Class 9th

Science assignment
Motion (50 questions)

1. A particle is moving in a circle of diameter 5m. Calculate the distance covered and
the displacement when it competes 3 revolutions.
2. A body thrown vertically upwards reaches a maximum height ‘h’. It then returns to
ground. Calculate the distance travelled and the displacement.
3. A body travels a distance of 15m from A to B and then moves a distance of 20m at
right angles to AB. Calculate the total distance travelled and the displacement.
4. An object is moving in a circle of radius ‘r’. Calculate the distance and displacement
(i) when it completes half the circle (ii) when it completes one full circle.
5. An object travels 16m in 4s and then another 16m in 2s. What is the average speed of
the object?
6. Vishnu swims in a 90m long pool. He covers 180m in one minute by swimming from
one end to the other and back along the same straight path. Find the average speed and
average velocity of Vishnu.
7. In along distance race, the athletics were expected to take four rounds of the track
such that the line of finish was same as the line of start. Suppose the length of the track
was 200m. (a) What is the total distance to be covered by the athletics? (b) What is the
displacement of the athletics when they touch the finish line? (c) Is the motion of the
athletics uniform or non-uniform? (d) Is the displacement of an athletic and the
distance covered by him at the end of the race equal?
8. Starting from a stationary position, Bhuvan paddles his bicycle to attain a velocity of
6m/s in 30s. Then he applies brakes such that the velocity of bicycle comes down to
4m/s in the next 5s. Calculate the acceleration of the bicycle in both the cases.
9. Amit is moving in his car with a velocity of 45km/hr. How much distance will he cover
(a) in one minute and (b) in one second.
10. The odometer of a car reads 2000 km at the start of a trip and 2400km at the end of
the trip. If the trip took 8 hr, calculate the average speed of the car in km/hr and m/s.
11. An electric train is moving with a velocity of 120km/hr. How much distance will it
move in 30s?
12. A body is moving with a velocity of 15m/s. If the motion is uniform, what will be the
velocity after 10s?
13. A train travels some distance with a speed of 30km/hr and returns with a speed of
45km/hr. Calculate the average speed of the train.
14. A train 100m long moving on a straight level track passes a pole in 5s. Find (a) the
speed of the train (b) the time it will take to cross a bridge 500m long.
15. A car travels along a straight line for first half time with speed 40km/hr and the
second half time with speed 60km/hr. Find the average speed of the car.
16. A body starts rolling over a horizontal surface with an initial velocity of 0.5m/s. Due
to friction, its velocity decreases at the rate of 0.05m/s2. How much time will it take for
the body to stop?
17. A car traveling at 36km/hr speeds up to 70km/hr in 5 seconds. What is its
acceleration? If the same car stops in 20s, what is the retardation?
18. A scooter acquires a velocity of 36km/hr in 10seconds just after the start. It takes 20
seconds to stop. Calculate the acceleration in the two cases.
19. On a 120km track, a train travels the first 30 km at a uniform speed of 30 km/hr. How
fast must the train travel the next 90 km so as to average 60 km/hr for the entire trip?
20. A train travels at 60 km/hr for 0.52 hr; at 30 km/hr for the next 0.24 hr and at 70
km/hr for the next 0.71 hr. What is the average speed of the train?
[Link] graph in below figure shows the positions of a body at different times. Calculate
the speed of the body as it moves from (i) A to B (ii) B to C and (iii) C to D.
[Link] velocity time graph of an ascending passenger lift is given below. What is the
acceleration of the lift: (i) during the first two seconds (ii) between 2 nd and 10th second
(iii) during the last two seconds.
23. A body is moving uniformly with a velocity of 5m/s. Find graphically the distance
travelled by it in 5 seconds.
24. Study the speed-time graph of a body shown in below figure and answer the
following questions: (a) What type of motion is represented by OA? (b) What type of
motion is represented by AB? (c) What type of motion is represented by BC? (d)
Calculate the acceleration of the body. (e) Calculate the retardation of the body. (f)
Calculate the distance travelled by the body from A to B.
