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Motion In A Straight Line

42 previous year questions.

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Chapter Questions
42 MCQs

01

PYQ 1988

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A car is moving along a straight road with a uniform acceleration. It passes through two points P and Q separated by a distance with velocity 30 km/ h and 40 km/h respectively. The velocity of the car midway between P and Q is

1

2

3

4

02

PYQ 1988

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A particle moves in a straight line with a constant acceleration. It changes its velocity from to while passing through a distance 135 m in t second. The value of t is

1

10

2

1.8

3

12

4

9

03

PYQ 1989

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What will be the ratio of the distance moved by a freely falling body from rest in and seconds of journey ?

1

4 : 5

2

7 : 9

3

16 : 25

4

1 : 1

04

PYQ 1990

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A car covers the first half of the distance between two places at 40 km/h and another half at 60 km/h. The average speed of the car is

1

40 km/h

2

48 km/h

3

50 km/h

4

60 km/h

05

PYQ 1991

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A car moves a distance of 200 m. It covers the first half of the distance at speed 40 km/h and the second half of distance at speed v. The average speed is 48 km/h. The value of v is

1

56 km/h

2

60 km/h

3

50 km/h

4

48 km/h

06

PYQ 1992

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A body dropped from top of a tower fall through 40 m during the last two seconds of its fall. The height of tower is

1

60 m

2

45 m

3

80 m

4

50 m

07

PYQ 1993

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A body starts from rest, what is the ratio of the distance travelled by the during the and second ?

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2

3

4

08

PYQ 1994

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A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate for some time after which it decelerates at a constant rate and comes to rest. If total time elapsed is, then maximum velocity acquired by car will be

1

2

3

4

09

PYQ 1994

easy

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A particle moves along a straight line such that its displacement at any time t is given by metres. The velocity when the acceleration is zero is

1

3 m/s

2

42 m/s

3

-9 m/s

4

-15 m/s

10

PYQ 1996

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A body dropped from a height h with initial velocity zero, strikes the ground with a velocity 3 m/s. Another body of same mass dropped from the same height h with an initial velocity of 4 m/s. The final velocity of second mass, with which it strikes the ground is

1

5 m/s

2

12 m/s

3

3 m/s

4

4 m/s

11

PYQ 1997

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The position x of a particle varies with time, (t) as The acceleration will be zero at time t is equal to

1

2

zero

3

4

12

PYQ 1997

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If a car at rest accelerates uniformly to a speed of 144 km/hour in 20 second it covers a distance of

1

400 m

2

1440 m

3

2880m

4

25m

13

PYQ 1998

hard

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A car moving with a speed of 40 km/h can be stopped by applying brakes after at least 2 m. If the same car is moving with a speed of 80 km/h, what is the minimum stopping distance?

1

4 m

2

6 m

3

8 m

4

2 m

14

PYQ 2000

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Motion of a particle is given by equation, The value of acceleration of the particle at is:

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2

3

4

15

PYQ 2000

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A man is slipping on a frictionless inclined plane & a bag falls down from the same height. Then the speed of both is related as:

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2

3

4

16

PYQ 2001

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A particle is thrown vertically upward. Its velocity at half of the height is 10 m/s. Then the maximum height attained by it (g = 10 m/s^2 )

1

8m

2

20m

3

10m

4

16m

17

PYQ 2002

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A particle (A) is dropped from a height and another particle (B) is projected in horizontal direction with speed of 5 m/s from the same height then correct statement is :

1

Particle (A) will reach at ground first with respect to particle (B)

2

Particle (B) will reach at ground first with respect to particle (A)

3

Both particles will reach at ground simultaneously

4

Both particles will reach at ground with same speed

18

PYQ 2003

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A man weighs 80 kg, he stands on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving upwards with a uniform acceleration of 5 m/s 2 . What would be the reading on the scale? (g=10 m/s 2)

1

Zero

2

400 N

3

800 N

4

1200 N

19

PYQ 2003

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The acceleration due to gravity on the planet A is 9 times the acceleration due to gravity on planet B. A man jumps to a height of 2m on the surface of A. What is the height of jump by the same person on the planet B.

