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A boat takes two hours to travel \(8\ \text{km}\) and back in still water. If the velocity of water is \(4\ \text{km/h}\), the time taken for going upstream \(8\ \text{km}\) and coming back is:

1. \(2\ \text{h}\)

2. \(2\ \text{h}\ 40\ \text{min}\)

3. \(1\ \text{h}\ 20\ \text{min}\)

4. Cannot be estimated with the information given

Subtopic:  Relative Motion |
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Level 2: 60%+
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A \(120\ \text{m}\) long train is moving towards west with a speed of \(10\ \text{m/s}\). A bird flying towards east with a speed of \(5\ \text{m/s}\) crosses the train. The time taken by the bird to cross the train will be:

1. \(16\ \text{s}\)

2. \(12\ \text{s}\)

3.  \(10\ \text{s}\)

4. \(8\ \text{s}\)

Subtopic:  Relative Motion |
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Level 1: 80%+
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A boat crosses a river with a velocity of \(8\ \text{km/h}\). If the resulting velocity of the boat is \(10\ \text{km/h}\), then the velocity of the river water is:

1. \(4\ \text{km/h}\)

2. \(6\ \text{km/h}\)

3. \(8\ \text{km/h}\)

4. \(10\ \text{km/h}\)

Subtopic:  Relative Motion |
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Level 1: 80%+
PMT - 2001
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A vector \(\vec{a}\) is turned without a change in its length through a small angle \(d\theta\). The values of \(\left | \Delta \vec{a} \right |\) and \(\Delta a\) are respectively:
1. \(0,\)  \(ad\theta\)
2. \(ad\theta,\) \(0\)
3. \(0,\) \(0\)
4. none of these

Subtopic:  Position & Displacement |
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Level 3: 35%-60%
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A steam boat goes across a lake and comes back (a) On a quiet day when the water is still and (b) On a rough day when there is a uniform air current so as to help the journey onward and to impede the journey back. If the speed of the launch on both the days was the same, in which case will the steam boat complete the journey in lesser time:

1. Case (a)
2. Case (b)
3. Same in both case
4. Nothing can be predicted based on given data
Subtopic:  Relative Motion |
Level 3: 35%-60%
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To a person going eastward in a car with a velocity of \(25\ \text{ km/hr}\), a train appears to move towards the north with a velocity of \(25\sqrt3\ \text{ km/hr}\). The actual velocity of the train will be:

1. \(25\ \text{ km/hr}\)

2. \(50\ \text{ km/hr}\)

3. \(5\ \text{ km/hr}\)

4.  \(5\sqrt3\ \text{ km/hr}\)

Subtopic:  Relative Motion |
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Level 2: 60%+
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Two particles having position vectors \(\overrightarrow{r_{1}} = \left( 3 \hat{i} + 5 \hat{j}\right)\) metres and \(\overrightarrow{r_{2}} = \left(- 5 \hat{i} - 3 \hat{j} \right)\) metres are moving with velocities \(\overrightarrow{v}_{1} = \left( 4 \hat{i} + 3 \hat{j}\right)\)\(\text{m/s}\) and \(\overrightarrow{v}_{2} = \left(\alpha\hat{i} + 7 \hat{j} \right)\)\(\text{m/s}\). If they collide after \(2\) seconds, the value of \(\alpha\) is:

1. \(2\) 2. \(4\)
3. \(6\) 4. \(8\)
Subtopic:  Relative Motion |
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Level 3: 35%-60%
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A batsman hits a sixer and the ball touches the ground outside the cricket field. Which of the following graph describes the variation of the cricket ball's vertical velocity \(v\) with time between the time \(t_1\) as it hits the bat and time \(t_2\) when it touches the ground:

1. 2.
3. 4.

Subtopic:  Projectile Motion |
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Level 2: 60%+
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A man sitting in a bus travelling in a direction from west to east with a speed of \(40\) km/h observes that the rain-drops are falling vertically downwards. To another man standing on ground the rain will appear: 

1. To fall vertically downwards
2. To fall at an angle going from west to east
3. To fall at an angle going from east to west
4. The information given is insufficient to decide the direction of the rain
Subtopic:  Relative Motion |
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Level 3: 35%-60%
PMT - 1999
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A thief is running away on a straight road in a jeep moving with a speed of \(9\ \text{m/s}\). A police man chases him on a motorcycle moving at a speed of \(10\ \text{m/s}\). If the instantaneous separation of the jeep from the motorcycle is \(100\ \text{m}\), how long will it take for the policeman to catch the thief:

1. \(1\) second

2. \(19\) second

3. \(90\) second

4. \(100\) second

Subtopic:  Relative Motion |
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Level 1: 80%+
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