Motion and Time

This is an interactive quiz on the topic Motion and Time.

It includes the topics time and distance calculations, types of motion, speed.

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A bus travel 54 km in 90 minutes. The speed of the bus is:

0.6 m/s

10 m/s[C]

5.4 m/s

3.6 m/s

A sprinter or a fast runner attains a maximum speed of 10 meter per second. What we will be his speed in kilometer per hour?

36 km/h

46 km/h

76 km/h

60 km/h

Which of the following cannot be used for the measurement of time?

A leaking tap

Simple pendulum

Shadow of an object during the day

Blinking of eyes

The instrument installed in a car for measuring the distance travelled by the car is called.

Barometer

Speedometer

Anemometer

Odometer

The measurement of small-time intervals became possible with the development of:

Sand clock

Sundial

Pendulum clock

Water clock

The speed of a car is 40 km/h. What is time taken to reach from one city to another city if the distance between the two cities is 480 km:

10 hours

11 hours

14 hours

12 hours

The standard unit of time is:

Hour

Minute

Second

All of these

The clock used now a days are:

Quartz

Minute

Second

All of these

When weight of bob in a pendulum is increased then the oscillation period of a pendulum is:

Increased

No change

Decreased

Can’t say

The standard unit of mass is:

‘kg’

mg

g

None of these

Nearly all the clocks make use of

Straight line motion

Periodic motion

Random motion

Circular motion

A simple pendulum takes 42 sec. to complete 20 oscillations. What is its time period?

2.1 s

4.2 s

21 s

8.40 s

Time period of a simple pendulum depends upon its

Weight of bob

Length

Both (a) and (b)

None of these

On which axis is dependent variable represented?

x-axis

y-axis

On any axis

Depends on the data

The correct symbol to represent the speed of an object is:

5 m/s

5 mp

5 m/s-1

5 s/m

A horse pulling a cart has:

linear motion

SHM

oscillatory motion

none of these

The meter that is used to measure speed of a vehicle is ( )

Speedometer

Odometer

Anemometer

Thermometer

An ancient Time measuring device SUNDIAL at JantarMantar is in ( )

Ahmedabad

Bombay

Delhi

Lucknow

If the speed of an object along a straight line keeps changing, its motion is said to be

Uniform motion

Non-uniform motion

Linear motion

None of these

A simple pendulum is an example of:

Periodic motion

Circular motion

Linear motion

None of these

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Motion and Time
Questions: 20
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