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JEE Main 28 July 2022, Shift 1, Physics Q32

Question 32 of 90 in this shift, Physics question 2 of 30, Section A.

A NCC parade is going at a uniform speed of 9 km/h under a mango tree on which a monkey is sitting at a height of 19.6 m. At any particular instant, the monkey drops a mango. A cadet will receive the mango whose distance from the tree at time of drop is : (Given

g=9.8\ \mathrm{m/s^2}

)

(1)5 mOfficial answer
(2)10 m
(3)19.8 m
(4)24.5 m

Official answer

Option 1

NTA final key (2022 Session 2).

Chapter: Motion in a Plane
Topic: Projectile Motion
Idea tested: Horizontal Projection from Height

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