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Top Previous Year Questions - Motion In One Dimension

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Train A and train B are running on parallel tracks in the opposite directions with speed of 36 km hour-1 and 72 km hour-1, respectively. A person is walking in train A in the direction opposite to its motion with a speed of 1.8 km hour-1. Speed in m s-1 of this person as observed from train B will be close to: (take the distance between the tracks as negligible) 

JEE Main 2020 (02 Sep Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 29.5 m s-1
  • B: 28.5 m s-1
  • C: 31.5 m s-1
  • D: 30.5 m s-1
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A tennis ball is released from a height h and after freely falling on a wooden floor it rebounds and reaches height h/2. The velocity versus height of the ball during its motion may be represented graphically by: (graphs are drawn schematically and on not to scale)

JEE Main 2020 (04 Sep Shift 1)

Options

  • A:
  • B:
  • C:
  • D:
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The velocity (v) and time (t) graph of a body in a straight line motion is shown in the figure. The point S is at 4.333 seconds. The total distance covered by the body in 6 s is :

JEE Main 2020 (05 Sep Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 373m
  • B: 12m
  • C: 11m
  • D: 494m
Explaination

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A particle is moving along the x -axis with its coordinate with time t given by xt=10+8t-3t2. Another particle is moving along the y -axis with its coordinate as a function of time given by yt=5-8t3. At t=1 s, the speed of the second particle as measured in the frame of the first particle is given as v. Then vin m s-1 is ___________.

JEE Main 2020 (08 Jan Shift 1)

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The relation between time t and distance x for a moving body is given as t=mx2+nx, where m and n are constants. The retardation of the motion is: (When v stands for velocity)

JEE Main 2021 (25 Jul Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 2mv3
  • B: 2mnv3
  • C: 2nv3
  • D: 2n2v3
Explaination

Question

A ball is thrown up with a certain velocity so that it reaches a height h. Find the ratio of the two different times of the ball reaching h3 in both the directions.

JEE Main 2021 (27 Jul Shift 1)

Options

  • A: 2-12+1
  • B: 13
  • C: 3-23+2
  • D: 3-13+1
Explaination

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A particle is moving with constant acceleration a. Following graph shows v2 versus x (displacement) plot. The acceleration of the particle is _________ m s-2.

JEE Main 2021 (31 Aug Shift 2)

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A bullet is shot vertically downwards with an initial velocity of 100 m s-1 from a certain height. Within 10 s, the bullet reaches the ground and instantaneously comes to rest due to the perfectly inelastic collision. The velocity-time curve for total time t=20 s will be : (Take g=10 m s-2)

JEE Main 2022 (27 Jul Shift 1)

Options

  • A:
  • B:
  • C:
  • D:
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Question

A juggler throws balls vertically upwards with same initial velocity in air. When the first ball reaches its highest position, he throws the next ball. Assuming the juggler throws n balls per second, the maximum height the balls can reach is

JEE Main 2022 (29 Jul Shift 2)

Options

  • A: g2n
  • B: gn
  • C: 2gn
  • D: g2n2
Explaination

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From the top of a tower, a ball is thrown vertically upward which reaches the ground in 6 s. A second ball thrown vertically downward from the same position with the same speed reaches the ground in 1.5 s. A third ball released, from the rest from the same location, will reach the ground in _____ s.

JEE Main 2022 (24 Jun Shift 1)

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Question

The position-time graphs for two students A and B returning from the school to their homes are shown in figure.

(A) A lives closer to the school

(B) B lives closer to the school

(C) A takes lesser time to reach home

(D) A travels faster than B

(E) B travels faster than A

Choose the correct answer from the options given below

JEE Main 2023 (10 Apr Shift 1)

Options

  • A: A, C and D only
  • B: A, C and E only
  • C: B and E only
  • D: A and E only
Explaination

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For a train engine moving with speed of 20 ms1, the driver must apply brakes at a distance of 500 m before the station for the train to come to rest at the station. If the brakes were applied at half of this distance, the train engine would cross the station with speed x ms-1. The value of x is ______. (Assuming same retardation is produced by brakes)

JEE Main 2023 (01 Feb Shift 2)

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A particle of mass 10 g moves in a straight line with retardation 2x, where x is the displacement in SI units. Its loss of kinetic energy for above displacement is 10x-nJ. The value of n will be ________.

JEE Main 2023 (06 Apr Shift 1)

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A body projected vertically upwards with a certain speed from the top of a tower reaches the ground in $t_1$. If it is projected vertically downwards from the same point with the same speed, it reaches the ground in $t_2$. Time required to reach the ground, if it is dropped from the top of the tower, is :

JEE Main 2024 (06 Apr Shift 2)

Options

  • A: $\sqrt{t_1 t_2}$
  • B: $\sqrt{t_1+t_2}$
  • C: $\sqrt{t_1-t_2}$
  • D: $\sqrt{\frac{t_1}{t_2}}$
Explaination

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The relation between time ‘t’ and distance ‘x’ is t=αx2+βx, where α and β are constants. The relation between acceleration a and velocity v is:

JEE Main 2024 (31 Jan Shift 1)

Options

  • A: a=-2αv3
  • B: a=-5αv5
  • C: a=-3αv2
  • D: a=-4αv4
Explaination

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A particle starts from origin at t=0 with a velocity 5i^ m s-1 and moves in x-y plane under action of a force which produces a constant acceleration of (3i^+2j^) m s-2. If the x-coordinate of the particle at that instant is 84 m, then the speed of the particle at this time is α m s-1. The value of α is _______.

JEE Main 2024 (27 Jan Shift 1)

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Question

A bullet is fired into a fixed target looses one third of its velocity after travelling 4 cm. It penetrates further D×10-3 m before coming to rest. The value of D is :

JEE Main 2024 (27 Jan Shift 2)

Options

  • A: 32
  • B: 5
  • C: 3
  • D: 4
Explaination

Question

A small steel ball is dropped into a long cylinder containing glycerine. Which one of the following is the correct representation of the velocity time graph for the transit of the ball?

JEE Main 2024 (31 Jan Shift 1)

Options

  • A:
  • B:
  • C:
  • D:
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