Prayas JEE (2025)

MANTHAN
Physics Motion in a Plane
Exercise-1  
8. The magnitudes of two forces F1 and F2 are 10 N and
8 N. The angle between them is 120°. The magnitude of
RESULTANT OF TWO VECTORS their difference is
  
1. Two vectors A and B lie in a plane. Another
   vector C (a) 244 N (b) 84 N
lies outside this plane. The resultant A + B + C of these (c) 164 N (d) None of these
three vectors
(a) Can be zero
(b) Cannot be zero VECTORS IN UNIT VECTOR FORM
 
(c) Lies in the plane of A and B 9. The vector joining the points A (1, 1, –1) and B (2, –3, 4)
   and pointing from A to B is
(d) Lies in the plane of A and A + B
2. The vector sum of the forces of 10 N and 6 N can be (a) −iˆ + 4 ˆj − 5kˆ (b) iˆ + 4 ˆj + 5kˆ
(a) 2 N (b) 8 N (c) 18 N (d) 20 N (c) iˆ − 4 ˆj + 5kˆ (d) −iˆ − 4 ˆj − 5kˆ
3. A set of vectors taken in a given order gives a closed 10. The x and y components of a force are 2N and –3N. The
polygon. Then the resultant of these vectors is a force is
(a) Scalar quantity (b) Pseudo vector (a) 2 iˆ − 3 ˆj (b) 2 iˆ + 3 ˆj (c) −2 iˆ − 3 ˆj (d) 3 iˆ + 2 ˆj
(c) Unit vector (d) Null vector.
11. The vector iˆ + xjˆ + 3kˆ is rotated through an angle
4. A car drives 6.0 km east, then 8 km north, and then 21 km θ and doubled in magnitude, then it becomes
west. The magnitude of the resulting displacement from
4iˆ + (4 x − 2) ˆj + 2kˆ. The values of x are
origin is
2 1 2
(a) 35 km (b) 23 km (a) − (b) (c) (d) 1
3 3 3
(c) 21 km (d) 17 km

DOT PRODUCT
DIFFERENCE OF TWO VECTORS   
12. Three
  non zero vectors
  A , B and
 C satisfy the relation
 
5. Two vectors a and b inclined at an angle θ w.r.t. each A . B = 0 and A . C = 0 . Then A can be parallel to:
       
other have a resultant c which
 makes an angle β with a . (a) B (b) C (c) B . C (d) B × C

If the directions of a and b are interchanged, then the
13. The value of scalar product of two vectors is 8 and that of
resultant will have the same
vector product is 8 3 . The angle between them is:
(a) Magnitude
(a) 30º (b) 60º (c) 120º (d) 150º
(b) Direction
(c) Magnitude as well as direction 14. A particle is moving under the influence of force

(d) Neither magnitude nor direction F= [ iˆ − 2 ˆj ] N, is now moved from the point (x, y, z) =
     (2, 1, 3) m to the point (x, y, z) = (3, 2, 4) m. How much
 
6. If P + = P – Q , and θ is the angle between P and
 Q , then work is done by the force F during this time period? (W
  
(a) θ = 0º (b) θ = 90º (c) P = 0 (d) Q = 0 = F .s )
7. A particle is moving eastward with a speed of 5 m/s. (a) 0 J (b) –1 J
In 10 s the velocity changes to 5 m/s northwards. The
(c) 1 J (d) None of these
average acceleration in this time is
(a) Zero 15. The angle between (iˆ + ˆj + kˆ) and (2iˆ + 2 ˆj − 2kˆ) is
1 1 1
(b) m/s2 towards north-west. (a) cos–1 (b) cos–1
2 3 3
(c) 1/2 m/s2 towards north-west. 1
(c) Sin–1­ (d) None of these
(d) 1/2 m/s2 towards north. 3

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    
16. If A . B = C . B , which of the following can not be a PROJECTILE MOTION: GROUND TO GROUND
possible case?
 
PROJECTION
(a) A = C 26. The point from where a ball is projected is taken as the
 
(b) angle between A and B = 30° and angle between origin of the coordinate axes. The x and y components of
  its displacement are given by x = 6t and y = 8t – 5t2. What
B and C = 150° all three vectors are of equal
magnitude. is the velocity of projection?
 (a) 6 m s–1 (b) 8 m s–1 (c) 10 m s–1 (d) 14 m s–1
(c) B is a null vector
   27. At an instant t, the coordinates of a particle are x = at2,
(d) A , B and C are along x, y and z-axis respectively
y = bt2 and z = 0, then its speed at the instant t will be
17. The vector 5iˆ + 2 ˆj − kˆ is perpendicular to the vector
(a) t a 2 + b 2 (b) 2t a 2 + b 2
3iˆ + ˆj + 2kˆ for  =
(a) 1 (b) 4.7 (c) 6.3 (d) 8.5 (c) a 2 + b2 (d) 2t 2 a 2 + b 2
28. A ball is projected from a certain point on the surface of a
CROSS PRODUCT planet at a certain angle with the horizontal surface. The
    horizontal and vertical displacements x and y vary with
18. What is the torque of the force F = (2i − 3 j + 4k ) N time t in second as:
  
acting at the point r = (3i + 2 j + 3k ) m about the origin:
      x = 10
3 t and y = 10t – t2
(a) 6i − 6 j + 12k (b) 17i − 6 j − 13k
      The maximum height attained by the ball is
(c) −6i + 6 j − 12k (d) −17i + 6 j + 13k (a) 100 m (b) 75 m (c) 50 m (d) 25 m
   29. A projectile fired with initial velocity u at some angle θ
19. If A × B = C then which of the following statements is
wrong? has a range R. If the initial velocity be doubled at the same
    angle of projection, then the range will be
(a) C ⊥ A (b) C ⊥ B
      (a) 2R (b) R/2 (c) R (d) 4R
(c) C ⊥ ( A + B) (d) C ⊥ ( A × B) 30. If the initial velocity of a projectile be doubled, keeping
  the angle of projection same, the maximum height reached
20. Two vectors and Q are inclined at an angle θ to by it will
each other. Which of the  following is the unit vector
 (a) remain the same (b) be doubled
perpendicular to P and Q ?
   (c) be quadrupled (d) be halved
P×Q Pˆ × Qˆ Pˆ × Qˆ P × Qˆ
(a) (b) (c) (d) 31. At the top of the trajectory of a projectile, the directions of
PQ sin θ PQ sin θ PQ sin θ its velocity and acceleration are
  
21. If A = iˆ + 2 ˆj + 3kˆ, B = - iˆ + ˆj + 4kˆ, C = 3iˆ - 3 ˆj - 12kˆ, (a) perpendicular to each other
then find the angle between the vectors ( A + B + C ) and
  
(b) parallel to each other
 
( )
A × B in degrees. (c) inclined to each other at an angle of 45°
(a) θ = 90° (b) θ = 60° (c) θ = 45° (d) θ = 30° (d) antiparallel to each other
22. Find a unit vector perpendicular to both the vectors 32. The range of a particle when launched at an angle of 15º with

( ) (
2iˆ + 3 ˆj + kˆ and iˆ - ˆj + 2kˆ . ) the horizontal is 1.5 km. What is the range of the projectile
when launched at an angle of 45° to the horizontal?
(a) 1.5 km (b) 3.0 km (c) 6.0 km (d) 0.75 km
(a) ± 1 7iˆ − 3 ˆj − 5kˆ
( (b) ± 1 7iˆ − 3 ˆj − 5kˆ
) ( )
83 63 33. A stone is projected from the ground with velocity 25 m/s.
Two seconds later, it just clears a wall 5 m high. The angle
1
(c) ± 1
83
(
3iˆ − 7 ˆj − 5kˆ )
(d) ±
38
(
7iˆ − 5 ˆj − 3kˆ ) of projection of the stone is (g = 10m /sec2)
      (a) 30º (b) 45º (c) 37º (d) 60º
23. Find A.B if=
 
A 2,= (
B 5 and A × B =
 
8) 34. A projectile thrown with a speed ν at an angle θ has
a range R on the surface of earth. For same ν and θ, its
(a) A ⋅ B = ±6 (b) A ⋅ B = ± 12
     g earth 
(c) A ⋅ B = ±8 (d) A⋅ B = ± 16 range on the surface of moon will be  g moon =
 6 
     
24. If 3 A × B = A.B, then find the angle between A and B. (a) R/6 (b) 6R (c) R/36 (d) 36R
(a) 75° (b) 30° (c) 65° (d) 45° 35. A particle reaches its highest point when it has covered
exactly one half of its horizontal range. The corresponding
25. If iˆ, ˆj and kˆ are unit vectors along X, Y and Z axis
point on the displacement (in vertical direction) time
respectively, then tick the wrong statement
graph is characterised by
(a) iˆ.iˆ = 1 (b) iˆ × ˆj =kˆ (a) Negative slope (b) Zero slope
(c) iˆ. ˆj = 0 (d) iˆ × kˆ =−iˆ (c) Positive slope (d) either (a) or (c)

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 36. If the range of a gun which fires a shell with muzzle speed 44. During projectile motion, acceleration of a particle at the
V is R, then the angle of elevation of the gun is highest point of its trajectory is
V2   gR  (a) g
(a) cos −1   (b) cos −1  2  (b) zero
 Rg  V 
(c) less than g
1V2  1 −1  gR  (d) dependent upon projection velocity
(c)   (d) sin  2 
2  Rg  2 V  45. The maximum range of a projectile is 22 m. When it is
37. A ball is thrown upwards. It returns to ground describing a thrown at an angle of 15º with the horizontal, its range
parabolic path. Which of the following remains constant? will be-
(a) Speed of the ball (a) 22 m (b) 6 m (c) 15 m (d) 11 m
(b) Kinetic energy of the ball 5x2
(c) Vertical component of velocity 46. The equation of projectile is y = 16x – . The
horizontal range is: 4
(d) Horizontal component of velocity.
(a) 16 m (b) 8 m (c) 3.2 m (d) 12.8 m
38. A bullet is fired horizontally from a rifle at a distant
target. Ignoring the effect of air resistance, which of the 47. If four balls A, B, C and D are projected with same speed
following is correct? at the angles of 15º, 30º, 45º and 60º with the horizontal
respectively. The two balls which will fall at the same
Horizontal Acceleration Vertical Acceleration
place will be-
(a) 10 ms–2 10 ms–2
(a) A and B (b) A and D
(b) 10 ms–2 0 ms–2
(c) B and D (d) A and C
(c) 0 ms–2 10 ms–2
48. A ball is hit by a batsman at an angle of 37º as shown
(d) 0 ms–2 0 ms–2
in figure. The man standing at P should run at what
39. A particle is projected with a velocity of 50 m/s at 37° minimum velocity so that he catches the ball before
with horizontal. Find the co-ordinates of the particle (w.r.t. it strikes the ground? Assume that height of man is
the starting point) after 2 s. negligible in comparison to maximum height of projectile.
Given, g =10 m/s2, sin 37° = 0.6 and cos 37° = 0.8 u= 15 ms –1
(a) (40, 80) (b) (80, 40) (c) (60, 80) (d) (80, 60)
40. Find the angle of projection of a projectile for which the
horizontal range and maximum height are equal. 37º man
A B
(a) 45° (b) tan–1(4) P
(c) tan–1(2) (d) None of these 9m
41. A projectile is thrown with velocity v making an angle (a) 3 ms–1 (b) 5 ms–1
θ with the horizontal. It just crosses the top of two (c) 9 ms–1 (d) 12 ms–1
poles, each of height h, after 1 second and 3 seconds 49. Suppose a player hits several baseballs. Which baseball
respectively. The time of flight of the projectile is will be in the air for the longest time?
(a) 1 s (b) 3 s (c) 4 s (d) 7.8 s (a) The one with the farthest range.
42. It was calculated that a shell when fired from a gun with (b) The one which reaches maximum height
5π (c) The one with the greatest initial velocity
a certain velocity and at an angle of elevation radians
36 (d) The one leaving the bat at 45° with respect to the
should strike a given target in the same horizontal plane. ground.
In actual practice, it was found that a hill just prevented 50. A particle is projected from the ground with velocity u at
the trajectory. At what angle of elevation (in radians) angle θ with horizontal. The horizontal range, maximum
should the gun be fired to hit the target? height and time of flight are R, H and T respectively. They
5π 11π 7π 13π are given by,
(a) (b) (c) (d)
36 36 36 36 u 2 sin 2θ u 2 sin 2 θ 2u sin θ
=
R = ,H = and T
g 2g g
43. A projectile is thrown with a speed v at an angle θ with
the vertical. Its average velocity between the instants it Now keeping u as fixed, θ is varied from 30° to 60°. Then,
crosses half the maximum height is (a) R will first increase then decrease, H will increase
(a) v sin θ, horizontal and in the plane of projection and T will decrease
(b) v cos θ, horizontal and in the plane of projection (b) R will first increase then decrease while H and T both
(c) 2v sin θ, horizontal and perpendicular to the plane of will increase
projection (c) R will decrease while H and T will increase
(d) 2v cos θ, vertical and in the plane of projection. (d) R, H and T will increase

