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All Kinematics Questions(1–88 of 88)

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Q1mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20042026
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A ball is released from the top of a tower of height metres. It takes seconds to reach the ground. What is the position of the ball in seconds?
Q2easymcqPhysicsAIEEE 20042026
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Which of the following statements is false for a particle moving in a circle with a constant angular speed?
Q3easymcqPhysicsAIEEE 20042026
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An automobile travelling with speed of , can brake to stop within a distance of . If the car is going twice as fast, i.e , the stopping distance will be:
Q4mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20042026
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A ball is thrown from a point with a speed at an angle of projection . From the same point and at the same instant a person starts running with a constant speed to catch the ball. Will the person be able to catch the ball? If yes, what should be the angle of projection?
Q5mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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A man rides his bicycle for at an average speed of and further travels at an average speed of . What is his approximate average speed for the entire trip?
Q6hardmcqPhysicsNEET 20192026
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When an object is shot from the bottom of a long smooth inclined plane kept at an angle with horizontal, it can travel a distance along the plane. But when the inclination is decreased to and the same object is shot with the same velocity, it can travel distance. Then will be:
Q7easymcqPhysicsNEET (UG) 20172026
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The and coordinates of the particle at any time are and . The acceleration of the particle at is:
Q8mediummcqMathematicsAIEEE 20062026
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A body falling from rest under gravity passes a certain point . It was at a distance of from , prior to passing through . If , then the height above the point from where the body began to fall is:
Q9mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20062026
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A particle located at at time , starts moving along the positive -direction with a velocity that varies as . The displacement of the particle varies with time as:
Q10mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20072026
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The displacement of an object attached to a spring and executing simple harmonic motion is given by metres. The time at which the maximum speed first occurs is:
Q11mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20072026
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The velocity of a particle is . If its position is at , then its displacement after unit time () is:
Q12mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20072026
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A point mass oscillates along the -axis according to the law . If the acceleration of the particle is written as , then:
Q13mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20072026
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A particle is projected at to the horizontal with a kinetic energy . The kinetic energy at the highest point is:
Q14mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE2026
A parachutist after bailing out falls without friction. When parachute opens, it decelerates at . He reaches the ground with a speed of . At what height, did he bail out?
Q15easymcqPhysicsNEET 20222026
A ball is projected with a velocity, , at an angle of with the vertical direction. Its speed at the highest point of its trajectory will be:
Q16mediummcqPhysicsNEET 20232026
A bullet is fired from a gun at the speed of in the direction above the horizontal. The maximum height attained by the bullet is ():
Q17easymcqPhysicsNEET 20232026
A vehicle travels half the distance with speed and the remaining distance with speed . Its average speed is:
Q18hardmcqPhysicsNEET 20232026
A bullet from a gun is fired on a rectangular wooden block with velocity . When the bullet travels through the block, its velocity becomes . It further penetrates into the block in the same direction before coming to rest at the other end. The total length of the block is:
Q19mediummcqPhysicsNEET 20232026
A horizontal bridge is built across a river. A student standing on the bridge throws a small ball vertically upwards with a velocity . The ball strikes the water surface after . The height of the bridge above the water surface is ():
Q20mediummcqPhysicsNEET (UG) 20242026
A particle moving with uniform speed in a circular path maintains:
Q21mediummcqPhysicsNEET (UG) 20242026
The velocity () – time () plot of the motion of a body is shown below. The graph starts from origin, increases linearly to a peak, then decreases linearly to zero velocity at a later time.
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The acceleration () – time () graph that best suits this motion is:
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Q22mediummcqMathematicsAIEEE2026
A lizard, at an initial distance of behind an insect, moves from rest with an acceleration of and pursues the insect which is crawling uniformly along a straight line at a speed of . Then the lizard will catch the insect after:
Q23mediummcqMathematicsAIEEE2026
Two points and move from rest along a straight line with constant acceleration and respectively. If takes more than and describes units more than in acquiring the same speed then:
Q24easymcqPhysicsNEET 20222026
The ratio of the distance travelled by a freely falling body in the and second is:
Q25mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE2026
A projectile can have the same range for two angles of projection. If and be the times of flights in the two cases, then the product of the two time of flights is proportional to:
Q26mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE2026
The relation between time and distance is where and are constants. The acceleration is:
Q27mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20122026
Two cars of masses and are moving in circles of radii and , respectively. Their speeds are such that they make complete circles in the same time . The ratio of their centripetal acceleration is:
Q28mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE2026
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A car starting from rest accelerates at the rate through a distance , then continues at constant speed for time and then decelerates at the rate to come to rest. If the total distance traversed is , then:
Q29mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE2026
A particle is moving eastwards with a velocity of . In the velocity changes to northwards. The average acceleration in this time is:
Q30hardmcqPhysicsAIEEE2026
A body starts from rest at with constant acceleration . Simultaneously another body passes with constant speed . The position of the first is and the second is . Which graph describes vs ?
