Important Questions for Class 9

Science
Chapter 8 - Motion

Very Short Answer Questions 1 Mark

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
Ans: b) speed is a scalar and velocity is a vector

2. What is the slope of the body when it moves with uniform velocity?
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Zero
d) May be positive or negative
Ans: b)Zero

3. Which of the following is the position time graph for a body at rest?
(a)

(b)

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(c)

(d)

Ans: a)

4. What does area velocity time graph give?

a) Distance
b) Acceleration
c) Displacement
d) None of the above
Ans: c) Displacement

5. 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
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Ans: a) Positively accelerated

6. What does slope of position time graph give?

a) Speed
b) Acceleration
c) Uniform speed
d) Both (a) and (c) depending upon the type of graph.
Ans: a) Speed

7. 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
Ans: a) Its velocity changes but speed remains the same

8. Which of the following statements is correct?

a) Speed distance are scalar, velocity and displacement are vector
b) Speed distance are vector, velocity and displacement are vector
c) Speed and velocity are scalar, distance and velocity are vector
d) Speed and velocity are vector, distance and displacement are scalar
Ans: a) Speed distance are scalar, velocity and displacement are vector

9. What does the slope of velocity–time graph give?

a) Distance
b) Displacement
c) Acceleration
d) Change in velocity.
Ans: c) Acceleration

10. The displacement of the body can be-

a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Zero
d) All of these.
Ans: d) All of these.

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11. Which of the following gives both direction and magnitude-
a) Scalar
b) Vector
c) Both
d) None.
Ans: b) Vector

12. 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.
Ans: b) Negative

Short Answer Questions 2 Marks

1. Distinguish between speed and velocity.

Ans: Speed of a body is the distance travelled by a body as per unit time while
velocity is the rate and direction of an object’s movement.

2. Under what condition(s) is the magnitude of average velocity of an object

equal to its average speed?
Ans: If distance travelled by a body is equal to the displacement, then the magnitude
of average velocity of an object will be equal to its average speed.

3. What does the odometer of an automobile measure?

Ans: The odometer of automobile is used to measures the distance covered by
automobile.

4. What does the path of an object look like when it is in uniform motion?
Ans: Graphically the path of an object will be linear; it looks like a straight line when
it is in uniform motion.

5. 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  108ms1
Ans: The given data is that time is five minutes and speed is (3  108 ms 1 )

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Distance  Speed  Time
 5min (3  108 ms1 )
 (5  60)sec (3  108 ms1 )
 300sec (3  108 ms1 )
 900 108 ms1  9 1010 m
 Dis tan ce  9 107 km

6. Which of the following is true for displacement?

a) It cannot be zero.
Ans: False with respect to the concept of displacement

b) Its magnitude is greater than the distance travelled by the object.

Ans: False with respect to the concept of displacement.

7. When will you say a body is in

i. Uniform acceleration?
Ans: When an object travels in a straight line and its velocity changes by equal
amount in an equal interval of time, it is said to have uniform acceleration.

ii. Non-uniform acceleration?

Ans: Non-uniform acceleration is also called as variable acceleration. When the
velocity of an object changes by unequal amounts in equal intervals of time, it is
said to have non uniform acceleration.

8. A bus decreases its speed from 80kmh 1 to 60kmh 1 in 5s . Find the

acceleration of the bus.
Ans: Initial speed of bus (u)  80kmh 1
80  1000

60  60sec
200
 1
 22.22ms 1 Final speed of bus (v)  60kmh 1
9ms
60  1000 50
  1
 16.67ms 1time(t)  5s
60  60sec 3ms
(v  u) (16.67  22.22) 5.55
Acceleration (a)     1.11m / s 2
t 5 5
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 Acceleration  a   1.11m / s 2

9. What is the nature of the distance time graphs for uniform and non-uniform
motion of an object?
Ans: If an object has a uniform motion then the nature of distance time graph will
be linear, that is it would in a straight line and if it has non-uniform motion then the
nature of distance time graph will be curved line.

10. What is the quantity which is measured by the area occupied below the
velocity time graph?
Ans: The area occupied below the velocity-time graph measures the distance moved
by any object.

