a Straight Line Class 11 MCQs Questions with Answers

Question 1.
The displacement in metres of a body varies with time t in second as y = t2 – t – 2. The
displacement is zero for a positive of t equal to
(a) 1 s
(b) 2 s
(c) 3 s
(d) 4 s

Answer
Answer: (b) 2 s

Question 2.
A boy starts from a point A, travels to a point B at a distance of 3 km from A and returns
to A. If he takes two hours to do so, his speed is
(a) 3 km/h
(b) zero
(c) 2 km/h
(d) 1.5 km/h

Answer
Answer: (a) 3 km/h

Question 3.
A 180 metre long train is moving due north at a speed of 25 m/s. A small bird is flying
due south, a little above the train, with a speed of 5 m/s. The time taken by the bird to
cross the train is
(a) 10 s
(b) 12 s
(c) 9 s
(d) 6 s

Answer
Answer: (d) 6 s
Question 4.
A boy starts from a point A, travels to a point B at a distance of 1.5 km and returns to A.
If he takes one hour to do so, his average velocity is
(a) 3 km/h
(b) zero
(c) 1.5 km/h
(d) 2 km/h

Answer
Answer: (b) zero

Question 5.
A body starts from rest and travels with uniform acceleration on a straight line. If its
velocity after making a displacement of 32 m is 8 m/s, its acceleration is
(a) 1 m/s²
(b) 2 m/s²
(c) 3 m/s²
(d) 4 m/s²

Answer
Answer: (a) 1 m/s²

Question 6.
Which one of the following is the unit of velocity?
(a) kilogram
(b) metre
(c) m/s
(d) second

Answer
Answer: (c) m/s
Question 7.
A body starts from rest and travels for t second with uniform acceleration of 2 m/s². If
the displacement made by it is 16 m, the time of travel t is
(a) 4 s
(b) 3 s
(c) 6 s
(d) 8 s

Answer
Answer: (a) 4 s

Question 8.
The dimensional formula for speed is
(a) T-1
(b) LT-1
(c) L-1T-1
(d) L-1T

Answer
Answer: (b) LT-1

Question 9.
The dimensional formula for velocity is
(a) [LT]
(b) [LT-1]
(c) [L2T]
(d) [L-1T]

Answer
Answer: (b) [LT-1]
Question 10.
A body starts from rest and travels with an acceleration of 2 m/s². After t seconds its
velocity is 10 m/s . Then t is
(a) 10 s
(b) 5 s
(c) 20 s
(d) 6 s

Answer
Answer: (b) 5 s

Question 11.
A boy starts from a point A, travels to a point B at a distance of 1.5 km and returns to A.
If he takes one hour to do so, his average velocity is
(a) 3 km/h
(b) zero
(c) 1.5 km/h
(d) 2 km/h

Answer
Answer: (b) zero

Question 12.
A body starts from rest. If it travels with an acceleration of 2 m/s², its displacement at the
end of 3 seconds is
(a) 9 m
(b) 12 m
(c) 16 m
(d) 10 m

Answer
Answer: (a) 9 m

Question 13.
A body starts from rest and travels with uniform acceleration of 2 m/s². If its velocity is v
after making a displacement of 9 m, then v is
(a) 8 m/s
(b) 6 m/s
(c) 10 m/s
(d) 4 m/s

Answer
Answer: (b) 6 m/s

Question 14.
A body starts from rest and travels with an acceleration of 2 m/s². After t seconds its
velocity is 10 m/s. Then t is
(a) 10 s
(b) 5 s
(c) 20 s
(d) 6 s

Answer
Answer: (b) 5 s

Question 15.
A body starts from rest and travels for five seconds to make a displacement of 25 m if it
has travelled the distance with uniform acceleration a then a is
(a) 3 m/s²
(b) 4 m/s²
(c) 2 m/s²
(d) 1 m/s²
Answer
Answer: (c) 2 m/s²

Question 16:
A boy moves on a circular distance of radius R. Starting from a point A he moves to a
point B which is on the other end of the diameter AB. The ratio of the distance travelled
to the displacement made by him is
(a) ∏/2
(b) ∏
(c) 2∏
(d) 4∏

Answer
Answer: (a) ∏/2

Question 17.
The dimensional formula for acceleration is
(a) [LT2]
(b) [LT?2]
(c) [L2T]
(d) [L2T2]

Answer
Answer: (b) [LT?2]

Question 18.
A body starts from rest and travels with uniform acceleration a to make a displacement
of 6 m. If its velocity after making the displacement is 6 m/s, then its uniform
acceleration a is
(a) 6 m/s²
(b) 2 m/s²
(c) 3 m/s²
(d) 4 m/s²

Answer
Answer: (c) 3 m/s²

Question 19.
Which one of the following is the unit of velocity?
(a) kilogram
(b) metre
(c) m/s
(d) second

