A motor car is going due north at a speed of 50 km/h. It makes a 90° left turn without changing the speed. The change in the velocity of the car is about.

1. 50 km/h towards west

2. 70 km/h towards south-west

3. 70 km/h towards north-west

4. zero

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Consider the motion of the tip of the minute hand of a clock. In one hour:

(a) the displacement is zero
(b) the distance covered is zero
(c) the average speed is zero
(d) the average velocity is zero


Choose the correct option from the given ones:
1. (a) and (b) only
2. (b) and (c) only
3. (c) and (d) only
4. (a) and (d) only

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