MANTHAN NEET 2025

Motion in a straight line

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Q The displacement of a body is zero. The distance covered

A. Is zero
B. Is not zero
C. May or may not be zero
D. Depends upon the acceleration
Q The numerical ratio of displacement to distance for a moving
object is

A. Always less than 1

B. Always equal to 1
C. Always more than 1
D. Equal to or less than 1
Q A particle moves from (2, 4) m to (5, 1) m. The magnitude of
displacement is

A. 2𝑚
B. 2 3𝑚
C. 2 2𝑚
D. 3 2𝑚
Q An athlete completes one round of a circular track of radius R in 40
sec. What will be his displacement at the end of 3 min. 20 sec?

A. 𝑍𝑒𝑟𝑜
B. 2R
C. 2 𝜋𝑅
D. 7𝜋𝑅
Q A student moves as given (i) 30m towards east, (ii) 10m towards
south, (iii) 20 2 m towards N-W, (iv) 10m in upward direction,
(v) 50m in 370 N of E

A. 20 𝑚
B. 10 42 𝑚
C. 20 2 𝑚
D. 30 5 𝑚
Q A Butterfly start flying from a corner of the cubical room and reaches
to the opposite corner of the room. Find its displacement.
Q
An ant start moving form a corner of the cubical room and want to
reach to the opposite corner in minimum possible length travelled.
Find that minimum possible length?
Q
A drunked man takes 5 step forward and then 3 step backward and repeat
this again and again. If 1 step length is equal to 1 m. If there is mud 11 m
Ahead of its starting point. Find no. of step he will take before falling into it?
Q A body moves along the curved path of a quarter circle. Calculate the
ratio of distance to displacement:

A. 11: 7
B. 7:11
C. 11 : 7 2
D. 7 : 11 2
Q If Avg. velocity is zero then Avg. speed

A. will also be zero

B. may be zero or may not be
C. can never be zero
D. None
Q If in any time interval Avg. speed is zero then Avg. Velocity-

A. will also be zero

B. may be zero or may not be
C. can never be zero
D. None
Q
A particle rotate in a circle of Radius R with constant speed v. In the
time interval when it rotate by an angle θ on circle, find Average
Velocity and average acceleration?
Q A particle travels a finite distance in two equal parts with speed v1
and v2 . Find its average speed?
Q A particle travels a finite distance in two equal time interval with
speed v1 & v2 , then find avg. speed?
Q
A particle travels a finite distance in two equal parts. In first part it
moves with speed v1 and 2nd half it travels half time with speed v2
and other half time with v3 . Then find average Speed?
 If a Particle moves from point A to point B with constant speed v1 and
Q come back to point A with constant speed v2 . Find
(1) Average velocity (2) Average speed
 1 rd

Q If a particle moves
3
of a finite distance with constant speed v1
and remaining with constant speed v2 , then find Avg. speed?
Q A train has a speed of 60 km/h for the first one hour and 40 km/h for
the next half hour. Its average speed in km/h is

(a) 50
(b) 53.33
(c) 48
(d) 70
Q
A body moves over one fourth of a circular arc in a circle of radius R
with 4 m/s, second fourth with 6 m/s, third fourth with 2 m/s and the
last fourth with 3 m/s. What is his average velocity?

(a) 0
(b) 7.5 m/s
(c) 3.9 m/s
(d) None of these
Q Consider the following statements and select the incorrect statements.

I. The magnitude of instantaneous velocity of a particle is equal to its

instantaneous speed.
II. The magnitude of the average velocity in an interval is equal to its
average speed in that interval.
III. It is possible to have a situation in which the speed of the particle is
never zero but the average speed in an interval is zero.
IV. It is possible to have a situation in which the instantaneous speed of
the particle at an instant is zero but the average speed is not zero.

(a) II, III and IV (b) II and III

(c) I and II (d) IV only
 A student go to the school which is 2.5 km from his home with speed

Q
5km/hr. He saw that school is closed due to lockdown and he return
back with speed 7.5 km/hr to home, then find
(1) Avg. speed for time interval to = 0 to t = 20 min
(2) Find Avg speed and Avg. velocity for the time interval of t=0 to
t= 40Min.
 A bird flies due north with velocity 20 m/s for 15 s it rests for 5 s and
Q then flies due south with velocity 24m/s for 10 s. Find the magnitude
of average velocity. For the whole trip

A. 10 m/s
B. 1 m/s
C. 2 m/s
D. 4 m /s
 A particle moves on circular path of radius 5 m with constant speed 5
Q m/s. Find the magnitude of its average acceleration when it
completes half revolution.