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 51. A point mass is projected, making an acute
 angle with the 59. An aeroplane flying at a constant velocity releases a
horizontal. If angle between velocity v and acceleration bomb. As the bomb drops down from the aeroplane

g is θ at any time t during the motion, then θ is given by (a) it will always be vertically below the aeroplane
(b) it will always be vertically below the aeroplane only
(a) 0º < θ < 90º (b) θ = 90º if the aeroplane is flying horizontally
(c) θ < 90º (d) 0º < θ < 180º (c) it will always be vertically below the aeroplane only if the
52. The velocity at the maximum height of a projectile is half aeroplane is flying at an angle of 45° to the horizontal.
of its initial velocity u. Its range on the horizontal plane is: (d) it will gradually fall behind the aeroplane if the
2u 2 3 u2 u2 u2 aeroplane is flying horizontally
(a) (b) (c) (d) 60. A body is projected horizontally from the top of a tower
3g 2g 3g 2g
with initial velocity 18 ms–1. It hits the ground at an angle
PROJECTILE THROWN FROM SOME HEIGHT of 45º with horizontal. What is the vertical component of
ABOVE GROUND velocity when the body strikes the ground?
53. A stone is just released from the window of a train moving (a) 18 2 ms–1 (b) 18 ms–1
along a horizontal straight track. The stone will hit the (c) 9 2 ms–1 (d) 9 ms–1
ground following
(a) Straight path (b) Circular path PROJECTILE MOTION ON AN INCLINED PLANE
(c) Parabolic path (d) Hyperbolic path
61. Find time of flight of projectile thrown horizontally with
54. An aeroplane moving horizontally with a speed of 720 speed 10 ms–1 from a long inclined plane which makes an
km/h drops a food packet, while flying at a height of angle of 45° with the horizontal.
396.9 m. The time taken by a food packet to reach the (a) 2 sec (b) 2 2 sec
ground and its horizontal range is
(c) 2 sec (d) None of these
(Take g = 9.8 m/sec2)
62. If time taken by the projectile to reach Q is T, then PQ =
(a) 3 s and 2000 m (b) 5 s and 500 m
(c) 8 s and 1500 m (d) 9 s and 1800 m v
55. A plane flying horizontally at a height of 1500 m with 90º
a velocity of 200 ms–1 passes directly overhead an P
antiaircraft gun. The angle with the horizontal at which
the gun should be fired so that the shell with a muzzle
velocity of 400 ms–1 hits the plane, is:
(a) 90º (b) 60º (c) 30º (d) 45º 
56. A stone projected at an angle of 60º from the ground Q
level strikes at an angle of 30º on the roof of a building of (a) Tv sin θ (b) Tv cos θ
height ‘h’. Then the speed of projection of the stone is: (c) Tv sec θ (d) Tv tan θ
30º 63. A ball is horizontally projected with a speed v from the
top of a plane inclined which is at an angle 45° with the
horizontal. How far from the point of projection will the
h ball strike the plane?
60º v2 2 v2 2v 2  2 2 v2 
(a) (b) (c) (d)  
(a) 2gh (b) 6gh (c) 3gh (d) gh g g g  g 
57. One stone is projected horizontally from a 20 m high 64. A particle is projected at 37° with the incline plane in
upward direction with speed 10 m/s. The angle of incline
cliff with an initial speed of 10 ms–1. A second stone is
plane with the horizontal is 53°. Then the maximum height
simultaneously dropped from that cliff. Which of the
above the incline plane attained by the particle will be
following is true?
(a) 3m (b) 4 m (c) 5 m (d) Zero
(a) Both strike the ground with the same speed.
(b) The ball with initial speed 10 ms–1 reaches the ground first. TWO DIMENSIONAL RELATIVE MOTION
(c) Both the balls hit the ground at different times. 65. A bird is flying towards south with a velocity 40km/hr and
(d) Both the balls strike the ground with different speeds. a train is moving with a velocity 40 km/hr towards east.
58. A ball is projected from top of a tower with a velocity of What is the velocity of the bird w.r.t. an observer in train
5 m/s at an angle of 53º to horizontal. Its speed when it is (a) 40 2 km/hr. North – East
at a height of 0.45 m from the point of projection is (b) 40 2 km/hr. South – East
(a) 2 m/s (b) 3 m/s (c) 40 2 km/hr. South – West
(c) 4 m/s (d) Data insufficient
(d) 40 2 km/hr. North – West
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66. A train is moving towards east and a car is along north, 74. To man running at a speed of 25 m/sec,the rain drops
both with same speed. The observed direction of car to the appear to be falling at an angle of 45° from the vertical.
passenger in the train is If the rain drops are actually falling vertically downwards,
(a) East-north direction (b) West-north direction then velocity of rain w.r.t. man (in m/sec) is
(c) South-east direction (d) None of these (a) 25 (b) 25 3 (c) 25 2 (d) 4
67. A ship is sailing towards north at a speed of 2 m/s. The
current is taking it towards East at the rate of 1 m/s and a
RIVER MAN PROBLEM
sailor is climbing a vertical pole on the ship at the rate of 75. A swimmer crosses the river along the line making an
1 m/s. Find the velocity of the sailor with respect to ground. angle of 45º with the direction of flow. Velocity of the
river water is 5 m/s. Swimmer takes 6 seconds to cross
(a) 2iˆ + 2 ˆj + kˆ (b) iˆ + 2 ˆj + kˆ
the river of width 60 m. The velocity of the swimmer with
(c) 2iˆ + ˆj + kˆ (d) iˆ + ˆj + 2kˆ respect to water will be:
68. A helicopter is flying south with a speed of 50 kmh–1. (a) 10 m/s (b) 12 m/s (c) 5 5 m/s(d) 10 2 m/s
A train is moving with the same speed towards east. 76. A boat is rowed across a river (perpendicular to river
The relative velocity of the helicopter as seen by the flow) at the rate of 4.5 km/hr. The river flows at the rate of
passengers in the train will be towards. 6 km/hr. The velocity of boat in m/s is:
(a) North east (b) South east (a) 3.1 (b) 2.1 (c) 2.9 (d) 5
(c) North west (d) South west 77. A boat is sent across a river with a velocity of 8 km/hr. If
69. Wind is blowing in the north direction at speed of 2 ms–1, the resultant velocity of boat is 10 km/hr, then velocity of
which causes the rain to fall at some angle with the the river is
vertical. With what velocity should a cyclist drive so that (a) 10 km/hr (b) 8 km/hr
the rain appears vertical to him: (c) 6 km/hr (d) 4 km/hr
(a) 2 ms–1 south (b) 2 ms–1 north
78. A boat is moving with velocity of 3iˆ + 4 ˆj in river and
(c) 2 ms–1 west (d) 4 ms–1 south
water is moving with a velocity of −3iˆ − 4 ˆj with respect
to ground. Relative velocity of boat with respect to water
RAIN MAN PROBLEM is:
70. A man is walking on a road with a velocity 3 km/ (a) −6iˆ − 8 ˆj (b) 6iˆ + 8 ˆj
hr. Suddenly rain starts falling. The velocity of rain is
10 km/hr in vertically downward direction. the relative (c) 8iˆ (d) 6iˆ
velocity of the rain with respect to man is: 79. A river is flowing from west to east with a speed of
(a) 13 km/hr (b) 7 km/hr 5 m/min. A man can swim in still water with a velocity
10 m/min. In which direction should the man swim so as
(c) 109 km/hr (d) 13 km/hr to take the shortest possible path to go to the south.
71. A boy is running on the plane road with velocity (v) (a) 30° with downstream (b) 60° with downstream
with a long hollow tube in his hand. The water is falling (c) 120° with downstream (d) South
vertically downwards with velocity (u). At what angle
80. A river is flowing from west to east at a speed of 5 meters
to the vertical, he must incline the tube so that the water
per minute. A man on the south bank of the river, capable
drops enters in it without touching its side
of swimming at 10 metres per minute in still water, wants
v v u  
(a) tan −1   (b) sin −1   (c) tan −1   (d) cos −1   to swim across the river in the shortest time. He should
u
  u
  v   swim in a direction
(a) due north (b) 30° east of north
72. A man standing on a road has to hold his umbrella at 37°
(c) 30° north of west (d) 60° east of north
with the vertical to keep the rain away. He throws the
umbrella and starts running at 6 km/hr then he finds that 81. A man is crossing a river flowing with velocity of 5 m/s.
rain drops are hitting his head vertically, then speed of He reaches a point directly across at a distance of 60
rain drops with respect to moving man: meter in 5 sec. His velocity in still water should be
(a) 20 km/hr. (b) 8 km/hr. B
10
(c) km/hr. (d) 10 km/hr.
3 vr = 5 m/s 60 m
73. A man walks in rain with a velocity of 5 kmh–1. The rain
drops strike at him at an angle of 45° with the horizontal. A
Velocity of rain if it is falling vertically downward -
(a) 12 m/s (b) 13 m/s
(a) 5 km h–1 (b) 4 km h–1
(c) 5 m/s (d) 10 m/s
(c) 3 km h–1 (d) 1 km h–1
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82. To cross the river in shortest distance, a swimmer should 89. Two particles A and B move with velocities v1 and v2
swim making angle θ with the upstream. What is the ratio respectively along the x and y axis. The initial separation
of the time taken to swim across in the shortest time to between them is ‘d’ as shown in the figure. Find the least
that in swimming across over shortest distance. [Assume distance between them during their motion.
speed of swimmer in still water is greater than the speed y
of river flow]
(a) cosθ (b) sin θ (c) tan θ (d) cot θ
83. A man can swim with a speed of 4 km h–1 in still water.
v1 x
How long does he take to cross a river 1 km wide if the
river flows steadily at 3 km h–1 and he makes his strokes d v2
normal to the river current?
B
1 1
(a) hr (b) hr
3 2 d .v12 d .v22 d .v1 d .v
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(c)
1
hr (d) 1hr v12 + v22 v12 + v22 v12 + v22 v12 + v22
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90. Two men P and Q are standing at corners A and B of
84. A swimmer’s speed in the direction of flow of river is square ABCD of side 8 m. They start moving along the
16 km h–1. Swimmer’s speed against the direction of flow track with constant speed 2 m/s and 10 m/s respectively.
of river is 8 km h–1. Calculate the swimmer’s speed in still Find the time when they will meet for the first time.
water and the velocity of flow of the river (in km). 10 m/s
(a) 2, 8 (b) 12, 4 (c) 4, 8 (d) 8, 2 B
Q
C
85. A motorboat going down stream overcome a float at a
point M which is fixed with respect to ground. 60 minutes 2 m/s
later it turned back and after some time passed meets the
float at a distance of 6 km from the point M. Find the
velocity of the stream assuming a constant velocity for the A D
motorboat in still water. P
(a) 4 km/h (b) 7 km/h (c) 3 km/h (d) 6 km/h (a) 2 sec (b) 3 sec (c) 1 sec (d) 6 sec
86. A ship goes along a river and returns in time t0 at a speed RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN TWO PROJECTILES
2 m/s. On a particular day, a uniform current at speed
1 m/s is present to help the onward journey and oppose 91. Two particles are projected simultaneously from two
the return journey. If the time taken to go along and return points O and O’ such that 10 m is the horizontal and
on the rough day be t, then find the value of t/t0. 5 m is the vertical distance between them as shown in the
figure. They are projected at the same inclination 60° to
3 4 5 1 the horizontal with the same velocity 10 ms–1. The time
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 3 4 2 after which their separation becomes minimum is
87. Two boats were going down stream with different
–1
10 ms
velocities. When one overtook the other a plastic ball 60º
was dropped from one of the boats into water. Some time O –1
10 ms
later both boats turned back simultaneously and went at 5m
60º
the same speeds as before (relative to the water) towards O
the spot where the ball had been dropped. Which boat 10 m
will reach the ball first? (a) 2.5 sec (b) 1 sec (c) 5 sec (d) 10 sec
(a) The boat which has greater velocity (relative to 92. A particle A is moving with a constant velocity of 10 m/
water). sec. Another particle B is moving with a constant but
(b) The boat which has lesser velocity (relative to water). unknown velocity. At an instant, the line joining A and
(c) Both will reach the ball simultaneously. B makes an angle of 30° with velocity of A. Find the
minimum possible magnitude of velocity of B, if they
(d) Cannot be decided unless we know the actual values
collide after some time. (see figure)
of the velocities and the time after which they turned A
around. 30º

DISTANCE OF NEAREST APPROACH B

88. Four particles situated at the corners of a square of side (a) 5 m/s (b) 4 m/s (c) 10 m/s (d) 6 m/s
‘a’ move at a constant speed v. Each particle maintains a 93. Two particles are moving with velocities v1 and v2. Their
direction towards the next particle in succession. Calculate relative velocity is the maximum, when the angle between
the time the particles will take to meet each other. their velocities are:
(a) a/v (b) 2a/v (c) a/2v (d) a/3v (a) Zero (b) π/4 (c) π/2 (d) π

