CPP KM.

PROJECTILE JEE (Mains & Adv)

SINGLE CORRECT

1. A ball is thrown from a point on ground at some angle of projection. At the same time a bird starts from
a point directly above this point of projection at a height h horizontally with speed u. Given that in its flight
ball just touches the bird at one point. Find the distance on ground where ball strikes
h 2h 2h h
(A) 2u (B) u (C) 2u g
(D) u g
g g
2. A ball is projected from top of a tower with a velocity of 5 m/s at an angle of 530 to horizontal. Its speed
when it is at a height of 0.45 m from the point of projection is :
(A) 2 m/s (B) 3 m/s (C) 4 m/s (D) data insufficient.
3. Average velocity of a particle is projectile motion between its starting point and the highest point of its
trajectory is : (projection speed = u, angle of projection from horizontal= T)
u u u
(A) u cosT (B) 1  3 cos 2 T (C) 2  cos 2 T (D) 1  cos 2 T
2 2 2
4. Find time of flight of projectile thrown horizontally with speed 50 ms–1 from a long inclined plane which
makes an angle of T = 45° from horizontal.
(A) 2 sec (B) 2 2 sec (C) 2 sec (D) none
5. Particle is dropped from the height of 20m from horizontal ground. There is wind blowing due to which
horizontal acceleration of the particle becomes 6 ms–2. Find the horizontal displacement of the particle till
it reaches ground.
(A) 6 m (B) 10 m (C) 12 m (D) 24 m
6. A ball is dropped from height 5m. The time after which ball stops rebounding if coefficient of restitution
between ball and ground e = 1/2, is
(A) 1 sec (B) 2 sec (C) 3 sec (D) infinite
7. A ball is hit by a batsman at an angle of 37° as shown in figure. The man
standing at P should run at what minimum velocity so that he catches the ball
before it strikes the ground. Assume that height of man is negligible in
comparison to maximum height of projectile.
(A) 3 ms–1 (B) 5 ms–1
(C) 9 ms–1 (D) 12 ms–1
8. A projectile is fired with a speed u at an angle Twith the horizontal. Its speed when its direction of motion
makes an angle ‘D’ with the horizontal is
(A) u secT cosD (B) u secT sinD (C) u cosT secD (D) u sin T secD
9. A projectile is fired with a velocity at right angle to the slope which is inclined at an angle T with the
horizontal. The expression for the range R along the incline is
2v 2 2v 2 2v 2 v2
(A) sec T (B) tan T (C) tan T secT (D) tan 2 T
g g g g
10. A particle is projected vertically upwards from O with velocity v and a second particle is projected at the
same instant from P (at a height h above O) with velocity v at an angle of projection T. The time when the
distance between them is minimum is
h h
(A) (B) (C) h/v (D) h/2v
2 v sin T 2 v cos T

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11. A ball is projected from ground with a velocity V at an angle T to the vertical. On its path it makes an
elastic collison with a vertical wall and returns to ground. The total time of flight of the ball is
2 v sin T 2v cos T v sin 2T v cos T
(A) (B) (C) (D)
g g g g
12. Two particles are moving along two long straight lines, in the same plane, with the same
speed = 20 cm/s. The angle between the two lines is 60°, and their intersection point is O. At a certain
moment, the two particles are located at distances 3m and 4m from O, and are moving towards O.
Subsequently, the shortest distance between them will be
(A) 50 cm (B) 40 2 cm (C) 50 2 cm (D) 50 3 cm
13. In the figure shown, the two projectiles are fired simultaneously. The minimum
distance between them during their flight is
(A) 20 m (B) 10 3 m (C) 10 m (D) None
14. A shell fired from the base of a mountain just clears it. If D is the angle of projection then the angular
elevation of the summit E is
1
(A) D (B) tan–1(1/2) (C) tan–1(1/2 tan D) (D) tan–1(2 tan D)
2

