List of top Physics Questions on Motion in a straight line asked in KEAM

The position of an object moving along the x axis is given by the equation \(x = 1 + t^2\) (\(x\) in meter and \(t\) in second). At what time will the magnitude of its displacement and velocity be equal?

If a body starts from rest and moves with constant acceleration of 2 ms\(^{-2}\), then the distance covered between the time intervals 5 s and 6 s is

The displacement of a particle moving along x-axis is given as $(x=\frac{3}{4}t^{2}-12t+3)m$. The particle will come to rest in

The position of a particle moving along $y$-axis is given as $y = t^2 + 2t + 3$. The average acceleration of the particle between $t=3s$ and $t=6s$ (in $ms^{-2}$) is

The ratio of distances traversed by a freely falling body in successive intervals of time is

In v-t graph, if graph cuts time axis what does it indicate?

Two cars A and B are starts moving from rest. Car A travels at a constant velocity of 20 m/s and car B moving with a constant acceleration of 4 m/s$^2$. After how much time B will overtake A?

Displacement of a particle is given by \( x = t^{3/2} + 2 \). Find the time at which velocity becomes zero.

The graph between displacement and time for a particle moving with uniform acceleration is a ____.

The slope of the tangent drawn on a position-time graph at any instant is equal to the instantaneous ____.

When a body starts from rest and moves with uniform acceleration, then its instantaneous displacement \( s \) is related to time \( t \) as

A particle moving with an initial velocity of $1\ \text{m s}^{-1}$ has a uniform acceleration of $2\ \text{m s}^{-2}$. The distances travelled by the particle in the first two intervals of $5\ \text{s}$ are respectively:

A car at rest is accelerated at \(2 ms^{-2}\) for 1 minute and then retarded at \(2 ms^{-2}\) for 1 minute to attain rest. The distance travelled by the car is

If a moving body changes its position from \(x_1\) to \(x_2\) in a time interval \(\Delta t\), then \(\frac{x_2 - x_1}{\Delta t}\) is defined as

If a freely falling body from the top of a tower takes 3 s and 5 s to cross the \(28^{th}\) floor and \(4^{th}\) floor respectively, then the height difference between these floors is \((g = 10 \, \text{ms}^{-2})\)

An object when dropped from a height \(h\) from the ground, reaches the ground in \(t\) s. The time after which the object was passing through a point at a height \(h/2\) from the ground is

The position of body varies as \[ S = 9t^2 - 6t. \text{ What is the time at which the body becomes at rest?} \]

A particle at rest starts from the origin with a constant acceleration a that makes an angle 60° with the positive y-axis. If its displacement along y-axis is 10m in time 2s,then the magnitude of a is:

A cyclist starting from rest moves with uniform acceleration and covers 120m in 10s. Then his acceleration in ms^-2 is

Which one of the following statement is INCORRECT?