Worksheet - Lesson Motion

Class IX Subject: Science

I. Answer in a word or sentence

1. A worker covers a distance of 40 km from his house to his place of work, and 10 km towards
his house back. Then the displacement covered by the worker in the whole trip is 
(a) zero km  (b) 10 km  (c) 30 km (d) 50 km 
2. Rate of change of displacement is called 
(a) Speed  (b) Deceleration  (c) Acceleration  (d) Velocity 
3. Acceleration is a vector quantity, which indicates that its value 
(a) Is always negative  (b) Is always positive 
(c) Is zero  (d) Can be positive, negative or zero 
4. A player moves along the boundary of a square ground of side 50 m in 200 sec.The
magnitude of displacement of the farmer at the end of 11 minutes 40 seconds from his initial
position is 
(a) 50 m (b) 150 m (c) 200 m (d) 50√2 m
5. An object travels 40m in 5 sec and then another 80m in 5 sec. What is the average speed of
the object? 
(a) 12 m/s  (b) 6 m/s (c) 2 m/s  (d) 0 m/s 
6. The average velocity of a body is given by the expression : 
(a) V= u+ at  (b) 2as= v2− u2  (c) Vav=(u + v)/2  (d) S= ut + ½ a t2 
7. SI Unit of measurement of acceleration is 
(a) m/s (b) m/s2 (c) m/hr (d) M
8. From the given Velocity-Time graph (figure)

 it can be inferred that the object is moving with 

(a) Non uniform velocity  (b) moving with uniform acceleration 
(c) At rest  (d) Uniform velocity  
9. The acceleration of a body from a velocity –time graph is 
(a) Is denoted by a line parallel to the time axis at any point on the distance axis 
(b) Equal to the slope of the graph 
(c) Area under the graph 
(d) Is denoted by a line parallel to the distance axis at any point on the time axis 

10. Distance covered by a body from velocity-time graph is 

(a) Is denoted by a line parallel to the distance axis at any point on the time axis 
(b) Is denoted by a line parallel to the time axis at any point on the distance axis 
(c) Equal to the slope of the graph 
(d) Area under the graph 
From the above given Velocity-Time graph,  answer the following questions (Q11 to Q15): - 

11. From the above Velocity-Time graph, the body is moving with 
(a) Variable Acceleration  (b) Zero Acceleration 
(c) Constant Acceleration  (d) Zero velocity 
12. Distance covered by the body during the interval from 10sec to 20 sec is 
(a) 180  (b) 200  (c) 240  (d) 270 
13. At the point A the body is at a distance of 
(a) 90m  (b) 180m  (c) 270m  (d) 350m 
14. The velocity of the body at the point ‘B’ is 
(a) 20m/s  (b) 24m/s  (c) 32m/s (d) 36m/s
15. In the total journey, starting from the rest, the body has traveled up to a distance of 
(a) 270m  (b) 360m (c) 450m (d) 540m 
16. What does the slope of distance - time graph give? 
(a) Acceleration  (b) Uniform speed 
(c) Speed  (d) both[b] and [c] depending upon the time of graph 
17. An example of a body moving with constant speed but still accelerating is 
(a) A body moving with constant speed on a straight road 
(b) A body moving in a helical path with constant speed 
(c) A body moving with constant speed in a circular path 
(d) A body moving with constant speed on a straight railway track 
18. What does the slope of velocity – time graph give?
(a) Distance (b) displacement (c) Acceleration (d) Change in velocity.
19. The displacement of the body can be-
(a) Positive (b) negative (c) Zero (d)All of these.
20. Which of the following gives both direction and magnitude-
(a) scalar (b) vector (c) Both (d) None.
21. If a moving body comes to rest, then its acceleration is-
(a) Positive (b) negative (c) Zero (d) All of these depending upon initial velocity.
22. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) both speed and velocity are same (b) speed is a scalar and velocity is a vector
(c) speed is a vector and velocity is scalar (d) none of these
23. What is the slope of the body when it moves with uniform velocity?
(a) positive (b) negative (c) zero (d) may be positive or negative
24. What does area of velocity time graph give?
(a)distance (b)acceleration (c) Displacement (d) none of these
25. If a body starts from rest, what can be said about the acceleration of body?
(a) Positively accelerated (b) negatively accelerated
(c) uniform accelerated (d) none
26. What does slope of position time graph give?
(a) speed (b) acceleration (c) uniform speed
(d) Both (a) and (c) depending upon the type of graph.
27. When a body moves uniformly along the circle, then:-
(a) its velocity changes but speed remains the same
(b) its speed changes but velocity remains the same
(c) both speed and velocity changes
(d) both speed and velocity remains same

