VIII, IX & X Physics Fact Material Dr. K.K.

R’s Gowtham Educational Institutions

PHYSICS

It studies every physical phenomenon that takes place in universe. Some conclusions
are drawn from the observed facts and some universal laws are developed.
Physics is study of Laws of Nature. A Physicist simply observes nature,
analyzes and then frames the Laws accordingly.

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2. KINEMATICS

MECHANICS:
The branch of physics which deals with the motion of non living objects in everyday
life is called mechanics.
Kinematics:
Kinematics is a branch of mechanics, which deals with the motion of a body
without taking into account the cause of motion.
Dynamics:
Dynamics is a branch of mechanics which deals with the motion of bodies by
taking into account the force that caused the motion.
Statics:
Statics deals with bodies at rest under the effect of different forces.

Reference point:
A fixed point or a fixed object with respect to which the observations are made is
known as reference point.

Rest:
If a body does not change its position with respect to surroundings or time then the
body is said to be in the state of rest.
Motion:
If a body changes its position with respect to surroundings or time then the body is said
to be in the state of motion.
Rest and motion are relative terms:
Rest and motion are relative terms. A body can be at rest as well as in motion at the
same time.
Example: A person sitting in the compartment of a moving train is in the state of rest,
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motion, if he compares himself with surroundings outside the

compartment.
Uniform motion:
If a body in motion travels equal distances in equal time intervals of time then the
motion is said to be uniform. (Assuming the motion is along a straight line)
Non- uniform motion:
If the body covers equal distances in unequal time intervals or vice-versa then it is said
to be in non-uniform motion.
Distance:
It is the actual length of the path travelled by the body.
S.I Unit is m.
Speed:
The rate of change of distance is called speed.
S.I Unit is m/s.
Average Speed:
When a body is moving with variable speed then average speed of the body is defined
as the distance travelled by the body in unit time.
total distance covered
Formula: Average Speed =
total time taken

S.I Unit is m/s.

Example: A bus covers the distance between two stations 200 km apart in 5 hr. Find
the average speed of the bus.

total distance covered

Solution: Average Speed =
total time taken
200
Average Speed = kmph
5

Average Speed = 40kmph

Convert the following

(a) 1 m/s = ________________ km/hr = ________________.cm/min

(b) 1 km/hr = _____________ m/min
(c) 1km/min = ______________m/sec
(d) 1 cm/sec = ___________ m/min = _____________ km/hr

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Solve The Following Level A

1. A body travels 30 km in 1 hr. Find the average speed of the body.

2. A car travels 240 km in 4 hr. Find the average speed of the car.
3. A bike travels 100 km in 120 min. Find the average speed of the bike.
4. A train travelled a distance of 720 km in 6 hr. Find the average speed of the train.
5. A deer travelled a distance of 100m in 4 s. Find the average speed of the deer.
6. An elephant travelled a distance of 500m in 25 s. Find the average speed of the
elephant.
7. A dog ran at an average speed 3m/s for 20s. Find the distance travelled by the
dog.
8. A cat ran a distance of 80m in 16 s. Find the average speed of the cat.
9. A toy car travelled a distance of 100 cm in 10 s. Find the average speed of the car.
10. A body is moving with a constant speed of 40 kmph. Find the distance travelled
by the body in 60 min.
11. A body is moving with a constant speed of 50 kmph. Find the distance travelled
by the body in 1 ½ hr.
12. Find the distance travelled by the body moving at 20m/s in 2hr.
13. A bike is moving with a constant speed of 15m/s. Find the distance travelled by
the bike in 2hr.
14. Find the time taken by a bus moving at 60kmph to cover a distance of 500 m.
15. Find the average speed of the bus if it travels a distance of 3.5 km in 5 min.

Example: Find the time taken by a body which is moving with a constant speed of
2m/s to travel a distance of 10m.
Solution: Given, speed = 2m/s
Distance = 10m. Time =?
Time = distance / speed
= 10/2 = 5s

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KEY
1. 30kmph 2. 60kmph 3. 50kmph 4. 120kmph 5. 25m/s
6. 20m/s 7. 60m 8. 5m/s 9. 0.1m/s 10. 40km
11. 75km 12. 144km 13. 108km 14. 30s 15. 42kmph

Solve The Following Level B

1. A bus starts at Vijayawada at 10:30 PM. It travels at a constant speed 60kmph for
3 hr till it reaches Kodada. It halts for ½ hr and resumes its journey at a constant
speed 80kmph to reach HYD at 06:00 AM. Find average speed of the bus.
2. A bus starts at Shivam road at 07:00 AM and reaches GCS at 08:30 AM. The
distance between Shivam road and GCS is 12km. Find the average speed of the
bus.
3. A boy travels from A to B with a constant speed 10kmph and then from B to A
with a speed of 20 kmph. Find the average speed of the boy for this trip.
4. A boy travels with a speed of 10kmph for first 1hr, with a speed of 20kmph for
next 1hr and with a speed of 30kmph for next 3hr. Find the average speed for
this journey.
5. A boy travels with a speed of 30kmph for first 1/3 journey time. During the
remaining journey time he travels with a speed 60kmph. Find the average speed
of the boy.
6. A boy travels with a speed of 30kmph for first 1/3 journey distance and with a
speed 60kmph for the remaining journey distance. Find the average speed of the
boy.
7. A boy travels with speeds 10kmph, 20kmph, 30kmph for 3 successive journey
distances which are in the ratio 2:1:3. Find the average speed of the boy.
8. A boy travels with a speed of 30kmph for first 1/3 journey time. During the
remaining journey time he travels with a speed V kmph so that the average
speed of the boy is 40kmph, then find V.
9. A boy travels with speeds 10kmph, 20kmph, 30kmph for 3 successive equal
journey distances. Find the average speed of the boy.

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10. For the journey A to B a boy travels with speeds 5kmph, 10kmph, 15kmph for
equal time intervals and while moving from B to A he moves with speeds
5kmph, 10kmph, 15kmph for equal distances. Find the average speed of the boy.

KEY
200 40
1. kmph 2. 8kmph 3. kmph 4. 24kmph 5. 50kmph
3 3
120 180 10. 9kmph
6. 45kmph 7. 7
kmph 8. 45kmph 9. kmph
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Another classification of physical quantities:

Scalars:
The physical quantities which have only magnitude but no direction are known as
scalars. (What is magnitude?)
Examples: distance, time, speed, area, mass …
Vectors:
The physical quantities which have both direction and magnitude are known as
vectors.
Examples: displacement, velocity, acceleration, force,…
Displacement:
Displacement gives an idea about the position of the body with respect to some
reference point.
It is a vector quantity.
It is represented by a directed line segment whose length is proportional to the
magnitude.
In general, displacement is defined as the shortest path between initial and final points.
On the Earth the directions parallel to the ground which is assumed N
to be flat are called as horizontal directions. North, East, West&
South directions are horizontal and they are represented on paper as W E
in adjacent figure.

