SURYAN’S PHYSICS
Rain Man Numericals
Q 1. 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:
(a) 10 km/hr (b) 20 km/hr (c) 30 km/hr (d) 40 km/hr
Q 2. Rain is falling with a speed of 12√2m/s at angle of 45°
with the vertical line. A man in glider going at a speed of u
at an angle of 37° with respect to the ground. Find the speed
of the glider so that rain appears to him falling vertically.
Consider the motion of the glider and rain drops in the same
vertical plane:
(a) 15 m/s (b) 30 m/s (c) 10 m/s (d) 20 m/s
Q 3. A man is walking due east at the rate of 2 km/h. The
rain appears to him to come down vertically at the rate of 2
km/h. The actual velocity and angle through which rain is
falling with the vertical respectively are
(a) 2√2 km/h, 45° (b) 1/√2 km/h, 30° (c) 2 km/h, 0° (d) 2
km/h, 90°
Q 4. When a man moves down the inclined plane with a
constant speed 5m/s which makes an angle of 37° with the
horizontal, he finds that the rain is falling vertically
downward. When he moves up the same inclined plane
with the same speed, he finds that the rain makes an angle
θ=tan⁻¹(7/8) with the horizontal. The speed of the rain is:
(a) √116 m/s (b) √32 m/s (c) 5 m/s (d) √73 m/s
Q 5. A stationary person observes that rain is falling
vertically down at 30km/hr. A cyclist is moving up on an
inclined plane making an angle 30° with horizontal at
10km/hr. In what direction should the cyclist hold his
umbrella to prevent himself from rain?
(a) At an angle tan⁻¹(√2/7) with the vertical. (b) At an angle
tan⁻¹(√3/7) with the horizontal (c) At an angle tan⁻¹(√3/7)
with the vertical (d) At an angle tan⁻¹(√2/7) with the
horizontal
Q 6. Rain is falling vertically downwards with a speed of 4
km/h. A girl moves on a straight road with a velocity of 3
km/h. The apparent velocity of rain with respect to the girl
is:
(a) 3 km/h (b) 4 km/h (c) 5 km/h (d) 7 km/h
Q 7. A man is cycling at 4 m/s On a horizontal rod. To him,
rain appears to fall at 30° from vertical. If he doubles his
velocity, rain appears to fall at 60° to vertical. Find the
velocity of the rain:
(a) 4 m/s (b) 5 m/s (c) 6 m/s (d) 4√3 m/s
Q 8. A man running on a horizontal road at 8 km/h finds the
rain falling vertically. He increases his speed to 12 km/h and
finds that the drops make angle 30° with the vertical. Angle
of velocity of rain with vertical is:
(a) tan⁻¹(2/√3) (b) tan⁻¹(√3/2) (c) tan⁻¹(√5/3) (d) cos⁻¹(√3/2)
Q 9. A man holds an umbrella at 30° with the vertical to keep
himself dry. Then he runs at a speed of 10 m/s, and find the
raindrops to be hitting vertically. Study the following
statements and find the correct options:
(1) Velocity of rain w.r.t. Earth is 20 m/s (2) Velocity of rain
w.r.t. man is 10√3 m/s (3) Velocity of rain w.r.t. Earth is 30
m/s (4) Velocity of rain w.r.t. man is 10√2 m/s
(a) Statement (2) and (3) are correct.
(b) Statement (1) and (2) are correct.
(c) Statement (3) and (4) are correct.
(d) Statement (2) and (4) are correct.
Q 10. The path of one projectile as seen from another
projectile is a: (a) Straight line (b) Parabola (c) Hyperbola
(d) Circle
