Army Public School & College System

Class 9 Physics Chapter - 7

Multiple Choice Questions

Encircle the correct answer from the given choice:

1) Most of the matter that fills the universe is in

a) Solid
b) Liquid/Gas
c) Gas
d) Solid & Plasma
2) 1 lit is equal to
a) 102m3
b) 10-3m3
c) 103m3
d) 106m3
3) The density of water is
a) 5500 kgm-3
b) 10000 kgm-3
c) 1000 kgm-3
d) 330 kgm-3
4) As we go up the value of atmospheric pressure is
a) Decreased
b) Increased
c) Remains constant
d) None of these
5) At sea level, the atmospheric pressure is about
a) 101320 Pa
b) 101300 Pa
c) 10110 Pa
d) 10112 Pa
6) How many times Mercury is denser than water
a) 12.5
b) 13.6
c) 76
d) 76.5
7) During the hot summer day the value of atmospheric pressure is
a) Increased
b) Decreased
c) Constant
 d) Four Times
8) As we go up the density of air in the atmosphere
a) Decreases
b) Increases
c) Remain constant
d) None of these
9) Where there is no air the atmospheric pressure is
a) Zero
b) 101300 Pa
c) 7 nm Hg
d) 1000 Nm-2
10) Minor but rapid change in atmospheric pressure causes
a) Poor condition
b) Intense condition
c) Windy condition
d) Pleasant condition
11) Decrease in atmospheric pressure predicts
a) Breeze + Rainy condition
b) Intense condition
c) Windy condition
d) Intense condition
12) A gradual large increase in atmospheric pressure shows
a) Pleasant condition
b) Rainy condition
c) Intense condition
d) Windy condition
13) Tensile strain produces the change in the object
a) Length
b) Volume
c) Area
d) Density
14) 1m3 =
a) 1 Liter
b) 10 Liter
c) 100 Liter
d) 1000 Liter
15) 1cm3 =
a) 10-9m3
b) 10-6m3
c) 10-12m3
d) 10-15m3
 Short Questions

1) What is the effect on atmospheric pressure as we go up?

2) How does vacuum cleaner work?
3) How liquid push up in straw?
4) How liquid enter in syringe?
5) How does hydrometer work?
6) What changes have to be done for making a water barometer?
7) What will be the atmospheric pressure at altitude where there is no air?
8) What changes in a weather expected if there is a mirror but rapid fall in atmospheric pressure?
9) What does an increase in atmospheric pressure predict?
10) Why is iron heavier than wood?
11) Why is the shape of soup bubbles spherical?
12) Steel is more elastic than rubber. Why?
13) Why a large log of wood floats on water but a steel needle sinks?
14) Explain the conditions when objects float or sink in water?
15) Convert 1gcm-3 into kgm-3?
16) How do you find the pressure of liquid?

Long Questions
1) State and explain Archimedes principle. How can we determine the density of solid using it?
2) State Pascal’s law. Find force applied on large piston using pascal law.
3) State Pascal’s law. Explain braking system in vehicles which work on the principle of Pascal’s law?
4) State and Explain Hook’s law. Or Define Hook’s law and elastic limit?
5) What do you mean by young’s modulus? Derive formula to calculate young’s modulus?