Class 9 – Science (Physics)
Chapter: Motion
Maximum Marks: 100
Time: 3 Hours
General Instructions:
1. All questions are compulsory.
2. Draw neat and labeled diagrams wherever necessary.
3. Use SI units only.
4. Show all steps in numerical problems.
Section A – Very Short Answer Questions (1 Mark × 10 = 10 Marks)
1. Define motion.
2. What is the SI unit of velocity?
3. A car covers 100 m in 20 seconds. What is its average speed?
4. Write the SI unit of acceleration.
5. Define uniform motion.
6. A car is moving with uniform velocity. What is its acceleration?
7. What does the slope of a distance-time graph represent?
8. Name the physical quantity measured by the area under velocity-time
graph.
9. Write one difference between speed and velocity.
10. What type of motion is shown by the second hand of a clock?
Section B – Short Answer Questions-I (2 Marks × 10 = 20 Marks)
11. A body travels 10 m in 2 s and 20 m in next 3 s. What is the average
speed?
12. Draw a velocity-time graph for an object moving with uniform
acceleration.
13. A train accelerates uniformly from 20 m/s to 40 m/s in 5 s. Find
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14. Explain the difference between scalar and vector quantities with one
example each.
15. Can an object be at rest and in motion at the same time? Explain with an
example.
16. Give two examples of non-uniform motion.
17. Write the equations of motion. Name each physical quantity in them.
18. A car moves with a velocity of 30 km/h for 1/2 hour and 60 km/h for next
1/2 hour. What is average speed?
19. A body is thrown vertically upward with a velocity of 20 m/s. How much
time will it take to reach the highest point?
20. What is the difference between displacement and distance?
Section C – Short Answer Questions-II (3 Marks × 10 = 30 Marks)
21. Derive the first equation of motion using graphical method.
22. A particle travels along a straight line, first 30 m in 2 seconds and next
60 m in 3 seconds. Find the average speed.
23. A car starts from rest and accelerates at 4 m/s². Find the distance
covered in 5 seconds.
24. Explain the three types of motion with examples.
25. What do you understand by retardation? Give two examples.
26. An object moves with uniform acceleration. The velocity after 5 seconds
is 25 m/s. If initial velocity is 5 m/s, find the acceleration and distance
covered.
27. Draw distance-time graphs for: a) Object at rest
b) Object moving with uniform speed
c) Object moving with non-uniform speed
28. Write three differences between uniform motion and non-uniform motion.
29. A train starts from rest and attains a velocity of 72 km/h in 5 minutes.
Find the acceleration.
30. A ball thrown upwards reaches a height of 20 m. Calculate the time taken
to reach the highest point and the velocity with which it was thrown. (g = 9.8
m/s²)
Section D – Long Answer Questions (4 Marks × 5 = 20 Marks)
31. A vehicle moves in a circular path with constant speed. Is it in motion? Is
it accelerating? Why?
32. A bus accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 20 m/s in 10 seconds.
Find the acceleration and distance covered by the bus in this time. Also draw
the v-t graph.
33. Derive the third equation of motion using algebraic method.
34. A stone is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 15 m/s. Calculate:
a) Maximum height reached
b) Total time taken to reach ground
(Take g = 9.8 m/s²)
35. Draw a velocity-time graph for an object moving with non-uniform
acceleration. Explain how to find distance covered from the graph
Section E – Very Long Answer Questions (5 Marks × 4 = 20 Marks)
36. Define acceleration. Derive the second equation of motion using
graphical method.
37. A train starting from rest attains a velocity of 72 km/h in 5 minutes. If
acceleration is uniform, find: a) The acceleration
b) The distance traveled in this time
c) The velocity in m/s
d) Time taken to reach 36 km/h
e) Graph the motion
38. Explain with diagrams the differences between distance-time and
velocity-time graphs for: a) Uniform motion
b) Accelerated motion
c) Retarded motion
39. A body falls freely from rest from a height of 80 m. Calculate: a) Time
taken to reach ground
b) Velocity just before hitting the ground
c) Total distance covered in last second of motion
d) Acceleration during fall
e) Graphical representation of motion