A. 10/𝜋 m/𝑠ec2
B. 20/𝜋 m/𝑠ec2
C. 5 m/𝑠ec2
D. 2.5 m/𝑠ec2
 Assertion: A body can have acceleration even if its velocity is zero at a
Q given instant of time.
Reason: A body is at rest when it reverses its direction of motion.

(a) If both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct
explanation of assertion
(b) If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
(c) If assertion is true but reason is false
(d) If both assertion and reason are false
Q If s = 2t3 + 3t2 + 2t + 8 then find time at which acceleration is zero

A. 1 𝑠ec
B. 2 sec
C. ½ sec
D. Never
 Q Position of a particle moving on straight line is given by
𝑥 = 𝑡 2 − 4𝑡 + 10, where t is time in sec. Find-
1. Displacement in 3 sec.? 2. Distance travelled in first in 3 sec.?
3. Velocity at t= 3 sec.? 4. Acceleration of particle?
 Q
Position of a particle moving on straight line is given by
𝑡3
𝑥= − 3𝑡2 + 8𝑡 + 10, where t is time in sec. Find-
3

1. Find velocity at t=2 sec.? 2. Find avg. velocity b/w t=0 to 2 sec.?

3. Find avg. speed b/w t=0 to t=3 sec.?

Q
If relation between time and position of a particle moving on x – axis
is t = 𝛼𝑥 2 + 𝛽𝑥, 𝛼 & 𝛽 constant, then it’s acceleration is
proportional to

A. (velocity)3
B. (velocity)2
C. (velocity)-2
D. (velocity)-3
Q If 𝑣 = 2𝑥 2 + 1, then find 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 at x = 2m

A. 10 m/s2
B. 24 m/s2
C. 2 m/s2
D. 4 m/s2
Q If v = 3 − 2t and particle start from x = 2m then find position of
the particle at t = 2 sec?

A. 10 m
B. 24 m
C. 2m
D. 4m
Q If 𝑎 = 𝑡 − 2 and particle start from origin with initial speed 2 m/s,
find displacement of particle at t = 1 sec?
Q If velocity of particle moving on x-axis is given by 𝑣 = 5 − 2𝑥, find
position of particle as a function of time if particle starts from origin.
Q If 𝑎 = 3 − 2𝑣, then find maximum velocity of the particle.

A. 3 m/s
B. 1.5 m/s
C. 2 m/s
D. 4 m /s
Q If 𝑣 = 2 𝑥 , then find acceleration of particle at x = 2m?

A. 10 m/s2
B. 24 m/s2
C. 2 m/s2
D. 4 m/s2
Q If for a particle position x ∝ t2 then :–

A. velocity is constant
B. acceleration is constant
C. acceleration is variable
D. None of these
Q The relation t = 𝑥 + 3 describes the position of a particle where x is
in meters and t is in seconds. The position, when velocity is zero, is :

A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. zero
Q The coordinates of a moving particle at any time are given by x = at2 and y = bt2.
The speed of the particle at any moment is

A. 2t(a+b)

B. 2t (a2−b2)

C. t (a2+b2)

D. 2t (a2+b2)
Q The velocity acquired by a body moving with uniform acceleration is 30 m/s in
2 seconds and 60 m/s in 4 seconds. The initial velocity is :

A. 0
B. 2 m/s
C. 4 m/s
D. 10 m/s
Q If a body starts from rest and travels 120m in the 8th second, then acceleration is :

A. 16 m/s2
B. 10 m/s2
C. 0.227 m/s2
D. 0.03 m/s2
Q
The velocity of a particle moving with constant acceleration at an instant t0 is 10m/s.
After 5 seconds of that instant the velocity of the particle is 20m/s. The velocity at 3
second before t0 is :
A. 8 m/s
B. 4 m/s
C. 6 m/s
D. 7 m/s
Q
A particle moving with a uniform acceleration travels 24 m and 64 m in the first
two consecutive intervals of 4 sec each. Its initial velocity is

A. 1 m/s
B. 10 m/s
C. 5 m/s
D. 2 m/s
Q A particle moving with a uniform acceleration. Its velocity changes from 8m/s to
12m/s in 5sec. Find distance travelled by particle during this motion

A. 100 m
B. 50 m
C. 55 m
D. 52 m
Q The velocity of the train increases from 20 km/h to 60 km/h in 4 hours. The distance
moved by the train during this period is- 1994

A. 160𝑘𝑚
B. 180𝑘𝑚
C. 100𝑘𝑚
D. 120𝑘𝑚
Q
A particle has initial velocity (2i + 3j) and acceleration (0.3i + 0.2j). The
magnitude of velocity after 10 seconds will be : AIPMT 2012

