Air Batch

Practice Assignment
Straight Line Motion (Physics)
All Questions are Compulsory 7. The position x of a particle moving in one
1. An aeroplane flies 400 m north, 300 m south and dimension, under the action of a constant force is
then 1200 m upwards. The net displacement is: related to time 𝑡 by the equation, 𝑡 = √𝑥 + 3,
(1) 1204 m (2) 1304 m where x is in metres and t in seconds. Find the
(3) 1404 m (4) 1504 m position of the particle when its velocity is zero.
(1) 0 (2) 3
2. The numerical ratio of magnitude of distance to (3) 2 (4) 9
displacement is:
(1) Always equal to one 8. The displacement of a body along 𝑥 - axis depends
(2) Always less than one on time as √x = 3t + 5. Then the velocity of body:
(3) Always greater than one (1) Increases with time
(4) Equal to or more than one (2) is independent of time
(3) Decreases with time
3. An athlete completes one round of a circular track (4) None of these
of radius R in 80 sec . What will be his
displacement at the end of 5 minutes? 9. A truck travels a distance 𝐴 to 𝐵 at a speed of
(1) 2𝜋𝑅 (2) 3𝜋𝑅 40 km/h and returns to 𝐴 at a speed of 50 km/h,
(3) √2𝑅 (4) Zero then what is the average velocity of the whole
journey?
4. A wheel of radius 3 m rolls forward half a (1) 34.5 km/h (2) Zero
revolution on a horizontal ground. The magnitude 35 km 40 km
(3) (4)
of the displacement of the point of the wheel hr hr

initially in contact with the ground is:

10. An athlete participates in a race. He is moving on a
circular track of radius 80 m and completes half a
revolution in 20 s . His average velocity is:
8m 16 m
(1) s
(2) s
10 m 12 m
(3) s
(4) s
(1) 2𝜋 m (2) √2𝜋 m
(3) √𝜋 2 + 4 m (4) 3√𝜋 2 + 4 m 11. The motion of a particle is described by the
equation x = a + bt 2 , where a = 10 cm, b =
5. An aeroplane flies from (−4𝑚, −5𝑚, +8𝑚) to 15 cm/s 2. Its instantaneous velocity at t = 3
(7𝑚, −2𝑚, −3𝑚 ) in the xyz coordinates. second will be?
Displacement of the aeroplane in co-ordinate form 10 cm 20 cm
(1) (2)
is given by: s s
60 cm 90 cm
(1) (3 m, −4 m, 5 m) (2)(4 m, −5 m, 11 m) (3) s
(4) s
(3) (11𝑚, 3𝑚, −11𝑚) (4)(11 m, −6 m, 7 m)
12. A car moving on a straight road covers one third of
6. An athlete moves on a quarter circle of radius 𝑟. distance with a speed of 20 m/s, other one third
The values of distance travelled and displacement with speed of 40 m/s and next one third with speed
are 60 m/s, then the average speed of the car is:
(1) distance = 𝜋 r, displacement = r 32.7 m 40 m
(1) s
(2) s
(2) distance = 𝜋r√2, displacement = 𝜋r√2 31 m 33 m
𝜋𝑟
(3) distance = , displacement = 𝑟√2 (3) s
