Numerical Motion Problems and Solution

Question 1
A train accelerates from 36 km/h to 54 km/h in 10 sec.
(i) Acceleration
(ii) The distance travelled by car.
Ans:Answer
a) Acceleration is given by

a=vt
So a=.2 m/s2 b) Distance is given by

S=ut+12at2 So s=125m
Question 2
A body whose speed is constant
(a) Must be accelerated
(b) Might be accelerated
(c) Has a constant velocity
(d) Cannot be accelerated.
Answer
Ans:
might be accelerated
Question 3
A truck traveling at 54 km/h is slow down to 36 km/h in 10 sec. Find the retardation
Answer
Ans:
Acceleration is given by

a=vt
So a=-.5 m/s2
Negative sign implies retardation
Question 4
A particle is moving in a circle of diameter 20m. What is its distance and as per the
table given below
S.no

Rounds

1.5

Displacement

Distance

S.no

Rounds

Displacement

Distance

2.5

Answer
Ans:
S.no

Rounds

Displacement

Distance

20

1.5

20 m

30

40

2.5

20m

50

Question 5
A scooter travelling at 10 m/s speed up to 20 m/s in 4 sec. Find the acceleration of
train.
Answer
Ans:
Acceleration is given by

a=vt
So a=1.25 m/s2

Question 6
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.
Answer
Ans:
25m/s
Question 7
A object moves with uniform positive acceleration. Its velocity-time graph will be
(a) A straight line parallel to the time axis
(b) A straight line inclined at an obtuse angle to the time axis
(c) A straight line inclined at an acute angle to the time axis
(d) None of these.
Answer
Ans:
Answer is (c)

Question 8
The maximum speed of a train is 90 km/h. It takes 10 hours to cover a distance of
500 km. Find the ratio of its average speed to maximum speed?
Answer
Ans:
Average speed=500/10=50 km/hr
Ratio of average speed to maximum speed= 50:90=5:9

Question 9
9 A car start from rest and acquire a velocity of 54 km/h in 2 sec. Find
(i) the acceleration
(ii) distance travelled by car assume motion of car is uniform?
Answer
Ans:
a) Acceleration is given by

a=vt
So a=7.5 m/s2
b) Distance is given by

S=ut+12at2 and can be calculated using the above formula.

Question 10
An object dropped from a cliff falls with a constant acceleration of 10 m/s 2. Find its
speed 5 s after it was dropped.
Answer
Ans:
V=u+at

u0
v=105=50m/s
Question 11
11 A ball is thrown upwards and it goes to the height 100 m and comes down
1) What is the net displacement?
2) What is the net distance?
Ans:Answer
As it comes down to the initial point
Net displacement is zero
Net distance=200 m

Practice questions on motion

Question 12
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 for 2 min at a speed of 7.5 km/h. find the average
speed of the car A in the race.
Question 13
Anand leaves his house at 8.30 a.m. for his school. The school is 2 km away and
classes start at 9.00 a.m. If he walks at a speed of 3 km/h for the first kilometer, at
what speed should he walk the second kilometer to reach just in time?
Question 14
An object moves along a straight line with an acceleration of 2 m/s 2. If its initial speed
is 10 m/s, what will be its speed 2 s later? Question 15
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. Question 16
A particle experiences constant acceleration for 20 seconds after starting from rest. If
it travels a distance D1 in the first 10 seconds and distance D2 in the next 10 seconds
then,
(a) D2 = D1
(b) D2 = 2D1
(c) D2 = 3D1
(d) D2 = 4D1

Conceptual Motion Problems and

Solution
Question 1. A object goes from point X to Y and then come back from Y to X. What is
the displacement and average velocity?
Ans:Answer

Displacement is zero as it come back to it initial point.

