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Distance and Displacement

1. Arslan walks 10km west to the grocery store. He shops then walks back 10 km east back to his house. What
distance did he cover? What was his displacement?
2. Awais drives 50km north. Awais then drives back 30km south. What distance did he cover? What was his
displacement?
3. Naveed drives his Skidoo 7 kilometres north. He stops for lunch and then drives 5 kilometres east. What
distance did he cover? What was his displacement?
4. Faiza is on the starting line to run a track race. The distance around the track is 400m. She starts the race
and runs 400m around the track. She ends up in the same place where she started. What distance did she
cover? What was her displacement?
5. Deepak walks to the pizza place for lunch. He walk 4 km east, he realized he passed it and then walked 1 km
west. What distance did he cover? What was his displacement?

Speed

1. If a car travels 400m in 20 seconds how fast is it going?

2. If you move 50 meters in 10 seconds, what is your speed?
3. You arrive in my class 45 seconds after leaving math which is 90 meters away. How fast did you
travel?
4. A plane travels 395,000 meters in 9000 seconds. What was its speed?
5. It takes Arena 0.25 hours to drive to school. Her route is 16 km long. What is Areba’s average speed
on her drive to school?
6. The train ‘A’ travelled a distance of 120 km in 3 hours whereas another train travelled a distance of
180 km in 4 hours. Which train travelled faster?
7. Bus X travels a distance of 360 km in 5 hours whereas bus Y travels a distance of 476 km in 7 hours.
Which bus travels faster?
8. A snail covers a distance of 100 metres in 50 hours. Calculate the average speed of snail in km/h.
9. A tortoise moves a distance of 100 metres in 15 minutes. What is the average speed of tortoise in
km/h?

Time

1. How much time will it take for a bug to travel 5 meters across the floor if it is traveling at 1 m/s?
2. You need to get to class, 200 meters away, and you can only walk in the hallways at about 1.5 m/s.
(if you run any faster, you’ll be caught for running). How much time will it take to get to your class?
3. In a competition, an athlete threw a flying disk 139 meters through the air. While in flight, the disk
traveled at an average speed of 13.0 m/s. How long did the disk remain in the air?

Distance

1. How far can you get away from your little brother with the squirt gun filled with paint if you can
travel at 3 m/s and you have 15s before he sees you?
2. How far can your little brother get if he can travel at 2.5 m/s and in 5 seconds you will discover that
his squirt gun has run out of paint?

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3. If you shout into the Grand Canyon, your voice travels at the speed of sound (340 m/s) to the bottom
of the canyon and back, and you hear an echo. How deep is the Grand Canyon at a spot where you
can hear your echo 5.2 seconds after you shout?

Average speed
1. A car travels 30 km at uniform speed of 40 km/h and the next 30 km at a uniform speed of 20 km/h.
Find its average speed.
2. A train travels at a speed of 60 km/h for 0.52 h, at 30 km/h for the next 0.24 h and then 70 km/h for
the next 0.71 h. What is the average speed of the train?
3. A motorcyclist drives from place A to B with a uniform speed of 30 km h-1 and returns from place
B to A with a uniform speed of 20 km h-1. Find his average speed.

Three Equations of Motion

1. A car traveling at a speed of 30.0 m/s encounters an emergency and comes to a complete stop. How much
time will it take for the car to stop if it decelerates at -4.0 m/s2?
2. If a car can go from 0 to 60 mi/hr in 8.0 seconds, what would be its final speed after 5.0 seconds if its starting
speed were 50 mi/hr?
3. A cart rolling down an incline for 5.0 seconds has an acceleration of 4.0 m/s2. If the cart has a beginning
speed of 2.0 m/s, what is its final speed?
4. A helicopter’s speed increases from 25 m/s to 60 m/s in 5 seconds. What is the acceleration of this helicopter?
5. As she climbs a hill, a cyclist slows down from 25 mi/hr to 6 mi/hr in 10 seconds. What is her deceleration?
6. A motorcycle traveling at 25 m/s accelerates at a rate of 7.0 m/s2 for 6.0 seconds. What is the final speed of
the motorcycle?
7. A car starting from rest accelerates at a rate of 8.0 m/s/s. What is its final speed at the end of 4.0 seconds?
8. After traveling for 6.0 seconds, a runner reaches a speed of 10 m/s. What is the runner’s acceleration?
9. A cyclist accelerates at a rate of 7.0 m/s2. How long will it take the cyclist to reach a speed of 18 m/s?
10. A skateboarder traveling at 7.0 meters per second rolls to a stop at the top of a ramp in 3.0 seconds. What is
the skateboarder’s acceleration?
11. A roller coaster car rapidly picks up speed as it rolls down a slope. As it starts down the slope, its speed is 4
m/s. But 3 seconds later, at the bottom of the slope, its speed is 22 m/s. What is its average acceleration?
12. A cyclist accelerates from 0 m/s to 8 m/s in 3 seconds. What is his acceleration ? Is this acceleration higher
than that of a car which accelerates from 0 to 30 m/s in 8 seconds?
13. A car advertisement states that a certain car can accelerate from rest to 70 km/h in 7 seconds. Find the car’s
average acceleration.
14. A lizard accelerates from 2 m/s to 10 m/s in 4 seconds. What is the lizard’s average acceleration?
15. A runner covers the last straight stretch of a race in 4 s. During that time, he speeds up from 5 m/s to 9 m/s.
What is the runner’s acceleration in this part of the race?
16. You are traveling in a car that is moving at a velocity of 20 m/s. Suddenly, a car 10 meters in front of you
slams on it’s brakes. At that moment, you also slam on your brakes and slow to 5 m/s. Calculate the
acceleration if it took 2 seconds to slow your car down.
17. A ball is dropped from the top of a building. After 2 seconds, it’s velocity is measured to be 19.6 m/s.
Calculate the acceleration for the dropped ball.

Overtake

1. A car is at rest at a stop light. The moment the light turns green a truck rolls up the line with a
Constant velocity of 11.6 m/s. At the instant the truck is next to the car; the car begins to accelerate
with 2m/s2.
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a) How much time does it take for the car to catch up to the truck?
b) How much distance is covered when the from the start line to when the car catches up to the
truck?
c) What is the velocity of the car when it catches up to the truck?

2. In the Savannahs of Africa a gazelle is running in a straight line with a constant velocity is 16.25
m/s. A cheetah is startled by the gazelle when she runs past. At the instant the cheetah and gazelle
are side by side the cheetah accelerates after the gazelle from rest at 12.00 m/s2.
a) How much time does it take for the cheetah to catch up to the gazelle?
b) How much distance is covered when the from the start line to when the cheetah catches up to the
gazelle?
c) What is the velocity of the cheetah when it catches up to the gazelle?

3. Tom, the cat, is chasing Jerry, the mouse. Jerry runs past Tom at 10.00 m/s. At the instant Jerry
passes Tom, Tom starts from rest and accelerates at 3.00 m/s2.
a) How much time does it take for the Tom to catch up to Jerry?
b) What is the velocity of the Tom when he catches up to the Jerry?
c) The mouse hole is 2.1 meters away from Jerry when Tom began to chase Jerry. Will Jerry make
it to the hole without being caught?