Answer
Answer: (c) m/s

Question 20.
The displacement in metres of a body varies with time t in second as y = t2 – t – 2. The
displacement is zero for a positive of t equal to
(a) 1 s
(b) 2 s
(c) 3 s
(d) 4 s

Answer
Answer: (b) 2 s

Question 1.
The displacement-time graph of a moving object is a straight line. Then,
(a) its acceleration may be uniform
(b) its velocity may be uniform
(c) its acceleration may be variable
(d) both its velocity and acceleration may be uniform
Answer
Answer: (b) its velocity may be uniform

Question 2.
If the displacement of an object is zero, then what can we say about its
distance covered?
(a) It is negative
(b) It is must be zero
(c) It cannot be zero
(d) It may or may not be zero

Answer
Answer: (d) It may or may not be zero

Question 3.
Which of the following changes when a particle is moving with uniform
velocity?
(a) Speed
(6) Velocity
(c) Acceleration
(d) Position vector

Answer
Answer: (d) Position vector
Question 4.
The distance travelled by an object is directly proportional to the time taken.
Its acceleration
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) becomes zero
(d) remains constant

Answer
Answer: (c) becomes zero

Question 5.
The distance travelled by an object is directly proportional to the time taken.
Its speed
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) becomes zero
(d) remains constant

Answer
Answer: (d) remains constant

Question 6.
A particle is moving with a constant speed along straight line path. A force is
not required to
(a) change its direction
(b) increase its speed
(c) decrease its momentum
(d) keep it moving with uniform velocity

Answer
Answer: (d) keep it moving with uniform velocity

Question 7.
If the velocity-time graph of an object is a straight line sloping downwards, the
body has
(a) zero acceleration
(b) positive acceleration
(c) constant acceleration
(d) negative acceleration

Answer
Answer: (d) negative acceleration

Question 8.
When a body is dropped from a tower, then there is an increase in its
(a) mass
(b) velocity
(c) acceleration
(d) potential energy

Answer
Answer: (b) velocity

Question 9.
If s represents distance and S represents displacement, then |S|s is.
(a) > 1
(b) < 1
(c) = 1
(d) ≤ 1
Answer
Answer: (d) ≤ 1

Question 10.
The velocity time graph of motion of an object starting from rest with uniform
acceleration is a straight line
(a) parallel to time axis
(b) parallel to velocity axis
(c) passing through origin
(d) none of the above

Answer
Answer: (c) passing through origin

Question 11.
If the displacement-time graph of an object is parallel to the time-axis, then it
represents that the object is :
(a) at rest
(b) in uniform motion
(c) in acceleration motion
(d) none of the above

Answer
Answer: (a) at rest
Question 12.
If the displacement of a given body is found to be directly proportional to the
cube of the time elapsed, then the magnitude of the acceleration of the body
is
(a) zero
(b) constant but not zero
(c) increasing with time
(d) decreasing with time

Answer
Answer: (c) increasing with time

Question 13.
The acceleration of a moving object can be found from
(a) area under displacement-time graph
(b) slope of displacement-time graph
(c) area under velocity-time graph
(d) slope of velocity-time graph

Answer
Answer: (d) slope of velocity-time graph

Question 14.
The total vertical distance covered uy a freely falling body in a given time is
directly proportional to
(a) time
(b) square of time
(c) square of acceleration due to gravity
(d) product of the time and acceleration due to gravity

Answer
Answer: (b) square of time

Question 15.
A simple pendulum hangs from the roof of a train. The string is inclined
towards the rear of the train. What is the nature of motion of the train?
(a) Uniform
(b) Accelerated
(c) Retarded
(d) At rest

Answer
Answer: (b) Accelerated

Question 16.
A bucket is placed in the open where the rain is falling vertically. If a wind
begins to blow at double the velocity of the rain, how will be the rate of filling
of the bucket change?
(a) Remains unchanged
(b) Doubled
(c) Halved
(d) Becomes four times

Answer
Answer: (a) Remains unchanged
Question 17.
Two particles start from rest simultaneously and are equally accelerated.
Throughout the motion, the relative velocity of one w.r.t. other is :
(а) zero
(b) non-zero and directed parallel to acceleration
(c) non-zero and directed opposite to acceleration
(d) directed perpendicular to the acceleration

Answer
Answer: (а) zero

Question 18.
The relative velocity of a particle moving with a velocity v w.r.t. itself is
(a) v
(b) -v
(c) zero
(d) none of the above

Answer
Answer: (c) zero

Question 19.
A stone is thrown upward and it rises to a height of 100 m. The relative
velocity of the stone w.r.t. the Earth will be maximum at:
(a) the ground
(b) a height of 50 m
(c) a height of 5 m
(d) the highest point

Answer
Answer: (a) the ground
Question 20.
Two particles are moving with velocities v1 and v2. Their relative velocity is
maximum when the angle between their velocities
(a) zero
(b) π2
(c) π
(d) π4
Answer
Answer: (c) π

Fill in the blanks

Question 1.
The distances travelled by a body falling freely from rest in the first, second
and third seconds are in the ratio …………………

Answer
Answer: 1 : 3 : 5.

