Class Test

TOPIC -: VECTOR & SCALAR + KINEMatics

1) The vector that must be added to the vector 𝑖̂ − 3𝑗̂ + 8) A particle is moving Eastwards with a velocity of 5m/s. In 10s,
2𝑘̂ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑖̂ + 6𝑗̂ − 7𝑘̂ so that the resultant vector is a unit vector the velocity changed to 5m/s Northwards. The average
along the y – axis is : acceleration in this timed is

(a) 4𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 5𝑘̂ (b) −4𝑖̂ − 2𝑗̂ + 5𝑘̂ (a) Zero
(c) 3𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ + 5𝑘̂ (d) Null vector 1
(b) 𝑚/𝑠 2 towards North-East
√2
2) The magnitude of F1, F2 and F3 are 10 N , 20√2 N and 40N
1
respectively. (c) 𝑚/𝑠 2 towards North-West
√2

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(d) 𝑚/𝑠 2 towards North
2

9) Displacement-time equation of a particle moving along x-axis is

X = 20 + t3 – 12t (SI units)

(a) x-component of resultant is -20(1+√3)N Find position of particle when velocity of particle is zero.
(b) y-component of resultant is 10N (a) 2 m (b) 3 m (c) 4 m (d) 5 m

(c) Resultant having a magnitude of 10√(17 + 8√3) 10) A body starts from rest with a uniform acceleration. If its
velocity after n sec is v, then its displacement in the last 2s is :
(d) All of these
2𝑣(𝑛+1) 𝑣(𝑛+1) 𝑣(𝑛−1) 2𝑣(𝑛−1)
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3) If |𝑎⃗|= 3, |𝑏⃗⃗|= 4 , then a value of λ, for which 𝑎⃗+λ𝑏⃗⃗ is 𝑛 𝑛 𝑛 𝑛

perpendicular to 𝑎⃗ −λ𝑏⃗⃗ is 11) The velocity of bullet is reduced from 200 ms-1 to 100 ms-1
(a) 9 / 16 (b) 3 / 4 (c) 3 / 2 (d) 4 / 3 while travelling through a wooden block thickness of 10 cm. The
retardation assuming to be uniform, will be :
4) If 𝑎⃗ = 2𝑖̂ + 6𝑗̂ + 3𝑘̂ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏⃗⃗ = 𝑖̂ + 𝜆𝑗̂ + 𝜇𝑘̂ are parallel to each
other. Find the value of λ and 𝜇 . (a) 15 × 104 ms-2 (b) 13.5 × 104 ms-2
(c) 12 × 104 ms-2 (d) None of these
3 3 3
(a) λ = 3, 𝜇 = (b) λ = , 𝜇 = (c) λ = 2 , 𝜇 = 3 (d) λ = 3 , 𝜇 = 2
2 2 2
12) A bullet loses 1/20 of its velocity in passing through a plank.
5) Find area of a parallelogram whose adjacent sides are represent The least number of planks required to stop the bullet is
by 𝑎⃗ = 3𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏⃗⃗ = −3𝑖̂ + 7𝑗̂ .
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13
(a) 33 (b) 16.5 (c) 66 (d) 10
13) A particle is moving along a straight line with constant
6) If 𝑎⃗ = 2𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ , 𝑏⃗⃗ = 𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ + 3𝑘̂ and 𝑐⃗ = 3𝑖̂ − 𝑦𝑗̂ + 5𝑘̂ are acceleration. At the end of tenth second its velocity becomes 20
coplanar . Find the value of y . m/s and in tenth second it travels a distance of 10m. Then the
(a) 4 (b) -2 (c) 2 (d) 3 acceleration of the particle will be
7) A clock has its second hand 2.0 cm long. Find the average speed 1
(a) 10 m/s2 (b) 20 m/s2 (c) m/s2 (d) 3.8 m/s2
modulus of average velocity and magnitude of average 5

acceleration of the tip of the second hand in 15 s. 14) Position (i.e., x coordinate) vs time graph of a particle moving
𝜋 2√2 √2𝜋 along the x-axis is as shown :
(a) cm/s , cm/s , 𝑐𝑚/𝑠 2
15 15 225

