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CLASS - XI CHAPTER- 3rd

MOTION IN STRAIGHT LINE

DISTANCE & DISPLACEMENT (a) Find the average speed of the plane.
(b) Find the average speed of the bus.
1. A particle moves along a circular path of radius r. It
(c) Find the average velocity of the plane.
starts from point A and moves anticlockwise. Find (d) Find the average velocity of the bus.
the distance travelled by the particle as it
7. A body covers one-third of its journey with speed ‘u’
(i) moves from A to B , next one-third with speed ‘v’ and last one-third with
(ii) moves from A to C speed ‘w’. Calculate the average speed of the body
(iii) moves A to D during the entire journey.
(iv) completes one revolution.
8. A car covers the first half of the distance
Also find the magnitude of displacement in each
between two places at a speed of 40 kmh-1 and the
case
second half at 60 kmh-1 . What is the average speed
of the car ?
9. A bus travelling the first one third distance at a speed
of 10 km/hr, the next one fourth at 20 km/hr and the
remaining at 40 km/h. What is the average speed of
the bus ?
10. A trains moves with a speed of 30 kmh-1 in the first
2. A man has to go 50 m due north, 40 m due east and 15 minute , with another speed of 40 kmh-1, the next
15 minutes and then with a speed of 60 kmh-1 in the
20 m due south to reach a field. last 30 minutes. Calculate the average speed of the
(a) What distance he has to walk to reach the field train for his journey.
(b) What is his displacement from his house to the
11. A body travels a distance s1 with velocity v1 and
field ?
distance s2 with velocity v2 in the same direction.
3. A particle starts from the origin, goes along the X Calculate the average velocity of the body.
axis to the point (20 m, 0) and then returns along the 12. A car travels along a straight line for the first half
same line to the point (- 20m, 0). Find the distance time with speed 50 kmh-1 and second half time with
and displacement of the particle during the trip. speed 60 kmh-1 . Find the average speed of the car.

4. An athelete completes one round of a circular track 13. A particle traversed half the distance with a velocity
v0. The remaining part of the distance was covered
of radius R in 40 seconds. What will be the
displacement at the end of 2 min. 20 second ? with velocity v1 for half the time, and with velocity
v2 for the other half of the time. Find the average
AVERAGE SPEED AND AVERAGE VELOCITY
speed of the particle averaged over the whole time of
5. On a 60 km track, a trains travels the first 30 km with motion.
a uniform speed of 30 kmh-1 . How fast must the train
14. A man walks on a straight road from his home to a
travel the next 30 km so as to average 40 km h-1 for
market 2.5 km away with a speed of 5 kmh-1. Finding
the entry trip ?
the market closed, he instantly turns and walks back
6. It is 260 km from Patna to Ranchi by air and 320 km home with a speed of 7.5 km ft. What is the
by road. An aeroplane takes 30 minutes to go from (a) magnitude of average velocity, and
Patna to Ranchi where as a delux bus takes 8 hours.

