TYPE A:

Based on Calculation of Distance covered, Disp /ac= ;--

Average Speed and Average ve':'::;
1 A perso n moves on a semi- circul ar track of radiu s 42 m durin g a morni ng Walk
Ii
• starts at one end of the track ~d reach es the oth~r end. Find the distan ce
cov~re~
and the displa cemen t of the perso n. · (Ans. ~32 m, 84 m)
2• A car cover s the first half of the dista~ ce betwe en two place s at a speed of
40 kmh- 1 and the second half at 60 kmh- . What is the avera ge speed of the
ca ? r.
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3 • A train moves with a speed of 30 kmh- 1 in the first 15 minut es, with anoth er speed
of 40 kmh- 1 the next 15 minut es, and then with a speed of60 kmh- 1 in the
last 30
minut es. Calcu late the avera ge speed of the train for this journ ey.
(Ans. 47.5 kmh-1 )
4. A body travel s the first half of the total distan ce with veloci ty V1 and the second
half
with velocity v2• Calcu late the avera ge velocity. ( 2v 1 v2 )
· -Ans.
Vt+ V2
5. A body travel s a distan ce s with velocity v and distan ce s2 with velocity
1 1 v2 in the
• same direction. Calcu late the avera ge velocity of the body. [ Ans. (s1 + s2)
v v 1 2]
S1 V2 + S2 V1
6. A car covers 1/4 of the total distan ce with the velocity ~f 20 ms- 1, next
1/4 part
with the velocity of 40 ms- 1, then next 1/4 part with the velocity of 20 ms- 1
and
last 1/4 part with th~ velocity of 40 ms- 1. Find the avera ge speed of the car.
(Ans. 26.67 ms- 1)
7. A car travel s along a straig ht line for the first h:alf time with speed 50 kmh- 1
and
the second halfti me with speed 60 kmh- 1. Find the .avera ge speed of the car.

(Ans. 55 kmh- 1)

TYPES: Based on Relative Velocity

8. A trainA moves with a unifor m velocity of GO kmh- 1. Anot hertra inB moves
in the
same direction with a unifor m velocity of 80 kmh-·1. (a) What is the relati ve
velocity
of A with respec t to B ? (b) What is t~e relati ve velocity ofB with respe ct to
A?
(Ans. - 20 kmh- 1, 20 kmh- 1)
9 · Two trains A and B are movin
g on parall el track s with veloc ities of 60 kmh- 1 and
90 ~- respec tively but in oppos ite direct ions. Find (i) the relati ve veloci
1
ty .of
train A w.r.t. trai1,1 B an<! (ii) the relativ e velocity of groun d w .r.t. train A.

[Ans. (i) 150 kmh- 1 (ii) - 60 kmh- 11

10. A jet airpla ne travel ling at the speed of 450 bnh- 1 ejects the burnt gases
1
at the
speed of 12~0 kmh- relativ e.to the jet airpla ne. Find the speed of the burnt
w.r.t. a statio nary observ er on earth gases
. -1)
(Ans. 750 kmh
 . Two .cars A and Bare moving with velocities of 60 kmh- 1 and 45 kmh- 1 res~c-
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tively. Calculate the relative velocity of A w.r.t. B, if (i) both cars are travellin g
eastward s and (ii) car A is travelling eastward s and car B is travelling westward s.
[Ans. (i) 15 kmh- 1 eastward s (ii) 105 km h- 1 eastward s]
12. An open car is moving on a road with a speed of 100 kmh- 1. A man sitting in t~e
car fires a bullet from the gun in the opposite direction . If the speed of the bullet 1s
250 kmh- 1 relative to the car, then find its (bullet's) speed with respect to an ob-
server on the ground. · (Ans. 150 kmh- 1)
13. A car A is moving with a speed of 60 kmh- 1 and car B is moving with a speed of
1
75 kmh- , along parallel straight paths, starting from the same point. What is the
. position of car A w.r.t. B after 20 minutes? (Ans. 5 km behind)
on
14. Two trains 120 m and 100 min length are running in opposite direction s parallel
tracks with velocities 40 kmh- 1 and 32 kmh- 1. In what time will they complete ly
cross each other? (Ans. 11 s)
15. Two buses start simultane ously towards each other from towns A and B which are
· 480 km apart. The first bus takes 8 hours to travel from A to B while the second
bus takes 12 hours to travel fromB toA. Determin e when and where the buses will
meet. (Ans. 4.8 h, 288 kni from A)
16. Two trains A and B , each of length 100 m, are running on parallel tracks. One
overtakes the other in 20 sand one crosses the other in 10 s. Calculate the velocities
of each train. (Ans. 15 ms- 1, 5 ms- 1)
17. A man swims in a river with and against water at the rate of 15 kmh- 1 and
5 kmh;_ 1. Find the man's speed in still water and the speed of the river.
(Ans. 10 kmh- 1, 5 kmh- 1)
18. A motorboa t covers the distance between the two spots on the river in 8 h and 12 h
downstre am and upstream respectively. Find the time required by the boat to cover
this distance in still water. -(Ans. 9.6 h)
19. Two men can swim in still water at the rate of 5 kmh- 1. One of them swims down-
stream through a distance of 2 km and another swims upstream through an equal
distance. Find the difference in time taken by them, if the velocity of the flow of
river is 3 km.h- 1 . (Ans. 45 min)