(4) s
2
𝜋𝑟
(4) distance = , displacement = zero
2 13. A train moves with a speed of 30 km/h in the first
15 minutes, with the speed of 40 km/h in the next
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 15 minutes, and then with a speed of 60 km/h in 21. An object is projected upwards with a velocity of
the last 30 minutes. Calculate the average speed of 100 m/ sec. If g = 10 m/sec 2, then it will strike
the train for this journey. the ground in,
75 km 47.5 km
(1) (2) (1) 10 sec (2) 20 sec
h h
60 km 40 km (3) 15 sec (4) 5 sec
(3) h
(4) h
22. A ball thrown vertically upwards with a speed of
14. A particle is in motion along a square path ABCD 19.6 m/s from the top of a tower returns to the
of side length 10 meters. If it starts at point 𝐴 and earth in 6 seconds. What is the height of the tower?
reaches point 𝐶. What is the magnitude of the
(1) 40 m (2) 58.8 m
displacement of the particle?
(3) 50 m (4) 70 m
(1) 10 m (2) 20 m
(3) 10√2 m (4) 5√2 m
23. A particle starts moving from rest with acceleration
2 m/s2 . Distance traveled by it in 5th half second
15. A body travels a distance 𝑠1 with velocity 𝑣1 and
is:
distance 𝑠2 with velocity v2 in the same direction.
Calculate the average velocity of the body. (1) 1.25 m (2) 2.25 m
(s1 +s2 )v1 v2 𝑣1 𝑣2 (3) 6.25 m (4) 30.25 m
(1) (2)
s1 v2 +s2 v1 𝑠1 𝑣2 +𝑠2 𝑣1
(𝑠1 −𝑠2 )𝑣1 𝑣2 𝑣1 +𝑣2
(3) (4) 24. A juggler maintains four balls in motion making
𝑠1 𝑣2 −𝑠2 𝑣1 2
each of them rise to a height of 40 m from his hand.
What time interval should he maintain for the
16. The velocity of the particle at any time 𝑡 is given
proper distance between them?
by v = 2t(3 − t)ms −1 . At what time is its velocity
maximum? (1) 1.71 seconds (2) 2.14 seconds
(1) 2 seconds (2) 1.5 seconds (3) 1.41 seconds (4) 4 seconds
(3) 1 second (4) 5 seconds
25. A car moving with a velocity of 10 m/s can be
17. The velocity of an object changes from 50 m/s to stopped by the application of a constant force 𝐹 in
60 m/s in 20 seconds. What is the average a distance of 20 m . If the velocity of the car is
acceleration of the object over that interval? 30 m/s it can be stopped by this force in:
5m 0.5 m (1) 100 m (2) 120 m
(1) s2 (2) s2
0.2 m 1.5 m (3) 180 m (4) 160 m
(3) (4)
s2 s2
26. The position-time graph for a particle moving
18. The acceleration 𝑎 of the body starting from rest along a straight line is shown in figure. The total
varies with time following the equation a = 8t + distance travelled by it in time t = 0 to t = 10 s is:
5. The velocity of the body at time t = 2sec will
be:
22 m 26 m
(1) s (2) s
28 m 30 m
(3) (4)
s s

