Concept of Distance and Displacement
Important Questions on Concept of Distance and Displacement
A car moving at a uniform speed covers a distance of in . Calculate the distance it will cover in .

A car moving at a uniform speed covers a distance of in . Calculate the time it will take to cover .

For a body which has moved through a semicircle in a circle of radius . Find its displacement.

Find the odd-one out. Give reasons for your choice.
Weight, Acceleration, Velocity, Distance, Momentum

On a straight track, an athlete completes the race from the starting line up to the final in a particular time. Calculate the magnitude of displacement.

What is the displacement of the Earth when it completes one revolution around the Sun?

The distance-time graph for a body having uniform motion is a

For a body which has moved through a semicircle in a circle of radius , find its distance.

What does the odometer of an automobile measure?

Give an example of a motion in which distance is covered but there is no displacement.

Under what condition(s) is the magnitude of average velocity of an object equal to its average speed?

A boy is moving along a circular path of radius . What is the distance and displacement of the boy when he completes half a revolution?

Under what conditions is the resultant displacement of a body zero even when it travels a certain distance? Explain with an example.

Give one type of motion where distance and displacement are same.

It takes minutes for the signal sent by an artificial satellite orbiting around the Earth to reach the ground station. Calculate the distance of the artificial satellite from the ground station. The signal travels with the speed of light, i.e. .

A train takes to travel from Agra to Delhi with a uniform speed of . Find the distance between the two cities.

In a game of cricket, the length of the pitch is . After completing one run, a batsman turns back but gets run out when he is halfway through his second run. Calculate the distance travelled and also his displacement.

An object moves due east and then due north. Find the distance travelled and the magnitude of displacement.

A person walks along the side of a square field whose each side is long. What is the magnitude of displacement if the person moves from one corner of the square to the diagonally opposite corner?

A rectangular track is long and broad. A man starts walking from one corner of the track and reaches the opposite corner. Find the distance travelled and the magnitude of displacement.

