MCQ / CLASS 9/ GOYAL

1. At the maximum height, a body thrown vertically upwards has :

(a) velocity not zero but acceleration zero. (b) acceleration not zero but velocity zero.
(c) both acceleration and velocity are zero. (d) both acceleration and velocity are not zero.

2. Calculate the velocity of a body of mass 0.5 kg, when it has a linear momentum of 5 Ns.

3. The mass of earth is 6 x 1024 kg and radius of earth is 6.4 x 106 m. The magnitude of force
between the mass of 1 kg and the earth is :
(a) 770 N (b) 9.810 N (c) 830 N (d) 9.790 N

4. A man is walking from east to west on a rough surface. The force on the man is directed :
(a) from west to east (b) from east to west (c) along the north (d) along the west

5. Inertia is the property of a body by virtue of which the body is :

(a) unable to change by itself the state of rest
(b) unable to change by itself the state of uniform motion
(c) unable to change by itself the direction of motion
(d) unable to change by itself the state of rest or uniform motion.
6. The impulse of a body is equal to :
(a) rate of change of its momentum (b) change in its momentum
(c) the product of force applied on it and the time of application of force. (d) both (b) and (c).
7. A force acts on a body of mass 3 kg such that its velocity changes from 4 msr’ to 10 ms-1. The
change in momentum of the body is
(a) 42 kgms-1 (b) 2 kgms-1 (c) 18 kgms-1 (d) 14 kgms-1

8. Action-reaction forces (a) act on the same body (b) act on different bodies
(c) act along different lines (d) act in same direction
9. Which of the following are vector quantities? (a) Momentum (b) Velocity
(c) Force (d) All of these
10. A woman drawing water from a village well, falls backward, when the rope snaps. This is on
account of (a) Newton’s third law of motion (b) Newton’s law of gravitation
(c) Newton’s second law of motion (d) Newton’s first law of motion
11. When you kick a stone, you get hurt. Due to which property this happens?
(a) Inertia of stone (b) Velocity of the kick (c) Momentum of the kick (d) Reaction of the stone.
12. What vertical height of water will exert pressure of 333200 Pa? Density of water is 1000 kgnr3 and
g = 9.8 ms-2.

13. Unit of thrust in SI system is (a) dynes(b) joule(c) N/m2 (d) newton
14. The unit Nm2 is the unit of (a) force(b) pressure(c) thrust(d) momentum
15. One Pascal is equal to: (a) Nm2 (b) Nm-2 (c) Nm2 (d) Nm-1
16. Thrust acting perpendicularly on the unit surface area is called :
(a) pressure(b) moment of force(c) down thrust(d) none of these
17. Pressure applied in liquids is transmitted with undiminished force:
(a) in downward direction(b) upward only (c) sides of containing vessel(d) in all directions
18. As we move upwards, the atmospheric pressure :
(a) increases(b) decreases(c) remains same(d) cannot be said
19. A dam for water reservoir is built thicker at the bottom than at the top because :
(a) pressure of water is very large at the bottom due to its large depth
(b) water is likely to have more density at the bottom due to its large depth
(c) quantity of water at the bottom is large (d) variation in value of ‘g’
20. The pressure exerted by 50 kg (g = 10 m/s2) on an area of cross section of 2 m2 is :
(a) 50 Pa(b) 200 Pa(c) 250 Pa (d) 1000 Pa
21. Pressure at a point inside a liquid does not depend on :
(a) The depth of the point below the surface of the liquid (b) The nature of the liquid
(c) The acceleration due to gravity at that point (d) The shape of the containing vessel
22. 10. The atmospheric pressure on earth’s surface is approximately
(a) 105 Pa(b) 104 Pa(c) 9.6 x 104 N/m2(d) 10-4 Pa
23. The force experienced by a body when partially or fully immersed in water is called :
(a) aparent weight(b) upthrust(c) down thrust(d) none of these
24. When a body is floating in a liquid :
(a) The weight of the body is less than the upthrust due to immersed part of the body
(b) The weight of body is more than the upthrust due to the immersed part of the body
(c) The weight of body is equal to the upthrust due to the immersed part of the body
(d) none of the above
25. With the increase in the density of the fluid, the upthrust experienced by a body immersed in
it : (a) decreases(b) increases(c) remains same(d) none of these
26. The apparent weight of a body in a fluid is :
(a) equal to weight of fluid displaced (b) volume of fluid displaced
(c) difference between its weight in air and weight of fluid displaced (d) none of the above
27. 5. The phenomenon due to which a solid experiences upward force when immersed in water is
called :(a) floatation (b) buoyancy (c) density (d) none of these
28. When an object sinks in a liquid, its :
(a) buoyant force is more than weight of object (b) buoyant force is less than weight of object
(c) buoyant force is equal to the weight of the object (d) none of the above
29. The SI unit of density is : (a) gem-3 (b) kgem-3 (c) kgm-3 (d) gm-3
30. When a body is wholly or partially immersed in a liquid, it experiences a buoyant force which
is equal to : (a) volume of liquid displaced by it (b) weight of liquid displaced by it
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of the above
31. The ratio between the mass of a substance and the mass of an equal volume of water at 4°C is
called : (a) relative density (b) density(c) weight(d) pressure
32. A body has density 9.6 gcm -3. Its density in SI system is :
(a) 96 kgm-3(b) 960 kgm-3(c) 9600 kgm-3 (d) 96,000 kgm-3