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BY: SAURABH ASTHANA
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A body covers 12 m in 2nd second and 20 m in 4th second. Find what distance the body will cover in 4
seconds after the 5th second
A ball is dropped from the roof of a tower of height h. The total distance covered by it in the last second of
its motion is equal to the distance covered by it in first three seconds. What is the value of h?
Two bodies are released from the same height at an interval of 1s. How long after the first body begins to
fall will the two bodies be 10 m apart?
A body starting from rest, was observed to cover 20 m in 1 second and 40 m during the next second. How
far had it travelled before the first observation was taken ?
A stone is dropped from the top of a cliff and is found to travel 44.1 m in the last second before it reaches
the ground. Find the height of the cliff.
A body is in motion along a straight line. As it crosses a fixed point a stop watch is started. The body travels
a distance of 1.8 m in the first 3 second and 2.2 m in next 5 seconds. What will he the velocity at the end of
9 second?
From the top of a tower 100 m in height a ball is dropped and at the same instant another ball is projected
vertically upwards from the ground so that it just reaches the top of tower. At what height do the two balls
pass one another?
The velocitytime graph of a particle moving along a straight line is as shown in Fig .Calculate the distance
covered between t = 0 to t = 10 seconds. Also find displacement in time 0 to10 seconds.
9. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate A for some time after which it retards at constant rate B to come
to rest. If the total time lapse is T seconds, evaluate the maximum velocity reached and total distance
travelled, in terms of A, B and T.
10. A ball is dropped from a bridge 122.5 m above a river. After the ball has been falling for 2 s, a second ball is
thrown straight down after it. What must its initial velocity be so that both hit the water at the same time ?
11. The relation between time t and distance x = x2 + x + where , and are constants. Show that
retardation is 2 v3 where , is the instantaneous velocity.
12. Balls are dropped from the roof of a tower at a fixed interval of time. At the moment when 9th ball reaches
the ground the nth ball is 3/4th height of the tower. What is the value of h ?
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13. The speed time graph of a particle moving along a fixed direction is as shown in Fig. Obtain the distance
travelled by the particle between (a) t = 0 to 10 s (b) t = 2 to 6 s. What is the average speed of the particle over
the intervals in (a) and (b) ?
14. On displacement time graph, two straight lines make angle 60 and 30 with time axis,what is the ratio of
the velocities represented by them ?
15. The displacement of a particle is represented by the following equation s = 3 t3 + 7 t2 + 5t + 8 where s is in

