Question

The motion of a freely falling body is an example of_____.

• A. Uniformly accelerated motion
• B. Oscillating motion
• C. Rotary motion
• D. Linear motion

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Uniformly accelerated motion

The explanation for the correct answer:

Option (A): Uniformly accelerated motion

1. If an object travels under the effect of constant acceleration then the object can be considered as moving in uniformly accelerated motion.
2. Under free-fall, there is no external force acting on the object and only the gravitational pull is acting.
3. Hence it falls under the influence of gravity, assuming that the acceleration due to gravity is constant throughout.
4. So the object is said to be in uniformly accelerated motion.

Option (D): Linear motion

1. Object in free fall in generally vertical motion which is a straight line motion

The explanation for the incorrect answer:

Option (B): Oscillating motion

1. For an object to be in oscillating motion it needs to be moving to and fro about a fixed position.
2. But here the object is traveling in one direction only.

Option (C): Rotary motion

The object in free fall does not necessarily rotate about its axis. so this option is incorrect.

So, Option (A) and Option (D) are correct.