New Heights School

Hardoi

PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR HALF YEARLY EXAM

Class 09 - Science
Time Allowed: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 68

Section A
1. Assertion (A): When the displacement of a body is directly proportional to the square of the time. Then the [1]
body is moving with uniform acceleration.

Reason (R): The slope of velocity-time graph with time axis gives acceleration.

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.

2. Assertion (A): When a gun is fired, it exerts a forward force on the bullet.
[1]
Reason (R): The bullet exerts an equal and opposite reaction force on the gun.

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.

3. Assertion (A): A quick collision between two bodies is more violent than a slow collision, even when the initial [1]
and the final velocities are identical.

Reason (R): The rate of change of momentum determines the force.

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.

4. Define acceleration of a body. [1]
5. Give an example of non-uniform acceleration? [1]
6. What do you understand by a uniform velocity? [1]
7. What is a reference point? [1]
8. Under what condition will the displacement and distance have the same magnitude? [1]
9. State Newton's second law of motion. [1]
10. What do balanced forces usually do to a body? [1]
11. Body A is heavier than body Q. Which has more inertia? [1]
12. State Newton's first law of motion. [1]
13. A body is moving with uniform acceleration. Is its momentum constant? [1]
Section B
14. A body travels along a circular path of radius 70m. After travelling half a revolution in 20 s, find the (i) average [2]
velocity (ii) average speed,
15. Define uniform velocity and uniform acceleration. [2]

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16. An electric engine has a velocity of 120 kmh-1. How much distance will it travel in 30 s? [2]

17. How will the equations of motion for an object moving with a uniform velocity change? [2]
18. An artificial satellite is moving in a circular orbit of radius 42250 km. Calculate its speed if it takes 24 hours to [2]
revolve around the earth.
19. From the rifle of mass 4 kg, a bullet of mass 50 g is fired with an initial velocity of 35 ms-1. Calculate the initial [2]
recoil velocity of the rifle.

20. Which would require a greater force,accelerating a 2 kg mass at 5 ms-2 or a 4 kg mass at 2 ms-2?. [2]
21. Using second law of motion, derive the relation between force and acceleration. A bullet of mass 10 g strikes a [2]

sand bag with a velocity of 103 ms-1 and gets embedded after travelling 5 cm. Calculate
i. the resistive force exerted by the sand bag on the bullet.
ii. the time taken by the bullet to come to rest.
Section C
22. A particle moves in a circle with O as centre and AO = OB = 5 cm, radius, as shown in the figure. It starts from [3]
A. Calculate.

a. the distance covered, and

b. the displacement, when it reaches B.
23. The velocity of a body in motion is recorded every second as shown- [3]

time (s) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

velocity (m/s) 60 54 48 42 36 30 24 18 12 6

Calculate the -
a. acceleration
b. distance travelled and draw the graph.
24. The graph given below shows the positions of a body at different times. Calculate the speed of the body as it [3]
moves from
i. A to B
ii. B to C

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 iii. C to D

25. The speed-time graph of a car is given. The car weighs 1000 kg. [3]
i. What is the distance travelled by car in the first 2s?
ii. What is the braking force applied at the end of 5 s to bring the car to stop within one second?

26. The following is the distance-time table of an object in motion: [3]

Time (s) Distance (m)

0 0

1 1

2 8

3 27

4 64

5 125

6 216

7 343

a. What conclusion can you draw about the acceleration? Is it constant, increasing, decreasing, or zero?
b. What do you infer about the forces acting on the object?
27. 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.

Section D
28. Draw a distance-time graph for an object moving with uniform and non-uniform speed. [4]
29. Derive the third equation of motion (v2-u2 = 2 as) graphically. [4]

30. Read the passage and answer any four questions:

[4]

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When 2 objects (two ball A and B) having masses mA and mB are travelling in the same direction along a

straight line at different velocities vA and vB. There are no other external unbalanced forces acting on them but

when they colloid.

i. If the mass of a body is doubled and its velocity becomes half, then the linear momentum of the body will

a. remain the same

b. become double

c. become half
d. become four times
ii. Which of the following statement is incorrect?

