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  1. Rate of change of displacement is known as ________

  2. A.

     Acceleration

    B.

     Velocity

    C.

     Speed

    D.

     Distance


  3. When a ball is thrown vertically upwards, which of the following quantities remains constant during its motion?

  4. A.

     Energy

    B.

     Displacement

    C.

     Velocity

    D.

     Acceleration


  5. For a body moving with non-uniform velocity and uniform acceleration

  6. A.

     Displacement – Time graph is linear

    B.

     Displacement – Time graph is non-linear

    C.

     Velocity – Time graph is nonlinear

    D.

     Velocity – Time graph is linear


  7. A man standing on a edge of a cliff throws a stone vertically upwards with a certain speed. He then throws another stone downwards with the same speed. Find the ratio of the speeds of the two stones when they hit the ground.

  8. A.

     1 : 1

    B.

     1 : 2

    C.

     1 : 4

    D.

     Cannot be found from the given information.


  9. Scalar Quantities are

  10. A.

     Physical quantities which have magnitude only and no direction

    B.

     Physical quantities which have no magnitude only and only direction

    C.

     Physical quantities which have magnitude only and direction

    D.

     Physical quantities which have no magnitude and no direction


  11. Weight of a body is maximum at the:

  12. A.

     Equator

    B.

     Pole

    C.

     Subtropics

    D.

     Tropics


  13. When a body is accelerated, then the velocity will be also

  14. A.

     Increase

    B.

     Decrease

    C.

     Constant

    D.

     None of the above


  15. During ________ motion of an object along a straight line, the velocity remains constant with time.

  16. A.

     Linear

    B.

     Translational

    C.

     Uniform

    D.

     Equilibrium


  17. What does the slope of a velocity time graph represent?

  18. A.

     Acceleration

    B.

     Distance

    C.

     Speed

    D.

     Momentum


  19. The slope of a velocity-time graph represents

  20. A.

     Acceleration

    B.

     Displacement

    C.

     Distance

    D.

     Speed