SAMPLE ONE MARK 2022-23

PERIODIC TEST 3: CLASS- IX –SCIENCE

I. FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION

1. Which of the following statements is not correct for an object moving along a
straight path in an accelerated motion?
a. Its speed keeps changing b. Its velocity always changes
c. It always goes away from the earth d. A force is always acting on it

2. According to the Newton's third law of motion, action and reaction

a. Always act on the same body b. Always act on different bodies in opposite directions
c. Have the same magnitude and directions d. Act on either body at normal to each other

3. A goalkeeper in a game of football pulls his hands backward after holding the ball
shot at the goal. This enables the goalkeeper to
a. Exert a larger force on the ball b. Reduce the force exerted by the ball on hands
c. Increase the rate of change of momentum d. Decrease the rate of change of momentum

4. The inertia of an object tends to cause the object

a. To increase its speed b. To decrease its speed
c. To resist any change in its state of motion d. To decelerate due to friction

5. A passenger in a moving train tosses a coin which falls behind him. It means that
motion of the train is
a. Accelerated b. Uniform c. Retarded d. Along circular tracks

6. An object of mass 2 kg is sliding with a constant velocity of 4 ms−1 on a frictionless

horizontal table. The force required to keep the object moving with the same velocity
is
(a) 32 N (b) 0 N (c) 2 N (d) 8 N

7. Rocket works on the principle of conservation of

a. Mass b. Energy c. Momentum d. Velocity

8. A water tanker filled up to 2/3 of its height is moving with a uniform speed. On
sudden application of the brake, the water in the tank would
a. Move backward b. Move forward c. Be unaffected d. Rise upwards

9. Swimming is possible by the:

a. first law of motion b. second law of motion c.third law of motion d.Newton's law of
gravitation

10. If a body is in equilibrium under a set of non-collinear forces, the minimum

number of forces has to be:
a. Four b. Three c. Two d. Five

11. A cricket player catches a ball of mass 0.1 kg, moving with a speed 10 m/s in 0.1
second. Force exerted by him is (N)
(A) 4 (B) 2 (C) 1 (D) 10

12. A force of 100 N acts on 50 kg for 2 seconds. The same force acts on 25 kgs for 2
seconds. The ratio of the momenta produced, and the accelerations caused in two
bodies respectively are–
(A) 1 : 1, 2 : 1 (B) 1 : 1, 1 : 2 (C) 1 : 2, 1 : 1 (D) none of these
13. A shell of mass 0.020 kg is fired by a gun of mass 100 kg. If the muzzle speed of
the shell is 80 m/s, the recoil speed of the gun –
(A) 14 m/s (B) 0.012 m/s (C) 0.016 m/s (D) 100 m/s

14. Inertia is that property of a body by virtue of which the body is:
(A) Unable to change by itself its state of rest (B) Unable to change by itself its state of
uniform motion (C) Unable to change by itself its direction of motion (D) All the above

II. GRAVITATION

1. Two objects of different masses falling freely near the surface of moon would

(a) have same velocities at any instant (b) have different accelerations
(c) experience forces of the same magnitude (d) undergo a change in their inertia

2. The value of acceleration due to gravity

(a) is same on equator and poles (b) is least on poles
(c) is least on the equator (d) increases from pole to equator

3. The gravitational force between two objects is F. If masses of both objects are
halved without changing distance between them, then the gravitational force would
become
(a) F4 (b) F2 (c) F (d) 2F

4. A boy is whirling a stone tied with a string in a horizontal circular path. If the string
breaks, the stone
(a) will continue to move in the circular path (b) will move along a straight line towards the
centre of the circular path (c) will move along a straight line tangential to the circular path
(d) will move along a straight line perpendicular to the circular path away from the boy

5. An object is put one by one in three liquids having different densities. The object
floats with 19,211and37 parts of their volumes outside the liquid surface in liquids of
densities d1, d2and d3 respectively. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) d1> d2> d3 (b) d1> d2< d3 (c) d1< d2> d3 (d) d1< d2< d3

