Read each statement below carefully and state with reasons and examples,if it is true or false for a particle in one-dimensional motion:
$(a)$ With zero speed at an instant may have non-zero acceleration at that instant.
$(b)$ With zero speed may have non-zero velocity.
$(c)$ With constant speed must have zero acceleration.
$(d)$ With positive value of acceleration must be speeding up.

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(A) True. When an object is thrown vertically upward,its speed becomes zero at the maximum height. However,it still experiences an acceleration equal to the acceleration due to gravity $(g)$ acting downwards.
$(b)$ False. Speed is the magnitude of velocity. If the speed is zero,the magnitude of the velocity is zero,which implies the velocity itself must be zero.
$(c)$ False. Constant speed does not imply constant velocity because the direction of motion can change. For example,in uniform circular motion,the speed is constant,but the velocity changes due to a change in direction,resulting in non-zero centripetal acceleration.
$(d)$ False. If the acceleration is positive but the velocity is negative (e.g.,an object moving in the negative direction while being decelerated by a positive force),the object is slowing down. It only speeds up if the velocity and acceleration have the same sign.

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