DPS: One Dimensional Motion

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3. A particle starts from rest and moves with uniform acceleration a. If it covers a distance S in the
2nd second, what will be the distance covered in the 4th second?

A. 3S B. 4S C. 5S D. 7S
4. A particle moves in a straight line with a velocity given by v(t)=t^2−4t+3. Find the time at which
the velocity is minimum.
A. 0 s B. 2 s C. 3 s D. 4 s

5. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate α for some time and then decelerates at a constant
rate β to come to rest. If the total time of travel is T, find the maximum velocity.
A. α β T/(α+β)
B. 2α β T/(α+β)
C. αβT/(β−α)
D. 2αβT/(β−α)
6. A cyclist accelerates from rest at 2 m/s² for 10 seconds, and then continues at a constant speed for
another 20 seconds. What is the total distance traveled by the cyclist?
A. 100 m B. 120 m C. 140 m D. 160 m
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8. What is the ratio of the average acceleration during the intervals OA and AB in the velocity-time
graph as shown below?

A) 1/2 B) 1/3 C) 1 D) 3

9. A body covers 16, 18, 20, 22 meters in 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th seconds respectively. Which of the
following statements is true about the body?
a. The body moves with a uniform velocity from rest
b. The body from rest moves with uniform acceleration
c. The body moves with an initial velocity and moves with uniform acceleration
d. The body moves with an initial velocity and then moves with uniform velocity

10. 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
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12. A man throws balls with the same speed vertically upwards one after the other at an interval of 2
seconds. What should be the speed of the throw so that more than two balls are in the sky at any
time?

A) Any speed less than 19.6 m/s B) Only with speed 19.6 m/s
C) More than 19.6 m/s D) At least 9.8 m/s

13. A stone falls freely under gravity. It covers distances h1, h2 and h3,
in the first 5 seconds, the next 5 seconds and the next 5 seconds respectively. The relation between
h1, h2 and h3 is

A) h1 = 2h2 = 3h3 B) h1 = h2/3 =h3/5 C) h2 = 3h1 & h3 = 3h2 D) h1 = h2 = h3

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21. A rocket is launched upward from the earth is surface whose velocity time graphs shown in
figure. Then maximum height attained by the rocket is :

A)1 km B) 10 km C) 100 km
D) 60 km

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26. The location of a particle is changed. What can we say about the displacement and distance
covered by the particle :
(A) Both cannot be zero (B) One of the two may be zero
(C) Both must be zero (D) If one is positive, the other is negative and vice versa
27. Consider the motion of the tip of the minute hand of a clock. In one hour
(A) The displacement is non-zero
(B) The distance covered is zero
(C) The average speed is zero
(D) The average velocity is zero

28. A body moves 6 m north, 8 m east and 10 m vertically upwards, what is its resultant
displacement from initial position:
A) 10*1.414 B) 10 C) 10/1.414 D) 10 * 2

29. Object is moving with constant speed then velocity of object:

(A) may be variable
(B) must be constant
(C) must be variable
(D) may be zero

30. A particle moves along a semicircle of radius 10m in 5 seconds. The average velocity of the
particle is:
(A) 8 ms–1
(B) 6 ms–1
(C) 2 ms–1
(D) 4 ms–1

31. A man walks for some time 't' with velocity (v) due east. Then he walks for same time 't' with
velocity (v) due north. The average velocity of the man is:
A) 2/v B) 1.414 *v/3 C) 3/v D) 0.707*v

32. Object is moving such that its velocity and acceleration are in opposite direction then
(A) Speed may be constant
(B) Speed may be increasing
(C) Speed must be decreasing
(D) Speed may be increasing or decreasing

33. If for a particle position x = k t^2 then:

(A) Acceleration is variable
(B) Velocity is constant
(C) Acceleration is constant
(D) None of these

34. If velocity of object V = (25 − 4x)^0.5 then find acceleration of object.

(1) 4 m/s2
(2) 2 m/s2
(3) 5 m/s2
(4) 8 m/s2

35. Drops of water fall from the roof of a building 18m high at regular intervals of time. When the
first drop reaches the ground, at the same instant fourth drop begins to fall. What are the distances
of the second and third drops from the roof?
(1) 7 m and 3 m (2) 8 m and 2 m (3) 8 m and 4 m (4) 10 m and 4 m
36. A body dropped from the top of a tower covers a distance 7x in the last second of its journey,
where x is the distance covered in first second. How much time does it take to reach the ground?
(A) 3 s (B) 4 s (C) 5 s (D) 6 s

37. A body is released from the top of a tower of height H metres. It takes t time to reach the
ground. Where is the body t/2 time after the release:

A) At H/2 metres from ground B) At H/4 metres from ground

C) At 3H/4 metres from ground D) At H/6 metres from ground

38. A person walks along an east-west street and a graph of his displacement from home is shown in
figure. His average velocity for the whole time interval is

A) 0 B) 23m/s C)8.4 D) None

39. Acceleration for given position-time graph is

A) -ve B) +ve C) 0 D) Increasing

40. The fig. shows the position time graph of a particle moving on a straight line path. What is the
magnitude of average velocity of the particle over 10 seconds?

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

41. A stone falls from a balloon that is descending at a uniform rate of 12 ms–1. The displacement
of the stone from the point of release after 10 seconds is :
A) 490 m (B) 510 m (C) 610 m (D) 725 m

Answer Key:
1. A
2. D
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. D
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. B
16. B
17. C
18. D
19. B
20. A
21. D
22. A
23. A
24. A
25. B
26. A
27. D
28. A
29. A
30. D
31. D
32. C
33. C
34. B
35. B
36. B
37. C
38. A
39. A
40. A
41. D