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MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE

BASED ON AVERAGE SPEED & AVERAGE VELOCITY
TOPIC – I CLASS – XI – PHYSICS

1. On a 60 km track, a train travels the first 30 km with a uniform speed of 30 km h-1. How fast must the
train travel the next 30 km so as to average 40 km h-1 for the entire trip? [60km/hr]

2. A body covers one-third of its journey with speed ‘u’, next one-third with speed ‘v’ and the last one-third
é 3UVW ù
with speed ‘w’ Calculate the average speed of the body during the entire journey. ê
ë UV + VW + UW úû

3. A body travelling along a straight line traversed one-half of the total distance with a velocity v0. The
remaining part of the distance was covered with a velocity v1 for half the time and with velocity v2 for the
é 2V0 (V1 +V2 ) ù
other half of time. Find the mean velocity averaged over the whole time of motion. ê ú
ë V1 + V2 + 2V0 û

4. A cyclist moving on a circular track of radius 100 m completes one revolution in 4 minutes. What is his
(i) average speed (ii) average velocity in one full revolution? [Ans. (i) 50 p metre/minute (ii) 0]

5. A train moves with a speed of 30 kmh-1 in the first 15 minutes, with another speed of 40 kmh-1 the next
15 minutes, and then with a speed of 60 kmh-1 in the last 30 minutes. Calculate the average speed of the
train for this journey. [Ans. 47.5 kmh-1]

6. A body travels a distance s1 with velocity v1 and distance s2 with velocity v2 in the same direction.
é (s1 + s 2 )v1 v2 ù
Calculate the average velocity of the body. ê Ans ú
ë s1 v2 + s2 v1 û

7. A car travels along a straight line for the first half time with speed 50 kmh-1 and the second half time with
speed 60 kmh-1. Find the average speed of the car. [Ans. 55 kmh-1]

8. Can a body have a constant speed and still have a varying velocity?

9. A man walks on a straight road from his home to a market 2.5km away with a speed of 5km h–1. Finding
the market closed, he instantly turns and walks back home with a speed of 7.5km h–1. What is the
(a) Magnitude of average velocity, and
(b) Average speed of the man over the interval of time (i) 0 to 30 min, (ii) 0 to 50min. (iii) 0 to
40min? [Ans: (i) 5 kmh–1, (ii) 6 kmh–1, (iii) 5.625 kmh–1]

10. Under what condition is the average velocity equal to the instantaneous velocity?

11. On an open ground, a motorist follows a track that turns to his left by an angle of 600 after every 500m.
Starting from a given turn, Specify the displacement of the motorist at the third, sixth and eighth turn.
Compare the magnitude of the displacement with the total path length covered by the motorist in each
case.
12. A car covers the first half of the distance between two places at 40km/h and another half at 60km/h. The
average speed of the car is
(a) 40km/h (b) 48km/h (c) 50km/h (d) 60 km/h [Ans:48 km/h]

13. A passenger arriving in a new town wishes to go from the station to a hotel located 10km away on a
straight road from the station. A dishonest cabman takes him along a circuitous path 23km long and
reaches the hotel in 28 minutes. What is (i) the average speed of the taxi and (ii) the magnitude of
average velocity? Are the two equal? [Ans: (i) 49.3kmh–1, (ii) 21.43 kmh–1]

14. A bus travelling the first one-third distance at a speed of 10km/h, the next one-third at 20km/h and at last
one-third at 60km/h. The average speed of bus is
(a) 9km/h (b) 16km/h (c) 18km/h (d) 48 km/h [Ans:16 km/h]

15. A car moves from X to Y with a uniform speed vu and returns to Y with a uniform speed vd. The average
speed of this sound trip is
vv v +v 2v v v v
(a ) vu vd ( b) d u (c) u d (d ) d u [Ans: d u ]
vd + vu 2 vd + vu v d + vu
16. The position of an object moving along x-axis is given by x = a + bt , where a = 8.5 m, b = 2.5 ms-2 and t
2

is measured in seconds. What is its velocity at t = 0 s and t = 2s? What is the average velocity between
t = 2s and t =4s? [0,10m/s, 15m/s]

