CBSE Test Paper 04
Chapter 4 Motion in A Plane
1. An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1.00 km with a steady speed of 900
km/h. Compare its centripetal acceleration with the acceleration due to gravity. 1
a. 6.4 g
b. 10 g
c. 5 g
d. 23 g
2. A motorcycle stunt rider rides off the edge of a cliff. Just at the edge his velocity is
horizontal, with magnitude 9.0 m/s. Find the magnitude of the motorcycle’s position
vector after 0.50s it leaves the edge of the cliff. 1
a. 4.7 m
b. 3.5 m
c. 5.2 m
d. 4.3 m
3. The vector addition is 1
a. associative
b. non-commutative
c. asymmetric
d. intransitive
4. If r = is the position vector of a particle then the instantaneous velocity is
given by 1
a.
b.
c.
d.
5. A body is projected with a velocity of 20ms-1 at 50° to the horizontal. Find Range of the
projectile. 1
a. 45.2 m
b. 40.2 m
c. 41.2 m
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d. 39.2 m
6. The magnitude and direction of the acceleration of a body both are constant. Will the
path of the body necessarily be a straight line? 1
7. State the essential condition for the addition of vectors. 1
8. Find the value of so that the vector and are
perpendicular to each other. 1
9. A body of mass 10 kg revolves in a circle of diameter 0.4 m making 1000 revolutions
per minute. Calculate its linear velocity and centripetal acceleration. 2
10. A particle starts from origin at t = 0 with a velocity 5 m/s and moves in xy-plane
under action of a force which produces a constant acceleration of (3 + 2 ) m/s2. 2
i. What is the y-coordinate of the particle at the instant its x-coordinate is 84 m?
ii. What is the speed of the particle at this time?
11. A projectile has the same range when the maximum height attained by it is either H1
or H2. Find the relation between R, H1, and H2. 2
12. At what point of projectile motion (i) potential energy maximum (ii) Kinetic energy
maximum (iii) total mechanical energy is maximum? 3
13. A person moving Eastwards with a velocity of 4.8 km/h, rain appears to fall vertically
downwards with a speed of 6.4 km/h. Find the actual velocity and direction of the
rain. 3
14. Derive an equation for the path of a projectile fired parallel to horizontal. 3
15. A projectile is fired horizontally with a velocity of 98 ms-1 from the hill 490 m high. 5
Find
i. time taken to reach the ground
ii. the distance of the target from the hill and
iii. the velocity with which the projectile strikes the ground.
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CBSE Test Paper 04
Chapter 4 Motion in A Plane
Answer
1. a. 6.4 g
Explanation: Radius of the loop, r = 1 km = 1000 m
Speed of the aircraft, v = 900 km/h
=
Centripetal acceleration,
Acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.8 m/s2
= 6.4 g
2. a. 4.7 m
Explanation: The motorcycle’s x- and y-coordinates at t=0.50 s are
x = vox t = =4.5 m
y= = = -1.2m
The negative value of y shows that the motorcycle is below its starting point.
The motorcycle’s distance from the origin at t = 0.50s is r =
=4.7 m
3. a. associative
Explanation: Associative law of vector addition: The law states that the sum of
vectors remains same irrespective of their order or grouping in which they are
arranged.
Consider three vectors Applying "head to tail rule" to obtain the
resultant of ( ) and ( ).
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Then finally again find the resultant of these three vectors :
In OPR
Or
....(I)
In OQR
Or
....(ii)
Thus from (1) and (2)
This fact is known as the associative law of vector addition.
4. b.
Explanation: The exact measure of velocity of a body at an instant or over a
very-very-very short time interval ∆t is known as instantaneous velocity.
Mathematically instantaneous velocity of an object is the limiting value of
average velocity as ∆t tends towards 0.
Or
Instantaneous velocity =
So for given position vector v =
5. b. 40.2 m
Explanation: Initial Velocity vo = 20 ms-1
Horizontal Range R = = 40.2 m
6. No, the path may not be a straight light as the magnitude and direction of the velocity
of the body may change. E.g. Stone thrown downward from a building (projectile).
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7. They must represent the physical quantities of same nature.
8.
9. Given:
m =10 kg, diameter = 0.4 m, radius r = 0.2 m
Revolutions per min, v =1000/min = s-1
Linear velocity, v = ?, Centripetal acceleration, a = ?
we know that,
10. Given,
Initial velocity u =
Then from equation of kinematics,
r(t) = and
r(t) =
On comparing the corresponding terms,
x(t) = y(t) = 1t2
1. The speed of the particle can be calculated by differentiating the position vector
w.r.t time.
If x(t) = 84 m, then t = 6 s
y(6) = 36 m
2.
At t = 6 s, v =
= 26 m/s
11. If the angle of projection is or (90o - ), it covers same range equal to R i.e., the range
of a projectile R = sin2 is constant when the angle of projection is either or (90o
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- ).
and =
= =
R= .
which is the required relation between H1, H2 and R.
12. (i) Potential Energy will be maximum at the highest point.
(P.E.) highest point = mgH, where H maximum height above ground that projectile
will attain.
maximum height
(P.E.) highest point
(ii) K.E will be maximum at the highest point
(Vertical component of velocity is zero)
(iii) Total mechanical energy= (K. E.)H + (P.E.)H
13. As per the figure,
OE = Velocity of person = 4.8 km/h, due East
OB = Velocity of rain with respect to the person = 6.4 km/h, vertically downwards
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And vR is the actual velocity of rain, such that vR makes angle with OE, then
For the parallelogram OACB.
or vR = OC =
= 8 km/h
= 1.333
Hence the actual velocity of rain is 8 kmph an angle with respect to
horizontal.
14. Let a projectile having initial uniform horizontal velocity u be under the influence of
gravity, at any instant of time t is at position P(x,y).
For horizontal motion
For horizontal motion :
using equation S = ut + at2
s = x, u = u, t = t and a = 0
....(i)
For vertical motion :
s = -y, u = 0, t =t. a = -g
We get
Or ...(ii)
Using equation (i) and (ii) substituting value of t in (ii)
This is the equation for the path of this projectile.
15. From the given figure YO = 490 m. A body projected horizontally from O with velocity
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u = 98 ms-1 hits the ground at position A following a parabolic path as shown in the
figure
i. Let T be the time of flight of the projectile.
Taking vertical downward motion of projectile from O to A, we have
y0 = 0, y = 490 m, uy = 0, ay = 9.8 m/s2, t = T
From equation of kinematics, y = y0 + uyt + a y t2
or
ii. Taking horizontal motion(i.e, motion along OX axis) of projectile from O to A,we
have
x0 = 0, x = R (say), ux = 98 m/s, t = T =10 s , ax = 0 (as there is no acceleration along
horizontal)
As,
= 980 m
iii. Let vx, vy be the horizontal and vertical component velocity of the projectile at
point A.
Using the relation, vx = ux + axt = 98 + 0 10 = 98 m/s, which is represented by AB
Similarly, vy = uy + ayt = 0 + 9.8 10 = 98 m/s as represented by AC
The magnitude of the resultant velocity is given by
m/s
And the direction of the resultant velocity is given by,
or with the horizontal.
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