S
NW N
NE
The direction exactly midway between N and E is called NE.
W E
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Similarly NW, SW & SE.

If the directions don’t fall exactly midway then they won’t be

represented as NE, NW, SW & SE. They are represented as N
300 N of E
follows.
W 300 E
Example: The direction 300 due N of E or 600 due E of N is
represented as shown in figure.
S

Try these N
1. The direction represented in the figure is
W E
a) 300 due S of E b) 3300 due S of E 300

c) 600 due S of E d) 300 due E of S

N S
2. The direction represented in the figure is
450 E
a) 1350 due S of E b) NW W

c) 2250 due N of E d) 450 due N of E N

S
3. The direction represented in the figure is
W E
a) 300 due S of W b) 2400 due S of W 600

c) 600 due S of W d) 600 due W of S

S
4. A boy moves 3km along a straight line and then takes a left turn through 90 0 and
moves for another 4km. Find the magnitude of displacement.
a) 7 km b) 4 km c) 3 km d) 5 km
5. A boy moves 10m 300 N of E, 10m due south and then 10m 300 N of W. Find the
magnitude of displacement of the boy.
a) 30 m b) 20 m c) 10 m d) zero
6. A person walks 12 m towards North and then 4 m towards West and there he
climbs a pole of 3 m height. The total distance travelled by the person is
a) 12 m b) 16 m c) 19 m d) 13 m
7. In the above problem, the displacement is
a) 12 m b) 13 m c) 19 m d) 16 m
H 20 m T

5m
S
20 20 m

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8. A boy starts from P and reaches S along the path PATHS

as shown in figure. The distance travelled by the boy is
a) 85 m b) 60 m
c) 25 m d) 35 m
9. In the above problem, the displacement is
a) 60 m b) 85 m c) 25 m d) 35 m
10. Ref. Q.8, the maximum displacement is
a) 60 m b) 85 m c) 25 m d) 20 5m
KEY
1. a 2. b 3. c 4. d 5. d
6. c 7. b 8. a 9. c 10. d

Velocity: Velocity is defined as the rate of change of displacement.

It is a vector quantity whose direction is given by the tangent drawn to the path.
Average velocity:
It is a vector quantity whose magnitude is equal to the net displacement divided by the
time interval. The direction of average velocity is along the direction of net
displacement.
Average velocity is defined as the displacement covered in unit time.
displacement
Formula: Average velocity =
time
# The magnitude of velocity = speed.
# The magnitude of average velocity = average speed when the body moves in a straight line.

EXERCISE – 1 Level A
1. A boy starts moving along a circular path of radius 7m. His displacement after it
has completed ½ revolution is
a) 22 m b) 11 m c) 7 m d) 14m
2. Ref.Q.1, if the boy moves uniformly with 4m/s then his avg. velocity after ½
revolution is
a) 4m/s b) 14/11 m/s c) 28/11 m/s d) 2m/s
3. A boy completes one round of a circle of radius R in 20 s. The displacement to
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a) 11:7 b) 7:11 c) 7:22 d) 22:7

4. A boy travels 5km eastwards, 4km northwards and then 2km westward. He takes
2hr for this journey. The magnitude of average velocity of the boy is
a) 5kmph b) 3kmph c) 2.5kmph d) 5.5kmph

5. A boy moves 10km eastwards, 5km northwards and then 2km eastwards. The
distance and magnitude of displacement of the boy is
a) 17km, 17km b) 17km, zero c) 13km, 13km d) 17km, 13km

6. A boy travels 8km north, 3km east and then 5km south. Find the magnitude of
displacement of the boy.
a) 16 km b) 82 km c) 32 km d) 23 km

7. A body travels towards north with velocity 2m/s for 20 s and then moves
towards east with velocity 3m/s for 10 s. Its average velocity is
a) 2.5 m/s b) 5/3 m/s c) 7/3 m/s d) 50/3 m/s
8. A car starts at one vertex of a square track of side 125m and reaches the starting
point in 50 s. Find the speed of the car.
a) 10m/s b) 2.5m/s c) 5m/s d) 7.5m/s

Exercise - 2 Level B
1. During a journey a car travels with a speed of 20kmph for first one hour, with a
speed of 25kmph for next two hours. Find the total distance travel by the car in
three hours.
a) 45km b) 65km c) 95km d) 70km
2. A car travels in a circular path of radius 7km, at 44kmph, for one and half hour.
Find the distance and displacement of the car.
a) 66km, 66km b) 66km, 22km c) 66km, 14km d) 66km, 28km
3. A car goes round circular path of radius 14km at a constant speed of 22km/hr.
Find the distance and displacement on the car at the end of 5hrs.
a) 110km, 110km b) 110km, 142 km c) 110km, 14km d) 110km, 28km
4. A car moving with a constant speed of 10m/s covers two rounds of a circular
track in 10s. Find the radius of circular track.
a) 25/ m b) /25 m c) 50/ m d) /50 m
5. A boy travels with a speed v1 for first half of the journey time and with a speed
v2 for the next half of journey time. Find the average speed of the boy.
2v v vv v1 + v2
a) v1 + v2 b) v +1 v2 c) v 1+ 2v d)
1 2 1 2 2

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6. A boy travels with a speed v1 for first half of the journey distance and with a
speed v2 for the next half of journey distance. Find the average speed of the boy.
v1 + v2 2v v vv
a) v1 + v2 b) c) v +1 v2 d) v 1+ 2v
2 1 2 1 2

