CPP FIITJEE Kinematics

RELATIVE MOTION
1. An aeroplane flies along straight line from A to B with speed V and back again with the same
speed. The wind blows perpendicular to line AB with speed v. The distance between A and
B is . The total time for the round trip is
2 2v 2V 2
(A) 2 2
(B) 2 2
(C) 2 2
(D)
V v V V v v V v V  v2
2

2. A swimmer wishes to reach directly opposite bank of a river, flowing with velocity
8 m/s. The swimmer can swim 10 m/s in still water. The width of the river is 480 m.
Time taken by him to do so:
(A) 60 sec (B) 48 sec (C) 80 sec (D) None of these

3. A man wants to reach a point on the other bank of a river that is directly opposite to his
starting point. River flows at the rate of 4 km/hr. and swimming speed of the man relative to
water is 3 km/hr. Then
(A) To reach the desired point he should start swimming at an angle of cos-1 (3/4) towards
down stream
(B) To reach the desired point he should start swimming at an angle of cos-1 (-3/4) towards
up stream
(C)To reach the desired point he should start swimming at an angle of cos-1 (4/3) with
stream
(D) He can not reach the desired point directly by swimming.

4. A man has to hold his umbrella at 30 with the vertical to keep himself dry. He, then runs at a
sped of 10 m/s leaving umbrella behind and finds the raindrops to be hitting him vertically.
Speed of the raindrop with respect to the earth is
(A) 10 m/s (B) 20 3 m/s (C) 20 m/s (D) 10 3 m/s

5. A bus is moving with a constant velocity v1 along a horizontal road. A man standing inside
the bus throws a ball upward with velocity v0 and catches the ball. The magnitude of
displacement of the ball with respect to ground is
v 02 2v 0 v1 v 0 v1
(A) (B) zero (C) (D)
g g g

6. A boy throws a ball in a train moving at a speed of 18 kmph, with a velocity of 15 2 m/s at an
angle of 45 to the horizontal in the direction of motion of train. The angle with which it strikes
the plane of projection w.r.t. an observer watching from the road near by to the train is
(A) 45 (B) 60 (C) 37 (D) none of these

7. Two men who can swim with a speed v1 in still water start from the middle of a river of width
d and move in opposite directions always swimming at an angle  with the banks (As seen
from ground). What is the distance between them along the river when they reach the
opposite banks, if the velocity of the river is v2
dv 1 dv 1 cos  dv 2
(A) cot (B) (C) tan (D) d cot 
dv 2 v1  v 2 v1

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8. Two cars A and B are initially 40 m apart, A is vA = 10 m/s vB = 0

behind B. The car A is moving with uniform B

aB = 0.2 m/s-2
A
velocity of 10 m/s towards B. And, the car B starts
40 m
moving away from A with constant acceleration of
0.2 m/s2.
(i) The time at which minimum distance between the two occurs is
(A) 20 s (B) 40 s (C) 50 s (D) 60 s
Q
9. Three persons P, Q and R of same mass travel with same speed u
along an equilateral triangle of side ‘d’ such that each one faces
u u
the other always. After how much time will they meet each other :
(A) d/ u seconds (B) 2d/3u seconds R
P u
(C) 2d / 3 u seconds (D) d/ 3 u seconds

10. The relative velocity of a car ‘A’ with respect to car B is 302 m/s due North-East. The
velocity of car ‘B’ is 20 m/s due south. The relative velocity of car ‘C’ with respect to car ‘A’ is
102 m/s due North-West. The speed of car C and the direction (in terms of angle it makes
with the east).
(A) 202 m/s, 45 (B) 202 m/s, 135 (C) 102 m/s, 45 (D)102 m/s, 135

11. A man crosses a river in a boat. If he cross the river in minimum time he takes 10 min with a
drift 120 m. If he crosses the river taking shortest path, he takes 12.5 min. Find
(A) width of the river
(B) velocity of the boat with respect to water
(C) speed of the current
C B

12. A man wants to reach points B on the opposite

bank of river flowing at a speed as shown in
figure. What minimum speed relative to water u
should the man have so that he can reach point
0
B? in which direction should he swim ? 45

13. A man in a boat crosses a river from point A. If he rows

perpendicular to the banks he reaches point C (BC = 120m) B C
in 10 min. If the man heads at a certain angle  to the
straight line AB (AB is perpendicular to the banks )against
the current he reaches point B in 12.5 min. Find the width of V w
the river w, the rowing velocity u, the speed of the river 

current v and the angle  . Assume the velocity of the boat

relative to water to be constant and the same magnitude in A
both case

14. Swimmer which swims with speed v0 w.r.t. river. River

v0 y y
flow speed is variable Vr  . Find
w
(A) Minimum time in which he cross the river
(B) Drift in the case of minimum time of crossing w vr
(C) If swimmer cross the river in shortest path then find v y
vr  0
the time in which he cross the river w

(D) Equation of trajectory of path followed by the

swimmer in part (a) & (b) (Assume x axis along river flow x
and origin the point where swimmer start his motion )
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15. A projectile is fired at 30o to the horizontal with speed 40 m/s from 40m/s
the top of a 60 m high tower, if g = 10 m/s2, then answer the A 30o
following:
(a) What is the equation of trajectory?
(b) What is the time taken by the projectile to reach on the ground? 60m
(c) What is the distance of the point on the ground at which the
projectile falls from point O on the base of the tower?
O

16. To a man walking at 5 km/hr the rain appears to fall vertically. When he increases his speed
to 10 km/hr the rain appears to meet him at an angle of 45o with vertical. Find the following
(a) Actual speed of rain w.r.t. ground.
(b) Direction of velocity of rain w.r.t. ground.

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 ANSWERS
Relative Motion
1. A 2. C 3. D 4. C
5. C 6. C 7. D 8. C
9. B 10. A
11. (A) w = 200 m (B) vbr = 20 m/min (C) vr = 12 m/min

u
12. , at 450 on left of line AC
2

13. A 10 S, 200 m, 20 m/ min, 12 m/min

w w w y2
14. (A) tmin  (B) Drift  (C) t  (D) x  ,x0
v0 2 2v 0 2w

x x2
15. (a) y =  (b) t = 6 sec (c) R = 120 3 m
3 240

16. (a) 5 2 m/s (b) 450 from vertical

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