1. A stone is dropped from a height h . It hits the ground with a certain momentum P .

If the same stone is dropped from a

height 100 % more than the previous height , the momentum when it hits the ground will change by

(1) 68 % (2) 41 % (3) 200 % (4) 100 %

2. A car of mass m starts from rest and accelerates so that the instantaneous power delivered to the car has a constant
magnitude P₀ . The instantaneous velocity of this car is proportional to

(1) t ² P₀ (2) √ t (3) 1 / √ t (4) t/ √m

3. A particle is projected from the ground with an initial speed of v at an angle of projection θ . The average velocity of
the particle between its time of projection and time it reaches highest point of trajectory is

(1) v/2 √(1+2 cos²θ) (2) v/2 √(1+2 sin²θ) (3) v/2 √(1+3 cos²θ) (4) v cos θ

4. A rocket of initial mass 15000 kg ejects mass at a constant rate of 25 kg/s with constant relative speed of 15 km/s .The
acceleration of the rocket 5 min after the blast is (neglect gravity effect )

(1) 40 ms ¯² (2) 50 ms ¯² (3) 60 ms ¯² (4) 45 ms ¯²

5. An elevator of total mass 1800 kg is moving up with a constant speed of 2 m/s . Frictional force of 2000 N is opposing its
motion . The minimum power delivered by the motor to the elevator is (take g = 10 ms¯² )

(1) 36 KW (2) 4 KW (3) 40 KW (4) -- 40 KW

6. A trolley of mass 250 kg carrying a sand bag of 25 kg is moving uniformly with a speed of 35 km/h on a frictionless track.
After some time the sand starts falling out of a hole on to the trolley’s floor at the rate of 0.05 kg/s . What is the speed of
the trolley after the entire sand bag is empty ?

(1) 40 km/h (2) 35 km/h (3) 48 km/h (4) none of these

7. A steel ball is dropped on a hard surface from a height of 1 m and rebounds to a height of 64 cm . The maximum height
attained by the ball after n-th bounce is

(1) 1m (2) (0.8) ²n (3) (0.5)2n (4) (0.8)n

8. A car of mass 500 kg along with its content is moving on a smooth road with velocity 10 m/s along + ve X-axis . Now
a block of mass 25 kg from the car is thrown outside with a velocity of 20 m/s along + ve Z- axis . The new velocity
of the car is

(1) 10 î + 20 ĸ̂ (2) 10 î - 20 ĸ̂ (3) ( 200/19 ) î - (20/19) ĸ̂ (4) 10 î - (20/19) ĸ̂

9. A machine gun fires 240 shots per minute, if the mass of each bullet is 20 g and the muzzle velocity is 900 m/s , then
average recoiling force on the machine gun is

(1) 36 N (2) 72 N (3) 85 N (4) none of these

10. A particle of mass m , at rest at t = 0 , is subjected to a force F whose value at t = 0 is F0 and which decreases
linearly with time, becoming zero at t = t0 . The kinetic energy of the particle at t = t0 is

(1) F02t02 / 8m (2) F02t02 / 3m (3) F02t02 / 4m (4) F02t02 / m

11. A projectile is given an initial velocity of î + 2 ĵ . The Cartesian equation of its path is : (g = 10 m/s2 )
 (1) y = 2x – 5 x2 (2) y = x – 5x2 (3) 4y = 2x – 5 x2 (4) y = 2 x – 25 x2

12. The horizontal acceleration that should be given to a smooth inclined plane of angle sin-1 (1/ι) to keep an object
stationary on the plane relative to the inclined plane is

(1) g / √(ι2 – 1) (2) g √(ι2 – 1) (3) √(ι2 – 1/g ) (4) g / √(ι2 + 1)

13. A smooth sphere is moving on a horizontal surface with velocity 2 î + 2 ĵ immediately before it hits a vertical wall. The
wall is parallel to ĵ and the coefficient of restitution between the sphere and the wall is e = ½ . The velocity of the
sphere after it hits the wall is

