FIITJEE Bhilai Centre Class XII Revision

PHYSICS - TOPIC: Kinematics of Circular Motion

1. When a particle is moving along a circular path with uniform speed, it has
a) Radial velocity and tangential acceleration b) Radial velocity and tangential acceleration
c) Tangential velocity and radial acceleration d) Tangential velocity and transverse acceleration

2. A car is moving on a circular track of radius 400m. At a certain instant, its speed is 40m/s and speed is increasing at a rate
of 3m/s2. The magnitude of acceleration of the car at this instant is
a) 4m/s2 b) 7m/s2 c) 5m/s2 d)3m/s2

3. A point traversed half a circle of radius R during the interval T. If the point moved with constant tangential acceleration,
the modulus of mean acceleration in the interval T is
a) 2R/T2 b) 2R/T2 c) R/T2 d) R/T2

4. Starting from rest a particle rotates in a circle of radius R= m with an angular acceleration rad/s2. The magnitude
of average velocity of the particle over the time it rotates quarter circle is
a) 1.5 m/s b) 2 m/s c) 1 m/s d) 1.25 m/s

5. A particle moves in a circle having radius r=20 m with a constant tangential acceleration of 5m/s 2. The time in which the
normal acceleration of the particle equals the tangential acceleration is
a) 4 s b) 1 s c) 3 s d) 2 s

6. The kinetic energy K of a particle moving along a circle of radius R depends on the distance covered s as K=as2. The force
acting on the particle is
a) b) ( ) c) 2as d)

7. Particle A moves with 4m/s along positive y-axis and particle B is circle x2+y2=4 (anticlockwise) with constant angular
velocity = 2 rad/s. At time t=0, particle B is at (2m,0). Then
a) magnitude of relative velocity between them at time t is (8sin2t) c) both a) and b) are correct
b) magnitude of relative velocity between them is maximum at t= s d) both a) and b) are wrong

8. A particle is projected from ground at an angle of 60o with the horizontal with speed u=20m/s. The radius of curvature of
the path of the particle when its velocity makes an angle of 30o with horizontal is
a) 10.6 m b) 12.8 m c) 15.4m d) 24.2m

9. Two particles p and Q are moving as shown. At this moment of time, angular speed of P w.r.t.
Q is
a) 1 rad/s b) 2 rad/s c) 5 rad/s d) 4 rad/s

10. Velocity and acceleration of a particle at some instant of time are = m/s and = m/s2. Then the speed
of the particle is . At a rate of m/s2.
a) increasing, 2 b) decreasing, 2 c) increasing, 4 d) decreasing, 4

11. A stone is projected with a speed of 100 m/s at an angle of 53o with the horizontal. After 3.5 s, its centripetal acceleration is
a) 8 m/s2 b) 6 m/s2 c) 2 m/s2 d) Zero

12. A ball is projected with speed m/s at angle 45o with horizontal. The angular velocity of the particle at the highest
point of its journey about the point of projection is
a) 0.1 rad/s b) 0.2 rad/s c) 0.3 rad/s d) 0.4 rad/s

Ques 13:14 Velocity of a particle moving in a curvilinear path is m/s. Here, t is in second. At t = 1 s.
13. The tangential acceleration of particle is
a. m/s2 b. m/s2 c. m/s2 d. m/s2

14. The normal acceleration of particle is

a. m/s2 b. m/s2 c. m/s2 d. m/s2

Ques 1:3 From a certain tower of unknown height, it was found that maximum range at a projection
speed of 10m/s was obtained at an angle of 30o above the horizontal as shown. Answer the following
questions. Take g=10m/s2.
1. What is the range of this projectile (R)?
a) 10m b) 20m c) m d) 5m
2. The time of flight for this projectile is
a) 3 s b) 2 s c) 1 s d) 2.5 s

3. Height of the tower is

a) 20m b) 5m c) 10m d) 15m

Relative Motion between Projectiles

1. A particle is projected at an angle of 60o with speed m/s from the point A as shown
in the figure. At the same time the wedge is made to move with speed m/s towards
right as shown in the figure. Then the time after which the particle will strike the wedge is
a) 2 s b) s c) s d) none of these

2. Two particles A and B are projected from ground towards each other with speeds
10m/s and m/s at angles 30o and 45o with horizontal from two points separated by a
distance of 15m. Will they collide or not?

3. Two particles A and B are projected simultaneously in the directions as shown in the figure with velocities V a =20m/s
and Vb =10m/s respectively. They collide in air after 0.5 s. Find the angle and b) the distance x.

4. Balls A and B are thrown from two points lying on the same horizontal plane separated by
a distance of 120m. Which of the following statements are correct
a) the balls can never meet
b) the balls can meet if the ball B is thrown 1 sec later
c) the balls can meet if the balls are thrown at the same time
d) two balls can meet only at a height of 45m.

5. Two particles are projected from same point on the ground simultaneously with speeds 20m/s and m/s at angles 30o

and 60o with the horizontal in the same direction. The maximum distance between them till both of them strikes the ground
is approximately (g=10m/s2)
a) 23.1 m b) c) 30.2 m d) 10.4 m

6. Two particles A and B are projected simultaneously from a point situated on a horizontal plane. The particle A is
projected vertically upwards with a velocity Va while the particle B is projected at an angle of 30o with the horizontal with
the velocity Vb. After 5 seconds the particles were observed moving mutually perpendicular to each other. The velocity of
projection of particles A and B are
a) 50m/s, 100m/s
b) 100m/s , 50m/s
c) Va can have any value greater than 25m/s, 100m/s
d) None of these

7. Two projectiles A and B are fired simultaneously as shown in the figure. They collide
in air at point P at time t. Then
a) t(u1cos1-u2 cos1)=20
b) t(u1sin1-u2 sin1)=10
c) Both a and b are correct
d) Both a and b are wrong