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Class :XII

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SUB : PHYSICS TOPIC : MOTION IN
PLANE (VECTORS)
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1. Figure shows three vectors a, b and c. If RQ=2PR. Which of the
following relations is correct?

1) 2a+c=3b 2) a+3c=2b 3) 3a+c=2b *4)

a+2c=3b
2. A ball is thrown at an angle θ with the horizontal. Its initial
kinetic energy is 100 J and it becomes 75 J at half the maximum
height. The angle of projection is
⎛3⎞
cos −1 ⎜ ⎟
*1) 450 2) 300 3) ⎝4⎠ 4)
⎛4⎞
tan −1 ⎜ ⎟
⎝3⎠
3. Two vectors x and y have equal magnitude. The magnitude of (x-
y) is n times the magnitude of (x+ y). The angle between x and y is
⎛ −n 2 − 1 ⎞ ⎛ n2 − 1 ⎞ ⎛ n2 + 1 ⎞
cos −1 ⎜ 2 ⎟ cos −1 ⎜ 2 ⎟ cos −1 ⎜ 2 ⎟
1) ⎝ n −1 ⎠ *2) ⎝ −n − 1 ⎠ 3) ⎝ −n − 1 ⎠ 4)
2
⎛ n +1 ⎞
cos −1 ⎜ 2 ⎟
⎝ n −1 ⎠
4. A person is swimming with a speed of 10m/s at an angle of 120 0

with the flow and reaches to a point directly opposite on the other
side of the river. The speed of the flow is xm/s. The value of x is
_______
*1) 5 2)3 3) 2 4) 4
5. Two forces are such that the sum of their magnitudes is 18N and
their resultant which has magnitude 12 N, is perpendicular to the
smaller force. Then, the magnitudes of the forces are
1) 12 N, 6N *2) 13N, 5N 3) 10N, 8N 4) 16N, 2N
6. A ball rolls off the top of a staircase with a horizontal velocity u
ms . If the steps are h metre high and w metre wide the ball will hit
-1

the edge of the nth step if:

gw2 2hu 2 2u 2 2hw2u 2
n= n= n= n=
1) 2hu 2 *2) gw2 3) gw2 h 4) g
7. The height y and the distance x along the horizontal plane of a
projectile on a certain planet (with no surrounding atmosphere) are
given by y = (8t-5t ) metre and x= 6t metre, where t is in seconds.
2

The velocity of projection is:

1) 8 m/s 2) 6 m/s
*3) 10 m/s 4) not obtained from the data
8. A charged particle of mass m = 2kg and charge 1µC is thrown
from a horizontal group at an angle of 45 with horizontal with a
0

speed of 10m/s. In space a horizontal electric field E = 2 ×10 N / C 7

exists. Find the range of the projectile.

1) 5m 2) 30m 3) 10m *4)

20m
9. The x and y coordinates of the projectile project from the surface
2
of a planet at any time are y = 5t − 2t and x = 10t respectively, where x
and y are in metres and t in seconds. The horizontal range of the
projectile.
*1) 25m 2) 10m 3) 15m 4) 5m
10. ( +is a unit vector along the X-axis. If =(), then is
1) () *2) () 3) () 4) ()
11. A particle of moving eastwards with a velocity 5 ms , changes -1

its direction northwards in 10 seconds and moves with same

magnitude of velocity. The average acceleration is
1
ms −2
1) Zero 2) 2 towards N-E
1 1
ms −2 ms −2
3) 2 towards
S-E *4) towards N - W
2

12. As shown in figure, a rectilinear thin rod ‘AP’ of

length 5.0 m, slides down along the wall of a room.
Assuming all the surfaces to be smooth, at an
instant, if the end ‘A’ being on the floor, 3.0m from
the wall, slides horizontally at 2.0ms , then -1

instantaneous speed of the other end of the rod along the wall is
1) 10 ms *2) 1.5 ms
-1 -1

3) 5 ms -1
4) 0.5 ms -1

13. A boat which has a speed of 5 km/hr in still water crosses a river
of width 1 km along the shortest possible path in 15 minute. The
velocity of the river in km/hr is
1) 1 *2) 3 3) 4 4) 41
14. If the magnitude of sum of two vectors is equal to the magnitude
of difference of the two vectors, the angle between these vectors is
1) 45 o
2) 180 o
3) 0 *4) 90
o o
15. Two bodies are thrown with the same initial velocity at angles q
and (90 − θ ) respectively with the horizontal, then their maximum
o

heights are in the ratio

1) 1 : 1 2) sin θ : cos θ *3) sin θ : cos θ
2 2
4) cos θ : sin θ
16. A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance
of 100m. With the same effort, he throws the ball vertically
upwards. The maximum height attained by the ball is
1) 100m 2) 80m 3) 60m *4) 50m
17. At the height 80m, an aeroplane is moving with a speed of
150m/s. A bomb is dropped from it so as to hit a target. At what
distance from the target should the bomb be dropped (given g = 10
m/s )
2

