Revision sheet PHYSICS

Mechanics - 1

x + 4, then   is
dx
1. If t =
 dt t =4
(A) 4 (B) Zero (C) 3x + 5y (D) 3x + 5y + 7z

2. An object moves with speed v1, v2 and v3 along a line segment AB, BC and CD respectively as shown
in figure. Where AB = BC and AD = 3 AB, then average speed of the object will be:
⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
A B C D
(v1 + v2 + v3 ) v1v2v3
(A) (B)
3 3(v1v2 + v2v3 + v3v1 )
3v1v2v3 (v + v + v )
(C) (D) 1 2 3
v1v2 + v2v3 + v3v1 3v1v2v3

3. The distance travelled by an object in time t is given by s = (2.5) t2. The instantaneous speed of the
object at t = 5 s will be
(A) 12.5 ms–1 (B) 62.5 ms–1 (C) 5 ms–1 (D) 25 ms–1

4. The relation between time ‘t’ and distance ‘x’ is t = x2 + x, where  and  are constants. The relation
between acceleration (a) and velocity (v) is
(A) a = – 2v3 (B) a = – 2v4 (C) a = – 2v2 (D) a = – 2v5

5. A particle initially at rest starts moving from reference point. x = 0 along x-axis, with velocity v that
varies as v = 4 x m/s. The acceleration of the particle is _______ ms–2.

6. A particle starts with an initial velocity of 10.0 ms–1 along x-direction and accelerates uniformly at the
rate of 2.0 ms–2. The time taken by the particle to reach the velocity of 60.0 ms–1 is _______ .
(A) 6 s (B) 3 s (C) 30 s (D) 25 s

7. A body travels 102.5 m in nth second and 115.0 m in (n + 2)th second. The acceleration is
(A) 5 m/s2 (B) 12.5 m/s2 (C) 6.25 m/s2 (D) 9 m/s2

8. For a train engine moving with speed of 20 ms–1, the driver must apply brakes at a distance of 500 m
before the station for the train to come to rest at the station. If the brakes were applied at half of this
distance, the train engine would cross the station with speed x ms–1. The value of x is _______ .

9. A juggler throws balls vertically upwards with same initial velocity in air. When the first ball reaches
its highest position, he throws the next ball. Assuming the juggler throws n balls per second, the
maximum height the balls can reach is
(A) g/2n (B) g/n (C) 2gn (D) g/2n2
10. A ball is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 150 m/s. The ratio of velocity after 3 s
x +1
and 5s is . The value of x is ______ . Take (g = 10 m/s2).
x
(A) 6 (B) 5 (C) – 5 (D) 10

11. A body projected vertically upwards with a certain speed from the top of tower reaches the ground in
t1. If it is projected vertically downwards from the same point with the same speed, it reaches the
ground in t2. Time required to reach the ground, if it is dropped from the top of the tower is
t1
(A) t1 + t2 (B) t1 − t2 (C) t2t1 (D)
t2
12. Train A is moving along two parallel rail tracks towards north with speed 72 km/h and train B is
moving towards south with speed 108 km/h.
Velocity of train B with respect to A and velocity of ground with respect to B are (in ms–1)
(A) – 30 and 50 (B) – 50 and – 30 (C) – 50 and 30 (D) 50 and – 30

13. The velocity time graph of a body moving in a straight line is shown in figure.

The ratio of displacement to distance travelled by the body in time 0 to 10 s is

(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 4 (C) 1 : 3 (D) 1 : 1

14. The position-time graphs for two students A and B returning from the school to their homes are shown
in figure

(A) A lives closer to the school (B) B lives closer to the school
(C) A takes lesser time to reach home (D) A travels faster than B
(E) B travels faster than A

15. A projectile is launched at an angle ‘’ with the horizontal with a velocity 20 ms–1. After 10 s, its
inclination with horizontal is ‘’. The value of tan  will be (g = 10 ms–2)
(A) tan  + 5 sec  (B) tan  – 5 sec  (C) 2tan  – 5 sec  (D) 2tan  + 5 sec 

