JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
A boy throws a ball into air at $45^{\circ}$ from the horizontal to land it on a roof of a building of height $H$. If the ball attains maximum height in 2 s and lands on the building in 3 s after launch, then value of $H$ is $\_\_\_\_$ m.
$ \left(\mathrm{g}=10 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2\right) $
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
A projectile is thrown upward at an angle $60^{\circ}$ with the horizontal. The speed of the projectile is $20 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ when its direction of motion is $45^{\circ}$ with the horizontal. The initial speed of the projectile is $\_\_\_\_$ $\mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}$.
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
A river of width 200 m is flowing from west to east with a speed of 18 km/h. A boat, moving with speed of 36 km/h in still water, is made to travel one-round trip (bank to bank of the river). Minimum time taken by the boat for this journey and also the displacement along the river bank are ______ and ______ respectively.
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
Two identical bodies, projected with the same speed at two different angles cover the same horizontal range $R$. If the time of flight of these bodies are 5 s and 10 s , respectively, then the value of $R$ is
$\_\_\_\_$ m. (Take $g=10 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^2$ )
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
At $t=0$, a body of mass 100 g starts moving under the influence of a force $(5 \hat{\mathrm{i}}+10 \hat{\mathrm{j}}) \mathrm{N} \cdot$ After 2 s its position is $(2 x \hat{\mathrm{i}}+5 y \hat{\mathrm{j}}) \mathrm{m}$. The ratio $x: y$ is $\_\_\_\_$ .
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
If $x$ and $y$ coordinates of a projectile as a function of time $(t)$ are given as $24 t$ and $43.6 t-4.9 t^2$, respectively, then the angle (in degrees) made by the projectile with horizontal when $t=2 \mathrm{~s}$ is $\_\_\_\_$ .
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
The two projectiles are projected with the same initial velocities at the $15^{\circ}$ and $30^{\circ}$ with respect to the horizontal. The ratio of their ranges is $1: x$. The value of $x$ is
JEE Mains
2026
MCQ
The velocity of a particle is given as $\vec{v} = -x \hat{i} + 2y \hat{j} - z \hat{k}$ m/s. The magnitude of acceleration at point (1, 2, 4) is ________ m/s2.
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
Two balls with same mass and initial velocity, are projected at different angles in such a way that maximum height reached by first ball is 8 times higher than that of the second ball. $T_1$ and $T_2$ are the total flying times of first and second ball, respectively, then the ratio of $T_1$ and $T_2$ is
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
A helicopter flying horizontally with a speed of 360 km/h at an altitude of 2 km, drops an object at an instant. The object hits the ground at a point O, 20 s after it is dropped. Displacement of 'O' from the position of helicopter where the object was released is :
(use acceleration due to gravity g = 10 m/s2 and neglect air resistance)
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
Two projectiles are fired from ground with same initial speeds from same point at angles $\left(45^{\circ}+\right.$ $\alpha)$ and $\left(45^{\circ}-\alpha\right)$ with horizontal direction. The ratio of their times of flights is
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
A particle is projected with velocity $u$ so that its horizontal range is three times the maximum height attained by it. The horizontal range of the projectile is given as $\frac{n u^2}{25 g}$, where value of $n$ is: (Given, ' $g$ ' is the acceleration due to gravity.)
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
The angle of projection of a particle is measured from the vertical axis as $\phi$ and the maximum height reached by the particle is $\mathrm{h}_{\mathrm{m}}$. Here $\mathrm{h}_{\mathrm{m}}$ as function of $\phi$ can be presented as
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
A river is flowing from west to east direction with speed of $9 \mathrm{~km} \mathrm{~h}^{-1}$. If a boat capable of moving at a maximum speed of $27 \mathrm{~km} \mathrm{~h}^{-1}$ in still water, crosses the river in half a minute, while moving with maximum speed at an angle of $150^{\circ}$ to direction of river flow, then the width of the river is :
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
Two projectiles are fired with same initial speed from same point on ground at angles of $(45^\circ - \alpha)$ and $(45^\circ + \alpha)$, respectively, with the horizontal direction. The ratio of their maximum heights attained is :
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
The position vector of a moving body at any instant of time is given as $\overrightarrow{\mathrm{r}}=\left(5 \mathrm{t}^2 \hat{i}-5 \mathrm{t} \hat{j}\right) \mathrm{m}$. The magnitude and direction of velocity at $t=2 s$ is,
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
An object of mass ' m ' is projected from origin in a vertical xy plane at an angle $45^{\circ}$ with the $\mathrm{x}-$ axis with an initial velocity $\mathrm{v}_0$. The magnitude and direction of the angular momentum of the object with respect to origin, when it reaches at the maximum height, will be [ g is acceleration due to gravity]
JEE Mains
2025
MCQ
A ball of mass 100 g is projected with velocity $20 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ at $60^{\circ}$ with horizontal. The decrease in kinetic energy of the ball during the motion from point of projection to highest point is
JEE Mains
2024
MCQ
The angle of projection for a projectile to have same horizontal range and maximum height is :
JEE Mains
2024
MCQ
The co-ordinates of a particle moving in $x$-$y$ plane are given by : $x=2+4 \mathrm{t}, y=3 \mathrm{t}+8 \mathrm{t}^2$.