11. A bus starting from rest moves with a uniform acceleration of 0.1ms2 for
2 minutes . Find
a) The speed acquired,
Ans: u  0,a  0.1ms2 ,t  2min  120sec
v  u  at  0  0.1120  12ms 1
Speed acquired  v  12ms1

b) The distance travelled.

1 1
Ans: s  ut  at 2  0 120  0.11202  720m
2 2

12. A trolley, while going down an inclined plane, has an acceleration of 2cms2
. What will be its velocity 3s after the start?
Ans: Given: u  0,a  2cm / s2 ,t  3s
v  u  at  0  2  3  6cm / s

13. A racing car has a uniform acceleration of 4ms2 . What distance will it
cover in 10s after start?
Ans: Given: u  0,a  4m / s2 ,t  10s
1
s  ut  at 2
2

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s  0  10   4  102
2
s  200m

14. Differentiate between distance and displacement?

Ans: The difference between distance and displacement is as below,
Distance Displacement
The length of the actual path travelled The length of the straight line
by the body from initial position to joining the initial and final position
final position of the body
It is a scalar quantity, that is it has It is a vector quantity that is it has
only magnitude both magnitude and direction.
It is always positive. It may be positive, negative or
zero.

15. Derive mathematically the first equation of motion V  u  at ?

Ans: Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity.
Let V=final velocity; Vo = initial velocity, T= time, a = acceleration.
So by definition of acceleration
V  Vo
a
T
at  V  Vo
V  Vo  at
If Vo  u  initial velocity, then  V  u  at 

16. Calculate the acceleration of a body which starts from rest and travels
87.5m 5sec ?
Ans: Given Data: u  0 (starts from rest) u= initial velocity
a=? a=acceleration
T  5sec,t  time
S  87.5m S  distance 
From second equation of motion
1
S  ut  at 2
2

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 87.5  0  at 2
2
1
 87.5  at 2  (i)
2
 87.5  2  a  (5)2
87.5  2
 a
25
175.0
 a
25
S  7m / s 2  a

17. Define uniform velocity and uniform acceleration?

Ans: Uniform velocity :- A body is said to move with uniform velocity if equal
displacement takes place in equal intervals of time, however small these intervals
may be.
Uniform acceleration :- A body is said to move with uniform acceleration if equal
changes in velocity takes place in equal intervals of time, however small intervals
may be.

18. A car travels at a speed of 40km / hr for two hour and then at 60km / hr for
three hours. What is the average speed of the car during the entire journey?
Ans: Given: In first case; t1  time  2hrs
v1  speed  40km / hr
s1  dis tan ce  speed  time
s1  40  2  80km
In second case, Given t 2  time  3hrs
v 2  speed  60km / hr
s 2  dis tan ce  speed  time
s 2  60  3  180km
The total distance = s1  s 2  80  180  260km
Total time, t1  t 2  2  3  5hrs
total distance 260
Average speed = 
total time 5
 Average speed  52km / hr .
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19. The velocity time graph of two bodies A and B traveling along the +x
direction are given in the figure

a) Are the bodies moving with uniform acceleration?

Ans: Yes the bodies are moving with uniform acceleration.

b) Which body is moving with greater acceleration A or B?

Ans: The body A is moving with greater acceleration.

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20. Derive the second equation of motion, s  ut  at 2 numerically?
2
Ans: Let at time t  0 , body has initial velocity = Vo
At time‘t’, body has final velocity=V
S=distance traveled in time‘t’
We know, total distance traveled = Average velocity  time
initial velocity  final velocity
Average velocity 
2
V V
 o
2
V V
Total distance  s  o t
2
 2s  (Vo  V)t  (i)
Now from first equation of motion, V  Vo  at  (ii)
Use the value of (V) from (ii) in (i)
2s  (Vo  Vo  at)t
1
2s  2Vo t  at 2
2
Let,Vo  u
1
 s  ut  at 2
2
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21. Calculate the acceleration and distance of the body moving with 5m / s 2
which comes to rest after traveling for 6sec?
Ans: Acceleration = a = ?
Final velocity = V =o (body comes to rest)
Distance = s =?
Time  t  6 sec
From, V  u  at
O  5 a6
a  6  5
5
a  m / s2
6
Now,
v2  u 2  2as
5
O2  25  2   s
6
5
 25  s
3
25  3
 s
5
s  15m

