A car's speedometer measures: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

A car's speedometer measures:
A. Average velocity
B. Instantaneous speed
C. Average speed
D. Instantaneous velocity
Answer: Option B
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
A speedometer shows the speed of a vehicle at a particular instant in time. Speed is a scalar quantity (magnitude only, no direction). Therefore, it measures instantaneous speed. If it were measuring velocity, it would also need to display the car's current compass direction of travel at every moment.

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