Motion and Time Class 7 MCQs Questions with Answers

Choose the correct answer:

Question 1.
A bus travels 54 km in 90 minutes. The speed of the bus is
(a) 0.6 m/s
(b) 10 m/s
(c) 5.4 m/s
(d) 3.6 m/s

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Question 2.
If we denote speed by S, distance by D and time by T, the relationship between these
quantities is
(a) S = D T
(b) T = SD
(c) S = 1T × D
(d) S = TD
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Question 3.
Observe the figure given below:
The time period of a simple pendulum is the time taken by it to travel from
(a) A to B and back to A
(b) O to A, A to B and B to A
(c) B to A, A to B and B to O
(d) A to B

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Question 4.
Nearly all the clocks make use of
(a) straight line motion
(b) periodic motion
(c) random motion
(d) circular motion

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Question 5.
A simple pendulum takes 42 sec. to complete 20 oscillations. What is its time period?
(a) 2.1 s
(b) 4.2 s
(c) 21 s
(d) 8.40 s

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Question 6.
Time period of a simple pendulum depends upon its
(a) weight of bob
(b) length
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
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Question 7.
Which of the following cannot be used for measurement of time?
(a) A leaking tap
(b) Simple pendulum
(c) Shadow of an object during the day
(d) Blinking of eyes

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Question 8.
On which axis is dependent variable represented?
(a) x-axis
(b) y-axis
(c) On any axis
(d) Depends on the data

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Question 9.
The correct symbol to represent the speed of an object is:
(a) 5 m/s
(b) 5 mp
(c) 5 m/s-1
(d) 5 s/m

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Question 10.
Boojho walks to his school which is at a distance of 3 km from his home in 30 minutes.
On reaching he finds that the school is closed and comes back by a bicycle with his
friend and reaches home in 20 minutes. His average speed in km/h is
(a) 8.3
(b) 7.2
(c) 5
(d) 3.6

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Match the following:

Column A Column B

(a) Rotation period of

(i) Years
earth on its axis

(b) Time to complete 100

(ii) Hour
m race

(c) Gestation period in

(iii) Minute
humans

(iv) Days (d) Age of a person

(v) Second (e) In scientific research

(vi) Month (f) Age of stars

 (g) Time to reach your
(vii) Microseconds
school

(h) Train reaches from

one city to other

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Fill in the blanks:

1. The distance covered by an object in a ………………… is called its speed.

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2. Time between one sunrise and the next sunrise was called a …………………

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3. In a simple pendulum, the metallic ball suspended by thread is called its …………………

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4. Time period of a pendulum depends on its …………………

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5. The symbols of all units are written in …………………

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6. A ………………… is one billionth of a second.

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7. Motion of objects can be presented in pictorial form by their ………………… graph.

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8. The distance-time graph for the motion of an object moving with a constant speed is
a …………………

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Choose the true and false statements from the following:

1. Faster vehicle has a higher speed.

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2. All the clocks make use of some periodic motion.

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3. The basic unit of speed is km/h.

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4. The symbols of all units are written in singular.

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5. The basic unit of time is second.

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6. Age of a person is expressed in days.

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7. The distance-time graph of standing vehicle is a straight line parallel to x-axis.

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8. Periodic events are used for the measurement of time.

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