(c) Find Akanksha’s average speed for covering

distance L.
Q. 1. Two friends A and B are running on a circular track (d) How long does it take Harshit to cover the

of perimeter equal to 40 m. At time t = 0 they are distance?
at same location running in the same direction. Q. 5. There are two cars on a straight road, marked as
A is running slowly at a uniform speed of 4.5 x axis. Car A is travelling at a constant speed of
km/hr whereas B is running swiftly at a speed of VA = 9 m/s. Let the position of the Car A, at time
18 km/hr. .
t = 0, be the origin. Another car B is L = 40 m ahead
(a) At what time t0 the two friends will meet of car A at t = 0 and starts moving at a constant

again? acceleration of a = 1 m/s2 (at t = 0). Consider the
(b) What is average velocity of A and B for the length of the two cars to be negligible and treat
them as point objects.

interval t = 0 to t = t0?
A $ VA = 9 m/s B $ a = 1m/s
2

Q. 2. A particle is moving along x axis. Its position as a

function of time is given by x = x(t). Say whether x
following statements are true or false. x=0

(a) The particle is definitely slowing down if L = 40 m

(a) Plot the position–time (x–t) graph for the
d2x dx

2
> 0 and <0 two cars on the same graph. The two graphs
dt dt

intersect at two points. Draw conclusion from
(b) The particle is definitely moving towards the this.
d ( x2 )

(b) Determine the maximum lead that car A can
<0

origin if have.
dt

  Q. 6. Particle A is moving with a constant velocity of
Q. 3. Graph of position (x) vs inverse of velocity   VA = 50 ms–1 in positive x direction. It crossed the
 
for a particle moving on a straight line is as shown. origin at time t = 10 s. Another particle B started
at t = 0 from the origin and moved with a uniform

Find the time taken by the particle to move from
x = 3 m to x = 15 m. acceleration of aB = 2 ms –2 in positive x direction.
(a) For how long was A ahead of B during the

x(m) subsequent journey?
(b) Draw the position (x) time (t) graph for the

15 two particles and mark the interval for which
A was ahead of B.
Q. 7. (a) A particle is moving along the x axis and its
velocity vs position graph is as shown. Is
the acceleration of the particle increasing,
3 decreasing or remains constant?
1 v
O (sm–1)
2 8 v

Q. 4. Harshit and Akanksha both can run at speed v
and walk at speed u(u < v). They together start on
a journey to a place that is at a distance equal to L.
Akanksha walks half of the distance and runs the x

second half. Harshit walks for half of his travel (b) A particle is moving along x axis and its
time and runs in the other half.

velocity (v) vs position (x) graph is a curve
(a) Who wins? as shown in the figure. Line APB is normal to

(b) Draw a graph showing the positions of both the curve at point P. Find the instantaneous

Harshit and Akanksha versus time. acceleration of the particle at x = 3.0 m.
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a
v (m/s) been shown in the figure. Find the time when the
two particles collide. Also find the position (x)
A where they collide. It is given that x0 = ut0, and
that the particle 2 was at origin at t = 0.
P
Q. 11. Two stations A and B are 100km apart. A passenger
train crosses station A travelling at a speed of
x (in m)
50 km/hr. The train maintains constant speed for
O C B 1 hour 48 minute and then the driven applies
(3,0) (4,0)
brakes to stop the train at station B in next 6 minute.
Q. 8. A particle has co-ordinates (x, y). Its position Another express train starts from station B at the
vector makes on angle q with positive x direction. time the passenger train was crossing station A.
In an infinitesimally small interval of time the The driver of the express train runs the train with
particle moves such that length of its position uniform acceleration to attain a peak speed v0.
vector does not change but angle q increases by Immediately after the train attains the peak speed
dq. Express the change in position vector of the v0, he applies breaks which cause the train to stop
particle in terms of x, y, dq and unit vectors î at station A at the same time the passenger train
and ĵ . stops at B. Brakes in both the trains cause uniform
y retardation of same magnitude. Find the travel
time of two trains and v0.
P(x,y)
Q. 12. Particle A starts from rest and moves along a
straight line. Acceleration of the particle varies
r with time as shown in the graph. In 10 s the
velocity of the particle becomes 60 m/s and the
q acceleration drops to zero. Another particle B
O
x starts from the same location at time t = 1.1 s and
has acceleration – time relationship identical to A
Q. 9. A rope is lying on a table with one of its end at
with a delay of 1.1 s. Find distance between the
point O on the table. This end of the rope is pulled
particles at time t = 15 s.
to the right with a constant acceleration starting
a
from rest. It was observed that last 2 m length of
the rope took 5 s in crossing the point O and the
last 1m took 2 s in crossing the point O. B
A

O
(a) Find the time required by the complete rope
t(s)

to travel past point O. O 1.1 10

(b) Find length of the rope. Q. 13.

