Kinematics-2D
127 Questions
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Q101
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A projectile is fired at an angle of $30^{\circ}$ to the horizontal such that the vertical component of its initial velocity is $80 \, ms^{-1}$ . Its time of flight is T. Its velocity at t = T/4 has a magnitude of nearly
A.
$200 \, ms^{-1}$
B.
$300 \, ms^{-1}$
C.
$100 \, ms^{-1}$
D.
None of these
Q102
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A projectile is thrown with some initial velocity at an angle $\alpha$ to the horizontal. Its velocity when it is at the highest point is $(2/5)^{1/2}$ times the velocity when it is at height half of the maximum height. Find the angle of projection $\alpha$ with the horizontal.
A.
$30^{\circ}$
B.
$45^{\circ}$
C.
$60^{\circ}$
D.
$37^{\circ}$
Q103
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A very broad elevator is going up vertically with a constant acceleration of $2 \, ms^{-2}$ . At the instant when its velocity is $4 \, ms^{-1}$ , a ball is projected from the floor of the lift with a speed of $4 \, ms^{-1}$ relative to the floor at an elevation of $30^\circ$ . The time taken by the ball to return the floor is (Take, $g = 10 \, ms^{-2}$ )
A.
$\frac{1}{2} \, s$
B.
$\frac{1}{3} \, s$
C.
$\frac{1}{4} \, s$
D.
$1 \, s$
Q104
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A grasshopper can jump a maximum distance of 1.6 m. How far can it go in 10 s?
A.
$5\sqrt{2}$ m
B.
$10\sqrt{2}$ m
C.
$20\sqrt{2}$ m
D.
$40\sqrt{2}$ m
Q105
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A body of mass 1kg is projected with velocity $50 \, ms^{-1}$ at an angle of $30^{\circ}$ with the horizontal. At the highest point of its path, a force 10 N starts acting on body for 5 s vertically upward besides gravitational force. What is the horizontal range of the body? (Take, $g = 10 \, ms^{-2}$ )
A.
$125\sqrt{3} \, m$
B.
$200\sqrt{3} \, m$
C.
$500 \, m$
D.
$250\sqrt{3} \, m$
Q106
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A projectile is thrown at an angle $\theta$ such that it is just able to cross a vertical wall at its highest point as shown in the figure.
The angle $\theta$ at which the projectile is thrown is given by
A.
$\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
B.
$\tan^{-1}\sqrt{3}$
C.
$\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}\right)$
D.
$\tan^{-1}\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\right)$
Q107
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A jet aeroplane is flying at a constant height of 2 km with a speed $360 \, kmh^{-1}$ above the ground towards a target and releases a bomb. After how much time, it will hit the target and what will be the horizontal distance of the aeroplane from the target, so that the bomb should hit the target? (Take, $g = 10 \, ms^{-2}$ )
A.
10 s, 1 km
B.
20 s, 2 km
C.
30 s, 3 km
D.
40 s, 4 km
Q108
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
Balls A and B are thrown from two points lying on the same horizontal plane separated by a distance 120 m. Which of the following is true?
A.
The two balls can never meet
B.
The balls can meet, if the ball $B$ is thrown 1 s later
C.
The two balls meet at a height of $45\mathrm{m}$
D.
None of the above
Q109
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
Two particles are projected from the same point with same speed $u$ at angles of projection $\alpha$ and $\beta$ from horizontal. The maximum heights attained by them are $h_1$ and $h_2$ respectively, $R$ is the range for both. If $t_1$ and $t_2$ are their times of flight respectively, then which amongst the option(s) is/are incorrect?
A.
$\alpha + \beta = \frac{\pi}{2}$
B.
$R = 4\sqrt{h_1h_2}$
C.
$\tan \alpha = \frac{t_1}{t_2} = \sqrt{h_1h_2}$
D.
$\tan \alpha = \frac{h_1}{h_2}$
Q110
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A particle is projected from the ground at an angle $\theta$ with the horizontal with an initial speed u. Time after which velocity vector of the projectile is perpendicular to the initial velocity.
A.
$u/g \sin\theta$
B.
$u/g \cos\theta$
C.
$2u/g \sin\theta$
D.
$2u \tan\theta$
Q111
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A particle is projected from horizontal making an angle of $53^{\circ}$ with initial velocity of $100 \, ms^{-1}$ . The time taken by the particle to make angle $45^{\circ}$ from horizontal is
A.
14 s
B.
2 s
C.
Both
D.
None of these
Q112
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A large number of bullets are fired in all directions with same speed v. What is the maximum area on the ground on which these bullets will spread?
A.
$\pi\frac{v^{2}}{g}$
B.
$\pi\frac{v^{4}}{g^{2}}$
C.
$\pi^{2}\frac{v^{4}}{g^{2}}$
D.
$\pi^{2}\frac{v^{2}}{g^{2}}$
Q113
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
For a ground-to-ground projectile, an object is at point A at $t = \frac{T}{3}$ , at point B at $t = \frac{5T}{6}$ and reaches the ground at t = T. The difference in heights between points A and B is
A.
$\frac{gT^{2}}{6}$
B.
$\frac{gT^{2}}{12}$
C.
$\frac{gT^{2}}{18}$
D.
