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A body projected vertically upwards with a certain speed from top of a tower, reaches the ground in time If it is projected vertically downwards with same speed from same point, it reach the ground in the time Time required for it to reach the ground if it dropped from the same point and projected horizontally with same speed, respectively are
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Correct option: D
The correct answer is D () because the time to fall when dropped is the geometric mean of the times when projected upwards and downwards, and the time for horizontal projection is the same as dropping.
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The ball is projected up from ground with speed 30 m/sec. What is the average velocity for time 0 to 4 sec?
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Correct option: A
10 m/sec
Option A (10 m/sec) is correct because it is calculated by finding the displacement of the ball after 4 seconds and dividing it by the time interval.
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Assertion: The slope of the velocity-time graph for an object in uniform motion is zero.
Reason: The velocity-time graph for uniform motion is parallel to velocity-axis.
Reason: The velocity-time graph for uniform motion is parallel to velocity-axis.
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Correct option: C
If assertion is true, but reason is false.
Option C is correct because the slope of a velocity-time graph represents acceleration, which is zero for uniform motion, but the graph is parallel to the time-axis, not the velocity-axis.
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A car moving on straight path, travels first half of distance with speed and another half of distance with speed , then average speed of the journey is
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it calculates the average speed considering different speeds over equal distances.
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A wheel covers a distance of in 2000 revolutions. The diameter of the wheel is
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because it is calculated using the relationship between distance, number of revolutions, and circumference of the wheel.
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In the above question, the nearest distance between the two persons is
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Correct option: C
8 m
Option C (8 m) is correct because it represents the minimum distance calculated by minimizing the distance function with respect to time.
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For motion of an object along -axis, the velocity depends on the position as , where is in . The acceleration of the object at will be
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Correct option: B
Option B () is correct because it is the result of applying the chain rule to find acceleration as and evaluating at .
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The co-ordinates of a moving particle any time “” are given by The speed of the particle at time
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Correct option: C
Option C () is correct because the speed is found by differentiating the position functions with respect to time and then finding the magnitude of the velocity vector at t=2.
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A stone thrown vertically upwards with a speed of attains a height . Another stone thrown upwards from the same point with speed of attains a height . The correct relation between and is:
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because the maximum height is proportional to the square of the initial velocity, and the second stone's initial velocity is twice that of the first.
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A stone is thrown with an initial speed of 4.9 m/s from a bridge in vertically upward direction. It falls down in water after 2 sec. The height of the bridge is
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Correct option: B
9.8 m
The correct answer is B (9.8 m). The height of the bridge is calculated using the kinematic equation for vertical motion under gravity, considering the initial upward velocity and the total time of flight.
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The displacement x of a particle varies with time according
to the relation ) . Then select the false alternative.
to the relation ) . Then select the false alternative.
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Correct option: D
The particle will not come back to its starting point at
Option D (The particle will not come back to its starting point at ) is correct because as t approaches infinity, x approaches a/b, which is not the starting point (x=0).
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A particle is moving along -axis whose acceleration is given by , where is the location of the particle. At , the particle is at rest at . The distance travelled by the particle in 5 seconds is
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Correct option: A
zero
Option A (zero) is correct because the particle starts at rest with zero acceleration, so it remains at rest and travels no distance.
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A body moves in straight line with velocity for time and for remaining time with . Find average velocity.
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the weighted average of the velocities based on the time intervals.
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A particle travels 80 m with 5 m/s velocity, later it
continuous to travel 20 m in 9 sec. Find average
velocity
continuous to travel 20 m in 9 sec. Find average
velocity
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Correct option: D
4 m/s
Option D (4 m/s) is correct because the average velocity is calculated by dividing the total displacement by the total time.
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A particle moves in straight line with velocity and for time intervals which are in ratio Find average velocity.
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the average velocity calculated considering the time intervals.
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A Body moves 6 m north. 8 m east and 10 m vertically upwards, what is its resultant displacement from initial position
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it calculates the magnitude of the resultant displacement vector using the Pythagorean theorem in 3D.
