Lecture- 02

Topics to be covered
Question Practice test for 90 Minutes.
Question

The diagram shows the vertical plane containing the path of a particle which is
projected from a point 𝑂 on an inclined plane (sufficiently long)

if the range on the plane is maximum then

1 π α
β= +
4 2

2 if T is the time of flight, the particle is at its greatest

height above the plane after an interval T/2
u2
3 the maximum range is ሺsec α
2g
2 − tan α sec α)

4 the speed of the particle will be non-zero throughout

the flight.
Ans: (*)
Question

On a frictionless horizontal surface, assumed to be the

x − y plane, a small trolley. A is moving along a straight
line parallel to the y-axis (see figure) with a constant
velocity of ሺ 3 − 1)m/s. At a particular instant, when the
line OA makes an angle of 45 with the x-axis, a ball is
∘

thrown along the surface from the origin O. Its velocity

makes an angle ϕ with the x-axis and it hits the trolley.
(a) The motion of the ball is observed from the frame of
trolley. Calculate the angle θ made by the velocity
vector of the ball with the x-axis in this frame.
(b) Find the speed of the ball with respect to the surface,
4θ
if ϕ = .
3

Ans : (*)
Question

A large heavy box is sliding without friction down a smooth plane of inclination θ. From
a point 𝑃 on the bottom of the box, a particle is projected inside the box. The initial
speed of the particle with respect to box is 𝑢 and the direction of projection makes an
angle α with the bottom as shown in figure.
(i) Find the distance along the bottom of the box between the point of projection 𝑃
and the point 𝑄 where the particle lands. (Assume that the particle does not hit
any other surface of the box. Neglect air resistance).
(ii) If the horizontal displacement of the particle as seen by an observer on the
ground is zero, find the speed of the box with respect to the ground at the instant
when the particle was projected.

u2 sin2α ucos ሺα+θ)

Ans : ((i) , (ii) v = )
gcosθ cosθ
Question

Suppose you are anchored near the shore of a channel in which there is steady
current, and you are going to run your (motor) boat at constant throttle to a dock
directly across the channel on the opposite shore. The way in which one might steer
the boat to the dock is POINTING method. In pointing method keep the nose of the
boat pointed directly at the dock. Velocity of boat with respect to water is '𝑣' and
velocity of water is '𝑢'. Width of water channel is '𝑏'. The time taken by boat to reach
the dock is:

𝑏𝑣 𝑏
1 2 2
2 2 2
𝑣 −𝑢 𝑣 −𝑢

𝑏𝑢 𝑏𝑣
3 2 4 2
𝑣 𝑢

Ans: (1)
Question

From point A located on a highway one has to get by car as soon as possible to point
B located in the field at a distance 𝑙 from the highway. It is known that the car moves
in the field η times slower than on the highway. At what distance from point D one
must turn off the highway?

Ans: 𝐶𝐷 = 𝑙/ 𝜂2 − 1.
Question

A cubical box dimension L = 5/4 metre starts moving with an acceleration

𝑎Ԧ = 0.5 m/s ƶi from the state of rest. At the same time, a stone is thrown from the origin
2

with velocity 𝑉 = 𝑣1 𝑖ƶ + 𝑣2 𝑗ƶ − 𝑣3 𝑘ƶ with respect to earth. Acceleration due to gravity

g = 10 m/s ሺ−ƶj). The stone just touches the roof of box and finally falls at the
2

diagonally opposite point then:

3
1 v1 =
2
2 v2 = 5
5
3 v3 =
4
5
4 v3 =
2
Ans : (1, 2, 3)
Question

Two balls are thrown with the same speed v0 from the top of a cliff. The angles of their
initial velocities are θ above and below the horizontal, as shown. How much farther
along the ground does the top ball hit than the bottom ball:
2 2 2
2v0 sin θcos θ
1
g
2
2v0 sinθ
2
g
2
2v0 cosθ
3
g
2
2v0 sinθcosθ
4
g
Ans : (4)
Question

A bow man is riding on a horse moving with speed of 2 2 ms along a straight road.
−1

He aims at his enemy moving perpendicularly to the road at speed of 2 ms . At the

−1

instant when he fires the arrow, the line joining man and his enemy makes an angle of
45 with the road. Find the angle with the road at which he should aim to hit his
∘

enemy? Muzzle velocity of arrow is 5 ms . (given that sin 37 = 3/5). Neglect effect of
−1 ∘

gravity.

