1. A object goes from point X to Y and then come back from Y to X.

What is the displacement and average

velocity?

2. A train accelerates from 36 km/h to 54 km/h in 10 sec.

(i) Acceleration
(ii) The distance travelled by car. Ans: 0.5 m\s2, 125 m

3. What do you infer if ?

a) Distance –time graph is straight line
b) Velocity –time graph is curved
c) Displacement –time is zig zag

4. If a body has constant speed than it has zero acceleration? If yes than Explain; If No than also explain.

5. A truck travelling at 54 km/h is slow down to 36 km/h in 10 sec. Find the retardation. Ans: 0.5 m/s2.

6. What is the difference between Uniform Accelerated and Non Uniform accelerated motion?

7. A particle is moving in a circle of diameter 20 m. What is its distance and displacement in a) 1Complete
revolution b) one and half revolutions Ans: a) 0m, 20π m b) 20 m, 30π m

8. When an object is thrown upwards, what is true of velocity and acceleration at the highest point of motion
of the object?

9. A scooter travelling at 10 m/s speed up to 20 m/s in 4 sec. Find the acceleration of scooter. Ans: 2.5 m/s2

10. True and False Statements

A. Displacement can be zero but distance never
B. Displacement magnitude can be greater than distance travelled by the object
D. If the velocity of the body decreases with time, the acceleration is negative (retardation), and the motion
is called decelerated motion
F. Acceleration is a scalar quantity
I. an object can be moving with Uniform speed but variable acceleration

11. A train starts from rest and accelerate uniformly at the rate of 5 m/s2 for 5 sec. Calculate the velocity of
train in 5 sec. ans: 25 m/s

12. A car start from rest and acquire a velocity of 54 km/h in 2 sec. Find
(i) the acceleration Ans: 7.5 m/s2
(ii) distance travelled by car assume motion of car is uniform? Ans: 15m

13. A ball is thrown upwards and it goes to the height 100 m and comes down
1) What is the net displacement? Ans: 0m
2) What is the net distance? Ans: 200 m

14. Two cars A and B race each other. The Car A ran for 2 minute at a speed of 7.5 km/h, slept for 56 minute
and again ran for 2 minute at a speed of 7.5 km/h. find the average speed of the car A in the race. Ans:
0.5 km/hr

15. An object moves along a straight line with an acceleration of 2 m/s2. If its initial speed is 10 m/s, what will
be its speed 2 s later? Ans: 14 m/s

16. A bullet hits a Sand box with a velocity of 20 m/s and penetrates it up to a distance of 6 cm. Find the
deceleration of the bullet in the sand box. Ans: 3333.3 m/s2
17. An electron moving with a velocity of 5×103m/s enters into a uniform electric field and acquires a uniform
acceleration of 103m/s2 in the direction of initial velocity.
i. Find out the time in which electron velocity will be doubled.? Ans: 5 sec
ii. How much distance electron would cover in this time.? Ans: 37.5×103m

18. A train 100 m long is moving with the velocity of 72 km/hr. Find the time it takes to cross the bridge which
is 2 km long? Ans: 105sec

19. An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius 42.250 km (approx). Calculate its linear velocity
if takes 24 hour to revolve around earth.? Ans: 11.05km/hr

20. An air-plane accelerates down a runway at 3.20 m/s2 for 32.8 s until is finally lifts off the ground.
Determine the distance travelled before take off. Ans: 1721.344m

21. A Jeep starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a time of 5.21 seconds for a distance of 110 m.
Determine the acceleration of the Jeep. Ans: 8.10m/s2

22. A feather is dropped on the planet other than earth which has very low acceleration due to gravity from a
height of 1.40 meters. The acceleration of gravity on the other planet is 1.67 m/s2. Determine the time of
feather to fall to the surface of the other planet Ans: t= 1.29 s

23. Honda Activita accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 7.10 m/s over a distance of 35.4 m.
Determine the acceleration of the bike. Ans: 0 .712 m/s2

24. An Aeronautics engineer is designing the runway for an airport. Of the planes that will use the airport, the
lowest acceleration rate is likely to be 3 m/s2. The take off speed for this plane will be 65 m/s. Assuming
this minimum acceleration, what is the minimum allowed length for the runway? Ans: 704m

25. A BMW car travelling with uniform acceleration at 22.4 m/s skids to a stop in 2.55 s. Determine the
skidding distance of the car. Ans: 28.56m

26. A coin is dropped into a deep well and is heard to hit the water 3.41 s after being dropped. Determine
the depth of the well. Ans: 57.0 m

27. A Truck starting from rest moves with a uniform acceleration of 0.2 m /s2 for 2 minutes. Find
(a) the speed acquired Ans: 24 m/s
(b) the distance travelled. Ans: 1440 m

28. A train is travelling at a speed of 60 km/ h. Brakes are applied so as to produce a uniform acceleration of
−0.5 m /s2. Find how far the train will go before it is brought to rest. Ans: 277.55m

29. A cyclist moving on a circular track of radius 50m completes one revolution in 4 minutes. What is his
(a) average speed Ans: 1.309 m/sec
(b) average velocity in one full revolution? Ans: 0 m/s

30. Two object are thrown vertically upwards simultaneously with their velocities x and y respectively. Prove
that
a. The heights reached by them would be in the ratio of x2: y2
b. The time taken to reach the maximum height would be in the ratio of x:y

31. True and false questions

a. Displacement cannot be zero
b. Average speed= Total distance/time
c. Average velocity = Total displacement /time
 d. slope of distance-time graph indicates the speed
e. It is possible to have Object moving with uniform speed but variable acceleration.
f. It is possible to have Object moving with uniform velocity but non-uniform acceleration.

32. A jogger moves 500m in 2 minutes and next 1000m in 30s on the same straight path. What is his average
speed and average velocity? Ans: 10 m/s 10 m/s

33. Fiza moves 4m due east and then 3m due west.

What is the distance covered by the Fiza?
What is its displacement?

34. A car moves at a speed of 40km/h, It is stopped by applying brakes which produces a uniform
acceleration of -0.6m/s2. How much distance will the vehicle move before coming to stop? Ans: 102.87 m

35. How long does it take to hear a thunderclap 6.8 km away if the sound wave moves at 340 m/s? 20
seconds

36. It takes a pulse of light 35 microseconds to travel down a 5.0 km length of fiber optic cable. How fast does
the light move through the cable? 1.43 x 108 m/s

37. When is the magnitude of the displacement equal to the distance traveled?

38. A raven flies south for 120 seconds at a speed of 12 m/s, then flies 0.56 km north in 80 seconds.
What is the total distance? 2.0 km
What is the total displacement? 0.88 km south
What is the average speed? 10 m/s
What is the average velocity? 4.4 m/s sourth

39. What is the acceleration of an object that steadily increases its speed from 6.0 m/s to 18.0 m/s over a 2.0
second time interval without changing direction? 6.0 m/s2

40. What is the acceleration of an object that maintains a steady speed of 24.0 m/s for 6.0 seconds without
changing direction? 0.0 m/s2

41. A car that is initially moving at 22 m/s hits the brakes and stops in 5.0 seconds. What is the acceleration? -
4.4 m/s2

42. An airplane that is initially moving at 320 m/s accelerates at 3.0 m/s2 for 20.0 seconds. How far does it
move during that time period and what is its final velocity? 7.0 km, 380 m/s

43. An object has an initial velocity that is negative. If the acceleration of the object is positive, how will
velocity be affected?

44. Study the speed time graph

Find following based on the graph
a) Which paths have constant speed
b) when is the maximum speed reached
c) when is the acceleration happened
d) when is the deceleration happened