Question 2.
The slope of the velocity-time graph for accelerated motion is …………………

Answer
Answer: positive.
Question 3.
The velocity-time graph of the body at rest is …………………

Answer
Answer: a straight line parallel to the time axis.

Question 4.
A moving body is covering distances in proportion to the square of the time
along a straight line, its acceleration is …………………

Answer
Answer: constant.

Question 5.
The area under v-t graph for uniform motion gives …………………

Answer
Answer: the distance covered by the object.

Question 6.
If the distance covered by a particle is zero, then its displacement
…………………

Answer
Answer: must be zero.
Question 7.
If the displacement of a particle is zero, then the distance covered by it
…………………

Answer
Answer: may or may not be zero.

Question 8.
A car travels a distance s on a straight road in two hours and then returns to
the starting point in the next three hours, its average velocity will be
…………………

Answer
Answer: zero.

Question 9.
A particle moves along a straight line path. After sometime it comes to rest.
The motion is with constant acceleration whose direction with respect to the
direction of velocity is …………………

Answer
Answer: negative throughout the motion.
Question 10.
In a one dimensional motion with constant acceleration, the time rate of
change of speed is independent of …………………

Answer
Answer: time, displacement, velocity.

True/False Type Questions

Question 1.
Displacement is independent of the choice of origin of the axis.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 2.
Displacement may or may not be equal to the distance travelled.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 3.
When a particle returns to its starting point, its displacement is zero.

Answer
Answer: True
Question 4.
A positive acceleration always corresponds to the speeding up and a negative
acceleration always corresponds to the speeding down.

Answer
Answer: False

Question 5.
Speed can never be negative.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 6.
If the velocity of a particle is zero at an instant, its acceleration should also be
zero at that instant.

Answer
Answer: False
Question 7.
When the particle returns to the starting point, its average velocity is zero but
average speed is not zero.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 8.
Displacement does not tell the nature of the actual motion of a particle
between the points.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 9.
non-zero acceleration without having varying speed.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 10.
non-zero acceleration without having vary ing velocity.

Answer
Answer: False
Question 11.
varying speed without having varying velocity.

Answer
Answer: False

Question 12.
varying velocity without having varying speed.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 13.
If the velocity is zero at any instant, the acceleration should also be zero at
that instant.

Answer
Answer: False

Question 14.
If the velocity is zero for a time interval, the acceleration is zero at any instant
within the time interval.
Answer
Answer: True

Question 15.
If the position and velocity have opposite signs, the particle is moving towards
the origin.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 16.
If the velocity and acceleration have opposite signs, the object is slowing
down.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 17.
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.

Answer
Answer: True
Question 18.
It is possible to have a situation in which the speed of a particle is always zero
but the average speed is not zero.

Answer
Answer: False

Question 19.
The magnitude of the velocity of a particle is equal to its speed.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 20.
The magnitude of average velocity in an interval is equal to its average speed
in that interval.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 21.
square of time
Answer
Answer: True

Question 22.
time

Answer
Answer: False

Question 23.
square of acceleration due to gravity

Answer

Question 24.
product of acceleration due to gravity and time.

Answer

Question 25.
Displacement is always positive.
Answer

Question 26.
Displacement has both magnitude and direction.

Answer

Question 27.
Displacement can be represented geometrically.

Answer

Question 28.
Magnitude of displacement is equal to the shortest distance between the initial
and final positions of the object.

Answer

Question 29.
The motion is always in the same direction.
Answer

Question 30.
The motion is along a straight line path.

Answer

Question 31.
Average velocity is equal to the instantaneous velocity.

Answer

Question 32.
Magnitude of displacement < distance covered.

Answer

Question 33.
Its speed is zero.

Answer
Question 34.
Its acceleration is zero.

Answer

Question 35.
Its acceleration is opposite to the velocity.

Answer

Question 36.
Its speed may be variable.

Answer

If the distance covered by a particle is zero, then which statement is true/false.

Question 37.
It is negative.

Answer
Question 38.
It must be zero.

Answer

Question 39.
It cannot be zero.

Answer

Question 40.
It may or may not be zero.

Answer

Match type Questions:

Column I Column II

(1) Motion with uniform velocity (a) parallel to time axis.

