CBSE Questions for Class 11 Engineering Physics Motion In A Straight Line Quiz 2 - MCQExams.com

A car initially travelling north at 5 m/s has a constant acceleration of $$ 2 m/s^2 $$ northward. How far does the car travel in the first 10 s?
  • 60 m
  • 50 m
  • 100 m
  • 150 m
  • 250 m
A ball with a mass of 0.5 Kg is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 15 m/s. What are its speed and direction two seconds later ?
  • 10 m/s upwards
  • 5 m/s upwards
  • zero
  • 5 m/s downward
  • 10 m/s downward
An object is thrown from  height of h, its covers height h in time T. After time T/2 where will be the object.

  • At height h/2 m from ground
  • At height h/4 m from ground
  • At height 3h/2 m from ground
  • At height 3h/4 m from ground
A man throws balls into the air one after another. He always throws a ball when the previous one thrown has just reached the highest point. The height to which each ball rises, if he throws 5 balls per second is $$(g = 10 ms^{-2})$$:
  • 0.31 m
  • 0.20 m
  • 0.42 m
  • 0.53 m
A ball is released from certain height h reaches ground in time T. Where will it be from the ground at time $$ \frac { 3T }{ 4 } ? $$
  • $$ \frac { 9h }{ 16 } $$
  • $$ \frac { 7h }{ 16 } $$
  • $$ \frac { 3h }{ 4 } $$
  • $$ \frac { 27h }{ 64 } $$
A man slides down a snow covered hill along a curved path and falls $$20$$m below his initial position. The velocity in m/sec with which he finally strikes the ground is? $$(g=10 m/sec^2)$$.
  • $$20$$
  • $$400$$
  • $$200$$
  • $$40$$
If we use plus and minus signs to indicate the direction of velocity and acceleration in one dimension, in which of the following situation does the object speed up?
  • Negative velocity and negative acceleration
  • Positive velocity and negative acceleration
  • Positive velocity and zero acceleration
  • Negative velocity and positive acceleration
  • none of the above.
An object is thrown from the height of 125 cm take g = 10 m/s. Find the ratio of distance covered by object in the 1 st and last 1 sec 
  • 1:9
  • 4:9
  • 4:4
  • 2:9
The rate of change of velocity is:
  • Force
  • Momentum
  • Acceleration
  • Displacement
Two cars are travelling towards each other on a straight road at velocities $$15\ m/s$$ and $$16\ m/s$$ respectively. When they are $$150\ m$$ apart, both the drivers apply the brakes and the cars decelerate at $$3\ m/s^{2}$$ and $$4\ m/s^{2}$$ until they stop. Separation between the cars when they come to rest is :
  • $$86.5  m$$
  • $$89.5  m$$
  • $$85.5  m$$
  • $$80.5  m$$
A body leaving a certain point $$O$$ moves with an acceleration which is constant. At the end of the first second after it left $$O$$, its velocity is $$1.5m/\sec$$. At the end of the sixth second after it left $$O$$ the body stops momentarily and begins to move backwards. The distance traveled by the body before it stops momentarily is
  • $$9 m$$
  • $$18 m$$
  • $$54 m$$
  • $$36 m$$
The average velocity of a freely falling body is numerically equal to half of the acceleration due to gravity. The velocity of the body as it reaches the ground is numerically equal to:
  • $$g$$
  • $$\dfrac{g}{2}$$
  • $$\dfrac{g}{\sqrt{2}}$$
  • $$\sqrt{2}g$$
A driver takes $$0.20s$$ to apply the brakes after he sees a need for it. This is called the reaction time of the driver. If he is driving a car at a speed of $$54 km/h$$ and the brakes causes a deceleration of $$ 6.0 \ { m }/{ { s }^{ 2 } }$$, find the distance traveled by the car after he sees the need to put the brakes on.
