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MOTION IN A PLANE
HOME ASSIGNMENT – IV
(Relative Motion)
Section-A
1. Ram moves in east direction at a speed of 6m/s and Shyam moves 30 0 east of north at a speed of 6m/s. The
magnitude of their relative velocity is
(1) 3m/s (2) 6m/s (3) 6√3m/s (4) 6√2m/s
2. A train is running at a constant speed of 90km/h on a straight track. A person standing at the top of a boggy
moves in the direction of motion of the train such that he covers 1m on the train each second. The speed of the
person with respect to ground is
(1) 25m/s (2) 91km/h (3) 26km/h (4) 26m/s
3. Figure shows two ships moving in x-y plane with velocities VA and VB. The
ships move such that B always remains north of A. The ratio VA/VB is
(1) cosθ
(2) sinθ
(3) secθ
(4) cosecθ
4. A person reaches a point directly opposite on the other bank of a flowing river, while swimming at a speed of
5m/s at an angle of 1200 with the flow. The speed of the flow must be
(1) 2.5m/s (2) 3m/s (3) 4m/s (4) 1.5m/s
5. A car with a vertical windshield moves in a rain storm at a speed of 40 km/h. The rain drops fall vertically with
constant speed of 20m/s. The angle at which rain drops strike the wind shield is
(1) tan−1 5⁄9 (2) tan−1 9⁄5 (3) tan−1 3⁄2 (4) tan−1 2⁄3
6. Two particles A and B start moving with velocities 20m/s and 30√2m/s along x-axis and at an angle 450 with x-
axis respectively in xy plane from origin. The relative velocity of B wrt A is
(1) (10⏞𝑖 +30⏞𝑗 )m/s (2) (30⏞𝑖 +10⏞𝑗 )m/s (3) (30⏞𝑖 -20√2 ⏞𝑗 )m/s (4) (30√2 ⏞𝑖 +10√2 ⏞𝑗 )m/s
7. Out of the two cars A and B, car A is moving towards east with a velocity of 10m/s whereas B is moving towards
north with a velocity 20m/s, then velocity of A wrt B is nearly
(1) 30m/s (2) 10m/s (3) 22m/s (4) 42m/s
8. Four persons P,Q,R and S are initially at the four corners of a square of side d. Each person now moves with a
constant speed v in such a way that P always moves directly towards Q, Q towards R, R towards S, and S towards
P. The four persons will meet after time
(1) d/2v (2) d/v (3) 3d/2v (4) They will never meet
Section-B
1. A man standing on a road has to hold his umbrella at 300 with the vertical to keep the rain away. He throws the
umbrella and starts running at 5km/h. Now he finds that raindrops are hitting his head vertically. Find the speed of
the raindrops wrt
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(1) The road (2) The moving man
2. A man desires to swim across the river in shortest time. The velocity of river water is 3km/h. He can swim in still
water at 6km/h. At what angle with the velocity of flow of the river should he swim?
(1) 300 (2) 600 (3) 900 (4) 1200
3. Two ships are 10km apart on a line running south to north. The one farther north is steaming west at 40km/h. The
other is steaming north at 40km/h. What is their distance of closest approach (in km) and how long do they take to
(1) 10/√2 ;1/4hr (2) 10/√2 ;1/8hr (3) 10/√2 ;1/2hr (4) 20/√2 ;1/8hr
4. A man can swim at 4m/s in a still water swimming pool. He enters a 200m wide river at one bank and swims (wrt
water) at an angle of 600 to the river flow velocity. The river flow velocity is 5m/s. In how much time does he
cross the river? Calculate his drift.
200
(1) 200/√3𝑠, 500/√3 m (2) 100/√3𝑠, 700/√3m (3) 50s,1000m (4) 1000/√2𝑠, m
√3
5. A car drives due north at 50 km/h. Wind blows due North-West at 50√2km/h. In what direction, a flag hoisted on
the roof of the car points?
(1) North (2) South (3) West (4) East
6. Three ships A, B and C are in motion. The motion of A as seen by B is with speed v towards north-east. The
motion of B as seen by C is with speed v towards the north-west. Then as seen by A,C will be moving towards
(1) North (2) South (3) East (4) West
7. Men are running in a line along a road with velocity 9km/h behind one another at equal distances of 20m. Cyclists
are also riding along the same line in the same direction at 18km/h at equal intervals of 30m. The speed with
which an observer must travel along the road in opposite direction so that whenever he meets a runner, he also
meets a cyclist is
(1) 9km/h (2) 12km/h (3) 18km/h (4) 6km/h
PARAGRAPH (8, 9 and 10)
Raindrops are falling with velocity 10√2 m/s making an angle 450 with the vertical. The drops appear to be falling
vertically to a man running with constant velocity. The velocity of rain drops change such that the rain drops now
appear to be falling vertically with √3 times the velocity it appeared earlier to the same person running with same
velocity.