meters and t in seconds. What is the acceleration of the particle at t = 1 s ?
16. A parachutist after bailing out falls 50 m without friction. When parachute opens, it decelerates at 2 m/s2. He
reaches the ground with a speed of 3 m/s .At what height, did he bail out?
17. A 100 in sprinter increases her speed from rest uniformly at the rate of 1 m/s2 up to three quarters of the total
run and covers the last quarter with uniform speed. How much time does she take to cover the first half and
the second half of the run?
18. A small coin is dropped down a well. The splash is heard 2.3 s later. How deep is the well ? (Assume that
sound travels quickly enough for any delaying effect to be ignored.)
19. An object is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity 19.6 m s-1. Calculate the distance and displacement of
the object after 3 second ?
20. The displacement of a particle moving in one dimension under the action of a constant force is related to the
time t by the equation t = + 3, where x is in meter and t is in second. Find the displacement of the particle
when its velocity is zero.
21. A stone is thrown upwards from the top of a tower 85 m high. It reaches the ground in 5 second. Calculate (i)
the greatest height above the ground (ii) the velocity with which it reaches the ground and (iii) the time taken
to reach the maximum height. Given :g = 10 m/s2.
22. A stone is dropped from a balloon at an altitude of 300 m. How long will the stone take to reach the ground if
(a) the balloon is ascending with a velocity of 5 m/s (b) the balloon is descending with a velocity of 5 m/s (c)
the balloon is stationary ?
23. During the last second of its free fall, a body covers half of the total distance travelled. Calculate (i) the
approximate height from which the body falls (ii) the duration of the fall.
24. Between two stations, a train accelerates uniformly at first, then moves with constant speed and finally
retards uniformly. If the ratio of times taken is 1 : 8 : 1 and the greatest speed is 60 km/h, find the average
speed over the whole journey.
25. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for 10 s to a velocity of 8 m/s. It then runs at a constant
velocity and is finally brought to rest in 64 m with a constant retardation. The total distance covered by the
car is 584m. Find the values of acceleration, retardation and total time taken.
26. A stone is dropped from the top of a tall tower and after one second, another stone is dropped from a balcony
20 m below the top. If both the stones reach the ground at the same instant. Calculate the height of the
tower. Given : g = 10 m s-2
27. A car A travelling on a straight level road with a uniform speed of 60 km/h is followed by another car B which
is moving with a speed of 70 km/h When the distance between them is 2.5 km, the car B is given a
deceleration of 20 km h-2. After what distance and time, will B catch up with A?
28. Two particles move towards each other with increasing speeds along a straight line AB which is 51 m long.
One starts from A with a speed of 5 m/s and acceleration 1 m s-2. The other starts from B at the same instant
with a speed 6 m/s and acceleration 3 m/s2. When and where the two particles meet ?
29. A stone is dropped from a certain height. After falling for 5 second, the stone breaks through a pane of glass
and instantaneously loses half of its velocity. If the stone then takes one more second to reach the ground,
determine the height of the glass above the ground. Given : g = 10 m s-2
30. Two cars start off to race with velocities v1 and v2 and travel in a straight line with uniform accelerations a1
and a2 respectively. If the race ends in a dead heat, prove that the length of the course is
31. The position of a particle moving along the x-axis is expressed as x = at3+ bt2 + ct + d. The initial acceleration
of the particle is :
(a) 6a
(b) 2b
(c) (a+ b)
(d) ( a + c)
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32. The displacement of a body in 8 s starting from rest with an acceleration of 20 cm/s is :
(a) 64 m
(b) 64 cm
(c) 640 cm
(d) 0.064 m
33. A body falls from a height h = 200 m. The ratio of distance travelled in each 2 s, during t = 0 to t =6s of the
journey is:
(a) l : 4 : 9
(b) 1 : 2 : 4
(c) 1 : 3 : 5
(d) 1 : 2 : 3
34. A ball is released from height h and another from 2h. The ratio of time taken by the two balls to reach the
ground is :
(a) l :
(b) : l
(c) 2 : l
(d) l : 2
35. A body falling from the rest has a velocity v after it falls through a height h. The distance it has to fall down
further for its velocity to become double, will be :
(a) 8 h
(b) 6 h
(c) 3 h
(d)
5h
36. A boy is running over a circular track with uniform speed of 10 m/s. Find the average velocity for movement
of boy from A to B . (in m/s)
(a) 10/
(b) 40/
(c) 10
(d) None of the above
37. What arc the speeds of two objects if, when they move uniformly towards each other, they get 4 m closer in
each second and when they move uniformly in the same direction with the original speeds, they get 4.0 m
closer each 10 s :
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(a) 2.8 m/s and 1.2 m/s