  • $$18.63 m$$
  • $$20 m$$
  • $$26.85 m$$
  • $$27.67 m$$
For a body moving with uniform acceleration $$a$$, initial and final velocities in a time interval $$t$$ are $$u$$ and $$v$$ respectively. Then, its average velocity in the time interval $$t$$ is :
  • $$(v+\dfrac{at}{2})$$
  • $$(v-\dfrac{at}{2})$$
  • $$(v-at)$$
  • $$(u+\dfrac{at}{2})$$
A ball dropped from one metre above the top of a window, crosses the window in $$t_{1}\;s$$ . If the same ball is dropped from $$2\;m$$ above the top of the same window, time taken by it to cross the window is $$t_{2}\; s$$ . Then
  • $$t_{2} = t_{1}$$
  • $$t_{2} = 2t_{1}$$
  • $$t_{2} > t_{1}$$
  • $$t_{2} < t_{1}$$
A train accelerates from rest at a constant rate $$a_{1}$$ for distance $$S_{1}$$ and time $$t_{1}$$. After that it decelerates to rest at a constant rate $$a_{2}$$ for distance $$S_{2}$$ at time $$t_{2}$$. Then the correct relation among the following is
  • $$\displaystyle \frac{S_{1}}{S_{2}} = \frac{a_{1}}{a_{2}} = \frac{t_{1}}{t_{2}}$$
  • $$\displaystyle \frac{S_{1}}{S_{2}} = \frac{a_{2}}{a_{1}} = \frac{t_{1}}{t_{2}}$$
  • $$\displaystyle \frac{S_{1}}{S_{2}} = \frac{a_{1}}{a_{2}} = \frac{t_{2}}{t_{1}}$$
  • $$\displaystyle \frac{S_{1}}{S_{2}} = \frac{a_{2}}{a_{1}} = \frac{t_{2}}{t_{1}}$$
A proton in a uniform electric field moves along a straight line with constant acceleration starting from rest. If it attains a velocity $$4\times 10^3$$ $$km/s$$ at a distance of $$2\;cm$$, the time required to reach the given velocity is :
  • $$10^{-3}\;s$$
  • $$10^{-6}\;s$$
  • $$10^{-8}\;s$$
  • $$10^{-5}\;s$$
From a building two balls A & B are thrown such that A is thrown upwards and B downwards (both vertically with same speed). If $$V_{A}$$ and $$V _{B}$$ are their respective velocities on reaching the ground then :
  • $$V_{B} < V_{A}$$
  • $$V_{A} = V_{B}$$
  • $$V_{A} < V_{B}$$
  • Their velocities depends on their masses
It takes one minute for a passenger standing on an escalator to reach the top. If the escalator does not move it takes him 3 minutes to walk up. How long will it take for the passenger to arrive at the top if he walks up the moving escalator?
  • $$30\ sec$$
  • $$45\ sec$$
  • $$40\ sec$$
  • $$35\ sec$$
From an elevated point P, a stone is projected vertically upwards. When it reaches a distance $$d$$ below P, its velocity is doubled. The greatest height reached by it above P is :
  • $$d/3$$
  • $$3d$$
  • $$2d$$
  • $$d/2$$
A bus starts from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration of $$1\;ms^{-2}$$. A boy $$10\;m$$ behind the bus at the start runs at a constant speed and catches the bus in $$10\;s$$. Speed of the boy is :
  • $$10 ms^{-1}$$ 
  • $$ 1 ms^{-1}$$ 
  • $$ 6 ms^{-1}$$ 
  • $$4 ms^{-1}$$ 
A ball dropped from a height of $$10$$ m, rebounds to a height of $$2.5$$ m. If the ball is in contact with the floor for $$0.01$$ second, its acceleration during contact is ($$g = 9.8$$ $$ms^{-2}$$)
  • $$20 $$ $$ms^{-2}$$
  • $$21 $$ $$ms^{-2}$$
  • $$210$$ $$ms^{-2}$$
  • $$2100 $$ $$ms^{-2}$$
A car moving with a constant acceleration covers the distance between two points $$180\;m $$ apart in $$6\;s$$. If its speed as it passes the second point is $$45\;ms^{-1}$$, its speed at the first point is
  • 10 $$ms^{-1}$$
  • 15 $$ms^{-1}$$
  • 30 $$ms^{-1}$$
  • 45 $$ms^{-1}$$
A sharp stone of mass $$2$$ kg falls from a height of $$10$$ m on sand and buries into the sand. It comes to rest in a time of $$0.029$$ second. The depth through which it buries into sand is
  • 0.2 m
  • 0.15 m
  • 0.25 m
  • 0.30 m
A bus is moving along a straight road with a uniform acceleration. It passes through two points A and B separated by a certain distance with velocity of $$30$$ kmph and $$40$$ kmph respectively.Velocity of the car exactly midway between A and B is
