IX-PHYSICS

BEST POSSIBLE QUESTIONS FOR BOARD EXAMS

(Short Questions for Section ‘B’)
Chapter # 01: PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND MEASUREMENT
Q1) Define physics and define its six (6) branches.
Q2) Write any three importance of physics in our daily life.
Q3) Define the followings:
1- Physical quantities
2- Fundamental quantities
3- Derived quantities
Q4) Write down 7 fundamental quantities with their symbols and units.
Q5) Define density and also write its symbol, formula and unit.
Chapter # 02: KINEMATICS
Q6) Define motion and explain its types.
Q7) Define the followings:
1- Speed
2- Velocity
3- Acceleration
4- Acceleration due to gravity
Q8) Explain the types of velocity and acceleration.
Q9) Derive 1st equation of motion (vf = vi + at).
Q10) differentiate between distance and displacement.
 Chapter # 03: DYNAMICS
Q11) Define the followings:
1- Force
2- Momentum
3- Centrifugal force (centrifuge)
4- Uniform circular motion
5- Isolated system
6- Inertia
Q12) Differentiate between mass and weight.
Q13) Write Newton’s 1st and 3rd law of motion.
Q14) State Newton’s 2nd law of motion and also derive its formula (F = ma)
Q15) State law of conservation of momentum and also derive its relation.
Δp
Q16) Define force on the basis of momentum and derive its formula (F = ).
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Q17) Define friction and explain its types.
Q18) Discuss the factors of friction and also Derive the formula of friction (F=μR)
with the help of its factors.
Q19) Write any four methods of reducing friction.
Q20) Write any four advantages and disadvantages of friction.
Q21) Define centripetal acceleration and derive its formula with the help of its
𝑣2
factors (ac = ).
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Q22) Define centripetal force and derive its formula (Fc= ).
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Chapter # 04: TURNING EFFECTS OF FORCES

Q23) Define the followings:
1- Like forces / Like parallel forces
2- Unlike forces / Unlike parallel forces
3- Resultant force
 4- Center of gravity
5- Couple
6- Torque of couple
Q24) Define addition of vectors by head to tail rule with the help of its graphical
representation.
Q25) Define torque and derive its formula with the help of its factors.
Q26) State the principle of torque.
Q27) Define equilibrium and its types.
Q28) State both conditions of equilibrium and also give their mathematical
representation.
Q29) Define three states of an equilibrium with one example of each.
Chapter # 05: FORCES AND MATTER
Q30) Define the followings:
1- Pressure
2- Elasticity
3- Stress
4- Strain
5- Hydraulic machines
Q31) State Hooks’ law and derive (F=Kx)
Chapter # 06: GRAVITATION
Q32) Define the followings:
1- Gravitation
2- Orbital velocity
3- Critical velocity
4- Satellite
5- Artificial satellite
6- Natural satellite
Q33) Write any 3 uses of artificial satellite. (Pg # 144)
Q34) Write the names of any three types of orbits (Pg # 144).
Q35) Derive Newton’s law of gravitation and also derive its relation.
Q36) Differentiate between “g” and “G”.
Chapter # 07: PROPERTIES OF MATTER
Q37) Define the followings:
1- Matter
2- Brownian motion
Q38) Write any four points of kinetic Molecular theory of solid, liquid and gas.
Q39) State Boyle’s law and derive its relation.
Chapter # 08: ENERGY SOURCES AND TRANSFER OF ENERGY
Q40) Define the followings:
1- Work
2- Power
3- Energy
4- Efficiency
5- Kinetic energy
Q41) Derive the relation of work when force and displacement are in different
directions.
Q42) Define potential energy and also derive its formula (P.E = mgh).
Q43) State the law of conservation of energy (Pg # 182).
Chapter # 09: THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER
Q44) Define the followings:
1- Heat
2- Temperature
3- Specific heat
4- Heat capacity
5- Thermal expansion
Q45) Differentiate between heat capacity and specific heat.
Q46) Differentiate between evaporation and boiling. (Pg # 205)
Q47) Differentiate between Heat and Temperature.
Q48) Write down the freezing and boiling points of solvent (Pg # 205)
Q49) Define latent heat and explain its type.
Q50) Discuss any four factors of influencing surface evaporation.