Q. 10. ax
x v ay

x0 u a0 a0

O t O t
t0 2t0 3t0 4t0 t0 2t0 3t0 4t0

t t
O t0 O t0 A particle is moving in x–y plane. The x and y

components of its acceleration change with time
Two particles 1 and 2 move along the x axis. The according to the graphs given in figure. At time
position (x) - time (t) graph for particle 1 and t = 0, its velocity is v0 directed along positive
velocity (v) - time (t) graph for particle 2 has
 v0
y direction. If a0 , find the angle that the bodies 1 and 2 value of b is 2.5 kg/s and 3.0 kg/s
t0 respectively. Neglect all other forces apart from
velocity of the particle makes with x axis at time gravity and the resistive force, while answering

t = 4t0. following questions : [Hint : acceleration =
Q.14. A particle is moving along positive x direction force/mass]
and experiences a constant acceleration of (i) With what speed v10 and v20 will the two

4 m/s2 in negative x direction. At time t = 3 second bodies hit the bed of the pond.
its velocity was observed to be 10 m/s in positive [Take g = 10 m/s2]
x direction.

(ii) Which body will acquire speed equal to half
(a) Find the distance travelled by the particle in

the terminal speed in less time.

the interval t = 0 to t = 3 s. Also find distance
travelled in the interval t = 0 to t = 7.5 s.. Q. 18. A prototype of a rocket is fired from the ground.
The rocket rises vertically up with a uniform
(b) Plot the displacement – time graph for the 5

interval t = 0 to 7.5 s. acceleration of m/s2. 8 second after the start
4

Q.15. A bead moves along a straight horizontal wire of a small nut gets detached from the rocket. Assume

length L, starting from the left end with velocity that the rocket keeps rising with the constant
v0. Its retardation is proportional to the distance acceleration.
that remains to the right end of the wire. Find (a) What is the height of the rocket at the instant
the initial retardation (at left end of the wire) if

the nut lands on the ground
the bead reaches the right end of the wire with a
(b) Plot the velocity – time graph for the motion
v0

velocity . of the nut after it separates from the rocket
2 till it hits the ground. Plot the same velocity–
Q. 16. A ball is projected vertically up from the ground time graph in the reference frame of the
surface with an initial velocity of u = 20 m/s. O rocket. Take vertically upward direction as
is a fixed point on the line of motion of the ball positive and g = 10 m/s2
at a height of H = 15 m from the ground. Plot a Q. 19. An elevator starts moving upward with constant
graph showing variation of distance (s) of the ball acceleration. The position time graph for the
from the fixed point O, with time (t). [Take g = 10 floor of the elevator is as shown in the figure. The
m/s2]. Plot the graph for the entire time of flight ceiling to floor distance of the elevator is 1.5 m.
of the ball. At t = 2.0 s, a bolt breaks loose and drops from the
ceiling.
(a) At what time t0 does the bolt hit the floor?

O
(b) Draw the position time graph for the bolt

starting from time t = 0.
[take g = 10 m/s2]

H y (In meter)

4.0

Q. 17. Two bodies 1 and 2 of different shapes are

released on the surface of a deep pond. The mass O t (In second)
2.0
of the two bodies are m1 = 1 kg and m2 = 1.2 kg
respectively. While moving through water, the Q. 20. At t = 0 a projectile is projected vertically up with
bodies experience resistive force given as R = bv, a speed u from the surface of a peculiar planet.
where v is speed of the body and b is a positive The acceleration due to gravity on the planet
constant dependent on shape of the body. For changes linearly with time as per equation g = at
where a is a constant.
 (a) Find the time required by the projectile to y(m) vy

attain maximum height. v0
(b) Find maximum height attained.
38.4

x
(c) Find the total time of flight. 19.2

Q. 21. A wet ball is projected horizontally at a speed of –v0
u = 10 m/s from the top of a tower h = 31.25 m
t(s)
high. Water drops detach from the ball at regular O 2.4
intervals of Dt = 1.0 s after the throw. (a) Find the angle of projection a

(a) How many drops will detach from the ball (b) Find the inclination (q) of the incline.

before it hits the ground.

(c) If the ball is projected with same speed but
(b) How far away the drops strike the ground

at an angle q (= inclination of incline) to the

from the point where the ball hits the ground?
horizontal, will it hit the incline above or
Q. 22. Two stones of mass m and M (M > m) are dropped below the point where it struck the incline
Dt time apart from the top of a tower. Take time earlier?
t = 0 at the instant the second stone is released.
Q. 25. (i) A canon can fire shells at speed u. Inclination
Let Dv and Ds be the difference in their speed
of its barrel to the horizontal can be changed
and their mutual separation respectively. Plot the
in steps of q = 1° ranging from q1 = 15° to
variation of Dv and Ds with time for the interval
q2 = 85°. Let Rn be the horizontal range for
both the stones are in flight. [g = 10 m/s2]
projection angle q = n°.
Q. 23. A particle is moving in the xy plane on a sinusoidal
∆Rn = Rn − Rn +1
course determined by y = A sin kx, where k and A

are constants. The X component of the velocity For what value of n the value of Rn is

of the particle is constant and is equal to v0 and maximum? Neglect air resistance.
the particle was at origin at time t = 0. Find the (ii) A small water sprinkler is in the shape of a

