Arjuna JEE Main (2025)

MANTHAN
Physics Motion in a Straight Line
Exercise-1 6. A car travels the first half of a distance between two places
at a speed of 30 km/hr and the second half of the distance
POSITION, DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT at 50 km/hr. The average speed of the car for the whole
journey is
1. A body moves 6 m north. 8 m east and 10 m vertically
upwards, what is its resultant displacement from initial (a) 42.5 km/hr (b) 40.0 km/hr
position? (c) 37.5 km/hr (d) 35.0 km/hr
7. A person travels along a straight road for the first half time
(a) 10 2 m (b) 10 m
with a velocity v1 and the next half time with a velocity v2.
10 The mean velocity V of the man is
(c) m (d) 20 m
2
2. An aeroplane flies from P(–4m, –5m, +8m) to Q 2 1 1 v1 + v2
(a) = + (b) V =
(7m, –2m, –3m) in xyz coordinate system. The displacement V v1 v2 2
vector of aeroplane is v1
(c) V = v1v2 (d) V =
(a) 3 m (b) 43 m (c) 251 m (d) 83 m v2
3. A body moves in circular path of radius R from A to B as 8. If a car covers 2/5th of the total distance with v1 speed and
shown. Its displacement and distance covered are 3/5th distance with v2 then average speed is
1 v1 + v2
(a) v1v2 (b)
2 2
R
O A (c)
2v1v2
(d)
5v1v2
v1 + v2 3v1 + 2v2
9. Which of the following options is correct for the object
B having a straight line motion represented by the following
3πR graph?
πR
(a) R, (b) 2 R,
2 2 t
3πR
(c) 2 R, (d) None of these
2
4. A particle covers half of the circle of radius r. Then the
displacement and distance of the particle are respectively
(a) 2πr, 0 (b) 2r, πr
πr s
(c) , 2r (d) πr, r (a) The object moves with constantly increasing velocity
2
from O to A and then it moves with constant velocity
(b) Velocity of the object increases uniformly
SPEED AND VELOCITY (c) Average velocity is zero
5. A person travels along a straight road for half the distance (d) The graph shown is impossible
with velocity v1 and the remaining half distance with
velocity v2. The average velocity is given by CONSTANT ACCELERATION
v22 10. A particle experiences a constant acceleration for 20 sec
(a) v1v2 (b) after starting from rest. If it travels a distance S1 in the first
v12 10 sec and a distance S2 in the next 10 sec, then
v1 + v2 2v1v2 (a) S1 = S2 (b) S1 = S2/3
(c) (d) (c) S1 = S2/2 (d) S1 = S2/4
2 v1 + v2

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11. A body is moving from rest under constant acceleration and 19. A car, starting from rest, accelerates at constant rate f through
let S1 be the displacement in the first (p – 1) sec and S2 a distance S, then continues at constant speed for time t and
be the displacement in the first p sec. The displacement in f
thaen decelerates at the rate to come to rest. If the total
(p2 – p + 1)th sec. will be 2
(a) S1 + S2 (b) S1 S2 distance traversed is 15 S, then
(c) S1 – S2 (d) S1 / S2 1 1
(a) S = ft 2 (b) S = ft 2
12. The displacement of body moving with constant 2 4
acceleration, in 3rd seconds is 2m and in 5th second is 1 2 1 2
(c) S = ft (d) S = ft
9m. Find the acceleration of body. 72 6
5 −2 7 −2 9 −2 11 −2
(a) ms (b) ms (c) ms (d) ms
2 2 2 2 MOTION UNDER GRAVITY
13. A point moves with uniform acceleration and ν1, ν2 and ν3 20. A stone falls from a balloon that is descending at a uniform
denote the average velocities in the three successive intervals rate of 12 m/s. The displacement of the stone from the point
of time t1, t2 and t3. Which of the following relations is of release after 10 sec is
correct? (a) 490 m (b) 510 m (c) 610 m (d) 725 m
(a) (v1 – v2) : (v2 – v3) = (t1 – t2) : (t2 + t3) 21. Two bodies of different masses ma and mb are dropped from
two different heights a and b. The ratio of the time taken by
(b) (v1 – v2) : (v2 – v3) = (t1 + t2) : (t2 + t3)
the two to cover these distances are
(c) (v1 – v2) : (v2 – v3) = (t1 – t2) : (t2 – t3) (a) a : b (b) b : a
(d) (v1 – v2) : (v2 – v3) = (t1 – t2) : (t2 + t3) (c) a: b (d) a2 : b2
14. A motor car moving with a uniform speed of 20 m/sec comes 22. Two balls are projected simultaneously with the same speed
to stop on the application of brakes after travelling a distance from the top of a tower, one vertically upwards and the other
of 10 m. Its acceleration is vertically downwards. If the first ball strikes the ground with
(a) 20 m/sec2 (b) –20 m/sec2 speed 20 m/s then speed of second ball when it strikes the
(c) –40 m/sec 2 (d) +2 m/sec2 ground is
15. Which of the following four statements is false? (a) 10 m/s (b) 20 m/s
(a) A body can have zero velocity and still be accelerated. (c) 40 m/s (d) Data insufficient
(b) A body can have a constant velocity and still have a 23. A stone dropped from the top of the tower touches the ground
varying speed. in 4 sec. The height of the tower is about
(c) A body can have a constant speed and still have a (a) 80 m (b) 40 m
varying velocity. (c) 20 m (d) 160 m
(d) The direction of the velocity of a body can change when
24. A ball is released from the top of a tower of height h. It takes
its acceleration is constant.
t sec to reach the ground. Where will be the ball after time
16. A car moving with a velocity of 10 m/s can be stopped by t/2 sec?
the application of a constant force F in a distance of 20 m. (a) At h/2from the ground
If the velocity of the car is 30 m/s, it can be stopped by this
(b) At h/4 from the ground
force in
(c) Depends upon mass and volume of the ball
20
(a) m (b) 20 m (c) 60 m (d) 180 m (d) At 3h/4 from the ground
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17. A car starting from rest and moving with acceleration of 25. A body is slipping from an inclined plane of height h and
4ms–2, covers half the distance during last second of motion length l. If the angle of inclination is q, the time taken by
before it strikes a vertical wall. Find the distance of wall from the body to come from the top to the bottom of this inclined
starting point. plane is
(a) 23.3 m (b) 24 m (c) 24.3 m (d) 26.3 m 2h 2h 1 2h 2h
(a) (b) (c) (d) sin θ
18. A car starts from rest and moves with uniform acceleration a g g sin θ g g
on a straight road from time t = 0 to t = T. After that, constant 26. A man in a balloon rising vertically with an acceleration of
deceleration brings it to rest. In this process the average 4.9 m/sec2 releases a ball 2 sec after the balloon is let go from
speed of the car is the ground. The greatest height above the ground reached
aT 3aT aT by the ball is (g = 9.8 m/sec2)
(a) (b) (c) (d) aT
4 2 2 (a) 14.7 m (b) 19.6 m (c) 9.8 m (d) 24.5 m

