VIBGYOR HIGH

Question Bank-1
2024-2025
Subject: Physics
Grade: 9
Chapter: Motion

Question-I Multiple choice questions: (Each question carries 1 mark) 1x20=20

Q.1 Velocity is defined as per time.
a Distance
b Displacement
c Power
d acceleration
Q.2 What does the slope of the distance-time graph give?
a Speed
b Velocity
c Acceleration
d displacement
Q.3 Suppose a boy is moving with a uniform velocity of 10 m/s
on a merry-go-round ride. Which of the following is true of
the given scenario?
a The boy is at rest
b The boy is moving with no acceleration
c The boy is moving with accelerated motion
d The boy is moving with uniform velocity
Q.4 Which of the following is true of a free-falling body?
a It moves with non-uniform motion
b It has zero velocity
c It has constant non-zero acceleration
d Neither (a) or (b)
Q.5 Which is the most simple type of motion among the
following?
a Motion in straight line
b Motion in plane.
c Motion in space

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 d Motion of projectile.
Q.6 If the particle completes one rotation along a circular track
having radius 14 m in 44 seconds then the value of speed
it’s speed is…
a 1 m/s.
b 2 m/s.
c 3 m/s.
d 4 m/s.
Q.7 Which of the following is the example of uniform motion.
a Zig-zag motion of butterfly
b Motion of aero plane before take off
c Motion of periods of soldiers.
d Motion of fan after switch off.
Q.8 A bus is moving with speed of 10 m/s. How much time
required to stop that bus if driver decelerate it at the rate of
2 m/s².
a 5 seconds
b 10 seconds
c 4 seconds
d 8 seconds
Q.9 If you throw a ball in upward direction then the value of g
will be…
a Positive
b Negative
c We can not say
d It is not fixed
Q.10 If an object moves 4 km in a straight line then the value of
displacement is….
a 4 km
b 8 km
c 12 km
d 0 km
Q.11 The distance-time graph of the motion of a body is parallel to X-
axis, then the body is _ .
a at rest with zero initial distance covered
b at rest with some initial distance covered
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 c in non-uniform motion
d uniform acceleration
Q.12 A body travels along a straight path from its initial position to a
point 20 m away and then returns back to its initial position. The
change in the position of the body is _____and the distance
travelled is _____.
a 20 m, 40 m
b 0 m, 40 m
c 40 m, 40 m
d 0 m, 0 m
Q.13 The numerical ratio of displacement for a moving object is
a Always less than 1
b Always equal than 1
c Always more than 1
d Equal or less than 1
Q.14 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
Q.15 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
Q.16 Assertion: Displacement of an object may be zero even if the
distance covered by it is not zero.
Reason: Displacement is the shortest distance between the
initial and final position.

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 a Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct
explanation of assertion
b Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
c Assertion is true but reason is false.
d Assertion is false but Reason is true
Q.17 Assertion: The speedometer of a car measures the
instantaneous speed of the car.
Reason: Average speed is equal to the total distance covered
by an object divided by the total time taken.
a Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct
explanation of assertion
b Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
c Assertion is true but reason is false.
d Assertion is false but Reason is true
Q.18 Assertion: Motion with uniform velocity is always along a
straight line path.
Reason: In uniform velocity, speed is the magnitude of the
velocity and is equal to the instantaneous velocity.
a Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct
explanation of assertion
b Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
c Assertion is true but reason is false.
d Assertion is false but Reason is true
Q.19 Assertion: The displacement of an object can be either
positive, negative or zero.
Reason: Displacement has both the magnitude and direction.
a Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct
explanation of assertion
b Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
c Assertion is true but reason is false.
d Assertion is false but Reason is true

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 Q.20 Assertion: The graph between two physical quantities P and
Q is straight line, when P/Q is constant.
Reason: The straight-line graph means that P is proportional
to Q or P is equal to constant multiplied by Q.
a Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct
explanation of assertion
b Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct
explanation of assertion.
c Assertion is true but reason is false.
d Assertion is false but Reason is true