magnitude of the acceleration of the particle when hemisphere with large number of uniformly
p spread holes on its surface. It is placed on
it is at point having x co ordinate x = . ground and water comes out of each hole
2k
with speed u. Assume that we mentally divide
Q. 24. A ball is projected from a cliff of height h = 19.2 the ground into many small identical patches
m at an angle a to the horizontal. It hits an incline – each having area S. What is the distance
passing through the foot of the cliff, inclined at of a patch from the sprinkler which receives
an angle q to the horizontal. Time of flight of the maximum amount of water ?
ball is T = 2.4 s. Foot of the cliff is the origin of
the co-ordinate system, horizontal is x direction 26 A gun fires a large number of bullets upward.
and vertical is y direction (see figure). Plot of y Due to shaking of hands some bullets deviate as
co-ordinate vs time and y component of velocity much as 1° from the vertical. The muzzle speed
of the ball (vy) vs its x co-ordinate (x) is as shown. of the gun is 150 m/s and the height of gun above
x and y are in m and time is in s in the graph. the ground is negligible. The radius of the head of
[g = 10 m/s2] the person firing the gun is 10cm. You can assume
y that acceleration due to gravity is nearly constant
for heights involved and its value is g = 10 m/s2.
The gun fires 1000 bullets and they fall uniformly
over a circle of radius r. Neglect air resistance.
A a
You can use the fact sin q ~ q when q is small.

(a) Find the approximate value of r.

(b) What is the probability that a bullet will fall

h
on the person’s head who is firing?

q 27 Three stones are projected simultaneously with

x
O same speed u from the top of a tower. Stone 1 is
 projected horizontally and stone 2 and stone 3 are P
projected making an angle q with the horizontal
as shown in fig. Before stone 3 hits the ground, the
distance between 1 and 2 was found to increase at
a constant rate u. u u
2
A q a q B
O
q
1 x0
q
(b) Calculate the inclination of the wall to the

3 horizontal (a) [g = 10 m/s2]
Q. 30. AB is a pipe fixed to the ground at an inclination of
37°. A ball is projected from point O at a speed of
u = 20m/s at an angle of 53° to the horizontal and
it smoothly enters into the pipe with its velocity
parallel to the axis of the pipe. [Take g = 10 ms–2]
(a) Find q

(b) Find the rate at which the distance between 2

and 3 increases.
A
u
28 A horizontal electric wire is stretched at a height

L
h = 10 m above the ground. A boy standing on the
ground can throw a stone at a speed u = 20 ms –1. 53° 37° B
Find the maximum horizontal distance x at which O
a bird sitting on the wire can be hit by the stone.
(a) Find the length L of the pipe
x

(b) Find the distance of end B of the pipe from

point O.
Q. 31. (a) A boy throws several balls out of the
window of his house at different angles to
h u
the horizontal. All balls are thrown at speed
u = 10 m/s and it was found that all of them
hit the ground making an angle of 45° or
q
larger than that with the horizontal. Find the
height of the window above the ground [take
Q. 29. A wall OP is inclined to the horizontal ground g = 10 m/s2]
at an angle a. Two particles are projected from
(b) A gun is mounted on an elevated platform
points A and B on the ground with same speed (u)

AB. The distance of the gun at A from the
in directions making an angle q to the horizontal
edge B is AB = 960 m. Height of platform
(see figure). Distance between points A and B is
is OB = 960 m. The gun can fire shells with
x0 = 24 m. Both particles hit the wall elastically
a velocity of u = 100 m/s at any angle. What
and fall back on the ground. Time of flight (time
is the minimum distance (OP) from the foot
required to hit the wall and then fall back on to the of the platform where the shell of gun can
ground) for particles projected from A and B are reach?
4 s and 2 s respectively. Both the particles strike u
the wall perpendicularly and at the same location.
[In elastic collision, the velocity component of B
the particle that is perpendicular to the wall gets A
reversed without change in magnitude]
(a) Calculate maximum height attained by the O P

particle projected from A. Q. 32 An object A is kept fixed at the point x = 3 m
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and y = 1.25 m on a plank P raised above the Q. 34. A city bus has a horizontal rectangular roof and
ground. At time t = 0 the plank starts moving a rectangular vertical windscreen. One day it was
along the + x direction with an acceleration raining steadily and there was no wind.
1.5 m/s2. At the same instant a stone is projected (a) Will the quantity of water falling on the roof
from the origin with a velocity u as shown. A

in unit time be different for the two cases (i)
stationary person on the ground observes the the bus is still (ii) the bus is moving with
stone hitting the object during its downwards speed v on a horizontal road ?
motion at an angle of 45º to the horizontal. All the
motions are in x-y plane. Find u and the time after (b) Draw a graph showing the variation of

which the stone hits the object. Take g = 10 m/s2 quantity of water striking the windscreen in
A
unit time with speed of the bus (v).
y
P Q. 35 A truck is travelling due north descending a hill of
1.25 m slope angle q = tan–1 (0.1) at a constant speed of
90 km/hr. At the base of the hill there is a gentle
curve and beyond that the road is level and heads
u
30° east of north. A south bound police car is
x travelling at 80 km/hr along the level road at the
O 3m
base of the hill approaching the truck. Find the
velocity of the truck relative to police car in terms
Q.33. (a) A particle is thrown from a height h
horizontally towards a vertical wall with a of unit vectors iˆ, ˆj and k̂ . Take x axis towards
speed v as shown in the figure. If the particle east, y axis towards north and z axis vertically
returns to the point of projection after upwards.
suffering two elastic collisions, one with the Q. 36. Two persons A and B travelling at 60 km/hr–1
wall and another with the ground, find the in their cars moving in opposite directions on a
total time of flight. [Elastic collision means straight road observe an airplane. To the person A,
the velocity component perpendicular to the the airplane appears to be moving perpendicular
surface gets reversed during collision.] to the road while to the observe B the plane
appears to cross the road making an angle of 45°.
v
(a) At what angle does the plane actually cross

h the road (relative to the ground).
(b) Find the speed of the plane relative to the
(b) Touching a hemispherical dome of radius R

ground.

