Motion in a Straight Line

1. (JEE Past Question) A car is standing 200 m behind a bus, which is also at rest. The two
start moving at the same instant but with different forward accelerations. The bus has an
acceleration of 2 m/s², and the car has an acceleration of 4 m/s². After what time will the
car catch up with the bus?
2. (JEE Past Question) A helicopter rises from rest on the ground vertically upwards with a
constant acceleration equal to g (acceleration due to gravity). A food packet is dropped
from the helicopter when it is at a height h. Find the time taken by the packet to reach the
ground. [Assume g = 9.8 m/s²]
3. (JEE Past Question) The velocity (v) versus time (t) graph of a body in straight-line
motion is provided, with a specific point S at t = 4.333 seconds. Calculate the total distance
covered by the body in 6 seconds. [Assume a standard velocity-time graph with linear
segments.]
4. A stone is dropped from the top of a cliff and travels 44.1 m in the last second before
hitting the ground. Determine the height of the cliff. [Take g = 9.8 m/s²]
5. A man walks 2.5 km to the market at 5 km/h and returns at 7.5 km/h. Calculate his average
velocity and average speed for the first 30 minutes, the first 50 minutes, and the entire trip.
6. Under what conditions is the equation s = ut valid for motion in a straight line?
7. Two balls of different masses are thrown vertically upward with the same initial speed.
Which ball rises to a greater height?
8. When is the relative velocity of two bodies equal to the sum of their individual velocities?
9. A car moving at 120 km/h along a straight highway is brought to rest within a distance of
150 m. How long does it take for the car to stop, and what is its retardation?
10. A bus of mass 2000 kg accelerates at 6 m/s². What force is required to achieve this
acceleration?
11. A particle moves along a straight line with its position given by x = 8 + 12t - t³, where x is
in meters and t is in seconds. Find the retardation of the particle when its velocity becomes
zero.
12. A particle covers half of its total distance with speed v₁ and the other half with speed v₂.
What is its average speed during the complete journey?
13. A boy drops a stone from a 20 m high tower. Assuming g = 10 m/s², what is the velocity
with which the stone hits the ground?
14. A ball is dropped from a high-rise platform at t = 0. After 6 seconds, another ball is thrown
downwards from the same platform with speed v. The two balls meet at t = 18 s. What is
the value of v? [Take g = 10 m/s²]
15. A particle moves a distance x in time t according to the equation x = (t + 5)⁻¹. How is the
acceleration of the particle related to its velocity?
16. A train accelerates uniformly from rest to 80 km/h in time t, then moves at constant speed
for 3t. What is the average speed of the train?
17. A body travels 102.5 m in the nth second and 115.0 m in the (n+2)th second. Calculate its
acceleration.
18. The position of a particle is given by x = 5t² - 4t + 5. What is its velocity at t = 2 s?
19. Two cars travel towards each other at 20 m/s each, 300 m apart, and decelerate at 2 m/s².
What is the distance between them when they stop?
20. A particle’s displacement is given by x = c₀(t² - 2) + c(t - 2)², where c₀ and c are constants.
Determine the correct statement about its motion.

Motion in a Plane

21. (JEE Past Question) Two balls with the same mass and initial velocity are projected at
different angles such that the maximum height reached by the first ball is 8 times higher
 than that of the second ball. If T₁ and T₂ are the total times of flight of the first and second
balls, respectively, find the ratio T₁/T₂.
22. (JEE Past Question) A helicopter flying horizontally at 360 km/h at an altitude of 2 km
drops an object. Calculate the time taken for the object to reach the ground. [Assume g = 10
m/s²]
23. A ball is thrown from the ground at an angle θ to the horizontal. If the ceiling is 25 m
above the point of projection and the maximum height the ball can reach is 25 m, find the
maximum horizontal distance the ball can travel without hitting the ceiling. [Take g = 10
m/s²]
24. A particle starts from the origin at t = 0 with a velocity of 10 ĵ m/s and moves in the x-y
plane with a constant acceleration of (8î + 2ĵ) m/s². At what time is the x-coordinate of the
particle 16 m? What is the y-coordinate and speed at that time?
25. Define uniform circular motion, time period, frequency, and angular velocity. Derive the
relation between them.
26. A man swims at 4.0 km/h in still water across a 1.0 km wide river flowing steadily at 3.0
km/h, making his strokes normal to the river current. How long does it take to cross the
river, and how far down the river does he go when he reaches the other bank?
27. A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 50 m/s at an angle of 30° to the
horizontal. Calculate its time of flight, maximum height, and horizontal range.
28. A boy throws a ball from a 10 m high building with a speed of 10 m/s at 30° to the
horizontal. How far from the throwing point will the ball be at a height of 10 m from the
ground? [Take g = 10 m/s²]
29. A particle is projected with velocity u at an angle θ to the horizontal. Find the time after
which the vertical component of velocity equals the horizontal component.
30. A body revolves in a circle of diameter 0.40 m at 1000 revolutions per minute. Calculate its
linear velocity and centripetal acceleration.
31. If the initial velocity of a projectile is doubled while keeping the angle of projection
constant, by what factor does the horizontal range increase?
32. Is a stone thrown vertically upwards a projectile? Justify your answer.
33. A boat moves at 27 km/h in still water. If the river flows at 6 km/h, what is the maximum
speed of the boat relative to the ground?
34. A particle moves with a velocity of 5î + 3ĵ m/s and an acceleration of 2î - 4ĵ m/s². Find the
magnitude of its velocity after 2 seconds.
35. A projectile is launched at 60 m/s at 30° to the horizontal. What is its maximum height?
36. Two vectors have magnitudes 3 units and 4 units, and the angle between them is 60°. Find
the magnitude of their resultant.
37. A car moves on a circular track of radius 50 m with a speed of 20 m/s. What is the
centripetal acceleration?
38. A stone is projected with a speed of 20 m/s at an angle of 45° to the horizontal. Find the
time taken to reach the maximum height.
39. A particle moves in the x-y plane with a constant speed of 10 m/s along a path given by y =
x²/10. Find its acceleration at x = 5 m.
40. A cyclist rides at 20 km/h while a bus passes every 18 minutes in the same direction and
every 6 minutes in the opposite direction. If the time interval between buses is 9 minutes,
find the bus speed.

