Question

A distance is always

• A. positive
• B. negative
• C. may be positive and negative both
• D. Neither positive nor negative

Answer 1

The correct option is A

positive

Explanation for the correct answer:

(A): Positive

Distance

1. Distance traveled is defined as the path traveled by the body.
2. As it is a quantity with only magnitude and no direction (scalar).
3. It cannot be negative as magnitudes are only positive values and not negative values.

Therefore, distance is always a positive quantity.

Hence, Option (A) is the correct answer.