CLASS IX – PHYSICS [QUESTION BANK]
CH.8 - MOTION
Choose the correct answer (1 mark):
1. If the displacement of an object is proportional to square of time, then the object moves with:
(a) Uniform velocity (b) Uniform acceleration
(c) Increasing acceleration (d) Decreasing acceleration
2. From the given v-t graph, it can be inferred that the object is
(a) At rest (b) In uniform motion
(c) Moving with uniform acceleration (d) In non-uniform motion
3. Suppose a boy is enjoying a ride on a merry-go-round which is moving with a constant speed of 10 m/s. It
implies that the boy is:
(a) At rest (b) Moving with no acceleration
(c) In accelerated motion (d) Moving with uniform velocity
4. A particle is moving in a circular path of radius r.
The displacement after half a circle would be:
(a) Zero (b) πr (c)2r (d) 2πr
5. Which of the following can sometimes be ‘zero’ for a moving body?
i. Average velocity ii. Distance travelled iii. Average speed iv. Displacement
(a) Only (i) (b) (i) and (ii) (c) (i) and (iv) (d) Only (iv)
6. Which of the following statement is correct regarding velocity and speed of a moving body?
(a) Velocity of a moving body is always higher than its speed
(b) Speed of a moving body is always higher than its velocity
(c) Speed of a moving body is its velocity in a given direction
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(d) Velocity of a moving body is its speed in a given direction
7. When a car driver travelling at a speed of 10 m/s applies brakes and brings the car to rest in 20 s, then the
retardation will be:
(a) + 2 m/s2 (b) − 2 m/s2
(c) − 0.5 m/s2 (d) + 0.5 m/s2
8. The speed - time graph of a car is given here. Using the data in the graph calculate the total distance covered by
the car.
(a) 1250 m (b) 875 m (c) 1500 m (d) 870 m
9. A car of mass 1000 kg is moving with a velocity of 10 m/s. If the velocity-time graph for this car is a horizontal
line parallel to the time axis, then the velocity of the car at the end of 25 s will be:
(a) 40 m/s (b) 25 m/s (c) 10 m/s (d) 250 m/s
10. Which of the following is most likely not a case of uniform circular motion?
(a) Motion of the earth around the sun
(b) Motion of a toy train on a circular track
(c) Motion of a racing car on a circular track
(d) Motion of hours’ hand on the dial of a clock
11. In which of the following cases of motions, the distance moved and the magnitude of the displacement are
equal?
i. If the car is moving on a straight road ii. If the car is moving in circular path
iii. The pendulum is moving to and fro iv. The earth is moving around the sun
(a) only (ii) (b) (i) and (iii) (c) (ii) and (iv) (d) only (i)
12. A car is travelling at a speed of 90 km/h. Brakes are applied so as to produce a uniform acceleration of
– 0.5 m/s2. Find how far the car will go before it is brought to rest?
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(a) 8100 m (b) 900 m (c) 625 m (d) 620 m
13. In a free fall the velocity of a stone is increasing equally ion equal intervals of time under the effect of
gravitational force of the earth. Then what can you say about the motion of this stone? Whether the stone is
having:
(a) Uniform acceleration (b) Non-uniform acceleration
(c) Retardation (d) Constant speed
14. The numerical ratio of displacement to distance for a moving object is:
(a) Always less than 1 (b) Equal to 1 or less than 1
(c) Always more than 1 (d) Equal to 1 or more than one
15. Four cars A, B, C and D are moving on a levelled, straight road. Their distance time graphs are shown in the
figure below. Which of the following is the correct statement regarding the motion of these cars?
(a) Car A is faster than car D (b) Car B is the slowest
(c) Car D is faster than car C (d) Car C is the slowest
16. A worker covers a distance of 40 km from his house to his place of work, and 10 km towards his house back.
Then the displacement covered by the worker in the whole trip is
(a) zero km (b) 10 km (c) 30 km (d) 50 km
17. Rate of change of displacement is called
(a) Speed (b) Deceleration (c) Acceleration (d) Velocity
18. Acceleration is a vector quantity, which indicates that its value
(a) Is always negative (b) Is always positive
(c) Is zero (d) Can be positive, negative or zero
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19. A player moves along the boundary of a square ground of side 50 m in 200 sec. The magnitude of displacement
of the farmer at the end of 11 minutes 40 seconds from his initial position is
(a) 50 m (b) 150 m (c) 200 m (d) 50√2 m
20. An object travels 40m in 5 sec and then another 80m in 5 sec. What is the average speed of the object?
(a) 12 m/s (b) 6 m/s (c) 2 m/s (d) 0 m/s
21. The average velocity of a body is given by the expression :
(a) v= u+ at (b) 2as= v2− u2 (c) Vav=(u + v)/2 (d) s= ut + ½ a t2
22. SI Unit of measurement of acceleration is
(a) m/s (b) m/s2 (c) m/hr (d) M
23. From the given velocity-time graph (figure) it can be inferred that the
object is moving with
(a) Non uniform velocity
(b) moving with uniform acceleration
(c) At rest
(d) Uniform velocity
24. The acceleration of a body from a velocity –time graph is
(a) Is denoted by a line parallel to the time axis at any point on the distance axis.
(b) Equal to the slope of the graph.
(c) Area under the graph.
(d) Is denoted by a line parallel to the distance axis at any point on the time axis.