The motion of the particle is :
JEE Mains
2024
MCQ
Projectiles A and B are thrown at angles of $45^{\circ}$ and $60^{\circ}$ with vertical respectively from top of a $400 \mathrm{~m}$ high tower. If their ranges and times of flight are same, the ratio of their speeds of projection $v_A: v_B$ is :
[Take $g=10 \mathrm{~ms}^{-2}$]
JEE Mains
2024
MCQ
Position of an ant ($\mathrm{S}$ in metres) moving in $\mathrm{Y}$-$\mathrm{Z}$ plane is given by $S=2 t^2 \hat{j}+5 \hat{k}$ (where $t$ is in second). The magnitude and direction of velocity of the ant at $\mathrm{t}=1 \mathrm{~s}$ will be :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
A projectile is projected at $30^{\circ}$ from horizontal with initial velocity $40 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}$. The velocity of the projectile at $\mathrm{t}=2 \mathrm{~s}$ from the start will be : (Given $g=10 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}$ )
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
Two projectiles are projected at $30^{\circ}$ and $60^{\circ}$ with the horizontal with the same speed. The ratio of the maximum height attained by the two projectiles respectively is:
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
The range of the projectile projected at an angle of 15$^\circ$ with horizontal is 50 m. If the projectile is projected with same velocity at an angle of 45$^\circ$ with horizontal, then its range will be
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
The trajectory of projectile, projected from the ground is given by $y=x-\frac{x^{2}}{20}$. Where $x$ and $y$ are measured in meter. The maximum height attained by the projectile will be.
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
Two projectiles A and B are thrown with initial velocities of $40 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ and $60 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}$ at angles $30^{\circ}$ and $60^{\circ}$ with the horizontal respectively. The ratio of their ranges respectively is $\left(g=10 \mathrm{~m} / \mathrm{s}^{2}\right)$
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A : When a body is projected at an angle $45^{\circ}$, it's range is maximum.
Reason R : For maximum range, the value of $\sin 2 \theta$ should be equal to one.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
A child stands on the edge of the cliff $10 \mathrm{~m}$ above the ground and throws a stone horizontally with an initial speed of $5 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}$. Neglecting the air resistance, the speed with which the stone hits the ground will be $\mathrm{ms}^{-1}$ (given, $g=10 \mathrm{~ms}^{-2}$ ).
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
The initial speed of a projectile fired from ground is $\mathrm{u}$. At the highest point during its motion, the speed of projectile is $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} u$. The time of flight of the projectile is :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
Two objects are projected with same velocity 'u' however at different angles $\alpha$ and $\beta$ with the horizontal. If $\alpha+\beta=90^\circ$, the ratio of horizontal range of the first object to the 2nd object will be :
JEE Mains
2023
MCQ
The maximum vertical height to which a man can throw a ball is 136 m. The maximum horizontal distance upto which he can throw the same ball is :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
At time $t=0$ a particle starts travelling from a height $7 \hat{z} \mathrm{~cm}$ in a plane keeping z coordinate constant. At any instant of time it's position along the $\hat{x}$ and $\hat{y}$ directions are defined as $3 \mathrm{t}$ and $5 \mathrm{t}^{3}$ respectively. At t = 1s acceleration of the particle will be
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
Two projectiles are thrown with same initial velocity making an angle of $45^{\circ}$ and $30^{\circ}$ with the horizontal respectively. The ratio of their respective ranges will be :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
Two projectiles thrown at $30^{\circ}$ and $45^{\circ}$ with the horizontal respectively, reach the maximum height in same time. The ratio of their initial velocities is :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
A ball is projected from the ground with a speed 15 ms$-$1 at an angle $\theta$ with horizontal so that its range and maximum height are equal,
then 'tan $\theta$' will be equal to :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
At t = 0, truck, starting from rest, moves in the positive x-direction at uniform acceleration of 5 ms$-$2. At t = 20 s, a ball is released from the top of the truck. The ball strikes the ground in 1 s after the release. The velocity of the ball, when it strikes the ground, will be :
(Given g = 10 ms$-$2)
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
Two projectiles P1 and P2 thrown with speed in the ratio $\sqrt3$ : $\sqrt2$, attain the same height during their motion. If P2 is thrown at an angle of 60$^\circ$ with the horizontal, the angle of projection of P1 with horizontal will be :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
A person can throw a ball upto a maximum range of 100 m. How high above the ground he can throw the same ball?