*1) 600m 2) 500m 3) 80m 4) 230m

18. An object is projected with a velocity of 20m/s making an angle
of 45 with horizontal. The equation for the trajectory is h = Ax − Bx
o 2

where h is height, x is horizontal distance, A and B are constants.

The ratio A : B is (g = 10ms )
−2

1) 1 : 5 2) 5 : 1 3) 1 : 40 *4) 40 : 1
19. If the relation between the range R and time of flight T of a
projectile is given as R = 5T , the value of angle of
2

projection is
*1) 45 o
2) 15o
3) 60
o o
4) 90r r
20. The rresultant of two vectors A and B is perpendicular to the
vector A and its magnitude r
is equal to half the magnitude of vector
r r
B . The angle between A and B is

1) 120 o
*2)150 o
3) 135
o
4) None of these
21. Identical guns fire identical bullets horizontally at the same
speed form the same height above level planes, one on the Earth
and another one on the Moon. Which of the following statement are
“TRUE”?
I) The horizontal distance travelled by the bullet is greater for the
moon,
II) The flight time is less for the bullet on the Earth.
III) The velocities of the bullets at impact are the same.
1) III only 2) I and III only *3) I and II only 4) II
and III only
22. A ball thrown by one player reached the other in 2s. The
maximum height attained by the ball above the point of projection
will be (g = 10 m/s ) 2

1) 2.5m r
*2) 5m 3) 7.5m 4) 10m
r
23. If A = 3iˆ + 4 ˆj and B = 7iˆ + 24 ˆj , the vector having the same magnitude
as B and parallel to A is
1) 5iˆ + 20 ˆj 2) 15iˆ + 10 ˆj 3) 20iˆ + 15 ˆj *4) 15iˆ + 20 ˆj
24. Find the projection of iˆ + 2 ˆj on 2iˆ + 3 ˆj .
 8 8 6 6
1) 5 *2) 3) 4)
13 13 5
r ˆ ˆ
25. A projectile is launched with an initial velocity v = (2m / s )i + (3m / s ) j 0

. At the top of trajectory, the velocity of the particle will be

1) 2 + 3 m/s *2) 2m/s 3) 3m/s 4) 5m/s
2 2

26. The angle between the vectors 2i − 3 j − k and −6iˆ + 9 ˆj + 3kˆ is

ˆ ˆ ˆ

*1) 18 0 2) 90 o
3) 30 4) 60
o o o

27. The X and Y components of a force F acting at 30 to x-axis are 0

respectively:
F F F 3 3 1
F, ,F , F F, F
1) 2 2) 3)
2 *4) 2 2 2 2

28. A missile is fired for maximum range with an initial velocity of

20m/s. If g = 10m/s , the range of the missile is
2

1) 50m 2) 60m 3) 20m *4) 40

29. A gun fires two bullets at 60º and 30º with horizontal. The
bullets strike at same horizontal distance. The ratio of maximum
height for the two bullets are in the ratio of
1) 2 : 1 *2) 3 : 1 3) 4 : 1 4) 1 : 1
30. A stone is thrown with a velocity u making an angle q with the
horizontal. The horizontal distance covered by it falls to ground is
maximum when the angle q is equal to
1) 0º 2) 30º *3) 45º 4) 90º
31. A body is projected from the ground with a velocity
v = (3iˆ + 10 ˆj )ms −1

. The maximum height attained and the range of the

body, respectively, are (given g = 10ms ) -2

*1) 5m and 6m 2) 3m and 10m 3) 6m and 5m 4) 3m

and 5m
3 25
y= x − x2
32. A particle moves in a projectile given by 4 16 . Find the
angle at which particle is projected.
⎛4⎞ ⎛4⎞ ⎛3⎞
cos −1 ⎜ ⎟ sin −1 ⎜ ⎟ cos −1 ⎜ ⎟
*1) ⎝5⎠ 2) ⎝5⎠ 3) ⎝5⎠ 4)
⎛3⎞
tan −1 ⎜ ⎟
⎝5⎠
33. A cricketer can throw a ball to a maximum horizontal distance
of d. How maximum high above the ball can?
1) d/2 2) d 3) 2d *4) d/4
34. A ball is thrown horizontally from a point 100 m above the
ground with a speed of 40 ms . The velocity with which it strikes −1