TYPE C: Based on Motion with Uniform Accelera tion

20. A body starts to slide over a horizonta l surface with an initial velocity of
0.5 ms- 1. Due to friction, its velocity decreases at a rate of 0.05 ms- 2. How much
time will it take for the body to stop? (Ans. 10 s)
21. An electron is emitted with a velocityof5 x 106 ms- 1. ltis accelerated by an electric
field in the direction of initial velocity at_3 x 10 14 ms- 2Jf its final velocity is
7 x 106 ms:.. 1, calculate the distance covered by the electron. (Ans. 0.04 m)
22. A ·c ar moving along a straight highway with a speed of 72 kmh- 1 is brought to a
stop within a distance of 100 m. What i~ the retardatio n of the car and how long
does it take for the car to stop? [DB 95] (Ana.. 2 ms- 2, 10 s)
 23. On turnin g a comer a car driver driving at 36 kmh- ~: fi~ds a child on the road 55
ahead. He immediately applies brakes, so as to stop within 5 m of the child. Calcu1 a:
the retarda tion produced and the time taken by the car t.o stop. (Ans. 1 ms- 2 '10 s)
1
24. A car A is travell ing on a straigh t level road with a speed of 601kmh- . It is followed
by anothe r car B which is moving with a speed·of 70 kmh- .· When the distance
2
betwee n them is 2.5 km, the car Bis given~ decele ration of20 kmh- . After what
distanc e and time will the car B catch up ~th car A ? (Ans. 32.5 km, o.5 h)
1
25. A bullet travell ing with a speed of 350 ~- enters a concre te wall_and penetra te
a distanc e of 5.0 cm before coming to rest. Find the decele ration. " s
(Ans. 1.22 x 106 ms- 2)
26~ The reactio n time for an automobile driver is 0.6 s. If the automo bile can be decel-
erated at 5 ms- 2, calcula te the total distanc e travell ed in coming to stop from an
1 (Ans. 11.94 m)
initial-velocity of 30 kmh- , after a signal is observ ed.
27. A racer covers a distanc e of 400 mas follows. He first increas es his speed for first
quarte r of the distanc e and. covers this distanc e in 10 s. After that he runs at the
speed ·s o developed. Calcul ate the·tot al time taken by the racer to coyer the dis-
tance. · (Ans. 25 s)
1
28. A car starts from rest and acceler ates uniform ly for 10 s to a velocity of 8 ms- . It
then runs at a consta nt velocity and is finally brough t to rest in 64 m with a con-
st_a nt retarda tion. The total distanc e covered by the car is 584 m. Find the value of
acceler ation, retarda tion -~d total time taken. (Ans. 0.8 ms- 2, 0.5 ms- 2, 86 s)
1 1
29. Two trains one travell ing at 72 kmh- and o.t her at 90 kmh- are headin g t.owards
one anothe r along a straigh t level track. When they ar~ 1.0 km apart, both the
drivers simult aneous ly see the other's train and apply brakes which retard each
train at the rate of 1.0 ms- • Determ ine wheth er the trains would collide or not.
2

