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Physics

Motion In A Straight Line

19 previous year questions.

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Chapter Questions
19 MCQs

01
PYQ 1990
medium
physics ID: kcet-199
An object is dropped from rest, its velocity V changes in the following forms
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4
02
PYQ 1999
medium
physics ID: kcet-199
A body projected vertically upwards with a velocity u returns to the starting point in . If , the value of in is
1
10
2
5
3
4
4
20
03
PYQ 2000
medium
physics ID: kcet-200
A car starts with acceleration . A scooterist starts towards the car with a velocity of . If the scooterist was behind the car at the start, the time in which he overtakes the car is
1
8 s
2
6 s
3
2 s
4
cannot overtake.
04
PYQ 2000
medium
physics ID: kcet-200
A particle starts from (0,0) and moves along y-axis to a point (0,26) m and then to (0, -26) m. The ratio between distance and displacement is
1
1
2
0
3
4
3
05
PYQ 2001
easy
physics ID: kcet-200
A balloon rises from ground with an acceleration of . After a stone is released from balloon. The stone will
06
PYQ 2005
medium
physics ID: kcet-200
From the top of a tower of two stones, whose masses are in the ratio are thrown one straight up with an initial speed and the second straight down with the same speed . Then, neglecting air resistance
1
the heavier stone hits the ground with a higher speed
2
the lighter stone hits the ground with a higher speed
3
both the stones will have the same speed when they hit the ground
4
the speed can't be determined with the given data
07
PYQ 2008
easy
physics ID: kcet-200
A body is projected vertically upwards. The times corresponding to height while ascending and while descending are and respectively. Then the velocity of projection is ( is acceleration due to gravity).
08
PYQ 2009
easy
physics ID: kcet-200
A body of mass moving along a straight line covers half the distance with a speed of . The remaining half of the distance is covered in two equal time intervals with a speed of and respectively. The average speed of the particle for the entire journey is
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2
3
4
09
PYQ 2010
medium
physics ID: kcet-201
A motorboat covers a given distance in hours moving downstream on a river. It covers the same distance in hours moving upstream. The time it takes to cover the same distance in still water is..........
1
6.5 hours
2
8 hours
3
9 hours
4
7.5 hours
10
PYQ 2010
hard
physics ID: kcet-201
A train is moving slowly on a straight track with a constant speed of passenger in that train starts walking at a steady speed of to the back of the train in the opposite direction of the motion of the train. So to an observer standing on the platform directly in front of that passenger, the velocity of the passenger appears to be
1
in the opposite direction of the train.
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zero
3
4
11
PYQ 2012
medium
physics ID: kcet-201
A person throws balls into air vertically upward in regular intervals of time of one second. The next ball is thrown when the velocity of the ball thrown earlier becomes zero. The height to which the balls rise is (Assume
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5 m
2
10 m
3
7.5 m
4
20 m
12
PYQ 2014
medium
physics ID: kcet-201
A car moves from to with a speed of and from to with a speed of . What is the average speed of the car ?
1
25 km/h
2
24 km/h
3
50 km/h
4
10 km/h
13
PYQ 2014
easy
physics ID: kcet-201
A body starts from rest and moves with constant acceleration for . It travels a distance in first half of time and in next half of time, then
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2
3
4
14
PYQ 2016
easy
physics ID: kcet-201
A body falls freely for . Its average velocity during this journey (take )
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2
3
4
15
PYQ 2018
easy
physics ID: kcet-201
A particle shows distance-time curve as shown in the figure. The maximum instantaneous velocity of the particle is around the point
1
P
2
S
3
R
4
Q
16
PYQ 2019
easy
physics ID: kcet-201
The given graph shows the variation of velocity (v) with position (x) for a particle moving along a straight line. Which of the following graph shows the variation of acceleration (a) with position (x)?
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2
3
4
17
PYQ 2020
medium
physics ID: kcet-202
At a metro station, a girl walks up a stationary escalator in . If she remains stationary on the escalator, then the escalator take her up in . The time taken by her to walk up on the moving escalator will be
1
25 sec
2
60 sec
3
12 sec
4
10 sec
18
PYQ 2025
easy
physics ID: kcet-202
Which of the following expressions can be deduced on the basis of dimensional analysis? (All symbols have their usual meanings)
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2

3

4

19
PYQ 2026
medium
physics ID: kcet-202
A car covers the first half of the distance between two places at 40 km/h and another half at 50 km/h. The average speed of the car is
1
45.00 km/h
2
44.44 km/h
3
43.14 km/h
4
42.04 km/h