the ground is (g = 10 ms )
−2

*1) 60 ms 2) 80 ms −1
3) 100 ms 4) 40 ms
−1 −1 −1

π
r r r r
35. If angle between a and b is 3 , then angle between 2a and −3b is
π 2π π 5π
1) 3 *2) 3 3) 6 4) 3
 r r
The maximum value of magnitude of ( ) is
A− B
36.
1) A – B *2) A + B 3) A + B 4) A – B 2 2 2 2

37. Two particles are projected with the same velocity but at angles
of projection (45 − θ ) and (45 + θ ) . Then their horizontal ranges are in
the ratio of
1) 1 : 2 2) 2 : 1 *3) 1 : 1 4) 2 :1
38. Angle between velocity and acceleration vectors in the
following cases
Column – I Column - II
(A) Vertically projected body (e) 90o
(B) For freely falling body (f) Changes from point to point
(C) For oblique projectile (g) Zero
.
(D) In uniform circular motion (h) 180o
.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (A) (B) (C) (D)

*1) h g f e 2) f g h e
3) e f h g 4) g h e f
39. A Ship ‘A’ streams due north at a speed of 8 kmph, and ship B
due west at a speed of 6 kmph. The velocity of A relative to B is
⎛4⎞ ⎛4⎞
tan −1 ⎜ ⎟ N tan −1 ⎜ ⎟ E
*1) 10 kmph, ⎝3⎠ of E 2) 10 kmph, ⎝3⎠ of N
⎛4⎞
tan −1 ⎜ ⎟ N
3) 10 kmph NE 4) 2kmph, of E ⎝3⎠

40. A person walking at 4.0 ms finds rain drops falling slant wise
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on to his face with a speed of 4.0 ms at an angle of 30 with the

-1 o

vertical. Actual speed of the rain drops is

*1) 4.0 ms -1
2) 8.0 ms 3) 6.0 ms
-1
4) 5.0 -1

ms -1

41. A stone is projected from the ground with a velocity of 14 ms -1

,

such that one second later, it clears a wall 2.0 m high. If g = 10 ms -2

,

then angle of projection is

1) 45 o
*2) 30 o
3) 60 4) o

15 o

42. The velocity at the maximum height of a projectile is half of its

initial velocity at the instant of projection. Its angle of projection is
1) 30 o
2) 45 o
*3) 60 4) o

70 o

43. An aeroplane flying horizontally at an altitude of 490 m with a

speed of 180 kmph drops a bomb. The horizontal distance at which
the bomb hits the ground is
*1) 500 m 2) 1000 m 3) 250 m 4) 50 m
44. Four persons A,B,C and D initially are at the corners of a square
of side of length ‘d’. If every person starts moving with the same
speed ‘v’ such that each one faces the other person exactly opposite
to him. Time taken by them to meet is
d 2d d d
*1) v 2) 3) v 4) 2v 2v

45. A ball is projected upwards from the top of tower with a velocity
 making an angle 30 with the horizontal. The height of tower is
50 ms −1 o

70 m. After how many seconds from the instant of throwing will the
ball reach the ground.
1) 3 s 2) 5 s *3) 7 s
4) 9 s
46. A man standing on a road hold his umbrella at 30° with the
vertical to keep the rain away. He throws the umbrella and starts
running at 10 km/hr. He finds that raindrops are hitting his head
vertically, the speed of raindrops with respect to the road will be
1) 10 km/hr *2) 20 km/hr 3) 30 km/hr
4) 40 km/hr
47. An object flying in air with velocity suddenly breaks in two
pieces whose masses are in the ratio 1 : 5. The smaller mass flies
off with a velocity . The velocity of the larger piece will be
*1) 2) -
3) 4)
48. A stone is projected with a velocity at an angle of to the
horizontal. The average velocity of stone during its motion from
starting point to its maximum height is
1) *2) 3) 4)
49. A stone is thrown at an angle of 45 to the horizontal with kinetic
0

energy K. The kinetic energy at the highest point is

K K
*1) 2 2) 2 3) K 4)
Zero
1
th
50. A body is projected such that its kinetic energy at the top is 4 of

its initial kinetic energy. What is the angle of projection of the

projectile with the horizontal?
1) 30 o
2) 45 o
*3) 60 4) 75 o o

51. A boat which has a speed of v kmh in still water crosses a river
-1

of width 1 km along the shortest possible path in 15 min. The

velocity of the river water is 5 km h . Then v is
-1

1) 1 2) 3 3) 4 *4) 41
52. A boat travels 50 km east, then 120 km north and finally it
comes back to the starting point through the shortest distance. The
total time of journey is 3 h. What is the average velocity in km h -1

over the entire trip?

