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AGA KHAN SCHOOLS, SOUTH

First Term Examination, November 2020
ANSWER
Subject: Physics
Class IX (Science Group)
KEY
Paper I (A)

Time allowed: 60 Minutes Marks:40

Instructions:
1. Read each question carefully.
2. Answer the questions on the separate answer sheet provided. Do NOT write your answers on
the question paper.
3. In each question there are four choices A, B, C, and D. Choose ONE. On the
answer grid black out the box for your choice with a pencil as shown below.

4. If you want to change your answer, ERASE the first answer completely with a rubber, before
blacking out a new box.
1. When a standard is set for a quantity, then the standard quantity is called as
A. Amount
B. rate
C. prefix
D. unit

2. The least count of Vernier Calipers is

A. 0.01 mm
B. 0.1mm
C. 0.01 cm
D. 1 cm

3. The ‘seconds in a day’ can be written in standard form as

A. 864 × 105 s
B. 86.4 × 105 s
C. 8640 × 105 s
D. 8.64 × 104

4. An interval of 300µs is equal to

A. 0.3 s
B. 3 × 10-4 s
C. 3 × 10-6 s
D. 0.03 s

5. During an experiment to find the density of a stone, the stone is lowered into a measuring
cylinder partly filled with water. Which statement is correct?

A. The difference between the readings gives the density of the stone.
B. The difference between the readings gives the volume of the stone.
C. The final reading gives the density of the stone.
D. The final reading gives the volume of the stone.
6. The diagram shows a micrometer
scale. Which reading is shown?

A. 5.64mm
B. 7.14mm
C. 7.16mm
D. 7.64mm

7. The graph shows the movement of a car over a period of 50 s.

What was the distance travelled by the car during the time when it was moving at a steady
speed?

A. 10 m
B. 100 m
C. 200 m
D. 400 m

8. An object is falling under gravity with terminal velocity. What is happening to its speed?

A. It is decreasing to a lower value.

B. It is decreasing to zero.
C. It is increasing.
D. It is staying constant.
 9. The graph illustrates the motion of an object.

Which feature of the graph represents the distance travelled by the object whilst moving at a
constant speed?

A. Area S
B. Area S + Area T
C. Area T
D. The gradient at point X

10. A car takes 1 hour to travel 100 km along a main road and then ½ hour to travel 20 km
along aside road. What is the average speed of the car for the whole journey?

A. 60km/ h
B. 70km/ h
C. 80km/ h
D. 100km/ h

11. Which graph represents the motion of a body falling vertically that reaches a terminal velocity?

Option B

12. A car is brought to rest in 5s from a speed of 10m/ s. What is the average deceleration of
the car?

A. 0.5 m/ s
B. 2m / s
C. 15m/ s
D. 50m/ s
 13. A skier is travelling downhill. The acceleration on hard snow is 4m/ s2 and on soft snow is
2m/ s2. Which graph shows the motion of the skier when moving from hard snow to soft snow?

Option C

14. The graph shows the speed of a runner during a race. What is the distance travelled by the
runner during the race?

A. 50m
B. 65m
C. 75m
D. 90m
15. A student measures the speed of a trolley. At one instant, the speed of the trolley is 1.0 m / s
and two seconds later the speed is 4.0m/ s. What is the acceleration of the trolley?

A. 1.5m/ s
B. 2.0m/ s
C. 2.5 m/ s
D. 5.0 m/ s

16. Two men jump out of an aero plane at the same time. One of the men opens his parachute
and the other man remains in free-fall. Why is the man in free-fall moving faster than the
parachutist?

A. The man in free-fall experiences greater air resistance.

B. The man in free-fall has a greater mass.
C. The parachutist experiences greater air resistance.
D. The parachutist has not reached terminal velocity

17. A lorry takes 15 minutes to travel along the path PQRS. What is the average speed of
the lorry?

A. 4.0km/ h
B. 22km/ h
C. 48km/ h
D. 64km/ h
18. A bus starts from rest with the acceleration of 0.5 ms−2. If it has moved through 100 m, then
its speed will be

A. 23 kmh−1
B. 25 kmh−1
C. 34 kmh−1
D. 36 kmh−1
19. An aircraft, flying at constant height, is gaining speed.

I. L Lift due to wings

II. R air resistance
III. T the thrust due to the engines
IV. W the weight

Which row is correct?