Mixed Numerical
1. A object goes from point X to Y and then come back from Y to X. What is the displacement and average
velocity?
2. Does a car speedometer measure speed, velocity or both?
3. A train accelerates from 36 km/h to 54 km/h in 10 sec.
(a) Acceleration (Ans: 0•5 m\s2 )
(b) The distance travelled by car. (Ans: 125 m)
4. Can a body have a varying speed if its velocity is constant? If yes, give examples.
5. What do you infer if?
(a) Distance –time graph is straight line.
(b) Velocity –time graph is curved.
(c) Displacement –time is zigzag.
6. If a body has constant speed than it has zero acceleration? If yes than Explain; If No than also explain.
7. Can a body be said to be at rest as well as in motion at the same time?
8. A truck travelling at 54 km/h is slow down to 36 km/h in 10 sec. Find the retardation. (Ans: 0.5 m/s2).
9. Average velocity and instantaneous velocity are generally different quantities. Can they ever be equal for
a specific type of motion? Explain.
10. If one object has a greater speed than a second object, does the first necessary have a greater acceleration?
Explain, using example.
11. What is the difference between Uniform Accelerated and Non Uniform accelerated motion?
12. A particle is moving in a circle of diameter 20 m. What is its distance and displacement in
a) 1Complete revolution (Ans: 0m, 20π m)
b) One and half revolutions (Ans: 20 m, 30π m)
13. Can the velocity of an object be negative when its acceleration is positive? What about vice versa?
14. When an object is thrown upwards, what is true of velocity and acceleration at the highest point of motion
of the object?
15. A scooter travelling at 10 m/s speed up to 20 m/s in 4 sec. Find the acceleration of scooter. (Ans: 2.5
m/s2)
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16. True and False Statements

a) Displacement can be zero but distance never
b) Displacement magnitude can be greater than distance travelled by the object
c) If the velocity of the body decreases with time, the acceleration is negative (retardation), and the motion
is called decelerated motion
d) Acceleration is a scalar quantity
e) An object can be moving with Uniform speed but variable acceleration
17. Can a body be increasing in speed as its acceleration decreases? If yes give an example. If not, explain.
18. A train starts from rest and accelerate uniformly at the rate of 5 m/s2 for 5 sec. Calculate the velocity of
train in 5 sec. (Ans: 25 m/s)
19. If the velocity of a particle is nonzero, can its acceleration be zero?
20. Two balls of different masses (one lighter and other heavier) are thrown vertically upward with same
initial speed. Which one rises to greater heights?
21. A car start from rest and acquire a velocity of 54 km/h in 2 sec. Find
(a) the acceleration (Ans: 7.5 m/s2)
(b) distance travelled by car assume motion of car is uniform? (Ans: 15m)
22. For a freely falling object dropped from rest, what is its acceleration at the end of the 5th second of fall?
The 10th second? Defend your answer.
23. A ball is thrown upwards and it goes to the height 100 m and comes down
(a) What is the net displacement? (Ans: 0m)
(b) What is the net distance? (Ans: 200 m)
24. A body starts its motion with zero velocity and its acceleration is 3m/s2. Find the distance travelled by it in
fifth second. (Ans: 13.5 m)
25. A stone thrown vertically upwards takes 3 s to attain maximum height. Find the
(a) Initial velocity of the stone (Ans:29.4 m/s)
(b) Maximum height attained by the stone (g = 9.8 m/s2) (Ans: 44.1 m)
26. Two cars A and B race each other. The Car A ran for 2 minute at a speed of 7.5 km/h, slept for 56 minute
and again ran for 2 minute at a speed of 7.5 km/h. find the average speed of the car A in the race.
(Ans: 0.5 km/hr)
27. A sparrow cruising at 1.5 m/s begins to accelerate at a constant 0.3 m/s2 for 3 sec. What is its change in
velocity? (Ans: 0.9 m/s)
28. If 100 kg mass takes 4 second to reach the ground when released from certain tower then 50 kg mass takes
how many second to reach the ground when released from same tower?(Ans: 4 s).
29. A stone dropped from the top of a tower, hits the ground in 4 s. What is the height of the tower?
(Ans: 80 m)
30. A stone is released from rest from the edge of a building roof 190 m above the ground. Neglecting air
resistance, what will the speed of the stone, just before striking the ground? (Ans: 61 m/s)
31. A cat drops from a shelf 2m above the ground. How much time does it take him to drop?
(Ans: 0.63 s)
32. A man drops to his death from the sixth floor of a building (20 m). What is his impact velocity?
(Ans: 20 m/s)
33. An object moving with constant acceleration changes its speed from 20 m/s to 60 m/s in 2.0 s. (a) what is
the acceleration? (b) How far did it move in this time? (Ans: (a) 20 m/s2 (b) 80 m )
34. A car is going up a slight slope deceleration at 0.1 m/s2. It comes to a stop after going for 5 s. What was its
initial velocity (Ans: 0.5 m/s)
35. A squirrel is running along a wire with constant acceleration. If it has an initial velocity 0.4 m/s and final
velocity 1.8 m/s after 4 s, how far does it run in that time? (Ans: 4.4 m)