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(b) average speed of the man over the interval of time 22. A car moving along a straight highway with a speed
(i) 0 to 30 min, (ii) 0 to 50 min, (iii) 0 to 40 min ? of 72 kmh-1 is brought to a stop within a distance of
100m. What is the retardation of the car and how long
does it take for the car to stop ?
INSTANTANEOUS VELOCITY AND
ACCELERATION 23. A bullet travelling with a velocity of 16ms-1
penetrates a tree trunk and comes to rest in 0.4 m.
15. The position of a particle moving on X – axis is
Find the time taken during the retardation.
given by
x = At3 + Bt2 + Ct + d 24. A car moving along a straight highway with a speed
The numerical values of A, B, C, D are 1, 4, -2 and of 72 kmh-1 is brought to a stop within a distance of
respectivley and SI units are used. Find 100 m. What is the retardation of the car and how
(a) the dimensions of A, B, C and D, long does it take for the car to stop ?
(b) the velocity of the particle at t = 4s,
25. The reaction time for an automobile driver is 0.6 s. If
(c) the acceleration of the particle at t = 4s,
the automobile can be decelerated at 5 ms-2 calculate
(d) the average velocity during the interval t = 0 to t
the total distance travelled in coming to stop from an
= 4s,
initial velocity of 30 kmh-1 , after a signal is observed.
(e) the average acceleration during the interval t = 0
to t = 4s. 26. A police inspector in a jeep is chasing a pickpocket
16. The displacement (in metre) of a particle moving on a straight road. The jeep is going at its maximum
along x-axis is given by x = 18 t + 5t2. Calculate : The speed v (assumed uniform). The pickpocket rides on
instantaneous velocity t = 2s the motorcycle of a waiting friend when the jeep is at
(a) Average velocity between t = 2 s and t = 3s a distance d away, and the motorcycle starts with a
(b) Instantaneous acceleration constant acceleration a. Show that the pickpocket will
17. The displacement x of a particle along X-axis is is caught if v ≥ 2ad .
given by x = 3 + 8t + 7t2 . Obtain its velocity and
acceleration at t = 2s. MOTION UNDER GRAVITY
UNIFORMLY ACCELERATED MOTION 27. A ball thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 19.6
18. A jet plane starts from rest with an acceleration of 3 ms-1 from the top of a tower returns to the earth in 6
ms-2 and makes a run for 35 s before taking off. What s. Find the height of tower.
is the minimum length of the runway and what is the
velocity of jet at take off ?
19. On a foggy day two drivers spot each other when they
are just 80 metres apart. They are travelling at 72
kmh-1 and 60 kmh-1, respectively. Both of them
applied brakes retarding their cars at the rate of 5
ms-2. Determine whether they avert collision or not ?
20. A body covers a distance of 20 m in the 7th second
and 24 m in the 9th second. How much shall it cover
in 15th seconds ? 28. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of
20 ms-1 from the top of a multistoreyed building. The
21. A body covers 12 m in 2nd second and 20 m in 4th height of the point from where the ball is thrown is
second. How much distance will it cover in 4 seconds 25 m from the ground.
after the 5th second. (a) How high will the ball rise ?

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(b) How long will it be before the ball hits 35. A rocket is fired vertically from the ground with a
the ground ? resultant vertical acceleration of 10 ms-2. The fuel is
(c) Trace the trajectory of this ball. finished in 1 minute and it continues to move up.
29. A ball thrown up is caught by the thrower after 4 s. What is the maximum height reached.
How did it go and with what velocity was it thrown ? 36. From the top of a tower 100 m in height a all is
How far was it below the highest point 3s after it was dropped and the same time another ball is projected
thrown ? vertically upwards from the ground with velocity of
25 ms-1 . Find when and where the two balls will
30. A balloon is ascending at the rate of 9.8 ms-1 at a meet. Take g = 9.8 ms-2
height of 39.2 m above the ground when a food
packet is dropped from the balloon. After how much 37. A body falling freely under gravity passes two points
time and with what velocity does it reach the ground 30 m apart in 1 s. Find from what po.int above the
? Take g = 9.8 ms-2 upper point it began to fall ? Take g = 9.8 ms-2.
31. A ball is dropped from a height. If it takes 0.200 s to RELATIVE VELOCITY IN ONE DIMENSION
cross the last 6 m before hitting the ground, find the 38. A car moving at 10 ms-1 on a straight road , is ahead
height from which it was dropped. Take g =10 m/s2 . of car B moving in the same direction at 6 ms-1 . Find
the velocity of A relative to B and vice versa.
32. A food packet is released from a helicopter which is
rising steadily at 2 ms-1. After two seconds : 39. Two parallel rail tracks run north south. Train A
moves north with a speed of 54 km-1 and train B
(a) What is the velocity of the packet ? moves south with a speed of 90 kmh-1 . What is the :
(b) How far is it below the helicopter ? (a) Relative velocity of B with respect to A ?
Take g = 9.8 ms-2. (b) Relative velocity of ground with respect
to B ?
33. A parachutist bails out from an aeroplane and after (c) Velocity of a monkey running of the roof of the
dropping through a distance of 40 m , he opens the train A against its motion (with a velocity of 18 kmh-
parachute and decelerates at 2 ms-2 . If he reaches the 1
with respect to the train A) as observed by a man
ground with a speed of 2 ms-1 , how long is he in the standing on the ground ?
air ? At what height did he bail out from the plane ? 40. Two trains 120 m and 80 m in length are running in
34. Two balls are thrown simultaneously, A vertically opposite directions with velocities 42 kmh-1 and 30
upwards with a speed of 20 ms-1 from the ground and kmh-1 . In what time they will completely cross each
B vertically downwards from a height of 40 m with other ?
the same speed and along the same the line of motion. 41. Two buses A and B are at positions 50 m and 100 m
At what points do the two balls collide ? Take g = 9.8 from the origin at time t = 0. They start moving in the
ms-2 same direction simultaneously with uniform velocity
of 10 ms-1 and 5 ms-1 . Determine the time and
position at which A overtakes B.
42. A jet airline travelling at the speed of 450 kmh-1
ejects the burnt gases at the speed of 1200 kmh-1
relative to the jet airline. Find the speed of the burnt
gases w.r.t. a stationary observer on earth.
43. A police van moving on a highway with a speed of
30 kmh-1 fires a bullet at a thief's car speeding away
in the same direction with a speed of 192 kmh-1. If

