p a

d a
K a
:
e s
s s
l a
C
l p
k a
a n
S

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 . . . A Meeting Point of Master Minds

Vertical Motion :
1. A body falls from 80 m. Its time of descent is [g = 10 ms−2] [ ]
1) 3 s 2) 4 s 3) 5 s 4) 6 s

2. Two bodies whose masses are in the ratio 2 : 1 are dropped simultaneously at two
places A and B where the accelerations due to gravity are g and g
p a
a
A B
respectively. If they reach the ground simultaneously, the ratio of the heights from
which they are dropped is
1) g : g
A B
2) 2 g : g
A B
3) g : 2 g
A B
a
4) g : g
A d B
[ ]

3.

: K
A body falls for 5s from rest. If the acceleration due to gravity of earth ceases to
act, the distance it travels in the next 3s is [ ]

s
1) 73.5 m 2) 294 m 3) 147 m 4) 49 m

4.
s e
A body freely falling from a height h describes
7h
in the last second of its fall. The

s
16
height h is ( g = 10 ms− 2)

a
[ ]

l
1) 80 m 2) 45 m 3) 160 m 4) 40 m

5.
C
A body released from the top of a tower of height h takes T seconds to reach the
ground. The position of the body at T/4 seconds is [ ]
1) at
h

l p
from the ground
h
2) at from the top of the tower

a
16 4
15h 3h

k
3) at from the ground 4) at from the top of the tower
6 16

6.

a n
The ratio of times taken by freely falling body to cover first metre, second metre., is
[ ]

S 1) 1 : 2 : 3
3) 2: 4: 8
2) 1 : 2 − 1 : 3 − 2
4) 2 : 3 : 4

7. A body is dropped from a height 122.5 m. If its stopped after 3 seconds and again
released the further time of descent is _________ [ ]
1) 2 s 2) 3 s 3) 4 s 4) 5 s

8. A freely falling body travels ______ of total distance in 5th second. [ ]

1) 8 % 2) 12 % 3) 25 % 4) 36 %

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9. If the distance travelled by a freely falling body in the last second of its journey is
equal to the distance travelled in the first 2s, the time of descent of the body is
[ ]
1) 5 s 2) 1.5 s 3) 2.5 s 4) 3 s

10. A ball dropped on to the floor from a height of 10m rebounds to a height of 2.5m. If
the ball is in contact with the floor for 0.02s, its average acceleration during contact
is [ ]
−2 −2 −2 −2
1) 2100 ms 2) 1050 ms 3) 4200 ms 4) 9.8 ms

a
11. A splash is heard 3.12s after a stone is dropped into a well 45m deep. The speed of
sound in air is [ g = 10 ms−2 ] [ ]

p
−1 −1 −1 −2
1) 330 ms 2) 375 ms 3) 340 ms 4) 346 ms

12.

d a
A body is thrown up with a velocity 29.23 ms−1 distance travelled in last second of

a
upward motion is [ ]
1) 2.3 m 2) 6 m 3) 9.8 m 4) 4.9 m

13.

: K
A body is thrown up with a velocity 40 ms−1. At same time another body is dropped
from a height 40m. Their relative acceleration after 1.3 seconds is ______ [ ]

s
1) 4 g 2) g/2 3) 2 g 4) zero

14.

s e
A stone is dropped into a well of 20m deep. Another stone is thrown downward
with velocity v one second later. If both stones reach the water surface in the well

a s
simultaneously, v is equal to (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]

l
1) 30 ms−1 2) 15 ms−1 3) 20 ms−1 4) 10 ms−1

C
15. A body is projected with a velocity 50 ms−1. Distance travelled in 6th second is
______ ( g = 10 ms−2 ) [ ]

p
1) 5 m 2) 10 m 3) 15 m 4) 20 m

16.
a l
In above problem ratio of distance travelled in first second of upward motion to

k
first second of downward motion is ______ [ ]
1) 1 : 7 2) 5 : 3 3) 9 : 1 4) 3 : 5

a
17.
n
A body is projected vertically up with u. Its velocity at half its maximum height is

S
[ ]
2
u u u
1) 2) 3) 2 u 4)
2 2 2

18. A body projected up reaches a point A in its path at the end of 4th second and
reaches the ground after 5 seconds from the start. The height of A above the ground
is (g = 10 m/s2) [ ]
1) 19.6 m 2) 30.6 m 3) 11 m 4) 20 m

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19. A stone is projected vertically up from the ground with velocity 40 ms−1. The
interval of time between the two instants at which the stone is at a height of 60m
above the ground is ( g = 10 m/s−2 ) [ ]
1) 4 s 2) 6 s 3) 8 s 4) 12 s

20. A ball is dropped freely while another is thrown vertically downward with an initial
velocity u from the same point simultaneously. After t seconds they are separated
by a distance [ ]
1 1
2) gt 2 4) ut + gt 2
ut
1) 3) ut
2 2 2

21.

p a
A body is projected vertically up with velocity 98 ms−1. After 2s if the acceleration
due to gravity of earth disappears, the velocity of the body at the end of next 3s is

1) 49 ms −1
2) 49.6 ms −1
3) 78.4 ms −1

d a
4) 94.7 ms −1
[ ]

22.
a
The distance travelled by a body during last second of its total flight is d when the

K
body is projected vertically up with certain velocity. If the velocity of projection is

:
doubled, the distance travelled by the body during last second of its total flight is
[ ]

s
g g
1) 2d 2) d 3) 2d + 4) 2d −

e
2 2

23.

s s
A stone is thrown vertically up from a bridge with velocity 3 ms−1. If it strikes the

a
water under the bridge after 2s, the bridge is at a height of (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]

l
1) 26 m 2) 14 m 3) 7 m 4) 20 m

24.
C
A bullet fired vertically up from the ground reaches a height 40m in its path from
the ground and it takes further time 2 seconds to reach the same point during

1) 4 s
l p
descent. The total time of flight is (g = 10 ms−2)
2) 3 s 3) 6 s 4) 8 s
[ ]

25.

k a
A boy throws n balls per second at regular time intervals. When the first ball

n
reaches the maximum height he throws the second one vertically up. The maximum
height reached by each ball is [ ]

S a 1)
g
2 ( n − 1) 2
2)
g
2n 2
3)
n
g
2
4)
g
n

26. A stone is dropped freely, while another thrown vertically downward with an initial
velocity of 2 ms−1 from the same point, simultaneously. The time required by them
to have a distance of separation 22 m between them is [ ]
1) 11 s 2) 5.5 s 3) 44 s 4) 22 s

27. A body is throw up with a velocity ‘u’. It reaches maximum height ‘h’. If its
velocity of projection is doubled the maximum height is reaches is _____ [ ]
1) 4 h 2) h 3) 2 h 4) 3 h
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28. A person in lift which ascents up with acceleration 10 ms−2 drops a stone from a
height 10 m. The time of decent is _________ (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1) 1 s 2) 2 s 3) 15 m 4) 20 m

29. A body is projected up with velocity u. It reaches a point in its path at times t and
1
t seconds from the time of projection. Then
2 (t1 + t2 ) is [ ]
2u u 2u u
1) 2) 3) 4)
g g g g

30. A stone thrown vertically up with velocity v reaches three points A, B and C with
v v v
p a
a
velocities , and respectively. Then AB : BC is [ ]
2 4 8

d
1) 1 : 1 2) 2 : 1 3) 4 : 1 4) 1 : 4

31.
ground with velocity 2 v. The height of the tower is
K a
A stone projected vertically up with velocity v from the top of a tower reaches the
[ ]

:
v2 3v 2 3v 2 v2
1) 2) 3) 4)

s
2g 2g g g

32.
e
A stone is thrown vertically from the ground. It reaches the maximum height of

s
500m in 10 sec. After what time it will reach the ground from the maximum height
reaches ?
1) 5 s 2) 10 s

a s 3) 15 s 4) 20 s
[ ]

Oblique Projection :
C l
p
33. A body is projected with a velocity 60 ms−1 at 300 to horizontal. Its initial velocity

a l
vector is _______
∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧
[ ]

k
1) 10 i + 10 3 j 2) 30 i + 30 3 j 3) 30 3 i + 30 j 4) 30 3 i

34.

a n
In the above problem velocity after 3 seconds is __________
∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧
[ ]

S
1) 20 i + 20 3 j 2) 30 i 3) 10 3 j 4) 30 3 i

35. In the above problem the displacement after 2 s is ______ [ ]

∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧ ∧
1) 30 i + 30 j 2) 60 3 i + 40 j 3) 10 3 i + 10 j 4) 40 3 j + 40 i

36. A body is projected from height of 60 m with a velocity 10 ms−1 at angle 300 to
horizontal. The time of flight of the body is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1) 1 s 2) 2 s 3) 3 s 4) 4 s

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37. A body is projected with velocity u such that its horizontal range and maximum
vertical heights are same. The maximum heights is [ ]
u 3u 16u 8u
1) 2) 3) 4)
2g 4g 17 g 17 g

38. A stone is projected from the ground with a velocity of 14 ms−1 one second later it
clears a wall 2 m high. The angle of projection is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
0 0 0 0
1) 45 2) 30 3) 60 4) 15

39. The height y and horizontal distance x covered by a projectile in a time t seconds

a
are given by the equations y = 8t – 5t2 and x = 6t. If x and y are measured in metres,

p
the velocity of projection is [ ]
−1 −1 −1 −1
1) 8 ms 2) 6 ms 3) 14 ms 4) 10 ms

40.

d a
A body is projected at an angle 300 to the horizontal with a speed of 30 ms−1. The

a
angle made by the velocity vector with the horizontal after 1.5 s is (g = 10 ms−2)
[ ]

K
0 0 0
1) zero 2) 60 3) 45 4) 90

41.
:
A ball is projected obliquely with a velocity 49 ms−1 strikes the ground at a distance

s
of 245 m from the point of projection. It remained in air for [ ]

e
1) 10 sec 2) 5 2 sec 3) 3 sec 4) 2.5 sec

42.
projection. Its angle of projection is
s s
The potential energy of a projectile at maximum height is ¾ times kinetic energy
[ ]

a
0 0 0
1) 30 2) 45 3) 60 4) none

43.