(2) Angle between the  instantaneous displacement and acceleration during the (b) distance covered during tha
retarded motion motion.
 (3) Velocity-time graph of uniform motion (c) zero

(4) Area under velocity-time graph for a given motion (d) 180°

(e) Average speed = average

(5) Slope of velocity-time graph for motion with uniform velocity
velocity
Answer
Answer:

Column I Column II

(e) Average speed = average

(1) Motion with uniform velocity
velocity

(2) Angle between the  instantaneous displacement and acceleration during the
(d) 180°
retarded motion

(3) Velocity-time graph of uniform motion (a) parallel to time axis.

(b) distance covered during tha

(4) Area under velocity-time graph for a given motion
motion.

(5) Slope of velocity-time graph for motion with uniform velocity (c) zero
8. A man leaves home for a cycle ride and comes back home after an half-an-hour ride covering a
distance of one km. What is the average velocity of the ride?

a. 10 kms-1
b. ½ kms-1
c. 2 kms-1
d. Zero

Answer: (d) Zero
9. A bird flies with a speed of 10 km/hr and a car moves with uniform speed 8 km/hr. Both start from
B to A at the same instant (BA = 40 km). The bird after reaching A flies back immediately to meet the
approaching car. Once it reaches the car, it flies back to A. The bird repeats this until both the car
and the bird reach A simultaneously. What is the total distance flown by the bird?

a. 80 km
b. 50 km
c. 40 km
d. 30 km

Answer: (b) 50 km
10. Elephants A, B and C move with a constant speed in the same direction along a straight line as
shown in the figure. The speed of the elephant A is 5 m/s and the speed of the elephant C is 10 m/s.
Initially, the separation between A and B is d and between B and C is also d. When B catches C, the
separation between A and C becomes 3d. What will the speed of B be?

a. 5 m/s
b. 7.5 m/s
c. 15 m/s
d. 20 m/s

Answer: (c) 15 m/s
11. Which of the following remains constant if a body travels with constant acceleration?

a. Time
b. Velocity
c. Displacement
d. None of the above

Answer: (d) None of the above

12. Given here is a velocity-time graph of the motion of a body. What is the distance travelled by the
body during the motion?

a. 1/2(OA+AB)×BC1/2(OA+AB)×BC
b. 12(OA+BC)×OC12(OA+BC)×OC
c. 12(OC+AB)×AD12(OC+AB)×AD
d. 12(AD+BE)×OC12(AD+BE)×OC

Answer: (c) 12(OC+AB)×AD12(OC+AB)×AD

14. What does the displacement of the particle shown in the graph indicate?

a. It indicates a constant velocity

b. It indicates a constant acceleration
c. It indicates that the particle starts with a constant velocity and is accelerated
d. It indicates that the motion is retarded and the particle stops

Answer: (d) It indicates that the motion is retarded and the particle stops

Question 1.
The angular velocity depends upon the rate of change of the?
(a) Angular acceleration
(b) Angular Distance.
(c) Angular Displacement.
(d) torque

Answer
Answer: (c) Angular Displacement.

Question 2.
A small body attached at the end of an inextensible string completes a vertical circle,
then its
(a) angular momentum remains constant
(b) linear momentum remains constant
(c) angular velocity remains constant
(d) total mechanical energy remains constant

Answer
Answer: (d) total mechanical energy remains constant

Question 3.
A cyclist goes round a circular path of circumference 343 m in s. The angle made by
him, with the vertical is
(a) 440
(b) 420
(c) 430
(d) 450

Answer
Answer: (d) 450

Question 4.
A body makes a displacement of 4 m due East from a point O and then makes
displacement of 3 m due North. Its resultant displacement from O
(a) 7 m
(b) 1 m
(c) 5 m
(d) 1 . 2 m

Answer
Answer: (c) 5 m

Question 5.
A body is traveling in a circle at constant speed. It
(a) has an inward acceleration
(b) has constant velocity.
(c) has no acceleration
(d) has an outward radial acceleration

Answer
Answer: (a) has an inward acceleration

Question 6.
When a body P moves on a circular path, the centripetal acceleration is
(a) directed inwards from P, to the centre of the circle
(b) directed tangential to the circumference of the circle, at P
(c) directed perpendicular to the planc of the circle, at P
(d) directed outward, perpendicular to the circumference of the circle

Answer
Answer: (a) directed inwards from P, to the centre of the circle

Question 7.
A coin kept on a rotating gramophone disc just begins to slip if its centre is at a distance
of 8 cm from the centre of the disc. The angular velocity of the gramophone disc is then
doubled. Through what distance, the coin should be shifted towards the centre, so that
the coin will just slip?
(a) 2 cm
(b) 6 cm
(c) 16 cm
(d) 4 cm

Answer
Answer: (a) 2 cm

Question 8.
A can filled with water is revolved in a vertical circle of radius 4 metre and the water
does not fall down. The time period of revolution will be
(a) 4 sec
(b) 10 sec
(c) 8 sec
(d) 1 sec

Answer
Answer: (a) 4 sec

Question 9.
When angular velocity changes with respect to time then?
(a) an angular acceleration is produced
(b) a linear acceleration is produced
(c) it constitute a couple
(d) a linear velocity is produced

