📘 Class 11 Physics Worksheet
Chapter: Motion in a Straight Line
Time: 3 Hours
Syllabus: CBSE 2026
🔹Section A: Very Short Answer Questions (1 mark × 5 = 5
marks)
Answer each question in 1-2 sentences.
1. Define displacement and how it differs from distance.
2. What is instantaneous speed?
3. Write the SI unit of acceleration.
4. Draw the shape of a distance-time graph for a body at rest.
5. When is the average velocity equal to the instantaneous velocity?
🔹Section B: Short Answer Type I (2 marks × 5 = 10 marks)
Answer each question briefly.
6. Differentiate between scalar and vector quantities with one example of each.
7. State the conditions for the three equations of motion to be valid.
8. A particle is moving with uniform acceleration. If its velocity increases from 10 m/s to 20
m/s in 4 s, find the acceleration.
9. A stone is thrown vertically upwards. What is its velocity and acceleration at the highest
point?
10. Write the significance of the area under velocity-time graph.
🔹Section C: Short Answer Type II (3 marks × 5 = 15 marks)
Answer each question in 3–4 lines with proper reasoning/formula.
11. A body starts from rest and travels a distance of 40 m in 5 s under uniform acceleration.
Find the acceleration and final velocity.
12. Derive the equation: s=ut+12at2s = ut + \frac{1}{2}at^2s=ut+21at2.
13. What is relative velocity? Explain with a case when two bodies move in the same
direction.
14. An object moves along a straight line with acceleration of 2 m/s². If its initial velocity is 5
m/s, find the distance covered in 10 seconds.
15. Explain uniform and non-uniform motion with one graph each.
🔹Section D: Long Answer Type (5 marks × 4 = 20 marks)
Answer in detail with derivations, explanations, or diagrams.
16. Derive all three equations of motion using graphical method.
17. An object is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 20 m/s. Calculate:
(a) Time to reach maximum height
(b) Maximum height
(c) Total time of flight
Take g=9.8 m/s2g = 9.8 \, m/s^2g=9.8m/s2
18. Explain the motion of a freely falling body and draw velocity-time and position-time
graphs.
19. A car travels 30 km at 60 km/h and 60 km at 30 km/h. Find the average speed of the car
for the entire trip.
🔹Additional Numerical Section (3 marks × 10 = 30 marks)
(Questions 20–29)
Solve the following numericals with proper formulae and steps.
20. A body moves with an initial velocity of 5 m/s and accelerates at 2 m/s². Find the distance
covered in 8 seconds.
21. A stone is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 24.5 m/s. Calculate the maximum height
it reaches and the total time of flight.
(Take g=9.8 m/s2g = 9.8 \, m/s^2g=9.8m/s2)
22. A particle covers 10 m in the first 5 seconds and 20 m in the next 5 seconds. Find the
acceleration and initial velocity.
23. A car starts from rest and attains a speed of 72 km/h in 10 seconds. Find the acceleration and
the distance covered.
24. A bike moving at 54 km/h is brought to rest in 10 seconds. Find the retardation and distance
covered during this time.
25. An object is thrown upward with a velocity of 15 m/s. After how much time will it return to
the thrower’s hand? Also find the total displacement.
26. A body moving with uniform acceleration travels 100 m in 5 seconds and 150 m in the next 5
seconds. Find the initial velocity and acceleration.
27. A bus moving with a speed of 15 m/s is brought to rest in 5 seconds. Find the retardation and
the distance travelled during this time.
28. A freely falling object takes 2 seconds to reach the ground. Find the height from which it
falls and the velocity with which it strikes the ground.
(Take g=9.8 m/s2g = 9.8 \, m/s^2g=9.8m/s2)
29. A train is moving with a velocity of 20 m/s. It accelerates uniformly at 1 m/s² for 30 seconds.
Calculate the distance covered during this interval.
