Motion – Question Bank
Questions on Motion – types, units and numerical problems
- A stone dropped from a tower is an example of ____ motion.
Answer: rectilinear
- The kind of motion that a pendulum has is:
Answer: oscillatory
- An example of curvilinear motion is
Answer: Throwing of javelin
- A woman walking in a crowded mall is:
Answer: non uniform motion
- The motion of a girl on a swing is:
Answer: oscillatory motion
- Motion of flying birds is ____ motion.
Answer: random motion
- Spinning top is an example of:
Answer: rotatory motion
- An example of multiple motion is:
Answer: bicycle
- Which is not an example of multiple motion:
Answer: clock
- Sewing machine executes multiple motion.
Answer: true
- Which of the following is not a translatory motion
Answer: rotatory motion
- If an object travelling in straight line changes its speed then motion is:
Answer: non uniform
- The motion which repeats itself at regular interval is not:
Answer: rectilinear motion
- SI unit of distance is:
Answer: meter
- Distance is a:
Answer: scaler quantity
- Displacement is:
Answer: vector quantity
- The rate of change of distance is called:
Answer: speed
- The rate of change of displacement is called:
Answer: velocity
- SI unit of weight is___.
Answer: Newton
- SI unit of mass is ____.
Answer: Kilogram
- Example of oscillatory motion is:
Answer: pendulum of clock
- Example of rotatory motion:
Answer: spinning top
- Example of random motion:
Answer: moving ant
- Example of curvilinear motion:
Answer: athletes on racing track
- Example of rectilinear motion:
Answer: a car on straight road
- Example of vibratory motion:
Answer: plucked strings of guitar
- Example of periodic motion:
Answer: bouncing ball
- Motion of object in straight line:
Answer: rectilinear motion
- Motion of earth around sun is:
Answer: rotatory motion
- Motion of the blades of a ceiling fan is:
Answer: rotatory motion
- Motion of the piston of an engine is:
Answer: oscillatory motion
- A football kicked from the ground into the air has:
Answer: curvilinear motion
- A body projected upwards from the top of a building is an example of:
Answer: non uniform motion
- Ball hit for a sixer in cricket is:
Answer: curvilinear motion
- Velocity can be either positive or negative.
Answer: True
- Speed can either be positive or negative.
Answer: false
- The meter used to measure distance covered by moving vehicles.
Answer: odometer
- The meter used to measure speed of moving vehicles is called _____.
Answer: speedometer
- 1Km/h=
Answer: 5/18 m/s
- Periodic events are used for the measurement of time.
Answer: True
- The slope of distance-time graph gives the:
Answer: speed
- Distance-time graph for motion of object moving with constant speed is
Answer: straight line
- Distance-time graph for motion of object moving with non uniform speed is
Answer: curve
- If distance-time graph of a body is a straight line parallel to the time axis the body is
Answer: at rest
- What does the area of a velocity-time graph give?
Answer: displacement
- What does the slope of a velocity-time graph give?
Answer: acceleration
- For an object with a uniform positive acceleration, the velocity-time graph will be a straight line :
Answer: inclined at acute angle to time axis
- The faster the object, the _______ will be the slope of the distance-time graph
Answer: greater
- In a 100 m race ‘A’ touches the finishing line in 10.6 sec ;and ‘B’ in 11 sec. Who is faster?
Answer: A
- If a body moving in a straight line has a speed of 50 m/s then its velocity is 180 km/hr.
Answer: True
- If a body moving in a straight line has a speed of 50 m/s then its velocity is 50 km/hr.
Answer: False
- A body moving with a velocity of 10 m/s increases its velocity to 20 m/s in 2 s. Then rate of change of velocity is
Answer: 5 m/s
- If speed of a car is 60 km/hr, the time taken to cover 150 km is
Answer: 2.5 hrs
- Distance between two stations A and B is 20 km. If a train moves from A at constant speed of 60 km/hr then time taken to reach B is:
Answer: 20 min.
