Topic: Rectilinear Motion Practice set – 02

01. In the above question, in what time will it reach the maximum height
(1) 1 sec (2) 2 sec (3) 2 sec (4) 1/ 2 sec
02. In the above question, with what velocity will the ball strike the ground
(1) zero (2) 40 m/s (3) 10 m/s (4) 60 m/s
03. If a body starts from rest and travels 1.2 m in the 8th second then what is the acceleration
(1) 0.20 m/s2 (2) 0.16 m/s2 (3) 0.08 m/s2 (4) 0.2255 m/s2
04. A body starts from rest and has an acceleration 20 cm/sec2. What is the distance covered by
the body in first 8 sec
(1) 160 cm (2) 640 cm (3) 1280 cm (4) 1640 cm
05. The initial velocity of a body moving along a straight line is 7 m/s. It has a uniform
acceleration of 4 m/s2. The distance covered by the body in the 5th second of its motion is

(1) 25 m (2) 35 m (3) 50 m (4) 85 m

06. A train covers 50 metre distance and stops when applied the breaks. If the velocity of train is
just doubled and applied the same retarding force then the distance covered by the train is

(1) 50 m (2) 100 m (3) 150 m (4) 200 m

07. A particle after starting from rest, experiences constant acceleration for 20 sec. If it covers a
distance s1 in first 10 sec, then the distance covered during next 10 sec will be
(1) s1 (2) 2s1 (3) 3s1 (4) 4s1
08. When two particles each of mass m are dropped from height h and 2h respectively, then the
ratio of their times to reach the ground is
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 2 : 1 (3) 1 : 2 (4) 2 : 1
09. The velocity of bullet is reduced from 200 m/s to 100 m/s while travelling through a wooden
block of thickness of 10 cm. The retardation assuming to be uniform, will be :
(1) 15 × 104 m/s2 (2) 13.5 × 104 m/s2 (3) 12 × 104 m/s2 (4) none of these
10. A body falls from a height h = 200 m. The ratio of distance travelled in each 2 s, during t = 0 to
t = 6 s of the journey is :
(1) 1 : 4 : 9 (2) 1 : 2 : 4 (3) 1 : 3 : 5 (4) 1 : 2 : 3
11. A car moving with a speed of 50 km/h, can be stopped by brakes after at least 6m. If the
same car is moving at a speed of 100 km/h, the minimum stopping distance is
(1) 12 m (2) 18 m (3) 24 m (4) 6 m
12. Speeds of two identical cars are u are 4u at a specific instant. The ratio of the respective
distances in which the two cars are stopped in the same time
(1) 1 : 1 (2) 1 : 4 (3) 1 : 8 (4) 1 : 16
13. Juggler keeps on moving four balls in the air continuously such that each ball attains 20 m
height. When the first ball leaves his hand, the position of the other balls ( in metre height)
will be
(1) 10, 20, 10 (2) 15, 20, 15 (3) 5, 51, 20 (4) 5, 10, 20
14. A particle is thrown upwards from ground. It experiences a constant air resistance which can
produce a retardation of 2 m/s2 opposite to the direction of velocity of particle. The ratio of
time of ascent to the time of descent is : [ g = 10 m/s2 ]
2 2 3
(1) 1 : 1 (2) (3) (4)
3 3 2
15. A block is moving down a smooth inclined plane starting from rest at time t = 0. Let S n be the
Sn
distance travelled by the block in the interval t = n – 1 to t = n. The ratio is
S n +1
 2n − 1 2n − 1 2n + 1 2n
(1) (2) (3) (4)
2n 2n + 1 2n − 1 2n − 1
16. An alpha particle enters a hollow tube of 4 m length with an initial speed of 1 km/s. It is
accelerated in the tube and comes out of it with a speed of 9 km/s. The time for which it
remains inside the tube is
(1) 8 × 10–3 s (2) 80 × 10–3 s (3) 800 × 10–3 s (4) 8 × 10–4 s
17. A student is standing at a distance of 50metres from the bus. As soon as the bus begins its
motion with an acceleration of 1ms–2, the student starts running towards the bus with a