Ans : (82°)
Question

Two boats, A and B move away from a buoy anchored at the middle of a river along the
mutually perpendicular straight lines; the boat A along the river, and the boat B across
the river. Having moved off an equal distance from the buoy the boats returned. Find
τA
the ratio of times of motion of boats if the velocity of each boat with respect to water
τB
is η = 1.2 times greater than the stream velocity.

Ans : (τA /τB = η/ η 2 − 1 = 1.8)

Question

A rocket is moving in a gravity free space with a constant acceleration of 2 ms –2 along

+x direction (see figure). The length of a chamber inside the rocket is 4 m. A ball is
thrown from the left end of the chamber in +x direction with a speed of 0.3 ms –1

relative to the rocket. At the same time, another ball is thrown in –x direction with a
speed of 0.2 ms from its right end relative to the rocket. The time in seconds when the
–1

two balls hit each other is [JEE Advanced 2014]

Ans : (8 or 2)
Question

Spirit in a bowl evaporates at a rate that is proportional to the surface area of the liquid.
H0
Initially, the height of liquid in the bowl is H0 . It becomes in time t 0 . How much more
2
H0
time will be needed for the height of liquid to become .
4

Ans : (*)
Question

Three stones are projected simultaneously with same speed u from the top of a tower.
Stone 1 is
projected horizontally and stone 2 and stone 3 are projected making an angle θ with
the horizontal as shown in fig. Before stone 3 hits the ground, the distance between
1 and 2 was found to increase at a constant rate u.
(a) Find θ
(b) Find the rate at which the distance between 2 and 3 increases.

Ans : (*)
Question

At t = 0 a projectile is projected vertically up with a speed u from the surface of a

peculiar planet. The acceleration due to gravity on the planet changes linearly with
time as per equation g = αt where α is a constant.
(a) Find the time required by the projectile to attain maximum height.
(b) Find maximum height attained.
(c) Find the total time of flight.

Ans : (*)
Question

1
Graph of position ሺx) vs inverse of velocity for a particle moving on a straight line is
v
as shown. Find the time taken by the particle to move from x = 3 m to x = 15 m.

Ans : (*)
Question

A cat is following a rat. The rat is running with a constant velocity u. The cat moves
with constant speed v with her velocity always directed towards the rat. Consider time
to be t = 0 at an instant when both are moving perpendicular to each other and
separation between them is L.
(a) Find acceleration of the cat at t = 0.
(b) Find the time t0 when the rat is caught.
(c) Find the acceleration of the cat immediately before it catches the rat.
(d) Draw the path of the rat as seen by the cat.

Ans : (*)
Question

(a) A particle is thrown from a height h horizontally

towards a vertical wall with a speed v as shown in
the figure. If the particle returns to the point of
projection after suffering two elastic collisions, one
with the wall and another with the ground, find the
total time of flight. [Elastic collision means the
velocity component perpendicular to the surface
gets reversed during collision.]
(b) Touching a hemispherical dome of radius R there is
a vertical tower of height H = 4R. A boy projects a
ball horizontally at speed u from the top of the
tower. The ball strikes the dome at a height R/2
from ground and rebounds. After rebounding the
ball retraces back its path into the hands of the boy.
Find u.
Ans : (*)
Question

A stick of length L is dropped from a high tower. An ant sitting at the lower
end of the stick begins to crawl up at the instant the stick is released.
Velocity of the ant relative to the stick remains constant and is equal to u.
Assume that the stick remains vertical during its fall, and length of the stick
is sufficiently long.
(a) Calculate the maximum height attained by the ant measured from its
initial position.
(b) What time after the start the ant will be at the same height from where
it started?