22. A body is moving with a velocity of 12m / s and it comes to rest in 18m, what
was the acceleration?
Ans: Initial velocity  u  12m / s
Find velocity =V=0
S  distance  18m
A= acceleration =?
From 3rd equation of motion;
v2  u 2  2as
O2  (12)2  2  a  18
144
 a
36
144
a
36
[a  4m / s2 ]  4m / s2

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23. A body starts from rest and moves with a uniform acceleration of 4m / s 2
until it travels a distance of 800m , find the find velocity?
Ans: Initial velocity  u  0
Final velocity  v  ?
Acceleration  a  4m / s2
Distance  s  800m
v2  u 2  2as
u 2  (0)  2  4  800
u  80m / s
 u 2  6400

24. The driver of a car traveling along a straight road with a speed of 72kmph
observes a sign board which gives the speed limit to be 54kmph . The
signboard is 70m ahead 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?
Ans: Initial speed  u  72 km / hr
72  5
  20m / s
18
Final speed  v  54 km / hr
54  5
  15m / s
18
Distance  S  70m
Now, v2  u 2  2as
(15)2  (20)2  2  a  70
 225  400  140a
 175  140a
[a  1.25m / s2 ]

25. Differentiate between scalars and vectors?

Ans: The difference between scalars and vectors is as below,

Vector Scalar
It has magnitude and specific It has magnitude but no direction
direction

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 It can be positive or negative It is always positive
Eg. Displacement,velocity Eg: Distance,speed

Short Answer Questions 3 Marks

1. An object has moved through a distance. Can it have zero displacement? If

yes, support your answer with an example.
Ans: Yes, if an object is moved through a distance it can have zero displacement
because displacement of an object is the actual change in its position when it moves
from one position to the other position. So if an object travels from point A to B and
then returns back to point A again, the total displacement will be zero.

2. A farmer moves along the boundary of a square field of side 10m in 40s .
What will be the magnitude of displacement of the farmer at the end of
2min20sec ?
Ans: Distance covered by farmer in 40 seconds  4  (10)m  40m
Speed of the farmer = distance/time  40m / 40s  1m / s.
Total time given in the question  2min20sec  60  60  20  140sec
Since he completes 1round of the field in 40 seconds so in he will complete 3 rounds
in 120 seconds  2mins  or120m distance is covered in 2min . In another 20sec will
cover another 20m so total distance covered in 2min20sec  120  20  140m.
Displacement  102  102
 200  10 2m (as per diagram)
 10 1.414
 Displacement 14.14m

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3. A train starting from a railway station and moving with uniform acceleration
attains a speed 40kmh 1 in 10min . Find its acceleration.
Ans: Since the train starts from rest (railway station) = u = zero
Final velocity of train  v  40kmh 1
(40  1000)
 1
 100 / 9ms 1
60  60ms
 11.11ms1
time  t   10min  10  60  600 seconds

Since a 
 v – u   11.11ms1 / 600sec  0.018m / s 2
t

4. What can you say about the motion of an object whose distance time graph
is a straight line parallel to the time axis?
Ans: If the object’s distance time graph is a straight line parallel to the time axis
indicates that with increasing time the distance of that object is not increasing hence
the object is at rest that is not moving.

Distance-time graph of an object at rest

5. What can you say about the motion of an object if its speed time graph is a
straight line parallel to the time axis?
Ans: Such a graph indicates that the object is travelling with uniform velocity.

Speed time graph of an object moving with uniform speed

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6. A train is travelling at a speed of 90kmh 1 . Brakes are applied so as to
produce a uniform acceleration of 0.5ms2 . Find how far the train will go
before it is brought to rest.
(90  1000)
Ans: u  90kmh 1   25ms 1
60  60
Given : a  0.5ms , v  0  trainis brought to rest 
2

v  u  at  25  (0.5)  t
 0  25  0.5x
25
 0.5t  25,ort   50sec
0.5
1 1
s  ut  at 2  25  50   (0.5)  502
2 2
 1250  625  625m
s  625m

7. A stone is thrown in a vertically upward direction with a velocity of 5ms1 .

If the acceleration of the stone during its motion is 10ms1 in the downward
direction, what will be the height attained by the stone and how much time
will it take to reach there?
Ans: Given: u  5ms1,a  10ms2
v  0  sinceat maximum height its velocity will be zero 
v  u  at  5  (10)  t
5
 0  5  10t 10t  5,or, t   0.5sec
10
1 1
S  ut  at 2  5  0.5   (10)  0.52
2 2
 2.5  1.25  1.25m
S  1.25m