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VARIABLE ACCELERATION 32. A lift is going up. The variation in the speed of the lift is as
given in the graph. What is the height to which the lift takes
27. A particle starts from rest. Its acceleration (a) versus time (t)
is as shown in the figure. The maximum speed of the particle the passengers?
will be

Velocity (m/sec)
a

2 3.6
10 m/s B

0 2 Time (sec) 10 12
A t(s) (a) 3.6 m
11 sec
(b) 28.8 m
(a) 110 m/s (b) 55 m/s
(c) 36.0 m
(c) 550 m/s (d) 660 m/s
(d) Cannot be calculated from the above graph
28. If the velocity of a particle is given by v = (180 – 16x)1/2 m/s,
then its acceleration will be 33. The displacement-time graph of moving particle is shown below
(a) Zero (b) 8 m/s2 s

Displacement
(c) –8 m/s 2 (d) 4 m/s2
D
29. The displacement x of a particle varies with time t as F
x = ae–at + bebt, where a, b, a and b are positive constants. C E
The velocity of the particle will
Time t
(a) Go on decreasing with time
The instantaneous velocity of the particle is negative at the
(b) Will be independent of α and β
point.
(c) Drop to zero when α = β
(a) D (b) F (c) C (d) E
(d) Go on increasing with time
34. Which of the following graphs represents uniform motion
GRAPHS velocity?
30. The variation of velocity of a particle with time moving
along a straight line is illustrated in the following figure.
The distance travelled by the particle in four seconds is (a) (b)
s s
Velocity (m/s)

30 t t
20
10
(c) (d)
0 s s
1 2 3 4
Time in second t t
(a) 60 m (b) 55 m 35. A ball is dropped vertically from a height d above the ground.
(c) 25 m (d) 30 m It hits the ground and bounces up vertically to a height d/2.
31. The v – t graph of a moving object is given in figure. Neglecting subsequent motion and air resistance, its velocity
v varies with the height h above the ground as
The maximum acceleration is
v v
Velocity (cm/sec)

80
(a) d h (b) h
60 d
40
20
v v
0
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Time (sec.) (c) d h (d) d
h
(a) 1 cm/sec2 (b) 2 cm/sec2
(c) 3 cm/sec2 (d) 6 cm/sec2

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36. A ball is thrown vertically upwards. Which of the following ONE DIMENSIONAL RELATIVE MOTION
plots represents the speed-time graph of the ball during its
40. Two trains, each 50 m long are travelling in opposite
motion if the air resistance (constant) is not ignored?
direction with velocity 10 m/s and 15 m/s. The time of
crossing is
(a) 2 s (b) 4 s (c) 2 3 (d) 4 3 s
Speed

Speed
(a) (b)
41. A 210 meter long train is moving due North at a of 25m/s.
A small bird is flying due South a little above the train with
Time Time
speed 5m/s. The time taken by the bird to cross the train is
(a) 6 s (b) 7 s (c) 9 s (d) 10 s
42. A stone is dropped from a building, and 2 seconds later

Speed
(c) (d)
another stone is dropped. (Both a are dropped from rest.)
How far apart are the two stones by the time the first one
Time has reached a speed of 30 m/s ?
37. Which graph must represent non-uniform acceleration (s is (a) 80 m (b) 100 m (c) 60 m (d) 40 m
displacement)?
43. Two trains each of length 50 m are approaching each
other on parallel rails. Their velocities are 10 m/sec and
s s 15 m/sec. They will cross each other in
(a) (b) (a) 2 sec (b) 4 sec (c) 10 sec (d) 6 sec
44. An object A is moving with 10 m/s and B is moving with
t t 5 m/s in the same direction of positive x-axis. A is 100 m
behind B as shown. Find time taken by A to Meet B
s s
(c) (d)

t t
38. The graph shows position as a A (a) 18 sec (b) 16 sec (c) 20 sec (d) 17 sec
position
function of time for two trains 45. A thief is running away on a straight road with a speed of
running on parallel tracks. Which B 9 ms–1. A police man chases him on a jeep moving at a speed
one of the following statements is of 10 ms–1. If the instantaneous separation of the jeep from
true? time the motorcycle is 100m, how long will it take for the police
(a) At time tB, both trains have the tB man to catch the thief?
same velocity (a) 1s (b) 19s (c) 90s (d) 100s
(b) Both trains have the same velocity at some time after tB
(c) Both trains have the same velocity at some time before tB DISTANCE OF NEAREST APPROACH
(d) Somewhere on the graph, both trains have the same
46. A body is projected vertically up at t = 0 with a velocity of
acceleration
98 m/s. Another body is projected from the same point with
39. The v-t graph of a linear motion is shown in adjoining figure. same velocity after 4 seconds. Both bodies will meet after:
The distance from origin after 8 seconds is (a) 6 s (b) 8 s
4 (c) 10 s (d) 12 s
m/sec

5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 (sec)
–2
(a) 18 meters (b) 16 meters
(c) 8 meters (d) 6 meters

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 Exercise-2 8. The acceleration of an object is given by a(t) = cosπt
SINGLE CORRECT TYPE QUESTIONS 1
ms–2 and its velocity at time t = 0 is ms−1 at origin.
1. A man goes 10 m towards North, then 20 m towards 2
east then displacement is 3
Its velocity at t = s is
(a) 20 m (b) 22.5 m 2
(c) 25.5 m (d) 30 m 1 3
(a) − ms−1 (b) ms−1
2 2
2. The ratio of displacement to distance is 1 −1 2 −1
(a) Always = 1 (b) Always < 1 (c) ms (d) ms
(c) Always > 1 (d) May be 1  

