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EXERCISE-I
Part-I
(Single Correct type Questions)
Section-A
Rectilinear Motion
1. The position coordinate of a particle that is confined to move along a straight line is given by
x =2t3 – 24t + 6 where x is measured from a convenient origin and t is in seconds. Determine the
distance travelled by the particle during the interval from t = 1 sec to t = 4 sec.
(A) 70 m (B) 64 m (C) 74m (D) 78m
2. A particle moves along a horizontal path, such that its velocity is given by v = (3t2 – 6t) m/s, where
t is the time in seconds. If it is initially located at the origin O, determine the particle’s average
velocity and average speed during the time interval t = 0 to t = 3.5 seconds.
(A) 2.75 m/s, 3.01 m/s (B) 1.75 m/s, 4.03 m/s
(C) 1.25 m/s, 2.03 m/s (D) 1.75 m/s, 5.0 m/s
3. A car is moving with 20 ms–1 from west to east and takes left turn in 5 sec without changing its
speed. Find average acceleration of the car during this period of 5 sec.
(A) 4 2 ms −2 N − E (B) 4 2 ms −2 N − W
(C) 4 ms–2 N – E (D) Zero
4. Velocity time graph of a particle in straight line motion is in shape of a semicircle of radius R as
shown in figure. Its average acceleration from t = 0 to t =R is:
(A) 0m/s2 (B) 1m/s2 (C) Rm/s2 (D) 2Rm/s2

5. The velocity of an object moving rectilinearly is given as a function of time by v = 4t – 3t2, where v
is in m/s and t is in seconds. The average velocity of particle between t = 0 to t = 2 seconds is:
(A) 0 (B) –2m/s (C) –4m/s (D) None of these
6. A hall has the dimensions 10 m × 10 m × 10 m. A fly starting at one corner ends up at a farthest
corner. The magnitude of its displacement is:
(A) 5 3 m (B) 10 3 m (C) 20 3 m (D) 30 3 m
7. A car travels from A to B at a speed of 20 km h–1 and returns at a speed of 30 km h–1. The average
speed of the car for the whole journey is :
(A) 5 km h–1 (B) 24 km h–1 (C) 25 km h–1 (D) 50 km h–1
8. A person travelling on a straight line without changing direction moves with a uniform speed v1 for
half distance and next half distance he covers with uniform speed v2. The average speed v is given
by
2v1v 2 v + v2 1 1 1
(A) v = (B) v = v1v 2 (C) 1 (D) = +
v1 + v 2 2 v v1 v 2
1 1
9. A body covers first part of its journey with a velocity of 2 m/s, next part with a velocity of 3m/s
3 3
and rest of the journey with a velocity 6m/s. The average velocity of the body will be
11 8 4
(A) 3 m/s (B) m/s (C) m / s (D) m / s
3 3 3
10. A particle starts from the origin with a velocity 10 m/s and moves with a constant acceleration till
the velocity increases to 50 m/s. At that instant, the acceleration is suddenly reversed. What will be
the velocity of the particle, when it returns to the starting point?
(A) zero (B) 10 m/s (C) 50m/s (D) 70m/s
11. A body P starts from rest with an acceleration a1. After 2 seconds, another body Q starts from rest
with an acceleration a2 from the same point. If they travel equal distances in the fifth second after
starting of the motion of the P, then the ratio a1 : a2 is equal to
(A) 5 : 9 (B) 5 : 7 (C) 9 : 5 (D) 9 : 7
12. A train moving at 30m/s reduces its speed to 10m/s due to breaking in a distance of 240 m. Now the
1
braking force is increased by 12 %. Find the stopping distance in the new situation if the train is
2
moving with the same initial speed 30m/s.
(A) 120m (B) 240m (C) 360 m (D) 420m
13. A particle starts from rest with uniform acceleration a. Its velocity after n seconds is v. The
displacement of the particle in the last two seconds is :
2v(n − 1) v(n − 1) v(n + 1) 2v(2n + 1)
(A) (B) (C) (D)
n n n n
14. A stone is dropped from the top of a tower. When it crosses a point 5 m below the top, another
stone is let fall from a point 25 m below the top. Both stones reach the bottom of the tower
simultaneously. Find the height of the tower.
(A) 25 m (B) 35m (C) 45m (D) 55m
15. A particle is dropped from the top of a tower of height h and at the same moment, another particle is
projected upward from the bottom. They meet when the upper one has descended one third of the
height of the tower. Find the ratio of their velocities when they meet and the initial velocity of the
tower.
(A) 1 : 1 (B) 2 : 1 (C) 3 : 1 (D) 4 : 1
16. Two balls are projected simultaneously with the same speed from the top of a tower, one vertically
upwards and the other vertically downwards. They reach the ground in 9s and 4s, respectively. The
height of the tower is (g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 90m (B) 180m (C) 270 m (D) 360m
17. A person throws vertically up n balls per second with the same velocity. He throws a ball whenever
the previous one is at its highest point. The height to which the balls rise is:
(A) g/n2 (B) 2gn (C) g/2n2 (D) 2gn2
18. The acceleration of gravity can be measured by projecting a body upward and measuring the time
that it takes to pass two given lines in both directions (upward motion & downward motion). If the
time the body takes to pass a horizontal line A in both direction (from A1 to A2) is TA, and the time
to go by a second line B in both directions is (from B1 to B2) TB, then assuming that the acceleration
due to gravity to be constant, its value is
8h 8h 8h 8hTA TB
(A) (B) (C) (D)
TA2 − TB2 TA2 + TB2 TA2 TB2 TA2 TB2
19. A body starts from origin and moves along x axis such that at any instant velocity is vt = 4t3 – 2t
where t is in second and vt is in m/s/ Find the acceleration of the particle (in m/s2) when it is 2m
from the origin
(A) 11 (B) 22 (C) 25 (D) 33
20. A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The ball takes 0.5 s to fall past the 3 m height of a
window some distance from the top of the building. If the speed of the ball at the top and at the
bottom of the window are vT and vB respectively, then (g = 9.8 m/sec2)
V
(A) vT + vB = 12 ms–1 (B) vT – vB = 4.9 ms–1 (C) vBvT = 1 ms–1 (D) B = 1ms −1
VT
21. A student determined to test the law of gravity for himself walks off a sky scraper 320 m high with
a stopwatch in hand and starts his free fall (zero initial velocity). 5 second later, superman arrives at
the scene and dives off the roof to save the student. What must be superman's initial velocity in
order that he catches the student just before reaching the ground ? [Assume that the superman's
acceleration is that of any freely falling body.] (g = 10 m/s2)
275 187
(A) 98 m/s (B) m/s (C) ,m / s (D) it is not possible
3 2
22. In the above question 21, what must be the maximum height of the skyscraper so that even
superman cannot save him
(A) 65 m (B) 85 m (C) 125 m (D) 145 m
23. A street car start to move rectilinearly from station A to the next stop B with an acceleration varying
according to the law a = α – βx where α and β are positive constant and x is its distance from station
A. The distance AB is then equal to
(A) 2α/β (B) α/β (C) α/2β (D) 2α
dv 3
24. A particle is moving with a speed of 2m/s is decelerated at a rate given by = where v is the
dt v
instantaneous speed. The time taken by the particle to come at rest is.
2 2 2 2 4 3 4 2
(A) sec. (B) sec. (C) sec. (D) sec.
9 3 9 9
25. The figure shows the v–t graph of a particle moving in straight line. Find the time when particle
returns to the starting point.
(A) 30 sec (B) 36.2 sec (C) 38 sec (D) 40.2 sec
26. Two particles A and B starts from the same point and move in the positive x-direction. Their
velocity time relationships are shown in the following figures. What is the maximum separation
between them during the time interval shown?
(A) 1.00m (B) 1.25m (C) 1.50 m (D) 2.00m

27. A particle starts from rest with constant acceleration a and it is then decelerated with a constant
value b till it is brought to rest. If the total time taken between these two rest positions is t. What is
the maximum speed acquired by the particle?
a+b t  ab  a+b
(A) t (B) (a − b) (C)   t (D)  t
2 2 a+b  ab 
28. A tiger running 100 m race, accelerates for one third time of the total time and then moves with
uniform speed. Then the total time taken by the tiger to run 100mif the acceleration of the tiger is
8m/s2 is:
(A) 3 5 s (B) 15 s (C) 12 s (D) 9 s
29. From the velocity-time plot shown in figure, find the distance travelled by the particle during the
first 40 seconds. Also find the average velocity during this period.
(A) 200m, 2 (B) 100 m, zero (C) 50m, zero (D) 300 m, 4
30. The velocity-time graph of the particle moving along a straight line is shown. The rate of
acceleration and deceleration is constant and it is equal to 5 ms–2. If the average velocity during the
motion is 20 ms–1, then find the value of t.
(A) 2s (B) 3s (C) 5s (D) 6s
31. A train travels in 3 minutes a distance of 3.15 Km from rest at one station to rest at another station.
It is uniformly accelerated for the Ist 30 seconds and uniformly retarded for the last 15 seconds, the
speed being constant for the remaining time. Find the maximum velocity and retardation. Use v-t
graph to solve the problem.
(A) 10 m/s, 2.33 m/s2 (B) 25 m/s, 2.33 m/s2 (C) 20 m/s, 1.33 m/s2 (D) 10 m/s, 1.33 m/s2