1
8. Derive the second equation of motion S  ut  at 2 graphically?
2
Ans: Let at time T  0 body moves with initial velocity u and at time ‘t’ body has
final velocity ‘v’ and at time ‘t’ it covers a distance’s.
AC  v, AB  u, OA  t, DB  OA  t, BC  AC  AB  V  u

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Area under a v  t curve gives displacement so,
S  Area of DBC  Area of rectangle OABD   i 
1 1
Area of DBC   Base  Height   DB  BC
2 2
1
  t  (v  u)  (ii)
2

Area of rectangle OABD  length  Breadth

 OA  BA
 t  u  (iii)
1
S  ut   t  (v  u)
2
1
S  ut   t  at( useV  u  at)
2
1
S  ut  at 2
2

9. A car moving with a certain velocity comes to a halt if the retardation was
5m / s 2 find the initial velocity of the car?
Ans: V  0  comes to rest  V  final velocity
S  62.5m
a  5m / s 2 (retardation)
U?
From 3rd equation of motion,
v2  u 2  2as
O2  u 2  2  (5)  62.5

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u 2  10  62.5
u 2  625
u  625[u  25m / s]

10. Two cars A and B are moving a long in a straight line. Car A is moving
at a speed of 80kmph while car B is moving at a speed 50kmph in the same
direction, find the magnitude and direction of
a) Five v the relative of car A with respect to B.
The relative velocity of car B with respect to A.
Ans: Velocity of car A = 80kmph
Velocity of Car B =  50 kmph
(-ve sign indicates that Car B is moving in opposite direction to Car A )
Relative velocity of car A with respect to B
velocity of car A + (- velocity of car B)
 80  ((50))
 80  50
 130kmph
130kmph shows that for a person in car B, car A will appear to move in the same
direction with speed of sum of their individual speed.

b) Relative velocity of car B with respect to A

Ans:
 Velocity of car B+ (- velocity of car A)
 50   80 
 130kmph
It shows that car B will appear to move with 130 kmph in opposite direction to
car A

11. A ball starts from rest and rolls down 16m down an inclined plane in 4s
a) What is the acceleration of the ball?
Ans: Given: u  initial velocity  0 (body starts from rest)
S  distance  16 m
T  time  4s
1
From, s  ut  at 2
2
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16  0  t  a   4 
2

2
1
16   a  16
2
16  2
a
16
[2m / s2  a]

b) What is the velocity of the ball at the bottom of the incline?

Ans: From, v  u  at
v  0  2 4
[v  8m / s]

12. Two boys A and B, travel along the same path. The displacement – time
graph for their journey is given in the following figure.

a) How far down the road has B travelled when A starts the journey?
Ans: When A starts his journey at 4 sec , B has already covered a distance of
857m .

b) Without calculation, the speed, state who is traveling faster A or B?

Ans: A travels faster than B because A starts his journey late but crosses B and
covers more distance then B in the same time as B

c) What is the speed of A?

Ans:
Distance covered
Speed of A 
Time taken

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 Let at t  12 min , distance covered  3500m
3500
  375m / min
12
Speed of A  375m / min

d) What is the speed of B?

Ans:
Distance covered
Speed of B 
Time taken
3000
VB 
12
VB  214m / min

e) Are the speed of A and B uniform?

Ans: Yes

f) What dose point X on the graph represent?

Ans: X on graph represents the point at which both A and B are at same position

g) What is the speed of approach of A towards B? What is the speed of

separation of A from B?
Ans: Speed of approach of A towards B  375 m / min  214 m / min
 161 m / min
Speed of separation of A from B  161 m / min

13. A body is dropped from a height of 320m . The acceleration due to the
gravity is 10m / s2 ?
a) How long does it take to reach the ground?
Ans: Given Data: Height = h
Distance  s  320m
Acceleration due to gravity  g  10m / s 2
Initial velocity  u  0
1
From s  ut  at 2
2
1
h  ut  gt 2
2
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320  0  t   10  t 2
2
320  2 2
t
10
64  t 2
t  8sec

b) What is the velocity with which it will strike the ground?

