ASSERTION- REASON QUESTIONS

DIRECTION : In each of the following questions, a statement of Assertion is given and a corresponding
statement of Reason is given just below it. Of the statements, given below, mark the correct answer as:
(a) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

(b) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

(c) Assertion is true but reason is false.

(d) Both Assertion and Reason are false.

1. Assertion : An object may acquire acceleration even if it is moving at a constant speed.

Reason : With change in the direction of motion, an object can acquire acceleration.

2. Assertion : the speedometer of a car measures the instantaneous speed of the car.

Reason : Average speed is equal to the total distance covered by an object divided by the total time
taken.

3. Assertion : An object may have acceleration even if it is moving with uniform velocity.

Reason : An object may be moving with uniform velocity but it may be changing its direction of motion.

4. Assertion : If the net external force on the body is zero, then its acceleration is zero.

Reason : Acceleration does not depend on force.

5. Assertion : A rocket works on the principle of conservation of linear momentum.

Reason : For two bodies system when there is a change in momentum of one body, the same change
occurs in the momentum of the second body but in the opposite direction.

6. Assertion : While walking on ice, one should take small steps to avoid slipping.

Reason : This is because smaller steps ensure smaller friction.

7. Assertion : Force required to accelerate a mass in two perpendicular directions is never same.

Reason : The presence of g will not influence the acceleration.

8. Assertion : When the displacement of a body is directly proportional to the square of the time. Then
the body is moving with uniform acceleration.

Reason : The slope of velocity-time graph with time axis gives acceleration.
CASE STUDY

9. Read the following and answer the questions given.

When we consider objects moving along a straight line, different objects may take different
times to cover a given distance and the rate at which objects move can be different. One
simple way of measuring the rate of motion of an object is to find out the distance travelled
by the object in unit time and this quantity is referred to as speed. The quantity that specifies
both these aspects is called velocity.
i) Radha covers a distance ‘s’, while walking in a park, in time ‘t’. Here speed ‘v’ is:

a) v = s x t

b) s = v/t

c) v = s/t

d) v = s – t

ii) SI unit of speed is:

a) m/s2

b) m/s

c) ms

d) ms2

iii) Select the correct statement out of the following:

a) Speed and velocity have exactly the same meaning.

b) Speed is defined as the rate of change of motion of an object along a given direction.

c) Speed possesses magnitude and has a definite direction of its own.

d) Speed in a particular direction is called velocity.

iv) An athlete completes one round of a circular track of radius 70 m in 55 seconds. His

speed is:

a) 4 m/s

b) 8 m/s

c) 16 m/s

d) 22 m/s

v) A motorcyclist is running at a constant speed of 36 km/h. his speed in m/s is:

a) 3.6 m/s

b) 10 m/s
c) 18 m/s

d) 36 m/s

10. We know that in accordance with the second law of motion, the momentum of an object
changes when an external unbalanced force acts on it. Obviously, if no net force is acting on
an object, then its momentum must remain unchanged. We can generalize the result for a
system of two or more objects mutually interacting among themselves. The general result
implies that the total momentum of the system must remain unchanged so long as there is no
net external unbalanced force acting on the system and it is commonly known as the law of
conservation of momentum.
i) The law of conservation of momentum can be obtained from:

a) Law of inertia

b) Newton’s laws of motion

c) Law of gravitation

d) Law of floatation

ii) Law of conservation of momentum is true for a system of objects:

a) Under all conditions

b) When objects are at rest

c) When there is no net external unbalanced force is acting on the system

d) When the system is in a state of uniform linear motion

iii) On firing a bullet, the gun recoils so as to conserve:

a) Momentum

b) Force

c) Velocity

d) Inertia

iv) A rocket works on the principle of:

a) Conservation of mass

b) Conservation of velocity

c) Conservation of energy

d) Conservation of momentum

v) A bullet of mass 10 g is fired from a gun of mass 1 kg. if the gun recoils with a

speed of 0.5 m/s, the muzzle speed of the bullet is:

a) 0.5 m/s

b) 5 m/s

c) 50 m/s

d) 500 m/s