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MOTION

1. A farmer moves along the boundary of a square field of side 10 m in 40 s. What will
be the magnitude of displacement of the farmer at the end of 2 minutes 20 seconds
from his initial position?
2. A train starting from a railway station and moving with uniform acceleration attains a
speed 40 km h–1 in 10 minutes. Find its acceleration.
3. The brakes applied to a car produce an acceleration of 6 m s-2 in the opposite
direction to the motion. If the car takes 2 s to stop after the application of brakes,
calculate the distance it travels during this time.
4. A train is travelling at a speed of 90 km h–1. Brakes are applied so as to produce a
uniform acceleration of – 0.5 m s-2. Find how far the train will go before it is brought
to rest.
5. A trolley, while going down an inclined plane, has an acceleration of 2 cm s-2. What
will be its velocity 3 s after the start?
6. A stone is thrown in a vertically upward direction with a velocity of 5 m s-1. If the
acceleration of the stone during its motion is 10 m s–2 in the downward direction,
what will be the height attained by the stone and how much time will it take to reach
there?
7. An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius 42250 km. Calculate its
speed if it takes 24 hours to revolve around the earth.
8. Joseph jogs from one end A to the other end B of a straight 300 m road in 2 minutes
30 seconds and then turns around and jogs 100 m back to point C in another 1
minute. What are Joseph’s average speeds and velocities in jogging (a) from A to B
and (b) from A to C?
9. A driver of a car travelling at 52 km h–1 applies the brakes Shade the area on the
graph that represents the distance travelled by the car during the period. (b) Which
part of the graph represents uniform motion of the car?
10. The speed-time graph for a car is shown is Figure (a) Find how far does the car travel
in the first 4 seconds. Shade the area on the graph that represents the distance
travelled by the car during the period. (b) Which part of the graph represents
uniform motion of the car?
11. Difference b/w distance and Displacement.
12. What is instantaneous velocity?
13. Difference b/ speed and velocity?
14. Derive the all three equation of motion with graphical method.
15. Define uniform circular motion.
16. The velocity -time graph of SUV is given below. The mass of the SUV is 1000 kg.

a. What is the distance travelled by the SUV is first 2 seconds?

b. What is the braking force at the end of 5 seconds to bring the SUV to a stop within
one seconds?
17. A particle experiences constant acceleration for 20 seconds after starting from rest. If
it travels a distance D1 in the first 10 seconds and distance D2 in the next 10 seconds
then,
(a) D2 = D1 (b) D2 = 2D1 (c) D2 = 3D1 (d) D2 = 4D1
18. An electron moving with a velocity of 5×103m/s5×103m/s enters into a uniform
electric field and acquires a uniform acceleration of 103m/s2103m/s2 in the direction
of initial velocity.
i. Find out the time in which electron velocity will be doubled.?
ii. How much distance electron would cover in this time.?
19. An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius 42.250 km (approx).
Calculate its linear velocity if takes 24 hour to revolve around earth.?
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20. Stopping distance of vehicles : When brakes are applied to a moving vehicle, the
distance it travels before stopping is called stopping distance. It is an important factor
for road safety and depends on the initial velocity (v0v0) and the braking capacity, or
deceleration, ?a that is caused by the braking. A car travelling at speed 72km/hr
suddenly applies the brake with the deceleration of 5m/s2. Find the stopping distance
of the car.
21. An aircraft travelling at 600 km/h accelerates steadily at 10 km/h per second. Taking
the speed of sound as 1100 km/h at the aircraft’s altitude, how long will it take to
reach the ‘sound barrier’?
22. The distance between Delhi and Agra is 200km. A train travels the first 100 km at a
speed of 50 km/h. How fast must the train travel the next 100 km so as to average 70
km/h for the whole journey?
23. A car of mass 1000 kg is moving with a velocity of 10 m.s-1. If the velocity-time graph
for this car is a horizontal line parallel to the time axis, then the velocity of the car at
the end of 25s will be:
24. In the speed-time graph for a moving object shown here, the
part which indicates uniform deceleration of the object is:

a) ST
b) QR
c) RS
d) PQ
20. Derive all the equation of motion: mathematically and graphically.
21. A body covered a distance of 4 metre along a semicircular path. Calculate the
magnitude of displacement of the body, and the ratio of distance to displacement?
22. A train is travelling at a speed of 40 km/ h. Brakes are applied so as to produce a
uniform acceleration of −0.5 m /s 2. Find how far the train will go before it is brought
to rest.
23. A train is travelling at a speed of 40 km/ h. Brakes are applied so as to produce a
uniform acceleration of −0.5 m /s 2. Find how far the train will go before it is brought
to rest.
24. Aryan went from Delhi to Chandigarh on his bike. The bike’s odometer reads 4200
km at the start and 4460 km at the end of the trip. If Aryan took 4 hours and 20 min
to complete his journey, find the average speed and velocity in km/h and m/s.
25. Suppose a boy is enjoying a ride on a merry-go-round which is moving with a
constant speed of 10m/s. It implies that the boy is
(a) at rest
(b) moving with no acceleration
(c) in accelerated motion
(d) moving with uniform velocity.
Answer: (c) in accelerated motion
FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION :
1. Explain why some of the leaves may get detached from a tree if we vigorously
shake its branch.
2. Which would require a greater force –– accelerating a 2 kg mass at 5 m s–2 or a 4
kg mass at 2 m s-2 ?
3. A constant force acts on an object of mass 5 kg for a duration of 2 s. It increases
the object’s velocity from 3 m s–1 to 7 m s-1. Find the magnitude of the applied
force. Now, if the force was applied for a duration of 5 s, what would be the final
velocity of the object?
4. A stone of 1 kg is thrown with a velocity of 20 m s–1 across the frozen surface of
a lake and comes to rest after travelling a distance of 50 m. What is the force of
friction between the stone and the ice?
5. A 8000 kg engine pulls a train of 5 wagons, each of 2000 kg, along a horizontal
track. If the engine exerts a force of 40000 N and the track offers a friction force
of 5000 N, then calculate: (a) the net accelerating force and (b) the acceleration
of the train.
6. 9. What is the momentum of an object of mass m, moving with a velocity v? (a)
(mv)2 (b) mv2 (c) ½ mv2 (d) mv
7. Write the formulas which represents the relationship between momentum (P)
and kinetic energy (K.E)?
8. A 10 g bullet travelling at 200 m/s strikes and remains embedded in a 2 kg target
which is originally at rest But free to move. At what speed does the target move
off ?
9. Using a horizontal force of 200 N, we intend to move a wooden cabinet across a
floor at a constant velocity. What is the friction force that will be exerted on the
cabinet?
10. A bullet of mass 10 g travelling horizontally with a velocity of 150 m s–1 strikes a
stationary wooden block and comes to rest in 0.03 s. Calculate the distance of
penetration of the bullet into the block. Also calculate the magnitude of the force
exerted by the wooden block on the bullet.
11. An object of mass 100 kg is accelerated uniformly from a velocity of 5 m s–1 to 8
m s–1 in 6 s. Calculate the initial and final momentum of the object. Also, find the
magnitude of the force exerted on the object.
12. Difference between balance force and unbalanced force.
13. Prove F = ma.
14. Explain the 2nd law of Motion.
15. An object experiences a net zero external unbalanced force. Is it possible for the
object to be travelling with a non-zero velocity? If yes, state the conditions that
must be placed on