Rest and Motion

A book lying on a table is an example of a ____________.

• body at rest

• body in motion

• body neither at rest nor in motion

• body in relative motion

The type of motion displayed by a pendulum is _____________.

• rotatory

• oscillatory

• curvilinear

• rectilinear

A car moving on a straight road displays ___________.

• rotatory motion

• rectilinear motion

• oscillatory motion

• periodic motion

A ball falls down vertically. Its motion is ________.

• periodic

• linear

• circular

• vibratory

If a body covers equal distances in equal intervals of time, the motion is said to be _____.

• uniform

• non-uniform

• oscillatory

• rotatory

State which among the following is in simultaneous motion?

• A potter’s wheel

• A drilling machine

• Swing

• Pendulum of a clock

When you switch on the fan, the fan shows __________.

• rectilinear motion

• oscillatory motion

• rotatory motion

• uniform motion

Soldiers participating in a march past on a straight road display ___________.

• rectilinear motion

• oscillatory motion

• rotatory motion

• uniform motion

The movement of our chest while breathing is an example of ___________.

• periodic motion

• linear motion

• rectilinear motion

• oscillatory motion

Hands of an athlete in a race move in __________.

• non-uniform motion

• linear motion

• periodic motion

• circular motion