28. Which of the following statements is correct?

(b) speed distance are scalar, velocity and displacement are vector
(c) speed distance are vector, velocity and displacement are vector
(d) speed and velocity are scalar, distance and velocity are vector
(e) speed and velocity are vector, distance and displacement are scalar
29. A train moving with a uniform speed of 54 kmph. What is its speed in m/s?
(a) 15 m/s
(b) 1.5 m/s
(c) 9 m/s
(d) 90 m/s
30. A scalar quantity has ______________?
(a) magnitude only
(b) direction only
(c) both direction and magnitude
(d) none of these
31. When an object undergoes acceleration
(a) there is always an increase in its velocity
(b) there is always an increase in its speed
(c) a force always acting on it
(d) all of the above.
32. A truck covers 40 km with an average speed of 80km/h. Then it travels another 40 km with
an average speed of 40 km/h. The average speed of the truck for the total distanced covered is:
(a) 40 km/h
(b) 45km/h
(c) 48km/h
(d) 53km/h
33. The SI unit of retardation is
(a) ms-1
(b) ms-2
(c) ms2
(d) m
34. A car starts from city A and it travels 50 km in a straight line to city B. Immediately it turns
around, and returns to city A. It took 2 hours for this round trip. The average speed of the car
for this round trip is:
(a) 0 km/h
(b) 25 km/h
(c) 50 km/h
(d) 100 km/h
35. The equation v = u + at gives information as
(a) velocity is a function of time.
(b) velocity is a function of position.
(c) Position is a function of time.
(d) Position is function of velocity and time.
36. Which of the following can determine the acceleration of a moving object?
(a) area of velocity-time graph
(b) slope of velocity-time graph
(c) area of distance-time graph
(d) slope of the distance time-graph
37. A body is projected up with an initial velocity u m/s. It goes up to a height h metres in t
seconds time. Then it comes back at the point of projection. Considering negligible air
resistance, which of the following statement is true?
(a) the acceleration is zero
(b) the displacement is zero
(c) the average velocity is 2h/t
(d) the final velocity is 2u when body reaches projection point.
38. A car accelerates at 1.5 m/s2 in a straight road. How much is the increase in velocity in 4s?
(a) 6 m/s
(b) 4 m/s
(c) 3 m/s
(d) 2.66 m/s

39. A particle is moving in a circular path of radius r. The displacement after half a circle
would be:

(a) Zero

(b) p r

(c) 2 r
(d) 2p r

40. A body is thrown vertically upward with velocity u, the greatest height h to which it will rise
is,

(a) u/g

(b) u2/2g

(c) u2/g

(d) u/2g

41. The numerical ratio of displacement to distance for a moving object is

(a) always less than 1

(b) always equal to 1

(c) always more than 1

(d) equal or less than 1

42. If the displacement of an object is proportional to square of time, then the object moves
with

(a) uniform velocity

(b) uniform acceleration

(c) increasing acceleration

(d) decreasing acceleration

43. From the given v – t graph (Fig. 8.1), it can be inferred that the object is

(a) in uniform motion

(b) at rest

(c) in non-uniform motion

(d) moving with uniform acceleration

44. Suppose a boy is enjoying a ride on a merry-go-round which is moving with a constant
speed of 10 m s–1. It implies that the boy is