Ans : (*)
Question

A gun fires a shell with a muzzle velocity u, show that the farthest horizontal
distance at which an aeroplane at a height h can be hit is ሺu/g) u2 − 2gh and the
u
gun's elevation then is tan −1 .
u2 −2gh

Ans : (*)
Question

Answer next three questions

by appropriately matching the
information given in the three
columns of the following table.

Ans : (*)
Question

In which case particle's speed is increasing and velocity is positive about t = 0.

1 (III) (iv) (P)

2 (II) (ii) (S)

3 (III) (ii) (P)

4 (IV) (ii) (R)

Ans : (1)
Question

In which case particle is speeding down about t = 0.

1 (I) (ii) (Q)

2 (II) (i) (R)

3 (IV) (ii) (P)

4 (III) (ii) (P)

Ans : (1)
Question

Particle may change its direction of motion.

1 (I) (ii) (Q)

2 (II) (iii) (S)

3 (IV) (iii) (Q)

4 (III) (ii) (Q)

Ans : (1)
Question

Column-I shows position versus time graph for an object and column-II shows its possible motion.

Column-I Column-II
(A) (P) A ball rolls along floor towards origin.

(B) (Q) A ball rolles towards a wall at the origin, then

ball rebounds.

(C) (R) A ball rolling away from the origin; hits a wall
and bounces straight back.

(D) (S) An object rolling towards the origin and

suddenly stops.

(D) A book at rest on table.

Ans : (A) P, (B) R, (C) Q, (D) S
Question

1
Figure show acceleration − graph of a particle moving along '𝑥' axis.
displacement
a 0 x0
Initial velocity of the particle is given as v0 . 𝑥 co-ordinate of the particle is
16
increasing in whole journey. Initial 𝑥 co-ordinate of the particle is:

1 32 x0

2 x0

3 4 x0

4 16 x0
Ans : (2)
Question

𝐴 ball is between two walls, where on one of the walls 𝐴 is the origin. The ball is rolled
towards wall 𝐴 from wall B at a constant speed. The ball after striking each wall starts
rolling in opposite direction at a constant speed half of that before striking. The correct
x − t (position-time) graph will be:

1 2

3 4

Ans : (2)
Question

x-t graph for a uniformly accelerated particle is as shown in the figure. Then find the
average velocity between points (i) and (ii)

1 3 m/s

2 2 m/s

3 4 m/s

4 1.5 m/s

Ans : (2)
Question

1
Given graph is vs velocity graph. If the time interval during which velocity
acceleration
changes from 2 m/s to 4 m/s is given by Δt seconds. Then find the value of 2Δt:

1 3

2 4

3 5

4 6

Ans : (1)
Question

Figure shows the plot of velocity versus time on a log − log scale. Assuming straight
line motion and the particle to start from origin, the distance covered at the end of
𝑡 = 3 s is:

1 9m

2 18 m

3 10 m

4 can’t be determined

Ans : (1)
Question

A bead is free to slide down a smooth wire tightly stretched between points A and B on
a verticle circle of radius R. If the bead starts from rest at 'A', the highest point on the
circle, its velocity when it arrives at B is:

1 2 gR

2 2 gRcosθ

2 R
3
g

4 None of these

Ans : (*)
Question

Figure shows sequence of large number of photograph of on object moving vertically

under gravity. A motion picture of this photograph is run backward.
Statement-1: In time reversal sequence the gravitational acceleration will appear to be
upward.
Statement-2: A time reversal operation changes every v to −v.

1 Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is true and statement-2

is correct explanation for statement-1.

2 Statement-1 is true, statement- 2 is true and statement-2

is NOT the correct explanation for statement-1.

3 Statement-1 is true, statement-2 is false.

4 Statement-1 is false, statement-2 is true.

Ans : (4)