BEST POSSIBLE NUMERICALS FOR BOARD EXAMS

FROM BOOK

CHAPTER 1: PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND MEASUREMENT

Work Example # 4 Book. (Pg 21)
What is the mass a solid iron wrecking ball of radius 18cm.if the density of iron 7.8gm/cm3?

CHAPTER 2: KINEMATICS
Work Example #3 (Book. pg 42)
A bus starts from rest and travels along a straight path its velocity becomes 15ms-2 in 5 seconds. Calculate
acceleration of the bus?

Work Example #4 (Book. Pg # 43)

A motorcyclist moving along a straight path applies breaks to slow down from 10ms-1 to 3ms-2 in 5 seconds.
Calculate its acceleration?

Work Example #5 (Book. pg 49)

A car moving on a road with velocity 30 ms-1, when brakes are applied its velocity decreases at a rate of 6
meter per second. Find the distance it will cover before coming to rest.

Work Example #6 (Book. pg 50)

A motor cycle moving with velocity of 40 ms-1. It gets accelerating at a rate of 8ms -2. How much distance will
it cover in the next 10 seconds.

Types of motion (Part d) (Book. Pg # 57)

Calculate the acceleration of a bus that speed from 20ms-1 to 40ms-1 in 8 seconds.

Equation of motion (Part a and b) (Pg # 57)

a) A bus is moving on a road with 15ms-1 and it accelerates at 5ms-2. Find the final velocity of bus after
6 seconds.
b) A car starts moving from rest with an acceleration of 5ms-2. Find out the time to travel 50m distance.

Motion due to gravity (Part c, d and e) (Pg # 57)

c) A ball is dropped from a height of 50m. what will be its velocity before touching ground?
d) If a body is thrown up ward with vertical velocity 50ms-1. Calculate maximum height which body can
reach.
e) A ball falls down from top of height of 70m. How much time the ball will take to reach the ground.

CHAPTER 3: DYNAMICS
Work Example #3 (Book. pg 63)
Find the force that can stop a body to rest in 4 seconds from its initial velocity of 16 ms -1. The mass of body
is 3kg.

Work Example #4 (Book. pg 65)

A gun of mass 8 kg fires a bullet of mass 40 gram with a velocity of 100 ms-1. Calculate the recoil velocity of
gun.

Work Example #5 (Book. pg 68)

Find the force that can accelerate a body of 50 kg mass up to 5 ms-2.

Work Example #6 (Book. pg 69)

Find the force that stops a car of 1000 kg mass from its velocity of 72 km/h over a distance of 40 meters.

Work Example #7 (Book. pg 73)

A cyclist is making a turn along a circle of radius 20 m, at a speed of 5 m/s. If the combined mass of the cyclist
plus the cycle is 60 kg, calculate the static friction that road exerts on the tyres?

Qest#1 (Part b) (Book. Pg# 83)

Find the moment of body of mass 6 kg moving with a velocity of 25 ms -1.

Qest#2 (Part b) (Book. Pg# 84)

A body of mass 10 kg is moving with velocity of 10 ms-1. A force acts for 5 seconds to reduce its velocity to 2
ms-1. Find the momentum of body before and after application of the force on it.

Qest#5 (Part b) (Book. Pg# 84)

A force of 3400 N is applied on a body of mass is 850 kg, find the acceleration produced by the force?
Qest#7 (Book. Pg# 84)
An empty car has 1200 kg mass. Its engine can produce acceleration of 4 ms-2. If 300 kg load is added to mass
by passengers and luggage. What acceleration the same engine will produce?

Qest#9(c) (Book. Pg# 85)

A car is running on a circular part of highway having about 1000m radius. The mass of car is 600kg and its
velocity is 72 km/h. Find (i) Centripetal force exerted by the car. (ii) Centripetal acceleration of car.

