SHIVALIK PUBLIK SCHOOL

CLASS XI PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT

CHAPTER 3: MOTION IN STRAIGHT LINE

1 Assertion (A): For a moving particle distance can never be negative or zero.

Reason(R): Distance is a scalar quantity and never decreases with time for moving object.

2 Assertion (A): It is not possible to have constant velocity and variable acceleration.

Reason(R): Accelerated body cannot have constant velocity.

3 Assertion (A): In the presence of air resistance, if the ball is thrown vertically upward then time of
ascent is less than the time of descent.

Reason(R): Force due to air friction always acts opposite to the motion of body.

4 Assertion (A): An object can have constant speed but variable velocity.

Reason(R): Speed is a s calar but velocity is a vector quantity

5 Assertion (A): A body hav ing a non zero acceleration can have constant velocity.

Reason(R): Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity

6 Assertion (A): The area under acceleration-time graph is equal to velocity of object.

Reason(R): For an object moving with constant acceleration position-time graph is a straight line.

7 Assertion (A): An object can have constant speed but variable velocity.

Reason(R): Speed is a scalar but velocity is a vector quantity

8 Assertion (A): A body moving with decreasing speed may have increased acceleration.

Reason(R): The speed of body decreases when acceleration of body is opposite to velocity
9 Assertion (A): Retardation is directly opposite to the velocity.

Reason(R): Retardation is equal to the time rate of decrease of speed.

10 Assertion (A): A body can have acceleration even if its velocity is zero at that instant.

Reason(R): The body will momentarily at rest when it reverses its direction of motion

CASE BASED QUESTIONS

1 The acceleration of an object is said to be uniform acceleration if its velocity changes by equal
amount in equal interval of time, however small these time intervals may be. A particle is moving
with uniform acceleration in x-direction, the displacement x of particle varies with time t as

x = 4t2 -15t +25 m

i) (i) The position of particle at t = 0

(a) 14 m . (b) 18 m (c) 20 m (d) 25 m

ii) Velocity of particle at t = 2 s

(a) -15 m/s (b) 1 m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) 31 m/s

iii) Acceleration of particle at t = 2 s

(a) 0 ms-2 (b) 8 ms-2 (c) 10 ms-2 (d) 20 ms-2

iv) The particle has a uniform acceleration ‘a ‘when

(a) acceleration does not depend on time t (b) acceleration depends on time t

(c) velocity changes by unequal amount in equal interval of time (d) None of these

OR

(iv) The velocity of particle will become zero at time t equal to

(a) 2.975 s (b) 1.875 s (c) 2 s (d) 1 s

2 Average Speed and Average Velocity

When an object is in motion, its position changes with time. So, the quantity that describes how fast
is the position changing w.r.t. time and in what direction is given by average velocity. It is defined as
the change in position or displacement (Δx) divided by the time interval (Δt) in which that
displacement occurs. However, the quantity used to describe the rate of motion over the actual
path, is average speed. It defined as the total distance travelled by the object divided by the total
time taken.
i) A 250 m long train is moving with a uniform velocity of 45 km/h. The time taken by the train to
cross a bridge of length 750 m is

A) 56 s B) 68 s C) 80 s D) 92 s

ii) A truck requires 3 hr to complete a journey of 150 km. What is average speed?

(a) 50 km/h (b) 25 km/h (c) 15 km/h (d) 10 km/h

iii) Average speed of a car between points A and B is 20 m/s, between B and C is 15 m/s and
between C and D is 10 m/s. What is the average speed between A and D, if the time taken in the
mentioned sections is 20s, 10s and 5s, respectively?

(a) 17.14 m/s (b) 15 m/s (c) 10 m/s (d) 45 m/s

iv) A cyclist is moving on a circular track of radius 40 m completes half a revolution in

40 s. Its average velocity (in m/s) is

(a) zero (b) 2 (c) 4π (d) 8

3 If you tossed an object either up or down and could somehow eliminate the effects of air on its
flight you would find that the object accelerates downward at a certain constant rate. The rate is
called the free fall acceleration and its magnitude is represented by g. The acceleration is
independent of the objects characteristics such as mass density or shape it is the same for all
objects.

i) The time of ascent of a body thrown vertically upward with initial velocity u is

a) t = u/2g b) t= u/g c) t= u/4g d) t= u/3g

ii) The time of descent of a body thrown vertically upward with initial velocity u is

a)t = u/4g b) t= u/g c)t= u/2g d) t= u/3g

iii) The total time of flight to come back to the point of projection of a body thrown vertically upward
with initial velocity u is

(a) t= 2u/3g (b) t= u/2g (c ) t= 2u/g (d) t= u

iv) Velocity of fall at the point of projection of a body thrown vertically upward with initial velocity u
is a) v = u b) v = 2u c)v = 3u d) v = 4u

4 When an object moves along a straight line with uniform acceleration, it is possible to relate its
velocity, acceleration during motion and the distance covered by it in a certain time interval by a set
of equations known as the equations of motion. For convenience, a set of three such equations are
given below:
 v = u + at s = ut + ½ at2 2a s = v2– u2

Where u is the initial velocity of the object which moves with uniform acceleration

a for Time t, v is the final velocity and s is the distance travelled by the object in timet.

i) Equations of motion are applicable to motion with

A) uniform acceleration B) non uniform acceleration

C)constant velocity D) none of these

ii) Consider a body moving with an acceleration of 2 m/s². After t seconds its velocity is 10 m/s. Find
‘t’.

A) 4 s B) 20 s C) 5 s D) 8

iii) The brakes applied to a car produce an acceleration of 10 𝑚𝑠−2in the opposite direction to the
motion. If the car takes 1 s to stop after the application of brakes, calculate the distance covered
during this time by car.

A) 5m B) 2.5m C)25m D) 10m

iv) An object is dropped from a tower falls with a constant acceleration of 10 m/s2. Find its speed 10
s after it was dropped.

A)110m/s B)100m/s C)120m/s D) -120m/s

OR

A bullet hits a Sand box with a velocity of 10 m/s and penetrates it up to a distance

of 5 cm. Find the deceleration of the bullet in the sand box

A) − 10m⁄s B) 20m⁄s C) −9m⁄s2 D)−18m ⁄ s2