When final position of a body coincides with its initial position the body is at rest?

When final position of a body coincides with its initial position the body is at rest?

Directions: Each of these questions contain two statements, Assertion and Reason. Each of these questions also has four alternative choices, only one of which is the correct answer. You have to select one of the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) given below.(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for assertion(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect

(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.

When final position of a body coincides with its initial position the body is at rest?

Text Solution

Solution : Yes, it is true when final position of an object coincides with its initial position, displacement `= 0` but distance `!= 0`. <br> No, the reverse is not true. <br> i.e., when distance travelled is zero, body is at rest. There is no displacement.