A. 5 2unit
B. 9 unit
C. 9 2 unit
D. 5 unit
Q
When a bullet is fired into a plank then it losses 20% of its initial velocity in first
2cm length, then find further distance travelled by the bullet before it stop ?
( assume uniform retardation )
Q
When a bullet passes though a plank it loses nth part of its velocity. Then find how
many such planks are required to stop this type of bullet (assuming constant
retardation by the planks).
Q
When a bullet is fired into a plank then it losses 20% of its initial velocity in first
2cm length, then find further distance travelled by the bullet before it stop ?
( assume uniform retardation )
 An engine of a train, moving with uniform acceleration, passes the signal-post
Q with velocity 𝑢 and the last compartment with velocity 𝑣. The velocity with which
middle point of the train passes the signal post is

𝑣 2 +𝑢2
A.
2

𝑣−𝑢
B.
2
𝑢+𝑣
C.
2

𝑣 2 −𝑢2
D.
2
 A train is approaching a platform with speed 4 km/hr when it is at 2 km from the

Q
platform. A Parrot starts flying towards the train from platform and just after
touching the train, it again come back and repeat this process again and again
until train reaches to the platform. If parrot is moving with constant speed 50
km/hr. find distance travelled by parrot
1. If train moves with constant speed
Q If a train travelling at 72 km/h is to be brought to rest in 200 m,
then its retardation should be

A. 20 m/s2
B. 2 m/s2
C. 10 m/s2
D. 1 m/s2
Q
A car, moving with a speed of 50 km/hr, can be stopped by brakes after at least
6m. If the same car is moving at a speed of 100km/hr, the minimum stopping
distance is

A. 6m
B. 12 m
C. 18 m
D. 24 m
Q
A particle start its motion from rest with constant acceleration. It cover
a distance of 90m in 6 sec interval. Find distance travelled in last 2 sec?

A. 10 m
B. 20 m
C. 50 m
D. 30 m
Q A car applied brake and stop after travelling 20 m distance with constant
retardation. Then find distance travelled in first half time of its retardation

A. 10 m
B. 15 m
C. 5 m
D. 12 m
Q
A particle start its motion from rest under the action of a constant force. If the
distance covered in first 10 seconds is S1 and that covered in first 20 seconds is S2,
then- 2009

A. S2= 3S1
B. S2= 4S1
C. S2= S1
D. S2= 2S1
Q Free fall of an object (in vacuum) is a case of motion with

(A) Uniform velocity

(B) Uniform acceleration
(C) Variable acceleration
(D) Uniform speed
Q A ball of mass m is thrown straight upward with an initial velocity of
45m/s. Find out the time taken by the ball to reach its maximum height?

A. 4.5 s
B. 9s
C. 5s
D. 3s
Q When a ball is thrown vertically upwards, it reaches a maximum height of
19.6 m. The initial velocity of the ball was?

(A) 10 𝑚/𝑠
(B) 20 𝑚/𝑠
(C) 5 𝑚/𝑠
(D) 15 𝑚/𝑠
Q When a ball is thrown vertically upwards, if it passes through the same height
at t=4s and 6s, then find (i) it’s Time of flight?
Q A particle is projected vertically upward with speed (> 10 m/s) then find
distance travelled by the particle in its last second of upward motion?
Q A particle is projected vertically upward, find distance travelled by the particle
in its last 3 second of it’s ascent ?
Q A ball is projected vertically upwards with speed 30m/s. Find the distance
covered in 5th second of it’s motion? (g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 5 m
(B) 15 m
(C) 10 m
(D) Zero
Q A ball is projected vertically upwards with speed 45m/s. Find the distance
covered in 5th second of it’s motion? (g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 2.5 m
(B) 5 m
(C) 10 m
(D) Zero
Q A body is thrown vertically upwards with velocity 𝑢. The distance travelled by it in
the fifth and the sixth seconds are equal. The velocity 𝑢 is given by (𝑔 = 9.8 𝑚/𝑠 2 )

(A) 24.5 𝑚/𝑠

(B) 49.0 𝑚/𝑠
(C) 73.5 𝑚/𝑠
(D) 98.0 𝑚/𝑠
Q A body is thrown vertically upwards with velocity 𝑢. The distance travelled by it in
the third and the sixth seconds are equal. The velocity 𝑢 is given by (𝑔 = 9.8 𝑚/𝑠 2 )

