TEST NO:1

TOTAL MARKS:50

TOPIC: MOTION IN A PLANE

TIME DURATION:1hr

1. A ball rolls of the top of stair-way with a horizontal velocity of magnitude 1.8 ms−1 . The
steps are 0.20 m high and 0.20 m wide. Which step will the ball hit first?
a) First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth

2. A body of mass 100 g is rotating in a circular path of radius r with constant velocity. The
work done in one complete revolution is
a) 100 rJ b) (r /100)J c) (100 /r )J d) Zero

3. In uniform circular motion of a particle

a) Velocity is constant but acceleration is variable

b) Velocity is variable but acceleration in constant

c) Both speed and acceleration are constant

d) Speed is constant but acceleration is variable

4. A small sphere is attached to a cord and rotates in a vertical circle about a point O . If the
average speed of the sphere is increased, the cord is most likely to break at the
orientation when the mass is at

a) Bottom point B b) Top point A c) The point D d) The point C

5. 10
A stone of mass 1 kg tied to a light inextensible string of length L= is whirling in a
3
circular path of radius L in vertical plane. If the ratio of the maximum tension to the
minimum tension in the string is 4. What is the speed of stone at the highest point of the
circle? (Taking g=10 ms−2)
a) 10 b) 5 c) 10 d) 20 −1
ms
−1
√2 m s −1
√3 m s−1
ms
6. −1
A proton in a cyclotron changes its velocity from 30 km s north to 40 km s −1
east in 20 s.
what is the average acceleration during this time
a) 2.5 −2
at 37° E of S b) 2.5 −2
at 37° N of E
km s km s
c) 2.5 −2 d) 2.5 −2
km s at 37° N of S km s at 37° E of N
7. A man can throw a stone to a maximum distance of 80 m. The maximum height to which
it will rise in meter, is
a) 30 m b) 20 m c) 10 m d) 40 m

8. The bob of a pendulum of mass m and length L is displaced, 90 ° from the vertical and
gently released. In order that the string may not break upon passing through the lowest
 point, its minimum strength must be
a) m g b) 2m g c) 3m g d) 4m g

9. An aeroplane is flying horizontally with a constant velocity of 100 km h−1 at a height of 1 km

from the ground level. At t=0 , it starts dropping packets at constant time intervals of T 0.
If R represents the separation between two consecutive points of impact on the ground,
then for the first three packets, R1 / R2 is
a) 1 b) >1

c) <1 d) Sufficient data is not given

10. A particle is acted upon by a force of constant magnitude which is always perpendicular
to the velocity of the particle. The motion of the particle takes place in a plane it follows
that
a) Its velocity is constant b) Its acceleration is constant

c) Its kinetic energy is constant d) It moves in a straight line

11. A stone is just released from the window of a train moving along a horizontal straight
track. The stone will hit the ground following
a) Straight path b) Circular path c) Parabolic path d) Hyperbolic path

12. A cyclist riding the bicycle at a speed of 14 √ 3 m s−1 takes a turn around a circular road of
radius 20 √ 3 m without skidding. Given g=9.8 m s−2, what is his inclination to the vertical
a) o b) o c) o d) o
30 90 45 60
13. When a projectile is projected at a certain angle with the horizontal, its horizontal range is
R and time of flight is T 1. When the same projectile is throwing with the same speed at
some other angle with the horizontal, its horizontal range is R and time of flight is T 2. The
product of T 1 and T 2 is
a) R b) 2 R c) 3 R d) 4 R
g g g g
14. gx
2
The equation of a projectile is y= √ 3 x− . The angle of projection is given by
2
a) tanθ= 1 b) c) π d) Zero
tanθ=√ 3
√3 2
15. A cyclist is moving on a circular track of radius 80 m with a velocity v=36 kmh−1. He has to
lean from the vertical approximately through an angle
¿
a) −1
tan (4 ) (3)
b) tan−1 1 c) tan−1 1
(4) d) tan−1 1
(8)
16. A particle of mass m is fixed to one end of a light spring of force constant k and
unstretched length l . The system is rotated about the other end of the spring with an
angular velocity ω , in gravity free space. As shown in figure the increase in length of the
spring will be

a) mω l
2
b) m ω l
2
c) m ω l
2 d) None of these
2 2
k k−mω k +m ω
17. If a person can throw a stone to maximum height of h metre vertically, then the
maximum distance through which it can be thrown horizontally by the same person is
 a) h b) h c) 2 h d) 3 h
2
18. A particle is tied to 20 cm long string. It performs circular motion in vertical plane. What is
the angular velocity of the string when the tension in the string at the top is zero
a) 5 rad / sec b) 2 rad /sec c) 7.5 rad / sec d) 7 rad / sec