6. In the relation F=GMm/d2 the quantity G

(a) depends on the value of g at the place of observation (b) is used only when the earth is
one of the two masses (c) is greatest at the surface of the earth (d) is a universal constant
of nature

7. Law of gravitation gives the gravitational force between

(a) the earth and a point mass only (b) the earth and Sun only (c) any two bodies having
some mass (d) two charged bodies only

8. The value of quantity G in the law of gravitation

(a) depends on the mass of earth only (b) depends on the radius of the earth only
(c) depends on both mass and radius of the earth (d) is independent of mass and radius of
the earth

9. Two particles are placed at some distance. If the mass of each of the two particles
is doubled, keeping the distance between them unchanged, the value of gravitational
force between them will be
(a)14 times (b) 4 times (c) 12 times (d) unchanged

10. The atmosphere is held to the earth by

(a) gravity (b) wind (c) clouds (d) earth’s magnetic field
11. The force of attraction between two unit point masses separated by a unit distance
is called
(a) gravitational potential (b) acceleration due to gravity (c) gravitational field
(d) universal gravitational constant

12. The weight of an object at the centre of the earth of radius R is

(a) zero (b) infinite (c) R times the weight at the surface of the earth
(d) 1/R2 times the weight at surface of the earth

13. An object weighs 10 N in air. When immersed fully in water, it weighs only 8 N. The
weight of the liquid displaced by the object will be
(a) 2 N (b) 8 N (c) 10 N (d) 12 N

14. A girl stands on a box having 60 cm length, 40 cm breadth and 20 cm width in

three ways. In which of the following cases, pressure exerted by the brick will be
(a) maximum when length and breadth form the base
(b) maximum when breadth and width form the base
(c) maximum when width and length form the base
(d) the same in all the above three cases

15. An apple falls from a tree because of gravitational attraction between the earth and
apple. If F1is the magnitude of force exerted by the earth on the apple and F2is the
magnitude of force exerted by apple on earth, then
(a) F1 is very much greater than F2 (b) F2 is very much greater than F1
(c) F1 is only a little greater than F2 (d) F1 and F2 are equal

III. WORK AND ENERGY

1. When a body falls freely towards the earth, then its total energy
(a) increases (b) decreases (c) remains constant (d) first increases and then decreases

2. A car is accelerated on a levelled road and attains a velocity 4 times its initial
velocity. In this process, the potential energy of the car
(a) does not change (b) becomes twice to that of initial
(c) becomes 4 times that of initial (d) becomes 16 times that of initial

3. In the case of negative work the angle between the force and displacement is
(a) 0⁰ (b) 45⁰ (c ) 90⁰ (d) 180⁰

4. An iron sphere of mass 10 kg has the same diameter as an aluminium sphere of

mass is 3.5 kg. Both spheres are dropped simultaneously from a tower. When they
are 10 m above the ground, they have the same
(a) acceleration (b) momenta (c) potential energy (d) kinetic energy

5. A girl is carrying a school bag of 3 kg on her back and moves 200 m on a levelled
road. The work done against the gravitational force will be (g =10m/s−2 )
(a) 6×10³J (b) 6J (c) 0.6J (d) zero

6. Which one of the following is not the unit of energy?

(a) joule (b) newton metre (c) kilowatt (d) kilowatt-hour

7. The work done on an object does not depend upon the-:

(a) displacement (b) force applied (c) the angle between force and displacement
(d) the initial velocity of the object

8. Water stored in a dam possesses

(a) no energy (b) electrical energy (c) kinetic energy (d) potential energy
9. A body is falling from a height ‘h’. After it has fallen a height h2, it will possess
(a) only potential energy (b) only kinetic energy (c) half potential energy and half kinetic
energy (d) more kinetic and less potential energy

10. What is the work done on a satellite by the Earth’s gravitational force?
(a) zero, because the force exerted by the Earth on the satellite is parallel to the
displacement of the satellite.
(b) zero, because the force exerted by the Earth on the satellite is perpendicular to the
displacement of the satellite.
(c) positive, because the force exerted by the Earth on the satellite is perpendicular to the
displacement of the satellite.
(d) negative, because the force exerted by the Earth on the satellite is perpendicular to the
displacement of the satellite.