#NEET QUIZ PROJECTILES

PHYSICS WITH PSN@ALLEN DPS:PROJECTILES

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1. A particle reaches its highest point when it has of 0.5 m/s at an angle of 120 o with the direction of
covered exactly one half of its horizontal range. flow of water. The speed of water in the stream is
The corresponding point on the displacement-time (a) 1 m/s (b) 0.5 m/s
graph is characterised by (c) 0.25 m/s (d) 0.433 m/s.
(a) negative slope and zero curvature 9. A ball is projected with kinetic energy E at an angle
(b) zero slope and negative curvature of 45 o to the horizontal. At the highest point
(c) zero slope and positive curvature during its flight, its kinetic energy will be
(d) positive slope and zero curvature. (a) zero (b) E/2
2. At the top of the trajectory of a projectile, the (c) E/ 2 (d) E.
acceleration is 10. Which one of the following gives the angle made by
(a) maximum (b) minimum the resultant velocity after t seconds for a
(c) zero (d) g. projectile of initial velocity u, projected at an angle
3. Two point particles with masses m 1 and m 2 are  with the horizontal?
thrown at angles  1 and  2 with the horizontal with
 gt   t 
speeds v 1 and v 2 respectively. T, H and R represent (a) tan -1   (b) tan -1  
the total time of flight, the maximum height  u cos    u cos  
attained and the horizontal range covered  gt   gt 
(c) tan -1  tan  −  (d) tan -1  tan  + .
respectively. If v 1 sin 1 =v 2 sin 2 , then for both the  u cos    u cos  
particles 11. If the horizontal range of a projectile is equal to
(a) T and H will be the same but R will be the maximum height reached, then the
different corresponding angle of projection is
(b) T and R will be the same but H will be
different (a) tan -1 (1) (b) tan -1 ( 3 )
(c) H and R will be the same but T will be (c) tan (4)
-1 (d) tan -1 (12).
different 12. If a particle covers equal distance in 5 th and 6 th sec,
(d) T, H and R will be different.(CSEP 1997) what will be the initial velocity of that particle?
4. A stone thrown at an angle  to the horizontal (a) 50 m/s (b) 20 m/s
reaches a maximum height h. The time of flight of (c) 40 m/s (d) 100 m/s
the stone is 13. The position x of a particle varies with time (t) as
2h sin  2 2h sin  2h 2h x = at 2 – bt 3 . The time t, when the acceleration is
(a) (b) (c) 2 (d) . zero is equal to:
g g g g
2a a a
5. A gun mounted on the top of a moving truck is (a) (b) (c) (d) zero.
3b b 3b
aimed in the backward direction at an angle of 30 o
to the vertical. If the muzzle velocity of the gun is 14. A particle when thrown moves such that it passes
4 ms-1 , then the speed of the truck that will make the from same height at 2 and 10s, the height is:
bullet come out vertically is (a) g (b) 2g (c) 8g (d) 10g.
(a) 0.5 m/s (b) 0.75 m/s 15. A body falls from a large height h in t second. The
(c) 1 m/s (d) 2 m/s. time taken to cover the last metre is
6. A man crosses a 320 m wide river perpendicular to 1 2 1 1
(a) (B) (C) (D)
the current in 4 minutes. If in still water he can gh gh gt 2gt
swim with a speed 5/3 times that of the current,
then the speed of the current, in m/min is 16. If a particle takes t second less and acquires a
(a) 30 o (b) 40 velocity of v ms –1 more in falling through the same
(c) 50 (d) 60 distance on two planets where the accelerations
7. If at a height of 40cm, the direction of motion of a due to gravity are 2g and 8g respectively then
projectile makes an angle /4 with the horizontal, (a) v = 4gt (b) v = 5gt
then its initial velocity and angle of projection are, (c) v = 2gt (d) v = 16gt
respectively 17. The velocity acquired by a body when it falls
(a) 30m, ½ cos -1 (-4/5) through a height h is v. If it further falls through a
(b) 3.0m1/2cos -1 (-1/2) height x ( x << h), the increase in velocity is
(c) 5.0m, ½ cos -1 (-8/25) approximately
(d) 6.0m ½ cos -1 (-1/4). vx 2v 2vx v
(a) (b) (c) (d)
8. A person aiming to reach the exactly opposite point 2h xh h 2xh
on the bank of a stream is swimming with a speed
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18. A stone takes time t to fall through a height h. The (c) 3 ut (d) 2ut
increment in time when it falls further through a 24. The friction of the air causes vertical retardation
distance x ( x << h) is equal to one tenth of the acceleration due to
xth xt xt 2h gravity. (Take g = 10 ms –2 ). The time of flight will
(a) (b) (c) (d)
2 2 2h xt be decreased by:
(a) 0% (b) 1% (c) 9% (d) 11%
19. Choose the correct statement.
25. A projectile is fired with a velocity V at right angle
(a) A particle thrown vertically up is an
example of projectile as it is also a freely falling to the slope, which is inclined at an angle  with
body. the horizontal. The expression for R is
(b) The acceleration of a projectile is maximum (a) (2v 2 /g) tan  sec  (b) (v 2 /g) tan 
at the highest position. (c) (2v 2 /g) tan  (d)(2v 2 /g) sec
(c) The time of flight is maximum when the 26. A boy throws a ball upwards with velocity v 0 = 20
range of the projectile is maximum. m/s. The wind imparts a horizontal acceleration of
(d) The normal acceleration of the projectile is 4m/s 2 to the left. The angle  at which the ball
maximum at its highest position must be thrown so that the ball returns to the boy’s
hand is (g = 10m/s 2 )
20. A projectile crosses two walls of equal height H
(a) tan –1 (1.2) (b) tan –1 (0.2)
symmetrically as shown in Fig. The height of each
(c) tan (2)
–1 (d) tan –1 (0.4)
wall is t=2 sec t=6 sec 1
(a) 240m 27. If a particle follows the trajectory y = x – x 2 , then
(b) 120m 2
(c) 60m the time of flight is
(d) 30m  H H
1 2 3 4
(a) (b) (c) (d)
g g g g
120 m 28. A stone is projected with a velocity of 10 ms –1 at
21. A projectile is thrown up on inclined plane of angle 60 0 to the horizontal. At any instant, the angles of
 with a velocity v 0 at an angle  with the plane, elevation of the stone from the two extremities of
then the range are  and . Then tan  + tan  equals
(a) The motion of projectile along the inclined 1 1
plane is uniformly decelerated (a) (b) (c) 3 (d) 3
3 3
(b) The maximum height of the projectile is
defined normal to the inclined plane. 29. A ball is projected so as to pass a wall at a distance
(c) At the position of maximum height, velocity a from the point of projection at an angle of 45°
of the projectile becomes parallel to the inclined and falls at a distance b on the other side of the
plane. wall. If h is the height of the wall then
(d) None of these (a) h = a2 (b) h = b 2
22. A particle A is projected from the ground with an 2ab ab
(c) h = (d) h =
initial velocity of 10 a+b a+b
m/s at an angle of B 5m/s 30. A balloon starts rising from the surface of earth.
60° with horizontal. The ascent rate is constant and equal to v 0 . Due to
From what height h wind the balloon gathers the horizontal velocity
h
should an another 10 m/s component v x = Ay while A is constant and if y is
particle B be the height of ascent, the horizontal drift of the
projected 600
A balloon is
horizontally with
Ay2 Ay A 2Ay 2
velocity 5 m/s so (a) (b) 2 (c) (d)
that both the particles collide in ground at point C 2v 0 v0 v0 v0
if both are projected simultaneously ( g = 10 m/s 2 ) Paragraph 1: Two graphs of same projectile motion (in
(a) 10 m (b) 30 m XY plane projected from origin are shown. Take g=10 m/s2
(c) 15 m (d) 25 m
23. Time taken by the projectile to reach from A to B is
t. Then the distance AB
is equal to u
ut B
(a)
3 60 0