7. A car travels from station A to B at 30kmph and then back to A at 70kmph. Find
the average speed and average velocity of the car.
a) 35kmph, 35kmph b) 42kmph, zero c) 42kmph, 42kmph d) 35kmph, zero
8. A man travels with a speed 30kmph for first half of the journey time and with a speed of
70kmph for the next half of the journey time. Find the average speed of the man.
a) 50kmph b) 100kmph c) 42kmph d) zero
9. Find the ratio of distance to displacement when a car completes 3.5 rounds of a
circular track of radius 100m
a) 22:7 b) 11:7 c) 1:11 d) 11:1
10. A car travels a speed of 120kmph for 1 hr and halts for ½ hour and then resumes
the journey with speed of 100kmph for the next 1 ½ hour. Find the average
speed.
a) 110kmph b) 108kmph c) 90kmph d) 220/3 kmph
11. A boy travels with speeds v1, v2 & v3 for three successive time intervals which are
in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. Find the average speed.
a) (v1+2v2+3v3)/4 b) (v1+v2+2v3)/4 c) (v1+2v2+2v3) d) (v1+v2+v3)/3
12. A boy travels with speeds v1, v2 & v3 for three successive time intervals which are
in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. Find the average speed.
a) (v1+2v2+3v3)/6 b) (v1+v2+v3)/6 c) (v1+2v2+3v3) d) (v1+v2+v3)/3
13. A car travels from station A to station B at 30kmph during its return trip to A, it
travels at 30kmph for first half distance and at 70kmph for next half distance.
Find the average speed of the car. Find also its average velocity.
a) 40kmph, zero b) 40kmph, 40kmph c) 35kmph, 35kmph d) 35kmph, zero
14. A car travels from station A to station B at 30kmph during return trip to A, it
travels at 30kmph for first half of journey time and at 70kmph for next half of
journey time. Find the average speed and average velocity of the car.
a) 40kmph, 40kmph b) 40kmph, zero c) 37.5kmph, zero d) 37.5kmph, 37.5kmph
15. A car travels with speed v1 for the first half of the journey distance, during the
second half of the journey distance it travelled with a speed of v2 for half of the
time and with a speed of v3 for remaining journey time. Find the average speed.
v1 (v2 + v3 ) 2v1 (v2 + v3 ) 2v1 (v2 + v3 ) v1 (v2 + v3 )
a) b) c) d)
v1 + v2 + v3 2v1 + v2 + v3 v1 + v2 + v3 2v1 + v2 + v3
16. A car travels with speed v1 for the first half of the journey time, during the
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distance and with a speed of v3 for remaining journey distance. Find the average
speed.
v1 (v2 + v3 ) + 2v2v3 v1 (v2 + v3 ) + v2 v3 v1 (v2 + v3 ) + 2v2 v3 v1 (v2 + v3 ) + v2 v3
a) b) c) d)
2(v2 + v3 ) 2(v2 + v3 ) (v2 + v3 ) (v2 + v3 )
17. The length of a hill slope is 200m. A boy starts at the foot of the hill at 10:00 AM.
After travelling for one hour, he relaxes for half an hour and finally reaches the
hill top at 2:00 P.M. He takes rest for an hour. He resumes journey at 3:00 P.M
and reaches the foot of the hill at 4:00 P.M. Find the average speed(kmph) for
i) upward journey ii) downward journey.
a) 50, 200 b) 0.5, 2 c) 0.5, 0.2 d) 0.05, 0.2
A B
18. A body moving along a circular path of radius 21m describes an
60
angle of 60 at the centre of the circle while moving from A to B.
Find the distance and displacement of the body.
a) 22m, 22m b) 44m, 22m c) 22m, 21m d) 44m, 42m
19. A body moving along a circular path of radius 21m describes an angle
of 120 at the centre of the circle while moving from A to B. Find the B
distance and displacement of the body. 120
A
a) 44m, 21m b) 44m, 21 3m c) 22m, 21 3m d) 42m, 21m

20. A car goes round a circular path A-B-C-D-A the speed of

B C
the car while it is taking on the different sections AB, BC,
CD and DA are v, 2v, 4v & 4v respectively. Find the 60 60
average speed of the car. A D

a) 2.4v b) 4.8v c) 3.6v d) 1.2v

Acceleration:
The rate of change of velocity is known as acceleration.
Velocity (vector) is associated with direction and magnitude.
There will be change in the velocity if either one or both of these change.
Example1: Body moving in a straight path with constant speed.
Direction is constant, Magnitude is constant
� Velocity is constant hence Acceleration is zero.
Example2: Body moving in a straight path with varying speed.
Direction is constant,
Magnitude changes � Velocity changes and hence Acceleration is non-
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Example3: Body moving in a curved path with constant speed.

Magnitude is constant;
Direction changes � Velocity changes and hence Acceleration is non-zero.
Example4: Body moving in a curved path with varying speed.
Direction changes, Magnitude changes
� Velocity changes hence Acceleration is non-zero.
‘Acceleration is the rate of change of speed when the body moves along a straight path.’
[Speed = magnitude of velocity]
Consider a body moving along a straight line whose velocity changes uniformly
from u to v in time t.
Initial velocity = u
Final velocity = v
Time = t
v u
By definition, Acceleration =
t
v u
a
t
v  u + at
Deceleration/Negative acceleration/Retardation:
When a body is moving with decreasing speed then it is said to be retarding or decelerating.
Displacement covered by a body:
Consider a body whose velocity changes from ‘u’ to ‘v’ in time‘t’ because of uniform
acceleration ‘a’. Let ‘S’ be the displacement travelled in this time.
u+v
Displacement  V avg  t S t
2

Equations Of Motion of a body moving with uniform acceleration:

v  u + at ………………. (1)
u+v
S t
2 .…………...…. (2)
Substituting v  u + at in Equation (2), we get

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u + u + at
S  t
2
1
S  ut + at 2
2 ………………. (2a)
Substituting u  v  at in Equation (2), we get
v  at + v
S  t
2
1
S  vt  at 2
2
………………. (2b)
vu
t
Substituting a in Equation (2), we get
u+ v vu
S 
2 a

v 2 u 2
S
2a
v 2  u 2  2aS ………………….
(2c)

v  u + at
u+v
S t
2
A Quick Glance Of S  ut +
1
at 2
Equations Of Motion 2
1
S  vt  at 2
2
v 2  u 2  2aS

v  u + at EXERCISE - 3 Level A
1. The speed of a body moving along a straight path changes 5m/s to 10m/s in 5s.
Find the acceleration of the body.
a) 0.5m/s2 b) 1m/s2 c) 1.5m/s2 d) 2m/s2
2. The speed of a body moving along a straight path decreases from 10m/s to
5m/s in 2s. Find the deceleration.
a) 1.5m/s2 b) 2m/s2 c) 2.5m/s2 d) 3.5m/s2
3. A vehicle is moving on a straight level road with a constant speed 10m/s. Due to
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a) 8m/s2 b) 6m/s2 c) 4m/s2 d) 2m/s2