Section-B
Projectile Motion
1. A particle moves along the parabolic path y = ax2 in such a way that the x component of the
velocity remains constant, say c. The acceleration of the particle is
(A) ac kˆ (B) 2ac 2 ˆj (C) ac 2 ˆj (D) a 2c ˆj
2. The speed at the maximum height of a projectile is half of its initial speed u. Its range on the
horizontal plane is:
2u 2 3u 2 u2 u2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
3g 2g 3g 2g
3. The velocity of projection of a projectile is (6 î + 8 ˆj ) ms–1. The horizontal range of the projectile is
(g = 10 m/sec2)
(A) 4.9 m (B) 9.6 m (C) 19.6 m (D) 14 m
4. A particle is projected from the ground at an angle 60° with horizontal that speed u = 20 m/s. Find
the radius of curvature of the path of the particle, when its velocity makes an angle of 30° with
horizontal. (g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 14.39 m (B) 13.30 m (C) 15.39 m (D) 12.25 m
5. Two particles are fired from the same point, which speeds 100 m/s and 100 m/s, and firing angles
with horizontal = 60° and 120° respectively. The time after which their velocity vectors becomes
perpendicular to each other, is
(A) 5s (B) 5( 3 − 1)s (C) 5 3 s (D) 5 3 / 2s
6. A ball is thrown with a velocity of 7 2 m/s at an angle of 45° with the horizontal. It just clears two
vertical poles of height 90 cm each. Find the separation between the poles.
(Take g = 9.8 m/s2)
(A) 6m (B) 8m (C) 10 m (D) None of these
7. If at any point, the velocity of a particle is u and is directed at an angle α to the horizontal, then it
will be moving at right angles to its initial direction after time
u u 2u 2u
(A) cot  (B) cos ec (C) cos ec (D) cot 
g g g g
8. A rifle with a muzzle velocity of 100 m/s shoots a bullet at a small target 30 m away in the same
horizontal line. How high above the target must the gun be aimed so that the bullet will hit the
target ?
(A) 25 cm (B) 45 cm (C) 35 cm (D) 55 cm

9. An object is projected so that it must clear two obstacles each 7.5 m high which are situated 50 m
from each other. If the time of passing between the obstacles is 2.5 sec, calculate the complete range
of projection and the initial velocity of the projection. (g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 60 m (B) 70 m (C) 80 m (D) 90 m
10. The trajectory of a projectile in a vertical plane is y = ax – bx2, where a and b are constant and x and
y are respectively horizontal and vertical distance of the projectile from the point of projection. The
maximum height attained by the particle and the angle of projection from the horizontal are:
b2 −1 a2 −1 a2 −1 2a 2
(A) , tan (b) (B) , tan (2a) (C) , tan (a) (D) , tan −1 (a)
2a b 4b b
11. From a point on the ground at a distance x from the foot of a vertical wall, a ball is thrown at an
angle α which just clears the top of the wall and afterwards strikes the ground at a distance y on the
other side. Find the height of the wall.
xy tan  xy cot  xy tan 
(A) h = (B) h = (C) h = (D) None of these
x−y x+y x+y
12. A ball is projected from a certain point on the surface of a planet at a certain angle with the
horizontal surface. The horizontal and vertical displacement x and y varies with time t in second as:
x = 10 3 t and y = 10t – t2
The maximum height attained by the ball is
(A) 100 m (B) 75 m (C) 50 m (D) 25 m
13. A block slides off a horizontal table top 1 m high with a speed of 3 m/s. Find the horizontal distance
from the edge of the table at which the block strikes the floor and vertical components of its
velocity when it reaches the floor.
(Take g = 9.8 m/s2)
3 10 2 10
(A) m, −2.1 10 m / s (B) m, −1.4 10 m / s
7 7
3 10 3 10
(C) m, −1.4 5 m / s (D) m, −1.4 10 m / s
7 7
14. 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.
(A) 3 ms–1 (B) 5 ms–1 (C) 9 ms–1 (D) 12 ms–1

15. A food packet is dropped from the plane moving horizontally with velocity 50 ms–1 and at a height
of 500m. Find the angle with horizontal which the velocity vector makes at the time when it reaches
the ground. Neglect air resistance.
(A) tan–1 (–2) (B) tan–1 (1/2) (C) –45° (D) 53°
16. A bomber plane moving at a horizontal speed of 20 m/s releases a bomb at a height of 80 m above
ground as shown. At the same instant a Hunter of negligible height starts running from a point
below it, to catch the bomb with speed 10 m/s. After two seconds he realized that he cannot make it,
he stops running and immediately holds his gun and fires in such direction so that just before bomb
hits the ground, bullet will hit it. What should be the firing speed of bullet. (Take g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 10 m/s (B) 20 10 m / s 2 (C) 10 10 m / s (D) None of these
17. A particle is projected at an angle α with the horizontal from the foot of the plane, whose inclination
to the horizontal is β. For which condition it will strike the plane at right angles.
(A) tan α = 2 cot(α – β) (B) tan β = cot(α – β)
(C) cot α = 2 tan(α – β) (D) cot β = 2 tan(α – β)
18. A shot is fired at angle α to the horizontal up an hill of inclination β to the horizontal. For which
condition it strikes the hill horizontally
(A) tan α = 2 tan β (B) cot α = 2 tan β (C) 2tan α = tan β (D) tan α = tan β
19. On an inclined plane inclined at an angle of 30° to the horizontal, a ball is thrown upwards with a
velocity of 10m/s, at an angle of 60° to the inclined plane. Its range on the inclined plane is:
(A) 10 m (B) 5 3 m (C) 0 m (D) 10 3 m
20. A projectile is thrown from a platform at a height 10 m above the ground with velocity of
20 m/sec. At what angle should the projectile be thrown to reach the farthest point from O, which is
vertically below the point from which it is thrown. [g = 10 m/s2]
(A) tan
−1
(
32 ) (B) tan
−1
(
23 )
(C) tan
−1
( 1 3) (D) tan
−1
( 2 5)

21. A plane surface is inclined making an angle θ with the horizontal. From the bottom of this inclined
plane, a bullet is fired with velocity v. The maximum possible range of the bullet on the inclined
plane is
v2 v2 v2 v2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
g g(1 + sin ) g(1 − sin ) g(1 + cos )
22. A ball is horizontally projected with a speed v from the top of a plane inclined at an angle 45º with
the horizontal. How far from the point of projection will the ball strike the plane?
v2 2v 2 2v 2  2 2v 2 
(A) (B) (C) (D)  
g g g  g 
23. A particle is projected at angle 37° with the incline plane in upward direction with speed 10 m/s.
The angle of incline plane is given 53°. Then the maximum distance from the incline plane attained
by the particle will be -
(A) 3m (B) 4 m (C) 5 m (D) zero
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Section-C
Relative Motion
1. Two particles A and B start moving simultaneously along the line joining them in the same
direction with accelerations of 1 m/s2 and 2 m/s2 and speeds 3 m/s and 1 m/s respectively. Initially
A is 10 m behind B. What is the minimum distance between them ?
(A) 6m (B) 8m (C) 10m (D) 4m
2. An elevator without a ceiling is ascending with a constant speed of 6 m/s. A boy on the elevator
throws a ball directly upward, from a height of 2.0 m above the elevator floor. At this time the
elevator floor is 30 m above the ground. The initial speed of the ball with respect to the elevator is
9 m/s. (Take g = 10 m/s2)
(a) What maximum height above the ground does the ball reach ?
(b) How long does the ball take to return to the elevator floor ?
(A) a = 40.25 m; b = 3s (B) a = 43.25 m; b = 2s

