Assignment Work (Physics)

Class :XI
Chapter :03: Motion In Straight Line
1.
The direction in which an object moves is given by the direction of velocity of the object and not by the direction of
acceleration. Explain the above statement with some suitable example.

2.
A particle in one dimensional motion with positive value of acceleration must be speeding up. Is it true? Explain.

3.
An object is covering distance in direct proportion to t3 , where t is the time elapsed.
(a) what conclusions might you draw about the acceleration? Is it constant or increasing
(b) what might you conclude about the force acting on the object? [ans. (a) a t (b) f t]

4.
A man starts from his home at 8:00 am to his office. He walks with a speed of 2 m/s on a road upto his office 3.0 km
away from his home. He stays in the office up to 4:00 pm and returns to his home by bus, which moves with a speed of
10 m/s . Calculate (i) the time taken by man to reach his office and (ii) time taken by the man to reach his home. Also
plot (x - t ) graph of his motion. [Ans.(i) 25 minute (ii) 5 minute]

5.
A Car Covers The First One Third Of A Distance x At A Speed Of 10 Km/H, The Second One Third At A Speed Of 20
Km/H And The Last One Third At A Speed Of 60 Km/H. Determine The Average Speed Of The Car Over The Entire
Distance x. [Ans. 18 km/h]

6.
From the top of a tower a ball is dropped to fall freely under gravity and at the same time, another ball is thrown up
with a velocity of 50 m/s. Plot the position time graph for the motion of the two balls during the time interval t=0 to
t=5s. Take g=10ms-2.

7.
A rocket is fired vertically and ascends with a constant vertical acceleration. In the duration of 5 s, it attains an
upward velocity of 150 m/s. After 5 s, its engine stops functioning and rocket continues to move as a free particle and
finally returns on the earth.From the velocity time graph of the rocket, calculate (i) the height reached by the rocket
during the period of burning of fuel (g=10ms-2); (ii) maximum height reached by the rocket and (iii) the acceleration
of the rocket during the period of fuel burning. [Ans.(i)375 m (ii)1500 m (iii) 30 m/s]

8.
A body leaving a certain point O moves with an acceleration, which is constant in magnitude and direction. At the end
of the fifth second, its velocity is 1.5 m/s. At the end of the sixth second, the body stops and then begins to move
backwards.
(i) Find the distance travelled by the body, before it stops.
(ii) Determine the velocity with which the body returns to point O. [Ans. (i) 27 m (ii) 9 m/s]

9.
The position of an object moving along X-axis is given by
x = a + bt2where a = 8.5 m, b= 2.5 ms-2 and t is measured in seconds. What is velocity at t = 0 and t =2 s? What is
average velocity between t=2s and t=4s? [Ans.0;10m/s;15m/s]

10.
Show that the distances travelled by a freely falling body during equal intervals of time stand to one another in the
same ratio as the odd numbers beginning with unity i,e. 1:3:5:7..

11.
A man on the railway platform is just 9 m behind the entrance door of a train, when the train begins to move with a
uniform acceleration of 2 ms-2 starting from rest. The man immediately picks up a uniform speed to get into the train
and he just boards the train. Find the speed, he picks up. [Ans. 6 m/s]

12.
Two particles A and B move with constant velocities v1 and v2 along two mutually perpendicular straight lines
towards the intersection point O. At the moment t=0, the particles were located at distances S 1 and S2 from the point
O. How soon will the distance between the particles become the smallest? What is this smallest distance? [Ans.

13.
Two trains each of length 100 m, moving in oppostite directions along parallel lines, meet with their speeds 60km/h
and 30km/h. If their accelerations are 0.3 ms-2 and 0.2 ms-2 respectively, find the time taken by them to pass each
other. [Ans. 7.44 s]

14.
A bus is moving with a speed of 10 m/s on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the bus in 100s. If the bus is
at a distance of 1 Km from the scooterist, with what speed should the scooterist chase the bus? [Ans. 20 m/s]

15.
A boat which has a speed of 5 km/h in still water crosses a river of width 1 km along the shortest possible path in 15
minute. Find the velocity of the river water in km/h. [Ans. 3 km/h]

16.
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? Take g = 10ms-2. [Ans. 10 m]

17.
Three different objects of masses m1,m2, and m3 are allowed to fall from rest and from the same point O along three
different frictionless paths. Find the ratio of the speeds of the three objects, on reaching the ground. [Ans. 1: 1: 1 ]

