This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Science > Physics Part I > Class 11 Physics (Part I) Chapter 2 Kinematics – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Physics (Part I) Chapter 2 Kinematics Quiz 15 (56 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A car uniformly accelerates from rest at 3.0 m/s2 down a 150-m track. What is the car's final velocity? A) 90 m/s. B) 450 m/s. C) 150 m/s. D) 900 m/s. E) 30 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 30 m/s. 2. Physics that includes the study of relativity, quantum mechanics, or both A) Naturalism. B) Scientific method. C) Modern physics. D) Classical physics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modern physics. 3. $\Delta$ (delta) means A) Approximately. B) Distance or displacement. C) Difference or change. D) A triangle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Difference or change. 4. Gradient of a v-t graph A) Velocity. B) Distance. C) Acceleration. D) Speed. E) Displacement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Acceleration. 5. What is the correct unit for velocity in kinematics? A) M/min. B) Mi/hr. C) M/s. D) D/t. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) M/s. 6. A wheel rotates with a constant angular acceleration of $2 \, \text{rad/s}^2$ $3 \, \text{rad/s}$ $4 \, \text{s}$ A) $8 \, \text{rad/s}$. B) $11 \, \text{rad/s}$. C) $5 \, \text{rad/s}$. D) $15 \, \text{rad/s}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $11 \, \text{rad/s}$. 7. A baseball moves 40 meters and is caught 4 seconds later. What is the average velocity of the ball? (Show Work #2) A) 15 meters per second. B) 10 meters per second. C) 20 meters per second. D) 5 meters per second. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 10 meters per second. 8. Which of the following is NOT a unit of acceleration A) M/s/s. B) Mi/hr/s. C) Im/s/s. D) Km/hr/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Im/s/s. 9. Explain the concept of inertia as per Newton's first law. A) Inertia is the same as momentum according to Newton's first law. B) Inertia is the ability of an object to change its motion easily. C) Inertia is the force that causes objects to move. D) Inertia is the resistance of an object to changes in its motion, as described by Newton's first law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inertia is the resistance of an object to changes in its motion, as described by Newton's first law. 10. A figure skater spins with an angular velocity of $5\, \text{rad/s}$ A) $10\, \text{rad/s}$. B) $7.5\, \text{rad/s}$. C) $2.5\, \text{rad/s}$. D) $5\, \text{rad/s}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $10\, \text{rad/s}$. 11. For a particular nonlinear spring, the relationship between the magnitude of the applied force F and the resultant displacement x from equilibrium is given by the equation F = kx$^{2}$. What is the amount of work done by stretching the spring a distance x$_{0}$? A) 1/2 kx$_{0}$. B) Kx$_{0}$$^{3}$. C) 1/3 kx$_{0}$$^{3}$. D) 1/2 kx$_{0}$$^{3}$. E) 1/3 kx$_{0}$$^{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1/3 kx$_{0}$$^{3}$. 12. Instantaneous velocity is best interpreted as A) Velocity measured over an entire trip. B) Velocity at a specific moment, including direction. C) The magnitude of displacement only. D) Speed averaged over a time interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Velocity at a specific moment, including direction. 13. Problem #3A car is traveling at a velocity of 35.0 miles per hour. The car runs off a cliff that has an unknown height. The car 'lands' 50.0 meters from the base of the cliff.How long would it take the car to 'land' after exiting the rim of the cliff? A) 0.7 seconds. B) 3.2 seconds. C) 4.8 seconds. D) 1.4 seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.2 seconds. 14. A projectile is thrown upwards at a known velocity. Calculate the maximum height reached.Which equation is best? A) $v^2=u^2+2as$. B) $s=\frac{1}{2}\left(u+v\right)t$. C) $s=ut+\frac{1}{2}at^2$. D) $v=u+at$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $v^2=u^2+2as$. 15. Are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude (or numerical value) alone. A) Displacement. B) Distance. C) Scalar. D) Vector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scalar. 16. A free falling objects falls under the influence of the A) Force of resistance. B) Force of gravity. C) Force of air. D) Net force. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Force of gravity. 17. A coin released from rest from the top of a tower hits the ground after 1.5 seconds. What is the speed of the coin as it hits the ground? A) 21 m/s. B) 15 m/s. C) 39 m/s. D) 31 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 15 m/s. 18. How do you solve river-swimmer problems in physics? A) Apply vector addition to calculate the resultant velocity and angle. B) Use the Pythagorean theorem to find the hypotenuse. C) Calculate the average velocity instead of the resultant velocity. D) Apply the law of sines to determine the angle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apply vector addition to calculate the resultant velocity and angle. 