Can the speed of the body be negative?

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Yes

Sometimes

Maybe

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Concept: Speed is scalar quantity and we know that scalar quantity only has magnitude. They do not have direction.
The speed of the body can never be zero. Here are the two reasons for the same:
Reason 1: Speed is a scalar quantity and scalar quantities cannot be negative in any condition because they only have magnitude and no direction.
Reason 2: We know that the formula for speed is the ratio of total distance covered by total time taken. Based on our knowledge, we know that neither of the two that is neither the total distance can be negative nor can the total time taken be negative. So, overall speed can not be negative in such cases.
Hence, , the correct Option is 2.

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