Now Average velocity is given Displacement/time. Since displacement is
zero, Average velocity is also zero
Question 2. Write down the difference between Scalars and Vectors?
Answer
Ans:
S.No Scalars
Vectors
1

It has magnitude only

It has magnitude and direction both

Example are
speed,time,mass,charge

Example are
velocity,displacement,acceleration,force

Question 3. Four Cyclist A,B,C ,D starts at the same point and at the same time and
move in a straight line to reach destination .They all move with uniform velocities.
They reach the destination in the following order

CABD
Answer the following questions
a. If the displacement-time graph is plotted for each cyclist, which will be having
highest slope
b. Arrange the cyclist in decreasing order of velocity
Answer
Ans:
Since C is fastest cyclist, it velocity is highest and Slope of displacement
time graph will be highest for him Velocity of cyclist in decreasing order

C>A>B>D
Question 4. What do you infer if ?
Distance time graph is straight line
2

Velocity time graph is curved

Displacement time is zig zag

Answer
Ans:
Distance time graph is straight line

Speed is constant

2 Velocity time graph is curved

Acceleration is not uniform

3 Displacement time is zig zag

Non uniform velocity

Question 5. What is the difference between Uniform Accelerated and Non Uniform
accelerated motion?
Answer
Ans:
S.No Uniformly accelerated
Non uniformly accelerated
1

A body is said to be in uniform acceleration

if it travels in a straight line and its velocity
increases or decreases by equal amounts in
equal intervals of time.

A body is said to be in non uniform

acceleration if the rate of change of its
velocity is not constant in equal intervals
of time

A car moving in a straight line. Some time

Motion under acceleration under gravity is
putting more pressure on the accelerator
perfect example for uniform accelerated
pedal is a perfect example of non uniform
motion
accelerated motion.
Following equations could be use here

v2=u2+2aS
3

v=u+at

No equation available

s=ut+12at2

Question 6. What happens to speed, velocity acceleration when an object moves in a

circle with uniform speed?
Answer
Ans:
Speed remains constant
Velocity magnitude remains constant, but direction changes continuously
Acceleration magnitude remains constant but direction changes
continuously
Question 7. When an object is thrown upwards, what is true of velocity and
acceleration at the highest point of motion of the object?
Answer
Ans:
Velocity becomes zero
Acceleration remains same as g
Question 8. True and False Statements
A) Displacement can be zero but distance never
B) Displacement magnitude can be greater than distance travelled by the object
C) Time is a vector quantity
D) If the velocity of the body decreases with time, the acceleration is negative
(retardation), and the motion is called decelerated motion
E) The area of the velocity time graph gives displacement of the body

F) Acceleration is a scalar quantity

G) Motion and rest are relative terms
I) an object can be moving with Uniform speed but variable acceleration
Answer
Ans:
A) True
B) True
C) False D) True
E) True
F) False
G) True
I) True
Question 9. Gave the formula for each
1

Relation between Initial, final velocity ,acceleration and displacement in a

uniformly accelerated straight line motion

2 Average velocity
3

Relation between Initial, final velocity ,acceleration and time in a uniformly

accelerated straight line motion

Relation between Initial velocity ,acceleration ,displacement and time in a

uniformly accelerated straight line motion

5 Average acceleration
6 Average speed
Answer
Ans:
1

Relation between Initial, final velocity ,acceleration and displacement in a

uniformly accelerated straight line motion

v2=u2+2
aS
v=Dt

2 Average velocity
3

Relation between Initial, final velocity ,acceleration and time in a uniformly

accelerated straight line motion

v=u+at

Relation between Initial velocity ,acceleration ,displacement and time in a

uniformly accelerated straight line motion

s=ut+12a
t2

5 Average acceleration

a=vt

6 Average speed

s=dt

Question 10. Difference between Speed and Velocity?

Answer
Ans:
Speed
Velocity
It is a Scalar quantity

It is a Vector Quantity

It is distance traveled by an object per

It is the displacement covered by an object per unit

Speed

Velocity

unit time

of time.

It component are Distance, time

Its component are Distance, time and direction of

motion

Average speed is given by Distance/time Average Velocity is given by Displacement/time