MOTION IN ONE DIMENSION

1. A car travels from A to B at a speed of 20kmph and returns at a speed of 30 kmph. The average speed
of the car for the whole journey is
a) 5 kmph b) 24 kmph c) 25kmph d) 50 kmph
2. A pebble is dropped into a well of depth h. The splash is heard after time t. If c be the velocity of
sound then
gc b) c + gh c) t = c-v 2h h
a) t = d) 
2h g c
3. The variation of velocity of a particle
moving along a straight line is shown in fig.
The distance traveled by the particle in 4s is

a) 25 cm b) 30 cm c) 55 cm d) 60 cm
4. The displacement time graphs of two moving particles
make angles of 300 and 450 with the x-axis. The ratio
of the two velocities is

a) 3 : 1 b) 1 : 1 c) 1 : 2 d) 1 : 3
5. The graph of displacement – time for a
body travelling in a straight line is given.
We can conclude that

a) The velocity is b) The velocity c) The body is subjected to d) The velocity of the
constant increases uniformly acceleration from O to A body at ‘A’ is zero
6. A body starts from rest and is uniformly accelerated for 30s. The distance travelled in the first 10s is
x1 next 10s is x2 and the last 10s is x3. Then x1 : x2 : x3 is the same as
a) 1: 2: 4 b) 1:2:5 c) 1:3:5 d) 1 : 3: 9
7. A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The ball takes 0.5s to fall past the 3m length of a
window some distance from the top of the building. If the velocities of the ball at the top and at the
bottom of the window are  T and  B respectively then
a)  T +  B =12m/s b)  T -  B = 49m/s c)  T .  B =1 d)  B /  T = 1m/s
m/s
8. Two cars are moving in the same direction with a speed of 30 kmph. They are separated form each
other by 5km. Third car moving in the opposite direction meets the two cars after an interval of 4
minutes. What is the speed of the third car?
a) 30 kmph b) 35 kmph c) 40 kmph d) 45 kmph
9. The position vector of a particle in S.I units is given by r  4t 2 iˆ  3t 2 ˆj  2kˆ then the acceleration
of the particle is
a) 4m/s2 b) 3 m/s2 c) 2 m/s2 d) 10 m/s2
10. The velocity of a stone thrown vertically upwards is halved in 1.5 second. The maximum height
attained by the stone is (take g = 10 m/s2)
a) 20m b) 25 m c) 30m d) 45m
11. Two balls are dropped to the ground from different heights. One ball is dropped 2sec after the other
but they both strike the ground at the same time, 5s after the first was dropped. The difference in the
heights at which they were dropped is (given g = 10 m/s2)
a) 10m b) 20m c) 40m d) 80m
12. A stone is allowed to fall from the top of a tower 100m high and at the same time another stone is
projected vertically upwards from the ground with a velocity of 25m/s. The two stones will meet
after
a) 4s b) 0.4s c) 0.04s d) 40s
13. The displacement time graph of a moving object
is shown in fig.1. Which of the velocity time graphs
shown in fig.2 could represent the motion of the same body. fig.1
14. The graph shown in fig.1.shows the velocity V
Versus time t for a body. Which of the graphs
shown in fig.2. represents the corresponding
acceleration versus time graph

15. In the given V- T graph : the distance traveled by the body is 5sec will be.

a) 20m b) 40m c) 80m d) 100m

16. Which of the following graphs represents the distance time variation of a body
released from the top of a building

17. Fig (1) shows the acceleration – time graph

of a particle. Which of the following represents
the corresponding velocity – time graph.

18. A bus starts from rest with an acceleration of 1 m/s2. A man who is 48m behind the bus starts with a
uniform velocity of 10 m/s. The minimum time after which the man will catch the bus is
a) 4.8s b) 8s c) 10 s d) 12 s
19. A body travelling with uniform acceleration crosses two points A and B with velocities 20 m/s and
30 m/s respectively. The speed of the body at the mid point of A and B is
a) 24 m/s b) 25 m/s c) 25.5 m/s d) 106 m/s
20. Drops of water fall from the roof of a building 9m high at regular intervals of time, the first drop
reaching the ground at the same instant the fourth drop starts its fall. What are the distances of the
second and third drops from the roof?
a) 4m and 1m b) 4m and 2m c) 6m and 2m d) 6m and 3m
21. A train is moving with a velocity of 30 m/s. When the brakes are applied, it is found that the velocity
reduces to 10 m/s in 240m. When the velocity of the train is zero, the distance travelled is
a) 220m b) 240m c) 250m d) 270m
22. A ball falls freely from rest. The ratio of the distances travelled in first, second, third and fourth
second is
a) 1 : 1:1:2 b) 1:1:1:3 c) 1:2:3:4 d) 1:3:5:7
23. A body starts from rest and travels a distance x with uniform acceleration then it travels a distance 2x
with uniform speed finally it travels a distance 3x with uniform retardation and comes to rest. If the
complete motion of the particle is along a straight line, then the ratio of its average velocity to
maximum velocity is
a) 2/ 5 b) 3/5 c) 4/5 d) 6/7
24. Two bodies begin free fall from rest, from the same height 1second apart. How long after the first
body begins to fall will the two bodies be 10m apart?
a) 2s b) 3.5s c) 0.5s d) 1.5s
25. A drunkard is walking along a straight road. He takes 5 steps forward and 3 steps backward followed
by 5 steps forward and 3 steps backward and so on. Each step is 1m long and takes 1 sec. There is a
pit on the road 11m away from the starting point. The drunkard will fall into the pit after
a) 21s b) 29s c) 31s d) 37s
26. A particle slides from rest from the topmost point of a vertical circle of radius r along a smooth chord
making an angle ‘’ with the vertical. The time of descent is
a) least for  = 00 b) least for  = 450 c) maximum for  = 00 d) independent of 
27. A particle starting from rest travels a distance x in first 2 seconds and a distance y in next 2seconds
then
a) y = 2x b) y = 3x c) y = 4x d) y = x
28. A stone thrown vertically upwards attains a maximum height of 45m. In what time the velocity of
stone become equal to one half the velocity of throw? (given g = 10 m/s2)
a) 2s b) 1.5s c) 1s d) 0.5s
29. A body is released from the top of a tower of height h m. It takes T second to reach the ground.
Where is the ball at the time T/2 second?
a) at h/4 m from b) at h/2 m from c) at 3h/4 m from d) depends upon the mass
the ground the ground the ground and volume of the ball
30. A particle initially at rest moves along x-axis. It is subjected to an acceleration which varies with time
according to the equation a = 2t +5. Its velocity after 2 seconds will be
a) 9 m/s b) 12 m/s c) 14 m/s d) 18 m/s

KEY :

1) b 2) d 3) c 4) d 5) d 6) c 7) a 8) d 9) d 10) d

11) d 12) a 13) c 14) b 15) d 16) b 17) b 18) b 19) c 20) a

21) d 22) d 23) b 24) d 25) b 26) d 27) b 28) b 29) c 30) c