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SANTHOSHPURAM

PHYSICS CHAPTER 1 (WORKSHEET 2)

Class 09 - Science

1. A body moving with uniform acceleration has velocities 20 ms-1 and 30 ms-1. when passing two points A and B. [1]
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
2. 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

3. Usha swims in a 90 m long pool. She covers 180 m in one minute going either way. The average velocity is: [1]

a) 30ms-1 b) zero
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c) 180ms-1 d) 90ms-1

4. What is the slope of the body when it moves with uniform velocity? [1]
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a) positive b) zero

c) may be positive or negative d) negative

5. What is the relation between linear velocity and angular velocity? [1]
6. What do you understand by a uniform velocity? [1]
7. Define average velocity. [1]
8. Define the term "velocity". [1]
9. What does the path of an object look like when it is in uniform motion? [1]
10. An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius nearly 42,250 km. Calculate its linear velocity, if it [2]
takes 24 hour to revolve round the earth.
11. The velocity of a car is 18 ms-1. Express this velocity in kmh-1. [2]

12. A body is moving with a uniform velocity of 10 ms-1. Find its velocity after 10 s? [2]
13. Express average velocity when the velocity of a body changes at non-uniform rate and at uniform rate. [2]
14. Under what condition(s) is the magnitude of average velocity of an object equal to its average speed? [2]
15. A car acquires a velocity of 72 kmh-1 in 10 second after starting from rest. Find (a) the acceleration (b) the [2]
average velocity and (c) the distance travelled in this time.
16. What is the difference between uniform velocity and non-uniform velocity? [2]
17. What do you understand by a non-uniform velocity? [2]
18. Study the speed-time graph of a body given here and answer the following questions: [5]

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 i. What type of motion is represented by OA?
ii. What type of motion is represented by AB?
iii. What type of motion is represented by BC?
iv. Find out the acceleration of the body.
v. Calculate the retardation of the body.
vi. Find out the distance travelled by the body from A to B.
19. An object starting from rest travels 20 m in the first 2 s and 160 m in the next 4 s. What will be the velocity after [5]
7 s from the start?
20. Assertion (A): Motion with uniform velocity is always along a straight-line path. [1]
Reason (R): In uniform velocity a motion, speed is the magnitude of the velocity and is equal to the
instantaneous velocity.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

21. Assertion (A): An object may have acceleration even if it is moving with uniform velocity. [1]
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Reason (B): An object may be moving with uniform velocity but it may be changing its direction of motion.
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a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

22. Assertion (A): A tiger can accelerate from rest at the rate of 4 m/s2. [1]
Reason (R): The velocity attained by it in 10s is 40 m/s.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

23. Assertion (A): The speedometer of an automobile measure the average speed of the automobile. [1]
Reason (R): Average velocity is equal to total displacement per total time-taken.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

24. Assertion (A): Velocity versus time graph of a particle in uniform motion along a straight path is a line parallel [1]
to the time axis.
Reason (B): In uniform motion the velocity of a particle increases as the square of the time elapsed.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

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25. Assertion (A): If a particle is moving with constant velocity, then the average velocity for any time interval is [1]
equal to instantaneous velocity.
Reason (R): If average velocity of a particle moving on a straight line is zero for a given time interval, then
instantaneous velocity at some instant within this interval may be zero.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

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

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

27. If a moving body comes to rest, then it's acceleration is: [1]

a) Negative b) Positive

c) Constant d) Zero

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

a) u − v
b) v
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2 2

c) d)
u + v u

2 2
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29. A person sitting in the truck projected a ball vertically upwards. The ball: [1]

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

c) falls back in his hand d) falls in front of the truck

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

a) 5 ms-1 b) 1 ms-2

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

31. If the v-t graph is a straight line inclined to the time axis, then: [1]

a) a ≠ 0 b) a = constant ≠ 0

c) a ≠ constant ≠ 0 d) a = 0
32. If the displacement of an object is proportional to square of time, then the object moves with [1]

a) increasing acceleration b) uniform velocity

c) uniform acceleration d) decreasing acceleration

33. If a body starts from rest, what can be said about the acceleration of the body? [1]

a) Uniform accelerated b) Positively accelerated

c) Negative accelerated d) Non-Uniform accelerated

34. When is the acceleration taken as negative? [1]
35. State SI unit of acceleration. [1]

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36. Define acceleration of a body. [1]
37. Give an example of non-uniform acceleration? [1]
38. What is negative acceleration? [1]
39. What do you mean by positive acceleration? [1]

40. A trolley, while going down an inclined plane, has an acceleration of 2 cm/s2. What will be its velocity after 3 [2]
seconds?
41. Find the initial velocity of a car if it can be stopped in 10 sec by applying brakes which provide it a retardation [2]
of 2.5 ms-2.