𝜋 √2 √2
(b) cm/s , cm/s , 𝑐𝑚/𝑠 2
15 15 225

𝜋 2 𝜋
(c) cm/s , cm/s , 𝑐𝑚/𝑠 2
15 15 225

(d) None of these

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 19) A stone, dropped from the top of a tower, travels 35m in the
last second of its journey. The height of the tower is
(a) 20 m (b) 40 m (c) 60 m (d) 80 m

20) A particle is released from rest from a tower of height 3h. The
ratio of times to fall equal heights h, i.e., t1 : t2 : t3 is
(a) 3 : 2 : 1 (b) √3 ∶ √2 ∶ 1
(c) 1 ∶ (√2 − 1) ∶ (√3 − √2) (d) 9 : 4 : 1
(i) Find displacement between 0 and 6s.
21) A stone is thrown vertically upwards. When the stone is at the
(ii) Find the distance between 0 and 6s.
height equal to the half of its maximum height, its speed will be 10
(iii) Find the displacement between 3 and 6s.
m/s, then the maximum height attained by the stone is ( take, g =
(a) -20m, 20m, -15m (b) -10m, 20m, -15m 10m /s2 )
(a) 5m (b) 150m (c) 20m (d) 10m
(c) -20m, 20m, 0m. (d) None.
22) A body is projected vertically upwards. The times
15) The velocity-time graph for a particle moving along X-axis is
corresponding to height h while ascending and while descending
shown in the figure. The corresponding displacement-time graph
to height h are t1 and t2 , respectively. Then , the velocity of
correctly shown by
projection is (g is acceleration due to gravity ) :

𝑔𝑡1 𝑡2 𝑔 √ 𝑡1 𝑡2 𝑔(𝑡1 +𝑡2 )

(a) g√𝑡1 𝑡2 (b) (c) (d)
𝑡1 +𝑡2 2 2

23) A ball is dropped from the top of the building of 100m height.
Simultaneously, another ball is thrown upwards from the bottom
of the building with such a velocity that a ball collide exactly
midway. What is the speed in m/s with which the second ball is
thrown ? (Take g = 10m / s2 )

(a) 31.6 (b) 27.8 (c) 22.4 (d) 19.6

24) A ball is dropped from the top of an 80 m high tower. After 2s

another ball is thrown. Both the ball reach the ground
simultaneously . The initial speed of the second ball is

(a) 10 m/s (b) 20 m/s (c) 30 m/s (d) 40 m/s

25) The maximum height attained by a projectile is increased by

5%. Keeping the angle of projection constant, what is the
16) Velocity of a particle changes with position according to percentage increase in horizontal range ?
following curve. Acceleration of the particle at x = 1m is :
(a) 5 % (b) 10 % (c) 15 % (d) 20 %

26) A projectile can have the same range R for two angles of
projection. If t1 and t2 be the times of flights in the two cases, then
the product of time flights is proportional to :
1 1
(a) (b) R2 (c) R (d)
𝑅2 𝑅

(a) 24 m / s2 (b) 2 m / s2 (c) 20 m / s2 (d) 3 m / s2 27) The range of a projectile is R when the angle of projection is
40° . For the same velocity of projection and range, the other
17) An object moving with a speed of 6.25 m/s, is decelerated at a
possible angle of projection is :
rate given by :
𝑑𝑣 (a) 45° (b) 50° (c) 60° (d) 40°
= −2.5√𝑣 ;
𝑑𝑡
where v is instantaneous speed. The time taken by the object, to 28) A projectile can have the same range for two angles of
come to rest, would be : projection. If h1 and h2 are maximum height when the range in the
(a) 1s (b) 2s (c) 4s (d) 8s two cases is R, then reh1 and h2 is :

18) A particle moves along X-axis, so that after t second, the (a) R = 4√ℎ1 ℎ2 (b) R = 2√ℎ1 ℎ2
distance x from origin is given by (c) R = √ℎ1 ℎ2 (d) None of these
x = (t-2)2(t-5)m 29) A body is thrown at an angle 30° to the horizontal with the
velocity of 30 m/s . After 1 sec , its velocity will be ( in m / s ) ( g =
(a) At t=2s, velocity of the particle is zero
10 m / s2 )
(b) At t=2s , particle is at the origin
(c) At=3s, the acceleration of particle is zero
(a) 10√7 (b) 700√10 (c) 100√7 (d) √10
(d) All of the above

