Boost Your Class 9 Science Preparation – Motion MCQ Mock Test!

Are you confident about concepts like speed, velocity, acceleration, and graphical representation of motion? Test your understanding with this MCQ-based mock test on Motion, designed as per the latest Class 9 Science syllabus. This test covers all the key topics — distance and displacement, uniform and non-uniform motion, velocity–time graphs, equations of motion, and numerical-based reasoning questions.

Each multiple-choice question is carefully framed to help you revise concepts, strengthen problem-solving skills, and get a real exam-like experience. Whether you’re preparing for class tests, final exams, or just revising the chapter, this mock test is your ideal practice tool to improve speed and accuracy.

Attempt now and see how fast you can move toward mastering the chapter “Motion”!

1. A man walks with a speed of 5 ms–1 northwards and then turns to his right to move with the same speed. The change in velocity is

 
 
 
 

2. A car accelerates uniformly from 18 km/h to 36 km/h in 5 minutes. The acceleration is

 
 
 
 

3. Motion of bodies A and B is depicted by the x–t graph. Then which of the following is/are incorrect ?

A : A has uniform motion.
B : B has less velocity than A initially
C : B crosses A at X
D : A comes to rest at X
 
 
 
 

4. Suppose a boy is enjoying a ride on a merry-goround which is moving with a constant speed of 10 ms–1. It implies that the boy is

 
 
 
 

5. The v–t graph for the x–t graph given here is best drawn as

 
 
 
 

6. For a body starting from rest, the displacement in 10 seconds, when it acquires 4 ms–1 in 2 seconds is

 
 
 
 

7. One can conclude from the given x-t graph that

 
 
 
 

8. Slope of a velocity–time graph gives

 
 
 
 

9. For a body moving in a straight line, there can

be situations with
A : v = 0, a ≠ 0
B : a = 0, v ≠ 0
 
 
 
 

10. Which of the following figures represent uniform motion of a moving object correctly?

 
 
 
 

11. Four cars A, B, C and D are moving on a levelled road. Their distance versus time graphs are shown in figure. Choose the correct statement

 
 
 
 

12. If the v – t graph is a straight line inclined to the time axis, then

 
 
 
 

13. Equations of motion can be used for a body having

 
 
 
 

14. The length of minute hand of a clock is 14 cm. Calculate the speed at which the tip of minute hand moves.

 
 
 
 

15. Usha swims in a 90 m long pool from one end to another and back. Her average velocity is __________.

 
 
 
 

16. If the velocity of a body is reducing, it is said to have

 
 
 
 

17. The slope of the x – t graph is a measure of

 
 
 
 

18. For a uniformly accelerated body with initial and final velocities as u and v ms–1, the average velocity is

 
 
 
 

19. The v-t graph shown here depicts the motion of A and B such that

 
 
 
 

20. Area below v – t graph is a measure of

 
 
 
 

21. In a uniformly accelerated motion,

A : v – t graph is a straight line not parallel to t or v axis.
B : x – t graph is not a straight line.
C : Slope of v – t graph varies.
D : Slope of x – t graph is constant.
 
 
 
 

22. The displacement of the body in 5 seconds from the beginning of the motion is

 
 
 
 

23. From the x – t graph, one can draw the following conclusions :

A : vOA < vAB
B : vBC is negative
C : vCD is the least by magnitude
D : acceleration is uniform
 
 
 
 

24. A body moves in a circle of radius 5 m with a speed of 5 ms–1. Then it has

A : an acceleration of 5 ms–2
B : an acceleration varying with direction alone
 
 
 
 

25. The maximum displacement between two points in a circular path of radius r can be __________.

 
 
 
 

26. Area under a v–t graph represents a physical quantity which has the unit

 
 
 
 

27. A body starting at a point, say A, reaches, say B, ahead in a straight line and returns back to A. Then there is

 
 
 
 

28. In which of the following cases of motion, the distance moved and the magnitude of displacement are equal?

 
 
 
 

29. Pranesh is in seat number 48 of a train moving with a speed of 18 km/h and Srinidhi is standing on the platform. Then

A : Pranesh is at rest according to another passenger in the train.
B : Srinidhi is moving according to Pranesh
C : Pranesh is moving according to Srinidhi
D : Pranesh is moving according to the train
Then the incorrect options are
 
 
 
 

30. A cyclist once goes round a circular track of diameter 105 m in 5 minutes. Calculate his speed.

 
 
 
 

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