Ahlcon Public School, Mayur Vihar-1, Delhi 110091

Chapter 4: Describing motion around us

Assignment-1 Session: 2026-27
1. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?
A) Velocity B) Displacement C) Speed D) Acceleration

2. The SI unit of acceleration is:

A) m/s B) m/s2 C) km/h D) cm/s

3. To convert a speed from km/h to m/s, we should multiply the value by:
A) 18/5 B) 1000 C) 5/18 D) 60

4. According to an observer standing on a railway platform, a passenger sitting inside a

moving train is:
A) At rest B) In motion
C) Moving with zero acceleration D) Stationary relative to the trees outside

5. A car travels at a constant speed of 54 km/h. Its speed expressed in m/s is:
A) 10 m/s B) 15 m/s C) 20 m/s D) 25 m/s

6. Negative acceleration, which occurs when an object slows down, is also known as:
A) Uniform Velocity B) Retardation C) Average Speed D) Instantaneous Motion

7. If an object moves with a constant velocity, its acceleration must be:

A) Positive B) Negative C) Increasing D) Zero

8. The slope of a position-time graph represents which physical quantity?

A) Acceleration B) Displacement C) Speed D) Time

9. An athlete completes one full revolution around a circular track of radius r. The magnitude
of their displacement is:
A) 2πr B) πr C) 2r D) Zero

10. An object completes a semi-circular path of radius r. The distance covered and the
magnitude of displacement are, respectively:
A) 2r and πr B) πr and 2r C) 2π and r D) r and 2r

Instructions for Assertion reason type questions:

(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation.
(B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation.
(C) A is true but R is false.
(D) A is false but R is true.

11. Assertion (A): The displacement of a moving object can be zero even if the distance
covered is not zero.
Reason (R): Displacement depends only on the initial and final positions, regardless of the
path taken.

12. Assertion (A): Velocity is considered a vector quantity.

Reason (R): Velocity is defined as the speed of an object moving in a definite direction.

13. Assertion (A): When a driver applies brakes to a bus, it undergoes retardation.
Reason (R): Retardation is acceleration acting in the direction opposite to the direction of
motion.
14. Assertion (A): A person sitting still in a room can be said to be in a state of motion.
Reason (R): Motion is relative; the person is at rest relative to the room but in motion relative
to the Sun as the Earth rotates.

15. Assertion (A): The magnitude of distance is always equal to the magnitude of
displacement.
Reason (R): Distance is the total path length, while displacement is the shortest path between
two points.

16. Differentiate between distance and displacement.

17. Under what condition(s) is the magnitude of the average velocity of an object equal to its
average speed?

18. Jaya takes 100 seconds to swim from one end to the other end and back in the swimming
pool of width 50 m. Find her average speed and average velocity within the time interval of
100 seconds.

19. Abdul, while driving to school, computes the average speed for his route to be 20 km/h.
On his return trip along the same route, there is less traffic and the average speed is 30 km/h.
What is the average speed for Abdul’s trip?

20. A bus decreases its speed from 80 km/h to 60 km/h in 5s. Find the acceleration of the bus.

21. Identify the state of motion for a car in Graph A and a car in Graph B.

GRAPH A GRAPH B

22. Which car is moving faster and why?

23. Can an object have zero velocity yet possess a non-zero acceleration? Provide an
example.

24. A driver looks at the car's speedometer while driving. Does the reading represent average
speed or instantaneous speed?
25. Under what specific condition can the displacement of an object be equal to the distance
travelled?

26. Suppose an athlete starts running from point O at time equal to 0, reaches point B at t = 8
seconds, then reaches point A at t = 20 seconds, then runs back along the same path till point
B, reaching at t = 32 seconds as shown in the figure. How much are the total distance and
displacement travelled by the athlete between the starting and stopping positions?

27. Differentiate between speed and velocity. Give two points.

28. What does the slope of the position-time graph indicate?

29. Based on the following data, plot a position-time graph on graph paper.
Time(s) 0 2 4 6
Position (m) 0 10 20 30

Is the motion uniform or non-uniform? Justify by looking at the shape of the graph

30. A bus increases its speed from 10 m/s to 20 m/s in 5 seconds. Calculate its acceleration
and identify the type of motion.

31. The given figure shows the position-time graph of three objects A, B, and C. Study the
graph and answer the following questions:
i) Which of the three is travelling the fastest?
ii) Are all three ever at the same point on the road?

32. A delivery person starts at the ground floor, goes to the 5th floor (each floor is 4 m high)
to deliver a package, and then comes down to the 3rd floor. Find: (i) The total vertical
distance travelled. (ii) The displacement from the starting point.

33. A girl walks from her home to a park 300 m away on a straight road. She realizes she left
her phone at home, returns to pick it up, and then walks back to the park. Find: (i) The total
distance she travelled. (ii) Her final displacement from home.

34. A position-time graph shows a straight line parallel to the time axis at a position of 40 m.
What does this indicate about the state of the object?
35. Contrast the shape of a position-time graph for a car moving at a constant velocity versus
a car that is speeding up (accelerating). Draw a rough sketch of both.

ANSWERS:

1-C ; 2-B ; 3-A ; 4-C ; 5-B ; 6-B ; 7-D ; 8-C ; 9-D ; 10-B

11-A ; 12-A ; 13-A ; 14-A ; 15-D

18: 1 m/s, 0 m/s

19: 24 km/h

20: -1.11 m/s2

26: Distance = 320 m; displacement=80m

30: 2 m/s2; non-uniform motion

32: 28m; 12 m upwards

33: 900 m; 300m