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36. The velocity of a car increases from 5 m/s to 17 m/s in a period of 6 s. Then, the velocity of the car
reduces to 5 m /s in a further period of 8 s. Calculate the acceleration and retardation of the car.
(Ans: a=2 m/s2 , a=-1.5 m/s2)
37. A car is going 20 m/s in traffic. When the traffic breaks, the driver steps on the accelerator pedal,
accelerating at a constant 1.2 m/s2 for 5 secs. How far does he travel during these 5 secs?
(Ans: 115 m)
38. A ball is thrown down vertically with an initial speed of 20 m/s from a height of 60 m. Find (a) its speed
just before it strikes the ground and (b) how long it takes for the ball to reach the ground. Take g = 10
m/s2. ( Ans: (a) 40 m/s (b) 2 sec)
39. An object moves along a straight line with an acceleration of 2 m/s2. If its initial speed is 10 m/s, what
will be its speed 2 s later? (Ans: 14 m/s)
40. A bullet hits a Sand box with a velocity of 20 m/s and penetrates it up to a distance of 6 cm. Find the
deceleration of the bullet in the sand box. (Ans: 3333.3 m/s2)
41. An electron moving with a velocity of 5×103m/s enters into a uniform electric field and acquires a
42. uniform acceleration of 103m/s2 in the direction of initial velocity.
(a) Find out the time in which electron velocity will be doubled. (Ans: 5 sec)
(b) How much distance electron would cover in this time? (Ans: 37.5×103m)
43. A train 100 m long is moving with the velocity of 72 km/hr. find the time it takes to cross the bridge
which is 2 km long? (Ans: 105sec)
44. An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius 42.250 km (approx). Calculate its linear
velocity if takes 24 hour to revolve around earth. (Ans: 11.05km/hr)
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45. An air-plane accelerates down a runway at 3.20 m/s for 32.8 s until is finally lifts off the ground.
Determine the distance travelled before takeoff. (Ans: 1721.344m)
46. A Jeep starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a time of 5.21 seconds for a distance of 110 m.
Determine the acceleration of the Jeep. (Ans: 8.10m/s2)
47. A feather is dropped on the planet other than earth which has very low acceleration due to gravity from a
height of 1.40 meters. The acceleration of gravity on the other planet is 1.67 m/s2. Determine the time of
feather to fall to the surface of the other planet (Ans: 1.29 s)
48. Honda motor bike accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 7.10 m/s over a distance of 35.4 m.
Determine the acceleration of the bike. (Ans: 0 .712 m/s2)
49. An Aeronautics engineer is designing the runway for an airport. Of the planes that will use the airport, the
lowest acceleration rate is likely to be 3 m/s2. The take off speed for this plane will be 65 m/s. Assuming
this minimum acceleration, what is the minimum allowed length for the runway? (Ans: 704m)
50. A BMW car travelling with uniform acceleration at 22.4 m/s skids to a stop in 2.55 s. Determine the
skidding distance of the car. (Ans: 28.56m)
51. A coin is dropped into a deep well and is heard to hit the water 3.41 s after being dropped. Determine the
depth of the well. (Ans: 57.0 m)
52. A Truck starting from rest moves with a uniform acceleration of 0.2 m /s2 for 2 minutes. Find
(a) the speed acquired. (Ans: 24 m/s)
(b) the distance travelled. (Ans: 1440 m)
53. A train is travelling at a speed of 60 km/ h. Brakes are applied so as to produce a uniform acceleration of
−0.5 m /s2. Find how far the train will go before it is brought to rest. (Ans: 277.55m)
54. A cyclist moving on a circular track of radius 50m completes one revolution in 4 minutes. What is his
(a) average speed (Ans: 1.309 m/sec)
(b) average velocity in one full revolution? (Ans: 0 m/s)
55. Two object are thrown vertically upwards simultaneously with their velocities x and y respectively. Prove
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a. The heights reached by them would be in the ratio of x2: y2

b. The time taken to reach the maximum height would be in the ratio of x:y
56. True and false questions?
a) Displacement cannot be zero
b) Average speed= Total distance/time
c) Average velocity = Total displacement /time
d) slope of distance-time graph indicates the speed
e) It is possible to have Object moving with uniform speed but variable acceleration.
f) It is possible to have Object moving with uniform velocity but non-uniform acceleration.
57. A jogger moves 500m in 2 minutes and next 1000m in 30s on the same straight path. What is his average
speed and average velocity? (Ans: 10 m/s ,10 m/s)
58. Fiza moves 4m due east and then 3m due west.
What is the distance covered by the Fiza? (Ans: 7m)
What is its displacement? (Ans: 1m)
59. A car moves at a speed of 40km/h, It is stopped by applying brakes which produces a uniform acceleration
of -0.6m/s2. How much distance will the vehicle move before coming to stop?
(Ans: 102.87 m)
60. How long does it take to hear a thunderclap 6.8 km away if the sound wave moves at 340 m/s?
(Ans: 20 seconds)
61. It takes a pulse of light 35 microseconds to travel down a 5 km length of fiber optic cable. How fast does
the light move through the cable? (Ans: 1.43 x 108 m/s)
62. When is the magnitude of the displacement equal to the distance traveled?
63. A raven flies south for 120 seconds at a speed of 12 m/s, then flies 0.56 km north in 80 seconds.
What is the total distance? (Ans: 2 km)
What is the total displacement? (Ans: 0.88 km south)
What is the average speed? (Ans: 10 m/s)
What is the average velocity? (Ans: 4.4 m/s south)
64. What is the acceleration of an object that steadily increases its speed from 6 m/s to 18 m/s over a 2.0
second time interval without changing direction? (6 m/s2)
65. What is the acceleration of an object that maintains a steady speed of 24 m/s for 6 seconds without
changing direction? (Ans: 0 m/s2)
66. A car that is initially moving at 22 m/s hits the brakes and stops in 5 seconds. What is the acceleration?
(Ans: -4.4 m/s2)
67. An airplane that is initially moving at 320 m/s accelerates at 3 m/s2 for 20 seconds. How far does it move
during that time period and what is its final velocity? (Ans: 7.0 km, 380 m/s)
68. An object has an initial velocity that is negative. If the acceleration of the object is positive, how will
velocity be affected?
69. A car begins driving from a stationary position. It accelerates at 4 m/s2 for 10 seconds, and then travels at
a steady speed for another 10 seconds, all in the same direction. How much distance has it covered since it
started driving? (Ans: 600m)
70. When a stone is thrown directly upwards with initial velocity of 30.0 m/s, what will be the maximum
height it will reach and when will it be? Acceleration due to gravity is 10 m/s2 (Ans: 45 m in 3 s)
71. Bumblebee jumps straight upwards with a velocity of 14.0 m/s. What is his displacement of after 1.80 s?
(Ans: 9.32 m)
72. A bike first accelerates from 0.0 m/s to 5.0 m/s in 4.5 s, and then continues at this constant speed for
another 4.5 s. What is the total distance traveled by the bike? (Ans: 33.75m)

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MCQ’s of Motion and Force

1. _____ is the study of forces and motion and their relationships.