Answer
Answer: (a) an angular acceleration is produced
Question 10.
The total flight requires a time that is?
(a) four times the time necessary to reach the maximum height.
(b) thrice the time necessary to reach the maximum height
(c) equal to the time necessary to reach the maximum height.
(d) twice the time necessary to reach the maximum height

Answer
Answer: (d) twice the time necessary to reach the maximum height

Question 11.
The path followed by a projectile is called its?
(a) Territory
(b) Treasury
(c) Tractor
(d) Trajectory

Answer
Answer: (d) Trajectory

Question 12.
One radian is defined to be the angle subtended where the arc length S is exactly equal
to the?
(a) radius of the circle.
(b) diameter of the circle.
(c) circumference of the circle.
(d) half of radius of the circle.

Answer
Answer: (a) radius of the circle.
Question 13.
A car sometimes overturns while taking a turn. When it overturns, it is
(a) the inner wheel which leaves the ground first
(b) either inner wheel or the outer wheel leaves the ground
(c) both the wheel leave the ground simultaneously
(d) the outer wheel which leaves the ground first

Answer
Answer: (a) the inner wheel which leaves the ground first

Question 14.
A body travels along the circumference of a circle of radius 2 m with a linear velocity of
6 m/s . Then its angular velocity is
(a) 6 rad /s
(b) 3 rad /s
(c) 2 rad / s
(d) 4 rad / s

Answer
Answer: (b) 3 rad /s

Question 15.
The centripetal component of acceleration arises when?
(a) The direction of motion is changed.
(b) The direction propagation is changed.
(c) The direction of gravity is changed.
(d) The direction of projectile is changed.

Answer
Answer: (a) The direction of motion is changed.
Question 16.
The word centripetal is derived from two Greek words meaning?
(a) Seeking the situation.
(b) Seeking the centre.
(c) Touching the centre.
(d) Leaving the centre.

Answer
Answer: (b) Seeking the centre.

Question 17.
A car is moving with a speed of 30 m/s on a circular path of radius 500 m. Its speed is
increasing at the rate of 2 m/s². The acceleration of the car is
(a) 2 m/s²
(b) 9.8 m/s²
(c) 1.8 m/2
(d) 2.7 m/s²

Answer
Answer: (d) 2.7 m/s²

Question 18.
One radian is equal to?
(a) 57.7o
(b) 53.7o
(c) 59.3o
(d) 57.3o

Answer
Answer: (d) 57.3o
Question 19.
A body is moving along a circle with an increasing speed. It possesses?
(a) centripetal acceleration only (ac)
(b) tangential acceleration only (ar)
(c) both tangential and centripetal acceleration (ar and ac)
(d) No acceleration

Answer
Answer: (c) both tangential and centripetal acceleration (ar and ac)

Question 20.
The path of a particle is given by the expression y = at + bt², where a and b are
constants . Y is the displacement at time t. Its velocity at any instant is given by
(a) a + 2bt
(b) zero
(c) 2bt
(d) at

Answer
Answer: (a) a + 2bt

Question 1.
Three vectors A, B and C satisfy the relation A.B = 0 and A.C = 0. The vector
A is parallel to
(a) B
(b) C
(c) B × c
(d) B.C

Answer
Answer: (c) B × c
Question 2.
What is the minimum number of unequal forces whose resultant will be zero?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Answer
Answer: (c) 3

Question 3.
A body travelling in a circular path at uniform speed has :
(a) constant velocity
(b) tangential acceleration
(c) inward acceleration
(d) outward acceleration

Answer
Answer: (c) inward acceleration

Question 4.
When a disc containing mercury and water is rotated rapidly about a vertical
axis, then the outermost place in the disc will be taken by:
(a) water
(b) mercury
(c) sometimes water and sometimes mercury
(d) none of these.

Answer
Answer: (b) mercury
Question 5.
The resultant of two forces P and Q is R. If one of the forces is reversed in
direction, then the resultant becomes S. Then for the identity R² + S² = 2(P² +
Q²) to hold good
(a) The forces are collinear
(b) The forces act as right angles to each other
(c) The forces are inclined at 45° to each other
(d) The forces can have any angle of inclination between them

Answer
Answer: (d) The forces can have any angle of inclination between them

Question 6.
A bus is moving on a straight road towards north with a uniform speed of 50
kmh-1 when it turns left through 90°. If the speed remains unchanged after
turning, the increase in the velocity of the bus in the turning process is :
(a) zero
(b) 50 kmh-1
(c) 70.7 kmh-1 along south-west direction
(d) 70.7 lcmh-1 along north-west direction
Answer
Answer: (c) 70.7 kmh-1 along south-west direction

Question 7.
Two bullets are fired simultaneously horizontally and with different speeds
from the same place. Which bullet will hit the ground first?
(a) The slower one
(b) The faster one
(c) Both will reach simultaneously
(d) Depends on the masses

Answer
Answer: (c) Both will reach simultaneously

Question 8.
A particle is acted upon by a force of constant magnitude, which is always
perpendicular to the velocity of the particle. The motion of the particle takes
place in a plane. It follows that:
(a) its velocity is constant
(b) its acceleration is constant
(c) its kinetic energy is constant
(d) it moves in a circular path

Answer
Answer: (c) and (d).

