Which one of the following is not true?
1. | The net acceleration of a particle in a circular motion is always along the radius of the circle towards the centre. |
2. |
The velocity vector of a particle at a point is always along the tangent to the path of the particle at that point. |
3. | The acceleration vector of a particle in uniform circular motion averaged over one cycle is a null vector. |
4. | None of the above. |
A particle starts from the origin at \(t=0\) sec with a velocity of \(10\hat j~\text{m/s}\) and moves in the \(x\text-y\) plane with a constant acceleration of \((8.0\hat i +2.0 \hat j)~\text{m/s}^2\). At what time is the \(x\text-\)coordinate of the particle \(16~\text{m}\)?
1. | \(2\) s | 2. | \(3\) s |
3. | \(4\) s | 4. | \(1\) s |
1. | \(\vec{v}_{\text {avg }}=\frac{1}{2}\left[\vec{v}\left(t_1\right)+\vec{v}\left(t_2\right)\right]\) |
2. | \(\vec{v}(t)=\vec{v}(0)+\vec{a} t\) |
3. | \(\vec{r}({t})=\vec{r}(0)+\vec{v}(0){t}+\frac{1}{2} \vec{a}{t}^2\) |
4. | \(\vec{v}_{\text {avg }}=\frac{\left[\vec{r}\left(t_2\right)-\vec{r}\left(t_1\right)\right]}{\left(t_2-t_1\right)}\) |
A particle is moving along a circle such that it completes one revolution in \(40\) seconds. In \(2\) minutes \(20\) seconds, the ratio of \(|displacement| \over distance\) will be:
1. \(0\)
2. \(\frac{1}{7}\)
3. \(\frac{2}{7}\)
4. \(\frac{1}{11}\)
Consider the motion of the tip of the second hand of a clock. In one minute (assuming \(R\) to be the length of the second hand), its:
1. | displacement is \(2\pi R\) |
2. | distance covered is \(2R\) |
3. | displacement is zero. |
4. | distance covered is zero. |
A person, reaches a point directly opposite on the other bank of a flowing river, while swimming at a speed of \(5\) m/s at an angle of \(120^\circ\) with the flow. The speed of the flow must be:
1. \(2.5\) m/s
2. \(3\) m/s
3. \(4\) m/s
4. \(1.5\) m/s
A car with a vertical windshield moves in a rain storm at a speed of \(40\) km/hr. The rain drops fall vertically with a constant speed of \(20\) m/s. The angle at which raindrops strike the windshield is:
1. \(\tan^{- 1} \frac{5}{9}\)
2. \(\tan^{- 1} \frac{9}{5}\)
3. \(\tan^{- 1} \frac{3}{2}\)
4. \(\tan^{- 1} \frac{2}{3}\)
A particle projected from origin moves in the \(x\text-y\) plane with a velocity \(\overrightarrow{v} = 3 \hat{i} + 6 x \hat{j}\), where \(\hat i\) and \(\hat j\) are the unit vectors along the \(x\) and \(y\text-\)axis. The equation of path followed by the particle is:
1. \(y=x^2\)
2. \(y=\frac{1}{x^2}\)
3. \(y=2x^2\)
4. \(y=\frac{1}{x}\)
The position coordinates of a projectile projected from ground on a certain planet (with no atmosphere) are given by
\(y =4 t - 2 t^{2}~ \text{m}\) and \(x =3t\) metre, where \(t\) is in seconds and point of projection is taken as the origin. The angle of projection of projectile with vertical is:
1. \(30^{\circ}\)
2. \(37^{\circ}\)
3. \(45^{\circ}\)
4. \(60^{\circ}\)
The velocity at the maximum height of a projectile is \(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\) times its initial velocity of projection \((u)\). Its range on the horizontal plane is:
1. \(\frac{\sqrt{3} u^{2}}{2 g}\)
2. \(\frac{3 u^{2}}{2 g}\)
3. \(\frac{3 u^{2}}{ g}\)
4. \(\frac{u^{2}}{2 g}\)