Qest#10(b) (Book. Pg# 85)

A block is placed on a wet slippery floor. The mass of block is 15 kg. When it is pulled through a string and
spring balance, it shows force equal to 3 N. Find the coefficient of friction. (Fs = µmg)

CHAPTER 4: TURNING EFFECT OF FORCES

Worked Example # 2 (Pg # 93)

A man is pushing a wheelbarrow on a horizontal ground with a force of 300N making an angle of 60° with
the ground. Find horizontal and vertical components of the force.

Worked Example # 3 (Pg# 95)

A car driver tightens the nut of wheel using 20 cm long spanner by exerting a force of 300N.Find the
torque.

Worked Example # 5 (Pg# 102)

A uniform rod of length 2.0 cm is placed on a wedge at 0.5 m from its one end. A force of 150N is applied
at one of its end near the wedge to keep it horizontal. Find the weight of the rod and the reaction of the
wedge.

Ques #3 (Part b) (Book Pg # 112)

A gardener is driving a lawnmower with a force of 80 N that makes an angle of 40 with the ground.
i) Find its horizontal component
ii) Find its vertical component

Ques # 4 (Part b) (Book Pg # 112)

Horizontal and vertical components of a force are 4 N and 3 N respectively. Find
i) Resultant force
ii) Direction of resultant

Ques#5 (PART b) (Book Pg# 113)

A spanner of 0.3 m length can produce a torque of 300Nm.
i) determine the force applied on it
ii) What should be the length of the spanner if torque is to be increased to 500Nm with same applied force.

Ques#8 (PART b) (Pg# 113)

A mechanic uses a double arm spanner to turn a nut. He applies a force of 15 N at each end of the spanner
and produces a torque of 60 Nm. What is the length of the moment arm of the couple?

Ques #9 (PART b) (Pg # 114)

A uniform metre rule is balanced at the 30 cm mark when a load of 0.80 N is hung at the zero mark.
i) At what point on the rule is the Centre of gravity of the rule?
ii) calculate the weight of the rule

CHAPTER 5: FORCES AND MATTER

Worked Example # 1 (Pg# 120)
Q) A spring has spring constant k=30 Nm-1. What load is required to produce an extension of 4m?

Worked Example # 2 (Pg # 124)

Calculate the pressure at a depth of 3m in a swimming pool? (density of water = 1000kgm -1 ).

Worked Example # 3 (Pg# 124)

A boy is digging a hole with spade of edge 0.1 cm. Calculate the pressure when he is exerting the force of
1000N onto the spade.

Worked Example # 4 (Pg# 127)

In a hydraulic lift system, what must be the surface area of a piston. If a pressure of 300 kpa is used to
provide an upward force of 2000 N?

Ques#4 (Pg # 132)

Calculate the spring constant for a spring which extends by a distance of 3.5cm when a load of 14N is hung
from its end.

Ques#8 (Book. Pg#134)

A boy is pressing a thumbtack into a piece of wood with a force of 20 N. The surface area of head of
20N.The surface area of head of thumbtack is 1cm-2 and the cross-section area of the tip of the thumbtack
is 0.01cm-2 . Calculate
a) The pressure exerted by boy's thumb on the head of thumbtack.
b) The pressure of the tip of the thumbtack on the wood.
c) What conclusion can be drawn from answers
Ques#9 (Book Pg#134)
A basic hydraulic system that has small and large pistons of cross section area of 0.005 m2 and 0.1 m2
respectively. A force of 20N is applied to small piston. Calculate
a) The pressure transmitted into hydraulic fluid.
b) The force at large piston.
c) Discuss the distance travelled by small and large pistons.

CHAPTER # 6: GRAVITATION
WORKED Example # 1 (Book. Pg# 137)
Q) Determine the gravitational force of attraction between two spherical bodies of masses 500kg and
800kg. Distance between their centers is 2 meters.