a) optics b) mechanics c) Hydrodynamics d) heat
2. Mechanics is divided into______.
a) Kinematics b) dynamics c) statics d) A.O.T
3. _____ deals with the studies of stationary bodies or with forces in equilibrium.
a) Kinematics b) dynamics c) statics d) A.O.T
4. Time has no importance in____ branch of mechanics.
a) Kinematics b) dynamics c) statics d) A.O.T
5. The word dynamics comes from the Greek word ‘dynamis’ meaning power.
a) motion b) power c) rest d) A.O.T
6. The word kinematics is derived from the Greek word ‘kinema’ meaning ______.
a) motion b) power c) rest d) A.O.T
7. ______ deals with describing motions. It tells where the object is going to be, how fast it will be going, and
its direction of motion at any given time.
a) Kinematics b) dynamics c) statics d) A.O.T
8. When a body does not change its position with respect to surroundings with the passage of time, then it is
said to be in ____.
a) motion b) power c) rest d) A.O.T
9. An object is said to be in _____, if it changes its position with respect to its surroundings with the passage of
time.
a) motion b) power c) rest d) A.O.T
10. Two stones A and B are thrown from the top of a building. The stone A is thrown vertically upwards while
the stone B is thrown vertically downwards with the same speed. Which of the following statements is true?
a) B reaches the ground earlier than A b) A reaches the ground earlier than B
c) Both A and B reach the ground at the same time d) Stone A strikes the ground with higher velocity than B.
11. A body is dropped from the top of the tower and reaches the ground in 3 seconds. Then, the height of the
tower is:
a) 39. 2 m b) 98 m c) 44.1m d) 18.6m
12. The ratio of displacement to distance is:
a) always = 1 b) always < 1 c) always ≥ 1 d) always ≤ 1
13. A body is falling freely under the action of gravity. Then the ratio of distances covered by the body in first,
second and third second of its motion are :
a) 1: 3: 5 b) 1: 2: 3 c) 1: 4: 9 d) 1: 5: 6
14. A man is in a car is moving with velocity of 36km/hr. His speed with respect to the car is
a) 10m/s b) 36m/s c) zero d) infinite
15. A branch of physics dealing with motion with or without considering its causes is known as
a) Kinematics b) dynamics c) Hydrodynamics d) mechanics
16. A branch of mechanics dealing with motion without considering its causes is known as
a) Kinematics b) dynamics c) Hydrodynamics d) heat
17. A branch of mechanics dealing with motion with considering its causes is known as
a) Kinematics b) dynamics c) Hydrodynamics d) heat
18. When body is in motion, ________ always changes.
a) its velocity b) its acceleration c) its position vector d) its momentum
19. Area under velocity time graph represents:
a) force b) displacement c) distance d) acceleration
20. When a body moves in a straight line then its displacement coincides with
a) distance b) force c) acceleration is zero d) both (a) and (b)
21. The change of position of a body in a particular direction is called its:
a) Speed b) Velocity c) Acceleration d) Displacement
22. The shortest distance between two points covered along a straight line is called:
a) Speed b) Velocity c) Acceleration d) Displacement
23. The S.I. unit of displacement is:
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24. _________ is a scalar quantity
a) Displacement b) Force c) Speed d) Velocity
25. The total change of displacement divided by the total change in time of a body is called:
a) Uniform Velocity b) Average Velocity c) Instantaneous Velocity d) Non-Uniform Velocity
26. The rate of change is displacement is called:
a) Speed b) Distance c) Velocity d) Motion
27. The rate of change of distance is called:
a) Speed b) Motion c) Velocity d) Acceleration
28. The change of position of a body in particular direction is called its:
a) Velocity b) Speed c) Acceleration d) Displacement
29. A body is moving with uniform velocity. Its
a) speed changes b) acceleration changes
c) direction of motion changes d) displacement from origin changes
30. When velocity time graph is a straight line parallel to time axis then
a) acceleration is const b) acceleration is variable c) acceleration is zero d) velocity is zero
31. Instantaneous and average velocities become equal when body
a) has zero acceleration b) has uniform acceleration
c) has variable acceleration d) moves in a circle
32. An object moves at a constant speed of 6 m/s. This means that the object:
a) Increases its speed by 6 m/s every second b) Decreases its speed by 6 m/s every second
c) Has a positive acceleration d) Moves 6 meters every second
33. A toy car moves 8 m in 4 s at the constant velocity. What is the car’s velocity?
a) 1 m/s b) 2 m/s c) 3 m/s d) 4 m/s
34. A train moves at a constant velocity of 50 km/h. How far will it move in 0.5 h?
a) 10 km b) 20 km c) 25 km d) 45 km
35. A boat can move at a constant velocity of 8 km/h in still water. How long will it take for the boat to move 24
km?
a) 2 h b) 3 h c) 4 h d) 6 h
36. A bicyclist moves at a constant speed of 4 m/s. How long it will take for the bicyclist to move 36 m?
a) 3 s b) 6 s c) 12 s d) 9 s
37. Slope of velocity time graph is
a) acceleration b) distance c) force d) momentum
38. Which of the following pair has same direction always?
a) force, displacement b) force, velocity c) force, acceleration d) force, momentum
39. If the force acting on a body is doubled, then the acceleration produced is:
a) ½ b) ¼ c) Double d) Quadrupled
40. At a particular instant, acceleration of a body is called
a) instantaneous acceleration b) instantaneous velocity
c) instantaneous displacement d) instantaneous speed
41. A boy of mass 50 kg runs with a force of 100 N, his acceleration would be
a) 5000 m s-2 b) 50 m s-2 c)150 m s-2 d) 2 m s-2
42. Which example identifies a change in motion that produces acceleration?
a) a ball moving at a constant speed around a circular track
b) a speed skater moving at a constant speed on a straight track
c) a particle moving in a vacuum at constant velocity
d) a vehicle moving down the street at a steady speed
43. Which of these is an example of deceleration?
a) a roller coaster moving down a steep hill b) an airplane following a straight flight path
c) a bird taking off for flight d) a car approaching a red light
44. Newton's laws of motion were published in year
a) 1687 b) 1787 c) 1887 d) 1987
45. Which law of motion is also called law of inertia?
a) 1st law b) 2nd law c) 3rd law d) A.O.T
46. Inertia of an object is quantitative measure of its
a) volume b) density c) mass d) temperature
47. Newton’s laws do not hold good for particles
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a) at rest b) moving slowly
c) move with high velocity d) move with velocity comparable to velocity of light
48. 1st law of motion gives the definition of
a) rest b) motion c) velocity d) force
49. When car takes turn around a curve road, the passengers feel a force acting on them in a direction away from
the center of the curve. It is due to
a) centripetal force b) gravitational force c) their inertia d) centrifugal force
50. Time rate of change of momentum is equal to
a) force b) impulse c) velocity d) both (a) and (c)
51. In SI system unit of force is ________
a) Meter b) Newton c) Joule d) Cubic meter
52. A football and a stone has same mass
a) Both have same inertia b)Both have same momentum
c)Both have different inertia d) Both have different momentum
53. A coin placed on a card(rested at the edges of the glass) remains at rest because of
a) Inertia of rest b)Two forces act on the coin which balance each other
c)No unbalanced force acts on it d) All of these
54. Formula of force is
a) F = P/A, where P is pressure and A is area b) F = ms, where m is mass and s is speed
c) F = ma, where m is mass and a is acceleration d) F = m/v, where m is mass and v is velocity
55. When an unbalanced force acts on an object,
a) the object’s motion does not change. b) the inertia of the object increases.
c) the weight of the object decreases. d) the object accelerates.
56. An orange might roll off your cafeteria tray when you stop suddenly because of
a) the friction forces acting on the orange. b) the balanced forces acting on the orange.
c) the centripetal force acting on the orange. d) the orange’s inertia.
57. The second law of motion gives a relation b/w :
a) Force and acceleration b) Velocity c) Acceleration d) Mass
58. According to Newton’s second law of motion, the acceleration of an object equals the net force acting on the
object divided by the object’s
a) mass. b) momentum. c) velocity. d) weight.
59. 3rd law of motion explains
a) effect of force b) existence of a force
c) existence of two forces d) existence of pair of forces in nature
60. Taking off rocket can be explained by
a) 1st law of motion b) 2nd law of motion
c) Law of conservation of momentum d) law of conservation of energy
61. Flight of a rocket in the space is an example of
a) second law of motion b) third law of motion c) first law of motion d) law of gravitation
62. If you push on a car and it starts to move
a) you are pushing harder on it than it is on you.
b) it is pushing harder on you than you are on it.
c) the car is pushing on you equally as hard as you are pushing on it.
d) it is impossible to tell which is pushing harder.
63. Action and reaction forces
a) Act on the same body b) Act on different bodies c) Act in same direction d) Both I and III
64. According to Newton’s third law of motion, when a hammer strikes and exerts force on a nail, the nail
a) disappears into the wood. b) exerts an equal force back on the hammer.
c) moves at a constant speed. d) creates a friction with the hammer.
65. Which is the best approximation of the weight of an object of mass 800 gram?
a) 88N b) 80N c) 8N d) 0.8N
66. Weight is a/an
a) force b) base quantity c) scalar quantity d) SI unit
67. A person of mass 50 kg flies to moon, his weight at the moon would be (earth's gravity = 10 m s-2, moon's
gravity = 1.6 m s-2)
a) 31.25 N b) 500 N c) 51.6 N d) 80 N
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68. A body of weight 5N is hang with string, the magnitude of tension is:
a) 5N b) 10N c) 25N d) 49N
69. Momentum depends upon
a) force acts on the body b) mass of the body
c) velocity of the body d) both mass and velocity of the body
70. During long jump, athlete runs before taking the jump. By doing so he
a) provide him a larger inertia b) decreases his inertia
c) decreases his momentum d) increases his momentum
71. In SI system unit of momentum is ____________
a) Newton b) Pascal c) Mole d) N-S (Newton-Second)
72. Which one is not a scalar quantity
a) Mass b) Work c) Volume d) Momentum
73. The quantity of motion in a body is called
a) Weight b) Force c) Momentum d) Torque
74. If two balls of same masses are dropped on sand, the depths of penetration is same if
a) Heavier ball is dropped faster than lighter ball
b) Lighter ball is dropped faster than heavier ball
c) The product ‘mv’ is same for both bodies
d) None of these
75. What do we get by the product of mass and velocity?
a) Force b) Inertia c) Momentum d) Newton
76. The rate of change of momentum of an object is proportional to
a) Mass of the body b) Velocity of the body
c) Net force applied on the body d) None of these
77. When collision between the bodies in a system is inelastic in nature then for system
a) momentum changes but K.E remain conserve b) K.E changes but momentum remain conserve
c) both momentum and K.E changes d) both momentum and K.E remain conserve
78. The maximum force of friction is called ___________
a) Sliding friction b) Rolling friction c) Limited friction d) Self adjusting force
79. When instantaneous and average velocities becomes equal of a body then body has:
a) Uniform acceleration b) uniform velocity c) zero acceleration d) both b & c
80. The frame of reference in which Newton’s laws are valid is known as:
a) Special frame of Reference b) Newton Frame of reference
c) ) Inertial frame of reference d)Non-Inertial frame of reference
81. The motion under gravity is the example of :
a) ) uniform velocity b) uniform acceleration c) zero acceleration d) uniform speed
82. A particle moves 4m in the south direction. Then it moves 3m in the west direction . the time taken by the
particle is 2 second . what is the ration between average speed and average velocity ?
a) 5/7 b) 7/5 c) 14/5 d) 5/14
83. What does the speedometer measure kept in motorbike?
a) Average Velocity b) Average speed
c) instantaneous acceleration d) instantaneous Speed
84. The area under acceleration versus time graph for any time interval represents:
a) Initial velocity b) final velocity c) change in velocity d) Distance
85. An airplane is flying in the presence of a 8km/h wind directed due north. What must be the velocity and
heading of the plane if it is to maintain a velocity of 500 km/hr due east with respect to the ground ?
a) 12 km/hr SE b) 10 km/hr SE c) 15km/hr SE d) 12km/hr SE
86. Two bodies are moving in opposite direction with a speed of V , what is the magnitude of their relative speed
?
a) 0 b) 2V c) V d) 4V
87. Distance covered by a freely body in 2 seconds will be:
a) 4.9m b) 19.6m c) 39.6m d) 14.7m
88. If the velocity of body changed by equal amount in equal intervals of time, the body is said to have :
a) constant velocity b) zero acceleration c) positive acceleration d) Uniform acceleration
89. The three equation of motion are useful only for :
a) constant velocity b) zero acceleration c) positive acceleration d) Uniform acceleration
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90. The speeds of a body at the ends of five successive seconds are: 180,360,540,720,900 m/h . what is the
acceleration of the body ?
a) 0.05m/s2 b) 20 m/s2 c) 180 m/s2 d)180 m/h2

