Seth M R Jaipuriya School, Khalilabad
Class -XI
Physics MCQ( Motion)
1. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?
a) Displacement
b) Velocity
c) Acceleration
d) Speed
2. Which of the following quantities always has the same magnitude as its displacement?
a) Speed
b) Distance
c) Velocity
d) None of these
3. SI unit of velocity is:
a) km/h
b) m/s
c) m
d) m/s²
4. A body is said to be in motion when it changes its:
a) Mass
b) Shape
c) Position with time
d) Direction only
5. Which of the following can be negative?
a) Speed
b) Distance
c) Velocity
d) Time
6. Distance is a:
a) Vector quantity
b) Scalar quantity
c) Both
d) Neither
7. What does the slope of a distance-time graph indicate?
a) Acceleration
b) Speed
c) Distance
d) Displacement
8. If the velocity-time graph is a straight line, the acceleration is:
a) Increasing
b) Zero
c) Constant
d) Decreasing
9. A car moves with a uniform speed. Which quantity remains constant?
a) Acceleration
b) Displacement
c) Velocity
d) Distance
10. A body covers unequal distances in equal intervals of time. It is in:
a) Uniform motion
b) Rest
c) Uniform acceleration
d) Non-uniform motion
11. Which equation represents final velocity (v) in terms of initial velocity (u), acceleration
(a), and time (t)?
a) v = u + at
b) v = u - at
c) v = at
d) v = u + 2at
12. Equation for displacement (s) in terms of u, a, t:
a) s = ut + ½at²
b) s = u + at²
c) s = vt + ½at²
d) s = at + ½ut²
13. If a body is moving with uniform velocity, its acceleration is:
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Zero
d) Cannot be determined
14. In velocity-time graph, the area under the graph gives:
a) Acceleration
b) Distance
c) Displacement
d) Both b and c (if direction is considered)
15. Unit of acceleration is:
a) m/s
b) m
c) m/s²
d) km/h
16. When a car is slowing down, its acceleration is:
a) Zero
b) Positive
c) Negative
d) Infinite
17. A body starts from rest, the initial velocity u =
a) 1 m/s
b) 10 m/s
c) 0 m/s
d) Cannot be determined
18. A straight line parallel to time axis on a distance-time graph shows:
a) Uniform motion
b) Rest
c) Acceleration
d) Deceleration
19. Acceleration due to gravity is:
a) 8.9 m/s²
b) 10 m/s²
c) 9.8 m/s²
d) 9.2 m/s²
20. A car travels 100 km in 2 hours. Its speed is:
a) 25 km/h
b) 100 km/h
c) 50 km/h
d) 75 km/h
21. Which of the following is true for a body in uniform circular motion?
a) Speed is variable
b) Velocity is constant
c) Acceleration is zero
d) Speed is constant but velocity changes
22. A car moving at 20 m/s comes to rest in 5 seconds. What is the acceleration?
a) 2 m/s²
b) -4 m/s²
c) -2 m/s²
d) 5 m/s²
23. A stone thrown vertically upward reaches maximum height when:
a) Velocity becomes maximum
b) Acceleration becomes zero
c) Velocity becomes zero
d) Acceleration becomes maximum
24. Distance covered by a freely falling object in time t is:
a) gt
b) ½gt²
c) g²t
d) 2gt
25. What is the average velocity when a body moves in a circle and returns to its starting
point?
a) Zero
b) Equal to speed
c) Equal to displacement
d) Infinite
26. In which of the following scenarios is the motion uniform?
a) Car turning
b) Satellite revolving
c) A train at constant speed on a straight track
d) Pendulum swinging
27. Which of the following shows non-uniform motion?
a) Bus halting at stations
b) Train moving with constant speed
c) Car on straight road at fixed speed
d) Earth rotating at constant speed
28. The total path length travelled by a particle is called:
a) Velocity
b) Displacement
c) Distance
d) Acceleration
29. When is the average speed equal to average velocity?
a) When body is accelerating
b) When displacement is zero
c) When body moves in a straight line without turning
d) Always
30. A car accelerates from 10 m/s to 20 m/s in 5 seconds. Its acceleration is:
a) 2 m/s²
b) 5 m/s²
c) 10 m/s²
d) 3 m/s²