(C) a = 33.25 m; b = 6s (D) a = 23.25 m; b = 3s
3. A police inspector in a jeep is chasing a pickpocket on a straight road. The jeep is going at its
maximum speed v (assumed uniform). The pickpocket rides on the motorcycle of a waiting friend
when the jeep is at a distance d away, and the motorcycle starts with a constant acceleration a.
Which condition will satisfy pickpocket to be caught
(A) v = 2ad (B) v  2ad (C) v  2ad (D) v  2ad
4. A police jeep is chasing a culprit going on a motorbike. The motorbike crosses a turning at a speed
of 72 km/h. The jeep follows it at a speed of 90 km/h, crossing the turning ten seconds later than the
bike. Assuming that they travel at constant speeds, how far from the turning will the jeep catch up
with the bike ?
(A) 1.0 km (B) 2.0 km (C) 1.5 km (D) 3.0 km
5. A body is thrown up in a lift with a velocity u relative to the lift and the time of flight is found to be
‘t’. The acceleration with which the lift is moving up is :
u − gt 2u − gt u + gt 2u + gt
(A) (B) (C) (D)
t t t t
6. A coin is released inside a lift at a height of 2 m from the floor of the lift. The height of the lift is 10
m. The lift is moving with an acceleration of 11 m/s2 downwards. The time after which the coin will
strike with the lift is :
4 2
(A) 4 s (B) 2 s (C) s (D) s
21 11

7. An aeroplane is flying vertically upwards with a uniform speed of 500 m/s. When it is at a height of
1000 m above the ground a shot is fired at it with a speed of 700 m/s from a point directly below it.
The minimum uniform acceleration of the aeroplane now so that it may escape from being hit ?
(g = 10 m/s2)
(A) 10 m/s2 (B) 8 m/s2 (C) 12 m/s2 (D) None of these
8. A stone is thrown upwards from a tower with a velocity 50 ms–1. Another stone is simultaneously
thrown downwards from the same location with a velocity 50 ms–1. When the first stone is at the
highest point, the relative velocity of the second stone with respect to the first stone is (assume that
second stone has not yet reached the ground):
(A) Zero (B) 50 ms–1 (C) 100 ms–1 (D) 150 ms–1
9. Two trains A and B which are 100 km apart are travelling towards each other on different tracks
with each having initial speed of 50 km/h. The train A accelerates at 20 km/h2 and the train B
retards at the rate 20 km/h2. The distance covered by the train A when they cross each other is :
(A) 45 km (B) 55 km (C) 65 km (D) 60 km
10. A jet airplane travelling from east to west at a speed of 500 km h–1 eject out gases of combustion at
a speed of 1500 km h–1 with respect to the jet plane. What is the velocity of the gases with respect to
an observer on the ground ?
(A) 1000 km h–1 in the direction west to east (B) 1000 km h–1 in the direction east to west
(C) 2000 km h–1 in the direction west to east (D) 2000 km h–1 in the direction east to west
11. Two bodies were thrown simultaneously from the same point: one, straight up, and the other, at an
angle of  = 30° to the horizontal. The initial velocity of each body is equal to v0 = 25 m /sec.
Neglecting the air drag, find the distance between the bodies t = 1 sec later.
(A) l = 45 m (B) l = 35 m (C) l = 15 m (D) l = 25 m
12. A body A is dropped from a height h above the ground. At the same time another body B at a
horizontal distance d from the projection of A from the ground is fired at an angle  to the
horizontal. If the two collide at the highest point of the trajectory of B the angle of projection is
given by
A

B d C
(A)  = tan–1   h h h
d
(B)  = sin–1   (C)  = tan–1   (D)  = cos–1  
h d d d

13. In the figure shown, the two projectiles are fired simultaneously. What should be the initial speed of
the left side projectile for the two projectiles to hit in mid-air?
u
20m/s
60° 45°
10m
(A) 10 × 1 2 m/s (B) 20 × 2 3 m/s (C) 20 × 4 3 m/s (D) 10 × 3 2 m/s
14. Body A is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 40 m/s. At what height was the body B,
which when thrown with a horizontal velocity of 8 m/s at the same time the body A was thrown,
collided with it in its flight. The horizontal distance between the initial positions of A and B is 8 m.
Also find the time of flight of each body before the collision.
(A) 20m, 4 sec (B) 40m, 1sec (C) 20m, 1sec (D) 40m, 2 sec
15. Two particles A and B are projected simultaneously from a fixed point on the ground. Particle A is
projected on a smooth horizontal surface with speed v, while particle B is projected in air with
2v
speed . If particle B hits the particle A, the angle of projection of B with the vertical is
3
(A) 30° (B) 60° (C) 45° (D) both A & B
16. A hunter tries to hunt a monkey with a small, very poisonous arrow, blown from a pipe with initial
speed v0. The monkey is hanging on a branch of a tree at height H above the ground. The hunger is
at a distance L from the bottom of the tree. The monkey sees the arrow leaving the blow pipe and
immediately loses the grip on the tree, falling freely down with zero initial velocity. The minimum
initial speed v0 of the arrow for hunter to succeed while monkey is in air:
g ( H 2 + L2 ) gH 2 g ( H 2 + L2 ) 2gH 2
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2H H 2 + L2 H H 2 + L2
17. Two persons P and Q start from points A and B respectively as shown in figure. P and Q have speed
v = 12 m/s in shown directions towards point O. when the distance between P and Q is 120m, then
Q increases its speed to 15 m/s. Then find out who will reach the point O first.
(A) P (B) Q
(C) both P and Q reaches simultaneously (D) Data is insufficient
18. For four particles A, B, C and D the velocities of one with respect to other are given as V DC is
20 m/s towards north, V BC is 20 m/s towards east and V BA is 20 m/s towards south. Then V DA is
(A) 20 m/s towards north (B) 20 m/s towards south
(C) 20 m/s towards east (D) 20 m/s towards west
19. Two particles are moving along two long straight lines, in the same plane, with the same
speed = 20 cm/s. The angle between the two lines is 60°, and their intersection point is O. At a
certain moment, the two particles are located at distances 3m and 4m from O, and are moving
towards O. Find the shortest distance between them subsequently?
(A) 40 3 cm (B) 50 3 cm (C) 10 3 cm (D) 60 3 cm
20. For two particles A and B, given that rA = 2iˆ + 3j,

ˆ r = 6iˆ + 7ˆj, v = 3iˆ − ˆj and v = xiˆ − 5jˆ . What is
B A B
the value of x if they collide.
(A) 1 (B) – 1 (C) 2 (D) –2
21. Two particles A and B move with velocities v1 and v2 respectively along the x & y axis. The initial
separation between them is ‘ d ‘ as shown in the figure. Find the least distance between them during
their motion.
d.v12 d.v 22 d.v1 d.v 2

(A) (B) (C) (D)
v12 + v 22 v12 + v 22 v12 + v 22 v12 + v 22
22. A person can swim in still water with speed = 5 km/hr. He enters a 200m wide river at a point A on
one of the banks. The river flow velocity is uniform and equal to 6 km/hr. A point B is located
directly across A, on the other bank. What is the closest possible distance from B where the
swimmer can land on the other bank?
(A) 120 m (B) 40 11 m (C) 30 10 m (D) None of these
23. A man can swim in still water at a speed of 5 km/hr. He wants to cross a river 6 km wide, flowing at
the rate of 4 km/hr. If he heads in a direction making an angle of 127° with stream direction, then he
will reach a point on the other bank (approx)
(A) up stream at a distance of 1.5 km (B) downstream at a distance of 1.5 km
(C) directly on the other side of the bank (D) never reach the other bank

24. A swimmer crosses a flowing stream of breadth b to and fro in time T1. The time taken to cover the
same distance up and down the stream is T2. If T3 is the time the swimmer would take to swim a
distance 2b in still water, then
(A) T3 = T1+T2 (B) T12 = T2T3 (C) T22 = T1T3 (D) T32 = T1T2
25. A river is flowing from west to east at a speed of 5m/min. A man on the south bank of the river,
capable of swimming at 10m/min in still water, wants to swim across the river in the shortest time.
He should swim in a direction
(A) due north (B) 30° east of north (C) 30°west of north (D) 60° east of north
26. A swimmer crosses the river along the line making an angle of 45º with the direction of flow.
Velocity of the river water is 5 m/s. Swimmer takes 6 seconds to cross the river of width 60 m. If
the velocity of the swimmer with respect to water is 5 n m/s, then find n.
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 9
27. A boat is moving towards east with velocity 4m/s with respect to still water and river is flowing
towards north with velocity 2m/s and the wind is blowing towards north with velocity 6m/s. The
direction of the flag blown over by the wind hoisted on the boat is:
(A) north-west (B) south-east (C) tan–1(1/2) with east (D) north
28. To man running at a speed of 5m/sec, the rain drops appear to be falling at an angle of 45° from the
vertical. If the rain drops are actually falling vertically downwards, then velocity in m/sec is
(A) 5 (B) 5 3 (C) 5 2 (D) 4
29. Raindrops are falling vertically with a velocity of 10m/s. To a cyclist moving on a straight road the
raindrops appear to be coming with a velocity of 20m/s. The velocity of cyclist is
(A) 10m/s (B) 10 3 m/s (C) 20m/s (D) 20 3 m/s
30. A man who is wearing a hat of extended length of 12 cm is running in rain falling vertically
downwards with speed 10 m/s. The maximum speed with which man can run, so that rain drops do
not fall on his face (the length of his face below the extended part of the hat is 16 cm) will be:
(A) 15/2 m/s (B) 40/3 m/s (C) 10 m/s (D) zero
31. A glass wind screen whose inclination with the vertical can be changed is mounted on a car. The car
moves horizontally with a speed of 2m/s. At what angle α with the vertical should the wind screen
be placed so that the rain drops falling vertically downwards with velocity 6 m/s strike the wind
screen perpendicularly?
(A) tan–1(1) (B) tan–1(2) (C) tan–1(3) (D) tan–1(4)
32. Rain appears to be falling at an angle of 37° with vertical to the driver of a car moving with a
velocity of 7 m/ sec. When he increases the velocity of the car to 25 m/sec, the rain again appears to
fall at an angle 37° with vertical. If the actual velocity of rain relative to ground is 4n m/s then find
n.
(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20