Ans: From v  u  at
v  0  10  8
v  80m / s

14. Derive third equation of motion v 2  u 2  2as numerically?

Ans: We know,
v  u  at......(i)
1
s  ut  at 2 ......(ii)
2
When, v= final velocity
u= initial velocity
a = acceleration
t = time
s = distance
vu
From equation (i) t 
a
Put the value of t in equation (ii)
vu 1 vu
s  u  a
a 2 a
uv  u 2
1 v  u 2  2uv
2
s  a
a 2 a2
uv  v2 1 v2  u 2  2uv
s  
a 2 a
2uv  2u  v  u  2vu
2 2 2
s
2a

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 v2  u 2
s
2a
2as  v2  u 2
v2  u 2  2as

15. The velocity time graph of runner is given in the graph.

a) What is the total distance covered by the runner in 16s ?
Ans: We know that area under v-t graph gives displacement:
So, Area = distance = s = area of triangle + area of rectangle
1
Area of triangle   base  height
2
1
  6  10  30m
2
 Area of triangle  30m
Area of rectangle  length  breadth
 16  6   10
 10  10
 100m
Total area = 180m
Total distance = 180m

b) What is the acceleration of the runner at t  11s ?

Ans: Since at t  11sec , particles travels with uniform velocity so, there is no
change in velocity hence acceleration = zero.

16. A boy throws a stone upward with a velocity of 60m / s .

a) How long will it take to reach the maximum height (g  10m / s2 ) ?
Ans: u  60 m / s; g= -10m/s2 ;v  0
The time to reach maximum height is
v  u  at  u  gt
0  60  10t
60
t  6s
10

b) What is the maximum height reached by the ball?

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 Ans: The maximum height is;
v2  u 2  2gs
u2 602
s 
2g 2  10
 180m

c) How long will it take to reach the ground?

Ans: The time to reach top is equal to time taken to reach back to ground. Thus,
time to reach the ground after reaching top is 6s or the time to reach the ground
after throwing is 6  6  12s .

17. The displacement x of a particle in meters along the x- axis with time ‘t’ in
seconds according to the equation-
 12m 
X  2m   t
 s 
a) Draw a graph if x versus t for t  0 and t  5sec
Ans: X  20m  12  t
i. At t  0
X  20  120  12 m
ii. At t  1
X  20  12  32m
iii. At t  2
X  20  24  44m
iv. At t  5
X  20  125  72m

b) What is the displacement come out of the particles initially?

Ans: At T  0 (initially)
Displacement  20m.

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 c) What is slope of the graph obtained?
Ans:
y  y1 72  44 28
Slope  2  
x 2  x1 52 3
 9.3m / s

18. The velocity of a body in motion is recorded every second as shown

Time(s) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Velocity(m/s) 62 54 48 42 36 30 24 18 12 6 0

calculate the –
a) Acceleration
Ans: Acceleration =slope of the velocity time graph
V  V1
a 2
t 2  t1
54  24 30
a   6m / s 2
1 6 5

b) Distances travelled and draw the graph.

1
Ans: Distance  S  ut  at 2
2
1
 60  10  (6)  (10)2
2
 600  300  300m

19. Draw the graph for uniform retardation –

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 a) Position – time graph
Ans:

b) Velocity – time
Ans:

c) Acceleration- time
Ans:

20. The displacement – time graph for a body is given. State whether the
velocity and acceleration of the body in the region BC, CD, DE and EF are
positive, negative or Zero.

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Ans:
i. For AB, the curve is upward stopping i.e. slope is increasing so velocity is
positive and remains same so, V= +ve but a  0
ii. For BC, curve has still has +ve slope so, V= +ve but velocity is decreasing
with respect to time so, a=negative
iii. For CD, both velocity and acceleration are Zero because slope is Zero.
iv. For DE, velocity is the (v is increasing with respect to time) and so is
acceleration is +ve. (v) For EF, velocity is +ve (positive slope of x-t graph)
but acceleration is Zero because velocity remains some with time.