1) 33.33 2) 17 3) 86.7 *4) Zero
gx 2
y = 3x −
53. The equation of a projectile is 2 . The angle of
projection is given by
π π π
1) 6 *2) 3 3) 4) zero
2

54. If all vectors shown in figure here have the same magnitude,
 then which of the following has resultant of highest magnitude?

1) I 2) II *3) III 4) II and III

55. What is the unit vector perpendicular to the vectors 2iˆ + 2 ˆj − kˆ and
6i − 3 ˆj + 2kˆ ?
ˆ

iˆ + 10 ˆj − 18kˆ iˆ − 10 ˆj + 18kˆ iˆ − 10 ˆj − 18kˆ iˆ + 10 ˆj + 18kˆ

1) 5 17 2) *3) 5 17 4) 5 17 5 17

56. If time of flight of a projectile is 10 seconds(take g= 10m/s ). 2

The maximum height attained by it will be

*1) 125m 2) 50m 3) 100m 4) 150m
57. A mass of 1kg is suspended by a string. It is first lifted up with
an acceleration of 4.9m/s and then lowered down with same
2

acceleration. The ratio of tensions in the string in the two cases,

respectively is (g = 9.8m/s ). 2

1) 1 : 3 2) 2 : 1 *3) 3 : 1 4) 1 : 2
58. Two bodies are thrown up at angle of 45 and 60 respectively, o o

with the horizontal. If both bodies attain same vertical height, then
the ratio of velocities with which these are thrown is
2 2 3 3
1) 3 2) *3) 3 4) 2 2
59. A ball is thrown from a point with a speed ‘v ’ at an elevation 0

angle of q. From the same point and at the same instant, a person
' v0 '
starts running with a constant speed 2 to catch the ball. Will the
person be able to catch the ball? If yes, what should be the angle of
projection q?
1) No 2) Yes, 30 *3) Yes, 60 o
4) Yes, 45 o o

r r r r
If for two vectors and , ( ) is perpendicular to the (A − B ).
r r A+ B
60. A B
A
B
The ratio of their magnitude is
*1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) None of these
61. A body is projected at an angle q with the horizontal. Another
body is projected with the same velocity at an angle q with the
vertical. The ratio of the times of flights is
1) 1 : 1 2) tan q :1 *3) 1 : cot q
2
4) 1: tan θ 2

62. A large number of bullets are fired in all directions with the
same speed v. What is the maximum area on the ground on which
these bullets will spread?
π v2 π v4 v2 π 2v 4
π2
1) g *2) g2 3) g2 4) g2
63. A stone projected with a velocity u at an angle q with the
horizontal reaches maximum height H . When it is projected with 1

⎛π ⎞
⎜ −θ ⎟
velocity u at angle with the horizontal, it reaches maximum
⎝2 ⎠

height H . The relation between the horizontal range R of the

2

projectile, height H and H is 1 2

H12
R=
*1) R = 4 H1 H 2
2) R = 4 (H1 − H 2 ) 3) R = 4 (H 1 + H 2 )
4) H 22
r r r r r r
A × B = 3 A.B A+ B
64. If then the value of is
1/ 3 1/ 2

1) (
A 2
+ B2 + 3 AB )
*2) (A + B + AB )
2 2

1/ 2
⎛ 2 2 AB ⎞
⎜A +B + ⎟
3) ⎝ 3⎠ 4) A + B
65. A particle moves in a straight line with a constant acceleration.
It changes its velocity from 10ms to 20ms while passing through a
−1 −1

distance 135m in t second. The value of t is

1) 12s *2) 9s 3) 10s 4) 1.8s
66. A particle of mass 'm' is projected with a velocity 'v' making an
angle of 45 with the horizontal. The magnitude of angular
o

momentum of the projectile about the point of projection, when the

particle is at its maximum height is
mv3 mv3 2 mv3
1) Zero *2) 3) 4 2g
4) 2g g
67. A particle moves along a semicircle of radius 10m in 5 seconds.
The average velocity of the particle is
1) 2π ms 2) 4π ms
−1
3) 2 ms *4) 4 ms
−1 −1 −1

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