16. The initial speed of a projectile fired from ground is u. At the highest point during its motion, the
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speed of projectile is u. The time of flight of the projectile is
2
u u 2u 3u
(A) (B) (C) (D)
2g g g g
17. Two objects are projected with same velocity ‘u’ however at different angles a and b with the
horizontal. If a + b = 90°, the ratio of horizontal range of the first object to the 2nd object will be
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 4 : 1 (C) 2 : 1 (D) 1 : 1

x2
18. The trajectory of projectile, projected from the ground is given by y = x – , where x and y are
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measured in meter. The maximum height attained by the projectile will be.
(A) 10 2 m (B) 200 m (C) 10 m (D) 100 2 m

19. A particle moving in a circle of radius R with uniform speed takes time T to complete one revolution.
If this particle is projected with the same speed at an angle  to the horizontal, the maximum height
attained by it is equal to 4R. The angle of projection  is then given by
1 1 1 1
 2gT 2  2  2 R  2  2gT 2  2  R  2
(A) sin–1  2 R  (B) sin–1  2 gT 2  (C) cos–1  2 R  (D) cos–1  2
       2 gT 

20. The speed of a swimmer is 4 km h–1 in still water. If the swimmer makes his strokes normal to the
flow of river of width 1 km, he reaches a point 750 m down the stream on the opposite bank. The
speed of the river water is ________ km h–1.

21. A girl standing on road holds her umbrella at 45° with the vertical to keep the rain away. If she starts
running without umbrella with a speed of 15 2 km h–1, the rain drops hit her head vertically. The
speed of rain drops with respect to the moving girl is.
25 30
(A) 30 km h–1 (B) km h–1 (C) km h–1 (D) 25 km h–1
2 2

22. For particle P revolving round the centre O with radius of circular path r and angular velocity , as
shown in below figure, the projection of OP on the x-axis at time t is
   
(A) x (t) = r cos  t +  (B) x (t) = r sin  t + 
 6  6
  
(C) x (t) = r cos ( t) (D) x (t) = r cos  t – 
 6 

23. A man carrying a monkey on his shoulder does cycling smoothly on a circular track of radius 9 m and
completes 120 revolutions in 3 minutes. The magnitude of centripetal acceleration of monkey is (in
m/s2)
(A) 42 ms–2 (B) 576002 ms–2 (C) 162 ms–2 (D) Zero

24. A uniform metal chain of mass m and length ‘L’ passes over a massless and frictionless pulley. It is
released from rest with a part of its length ‘l’ is hanging on one side and rest of its length ‘L – l’ is
L
hanging on the other side of the pulley. At a certain point of time, when l = , the acceleration of the
x
g
chain is . The value of x is ___________ .
2
 (A) 6 (B) 2 (C) 1.5 (D) 4

25. Two bodies of masses m1 = 5 kg and m2 = 3 kg are connected by a light string going over a smooth
light pulley on a smooth inclined plane as shown in the figure. The system is at rest. The force exerted
by the inclined plane on the body of mass m1 will be [Take g = 10 ms–2]

(A) 30 N (B) 40 N (C) 50 N (D) 60 N

26. A wooden block, initially at rest on the ground, is pushed by a force which increases linearly with
time t. Which of the following curves best describes acceleration of the block with time?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

27. A body of mass 4 kg experiences two forces F 2 = 3iˆ − 4 ˆj − 3kˆ . The acceleration acting on the body
is
(A) 2iˆ − ˆj − kˆ (B) 4iˆ + 2 ˆj + 2kˆ (C) 2iˆ + ˆj + kˆ (D) 2iˆ + 3 ˆj + 3kˆ

