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Motion

Practice set
1. (a) What can be depicted from the graph regarding the motion of the object?
(b) Find the value of acceleration from the graph.

2. Find the displacement of a body whose velocity time graph is shown below :

3. The velocity-time graph of a body is shown below:


(a) State the kind of motion represented by OA and AB.
(b) Find the velocity of the body after 10 s and after 40 s.
(c) What is the negative acceleration of the body?
(d) Find the distance travelled between 10th and 30th second.

4. The graph given below shows the position 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

5. Study the given graph and answer the following questions.


(i) Which part of the graph shows accelerated motion?
(ii) Which part of the graph shows retarded motion?
(iii) Calculate the distance travelled by the body in first 4 seconds of journey graphically.

6. The speed-time graphs of two cars are represented by P and Q as shown


below:
(a) Find the difference in the distance travelled by the two cars (in m) after
4 s.
(b) Do they ever move with the same speed? If so when?
(c) What type of motion car P and Q are undergoing?
7. A car travels from stop A to stop B with a speed of 30 km/h and then returns back to A with a speed
of 50 km/h. Find
(i) displacement of the car.
(ii) distance travelled by the car.
(iii) average speed of the car.
8. A car moves with a speed of 30 km/h for half an hour, 25 km/h for one hour and 40 km/h for two
hours. Calculate the average speed of the car.
9. A bus accelerates uniformly from 54 km/h to 72 km/h in 10 seconds. Calculate:
(i) acceleration in m/s2
(ii) distance covered by the bus in metres during this interval.
10. Draw the shape of the distance-time graph for uniform and non–uniform motion of object. A bus
starting from rest moves with uniform acceleration of 0.1 ms–2 for 2 minutes. Find
(a) the speed acquired.
(b) the distance travelled.
11. A car travels at 54 km/h for first 20 s, 36 km/h for next 30 s and finally 18 km/h for next 10 s. Find
its average speed.
12. Distinguish between uniform motion and non-uniform motion. Is uniformly accelerated motion
uniform motion? Give one example each of uniform and non-uniform motion.
13. The velocity-time graph for motion of two bodies A and B is shown. Read the graph carefully and
answer the following questions:

(a) Which of the two bodies has a higher velocity at time (a) t = 2 s (b) t = 4 s ?
(b) Which of the two bodies has (a) constant velocity (b) increasing velocity?
(c) At what time is the velocity of the two bodies same?
(d) What are the velocities of A and B at time t = 1 s?
(e) What is the change in the velocity of body B in an interval of 2 s?
14. The following table gives the data about motion of a car.
Time (h) Distance (km)
11:00 0
11:30 30
12:00 30
12:30 65
1:00 100
Plot the graph.
(i) Find the speed of the car between 12:00 hours and 12:30 hours.
(ii) What is the average speed of the car?
(iii) Is the car’s motion an example of uniform motion? Justify.
15. The slope of the x – t graph is a measure of
(i) velocity = 2 ms–1 (ii) acceleration = ms–2 (iii) velocity = ms–2 (iv) acceleration = 2 ms–2
16. The displacement of the body in 5 seconds from the beginning of the motion is

(i) 12.5 m (ii) 100 m (iii) 87.5 m(iv) 50 m


17. Four cars A, B, C and D are moving on a levelled road. Their distance versus time graphs are shown
in figure. Choose the correct statement

(i) Car A is faster than car D.


(ii) Car B is the slowest.
(iii) Car D is faster than car C.
(iv) Car C is the slowest.

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