33. During a rainy day, rain is falling vertically with a velocity 2m/s. A boy at rest starts his motion
with a constant acceleration of 2m/s2 along a straight road. If the rate at which the angle of the axis
of umbrella with vertical should be changed is 1/n at t = 5s so that the rain falls parallel to the axis
of the umbrella, then find n.
(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) 26 (D) 28
34. A man is moving downward on an inclined plane (θ = 37º) with constant velocity v0 and rain drops
appear to him moving in horizontal direction with velocity 2v0 towards him. If man increases his
n
velocity to 2v0, the velocity of rain drops as observed by man is v0 , then find n.
5
(A) 21 (B) 11 (C) 31 (D) 41
35. A flag on a bus is fluttering in north direction & wind is blowing in east direction. Then which of
the following will be true
(A) bus is moving in south direction.
(B) bus is moving in north east direction.
(C) bus may be moving in any direction between south & east.
(D) bus may be moving in any direction between south & west.
36. Two aeroplanes fly from their respective positions 'A' and 'B' starting at the same time and reach the
point 'C' simultaneously when wind was not blowing. On a windy day they head towards 'C' but
both reach the point 'D' simultaneously in the same time which they took to reach 'C'. Then the wind
is blowing in
N
D W E
A S
C
B
(A) North-East direction
(B) North-West direction
(C) Direction making an angle 0 < θ < 90 with North towards East.
(D) North direction

Part-II
Previous Years JEE Main Questions (2018-2020)
1. All the graphs below are intended to represent the same motion. One of them does it incorrectly.
Pick it up.
(A) (B)
(C) (D)
[JEE Main 2018]
2. The velocity-time graphs of a car and scooter are shown in the figure.
(i) The difference between the distance travelled by the car and the scooter in 15 s and
(ii) the time at which the car will catch up with scooter are, respectively.
(A) 112.5 m and 15 s (B) 337.5 m and 25 s

(C) 222.5 m and 10 s (D) 112.5 m and 22.5 s
[JEE Main Online 2018]

3. An automobile, travelling at 40 km/h, can be stopped at a distance of 40 m by applying brakes. If
the same automobile is travelling at 80 km/h, the minimum stopping distance, in meters, is (assume
no skidding)
(A) 100 m (B) 75 m (C) 160 m (D) 150 m
4. A man in a car at location Q on a straight highway is moving with speed v. He decides to reach a
point P in a field at a distance d from the highway (point M) as shown in the figure. Speed of the car
in the field is half to that on the highway. What should be the distance RM, so that the time taken to
reach P is minimum ?
d d d
(A) (B) (C) (D) d
2 3 2
5. Let A = (iˆ + ˆj) and B = (2iˆ − ˆj) . The magnitude of a coplanar vector such that A.C = B.C = A.B, is
given by
20 5 9 10
(A) (B) (C) (D)
9 9 12 9
6. The position co-ordinates of a particle moving in a 3-D coordinate system is given by

x = a cos t
y = a sin t
and z = a t
The speed of the particle is :
(A) a (B) 3 a (C) 2 a (D) 2a
[JEE Main 2019]
7. In a car race on straight road, car A takes a time t less than car B at the finish and passes finishing
point with a speed 'v' more than that of car B. Both the cars start from rest and travel with constant
acceleration a1 and a2 respectively. Then 'v' is equal to
a + a2 2a1a 2
(A) 1 t (B) 2a1a 2 t (C) t (D) a1a 2 t
2 a1 + a 2
[JEE Main 2019]
8. Two guns A and B can fire bullets at speeds 1 km/s and 2 km/s respectively. From a point on a
horizontal ground, they are fired in all possible directions. The ratio of maximum areas covered by
the bullets fired by the two guns, on the ground is :
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 4 (C) 1 : 8 (D) 1 : 16
[JEE Main 2019]
9. A particle starts from the origin at time t = 0 and moves along the positive x-axis. The graph of
velocity with respect to time is shown in figure. What is the position of the particle at time t = 5s ?
(A) 6 m (B) 9 m (C) 3 m (D) 10 m

[JEE Main 2019]
10. A body is projected at t = 0 with a velocity 10 ms–1 at an angle of 600 with the horizontal. The
radius of curvature of its trajectory at t = 1s is R. Neglecting air resistance and taking acceleration
due to gravity g = 10 ms–2, the radius of R is:
(A) 10.3 m (B) 2.8 m (C) 2.5 m (D) 5.1 m
[JEE Main 2019]
11. A particle moves from the point ( 2.0i + 4.0 j) , at t = 0 with an initial velocity (5.0i + 4.0 j) ms-1. It is
acted upon by a constant force which produces a constant acceleration ( 4.0i + 4.0 j) ms–2. What is
the distance of the particle from the origin at time 2s?
(A) 15m (B) 202 m (C) 5m (D) 10 2 m
[JEE Main 2019]
12. A passenger train of length 60 m travels at a speed of 80 km/hr. Another freight train of length 120
m travels at a speed of 30 km/hr. 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:
(A) 11/5 (B) 5/2 (C) 3/2 (D) 25/11
[JEE Main 2019]
13. Ship A is sailing towards north-east with velocity  = 30iˆ + 50jˆ km / hr where î points east and ˆj
north. Ship B is at a distance of 80 km east and 150 km north of Ship A and is sailing towards west
at 10 km/hr. A will be at minimum distance from B in:
(A) 3.2 hr (B) 2.6 hr (C) 4.2 hr (D) 2.2 hr
[JEE Main 2019]

14. A particle starts from origin O from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration along the positive
x– axis. Identify all figures that correctly represent the motion qualitatively. (a = acceleration,
 = velocity, x = displacement, t = time)
(A) ABC (B) ABD (C) BC (D) A

[JEE Main 2019]
15. A ball is thrown vertically up (taken as +z-axis) from the ground. The correct momentum – height
(p-h) diagram is:
(A) (B) (C) (D)

[JEE Main 2019]
16. The stream of a river is flowing with a speed of 2 km/h. A swimmer can swim at a speed of 4 km/h.
What should be the direction of the swimmer with respect to the flow of the river to cross the river
straight?
(A) 150º (B) 60º (C) 90º (D) 120º
[JEE Main 2019]
17. The position vector of a particle changes with time according to the relation r(t) = 15t î + (4 − 20t )ˆj .
2 2
What is the magnitude of the acceleration at t = 1?

(A) 25 (B) 100 (C) 50 (D) 40
[JEE Main 2019]
18. The position of a particle as a function of time t, is given by x(t) = at + bt 2 – ct3 where a, b and c are
constants. When the particle attains zero acceleration, then its velocity will be:
b2 b2 b2 b2
(A) a + (B) a + (C) a + (D) a +
3c 2c c 4c
[JEE Main 2019]
19. A ball is thrown upward with an initial velocity V0 from the surface of the earth. the motion of the
ball is affected by a drag force equal to m V2 where m is mass of the ball v is its instaneous
velocity and  is a constant) . Time taken by the ball to rise to its zenith is:
1 −1    1 −1   
(A) sin  v 0 (B) ln  1 + v0 
g  g  g  g 
1    1  2 
(C) tan −1  v 0  (D) tan −1  v0 
g  g  2g  g 
[JEE Main 2019]
20. A bullet of mass 20 g has an initial speed of 1ms-1, just before it starts penetrating a mud wall of
thickness 20 cm. If the wall offers a mean resistance of 2.5 x 10–2 N , the speed of the bullet after
emerging from the other side of the wall is close to:
(A) 0.1 ms-1 (B) 0.4 ms-1 (C) 0.7 ms-1 (D) 0.3 ms-1
[JEE Main 2019]
21. A plane is inclined at an angle  = 30o with respect to the horizontal. A particle is projected with a
speed u=2m/s from the base of the plane, making an angle  = 15o with respect to the plane as
shown in the figure. The distance from the base, at which the particle hits the plane is close to
{take g = 10ms–2}
(A) 14cm (B) 26cm (C) 18cm (D) 20cm

