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a. In a cricket match, a cricket hits a ball high and runs. The moment he reaches the umpire
at other end of the pitch, the bowler catches the ball, by standing near the umpire. Umpire
declares that the batmsman is out. Who is covering a greater distance- the ball or the
batsman? Give a suitable reason for your conclusion.
b. Identify the vector quantities in the following: momentum, electric current, magnetic
field, charge

3 marks

c. Give three points of differences between speed and velocity.

4 marks

d. A body moving with a constant acceleration travels the distances 3 m and 8m

respectively in 1 s and 2s. Calculate (i) the initial velocity (ii) the acceleration of the
body and (iii) the velocity attained by the body at the end of 9 s.
e. Plot the velocity-time graph for a body under uniform acceleration and hence obtain the
equations of motion from the graph.
f. Define the term: a) scalar quantity and
b) vector quantity. [2]
(a) A car moving with a speed of 18 km h-1, is brought to rest in 2 s. Calculate its
retardation in the S.I unit. [2]
(b) A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity. What is its velocity and
acceleration when it reaches the maximum height? [2]
(a) The velocity-time graph for a car moving along a straight highway is given below. Study
the graph and answer the questions that follows. [3]

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i) Calculate the retardation of the car.
ii) What is the distance travelled by the car from 5 s to 15 s?
iii) How can you conclude that the car has not reversed the direction of its motion?
iv) The displacement time graph for a body is shown below.
Plot the corresponding velocity- time graph for the body. [3]

(a) A car moving with a velocity of 5 ms-1 increases the velocity to 8 ms-1 in 3s. Calculate the
acceleration of the car and the distance covered by car in this time. [3]
 1. Study the speed time graph of a body given below and answer the questions that follows:

(a) What type of motion is represented by OA?

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(b) What type of motion is represented by AB?

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(c) What type of motion is represented by BC?

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(d) Find out the acceleration of the body.

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(e) Calculate the retardation of the body.

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(f) Find Out the distance travelled by a body from A to B.

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(g) Find Out the distance travelled by a body from the start.

……………………………………………………. [7 x 1 = 7 marks]

2. 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 by choosing a convenient scale.

 [3 marks] ( labelled axes-2marks +correct graph 1mark)

Determine from the above graph:

(i) The acceleration of the car

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(ii) The distance travelled by the car in 50 s

………………………………… [2x1 = 2 marks]

3. The graph given below 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 ____________________________

(iii) C to D ___________________________ [ 3 x 1 = 3 marks]

Give an example of the motion of a body moving with a constant speed, but with a variable velocity.
Draw a diagram to represent such a motion. [3]
How can a displacement- time graph be used to find the velocity of a body in motion? Sketch a
displacement-time graph for a body with uniform motion. [3]

A car is moving at a uniform speed of 60 km/hr. What will be its speed after 30 minutes? Give reason for
your answer. [2]

Following graph shows motion of two cars A & B. Which car has greater velocity and why? [2]

Displacement [m]

Time [s]

d) Define the terms:

i) scalar quantity and

ii) vector quantity. [2]

e) Give two points of differences between speed and velocity. [2]

d) Differentiate between distance and displacement. Give three points of differences.[3]

e) What do you understand by the term:

i) acceleration and

ii ) retardation.

Also write their S.I unit. [3]

f) A ball moves from point A to point B with a speed of 4 ms-1. It moves from point

B to point A with a speed of 6 ms-1. Calculate the average speed of the ball. [3]

Write down the three equations of motion. Clearly indicate the meaning of the

letters used in the equations. [3]

A car travels with a uniform velocity of 25ms-1 for 5s. The brakes are then applied
 and the car is uniformly retarded and comes to rest in further 10s. Find

(i) the distance which the car travels before the brakes are applied.

(ii) the retardation and

(iii) the distance travelled by the car after applying the brakes. [3]

A body moving with a constant acceleration travels the distances 3 m and 8 m

respectively in 1s and 2s . Calculate (i) the initial velocity and (ii) the acceleration

of body. [4]

a) Give an example for a situation in which the displacement for a body is :

i) zero, with non-zero distance.
ii) less than that of distance. [2]
a) A car is moving in a straight line with speed 18 kmh-1. It is stopped in 5s by applying the
brakes. Find:
i) the speed of car in ms-1.
ii) the retardation and
iii) the speed of car after 2s of applying the brakes. [3]
b) Write the three equations of motion. Clearly explain the meaning of the terms used in the
equation. [4]
c) Give three points of differences between speed and velocity. [3]
d) Give an example for a body moving with a constant speed, but with a non-uniform
velocity. Also draw a neat diagram to represent such a motion. [3]

a) A train takes 2 h to reach station B from station A and then 3 h to return from station B to
station A. The distance between the two stations is 200 km. Find:
i) the average speed of the train
ii) average velocity of the train. Clearly show the working/reason. [3]

A car is moving along a circular track with a speed of 40 km h-1. Identify whether the car is in
uniform motion or in uniform accelerated motion. Give reason for your answer.
Write the three equations of motion. State the meaning of the symbols used in the equation.

Give three points of differences between distance and displacement.

A ball moving with a velocity of 4 ms-1 comes to rest in 5s. Calculate: i) the retardation for the
ball ii) the distance travelled by the ball in 3s. iii) the velocity of the ball at the end of 3s iv) the
total distance travelled by the ball before coming to rest.

Note: Slope of a graph is also known as gradient. The formula to find the slope or the gradient is the
same. The gradient of a graph can be calculated as: gradient = (y2 – y1)/(x2 – x1).

1. a) The variation of the distance covered by a car in certain time interval is given below. Plot the
distance –time graph for the body in the space provided.
Include all the relevant and required information, while plotting the graph. [1+2+2+1 = 6]

Distance [m] 5 10 15 20 25
Time [s] 0 2 4 6 8
b) Calculate the gradient of the above graph. Show your working clearly. [1+2]

gradient calculation:

c) Name the physical quantity represented by the slope of the graph.

Answer:
The slope of the graph represents the ___________________________________of the car. [1]