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KINEMATICS : CHECK YOUR CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING

1) Which of the following are correct for a moving particle?

[A] Distance may increase or decrease with time
[B] Displacement may increase or decrease with time
[C] The ratio of the magnitudes of displacement to distance is lesser or equal to ‘1’.

2) Which of the following are correct for a moving particle?

[A] The magnitude of average velocity gives average speed
[B] The average speed can never be negative or zero in a given time interval.
[C] The average velocity can never be zero in a given time interval.
[D] The average velocity is zero in a given time interval then the average speed must be zero
[E] For a given time interval average velocity is single valued while average speed can have many values
depending on the path followed.

3) Which of the following are correct for a particle?

(A) A particle cannot have variable velocity without having variable speed
(B) A particle cannot have variable speed without having variable velocity.
(C) If velocity changes speed must change.
(D) If speed changes velocity must change.
(E) If a particle moves along a curved path its speed must change.
(F) If a particle moves along a curved path its velocity must change.
(G) If the velocity of a particle is zero its speed must be zero.
(H) If average velocity is zero in a given time interval then the particle should be at rest in that interval.
(I) If average velocity is zero in a given time interval then the particle must be at rest at least at an instant in
that interval.
(J) If average velocity is zero in a given time interval then the particle CANNOT be at rest at any instant in that
interval.
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 (K) The average velocity of a particle is zero in a time interval. It is possible that the instantaneous velocity is
never zero in the interval
(L) The average velocity of a particle on a straight line is zero in a time interval. It is possible that the
instantaneous velocity is never zero in the interval
(M) The magnitude of the velocity of a particle is equal to its speed
(N) The magnitude of average velocity in an interval is equal to its average speed in that interval.
(O) A particle cannot move along a curved path without being accelerated
(P) A particle cannot move along a curved path in the absence of a net external force

4) Which of the following are correct for a moving particle?

   
dv dv dv dv
(A)If  0 , then 0 (B) If  0 , then 0
dt dt dt dt
 
v  dv 
(C) If  0 , then v  cons. (D) If  0 , then v  cons.
t dt

5) The velocity of a particle is zero at t=0. Which of the following is not correct for the particle?
(A) The acceleration at t=0 must be zero
(B) The acceleration at t=0 may be zero
(C) If the acceleration is zero from t=0 to t=10sec, the speed is also zero in this interval
(D) If the speed is zero from t=0 to t=10sec, the acceleration is also zero in this interval

6) Throughout a time interval, while the speed of a particle increases as it moves along the x axis, its
velocity and acceleration might be:
(A) positive and negative, respectively
(B) negative and positive, respectively
(C) negative and negative, respectively
(D) negative and zero, respectively

7) A particle moves on the x axis. When its acceleration is positive and increasing:
(A) its velocity must be positive
(B) its velocity must be negative
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 (C) it must be slowing down
(D) it must be speeding up
(E)none of the above must be true

8) Of the following situations, which one is impossible?

(A) A body having velocity east and acceleration east
(B) A body having velocity east and acceleration west
(C )A body having zero velocity and non-zero acceleration
(D) A body having constant acceleration and variable velocity
(E) A body having constant velocity and variable acceleration

9) Mark the correct statements for a particle going on a straight line :

(a) If the velocity and acceleration have opposite sign, the object is slowing down.
(b) If the position and velocity have opposite sign, the particle is moving towards the origin.
(c) If the velocity is zero at an instant, the acceleration should also be zero at that instant.
(d) If the velocity is zero for a time interval, the acceleration is zero at any instant within the time interval.

10) When you’re driving a car along a straight road, you may be travelling in the positive or negative
direction and you may have a positive acceleration or a negative acceleration. Match the following
combinations of velocity and acceleration with the list of outcomes.
a) positive velocity, positive acceleration b) positive velocity, negative acceleration
c) negative velocity, positive acceleration d) negative velocity, negative acceleration
(1) slowing down in positive direction (2) speeding up in negative direction
(3) speeding up in positive direction (4) slowing down in negative

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