Case Study and Passage Based Questions for Class 9 Science Chapter 8 Motion

Case Study/Passage Based Questions:

Question 1:

Read the following paragraph and any four questions from (i) to (v).

Distance is the length of the actual path covered by an object, irrespective of its direction of motion. Displacement is the shortest distance between the initial and final positions of an object in a given direction.
Distance is a scalar quantity. Displacement is a vector quantity. Distance covered can never be negative. It is always positive or zero. Displacement may be positive, negative or zero.

(i) ______________ is the actual path covered by an object.
(a) Speed
(b) Motion
(c) Velocity
(d) Distance

Answer

Answer: (d) Distance

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(ii) _______________ is the shortest distance between the initial and final positions of an object.
(a) Displacement
(b) Acceleration
(c) Distance
(d) Motion

Answer

Answer: Displacement

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(iii) Which of the following is a scalar quantity?
(a) Displacement
(b) Distance
(c) Velocity
(d) Acceleration

Answer

Answer: (b) Distance

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(iv) Distance covered ____________
(a) can never be negative.
(b) can never be positive.
(c) can never be zero.
(d) can be positive or negative.

Answer

Answer: (a) can never be negative.

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(v) Which of the following is vector quantity?
(a) Displacement
(b) Velocity
(c) Acceleration
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

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