Q31mediummcqMathematicsAIEEE-CBSE-ENG-032026
Two particles start simultaneously from the same point and move along two straight lines, one with uniform velocity and the other from rest with uniform acceleration . Let be the angle between their directions of motion. The relative velocity of the second particle with respect to the first is least after a time:
Q32mediummcqMathematicsAIEEE-CBSE-ENG-032026
A body travels a distance in seconds. It starts from rest and ends at rest. In the first part of the journey, it moves with constant acceleration and in the second part with constant retardation . The value of is given by:
Q33easymcqPhysicsAIEEE 20032026
A car moving with a speed of , can be stopped by brakes after at least . If the same car is moving at a speed of , the minimum stopping distance is:
Q34hardmcqPhysicsAIEEE 20032026
A body is moved along a straight line by a machine delivering a constant power. The distance moved by the body in time is proportional to:
Q35mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20032026
A boy playing on the roof of a high building throws a ball with a speed of at an angle of with the horizontal. How far from the throwing point will the ball be at the height of from the ground? (Take )
Q36mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20032026
The co-ordinates of a moving particle at any time are given by and . The speed of the particle at time is given by:
Q37easymcqPhysicsAIEEE 20122026
A boy can throw a stone up to a maximum height of . The maximum horizontal distance that the boy can throw the same stone up to will be:
Q38mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20122026
A particle of mass is at rest at the origin at time . It is subjected to a force in the direction. Its speed is depicted by which of the following curves?
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Q39mediummcqPhysicsFIITJEE AIEEE 2011 (Set Q)2026
A water fountain on the ground sprinkles water all around it. If the speed of water coming out of the fountain is , the total area around the fountain that gets wet is:
Q40mediummcqPhysicsFIITJEE AIEEE 2011 (Set Q)2026
An object, moving with a speed of , is decelerated at a rate given by:

where is the instantaneous speed. The time taken by the object, to come to rest, would be:
Q41mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE2026
For a particle in uniform circular motion the acceleration at a point on the circle of radius is (here is measured from the -axis):
Q42mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE2026
A point moves in counter-clockwise direction on a circular path of radius . The movement of ' ' is such that it sweeps out a length , where is in metres and is in seconds. The acceleration of ' ' when is nearly:
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Q43mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE2026
A particle is moving with velocity , where is a constant. The general equation for its path is:
Q44mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20092026
Consider a rubber ball freely falling from a height onto a horizontal elastic plate. Assume that the duration of collision is negligible and the collision with the plate is totally elastic. Then the velocity as a function of time and the height as function of time will be:
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Q45mediummcqPhysicsAIEEE 20092026
A particle has an initial velocity and an acceleration of . Its speed after is:
Q46easymcqPhysicsNEET 20222026
The displacement-time graphs of two moving particles make angles of and with the -axis as shown in the figure. The ratio of their respective velocity is:image
Q47mediummcqPhysicsNEET 20212026
A car starts from rest and accelerates at . At , a ball is dropped out of a window by a person sitting in the car. What is the velocity and acceleration of the ball at ? ()
Q48mediummcqPhysicsNEET 20212026
A small block slides down on a smooth inclined plane, starting from rest at time . Let be the distance travelled by the block in the interval to . Then, the ratio is:
Q49mediummcqPhysicsNEET 2020 E12026
A ball is thrown vertically downward with a velocity of from the top of a tower. It hits the ground after some time with a velocity of . The height of the tower is: ()
Q50mediummcqPHYSICSNEET 20192026
A mass falls from a height and its time of fall is recorded as in terms of time period of a simple pendulum. On the surface of the earth, it is found that . The entire setup is taken on the surface of another planet whose mass is half of that of the Earth and whose radius is the same. The same experiment is repeated and corresponding times are noted as and . Then we can say:
Q51easymcqPHYSICSNEET 20192026
A person travelling in a straight line moves with a constant velocity for a certain distance and with a constant velocity for the next equal distance. The average velocity is given by the relation:
Q52easymcqPHYSICSNEET 20192026
A person standing on the floor of an elevator drops a coin. The coin reaches the floor in time if the elevator is moving uniformly and time if the elevator is stationary. Then:
Q53mediummcqPHYSICSNEET 20192026
A particle starting from rest moves in a circle of radius . It attains a velocity of on completion of rounds. Its angular acceleration will be:
Q54hardmcqPHYSICSNEET 20192026
Two bullets are fired horizontally and simultaneously towards each other from the rooftops of two buildings (building distance being apart and being of the same height of ) with the same velocity of . When and where will the two bullets collide? ()
Q55hardmcqPhysicsNEET (UG) 20182026
A toy car with charge moves on a frictionless horizontal plane surface under the influence of a uniform electric field . Due to the force , its velocity increases from to in one second duration. At that instant the direction of the field is reversed. The car continues to move for two more seconds under the influence of this field. The average velocity and the average speed of the toy car between to seconds are respectively:
Q56mediummcqPhysicsNEET (UG) 20182026
An electron falls from rest through a vertical distance in a uniform and vertically upward directed electric field . The direction of electric field is now reversed, keeping its magnitude the same. A proton is allowed to fall from rest in it through the same vertical distance . The time of fall of the electron, in comparison to the time of fall of the proton is:
Q57easymcqPhysicsNEET 20172026
The and coordinates of the particle at any time are and respectively, where and are in meters and in seconds. The acceleration of the particle at is:
Q58mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
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In some appropriate units, time () and position () relation of a moving particle is given by . The acceleration of the particle is:
Q59mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
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Two cities X and Y are connected by a regular bus service with a bus leaving in either direction every T min. A girl is driving scooty with a speed of in the direction X to Y notices that a bus goes past her every in the direction of her motion, and every in the opposite direction. Choose the correct option for the period T of the bus service and the speed (assumed constant) of the buses.