C l
Two bodies are thrown from the same point with the same velocity of 50 ms−1. If
their angles of projection are complimentary angles and the difference of maximum

p
heights is 30 m, their maximum heights (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]

l
1) 50 m and 80 m 2) 47.5 m and 77.5 m

a
3) 30 m and 60 m 4) 25 m and 55 m

44.
k
A grass hopper can jump a maximum horizontal distance of 0.3 m. If it spends

n
negligible time on ground, its horizontal component of velocity is (g = 10 ms−2)

a
[ ]
3 3 −1 1 2

S
1) ms −1 2) ms 3) ms −1 4) ms −1
2 2 2 3

45. A gun fires a bullet at a speed of 140 ms−1. If the bullet is to hit a target at the same
level as the gun and at 1 km distance, the angle of projection may be [ ]
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1) 60 or 30 2) 40 or 50 3) 15 or 75 4) 20 or 70

46. A ball is thrown with velocity u making an angle θ with the horizontal. Its velocity
vector is normal to initial velocity (u) vector after a time interval of [ ]
u sin θ u u u cosθ
1) 2) 3) 4)
g g cos θ g sin θ g
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47. A body is projected with velocity 24 ms−1 making an angle 300 with the horizontal.
The vertical component of its velocity after 2s is (g = 10 ms−1) [ ]
−1 −1
1) 8 ms upward 2) 8 ms down ward
3) 32 ms−1 upward 4) 32 ms−1 down ward

48. A particle is thrown with a velocity u at an angle a from the horizontal. Another
particle is thrown with the same velocity at an angle a from the vertical. The ratio
of times of flight of the two particles will be [ ]
1) Tan 2a : 1 2) Cot 2a : 1 3) Tan a : 1 4) Cot a : 1

a
49. A body is projected with velocity u making an angle θ with the horizontal. Its

p
velocity when it is perpendicular to the initial velocity vector is [ ]
1) u sin θ 2) u cot θ 3) u tan θ 4) u cos θ

50.

d a
The horizontal and vertical displacement of a projectile are given by x = 12t and

a
y = 16t – 5t2, all the quantities being measured in S.I. system. The maximum height
of the projectile is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1) 25.6 m 2) 12. 8 m 3) 64 m

:
5
K 4) 6.4 m

The equation of trajectory of a projectile is y = 10 x −   x 2 . If we assume

s
51.
9

e
−2
g = 10 ms the range of projectile (in meters) is [ ]
1) 36 2) 24

s s
3) 18 4) 9

a
52. The horizontal and vertical displacements x and y of projectile at a given time ‘t’

l
are given by x = 6t meters and y = 8t – 5t2 metres. The range of the projectile in

C
metres is [ ]
1) 9.6 2) 10.6 3) 19.2 4) 38.4

53.

l p
An object is projected with a velocity of 20 ms−1 making an angle of 450 with

a
horizontal. The equation for the trajectory is h = Ax - Bx 2 where ‘h’ is height, x is

k
horizontal distance, A and B are constants. The ratio A and B is (g = ms−2)
[ ]

a n
1) 1 : 5 2) 5 : 1 3) 1 : 40 4) 40 : 1

S
54. For a projectile the ratio of maximum height reached to the square of flight time is
(g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1) 5 : 4 2) 5 : 2 3) 5 : 1 4) 10 : 1

3
55. The speed of a projectile at its maximum height is times its initial speed. If the
2
range of the projectile is p times the maximum height attained by it, then p =
[ ]
1) 4/3 2) 2 3 3) 4 3 4) 3/4

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56. The velocity at the maximum height of a projectile is half of its initial velocity of
projection. The angle of projection is [ ]
0 0 0 0
1) 30 2) 45 3) 60 4) 76

57. A person throws a bottle into a dustbin at the same height as he is 2 m away at an
angle of 450. The velocity of thrown is [ ]
1) g 2) g 3) 2g 4) 2g

58. A body is projected at angle 300 to horizontal with a velocity 50 ms−1. Its time of
flight is _______ [ ]

a
1) 4 s 2) 5 s 3) 6 s 4) 7 s

59. In the above problem range of body is ______ m. (g = 10 ms−2)

1) 125 3 2) 250 3 3) 125 4) 250
a
[
p ]

60.

a d
A body is projected at angle 300 to horizontal on a planet with a velocity of 80 ms−1

K
its time of flight is 4 seconds then acceleration due to gravity on that planet is
________ [ ]

:
−2 −2 −2 −2
1) 2 ms 2) 5 ms 3) 10 ms 4) 20 ms

61.
(g = 10 ms−2)
e s
A body is thrown with velocity (4i + 3j) metre per second. Its maximum height is
[ ]

s
1) 2.5 m 2) 0.8 m 3) 0.9 m 4) 0.45 m

62.

a s
Two particles are projected with same velocity but at angles of projection 350 and

l
550. Then their horizontal ranges are in the ratio of [ ]
1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 1 3) 1 : 1 4) none of the above

63.
C
The potential energy of a projectile at its maximum height is equal to its kinetic

l p
energy there. If the velocity of projection is 20 ms−1, its time of flight is
(g = 10 ms−2)

a
[ ]
1 1

k
1) 2s 2) 2 2 s 3) s 4) s
2 2

a
64.
n
If the maximum vertical height and horizontal ranges of a projectile are same, the
angle of projection will be [ ]

S
65.
1) 45 0 −
2) Tan 4 1 −
3) Tan 2 1 4) 30 0

Two bodies are thrown from the same point with the same velocity of projection
angles of projection being complimentary angles. If R and R are the ranges and
1 2
h and h are maximum heights respectively, then [ ]
1 2
u u
1) R = R = sin 2θ 2) h + h =
1 2 g 1 2 2g
3) both 4) none

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66. A body is projected with a certain speed at angles of projection of θ and 90 - θ, the
maximum height attained in the two cases are 20 m and 10 m respectively. The
maximum possible range is [ ]
1) 20 m 2) 30 m 3) 60 m 4) 80 m

Horizontal Projectile Motion :

67. A body is projected horizontally from a height of 78.4 m with a velocity 10 ms−1.
Its velocity after 3 seconds is ______ (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
∧ ∧ ∧ ∧

a
1) 10 i + 30 j 2) 10 i + 10 j

p
∧ ∧ ∧ ∧
3) 20 i + 30 j 4) 10 i + 10 3 j

68.
d a
In the above problem angle made by velocity vector with x axis after 4 seconds is
tan −1
1) 3 2) 4 3) 5

K
4) 6
a [ ]

69.
:
A stone is thrown horizontally with velocity g ms−1 from the top of a tower of

s
height g metre. The velocity with which it hits the ground is (in ms−1) [ ]

e
1) g 2) 2 g 3) 2g 4) 4g

70.

s s
A body is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower. It reaches the ground after
4s at an angle 450 to the ground. The velocity of projection is [ ]

l a
−1 −1 −1 −1
1) 9.8 ms 2) 19.6 ms 3) 29.4 ms 4) 39.2 ms

C
71. Two cliff of heights 120 m and 100.4 m are separated by a horizontal distance of
16 m. If a car has to reach from the first cliff to the second, the horizontal velocity

p
of the car should be [ ]

l
−1 −1 −1 −1
1) 16 ms 2) 4 ms 3) 2 ms 4) 8 ms

72.

k a
An aeroplane flying horizontally at an altitude of 490 m with a speed of 180 kmph
drops a bomb. The horizontal distance at which is hits the ground is [ ]

a n
1) 500 m 2) 1000 m 3) 250 m 4) 50 m

S
73. A ball thrown horizontally with velocity v from the top of a tower of height h
reaches the ground in t seconds. If another ball of double the mass is thrown
horizontally with velocity 3v from the top of another tower of height 4h it reaches
the ground in (seconds) [ ]
1) 3t/4 2) t/2 3) 4t 4) 2t

