MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (MCQs)

1. Change in position of a body from initial to final point is called:

Answer: B. Displacement

2. Motion of a screw of rotating fan is:

Answer: D. Rotatory motion

3. A cyclist is travelling in a westward direction and produces a deceleration of 8 m/s² to stop. The
direction of its acceleration is towards:
Answer: B. East (deceleration is opposite to velocity)

4. A girl walks 3 km towards west and 4 km towards south. Magnitude of total distance and
displacement respectively:
Answer: D. 7 km, 5 km
(Distance = 3+4 = 7 km, Displacement = √(3²+4²) = 5 km)

5. Horse moves 60 m right in 3 s, then 30 m back in 2 s. Average velocity:

Answer: A. 6 m/s
(Displacement = 60−30 = 30 m, Total time = 5 s, Velocity = 30/5 = 6 m/s)

6. Cyclist has acceleration of 2 m/s² for 5 seconds, change in velocity:

Answer: B. 10 m/s
(Change = a × t = 2 × 5 = 10 m/s)

7. Car moving at 10 m/s, acceleration 2 m/s² for 10 s. Final velocity:

Answer: A. 30 m/s
(v = u + at = 10 + 2×10 = 30 m/s)

8. Slope of displacement-time graph increases → body moves with:

Answer: A. increasing velocity

9. Ball thrown straight up, acceleration at top of path:

Answer: B. 9.8 m/s² (still under gravity)

10. Slope of distance-time graph is:

Answer: C. speed

11. Area under speed-time graph equals:

Answer: A. distance

12. In 5 s, velocity increases by 20 m/s. Acceleration:

Answer: B. 4 m/s² (20/5 = 4)

13. Ball dropped freely reaches ground in 4 s. Speed of impact:

Answer: D. 39.2 m/s (v = gt = 9.8 × 4 = 39.2 m/s)

14. Distance-time graph representing increasing speed of a car:

Answer: Graph with increasing slope (curving upward) — (Graph A or C depending on labeling;
correct is curved upward)

SHORT RESPONSE QUESTIONS

QII.1. Ferris wheel motion — big wheel and riders:

• Big wheel: Rotatory motion

• Riders: Circular motion

QII.2. Two situations with zero displacement but non-zero distance:

1. Moving from home to school and back to home.

2. Completing one full round on a circular track.

QII.3. Stone tied to string whirling in circle — direction of velocity:

Tangent to the circle at that instant.

4. Is it possible to accelerate without speeding up or slowing down?

Yes — in uniform circular motion, direction changes, so acceleration exists but speed is constant.

5. Can a car moving right have acceleration towards left?

Yes — when braking (deceleration opposite to motion).

6. Daily life examples:

a. Acceleration in direction of motion — Car speeding up while moving forward.
b. Acceleration against motion — Car braking while moving forward.
c. Acceleration zero, body in motion — Car moving at constant speed on a straight road.

7. Distance-time graph of motorcyclist — what it tells about speed?

• If graph is straight line → constant speed

• If slope increases → increasing speed

• If slope decreases → decreasing speed

Velocity-time graph from distance-time graph:

Plot slope of distance-time graph at each instant vs. time.

8. Controls in car that produce acceleration or deceleration:

• Accelerator pedal → acceleration

• Brake pedal → deceleration

9. Two stones (10 kg & 1 kg) dropped from 1 km high tower (no air resistance):

• Greater velocity at ground: Same (v = √(2gh), independent of mass)

• Hit ground first: Same time

10. 100 g ball: one released (rest), one thrown downward at 10 m/s. Greater acceleration?
Same acceleration (both = g = 9.8 m/s²), neglecting air resistance.

Numerical
QIV.1 – Unit conversions
a. 160 km/h into m/s
1000 5
Formula: m/s = km/h × 3600 = km/h × 18
5 800
160 × 18 = 18
= 44.44 m/s

b. 36 m/s into km/h

18
Formula: km/h = m/s ×
5
18 648
36 × = = 129.6 km/h
5 5

c. 15 km/h² into m/s²

1000 1
Formula: 1 km/h2 = 36002 m/s2 = 12960 m/s2
1
15 × 12960 = 0.001157 m/s2 ≈ 0.001 m/s2

d. 1 m/s² into km/h²

(1/1000)
Formula: 1 m/s2 = (1/3600)2 km/h2 = 12960 km/h2
1 × 12960 = 12960 km/h2

QIV.2 – Acceleration of cyclist and car

Formula:
𝑣−𝑢
𝑎=
𝑡

where 𝑣 = final velocity, 𝑢 = initial velocity, 𝑡 = time.

Cyclist:
5
𝑢 = 5 km/h = 5 × = 1.388 m/s
18
5
𝑣 = 7 km/h = 7 × = 1.944 m/s
18
𝑡 = 10 s
1.944 − 1.388 0.556
𝑎= = = 0.0556 m/s2
10 10

Car:
𝑢=0
5
𝑣 = 20 km/h = 20 × = 5.556 m/s
18
𝑡 = 10 s
5.556 − 0
𝑎= = 0.5556 m/s2
10

Comparison:
Car’s acceleration (0.556 m/s²) is 10 times the cyclist’s acceleration (0.0556 m/s²).
QIV.3 – Ball thrown straight up (time to top = 2 s)

Formula: At top, 𝑣 = 0

𝑣 = 𝑢 − 𝑔𝑡
0 = 𝑢 − (9.8)(2)

𝑢 = 19.6 m/s

QIV.4 – Car: uniform velocity then deceleration

Step 1 – Uniform velocity (0 to 20 s)

𝑣 = 20 m/s, 𝑡1 = 20 s
Distance 𝑠1 = 𝑣 × 𝑡1 = 20 × 20 = 400 m

Step 2 – Deceleration (20 to 50 s)

𝑢 = 20 m/s, 𝑣 = 0, 𝑡2 = 30 s
𝑢+𝑣 20+0
Distance 𝑠2 = × 𝑡2 = × 30 = 10 × 30 = 300 m
2 2

Total distance = 400 + 300 = 700 m

But answer given is 1 km = 1000 m → likely means total from start to stop if initial uniform velocity
phase is different. Let’s check:
If total time = 20 s (uniform) + 30 s (decel) = 50 s, and area under v-t graph:
Triangle (decel) area = ½ × 30 × 20 = 300 m
Rectangle = 20 × 20 = 400 m
Sum = 700 m — not 1 km.
Possibly they meant another interpretation. But following formula:
Graph method – area under v-t curve = 700 m.

QIV.5 – Girl on bicycle

Formula:
𝑣−𝑢
𝑎=
𝑡

5
𝑢 = 50 km/h = 50 × = 13.888 m/s
18
𝑣=0
𝑡 = 60 s
0 − 13.888 −13.888
𝑎= = = −0.231 m/s2
60 60

Magnitude = 0.23 m/s2

QIV.6 – Speed-time graph (no graph image, but answer given)

a. Parts of graph:

• OA → acceleration (speed increasing)

• AB → zero acceleration (constant speed)

• BC → deceleration (speed decreasing)

b. Distance from 10 s to 20 s
Distance = area under graph between t=10 and t=20.
Given answer: 500 m
(If constant speed = 50 m/s during that interval, area = 50 × 10 = 500 m)