4. A vehicle is moving on a straight road with a speed 10m/s comes to rest in 3s.
Find the deceleration.
a) 10/3 m/s2 b) 5/3 m/s2 c) 20/3 m/s2 d) 25/3 m/s2
5. The velocity of a car changes from 7 m/s to 19 m/s in 3s. If the car is uniformly
accelerated, find the acceleration of the car.
a) 2m/s2 b) 4m/s2 c) 6m/s2 d) 8m/s2
6. Two racing cars acquire velocities 18 kmph and 36 kmph in 0.5s. If they are
accelerated uniformly from rest, find their accelerations.
a) 18m/s2, 36m/s2 b) 36m/s2, 72m/s2 c) 10m/s2, 20m/s2 d) 15m/s2, 30m/s2
7. Find the acceleration (m/s2) of Cheetah if it acquires the velocity of 135 kmph
with in 2s after the start.
a) 25/4 b) 35/4 c) 55/4 d) 75/4
8. An Ostrich can acquire a velocity of 144 kmph in 2 s while a Leopard can acquire a
velocity of 108 kmph in 3 s. Find the ratio of their accelerations.
a) 2:1 b) 2:3 c) 4:1 d) 4:3
9. A car moving with a velocity of 30 m/s is subjected to uniform retardation of
3m/s2. The time taken by the car to come to rest is ______
a) 5 s b) 10 s c) 15 s d) 20 s
10. A bus is moving with a constant speed of 75 kmph. The driver observes the red
signal and applies the brakes. If the speed of the bus reduces uniformly to 21
kmph in 3s find the retardation produced in the bus.
a) 3m/s2 b) 4m/s2 c) 5m/s2 d) 6m/s2
11. Ref Q.10, find the further time taken by the bus to come to rest.
a) 6/7 s b) 11/6 s c) 5/6 s d) 7/6 s
12. A cyclist who starts from the top of a hill accelerates uniformly with 0.5 m/s 2 to
reach the foot with a velocity of 54 kmph. He reaches the foot of the hill in ____
s.
a) 30 s b) 20 s c) 10 s d) 15 s
13. Refer Q.12; find the velocities of the cyclist at the end of 5 s
a) 1.5m/s b) 2.5m/s c) 3m/s d) 5m/s
14. Refer Q.12; find the ratio of velocities of cyclist at the end of the 21sts and 7th s.
a) 3:2 b) 1:3 c) 3:1 d) 2:3
15. Refer Q.12; find the ratio of velocities of cyclist 6 s after the start to that of 6 s
before reaching the foot of the hill.
a) 1:1 b) 1:2 c) 1:3 d) 1:4
u+v
S t
2 Exercise - 4
Level A

# When a body moves with constant velocity then displacement = velocity X time
# When a body moves with non-uniform velocity then Displacement = average velocity X time
1. The speed of a body which is moving with constant acceleration changes from
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a) 50m b) 100m c) 150m d) 200m

2. A body moving with acceleration covers a displacement of 5m in 2s. Find the
velocity after 2s if its initial velocity is 1m/s.
a) 2m/s b) 3m/s c) 4m/s d) 5m/s
3. A uniformly accelerated car is found to possess the velocities 12.5 m/s and 135
kmph at two different places in its path. If the car takes 10 min to travel between
these places, find the distance between them.
a) 25km b) 30km c) 5km d) 15km
4. A cyclist moving with an initial velocity of 4 m/s is uniformly accelerated at 3
m/s2. Find the distance travelled by the cyclist in 6s.
a) 78m b) 58m c) 38m d) 98m
5. A racing car starts from rest & moves with constant acceleration. If it crosses the end
point of 1st Lap after 160 min, with a velocity of 180 kmph then find length of the
Lap.
a) 120km b) 240km c) 360km d) 480km
6. An express train starts from one station. After 40 min it crosses a small station
which is at a distance of 30 km. Find the velocity of train (in m/s) when it crosses
the station. (Assume the train accelerates uniformly and has no scheduled halt at the small
station)
a) 90m/s b) 45m/s c) 25m/s d) 50m/s
7. The brakes of an automobile can produce a constant deceleration 2m/s 2. After
application of brakes the vehicle comes to rest in 9s. Find the stopping distance.
a) 27m b) 45m c) 63m d) 81m
8. The brakes of an automobile can produce a constant deceleration 3m/s 2. Find the
maximum distance travelled after application of brakes if it comes to rest in 6s.
a) 54m b) 45m c) 36m d) 27m
9. A particle having a velocity of 4 m/s is accelerated at the rate of 1.2 m/s 2 for 7 s.
Find the distance travelled during the period of acceleration.
a) 87.4m b) 57.4m c) 37.4m d) 27.4m
10. A person travelling at 43.2 kmph applies brakes giving a deceleration of 4 m/s 2
to his car. Find the distance travelled by the car before it comes to rest.

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a) 12m b) 16m c) 18m d) 20m

11. Due to application of brakes which produce a uniform deceleration of 4 m/s 2 a
car comes to rest in 50m. The initial speed of the car is ________.
a) 5m/s b) 10m/s c) 15m/s d) 20m/s

12. A bullet moving at 35m/s penetrates 2.8m in a wooden plank and comes to rest.
Assuming uniform retardation, find the time of penetration of the bullet.
a) 0.16 s b) 1.6 s c) 0.08 s d) 0.8 s

13. From the top of our school building a boy drops a marble. It falls on a heap of
sand and comes to rest after travelling a distance of 135 cm in 0.15 s. Find the
velocity of marble at the time of striking the sand heap.
a) 15m/s b) 18m/s c) 12m/s d) 21m/s
14. A uniformly accelerated bus passes over a straight bridge of length 4.2 km. With
what velocity should the bus enter the bridge in order to leave the bridge with a
velocity of 29 m/s in 4 min?
a) 2m/s b) 4m/s c) 6m/s d) 8m/s
15. A car travelling at 15m/s comes to rest due to application of brakes that produce
a deceleration of 5 m/s2. The stopping distance is ___________.
a) 1.5m b) 45m c) 13.5m d) 22.5m

EXERCISE - 5 Level B
1. Two friends started from same point with same constant acceleration of 5m/s 2
Second one starts journey 5s later. Find the time taken by 1 st one such that he is
100m ahead of second one.
a) 3.5 s b) 6.5 s c) 7.5 s d) 8.5 s

2. Two cars started off the race with accelerations 3m/s 2 and 8 m/s2.Find the time
after which the separation between them is 36 km.
a) 20 s b) 10 s c) 60 s d) 120 s

3. Two bikes started with velocity 6m/s, 3 m/s and are accelerated uniformly in
the ratio 1:2. If after 7s the second car is 77m ahead of the 1 st car, find the
acceleration of the two cars.
a) 2m/s2, 4m/s2 b) 3m/s2, 6m/s2 c) 4m/s2, 8m/s2 d) 5m/s2, 10m/s2

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4. A person is moving on a bike along a straight line AB. When he just passes A,
accelerates his bike uniformly at 1m/s 2 to reach B. He arrives at B with a speed
of 108 kmph after 20s. The length AB is ___________.
a) 300m b) 400m c) 500m d) 700m

5. A bus moving with uniform acceleration of 2m/s 2 passes a signal post with
speed 5m/s when a car accelerating at 4m/s 2 overtakes it. The velocity of the car
is found to be 50m/s after 10s. The distance of separation between them after 10s
is _____.
a) 150m b) 75m c) 250m d) 300m

6. A bullet is fired into wood. The bullet penetrates for 7s to come to rest. Find the
distance travelled by the bullet in the wood if the retardation offered by the
wood is 0.4m/s2.
a) 2.8m b) 6.8m c) 5.6m d) 9.8m
7. A bike starts from I check post and is accelerated uniformly. It crosses the V
check post which is at a distance of 220 km, with 120 kmph. If the bike takes
same time interval to travel from one check post to the next, find the time
interval (minute).
a) 110 b) 132 c) 55 d) 85
8. REF Q.7 Find acceleration (km/hr ) of the bike.
2

a) 360 /11 b) 50 /11 c) 240 /11 d) 100 /11

9. REF Q.7: Find the velocities (kmph) of the bike at 2nd, 3rd and 4th check posts.

a) 20, 40 & 80 b) 25, 60 & 95 c) 30, 60 & 90 d) 40,80 &100

10. REF Q.7: Find the distance between successive check posts.
45 135 225 345 55 165 275 385
a) km, km, km & km b) km, km, km & km c)
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