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the muzzle speed of the bullet is 150 ms-1, with what 50. A buglar’s car had a start with an acceleration of 2
speed does the bullet hit the thief s car? ms-2. A police vigilant party came after 5 seconds and
continued to chase the burglar’s car with a uniform
44. Two buses starts simultaneously towards each other
velocity of 20 ms-1. Find the time in which the police
from towns A and B which are 480 km apart. The
van overtake the burglar’s car.
first bus takes 8 hours to travel from A to B while the
second bus takes 12 hours to travel from B to A. 51. A body starting from rest accelerates uniformly at the
Determine when and where the buses will meet ? rate of 10 cms-2 and retards uniformly at the rate of
20 cms-2. Find the least time in which it can complete
45. Two trains A and B of length 400 m each are moving
the journey of 5 km if the maximum velocity attained
on two parallel tracks with a uniform speed of 72
by the body is 72 kmh-1.
kmh-1 in the same direction, with A ahead of B. The
driver of B decided to overtake A and accelerates by 52. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for
1 ms-2 . If after 50s, the guard of B just brushes past 10 s to a velocity of 8 ms-1. It then runs a constant
the driver of A, what was the original distance velocity and is finally brought to rest in 64 m with a
between them ? constant retardation. The total distance covered by
the car is 584 m. Find the value of acceleration ,
46. On a two-lane road, car A is travelling with a speed
retardation and total time taken.
of 36 kmh-1. Two cars B and C approach car A in
opposite directions with a speed of 54 kmh-1 each. At GRAPHS
a certain instant, when the distance AB is equal to
53. A woman starts from her home at 9.00 AM. Walks
AC, both being 1 km, B decides to overtake A before
with a speed of 5 kmh-1 on a straight road upto her
C does. What minimum acceleration of car B is
office 2.5 km away, stays at the office upto 5 PM. and
required to avoid in accident .
returns home by an auto with a speed of 25 kmh-1.
47. Two towns A and B are connected by a regular bus Choose suitable scales and plot the x-t graph of her
service with a bus leaving in either direction every T motion.
min. A man cycling with a speed of 20 kmh-1 in the
54. Look at the graphs, given below, carefully and state
direction A to B notices that a bus goes past him
the reasons which of these graphs cannot possibly
every 18 min in the direction of his motion, and every
represent one-dimensional motion of a particle.
6 min in the opposite direction. What is the period T
of the bus service and with what speed (assumed
constant) do the buses ply on the road ?
MIXED QUESTIONS
48. A 100 m sprinter increases her speed from
rest uniformly at the rate of 1 ms-2 upto three
quarters of the total run and covers the
last quarter with uniform speed. How much
time does she take to cover the first half and the
second half of the run ?
49. A motor car starts from rest and accelerates
uniformly for 10s to a velocity of a 20 ms-1. It then
runs at a constant speed and is finally brought to rest
in 40m with a constant acceleration. Total distance
covered is 640 m. Find the value of acceleration ,
retardation and total time taken.

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55. A drunkard walking in a narrow lane takes 5 steps
forward and 3 steps backward, followed again by 5
steps forward and 3 steps backward, and so on. Each
step is 1 m long and requires 1 s. Plot the x-i graph of
his motion. Determine graphically and otherwise
how long the drunkard takes to fall in a pit 13m away
from the start.
56. A ball is dropped from a height of 90 m on a floor.
At each collision with the floor, the bull Loses one-
tenth of its speed. Plot the speed-time graph of its
motion between t = 0 to 12 s.
57. Fig. shows the x-t plot of one-dimensional motion of
a particle. Is it correct to say from the graph that the
particle moves in a straight line for t < 0 and on a
parabolic path for t > 0 ? If not, suggest a suitable
physical context for this graph.

58. The velocity-time graph of an object moving along a

straight line is as shown in Fig. 3.65. Find the net
distance covered by the object in time interval
between t = 0 to t = 10 s. Also find the displacement
in time 0 to 10 s.

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