North East public school

Kahilipara

SCIENCE
Class 09 - Science
Time Allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes Maximum Marks: 92

1. When a carpet is beaten with a stick, dust comes out of it. Explain. [2]
2. Explain why some of the leaves may get detached from a tree if we vigorously shake its branch. [2]
3. In the following example, try to identify the number of times the velocity of the ball changes: [2]
“A football player kicks a football to another player of his team who kicks the football towards the goal. The
goalkeeper of the opposite team collects the football and kicks it towards a player of his own team”.
Also identify the agent supplying the force in each case.
4. Assertion (A): Mass is a measure of inertia of the body in linear motion. [1]
Reason (R): Greater the mass, greater is the force required to change its state of rest or motion.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

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5. Inflated balloon lying on the surface of a floor moves forward when pierced with a pin. [1]
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The above-mentioned phenomena is due to
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a) Newton’s fist law of motion b) Conservation of energy

c) Newton’s second law of motion d) Newton’s third law of motion

6. The change in the momentum of a body in 0.01 seconds is 10 kg ms-1. The force acting on this body is [1]

a) 100 N b) 0.1 N

c) 10 N d) 1000 N
7. A bullet of mass 10 g is fired from a rifle. The bullet tales 0.003 second to move through its barrel and leaves it [1]
with a velocity of 300 m/s. What is the force exerted on the bullet by the rifle?

a) 250N b) 1000 N

c) 400N d) 200N
8. If an object experiences a net zero unbalanced force then the body: [1]

a) moves with constant velocity b) can be accelerated

c) cannot remain at rest d) none of these

9. If 10 kg and 5 N are the S.I. units of mass and force respectively, the S.I. unit of acceleration is [1]

a) 5 m/s2 b) 2 m/s2

c) 0.5 m/s2 d) 1 m/s2

10. An object undergoes an acceleration of 8 ms-2 starting from rest. Find the distance travelled in 1 second. [2]

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11. A body of mass 500 g is at rest on a frictionless surface. Calculate the distance travelled by it in 10 s when acted [2]

upon by a force of 10-2N.

12. Explain, why is it difficult for a fireman to hold a hose, which ejects large amounts of water at a high velocity. [2]
13. The velocity-time graph of a ball moving on the surface of the floor is as shown in the figure. Calculate the force [3]
acting on the ball, if mass of the ball is 100 g.

14. A bullet travelling at 360 m/s strikes a block of soft wood. The mass of the bullet is 2.0 g. The bullet comes to [3]
rest after penetrating 10 cm into the wood.
a) Find the average de-accceleration force exerted by the wood.
b) Find the time taken by the bullet to come to rest.

15. A bullet of mass 10 g travelling horizontally with a velocity of 150 ms-1 strikes a stationary wooden block and [2]

comes to rest in 0.03 s. Calculate a distance of penetration of the bullet into the block. Also calculate the
magnitude of the force exerted by the wooden block on the bullet.
16. Why does a boat tend to leave the shore, when passengers are alighting from it? [2]
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17. i. Explain, why is it difficult to walk on sand?
ii. Why is the recoil of a heavy gun, on firing, not so strong as that of a light gun using the same cartridge?
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18. Explain the universal law of gravitation. [1]
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19. Two objects kept in a room do not move towards each other as per the universal law of gravitation. Why? [1]
20. If the moon attracts the earth, why does the earth not move towards the moon? [1]
21. Write the formula to find the magnitude of the gravitational force between the earth and an object on the surface [2]
of the earth.

22. The acceleration due to gravity at the moon's surface is 1.67 ms-2. If the radius of the moon is 1.74 × 106, [2]

calculate the mass of the moon. Use the known value of G.

23. What is the importance of universal law of gravitation? [2]
24. Mention any five phenomena that the universal law of gravitation was able to explain. [2]
25. The earth and the moon are attracted to each other by gravitational force. Does the earth attract the moon with a [2]
force that is greater or smaller or the same as the force with which the moon attracts the earth? Why?
26. A block of wood tied to the bottom of water tank as shown. The wooden block exerts tension, on the wire tied to [3]
it. The dimension of the block are 20 cm × 20 cm × 40 cm.