$\frac{gT^{2}}{24}$
Q114
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A cart is moving horizontally along a straight line with a constant speed of $30 \, ms^{-1}$ . A projectile is to be fired from the moving cart in such a way that it will return to the cart (at the same point on cart) after the cart has moved 80 m. At what velocity (relative to the cart) must projectile be fired? (Take, $g = 10 \, ms^{-2}$ )
A.
$10 \, ms^{-1}$
B.
$\frac{20}{3} \, ms^{-1}$
C.
$\frac{40}{3} \, ms^{-1}$
D.
$\frac{80}{3} \, ms^{-1}$
Q115
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
Two second after projection, a projectile is travelling in a direction inclined at $30^{\circ}$ with the horizontal. After 1 more second, it is travelling horizontally. Then, (Take, $g = 10 \, ms^{-2}$ )
A.
the velocity of projection is $20\sqrt{3} \, ms^{-1}$
B.
the angle of projection is $30^{\circ}$ with horizontal
C.
Both (a) and (b) are correct
D.
Both (a) and (b) are incorrect
Q116
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A ball rolls off top of a stair way with a horizontal velocity $u \, ms^{-1}$ . If the steps are h metres high and b metres wide, the ball will just hit the edge of nth step, if n equals to
A.
$\frac{hu^{2}}{gb^{2}}$
B.
$\frac{u^{2}g}{gb^{2}}$
C.
$\frac{2hu^{2}}{gb^{2}}$
D.
$\frac{2u^{2}g}{hb^{2}}$
Q117
Objective
1. Taking it together
MCQ
A hill is 500 m high. Supplies are to be sent across the hill using a canon that can hurl packets at a speed of $125 \, ms^{-1}$ over the hill. The canon is located at a distance of 800 m from the foot of hill and can be moved on the ground at a speed of $2 \, ms^{-1}$ , so that its distance from the hill can be adjusted. What is the shortest time in which a packet can reach on the ground across the hill? (Take, $g = 10 \, ms^{-2}$ ) [NCERT Exemplar]
A.
10 s
B.
25 s
C.
35 s
D.
45 s
Q118
Objective
2. Assertion and reason
MCQ
Assertion: In case of projectile motion, the magnitude of rate of change of velocity is variable.
Reason: In projectile motion, magnitude of velocity first decreases and then increases during the motion.
A.
If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
B.
If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
C.
If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
D.
If Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
Q119
Objective
2. Assertion and reason
MCQ
Assertion: At highest point of a projectile, dot product of velocity and acceleration is zero.
Reason: At highest point, velocity and acceleration are mutually perpendicular.
A.
If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
B.
If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
C.
If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
D.
If Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
Q120
Objective
2. Assertion and reason
MCQ
Assertion: If a particle is projected vertically upwards with velocity u, the maximum height attained by the particle is $h_{1}$ . The same particle is projected at angle $30^{\circ}$ from horizontal with the same speed u. Now the maximum height is $h_{2}$ . Thus, $h_{1} = 4h_{2}$ .
Reason: In first case, v = 0 at highest point and in second case, $v \neq 0$ at highest point.
A.
If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
B.
If both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
C.
If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
D.
If Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
Q121
Objective
3. Statement based questions
MCQ
A particle (A) is dropped from a height and another particle (B) is thrown in horizontal direction with speed of 5 m/s from the same height. The correct statement is
A.
both particles will reach at ground simultaneously
B.
both particles will reach at ground with same speed
C.
particle (A) will reach at ground first with respect to particle (B)
D.
particle (B) will reach at ground first with respect to particle (A)
Q122
Objective
3. Statement based questions
MCQ
A ball is rolled off the edge of a horizontal table at a speed of $4 \, ms^{-1}$ . It hits the ground after 0.4 s. Which statement given below is true?
A.
It hits the ground at a horizontal distance 1.6 m from the edge of the table.
B.
The speed with which it hits the ground is $4.0 \, ms^{-1}$ .
C.
Height of the table 1m.
D.
It hits the ground at an angle of $60^{\circ}$ to the horizontal.
Q123
Objective
3. Statement based questions
MCQ
I. In projectile motion, the angle between instantaneous velocity vector and acceleration vector can be anything between 0 to $\pi$ (excluding the limiting case.)
II. In projectile motion, acceleration vector is always pointing vertically downwards. (Neglect air friction).
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
A.
Only I
B.
Only II
C.
Both I and II
D.
Neither I nor II
Q124
Objective
3. Statement based questions
MCQ
I. Particle-1 is dropped from a tower and particle-2 is projected horizontal from the same tower, then both the particles reach the ground simultaneously.
II. Both the particles strike the ground with different speeds.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
A.
Only I
B.
Only II
C.
Both I and II
D.
Neither I nor II
Q125
Objective
4. Match the columns
Numerical
A particle is projected from ground with velocity u at angle $\theta$ from horizontal. Match the following two columns and mark the correct option from the codes given below.
| Column I | Column II | |||||||
| (A) | Average velocity between initial and final points | (p) | u sinθ | |||||
| (B) | Change in velocity between initial and final points | (q) | u cosθ | |||||
| (C) | Change in velocity between initial and peak points | (r) | zero | |||||
| (D) | Average velocity between initial and highest points | (s) | None | |||||
| Codes | ||||||||
| A | B | C | D | A | B | C | D | |
| (a) | p | s | r | q | (b) | p | r | q |
| (c) | q | s | p | s | (d) | r | p | q |
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
C



