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1. The speed of a body moving along a straight path changes 5m/s to 10m/s in 5s. Find the
acceleration of the body.
1) 0.5m/s2 2) 1m/s2 3) 1.5m/s2 4) 2m/s2
2. The speed of a body moving along a straight path decreases from 10m/s to 5m/s in 2s. Find the
deceleration.
1) 1.5m/s2 2) 2m/s2 3) 2.5m/s2 4) 3.5m/s2
3. A vehicle is moving on a straight level road with a constant speed 10m/s. Due to application of
brakes, it comes to rest in 5s. Find the deceleration.
1) 8m/s2 2) 6m/s2 3) 4m/s2 4) 2m/s2
4. An athlete takes 2.0 s to reach his maximum speed of 18.0 km/h. What is the magnitude of his
average acceleration ?
1) 0.5 m/s2 2) 2.5 m/s2 3) 2 m/s2 4) 1.5 m/s2
5. Two racing cars acquire velocities 18 kmph and 36 kmph in 0.5s. If they are accelerated
uniformly from rest, find their accelerations.
1) 18m/s2, 36m/s2 2) 36m/s2, 72m/s2 3) 10m/s2, 20m/s2 4) 15m/s2, 30m/s2
6. Find the acceleration (m/s2) of Cheetah if it acquires the velocity of 135 kmph with in 2s after the
start.
1) 25/4 2) 35/4 3) 55/4 4) 75/4
7. An Ostrich can acquire a velocity of 144 kmph in 2 s while a Leopard can acquire a velocity of
108 kmph in 3 s. Find the ratio of their accelerations.
1) 2:1 2) 2:3 3) 4:1 4) 4:3
8. A car moving with a velocity of 30 m/s is subjected to uniform retardation of 3m/s 2. The time
taken by the car to come to rest is ______
1) 5 s 2) 10 s 3) 15 s 4) 20 s

9. A bus is moving with a constant speed of 75 kmph. The driver observes the red signal and applies
the brakes. If the speed of the bus reduces uniformly to 21 kmph in 3s find the retardation
produced in the bus.
1) 3m/s2 2) 4m/s2 3) 5m/s2 4) 6m/s2

10. A car traveling at 20m/s takes a U-turn in 20s without changing its +20m/s
speed. What is the average acceleration of the car? 
1) -2m/s2 2) -1m/s2 20s
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3) 4m/s 4) 8m/s2 -20m/s

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# When a body moves with constant velocity then displacement = velocity X time
# When a body moves with non-uniform velocity then Displacement = average velocity X time
1. The speed of a body which is moving with constant acceleration changes from 5m/s to 15m/s in
5s. Find the displacement of the body.
1) 50m 2) 100m 3) 150m 4) 200m
2. A body moving with acceleration covers a displacement of 5m in 2s. Find the velocity after 2s if
its initial velocity is 1m/s.
1) 2m/s 2) 3m/s 3) 4m/s 4) 5m/s
3. A uniformly accelerated car is found to possess the velocities 12.5 m/s and 135 kmph at two
different places in its path. If the car takes 10 min to travel between these places, find the distance
between them.
1) 25km 2) 30km 3) 5km 4) 15km
4. A cyclist moving with an initial velocity of 4 m/s is uniformly accelerated at 3 m/s 2. Find the
distance travelled by the cyclist in 6s.
1) 78m 2) 58m 3) 38m 4) 98m
5. A racing car starts from rest & moves with constant acceleration. If it crosses the end point of 1 st
Lap after 160 min, with a velocity of 180 kmph then find length of the Lap.
1) 120km 2) 240km 3) 360km 4) 480km
6. An express train starts from one station. After 40 min it crosses a small station which is at a
distance of 30 km. Find the velocity of train (in m/s) when it crosses the station. (Assume the train
accelerates uniformly and has no scheduled halt at the small station)
1) 90m/s 2) 45m/s 3) 25m/s 4) 50m/s
7. The brakes of an automobile can produce a constant deceleration 2m/s2. After application of
brakes the vehicle comes to rest in 9s. Find the stopping distance.
1) 27m 2) 45m 3) 63m 4) 81m
8. The brakes of an automobile can produce a constant deceleration 3m/s 2. Find the maximum
distance travelled after application of brakes if it comes to rest in 6s.
1) 54m 2) 45m 3) 36m 4) 27m
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9. A particle having a velocity of 4 m/s is accelerated at the rate of 1.2 m/s for 7 s. Find the distance
travelled during the period of acceleration.
1) 87.4m 2) 57.4m 3) 37.4m 4) 27.4m
10. A person travelling at 43.2 kmph applies brakes giving a deceleration of 4 m/s 2 to his car. Find
the distance travelled by the car before it comes to rest.
1) 12m 2) 16m 3) 18m 4) 20m
11. Due to application of brakes which produce a uniform deceleration of 4 m/s2 a car comes to rest
in 50m. The initial speed of the car is ________.
1) 5m/s 2) 10m/s 3) 15m/s 4) 20m/s
12. A bullet moving at 35m/s penetrates 2.8m in a wooden plank and comes to rest. Assuming
uniform retardation, find the time of penetration of the bullet.
1) 0.16 s 2) 1.6 s 3) 0.08 s 4) 0.8 s
13. From the top of our school building a boy drops a marble. It falls on a heap of sand and comes to
rest after travelling a distance of 135 cm in 0.15 s. Find the velocity of marble at the time of
striking the sand heap.
1) 15m/s 2) 18m/s 3) 12m/s 4) 21m/s
14. A uniformly accelerated bus passes over a straight bridge of length 4.2 km. With what velocity
should the bus enter the bridge in order to leave the bridge with a velocity of 29 m/s in 4 min?
1) 2m/s 2) 4m/s 3) 6m/s 4) 8m/s
15. A car travelling at 15m/s comes to rest due to application of brakes that produce a deceleration of
5 m/s2. The stopping distance is ___________.
1) 1.5m 2) 45m 3) 13.5m 4) 22.5m
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