uniform velocity u. Assuming the motion to be along a straight road, the minimum value of u,
so that the student is able to catch the bus is
(1) 5 ms–1 (2) 8 ms–1 (3) 10 ms–1 (4) 12 ms–1
18. A man throws balls with the same speed vertically upwards one after the other at an interval
of 2 seconds. What should be the speed of the throw so that more than two balls are in the
sky at any time ?
(Given g = 9.8 m/s2)
(1) Any speed less than 19.6 m/s (2) Only with speed 19.6 m/s
(3) more than 19.6 m/s (4) At least 9.8 m/s
19. A ball is thrown vertically upward. It has a speed of 10 m/s when it has reached one half of its
maximum height. How high does the ball rise ? (Taking g = 10 m/s 2)
(1) 15 m (2) 10 m (3) 20 m (4) 5 m
20. Two bodies, A (of mass 1kg) and B (of mass 3kg) are dropped from heights of 16 m and 25
m, respectively. The ratio of the time taken by them to reach the ground is :
(1) 5/4 (2) 12/5 (3) 5/12 (4) 4/5
4
21. The distance travelled by a particle starting from rest and moving with an acceleration ms–
3
2, in the third second is
10 19
(1) 6 m (2) 4 m (3) m (4) m
3 3
22. If a ball is thrown vertically upwards at 40 m/s, its velocity after two seconds will be
(1) 10 m/s (2) 20 m/s (3) 30 m/s (4) 40 m/s
23. A body A starts from rest with an acceleration a1. After 2 s another body B starts from rest
with an acceleration a2. If they travel equal distances in 5th s, after the starts of A, the ratio a1
: a2 will be equal to :
(1) 9 : 5 (2) 5 : 7 (3) 5 : 9 (4) 7 : 9
24. A parachutist after bailing out falls 50 m without friction. When parachute opens, it
decelerates at 2 m/s2. He reaches the ground with a speed of 3 m/s. At what height , did he
bail out?
(1) 91 m (2) 182 m (3) 293 m (4) 111 m
25. A car moving with a speed of 50 km/hr, can be stopped by brakes after at least 6 m. if the
same car is moving at a speed of 100 km/hr, the minimum stopping distance is:
(1) 12 m (2) 18 m (3) 24 m (4) 6 m
26. A ball is released from the top of a tower of height h metres. It takes T seconds to reach the
ground. What is the position of the ball in T/3 seconds?
(1) h/9 metre from the ground (2) 7h/9 metre from the ground
(3) 8h/9 metre from the ground (4) 17h/9 metre from the ground
27. An automobile travelling with a speed of 60 km/h, can brake to stop within a distance of 20 m.
If the car is going twice as fast, ie. 120 km/h, the stopping distance will be
(1) 20 m (2) 40 m (3) 60 m (4) 80 m
28. A particle is moving along straight line with initial velocity 48 m/sec and acceleration –10m/s2.
The distance travelled by particle in 5th second is :
 17 14
(1) 3m (2) 115 m m (4)(3) m
5 5
29. The displacement-time graph for the two particles A and B are straight lines inclined at angles
300 and 600 with the time axis. The ratio of the velocities of A to B will be
(1) 1 : 2 (2) 1: 3 (3) 3 :1 (4) 1 : 3
30. The variation of velocity of a particle moving along straight line is shown in figure. The
distance traversed by the body in 4 seconds is

(1) 70 m (2) 60 m (3) 40 m (4) 55 m

31. The adjoining curve represents the velocity-time graph of a particle, its acceleration values
along OA, AB and BC in metre/sec2 are respectively
10 – A B
Velocity in m/sec

5–

C
O 10 20 30 40
Time in sec

(1) 1,0,–0.5 (2) 1,0,0.5 (3) 1,1,0.5 (4) 1,0.5,0

32. The velocity-time graph of a linear motion is shown below. The displacement from the origin
after 8 seconds is
4
2
5 6 7 8
u m/s

0 1 2 3 4 t(sec)
-2
-4

(1) 18 m (2) 16 m (3) 6 m (4) 6 cm

33. The following figures show some velocity V versus time t curves. But only some of these can
be realised in practice. These are
V V V
V