35 175 245 385 25 175 275 325

km, km, km & km d) km, km, km & km
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
11. A uniformly accelerated bike passes through a series of check posts I, II, III, IV&
V. The distance between I and V check posts is 360 km. The bike crosses the
check posts at the successive time intervals which are in the ratio 1: 2: 3: 4. If the
velocity of the bike at I and V check posts are 12 kmph and 132 kmph
respectively then find the time taken by the bike to travel from I to V check post.
a) 5hr b) 10hr c) 2.5hr d) 7.5hr
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a) 24kmph, 36kmph, 48kmph b) 36kmph, 72kmph, 120kmph

c) 36kmph, 60kmph, 84kmph d) 24kmph, 48kmph, 84kmph
13. Ref Q.11: Find the distance between successive check posts.
a) 5km, 45km, 75km, 235km b) 9km, 36km, 99km, 216km
c) 8km, 32km, 80km, 240km d) 12km, 36km, 96km, 216km
14. A deer is running at constant speed. It watches a lion and increases its speed by
5 m/s per each second. If after watching the lion it travels 400 m in 10 s, find its
velocity before it watches the lion.
a) 25m/s b) 10m/s c) 65m/s d) 15m/s
15. Ref Q.14: The deer running at that speed (speed after 10 s) observes a hunter and
accelerates. It covers 240 m in 3 s. Find the acceleration of the deer.
a) 10m/s2 b) 5m/s2 c) 2.5m/s2 d) 7.5m/s2
16. A tram car enters a long tunnel of length of 8.64 km. If the ratio of the velocities
of tram at the entrance and exit are in the ratio of 5:1 then find the velocities of
the tram at the entrance and the exit if it takes 20/3 min to travel from entrance
to exit. (Assume the tram moves with uniform retardation)
a) 3.6m/s, 0.72m/s b) 36m/s, 7.2m/s c) 18m/s, 3.6m/s d) 45m/s, 9m/s
17. The seconds hand of a clock is 14 cm long. The average speed of the tip of the
seconds hand in 15s is ____________ cm/s
22 11 11 28
a) b) c) d)
15 15 30 30
18. A bus is moving along a straight road with uniform acceleration. P and Q are
two marks on the road. The bus crosses the mark Q with a velocity 17/7 times
the velocity of bus at the mark P. If the velocity of the bus at the midway of PQ is
26m/s, find the velocities of the bus at P and Q.
a) 7 m/s, 17 m/s b) 17 m/s, 7 m/s c) 14 m/s, 34 m/s d) 34 m/s, 14 m/s
Distance travelled during nth second:
Let a body moves with constant acceleration ‘a’ along a straight line.
Let ‘u’ be the initial velocity of the body
Then the distance travelled in nth second is Sn.
Sn = Vavg during nth second X time
u + a ( n  1) + u + a ( n)
Sn  1 s
2

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2u + a ( 2n  1)
Sn 
2
1
S n  u + a(n  )
2
Alternative Proof:
Let S(n) be the distance travelled in ‘n’ seconds.
1
S (n)  u n + an 2
2 ;

Let S(n-1) be the distance travelled in ‘n-1’seconds.

1
S ( n 1)  u ( n  1) + a (n  1) 2
2 ;

S n  S ( n )  S ( n 1)
then ;

 1   1 
S n  u n + an 2   u ( n  1) + a (n  1) 2 
 2   2 ;

1
S n  u + a(n  )
2 .

EXERCISE - 6
1. A body starts from rest and moves with an acceleration of 2m/s 2. Find the
distance travelled by the body in 5th second.
a) 9m b) 2.5m c) 4.5m d) 25m
2. A car starts from rest and moves with an acceleration of 6 m/s 2. Find the
distance travelled by the body in 12th second.
a) 432m b) 43.2m c) 6.9m d) 69m
3. A car which is accelerated at 4 m/s 2 has a velocity of 10m/s when it crosses a
lamp post. Find the distance travelled by the car in 8 th s after crossing the lamp
post.
a) 400m b) 112m c) 30m d) 40m
4. A bus having an initial velocity 3m/s is accelerated at 6m/s2. Find the distance
travelled by the bus in 5th s after crossing the lamp post.
a) 27m b) 22m c) 30m d) 40m
5. A body has started from rest and is accelerated uniformly. The distance covered
by the body in first 3s is equal to the distance travelled by it in the last second.
Find the time of journey of the body.
a) 2.5s b) 5s c) 3s d) 4.5s

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6. A body has started from rest and is accelerated at 4m/s 2. The distance covered
by the body in first 7s is equal to the distance travelled by it in the last second.
Find the total distance travelled by the body.
a) 500m b) 1250m c) 625m d) 750m
7. A particle starts from rest and is accelerated uniformly. Find the ratio of the
distances travelled by it in 3rd s and 5th s.
a) 3:5 b) 5:3 c) 5:9 d) 9:25
8. A car starts from rest and is accelerated uniformly. Find the ratio of the
distances travelled by it in 8th s and 5th s.
a) 3:5 b) 5:3 c) 5:8 d) 64:25
9. A body starts from rest and is accelerated uniformly. Find the ratio of the
distances travelled by it in first, second and third second.
a) 3:2:1 b) 1:2:3 c) 1:3:5 d) 1:4:9
10. A body starts from rest and is accelerated uniformly. Find the ratio of the
distances travelled by it in first, third and fifth second.
a) 1:5:9 b) 1:2:3 c) 1:3:5 d) 1:4:9

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KEY

Exercise 1
1. d 2. c 3. b 4. c
5. d 6. c 7. b 8. a

Exercise 2
1. d 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. d
6. c 7. b 8. a 9. d 10. c
11. b 12. a 13. d 14. c 15. b
16. a 17. d 18. c 19. b 20. a

Exercise 3

1. b 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. b
6. c 7. d 8. a 9. b 10. c
11. d 12. a 13. b 14. c 15. d

Exercise 4

1. a 2. c 3. d 4. a 5. b
6. c 7. d 8. a 9. b 10. c
11. d 12. a 13. b 14. c 15. d

Exercise 5

1. b 2. d 3. c 4. b 5. a
6. d 7. c 8. a 9. c 10. b
11. a 12. d 13. b 14. d 15. a
16. b 17. a 18. c
Exercise 6

1. a 2. d 3. d 4. c 5. b
6. b 7. c 8. b 9. c 10. a

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BODIES MOVING UNDER GRAVITY

l) When a body falls freely,the acceleration it possesses due to

gravitational attraction is called acceleration due to gravity (g). g
= 9.8 ms–2 or 980 cm sec–2. g is positive when the body falls
vertically and negative when the body rises vertically. The
acceleration due to gravity is a vector quantity directed vertically
downwards towards the centre of the earth. So its component along an inclined
plane making an angle  with the horizontal is g sin  and its horizontal
component is zero.

