Motion In A Straight Line Ques 33

33. 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

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(a) $10.0 $ $m / s$

(b) $20.0 $ $m / s$

(c) $40.0 $ $m / s$

(d) $5.0 $ $m / s$

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 33.(b)

Solution:

  1. (b) Here, $u=0$

We have, $v^{2}=u^{2}+2 g h$

$\Rightarrow v=\sqrt{2 g h}=\sqrt{2 \times 10 \times 20}=20 $ $m / s$