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This document is a worksheet for freshman physics students containing multiple-choice questions on various topics such as motion, acceleration, free fall, and projectile motion. Each question presents a scenario or concept, asking students to select the best answer from the provided options. The worksheet aims to assess students' understanding of fundamental physics principles.

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questions for kinematics (2)

This document is a worksheet for freshman physics students containing multiple-choice questions on various topics such as motion, acceleration, free fall, and projectile motion. Each question presents a scenario or concept, asking students to select the best answer from the provided options. The worksheet aims to assess students' understanding of fundamental physics principles.

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General physics Work sheet 2 for fresh man students

Choose the best answer for the following


1. If a particle has negative velocity and negative acceleration, its speed
A) increases B) decreases C) remains same D) zero
2. If an object is dropped from the top of a building and it reaches the ground at t = 4 s ,
then the height of the building is (ignoring air resistance) (g = 9.8 ms–2)
(a) 77.3 m (b) 78.4 m (c) 80.5 m (d) 79.2 m
3. If one object is dropped vertically downward and another object is thrown horizontally
from the same height, then the ratio of vertical distance covered by both objects at any
instant t is (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 0.5
4. An objet moves at a constant speed of 6m/s. this means that the object
A) increase its speed by 6m/s every second B) decreases its speed by 6m/s every second
C) does not move D) has a positive acceleration E) moves 6 meters every second
5. A stone is thrown horizontally from the top of a cliff and falls into sea below. Air
resistance is negligible. The path of the stone is shown

in which direction does the resultant force on the stone act during its fall
A) horizontally to the right B) parallel to its velocity
C) perpendicular to its velocity D) vertically downward
6. A car moves with uniform acceleration along a straight road. Oil leaks from the car at the
rate of one drop every two seconds. The diagram shows the distances b/n three successive
oil drops on the road.

What is the acceleration of the car A) 0.75m/s2 B) 1.5 m/s2 C) 3m/s2 D) 6m/s2
7. A stone is dropped from a height of 20m above water. The graph shows the variation
with time of the velocity of the stone
Which statement describes the approximate position of the stone four seconds after it is
dropped? A) it is at a distance of 10m above the surface of the water
B) it is at a distance of 10m below the surface of the water
C) it is at a distance of 20m below the surface of the water
D) it is at a distance of 30m below the surface of the water
8. A student cycles uphill from home to a shop, taking 10 minutes. The students then spend
5 minutes in the shop, before cycling home downhill at twice the initial sped. Which
could show the variation with time of the distance travelled by the cyclist?

9. When an object falls in physics world, what happens?


A) it accelerates at a constant rate until it hits the ground
B) it accelerates at a constant rate until reaches terminals velocity
C) it accelerates at a non-constant rate until it hits the ground
D) it accelerates at a non-constant rate until it reaches terminals velocity
10. Two objects of different masses falling freely near the surface of the moon would
A) have the same velocities at any instant B) have different acceleration
C) experiences forces of the same magnitude D) undergo a change in inertia
11. A stone is in free fall from the edge of the balcony of the building. Divide the total time
of its movement in the air into three equal sections, if its displacement in the first period
is 1.2m, then its displacement in the third period is_______
A. 1.2m B. 3.6m C. 6.0m D. 10.8m
12. Two students are at different heights of the tower, using two balls with different weights
to do free-fall motion experiments. It is known that the gravity of ball A is twice that of
ball B, and the height at which ball A is released is twice the height at which ball B is
released. times, ignoring air resistance, then_______
A. The accelerations of the falling balls A and B are equal
B. The acceleration of ball A falling is twice that of ball B
C. Balls A and B each fall at the same speed for 1 s
D. Both A and C
13. Which of the following statements about free fall is true_______
A. The vertical downward motion of an object in free fall.
B. A motion whose acceleration is equal to the acceleration of gravity is a free-fall
motion.
C. In the process of free fall, objects of different masses change in the same law.
D. The object is in free fall, and the force has nothing to do with the mass
14. An object is in free fall from a height of 45m from the ground (g is 10m/s 2 ), which of the
following options is correct_______
A. The object lands after moving for 3s
B. The speed of the object when it hits the ground is 30m/s
C) The displacement of the object in the last 1s before landing is 25m
D. All of these
15. Which of the following is true about the acceleration of a free-falling body?
A. Heavy objects fall with high acceleration
B. The acceleration of light and heavy objects falling at the same place is the same
C. This acceleration is greater at the earth’s equator than at the earth’s north pole
D. This acceleration is the same everywhere on earth
16. A person throws a ball at an angle of 30° with the horizontal with a velocity of 32m/s.as
the ball is thrown a second person is running past thrower at a constant velocity. At what
velocity must this second person run so that she may catch the ball as it hits the ground?
A) 32 m/s B) 32sin 30o m/s C) 32cos 30o m/s D) 32tan 30o m/s E) 64cos 30o m/s
Based your answers to 17 and 18 on the following diagram in which a ball of mass m is rolled
horizontally off a table of height h and lands a distance D from the edge of the table

17. What is the initial horizontal velocity of the ball?

18. How much time elapses b/n the time the ball leaves the edge of the table to when hits the
ground?
19. A baseball player throws a ball horizontally. Which statement best describes the ball’s
motion after it is thrown? ( neglect the effect of friction)
A) its vertical speed remains the same and its horizontal speed increase
B) its vertical sped remains the same and its horizontal speed remains the same
C) its vertical sped increase increases and its horizontal speed increases
D) its vertical speed increases and its horizontal speed remains the same
E) its vertical speed increases and its horizontal speed decreases
20. An object moving horizontally with speed v falls off the edge of a vertical cliff and lands
a distance d from the base of the cliff. How far from the base of the cliff would the object
land if the height of the cliff was doubled?
A) d B) √2 d C) 2d D) 2√2 d E) 4d
21. An object moving horizontally with speed v falls off the edge of a vertical cliff and takes
a time t to land. how long would it takes for the object to land if it was moving with a
horizontal velocity 2v?
1 1
A) 2 t B) t C) t D) 2t
√2
E) it could not be determined unless the height of cliff was known

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