BODY DROPPED FREELY AND VERTICALLY FROM A HEIGHT (h)

Initial velocity u = 0.
1) Velocity on reaching the ground, v = 2gh

2h
2) Time to reach the ground =
g

 1
3) Distance it falls in last second = g  n  
 2
1 2
4) Distance it falls in t seconds from the point from which it is dropped = gt
2
If however the body is thrown down with an initial velocity u, it reaches the
ground with a velocity .
5) Distances travelled in 1st second, 2nd second, 3rd second …… etc., or in
successive equal intervals of time are in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5 : …
6) Distances travelled in 1second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds …… etc., are in the ratio 1 2 :
22 : 32 : ……
7) In the problems of freely falling bodies
2h v
a) If 't' is given v = gt b) If 'h' is given t = c) If 'v' is given t =
g g

1 v2
h= gt2 v= 2gh h=
2 2g

8) In the case of a freely falling body the graph between

time and velocity of the body is straight line passing
through origin. The slope of the graph gives 'g'. ( i.e.
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BODY PROJECTED VERTICALLY UP WITH VELOCITY (u)

Velocity at the highest point is zero. But acceleration at that point is g, downward.
u2
1) Greatest height reached =
2g
u
2) Time taken to reach the highest point =
g
2u
3) Total time of flight = since time of ascent is equal to the time of descent.
g

4) Velocity v at any height from the point of projection v2 – u2 = – 2gh (or)

v2 = u2 – 2 gh.
5) The body reaches the ground again with a velocity u.

PROJECTION OF A BODY FROM A TOWER

If it is projected up with a velocity u from the
1 2
top of tower of height h, then – h = ut – gt ,
2
where t is the time in which it reaches the
ground.
Maximum height reached by the body h =
u2
2g
1 2
Since gt – ut – h = 0
2
u u 2 + 2gh
t= Only the positive sign must be taken.
g
The body reaches the ground with a velocity = u 2 + 2gh
This theory is applicable to a stone dropped from a raising body like a balloon. To
know the position of the stone after a time t, displacement of the stone S = ut –
1 2
gt
2
1) if t < u/g, the stone is moving up.
u
2) if t = , the stone reaches the maximum height.
g
u 2u
3) if t > but t < , it moves down.
g g
2u
4) if t = , the body crosses the horizontal plane passing through the point of
g
projection (or) it reaches the height from which it is projected.
2u
5) if t > the stone is falling below the top of the tower. Thus its displacement
g
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EXERCISE
1. A body is allowed to fall freely. The ratio of its displacements in 1 st , 2nd and 3rd
seconds is
a) 1:2:3 b) 1:4:9 c) 1:3:5 d) 1:9:25
2. A body is allowed to fall freely. The ratio of its displacements in 1 , 2 and 3
seconds is
a) 1:2:3 b) 1:4:9 c) 1:3:5 d) 1:9:25
3. A body is allowed to fall freely. After 2 seconds another body is also dropped
freely. The relative velocity of first body with respect to second body is
g
a) g b) c) 2g d) zero
2
4. A body dropped freely from certain height reaches the ground in ‘t’ seconds.
The average velocity during its fall is
a) ½ gt b) gt c) 2gt d) gt2
5. A body is dropped freely from a height h. The average velocity during its free
fall is
gh
a) 2 gh b) gh c) d) zero
2
6. A body is dropped freely from a height h. It crosses a point P in its path, which
3h
is at a height of from the ground in t 1seconds and from there it reached the
4
ground t2 seconds. Then t1 : t2 is
a) 1:1 b) 1:3 c) 1:4 d) 3:4
7. The distance travelled by a freely falling body in the first three seconds is equal
to the distance travelled in the last second of its free fall. The time of its free fall
is
a) 3 sec b) 4 sec c) 5 sec d) 6 sec
8. The sum of the distances travelled by a freely falling body in 1 st , 3rd and 5th
seconds is equal to the distance travelled in the last second of its free fall. The
time of its free fall is
a) 2 sec b) 4 sec c) 6 sec d) 8 sec
9. The distance travelled by a freely falling body in the last second of its free fall is
7 th
of total displacement. The time of its free fall is
16
a) 2 sec b) 4 sec c) 5 sec d) 6 sec
10. The distance travelled by a freely falling body in the last second of its free fall is
equal to half of the total displacement. The time of its free fall is
a) 2 sec b) 2 2 sec c) (2+ 2 ) sec d) (2 - 2 ) sec
11. A freely falling body traveles a distance x in the n second and y in the next
th

second. Then,
x+ y
a) x + y = g b) x. y =g c) y – x = g d) =g
2
12. A body dropped freely from certain height reaches the ground in ‘t’ seconds.
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t t 3t t
a) b) c) d)
2 4 4 2
13. A freely falling body acquires a velocity ‘v’ in falling through a height h. The
distance it has to fall further for its velocity to be doubled is
a) h b) 2h c) 3h d) 4h
14. A body dropped freely from certain height reaches the ground in 3 seconds. The
3 3
ratio of the distances travelled by it in the last second and last but one
4 4
second is
a) 3:5 b) 5:7 c) 1:1 d) 1:2
15. A freely falling body acquires a velocity ‘v’ when it falls through a height ‘h’.
The velocity acquired by it in falling further distance h is
v
a) 2v b) c) 2v d) 4v
2
16. The ratio of the distance travelled by a freely falling body in the last second of its
motion and that in the last but one second of its motion are in the ratio of 3:2.
The total time taken by the body to reach the ground is
a) 5 sec b) 1 sec c) 2.5 sec d) 3.5 sec
17. For a freely falling body, if the velocity acquired is numerically equal to the
displacement suffered, the velocity acquired by the body is
a) g b) 2g c) 3g d) g/2
18. Two bodies are dropped freely from two points separated by a distance of 10m,
one vertically below the other. After 10 sec of free fall, the distance of their
separation is,
a) 10 m b) 40 m c) 20 m d) 20 2 m
19. A body is dropped freely. After 2 seconds another body is dropped from the
same height. The distance of separation between them after 10 more seconds
is(g=10ms-2)
a) 140 m b) 100 m c) 220 m d) 110 m
20. A body dropped from certain height travels 36% of total distance in the last
second of its free fall. Then the time of its free fall is
a) 3.6 sec b) 2 sec c) 4 sec d) 5 sec