(Ans. No)
2
30. A burgla r's car had a start with an accele ration of 2 ms- • A police vigilan t party
came after 5 second s and conti~ ued to chase the burgla r's car with a uniform veloc-
ity of20 ms- . Find the time i~ which the police van overta kes the burgla r's car.
1
· (Ans. 5 s)
31. A ball rolls down an incline d track 2 m long in 4 s. Find (i) accele ration (ii) time_
taken to cover the second metre of the track and (iii) speed of the ball at the bottom1
of the track. · [Ans. (i) 0.25 ms- 2 (ii) 1.17 s (iii) 1 ms- 1
1
32. A driver of a mail train travell ing 108 kmh- sees a passen ger train which is 250
m ahead on the same track. The passen ger train is travell ing in the same direction
1
as the mail train. The velocity of the passen ger train is 36 kmh_. _The driver of the
mail train immed iately applie s the brakes so as to produc e a consta nt deacel eration
2
of 1 ms- , where as the passen ger train contin ues with the consta nt speed. (i) Cal-
culate and find wheth er there will be a collision (ii) If the collisio n occurs where will
it take place ?
(Ans. No colli~ion occurs , mail train stops 100 m short of the passen ger train)
33. A bus starts from rest with a consta nt accele ration of 5 ms- • At the same time
2 a
1
~r tr~vell ing with a cons~ t velocicy of 50 ms- overta kes and passes the bus.
!
Find (i) 8 what distan ce will the bus overta ke the car? (ii) How fast will the bus
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be travell ing then ? [Ans. (ii) 1000 m (ii) 100 ms
·
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34. A train suqt s from ~est and moves with a cons tant aece lerat 2
ion of~ ms- fo_r half _
a minu te. The brak es are then appl ied and the train com
es to rest 1n one 1D1nute.
Find (i) the max imum spee d attai ned by the train and (ii)
the tota l dista nce mov ed _;
by the train and (iii) the position(s) of the train at half the
max imu m spee d. ~-j ·
1
[Ans. (i) 60 ms- (ii) 2.7 km (iii) 225 m and 2.25 km]
35. A body covers 20 m in the 2nd second and 40 m in
the 4th second of its motion. If_
its motion is unifo rmly accelerated, how muc h dista nce
will it cover in the 7th
second -ofits moti on?
(Ans. 70 m)
36. A body trav els 2 min the first 2s and 2.2 min the next
4s. _W hat will be the v~locity
at the end of the 7th second from the star t?
(Ans. 0.1 pis- 1)
-37. A body covers _a dista nce of 4 mis 3rd second and 12 min
5th second. If the n\oti on
is unif orm ly acce lerat ed, how far will it trav el in the next
3 s~·c~ fds ?
·· \ (Ans. 60 m)
, 38. .An obje ct is mov ing with unif orm acce lerat ion.
Its yelocity afte r 5 seco nds is
25 ms- 1 and afte r 8 seconds, it is 34 ms- 1. Find the dista
nce trav elled by the object
in 12 th second.
(Ans. 44.5 m)

TYPED: Baaed on Motion under Gravity

39. A ~tone is thro wn verti cally upw ards with a velocity

of 4.9 ms- 1. Calc ulate (i) the
max imum heig ht reac hed (ii) the time take n to reac h the
max imum heig ~t (iii) the
velocity with whic h it retu rns to the grou nd and (iv) the
time take n to reac h the
ground. . [Ans. (i) 1.225 m (ii) 0.5 s (iii) 4.9 ms- 1 (iv) 1 s]
40. A body·is thro wn verticall}7 Up from_the top of a towe
r with a velocity of 5 ms- 1. It
reac hes the grou nd after 5s. Find the heig ht of the ti>we
r. - (Ans. 273.6 m)
· 41. A ball thro wn verti cally up retu rns to the thro wer I ,.
after 6s. Find the velocity with
which it was thro wn and its position ajl;er 4 s.
(Ans. 29.4 ms- 1, 4.9 m from the top)
42. A ston e thro wn upw ards from the top of a towe r 85 m
high , reac hes the grou nd in
5 s. Find (i) the grea test heig ht above the ground (ii) the
velocity with whic h it
reac hes the grou nd and (iii) the time take n. to reac h the
max imum heig ht. Tak e
2
g = 10 ms-: . [Ans. (i) 88.2 m (ii) 42 ms- 1 (iii) 0.8 s]
43. From the top of a multi-storeyed building, 39.2 m tall,
a boy projects a ston e verti -
cally upw ards with an initi al velocity of 9.8 ms- 1 such that
it ~nal ly drop s to _the
grou nd. (i) Whe n will the ston e reac h the ground ? (ii) Whe
n will it pass thro ugh
th~ poin t of projection ? (iii) Wha t will be its velocity befo
re strik ing the grou nd ?
Take g = 10 ms- 2.
(Ans. 4s, 2s, 29.4 ·ms- 1) .-
44. A rock et is fired vertically from the grou nd with a resu
ltant verti cal acce lerat ion of
10 ms- 2 • The fuel is finished in 1 minu te and it continue
s to move up. Wha t is the
/ max imum heig ht reac hed? · (Ans. 36.4 km) ·
45. A balloon is asce ndin g at the rate of 14 ~-l at a heig
ht of98 m·above the grou nd
whe n the food pack et is dropped from the balloon. After-how
muc h time and with
wha t velocity does it reac h the grou nd? Take g = 9.8 ms~ 2
• . · , ,

