ICSE Board

Class IX Physics
Paper – 2

Time: 2 hrs Total Marks: 80

General Instructions:
1. Answers to this paper must be written on the paper provided separately.
2. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes.
This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
3. The time given at the head of the paper is the time allotted for writing the answers.
4. Attempt all questions from Section I and any four questions from Section II.
5. The intended marks of questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].

SECTION I (40 Marks)

Question 1
(a) Define the term unit. What is the SI unit of length? [2]
(b) What are the fundamental quantities and their units in SI system? [2]
(c) Find the order of magnitude of the following quantities: [2]
i. 375000 kg
ii. 0.0007 m
(d) Define Parsec. [2]
(e) What do you mean by derived units? [2]

Question 2
(a) [2]
i. Why do objects fall towards the earth?
ii. What do you mean by action?
(b) [2]
i. Define one newton.
ii. What is the ratio of SI to CGS units of force?
(c) State Newton’s second law of motion. [2]
(d) [2]
i. Define retardation of a body.
ii. Which of the graphs shown below represents motion with uniform speed?

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 (e) A body starts from rest with a uniform acceleration of 2ms-2. Find the distance
covered by the body in 2 s. [2]

Question 3
(a) Why is the air conditioner in a room installed near the ceiling? [2]
(b) Why do water pipes often burst during severe frost? [2]
(c) How can you distinguish between a convex mirror and concave mirror without
touching? Explain. [2]
(d) In a solid, heat is not transferred by the process of convection. Give reason. [2]
(e) An object is brought close to a concave mirror from infinity, how does the size of the
image change? [2]

Question 4
(a) Which mirror will be preferred as a rear view mirror in a truck: plane mirror or
convex mirror? Why? [2]
(b) [2]
i. What causes sound?
ii. There is no atmosphere on the Moon. Can you hear each other on the Moon’s
surface?
(c) A positively charged rod is brought near the disc of a positively charged gold leaf
electroscope. State your observation with reason. [2]
(d) State four factors on which the resistance of a wire depends. [2]
(e) [2]
i. What are the poles of a bar magnet?
ii. What are neutral points?

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 SECTION II (40 Marks)
Attempt any four Questions from this Section

Question 5
(a) What do you mean by inertia of motion? Give one example each of inertia of rest and
inertia of motion. [3]
(b) Define mass. What is its SI unit? [2]
(c) State the laws of liquid pressure. [5]

Question 6
(a) Deduce an expression for the pressure at a depth inside a liquid. [4]
(b) What do you mean by a periscope? Name the principle employed in a periscope. [2]
(c) A clock having marks instead of numbers on its dial appears to indicate 4:35 when
viewed through a plane mirror. What is the correct time? Why does this anomaly
occur? [2]
(d) A uniform circular motion is an accelerated motion. Establish it. [2]

Question 7
(a) State Archimedes’ principle. Describe an experiment to verify Archimedes’ principle.
[5]
(b) A body weighs 450 g f in air and 310 g f when completely immersed in water. Find:
i. The loss in weight of the body in water,
ii. The up thrust on the body. [2]
(c) What is the difference between thrust and pressure? Give their SI units. [3]

Question 8
(a) Describe an experiment to demonstrate thermal expansion in gases. [4]
(b) The coefficient of cubical expansion of copper is 5.1 X 10-5 per oC. Calculate its
coefficient of linear expansion. [2]
(c) [4]
i. Why are cloudy nights warmer than clear nights?
ii. Why cooking utensils are blackened from base and kept shining from sides?

Question 9
(a) Describe an experiment to show that a blackened surface is a better absorber of heat
than a polished one. [3]
(b) Draw a flow chart to establish that the transfer of sun’s energy in a sun-ecosystem
combination is not cyclic. [3]
(c) With the help of diagrams, explain the difference between regular and irregular
reflection. [4]

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Question 10
(a) Name the mirror which always produces an erect and virtual image. How is the size of
the image related to the size of object for such a mirror? [2]
(b) For what positions of the object, the image formed by a concave mirror is magnified
and erect? [2]
(c) Compare approximately the speed of sound in air, water and steel. [2]
(d) Compare electrostatic induction and conduction. [2]
(e) ‘The resistance of a wire is 1 ohm. Does this value depend on the circuit in which it is
connected? Explain. [2]