AB BC CD DE EF
V +ve +ve 0 +ve +ve
A 0 -ve 0 +ve 0

21. Derive the third equation of motion  v 2  u2  2as as graphically?

Ans: Let at time t  0 , body moves with initial velocity u and time at ‘t’ has final
velocity ‘v’ and in time ‘t’ covers a distance ‘s’

Area under v-t graph gives displacement

S  Area of DBC  Area of rectangle OABD
1
S   base  height  length  breadth
2

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 1
S   DB  BC  OA  AB
2
1
S   t   v  u   t  u  (i)
2
Now,v  u  at
vu
t
a
Put the value of ‘t’ in equation (i)
1 vu vu
s   (v  u)   u 
2 a  a 
uv  u 2 1 v2  u 2  2uv
s  a
a 2 a2
(v  u)2 2u(v  u)
s
2a
v  u  2uv  2vu  2u 2
2 2
s
2a
v u
2 2
s
2a
2as  v2  u 2
Third equation of motion

Long Answer Questions 5 Marks

1. 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?
Ans: Circumference of circular track  2r
22 diameter
 2 
7 2
22 200 4400
 2   m
7 2 7
140
Rounds completed by athlete in 2min20sec  s   3.5
40

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 4400
Therefore, total distance covered   3.5  2200m
7

Since one complete round of circular track needs 40s so he will complete
3rounds in 2mins and in next 20s he can complete half round Therefore,
displacement  diameter  200m .

2. Joseph jogs from one end A to the other end B of a straight 300m road in
2min50sec and then turns around and jogs 100m back to point C in another
1min . What are Joseph’s average speeds and velocities in jogging
a) From A to B
Ans: Distance  300m
time  2min30seconds  150 seconds
Average speed from A to B = average velocity from A to B
 300m / 150s  2m / s

b) From A to C?
Ans: Average speed from A to C 
 300  100  m
150  60  sec
400m
  1.90m / s
210s

Displacement from A to C   300 –100  m  200m

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 time  2min30sec  1min  210s
displacement 200m
velocity    0.95m / s
time 210s

3. Abdul, while driving to school, computes the average speed for his trip to be
20kmh1 . On his return trip along the same route, there is less traffic and the
average speed is 40kmh 1 . What is the average speed for Abdul’s trip?
Ans: If we suppose that distance from Abdul’s home to school = x km s
while driving to school: speed  20kmh 1 ,
displacement
velocity 
time
x x
20  ,or, t  hr
t 20
on his return trip: speed  40kmh 1,40  x / t’
x
or, t’  hr
40
total distance travelled  x  x  2x
x x  2x  x  3x
total time  t  t’     hr
20 40 40 40
2x 80x
average speed for Abdul’s trip    26.67km / hr
 3x  3x
 
 40 

4. A motorboat starting from rest on a lake accelerates in a straight line at a

constant rate of 3.0ms2 for 8.0s . How far does the boat travel during this
time?
Ans: Since the motorboat starts from rest so u  0
Given data:
time(t)  8s,a  3m / s2
1
distacnce(s)  ut  at 2
2
1
distacnce(s)  0   3  82
2
 distacnce(s)  96m

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5. A driver of a car travelling at applies the brakes and accelerates uniformly
in the opposite direction. The car stops in 5s . Another driver going at 3kmh 1
in another car applies is brakes slowly and stops in 10s . On the same graph
paper, plot the speed versus time graphs for the two cars. Which of the two
cars travelled farther after the brakes were applied?
Ans:

As given in the figure below AB (in red line) and CD(in red line) are the Speed-time
graph for given two cars with initial speeds 52kmh 1 and 3kmh 1 respectively.
Distance Travelled by first car before coming to rest=Area of OAB
1
    OB  OA
2
1
    5s  52kmh 1
2
1  52  1000 
   5  m
2  3600 
1  130 
   5 m
2  9 
325
 m
9
 36.11m
Distance Travelled by second car before coming to rest=Area of OCD
1
  OD  OA
2

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 10s  3kmh 1
2
1  3  1000 
  10   m
2  3600 
1 5
  10    m
2 6
5
 5 m
6
25
  4.16m
6
 Clearly the first car will travel farther  36.11 m  than the first car  4.16 m .

6. Fig 8.11 shows the distance-time graph of three objects A, B and C. Study the
graph and answer the following questions:

a) Which of the three is travelling the fastest?

Ans: It is clear from graph that B covers more distance in less time. Therefore, B
is the fastest.

b) Are all three ever at the same point on the road? Fig. 8.11
Ans: All of them never come at the same point at the same time.

c) How far has C travelled when B passes A?