28. A bullet 10 g leaves the barrel of gun with a velocity of 600 m/s. If the barrel of gun is 50 cm long
and mass of gun is 3 kg, then value of impulse supplied to the gun will be
(A) 12 Ns (B) 6 Ns (C) 36 Ns (D) 3 Ns

29. A player caught a cricket ball of mass 150 g moving at a speed of 20 m/s. If the catching process is
completed in 0. 1s, the magnitude of force exerted by the ball on the hand of the player is
(A) 150 N (B) 3 N (C) 30 N (D) 300 N

30. A 1 kg mass is suspended from the ceiling by a rope of length 4 m. A horizontal force ‘F’ is applied
at the midpoint of the rope so that the rope makes an angle of 45° with respect to the vertical axis as
shown in figure. The magnitude of F is:
 10 1
(A) N (B) 1 N (C) N (D) 10 N
2 10  2

31. A wooden block of mass 5 kg rests on a soft horizontal floor. When an iron cylinder of mass 25 kg is
placed on the top of the block, the floor yields and the block and the cylinder together go down with
an acceleration of 0.1 ms–2. The action force of the system on the floor is equal to
(A) 294 N (B) 196 N (C) 297 N (D) 291 N

32. All surfaces shown in figure are assumed to be frictionless and the pulleys and the string are light.

The acceleration of the block of mass 2 kg is

g g g
(A) g (B) (C) (D)
3 2 4

33. In the given arrangement of a doubly inclined plane two blocks of masses M and m are placed. The
blocks are connected by a light string passing over an ideal pulley as shown. The coefficient of friction
coefficient of friction between the surface of the plane and the blocks is 0.25. The value of m, for
which M = 10 kg will move down with an acceleration of 2 m/s2, is (take g = 10 m/s2 and tan 37° =
¾)

(A) 6.5 kg (B) 4.5 kg (C) 2.25 kg (D) 9 kg

34. Three blocks M1, M2, M3 having masses 4 kg, 6 kg and 10 kg respectively are hanging from a smooth
pulley using rope 1, 2 and 3 as shown in figure. The tension in the rope 1, T1 when they are moving
upward with acceleration of 2 ms–2 is _______ N (if g = 10 m/s2)
35. A heavy box of mass 50 kg is moving on a horizontal surface. If co-efficient of kinetic friction between
the box and horizontal surface is 0.3 then force of kinetic friction is
(A) 1.47 N (B) 14.7 N (C) 1470 N (D) 147 N

36. A given object takes n times the time to slide down 45° rough inclined plane as it takes the time to
slide down an identical perfectly smooth 45° inclined plane. The coefficient of kinetic friction between
the object and the surface of inclined plane is
1 1
(A) 1 − n2 (B) 1 − (C) 1 – n2 (D) 1 –
n2 n2

37. Consider a block and trolley system as shown in figure. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between
the trolley and the surface is 0.04, the acceleration of the system in ms–2 is (Consider that the string is
massless and un-stretchable and the pulley is also massless and frictionless)

1
(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 2 (D) 1.2

38. A car of 800 kg is taking turn on a banked road of radius 300 m and angle of banking 30°. If coefficient
of static friction is 0.2 then the maximum speed with which car can negotiate the turn safely is
(g = 10 m/s2 , 3 = 1.73)
(A) 51.4 m/s (B) 102.8 m/s (C) 70.4 m/s (D) 264 m/s

39. A coin is placed on a disc. The coefficient of friction between the coin and the disc is µ. If the distance
of the coin from the center of the disc is r, the maximum angular velocity which can be given to the
disc, so that the coin does not slip away, is
 g g r
(A) (B) (C) (D)
rg r r g
40. A circular table is rotating with an angular velocity of  rad/s about its axis (see figure). There is a
smooth groove along a radial direction on the table. A steel ball is gently placed at a distance of 1 m
on the groove. All the surfaces are smooth. If the radius of the table is 3 m, the radial velocity of the
ball w.r.t. the table at the time ball leaves the table is x 2 m/s, where the value of x is _____ .

