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MOTION IN A PLANE
HOME ASSIGNMENT – I
(Projectile Motion)
Section-A
1. A body moves 6m north, 8m east and 10m vertically upwards, the resultant displacement of body from its initial
position is
(1) 10√2m (2) 10m (3) 10/√2m (4) 20m
2. The position vector of an object at any time t is given by 3t 𝑖̂ +6t𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ . Its velocity along y axis has the
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magnitude_____
(1) 6t (2) 6 (3) 0 (4) 9
3. A body lying initially at point (3,7) starts moving with a constant acceleration of 4𝑖̂. Its position after 3s is given
by the co-ordinates
(1) 7,3 (2) 7,18 (3) 21,7 (4) 3,7
4. The initial position of an object at rest is given by 3𝑖̂ − 8𝑗̂. It moves with constant acceleration and reaches to the
position 2𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ after 4s. What is its acceleration?
3
(1) -1/8 𝑖̂ + 3/2𝑗̂ (2) 2𝑖̂ − 1/8̂𝑗 (3) -1/2 𝑖̂ + 8𝑗̂ (4) 8𝑖̂ − 2 𝑗̂
5. The time of flight of an object projected with speed 20m/s at an angle 300 with the horizontal is,
(1) 1s (2) 4s (3) 2s (4) 6s
6. At the topmost point of its path, a projectile has acceleration of magnitude
(1) 0 (2) g (3) g/2 (4) g/7
7. At what angle of elevation, should a projectile be projected with velocity 20m/s, so as to reach a maximum height
of 10m?
(1) 00 (2) 900 (3) 450 (4) 600
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8. A body of mass 1kg is projected from ground at an angle 30 with horizontal on a level ground at a speed 50m/s.
The magnitude of change in momentum of the body during its flight is
(1) 50 kgm/s (2) 100kgm/s (3) 25kgm/s (4) 0
9. Two projectiles are projected at angles (𝜋/4) + 𝜃 and (𝜋/4) − 𝜃 with the horizontal, where 𝜃 < 𝜋/4, with same
speed. The ratio of horizontal ranges described by them is
(1) tan𝜃:1 (2) 1:tan𝜃 (3) 1:1 (4) 1:√3
10. A shell is fired vertically upwards with a velocity v1 from a trolley moving horizontally with speed v2. A person
on the ground observes the motion of the shell as a parabola, whose range is
(1) 2v12v2/g (2) 2v12/g (3) 2v22/g (4) 2v1v2/g
0
11. A particle is projected from ground with speed 80m/s at an angle 30 with horizontal from ground. The magnitude
of average velocity of the particle in time interval t=2s to t=6s is
(1) 40√2 m/s (2) 40m/s (3) 0 (4) 40√3m/s
12. A stone projected from ground with certain speed at an angle θ with horizontal attains a maximum height h1.
When it is projected with the same speed at an angle θ with vertical, attains height h 2. The horizontal range of the
projectile is
(1) (h1 +h2 )/2 (2) 2h1h2 (3) 4√(h1h2) (4) h1 +h2
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13. Two objects are thrown up at angles 45 and 60 respectively, with the horizontal. If both objects attain same
vertical height, then the ratio of magnitude of velocities with which these are projected is
5 3 2 3
(1) √ (2) √ (3) √ (4) √
3 5 3 2
14. For an object projected from ground with speed u horizontal range is two times the maximum height attained by
it. The horizontal range of object is
(1) 2u2/3g (2) 3u2/4g (3) 3u2/2g (4) 4u2/5g
15. The velocity at the maximum height of a projectile is √3/2 times its initial velocity of projection (u). Its range on
the horizontal plane is
(1) √3u2/2g (2) 3u2/2g (3) 3u2/g (4) u2/2g
16. A projectile is thrown into space so as to have a maximum possible range of 400m.Taking the point of projection
as the origin, the co-ordinates of the point where the velocity of the projectile is minimum are
(1) 400,100 (2) 200,100 (3) 400,200 (4) 200,200
17. If the time of flight of a bullet over a horizontal range R is T, then the angle of projection with horizontal is
(1) tan-1(gT2/2R) (2) tan-1(2R2/gt) (3) tan-1(2R/g2t) (4) tan-1(2R/gt)
