1. A string passes over a smooth pulley and carries a 2 kg mass at one end and a 3kg mass at the other.

The acceleration of the masses is :

(a) 1.96 m/s2 (b) 4.9 m/s2 (c) 19.6m/s2(d ) 49m/s2

2. A string passes over a smooth pulley and carries a mass m 1 at one end and another mass m2 at the
other. If m1 is 3 times m2. Then acceleration of the masses is:

(a) 1/4 g (b) 1/2g (c) g (d) 2g

3. Acceleration is a physical quantity that can be specified completely by:

(a) Both magnitude and direction (b) Only magnitude.(c) Only direction (c) None of the above

4. The shortest distance between two points in a specific direction is called:

(a) Distance (b) Acceleration (c) Speed (d) Displacement.

5. Change in velocity per unit time is equal:

(a) Distance/time (b) Displacement/time (c) acceleration (d) Force/mass.

6. Inertia of a body is measured in terms of:

(a) Its weight (b) Its applied force (c) Its reaction. (d) Its mass.

7. A train is brought to a sudden stop its:

(a) Acceleration is reduce to zero (b) Velocity is reduced to zero (c) Average acceleration is reduce to
zero (d) None of these.

8. A body moving with constant velocity be:

(a) Changing its direction of motion (b)I equilibrium (c) Accelerating (d) Travelling in a circle.

9. When a body is moving at constant speed its average speed is equal to :

(a) Thrice its speed (b) Twice its speed (c) Half of that its speed (d) Its speed.

10. A body falling freely under the action of gravity has:

(a) Minimum weight (b) Maximum weight (c) No weight (d) Variable weight.

11. The acceleration due to gravity in a falling body is due to:

(a) Its motion (b) Pull of the moon. (c) Pull of the earth. (d) Pull of the sun.

12. A boy sitting in train moving at a constant velocity throw a ball straight up into the air the ball will
drop:
(a) Behind him (b) In front of him (c) In his hand.(d) Beside him

13. To every action force there is an equal and opposite reaction force, these forces:

(a) Are always occur (b) Are independent of one another (c) Act in the same direction.(d) Supplement
each other.

14. If the speed of particle A is twice that of particle B the distance particle B travels in a given interval of
time as compared to particle A is:

(a) Twice as far (b) Half as far (c) The same (d) Four times as far

15. A body moving with velocity V can be stopped by a force F in distance X. Same body moving with
velocity 2V can be stopped by a force 2F in a distance equal to:

(a) X (b) 2X (c) 4X (d) X/2

16. A body throws in air remains in the air for 10 sec, its initial velocity was:

(a) 49 m/s (b) 9.8 m/s (c) 98 m/s (d) 490 m/s

17. A ball thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 25m/s, will attain a height of approximately:

(a) 20 m (b) 30cm (d) 31.25 m (d) 5.83km

18. A train covers the first half of the distance between stations at a speed of 40km/h and the other half
at 60km/h The average velocity :

(a) 50km/h (b) 48km/h (c) 52 km/h (d) 100 km/h

19. How many meters a 5kg ball starting from rest fall freely in 1 sec?

(a) 9.8m (b) 4.9m (c) 19.6m (d) 2m

20. The body is initially at rest it starts with an acceleration of 5 m/s 2 is 10 sec, the total distance covered
by it is.

(a) 50m (b)500m (c)250m (d) 300 m

21. A stone dropped from a tower takes 5 seconds to reach the ground its velocity at the ground is:

(a) 49 m/s (b) 160ft/s (c) 9.8 m/s (d) A and B have the same meaning

22. What is the average velocity of a car which covers a distance of 30 miles in 0.5 hours:

(a) 15mph (b) 30mph (c)45 mph (d)60mph

23. If the resultant force on an object is zero the object will move with:
(a) Constant speed (b) Constant velocity (c) constant deceleration (d) Variable deceleration.

24. Walking on the ground is an example of :

(a) Friction (b) Third law of motion (c) Motion (d) Torque

25. In bicycles etc. sliding friction is converted into rolling friction with the help of:

(a) Wheels(b) Inclined planes (c) Grease (d) Ball bearings

26. If there is no external force applied to a system, then the total momentum of that system:

(a) Turn to zero (b) Remains constant(c) Is maximum (d) Is minimum.

27. Two balls collide at the same temperature which one of the following is conserved:

(a) Velocity (b) Momentum (c) Kinetic energy (d) All of these

28. The impulse of a force during the interaction of two bodies can be calculated as the product of:

(a) Force and distance (b) Force and mass (c) Force and time (d) Mass and acceleration

29. If two bodies of equal mass collide elastically then.

(a) Their velocities are added to each other (b) Their velocities are subtracted (c) their velocities do not
change (d) They exchange their velocities

30. It is difficult to stop a body moving with a greater velocity than another body which is moving with a
lesser velocity, this is due to its:

(a) Mass (b) Velocity (c) Acceleration (d) Momentum

31. A light body collides with a large mass at rest, it bounces off at rest, it bounces off at the velocity
__________ initial velocity.

(a) Equal (b) More than (c) Less than (d) None of these.

32. If the rate of change of momentum with respect to time is zero, then :

(a) The momentum is a function of time (b) The momentum is not conserved(c) The momentum is
constant (d) Some force acts.

33. A hammer is used to drive a nail into a piece of wood . the change in momentum of the may be
equated to be the:

(a) Acceleration (b) Force (c) Impulse (d) Change in K.E

34. If linear momentum of a particle in doubled, its kinetic energy will:

(a) Be doubled (b) Be halved (c) Be quadrupled (d) Remains unchanged.

35. A collision in which momentum conserved but K.E is not conserved is called:

(a) Elastic collision (b Inelastic collision (c) Both A and B (d) Either A or B

36. When a very massive body collides with a stationary body having very little mass, the velocity of the
lighter body after collision will be:

(a) Equal to the velocity of massive body (b) Greater than velocity of massive body (c) Less than velocity
of massive body (d) None of the above

37. In an elastic collision b/w a very massive body at rest and a lighter body of very high velocity, the
velocity of lighter body after collision.

(a) Decreases (b) Remains same (c) Is same in magnitude but opposite in direction (d) First increases
then decrease

38. Momentum of moving mass is amount of:

(a) Energy possessed by a body (b) Inertia possessed by a body (c)Work possessed by a body (d) Motion
possessed by a body

39. Impulse of a force is a ______ quantity.

(a) Vector (b) Scalar (c) Chemical (d) None of these

40 .Acceleration of an object down an inclined plane which is frictionless is independent of

(a) Angle (b) Mass (c) gravity (d) None of these

Answer key test_3_motion

1.A
2.B
3.A
4.D
5.C
6.D
7.B
8.B
9.D
10. C
11. C
12. C
13. A
14. B
15. B
16. C
17. C
18. B
19. A
20. C
21. A
22. D
23. a/b
24. A
25. D
26. B
27. D
28. C
29. D
30. D
31. A
32. C
33. B
34. C
35. B
36. B
37. C
38. D
39. A
40. B