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Motion In A Straight Line

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Chapter Questions
30 MCQs

01
PYQ 2014
easy
physics ID: jee-main
A person climbs up a stalled escalator in . If standing on the same but escalator running with constant velocity he takes . How much time is taken by the person to walk up the moving escalator ?
1
37 s
2
27 s
3
24 s
4
45 s
02
PYQ 2014
medium
physics ID: jee-main
From a tower of height , a particle is thrown vertically upwards with a speed . The time taken by the particle to hit the ground, is times that taken by it to reach the highest point of its path. The relation between and is
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2
3
4
03
PYQ 2015
medium
physics ID: jee-main
Two stones are thrown up simultaneously from the edge of a cliff high with initial speed of and respectively. Which of the following graph best represents the time variation of relative position of the second stone with respect to the first? (Assume stones do not rebound after hitting the ground and neglect air resistance, take )
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2
3
4
04
PYQ 2017
medium
physics ID: jee-main
Which graph corresponds to an object moving with a constant negative acceleration and a positive velocity ?
1
velocity-time graph
2
velocity-time graph
3
velocity-time graph
4
velocity-time graph
05
PYQ 2017
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A car is standing behind a bus, which is also at rest. The two start moving at the same instant but with different forward accelerations. The bus has acceleration and the car has acceleration . The car will catch up with the bus after a time of :
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2
3
4
06
PYQ 2018
easy
physics ID: jee-main
A man in a car at location on a straight highway is moving with speed . He decides to reach a point in a field at a distance d from the highway (point ) as shown in the figure. Speed of the car in the field is half to that on the highway. What should be the distance , so that the time taken to reach is minimum ?
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2
3
4
07
PYQ 2019
hard
physics ID: jee-main
A person standing on an open ground hears the sound of a jet aeroplane, coming from north at an angle with ground level. But he finds the aeroplane right vertically above his position. If is the speed of sound, speed of the plane is :
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2
3
4
08
PYQ 2019
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A passenger train of length travels at a speed of . Another freight train of length travels at a speed of . The ratio of times taken by the passenger train to completely cross the freight train when : (i) they are moving in the same direction, and (ii) in the opposite directions is :
1
44683
2
25-Nov
3
44622
4
44870
09
PYQ 2019
medium
physics ID: jee-main
In a car race on straight road, car takes a time less than car at the finish and passes finishing point with a speed more than that of car . Both the cars start from rest and travel with constant acceleration and respectively. Then is equal to :
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2
3
4
10
PYQ 2019
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A particle starts from origin from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration along the positive -axis. Identify all figures that correctly represent the motion qualitatively. (a = acceleration, v = velocity, x = displacement, t = time)
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(A), (B), (C)
2
(A)
3
(A), (B), (D)
4
(B), (C)
11
PYQ 2022
hard
physics ID: jee-main
If , then is
1
4
2
0
3
8
4
16
12
PYQ 2022
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A ball is thrown up vertically with a certain velocity so that, it reaches a maximum height h. Find the ratio of the times in which it is at height while going up and coming down respectively.
1

2

3

4

13
PYQ 2022
medium
physics ID: jee-main
NCC parade is going at a uniform speed of under a mango tree on which a monkey is sitting at a height of At any particular instant, the monkey drops a mango A cadet will receive the mango whose distance from the tree at time of drop is : (Given g= 9.8 m/s2)
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2
3
4
14
PYQ 2022
easy
physics ID: jee-main
Velocity (v) and acceleration (a) in two systems of units 1 and 2 are related as = and = respectively. Here m and n are constants. The relations for distance and time in two systems respectively are :
1

= and =

2

=n4/m2 and = T2

3

= and = T2

4

= and =

15
PYQ 2022
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of from the top of a tower. The ball strikes the ground after . The height from the ground up to which the ball can rise will be . The value of k is ______ (use )
16
PYQ 2023
hard
physics ID: jee-main
An object is allowed to fall from a height above the earth, where is the radius of earth Its velocity when it strikes the earth's surface, ignoring air resistance, will be
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2
3
4
17
PYQ 2023
hard
physics ID: jee-main

Spherical insulating ball and a spherical metallic ball of same size and mass are dropped from the same height Choose the correct statement out of the following (Assume negligible air friction)

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Both will reach the earth's surface simultaneously.
2
Insulating ball will reach the earth's surface earlier than the metal ball
3
Metal ball will reach the earth's surface earlier than the insulating ball
4
Time taken by them to reach the earth's surface will be independent of the properties of their materials
18
PYQ 2023
hard
physics ID: jee-main

A particle is thrown vertically upward with initial velocity of 150m/s. Find the ratio of its speed at t=3s and t=5s. (Take g=10 )

19
PYQ 2023
hard
physics ID: jee-main
If a body of mass 5 kg is in equilibrium due to forces , and . and are perpendicular to each other. If is removed then find the acceleration of the body. Given =6N and =8N
1
2 m/s
2
3 m/s
3
4 m/s
4
5 m/s
20
PYQ 2023
easy
physics ID: jee-main
If the position of a particle is changing with time as r=t2-2t (m). Find the velocity at t=2s.
1
2 m/s
2
3 m/s
3
0 m/s
4
4 m/s
21
PYQ 2023
easy
physics ID: jee-main

A body is released from a height equal to the radius (r) of the earth. The velocity of the body when it strikes the surface of the earth will be:

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2
3
4
22
PYQ 2023
hard
physics ID: jee-main
A car is moving with speed of 150km/h and after applying the brake it will move 27m before it stops. If the same car is moving with a speed of one third the reported speed then it will stop after travelling ______m distance.
23
PYQ 2023
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A particle starts with an initial velocity of 10.0 m/s along x-direction and accelerates uniformly at the rate of 2.0 m/s . The time taken by the particle to reach the velocity of 60.0 m/s is
1
25 S
2
20 S
3
30 S
4
15 S
24
PYQ 2024
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A bus moving along a straight highway with speed of 72 km/h is brought to halt within 4s after applying the brakes. The distance travelled by the bus during this time (Assume the retardation is uniform) is _______m.
25
PYQ 2024
medium
physics ID: jee-main
The displacement and the increase in the velocity of a moving particle in the time interval of to s are 125 m and 50 m/s, respectively. The distance travelled by the particle in s is m.
26
PYQ 2024
easy
physics ID: jee-main
Two cars are travelling towards each other at a speed of each. When the cars are apart, both the drivers apply brakes and the cars retard at the rate of . The distance between them when they come to rest is:
1
200 m
2
50 m
3
100 m
4
25 m
27
PYQ 2025
hard
physics ID: jee-main
The velocity-time graph of an object moving along a straight line is shown in the figure. What is the distance covered by the object between to ?
velocity-time graph of an object moving along a straight line
1
13 m
2
30 m
3
11 m
4
10 m
28
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
From height above the ground a ball is dropped from rest. The height above the ground at which the magnitude of velocity equal to the magnitude of acceleration (in the same set of units) due to gravity is ____ \text{m}. (Take and neglect air resistance)}
29
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
The velocity ( ) versus time ( ) plot of a particle is shown in the figure,for a time interval of 40 s. The total distance travelled by the particle and the average velocity during this period are, respectively :}
1
25 m and zero
2
50 m and zero
3
100 m and zero
4
100 m and 2.5 m/s
30
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: jee-main
A gas balloon is going up with a constant velocity of 10 m/s. When this balloon reached a height of 75 m, a stone is dropped from it and balloon keeps moving up with the same velocity. The height of the balloon when the stone hits the ground is ________ m. (Take m/s²)
1
85
2
150
3
129
4
125