300
3ut
(b) A
2
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31. The projection speeds is 40. The ratio of radii of curvature at the point of projection
(a) 37 m/sec (b) 41 m/sec and highest point for maximum horizontal range is
(c) 14 m/sec (d) 40 m/sec 1 1
(a) 1 (b) 2 2 (c) (d)
32. Projection angle with the horizontal is 2 2
4 2
(a) tan −1   (b) tan −1  
5 3
5 1
(c) tan −1   (d) tan −1  
4 2
33. Maximum height attained from point of projection is
(a) 1.25 m (b) 12.5 m
(c) 2.25 m (d) None of these
Paragraph 2: Two projectiles are projected
simultaneously from the top and bottom of a vertical tower
of height h at angles 45 and 60 above horizontal
respectively. Both strike at the same point on ground at
distance 20 m from the foot of the tower after same time.
Choose the correct answer:
34. The speed of the projectile projected from the bottom
is
20 20
(a) 40 m/s (b) m/s (c) 40 3 m/s (d) m/s
3 3
35. The ratio of the sped of the projectile projected from
the top and the speed of the projectile projected from
the bottom of tower is
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 5 : 1(d) 7 :1
36. The time of flight of projectile is
1 1 1 1
4
(a) (3) (b) 2(3) 4 (c) 3(3) 4 (d) 4(3) 4
37. A boy is running along positive x-axis with 8 m/s.
While running he manages to throw a stone in a plane
perpendicular to his direction of running with velocity
12 m/s at an angle 30° with vertical. Find the speed of
the stone at the highest point of the trajectory
(a) 10 m/s (b) 8 m/s
(c) 5 m/s (d) 4 m/s
38. A projectile is thrown with velocity u = 20 m/s ± 5% at
an angle 60°. If the projectile falls back on the ground
at the same level then which of following cannot be a
possible answer for range. Consider g = 10m/s2.
(A) 39.0 m (B) 37.5 m
(C) 34.6 m (D) 32.0 m
39. A student throws soft balls out of the window at
different angles to the horizontal. All soft balls have
the same initial speed v = 103 m/s. It turns out that all
soft balls' landing velocities make angles 30° or greater
with the horizontal. Find the height h (in m) of the
window above the ground.
(a) 10 m (b) 8 m
(c) 5 m (d) 4 m
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