17. What does the speedometer of a car measure-average speed or instantaneous speed?

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MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
BASED ON EQUATION OF MOTION
TOPIC – II CLASS – XI – PHYSICS
1. A jet plane starts from rest with an acceleration of 3 ms-2 and makes a run for 35 s before taking off.
What is the minimum length of the runway and what is the velocity of the jet at take off?
[1837.5m, 105m/s]

2. An electron travelling with a speed of 5 × 103 ms–1 passes through an electric field with an acceleration of
1012ms–2. (i) How long will it take for the electron to double its speed? (ii) What will be the distance
covered by the electron in this time? [Ans: (i) 5 × 10–9s, (ii) 3.75 × 10–5m]

3. A driver takes 0.20 s to apply the brakes after he sees a need for it. This is called the reaction time of the
driver. If he is during car at a speed of 54 kmh-1 and the brakes cause a deceleration of 6.0 ms-2, find the
distance travelled by the car after he sees the need to put the brakes. [21. 75m]

4. A hundred metre sprinter increases her speed from rest uniformly at the rate of 1 ms-2 upto three quaters
of total run and covers the last quarter with uniform speed. How much time does she take to cover the
first half and the second half of run? [10m/s, 12.2 m/s]

5. A motor car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for 10 s to a velocity of 20 ms-1. It then runs at a
constant speed and is finally brought to rest in 40 m with a constant acceleration. Total distance covered
is 640 m. find the value of acceleration, retardation and total time taken. [-5 m/s2, 4S, 39s]

6. An athlete runs a distance of 1500 m in the following manner. (i) Starting from rest, he accelerates
himself uniformly at 2 ms2 till he covers a distance of 900 m. (ii) He, then runs the remaining distance of
600 m at the uniform speed developed. Calculate the time taken by the athlete to cover the two parts of
the distance covered. Also find the time, when he is at the centre of the track. [30S, 10S, 27.4 sec]

7. A body covers 12 m in 2nd second and 20 m in 4th second. How much distance will it cover in 4 seconds
after the 5th second? [136 m]

8. Two buses A and B are at positions 50 m and 100 m from the origin at time t = 0. They start moving in
the same direction simultaneously with uniform velocity of 10 ms –1 and 5 ms –1. Determine the time and
position at which A overtakes B. [10S, 150m]

9. A race car accelerates on a straight road from rest to a speed of 180kmh–1 in 25s. Assuming uniform
acceleration of the car throughout, find the distance covered in this time. [Ans: 625m]

10. A car moving along a straight highway with a speed of 72kmh–1 is brought to a stop within a distance of
100m. What is the retardation of the car and how long does it take for the car to stop? [Ans: 2ms–2, 10s]

11. The reaction time for an automobile driver is 0.6 s. If the automobile can be decelerated at 5 ms-2,
calculate the total distance travelled in coming to stop from an initial velocity of 30 kmh-1, after a signal
is observed. [Ans.11.94 m]
12. Two trains – one travelling at 72 kmh-1 and other at 90 kmh-1 are heading towards one another along a
straight level track. When they are 1.0 km apart, both the drivers simultaneously see the other’s train and
apply brakes which retard each train at the rate of 1.0 ms-2 Determine whether the trains would collide or
not. [Ans. No]

13. A body covers a distance of 4 m is 3rd second and 12 m in 5th second. If the motion is uniformly
accelerated, how for will it travel in the next 3 seconds? [Ans.60 m]

14. A bus starts from rest with a constant acceleration of 5ms–2. At the same time a car travelling with a
constant velocity of 50ms–1 overtakes and passes the bus. (i) Find at what distance will the bus overtake
the car? (ii) How fast will the bus be travelling then? [Ans: (i) 1000m, (ii) 100ms–1]