18.
A car travels 6 km towards north at an angle of 450 to the east and then travels distance of 4 km towards north at an
angle 1350 to the east. How far is the point from the starting point? What angle does the straight line joining its initial
and final positions make with the east?
[Ans.
km and
]

19.
Find angle between two vectors of magnitudes 12 and 18 units, when their resultant is 24 units. [Ans.

20.
A man fires a bullet standing between two cliffs. First echo is heard after 3 s and second echo is heard after 5 s. If the
velocity of sound is 300m/s then find the distance between the cliffs. [Ans. 1320 m ]

21.
A train A, which is 120 m long, is running with a velocity 20 m/s; while a train B, which is 130 m long is running in
opposite direction with a velocity 30 m/s. What is the time taken by train B to cross the train A? [Ans. 5 s ]

22.
If a body starts from rest and travels 1.2 m in 8th second, then what is the acceleration of the body? [Ans. 0.16 m/s2 ]

23.
A stone is dropped from certain height, which can reach the ground in 5s. After 3 s of its fall, it is again allowed to fall.
Then, find the time taken by the stone to reach the ground for the remaining distance. [Ans.4 s]

24.
The speed of a boat is 5km/h in still water. If it crosses a river of width 1km along the shortest possible path in 15
min, then find the velocity of the rivers water. [Ans. 3 km/h ]

25.
The sum of the magnitudes of the two forces acting at a point is 18 and the magnitude of their resultant is 12. If the
resultant is at 900 with the force of the smaller magnitude then the magnitude of forces. [Ans. 5; 13 ]

26.
Find the ratio of the distance covered to the displacement covered by a body along a semi-circle of radius r. [Ans.
]

27.
A monkey climbs up a slippery pole for 3 seconds and subsequently slips for 3 seconds. Its velocity at time is given by
v(t)=2t(3 t); 0<t<3 and v(t) = - (t 3)(6 t) for 3<t<6 s in m/s. It repeats this cycle till it reaches the height of 20m.
(a) At what time is its velocity maximum?
(b) At what time is its average velocity maximum?
(c) At what time is its acceleration maximum in magnitude?
(d) How many cycles (counting fractions) are required to reach the top?
[Ans.(a)1.5s; (b)9/4 s; (c) t=0 or t=3 s; (d) 4 ]

28.
A body covers one-third of its journey with speed u, next one-third with speed v and the last one-third with speed
w. Calculate the average speed of the body during the entire journey.
[Ans.

29.
A hundred metre sprinter increases her speed from rest uniformly at the rate of 1ms -2 upto three quarters of the total
run and covers the last quarter with uniform speed. How much time does she take to cover the first half and the
second half of the run? [Ans. 10s; 4.24s ]

30.
If x,y,z be the distances described by a particle during the pth, qth and rth second respectively, Prove that : (q r)x +
(r p)y + (p q )z = 0.

31.
The velocity time relation of an electron starting from rest is given by v =kt , where k=2ms -2 . Calculate the distance
travelled in 3s. [Ans. 9 m ]

32.
The relation between t and distance x is t = ax2 + bx where a and b are constants. Express the instantaneous
acceleration in terms of instantaneous velocity. [Ans. -2av3 ]

33.
The acceleration experienced by a boat after the engine is cut off, is given by

= -kv3 , where k is a constant. If v0 is

the magnitude of the velocity at cut off, find the magnitude of the velocity at time t after the cut off. [Ans.

34.
If a body moving with uniform acceleration in a straight line describes successive equal distances in time intervals t1,

t2 and t3, then show that

35.
Point P, Q and R are in a vertical line such that PQ = QR. A ball at P is allowed to fall freely. What is the ratio of the
times of descent through PQ and QR? [Ans.
]

36.
A ball is release 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? [Ans.

above the ground]

37.
Is it possible that the displacement of moving particle is zeto but not the distance? Explain.

38.
Can the speed of a body change if its velocity is constant?

39.
Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity. Suppose we call the rate of change of acceleration SLAP:
(i) What is the unit of SLAP?
(ii) How can you calculate instantaneous SLAP?
[Ans. (i) m/s3 (ii)

40.
At what angle do the forces (P + Q) and (P Q ) act so that the resultant is
[Ans. 600 ]