MCQ’s Of Momentum , Friction And Collision

1. What options is false about momentum
a) Momentum is a vector quantity
b) The Unit of Momentum is kgm/s
c) Momentum is a scalar quantity
d. When two bodies acts on each other and no external force is acting on the system, then the momentum
remains constant
2. What is not true of unbalanced forces?
a) It can change the velocity of the object b) It can change the direction
c) Change the momentum d) Change the shape of the body
3. An object of mass 100kg is accelerated uniformly from a velocity of 4 m/s to 8 m/s in 2 seconds.
Calculate the initial and final momentum of the object
a) 400 kgm/s,800 kgm./s b) 100 kgm/s,400 kgm./s
c) 200 kgm/s,400 kgm./s d) 400 kgm/s,400 kgm./s
4. Which are laws of Newton’s?
a) Law stating action and reaction are equal and opposite
b) Product of mass and acceleration.
c) Tendency of a body to oppose any change in its state of rest or uniform motion
d) All the above
5. Which of the following statement is /are correct :
I. An object has constant velocity but zero acceleration
II. An object has constant acceleration but zero velocity
III. An object has constant acceleration but variable velocity
IV. An object has constant velocity but variable acceleration
a) I only b) II only c) III only d) I & III
6. Which of the property is constant for a body in the free fall?
a)Speed b) Momentum c) Acceleration d)velocity
7. The speed of a train is reduced from 72 km/h to 36km/h at a distance of 100m if deceleration is uniform then
how much distance it will further covers before stopping ?
a) 20 m b) 33.33m c) 133.33 m d) 67.77m
8. Where the acceleration due to gravity is high ?
a) at the centre of earth b) at the equator c) at the pole d) A.O.T
9. A bomb is dropped from an aero plane moving horizontally with a speed of 200 mph. If the air is negligible
the bomb will reach the ground in 5 second then the altitude is :
a) 4 miles b) 122.5m c) 40m d) 10m
10. A ball is project vertically upward from the ground with a velocity of 20 m/s , how high will it go?(take
g=10 m/s2)
a) 5m b) 10 m c) 20 m d) 1m
11. The velocity of the body moving in a straight line with a constant acceleration is 10m/s at a certain instant t.
after 5s the velocity become 20m/s , the velocity 3s before t was :
a) 4m/s b) 6m/s c) 7m/s d) 8 m/s
12. A truck starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration during the 5th second of its motion, it covers a
distance of 36m. what is the acceleration of the truck ?
a) 8 m/s2 b) 12 m/s2 c) 16 m/s2 d) 20 m/s2
13. A jeep is traveling uniform acceleration along a straight road. The road has marker every 100 m , when the
jeep passes one post it has a speed of 10 m/s and when it passes the next one its speed is 20 m/s .what is
the jeep acceleration ?
a) 0.067m/s2 b) 1.5 m/s2 c) 2.5 m/s2 d) 6m/s2
14. The value of acceleration due to gravity at the centre of earth is
A) 9.8 m/s2 b) 1.6 m/s2 c) 4.9 m/s2 d) 0
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15. The ratio of distance covered by free falling body during one second and two second is:
A) 1:2 b) 2:1 c) 1:4 d) 4:1
16. A ball A is dropped vertically from the top of building 49 m high at the same time ball B is thrown
horizontally with a speed of 21m/s from the same height . (neglecting air resistance )
A) ball A will reach the ground first than ball B b) ball B will reach ground first than ball A
c) both ball will reach at ground at same time d) ball B never reach the ground
17. An object from the bridge falls , a the end of 3rd second of motion its velocity is ?
A) 2m/s b) 10000mm/s c) 3000cm/s d) 10m/s
18. A ball thrown upward with a velocity of 19.6 m/s , will momentarily in rest in ?
A) 2s b) 3.5s c) 2.8s d) 10s
19. A car is waiting at a traffic signal , when the signal turns green , the car starts ahead with a constant
acceleration of 2m/s2, at the same a bus traveling with a constant speed of 10 m/s overtakes the car, how far
beyond its starting point will car overtakes the bus ?
A) 40 m b) 30 m c) 90 m d) 100m
20. A car is waiting at a traffic signal , when the signal turns green , the car starts ahead with a constant
acceleration of 2m/s2, at the same a bus traveling with a constant speed of 10 m/s overtakes the car, how
long car takes to overtake the bus ?
a) 20 sec b) 10 sec c) 15 sec d) 25 sec
21. A car is waiting at a traffic signal , when the signal turns green , the car starts ahead with a constant
acceleration of 2m/s2, at the same a bus traveling with a constant speed of 10 m/s overtakes the car, what
will be speed of car when it overtake the bus ?
A) 20 m/s b) 50 m/s c) 10 m/s d) 25 m/s
22. An object is shot vertically upward. While it is rising:
a) its velocity and acceleration are both upward
b) its velocity is upward and its acceleration is downward
c) its velocity and acceleration are both downward
d) its velocity is downward and its acceleration is upward
23. 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
24. A ball is thrown vertically upward with a velocity u from the top of tower. It strikes the ground with a velocity
3u . the time taken by the ball remains in air is given by :
a) u/g b) 4u/g c) 3u/g d) 2u/g
25. A ball is dropped from the top of tower .If it takes 5second to hit the ground then height of tower is :
a) 75m b) 122.5m c) 95m d) 200 m
26. A ball is dropped from the top of tower .If it takes 5second to hit the ground , with what velocity it will hit the
ground ?
a) 7 m/s b) 14m/s c) 49 m/s d) 21 m/s
27. A ball is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 98 m/s how long it remains in air ?
a) 5sec b) 10 sec c) 15 sec d) 20 sec
28. A ball is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 98 m/s how much distance it will cover during its motion ?
a) 245m b) 490m c) 980m d) 325m
29. A baseball is thrown vertically into the air. The acceleration of the ball at its highest point is:
a) zero b) g, upward c) g, downward d) 2g,upward
30. A stone is released from rest from the edge of a building roof 80 m above the ground. Neglecting air
resistance, the speed of the stone, just before striking the ground, is:
a )50 m/s b) 60 m/s c)40 m/s d) 30 m/s
31. A truck starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 5m/s2 what will be its speed when it covers
a distance of 40 m?
a) 10 m/s b) 20 m/s c) 30 m/s d) 40m/s
32. The speed of car increases uniformly from 6m/s to 20m/s while covering 70 m in a straight line. Find the
acceleration ?
a) 1.3 m/s2 b) 2.6 m/s2 c) 3.9 m/s2 d) 4.2 m/s2
33. A car is accelerating uniformly as it passes two check points that are 30m apart . the time taken between
checkpoints is 4s , if the speed of car at first check point is 5m/s then speed is at other check point is :
a) 5m b) 15m c) 20 m d) 10 m
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34. A stone is thrown straight upward with a speed of 20m/s . it is caught on its way down at a point 15m above
where it was thrown , how fast was it going when it was caught ?
