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ENTRY TEST’S PHYSICS

 MDCAT – Physics Topic: 01
PROJECTILE MOTION
(DPP SHEET)
1. Motion of projectile is
(a) One dimensional (b) two dimensional
(c) Three dimensional (d) Four dimensional
2. The horizontal range of a projectile is the same for the angles
(a) 60 and 80 (b) 45 and 65
(c) 32 and 58 (d) 40 and 70
3. A projectile has max range of 200 m. What is maximum height attained by it?
(a) 25 m (b) 50 m
(c) 75 m (d) 100 m
4. The range and height of a projectile are equal at angle
(a) 76 (b) 86
(c) 96 (d) 66
5. A shell is fired at an angle of 45 degree above ground with an initial velocity of 100 m/s. It will hit
the ground, assuming g = 10 m/s2 after about
(a) 7 sec (b) 10 sec
(c) 14 sec (d) 20 sec
6. The time of flight of a projectile is
V Sin 2Vi Sin
(a) i (b)
g g
2V cos  V cos 
(c) i (d) i
g g
7. For maximum range, the angle of projection must be
(a) 60 (b) 76
(c) 90 (d) 45
8. What is meant by a ballistic trajectory?
(a) The path followed by an unpowered and unguided missile.
(b) The path followed by the powered and unguided missile.
(c) The path followed by unpowered but guided missile.
(d) The path followed by powered and guided missile.
9. In a projectile motion, at the highest point of a projectile, its velocity is
(a) Zero (b) Minimum
(c) Maximum (d) none of these
10. The time of flight a projectile from point of projection to maximum height is
v sin  2v sin 
(a) i (b) i
g g
v cos 
(c) 2vi cos  (d) i
g g
11. When the projectile crosses the highest point of its trajectory. The magnitude of vertical
components of velocity starts
(a) increasing (b) decreasing
(c) remains constant (d) None
12. A shell is fired with horizontal velocity of 10 ms –1.If g = 9.8 ms–2 then horizontal velocity of the shell
after 5 seconds will be
(a) 10 ms–1 (b) 20 ms–1
–1
(c) 50 ms (d) 980 ms

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13. At the highest point of the trajectory of a projectile, The vertical component of velocity is
(a) Zero (b) minimum
(c) maximum (d) none of these

14. In a projectile motion, the horizontal range “R” depends upon

(a) Initial velocity (b) Angle of projection
(c) both a & b (d) Acceleration only
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15. A projectile is thrown at an angle of 40 with horizontal and its range is R1. Another projectile is
thrown at an angle of 40o with vertical and its range is R2.What is relation between R1 and R2?
(a) R1 = R2 (b) R1 = 2R2
(c) 2R1 = R2 (d) R1 = 3 R2
16. In projectile motion, at what angle the range is four times more than the maximum height of
projectile?
(a) 45 (b) 60
(c) 76 (d) At any angle
17. Two balls are released simultaneously from a mechanism that allows one ball to drop freely while
the other is projected horizontally. Encircle the correct statement. At any time,
(a) The two balls will be at the same level
(b) The two balls will have same vertical displacement
(c) Both statements are correct
(d) No statement is correct
18. An object is moving along a straight line with uniform acceleration of 3m/s2. If initial velocity of
the object is 3m/s which of the following may be its velocity after two seconds
(a) Zero m/s (b) 3 m/s
(c) 6 m/s (d) 9 m/s
19. Two bullets are fired horizontally with different velocities from the same height. Which will reach
the ground first?
(a) smaller one (b) larger one
(c) both at a same time (d) cannot be predictable
20. A ball is thrown horizontally and another ball is just dropped down from the same height of tower
at same time. Which will reach the ground first?
(a) first one (b) second one
(c) both at a same time (d) depend upon their mass
21. In projectile motion. What is angle between the instantaneous velocity and acceleration at the
highest point?
(a) 45 (b) 60
(c) 76 (d) 90
22. A body has kinetic energy E, is thrown at an angle of 45o with horizontal. The kinetic energy at the
highest point will be
E
(a) E (b)
2
E
(c) (d) zero
2
23. A projectile is thrown with an angle ‘  ’ and velocity ‘v’ has height ‘h’ at earth surface. When this
projectile is thrown at the surface of moon for same value of angle and velocity. Then its height at
moon surface will be
(a) 2h (b) 3h
(c) h (d) 6h
24. For range to have maximum value the function sin2, (2) should have value
(a) 50o (b) 90o

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o
(c) 45 (d) 0o
25. Two balls, projected at 300 and 600 to the horizontal, strike the ground at the same distance. The
ratio of the maximum heights attained by them is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 3
(c) 1 : 4 (d) 1 : 2
26. If the range of the projectile be R, then its kinetic energy is maximum after covering a distance
equal to:
R R
(a) (b)
4 2
3R
(c) (d) R
4
27. When a projectile is fired at angle ‘θ’ , then the relation between height “H” and range “R” is
(a) H=R (b) H=R/2
(c) H/4tan θ (d) H=4R
28. A ball is thrown and follows the parabolic path shown above. Air friction is negligible. Point Q is
the highest point on the path. Points P and R are the same height above the ground. How do the
speeds of the ball at the three points compare?

(a) vP < vQ < vR (c) vR < vQ < v P

(b) vQ < vR < vP (d) vQ < vP = vR

Answer’s Key
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(a) (c) (d) (c) (c) (d) (b) (d) (b) (b) (d) (c) (d)

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