Motion 1

KINEMATICS
MOTION IN STRAIGHT LINE

Q.1 A body moves 6 m north. 8 m east and 10m vertically upwards, what is its resultant displacement from
initial position
10
(1) 10 2m (2) 10 m (3) m (4) 10 × 2m
2
Q.2 An athlete completes one round of a circular track of radius R in 40 seconds. What will be his displacement
at the end of 2 minutes 20 seconds
(1) Zero (2) 2R (3) 2R (4) 7R
Q.3 A boy stops after travelling 3 km towards east and then goes 4 km towards north along a plane road.
The resultant displacement of the boy is
(1) 7 km (2) 4 km (3) 5 km (4) 15 km
Q.4 If the displacement of a particle is zero, then what can we say about its distance covered
(1) It must be zero (2) It cannot be zero
(3) It is negative (4) It may or may not be zero
Q.5 The location of a particle has changed. What can we say about the displacement and the distance
covered by the particle
(1) Both cannot be zero
(2) One of the two may be zero
(3) Both must be zero
(4) If one is positive, the other is negative and vice versa
Q.6 The ratio of the numerical values of the average velocity and average speed of a body is always
(1) Unity (2) Unity or less (3) Unity or more (4) Less than unity
Q.7 A particle moves along a semicircle of radius 10m in 5 seconds. The velocity of the particle is
(1) 2 ms–1 (2) 4 ms–1 (3) 2 ms–1 (4) 2 ms–1
Q.8 A 150 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 850 meters is
(1) 56 sec (2) 68 sec (3) 80 sec (4) 92 sec
Q.9 A car moves for half of its time at 80 and for rest half of time at 40. Total distance covered is 60. What
is the average speed of the car
(1) 60 km/h (2) 80 km/h (3) 120 km/h (4) 180 km/h
Q.10 A particle moves along x-axis in such a way that its coordinate x varies with time t according to the
equation x = 2 – 5t. The initial velocity of the particle is
(1) – 5 m/s (2) 6 m/s (3) – 3 m/s (4) 3 m/s
Q.11 A car travels a distance of 2000 m. If the first half distance is covered at 40 and the second half with
speed v and the average speed is 48 then the value of v is
(1) 56 (2) 60 (3) 50 (4) 48
Q.12 A car travels a distance S on a straight road in two hours and then returns to the starting point in the next
three hours. Its average velocity is
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(1) S/5 (2) 2S / 5 (3) S/2 + S/3 (4) None of the above
Q.13 When a particle moves with uniform velocity, which of the following relations are correct
(I) Average speed = average velocity
(II) Instantaneous speed = instantaneous velocity
(III) Distance covered = magnitude of displacement
(1) I, II, III (2) I, II (3) II, III (4) I, III
Q.14 When a particle moves with variable velocity, which of the following statements are not correct
(I) Average speed = average velocity
(II) Instantaneous speed = instantaneous velocity
(III) Distance covered = magnitude of displacement
(1) I, II,III (2) I, II (3) II, III (4) I, III
Q.15 A particle moves along the sides AB, BC, CD of a square of side 25 m with a velocity of 15 ms–1. Its
average velocity is
C B
D A
(1) 15 ms–1 (2) 10 ms–1 (3) 7.5 ms–1 (4) 5 ms–1

Q.16 A body has speed V, 2V and 3V in first 1/3 of distance S, seconds 1/3 of S and third 1/3 of S respectively.
Its average speed will be
18 11
(1) V (2) 2V (3) V (4) V
11 18
Q.17 A particle moves along a straight line such that its displacement at any time t is given by
S  t 3  6t 2  3t  4 meter. The velocity when the acceleration is zero is
(1) 3 ms–1 (2) –12 ms–1 (3) 42 ms–1 (4) – 9 ms–1
Q.18 A body is moving according to the equation x = at + bt2 – ct3 where x = displacement and a, b and c
are constants. The acceleration of the body is
(1) a + 2bt (2) 2b + 6ct (3) 2b – 6ct (d) 3b – 6ct2
Q.19 The displacement is given by x = 2t2 + t + 5, the acceleration at t = 2s is

(1) 4 m/s2 (2) 8 m/s2 (3) 10 m/s2 (4) 15 m/s2
Q.20 The velocity of a body depends on time according to the equation x = t3. The body is undergoing
(1) Uniform acceleration (2) Uniform retardation
(3) Non-uniform acceleration (4) Zero acceleration
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Q.6 2 Q.7 4 Q.8 3 Q.9 1 Q.10 1
Q.11 2 Q.12 4 Q.13 1 Q.14 4 Q.15 4
Q.16 3 Q.17 4 Q.18 3 Q.19 1 Q.20 3
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MOTION IN STRAIGHT LINE

(1) 15 ms–1 (2) 10 ms–1 (3) 7.5 ms–1 (4) 5 ms–1

Q.19 The displacement is given by x = 2t2 + t + 5, the acceleration at t = 2s is

Q.1 1 Q.2 2 Q.3 3 Q.4 4 Q.5 1

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