[JEE Main 2019]
22. A shell is fired from a fixed artillery gun with an initial speed u such that it hits the target on the
ground at a distance R from it. If t1 and t2 are the values of the time taken by it to hit the target in
two possible ways, the product t1 t2 is
(A) R/2g (B) R/g (C) R/4g (D) 2R/g
[JEE Main 2019]
23. The trajectory of a projectile near the surface of the earth is given as y = 2x–9x2. If it were launched
at an angle 0 with speed 0 then (g = 10ms-2)
−1  1  5 −1 −1  2  5 −1
(A) 0 = cos   and 0 = 3 ms (B) 0 = cos   and 0 = 3 ms
 5  5
−1  2  5 −1 −1  1  5 −1
(C) 0 = sin   and 0 = 3 ms (D) 0 = sin   and 0 = 3 ms
 5  5
[JEE Main 2019]
24. A particle is moving along the x-axis with its coordinate with time t given by x(t) = 10 + 8t – 3t2.
Another particle is moving along the y-axis with its coordinate as a function of time given by
y(t) = 5 – 8t3. At t = 1s, the speed of the second particle as measured in the frame of the first particle
is given as v .Then v (in m/s) is
[JEE Main 2020]
1
25. A ball is dropped from the top of a 100 m high tower on a planet. In the last s before hitting the
2
ground, it covers a distance of 19 m. Acceleration due to gravity (in ms–2) near the surface on that
planet is ____
[JEE Main 2020]
26. The distance x covered by a particle in one dimensional motion varies with time t as
x2 = at2 + 2bt + c. If the acceleration of the particle depends on x as x–n, where n is an integer, the
value of n is …….
[JEE Main 2020]
27. A particles starts from the origin at t = 0 with an initial velocity of 3.0 î m/s and moves in the x-y
( )
plane with a constant acceleration 6.0iˆ + 4.0ˆj m/s2. The x-coordinate of the particle at the instant
when its y-coordinate is 32m is D meters. The value of D is:
(A) 50 (B) 40 (C) 32 (D) 60
[JEE Main 2020]

EXERCISE-II
Part-I
Section-A
(Single Correct type Questions)

1. A particle moves along a straight line and its position as function of time is given by
x = t3 – 3t2 + 3t + 3
then particle
(A) Stops at t = 1s and reverses its direction of motion
(B) Stops at t = 1s and continues further without change of direction
(C) Stops at t = 2s and reverses its direction of motion
(D) Sops at t = 2s and continues further without change of direction
2. An object is moving along the x axis with position as a function of time given by x = x(t). Point O is
at x = 0. The object is definitely moving toward O when
(A) dx/dt < 0 (B) dx/dt > 0 (C) d(x)2/dt < 0 (D) d(x2)/dt > 0
3. A particle starts moving rectilinearly at time t = 0 such that its velocity ‘v’ change with time ‘t’
according to the equation v = t2 – t where t is in seconds and v is in m/s. The time interval for which
the particle retards is
1 1
(A) t < 1/2 (B) < t < 1 (C) t > 1 (D) t < and t > 1
2 2
4. A body starts from the origin and moves along the X-axis such that the velocity at any instant is
given by (4t3 – 2t), where t is in second and velocity is in m/s. What is acceleration of the particle,
when it is at distance 2m from the origin.
(A) 28 m/s2 (B) 22 m/s2 (C) 12 m/s2 (D) 10 m/s2
5. In the one-dimensional motion of a particle, the relation between position x and time t is given by
x2 + 2x = t (here x > 0). Choose the correct statement:
1
(A) The retardation of the particle is
4(x + 1)3
1
(B) The uniform acceleration of the particle is
(x + 1)3
1
(C) The uniform velocity of the particle is
(x + 1)3
(D) The particle has a variable acceleration of 4t + 6.

6. A man moves in x-y plane along the path shown. At what point is his average velocity vector in the
same direction as his instantaneous velocity vector. The man starts from point P.
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D
7. Position-time graph is shown which is a semicircle from t = 2 to t = 8 sec. Find time t at which the
instantaneous velocity, is equal to average velocity over first t seconds
(A) 4.8 sec (B) 3.2 sec (C) 2.4 sec (D) 5 sec
8. A particle is projected vertically upwards form a point A on the ground. It takes t1 time to reach a
point B but it still continues to move up. If it takes further t2 time to reach the ground from point B
then height of point B from the ground is
1 1 1
(A) g(t1 + t2)2 (B) g t1 t2 (C) g(t1 + t2)2 (D) g t1 t2
2 8 2
9. The greatest acceleration or deceleration that a train may have is a. The minimum time in which the
train may reach from one station to the other separated by a distance d is
d 2d 1 d d
(A) (B) (C) (D) 2
a a 2 a a
10. Acceleration versus velocity graph of a particle moving in a straight line starting from rest is as
shown in figure. The corresponding velocity-time graph would be
(A) (B) (C) (D)

11. A balloon is moving upwards with velocity 10 ms–1. It releases a stone which comes down to the
ground in 11 s. The height of the balloon from the ground at the moment when the stone was
dropped is :
(A) 495 m (B) 592 m (C) 460 m (D) 500 m
12. Water drops fall at regular intervals from a tap which is 5m above the ground. The third drop is
leaving the tap at the instant the first drop touches the ground. How far above the ground is the
second drop at that instant (Take g = 1ms–2)
5 5 15
(A) m (B) 4 m (C) m (D) m
4 2 4
13. A particle moves in space such that

x = 2t3 + 3t + 4;
y = t2 + 4t – 1;
z = 2 sin t
Where x, y, z are measured in meter and t in second. The acceleration of the particle at t = 3s is
(A) 36iˆ + 2ˆj + kˆ ms–2 (B) 36iˆ + 2jˆ + kˆ ms–2 (C) 36iˆ + 2ˆj ms–2 (D) 12iˆ + 2ˆj ms–2
14. The coordinates of a moving particle at any time ‘t’ are given by x = t3 and y = t3. The speed of
the particle at time ‘t’ is given by
(A) t2  +   2 + 2 (C) 3t  +  (D) 3t2  + 
2 2 2 2 2 2
(B)
15. A projectile is fired with a speed u at an angle  with the horizontal. Its speed when its direction of
motion makes an angle ‘’ with the horizontal is
(A) u sec cos (B) u sec sind (C) u cos sec (D) u sin sec
16. 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
(A) 2u (B) u (C) 2u (D) u
g g g g
17. Ar particle is projected from a horizontal plane (x-z plane) such that its velocity at time is given by
V = aiˆ + ( b − ct ) ˆj. Its rang eon the horizontal plane is given by
ba 2ba 3ba
(A) (B) (C) (D) None
c c c
r
18. A particle moves on the xy-plane such that its position vector is given by r = 2t î − t ˆj. The
2 3
equation of trajectory of the particle is given by

4/3 3/2
2  3x  x
(A) 3x + 16y = 0 (B)   + 4y = 0 (C)   + y = 0 (D) None of these
 2  2

19. A ball is projected from top of a tower with a velocity of 5m/s at an angle of 53° to horizontal. Its
speed when it is at a height of 0.45 m from the point of projection is:
(A) 2 m/s (B) 3 m/s (C) 4 m/s (D) data insufficient
20. Find time of flight of projectile thrown horizontally with speed 10 ms–1 from a long inclined plane
which makes an angle of  = 45° with the horizontal.
(A) 2 sec (B) 2 2 sec (C) sec (D) None
21. A stone projected at an angle of 60° from the ground level strikes at an angle of 30° on the roof of a
building of heath ‘h’. then the speed of projection of the stone is :
(A) 2gh (B) 6gh (C) 3gh (D) gh
22. A particle at a height 'h' from the ground is projected with an angle 30° from the horizontal, it
strikes the ground making angle 45° with horizontal. It is again projected from the same point at
height h with the same speed but with an angle of 60° with horizontal. Find the angle it makes with
the horizontal when it strikes the ground :
(A) tan–1 (4) (B) tan–1 (5) (C) tan–1 ( 5 ) (D) tan–1 ( 3 )
23. A ball is thrown eastward across level ground. A wind blows horizontally to the east, and assume
that the effect of wind is to provide a constant force towards the east, equal in magnitude to the
weight of the ball. The angle θ (with horizontal east) at which the ball should be projected so that it
travels maximum horizontal distance is
(A) 45° (B) 37° (C) 53° (D) 67.5°
24. A swimmer swims in still water at a speed = 5 km/hr. He enters a 200 m wide river, having river
flow speed = 4km/hr at point A and proceeds to swim at an angle of 127° with the river flow
direction. Another point B is located directly across A on the other side. The swimmer lands on the
other bank at a point C, from which he walks the distance CB with a speed = 3 km/hr. The total
time in which he reaches from A to B is
(A) 5 minutes (B) 4 minutes (C) 3 minutes (D) None
25. A boat having a speed of 5 km/hr in still water, crosses a river of width 1 km along the shortest
possible path in 15 minutes. The speed of the river in Km/hr.
(A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 41

