Practice MCQs For Speed, Velocity & Acceleration

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1. A car accelerates uniformly from $5 \text{ m s}^{-1}$ to $13 \text{ m s}^{-1}$ in 4.0 seconds. What is the acceleration of the car in $\text{m s}^{-2}$?

0.5

2.00

1.25

0.8

2. A car, with an initial speed of $3 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $ accelerates at a rate of $0 \, \text{m s}^{-2}$ for 10 seconds. What is the speed of the car after the 10 seconds?

$30 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $

$0 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $

$3 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $

$13 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $

3. The graph below shows the movement of a car over a period of 50 seconds.

What was the distance travelled by the car during the time when it was moving at a steady speed?

200 m

100 m

10 m

400 m

4. The diagram below shows a speed-time graph of a vehicle. Determine its distance traveled and its acceleration at the 5th, 11th and 19th second.

50, 60 and 80 m 10, 10 and $1.25 \, \text{m}/\text{s}^{2}$

25, 60 and 40 m 2, 0 and $-1.25 \, \text{m}/\text{s}^{2}$

50, 60 and 40 m 2, 10 and $-1.25 \, \text{m}/\text{s}^{2}$

25, 60 and 40 m -2, 0 and $-1.25 \, \text{m}/\text{s}^{2}$

5. A ticker tape timer produces 50 dots on a tape in 1 second. Below is a portion of the tape:

 

How long was the time taken to produce the above strip?

0.02 seconds

0.20 seconds

0.22 seconds

1 second

6. A ball is thrown downwards at a velocity of 8 m/s and bounces upwards. Which of the following is its velocity-time graph?

[Assume no air resistance or energy lost and take downwards motion as positive direction]

 

4) None of the above

 

1)

3)

2)

4)

7. A car travels 9 km southwards, followed by 5 km eastwards. What is the magnitude of its distance and displacement?

Distance: 14 km Displacement: 10.3 km

Distance: 4 km Displacement: 14 km

Distance: 14 km Displacement: 4 km

Distance: 14 km Displacement: 14 km

8. A ball is thrown vertically upwards at an initial speed of $23 \, \text{m s}^{-1} $. What is the distance traveled by the ball 3 seconds after it was thrown?

24 m

50 m

55 m

29 m

9. A ball is thrown vertically upwards. It lands on the top of a cliff after attaining a maximum height of 100 m in 7 s. What is the height of the cliff if the ball reaches the top of the cliff after 9 s? What is the height of the cliff? $ \left( g = 10 \, \text{m s}^{ - 2} \right)$

80 m

60 m

90 m

70 m

10. A car travels 9 km southwards, followed by 5 km eastwards. What is its southward displacement?

14 km

4 km

5 km

9 km

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