(1) (2) (3) (4)

O t O t O t O t

(1) Only a,b and d (2) only a,b,c (3) only b and c (4) all of them
34. A rocket is projected vertically upwards and its time velocity graph is shown in the figure. The
maximum height attained by the rocket is

(1) 1 km (2) 10 km (3) 100 km (4) 60 km

35. The displacement of a particle as a function of time is shown in fig. The fig. indicates that
 y

Displacemen
x

t
0 1 2 3 4
Time

(1) the particle starts with a certain velocity, but the motion is retarded and finally the particle
stops
(2) the velocity of particle is constant throught
(3) the acceleration of the particle is constant throughout
(4) the particle starts with a constant velocity, the motion is accelerated and finally the particle
moves with another constant velocity.
36. Figure shows position-time graph of two cars A and B.
x(m)
A
B

5
0
(1) Car A is faster than car B. (2) Car B is faster than car A.
(3) Both cars are moving with same velocity.
(4) Both cars have non zero positive acceleration.
37. Fig. shows the displacement time graph of a particle moving on the X-axis.
x

to t
(1) the particle is continuously going in positive x direction
(2) the particle is at rest
(3) the velocity increases up to a time to, and then becomes constant.
(4) the particle moves at a constant velocity up to a time to, and then stops.
38. The displacement–time graph of a moving particle is shown below. The instantaneous
velocity of the particle is negative at the point :
x
D

E F
C
t
(1) C (2) D (3) E (4) F
39. The displacement of a particle as a function of time is shown in the figure. The figure shows
that

2
Displacement

1
0

0 1 2 3 4
Time
0 in
0 second
0 0

(1) The particle starts with certain velocity but the motion is retarded and finally the particle
stops
(2) The velocity of the particle is constant throughout
 (3) The acceleration of the particle is constant throughout.
(4) The particle starts with constant velocity, then motion is accelerated and finally the particle
moves with another constant velocity
40. Acceleration-time graph of a body is shown. The corresponding velocity-time graph of the
same body is
a

t
v
v v v

(1) (2) (3) (4)

t
t t t
41. Figure shows the position of a particle moving on the x-axis as a function of time

(1) the particle has come to rest 6 times

(2) the maximum speed is at t = 6 sec
(3) the velocity remains positive for t = 0 to t = 6 sec
(4) the average velocity for the total period show in negative
42. A particle is initially at rest, It is subjected to a linear acceleration a, as shown in the figure.
The maximum speed attained by the particle is

(1) 605 m/s (2) 110 m/s (3) 55 m/s (4) 550 m/s

43. A body starting from rest moves along a straight line with a constant acceleration. The
variation of speed (v) with distance (s) is represented by the graph :

(1) (2) (3) (4)

44. A ball is thrown vertically upwards. Which of the following plots represents the speed-time
graph of the ball during its flight if the air resistance is not ignored ?

(1) (2) (3) (4)

45. Which of the following velocity time graphs shows a realistic situation for a body in motion?

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

46. When a ball is thrown up vertically with velocity 0 , it reaches a maximum height of h. If one
wishes to triple the maximum height then the ball should be thrown with velocity :
(1) 3 0 (2) 3 0 (3) 9 0 (4) 3/2 0
47. A particle is thrown above, then correct v-t graph will be

(1) (2) (3) (4)

48. A particle is thrown vertically upwards. The graph between its speed v and time t is given by
(neglecting the air resistance) the following figure :

(1) (2) (3) (4)

49. In 1.0 sec. a particle goes from point A to point B moving in a semicircle of radius 1.0 m. The
magnitude of average velocity is:

(1) 3.14 m/sec (2) 2.0 m/sec (3) 1.0 m/sec (4) zero
50. Between two stations a train accelerates uniformly at first, then moves with constant speed
and finally retards uniformly to come to rest. If the ratios of time taken are 1 : 8 : 1 and the
greatest speed is 60 km/hour. Then the average speed over the whole journey
(1) 45 km/hr (2) 54 km/hr (3) 35 km/hr (4) 53 km/hr