19. The slope of a velocity versus time graph is A) Displacement. B) Speed. C) Distance. D) Acceleration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acceleration. 20. A gyroscope is spinning with an angular speed of $\omega = 10\, \text{rad/s}$ $2\, \text{rad/s}^2$ A) $10\, \text{s}$. B) $5\, \text{s}$. C) $15\, \text{s}$. D) $20\, \text{s}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $5\, \text{s}$. 21. A dog runs with an initial speed of 7.5 m/s on a waxed floor. It slides to a stop in 15 seconds. What is the acceleration? A) 7.5 mi//hr. B) -7.5 m/s$^{2}$. C) -0.5 m/s$^{2}$. D) -7.5 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -0.5 m/s$^{2}$. 22. Humans can sense when velocity changes, but not when the velocity is constant. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. You run from your house to a friend's house that is 3 km away. You then walk home. The distance you traveled is 6 km. What is your displacement? A) 6 km. B) 0 km. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0 km. 24. Two athletes jump straight up. John has twice the initial speed of Harry. Compared to Harry, John jumps A) Three times as long. B) 1.41 times as long. C) 0.50 times as long. D) Four times as long. E) Twice as long. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Four times as long. 25. If you analyze points farther radially outwards from the center of a rotating object, the linear/tangential velocity and linear/tangential acceleration are A) Increasing. B) Decreasing. C) Remaining the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasing. 26. Change in velocity each second that goes by A) Apex. B) Acceleration. C) Displacement. D) Velocity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acceleration. 27. When a car goes around a corner at 20 mph, why do we say it accelerates? A) The car accelerates because it's going 20 mph. B) The car is accelerating because it's changing direction. C) Cars always accelerate when they are in motion. D) The car is accelerating because of the velocity is constant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The car is accelerating because it's changing direction. 28. A solid cylinder rotates with constant angular acceleration about a fixed axis. The cylinder's moment of inertia (I) about the axis is 5.0 kg-m$^{2}$ . At time t = 0 s, the cylinder is at rest. At time, t = 2.0 s, its angular velocity is 1.0 rad/s. Q; What is the angular momentum of the cylinder at t = 2 s? A) 3.0 kgm$^{2}$/s. B) It cannot be determined without the radius. C) 4.0 kgm$^{2}$/s. D) 5.0 kgm$^{2}$/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 5.0 kgm$^{2}$/s. 29. If you ride your bicycle down a straight road for500 m then turn around and ride back, yourdistance is ..... your displacement. A) Greater than. B) Can't determine. C) Less than. D) Equal to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greater than. 30. A cannonball is launched at an angle and travels above the flat ground. At what time point does a projectile reach its maximum height? A) One-half of the total time in the air. B) Three-fourths of the total time in the air. C) Three-fifths of the total time in the air. D) One-fourth of the total time in the air. E) One-fifth of the total time in the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One-half of the total time in the air. 31. A plane has an airspeed of 142 m/s. A 30.0 m/s wind is blowing southward at the same time as the plane is flying. What must be the direction of the plane in order to move due east relative to the ground? A) 11.9$^\circ$ north of east. B) 12.2$^\circ$ north of east. C) 78.1$^\circ$ north of east. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12.2$^\circ$ north of east. 32. The SI unit for length or distance is A) Meter (m). B) Mile (mi). C) Foot (ft). D) Inch (in). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter (m). 33. Daniel is moving at 5 m/s South before accelerating 2 m/s North for 4 seconds. What is Daniel's final velocity? A) 3 m/s South. B) 13 m/s South. C) 3 m/s North. D) 13 m/s North. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3 m/s North. 34. A body moves in a straight line. In order for the equations for uniformly accelerated motion to be applied, which condition must be true? A) A constant net force acts on the body of fixed mass. B) A constant net force acts on the body. C) The body falls towards the surface of a planet. D) The body has an initial velocity of zero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A constant net force acts on the body of fixed mass. 35. A car travels 100 meters north and then 100 meters east. What is the magnitude of the car's displacement? A) 50 m. B) 141.42 m. C) 200 m. D) 100 m. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 141.42 m. 36. Rocket-powered sleds are used to test the human response to acceleration. If a rocket-powered sled is accelerated to a speed of 444 m/s in 1.83 seconds, then what is the distance that the sled travels?Choose the appropriate equation. A) D=1/2(v+v$_{o}$)t. B) V=v$_{o}$+at. C) V$^{2}$=v$_{o}$$^{2}$+2ad. D) D=v$_{o}$t+1/2at$^{2}$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D=1/2(v+v$_{o}$)t. 37. What is the science of motion? A) Chemistry. B) Geology. C) Physics. D) Biology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Physics. 