(a) at rest

(b) moving with no acceleration

(c) in accelerated motion

(d) moving with uniform velocity

45. Area under a v – t graph represents a physical quantity which has the unit

(a) m2

(b) m

(c) m3

(d) m s-1

46. Four cars A, B, C and D are moving on a levelled road. Their distance versus time graphs
are shown in Fig. 8.2. Choose the correct statement

47. Which of the following figures (Fig. 8.3) represents uniform motion of a moving object
correctly?

48. Slope of a velocity – time graph gives

(a) the distance

(b) the displacement

(c) the acceleration

(d) the speed

49. In which of the following cases of motions, the distance moved and the magnitude of
displacement are equal?

(a) If the car is moving on straight road

(b) If the car is moving in circular path

(c) The pendulum is moving to and fro

(d) The earth is revolving around the Sun

50. If the position of an object does not change with time, it is said to be at _____.

51. Rest and Motion are ___________ (absolute/relative) terms

52. The study of motion without taking into account the cause of motion is called ______
(kinematics/dynamics).

53. An object is said to be at ________ (rest/motion),  if it changes its position with respect to its
surroundings in a given time

54. Distance is the length of ______(actual/shortest) path traveled by a body in a given time.

55. Displacement is the ______ (actual/shortest) path covered by a moving object from the initial
point of reference in a specified direction.

56. Distance is a _______ (scalar/vector) physical quantity while displacement is a _______

(scalar/vector) physical quantity. 

57. When a body moves unequal distances in equal intervals of time, then the body is said to describe
___________ (uniform/non-uniform) motion.

58. In uniform motion, speed of an object is ________ (constant/not constant). 

59. SI unit of velocity is _____ (metre per second/ km per hour/ miles per hour).

60. The rate of change of velocity of a moving body with time is called ______. 

61. Slope of position-time graph ________ (is zero/may be zero/ cannot be zero)  if the object is at
rest.

62. Slope of the distance-time graph gives the _____ (speed/acceleration) of the object.

63. The nature of distance-time graph is a _______ (straight line/curve) having ______
(uniform/varying) slope when the object has non-uniform motion.

64. The slope of the velocity-time graph gives ______ (displacement/acceleration).

65. An object is under free fall. Considering upward as positive direction, the displacement of the
object during a short time interval is positive during ______ (ascent/descent) and negative during
_____ (ascent/descent).

66. In a uniform circular motion, velocity of a particle is _____ (constant/not constant) but its speed
is ______ (constant/not constant).

Lesson Force and Laws of Motion

Class IX Subject: Science

I. Multiple choice questions

1. An object of mass 6 kg is sliding on  horizontal surface, with a uniform velocity of 8 m/ s .
Assuming force of friction offered by the surface to be zero,  The force required to maintain the
motion of object  with the same uniform velocity is 
(a) 0 Newton 
(b) 2 Newtons 
(c) 8 Newtons 
(d) 32 Newtons 

2. There will be a change in the speed or in the direction of motion of a body when it is acted
upon by 
(a) Zero Force 
(b) Balanced Force 
(c) An Unbalanced force 
(d) Uniform force 

3. Force required in accelerating a 3 kg mass at 5 m/s2 and a 4 kg mass at 4 m/s2, will be 

(a) Zero in both the cases 
(b) Same in both the cases 
(c) greater for 3 kg mass at 5 m/s2 
(d) greater for 4 kg mass at 4 m/s2 

4. Which of the Expression to find the Force is correct ? 

(a) F= m/a 
(b) F= ma 
(c) F= a/m 
(d) F= ma/m 

5. Inertia of a body is quantitative measure of its. 

(a) velocity 
(b) acceleration 
(c) Mass 
(d) Force  

6. Rocket works on the principle of conservation of 

(a) velocity 
(b) Mass 
(c) Linear Momentum 
(d) Energy  
7. In the following example, try to identify the number of times the velocity of ball changes:
“A football player kicks a football to another player of his team who kicks the football towards
the goal. The goalkeeper of the opposite team collects the football and kicks it towards a player
of his own team.” 
(a) Three times 
(b) Four times 
(c) Five times 
(d) Six times 