Question 9.
The muzzle speed of a certain rifle is 330 ms-1. At the end of one second, a
bullet fired straight up into the air will travel a distance of:
(a) 330 m
(b) (330 – 4.9) m
(c) (330 – 9.8) m
(d) (330 + 4.9) m
Answer
Answer: (b) (330 – 4.9) m
Question 10.
If a body A of mass M is thrown with velocity v at angle of 30° to the horizontal
and another body B of the same mass is thrown with the same speed at an
angle of 60° to the horizontal, the ratio of the horizontal ranges of A and B will
be
(a) 1 : 3
(b) 1 : 1
(c) √3 : 1
(c) 1 : √3

Answer
Answer: (b) 1 : 1

Question 11.
One body is dropped while a second body is thrown downwards with an initial
velocity of 1 ms-1 simultaneously. The separation between these is 18 m after
a time
(a) 4.5 s
(b) 9 s
(c) 18 s
(d) 36 s
Answer
Answer: (c) 18 s

Question 12.
A boat which has the speed of 5 kmh-1 still water crosses a river of width 1 km
along the shortest possible path in 15 minutes. The velocity of the river water
is
(a) 3 kmh-1
(b) 4 kmh-1
(c) 41−−√ kmh-1
(d) 1 kmh-1
Answer
Answer: (a) 3 kmh-1

Question 13.
Which of the following vectors is perpendicular to i^ Pcos 9 +
(a) i^ Pcos θ + j^ Qsin θ
(b) i^ Qcos θ – j^ Psin θ
(c) i^ Psin θ + j^ Qcos θ
(d) i^ Qsin θ – j^Pcos θ
Answer
Answer: (d) i^ Qsin θ – j^Pcos θ

Question 14.
Which of the following operations between the two vectors can yield a vector
perpendicular to either of them
(a) addition
(b) subtraction
(c) multiplication
(d) division

Answer
Answer: (c) multiplication
Question 15.
Which of the following is the essential characteristic of a projectile?
(a) Zero velocity at the highest point
(b) Initial velocity inclined to the horizontal
(c) Constant acceleration perpendicular to the velocity
(d) None of these

Answer
Answer: (d) None of these

Question 16.
A projectile is projected with a linear momentum p making angle θ with the
horizontal. The change in momentum of the projectile on return to the ground
will be
(a) 2p
(b) 2p sin θ
(c) 2p tan θ
(d) 2p cos θ

Answer
Answer: (b) 2p sin θ

Question 17.
A ball is projected from the top of a tower at an angle of 60° with the vertical.
What happens to the vertical component of its velocity?
(a) increases continuously
(b) decreases continuously
(c) remains unchanged
(d) first decreases and then increases

Answer
Answer: (d) first decreases and then increases

Question 18.
A wheel is subjected to uniform angular acceleration about its axis. Initially its
angular velocity is zero. In the first two seconds, it rotates through angle θ1. In
the next two seconds, it rotates through angle θ2. What is the ratio θ2θ1
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
Answer
Answer: (c) 3

Question 19.
Which of the following remains constant for a projectile fired from the Earth?
(a) kinetic energy
(b) momentum
(c) horizontal component of velocity
(d) vertical component of velocity

Answer
Answer: (c) horizontal component of velocity
Question 20.
Which of the following is the largest, when the height attained by the projectile
is the greatest?
(a) range
(b) time of flight (T)
(c) angle of projectile with
(d) none of these the vertical

Answer
Answer: (b) time of flight (T)

Question 21.
The angle between P^ and Q^ is θ. What is |P^×Q^|?
(a) sin θ
(b) PQ sin θ
(c) PQ
(d) PQ cos θ
Answer
Answer: (a) sin θ

Question 22.
There are N coplanar vectors each of magnitude V. Each vector is inclined to
the preceeding vector at angle2πN. What is the
magnitude of their resultant?
(a) NV
(b) V
(c) VN
(d) Zero
Answer
Answer: (d) Zero
Question 23.
Out of the following which is not a scalar quantity?
(a) Time
(b) Volume
(c) Density
(d) Momentum

Answer
Answer: (d) Momentum

Question 24.
A particle is moving eastward with a velocity of 5 ms-1. In 10 seconds, the
velocity changes to 5 ms-1 northward. The average acceleration in this time is
(a) zero
(b) 1√2 ms-2 towards north
(c) 1√2 ms-2 towards north-east
(d) 1√2 ms-2 towards north-west
Answer
Answer: (d) 1√2 ms-2 towards north-west

Question 25.
The following forces are acting on a particle
(i) (2i^ + 3j^ – 2k^) N
(ii) (3i^ + j^ – 3k^)N
(iii) (-5i^ – 2j^ + k^)N
the particle will move in
(a) x-y plane
(b) x-z plane
(c) y-z plane
(d) aong x-axis
Answer
Answer: (c) y-z plane

Fill in the blanks

Question 1
……………. is the maximum number of rectangular components into which a
vector can be split in its own plane.

