PROJECTILE MOTION
SET- 02
DAILY PRACTICE PAPER
1. A ball is thrown horizontally from a point
100 m above the ground with a speed of 20
m/s. Find (a) the time it takes to reach the
ground, (b) the horizontal distance it travels
before reaching the ground, (c) the velocity
(direction and magnitude) with which it
strikes the ground. Ans.- ( 2 m/s)
Ans.- (a) 4.5 s (b) 90m
(c) 49 m/s, θ = 66o with horizontal 5. A bullet is fired horizontally at an object P
from B. The object P starts falling the
2. A popular game in Indian villages is goli moment the bullet is fired. Prove that the
which is played with small glass balls bullet will hit the object.
called golis. The goli of one player is Ans.-
situated at a distance of 2.0 m from the goli
of the second player. This second player 6. An aeroplane is flying a horizontally at a
has to project his goli by keeping the thumb height of 400 metre with velocity of 1000
of the left hand at the place of his goli, m/sec. A packet is dropped from it so as to
holding the goli between his two middle reach a man standing on the ground. At
fingers and making the throw. If the what distance from the man should the
projected goli hits the goli of the first packet be dropped (take g = 10 m/sec2)
player, the second player wins. If the height Ans.- ( 8953.2 metre )
from which the goli is to be projected is
19.6 cm from the ground and the goli is to 7. An aeroplane is flying at a height of 1960
be projected horizontally, with what speed metre in a horizontal direction with a
should it be projected so that it directly hits velocity of 100 m/sec. when it is vertically
the stationary goli without falling on the above an object M on the ground it drops a
ground earlier? bomb. If the bomb reaches the ground at
Ans.- (10 m/s) the point N, then calculate the time taken
by the bomb to reach the ground and also
3. A bomb is dropped from a plane flying find the distance MN.
horizontally with uniform speed. Show that Ans.- ( 20 sec., 2000 metre )
the bomb will explode vertically below the
plane. Is the statement true if the plane flies 8. A ball is projected from a point on the floor
with uniform speed but not horizontally? with a speed of 15 m/s at an angle of 60o
Ans.- with the horizontal. Will it hit a vertical
wall 5 m away from the point of projection
4. A staircase contains three steps each 10 cm and perpendicular to the plane of projection
high and 20 cm wide. What should be the without hitting the floor? Will the answer
minimum horizontal velocity of a ball differ if the wall is 22 m away?
rolling off the uppermost plane so as to hit Ans.- ( Yes, Yes)
directly the lowest plane?
9. A ball is thrown at a speed of 40 m/s at an
angle of 60o with the horizontal. Find (a)
the maximum height reached and (b) the
range of the ball. Take g = 10m/s2.
Ans.- (a) 60 m, (b) 80√3 m
10. Find the average velocity of a projectile
between the instants it crosses half the
maximum height. It is projected with a
speed u at an angle θ with the horizontal.
Ans.- (u cosθ, horizontal in the plane of
projection)
11. A man is sitting on the shore of a river. He
is in the line of a 1.0 m long boat and is 5.5
m away from the centre of the boat. He
wishes to throw an apple into the boat. If he
can throw the apple only with a speed of 10
m/s, find the minimum and maximum
angles of projection for successful shot.
Assume that the point of projection and the
edge of the boat are in the same horizontal
level.
Ans.- (Minimum angle 15o, maximum
angle 75o but there is an interval of 53o
between 15o and 75o, which is not allowed
for successful shot)
12. A body of mass m is projected at an angle
of 45o from horizontal. Calculate the
change in momentum from its departure
and arrival position in a vertical direction,
neglect air resistance.
Ans.- ( √2 mu. )