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 94. Two billiard balls are rolling on a flat table. One has 102. Two bodies of mass 10 kg and 5 kg are moving in
velocity components vx = 1m/s, vy = 3 m/s and the other concentric orbits of radii R and r such that their periods
has components vx = 2m/s and vy = 2 m/s. If both the balls are the same. Then the ratio between their centripetal
start moving from the same point, the angle between their acceleration is
path is (a) R/r (b) r/R (c) R2/r2 (d) r2/R2
(a) 60° (b) 45° (c) 22.5° (d) 15° 103. A stone is tied to one end of a string 50 cm long is whirled
in a horizontal circle with a constant speed. If the stone
KINEMATICS OF CIRCULAR MOTION makes 10 revolutions in 20 s, what is the magnitude of
acceleration of the stone?
95. If a particle moves in a circle describing equal angles in
(a) 493 cm/s2 (b) 720 cm/s2
equal times, its velocity vector 2
(c) 860 cm/s (d) 990 cm/s2
(a) Remains constant
(b) Changes in magnitude 104. Two particles P and Q are located at distances rP and
(c) Changes in direction rQ respectively from the axis of a rotating disc such that
rP > rQ, then
(d) Changes both in magnitude and direction
96. A particle moves with constant angular velocity in a (a) Both P and Q have the same acceleration
circle. During the motion its (b) Both P and Q do not have any acceleration
(c) P has greater acceleration than Q
(a) Kinetic energy remains constant
(d) Q has greater acceleration than P
(b) Momentum is constant
(c) Both kinetic energy and momentum both are constant 105. The formula for centripetal acceleration in a circular motion
(d) None of the above is true is
       
(a) α × r (b) ω× v (c) α × v (d) ω× r
97. The length of second’s hand in a watch is 1 cm. The
change in velocity of its tip in 15 seconds is 106. A particle is moving in a horizontal circle with constant
π speed. It has constant
(a) Zero (b) cm/sec (a) Velocity (b) Acceleration
30 2
(c) Kinetic energy (d) Displacement
π π 2
(c) cm/sec (d) cm/sec 107. What happens to the centripetal acceleration of a
30 30 revolving body if you double the orbital speed v and halve
 the angular velocity ω?
98. What is the value of linear velocity, if ω= 3iˆ − 4 ˆj + kˆ and
 (a) The centripetal acceleration remains unchanged.
r = 5iˆ − 6 ˆj + 6kˆ ?
(b) The centripetal acceleration is halved.
(a) 6iˆ + 2 ˆj − 3kˆ (b) –18iˆ − 13 ˆj + 2kˆ (c) The centripetal acceleration is doubled.
(c) 4iˆ − 13 ˆj + 6kˆ (d) 6iˆ − 2 ˆj + 8kˆ (d) The centripetal acceleration is quadrupled.
99. A wheel is of diameter 1m. If it makes 30 revolutions/sec., 108. A particle is moving along a circular path. The angular
then the linear speed of a point on its circumference will be velocity, linear velocity, angular acceleration and
(a) 30π m/s (b) π m/s (c) 60π m/s (d) π/2 m/s centripetal acceleration of the particle at any instant
   
respectively are ω, v , α and ac . Which of the following
100. In uniform circular motion (angular momentum
   relations is not correct?
=L mr × v )        
(a) ω ⊥ v (b) ω ⊥ α (c) ω ⊥ ac (d) v ⊥ ac
(a) Both the angular velocity and the angular momentum vary
(b) The angular velocity varies but the angular 109. A particle is moving in circular path with constant
momentum remains constant. tangential acceleration. Time t after the beginning of
motion the direction of net acceleration is at 45° to radius
(c) Both the angular velocity and the angular momentum
vector at the instant. The angular acceleration of the
stay constant
particle at time ‘t’ is proportional to:
(d) The angular momentum varies but the angular 1
1 3
velocity remains constant. (a) (b) 2 (c) (d) t0
t t t
CENTRIPETAL/TANGENTIAL/NET 110. A car is travelling with linear velocity v on a circular road
ACCELERATION of radius r. If it is increasing its speed at the rate of ‘a’ m/s2,
then the resultant acceleration will be:
101. A body is moving in a circular path with a constant speed.
It has  v2 2
 v4 2
(a)  2 −a  (b)  2 +a 
(a) A constant velocity r  r 
(b) A constant acceleration
(c) An acceleration of constant magnitude  4
  v2
− 2 2
(d) An acceleration which varies in magnitude and (c)  2  (d)  2 +a 
direction   r 

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 Exercise-3 (PYQ’s) seen at an angle 60° with respect to the vertical if the girl moves
further by a distance 2.464 d (point C). Then the height h2 is (given
tan 30° = 0.5774) [5 Sep, 2020 (Shift-I)]
MOTION IN A PLANE WITH CONSTANT
ACCELERATION
h2
1. Position of an ant (S in metres) moving in Y-Z plane is given by
S 2t 2 ˆj + 5kˆ (where t is in second). The magnitude and direction
=
of velocity of the ant at t = 1 s will be: [27 Jan, 2024 (Shift-I)] h1
(a) 16 m/s in y-direction (b) 4 m/s in x-direction 45º 60º
(c) 9 m/s in z-direction (d) 4 m/s in y-direction A B 2.464d C
d
2. A particle starts from origin at t = 0 with a velocity 5 iˆ m/s and (a) d (b) 0.732 d (c) 1.464 d (d) 0.464 d
moves in x-y plane under action of a force which produces a constant 

10. A particle is moving with a velocity
= v K ( yi + xjˆ) , where K is a
ˆ
acceleration of (3 iˆ + 2 j )m/s2. If the x-coordinate of the particle
constant. The general equation for its path is:
at that instant is 84 m, then the speed of the particle at this time is  [9 Jan, 2019 (Shift-I)]
2
(a) y = x + constant 2
(b) y = x + constant
α m / s. The value of a is ______. [27 Jan, 2024 (Shift-I)]
(c) y2 = x2 + constant (d) xy = constant
3. The co-ordinates of a particle moving in x-y plane are given by:
x = 2 + 4t, y = 3t + 8t 2. 11. A particle moves from the point (2.0 iˆ + 4.0 ˆj )m , at t = 0 with an
The motion of the particle is: [04 April, 2024 (Shift-I)] initial velocity (5.0 iˆ + 4.0 ˆj ) ms −1. It is acted upon by a constant
(a) non-uniformly accelerated. force which produces a constant acceleration (4.0 iˆ + 4.0 ˆj ) ms −2 .
(b) uniformly accelerated having motion along a straight line. What is the distance of the particle from the origin at time 2s?
(c) uniform motion along a straight line.  [11 Jan, 2019 (Shift-II)]
(d) uniformly accelerated having motion along a parabolic path.
(a) 15 m (b) 20 2 m (c) 5 m (d) 10 2 m
4. A force on an object of mass 100 g is (10 iˆ + 5 ˆj )N. The position
12. The position co-ordinates of a particle moving in a 3-D coordinates
of that object at t = 2s is (aiˆ + bjˆ)m after starting from rest. The system is given by
value of a/b will be ___________. [25 June, 2022 (Shift-I)] x = a cos ωt
y = a sin ωt
5. At time t = 0 a particle starts travelling from a height 7 ẑ cm in
and z = aωt
a plane keeping z coordinate constant. At any instant of time it’s
The speed of the particle is: [9 Jan, 2019 (Shift-II)]
position along the x̂ and ŷ directions are defined as 3t and 5t3
respectively. At t = 1s acceleration of the particle will be (a) 2 aω (b) aω (c) 3 aω (d) 2aω
 [28 July, 2022 (Shift-II)] 13. The position vector of a particle changes with time according to
(a) –30 ŷ (b) 30 ŷ (c) 3 x̂ + 15 ŷ (d) 3 x̂ +15 ŷ + 7 
) 15t 2 iˆ + (4 − 20t 2 ) ˆj . What is the magnitude of
the relation r (t=
ẑ the acceleration at t = 1? [9 April, 2019 (Shift-II)]
6. A particle is moving along the x-axis with its coordinate with time (a) 40 m/s 2 (b) 100 m/s (c) 25 m/s2
2 (d) 50 m/s2
‘t’ given by x(t) = 10 + 8t – 3t2. Another particle is moving along
the y-axis with its coordinate as a function of time given by y(t) = “PROJECTILE MOTION: GROUND TO
5 – 8t3. At t = 1s, the speed of the second particle as measured in
GROUND PROJECTION”
the frame of the first particle is given as v . Then v(in m/s) is
 [8 Jan, 2020 (Shift-I)] 14. Projectiles A and B are thrown at angles of 45° and 60° with vertical
respectively from top of a 400 m high tower. If their ranges and
7. A particle starts from the origin at t = 0 with an initial velocity of
times of flight are same, the ratio of their speeds of projection vA :
3.0 iˆ m/s and moves in the x-y plane with a constant acceleration
vB is: [30 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)]
(6.0 iˆ + 4.0 ĵ ) m/s2. The x-coordinate of the particle at the instant
when its y-coordinate is 32 m is D meters. The value of D is (a) 1 : 3 (b) (c) 1 : 2 (d) 1 : 2
2 :1
 [9 Jan, 2020 (Shift-II)]
(a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 32 (d) 60 15. A particle moving in a circle of radius R with uniform speed takes
time T to complete one revolution. If this particle is projected with
8. Starting from the origin at time t = 0, with initial velocity 5 ˆj m/s,
the same speed at an angle q to the horizontal, the maximum height
a particle moves in the x-y plane with a constant acceleration of
attained by it is equal to 4R. The angle of projection q is then given
(10iˆ + 4 ˆj ) m/s 2 . At time t, its coordinates are (20 m, y0 m). The
by: [1 Feb, 2024 (Shift-I)]
values of t and y0 are, respectively [4 Sep, 2020 (Shift-I)] 1
1
(a) 4 s and 52 m (b) 2 s and 24 m  2 gT 2  2  π2 R  2
−1
(c) 5 s and 25 m (d) 2 s and 18 m (a) sin −1   (b) sin  2
2
9. A balloon is moving up in air vertically above a point A on the  π R   2 gT 
1 1
ground. When it is at a height h1, a girl standing at a distance d
(point B) from A (see figure) sees it at an angle 45° with respect to  2 gT 2  2
−1  πR  2
−1
(c) cos   (d) cos 
the vertical. When the balloon climbs up a further height h2, it is 2 2
 π R   2 gT 
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16. The maximum height reached by a projectile is 64 m. If the initial 24. Two objects are projected with the same velocity ‘u’ however at
velocity is halved, the new maximum height of the projectile is different angles a and b with the horizontal. If a + b = 90º, the
______ m. [05 April, 2024 (Shift-II)] ratio of horizontal range of the first object to the 2nd object will be:
17. The angle of projection for a projectile to have same horizontal [25 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]
range and maximum height is: [08 April, 2024 (Shift-II)] (a) 4 : 1 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 (d) 1 : 1
25. Two projectiles are projected at 30° and 60° with the horizontal
1 1 1 1 with the same speed. The ratio of the maximum height attained by
(a) tan–1 (2) (b) tan–1 (4) (c) tan   (d) tan  
4 2 the two projectiles respectively is: [10 April, 2023 (Shift-II)]
18. The range of the projectile projected at an angle of 15° with (a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 :1 (c) 1 : 3 (d) 1: 3
horizontal is 50 m. If the projectile is projected with same velocity
26. The maximum vertical height to which a man can throw a ball is
at an angle of 45° with horizontal, then its range will be: 136 m. The maximum horizontal distance upto which he can throw
 [10 April, 2023 (Shift-I)] the same ball is [24 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]
(a) 50 m (b) 50 2 m (c) 100 m (d) 100 2 m (a) 192 m (b) 136 m (c) 272 m (d) 68 m
19. The initial speed of a projectile fired from ground is u. At the highest 27. A projectile fired at 30º to the ground is observed to be at same
3 height at time 3s and 5s after projection, during its flight. The speed
point during its motion, the speed of projectile is u . The time of projection of the projectile is __________ms–1
2
(Given g = 10 ms–2) [11 April, 2023 (Shift-I)]
of flight of the projectile is: [31 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]
u u 3u 28. Two bodies are projected from ground with same speeds 40ms–1
(a) (b) (c) 2u (d) at two different angles with respect to horizontal. The bodies were
2g g g g
found to have same range. If one of the body was projected at an
20. The trajectory of projectile, projected from the ground is given by angle of 60º, with horizontal then sum of the maximum heights,
attained by the two projectiles, is______ m. (Given g = 10ms–2)
x 2 . Where x and y are measured in meter. The maximum
y= x −  [31 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]
20
29. A stone is projected at angle 30o to the horizontal. The ratio of
height attained by the projectile will be.[8 April, 2023 (Shift-II)]
kinetic energy of the stone at point of projection to its kinetic energy
(a) 5 m (b) 10 2 m at the highest point of flight will be  [29 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]
(c) 200 m (d) 10 m (a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 4
21. For a body projected at an angle with the horizontal from the (c) 4 : 1 (d) 4 : 3
ground, choose the correct statement. [1 Feb, 2023 (Shift-II)]
30. Two projectiles A and B are thrown with initial velocities of 40 m/s
(a) Gravitational potential energy is maximum at the highest point. and 60 m/s at angles 30° and 60° with the horizontal respectively.
(b) The horizontal component of velocity is zero at highest point. The ratio of their ranges respectively is (g = 10 m/s2)
(c) The vertical component of momentum is maximum at the  [8 April, 2023 (Shift-I)]
highest point. (a) 3 : 2 (b) 2 : 3
(d) The kinetic energy (K.E.) is zero at the highest point of
(c) 1 : 1 (d) 4 : 9
projectile motion.
31. Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion A
22. Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A: Two identical balls A and B thrown with same
Assertion A: When a body is projected at an angle 45°, it’s range velocity ‘u’ at two different angles with horizontal attained the
is maximum. same range R. If A and B reached the maximum height h1 and h2
Reason R: For maximum range, the value of sin2θ should be respectively, then R = 4 h1 h2
equal to one. Reason R: Product of said heights.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from
 u 2 sin 2 θ   u 2 cos 2 θ 
the options given below: [6 April, 2023 (Shift-I)] =h1 h2   ⋅  
(a) Both A and R are correct but R is NOT the correct explanation  2g   2g 
of A Choose the correct answer: [25 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
(b) Both A and R are correct R is the correct explanation of A (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false (b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of
A.
(d) A is false but R is true
(c) A is true but R is false.
23. A projectile is projected at 30° from horizontal with initial velocity
(d) A is false but R is true.
40 ms–1. The velocity of the projectile at t = 2 s from the start
will be: 32. A projectile is launched at an angle ‘a’ with the horizontal with a
(Given g = 10 m/s2) [11 April, 2023 (Shift-II)] velocity 20 ms–1. After 10 s, it inclination with horizontal is ‘b’.
The value of tan b will be: (g = 10 ms–2). [27 June, 2022
(a) 20 3 ms −1 (b) 40 3 ms −1 (Shift-I)]
(c) 20 ms–1 (d) Zero (a) tana + 5seca (b) tana – 5seca
(c) 2 tanα – 5seca (d) 2tana + 5seca