Question II Very short answer questions:(Each question carries 1 1x20=20

mark)
Q.21 A particle is moving in a circular path of radius r. What would be
the displacement after half a circle?
Q.22 Distinguish between (a) distance and displacement
(b)speed and velocity
Q.23 Which speed is greater: 30 m/s or 72 km/hr?
Q.24 Can the displacement be greater than the distance travelled by
an object?
Q.25 What does the slope of distance-time graph indicate?
Q.26 What does the slope of velocity-time graph indicate?
Q.27 Name the device which measures (a) distance travelled
(b) speed of an automobile.
Q.28 When do the distance and displacement of a moving object
have the same magnitude?
Q.29 What is the area covered under v-t graph?
Q.30 Give an example of a body which may appear to be moving for
one person and stationery for the other.
Q.31 A trolley, while going down an inclined plane, has an
acceleration of 2cms-2. What will be its velocity 3 s
after the start?
Q.32 A physical quantity is measured – 20 ms-1. Is it speed or
velocity?
Q.33 Calculate the acceleration of a body which starts from rest and

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 travels 87.5m in 5sec?
Q.34 What does the odometer of an auto mobile measure?
Q.35 What does the path of an object look like when it is in uniform
motion?
Q.36 Write the S.I. unit of the physical quantity which is measured by
the area occupied below the velocity-time graph.
Q.37 What does the speedometer of an automobile measure?
Q.38 What is the acceleration of a body moving with uniform velocity
in along straight line?
Q.39 Draw a distance-time graph for accelerated motion.
Q.40 Define average speed.

Question III Short Answers questions:(Each question carries 2 marks) 2x20=40

Q.41 Draw the graphs for the following:
(i) Distance-time graph for an object at rest
(ii) Velocity-time graph for constant velocity
Q.42 Draw the graphs for the following:
Uniform and Non-uniform motion
Q.43 A particle is moving in a circular path of radius r. What would be
(i) the displacement after half a circle?
(ii) the distance after half a circle?
Q.44 A particle is moving in a circular path of radius 7m. What would
be the ratio of distance to displacement after half a circle?
Q.45 A body travels along a circular path of radius 70 m. After
travelling half a revolution in 20 s, find the
(i) average velocity, (ii) average speed.
Q.46 Name the physical quantity whose S.I. Unit is (a) m/s (b) m/s2
Q.47 A tortoise moves a distance of 100m in 15 minutes. What is
its speed in km/h?
Q.48 Define speed. Write its S.I. Unit.
Q.49 A motorcyclist drives from A to B with a uniform speed of 30
kmh-1 and returns back with a speed of 20 kmh-1. Find its
average speed.
Q.50 An object starting from rest travels 20 m in first 2s and 160
m in next 4s. What will be the velocity after 7s from the

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Q.51 How will you show that the slope of displacement-time graph
gives velocity of the body?
Q.52 Write the S.I. Units of the following:
(a)Velocity (b) distance (c) acceleration (d) speed
Q.53 Find the initial velocity of a car which is stopped in 10 seconds
by applying brakes. The retardation due to brakes is 2.5 ms-2.
Q.54 A cyclist goes around a circular track every 2 minutes. If the
radius of the circular track is 105 m, calculate his speed.
Q.55 A bus decreases its speed from 80km/h to 60km/h in 5s. Find
the acceleration of the bus.
Q.56 Name the type of motion in which an object has a constant
speed but not constant velocity. Also define it.
Q.57 What is the difference between uniform linear motion and
Uniform circular motion. Give an example of each.
Q.58 Draw a velocity time graph to show the following motion:
A car accelerates uniformly from rest for 5 s; then it travels at a
steady velocity for 5 s.
Q.59 A scooterist covers a distance of 3 km in 5 minutes. Calculate
his speed in (a) cm/s (b) km/h.
Q.60 A girl walks along a straight path to drop a letter in the letterbox and
comes back to her initial position. Her displacement-time graph is
shown in figure. Plot a velocity-time graph for the same.

Question-IV Long Answers questions:(Each question carries 5 marks) 5x20=100

Q.61 A cheetah is the fastest land animal and can achieve a peak
velocity of 100 km/h up to distances less than 500 m. If a
cheetah spots its prey at a distance of 100 m, what is the
minimum time it will take to get its prey, if the average velocity
attained by it is 90 km/h?
Q.62 Study the speed-time graph of a body given here and answer

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(i) What type of motion is represented by OA?

(ii) What type of motion is represented by BC?
(iii) What type of motion is represented by AB?
Q.63 Two boys A and B, travel along the same path. The
displacement – time graph for their journey is given in
the following figure.