74. In the above problem if the first ball reaches the ground at a horizontal distance d,
the second ball reaches the ground at a horizontal distance [ ]
1) 6d 2) 3d 3) 12d 4) 4d

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75. A body is projected horizontally from the top of a hill with a velocity of 9.8 m/s.
What time elapses before the vertical velocity is twice the horizontal velocity ?
[ ]
1) 0.5 sec 2) 1 sec 3) 2 sec 4) 1.5 sec

76. A body is projected horizontally from the top of a building 19.6 m high. If the line
joining the point of projection to the point where it hits the ground makes an angle
of 450 to the horizontal, the initial velocity of the ball is
i [ ]
1) 4.9 ms−1 2) 9.8 ms−1 3) 19.6 ms−1 4) 14.7 ms−1

77. A stone is projected horizontally with a velocity 9.8 ms−1 from a tower of height
100m. Its velocity one second after projection is
1) 9.8 ms −1
2) 4.9 ms −1
3) 9.8 2 ms −1
4) 4.9 2 ms
[
−1
]

p a
78.

d a
A body is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower of 5m height. It touches the
ground at a distance of 10m from the foot of the tower. Then initial velocity of the

a
body is (g = 10 ms−1) [ ]
−1 −1 −1 −1

K
1) 2.5 ms 2) 5 ms 3) 10 ms 4) 20 ms

:
79. Two thin wood screens A and B are separated by 200m. A bullet travelling
horizontally at a speed of 600 ms−1 hits the screen A, penetrates through it and

s
finally emerges out from B making holes in A and B. If the resistance of air and

e
wood are negligible, the difference of the heights of the holes in A and B is [ ]

s
49 7
1) 5m 2) 3) 4) zero

s
m m
90 90

80.

l a
The height and width of each step of a staircase are 20cm and 30cm respectively. A
ball rolls off the top of a stair with horizontal velocity v and hits the fifth step. The

−1
C
magnitude of v is (g = 10 ms−2)
−1 −1 −1
[ ]

p
1) 1.5 5 ms 2) 3 5 ms 3) 7.5 ms 4) 1.5 ms

81.

a l
An elevator is going u. The variation in the velocity of the elevator is as given in
the graph. What is the height to which the elevator takes the passengers ? [ ]

n k
S a 1) 3.6 m 2) 28.8 m 3) 36.0 m 4) 72.0 m

82. The displacement time graphs of two moving particles make angles of 300 and 450
with the x – axis. The ratio of the two velocities is [ ]

1) 3 :1 2) 1 : 1 3) 1 : 2 4) 1 : 3
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83. In the given v – t graph, the distance travelled by the body in 5 second will be

[ ]
1) 20 m 2) 40 m 3) 80 m 4) 100 m

84. For the displacement – time graph shown in figure. The ratio of the mag
the speeds during the first two second and the next four second is
magnitudes of
[ ]
p a
d a
K a
:
1) 1 : 1 2) 2 : 1
e s
3) 1 : 2 4) 3 : 2

85.

s s
The displacement – time graph of a moving object is shown in figure. Which of the

a
velocite – time graphs shown in figure could represent the motion of the same

l
body ? [ ]

C
l p
k a
a n
S

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Vertical Motion :
86. A body is projected down with velocity 5 ms−1 from a height of 60 m. Its time of
descents is [ ]
1) 2 s 2) 3 s 3) 4 s 4) 5 s

87. Two stones are falling at a place from heights in the ratio 2 : 3. Their velocities on
reaching the ground are in the ratio [ ]
1) 3 : 2 2) 2 : 3 3) 2 : 3 4) 3 : 2

88. A body falls for 4s from rest. If the acceleration due to gravity of earth ceases to
act, then the velocity and distance it travels in the next 3 sec is [

p
]
a
a
1) 40 m/s, 120 m 2) 30 m/s, 400 m 3) 50 m/s, 50 m 4) 20 m/s, 60 m

89. A body freely falling from a height h describes

11h
36
a d
in the last second of its fall.

K
The height h is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1) 125 m 2) 180 m 3) 360 m 4) 90 m

:
s
90. A body is released from the top of a tower of height h and takes ‘T’ see to reach the
ground. The position of the body at T/2 sec is [ ]
h
1) from ground
4
s
2)
e
3h
4
from ground
h
3) from ground

a s 4)
5h
from ground

l
8 8

C
91. A particle is released from rest from a tower of height 3h. The ratio of times to fall
equal heights ‘h’ i.e., t : t : t is ( 3 = 1.7 and 2 = 1.4) [ ]

p
1 2 3

a l
1) 3 : 2 : 1 2) 3 : 2 : 1 3) 1 : 1.4 : 1.7 4) 10 : 4 : 3

k
92. A body is dropped from a height 135 m. If after 3 sec acceleration due to gravity of
earth cases to act then the further time of descent is _____ (g = 10 m/s2) [ ]

a n
1) 3 sec 2) 6 sec 3) 4 sec 4) 2 sec

S
93. A freely falling body covers ______ of total distance in 3rd second. [ ]
1) 8 % 2) 35.5 % 3) 55.55 % 4) 45.5 %

94. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower of heights 125m. The distance travelled
by it during last second of its fall is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1) 22.5 m 2) 45 m 3) 75 m 4) 90 m

95. A ball dropped on to the floor from a height of 40 m and rebounds to a height of
10 m. If the ball is in contact with the floor for 0.02 s, its average acceleration
during contact is [ ]
1) 1050 m/s2 2) 2100 m/s2 3) 0.9 m/s2 4) 210 m/s2
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96. A splash is heard 3.91 after a stone is dropped into a well of 67.6 m deep. The
speed of sound in air is [ ]
1) 346 m/s 2) 320 m/s 3) 330 m/s 4) 338 m/s

97. A body is thrown up with a velocity 29.23 ms−1. The distance travelled in last but
one second of upward motion is [ ]
1) 14.7 m 2) 9.8 m 3) 4.9 m 4) 1 m

98. Two balls are dropped simultaneously from two points separated by a vertical
height of 6m. The distance of separation between them after next 2s is [ ]

a
1) 9.8 m 2) 6 m 3) 12 m 4) zero

99.
p
A ball is dropped from the top of a tower of height 78.4 m. Another ball is thrown

a
down with a certain velocity 2 sec later. If both the balls reach the ground

d
simultaneously, the velocity of the second ball is [ ]
1) 29.4 m/s 2) 26.4 m/s 3) 30 m/s 4) 41.6 m/s

100.

K a
A body is projected with a velocity 60 ms−1 vertically upwards the distance
travelled in last second of its motion is (g = 10 ms−1)

:
[ ]
1) 35 m 2) 45 m 3) 55 m 4) 65 m

101.

e s
A body is thrown vertically upwards with initial velocity ‘u’ reaches maximum
height in 6 seconds. The ratio of distances travelled by the body in the first second
and seventh second is
1) 1 : 1 2) 11 : 1
s s3) 1 : 2 4) 1 : 11
[ ]

102.
l a
A body is thrown vertically up with certain velocity. If h is the maximum height

C
reached by it, its position when its velocity reduces to 1/3 of its velocity of
projection is at [ ]

p
8h 8h

l
1) from the ground 2) from the top most point
9 9

a
4h h
3) from the ground 4) from the top most point

k
9 gg

103.

a n
A stone projected vertically up from the ground reaches a height y in its path at t
seconds and after further t seconds reaches the ground. The height y is equal to
1

S
2
[ ]
2
1
(
1) g t + t
2 1 2
) 1
(
2) g t + t
2 1 2
) 1
3) gt t
2 12
4) gt t
12

104. A bullet fired vertically up from the ground reaches a point in its path after 3 s and
13 s, both times being taken from the instant of firing the bullet. The velocity of
projection of the bullet is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
−1 −1 −1 −1
1) 80 ms 2) 40 ms 3) 160 ms 4) 20 ms

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105. A ball is dropped from a tall building. After 1s another ball is dropped from the
same point. Their distance of separation after next 2 s is [ ]
1) 24.5 m 2) 49 m 3) 98 m 4) 19.6 m

106. A body is projected vertically up with a velocity of 58.8 m/s. After 3 s. If the
acceleration due to gravity of earth disappears. The distance travelled and he
velocity of the body at the end of next 5 sec is [ ]
1) 147 m, 29.4 m/s 2) 29.4 m, 147 m/s
3) 14.7 m, 2.94 m/s 4) 19.6 m, 240 m/s

a
107. The distance travelled by a body during last second of its upward journey is d when
the body is projected with certain velocity vertically up. If the velocity of projection
is doubled, the distance travelled by the body during last second of its upward
journey is

a
[
p ]

d
1) 2d 2) 4d 3) d/2 4) d

108.