a) 5 m/s b) 12 m/s c) 20 m/s d) 10 m/s
35. The speed of a train is reduced uniformly from 15m/s to 7m/s while travelling a distance of 90 m how much
farther will the train travel before coming to rest , provided the acceleration remains constant?
a) 50 m b) 120 m c) 25 m d) 100 m
36. 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 100 km/hr, the minimum stopping distance is:
a) 6 m b) 12 m c) 18 m d) 24m
37. Newton’s second law can be stated as:
a) For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
b) Force & acceleration are directly proportional
c) A body at rest tends to remains at rest unless acted by a force
d) N.O.T
38. Newton’s __________ law is known as law of inertia :
a) 1st b) 2nd c) 3rd d) 5th
39. The Dimension of Impulse is same as of:
a) Work b) planks constant c) force d) Momentum
40. The dimension of force is:
a) ML2T-1 b) MLT-1 c) ML2T-2 d) MLT-2
41. When a bus suddenly takes a turn, the passengers are thrown outwards because of:
a)Inertia of body b) Acceleration of motion c) friction d) gravity
42. Kilogram × m/s2=____________
a) 0.5 Netwon b) 1 Netwon c)2.5Netwon d) 5 Netwon
43. What is force required to impart an acceleration of 10 m/s2 to a body with a mass of 2 kg?
a) 0.2 N b) 5 N c) 12 N d) 20 N
44. Force of 5 N acts on a body of weight 9.8 N. what is the acceleration produced in ms-2
a)49 m/s2 b) 5 m/s2 c) 1.46 m/s2 d) 0.51 m/s2
45. A car of mass 1000 kg travelling at a speed of 36km/h is brought to rest over a distance of 20m , find the
average retarding force ?
a) 250N b) 2500N c) 2000N d) 3000N
46. Two bodies of having masses 40 kg each are attached to the end of a string of negligible mass and
suspended from mass less pulley. If 20kg mass is added to the one of the side acceleration of the bodies is:
a) 1 m/s2 b ) 2 m/s2 c) 0 m/s2 d) 4 m/s2
47. Two bodies having masses m1 = 20 g and m2 = 30 g are attached to the end of a string of negligible mass
and suspended from mass less pulley. The acceleration of the bodies is:
a) 1 m/s2 b ) 2 m/s2 c) 0.4 m/s2 d) 4 m/s2
48. The mass of one body is trice the mass of other body both are hanged vertically downward with the help of
pulley find the acceleration :
A) 1 m/s2 b ) 9.8 m/s2 c) 4.9 m/s2 d) 28 m/s2
49. A helicopter weighs 3920 N , if it is moving up with the constant speed of 4m/s, then force on helicopter is:
a) 4720N b) 1920N c) 3920N d) 9540N
50. The weight of 10kg body at the near the surface of earth is ?
a) 0 N b) 98N c) 128N d) 120 N
51. Swimming is possible on account of:
a) First law of motion b) second law of motion
c) Third law of motion d) Newton's law of gravitation
52. The rate of change of linear momentum is called:
a) Energy b) Angular momentum c) Work d) Force
53. The average force necessary to stop a hammer with 25 NS momentun in 0.04 sec is:
a) 625 N b) 125N c) 50 N d) 25N
54. A force of 10 Newton acts on a body of mass 20 kg for 10 seconds. Change in its momentum is:
a)5 kg m/s b) 100 kg m/s c) 200 kg m/s d) 1000 kg m/s
55. A bullet having a mass of 0.005kg is moving with a speed of 100m/s . it penetrates into a bag of sand and
brought to rest after moving 25cm. find decelerating force on the bullet ?
a) 50N b) 200N c) 100N d) 25N
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56. Two perpendicular forces, one of 30N and other of 40N are exerted simultaneously on an object with a mass
of 50 kg . Determine the magnitude of the acceleration?
a) 155 m/s2 b) 3.5 m/s2 c) 1m/s2 d) 1.4 m/s2
57. Sliding friction is slightly _________ the limiting friction.
I. More than II. less than III. equal to
a) I only b) II only c) III only d) I or III
58. When one body is on the point of sliding over the other then friction is known as:
sliding friction b) rolling friction c) limiting friction d) kinetic friction
59. The angle which the resultant reactive force makes with normal to surface is called as:
a) co-efficient of friction b) angle of friction c) angle of incident d) N.O.T
60. The ratio of limiting friction to the normal reaction acting between two surfaces in contact is called as:
a) co-efficient of friction b) co-efficient of viscosity c) force of friction d) angle of friction
61. The S.I unit of co-efficient of friction is _____
a) N.s b) kg m/s2 c) N d) no unit
62. When a block side down over an inclined plane, then resultant force is given by :
a) mgcosƟ b) mgsinƟ c) mg d) ma
63. When a block sides down over an inclined plane with an acceleration a=1/2 g then plane is inclined at:
a) 300 b) 450 c) 600 d) 1200
64. A truck starts from rest at the top of a slope which is 1m high and 49m long. Find its acceleration?
a) 0.2 m/s2 b) 0.4m/s2 c) 0.6m/s2 d) 0.8m/s2
65. A truck starts from rest at the top of a slope which is 1m high and 49m long. Find its speed at the end of this
slope:
a) 19.6 m/s b) 4.4m/s c) 8.8m/s d) 2.2m/s
66. A cyclist is going up over a slope of 300 with a speed of 3.5 m/s, if he stops pedaling .how much distance
will be move before coming to rest ?
a) 2.25m b) 1.5m c) 1.25m d) 0.25 m
67. A block of mass 2 kg is placed on the floor. The coefficient of static friction is 0.4. If a force of 2.8 N is applied
on the block parallel to floor, the force of friction between the block and floor is:
a) 2.8 N b) 8 N c) 2 N d) none of these
68. A force of 40N is needed to set a 10kg steel box moving across a wooden floor. Determine the coefficient of
static friction between the box and the floor?
a) 0.08 b) 0.25 c) 0.4 d) 0.8
69. A car is moving on a straight horizontal road with a speed of 72kmh-1. If the coefficient of friction between
tyre of the car and the raod is 0.5, then the minimum distance, within which the car can be stopped will be:
a) 72m b) 40m c) 30m d) 20m
70. An insect moves on a circular path of radius 7m. the maximum magnitude of displacement of insect is :
a)7m b)14π c)14m d)7π
71. During an inelastic collision between two balls, which of the following statements is correct?
a) Both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved
b) Momentum is conserved, but kinetic energy is not conserved
c) Neither momentum nor kinetic energy is conserved
d) Momentum is not conserved, but kinetic energy is conserved
72. In an elastic collision :
a) only KE of system is conserved b) only momentum-is conserved
c) both KE and momentum are conserved d) neither KE nor momentum is conserved
73. A 15kg mass moving at 8m/s collide elastically with a 5kg mass at rest. What is the speed of the 15kg mass
after collision?
a) 4 m/s b ) 8 m/s c) 12 m/s d) 20 m/s
74. A 2500 kg car travelling at 20 m/s crashes into a 6000 kg truck that is originally at rest. What is the speed of
the truck after the collision, if the car comes to rest at the point of impact?
a) 0m/s b) 8.33m/s c)16.7m/s d) 83m/s
75. A car with mass of 800 kg is stalled on a road. A truck with a mass 1200 kg comes around the curve at
20m/s and hits the car. The two vehicles remains locked together after the collision. What is their combined
velocity after the impact?
a) 3m/s b) 6 m/s c) 12 m/s d) 24 m/s