8. A bullet of mass 40gm is fired from a gun of mass 8kg with a velocity of 800 m/s, calculate the
recoil velocity of gun 
(a) 1m/s 
(b) -1m/s 
(c) 2m/s 
(d) -4m/s  

9. A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin. The coin will fall back 
(a) Behind him 
(b) In front of him 
(c) On his hands 
(d) On the side of the train  

10. A hammer of mass 300 g, moving at 40m/s, strikes a nail. The nail stops the hammer in a
very short time of 0.02 s. The force of the nail on the hammer is 
(a) 600N  (b) 1200N  (c) 2000N  (d) 2500N 

11. The action and reaction forces referred to in the third law 
(a) May act on different objects  (b) Must act on different objects 
(c) Must act on the same object  (d) Need not be equal in magnitude but act in the same direction 

12. An object will continue to accelerate until the 

(a) The velocity changes direction  (b) Resultant force on it is increased continuously 
(c) Resultant force begins to decrease  (d) Resultant force on it is zero 

13. Type of inertia that tends to resist the change in case of an “Athlete often jumps before
taking a long jump “ 
(a) Inertia of direction 
(b) Inertia of motion 
(c) Uniformly accelerated motion 
(d) Inertia of rest  

14. Qualitative definition of Force is given by 

(a) Newton’s law of gravitation
(b) Newton’s first law of motion 
(c) Newton’s Second law of motion 
(d) Newton’s third law of motion 

15. The object shown below moves with constant velocity. Two forces are acting on the object.
Considering negligible friction , the resultant force will be 
(a) 3 N towards left 
(b) 5 N towards right 
(c) 10 N towards left 
(d) 19 N towards left 

16. Which of the following statement is not correct for an object moving along a straight path in
an accelerated motion?

(a) Its speed keeps changing

(b) Its velocity always changes

(c) It always goes away from the earth

(d) A force is always acting on it

17. According to the third law of motion, action and reaction

(a) always act on the same body

(b) always act on different bodies in opposite directions

(c) have same magnitude and directions

(d) act on either body at normal to each other

18. A goalkeeper in a game of football pulls his hands backwards after holding the ball shot at
the goal. This enables the goal keeper to

(a) exert larger force on the ball

(b) reduce the force exerted by the ball on hands

(c) increase the rate of change of momentum

(d) decrease the rate of change of momentum

19. The inertia of an object tends to cause the object

(a) to increase its speed

(b) to decrease its speed

(c) to resist any change in its state of motion

(d) to decelerate due to friction

20. A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin which falls behind him. It means that motion of
the train is

(a) accelerated

(b) uniform

(c) retarded

(d) along circular tracks

21. An object of mass 2 kg is sliding with a constant velocity of 4 m s–1 on a frictionless

horizontal table. The force required to keep the object moving with the same velocity is

(a) 32 N

(b) 0 N

(c) 2 N

(d) 8 N

22. Rocket works on the principle of conservation of

(a) mass

(b) energy

(c) momentum

(d) velocity

23. A water tanker filled up to 2 / 3 of its height is moving with a uniform speed. On sudden
application of the brake, the water in the tank would

(a) move backward

(b) move forward

(c) be unaffected

(d) rise upwards

24. An object moving at constant velocity in an inertial frame must:

(a) have a net force acting on it
(b) have zero net force acting on it
(c) not have any force of gravity on it
(d) stop after some time due to gravity

25. When a bus starts suddenly from rest, the passengers sitting inside the bus move
backwards. This illustrates an example of
(a) Newton First Law of Motion
(b) Newton Second Law of Motion
(c) Newtons Third Law of Motion
(d) None of these

