11th Kinematics -1D (Free Fall) Sheet -2nd

1. A ball is thrown vertically down with velocity of 5m/s. With what velocity should another
ball be thrown down after 2 seconds so that it can hit the 1st ball in 2 seconds
(a) 40 m/s (b) 55 m/s (c) 15 m/s (d) 25 m/s

2. A particle is projected vertically upwards from 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 t 2 time to reach the
ground from point B then height of point B from the ground is
1 1 1
(a) g(t1  t 2 )2 (b) g t1 t 2 (c) g(t1  t 2 )2 (d) g t1t 2
2 8 2

3. Balls are thrown vertically upward in such a way that the next ball is thrown when the
previous one is at the maximum height. If the maximum height is 5m, the number of balls
thrown per minute will be
(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) 120

4. 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
Question No. 5 to 8
Two balls A and B are thrown with same velocity u from the top of a tower. Ball A is thrown
vertically upwards and the ball B is thrown vertically downwards.

5. Choose the correct statement

(a) Ball B reaches the ground with greater velocity
(b) Ball A reaches the ground with greater velocity
(c) Both the balls reach the ground with same velocity
(d) Cannot be interpreted

6. If t A and t B are the respective times taken by the balls A and B respectively to reach the
ground, then identify the correct statement
(a) t A  t B (b) t A  t B (c) t A  t B (d) Cannot be interpreted
7. If t A = 6s and t B = 2 s, then the height of the tower is
(a) 80 m (b) 60 m (c) 45 m (d) none of these

8. The velocity u of each ball is

(a)10 ms1 (b) 15 ms1 (c) 20 ms1 (d) none of these

9. From the top of a tower, a stone is thrown up and reaches the ground in time t1 . A second
stone is thrown down with the same speed and reaches the ground in time t 2 . A third stone
is released from rest and reaches the ground in time t3 .
1 1 1 1
(a) t3  (t1  t 2 ) (b) t3  t1 t 2 (c)   (d) t 32  t12  t 22
2 t 3 t 2 t1
10. Water drops tall at regular intervals from a roof. At an instant when a drop is about to
leave the roof, the separaions between 3 successive drops below the roof are in the ratio.
(a) 1 : 2 : 3 (b) 1 : 4 : 9 (c) 1 : 3 : 5 (d) 1 : 5 : 13

11. Three particles A, B, C are thrown from the top of a tower with the same speed. A is
thrown straight up, B is thrown straight down and C is thrown horizontally. They hit the
ground with speed VA ,VB and VC respectively.
(a) VA  VB  VC (b) VB  VC  VA
(c) VA  VB  VC (d) VA  VB  VC

12. A balloon starts rising from the ground with an acceleration of 1.25 m/s2 . After 8s, a stone
is released from the balloon. The stone will
(a) cover a distance of 40 m (b) hava a displacement of 50 m
(c) reach the ground in 4s (d) begin to move down after being released

13. A particle thrown up vertically reaches its highest point in time t1 , and returns to the
ground in further time t 2 . The air resistance exerts a constant force on the particle opposite
to its direction of motion.
(a) t1  t 2
(b) t1  t 2
(c) t1  t 2
(d) May be (a) or (c) depending on the ratio of the force of air resistance to the weight of
the particle.
14. A particle is projected vertically upward from A with a speed of 50 m/s and another is
dropped simultaneously from B, which is 200 m vertically above A. They cross each other
after:
(a) 4s (b) 5S (c) 6 s (d) 8 s.

15. A, B, C and D are points in a vertical line such that AB = BC = CD. If a body falls from
rest at A, then the times of descent through AB, BC and CD are in the ratio:
(a)1: 2 : 3 (b) 2 : 3 :1 (c) 3 :1: 2 (d) 1: ( 2  1) : ( 3  2)

16. A stone falls from rest. The total distance covered by it in the last second of its motion is
equal to the distance covered in the first three seconds. What is the height from which the
stone was dropped? Take g = 10 m/s2
(a) 25 m (b) 100 m (c) 125 m (d) 200 m