K a
A packet is dropped from a balloon rising up with uniform velocity 9.8 ms−1. If the
balloon is at a height of 39.2 m. from the ground at the time of dropping the stone,
the stone reaches the ground after [ ]
1) 2 s 2) 6 s 3) 4 s
: 4) 8 s

109.
s
A body is projected vertically upwards with a velocity ‘U’. It crosses a point in its

e
journey at a height ‘h’ twice, just after 1 and 7 seconds. The value of U in ms−1 is
(g = 10 ms−2)
1) 50 2) 40
s s 3) 30 4) 20
[ ]

110.
l a
A boy throws a ball in air in such a manner that when the ball is at its maximum

C
height he throws another ball. If the balls are thrown with the time difference
1 second, the maximum height attained by each ball is [ ]

p
1) 9.8 m 2) 19.6 m 3) 4.9 m 4) 2.45 m

111.

a l
A stone is dropped freely while another thrown vertically downward with an initial
velocity of 4 m/s from the same point simultaneously. The distance of separation

n k
between them will become 30 m after a time of
1) 8 sec 2) 10 sec 3) 15 sec 4) 7.5 sec
[ ]

S a
112. A body thrown up with a velocity reaches a maximum height of 50 m. Another
body with double the mass thrown up with double the initial velocity will reach the
maximum height of [ ]
1) 100 m 2) 200 m 3) 400 m 4) 50 m

113. A person in a lift which descends down with an acceleration of 1.8 m/s2 drops a
stone from a height of 2 m. The time of decent is [ ]
1
1) 2 sec 2) 2 2 sec 3) 1/ 2 sec 4) sec
2

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114. A body projected up with a velocity of 39.2 m/s reaches a point in its path after t
1

2 (
and t sec from start. Then t + t is
1 2 ) [ ]
1) 3 sec 2) 8 sec 3) 4 sec 4) 5 sec

115. The velocity of a body moving vertically up is 49 ms−1 at half the maximum height.
The height to which it could further rise is [ ]
1) 245 m 2) 122.5 m 3) 61.25 m 4) none

116. A stone is projected vertically upward from the top of a tower with a velocity u and

a
strikes the bottom of the tower with a velocity 3 u. The distance travelled by the

p
stone is [ ]
4u 2 5u 2 3u 2 u2
1)
g
2)
g
3)
g
4)
g

d a
117.
time it will reach the ground from the maximum height reached ?

K a
A body is thrown vertically up reaches a maximum height of 78.4 m. After what
[ ]

:
1) 4 sec 2) 8 sec 3) 3 sec 4) 5 sec

s
Oblique Projection :
118.

s e
A body is projected with an initial velocity 20 m/s at 600 to the horizontal. Its initial
velocity vector is ______ (g = 10 m/s2)

s
[ ]
1) 10i – 20j 2) 10 3 i + 10j 3) 10i + 10 3 j 4) 5i + 5 3 j

119.
l a
In the above problem velocity after 1 sec is [ ]
1) 10i + 7.32j
C
2) 10i – 7.32j 3) 10i + 3 j 4) 10i − 3 j

lp
120. In the above problem the displacement after 2s is [ ]
( ) ( )
a
1) 20 i + 3 - 1 j 2) 20 i - 3 - 1 j
   

n

k ()
3) 10 i + 3 + 1 j

4) 10 i +
 ( 3 - 1) j


S a
121. A bullet is projected upwards from the top of a tower of height 90 m with the
velocity 30 ms−1 making an angle 30 with the horizontal. The time taken by it to
reach the ground is (g = 10 ms−2)
1) 2 s 2) 3 s 3) 24 s 4) 6 s
[ ]

122. A body is projected with velocity ‘u’ so that the maximum height is thrice the
horizontal range. Then the maximum height is [ ]
2
72u 6 u u 145 u
1) 2) 3) 4)
145 g 145 g 2g 72 g

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123. A stone is projected from the ground with a velocity of 20 m/s at angle 300 with the
horizontal. After one second it clears a wall then height of the wall is _______
(g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1) 10 m 2) 2 m 3) 5 m 4) 15 m

124. The horizontal and vertical displacement of projectile at time ‘t’ are x = 36 t and
y = 48 – 4.9 t 2 respectively. Initial velocity of the projectile in ms−1 is [ ]
1) 15 2) 30 3) 45 4) 60

125. A body is projected with velocity 24 ms−1 making an angle 300 with the horizontal.

a
The angle made by the direction of the projectile with the horizontal at 2s from start
is [ ]
1) tan −1
2
3 3
2) tan −1
1
3 3
3) tan −1
2
3
4) tan −1
1
3
a p
126.
range is (g = 10 ms−2)
a [ d
A body projected with velocity 30 ms−1 reaches its maximum height is 1.5 s. Its
]

127.
1) 45 m 2) 108 m 3) 45 3 m
K
4) 54 m

:
The potential energy of a projectile at its maximum height is equal to its kinetic

s
energy there. Its range for velocity of projection u is [ ]

e
u 2 u 2u 2 2u

s
1) 2) 3) 4)
2g g g g

128.

a s
Two bodies are thrown at angles θ and (90 - θ) from the same point with same

1)
185
m and
65
m
C l
velocity 25 ms−1. If the difference between their maximum heights is 15 m, the
respective maximum heights are (g = 10 ms−2)
2)
125
m and
65
m
[ ]

p
8 8 4 4

129.
a l
3) 40m and 25 m 4) none of the above

The minimum and maximum velocities of a projectile are 10 ms−1 and 20 ms−1

k
respectively. The horizontal range and maximum height are respectively

n
(g = 10 ms−2) [ ]

a
1) 10 3 m and 20m 2) 20 3 m and 15m

S
3) 20m and 15m 4) 10 3 m and 10m

130. A body is projected with a velocity of 30 m/s to have a horizontal range of 45m.
The angle of projection may be [ ]
1) 300 & 600 2) 200 & 700 3) 150 & 750 4) 400 & 500

131. A ball is thrown with velocity 8 ms−1 making an angle 600 with the horizontal. Its
velocity will be perpendicular to the direction of initial velocity of projection after a
time of (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1.6 4
1) s 2) s 3) 0.6s 4) 1.6 3s
3 3
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132. A body is projected with an initial velocity of 58.8 m/s at angle 600 with the
vertical. The vertical component of velocity after 2 sec is [ ]
1) 9.8 m/s upwards 2) 9.8 m/s downwards
3) 10.3 m/s upwards 4) 19.6 m/s downwards

133. Two bodies are thrown from the same point with the same velocity of projection,
angles of projection 300 and 600. If R and R are the ranges and h and h are
1 2 1 2
maximum heights respectively, then [ ]
1) R = R =
1 2 g
u
( 3/2 ) 2) h + h =
1
u
2 2g
3) both 4) none

p a
a
134. A body is projected at 600 with the horizontal with velocity of 10 3 ms−1. The

d
velocity of the projectile when it moves perpendicular to its initial direction is
[ ]
1) 30 ms−1 2)
10
3
ms−1 3) 10 ms−1

K a
4) 5 ms−1

135.
:
The equations of motion of a projectile are given by x = 36 t metre and

4
1) sin −1  
3
2) sin −1  
e s
2y = 96 t – 9.8 t 2 metre. The angle of projection is
4
3) sin −1  
3
4) sin −1  
[ ]

5 5

s s 3 4

a
1 2

l
136. If the equation of motion of a projectile is y = 3 x −
x , the range and maximum
8

C
height are respectively (y and x are in metres) [ ]
1) 18 m and 24 m 2) 24 m and 18 m 3) 24 m and 6 m 4) 12 m and 9 m

137.
l p
The horizontal and vertical displacements x and y of projectile at a given time ‘t’

k a
are given by x = 12 t m. and y = 5t − 5t 2 m. The range of the projectile in metres is
[ ]

n
1) 6 2) 12 3) 18 4) 10

S a
138.
1
If the equation of motion of a projectile is y = 3 x − x 2 , (y and x are in metres) the
8
angle of projection and velocity of projection are respectively (g = 10 ms−2)
[ ]
1
1) tan −1   and 10 ms −1 2) tan −1 ( 3) and 20 ms −1
 3
1
3) tan −1 ( 3) and 10ms −1 4) cos −1   and 20ms −1
3

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139. The time of flight of a projectile is related to its horizontal range by the equation
gT 2 = 2R . The range of projection is [ ]
1
1) 300 2) tan −1 3) sin −1   4) 450
2

2
140. If the horizontal velocity of a projectile is times the velocity at half the
5
maximum height, the angle of projection is [ ]
1) 600 2) 300 3) 450 4) none of the above

141. The velocity at the maximum height of a projectile is

3

p a
times the initial velocity

a
2

d
of projection. The angle of projection is [ ]
1) 600 2) 450 3) 300 4) 150

142.
The horizontal range is
K a
A ball is projected at an angle 300 with the horizontal with the velocity 49 ms−1.
[ ]
1) 122.5 m 2) 245 m 3) 245 3 m
: 4) 122.5 3 m

143.

e s
A body is projected at angle 300 to the horizontal with a velocity 50 ms−1 maximum

s
height of projectile is __________ [ ]
1) 40 m 2) 31.25 m 3) 28 m 4) 21 m

144.

a s
A boy throws a ball with a velocity of 15 m/s at an angle of 150 with the horizontal.