15. A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate a for some time, after which it decelerates at a constant rate
b to come to rest. If the total time elapsed is t second, then calculate:
i) the maximum velocity attained by the car, and
é α β t α β t2 ù
ii) the total distance travelled by the car in terms of a.b and t. ê (α+β) , 2(α+β) ú
ë û

16. Two trains A and B of length 400 m each are moving on two parallel tracks with a uniform speed of 72
kmh-1 in the same direction, with A ahead of B. The driver of B decides to overtake A and accelerates by
1 ms-2. If after 50 s, the guard of B just brushes past the driver of A, what was the original distance
between them? [1250m]

17. On a two-lane road, car A is travelling with a speed of 36 kmh-1 Two cars B and C approach car A in
opposite directions with a speed of 54 kmh-1 each. At a certain instant, when the distance AB is equal to
AC, both being 1 km, B decides to overtake A before C does. What minimum acceleration of car B is
required to avoid an accident? [1m/s2]

18. A motor car, starting from rest, moves with uniform acceleration and attains a velocity of 8 ms-1 in 8 s. It
then moves with uniform velocity and finally brought to rest in 32 m under uniform retardation. The total
distance covered by the car is 464 m. Find (i) the acceleration (ii) the retardation and (iii) the total time
taken. [Ans. (i) 1 ms-2 (ii) 1 ms-2 (iii) 66 s]

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MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
BASED ON MOTION UNDER THE GRAVITY
TOPIC – III CLASS – XI – PHYSICS
1. A ball thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 19.6 ms-1 from the top of a tower returns to the earth in 6 s. Find
the height of the tower. [58.8m]

2. A ball thrown up is caught by the thrower after 4. How high did it go and with what velocity was it thrown? How
far was it below the highest point 3 s after it was thrown? [19.6 m/s, 19.6m/s, 4.9m]

3. A balloon is ascending at the rate of 9.8 ms-1 at a height of 39.2 m above the ground when a food packet is dropped
from the balloon. After how much time and with what velocity does it reach the ground? Take g =9.8 ms-2
[4s, -29.4m/s]

4. A food packet is released from a helicopter which is rising steadily at 2 ms-1. After two seconds (i) What is the
velocity of the packet? (ii) How far is it below the helicopter? Take g = 9.8 ms-2. [-17.6m/s, 19.6m]

5. A stone is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 4.9 ms-1. Calculate (i) the maximum height reached (ii) the
time taken to reach the maximum height (iii) the velocity with which it returns to the ground and (iv) the time
taken to reach the ground. [Ans. (i) 1.225 m (ii) 0.5 s (iii) 4.9 ms-1 (iv) 1 s]

6. From the top of a tower 100 m in height a ball is dropped and at the same time another ball is projected vertically
upwards from the ground with velocity of 25 ms-1. Find when and where the two balls will meet. Take g = 9.8 ms-2.
[Ans.78.4 from top, 4 s]

7. A body is dropped from rest at a height of 150m, and simultaneously, another body is dropped from rest from a
point 100m above the ground. What is their difference in height after they have fallen (i) 2s (ii) 3s? How does the
difference in height vary with time? Take g = 10ms–2. [Ans: 50m, difference in height remains constant at 50m]

8. From the top of a multi-storeyed building, 39.2 m tall, a boy projects a stone vertically upwards with and initial
velocity of 9.8 ms-1 such that it finally drops to the ground. (i) When will the stone reach the ground (ii) When will
it pass through the point of projection? (iii) What will be its velocity before striking the ground? Take g = 10 ms-2.
[Ans. 4s, 2s, 29.4 ms-1]

9. Four balls are dropped from the top of a tower at intervals of one-one second. The first ball reaches the ground
after 4s of dropping. What are the distances between first and second, second and third and fourth balls at this
instant? [Ans: 34.3m. 24.5m. 14.7m]

