Class - Xl Physics
Chapter -3
Motion in a Straight Line
Module - 3 Worksheet
Each question carries 5 marks
1) Obtain equations of motion for constant acceleration using method of graphical method.
2) A jet airplane travelling at the speed of 500 km h–1 ejects its products of combustion at
the speed of 1500 km h–1 relative to the jet plane. What is the speed of the latter with
respect to an observer on the ground ?
3) A ball is dropped from a height of 90 m on a floor. At each collision with the floor, the ball
loses one tenth of its speed. Plot the speed-time graph of its motion between t = 0 to 12
s.
4) Two parallel rail tracks run north-south. Train A moves north with a speed of 54 km h–1,
and train B moves south with a speed of 90 km h–1. What is the
(a) velocity of B with respect to A ?
(b) velocity of ground with respect to B ?
(c) velocity of a monkey running on the roof of the train A against its motion (with a
velocity of 18 km h–1 with respect to the train A) as observed by a man standing on the
ground ?
5) A police van moving on a highway with a speed of 30 km h–1 fires a bullet at a thief’s car
speeding away in the same direction with a speed of 192 km h–1. If the muzzle speed of
the bullet is 150 m s–1, with what speed does the bullet hit the thief’s car ? (Note: Obtain
that speed which is relevant for damaging the thief’s car).
6) A ball is thrown upwards from the ground with an initial speed of u. The ball is at a height
of 80 m at two times, the time interval being 6 s. Find u. Take g = 10m /s2
7) Velocity-time equation of a particle moving in a straight line is,
v = 10 + 2t + 3t 2
Find (a) displacement of particle from the
mean position at time t = 1 s, if it is given
that displacement is 20 m at time t = 0.
(b) acceleration-time equation.
8) A particle is projected upwards with velocity 40 m/s. Taking the value of g = 10m/s 2 and
upward direction as positive, plot a-t, v-t and s-t graphs of the particle from the starting
point till it further strikes the ground.
9) A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate α for some time,after which it decelerates
at a constant rate β, to come to rest. If the total time elapsed is t seconds, then evaluate
(a) the maximum velocity reached and (b) the total distance travelled.
10) Two particles are moving along x-axis. Particle-1 is 40 m behind particle-2. Particle-1
starts with velocity 12 m/s and acceleration 4 m/s2 both in positive x-direction. Particle-2
starts with velocity 4 m/s and acceleration 12 m/ s2 also in positive x-direction. Find (a)
the time when distance between them is minimum. (b) the minimum distance between
them.
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