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Time: 30 minutes QUIZ – KINEMATICS M. M. : 45

INSTRUCTIONS: (i) Each correct question carries +3 marks, wrong -1.

(ii) Only one choice is correct.

1. A car moves along a straight line whose equation of motion is given by: s = 12t + 3t2 – 2t3
where s is in meters and t is in seconds. The velocity of the car at start will be:
(A) 7 m/s (B) 9 m/s
(C) 12 m/s (D) 16 m/s

2. A particle start moving along the circular path with zero speed .Let speed at any time be v
and its speed increases by g in one second. If the radius of the circular path be r, then the
net acceleration of the particle as function of time is:
2
v2  g2 t 2  2
(A) g (B)   g
r  R 
1/ 2 1/ 2
 v2   v2 
(C)   g2 t 2  (D)   g
 r   r 

3. A bus accelerates from rest for a time t1 at a constant rate  and the then it retards at the
constant rate  for time t2 and comes to rest. The ratio t1/t2 is equal to
(A) / (B) /
2 2
(C)  / (D) 2/2

4. A displacement time graph of a particle moving with a uniform velocity is

(A) point (B) straight line
(C) parabola (D) none

5. A particle is moving with a velocity of 5 m/s towards east. After 10 seconds its velocity
changes to 5 m/s towards north. Its acceleration is:
(A) zero (B) 1 m/s2 towards N-W
1 1
(C) m/s2 towards N-E (D) m/s2 towards N-W
2 2

6. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate  for some time, after which it decelerates at a
constant rate , and comes to rest. If the total time elapsed is t, the maximum velocity
acquired by the car will be:
 2  2  2  2
(A) t (B) t
 
 
(C) t (D) t
 

7. A particle moves in the X-Y plane and its coordinates are given by:
x = k sin t and, y = k(1 – cos t)
where k and  are constants. What is the acceleration of the particle?
(A) zero (B) k
(C) k2 (D) k2

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8. The motion of a particle is given by s = 1 + 10t - 5t2. The correct representation of the
motion is
(A) (B) (C) (D) none of these
s s s

t t t

9. Choose the correct statement(s) regarding the motion of a particle

(A) if instantaneous velocity of a particle is zero, then its instantaneous acceleration will
necessarily be zero
(B) if instantaneous velocity of a particle is zero, then it can have instantaneous acceleration
(C) a situation is possible in which instantaneous velocity of a particle is never zero but
average velocity in that interval is zero
(D) A situation is possible in which the speed of a particle is never zero but average speed in
that interval is zero

10. Read the following statements carefully and select the correct ones.
(A) ax  0, ay = 0, az = 0 is necessarily a case of one-dimensional motion
(B) vx  0, vy = 0, vz = 0 is necessarily a case of one-dimensional motion
(C) vx  0, ax  0; vy  0, ay  0; vz = 0, az = 0 is necessarily a case of motion in one plane
(D) ax = ay = az = 0 is necessarily a case of one-dimensional motion

11. Displacement time curve for two bodies A and B are as shown B
ratio of their velocities is A
S
(A) 1 : 3 (B) 3 : 1 60
o
o
(C) 1:3 (D) 3 :2 30
t

12. A man who can swim at a speed v relative to the water wants to cross a river of width d,
flowing with a speed u. The point opposite him across the river is P.
d
(A) the minimum time in which he can cross the river is .
v
d
(B) he can reach the point P in time
v
d
(C) he can reach the point P in time
v  u2
2

(D) he cannot reach P if u > v

a

10m/s2
13. A particle starts from rest. Its acceleration () versus time (t) is as
shown in the fig. The maximum speed of the particle will be
(A) 110 m/s (B) 55 m/s 
(C) 550 m/s (D) 660 m/s
11
t
O t(s)

14. The height y and the distance x along the horizontal plane of the projectile on a certain
planet (with no surrounding atmosphere) are given by y = (8t – 5t2) metre and x = 6 t metre
where t is in seconds. The velocity with which the projectile is projected is
(A) 8 m/sec (B) 6 m/sec
(C) 10 m/sec (D) not obtainable from the data

15. A projectile can have the same range R for two angles of projection. If t1 and t2 be the times
of flight in two cases, then what is the product of two times of flight?
(A) t1t 2  R (B) t1t 2  R 2 (C) t1t 2  1/ R (D) t1t 2  1/ R 2

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