Motion in a Straight line

I. One mark questions (PART – A):

1. When does an object said to be in motion?
2. What is rectilinear motion?
3. What is meant by path length?
4. Define displacement?
5. What is the position - time graph?
6. Define uniform velocity.
7. Define speed of a body.
8. Define Velocity of a body.
9. Define instantaneous velocity of a body in terms of its average velocity.
10. The average velocity of a body is equal to its instantaneous velocity. What do you
conclude by this?
11. What does the slope of position - time graph represent?
12. What is meant by uniform motion?
13. Define average acceleration.
14. Define instantaneous acceleration of a body in terms of its average acceleration.
15. What does the slope of velocity - time graph represent?
16. What does area under velocity - time graph represent?
17. When does relative velocity of two moving objects zero?
18. What is the acceleration of a body moving with constant velocity?
19. If a car is traveling towards east can its acceleration be west ward?
20. When does an object said to be at rest?
21. A body moving along a circular path with uniform speed. Does it has acceleration.
22. What is position - time graph?
23. What is velocity - time graph?
24. What is acceleration - time graph?
25. Draw the v-t graph of a body thrown vertically upwards.
26. Draw the x-t graph of a body thrown vertically upwards.
27. Draw the v-t graph of a body starting from rest & moving with uniform velocity.
28. What does speedometer of a car measures?
29. Two trains are moving in opposite directions with speeds 20 ms-1& 10 ms-1 . The
relative velocity of the trains is ------- and ,What is stopping distance?
30. What is reaction time in motion?
31. When will the relative velocity of two moving bodies zero?
32. A car starting from rest has an acceleration of 5 ms-2. How fast will it be after 10s.
33. A body is thrown vertically upward from the surface of the earth . What is the
direction of acceleration of the body?
34. What is free fall?
Two mark questions (PART – B):
1. Distinguish between distance and displacement.
2. Distinguish between speed and velocity.
3. Draw the position - time graph for an object (i) at rest (ii) with uniform motion.
4. Draw the position - time graph for an object (a) moving with positive velocity and
(b) Negative velocity
5. Draw position - time graph for motion with (a) positive acceleration (b)
negative acceleration (c) zero acceleration.
6. Draw velocity - time graphs for motion in (a) positive direction with positive
acceleration (b) negative direction with negative acceleration.
7. Find The displacement (in m) of a particle moving along x - axis given by
x = 20t - 10t2 . Calculate the instantaneous velocity at t = 2s.
8. A ball is thrown vertically upward and it reaches a height of 90 m. Find the
velocity with which it was thrown.
9. Define relative velocity with an example.
10. A car travels with a uniform velocity of 20 m-1.The driver applies the brakes and the
car comes to rest in 10 second. Calculate the retardation.
11. A ball is thrown vertically upwards, At highest point of its path what will be its
instantaneous velocity & acceleration.
12. Two ball different masses (one lighter & other heavier) are thrown vertically with the
same speed u from the top a of a tower. Which one will pass through the point of
projection in the downward direction with the greater speed?
13. Can the displacement may be positive negative or zero? Explain.
14. Distinguish between speed and velocity.
15. A body moves along a circular path of radius 2m.What are displacement & distance
traveled by the body for one complete revolution?
Three mark questions (PART – C):
1. a) What is the velocity - time graph?
b) Show that area under velocity - time graph is equal to displacement.
2. a) Define relative velocity of an object w.r.t another.
b) Draw position - time graphs of two objects moving along a straight line when their
relative velocity is (i) zero and (ii) non – zero
3. What is the significance of velocity - time graph?
4. What is the significance of displacement - time graph?
5. Derive the equation of motion v = v0 +at
6. A car is moving along a straight line AB= 360m. It move s from A to B in 18 S &
returns from B to A in 6 s. Find the average velocity & average speed.
Five mark questions (PART – D):
1. Derive the equation of motion v2 = v02 +2ax using v-t graph.
2. Derive the equation of motion x = v0 t + ½ a t2 using v-t graph.
1. A car moving along a straight highway with speed of 126 km / hr brought to stop
within a distance of 200 m. What is the retardation of the car and how long does it
take for the car to stop?

2. A balloon is ascending with a velocity of 9.8 ms-1, a sand bag is dropped from the
balloon when it is at a height of 39.2m from the ground. Calculate the time taken by
bag to reach the ground.

3. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly at a rate of 2 ms-1 for 20 second.It
then maintains a constant velocity for 10 second. The brakes are then appliedand
the car is uniformly retarded and comes to rest in 5 second. Find the distance
travelled.
4. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower 400 m high and at the same time another
stone is projected upward vertically from the ground with a velocity of 100 ms -1. Find
where and when the two stones will meet. (a = 10 ms-2).
5. Two trains are moving in opposite directions. Train A moves east with a speed of 20
ms-1 and train B moves west with a speed of 30 ms-1 . What is the (i) relative velocity
of B w.r.t A and (ii) the relative velocity of ground w.r.t B. (iii) A monkey is running
on the roof of train A against its motion with a velocity of 10 ms-1 w.r.t train A. What
is the velocity of the monkey as observed by a man standing on the ground?
6. Two trains A and B of length 300 m each are moving on two parallel tracks with a
uniform speed of 15 ms-1 in the same direction, with the train A ahead of B. The
driver of train B decides to overtake train A and accelerates by 2 ms-2. If after 25s,
the guard of train B brushes past the driver of train A, what was the original distance
between the two trains?

7. A body is thrown vertically up from the top of a building with a velocity of 10 ms -1 It

reaches the ground in 5 s. Find the height of the building and the velocity with which
the body reaches the ground. (g = 10 ms-2)
8. A ball is thrown with a velocity 30 ms-1 from the ground. How high it will rise?
Calculate the time taken to reach the ground. (g = 10 ms-2).
 Motion in a plane
I. One mark questions (PART – A):
1. What is a scalar quantity?
2. Give an example for scalar quantity.
3. Give an example to show that scalar addition obey ordinary addition rules
4. What is a vector quantity?
5. Give an example for vector quantity.
6. How does vector quantity is different from scalar quantity.
7. Graphically represent a vector.
8. What is a position vector?
9. What is a displacement vector?
10. What are equal vectors?
11. 𝐴→ is multiplied by-1.5, graphically represent 𝐴→ the resultant vector.
12. Give an example for vector multiplied by a scalar.
13. What is a negative vector?
14. State triangle law of vector addition.
15. Does the vector addition obey the commutative law?
16. Does the vector addition obey the associative law?
17. Define a null vector.
18. What do you mean by resolution of a vector?
19. Define a unit vector.
20. Graphically represent the unit vectors along X, Y, Z axes of a rectangular co-ordinate system.
21. What are components of a vector?
22. What should be the angle between two vectors for their resultant to be maxi mum?
23. What should be the angle between two vectors for their resultant to be minimum?
24. What is the magnitude of resultant of two equal vectors acting right angles to each other?
25. Mention the expression for position vector in X-Y plane.
26. What is a projectile?
27. Give an example for projectile.
28. What is the trajectory of a projectile motion?
29. Define time of flight of a projectile motion.
30. Define maximum height of a projectile motion.
31. Define horizontal range of a projectile motion.
32. If velocity of projection is doubled what happens to the maximum height of projectile?
33. Which component of velocity of a projectile is constant?
34. Which component of velocity of a projectile is zero at the maximum height?
35. Which component of acceleration of a projectile is zero?
36. Mention the expression for time of flight of a projectile 𝜃=90°.
37. What is the horizontal range of a projectile if 𝜃=90°.
38. What is the angle between direction of velocity and acceleration at the maximum height of a
projectile?
39. For what angle of projection, horizontal range is maxi mum?
40. For what angle of projection, height is maxi mum?
41. Mention the expression for maximum horizontal range of a projectile.
42. For a given velocity of projection, height and horizontal range are maxi mum. Mention the
relation between range and height of projectile.
43. If Velocity of projection is same, then for which two angles of projection horizontal range is
same?
44. How does air resistance affects the maximum height of a projectile?
45. What happens to range, if velocity of projection is doubled keeping the same angle of
projection?
46. Which physical quantity remains the constant for a particle in uniform circular motion?
47. At what point of trajectory of projectile, speed is minimum.
48. What is the angle between direction of velocity and acceleration of a particle in uniform circular
motion?
49. Define centripetal acceleration.
50. Mention the expression for centripetal acceleration.

Two mark questions (PART – B):

