CASE STUDY QUESTION 03
Read the following and answer any four questions from (i) to (v)
Aditya started driving his car. He increases the speed till 4 seconds and then he
kept his card in constant speed for 6 seconds. Then after he decreased the speed of
the car upto another 6 seconds. After reaching at the starting place, he draws the
speed-time graph of his 16 seconds driving as shown below:
(i) What type of motion is represented by OA ?
(a) uniform velocity (b) uniform acceleration
(c) negative acceleration (d) no acceleration
OA is a straight line graph between speed and time, and it is
sloping upwards from O to A.
Therefore, the graph line OA represents uniform
acceleration.
(ii) What type of motion is represented by BC ?
(a) uniform velocity (b) uniform acceleration
(c) negative acceleration (d) no acceleration
BC is a straight line graph between speed and time which is sloping
downwards from B to C.
Therefore, BC represents uniform retardation (or negative acceleration).
(iii) Find out the acceleration of the body.
(a) 1.5 m/s2 (b) 2 m/s2
(c) 3 m/s2 (d) 1 m/s2
The slope of speed-time graph OA will give us the
acceleration of the body.
Thus, Acceleration = Slope of line OA
= AD/OD
Now, in the given graph, we find that AD = 6 m/s and OD
= 4 seconds.
So, putting these values in the above relation, we get :
Acceleration = 6 m/s / 4 s
= 1.5 m/s2
(iv) Calculate the retardation of the body.
(a) 1.5 m/s2 (b) 2 m/s2
(c) 3 m/s2 (d) 1 m/s2
The slope of speed-time graph BC will be equal to the
retardation of the body.
So, Retardation = Slope of line BC
= BE/EC
Now, in the graph given to us, we find that BE = 6
m/s and EC = 16 – 10 = 6 seconds.
So, putting these values in the above relation, we get :
Retardation = 6m/s / 6 s
= 1 m/s2
(v) Find out the distance travelled by the body from A
to B.
(a) 15 m (b) 30 m (c) 36 m (d) 60 m
Distance travelled from A to B
= Area under the line AB and the time axis
= Area of rectangle DABE
= DA × DE
Now, from the given graph, we find that DA = 6 m/s
and DE = 10 – 4 = 6 s.
Therefore, Distance travelled from A to B = 6 × 6
= 36 m
CASE STUDY QUESTION 02
Read the following and answer any four questions from (i) to (v)
One day Rahul decided to go his office by his car. He is enjoying the driving along
with listening the old songs. His car is moving along a straight road at a steady
speed. On a particular moment, he notices that the car travels 150 m in 5 seconds.
(i) What is its average speed ?
(a) 20 m/s (b) 30 m/s (c) 10 m/s (d) 40 m/s
Average speed = total distance travelled/total time taken
= 150/5
= 30 m/s
(ii) How far does it travel in 1 second ?
(a) 20 m (b) 30 m (c) 10 m (d) 40 m
Time = 1 s
Distance = (average speed)(time)
= 30 m/s x 1s
= 30 m
(iii) How far does it travel in 6 seconds ?
(a) 120 m (b) 130 m (c) 180 m (d) 140 m
Time = 6 s
Distance = (average speed)(time)
= 30 m/s x 6s
= 180m
(iv) How long does it take to travel 240 m ?
(a) 2s (b) 4s (c) 6s (d) 8s
Distance = 240m
Time = Distance/average speed
= 240/30
= 8s
(v) 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
(d) velocity of a moving body is its speed in a given direction
Ans: (d) velocity of a moving body is its speed in a given direction
CASE STUDY QUESTION 01
Read the following and answer any four questions from (i) to (v)
Suppose the boy first runs a distance of 100 metres in 50 seconds in going from his
home to the shop in the East direction, and then runs a distance of 100 metres again
in 50 seconds in the reverse direction from the shop to reach back home from where
he started (see Figure 21).
(i) Find the speed of the boy.
(a) 1 m/s (b) 2 m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) none of these
Total distance travelled is 100 m + 100 m = 200 m and
the total time taken is 50 s + 50 s = 100 s.
(ii) Find the Velocity of the boy.
(a) 1 m/s (b) 2 m/s (c) 3 m/s (d) 0 m/s
The boy runs 100 m towards East and then 100 m towards West and reaches at the
starting point, his home. So, the displacement will be 100 m – 100 m = 0 m.
The total time taken is 50 s + 50 s = 100 s.
(iii) A boy is sitting on a merry-go-round which is moving with a constant speed of
10m/s. This means that the boy is :
(a) at rest (b) moving with no acceleration
(c) in accelerated motion (d) moving with uniform velocity
Ans: (c) in accelerated motion
(iv) In which of the following cases of motion, the distance moved and the magnitude
of displacement are equal ?
(a) if the car is moving on straight road (b) if the car is moving on circular road
(c) if the pendulum is moving to and fro (d) if a planet is moving around the sun
Ans: (a) if the car is moving on straight road
(v) A particle is moving in a circular path of radius r. The displacement after half a
circle would be :
(a) 0 (b) πr (c) 2r (d) 2πr
Ans: (c) 2r
