An aeroplane is moving with a velocity u. It drops a packet from a height h. The time t taken by the packet in reaching the ground will be

  • 2gh

  • 2ug

  • h2g

  • 2hg 

An aeroplane is moving with horizontal velocity u at height h. The velocity of a packet dropped from it on the earth's surface will be (g is acceleration due to gravity) 

  • u2+2gh

  • 2gh

  • 2 gh

  • u22gh 

A bullet is fired with a speed of 1000  m/sec in order to hit a target 100 m away. If g=10  m/s2, the gun should be aimed:

  • Directly towards the target

  • 5 cm above the target

  • 10 cm above the target

  • 15 cm above the target

A body sliding on a smooth inclined plane requires 4 seconds to reach the bottom starting from the rest at the top. How much time does it take to cover one-fourth distance starting from the rest at the top? 

  • 1 s

  • 2 s

  • 4 s

  • 16 s

The time taken by a block of wood (initially at rest) to slide down a smooth inclined plane 9.8 m long (angle of inclination is 30°) is:

             

  • 12sec

  • 2 sec

  • 4 sec

  • 1 sec

A ball is dropped from the top of a tower of 100m height. Simultaneously another ball is thrown upwards from the bottom of the tower with a speed of 50 m/s (g=10m/s2). They will cross each other after:

  • 1 s

  • 2 s

  • 3 s

  • 4 s

Read the assertion and reason carefully to mark the correct option out of the options given below:

(5) If assertion is false but reason is true.

Assertion : Rocket in flight is not an illustration of projectile.

Reason : Rocket takes flight due to combustion of fuel and does not move under the gravity effect alone.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

  • If assertion is true but reason is false.

  • If the assertion and reason both are false.

If the body is moving in a circle of radius r with a constant speed v, its angular velocity is:

  •  v/r

  •  r/v

  •  v2/r

  •  vr

Two racing cars of masses m1 and m2 are moving in circles of radii r1 and r2 respectively. Their speeds are such that each makes a complete circle in the same duration of time t. The ratio of the angular speed of the first to the second car is 

  • m1 : m2

  • r1 : r2

  • 1 : 1

  • m1 r1 : m2 r2

If a particle moves in a circle describing equal angles in equal times, its velocity vector:

  • remains constant.

  • changes in magnitude.

  • changes in direction.

  • changes both in magnitude and direction.

A motorcyclist going round in a circular track at a constant speed has:

  • constant linear velocity.

  • constant acceleration.

  • constant angular velocity.

  • constant force.

A particle P is moving in a circle of radius ‘a’ with a uniform speed v. C is the centre of the circle and AB is a diameter. When passing through B the angular velocity of P about A and C are in the ratio 

  • 1 : 1

  • 1 : 2

  • 2 : 1

  • 4 : 1

A particle moves with constant angular velocity in a circle. During the motion its

  • Energy is conserved

  • Momentum is conserved

  • Energy and momentum both are conserved

  • None of the above is conserved

Two bodies of mass 10 kg and 5 kg moving in concentric orbits of radii R and r such that their periods are the same. Then the ratio between their centripetal acceleration is 

  • R/r

  • r/R

  • R2/r2

  • r2/R2

A particle is moving in a horizontal circle with constant speed. It has constant 

  • Velocity

  • Acceleration

  • Kinetic energy

  • Displacement

The angular speed of a flywheel making 120 revolutions/minute is: 

  • 2π  rad/s

  • 4π2  rad/s

  • π  rad/s

  • 4π  rad/s

Certain neutron stars are believed to be rotating at about 1 rev/sec. If such a star has a radius of 20 km, the acceleration of an object on the equator of the star will be 

  • 20×108m/sec2

  • 8×105m/sec2

  • 120×105m/sec2

  • 4×108m/sec2

An electric fan has blades of length 30 cm as measured from the axis of rotation. If the fan is rotating at 1200 r.p.m, the acceleration of a point on the tip of the blade is about

  • 1600 m/sec2

  • 4740 m/sec2

  • 2370 m/sec2

  • 5055 m/sec2

The angular speed of seconds needle in a mechanical watch is:

  • π30 rad/s

  • rad/s

  • π rad/s

  • 60π rad/s

What is the value of linear velocity if ω=3i^4j^+k^ and r=5i^6j^+6k^ 

  • 6i^+2j^3k^

  • 18i^13j^+2k^

  • 4i^13j^+6k^

  • 6i^2j^+8k^

A particle moves with constant speed v along a circular path of radius r and completes the circle in time T. The acceleration of the particle is:

  • 2πv/T

  • 2πr/T

  • 2πr2/T

  • 2πv2/T

If the range of a gun that fires a shell with muzzle speed v is R, then the angle of elevation of the gun is 

  •  cos1v2Rg

  • cos1gRv2

  • 12v2Rg

  • 12sin1gRv2

In 1.0 s, a particle goes from point A to point B, moving in a semicircle of radius 1.0 m (see figure). The magnitude of the average velocity is 

  • 3.14 m/s

  • 2.0 m/s

  • 1.0 m/s

  • Zero

A stone ties to the end of a string 1m long is whirled in a horizontal circle with a constant speed. If the stone makes 22 revolution in 44 seconds, what is the magnitude and direction of acceleration of the stone 

  • π24ms2and direction along the radius towards the centre

  • π2ms2 and direction along the radius away from the centre

  • π2ms2 and direction along the radius towards the centre

  • π2ms2 and direction along the tangent to the circle

If the equation for the displacement of a particle moving on a circular path is given by (θ)=2t3+0.5, where θ is in radians and t in seconds, then the angular velocity of the particle after 2 sec from its start is:

  • 8 rad/sec

  • 12 rad/sec

  • 24 rad/sec

  • 36 rad/sec

For a particle in a non-uniform accelerated circular motion 

  • Velocity is radial and acceleration is transverse only

  • Velocity is transverse and acceleration is radial only

  • Velocity is radial and acceleration has both radial and transverse components

  • Velocity is transverse and acceleration has both radial and transverse components

The coordinates of a moving particle at any time ‘t’ are given by x = αt3 and y = βt3. The speed of the particle at time ‘t’ is given by:

  • α2+β2

  • 3tα2+β2

  • 3t2α2+β2

  • t2α2+β2

The figure shows a body of mass m moving with a uniform speed v along a circle of radius r. The change in velocity in going from A to B is:

  • v2

  • v/2

  • v

  • zero

A particle moves in a circular path with decreasing speed. Choose the correct statement. 

  • Angular momentum remains constant

  • Acceleration (a) is towards the center

  • Particle moves in a spiral path with decreasing radius

  • The direction of angular momentum remains constant

The angle turned by a body undergoing circular motion depends on time as θ=θ0+θ1t+θ2t2. Then the angular acceleration of the body is 

  • θ1

  • θ2

  • 1

  • 2

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