List of top Physics Questions on Motion in a straight line asked in NEET (UG)

A horizontal bridge is built across a river. A student standing on the bridge throws a small ball vertically upwards with a velocity \(4\ ms^{-1}\). The ball strikes the water surface after \(4s\). The height of bridge above water surface is
(Take: \(g=10\ ms^{-2}\))

A bullet from a gun is fired on a rectangular wooden block with velocity u. When the bullet travels 24 cm through the block along its length horizontally, velocity of bullet becomes \(\frac{u}{3}\). Then it further penetrates into the block in the same direction before coming to rest exactly at the other end of the block. The total length of the block is:

A vehicle travels half the distance with speed θ and the remaining distance with speed 2θ. its average speed is

Calculate the maximum acceleration of a moving car so that a body lying on the floor of the car remains stationary. The coefficient of static friction between the body and the floor is 0.15 (g=10ms^-2).

The ratio of the distance travelled by a freely falling body in the 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th second

A car starts from rest and accelerates at 5 m/s² . At t=4 s, a ball is dropped out of a window by a person sitting in the car. What is the velocity and acceleration of the ball at t=6 s? (Take g=10 m/s²)

A ball is thrown vertically downward with a velocity of 20m/s from the top of a tower. It hits the ground after some time with a velocity of 80m/s. The height of the tower is : (g = $10m/s^2$)

A particle of unit mass undergoes one dimensional motion such that its velocity varies according to $v(x)=\beta x^{-2n},$ where $\beta$ and $n$ are constants and $x$ is the position of the particle. The acceleration of the particle as a function of $x$, is given by

A stone falls freely under gravity. It covers distances $h_1, h_2$ and $h_3$ in the first 5 seconds, the next 5 seconds and the next 5 seconds respectively. The relation between $h_1, h_2$ and $h_3$ is :-

A boy standing at the top of a tower of $20\,m$ height drops a stone. Assuming $g = 10\, ms^{-2},$ the velocity with which it hits the ground is

A ball is dropped from a high rise platform at $t = 0$ starting from rest. After $6$ seconds another ball is thrown downwards from the same platform with a speed $v$. The two balls meet at $t = 18 \, s$. What is the value of $v$? $(Take\, g = 10\, m/s^2)$

A bus is moving with a speed of $ 10 \,ms^{-1} $ on a straight road. A scooterist wishes to overtake the bus in $ 100 \,s $ . If the bus is at a distance of $ 1 \,km $ from the scooterist with what speed should the scooterist chase the bus ?

A particle moving along $x$ -axis has acceleration $f$, at time $t$, given by $f = f _{0}\left(1-\frac{ t }{ T }\right)$, where $f _{0}$ and $T$ are constants. The particle at $t =0$ has zero velocity. In the time interval between $t =0$ and the instant when $f =0$, the particle's velocity $\left( v _{ x }\right)$ is:

A person walked up a stalled escalator in $90\, s$ . When standing on the same escalator, now moving, he is carried up in $60\, s$. How much time would it take him to walk up the moving escalator?

The displacement x of a particle varies with time t as $x = ae^{-\alpha t}+be^{\beta t}$ where a, b, $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are positive constants. The velocity of the particle will

A ball is thrown vertically upward. It has a speed of \(10\ m/s\) when it has reached one half of its maximum height. How high does the ball rise?
(Take \(g = 10\, m/s^2\))

A man throws balls with the same speed vertically upwards one after the other at an interval of $2s$. What should be the speed of the throw so that more than two balls are in the sly at any time? (Given $g = 9.8\, m/s^2$)

If a ball is thrown vertically upwards with speed $u,$ the distance covered during the last $'t'$ seconds of its ascent is

A man weighs 80 kg, he stands on a weighing scale in a lift which is moving upwards with a uniform acceleration of 5 m/s². What would be the reading on the scale? (g=10 m/s²) 

A particle (A) is dropped from a height and another particle (B) is projected in horizontal direction with speed of 5 m/s from the same height then correct statement is :

A car moving with a speed of 40 km/h can be stopped by applying brakes after at least 2 m. If the same car is moving with a speed of 80 km/h, what is the minimum stopping distance?

If a car at rest accelerates uniformly to a speed of 144 km/hour in 20 second it covers a distance of

The position x of a particle varies with time, (t) as $x = at^2 - bt^3.$ The acceleration will be zero at time t is equal to

A body dropped from a height h with initial velocity zero, strikes the ground with a velocity 3 m/s. Another body of same mass dropped from the same height h with an initial velocity of 4 m/s. The final velocity of second mass, with which it strikes the ground is

A car accelerates from rest at a constant rate $\alpha$ for some time after which it decelerates at a constant rate $\beta$ and comes to rest. If total time elapsed is $t$, then maximum velocity acquired by car will be