Ans: According to graph; each small division shows about 0.57 km .
A is passing B at point S which is in line with point P (on the distance axis) and
shows about 9.14 km
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 Thus, at this point C travels about
9.14-(0.57  3.75)km= 9.14 km – 2.1375 km  7.0025 km  7km
Thus, when A passes B, C travels about 7 km .

d) How far has B travelled by the time it passes C?

Ans: B passes C at point Q at the distance axis which is
 4km  0.57km  2.25  5.28 km Therefore, B travelled about 5.28 km when
passes to C.

7. A ball is gently dropped from a height of 20m . If its velocity increases

uniformly at the rate of 10ms2 , with what velocity will it strike the ground?
After what time will it strike the ground?
Ans: Let us assume, the final velocity with which ball will strike the ground be 'v'
and time it takes to strike the ground be 't'
Initial Velocity of ball u  0
Distance or height of fall s  20 m
Downward acceleration a  10ms 2
As we know, v2  u 2  2as
or,2as  v2  u 2
v2  2as  u 2
 2 10  20  0
v  400ms 1
 Final velocity of ball, v  20ms1
t
v  u
a
Time taken by the ball to strike 
 20  0
10
20

10
Time taken by the ball to strike  2sec

8. The speed-time graph for a car is shown is Fig. 8.12.

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 a) Find how far does the car travel in the first 4 seconds. Shade the area on
the graph that represents the distance travelled by the car during the
period.
Ans:

Distance travelled by car in the 4 second

The area under the slope of the speed – time graph gives the distance travelled by
an object. In the given graph
56 full squares and 12 half squares come under the area slope for the time of
4 second .
12
Total number of squares  56   62 squares
2
The total area of the squares will give the distance travelled by the car in 4 second
. on the time axis,
2
5 squares  2seconds, therefore 1 square  seconds
5
on speed axis there are 3 squares  2m / s
2 2 4
therefore, area of one square  s  m / s  m
5 3 15

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 4 248
so area of 62 squares  m  62  m  16.53m
15 15
Hence the car travels 16.53m in the first 4 seconds .

b) Which part of the graph represents uniform motion of the car?

Ans: The straight line part of graph, from point A to point B represents a uniform
motion of car.

9. State which of the following situations are possible and give an example for
each of these:
a) An object with a constant acceleration but with zero velocity
Ans: An object with a constant acceleration can still have the zero velocity. For
example, an object which is at rest on the surface of earth will have zero velocity
but still being acted upon by the gravitational force of earth with an acceleration
of 9.81 ms 2 towards the center of earth. Hence when an object starts falling freely
can have constant acceleration but with zero velocity.

b) An object moving in a certain direction with acceleration in the

perpendicular direction.
Ans: When an athlete moves with a velocity of constant magnitude along the
circular path, the only change in his velocity is due to the change in the direction
of motion. Here, the motion of the athlete moving along a circular path is,
therefore, an example of an accelerated motion where acceleration is always
perpendicular to direction of motion of an object at a given instance. Hence it is
possible when an object moves on a circular path.

10. An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius 42250km .

Calculate its speed if it takes 24hrs to revolve around the earth.
Ans: Let us assume An artificial satellite, which is moving in a circular orbit of
radius 42250 km covers a distance 's' as it revolve around earth with speed 'v' in
given time 't' of 24 hours .
 42250 km
Radius of circular orbit r
 4225 1000m Time taken by artificial satellite t  24 hours
 24  60  60s Distance covered by satellite s=circumference of circular orbit
 2 r

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∴ Speed of satellite v 
 2 r 
t
  22  
 2   7   42250  1000 
 
 
 24  60  60 

 2  22  42250  1000 
 7  24  60  60  ms 1
 3073.74ms 1
Speed  3.073km / s

11. The position of a body at different times are recorded in the table given
below:
a) Draw the displacement time graph for the above data?
Ans:

b) What is the slope of graph?

Ans:
y  y1
Slope of the graph  2
x 2  x1


 36  24  m  12m
 6  4  sec 2sec
Slope of the graph  6m / sec

c) What is the speed of the motion?

Ans: Slope of the graph of a displacement-time graph = speed
Hence speed  6m / sec

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