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A man is sitting in a train which is moving with a velocity of . His speed with respect to the train is:
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Correct option: D
Zero
Option D (Zero) is correct because the man is sitting still relative to the train, so his speed relative to the train is zero.
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Two ends of a train moving at constant acceleration pass a point with speed of and respectively. The speed with which middle point of the train passes the same point is (approximately)
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because the speed at the midpoint is calculated using the equation .
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A stone dropped from a building of height h and it reaches after t seconds on earth. From the same building if two stones are thrown (one upwards and other downwards) with the same velocity u and they reach the earth surface after and seconds respectively, then
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it represents the geometric mean of the times when the stones are thrown upwards and downwards, derived from kinematic equations.
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Which of the following statements is not correct?
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Correct option: C
The sign of acceleration tells us whether the particles speed is increasing or decreasing
Option C is correct because the sign of acceleration only indicates the direction of the acceleration vector, not whether the speed is increasing or decreasing.
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Two spheres of same size, one of mas 2 kg and another of mass 4 kg, are dropped simultaneously from the top of Qutub Minar (height =72m). When they are 1 m above the ground, the two spheres have the same
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Correct option: D
Acceleration
Option D is correct. Acceleration due to gravity is independent of the mass of the object. Therefore, both spheres will have the same acceleration.
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A particle moving along a straight line has a velocity , when it cleared a distance of y metre. These two are connected by the relation . When its velocity is 1 , its acceleration (in )is
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the acceleration is calculated using and substituting the given velocity.
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A stone is thrown vertically upward with a speed of . (a) Find the maximum height reached by the stone. (b) Find its velocity one second before it reaches the maximum height?
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Correct option: D
40 m; 9.87 m/s
Option D (40 m; 9.87 m/s) is correct because it calculates the maximum height using kinematics and the velocity one second before reaching that height.
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A body of mass has an initial velocity of along and it is subjected to an acceleration of in Y-direction. The distance of the body from origin after will be
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is the magnitude of the displacement vector after 4 seconds, calculated using kinematic equations.
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Two bodies of different masses are dropped from heights of 16 m and 25 m respectively. The ratio of the time taken by them to reach the ground is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the time taken to reach the ground is proportional to the square root of the height, and the ratio is calculated accordingly.
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Select the incorrect statements from the following
S1 : Average velocity is path length divided by time interval
S2 : In general, speed is greater than the magnitude of the velocity
S3 : A particle moving in a given direction with a non-zero velocity can have zero speed
S4 : The magnitude of average velocity is the average speed
S1 : Average velocity is path length divided by time interval
S2 : In general, speed is greater than the magnitude of the velocity
S3 : A particle moving in a given direction with a non-zero velocity can have zero speed
S4 : The magnitude of average velocity is the average speed
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Correct option: C
S1, S3 and S4
Option C (S1, S3 and S4) is correct because average velocity is displacement divided by time, a particle with non-zero velocity cannot have zero speed, and the magnitude of average velocity is not always the average speed.
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A body is moving from rest under constant acceleration and let be the displacement in the first (P-1) sec and be the displacement in the first P sec. The displacement in see will be
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the displacement in the second is the sum of the displacements in the first (P-1) sec and the first P sec.
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A driver takes 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 and the brakes cause a deceleration of , find the distance travelled by the car after he sees the need to put the brakes on.
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Correct option: A
25.5 m
Option A (25.5 m) is correct because it accounts for both the distance traveled during the reaction time and the distance traveled while decelerating.
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The initial velocity of a body moving along a straight line is 7 m/s. It has a uniform acceleration of . The distance covered by the body in the second of its motion is
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Correct option: A
25 m
Option A (25 m) is correct because it is calculated using the formula for the distance covered in the nth second of motion.
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Car is moving with a speed of on a two lane road. Two cars and , each moving with a speed of in opposite directions on the other lane are approaching car A. At certain instant of time, when the distance , the driver of car decides to overtake before does. What must be the minimum acceleration of car , so as to avoid an accident ?
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the minimum acceleration required for car B to overtake car A before car C reaches car A.