26. A man is crossing a river flowing with velocity of 5 m/s. He reaches a point directly across at a
distance of 60 m in 5 sec. His velocity in still water should be
(A) 12 m/s (B) 13 m/s (C) 5 m/s (D) 10 m/s
27. A motor boat is to reach at a point 30° upstream (w.r.t. normal) on other side of a river flowing with
velocity 5m/s. Velocity of motorboat w.r.t. water is 5 3 m/s. The driver should steer the boat at an
angle
(A) 120° w.r.t. stream direction
(B) 30° w.r.t. normal to the bank
(C) 30° w.r.t. the line of destination form starting point
(D) None of these
28. A flag is mounted on a car moving due North with velocity of 20 km/hr. Strong winds are blowing
due East with velocity of 20 km/hr. The flag will point in direction
(A) East (B) North-East (C) South-East (D) South-West
29. Three ships A, B & C are in motion. The motion of A as seen B is with speed v towards north-east.
The motion of B as seen by C is with speed v towards the north-west. Then as seen by A, C will be
moving towards
(A) North (B) South (C) East (D) West
30. Wind is blowing in the north direction at speed of 2 m/s which causes the rain to fall at some angle
with the vertical. With what velocity should a cyclist drive so that the rain appears vertical to him:
(A) 2 m/s south (B) 2 m/s north (C) 4 m/s west (D) 4 m/s south
31. When the driver of a car A sees a car B moving towards his car and at a distance 30 m, takes a left
turn of 30°. At the same instant the driver of the car B takes a turn to his right at an angle 60°. The
two cars collides after two seconds, then the velocity (in m/s) of the car A and B respectively will
be: [assume both cars to be moving along same line with constant speed]
(A) 7.5, 7.5 3 (B) 7.5, 7.5 (C) 7.5 3 , 7.5 (D) None
32. A body A is thrown vertically upwards with such a velocity that it reaches a maximum height of h.
Simultaneously another body B is dropped from height h. It strikes the ground and does not
rebound. The velocity of A relative to B v/s time graph is best represented by : (upward direction is
positive)
(A) (B) (C) (D)

33. A body is thrown up in a lift with a velocity u relative to the lift and the time of flight is sound to be
t. The acceleration with which the lift is moving up is
u − gt 2u − gt u + gt 2u + gt
(A) (B) (C) (D)
t t t t
34. A battalion of soldiers is ordered to swim across a river 500 m wide. At what minimum rate should
they swim perpendicular to river flow in order to avoid being washed away by the waterfall 300m
downstream. The speed of current being 3 m/sec:
(A) 6 m/sec. (B) 5 m/sec. (C) 4 m/sec (D) 2 m/sec
35. A man crosses the river perpendicular to river flow in time t seconds and travels an equal distance
down the stream in T seconds. The ratio of man's speed in still water to the speed of river water will
be
t 2 − T2 T2 − t 2 t 2 + T2 T2 + t 2
(A) 2 (B) 2 2 (C) 2 (D) 2 2
t + T2 T +t t − T2 T −t
36. A man who is wearing a hat of extended length of 12 cm is running in rain falling vertically
downwards with speed 10 m/s. The maximum speed with which man can run, so that rain drops do
not fall on his face (the length of his face below the extended part of the hat is 16 cm) will be:
15 40
(A) m/s (B) m/s (C) 10 m/s (D) zero
2 3

Section-B
(Multiple Correct type Questions)
1. A particle moves with constant speed v along a regular hexagon ABCDEF in the same order. Then
the magnitude of the average velocity for its motion from A to
(A) F is v/5 (B) D is v/3 (C) C is v3/2 (D) B is v
2. A particle moving with a speed v changes direction by an angle , without change in speed.
(A) The change in the magnitude of its velocity is zero
(B) The change in the magnitude of its velocity is 2vsin(/2)
(C) The magnitude of the change in velocity is 2vsing(/2)
(D) The magnitude of the change in its velocity is v(1 – cos)
3. A particle has initial velocity 10 m/s. It moves due to constant retarding force along the line of
velocity which produces a retardation of 5 m/s2. Then
(A) The maximum displacement in the direction of initial velocity is 10m
(B) The distance travelled in first 3 seconds in 7.5 m
(C) The distance travelled in first 3 seconds in 12.5 m
(D) The distance travelled in first 3 seconds in 17.5 m
4. A bead is free to slide down a smooth wire tightly stretched between points A and B on a vertical
circle. If the bead starts from rest at A, the highest point on the circle
(A) Its velocity v on arriving at B is proportional to cos

(B) Its velocity v on arriving at B is proportional to tan
(C) Time to arrive at B is proportional to cos
(D) Time to arrive at B is independent of 
5. The figure shows the velocity (v) of a particle plotted against time (t)
(A) The particle changes its direction of motion at some point

(B) The acceleration of the particle remains constant
(C) The displacement of the particle is zero
(D) The initial and final speeds of the particle are the same

6. Velocity-time graph for a car is semicircle as shown here. Which of the following is correct:
(A) Car must move in circular path

(B) Acceleration of car is never zero
(C) Mean speed of the particle is /4 m/s
(D) The car makes a turn once during its motion
7. The displacement (x) of a particle depends on time (t) as:

x = t2 – t3
(A) The particle will return to its starting point after time /
(B) The particle will come to rest after time 2/3
(C) The initial velocity of the particle was zero but its initial acceleration was not zero
(D) No net force will act on the particle at t = /3
8. Which of the following speed-time graphs in not possible:
(A) (B)
(C) (D)

9. A large rectangular box moves vertically downward with an acceleration a. A toy gun fixed A and
aimed towards c fires a particle P.
(A) P will hit C if = g

(B) P will hit the roof BC, if a > g
(C) P will hit the wall CD if a < g
(D) May be either (A), (B) or (C) depending on the speed of projection of P
10. A particle moves in the xy plane with a constant acceleration ‘g’ in the negative y-direction. Its
equation of motion is y = ax – bx2, where a and b are constants. Which of the following are correct?
(A) The x-component of its velocity is constant
g
(B) At the origin, the y-component of its velocity is a
2b
–1
(C) At the origin, its velocity makes an angle tan (a) with the x-axis
(D) The particle moves exactly like a projectile
11. A ball is rolled off along the edge of a horizontal table with velocity 4m/s. It hits the ground after
time 0.4s. Which of the following are correct?
(A) The height of the table is 0.8 m
(B) It hits the ground at an angle of 60° with the vertical
(C) It covers a horizontal distance 1.6 m from the table
(D) It hits the ground with vertical velocity 4 m/s
12. An observer moves with a constant speed along the line joining two stationary objects. He will
observe that two objects
(A) Have the same speed (B) have the same velocity
(C) Move in the same direction (D) Move in opposite directions
13. A man on a rectilinearly moving cart, facing the direction of motion, throws a ball straight up with
respect to himself
(A) The ball will always return to him
(B) The ball will never return him
(C) The ball will return to him if the cart moves with constant velocity
(D) The ball will fall behind him if the cart moves with some positive acceleration

14. A person is standing on a truck moving with a constant velocity of 15 m/s on a horizontal road. The
man throws a ball in such a way that it returns to his hand after the truck has moved 60 m.
(g = 10 m/s2)
(A) The speed of the ball as seen from the truck is 20 m/s
(B) The direction of initial velocity of ball is upward as seen from the truck
(C) The initial speed of the ball as seen from the ground is 25 m/s
(D) None of these
15. An open elevator is ascending with zero acceleration and speed 10 m/s. A ball is thrown vertically
up by a boy (boy is in elevator) when he is at a height 10 m from the ground, the velocity of
projection is 30m/s with respect to elevator. Choose correct option(s) assuming height of the boy
very small : (g = 10 m/s2)
(A) Maximum height attained by the ball from ground is 90 m.
(B) Maximum height attained by the ball with respect to lift from the point of projection is 45 m.
(C) Time taken by the ball to meet the elevator again is 6 sec
(D) The speed of the ball when it comes back to the boy is 20 m/s with respect to ground.
Section-C
(Comprehension type Questions)
Paragraph for Qus 1 to 5
The figure shows a velocity-time graph of a particle moving along a straight line
1. Choose the incorrect statement. The particle comes to rest at

