Motion – Question Bank
Questions on Motion – types, units and numerical problems
- A mango falling down from a tree is an example of ____ motion.
Answer: rectilinear
- A car moving on a straight road is an example of ____ motion
Answer: rectilinear
- The kind of motion that a pendulum has is:
Answer: oscillatory
- ____ is an example of curvilinear motion.
Answer: Throwing of javelin
- A snowball rolling down a hill is:
Answer: uniform motion
- A woman walking in a crowded mall is:
Answer: non uniform motion
- The motion of a girl on a swing is:
Answer: oscillatory motion
- An example of multiple motion is:
Answer: bicycle
- Which is not an example of multiple motion:
Answer: clock
- Motion of flying birds is ____ motion.
Answer: random
- Spinning top is an example of:
Answer: rotatory 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 ____ of a body changes from place to place:
Answer: weight
- 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
- Sewing machine executes multiple motion.
Answer: true
- Weight of a body remains constant everywhere.
Answer: False
- The weight of a body can be zero.
Answer: True
- Rest and motion are relative.
Answer: True
- Velocity can be either positive or negative.
Answer: True
- Which of the following is not a translatory motion.
Answer: rotatory motion
- Speed is always positive.
Answer: True
- 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
- Scaler quantity:
Answer: has only magnitude
- Vector quantity
Answer: has magnitude and direction
- An object traveling in straight changes its speed then motion is:
Answer: non uniform
- The motion which repeats itself at regular interval is not:
Answer: rectilinear motion
- A and B travel unequal distances to reach school at the same time.
Answer: their speeds are unequal
- Speed is distance covered by object in____.
Answer: unit time
- Motion of objects in the pictorial form is shown by their ___.
Answer: distance-time graph
- Distance-time graph for motion of object moving with constant speed is:
Answer: straight line
- Faster vehicle has a higher speed.
Answer: True
- Periodic events are used for the measurement of time.
Answer: True
- Ball hit for a sixer in cricket is:
Answer: curvilinear motion
- NUMERICALS
- 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
- 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 bullock 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
- Value of 72 Km/h=
Answer: 20 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 traveling at 10 m/s is
Answer: 200 m
- Distance travelled by a jeep at 10 m/s in 90 min is
Answer: 54 Km
- 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
- Find the distance to school if Anita 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
- If speed of a car is 60 km/hr, find time taken to cover 150 km
Answer: 2.5 hrs
- 19.8 km/hr is:
Answer: 5.5 m/s
- Time taken by a runner to cover 260 m at 4 m/s is:
Answer: 65 s
- Number of seconds in an hour is:
Answer: 3600 s
- How long will a train take to cover 240 km at 60km/hr?
Answer: 4 hours
- Time take 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