50 MCQs on Motion – Class 9 CBSE (No Answers)**
**_Lower Order (Recall/Basic Understanding)_**
1. What is the SI unit of speed?
a) m/s b) km/h c) mph d) cm/s
2. Which quantity measures the total path covered?
a) Displacement b) Distance c) Velocity d) Acceleration
3. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?
a) Displacement b) Velocity c) Speed d) Acceleration
4. The slope of a distance-time graph gives:
a) Speed b) Acceleration c) Displacement d) Momentum
5. Which is NOT a type of motion?
a) Circular b) Rectilinear c) Irregular d) Rotational
6. Uniform motion means:
a) Equal distances in equal time b) Increasing speed c) Decreasing
speed d) Variable direction
7. Acceleration’s SI unit is:
a) m/s b) m/s² c) km/h d) m²/s
8. What does 'u' denote in the equation $$ v = u + at $$?
a) Initial speed b) Final speed c) Displacement d) Acceleration
9. An object at rest has:
a) Zero speed b) Positive speed c) Negative acceleration d) Constant
velocity
10. What does the area under a velocity-time graph represent?
a) Displacement b) Acceleration c) Distance d) Speed
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**_Intermediate Order (Understanding/Reasoning)_**
11. Which of these can be zero even when velocity is not zero?
a) Speed b) Displacement c) Acceleration d) Distance
12. In a circular path, after half a revolution, the displacement is:
a) 2πr b) πr c) 2r d) Zero
13. Motion of the hands of a clock is:
a) Linear b) Rotational c) Rectilinear d) Random
14. An object travels 30m north, then 30m south. Its displacement is:
a) 30m b) 60m c) 0m d) 15m
15. When velocity decreases with time, acceleration is:
a) Zero b) Positive c) Negative d) Constant
16. A straight horizontal line in a distance-time graph shows:
a) No motion b) Uniform motion c) Non-uniform motion d) Accelerated
motion
17. Average speed is:
a) Total distance ÷ total time b) Total displacement ÷ total time c)
Change in velocity ÷ time d) Initial velocity ÷ time
18. A steep slope on a distance-time graph means:
a) Faster motion b) Slower motion c) No motion d) Acceleration
19. If a car travels 80km in 2hr, its average speed is:
a) 40km/h b) 80km/h c) 160km/h d) 20km/h
20. When is distance equal to displacement?
a) Always b) Straight line motion without change in direction c) Circular
motion d) Never
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**_Higher Order / Tricky_**
21. Velocity can be:
a) Positive b) Negative c) Both d) Neither
22. A car moves east for 10km, then north for 10km. The displacement is:
a) 20km b) 10km c) 14.14km d) 0km
23. If two objects start together with different speeds, their separation is
minimum:
a) When speeds equal b) At start c) Never d) At end
24. If acceleration is always perpendicular to velocity, motion is:
a) Linear b) Circular c) Parabolic d) Rotational
25. A body starts from rest with acceleration. Graph shape in distance-time
plot:
a) Linear b) Parabolic c) Flat d) Horizontal
26. Acceleration due to gravity is always:
a) Zero b) Positive c) Negative d) Depends on direction
27. Velocity-time graph for uniform motion:
a) Straight parallel to time axis b) Parabolic c) Horizontal d) Vertical
28. Motion with constant acceleration means:
a) Speed constant b) Acceleration zero c) Velocity changes at constant
rate d) Fixed position
29. If displacement = 0, distance is:
a) Always zero b) May be non-zero c) Negative d) Both zero
30. Velocity at a point on circular path is:
a) Tangential b) Radial c) Toward center d) Away from center
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**_Tricky / Analysis Based_**
31. Distance-time graph for body at rest:
a) Vertical b) Horizontal c) Parabolic d) Steep slope
32. Object changes direction but covers equal distances in equal time —
motion is:
a) Uniform b) Non-uniform c) Circular d) Accelerated
33. If acceleration is negative, speed:
a) Increases b) Same c) Decreases d) Negative
34. Magnitude of velocity and speed are equal when:
a) Straight line, no direction change b) Circular motion c) Parabolic
motion d) Zigzag motion
35. Uniform acceleration motion graph:
a) Sloping straight line velocity-time b) Parabolic velocity-time c)
Horizontal distance-time d) Steep slope distance-time
36. For non-uniform motion:
a) Equal distances equal time b) Unequal distances equal time c) No
speed change d) Constant velocity
37. In circular motion, velocity:
a) Constant b) Changes direction continuously c) Always zero d) Always
increasing
38. Rate of change of velocity measured per time interval is:
a) Acceleration b) Displacement c) Distance d) Speed
39. Equal distances in equal time but changing direction — displacement:
a) Increases b) Decreases c) May be zero d) Same as distance
40. Minimum distance between start and end is:
a) Displacement b) Distance c) Path length d) Velocity
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**_Advanced / Challenging_**
41. Curved distance-time graph indicates:
a) Uniform motion b) Non-uniform c) Accelerated d) Retarded
42. Velocity-time graph sloping upward means:
a) Increasing velocity b) Decreasing c) Constant d) Oscillating
43. With constant nonzero acceleration, displacement-time graph is:
a) Straight line b) Parabola c) Horizontal d) Step curve
44. A ball thrown up returns after 5s, total displacement is:
a) Zero b) Max height c) Twice height d) Speed × time
45. Displacement and distance — always true:
a) Distance ≥ displacement b) Distance ≤ displacement c) Distance =
displacement d) Distance < displacement
46. Instantaneous speed = average speed only if:
a) Speed constant b) Acceleration zero c) Motion non-uniform d)
Displacement zero
47. Freely falling object velocity-time graph:
a) Steep straight line through origin b) Horizontal c) Parabola d)
Constant slope from start
48. Speed-time graph sloping down curve shows:
a) Increasing speed b) Decreasing c) Constant d) Zero
49. In circular motion, acceleration is directed:
a) Tangent b) Away from center c) Toward center d) Along radius
50. Change in velocity can be caused by:
a) Change in speed only b) Change in direction only c) Either speed or
direction d) No change
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