(b) 5.2 m/s and 4.6 m/s
(c) 3.2 m/s and 2.1 m/s
(d) 2.2 m/s and 1.8 m/s
A car has to cover the distance 60 km. If half of the total time it travels with speed 80 h l h and in rest half
time its speed becomes 40 km/h, the average speed of car will be :
(a) 60 km/h
(b) 80 km/h
(c) 120 km/h
(d) 180 km/h
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The acceleration a in m/s , of a particle is given by a = 3t + 2t + 2 where t is the time. If the particle starts out
with a velocity v = 2 m/s at t = 0,then the velocity at the end o f 2 s is :
(a) 12 m/s
(b) 14 m/s
(c) 16 m/s
(d) 18 m/s
Two bodies are held separated by 9.8 m vertically one above the other. They are released simultaneously to
fall freely under gravity. After 2 s the relative distance between them is :
(a) 4.9 m
(b) 19.6 m
(c) 9.8 m
(d) 39.2 m
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A particle starts from rest, accelerates at 2 m/s for 10 s and then goes for constant speed for 30 s and then
decelerates at 4 m/s2 till it stops. What is the distance travelled by it ?
(a) 750 m
(b) 800 m
(c) 700 m
(d) 850 m
A body dropped from the top of a tower covers a distance 7x in the last second of its journey, where X is the
distance covered in first second. How much time does it take to reach the ground ?
(a) 3 s
(b) 4 s
(c) 5 s
(d) 6 s
A body is moving with uniform velocity of 8 m/s. When the body just crossed another body, the second one
starts and moves with uniform acceleration of 4 ms-2. The time after which two bodies meet, will be :
(a) 2 s
(b) 4 s
(c) 6 s
(d) 8 s
A body travelling with uniform acceleration crosses two points A and B with velocities 20 m/s and 30 m/s
respectively. The speed of the body at mid-point of A and B is :
(a) 25 m/s
(b) 25.5 m/s
(c) 24 m/s
(d) 10 m/s
A particle starting from rest with constant acceleration travels a distance x in first 2 s and a distance y in next
2 s, then :
(a) y = x
(b) y = 2x
(c) y=3x
(d) y = 4x
A stone falls freely under gravity. The total distance covered by it in the last second of its journey equals the
distance covered by it in first 3 s of its motion. The time for which the stone is in air is :
(a) 5 s
(b) 12s
(c) 15 s
(d) 8 s
A stone thrown upward with a speed u from the top of the tower reaches the ground with a speed 3u. The
height of the tower is :
(a) 3 u2/g
(b) 4 u2/g
(c) 6 u2/g
(d) 9 u2/g
A train accelerating uniformly from rest attains a maximum speed of40 m/s in 20 s. It travels at this speed for
20 s and is brought to rest with uniform retardation in further 40 s.What is the average velocity during this
period :
(a) 80/3 m/s
(b) 40 m/s
(c) 25 m/s
(d) 30m/s
A particle is thrown vertically upwards. Its velocity at half of the height is 10 m/s. Then the maximum height
attained by it is (g : 10 m/s2)
(a) 16m
(b) 10m
(c) 20 m
(d) 40 m
With what speed should a body be thrown upwards so that the distances traversed in 5th second and 6th
second are equal?
(a) 5.84 m/s
(b) 49 m/s
(c) m/s
(d) 98 m/s
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A balloon starts rising from the ground with an acceleration of 1.25 m/s . After 8 s, a stone is released from
the balloon. The stone will : (g= 10m/s2)
(a) reach the ground in 4 s
(b) begin to move down after being released
(c) have a displacement of 50 m
(d) cover a distance of 40 m in reaching the ground
52. Driver of a train moving at a speed v1 sights a freight train a distance d ahead of him on the same track moving
in the same direction with a slow speed v2. He puts on the brakes and gives his train a constant deceleration
. Then there will he no collision if:
53. A packet is dropped from a balloon which is going upwards with a velocity 12 m/s. The velocity of the packet
after 2 s will be :
(a) -12 m/s
(b) 12 m/s
(c) -7.6 m/s
(d) 7.6 m/s
54. A force of 1000 N is applied on a body of mass 100 kg moving with the velocity of 5 m/s ? How much time
does it require to attain a velocity of 25 m/s ?
(a) 8 s
(b) 6 s
(c) 4 s
(d) 2 s
55. Two trains travelling on the same track are approaching each other with equal speeds of 40 m/s. The drivers
of the trains begin to decelerate simultaneously when they are just 2.0 km apart. Assuming the deceleration
to be uniform and equal. The value of deceleration to barely avoid collision should be :
(a) 0.8 m/s2
(b) 2.0 m/s2
(c) 4.0 m/s2
(d) 1.0 m/s2

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15. The displacement of a particle is represented by the following equation s = 3 t3 + 7 t2 + 5t + 8 where s is in

(a) 2.8 m/s and 1.2 m/s

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