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2

3

4

20

PYQ 2003

hard

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A man throws balls with the same speed vertically upwards one after the other at an interval of . What should be the speed of the throw so that more than two balls are in the sly at any time? (Given)

1

Any speed less than 19.6 m/s

2

Only with speed 19.6 m/s

3

More than 19.6 m/s

4

At least 9.8 m/s

21

PYQ 2003

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If a ball is thrown vertically upwards with speed the distance covered during the last seconds of its ascent is

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2

3

4

22

PYQ 2005

hard

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A ball is thrown vertically upward. It has a speed of when it has reached one half of its maximum height. How high does the ball rise? (Take)

1

10 m

2

5 m

3

15 m

4

20 m

23

PYQ 2005

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The displacement x of a particle varies with time t as, where and are positive constants. The velocity of the particle will:

1

go on decreasing with time

2

be independent of and

3

drop to zero when =

4

go on increasing with time

24

PYQ 2005

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A ball is thrown vertically upward. It has a speed of 10m/s when it has reached one half of its maximum height. How high does the ball rise?(Taking g=10 m/s 2)

1

6m

2

10m

3

14m

4

18m

25

PYQ 2005

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The displacement x of a particle varies with time t as where a, b, and are positive constants. The velocity of the particle will

26

PYQ 2006

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Two bodies, A (of mass 1 kg) and B (of mass 3 kg) are dropped from heights of 16 m and 25 m, respectively. The ratio of the time taken by them to reach the ground is

1

2

3

4

27

PYQ 2006

hard

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A car runs at a constant speed on a circular track of radius 100 m, taking 62.8 s for every circular lap. The average velocity and average speed for each circular lap respectively is :

1

0, 0

2

0, 10 m/s

3

10 m/s, 20 m/s

4

20 m/s, 0

28

PYQ 2006

easy

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A particle moves along a straight line OX. At a time t (in seconds) the distance x (in metres) of the particle from O is given by x = 40 + 12t - t 3 How long would the particle travel before coming to rest ?

1

14 m

2

28 m

3

56 m

4

70 m

29

PYQ 2006

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A person walked up a stalled escalator in . When standing on the same escalator, now moving, he is carried up in . How much time would it take him to walk up the moving escalator?

1

36s

2

30s

3

60s

4

26s

30

PYQ 2007

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A particle moving along -axis has acceleration, at time, given by, where and are constants. The particle at has zero velocity. In the time interval between and the instant when, the particle's velocity is:

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2

3

4

31

PYQ 2009

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A bus is moving with a speed of on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the bus in . If the bus is at a distance of from the scooterist with what speed should the scooterist chase the bus ?

1

2

3

4

32

PYQ 2010

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A ball is dropped from a high rise platform at starting from rest. After seconds another ball is thrown downwards from the same platform with a speed . The two balls meet at . What is the value of ?

1

2

3

4

33

PYQ 2011

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A boy standing at the top of a tower of height drops a stone. Assuming the velocity with which it hits the ground is

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2

3

4

34

PYQ 2013

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A stone falls freely under gravity. It covers distances and in the first 5 seconds, the next 5 seconds and the next 5 seconds respectively. The relation between and is :-

1

2

3

4

and

35

PYQ 2015

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A particle of unit mass undergoes one dimensional motion such that its velocity varies according to where and are constants and is the position of the particle. The acceleration of the particle as a function of, is given by

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2

3

4

36

PYQ 2020

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A ball is thrown vertically downward with a velocity of 20m/s from the top of a tower. It hits the ground after some time with a velocity of 80m/s. The height of the tower is : (g =)

1

360 m

2

340 m

3

320 m

4

300 m

37

PYQ 2021

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A car starts from rest and accelerates at 5 m/s 2 . At t=4 s, a ball is dropped out of a window by a person sitting in the car. What is the velocity and acceleration of the ball at t=6 s? (Take g=10 m/s 2)

1

20\sqrt2 m/s, 10 m/s 2

2

20 m/s, 5 m/s 2

3

20 m/s, 0

4

20\sqrt2 m/s, 0

38

PYQ 2022

hard

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The ratio of the distance travelled by a freely falling body in the 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd and 4 th second

1

1:2:3:4

2

1:4:9:16

3

1:3:5:7

4

1:1:1:1

39

PYQ 2023

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Calculate the maximum acceleration of a moving car so that a body lying on the floor of the car remains stationary. The coefficient of static friction between the body and the floor is 0.15 (g=10ms -2).

1

150 ms -2

2

1.5 ms -2

3

50 ms -2

4

1.2 ms -2

40

PYQ 2023

hard

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A bullet from a gun is fired on a rectangular wooden block with velocity u. When the bullet travels 24 cm through the block along its length horizontally, velocity of bullet becomes . Then it further penetrates into the block in the same direction before coming to rest exactly at the other end of the block. The total length of the block is:

1

24cm

2

28 cm

3

30cm

4

27 cm

41

PYQ 2023

hard

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A vehicle travels half the distance with speed θ and the remaining distance with speed 2θ. its average speed is

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2

3

4

42

PYQ 2023

hard

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A horizontal bridge is built across a river. A student standing on the bridge throws a small ball vertically upwards with a velocity . The ball strikes the water surface after . The height of bridge above water surface is (Take:)

1

60 m

2

64 m

3

68 m

4

56 m