42. A train is travelling at a speed of 90 kmh-1. Brakes are applied so as to produce a uniform acceleration of -0.5 [2]

ms-2. Find how far the train will go before it is brought to rest.
43. When will you say a body is in [2]
i. uniform acceleration.
ii. non-uniform acceleration?
44. Define uniform velocity and uniform acceleration. [2]

45. A bus decreases its speed from 80 kmh-1 to 60 km h-1 in 5 s. Find the acceleration of the bus. [2]

46. A bus decreases its speed from 80 km h-1 to 60 km h-1 in 5 s. Find the acceleration of the bus. [2]

47. A bus decreases its speed from 80 kmh-1 to 60 kmh-1 in 5 s. Find the acceleration of the bus. [2]

48. A body is dropped from a height of 320 m. The acceleration due to the gravity is 10 m/s2. [3]
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(a) How long does it take to reach the ground?
(b) What is the velocity with which it will strike the ground?
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49. Starting from a stationary position, Rahul paddles his bicycle to attain a velocity of 6 ms-1 in 30 s. Then he [3]

applies brakes such that the velocity of the bicycle comes down to 4 ms-1 in the next 5 s. Calculate the
acceleration of the bicycle in both cases.
50. Assertion (A): Motion of satellites around their planets is considered as accelerated motion. [1]
Reason (R): During their motion, the speed remains constant, while the direction of motion changes
continuously.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

51. Assertion (A): A boy is enjoying a ride on a merry-go-round which is moving at a constant speed of 10 m/s. [1]
The boy is in uniform accelerated motion.
Reason (R): A body has a uniform acceleration if it travels in a straight line and its velocity first decreases then
increases by equal amounts in equal intervals of time.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

52. Assertion (A): When the displacement of a body is directly proportional to the square of the time. Then the [1]
body is moving with uniform acceleration.
Reason (R): The slope of velocity-time graph with time axis gives acceleration.

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 a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

53. Assertion (A): The speed or velocity of a car running on a crowded city, road changes continuously. [1]
Reason (R): The movement of a car on a crowded city road is an example of non-uniform acceleration.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

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

a) Uniformly b) Non-uniformly

c) Variably d) Zero
55. The water drop falls at regular intervals from a tap 5 m above the ground. The third drop is leaving the tap at [1]
instant the first drop touches the ground. How far above the ground is the second drop at that instant? (Take g =
10 m S-2)

a) 2.50 m b) 1.25 m

c) 4.00 m d) 3.75 m

56. A man walks on a straight road from his home to a market 5.5 km away with a speed of 5.5 km h-1. Finding the [1]
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market closed he instantly turns and walks back with a speed of 7.5 km h-1. What is the average speed and
average velocity of the man between t = 0 to t = 104 min?
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a) 6.36 km h-1, 6.36 km h-1 b) 0, 6.36 km h-1

c) 0, 0 d) 6.36 km h-1, 0

57. A train starts from a station P and travels some distance with a uniform acceleration a1, then it goes with [1]

uniform retardation a2 for some more distance and come to rest at the station Q. If the distance between the
stations P and Q is 4 km and the train takes 4 minutes to complete this journey, then 1

a1
+
1

a2
=

a) 4 m-1S2 b) 2 m-1 S2

c) 72 m-1 S2 d) 7.2 m-1 S2

58. A body is thrown vertically upwards with velocity u, the greatest height h to which it will rise is [1]
2

a) b)
u u

2g 2g

c) d)
u u

g g

59. After jumping out from the plane, a parachutist falls 80 m without friction. When he opens up the parachute, he [1]

decelerates at 2 m s-2. He reaches the ground with a speed of 4 m s-1. How long did the parachutist spend his

time in the air? (Take g = 10 m s-2)

a) 18 s b) 16 s

c) 4 s d) 22 s
60. The speed of a train increases at a constant rate a from zero to v, and then remains constant for an interval, and [1]

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 finally decreases to zero at a constant rate p. If L be the total distance travelled, then the total time taken is

a) L
+
1
(
1
+
1
) b) L
+
v
(
1
+
1
)
v v α β v 2 α β

c) L
+
2
(
1
+
1
) d) L
+ 2v (
1
+
1
)
v v α β v α β

61. 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 min and again ran [1]
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

62. A particle is moving in a straight line with initial velocity u and uniform acceleration a. If the sum of the [1]

distances travelled in tth and (t + 1)th seconds is 100 cm, then its velocity after t seconds in cm s-1 is

a) 50 b) 80

c) 30 d) 20
63. State True or False: [7]
(a) During the uniform motion of an object along a straight line, the velocity remains constant with time. [1]
(b) The velocity of a body is defined as the distance traveled by the body in unit time. [1]
(c) The velocity of a body is defined as the distance traveled by the body in unit time in a given direction. [1]
(d) When the velocity of an object changes, we say that the object is accelerating. [1]
(e) The motion of a freely falling body is an example of uniformly accelerated motion. [1]
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(f) The motion of the athlete moving along a circular path is an example of accelerated motion. [1]
(g) Negative acceleration is called retardation. [1]
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64. Fill in the blanks: [6]

(a) A body is said to possess ________ if it travels in a straight line and its velocity increases or [1]
decreases by equal amounts in equal intervals of time.
(b) ________ of a body is defined as the rate of change of its velocity with time. [1]
(c) The acceleration is taken to be ________ if it is in the direction of velocity. [1]
(d) The change in velocity of the object for any time interval is ________. [1]
(e) Negative acceleration is called ________. [1]
(f) Acceleration is a ________ quantity. [1]

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