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I DISTANCE AND DISPLACEMENT W E

1. The direction represented in the figure is 300
1) 300 due S of E 2) 3300 due S of E
0
3) 60 due S of E 4) 300 due E of S S
N

2. The direction represented in the figure is

450 E
1) 1350 due S of E 2) NW W
0
3) 225 due N of E 4) 450 due N of E
S
3. A boy moves 3km along a straight line and then takes a left turn through 90 0 and moves for
another 4km. Find the magnitude of displacement.
1) 7 km 2) 4 km 3) 3 km 4) 5 km
4. A boy moves 10m 30 N of E, 10m due south and then 10m 300 N of W. Find the
0

magnitude of displacement of the boy. H 20 m T

1) 30 m 2) 20 m 3) 10 m 4) zero
5m
5. A boy starts from P and reaches S along the path PATHS as S 20 m
shown in figure. The distance and the magnitude of
displacement of the boy is
1) 85 m, 25m 2) 85m , 60 m
3) 65m, 25 m 4) 85 m, 15 m P 40 m A

27
9
6. Find the magnitude of displacement (every unit is in 15
B
3
‘m’). of the particle which is moving from A to B. 60
A
1) 17 m 2) 25 m 30
70

3) 13 m 4) 26 m 65
44 32
95 13

7. A particle starts from the origin ‘0’ goes along the X-

axis to the point A (40m,0) and then return along the same line to the point B(-40m,0).find the
distance and displacement of the particle during the trip.
B(-40m,0) o A(40m,0)

1) 120 m,-40m 2) 80m,40m 3) 120m,40m 4) 80,120m

8. A body is projected upwards reaches the maximum height 40 m and it returns to the initial
position. Then distance and displacement of the body are
1) 20m, 20m 2) 0, 40m 3) 80m, 0 4) 0m, 0
9. A body is projected from a tower of height H which reaches the
maximum height h and returns to the ground as shown in figure. The
distance and displacement of the body are………. h

1) 2(H+h), h 2) H+2h, (-H)

3) (H+h), -H 4) H+2h, +H
H
10. A girl travels 2 m due east, 8 m due South, 4m due east and finally 12m due North. Find the
displacement and distance covered by the girl.
1) 52 m, 26 m 2) 36 m, 26 m 3) 42 m, 20 m 4) None
11. A boy started walking down a road to day break facing the Sun. After walking for some time he
turned to his left, then he turned to his right once again. In which direction was he going then.
1) West 2) North 3) East 4)South
12. A boy walked 10m turned to his left and walked 6m then turned to his right again and walked 4m.
Find the displacement and distance covered by the boy?
1) 132 m, 18 m 2) 232 m, 20 m 3) 142m , 20 m 4) None
13. A boy travels 10m east, 12m North and finally 6m west. Find the displacement and distance
covered by the boy.
1) 150 m, 28 m 2) 152 m, 26 m 3) 160 m, 28 m 4) None
14. A person travels 20m East, 8m North and finally 8 2 North-West. Find the displacement of
person?
1) 284 m 2) 298 m 3) 300 m 4) 400 m
15. A particle is displaced 3m towards East, 4m towards North and then 5m vertically upwards. Find
the displacement of the particle from the initial position.
1) 5 m 2) 5 2 m 3) 5 3 m 4) zero
0
16. A man walks 4m towards East and then turns 60 to his left and again walks for 4m . Calculate
the net displacement.
1) 38 m 2) 42 m 3) 48 m 4) 66 m
17. A boy moves 10km eastwards, 5km northwards and then 2km eastwards. The distance and
magnitude of displacement of the boy is
1) 17km, 17km 2) 17km, zero 3) 13km, 13km 4) 17km, 13km
18. A man has to go 50 m due north, 40 m due east and 20 m due south to reach a field. What
distance he has to walk to reach the field and what is his the magnitude of displacement from his
house to the field ?
1) 110 m, 50m 2) 110m, 25m 3) 110m, 15m 4) none of these
19. A drunkard takes a stride of 0.75m in the forward direction and 0.25m in the reverse direction
alternatively. The distance and displacement covered by him at the end of 100 consecutive pair of
steps are
1) 50m,100m in the forward direction , 2) 100m,50m in the forward direction
3) 50m,100m in the reverse direction 4) 100m,50m in the reverse direction
20. A boy moves 4 m towards east then turns left by 135° and travels for 2 2 m. From there he takes
90° right turn and moves for about 2 2 m. After that he travels 8 m towards east and then 1 m
towards north. Find magnitude of displacement of boy.
1) 13m 2) 17 m 3) 20 2 m 4)18 2 m
21. A boy starts moving along a circular path of radius 7m. His displacement after it has
completed ½ revolution is
1) 22 m 2) 11 m 3) 7 m 4) 14m
22. A boy completes one round of a circle of radius R in 20 s. The ratio of magnitude of
displacement to distance after 10 s is
1) 11:7 2) 7:11 3) 7:22 4) 22:7 B A
60
23. A body moving along a circular path of radius 21m describes an angle of 60
at the centre of the circle while moving from A to B. Find the distance and
displacement of the body.
1) 22m, 22m 2) 44m, 22m 3) 22m, 21m 4) 44m, 42m
24. A body moving along a circular path of radius 21m describes an angle B
of 120 at the centre of the circle while moving from A to B. Find the 120
A
distance and displacement of the body.
1) 44m, 21m 2) 44m, 21 3m 3) 22m, 21 3m 4) 42m, 21m
25. ‘A’ is a point on a wheel rolling on a horizontal road. The radius of the wheel is R> Initially the
point A is in contact with the ground. The wheel rolls through half the revolution. The
displacement of point ‘A’ is

1) R 2) 2R 3)  
 2 1 R 4)  
2 4 R
KEY
1) 1 2) 2 3) 4 4) 4 5) 1 6) 2 7) 1 8) 3 9) 2 10) 1
11) 3 12) 2 13) 3 14) 4 15) 2 16) 3 17) 4 18) 1 19) 2 20) 1
21) 4 22) 2 23) 3 24) 2 25) 4