How far down the road has B travelled when A starts the
journey?
Without calculation, the speed, state who is traveling faster A
Or B?
What is the speed of A?
What is the speed of B?
Are the speed of A and B uniform?
Q.64 The velocity-time graph shows the motion of a cyclist.
Find (i) its acceleration (ii) its velocity

Q.65 A particle moves in a circle with O as centre and AO = OB = 5

cm, as radius, as shown in the figure. It starts from A.
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a. the distance covered and the displacement, when it reaches B.
b. the distance covered and the displacement, when it reaches A

Q.66 Joseph jogs from one end A to the other end B of a straight 300
m road in 2 minutes 50 seconds and then turns around and jogs
100 m back to point C in another 1 minute. What are Joseph’s
average speeds and velocities in jogging (a) from A to B and (b)
from A to C?
Q.67 A car acquires a velocity of 72 km/h in 10 seconds starting from
rest. Find the
(i) the acceleration
(ii) the average velocity and
Q.68 A car traveling at a speed of 20 km/h speeds up to 60 km/h in 6
seconds. What is its acceleration?
Q.69 The table given below shows distance (in cm) travelled by bodies A,
B and C. Read this data carefully and answer the following questions.
(i) Which of the bodies is moving with
(a) constant speed?
(b) constant acceleration?
(c) non-uniform acceleration?
(ii) Which of the bodies covers
(a) maximum distance in 3rd second?
(b) minimum distance in 3rd second?
Q.70 Define the following:
(a) retardation
(b) displacement
(c) vector quantity
(d) speed
(e) uniform motion

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 Q.71 A man swims in a pool of width 300 m. He covers 600 m in
10 minutes from one end to the other and back along the same
path. Find the average speed and average velocity of the man
For the entire journey.
Q.72 State which of the following situations are possible and give an
example for each of these:
(a) an object with a constant acceleration but with zero velocity
(b) an object moving in a certain direction with an acceleration in
the perpendicular direction.
Q.73 An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius 42250
km. Calculate its speed if it takes 24 hours to revolve around the
earth.
Q.74 Draw a velocity-time graph of a stone thrown vertically upward
and then coming downwards after attaining the maximum height.

Question-IV Case based questions: (Each question carries 4 marks) 4x3=12

Q.75 The speed of an object is the distance covered per unit time,
and velocity is the displacement per unit time. To specify the
speed of an object, we require only its magnitude while Velocity
is the speed of an object moving in a definite direction.
(i) S.I unit of speed is
a m/s
b s/m
c m/s2
d None of these
(ii) Which of the following is true
a speed is scalar
b velocity is vector
c both a and b
d None of these
(iii) To specify speed we require
a Magnitude
b Direction
c Both magnitude and direction
d None of these
(iv) Define speed and velocity of particle
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Q.76 We know that the circumference of a circle of radius r is given
By c = 2πr. If the body takes t seconds to go once around the
circular path of radius r, thespeed v is given by v=2πr/t
When an object moves in a circular path with uniform speed, its
motion is called uniform circular motion.
Refer the paragraph and answer the following questions
(i) What happens when a body is moving with constant speed?
a uniform circular motion
b Non-uniform circular motion
c both a and b
d none of these
(ii) Which of the following changes when body performs
uniform circular motion?
a Speed
b direction of velocity
c Both a and b
d None of these
(iii) The velocity after completing one circle is
a 2πr
b Πr
c 0
(iv) Define uniform circular motion. Give 2 examples of uniform
circular motion
Answer the following questions by observing following diagram

(i) What is distance and displacement when particle moves from

Point A to B?
a distance is equal to displacement
b distance is greater than and equal to displacement
c distance is lesser than and equal to
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 d None of the above
(ii) What is Displacement when particle moves from point A to D?

a 15 km

b 20 km

c 10 km

d None of the above

(iii) What is Displacement when particle moves from point A to C

through A-B-C?

a 10 km

b 20 km

c 10√2 km

d None of the above

(iv) Find distance covered when particle moves in path ABCDA

i.e. starts from A and ends at A?

10 km

0 km

40 km

None of the above

Q.77 Suppose a squirrel is moving at a steady speed from the base.

of a tree towards some nuts. It then stays in the same position for a
while, eating the nuts, before returning to the tree at the same speed.
A graph can be plotted with distance on the x-axis be plotted with
distance on the x-axis and the time on y-axis.

Observe the graph carefully and answer the following

questions.
(i) Which part of the graph shows the squirrel moving away
from the tree?

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(ii) Name the point on the graph which is 6 m away from the
base of the tree.
(iii) Which part of the graph shows that the squirrel is not
moving?
(iv) Which part of the graph shows that the squirrel is returning
to the tree?

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