10. A ball thrown upward from the top of a tower with speed v reaches the ground in t1 second. If this ball is thrown
downward from the top of the same tower with speed v, it reaches the ground in t2 seconds. In what time will the
ball reach the ground if it is allowed to fall freely under gravity from the top of the tower?
t1 + t2 t1 - t2
(a ) ( b) (c) t1t2 (d ) t1 + t2
2 2

11. A ball is dropped from top of a tower of 100m height. Simultaneously another ball was thrown upward from
bottom of the tower with a speed of 50m/s. They will cross each other after (g = 10m/s2).
(a) 1 sec (b) 2 sec (c) 3 sec (d) 4 sec

12. A ball is thrown vertically upward. It has a speed of 10m/sec when it has reached one half of its maximum height.
How high does the ball rise? Take g = 10m/s2.
(a) 10m (b) 5m (c) 15m (d) 20m
13. A body dropped from top of a tower falls through 40m during the last two seconds of its fall. The height of tower
(g = 10ms–2)is
(a) 60m (b) 45m (c) 80m (d) 50m

14. A body dropped from a height h with initial velocity zero, strikes the ground with a velocity 3m/s. Another body of
same mass dropped from the same height h with an initial velocity of 4m/s. The final velocity of second mass, with
which it strikes the ground is
(a) 5m/s (b) 12m/s (c) 3m/s (d) 4m/s

15. The water drop falls at regular intervals from a tap 5m above the ground. The third drop is leaving the tap at instant
the first drop touches the ground. How far above the ground is the second drop at that instant?
(a) 3.75m (b) 4.00m (c) 1.25m (d) 2.50m

16. A stone is thrown vertically up from the ground. It reaches a maximum height of 50m in 10 sec. After what time it
will reach the ground from maximum height position?
(a) 1.2 sec (b) 10 sec (c) 5 sec (d) 25 sec

17. A stone released with zero velocity from top of the tower reaches the ground in 4sec.The height of the tower is
about
(a) 20m (b) 80m (c) 40m (d) 160m

18. Velocity of a body on reaching the point from which it was projected upwards, is
(a) v = 0 (b) v = 0.5u (c) v = 2u (d) v = u

19. If a ball is thrown vertically upwards with 40m/s, its velocity after two sec will be
(a) 10 m/s (b) 30 m/s (c) 20 m/s (d) 40 m/s

20. A ball is thrown vertically upwards from the top of a tower. Velocity at a point ‘h’ m vertically below the point of
projection is twice the downward velocity at a point ‘h’m vertically above the point of projection. The maximum
height reached by the ball above the top of the tower is.

21. Two bodies are projected simultaneously with the same velocity of 19.6 m/s from the top of a tower, one vertically
upwards and the other vertically downwards. As they reach the ground, the time gap is. [Ans. 4 s]

22. A boy standing at the top of a tower of 20 m height drops a stone Assuming g = 10 ms-2, the velocity with which it
hits the ground is [Ans. 20 ms-1 2]

23. A ball is dropped from the top of a building. The ball takes 0.5 s to fall past the 3 m length of a window at certain
distance from the top of the building. Speed of the ball as it crosses the top edge of the window is (g = 10 m/s2)
[Ans. 3.5 ms-1 2]

24. A person sitting on the top of a tall building is dropping balls at regular intervals of one second. When the 6th ball
is being dropped, the positions of the 3rd, 4th, 5th balls from the top of the building are respectively.
[Ans. 44.1 m, 19.6m, 4.9 m]

25. The friction of the air causes a vertical retardation equal to 10% of the acceleration due to gravity.
Take g = 10m/s2. The maximum height and time to reach the maximum height will be decreased by.
[Ans. 9%, 9%]

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MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
BASED ON GRAPH
TOPIC – IV CLASS – XI – PHYSICS
1. A body starting from rest accelerates uniformly along a straight line at the rate of 10 m-2 for 5 seconds. It
moves for 2 seconds with uniform velocity of 50 ms-1. Then it retards uniformly and comes to rest in 3 s.
Draw velocity –time graph of the body and find the total distance travelled by the body. [300m]