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33. Two projectiles are thrown with same initial velocity making an 43. A ball of mass m is thrown vertically upward. Another ball
angle of 45º and 30º with the horizontal respectively. The ratio of of mass 2 m is thrown an angle θ with the vertical. Both the
their respective ranges will be: [26 July, 2022 (Shift-II)] balls stay in air for the same period of time. The ratio of the
(a) 1: 2 (b) 2 :1 (c) 2 : 3 (d) 3 : 2
heights attained by the two balls respectively is 1 . The value
34. A body of mass 10 kg is projected at an angle of 45° with the x
horizontal. The trajectory of the body is observed to pass through a of x is __________. [27 July, 2022 (Shift-I)]
point (20, 10). If T is the time of flight, then its momentum vector,
44. A body is projected at t = 0 with a velocity 10 ms–1 at an angle of
at time t = T is______
2 60° with the horizontal. The radius of curvature of its trajectory at
t = 1 s is R. Neglecting air resistance and taking acceleration due
[Take g = 10 m/s2] [27 July, 2022 (Shift-II)]
to gravity g = 10 ms–2 the radius of R is: [11 Jan, 2019 (Shift-I)]

(
(a) 100 iˆ + 100 2 − 200 ˆj ) (
(b) 100 2 iˆ + 100 − 200 2 ˆj ) (a) 10.3 m (b) 2.8 m (c) 2.5 m (d) 5.1 m
45. Two guns A and B can fire bullets at speed 1 km/s and
(c) 100 iˆ + (100 − 200 2 ) ˆj (d) 100 2 iˆ + (100 2 − 200 ) ˆj 2 km/s respectively. From a point on a horizontal ground, they are
fired in all possible directions. The ratio of maximum areas covered
35. A projectile is projected with velocity of 25 m/s at an angle θ
by the bullets fired by the two guns, on the ground is:
with the horizontal. After t seconds its inclination with horizontal
becomes zero. If R represents horizontal range of the projectile, [10 Jan, 2019 (Shift-I)]
the value of θ will be: [24 June, 2022 (Shift-I)] (a) 1 : 16 (b) 1 : 2 (c) 1 : 4 (d) 1 : 8
46. A shell is fired from a fixed artillery gun with an initial speed u
1  5t 
2
1  4R 
(a) sin 1   (b) sin 1  2  such that it hits the target on the ground at a distance R from it. If
2  4R  2  5t 
t1 and t2 are the values of the time taken by it to hit the target in
 4t 2   R  two possible ways, the product t1t2 is: [12 April, 2019 (Shift-I)]
(c) tan −1   (d) cot −1  
 5R   20t 2  (a) R/g (b) R/4g (c) 2R/g (d) R/2g
36. A ball is projected from the ground with a speed 15 ms–1 at an angle 47. Two particles are projected from the same point with the same speed
θ with horizontal so that its range and maximum height are equal. u such that they have the same range R, but different maximum
Then ‘tanθ’ will be equal to: [25 July, 2022 (Shift-II)] heights, h1 and h2. Which of the following is correct?
(a) 1/4 (b) 1/2 (c) 2 (d) 4 [12 April, 2019 (Shift-II)]
37. A person can throw a ball upto a maximum range of 100 m. How (a) R2 = 2h1 h2 (b) R2 = 16h1 h2
high above the ground he can throw the same ball? (c) R2 = 4h1 h2 (d) R2 = h1 h2
 [29 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
48. The trajectory of a projectile near the surface of the earth is given
(a) 25 m (b) 50 m (c) 100 m (d) 200 m
as y = 2x – 9x2 . If it were launched at an angle θ0 with speed ν0
38. A body is projected from the ground at an angle of 45º with
then (g =10 ms–2) [12 April, 2019 (Shift-I)]
horizontal. Its velocity after 2s is 20 ms–1. The maximum height
3
reached by the body during its motion is ______m. (use g = 10ms–2) (a) θ0 =cos −1  2  and ν 0 = ms −1
 [24 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]  5 5
39. If the initial velocity in horizontal direction of a projectile is  1  5 −1
unit vector î and the equation of trajectory is y = 5x(1 – x). (b) θ0 =sin −1   and ν 0 = ms
 5 3
The y component vector of the initial velocity is _________ ĵ.
(Take g = 10 m/s2) [26 July, 2022 (Shift-I)]  2  3 −1
(c) θ0 =sin −1   and ν 0 = ms
40. An object is projected in the air with initial velocity u at an angle  5 5
θ. The projectile motion is such that the horizontal range R, is  1  5 −1
maximum. Another object is projected in the air with a horizontal (d) θ0 =cos −1   and ν 0 = ms
 5 3
range half of the range of first object. The initial velocity remains
same in both the case. The value of the angle of projection, at which 49. A ball is thrown from ground at an angle θ with horizontal and
the second object is projected, will be ____________ degree. with an initial speed u0. For the resulting projectile motion, the
 [29 July, 2022 (Shift-I)] magnitude of average velocity of the ball up to the point when it
41. A ball is projected with kinetic energy E, at an angle of 60° to the hits the ground for the first time is V1
horizontal. The kinetic energy of this ball at the highest point of After hitting the ground, ball rebounds at the same angle q but with
its flight will become: [29 July, 2022 (Shift-I)] a reduced speed of u0/α. Its motion continues for a long time as
(a) Zero (b) E (c) E (d) E shown in figure. If the magnitude of average velocity of the ball
2 4 for entire duration of motion is 0.8 V1, the value of α is______
42. Two projectile thrown at 30° and 45° with the horizontal
[JEE Adv, 2019]
respectively, reach the maximum height in same time. The ratio
of their initial velocities is [26 July, 2022 (Shift-I)]
(a) 1: 2 (b) 2 : 1
(c) 2 :1 (d) 1 : 2

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HORIZONTAL PROJECTILE 56. A fighter jet is flying horizontally at a certain with a speed of 200
ms–1.When it passes directly overhead an anti-aircraft gun, a bullet
50. A ball rolls off the top of a stairway with horizontal velocity u. The is fired from the gun, at an angle θ with the horizontal, to hit the jet.
steps are 0.1 m high and 0.1 m wide. The minimum velocity u with If the bullet speed is 400 m/s, the value of θ will be __________.
which that ball just hits the step 5 of the stairway will be x ms–l  [26 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
where x = ___________ [use g = 10 m/s2]. [29 Jan, 2024 57. A girl standing on road holds her umbrella at 45° with the vertical
(Shift-I)] to keep the rain away. If she starts running without umbrella with
51. A body of mass M thrown horizontally with velocity v from the a speed of 15 2 kmh –2 , the rain drops hit her head vertically. The
top of the tower of height H touches the ground at a distance of speed of rain drops with respect to the moving girl is:
100m from the foot of the tower. A body of mass 2 M thrown at a
[27 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
velocity v/2 from the top of the tower of height 4H will touch the
25
ground at a distance of ………. m. [08 April, 2024 (Shift-II)] (a) 30 kmh–1 (b) kmh –1
2
52. A child stands on the edge of the cliff 10 m above the ground
30
and throws a stone horizontally with an initial speed of 5 ms–1. (c) kmh –1 (d) 25 kmh–1
2
Neglecting the air resistance, the speed with which the stone hits
the ground will be ms–1 (given, g = 10 ms–1). 58. When a car is at rest, its driver sees rain drops falling on it vertically.
 [1 Feb, 2023 (Shift-I)] When driving the car with speed ν, he sees that rain drops are
coming at an angle 60º from the horizontal. On further increasing
(a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 30 (d) 25
the speed of the car to (1 + β)ν, this angle changes to 45º. The value
53. A helicopter rises from rest on the ground vertically upwards of β is close to  [6 Sep, 2022 (Shift-II)]
with a constant acceleration g. A food packet is dropped from the (a) 0.37 (b) 0.41 (c) 0.73 (d) 0.50
helicopter when it is at a height h. The time taken by the packet to 59. A butterfly is flying with a velocity 4 2 m/s in North – East
reach the ground is close to [g is the acceleration due to gravity] direction. Wind is slowly blowing at 1 m/s from North to South.
 [5 Sep, 2020 (Shift-I)] The resultant displacement of the butterfly in 3 seconds is:
 [20 July, 2021 (Shift-I)]
(b) t = 1.8 h
 
(a) t = 3.4  h 
g g (a) 15m (b) 20m (c) 3 m (d) 12 2m
60. A swimmer wants to cross a river from point A to point B. Line AB
(c) t = 2h (d) t = 2  h 
 
makes an angle of 30° with the flow of river. Magnitude of velocity
3g 3 g of the swimmer is same as that of the river. The angle θ with the
line AB should be _________ °, so that the swimmer reaches point
PROJECTILE MOTION ON AN INCLINED B.
 [27 July, 2021 (Shift-II)]
PLANE B
54. A plane is inclined at an angle α = 30° with a respect to the
horizontal. A particle is projected with a speed u = 2 ms–1 from
the base of the plane, making an angle θ = 15° with respect to the
plane as shown in the figure.
The distance from the base, at which the particle hits the plane is θ
30°
close to:  [10 April, 2019 (Shift-II)] A
(Take g = 10 ms )–2
61. A swimmer can swim with velocity of 12 km/ h in still water. Water
flowing in a river has velocity 6 km/ h. The direction with respect
to the direction of flow of river water he should swim in order to
reach the point on the other bank just opposite to his starting point
is ______°. (Round off to the Nearest Integer)
º
15

(Find the angle in degrees) [16 March, 2021 (Shift-II)]

=

u


 = 30º 62. A person is swimming with a speed of 10 m/s at an angle of 120°

with the flow and reaches to a point directly opposite on the other
side of the river. The speed of the flow is ‘x’ m/s. The value of ‘x’
(a) 14 cm (b) 20 cm (c) 18 cm (d) 26 cm to the nearest integer is _________. [18 March, 2021 (Shift-I)]

63. Ship A is sailing towards north-east with velocity= v 30iˆ + 50 ˆj
TWO DIMENSIONAL RELATIVE MOTION km/hr where iˆ points east and ĵ , north. Ship B is at a distance
of 80 km east and 150 km north of Ship A and is sailing towards
55. The speed of a swimmer is 4 km h–1 in still water. If the swimmer west at 10 km/hr. A will be at minimum distance from B in:
makes his strokes normal to the flow of river of width 1 km, he
[8 April, 2019 (Shift-I)]
reaches a point 750 m down the stream on the opposite bank.
The speed of the river water is ______ km h–1. (a) 4.2 hrs. (b) 2.2 hrs.
 [31 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)] (c) 3.2 hrs. (d) 2.6 hrs.

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 64. The stream of a river is flowing with a speed of 2km/h. A swimmer 72. A ball is spun with angular acceleration α = 6t2 – 2t where t is in
can swim at a speed of 4km/h. What should be the direction of the second and α is in rads–1. At t = 0, the ball has angular velocity
swimmer with respect to the flow of the river to cross the river of 10 rads–1 and angular position of 4 rad. The most appropriate
straight? [9 April, 2019 (Shift-I)] expression for the angular position of the ball is: [28 June, 2022
(a) 60° (b) 150° (c) 90° (d) 120°
(Shift-II)]

UNIFORM CIRCULAR MOTION 3 4 2 t4 t3

(a) t − t + 10t (b) − + 10t + 4
2 2 3
65. If the radius of curvature of the path of two particles of same mass
2t 4 t 3 t3
are in the ratio 3:4, then in order to have constant centripetal force, (c) − + 10t + 12 (d) 2t 4 − + 5t + 4
3 6 2
their velocities will be in the ratio of: [29 Jan, 2024 (Shift-I)]
(a) 3 :2 (b) 1: 3 (c) 3 :1 (d) 2 : 3 73. Motion of a particle in x – y plane is described by a set of following
π
66. A particle is moving in a circle of radius 50 cm in such a way that at equations x = 4sin  – ωt  m and y = 4 sin(wt)m. The path of the
any instant the normal and tangential components of its acceleration 2 
are equal. If its speed at t = 0 is 4 m/s, the time taken to complete particle will be: [28 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
1 (a) Circular (b) Helical
the first revolution will be [1 − e −2 π ]s, where a = ______. is
α (c) Parabolic (d) Elliptical
 [29 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)]
67. A clock has 75 cm, 60 cm long second hand and minute hand 74. A fly wheel is accelerated uniformly from rest and rotates through
respectively. In 30 minutes duration the tip of second hand will 5 rad in the first second. The angle rotated by the fly wheel in the
travel x distance more than the tip of minute hand. The value of x next second, will be: [24 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
in meter is nearly (Take p = 3.14): [08 April, 2024 (Shift-I)] (a) 7.5 rad (b) 15 rad (c) 20 rad (d) 30 rad
(a) 139.4 (b) 140.5 (c) 220.0 (d) 118.9 75. A body rotating with an angular speed of 600rpm is uniformly
68. A circular table is rotating with an angular velocity of w rad/s accelerated to 1800rpm in 10 sec. The number of rotations made
about its axis (see figure). There is a smooth groove along a radial in the process is ___________. [20 July, 2021 (Shift-II)]
direction on the table. A steel ball is gently placed at a distance of 
76. A particle moves such that its position vector r (t )= cos ω iˆ + sin ωt ˆj
1 m on the groove. All the surface are smooth. If the radius of the
where ω is a constant and t is time. Then which of the following
table is 3 m, the radial velocity of the ball w.r.t. the table at the time  
statements is true for the velocity v (t ) and acceleration a (t ) of the
ball leaves the table is x 2ω m/s, where the value of x is……….. particle: [8 Jan, 2020 (Shift-II)]
 [08 April, 2024 (Shift-II)]   
(a) v is perpendicular to r and a is directed towards the origin.
ω   
(b) v and a both are parallel to r .
  