3. An athlete completes one round of a circular track of 9. The displacement of a body along x-axis depends on
radius R in 80 sec. What will be his displacement at the
time as x = 3t + 5. Then the velocity of body:
end of 4 min 60 second?
(a) 2R (b) 3R (a) Increase with time
(b) Independent of time
(c) 2R (d) Zero (c) Decrease with time
(d) None of these
4. Consider the motion of the tip of the minute hand of a
clock. In one hour 10. If a body starting from the rest travels with a uniform
(a) The displacement is non-zero acceleration of 10 ms–2 for first 10 second and with
(b) The distance covered is zero uniform acceleration 5 ms–2 for next 20 seconds, then
(c) The average speed is zero average acceleration of the body for 30 s is:
(d) The average velocity is zero (a) 15 ms–2 (b) 10 ms–2
–2
(c) 20 ms (d) 20/3 ms–2
5. Which of the following statement is not true?
(a) If displacement covered of a particle is zero, then 11. A car covers 2/5th of a distance at a speed of 80 km/h
distance covered may or may not be zero and 3/5th of the distance at a speed of 60 km/h. Average
speed of car for complete journey is:
(b) If the distance covered is zero then the
(a) 65 km/h (b) 70.5 km/h
displacement must be zero (c) 66.67 km/h (d) 77.5 km/h
(c) The numerical value of ratio of displacement to
distance is equal to or less than one 12. A particle moves with a velocity v = αt3 along a straight
(d) The numerical value of the ratio of velocity to line. The average speed in time interval t = 0 to t = T is
speed is always less than one T 3
(a) αT3 (b)
2
6. The displacement of a particle, starting from rest T 3
T 3
(c) (d)
(at t = 0) is given by s = 6t2– t3. 3 4
The time in seconds at which the particle will obtain
zero velocity again is: 13. A scooter moves in a straight line. It covers one fourth
(a) 2 (b) 4 distance with v1, two fourth with v2 and remaining with
(c) 6 (d) 8 speed v3. The average speed of scooter is
4v1v2 v3
(a)
7. A particle is moving with a constant speed V in a circle. v1v2 + v2 v3 + 2v1v3
What is the magnitude of average velocity after one- v1v2 v3
(b)
fourth rotation? v1 + v2 + v3
V 2V v1v2 v3
(a) (b) (c)
 v1 + 2v2 + v3
2
v1 + 2v2 + v3
2 2V R (d)
(c) (d) 4
 2V

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14. A particle is moving along x-axis such that 19. The displacement of a particle is given by
x = 2 – 5t + 6t2. What is acceleration of the particle y = a + bt + ct2 – dt4. The initial velocity and
when its velocity is zero? acceleration are respectively:
(a) b, – 4d (b) –b, 2c
(a) Zero (b) 12 m/s2
(c) b, 2c (d) 2c, – 4d
(c) –5 m/s2 (d) 5/12 m/s2
20. A particle located at x = 0 at time t = 0, starts moving
along the positive x-direction with a velocity ‘v’ which
15. A car moves from P to Q; (first half distance with speed varies as v =  x , then velocity of particle varies with
v1 then next half with speed v2) then returns from Q to time as: ( is a constant)
P (in first half time he moves with speed v1 and second
(a) vt (b) v  t2
half time with speed v2). The ratio of average speed
from P to Q and Q to P journey is: (c) v t (d) v = constant

v1 + v2 4 ( v1v2 )
(a) (b) 21. The relation t = x + 3 describes the position of a
v1 − v2 ( v1 + v2 )2 particle where x is in meters and t is in seconds. The
position, when velocity is zero, is:
( v1 + v2 ) v1 + v2 (a) 2 m (b) 4 m
(c) (d)
2v1v2 2 (c) 5 m (d) Zero

22. The displacement of a particle is represented by the

16. The displacement of particle varies with time as following equation:
S = 3t2 + 2t. Find the velocity of the particle at t = 1 sec. s = 3t3 + 7t2 + 5t + 8
where s is in metres and t in seconds. The acceleration
(a) 5m/s (b) 2m/s of the particle at t = ls is:
(c) 8 m/s (d) 6 m/s (a) 14 m/s2 (b) 20 m/s2
(c) 32 m/s2 (d) Zero
23. A body is moving according to the equation
17. A person travelling on a straight line moves with a x = at + bt2 – ct3. Then its instantaneous speed is given
uniform velocity v1 for some distance and with uniform by:
velocity v2 for the next equal distance. The average (a) a + 2b + 3ct
velocity v is given by
(b) a + 2bt – 3ct2
v1 + v2
(a) v= (b) v = v1v2 (c) 2b – 6ct
2
(d) None of these
2 1 1 1 1 1
(c) = + (d) = +
v v1 v2 v v1 v2
24. The motion of a particle is described by the equation x
= a + bt2 where a = 15 cm and b = 3 cm/sec2. Its
instantaneous velocity at time 3 sec will be
18. Mark the correct statement(s).
(a) 36 cm/sec (b) 18 cm/sec
(a) If speed of a body is varying, its velocity must be
varying and it must have zero acceleration (c) 16 cm/sec (d) 32 cm/sec

(b) If velocity of a body is varying, its speed must be

varying 25. A particle starts moving along x-axis from t = 0, its
(c) A body moving with varying velocity may have position varying with time as x = 2t3 – 3t2 + 1. At which
constant speed time instants is its velocity zero?
(d) A body moving with varying speed may have (a) t = 0, 2s (b) t = 0, 3s
constant velocity if its direction of motion
(c) t = 0, 4s (d) t = 0, l s
remains constant.

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26. A particle starts moving along x-axis from t = 0, its MORE THAN TYPE QUESTIONS
position varying with time as x = 2t3 – 3t2 + 1. What is 31. The velocity-time graph of a particle is given in figure.
the velocity when it passes through origin?
(a) v=0 (b) v=l
(c) v=5 (d) v=3

27. A particle moving in a straight line has velocity

displacement equation as v = 5 1 + x . Here v is in
m/sec and x in metre. Select the correct alterative:
(a) Particle is initially at rest. Choose the correct statement(s) among the following
(a) The distance travelled during first two seconds is
(b) Initial velocity of the particle is 5 m/sec and the
10 m
particle has a constant acceleration of 12.5
(b) Displacement during 0 to 4 s is zero
m/sec2.
(c) Acceleration at t = 1/2 s is -10 m/s2
(c) Particle moves with uniform velocity. (d) Distance travelled during 0 to 4 s is 20 m
(d) None of these.
32. A ball is dropped from a height of 19.6 m above the
ground. It rebounds from the ground and raises itself
28. Starting from rest a particle moves in a straight line
up to the same height. Take the starting point as the
with acceleration origin and vertically downward as the positive

( ) x-axis. which of the following graph(s) is/are correct?