The density of the wood is 600 Kg/m3. What is the tension in the wire?

27. The mass of the mars is 6.39 × 1023 kg and that of the jupiter is 1.89 × 1027 kg. If the distance between mars [3]

and jupiter is 749 × 103 m. Calculate the force exerted by the jupiter on the mars. (G = 6.7 × 10-11 Nm2 kg-2)

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28. What happens to the magnitude of the force of gravitation between two objects, if [3]
i. distance between the objects is tripled?
ii. mass of both objects is doubled?
iii. mass of both objects as well as the distance between them is doubled?

29. i. According to universal law of gravitation, every object in this universe attracts every other object. Explain, [3]
why then a table and a chair lying in the same room do not collide with each other?
ii. An object is thrown vertically upwards to a height of 12 m. Calculate its
a. velocity with which it was thrown upwards.
b. time taken by the object to reach a height of 12 m.
30. What is the magnitude of the gravitational force between the earth and a 1 kg object on its surface? (Mass of the [5]
earth is 6 × 10 24
kg and radius of the earth is6.4 × 10 m).
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31. i. At some moment, two giant planets Jupiter and Saturn of the solar system are in the same line as seen from [5]
the earth. Find the total gravitational force due to them on a person of mass 50 kg on the earth. Could the
force due to the planets be important?

Mass of the Jupiter = 2 × 1027 kg

Mass of the Saturn = 6 × 1026 kg
The distance of Jupiter from the earth = 6.3 × 1011 m
The distance of Saturn from the earth = 1.28 × 1012 m
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ii. A bag of sugar weighs 'w' at a certain place on the equator. If this bag is taken to Antarctica, then will it
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weigh the same or more or less. Give a reason for your answer.

32. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 49 ms-1. Calculate:i) the maximum height to which it [2]
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rises.ii) the total time it takes to return to the surface of the earth.
33. A firecracker is fired and it rises to a height of 1000 m. Find the [2]
i. velocity by which it was released.
ii. time taken by it to reach the highest point. (Take, g = 9.8 m/s2)
34. A coconut is hanging on a tree at a height of 15 m from the ground. A boy launches a projectile vertically [3]

upward with a velocity of 20 ms-1. After what time, the projectile will pass by the coconut. Explain the two

answers that you get in this problem. (Take g = 10 ms-2)

35. A stone is dropped from a height of 50m on earth. At the same time, another stone is thrown vertically upwards [3]
from the ground with a velocity up wards from the ground with a velocity of 50m/s. At what height from the
ground will the two stones meet (g = -10 m/s2)
36. Assertion (A): A sheet of paper falls slower, than one that is crumpled into a ball. [1]
Reason (R): Sheet of paper has lesser weight than that is crumpled into a ball.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

37. Assertion (A): The falling of a body from a height towards the earth under its gravitational force is called free [1]
fall.

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 Reason (R): Whenever objects fall towards the earth under gravitational force, we say that the objects are in free
fall.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

38. Assertion (A): The acceleration experienced by an object during free fall is dependent on its mass. [1]
Reason (R): All objects hollow or solid, big or small, should fall at the same rate.

a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct b) Both A and R are true but R is not the
explanation of A. correct explanation of A.

c) A is true but R is false. d) A is false but R is true.

39. The astronauts in space feel weightless. Why? [1]
40. Mass of an object is 10 kg. What is its weight on the earth? [1]
41. A man's weight when taken at the poles is 600N. Will is weight remain the same when measured at the equator? [1]
Will there be an increase or decrease is his weight? Explain.
42. A bag of sugar weighs W at some place on the equator. If this bag is taken to Antarctica, will it weigh same, [2]
more or less? Give a reason for your answer.
43. Why is the weight of an object on the moon 1

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th its weight on the earth? [2]
44. The radius of the earth is about 6370Km. An object of mass 30Kg is taken to a height of 230Km above the [3]
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surface of the earth.
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i. What is the mass of the body?
ii. What is the acceleration to gravity at this height?
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iii. What is the weight of the body at this height?

45. Amit buys few grams of gold at the poles as per the instruction of one of his friends. He hands over the same [3]
when he meets him at the equator. Will the friend agree with the weight of gold bought? If not, why?

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