- A car moves at a speed of 60 km/hr for 20 min and then at a speed of 30 km/hr for next 20 min. Total distance travelled by the car is:
Answer: 30 km
- A body moves at a constant speed of 10 m/s for 1 hour. The distance travelled by the body is:
Answer: 36 km
NUMERICALS
- If mass of an object is 2 kg, its weight on Earth will be:
Answer: 20 N
- The displacement of stone upwards, which comes back to ground is:
Answer: 0 m
- Displacement of satellite after one complete revolution is:
Answer: 0 m
- 1 Km is:
Answer: 1000m
- 3.6 Km/h=
Answer: 1 m/s
- 36 km/h=
Answer: 10 m/s
- Value of 72 Km/h in m/s is:
Answer: 20 m/s
- 20 km/hr is:
Answer: 5.5 m/s
- Number of seconds in an hour is:
Answer : 3600 s
- Calculate John’s speed if he covers 50 m in 10s.
Answer: 5m/s
- Speed of athlete who covers 10 m in 10 s is:
Answer: 1 m/s
- What is speed of cart that covers 30 km in 10 hours?
Answer: 3 km/hr
- The speed of bus travelling 54 km in 90 min is:
Answer: 10 m/s
- What is speed in km/s, of a spaceship travelling 36000 km in one hour?
Answer: 10 km/s
- Velocity of train moving with speed of 54 km/hr in m/s is:
Answer: 15 m/s
- What is distance covered by train moving at 80 km/hr in 2 hours?
Answer: 160 km
- How far would snowmobile travel in 0.5 h at 25 km/h?
Answer: 12.5 km
- Distance travelled by a car in 20 seconds when it is travelling at 10 m/s is
Answer: 200 m
- Distance travelled by a jeep at 10 m/s in 90 min is
Answer: 54 Km
- Find the distance to school if a girl walking at 2 m/s reaches school in 15 min.
Answer: 1.8 km
- Distance covered by Sam in 15 min at 4.8 km/hr is ___.
Answer: 1.2 km
- Distance covered by Anita in 2 min at 2 m/s is
Answer: 240 m
- Distance travelled by car travelling at 80 km/hr for 15 min and then 60 km/hr for another 15 min is
Answer: 35 km
- Distance covered by car travelling at 40 km/hr for 15 min and then 60 km/hr for another 15 min is ____.
Answer: 25 km
- Distance covered by car travelling at 60 km/hr for 20 min and then 30 km/hr for next 20 min.
Answer: 30 km
- The odometer of a bike shows a reading of 10,200 km at 8:30 am and, 10,240 km at 9:00 am. The speed of the bike is:
Answer: 80 km/hr
- An object travels 20 m in 2 s and then 16 m in next 2 s. What is the average speed of the body?
Answer: 9 m/s
- A 100 m long train crosses a 500 m long bridge at 30 m/s. Find the time taken by the train to cross the bridge.
Answer: 20 sec
- A 100 m long train crosses a 900 m long bridge at 72 km/hr. Find the time taken by the train to cross the bridge.
Answer: 50 sec
- If speed of a car is 60 km/hr, find time taken to cover 150 km
Answer: 2.5 hrs
- Time taken by a runner to cover 260 m at 4 m/s is:
Answer: 65 s
- How long will a train take to cover 240 km at 60km/hr?
Answer: 4 hours
- Time taken by a car to travel 180 km at 60 km/h is:
Answer: 180 min
- Time taken by boy to cover 20 km at 10 km/hr is:
Answer: 7200s
- Time taken by John to cover 1.2 km at 2m/s is:
Answer: 10 min
- How long will a cyclist take to cover 3 km at 600 m/min
Answer: 300 sec
- If a car’s velocity increases from rest to 30 m/s in 6 s, what is it’s acceleration?
Answer: 5 m/s2
- A rocket is launched and accelerates to 12 km/s in 100 s. It’s acceleration is?
Answer: 120 m/s2
- A biker starts from rest and attains a speed of 72 km/hr in 10 s. What is his acceleration?
Answer: 2 m/s2
- A cyclist starts from rest and in 3 s reaches her top speed of 12 m/s. What is her acceleration?
Answer: 4 m/s2
- If a car accelerates from 5 m/s to 10 m/s. What is the change in velocity?
Answer: 5 m/s
- A car accelerates so that its velocity increases by 20 m/s in 10 s. What is it’s acceleration?
Answer: 2 m/s2
- A train leaves the station and after one minute it is travelling at 30 m/s. It’s acceleration is?
Answer: 0.5 m/s2
- A train accelerates from 20 m/s to 50 m/s in one minute. What is it’s acceleration?
Answer: 0.5 m/s2