26. One newton is the force ____________

(a) of gravity on a 1 kg body
(b) of gravity on a 1 g body
(c) which gives a 1 g body an acceleration of 1 cm/s2
(d) which gives a 1 kg body an acceleration of 1m/s2

27. The property of inertia is the largest in

(a) a toy car
(b) a motocycle
(c) a car
(d) a truck

28. A force of 5N acts on a body. What is the acceleration produced in m/s2, if the weight of the
body is 9.8N.
(a) 5
(b) 0.5
(c) 1.96
(d) 49

29. Acceleration acts always in the direction __________

(a) of the displacement
(b) of the initial velocity
(c) of the net force
(d) of the final velocity

30. The acceleration produced in a body by an acting force of given magnitude depends upon
(a) size of the body
(b) mass of the body
(c) shape of the body
(d) all of these

31. A ball is moving in a circle at fixed speed. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
(a) There is no acceleration present.
(b) There must be only one force acting on it.
(c) Acceleration is present but has constant magnitude.
(d) Acceleration is present and acts tangent to the circle.

32. Action and reaction act on

(a) same body but in opposite directions
(b) same body and in same direction
(c) different bodies but in opposite directions
(d) different bodies but in same direction

33. A body of weight W is suspended from the ceiling of a room through a rope of weight R.
The ceiling pulls the rope by a force of
(a) W
(b) R
(c) W + R
(d) (W+R)/2

34. The product of mass and velocity of a body is called __________. (momentum/force)

35. The property by the virtue of which an object tends to remain in the state of rest or of uniform
motion unless acted upon by some force is called __________. (impulse/ inertia)

36. The SI unit of _________ is kilogram meters per second i.e. kg m/s (momentum/ force)

37. Momentum is a _________ (scalar/ vector) quantity and is directed along the __________
(direction/ magnitude) of velocity.

38. The total momentum of the bullet and the gun before firing would be _________ (zero/ positive /
negative) because both of them ar at rest.

39.  ______ forces cannot produce motion in a body but can its shape. (Balanced / Unbalanced)

40. ______ force slows down a moving bicycle when we stop pedaling it. (Frictional / Gravitational)

41. When an object is under free fall, the Force of gravity acting on the object is a ________ force.
(balanced / unbalanced)

_________ is the property of bodies to resist a change in their state of rest or motion. (Inertia/ Mass)

43. Newton’s _________ of motion is also known as Galileo’s law of inertia. (Ist law/ IInd Law /
IIIrd Law)

44. Force is a _____ quantity. (vector/ scalar)

45. ________ always opposes motion of objects. (Force of friction/ Force of gravity)

46. Action and reaction forces act on _________ but they are equal in magnitude. (two different
bodies/ same body)

47. The velocity with which gun moves in the backward direction is known as the ______ velocity.
(recoil, initial )

48. Inertia of a body depends on its ________. (mass / velocity)

49. The study of motion of a body under the action of a force is called ______.

50. (Impulse/Force/Pressure) ______ is a push or pull acting upon an object.

51. The natural tendency of objects to resist a change in their state of rest or of uniform motion is
called ______.

52. When the resultant of all the forces acting on a body is zero, the forces are _______
(balanced/unbalanced).

53. When The resultant of all the forces acting on a body is not zero, the forces are _______
(balanced/unbalanced).

54.  Newton’s first law of motion states that a body at rest will remain at _____ (rest/motion) and a
body in motion will remain in ________ (uniform/non-uniform) motion unless acted upon by an
_________ (balanced/unbalanced) force.

55. The ______  of an object is a measure of its inertia.

56. _________  (Nuclear/Gravitational/Muscular) Force is the weakest force

57. _______ (Nuclear/Gravitational/Muscular) force is the strongest force of all the basic forces in
nature.

58.  An imaginary co-ordinate system which is either at rest or in uniform and where Newton’s laws
are valid is called an _______ frame of reference.

59. (Centrifugal/Centripetal) ________  force is the apparent outward force that draws a rotating
body away from the center of rotation.

