Kinematics
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Motion in a Straight Line
SubtopicMotion in a Straight Line under Kinematics for Grade 11 ICSE.
Preview questions (no answers)
- 1.
Relative velocity of A with respect to B when they move in the same direction with velocities and is:
A.B.C.D. - 2.
A person walks North and then South. What is the total distance walked?
A.B.C.D. - 3.
In a graph, a horizontal line represents:
A.Uniform acceleration
B.Constant velocity
C.Rest
D.Increasing speed
- 4.
If a car is traveling at , its speed in is:
A.B.C.D. - 5.
A particle moves along a straight line. Its velocity at any time is . Its acceleration at is:
A.B.C.D. - 6.
A body starts from rest and moves with uniform acceleration . The velocity of the body after covering a distance is . The velocity of the body after covering a distance is:
A.2v
B.sqrt(2) v
C.v / sqrt(2)
D.4v
- 7.
If a particle travels equal distances with speeds , then the average speed is given by:
A.V = (v1 + v2 + ... + vn) / n
B.n/V = 1/v1 + 1/v2 + ... + 1/vn
C.V = sqrt(v1 v2 ... vn)
D. - 8.
A particle starts from rest at the origin () and moves along the positive -axis. Its acceleration varies with position according to the relation , where and are positive constants. Following the analytical steps shown in the diagram, what is the terminal velocity (the velocity as ) reached by the particle?
A.B.C.D. - 9.
A body is moving with a variable acceleration . If the body starts from rest, the distance traveled in the first seconds is:
A.B.C.D. - 10.
A point moves in a straight line with velocity where is a positive constant and is the initial velocity. The distance at which the particle comes to rest is:
A.B.C.D.
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Preview questions (no answers)
- 1.
The unit of a unit vector is:
A.Metre
B.Newton
C.No unit
D.Second
- 2.
Vector subtraction is essentially the addition of a:
A.Null vector
B.Unit vector
C.Negative vector
D.Scalar
- 3.
The minimum magnitude of the resultant of two forces of N and N is:
A.16 N
B.4 N
C.60 N
D.0 N
- 4.
The maximum magnitude of the resultant of two forces of N and N is:
A.4 N
B.10 N
C.21 N
D.5 N
- 5.
If a vector makes angles with the and axes respectively, then the value of is:
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.0
- 6.
What is the value of the scalar product ?
A.1
B.C.0
D.-1
- 7.
What is the smallest number of coplanar vectors of unequal magnitudes whose sum can be zero?
A.2
B.3
C.4
D.1
- 8.
A point moves such that its displacement as a function of time is . The curvature of the path at is proportional to:
A.B.C.D. - 9.
If , and are three vectors such that and , then the angle between and is:
A.B.C.D. - 10.
Given and . A vector having the same magnitude as and parallel to is:
A.B.C.D.
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Motion in a Plane
SubtopicMotion in a Plane under Kinematics for Grade 11 ICSE.
Preview questions (no answers)
- 1.
Which of the following laws is used to find the resultant of two vectors starting from the same point?
A.Triangle law
B.Parallelogram law
C.Newton's law
D.Sine law
- 2.
The displacement of a particle in uniform circular motion after half a revolution in a circle of radius is:
A.B.C.D. - 3.
If the angular speed of a particle is and the radius of the circle is , what is its linear speed?
A.B.C.D. - 4.
A vector that represents the change in position of a particle is called:
A.Null vector
B.Displacement vector
C.Unit vector
D.Equal vector
- 5.
A projectile is launched such that the horizontal and vertical components of its initial velocity are and . The total time of flight is:
A.B.C.D. - 6.
A vector is not changed if:
A.It is rotated through an arbitrary angle
B.It is multiplied by a scalar
C.It is cross-multiplied by a unit vector
D.It is slid parallel to itself
- 7.
If a particle moves with constant speed in a circle, its velocity vector and acceleration vector are:
A.Parallel to each other
B.Antiparallel to each other
C.Perpendicular to each other
D.At an angle of to each other
- 8.
The displacement of a particle is given by and . The motion of the particle is:
A.Uniform circular motion
B.Non-uniform circular motion
C.Rectilinear motion
D.Parabolic motion
- 9.
The position of a particle is given by . The path of the particle is a:
A.Parabola
B.Circle
C.Straight line
D.Ellipse
- 10.
A projectile has a range on a horizontal plane. If and are the maximum heights for the two paths for which the range is the same, then:
A.B.C.D.
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Projectile Motion
SubtopicProjectile Motion under Kinematics for Grade 11 ICSE.
Preview questions (no answers)
- 1.
When a projectile is thrown at an angle with the horizontal, the shape of its trajectory (path) is mathematically described as a:
A.Circle
B.Hyperbola
C.Parabola
D.Straight line
- 2.
If a projectile has a time of flight , the time taken to reach the maximum height is:
A.B.C.D. - 3.
The maximum height reached by a projectile launched vertically upwards with velocity is:
A.B.C.D. - 4.
The horizontal velocity of a projectile:
A.Increases with time
B.Decreases with time
C.Remains constant throughout the flight
D.Is zero at the highest point
- 5.
A body is projected with a velocity at an angle . Its speed when it is at the maximum height is . What is the speed when it is at half its maximum height?
A.B.C.D. - 6.
What is the angle of projection for which the horizontal range and the maximum height are in the ratio ?
A.B.C.D. - 7.
The work done by the force of gravity on a projectile during its entire flight (from ground to ground) is:
A.Positive
B.Negative
C.Zero
D.Depends on the angle of projection
- 8.
A projectile is launched from origin. At s, its position is m. Neglecting air resistance and taking m/s, the initial velocity vector is:
A.B.C.D. - 9.
If air resistance provides a constant horizontal retardation , the time of flight of a projectile projected at angle is:
A.B.C.D. - 10.
A ball is projected from the ground at an angle with velocity . The horizontal distance from the point of projection where its vertical velocity becomes zero is:
A.B.C.D.Both A and C are correct
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