25. In the above question, calculate (i) distance travelled from O to A (ii) distance
travelled from B to C. (iii) total distance travelled by the body in 16 sec.
26. A body is accelerating at a constant rate of 10m/s2 . If the body starts from rest, how
much distance will it cover in 2 seconds?
27. An object undergoes an acceleration of 8m/s2 starting from rest. Find the distance
travelled in 1 second.
28. A moving train is brought to rest within 20 seconds by applying brakes. Find the
initial velocity, if the retardation due to brakes is 2m/s2 .
29. A car accelerates uniformly from 18km/h to 36 km/h in 5 seconds. Calculate (i)
acceleration and (ii) the distance covered by the car in that time.
30. A body starts to slide over a horizontal surface with an initial velocity of 0.5 m/s. Due
to friction, its velocity decreases at the rate of 0.05 m/s2 . How much time will it take for
the body to stop?
31. A train starting from the rest moves with a uniform acceleration of 0.2 m/s2 for 5
minutes. Calculate the speed acquired and the distance travelled in this time.
32. A bus was moving with a speed of 54 km/h. On applying brakes, it stopped in 8
seconds. Calculate the acceleration and the distance travelled before stopping.
 33. A motor cycle moving with a speed of 5 m/s is subjected to an acceleration of 0.2
m/s2 . Calculate the speed of the motor cycle after 10 seconds and the distance
travelled in this time
34. The brakes applied to a car produce an acceleration of 6 m/s2 in the opposite
direction to the motion. If the car takes 2 seconds to stop after the application of
brakes, calculate the distance it travels during this time.
35. A train starting from rest attains a velocity of 72 km/h in 5 minutes. Assuming that
the acceleration is uniform, find (i) the acceleration and (ii) the distance travelled by the
train for attaining this velocity.
36. Calculate the speed of the tip of second’s hand of a watch of length 1.5 cm.
37. A cyclist goes once round a circular track of diameter 105m in 5 minutes. Calculate
his speed.
38. A cyclist moving on a circular track of radius 50m complete revolution in 4 minutes.
What is his (i) average speed (ii) average velocity in one full revolution?
39. The length of minutes hand of a clock in 5 cm. Calculate its speed.
40. A car starts from rest and moves along the x-axis with constant acceleration 5m/s2
for 8 seconds. If it then continues with constant velocity, what distance will the car
cover in 12 seconds since it started from the rest?
41. A particle is moving up an inclined plane. Its velocity changes from 25m/s to 10m/s
in 5 seconds. What is its acceleration?
42. The velocity changes from 35m/s to 60m/s in 3 seconds. What is its acceleration?
43. A body covered a distance of 4 metre along a semicircular path. Calculate the
magnitude of displacement of the body, and the ratio of distance to displacement?
44. A particle moving with an initial velocity of 8m/s is subjected to a uniform
acceleration of 2.5m/s 2. Find the displacement in the next 4 sec.
45. A train is travelling at a speed of 40 km/ h. Brakes are applied so as to produce a
uniform acceleration of −0.5 m /s 2. Find how far the train will go before it is brought to
rest.
46. A Truck covers 90km at a uniform speed of 30km/hr. what should be its speed for the
next 120km if the average speed for the entire journey is 60km/h?
447. A stone is thrown in a vertically upward direction with a velocity of 15 m/s. If the
acceleration of the stone during its motion is 8m /s 2 in the downward direction, what
will be the height attained by the stone and how much time will it take to reach there?
48. A person goes to market, makes purchases and comes back at a constant slower
speed. Draw displacement- time and velocity time graphs of the person?
49. Rahul runs for 8 min. at a uniform speed 5 km/h. At what speed should he run for the
next 10 min. so that the average speed comes 15km/hr?
50. A particle was at rest from 1 a.m. It moved at a uniform speed 40km/hr from 1.30
a.m. to 2:00 a.m. Find the average speed between (a) 1.00 a.m. and 2.00 a.m. (b) 1.15
a.m. and 2.00 a.m. (c) 1.30 a.m. and 2.00 a.m