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A particle starts from rest with constant acceleration. The ratio of magnitude of displacement in second to that of in second, is
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Correct option: D
Option D is correct because the ratio of displacement in the nth second to that in n seconds is (2/n - 1/n²), derived from kinematic equations.
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A ball dropped from a point falls down vertically to , through the midpoint . The descending time from to and that from to are in the ratio
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Correct option: D
Option D () is correct because the time taken is proportional to the square root of the distance.
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The relation between and distance is where and are constants. Express the instantaneous acceleration in terms of instantaneous velocity.
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the result of differentiating the given relation with respect to time and expressing acceleration in terms of velocity.
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A body is thrown up with a velocity . It travels in the last second of its journey. If the same body is throw up with a velocity , how much distance (in metre will it travel in the last second ?
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Correct option: A
5 m
Option A (5 m) is correct because the distance traveled in the last second of upward motion is independent of the initial velocity and depends only on gravity.
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Two bodies of different masses are dropped simultaneously from the top of a tower. If air resistance is proportional to the mass of the body. Then
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Correct option: C
Both the bodies reach the ground simultaneously
Option C is correct because if air resistance is proportional to the mass, the effective acceleration is the same for both bodies, leading to simultaneous arrival.
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Assertion : position-time graph of a body moving uniformly in a straight line parallel to position axis. Says body is at rest.
Reason : The slope of position-time graph in a uniform motion gives the velocity of an object.
Reason : The slope of position-time graph in a uniform motion gives the velocity of an object.
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Correct option: C
Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
Option D (Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct) is correct because a position-time graph parallel to the position axis indicates infinite velocity, and the slope of a position-time graph gives the velocity.
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The relative velocity or of two bodies and may be
I. greater than velocity of body A
II. greater than velocity of body B
III. less than the velocity of body A
IV. less than the velocity of body B
I. greater than velocity of body A
II. greater than velocity of body B
III. less than the velocity of body A
IV. less than the velocity of body B
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Correct option: D
I, II, III and IV
Option D (I, II, III and IV) is correct because the relative velocity can be greater or less than the individual velocities depending on the direction of motion.
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From the top of tower, a particle is thrown vertically downwards with a velocity of . The ratio of the distances covered by it in the 3rd and 2nd seconds of the motion is : (Take ) :
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Correct option: B
0.295138889
Option B (07:05) is correct because it is the ratio of distances calculated using the formula for distance covered in the nth second.
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The area under acceleration-time graph gives
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Correct option: C
Change in velocity
Option C (Change in velocity) is correct because the area under the acceleration-time graph represents the integral of acceleration with respect to time, which is the change in velocity.
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Assertion: The average speed of a body over a given interval of time is equal to the average velocity of the body in the same interval of time if a body moves in a straight line in one direction.
Reason: Because in this case distance travelled by a body is equal to the displacement of the body.
Reason: Because in this case distance travelled by a body is equal to the displacement of the body.
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Correct option: A
If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
Option A is correct because when a body moves in a straight line in one direction, the distance traveled equals the displacement, making average speed and average velocity equal.
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A stone is dropped from a rising balloon at a height of above the ground and reaches the ground in . What was the velocity of the balloon when the stone was dropped? [Take ]
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Correct option: A
upwards
Option A (52/3 m/s upwards) is correct because it is the initial upward velocity of the stone calculated using the kinematic equation with the given height, time, and acceleration due to gravity.
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The location of a particle has changed. What can we say about the displacement and the distance covered by the particle?
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Correct option: A
Neither can be zero
Option A (Neither can be zero) is correct because if the location of a particle has changed, it must have covered some distance and undergone some displacement.
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The displacement of the particle varies with time according to the relation Then the velocity of the particle is
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Correct option: A
Option A () is correct because it is the derivative of the given displacement function with respect to time, representing the particle's velocity.
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For a body moving with relativistic speed, if the velocity is doubled, then
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Correct option: C
Its linear momentum will be more than double
Option C (Its linear momentum will be more than double) is correct because at relativistic speeds, both velocity and relativistic mass increase when velocity is doubled, leading to a more than double increase in momentum.
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