19. The maximum and minimum tensions in the string whirling in a circle of radius 2.5 m are
in the ratio 5:3, then its velocity is
a) b) c) d)
√ 98 ms
−1 −1
7 ms
−1
√ 490 ms −1
√ 4.9 ms
20. Two bodies are projected from the same point with equal speeds in such directions that
they both strike the same point on a plane whose inclination is β . If α be the angle of
projection of the first body with the horizontal the ratio of their times of flight is
a) cos α b) sin(α + β) c) cos α d) sin(α −β )
sin(α + β) cos α sin(α −β ) cos α
21. The angle of projection at which the horizontal range and maximum height of projectile
are equal is
a) 45 ° b) −1
θ=tan (0.25)
c) −1 d) 60 °
θ=tan 4or(θ=76 °)
22. A body slides down a frictionless track which ends in a circular loop of diameter D . Then
the minimum height h of the body in terms of D so that it may just complete the loop, is
a) h= 5 D b) h= 3 D c) h= 5 D d) h=2 D
2 2 4
23. A force ⃗
F =2 i^ +2 ^j N displaces a particle through S=2 ^ k^ m in 16 s. The power developed
⃗ i+2
by ⃗
F is
a) −1 b) −1 c) −1 d) −1
0.25 J s 25 J s 225 J s 450 J s
24. A sphere of mass m is tied to end of a string of length l and rotated through the other end
along a horizontal circular path with speed v .The work done in full horizontal circle is
a) 0 b) ¿ c) mg .2 π d) ¿

25. Two projectile are thrown with the same initial velocity at angles α and (90 °−α) with the
h1
horizontal. The maximum heights attained by them are h1 and h2 respectively. Then is
h2
equal to
a) 2 b) 2 c) 2 d) 1
sin α cos α tan α
26. A particle P is at the origin starts with velocity ⃗v =( 2 i^ −4 ^j ) m s−1 with constant acceleration
( 3 i^ −5 ^j ) m s−2. After travelling for 2 s, its distance from the origin is
a) 10 m b) 10.2 m c) 9.8 m d) 11.7 m

27. A small sphere is hung by a string fixed to a wall. The sphere is pushed away from the
wall by a stick. The force acting on the sphere are shown in figure. Which of the following
statements is wrong?
 T

a) P=Wtan θ b) ⃗ ⃗ ⃗ c) 2 2 2 d) T =P+W
T + P + W =0 T =P +W
28. A particle moves in a circle of radius 30cm. Its liner speed is given by v=2 t , where t is in
second and v in ms−1. Find out its, radial and tangential acceleration at t=3 s , respectively,
a) −2 −2 b) −2 −2 c) −2 −2 d) −2 −2
220 ms , 50 ms 100 ms , 5 ms 120 ms , 2 ms 110 ms , 10 ms
29. A small particle of mass m is projected at an angle θ with the x -axis with an initial velocity
v 0 sin θ
v 0 in the x - y plane as shown in the figure. At a time t< , the angular momentum of
g
the particle is
y
V0

c) −1 mg v t 2 cos θ k^ d) 1 mg v t 2 cos θ i̇^

−mg v 0 t cos θ ^j̇
a) b)
2
mg v 0 t cos θ k^ 0 0
2 2
30. A body is thrown upward from the earth surface with velocity 5 m/s and from a planet
surface with velocity 3 m/s . Both follow the same path. What is the projectile acceleration
due to gravity on the planet
a) 2 b) 2 c) 2 d) 2
2 m/s 3.5 m/s 4 m/s 5 m/s
31. An unbanked curve has a radius of 60 m. The maximum speed at which the car make a
turn is (Take μ=0.75)
a) 7 −1 b) 14 −1 c) 21 −1 d) 2.1 −1
ms ms ms ms
32. A fly wheel rotates about a fixed axis and slows down from 300 rpm to 100 rpm in 2 min.
2
Then its angular retardation in rad /min is
a) 100 b) 100 c) 100 π d) 200 π
π
33. A particle is projected with a velocity 200 m s−1 at an angle of 60 ° . At the highest point, it
explodes into three particles of equal masses. One goes vertically upwards with a velocity
−1
100 m s , the second particle goes vertically downwards. What is the velocity of third
particle?
a) −1
making 60 ° angle with horizontal b) −1
making 60 ° angle with horizontal
120 m s 200 m s
c) −1 d) −1
300 m s 200 m s
34. A car is moving on a circular path and takes a turn. If R1and R2 be the reactions on the
inner and outer wheels respectively, then
 a) R =R b) R < R c) R > R d) R ≥ R
1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2

