KRM PUBLIC SCHOOL

TERM II

UNIT VI: 14 MAGNETS AND THEIR EFFECT

MCQ

1 )Who was the discoverer of magnet?

(a) Newton
(b) Einstein
(c) Aryabhatta
(d) Magnes

Ans: (d) Magnes

1) Which of the following is a natural magnet?

(a) Lodestone
(b) Bar magnet
(c) Ball-ended magnet
(d) Horse-shoe mag

Ans:(a) Lodestone

2) The two ends of the magnet are called

(a) poles
(b) strength
(c) north
(d) south

Ans:(a) poles
3) Which of the following can be converted into a magnet?
(a) Iron
(b) Wood
(c) Stone
(d) Clay

Ans: (a) Iron

4) Which of the following in a ship helps to move it in the right direction?

(a) A thermometer
(b) A speedometer
(c) An anchor
(d) A compass

Ans:(d) A compass

5) The magnets which lose their property of magnetism after a short period of time are
called
(a) permanent magnets
(b) temporary magnets
(c) natural magnets
(d) lodestones

ANS:(b) temporary magnets

6) Attraction is maximum at the

(a) centre
(b) poles
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these

Ans:(b) poles

7) We can use a magnet to separate

(a) rubber bands from pieces of aluminium foil
(b) pieces of copper wire from glass beads
(c) steel staples from sand
(d) iron filings from sand

Ans:(d) iron filings from sand

8) The word magnet is derived from the old French word
(a) magnesia
(b) maguos
(c) magnete
(d) magnetum

Ans:(c) magnete

9) The ore of magnet is called

(a) magnetite
(b) magnesia
(c) bauxite
(d) hematite

Ans:(a) magnetite

II) ASSERTION AND REASON

(1) • Assertion – Magnet attracts materials like iron, nickel, cobalt are called magnetic
materials.

Reason – Materials that are not attracted to words magnet are called

a) A and R both are true and R is correct explanation for assertion.

b) A and R both are true and Ris not correct explanation for assertion.
c) A is true but R is false statement.

d) A and R is true statement.

Ans: b) A and R both are true and Ris not correct explanation for assertion.

(2) • Assertion – There are two poles of bar magnet only.

Reason – The magnet have north and south pole.

a) A and R both are true and R is correct explanation for assertion.
b) A and R both are true and Ris not correct explanation for assertion.

c) A is false but R is true statement.

d) A and R is true statement.

Ans: d) A is false statement but R is true.

(3) • Assertion – Opposite pole of two magnets attract each other where as similar pole
repel one another.

Reason – A freely suspended magnet always aligns in n-s direction.a)

a) A and R both are true and R is correct explanation for assertion.
b) A and R both are true and Ris not correct explanation for assertion.
c) A is true but R is false statement.

d) A and R is true statement.

Ans: b) A and R both are correct statement and R is not correct

explanation for assertion.

4) Assertion – the process of making magnet from iron are artificial method
Reason – There are different shapes of magnet like bar magnet, horsehoe magnet
cylindrical or ball ended magnet.
a) A and R both are true and R is correct explanation for assertion.

b) A and R both are true and Ris not correct explanation for assertion.
c) A is true but R is false statement.

d) A and R is true statement.

Ans:a) A and R both are correct statement and R is correct

explanation for A
5)Assertion (A): Poles of a magnet can never be separated.
Reason (R) : Since, each atom of a magnetic material is a magnet in itself.
a) A and R both are true and R is correct explanation for assertion.

b) A and R both are true and Ris not correct explanation for assertion.
c) A is true but R is false statement.

d) A and R is true statement.

Ans: a) A and R both are correct statement and R is correct explanation for
A

III) HOTS

1) You are given two rods. Out of these, one is an iron rod and the other one is a magnet, how
will you identify these rods?

Ans: When we take two rod in contact with another iron or metal,the magnet
attract iron particle but iron rod doesn't attract.

2) A tailor was stitching button on his shirt. the needle has slipped from his hand on to
the floor .can you help the tailor to find the needle?

Ans: A magnet can be used to find the needle.

3) A bar magnet is cut into two pieces, A and B, from the middle, as shown in figure
13.8 .
Will the two pieces act as individual magnets? Mark the poles of these two pieces.
Suggest an activity to verify your answer.

Ans: Yes,thetwo broken pieces ,A and B ,will act as individual

magnets.Amagnet will always have two poles-the North pole and South
pole.Hence,now each piece will have two poles.

By using the test of repulsion between the newly formed magnets, we can
detect the poles of broken magnets.

IV) SHORTANSWERS

1) What are soft and hard magnetic materials?

Ans:Soft iron is called soft magnetic material because it loses its

magnetism easily. Soft iron is used in making electromagnets.

Steel is called a ‘hard’ magnetic material because it does not lose its
magnetism so easily. It is used to make permanent magnets.

2) Are both poles of a magnet similar?

Ans: No, the two poles of a magnet are not similar (alike). Both have
different tendency. The pole that points towards the north is called
north-pole while the pole pointing always towards the south is called
south-pole.
3) saheli and her friends were decorating the class bulletin board. She dropped the box
of stainless steel pins by mistake. She tried to collect the pins using a magnet. She could
not succeed. What could be the reason for this?

Ans: The pins are made of stainless steel, which is a non-magnetic

material. Hence saheli was unsuccessful in collecting the pins using a
magnet.

4) When do two magnets attract each other?

Ans: Two magnets attract each other when their unlike (opposite) poles
come close to each other.

5) Expansion of MRI ,explain?

Ans: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a medical diagnostic

technique which uses the magnetic field inside the body for obtaining
images of different parts of the body.

V) BRIEF ANSWER

1) Three identical iron bars are kept on a table. Two out of three bars are magnets. In
one of the magnets, the North-South poles are marked. How will you find out which of
the other two bars is a magnet? Identify the poles of this magnet.

Ans: The magnet on which the North-South poles are marked can be used
to find the magnet out of two bars.

Take the magnet with North-South poles marked, and keep it close to
both the iron bars; hence both magnets get attracted to it since both are
magnets.

To find out the poles of an unknown magnet, we can use the repulsion
test. The north pole marked on the given magnet will repel the north pole
of the unknown magnet and vice-versa.

2) What is the directive property of a magnet?

1) Ans: 1)A magnet's directive property describes its proclivity to align
itself along an external magnetic field.

2)When a magnet is suspended in the air by a thread, it directs itself to

align in the geographic north-south direction. This property of the magnet
is known as the target's directive property.