Rectilinear motion (straight-line path) – MCQs

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1. Rectilinear motion refers to motion that occurs along a:



2. Which of the following is the best example of rectilinear motion?



3. In rectilinear motion, displacement and velocity are directed:



4. A person walking on a straight road represents:



5. Which physical quantity describes “change of position along a straight path”?



6. Uniform rectilinear motion means:



7. The motion of a bullet fired in vacuum (ignoring air resistance) is:



8. In rectilinear motion, acceleration occurs if:



9. Which equation of motion is valid for rectilinear uniformly accelerated motion?



10. A train moving at constant velocity in a straight line is said to be in:



11. A cyclist moving along a straight road without changing speed is an example of:



12. In non-uniform rectilinear motion, the velocity:



13. The SI unit of displacement in rectilinear motion is:



14. Which is a scalar quantity in rectilinear motion?



15. A freely falling body moves in:



16. Which is constant in uniform rectilinear motion?



17. When acceleration is zero, rectilinear motion becomes:



18. Motion of a ball dropped from a building (ignoring air resistance) is:



19. A runner sprinting in a straight lane at varying speed shows:



20. Which law applies directly to rectilinear motion?



21. In rectilinear motion, the path is always:



22. An object moving with constant velocity has:



23. The slope of a distance-time graph in rectilinear motion gives:



24. The slope of a velocity-time graph in rectilinear motion gives:



25. The area under velocity-time graph in rectilinear motion represents:



26. Which of the following is NOT an example of rectilinear motion?



27. Which quantity changes sign in rectilinear motion if the body reverses direction?



28. Velocity is said to be uniform in rectilinear motion if:



29. An object moving downward under gravity in a straight path is an example of:



30. Which is a vector quantity in rectilinear motion?



31. In rectilinear motion, instantaneous velocity is found by:



32. If velocity is decreasing uniformly in rectilinear motion, acceleration is:



33. A car moving east on a straight road with acceleration is an example of:



34. In rectilinear motion, the position of the body is measured along:



35. Which device is often used to measure rectilinear displacement?



36. Which graph shows uniform rectilinear motion?



37. A body with zero velocity and non-zero acceleration is in:



38. In rectilinear motion, acceleration is defined as:



39. SI unit of velocity in rectilinear motion is:



40. SI unit of acceleration in rectilinear motion is:



41. The motion of passengers in a lift moving up or down is:



42. A vehicle applying brakes on a straight road shows:



43. In uniform rectilinear motion, speed and velocity are:



44. A car traveling north then reversing south on a straight road illustrates:



45. The area under acceleration-time graph in rectilinear motion gives:



46. In rectilinear motion, time is always considered as:



47. Which type of motion is the opposite of curvilinear motion?



48. Which of these is NOT needed to describe rectilinear motion?



49. Which describes the shortest path between two points in rectilinear motion?



50. In uniform rectilinear motion, acceleration is:



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