Kendriya Vidyalaya Chamera-1

NHPC KHAIRI (H.P.)

CLASS 09 - SCIENCE
IX-SCIENCE-ASSIGNMENT: CHAPTER-08
Time Allowed: 40 minutes Maximum Marks: 50
General Instructions:

Attempt any 40 Questions.        Maximum Marks: 40

1. Which of the following is the characteristic of displacement of an object? [1]

a) Displacement has only magnitude b) The magnitude of the displacement

and no specific direction is greater than the distance travelled
by a moving object

c) Displacement has magnitude as well d) Displacement cannot be zero

as specific direction
2. Which of the following figures represent uniform motion of moving object correctly? [1]

a) b)

c) d)

3. Which of the following statements is not true? [1]

A. motion is always uniform
B. motion is a change of position
C. motion can be described in terms of displacement
D. motion can be uniform or non-uniform

a) (B) b) (A)

c) (D) d) (C)
4. Match the following with the correct response. [1]

(a) Scalar (i) Magnitude and direction

(b) Vector (ii) Motion of satellite

(c) Rectilinear motion (iii) Non-uniform

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 (d) Circular motion (iv) Magnitude

a) (a) - (i), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iv) b) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (iii), (d) - (ii)

c) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (iii) d) (a) - (iii), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i)
5. Equation of motion can be used for a body having: [1]

a) uniform acceleration b) non-uniform acceleration

c) uniform motion d) non-uniform motion

6. A body starting at a point, say A, reaches, say B, ahead in a straight line and returns back to A. [1]
Then there is:

a) negative displacement b) cannot be said

c) zero displacement d) positive displacement

7. What does the slope of the position-time graph indicate? [1]

a) Speed b) Speed or velocity

c) Acceleration d) Velocity
8. The slope of the x-t graph is a measure of [1]

a) velocity = 2ms-1 b) acceleration = 2ms-2

c) acceleration = 1 ms-2 d) velocity = 1 ms-2

2 2

9. Match the following with the correct response. [1]

(a) Uniform acceleration (i) Vector quantity

(b) Measurement of distance (ii) Odometer

(c) Energy (iii) Velocity increases in equal intervals of time

(d) Acceleration (iv) Scalar quantity

a) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (iii) b) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (iii), (d) - (ii)

c) (a) - (i), (b) - (iii), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iv) d) (a) - (iii), (b) - (ii), (c) - (iv), (d) - (i)
10. Two cars A and B race each other. The Car A ran for 2 min at a speed of 7.5 km/h, slept for 56 [1]
min and again ran for 2 min at a speed of 7.5 km/h. The average speed of the car A in the race
is:

a) 10 km/hr b) 5 km/hr

c) 0.5 km/hr d) 50 km/hr

11. When a body moves uniformly along the circle, then:- [1]

a) its speed changes but velocity b) both speed and velocity changes
remain the same

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 c) both speed and velocity remain the d) its velocity changes but speed
same. remain the same
12. Match the following with the correct response: [1]

(a) I equation of motion (i) v = u + at

(b) II equation of motion (ii) v2 = u2 + 2as

(c) III equation of motion (iii) S = ut + 2 at2

1

v−u
(d) Retardation (iv) − ( )
t

a) (a) - (i), (b) - (iii),(c) - (ii), (d) - (iv) b) (a) - (iii), (b) - (ii),(c) - (iv), (d) - (i)

c) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i),(c) - (iii), (d) - (ii) d) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv),(c) - (i), (d) - (iii)
13. A person sitting in the truck projected a ball vertically upwards. The ball: [1]

a) falls outside the car b) falls by the side of car

c) falls back in his hand d) falls in front of the car.

14. A ball is thrown up with a velocity of 20 ms-1. What is the time of flight, neglecting air [1]
resistance?

a) 8 sec b) 1 sec

c) 2 sec d) 4 sec
15. The branch of physics which deals with the motion of objects while taking into consideration [1]
the cause of motion is:

a) statics b) mechanics

c) dynamics d) kinematics
16. A signal from a space ship reaches the ground in 5 minutes. What was the distance of the [1]
space ship from the ground station? The speed of the signal is 3 × 108 m/s.

a) 9 × 107 m b) 9 × 1010 m

c) 9 × 106m d) 3 × 106 m

17. Find the incorrect statement [1]

a) The body is said to be accelerating if b) None of these.

it moves in a uniform circular
motion

c) The slope of velocity-time graph d) When a body moves with constant

gives instantaneous acceleration speed its acceleration is zero
18. A body moves on three-quarters of a circle of radius r. The displacement and distance [1]
travelled by it

a) displacement = 0, distance = b) displacement = r, distance = 3r

3πr

–
c) distance = 2r, displacement = 3πr
d) displacement = √2r Distance = 3πr

2 2

19. Match the following with correct response. [1]

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 Column A Column B

(1) Velocity (A) m/s2

(2) Displacement (B)m/s

(3) Acceleration (C) −m/s2

(4) Retardation (D) m

a) 1-D, 2-A, 3-C, 4-B b) 1-B, 2-D, 3-A, 4-C

c) 1-C, 2-B, 3-D, 4-A d) 1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D

20. What is the slope of the body when it moves with uniform velocity? [1]

a) positive b) zero

c) may be positive or negative d) negative

21. The equation of motion is applicable for ________ acceleration motion. [1]

a) Uniformly b) Non-uniformly

c) Variably d) Zero
22. Find the correct statement: [1]