there is a vertical tower of height H = 4 R.
A boy projects a ball horizontally at speed Q. 37.
u from the top of the tower. The ball strikes C

R
the dome at a height from ground and
2
rebounds. After rebounding the ball retraces l u
back its path into the hands of the boy. Find u.
u

A B
L
Two friends A and B are standing on a river bank

H L distance apart. They have decided to meet
at a point C on the other bank exactly opposite
to B. Both of them start rowing simultaneously
on boats which can travel with velocity
R
V = 5 km/hr in still water. It was found that both
O reached at C at the same time. Assume that path of
 both the boats are straight lines. Width of the river ground at the instant when the particle was
is l = 3.0 km and water is flowing at a uniform projected.
speed of u = 3.0 km/hr. Q. 40. A ball is projected in vertical x–y plane from a
(a) In how much time the two friends crossed the car moving along horizontal x direction. The car

river. is speeding up with constant acceleration. Which
(b) Find L. one of the following trajectory of the ball is not
possible in the reference frame attached to the

Q. 38. On a frictionless horizontal surface, assumed to be car? Give reason for your answer. Explain the
the x-y plane, a small trolley A is moving along a condition in which other trajectories are possible.
straight line parallel to the y-axis (see figure) with Consider origin at the point of projection.
a constant velocity of ( 3 – 1) m/s. At a particular y y
instant, when the line OA makes an angle of 45°
with the x-axis, a ball is thrown along the surface
from the origin O. Its velocity makes an angle f
with the x-axis and it hits the trolley.
y x x
A
(a) (b)

y
y

45°
O x

(a) The motion of the ball is observed from the

x x

frame of the trolley. Calculate the angle q (c) (d)
made by the velocity vector of the ball with
the x-axis in this frame. Q.41. A boy standing on a cliff 50 m high throws a ball
with speed 40 m/s directly aiming towards a man
(b) Find the speed of the ball with respect to the
standing on ground at B. At the same time the

4θ
surface, if φ = . man at B throws a stone with a speed of 10 m/s
3

directly aiming towards the boy.
Q. 39 A large heavy box is sliding without friction
down a smooth plane having inclination angle q. A
From a point P at the bottom of a box, a particle is
projected inside the box. The initial speed of the
particle with respect to box is u and the direction
of projection makes an angle a with the bottom as
50 m
shown in figure


P Q
C B
50 m

 (a) Will the ball and the stone collide? If yes, at

(a) Find the distance along the bottom of the box what time after projection?

between the point of projection P and the (b) At what height above the ground the two

point Q where the particle lands. (Assume objects collide?
that the particle does not hit any other surface (c) Draw the path of ball in the reference frame

of the box. Neglect air resistance) of the stone.
(b) If the horizontal displacement of the particle Q.42. A man walking downhill with velocity V0 finds

as seen by an observer on the ground is zero, that his umbrella gives him maximum protection
find the speed of the box with respect to the from rain when he holds it such that the stick is
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a
perpendicular to the hill surface. When the man applied and the train begins to retard at a uniform
turns back and climbs the hill with velocity V0, rate that is equal to its previous acceleration (a)
he finds that it is most appropriate the hold the (a) Will the ball hit the wall BC or wall CD or the
umbrella stick vertical. Find the actual speed of

corner C?
raindrops in terms of V0. The inclination of the
hill is q = 37°. (b) What is speed of the ball, relative to the

wagon at the instant it hits a wall ?
Q.45. Five particles are projected simultaneously from
the top of a tower that is h = 32 m high. The initial
velocities of projection are as shown in figure.
V0 Velocity of 2 and 5 are horizontal.
15 m/s
V0
4 3 10 m/s

53° 37°
5
10 m/s
15 m/s 37° 2
q 
1
Q. 43. There are two hills A and B and a car is travelling 10 m/s

towards hill A along the line joining the two

hills. Car is travelling at a constant speed u. There
h = 32m
is a wind blowing at speed u in the direction of
motion of the car (i.e., from hill B to A). When
the car is at a distance x1 from A and x2 from B
it sounds horn (for very short interval). Driver
hears the echo of horn from both the hills at the
same time.
(a) Which particle will hit the ground first?

Wind (u)
(b) Separation between which two particles is
x2 x1

maximum at the instant the first particle hits
the ground?
(c) Which two particles are last and last but one

B u A to hit the ground? Calculate the distance
between these two particles (still in air), at
1
a time 0.3s after the third particle lands on
Find the ratio taking speed of sound in still air ground.

to be V. 2
3
[g = 10 m/s2, tan 37° = ]
Q.44. The figure shows a square train wagon ABCD 4

which has a Q. 46 From the top of a long smooth incline a small
C D body A is projected along the surface with speed
smooth floor and
side length of 2 L. u. Simultaneously, another small object B is
The train is mov- thrown horizontally with velocity v = 10 m/s,
ing with uniform 2L
from the same point. The two bodies travel in the
acceleration (a) in same vertical plane and body B hits body A on the
a direction parallel incline. If the inclination angle of the incline is
to DA. A 'ball is u 4
B A θ = cos −1   find
rolled along the 5
2L
floor with a veloci-
(a) the speed u with which A was projected.
ty u, parallel to AB, with respect to the wagon.