WORKED EXAMPLE # 3 (Pg# 142)

Q) Calculate the acceleration due to gravity on a planet that has mass two times to the mass of Earth and
radius 1.5 times to the radius of Earth. If the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of Earth is 10ms2 .
Calculate acceleration due to gravity on the planet?
Ques#4 (Book Pg # 154)
Determine the gravitational force of attraction between Urwa and Ayesha standing at a distance of 50m
apart. The mass of Urwa is 60kg and that of Ayesha is 70kg.
Ques# 12 (Book. Pg # 155)
Evaluate the acceleration due to gravity in terms of mass of Earth “M E ”, radius of Earth “RE ” and universal
gravitational constant “G”:
i) At a distance, twice the Earth's radius.
ii) At a distance, one half the Earth's radius.

Ques#13 (Part a) (Book Pg # 155)

Calculate the speed of a satellite which orbits the Earth at an altitude of 400 kilometers above Earth's
surface.

CHAPTER # 7: PROPERTIES OF MATTER:

WORKED EXAMPLE # 1 (Pg# 168)
A cylinder contains 60cm3 of air at a pressure of 140kPa.What will its volume be if the pressure on it is
increased to 420 kPa?
Question#9 (Book Pg# 175)
Air at atmospheric pressure of 760 mm of Hg is trapped inside a container available with a moveable
piston. When the piston is pulled out slowly so that the volume is increased from 100dm3 to 150dm3 , the
temperature remaining constant. What will be the pressure of the air becomes?

CHAPTER # 8: ENERGY SOURCES AND TRANSFER OF

ENERGY:
WORKED EXAMPLE # 2 (Pg# 178)
A ball of mass 400 gram, strikes the wall of velocity 4m/sec. How much is the kinetic energy of the ball at
the time it strikes the wall?

WORKED EXAMPLE # 3 (Pg # 181)

A ball of mass 50 gram is raised to a height of 7m from the ground. Calculate its gravitational potential
energy?

Ques#2 (Book Pg # 192)

How much work is needed to move horizontally a body 20m by a force of 30N, the angle between the body
and the horizontal surface is 60°?

Ques#6 (Book Pg# 192)

What will be the Kinetic energy of a boy of mass 50kg driving a bike with velocity of 2ms-1?

Ques#17 (Book Pg# 194)

Calculate the efficiency of a machine which consumes 200 J of energy and performs 50J of work.

Ques#21 (Part b) (Book Pg# 194)

The energy of 600J dissipated by a bulb in 50 minutes. Find the power of the bulb.

Ques#22 (Part a) (Book Pg# 194)

Convert 20watt into horse power

Ques#22 (Part b) (Book Pg# 194)

Calculate the power of a machine, if it does 40 Joules of work in 10 sec.

Ques#23 (Part b) (Book Pg# 194)

A student of weight 400N takes 5sec to climb up an obstacle of height 2m. Calculate the power consumed?

Ques#24 (Part b) (Book Pg# 194)

If a machine consumes 250J of energy per hour, then what will be its power?
 CHAPTER # 9: THERMAL PROPERTIES OF MATTER:
WORKED EXAMPLE # 2 (Pg# 201)
The thermal energy required to raise the temperature of 50g of water from 400C to 700C is 6300 Joules.
Calculate the specific heat capacity of water.

WORKED EXAMPLE # 3 (Pg # 212)

A copper rod 15m long is heated, so that its temperature changes from 30oC to 85oC. Find the change in
the length of the rod. The coefficient of linear expansion of copper is 17 x 10 -6 oC-1 .

Ques#1 (Part c) (Book Pg# 218)

Convert 30oC into Kelvin and Fahrenheit Scale

Ques#3 (Part c) (Book Pg# 218)

How much heat is required to boil 3 kg water which is initially 10oC? (Sp. Heat of water is 4200 J.Kg-1.K-1)

Ques#13 (Book Pg# 219)

An iron block of volume 3m3 is heated, so that its temperature changes from 25oC to 100oC.
If the coefficient of linear expansion of iron is 11x10-6 oC-1. What will be the new volume of
the iron block after heating?
(LONG Questions for Section ‘C’)