Answer
Answer: Two.

Question 2.
If A⃗ .B⃗  = AB, then …………….. is the angle between A⃗  and B⃗ .
Answer
Answer: zero.

Question 3.
If A⃗ ×B⃗  = AB, then …………….. is the angle between A⃗  and B⃗ .
Answer
Answer: π2
Question 4.
When a ball is projected upwards, then its acceleration at the highest point is
equal to …………….. and is directed ……………..

Answer
Answer: acceleration due to gravity, downward.

Question 5.
The horizontal range of the projectile is maximum when the angle of projection
is ……………..

Answer
Answer: 45°.

Question 6.
…………….. should be the angle of projection so that the horizontal range is
equal to the maximum height.

Answer
Answer: tan-14.
Question 7.
A particle covers equal distances around a circular path in equal intervals of
time. It has uniform non zero rate of change of ……………..

Answer
Answer: angular displacement.

Question 8.
…………….. is the angle between instantaneous velocity and acceleration for
a particle moving along a circular path with uniform speed.

Answer
Answer: π2

Question 9.
Linear velocity, momentum and centripetal acceleration have their magnitude
unchanged during circular motion but their …………….. changes from point to
point.

Answer
Answer: direction.

Question 10.
Time of ascent and time of descent are always …………….. for a projectile
fixed at some angle with the horizontal.
Answer
Answer: equal.

True/False Type Questions

Question 1.
The radial component of acceleration of a particle in circular motion is given
by v2r (in magnitude) even when the speed v is not constant.
Answer
Answer: True

Question 2.
The unit vectors i^ and j^ along X and Y axis change with time.
Answer
Answer: False

Question 3.
If A.B = A.C then B = C.

Answer
Answer: True

Question and Answers

1. The position of a particle in a rectangular coordinate system is (3,2,5). What will the position
vector be?

a. 3^i+2^j+5^k3i^+2j^+5k^
b. 3^i−2^j−5^k3i^−2j^−5k^
 c. 5^i+2^j+3^k5i^+2j^+3k^
d. 2^i+5^j+3^k2i^+5j^+3k^

Answer: (a) 3^i+2^j+5^k3i^+2j^+5k^
2. What is the displacement vector of the particle that moves from point P (2,3,5) to point Q (3,4,5)?

a. ^i+^j+5^ki^+j^+5k^
b. 2^i+4^j+6^k2i^+4j^+6k^
c. ^i+^ji^+j^
d. ^i+^j10^ki^+j^10k^

Answer: (c) ^i+^ji^+j^
3. What is the vertical component of the force 5 N acting on a particle along a direction making an
angle of 600?

a. 3N
b. 2.5 N
c. 10 N
d. 4N

Answer: (b) 2.5 N
5. What is the minimum number of coplanar vectors with different magnitudes that can be added to
get a resultant of zero?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

Answer: (c) 3
6. A fly in the hall of dimensions 10 m×12 m×14 m starts to fly from one corner and ends up at the
diametrically opposite corner. What is the magnitude of its flight?

a. 17 m
b. 21 m
c. 26 m
d. 36 m

Answer: (b) 21 m
7. Five equal forces of 10 N are applied at a point. If the angle between them is equal, what is the
resultant force?

a. 10 N
b. 10√ 2 N102N
c. 20 N
d. 0
Answer: (d) 0
8. Any vector in an arbitrary direction can be replaced by two or three vectors

a. perpendicular to each other and have the original vector as their resultant
b. Parallel to each other and have the original vector as their resultant
c. Arbitrary vectors which have original vectors as their resultant
d. It is impossible to resolve a vector

Answer: (c) Arbitrary vectors which have original vectors as their resultant

9. Angular momentum is

a. A scalar vector
b. An axial-vector
c. A polar vector
d. A displacement vector

Answer: (b) An axial-vector
10. Which of the following is a vector?

a. Surface Tension
b. Moment of Inertia
c. Pressure
d. None of the above

Answer: (d) None of the above

11. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

a. Acceleration
b. Electric Field
c. Work
d. Displacement

Answer: (c) Work
12. A boy walks uniformly along the sides of a rectangular park with dimensions 400 m×300 m,
starting from one corner to the other corner diagonally opposite. Which of the following statements is
false?