(A) t = 0 s (B) t = 5 s (C) t = 8 s (D) None of these
r
v
2. Identify the region in which the rate of change of velocity of the particle is maximum
t
(A) 0 to 2s (B) 2 to 4s (C) 4 to 6s (D) 6 to 8s
3. If the particle starts from the position x0 = –15 m, then its position at t = 2s will be
(A) –5m (B) 5m (C) 10m (D) 15m
4. The maximum displacement of the particle is

(A) 33.3m (B) 23.3m (C) 18.3m (D) Zero
5. The total distance travelled by the particle is

(A) 66.7m (B) 51.6m (C) Zero (D) 36.6m

Two inclined planes OA and OB having inclinations 30° and 60° with the horizontal respectively
intersect each other at O, as shown in figure. A particle is projected from point P with velocity
m
u = 10 3 along a direction perpendicular to plane OA. If the particle strikes plane OB
s
perpendicular at Q (Take g = 10 m/s2). Then
6. The time of flight from P to Q is :-

(A) 5 sec (B) 2 sec (C) 1 sec (D) None of these
7. The speed with which the particle strikes the planes OB is:-
(A) 10 m/s (B) 20 m/s (C) 30 m/s (D) 40 m/s
8. The height h of point P from the ground is:

(A) 10 3 m (B) 10 m (C) 5 m (D) 20 m
9. The distance PQ is:-

(A) 20 m (B) 10 3 m (C) 10 m (D) 5 m

Raindrops are falling with a velocity 10 2 m/s making an angle of 45° with the vertical. The drops
appear to be falling vertically to a man running with constant velocity. The velocity of rain drops
change such that the rain drops now appear to be falling vertically with 3 times the velocity it
appeared earlier to the same person running with same velocity.
10. The magnitude of velocity of man with respect to ground is
(A) 10 2 m/s (B) 5 m/s (C) 20 m/s (D) 10 m/s
11. After the velocity of rain drops change, the magnitude of velocity of raindrops with respect to
ground is
(A) 20 m/s (B) 25 m/s (C) 10 m/s (D) 15 m/s
12. The angle (in degrees) between the initial and the final velocity vectors of the raindrops with respect
to the ground is
(A) 8 (B) 15 (C) 22.5 (D) 37

PART-II
(Subjective type Questions)
1. At a distance L = 400m from the traffic light brakes are applied to a locomotive moving at a
velocity v = 54 km/hr. Determine the position of the locomotive relative to the traffic light 1 minute
after the application of the brakes if its accelerations is –0.3m/sec2.
2. A particle moving in straight line, traversed half the distance with a velocity v0. The remaining part
of the distance was covered with velocity v1 for half the time and with velocity v2 for the other half
of the time. Mean velocity of the particle averaged over the whole time of motion comes out to be
 v1 + v 2 
av 0   , where a and b are positive integers. Find a + b.
 0
bv + v1 + v 2 
3. A hunter in a valley is trying to shoot a deer on a hill. The distance of the deer along his line of sight
is 10 181 meters and the height of the hill is 90 meters. His gun has a muzzle velocity of
100 m/sec. Minimum how many meters above the deer should he aim his rifle in order to hit it?
[g = 10 m/s2]
4. Men are running along a road at 15 km/h behind one another at equal intervals of 20 m. Cyclists are
riding in the same direction at 25 km/h at equal intervals of 30 m. At what speed (in km/h) an
observer travel along the road in opposite direction so that whenever he meets a runner he also
meets a cyclist? (neglect the size of cycle)
5. A particle goes from A to B with a speed of 40km/h and B to C with a speed of 60km/h. If
AB = 6BC, the average speed in km/h between A and C is
totaldistance travelled
[Hint: Average sped = ]
time taken
6. The displacement of a particle moving on a straight line is given by x = 16t – 2t2. Distance traveled
3S
by the particle during the first 2 sec. is S1 and during first 6 sec. is S2. Find 2
S1
7. A stone is thrown in such a manner that it would just hit a bird at the top of a tree and afterwards
reach a maximum height double that of the tree. If at the moment of throwing the stone the bird flies
away horizontally with constant velocity and the stone hits the bird after some time. The ratio of
1 1
horizontal velocity of stone to that of the bird is + . Find 2n.
n n
8. A boat moves relative to water with a velocity half of the river flow velocity. If the angle from the
2
direction of flow at which the boat must move relative to stream direction to minimize drift is ,
n
then find n.
9. An object moving with uniform acceleration has a velocity of 12.0 cm/s in the positive x direction
when its x coordinate is 3.00 cm. If its x coordinate 2.00 s later is –5.00 cm, what is its acceleration?
10. Two objects moving along the same straight line are leaving point A with an acceleration a, 2a &
velocity 2u, u respectively at time t = 0. The distance moved by the object with respect to point A
u 2
when one object overtakes the other is . Here α is an integer. Find α.
a
11. A Bomber flying upward at an angle of 53º with the vertical releases a bomb at an altitude of 800 m.
The bomb strikes the ground 20 sec after its release. Velocity of the bomber at the time of release of
V
the bomb is V m/s. Find [Given sin 53º = 0.8 ; g = 10 ms–2]
4
12. A swimmer crosses the river along the line making an angle of 45º with the direction of flow.
Velocity of the river water is 5 m/s. Swimmer takes 6 seconds to cross the river of width 60 m. If the
velocity of the swimmer with respect to water is 5 n m/s, then find n.
13. A particle is thrown upwards from ground. It experiences a constant air resistance which can
produce a retardation of 2 m/s2 opposite to the direction of velocity of particle. The ratio of time of

ascent to the time of descent is . Where α and β are integers. Find minimum value α + β.

[g = 10 m/s2]
14. A ball starts falling with zero initial velocity on a smooth inclined plane forming an angle α with the
horizontal. Having fallen the distance h, the ball rebounds elastically off the inclined plane. At
distance nhsinα from the impact point the ball rebounds for the second time. Here n is an integer.
Find n.
15. An aeroplane has to go from a point A to another point B, 1000 km away due 30º west of north. A
wind is blowing due north at a speed of 20 m/s. The air-speed of the plane is 150 m/s. If the angle at
which the pilot should head the plane to reach the point B is sin–1(1/n) west of the line AB, Then
find n.
16. The maximum possible acceleration of a train starting from the rest and moving on straight track is
10 m/s2 and maximum possible retardation is 5 m/s2. The maximum speed that train can achieve is
85 m/s. Minimum time in which the train can complete a journey of 1000 m ending at rest, is
2
n sec .Where n is integer. Find n.
3

17. A stone is projected horizontally with speed v from a height h above ground. A horizontal wind is
blowing in direction opposite to velocity of projection and gives the stone a constant horizontal
acceleration f (in direction opposite to initial velocity). As a result the stone falls on ground at a
f 2h
point vertically below the point of projection. Then find the value of 2 (g is acceleration due to
gv
gravity)
18. A rifle with a muzzle velocity of 100m/s shoots a bullet at small target 30m away in the same
horizontal line. How high above the target must the gun be aimed so that the bullet will hit the
target. [Hint: use small angle approximation]
19. Two straight tracks AOB and COD meet each other at right angles at point O. A person walking at a
speed of 5 km/h along AOB is at the crossing O at 12 o'clock noon. Another person walking at the
same speed along COD reaches the crossing O at 1:30 PM. If the time at which the distance between
them is least is 12: T PM, then find T.
20. A man can throw a stone with initial speed of 10 m/s. Find the maximum horizontal distance which
he can throw the stone in a room of height h m for : (i) h = 2 m & (ii) h = 4 m
21. A particle is projected in x-y plane with y-axis along vertical, the point of projection being origin.
gx 2
The equation of a projectile is y = 3 x – . The angle of projectile is _____ and initial velocity
2
is _____.
22. 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/sec2.
23. P is a point moving with constant speed 10 m/s such that its velocity vector always maintains an
angle 60° with line OP as shown in figure (O is a fixed point in space). The initial distance between
O and P is 100 m. After what time (in sec) shall P reach O.
24. Find range of projectile on the inclined plane which is projected perpendicular to the incline plane
with velocity 20m/s as shown in figure.