1) 5 m

C
2) 20 ml
The distance at which the ball strikes the ground is
3) 10 m 4) 11.25 m
[ ]

p
145. A body is projected at an angle 300 with a velocity 42 ms−1. Its maximum height is

1) 22.05 m

a l 2) 32.5 m 3) 42.5 m 4) 52.5 m

[ ]

146.

n k
A body is thrown with velocity (4i + 3j) metre per second. Its horizontal range and
time of flight are [ ]

a
1) 2.4 m and 0.6 s 2) 3.2 m and 0.8 s 3) 5 m and 2 s 4) 7 m and 1 s

S
147. Two particles are projected with same velocity but at angles of projection 250 and
650 with horizontal. The ratio of their horizontal ranges is
1) 1 : 2 2) 1 : 1 3) 2 : 1
[
4) cannot be determined
]

148. A body is projected with kinetic energy E such that its range is maximum. Its
potential energy at the maximum height is [ ]
E
1) E 2) 3) 2 E 4) 2 E
2

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149. A body is projected with a velocity u so that the horizontal range is twice the
maximum height. Then the maximum height is [ ]
u u 5u 2u
1) 2) 3) 4)
2g g 4g 5g

150. A stone projected with a velocity u at angle θ with the horizontal reaches a
maximum height H . When it is projected with velocity u at an angle (π/2 − θ)
1
with the horizontal reaches maximum height H . The relation between the
2
horizontal range R of the projectile. H and H is [ ]

a
1 2
( )
p
1) R = H H 2) R = 4 H - H
1 2 1 2

a
2
(
3) R = 4 H + H ) (
4) R = H /H )
d
1 2 1 2

151.
a
A body is projected with a certain speed at angles of projection of θ and 90 − θ.

K
The maximum height attained in the two cases are 20 m and 10 m respectively. The

:
range for angle of projection θ is [ ]
1) 40 2 m 2) 20 2 m 3) 80 2 m 4) 200 2 m

Horizontal Projectile Motion :

e s
152.

s s
A body is projected horizontally from the top of a tower of height 10 m with a

a
velocity 10 m/s. Its velocity after 1 second is [ ]

153.
1) 10i – 10j

C l
2) 5i + 5 2 j 3) 15i + 10 2 j 4) 10 2 i + 5j

In the above problem angle made by velocity vector with x – axis after 1/2 second

p
is [ ]
1) tan −1 (2)

a l 2) t tan −1 (4) 3) tan −1 (1/4) 4) tan −1 (1/2)

k
154. A ball is projected horizontally with a velocity of 5 ms−1 from the top of a tower of
height 10 m. When it reaches the ground (g = 10 ms−2)

n
[ ]
1) vertical component of its velocity is 15 ms−1

S a 2) horizontal component of its velocity is 14 ms−1

3) its velocity is 15 ms−1
4) its velocity is 29 ms−1

155. A body is projected horizontally from the top of a tower. When the body strikes the
ground its velocity is V and the direction of motion makes 300 with the horizontal.
The velocity of projection is [ ]
3v v v 2v
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 3 2 3

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156. Two tall buildings are 40 m apart. With what speed must a ball be thrown
horizontally from a window 145 m above the ground in one building, so that it will
enter a window 22.5 m above the ground in other ? [ ]
1) 4 m/s 2) 10 m/s 3) 8 m/s 4) 16 m/s

157. A bomb is dropped from an aircraft travelling horizontally at 150 ms−1 at a height
of 490 m. The horizontal distance travelled by the bomb before it hits the ground is
[ ]
1) 1000 m 2) 1200 m 3) 1500 m 4) 1800 m

a
158. A body is thrown horizontally with a velocity of m/s ϑ from the top of a tower of
height 2h reaches the ground in ‘t’ seconds. If another body double the mass is

it reaches the ground in a time of [

p
thrown horizontally with a velocity 5 ϑ from the top of another tower of height 8h

a
]

d
1) 2t 2) 4t 3) 6t 4) 8t

159.

1) 5x 2) x/10 3) 10x
a
In the above problem if the first reaches the ground at a horizontal distance ‘x’ the
second body reaches the ground at a horizontal distance _____

K 4) x/5
[ ]

:
s
160. An body is projected horizontally from the top of a tower with a velocity of 20 m/s.
After what time the vertical component of velocity is four times the horizontal
component of velocity ? (g = 10 m/s2)
1) 16 sec 2) 8 sec
s e
3) 4 sec 4) 2 sec
[ ]

161.

a s
A object is thrown horizontally from a point A. The ball hits the ground at a point

1) 10 ms−1 C l
B, the line of sight from A and B makes 600 with the horizontal. If g = 10 ms−2, the
velocity of projection, if the time of flight is 3 sec is
2) 5 ms−1 3) 10 3 ms−1
10
ms−1
[ ]

p
4)

l
3

162.

k a
A body is projected horizontally from the top a tower with a velocity of 30 m/s. the
velocity of the body 4 seconds after projection if ( g = ms−2) [ ]

n
1) 40 ms−1 2) 20 ms−1 3) 50 ms−1 4) 100 ms−1

S a
163. A body thrown horizontally from the top of a tower touches the ground at a
distance of 160 m from the foot of the tower. If the velocity of projection is 40 m/s
then the height of the towers is
1) 98 m 2) 9.6 m 3) 58.8 m 4) 78.4 m
[ ]

164. Two paper screens P and Q are separated by a distance of 100 m. A bullet pierces P
and Q the hole in Q is 10 cm below the hole in P. If the bullet is travelling
horizontally at the time of hitting the screen P. Calculate the velocity of the bullet
when it hits the screen P. (neglect the resistance of paper and air). [ ]
1) 400 m/s 2) 500 m/s 3) 700 m/s 4) 600 m/s

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165. A sphere rolls off the top of a stairway with a horizontal velocity of magnitude 200
cm/sec. The steps
ps are 10 cm high and 10 cm wide. Which step will the ball hit first?
2
(g = 10 m/s ) [ ]
1) 8 2) 2 3) 4 4) 6

166. The variation of velocity of a particle moving along a straight line is shown in the
figure. The distance travelled by the par
particle in 4 s is [ ]

p a
d a
1) 55 m 2) 30 m 3) 25 m

K a4) 60 m

167.
:
The graph of displacement time for two bodies travelling in a straight line are

s
given. The ratio of velocities is [ ]

s e
a s
C l
l p
k
1) 3 : 1
a 2) 1 : 3 3) 3: 1 4) 1 : 3

n
168. In the graph shows the displacement of the body in 5 seconds will be [ ]

S a

1) 60 m 2) 40 m 3) 80 m 4) 100 m

Kinematics 21
169. The velocity – time graph of a body is shown in fig. The ratio of the . . . during the
intervals OA and AB is . . . . . [ ]

a
OA 1
1) average velocities : 1 : 1 2) :

p
AB 4

a
1
3) average acceleration, same as distance covered 4) distance covered :
2

170.

a d
Figure shows the acceleration – time graph of a particle. Which of the following
represents the corresponding velocity – time graph ? [ ]

: K
e s
s s
l a
C
Vertical Motion :
l p
171.

k a
A stone is dropped from a hill of height 180 m. Two seconds later another a stone is
dropped from a point P below the top of the hill. If the two stones reach the ground

n
simultaneously, the height of P from the ground is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]

a
1) 100 m 2) 90 m 3) 80 m 4) 90 m

S
172. Water drops fall from the roof of a building 20 m high at regular time intervals. If
the first drop strikes the floor when the sixth drop begins to fall, the heights of the
second and fourth drops from the ground at that instant are (g = 10 ms−2) [
1) 12.8 m and 3.2 m 2) 12.8 m and 7.2 m
]

3) 19.2 m and 0.8 m 4) 7.2 m and 16.8 m

173. A body is dropped from a height of 16 m. The body strikes the ground and losses
25 % of its velocity. The body rebounds to a height of [ ]
1) 12 m 2) 9 m 3) 4 m 4) 8 m

Kinematics 22
174. The distance travelled by a falling body in the last second of its motion, to that in
the last but one second is 7 : 5, the velocity with which body strikes the ground is
[ ]
1) 19.6 m/s 2) 39.2 m/s 3) 29.4 m/s 4) 49 m/s

175. A ball dropped from a point P crosses a point Q in t seconds. The time taken by it
to travel from Q to R, if PQ = QR [ ]
1) t 2) 2 .t 3) 2t (
4) 2 − 1 t )

a
176. A lead ball dropped into a lake from a diving board 5 m above the water hits the
water with certain velocity and then sinks to the bottom with the same constant

(g = 10 ms−2) [ p
velocity. If it reaches the bottom in 3 s after it is dropped the depth of the lake is

a ]

d
1) 30 m 2) 15 m 3) 10 m 4) 20 m

177.
a
Two balls are dropped from the same height from places A and B. The body at B

K
takes two seconds less to reach the ground at B and strikes the ground with a

:
velocity greater than at A by 10 m/s. The product of the acceleration due to gravity
at the two places A and B is [ ]

s
1) 5 2) 25 3) 125 4) 12.5

178.

