Questions
The motion of an ant on a floor along the edges is an example of translatory motion.
- True
- False
Smoke particles from a chimney exhibit :
- Random or irregular motion
- Circular motion only
- Linear motion only
- Rotational motion only
Name the type : A flying insect
- Random motion (Irregular motion)
- Circular motion
- Rolling motion
- Purely translation motion
Rectilinear motion is a motion that occurs in :
- Straight line
- Plane
- Both A and B
- None
The process of change in position of an object over time is called
- rest
- stationary
- motion
- none of the above
What we say when a body remains in one position for a long time?
- Motion
- Rest
- Stationary
- None of the above
Which type of motion of an object that moves in a straight line?
- Rectilinear motion
- Periodic motion
- Circular motion
- None of the above
What is common to the following?
Motion of the propeller of a flying helicopter, the minute hand of a watch, the tape of cassette recorder.
- All are example of translatory motion
- All are examples of oscillatory motion
- All are examples of rotatory motion
- All are examples of periodic motion
- Rolling
- Rotatory
- Both A and B
- Translational
Which type of motion of an object that moves at a fixed distance from a fixed point?
- Periodic motion
- Rectilinear motion
- Circular motion
- None of the above
If an object moves along a straight path it is said to be _______ or _______ motion. Fill in the blank.
- Linear
- one dimensional
- two dimensional
- both A and B
Which of the following is a type of motion?
- Circular
- Rectilinear
- Periodic
- All of the above
If a coin is tossed by a boy in a moving train and it falls behind him, then the motion of the train is
- Uniform
- Accelerated
- Retarded
- Along a circular track
A person, seated in a train under motion, is at rest with reference to :
- The train.
- A person watching him from the front seat.
- A car moving opposite to the train.
- Trees on the ground.
In a race, boy A sees another boy B overtaking him at a speed $v$. If they were running in opposite directions, speed of B as seen by A is
- $=v$
- $<v$
- $>v$
- $\geq v$
A police inspector in a jeep is chasing a pickpocket an a straight road. The jeep going at its maximum speed v (assumed uniform). The pickpocket rides on the motor-cycle of a waiting friend when the jeep is at a distance d away, and the motorcycle starts with a constant acceleration a. The pick pocket will be caught if
- $v\, \geq\, \sqrt{2ad}$
- $v^2\, \geq\, \sqrt{2ad}$
- $v\, \geq\, \sqrt{3ad}$
- $v\, \geq\, \sqrt{2ad^2}$