2. The speed –time graph of a particle moving along a fixed direction is shown
in figure. Find:
i) distance travelled by the particle between 0 sec to 10 sec
ii) average speed between this interval
iii) the time when the speed was minimum
iv) the time when speed was maximum. [60m, 6m/s]

3. The velocity –time graph for a vehicle is shown in Fig. Draw acceleration –time graph from it.

4. A driver of a car travelling at 52kmh–1 applies the brakes and decelerates uniformly. The car stops in 5
seconds. Another driver going at 34km h–1 applies his brakes slower and stops after 10 seconds. On the
same graph paper, plot the speed versus time graph for two cars. Which of the two cars travelled farther
after the brakes were applied? [Ans: Second car travelled farther]

5. The velocity –time graph of an object moving along a straight line is as shown below:

Calculate the distance covered by object between:

(i) t = 0 to t = 5s (ii) t = 0 to t = 10 s. [Ans. (i) 80 m (ii) 130 m]
6. A motor car, starting from rest, moves with uniform acceleration and attains a velocity of 8 ms-1 in 8 s. It
then moves with uniform velocity and finally brought to rest in 32 m under uniform retardation. The total
distance covered by the car is 464 m. Find (i) the acceleration (ii) the retardation and (iii) the total time
taken. [Ans. (i) 1 ms-2 (ii) 1 ms-2 (iii) 66 s]

7. The speed – time graph of a particle moving along a fixed direction is

shown in fig. Obtain the distance travelled by the particle between
(i) t = 0 to 10s (ii0 t = 2 to 6s. What is the average speed of the particle
in intervals in (i) & (ii)? [Ans: (i) 6ms–1, (ii) 9ms–1]
8. A body starts from rest at time t = 0, the acceleration-time graph is shown in figure. The maximum
velocity attained by the body will be [Ans: (b) 55m/s]

(a) 110m/s (b) 55m/s (c) 650m/s (d) 550m/s

9. The speed-time graph of a particle moving along a solid curve is shown below.
The distance traversed by the particle from t = 0 to t = 3 is

9 9 9 9 9
(a ) m ( b) m (c) m (d ) m [ Ans : ( d ) m]
2 4 3 5 5

10. Fig. shows the distance – time graphs of two trains, which start moving
simultaneously in the same direction. From the graphs find: [100km, 5km/hr, 2hr,50km/hr]

i) How much ahead of A is B when the motion starts?

ii) What is the speed of B?
iii) When and where will A catch B?
iv) What is the difference between the speeds of A and B?

11. A train moves from one station to another in two hours time.
Its speed-time graph during the motion is shown in Fig.
(i) Determine the maximum acceleration during the journey
(ii) Also calculate the distance covered during the time i
nterval from 0.75 hour to 1 hour. [120km/hr2, 8.75km]

12. A ball is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 100 ms-1. After how much time will it return? Draw
velocity –time graph for the ball and find from the graph (i) the maximum height attained by the ball and
(ii) height of the ball after 15 s. Take g = 10 ms-2. [500m, 375m,]

13 The velocity-time graph of an object moving along a straight line is

as shown in Fig. 3.65. Find the net distance covered by the object in
time interval between t – 0 to t - 10s. Also find the displacement
in time 0 to 10 s. [Ans. 100 m, 60 m]

14. A woman starts from her home at 9.A.M. walks with a speed of 5kmh–1 on a straight road upto her office
2.5km away, stays at the office upto 5P.M. and returns home by an auto with a speed of 25 kmh–1.
Choose suitable scales and plot ten x-t graph of her motion.

