CLASS – 6 PHYSICS CHAPTER – 6 MAGNETS [EXERCISE

SOLUTIONS]
Test Your Understanding [Page No. 102] Answer : (b) B
1. Match the columns.
B. Write T for True and F for False
Column A Column B
1. Magnet attracts iron a. Directive property statements :
filling 1. Artificial magnets were discovered in
2. A magnet has both b. Repel each other Greece.
north and south poles Answer : True
3. Magnet aligns in c. Attract each other
north-south direction 2. A cylindrical magnet has only one pole.
4. Like poles d. Poles of magnet Answer : False
always exist in pairs
5. Unlike poles e. Attractive property 3. Maximum iron fillings stick in the middle
Answer : 1 – (e), 2 – (d), 3 – (a), 4 – (b), 5 – (c) of a bar magnet when it is brought near
them.
EXERCISES Answer : False
A. Choose the correct option :
4. Rubber is a magnetic material.
1. A magnet is made of :
Answer : False
Answer : (d) iron
5. A nickel wire is attracted by a magnet.
2. What happens when we hit a magnet with
Answer : True
a hammer?
Answer : (b) It demagnetises
6. Similar poles of the magnets repel each
other.
3. A free-turning magnet will always rest in :
Answer : True
Answer : (a) North-South direction
7. A freely suspended bar magnet always
4. We can use a magnet to separate :
points along East-West direction.
Answer : (c) steel staples from sand
Answer : False
5. The electromagnet is a :
8. Freely suspended bar magnets always
Answer : (c) temporary magnet
point towards North-South direction.
Answer : True
6. Which of the following items cannot be
picked up by a magnet?
9. A compass can be used to find East-West
Answer : (c) Aluminium foils
direction at any place.
Answer : False
7. What will happen when the two magnets
shown below are pushed towards each C. Fill in the blanks :
other? 1. A magnet attracts……………..substances
towards it.
Answer : magnetic
Answer : (b) They will repel each other
2. ………………is a strong magnetic substance.
8. Which part of the following rod magnet
Answer : Iron
has the weakest pull?
3. Magnetic poles always exist in………………
Answer : end E. Answer the following questions in
short.
4. A magnet, no matter how big or small, will 1. What happens when a bar magnet is left
always have two………………. to move freely?
Answer : poles Answer : A freely suspended magnet will
always rest in the North-South direction.
5. The magnetic field lines come closer to
one another near the…………….. 2. Name two magnetic materials other than
Answer : poles iron and steel.
Answer : Nikel and Cobalt.
6. A………………magnet loses its magnetic
property in a short period of time. 3. What do you use a compass for?
Answer : temporary Answer : A magnetic compass is used by
sailors to indicate geographic direction.
7. A permanent magnet can lose its magnetic
properties if it is………………violently severAl 4. State whether attraction or repulsion will
times. be produced when :
Answer : hammered (a) N pole is brought near to another N pole.
(b) N pole is brought near to the S pole.
8. The space surrounding a magnet in which Answer : (a) Repulsion
magnetic force is exerted, is called a……………. (b) Attraction
Answer : magnetic field
5. Which of the following are stored in pairs :
D. Name the following :
horseshoe magnets or bar magnets?
1. Materials repelled by magnets. Answer : Bar magnets.
Answer : Dimagnetic materials (Silver and
Copper). 6. What is a magnet? Of what material are
magnets usually made?
2. Instrument used by sailors to find Answer : A material that attracts substances
direction at sea. made of iron, steel, nickel, and cobalt.
Answer : Magnetic strips, Magnetic compass. Magnets are made of iron, steel or other
alloys of iron by the process of magnetisation.
3. Materials which are strongly attracted by a
magnet. 7. Artificial magnets are made in different
Answer : Ferromagnetic materials (Iron, shapes. Name these shapes and draw their
Nickel and Cobalt). sketches.
Answer : Artificial magnets are made in
4. The end points of a magnet where most of different shapes such as bar magnets, horse-
its magnetic property is concentrated. shoe magnets, and cylindrical magnets.
Answer : Poles.

5. The end point of a bar magnet which when

freely suspended, points towards the
geographic north pole.
Answer : South pole of Earth (Geographical
North).

6. Temporary magnets that are made by

using the magnetic field produced by electric 8. What happens to magnetic materials
current. when placed near magnets? How would each
Answer : Electromagnets. of the following materials behave near a
magnet?
(a) Nickel F. Answer the following questions in
(b) Plastic detail.
(c) Iron 1. What are (a) magnetic materials, and (b)
Answer : The magnetic materaials when non-magnetic materials? Name two
placed near magnets are attracted by the magnetic materials and two non-magnetic
magnet. materials.
(a) Nickel is a magnetic material so, it is Answer : Magnetic materials : The materials
attracted by a magnet when placed near a which are attracted by a magnet are called
magnet. magnetic materials. For example : Iron, steel,
(b) Plastic is a non-magnetic material so, it is nickel and cobalt.
not attracted by a magnet when placed near Non-magnetic materials : The materials
it. which are not attracted by a magnet are
(c) Iron is also an magnetic material so, it is called non-magnetic materials. For example :
also attracted by a magnet when placed near Wood, plastic, rubber, paper, cloth, glass,
it. leather, etc.