Laws of Motion

41. (JEE Past Question) A ball of mass 0.2 kg is thrown vertically upwards by applying a
force by hand. If the hand moves 0.2 m while applying the force and the ball goes up to 2
m further, find the magnitude of the force. [Take g = 10 m/s²]
42. (JEE Past Question) A force of 1200 N acts on a 0.5 kg steel ball for 25 ms, opposite to
its initial velocity of 14 m/s. Calculate the final speed of the ball.
43. (JEE Past Question) A stationary bomb explodes into three pieces. One piece of 2 kg
moves at 8 m/s, perpendicular to another piece of 1 kg moving at 12 m/s. Find the mass and
velocity of the third piece.
44. (JEE Past Question) A block of mass 8 kg slides on a wooden wedge of mass 16 kg,
which slides backward on a horizontal surface. Find the acceleration of the block with
respect to the wedge. Assume all surfaces are frictionless.
45. (JEE Past Question) A hockey player receives a corner shot at 15 m/s at 30° to the y-axis
and shoots the 100 g ball along the negative x-axis at 30 m/s. If contact with the stick lasts
0.01 s, find the force imparted in the x-direction.
46. A block of mass 5 kg is on a horizontal surface with a coefficient of friction 0.2. What is
the minimum force required to move the block?
47. Two masses, m₁ = 2 kg and m₂ = 3 kg, are connected by a string over a pulley. Find the
acceleration of the system and the tension in the string.
48. A car of mass 1000 kg moving at 20 m/s stops after 10 seconds due to braking. Calculate
the force applied by the brakes.
49. A rocket of mass 100 kg burns 0.1 kg of fuel per second with an exhaust velocity of 1 km/s.
What is the acceleration of the rocket?
50. A bullet of mass 10 g moving at 300 m/s hits a 5 kg ice block and stops. Calculate the
velocity of the ice block.
51. Why does a cricketer move his hands backward while catching a ball?
52. A 60 kg person climbs a rope that can bear a maximum tension of 360 N. What is the
maximum safe acceleration for climbing?
53. A horizontal rope of length L on a frictionless surface is pulled at one end with force F.
What is the tension at a distance l from the pulled end?
54. A 5 kg block is pushed with a force of 20 N at 30° to the horizontal on a frictionless
surface. Find the acceleration of the block.
55. A system consists of two blocks, 4 kg and 6 kg, connected by a string on a frictionless
surface. A force of 30 N is applied to the 6 kg block. Find the acceleration and tension.
56. A 2 kg object is subjected to two forces: 10 N at 45° to the x-axis and 10 N at 135° to the
x-axis. Calculate the net force and acceleration.
57. A 10000 small balls, each 1 g, strike 1 cm² per second at 100 m/s normally and rebound
with the same speed. Calculate the pressure on the surface.
58. A 3 kg block rests on a surface with a coefficient of friction 0.3. What horizontal force is
needed to give it an acceleration of 2 m/s²?
59. A wedge of mass M is on a frictionless surface, and a block of mass m slides on it. Derive
the acceleration of the block relative to the wedge.
60. A 50 kg crate is pulled with a force of 200 N at 20° to the horizontal. If the coefficient of
friction is 0.25, find the acceleration of the crate.