21. Ratio of the distances covered by a freely falling body in the last second and last
but one second of its fall is 4:1. The time of its free fall is
11
a) sec b) 3 sec c) 2 sec d) 4 sec
6
22. A body is allowed to fall from a height of 100 m. After 2 seconds if acceleration
due to gravity vanishes, the total time of its fall is (g = 10 ms -2)
a) 2 sec b) 4 sec c) 6 sec d) 10 sec
23. A splash is heard 5.35 seconds after a stone is dropped into a well 122.5 m deep.
The velocity of sound in air is
a) 300 ms-1 b) 350 ms-1 c) 330 ms-1 d) 425 ms-1
24. A stone is dropped into water from a bridge 44.1 m above the water. Another
stone is thrown vertically downward 1 second later. Both strike the water
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a) 12.25 ms-1 b) 24.5 ms-1 c) 49 ms-1 d) 10 ms-1

25. A stone is dropped from the top of a 20m high tower. One second later another
stone is thrown downwards from the top. Both the stones reach the ground
simultaneously. The initial speed of the second stone is, (g =10 ms -2)
a) 10 ms-1 b) 15 ms-1 c) 30 ms-1 d) 60 ms-1
26. The path described by a freely falling body in the last second of its motion and
that in the last but one second of its motion are in the ratio of 3:2. The total time
taken by the body to reach the ground is
a) 1.5 sec b) 2.5 sec c) 3.5 sec d) 4.5 sec
27. A body is allowed to fall from a tower 320 m high. When the ball reaches half the
way acceleration due to gravity suddenly disappears. The velocity of the body
after two seconds is (g = 10 ms-2)
a) 80 ms-1 b) 100 ms-1 c) 60 ms-1 d) 56 ms-1
28. A parachutist drops freely from an aeroplane for 10 sec and then the parachute
opens out. Then he descends with a net retardation of 12 ms -2. If he strikes the
ground with a velocity of 20 ms -1, then the height at which he gets out of the
plane is , (g = 10 ms-2)
a) 400 m b) 500 m c) 900 m d) 1300 m
29. A parachutist drops freely from an aeroplane for 10 seconds before the
parachute opens out. Then he descends with a net retardation of 2.5 ms -2. If he
bails out of the plane at a height of 2495 m and g = 10 ms -2, the velocity on
reaching the ground will be
a) 5 ms-1 b) 10 ms-1 c) 15 ms-1 d) 20 ms-1
30. A freely falling particle falling from a tower of height h covers a distance h/2 in
the last second of its motion. The height of the tower is nearly (g = 10 ms -2)
a) 45 m b) 50 m c) 55 m d) 58 m
31. A stone is dropped into a well 44.1 m deep. After how much time the sound will
be heard if the velocity of sound is 330 ms-1 is,
a) 1.56 sec b) 3.13 sec c) 6.26 sec d) 6 sec
32. A ball is dropped from a bridge 122.5 above a river. After the ball has been
falling for 2 seconds a second ball is thrown straight down after it. If both hit the
water at the same time, the initial velocity of the second ball is
a) 9.8 ms-1 b) 26.1 ms-1 c) 49 ms-1 d) 55.5 ms-1
33. One body is dropped while a second body is thrown downward with an initial
velocity of 1 ms-1 simultaneously. The separation between these is 18 metre after
a time
a) 4.5 sec b) 9 sec c) 18 sec d) 36 sec
34. A stone is dropped from a height of 10 cm above the top of a window of 80 cm
high (top to bottom of the window). Then time taken by the stone to cross from
the top to bottom of the window is
1 2 3 4
a) sec b) sec c) sec d) sec
7 7 7 7
35. A stone is dropped from the top of a multistored building. If it crosses 2 floors in
the first second of its free fall the no.of floors it can cross in 4th second of fall is
a) 7 b) 4 c) 2 d) 14

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36. The average velocity of freely falling body is 7 ms -1. Then it is released from a
height of
a) 5m b) 10 m c) 15 m d) 20 m
37. A body is falling freely from the top of a tower. The distances traveled during
the 3rd and 1st second of its travel will be in the ratio
1) 3 : 1 2) 1 : 3 3) 5 : 1 4) 1 : 5
38. One body is dropped while a second body is thrown downward with an initial
velocity of 1 m/s simultaneously from the same height. The separation between
them is 18m after a time
1) 18s 2) 9s 3) 4.5s 4) 36s
39. A body dropped from a height reaches the ground in 4sec. The time taken by it
to travel half of the distance after staring is
1) 2s 2) 3s 3) 2 2 s 4) 2.5 s
40. A freely falling body covers 7/16 of the total distance during the last second of
the journey. The time of the journey is
1) 4s 2) 3.5s 3) 2s 4) 4.5s
41. A body falling for 2s covers a distance ‘s’, which is equal to that covered in next
1 sec. If g = 10 m/s2, the distance ‘s’ is
1) 30m 2) 10m 3) 60m 4) 20m
42. A body is projected vertically down from the top of the tower. If it travels a
distance 30m in the first second, the velocity of projection is
1) 34.0 m/s 2) 25.1 m/s 3) 30 m/s 4) zero

BODIES MOVING UNDER GRAVITY – VERTICALLY PROJECTED BODY :

43. An object is thrown vertically up with velocity ‘u’ reaches maximum height in
time ‘t’. The average velocity during this time is
1) u/2 2) 2u/g 3) u/g 4) u2/4g
44. On a planet, a stone thrown vertically up with velocity 10 m/s returns to he
ground in 4 second. Acceleration due to gravity on the planet is
1) 20 m/s2 2) 10 m/s2 3) 5 m/s2 4) 40 m/s2
45. A body thrown vertically up with some velocity reaches a maximum height of
100m. If another body of twice the mass of the former is thrown with twice the
velocity, the maximum height reached is
1) 400m 2) 200m 3) 100m 4) 25m
46. A stone thrown up with a velocity of 40 m/s from the surface of a planet comes
back to the surface after 20sec. Time taken by the same stone to reach the planet
when allowed to fall from a height of 50m is
1) 5 sec 2) 10 sec 3) 20 sec 4) 0.8sec
47. A body thrown vertically up reaches a maximum height in 2s. If all the forces
are taken it into consideration the total time of flight is
1) 4s 2) < 4s 3) > 4s 4) 2s

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48. A stone thrown vertically up reaches a height of 10m. If the velocity of

projection is trebled, the maximum height reached is
1) 90m 2) 30m 3) 20m 4) 45m
49. A ball is thrown up with a velocity 9.8 m/s. After 1 second another ball is
thrown up with a velocity of 19.6 m/s. What will be the distance between them
1 sec after the second ball is thrown?
1) 4.9m 2) 9.8 m 3) 14.7 m 4) 19.6m
50. A magician projects balls vertically upwards with one second interval. If he
throws the second ball after the first one has reached the maximum height, the
maximum height is
1) 4.9m 2) 9.8m 3) 14.7m 4) 19.6m
51. A stone projected up vertically with a velocity 19.6m/s reaches certain height in
its path at 1 sec. After how many more seconds it reaches the ground ?
1) 1 sec 2) 2 sec 3) 3 sec 4) 4 sec
52. The horizontal and vertical component of initial velocity are equal when the
angle of projection is
1) 30o 2) 45o 3) 15o 4) 60o
53. A gun fires a shell with a muzzle speed of 98 m/s to reach the maximum
horizontal range. If the shell strikes at a distance of 900m, the decrease in range
due to air resistance is
1) 980m 2) 80m 3) 900m 4) 10m
54. A bomber traveling horizontally with uniform velocity drops a bomb from it.
The path of the bomb as seen by the pilot is
1) Horizontal 2) Vertically downwards
3) Parabola 4) none

