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OBUL REDDY PUBLIC SCHOOL

Class: XI PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT
Motion In One-Dimension

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1.An object accelerates uniformly along a straight line with an acceleration of 10m/𝑠 .
At t=0 it is at x=-8m and has a velocity of 3m/s. What is the position and velocity of the object at
t=3s.
Ans:x=46m, v=33m/s.

2. A body is thrown up with a velocity of 50m/s. Find how high it will rise and how much time it
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will take to return to its point of projection.(g=10m/𝑠 ) Ans:t=10s, h=125m.

3.A particle starts from rest at time t=0s and suffers acceleration as shown in figure. Draw v-t
graph for the time interval from 0-4s.

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4. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly with 3m/𝑠 for 5s and then moves with
uniform velocity. Plot the x-t graph of the motion upto t=7s.

5. An object started with a velocity of 30m/s moving along a straight line with a retardation of
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10m/𝑠 . Calculate the distance and displacement of the object after 4s.
Ans : 50m , 40m

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6.A car travelling the first 3
𝑟𝑑 distance at a speed of 10kmph, the next 3
𝑟𝑑 with 20kmph and
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the last 3
𝑟𝑑 at 60kmph. What is the average speed of the car?
Ans : 18KMPH
7.The below figure shows an x-t graph of a particle moving along a straight line. What is the sign
of acceleration during the intervals OA , AB , BC and CD.

8. An object travels at a steady speed for a time t1, then decelerates uniformly for time t2 until it
comes to rest. Sketch the following graphs for the motion
a) Displacement vs time
b)velocity vs time
c) acceleration vs time.

9.The x-t graph of a particle moving in a straight line is given below. What is the sign of
velocities at the points C,D,E,F.

10.The distance between two places A and B on the road is 70 kilometers. A car starts from A
and the other from B. If they travel in the same direction, they will meet after 7 hours. If they
travel towards each other they will meet after 1 hour, then find their speeds.
Ans : Speed of A = 40KMPH, B = 30KMPH
11.The speed time graph of a particle moving along a fixed direction is shown. Find the distance
traversed by the particle between a) 0-10s b) 2-6s.

Ans : 100m, 60m.

12. The graph shows velocity as a function of time for a car. What was the acceleration at time =
90 seconds?
Ans.1/3 m/s2

13. An object is released from rest and falls a distance h during the first second of time. How far
will it fall during the next second of time?
Ans. 3h
14. From the given graphs which represents uniformly accelerated motion. Ans.Fig3

15..A stone is released from the top of a tower. If its velocity at half of the height is 10 m/ s ,
then height of the tower is ( Take g = 10m/s2 ) Ans:10m

16.A car traveling with a speed of 30 km/h , can brake to stop within a distance of 2 m. If the
car is going twice as fast i.e. 90 km/h , the stopping distance will be(same braking force)

Ans.18m

17.A particle starts from rest and moves at an acceleration of 2 m/s2 for 10 s. After that, it
travels for 30 s with constant speed and then undergoes a retardation of 4 m/s2 and comes
back to rest. The total distance covered by the particle is Ans.750m

18.A ball is released from the top of a tower of height h meters. It takes T seconds to reach the
ground. What will be the position of the ball from the ground after T /3 seconds of its fall?
(a) h/9 metres (b) 7h/9 metres (c) 8h/9metres (d) 17h/18metres Ans. C

19..A 120 m long train is moving towards west at a speed of 10m/s.

A bird, flying towards east at a speed of 5m/s , crosses the train. What is the time taken by
the bird to cross the train?
(a) 8 s (b) 10 s (c) 12 s (d) 16 s Ans. (a)
20. A man walks 4 m to the north, 12 m to west and finally climbs up a vertical pole up to a height of 3m.
The displacement made by him is Ans. 13m

21. A body released from the top of a tower takes 6 seconds to reach the ground. After time of
3seconds from starting, its height from the ground is ( g=10m/s2) Ans.135m

22. A stone is dropped into water from a bridge 80m m above the water. Another stone is thrown
 vertically downward 1 second later. Both strike the water simultaneously. Then the initial speed of
the

second stone is ( Take g =10m/s2)

a) 24.5 m/s b) 23.2 m/s c) 11.67 m/s d) 12.25 m/s

23.The correct statement from the following is

a) A body having zero velocity at a given instant will not necessarily have zero acceleration.

b) A body having zero velocity at a given instant will necessarily have zero acceleration.

c) A body having uniform speed can have only uniform acceleration.

d) A body having non – uniform velocity will have zero acceleration.

