Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1.
What is the relation between distance and speed?
(a) Distance = Speed × Time (b) Distance = Speed/Time
(c) Distance = Time/Speed (d) None of the above
Answer:
(a) Distance = Speed × Time
Question 3.
How will you convert the speed given in km/h to m/s?
(a) By multiplying with 5/16 (b) By multiplying with 6/5
(c) By multiplying with 18/5 (d) By multiplying with 5/18
Answer:
(d) Conversion of km/h into m/s
Question 4.
On which axis is dependent variable represented?
(a) x-axis (b) y-axis (c) On any axis (d) Depends on the data
Answer:
(b) y-axis
Question 5.
If we denote speed by S, distance by D and time by T, the relationship between these Quantities is
[NCERT Exemplar]
Answer:
1
(d) 𝑆 = 𝐷 × 𝐷
Question 6.
Which one records the distance travelled by a vehicle?
(a) Speedometer (b) Manometer (c) Motometer (d) Odometer
Answer:
(d) Odometer
Question 7.
The correct symbol to represent the speed of an object is
(a) 5 m/s (b) 5 mp (c) 5 m/s-1 (d) 5 s/m
Answer:
(a) 5 m/s
Question 8.
The distance-time graph for the motion of an object moving with a constant speed is
(a) a curved line leaving towards x-axis (b) a curved line inclined towards y-axis
(c) a straight line inclined at some angles towards x-axis (d) None of the above
Answer:
(c) a straight line inclined at some angles towards x-axis
Question 9.
Figure shows an oscillating pendulum.
Time taken by the bob to move from A to C is t1 and from C to O is t2. The time period of this simple
pendulum is [NCERT Exemplar]
(a) (t1 + t2) (b) 2(t1 + t2) (c) 3 (t1 + t2) (d) 4(t1 + t2)
Answer:
(d)As from A to O, 14th time of one full cycle of time is required, so time period will be 4 (t1 + t2.
Question 10.
The distance-time graph for a vehicle standing on a road side will be
(a) straight line inclined by some angle to x-axis (b) straight line parallel to x-axis
(c) straight line parallel to y-axis (d) None of the above
Answer:
(b) straight line parallel to x-axis
Question 11.
Boojho walks to his school which is at a distance of 3 km from his home in 30 min. On reaching, he finds
that the school is closed and comes back by a bicycle with his friend and reaches home in 20 min. His
average speed in km/h is [NCERT Exemplar]
(a) 8.3 (b) 7.2 (c) 5 (d) 3.6
Answer:
(b) Given, total distance = 3+ 3 = 6km, total time = 30 + 20 = 50 min
Question 12.
A bus travels 54 km in 90 min. The speed of the bus is
(a) 0.6 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 5.4 m/s (d) 3.6 m/s
Answer:
Question 13.
Observe the given figure.
The time period of a simple pendulum is the time taken by it to travel from
(a) A to 8 and back to A (b) O to A, A to 8 and 8 to A (c) 8 to A, A to 8 and 8 to O (d) A to 8
Answer:
(a) Time period of a simple pendulum is the total time taken to complete one full cycle.
Question 14.
Which of the following cannot be used for the measurement of time? [NCERT Exemplar]
(a) A leaking tap (b) Simple pendulum (c) Shadow of an object during the day
(d) Blinking of eyes
Answer:
(d) Blinking of eyes
Question 15.
Two clocks A and B are shown in figure. Clock A has an hour and a minute hand whereas clock B has an
hour hand, minute hand as well as a second hand. Which of the following statement is correct for these
clocks? [NCERT Exemplar]
(a) A time interval of 30 s can be measured by clock A.
(b) A time interval of 30 s cannot be measured by clock B
(c) Time interval of 5 min can be measured by both A and B
(d) Time interval of 4 min 10 s can be measured by clock A
Answer:
(c) Time interval of 5 min can be measured by both A and B
Fill in the Blanks
1. The distance covered by an object in a ……………….. is called its speed.
2. Time between one sunrise and the next sunrise was called a ……………….. .
3. In a simple pendulum, the metallic ball suspended by thread is called its ……………….. .
4. Time period of a pendulum depends on its ……………….. .
5. The symbols of all units are written in ……………….. .
6. A ……………….. is one billionth of a second.
7. Motion of objects can be represented in the pictorial form by their ……………….. graph.
8. The distance-time graph for the motion of an object moving with a constant speed is a ………………..
Answers:
1. unit time
2. day
3. bob
4. length
5. singular
6. nanosecond
7. distance-time
8. straight line
True/False
1. The motion of a spinning top is rotational motion.
2. The smallest time interval that can be measured with commonly available clocks and watches is one
second.
3. The time period of simple pendulum is not constant.
4. Faster vehicle has a higher speed.
5. All the clocks make use of some periodic motion.
6. The basic unit of speed is km/h.
7. The symbols of all units are written in singular.
8. The basic unit of time is second.
9. The distance-time graph of standing vehicle is a straight line parallel to x-axis.
10. Periodic events are used for the measurement of time.
Answers:
1. True 2. True 3. True 4. True 5. True
6. False, the basic unit of speed is m/s 7. True 8. True 9. True 10. True
SHORT TYPE QUESTION MARK 1
Question 1.
Give the basic unit of speed.
Answer:
Metre/second is the basic unit of speed.
Question 2.
Mention which is the most common thing in almost all the clocks.
Answer:
The most common thing in almost all the clocks is that all of them shows periodic motion.
Question 3.
A simple pendulum is oscillating between two points A and B as shown in figure. Is the motion of the bob
uniform or non-uniform?
Answer:
The motion of bob is non-uniform as it does not cover equal distance in equal intervals of time.
Question 4.
Name the axis that represents dependent variable.
Answer:
y-axis represents the dependent variable.
Question 5.
State how do we measure time interval of a month.
Answer:
Time interval of a month is measured by one new moon to the next.
Question 6.
Determine the number of seconds there in a day.
Answer:
In a day, we have 24 h
We know that 1 h = 3600 s
So, 24 h = 3600 × 24 = 86400s
Question 7.
Estimate that how many hours are there in a year.
Answer:
In a year, we have 365 days and 1 day = 24 h
So, for 365 days, we have 24 × 365 h = 8760 h
Question 8.
Explain how time was measured when pendulum clocks were not available.
Answer:
Before the discovery of pendulum clocks, sundials, water clocks and sand clocks were used.
Question 9.
A spaceship travels 36000 km in one [Link] its speed in km/s.
Answer:
Question 10.
Out of the two given clocks, a pendulum clock or a quartz clock. Mention which of the clock between the
given ones requires an electric cell for its working?
Answer:
A quartz clock requires an electric cell for its working.
Question 11.
Name the most ancient unit of time in which it was earlier measured.
Answer:
Solar day is the most ancient unit of time in which it was earlier measured.
Question 12.
State the condition under which the distance-time graph of an object is a horizontal line parallel to the
axis of time.
Answer:
When the object is at rest, then the distance-time graph of an object is a horizontal line parallel to the
axis of time.
Question 13.
State the factors on which the time period of a simple pendulum depend.
Answer:
The factors on which the time period of a simple pendulum depend are
• Length of the pendulum
• Acceleration due to gravity.
Question 14.
Name the different types of graphs.
Answer:
Different types of graphs are- Line graph , Pie chart & Bar graph