(c) v is perpendicular to r and a is directed away from the
origin.
  
(d) v and a both are perpendicular to r.
1m
77. A particle is moving along a circular path with a constant speed
3m of 10 ms–1. What is the magnitude of the change in velocity of the
particle, when it moves through an angle of 60° around the centre
69. An object moves at a constant speed along a circular path in a of the circle? [11 Jan, 2019 (Shift-I)]
horizontal plane with centre at the origin. When the object is at x
(a) 10 3 m/s (b) 0
= +2m, its velocity is −4 ˆjm / s . The object’s velocity (v) and
(c) 10 2 m/s (d) 10 m/s
acceleration (a) at x = –2m will be [29 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]
78. Two particles A, B are moving on two concentric circles of radii
(a) v 4=
= ˆ ˆ 2
im / s, a 8 jm / s = (b) v 4=ˆjm / s, a 8im
ˆ / s2 R1 and R2 with equal angular speed ω. At t = 0, their positions and
−4 ˆjm / s, a =
(c) v = ˆ / s 2 (d) v =
8im ˆ / s, a =
−4im −8 ˆjm / s 2 direction of motion are shown in the figure:[12 Jan, 2019 (Shift-II)]
Y
70. A car is moving on a circular path of radius 600 m such that the
magnitudes of the tangential and centripetal acceleration are equal.
A
Time taken by the car to complete first quarter of revolution, if it
X
is moving with an initial speed of 54 km/hr is t (1 − e −π /2 ) s . The R1
B
value of t is _______. [29 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)] R2
71. A stone tied to 180 cm long string at its end is making 28 revolutions
  π
in horizontal circle in every minute.The magnitude of acceleration The relative velocity v A − vB at t = is given by:
1936 −2 2ω
of stone is ms . The value of x ____________.
x (a) ω ( R1 + R2 ) iˆ (b) −ω ( R1 + R2 ) iˆ
 22 
 Take π =  [30 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)] (c) ω ( R2 − R1 ) iˆ (d) ω ( R1 − R2 ) iˆ
 7 
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 Answer Key (Manthan)
Exercise-1
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (a)
11. (a) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (a) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (b) 19. (d) 20. (b)
21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (d) 26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (d) 29. (d) 30. (c)
31. (a) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (b) 36. (d) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (b) 40. (b)
41. (c) 42. (d) 43. (a) 44. (a) 45. (d) 46. (d) 47. (c) 48. (b) 49. (b) 50. (b)
51. (d) 52. (b) 53. (c) 54. (d) 55. (b) 56. (c) 57. (d) 58. (c) 59. (a) 60. (b)
61. (c) 62. (d) 63. (d) 64. (a) 65. (c) 66. (b) 67. (b) 68. (d) 69. (b) 70. (c)
71. (a) 72. (b) 73. (a) 74. (c) 75. (c) 76. (b) 77. (c) 78. (b) 79. (c) 80. (a)
81. (b) 82. (b) 83. (c) 84. (b) 85. (c) 86. (b) 87. (c) 88. (a) 89. (c) 90. (b)
91. (b) 92. (a) 93. (d) 94. (d) 95. (c) 96. (a) 97. (d) 98. (b) 99. (a) 100. (c)
101. (c) 102. (a) 103. (a) 104. (c) 105. (b) 106. (c) 107. (a) 108. (b) 109. (b) 110. (b)

Exercise-2
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (b) 8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (b)
11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (a)
21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (b) 29. (c) 30. (b)
31. (3, 4) 32. (1, 2, 4) 33. (2, 4) 34. (1, 2) 35. (1, 3) 36. (b) 37. (a) 38. (b) 39. (a)
40. (c) 41. (a) 42. (c) 43. (a) 44. (c) 45. (a) 46. (2) 47. (4) 48. (3.0) 49. (40)
50. (80)

Exercise-3 (PYQ’s)
1. (d) 2. [673] 3. (d) 4. [2] 5. (b) 6. [580] 7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (c)
11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (Bonus) 15. (a) 16. [16] 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (a)
21. (a) 22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (d) 25. (c) 26. (c) 27. [80] 28. [80] 29. (d) 30. (d)
31. (a) 32. (b) 33. (c) 34. (d) 35. (d) 36. (d) 37. (b) 38. [20] 39. [5] 40. [15or75]
41. (c) 42. (c) 43. [1] 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (c) 47. (b) 48. (d) 49. [4.00] 50. [2]
51. [100] 52. (b) 53. (a) 54. (b) 55. [3] 56. [60] 57. (c) 58. (c) 59. (a) 60. [30]
61. [120] 62. [5] 63. (d) 64. (d) 65. (a) 66. [8] 67. (a) 68. [2] 69. (b) 70. [40]
71. [125] 72. (b) 73. (a) 74. (b) 75. [200] 76. (a) 77. (d) 78. (c)

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 Prayas JEE (2025)
ABHEDYA

Physics Motion in a Plane

Exercise-1 5. A ball is projected with velocity v0 and at an angle of

projection α. After what time is the ball moving at right
MULTIPLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS angles to the initial direction?
v 2v0
1. Which of the following is a true statement? (a) 0 cosec α (b) cosec α
g g
(a) A vector cannot be divided by another vector
v0 2v0
(b) Angular displacement can either be a scalar or a (c) sec α (d) sec α
g g
vector
6. The trajectory of a particle is as shown here which follows
(c) Since addition of vectors is commutative therefore
the equation y = (x – l)3 + 1. Find co-ordinates of the point
vector subtraction is also commutative
A on the curve such that direction of instantaneous velocity
(d) The resultant of two equal forces of magnitude F
at A is same as direction of average velocity for the motion
acting at a point is F if the angle between the two forces
between O to A:
is 120º.
Y
2. The acceleration of a moving body at any ‘t’ is given by
 
= a (4t )iˆ + (3t 2 ) ˆj m/sec2. If u = 0 then find the velocity
(in m/s) of the particle at 4 sec. 1
(a) 16 iˆ – 32 ĵ (b) 32 iˆ + 64 ĵ

(c) 4 iˆ + 4 ĵ (d) 16 iˆ + 32 ĵ
O 1 X
3. A particle of mass 1 kg has a velocity of 2 m/sec. A constant
(a) (3/2, 9/8) (b) (2,2)
force of 2N acts, on the particle for 1 sec in a direction
perpendicular to its initial velocity. Find the angle between (c) (3, 9) (d) (5/2,35/8)
velocity vector and displacement vector of the particle at the 7. A ball thrown down the incline strikes at a point on the
end of 1 sec: incline 25 m below the horizontal as shown in the figure. If
(a) 45° (b) 90° the ball rises to a maximum height of 20 m above the point
of projection, the angle of projection a (with horizontal
(c) 30° (d) None of these x-axis) is
4. A football is kicked as shown in figure. When it is at point Y
A, OA and OB make angles θ and f with the horizontal.
Find the relation between α, θ and f. 20 m
 x
A 25 m
u
75 m
4
(a) tan −1
 3
 
3
O B (b) tan −1
4
(a) cot α = cot θ + cot f 3
(c) tan −1
(b) tan α = tan θ – tan f 2
(c) cot α = cot θ – cot f −1 2
(d) tan
(d) tan α = tan θ + tan f 3

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 8. A projectile is fired at an angle θ with the horizontal. Find the (c) Shell may hit a point on earth which is behind
condition under which it lands perpendicular on an inclined point A.
plane of inclination α as shown in figure. (d) Shell may hit a point on earth which is ahead of
point B.
14. At what angle should a body be projected with a velocity
 24 ms–1 just to pass over the obstacle 14 m high at a distance
 of 24 m. [Take g = 10 ms–2]
(a) sin α = cos (θ – α) (b) cos α = sin (θ – α) (a) tan θ = 19/5 (b) tan θ = 1
(c) tan θ = cot (θ – α) (d) cot(θ – α) = 2 tan α (c) tan θ = 3 (d) tan θ = 2

9. A ball is horizontally projected with a speed v from the top 15. Choose the correct alternative (s)
of a plane inclined at an angle 45º with the horizontal. How (a) If the greatest height to which a man can throw a stone
far from the point of projection will the ball strike the plane? is h, then the greatest horizontal distance upto which he
can throw the stone is 2h.
v2 2v 2 2v 2 2 2v 2
(a) (b) (c) (d) (b) The angle of projection for a projectile motion whose
g g g g range R is n times the maximum height is tan–1(4/n)
10. A ball is thrown upward at an angle of 30° with the horizontal (c) The time of flight T and the horizontal range R of a
and lands on the top edge of a building that is 20 m away. projectile are connected by the equation gT2 = 2Rtanθ
The top edge is 5 m above the throwing point. The initial where θ is the angle of projection.
speed of the ball in metre/second is (take g = 10 m/s2): (d) A ball is thrown vertically up. Another ball is thrown at
an angle θ with the vertical. Both of them remain in air
(4 + 3) 4– 3 for the same period of time. Then the ratio of heights
(a) u = 40 m/s (b) u = 40 m/s
13 3 13 3 attained by the two ball 1 : 1.
16. A ball is rolled off along the edge of a horizontal table with
4+ 3 40 velocity 4 m/s. It hits the ground after time 0.4s. Which of
(c) u = 40 m/s (d) u = 40 m/s
13 3 (4 + 3) the following are correct?
(a) The height of the table is 0.8 m
11. A small ball rolls of the top of a stairway horizontally with a (b) It hits the ground at an angle of 60° with the vertical
velocity of 4.5 ms–1. Each step is 0.2 m high and 0.3 m wide. (c) It covers a horizontal distance 1.6 m from the table
If g is 10 ms–2, then the ball will strike the nth step where n (d) It hits the ground with vertical velocity 4 m/s
is equal to (assume ball strike at the edge of the step). 
17. An object has velocity v1 w.r.t ground. An observer moving
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12 
with constant velocity v0 w.r.t ground measures the velocity
12. Two particles are projected from the same point with the 
same speed in the same vertical plane at different angles with of the object as v2 . The magnitudes of three velocities are
the horizontal. A frame of reference is fixed to one particle. related by
The position vector of the other particle as observed from (a) v0 ≥ v1 + v2 (b) v1 ≤ v2 + v0

the frame is r . Which of the following statements is/are (c) v1 ≥ v2 + v0 (d) All of the above
incorrect? 18. A boat moves right across a river with velocity 10 km h–1

(a) r is a constant vector relative to water. The water has a uniform speed of 5.00 km h–1
 relative to the earth. If the width of river is 3.0 km, find the
(b) r changes in magnitude and direction with time
 time the boat takes to cross it.
(c) the magnitude of r increases linearly with time, its
direction does not change (a) 6 min (b) 12 min
 (c) 18 min (d) 24 min
(d) the direction of r changes with time, its magnitude
may or may not change depending on the angles of 19. A river is flowing with a speed of 1 km/hr. A swimmer wants
projection. to go to point C starting from ‘A’. He swims with a speed of
5 km/hr, at an angle θ w.r.t. the river flow. If AB = BC = 400
13. Consider a shell that has a muzzle velocity of 45 ms–1 fired m. At what angle with river bank should swimmer swim?
from the tail gun of an airplane moving horizontally with B 400 m C
a velocity of 215 ms–1. The tail gun can be directed at any
angle with the vertical in the plane of motion of the airplane.
The shell is fired when the plane is above point A on ground, 400 m 1 km/h
and the plane is above point B on ground when the shell hits 
the ground. (Assume for simplicity that the Earth is flat) A
(a) 30° (b) 37°
(a) Shell may hit the ground at point A.
(c) 53° (d) 60°
(b) Shell may hit the ground at point B.