18. In the graph shown in the figure, which quantity associated with projectile motion is plotted along y-axis?
(1) Kinetic energy (2) Momentum (3) Horizontal velocity (4) None of these
19. When a particle is projected at some angle to the horizontal, it has a range R and time of flight t 1. If the same
particle is projected with the same speed at some other angle to have the same range, its time of flight is t 2, then
(1) t1 + t2 = 2R/g (2) t1 – t2 = R/g (3) t1t2 = 2R/g (4) t1 t2 = R/g
20. A projectile is thrown with velocity v at an angle θ with horizontal. When the projectile is at a height equal to half
of the maximum height, the vertical component of the velocity of projectile is
(1) 3vsinθ (2) v(sin θ)/3 (3) v(sin θ)/√2 (4) v(sin θ)/√3
21. A particle is projected at an angle θ with horizontal from ground. The slope (m) of the trajectory of the particle
varies with time(t) as
22. If H1 and H2 be the greatest heights of a projectile in two paths for a given value of range, then the horizontal
range of projectile is given by
(1) (H1 +H2 )/2 (2) (H1 +H2 )/4 (3) 4√(H1H2) (4) 4(H1 +H2 )
23. If Rand H are the horizontal range and maximum height attained by a projectile, then its speed of projection is
4𝑅2 𝑔𝑅2 8𝐻 𝑅2
(1) √2𝑔𝑅 + 𝑔𝐻
(2) √2𝑔𝐻 + 8𝐻
(3) √2𝑔𝐻 + 𝑅𝑔 (4) √2𝑔𝐻 + 𝐻
24. An object of mass 10kg is projected from ground with speed 40m/s at an angle 600 with horizontal. The rate of
change of momentum of object one second after projection in SI unit is
(1) 73 (2) 98 (3) 176 (4) 140
25. Two stones are thrown with same speed u at different angles from ground in air. If both stones have same range
and height attained by them are h1 and h2, then h1+h2 is equal to
(1) u2/g (2) u2/2g (3) u2/3g (4) u2/4g
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26. A ball is thrown at an angle θ with the horizontal. Its horizontal range is equal to its maximum height. This is
possible only when the value of tanθ is
(1) 4 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) 0.5
27. A particle is thrown with a velocity of u m/s. It passes A and B as shown in figure at time t1=1s and t2=3s. The
value of u is
(1) 20m/s
(2) 10m/s
(3) 40m/s
(4) 5m/s
28. Which of the following statements is not true about the motion of a projectile?
(1) The time of flight of a projectile is proportional to the speed with which it is projected at a given angle of
projection
(2) The horizontal range of a projectile is proportional to the square root of the speed with which it is projected.
(3) For a given speed of projection, the angle of projection for maximum range is 450
(4) At maximum height, the acceleration due to gravity is perpendicular to the velocity of the projectile.
29. A projectile is thrown with speed 40m/s at angle θ from horizontal. It is found that projectile is at same height at
1s and 3s. What is the angle of projection?
1 1
(1) tan−1 (2) tan−1 (3) tan−1 √3 (4) tan−1 √2
√2 √3
Section-B
1. Three footballs A, B, C were kicked from the same point in the same vertical plane simultaneously. The
trajectories are shown in the figure. A is denoted by 1, B by 2 and C by 3.
Then which of the following statements is false?
Given that vAY,vBY, vCY represents vertical components of A,B, and C
respectively and vAX , vBX, vCX represents horizontal velocity components.
(1) The time of flight is the same for all the three
(2) vAY<vBY<vCY
(3) vAX<vBX<,vCX
(4) At any instant y-coordinate of all the particles is same
2. A particle is thrown with an initial velocity (vx𝑖̂+vy𝑗̂ )m/s. If the range of the projectile is double the maximum
𝑣
height, then 𝑦⁄𝑣𝑥 is
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
3. A particle is projected with a velocity of 30m/s at an angle θ with the horizontal, where θ=tan−1 3⁄4 . After 1
second, direction of motion of the particle makes an angle α with the horizontal, then α is given by
(1) tan 𝛼 = 1⁄3 (2) tan 𝛼 = 1⁄2 (3) tan 𝛼 = 2 (4) tan 𝛼 = 1
4. A projectile has same range for two angles of projection. If times of flight in two cases are t 1 and t2, then the range
of the projectile is
(1) gt1t2/2 (2) gt1t2/4 (3) gt1t2 (4) gt1t2/8
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5. A particle is projected with velocity 50m/s at an angle 60 with the horizontal from the ground. The time after
which its velocity will make an angle of 450 with the horizontal is
(1) 2.5s (2) 1.83s (3) 2.37s (4) 3.72s
6. A projectile can have the same range for two angles of projection. If times of flight in two cases are t 1 and t2 ,then
velocity of projection of the projectile is
(1) g(t1+t2)/2 (2) g(t1+t2)/2 (3) {g(t12+t22)1/2}/2 (4) g(t12+t22)/2
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7. A particle is projected from point O with velocity v1 at an angle 300 with the horizontal and another particle is
projected from point P which is vertically below the highest point with velocity v2 in vertically upward direction
as shown. For two particles to collide, the ratio v1/v2 will be
(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 0.5
(4) 1.5
8. A particle projected at some angle with velocity 50m/s crosses a 20 m high wall after 4s from the time of
projection. The angle of projection of the particle is
(1) 300 (2) 450 (3) 600 (4) 530
9. A projectile projected from the ground has its direction of motion making an angle π/4 with the horizontal at a
height 40m. Its initial velocity of projection is 50 m/s, the angle of projection is
1 −8 1 8 1 −4 1 −1
(1) 2 cos −1 ( 25 ) (2) 2 cos −1 (25) (3) 2 cos −1 ( 5 ) (4) 2 cos −1 ( 4
)
10. When two projectiles are fired from complementary angles having times of flight T1, T2 and maximum heights H1
H2 respectively, which of the following is incorrect?
