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NDA 2020 GAT · General Knowledge · Motion, Forces and Gravitation · hard

Quantities remains constant for a body moving in a circle with uniform speed?

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Which one of the following quantities remains constant for a body moving in a circle with uniform speed?
  1. A. Speed
  2. B. Velocity
  3. C. Acceleration
  4. D. Linear momentum
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Answer: (A) Speed

Velocity is a vector and its direction changes continuously, so velocity, momentum and acceleration (always directed to the centre) change in direction even though their magnitudes may stay constant. Only the speed, which is a scalar, is truly constant. This is the usual trap with magnitudes versus vectors.
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