PART TEST ONE [UNITS & MEASUREMENTS, MOTION IN 1-D]

1.

2.

A car travels a distance S on a straight road in two hours

and then returns to the starting point in the next three
hours. Its average velocity is
(a) S / 5

(c)

S/ 2+ S/ 3

(b) 2S / 5

(d) None of the above

A particle moves along the sides AB, BC, CD of a square of

instantaneous separation of the jeep from the motorcycle is

100 m, how long will it take for the police to catch the thief
(a) 1 s

9.

side 25 m with a velocity of 15 ms 1 . Its average velocity is

C

(a) 15 ms

4.

(c) 7.5 ms 1

10.

If the body covers one-third distance at speed v 1 , next one

third at speed v 2 and last one third at speed v 3 , then
average speed will be

11.

(a)

5.

(c)

18
V
11

1 2 + 2 3 + 3 1
1 + 2 + 3

1 2 3
1 2 + 2 3 + 3 1

6.

7.

1
(a 2 sin t) t 2
2

(b)

(d)

1 + 2 + 3

31 2 3
1 2 + 2 3 + 3 1

(b) 4 m/s2

12.

(c)

300 cm / s

(b) 136 .2 cm / s
(d) 250 cm/s

A thief is running away on a straight road in jeep moving

with a speed of 9 ms 1 . A police man chases him on a

motor cycle moving at a speed of 10 ms 1 . If the

11 u

(b)

(d)

5u

7u

Two trains one of length 100 m and another of length 125

m, are moving in mutually opposite directions along
parallel lines, meet each other, each with speed 10 m / s . If

(c) 15 s

(c)

(c)

13.

(b) 10 s

(d) 20 s

A body starts from rest with uniform acceleration. If its

velocity after n second is , then its displacement in the last
(a)

(d) 14 m/s2

A bullet moving with a velocity of 200 cm/s penetrates a

wooden block and comes to rest after traversing 4 cm inside
it. What velocity is needed for travelling distance of 9 cm in
same block

(c)

3u

two seconds is

If the velocity of a particle is (10 + 2t2) m/s, then the

average acceleration of the particle between 2s and 5 s is
(c) 12 m/s2

(d) 1/8 hr

The speed of a body moving with uniform acceleration is u.

This speed is doubled while covering a distance S. When it
covers an additional distance S, its speed would become

(a) 5 s

(b) a sin t

(a) 2 m/s2

(b) 1/2 hr

their acceleration are 0.3 m / s2 and 0.2 m / s2 respectively,

then the time they take to pass each other will be

(d) a sin t

(c) 1/4 hr

(a)

11
V
18

(c) a cos t

(a) 100 cm/s

8.

(d)

The acceleration of a particle starting from rest, varies with

time according to the relation A = a2 sin t. The
displacement of this particle at a time t will be
(a)

(d) 100 s

A car A is travelling on a straight level road with a uniform

speed of 60 km / h. It is followed by another car B which is
moving with a speed of 70 km / h. When the distance
between them is 2.5 km, the car B is given a deceleration of
(a) 1 hr

(d) 5 ms 1
D
A
A body has speed V, 2V and 3V in first 1/3 of distance S,
seconds 1/3 of S and third 1/3 of S respectively. Its average
speed will be
(a) V
(b) 2V
(c)

(c) 90 s

(b) 19 s

20 km / h 2 . After how much time will B catch up with A

(b) 10 ms 1

3.

1 HOUR

2 (n + 1)
n

(n 1)
n

(b)

(d)

(n + 1)
n

2 (n 1)
n

(d) Cannot be predicted unless acceleration is given

A particle is projected with velocity 0 along x axis . The

deceleration on the particle is proportional to the square of

the distance from the origin i.e., a = x 2. The distance at

which the particle stops is
(a)

3 0
2

3v 3
(b) o
2

(c)
14.

3 2 3
(d) 0
2

3 02
2

(b) Newton- metre /Coulomb

(d) Coulomb / Newton -metre

(c) Coulomb /(Newton -metre )

2

16.

17.

18.

(c) a = LT 2 , b = L, c = T

is found to be X 0 F . Then X is
(a) 301.25
(b) 574.25
(c) 313
(d) 40

What are the units of K = 1/4 0

(b) Nm 2C 2

(d) Unitless
(c) Nm 2C 2
The SI unit of surface tension is
(a) Dyne/cm
(b) Newton/cm
(c) Newton/metre
(d) Newton-metre

E, m, l and G denote energy, mass, angular momentum

El 2
of
are
m5G2

(a) Angle
(c) Mass

(b) Length
(d) Time

rg
, one can obtain the angle of
v2
banking for a cyclist taking a curve (the symbols have
their usual meanings). Then say, it is

From the equation tan =

(a) Both dimensionally and numerically correct

(b) Neither numerically nor dimensionally correct

20.

22.

23.

and gravitational constant respectively, then the dimension

19.

(b) a = LT 2 , b = LT , c = L

The temperature of a body on Kelvin scale is found to be

X K . When it is measured by a Fahrenheit thermometer, it

(a) C 2 N 1m2

(c) Dimensionally correct only

(d) Numerically correct only

A dimensionally consistent relation for the volume V of a

liquid of coefficient of viscosity flowing per second

through a tube of radius r and length l and having a

pressure difference p across its end, is

(a) V =

(c) V =

pr 4
8l

8 pl
r 4

(b) V =

(d) V =

The velocity v (in cm / sec ) of a particle is given in terms

b
of time t (in sec) by the relation v = at +
; the
t+c
dimensions of a, b and c are
(a) a = L2 , b = T, c = LT 2

The unit of permittivity of free space 0 is

(a) Coulomb/Newton-metre

15.

21.

l
8 pr 4

p
8lr 4

(d) a = L, b = LT , c = T 2

The pressure on a square plate is measured by measuring

the force on the plate and the length of the sides of the plate.
If the maximum error in the measurement of force and
length are respectively 4% and 2%, The maximum error in
the measurement of pressure is
(a) 1%

(c) 6%

(b) 2%
(d) 8%

While measuring the acceleration due to gravity by a simple

pendulum, a student makes a positive error of 1% in the
length of the pendulum and a negative error of 3% in the
value of time period. His percentage error in the

measurement of g by the relation g = 4 2 l / T 2 will be

24.

(a) 2%

(c) 7%

(b) 4%

(d) 10%

The length, breadth and thickness of a block are given by

l = 12 cm, b = 6 cm and t = 2.45 cm

The volume of the block according to the idea of significant

figures should be
(a) 1 10 2 cm3

(c) 1.763 10 2 cm3

(b) 2 10 2 cm3

(d) None of these