15. A body stating from rest accelerates uniformly along a straight line at the rate of 10ms–2 for 5 seconds. It
moves for 2 second with uniform velocity of 50ms–1. Then it retards uniformly and comes to rest in 3s.
Draw velocity-time graph of the body and find the total distance travelled by the body. [Ans: 300m]
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MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
BASED ON RELATIVE VELOCITY
TOPIC – V CLASS – XI – PHYSICS
1. A car A moving at 10 ms-1 on a straight road, is ahead of car B moving in the same direction at 6 ms-1.
Find the velocity of A relative to B and vice versa.

2. Two parallel rail tracks run north south. Train A moves north with a speed of 54 kmh-1 and train B moves
south with a speed of 90 kmh-1 What is the
i) relative velocity of B with respect to A?
ii) relative velocity of ground with respect to B?
iii) velocity of a monkey running on the roof of the train A against its motion (with a velocity of 18
kmh-1 with respect to the train A) as observed by a man standing on the ground?
[-40m/s, 25m/s, 10m/s]

3. Two trains 120 m and 80 m in length are running in opposite directions with velocities 42 kmh-1 and 30
kmh-1. In what time they will completely cross each other? [10 s] & 45 km/hr]

4. Two buses start simultaneously toward each other from towns A and B which are 480 km apart. The first
bus takes 8 hours to travels from A and B while the second bus takes 12 hours to travels from B and A.
Determine when the where the buses will meet. [Ans. 4.8 h, 288 km from A]

5. A jet airplane travelling at the speed of 450kmh–1 ejects the burnt gases at the speed of 1200
kmh–1 relative to the jet airplane. Find the speed of the burnt gases w.r.t. a stationary observer on earth.
[Ans: 750kmh–1]

6. A man swims in a river with and against water at the rate of 15kmh–1 and 5kmh–1. Find the man’s speed
in still water and the speed of the river. [Ans: 10kmh–1, 5kmh–1]

7. A car A is travelling on a straight level road with a speed of 60kmh–1. It is followed by another car B
which is moving with a speed of 70kmh–1. When the distance between them is 2.5km, the car B is given a
deceleration of 20kmh–2. After what distance and time will the car B catch up with car A?
[Ans: 32.5km, 0.5h]

8. Two cars A and B moving with velocities of 60 kmh-1 respectively. Calculate the relative velocity of A
w.r.f. B, if (i) both cars are travelling eastwards and (ii) Car A is travelling eastwards and car B is
travelling westwards. [Ans. (i) 15 kmh-1 eastwards, (ii)105 km h-1 eastwards]

9. A motorboat covers the distance between the two spots on the river in 8h and 12h downstream and
upstream respectively. Find the time required by the boat to cover this distance in still water.
[Ans: 9.6h]

10. Two trains A and B, each of length 100 m, are running on parallel tracks. One overtakes the other in 20 s
and one crosses the other in 10 s. Calculate the velocities of each train. [Ans. 15 ms-1, 5 ms-1]

11. A car moving along a straight highway with speed of 126kmh–1 is brought to a stop within a distance of
200m. What is the retardation of the car (assumed uniform), and how long does it take for the car to stop?
[Ans: 3.06ms–2, 11.43s]
12. A police van moving on a highway with a speed of 30 kmh-1 fires a bullet at a thief’s car speeding away
in the same direction with a speed of 192 kmh-1. If the muzzle speed of the bullet is 150 ms-1, with what
speed does the bullet hit the thief’s car? [105m/s]
13. A bus is moving with a speed of 10ms–1 on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the bus in
100s. If the bus is at a distance of 1km from the scooterist, with what speed should the scooterist chase
the bus?
(a) 10ms–1 (b) 20 ms–1 (c) 40ms–1 (d) 25ms–1 [Ans:20ms–1]

14. A police jeep is chasing with velocity 45km/h. A thief in another jeep is moving with 155km/h. Police
fires a bullet with a muzzle velocity 180m/s. The bullet strikes the jeep of the thief with a velocity
(a) 27ms–1 (b) 150 ms–1 (c) 250ms–1 (d) 450ms–1 [Ans:150ms–1]