I. Ball A exerts a force FAB on ball B

II. Ball A exerts a force FBA on ball B

III. Momentum of ball A before the collision are mAuA

IV. The force applied on both balls is in the same direction

a. (I) and (II)
b. (II) and (III)
c. (III) and (IV)
d. (II) and (IV) 
iii. The masses of the two bodies are in ratio 5:6 and their velocities are in ratio 1:2. Then their linear
momentum will be in the ratio
a. 5:6
b. 1:2
c. 12:5
d. 5:12
iv. A bullet of mass 10g is fired from a gun of mass 6kg with a velocity of 300m/s calculate the recoil velocity
of the gun.

a. 0.5m/s
b. 0.6m/s
c. 0.6m/s
d. 8 m/s
v. Rocket works on the principle of conservation of
a. mass
b. energy

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 c. momentum
d. velocity
31. Read the following and answer any four questions:
[4]
While catching a fast-moving cricket ball, a fielder in the ground gradually pulls his hands backward with the
moving ball. This is an application of the second law of motion.

i. Why the fielder lowers his hand while catching the ball?
a. The fielder increases the time duration
b. To reduce the impact of catching the fast-moving ball
c. The high velocity of the moving ball decreases to zero
d. All of these
ii. Which of the following situations involves Newton’s second law of motion?
a. A force can stop a lighter vehicle as well as a heavier vehicle which are moving
b. A force can accelerate a lighter vehicle more easily than a heavier vehicle that is moving
c. A force exerted by a lighter vehicle on collision with heavier vehicle results in both the vehicles coming
to a standstill
d. A force exerted by the escaping air from a balloon in the downward direction makes the balloon go
upwards

iii. What force would be needed to produce an acceleration of 4 m/s2 in a ball of mass 6 kg?
a. 24N
b. 25N
c. 26N
d. 27N
iv. Which of the following is the incorrect match?

  Column I Column II

a. The inertia of a body depends on it Mass

b. The tendency of a body to resist change in its state of motion or rest. Inertia

c. SI unit of momentum  kg m/s2

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 d. The resultant force is zero  Unbalanced forces

v. When a balloon held between the hands is pressed, its shape changes. This happens because:
a. Balanced forces act on the balloon   
b. Unbalanced forces act on the balloon
c. Frictional forces act on the balloon   
d. Gravitational force acts on the balloon
Section E
Question No. 32 to 36 are based on the given text. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

Graphical representation of the distance-time graph of moving body at a uniform speed. when an object travels equal
distances in equal intervals of time, it moves with uniform speed.

32. Which of the following statement is incorrect about the graphical representation of motion? [1]
I. A straight line graph helps in solving a linear equation
II. Line graphs show the dependence of one physical quantity
III. In the distance-time graph, time is taken along the y–axis
IV. In the distance-time graph, distance is taken along the x-axis

a) (III) and (IV) b) (II) and (III)

c) (II) and (IV) d) (I) and (II)

33. The area under a speed-time graph represents a physical quantity which has the unit of : [1]

a) ms-1 b) ms-2

c) ms2 d) m

34. A bus moving along a straight line at 20m/s undergoes an acceleration of 4 m/s2. After 2 seconds, its speed will [1]
be :

a) 28 m/s b) 8 m/s

c) 16 m/s d) 12 m/s
35. A student draws a distance-time graph for a moving scooter and finds that a section of the graph is a horizontal [1]
line parallel to the time axis. Which of the following conclusion is correct about this section of the graph?

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 a) The distance travelled by scooter is the b) The distance travelled by scooter is zero in
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c) The distance travelled by scooter is the d) The scooter has uniform speed in this
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36. What conclusion can you draw about the speed of a body from the following distance-time graph?
[1]

a) Uniform speed b) Uniform velocity

c) Non-uniform speed d) Non-uniform velocity

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