CHAPTER 03

VELOCITY AND ACCELERATION

1. A body goes from 2 meter to 8 meter mark and back to 2 meter in 3 sec. Its
average speed is:
a. 2 m sec-1
b. 6 m sec-1
c. 4 m sec-1
d.
zero
2. If the average and instantaneous velocities of a body are same, the body will
move with:
a. Variable velocity
b. uniform velocity
c. uniform acceleration
d.
variable acceleration
3. A car travelling at 65 km / hr north, turns west without a change in speed. The car
is moving with:
a. Uniform velocity
b. acceleration
c. average velocity
d.
none of these
4. If the velocity-time graph of a body is a straight line parallel to time-axis, its
acceleration will be:
a. Zero
b. maximum
c. minimum
d.
uniform
5. If the velocity-time graph of a moving body is a curve, the body moves with:
a. constant speed
b. constant velocity
c. constant acceleration
d. changing acceleration
6. A helicopter of mass 3 x 10 3 kg rises vertically with a constant speed of 25 m
/sec. What resultant force acts on the helicopter?
a. Zero
b. 3 x 10 4 N downward c. 3 x 10 3 N upward
d. 7.5 x 10 4
N upward
7. A helicopter weighing 3920 N is moving up with a constant speed of 4 m / sec.
The force on helicopter is:
a. 4720 N
b. 3920 N
c. 3924 N
d. 3916 N
8. As a result of constant unbalanced force, a body moves with:
a. Uniform velocity
b. uniform acceleration c. uniform speed d. variable
acceleration
Q.no.1) A helicopter weight 3920 N. calculate the force on if it is ascending
vertically at a rate of 2 m / s2 . What will be the force on the helicopter if it is moving
up vertically with the constant speed of 4 m / s?
Q.no.2) A car is waiting at a traffic signal. As it turns green, the car starts ahead
with a constant acceleration of 3 m / s 2. At the same time, a bus travelling with a
constant speed of 20 m / s overtakes and passes the car.
Q.no.3) A car starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration. During the
4th second of its motion, it covers a distance of 24 m, calculate
1. The acceleration of the car
2. The total distance covered by the car during this time

MOTION OF BODIES ATTACHED WITH STRING

Q.no.1) Two bodies A and B are attached to the ends of a string passing over a
frictionless pulley such that the masses hang vertically. If the mass of one body is
96 kg .Find:
1. The mass of the second body which moves downward with an acceleration of 0.2
m / s2
2. The tension in the string.

Q.no.2) Two blocks of masses 10.2 kg and 4.5 kg are attached to the ends of a
string which passes over a friction less pulley in such a way that the block of mass
10.2 kg lies on a horizontal surface and the other block hangs vertically. Find the
acceleration of the system and tension in the string

MOTION UNDER GRAVITY

9. When a body is thrown vertically upwards, it is a case of:
a. Free fall motion
b. projectile motion
10. How many meters (s) will a 20 kg ball starting from rest, fall freely in one
second?
a. 19.6 m
b. 9.8 m
c. 4.0 m
d. 4.9 m
11. How much height does a freely falling body of mass 10 kg lose in 2 sec?
a. 9.8 m
b. 19.6 m
c. 49 m
d. 4.9 m
12. A 1 kg stone when falling from a height of 10 m, strikes the ground with:
a. 10 m / s
b. 14 m / s
c. 98 m / s
d. 196 m / s
Q.no.1) A boy throws a ball vertically upward with a speed of 25 m / s. On its way
down, it is caught at point 5 m above the ground. How fast it coming down at this
point at this point? How long did the trip take?
Q.no.2) A boys throws a ball upward from the top of a tower with a speed of 12 m /
s. On the way down it just misses the thrower and falls on the ground 50 m below.
Find how long the ball remains in the air?
Q.no.3) A stone is dropped from the peak of a hill. It covers a distance of 30 m in
the last second of its motion. Find the height of the peak?

MOMENTUM
13. The unit of linear momentum is:
a. N / S
b. N S
c. J S
d. J / S
14. The rate of change of linear momentum is equal to:
a. Acceleration
b. torque
c. angular velocity
d. force
15. The product of mass and velocity is called:
a. force
b. torque
c. linear speed
d. linear momentum
16. The S.I unit of momentum is:
a. N / s2
b. N S2
c. N S
d. N / S
Q.no.1) A 150 g bullet is fired from 15 kg gun with a speed of 1500 m / s. What is
the speed of the recoil of the gun?
Q.no.2) A 100 g bullet is fired into a 12 kg block which is suspended by a long cord.
If the bullet is embedded in the block and the block rises by 5 cm, what was the
initial speed of the bullet?

ELASTIC AND INELASTIC COLLISION

17. in an inelastic collision:
a. K.E is conserved but momentum is not conserved b. momentum is conserved
but K.E is not conserved
c. Both are conserved
d. Neither K.E nor momentum is
conserved
18. If a light object collides elastically with a massive body which at rest, the light
object will:
a. Rebound with the same velocity
b. be stopped
c. rebound will twice the velocity
d. cause the massive body to
move.

Q.no.1) A 100 g golf ball moving with a velocity of 20 m / s collides with a 8 kg

steel ball at rest. If the collision is elastic, compute the velocities of both balls after
the collision.

FRICTION
19. When a body slides over a surface, the K.E ( f k ) and static friction ( fs ) are
related as:
a. fk < fs
b. fk > fs
c. fk = 0
d. fs = 0
20. Stokes law for fluid friction is given as:
a. F = 6 r2 v

b. 6 r v

c. 4 r v

d. r v

21. Equation F = 6 r v represented as:

a. Hookes law
b. stokes law
c. Braggs law
d. Newtons
law
22. The property of fluids due to which they resists their flow is called:
a. static friction
b. fluid friction
c. terminal velocity
d. coefficient of
friction
23. Stokess law holds goods for the:
A. Bodies of all shapes
b. Motion through viscous medium
c. motion through non-viscous medium
d. motion through a vacuum
24. Stokess law, the viscous friction is not proportional to:
a. Coefficient of velocity
b. radius of sphere
c. terminal velocity
d. mass of the sphere.
25. A rain drop continues to fall with a uniform velocity when:
a. Its weight is balanced by air friction
b. its weight is balanced by up
thrust
c. Its weight is balanced by air friction and up thrust.

INCLINED PLANE

26. The acceleration of a body moving down a smooth inclined plane at 30 0, will be:
a. 9.8 m /s
b. 4.9 m / s
c. 980 m / s
d.
none of them
Q.no.1) A motor car is moving up a slope of 30 0 with a velocity of 72 km / hour
suddenly the engine fails. How much distance will the car move before coming to
rest? Assume friction to be negligible.