1/2
a = 25 − t 2 m/s 2 for 0  t  5s
(Neglect the small interval during which the ball was in
3 contact with the ground.)
a= m/s2 for t  5s
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The velocity of particle at t = 7s is:
(a) 11 m/s (b) 22 m/s
(a)
(c) 33 m/s (d) 44 m/s

29. The motion of a body falling from rest in a viscous

dv
medium is described by = A − Bv, where A and B
dt
arc constants. The velocity at time t is given by:
(b)
(a)
A
B
(
1 − e− Bt )
A 1 − e− B t 
2
(b)
 
(c) ABe–t
(d) AB2 (1 – t) (c)

30. The speed of a body moving on a straight track varies

according to v = 2t + 13 for 0  t  5s, v = 3t + 8 for
5 < t  7 s and v = 4t + 1 for t < 7 s. The distances are
measured in metre. The distance in metres moved by
the particle at the end of 10 second is: (d)
(a) 127 (b) 247
(c) 186 (d) 313
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33. Choose the correct statement(s) among the following: 38. The time t at which the particle has maximum positive
(a) A particle can have varying speed without x-coordinate is:
having varying velocity (a) t = 1 sec. (b) t = 2 sec.
(c) t = 4 sec. (d) None
(b) A particle can have constant speed but varying
velocity Passage-II (39 and 40)
(c) A particle can have velocity without having The displacement of a body is given by 4 s = A + 2Bt4,
acceleration where A and B are constants.
(d) A particle can have acceleration without having 39. The velocity of the body at any instant is
velocity A + 2 Bt 4
(a) (b) 2B
4
34. In the figure is shown the position of a particle moving A + 2B
(c) (d) 2Bt3
on the x-axis as a function of time. Then 4

40. The velocity of the body at the end of 1s from the start
is:
A + 2B
(a) 2B (b)
4
2A + B
(c) 2(A + B) (d)
4

(a) The particle has come to rest for 6 times Match the Column Type Questions: (41 to 45)
(b) The maximum speed is at t = 6 s 41. Study the graphs given in List I and match them with
(c) The maximum speed is at t = 4 s appropriate statements given in List II.
(d) The average velocity for the total period shown List I List II
is negative
Net displacement
I P
35. A particle moves along a straight line and its velocity is positive
depends on time as v = 4t – t2. Then for first 5s:
(a) Average velocity is 25/3 ms–1
(b) Average speed is 10 ms–1
Net displacement
(c) Average velocity is 5/3 ms–1 II Q
is negative
(d) Acceleration is 4 ms–2 at t = 0

Passage Type Questions: (36 to 40)

Passage-I (36 to 38) Particle returns to
The x-ordinate of a particle moving along x-axis in III R its initial position
again
terms of time is given as x = (2 – t)(t – 6) metre.
36. The displacement in time t = 2 to t = 5 sec is
(a) 2 m
Acceleration is
(b) 3 m IV S
positive
(c) 4 m
(d) None
(a) I-P,S, II-Q, III-R, IV-P
37. The average velocity in time t = 2 sec to t = 5 sec is (b) I-Q,S, II-P,S, III-R, IV-P
(a) 0.5 m/s (b) 1 m/s
(c) 2 m/s (d) None (c) I-Q,S, II-P,S, III-P, IV-R
(d) I-P, II-Q,S, III-R, IV-Q,S

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42. A particle moves along a straight line such that its
displacement S varies with time t as S =  + t + t 2 45. Match List I with List II
List I List II
List I List II Slope of displacement Change in square
I Acceleration at t = 2s P  + 5 I P
time graph of velocity
Average velocity Area of velocity time Instantaneous
II Q 2 II Q
during 3rd s graph velocity
Area of acceleration Change in
III Velocity at t = 1 s R  III
time graph
R
position
IV Initial displacement S  + 2 Area of acceleration Change in
IV S
(a) I-P, II-Q, III-S, IV-R distance graph velocity
(b) I-Q, II-P, III-R, IV-Q (a) I-P, II-Q,S, III-Q,R, IV-P
(c) I-P, II-Q, III-R, IV-S (b) I-R, II-R,S, III-P, S, IV-S
(d) I-Q, II-P, III-S, IV-R (c) I-S, II-R, III-S, IV-P
(d) I-Q, II-P, III-S, IV-R
43. Study the given s-t graph and match List I with List II
INTEGER TYPE QUESTIONS
46. An object starts from rest with a constant acceleration. At a
time t second, the speed is found to be 100 m/s and one
second later the speed becomes 150 m/s. The distance
List I List II travelled during the (t + 1)th second in metres is:
Along OA Velocity increase with
I P
time linearly 47. An object moving in a straight line covers half the
Along AB Velocity decrease with distance with speed of 3 m/s. The other half of the
II Q
time distance is covered in two equal time intervals with
Along BC Velocity is independent speed of 4.5 m/s and 7.5 m/s, respectively. During this
III R
of time motion, what is the average speed of the object (in
IV Along CD S Velocity is zero m/s)?
(a) I-P, II-S, III-R, IV-P
(b) I-P, II-R, III-Q, IV-S 48. A particle starts moving with acceleration 2 m/s2.
(c) I-R, II-Q, III-S, IV-P Distance travelled by it (in m) in 5th half second is
(d) I-Q, II-P, III-S, IV-R ______.

44. For the v-t graph shown in figure match the following 49. A body is projected vertically upwards with speed 40
columns. m/s. What is the distance travelled (in m) by body in
the last second of upward journey?
[Take g = 9.8 m/s2 and neglect effect of air resistance]

50. The position-time graph for a particle moving along a

straight line is shown in figure. The total distance travelled
List I List II by it (in m) in time t = 0 to t = 10 s is
Constant
I P t = 0 to t = 2 s
acceleration
II Zero displacement Q t = 2 s to t = 4 s
III Increasing speed R t = 0 to t = 4 s
Negative
IV S t = 4 s to t = 8 s
displacement
(a) I-P, II-Q,S, III-Q,R, IV-P
(b) I-R, II-R,S, III-P, S, IV-S
(c) I-P,Q,R,S, II-R, III-Q, IV-P
(d) I-Q, II-P, III-S, IV-R

