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Free Fall and Vertical Throws for NEET: 14 solved questions

Real NEET paper questions on free fall and vertical throws, part of motion in a straight line. Each opens with the options, the correct answer and a step-by-step solution. Papers run from 1989 to 2026. No sign-in needed to read them.

What this topic asks

• Free fall from rest — 8 questions
• Vertical throws — 6 questions

All 14 questions with solutions

• When a ruler falls vertically, 5 different persons catch it with different reaction times (take g=9.8 m s⁻²).… NEET 2026
• A ball is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 4 m s⁻¹ from the top of a bridge and strikes the water bel… NEET 2023
• A body is falling freely under gravity. The distances covered by it in the first, second, third and fourth se… NEET 2022
• A ball is thrown vertically downward with a velocity of 20 m s⁻¹ from the top of a tower. It hits the ground… NEET 2020
• A stone falls freely under gravity. It covers distances h₁, h₂ and h₃ in the first 5 seconds, the next 5 seco… NEET 2013
• A boy standing at the top of a tower of 20 m height drops a stone. Assuming g=10 m s⁻², the velocity with whi… NEET 2011
• Two bodies A (of mass 1 kg) and B (of mass 3 kg) are dropped from heights of 16 m and 25 m respectively. The… NEET 2006
• A ball is thrown vertically upward. It has a speed of 10 m/sec when it has reached one half of its maximum he… NEET 2005
• If a ball is thrown vertically upwards with speed u, the distance covered during the last t seconds of its as… NEET 2003
• A particle is thrown vertically upward. Its velocity at half of the height is 10 m/s. Then the maximum height… NEET 2001
• A rubber ball is dropped from a height of 5 m on a plane. On bouncing it rises to 1.8 m. The ball loses its v… NEET 1998
• A body dropped from a height h with initial velocity zero strikes the ground with a velocity 3 m/s. Another b… NEET 1996
• A body dropped from the top of a tower falls through 40 m during the last two seconds of its fall. The height… NEET 1992
• What will be the ratio of the distance moved by a freely falling body from rest in the 4th and 5th seconds of… NEET 1989