The ball passes through the centre of the wagon (b) the distance from the point of projection,

floor. At the instant it is at the centre, brakes are where the two bodies collide.
 B V where q is the angle made by position vector

A of the rocket with respect to the vertical.
y
u
Rocket

r
q

Q. 47 A man is on straight road AC, standing at A. He

wants to get to a point P which is in field at a
distance ‘d’ off the road (see figure). Distance AB x

is l = 50. The man can run on the road at a speed (a) Neglect atmospheric resistance and take
v1 = 5 m/s and his speed in the field is v2 = 3 m/s.

g = 9.8 m/s2 at the concerned height. Neglect
l height of radar. Calculate the height of the
A B C
rocket above the ground.
(b) Two points A and B are moving in X - Y plane
( )

with constant velocity of VA = 6iˆ - 9 ˆj m/s
d
( )
and V = iˆ + ˆj m/s respectively. At time
B

t = 0 they are 15 m apart and both of them

lie on y axis with A lying away on positive
P Y axis with respect to B. What is the angular
velocity of A with respect to B at t = 1 s?
(a) Find the minimum value of ‘d’ for which man

can reach point P in least possible time by Q. 50. A stone is projected horizontally with speed u
travelling only in the field along the straight from the top of a tower of height h.
line AP. (a) Calculate the radius of curvature of the path

(b) If value of ‘d’ is half the value found in (a), of the stone at the point where its tangential

what length the man must run on the road and radial accelerations are equal.
before entering the field, in order to reach ‘P’ (b) What shall be the height (h) of the tower so

in least possible time. that radius of curvature of the path is always
Q. 48. Two particles, A and B are moving in concentric less than the value obtained in (a) above.
circles in anticlockwise sense in the same plane Q. 51. A stick of length L = 2.0 m is leaned against a
with radii of the circles being gA = 1.0 m and gB = wall as shown. It is released from a position when
2.0 m respectively. The particles move with same q = 60°. The end A of the stick remains in contact
angular speed of w = 4 rad/s. with the wall and its other end B remains in
Find the angular velocity of B as observed by A if contact with the floor as the stick slides down.

Find the distance travelled by the centre of the
(a) Particles lie on a line passing through the
stick by the time it hits the floor.

centre of the circle.
A
(b) Particles lie on two perpendicular lines

passing through the centre.
Q. 49. (a) An unpowered rocket is in flight in air. At a
moment the tracking radar gives following
data regarding the rocket.
r = distance of the rocket from the radar =
q

dr dθ
4000 m, = 0, = 1.8 deg/sec; B
dt dt
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Q. 52. (a) A line PQ is moving on a fixed circle of ball is 10 m/s parallel to the incline XO.
radius R. The line has a constant velocity v x
perpendicular to itself. Find the speed of B
point of intersection (A) of the line with the
y
circle at the moment the line is at a distance 10
d = R/2 from the centre of the circle. m/
s
V

A 60° 30°
P Q
d O

Q. 55. A meter stick AB is lying on a horizontal table. Its

end A is pulled up so as to move it with a constant
velocity VA = 4ms–1 along a vertical line. End B
slides along the floor.
(b) In the figure shown a pin P is confined to VA

move in a fixed circular slot of radius R. The
pin is also constrained to remains inside the A

slot in a straight arm O'A. The arm moves

with a constant angular speed w about the
hinge O'. What is the acceleration of point
P?
B
A B
P
(a) After how much time (t0) speed (VB) of end B

becomes equal to the speed (VA) of end A ?
O' O (b) Find distance travelled by the end B in

R R time t0.
Q.56. One end of a rope is fixed at a point on the ceiling
the other end is held close to the first end so that
the rope is folded. The second end is released
C from this position. Find the speed at which the
Q. 53. A flexible inextensible cord supports a mass M fold at F is descending at the instant the free end
as shown in figure. A1, A2 and B are small pulleys of the rope is going down at speed V.
in contact with the cord. At time t = 0 cord PQ
is horizontal and A1, A2 start moving vertically
down at a constant speed of v1, whereas B moves
up at a constant speed of v2. Find the velocity of
mass M as a function of time. V
L L L L
P Q
A1 A2
B

Q.57. Block A rests on inclined surface of wedge B

M which rests on a horizontal surface. The block A is
connected to a string, which passes over a pulley
Q. 54. In the arrangement shown in the figure A is an P (fixed rigidly to the wedge B) and its other end
equilateral wedge and the ball B is rolling down is securely fixed to a wall at Q. Segment PQ of
the incline XO. Find the velocity of the wedge (of the string is horizontal and Q is at a large distance
course, along OY) at the moment velocity of the
 from P. The system is let go from rest and the Q. 60 While starting from a station, a train driver was
wedge slides to right as A moves on its inclined instructed to stop his train after time T and to
face. Find the distance travelled by A by the time cover maximum possible distance in that time.
it reaches the bottom of the inclined surface. (a) If the maximum acceleration and retardation