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20. Ship A is located 4 km north and 3 km east of ship B. Ship COMPREHENSION BASED QUESTIONS
A has a velocity of 20 kmh−1 towards the south and ship B 
is moving at 40 kmh−1 in a direction 37° north of east. X and Comprehension (Q. 25 to 27): Two forces F1 = 2 iˆ + 2 ĵ N and

Y -axes are along east and north directions, respectively F2 = 3 ĵ + 4 k̂ N are acting on a particle.
(a) Velocity of A relative to B is (− 32 iˆ − 44 ĵ ) km/h 25. The resultant force acting on particle is:
(b) Position of A relative to B as a function of time is given
 (a) 2 iˆ + 5 ˆj + 4 kˆ (b) 2 iˆ − 5 ˆj − 4 kˆ
by rAB = [(3 − 32t )iˆ + (4 − 44t ) ˆj ] km
(c) iˆ − 3 ˆj − 2 kˆ (d) iˆ − ˆj − kˆ
(c) Velocity of A relative to B is (32 iˆ − 44 ĵ ) km/h  
(d) Position of A relative to B as a function of time is given 26. The angle between F1 and F2 is
by (32 t iˆ − 44 t ĵ ) km  3   3 
(a) θ = cos–1   (b) θ = cos–1  
21. A man on a rectilinearly moving cart, facing the direction 2 5 5 2 
of motion, throws a ball straight up with respect to himself
 2   3
(a) The ball will always return to him. (c) θ = cos–1   (d) θ = cos–1  
(b) The ball will never return to him. 3 5  5 
 
(c) The ball will return to him if the cart moves with constant 27. The component of force F1 along force F2 is
velocity.
5 5 6 5
(d) The ball will fall behind him if the cart moves with some (a) (b) (c) (d)
positive acceleration. 6 3 5 2
22. A train is running with uniform velocity in east direction. A Comprehension (Q. 28 to 30): We know how by neglecting the
car is running on a road parallel to the track with uniform air resistance, the problems of projectile motion can be easily
speed. After some time, the road becomes perpendicular to solved and analysed. Now we consider the case of the collision
railway track. The car driver notices that initial speed of of a ball with a wall. In this case the problem of collision can be
train with respect to itself was 7 m/s and later on it became simplified by considering the case of elastic collision only. When
13 m/s. What can be the true speed of the driver?
a ball collides with a wall we can divide its velocity into two
(a) 12 m/s (b) 5 m/s components, one perpendicular to the wall and other parallel to the
(c) 13 m/s (d) 7 m/s wall. If the collision is elastic then the perpendicular component
23. State which of the following statements is/are false. of velocity of the ball gets reversed with the same magnitude.
(a) If two particles are neither approaching nor separating Vcos Vcos
from each other, then their relative velocity is zero.

(b) If relative velocity of particle B with respect to A is v1, V
relative velocity of particle C with respect to B is v  Vsin Vsin

and particle A moves with velocity v0 with respect to Velocity just Components of velocity Components of velocity
ground, then the velocity of Cwithrespect to ground before collision just before collision just after collision
cannot be zero. (assuming v1 , v2 & v0 to be non zero) The other parallel component of velocity will remain constant if
(c) Four dogs are running along a line in the same direction, given wall is smooth.
such that each is running relative to the dog in front Now let us take a problem. Three balls ‘A’ and ‘B’ & ‘C’ are
of him with equal speed. Then the rate of separation projected from ground with same speed at same angle with the
between the third and the first dog is same as that of the horizontal. The balls A, B and C collide with the wall during their
fourth and the second dog. (where first, second, third flight in air and all three collide perpendicularly with the wall as
and fourth are taken in order) shown in figure.
(d) At some instant of time at a place, two particles are
observed and it is found that their relative velocity is
zero. Then they will remain stationary with respect to
each other. A C
B  
24. A river is flowing with a velocity of 2 m/s. A boat is moving
downstream along the river. Velocity of the boat in still water 28. Which of the following relation about the maximum height
is 3 m/s. A person standing on the boat throws a ball (w.r.t. H of the three balls from the ground during their motion in
himself) in a plane perpendicular to the direction of motion air is correct ?
of the boat with 10 m/s at 60° with the horizontal. When the (a) HA = HC > HB (b) HA > HB = HC
ball reaches highest point of its path.
(c) HA > HC > HB (d) HA = HB = HC
(a) The speed of ball w.r.t. man standing on boat is
5 m/s 29. If the time taken by the ball A to fall back on ground from
(b) The speed of ball w.r.t. river is 3 m/s start is 4 seconds and that by ball B is 2 seconds. Then the
time taken by the ball C to reach the inclined plane after
(c) The speed of ball w.r.t. river is 0 m/s
projection will be :
(d) The speed of ball w.r.t. ground is 5 2 m/s (a) 6 s (b) 4 s (c) 3 s (d) 5 s

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 30. The maximum height attained by ball ‘A’ from the ground 37. The time when separation between A and B is minimum is:
is:  2h  2
(a) 10 m (b) 15 m (a) (b) (c) (d)
u0 cos θ g 2 u0 cos θ u0 cos θ
(c) 20 m (d) Insufficient information
Comprehension (Q. 31 to 34): Two inclined planes OA and OB Comprehension (Q. 38 to 39): A car is moving toward south with
having inclinations 30° and 60° with the horizontal respectively a speed of 20 ms–1. A motorcyclist is moving toward east with a
intersect each other at O, as shown in figure. A particle is projected speed of 15 ms–1. At a certain instant, the motorcyclist is due south
from point P with velocity u = 10 3 ms −1 along a direction of the car and is at a distance of 50 m from the car.
perpendicular to plane OA. If the particle strikes plane OB 38. The shortest distance between the motorcyclist and the car is
perpendicular at Q, then (a) 20 m (b) 10 m (c) 40 m (d) 30 m
(Take g = 10 m/s2). 39. The time after which they are closest to each other
v
B (a) 13 s (b) 8/3 s (c) 1/5 s (d) 8/5 s
u
A Q Comprehension (Q. 40 to 42): Two particles are thrown
simultaneously from points A and B with velocities u1 = 2 ms–1
P and u2 = 14 ms–1, respectively, as shown in figure.
h –1
y u1= 2 ms
30º 60º
O
31. The time of flight from P to Q is: 45° –1
A u2=14 ms
(a) 5 s (b) 2 s (0,20 m)
(c) 1 s (d) None of these 45°
32. The speed with which the particle strikes the plane OB is: 20 m B
(a) 10 m/s (b) 20 m/s
11 m
(c) 30 m/s (d) 40 m/s
33. The height h of point P from the ground is:
(a) 10 3 m (b) 10 m 27 m
(c) 5 m (d) 20 m
40. The relative velocity of B as seen from A in
34. The distance PQ is:
(a) −8 2iˆ + 6 2 ˆj (b) 4 2iˆ + 3 3 ˆj
(a) 20 m (b) 10 3 m
(c) 3 5iˆ + 2 3 ˆj (d) 3 2iˆ + 4 3 ˆj
(c) 10 m (d) 5 m
Comprehension (Q. 35 to 37): Two particles ‘A’ and ‘B’ are 41. The direction (angle) with horizontal at which B will appear
projected in the vertical plane with same initial speed u0 from to move as seen from A is
point (0, 0) and (, –h) towards each other as shown in figure at (a) 37° (b) 53° (c) 15° (d) 90°
t = 0. 42. Minimum separation between A and B is
y (a) 3 m (b) 6 m (c) 12 m (d) 9 m
u0
2 Comprehension (Q. 43 to 45): We know that when a boat travels
A  g =10 m/s
x in water, its net velocity w.r.t. ground is the vector sum of two
(0,0) 
u0 velocities. First is the velocity of boat itself in river and other is
h
 the velocity of water w.r.t. ground. Mathematically:
  
B (, –h) = vboat vboat, water + vwater
35. The path of particle ‘A’ with respect to particle ‘B’ will be Now given that velocity of water w.r.t. ground in a river is u.
(a) Parabola Width of the river is d.
(b) Straight line parallel to x-axis y
(c) Straight line parallel to y-axis
(d) None of these u
d
36. Minimum distance between particle A and B during motion x
will be: A
(a) l (b) h A boat starting from A aims perpendicular to the river with an
acceleration of a = 5t, where t is time. The boat starts from point
(c) 2 + b2 (d)  + h (1, 0) of the coordinate system (assume SI units).
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 43. Obtain the total time taken to cross the river. (a) A-(s); B-(q); C-(p); D-(r)
(a) (3d/5)1/3 (b) (6d/5)1/3
(b) A-(p); B-(r); C-(s); D-(q)
(c) (6d/5)1/2 (d) (2d/3)1/3
(c) A-(r); B-(s); C-(q); D-(p)
44. Find the equation of trajectory of the boat.
1/3 1/3 (d) A-(q); B-(r); C-(p); D-(s)
 3y   6y 
(a) x − 1 =  (b) x = u  
 5   5  50. An inclined plane makes an angle θ = 45° with horizontal.
1/3 A stone is projected normally from the inclined plane, with
 6y  speed u m/s at t = 0 sec. x and y axes are drawn from point
(c) x − 1 = u  (d) None of these
 5  of projection along and normal to inclined plane as shown.
45. Find the drift of the boat when it is in the middle of the river. The length of incline is sufficient for stone to land on it and
1/3 1/3 neglect air friction. Match the statements given in Column-I
3d  3d 
(a) u   (b) u   +1 with the results in Column-II. (g in Column-II is acceleration
 5   5  due to gravity.)

 6d 
1/3 y
(c) u   (d) None of these u
 5 
Comprehension (Q. 46 to 48): A particle undergoes uniform
circular motion. The velocity and angular velocity of the particle
 
v 3 iˆ + 4 ˆj m/s and ω= x iˆ + 6 ˆj rad/sec.
at an instant of time is =
46. The value of x in rad/s is
(a) 8 (b) –8
 45º
x
(c) 6 (d) can’t be calculated
47. The radius of circle in metres is Column-I Column-II
(a) 1/2 m (b) 1 m
(c) 2 m (d) can’t be calculated A. The instant of time at which p.
2 2u
velocity of stone is parallel to
48. The acceleration of particle at the given instant is g
x-axis
(a) −50 kˆ (b) −42 kˆ
(c) 2 iˆ + 3 ˆj (d) can’t be calculated
B. The instant of time at which q. 2u
MATCH THE COLUMN TYPE QUESTIONS velocity of stone makes an angle g
θ = 45° with positive x-axis in
49. Match the statements given in Column-Ι with statements
clockwise direction.
given in Column-ΙΙ
Column-I Column-II
A.     p. 90° C. The instant of time at which r.
If | A + B |=| A |=| B | 2u
 (starting from t = 0) component of
then angle between A g
 displacement along x-axis become
and B is
half the range on inclined plane is
B. Magnitude of resultant q. 120°

of two forces | F1 | =

8N and | F2 | = 4 N D. Time of flight on inclined plane is s. u
may be
2g
C. Angle between r. 12 N

A = 2 iˆ + 2 ĵ

& B = 3 k̂ is (a) A-(r); B-(q); C-(s); D-(p)
D. Magnitude of resultant s. (b) A-(r); B-(s); C-(q); D-(p)
 14
of vectors A = 2 iˆ +
ĵ and (c) A-(r); B-(s); C-(p); D-(q)

B = 3 k̂ is (d) A-(p); B-(q); C-(r); D-(s)

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51. A particle is projected from level ground. Assuming (a) A-(q); B-(r); C-(s); D-(t)
projection point as origin, x-axis along horizontal and y-axis
along vertically upwards. If particle moves in x-y plane (b) A-(p); B-(s); C-(t); D-(r)
and its path is given by y = ax – bx2 where a, b are positive (c) A-(s); B-(t); C-(s); D-(r)
constants. Then match the physical quantities given in
Column-I with the values given in Column-II. (g in Column II (d) A-(q); B-(s); C-(r); D-(t)
is acceleration due to gravity.)
53. Match Column-I with Column-II and select the correct
Column-I Column-II answer using the codes given below the lists.
Column-I Column-II
a
A. Horizontal component of velocity p.
b A. If swimmer can swim at 5m/sec in p. 53°
still water and if velocity of water
2
a flow is 4m/sec then angle between
B. Time of flight q.
4b direction of swimming and direction
of river flow to minimize drift.
g
C. Maximum height r.
2b
B. If swimmer can swim at 5 m/sec in q. 127°
still water and velocity of flow is 3
D. Horizontal range s. 2a 2
bg m/sec then angle between direction
of velocity of swimmer with respect
(a) A-(q); B-(s); C-(r); D-(p)
to river and the direction of river
(b) A-(s); B-(r); C-(p); D-(q)
flow if swimmer crosses the river in
(c) A-(r); B-(s); C-(q); D-(p)
minimum time.
(d) A-(q); B-(s); C-(r); D-(p)
52. Rain is falling at velocity 10 iˆ + 10 ˆj m/s. Then match the
direction of velocity of rain w.r.t. man in Column-II from
C. If swimmer can swim at 4 m/sec and r. 143°
Column-I.
X velocity of flow is 3m/sec then angle
of resultant velocity (w.r.t. ground)
with the direction of river flow if
Y swimmer swims perpendicular to

Column-I Column-II flow of river.

A. p.
10m/s
D. Angle between direction of fluttering s. 90°
of flag and north if wind blows
B. q.
towards south west direction with
20m/s
a velocity 3 2 m/sec. Man moves
with a velocity 7m/sec along west,
C. r.
20m/s holding flag in his hand.