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
A projectile is launched at an angle '$\alpha$' with the horizontal with a velocity 20 ms$-$1. After 10 s, its inclination with horizontal is '$\beta$'. The value of tan$\beta$ will be : (g = 10 ms$-$2).
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
A girl standing on road holds her umbrella at 45$^\circ$ with the vertical to keep the rain away. If she starts running without umbrella with a speed of 15$\sqrt2$ kmh$-$1, the rain drops hit her head vertically. The speed of rain drops with respect to the moving girl is :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A : Two identical balls A and B thrown with same velocity 'u' at two different angles with horizontal attained the same range R. IF A and B reached the maximum height h1 and h2 respectively, then $R = 4\sqrt {{h_1}{h_2}} $
Reason R : Product of said heights.
${h_1}{h_2} = \left( {{{{u^2}{{\sin }^2}\theta } \over {2g}}} \right)\,.\,\left( {{{{u^2}{{\cos }^2}\theta } \over {2g}}} \right)$
Choose the correct answer :
JEE Mains
2022
MCQ
A projectile is projected with velocity of 25 m/s at an angle $\theta$ with the horizontal. After t seconds its inclination with horizontal becomes zero. If R represents horizontal range of the projectile, the value of $\theta$ will be :
[use g = 10 m/s2]
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
The ranges and heights for two projectiles projected with the same initial velocity at angles 42$^\circ$ and 48$^\circ$ with the horizontal are R1, R2 and H1, H2 respectively. Choose the correct option :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
A helicopter is flying horizontally with a speed 'v' at an altitude 'h' has to drop a food packet for a man on the ground. What is the distance of helicopter from the man when the food packet is dropped?
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
A player kicks a football with an initial speed of 25 ms$-$1 at an angle of 45$^\circ$ from the ground. What are the maximum height and the time taken by the football to reach at the highest point during motion ? (Take g = 10 ms$-$2)
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
A bomb is dropped by fighter plane flying horizontally. To an observer sitting in the plane, the trajectory of the bomb is a :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
A butterfly is flying with a velocity $4\sqrt 2 $ m/s in North-East direction. Wind is slowly blowing at 1 m/s from North to South. The resultant displacement of the butterfly in 3 seconds is :
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
A mosquito is moving with a velocity $\overrightarrow v = 0.5{t^2}\widehat i + 3t\widehat j + 9\widehat k$ m/s and accelerating in uniform conditions. What will be the direction of mosquito after 2 s?
JEE Mains
2021
MCQ
The trajectory of a projectile in a vertical plane is y = $\alpha$x $-$ $\beta$x2, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are constants and x & y are respectively the horizontal and vertical distances of the projectile from the point of projection. The angle of projection $\theta$ and the maximum height attained H are respectively given by :
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
When a car is at rest, its driver sees rain drops falling on it vertically. When driving the car with
speed v, he sees that rain drops are coming at an angle 60° from the horizontal. On further
increasing the speed of the car to (1 + $\beta $)v, this angle changes to 45o. The value of $\beta $ is close to :
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
A balloon is moving up in air vertically above a
point A on the ground. When it is at a height h
1,
a girl standing at a distanced (point B) from A
(see figure) sees it at an angle 45
o with respect
to the vertical. When the balloon climbs up a
further height h
2, it is seen at an angle 60
o with
respect to the vertical if the girl moves further
by a distance 2.464 d(point C). Then the height
h
2 is (given tan 30
o = 0.5774)
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
Starting from the origin at time t = 0, with initial velocity 5$\widehat j$ ms-1 , a particle moves in the x-y plane
with a constant acceleration of $\left( {10\widehat i + 4\widehat j} \right)$ ms-2. At time t, its coordinates are (20 m, y0
m). The
values of t and y0 are, respectively:
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
A particle starts from the origin at t = 0 with an
initial velocity of 3.0 $\widehat i$ m/s and moves in the
x-y plane with a constant acceleration
$\left( {6\widehat i + 4\widehat j} \right)$ m/s2 . The x-coordinate of the
particle at the instant when its y-coordinate is
32 m is D meters. The value of D is :-
JEE Mains
2020
MCQ
A particle moves such that its position
vector $\overrightarrow r \left( t \right) = \cos \omega t\widehat i + \sin \omega t\widehat j$ where $\omega $ is a constant and t is time. Then which of the following statements is true for the velocity
$\overrightarrow v \left( t \right)$ and acceleration $\overrightarrow a \left( t \right)$ of the particle :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
Two particles are projected from the same point with the same speed u such that they have the same range R,
but different maximum heights, h1 and h2. Which of the following is correct ?