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76. A wagon weighing 1000 kg is moving with a velocity 50 km/h on smooth horizontal rails. A mass of 250 kg
is dropped into it. The velocity with which it moves now is
12.5 km/hour b) 20 km/hour c) 40 km/hour d) 50 km/hour
77. A ball moving horizontally with speed v strikes the bob of a simple pendulum at rest. The mass of the bob is
equal to that of the ball. If the collision is elastic the bob will rise to a height:
a) V2/g b) v2/2g c) v2/4g d) v2/8g
78. A billiard ball moving with a speed of 8 m/s collides with an identical ball originally at rest. If the first ball
stops after collision, then the second ball will move forward with a speed of..... (elastic collision)
a) 8 m/s b) 4 m/s c) 16 m/s d) 1.0 m/s
79. Two spherical balls of 2kg and 3kg masses are moving toward each other with speed of 6m/s and 4m/s
respectively what must be the velocity of the smaller ball after collision if the velocity of the bigger ball is
3m/s:
a) 4.5 m/s b) 6 m/s c) 9 m/s d) 12 m/s
80. A 70 gram ball collides with another ball of mass 140 gram. The initial velocity of first ball is 9m/s and
second ball is in rest if the collision is perfectly elastic then velocities of balls after collision is :
a) 3m/s,6m/s b) -3m/s,6m/s c) 2m/s,4m/s d) 10m/s,20m/s
81. A bullet hits horizontally and gets embedded in a solid block resting on aj frictionless surface. In this process :
a) momentum is conserved b) kinetic energy is conserved
c) both momentum and K.E. are conserved d) neither momentum nor K.E. is conserved
82. A body is dropped and observed to bounce a height greater than the dropping height. Then
a) the collision is elastic b) there is additional source of energy during collision
c) it is not possible d) this type of phenomenon does not occur in nature
83. A body of mass M moving with a speed u has a head-on collision with a body of mass m originally at rest. If
M>>m, the speed of the body of mass m after collision will be nearly:
a) um/M b) uM/m c) u d) 2u
84. A particle of mass m moving with horizontal speed 6 m/sec. If m<<M then for one dimensional elastic
collision, the speed of lighter particle after collision will be
a)2 m/sec in original direction b) 2 m/sec opposite to the original direction
c) 4 m/sec opposite to the original direction d) 4 m/sec in original direction
85. Which of the following is not a perfectly inelastic collision
a) Striking of two glass balls b) A bullet striking a bag of sand
c) An electron captured by a proton d) A man jumping onto a moving cart
86. A 15kg mass moving at 8m/s collides elastically with a 5kg mass at rest. What is the speed of the 15kg mass
after the collision ?
a)4m/s b)8m/s c) 12 m/s d) 20 m/s e. 36 m/s
87. A ball moving horizontally with speed v strikes bob of a simple pendulum at rest. The mass of the bob is
equal to that of the ball. If collision is elastic the bob will rise to a height:
a)V2/g b) v2/2g c) v2/4g d) v2/8g
88. A machine gun fires 120 shots per minute. If the mass of each bullet is 10 g and the muzzle velocity is 800
m./sec, the average recoil force on the machine gun is:
a) 120 N b) 8 N c) 16 N d) 12 N
89. A 15 gm bullet is fired horizontally into a 3 kg block of wood 10 cm above its initial level, the velocity of the
bullet was:
a) 251 m/sec b) 261 m/sec c) 271 m/sec d) 281 m/sec
90. Two perfectly elastic objects A and B of identical mass are moving with velocities 15 m/s and 10 m/s
respectively, collide along the direction of line joining them. Their velocities after collision are respectively :
a) 10 m/s, 15 m/s b) 20 m/s, 5 m/s c) 0 m/s, 25 m/s d) 5 m/s, 20 m/s