A. The SI unit of retardation is -ms-2

B. The motion of the athletes is uniform
C. Displacement is a scalar quantity
D. Velocity has magnitude only

a) (B) b) (A)

c) (D) d) (C)
23. The displacement of the body can be- [1]

a) Zero b) All of these

c) Positive d) negative
24. The area under the velocity-time graph gives the value of: [1]

a) velocity b) acceleration

c) mass d) distance travelled

25. The displacement of the body after 7.5 seconds from the beginning of the motion is [1]

a) 12.5 m b) 75 m

c) 100 m d) 87.5 m
26. What does the slope of the velocity-time graph give? [1]

a) acceleration b) force

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 c) displacement d) distance
27. The area below v-t graph is a measure of: [1]

a) Angular speed b) Displacement

c) Angular acceleration d) Acceleration

28. A moving body is covering a distance directly proportional to the square of time. The [1]
acceleration of the body is:

a) constant b) zero

c) increasing d) decreasing
29. The displacement of a body is proportional to the cube of the time lapsed. The magnitude of [1]
the acceleration is:

a) decreasing with time b) increasing with time

c) constant d) zero
30. If the velocity of a body is reducing, it is said to have [1]

a) Retardation b) Both Negative acceleration and

Retardation

c) Negative acceleration d) Positive acceleration

31. A car accelerates uniformly from 18 km/h to 36 km/h in 5 minutes. The acceleration is [1]

a) 5 ms-1 b) 216 km/h2

c) 1 km/s2 d) 216 ms-2

32. Which of the following is the position-time graph for a body at rest? [1]

a) b)

c) d)

33. For a uniformly accelerated body with initial and final velocities as u and v ms-1, the average [1]

velocity is:
u − v
a) b) v

2 2

u + v
c) d)
u

2 2

34. A body is said to be in rest when: [1]

a) Its position doesn’t change with time b) It's position changes with time w.r.t

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 with respect to the observer. observer.

c) The body moves in uniform motion, d) None of these.

w.r.t observer.
35. The v-t graph shown here depicts the motion of A and B such that [1]

a) they collide when their velocity is 10 b) both A and B have zero acceleration
ms-1

c) both A and B have non-zero d) velocity of A exceeds beyond 10 ms-1

acceleration
36. A car travels 100 km east and then 100 km south. Finally, it comes back to the starting point by [1]

the southeast route. Throughout the journey, the speed is constant at 60 km h-1. The average
velocity for the whole journey if the time taken is 3.3 hours is

a) 90 kmh-1 b) 60 kmh-1

c) 180 kmh-1 d) 0 kmh-1

37. Slope of a velocity-time graph gives [1]

a) the displacement b) the acceleration

c) the distance d) the speed

38. Match the following with the correct response: [1]

(a) Velocity (i) m/s2

(b) Displacement (ii) m/s

(c) Acceleration (iii) s

(d) Time (iv) m

a) (a) - (i), (b) - (iii),(c) - (ii), (d) - (iv) b) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv),(c) - (i), (d) - (iii)

c) (a) - (iii), (b) - (ii),(c) - (iv), (d) - (i) d) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i),(c) - (iii), (d) - (ii)
39. Usha swims in a 90 m long pool. She covers 180 m in one minute going either way. The [1]
average velocity is:

a) 30ms-1 b) zero

c) 180ms-1 d) 90ms-1

40. From the given v-t graph, it can be inferred that the object is: [1]

a) in non-uniform motion b) at rest

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 c) moving with uniform motion d) in uniform motion
41. The maximum displacement between two points in a circular path can be ________. (Radius-r) [1]

a) 2r b) r

c) pr d) 2pr
42. Which of the following gives both direction and magnitude? [1]

a) Unit Scalar b) Scalar

c) Unit Vector d) Vector

43. Which of the following statements is correct? [1]
A. speed distance are scalar, velocity and displacement are vectors
B. speed distance are vector, velocity and displacement are vectors
C. speed and velocity are scalar, distance and velocity are vectors
D. speed and velocity are vectors, distance and displacement are scalar

a) (D) b) (B)

c) (C) d) (A)

44. A body moving with uniform acceleration has velocities 20 ms-1 and 30 ms-1. when passing [1]
two points A and B. Then the velocity midway between A and B is:

a) 25.5 ms-1 b) 24 ms-1

–
c) 25 ms-1 d) 10 √6 ms-1
45. Match the following with the correct response: [1]

(a) Rate of change of velocity (i) Uniform circular motion

(b) Rate of change of displacement (ii) Velocity

(c) Rate of change of distance (iii) Acceleration

(d) Rate of change of speed in a circular path (iv) Speed

a) (a) - (i), (b) - (iii),(c) - (ii), (d) - (iv) b) (a) - (iii), (b) - (ii),(c) - (iv), (d) - (i)

c) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i),(c) - (iii), (d) - (ii) d) (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv),(c) - (i), (d) - (iii)
46. A particle accelerates from rest at a constant rate for some time and attains a constant velocity [1]
of 8 ms-1. Afterward, it decelerates at a constant rate and comes to rest. If the total time taken
is 4 second, the distance travelled is:

a) 32 meter b) 16 metre

c) 4 metre d) insufficient data

47. Which of the following is the characteristic of distance travelled by an object? [1]

a) It has only magnitude and no b) It has a magnitude as well as specific

specific direction direction

c) It can be zero d) The distance travelled by an object is

less than the magnitude of the

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 displacement of the object.
48. If a moving body comes to rest, then it's acceleration is: [1]

a) Negative b) Positive

c) Constant d) Zero
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49. A body moving in a circle of radius r covers 4
th of the circle. The ratio of the distance to [1]
displacement is:
– –
a) 3 : 2√2 b) 3π : 2√2
– –
c) 3 √2 : 2π d) :
2 √2 3π

50. A car travels 10 m in 5 seconds, 20 m in the next 10 seconds, and 30 m in the last 10 seconds. [1]
The average speed of the motion is:

a) 30 ms-1 b) 2.2 ms-1

c) 2.4 ms-1 d) 2.0 ms-1

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