Vertical forces Horizontal forces

A L=W T=R
B L>W T>R
C L=W T>R
D L>W T=R

20. If the object is at rest, then the distance-time graph is

A. straight lined
B. variable
C. constant
D. zero

21. If a body does change its position concerning its surroundings, it is said to be at

A. distance
B. position
C. rest
D. motion

22. A force accelerates an object of mass M. The same force applied to a second body produces half
the acceleration. What is the mass of the second body?

A. 0.5 M
B. 2M
C. 3M
D. 4M
 23. The diagram represents the moon in its orbit around the sun.
Which arrows represent the direction of resultant force acting on the moon at the instant shown.

Option A
24. A 80 kg skydiver is free falling at a constant velocity of 19 m/s. What is the net (total) force
acting on her?

A. 4.21 N
B. 1,520 N
C. 0 N
D. 4 N

25. A car moves in a circle at a constant speed. What is the direction of the resultant force acting on

the car?

Option B
26. In the given figure, two blocks of masses m1 and m2 are attached with an inextensible string
such that the pulley and the horizontal surface are frictionless.
If the blocks are at rest, then the tension in the string at point A will be

A
m1 •

•
B
m2
A. zero.
B. equal to tension at point B.
C. less than tension at point B.
D. greater than tension at point B.
27. An astronaut lands on an alien planet and drops a small lead ball with a mass of 76.5 g from the
top of her spaceship. The point of release is 18 m above the surface of the planet and the ball
takes 2.5 s to reach the ground. The astronaut's mass on Earth is 68.5 kg. Her mass on the planet
is
A. 68.5 kg
B. 395 kg
C. 39.5 kg
D. 99 kg

28. Camille has a catapult that launches and changes the velocity of a ball (m = 0.2 kg) from 0 to 10
m/s in one second. What is the average force that is exerted on the ball during launch?

A. 8N
B. 2N
C. 0.2 N
D. 5N

29. In the given diagram what is the centripetal force acting on a bucket of water?

A. 20 N
B. 40 N
C. 29.3 N
D. 50 N
30. The momentum of a moving truck as shown in the given diagrams.

A. 3,978kg.m/s.
B. 4,022kg.m/s.
C. 88,000kg.m/s.
D. 968,000kg.m/s

31. A boy kicks a football with a force of 20 N, the time the force acts for is 0.3 s.
Calculate the impulse on the ball.
A. 6 N x s
B. 33.3 N x s
C. 1 N x s
D. 6 N

32. Two masses 4.5 kg and 3.8 kg are attached to the ends of an inextensible string passes over a
frictionless pulley. Its acceleration when both masses are moving vertically will be equal to

A. 0.8 ms−2
B. 0.5 ms−2
C. 2 ms−2
D. 1.5 ms−2

33. What is Newton's First Law known as? The Law of

A. friction
B. inertia
C. mass
D. gravity

34. When a force acts on a body, it produces an acceleration in the body and will be equal to the
rate of change of

A. velocity of the body

B. displacement of the body
C. inertia of the body
D. momentum of the body (M)
 35. An automatic barrier is shown in the given diagram. The barrier arm is balanced by the block of
weight W.

Using the data given in the above diagram, what is the weight W of the block.

A. 190N
B. 1983.33N
C. 1983 Kg
D. 350 N
36. A driver foot presses with a steady force of 20 N on a pedal in a car as shown.

What is the Force pulling on the piston?

A.2.5 N
B. 10 N
C.100 N
D.160 N

37. Forces are applied to a uniform beam pivoted at its center. Which beam is balanced?

Option D
38. The product of force and moment arm of the force is called

A. torque
B. couple
C. center of gravity
D. equilibrium

39. If the position of a body is disturbed and it does not return to its original position, then the body

will be in

I. stable equilibrium
II. neutral equilibrium
III. unstable equilibrium

A. I only.
B. III only.
C. I and II.
D. II and III.

40. A point where the whole weight of a body acts vertically downward is called the

A. centre of Earth.
B. point of contact.
C. centre of gravity.
D. point of applied force.