s e
A body P is thrown vertically up with velocity 30 ms−1 and another body Q is

s
thrown up along the same vertically line with the same velocity but 1 second later

a
from the ground. When they meet (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]

l
1) P travels for 2.5 s 2) Q travels for 3.5 s
3) P travels for 3.5 s 4) Q travels for 1 s

C
p
179. A boy sees a ball go up and then down through a window 2.45 m high. If the total

l
time that ball is in sight in 1 s, the height above the window the ball rises is

a
approximately [ ]
1) 2.45 m 2) 4.9 m 3) 0.3 m 4) 0.49 m

180.

n k
From an elevated point P a stone is projected vertically upward. When it reaches a

a
distance y below the point of projection its velocity is double the velocity when it
was at a height y above p. The greatest height reached by it above P is [ ]

S 1)
2y
3
2)
5y
3
3)
y
3
4) 2 y

181. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of (this blank is incomplete)
[ ]
1) 20 s 2) 25 s 3) 2 10 s 4) 5 s

Kinematics 23
182. A ball is projected from the bottom of a tower and is found to go above the tower
and is caught by the thrower at the bottom of the tower after a time interval t . An
1
observer at the top of the tower sees the same ball go up above him and then come
back at his level in a time interval t . The height of the tower is [ ]
2
gt t
( )
2
1
1) gt t
2 12
2) 1 2
8
g
3) t 2 -t 2
8 1 2
(g
4) t -t
2 1 2
)
183. A stone is dropped from a height of 10 m above the top of a window 80 cm high.
The time taken by the stone to cross the window is (g = 9.8 ms−2) [ ]
1
1) s
7
3
2) s
7
2
3) s
7
4) s
4
7

p a
184.
a
A vertical disc has three grooves directed along chords AB, AC and AD. Three

d
bodies begin to slide down the respectively grooves from A simultaneously. If

a
AB > AC > AD, the respective time intervals to reach the bottoms of the respective

K
grooves t , t and t are [ ]
1 2 3

:
1) t > t > t 2) t < t < t 3) t > t < t 4) t = t = t
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3

185.

e s
If a stone dropped from the top of a tower travels half of the height of the tower
during last second of its fall, the time of fall is (in seconds) [ ]
1) 3 + 2 2) 4 + 2

s s 3) 2 − 2 4) 2 + 2

186.

l a
A parachutist drops freely from an aeroplane for 8 s before the parachute opens out.
Then he descends with a net retardation of 2 ms−2 reaching the ground with a

(g = 10 ms−2)
C
velocity of 6 ms−1. The height from which he bails out of the aeroplane is
[ ]
1) 1929 m

l p 2) 1911 m 3) 2195 m 4) 2000 m

a
187. Two balls are projected simultaneously with the same speed from the top of a tower

k
one upwards and the other downwards. If they reach the ground in 6 s and 2 s, the
height of the tower is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]

a n
1) 120 m 2) 60 m 3) 80 m 4) 30 m

S
Oblique Projection :
188. A projectile is thrown at an angle of 300 with a velocity of 10 m/s, the change in
velocity during the time interval in which it reaches the highest point is [ ]
1) 10 m/s 2) 5 m/s 3) 5 3 m/s 4) 10 3 m/s

189. A body projected obliquely with velocity 19.6 ms−1 has its kinetic energy at the
maximum height equal to 3 times its potential energy there. Its position after
1 second of projection from the ground is (h = maximum height) [ ]
h h h
1) 2) 3) 4) h
2 4 3
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190. A player kicks a foot ball obliquely at a speed of 20 ms−1 so that its range is
maximum. Another player at a distance of 24 m away in the direction of kick starts
running at that instant to catch the ball. Before the ball hits the ground to catch it,
the speed with which the second player has to run is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
−1 −1 −1 −1
1) 4 ms 2) 4 2 ms 3) 8 2 ms 4) 8 ms

191. It is possible to project a particle with a given velocity in two possible ways so as to
make it pass through a point at a distance d from the point of projection. The
product of times taken to reach this point in the two possible ways is proportional
to [ ]

192.
1) d 2) d 2 3) 1/d 4) 1/d 2
The range of a projectile, when launched at an angle of 150 with the horizontal is
p a
1.5 km. The additional horizontal distance the projectile would cover when
projected with same velocity at 450 is

d
[
a ]

a
1) 3 km 2) 4.5 km 3) 1.5 km 4) 2.5 km

K
193. A ball A is projected from the ground such that its horizontal range is maximum.
Another ball B is dropped from a height equal to the maximum range of A. The

:
ratio of the time of flight of A to the time of fall of B is [ ]

s
1) 2 : 1 2) 1 : 2 3) 1 : 1 4) 1 : 2

194.

s
horizontal. An half of its maximum heights
e
A particle is projected from the ground with velocity u making an angle θ with the
[ ]

s
u sin θ
1) its horizontal velocity is u cos θ 2) its vertical velocity is

l a
2
1

C
 1 + cos 2 θ  2
3) its velocity is u   4) all the above are true
 2 

p
 
195.

a l
A projectile has the maximum range of 400 m. If it is pushed up smooth inclined
plane of angle 300 with the same speed, the distance travelled by it along the

n k
inclined plane will be
1) 200 m 2) 100 m 3) 400 m 4) 50 m
[ ]

S a
196. A hose pipe lying on the ground shoots a stream of water upward at an angle 600 to
the horizontal at a speed of 20 ms−1. The water strikes a wall 20 m away at a height
of (g = ms−2)
1) 14.64 m 2) 7.32 m 3) 29.28 m
[
4) none of the above
]

197. A particle is projected with velocity 2 gh and at an angle 600 to the horizontal so
that it just clears two walls of equal height h which are a distance 2 h from each
other. The time interval for which the particle travels between this two walls is
[ ]
h h 2h h
1) 2 2) 3) 4)
g g g 2g
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198. A particle is aimed at a mark which is in the same horizontal plane as that of point
of projection. If falls 10 m short of the target when it is projected of an angle of 750
and falls 10 m ahead of the target when it is projected with an elevation of 450. The
angle of projection for which the particle exactly hits this target is (g = 10 ms−1)
[ ]
1 3 1 4 1 1
1) sin −1   2) sin −1   3) tan −1   4) tan −1 ( 2 )
2 4
  2 5
  2 2
 

199. From a point on the ground at a distance 2 m from the foot of a vertical wall, a ball
is thrown at an angle of 450 of which just clears the top, of the wall and afterward

a
strikes the ground at a distance 4 m on the other side. The height of the wall is

p
[ ]
1) 2/3 m 2) ¾ m 3) 1/2 m 4) 4/3 m

200.

d a
A body is projected with a velocity u at an angle of 600 to the horizontal. The time

a
interval after which it will be moving in a direction of 300 to the horizontal is
[ ]

1)
u
3g
2)
3u
g
3)
3u
2g
: K 4)
2u
3g

201.

e s
When a body is projected from a level ground the ratio of its speed in the vertical
and horizontal direction is 4 : 3. If the velocity of projection is u, the time after

s s
which, the ratio of the velocities in vertical and horizontal directions are reversed is
[ ]

a
7u 35u 9u 10u

l
1) 2) 3) 4)
20 g 10 g g g

202.
C
Two balls are projected simultaneously in same vertical plane from the same point

p
with velocities V and V with angles θ and θ respectively with the horizontal. If

l
1 2 1 2

a
V cos θ = V cos θ , the path of one ball as seen from the position of another ball
1 1 2 2

k
is [ ]
1) parabola

a n
2) horizontal straight line
3) vertical straight line
4) straight line making 450 with vertical

S
203. A body of mass 2 kg is projected from the ground with a velocity 20 ms−1 at an
angle 300 with the vertical. If t is the time in seconds at which the body is
1
projected and t is the time in seconds at which it reaches the ground, the change
2

2 1(
in momentum in kg ms−1 during the time t − t is ) [ ]
1) 40 2) 40 3 3) 50 3 4) 60

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204. A projectile has initially the same horizontal velocity as it would acquire if it had
moved from rest with uniform acceleration of 3 ms−2 for 0.5 minutes. If the
maximum height reached by it is 80 m then the angle of projection is (g = 10 ms−2)
[ ]
3  4 4
1) tan −1 ( 3) 2) tan −1   3) tan −1   4) sin −1  
2 9 9

205. A body of mass m projected vertically upwards with an initial velocity ‘u’ reaches
1
a maximum height ‘h’. Another body of mass m is projected along an inclined
2

a
plane making an angle 300 with the horizontal and with speed ‘u’. The maximum

p
distance travelled along the incline is [ ]

a
h h
1) 2h 2) h 3) 4)
2 4

206.

a
The maximum distance to which a man can throw a ball by projecting it
d
K
horizontally from a height h is h. The maximum distance to which he can throw it
vertically up is [ ]

:
1) h 2) 2h 3) h/2 4) h/4

207.

