What is a head-on collision?

$A$ ball after falling from a height of $10 \ m$ strikes the roof of a lift which is descending with a velocity of $1 \ m/s$. The recoil velocity of the ball will be ............. $m/s$. (Assume elastic collision)

Two smooth objects with a coefficient of restitution $e$ collide directly and bounce as shown. Newton's law of restitution gives:

$A$ body $A$ of mass $4m$ moving with speed $u$ collides with another body $B$ of mass $2m$,which is at rest. The collision is head-on and elastic in nature. After the collision,the fraction of energy lost by the colliding body $A$ is

$A$ body of mass $2\,kg$ makes an elastic collision with a second body of mass $m$ at rest and continues to move in the original direction but with one-fourth of its original speed. What is the mass of the second body? ................ $kg$

$A$ body of mass $m$ moving with velocity $v$ makes a head-on elastic collision with another body of mass $2m$ which is initially at rest. What is the loss in kinetic energy of the colliding body?