35. If the vector ⃗

A=2 i^ + 4 ^j and ⃗
B=5 i^ + p ^j are parallel to each other, the magnitude of ⃗
B is
a) b) 10 c) 15 d)
5 √5 2 √5
36. A body is revolving with a uniform speed v in a circle of radius r . The tangential
acceleration is
c) Zero d) v
2
a) v b) v
2
r r r
37. A bridge is in the form of a semi-circle of radius 40 m. The greatest speed with which a
motor cycle can cross the bridge without leaving the ground at the highest point is
( g=10 ms−2 )(frictional force is negligibly small)
a) −1 b) −1 c) −1 d) −1
40 ms 20 ms 30 ms 15 ms
38. A car is moving with high velocity when it has a turn. A force acts on it outwardly because
of
a) Centripetal force b) Centrifugal force c) Gravitational force d) All the above

39. If time of flight of a projectile is 10 seconds. Range is 500 meters . The maximum height
attained by it will be
a) 125 m b) 50 m c) 100 m d) 150 m

40. A stone is projected with a velocity 20 √ 2 ms−1 at an angle of 45 ° to the horizontal. The
average velocity of stone during its motion from starting point to its maximum height is
−2
(g=10 m s )
a) b) c) d)
5 √ 5 ms 10 √ 5 ms 20 √ 5 m s
−1 −1 −1 −1
20 m s
41. A stone is thrown at an angle θ to the horizontal reaches a maximum heights H . then the
time of flight of stone will be

√
a) 2 H
g
b)
2
√ 2H
g
c) 2 √ 2 H sinθ
g
d) √ 2 H sin θ

42. A particle does uniform circular motion in a horizontal plane. The radius of the circle is
g

20 cm . The centripetal force acting on the particle is 10 N . It’s kinetic energy is

a) 0.1 J b) 0.2 J c) 2.0 J d) 1.0 J

43. When a simple pendulum is rotated in a vertical plane with constant angular velocity,
centripetal force is
a) Maximum at highest point b) Maximum at lowest point

c) Same at all lower point d) Zero

44. The magnitude of the vectors product o two vectors is √ 3 times their scalar product. The
angle between the two vectors is
a) 90° b) 60° c) 45° d) 30°

45. Three forces of magnitudes 6N, 6N and √ 72 N at a corner of a cube along three sides as
shown in figure. Resultant of these forces is
 a) 12 N along OB b) 18 N along OA c) 18 N along OC d) 12 N along OE

46. The angle which the bicycle and its rider must make with the vertical when going round a
curve of 7 m radius at 5 m s−1 is
a) 20° b) 15° c) 10° d) 5°

47. A projectile is thrown at angle β with vertical. It reaches a maximum height H . The time
taken to reach the highest point of its path is

√
a) H
g √
b) 2 H
g
c)
√ H
2g
d)
√
2H
g cos β
48. A cart is moving horizontally along a straight line with constant speed 30 m/s . A projectile
is to be fired from the moving cart in such a way that it will return to the cart after the
cart has moved 80 m . At what speed (relative to the cart) must the projectile be fired ¿
Take g=10 m/ s2 ¿
a) b) c) 40 d) None of these
10 m/s 10 √ 8 m/s m/s
3
49. A sphere of mass 0.2 kg is attached to an inextensible string of length 0.5 m whose upper
end is fixed to the ceiling. The sphere is made to describe a horizontal circle of radius 0.3
m. The speed of the sphere will be
a) −1 b) 2.5 −1 c) 3.2 −1 d) 4.7 −1
1.5 m s ms ms ms
50. The resultant of two vectors ⃗A and ⃗B is perpendicular to the vector ⃗
A and its magnitude
is equal to half of the magnitude of vector ⃗B . Then the angle between ⃗A and ⃗B is
a) 30° b) 45° c) 150° d) 120°
ANSWER KEY-1

1 D 27 D

2 D 28 C

3 D 29 C

4 A 30 B

5 A 31 C

6 A 32 D

7 B 33 C

8 C 34 B

9 A 35 A

10 C 36 C

11 C 37 B

12 D 38 B

13 B 39 A

14 B 40 B

15 D 41 B

16 B 42 D

17 C 43 C

18 D 44 B
19 A 45 D

20 D 46 A

21 C 47 B

22 C 48 C

23 A 49 A

24 A 50 C

25 C

26 B