  • 38.3 kmph
  • 35.35 kmph
  • 33.3 kmph
  • None
A body travels $$200\;cm$$ in the first two seconds with cosntant speed and $$220\;cm$$ in the next $$4$$ seconds with constant deceleration. The speed of the body at the end of the $$7^{th}$$ second is
  • $$22.5 cm/s$$
  • $$12.5 cm/s$$
  • $$57.5 cm/s$$
  • $$0 cm/s$$
While moving with uniform acceleration, a body has covered $$550 \;m$$ in $$10$$ second and attained a velocity of $$105 \;ms^{-1}$$. Its initial velocity $$u$$ and acceleration $$a$$ respectively are
  • $$10 ms^{-1}, 5 ms^{-2}$$
  • $$10 ms^{-1}, -5 ms^{-2}$$
  • $$5 ms^{-1}, 10 ms^{-2}$$
  • $$10 ms^{-1}, 0 ms^{-2}$$
The average velocity of a body moving with uniform acceleration after travelling a distance of $$3.06\ m$$ is $$0.34\ {m/s}$$. The change in velocity of the body is $$0.18\ {m/s}$$. During this time, its acceleration is
  • $$0.01\ {m/s}^{2}$$
  • $$0.02\ {m/s}^{2}$$
  • $$0.03\ {m/s}^{2}$$
  • $$0.04\ {m/s}^{2}$$
A body travels $$200\;m$$ in the first two second and $$220\;m$$ in the next four second. The velocity at the end of the seventh second from the start will be
  • 10 $$ms^{-1}$$ 
  • 15 $$ms^{-1}$$ 
  • 220 $$ms^{-1}$$ 
  • 5 $$ms^{-1}$$ 
A ball after having fallen from rest under the influence of gravity for $$6s$$, crashes through a horizontal glass plate, thereby losing two-third of its velocity. Then it reaches the ground in $$2s$$, height of the plate above the ground is
  • $$19.6m$$
  • $$39.2m$$
  • $$58.8m$$
  • $$78.4m$$
A ball is thrown straight upward with a speed $$v$$ from a point $$h$$ meters above the ground. The time taken for the ball to strike the ground is
  • $$\dfrac{v}{g}\left [1+\sqrt{1+\dfrac{2hg}{v^{2}}} \right ]$$
  • $$\dfrac{v}{g}\left [1-\sqrt{1-\dfrac{2hg}{v^{2}}} \right ]$$
  • $$\dfrac{v}{g}\left [1-\sqrt{1+\dfrac{2hg}{v^{2}}} \right ]$$
  • $$\dfrac{v}{g}\left [{2+\dfrac{2hg}{v^{2}}} \right ]$$
A balloon starts rising from the ground with an acceleration of $$1.25 \;ms^{-2}$$, After $$8$$ seconds, a stone is released from the balloon, The stone will 
$$(g=10\;ms^{-2})$$
  • cover a distance of 40 m in reaching the ground.
  • have a displaceent of 50 m
  • reach the ground in 4 second
  • begin to move down after being released
A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The ball takes $$0.5$$ s to fall past the $$3$$ m length of a window at certain distance from the top of the building. 
($$g=10\;m/s^{2}$$)
How far is the top of the window from the point at which the ball was dropped ?
  • $$0.5$$ m
  • $$0.5225$$ m
  • $$0.6125$$ m
  • $$0.8$$ m
A stone is dropped from the $$16^{th}$$ storey of a multistoried building reaches the ground in $$4$$ seconds. The no. of storeys travelled by the stone in $$2^{nd}$$ second is
  • 4
  • 3
  • 5
  • 2
A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The ball takes $$0.5$$ s to fall past the $$3$$ m length of a window at certain distance from the top of the building.  Time of travel above the window is (Take $$g=10\;m/s^{2}$$)
  • 0.5 s
  • 0.25 s
  • 0.35 s
  • 0.75 s
A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The ball takes $$0.5s$$ to fall past the window of $$3m$$ in length at certain distance from the top of the building. ($$g=10m/s^{2}$$) How fast was the ball going as it passed the bottom of the window?
  • 3.5 $$ms^{-1}$$
  • 8.5 $$ms^{-1}$$
  • 5 $$ms^{-1}$$
  • 12 $$ms^{-1}$$
A body falls from a height of $$200$$ m. If gravitational attraction ceases after $$2$$ s, further time taken by it to reach the ground is ($$g=10 \;ms^{-2}$$)
  • $$5\ s$$
  • $$9\ s$$
  • $$13\ s$$
  • $$17\ s$$
A body thrown vertically up with a velocity $$u$$ reaches the maximum height $$h$$ after $$T$$ seconds.Which of the following statements is correct?