15. If time taken by the projectile to reach Q is T, than PQ =

(A) Tv sin T (B) Tv cos T (C) Tv sec T (D) Tv tan T
16. A particle is projected at angle 60° with speed 10 3 , from the point ‘A’ as shown in the figure. At the
same time the wedge is made to move with speed 10 3 towards right as shown in the figure. Then the
time after which particle will strike with wedge is
4
(A) 2 sec (B) 2 3 sec (C) sec (D) None
3
17. A ball is held in the position shown with string of length 1 m just taut & then projected
horizontally with a velocity of 3 m/s. If the string becomes taut again when it is vertical,
angle T is given by
(A) 53° (B) 30° (C) 45° (D) 37°
18. Two projectiles A and B are thrown with the same speed such that A makes angle T with the horizontal
and B makes angle T with the vertical, then
(A) Both must have same time of flight (B) Both must achieve same maximum height
(C) A must have more horizontal range than B (D) Both may have same time of flight
19. Particles A and B are moving with constant velocities along x and y axis respectively, the
graph of separation between them with time is

(A) (B) (C) (D)

20. An aeroplane flying at a constant velocity releases a bomb. As the bomb drops down from the aeroplane,
(A) it will always be vertically below the aeroplane
(B) it will always be vertically below the aeroplane only if the aeroplane is flying horizontally
(C) it will always be vertically below the aeroplane only if the aeroplane is flying at an angle of 45° to the
horizontal
(D) it will gradually fall behind the aeroplane if the aeroplane is flying horizontally

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21. Two particles are projected simultaneously in the same vertical plane, from the same point on ground,
but with same speeds but at different angles (< 90° ) to the horizontal. The path followed by one, as seen
by the other, is
(A) a vertical straight line (B) a straight line making a constant angle with the horizontal
(C) a parabola (D) a hyperbola
22. Suppose a player hits several baseballs. Which baseball will be in the air for the longest time?
(A) The one with the farthest range.
(B) The one which reaches maximum height.
(C) The one with the greatest initial velocity.
(D) The one leaving the bat at 45° with respect to the ground.
23. The equation of the path of the projectile is y = 0.5x – 0.04x2. The initial speed of the projectile is
(A) 10 m/s (B) 15 m/s (C) 12.5 m/s (D) None
24. Two bullets are fired at angles T and 90 – T, the ratio of their time of flights is :
(A) 1 : 1 (B) tanT : 1 (C) 1: tanT (D) tan2T : 1
25. The acceleration of gravity can be measured by projecting a body upward and
measuring the time that it takes to pass two given lines in both directions (upward
motion & downward motion). If the time the body takes to pass a horizontal line
A in both direction (from A1 to A2) is TA, and the time to go by a second line B
in both directions is (from B1 to B2) TB, then assuming that theacceleration A due
to gravity to be constant, its values is
8h 8h 8h 8hTA TB
(A) T 2  T 2 (B) T 2  T 2 (C) T 2 T 2 (D) T 2 T 2
A B A B A B A B

26. A particle is projected from a point O with a velocity u in a direction making an angle D upward with the
horizontal . At P it is moving at right angles to its initial direction . Its velocity at P is :
(A) u tan D (B) u cot D (C) u cosec D (D) u sec D
27. A projectile is fired with a velocity u making an angle T with the horizontal. What is the change in velocity
when it is at the highest point ?
(A) u cos T (B) u (C) u sin T (D) u cos T- u
28. Suppose a player hits several baseballs. Which baseball will be in the air for the longest time?
(A) The one with the farthest range.
(B) The one which reaches maximum height.
(C) The one with the greatest initial velocity.
(D) The one leaving the bat at 45° with respect to the ground.
29. A food packet is dropped from the plane moving horizontally with velocity 50 ms–1 and at a height of
500m. Find the angle with horizontal which the velocity vector makes at the time when it reaches the
ground.Neglect air resitance.
(A) tan–1(–2) (B) tan–1(1/2) (C) – 45° (D) 53°
30. Two particles are fired from the same point, with speeds 100 m/s and 100 m/s, and firing angles with
horizontal = 60° and 120° respectively. The time after which their velocity vectors become perpendicular
to each other, is
(A) 5 s (B) 5( 3 – 1) s (C) 5 3 s (D) 5 3 / 2 s
31. Three projectiles A, B and C are thrown simultaneously from the same
point in the same vertical plane. Their trajectories are shown in the figure.
Then which of the following statement is false.
(A) The time of flight is the same for all the three.
(B) The launch speed is greatest for particle C.
(C) The vertical velocity component for particle C is greater than that for the other particles
(D) Y–coordinate of all particles is always same
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32. A ball is projected from point A with velocity 10m/sec. perpendicular to the
inclined plane as in figure. Range of the ball on the incline is
(A) 40—3m (B) 20/13 m (C) 13/20 m (D) 40/3m
33. On an inclined plane inclined at an angle of 30° to the horizontal, a ball is thrown upwards with a velocity
of 10 m/s, at an angle of 60° to the inclined plane. Its range on the inclined plane is :
(A) 10 m (B) 5 3 m (C) 0 m (D) 10 3 m
34. A projectle is fired horizontally from an inclined plane (of inclination 45° with horizontal) with
speed = 50 m/s. If g = 10 m/s2, the range measured along the incline is
(A) 500 m (B) 500 2 m (C) 200 2 m (D) none of these
35. A ball thrown down the incline strikes at a point on the incline 25m below the horizontal as shown in the
figure. If the ball rises to a maximum height of 20m above the point of projection, the angle of projection