41. A body of mass 50 kg is lifted to a height of 20 m from the ground in the two different ways as shown
in the figures. The ratio of work done against the gravity in both the respective cases, will be

(A) 2 : 1 (B) 1 : 2 (C) 3 : 2 (D) 1 : 1

42. A block of mass 100 kg slides over a distance of 10 m on a horizontal surface. If the co-efficient of
friction between the surfaces is 0.4, then the work done against friction (in J) is
(A) 4200 (B) 3900 (C) 4000 (D) 4500

43. A block of mass 10 kg is moving along x-axis under the action of force F = 5x N. The work done by
the force in moving the block from x = 2 m to 4 m will be _______ J.

44. When kinetic energy of a body becomes 36 times of its original value, the percentage increase in the
momentum of the body will be
(A) 600% (B) 500% (C) 60% (D) 6%

45. Three bodies A, B and C have equal kinetic energies and their masses are 400 g, 1.2 kg and 1.6 kg
respectively. The ratio of their linear momenta is
(A) 1 : 3 :2 (B) 1 : 3 : 2 (C) 3 : 2 :1 (D) 2 : 3 :1

46. A closed circular tube of average radius 15 cm, whose inner walls are rough, is kept in vertical plane.
A block of mass 1 kg just fit inside the tube. The speed of block is 22 m/s, when it is introduced at the
top of tube. After completing five oscillations, the block stops at the bottom region of tube. The work
done by the tube on the block is _______ J. (Given g = 10 m/s2)
47. A particle is placed at the point A of a frictionless track ABC as shown in figure. It is gently pushed
towards right. The speed of the particle when it reaches the point B is (Take g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 20 m/s (B) 10 m/s (C) 2 10 m/s (D) 10 m/s

48. A ball suspended by a thread swings in a vertical plane so that its magnitude of acceleration in the
extreme position and lowest position are equal. The angle (q) of thread deflection in the extreme
position will be
1 1  1 
(A) tan–1 ( 2 ) (B) 2 tan–1   (C) tan–1   (D) 2 tan–1  
2 2  5

49. A bob of mass ‘m’ is suspended by a light string of length ‘L’. It is imparted a minimum horizontal
velocity at the lowest point A such that it just completes half circle reaching the top most position B.
( K .E ) A
The ratio of kinetic energies is
( K .E ) B

(A) 3 : 2 (B) 5 : 1 (C) 2 : 5 (D) 1 : 5

50. A body of mass 2 kg begins to move under the action of a time dependent force given by
F = (6tiˆ + 6t 2 ˆj) N. The power developed by the force at the time t is given by
(A) (6t4 + 9t5) W (B) (3t5 + 6t5) W (C) (9t5 + 6t3) W (D) (9t3 + 6t5) W

51. A body of mass 2 kg is initially at rest. It starts moving unidirectionally under the influence of a source
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of constant power P. Its displacement in 4 sec is 2 P m. The value of  will be ______ .
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52. If the maximum load carried by an elevator is 1400 kg (600 kg – passenger + 800 kg – elevator),
which is moving up with a uniform speed of 3 ms–1 and the frictional force acting on it is 2000 N, then
the maximum power used by the motor is _______ kW (g = 10 m/s2).
 ANSWER KEY

1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (8) 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (200) 9. (D) 10. (B)
11. (C) 12. (C) 13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (B) 16. (B) 17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (A) 20. (3)
21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (B) 26. (B) 27. (C) 28. (B) 29. (C) 30. (D)
31. (D) 32. (B) 33. (B) 34. (30) 35. (D) 36. (D) 37. (C) 38. (A) 39. (B) 40. (2)
41 (D) 42. (C) 43. (30) 44. (B) 45. (A) 46. (245) 47. (B) 48. (B) 49. (B) 50. (D)
51. (4) 52. (48)