D. s. (a) A-(q); B-(r); C-(s); D-(p)

20m/s
(b) A-(r); B-(s); C-(p); D-(q)
10m/s (c) A-(s); B-(q); C-(s); D-(r)

t. (d) A-(q); B-(s); C-(r); D-(q)

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54. Column-I shows certain situations with certain conditions 55. A ball is thrown vertically upward in the air by a passenger
and Column-II shows the parameters in which situations of (relative to himself) from a train that is moving as given in
Column-I match. Which can be possible combination. Column-I (vball << vescape). Correctly match the situation
as described in the Column-I, with the paths given in
Column-I Column-II
Column-II.
A. u1 = u2; θ1 = θ2 p. u1
Column-I Column-II
1 u2
2
A. Train moving with constant p. Straight line
acceleration on a slope then
path of the ball as seen by
Two projectiles are projected
the passenger.
from a height such that they
strike ground at the same time.

B. u1 > u2; θ1 > θ2 q. u1

B. Train moving with constant q. Parabolic
u2 acceleration on a slope then
1
path of the ball as seen by a
2
stationary observer outside.
Two projectiles under standard
ground to ground projection such
that horizontal range is same.

C. u1 < u2; θ2 > θ1 r. C. Train moving with constant r. Elliptical

u2 u1
acceleration on horizontal
2
1 ground then path of the ball
as seen by the passenger.
Two swimmer starting from
same point on a river bank such
that time of crossing is same.
u1 and u2 are velocities relative
D. Train moving with constant s. Hyperbolic
to river.
acceleration on horizontal
ground then path of the
s. Rain
ball as seen by a stationary
q2 observer outside.

u2

u1
q1
t. Circular
Person moving downward
along slope in rain such that he
observes rain vertically
(a) A-(q); B-(q); C-(q); D-(q)

(b) A-(q); B-(q); C-(q); D-(s)

(a) A-(p,s,r); B-(q,s,p); C-(r,s)
(b) A-(p,r); B-(q,p,s); C-(q,r) (c) A-(q); B-(s); C-(q); D-(q)
(c) A-(p,s,r); B-(q,r,p); C-(q,p,s)
(d) A-(q); B-(q); C-(r); D-(q)
(d) A-(p,q,r); B-(q,r); C-(q,r)

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56. Each situation in column-I gives graph of a particle moving in (a) A-(q,r); B-(q,s); C-(q,s); D-(p)
circular path. The variables ω, θ and t represent angular speed (b) A-(q,r); B-(q,p); C-(q); D-(p,s)
(at any time t) , angular displacement (in time t) and time (c) A-(q); B-(q,s); C-(q,s); D-(p,s)
respectively. Column-ΙΙ gives certain resulting interpretation.
(d) A-(s); B-(q,s); C-(q,p); D-(p,r)
Match the graphs in column-Ι with statements in column-ΙΙ.
Column-I Column-II NUMERICAL TYPE QUESTIONS
A.  p. Angular acceleration Answer should be rounded of upto two decimal places
of particle is uniform 58. The ratio of the distance carried away by the water current,
downstream, in crossing a river, by a person, making same
angle with downstream and upstream is 2: 1. The ratio
 of the speed of person to the water current cannot be less

– graph than______.
B.  q. Angular acceleration 59. When a man moves down the inclined plane with a constant
of particle is non- speed 5ms−1which makes an angle of 37° with the horizontal,
uniform he finds that the rain is falling vertically downward. When he
moves up the same inclined plane with the same speed, he
7
 finds that the rain makes an angle θ = tan−1   with the
 –  graph
2 8

C.  r. Angular acceleration
(
horizontal. Find the speed of the rain (in ms ) 2 = 1.414 .
–1
)
of particle is directly 60. Three point particles P, Q, R move in a circle of radius ‘r’
proportional to t. with different but constant speeds. They start moving at
t = 0 from their initial positions as shown in the figure. The
t angular velocities (in rad/sec) of P, Q and R are 5 π, 2 π and
 – t graph 3 π respectively, in the same sense. The time at which they
D.  s. Angular acceleration all meet is ________s
of particle is directly Q
proportional to θ.

t
2

 – t graph
2
P R
O
(a) A-(q,r); B-(q); C-(p); D-(r)
(b) A-(q,s); B-(p); C-(p); D-(q,r)
(c) A-(q,s); B-(r); C-(p,r); D-(q,r)
(d) A-(q,s); B-(p); C-(p); D-(q,s) 61. A projectile is projected at an angle of 60° with some initial
velocity. Find the ratio of the times at which the component
57. A particle is moving with speed v = 2t2 on the circumference of horizontal velocity of the projectile will be equal to its
of circle of radius R. Match the quantities given in column-I component of vertical velocity in magnitude.
with corresponding results in column-II
62. A particle A moves along a circle of radius R = 50 cm so that
Column-I Column-II its radius vector r relative to the fixed point O (Fig.) rotates
A. Magnitude of tangential p. Decreases with with the constant angular velocity = 0.40 rad/s. Then find
acceleration of particle time. the ratio of modulus v of the velocity of the particle and the
modulus a of its total acceleration (in s–1).
B. Magnitude of centripetal q. Increases with
A
acceleration of particle time
C. Magnitude of angular r. Remains r
speed of particle with constant R
respect to centre of circle
D. Angle between the total s. Depends on the O
acceleration vector and value of radius
centripetal acceleration R
vector of particle

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INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS
63. Two particles P and Q move with constant velocities 10 3 m/s
10 3 m/s
v1 = 2 ms–1 and v2 = 4 ms–1 along two mutually perpendicular
straight lines towards the intersection point O. At moment
30º 60º
t = 0, the particles were located at distances l1= 12 m and l2
= 19 m from O, respectively. Find the time when they are (a) 2s (b) 2 3 s
nearest (nearest integer) (in s). 4
(c) s (d) None of these
64. A gun is mounted on a plateau 960 m away from its edge as 3
shown. Height of plateau is 960 m. The gun can fire shells 69. An airplane is observed by two persons travelling at 60 km/
with a velocity of 100 m/s at any angle of choice. What is hour in two vehicles moving in opposite directions on a
the minimum distance x (OP) from the edge of plateau where straight road. To an observer in one vehicle the plane appears’
the shell of gun cannot reach (in m)? to cross the road track at right angles while to the observer in
the other vehicle the angle appears to be 45°. At what angle
does the plane actually cross the road track?
960 m A vP1
960 m

v1
O P vP
x 
65. A particle moves along an arc of a circle of radius R = 5m.
Its velocity depends on the distance covered s as v = a s O
, where a is a constant. Then find the angle a between the (a) 45° (b) q = tan–1 (2)
vector of the total acceleration and the vector of velocity at (c) q = tan–1 (4) (d) q = tan–1 (8)
s = 2 m (in degrees). 70. A particle is moving in xy-plane. At certain instant, the
66. A particle is projected up an inclined plane of inclination b components of its velocity and acceleration are as follows
at an elevation a to the horizontal. Find the ratio between vx = 3 m/s, vy = 4m/s, ax = 2m/s2 and ay = 1m/s2. The rate
tan a and tan b, if the particle strikes the plane horizontally.
of change of speed at this moment is
(a) 4m/s2 (b) 2 m/s2
SINGLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS
(c) 3 m/s2 (d) 5 m/s2
67. A straight rod OABCD is strapped on to the end of a straight
hose pipe H with ‘A’ at the nozzle of the pipe (figure). Strings 71. The figure shows the velocity and the acceleration of a
are tied to the rod at B, C and D and are allowed to drop point-like body at the initial moment of its motion. The
down vertically. The lengths of the strings at B, C and D to direction and the absolute value of the acceleration remain
just touch the stream of water, streaming out of the hose pipe constant. Find the time in seconds when the velocity reach
from its nozzle, are in the ratio its minimum value ?
v0
D×

C× Water
g a
B×
(Data: a = 6m/s2, v0 = 24m/s, φ = 143°)

(a) 1.6 sec (b) 3.2 sec
A× (c) 4.8 ses (d) 6.4 sec
72. A ball is projected towards right from point A at an angle q
H with vertical. The wind blows towards left along negative
O
x-axis with acceleration g tan q. The ball will return to point:
1 1 1 y
(a) : : (b) AB2 : AC2 : AD2
AB BC CD
1 1 1 g tan 
(c) : : (d) AB : AC : AD
AB 2 AC 2 AD 2 
68. A particle is projected at an angle 60° with speed 10 3 m/s, x
from the point A, as shown in the figure. At the same time the B A C
wedge is made to move with speed 10 3 m/s towards right (a) A (b) B left to point A
as shown in the figure. Then the time after which particle (c) C right to point A (d) None of the above
will strike with wedge is

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73. A stone is projected from level ground at t = 0 sec such that Exercise-2
its horizontal and vertical components of initial velocity are
10 m/s and 20 m/s respectively. Then the instant of time at 1. Water flows out in all directions with the same speed from
which magnitude of tangential and magnitude of normal a sprinkler consisting of a perforated spherical shell fixed at
components of acceleration of stone are same is (neglect air the end of a hose. When the sprinkler is fixed at the ground,
resistance) g = 10 m/s2: maximum height attained by a water stream is h. If the
1 sprinkler is shifted to height h above the ground, by what
(a) sec (b) 1 sec factor will the watered area on the ground change? Neglect
2
diameter of the spherical shell as compared to the height h.
(c) 3 sec (d) both (b) and (c) (a) 8
74. A particle moves with deceleration along the circle of radius (b) 6
R so that at any moment of time its tangential and normal (c) 4
accelerations are equal in moduli. At the initial moment t = 0
(d) 2
the speed of the particle equals v0. The speed of the particle
as a function of the distance covered s will be 2. A plane contains two straight lines intersecting each other
(a) v = v0 e–s/R (b) v = v0 es/ R at an angle a. The lines start moving perpendicular to
(c) v = v0 e–R/s (d) v = v0 eR/s themselves in the same plane as shown in the figure with
velocities v1 and v2 respectively. Find the velocity of the
75. In the previous question, the total acceleration of the particle
point of intersection of the two lines.
as function of velocity and distance covered is
v2
(a) a = 2 v1
2
R
a
v
(b) a =
R
2v 2
(c) a = v2
R
2 2 v2
(d) a = (a) v12 + v22 + 2v1v2 cos α
R
76. Velocity of the river with respect to ground is given by v0.
(b) v12 + v22 + 2v1v2 sin α
Width of the river is d. A swimmer swims (with respect to sin α
water) perpendicular to the current with acceleration a =
2t (where t is time) starting from rest from the origin O at (c) v12 + v22 + 2v1v2 sin α
t = 0. The equation of trajectory of the path followed by the cos α
swimmer is
y (d) v12 + v22 + 2v1v2 cos α
sin α
v0 3. An L = 70 m long thin tape wound on a spool of radius
d r0 = 10 mm makes a tape roll of outer radius R = 25 mm.
A motor used to wind the tape rotates the spool at a constant
o x angular velocity and takes T = 165 s to complete the winding.
Calculate length of the tape, which has been wound in
x3 t = 110 s from the beginning of the winding.
(a) y =
3v03

x2
(b) y =
2v02

x
(c) y =
v0

x
(d) y = (a) 35 m
v0
(b) 40 m
(c) 45 m
(d) 50 m

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4. Three particles A, B and C are situated at the vertices of 8. In a particular scene of a science fiction movie, a UFO is
an equalateral triangle ABC of side d at t = 0. Each of the flying horizontally at a very high altitude with a speed u that
particles is moving with constant speed v. A always has its is h (< 1) times of speed c of light. The UFO is emitting sharp
velocity along AB, B along BC and C along CA. Find the light pulses at regular and very small intervals. Find the speed
initial radius of curvature of the path followed by any of the of the UFO recorded by an observer on the ground at point
particle. O when the UFO appears at an angle q with the vertical.
A Ignore relativistic corrections.
u A UFO (un-identified flying object) is believed to be a space
ships used by aliens.
u
UFO
u
B u C
q
d d 2d O
(a) 2d (b) (c) (d)
3 3
u
5. A stick AB of length l = 100 cm stands vertically on a (a) u(1 + hsinq) (b)
1 + η cos θ
horizontal floor leaning on a wall. A beetle P starts climbing
the stick from the floor. When the beetle starts climbing, the u
(c) u(1 + hcosq) (d)
lower end B of the stick is made to move away from the wall 1 + η sin θ
with a constant velocity u = 4 m/s. The beetle climbs the
9. A particle projected from the ground passes two points,
stick with a constant speed u = 3 m/s relative to the stick.
which are at heights h1 = 12 m and h2 = 18 m above the
If the upper end A does not leave the wall, what maximum
ground and a distance d = 10 m apart. What could be the
height can the beetle rise?
minimum speed of projection? Acceleration due to gravity is
A g = 10 m/s2.
(a) 10 m/s (b) 12 m/s (c) 15 m/s (d) 20 m/s
P 10. A honeybee is flying parallel to a tabletop at a height
B h = 3.0 m with a constant velocity u = 4 m/s. With its wings,
it can achieve a maximum acceleration a = 10 m/s2. At an
(a) 25 cm (b) 37.5 cm
instant when the honeybee is vertically above a honey drop
(c) 50 cm (d) 62.5 cm
on the tabletop, it decides to reach the honey drop. Neglect
6. To cross a river of width b = 1.8 km, a boatman steers his the reaction time of the honeybee and find the minimum time
boat always aiming toward a point that is directly opposite
in second which the honeybee can reach the honey drop.
to the starting point. Velocity of the boat relative to the
river current is ub/w = 5 km/hr and river current velocity is
uR = 4 km/hr everywhere. Determine time, which the boat
will take to cross the river.
7. A grasshopper on the bottom of a cubical box has to jump
out of the box. If each side of the box is h = 52 cm and the
grasshopper can jump with a maximum initial velocity
u = 3 m/s, what should the minimum tilt angle q the box be
so that the grasshopper can jump out of the box. Acceleration
due to gravity is g = 10 m/s2.