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
A shell is fired from a fixed artillery gun with an initial speed u such that it hits the target on the ground at a
distance R from it. If t1 and t2 are the values of the time taken by it to hit the target in two possible ways, the
product t1t2 is -
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
The trajectory of a projectile near the surface of the earth is given as y = 2x – 9x2
. If it were launched at an
angle $\theta $0 with speed v0 then (g = 10 ms–2) :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
A plane is inclined at an angle $\alpha $ = 30° with respect to the horizontal. A particle is projected with a speed u =
2 ms
–1
, from the base of the plane, making an angle $\theta $ = 15° with respect to the plane as shown in the figure.
the distance from the base, at which the particle hits the plane is close to :
(Take g = 10 ms
–2)
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
The stream of a river is flowing with a speed
of 2km/h. A swimmer can swim at a speed of
4km/h. What should be the direction of the
swimmer with respect to the flow of the river to
cross the river straight ?
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
Ship A is sailing towards north-east with
velocity $\mathop v\limits^ \to = 30\mathop i\limits^ \wedge + 50\mathop j\limits^ \wedge $ km/hr where $\mathop i\limits^ \wedge $ points
east and $\mathop j\limits^ \wedge $ , north. Ship B is at a distance of
80 km east and 150 km north of Ship A and
is sailing towards west at 10 km/hr. A will be
at minimum distance from B in :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
A person standing on an open ground hears the sound of a jet aeroplane, coming from north at an angle 60o with ground level. But he finds the aeroplane right vertically above his position. If v is the speed of sound, speed of the plane is :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
Two guns A and B can fire bullets at speeds 1 km/s and 2 km/s respectively. From a point on a horizontal ground, they are fired in all possible directions. The ratio of maximum areas covered by the bullets fired by the two guns, on the ground is -
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
The position co-ordinates of a particle moving in a 3-D coordinate system is given by
x = a cos$\omega $t
y = a sin$\omega $t and
z = a$\omega $t
The speed of the particle is :
JEE Mains
2019
MCQ
A particle is moving with a velocity
$\overrightarrow v \, = K(y\widehat i + x\widehat j),$ where K is a constant.
The general equation for its path is :
JEE Mains
2018
MCQ
A man in a car at location Q on a straight highway is moving with speed $\upsilon $. He decides to reach a point P in a field at a distance d from the highway (point M) as shown in the figure. Speed of the car in the field is half to that on the highway. What should be the distance RM, so that the time taken to reach P is minimum ?
JEE Mains
2013
MCQ
A projectile is given an initial velocity of $\left( {\widehat i + 2\widehat j} \right)$ m/s, where ${\widehat i}$ is along the ground and ${\widehat j}$ is along the
vertical. If g = 10 m/s2, the equation of its trajectory is:
JEE Mains
2012
MCQ
A boy can throw a stone up to a maximum height of 10 m. The maximum horizontal distance that the boy
can throw the same stone up to will be
JEE Mains
2011
MCQ
A water fountain on the ground sprinkles water all around it. If the speed of water coming out of the
fountain is v, the total area around the fountain that gets wet is :
JEE Mains
2010
MCQ
A particle is moving with velocity $\overrightarrow v = k\left( {y\widehat i + x\widehat j} \right)$, where K is a constant. The general equation for its path is
JEE Mains
2009
MCQ
A particle has an initial velocity $3\widehat i + 4\widehat j$ and an acceleration of $0.4\widehat i + 0.3\widehat j$. Its speed after 10 s is:
JEE Mains
2005
MCQ
A particle is moving eastwards with a velocity of 5 m/s. In 10 seconds the velocity
changes to 5 m/s northwards. The average acceleration in this time is
JEE Mains
2004
MCQ
A projectile can have the same range 'R' for two angles of projection. If T1 and T2 be the time
of flights in the two cases, then the product of the two time of flights is directly proportional to
JEE Mains
2004
MCQ
A ball is thrown from a point with a speed ν0 at an angle of projection θ. From the same point
and at the same instant person starts running with a constant speed ${{{v_0}} \over 2}$ to catch the ball.
Will the person be able to catch the ball? If yes, what should be the angle of projection θ?
JEE Mains
2003
MCQ
A boy playing on the roof of a 10 m high building throws a ball with a speed of 10 m/s at an
angle of $30^\circ $ with the horizontal. How far from the throwing point will the ball be at the height
of 10 m from the ground?
$\left[ {g = 10m/{s^2},\sin 30^\circ = {1 \over 2},\cos 30^\circ = {{\sqrt 3 } \over 2}} \right]$