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NRT INDIA MOTION

MOTION

VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

14. Two car A and B have their x ―t graphs as
1. Have you ever experienced that the train in given: which one has the grater velocity ?
which you are sitting appears to move while it is x
at rest? A
2. An object has moved through a distance. Can it
have zero displacement? If yes, support your
B
answer with an example.
30°
3. A farmer moves along the boundary of a square
t
field of side 10 m in 40 s. What will be the
magnitude of displacement of the farmer at the
end of 2 minutes 20 seconds? 15. What type of motion is associated with a
pendulum ?
4. Which of the following is true for displacement?
16. Give one type of motion where distance and
(a)It can not be zero displacement are same.

(b)its magnitude is greater than the distance 17. When a moving car returns to the same point
travelled by the object what will be the displacement.
18. Express km/ h2 in m / s −2 .
5. An object travels 16 m in 4 s and then another
16 m in 2 s. What is the average speed of the 19. What does v stand for in v = u + at ?
object? 20. Draw the velocity-time graph for a body moving
with a uniform acceleration. Assume that the
6. Under what condition(s) is the magnitude of
body is initially at rest.
average velocity of an object equal to its average
speed? 21. Out of the following, identify the graph which
corresponds to a motion with
7. What does the odometer of an automobile
(i) Uniform retardation
measure?
(ii) Zero acceleration.
8. What is the nature of distance – time graph for
uniform and non-uniform motion of an object?

9. What can you say about the motion of an whose

distance-time graph is a straight line parallel to
Speed

Speed

the time axis?

10. What is the quantity of which is measured by the

Time Time
area occupied below the velocity time graph ?
A B ‘
11. Relate 36 km/h with m/sec.

12. What is instantaneous velocity ?

Speed

13. If 5 m/s and 10 m/s are the velocities of a body

having a uniform acceleration in some times
Time
interval, what will be its average velocity ?
C

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SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Joseph jogs from one end A to the other end B

1. Distinguish between speed and velocity . of a straight 300 m road in 2 minutes 50
2. Usha swims in a 90 m long pool. She covers seconds and the n turns around the jogs 100 m
180 m in one minute by swimming from one end back to point C in another 1 minute. What are
to the other and back along the same straight Joseph’s average speeds and velocities in
path. Find the average speed and average jogging (a) from A to B and (b) from A to C?
velocity of Usha. 2. A ball is gently dropped from a height of 20 m.
If its velocity increases uniformly at the rate of
3. Starting from a stationary position, Rahul 10 m/ s 2 , with what velocity will it strike the
paddles his bicycles to attain a velocity of 6 m/s ground? After what time will it strike the ground?
in 30 s. Then the applies brakes such that the
velocity of the bicycle comes down to 4 m/s in 3. A car travels 30 km with a speed of 40 km/h and
the next 5 s. Calculate the acceleration of the the next 30 km with a uniform speed of 20 km/h.
bicycle in both the cases. Find its average speed.

4. A train starting from rest attains a velocity of 72 4. On a 120 km track, a train travels the first 30 km
km/h in 5 minutes. Assuming that the at a uniform speed of 30 km/h. How fast should
acceleration is uniform, find (i) the acceleration the train travel over the next 90 km so as to
nd (ii) the distance travelled by the train for average 60 km/h for the entire trip?
attaining this velocity.
5. A train travels at a speed of 60 km/h for 0.52 h,
5. The brakes applied to a car produce an at 30 km/h for the next 0.24 h and then at 70
acceleration of 6 m/s 2 in the opposite direction km/h for the next 0.71 h. What is the average
to the motion. If the car takes 2 s to stop after speed of the train?
the application of brakes, calculate the distance
it travels during this time. 6. A scooterist travels at a speed of 5 m/s for two
minutes, at 12.5 m/s for 10 minutes and then
6. Define uniform motion. with 10 m/s for 5 minutes. What is the average
velocity and distance curved in this time?
7. What do you mean by average velocity ?
7. A ship is moving at a speed of 56 km/hr. One
8. List the importance of v―t graph. second later, it is moving at a speed of 58
km/hr. What is (i) its acceleration, and (ii) the
9. Write two relations connecting x, r, θ, ω and v
distance covered ?
where symbols carry usual meaning.
8. A car moves in a circular path of radius 14 m at
10. Derive the relation v 2 = u2 + 2as . Draw the a speed of 10 m/s. Evaluate :
shape of v―t graphs in the following cases :
(a) Time taken to complete the circle
(i) Uniform retardation (i) Does the motion have uniform acceleration?
Give reasons.
(ii) non-uniform acceleration
(ii) Find the angular velocity.
11. A car starts from rest and accelerates with 2
m/ s 2 for 10 seconds. After maintaining the 9. Define acceleration and state its SI unit. For
velocity for 10 seconds, it comes to rest motion long a straight line, when do we consider
decelerating by 1 m/s 2 . Draw the shape of v―t the acceleration to be (i) positive (ii) negative ?
graph. Give an example of a body in uniform
acceleration.

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10. Define circular motion. Is circulatory motion an 2. The figure below shows the x―t graph of three
accelerated motion? Give reasons. people A, B and C. On the basis of the graph,
answer the following with reasons ;
11. What do you understand by the term
acceleration ? When is acceleration positive (i) Who among the three is travelling the
and when is negative ? State the units of fastest ?
acceleration in S. I. system.
(ii) Are all three ever at the same point on the
road?

LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (iii) Where is C at a time when B passes A ?

(iv) How far did B travel between the time he
1. Derive the three basic equations of motion for a
passed C and A?
body moving in a straight line with constant
acceleration.
B

C
12 A
10 11

Distance (km) 8
6
4
2
x 0 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.6

Time (t)

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