19. An electron starting from rest has a velocity v that

increases linearly with time t ; as v = Kt, where (1) Zero (2) 10 m
K = 2 m/sec 2. Then the distance covered in the (3) 20 m (4) 80 m
first 3 seconds will be 27. The position-time graph for a body moving along a
(1) 9 m (2) 18 m straight line between O and A is shown in figure.
(3) 27 m (4) 36 m During its motion between 𝑂 and 𝐴, how many
times body comes to rest?
20. A particle moves along a straight line such that its
displacement at any time 𝑡 is given by 𝑠 =
(𝑡 3 − 6𝑡 2 + 3𝑡 + 4) m . What is the velocity of the
particle when its acceleration is zero?
(1) 9 ms−1 (2) −9 ms−1
(3) 6 ms−1 (4) −6 ms−1
(1) Zero (2) 2 time
(3) 1 time (4) 3 time

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28. A bus is moving with a speed of 10 m/s on a from first car towards the other and is moving with
straight road. A person on a scooter wishes to the speed of 36 km h−1 when the two cars were
overtake the bus in 50 seconds. If the bus is at a separated by 36 km . The total distance covered by
distance of 1 km from the person, with what speed the bird is:
should the person chase the bus? (1) 28.8 km (2) 38.8 km
50 m 60 m (3) 48.8 km (4) 58.8 km
(1) s
(2) s
80 m 30 m
(3) (4) 35. A particle is released from rest from a tower of
s s
height 3h .The ratio of the intervals of time to cover
29. Two balls are dropped from same height at a gap three equal heights ℎ is:
of 1 second between them. The separation between (1) 𝑡1 : 𝑡2 : 𝑡3 = 3: 2: 1
the two balls after 4 seconds of the drop of the 1st (2) 𝑡1 : 𝑡2 : 𝑡3 = 1: √3 − 2): 2 − √5)
ball is: (3) 𝑡1 : 𝑡2 : 𝑡3 = √3: √2: 1
(1) 30 m (2) 35 m
(4) 𝑡1 : 𝑡2 : 𝑡3 = 1: √2 − 1): √3 − √2)
(3) 40 m (4) 48 m
36. A ball is thrown vertically upward. It has a speed
30. A car, starting from rest, accelerates at the rate 𝑓
of 10 m/sec when it has reached one half of its
through a distance 𝑆, then continues at constant
maximum height. How high does the ball rise?
speed for time 𝑡 and then decelerates as the rate
(1) 10 m (2) 5 m
𝑓/2 to come to rest. If the total distance travelled
(3) 15 m (4) 20 m
is 15 S , then:
1
(1) 𝑆 = 𝑓𝑡 (2) 𝑆 = 6 𝑓𝑡 2 37. If a ball is thrown vertically upwards with speed 𝑢,
1 1
(3) 𝑆 = 𝑓𝑡 2 (4) 𝑆 = 𝑓𝑡 2 the distance covered during the last 𝑡 seconds of its
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ascent is
31. A particle moving along 𝑋-axis has acceleration 𝑓, (1) (𝑢 + 𝑔𝑡)𝑡 (2) 𝑢𝑡
1 1
𝑡 (3) 2 𝑔𝑡 2 (4) 𝑢𝑡 − 2 𝑔𝑡 2
at time t . given by f = 𝑓0 (1 − ), where f0 and t
𝑇
are constants between t = 0. The instant when f =
38. A particle moves along a straight line OX . At a
0, the particle's velocity (vx ) is:
time 𝑡 (in seconds) the distance 𝑥 (in metres) of the
(1) Zero (2) 𝑓0 𝑇
1 1 particle from 𝑂 is given by 𝑥 = 40 + 12𝑡 − 𝑡 3 .
(3) 𝑓𝑇 (4) 𝑓𝑇
4 0 2 0 How long would the particle travel before coming
to rest?
32. Velocity of a particle changes with position (1) 40 m (2) 56 m
according to following curve. Acceleration of the (3) 16 m (4) 24 m
particle at 𝑆 = 1 m
39. The displacement 𝑥 of a particle varies with time 𝑡
as 𝑥 = 𝑎𝑒 −𝛼t + 𝑏𝑒 𝛽t , where 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝛼 and 𝛽 are
positive constants. The velocity of the particle will
(1) be independent of 𝛼 and 𝛽
(2) drop to zero when 𝛼 = 𝛽
(3) go on decreasing with time
24 m 2m
(1) s2
(2) s2 (4) go on increasing with time
20 m 3m
(3) (4)
s2 s2
40. The displacement of a particle is represented by the
following equation: 𝑠 = 3𝑡 3 + 7𝑡 2 + 5𝑡 + 8
33. A stone starts to fall under gravity. The distances
where 𝑠 is in metre and 𝑡 in second. The
covered by it in first, second and third second are
acceleration of the particle at 𝑡 = 1 s is
in ratio: 14 m 18 m
(1) 1: 3: 5 (2) 1: 2: 3 (1) s2
(2) s2
(3) 1: 4: 9 (4) 1: 5: 9 (3) 32 m/s2 (4) zero

34. A bird is tossing (flying to and fro) between two

cars moving towards each other on a straight road.
One car has speed of 27 km h−1 while the other
has the speed of 18 km h−1. The bird starts moving

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 Answer Key

1. (1) 15. (1) 29. (2)

2. (4) 16. (2) 30. (3)

3. (3) 17. (2) 31. (4)

4. (4) 18. ((2) 32. (1)

5. (3) 19. (1) 33. (1)

6. (3) 20. (2) 34. (1)

7. (1) 21. (2) 35. (4)

8. (1) 22. (2) 36. (1)

9. (2) 23. (2) 37. (3)

10. (1) 24. (3) 38. (2)

11. (4) 25. (3) 39. (4)

12. (1) 26. (3) 40. (3)

13. (2) 27. (2)

14. (3) 28. (4)

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