24. For a body thrown vertically upwards

i) Time taken for upward journey is equal to the time taken for downward journey

ii) The velocity with which the body is thrown upward is equal to the velocity with which it hits the

ground.

iii) The speed of the body at any point in its upwards and downwards journey is the same.

a) only i is correct b) only i and iii are correct

c) all are correct d) all are false

25. A body starts from rest and has a uniform acceleration a. What will be the shape of its x – t graph?

a) parabola b) straight line passing through origin

c) straight line parallel to time axis d) none

26. Two bodies of different masses are dropped from heights 16 m and 25 m respectively. The ratio of

time taken by them to reach the ground is

a) 25/16 b) 5/4 c) 4/5 d) 16/25

27. a)Using the velocity-time graph, derive an equation for displacement of the above
body.
b). Draw the velocity Time graph and speed Time graph of a body thrown vertically in
the air.
28.Acceleration time graph of a body starts from rest as shown below:Draw the velocity
time graph using the above graph. Find the displacement in the given interval of time
from 0 to 3 seconds.

29. The position – time graph for two particles A and B are straight lines inclined at angles of 30° and

60° with time axis. The ratio of velocities of VA and VB is

a) 1 : 3 b) 1 : √3 c) √3 : 1 d) 3 : 1

30 The area under acceleration – time graph represents

a) displacement b) velocity

c) change in velocity d) acceleration

31. The area under v – t graph gives

a) displacement b) acceleration c) change in velocity d) velocity

32. A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the ground with a velocity of 39.2 m/s. The time taken by the
 ball to reach maximum height is (g = 9.8 m/s2)

a) 6 s b) 8s c) 4 s d) 10 s

33. A stone is dropped from the top of a building 200 m high and at the same time another stone

is projected vertically upwards from the ground with a velocity of 50 m/s. Find time after which the

two stones meet.

a) 8 s b) 4 s c) 2 s d) 16s

34. Assertion – A body can have acceleration even if its velocity is zero at a given instant.

Reason – During accelerated motion in a straight line , a body is momentarily at rest when it reverses

Its direction of motion.

a) Assertion and reason both are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.

b) Assertion and reason both are true and reason is not correct explanation of assertion.

c) Assertion is true but reason is false.

d) Both assertion and reason are false.

35. A person is sitting in a travelling train and facing the engine. He tosses up a coin and the coin falls

behind him. It can be concluded that the train is

a) moving forward and accelerating b) moving forward and decelerating

c) moving forward with uniform speed d) moving backward with uniform speed

36 A body dropped from a certain height reaches the ground after 3 s. Average velocity of the body

during the motion is (g = 10 m/s2)

a) 10 m/s b) 15 m/s c) 20 m/s d) zero

37. Two cars A and B are moving with velocities of (3i + 4j) and( -3i- 4j) respectively. The relative velocity

of A with respect to B is

a) (6i + 8j) b) (8i + 6j) c) (-6i – 8j) d) (-8i – 6j)

38. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 35 m/s. A woman rides a bicycle with a
speed of 12 m/s in the east to west direction. What is the direction in which she should
hold her umbrella?

39..The figure shows the position-time graph of a body moving along a straight line.

1. Draw the velocity-time graph of the body.

2. From the graph, find the displacement in 20 seconds.

40..Position (x) – time (t) graphs of two objects A and B are shown below. At what time
the objects meet?

41.a) Draw the velocity time graph of free fall

 b) A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20 ms-1 from the top of a
building. The height of the point from where the ball is thrown is 25.0 m from the
ground.i) How high will the ball rise?ii) How long will it be before the ball hits the
ground?
42.The angle between A = i + j and B = i – j is
43A car travelling at a speed 54 km/hr is brought to rest in 90s. Find the distance
travelled by the car before coming to rest.
44.Two parallel rail tracks run north-south. Train A moves north with a speed of 15 m/s
and train B moves south with a speed of 25 m/s.
a) What is the velocity of B with respect to A?
b) What is the velocity of ground with respect to B?
c) What is the velocity of a monkey running on the roof of the train A against its motion
(with a velocity of 5m/s with respect to the train A) as observed by a man standing on
the ground?
Answer: a) VBA = VB – -VA = 25 + 15 = 40 m/s b) VgB = Vg – VB = 0 – 25 = -25 m/s
Resultant velocity = 15 – 5 (opposite to direction) = 10 m/s
45. From the given figures which represents uniformly accelerated motion.

46. The angular speed of a wheel makes 360 revolutions per minute is

a) 2160 rad/sec b) 12 rad/sec c) 360 rad/sec d) 12 π rad/sec

47. The magnitude of the resultant of two forces, one 6 N due east and the other 8 N due north is

a) 100 N b) √10 N c) √1000 N d) 10 N

48. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 30 m/s. A woman rides a bicycle with a speed of 10 m/s in the

north to south direction. The magnitude of velocity of rain with respect to woman is

a) √100 m/s b) 1000 m/s c) 10√10 m/s d) 10 m/s