P Q for the train are both equal to ‘a’, find the
A
maximum distance it can cover.
5m
(b) Will the train travel more distance if

maximum acceleration is ‘a’ but the
C q = 30° B
maximum retardation caused by the brakes is
‘2a’? Find this distance.
Q.58 Two frictionless ropes connect points A & B in Q.61. Two particles 1 and 2 start simultaneously from
vertical plane. Bead 1 is allowed to slide along origin and move along the positive X direction.
the straight rope AB and bead 2 slides along the Initial velocity of both particles is zero. The
curved rope ACB. Which bead will reach B in less acceleration of the two particles depends on their
time? displacement (x) as shown in fig.
a1 a2
A
1
2a0 2a0

a0 a0
2
O X0 X O X0 X
C B

(a) Particles 1 and 2 take t1 and t2 time respectively

2
for their displacement to become x0. Find .

1

Q. 59. A car manufacturer usually tells a optimum speed (b) Which particle will cover 2x0 distance in

(V0) at which the car should be driven to get least time? Which particle will cross the point
maximum mileage. In order to find the optimum x = 2x0 with greater speed?
speed for a new model, an engineer of the car (c) The two particles have same speed at a certain

company experimented a lot and finally plotted time after the start. Calculate this common
a graph between the extreme time t (defined as speed in terms of a0 and x0.
number of hours a tank full of petrol lasts) vs the
Q. 62. A cat is following a rat. The rat is running with a
constant speed V at which car was run.
constant velocity u. The cat moves with constant
t (hour) speed v with her velocity always directed towards
the rat. Consider time to be t = 0 at an instant when
both are moving perpendicular to each other and
20
separation between them is L.
(a) Find acceleration of the cat at t = 0.

(b) Find the time t0 when the rat is caught.

(c) Find the acceleration of the cat immediately

4 before it catches the rat.
3
O 10 150
V(km hr -1 ) (d) Draw the path of the rat as seen by the

cat.
(a) Calculate the optimum speed V0 for this new Q. 63.(a) Prove that bodies starting at the same time t = 0


model. from the same point, and following frictionless
(b) If the fuel tank capacity of this car is 50 litre, slopes in different directions in the same

what maximum mileage can be obtained vertical plane, all lie in a circle at any
from this car? subsequent time.
 (b) Using the above result do the following Q. 67. A valley has two walls inclined at 37° and 53° to

problem. A point P lies above an inclined the horizontal. A particle is projected from point
plane of inclination angle a. P is joined to the P with a velocity of u = 20 m/s along a direction
plane at number of points by smooth wires, perpendicular to the incline wall OA. The Particle
running in all possible directions. Small hits the incline surface RB perpendicularly at Q.
bodies (in shape of beads) are released from Take g = 10 m/s2 and find:
P along all the wires simultaneously. Which (a) The time of flight of the particle.
body will take least time to reach the plane.

P
(b) Vertical height h of the point P from

horizontal surface OR.

 3
 tan 37° = 4 

 
B

A u
a Q

Q. 64. The acceleration due to gravity near the surface of

 
the earth is g . A ball is projected with velocity u h
from the ground. 37° 53°
O R
(a) Express the time of flight of the ball.

(b) Write the expression of average velocity of Q.68.

the ball for its entire duration of flight.
 
Express both answers in terms of u and g .

h
Q.65 A ball is projected from point O on the ground.
It hits a smooth vertical wall AB at a height h
and rebounds elastically. The ball finally lands
at a point C on the ground. During the course of
motion, the maximum height attained by the ball
is H.
B 

A ball is released in air above an incline plane

inclined at an angle a to the horizontal. After
falling vertically through a distance h it hits the
incline and rebounds. The ball flies in air and
C
then again makes an impact with the incline. This
O A
way the ball rebounds multiple times. Assume
h OA 1 that collisions are elastic, i.e., the ball rebound
(a) Find the ratio if
H OC 3 without any loss in speed and in accordance to

(b) Find the magnitude of average acceleration the law of reflection.

of the projectile for its entire course of flight (a) Distance between the points on the incline

if it was projected at an angle of 45° to the where the ball makes first and second impact
horizontal. is l1 and distance between points where the
Q.66. A boy can throw a ball up to a speed of ball makes second and third impact is l2.
u = 30 m/s . He throws the ball many a times, Which is large l1 or l2?
ensuring that maximum height attained by the ball (b) Calculate the distance between the points on

in each throw is h = 20 m. Calculate the maximum the incline where the ball makes second and
horizontal distance at which a ball might have fifth impact.
landed from the point of projection. Neglect the Q. 69. A terrorist ‘A’ is walking at a constant speed of
height of the boy. [g = 10 m/s2] 7.5 km/hr due West. At time t = 0, he was exactly
 South of an army camp at a distance of 1 km. At blowing at a speed of . Mark the area on the
this instant a large number of army men scattered
in every possible direction from their camp in ground that the sprinkler will now be able to wet.
search of the terrorist. Each army person walked
in a straight line at a constant speed of 6 km/hr.
(a) What will be the closest distance of an