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 Exercise-3 7. A physical quantity Q is found to depend on quantities a, b, c by
a 4 b3
POSITION, DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT the relation Q = The percentage error in a, b and c are 3%,
c2
1. A cyclist starts from the point P of a circular ground of radius 2 km 4% and 5% respectively. Then, the percentage error in Q is:
and travels along its circumference to the point S. The displacement  [31 Jan, 2024 (Shift-I)]
of a cyclist is: [04 April, 2024 (Shift-II)] (a) 66% (b) 43% (c) 33% (d) 14%
P
8. A particle is moving in one dimension (along x axis) under the
action of a variable force. It's initial position was 16 m right of
origin. The variation of its position (x) with time (t) is given as x =
–3t3 + 18t2 + 16t, where x is in m and t is in s. The velocity of the
S
0
Q particle when its acceleration becomes zero is _________ m/s.
 [1 Feb, 2024 (Shift-I)]
9. A train starting from rest first accelerates uniformly up to a speed
of 80 km/h for time t, then it moves with a constant speed for time
R
3t. The average speed of the train for this duration of journey will
(a) 6 km (b) √ 8 km
be (in km/h):  [6 April, 2024 (Shift-I)]
(c) 4 km (d) 8 km
(a) 80 (b) 70 (c) 30 (d) 40
2. A body is moving with constant speed, in a circle of radius 10m.
10. A particle moves in a straight line so that its displacement x at any
The body completes one revolution in 4s. At the end of 3rd second,
time t is given by x2 = 1 + t2. Its acceleration at any time t is x–n
the displacement of body (in m) from its starting point is:
where n = _____. [6 April, 2024 (Shift-II)]
[31 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]
(a) 30 (b) 15p 11. A particle moving in a straight line covers half the distance with
speed 6 m/s. The other half is covered in two equal time intervals
(c) 5p (d) 10 2
with speeds 9 m/s and 15 m/s respectively. The average speed of
3. A particle is moving with constant speed in a circular path. When the particle during the motion is: [09 April, 2024 (Shift-I)]
the particle turns by an angle 90°, the ratio of instantaneous velocity (a) 8.8 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 9.2 m/s (d) 8 m/s
to its average velocity is π : x 2 . The value of x will be 12. A car travels a distance of ‘x’ with speed v1 and then same distance
‘x’ with speed v2 in the same direction. The average speed of the
[6 April, 2023 (Shift-I)] car is: [25 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) 7
v1v2
4. A person moved from A to B on a circular path as shown in figure. (a) (b) v1 + v2
2 ( v1 + v2 ) 2
If the distance travelled by him is 60 m, then the magnitude of
displacement would be: 2x 2v1v2
(c) (d)
(Given cos135° = – 0.7) [25 July, 2022 (Shift-I)] v1 + v2 v1 + v2
13. The distance travelled by a particle is related to time t as x = 4t2.
B
The velocity of the particle at t = 5s is. [25 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]
135° (a) 40 ms–1 (b) 25 ms–1 (c) 20 ms–1 (d) 8 ms–1
A 14. A horse rider covers half the distance with 5 m/s speed. The
O
remaining part of the distance was travelled with speed 10 m/s for
half the time and with speed 15 m/s for other half of the time. The
mean speed of the rider averaged over the whole time of motion is
(a) 42 m (b) 47 m (c) 19 m (d) 40 m x/7 m/s. The value of x is ––––––– . [30 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]
5. The velocity of a particle is v = v0 + gt + Ft2. Its position is x = 0 15. A vehicle travels 4 km with speed of 3 km/h and another 4 km with
at t = 0; then its displacement after time (t = 1) is: speed of 5 km/h, then its average speed is:
 [17 March, 2021 (Shift-II)]  [30 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)]
g F (a) 4.25 km/h (b) 3.50 km/h
(a) v0 + g + f (b) v0 + +
2 3 (c) 4.00 km/h (d) 3.75 km/h
g 16. An object moves with speed v1, v2, and v3 along a line segment AB,
(c) v0 + 2g + 3F (d) v0 + +F BC and CD respectively as shown in figure. Where AB = BC and
2
AD = 3 AB, then average speed of the object will be:
 [1 Feb, 2023 (Shift-I)]
SPEED AND VELOCITY
A B C D
6. A particle is moving in a straight line. The variation of position ‘x’
as a function of time ‘t’ is given as x = (t3 – 6t2 + 20t + 15) m. The (a) (v1 + v2 + v3 ) (b)
v1v2 v3
velocity of the body when its acceleration becomes zero is: 3 3 (v1v2 + v2 v3 + v3v1 )
(a) 4 m/s (b) 8 m/s
(c) 10 m/s (d) 6 m/s (c)
3v1v2 v3
(d)
(v1 + v2 + v3 )
 [29 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)] v1v2 + v2 v3 + v3v1 3v1v2 v3

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 17. As shown in the figure, a particle is moving with constant speed 25. A body falling under gravity covers two points A and B separated
π m/s. Considering its motion from A to B, the magnitude of the by 80 cm in 2s. The distance of upper point A from the starting
average velocity is: [6 April, 2023 (Shift-II)] point is _____ m (use g = 10 ms–2)  [27 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)]
B 26. A stone of mass 900g is tied to a string and moved in a vertical
V circle of radius 1m making 10 rpm. The tension in the string, when
120o the stone is at the lowest point is (if p2 = 9.8 and g = 9.8 m/s2) 
V  [29 Jan, 2024 (Shift-I)]
A (a) 97 N (b) 9.8 N (c) 8.82 N (d) 17.8 N
27. In the given figure, the charge stored in 6mF capacitor, when points
A and B are joined by a connecting wire is _______mC.
 [30 Jan, 2024 (Shift-I)]
(a) π m/s (b) 3m/ s 9V

(c) 2 3 m / s (d) 1.5 3 m / s

18. A person travels x distance with velocity v1 and then x distance
with velocity v2 in the same direction. The average velocity of the 6mF
6W
person is v, then the relation between v, v1 and v2 will be:
[10 April, 2023 (Shift-II)]
A B
v1 + v2
(a) v = v1 + v2 (b) v =
2 3mF 3W
1 1 1
(c) 2= 1 + 1 (d) = +
v v1 v2 v v1 v2
19. 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:
28. A particle initially at rest starts moving from reference point.
[13 April, 2023 (Shift-II)]
(a) 12.5 ms–1 (b) 62.5 ms–1 (c) 5 ms–1 (d) 25 ms–1 x = 0 along x-axis, with velocity v that varies as v = 4 xm / s.
The acceleration of the particle is _____ ms–2. [1 Feb, 2024
20. The position of a particle related to time is given by
(Shift-II)]
x = (5t2 – 4t + 5)m. The magnitude of velocity of the particle at t
= 2s will be: [15 April, 2023 (Shift-I)] 29. A body travels 102.5 m in nth second and 115.0 m in (n + 2)th
(a) 10 ms–1 (b) 14 ms–1 (c) 16 ms–1 (d) 06 ms–1 second. The acceleration is: [04 April, 2024 (Shift-I)]
(a) 9 m/s2 (b) 6.25 m/s2 (c) 12.5 m/s2 (d) 5 m/s2
21. A car covers AB distance with first one-third at velocity v1 ms–1,
second one-third at v2 ms–1 and last one-third at v3 ms–1. If v3 = 30. A bus moving along a straight highway with speed of 72 km/h is
3v1, v2 = 2v1 and v1 = 11 ms–1 then the average velocity of the car brought to halt within 4s after applying the brakes. The distance
is ________ ms–1. [28 June, 2022 (Shift-II)] travelled by the bus during this time (Assume the retardation is
uniform) is _______m. [04 April, 2024 (Shift-II)]
31. A body moves on a frictionless plane starting from rest. If Sn is
v1 v2 v3 distance moved between t = n – 1 and t = n and Sn – 1 is distance
Sn −1
A B moved between t = n –2 and t = n – 1, then the ratio is
Sn
22. The position of a particle as a function of time ts, is given by x(t)
= at + bt2 – ct3 where a, b and c are constants. When the particle
 2
attains zero acceleration, then its velocity will be: 1   for n = 10. The value of x is ............
 [9 April, 2019 (Shift-II)]  x
b2 b2 2
b2  [05 April, 2024 (Shift-I)]
(a) a + (b) a + (c) a + b (d) a +
4c c 2c 3c 32. A body projected vertically upwards with a certain speed from the
top of a tower reaches the ground in t1. If it is projected vertically
23. A particle is moving with speed ν =b x along positive x-axis.
downwards from the same point with the same speed, it reaches
Calculate the speed of the particle at time t = τ (assume that the the ground in t2. Time required to reach the ground, if it is dropped
particle is at origin at t = 0) [12 April, 2019 (Shift-II)]
from the top of the tower, is: [06 April, 2024 (Shift-II)]
b2 τ b2 τ b2 τ
(a) (b) (c) b2t (d)
4 2 2 t1
(a) t1t2 (b) t1 − t2 (c) (d) t1 + t2
t2
CONSTANT ACCELERATION
33. Two cars are travelling towards each other at speed of 20  m  s–1
24. A bullet is fired into a fixed target looses one third of its velocity each. When the cars are 300 m apart, both the drivers apply brakes
after travelling 4 cm. It penetrates further D × 10–3 m before coming and the cars retard at the rate of 2 m s–2. The distance between them
to rest. The value of D is: when they come to rest is: [09 April, 2024 (Shift-II)]
 [27 Jan, 2024 (Shift-II)] (a) 200 m (b) 50 m
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4 (c) 100 m (d) 25 m

