In a uniform circular motion:

  • Velocity and acceleration remain constant.

  • Kinetic energy remains constant.

  • Speed and acceleration changes.

  • Only velocity changes, acceleration remains constant.

If a body is accelerating, then;

  • it must speed up.

  • it may move at the same speed.

  • it may move with the same velocity.

  • it must slow down.

Compared to an ideal projectile motion under gravity, which of the following is incorrect regarding another projectile motion in which air-friction is also considered?

  • Time of flight decreases.

  • The decrease in the horizontal component of velocity continuously.

  • Angle with horizontal is less at the time of striking the ground compared to the angle of projection with horizontal.

  • Angle with vertical is less at the time of striking the ground with respect to the angle of projection with vertical.

Two balls are projected to acquire same range with the same initial speed u but at different angles of projection. If maximum height acquired by balls are H1 and H2, then (H1 + H2) is: (angle of projection of one projectile is θ)

  •  tan2 θ

  • cot2 θ

  • u22g

  • tan θ

At the highest point of trajectory in the ground to the ground projectile, the angle between gravitational acceleration and momentum is

  • 30°

  • 45°

  • 90°

  • Data insufficient

5 people are standing at the vertices of a regular pentagon of side a. Each person moves towards the person standing at the adjacent corner with the same speed v. Then the persons:

  • Meet at the center of the pentagon at a time t = av1 - cos 60°.

  • Meet at the center of pentagon after covering a distance = a1 - cos 72°.

  • Never meet.

  • Meet at the center of pentagon after time av.

A particle revolves in a horizontal circle with decreasing velocity. The angle between instantaneous velocity and instantaneous acceleration of the particle at an instant is

  • < 90°

  • > 90°

  • = 90°

  • 90°

Two projectiles are thrown horizontally from a high cliff in the opposite direction with the same speed 20 m/ s simultaneously. At what time velocities of both particles become perpendicular?

  • 22 s

  • 2 s

  • 4 s

  • 42 s

The equation of the trajectory of a projectile is given as y = 4x - 14x2. The range of the projectile is:

  • 1 m

  • 32 m

  • 16 m

  • 48 m

A cannon can give a maximum speed of 70 m/s to bombs. The maximum distance up to which cannon projects a bomb is (g = 10 m/s2)

  • 490 m

  • 245 m

  • 100 m

  • 300 m

A man is running horizontally at a velocity of 6 m/s while rain is falling vertically at 6 m/s. The rain strikes the man with a speed of

  • 62 m/s

  • 33 m/s

  • 6 m/s

  • 18 m/s

A man wants to cross a river 600 m wide flowing at 8 m/s in the shortest time. Man has a speed of 6 m/ s in still water. What is the path length covered by the man in the river?

  • Infinite

  • 1 km

  • 100 m

  • 1000 cm

The trajectory of a projectile in the vertical plane is y = ax - bx2 where a and b are constants, x and y are horizontal and vertical displacements from point of projection. The angle of projection from the horizontal is

  •   tan-1 ab

  •   tan-1 b

  •   tan-1 ba

  •   tan-1 a

A shell is fired vertically upward with a velocity of 20 m/s from a trolley moving horizontally with a velocity of 10 m/s. A person on the ground observes the motion of the shell-like a parabola whose horizontal range is: (g = 10 m/s2)

  • 20 m

  • 10 m

  • 40 m

  • 400 m

A car is moving at a speed of 30 m/s on a horizontal circular track of radius of 300 m. This speed is increasing at a rate of 4 m/s2. Total acceleration of the car is:

  • 5 m/s2

  • 7 m/s2

  • 1 m/s2

  • 3 m/s2

A particle is moving along a circular path of radius a with constant angular velocity ω. The magnitude of displacement of the particle as a function of time t is:

  •   a cos ωt

  •   a cos ωt2

  •   a sin ωt2

  •   2a sin ωt2

A projectile starts with speed u at an angle θ from the horizontal ground. The average velocity of the projectile between the point of projection and the point of arrival on the ground is:

  • usinθ

  • 2usinθ

  • ucosθ

  • 2ucosθ

A projectile is thrown with speed 50 m/s at an angle 53° with the horizontal. Taking horizontal as x-axis and vertical as y-axis, the equation of trajectory of the projectile is

  • 180y = 140x - x2

  • 180y = 240x - x2

  • 180y = 90x - 2x2

  • 180y = 80x - 3x2

Time of flight of a body dropped from a height H is T. If another body is projected horizontally with speed v from the same height, then its time of flight will be:

  •   T

  •   T+Hv

  •   T-Hv

  •   T2+H2v2

The vertical component of the velocity of a projectile from the ground is 40 m/s and its velocity at the highest point is 30 m/s. The horizontal range of the projectile is:

  • 120 m

  • 1200 m

  • 240 m

  • 2400 m

Two particles are thrown for same horizontal range R with the same initial speed (u), however, their times of flight are T1 and T2 respectively. Which of the following is correct if maximum heights attained by them are H1 and H2 respectively?

  •   T12 + T22 = 2ug

  •   T1T2 = 2Rg

  •   H1H2 = T1T22

  • All of these

In the given diagram shown for a projectile, what is the angle of projection?

                           

  •   tan-14

  •   tan-183

  •   tan-143

  •   tan-153

A body is executing uniform circular motion in a circle of radius 100 m at speed 10 m/s. Acceleration of the body is :

  • Zero

  • 2 m/s2

  • 1 m/s2

  • 5 m/s2

A particle started revolving from rest with a constant angular acceleration α in a circular path of radius r. If centripetal acceleration becomes numerically equal to tangential acceleration at time t, then t is equal to:

  •   t = 1α

  •   t = 1α2

  •   t = 1α

  •   t = α

Balls A and B are thrown simultaneously from two points lying on the same horizontal plane separated by a distance 120 m. Path of A w.rt. B is

                               

  • Parabola

  • Hyperbola

  • Circle

  • Straight line

Which of the following is the angle between velocity and acceleration of a body in uniform circular motion?

  • 30°

  • 45°

  • 60°

  • 90°

A man wants to cross a river of width 500 m in the minimum distance. The rowing speed of man relative to water is 3 km/h and river flows with speed 2 km/h. The time taken by the man to cross the river

  • 26 minute

  • 63 minute

  • 25 minute

  • 65 minute

A person is rotating in a horizontal circle of radius 7 m. Find the period of rotation for which the acceleration is equal to 3g.

  • 2.6 s

  • 2.8 s

  • 3.1 s

  • 4.3 s

A man can row a boat with a speed of 10 kmph in still water. The river flows at 6 kmph. If he crosses the river from one bank to the other along the shortest possible path, time taken to cross the river of width 1 km is:

  • 1/8 h

  • 1/4 h

  • 1/2 h

  • 1 h

A bus is going to the North at a speed of 30 kmph. It makes a 90° left turn without changing the speed. The change in the velocity of the bus is:

  • 30 kmph towards W

  • 30 kmph towards S-W

  • 42.4 kmph towards S-W

  • 42.4 kmph towards N-W

0:0:1


Answered Not Answered Not Visited Correct : 0 Incorrect : 0

Practice Physics Quiz Questions and Answers