9. Where on a bar magnet do things like iron 2. What is meant by the poles of a magnet?
fillings stick mainly? What does it show? Where are the poles of a bar magnet
Answer : Iron filling mainly stick to the poles located? Draw a sketch to show the poles of
of the magnet. It shows magnet attracts a bar magnet.
metals. Answer : Magnetic Poles : Regions of a
magnet where magnetic force is
10. How will you show that a steel bar is a concentrated.
magnet? Location of the poles of as magnet can be
Answer : A bar magnet attracts the object determined by suspending it freely. A freely
made of iron. If steel bar is magnet, then it suspended bar magnet always points in
will attract the iron objects. north−south direction. The end that points
towards north direction is the north pole of
11. What are the various ways in which the magnet while the end that points towards
magnets can lose their magnetism? south direction is the south pole of
Answer : Methods of removing or weaken the magnet.
the magnetic property :
(i) Hammering
(ii) Heating
(iii) Mishandling

12. State any two properties of magnets.

Also write two uses of magnets.
Answer : Properties of Magnets :
(i) A freely suspended magnet always points
in North-South direction (Directive Property 3. You are given a bar magnet whose N and S
of Magnets). poles are not marked. Describe briefly how
(ii) Like Poles repel and Unlike Poles attract you would find out which end is the south-
each other. pole.
Uses of Magnets : Answer : Take another bar magnet with
(i) Magnets are used to hold objects like labelled poles on it. If we bring the north pole
stickers, doors of refrigerator, lids of pencil of this magnet near the one end of the
boxes, pins, etc. unmarked magnet and if it shows repulsion
(ii) Magnets are used to separate discarded then this pole is North pole and if it shows
iron and steel objects from other waste attraction then this pole is South pole. That’s
materials.
how you can easily find which pole is North bar magnets and place them at the centre of
and which one is South. the iron piece. Rub the iron piece with them
several times without changing the poles and
4. Describe how our Earth behaves like a direction of the magnets. This iron piece when
magnet. brought near the iron filings attracts them
Answer : A freely suspended magnet always showing that is is magnetised.
points in the North-South direction even in
the absence of any other magnet. This
suggests that the earth itself behaves as a
magnet which causes a freely suspended
magnet (or magnetic needle) to point always
in a particular direction : North and South.

7. What is an eletromagnet? How can you

make your own electromagnet?
Answer : Electromagnet : The magnet made
by using electric current is called an
electromagnet.
We can make our own Electric Magnet by
Electrical Method : A long coil of insulated
copper wire is coiled around an iron rod.
When the two ends of the coil are connected
to a cell, a current passes through the coil and
produces a magnetic effect. This magnetic
effect magnetises the iron rod. So, the iron
5. What are magnetic field and magnetic rod becomes a magnet.
lines? Write the properties of magnetic lines.
Answer : Magnetic Field : The space or region Picture-Based Questions
around a magnet where its influence (effect) 1. Study carefully the following magnets.
is felt.
Magnetic Lines : Mangetic lines of force are
lines around a magnet that represent the
direction of the magnetic filed.
Properties of Magnetic Field Lines :
(i) The magnetic field lines originate from the
north pole of a magnet and end at its south
pole. What type of magnetic pole is (a) X, and (b)
(ii) The magnetic field lines come closer to Y?
one another near the poles of a magnet but Answer : X – North Pole
they are widely separated at other placed. Y – South Pole
(iii) The magnetic field lines do not intersect
(or cross) one another. This is due to the fact 2. Magnet A is floating above magnet B as
that the resultant force on a north pole at any shown in the following diagram. What is the
point can only be in one direction. reason for this?

6. Describe briefly a method of making a

magnet. Draw a labelled sketch to illustrate
the method.
Answer : Double Touch Method : Take an
iron piece and place it on the table. Take two
Answer : This is because the upper pole of
magnet B and the lower pole of magnet A
both are same. Like, if the upper pole of
magnet B is North pole then the lower pole of
magnet B is also North.

Application-Based Questions
1. Radhika’s mother was arranging her
stitching box. Suddenly, the stitching box
slipped from her hand and all the needles in
the box got scattered on the ground. How
can she collect all the needles without
wasting much of her time?
Answer : Radhika can use a magnet to collect
all the needles from the floor as it is easy and
saves a lot of time. Needles are usually not
clearly visible on the floor. So, collecting by
hand, one may miss any of the needles.

2. You got two similar iron bars. Of these,

one is a magnet. How will you find that
which one of them is not a magnet?
Answer : Well, the property of a magnet that
we need to use here is that the magnetic
strength of magnets is more at the poles than
the central region. Hold a pole of one of the
bars close to the centre of the second bar. If
the second bar gets attracted towards the
pole of the first bar then the first bar is a
magnet and the second is iron and if it does
not get attracted then the first bar is iron and
the second one, magnet.

3. In a waste dumping site, variety of waste

is found. Why do the government authorities
use magnets fitted with crane at these sites?
Answer : An electromagnet is attached to the
long arm of a crane that is used for separating
discarded iron and steel articles from the
heap of waste material.