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 34. For a train engine moving with speed of 20 ms –1 . the 44. An object of mass 5 kg is thrown vertically upwards from the
driver must apply brakes at a distance of 500m before the ground. The air resistance produces a constant retarding force of
station for the train to come to rest at the station. If the 10 N throughout the motion. The ratio of time of ascent to the time
brakes were applied at half of this distance, the train engine of descent will be equal to: [Use g = 10 ms–2].
would cross the station with speed xms −1 . The value of x [24 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
is ________. (a) 1 : 1 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 3 : 2 (d) 2 : 3
(Assuming same retardation is produced by brakes) 45. An object is thrown vertically upwards. At its maximum height,
 [1 Feb, 2023 (Shift-II)] which of the following quantity becomes zero?
35. A particle starts with an initial velocity of 10.0ms –1 along [26 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
x-direction and accelerates uniformly at the rate of 2.0 ms–2. The (a) Momentum (b) Potential Energy
time taken by the particle to reach the velocity of 60.0 ms–1 is (c) Acceleration (d) Force
[6 April, 2023 (Shift-II)] 46. A ball of mass 0.5 kg is dropped from the height of 10 m. The
(a) 6s (b) 3s (c) 30s (d) 25s height, at which the magnitude of velocity becomes equal to the
magnitude of acceleration due to gravity, is _______m. [Use g =
36. A small toy starts moving from the position of rest under a constant 10 m/s2]
acceleration. If it travels a distance of 10 m in t s, the distance
travelled by the toy in the next t s will be: [26 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
 [29 June, 2022 (Shift-II)] 47. A ball is projected vertically upward with an initial velocity of 50
ms–1 at t = 0 s. At t = 2 s, another ball is projected vertically upward
(a) 10 m (b) 20 m (c) 30 m (d) 40 m with same velocity. At t = ________ s, second ball will meet the
37. A car is moving with speed of 150 km/h and after applying the first ball (g = 10 ms–2). [26 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
break it will move 27m before it stops. If the same car is moving 48. Two balls A and B placed at the top of 180m tall tower. Ball A is
with a speed of one third the reported speed then it will stop after released from the top at t = 0s. Ball B is thrown vertically down
travelling __________ m distance. [25 July, 2022 (Shift-I)] with an initial velocity ‘u’ at t = 2s. After a certain time, both balls
38. A particle is moving in a straight line such that its velocity is meet 100m above the ground. Find the value of ‘u’ in ms–1.
increasing at 5 ms–1 per meter. The acceleration of the particle is [use g = 10 ms–2]:  [29 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
________ms–2 at a point where its velocity is 20 ms–1. (a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 30
 [25 July, 2022 (Shift-II)] 49. A NCC parade is going at a uniform speed of 9 km/h under a
mango tree on which a monkey is sitting at a height of 19.6 m.
39. An engine of a train, moving with uniform acceleration, passes the
At any particular instant, the monkey drops a mango. A cadet will
signal - post with velocity u and the last compartment with velocity
receive the mango whose distance from the tree at time of drop is:
v. The velocity with which middle point of the train passes the
(Given g = 9.8 m/s2) [28 July, 2022 (Shift-I)]
signal post is : [25 Feb, 2021 (Shift-I)]
(a) 5 m (b) 10 m (c) 19.8 m (d) 24.5 m
u+v v2 + u 2 v–u v2 – u 2 50. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 19.6 ms-1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2 2 from the top of a tower. The ball strikes the ground after 6 s. The
40. In a car race on straight road, car A takes a time ‘t’ less than car B k
at the finish and passes finishing point with a speed ‘V’ more than height from the ground up to which the ball can rise will be  m
that of car B. Both the cars start from rest and travel with constant 5
acceleration a1 and a2 respectively. Then ‘v’ is equal to
. The value of k is ______________
[9 Jan, 2019 (Shift-II)]
a + a2 (use g = 9.8 m/s2) [28 July, 2022 (Shift-II)]
(a) 2a1a1 (b) (c) (d) 1
t 2a1a2 t a1a2 t t
a1 + a2 2 51. A ball is thrown up vertically with a certain velocity so that, it
reaches a maximum height h. Find the ratio of the times in which
MOTION UNDER GRAVITY h
it is at height while going up and coming down respectively.
41. A tennis ball is dropped on to the floor from a height of 9.8m. It 3
[29 July, 2022 (Shift-I)]
rebounds to a height 5.0 m. Ball comes in contact with the floor
for 0.2 s. The average acceleration during contact is _______ ms–2 2 −1 3 − 2 3 −1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
[Given g = 10 ms–1] [29 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)] 2 +1 3+ 2 3 +1 3
42. A ball is thrown vertically upward with an initial velocity of 150 52. A juggler throws ball vertically upwards with same initial velocity
x +1 in air. When the first ball reaches its highest positions, he throws
m/s. The ratio of velocity after 3s and 5s is . The value of x
x the next ball. Assuming the juggler throws n balls per second, the
maximum height the balls can reach is [29 July, 2022 (Shift-II)]
is ________ . [12 April, 2023 (Shift-1)]
(a) g/2n (b) 2 gn (c) g/n (d) g/2n2
Take (g = 10 m/s2). 53. A ball is released from a height h. If t1 and t2 be the time required
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) –5 (d) 10 to complete first half and second half of the distance respectively.
43. From the top of a tower, a ball is thrown vertically upward which Then, choose the correct relation between t1 and t2.
reaches the ground in 6s. A second ball thrown vertically downward [29 July, 2022 (Shift-II)]
from the same position with the same speed reaches the ground in
1.5s. A third ball released, from the rest from the same location, (a) t1 = ( 2 )t2 (b) =
t1 ( )
2 − 1 t2
will reach the ground in _________s. [24 June, 2022 (Shift-I)]
(c) =
t2 ( 2 + 1) t 1 (d) =
t2 ( )
2 − 1 t1

