CBSE Test Paper 02
Chapter 4 Motion in A Plane
1. A passenger arriving in a new town wishes to go from the station to a hotel located 10
km away on a straight road from the station. A dishonest cabman takes him along a
circuitous path 23 km long and reaches the hotel in 28 min. What is (a) the average
speed of the taxi, (b) the magnitude of average velocity? 1
a. 47.3 km/hr, 23.4 km/hr
b. 49.3 km/hr, 21.4 km/hr
c. 48.3 km/hr, 22.4 km/hr
d. 46.3 km/hr, 24.4 km/hr
2. A batter hits a baseball so that it leaves the bat at speed = 37.0 m/s at an angle a =
53.1o. Find the time when the ball reaches the highest point of its flight, and its height
h at this time. 1
a. 3.02 s, 44.7 m
b. 3.32 s, 41.7 m
c. 3.12 s, 43.7 m
d. 3.22 s, 42.7 m
3. A unit vector is a vector 1
a. having a magnitude of 1 and points in any chosen direction
b. having a magnitude of 1 and points in x-direction
c. having a magnitude of 1 and points in y-direction
d. having a magnitude of 1 and points in z-direction
4. The basic difference between a scalar and vector is one of 1
a. magnitude
b. direction
c. origin
d. polar angle
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5. A man stands on the roof of a 15.0-m-tall building and throws a rock with a velocity of
magnitude 30.0 m/s at an angle of 33.0 above the horizontal. You can ignore air
resistance. Calculate the maximum height above the roof reached by the rock; 1
a. 12.6 m
b. 11.7 m
c. 13.6 m
d. 14.2 m
6. Write an example of zero vector. 1
7. Two vectors of magnitude 3 units and 4 units are inclined at angle 60° w.r.t each
other. Find the magnitude of their difference. 1
8. The magnitude of vectors A, B and C are 12, 5 and 13 units respectively and A + B = C,
find the angle between A and B. 1
9. In dealing with the motion of a projectile in the air, we ignore the effect of air
resistance on the motion. This gives trajectory as a parabola as you have studied.
What would the trajectory look like if air resistance is included? sketch such a
trajectory and explain why you have drawn it that way. 2
10. An aircraft executes a horizontal loop of radius 1 km with a steady speed of 900 kmh-
1. Compare its centripetal acceleration with the acceleration due to gravity. 2
11. A vector has magnitude 2 and another vector have magnitude 3 and is
perpendicular to each other. By vector diagram find the magnitude of and
show its direction in the diagram. 2
12. A projectile is projected with a certain velocity u at an angle with horizontal from
the ground. Find expression for its trajectory. 3
13. A projectile is fired with speed u making an angle with horizontal from the surface
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of Earth. Prove that the projectile will hit the surface of earth with same speed and at
the same angle. 3
14. A cyclist starts from the centre O of a circular park of radius 1 km, reaches the edge P
of the park, then cycles along the circumference, and returns to the centre along QO
as shown in figure. If the round trip takes 10 min, what is the 3
i. net displacement,
ii. average velocity, and
iii. average speed of the cyclist?
15. a. What is the angle between and if and denote the adjacent sides of a
parallelogram drawn form a point and the area of the parallelogram is ?
b. State and prove triangular law of vector addition. 5
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