1.What is distance?

1. The average path length travelled by a body.

2. The longest path taken by the body during its motion.
3. The shortest path taken by the body in its motion.
4. The total path length travelled by an object.
Correct answer is 4

The total path length travelled by an object is called distance.

2.The shortest distance between the initial and the

final position of an object is known as _____.
1. average speed
2. displacement
3. distance
4. velocity
Correct answer is 2

The shortest distance between the initial and the final position of the object is known as
displacement.

3.Which of the following is the correct relation for

displacement (ΔX)?
1. X0 - Xf
2. X0
3. 0-Xf
4. Xf - X0
Correct answer is 4

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4.Given that an object is in motion, which of the

following quantities can decrease with time?
1. Distance
2. Displacement
3. Both distance and displacement
4. Neither distance nor displacement
Correct answer is 2

For an object reversing its direction during its motion, the displacement can decrease.

5.Which of the following quantities could reveal the

complete information of the motion of an object?
1. Distance
2. Displacement
3. Both distance and displacement
4. Neither distance nor displacement
Correct answer is 3
The distance travelled by an object gives us the total length of the path traversed by the
object while the displacement gives us the shortest path as well as the direction in which
the object moved. Hence both are required..

6.In any type of motion executed by an object, the

displacement will be always be _____ the distance
travelled by the object.
1. lesser than or equal to
2. greater than or equal to
3. greater than
4. lesser than
Correct answer is 1

The displacement of an object can only be lesser than or equal to the amount of distance
travelled by an object.

7.The Mars orbiter mission launched by ISRO travelled

a total distance of 78,00,00,000 Km. The signals sent
to the Mars orbiter mission while it was in an orbit
around Mars took an average of 20 minutes. The
signals that were sent to the Mars orbiter mission
travelled in a straight line with a speed covering 3
lakh km every second. What was the ratio of distance
to displacement of the Mars orbiter mission?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Correct answer is 2

Given distance: 78,00,00,000 Km = 78,00,00,000 × 10^3 m = 780 × 10^9 m Since the

signals travel in a straight line, it can give us a measure of the displacement of the Mars
Orbiter mission from Earth. In one second, the signal travelled 3 lakh km In 20 minutes, the
signal will travel: 3 lakh km × 20 × 60 = 36 × 10^10 m Therefore, Distance: Displacement =
(780 × 10^9)/(36 × 10^10) = 13:6