CONCEPT OF DISTANCE & DISPLACEMENT

1. State the difference between distance and displacement made by a body.

2. A particle is moving in a circular path of radius r. The displacement after half
a circle would be –
(a) 0
(b) πr
(c) 2r
(d) 2πr
3. The numerical ratio of displacement to distance for a moving object is –
(a) always less than 1
(b) equal to 1 or more than 1
(c) always more than 1
(d) equal to 1 or less than 1
4. A boat sailing through a river moved eastward for 5 km, then cross the river
by moving 3 km southward. On reaching the other side it moved westward
through 1 km and reached the jetty. Find the distance covered and
displacement of the boat.
5. A car moving along in a straight highway from point P to point Q to point R
and to point S, then back to point Q and finally to the point R as shown in the
figure below –
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a) Find the distance travelled by car.

b) Find the displacement of the car.

6. A vehicle moves from point P to Q to R to S in a circular path as shown in the

below figure –

a) Find the distance travelled by the vehicle.

b) Find out the magnitude of the displacement of the vehicle.

7. A person walks along the path of a rectangle from point P to point R as

shown in the below figure –

(a) Find the distance travelled by the person.

(b) Find out the magnitude of the displacement of the person.
8. Given below as figure is the distance- time graph of the motion an object –

(a) what will be the position of an object at 20s?

(b) what will be the distance travelled by the object in 12s?
(c) what is the average speed of the object?
 CONCEPT OF SPEED & VELOCITY, AVERAGE
SPEED & AVERAGE VELOCITY

1. State the difference between speed and velocity.

2. A body travels from point A to B and then comes to point A. If point A and B
are 120 km away from each other and a car travelling with a certain constant
speed covers the entire journey in 4 hours. Calculate the –
(a) Total distance covered by car
(b) Total displacement covered by car
(c) Speed of the car
3. If it takes 24 h for moon to complete one revolution around the earth in a
circular orbit of diameter 4.8 x 1015 m, then calculate the distance,
displacement and speed of the moon.
4. A tortoise moves a distance of 100 meters in 15 minutes. What is the average
speed of tortoise in km/h?
5. A motorcyclist drives from place A to B with a uniform speed of 30 km/h and
returns from place B to A with a uniform speed of 20 km/h. Find his average
speed and average velocity.
6. The distance between Delhi and Agra is 200km. A train travels the first 100
km at a speed of 50 km/h. How fast must the train travel the next 100 km so
as to average 70 km/h for the whole journey?
7. A train travels the first 15 km at a uniform speed of 30 km/h, the next 75 km
at a uniform speed of 50 km/h and the last 10 km at a uniform speed of 20
km/h. Calculate the average speed for the entire train journey.
8. A car is moving along a straight road at a steady speed. It travels 150 m in 5
seconds –
(a) What is its average speed?
(b) How far does it travel in 1 second?
(c) How far does it travel in 6 seconds?
(d) How long does it take to travel 240 m?
9. The given figure shows the distance-time graph of three objects A, B and C.
Study the graph and answer the following questions:
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(a) Which of the three is travelling the fastest?

(b) Are all three ever at the same point on the road?
(c) How far has C travelled when B passes A?
(d) How far has B travelled by the time it passes C?

10. The odometer of a car reads 2000 km at the start of a trip and 2400 km at the
end of the trip. If the trip took 8 h, calculate the average speed of the car in
km/h and m/s.

CONCEPT OF UNIFORM & NON-UNIFORM MOTION

1. When is a body said to have uniform velocity?

2. What is the difference between uniform linear motion and uniform circular
motion? Explain with examples.
3. What is the acceleration of a body moving with uniform velocity?
4. What type of motion is exhibited by a freely falling body?
5. A motorcyclist starts from rest and reaches a speed of 6 m/s after travelling
with uniform acceleration for 3s. What is his acceleration?
6. Answer the following for a UCM –
(a) What remains constant in uniform circular motion?
(b) What changes continuously in uniform circular motion?
7. What conclusion can you draw about the speed of a body from the following
distance-time graph?
8. What conclusion can you draw about the acceleration of a body from the
speed-time graph shown below?

9. A motorcycle moving with a speed of 5 m/s is subjected to an acceleration of

0.2 m/s2. Calculate the speed of the motorcycle after 10 seconds and the
distance travelled in this time.
10. A bus running at a speed of 18 km/h is stopped in 2.5 seconds by applying
brakes. Calculate the retardation produced.
11. Describe the motion of a body which is accelerating at a constant rate of 10
m/s2. If the body starts from rest, how much distance will it cover in 2s?
12. A cyclist is travelling at 15 m/s. She applies brakes so that she does not
collide with a wall 18 m away. What deceleration must she have?
13. A motorboat starting from rest on a lake accelerates in a straight line at a
constant rate of 3.0 ms–2 for 8.0 s. How far does the boat travel during this
time?
14. A ball is gently dropped from a height of 20 m. If its velocity increases
uniformly at the rate of 10 ms-2, with what velocity will it strike the ground?
After what time will it strike the ground?
15. The speed-time graph for a car is shown in the figure below –
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(a) Find how far does the car travel in the first 4 seconds. Shade the area on the
graph that represents the distance travelled by the car during the period.
(b) Which part of the graph represents uniform motion of the car?