D (with horizontal x axis) is

4 3 3 2
(A) tan–1 (B) tan–1 (C) tan–1 (D) tan–1
3 4 2 3
36. Mr. X throws a ball of mass m with initial velocity v0 at an angle 45° with the horizontal from a building
of height H from the ground. At the same instant, Mr. Y throws a stone of mass 2m with the same initial
velocity in the horizontal direction as shown in the figure. The ball and the
stone hit the ground with speeds VX and VY in time tX and tY respectively.
Which of the following relations is true about their speeds and time?
(A) VX < VY and tX = tY
(B) VX > VY and tX = tY
(C) VX = VY and tX < tY
(D) VX = VY and tX > tY
37. At the same instant two boys throw balls A and B from the positions shown with a speed v0 and kv0
respectively, where k is a constant. If the balls collide in mid air, find the value of k? Relevant data are
available in figure.

cos T 2 sin T 2 tan T 2 cot T 2

(A) cos T (B) cos T (C) tan T (D) cot T
1 1 1 1

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38. A particle is projected with certain velocity at two different angles of projections with respect to horizontal
plane so as to have same range R on a horizontal plane. If t1 and t2 are the time taken for the two paths,
then which one of the following relations are correct?
2R R R 4R
(A) t1t2 = (B) t1t2 = (C) t1t2 = (D) t1t2 =
g g 2g g

MULTI-CORRECT

1. A projectile of mass 1 kg is projected with a velocity of 20 m/s such that it strikes on the same level
as the point of projection at a distance of 3 m. Which of the following options are incorrect:
(A) the maximum height reached by the projectile can be 0.25 m.
(B) the minimum velocity during its motion can be 15 m/s

3
(C) the time taken for the flight can be sec.
5
(D) maximum potential energy during its motion can be 6J.
2. Choose the correct alternative (s)
(A) If the greatest height to which a man can throw a stone is h, then the greatest horizontal distance upto
which he can throw the stone is 2h.
(B) The angle of projection for a projectile motion whose range R is n times the maximum height is
tan–1 (4/n)
(C) The time of flight T and the horizontal range R of a projectile are connected by the equation
gT2 = 2RtanT where T is the angle of projection.
(D) A ball is thrown vertically up. Another ball is thrown at an angle T with the vertical. Both of them
remain in air for the same period of time. Then the ratio of heights attained by the two balls 1 : 1.
3. Two particles A & B projected along different directions from the same point P on the ground with the
same speed of 70 m/s in the same vertical plane . They hit the ground at the same point Q such that
PQ = 480 m. Then : ( Use g = 9.8 m/s2, Sin-1 0.96 = 74°, Sin-10.6 = 37° )
(A) ratio of their times of flights is 4 : 5
(B) ratio of their maximum heights is 9 :16
(C) ratio of their minimum speeds during flight is 4 :3
(D) the bisector of the angle between their directions of projection makes 45º with horizontal.
4. If T is the total time of flight, h is the maximum height & R is the range for horizontal motion, the x & y
co-ordinates of projectile motion and time t are related as :
§ t ·§ t · § X ·§ X ·
(A) y = 4h ¨ ¸ ¨ 1 ¸ (B) y = 4h ¨ ¸ ¨ 1 ¸
© T ¹© T ¹ © R ¹© R ¹
(C) y = 4h §¨ ·¸ §¨ 1 ·¸ (D) y = 4h §¨ ¸· §¨ 1 ·¸
T T R R
© t ¹© t ¹ © X ¹© X ¹
5. A man on a rectilinearly moving cart, facing the direction of motion, throws a ball straight up with respect
to himself
(A) The ball will always return to him
(B) The ball will never return to him
(C) The ball will return to him if the cart moves with constant velocity
(D) The ball will fall behind him if the cart moves with some acceleration