e s
A body projected at 450 with a velocity of 20 m/s has a range of 10 m. The
decreases in range due to air resistance is (g = 1- ms−1) [ ]

s
1) 0 2) 10 m 3) 20 m 4) 30 m

208.

a s
Two seconds after projection, a projectile is moving at 300 above the horizontal.

l
After one more second it is moving horizontally. If g = 10 ms−2, the velocity of
projection is [ ]
1) 10 3 ms −1

C
2) 20 m/s 3) 10 m/s 4) 20 3 m/s

209.

l p
A stone is projected from the top of a tower with velocity 20 ms−1 making an angle

a
300 with the horizontal. If the total time of flight is 5 s and g = 10 ms−2 [ ]
1) the height of the tower is 75 m

n k
2) the maximum height of the stone from the ground is 80 m
3) both of the above are true

a
4) none of the above is true

S
Horizontal Projectile Motion :
210. A fighter plane flying horizontally at an altitude of 2 km with speed of 540 kmph
passes directly over head an antiaircraft gun. If the gun can fire a bullet at the
muzzle speed of 500 ms−1, at what angle with the vertical the gun should fire the
bullet so that the bullet hits the plane ? [ ]
1) cos−1 (3/10) 2) sin −1 (3/10) 3) tan −1 (10/3) 4) 450

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211. At a certain height a body at rest explodes into two equal fragments with one
fragment receiving a horizontal velocity of 10 ms−1. The time interval after the
explosion for which the velocity vectors of the two fragments become
icular to each other is (g = ms−2)
perpendicular [ ]
1) 1 s 2) 2 s 3) 1.5 s 4) 1.75 s

212. In this above problem the horizontal distance between the to fragments when their
velocity vectors are perpendicular to each other is [ ]
1) 10 m 2) 20 m 3) 40 m 4) 50 m

a
213. In the above problem, the time taken by the displacement vectors of the two
fragments to become perpendicular to each other is [ ]
1) 1 s 2) 2 s 3) 2 s 4) 4 s

a p
d
214. In the above problem, this horizontal distance between the two fr
fragments when
their position vectors are perpendicular to each other is [ ]

215.
1) 40 m 2) 20 m 3) 10 m

K a
4) 5 m

At a certain height a shell at rest explodes into two equal fragments. One of the
fragments receives a horizontal velocity u. The time in
: interval
terval after which, the

s
0
velocity vectors will be inclined at 120 to each other is [ ]

e
u 3u 2u u
1) 2) 3) 4)

s
3g g 3g 2 3g

216.

a s
A bomb at rest at the summit of a cliff breaks into two equal fragments. One of the

l
fragments attains a horizontal velocity of 20 3 ms−1. The horizontal distance
between the two fragments, when their displacement vectors is inclined at 600

C
relative to each other is (g = ms−2) [ ]

p
1) 40 3 m 2) 80 3 m 3) 120 3 m 4) 480 3 m

217.

a l
A particle starts from rest. Its acceleration (a) versus times (t) is as shown in the
figure. The maximum speed of the particle will be [ ]

n k
S a
1) 110 m/s 2) 55 m/s 3) 550 m/s 4) 660 m/s

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218. The velocity time graph of a body moving in a straight line is shown in the figure.
The displacement and distance travelled by the body in 6 sec are respectively
[ ]

1) 8 m 16 m 2) 16 m 8 m 3) 16 m 16 m 4) 8 m 8 m

p a
219.
a
For the velocity time graph shown in figure below the distance covered by the body

d
in last two seconds of its motion is what fraction of the total distance covered by it

a
in all the total distance covered by it in all the seven seconds [ ]

: K
e s
s s
a
1 1 1 2

l
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 4 3 3

Vertical Motion :
C
220.
l p
A stone is dropped from the top of a tower and after 1 second another stone is

a
dropped from a point 10 m below the top of the tower. If both stones reach the

k
ground simultaneously, the height of the tower is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1) 11.25 m 2) 22.5 m 3) 30 m 4) 15 m

a
221.
n
Water drops fall from a top on the floor 5 m below at regular intervals of time. The

S
first drop striking the floor when the fifth drop begins to fall. The height at which
the third drop will be, from ground, at the instant the first strikes the ground
(g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1) 1.25 m 2) 2.15 m 3) 2.75 m 4) 3.75 m

222. A body is dropped from a height of 40 m. The body strikes the ground and losses
50% of its velocity then the body rebounds to a height of [ ]
1) 10 m 2) 20 m 3) 30 m 4) 40 m

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223. The distance travelled by a freely falling body in the last second of its journey to
that in the last but one second is 11 : 9, then the velocity with which the body
strikes the ground is [ ]
1) 78.4 m/s 2) 19.6 m/s 3) 49 m/s 4) 58.8 m/s

224. IA ball dropped from a point P crosses a point Q in t seconds. If S is a point such
that PQ = QR = Rs, the time taken by the ball to travel from R to S is [ ]
(
1) 2 − 1 t) (
2) 3 − 2 t ) 3) 3 t (
4) 3 − 1 t )
225. A stone is dropped into a well it touches the water surfaces which is at a depth of
40 m with certain velocity, and then sinks to the bottom with the same constant

p a
velocity. If the stone reaches the bottom in 3.5 seconds after it is dropped, the depth

a
of the water the well is ______ ( g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1) 20 m 2) 30 m 3) 40 m 4) 98.98 m

226.

a d
Two balls are dropped from the same height at two different places A and B where

K
the acceleration due to gravities are gA and gB. The body at ‘B’ takes ‘t’ seconds
less to reach the ground and strikes the ground with a velocity greater than at ‘A’
by ϑ m/s. Then the value of ‘ ϑ /t’ is
1 1
: [ ]

s
1) 2) 2 g g 3) 4) g g

e
g g A B g g A B
A B A B

227.

s s
A body P is thrown vertically up with velocity 30 ms−1 and another body Q is

a
thrown up along the same vertically line with the same velocity but 1 second later

l
from the ground. The two bodies meet at a height of [ ]
1) 43.75 m 2) 61.25 m 3) 22.5 m 4) 30 m

228.
C
A boy sees a ball going up and then coming down through a window of 2 m high. If

l p
the total time the ball in sight is 1 s, the height above the window that the ball rises
in (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1)

k
9
10
m
a 2)
3
80
m 3)
9
80
m 4)
3
40
m

a
229.
n
From an elevated point P a stone is projected vertically upwards when it reaches a
distance d below p its velocity is doubled. The greatest height reached by it above p

S
is [ ]
d d
1) 2) 3d 3) 2 d 4)
3 2

230. A particle is projected vertically up and another is let fall to meet at the same
instant. If they have velocities equal in magnitude when they meet, the distances
travelled by them are in the ratio of [ ]
1) 1 : 1 2) 1 : 1 3) 3 : 1 4) 2 : 3

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231. A person throws a ball from the foot of a tower and he catch the ball after a time of
8 s. Another person who is on the top of the tower sees the same ball go up above
him and then come back to his level after a time internal of 3 sec. The height of the
tower is ( g = 10 ms−2) [ ]
1) 68.75 m 2) 78.75 m 3) 68.55 m 4) 78.55

232. A stone is dropped from a height of 90 cm above the top of a window 160 cm high.
The time taken by the stone to cross the window is [ ]
1 2 3 4
1) s 2) s 3) s 4) s
7 7 7 7

233.

p a
A frictionless wire AB is fixed in a fixed vertical ring of radius R. A small bead is
allowed to slip along the wire from A to B. The time taken to go from A to B

d a [ ]

K a
:
2 gR cosθ
e s
s
R gR
1) 2) 2 gR 3) 2 4)
g cos θ g cos θ

s
g g

234.

l a
If a stone dropped from the top of a tower travels one fourth of the height of the
tower during last second of its fall, the time of fall is [ ]
1) 2 + 2 3
C
2) 8 + 8 2 3) 8 – 8 2 4) 4 + 4 2

235.

l p
A parachutist drops freely from an aeroplane for 10 s before the parachute opens
out. Then he descends with a net retardation of 4 ms−2 reaching the ground with a

(g = 10 ms−2) a
velocity of 20 ms−1. The height from which he falls out of the aeroplane is

k [ ]

n
1) 1500 m 2) 500 m 3) 1200 m 4) 1700 m

S a
236. Two balls are projected simultaneously with the same speed from the top of a tower
one upwards and the other downwards. If they reach the ground in 14 and
6 seconds the height of the tower is (g = 10 ms−2)
1) 420 m 2) 380 m 3) 240 m 4) 180 m
[ ]

Oblique Projection :
237. A body is thrown at an angle of 600 with the horizontal with a velocity of 20 m/s.
The change in velocity during the time interval in which it reaches the same level
of projection [ ]
1) 20 m/s 2) 40 m/s 3) 20 3 m/s 4) 40 3 m/s
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238. A body is projected obliquely with velocity 30 m/s has its kinetic energy at
9
maximum height equal to of its potential energy there. Its position after
16
1.2 second of projection from the ground is _____ (h maximum height) [ ]
1) h/2 2) h/3 3) 3h/4 4) 3h/8

239. A player kicks a foot ball obliquely at a speed of 30 ms−1 so that its range is
maximum. Another player at a distance of 30 m away in the direction of kicks starts
running at that instant to catch the ball. Before the ball hits the ground to catch it,
the speed with which the second player has to run is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]

a
−1 −1 −1 −1
1) 5 2 ms 2) 4 2 ms 3) 10 2 ms 4) 3 2 ms

240.

a p
It is possible to project a particle with a given speed in two possible ways so that it
has the same horizontal range ‘R’. The product of time taken by it in the two

d
possible ways is [ ]

a
1) R/g 2) 2R/g 3) 3R/g 4) 4R/g

241.
1
K
The range of a projectile, when launched at an angle of 22 with the horizontal is 5

:
2
km. The additional horizontal distance the projectile would cover when projected
with same velocity at 300 is
 3   3 
e s
3  3
[

]

s
1) 5  − 1 2) 5  − 1 3) 5 4) 5  + 1
 2  2 2  2

s
  

242.

l a
A ball A is projected from the ground such that its horizontal range is maximum.
Another ball B is dropped from a height equal to thrice the maximum range of A.