60. The radially inward force towards the centre which continuously deflects a particle from its
straight line path and makes it along a circular path is called _______ (centrifugal/centripetal) force.

61. The momentum of an object is the product of its _____ and _______ and has the same direction
as that of the ________.  

62. Newton’s second law of motion states that the rate of change of ______ of a body is directly
proportional to the force and takes place in the same direction as the ______.

63. Action and reaction forces act on ________ (the same body/two different bodies)  but they are
______ (equal/unequal) in magnitude.

64. When the resultant force acting on a system is zero , the total momentum of the system  ______
(remains constant/ may vary). This is called ___________________ . 

65. The velocity with which gun moves in the backward direction is known as the ______ velocity.

66. When the lift is stationary or moves with uniform velocity then acceleration is zero and
net force is ______ (zero/non-zero).

67. A change in momentum over a longer time requires ______ (less/more) force
68. The people in the bus are pushed backwards when the bus starts suddenly due to:- (a)
Inertia due to Rest
(b) Inertia due to Motion
(c) Inertia due to direction
(d) Inertia.
68. If the force acting on the body is zero. Its momentum is
(a) zero (b) constant (c) Both (d) None
69. The inability of the body to change its state of rest or motion is :-
(a) Momentum (b) Force (c) Inertia (d) Acceleration.
70. Which law explains swimming?
(a) Newton’s first law (b) Newton’s second law (c) Newton’s third law (d) All of these
71: Give an example that force can make a stationary body move.

72: Name the scientist who experimented with moving balls on a ramp and proved that objects move
with constant speed and when no force acts on them.

73: Force can change the shape and size of an object. Give an example.

74: Why does a bicycle slow down when the cyclist stop pedalling?

75: What are balanced forces?

76: Which law of motion gives the measure of force?

77: Do balanced forces cause any change of state of an object?

78: Write the SI and CGS unit of force.

79: Can balanced forces change the shape and size of an object?

80: Can every force produce motion in every object?

81: What are unbalanced forces?

82: When a force acts on a body, what are the two essential effects it can produce?

83: Which Newton's law is also known as the Law of Inertia?

84: A person standing in a moving bus falls forward if driver applies brakes suddenly. Name the
inertia applying resistance here?

85: Define 1 Newton force.

86: What do you mean by an imapct force?

87: Define inertia. How it is measured?

88: Define force of friction.

89: Why do we tend to fall outwards when a car takes a steep turn?

90: If the body is found to be accelerated, is the force acting on it balanced or unbalanced?

91: Is it possible that the train in which you are sitting appears to move while it is at rest?
92: When a body moves on flat friction-less surface, will its speed change?
93: Which has more inertia, a table tennis ball or a rubber ball of the same size?
94: Suppose you were pushing on a heavy bucket of stones with 100 N of force and it did not move.
How many newtons of force would be balancing the force that you were applying?
95: What did Galileo conclude on the basis of his experiments on the motion of objects?
96: Is force a scalar or vector quantity?
97: What do you mean by a resultant force?
98: State Newton's third law of motion.
99: Do action and reaction act on the same body?

100: Name the principle on which a rocket works.

101: How is force related to acceleration produced in a body by its application?

102: What is the SI unit of impulse.

103: When you apply a force for a certain amount of time, it creates ________ (fill in the blank).

104: What is the total momentum of a bullet and a gun before firing?

105: Define momentum.

106: A body is moving with uniform acceleration. Is its momentum constant?

107: What is the SI unit of momentum?

108: Name the physical quantity that corresponds to the rate of change of momentum.

109: What is the net momentum of gun and bullet system before firing?

110: Which principle is involved in the working of a jet plane?

111: How is force related to momentum of a body?

112: Why mass is sometimes called coefficient of linear inertia?

113: Why is the person hurt less when he falls on a spongy surface?

114: When a force acting on a body has equal and opposite reaction, then why should the body move
at all?

115: Does Newton's third law apply to a system where bodies do not actually touch each other?