(1) î – ĵ (2) –î + 2ĵ (3) –î – ĵ (4) 2î – ĵ

14. A spring of natural length AB is extended up to C . If spring constant is k , then energy stored is ( r is the radius)

(1) π2 k r2/8 (2) π2 k2 r2/8 (3) π2 k r2/2 (4) k r2/2

15. A particle has a velocity 4 î + 3 ĵ and an acceleration 3 î + 4 ĵ . The rate of change of its speed is

(1) 5 units (2) 24/5 units (3) 18/5 units (4) 7 units

16. A ship is A moving westwards with a speed of 10 km/h and a ship B , 100 km south of A is moving northwards
with a speed of 10 km/h . The time after which the distance between them is shortest and the shortest distance
between them are

(1) 5√2 hr , 50 km (2) 5 hr , 50√2 km (3) 0 hr , 100 km (4) 10√2 hr , 100 km

17. The v – t graph of a particle moving along a straight line is shown in figure . Its correct position time graph , assuming
that its starts from the origin , is

(1) (2) (3) (4)

18. The acceleration time graph of a particle is shown in figure . At time t = 0 , the velocity of the particle is 8 m/s . Its
velocity after t = 10 s is
 (1) 50/3 m/s (2) 130/3 m/s (3) 74/3 m/s (4) 70/3 m/s
19. A bullet of mass M hits a block of mass M’ . The transfer of energy is maximum when
(1) M’ = M (2) M’ = 2M (3) M’ << M (4) M’ >> M
20. A lift is moving down with acceleration a . A man in the lift drops a ball inside the lift . The acceleration of the ball as
observed by the man in the lift and a man standing stationary on the ground are respectively
(1) g , g (2) g–a , g–a (3) g–a , g (4) a , g
21. Assuming frictionless contacts , then the magnitude of external horizontal force P applied at the lower end for
equilibrium of the rod will be (mass of the rod = m )

(1) mg/2 (2) ( mg/2) cot θ (3) (mg/2) tan θ (4) (mg/2) sec θ
22. A particle moves a distance x in time t according to equation x2 = 1 + t2 . the acceleration of the particle is
(1) 1 / x3 (2) 1 / x – 1 / x2 (3) – t / x2 (4) 1 / x – t2 / x 3
23. A + B + C = 0 , then A × B is
(1) B×C (2) C × B (3) A × C (4) none of these
24. A car starts from rest and moves on a surface in which the coefficient of friction between the road and the tyres
increases linearly with distance x . The car moves with the maximum possible acceleration . The kinetic energy E of
the car will depend on x as
(1) E α 1/x2 (2) E α 1/x (3) E α x (4) E α x2
25. A stone is thrown horizontally with velocity u . The velocity of the stone 0.5 s later is 3 u/2 .The value of u is
(1) 2.2 m/s (2) 3.3 m/s (3) 4.4 m/s (4) 1.1 m/s
26. A projectile is thrown with an initial velocity ( a î + b ĵ ) m/s . If the range of the projectile is twice the maximum
height reached by it , then
(1) b = a/2 (2) b = a (3) b =2 a (4) b = 4 a
27. A body of mass m accelerates uniformly from rest to v1 in time t1 . As a function of t , the instantaneous power
delivered to the body is
(1) m v1 t / t1 (2) m v12 t / t1 (3) m v1 t 2/ t1 (4) m v12 t / t12
28. A scooterist sees a bus 1 km ahead of him moving with a velocity of 10 m/s . With what speed the scooterist
should move so as to overtake the bus in 100 s ?
(1) 10 m/s (2) 20 m/s (3) 50 m/s (4) 30 m/s
29. A person walks up a stationary escalator in time t1 . If he remains stationary on the escalator , then it can take him up
in time t2 . How much time would it take him to walk up the moving escalator ?
(1) ( t1 + t2 ) /2 (2) √ (t1 t2 ) (3) ( t 1 t2 ) / ( t 1 + t2 ) (4) ( t 1 + t2 )
30. A body of mass m1 moving with a velocity 10 m/s collides with another body at rest of mass m2 . After collision the
velocities of the two bodies are 2 m/s and 5 m/s respectively , along the direction of motion of m 1 The ratio
m1/m2 is
(1) 5 /12 (2) 5/8 (3) 8/5 (4) 12/5
31. A block of mass m is in contact with the cart C as shown in the figure . The coefficient of static friction between the
block and the cart is μ . The acceleration of the cart that will prevent the block from falling satisfies

