Class IX (CBSE)
Science Test
(Motion)
Total Time: 1.5 hr Total marks: 50
Section A (1 mark each)
1. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) Both speed and velocity are same b) Speed is a scalar and velocity is a vector
c) Speed is a vector and velocity is scalar d) None of these
2. What does area velocity time graph give?
a) Distance b) Acceleration
c) Displacement d) None of the above
3. If a body starts from rest, what can be said about the acceleration of body?
a) Positively accelerated b) Negative accelerated
c) Uniform accelerated d) None of the above
4. When a body moves uniformly along the circle, then:
a) Its velocity changes but speed remains the same
b) Its speed changes but velocity remains the same
c) Both speed and velocity changes
d) Both speed and velocity remains same
5. If a moving body comes to rest, then its acceleration is
a) Positive b) Negative
c) Zero d) All of these depending upon initial velocity.
6. Under what condition is the magnitude of average velocity of an object equal to its average
speed?
7. What does the odometer of an automobile measure?
8. During an experiment, a signal from a spaceship reached the ground station in five minutes.
What was the distance of the spaceship from the ground station?
The signal travels at the speed of light, that is, 3 × 108 m/s
9. An object has moved through a distance. Can it have zero displacements? Support your answer
with an example.
10. When will you say a body is in uniform acceleration?
Section B (2 marks each)
11. A 100 m long train crosses a 500 m long bridge at 30 m/s. Find the time taken by the
bridge to cross it.
12. A bus decreases its speed from 80km/h to 60km/h in 5s. Find the acceleration of the bus.
13. Distinguish between speed and velocity.
14. Aryan went from Delhi to Chandigarh on his bike. The bike’s odometer reads 4200 km at the
start and 4460 km at the end of the trip. If Aryan took 4 hours and 20 min to complete his
journey, find the average speed in m/s.
15. A bus travels at a speed of 90 km/h. Brakes are applied to produce a uniform acceleration of
−5m/s2. Please find out how far the bus will go before it come to rest.
16. Define uniform circular motion. Give the expression of speed in uniform circular motion.
Section C (3 marks each)
17. Define: a) Non uniform motion b) Acceleration c) Velocity
18. State with an example which of the following situations are possible.
(a) An object with a constant acceleration and zero velocity.
(b) An object moving with acceleration but with uniform speed.
(c) An object moving in a particular direction with acceleration in the perpendicular direction.
19. Represent a (i) distance-time graph for uniform motion of an object.
(ii) Velocity time graph for an object with constant velocity and with uniform acceleration.
20. The driver of a car traveling along a straight road with a speed of 72kmphobserves a sign board
which gives the speed limit to be 54kmph. The signboard is 70mahead when the driver applies
the brakes calculate the acceleration of the car which will cause the car to pass the signboard at
the stated speed limit? Also find the time taken by car to pass the signboard after hitting brakes.
21. An athlete completes one round of a circular track of diameter 200m in 40s. What will be the
distance covered and the displacement at the end of 2min20sec?
22. An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius 42252 km. Calculate its speed if it
takes 24 hours to revolve around the earth.
Section D (5 marks each)
23. A car is moving on a straight road with uniform acceleration. The following table gives the
speed of the car at various instants of time:
Draw the speed time graph choosing a convenient scale.
Determine from it
(i) The acceleration of the car
(ii) The distance travelled by the car in 50 sec.
24. Describe the equations of motion.
A stone is thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity of 40 m/s. Find the maximum
height reached by the stone. Also find the time taken by stone to reach that height
[Given: acceleration = −10 m/s2]