𝑇 𝐻
(1) R = (gT1 T2)/2 (2) R = 4√(𝐻1 𝐻2 ) (3) θ = tan−1 ( 1⁄𝑇 ) (4) θ =tan−1 ( 1⁄𝐻 )
2 2
11. A ball is thrown from a point on ground at some angle of projection. At the same time a bird starts from a point
directly above this point of projection at a height h horizontally with speed u. Given that in its flight ball just
touches the bird at one point. Find the distance on ground where ball strikes.
ℎ 2ℎ 2ℎ ℎ
(1) 2u√ (2) u√ (3) 2u√ (4) u√
𝑔 𝑔 𝑔 𝑔
12. Particle is dropped from the height of 20m from horizontal ground. A constant force acts on the particle in
horizontal direction due to which horizontal acceleration of the particle becomes 6 ms-2. Find the horizontal
displacement of the particle till it reaches ground.
(1) 6m (2) 10m (3) 12m (4) 24m
13. A ball is hit by a batsman at an angle of 37° as shown in figure. The man standing at P should run at what
minimum velocity so that he catches the ball before it strikes the ground. Assume that height of man is negligible
in comparison to maximum height of projectile.
(1) 3m/s
(2) 5m/s
(3) 9m/s
(4) 12m/s
14. Two projectiles A and B are thrown with the same speed such that A makes angle θ with the horizontal and B
makes angle θ with the vertical, then
(1) Both must have same time of flight (2) Both must achieve same maximum height
(3) A must have more horizontal range than B (4) Both may have same time of flight
15. Suppose a player hits several baseballs. Which baseball will be in the air for the longest time?
(1) The one with the farthest range.
(2) The one which reaches maximum height.
(3) The one with the greatest initial velocity.
(4) The one leaving the bat at 45° with respect to the ground.
PARAGRAPH FOR QUESTION NUMBERS 16-17
At t = 0 a projectile is fired from a point O (taken as origin) on the ground
with a speed of 50 m/s at an angle of 53° with the horizontal. It just passes
two points A & B each at height 75 m above horizontal as shown.
16. The horizontal separation between the points A and B is
(1) 30m (2) 60m (3) 90m (4) None
17. The distance (in meters) of the particle from origin at t = 2 sec.
(1) 60√2 (2) 100 (3) 60 (4) 120
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18. A particle is projected in the X-Y plane. 2 sec after projection the velocity of the particle makes an angle 45° with
the X - axis. 4 sec after projection, it moves horizontally. Find the velocity of projection.
19. A particle is projected upwards with a velocity of 100 m/sec at an angle of 60° with the vertical. Find the time
when the particle will move perpendicular to its initial direction, taking g =10 m/s2
Answer Key
Sec-A
1. 1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 1 5. 3 6. 2 7. 3 8. 1 9. 3 10. 4 11. 4 12. 3 13. 4 14. 4 15. 1
16. 2 17. 1 18. 3 19. 3 20. 3 21. 1 22. 3 23. 2 24. 2 25. 2 26. 1 27. 3 28. 2 29. 2
Sec-B
1. 2 2. 2 3. 1 4. 1 5. 2 6. 3 7. 2 8. 1 9. 1 10. 4 11. 3 12. 3 13. 2
14. 4 15. 2 16. 2 17. 1 18. (20√5) 19. (20s)
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