army person from the terrorist in this search O
operation?
(b) At what time will the terrorist get nearest to

an army person?
Q. 73. A cylinder of radius R has been placed in a corner
Q. 70. A large wedge BCD, having its inclined surface
as shown in the fig. A wedge is pressed against
at an angle q = 45° to the horizontal, is travelling
the cylinder such that its inclined surfaces touches
horizontally leftwards with uniform velocity
2
u = 10 m/s the cylinder at a height of from the ground.
u 5
C Now the wedge is pushed to the left at a constant

speed V = 15 m/s. With what speed will the
cylinder move?
V V

B 45° D
A

At some instant a particle is projected vertically

up with speed V = 20 m/s from point A on ground
lying at some distance right to the lower edge B R
of the wedge. The particle strikes the incline BC
normally, while it was falling. [g = 10 m/s2]
(a) Find the distance AB at the instant the particle 2R/5

was projected from A.
(b) Find the distance of lower edge B of the Q. 74. The entrance to a harbour consists of 50 m gap

wedge from point A at the instant the particle between two points A and B such that B is due
strikes the incline. east of A. Outside the harbour there is a 8 km/hr
(c) Trace the path of the particle in the reference current flowing due east. A motor boat is located

frame attached to the wedge. 300 m due south of A. Neglect size of the boat for
answering following questions-
Q. 71 The speed of river current close to banks is nearly
zero. The current speed increases linearly from (a) Calculate the least speed (Vmin) that the motor

the banks to become maximum (= V0) in the boat must maintain to enter the harbour.
middle of the river. A boat has speed ‘u’ in still (b) Show that the course it must steer when

water. It starts from one bank and crosses the moving at Vmin does not depend on the speed
river. Its velocity relative to water is always kept of the current.
perpendicular to the current. Find the distance
Q. 75 Two small pegs (A and B) are at horizontal and
through which the boat will get carried away by
vertical separation b and h respectively. A small
the current (along the direction of flow) while it
block of mass M is suspended with the help of
crosses the river. Width of the river is l.
two light strings passing over A and B as shown in
Q. 72. A water sprinkler is positioned at O on horizontal fig. The two string are always kept at right angles
ground. It issues water drops in every possible (i.e., <APB = 90°). Find the minimum possible
direction with fixed speed u. This way the gravitation potential energy of the mass assuming
sprinkler is able to completely wet a circular area the reference level at location of peg A. [Hint: the
of the ground (see fig). A horizontal wind starts potential energy is minimum when the block is at
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a
its lowest position] Q. 79. In the arrangement shown in the figure, the block
b C begins to move down at a constant speed of
7.5 cm/s at time t = 0. At the same instant block
B
A is made to start moving down at constant
h acceleration. It starts at M and its speed is 30 cm/s
A when it reaches N (MN = 20 cm). Assuming that
B started from rest, find its position, velocity and
P acceleration when block A reaches N.
M

Q. 76 (a) A canon fires a shell up on an inclined plane.

Prove that in order to maximize the range
along the incline the shell should be fired in
a direction bisecting the angle between the
incline and the vertical. Assume that the shell
fires at same speed all the time.
(b) A canon is used to hit a target a distance R A

up an inclined plane. Assume that the energy M
used to fire the projectile is proportional to
square of its projection speed. Prove that the C B
angle at which the shell shall be fired to hit 20 cm
the target but use the least amount of energy
is same as the angle found in part (a)
u N

Q. 80 A rocket prototype is fired from ground at time

t = 0 and it goes straight up. Take the launch
point as origin and vertically upward direction as
Q. 77 A ball of mass m is projected from ground making positive x direction. The acceleration of the rocket
an angle q to the horizontal. There is a horizontal is given by
wind blowing in the direction of motion of the
g
ball. Due to wind the ball experiences a constant a= - kt 2 ; 0 < t £ t0
mg 2

horizontal force of in direction of its motion. = - g; t > t0
Find q for which the horizontal range of the ball
will be maximum. 3g
Where t0
2k

Q.78 A projectile is projected from a level ground
making an angle q with the horizontal (x (a) Find maximum velocity of the rocket during

direction). The vertical (y) component of its the up journey.
velocity changes with its x co-ordinate according (b) Find maximum height attained by the rocket.

to the graph shown in figure. Calculate q. Take (c) Find total time of flight.
g = 10 ms–2.

vy (m/s) Q. 81 A man standing inside a room of length L rolls a
ball along the floor at time t = 0. The ball travels
at constant speed v relative to the floor, hits the
front wall (B) and rebounds back with same
speed v. The man catches the ball back at the wall
45° 10 A at time t0. The ball travelled along a straight
x (In m)
O line relative to the man inside the room. Another
observer standing outside the room found that
the entire room was travelling horizontally at
constant velocity v in a direction parallel to the
 two walls A and B. rim of the umbrella has a radius of r = 0.5 m and
B
v
it is at a height of H = 1.8 m from the floor. The
man holding the umbrella gradually increases the
angular speed to make it 2 w. Calculate the area of
the floor that will get wet due to water drops spun
off the rim and hitting the floor. [g = 10 m/s2]
L

