Topic: Motion

1. A boy stops after travelling 3 km towards east and then goes 4 km towards north along a plane
road. The resultant displacement of the boy is

(a) 7 km (b) 4 km

(c) 5 km (d) 15 km

2. A man goes 10m towards North, and then 20m towards east then displacement is
(a) 22.5m (b) 25m
(c) 25.5m (d) 30m
3. A body moves from one corner of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm to the same corner along
the sides. Then the distance and displacement are respectively
(a) 30 cm & 10 cm (b) 30 cm & 0 cm
(c) 0 cm & 30 cm (d) 30 cm & 30 cm.
4. A man has to go 50 m due north, 40 m due east and 20 m due south to reach a field.
(a) What distance he has to walk to reach the field?
(b) What is his displacement from his house to the field?
5. A hall has the dimensions 10 m × 10 m × 10 m. A fly starting at one corner ends up at a diagonally
opposite corner. The magnitude of its displacement is nearly
(a) (b)

(c) (d)
6. The IIT conference theatre of a school is 15 m wide and has a door at a corner. A teacher enters at
8.00 A.M through the door and makes 10 rounds along the 15m wall back and forth during the
period and finally leaves the class-room at 9.30 A.M through the same door. Then
(a) his average speed is (5/3) m/min (b) his average velocity is (5/3) m/sec
(c) his average speed is (5/3) m/sec (d) his average velocity is zero.
7. One car moving on a straight road covers one third of the distance with 20 km/hr and the rest with
60 km/hr. The average speed is
 (a) 40 km/hr (b) 80 km/hr

(c) (d) 36 km/hr

8. A bus travelling the first one-third distance at a speed of 10 km/h, the next one fourth at 20km/h
and the remaining at 40 km/h. The average speed of the bus is nearly.
(a) 9 km/hr (b) 16 km/hr
(c) 18 km/hr (d) 48 km/hr
9. A bus covers a distance of 250 km from Delhi to Jaipur towards west in 5 hours in the morning
and returns to Delhi in the evening covering the same distance of 250 km in the same time of 5
hours. Find the magnitude of average velocity of the bus for the whole journey.
(a) zero (b) 100km/hr
(c) 50 km/h (d) 25 km/h
10. When a person leaves his home for sight-seeing by his car, the meter reads 12352 km. When he
returns home after two hours the reading is 12416 km. The average speed and average velocity of
the car during this period is
(a) 12 km/hr, zero (b) 40 km/hr, zero
(c) 32 km/hr, zero (d) 48 km/hr, zero
Topic: Motion Solution

1. A boy stops after travelling 3 km towards east and then goes 4 km towards north along a plane
road. The resultant displacement of the boy is

(a) 7 km (b) 4 km

(c) 5 km (d) 15 km

Sol. (c)

2. A man goes 10m towards North, and then 20m towards east then displacement is
(a) 22.5m (b) 25m
(c) 25.5m (d) 30m
Sol. (a)
  22.5 m
3. A body moves from one corner of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm to the same corner along
the sides. Then the distance and displacement are respectively
(a) 30 cm & 10 cm (b) 30 cm & 0 cm
(c) 0 cm & 30 cm (d) 30 cm & 30 cm.
Sol. (b)

Distance = 10 + 10 + 10 = 30 m
Displacement = 0
4. A man has to go 50 m due north, 40 m due east and 20 m due south to reach a field.
(a) What distance he has to walk to reach the field?
(b) What is his displacement from his house to the field?
Ans. (a) 110 m (b) 50 m,tan–1 north to east
Sol.
 Distance = 50 + 40 + 20 = 110 m

Displacement = = 50 m

5. A hall has the dimensions 10 m × 10 m × 10 m. A fly starting at one corner ends up at a diagonally
opposite corner. The magnitude of its displacement is nearly
(a) (b)

(c) (d)
Sol. (b)

6. The IIT conference theatre of a school is 15 m wide and has a door at a corner. A teacher enters at
8.00 A.M through the door and makes 10 rounds along the 15m wall back and forth during the
period and finally leaves the classroom at 9.30 A.M through the same door. Then
(a) his average speed is (5/3) m/min (b) his average velocity is (5/3) m/sec
(c) his average speed is (5/3) m/sec (d) his average velocity is zero.
Sol. (a, d)
15 rounds back and forth leads 150 km distance travelled in 90 minutes.

 speed avg =
 Net displacement = 0
 avg velocity in also zero.
7. One car moving on a straight road covers one third of the distance with 20 km/hr and the rest with
60 km/hr. The average speed is
(a) 40 km/hr (b) 80 km/hr

(c) (d) 36 km/hr

Sol. (d)

= 36 km/hr

8. A bus travelling the first one-third distance at a speed of 10 km/h, the next one fourth at 20km/h
and the remaining at 40 km/h. The average speed of the bus is nearly.
(a) 9 km/hr (b) 16 km/hr
(c) 18 km/hr (d) 48 km/hr
Sol. (c)
Suppose distance is 12 km for easy calculation

Solving it gives approximate 18 km/h as answer.

9. A bus covers a distance of 250 km from Delhi to Jaipur towards west in 5 hours in the morning
and returns to Delhi in the evening covering the same distance of 250 km in the same time of 5
hours. Find the magnitude of average velocity of the bus for the whole journey.
(a) zero (b) 100km/hr
(c) 50 km/h (d) 25 km/h
Sol. (a)
Total or net displacement for return journey is zero. So average velocity for return journey is zero.
10. When a person leaves his home for sight-seeing by his car, the meter reads 12352 km. When he
returns home after two hours the reading is 12416 km. The average speed and average velocity of
the car during this period is
(a) 12 km/hr, zero (b) 40 km/hr, zero
(c) 32 km/hr, zero (d) 48 km/hr, zero
Sol. (c)

Velocity avg = zero as net displacement is zero.