a. His displacement is 700 m

b. His displacement is 500 m
c. He has travelled a distance of 700 m
d. His velocity is not uniform throughout the walk

Answer: (a) His displacement is 700 m

A body is moving in a circular path of radius"r" displacement and distance
travelled by body,when angular displacement is 90° is 
a)r and 1:√2
b)√2 r and GMm/2r
c)2r and πr
d) none of them

 The displacement of a body from a fixed point at any instant is given by x=5t
²+6t+4,what type of motion the particle under goes?
a)with uniform velocity 
b)with uniformly accelerated motion
c)with non-uniformly accelerated motion
d)can not be predicted

 The horizontal range of projectile is 4√3 time maximum height angle of

projectile is 
a)30°
b)45°
c)60°
d)90°

Which of the following represent maximum horizontal distance?

a)u ²sinα/g
b)u ²sin2α/rg
c)u ²sin2α/g
d) usin2α/rg

The acceleration of a particle can be found from

a)slope of displacement time curve
b)area under displacement time curve
c)slope of velocity-time curve
d)area under velocity-time curve
Initial velocity of a body is 5m/sec whose acceleration is 1m/sec50².What is
the distance converted in 10 second.
a)550m
b)350m
c)250m
d)50m

A body starts from

the rest falls vertically through a height of
20m.If g=10m/s²,the time taken by body to fall through the
last 2 meters of falls.
a)1.9s
b)0.01s
c)0.1s
d)2s

If one object is dropped vertically downward and another object is thrown

horizontally from the same height, then the ratio of vertical distance covered
by both objects at any instant t is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 0.5

A ball is thrown horizontally with a velocity u from a tower of height

h.Horizontal range will be
a)u√2g/h
b)√2ug/h
c)√2hu²/g
d)none of these

The distance travelled by a body falling freely from rest in first,second and
third second are in ratio
a)1:2:3
b)1:3:5
c)1:4:9
d)2:5:7

A ball is released from the top of a tower of height H.It takes T second to
reach ground.What is the time required to reach half of tower(H/2).
a)T/2
b)√T
c)√2T
d)T√2

If an object is dropped from the top of a building and it reaches the ground at t
= 4 s , then the height of the building is (ignoring air resistance) (g = 9.8 ms–2)
(a) 77.3 m
(b) 78.4 m
(c) 80.5 m
(d) 79.2 m

A body falls freely from the top of tower and it falls(7/10)th of total distance in
its last second.The time taken by body to complete motion is 
a)3sec
b)4sec
c)5sec
d)6sec

A balloon is going up at steady velocity of 20m/s.When it was 60m above

ground,an object is dropped from it.How long does the object take to reach
ground.
a)4s
b)5s
c)6s
d)7s
A man goes to his office from home at the speed of V1 and return next half
distance with velocity V2.The average velocity of the car is
a)(V1+V2)/2
b)2V1V2/(V1+V2)
c)V1V2/(V1+V2)
d) √V1V2

A motorcyclist travels along a straight line for first half time with speed V1,and
second half time with speed V2.The average speed is
a)(V1+V2)/2
b)2V1V2/(V1+V2)
c)V1V2/(V1+V2)
d)√V1V2

If a particle has negative velocity and negative acceleration, its speed

(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains same
(d) zero

Numerical ration of displacement to distance is

a)<1
b)>1
c)≤1
d)≥ 1

A stone is dropped into a well in which level of water is h below the top of
well.If V be the speed of sound.The time T after which the splash is heard is
given by
a)2h/v
b)√2h/g +(h/v)
c)√2h/g + (h/g)
d)√2h/g +(v/h)
An object is dropped in an unknown planet from height 50 m, it reaches the
ground in 2 s . The acceleration due to gravity in this unknown planet is
(a) g = 20 m/s²
(b) g = 25 m/s²
(c) g = 15 m/s²
(d) g = 30 m/s²

Two objects are projected at angles 30° and 60° respectively with respect to
the horizontal direction. The range of two objects are denoted as R30̊ and
R60̊. Choose the correct relation from the following
(a) R30̊ = R60̊
(b) R30̊  =4R60̊
(c)R30̊  = R60̊ /2
(d) R30̊  =2 R60̊

If an object is thrown vertically up with the initial speed u from the ground,
then the time taken by the object to return back to ground is
(a) u²/2g
(b) u²/g
(c) u/2g
(d) 2u/g

If a particle executes uniform circular motion 

(a) The velocity and speed are constant
(b) The acceleration and speed are constant
(c) The velocity and acceleration are constant
(d) The speed and magnitude of acceleration are constant

If a particle executes uniform circular motion in the xy plane in clock wise

direction, then the angular velocity is in
(a) +y direction
(b) +z direction
(c) -z direction
(d) -x direction