 5 m/s (B) 5 10 m/s (C) 5 5 m/s (D) None of these

5. What is the magnitude of average velocity of the particle between t = 0 and t = 4 seconds?
5 5
(A) 13 m/s (B) 17 m/s (C) 30 m/s (D) None of these
2 2

6. When is the particle at its farthest distance from the y -axis?

(A) 3 sec. (B) 2 sec. (C) 4 sec. (D) 1 sec.

ANSWER KEY
1. A 2. BCD 3. 0.5 m/s. 4. A 5. B 6. C
Practice Sheet 15 Subject : Physics
Topic :
SCQ
1. Person A observes B moving in east direction with speed 10 m/s, B observes C moving in south direction
with speed 20 m/s, C observes D moving in west direction with speed 30 m/s & D observes a tree moving
with speed 40 m/s in north direction. Then the actual direction of motion of person ‘A’ will be -
(A) north - west (B) north - east (C) south - east (D) none of these

2. A boat is moving towards east with velocity 4 m/s with respect to still water and river is flowing towards
north with velocity 2 m/s and the wind is blowing towards north with velocity 6 m/s. The direction of the
flag blown over by the wind hoisted on the boat is:
1
(A) north-west (B) south-east (C) tan1 with east (D) north
2

3. A swimmer crosses the river along the line making an angle of 45º with the direction of flow. Velocity of
the river water is 5 m/s. Swimmer takes 12 seconds to cross the river of width 60 m. The velocity of the
swimmer with respect to water will be :
(A) 10 m/s (B) 5 m/s (C) 5 5 m/s (D) 5 2 m/s

4. There are three cities A, B & C. City B & C are equidistant from A. B is towards north of A and C is towards
east of ‘A’. An aeroplane starting from city ‘A’ takes two hours to reach ‘B’. One day aeroplane flying from
‘A’ towards city B reaches city C in two hours due to wind. Then magnitude of velocity of wind will be -
(A) equal to the speed of aeroplane (B) half of speed of aeroplane
(C) 2 times the speed of aeroplane (D) None of these
MCQ
5. A particle is projected vertically upwards in vacuum with a speed u.
(A) When it rises to half its maximum height, its speed becomes u/2.
(B) When it rises to half its maximum height, its speed becomes .
(C) The time taken to rise to half its maximum height is half the time taken to reach its
maximum height.
(D) The time taken to rise to three -fourth of its maximum height is half the time t aken to
reach its maximum height.

6. Two particles are projected from the same point with the same speed at different angles  1 &
 to the horizontal. They have the same range. Their times of flight are t 1 & t 2 respectively.
 2

t1 t2 t t
(A)  1 = 90  2 (B) = (C) 1 = tan  1 (D) 1 = tan  2
sin 1 sin 2 t2 t2
7. Two cars A and B are racing along straight line. Car A is leading, such that their relative velocity is directly
proportional to the distance between the two cars. When the lead of car A is 1 = 10 m, its running 10 m/s
faster than car B. Determine the time car A will take to increase its lead to 2 = 20 m from car B.

ANSWER KEY
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. BD 6. ABC 7. t = (loge2) sec
Practice Sheet 16 Subject : Physics
Topic :
1. Two persons A and B running on a track in the same direction observe a car. A says that the
car is moving in east direction and B says that the car is moving in north direction. They
contradict the direction but say that magnitude is same. If the speed of B is double that of
the speed of A, then the true direction of the car will be :
1 1
(A)  = tan  1   North of East (B)  = tan  1   South of East
2
  2
(C)  = tan  1 (2) North of East (D) none of these

2. A person standing at the bank finds a gold coin fixed at the bottom of the river at a distan ce
10 3 m along a horizontal line passing through his position and perpendicular to the line of
flow at depth 10 m. He swims along a straight path directed towards the coin. Velocity of
person with respect to still water is 10 m/s and that of river is 6 m/s. Time taken by person
to reach to the gold coin will be: [do not consider the effect of refraction of light]
5 5
(A) 2 sec (B) 3 sec (C) sec (D) 2.5 sec
4 4
3. Two inclined planes intersect in a horizontal plane. Their inclinations to the
horizontal being  and . If a particle is projected with velocity u at right
angle to the former from a point on it, find the time after which the velocity
vector will become perpendicular to the other inclined plane.

COMPREHENSION
Two ports, A and B, on a North -South line are
separated by a river of width D. The river flows east
with speed u. A boat crosses the river starting from
port A. The speed of the boat relative t o the river is v.
Assume v = 2u.
4. What is the direction of the velocity of boat relative to river,  , so that it crosses directly on a
line from A to B?
(A) 30º west of north (B) 30º east of north
(C) 60º west of north (D) 60º east of north

5. Suppose the boat wants to cross the river from A to the other side in the shortest possible
time. Then what should be the direction of the velocity of boat relative to river ?
(A) 30º west of north (B) 30º east of north
(C) 60º west of north (D) along north

6. The boat crosses the river from A to the other side in shortest possible time, then how far is
the boat from the port B after crossing the river
(A) D/ (B) D (C) 2D (D) D/2
ANSWER KEY
u sin(  )
1. B 2. D 3. t = 4. A 5. D 6. D
g sin 