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A particle moves along a straight line such that its position x at any time t is . Where x in metre and t is in second, then
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Correct option: D
Both (1) and (2) are correct
Option D (Both (1) and (2) are correct) is correct because at t=0, the acceleration is 12 m/s², and the x-t curve has a maximum at t=4 s.
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Two bodies one held directly above the other are released simultaneously from the large height and both fall freely under the gravity. The separation between the bodies just after will be
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Correct option: B
Option B is correct because the separation between the two bodies remains constant at 100 cm as they fall under gravity.
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The velocity of a body at a given instant of time during motion is:
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Correct option: C
Instantaneous velocity
Option C is correct. Instantaneous velocity is defined as the limit of the average velocity as the time interval approaches zero.
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Two trains travelling on the same track are approaching each other with equal speeds of . The drivers of the trains begin to decelerate simultaneously when they are just 2 km apart. If the decelerations are both uniform and equal, then the value of deceleration to barely avoid collision should be
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the deceleration required to avoid collision, calculated using kinematics.
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If position vector of a particle at time is , then
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Correct option: A
Particle is moving with constant velocity in straight line
The correct answer is A because the velocity vector is constant, indicating motion in a straight line with constant velocity.
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Which of the following 4 statements is false
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Correct option: B
A body can have a constant velocity and still have a varying speed
Option B is correct. A body cannot have a constant velocity and still have a varying speed because constant velocity implies both constant speed and constant direction.
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A cyclist moving on a circular track of radius 40 m completes half a revolution in 40 s. Its average velocity is
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Correct option: C
Option C (2 m/s) is correct because average velocity is calculated by dividing the displacement by the time taken, and in half a revolution, displacement is 2R.
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An object is moving with uniform acceleration. Its velocity after 5 seconds is and after 8 seconds, it is Find the distance travelled by the object in 12th second.
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Correct option: A
Option A (44.5 m) is correct because the distance travelled in the 12th second is calculated using the kinematic equations of motion with uniform acceleration.
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A body is dropped from the top of a tower clears of total height of the tower in its last second of flight. The height of the tower is
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Correct option: C
78.4 m
Option C (78.4 m) is correct because it is calculated by using the kinematic equation of motion and solving for the height of the tower.
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Assertion: For a particle, acceleration-time graph gives the velocity.
Reason: Rate of change of velocity is acceleration.
Reason: Rate of change of velocity is acceleration.
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Correct option: B
If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
Option B (If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion) is correct because while both statements are true, the reason doesn't explain why the area under the acceleration-time graph gives the change in velocity.
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A particle covers equal distance around a circular path, in equal intervals of time. Which of the following quantities connected with the motion of the particle remains constant with time?
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Correct option: C
Speed
Option C is correct because covering equal distances in equal time intervals implies constant speed.
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A ball dropped from a point crosses a point in seconds. The time taken by it to travel from Q to R, if
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because it is the time taken to travel from Q to R, calculated using kinematic equations for constant acceleration.
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Two cars A and B at rest at same point initially. If A starts with uniform velocity of 40 m/sec and B starts in the same direction with constant acceleration of , then B will catch A after how much time
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Correct option: B
20 sec
Option B (20 sec) is correct because the time is calculated by equating the distances traveled by both cars when B catches A.
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I. Particle-1 is dropped from a tower and particle-2 is projected horizontal from the same tower, then both the particles reach the ground simultaneously.
II. Both the particles strike the ground with different speeds.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
II. Both the particles strike the ground with different speeds.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
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Correct option: C
Both I and II
Option C is correct. Both particles reach the ground simultaneously because vertical motion is independent of horizontal motion, and they strike with different speeds due to the horizontal velocity component of particle-2.
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A particle moves along a straight line such that its displacement at any time t is given by metres. The velocity when the acceleration is zero is
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Correct option: B
Option B (-9 m/s⁻¹) is correct because it's the velocity calculated at the time when the acceleration is zero, found by differentiating the displacement function twice.
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A moving car possesses average velocities of 5 m/s, 10 m/s and 15 m/s. In the first, second and third seconds respectively. Then the total distance covered by the car in these 3 seconds is
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Correct option: B
30 m
Option B (30 m) is correct because it's the sum of the distances covered in each second, calculated using the average velocities.
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