INDO RAMA PUBLIC SCHOOL, JAGDISHPUR

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
CLASS IX
PHYSICS

1. “An object may appear moving to one person and at rest to another person at the same time”.
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Justify giving an example.

2. Distinguish between scalar quantity and vector quantity. 1

3. Define uniform motion. 1

4. A particle is moving in a circle of diameter 5 m. What is its displacement when it covers one and 1
a half revolutions?

5. A body is thrown vertically upwards and rises to height h. Calculate (a) total distance travelled (b) 1
displacement of the body when it is caught back.

6. What is the numerical ratio of average velocity to average speed of an object moving along a 1
straight line path?

7. Define acceleration. 1

8. Define uniform acceleration. 1

9. What type of motion is described by the following graphs? 1

  

10. Out of the following, identify the graph which corresponds to a motion with (i) Uniform 1
retardation. (ii) Zero acceleration.

  

11. On the same velocity-time graph, represent uniform acceleration, positive acceleration and 1
negative aceleration.

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12. In what situation the velocity-time graph a straight line with negative slope? 1

13. Which physical quantity is given by the area under the velocity-time graph? 1

14. Find the displacement of the body in first 10 seconds in the following graph. 1

15. A cyclist once goes round a circular track of diameter 105 m in 5 minutes. Calculate his speed. 1

16. Define (a) average speed (b) average velocity. 1

17. A girl rides a bicycle with a speed of 10 km/h for 2 h and 15 km/h for next 3 h. Find the distance 2
moved by her and average speed.

18. A particle moves 3 m north then 4 m east and finally 6 m south. Calculate the displacement. 2

19. Represent the given data graphically. 2

Time (in sec)   0    2     4    6 

Distance (in m) 0 5 10 20

20. Give one example of each of the following situations:

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(a) Acceleration is against the direction of motion.

(b) Acceleration is non-uniform.

21. (a) What can be depicted from the graph regarding the motion of the object?
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(b) Find the value of acceleration from the graph.

22. The brakes applied to a train moving at 90 km/h produces a retardation of 5 m/s2. What distance 2
will it cover before coming to a stop?

23. Find the displacement of a body whose velocity time graph is shown below : 2

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24. A train covers half of its journey with a speed of 30 ms–1 and other half with a speed of 40 ms–1. 3
Calculate its average speed for the entire journey.

25. What type of motion is represented by following displacement-time graph: 3

     

26. The graph given below shows the position of a body at different times. Calculate the speed of the 3
body as it moves from:

(i) A to B (ii) B to C (iii) C to D

27. Study the given graph and answer the following questions.
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(i) Which part of the graph shows accelerated motion?

(ii) Which part of the graph shows retarded motion?

(iii) Calculate the distance travelled by the body in first 4 seconds of journey graphically.

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28. Draw velocity time graph for a body that has initial velocity ‘u’ and is moving with uniform 5
acceleration ‘a’. Use it to derive v = u + at; s = ut + at2, and v2 = u2 + 2as

29. Define uniform circular motion. Is it an accelerated motion? If yes, what is the direction of 5
acceleration? Give an example of this type of motion?

30. Study the velocity-time graph and calculate. 5

(a) The acceleration from A to B

(b) The acceleration from B to C

(c) The distance covered in the region ABE

(d) The average velocity from C to D

(e) The distance covered in the region BCFE

31.  For a uniformly accelerated body with initial and final velocities as u and v ms–1, the average velocity is 1

(i)
 
(ii)
 
(iii)
 
(iv)
 

32.  Area below v – t graph is a measure of 1

(i)  Acceleration
(ii)  Displacement
(iii)  Angular speed
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 (iv)  Angular acceleration

33.  Area under a v–t graph represents a physical quantity which has the unit 1
(i)  m2

(ii)  m
(iii)  m3

(iv)  ms–1

34.  Slope of a velocity–time graph gives 1

(i)  the distance
(ii)  the displacement
(iii)  the acceleration
(iv)  the speed.

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