Motion in a Plane
Class 11 · Motion in a Plane · Practice

Relative Motion — Previous-Year Questions

5 previous-year questions on Relative Motion, drawn from JEE Mains, JEE Advanced, NEET UG, and CUET papers. Every question carries a worked-out explanation.

Q1. A boat crosses a 200 m wide river in minimum time of 20 s. Speed of river is 5 m/s. Speed of boat in still water is:

JEE 2019

Q2. Two cars A and B move with 60 km/h and 40 km/h in the same direction. Velocity of A relative to B:

JEE 2020

Q3. Rain falls vertically at 10 m/s. A man walks at 10 m/s. He should hold umbrella at angle with vertical:

JEE 2018

Q4. Two particles start from origin, one with velocity 3î + 4ĵ and other with 5î. Relative velocity magnitude:

JEE 2021

Q5. A swimmer crosses a river of width d in time t₁ along shortest path and t₂ along shortest time. If v_s > v_r, then:

JEE 2017

Relative Motion previous-year questions from sciphylab (also known as SciPhy, SciPhy Lab, SciPhy Labs, Physics Lab). Class 11 physics practice for JEE Mains, JEE Advanced, NEET UG, AP Physics 1/2/C, SAT, and CUET-UG candidates.