-(AiµI. 6.12 s, 45.98 ms- l ).. .._---

 ar~s with a velo city of 16 ms- 1 T
46. A ston e is drop ped from a ballo on risin g tipw n th · he
ht of the ballo on wHe
·ston e reac hes the grou nd in 4s. Calc ulat e. the heig . , . . e stone
. . · h. h d h <Ans. 14.4 Ill)
was drop ped.
ig an at t e sam e titne anot
47. A ston e is drop ped from the top a towe r 200 m
is proj ecte d vert icall y upw ards from the grou nd
with a velo dty of ms- •l. 40 F:;.
. . . (Ans. 77.5 m from top,. Ss)
whe re and whe n the tw_o ston es·m~et.
and simu ltan eo~s ly, anot her hod .
48. A body is drop ped from rest at a heig ht of 150 m,
grou nd. Wha t is thei r differ · Y
is drop ped from rest from a poin t 100 m abov e the
does the diffe renc e ·in heig ht~: ~
in heig ht a~e r they have falle n (i) 2s (ii) ~s. How
2 . ·
with time ? Tak eg = 10 ms- • at 50 Ill)
(Ans. 50 m, diffe~ence·in heig ht rem ains cons tant
poin ts 30 m apa rt in ls. Fjnd from
49. A body falli ng freely ·u nder grav ity pass es two 2
t poin t abov e the uppe r poin t it bega n to fall? Tak e g. = 9.8 ms- .
wha
(Ans. 32.i m)
.
one seco nd late r anot he·r stone is
50. A ston e is drop ped from the top of tall towe r and
the ston es reac h the ground at
drop ped from a balc ony 20 m below the top. If both 2
the sam e inst ant' dete rmin e the heig ht of the towe r. Tak e g = IO ms- .

\:
. · (Ans. 31.25 m)
out frict ion. Whe n the para chut e
51. A para<;hutist afte r baili ng out falls 50 m,2 with
hes the grou nd with a speed of
open s, he dece lerat es dow nwa rds at 2 ms- . He reac
he bail out?
3 ms- 1. How fo_ng was the para chut ist in the air? At wha t heig ht did
-,
(An s. 17.3 s, 292. 7 m)
towe r desc ribe s 60.1 min the last
52. A body falli ng freel y from rest from .the top of a (Ans. 216 m)
·
·second of its fall. Find th~ heig ht of the towe r.
of 300 m. How long will the stone
53. A ston e is drop ped from a balloon at a~ altit ude 1
grou nd if (i) the ballo on is asce ndin g with a _v eloc ity of 5 ms- (ii) the
· take to reac h the
1 on is stati onar y.
ballo on is desc endi ng with a velocity of 5 ms- and (iii) the ballo
~

[~s . (i) 8.36 s (ii) 7.33 s (iii) 7.82 s]

.

at inte rval s of one- one second. The

54. Fou r balls are drop ped from the top of a towe r
Wha t are the dista nces between
first ball reac hes the grou nd afte r 4s of drop ping .
th ball s at this inst ant ?
. first and seco nd, second and third , third and .four
. I
(Ans. 34.3 m, 24.5 m, 14.7 m)

I
us Acceleration
TYPE E: Based on Instantaneous Velocity and Instantaneo

its.~ -cco rdin ate vari es with time

55. A part icle moves alon g X-axis in such a way that
2
I t_as ' x = 2 - pt+ 6t . Find the initi al velocity of the part icle.
. . [MN REC 87) (Ans. - 5 unit s)
.
give n by x = 3 + 8t + 7t . Obta in its
2
58
• The ~pla cem ent' x o~ a ·part icle alon g X-axis is -1 14 ms- 2) ·.
(An
velocity and acce lerat ion at t = 2s. s. 36 ms ' .
57 Th d. . . line is give n by
g a stra ight
.• e istan ce trav erse d by a part icle mov ing alon
x = 180 t + 50 -t2 metr e. Find : .
(i) the initi al velocity of the part icle (ii) the velo city at the end of 4s and
"(iii) the {lcceleration of the part icle.
2
[Ans. (i) 180 ms- 1 (ii) _580 ms-
1 (iii) 100 ms- 1
TYPE F:
I •
'
Based·o~ P_
osition-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs

58~ Figu re 3.35 shows the position-time,g raphs of three cars A,

B and C. On the basis
of the grap hs, answ er the following questions :

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Fig. S.36. .
(i) Which ~r has the highe st speed and which the lowest ?
(ii) Are the three cars ever at the same point on the
road ?
(iii) Whe n A passe s C, where is B ? ·
(iv) ~ow far did ~r A trave l be~e en.the time it passe
d cars B and C ?
(v) Wha t is the relati ve velocity of car C with respect to
car A ?
(vi) .Wha t is the relat ive velocity of car B with respe
ct to car C ?
[Ans. (i) Chas the highest speed and A has the lowest speed (ii)
No
(iii) 6 km from the origin (iv) 6 km (v) 7 kmh- 1 (vi) -
2 kmh- 1]
59. An insec t craw ling up a wall crawls 5 cm upwards in the first
minu te but then slides
3 cm downward_s in the next minute. It again crawls up 5 cm upwa
rds in the third
minu te but agai~ slides 3 cm downwards in the fourth minute.
How long will the··
insec t take to reach a crevice in the wall at a height of 25 cm from
its s~in g poin t?
How do~s the position-time graph of the insect look like?
(Ans. 21 min)
60. A drive r of a car travelling at 52 km h- 1 applies the brakes and
decelerates uni-
formly. The car stops in 5 seconds. Another driver going at 34 .km 1
h- applies his
brak es slower.an d s·tops after 10 seconds .. On the same graph pape
r, plot the speed
versu s time grap h for 'two cars. Which of the two cars travelled
farth er after the
brak es were appli ed? · (Ans. Second car travelled farth er)
61. Start ing·from rest a car moves with uniform acceleration and
attai ns a velocity of
20 ms- 1 in 4s. It ·then ~ove s with a uniform velocity·of 20" ms- 1
for 6 s. The brak es
are applied and the car \S brought to rest in 10 s unde r uniform
retardation. Draw
the velocity-time grap h of the motion. Using this graph, find (i)
the acceleration of
. the car durin g the first 4 s (ii) its retar datio n during the last 10
s and (iii) the total
· distance trave lled by the car. · 2
[Ans. (i) 5 ms- (ii) 2 ms- 2 (iii) 260 ml
62. Fig~ 3.36 shows the velocity-time graph of a rocket projected
upw~ ds. Assuming
that friction is negligible, determine from t~is graph (i) the time
for which"fuel
 1200

1000

-
t 800
~ 600
~
·c3 1 400
->
0
QI
200

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Time (s) ____,. C

Fig. 3.36. .
burns (ii) ascending and descending parts of the rocket and (iii) maximum height
attained by the r,ocket.
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[Ans. (i) 10 s (ii) Rising in parts OA and AB, descending in part BC (iii) 55 km]
63. A-motor car, starting form rest, moves with uniform acceleration and attains 8
·velocity of8 ms- 1 in 8s. It then moves with uniform velocity and finally brought to
rest in 32 m under uniform retardation. The total distance covered by the car is 464
m. Find (i) the acceleration (ii) the retardation and (iii) the total time taken.
[Ans. (i) 1 ms- 2 (ii) 1 ms- 2 (iii) 66 s]
84. Starting from rest a car accelerates uniformly with 3 ms- 2 for 5 s and then moves
with uniform velocity. Draw the distance-time graph of the motion of the car upto
· t = 7s.
66. The velocity-time graph of an object moving along a straight line is·as shown in
Fig. 3.37. Find the net distance covered by the object in time interval between
t = 0 to t = 10 s . Also find the displacement in time 0 to 10 s. (Ans. 100 m, 60 m)

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Fig. 3.37.
88..As soon as a car just starts from rest in a certain direction, a scooter moving wi~h
a uniform speed overtakes the car. Their velocity-time graphs are shown 1D
. (i). the difference between the distances travelled by the car and
Fig. 3.38. Calculate
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A
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Car

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Time (s)-- .
Fig. 3.38.
the scoote r in 15 s (ii) the time when the car will catch up the scooter and (iii ) the
distan ce of car and scoote r from the startin g point at that instan t.
[Ans. (i) 112.5 m (ii) 22.5 s (iii) 675 m]
67. Fig. 3.39 shows the accele ration -time graph for a partic le in rectili near motion
.
Find the averag e accele ration in first 20 s. (Ans. 30 ms- ) 2

t
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0

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Time (s) ___,.

Fig. 3.39.