15. Two towns A and B are connected by a regular bus services with a bus leaving in either direction every
T min. A man cycling with a speed of 20 kmh-1 in the direction A to B notices that a bus goes past him
every 18 min in the direction of his motion, and every 6 min in the opposite direction. What is the period
T of the bus services and with what speed (assumed constant) do the buses ply on the road?
[40 km/hr, 9 min]

16. On a long horizontally moving belt, a child runs to and fro with a speed 9 kmh-1 (with respect to the belt)
between his father and mother located 50 m apart on the moving belt. The belt moves with a speed of 4
kmh-1. For an observer on a stationery platform outside, what is the
i) speed of the child running in the direction of motion of the belt,
ii) speed of the child running opposite to the direction of motion of the belt, and
iii) time taken by the child in (i) and (ii)?
Which of the answer alter if motion is viewed by one of the parents?
[13 km/hr, 5km/hr,20s]
17. Two trains, each travelling with a speed of 37.5 kmh-1, are approaching each other on the same straight
track. A bird that can fly at 60 kmph flies off from one train when they are 90 km apart and heads directly
for the other train. On reaching the other train, it flies back to the first and so on. Total distance covered
by the bird before trains collide is.
18. On a two – lane road, car A is travelling with a speed of 36 kmph. Two cars B and C approach car A in
opposite directions with speed of 54 kmph each. At a certain instant, when the distance AB is equal to
AC, both being 1 km, B decides to overtake A before C does. What minimum acceleration of car B is
required to avoid an accident?

19. Two cars 1 & 2 starting from rest are moving with speeds v1and v2 m/s(v1 > v2). Car 2 is ahead of car ‘1’
(v - v ) 2
sees car ‘2’ What minimum retardation should be given to car ‘1’ to avoid collision. [Ans. 1 2 ]
2s
20. Two cars are travelling towards each other on a straight road at velocities 15 m/s and 16 m/s respectively.
When they are 150m apart, both the drivers apply the brakes and the cars decelerate at 3 m/s2 and 4 m/s2
until they stop. Separation between the cars when they come to rest is. [Ans.80.5]

21. A ball is dropped from the stop of a building 100 m high. At the same instant another ball is thrown
upwards with a velocity of 40 ms-1 form the bottom of the building. The two balls will meet after.
[Ans. 2.5 s]

22. Two cars are moving in same direction with speed of 30 kmph. They are separated by a distance of 5 km.
What is the speed of a car moving in opposite direction if it meets the two cars at an interval of 4 min?
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MOTION IN A STRAIGHT LINE
CONCEPTUAL PROBLEM
TOPIC – VI CLASS – XI – PHYSICS
1. Can the displacement be greater than the distance travelled by an object? Give reason.

2. Is it possible that the brakes of a car are so perfect that the car stops instantaneously. If not, why?

3. Can the direction of velocity of an object change, when acceleration is constant?

4. Can the relative velocity of two bodies be greater than the absolute velocity of either body?

5. Even when rain is falling vertically downwards, the front screen of a moving car gets wet while the back
screen remains dry. Why?

6. Is it possible that the brakes of a car are so perfect that the car stops instantaneously. If not, why?

7. Can the position-time graph have a negative slope?

8. Is it possible to have a constant rate of change of velocity when velocity changes both in magnitude and
direction? If yes, give one example.

9. Can the direction of motion of a body change if its velocity is changing at uniform rate?

10. What does the speedometer of a car measure-average speed or instantaneous speed?

11. What is the nature of velocity-time graph for uniform motion?

12. The v-t graphs of two objects make angles of 300 and 600 with the time-axis. Find the ratio of their
accelerations.

13. A bullet fired vertically upwards falls at the same place after some time. What is the displacement of the
bullet?

14. Under what condition will the distance and displacement of moving object have the same magnitude?

15. What does the slope of velocity-time graph represent?

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