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 54. A balloon was moving upwards with a uniform velocity of 10 m/s. 60. Match Column-I with Column-II:
An object of finite mass is dropped from the balloon when it was
at a height of 75m from the ground level. The height of the balloon Column-I Column-II
from the ground when object strikes the ground was around: (takes (x-t graphs) (v-t graphs)
the value of g as 10 m/s2 ) [25 July, 2021 (Shift-II)]
(a) 250 m A. I.
(b) 300 m xX v
(c) 200 m
(d) 125 m
55. A stone is dropped from the top of a building. When it crosses a
point 5m below the top, another stone starts to fall from a point t t
25m below the top. Both stones reach the bottom of building
simultaneously. The height of the building is: [25 Feb, 2021
(Shift-II)] B. II.
x X0 v
(a) 35 m
(b) 45 m
(c) 50 m
(d) 25 m
t t
56. Two spherical balls having equal masses with radius of 5 cm each
are thrown upwards along the same vertical direction at an interval
of 3s with the same initial velocity of 35 m/s, then these balls collide C. III.
at a height of _________ m. (Take g = 10 m/s2)
x v
[26 Aug, 2021 (Shift-I)]
57. Water drops are falling from a nozzle of a shower onto the floor, from t
a height of 9.8m. The drops fall at a regular interval of time. When
the first drop strikes the floor, at that instant, the third drop begins t
to fall. Locate the position of second drop from the floor when the –v
first drop strikes the floor. [27 Aug, 2021 (Shift-II)]
(a) 7.35 m D. IV.
(b) 2.45 m x v t
(c) 2.94 m
(d) 4.18 m

58. A ball is dropped form the top of a 100 m high tower on a planet.
In the last 1/2 s before hitting the ground, it covers a distance of t –v v0
19 m. Acceleration due to gravity (in ms–2) near the surface on that
planet is _________. [8 Jan, 2020 (Shift-II)]
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
 [30 Jan, 2023 (Shift-I)]
GRAPHS (a) A- II, B-IV, C-III, D-I
59. The velocity time graph of a body moving in a straight line is shown
(b) A- I, B-II, C-III, D-IV
in figure.
(c) A- II, B-III, C-IV, D-I
v(ms ) 8
–1

6 (d) A- I, B-III, C-IV, D-II

4 61. Given below are two statements:
2 Statement-I: Area of the velocity-time graph gives the distance
0 travelled by the body in a given time.
2 4 6 8 10
–2 Statement-II: Area under acceleration- time graph is equal to the
–4 change in velocity- in the given time.

–6 In the light of given statements, choose the correct answer
The ratio of displacement to distance travelled
time(s)by the body in time from the options given below. [8 April, 2023 (Shift-II)]
0 to 10 s is [24 Jan, 2023 (Shift-II)] (a) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are true.
(a) 1:1 (b) Statement-I is correct but Statement-II is false.
(b) 1:4 (c) Statement-I is incorrect but Statement-II is true.
(c) 1:2
(d) Both Statement-I and Statement-II are False.
(d) 1:3

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 62. The position-time graphs for two students A and B returning from 65. The velocity- displacement graph describing the motion of a
the school to their homes are shown in figure: bicycle is shown in the figure. The acceleration-displacement graph
of the bicycle’s motion is best described by: [16 March, 2021
B
(Shift-I)]
X A V(ms–1)

50

O t

(A) A lives closer to the school 10

(B) B lives closer to the school X(m)
(C) A takes lesser time to reach home 0
200 400
(D) A travels faster than B
(a) a(ms–2) (b) a(ms–2)
(E) B travels faster than A [10 April, 2023 (Shift-1)]
Choose the correct answer from the options given below: 8 18
(a) (A) and (E) only (b) (B) and (E) only
(c) (A), (C) and (E) only (d) (A), (C) and (D) only
63. From the v – t graph shown. The ratio of distance to displacement
in 25 s of motion [11 April, 2023 (Shift-I)] 2 2
X(m) X(m)
0 0 200 400
200 400
20
(c) a(ms–2) (d) a(ms–2)
m/s 10
18 18
20 25
0 5 10 15
t(s)
2 2
X(m) X(m)
–20
0 200 400 0 200 400
66. The position, velocity and acceleration of a particle moving with
3 1 5
(a) (b) (c) (d) 1 a constant acceleration can be represented by
5 2 3  [18 March, 2021 (Shift-I)]
64. If the velocity-time graph has the shape AMB, what would be the

acceleration
shape of the corresponding acceleration-time graph? x(t) v(t) a(t)
velocity
position

v
(a)

A B t t t

time (t) x(t) acceleration

v(t) a(t)
position

velocity

M  [24 Feb, 2021 (Shift-I)] (b)

a
a
t t t
acceleration

(a) (b) t x(t) v(t) a(t)

velocity
position

t
(c)

a a t t t
acceleration

(c) (d) v(t)

position

velocity

a(t)
t t x(t)
(d)

t t t

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 67. The velocity - displacement graph of a particle is shown in the v v
figure. [18 March, 2021 (Shift-II)]
v h
(a)
h (b) h
h
v0 h/2 h/2

v v
O x
x0
h/2 h/2
The acceleration - displacement graph of the same particle (c) h (d) h
h h
is represented by:
a a
O x 71. Th velocity (v) and time (t) graph of a body in a straight line motion
x
(a) (b) O is shown in the figure. The point S is at 4.333 second. The total
distance covered by the body in 6 s is [5 Sep, 2020 (Shift-II)]
v(m/s) 4 A B
2
S D t(in s)
a a 0
1 2 3 4 5 6
–2
(c) (d) C
O x (a)
37
(b) 11 m (c) 12 m (d)
49
m m
3 4
O x 72. A particle starts from the origin at time t = 0 and moves along the
68. A particle is moving with constant acceleration 'a'. Following positive x-axis. The graph of velocity with respect to time is shown
graph shows v2 versus x (displacement) plot. The acceleration of in figure. What is the position of the particle at time t = 5s?
the particle is _____m/s2. [31 Aug, 2021 (Shift-II)] [10 Jan, 2019 (Shift-II)]
v
(m/s)
80 C
3
60 B
V2 (m/s)2