(1) a > mg / μ (2) a > g/μm (3) a ≥ g/ μ (4) a < g/μ

32. A ball is dropped on to the floor from a height of 10 m . It rebounds to a height of 2.5 m . If the ball is in contact
with the floor for 0.01 s what is the average acceleration during contact ( g = 10 m/s2 )
(1) 700 m/s2 (2) 1400 m/s2 (3) 2100 m/s2 (4) 2800 m/s2
33. Velocity time equation of a particle moving in a straight line is v = 2t – 4 for t ≤ 2 s and v = 4–2t for t > 2 s . The
distance travelled by the particle in the time interval from t = 0 to t = 4 s is
(1) 12 m (2) 16m (3) 4m (d) 8m
34. The upper half of an inclined plane of inclination θ is perfectly smooth while lower half is rough . A block starting from
rest at the top of the plane will again come to rest at the bottom, if the coefficient of friction between the block and
the lower half of the plane is given by
(1) μ = 2 tanθ (2) μ = tanθ (3) μ = 1 / tanθ (4) μ = 2 / tanθ
2
35. A balloon starts rising from the ground with an acceleration of 1.25 m/s . After 8 s , a stone is released from the
balloon . The stone will
(1) cover a distance of 50 m (2) have a displacement of 50 m
(3) reach the ground in 4 s (4) begin to move up after being released
36. A ball of mass m moving at speed v collides with another identical ball at rest . The kinetic energy of the balls after
collision is three fourth of the original kinetic energy. The coefficient of restitution is
(1) √2 (2) 1/√2 (3) 1/ √3 (4) ½
37. The percentage error in measuring M , L , T are 1% , 1.5 % and 3 % respectively. Then the percentage error in
measuring the physical quantity with dimensions M L–1 T–1 is
(1) 1 % (2) 3.5 % (3) 3 % (4) 5.5 %
38. An engine pumps out water continuously through a hose with a velocity v . If m is the mass per unit length of the
water jet , the rate at which the kinetic energy is imparted to water is
(1) ½ mv2 (2) ½ mv3 (3) ½ m2 v2 (4) mv3
39. A crate is pushed horizontally with 100 N across a 5 m floor. If the frictional force between the crate and the floor
is 40 N , then the kinetic energy gained by the crate is
(1) 200 J (2) 250 J (3) 300 J (4) 350 J
40. An inclined plane is moving with constant velocity v = 4 m/s on a horizontal surface as shown in figure .If a block of
mass 2 kg is kept at top of the incline and there is no friction between the block and incline , then the distance
travelled by the incline till the block reaches bottom of the incline is (g = 10 m/s2 )

(1) 4m (2) 5 m (3) 1.6√5 m (4) 2√5 m

41. A particle is moving along a straight line whose acceleration versus displacement curve is as shown in the figure . The
velocity of the particle at s = 5 m is 5 m/s , the velocity of particle when displacement s = 25 m is

(1) 5 m/s (2) 5√3 m/s (3) 25 m/s (4) information insufficient
42 . A block attached with a spring is kept on a smooth horizontal surface . Now the free end of the spring is pulled with a
constant velocity u horizontally . Then the maximum energy stored in the spring and block system during subsequent
motion is
(1) ½ mu2 (2) mu2 (3) 2 m u2 (4) 4 mu2