  • At a height $$\frac{h}{2}$$ from the ground its velocity is $$\frac{u}{2}$$
  • At a time T its velocity is $$u$$
  • At a time 2T its velocity is $$-u$$
  • At a time 2T its velocity is $$\frac{u}{2}$$
A juggler throws up balls at regular intervals of time. Each ball takes $$ 2\ s$$ to reach the highest position. If the first ball is in the highest position by the time the fifth one starts, then the separation between the first and the second balls is
  • 1.225m
  • 2.45m
  • 4.9m
  • 3.8m
A bag is dropped from a helicopter rising vertically at a constant speed of $$2$$ $$m/s$$. The distance between the two after $$2$$ s is (Given $$g=9.8m/s^2$$)
  • $$4.9\ m$$
  • $$19.6\ m$$
  • $$29.4\ m$$
  • $$39.2\ m$$
A body throws balls vertically upwards. He throws one, while the previous one is at its highest point. Maximum height reached by a ball if he throws one ball each per second at uniform speed is
  • $$19.6m$$
  • $$9.8m$$
  • $$4.9m$$
  • $$2.45m$$
A body thrown up with a velocity of 98 m/s reaches a point P in its path 7 second after projection. Since its projection it comes back to the same position after:
  • 13s
  • 14s
  • 6s
  • 22s
A particle is projected vertically up and another is let fall to meet at the same instant. If they have velocities equal in magnitude when they meet, the distances travelled by them are in the ratio
  • 1:1
  • 1:2
  • 3:1
  • 2:2
A ball of mass $$100$$ gm is projected vertically upwards from the ground with a velocity of $$49$$ $$m/s$$. At the same time another identical ball is dropped from a height of $$98$$ m. After some time the two bodies collide. When they collide, their velocities are (Given $$g=9.8\; m/s^2$$)
  • 29.4 m/s upwards, 29.4 m/s downwards
  • 29.4 m/s upwards, 19.6 m/s downwards
  • 19.6 m/s upwards, 19.6 m/s downwards
  • None
A body projected up with a speed $$u$$ took $$T$$ seconds to reach the maximum height $$H$$. Pick out the correct statement
  • It reaches $$\dfrac{H}{2}$$ in $$\dfrac {T}{2}$$s
  • It acquires velocity $$\dfrac{u}{2}$$ in $$\dfrac{T}{2}$$s
  • Its velocity is $$\dfrac{u}{2}$$ at $$\dfrac{H}{2}$$
  • Same velocity at $$2T$$s
From the top of a tower $$36$$ m high, a body is dropped and at the same time another body is projected vertically upward from the ground. If they meet midway, find the initial velocity of the projected body and its velocity when the two bodies come together
  • $$5\sqrt{6}m, 0\ m/s$$
  • $$\dfrac{42}{\sqrt{5}}m,0\ m/s$$
  • $$6\sqrt{6}m , 2\ m/s$$
  • $$8\sqrt{6}m, 4.5\ m/s$$
A rocket is fired and ascends with constant vertical acceleration of $$10m/s^{2}$$ for 1 minute. Its fuel is exhausted and it continues as a free particle.The maximum altitude reached is ($$g=10m/s^{2}$$)
  • 18 km
  • 36 km
  • 72 km
  • 108km
A stone projected vertically up from the ground reaches a height $$y$$ in its path at $$t_{1}$$ seconds and after further $$t_{2}$$ seconds reaches the ground. The height $$y$$ is equal to
  • $$\frac{1}{2}g(t_{1}+t_{2})$$
  • $$\frac{1}{2}g(t_{1}+t_{2})^{2}$$
  • $$\frac{1}{2}gt_{1}t_{2}$$
  • $$g t_{1}t_{2}$$
A paper weight is dropped from the roof of a block of multistorey flats, each storey being $$3$$ meters high. It passes the ceiling of the $$20^{th}$$ storey at $$30$$ $$m/s$$. If $$g = 10  m/ s^{2}$$, how many storey does the flat have?
  • 25
  • 30
  • 35
  • 40
A body is thrown vertically up to reach its maximum height in $$t$$ seconds. The total time from the time of projection to reach a point at half of its maximum height while returning ( in seconds ) is
  • $$\sqrt{2}t $$
  • $$\left [ 1+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \right ]t$$
  • $$\dfrac{3t}{2}$$
  • $$\dfrac{t}{\sqrt{2}}$$
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