(A) 39.2 𝑚/𝑠

(B) 49.0 𝑚/𝑠
(C) 19.6 𝑚/𝑠
(D) 50 𝑚/𝑠
Q By what velocity, a ball be projected vertically upwards so that the distance
covered in 5th second is twice of that covered in 6th second? (g = 10 m/s2)

(A) 70 𝑚/𝑠
(B) 80 𝑚/𝑠
(C) 65 𝑚/𝑠
(D) 60 𝑚/𝑠
Q A particle, which is projected vertically upward, passes a point 5 𝑚 above the
ground twice in 2 sec interval. Find speed of projection?
Q A Juggler throws the next ball when previous ball is at maximum height. If he
thrown n balls per sec then find maximum height attained by the balls?
Q If A ball is projected vertically upward such that it gain a maximum height 𝐻. Find
height of the ball when its velocity become half of the projected velocity?

A. H/2
B. H/3
C. H/4
D. 3H/4
Q
A stone is thrown vertically upwards. When the stone is at a height equal to the
half of its maximum height, its speed will be 10ms-1 , then the maximum height
attained by the stone is (take, g 10 ms )

(A) 20 m
(B) 5 m
(C) 10 m
(D) 50 m
Q A ball is thrown up under gravity 𝑔 = 10𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 . Find its velocity after 1.0 sec
at a height of 10𝑚

(A) 5𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐 2
(B) 5𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐
(C) 10𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐
(D) 15𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐
Q
A juggler throws balls vertically upwards with same initial velocity in air. When the
first ball reaches its highest position, he throws the next ball. Assuming the juggler
throws 𝑛 balls per second, the maximum height the balls can reach is
[Main 29th July 2nd Shift 2022]

(A) 𝑔/2𝑛
(B) 𝑔/𝑛
(C) 2𝑔𝑛
(D) 𝑔/2𝑛2
Q A body is falling freely under gravity. The distances covered by the body in first,
second and third minutes of its motion are in the ratio [AIIMS]

(A) 1:4:9
(B) 1:2:3
(C) 1:3:5
(D) 1:5:6
Q Two bodies of different masses 𝑚𝑎 and 𝑚𝑏 are dropped from two different heights
𝑎 and 𝑏. The ratio of the time taken by the two to cover these distances are

(A) 𝑎: 𝑏
(B) 𝑏: 𝑎
(C) 𝑎 ∶ 𝑏
(D) 𝑎2 : 𝑏 2
Q A stone dropped from the top of the tower touches the ground in 4 sec. The
height of the tower is about

(A) 80 𝑚
(B) 40 𝑚
(C) 20 𝑚
(D) 160 𝑚
Q A body freely falling from the rest has a velocity ‘v’ after it falls through a height
‘h’. The distance (from falling) it must fall for its velocity to become double, is

(A) h
(B) 1.41h
(C) 2h
(D) 4h
Q
A body is released from the top of a tower of height h. It takes t sec to reach the
ground. Where will be the ball after time 𝑡/2 sec

(A) At h/2 from the ground

(B) At h/4 from the ground
(C) Depends upon mass and volume of the body
(D) At 3h/4 from the ground
Q A ball is released from the top of a tower of height ℎ metre. It takes 𝑇 second to
reach the ground. What is the position of the ball in 𝑇/3 second? [AIEEE 2004]

(A) h/9 metre from the ground.

(B) 7h/9 metre from the ground.
(C) 8h/9 metre from the ground.
(D) 17h/18 metre from the ground.
 A ball is dropped from a high-rise platform at t = 0 starting from rest. After 6s
Q another ball is thrown downwards from the same platform with a speed v. The
two balls meet at t = 18s. What is the value of v?

(A) 60 m/s
(B) 40 m/s
(C) 55 m/s
(D) 75 m/s
Q
A ball is dropped from the top of 80 m high tower. If after 2 sec of fall the gravity
(𝑔 = 10 𝑚/𝑠 2 ) disappears, then time taken to reach ground since the gravity
disappeared is

(A) 2 sec
(B) 3 sec
(C) 4 sec
(D) 5 sec
Q
A ball is released from a height ℎ. If 𝑡1 and 𝑡2 be the time required to complete
first half and second half of the distance respectively. Then, choose the correct
relation between 𝑡1 and 𝑡2 . [Main 29th July 2nd Shift 2022]

(A) 𝑡1 = 2 𝑡2
(B) 𝑡1 = 2 − 1 𝑡2
(C) 𝑡2 = 2 + 1 𝑡1
(D) 𝑡2 = 2 − 1 𝑡1
 An object is released from top of a building. If distance travelled by the object in
Q last second of its motion is equal to the distance travelled in first 4 sec, then find
height of the building?
 Drops are falling from a top in a regular time interval such that when 1st drop just
Q touches the ground, the 5th drop just start falling. Given that height of tap is 5 𝑚
from ground. Then find-

(i) Time interval between drops?