25. A ball is thrown horizontally from a cliff such that it strikes ground after 5 sec. The line of sight
from the point of projection to the point of hitting makes an angle of 37° with the horizontal. What
is the initial velocity of projection.
26. A man crosses a river in a boat. If he crosses the river in minimum time he takes 10 minutes with a
drift 120 m. If he crosses the river taking shortest path, he takes 12.5 minutes. Assuming v b/r > vr,
find
(i) Width of the river
(ii) Velocity of the boat with respect to water
(iii) Speed of the current
27. A butterfly is flying with velocity 10 î + 12ˆj m/s and wind is blowing along x axis with velocity u. If
butterfly starts motion from A and after some time reaches point B, find the value of u.
y
B
A 37 o
x
28. A projectile is thrown with velocity of 50 m/s towards an inclined plane from ground such that it
strikes the inclined plane perpendicularly. The angle of projection of the projectile is 53° with the
horizontal and the inclined plane is inclined at an angle of 45° to the horizontal.
(a) Find the time of flight
(b) Find the distance between the point of projection and the foot or inclined plane
29. A, B & C are three objects each moving with constant velocity. A’s speed is 10 m/sec in a direction
uur
PQ . The velocity of B relative to A is 6 m/sec at an angle of, cos–1 (15/24) to PQ. The velocity of C
uur
relative to B is 12 m/sec in a direction QP , then find the magnitude of the velocity of C.

30. A projectile is thrown from a platform at a height 10 m above the ground with velocity of 20 m/sec.
At what angle should the projectile be thrown to reach the farthest point from O, which is vertically
below the point from which it is thrown. [g = 10 m/s2]
31. A glass wind screen, whose inclination with the vertical can be changed, is mounted on a cart as
shown in figure. The cart moves uniformly along the horizontal path with a speed of 6 m/s. At what
maximum angle  to the vertical can the wind screen be placed so that the rain drops falling
vertically downwards with velocity 2 m/s, do not enter the cart?

EXERCISE-III
JEE ADVANCED Previous Year’s Questions
1. A ball is dropped vertically from a height d above the ground. It hits the ground and bounces up
vertically to a height d/2. Neglecting subsequent motion and air resistance, its velocity v varies with
the height h above the ground as
(A) (B) (C) (D)

[JEE 2000]
2. A small block slides, without friction, down an inclined plane starting from rest. Let Sn be the
S
distance travelled from t = (n – 1) to t = (n). Then n is
Sn +1
2n − 1 2n + 1 2n − 1 2n
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2n 2n − 1 2n + 1 2n + 1
[JEE 2004]
3. The velocity displacement graph of a particle moving along a straight line is shown. The most
suitable acceleration-displacement graph will be
(A) (B) (C) (D)

[JEE 2005]

4. Columns I give a list of possible set of parameters measured in some experiments. The variations of
the parameters in the form of graphs are shown in Column II. Match the set of parameters given in
Column I with the graphs given in Column II
Column-I Column-II
(a) Potential energy of a simple pendulum (y (p)
axis) as a function of displacement (x) axis
(b) Displacement (y axis) as a function of time (q)

(x axis) for a one dimensional motion at
zero or constant acceleration when the body
is moving along the positive x-direction
(c) Range of a projectile (y axis) as a function (r)

of its velocity (x axis) when projected at a
fixed angle
(d) The square of the time period (y axis) of a (s)

simple pendulum as a function of its length
(x axis)
[JEE 2008]
5. A train is moving along a straight line with a constant acceleration ‘a’. A boy standing in the train
throws a ball forward with a speed of 10 m/s, at an angle of 60° to the horizontal. The boy has to
move forward by 1.15 m inside the train to catch the ball back at the initial height. The acceleration
of the train, in m/s2 is
[JEE 2011]

6. A small block is connected to one end of a massless spring of un-stretched length 4.9m. The other
end of the spring (see the figure) is fixed. The system lies on a horizontal frictionless surface. The
block is stretched by 0.2m and released from rest at t = 0. It then executes simple harmonic motion
with angular frequency ω =π/3 rad/s. Simultaneously at t = 0, a small pebble is projected with speed
v form point P at an angle of 45° as shown in the figure. Point P is at a horizontal distance
of 10m from O. If the pebble hits the block at t = 1s, the value of v is (take g=10m/s2)
(A) 50 m / s (B) 51 m / s (C) 52 m / s (D) 53 m / s

[JEE 2012]
7. A rocket is moving in a gravity free space with a constant acceleration of 2ms–2 along + x direction
(see figure). The length of a chamber inside the rocket is 4m. A ball is thrown from the left end of
the chamber in +x direction with a speed of 0.3 ms–1 relative to the rocket. At the same time,
another ball is thrown in –x direction with a speed of 0.2 ms–1 from its right end relative to the
rocket. The time in seconds when the two balls hit each other is
[JEE 2014]
8. Airplanes A and B are flying with constant velocity in the same vertical plane at angles 30° and 60°
with respect to the horizontal respectively as shown in figure. The speed of A is 100 3 ms–1. At
time t = 0s, an observer in A find B at a distance of 500 m. This observer sees B moving with a
constant velocity perpendicular to the line of motion of A. If at t = t0, A just escapes being hit by B,
t0 in seconds is
[JEE 2014]

9. Three vectors P,Q and R are shown in the figure. Let S be any point any the vector R . The
distance between the points P and S is b | R | . The general relation among vector P,Q and S is
(A) S = (1 − b)P + bQ (B) S = (b − 1)P + bQ

(C) S = (1 − b)P + b 2Q (D) S = (1 − b 2 )P + bQ
[JEE 2017]
10. Two vectors A and B are defined as A = aiˆ and B = a(cos tiˆ + sin tj),
ˆ where a is a constant and
 =    rad s–1. If | A + B |= 3 | A − B | at time t = τ for the first time, the value of τ, in seconds, is
_________.
[JEE 2018]
11. A ball is projected from the ground at an angle of 45° with the horizontal surface. It reaches a
maximum height of 120 m and returns to the ground. Upon hitting the ground for the first time, it
loses half of its kinetic energy. Immediately after the bounce, the velocity of the ball makes an
angle of 30° with the horizontal surface. The maximum height it reaches after the bounce, in metres,
is _________________.
[JEE 2018]
12. A ball is thrown from ground at an angle θ with horizontal and with an initial speed u0. For the
resulting projectile motion, the magnitude of average velocity of the ball up to the point when it hits
the ground for the first time is V1. After hitting the ground, the ball rebounds at the same angle θ but
with a reduced speed of u0/α. Its motion continues for a long time as shown in figure. If the
magnitude of average velocity of the ball for entire duration of motion is 0.8 V1, the value of α is
_________.
[JEE 2019]

ANSWER KEY
(KINEMATICS)
EXERCISE-I
Part-I
Section-A (Rectilinear Motion)
1. C 2. B 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. A
9. A 10. D 11. A 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. B 16. B
17. C 18. A 19. B 20. A 21. B 22. C 23. A 24. D
25. B 26. B 27. C 28. A 29. B 30. C 31. C
Section-B (Projectile Motion)

1. B 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. B 7. B 8. B
9. B 10. C 11. C 12. D 13. D 14. B 15. A 16. C
17. D 18. A 19. C 20. B 21. B 22. D 23. A
Section-C (Relative Motion)

1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. A 8. C
9. D 10.A 11.D 12.C 13.B 14.B 15.B 16.A
17.A 18.D 19.B 20.B 21.C 22.B 23.B 24.B
25.A 26.C 27.A 28.A 29.B 30.A 31.C 32.A
33.C 34.D 35.C 36.B
Part-II
Previous Year’s Question (2018-2020)
1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. D 8. D 9. B
10. B 11. B 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. D 16. D 17. C 18. A
19. C 20. C 21. D 22. D 23. A 24. 580 25. 8.00 or 26. 3 27. D
2888.00

EXERCISE-II
PART-I
Section-A
1. B 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. D
10. D 11. A 12. D 13. C 14. D 15. C 16. C 17. B 18. C
19. C 20. C 21. C 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. B 26. B 27. C
28. C 29. B 30. B 31. C 32. C 33. B 34. B 35. C 36. A
Section-B
1. ACD 2. AC 3. AC 4. AD 5. ABCD
6. C 7. ABCD 8. CD 9. AB 10. ABCD
11. ACD 12. ABC 13. CD 14. ABC 15. ABCD
Section-C
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. A 6. B
7. A 8. C 9. A 10. D 11. A 12. B
PART-II
1. 25m 2. 4 3. 10m 4. 5 5. 42km/hr
6. 5 7. 4 8. 3 9. –16 cm/s2 10. 6
11. 25 12. 5 13. 5 14. 8 15. 15
16. 30 17. 2 18. h = 0.45m 19. 45
20. (i) 4 6 , (ii) 10m 21. 60, 2 m/sec 22. 20 sec 23. 20
24. 75m 25. 100/3 m/s 26. 200 m, 20 m/min, 12 m/min 27. 6m/s
28. (a) t = 7 sec, (b) 175 m 29. 5m/sec 30. tan–1 ( 2 / 3 ) 31. 2tan–1(1/3)
EXERCISE-III
JEE ADVANCED Previous Year’s Questions
1. A 2. C 3. A 4. (a)–p, s; (b)–q, s; (c)–s; (d)-q 5. 5 6. A
7. 2 or 8 8. 5 9. A 10. 2.00 11. 30 12. α = 4


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