Time: 25 min Quiz – MOTION M. M.

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1. The area under a speed-time graph is represented by the unit

(A) m (B) m2
(C) m 3
(D) m1

2. A particle is travelling with a constant speed. This means

(A) Its position remains constant as time passes
(B) It covers equal distances in equal times intervals
(C) Its acceleration is zero
(D) It does not change its direction of motion

3. A quantity has a value of  6.0 m/s. It may be the

(A) Speed of a particle (B) Velocity of a particle
(C) Acceleration of a particle (D) Position of a particle

4. A particle moves with a uniform velocity.

(A) The particle must be at rest (B) The particle moves along a curved path.
(C) The particle moves along a circle (D) The particle moves along a straight line.

5. If a particle covers equal distance in equal time intervals, it is said to

(A) be at rest (B) move with a uniform speed
(C) move with a uniform velocity (D) move with a uniform acceleration

6. In a circular motion the

(A) direction of motion is fixed (B) direction of motion changes continuously
(C) acceleration is zero (D) velocity is constant

7. Unit of acceleration is
(A) m/s2 (B) m/s
(C) m-s2 (D) m-s

8. A body goes from a point A to another point B 150 m away in 30 seconds and return
back in 20 sec. Then the average velocity is
(A) 6 m/s (B) zero
(C) 3 m/s (D) 15 m/s

9. The unit for average velocity is

(A) m/s2 (B) m/s
(C) m-s (D) m-s2

10. Which of the following is a wrong statement?

(A) Distance travelled by a body can never be negative or zero.
(B) Distance can be equal to or greater than displacement.
(C) Displacement never decreases with time
(D) Displacement is the shortest distance between two points between which the
body moves.

11. A body starts from rest with an acceleration of 3m/s2, the velocity of the body after 6
sec is
(A) 18 m/s (B) 2 m/s
(C) 12 m/s (D) 3 m/s
12. The retardation of a body projected upwards with a certain velocity is
(A)  9.8 m/s2 (B) zero
2
(C) 9.8 m/s (D) none of these

13. For a freely falling body

(A) velocity remains constant
(B) acceleration remains constant
(C) body acceleration and velocity remains constant
(D) both acceleration and velocity changes.

14. The rate of change of displacement with time is called

(A) speed (B) velocity
(C) acceleration (D) retardation.

15. A ball is thrown vertically upwards. It rises to a height of 50 m and comes back to the
thrower,
(A) the total distance covered by the ball is zero
(B) the net displacement of the ball is zero
(C) the displacement is 100 m
(D) none of these

16. When the distance that an object travels is directly proportional to the length of time it
is said to travel with
(A) zero velocity (B) constant speed
(C) constant acceleration (D) uniform velocity.

17. The slope of speed-time graph gives

(A) speed (B) velocity
(C) acceleration (D) momentum.

18. In which of the following cases, the object does not posses an acceleration or
retardation when it moves in
(A) upward direction with decreasing speed
(B) downward direction with increasing speed
(C) with constant speed along circular path
(D) with constant speed along horizontal direction.

19. A person travels a distance R along the circumference of a circle of radius R.

Displacement of the person is
(A) R (B) 2R
(C) 2R (D) zero

20. An object moves with a uniform velocity of 9.8 m/s, its acceleration is
(A) zero (B) 4.9 m/s2
2
(C) 9.8 m/s (D) 19.6 m/s2

21. The initial velocity of a body moving along a straight line is 7 m/s. It has a uniform
acceleration of 4m/s2. The distance covered by the body in the 5th second of its motion
is
(A) 25 m (B) 35 m (C) 50 m (D) 85 m

22. An object falling freely from rest reaches ground in 2s. If acceleration due to gravity is
9.8 m/s2, the velocity of object on reaching the ground will be
(A) 9.8 m/s (B) 4.9 m/s (C) 19.6 m/s (D) Zero
23. A ball is thrown straight up. The magnitude of acceleration at the top point on its path
is
g 2g
(A) g (B) (C) Zero (D)
2 3
24. Two bodies A and B of mass 100 g and 200 g respectively are dropped near the earth’s
surface. Let the accelerations of A and B be a1 and a2 respectively. Now these two
bodies are tied together and the joint body is dropped near the earth surface and falls
with an acceleration, a3, then
(A) a1 = a2 = a3 (B) a1 < a2 > a3 (C) a1 > a2 > a3 (D) a1  a2  a3

25. A body starts from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration then the ratio of distance
covered by it during 5th second of its motion to the distance travelled in 5 second of
motion is
16 9 25 9
(A) (B) (C) (D)
25 16 9 25