Conceptual Questions of Kinematics

1. Can a body be said to be at rest as well as in motion at the same time?

2. What is meant by ‘point object’ in physics?

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3. Under what conditions the distance covered by a particle is equal to the magnitude of the displacement of
particle?

4. Average velocity and instantaneous velocity are generally different quantities. Can they ever be equal for a
specific type of motion? Explain.

5. Does a car speedometer measure speed, velocity or both?

6. Can a body have a varying speed if its velocity is constant? If yes, give examples.

7. If one object has a greater speed than a second object, does the first necessary have a greater acceleration?
Explain, using example.

8. Can the velocity of an object be negative when its acceleration is positive? What about vice versa?

9. Can a body be increasing in speed as its acceleration decreases? If yes give an example. If not, explain.

10. If the velocity of a particle is nonzero, can its acceleration be zero?

11. Can a body have zero velocity but still possess acceleration?

12. What does the speedometer measure kept in motorbike?

13. Is it possible to have a situation in which the velocity and acceleration have opposite signs? Explain.

14. Is it possible that the average velocity of a particle is zero when its average speed is not zero?

15. Can a particle one dimensional motion with zero speed have non-zero velocity?

16. Two balls of different masses (one lighter and other heavier) are thrown vertically upward with same initial
speed. Which one rises to greater heights?

17. A person standing at the edge of a cliff throws one ball straight up and another ball straight down at the
same? Both balls are thrown with the same initial speed and both eventually fall to the ground. Over the
course of the motion, explain which ball a) experiences the greater acceleration, b) undergoes the greater
vertical displacement, and c) hits the ground moving at the greater speed.

18. For a freely falling object dropped from rest, what is its acceleration at the end of the 5th second of fall? The
10th second? Defend your answer.

19. Suppose that a freely falling object were somehow equipped with a speedometer. By how much would its
speed reading increase with each second of fall?

20. Two balls of different masses (one lighter and other heavier) are thrown vertically upward with same initial
speed. Which one rises to greater heights?

21. If a stone and a pencil are dropped simultaneously in vacuum from the same height, which of the two will
reach the ground first?

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Conceptual Questions of Dynamics

Q.1: If forces are always equal and opposite, how can anything move?

Q.2: You push a heavy car by hand. The car, in turn, pushes back with an opposite but equal force on
you. Doesn't this mean the forces cancel one another, making acceleration impossible?

Q.3: A horse is pulling on a cart, and the cart pulls back with the same amount of force. If all forces are equal,
how can the horse and cart move?

Q.4: If an elephant were chasing you, its enormous mass would be most
threatening. But if you zigzagged, its mass would be to your advantage. Why?

Q.5: Imagine you have a friend sitting in a wagon and you will pull the wagon with a special rope so you can
always apply the same force, whether you are moving or standing still.

a) Your friend in the wagon puts his feet on the ground and won't let
you move. How long do you think you could hold the cord tight before
you get tired? Will you do any work?
b) Now your friend in the wagon lets his feet slide so you can pull just as hard as before only now you are
pulling and moving too. How long do you think you can keep this up until you get tired?

Q.6: i) Harry the painter swings year after year from his bosun's chair. His weight is 500 N
and the rope, unknown to him, has a breaking point of 300 N. Why doesn't the rope break
when he is supported as shown here with both ends of the rope attached to his bosun's chair?
What will be tension in the rope?

ii) One day Harry is painting near a flagpole, and, for a change, he ties the free end of the
rope to the flagpole instead of to his chair, as shown here. Why did Harry end up taking
his vacation early? What is the tension in the rope?

Q.7: If a truck and Honda Civic have a head-on collision, upon which vehicle is the impact force greater?
Which vehicle experiences the greater acceleration?

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Q.8: Two 100-N weights are attached to a spring scale as shown. Does
the scale read zero, 100 N, or 200 N or some other reading?

Q.9: Consider a tug-of-war on a smooth floor between boys wearing socks and girls wearing rubber soled
shoes. Why do the girls win?

Q.10: If you are standing in a bus that moves at constant velocity and drop a ball from your outstretched
hand, you will see its path as a vertical straight line. How will the path appear to a friend standing on the
side of the road?

Q.11: The force that propels a rocket is from the exhaust gases pushing against the rocket, the reaction to the
force the rocket exerts on the exhaust gases. Explain rocket propulsion in terms of momentum conservation.

Q.12: Would you care to fire a gun that has a bullet ten times as massive as the gun?

Q.13: When you jump vertically off the ground, what is your acceleration after you reach your highest point?

Q.14: A friend says that as long as a car is at rest, no forces act on it. What do you say if you're in the mood to
correct this statement?

Q.15: What is the net force on a 1 N apple when you hold it at rest above your head? What is the net force on it
after you release it?

Q.16: Your friend says that inertia is a force that keeps things in their place, either at rest or in motion. Do you
agree? Why or why not?

Q.17: Suppose that a freely falling object were somehow equipped with a speedometer. By how much would its
speed reading increase with each second of fall?

Q.18: Asteroids have been moving through space for billions of years. What keeps them moving?

Q.19: Why do you move forward in a bus that suddenly slows? Or why do you move backward when the bus
picks up speed?

Q.20: You are running around the room with a full beaker of water. When you stop suddenly, what will happen
to the water inside the beaker?

Q.21: Why a horse cannot pull a cart and run in the empty space?

Q.22: Why does an athlete run for certain distance before taking a long jump?

Q.23: Can action and reaction forces cancel each other?

Q.24: A person jumps over the surface of the earth then by applying same action, why does not earth jump,
showing the reaction?

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Q.25: Why big rain drops come faster to earth surface?

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