Basic Kinematics MCQs January 8, 2026August 9, 2024 by u930973931_answers 50 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. What is kinematics mainly concerned with? (A) Motion without considering forces (B) Forces causing motion (C) Energy transformations (D) Heat transfer 2. Which quantity describes the change in position of an object? (A) Speed (B) Velocity (C) Displacement (D) Acceleration 3. The rate of change of displacement with respect to time is called: (A) Speed (B) Jerk (C) Acceleration (D) Velocity 4. The rate of change of velocity is known as: (A) Speed (B) Displacement (C) Acceleration (D) Momentum 5. If velocity remains constant, acceleration is: (A) Positive (B) Negative (C) Variable (D) Zero 6. The SI unit of displacement is: (A) m/s (B) Meter (C) m/s² (D) Second 7. Which graph’s slope represents acceleration? (A) Distance–time graph (B) Displacement–time graph (C) Acceleration–time graph (D) Velocity–time graph 8. The area under a velocity–time graph gives: (A) Distance or displacement (B) Speed (C) Acceleration (D) Force 9. What does a horizontal line on a velocity–time graph indicate? (A) Increasing acceleration (B) Decreasing velocity (C) Zero displacement (D) Constant velocity 10. The equation v = u + at is used to calculate: (A) Initial velocity (B) Time (C) Displacement (D) Final velocity 11. Which equation gives displacement under constant acceleration? (A) s = vt (B) v² = u² + 2as (C) v = u + at (D) s = ut + ½at² 12. The unit of acceleration is: (A) m (B) m/s (C) N (D) m/s² 13. If an object starts from rest, its initial velocity is: (A) Maximum (B) Constant (C) Negative (D) Zero 14. In free fall, the acceleration of an object is: (A) Zero (B) Equal to g (C) Variable (D) Infinite 15. The value of acceleration due to gravity on Earth is approximately: (A) 5 m/s² (B) 9.8 m/s² (C) 8 m/s² (D) 12 m/s² 16. Which quantity has both magnitude and direction? (A) Velocity (B) Distance (C) Speed (D) Time 17. Average velocity is defined as: (A) Total displacement / total time (B) Change in velocity / time (C) Total distance / total time (D) Final velocity – initial velocity 18. If an object covers equal distances in equal intervals of time, its motion is: (A) Non-uniform (B) Accelerated (C) Uniform (D) Decelerated 19. Uniform acceleration means acceleration is: (A) Increasing (B) Decreasing (C) Constant (D) Zero 20. The equation v² = u² + 2as is useful when: (A) Velocity is constant (B) Acceleration is zero (C) Time is unknown (D) Distance is zero 21. Speed is a ______ quantity. (A) Vector (B) Scalar (C) Tensor (D) Relative 22. Velocity differs from speed because velocity includes: (A) Distance (B) Time (C) Direction (D) Acceleration 23. The slope of a displacement–time graph represents: (A) Speed (B) Acceleration (C) Velocity (D) Distance 24. If an object is at rest, its velocity is: (A) Constant (B) Zero (C) Increasing (D) Negative 25. Deceleration refers to: (A) Increase in speed (B) Decrease in velocity (C) Constant speed (D) Increase in acceleration 26. The average velocity for uniformly accelerated motion is: (A) u + v (B) (u + v)/2 (C) at (D) s/t 27. Distance is always: (A) Zero (B) Negative (C) Positive (D) Vector 28. Which of the following is NOT a kinematic equation? (A) v = u + at (B) s = ut + ½at² (C) v² = u² + 2as (D) F = ma 29. Jerk is defined as the rate of change of: (A) Displacement (B) Acceleration (C) Velocity (D) Speed 30. Which motion occurs when acceleration is zero? (A) Random motion (B) Circular motion (C) Uniform motion (D) Oscillatory motion 31. Time is measured in: (A) Second (B) Meter (C) Kilogram (D) Newton 32. A straight-line motion is also called: (A) Circular motion (B) Random motion (C) Oscillatory motion (D) Linear motion 33. The displacement of a body can be: (A) Only positive (B) Only negative (C) Both positive and negative (D) Zero 34. If velocity increases uniformly, acceleration is: (A) Zero (B) Constant (C) Decreasing (D) Infinite 35. What does a straight-line displacement–time graph indicate? (A) Uniform acceleration (B) Uniform velocity (C) Non-uniform motion (D) Zero velocity 36. Which quantity changes in uniformly accelerated motion? (A) Acceleration (B) Time (C) Velocity (D) Mass 37. If acceleration is negative, the motion is called: (A) Retarded (B) Accelerated (C) Uniform (D) Circular 38. The symbol ‘u’ in kinematics represents: (A) Final velocity (B) Displacement (C) Acceleration (D) Initial velocity 39. Which of the following is a vector quantity? (A) Distance (B) Displacement (C) Time (D) Speed 40. Motion with constant speed but changing direction is: (A) Uniform linear motion (B) Circular motion (C) Rest (D) Random motion 41. An object thrown vertically upward experiences acceleration: (A) Downward (B) Zero (C) Upward (D) Variable 42. What happens to velocity at the highest point of vertical motion? (A) Maximum (B) Minimum (C) Infinite (D) Zero 43. The motion of a freely falling body is an example of: (A) Uniform motion (B) Circular motion (C) Non-uniform acceleration (D) Uniform acceleration 44. Which physical quantity determines how fast an object moves? (A) Speed (B) Velocity (C) Acceleration (D) Displacement 45. The total length of the path traveled by an object is called: (A) Distance (B) Velocity (C) Displacement (D) Acceleration 46. If displacement is zero, distance may be: (A) Non-zero (B) Negative (C) Zero only (D) Infinite 47. Which motion has constant speed but zero velocity change? (A) Linear motion (B) Uniform motion (C) Accelerated motion (D) Circular motion 48. A car slowing down has: (A) Positive acceleration (B) Zero acceleration (C) Infinite acceleration (D) Negative acceleration 49. Kinematics does NOT involve the study of: (A) Displacement (B) Velocity (C) Acceleration (D) Force 50. Which of the following equations relates velocity, acceleration, and time? (A) s = vt (B) v = u + at (C) s = u/t (D) a = v/s