(ii) Find distance between 2nd and 3rd drop at time when 1st drop just touches the
ground?
Q
A stone is dropped into a well in which the level of water is h below the top of the
well. If u is velocity of sound, the time T after which the splash is heard is given by

2ℎ
(A)
𝑢
2ℎ ℎ
(B) +
𝑔 𝑢

2ℎ ℎ
(C) +
𝑢 𝑔

ℎ 2ℎ
(D) +
2𝑔 𝑢
Q
A stone thrown upward with a speed 𝑢 from the top of the tower reaches the
ground with a velocity 3𝑢. The height of the tower is

(A) 3𝑢2 /𝑔
(B) 4𝑢2 /𝑔
(C) 6𝑢2 /𝑔
(D) 9𝑢2 /𝑔
Q
Two balls A and B of same masses are thrown from the top of the building. A, thrown
upward with speed V and B, thrown downward with speed V, then

(A) Velocity of A is more than B at the ground

(B) Velocity of b is more than A at the ground
(C) Both A & B strike the ground with same velocity
(D) None of these
 A parachutist after bailing out falls 50 𝑚 without friction. When parachute opens,

Q it decelerates at 2 𝑚/𝑠 2 . He reaches the ground with a speed of 3 𝑚/𝑠. At what

height, did he ball out

(A) 293m
(B) 111m
(C) 91m
(D) 182m
Q
A person drop a stone from top of a building 0f height 125m. 2 sec after this
Instant, he again throw a stone in the same vertical line in downward direction.
Find speed of the stone from which he threw stone so that it just strike the
previous stone just before they strike to ground?
Q
A man in a balloon rising vertically with an acceleration of 4.9 m/sec? releases a
ball 2 sec after the balloon is let go from the ground. The greatest height above the
ground reached by the ball is

(A) 14.7m
(B) 19.6m
(C) 9.8m
(D) 24.5m
Q The displacement-time graphs of two moving particles make angles of 30°
and 45° with the x-axis. The ratio of the two velocities is

A. 3:1
B. 1 : 1
C. 1 : 2
D. 1 : 3
Q
A particle starts from the origin at time t = 0 and moves along the positive x-axis.
The graph of velocity with respect to time is shown in figure. What is the
position of the particle at time t = 5 s? [JEE (Main) – 10th Jan. 2019 - Shift-2]

A. 10m
B. 6m
C. 3m
D. 9m
Q Which of the following velocity-time graphs shows a realistic situation for a
body in motion

(A) (B)

(C) (D
)
Q
The velocity (v) and time (t) graph of a body in a straight line motion is shown
in the figure. The point S is at 4.333 seconds. The total distance covered by the
body in 6 s is : [JEE (Main) – 5th Sep. 2020 - Shift-2]

A. 12 m

𝟒𝟗
B. m
𝟒

C. 11 m

𝟑𝟕
D. m
𝟑
Q A body is thrown vertically upwards. Which one of the following graphs
correctly represent the velocity vs time?

(A) (B)

(C) (D
)
Q
The engine of a motorcycle can produce a maximum acceleration 5 m/s2. Its
brakes can produce a maximum retardation 10 m/s2. What is the minimum
time in which it can cover a distance of 1.5 km?

(A) 30 s
(B) 15 s
(C) 10 s
(D) 5 s
Q Acceleration time curve of a particle is given below. If initial velocity of particle
is 2 m/s then find velocity of particle after 4sec ?

a(m/s2)

0
2s 4s t
Q
The acceleration –time graph of a particle moving along x-axis is shown in the
figure. If the particle starts with velocity 3 m/s at t = 0, find the velocity of
particle at t = 4 s.

a (m/s)2
A. 27 m/s
B. 28 m/s 8

C. 25 m/s
D. 20 m/s 0 t (s)
4 8
Q
A particle starts from origin O from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration
along the positive x-axis. Identify all figures that correctly represent the motion
qualitatively. (a = acceleration, v = velocity, x = displacement, t = time)
[JEE (Main) – 8th April 2019 - Shift-2]

A. A
B. A, B, C
C. B,C
D. A, B, D
Q Find acceleration of the particle at x=1m?
Also draw acceleration-Position curve?

v(m/s)

0
1m 2m x
Q For the motion of a particle acceleration-time graph is shown in figure. The
velocity time curve for the duration of 0-4 seconds is:

(A) (B)

(C)
(D)
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