C
The ratio of the time of flight of A to the time of fall of B is [ ]
1) 3 : 1 2) 1 : 3 3) 2 : 3 4) 3 : 2

243.
l p
A ball is projected from the ground with velocity u such that its range is maximum

k a
1) its velocity at half the maximum height is
3
[ ]

n
u
2

a
u
2) its velocity at the maximum height is

S
2
3) change in its velocity when it returns to the ground is 2u
4) all the above are true

244. A projectile has the maximum range of 150 m. If it is pushed up on a smooth

inclined plane of angle 600 with the same speed, the distance travelled by it along
the inclined plane will be [ ]
1) 30 3 2) 40 3 3) 50 3 4) 60 3

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245. A hose pipe lying on the ground shoots a steam of water upward at an angle 600 to
the vertical at a speed of 50 ms−1. The water strikes a wall 10 m away at a height of
(g = ms−2) [ ]
1) 5.51 m 2) 2.68 m 3) 4.51 m 4) 6.03 m

246. A particle is projected with velocity 28 m/s and at an angle 600 to the horizontal so
that it just clears two walls of equal height 20 m which are a distance 40 m from
each other. The time interval for which the particle travels between this two walls is
[ ]
20 10 2 10 5 2
1) 2) 3) s 4)

a
s s s
7 7 7 7

247.

a p
A particle is aimed at a mark which is in the same horizontal plane as that of point
of projection. If falls 20 m short of the largest when it is projected of an angle of

d
750 and falls 20 m ahead of the target when it is projected with an elevation of 450.

a
The angle of projection for which the particle exactly hits this target is
(g = 10 ms−1) [ ]
1
2
7
1) sin −1  
6
1
2
6
2) sin −1  
7
6
3) 2 sin −1  

:
7 K 1 3
4) sin −1  
2 4

248.

e s
From a point on the ground at a distance 5 m from the foot of a vertical wall, a ball
is thrown at an angle of 300 which just clears the top, of the wall and afterwards

s s
strikes the ground at a distance 35 m on the other side. The height of the wall is
[ ]

1)
15
4
3m 2)

l
10 3
7a m 3)
5
4
3m
5
4) m
4

249.
C
A body is projected with a velocity of 10 m/s at 450 to the horizontal. The velocity

p
of the projectile when it moves at 300 to this horizontal is [ ]

1)
100
3
a
m/s
l 2)
200
3
m/s 3)
50
3
m/s 4)
400
3
m/s

250.

n k
When a body is projected from a level ground the ratio of its speed in the vertical

a
and horizontal direction is 12 : 5. If the velocity of projection is 39 m/s, the time
after which, the ratio of the velocities in the vertical and horizontal directions are

S
reversed is [ ]
1) 2 s 2) 4.55 s 3) 2.75 s 4) 2.975 s

251. Two balls are projected simultaneously in same vertical plane from the same point
with velocities V and V with angles θ and θ respectively with the horizontal. If
1 2 1 2
V sin θ = V sin θ , the path of one ball as seen from the position of another ball
1 1 2 2
is [ ]
1) parabola 2) horizontal straight line
3) vertical straight line 4) straight line making 450 with vertical

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252. A body of mass 10 kg is projected from the ground with a velocity 30 ms−1 at an
angle 600 with the vertical. If t is the time in seconds at which the body is
1
projected and t is the time in seconds at which it reaches the ground, the change
2
(
in momentum in kg ms−1 during the time t - t is
2 1 ) [ ]
1) 100 m 2) 200 m 3) 300 m 4) 400 m

253. A projectile has initially the same horizontal velocity as it would acquire if it had
moved from rest with uniform acceleration of 5 ms−2 for 20 sec. If the maximum

a
height reached by it is 300 m then the angle of projection is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]

p
 2  3  2  3
1) tan −1   2) tan −1   3) sin −1   4) sin −1  

a
 3  5  3  5

254.
1

a d
A body of mass m projected vertically upwards with an initial velocity ‘u’ reaches
a maximum height ‘h’. Another body of mass m is projected along an inclined

K
2
plane making an angle 600 with the horizontal and with speed ‘3u’. The maximum
distance travelled along the incline is
27 h 9h 4h
: [ ]

s
1) 2) 3) 4) 6 3h

e
4 4 27

255.
s
The maximum distance to which a man can throw a ball by projecting it

s
horizontally from a height 20 m is 60 m. The maximum distance to which he can

a
throw it vertically up is [ ]

256.
1) 90 m

C
0 l
2) 45 m 3) 30 m 4) 20 m

A body projected at 15 with a velocity of 40 m/s has a range of 360 m. The

p
decrease in range due to air resistance is (g = 10 ms−1) [ ]

l
1) 80 m 2) 10 m 3) 40 m 4) 30 m

257.

k a
Two seconds after projection, a projectile is moving at 600 above the horizontal.
After one more second it is moving horizontally. If g = 10 ms−2, the velocity of

n
projection is [ ]

a
27 28 19 3
1) g 2) g 3) g 4) g

S
8 3 4 28

258. A stone is projected from the top of a tower with velocity 40 ms−1 making an angle
450 with the horizontal. If the total time of flight is 10 s and g = 10 ms−2 [ ]
1) the height of the tower of 275 m
2) the maximum height of the stone from the ground is 380 m
3) both of the above are true
4) the height of the tower is 217 m

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Horizontal Projectile Motion :
259. A fighter plane flying horizontally at an altitude of 5 km with speed of 360 kmph
passes directly over head an antiaircraft gun. If the gun can fire a bullet at the
muzzle speed of 200 ms−1, at what angle with the vertical the gun should fire the
bullet so that the bullet hits the plane ? [ ]
0 0 0 0
1) 60 2) 45 3) 30 4) 15

260. At certain height a body at rest explodes into two equal fragments with one
fragment receiving a horizontal velocity of 2 m/s. The time taken for the velocity

a
vectors of the two bodies to become perpendicular to each other is [ ]

p
1) 0.1 s 2) 0.2 s 3) 0.4 s 4) 0.8 s

261.
velocity vectors are perpendicular to each other is [

d a
In the above problems the horizontal distance between the two bodies when their
]

a
1) 1 m 2) 0.8 m 3) 2 m 4) 4 m

K
262. In the above problems the time taken for the displacement vectors of the two bodies

:
to become perpendicular to each other is [ ]
1) 0.1 s 2) 0.2 s 3) 0.4 s 4) 0.8 s

263.

e s
In the above case, the horizontal distance between the two bodies is [ ]

s
1) 1.6 m 2) 0.5 m 3) 2 m 4) 4 m

264.
s
At a certain height a shell at rest explodes into two equal fragments. One of the

a
fragments receives a horizontal velocity 30 ms−1. The time interval after which the

1) 3
C l
velocity vectors will be inclined at 1200 to each other is

2) 3 3 3) 2 3 4)
2
3
[ ]

265.
l p
A bomb at rest at the summit of a cliff breaks into two equal fragments. One of the

k a
fragments attains a horizontal velocity of 40 ms−1. The horizontal distance between
the two fragments when their displacement vectors is inclined at 600 relative to

n
each other is (g = 10 ms−2) [ ]

a
1) 460 3 2) 640 3 3) 480 3 4) 840 3

S
266. A particle starts from rest at time t = 0 and moves on a straight line with
acceleration as plotted in fig. The speed of the particle will be maximum after time.
[ ]

1) 1 s 2) 2 s 3) 3 s 4) 4 s

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267. Velocity - time (v – t) graph for a moving object is shown in the figure. Total
displacement of the object during the time interval when there is non – zero
acceleration and retardation is [ ]

1) 60 m 2) 50 m 3) 30 m 4) 40 m
p a
268. In the following graph, distance travelled by the body in metres is

d a
[ ]

K a
:
e s
1) 200 2) 250

s s 3) 300 4) 400

l a * *** *

C
l p
k a
a n
S

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