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6. A particle moves in the xy plane with a constant acceleration 'g' in the negative y-direction. Its equation
of motion is y = ax–bx2, where a and b are constants. Which of the following are correct?
(A) The x-component of its velocity is constant.
g
(B) At the origin, the y-component of its velocity is a .
2b
(C) At the origin, its velocity makes an angle tan–1(a) with the x-axis.
(D) The particle moves exactly like a projectile.
7. A ball is rolled off along the edge of a horizontal table with velocity 4 m/s. It hits the ground after time
0.4 s. Which of the following are correct?
(A) The height of the table is 0.8 m
(B) It hits the ground at an angle of 60° with the vertical
(C) It covers a horizontal distance 1.6 m from the table
(D) It hits the ground with vertical velocity 4 m/s
8. A particle is projected from the ground with velocity u at angle T with horizontal. The horizontal range,
maximum height and time of flight are R, H and T respectively. They are given by,
u 2 sin 2T u 2 sin 2 T 2u sin T
R= ,H= and T =
g 2g g
Now keeping u as fixed, T is varied from 30° to 60°. Then,
(A) R will first increase then decrease, H will increase and T will decrease
(B) R will first increase then decrease while H and T both will increase
(C) R will decrease while H and T will increase
(D) R will increase while H and T will increase
9. Two inclined planes (I) and (II) have inclination D and E respectively with horizontal,
(where, D + E = 90°) intersect each other at point O as shown in figure. A particle is projected from
point A with velocity u along a direction perpendicular to plane (I). If the particle strikes (II) perpendicularly
at B, then :

(A) time of flight = u/g sin E (B) time of flight = u/g sin D
(C) distance OB = u2/2g sin E (D) distance OB = u2/2g sin D

10. A projectile is projected as shown in figure. A proper light arrangement makes a shadow on the wall as
well as on the floor ?

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 Which of the following graph(s) is/are incorrect.

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

11. A ball is projected from ground with speed u, at an angle T above horizontal. Let v be its speed at any
moment 't' and 's' be the total distance covered by it till this moment, the correct graph(s) is/are :

(A) (B) (C) (D)

12. Two projectiles are projected with velocity vA, vB at angles TA (from horizontal) and TB (from vertical) as
shown in the figure below, such that vA > vB but having same horizontal component of velocity. Which of
the following can not be correct ?

(A) TA > TB (B) HA > HB (C) RA > RB (D*) RB > RA

A cubical box dimension L=5/4 metre starts moving with an acceleration a = 0.5 m/s2 î from the state
G
13.
of rest. At the same time, a stone is thrown from the origin with velocity
V = v î + v ˆj – v k̂ with respect to earth. Acceleration due to gravity g = 10m/s2(– ˆj ). The stone just
G G
1 2 3
touches the roof of box and finally falls at the diagonally opposite point then :

3 5 5
(A) v1 = (B) v2 = 5 (C) v3 = (D) v3 =
2 4 2

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 ANSWER KEY

SINGLE CORRECT.

1. C 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. C 7. B

8. C 9. C 10. D 11. B 12. D 13. C 14. C

15. D 16. A 17. D 18. D 19. D 20. A 21. B

22. B 23. C 24. B 25. A 26. B 27. C 28. B

29. A 30. B 31. C 32. D 33. C 34. B 35. A

36. D 37. B 38. A

MULTI- CORRECT

1. D 2. A,B,C,D 3. B,C,D 4. A,B 5. C,D

6. A,B,C,D 7. A,C,D 8. B 9. A,C 10. C

11. CD 12. D 13. ABC

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