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30) A particle is projected at 60° to the horizontal with a kinetic
energy K. The kinetic energy at the highest point is
𝐾 𝐾
(a) K (b) zero (c) (d)
4 2
𝐹 𝐹𝑥 𝐹
31) A particle is projected at an angle of 60° above the horizontal (a) (b) F × L (c) (d)
𝐿 𝐿 𝑥
with a speed of 10 m/s. After some time the direction of its
41) Figure shows two block connected by a light inextensible string
velocity makes an angle of 30° above the horizontal. The speed of
as shown in figure. A force of 10 N is applied on the bigger block at
the particle at this instant is :
60° with horizontal, then the tension in the string connecting the
5 10 two masses is
(a) m/s (b) 5√3 m/s (c) 5 m/s (d) m/s
√3 √3

32) A body is projected with speed u m/s at an angle 𝛽 with the

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horizontal. The kinetic energy the highest point is 𝑡ℎ of the initial
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kinetic energy. The value of 𝛽 is

(a) 30° (b) 45° (c) 60° (d) 120°

(a) 5 N (b) 2 N (c) 1 N (d) 3 N
33) A ball is thrown from a point with a speed 𝑣𝑜 at an angle of
projection 𝜃 . From the same point and at same instant , a person 42) A body of mass 60 kg suspended by means of three strings, P,
𝑣
starts running with a constant speed 𝑜 to catch the ball. Will the Q, and R as shown in the figure is in equilibrium. The tension in
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person be able to catch the ball? If yes, what should be the angle the string P is
of projection?

(a) Yes, 60° (b) Yes, 30° (c) No (d) Yes, 45°

34) Ratio of minimum kinetic energies of two projectile of same

mass is 4:1 . The ratio of the maximum height attained by them is
also 4:1 . The ratio of their range would be:

(a) 16 : 1 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 8 : 1 (d) 2 : 1 (a) 130.9 kgf (b) 60 kgf (c) 50 kgf (d) 103.9 kgf

35) A small ball is projected in XY-plane as shown in the figure 43) Figure shows a uniform rod of length 30 cm having a mass 3.0
under the influence of gravity. The equation of trajectory of the kg . The rod is pulled by constant forces exerted by 20 N and 32 N
particle is y = 9x – 12x2 (where, y and x are in metres). The time of as shown. Find the force exerted by 20 cm part of the rod on the
flight of the particle is 10 cm part ( all surfaces are smooth ) is

(a) 2 s (b) 3 s (c) 1.16 s (d) 2.32 s

36) Savita throws a ball horizontally with a velocity of 8 m/s from

the top of her building . The ball strikes to her brother Sudhir (a) 36 N (b) 12 N (c) 64 N (d) 24 N
playing at 12 m away from the building . What is the height of the
building ? ( g = 9.8m/s2 ) 44) Three masses of 1kg, 6kg and 3kg are connected to each other
with threads and are placed on a table shown in figure. What is
(a) 11 m (b) 10 m (c) 8 m (d) 7 m the acceleration with which the system is moving ? ( Take g = 10
ms-2 )
37) A ball rolls from the edge of the top step of a stair case with
horizontal speed 5 m/s-1 . Each step is of 2 m high and 1 m width.
The ball hits

(a) 10th step (b) 5th step (c) 2nd step (d) 3rd step

38) In the given figure determine T1 : T2 : T3

(a) 2 : 5 : 10 (b) 1 : 3 : 2 (c) 4 : 5 : 1 (d) 2 : 5 : 15 (a) zero (b) 1 ms-2 (c) 2 ms-2 (d) 3 ms-2
39) Find the tension in the chain at a distance Y from the support. 45) Two masses og 8kg and 4kg are connected by a string as
Mass of chain is M shown in the figure over a frictionless pulley. The acceleration of
𝑀𝑔 𝑀(𝐿−𝑦)𝑔 𝑀𝑦𝑔 the system is :
(a) (b) (c) (d) Zero
𝐿 𝐿 𝐿

40) A uniform rope of mass M and length L is placed on a smooth

horizontal surface. A horizontal force F is acting at one end of
rope. Calculate the tension in the rope at a distance x as shown.

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(a) 4 ms-2 (b) 2 ms-2 (c) zero (d) 9.8 ms-2