(a) Find the average speed of the ball in the time

interval t = 0 to t = t0 as observed by the r = 0.5 m
observer outside the room.
(b) If the room has acceleration in the direction H = 1.8 m

of its velocity draw a sketch of the path of
the ball as observed by the observer standing
outside. Assume that velocity of room was v
at the instant the ball was released.
Q.82 There is a tall cylindrical building standing in a Q. 84 A ball is projected vertically up from ground. Boy
field. Radius of the cylinder is R = 8 m. A boy A standing at the window of first floor of a nearby
standing at A (at a distance of 10 m from the building observes that the time interval between
centre of the cylindrical base of the building) the ball crossing him while going up and the ball
knows that his friend is standing at B behind the crossing him while going down is t1. Another
building. The line joining A and B passes through boy B standing on the second floor notices that
the centre of the base of the building. Distance time interval between the ball passing him twice
between A and B is 50 m. A wants to throw a ball (during up motion and down motion) is t2.
to B but he realizes that the building is too tall and (a) Calculate the height difference (h) between

he cannot throw the ball over it. He throws the the boy B and A.
ball at a speed of 20 m/s such that his friend at B
(b) Assume that the height of boy A from the
has to move minimum distance to catch it.

point of projection of the ball is also equal to
h and calculate the speed with which the ball
R = 8m was projected.
Q. 85 A stick of length L is dropped from a high tower.
An ant sitting at the lower end of the stick begins
10 m 40 m to crawl up at the instant the stick is released.
Velocity of the ant relative to the stick remains
A O B constant and is equal to u. Assume that the stick
(a) What is the minimum distance that boy at B remains vertical during its fall, and length of the
stick is sufficiently long.

will have to move to catch the ball?
(b) At what angle to the horizontal does the boy

at A throws the ball?
Assume that the ball is released and caught at

same height above the ground. L
2 –1
[Take g = 10 m/s and sin (0.75) ~ 48.6°

Q. 83 A wet umbrella is held upright (see figure). The
man holding it is rotating it about its vertical
shaft at an angular speed of w = 5 rad s–1. The
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a
(a) Calculate the maximum height attained by the ant an insect jumps from point A on the windshield,
measured from its initial position. with a velocity u = 2.64 m/s (relative to ground)
(b) What time after the start the ant will be at the in vertically upward direction. It falls back at
same height from where it started? point B on the windshield. Calculate distance AB.
Assume that the insect moves freely under gravity
Q. 87 Two balls are projected simultaneously from the and g = 10 m/s2.
top of a tall building. The first ball is projected
horizontally at speed u1 = 10 m/s and the other
4
one is projected at an angle θ = tan −1   to the
B

3
horizontal with a velocity u2. [g = 10 m/s2] A
u2
37°

q
u1
a = 5 m/s2

Q. 90 Two persons are pulling a heavy block with the

help of horizontal inextensible strings. At the
instant shown, the velocities of the two persons
are v1 and v2 directed along the respective strings
(a) Find minimum value of u2 (= u0) so that with the strings making an angle of 60° between

the velocity vector of the two balls can get them.
perpendicular to each other at some point of
(a) Find the speed of the block at the instant
time during their course of flight.

shown.
(b) Find the time after which velocities of the (b) For what ratio of v1 and v2 the instantaneous

two balls become perpendicular if the second

velocity of the block will be along the
one was projected with speed u0. direction of v1.
Q. 87 There is a large wedge placed on a horizontal v1
surface with its incline face making an angle of
37° to the horizontal. A particle is projected in
vertically upward direction with a velocity of u
= 6.5 m/s from a point O on the inclined surface. 60°
At the instant the particle is projected, the wedge
begins to move horizontally with a constant
acceleration of a = 4 m/s2. At what distance from
point O will the particle hit the incline surface if v2

(i) direction of a is along BC? Q. 91 A heavy block 'B' is sliding with constant velocity

u on a horizontal table. The width of the block is
(ii) direction of a is along AB?
L. There is an insect A at a distance d from the

block as shown in the figure. The insect wants to
cross to the opposite side of the table. It begins to
A crawl at a constant velocity v at the instant shown
in the figure. Find the least value of v for which
O 37° the insect can cross to the other side without
getting hit by the block.
C B
u
B
Q. 89 The windshield of a truck is inclined at 37° to
the horizontal. The truck is moving horizontally L
with a constant acceleration of a = 5 m/s2. At the
d A
instant the velocity of the truck is v0 = 0.77 m/s,

Q. 92. A projectile is thrown from ground at a speed v0 9 A projectile is thrown from a point on ground,
at an angle a to the horizontal. Consider point with initial velocity u at some angle to the
of projection as origin, horizontal direction as X horizontal. Show that it can clear a pole of height
axis and vertically upward as Y axis. Let t be the h at a distance d from the point of projection if
time when the velocity vector of the projectile
becomes perpendicular to its position vector. u2 > g [h + h 2 + d 2 ]
9 A particle rotates in a circle with angular speed
(a) Write a quadratic equation in t.
w0. A retarding force decelerates it such that

(b) What is the maximum angle a for which angular deceleration is always proportional to

the distance of projectile from the point of square root of angular velocity. Find the mean
projection always keeps on increasing? angular velocity of the particle averaged over the
[Hint: Start from the equation you obtained whole time of rotation.

in part (a)]