55. A body is projected vertically up with u. Its velocity at half its maximum height
is
u u2 u
a) b) c) 2u d)
2 2 2
56. The velocity of a body moving vertically up is 49ms -1 at half the maximum
height. The height to which it could further rise is
a) 245m b) 122.5m c) 61.25m d) none
57. A body is projected vertically up with velocity 98ms . After 2s if the acceleration due to
-1

gravity of earth disappears, the velocity of the body at the end of next 3s is
a) 49ms-1 b) 49.6 ms-1 c) 78.4 ms-1 d) 94.7 ms-1

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58. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower of height 490m. Simultaneously
another stone is projected up vertically with velocity 100ms-1 from the ground.
The tow stones meet after a time.
a) 4.9s b) 9.8s c) 10s d) they cannot meet in air
59. A body is thrown up on a planet with velocity 24ms-1 from the ground. If it
returns to the ground after 4s, the acceleration due to gravity on the planet is
a) 6 ms-2 b) 12 ms-2 c) 10ms-2 d) 8 ms-2
60. A body projected up reaches a point A in its path at the end of 4th second and
reaches the ground after 5seconds from the start. The height of A above the
ground is
a) 19.6m b) 30.6m c) 11m d) 20m
61. A stone is projected vertically up from the ground with velocity 40ms-1. The
interval of time between the two instants at which the stone is at a height of 60m
above the ground is (g = 10ms-2)
a) 4s b) 6s c) 8s d) 12s
62. A body is thrown vertically up with certain velocity. If h is the maximum height
reached by it, its position when its velocity reduces to 1/3 of its velocity of
projection is at
a) 8h/9 from the ground b) 8h/9 from the top most point
c) 4h/9 from the ground d) h/3 from the top most point
63. The distance traveled 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 traveled by the body during last second of its
upward journey is
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64. A hydrogen ballon released on the moon from a height will

a) move up with acceleration 9.8ms-2 b) move down with acceleration 9.8ms-2
c) move down with acceleration 9.8/6 ms-2 d) neither move up
nor move down
65. A stone is thrown vertically up from a bridge with velocity 3ms-1. If it strikes the
water under the bridge after 2s, the bridge is at a height of (g = 10ms-2)
a) 26m b) 14m c) 7m d) 20m
66. A splash is heard 3.12s after a stone is dropped into a well 45m deep. The speed
of sound in air is [g = 10ms-2]
a) 330 ms-1 b) 375ms-1 c) 340 ms-1 d) 346 ms-1
67. At the maximum height of a body thrown vertically up
a) velocity is not zero but acceleration is zero
b) acceleration is not zero but velocity is zero
c) both acceleration and velocity are zero
d) both acceleration and velocity are not zero.
68. 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 simultaneously, v is equal to ( g = 10ms-2)
a) 30 ms-1 b) 15ms-1 c) 20ms-1 d) 10 ms-1
69. A body thrown vertically up with velocity u reaches the maximum height h after
T seconds. Which of the following statements is true?
a) At a height h/2 from the ground its velocity is u/2
b) At a time T its velocity is u c) At a time 2T its velocity is u
d) none of the above.
70. Two bodies with masses in the ratio 1 : 2 are thrown vertically up with velocities
in the ratio 2 : 1. The maximum heights reached by them will be in the ratio
1) 1 : 1 2) 4 : 1 3) 1 : 4 4) 2 : 1
71. Two bodies projected vertically up reach maximum heights ‘a’ and ‘b’. Their
velocities of projection will be in the ratio
1) a2 : b2 2) b : a c) a : b d) a : b
72. A body is projected upwards with a velocity ‘u’. At the same time another body
is dropped from a height equal to the maximum height reached by the first
body. They meet after
u 2u u2 u3
1) 2) 3) 4)
2g g 2g 2g
73. A body is dropped from a high tower and simultaneously another is projected
up with a speed of 19.6 m/s from the base. Two seconds later they meet. The
height of the tower is
1) 19.6m 2) 89.9m 3) 39.2m 4) unknown
74. A body is thrown vertically up from the top of a tower with a velocity of 2 m/s.
Its velocity after two seconds
1) 17.6 m/s 2) 21.6 m/s 3) 20.6 m/s 4) 23.6 m/s
75. A body is thrown vertically up with a velocity of 8m / s from the top of a tower
20m high. The ratio between this velocity and the velocity with which it touches
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1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 3 3) 1 : 5 2 4) 1 : 3
76. A body is released from the top of a tower of height ‘h’ metres. It takes ‘t’
seconds to reach the ground. The height of the ball above the ground at time t/2
seconds is
h h h 3h
1) m 2) m 3) m 4) m
2 4 3 4
77. A stone is projected vertically upwards from the foot of a tower with an initial
velocity 2u. On reaching the top its final velocity is found to be half of its initial
velocity. The height of tower is
u 3u 2 u2 9u 2
1) 2) 3) 4)
2 2g 4g 2g
78. A packet is dropped from a balloon rising up with uniform velocity 9.8ms -1. If
the balloon is at a height of 39.2m from the ground at the time of dropping the
stone, the stone reaches the ground after.
a) 2s b) 6s c) 4s d) 8s
79. A food packet is dropped from a helicopter rising up with uniform velocity of
5ms-1. After 2s its velocity is
a) 19.6 ms-1 downward b) 14.6 ms-1 down ward
c) 14.6 ms-1 up ward d) 5 ms-1 up ward
80. In the above problem the distance of separation between helicopter and packet
2s after dropping it is
a) 9.6m b) 0.4m c) 19.6m d) 29.6m

KEY

1) C 2) B 3) C 4) A 5) C 6) A 7) C 8) D 9) B 10) D
11) C 12) D 13) C 14) B 15) C 16) D 17) B 18) A 19) C 20) D
21) A 22) C 23) B 24) A 25) B 26) C 27) D 28) C 29) A 30) D
31) B 32) B 33) C 34) B 35) D 36) B 37) 3 38) 1 39) 3 40) 1
41) 1 42) 2 43) 1 44) 3 45) 1 46) 1 47) 2 48) 1 49) 4 50) 2
51) 3 52) 2 53) 2 54) 2 55) B 56) A 57) C 58) A 59) B 60) A
61) A 62) A 63) D 64) C 65) B 66) B 67) B 68) B 69) C 70) 2
71) D 72) 1 73) 3 74) 1 75) 3 76) 4 77) 2 78) C 79) B 80) C

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