1. Give two differences between scalar and vector quantity.

2. Classify the following into scalar and vector quantity.
Mass, speed, velocity, displacement, weight, acceleration, time.
3. Write two properties of vector addition.
4. What is two dimensional motion? Give one example.
51. Write the expression for X and Y component of 𝐴→ when 𝐴→ makes an angle 𝜃 with the X axis.
52. Given 𝑃̅ = 2ı̂ +4𝑗̂ and 𝑄̅→= 3ı̂ -𝑗̂ determine (a) ̅𝑃→ + 𝑄̅→ (b) 𝑃̅ − 2𝑄̅→.
53. Graphically show the subtraction of 𝐵̅→ from 𝐴→.
54. Explain triangular law of vector addition.
55. Explain parallelogram law of vector addition.
56. What is the unit vector of 𝑃̅→= 3𝑗̂ .
2ı+
57. Graphically represent the displacement vector in X-Y plane.
58. A boy moves from point P (1, 2) to point P 1(3, 4) in X-Y plane in t seconds. Find the magnitude
of the displacement vector of the boy in t seconds.
59. Write the expression for magnitude of the resultant of two vectors making an angle 𝜃 between
them. Explain the terms.
60. Write the expression for direction of the resultant of two vectors making an angle 𝜃 between
them. . Explain the terms.
61. Draw the graph showing the variation of component of velocity with time during the motion of a
projectile.
62. Write the expression for trajectory of projectile. Explain the symbols used.
63. Define time of flight of a projectile motion .Write the expression for it.
64. Define horizontal range of a projectile motion. Write the expression for it.
65. Define maximum height of a projectile motion. Write the expression for it.
66. What is the direction of velocity and acceleration of a particle in uniform circular motion?
67. For a particle in uniform circular motion speed is uniform, but its velocity is non uniform, explain.
68. Define centripetal acceleration. Write the expression for it.
Three mark questions (PART – C):
1. Given ̅→ = 4^𝑗. Find the magnitude and direction of velocity vector. (
4ı+
2. Explain resolution of a vector in a plane.
3. A vector having a magnitude of 15unit makes an angle 60°with the X axis. Find the horizontal and
vertical component?
4. Derive the expression for time of flight of a projectile.
5. Derive the expression for horizontal range of a projectile.
6. Derive the expression for maximum height of a projectile.
7. Find the angle of projection at which maximum height and range are equal?
8. Two vectors both equal in magnitude have their resultant equal to magnitude of either vector. Find
the angle between the two vectors.
9. Find the angle between two vectors of magnitude 4 unit and 6unit, so that their resultant is 8unit.
10. Stone of mass 0.5 kg tied to a string of length 2m is rotated in horizontal plane with a speed of
5ms-1.Calculate centripetal acceleration and centripetal force.
11. A ball is projected with a velocity of 20ms-1.After two seconds its vertical displacement is
10m.Calculate the angle of projection. g=10ms-2
12. From the top a building of height 200m, a projectile is fired horizontally with a velocity of 6ms-1.
Find the time taken to reach the ground. g=10ms-2

Five mark questions (PART – D):

1. Obtain the expression for magnitude and direction for the resultant of two vectors making an angle
𝜃 between them.
2. What is a projectile? Derive the equation for path of a projectile.
3. Show that the trajectory of projectile is parabola.
4. Define centripetal acceleration .Derive the expression for it.

Problems
1. The position of a particle is given by 𝑟→= (4tı̂ +2t2𝑗̂ +2𝑘^ ) m. Where’t’ is in second.
(a) What is the velocity and acceleration of the particle?
(b)Calculate the magnitude and direction of velocity at t=2s.
2. The position vector of the particle is (2ı̂ +3𝑗̂) m at t=0. Velocity of the particle becomes (3ı̂ +6𝑗̂) ms-1
at t=2s. Then find the position vector of the particle at t=2s.What is the X and Y co ordinate?
3. The greatest and least resultant of two forces acting at a point are20N and 4N respectively. If each
force is increased by 4N, the new forces are perpendicular to each other. Find the resultant of new
forces.
4. On a rainy day rain is falling vertically with a speed of 10ms -1.Wind starts blowing with a speed of
5ms-1 in east to west. What is the magnitude of the resultant velocity? At what angle should a girl
waiting at a bus stop hold her umbrella?
5. A bullet is fired with a speed of 40ms-1at an angle 30° with horizontal .Calculate the maximum
height, time of flight, horizontal range of the bullet. g=10ms-2(S) (20m, 4s, 138.5m)
6. A body is projected with a velocity of 40ms-1 at an angle 30° with the vertical. Calculate the
maximum height, time of flight, horizontal range of the bullet. g=10ms-2(S)
(60m, 6.9s, 138.5m)
7. A ball is thrown with velocity 45ms-1.The horizontal distance reached by the ball is 30m.Calculate
(1) Angle of projection (2) Maximum height reached by the ball. g=10ms-2(S) (320581)
8. A projectile has a horizontal range of 52m and maximum height of 12m. Calculate the angle at
which the projectile is fired? g=10ms-2(S) (120591)
9. From the top a building of height 450m, a projectile is fired horizontally with a velocity of 25ms-1.
g=10ms-2
(a) Find the velocity with which projectile hits the ground.
(b)Find the time taken to reach the ground.
(c) Find the horizontal distance between base of the building and point where it hits the ground. (S)
(98.10ms-1, 9.48s, 237N)
10. A cricketer can throw a ball to maximum horizontal distance of 125m; calculate maximum height
moved by ball. g=10ms-2 (S) (31.25m)