Q60mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
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A boy standing at the top of a tower of height drops a stone. Assuming , the velocity with which it hits the ground is:
Q61mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
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The instantaneous angular position of a point on a rotating wheel is given by the equation . The torque on the wheel becomes zero at:
Q62mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
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A body is moving with velocity towards east. After its velocity becomes towards north. The average acceleration of the body is:
Q63mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
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A missile is fired for maximum range with an initial velocity of . If , the range of the missile is:
Q64mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
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A particle of mass is released from rest and follows a parabolic path as shown. Assuming that the displacement of the mass from the origin is small, which graph correctly depicts the position of the particle as a function of time?
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Q65easymcqPhysicsPhysics
A particle starts its motion from rest under the action of a constant force. If the distance covered in the first seconds is and that covered in the first seconds is , then:
Q66mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
A ball is dropped from a high rise platform at starting from rest. After another ball is thrown downwards from the same platform with a speed . The two balls meet at . What is the value of ? (Take )
Q67easymcqPhysicsPhysics
A particle has initial velocity and has acceleration . Its speed after is:
Q68mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
A particle moves a distance in time according to equation . The acceleration of the particle is proportional to:
Q69mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
Two cars and start from a point at the same time in a straight line and their positions are represented by and . At what time do the cars have the same velocity?
Q70easymcqPhysicsPhysics
A bus is moving with a speed of on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the bus in . If the bus is at a distance of from the scooterist, with what speed should the scooterist chase the bus?
Q71easymcqPhysicsPhysics
A particle moves in a straight line with a constant acceleration. It changes its velocity from to while passing through a distance of in seconds. What is the value of ?
Q72hardmcqPhysicsPhysics
A particle moving along -axis has acceleration at time given by , where and are constants. The particle at has zero velocity. In the time interval between and the instant when , the particle’s velocity () is:
Q73hardmcqPhysicsPhysics
The position of a particle with respect to time along the -axis is given by where is in metre and in second. What will be the position of this particle when it achieves maximum speed along the direction?
Q74mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
A body of mass is under a constant force which causes a displacement in metres in it, given by the relation , where is in sec. Work done by the force in is :
Q75mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
When a ball is thrown up vertically with velocity , it reaches a maximum height of . If one wishes to triple the maximum height then the ball should be thrown with velocity:
Q76mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
If the velocity of a particle is , where and are constants, then the distance travelled by it between and is:
Q77mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
A particle covers half of its total distance with speed and the rest half distance with speed . Its average speed during the complete journey is:
Q78mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
A projectile is fired at . Elevation angle of highest point from point of projection is:
Q79mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
A stone is dropped from a height . It hits the ground with a certain momentum . If the same stone is dropped from a height more than the previous height, the momentum when it hits the ground will change by:
Q80mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
A car starts from rest and accelerates so that instantaneous power delivered is constant (). The instantaneous velocity is proportional to:
Q81easymcqPhysicsPhysics
A particle has initial velocity and acceleration . The magnitude of velocity after seconds will be:
Q82easymcqPhysicsPhysics
The motion of a particle along a straight line is described by equation: where is in metre and in second. The retardation of the particle when its velocity becomes zero, is:
Q83mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
The velocity of a projectile at the initial point is . Its velocity (in ) at point (the end of the trajectory on the same horizontal plane) is:
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Q84mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
A stone falls freely under gravity. It covers distances and in the first , the next and the next respectively. The relation between and is:
Q85mediummcqPhysicsPhysics
A projectile is fired from the surface of the earth with a velocity of and angle with the horizontal. Another projectile fired from another planet with a velocity of at the same angle follows a trajectory which is identical with the trajectory of the projectile fired from the earth. The value of the acceleration due to gravity on the planet is (in ): (given )
Q86easymcqPhysicsPhysics
A particle is moving such that its position coordinates are at time , at time and at time . Average velocity vector from to is:
Q87hardmcqPhysicsPhysics
The position vector of a particle as a function of time is given by:

Where is in meters, is in seconds and and denote unit vectors along - and -directions, respectively. Which one of the following statements is wrong for the motion of particle?
Q88hardmcqPhysicsPhysics
Two particles and move with constant velocities and . At the initial moment their position vectors are and respectively. The condition for particles and for their collision is:

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