38. Which physical quantity has both magnitude and direction? A) Time. B) Mass. C) Displacement. D) Length. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Displacement. 39. Which of the following statements is true about the moment of inertia? A) It depends on the mass distribution relative to the axis of rotation. B) It is the same for all objects of the same mass. C) It is a measure of an object's linear motion. D) It is independent of the shape of the object. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It depends on the mass distribution relative to the axis of rotation. 40. The slope of the position vs time graph represents A) Acceleration. B) Velocity. C) Displacement. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Velocity. 41. A car driving in a circle at 40 miles per hour does not change ..... but does change ..... A) Speed, velocity. B) Velocity, speed. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Speed, velocity. 42. How long will it take a running horse to travel 260 m and attain a speed of 12 m/s from rest? A) 43 Hours. B) 1.2 hours. C) 43 minutes. D) 1200 seconds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 43 minutes. 43. Which of the following symbols represent speed at any time? A) V$_{0}$. B) A. C) X. D) V. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) V. 44. The unit we use to measure distance is ..... A) M/s. B) S. C) M/s$^{2}$. D) M. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) M. 45. You are given a distance time graph of the motion of an object. How would you determine the speed of the object? A) Take the slope of the graph. B) It can not be done. C) Speed will always = 0. D) Just read the graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Take the slope of the graph. 46. What is an example of kinematics A) Firing a cannonball. B) Walking. C) Grabbing your phone. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Firing a cannonball. 47. What is the angular displacement in radians if a paint spot on a tire turns from 57.3 degrees to 282 degrees? A) 180 rad. B) 3.9 rad. C) 12834 rad. D) 224.7 rad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3.9 rad. 48. Nora, Charlotte, and Anika are trying to calculate the displacement of a car that traveled with an average speed of 23 m/s for 82 s. Which of the following could NOT have been the car's displacement? A) 1, 700 m east. B) 1, 500 m south. C) 1, 600 m north. D) 2, 000 m west. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2, 000 m west. 49. Beau throws a baseball at 23.0 m/s at an angle of 25.0 degrees relative to the ground.If the ball was caught 42.0 m from Beau, find the components A) Vx=20.8 m/sVy=19.72 m/s. B) Vx=9.72 m/sVy=20.8 m/s. C) Vx=20.8 m/sVy=9.72 m/s. D) Vx=19.8 m/sVy=9.72 m/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vx=20.8 m/sVy=9.72 m/s. 50. To slow down in the positive direction you need to accelerate in the ..... A) Positive Direction. B) Negative direction. C) You cannot slow down in the positive direction. D) You cannot accelerate and slow down at the same time. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Negative direction. 51. Total distance divided by total time is A) Constant speed. B) Acceleration. C) Average speed. D) Instantaneous speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Average speed. 52. An object is said to be at rest if it does not change its position with respect to the surrounding. True or False? A) Partially true. B) Cannot be determined. C) False. D) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) True. 53. The gravity on the moon is 1/6th that on earth. If Zobrist has a mass of 75 kg, his mass on the moon is? A) 122.5 N. B) 75 kg. C) 122.5 kg. D) 75 N. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 75 kg. 54. Ball A is thrown upward with 3 times the velocity of Ball B. How will its maximum height compare to Ball B's maximum height? A) 2 times higher. B) 3 times higher. C) 6 times higher. D) 9 times higher. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 9 times higher. 55. What is the quantity that represents the total length traveled? A) Displacement. B) Acceleration. C) Velocity. D) Distance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Distance. 56. What is the branch of physics that deals with motion in one dimension? A) Thermodynamics. B) Optics. C) Electromagnetism. D) Kinematics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kinematics. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesScience QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Physics (Part I) Chapter 2 Kinematics Quiz 1Class 11 Physics (Part I) Chapter 2 Kinematics Quiz 2Class 11 Physics (Part I) Chapter 2 Kinematics Quiz 3Class 11 Physics (Part I) Chapter 2 Kinematics Quiz 4Class 11 Physics (Part I) Chapter 2 Kinematics Quiz 5Class 11 Physics (Part I) Chapter 2 Kinematics Quiz 6Class 11 Physics (Part I) Chapter 2 Kinematics Quiz 7Class 11 Physics (Part I) Chapter 2 Kinematics Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books