Assignment
Class -IX
Lesson- Motion
Choose the correct option-Q( 1-12)
1. A person throws a ball 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.
2. Which of the following can sometimes be ‘zero’ for a moving body?
i. Distance travelled ii. Average velocity
iii. Average speed iv. Displacement
a) Only (i)
b) (i) and (ii)
c) (ii) and (iv)
d) Only (iv)
3. A body whose position with respect to surrounding does not change is said to be in a state of:
a) Rest b) Motion
c) Vibration d) Oscillation
4. In the case of moving body
a) Displacement > Distance b) Displacement ≥ Distance
c) Displacement ≤Distance d) Displacement < Distance
5. Which of the following is not a characteristic of displacement?
a) It is always positive. b) It has both magnitude and direction.
c) It can be zero d) Its magnitude is less than or equal to the actual path length of the
object
6. What would be the displacement of a particle moving in a circular path of radius r after a
displacement of half a circle?
a) 2πr b) πr
c) 2r d) Zero
7. Which of the following situations is true and possible?
a) If the velocity of a body is zero, then the acceleration can be non-zero
b) A body moving at a constant velocity can have acceleration
c) The magnitude of distance and displacement are always equal
d) A car moving on a busy road is an example of uniform motion.
8. If a bus decreases its speed from 80 km/h to 60km/h, in 5 sec then its retardation is
a) 11.1 m s–2 b) 10.11 m s–2
c) –1.11 m s–2 d) 111 m s–2
9. In which of the following cases of motion, the distance moved and the magnitude of
displacement are equal?
a) If the car is moving on a 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
10.What is the correct unit for measuring the acceleration of a moving object?
a) m b) ms
c) ms-2 d) ms-1
11. What does the path of an object look like when it is in an uniform motion?
a) Straight b) Curved
c) Zig – zag d) Circular
12. The speed of a moving object is determined to be 6 ms-1 . This speed is equal to
a) 2.16 kmh-1 b) 21.6 kmh-1
c) 0.216 kmh-1 d) 216 kmh-1
13.A particle is moving in a circle of diameter 5m. Calculate the distance covered and the
displacement when it competes 3 revolutions.
14.A car traveling at 36km/hr speeds up to 70km/hr in 5 seconds. What is its acceleration? If the
same car stops in 20s, what is the retardation?
15 .Draw distance time graph when 1) object at rest 2) uniform motion 3) non uniform motion.
16 .A body travels a distance of 3 km towards East, then 4 km towards North and finally 9 km
towards East.
(i) What is the total distance travelled ?
(ii) What is the resultant displacement ?
17. What do you mean by positive and negative acceleration?
18 (a) What is the difference between ‘distance travelled’ by a body and its ‘displacement’ ?
Explain with the help of example.
(b) An ant travels a distance of 8 cm from P to Q and then moves a distance of 6 cm at right
angles to PQ. Find its resultant displacement.
19.The graph in below figure shows the positions of a body at different times. Calculate the speed
of the body as it moves from (i) A to B (ii) B to C and (iii) C to D.
20..The velocity time graph of an ascending passenger lift is given below. What is the acceleration
of the lift: (i) during the first two seconds (ii) between 2 nd and 10th second (iii) during the last
two seconds.
21 The figure is the distance-time graph of an object. Do you think it represents a real life
situation? Explain
Q 22 A racing car has uniform acceleration of 4m/s2. What distance will it cover in 10 seconds
after start?
Q 23 A car accelerates uniformly from 18km/h to 36 km/h in 5 seconds. Calculate (i) acceleration
and (ii) the distance covered by the car in that time.
Q 24 A body starts to slide over a horizontal surface with an initial velocity of 0.5 m/s. Due to
friction, its velocity decreases at the rate of 0.05 m/s2. How much time will it take for the
body to stop?
Q 25 A train starting from the rest moves with a uniform acceleration of 0.2 m/s2 for 5 minutes.
Calculate the speed acquired and the distance travelled in this time.
Q 26 A cyclist moving on a circular track of radius 50m complete revolution in 4 minutes. What is
his (i) average speed (ii) average velocity in one full revolution?
Q 27 A motorcyclist drives from place A to B with a uniform speed of 30 km h-1 and returns from
place B to A with a uniform speed of 20 km h-1. Find his average speed.