2
40 A 1
0
20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 t(s)

0 10 20 30 73. A particle starts from origin O from rest and moves with a uniform
x (m) acceleration along the positive x-axis. Identify the figure that is not
correctly representing the motion qualitatively.
69. The speed versus time graph for a particle is shown in the figure.
The distance travelled (in m) by the particle during the time interval (a = acceleration, v = velocity, x = displacement, t = time)
t = 0 to t = 5 s will be ___________. [3 Sep, 2020 (Shift-II)]  [8 April, 2019 (Shift-II)]
10
8 A
(A) a (B) v
6
u (ms)
4
O t O t
2
0 B
1 2 3 4 5
time (s) (C) x (D) x
70. A tennis ball is released from a height h and after freely falling on
a wooden floor it rebounds and reaches height h/2. The velocity O t O t
versus height of the ball during its motion may be represented
graphically by (graph are drawn schematically and on not to scale). (a) (A), (B), (C) (b) (A)
(c) (C) (d) (B), (C)
[4 Sep, 2020 (Shift-I)]
(a) 10 m (b) 6 m (c) 3 m (d) 9 m

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VARIABLE ACCELERATION 79. A passenger sitting in a train A moving at 90 km/h observes another
train B moving in the opposite direction for 8 s. If the velocity of
74. The relation between time t and distance x for a moving body is the train B is 54 km/h, then length of train B is:
given as t = mx2 + nx, where m and n are constants. The retardation
[13 April, 2023 (Shift-II)]
of the motion is: (Where v stands for velocity)
(a) 80 m (b) 200 m (c) 120 m (d) 320 m
[25 July, 2021 (Shift-II)] 80. Two buses P and Q start from a point at the same time and move
(a) 2n2v2 (b) 2mnv3 (c) 2mv3 (d) 2nv3 in a straight line and their positions are represented by Xp(t) = αt
75. The instantaneous velocity of a particle moving in a straight line + βt2 and XQ (t) = ft – t2. At what time, both the buses have same
is given as v = αt + βt2, where α and β are constants. The distance velocity? [25 June, 2022 (Shift-II)]
travelled by the particle between 1s and 2s is: (a) α − f (b) α + f (c) α +f (d) f − α
 [25 July, 2021 (Shift-II)] 1+ β 2 ( β − 1) 2 (1 + β ) 2 (1 + β )
(a) α β (b) 3 7 81. Train A and train B are running on parallel tracks in opposite
+ α+ β
2 3 2 3 directions with speeds of 36 km/hour and 72 km/hour, respectively,
3 7 A person is walking in train A in the direction opposite to its motion
(c) α+ β (d) 3α + 7β
2 2 with a speed of 1.8 km/hour. Speed (in ms–1) of this person as
76. The distance x covered by a particle in one dimensional motion observed from train B will be close to: (take the distance between
varies with time t as x2 = at2 + bt + c. If the acceleration of the the tracks as negligible) [2 Sep, 2020 (Shift-I)]
particle depends on x as x–n, where n is an integer, the value of n (a) 28.5 ms–1 (b) 31.5 ms–1 (c) 30.5 ms–1 (d) 29.5 ms–1
is __________. [9 Jan, 2020 (Shift-I)] 82. A passenger train of length 60 m travels at a speed of 80 km/hr.
Another freight train of length 120 m travels at a speed of 30 km/hr.
ONE DIMENSIONAL RELATIVE MOTION The ratio of times taken by the passenger train to completely cross
the freight train when: (i) they are moving in the same direction,
77. Train A is moving along two parallel rail tracks towards north with
and (ii) in the opposite direction is:  [12 Jan, 2019 (Shift-I)]
speed 72 km/h and train B is moving towards south with speed 108
11 5 3 25
km/h. Velocity of train B with respect to A and velocity of ground (a) (b) (c) (d)
with respect to B are (in ms–1): [1 Feb, 2024 (Shift-II)] 5 2 2 11
(a) –30 and 50 (b) –50 and –30
(c) –50 and 30 (d) 50 and –30
78. Two trains ‘A’ and ‘B’ of length ‘l’ and ‘4l’ are travelling into a
tunnel of length ‘L’ in parallel tracks from opposite directions with
velocities 108 km/h and 72 km/h, respectively. If train ‘A’ takes
35s less time than train ‘B’ to cross the tunnel then, length ‘L’ of
tunnel is
(Given L = 60l) [13 April, 2023 (Shift-I)]
(a) 1200 m (b) 2700 m (c) 1800 m (d) 900 m

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 Answer Key (Manthan)
Exercise-1
1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (d) 6. (c) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (b)
11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (b) 15. (b) 16. (d) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (c)
21. (c) 22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (d) 25. (c) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (d) 30. (b)
31. (d) 32. (c) 33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (a) 36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (b)
41. (b) 42. (d) 43. (d) 44. (c) 45. (d) 46. (d)

Exercise-2
1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (d) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (d)
11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (b) 15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (a)
21. (d) 22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (b) 28. (b) 29. (a) 30. (b)
31. (1, 2, 4) 32. (1, 2, 3) 33. (2, 3, 4) 34. (3, 4) 35. (1, 4) 36. (b) 37. (b) 38. (c)
39. (d) 40. (a) 41. (b) 42. (d) 43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (c) 46. (125) 47. (4) 48. (2.25)
49. (4.90) 50. (20.00)

Exercise-3 (PYQ's)
1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (b) 7. (c) 8. [52] 9. (b) 10. [3]
11. (d) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. [50] 15. (d) 16. (c) 17. (d) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20. (c)
21. [18] 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (Bonus) 25. [45.00] 26. (b) 27. [36] 28. [8] 29. (b) 30. [40]
31. [19] 32. (a) 33. (c) 34. [200] 35. (d) 36. (c) 37. [3] 38. [100] 39. (b) 40. (c)
41. [120] 42. (b) 43. [3] 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. [5] 47. [6] 48. (d) 49. (a) 50. [392]
51. (b) 52. (d) 53. (d) 54. (d) 55. (b) 56. [50] 57. (a) 58. [8] 59. (d) 60. (a)
61. (c) 62. (a) 63. (c) 64. (a) 65. (d) 66. (b) 67. (a) 68. [1] 69. [20] 70. (b)
71. (a) 72. (d) 73. (c) 74. (c) 75. (b) 76. [3] 77. (c) 78. (c) 79. (d) 80. (d)
81. (d) 82. (a)

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