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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