17. A stone falls freely from rest and the total distance covered by it in the last second of its
motion equals the distance covered by it in the first three seconds of its motion. The stone
remains in the air for:
(a) 5 s (b) 8 s (c) 10 s (d) 15 s

18. A parachutist drops freely from an aeroplane for 10 s before the parachute opens out. Then
he descends with a net retardation of 2.5 m/s2 . If he falls out of the plane at a height of
2495 m and g = 10 m/s2 , hit velocity on reaching the ground will be:
(a) 5 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 15 m/s (d) 20 m/s

Paragraph for 19 -21

A particle is projected vertically upwards from a point A on the ground. It takes t1 seconds
to reach a point B at height h from A but still continues to move up. It takes further t 2
seconds from B to ground again.
19. The value of his:
1/2
t t  tt
(a) g( t1  t 2 ) (b) g t1t 2 (c) g  1 2  (d) g 1 2
 2  2
20. The maximum height reached is:
2 2
t t  t t  g
(a) g  1 2  (b) g  1 2  (c) g  t1  t 2  (d)  t1  t 2 2
 8   2  2
21. The velocity of the particle at a height h/2 is:
1/2
t 2t 2
   
g 2 1/2 g 1/2
(d) g  t1  t 2 
1/2
(a) g  1 2  (b) t1  t 22 (c) t12  t 22
 2  2 2
 
22. A balloon starts rising up with constant net acceleration of 10 m / s2 . After 2s, a particle
drops from the balloon. After further 2s, match the following (Take g = 10 m / s2 )
Column (I) Column (II)
(a) Height of the particle from ground (p) zero
(b) Speed of particle (q) 10 SI units
(c) Displacement of particle (after leaving balloon) (r) 40 SI units
(d) Acceleration of particle at last moment (s) 20 SI units

23. A boy is throwing balls at a regular time interval of 1 s. When he is about to throw the fifth
ball, the first ball comes back to his hands.
(i) Each ball remains in air for the time interval equal to ____________.
(ii)The velocity with which each ball is thrown is given by _____________.
(iii) The maximum height attained by each ball is___________.

24. Balls are thrown vertically upward in such a way that the next ball is thrown when the
previous one is at the maximum height. If the maximum height is 5m, the number of balls
thrown per minute will be__________.

25. A stone is dropped from a height h. Simultaneously another stone is thrown up from the
ground with such a velocity that it can reach a height of 4h. Find the time when two stones
cross each other.

26. A stone is dropped from the top of the building and at the same time a second stone is
thrown vertically upward with a speed of 20 m/s. If height of building is 60m. Find the
time after which the stones collide. Stones are moving in the same line. (g  10m/s2 )

27. A ball is thrown downward with a speed of 20 m/s from the top of a building 150 m high
and simultaneously another ball is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 30 m/s from
the foot of the building. Find the time when the balls will meet. (g  10m/s2 )
28. A ball is thrown vertically down with velocity of 5m/s. With what velocity should another
ball be thrown down after 2 seconds so that it can hit the 1st ball in 2 seconds?

29. From a tower of height H, a particle is thrown vertically upwards with a speed u. The time
taken by the particle, to hit the ground, is n times that taken by it to reach the highest point
of its path. The relation between H, u and n is:
(a) 2gH  nu2  n  2 (b) gH   n  2 u2

(d) gH   n  2 u 2
2
(c) 2gH  n 2u 2

30. A helicopter rises from rest on the ground vertically upwards with a constant acceleration
g. A food packet is dropped from the helicopter when it is at a height h. The time taken by
the packet to reach the ground is close to [g is the acceleration due to gravity]
h h 2h 2 h
(a) t = 3.4   (b) t  1.8   (c) t  (d) t 
g g 3g 3  g 
 Ans. keys

1. A 11. A 21. C
2. D 12. C 22. a-r
b-p
c- s
d-q
3 C 13. C 23. 45, 20 m/s 20m
4. B 14. A 24. 60
5. C 15. D 25. h / 8g
6. A 16. C 26. 3sec
7. B 17. A 27. 3sec
8. C 18. A 28. 40 m/s
9. B 19. D 29. A
10. C 20 A 30 C