8. The magnitude of velocity of man wrt ground is
(1) 10√2m/s (2) 10√3m/s (3) 10m/s (4) 20m/s
9. After the velocity of rain drops change the magnitude of velocity of raindrops wrt ground is
(1) 20√3m/s (2) 10m/s (3) 10√3m/s (4) 20m/s
10. The angle between the initial and final velocity of rain drops wrt ground
(1) 150 (2) 80 (3) 22.50 (4) 370
11. A boy standing in a trolley car projects a stone perpendicular to the trolley car with a speed v. If the trolley car
moves with a constant velocity u, the time of flight of the stone is
(1) 2v/g (2) 2u/g (3) (u+v)/g (4) None of these
12. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 4m/s. After sometime, wind starts blowing with a speed of 3m/s in the
north to south direction. In order to protect himself from rain, a man standing on the ground should hold his
umbrella at an angle θ given by
(1) θ=tan−1 3/4 with the vertical towards south (2) θ=tan−1 3/4 with the vertical towards north
(3) θ=cot −1 3/4 with the vertical towards south (4) θ=cot −1 3/4 with the vertical towards north
13. A gun fitted on the top of a moving car is aimed in the backward direction at an angle 60 0 with the horizontal. If
the muzzle velocity of the bullet fired from the gun is 8m/s, then the speed of the car for which the bullet comes
out vertically is
(1) 2m/s (2) 4m/s (3) 2√2m/s (4) 4√2m/s
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14. Two identical balls are released simultaneously from equal heights h. Ball A is thrown horizontally with velocity
v and the ball B is just released. Choose the alternative that best represents the motion of A and B with respect to
an observer who moves with velocity v/2 with respect to the ground as shown in the figure.
15. A railroad car is moving in the +x direction on a straight and level track. A person in the railroad car throws a
ball. The ball follows trajectory shown, relative to the railroad car. From an inspection of the trajectory, what can
be concluded about the motion of railroad car? Treat y-axis along vertical.
(1) It is moving at a constant speed (2) It is speeding up
(3) It is slowing down (4) None of the above can be concluded
16. A boat having a speed of 5 km/hr in still water, crosses a river of width 1 km along the shortest possible path in 15
minutes. The speed of the river in Km/hr.
(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) √41
17. A flag is mounted on a car moving due North with velocity of 20 km/hr. Strong winds are blowing due East with
velocity of 20 km/hr. The flag will point in direction
(1) East (2) North-east (3) South-east (4) South-west
18. A man is crossing a river flowing with velocity of 5 m/s. He reaches a point directly across at a distance of 60 m
in 5 sec. His velocity in still water should be
(1) 12m/s
(2) 13m/s
(3) 5m/s
(4) 10m/s
19. Wind is blowing in the north direction at speed of 2 m/s which causes the rain to fall at some angle with the
vertical. With what velocity should a cyclist drive so that the rain appears vertical to him:
(1) 2m/s south (2) 2m/s north (3) 4m/s west (4) 4m/s south
Paragraph for Question Numbers 20,21 and 22
Two particles 'A' and 'B' are projected in the vertical plane with initial velocities having same magnitude u from
points (0, 0) and (l, –h) as shown in figure at t = 0. The x-axis is horizontal and y-axis is vertical as shown.
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20. The path of particle 'A' with respect to particle 'B' will be
(1) Parabola (2) Straight lime parallel to y-axis
(3) Straight line parallel to x-axis (4) None of these
21. Minimum distance between particle A and B during motion will be
(1) l (2) √𝑙 2 + ℎ2 (3) ℎ (4) none of these
22. The time when separation between A and B is minimum is
(1) h/(u cosθ) (2) √2ℎ/𝑔 (3) 2l/(ucos𝜃) (4) l/2(ucos𝜃)
23. If a boat can travel with a speed of v in still water, which of the following trips will take the least amount of time?
(1) traveling a distance of 2d in still water
(2) traveling a distance of 2d across (perpendicular to) the current w.r.t. ground in a stream
(3) traveling a distance d downstream and returning a distance d upstream
(4) traveling a distance d upstream and returning a distance d downstream
24. A man crosses a river in a boat. If he crosses the river in minimum time he takes 10 minutes with a drift 120m. If
he crosses the river taking shortest path, he takes 12.5 minute, find
(i) width of the river,
(ii) velocity of the boat with respect to water,
(iii) speed of the current.
Assume vb/r > vr
25. A man swims at 5 km/hr with respect to river. He wants to cross a canal 120 m wide, so that his velocity with
respect to ground is perpendicular to the water flow. If the canal flows at 4 km/hr, at what angle with the flow of
canal should the man swim? How long will he take to cross the canal?
26. Rain is falling vertically with a speed of 20 m/s relative to air. A person is running in the rain with a velocity of 5
m/s and a wind is also blowing with a speed of 15 m/s (both towards east). Find the angle with the vertical at
which the person should hold his umbrella so that he may not get drenched.
Answer Key
Sec-A
1. 2 2. 4 3. 1 4. 1 5. 1 6. 1 7. 3 8. 2
Sec-B
1. 10km/h;5√3km/h 2. 3 3. 2 4. 2 5. 3 6. 2 7. 1 8. 3 9. 4 10. 1 11. 1 12. 2 13. 2
14. C 15. 3 16. 2 17. 3 18. 2 19. 2 20. 3 21. 3 22. 4 23. 1 24. 200 m, 20 m/min, 12 m/min
25. 143°, t = 144 sec. 26. tan-1(1/2)
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