25. Distance covered by a body from velocity-time graph is
(a) Is denoted by a line parallel to the distance axis at any point on the time axis
(b) Is denoted by a line parallel to the time axis at any point on the distance axis
(c) Equal to the slope of the graph
(d) Area under the graph
26. What does the slope of distance - time graph give?
(a) Acceleration (b) Uniform speed
(c) Speed (d) both [b] and [c] depending upon the time of graph
27. An example of a body moving with constant speed but still accelerating is
(a) A body moving with constant speed on a straight road
(b) A body moving in a helical path with constant speed
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(c) A body moving with constant speed in a circular path
(d) A body moving with constant speed on a straight railway track
28. From the Velocity-Time graph given below, answer the following questions (Q28.1 to Q28.5):
28.1 From the above Velocity-Time graph, the body is moving with
(a) Variable Acceleration (b) Zero Acceleration
(c) Constant Acceleration (d) Zero velocity
28.2 Distance covered by the body during the interval from 10 sec to 20 sec is
(a) 180 (b) 200 (c) 240 (d) 270
28.3 At the point A the body is at a distance of
(a) 90m (b) 180m (c) 270m (d) 350m
28.4 The velocity of the body at the point ‘B’ is
(a) 20m/s (b) 24m/s (c) 32m/s (d) 36m/s
28.5 In the total journey, starting from the rest, the body has traveled up to a distance of
(a) 270m (b) 360m (c) 450m (d) 540m
Very Short Answer Type (1 Mark)
29. Are rest and motion absolute or relative terms?
30. Does the speedometer of a car measure its average speed?
31. Can a body have constant speed but variable velocity?
32. What would be the acceleration of a body if its velocity-time graph is a line parallel to time axis?
33. Is the motion of a body uniform or accelerated if it goes round the sun with a constant speed in a circular
orbit?
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34. A body is moving with a velocity of 10 m/s. If the motion is uniform, what will be the velocity after 10s.
35. What is essential to describe the position of an object?
36. Suppose a ball is thrown vertically upwards from a position P above the ground. It rises to the highest
point Q and returns to the same point P. What is the net displacement and distance travelled by the ball?
Short Answer Type Questions-I (2 Marks)
1. What is the difference between uniform velocity and non-uniform velocity?
2. How will the equations of motion for an object moving with a uniform velocity changes?
3. Express average velocity when the velocity of a body changes at a non-uniform and uniform rate.
4. A body is moving uniformly in a straight line with a velocity of 5m/s . Find graphically the
distance covered by it in 5s.
5. Distinguish between scalar and vector quantity. Give one example of each.
6. Give two uses of graphical representation of motion.
7. Name the two quantities, the slope of whose graph gives:
(a) Speed (b) Acceleration
8. The distance of a moving object in a given interval of time is zero. Would the distance travelled
by the object will also be zero? Justify your answer.
9. How will the equations of motion for an object with a uniform velocity change?
10. A girl walks along a straight path to drop a letter in the letter box and comes back to her initial
position. Her displacement-time graph is shown in figure given below. Plot a velocity-time
graph for the same.
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Short Answer Type Questions-II (3 Marks)
1. Deduce the following equations of motion:
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(a) s = ut+ 𝑎𝑡 2
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(b) v2 = u2 + 2as
2. The driver of train A is travelling at a speed of 54 km/h applies brakes and retards the train
uniformly. The train stops in 5s. Another train B is travelling on the parallel with a speed of
36 km/h. Its driver applies the brakes and the train retards uniformly; train B stops in 10s. Plot
speed-time graphs for both the trains on the same axis. Which of the trains travelled farther
after the brakes were applied?
3. An object is moving along a straight line with uniform acceleration. The following table gives
the velocity of the object at various instants of time.
Time (in sec) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Velocity (in m/s) 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Plot the graph. From the graph:
(i) Find the velocity of the object at the end of 2.5s.
(ii) Calculate the acceleration.
(iii) Calculate the distance covered in the last 4s.
4. A circular track has a circumference of 3140 m with AB as one of its diameter. A scooterist
moves from A to B along the circular path with a uniform speed of 10 m/s. Find
(i) Distance
(ii) Displacement
(iii) Time taken from A to B
5. A car is travelling at 20 m/s along a road. A child runs out into the road 50 m ahead and the car
driver steps on the brake pedal. What must the car’s deceleration be if the car is to stop just
before it reaches the child?
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Long Answer Type Questions (5 Marks)
1. (i) Show by using the graphical method that:
v= u+at , where the symbols have their usual meanings.
(ii) A moving train is bought to rest within 20s by applying brakes. Find the initial velocity, if
the retardation due to brakes is 2m/s 2 .
2. (i) What is meant by uniform circular motion? Give two examples of uniform circular motion.
(ii) Name the force which brings about uniform circular motion.
(iii) The tip of seconds hand of a clock takes 60s to move once on the circular dial of the clock.
If the radius of the dial be 10.5cm, calculate the speed of the tip of the seconds hand of the
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clock. (Given π = )
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3. The graph given below shows how the speed of a car changes with time. Answer the following
question:
(a) What is the initial speed of the car?
(b) What is the maximum speed attained by the car?
(c) Which part of the graph shows zero acceleration?
(d) Which part of the graph shows varying retardation?
(e) Find the distance travelled in 8 hours.