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 Exercise-3 (PYQ’s) Multiple Correct
6. The coordinates of a particle moving in a plane are given by
POSITION, DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT x(t) = acos(pt) and y(t) = bsin(pt) where a, b(< a) and p are
positive constants of appropriate dimensions. Then, (IIT-JEE
Subjective 1999)
1. On a frictionless horizontal surface, assumed to be the x – y plane, a (a) The path of the particle is an ellipse
small trolley A is moving along a straight line parallel to the y-axis (b) The velocity and acceleration of the particle are normal to
(see figure) with a constant velocity of ( 3 − 1)m/s . At a particular each other at t = π/2p
(c) The acceleration of the particle is always directed towards a focus
instant when the line OA makes an angle of 45° with the x-axis,
(d) The distance traveled by the particle in time interval t = 0 to
a ball is thrown along the surface from the origin O. Its velocity t = π/2p is a
makes an angle f with the x-axis and it hits the trolley.
(a) The motion of the ball is observed from the frame of the CONSTANT ACCELERATION
trolley. Calculate the angle q made by the velocity vector of
Single Correct
the ball with the x-axis in this frame.
7. A particle is moving Eastwards with a velocity of 5 m/s. In 10 s,
y the velocity changes to 5 m/s Northwards. The average acceleration
A in this time is (IIT-JEE 1982)
(a) Zero
45° 1
x (b) m/s2 towards North-East
O 2
(b) Find the speed of the ball with respect to the surface, if 1
(c) m/s2 towards North-West
f = 4q/3. (IIT-JEE 2002) 2
Fill in the Blanks (d)
1
m/s2 towards North
2. Spotlight S rotates in a horizontal plane with constant angular 2
velocity of 0.1 rad/s. The spot of light P moves along the wall at a Subjective
distance of 3m. The velocity of the spot P when q = 45° (see fig.) 8. An object A is kept fixed at the point x = 3 m and y = 1.25 m on
is….… m/s. (IIT-JEE 1987) a plank P raised above the ground. At time t = 0, the plank starts
S moving along the + x-direction with an acceleration 1.5 m/s2. At
q the same instant, a stone is projected from the origin with a velocity
u as shown. A stationary person on the ground observes the stone
3m hitting the object during its downward motion at an angle of 45°
to the horizontal. All the motions are in x – y plane. Find u and the
P time after which the stone hits the object. (Take g = 10 m/s2 ).
y
A
3. Four persons K, L, M, N are initially at the four corners of a square P
1.25 m
of side d. Each person now moves with a uniform speed v in such a
way that K always moves directly towards L, L directly towards M, 
u
M directly towards N and N directly towards K. The four persons x
will meet at a time …… (IIT-JEE 1984) O 3.0 m  (IIT-JEE 2000)
4. A particle moves in a circle of radius R. In half the period of
revolution , its displacement is … and distance covered is …. MOTION UNDER GRAVITY
 (IIT-JEE 1983) Single Correct
SPEED AND VELOCITY 9. A ball is dropped vertically from a height d above the ground. It hits
the ground and bounces up vertically to a height d/2. Neglecting
Single Correct
subsequent motion and air resistance, its velocity v varies with
5. In the arrangement shown in the figure, the ends P and Q of an height h above the ground as  (IIT-JEE 2000)
unstretchable string move downwards with uniform speed U. v
v
Pulleys A and B are fixed. Mass M moves upwards with a speed
(a) d h (b)
A B

q q h
d
v v
P Q
M (c) d h (d) d
 (IIT-JEE 1982) h
U
(a) 2Ucosq (b) (c) 2Ucosθ (d) Ucosθ
cos θ

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 10. A particle P is sliding down a frictionless hemispherical bowl. It Fill in the Blanks
passes the point A at t = 0. At this instant of time, the horizontal
component of its velocity is v. A bead Q of the same mass as P is 16. The trajectory of a projectile in a vertical plane is y = ax – bx2,
ejected from A at t = 0 along the horizontal string AB, with the speed v. where a, b are constants, and x and y are respectively, the horizontal
Friction between the bead and the string may be neglected. Let tp and vertical distances of the projectile from the point of projection.
and tQ be the respective times taken by P and Q to reach the point B. The maximum height attained is….. and the angle of projection
Q from the horizontal is…. (IIT-JEE 1997)
A B
True/False
P C 17. A projectile fired from the ground follows a parabolic path.
The speed of the projectile is minimum at the top of its path
Then (IIT-JEE 1993)
 (IIT-JEE 1984)
(a) tP < tQ (b) tP = tQ
t length of arc ACB
Comprehension Based/Statement Based
(c) tP > tQ (d) P =
tQ length of chord AB Question Stem for Question Nos. 22 and 23:
A projectile is thrown from a point O on the ground at an angle 45° from
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the vertical and with a speed 5 2 m/s. The projectile at the highest point
11. A body falling freely from a given height H hits an inclined plane in
of its trajectory splits into two equal parts. One part falls vertically down
its path at a height h. As a result of this impact the direction of the
velocity of the body becomes horizontal. For what value of (h/H), to the ground 0.5 s after the splitting. The other part, t seconds after the
the body will take maximum time to reach the ground?  (IIT-JEE splitting, falls to the ground at a distance x meters from the point O. The
1986) acceleration due to gravity g = 10 m/s2. (JEE Adv. 2021)
True/False 18. The value of t is ________. C-37 43W-50 49 UA-12 09
12. Two balls of different masses are thrown vertically upwards with
the same speed. They pass through the point of projection in their 19. The value of x is ________. C-18 78 W-68 69 UA-12 53
downward motion with the same speed (Neglect air resistance).
 (IIT-JEE 1983) PROJECTILE THROWN FROM
PROJECTILE MOTION: SOME HEIGHT ABOVE GROUND
GROUND TO GROUND PROJECTION Subjective
20. Two guns situated on the top of a hill of height 10 m fire one shot
Single Correct
each with the same speed 5 3 m/s at some interval of time. One
13. A train is moving along a straight line with a constant acceleration
a. A boy standing in the train throws a ball forward with a speed of gun fires horizontally and other fires upwards at an angle of 60°
10 m/s, at an angle of 60° to the horizontal. The boy has to move with the horizontal. The shots collide in air at point P(g = 10 m/
forward by 1.15 m inside the train to catch the ball back at the initial s2).
height. The acceleration of the train, in m/s2, is. (IIT-JEE 2011) (a) Find the time interval between the firings and
(a) 2 m/s2 (b) 4 m/s2 (c) 3 m/s2 (d) 5 m/s2 (b) The coordinates of the point P. Take origin of the coordinate
system at the foot of the hill right below the muzzle and
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trajectories in x – y plane. (IIT-JEE 1996)
14. A projectile is fired from horizontal ground with speed v and
21. Two towers AB and CD are situated a distance d apart as shown
projection angle q. When the acceleration due to gravity is g, the
in figure. AB is 20 m high and CD is 30 m high from the ground.
range of the projectile is d. If at the highest point in its trajectory, the
An object of mass m is thrown from the top of AB horizontally
projectile enters a different region where the effective acceleration
g with a velocity of 10 m/s towards CD.
due to gravity is g′ = then the new range is d′ = nd. The value Simultaneously, another object of mass 2 m is thrown from the top
0.81
of n is_____________. of CD at an angle of 60° to the horizontal towards AB with the
same magnitude of initial velocity as that of the first object. The
 C 12.85 W 67.44 UA 19.71 (JEE Adv. 2022)
two objects move in the same vertical plane, collide in mid-air and
15. A ball is thrown from ground at an angle θ with horizontal and
stick to each other. (IIT-JEE 1994)
with an initial speed u0. For the resulting projectile motion, the 2m
magnitude of average velocity of the ball up to the point when it 60° C
hits the ground for the first time is V1. After hitting the ground,
ball rebounds at the same angle q but with a reduced speed of
u0/α. Its motion continues for a long time as shown in figure. If m
A
the magnitude of average velocity of the ball for entire duration of
motion is 0.8 V1, the value of α is___ C-17.79 W-62.13
UA-20.07 (JEE Adv. 2019) d
B D
(a) Calculate the distance d between the towers.
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ONE DIMENSIONAL RELATIVE MOTION 26. A river is flowing from West to East at a speed of 5 m/min. A man
on the South bank of the river, capable of swimming at 10 m/min
Single Correct in still water, wants to swim across the river in the shortest time.
22. Statement-I: For an observer looking out through the window He should swim in a direction  (IIT-JEE 1983)
of a fast moving train, the nearby objects appear to move in the (a) Due North (b) 30° East of North
opposite direction to the train, while the distant objects appear to
(c) 30° West of North (d) 60° East of North
be stationary.
Statement-II : If the observer and the object are moving at velocities Multiple Correct
v1 and v2, respectively with reference to a laboratory frame, the 27. Starting at time t = 0 from the origin with speed 1ms–1, a particle
velocity of the object with respect to the observer is v2 – v1 follows a two-dimensional trajectory in the x-y plane so that
 (IIT-JEE 2008) x2
(a) Statement-I is true, Statement-II is true; Statement-II is the its coordinates are related by the equation y = . The x and
2
correct explanation for Statement-I y components of its acceleration are denoted by ax and ay.
(b) Statement-I is the, Statement-II is true; Statement-II is not a
correct explanation for Statement-I respectively. Then C-4.54 W-0 UA-33.55 PC-61.91 (JEE Adv.
(c) Statement-I is true; Statement-II is false 2020)
(d) Statement-I is false; Statement-II is the (a) ax = 1 ms–2 implies that when the particle is at the origin,
ay = 1 ms–2
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(b) ax = 0 implies ay = 1 ms–2 at all times
23. Airplanes A and B are flying with constant velocity in the same
(c) at t = 0. the particle’s velocity points in the x-direction
vertical plane at angles 30° and 60° with respect to the horizontal
(d) ax = 0 implies that at t = 1s, the angle between the particle’s
respectively as shown in the figure. The speed of A is 100 3 ms −1 .
At the time t = 0s, an observer in A finds B at a distance of 500 m. velocity and the x axis is 45°
This observer sees B moving with a constant velocity perpendicular Subjective
to the line of motion of A. If at t = t0, A just escapes being hit by 28. A large heavy box is sliding without friction down a smooth plane
B, t0 in seconds isC-28.28 W-59.26 UA-12.46 (JEE Adv. 2014) of inclination q. From a point P on the bottom of the box, a particle
A is projected inside the box. The initial speed of the particle with
respect to the box is u and the direction of projection makes an
B angle a with the bottom as shown in the figure. (IIT-JEE 1984)
30° 60°  (a) Find the distance along the bottom of the box between the
point of projection P and the point Q where the particle lands
Subjective (Assume that the particle does not hit any other surface of the
24. A cart is moving along x-direction with a velocity of 4 m/s. A person box. Neglect air resistance.)
on the cart throws a stone with a velocity of 6 m/s relative to himself. (b) If the horizontal displacement of the particle as seen by an
In the frame of reference of the cart, the stone is thrown in y – z observer on the ground is zero, find the speed of the box with
plane making an angle of 30° with vertical z-axis. At the highest respect to the ground at the instant when the particle was
point of its trajectory, the stone hits an object of equal mass hung projected.
vertically from branch of a tree by means of a string of length L.
A completely inelastic collision occurs, in which the stone gets a
embedded in the object. Determine (g = 9.8 m/s2) Q
P
(a) the speed of the combined mass immediately after the collision q
with respect to an observer on the ground.
(b) the length L of the string such that tension in the string
becomes zero when the string becomes horizontal during the
subsequent motion of the combined mass. (IIT-JEE 1997)

TWO DIMENSIONAL RELATIVE MOTION

Single Correct
25. A boat which has a speed of 5 km/h in still water crosses a river of
width 1 km along the shortest possible path in 15 min. The velocity
of the river water in km/h is (IIT-JEE 1998)
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 41

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 Answer Key (Abhedya)
Exercise-1
1. (a, b, d) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (a) 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (a)
11. (a) 12. (a,b,d) 13. (b,d) 14. (a,b) 15. (a,b,c,d) 16. (a,c,d) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (a,b)
21. (c, d) 22. (a, b) 23. (a,b,d) 24. (a,d) 25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (c) 28. (a) 29. (c) 30. (c)
31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. (a) 35. (b) 36. (b) 37. (c) 38. (d) 39. (d) 40. (a)
41. (a) 42. (d) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (a) 46. (b) 47. (a) 48. (a) 49. (d) 50. (b)
51. (c) 52. (a) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (a) 56. (b) 57. (c) 58. [0.33] 59. [5.66] 60. [1.50]
61. [3.73] 62. [0.80] 63. [0005] 64. [0480] 65. [0053] 66. [0002] 67. (b) 68. (a) 69. (b) 70. (b)
71. (b) 72. (a) 73. (d) 74. (a) 75. (a) 76. (a)

Exercise-2
1. (d) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. [1 hour] 7. [30°] 8. (d) 9. (d) 10. [1]

Exercise-3 (PYQ’s)
1. (b) 2. (a, b, c) 5. (c) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. [1/2] 10. [True] 11. (d) 12. [0.95] 13. [4.00]
15. [True] 16. [0.5] 17. [7.5] 20. (b) 22. [5] 24. (b) 25. (a) 27. (a, b, c, d)

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